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Docket #0647 - Hearing regarding a text amendment for Boston Zoning Code relative to Fair Housing and Integrated Communities
A
Order
regarding
a
text
amendment
for
Boston
zoning
for
the
Boston
zoning
code,
relative
to
fair
housing
and
integrated
communities,
my
name
is
Michele
Wu
and
I'm.
Chair
of
this
committee,
I'm
joined
by
my
colleague
and
the
sponsor
of
this
text,
amendment
councillor
Lydia
Edwards.
We
want
to
remind
you
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
in
broadcast,
live
on
channels,
Comcast,
8,
RCN,
80
to
Verizon,
1964
and
streaming
on
the
city
of
Boston
website.
So
please
silence
your
cell
phones
and
other
devices.
A
The
way
that
we
will
conduct
this
hearing
is
that
we'll
start
with
the
first
four
people
who
had
already
signed
up
to
testify
just
to
frame
the
issue,
and
then
we
will
actually
first
we'll
have
opening
statements
from
councillors.
Then
we'll
go
to
public
testimony
from
the
first
people
who
signed
up
to
testify.
Then
we
will
have
a
brief
panel
discussion
and
any
question-and-answer
with
advocates
from
the
Greater
Boston
Legal
Services.
Then
we
will
welcome
our
esteemed
colleagues
from
the
administration
for
a
similar
panel
in
between.
We
may
take
public
testimony
throughout.
A
B
Just
wanted
to
quickly
set
the
context
and
give
a
little
bit
of
history
as
to
why
we're
having
this
a
very
important
conversation
today
and
why
I
proposed
the
zoning
amendment.
Fair
housing
is
the
law
of
the
land
and
has
been
since
1968.
The
Fair
Housing
Act
was
landmark
piece
of
legislation
that
prohibited
discrimination
in
the
sale,
rental
and
financing
of
housing.
From
its
inception,
fair
housing
has
been
more
a
bit
about
more
than
just
preventing
instances
of
discrimination.
B
For
that
reason,
and
for
many
years
of
advocacy
under
the
Obama
administration,
the
federal
government
moved
to
issue
regulations
for
affirmatively,
furthering
fair
housing
or
affh
is
what
I'm
going
to
refer
to
it.
Going
forward.
Affh
is
defined
as
taking
meaningful
actions,
in
addition
to
combating
discrimination
that
overcome
patterns
of
segregation
and
foster
inclusive
communities
free
from
barriers
that
restrict
access
to
opportunity.
B
In
other
words,
cities
like
Boston
must
proactively
address
systems,
plans
and
policies
that
have
contributed
to
inequality.
That
is
our
legal
obligation
under
the
Fair
Housing
Act
Boston
is
commendably
pursuing
its
AFF
planning.
In
spite
of
the
current
administration
in
DC,
we
have
a
history
of
addressing
serious,
fair
housing
issues
in
public
housing
and
under
the
late
bill,
McGonigle's
leadership
we
work
diligently
to
integrate
Boston
Housing,
Authority
properties.
B
B
Planning
and
Zoning
can
be
tools
of
exclusion
or
inclusion.
This
is
a
debate
and
the
entire
state
is
currently
engaged
in
it.
It
is
a
complex
conversation
but
I'm,
proud
that,
as
some
members
of
the
Boston
delegation
are
working
to
expand,
transit,
oriented,
multi-family
housing,
others
are
working
to
prohibit
exclusionary
zoning
policies.
In
Boston,
we
have
an
immense
opportunity
to
shape
the
terms
of
private
development
and
choose
how
to
expand
mitigation
from
it.
We
review
and
regulate
the
shape,
size
unit,
count
and
type
of
income
restrictions
and
proposed
developments.
B
B
It
adds
fair
housing
language
into
the
zoning
code
and
creates
a
new
standard
of
review
for
very
large
developments,
particularly
multi
acre
planning
development
areas
such
as
Suffolk
Downs,
because
development
and
mitigation
decisions
are
choices
we
can
and
do
make.
It
is
critical
that
we
use
them
to
further
fair
housing.
It's
the
right
thing
to
do
it's
the
law
and
it's
our
legal
obligation.
A
C
Hello,
thank
you.
My
name
is
John
Waukee
I
live
at
63,
Putnam
Street
in
East,
Boston
and
I
work
at
Green
roots,
an
environmental
justice
organization
that
works
in
neighborhood
of
East,
Boston
and
Chelsea,
and
we
are
an
environmental
justice
organization,
not
a
housing
organization,
so
I'm
not
exactly
sure
why
I'm
the
first
person
to
be
testifying,
but
there's
a
phrase
within
an
environmental
justice
that
you
want
to
improve
your
neighborhood
to
make
it
just
green
enough,
because
if
you
make
it
too
green,
you
then
get
displaced.
C
These
things
should
be
considering
what
their
impacts
are
fully
and
in
particular,
for
this
fair
housing
proposal
is
critical.
I
think
is
really
needed.
I
just
got
off
a
long
flight
on
redress,
Lopez's
little
history
book
history
of
Boston,
from
1945
to
2015
and
from
the
more
well-known
West
End
to
the
New
York
streets,
neighborhood,
all
the
way
up
to
what's
happening
today
through
South,
Boston
and
everyplace
else.
It's
a
continual
story
of
just
displacement,
displacement,
displacement,
and
yet
something
like
Suffolk
Downs
comes
in
and
we
look
at
the
impact.
C
What
is
it
gonna
do
to
traffic?
What's
it
gonna
do
to
the
environment
and
we're
not
looking
at
what
is
it
going
to
do
the
housing
market
that
many
units
coming
in
its
like
10,000
units
is
the
amount
of
people
are
going
in
there?
It's
about
a
third
of
the
population
of
East
Boston
being
put
in
there.
C
So
this
proposal
is
pretty
critical
for
us
to
be
able
to
start
making
sure
that
the
city
is
doing
is
due
diligence
and
looking
at
these
projects
and
ensuring
that
we're
not
continuing
this
long,
history
of
just
completely
wringing
out
low-income
people
and
people
of
color
from
this
city,
totally
changing
its
face
its
character
and
really
making
it
more
inequitable,
so
I,
Green
roots
and
and
myself
as
an
East
Boston
resident,
fully
support
this
proposal.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
A
D
Come
on
in
my
name
is
Paul
Anka
I
am
a
staff
in
Chinese
progress,
Association
I,
think
CPA.
We
are
saying,
send
you
the
community
later,
but
today,
I
just
testified
as
the
community
organized
I.
I
am
NOT
coming
to
organize.
Over
ten
years
in,
we
have
less
than
five
for
the
displacement
in
Chinatown
I.
Think
it's
very
hard,
because
Chinatown
is
the
only
one
less
than
shortest
in
Boston.
Do
not
have
the
additional
you
mean
protect
as
at
a
neighborhood.
D
D
Union,
protect
them,
I
think
we
are
stable,
the
long
Hollister
and
a
small
business.
You
know
in
our
10
years,
some
later
in
a
journey
called
or
Hollis.
It
has
since
John
Harrison,
hello
stage.
I
have
so
many
delay,
no
such
chance,
the
Newland
law.
They
push
out
the
long
hair
less
than
a
lot
of
his
family.
They
push
out
them
and
then,
but
they
will
use
the
unit
who
do
the
MB
and
B
or
something
even
a
small
piece
in
easy
I
know
you
can
see.
D
China
hung
it's
just
like
last
last
month,
one
small
business
is
closed.
They
will
open
a
new.
It's
like
a
desert
or
puppet
his
shop.
They
did.
They
are
no
more
like
small
businesses.
Have
the
family
small
business
in
Chinatown.
That's
why
I
wondered
though
the
testifier
is
hope,
the
city.
You
can
concern
about
that.
Ok,
thank
you.
I,
disagree.
I
will
send
you
the
car
later.
So
thank.
E
Think
the
civil
rights
put
in
it
it's
very
necessary
because
you
look
at
the
disappearing
in
pact.
They
say
they're,
not
denying
blacks
exactly,
but
this
is
disparate
impact.
How
it
affects
minority
and
low-income
in
EJ
communities
and
you're,
taking
an
opportunity
away.
I
work
for
the
welfare
homeless,
families
I
saw
people
shipped
out
the
areas
with
no
public
transit
and
you're
a
spectrum
to
get
off
welfare
stay
off
welfare,
but
they
they
don't.
Do
that
and
I've
seen
so
much
destruction
in
neighborhoods
and
everything
destroyed.
What
they
call
transit
develop.
E
The
ordinary
development
I
was
a
bunch
of
what
we
call
ballrooms
disguises
restaurants
and
they've
decided
destroyed
the
community,
even
something
a
newcomer
say,
there's
like
a
community
and
they
want
more
family
housing,
because
more
people
that
stay
makes
more
instability.
I
think
I
came
to
Boston
when
I
was
younger,
because
in
those
days
63
the
interstate
buses
had
to
stop
in
every
small
town,
so
small
town
people
could
come
to
I
came
down
on
Trailways
for
job
interviews
and
to
find
a
place
to
stay,
and
in
those
days
I
took
home
40.
E
You
could
get
a
room
for
10
a
week.
They
subsidize
UMass
Boston
90%
in
the
80s
that
all
changed
like
us.
People
have
benefited
the
denying
the
same
benefits
and
opportunities
that
others
have,
and
that
I
kind
of
feel
that
that
this
I
mean
that
people
low
income
and
when
it
come
up
the
busses
in
the
small
towns,
some
of
the
old
people
couldn't
get
to
their
doctor's
appointments,
so
I
mean
so.
The
life
is
that
public,
transit
and
being
nice
is
unnecessary,
because
what
other
car
it's
very
hard
to
do
anything
and
get
ahead.
E
The
tea
in
Boston
and
Massachusetts
helped
me
get
ahead
not
to
live
free
and
die
state
to
get
ahead
so
and
I
want
to
see
other
people,
it's
all
fairness
and
morals
to
that.
We're
supposed
to
have
the
minority
groups
and
everybody
now
get
equal
rights,
and
this
is
sort
of
taking
them
away
and
I
had
all
the
advantages.
Why
shouldn't
somebody
else?
Now
it's
like
enough
to
buy
when
the
prices
went
down,
I
just
caught
it
with
a
short
while,
but
and
and
of
course
some
of
the
cheaper
areas
were
white
areas
before.
Thank.
F
Good
morning
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
testimony
I'm
supporting
the
proposed
text
amendment
to
the
Boston
zoning
code.
My
name
is
Sarita
I'm,
a
krishna
and
I'm
a
policy
analyst
at
the
conservation,
Law
Foundation.
We
support
the
proposed
amendment
and
specifically
call
attention
to
its
relevance
to
environmental
justice.
The
Fair
Housing
Act
was
passed
in
1968
and
design
was
designed
to
prohibit
and
eradicate
housing
discrimination
through
it.
F
Local
governments
receiving
federal
grants,
including
the
city
of
Boston,
became
legally
obligated
to
advance
policies
to
ndu
the
effects
of
housing,
discrimination
and
segregation
through
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing.
However,
more
than
50
years
after
its
passage,
many
communities,
including
the
city
of
Boston,
remain
largely
segregated.
Residents
of
color
continue
to
experience
the
harms
associated
with
segregation,
and
these
harms
are
many.
F
We
specifically
want
to
call
attention
to
the
disproportionate
environmental
burdens
that
fall
on
communities
of
color
that
lack
adequate
housing
choice
where
people
live
as
a
determinant
of
the
quality
of
the
air
they
breathe,
their
exposure
to
pollutants
and
toxic
materials
and
their
overall
health.
The
discriminatory
housing
practices
have
long
perpetuated
segregation
and
disinvestment
with
direct
impacts
for
the
health
of
communities
of
color,
as
urban
neighborhoods
increasingly
lack
affordable
options,
these
same
residents
are
often
forced
to
relocate
to
more
affordable
neighborhoods
that
contribute
to
poor
health.
F
This
includes
neighborhoods
with
low
densities
and
poor
transit
access
that
are
further
away
from
jobs
and
educational
opportunities.
Health
disparities
based
on
race
and
ethnicity
persists
today,
both
around
the
nation
and
in
Massachusetts
in
the
Commonwealth
2019
study
by
the
Union
of
Concerned
Scientists
found
that
people
of
color
are
exposed
to
vehicle
pollution
at
a
rate
26
to
36
percent
higher
than
white
residents
because
of
historic
injustice
and
systemic
exclusion
from
government
programs
that
helped
white
households
build
wealth.
Houses
of
color
are
more
likely
to
be
constrained
by
affordability.
F
As
such,
one
of
the
impacts
of
a
lack
of
affordable
health
choices
is
the
unjust
and
disproportion
exposure
of
these
communities
to
long-term
environmental
harm.
These
conditions
also
put
communities
at
risk
from
the
immediate
threats
and
long-term
impacts
of
climate
change.
They
render
recovery
from
extreme
weather
events
most
accessible
for
these
communities.
Renter
households,
whose
housing
choices
are
stymied
by
affordability.
We
feel
less
confident
and
reporting
housing
and
environmental
violations.
F
Relatedly
many
of
Boston's,
past
planning
and
land
use
histories
have
harmed
the
health
and
quality
of
life
of
communities
of
color
critically
disproportionate,
discriminatory
harm
occurred,
even
if
these
policies
were
not
overtly
racially
motivated.
For
example,
the
seaport
is
now
one
of
the
widest
and
wealthiest
neighborhoods
in
the
city
resulting
from
city
approved
developments
with
extraordinarily
high
housing
prices
and
high
parking
prices.
Not
only
have
the
city
have
been
obligation
to
affirmatively
further
fair
housing.
F
Examples
such
as
these
demonstrate
the
city's
moral
imperative
to
concentrate
resources
to
correct
paths
and
justices,
as
they
have
an
indelible
impact
on
the
livelihood
of
residents.
Today,
Boston
requires
new
housing
to
alleviate
high
demand,
neighborhoods
that
previously
experienced
redlining
and
disinvestment
such
as
East,
Boston
and
Dorchester,
are
now
seeing
new
development.
