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Dockets #0588-0596, 0613 - Fiscal Year 2021 Budget: Office of Economic Development including Boston Equity Fund
A
And
it's
really,
you
know
a
chance
for
us
to
think
about
the
road
ahead
and
knowing
that,
even
though
we're
in
an
emergency,
we
still
have
to
have
a
city
budget,
and
it's
gonna
be
at
the
heart
of
all
the
all
the
personnel
and
programs
that
we
need
in
the
time
ahead.
So
we
to
that
end,
we
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record
do
that
in
a
number
of
ways.
One
is
to
join
a
hearing
like
this
and
the
zoom
links
available.
A
You
can
email
staff
or
it's
on
the
public
notice,
and
then
we
ask
you
for
to
wait
till
the
end
of
the
hearing
and
then
I'll
recognize
you
to
speak.
I
note
that
we
have
two
people
I
know
already
signed
up
for
public
testimony
who
I
see
are
in
the
zoom.
So
that's
great,
you
can
also
come.
If
you
know
you
don't
want
to
come
to
one
of
the
particular
subject,
specific
ones.
You
can
come
to
one
of
our
two
remaining
dedicated
public
testimony
hearings
so
on
Tuesday,
May
26th
at
6
p.m.
A
we'll
be
having
one
focused
on
bps
and
on
Thursday
May
28th
at
6
p.m.
we'll
have
one
focused
on
the
rest
of
city
departments,
and
you
can
also
at
your
leisure
email,
the
committee
at
CCC
WM
at
Boston
gov,
with
written
testimony
with
a
video
and
or
you
can
go
to
Boston
Duck,
that
of
slash
Council
FY
21
budget
and
learn
how
to
submit
your
testimony
there
and
see
our
whole
budget
calendar.
So
we
do
hope,
you'll
engage.
We
also
scan
Twitter.
A
If
you
do
hashtag
vos
budget,
the
O
s
budget
will
informally
take
questions
there
and
very
much
like
I
said,
want
the
public
voices
to
be
involved
in
this
process.
So
today's
hearing
is
on
dock
at
zero.
Five.
Eight
eight
two:
zero
five:
nine
Oh
orders
for
the
FY
21
operating
budget,
including
annual
appropriations
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
other
post-employment
benefits.
A
Those
dockets
collectively
make
up
the
FY
21
budget,
as
proposed
by
the
mayor
and,
in
addition
today,
we're
also
considering
docket
zero
six
one
three,
which
is
an
order
authorizing
an
appropriation
from
the
Boston
equity
fund,
to
create
a
special
revenue
project,
grant
to
support
equity
applicants
and
licenses
to
establish
and
operate
a
cannabis
business
in
the
city
of
Boston
pursuant
to
city
of
Boston
ordinances,
chapter
8,
section
13.
So
that's
a
new
fund,
the
Boston
equity
fund
that
we'll
be
discussing
today.
A
The
real
subject
of
the
hearing
today
is
the
office
of
economic
development
and
the
Boston
equity
fund.
And
obviously
you
know
we
find
ourselves
in
a
moment
where
economic
development
could
not
possibly
be
more
important.
Obviously,
everyone
has
had
a
shift
footing
very
quickly
from
you
know
how
how
to
handle
a
boom
economy
I'll
be
at
a
bloom
economy
that
was
serving
some
people
much
more
than
others
to
how
to
handle
a
really
difficult
financial
situation,
but
with
many
of
the
same
equity
challenges
before
us.
So.
B
A
Forward
to
hearing
today
from
John
Barris,
the
chief
of
economic
development
for
the
city
who
I
see
has
joined
us
and
also
on
his
staff,
Selina
Barrios
Milner,
the
director
of
equity
and
inclusion
natalia
or
to
bay,
director
of
small
business
and
executive
director
of
mash
in
boston,
2030,
alexis
ticket
shook
alexis
you'll
have
to
forgive
me
and
I
should
have
asked
you
ahead.
How
to
say
director
of.
A
You
did
good,
you
did
good
yeah,
director
of
emerging
industries
and
then
I
think
we
had
some
other
members
of
she:
browses
staff,
Krista's,
ala,
Taurus
and
Kaitlyn,
Paso,
Faro
and
others
online
as
well.
