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Docket # 0984 - Hearing to review the Melnea Cass Blvd Design Project
A
Okay
hold
on,
let
me
send
her
the
link.
Okay,
we
can
get
going.
I
would
like
to
take
at
least
a
few
before
the
panels.
Just
so
folks
don't
have
to.
B
B
A
Oh,
okay
got
it
okay,
so
where
all
the
sponsors
are
here,
then,
let's
dive
in
and
we
will
get
started
and
then
I'll
outline
the
flow
a
little
bit
more
as
we
get
into
it
too.
Okay,
candace.
Are
we
good
to
go
on
your
end.
A
A
A
It
will
also
be
rebroadcast
on
comcast
channel
8,
rcn82
verizon
964,
and
we
will
take
public
testimony
throughout
the
hearing.
If
you
wish
to
testify
by
virtual
testimony,
please
email,
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for
the
link,
that's
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c-o-r-a,
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at
boston.gov
for
the
link.
You
may
also
submit
written
testimony
by
emailing,
ccc.plan,
dev,
dev,
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so
again,
docket
number,
zero.
Nine
eight
four
has
been
sponsored
by
counselors
council
president
kim
janey,
council,
julia
mejia
and
myself,
and
we
are
joined
by
colleagues
in
order
of
arrival.
A
Counselor
ed
flynn,
councillor
liz
braden,
councillor,
matt
o'malley
and
councillor
anissa,
asabi
george,
so
the
flow
of
today
we
have
many
folks
who
are
scheduled
to
participate
as
panelists
and
as
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
testify
so
we'll
try
to
move
through
as
quickly
as
possible,
and
I
will
be
keeping
time
so.
Both
panelists
and
folks
offering
testimony
could
keep
it
relatively
concise.
We
will
start
with
opening
statements
from
colleagues
and
feel
free.
Colleagues,
if
you
just
want
to
say
hello
and
wave
the
bulk
of
it.
A
I
think,
let's
plan
to
do
four
or
five
members
of
the
public
and
then
we'll
go
to
our
panel,
our
first
panel,
which
will
include
two
community
members
and
three
administration
folks,
then
the
rest
of
public
testimony
assuming
it
stays
in
this
list
of
about
four
or
five
people,
and
then
our
second
community
panel
and
candace
is
flagging
for
me
that
we
also
have
some
video
testimony
that
we
will
try
to
play
at
the
end.
If
that
works
as
well,
okay,
so,
let's
start
with
the
sponsors
council
president
kim
janey.
F
I
apologize
for
no
video,
I'm
running
behind
schedule,
I'm
out
and
about
and
will
be
settled
soon,
so
that
I
can
give
my
all
to
this
hearing.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
council
mejia
for
your
partnership
on
this
important
issue.
I
want
to
thank
the
many
advocates
in
this
space.
I
also
want
to
thank
you,
as
the
chair
of
this
committee,
councilor
wu
for
being
very
accommodating
and
thinking
outside
of
the
box
and
allowing
us
to
set
the
stage
with
community
members
who
will
open
up
first
before
we
hear
from
the
administration.
F
I
really
appreciate
that
this
is
an
important
issue.
F
It's
an
environmental
justice
issue
which
makes
it
a
racial
justice
issue,
and
we
know
the
history
in
our
city,
particularly
in
this
corridor,
when
we're
thinking
about
melania
cass
boulevard
and
why
we
even
have
this
boulevard,
and
it
was
because
we
had
to
fill
up
where
they
had
tore
down
houses
and
homes
to
make
way
for
a
highway
that
the
community
was
successful
in
fighting
against,
and
so
it's
with
the
context
of
that
history
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
repeating
those
same
mistakes
again.
F
B
Thank
you
to
the
chair
and
thank
you
to
my
co-sponsor
and
sister
in
service
president
council
jamie
for
calling
this
hearing.
When
we
heard
the
original
plan
from
melina
cass
boulevard
would
remove
124
trees.
It
felt
all
too
familiar
of
a
feeling
that
our
community
was
being
designed
around
us
and
not
with
us,
and
while
we
appreciate
the
commitment
on
behalf
of
the
city
to
re-evaluate
the
proposal,
building
and
maintaining
trust
in
the
community
is
hard
to
build
and
easy
to
lose.
B
We
need
to
be
doing
all
that
we
can
to
lead
with
the
people
and
put
them
in
the
power
to
design
what
they
know
is
best
for
them.
I'm
hoping
that
this
hearing
will
serve
as
a
safe
space
for
community
to
speak,
truth
to
power
and
hold
us
accountable
to
their
needs,
and
I
will
also
say
that
I
really
do
appreciate
the
whole
idea
of
leading
with
those
who
are
living
the
realities
and
creating
space
for
us
to
center.
B
This
conversation
on
community
voices,
I
always
walk
into
every
room
or
zoom
nowadays
and
I
like
to
see
who's
in
it
and
who's
not,
and
so
I'm
really
happy
to
know
that
we're
going
to
be
leading
with
those
who
who
are
most
impacted
by
this
conversation
and
also
creating
an
opportunity
for
them
to
pose
their
own
questions
to
the
administration
so
hoping
that
that
can
happen
as
well.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do.
G
G
G
G
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
this
very
important
hearing
on.
I
echo
counselor
flynn's
remarks
about
the
importance
of
tree
canopy.
It
is
an
environmental
justice
issue.
It
is
a
public
health
issue
and
I
look
forward
to
hearing
the
discussion
this
afternoon
and
thank
you
so
much.
I
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
everybody,
it's
great
to
be
on
the
zoom
with
you.
Thank
you
makers
for
their
leadership
in
the
space.
Like
every
colleague
has
said.
I
remain
very
concerned
about
some
of
the
aspects
of
the
proposal.
I
have
long
been
called
a
tree
hugger
long
before
it
was
in
vogue,
and
I
take
that
where
that
title
very
proudly,
I've
done
some
great
work
and
I'll
do
modesty
on
this
body
as
it
relates
to
expanding
the
tree.
I
Canopy
now
congresswoman,
former
counselor
presley,
and
I
did
a
number
of
hearings
on
expanding
the
tree
canopy
in
the
city
of
boston,
so
this
seems
to
run
in
direct
conflict
of
that.
So
obviously
you
know
we.
We
understand,
there's
an
opportunity
for
redesign
for
safe
streets
for
infrastructure,
that's
going
to
accommodate
multi-modal
aspects,
but
the
trees.
It
ought
not
be
one
versus
the
other.
We
can,
and
we
really
ought
to
be
striving
for
both
here
so
look
forward
to
the
work
and
hearing
from
members
of
the
community.
Thank
you.
J
I
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you,
the
makers
for
bringing
this
before
the
body
as
it's
a
really
important
discussion
for
us
to
participate
in
and
play
a
role
in
to
amplify
and
support
the
voices
of
those
in
the
community
that
feel
so
strong
about
protecting
melania's
trees
and
that
corridor.
So
looking
forward
to
today's
hearing
and
testimony
from
both
the
panelists
and
the
public.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Thank
you.
Okay.
Let
me
just
double
check
to
make
sure
we
didn't
miss
any
other
colleagues
who
have
joined
okay.
I
think
that
looks
good.
I
do
want
to
mention
as
well
that
counselors
campbell
and
bach
both
sent
in
letters
that
they
wish
to
have
read
into
the
record.
So
first
from
councillor
campbell
dear
chair
and
colleagues,
I
regretfully
cannot
attend
today's
hearing
on
docket
0984.
A
Please
extend
my
thanks
to
the
sponsors
for
calling
such
a
timely
and
important
conversation
on
how
the
city
can
and
must
ensure
that
we're
using
a
health
equity
lens
environmental
justice
lens
and
all
the
in
all
neighborhood
development
or
redesign.
I
will
be
ably
represented
by
a
member
of
my
staff
at
today's
hearing
and
look
forward
to
reviewing
today's
hearing,
recording
and
committee
report
and
working
with
the
committee
on
any
recommended
next
steps,
sincerely
counselor,
andrea
campbell
and
then
also.
A
Sorry
so
many
screens
from
counselor
kenzie
bach
dear
counselor,
I
regret
I'm
that
I'm
unable
to
join
today's
planning
development
and
transportation
hearing
on
the
melania
cass
boulevard
design
due
to
a
family
obligation.
Please
convey
my
thanks
to
the
many
community
advocates
who
have
reached
out
on
this
issue.
I
share
their
passion
for
mature
trees
and
their
concerns
about
the
need
for
more
deeply
consult
consultative
process.
I'm
also
grateful
for
council
president
janie's
leadership
on
this
issue.
A
As
a
district
7
counselor,
I
will
have
staff
take
notes
on
this
hearing
and
will
also
review
the
tape
myself
all
best
wishes
for
a
productive
hearing,
sincerely
counselor
bach.
Okay.
At
this
point,
we
will
take
five
members
of
the
public
for
public
testimony
and
then
into
our
panel,
our
first
panel
and
then
again
there
will
be
more
public
testimony
than
our
second
panel,
so
I'll
announce
the
order
of
the
names
and
candace.
Could
you
please
help
me
make
sure
everybody's
let
into
the
appropriate
zoom
room?
A
So
first
will
be:
jennifer
rose
wood,
then
sarah
freeman
stacy
rubin,
caroline
tove
and
dave
david
meshulam
and
again,
if
everyone
who
is
testifying,
could
please
limit
yourself
to
two
minutes?
I
will
time
you
and
please
introduce
yourself
and
your
your
residence
for
the
record
and
any
affiliation
you
wish
to
share.
K
So
much
counselor
wu
and
and
thank
you
to
president
janie
and
councillors
mahian
for
your
support
of
this
critical
issue.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
friends
of
melania
cass
group
and
neighbors,
who
have
shown
leadership
and
advocacy.
K
I
come
to
you
as
a
concerned
resident
and
I
live
on
thornton
street
just
mere
blocks
away
from
from
the
boulevard
and
I'm
strongly
opposed
to
this
project,
and
I
think
it
needs
to
be
restarted
from
the
from
the
beginning.
Roxbury
has
some
of
the
highest
recorded
temperatures
in
the
city,
and
we
we
saw
multiple
heat
waves
this
summer
with
just
really
extreme
and
dangerous
dangerously
high
temperatures,
and
as
as
many
of
the
counselors
mentioned,
we
are
an
environmental
justice
neighborhood
and
we're
a
heat
island.
K
K
Our
city
has
has
elevated
rates
of
asthma,
one
in
eight
children
in
boston
have
asthma.
I
want
including
many
of
the
children
at
my
children's
school,
the
nathan
hale
right
here
in
roxbury.
I
want
my
children
and
their
friends
and
their
classmates
to
be
able
to
go
outside
and
play
in
the
summer.
I
don't
want
them
to
be
stuck
inside,
fearing
for
their
health
and
safety.
K
We
cannot
afford
to
be
losing
these
resources
that
are
a
hedge
against
literally
our
our
future
and
and
life
on
on
the
planet,
and
I
think
that
you
you
you
have
heard
this
before,
but
I
I
need
to
say
it
again.
I
know
almost,
I
know
nobody
in
my
neighborhood
who
supports
this
project
or
understands
the
rationale
for
it
and
to
me
that
that
speaks
of
a
very
flawed
process,
where
the
people
for
whom
this
project
is
supposedly
designed
have
have
have
no
wish
to
see
it
carried
out.
A
You
thank
you
very
much.
Sarah
freeman
and
again
sorry,
I'm
gonna
set
my
alarm
so
when
you
hear
that
sound,
that
means
two
minutes
is
up.
Sarah.
L
Hi
everyone
I
live
in
jp,
but
I'm
a
tree
hugger
and
a
bike
advocate
and
safe
transportation
advocate
citywide.
So
I
wrote
a
letter,
I'm
kind
of
new
to
this
issue.
I've
heard
about
it
for
years,
but
I
wrote
a
letter
back
in
mid-july
to
mayor
walsh
and
cc'd
a
few
of
you,
I'm
going
to
read
as
far
as
I
can
get
in
the
time
aloud
as
boston
is
facing
a
heat
wave
this
weekend.
L
I'm
writing
to
ask
you
to
think
seriously
about
the
malneacast
boulevard
design
project.
Is
this
really
the
best
that
we
can
do?
It
doesn't
seem
fair
that
bicyclists
pedestrians
and
trees
must
compete
for
the
little
space.
That's
left
over
after
the
polluting
motor
vehicles
get
all
the
space
that
they
need.
L
L
Trees
reduce
the
need
for
air
conditioning
and
mature
trees
are
more
beneficial
than
young
trees,
which
take
many
years
to
reach
maturity
if
they
survive
to
reach
maturity
as
trees,
age.
Their
climate
benefit
grows
years
ago,
when
this
project
started.
Perhaps
the
decision
makers
didn't
anticipate
the
increased
severity
of
climate
change
or
the
increased
awareness
of
environmental
justice
and
social.
A
A
Much
you're
welcome
and
yeah
and
and
we'll
make
sure
that
letter
is
fully
into
the
record
as
well.
Thank
you
stacy.
Can
everyone
hear
when
the
alarm
goes
off
on
my
phone
or
no?
No,
I
heard
it.
Oh
okay,
okay,
great
I'll
I'll,
try
to
flag
both
ways.
Stacy,
please
go
ahead.
M
Counselors
woo,
mejia
and
janie.
Thank
you
so
much
for
convening
this
hearing.
My
name
is
stacey
rubin
and
I
am
a
senior
attorney
at
conservation
law
foundation.
I
request
that
the
city
complete
three
actions
relating
to
this
project
first
comply
with
state
law
by
conducting
the
proper
process
to
investigate
the
planned
tree.
Removal
at
the
boulevard
number
two
is
to
address
the
climate.
Resiliency
needs
of
the
melnia
cass
boulevard,
neighborhood
and
three
is
to
engage
in
an
effective
and
required
process
that
recognizes
that
this
is
both
an
environmental
justice
and
civil
rights
issue.
M
First,
on
the
tree
removal
requirement,
my
colleagues
and
I
sent
a
letter
to
the
city's
parks
and
recreation
commissioner
and
law
department
explaining
the
requirement
to
comply
with
the
public
shade
tree
law.
The
law
requires
the
city
to
hold
a
public
hearing
describing
each
and
every
tree
that
is
planned
for
removal
to
date.
The
city
has
not
done
so.
M
The
city
itself
has
estimated
that
by
2050
the
average
summer
temperature
may
be
as
high
as
76
degrees,
which
is
up
from
69
degrees
and,
in
particular,
roxbury,
has
some
of
the
hottest
temperatures
in
the
city.
We
know
that
34
percent
of
roxbury
residents
are
dealing
with
a
medical
illness
and
may
have
symptoms
worsened
by
the
physical
stress
of
a
heat
wave
and
third,
I
recommend
that
this
city
engage
in
a
collaborative
process
with
residents,
community-based
organizations
and
other
stakeholders
on
a
revised
project.
M
Design
conservation
law
foundation
stands
in
solidarity
with
roxbury
leaders
in
urging
the
city
and
the
state
department
of
transportation
to
respond
to
the
community
concerns
we
can
give
the
friends
of
melania
cass
boulevard
speak
for
the
trees,
ace
neighborhood
associations
and
others
who
have
worked
so
hard
to
grow
and
sustain
this
effort.
It's
time
for
decision
makers
to
comply
with
the
law,
listen
to
residents
and
address
community
concerns
about
tremor
removal,
public
health
and
ej.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
A
E
Caroline
hi,
my
name,
is
caroline
toth
bernstein.
I
live
in
lower
roxbury.
I
lived
here
for
17
years.
I
live
here
with
my
son
and
my
husband,
so
I'm
gonna
pose
a
couple
questions.
One
is
in
the
1930s
when
the
federal
government
and
the
maps
redlined
lower
roxbury.
Was
it
systematic
racism?
I
would
argue
yes
academically.
E
Yes,
is
the
answer
to
that
question
in
the
1960s
when
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
bulldozed
the
homes
and
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color
in
lower
roxbury?
Was
it
systematic
racism,
yes
in
19
in
in
2020
today,
when
the
city
of
boston
proposes
to
destroy
and
damage
hundreds
of
mature
trees,
more
roxbury?
E
Is
it
systematic
racism?
Once
again,
I
would
argue
emphatically.
Yes,
studies
show
form.
Formerly
red
line.
Neighborhoods
have
less
tree
cover
are
often
heat
islands.
The
residents
have
greater
social
social
vulnerability.
They
also
show
these
once
red
line.
Neighborhoods
suffer
not
only
from
reduced
wealth
and
greater
poverty,
but
from
lower
life
expectancy
and
higher
incidence
of
chronic
disease.
E
The
lingering
impact
of
redlining
remains
in
lower
roxbury.
They.
This
tree
canopy
of
lower
roxbury,
is
a
community
resource.
It's
a
vital
asset.
The
community
deserves
these
trees
and
more
of
them
they're
entitled
to
the
benefits
these
trees
provide.
The
idea
that
the
city
would
take
these
trees
from
here
now
is
unconscionable.
E
N
Thank
you,
counselor
and
thank
you
all
the
counselors
for
holding
this
meeting
and
nice
to
see
the
chiefs
here.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
share
with
you
our
concerns.
My
name
is
david
meshulam.
N
We
set
out
a
petition
that
received
over
13
000
signatories
and
20
organizations
demanding
that
these
trees
be
saved
in
the
process.
It's
fair
to
say.
I
think
that
we've
made
new
friendships
and
increase
the
sense
of
community
and
belonging
across
the
neighborhood
and
between
organizations,
one
that
hearkens
back
to
the
people
before
highways
movement
of
the
1960s.
N
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
apologize
again
everyone
about
trying
to
just
keep
us
along.
So
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
folks.
We
really
want
to
hear
from
want
to
respect
everyone's
time.
So
at
this
point
I
I'm
gonna
do
a
quick
sweep
to
see
if
any
other
colleagues
have
joined
us.
A
No.
Okay,
I
think
we're
good
to
dive
in
so
we'll
hear
from
mr
luis
elisa,
miss
nina
la
negra
and
then
our
administration
representatives
in
one
panel
together,
mr
lisa.
O
Good
afternoon
and
thank
you,
chairman
wu
and
thank
you,
president
janey
and
the
other
councils
who've
taken
the
time
and
the
opportunity
to
allow
us
to
voice
our
concerns
and
opinions
relative
to
this
very,
very
important
situation
that
is,
is
existing
within
our
community
first.
O
One
of
my
concerns
was
the
environment
and
how
to
improve
urban
environments,
giving
the
situations
that
we
were
experiencing,
then
regarding
the
changing
of
housing
and
homes
and
then
an
increase
in
highways
and
things
that
were
taking
place
in
the
predominantly
african-american
communities
throughout
the
state,
the
city
and
the
nation.
My
concerns
grown
very
deep
to
the
extent
that
we
keep
trying
to
refine
this
or
define
this
situation
with
melania
cass
as
an
issue.
That's
for
roxbury!
O
O
My
church
is
only
three
blocks
away
from
that
intersection,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
anyone
who
doesn't
pay
attention
to
the
fact
the
tree
canopy
and
having
the
ability
to
absorb
the
carbon
monoxide
and
other
particulates
that
are
spewed
into
the
air
coming
off
the
major
highway,
I'm
not
paying
attention,
I'm
very,
not
not
very
much
aware
of
what
the
impact
of
vehicle
pollution
and
and
emissions
are
on
society
as
a
whole
without
the
tree
canopy
that's
on
monday,
a
cast
that
absorbs
a
lot
of
the
traffic
that
makes
its
way
from
the
ninth
route.