However,
the
majority
of
units
io2
these
neighborhoods
are
unaffordable
to
large
swaths
of
the
population,
especially
residents
of
color,
while
new
development
not
be
racially
discriminatory
on
its
face.
F
The
effects
of
new
development,
often
advertises
luxury
housing
and
largely
market
rate,
will
result
in
racially
disparate
outcomes.
Market
forces
will
drive
displaced
households
of
color
away
from
intact,
inclusive,
thriving
and
resilient
communities,
and
potentially
towards
increased
environmental
health.
Climate
of
my
rental
and
health
and
climate
burdens
basa
will
become
less
diverse
and
more
segregated.
F
As
a
result,
is
it
essential
that
the
city
codify
fair
housing
protections
into
its
zoning
code
as
an
environmental
and
climate
justice
strategy
actions
by
the
current
federal
administration
to
weaken
fair
housing
protections
increase
the
imperative
the
ocol
government's
step
forward
to
make
decisions
to
strengthen
these
protections?
The
repose
Allah
4ab
City
Council
does
just
this
on
to
the
proposed
amendment.
Promoting
racially
ethnically
and
economically
integrated
communities
for
Boston
becomes
an
explicit
goal
of
the
development
review
process.
Bpd
a
and
oversight
housing
agencies
must
not
only
consider
the
potential
discriminatory
impacts
of
development
processes.
F
They
must
take
affirmative
action
to
promote
fair
housing.
Enshrining
fair
housing
obligations
in
the
zoning
code
creates
greater
oversight
over
development,
ensuring
that
these
processes
are
both
democratic
and
transparent.
By
creating
a
review
process
that
evaluates
land
use
and
zoning
decisions
for
their
fair
housing
and
racial
justice
implications
alongside
other
goals,
the
proposed
amendment
shifts
the
power
to
long
marginalized
communities.
Rule
aeneas
decisions
have
increased
environmental
and
economic
risks.
Codifying
fair
housing.
Protections
is
essential
to
dismantling
historic
injustice
and
prevent
ongoing
segregation.
F
A
You
very
much
I
would
like
to
recognize
that
our
colleague,
ed
Flynn,
has
joined
as
well
councillor
Flynn.
Would
you
like
to
make
any
opening
statement?
Thank
you
and
just
wanted
to
note
that
councillor
nice
asabi
George,
sent
in
a
letter
noting
that
she's
absent
from
today's
hearing,
because
she's
speaking
at
an
urban
education
class
at
UMass,
Boston
and
attending
an
event
on
human
trafficking.
But
she
would
like
to
thank
the
sponsor
and
offer
her
support
for
the
proposed
language,
codifying
Boston's
commitment
to
fair
housing.
It
is
important
and
long
overdue
step.
A
A
G
Morning,
my
name
is
Margaret
Turner
I'm,
a
housing
attorney
at
Greater
Boston
legal
services.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity
to
submit
testimony
in
favor
of
the
proposed
order
on
behalf
of
Boston
tenant
coalition
and
Greater
Boston
Legal
Services,
low-income
clients
who
are
residents
of
Boston
and
profoundly
impacted
by
Boston
zoning
decisions
and
policies.
As
an
initial
matter,
Greater
Boston,
Legal
Services
and
our
clients
wish
to
express
sincere
gratitude
to
councillor
Edwards
for
offering
this
proposed
order.
G
It
is
critically
important,
long
overdue
revision
to
the
city's
zoning
code
that
will
help
bring
the
zoning
code
into
compliance
with
federal
and
state
fair
housing
requirements.
In
addition,
Greater
Boston,
Legal
Services
and
our
clients
are
grateful
to
the
city
of
Boston,
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
Boston
Fair
Housing
Commission,
and
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency
for
engaging
with
the
Fair
Housing
steering
committee
for
over
two
years,
the
past
two
years
to
develop
a
written
assessment
of
fair
housing
in
furtherance
of
the
city's
duty
to
affirmatively.
G
Further
fair
housing,
Greater,
Boston,
Legal
Services
and
its
clients
feel
strongly
that
this
proposed
amendment
to
the
zoning
code
is
an
essential
element
of
that
assessment
of
fair
housing,
we're
in
the
in
that's
in
the
process
of
creation.
In
short,
the
reason
this
amendment
to
the
zoning
code
is
critically
important
is
that
Boston
all
ready
has
an
obligation
to
affirmatively
further
fair
housing,
but
we
do
not
have
adequate
language
in
the
zoning
code
to
implement
it.
This
amendment
does
not
create
any
new
obligation
for
the
city
or
for
the
BPD.
G
A
it
just
will
help
ensure
that
we
will
meet
the
obligations.
We
already
have
I
note
that
I'm
also
submitting
written
testimony
with
legal
citations
to
judicial
decision
statutes
and
regulations
explaining
the
legal
basis
of
this
testimony,
as
others
have
said,
the
requirement
to
affirmatively
further
fair
housing
was
a
key
part
of
the
Fair
Housing
Act
when
it
was
enacted
in
1968
nearly
50
years
ago.
G
Over
50
years
ago,
the
Fair
Housing
Act
required
HUD
to
affirmatively
further
fair
housing
and
then
subsequent
acts
of
Congress
required
grantee
jurisdictions
that
were
receiving
federal
funds
through
the
Community
Development
Block
Grant
program,
emergency
shelter
grants
in
the
home
program
to
certify
periodically
that
they
are
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing
and
the
city
of
Boston
has
been
signing
certifications
that
it
is
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing
for
many
decades.
As
indicated
in
our
written
testimony,
this
certification
has
teeth.
G
G
This
section
on
transportation
alone
constitutes
two
single-spaced
pages
of
court
transportation,
and
these
other
areas
are
important,
but
they
are
not
more
important
than
Boston's
duty
to
affirmatively,
further
fair
housing.
The
proposed
zoning
code
amendment
would
ensure
that
this
key
component
of
an
of
zoning
is
incorporated
in
the
process
failing
to
adopt
this
proposed
zoning
code.
Amendment
would
be
a
disregard
of
the
city's
Fair
Housing
obligations
and
could
be
taken
as
a
signal
that
the
city
is
not
taking
its
fair
housing
obligation
seriously.
G
In
order
to
implement
these
obligations,
beep
EDA
should
hire
a
fair
housing
expert,
since
this
is
a
complicated
area
of
the
law
and
legally
and
factually
to
identify
necessary
changes
to
current
policies
and
practices
and
in
conjunction
with
the
community
process
and
and
officials
from
the
city
to
advise
it
and
fulfilling
this
duty
to
affirmatively.
Further
fair
housing
in
closing
I
just
wanted
to
read
as
I
was
researching
the
written
testimony.
G
I
looked
back
at
a
case
from
over
35
years
ago,
in
which
the
n-double-a-cp
brought
a
lawsuit
against
HUD,
because
HUD
was
not
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing
in
its
oversight
over
Boston's
use
of
federal
funds
and
in
in
that
case,
in
1983,
the
court
notes
the
district
court
after
trial
found
as
factual
matters.
This
is
1983
that
Boston
has
a
history
of
racial
discrimination
in
housing.
G
That
Boston
suffers
from
a
shortage
of
low-income
family
housing
that
a
higher
proportion
of
black
and
white
families
are
renters
and
a
higher
proportion
of
black
than
white
renters
are
families
with
children
and
thus
that
the
housing
shortage
impacts
more
heavily
on
blacks
than
whites.
The
Boston's
neighborhoods
are
racially
separate,
separate
and
that.
G
At
least
in
part,
as
a
result
of
the
lack
of
safety,
desegregated
housing
in
white
neighborhoods,
black
families
find
it
difficult
to
move
out
of
black
areas.
These
facts
from
35
years
ago
remain
essentially
true.
Today,
segregation
and
severe
shortages
of
low-income
housing
remain
critical
problems
in
Boston
and
unfortunately,
there,
in
the
case
of
recent
integration
in
some
traditionally
segregated
neighborhoods,
has
actually
been
tied
to
gentrification,
as
many
others
have
stated
and
has
come
at
the
cost
of
massive
displacement
of
members
of
protected
classes.
G
H
It
just
wanted
to
add
a
couple
of
things:
the
case
that
Margaret
reference,
NAACP
versus
HUD
was
started
in
1978
and
it
was
a
result
of
the
city
of
Boston
not
using
its
HUD
funds
appropriately
to
further
desegregation
and
anti-discrimination
activities.
That
case
went
on
for
almost
20
years
and
in
fact
it
was
the
case
that
resulted
in
the
Boston
Fair
Housing
Commission
having
enforcement
powers.
H
Basically,
this
order
asks
the
B,
PGA
and
all
development
activities
in
the
city
to
take
meaningful
actions
that
promote
racially
ethnically
and
economically
integrated
communities
and
ensure
that
the
city's
obligations
towards
affirmatively,
furthering
fair
housing
are
met.
That's
pretty
simple
and
I
think
we
have
an
obligation
to
the
people
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
ensure
that
fair
housing
is
taken
into
consideration
in
all
the
housing.
Decisions.
H
I
feel
like
I
failed
and
the
city
failed,
and
we
didn't
do
that
in
the
Seaport
and
I
think
the
city
now
has
an
opportunity
going
forward
to
ensure
that
those
mistakes
don't
happen
again
and
I.
Think
city
councilor
Edwards
is
really
in
the
forefront
of
ensuring
that
that
doesn't
happen
and
I
urge
the
passage
this
order.
Thank.
B
You
very
much
and
I
just
wanted
to
note
for
folks
so
based
off
of
your
testimony
and
also
some
of
our
research.
We
currently
in
some
aspects
of
the
City
of
Boston,
do
implement
furthering
fair
housing
goals
in
DND
and
in
BHA,
right
and
I.
Think
what's
so.
Some
people
may
argue,
then,
that
the
city
of
Boston
is
already
meeting
its
obligations
and
those
components.
B
Then
why
do
we
need
a
zoning
amendment
and
I
would
re-examine,
though
we
had
those
components
and
those
obligations
and
were
sued
into
doing
that
we
still
ended
up
with
the
Seaport,
so
it
has
to
do
with
planning,
there's
a
third
leg
missing
and
making
sure
that
we
are
looking
at
what's
to
come
and
analyzing
it
before
it's
already
here.
So
that's
what
I
wanted
people
to
understand.
This
is
about
the
how
we
are
assessing
developers
and
development
when
they
come
to
the
city
of
Boston.
B
The
zoning
code
sets
standards
for
which
they
have
to
comply
with,
and
you
I
think
Margaret
mentioned
seven
different
ways,
at
least
under
a
DB
83-b
in
which
developers
are
required
to
comply
with
transportation,
obligations,
environmental
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
We're
asking
this
to
be
another
conversation
going
forward,
so
we
can't
say
we
didn't
know.
We
can't
say
who
who
would
have
thought
the
end
result
of
the
Seaport
would
have
happened.
B
We
were
going
to
require
that
our
experts
do
the
analysis
and
so
part
of
the
questions
and
I
would
even
call
it
pushback.
There's
there's
a
genuine
commitment
to
want
this
to
happen,
but
a
lot
of
people
are
concerned
about
what
it
would
look
like.
So
I
have
some
questions
that
might
help
us
with
that.
The
first
is,
and
also
just
to
note
people
it's
it's
not
just
about
racial
segregation,
it's
about
concentrations
of
wealth
and
poverty
as
well,
which
is
also
illegal
under
the
under
the
Fair
Housing
Act.
B
G
It's
very
clear
that
when
the
city
signs
its
certification
that
its
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing,
that
means
that
the
city
is
saying
that
it
is
doing
so
in
every
aspect
of
housing
and
planning
for
housing.
Every
aspect
not
just
subsidized
housing
and
it's
there
are
many
cases,
including
the.
G
Most
long-standing
case
against
Westchester
County
in
New
York,
that
are
all
about
zoning
policies.
That
case
was
about
zoning
policies.
So
there's
no
question
and
in
fact,
in
in
the
most
recent
US
Supreme
Court
decision
in
inclusive
communities,
the
court
talks
about
zoning
as
being
the
heartland
of
fair
housing
concerns.
So
there's
no
question
that
the
city's
obligation
to
affirmatively
further
fair
housing
absolutely
extends
to
zoning
and
and
issues
about
private
development.
G
B
You
with
regards
then
to
the
zoning
code.
The
zoning
code
is
about
setting
standards
for
how
in
which
you
can
develop
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
so
one
of
the
key
conversations
that
we
would
have
to
have
is
what
would
those
standards
look
like
when
we're
talking
about
racial
or
economic
or
ethnic
integration?
How
I
would
even
assume
in
the
best
case
scenario
we
want
this.
We
have
this
in
writing.
We
have
now
this
standard,
their
standards
for
transportation,
their
standards
for
environmental,
their
standards
for
all
those
different
things
like
that.
B
G
One
thing
that
comes
to
mind
is
that
in
California
the
state
has
something
called
the
housing
element
law
in
which
cities
and
towns
are
required
to
look
at
their
population
and
determine
what
kind
of
housing
does
this
population
need,
including
based
on
all
different
income,
tiers
and
and
just
to
also
mention
that
the
Fair
Housing
Act,
in
addition
to
issues
of
race
and
ethnicity
and
national
origin,
it
applies
to
it,
protects
families
with
children
and
people
with
disabilities
and
I.
So
that's
something
that
comes
to
mind
as
an
exercise.
That's
very
important.
G
H
Want
to
add
that
you
would
want
to
look
in
any
new
development
who
is
being
displaced
by
that
development.
What
are
the
racial
ethnic
people
with
disabilities
families
with
children
all
the
protected
classes?
Seniors?
What
impact
is
that
development
having
on
those
people?
Are
there
disproportionate
evictions
as
a
result
of
the
development,
the
new
development
that's
being
built
and
then
who,
when
the
housing
is
built,
who
actually
lives
there?
How
does
the
community
reflect
the
rest
of
the
city
and
are
there
affordable
units
in
those
new
developments
and
who
are
they
affordable?
H
Are
they
portable
some
of
our
lowest
income
residents,
so
I
think
there
are
a
number
of
criteria
that
one
could
look
at
the
fair
housing
impacts
and
I
think
this
has
been
done,
but
I
agree
with
Margaret.