So
I
want
to
recognize
my
colleagues
who
are
here:
Council
President,
Kim
Janie
from
district
7,
councillor
Andrea
Campbell
from
district
4,
councillor
Michael,
Flaherty,
at-large,
council
Earl
is
Breeden
district,
9
counsel
to
Ricardo
Arroyo
district
5,
Anisa,
sabe,
George,
at-large,
counselor,
Julia
Mejia
at
large
and
and
without
further
ado
chief
barrows
floor
0.
D
A
D
The
office
of
economic
development
was
created
by
Mayor
Walsh
in
2014,
and
we
wanted
to
share
with
you
as
we
do
always.
Our
strategy
as
a
cabinet
is
to
make
sure
we
have
development
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods
without
displacement
that
neighborhood
and
stakeholders
are
engaged
in
the
growth
of
the
city,
that
we
have
comprehensive
community
planning
that
we
promote
Boston
as
a
destination
for
businesses
and
visitors,
and
that
we
foster
and
have
strong
regional
and
international
partnerships.
D
D
We
are
always
working
to
make
sure
that
we
are
creating
opportunities
in
career,
workforce
development,
training,
job
creation,
resources
for
small
businesses
and
large
businesses,
particularly
for
small
businesses,
and
joining
joining
that
this
year
will
be
the
Boston
cannabis
equity
fund
that
we'll
be
talking
about
today.
But
technical
assistance
is
important
and
grants
and
loans
that
we
could
provide
we'll
be
talking
about
too
as
well,
and
then
a
pathway
for
building
net
worth
and
then
in
that
most
of
what
we
do,
in
fact
is
about
business
creation,
business
startup
next
slide.
D
The
next
priority
is
business
development
in
general
and
job
growth,
and
so
we
are
always
looking
to
make
Boston
a
competitive
economy,
competitive
local
economy
and
part
of
that
is
growing
our
business.
But
it's
also
attracting
a
strong
talent
pool
so
that
businesses
can
come
here
and
want
to
hire
here.
D
It's
making
Boston
a
place
that
has
that
provides
the
kind
of
networking,
the
kind
of
connections,
the
kind
of
resources
that
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
want
to
find,
and
then
it's
making
sure
that
our
residents
have
the
pathways
through
these
opportunities
that
we
try
to
bring
or
create
in
the
city
the
next
opportunity
or
the
next
priority
is
in
place
making
and
Community
Economic
Development.
So
what
makes
Boston
special
is
not
just
the
jobs
that
we
create
or
the
businesses
that
we
can
help
grow
bring
here.
D
What
makes
it
truly
special
is
the
parts
of
our
economy
that
allows
us
to
be
strong.
Neighborhoods
allows
us
to
create
space
place
like
Main
streets
allows
us
to,
you
know,
have
an
identity,
so
it's
the
arts
and
cultural
component
of
our
city
is
that
that
makes
Boston
special.
It's
two
sports.
It's
it's
it's
a
places
that
you
eat
all
the
things
that
make
this
place
a
place
where
people
want
to
live,
work
and
play.
D
So
we
wanted
to
immediately
focus
our
efforts
here.
One
of
the
things
I'll
highlight
that
the
Office
of
Economic
Development
is
doing
in
a
partnership
with
secretary
cost
and
estate.
We
have
sent
up
a
hundred
and
twenty
volunteers
to
the
state
to
help
provide
capacity
for
them
to
be
able
to
administer
the
unemployment
benefits
from
the
state
really
important
part
of
part
of
our
efforts
in
helping
the
state
do
that
because,
obviously
it's
a
state
run
program
next
slide.
D
The
next
analysis
that
we
did
was
really
about
small
businesses,
and
so
we
immediately
launched
as
of
March
10th,
we
launched
the
first
survey
and
had
the
first
survey
results
on
March
16th
and
then
subsequently
launched
a
series
of
surveys
after
that,
every
ten
days
to
answer
sort
of
have
an
analysis
of
what
was
happening
with
our
businesses,
particularly
and
what
we
found
is
are
particularly
our
small
businesses
were
hit
very
hard.
You
will
see
percentages
of
layoffs
in
the
business
types,
retail
physical
store
locations.
D
D
One
of
the
issues
we
also
recognized
very
early
was
that
it
was
going
to
take
a
serious
effort
to
make
sure
that
our
small
businesses
felt
comfortable
in
applying
for
assistance.
So
we
learned
very
early
that
you
know
over
50%
of
our
businesses
that
only
approached
the
city
for
assistance
and
even
when
the
cares
Act
was
finalized
and
discrete,
and
most
of
that
of
that
was
distributed
through
the
SBA
or
banks.