O
93
cross
mast,
avenue
down
to
tremont
street.
They
don't
understand
that
pollution,
if
it
was
not
being
captured
by
the
tree
canopy,
would
be
dispersed
in
the
communities
throughout
the
city.
It
would
go
into
the
environment
and
it
has
such
deleterious
effects
on
the
quality
of
life
and
affects
the
health
care
of
people
in
the
immediate
area,
but
in
general,
throughout
the
city
of
boston.
O
So
I
urge
people
to
look
at
the
situation
that
we're
facing
here
on
melania
cass
our
efforts
and
attempts
to
save
the
125
trees
that
have
been
proposed
to
be
cut
down
for
whatever
purpose
it
doesn't
seem
to
make
sense.
When
I
looked
at
the
plan
and
the
trees
that
would
be
affected,
if
they
did
through
this
plan,
it
would
not
be
in
the
benefit
of
the
residents
of
the
city
of
boston,
but
have
the
most
deleterious
impacts
and
effects
on
the
people
adjacent
to
that
plan
and
facing
two
millimeter
casts.
O
I
therefore
ask
the
city
councils
we'll
talk
with
the
people
from
the
parks
department,
with
the
commissioner
we'll
talk
with
the
tree
warden
and
anybody
else,
who's
been
in
support
of
this
plan
and
asked
them.
Did
they
think
the
swing
field?
Do
they
do
an
environmental
impact
study?
Do
they
really
understand
the
impacts
of
removing
the
tree
canopy
in
an
area
where
you
have
so
much
pollution
coming
from
so
many
cars
that
come
through
this
community
and
do
they
know
what
the
long-term
effects
would
be?
O
And
I
guarantee
that
if
they
take
the
time
to
do
a
comprehensive
study
and
analysis
of
what
this
process
will
be
in
a
community
adjacent
but
for
the
community
of
boston
in
general,
they
might
want
to
rethink
the
design.
The
other
part
is
that
being
a
part
of
the
franklin
park
coalition
and
garrison
trotter
and
a
number
of
organizations,
and
particularly
a
number
of
churches
in
the
area.
O
We
all
call
on
the
city
of
boston
to
be
more
mindful
and
more
respectful
of
the
needs
and
concerns
of
the
residents
of
this
area,
because
we
want
to
be
planned
with
and
not
just
plan
for,
there's
enough
intelligence
and
enough
communications
and
skills
within
our
community
that
we
can
work
with
the
parks
department.
We
can
work
with
the
city
of
boston
and
we
can
work
with
the
state.
I
dare
say
that
a
lot
of
people
making
decisions
that
are
going
to
affect
the
quality
of
life
residents
of
boston,
don't
live
here
in
boston.
O
So
therefore,
I
ask
that,
when
you're
working
and
talking
to
and
trying
to
communicate
with
your
agencies
and
departments
as
to
why
they
propose
a
plan
and
how
they
now
can
fix
it,
correct
us
so
that'll
work
on
behalf
of
the
community
residents.
Please
ask
them
to
take
in
consideration,
not
just
the
immediate
needs
and
what
the
value
may
be
for
the
construction
they
want
to
do.
But
what
is
the
long-term
effect
and
impact
on
the
health
and
safety
of
the
residents
of
this
city,
the
state
and
particularly
in
the
immediate
area
of
melania
castle?
O
It's
a
beautiful
canopy,
it's
a
beautiful
street.
It
can
accommodate
the
needs
of
bikers
pedestrians
and
cars,
but
it
cannot
survive
if
we
start
destroying
the
environmental
protections
that
we
have
in
place,
particularly
the
trees,
to
instance,
help
the
life
and
quality
of
life
for
the
people
who
live
there.
Thank
you.
P
Fabulous,
I'm
not
great
with
zoom
hi
everybody.
P
Thank
council
president
cheney
councillors
and
chair
wu
city,
council
or
mejia,
and
the
rest
of
the
august
members
of
the
council,
the
three
chiefs,
the
administrators
and
the
public
at
large.
We
welcome
your
support
in
this
vital
matter
and
as
a
participant
in
the
friends
of
melania
cass
boulevard
group
to
save
the
trees
for
over
six
years,
even
though
they've
been
meeting
for
almost
a
decade
now,
I've
learned
a
few
things
about
my
neighborhood,
and
one
thing.
I've
learned
is
that
everyone
cares
deeply
about
the
trees
and
the
people
who
benefit
from
them.
P
In
roxbury,
it's
been
an
honor
and
a
pleasure
to
work
with
friends
of
milnea
cast
boulevard,
a
diverse,
dedicated
and
diligent
group
of
people
who
volunteer
their
time
and
experience
and
have
an
overwhelming
compassion
for
the
residents
of
our
neighborhood
and
you'll
hear
from
many
of
them
during
the
course
of
this
meeting,
and
most
of
you
here
know
the
history
of
this
neighborhood.
But
I'd
like
to
briefly
summarize
and
add
one
comment,
the
comment.
P
So,
in
a
city
of
first
all
of
you
and
the
mayor
himself,
who
was
recently
appointed
the
chair,
the
new
chair
of
national
climate
mayor's
group,
you
he
and
you
can
do
the
following
to
support
us,
and
that
is
one
cease.
This
project
two
create
a
true
community
process
and
three
build
a
greenway
on
malneacast
boulevard,
which
would
mitigate
all
of
these
damaging
issues
that
we're
experiencing
today
with
the
highest
asthma
rate
in
the
city
of
boston,
if
not
massachusetts,
being
right
here
in
roxbury.
A
Now,
let's
go
to
the
three
chiefs,
I
know.
I
think
you
might
have
your
own
order,
that
you've
decided,
of
course,
chief
of
equity,
carolyn,
crockett,
chief
of
streets,
chris
osgood
and
chief
of
environment
and
parks.
Chris
cook
and
I'll
just
note,
you
know,
feel
free
to
take
all
the
time
you
that
you
would
like.
But
if
we
can
wrap
your
statements
by
5
25,
then
each
of
the
counselors
will
have
a
five
minute
section
quest
q,
a
with
with
this
panel
before
you
all
have
to
leave
at
six.
Q
All
right
councilman,
thank
you.
So
much,
I'm
going
to
lead
off
chris
is
going
to
have
the
honor
of
serving
as
mayor
walsh's
chief
of
streets
and,
as
council
blue
said,
joined
by
dr
crockett,
our
chief
of
equity
and
chris
cooker,
chief
of
environment,
energy
and
open
space,
and
also
joined
by
a
number
of
other
members
of
the
administration.
Our
transportation
commissioner,
greg
rooney.
Our
city
engineer
apparently
sing
our
director
of
tradition,
planning
and
policy,
viniq
gupta
and
our
senior
planner,
pat
hoey.
Q
Q
Bring
up
this,
hopefully,
which
now
we
can
see,
and
I'm
just
going
to
quickly
sort
of
walk
through
the
melina
cast
project,
really
starting
with
where
we
are
and
what's
ahead,
so
where
we
are
right.
Now
as
folks,
I
think
very
well
know
the
project
is
paused
and
it
is
paused
in
many
reasons,
for
a
lot
of
things
that
came
up
both
in
the
opening
states
of
the
council,
the
opening
statements
of
the
panelists
and
the
members
of
the
public.
Q
That,
because
of
the
overwhelming
response
we
have
heard
from
constituents,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
planning
with
the
community
this
investment
in
this
corridor,
and
so
we're
taking
the
time
as
the
this
project
is
paused.
To
be
able
to
have
venues
like
this
venues,
like
the
community
meeting
that
that
we
hosted
a
couple
of
months
ago
to
really
be
able
to
engage
stakeholders.
And
as
we
do
that
to
also
do
some
of
the
additional
analysis
that
has
been
asked
of
us
by
the
community.
Q
So
to
take
a
look
at
the
current
design
and
see
if
there
are
ways
that
that
current
design
can
be
modified
to
save
trees,
in
addition
to
think
about
broader
concepts,
broader
changes
to
what
has
been
proposed
that
can
advance
community
priorities
and
save
additional
trees
and
then
very
much
in
line
with
mr
lisa's
comments
to
be
able
to
review
the
actual
environmental
impacts
and
be
able
to
think
about
approaches
that
we
can
take
to
make
sure
that
we
are
taking
care
of
this
forest
that
we
have
here
in
the
heart
of
our
city.
Q
That
is
where
we
are.
What
we
have
ahead
is
really
two
pieces,
one
very
much
in
line
with
one
of
the
closing
comments
of
mr
negra
to
think
about
how
we
have
a
robust
community
process
that
make
sure
that
we
are
thinking
about
the
steps
forward
on
this
project
with
the
community
and
second
in
line
with
something
which
is
requested
by
clf,
among
others
and
as
stacy
covered
our
open
opening
comments.
Q
If
we
do
go
forward
with
any
design
that
would
require
the
removal
of
the
tree
to
go
forward
with
the
tree
hearing.
As
part
of
this
project,
so
that's
where
we
are
and
that's
what's
ahead,
I'm
going
to
quickly
just
do
some
quick
context
setting
on
the
project
overall
before
turning
it
over
to
dr
crockett
and
then
to
chief
cook.
So
this
project,
as
folks
probably
are
very
well
aware
in
many
ways.
A
Q
It's
part
of
its
roots
in
the
roxbury
strategic
master
plan
in
2004,
which
called
for
the
redesign
of
melania
cass
boulevard.
The
actual
community
process
started
nine
years
ago.
Now.
These
are
some
slides
from
the
initial
presentation
in
the
lower
right.
You
see
some
of
the
initial
objectives
that
were
called
for
that
were
thought
of
as
priorities
as
part
of
this
project,
make
it
more
of
a
neighborhood
street,
improve
pedestrian
safety
and
access.
Q
Some
of
those
things
have
remained
sort
of
the
heart
of
this
project
throughout
its
nine
years
of
design,
one
which
obviously
was
the
focus
of
our
council
hearing
yesterday,
was
around
safety.
Q
These
three
maps
show
from
left
to
right
the
streets
that
have
the
most
of
the
top
three
percent
of
streets
that
have
the
most
number
of
crashes
involving
vehicles
in
the
middle,
the
top
three
percent
of
streets
that
involve
crashes,
that
includes
cyclists
and
on
the
right,
the
top
three
percent
of
streets
that
have
crashes
that
involve
pedestrians.
There
are
very
few
streets
that
are
in
the
top
three
percent
on
all
three
of
those
modes
and
melania
castle,
unfortunately,
is
one
of
those
so
safety.
Q
It
was
a
priority,
obviously
in
2011
as
a
priority
that
I
know
that
every
single
one
of
us
shares
today
has
been
a
priority
as
part
of
this
project,
but
is
part
of
one
of
several
priorities
that
are
weird
know
that
the
community
is
interested
in
advancing
as
part
of
this
effort.
So
in
addition
to
increasing
safety,
certainly
that
notion
of
being
a
tree-lined
street,
a
greenway
as
as
lenegra
just
just
mentioned,
and
really
sort
of
thinking
about
how
it's
has
that
feeling
of
a
neighborhood
stream.
Q
In
addition,
melanie
cass
boulevard
is
a
street
which,
in
addition
to
urban
heat
island
concerns,
also
is
a
place
that
has
experienced
flooding
a
situation
that
we
want
to
be
able
to
address
as
part
of
the
redesign
and
then
just
making
sure
that
we're
making
investments
in
the
in
the
redesign
of
the
street
that
supports
people,
no
matter
how
they're
traveling
throughout
the
corridor,
but
particularly
to
be
able
to
improve
opportunities
to
walk
to
bike,
to
take
transit,
et
cetera.
Q
With
these
four
objectives
in
mind,
the
current
plan
has
a
set
of
designs,
and
these
are
sort
of
elements
of
the
the
current
design
which
is
before
us
in
terms
of
increasing
safety.
The
notion
is
to
table
the
intersections
at
albany
street
near
near
orchard,
gardens
to
be
able
to
table
the
intersection
at
washington
street
to
be
able
to
have
raised
crosswalks
as
you're
turning
off
of
melania
cass
boulevard,
to
signal
that
you're
entering
into
a
residential
neighborhood
and
to
improve
sight
lines
throughout
the
corridor
through
protected
intersections.
Q
I'm
sure
we
can
sort
of
talk
more
about
that
increase
public
art
opportunities
throughout
the
corridor,
to
make
sure
that
we're
improving
resiliency
to
actually
reduce
the
amount
of
overall
sort
of
hardscape
and
asphalt,
that
is
throughout
the
melania
cass
corridor
and
put
in
storm
water
management,
best
practices
to
be
able
to
deal
with
some
of
the
flooding
that
that
exists
and
then,
in
addition,
make
sure
that
we're
being
able
to
encourage
that
sort
of
mode
shift
that
we
know
that
residents
have
an
interest
in.
Q
One
thing
I
wanted
to
note
is
that
one
of
the
things
that
was
called
for
or
was
identified
in
the
2004
plan,
I
believe
in
the
2011
presentation
as
well,
was
actually
making
this
a
bus,
rapid
transit
quarter.
We
actually
heard
barry
on
early
on
in
the
process.
Q
That
was
that
was
not
of
interest
for
the
very
specific
reason
of
the
impact
it
would
have
on
trees,
and
so
that
is
not
part
of
the
of
the
current
design
and
certainly
reflects
that
the
interest
of
the
residents
to
a
point
that
many
have
made
council
o'malley
made
it
in
his
opening
comments.
I
know
others
did
as
well.
Q
Our
interest
in
the
in
the
work
going
forward
is
not
to
pit
these
things
against
each
other,
to
pit
safety
against
resiliency,
resiliency,
against
trees,
trees
against
motion,
etc,
but
really
to
find
a
design
path
forward,
working
with
the
community
that
can
help
us
towards
the
melania
cass
boulevard
that
that
really,
that
strengthens
not
just
the
roxbury
community
but,
as
mr
lisa
said,
the
community
as
a
whole.
So
again
where
we
are,
the
project
is
currently
paused.
Q
R
Q
Quick
update
on
on
where
we
are
it's
now
my
pleasure
to
pass
it
over
to
the
to
the
next
member
of
our
panel,
our
chief
of
equity,
dr
crockett,.
S
Thanks
chief
of
appreciate
that-
and
thank
you
very
much
good
evening
to
chairwoman
wu
for
convening
us
president
janie
and
councillor
mejia
for
convening
all
of
us
for
this
really
important
conversation,
really
appreciate
residents
and
advocates
folks
really
taking
their
time
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
space
to
talk
and
to
be
in
in
conversation.
And
thank
you
for
the
conveners
and
makers
here.
So
my
name
is
carolyn
crockett.
I
was
appointed
as
the
chief
of
equity
for
the
city
of
boston
this
summer.
S
Essentially,
my
charge
is
to
embed
equity
in
our
city
plans,
processes
and
and
practices
moving
forward
and
to
guide
the
city's
work
with
an
intersectional
lens
that
centers
economic
inclusion,
racial
equity,
wellness
and
gender
equity,
with
a
targeted
focus
on
communities
of
color
and
immigrants,
and
so
an
important
piece
of
work.
And
so
this
process
and
this
project
are
particularly
important
because
there's
so
much
at
stake
and
there's
so
much
in
the
conversation,
that's
important.
S
I
know
well
the
history
of
of
the
corridor,
and
I
know
of
this
court
in
particular,
and
I
know
how
important
it
is
for
residents
to
continue
to
inform
city
plans
in
general
in
this
plan
in
particular.
So
as
chief
osgood
mentioned,
he
paused
the
process
formerly
redesign
at
the
end
of
the
summer
to
allow
for
a
closer
review
of
the
design
plans
as
they
have
been
presented
to
the
public.
S
The
real
purpose
of
this,
this
pausing,
as
well
as
the
ensuing
community
meeting
that
we
convened
in
september,
was
to
really
seek
a
way
forward
that
prioritizes
safety,
which
is
the
focal
point
of
this
of
this
project.
Pedestrian
safety,
rider
safety
for
cyclists
and
vehicles,
and
also
minimizes
tree
removal,
and
so
it
was
quickly
apparent
that
there
had
been
a
need
to
come
back
to
the
conversation,
because
it
seems
like
the
both
the
intent.
S
The
focus
and
the
process
of
planning
and
engagement
of
the
public
had
sort
of
lost
purpose
with
each
other,
and
so
we
meaning
the
offices
of
equity,
transportation
and
environment,
energy
and
open
space
convened
an
evening
zoom
meeting
on
september
15th.
It's
wonderful
to
see
that
many
people
who
are
actually
here
in
this
hearing
were
a
part
of
that
that
discussion
and
the
meeting
was
really
about
discussing
the
status
of
the
project.
I'm
going
to
hear
public
questions,
comments
and
concerns.
S
Chief
osgood
has
called
for
the
meeting
and
paused
the
process
in
response
to
again
concerns
questions,
and
it
seemed
like
somehow
the
message
about
what
this
project
was
about
had
been
lost
and
the
city
takes
responsibility
for
that.
S
The
meeting
included
about
a
hundred
people
who
were
there
representing
many
area
residents
and
advocates
who
have
been
active
in
the
public
process
to
date,
including
members
of
the
friends
of
the
cast
united
neighbors
of
little
roxbury
folks
from
madison
park,
cdc
as
well
as
the
cyclists
union,
and
so
what's
what's
interesting
and
what's
important
about
that
conversation
is
that
it
it
really.
S
And
so
we
have
agreed
to
pause
the
process
to
have
more
of
an
internal
review
of
design
options
with
the
vendor,
with
also
an
ongoing
conversation
with
mass
dot
and
the
discussion
with
other
city
departments
to
see
what
we
might
be
able
to
bring
back
out
to
the
public
in
a
meeting
that
will
happen
later
this
winter.
We
had
originally
hoped
that
that
meeting
could
have
taken
place
in
october
and
apologize
that
the
timeline
has
extended.
S
In
terms
of
our
engagement
process
and
public
understanding
of
the
of
the
focus
of
the
project,
there's
been
something
somehow.
The
train
has
gotten
off
the
track
and
so
for
before
us.
The
consideration
is,
what
is
it
that
we
can
do
to
potentially
salvage
this
project,
especially
if
it
means
that
we
need
to
really
think
about
not
only
reducing,
I
know
and
basically
avoiding
tree
removal?
S
I
will
say
this
and
then
I'll
close
to
yield
my
time
to
chief
cook
is
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
found
that
has
been
striking
to
me
is
we
do
not
have.
We
do
not
have
disagreement
about
the
value
and
importance
of
tree
canopy
and
tree
cover.
S
We
do
not
have
disagreement
about
the
necessity
of
making
sure
neighborhoods,
particularly
environmentally
vulnerable
neighborhoods,
like
roxbury,
have
this
level
of
environmental
focus
and
protection,
but
we
are
also,
I
know
I
am
concerned
also
right
now
about
the
health
of
these
trees,
as
they
are
so
want
to
make
sure,
there's
a
way
to
separate
out
two
different
concerns
and
if
that's
part
of
what
we
need
to
do
during
the
pause,
it's
important
the
treat
the
health
of
some
of
the
trees
that
remain
some
of
them
that
are
near
death.