We
need
a
fair
housing
expert
to
develop
this
analysis,
just
as
we
have
a
transportation
analysis
and
the
other
areas.
H
I
I
H
J
H
Of
the
South
End,
as
well
as
to
South
Boston,
so
we
never
saw
it
as
just
a
community
for
South
Boston
and
we
thought
it
should
be
a
community
for
all
of
Boston,
but
we
never
had
the
tools
and
the
ability
to
hold
those
developers
accountable,
and
you
know
I
think
it's
on
all
of
us.
We
didn't
kind
of
fight
hard
enough,
but
I
think
this
gives
us
another
tool
in
newer
developments
to
do
that.
I
Yeah,
thank
you
and
I.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
I
thanked
Councilwoman
Counsel
Edwards,
but
you
know
they're
doing
excellent
work
on
this
issue,
but
should
this
have
been
done?
You
know
many
many
years
ago
in
since
it's
done
now.
I'm
glad
I'm
glad
it's
been
done
now,
but
since
it
wasn't
done
many
years
ago
what
impact
did
that
have
on
the
city,
I.
H
I
think
you
only
have
to
look
at
the
Seaport
to
see
that
you
know
I
think
we
could
have
had
more
racially
economically
ethnically
diverse
housing,
not
only
in
the
Seaport
but
in
some
of
the
other
more
luxury
buildings
that
we
have
I
work.
Greater
Boston,
Legal
Services
is
near
North
Station.
We
have
had
like
innumerable
luxury
buildings,
go
up
in
the
last
10
12
years,
and
and
only
the
rich
can
afford
those
buildings,
except
for
one,
the
Beverly
other
than
that.
H
I
Even
during
the
development,
I
do
speak
with
city
administration
officials
and
they
are
asking
me:
what
can
we
do
in
terms
of
building
more
affordable
housing
for
our
immigrant
community
for
low-income
residents?
So
I
think
we
have
made
progress
on
this
issue.
I
can
I
can
I
ask
why
didn't
we
engage
this
issue
before.
B
To
my
colleague,
councillor
Flynn,
so
along
with
not
just
looking
at
the
modern-day
example
of
when
we
don't
plan
looking
at
the
impact
on
folks
with
disabilities,
the
impact
on
folks
with
children
looking
at
racial
disparities,
looking
at
F
Nick
and
economic
disparities,
which
is
really
important,
folks
understand
it's
a
multi
data
analysis,
the
impact
you
could
see
that
in
the
Seaport
you
see
it
with
the
first
time
we
raised
an
entire
neighborhood
with
the
West
End.
There
was
none
done
right.
You
could
look
at
the
destruction
and
complete
clean-out
of
New
York
streets.
B
You
can
look
at
how
we
decided
to
run
a
highway
through
Chinatown
and
the
impact
on
our
lungs
and
many
of
your
constituents
who
leave.
We
both
have
deep
relationships
with
you,
especially,
and
you
could
see
it
on
the
impact
of
putting
a
highway,
also
through
East
Boston,
which
may
not
have
been
in
terms
of
racial
diversity,
but
definitely
was
a
working-class
neighborhood
and
looking
also
at
the
the
location
of
an
airport
near
that
working,
less
class.
B
Neighborhood,
excuse
me
and
literally
raising
the
wood,
Island
neighborhood
and,
and
that
is
still
a
deeply
pained
topic
for
many
folks
in
East
Boston.
So
what
we
see
is
when
we
don't
analyze
and
think
deeper
beyond
the
moment
we
pay
for
it
in
higher
rates
and
Asthma
higher
rates
of
COPD
the
regular
and
continued
segregation
economically
ethnically
of
our
neighborhoods
and
to
continue
a
system
that
does
that
is
to
to
be
okay
with
that
system.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we
did
our
history.
B
We
did
write
a
report
making
sure
that
we
went
through
all
that
planning
for
fair
housing
and
breaking
that
down
in
many
of
the
conversations,
and
also
because
the
PRA
was
at
the
helm.
In
many
cases
of
these
decisions,
the
B
RA
has
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
take
leadership
in
making
sure
that
we
undo
those
things.
I
Thank
You
council
woman,
Thank
You
counselor
Edwards
again
for
your
support
on
this
on
your
leadership
really
just
several
weeks
ago,
my
colleagues
and
I
held
a
hearing
on
public
health
issues
in
many
communities
of
color
and
I
was
just
reading.
This
testimony
know
just
highlight
the
Union
of
Concerned
Scientists
on
that
people
of
color
exposed
to
vehicle
population
at
a
rate
of
almost
36
percent
higher
than
white
residents.
I
We
were
talking
about
that
issue
as
it
relates
to
whether
it's
Chinatown
of
Roxbury,
you
will
be
located
right
off
the
highway
system,
the
mass
spite
the
cell
station
area.
What
does
the
environmental
impact
of
the
environmental
impact
have
on
fair
housing
and
is
that
factor
than
decision
making
when
you,
when
you
consider
environmental
issues,
I.
G
Mean
absolutely
as
conservation
Law,
Foundation,
representative
described,
environmental
issues
are
critical
and
they
are
fair
housing
issues
and
the
disparity
in
environmental
quality
that
is
experienced
by
members
of
protected
classes
as
compared
to
those
who
are
not
in
protected
classes
is,
is
very
grave,
fair
housing
concern
and
when
the
city
certifies
that
it's
affirmatively
furthering
furthering
fair
housing,
it
is
also
certifying
that
it
is
doing
so
in
the
environmental
realm
and
so
therefore
needs
to
do
so
in
the
zone.
Context
I
just.
H
Want
to
add
that
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing
really
means
to
look
at
all
aspects
of
housing,
not
just
the
physical
housing
itself,
but
look
at
the
health
implications,
the
environmental
implications,
transportation,
access
to
jobs,
access
to
lending
and
all
sorts
of
things
and
HUD,
even
in
their
detailed
regulations,
around
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing
specifies
all
of
those
and
I
will
say
we
did
have
community
meetings
all
over
the
city
around
the
assessment
of
fair
housing
and
people
raised
those
very
issues.
And
yes,
it's
a
fair
housing
issue.
H
I
I
We
are
making
progress.
I
I
had
a
opportunity
to
sit
down
with
the
mayor's
team
recently
about
the
development
taking
place
in
in
Chinatown
in
a
lot
of,
it
is
affordable
housing
housing
for
low-income
families
which
which
we
need
so
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony,
but,
more
importantly,
for
your
leadership
on
this
important
issue
as
well.
I
A
You
councillor
Flynn
I,
want
to
recognize
also
I,
see
way
up
in
the
in
the
back.
Councillor
elect
Liz
readin
has
joined
us
as
well.
So
congratulations
to
our
councillor
elect
looking
forward
to
serving
with
her
so
I
know.
We
have
many
folks
who
want
to
testify
and
in
another
panel
I
just
have
a
few
more
questions.
A
So,
first,
actually
I
wasn't
even
going
to
bring
up
the
abolish
the
BPD
a
hashtag
today,
but
we've
gone
there
already
so
I'm
curious
to
hear
the
panelists
opinions.
Do
you
think
there
is
something
about
the
structure
of
the
way
that
the
development
process
and
the
agencies
are
mapped
out
in
Boston?
That
makes
it
difficult
or
has
been
a
barrier?
You
know
going
back
to
councilor
Flint's
question
about
why
this
hasn't
happened
before.
G
B
H
H
G
A
So
finally-
and
you
kind
of
touched
on
this
before,
but
just
to
be
very
explicit
about
it,
what
are
the
exact
next
steps
that
you
would
recommend
to
get?
There
obviously
passage
and
not
just
by
the
council
but
adoption
by
the
BP
da
and
Zoning
Commission,
and
you
mentioned,
bringing
on
one
staff
position
at
least
what
else
I.
H
With
accountability
and
think
the
report
that
councillor
edwards
mentioned
the
fair
housing
report,
it's
really
good
reading
for
everyone
and
really
lays
out
some
of
this
as
well
the
history,
but
also
you
need
accountability.
It's
not
good
enough
to
just
you
know,
amend
or
zoning
ordinance
and
then
not
ever
really
look
at
whether
it's
being
followed
the
way
it
should
be
so
I
think
there
needs
that
monitoring
and
I
would
think
an
outside
person,
probably.
A
B
M
L
Chinatown
CLT
works
to
stabilize
the
future
of
Chinatown
through
community
control
of
the
land
development
without
displacement,
permanently
affordable
housing
and
shared
neighborhood
spaces
because
of
its
location
at
the
epicenter
of
the
Downtown
Development
boon
Boston
Chinatown's,
an
important
case
study
for
issues
of
development,
displacement
and
community
stabilization.
Since
2000
Chinatown's
housing
stock
has
doubled
with
the
addition
of
2927
units
in
Chinatown
and
more
than
2500
new
units
on
the
periphery
for
the
first
decade
of
the
luxury
boom.
Only
a
hundred
eighty-three
of
these
units
or
14%
were
affordable.
L
As
a
result
of
this
sea
change
in
the
housing
composition,
the
Asian
population
of
Chinatown
has
gone
from
69
point:
seven
percent
in
2000
to
58.1%
in
2017,
as
the
population
increased
from
five
thousand
nine
hundred
seven
to
seven
thousand
seven
hundred
ten,
while
both
household
and
per
capita
income
rose
dramatically
disaggregating.
The
data
reveals
that
Asian
incomes
actually
dropped.
L
This
is
kind
of
long,
so
I'm
gonna,
skip
back
to
zoning
is
an
important
tool
which
has
often
been
used
to
facilitate
luxury
development,
while
extracting
some
community
benefits,
but
the
greatest
benefits
have
gone
to
the
luxury
developers.
The
proposal
to
insert
fair
housing,
language
and
requirements
into
the
zoning
code
is
an
important
way
to
embed
Neighborhood
Stabilization
into
the
process.
We
cannot
simply
count
the
number
of
housing
units
built
and
call
it
progress.
L
We
need
to
ask
whose
housing
and
whose
Boston
are
we
building
the
proposal
also
updates
our
understanding
of
fair
housing
as
a
civil
rights
issue.
In
the
past,
neighborhood
preference
for
predominantly
white
neighborhoods
would
have
an
exclusionary
effect
on
people
of
color,
but
today,
as
communities
of
color
face
a
displacement
crisis,
a
tailored
use
of
neighborhood
preference
can
help
to
stabilize
neighborhoods.
L
We
commend
the
city
for
launching
a
pilot
diversity
preservation
policy
to
address
this
crisis,
establishing
a
preference
for
current
residents
of
a
diverse
working-class,
neighborhood
threatened
with
displacement
for
up
to
50%
of
new
affordable
units
in
some
projects.
At
the
same
time,
policies
like
that
need
continuous
fine-tuning
to
address
the
particularity
z'
of
each
neighborhood
situation
in
real
time,
instead
of
relying
on
a
one-size-fits-all
set
of
calculations
to
determine
when
and
how
the
policy
should
be
applied,
for
instance,
in
neighborhoods,
where
people
of
color
may
exceed
the
standard
percentage.
L
We
should
keep
such
preferences
in
place
so
long
as
the
neighborhood
remains
at
risk
of
displacement,
not
only
at
initial
rent,
up
or
sale.
I
urge
you
to
support
the
proposed
Fair
Housing
amendment
to
the
zoning
code
and
to
continue
to
develop
the
city's
approach
to
using
fair
housing
law
in
the
service
of
helping
communities
of
color
remain
in
Boston.
Thank
you
thank.
M
Hi
there
so
I'm
Kathy,
Brown,
I
work
with
Boston
tenant
coalition
and
the
BTCC
strongly
supports
the
passage
of
this
ordinance.
You
know
Margaret
Nadine
and
so
many
folks
have
had
really
powerful
testimony
about
why
this
is
so
important
and
I
want
to
thank
you
so
much
councillors
and
councillor
Edwards
for
this
amazing
report.
That
was
done.
That
really
makes
it
kind
of
simplifies
the
issues,
but
you
know
talks
to
the
importance
and
it's
a
really
helpful
document.
M
I
hope
that
we're
able
to
get
it
around
throughout
the
city,
so
so,
first
of
all,
I
want
to.
In
addition
to
thanking
you
all
thank
the
city
of
Boston
for
all
of
their
work
that
they've
done
around
the
affirmative
relief
furthering
fair
housing.
It's
been
a
long
process,
I
think
more
than
two
years,
I
think
more
like
three
years
or
more,
and
we
really
appreciate
all
the
work
that
they've
done.
M
The
extensive
community
engagement
that
was
done
collectively
with
the
city
with
the
Public
Health
Commission,
with
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
and
with
community
partners,
drawing
in
over
about
500
people
to
the
various
community
meetings
that
were
held
as
part
of
the
assessment
of
further
furthering
fair
housing
and
at
those
there
was
about
14
different
meetings.
That
happened.
M
You
know
some
neighborhood
based
and
more
protected
class
paced
and
it
was
very,
very
powerful
and
sort
of
the
two
issues,
and
there
was
also
survey
done
that
actually,
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
sent
out
to
Boston
Housing
residents
and,
like
they
got
I,
think
three
thousand
replies,
which
is
just
really
impressive,
that
that
was
done
and
the
the
top
issue.
Definitely
in
the
meetings
was
rising
rents
and
these
meetings
were
the
focus
was
for
people
to
speak
to
their
concerns.
M
You
know
that
the
issues
they
face
in
trying
to
live
in
the
housing
in
the
community
they
choose
and
speaking
to
discrimination
and
speaking
to
other
issues
and
impact
that
and
rising
rents
and
displacement,
was
the
number
one
issue
across
the
board.
Another
top
issue
was
family
status
like
mother's
not
being
able
to
place
their
subsidies.
M
That
is
like
when
the
top
housing
issues
is
families
being
able
to
place
their
subsidies
or
families
just
being
able
to
locate
housing
in
Boston
because
of
discrimination
and
because
of
the
high
rents
and
subsidies
these
days
not
matching
what
the
market
rents
are,
though,
we
really
appreciate
the
what
the
city
duck
has
done
around
the
fair
market
rent.