D
That
was
to
approach
our
smallest
businesses
and
we'll
talk
about
that
because
we
felt
like
they
were
gonna
be
left
out
and
in
fact
they
were
and
then
two
on
businesses
that
could
apply
or
interested
in
applying
to
the
cares
Act
funding
that
we
would
help
them
with
technical
assistance,
and
we
really
focus
a
lot
of
our
effort
on
technical
assistance
and
and
their
small
business
really
fun.
Next
slide.
D
D
We
had
a
really
good
look
at
businesses
from
size
and
what
was
happening
there,
and
then
we
had
a
really
good
look
at
the
types
of
businesses
and,
as
you
can
imagine,
our
personal
care
business
got
hit
really
hard
in
our
neighborhoods,
and
our
food
businesses
got
hit
really
hard
in
our
neighborhoods
and
so
in
many
ways.
You
know
no
surprises
here,
but
really
important
information
as
we
continue
to
to
try
to
serve
our
small
businesses
in
the
city
of
Boston
next
slide.
D
D
F
Much
and
so
immediately
after,
as
John
mentioned,
we
put
out
these
series
of
surveys.
We
immediately
started
communicating
directly
with
small
businesses
where
we
were
sending
emails
two
times
a
week
to
over
22,000
businesses
started
at
about
16,000,
and
our
list
is
up
to
about
22,000.
At
this
point
and
with
that
also
came
weekly
conference
calls,
which
we
set
up,
bringing
in
our
partners
from
different
departments
of
the
city
to
present
information
and
resources
for
small
businesses,
those
have
been
on
Facebook,
live
and
videoconference,
and
then
on.
F
We
set
up
weekly
business,
small
business
office
hours,
which
allow
individuals
to
connect
directly
with
the
neighborhood
business
managers
and
our
team
in
order
to
get
one-on-one
support
and
one-on-one
answers
to
their
questions,
and
so
these
happen
at
to
our
blocks.
Every
single
Friday,
from
9:00
to
11:00
and
from
2:00
to
4:00.
My
team
connects
with
folks
individually
one
on
one
and
then
they
go
offline
after
they've
been
able
to
connect,
and
that
really
builds
that
one-on-one
relationship
and
then
finally,
over
you
know
the
last
probably
about
five
or
six
weeks.
F
We've
been
helping
folks
with
small
business
support
as
it
pertains
to
the
cares,
Act
and
really
I'm.
Ensuring
folks
have
information
and
resources
to
be
able
to
apply.
We've
had
we've
been
able
to
help
over
235
people
from
that
have
reached
out
to
us
to
ask
for
support
on
on
signing
up
for
PPP
or
eid
el,
as
well
as
referring
them
over
to
banks
and
other
groups
that
are
actually
working
on
this
every
day.
Next
time.
F
So
out
of
those
listening
sessions
that
we've
had
both
through
our
conference
calls
the
office
hours
as
well.
As
the
surveys
we've
put
out
a
bunch
of
resources
which
are
all
available
on
our
economic
development
code
response
page
kaylynn
can't
go
back
one
slide.
Please
we've
put
out
a
bunch
of
resources
which
are
available
to
the
public.
We
push
out
every
single
week,
so
we
put
out
a
financial
relief
handbook
and
a
federal
assistant
guide
to
help
people
navigate
all
these
different
resources.
F
So
the
financial
relief
handbook
actually
collects
collected
information
from
local
partners,
nonprofits
foundations,
state
partners,
national
partners
and
federal
partners
to
really
be
able
to
give
folks.
You
know
direct
access
to
what
resources
were
out
there.
The
federal
assistance
guide
actually
walks
people
through
how
to
apply
for
PPP
or
Eid
al.
We
also
put
out
an
unemployment
insurance
guide,
which
was
the
exact
same
thing.
How
do
you
navigate
it?
Who
do
you
contact?
How
do
you
do
it?
We
also
wanted
to
put
out
two
different
platforms
where
businesses
could
self
report
that
they
are
open.
F
So
we
did
one
for
Boston,
open,
Boston
businesses,
and
this
was
really
targeting
essential
businesses,
as
well
as
an
open,
Boston
restaurants
platform
which
allows
restaurants
to
tell
people
what
their
menu
is.
Do
they
have
limited
hours?
What
are
the
existing
hours?
Are
they
on
any
apps?