S
Some
of
them
that
are
a
bit
sickly
is
concerning,
and
so
we
don't
need
to
use
that
as
a
way
to
justify
removing
trees.
But
we
need
to
have
some
kind
of
answer
and
some
kind
of
consideration
for
that.
So
I'll
pause
here
and
definitely
look
forward
to
conversation
and
questions
as
chief
of
equity.
Just
look
forward
to
just
continuing
to
be
involved
in
this
process
and
making
sure
we
can
get
a
recite
that
reset
that
works,
particularly
for
folks
who
are
concerned
so,
chief
cook,
I
yield
to
you.
T
T
I
do
think
it's
important
to
look
at
some
of
the
environmental
contexts
that
my
cabinet
will
be
working
with
chief
osgood
and
evaluation
of
this
project
moving
forward,
and
that
is
what
is
the
relation
between
trees
and
heat
and
what
are
the
environmental
benefits
and
or
trade-offs
of
advocating
for
different
transit
projects,
and
where
are
the
opportunities
that
we
can
actually
scaffold
success.
So
a
little
bit
of
context.
T
Last
year
we
conducted
a
lidar
study
of
the
city
of
boston's
tree
canopy
that
set
a
technical
analysis
for
us
to
go
out
with
an
urban
forestry
rfp
to
develop
an
action
plan
to
increase
our
urban
tree.
Canopy,
that's
focused
on
a
lot
of
different
environmental
benefits.
Many
of
them
have
already
been
mentioned,
but
the
most
impactful
environmental
benefit
of
urban
tree
canopy
is
clearly
its
effect
on
the
urban
heat
island
effect
and
it's
definitely
acutely
that
is
acutely
an
effect
in
our
environmental
justice
neighborhoods
like
roxbury.
T
So
when
we're
looking
at
any
loss
of
canopy
or
the
potential
to
actually
gain
canopy
in
some
of
these
neighborhoods,
we
really
have
to
look
at
it
through
that
lens.
So
a
big
part
of
our
urban,
our
urban
forest
action
plan
and
one
of
the
major
tenets
of
our
actual
rfp
was
embedding
environmental
justice
and
embedding
equity
into
the
decision-making.
T
I
believe
it
was
louise
who,
who
said
you
know
the
community
can't
be
planned
for
the
community
has
to
be
planned
with,
and
that's
really
a
tenant
of
our
urban
forestry
agenda.
Moving
forward
based
on
heat,
though,
as
early
as
2015
and
before
that
heat
is
a
vulnerability,
sea
level
rise
and
storm.
T
One
last
thing
I
would
just
want
to
call
attention
to
is
that
we
are
starting
a
heat
vulnerability
assessment
right
now
through
the
environment
department,
we're
proud
to
receive
a
municipally
vulnerability,
preparedness,
mvp
action
grant
from
the
commonwealth
and
we'll
be
partnering
in
partnership
with
the
brazilian
mystic
collaborative
the
metropolitan
area,
planning
council,
the
metro,
mayor's
climate
preparedness
tax
force,
the
city
of
chelsea,
as
well
as
other
surrounding
communities,
to
make
sure
that
we're
all
taking
action
as
a
region
while
we're
also
taking
action
locally.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Chief
osgood,
dr
crockett
and
chief
cook,
really
appreciate
it.
We
are
going
to
have
just
enough
time
for
everyone,
I
think,
except
for
me,
to
have
five
minutes
so
I'll
sneak
in
some
at
the
end
before
you
all,
I
know
have
a
hard
stop
and
a
lot
to
do
so.
We'll
start
with
council
president
kim
janey,
and
I'm
going
to
time
my
colleagues
as
well
so
that
everyone
gets
their
time
in
before
our
administration
folks
have
to
leave.
F
Thank
you.
Please
time
me
many
thanks
again
to
everyone
that
we
just
heard
from
you
know.
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
don't
repeat
so.
You
heard
a
lot
of
the
history
here
as
people
the
public
as
well
as
panelists,
spoke,
and
so
we
don't
want
to
repeat
you
know
the
history
here.
F
We
don't
want
to
compound
decades
of
redlining
and
systemic
racism
that
we've
heard
about,
particularly
in
this
neighborhood,
and
I
know
you've
said
that
the
the
the
project
has
been
paused,
that
there
will
be
some
more
internal
conversation
and
a
question
really
is
just
about
that
planning
and
how
do
we
open
up
those
internal
conversations
to
include
more
voices
from
the
community
because
what
we
don't
want
is,
then
you
know
those
internal
conversations
to
happen,
all
those
trade-offs,
all
those
discussions,
the
opportunities,
the
challenges.
All
of
that
stuff
happens.
F
You
come
up
with
a
new
plan,
then
you
bring
it
out
and
then
here
we
are
again.
So
you
know
one
question
is:
how
do
we
open
up
the
planning
process
internally,
as
this
is
paused
in
many
of
the
chiefs
on?
This
call
are
rethinking
what
the
design
could
be.
I
think
it's
also
important
to
to
highlight
what
chief
osgood
already
said,
which
is
that
we're
we're
not
really
interested
in
hearing
about
false
choices.
F
U
Q
And
my
fellow
administration
colleagues
can
obviously
weigh
in
as
well
one
of
the
things
which
we
took
away
from
the
september
community.
Conversation
was
sort
of
a
a
clear
charge
to
sort
of
do
some
additional
work
just
to
understand,
not
design.
Specifics
not
get
to
the
point
where
you
are
of
fully
sort
of
wrestled
with
a
whole
bunch
of
design
elements,
but
instead,
just
in
general,
what
direction
should
we
go
and
do
a
little
bit
more
of
that
environmental,
baseline
and
understanding
of
potential
impacts
and
opportunities
along
this
corridor?
Q
That's
that's
what
we're
doing
right
now
and
then
our
interests
sort
of
come
this
winter,
as,
as
dr
crockett
mentioned,
is
really
to
have
to
re-engage
the
community
or
engage
the
community
in
in
that
sort
of
open
and
transparent
process.
I
I
think
we
are
still
very
much
designing
what
that
will
look
like
and
open,
obviously
to
feedback.
Q
F
F
My
understanding
is
that,
if
we're
removing
trees,
that
there's
got
to
be
a
hearing-
and
there
was
a
lot
of
concern
that
we
weren't
following
that
as
a
city
and
that's
in
large
part-
why
I
called
a
city
council
hearing,
because
you
know
community
wanted
a
voice
to
to
to
get
out
their
concerns
in
a
much
more.
F
I
think
public
way
I
mean
there
have
been
lots
of
meetings
that
that
advocates
have
been
having-
and
I
know
you
guys
have
been
having
you
know
internally,
but
you
know
my
question
really
is
how
we
bring
folks
together.
Why?
So?
Why
isn't
that?
We
did
not
have
a
hearing
and
will
we
have
a
commitment
for
future
hearings
and
and
I'm
hopeful
that
the
plan
coming
the
new
plan
isn't
going
to
have
tree
removals.
T
Sure
counselor,
if
it's
all
right
chief,
is
good.
I
can
touch
on
that
very
briefly.
Historically
street
widening
projects,
large-scale
transportation
infrastructure
projects
by
the
state
they're
actually
exempt
from
that
law.
So
if
there's
a
street
widening
you
actually
don't
need
the
tree
hearing
removal.
T
You
know
there
was
a
crossover
between
the
dot
and
btd
design
process
of
this,
where
it
was
determined
that
this
was
a
street
widening
project
and
we
wouldn't
need
to
have
that
tree
hearing
at
the
last
public
meeting,
counselor
largely
in
respect
to
all
the
issues
that
you've
brought
up
chief
osgood
made
a
commitment
that
any
tree,
that's
in
the
public
realm
as
part
of
this
project,
will
receive
that
tree
hearing
as
part
of
the
project,
and
so
so
chief
osgoode
has
already
made
that
commitment.
T
It
wasn't
a
determination
by
the
parks,
commissioner
ryan
woods
at
all,
and
in
fact,
if
you,
if
you
want
to
find
a
very
good
tree
supporter,
there's
one
in
ryan
woods,
but
so
moving
forward,
we
will
we're
totally
committed
to
that
process,
and
I
think
that
alleviates
the
confusion
around
people
not
having
a
voice
about
any
potential
removals.
F
I
know
my
time
is
running
out.
I
have
questions
around
language
access,
how
we're
getting
information
out
to
people,
obviously
just
in
english,
but
also
in
other
languages.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
everyone
has
the
opportunity
to
to
participate
and
then
there's
a
larger
question
around
the
overall
design
and
how
it
fits
in
with
the
other
development
projects
that
are
happening
close
by
particularly
in
nubian
square.
So
I
think
it's
really
important
to
I
don't
know
if
bpda
is
on
this
call,
you
know.
F
Q
That's
the
language,
access
very
happy
to
look
back
on
that
and
the
vpa
has
been
very
involved
in
some
of
the
the
pieces
of
this.
I'm
happy
to
make
sure
they're
part
of
subsequent
conversations
as
well.
B
Thank
you
councilman.
Yes,
thank
you,
so
much
so
I'll
just
pick
back
up
on
the
language
access
piece,
because
you
know
that
is
usually
my
my
spiel.
So
don't
worry
council
president.
I
will.
I
will
keep
on
with
that
thread.
I'm
curious
in
regards
to
the
language
access,
in
addition
to
just
being
able
to
have
things
translated
and
interpreted
in
multiple
languages,
I'm
always
curious
about
those
folks
who
don't
know
how
to
read
or
write
even
in
their
own
native
language.
B
So
in
terms
of
communication
overall,
I
think
that
is
something
for
us
to
really
think
about
in
terms
of
the
level
of
engagement
that
was
put
forth
in
this
effort
and
I'm
just
curious
what
that
looked
like.
Q
So
it
is
a
great
question,
I
think,
there's
a
big
opportunity
for
us
in
the
next
round
of
engagement
in
front
of
us
to
go
even
further,
but
over
the
last
now
nine
years
there
have
been
a
series
of
public
workshops.
I
think
there
were
eight
community
meetings,
a
number
of
sort
of
sort
of
site
visits
as
part
of
the
conversation
and
then
a
lot
of
direct
conversations
with
the
friends
of
melania,
cass
boulevard
and
other
stakeholders
along
the
along
the
entire
corridor.
Q
I
think
we,
as
we
sort
of
talked
about
yesterday.
I
think
there
are
some
things
which
we've
been
able
to
do
over
the
course
of
the
last
several
months,
not
just
within
the
public
works
and
transportation
department
of
the
city,
but
across
the
entire
administration,
running
community
meetings
in
multiple
languages,
having
materials
translated
into
multiple
languages
and
and
to
your
broader
point,
thinking
about
how
we
just
make
the
community
process
more
accessible.
Q
That
as
we
pick
back
up,
the
the
community
process,
are
lessons
that
we
can
bring
into
our
next
round
of
engagement.
If
there
are
specific
sort
of
techniques
you
have
in
mind,
I'm
very
happy
to.
B
Yeah
and
I'm
going
to
just
say
this,
because
I
only
have
five
minutes
and
I'm
not
going
to
give
you
in
those
tips
and
techniques
during
my
little
time
so
I'll
follow
up
with
you
in
a
separate
situation.
But
I
want
to
get
to
some
of
my
additional
questions
here.
Don't
be
eating
up
on
my
time
here.
Chief,
I'm
just
curious.
B
You
said
that
there
were
a
number
of
different
meetings
that
were
had
with
friends
of
the
melina
cass
boulevard,
but
I'm
just
curious
about
how
many
meetings
can
you
give
me
a
number
and
how
many
people
attended
those
meetings
and
if
you
heard
a
strong
opposition,
why
did
we
move
forward
with
the
the
project
of
removing
124
trees.
Q
I
think
that's
a
appreciate
both
the
specific
question
and
the
broader,
the
broader
question,
the
specific
question,
and
there
are
others
on
the
city
team
who
might
more
specifically
be
able
to
talk
about
the
level
of
engagement.
In
fact,
there's
members
of
the
public,
who
were
probably
part
of
almost
every
single
one
of
of
these.
But
I
believe
there
were
two
public
workshops.
Q
There
were
four
public
sidewalks,
eight
community
meetings,
14
meetings,
I
believe,
with
the
friends
of
melania
cass
boulevard
and
then
a
number
of
sort
of
like
direct
outreach
and
sort
of
pop-up
meetings
along
the
corridor.
Whether
you
know
along
the
entire
stretch
of
melania
cass
boulevard,
we've
heard
a
lot
of
feedback
over
the
course
of
those
nine
years
and
the
design
has
changed
fairly
significantly
as
a
result
of
as
a
result
of
public
feedback.
Q
We
got
to
a
point
where
the
actual
number
of
of
mature
trees,
healthy,
mature
trees
was
actually
far
fewer
than
that
it
had
been
sort
of
initially
in
the
plan,
and
so
just
for
folks
awareness,
the
current.
What
is
currently
sort
of
the
paused
design
so
to
speak,
has
105
trees
in
total,
of
which
26
are
are
dead.
Another
17
are
in
poor
condition,
and
then
that
leaves,
I
think,
62
trees
that
are
going
to
be
that
are
are
good
in
good
condition
in
fair
condition.
Q
Most
of
them
are
in
good
condition
that
would
be
removed.
Obviously
it
is
we've
heard
throughout
this
entire
process
the
concern
about
the
trees,
but
there
have
been
a
number
of
strengths
to
the
current
design,
which
is
why
the
design
progressed
to
this
point
in
time.
Clearly,
though,
we
are
here
because
we've
heard
the
very
strong
feedback
that,
even
though
62
is
is
too
many.
Q
We
want
to
see
if
there's
ways
to
the
council
president's
point
of
making
sure
that
we
can
reduce
the
trees
while
still
advancing
the
other
priorities
as
part
of
this
project.
B
I
I
definitely
want
to
get
one
more
question
in
okay,
so
30
seconds
left,
oh
dang
chief,
you
better
stop
talking
so
much.
I
need
to
know
really
quick.
If
you
could
tell
me
how
does
this
plan
fit
into
the
city's
commitment?
The
mayor's
commitment
to
be
bold
in
terms
of
climate
action
to
reducing
climate
change
and
increasing
the
urban
canopy?
This
came
from
a
question
from
from
the
the
public,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
I
I
put
it
in
here.
T
And
cal
sorry,
I
want
to
be
respectful
of
the
time.
So
if
I
need
to
follow
up
with
you
directly
because
of
the
time
constraints,
but
that
is
the
lens-
that's
the
responsibility
of
our
cabinet
to
assist
chief
osgood
in
the
development
of
this
next
iteration
of
this
plan.
It
has
to
happen
within
context
and
by
the
way,
we're
acutely
aware
that
this
street
is
named
after
melania
cass,
a
person
who
made
her
entire
public
realm
better
and
and
looked
at
the
big
picture
on
projects.
V
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councillor,
wu
and
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
some
of
the
comments
of
counselor
janie,
but
I
I
worked
with
counselor
janie
on
help
with
health
disparities
in
the
communities
of
color.
But
my
question
is
to
chief
cook,
chief
with
the
high
high
traffic
on
melania
cass
air
pollution.
G
We
were
talking
about
the
high
asthma
rate.
Often
a
truck
route
along
malnear
cast
a
lot
of
trucks
besides
asthma.
Can
you
talk
a
little
about
the
environmental
concerns
in
and
around
that
on
that
street,
but
in
and
around
the
neighborhood
as
well.
T
I
can
counselor,
and
just
very
briefly,
I
just
don't
think
it's
appropriate
to
comment
on
it
without
also
commenting
on
cove
at
19
right.
So
when
you
look
at
the
disproportionate
effect
of
covet
19
on
communities
of
color
and
socially
vulnerable
populations,
that
is
a
respiratory
disease
that
is
exacerbated
by
the
heat
island
effect.
That
is
why
you
have
to
look
at
these
projects
critically
and
look
at
what
is
the
co-benefits
you're
getting
from
the
urban
tree?
Canopy,
not
just
in
that
public
realm.
T
That's
immediately
existent,
but
the
entire
neighborhood
itself
right,
because
again,
as
we
were
talking
about
these
projects
happen
within
a
context,
and
so,
when
you
start
talking
about
fine
particulate
matter
that
can
cause
a
whole
host
of
respiratory
diseases
beyond
asthma
and
the
fact
that
that
is
exacerbated
by
extreme
heat
and
the
fact
that
marginalized
communities,
communities
of
historic
redlining
who
have
been
victimized
by
poor
planning
in
the
in
the
in
the
past.
That's
why
there's
an
opportunity
to
really
try
to
get
all
those
health
co-benefits?
T
You
can
out
of
trees,
whether
it's
particulate
matter
or
the
fact
that
they
literally
just
cool
our
environment
and
provide
us
the
oxygen
to
breathe.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
mention,
though,
is
that
there
is
an
analysis
to
be
done.
You
know
in
general,
establish
more
mature
trees
are
better
for
the
environment,
but
but
trees
in
the
public.
Realm
grow
really
big
ro
grow
really
fast,
and
they
have
a
very
short
lifespan.
So
there
is
a
maintaining
of
the
urban
forest.
T
There
is
a
time
where
you
have
to
look
at
planting
additional
trees
or
removing
dead
and
designing
trees
in
order
to
have
a
healthy
tree.
Canopy,
that's
the
technical
analysis.
The
chief
osgoode
and
carolyn
crockett
are
really
looking
at
it.
The
nexus
of
environmental
justice
concerns
with
the
actual
environmental
benefits
instead
as
well.
Excuse
me.
G
Yet,
thank
you
thank
you,
chief
and
probably
besides
the
neighborhoods
in
and
around
the
the
highways
in
boston,
including
the
mass
mass
pike.
I
bet
your
melania
cass
is
probably
one
of
the
most
traveled
streets
in
the
city,
but
that
amount
of
traffic
and
cars
cutting
through
and
trucks
cutting
through
and
that
air
pollution
letting
off
have
have
there
been
any
studies
at
all
just
on
air
pollution
in
and
around
in
and
around
that
neighborhood.
T
There
have
sir,
the
union
and
concerted
scientists
have
studied
the
impact,
and
I
know
you
yourself
as
well
as
counselor
wu
last
year.
We
are
an
event
where
they
studied
the
impact
of
the
immediate
adjacency
of
the
traffic
on
the
chinatown
neighborhood.
It's
those
same
impacts
that
we
saw
in
chinatown,
which
would
largely
be
the
results
here
now
I
will
say
in
general,
you
know,
roxbury
does
not
have
the
lowest
tree
canopy
in
the
entire
city.
T
G
A
Thank
you.
Councillor
flynn
really
appreciate
your
giving
back
extra
seconds.
I
also
saw
that
miss
la
negra
had
a
hand
a
blue
zoom
hand
raised.
Did
you
have
a
comment
on
something
one
of
the
other,
counselors
or
or
panelists
were
saying.
P
Yes,
I
just
wanted
to
respond
to
councillor
mejia
and
add
to
chief
osgood's
understanding
state
representative,
china.
Tyler
was
very
concerned
about
the
representation
on
friends
of
melania
cass
boulevard,
because
the
early
incarnations
included
city,
employees
and
city
project
folks
and
programs
that
were
represented
and
their
vote
helped
to
influence
the
forward
movement
of
this
project.
While
the
residents
were
in
complete
opposition
to
the
forward
movement,
so
it
this
is
very
problematic
going
forward.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Would
any
of
the
chiefs
like
to
respond
to
that
as
council
braden
gets
ready
for
for
her
five
minutes.