You
know
that
I
think
that
is
going
to
help
a
lot
and
that's
a
great
piece
and
actually
you
know,
an
important,
fair
housing
action
that
was
taken.
M
So
we
appreciate
the
city
carrying
on
with
the
afh,
despite
the
Trump
administration
and
Carson
administration,
putting
the
assessment
of
fair
housing
on
ice,
putting
it
on
hold
and
the
city
has
agreed
and
has
been
meeting
with
us
and
hired
James
Jennings,
professor
James
James
Jennings
who's
as
a
consultant
to
work
with
them
on
developing
this
plan
and
continuing
to
meet
with
us,
and
we
really
appreciate
all
the
work
of
DND,
the
BP
da
Office
of
Fair
Housing
and
equity
and
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
in
doing
that.
So
I
think
it's.
M
We
think
it's
really
critical,
that
this
ordinance
be
passed
and
I
believe
that
it's,
as
you
mentioned
in
your
report,
councillor
Edwards,
it
is
really
following
through
with
the
executive
order.
The
mayor
made
back
earlier
part
of
this
year.
I
want
to
actually
the
executive
order
over
at
the
African
meeting
house,
where
there
was
a
executive
order,
saying
that
all
of
the
departments
would
be
trained
in
using
erase
equity
lens
in
their
work,
and
that
is
such
an.
M
You
know,
obviously
plays
a
major
impact
of
spoke,
as
other
folks
have
speaking
about
spoken
about
the
gist
and
how
the
impact
of
planned
development
on
displacement
and
especially
displacement
of
folks
in
protected
classes.
In
addition,
another
issue
that
you
see
another
key
fair
housing
issue
is
you
see
that
the
units
that
are
being
produced
are
mostly
luxury
units,
mostly
in
the
market
rate
units?
M
All
of
them
are
mostly
studio
and
one
bedrooms
which
is
not
what
is
you
know
the
need
in
terms
of
Boston
families
in
the
city,
and
so
that
is
another
mismatch
and
it
feels
like
having
this
order.
You
know
the
ordinance
implemented.
You
know,
passed
and
implemented.
Could
look
at
like
that
kind
of
you
know,
planned
development
which
isn't
for
books
in
who
live
in
Boston,
who
are
most
impacted,
so
the
other
thing
I
just
want
to
say
is
we
just
really
encouraged
Boston
to
follow
other
major
cities?
M
B
Before
we
continued,
I
wanted
to
make
sure
we've
been
talking
about
this
report,
so
just
for
folks,
it's
called
planning
for
fair
housing,
addressing
fair
housing
and
civil
rights
through
Planning
and
Zoning,
and
the
author
is
a
Rappaport
fellow
named
Kai,
not
Kahn
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
she
got
credit
for
her
incredibly
hard
work.
She
did
interviews,
she
went
back
and
looked
at
history.
She
talked
to
folks
and
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
she
got
credit
for
that.
Thank.
A
You
and
similarly
transitioning
to
make
sure
credit
is
given
where
credit
is
due.
I
just
wanted
to
say
we
appreciate
and
value
all
of
your
work
and
I
want
to
formally
make
sure
I'm
stating
on
the
record
that,
when
I
and
I
think
when
others
say
abolished
the
BPD
a
it
is
not
about
eliminating
the
very
important
functions
that
happen
there
or
the
the
positions
that
talented
individuals
like
yourself
are
working
hard
in,
but
a
recognition
that
we've
seen
over
decades
that
this
the
way
that
the
system
is
set
up.
A
It
actually
undermines
the
work
of
talented
individuals
and
any
community
centered
intention
that
comes
out
of
it.
So
today,
I
hope
you
see
this
as
not
a
you
know,
confrontational
conversation,
but
one
where
we
are
seeking
to
understand
your
individual
efforts
and
how
we
can
talk
about
reforming
a
system
so
that
it
will
actually
support
those
intentions.
So
whatever
order
and
folks
would
like
to
start
feel
free
and
we'll
just
go
on
down
the
line.
N
Good
morning
my
name
is
Sonia
Gandhi
I'm,
a
senior
policy
advisor
at
the
Boston
planning
and
develop
agency
I've
been
at
the
agency
for
18
years
now
and
I'm
thrilled
to
be
here
to
speak
with
you
today,
I'm
most
thrilled
to
be
here
with
our
partners
with
Fair
Housing
Committee
Margaret
Anna
Dean
Kathy.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
your
really
active
members
in
our
in
our
conversations
around
Fair
Housing.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
today,
as
well.
N
I'm
joined
today
by
Tim
Davis,
our
housing
policy
manager,
Brian
class
caulk,
our
deputy
director
for
regulatory
Planning
and
Zoning,
and
we'll
an
award
from
the
Office
of
Fair,
Housing
and
equity.
We
heard
today
really
to
listen.
You
know,
as
folks
before
us
have
testified
and
spoken
about.
The
Fair.
Housing
is
an
important
issue
and
we
have
a
steering
committee
working
on
it.
We
welcome
all
conversations
regarding
this
car
vistas
topic
and
we're
really
here
to
listen
and
answer
your
questions
today.
Thank.
B
B
Now,
which
would
incorporate
furthering
fair
housing
into
our
zoning
code,
and
so
at
this
particular
point,
having
looked
at
the
zoning
amendment,
is
there?
What
is
the
conversation
about
how
we
go
forward
right
now
for
it
to
be
part
of
the
zoning
code
we
needed
to
be
approved,
or
at
least
some
some
of
your
support
from
the
BPD
a
and
then
for
it
to
be
ultimately
implemented
by
the
Boston
Zoning
Commission.
So
here
we
are
with
this
proposed
amendment.
Where
is
the
discussions
going?
Where
do
you
see
this
amendment
going.
N
Thank
you
as
Margaret
and
Nadine
testified
before
us.
There
are
quite
specific
next
steps
and
he'd
be
taken.
You
know
it's
not
good
enough
just
to
have
a
zoning
ordinance.
What
does
it
really
mean?
You
know
what
are
the
standards
that
we
apply
as
we
look
at
these
processes
as
a
look
at
studying
the
impacts
of
fair
housing,
so
we
believe-
and
we
want-
we
want
to
work
together
with
the
Fair
Housing
Committee,
to
really
establish
these
standards.
We've
talked
about
an
outside
consultant.
N
We've
talked
about
an
expert
in
fair
housing
to
really
look
at
what
we
have
an
article
80
B
currently
and
and-
and
we
really
make
sure
you
look
at
it
in
a
very
responsible
manner.
You
know
we
have
some
good
examples
of
working
with
city
agencies
on
topics
that
are
not
technically
an
article
80,
but
are
really
part
of
the
discussion
important
for
our
discussion.
N
I
want
to
give
counsel
of
Flynn,
especially
credit
for
really
you
know,
spearheading
the
accessibility
conversation
and
that's
a
really
good
example
of
how
we
worked
with
the
city
agencies
on
issues
that,
as
we've
heard
you
know
in
today's
conversation,
are
also
a
part
of
a
fair,
are
also
part
of
the
fair
housing
universe.
Commission
were
Commissioner
Micajah
at
the
mayor's
office.
N
Disabilities
was
at
our
board
just
last
Thursday
for
a
second
update
to
the
accessibility
guidelines
that
we
apply
towards
projects
coming
in
front
of
us
for
review,
and
this
is
not
just
apply
them,
but
also,
how
do
we
take
what's
required
by
law
by
the
a
DA
and
supplement
that
so
that
we're
providing,
but
not
just
me
in
a
lot
but
we're
also
going
above
and
beyond
the
law?
So
we
have
really.
You
know
that
came
about
in
initially
in
2014.
B
N
B
Appreciate
that
and
but
I
really
want,
I
think
the
question
is
really
supposed
to
do
you
currently.
What
do
you
do
currently
on
furthering
fair
housing,
the
legal
obligations
as
we
read,
we
heard
from
the
two
attorneys
that
there's
a
legal
obligation
to
further
fair
housing.
What
current
steps
do
you
take
to
do
that?
Okay,.
N
So
I
think
the
way
to
address
that
is
looking
at
the
BPD
holistically.
As
you
know,
since
2014
we
have
hired
for
community
engagement
managers
to
ensure
that
we
have
inked,
we
have
increasingly
authentic,
participative
participatory
planning
across
the
city.
We
are
increasingly
beginning
with
people
in
neighborhoods.
We
have
a
chat
with
planner
series.
We
have
our
planning
staff
go
to
libraries
to
neighborhoods.
We
have
planners
attend
neighborhood
functions
such
as
the
farmers
markets.
N
We
translate
our
materials
Thank
You,
councillor,
Flynn
and
others
here
in
two
languages,
such
as
Spanish,
Mandarin,
Cantonese,
Haitian,
Creole,
Cape,
Verdean
Vietnamese,
and
we
provide
interpretation
services
that
meet
at
meetings
as
requested.
We
also
provide
childcare
at
meetings,
as
requested
the
this
is
really
as
an
effort
to
plan
equitably
for
future
development
that
is
inclusive
and
allows
for
greater
access
to
opportunity.
For
all
that
is
really
our
mandate
and
we
are
working
very
hard
towards
a
community
focus
lens
on
Nablus
conversations.
N
Some
of
the
examples
of
how
we've
been
successful
in
these
processes
as
planned,
Dudley
and
implant
lovers.
Just
last
week
we
celebrated
over
105
community
engagements
and
planned
Mattapan.
You
know
the
the
primary
pan's
vision
statement
was
developed
with
the
community
as
a
very
hugely
community
oriented
process,
so
through
our
planning
work
we're
really
looking
at.
N
How
do
we
look
at
all
these
issues,
including
fair
housing,
including
making
sure
people
are
not
displaced,
including
people
are
heard,
the
voices
are
authentically
heard
and-
and
you
know
we're
also
able
to
put
kind
of
our
put
our
property
mouth
is
almost
you
know
planned.
Oddly.
As
you
know,
we've
been
we've
been
able
to
achieve
greater
results
for
affordable
housing
and
income
student
housing,
primarily
because
they're
so
young
land
there.
N
N
N
11,
full-scale
planning
initiatives,
18
smallest
initiatives
and
we
were
participating
in
another
14
initiatives
across
the
city
that
are
led
by
other
city
or
state
departments.
So
you
know
it's
one
of
those.
We
were
looking
at
this
very
very
carefully
through
a
planning
lens
absolutely,
but
we're
also
working
with
our
partners
in
the
Fair
Housing
Committee
to
make
sure
that
we
are
understanding
what
the
standards
are.
The
objectives
are
making
sure
we're
very
clear
your
standards
and
objectives.
N
B
From
from
that,
I
understand
that
you
are
doing
you've
increased
community
involvement
in
the
at
least
feedback
and
planning
process.
So
that's
I
think
I
understand
that.
That's
part
of
our
your
answer
to
what
you're
doing
to
further
fair
housing.
What
what
are
you
doing
then,
specifically
to
prevent
segregation
or
concentrations
of
wealth
or
poverty
during
neighborhood
planning?
So
now,
I
know
that
folks
are
coming
to
the
table.
B
You
have
materials
in
more
than
one
language,
so
now
the
obligation
again
under
the
law,
our
legal
obligation
currently
is
to
prevent
concentrations
of
wealth
and
poverty
and
to
prevent
segregation.
So
what
are
you
doing
in
terms
of
planning?
We
just
discussed
that
there
are
folks
at
the
table
what
else.
O
Manager
they
want
to
talk
about
a
couple
of
things
that
we're
doing.
One
is
I
as
lidium
low
already
mentioned.
We
have
the
neighborhood
diversity,
preservation,
preference.
This
is
a
pilot
effort
to
see
if
we
can
actually
provide
a
neighborhood
preference
for
specifically
in
neighborhoods
that
are
already
diverse.
O
This
was
an
effort
between
the
city,
general
council,
fair
housing,
department,
neighbors
development
and
BPD
a
to
really
thread
the
needle
in
terms
of
making
sure
that
we're
not
that
we're
walking
a
fine
line
between
what
HUD
HUDs
interpretations
of
fair
housing
law,
others,
interpretations
of
fair
housing
law
and
an
effort
to
provide
a
leg
up
for
people
who
might
otherwise
be
displaced
from
our
a
diverse
neighborhoods.
We
have
established
this
policy
and
are
applying
it
in
a
number
of
projects.
O
We
have
been
able
to
apply
it
on
a
couple
small
projects
in
Chinatown
on
our
own
projects
in
Glover's,
Corner,
Jamaica
Plain
in
the
Jaypee
Rock's
area,
and
also
we're
going
to
be
able
to
apply
this
to
some
projects
in
Dudley
square.
This
policy
is
one
which
does
not
have
the
stamp
of
approval
by
the
state
or
HUD,
and
discussions
with
them
to
date
have
not
been
super
promising,
because
they're
concerned
about
interpretation
of
fair
housing
law.
O
We
are
going
to
begin
a
process
of
looking
at
additional
kinds
of
preferences
that
can
address
fair
housing
concerns,
while
not
necessarily
triggering
any
concerns
from
HUD
or
or
from
the
state.
So
San
Francisco
has
established
some
policies.
Around
preferences
is
try
to
get
it
the
same
issue
without
using
the
same
exact
location,
preference.
We
also
in
been
kinetic
pulling
back
the
planning
processes.
There
is
an
effort
to
look
at
displacement,
not
only
kind
of
from
the
perspective
of
what
can
the
inclusionary
development
policy
do?
O
That
also
can
what
can
we
do
as
a
city
as
a
whole
to
address
displacement
in
areas
where
development
might
occur,
and
those
include
efforts
that
are
not
part
of
our
agency
but
are
fall
under
the
department.
Neighbor
development
such
as
the
acquisition,
Opportunity
Program
waste
and
maybe
fund
that
you
make
that
more
a
more
fruitful
process
in
terms
of
securing
existing
renters
housing
in
areas
where
there's
law
development
so
that
they
can
stay.
O
And,
as
you
were
aware,
councillor
we're
also
discussing
ways
in
which
we
can
bulk
that
up
as
one
of
the
solutions
to
Suffolk
Downs
to
make
sure
that
at
the
Suffolk
Downs
area.