Are
they
doing
delivery
or
takeout,
and
this
has
actually
helped
folks
get
connected
to
more
customers
as
well,
as
just
you
know,
be
a
resource
for
the
community.
F
Let
me
just
get
it
back
up
on
my
screen,
so
I
know
I,
know
myself,
my
nuts
sorry
about
that,
and
so
just
you
can
see
below
what
the
restaurant
listing
looks
like
online,
as
well
as
what
the
financial
relief
handbook
looks
like
online
and
then
the
the
last
part
that
I'll
talk
about
it
and
I
think
is
the
most
kind
of
popular
for
discussion.
Is
the
Small
Business
Relief
Fund,
so
we're
able
to
come
out
with
a
fund
to
support
small
businesses?
F
We
really
wanted
to
target
the
itty
bitty
businesses,
the
businesses
that
are
really
local
to
Boston
and
needing
the
most
support.
So
we
took
those
seven
categories
that
John
talked
about
earlier
and
we
created
a
fund
opportunity
for
small
businesses
to
sign
up,
so
they
had
to
have
three
three
real
criteria:
one
and
they
have
to
35
or
fewer
employees.
They
had
to
have
less
than
1.5
million
in
revenue
and
they
had
to
be
physically
located
in
doing
business
in
Boston,
so
we
received
over
2,700
applications.
F
We
before
we
launched
the
the
fund
on
April
6th,
so
it
was
announced
the
Thursday
before
we
announced
the
application
on
on
Monday,
and
then
we
closed
it
on
Friday
at
5
o'clock
and
just
a
couple
of
things
to
note.
Before
we
put
the
application
out,
we
created
one-pagers
in
nine
additional
languages
in
order
to
ensure
that
we
had
access
for
all
small
businesses.
Obviously,
we
know
that
the
city
of
Boston
has
a
ton
of
immigrant
room.
Businesses
I
wanted
to
make
sure
everybody
had
access.
F
We
also
set
up
a
phone
line
for
all
those
same
languages
to
be
able
to
call
in
and
get
direct
one-on-one
support.
So,
as
of
last
Friday,
we
have
dispersed
559
grants
to
small
businesses
across
the
city
of
Boston,
and
let
me
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
those
numbers
look
like.
So
this
this
is
a
review
of
the
applicants
over
of
the
2700
that
applied
19
over
1900
were
deemed
eligible,
so
that
meant
that
means
that
they
met
those
three
criteria.
F
Folks,
who
did
not
meet
those
criteria
because
of
either
their
they
didn't
match
those
three
criteria,
but
they
also
maybe
didn't
have
they
weren't
the
right
business
type.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
targeting
those
seven
hardest
hit
industries
first,
and
so
we
wanted
to
really
target
those,
and
then
we
also
could
not
serve
nonprofits.
F
So
of
all
the
applicants
we
we
received,
we
had
about
49
percent
were
white
ownership,
which
means
that
about
51%
of
those
businesses
were
non-white
ownership
and
then
what
I
want
to
know
on
this
particular
slide
is
that
we
added
actually
a
comparison
of
the
amount
of
businesses
owned
by
that
by
that
ethnicity
across
the
city.
So,
as
you
can
see,
the
representation
here
is
is
is
clearly
a
little.
You
know
more
focused
on
our
neighborhood
commercial
districts
next
time.
F
Did
we
lose
Kaitlyn
again?
Oh
here
we
go
okay,
sorry
about
that.
So
of
the
559
that
I
mentioned
have
received
grants
so
far.
This
is
the
breakdown
of
what
those
look
like.
So,
as
you
can
see,
our
priority
of
targeting
small
businesses
is
very
clear
here.
We
79
percent
of
the
folks
who
have
received
these
grants
are
zero
to
five
employees.
F
Sixty-Eight
percent
have
less
than
200,000
250,000
in
revenue
and,
as
you
can
see
here,
we
have
of
those
559.
42%
of
them
are
white
white,
owned
businesses,
some
other
key
demographics
to
look
at
48
percent.
Are
women
owned
or
non-binary?
44
percent
are
immigrant
room
businesses,
which
includes
naturalized
citizens
and
refugees,
and
57
percent
are
Boston
residents.
So
of
that
559
grants
we've
given
out
nearly
2
million
dollars.
D
Thank
You
Natalia
for
that
and
I
wanted
to
resume
our
presentation
by
talking
about
how
we
plan
on
engaging
different
industry
as
part
of
our
reopening
plan,
and
so
the
mayor
has
asked
us
to
put
together
an
engagement
strategy.