Q
I
very
much
appreciate
that
that
point
and
I
think
someone
as
we
were
talking
about
before
we
have
every
interest
in
figuring
out
how
we
have
a
sort
of
a
transparent
decision-making
process
as
we
head
into
to
this
winter.
H
I
Well,
following
that,
I
guess
I
have
to
be
particularly
brief
as
well,
and
I
promise
too
because
it
is
important
to
have
members
of
the
community,
but
just
very,
very
briefly,
chief
cook
and
and
chief
is
good
as
well
as
well
as
chief
crockett
all
chiefs.
Several
years
ago,
we
were
able
to
secure
with
your
partnership
funding
in
the
budget
for
a
city,
lidar
study
that
would
study
the
tree
candy
in
the
city
of
boston.
I
Can
you
sort
of
speak
about
what
the
result
was
of
that
and
status
of
that,
and
then
I'll
briefly
get
into
a
specific
nail
mia
cast
question
and
then,
and
then
finish
up.
T
Yeah,
I'd
love
to
count
so
sure,
so
in
general,
for
you
know,
statistically
speaking,
the
city
did
not
lose
any
tree,
canopy
all
right,
and
so
that's
very
interesting
when
you
consider
the
historic
pace
of
development.
That's
happened
in
the
city
where
the
city
did
lose
tree.
Canopy,
though,
is
largely
on
residential
property,
and
so
that's
interesting.
T
You
know
we've
added,
you
know:
117
trees
at
smith,
playground,
230
trees
at
at
at
martin's
park
in
south
boston,
but
where
the
needle
has
actually
been
moved
is
through
large-scale
coordination
with
folks,
like
the
boston
transportation
department
and
the
public
works
department,
as
they
do
large-scale
public
realm
projects
and
really
prioritize
the
urban
tree
canopy
through
that,
but
that
that
loss
of
canopy
on
on
public
realm
means
that,
as
we
develop
our
urban
forestry
action
plan,
we
are
going
to
have
to
deal
with
the
fact
that
we're
going
to
have
to
protect
our
most
significant
trees,
even
if
they're
on
private
property,
because
they
just
pay
us
so
many
environmental
dividends.
T
T
Really,
all
neighborhoods
should
benefit
from
those
large
historic
trees,
and
there
are
those
trees
that
exist
in
neighborhoods,
in
neighborhoods,
like
east
boston
and
in
neighborhoods,
like
roxbury,
and
so
the
more
protections
we
could
put
around
them.
The
more
environmental
benefits
we'll
receive
because
it's
the
biggest
trees
that
do
that
do
the
most
for
our
environment.
T
I'll
have
to
follow
up
with
you.
There's
been
an
extensive
tree
inventory
survey
on
that,
but
how
we
designate
and
how
we
define
it
and
chief
osgood.
Unless
you
know
off
the
top
of
your
head,
I'd
have
to
follow
up.
There
are
some
big
trees
out
there.
That's
for
sure,
certainly.
I
T
27
percent
counselor,
you
know
for
our
climate
ready.
We
really
want
to
get
to
a
city-wide
35
percent,
but
we
got
to
be
very
respectful
of
the
fact
that
35
or
you
know,
27,
which
is
what
we're
at
today.
Well,
what
does
that
mean
if
you're
living
in
a
community,
that's
11
or
18
right?
And
so
that's
where
we
really
have
to
make
targeted
investments
to
rest?
You
know
to
really
to
really
address
those
historic
inequities
in
our
city.
I
And
to
that
point
of
that,
35
excuse
me
of
that.
27
percent
do
and
just
so
folks
know
that's
actually
better
than
than
many
comparable-sized
cities,
because
we've
been
working
this
for
quite
some
time.
So
I
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
the
fact.
But
I
adventure
guessed
if
that
was
broken
down
by
neighborhood.
You
would
see
some
significant
discrepancies
or
inequities
as
it
relates
to
the
percentage.
I'd
argue
that
my
district,
probably
is
one
of
the
higher
tree.
T
I
know
yeah
we,
we
certainly
have
it
by
neighborhood
counselor.
I
don't.
I
don't
necessarily
have
it
by
ward,
but
you're.
Absolutely
right
right!
You
know.
West
roxbury
is
the
leafiest
part
of
the
city.
What's
interesting,
though,
is
the
largest
canopy
loss?
Wasn't
in
those
areas
with
the
lowest
canopy?
That's
actually,
where
we
saw
some
gains,
we
saw
some
gains
in
east
boston.
We
saw
some
marginal
gains
in
south
boston.
We
actually
saw
the
biggest
losses
in
neighborhoods
like
high
park
in
west
roxbury,
where
it's
the
residential
development.
I
A
J
Thank
you,
madam
president,
thank
you
again
to
colleagues
for
asking
some
pretty
thoughtful
questions.
I
am
curious
about
and
I
think
it
was
laid
out
early
on
in
the
presentation,
but
I
think
important
to
hear
again
what
is
sort
of
generally
the
process
going
forward.
So
what
happens
after
today?
What
can
the
neighbors
expect?
What
can
the
advocates
expect?
What
can
we,
as
a
council,
expect
that
public
process
to
be.
Q
Council
great
question
I'll
I'll
start
and
certainly
if
chief
crocker
chief
cook
wants
to
add
by
all
means,
so
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
since
essentially
our
september
community
meeting
is
really
looking
at
sort
of
broad
design
alternatives
and
then
that
sort
of
deeper
environmental
look
the
potential
environmental
impact
of
various
design
choices
along
this
corridor.
We
were
hoping
that
work
would
be
wrapped
up
sooner
than,
and
that
would
be
wrapped
up
by
now,
so
we'd
be
able
to
already
be
able
to
go
back
out
to
the
public.
Q
It
looks
like
we'll
be
wrapped
up
with
that
in
time
for
us
over
the
course
this
winter
to
be
able
to
report
out
on
the
environmental
impact
of
the
current
design,
alterations
to
the
current
design
and
more
significance
of
conceptual
changes
to
what
the
melania
cass
boulevard
corridor
could
look
like
and
use
that
really,
as
a
starting
point
for
an
inclusive
public
conversation
about
design
directions
going
forward.
Q
That,
then,
would
inform
sort
of
the
sort
of
the
actual
changes
the
potential
changes
to
to
the
contract
and
the
final
design.
That
would
and
take
us
towards
construction
and
has
been
has
been
said
if,
as
a
result
of
that
community
conversation
there's
a
design
that
is
selected
that
results
in
the
removal
of
any
tree,
we
would
certainly
go
through
a
tree
hearing
as
part
of
that.
J
Q
The
broad
trajectory,
but
we
have
not
gotten
until
we
sort
of
have
done
the
background
research
we
were
asked
to
do.
We
haven't
sort
of
laid
out
the
specific
here's,
the
next
meeting
and
the
actual
schedule.
Our
hope
is
that
we'll
be
able
to
do
that
shortly
in
the
sort
of
weeks
and
months
ahead.
J
Great,
we
certainly
see
here
community
members
who
are
interested
in
this
process
and
for
short,
a
counselor,
janie
and
councilmejia's
points
around
language
access
and
making
sure
that
that
information
is
widely
translated.
So
when
it's
shared
with
the
with
the
community
and
with
the
neighbors
that
they're
fully
engaged
in
that
and
understanding
what
the
process
is
going
forward
and
because
of
counselor
braden's,
I
think
intuition
and
thinking
about
the
time
ahead
this
evening
I'll
end
my
questions
there.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Counselor
sabi
george,
also
wonderful
under
time
turn
that
off
just
one
quick
question
for
me
and
then
I'll
switch
back
for
a
last
minute.
Second
round
from
any
other
colleagues,
much
of
the
one
point
that
was
brought
up
over
and
over
again,
initially
and
saying
why
the
project
could
not
be
stopped
was
that
there
was
federal
funds
tied
to
it.
That
would
just
disappear
if
we
delayed
too
much.
Can
you
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
that?
What
has
happened
either
with
that
consideration
or
that
batch
of
funding
yeah.
Q
Great
question,
so
this
the
design
of
this
project
is
funded
by
by
the
city.
The
actual
construction
of
this
project
is
a
blend
of
state
and
federal
funding,
which
is
why
the
project
itself,
even
though
it
has
been
sort
of
a
city
city
design
effort,
is
actually
was
bid
by
by
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
by
massdot,
and
the
construction
would
be
overseen
by
massdot
as
part
of
that
of
sort
of
the
due
diligence
that
we're
doing.
It's
exactly
to
answer
that
question.
Q
A
Okay,
great
asking
colleagues,
if
you
have
other
questions
for
our
chiefs,
who
had
a
hard
stop
at
six?
Could
you
please
raise
your
blue
zoom
hand
and
I
would
love
to
squeeze
those
in
if
anyone
else,
I
can't
get,
to
my
blue
hand,
okay,
I
can't
find
my
blue
hand
either.
Okay,
all
right,
madame
press
first
and
then
counselor
here.
Thank.
F
You
just
quickly,
I
you
know
the
reason
I
called
this
hearing
primarily
was
to
give
voice,
and
so
I
do
want
to
heal
to
anyone
the
second
panel
and
then
anyone
who
wants
to
testify,
but
I
did
want
that
breakdown
the
canopy
breakdown
by
neighborhood,
that
you
said
you
have
chief
cook
if
you
could
just
get
that
to
us
through
the
chair
of
the
committee.
That
would
be
great.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
B
Thank
you
councilman
here.
Yes,
so
I'm
curious
if
it's
possible
moving
forward
for
us
to
really
consider
whether
it's
a
chief
or
maybe
a
chief
chief
assistant
to
stay
on
these
hearings,
and
I
know
chief,
I
would.
I
was
so
incredibly
impressed
that
you
stayed
all
night.
The
other
hearing
that
we
had,
but
just
because
we're
gonna
have
people
who
are
gonna
be
asking
questions.
B
If
there's
any
way
for
us
to
just
be
able
to
follow
up
with
an
email
or
there's
a
level
of
engagement,
I
don't
think
that
it
should
end
with
a
hearing.
I
just
feel
like
people
still
need
those
questions
answered.
So
if
there's
a
way
for
them
to
continue
to
ask
those
questions,
that
would
be
great
and
then
my
last
question
is
what
an
analysis.
This
is
a
question
from
the
community
too.
I'm
trying
to
help
them
out
here.
What?
What
and
now?
B
Q
I
will
start
and
be
brief,
and
I
think
there
may
be
other
members
of
the
city
team
who
can
certainly
can
join
in
as
well.
So,
as
folks
may
know,
on
the
north
side
of
melanie
cass
boulevard,
there
is
a
two-way
bike
facility
today,
as
part
of
the
the
current
and
and
now
pause
design
there.
The
idea
would
be
a
bike
path
on
each
side.
The
notion
of
the
bike
path
on
each
side
sort
of
reflects
a
design
direction
towards
what
would
be
sort
of
a
neighborhood
street.
Q
The
idea
of,
if
you're,
trying
to
access
a
school,
a
business,
a
home
on
the
ons
or
the
nubian
square
side
of
melania,
cass
boulevard
that
there
will
be
a
bike.
Accommodation
on
that
side
as
well.
Q
Certainly,
one
of
the
things
that
we've
been
asked
to
look
at
is
what's
the
implication
of
just
keeping
the
2a
bike
facility
on
the
north
side,
in
line
with,
essentially
that
connection
between
the
southwest
corridor
and
the
south
bay
harbor
trail,
and
so
we
certainly
heard
that
feedback,
and
I
actually
expect
that
we'll
probably
be
hearing
that
feedback
as
well
from
other
other
folks,
were
really
testifying
ahead.
B
A
H
A
U
That'd
be
great
just
a
quick
statement.
Obviously
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
also
for
hosting
the
hearing,
and
also
for
lead
sponsors,
councillor,
mejia
and
council
president
cheney.
My
office
has
received
a
lot
of
emails
and
calls
about
this
plan
expressing
concerns
about
the
removal
of
mature
trees
along
the
corridor
and
underscoring
the
importance
of
maintaining
a
mature
tree
canopy
in
this
area.
U
So
it's
it's
my
understanding
that
the
city
has
reassessed
the
current
plan,
and
so
my
hope
is
that
we're
able
to
to
bring
some
clarity
to
that
sorry
for
obviously
joining
late.
But
I
know
that
a
lot
of
the
the
butters,
the
property
owners
they
have
not
really
been
sort
of
part
parcel
to
a
lot
of
the
discussions
and
they've
got
some
significant
concerns,
particularly
with
respect
to
any
improvements
that
are
going
to
be
made
over
there.
U
In
addition
to
trees,
obviously,
the
proposal
to
cut
down
trees,
but
also
the
the
streetscape
and
the
roadways
as
well,
how
it
will
impact
transportation,
traffic
and
also
their
their
respective
businesses.
So
a
lot
of
concerns,
and
my
hope
is
that
this
proposal
this
plan
has
been
shelved
in
that's.
My
two
cents-
I
appreciate
it,
madam
chair
and
thanks
again
to
the
sponsors
and
obviously
to
the
administration
officials
here,
look
forward
to
continued
partnership
as
we
try
to
make
some
sense
of
this
and
move
forward.
A
Thank
you,
council,
flaherty.
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
to
our
chiefs.
I
know
we
always
give
you
a
hard
time
when
you
have
to
leave,
but
considering
that
you
stayed
on
so
long
yesterday
and
you
three
you
know,
especially
within
the
administration,
have
been
always
been
responsive
and
visible
and
out
in
the
community.
So
I
really
appreciate
your
time.
Did
you
want
to
know?
I
think
there
are
some
members
of
the
administration
that
are
staying
on.
I
don't
know.
Does
everyone
have
to
go
or
para?
A
A
Oh
you're
saying
two
nights
in
a
row:
okay,
we
appreciate
you
very
much.
We
are
going
to
move
on
from
this
panel
pending
any
last
call
for
comments
from
colleagues.
A
A
U
Man,
of
course,
this
council
fighting
one
just
a
quick
question
of
the
panelists:
have
there
been
any
land
takings
there,
or
particularly
as
it
potentially
abutters,
have
any
land
been
seated
in
anticipation
of
this
proposal?
And
if
the
proposal
gets
shelved,
will
those
discussions
revert
back
to
land
being
reverted
back
to
some
of
the
stakeholders
along
melnia.
A
Q
U
That's
more
than
more
than
appropriate,
just
because,
if
we're
we're
taking
property
under
the
guys
that
it's
a
government
taking
and
we're
using
it
for
a
legitimate
purpose,
but
if
that
those
the
purposes
get
x-made,
that
land
needs
to
revert
back
to
the
to
the
to
the
rightful
property
owners.
That's
my
two
cents.
A
Great,
thank
you.
Okay,
we
are,
I
think
I
let
everyone
in
the
right
way.
I
want
to
take
three
more
members
for
up
to
give
public
testimony
between
this
next
panel
as
well,
which
will
be
bill
singleton,
who
has
very
patiently
been
waiting.
I
believe
it's
mella
miss
mela
miles
and
allison
pultinas.
W
Yes,
first
of
all,
I
wanted
to
thank
everyone
for
participating
in
this.
This
is
very
important.
I
wanted
to
give
a
brief
sort
of
background
on
on
my
involvement
with
this
effort,
which
started
in
2011.
W
I
do
business
here.
I
live
here
we're
in
the
eye
of
the
hurricane,
so
to
speak,
and
this
is
not
the
first
time
I'm
a
publisher,
I'm
a
ward
committeeman
and
a
president
of
united
neighbors
of
laura
roxbury,
as
well
as
a
citizen
here
and
unlr
particularly
has
been
into
struggle
when
they
took
the
buildings
here
long
ago,
and
now
some
are
trying
to
take
the
trees
and,
and
the
real
question
should
be.
Why
save
the
trees?
W
Well
because
they
are
present
health
and
enjoyment
of
the
citizens
who
live
here,
and
so
this
is
why
I'm
so
glad
that
friends
of
manila
cass
I
mean
and
and
others
other
groups
of
the
community
groups
have
joined
together
to
make
sure
that
we
secure
the
safety
and
the
enjoyment
and
because
basically,
we
want
to
walk
and
and
ride
our
bikes
and
and
in
some
cases,
drive
along
a
a
rich,
a
richer
environment.
W
The
last
question
about
taking
was
very
important
because
you
see
if
they
are
simply
saying
that
they're
going
to
give
us
more
public
safety.
W
Does
that
mean
that
we,
you
know
we're
going
to
be
developing
there
at
90
windsor
street?
Are
they
going
to
be
taking
some
of
our
property
there
or
they're
going
to
be
taking
the
trees
that
we
would
enjoy
there,
and
I
am
very
concerned
about
getting
more
voices
into
the
room
a
lot
of
times.
The
people
that
we're
talking
about
cannot
get
on
these
zone
calls
and
they
don't
really
have
the
kind
of
same.
W
You
know
access
and
many
times
we're
being
talked
about,
but
we
don't
get
to
speak,
we're
being
discussed,
but
we
don't
get
to
decide
and
we're
being
told.
Oh,
this
is
for
our
enjoyment
for
our
betterment,
but
then
we're
not
a
part
of
creating
the
solution.
W
So
the
problem
there,
I
think,
is
we
need
more
outreach
to
many
people
that
I
know
are
in
this
community.
I
walk
these
blocks
from
the
near
class,
all
the
way
down
into
the
hospital,
and
I
see
and
talk
to
people
every
day
and
they
don't
know
what
is
going
on.
They
they're
afraid
that
the
trees
will
be
taken
and
people
like
yvonne,
larae
and
nina
and
others,
and
david
and
mary
and
many
others
they're
the
ones
that
are
taking
up
the
torch
to
protect
this
area.
W
But
my
question,
mr
singleton
to
the
council,
we'll
we'll
I'm
probably
what
yes,
okay,
I'm
gonna
be
brief
here,
and
that
is
you.
You
spoke
of
next
steps.
Will
the
next
step
be
to
provide
us
with
the
kind
of
access
to
being
a
part
of
creating
the
solution
or
not?
What
steps
are
taken
to
include
people
from
this
area
that
want
to
be
a
part
of
building
the
solution?
We
do
not
want
someone
to
come
in
and
widen
the
streets
and
take
the
trees.
We
do
not
want
this
or
take
the
win.
W
We
are
against
it.
I
I
remember
in
2011
when
nataka
creighton
was
president
and
we
protested
against
it,
then.
So
this
has
been
a
long
struggle
and
each
time
we're
told
well
we're
going
to
include
where
we're
going
to
change.
A
Thank
you,
mr
singleton,
appreciate
it
miss
miles.
A
X
Yes,
good
evening,
I'm
mella
from
ace
I
direct
oriented
development
there
and
the
two
guys
and
I'm
a
lifelong
roxbury
resident
a
couple
of
things
that
rise
to
the
surface
here
for
me
are
the
report
that
was
done
on
the
life
expectancy
of
people
in
zero,
two
one,
one,
nine
in
roxbury
versus
back
bay
and
there's
a
difference
of
30
years
and
in
back
bay.
You
have
commonwealth
ave
and
I
can't
ever
imagine
anybody
wanting
to
come
and
cut
down
the
trees
along
the
commonwealth
mall.
X
But
why
would
we
not
be
listened
to
here
in
roxbury?