As
that's
developed
that
we're
not
only
trying
to
create
more
affordable
housing
in
Suffolk
Downs,
but
that
we're
trying
to
create
more
affordable
housing
nearby
for
existing
residents.
B
So,
with
regards
to
the
mitigation
is
one
of
the
things
that
the
BPD,
a
specifically
extracts
from
development
and
I.
Think
it's
one
of
the
also
one
of
the
leverage
points
we
have
when
we're
dealing
with
private
developers
as
well.
So
do
you
take
a
racial
equity
or
fair
housing
lens
when
looking
at
what
you're
getting
in
terms
of
benefits,
not
just
like
not
just
how
much
money
you're
getting
but
who
it
will
impact?
Who
will
be
spending
it
and
how
will
this
help
further
for
housing,
I.
B
When
we're
talking
about
a
zoning
amendment,
if
we
were
to
think
that
a
standard
in
our
zoning
code-
and
we
already
know
that
these
are
certain
data
points
or
certain
areas-
that
impact
access
to
fair
housing,
would
it
make
sense,
then
to
have
that
in
the
zoning
code
and
to
get
to
those
standards
so
that
going
forward?
We
have
a
lens
to
analyze
development.
N
N
Of
course,
the
we,
as
we've
heard
from
again
from
our
partners,
Margaret
and
Nadine,
testified
to
this.
We
are
looking
for
clear,
objective
standards
so
that
we
can
apply
them
in
a
clear
way.
This
is
our
first
conversation.
First
public
conversation,
councillor
Edwards.
You
know
and
thank
you
again
for
having
this
hearing
a
first
public
conversation.
There
has
been
a
lot
of
conversation
about
this
with
a
lot
of
people
who
really
care
about
this,
and
we
welcome
them
off
the
we.
N
The
next
steps
you
know
being,
is
there
a
staff
person
who
is
on
our
staff
that
outside
consultant,
you
know
who,
where
is
it
housed?
Who
which
city
agencies
will
be,
will
be
part
of
the
conversation?
In
order
to
be
successful,
we
really
would
like
to
look
at
those
next
steps
and
make
sure
that
we're
doing
them
in
a
responsible
manner.
Yes,
so.
N
B
Just
for
folks
to
understand
work
where
I
wouldn't
say
we
disagree,
but
where
we're
dealing
with
a
conversation,
it's
really
cart
horse
or
chicken
and
egg.
My
position
is
that
we
should
pass
and
implement
the
zoning
amendment
and
then
set
up
a
timeframes
for
the
discussion
of
what
the
standards
would
be
to
make
sure
that
zoning
amendment
comes
to
fruition.
That
is
my
position
and
my
colleagues,
and
they
are
my
colleagues
we
work
together.
This
is
not
an
oppositional.
B
Conversation
are
dealing
with
standards
regularly
in
zoning
and
what
I
hear
from
not
just
them,
but
other
folks
is
they'd
like
to
see
what
are
examples
of
clearer
standards
that
would
support
this
zoning
amendment
very
likely
before
we
put
the
zoning
in,
and
so
that's
where
the
conversation
is
happening
again.
This
is
not
a
contentious
one,
but
that's
where
the
difference
is
and
I
wanted
that
to
be
very
clear,
not
different.
B
Yes,
so
so
my
my
suggestion
is
passed.
The
zoning
amendment
have
an
effective
date.
That's
much
later
continue
the
conversation
hire
the
professional
come
up
with
the
standards
and
now
we're
ready
to
go
they're,
not
necessarily
disagreeing
with
that.
That
is
just
the
conversation
that
we
are
having
and
I
wanted
that
to
be
very
clear,
so
that
you're
not
hearing
from
the
administration
that
they
disagree
or
don't
want
to
further
for
our
housing.
That
is
not
what
my
colleagues
are
saying.
B
K
K
So
my
role
is
simply
I.
Am
the
executive
director
of
fair
housing
equity.
Many
of
the
partners
who
you
see
in
the
room
today
are
folks
that
we
meet
with
regularly
and
talk
to,
and
we
are
all
engaged
in
a
working
group,
as
you
know,
of
AFR
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing.
Those
conversations
are
currently
happening
as
we
try
and
figure
out
what
more
we
can
do
as
a
city
to
affirmatively
further
fair
housing.
Well,
my
specific
role
is
as
the
Office
of
Fair,
Housing
and
equity.
K
We
investigate
all
any
discrimination
claims
in
housing
in
the
city
of
Boston,
whether
its
banks,
Lange
landlords,
lenders
or
whomever
or
even
city
department,
or
anyone
who
is
a
housing,
both
public
and
private
housing
providers,
any
complaints
of
discrimination.
We
investigate
those
cases,
we
bring
them
before
the
Boston
Fair
Housing
Commission,
and
you
know,
if
there's
a
cause
of
problem,
finding
issue
sanctions
and
a
bunch
of
other
things
that
we
do
in
order
to
combat
discrimination
and
fair
housing
or
in
housing
in
general
period
throughout
the
entire
city.
B
So
part
of
this
new
conversation
is
understanding.
We
have
that
obligation,
but
how
are
we
as
a
city
going
to
proactively
prevent
these
segregation,
concentration
of
wealth
or
poverty,
and
but
the
other
legal
obligation
to
the
city
of
Boston
is
under
the
Fair
Housing
Act
as
well,
and
so
today's
conversation
is
is
as
how
we
marry
that
with
our
planning,
because
we've
seen
we
have
it
in
DMV,
we
have
it
with
BHA
and
still
without
that.
Third
major
piece,
you
can
end
up
with
a
concentration
of
wealth
concentration,
racially
segregated
neighborhood.
B
That
well
I
mean,
as
the
Seaport
looks
like
that,
so
so,
even
when
we
do
meet
obligations
in
some
aspects,
when
we
are
dealing
with
especially
open
spots,
where
we
have
the
opportunity
to
lead
as
a
city,
if
we
don't,
it
doesn't
happen.
Naturally,
and
so
I'm
curious
about
your
role
as
to
whether
you
would
be
that
expert
and
the
Fair
Housing
that
we'd
be
working
with
the
BPD
a.
K
So,
as
far
as
an
expertise,
I'm
I
would
say
that
the
role
that
we
would
play
is
we
would
help
shape
the
conversation
we
would
help
provide
whatever
data
we
had.
That
showed
where
discrimination
was
taken
place
in
order
to
further
the
conversation.
As
far
as
experts
I
think,
there's
a
you
know:
fair
housing
there's
a
number
of
ways
to
address
fair
housing.
It's
not
just
only
through
our
office.
There
are
folks
who
we
have
not
had
the
ability
to
get
to
speak
with.
I
Thank
You
Councilwoman,
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
being
here
and
for
the
important
work
you
are
doing
in
the
city.
Just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
a
couple
of
a
couple
of
questions
that
council
Edwards
discussed,
but
does
the
proposed
changes
fit
into
the
city's
plan
for
building
more
affordable
housing
for
fair
housing?
Is
that
something
you
guys
agree
on
in
this
document
that
that
fits
in
what
the
city's
plan.
I
So
it
does,
it
doesn't
mean
I'm,
just
trying
to
figure
out
following
up
again
on
my
colleagues.
What
does
the
city
administration
need
to
do
to
work?
Some
of
these
issues
out
on
on
the
zoning
changes.
Is
it?
Is
it
a
working
session?
Is
it
a
the
working
group?
Is
it
sitting
down
and
discussing
it?
How
do
we,
how
do
we
finalize
these
outstanding
issues
that
seem
to
be
there,
but
they
seem
to
be
very
minor,
but
how?
How
are
you
guys
going
to
address
that.
N
N
I
I
N
Thank
you.
I
actually
speak
four
languages
besides
English,
so
I'm,
one
of
those
people,
but
so
I
think
you
know,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
may
be
very
actively
hiring
people
whose
very
jobs
are
to
reach
into
the
community
and
and
have
people
who
might
not
have
traditionally
participated
in
conversations
be
part
of
the
conversation.
These
community
engagement
manners,
our
community
engagement
managers
are
out
in
the
community
every
day,
really
looking
for
people
to
participate
in
the
process.
N
You
know
councillor
Flynn
I
know
you've
been
out
in
Chinatown
with
you
know,
some
of
our
staff
and
and
I've
had
meetings
where
there's
been
interpreters
available,
and
so
you
know,
I
I'm,
lucky
enough
to
work
in
administration
and
I've
used
my
language
skills
to
help
people
looking
for
housing,
and
we
are
continuing
to
look
at
staffing
and
look
at
how
we
reach
communities
in
ways.
You
know
the
immigrant
communities.
People
might
not
be
able
to
make
it
to
meetings
because
they
need.
N
We
have
childcare,
needs
people
who
might
not
be
able
to
make
it
to
meetings
because
they're
at
a
different
time
at
9:00
in
the
evening.
So
when
what
other
times
can
we
offer
meetings?
Where
else
can
we
go
physically
be
present
so
that
the
folks
who
are
in
the
neighborhoods
can
come
and
talk
to
us?
I
talked
about
the
neighborhood
planners
going
to
neighborhood
functions
such
as
farmers,
markets
and
tree
lighting,
so
they're
not
traditionally
places
very
historically
you've
seen
neighborhood
planners,
but
our
neighborhood
planners
really
strive.
N
You
know
Canha
pride
themselves
on
knowing
the
neighborhoods,
and
you
know
that
they're
planning
for
like
I
said
earlier,
there's
been
105
community
engagements
in
Mattapan.
You
know,
and
we
celebrated
that
last
week
with
the
community
there
was
a
meeting
last
night
and
oddly
that
was,
you
know,
really
well
received,
and
so
it's
we're
really
focusing
our
efforts
on
making
sure
that
we're
reaching
folks
who
we
want
to
be
part
of
the
process
and
it
can
get
participate
as.
I
N
I
We
consider,
instead
of
having
it
per
a
request.
Could
we
have
it
as
part
of
the
BPD,
a
traditional
notification
process
of
notifying
residents
of
upcoming
neighborhood
meetings
and
on
that
same
brochure,
making
a
note
that
child
care
would
be
provided?
And
if
you
are
interested
to
call
this
number
just
so
that
we're
doing
a
little
bit
more
outreach
on
being
more
actively
engaged
to
what
parents
know
that
there
is
child
care
available?
I
I
I
K
K
So
the
record
does
exist
but
to
say
that
we're
actually
tracking
I'm
not
sure
that's
the
most
appropriate
way
of
saying
that.
But
what
I
would
say
is
that
we
we
certainly
keep
those
records.
We
have
those
records.
So
if
at
any
point-
and
it's
all
public
information,
so
if
anyone
ever
wanted
to
see
or
asked
us
to
produce
a
record
of
said
company
or
development
management,
company,
Bank
what-have-you,
we
would
be
able
to
produce
that
quite
easily.
It's.
I
A
if
a
company
traditionally
has
a
poor
record
on
being
inclusive.
They
have
a
poor
record
on
discrimination
issues.
They
have
a
track
record
of
discrimination
issues.
I'm
not
saying
do
we
track
them,
but
do
we
at
least
know
that
before
a
developer
has
selected
a
contract
or
a
selected,
a
proposal
is
selected
are
all
of
those
issues
factored
in,
as
it
relates
to
discrimination.
K
Well,
we
would
know
that,
but
as
far
as
before
they
are
awarded
a
project,
anything
like
that
we're
not
involved
in
that
particular
process.
We
deal
strictly
with
the
Boston
Fair
Housing
Commission,
the
Commission
obviously
has
records
of
said
individuals
and
I
would
even
argue,
increases
penalties
and
fines.
As
you
know,
said,
individuals
would
come
before
them
over
and
over.
O
There
are
some
more
informal
things
that
I
think
happen,
including
I
do
work
with
the
formerly
Fair
Housing
marketing
process,
and
there
are
certainly
they
have
a
list
of
marketing
agents
that
have
quote-unquote
successfully
successfully
completed
the
lottery
processes
following
those
guidelines,
and
so
those
are
the
kinds
of
lists
that
are
positive
lists
that
are
given
out
that
developers
use
to
come
times
identify
who
they're
gonna
use
for
marketing
agents.
So
in
that
respect
there
is,
there
is
some
connection.
There
is.
O
Certainly
we
also
don't
have
anyone
here
directly
from
our
real
estate
side
but
they've,
given
when
it's
a
BPD,
a
own
parcel.
There
are
certainly
things
they
can
do
in
addition
to
what
we
do
in
development
review
to
see.
If
a
developer
is
a
responsible,
developer
and
I
know,
D&D
does
some
of
those
efforts
and.
N
And
thank
you
again.
Commissioner
Micajah
and
her
staff
have
been
incredibly
wonderful
partners
as
you
look
at
this
issue
and
I
think
we've
been
looking
to
their
staff
to
make
sure
that
the
outreach
is
done
to
make
sure
that
all
the
concerns
that
they
you
know,
they've
addressed
the
the
checklist
and
guidelines
that
they
provided
are
on
our
website.
N
They're,
very
clear,
they're,
very
they're,
long
and
they're
lengthy,
but
their
staff
is
really
really
good
about
making
sure
that
they
are
part
of
all
the
processes
that
we
have
in
article
80
companies
coverage
terminations
really
provide
that
you
know
really
provide
guidance
to
developers
ester.
This
is
what
you're
doing,
but
you
know
what
need
to
do
a
little
bit
more
and
and
her
staff
has
been
wonderful
to
work
with
they
they
actually
came
and
presented
to
to
our
planning
and
development
planning
and
development.
N
Review
staff
way
before
we
went
to
the
board
so
that
the
our
staff
is
also
trained
as
to
what
to
expect
and
what
to
ask
for
and
what
to
look
for
when
it
comes
to
projects,
and
this
is
the
entire
planning
department
of
the
entire
development
review
department.
So
not
just
the
you
know.
So
not
just
you
know
folks
like
who
are
approving
projects,
and
you
know,
but
it's
also,
the
staff
that
is
looking
at
the
design
at
urban
design
is
looking
at
all
the
impacts.
N
N
We
make
a
very
concerted
effort
to
make
sure
that
every
part
of
the
agency,
where
a
developer
might
come
in
or
project
proponent
might
come
in,
has
heard
what
Commissioner
Micajah
and
her
team
are
working
on
and
what
the
checklist
looks
like.