As
you
know,
we've
been
having
phone
calls
with
small
businesses
every
week,
and
so
we're
now
gonna
have
more
specific
conversations
by
industry
with
the
businesses
around
reopening,
and
so
what
we've
done
here
is
we've
got
a
strategy
that
is
clearly
driven
by
public
health
framework.
We
need
to
have
testing,
we
need
to
have
tracing.
D
Questions
concerns
around
this
as
we
open
and
the
mayor
has
actually
been
sitting
on
a
number
of
different
calls
hearing
directly
from
our
businesses
directly
from
our
industries
and
then
having
conversation
and
dialogue.
This
will
continue
to
to
incur,
particularly
as
we
get
closer
to
closer
to
reopening
our
economy.
Next,
as
we
as
we
have
those
conversations
and
create
better
guidelines,
one
of
the
things
we're
going
to
do
is
use
our
Economic
Development
Center.
And
so
you
remember,
the
mayor.
D
We
then
moved
all
these
engagements
online,
and
so
we
will
continue
to
engage
our
businesses
through
the
the
infrastructure
that
we've
created
for
workshops
and
webinars
on
guidance
as
soon
as
that
is
clear
from
the
state.
So
as
soon
as
we
have
clarity
on
what
a
barbershop
should
be
doing,
as
example,
we
will
quickly
engage
all
the
barber
shops
in
a
webinar
and
begin
to
talk
about
how
we
will
implement
it
in
Boston
as
an
example.
D
D
Different
impact
we
had
on
that,
the
Cova
de
pandemic
had
on
different
racial
groups
in
Boston.
The
mayor
said
we
need
to
pay,
we
need
to.
We
need
to
have
make
sure
that
we
have
attention
on
this
and
we
have
to
have
a
strategy,
and
so
we
have
been
working
with
the
health
inequities
task
force,
primarily
in
this
first
in
the
first
couple
of
weeks
to
make
sure
that
there
was
enough
testing
in
communities
that
was
hard
that
were
hardest
hit,
enough
resources
enough
PPE
and
enough
information.
D
We
are
now
with
the
task
force,
beginning
to
pivot,
to
have
a
conversation
around
reopening
and
the
central
question
in
that
conversation
is:
how
do
we
reopen
the
economy
in
a
way
that
eliminates
some
of
the
the
infrastructure
policies
that
got
us
to
a
point
where
we
have
some
of
the
disparities
that
we
have
in
our
health
today?
And
so
that's
the
central
question.
It's
a
big
question
and
there
are
a
lot
of
ideas
there
that
are
gonna,
help
drive
how
we
be
open
to
a
more
equitable
economy.
D
Next
slide,
we
talked
about
guidance
to
certain
industries
and
so
I'm
gonna
ask
Selena
Barrios
Miller,
who
was
the
director
of
equity
inclusion?
To
give
an
example,
when
we
have
an
industry
that
we
have
provided
guidance
on
how
they
reopen
the
kinds
of
things
we
do
to
help
that
to
help
those
businesses
in
that
industry,
Selena.
G
So
this
is
an
example.
We
just
did
these
sessions
last
week,
where
we,
in
partnership
with
ISD,
provided
very
clear
guidance
on
how
to
put
together
a
Kovac
site,
safe,
site-specific
safety
plan.
So
we
had,
you
know,
content
experts
and
also
had
we're
joined
by
over
180
participants
over
two
calls
that
could
directly
ask
questions
through
the
chat
or
also
in
dialogue.
At
the
end,
we
also
had
several
ISD
inspectors
on
the
phone
them
in
the
meetings
as
well.
So
this
is
a
model
we're
looking
to
do
for
other
industries.
G
We
have
the
construction
guidance
now,
but
as
they
roll
out
further
guidance,
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
this
through
the
economic
development
center,
and
then
this
is
just
going
back
to
the
examples
of
our
Economic
Development
Center
content
going
online.
This
is
the
construction
supervisor
license
exam
prep.
This
is
really,
we
think,
a
good
time
for
people
to
level
up
their
skills
and
if
they
are
out
of
work,
we're
providing
free
resources
so
that
when
they
rejoin
the
workforce,
they
can
come
in
at
a
higher
level
and
have
even
greater
opportunities.
D
The
next
slide
talks
about
ways
we're
gonna
continue
to
engage.