The
other
thing
that
I
I
have
a
question
on
is
the
community
always
has
to
react
versus
the
proactiveness
of
going
first
to
our
community
and
saying
we
want
to
do
this.
You
know
having
come
before,
but
the
engagement
process
did
not
result
in
the
desired
results
and
the
question
is
who's
listening
if
you're
naming
trees
in
the
emerald
necklace,
why?
Why
don't
arteries
have
names?
X
I
I
saw
I'm
gonna,
say
this
and
then
I'll
end.
I
watched
the
documentary
about
land
encroachment
in
palestine
and
one
of
the
evil
things
that
they
did
was
go
out
there
and
get
back
hoes
and
rip
the
the
olive
trees
out
of
the
ground
and
all
of
those
trees
that
were
owned
by
the
people
and
gave
them
sustenance
in
life
had
names.
X
So
we
we
need
to
look
at
how
our
trees
are
for
us,
and
the
naming
of
the
trees
should
be
something
that
happens
all
over
the
city
of
the
of
boston
and
there's
no
reason
to
do
what,
in
my
mind
as
a
lifelong
roxbury
resident,
we
were
asking
you
know
that
there'd
be
a
redevelopment
and
a
reconsideration
and
to
revisit
the
plan
and
then
come
about
with
something
that
adds
trees
in
creates
more
of
an
urban
forest.
Some
of
those
trees
were
apple
trees.
X
Y
I
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
I
have
to
say
I'm
somewhat
discouraged
by
the
answers
I'm
hearing
from
the
three
chiefs
and
that
they
have
been
internally
working
on
redesigns
since
september,
and
yet
no
one
in
the
community
has
been
talked
to
or
reached
out
to
or
involved.
Y
I
live
in
mission
hill
but,
as
mr
elias
said,
this
is
a
city-wide
road
that
all
of
us
use,
driving,
biking,
walking,
and
so
what
happens
on
this
road
affects
everybody.
It's
it's
a
boulevard.
It's
meant
to
be
a
boulevard
that
has
an
edge
to
it
that
protects
the
residential
neighborhoods
from
the
noise
and
the
traffic
that
is
so
prevalent
on
those
travel
lanes.
Y
I
was
the
one
who
filed
a
year
and
a
half
ago
the
freedom
of
information
act,
request
to
ryan
woods
at
the
parks
department
as
to
why
street
tree
hearing
was
not
being
held,
and
I
didn't
hear
an
answer
for
nine
months,
so
I
have
a
concern
here
that
we're
failing
to
address
some
of
the
major
issues
with
the
project,
one
being,
why
is
it
being
widened
and
why
are
the
trees
coming
down?
They
haven't
answered
that
question
today.
Y
The
two-way
bike
trail
that
is
on
the
north
side
is
part
of
a
network.
It's
was
designed
as
part
of
the
south
bay
harbor
trail
to
connect
ruggle
station
to
south
boston
to
the
water
water's
edge,
and
that
plan
has
been
put
aside
for
one-way
bike
lanes.
That
would
be
very
close
to
the
curb
putting
bike
riders
at
much
greater
risk
for
air
quality
issues
and
a
bike
path.
On
the
tropical
food
side.
Y
Y
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Allison
okay.
I
know
we
still
have
a
number
of
people
signed
up
for
public
testimony
who
are
very
patient,
so
we
will
we'll
go
next
to
the
second
panel
and
then
resume
public
testimony
after
that,
and
then
we'll
play
the
video
testimony
to
close.
A
So
I
want
to
welcome
dwayne
tyndall,
the
director
executive
director
of
alternative
for
alternatives
for
community
environment
ace,
becca
wolfson,
the
director
of
the
boston,
cyclists
union,
stacey,
thompson
of
liberals,
livable
streets
alliance,
ken
crookemeyer
former
associate
commissioner
for
highway
engineering
for
this
state
department
of
public
works
and
dr
yvonne
lalira
of
friends
of
melania
cass
boulevard.
A
Z
Yeah
so
good
evening,
I'm
going
to
keep
it
quick.
This
is
about
the
health
of
our
neighborhoods.
This
is
about
heat,
air
quality
and
covet.
Z
This
is
really
about
the
life
and
death
of
residents
and
any
planning
relative
to
this
corridor
in
the
streetscape
have
to
remember
that
this
is
not
a
theoretical
argument.
We
have
proof
that
the
environment
our
communities
are
living
in
are
unhealthy
and
quote
that
is
the
magnifying
glass
of
that
reality.
C
Yeah,
I'm
happy
to
go
next
great,
so
for
anyone
who
doesn't
know
I'm
becca
wolfson
executive
director
of
the
boston,
cyclists
union.
Thank
you
so
much
for
chairing
this
meeting
for
everyone
who
sponsored
and
for
everyone
else,
who's
here
listening
and
asking
great
questions
a
lot.
C
A
lot
of
what
I'm
going
to
say
is
in
that
statement
as
well
so-
and
I
also
want
to
thank
the
friends
of
melania
cass
they've-
really
been
leading
this
conversation
and
invited
us
into
it
several
times,
so
our
office
used
to
be
close
by
on
dudley
street
near
blue
hill
ave.
This
is
a
quarter
that
I
would
have
biked
that
you
know
many
people
would
bike
and
I'm
involved.
C
You
know
from
the
bikeless
bicyclist's
perspective
and
also
pedestrian
access
and
safety
and
access
for
all
we've
been
currently
the
two-way
bike
path
on
the
northeast
side
of
the
quarter
is
not
comfortable.
I
don't
use
it.
C
Many
people
choose
not
to
use
it,
but
a
significant
reason
is
that
there
are
tree
roots
coming
through
the
path
that,
if
you're
riding
along
would
eject
you
pretty
high
into
the
air
and
that's
something
that
could
be
improved
by
rehabbing
the
existing
path,
not
digging
up
the
entire
corridor,
cutting
down
so
many
mature
trees
and
creating
a
new
path
on
both
sides
that
just
isn't
needed.
C
So
as
far
as
the
bike
facilities
are
concerned,
I
want
to
be
very
clear
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
boston
cyclists
union,
our
members,
people
who
bike
the
bike
community
is
not
standing
up
and
saying.
We
need
this
project
to
go
forward
and
need
it
to
go
forward,
as
is
for
bike
access,
there's
never
been
unanimous
consent
around
whether
there
should
be
a
path
on
each
side
or
one
path.
C
On
one
side,
there
are
destinations
on
both
sides
with
tropical
foods,
the
orchard
garden,
school
and
kids
who
do
bike
there,
lots
of
housing
on
the
other
side
and
and
a
path
there
could
open
up
access.
You
know
for
people
who
don't
want
to
cross
the
street,
but,
however,
you
know
we
said
from
the
beginning.
C
If
you're
going
to
put
a
path
on
both
sides,
each
one
should
be
two-way,
so
people
don't
have
to
cross
multiple
times
and
so
for
the
city
to
go
from
one
two-way
path
to
two
one-way
paths,
never
made
sense
to
us
and
we
continually
voice
this
concern
and
it
was
never
addressed,
and
you
know
what
the
city
continually
said
with
this
design
is
that
it
was
a
compromise
plan.
C
But
I
think
the
compromises
that
are
being
made
are
are
too
many
and
are
for
the
wrong
reasons,
and
we've
continued
to
uplift,
the
ask
by
the
community
to
save
the
trees
and,
along
with
improving
the
bicycle
safety
and
bike
facilities.
Again,
you
know
chief
osgood
showed
this
is
a
very
dangerous
corridor
for
all
road
users.
C
It's
a
high
crash
corridor
for
pedestrians
and
for
motorists,
and
yet
the
fact
that
the
city
is
using
the
language
that
a
tree
hearing
is
not
required,
but
they're
making
a
concession
to
allow
it,
because
this
is
formerly
a
street
widening
project
is
counter
to
all
vision.
Zero
principles,
making
a
street
wider
makes
it
more
dangerous,
so
it
just
doesn't
make
sense.
You
can
still
table
the
intersections
at
albany
and
washington.
C
You
can
still
raise
the
crosswalks
and
can
still
improve
sight
lines
without
straightening
the
corridor
without
widening
the
quarter
and
without
cutting
down
all
of
these
mature
trees.
I
want
to
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
street
projects
and
tree
removal.
Mella
already
brought
up
the
amazing
example
of
the
uproar
that
would
ensue
if
the
city
ever
proposed
to
remove
even
a
single
tree
in
back
bay
along
the
comm
ave
mall.
C
Another
project
example
the
arbor
way
in
jamaica
plain,
is
being
redesigned
for
safety
for
all
road
users
and
at
the
start
of
that
project,
which
is
being
run
by
the
state,
the
department
of
conservation
and
recreation.
It's
been
widely
said.
We
know
that
saving
trees
is
a
top
priority
and
we
will
avoid
removal
of
a
single
tree
at
all
costs.
C
C
When
that
number
became
62,
the
city
you
know
with
basically
was
able
to
gaslight
the
community
and
say
we
were
going
to
take
down
240
we're
only
taking
down
62.
Now
you
should
be
happy
with
this
results,
and
and
and
then
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
the
community
is
exhausted
by
process
and
there
have
been
so
many
meetings
that
people
just
don't
understand
how
you
know
what
they
mean,
how
they
transpire.
In
november
of
2018,
there
was
a
25
design
hearing
that
proposed
removal
of
62
trees.
C
People
were
told
this
is
this
is
much
better
than
240,
but
then,
since
november
of
2018,
to
now,
somehow
that
number
doubled
to
120..
C
The
last
thing
that
I'll
say
is
the
meepa
approval,
the
massachusetts
environmental
policy
act,
which
is
submitted
to
review
the
environmental
impact
of
the
project,
was
submitted
at
the
25
design
hearing,
which
only
included
removal
of
62
trees.
So
the
environmental
impact
was
analyzed
at
the
removal
of
62
trees,
which
has
now
gone
up
to
120,
so
appreciate
the
council,
calling
this
hearing
listening
to
everyone
and
and
really
doing
everything
to
stop
the
removal
of
these
trees
and
listen
to
the
community.
A
Thank
you,
becca
next
on
my
list
was
stacy.
D
D
The
community's
laying
this
project
and
they're
all
here
tonight
to
tell
you
what's
going
on
I'm
here
with
my
hat
as
an
advocate,
and
I
want
to
sort
of
focus
on,
I
think
some
of
the
patterns
and
some
of
the
process
issues
and
and
maybe
ask
some
hard
questions,
but
also
suggest
some
paths
forward,
not
just
for
this
project,
but
for
how
the
city
does
all
kinds
of
projects
like
this
moving
forward.
You
know
livable
streets
through
the
leadership
of
our
founding
board.
D
Member
ken
crockemeyer
has
been
part
of
this
process
in
many
different
ways
over
the
last
10
years.
So
one
of
my
projects
tonight
was
to
go
through
memos
starting
in
2011,
and
so
I
pulled
up
the
first
memo
which
is
available
on
the
city's
website.
That
tells
you
what
the
city,
what
the
community
said
in
2011
and
what
it
says
in
this
memo
is
that
the
current
planning
effort
is
taking
place
against
a
backdrop
of
increased
development
and
that
there
is
concern
about
that.
So
where
is
the
bpda?
D
Where,
where
is
the
focus
on
displacement?
We've
known?
This
is
a
problem
since
again
2011,
it's
documented
in
the
city's
documentation
on
the
website.
One
of
the
key
ideas
that
came
out
of
this
meeting
was
to
develop
a
set
of
early
action,
steps
that
the
city
could
take,
including
snow
removal,
maintenance,
cleaning
traffic
calming
where
other
early
action
items
from
nine
years
ago.
D
You
know
10
years
ago,
at
this
point,
top
bullet
point
from
the
list
of
a
successful
melodia
bull
melniercast
boulevard
would
be
a
beautified
and
improved
landscaping,
mature
trees
kept.
That
is
the
top
request
from
the
community
in
this
memo
again
on
your
website
and
then
goes
into
maintains
maintenance,
snow
removal,
litter,
consistently
removed,
safe
biking
and
pedestrian
a
lot
of
just
very
basic
improvements,
and
so
I
bring
this
up
to
say.
D
You
know,
I
think
it's
good
to
hear
that
there
will
be
another
meeting,
but,
as
becca
has
expressed,
there
is
a
decade
of
documentation
where
community
members
have
made
very
clear,
direct,
achievable
asks,
and
I
think
it's
really
important
to
do
some
of
that
work
ahead
of
the
next
meeting
so
like
what's
the
snow
removal
plan
based
on
the
feedback
this
year
to
make
sure
people
can
cross
the
road
if
the
city
is
going
to
move
forward
with
some
of
these
design
options,
can
we
use
the
healthy
streets
initiative
that
has
been
very
successful
in
downtown
boston
to
show
the
community
what
you
mean
by
traffic
calming
experiment
test?
D
You
know
like
what
are
the
things
we
can
do
that
actually
speaks
to
the
feedback
that
has
already
been
received,
responds
and
and
demonstrates
what
you're
trying
to
do
like
that.
That
all
seems
very
reasonable,
achievable
and
aligned
with
what
you've
already
been
asked
for.
You
know
a
second
thing
that
I
want
to
highlight
and
come
back
to,
because
I
you
know
it's
the
question
of
funding.
It
hasn't
actually
been
clarified
tonight.
D
If
the
city
is
planning
on
moving
forward
with
using
the
state
and
federal
funds
and
how
that
impacts,
the
design,
one
thing
that
has
happened
through
the
process
is
that
we've
heard
over
and
over
again.
Well,
it
has
to
get
through
a
massdot
approval.
So
we
can't
do
this
or
we
can't
do
that.
Do
we
need
to
use
this
money,
or
can
you
know
I'm
not
saying
we
don't
need
the
project
as
we've
seen,
we
have
a
floodplain
issue.
We
have
we
need
to
deal
with
uw
industries
and
we
need
to
deal
with
safety.
D
But
do
we
need
this
money
and
do
we
need
to
go
through
this
process?
And
I
it's
unclear
to
me
what
the
city's
approach
is-
and
I
think
that's
really
important
to
understand
before
we
go
into
the
next
meeting-
and
I
maybe
there's
clarity
tonight
and
I'm
gonna
put
this
up
against
the
northern
avenue
bridge
project,
because
my
understanding
is
that
we
are
actually
giving
up
10
million
dollars
of
federal
funding
in
order
to
move
that
bridge
forward
and
that's
a
hundred
million
dollars
of
city
funds,
flexible
city
funds.
D
So
we
do
have
precedent
in
a
white
wealthy
community
to
spend
lots
of
money
to
do
what
what
I
don't
want
and
what
most
people
don't
want,
but
to
do
something
and
to
give
up
money,
and
I
could
be
wrong-
I'm
happy
to
be
corrected.
So
so,
where
is
that
flexibility
for
melania
cass?
Where
is
that
we
have
the
resources,
we
don't
need
the
state
we're
gonna
be
strategic,
like.
I
think
that
folks
would
like
that
clarity.
D
I
would
love
that
clarity
and
just
to
say,
I
think
that
they're,
you
know
we
need
to
understand
what
the
actual
intersexual
approach
is
going
forward.
I
know
that
for
many
years
I
was
going
back.
There
were
notes
from
2017.
Where
friends
were
saying,
can
you
please
bring
the
parks
department
in?
D
Can
you
please
bring
your
peers
in
and-
and
there
was
push
back
internally,
so
I
know
you
all
are
meeting
internally,
but
who
is
the
intersectional
team
that
is
going
to
deal
with
displacement
going
to
deal
with
environment
who
makes
decisions
and
about
what
and
can
the
public
have
that
understanding
before
the
next
public
meeting?
I'm
done
with
my
process
lecture.
Thank
you
for
having
me
thank
you
to
everyone
who
has
been
doing
this
for
more
than
a
decade.
A
A
AA
Hi
this
is
ken
crokemeyer,
I'm
a
resident
of
the
south
end
I've
been
involved.
I
was
asked
to
join
friends
of
melania
cass
at
the
very
beginning,
because
I
was
there
with
the
neighborhood
when
the
plans
were
made
to
plan
plant
one
thousand
one
hundred
and
ninety
four
trees
along
melania
cass
boulevard,
where
located
where
to
put
in
the
new
housing
where
to
put
the
industry
where
to
do
all
of
the
things
that
make.
What
is
there
today?
Is
it
perfect?
No
does
it
need
to
have
trees
removed
in
order
to
make
it
better?
AA
Absolutely
not.
I
think
that's
the
really
important
point
that
needs
to
be
made
needs
to
be
made
clear
to
the
to
the
chiefs,
who
I
think
are
still
waffling
on.
What's
going
to
happen
going
forward,
stacy
pointed
this
out,
and
it
is
really
important
that
the
council
know
that
everyone
in
the
neighborhood
know
that
the
trees
are
not
coming
out.
AA
I
want
to
remind
people
of
the
process
that
was
used
in
the
southwest
corridor,
where
the
meetings
were
held
monthly,
with
each
of
the
different
neighborhoods
and
as
a
joint
meeting
of
all
of
the
neighborhoods
to
make
decisions
in
public
about
the
development
of
the
project
they
were
made
by
consensus
and
they
were
done
under
a
memorandum
of
agreement
that
was
signed
at
the
very
beginning.
That
said,
all
these
folks
will
be
involved
and
they
will
be
there
if
you're,
not
there.
You
are
not
going
to
be
heard.
AA
That
also
meant
that
the
city
had
to
be
there.
That
also
meant
that
the
public
agencies
had
to
be
there.
That
means
that
the
consultants
had
to
be
there.
That
means
that
the
neighbors
had
to
be
there
and
the
advocates
had
to
be
there
and
if
they
weren't
there,
then
their
voice
was
not
going
to
get
heard
in
the
decision
that
was
going
to
be
made,
and
so
it
required
everybody
to
be
involved
and
it
required
them
to
all
agree
which
meant
that
everyone
had
to
listen
to
everybody
else.
AA
The
neighbors
had
full
ability
to
be
persuasive
about
the
things
that
concerned
them,
and
the
engineers
quite
rightly
had
an
opportunity
to
be
persuasive
about
the
things
that
they
were
trying
to
care
for
that
were
part
of
regulations
or
state
law
or
whatever
else
it
was,
the
funding
had
to
be
there.
It
had
to
all
fit
together.
AA
We're
being
told
now
that
this
is
going
on,
and
maybe
the
chiefs
will
be
ready
to
talk
to
the
neighborhood
sometime
this
winter
what's
been
going
on,
since
that
announcement
was
made
in
august.
I
think
we
need
to
know.
We
need
to
understand
how
this
process
is
actually
going
to
involve
people,
the
people
who
are
there,
the
people
who
know
the
things
that
need
to
be
known
in
order
to
design
the
right
project.
If
they'd
been
listened
to
in
2011,
we
wouldn't
have
spent
four
million
dollars
of
city
money,
doing
this
design.
AA
That
has
gotten
us
to
a
point
where
we
shouldn't
be
proceeding.
We
will
have
wasted
that
money.
We
will
have
wasted
that
time
and
energy
not
only
of
the
engineers
and
the
city
administrators,
but
of
all
the
neighbors
who've
been
fussing
with
this
thing
for
all
that
period
of
time.
Let
me
get
to
the
point
of
do
the
trees
need
to
be
cut
in
order
to
get
safety,
because
we
keep
hearing
that
we
have
to
cut
down
the
trees
in
order
to
achieve
the
safety
goals
of
the
project.