We
literally
walked
through
the
entire
checklist
at
our
meeting,
which
is
it's
long,
but
you
know
in
gonna
read
every
single
word
in
that
meeting,
but
it
was
this
is
the
checklist
looks
like,
and
this
is
how
it's
evolved
over
time.
So
it's
a
it's
a
living
breathing
document.
N
You
know
there
are
very
clear
kind
of
requirements
under
law
as
to
what
needs
to
get
done,
but
we're
taking
that
above
and
beyond
and
and
evolving
it
so
that
as
developers
come
in.
You
know,
as
commission
mccoshen,
her
staff
look
at
these.
How
do
we
better?
You
know?
What
did
we
miss
last
time
and
how
do
we
better
that
and
that's
taken
to
our
board
for
approval
as
well
and
I
bought?
A
G
A
This
time,
thank
you,
thank
you,
so
just
to
reinforce
the
understanding
from
earlier
in
your
discussion
with
councillor
Edwards.
What
I
heard
was
that
you
all
agree
with
the
idea
of
a
zoning
text,
amendment
at
some
point,
and
the
question
is
just
a
slight
need
for
more
discussion
on
the
timeline
of
it.
Is
that
correct?
Yes,.
A
Okay
and
so
I,
don't
want
to
belabor
any
of
the
points
that
were
made
already
I'm
just
here
so
Brian,
for
example,
in
your
role
that
was
newly
created
under
this
administration
to
focus
on
zoning.
What
have
been-
and
this
is
a
2014
or
so
even
in
this
role,
what
have
been
the
main
focus
areas
and
how
does
this
fair,
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing,
fit
into
how
your
review
will
will
continue
to
work.
Q
That's
really
huge
question,
so
I
will
try
and
compartmentalize
it
into
into
sort
of
relative
elements.
You
know
when
mayor
Walsh
came
in
he.
He
was
fairly
fresh
off
of
dealing
with
some
rezoning
as
a
state
rep
in
Dorchester,
and
had
been
really
frustrated
with
the
the
way
that
process
had
worked
and
and
thought
that
you
know
we
could
do
better.
The
zoning
code
is
almost
inaccessible
for
most
most
people.
It's
about
3,500
pages.
There
are
90
articles,
it's
about
50
years
old.
Q
Q
At
the
same
time,
we
embarked
on
these
strategic
planning
initiatives
in
neighborhoods
across
the
city,
initially
with
Jemaine
complained,
Roxbury
and
Dorchester
Avenue,
and
it
sort
of
marked
a
turning
point.
The
point
in
the
way
be
PDA,
I,
think
and
the
planners
had
approached
zoning.
Traditionally
zoning
accomplishes
a
couple
of
different
things:
it
just
describes
the
height
and
density
and
dimensions.
You
know
what
the
building,
how
big
the
building's
going
to
be
regulates.
Q
It
also
acknowledges
that
and
I
think
councillor
Edwards
I
mentioned
it
in
inner
opening
plan
development
areas
and
planned
development
areas
is
recognition
that
when
you
have
a
site,
that's
one
acre
or
more
in
size.
It
represents
a
unique
opportunity
to
think
about
how
we
develop
that
if
we
had
a
one
acre
site
and
the
underlying
zoning
so
that
we
could
all
be
single-family
houses,
that
would
be
an
enormous,
missed
opportunity
to
create
additional
housing
to
leverage
that
additional
development
potential
into
more
and
better
community
benefits.
So.
Q
I
think
we've
we've
been
able
to
do
a
couple
really
important
things.
One.
We
recognized
that
there
were
some
small
business
initiatives.
You
know
bake
reason
and
things
like
that
that
were
forbidden
in
some
areas.
You
know
in
commercial
districts,
because
it's
a
patchwork,
every
neighborhood
is
different
than
the
last
we're
able
to
come
to
some
agreement
about.
There
are
some
things
that
should
be
allowed.
Citywide.
A
Q
Q
What
do
you
want
the
urban
environment
to
look
like
creating
space
for
public
realm,
so
you
can
have
wider
sidewalks,
for
instance,
Dorchester
Avenue,
narrow
sidewalks
right
now,
but
if
you,
by
requiring
bigger
setbacks,
you
can
get
a
better
public
realm
and
requiring
developers
to
build
that
public
realm
and
in
requiring
them
to
step
back
the
buildings.
So
you
create
view
corridors,
so
it
began
to
shape
what
the
buildings
were.
Q
Looking
like
at
the
same
time
through
the
planned
development
area
process,
we
recognize
that
having
those
greater
heights
and
densities
creates
value
and
and
the
city
and
the
community
should
share
in
that
value.
That's
been
created
in
terms
of
higher
rates
of
affordable
housing,
deeper,
deeper
subsidies
in
the
case
of
plaintiff,
including
open
space,
just
an
open
space
benefits,
because
there
aren't
any
right
now,
there's
no
parks
there.
There.
Q
A
Q
Can't
not
mention
our
work
with
with
councillor
Flynn
in
South
Boston,
which
represented
another
important
step.
One
of
the
things
that
we
looked
at
was
in
many
neighborhoods.
The
zoning
doesn't
reflect
what
the
existing
condition
is.
We
have
zoning
limitations
that
are
more
strict
than
what's
there
and
we
saw
in
South
Boston
that
most
of
the
most
of
the
housing
there
most
of
the
most
parcels
were
in
an
FA
are
about
2
or
1.9
em.
Q
You
know
what
what
was
acceptable
and
so
that,
if
you
build
within
the
what
zoning
allows,
you
can
do
that
as
of
right
and
people
should
be
satisfied
with
with.
If
you
want
something
in
addition,
then
you
need
to
go
to
the
board
appeal
and
that
we're
going
to
make
you
justify
those
those
variances
that
you
need,
and
it
was
a
long
process
and
a
lot
of
back-and-forth
a
lot
of
different
opinions,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
able
to
find
something.
Q
A
Leave
to
councillor
Flynn
if
he
wants
to
jump
in
on
whether
his
constituents
felt
like
the
zoning
changes
were
reflective
of
what
the
needs
were.
He
does.
It
certainly
doesn't
have
to
so
I
get
I'm.
Just
asking
all
this
to
understand,
because
we're
talking
about
not
implementing
this
and
passing
this
because
you're
saying
that
we
need
to
have
more
of
a
process
and
zoning
review
and
all
this
and
there's
been
a
mechanism
for
zoning
review
for
the
last
five
years
or
so.
O
That
is
a
real
effort
by
us
to
make
sure
that,
once
we
have
the
inclusion
of
development
policy
in
zoning,
it
opens
the
door
for
really
making
some
more
substantial
changes
until
we
have
a
tool
like
that,
Ian's
zoning
we're
kind
of
stuck
with
keeping
with
our
existing
zoning
so
that
we
trigger
IDP
on
buildings
and
in
a
specific
project.
So
that's
an
important
kind
of
citywide
tool
that
we
need
to
kind
of
really
move
forward.
On
these
larger
questions
of
simplifying
zoning.
B
100%
agree
that
the
IDP
amendment
was
a
great
deal
of
work
involved.
A
lot
of
people
involved
many
reports,
and
I
appreciate
the
leadership
and
the
back-and-forth
and
we
got
there
so
that
speaks
to
that.
We
can
get
things
done,
but
even
with
that,
getting
done
what
this
subs,
this
amendment
would
do
is
say
in
the
lens
in
which
we
reap
those
benefits.
B
We
have
got
to
analyze
all
aspects
that,
yes,
we
may
increase
the
percentage
of
IDP,
because
we
are
the
City
of
Boston
and
we
passed
that
home
world
petition
and
we
may
do
it
on
our
own,
but
with
those
benefits
coming
in
with
that
mitigation
coming
in
with
that
analysis
being
implemented.
If
we
do
not
do
it
with
a
racial
or
disability
or
class,
or
with
these
equitable
lenses,
we
could
still
end
up
with
a
lot
more
of
housing.
B
That
is
not
reflective
of
the
needs
of
the
residents
of
Boston,
and
so
that's
why
I
don't
see
them
as
as
two
different
or
or
even
on
the
same
plane
of
conversation.
One
is
about
increasing
affordability.
One
is
about
making
sure
that
when
we
do
any
increase,
its
actually
equitable,
and
so
that's
why
I
think
this
amendment
is
so
important
and
just
to
summarize
and
I
have
to
say
thank
you
so
much
councillor,
Flynn
your
analysis
and
your
point
about
looking
at
bad
actors.
I
actually
think
that
should
be
part
of
something
that's
happening
now.
B
If
you
have
data
that
demonstrates
who
is
discriminating
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
that
data
isn't
given
or
isn't
shared
or
isn't
analyzed
by
the
folks
who
are
part
of
planning,
there's
a
disconnect,
and
we
noticed
that
there
is
a
disconnect
for
it
when
it
came
to
wage
theft,
analysis
and
our
Boston
jobs
policy
that
you
can
be
looking
at.
Who
is
not
paying
their
workers
in
one
vein,
if
that's
not
communicated
to
who
should
be
getting
the
contracts?
In
the
other
vein,
then
we
have
a
disconnect.
B
B
Being
more
equitable
City,
if
you
have
developers
there
private
or
whatever,
and
your
your
part
of
our
analysis,
hopefully
when
this
when
this
pass
is
not,
hopefully
when
this
passes
and
we
were
required
to
look
at
who
is
going
to
further
for
housing
who's
going
to
be
that
partner
and
what
standards
were
going
to
hold
them
to
the
best
way
to
say
is
well,
you've
actually
hurt
furthering
for
housing
efforts
in
Westchester.
You've
not
done
a
good
job
with
this.
B
So
part
of
our
analysis
and
looking
at
your
zoning
and
how
you're
going
to
operate
in
Boston
is
looking
at
how
you've
operated
before
I.
Think
that's
a
wonderful
data,
and
if
we
have
it
point
and
conversation
so
I
wanted
to
again
echo
the
thanks
to
councillor
Flynn
by
saying
that
that
that
should
be
there
because
that's
readily
available.
If
it's
public
information,
we
should
be
analyzing
it
right
now.
B
So
if
we're
looking
at
developers
for
Suffolk
Downs
or
for
the
government
center
or
looking
in
the
waterfront
look
at
their
records
or
we
should
be
and
I
don't,
I
didn't
hear
that
we
are
in
planning.
The
other
thing
is,
we
have
data
points
for
size
of
the
units.
We
have
data
points
for
disability
or
access.
We
can
look
at
also
affordability,
so
there
are
already
things
that
we
could
be
looking
at
that
help
us
with
that
conversation
and
an
analysis
for
furthering
fair
housing.
So
I
again
would
echo.
B
A
You
and
my
last
question
is
so
just
you
know.
Obviously
the
council
and
the
administration
play
different
roles
in
the
in
the
sausage-making
process,
and
so
I
think
there
is
there's
always
an
impact
when
the
council
sort
of
puts
four
proposal,
maybe
even
passes
it
even
before.
In
this
case
it
would
go
to
other
agencies
for
further
iterations
and
in
response.
Is
there
anything
within
the
text
of
this?
A
As
is,
if
say,
the
council
was
going
to
pass
this
before
the
end
of
the
year,
recognizing
that
it
was
then
the
ball
would
be
in
B
PDA
and
zoning
Commission's
court
to
make
any
moves,
and
then
it
wouldn't
be
implemented
with
our
passage.
Is
there
anything
within
the
current
language
that
you
take
issue
to
or
would
want
amended
specifically
I?
Think.
N
A
Thank
you,
colleagues
are
good.
Okay,
thank
you.
So
much
to
our
panel
feel
free.
You
know
you
were
very
busy
schedules.
You
feel
free
to
watch
from
the
stands
if
you'd
like,
but
we
appreciate
your
time
and
we'll
transition
now
to
the
rest
of
public
testimony.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
I'd
like
to
call
a
Bethany
Lee,
Amanda,
Govan,
markeesha,
Moore
and
Mike
Prakash.
R
R
We
work
in
close
collaboration
with
community
organizations
like
Chinese,
progressive
Association
and
asian-american
resource
workshop
in
Chinatown
and
in
Dorchester.
We
around
legal
clinics
in
Cantonese,
Vietnamese
and
Mandarin
three
times
a
week
in
each
of
those
neighborhoods,
and
we
represent
tenant
associations
in
Chinese
and
Vietnamese
tenants
in
multi-unit
buildings
in
in
each
of
those
communities
that
are
at
the
front
lines
of
displacement
in
the
city.
Zoning
might
not
be
a
cure-all
to
gentrification
and
displacement
in
Boston,
but
it's
a
crucial
piece
of
the
puzzle.
R
All
too
often
zoning
seems
technical
and
out
of
reach
of
the
average
resident,
but
the
outcome
of
zoning
decisions
is
deeply
felt
by
neighborhoods
and
can
lead
to
disparate
impacts
on
communities
of
color.
My
experience
in
defending
and
planning
against
displacement
due
to
zoning
decisions
has
taught
me
that
cities
can
powerfully
use
zoning
as
a
tool
to
to
aid
or
to
ignore
communities
of
color.
For
years,
I
worked
as
a
civil
rights
attorney
in
New
York
City,
representing
community
organizations
and
black
latin
acts
and
asian-american
residents
and
workers
in
low-income
communities.
R
Communities
of
color
fighting
against
displacement,
I
worked
at
New
York
at
a
time
when
the
city
was
undergoing
hundreds
of
major
rezoning
throughout
all
five
boroughs.
The
Furman
Center
for
real
estate
and
urban
policy
and
NYU
had
conducted
an
analysis
of
the
first
several
years
of
zoning,
and
what
it
had
found
is
that
more
low-income
communities
of
color
had
been
few
twin
communities
where
there
were
fewer
owners.
R
A
home
ownership
possibilities
were
up
zoned,
so
more
development
was
allowed
in
those
communities
and
communities
where
that
were
more
white
and
had
more
homeowners
and
more
affluent
had
been
down
zone.