So
it's
not
just
about
industry,
specific
engagement.
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
It's
not
just
about
industry,
specific
engagement,
it's
also
about
engaging
our
neighborhoods
in
a
way
that
makes
sense
so
Natalia.
If
you
can
talk
about
the
work
of
engaging
our
start,
our
neighborhoods
businesses.
F
So
I'm
not
sure
who's
doing
the
slides,
but
if
you
can
go
back,
three
I
think
it
was
two
or
three
slides,
but
one
of
one
more
forward.
Yeah
there
we
go
so
one
of
the
ways
in
which
we're
going
to
be
engaging
our
neighborhood
commercial
districts
is
we're
gonna,
be
hosting
some
conversations
on
reopening
so
currently
we're
looking
at
16
reopening
conversation
with
the
Boston
Main
streets
and
other
business
groups
and
associations
across
the
city.
So
we're
going
to
be
being
folks.
F
Six
of
the
sixteen
will
be
doing
will
be
hosting
in
multiple
languages
in
order
to
ensure
access
and
then
after
guidelines
become
available
for
all
of
the
different
industries.
As
John
mentioned,
we
will
be
doing
industry
specific
workshops,
as
well
as
EDC
workshops,
on
kind
of
how
to
run
your
business
post,
kovat
I
also.
D
We
appreciate
the
partnership
and
continue
to
get
the
information
out
to
businesses
as
we
let
them
know
about
the
meetings,
the
dates
when
we're
gonna
do
it
etc.
So,
thank
you
for
continuing
up
there.
We
now
want
to
talk
about
the
work
that
we
did,
that
we
are
doing
that's
not
necessarily
related
to
Cove.
It
will
be
really
quick
as
we
continue
to
move
through
this
presentation.
D
G
This
past
November
on
November
8th
the
mayor,
signed
an
equity
and
procurement
executive
order
and
also
launched
the
supplier,
diversity
Advisory
Council
that
meets
quarterly
to
support
the
rollout
of
the
equitable
procurement
executive
order.
Since
then,
we
have
achieved
a
few
of
the
deliverables
outlined
in
the
order.
We
have
a
new
online
directory
of
certified
businesses.
G
We
actually
have
an
info
session
coming
up
in
the
next
two
weeks
for
property
management
of
the
Bruce
bowling
building.
So
we're
continuing
to
do
info
sessions,
even
even
as
we're
working
remotely.
We
are
doing
online
info
sessions
and
we're
making
sure
that
as
opportunities
come
up,
we're
able
to
connect
people
certified
vendors
proactively.
The
other
piece
I
just
want
to
plug
here
since
I
know
you
all
have
a
lot
of
contact
with
business
owners.
G
This
is
a
great
time
for
businesses
to
become
certified,
especially
if
they
have
some
downtime,
because
it's
still
the
best
way
for
departments
and
to
proactively
outreach
to
diverse
and
local
businesses,
if
they're
certified
by
us,
and
so
we're
still
doing
certification.
We're
still
mailing
out
those
letters.
So
look
forward
to
continuing
to
partner
with
you
on
that.
D
While
we
are
spending
around
kovat,
we
recently
were
able
to
put
in
an
order
for
500,000
masks
to
a
local
MBE,
and
you
know
those
are
the
kinds
of
purchases
that
we
are
making
an
effort
to
do.
A
lot
of
the
printing
for
information
that
went
out
to
neighborhoods
some
of
that
printing
was
done
by
n
bees,
and
so
that's
just
an
example,
but
but
one
that
we're
very
proud
of,
and
so
we'll
continue
to
make
to
her.
Those
efforts
are
live.
F
Yeah
so
we'd
like
to
obviously
get
into
the
neighborhoods
and
not
just
bring
the
mayor
into
the
neighborhoods,
but
do
a
lot
of
one-on-one
relationship
building
with
our
with
our
neighborhood
commercial
districts.
So
what
you
see
here
is
just
a
couple
of
examples
of
how
we
engage
with
business
owners
and
our
business
associations
directly.
So
the
picture
on
the
top
left.
F
F
I
think
John
may
have
gotten
frozen,
but
let
me
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
Ethel's
corner
arts
and
innovation
district
implementation
plan.
So
when
imagine,
Boston
2030
launched
one
of
the
the
key
one
of
the
key
indicators
for
us
using
the
neighborhood
and
economic
revitalization,
as
well
as
arts
and
innovation
as
a
way
of
really
plugging
into
the
future
of
our
neighborhoods
and
so
after
about
I
think
it
was
18
months
or
so
of
community
engagement.