AA
It's
absolutely
not
true,
and
if
this
engineers
had
listened,
they
would
know
that.
That's
true
the
points
there
are
three
points
to
talk
to
the
two
one-way
bike
paths.
I
think
becca
has
covered
that
quite
well,
because
you
wouldn't
choose
to
put
a
bike
path
right
next
to
a
roadway
when
you've
already
got
one
that's
farther
away
and
so
forth.
I
won't
go
through
those
details.
AA
It
doesn't
even
meet
the
state's
the
national
standards
mutcd
for
by
for
crossings.
How
can
that
be
safer
and
you'll?
Have
to
push
a
button
which
was
promised
that
you
wouldn't
have
to
push
a
button,
but
the
traffic
engineers
took
it
out.
There
are
so
many
examples
of
how
this
protected
intersection
is
not
going
to
work
is
not
going
to
be
maintained.
It
has
puddles.
AA
If
you
look
at
it
on
commonwealth
avenue,
phase
two,
it
just
is
a
mess,
and
so
why
are
we
spending
all
this
money
to
create
the
mess
to
believe
that
they're
going
to
be
able
to
lay
asphalt
within
an
eighth
of
an
inch
tolerance
in
order
to
keep
it
so
it
will
drain
properly
it
won't.
Finally,
the
road
will
be
safer
if
the
traffic
moves
slowly
more
slowly.
Everybody
agrees
on
that,
and
yet
there
is
nothing
in
the
design
that
couldn't
be
done
within
the
existing
curbs
and
within
the
exist
without
cutting
a
single
tree.
AA
So,
if
they're
going
to
have
new
traffic
signals,
if
there's
going
to
be
automatic
recall,
if
there's
going
to
be
a
20
mile,
an
hour
progression
safety
at
milne
at
orchard
garden
school,
they
should
be
installing
the
required
slowing
the
traffic
by
the
school,
and
yet
they
haven't
even
put
that
in
the
project.
Believe
it
or
not.
The
curb
radii
could
be
made
sharper
as
the
neighborhood
requested.
AA
Let's
work
together
on
doing
that,
let's
get
the
city
council
and
the
mayor
and
the
public
agencies
all
to
work
together
in
a
way
that
will
make
it
possible
to
build
that
greenway
to
use
that
as
a
goal
for
everybody
to
work
together
positively
in
the
future.
We've
got
to
do
it
by
saying
no
to
the
existing
contract
right
now
and
then
moving
forward.
Thank
you
very
much.
AB
We,
I
think
you
can
thank
you
becca
for
being
so
direct
about
the
flaws
of
this
design
and
at
the
heart
of
it.
I
think
it's
the
community
involvement
and
how
the
process
has
been
done
and
how
it
continues
to
be
done.
I
want
to
remind
mr
us
ashwood
and
mr
gupta,
in
all
the
boston
transportation
department
that
you
are
working
for
us.
We
are
not
working
for
you,
you
work
for
us.
We
pay
your
salaries.
This
is
this
is
federal
money.
This
is
our
taxes.
AB
Is
our
money
that
you're
administering,
so
we
need
to
be
at
the
table
and
we
need
to
be
the
first
ones
speaking,
not
you
telling
us
what
to
do,
which
is
what
is
still
going
on.
You
can't
have
meetings,
close
meetings
and
then
come
back
with
with
decisions
for
us.
We
want
a
community
process.
This
is
what
we've
asked
from
the
very
beginning.
AB
Ken
has
been
very
clear
about
how
it
was
done
with
the
southwest
corridor.
This
can
be
done
again.
Now
we
have,
and
and
luis
also
explained,
that
we
have
the
expertise.
We
don't
need
the
city
to
hire
experts
to
tell
us
how
things
should
be
done.
We
have
the
capacity
here.
We
have
people
capable
of
making
a
decent
design
and
somewhat
something
that
responds
to
our
needs
and
our
concerns.
AB
AB
So
for
almost
a
decade
now,
city
officials
have
added
insult
to
injury
by
promoting
a
project
that
has
only
exacerbated
the
feeling
of
neglect
that
pervades
our
neighborhood,
but
we
have
to
be
confined
during
the
epidemic.
We
lack
the
green
space
needed
to
relax
and
enjoy
nature
that
other
parts
of
the
city
have
franklin
and
freneway
parks.
Carlson
beach
and
the
arboretum
are
miles
away.
AB
A
new
hotel,
a
supermarket
and
an
apartment
building
have
already
chipped
away
as
the
only
open
space
and
trees
that
we
have
along
the
boulevard
to
mitigate
the
traffic
congestions,
the
air
contamination
and
the
noise
pollution
that
continues
to
increase
along
the
boulevard.
I
live
two
blocks
from
the
boulevard
and
I
I
know
what
I'm
talking
about.
AB
AB
The
goals
of
the
concept
include,
first,
to
reclaim
and
reconnect
a
neighborhood,
torn
apart
by
a
highway
plan,
two
to
offer
a
green
respite
from
the
urban
heat
island
by
preserving
and
expanding
the
existing
tree,
canopy
shrubs
parks
and
gardens
and
fountains.
I
hope
three
to
provide
green
jobs
and
and
job
training.
We
have
a
tremendous
amount
of
capabilities
here
from
people
people
who
come
from
the
south
who
know
how
to
deal
with
vegetation
in
in
gardening
and
growing
food.
Who
knows,
maybe
we
will
need
to
grow
foods
in
the
city?
AB
Fourth,
to
build
neighborhood
climate
resilience,
we
can
use
the
land
we
have
to
to
build
swells
for
for
the
flood
for
water
absorb
absorption,
we
can
have
solar
panels
above
those
parking
lots
that
we
have
along
the
boulevard
and
we
can
have
we
can
offer.
This
is
the
fifth
element
to
offer
historical
content
by
means
of
monuments,
dedicated
parks
in
art,
for
example,
as
can
be
seen.
Oh,
I
I
gave
the
I
gave
the
I
hope
you
all
have
this.
AB
This
is
the
map
of
the
greenway
here,
mr
oskwood,
you
can
see
it.
I
I
send
it
to
the
to
the
to
the
organizer
of
the
hearing,
so
you
all
have
it
in
your
in
your
materials,
but
we
can
see
that
there
is
the
frederick
douglass
monument
that
we
have
been
working
on
for
years,
the
peace
garden.
There
is
a
chuck
turner
and
milking
park.
AB
We
can
have
the
sterling
street
park
or
whatever
name
we
want
there.
It
is
here
you
can
see
it.
Thank
you
so
much
so
you
can
see
the
oh
now
I
can
see
my
speech
whoops
for
a
second.
AB
And
you
can
see
the
maniacast
park
and
gateway
to
nubian
square,
and
we
can
use
all
those
empty
lots
that
are
now
slated
to
be
given
to
developers
to
build.
Who
knows
what
do
we
know
housing
that
is
not
going
to
be
affordable
for
people
from
the
neighborhood
and
we
could
just
keep
those
those
parcels
open
and
plant
more
trees
instead
of
taking
trees
down,
and
the
sixth
point
is
to
prevent
further
harm.
AB
A
F
F
There
were
a
lot
of
good
nuggets
in
terms
of
solutions,
and
that's
really
where
I
would
like
to
focus-
and
I
heard
I
mean
there
were
so
many
there
were
different
panelists,
obviously
representing
different
organizations,
and
while
there
was
some
similarities
and
lots
of
shared
goals
and
values
that
I
heard,
I
wonder
if
there
is
like
one
document
that
really
captures
all
of
your
concerns
or
all
of
your
ideas,
rather
than
these
multiple
documents
from
each
of
the
organizations
does
that
exist.
Is
that
something
that
you
guys
are
working
on.
P
F
Yes,
I
I
think
that
is
helpful,
like
as
we
go
into
the
next
phase
wherever
the
city
is,
and
you
know
what
I've
asked
of
the
earlier
panel
is
that
they
open
up
this
planning
that
it
isn't
just
internal
chiefs
to
make
sure
that
we
do
get
the
expertise
from
the
community,
and
we
know
that
we
do
have
talent
and
capacity
to
do
this
work
and
that
people
have
lots
of
good
ideas,
and
so
I
think
the
best
way
to
incorporate
those
ideas
and
making
sure
that
we
get
a
better
design
moving
forward
is
by
having
those
voices
right
at
the
table.
F
In
the
onset
I
didn't
hear.
Clearly
I
mean
a
clear
commitment
for
that
earlier
I
mean
I
heard
a
commitment
to
community
engagement,
but
I
didn't
hear
commitment
to.
We
are
going
to
open
up
this
internal
work
group
and
make
sure
that
there
were
voices
on
that.
So
I
I
would
suggest
that
there's
more
advocacy
needed.
F
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
get
folks
on
the
inside
as
the
designs
are
are
being
planned
so
that
we
can
incorporate
all
of
the
wonderful
ideas
that
we
heard
from
this
panel
in
the
next
design.
F
F
There
was
so
many
good
ideas
and
solutions
that
many
of
you
mentioned
that
we
have
that
kind
of
in
one
place
that
we
can
get
that
to
the
folks
on
the
inside
and
hopefully
make
sure
that
they
get
that
information
with
some
of
you.
So
it's
not
just
a
document
that
they
get
but
actual
folks
who
will
be
part
of
that
planning
process.
Madam
chair,
I'm
really
grateful
for
the
opportunity.
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
people
who
are
still
waiting
to
speak,
so
I
will
yield
the
rest
of
my
time.
Thank
you.
B
Yes,
I
am
going
to
yield
a
little
bit
of
my
time,
but
I
do
just
have
some
very
specific
questions
and
I'd
like
to
just
kind
of
feed
off
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
things
that
counselor
janie
president
council
janie
was
talking
in
reference
to
in
terms
of
the
coordination.
I
always
say
that
boston
is
resource
rich,
but
coordination.
B
Poor-
and
this
is
this-
is
an
opportunity
that
presents
itself
as
a
way
for
us
to
really
bring
two
very
different
opposing
views
to
the
table
to
really
plan
as
a
collective
right,
so
that
not
everyone's
having
their
siloed
conversations,
but
that
we
feel
a
full
sense
of
engagement
and
that
all
voices
are
being
heard
and
I'm
not
sure
I'm
late
to
this
particular
party.
So
I
don't
know
what
the
process
was
beforehand,
but
I
think
moving
forward
in
terms
of
a
restorative
justice
kind
of
circle.
B
I
think
that
this
presents
itself
as
an
opportunity
for
the
city
to
be
really
intentional
about
not
having
sidebar
conversations
with
different
groups
but
really
being
transparent
about
what
they're
learning
from
different
folks
and
then
bringing
these
groups
together
to
really
come
to
some
consensus.
I
think
that
that's
what
these
times
require
and
and
that's
I
think
something
that
feeding
off
of
what
council
president
janie
mentioned.
B
I
think
it's
something
that
the
city
should
consider
doing
and
I'm
also
curious
about
nina
la
negra
mentioned
earlier
about
the
who
is
at
the
table
in
terms
of
the
molina
cast.
I
mean
I
made
an
assumption
about
who
was
at
the
table.
I
automatically
thought
that
you
know
we
were
all
there
somehow,
but
I
was
really
surprised
to
hear
that
the
makeup
of
it.
B
So
I
think
that
we
need
to
reevaluate
who
are
the
friends
of
melina
cast,
and
if
that
information
is
public
and
if
it,
if
it
is
I'm
sure
I
can
google
it
and
find
it.
But
if
it's
not
what
opportunities
exist
for
us
to
reevaluate
who's
at
the
table
and
then
really
thinking
about
those
folks
who
are
usually
not
as
engaged
to
to
some
of
the
points
that
we've
heard
before
in
terms
of
community
engagement,
they're,
those
folks
who
always
show
up
for
every
protest
and
every
public
hearing
and
every
civic
engagement
meeting.
B
And
then
there
are
people
who
are
deeply
impacted.
They
don't
even
know
these
things
are
happening
around
them.
So
I
think
that
the
city
in
terms
of
community
engagement,
we
really
need
to
look
at
these
sign-in
sheets
to
see
how
many
of
these
people
actually
live
in
the
immediate
neighborhood.
So
it's
not
just
a
a
room
full
of
people
who
have
absolutely
nothing
to
do
with
this
particular
area,
but
they
just
might
be
on
opposing
sides
in
terms
of
advocacy
groups,
which
is
it's
great
to
have
advocacy
groups.
B
But
we
can't
do
so
in
a
way
that
alienates
those
who
are
like
in
the
immediate
neighborhood.
So
I
I
would.
I
would
offer
that
in
terms
of
really
taking
stock
of
who's
at
the
table
and
then
doing
our
dual
diligence
to
have
a
record
in
an
accurate
accounting
of
those
folks,
and
then
this
question
is
for
whoever
community
members
I'm
just
curious.
B
How
has
the
city
reached
out
to
your
organization
to
design
this
new
proposal,
and
what
has
your
experience
been
like
with
the
city,
I'm
just
curious
about
what
that
level
of
engagement
has
looked
like
and
what
feedback
you
could
offer
us,
and
I
just
want
to
give
a
quick
shout
out
again
to
chief
as
good.
I
said
your
boss,
an
email
about
how
dope
you
are-
and
I
just
want
you
to
know
how
much
I
appreciate
you
staying
here
past
the
time
to
listen
to
the
people,
and
I
really.
B
P
No,
oh
I'm
sorry.
I
was
just
going
to
say
really
quickly
that,
in
response
to
the
question
asked
by
councillor
mejia
that
the
way
that
things
were
is
not
the
way
things
are
and
that
there
is
room
at
the
table
for
plenty
more.
So
I
think
I
stated
early
in
my
comments
that
I'm
grateful
to
interact
and,
as
david
said,
it
hasn't
always
been
a
smooth
process.
P
We've
had
some
bumpy
moments,
but
for
the
good
we
work
things
out
so
that
we
have
a
common
purpose
that
we're
working
toward
a
a
great
end
and
in
terms
of
communicating
with
the
city
until
the
three
chiefs
got
involved.
My
only
complaint,
mr
osgood
and
whoever
else
might
still
be
here,
is
that
we
didn't
hear
anything
back
in
terms
of
what
was
next,
but
but
before
that
it
was
dreadful.
P
It
was
just
plain
awful
we'd
go
to
these
horrific
community
meetings,
we'd,
listen
to
endless
detailed
plans
that
created
crossed
eyes
and
glazed
brains
and
and
then
only
to
discover
that
what
we
were
told
that
oh
everything's
fine,
but
then
at
the
end
of
the
process,
we've
found
out
that
everything
wasn't
fine.
The
whole
68
tree,
though
120
trees,
the
whole
no
trees
to
400
trees.
I
mean
it
was
just
just
insane,
so
it
really
felt
like
on.
P
The
other
thing
I
just
wanted
to
raise
is
that
the
construction
company
that
was
hired
is
in
violation
of
their
contracts
and
other
municipalities
for
cutting
down
trees.
That
should
not
have
been
cut.
So
how
could
the
city
of
boston
award
a
contract
to
these
people
that
are
in
the
suburbs
and
in
new
hampshire?
I
mean
it
was
just
very
odd,
so
I've
said
enough,
others
can
say
more.
B
AA
Yeah
am
I
on
yes
counselor
me
here.
I
would
having
been
involved
with
community
participation
for
now
50
years
in
boston.
I
would
suggest
that
one
of
the
preconditions
for
good
involvement
of
a
neighborhood
is
that
the
agency
or
the
people
you're
dealing
with
in
the
public
sector,
the
in
this
case
the
city
of
boston,
is
showing
good
faith
to
get
people
to
be
willing
to
come
out
to
meetings
to
make
the
time
to
get
involved
to
have
made
promises.
AA
Nine
years
ago,
as
stacy
mentioned
about
the
things
they
would
do
right
away
to
take
care
of
the
trees
to
plow
the
bike
path,
to
fix
it
so
that
it
wasn't
bumpy
to
take
care
of
the
lights
rather
than
take
them
down
when
they
weren't
working
and
eliminate
them
along
the
bike
path.
For
instance,
if
the
city
hasn't
met
his
basic
obligations
to
take
care
of
the
roadways,
sometimes
you
get
people
to
say
things
are
so
bad,
I'm
really
going
to
turn
out
and
other
times
you're
going
to
get
people
to
say
I've
had
it.
AA
I
don't
care
the
city
just
isn't
doing
anything,
I'm
not
going
to
show
up,
and
so
it's
hard
to
get
people
to
go.
If
they
don't
see.
Good
faith
responded
it's
hard
to
get
them
to
show
up.
If
they've
gone
to
a
public
meeting
and
said
the
project
shouldn't
proceed.
Unless
you
do
this,
that
and
the
other,
and
then
they
know
that
the
next
meeting
is
coming
up
and
they
look
at
the
drawings
that
are
shown
and
none
of
their
answers
were
made
solved.
None
of
the
problems
that
they
described
were
solved.
AA
B
Yeah,
I
appreciate
that
and
then
my
last
question
before
I
get
the
little
ringer
and
and
and
I
just
kind
of
want
to
offer
this
really
in
terms
of
accountability
and
transparency.
B
I
think
that
we,
this
is
a
really
great
example
of
what
it
looks
like
when
we
are
doing
that
follow-up
publicly
and
maybe
even
posting
the
minutes
from
that
discussion.
That
was
had
on
our
website
that
there's
a
tracker
and
a
way
for
us
to
follow
something
from
beginning
to
end,
but
that
there
is
a
way
to
do
it.
That
communities
can
actually
ask
questions
along
the
way.
Just
because
a
meeting
is
done
with,
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
the
process
has
to
be
over.
B
There
needs
to
that
ongoing
communication,
whether
it
and
not,
everything
has
to
be
through
a
hearing,
but
I
just
think
that
we
need
to
put
the
infrastructure
in
place
for
constant
community
engagement,
because
we
hear
this
everywhere
that
we
go,
that
people
don't
feel
heard
or
validated
or
seen,
and
I
think
that
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
fix
that
system
so
that
our
people
can
really
feel
included
in
the
process.
B
C
Go
for
it
becca!
Thank
you
yeah.
I
I
sort
of
want
to
respond
to
one
of
your
questions:
counselor
mejia
about
the
the
process
and
communication
and
how
have
community
voices
been
apart
and
how
could
they
be
and
and-
and
I
think
there
are
many
members
of
the
friends
of
melania
cass-
who
could
also
speak
to
this,
but
since
no
one
had
spoken
up
yet
I
want
to
make
sure
this
has
brought
to
this
floor.
C
So
we
had
been
brought
again
into
conversations
with
the
friends
which
was
convened
by
madison
park
development
corporation
for
a
very
long
time,
and
there
were
some
sort
of
closed
door
meetings
with
city
staff
and
the
consultants
to
give
feedback.
But
at
one
point
they
got
very
contentious
where
the
the
message
was
basically
we've.
Given
you
enough
we're
not
making
any
more
concessions,
and
I
think
the
group
got
pretty
disenfranchised
at
that
point.
So
even
though
they
were
engaged
it
wasn't,
you
know
fully
open
to
the
public.
C
There
was
a
smaller
group
that
was
engaging
but
were
shut
down,
and
so
you
know
we
stepped
out
of
the
process.
At
that
point,
saying,
there's
going
to
be
a
one-way
bike
path
on
each
side.
We've
said
two-way
one-way
doesn't
really
matter.