So
they
were
protected
from
development
in
those
neighborhoods
I
worked
within
represented
residents
in
community
groups
in
Manhattan
and
Brooklyn's
Chinatown
fighting
against
the
disparate
impact
of
zoning
decisions
in
low-income
immigrant
neighborhoods
environmental
laws
in
New
York
required
analysis
of
both
residential
and
commercial
displacement
due
to
the
rezoning
x'.
R
While
this
analysis
was
useful,
it
applied
only
after
zoning
plans
had
been
made
to
more
effectively
consider
the
fair
housing
implications
of
zoning
decisions.
Incorporating
fair
housing
analysis
into
the
zoning
code
and
planning
is
critical.
The
amendments
offered
to
the
zoning
code
by
councillor
Edwards
are
an
important
step
in
this
direction.
In
addition
to
these
amendments,
considering
other
areas
of
the
zoning
code
that
lead
to
and
equity
is
also
important.
For
example,
Chinatown
is
the
only
residential
district
in
Boston
that
doesn't
have
additional
zoning
protections.
R
Every
other
residential
district
in
Boston
has
zoning
designations
like
row,
house,
zoning
or
multifamily
zoning
that
limit
floor
area
ratio
or
the
number
of
building
units.
These
designations
provide
for
more
protection
against
inequitable
development,
but
Chinatown's
residential
row
house
streets.
Don't
have
these
protections
amending
these
in
other
parts
of
the
zoning
code,
with
an
eye
towards
fair
housing
are
important
to
ensuring
that
Boston
neighborhoods
return
that
retain
the
diversity
that
has
become
the
hallmark
of
this
city.
I
also
actually
have
a
couple
of
our
sponsors
and
some
of
the
questions
you
are
asking
earlier.
R
If
I
have
a
couple
minutes
to
do
that,
yeah
take
one
minute.
Okay,
thank
you.
So,
in
addition
to
fair
housing,
experts,
I
would
advise
looking
more
closely
at
planning
experts
who
have
also
focused
on
displacement,
Tom
and
Gaudi
is
someone
in
New
York
City
that
I
work
closely
with
and
I
named
Tom
and
Ngati,
Toa
em
and
then
AMG
OTT
I
is
someone
I
work
closely
with
in
New,
York
and
I
think
he
would
be
an
amazing
person
to
consult
with
on
some
of
these
issues.
I
think
invited
ition
to
the
zoning
code.
R
Looking
at
environmental
laws
that
councillor
Flint
had
been
talking
about
are
an
important
again
important
piece
of
the
puzzle.
It's
not
the
cure-all,
but
I.
Think
all
of
it
together
is
helpful
for
looking
more
closely
at
the
impact
that
development
has
and
I
think
the
accountability
cannot
be
stressed
enough.
R
I
think
what
we
were
seeing
in
New
York
is
that
there
were
lots
of
laws
in
the
book
that
required
consideration
of
displacement,
but
when
it
all
came
down
to
it
at
some
point,
when
the
t's
were
crossed
and
the
I's
are
dotted,
it's
not
like
displacement
was
actually
being
considered,
despite
despite
what
the
but
the
laws
actually
required,
and
you
know
kind
of
your
earlier
question:
counselor
Wu
about
abolishing
B
PDA,
whether
we're
talking
about
abolishing
or
not
what
I
do
think
is.
No
no
city
has
gotten
right.
R
This
process
of
community
involvement
and
community
feedback
and
I
think
we
can
talk
all
we
want
about
interpretation
and
childcare
and
I
think
that's
incredibly
important
when
we
talk
about
access
to
planning
and
the
planning
process.
But
what
it
doesn't
actually
do
is
take
into
real
consideration.
What
the
community
feedback
is
because
I
think,
if
we
were
ensuring
that
we
had
a
process
that
considered
community
feedback,
we
wouldn't
be
seeing
the
types
of
luxury
developments
in
all
the
different
neighborhoods
that
we're
seeing
today.
Thank
you.
Thank.
P
They
sat
here,
they
said
their
piece
and
we
all
have
busy
schedules,
not
just
them
and
for
them
to
just
say
their
piece
and
just
pick
up
and
leave,
and
then
we
say
our
piece
and
they're
not
here
to
hear
any
of
it.
That's
one
major
disconnect
the
second
disconnect
for
you
to
say
that
we're
all
friends
in
here,
but
we're
not
really
hearing
the
truth
on
any
kind
of
zoning
particulars
that
they
really
just
described
I,
don't
feel.
Like
that's
fair.
That's
the
second
disconnect
the
third
disconnect.
P
Where
he's
really
sat
here
and
talk
about,
they
provide
child
care,
which
I
can
tell
you
for
a
fact
that
they
don't
the
to
zoning.
Deep-Dive
means
that
they
had
at
the
Kroc
Center
in
Dorchester
and
spontaneous
celebrations
over
in
Jamaica
Plain
I
brought
my
seven-year-old
and
my
three-year-old
daughter
and
those
are
Rangers
and
I
had
to
make
prior
beforehand
two
weeks
in
advance.
P
One
thing
that
we
need
to
recognize
is
the
truth.
Zoning
protections
has
not
been
in
brown
and
black
communities
favors,
since
the
nineteen
well
I
would
say,
since
before
I
was
created,
because
I
was
I,
wasn't
born
to
seventy
nine,
so
I
was
saying,
like
maybe
like
the
late
70s
early
80s,
maybe
someone's
just
the
60s
and
from
my
understanding,
even
so
much
as
now
when
it
comes
to
gentrification,
a
lot
of
our
neighborhoods
are
looked
at
as
a
lot
of
blight,
a
lot
of
dirty
streets,
a
lot
of
non
neighborhood,
pride
and
I.
P
Don't
necessarily
feel
like
that's
fair,
because
a
lot
of
the
people
that
are
involved
with
a
lot
of
disowning
and
all
of
this
other
things
that
are
happening
in
my
community
because
I'm
on
the
south
and
Roxbury
line
I,
would
say
it's
a
lot
of
people
on
the
outside.
Looking
in
and
they're
just
driving
in
here
for
eight
hours
and
they
drive
back
out,
they
don't
necessarily
live
where
I
live.
P
They
don't
deal
with
what
I
deal
with
and
they
don't
interact
with
the
people
that
I
interact
with
whether
it's
brown
Spanish
black
poor
white
at
the
end
of
the
day,
even
though
we're
all
a
human,
this
makes
a
difference
as
far
as
where
you
live.
What
kind
of
job
you
get
or
don't
get,
because
my
last
employment
was
January
of
2010.
P
This
come
in
January
25th
for
2020
I
have
been
employed
in
ten
years.
How
I
survive
today
would
raise.
Two
children
is
beyond
me,
but
one
thing
that
really
has
to
be
recognized.
There's
been
major
disconnects
in
a
brown
and
a
black
community
for
far
too
long
and
for
these
folks
to
sit
here
and
say
to
their
recognizing
this
and
dot
after
dis
and
small
sidewalks
at
the
end
of
the
day,
none
of
us
in
here
can
live
on
a
sidewalk.
None
of
us
in
here
can
live
in
an
alley
way.
P
None
of
us
in
here
can
live
in
a
cardboard
box.
We
have
to
really
recognize
and
know
that
brown
and
black
communities
also
need
to
be
protected
by
zoning.
Not
just
you
know
just
a
little
bit
here
and
there
and
oh
yeah
we're
pulling
up
this
skyscraper
here
and
a
lot
of
these
developers
don't
want
them
to
take
an
honest
look
into
Cartman
square.
P
Our
honest
look
into
Talbot
Ave,
our
honest
look
on
the
whole
strip
of
Blue
Hill
Ave
I'm
talk
about
the
start
of
Dudley
and
Blue
Hill,
all
the
way
down
to
Matapan
square
there's
one
grocery
store
Matapan
one
as
big
as
Matapan
is
even
a
Matapan
High
Park
line
two
grocery
stores
you
can
clap.
You
can
basically
call
that
a
food
desert
I've
lived
in
a
lot
of
these
communities
even
way
before
I
even
had
children
and
I
can
tell
you
as
of
now.
P
They
could
come
in
here
and
sit
and
say
all
of
these
fancy
stuff
all
they
want
to
until
they
actually
recognize
that
they're
not
protecting
the
brown
and
black
people,
no
I
have
the
brown
and
black
community
has
ever
been
protected
in
Boston.
Y'all
can
sit
here
and
continue
a
lot
of
this
stuff.
If
you
want
to,
but
we
have
to
stay
here
and
speak
our
truth.
We
have
busy
schedules
as
well.
I
brought
my
daughter
here
because
she
has
a
dentist
appointment
and
also
she
had
a
doctor's
appointment.
P
P
P
Everyone's
grandchildren
great-grandchildren
have
that
same
opportunity,
but
a
lot
of
our
children
are
dying
out
here
and
that's
not
fair,
either
until
we're
actually
protected
in
Boston
Brown
black
Asian
all
of
these
communities,
they
will
continue
to
sit
here,
relied
to
you
guys
and
say:
oh
we're
friends
in
here
and
we're
not.
We
need
to
recognize
the
truth
and
I
understand
that
you
want
to
really
scrap
the
BPA
I.
Think
that's
a
good
idea,
but
they
need
to
recognize.
P
The
fact
of
this
has
been
going
on
for
way
too
long
and
if
we
do
scrap
it,
who
are
we
really
gonna
bring
in?
That
is
really
recognizing
community
efforts.
That
is
really
recognizing.
If
we
want
to
divide
up
the
communities
as
far
as
having
you
know,
folks
are
the
Asian
persuasion
have
their
voice.
The
folks
of
the
Caribbean
persuasion
have
their
voice
folks
of
the
from
the
motherland
have
their
voice.
Still,
we
all
have
a
voice.
We
all
been
here.
We
all
are
the
backbones
of
this
country
and
the
backbones
of
this
state.
P
We
can't
be
pushed
out.
We
can't
be
pushed
away
cuz
sooner
or
later,
we're
gonna
come
back
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
in
the
90s,
when
this
city
was
bad,
nobody
didn't
tell
anybody
to
move.
We
all
could've
tackle
this
whole
thing
together
head-on
in
the
90s
I
was
in
the
south
in
which
the
street
18
I
wish
the
street
me
and
my
mom.
S
Hi,
my
name
is
Martita
Moore
I
live
in
Dorchester
grew
up
here
raised.
My
children
here
would
like
my
children
to
be
able
to
have
the
choice
if
they
want
to
move
out
of
Boston
or
not
and
not
be
pushed
out.
I
don't
want
to
leave.
This
is
my
homes
that
I've
known
I
heard
a
lot
of
things
that
they
were
saying
and
I
feel
like
a
lot
of.
S
It
is
I,
don't
say,
fancy
talk,
but
you
know
to
talk
over
people's
heads
who
don't
really
understand,
but
we
talk
about
community
engagement,
I,
don't
even
know
when
any
of
those
zoning
meetings
were
and
I'm
actually
in
an
organization
dot
not
for
sale.
So
I
have
never
been
to
a
zone
in
me
and
they
say
I've
seen
a
meeting
happen,
not
a
zoning
meeting
but
I
like
develop.
S
You
know
the
development
meeting
for
developers,
but
that
was
crashed
and
they
mentioned
that
they
have
their
translators,
but
these
organizations
actually
had
to
bring
their
own
translators
because
the
trip
I
heard
in
the
video
you
know
Lydia
is
saying
we
need
all
translators
that
we
pay
for
to
translate.
But
why
weren't?
They
doing
that
before
our
organisations
showed
up
also,
who
who
are
they
engaging
in
at
these
meetings?
S
I've
came
to
a
meeting,
not
zoning
me
in,
but
a
meeting
that
the
be
PDA
has
set
up
with
the
community
and
the
developers
to
you
know
pitch
their
development.
They
want
I've
walked
in
there
with
with
organize
different
organizations,
but
we
walk
in
the
room.
There's
five
people
there
that
don't
represent
anyone
who
lives
in
that
community.
They
live
there,
but
if
you
have
a
whole
community
of
Cape
Verdeans
and
black
people
and
Vietnamese,
and
you
step
into
a
meeting
and
four
of
the
community
people,
there
don't
look
like
any
of
those
things.
S
That's
not
representative,
representing
representative
of
the
community,
so
you're
not
engaging
in
the
community
you're
engaging
with
the
people
that
you
want
to
engage
in
I
feel
like
babe
I
heard
something
early
and
I
can't
I
don't
want
to
misspeak,
but
I
wrote
down
that
they
were
saying
that
there
was.
You
know
they
was
building
a
development
that
was
70
percent
income,
restricted
and,
first
of
all,
like
those
numbers
sound
great.
But
what?
What
were?
What
were?
The
total
numbers
in
that
building
you
in
that
project
and
then
what
is
income
restricted?
S
I've
looked
in
the
paper
for
housing,
you
know
apartments
that
say
affordable
at
90%
ami
so
because
you
put
affordable
in
there
that
that
goes
with
what
yours.
You
know
that
you
you're
meeting
your
requirement
but
who,
who,
wherever
I,
live,
can't
afford
80%
ami
I've,
seen
affordable
at
127
percent,
ami
and
I
think
that's
freaking
ridiculous.
S
Now
in
my
community
there's
a
weird
community
of
families,
big
families,
you
know
everybody
lives
together,
helps
each
other
out.
We
talked
about
the
IDP
where
they
you.
We
want
you
to
include
affordable,
truly
affordable
housing,
but
then
they
get
around
that
by
building
one
bedrooms,
studio
units
and
maybe
there's
two
two
bedrooms:
there's
there's
no
fit
like
I.
Have
a
three-bedroom
I
can't
move
into
any
of
those.
So
it's
not
going
to
accommodate
me.
I
can't
afford
to
move
into
it,
but
if
I
could
my
family's
too
big
for
that?
S
So
they're
building
like
two
be
clear:
these
people
are
able
to
meet
their
obligations
without
actually
meeting
their
obligations,
so
when
I
say
they're
doing
fancy
talk
and
talking
over
your
head
because
nobody
really
paid
attention
until
it's
like
now.
The
impact
is
here,
so
we
are
paying
attention
now.
We're
not
stupid,
like
I'll
make
the
people
in
our
neighborhood
are
not
stupid.