You
know
the
group
isn't
budging
on
the
trees
and
it
doesn't
feel
like
we
really
have
any
outlet
anymore,
and
so
you
know
I'd
say
one
of
the
staff
who
is
managing
that
is
no
longer
on
with
the
city,
and
it
sounds
like
chief
osgoods
involvement.
C
You
know
the
listening
now
might
improve
that.
So
I
I
hope
it
does
improve.
But
but
again
a
lot
of
residents
who
did
show
up
were
very
disenfranchised
and
and
one
example
of
how
we
can
move
forward
better
to
your.
You
know,
point
of
of
having
voices
who
have
access
and
their
city
accountability,
an
idea
that
came
from
the
friends
that
I'm
just
repeating.
You
know
to
yvonne's
point
of
having
this
green
way
and
really
celebrating
the
space
and
creating
residence
ownership.
C
The
southwest
corridor
has
something
called
the
mab
or
sorry,
that's
the
wrong.
The
I
I
can't
remember
the
acronym
anymore,
but
it's
a
group
of
residents
who
live
along
the
corridor,
who
are
representative
of
the
community
who
have
access
and
either
monthly
or
bi-monthly
meetings
where
they
bring
things
from
the
community
to
the
state
officials
and
things
actually
get
done.
They
move
things
forward
together.
C
H
A
Oh
got
it,
okay
express
got
it.
I
have
my
instructions.
Thank
you,
counselor
sabi
george,
do
you
have
questions.
J
A
Okay,
so
I'll
double
back
for
any
others
from
president
janey
or
counselor
mejia,
and
then
we
do
have
a
number
of
books
left
for
public
testimony
as
well.
B
A
We're
gonna
wrap
up
this
round
of
questions
and
then
finish
the
rest
of
public
testimony.
Okay.
So
then
I
do.
B
Have
one
more
question:
it's
about
black
arborist
and
you
know
my
mentor
in
the
in
the
small
business
who
I
actually
am
chairing
now
the
small
business
she
once
did
with
counselor
jamie's,
always
talking
about
the
importance
of
minority
businesses
and
all
aspects
of
the
conversation.
I
just
want
to
bring
this
in
as
something
for
us
to
consider.
Chief
as
good.
B
Is
that,
as
you
think,
about
these
contracts
and
these
opportunities
that
I'd
like
to
see
more
black
arborists,
I
know
we
have
some
in
the
city
of
boston
that
can
help
maintain
these
trees.
I
also
know
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
hire
young
people
so
that
we
can
teach
young
people
at
a
younger
age
about
how
important
it
is
for
them
to
care
about
their
environment
and
the
trees.
So
I
think,
with
these
124
trees.
B
Regardless
of
what
happens,
I
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
really
bring
in
some
young
people
and
and
create
financial
opportunities
for
a
black
arborist
in
the
city
of
boston,
to
help
care
for
these
trees.
So
that's
just
an
advocacy
thing
that
I
wanted
to
just
propose
and
thank
you
again
to
the
panelists
who
who
have
spoken
today.
A
Thank
you
very
much
councilmember
and
thank
you
so
much
to
this
panel.
We
are
so
grateful
for
all
your
time
tonight
and
many
years
nearing
a
decade
of
advocacy.
Okay.
We
will
move
over
to
finish
up
public
testimony
from
those
who
are
who
have
been
waiting
so
patiently
to
testify,
live
and
then
we'll
play
video
testimony
that
was
submitted
beforehand.
A
So
the
order
that
I
have
is
okay,
I'm
checking
to
see
against
who
is
here
still
k.
Matthews
will
be
followed
by
carol.
Blair,
miss
tamika
williams,
so
I'm
gonna
add
to
the
zoom
room
and
okay.
We
already
did
mr
singleton
okay.
Let
me
check
michael
lane.
A
Oh
I
think
michael
lane
probably
is
michael
caine,
actually
okay
and
then
I'll
and
then
I'll
scoop
back
through
the
room
after
this
batch
of
public
testimony.
So
miss.
AC
Matthews
hello
good
evening
and
thank
you
counselor
wu.
Thank
you,
counselor
janie.
Thank
you
councillor,
naive
me
for
having
this
hearing
tonight.
AC
I
am
k,
matthew.
I've
worked
in
nubian
square
for
over
10
years,
and
I
was
one
of
the
original
members
of
friends
of
melania
cass
boulevard
way
back
in
at
the
end
of
2011
2012,
when
we
first
started
realizing
that
this
wasn't
a
complete
streets
project.
After
all,
it
was
a
road
widening
project
that
boston
transportation
department
was
planning.
AC
AC
AC
I'm
going
to
go
to
a
list
of
what
many
of
us
are
friends
of
milnea
castle
boulevard
have
been
talking
about
in
terms
of
our
vision
of
next
steps
and
and
what
should
happen
in
the
future.
First,
the
neighborhood
must
sit
at
the
decision-making
table.
I
think
we've
discussed
this
tonight
throughout
cancel
the
construction
contract.
AC
I
think
those
are
the
steps
and
I
think
that
we
would
ask
the
counselors
to
be
our
allies
in
helping
to
realize
these
as
next
steps
in
the
future.
Two
minutes
already.
AC
Right
really
quickly,
just
to
say
that
it
is
such
an
irony
that
the
city
is
committed
to
addressing
climate
change
and,
as
we
talked
about
already
lower
roxbury
is
the
most
severe
heat
island.
According
to
the
city's
own
climate,
ready
report
that
the
city
has
made
a
commitment
to
contend
with
climate
change,
but
the
removal
of
an
urban
tree
canopy
in
the
middle
of
a
most
severe
heat
island
doesn't
count.
AC
It
doesn't
make
sense.
It's
irony
and
we're
all
aware
of
the
benefits
of
an
urban
tree.
Canopy
lower
roxbury
can
have
safe
streets
and
environmental
justice.
It's
a
false
dichotomy
for
anyone
to
say
we
can
only
have
one
at
the
cost
of
the
other.
All
it
takes
is
will
and
that's
what
my
mother
would
always
say
where
there's
a
will
there's
a
way,
and
I
hope
the
counselors
will
stand
alongside
us
as
we
go
forward
onward.
AC
A
AD
AD
Ten
years
ago,
btd
walked
the
area
with
neighborhood
leaders
and
transportation
advocates
on
a
scorching.
Hot
day
we
moved
from
one
shade
tree
to
another.
Over
10
years,
the
community
has
said:
don't
cut
the
trees
with
the
perseverance
of
friends
of
melania,
cass
boulevard,
the
engagement
of
our
city
council
and
the
leadership
of
the
mayor's
chief
of
equity.
We
now
have
one
more
chance.
After
all,
that's
been
said,
here's
what
I
want
to
add.
AD
In
1971
I
landed
a
summer
job
in
the
planning
division
of
vermont's
highway
department,
studying
civil
engineering
at
the
university
of
vermont.
I
was
eager
to
begin
my
transportation
career,
helping
people
move
through
their
days
and
their
lives.
I
joined
seven
men
in
a
big
room
of
drafting
tables
laying
out
interstate
89
through
central
vermont.
AD
They
lived
in
the
area,
they
knew
the
land
and
the
community
as
they
flipped
french
curves
and
compasses
over
maps
layered
with
yellow
tracing
paper.
They
talked
what,
if
we
follow
the
ridge
here
and
then
come
down
to
the
river
or
stay
high
with
a
long
bridge,
the
design
for
mcb
has
been
very
different:
compartmentalized
privatized
and
computerized
the
layout
plows
through
mature
trees
and
established
root
systems.
AD
It
takes
away
park
for
strips
between
salted
paths.
It
realigns
the
road
requiring
major
reconstruction
friends
of
mcb
have
proposed
improvements
within
the
existing
layout.
Let's
get
some
tracing
paper
and
play
with
this.
Let's
talk
about
the
pros
and
cons.
Let's
work
together
to
figure
out
how
we
can
have
both
trees
and
safety
and,
let's
reconnect
the
community.
AD
We
want
the
greenway-
and
I
should
say
after
listening
to
the
various
testimonies
tonight,
I
think
until
we
all
get
in
the
room
together,
we
haven't
agreed
on
the
facts:
we're
not
going
to
get
to
agreement
before
we
agree
on
the
facts.
Things
like
the
tree,
canopy
roxbury
versus
lower
spray
things
like
the
crash
statistics.
Are
we
including
the
the
mass
avenue
intersection
which
is
apparently
not
included
in
this
contract?
AD
Things
like
how
much
hardscape?
What
are
we
playing
games
with
the
hardscape
data,
because
I
understand
there's
actually
more
surface
area,
more
paved
surface
area
and
maybe
we're
thinking
about
the
pervious.
I
don't
know,
but
we
need
to
agree
on
the
facts.
So
thank
you
for
listening
and
I
hope
we
soon
get
to
the
table
together.
AE
Hi,
my
name
is
tamiqua
williams.
I
live
near
the
boulevard
and
reside
in
the
area
for
over
20
years.
I
and
other
concerned
residents
do
not
wish
to
be
experimenting
on.
We
want
you
all
to
cancel
the
project
that
has
been
going
on
for
nearly
a
decade
and
listen
to
our
voices
that
we
want
this
project
canceled
and
that
we
want
the
greenway
residents
that
live
amongst
concrete
and
brick.
AE
Buildings
will
have
no
protection
once
you
remove
these
beautiful,
mature
trees
that
mitigate
the
heat
island-
and
we
all
know
that
this
area
is
10
degrees
harder
than
the
outer
skirt
community
communities.
Therefore,
this
isn't
equitable.
We
want
equal
protection,
we
want
protection
for
the
trees.
It
is
unjust
to
remove
a
hundred
trees
in
this
neighborhood
and
it
is
a
disgrace
to
the
legacy
of
melania
cass
and
the
families
that
lost
their
homes
through
imminent
domain.
AE
I
have
attended
meetings
prior
hearings
and
requested
that
the
apartment
buildings
along
the
boulevard
receive
notification
and
that
these
meetings
be
advertised
in
the
bay
state
banner.
That
did
not
happen
again,
and
so
we
have
no
good
faith
in
this
process
and
we
ask
that
you
all
seize
and
desist
and
that
we
build
upon
our
community
guidelines
for
a
greenway.
AE
A
Thank
you,
michael
and
michael,
is
going
to
be
followed
by
jane
simon
kyle,
robidoux,
lisa
beetman
and
sarah
freeman.
AF
Great,
thank
you
counselor.
Thank
you
to
the
council
for
having
this
important
hearing,
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
mass
alliance
of
hud
tenants.
We've
had
tenant
group
members
in
lower
roxbury
for
many
years.
We
do
civic
engagement
there
each
year
as
well,
so
I'm
very
familiar
with
the
neighborhood
and
we've
voted
to
endorse
the
goals
of
this
coalition
of
remarkable
coalition
of
community
groups.
I
think
it's
pretty
clear
that
there's
not
a
lot
of
support
for
the
city's
plan.
It
should
be
withdrawn.
AF
The
only
arguments
I
really
heard
from
the
city
were
well
gee.
We've
got
25
million
bucks
from
the
feds,
and
so
we
have
to
spend
it
and
we've
spent
4
million
on
this
current
plan.
Well,
the
current
plan
is
lousy
and
it
should
be
withdrawn.
That's
a
classic
example
of
the
sunk
costs
argument.
You
know
we
spent
money
on
a
terrible
idea.
Therefore,
we
have
to
keep
spending
more
money
instead.
Take
that
25
million
give
it
to
the
set
it
aside
for
the
community.
AF
Greenway
plan
spend
it
on
more
trees,
replacing
the
trees
that
already
have
come
down
and
put
in
building
that
wonderful
plan
of
green
canopy.
That
yvonne
was
presenting
with
a
community
process
community-led
process,
like
ken
described,
that
worked
for
the
southwest
corridor.
I
was
part
of
that
back
in
the
70s
that
the
community
stopped
a
terrible.
You
know
some
lousy
plans
and
came
up
with
a
good
one
that
everybody
celebrates,
so
that
can
be
done
here.
AF
Money
can
be
spent,
the
money
can
be
spent
on
trees,
fixing
the
current
bike
path,
making
that
a
little
better,
maybe
having
another
one.
On
the
other
side,
I'm
not
clear
both
should
be
two
ways,
but
you
certainly
should
not
widen
the
street
and
then
put
a
bike
path
in
the
middle
of
the
street,
which
would
be
clearly
dangerous.
That's
the
frankly
dumbest
idea.
I've
heard
about
this.
Yet
so,
let's
walk
away
from
the
bad
plan.
Invest
in
these
remarkable
community
leaders,
who've
come
up
with
a
better
solution
and
make
that
work.
AF
One
other
thing
to
mention
this
could
be
the
opportunity
to
rename
columbus
avenue,
and
I
would
propose
that
we
renamed
the
roxbury
part
mel,
chuck,
turner
way
and
the
south
end
part
mel
kingway.
That
would
be
a
capping
stone
to
make.
The
greenway
plan
really
serve
the
past
present
and
future
of
the
lower
roxbury
community.
A
AG
AG
I
can
see
many
a
cast
from
my
front
door
and
I
was
on
the
board
of
the
united
neighbors
at
lower
roxbury
when
that
group
met
and
and
had
meetings
in
the
neighborhood
and
for
years
actually,
five
or
six
years,
I
walked
melanie
cass,
my
daughter
to
school
at
orchard
gardens,
and
I
continued
during
non-copy
times
to
commute
to
ruggle
station
using
melania
cass,
and
I
just
wanted
to
echo
all
the
comments
previously
about
this
being
a
racial
and
social
justice
issue.
AG
But
I'd
also
like
to
add
that
for
me
personally,
this
is
also
kind
of
a
disability,
rights
and
accessibility
issue.
As
someone
who
is
visually
impaired
and
uses
a
white
cane
to
travel
along
melania
cass,
it
is
incredibly
difficult
for
me
both
to
move
on
the
sidewalks
navigate
them
that
navigate
all
the
pushed
up
bricks
and
the
unevenness
of
it.
I
also
shop
in
frequent
nugent
square
and
so
crossing
melania
cass.
AG
The
traffic
light
patterns,
particularly
the
ones
in
washington
street,
which
never
seems
to
work,
are
really
really
challenging.
So
for
me,
I
I
want
to
figure
out
a
way
for
this
community
to
move
forward
and
reap
the
benefits
of
these
infrastructure
improvements.
AG
I
don't
necessarily
want
that
on
the
backs
of
kind
of
the
racial
justice
issues
that
folks
talked
about
earlier,
but
I
do
feel
like
for
me.
There's
there's
got
to
be
a
middle
ground
where
we
can
try
to
figure
out
ways
to
make
these
improvements,
make
things
healthier
and
better
for
our
community,
make
it
easier
for
folks,
like
myself
and
bikers
and
walkers
of
all
backgrounds
and
abilities
to
be
able
to
move
along
the
media
casts
and
trying
to
figure
out
what
is
that
median
ground?
AG
So
I
know
that
I
would
be
excited
to
kind
of
participate
in
a
process
moving
forward.
You
know
with
the
city
and
my
neighbors
and
elected
officials
and
so
forth
to
kind
of
make
this
happen,
and
you
know
I
do
remember
being
at
that
meeting
in
2011
and
thinking
about
what
a
victory
it
was
to
get
the
brt
to
come
off
the
table.
AG
So
I
do
appreciate
the
city's
willingness
to
compromise,
and
I
also
feel
like
now
is
the
time
to
really
kind
of
seize
this
opportunity
and
push
forward
and
I'd
be
very
much
looking
forward
to
working
with
my
neighbors
and
others
on
that,
and
thank
you
again
for
holding
the
space
and
for
all
the
folks
who
shared
their
comments
and
their
time
beforehand
and
afterwards
as
well.
V
Okay,
great,
thank
you.
I
don't
want
to
take
much
time
here.
Sorry,
I'm
not
in
good
lighting.
I
just
I
want
to
heartily
support
all
of
the
the
activists.
The
advocates
the
tree
advocates
that
have
spoken
today.
V
R
A
Thank
you
very
much
lisa
and
last
but
not
least,
sarah
freeman.
L
Hi,
I
actually
don't
have
a
comment
as
much
as
a
request
if
ken
crockermeyer
is
still
on,
I
think
he
might
have
been
a
little
subtle
by
sitting
in
front
of
some
visuals
is
ken
still
here
and
if
he
wanted
to
talk
about
his
that
graphic,
I
am
that
would
be
informative.
AA
AA
But
this
map
is
a
portion
of
the
length
of
melania
cass
boulevard,
which
is
twice
as
long,
which
shows
in
red
the
trees
that
will
be
cut
along
melania
cast.
This
is
a
section
from
the
middle
of
madison
park.
AA
Oh
boy,
it's
hard
to
do
this
housing
to
about
albany
street
that
shows
in
red
the
trees
that
get
cut
in
yellow
the
trees,
whose
roots
are
threatened
by
being
in
the
critical
route
zone
and
green,
the
trees
that
remain
according
to
the
100
drawings
that
are
done,
that
are
have
been
bid
and
what
the
contractor
is
expected
to
do.
So.
AA
It's
important
to
realize
that
virtually
all
the
trees
along
melania
cass
are
impacted
by
the
project,
and
many
of
them
will
go
in
red
and
just
a
few
would
remain
in
green,
it's
impossible
for
me
to
believe
that
a
good
engineer
won't
come
up
with
a
scheme
that
could
accomplish
the
things
that
they
try
to
do
in
without
cutting
this
many
trees.
In
fact,
what
I
tried
to
say
in
the
testimony
was
that
you
can
do
virtually
everything
without
cutting
any
of
the
trees,
except
perhaps
the
two-way
bike
path.
AA
A
You
ken
and
sarah
okay,
so
that
concludes
the
public
testimony
portion
and
we
will
just
offer
city
councilors
a
chance
to
make
a
closing
statement
before
both
of
my
kids
tear
apart
this
room.
Madam
president,
if
you
would
go
first,
please
thank.
F
You
so
much
and
many
thanks
to
to
cast
and
blaze
for
their
patience
as
we
have
their
mom
sharing
this
hearing
you
know.
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
have
expressed
their
disappointment
and
I
understand
why
that
is,
but
I
am
leaving
this
hearing
feeling
really
encouraged.
F
I
just
hear
the
incredible
talent
that
is
among
us
in
our
community.
I
hear
the
passion
I
hear
the
commitment
and
I
hear
real
solutions
to
a
challenge,
and
I
think
that
is
really
important.
As
people
have
already
stated.
You
know
this
is
a
racial
justice
issue.
It's
an
environmental
justice
issue.
It
is
a
disability
rights
issue
and
people
have
pointed
out
the
importance
of
the
table.
As
I
said
earlier,
I
would
really
like
to
see
this
process
opened
up.
F
I
know
there
are
other
projects
that
we've
done
in
the
city
where
we've
created
task
force
or
work
groups
that
involve
members
from
the
community.
I'd
like
to
see
that
happen
here,
people
have
called
for
a
halt.
I
support
that
100.
This
needs
to
be
reimagined,
just
like
many
of
the
other
things
in
our
city
as
we
think
about
decision
making
tables.
I'm
a
broken
record
on
this
decision.
F
Making
tables
must
be
diverse,
they
must
include
the
voices
because
who
is
at
the
table
determines
not
only
what
is
served
but
who
gets
to
eat
and
right
now
our
people
are
starving
and
we
need
to
make
sure
our
folks
get
to
eat.
I
want
to
take
the
remainder
of
my
time
just
to
go
through
the
quick
thank
yous,
certainly
to
all
of
the
panelists.
F
I
want
to
especially
thank
yvonne
and
kim.
I
want
to
thank
the
friends
of
malnia
ace,
speak
for
the
trees,
livable
streets,
the
boston,
cyclists
union,
many
thanks
to
louis
alisa
and
nina
la
negra
special
thanks
to
chief
cook,
chief
crockett,
chief
osgood.
I'm
certainly
to
all
of
my
colleagues
for
for
being
here.
I
think
again,
there
are
lots
of
great
ideas.
F
One
of
the
things
I
would
like
to
just
leave
us
with
to
keep
us
grounded
is
bringing
miss
cass
back
into
the
space,
and
I
know
many
people
referenced
her
this
evening.
F
As
we
talked
about
the
history,
as
we
talked
about
systemic
racism
in
our
city
and
as
we
talked
about
what
we
need
to
do
going
forward
because
we're
not
going
back,
we
can't
go
back.
We
have
to
go
forward.
We
have
to
go
better,
so
I
want
to
leave
us
all
with
this
quote,
particularly
those
of
us
who
work
in
city
government,
my
colleagues
and
the
administration.
F
This
is
a
quote
from
melania
cass
herself
and
she
says
I
am
convinced
that
my
life
belongs
to
the
whole
community
and
as
long
as
I
live,
it
is
my
privilege
to
do
for
it
whatever
I
can
for
the
harder
I
work
the
more
I
live,
let
us
as
elected
officials
as
public
servants
as
the
mayor's
team.
Let
us
all
take
those
words
to
heart
and
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
what
is
right
and
just
for
this
community.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
thank
you
for
your
partnership
on
this
issue.
F
A
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
messed
up
the
order
of
things
and
candace
is
reminding
me.
We
didn't
do
video
testimony,
so
that
was
my
fault,
but
let's
close
out
the
live
speaking
portions
and
then
we
can
all
sort
of
watch
at
our
our
leisure
while
we're
eating
and
stuffing
our
faces
and
off
camera
and
we'll
make
sure
to
make
get
that
public
video
testimony
in
there
as
well.
A
So
we'll
do
counselor
mejia
and
then
I
know
a
rep
from
the
attorney
general's
office
and
then
chief
osgood
also
wanted
a
final
word
and
then
video
council.
B
Mehia,
thank
you,
so
I
am
going
to
echo
the
thanks
that
consular
president
janie
already
offered.
I
echo
all
of
those
thank
you,
so
no
need
to
go
through
the
list
because
you
all
are
thanked
in
my
book.
B
Okay,
but
I
I
also
wanted
to
just
also
underscore
the
importance
for
me
in
being
a
co-sponsor
of
this
hearing,
but
really
creating
creating
an
opportunity
for
me
to
really
listen
and
learn
and
to
counselor
jamie's
point
in
terms
of
like
the
real
solutions
already
lie
here
and
if
we
take
a
moment
to
step
back
and
really
listen
to
the
people
who
are
living
the
realities
and
doing
the
work,
then
we
can
get
to
a
place
where
everybody
really
feels
heard
and
valued,
and
so
this
is
what
I
witnessed
here
tonight
and
I'm
really
excited
to
see
the
the
the
movement.
B
The
the
real
question
that
I'd
like
the
the
administration
to
really
consider
is
to
that.
This
is
not
just
another
checkbox
that
we
did
this
hearing
and
that
we
nodded
our.
You
know
that
we
yeah
yeah
yeah
right
but
like
that
we're
gonna
hold
ourselves
accountable
to
what
we
heard
in
this
space
and
halt
this
project
and
create
a
real
community-centered
approach
to
discussing
this
redesign
in
a
way
that
feels
collaborative
and
that
feels
like.
B
We
are
making
an
effort
to
ensure
that
all
and
all
means
all
voices
are
heard,
and
that
includes
making
sure
that,
not
just
through
public
hearings
through
community
conversations
through
civic
association
meetings,
but
that
we're
also
doing
a
little
bit
of
door
knocking
and
including
those
folks
who
don't
come
out
to
any
of
these
events,
because
we
have
to
also
recognize
here,
even
in
this
space,
there's
a
lot
of
privilege
for
folks
who
have
access
to
the
internet.
Folks
who
know
how
to
speak
this
language
and
who
are
able
to
fully
participate.
B
So
my
my
my
charge
to
the
administration
is,
as
you
start
thinking
about
your
communication
and
your
outreach
plan,
that
you
do
your
dual
diligence
to
include
and
work
in
collaboration
with
the
neighborhood
office
on
the
office
of
neighborhood
services.
To
do
some
door
knocking
to
get
some
real
live
feedback
from
people
through
surveys,
and
so
that
we
are
really
doing
everything
in
our
power
to
make
sure
that
all
voices
are
heard.
B
I
would
I
would
I
would,
as
an
at-large
city,
counselor,
offer
our
social
media
platform
to
help
you
with
that,
to
you
know,
reach
the
masses
and
and
and
to
help
you
all
every
single
organization.
That's
here,
you
know
to
help
you
all
support
and
amplifying
your
voice,
because
we
continue
to
work
in
silos
and
everybody
talks
about
each
other,
not
with
each
other.
B
And
so
I
want
to
be
able
to
be
a
partner
with
you
all
in
this
process
for
the
redesign
of
the
redesign,
so
we're
pausing
it,
or
at
least
I'm
encouraging
you
all
to
pause
it
and
then
include
the
people
who
are
here
in
the
process
of
redesigning
what
that
next
level
of
engagement
is
going
to
look
like.
But
I
I
I
hear
from
the
people,
and
I
think
that
it
was
loud
and
clear
that
we
cannot.
B
A
Thank
you
councillor
mejia
david,
and
I
I
so
apologize.
I
you
weren't
on
my
list
for
some
reason
in
terms
of
testimony-
and
I
know
the
attorney
general's
advocacy
has
been
very
instrumental
in
affecting
this
project
and
the
outcome
here
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
representing
the
office
and
please
take
whatever
time
you
would
like.
AH
Thank
you,
chairwood
thank
you,
counselor
janie,
mejia
and
the
rest
of
the
counselors
and
the
chiefs
and
the
community
members.
My
name
is
david
wittenberg,
I'm
an
assistant
attorney
general
here
on
behalf
of
attorney
general
maura
healey.
AH
I
work
in
the
energy
and
environment
bureau
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
some
of
the
our
offices.
You
know
thoughts
and
advocacy
in
this
area.
As
we
all
know,
the
city
of
boston
is
disproportionately
affected
by
climate
change,
not
just
because
of
its
proximity
to
the
coast
because
of
the
heat
island
effect.
AH
Our
most
vulnerable
residents
are
often
the
hardest
hit.
So
it's
not
just
that
these
mature
canopy
trees
cast
shade
to
reduce
radiant
energy,
but
they
can
also
cool
an
entire
city
block
by
releasing
water
vapor
through
a
process
called
evapotranspiration
and,
as
we
all
know,
heat
related
death
disproportionately
affects
people
of
color
in
the
united
states,
which
is
an
inequity
that,
if
it's
unchecked
will
only
worsen
as
the
climate
continues
to
change.
AH
Someone
mentioned
earlier
that
covett
is
an
issue
here,
and
I
agree
when
the
health
disparities
driven
by
poor
air
quality
have
never
been
greater.
The
tree's
ability
to
remove
air
pollutants,
including
no2
ozone
and
even
pm
2.5,
would
just
find
particulate
matter
have
never
been
important
and
cova.
19
vulnerability
has
been
tied
closely
to
environmental
quality,
specifically
air
quality.
I
mean
you
could
extrapolate
this
to
to
other
issues
that
affect
respiratory
health
issues
that
affect
black
and
brown
communities
more,
such
as
asthma.
AH
Our
roxbury
constituents
have
long
been
exposed
to
dangerous
levels
of
air
pollution
that
exceed
those,
as
we
know,
found
in
more
affluent
and
white
communities
in
part
because
of
the
industrial
facilities
and
highways
that
are
heavily
concentrated
in
low-income
communities,
communities
of
color.
So
these
disparities
exist
within
the
city
of
boston.
There's,
a
really
interesting
recent
study
that
I
wanted
to
share
from
the
boston
university
school
of
public
health,
which
considers
the
potential
health
and
associated
economic
benefits
of
the
city's
groundbreaking,
carbon-free
boston
report.
AH
So
essentially,
this
study
says:
okay,
what
if
we
run
the
numbers
on
this?
What
if
we
eliminated
all
human
generated
anthropogenic
carbon
emissions
in
the
city
of
boston?
What
would
be
the
health
effects
tomorrow
and
what
it
found
was
that
it
would
have
a
co-benefit
of
reducing
pm2
and
a
half
reducing
ozone
concentrations
across
the
entire
greater
boston
region.
AH
It
resulted
in
a
net
decrease
in
cardiovascular
and
respiratory
illness
and
death,
both
morbidity
and
mortality
rate,
the
severity
of
illness
and
also
death,
but
that
these
health
benefits
would
largely
be
conferred
on
communities
of
color.
Maintaining
these
mature
tree
canopies
and
maturity
planning
in
in
low
income
communities
and
communities
of
color
is
one
way
to
mitigate
the
environmental
injustice
that
these
communities
face.
AH
I'd
also
like
to
speak
a
little
bit
about
equal
access
to
green
space,
so
massachusetts
is
lucky
to
be
on
the
eighth
most
tree
cover
out
of
any
state
in
the
country
we
have
about
62
percent
of
massachusetts,
that's
covered
in
forest.
What
does
it
mean
when
those
foreign
available
to
people
in
the
city
of
boston?
What
does
it
mean
when
those
forests
aren't
available
to
low-income
communities
and
communities
of
color?
Nature
obviously
leads
to
improved
mental
health.
AH
Lower
stress
levels
can
lead
to
enhanced
cognitive
skills
and,
and
these
mature
trees
you
know,
represent
a
generation
of
mitigation
since
the
defeat
of
the
inner
belt
highway
project
that
have
helped
this
boulevard,
as
we've
heard
tonight,
blossom
into
a
benefit
for
lower
roxbury
residents,
particularly
pedestrians
and
cyclists.
I
just
really
think
it's
important
not
to
you
know,
set
aside
the
aesthetic
benefit
right,
so
in
other
words,
we
don't
just
want
trees
in
millennium
park
or
in
franklin
park
or
on
the
esplanade,
but
in
the
neighborhoods.
AH
So
we're
really
thankful
that
the
city
has
you
know
to
begin
with
begun
to
reconsider
this
plan.
I
I
think
we're
also
appreciative
that
the
city
plans
to
replace
removed
trees
with
newly
planted
trees,
but,
as
we've
spoken
about
tonight,
the
mature
canopy
trees,
you
know,
are
much
more
effective
at
all
of
these.
Environmental
and
health
effects
than
smaller
new
trees
and
the
new
trees
obviously
will
take
a
generation
to
to
grow.
So
I
we
have
a
few
other
policy
proposals.
AH
I
think
we'd
like
to
see
as
many
trees
as
possible
preserved
on
melania
cass
boulevard,
but
I
think
some
other
policy
proposals
that
we've
come
up
with
include
new
tree
plantings
and
other
city
heat
islands,
with
a
focus
on
dorchester,
matapan
and
east
boston,
which
has
the
least
canopy
cover
of
any
neighborhood
in
the
city,
a
vacant
lot
assessment
by
dnd
and
bpda,
and
look
at
dedicating
unbuildable
lots,
particularly
in
the
areas
surrounding
melania
cass
to
tree
cover
and
then
considering
expanding
the
the
legacy
tree
program
into
a
more
full-bodied
heritage,
tree
ordinance
to
identify
and
protect
these
categories
of
trees,
providing
significant
neighborhood
benefits.
AH
So
a
gentleman
earlier
tonight
mentioned
he
lives
along
seaver
street
and
you
know,
as
you
know
like
when
you
make
a
left
from
blue
hill
avon
deceiver.
There
are
these
big
beautiful
trees
at
the
top
of
franklin
park,
but
you
know
they
have
historically
been
under-managed,
and
if
we
take
a
closer
look
at
making
the
resources
that
we
do
have
thrive,
that's
another
way
that
we
can
impact
these
issues
I'll
stop
there.
AH
A
Q
I'll
be
really
quick,
which
is
really
just
to
really
thank
everybody
here
to
thank
casual,
counselor
customer
president
cheney,
all
the
folks
who
spoke
both
in
public
comment
and
testimony
about
the
entire
administration.
Thank
you
for
being
so
engaged
in
this.
I
do
want
to
really
recognize
that
tonight.
Q
You
know
we
heard
not
just
sort
of
feedback
on
the
plan,
but
repeatedly
to
counsel
me
your
point
feedback
on
the
process,
and
I
do
appreciate
the
fact
that
that,
in
order
for
us
to
have
a
plan
that
we're
all
proud
of,
we
have
to
have
a
process
we're
all
engaged
in,
and
we
hear
that,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
working
on
both
the
plan
and
the
process
on
the
days
ahead.
A
Thank
you,
chief.
Okay,
thank
you,
everyone.
This
will
conclude
the
live
portion
and
candace.
If
you
could
cue
the
video
testimony
and
and
please
feel
free
to,
everyone
can
just
watch
from
their
own
screens
and
not
necessarily
on
zoom
and
then
I'll
bring
us
back
right
after
that.
Just
to
close
out
in
adjourn.
K
AB
Oh
okay,
I
had
the
written
translation,
but
basically
what
she
said
is
that
she
lives
in
roxy
homes
and
that
the
trees
are
important
because
we
need
them
to
breathe
and
that
even
her,
her
little
grandson
was
so
upset
when
roxy
holmes
took
down
some
trees
that
they
used
to
sit
under
on
on
hot
days
to
to
increase
their
parking
lot.
This
was,
but
she
didn't
say
that,
but
that's
what
it
meant
that
her
grandson
got
very
upset
about
trees
being
taken
down,
and
he
said
no.
Why
can't?
AB
AB
Okay,
well,
she
said
she
lives
in
mandela,
homes
in
windsor
street
and
that
she's
in
this
agreement,
as
she
thinks
the
rest
of
the
community
is
with
taking
down
the
trees
on
manyakas
because
they
protect
us
from
the
noise
from
the
from
the
road
and
that
we
need
them
in
the
summer
for
fresh
air
and
that,
if
we,
if
the
trees
are
taken
down,
we
will
be
just
breathing
gasoline.
AB
The
trees
ensure
that
the
trees
protect
us
from
pollution
and
from
the
heat.
AJ
AJ
V
AB
Okay,
so
I
forgot
to
say
that
last
thing
that
they
both
said
that
this
area
is
beautiful
and
he
said
what
would
we
do
if
we
don't
have
the
trees
people
come
here
and
they
walk
under
the
trees
for
the
shade
if
they
took
down
the
trees,
what
would
be
left
nothing
and
that
we
should,
instead
of
taking
down
trees,
we
should
plant
some
more.
R
AB
Me
he
is
a
gardener
and
he
lives
on
roxy
homes
on
tremont
street.
He
said
we
need
more
trees,
because
trees
are
essential
for
life,
we
need
them
for
rain
and
we
just
need
more
trees.
That's
why
he
said.
Instead
of
taking
down
trees,
we
should
take,
we
should
have
more
and
that
they
are
important
for
us
and
for
our
children
and
the
future
generations.
AK
My
name
is
masha
jackson
and
I'm
a
long
time
resident
living
at
roxy
homes
on
tremont
street
roxbury,
which
is
at
the
corner
of
melania
cass
boulevard
and
tremont
street
across
the
street,
stands
st
champions
church
your
department
of
transportation
has
that
big,
beautiful
tree
in
front
of
that
church
marked
for
removal.
Along
with
that
tree,
you
have
several
other
trees
on
the
near
casper.
AK
All
the
way
down
to
mass
have
micro
removal.
I,
along
with
other
concerned
residents
in
the
area.
We
want
to
know
why
many
of
those
trees
are
not
dead,
they're,
fully
matured
and
beautiful.
They
give
off
much
needed
oxygen
and
shade
which
helps
the
environment.
It
has
come
to
my
attention
that
the
roadway
development
project
is
supposed
to
include
cutting
down
some
dead
trees
and
some
healthy
trees
to
make
way
for
a
bike
path
and
some
other
things.
Well,
we
don't
want
another
bike
path
on
the
main
street.
That's
already
heavily
traveled
by
our
automobiles.
AK
You
and
the
city
of
boston
are
destroying
our
neighborhood
in
the
disguise
of
supposedly
making
upgrades
of
our
community
and,
furthermore,
milner
cass
was
a
well-known
activist
for
this
community.
That's
why
she
had
a
boulevard
named
after
her.
I
urge
you,
along
with
other
concerned
residents,
to
reconsider
the
environmental,
economic
and
public
effects
that
losing
these
trees
will
have
on
a
majority
of
the
black
and
latinos
community.
You
must
put
an
end
to
the
project
as
it
is
currently
designed
all
trees
matter.
I
previously
sent
emails
to
all
the
boston
city
councils
about
the
issue.
AK
AL
My
name
is
carmen
storms,
a
50-year
resident
of
roxy
homes.
I've
been
here
through
the
beginning
of
the
growing
of
the
trees
they're
one
of
the
most
vital
parts
of
our
lives.
They
let
us
breathe
and
also
they
give
us
oxygen
and
they
give
us
pleasure.
Why
are
we
trying
to
take
down
the
trees?
I
said
if
you
take
down
the
trees,
it
look
like
a
destitute
island,
we're
not
going
there.
This
is
roxbury,
we
love
roxbury.
AL
I
said
this
gives
us
pleasure.
This
is
for
the
kids.
This
is
for
humanity.
The
living
world
living
and
we're
living
is
somewhat
in
a
better
space
because
of
the
trees.
We
need
the
trees.
Marlena
cass
was
a
a
vital
activist
for
this
community.
You
will
be
destroying
her
hard
work.
If
you
tear
down
the
trees,
you
cannot
and
it
will
not
be
accepted.
In
roxbury,
mr
mayor
we've
been
trying
so
hard,
I've
done
the
walks
I
banged
on
with
pots
and
pans
going
up
and
down
the
street
to
save
the
trees.
AL
We
don't
need
no
bicycles,
we
have
a
bicycle
route
already
and
let
me
say
something
to
you:
how
the
community?
Don't
have
bicycles,
who
are
we
getting
the
bicycle
lane
for
it's,
not
for
the
community?
It's
for
outsiders
who
don't
live
here.
I
live
here
every
day
and
I
see
what
the
trees
can
do
and
are
doing
they're
letting
us
live
and
breathe,
and
I
tell
you
what
you
see
me
in
this
walker.
I
have
my
good
days
and
my
bad
days.
AM
X
AB
A
A
We
will
do
better
about
that
in
the
future
and
maybe
even
think
about
something
like
captioning
ahead
of
time
or
something
if
we
have
the
videos,
so
I
just
want
to
wrap
up
and
conclude
and
say
thank
you
so
much
for
participating
for
testifying
for
following
along.
Obviously,
this
conversation
will
continue,
and
we've
now
heard
some
next
steps
from
various
groups
and
the
administration
so
I'll.
In
terms
of
this
hearing.