We're
just
trying
to
live,
we're
just
trying
to
survive
right.
S
We
don't
have
the
time
in
the
leisure
to
to
to
combat
what
is
happening
to
us,
because
we
just
trying
to
live
where
we
are
day
to
day.
So
you
have
people
who
have
resource.
They
have
the
reason
like
that.
That's
their
privilege
that
they
can
walk
out
and
not
listen
to
us
right
because
they
don't
have
to
worry
about
where
they're
going
to
live
in
one
year's
time,
because
they
are
secure
right.
We
we're
here.
We
sat
here
and
listened
to
everything.
S
They
said
because
we're
desperate
right
we're
trying
to
save
our
homes
and
we're
trying
to
save
our
neighborhoods
and
the
people
around
us.
I
I
think
that
y'all
need
to
look
into
the
zoning
amendment
I
think
a
lot
of
it
like
I
I,
don't
want
to
move
into
these
new
developments,
they're
making
right
I,
don't
want
to
do
that,
but
then,
once
they
do
that
once
they
make
these
new
development
suddenly,
where
I
was
able
to
afford,
is
no
longer
affordable.
S
We
have
things
where
landlords
in
Boston
can
say:
I
want
my
rent
comperable
to
the
rent
of
mine
of
the
neighborhood
around
me.
So
once
you
build
these
developments
and
you
have
a
two
thousand
dollar
one-bedroom
and
some
all
it
takes.
This
is
one
person
to
rent
it.
Now,
though,
the
market
has
changed
and
who
my
income
hasn't
changed
to
accommodate.
S
So
not
only
could
we
not
live
there,
but
now
you
can't
even
your
business
can't
even
stay
open
over
there,
because
it's
not
it's
not
equal
I
mean
everybody
knows
this
and
everybody
tries
to
talk
around
it
and
make
it
something.
That's
not,
but
we're
paying
attention
now
and
we're
not
stupid.
So
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
what
people
are
doing
and
what
they're
not
we're.
You
and
I've
said
it
before,
like
I'm
gonna
leave,
Boston
kicking
and
screaming.
S
There's
no
way
you're,
just
gonna
do
what
you're
gonna
do
you're
gonna
fight
you
in
the
end
I
might
have
to
leave
right.
Cuz
I,
don't
have
the
resources
I,
don't
have
the
money
I
don't
have
any
of
that
stuff
to
be
able
to
stay
all
I
have
is
the
fight
in
me
and
my
community
to
stay
here
right,
so
I
might
leave,
but
you're
going
to
get
a
fight.
It's
not
going
to
be
easy.
S
It's
just
it's
not
just
going
to
happen
and
I
just
feel
sad,
because
I
just
wish
that
they
could
have
stayed
here
and
listened
what
our
voices
are
important.
You
know
we
have
people
who
want
us
to
vote
for
them
or
want
us
to
keep
things
around,
but
it
seems,
like
our
opinion,
really
doesn't
matter
and
we're
paying
attention
to
that
too.
Thank
you,
Miss
Teen.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
J
Hi
I'm
Mike
Prakash
I'm,
a
Dorchester
resident
and
a
member
of
Dorchester,
not
rocío,
like
Marky
Shane
I,
just
I.
First
I
wanted
to
echo
what
markeesha
and
Amanda
were
saying
about
the
shortcomings
in
the
BP
DA's
community
engagement
process.
I
won't
go
into
the
gory
details
with
the
Glovers
coroner
process,
but
they
never
succeeded
the
only
times
that
they
succeeded
in
getting
representative
numbers
of
Vietnamese
folks,
Cape
Verdean
sort
of
when
we
brought
them
or
when
we
brought
them
to
the
meetings.
J
J
If
it
is
like
past
BPD,
a
rezoning
plans,
it's
going
to
up
zone
an
industrial
area,
make
it
easier
quicker,
cheaper
for
developers
to
build
whatever
they
want
there
and
what
we'll
be
left
with
is
a
series
of
site
by
site
or
building
by
building
fights
over
trying
to
squeeze
a
little
more
affordability
out
of
the
developer,
and
that's
not
what
we
need.
What
we
need,
and
what
I'm
hoping
that
your
amendment
will
create,
is
a
comprehensive
plan
that
takes
responsibility
for
the
impact
on
existing
housing
in
the
area,
not
just
increases.
J
You
know
a
slightly
increased
percentage
of
affordable
units
in
new
construction
and
that's
probably
more
important
than
the
IGP
increase,
because
there's
more
existing
housing,
then
there
will
be
new
housing,
a
lot
more
affordable,
existing
housing.
It's
where
people
actually
live.
If
you
don't
want
displacement,
you
keep
people
where
they
are
in
the
units
where
they
live
and
with
as
development
moves
into
Roxbury
Dorchester
East
Boston.
J
The
new
developments
are
going
to
be
right
next
to
the
neighborhoods
where
we
live,
and
the
affordability
crisis
displacement
crisis
that
we're
experiencing
is
going
to
be
magnified,
multiplied,
it's
going
to
become
a
flood
and
not
just
a
crisis.
You
know,
building
clear
outs.
Rent
increases
evictions
the
whole
bit,
so
the
type
of
plan
that
we
need
would
include.
J
First,
a
deep
survey
of
the
neighborhood
of
the
families
at
risk
of
rents
and
continuing
surveys.
Over
the
you
know
the
period
of
development
so
that
we
can
actually
track
the
displacement
impacts
and
the
fair
housing
impacts
of
the
development.
It
would
include
massive
commitments,
for
example,
to
preserve
affordability
or
create
affordability,
like
increase
in
funding
for
the
acquisition
opportunities
program.
So
it's
not
just
a
thousand
units
citywide
over
ten
years.
J
It's
a
thousand
units
in
the
next
year
or
two
in
Glover's
Corner,
before
the
development
comes
in,
so
that
you're,
stabilizing
housing
and
making
sure
that
people
can
live
there.
You
know
probably
massive
increases
in
the
office
of
housing,
stability
programs,
so
that
people
can
really
be.
You
know,
helped
to
stay
in
their
homes
where
they're
in
crisis-
and
maybe
some
new
ideas
that
we've
been
discussing
like.
Let's
do
a
pilot
program
on
subsidizing
rents,
subsidy,
you
know
cutting
cutting
property
taxes
for
landlords
who
keep
their
properties
low.
J
J
The
experts
who
live
in
the
area
now
know
that
it
does,
and
we
have
the
opportunity
to
study
that
right
now
in
Dorchester
or
any
other
neighborhood
by
doing
a
really
real
study
of.
What's
you
know
what
are
the
part
of
the
fact?
What
are
people's
income
levels?
The
whole
thing
so
I'm
afraid
that
the
amendment
won't
be
passed
in
time
to
cover
the
Glovers
plan,
we'll
probably
just
have
to
fight
for
that
ourselves,
but
it's
crucial
that
the
amendment
get
passed
but
that
it
include
existing
housing
strongly
and
not
just
new
thousand.
B
J
B
A
J
T
Thank
you.
I
Weezy
Waldstein
I'm
with
an
organization
called
action
for
equity,
I
live
in
JP,
which
got
me
into
the
JP,
rocks
planning
process,
I
work
around
jobs
and
income
and
and
so
I've
been
part
of
the
Glovers
dot,
not
for
sale
and
Dudley
work
and
around
the
Dudley
plant.
So
I've
seen
this
process
and
I
wasn't
going
to
testify,
but
I
wanted
to
put
into
the
record
because
of
the
what
the
folks
from
BP
DEA
said.
Just
a
couple
of
reality
checks.
It
has.
T
T
That's
what
we
know
and
that's
what
I
heard
as
far
as
they
went
the
plans.
Don't
then
say
how
do
we
achieve
what
the
community
wants
and
more
important
I
wanted
to
just
give
one
vignette.
That's
at
the
meeting
that
markeesha
was
at
I
bet.
Mike
was
at
it
too,
which
was
a
dot
block
meeting
after
a
big
fight
to
get
another
to
get
real
community
meeting
with
the
developer.
Now
this
is
not
at
the
plan
level.
This
is
at
a
site
level
and
the
developer
I
didn't
know
who
he
was
I,
don't
know
him.
T
He
was
respectful.
He
was
polite,
he
was
friendly.
He
came
to
the
to
the
microphone
and
he
said,
I
really
hear
you
and
then
he
played
back
what
he
was
hearing
and
he
really
heard-
and
he
said,
but
it's
not
gonna
change
anything
I'm
doing.
Oh,
that's
the
point.
That's
the
moment
of
impact
that
we
need
more
power
for
more
tools.
It's
not
the
listening.
It's
not
the
knowing
what
we
wanted.
You
know
it's
who's
gonna
make
anybody,
do
anything.
What
is
going
to
make
anybody
do
anything
he
was
super
polite
about
it.
A
Yeah
and
the
goal
of
that
is
that
it
shouldn't
be
up
to
the
good
intentions
or
sort
of
generosity
of
every
developer
to
carry
out
what
the
community
needs.
We
should
be
doing
planning
on
the
front
end
codifying
that
into
rules
that
then
apply
across
the
board.
So
no
one
has
to
know
developer
can
come
in
and
say
I'm
gonna
negotiate
to
get
my
way
out
of
it.
T
And
just
add
one
more
sentence
on
that
question:
it's
not
a
good
intentioned
question,
because
it's
a
market
forces
question.
It's
a
competitiveness!
It's
how
to
make
more
money.
How
does
the
context
of
the
market
change
so
that
developers
know
build
this
in,
and
the
city
says
to
us
in
the
BPD,
a
staff
says
to
us
that
will
constrain
the
development
of
new
housing
and
that's
always
the
trade-off.
T
A
You
I
know
both
of
us
and
many
of
our
colleagues
agree
that
that
is
the
role
of
government
in
partnership
with
the
community.
Was
there
anyone
else
who
wanted
to
testify?
Sure
first,
is
there
any
other
calls
for
testimony
from
anyone
who
hasn't
spoken?
No
Kay,
miss
more
feel
free
to
markeesha,
feel
free
to
chime
in
yeah.
S
Yeah,
like
I
forgot
to
mention
I,
had
in
him
my
notes
that
we
do
need
way
more
oversight,
because
I
feel
like
people
are
making
their
you
know
they're,
making
their
own
decisions.
They
don't
have
like
they're,
not
nobody's
making
them
do
what
they're
supposed
to
do
so
we
do
need
that
in
place
and
I
also
just
slipped
my
mind,
something
that
she
just
she
just
said
it
and
I
wanted
to
expound
on
it,
so
maybe
maybe
I'm
not
supposed
to,
but
the
the
oversight
Oh
with
the
developers.
S
The
most
thing
that
I
hear
is
what
she's
saying.
Well,
you
know
we
can't
tax
these
develop.
We
can't
you
know,
put
a
discus
trait
on
that.
We
we
can't
do
this
because
then
they
won't
be
able
to
develop
and
the
way
that
I
look
at.
That
is
that
these
people
have
the
money
in
the
means
to
to
wait
through
the
appreciation
of
their
proctor
developments.
S
When
I
could
just
I
could
be
gone,
you
know,
but
waiting
for
it
to
depreciate
back
to
where
I
can
like
I'll,
be
going
out
of
Boston
by
then
and
gone
somewhere.
Why
are
we?
Why
are
we
more
sympathetic
to
these
people
who
haven't?
We
need
to
be
more
sympathetic
to
the
people
who
already
live
in
this
neighborhood
is
already
here.
We
don't
have
the
means
to
do
anything
and
at,
and
it
seems
like
a
group
of
people's
whims.
S
We
either
get
to
have
to
stay
in
Boston
and
not
be
on
the
outskirts
in
the
nice
neighborhoods
or
we
have
to
go
because
now
that
we
want
this
back,
I
want
to
be
here
through
development.
I
want
to
enjoy
it
and
I
want
my
children
to
be
able
to
enjoy
it,
but
I'm
sorry,
I
just
wanted
to
add
those
thank.
A
B
At
the
end
of
the
day,
I
testi
mony,
the
back
and
forth
with
the
BP
day
demonstrated.
We
can
do
this
so
I
appreciate
you
all
coming
here.
I
want
to
thank
that
many
organizations
that
work
behind
the
scenes
with
my
office
giving
feedback
helping
to
make
sure
that
the
voices
that
may
have
not
have
felt
her
today,
we're
certainly
heard
in
our
office
and
drafting
this
zoning.
Amendment
and
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
I
think
I
think
we
can
get
this
done.
B
I
know
we
can,
and
so
it's
just
a
matter
of
continuing
this
conversation.
I
did
not
hear
a
reason
why
they
can't
get
it
done.
I
agree
with
them.
I
agree
with
them
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
whatever
we
get
done,
if
we
do
not
have
applicable
enforceable
standards
that
are
clear
and
upfront,
we've
done
it
all
for
nothing.
So
that's
where
I
agree
with
them.
Those
standards
will
come
from
us.
Those
standards
will
come
from
us
and
we
will
put
it
in
there
to
make
sure
going
forward
building
in
Boston.
B
We
set
the
standard
for
if
you
want
to
make
money
here,
if
you
want
to
build
here
along
with
the
environment
along
with
transportation,
along
with
all
the
other
aspects,
we
asked
you
to
look
at
not
only
we
do.
We
ask
them
to
look
at
it,
but
we
change
those
standards
for
them,
as
we
go
along
environmental
standards
10
years
ago,
are
different
than
what
we
ask
from
developers
now.
I
say
the
same
thing.
You
start
the
conversation
about
this
place
when
you
start
the
same
thing
about
integration.
You
start
the
same
thing
about
disability.
B
All
those
things
will
change,
so
we're
not
gonna.
Let
the
fact
that
we're
not
going
to
solve
racial
issues
with
a
zoning
amendment
get
in
our
way.
We're
gonna
definitely
have
the
conversation
and
analysis
going
forward
and
we're
gonna
change
that,
based
on
the
needs
of
the
community
and
making
sure
that
when
you
come
to
make
money
in
Boston,
you
make
it
according
to
our
standards.
That's
all
this
amendments
going
to
do
and
it's
gonna
make
sure
that
we
have
a
Boston
for
us.
That's
a
goal.