F
And
there
was
a
request
for
ideas
that
were
as
issued
last
July
and
we're
still
working
through
a
lot
of
the
technicalities
around
moving
that
work
forward.
But
we
anticipate
putting
out
a
request
for
proposals
in
2020,
which
would
include
a
home
for
the
newest
Boston
Public
Library
in
a
bums
corner,
as
well
as
really
establishing
the
arts
and
innovation
district
for
the
City
of
Boston.
F
D
Thanks
and
tell
you
this
is
the
dropping
off,
not
sure
what
happened
there,
thanks
for
taking
on
the
presentation,
and
so
we
wanted
to
talk
about
some
investments
that
we
are
suggesting
for
this
upcoming
year.
One
of
the
areas
is
in
the
Boston
residents
and
job
policy
area,
so
meaning,
if
you
can
just
quickly
take
us
through
some
of
these
investments,.
G
So
in
the
proposed
FY
21
budget,
there's
an
investment
of
one
hundred
and
one
thousand
two
hundred
eighty
four
dollars
that
will
allow
us
to
make
key
investments
to
support
the
transition
to
sales
force.
So
that
will
include
a
full-time
employee
that
will
help
onboard
all
of
the
contractors
that
we
work
with
onto
the
system
and
help
with
real-time
support
and
training
for
staff
and
external
users.
D
G
So
we're
hoping
to
have
a
supplier
diversity
manager
that
can
help
manage
all
the
new
workflow
that
comes
out
of
the
equitable
procurement
executive
order
will
now
have
a
lot
more
resources
in
terms
of
tracking
reporting,
seeing
how
we're
doing
day-to-day,
and
also
working
with
city
departments
proactively
to
source
vendors.
So
we
need
someone
to
manage
that
workflow
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
matching
vendors
and
also
sourcing
vendors
for
upcoming
opportunities,
while
also
remaining
accountable
and
transparent,
with
our
data
and
reporting.
D
Those
are
the
two
major
investments
were
asking
to
make
in
our
first
priority,
which
is
equity
and
inclusion.
The
other
investment
next
slide,
please
is
around
place
making.
It
also
has
an
equity
and
inclusion
lens
to
it,
like
all
of
our
work
does,
but
in
terms
of
our
neighborhood,
we
want
to
talk
about
the
work
we
wanted
to
do
with
Main
Street
Natalia.
If
you
can
just
take
us
through
this,
this
new
opportunity
absolutely.
F
C
Good
afternoon,
everybody
I
wanted
to
give
a
general
overview
where
they
are
in
the
cannabis
space.
There
are
currently
14
host
community
agreements
in
the
City
of
Austin.
Those
are
in
ten
different
neighborhoods.
The
breakdown
is
eight
recreational,
five
medical
to
grow
and
manufacturing
up
until
our
present
situation.
What
we
had
open
were
to
medical
and
one
recreational.
The
recreational
had
to
stop
due
to
the
kovat
situation,
but
the
two
medical
sites
are
currently
open
for
the
sake
of
our
further
discussion
about
the
equity
fund.
C
We
had
already
planned
for
that.
The
owner,
then
factored
in
some
Co
bid
precautionary
measures
with
which
further
you
know,
limited
people
touching
shared
iPads
things
of
that
nature.
So
the
the
upsetting
part
of
the
timing.
There
was
that
this
was
the
first
economic
empowerment
in
the
entire
state
of
Massachusetts.
It
was
the
first
recreational
shop
in
Boston.
C
C
Other
supports
have
been
regular
communications
with
the
state
and
the
executive
branch
regarding
how
a
successful
thorough
ASIS
opened
in
a
dense
urban
area.
As
they
look
statewide
at
some
of
the
problems
they
saw
to
cannabis,
recreational
cannabis,
its
reopening
I
emphasize
the
distinction
that
pure
Oasis
had
to
have
extra
measures
in
place
because
we
have
a
smaller
geographical,
very
dense
area
for
opening
I
told
them
that
they
opened
without
a
hitch
and
work
would
continue
to
work
with
them
on
a
safe
reopening
plan.
C
We
would
further
limit
sales
to
Massachusetts
residents
only
and
use
any
of
our
media
sources
and
advisories
to
push
that
message
out
so
that
we
did
not
have
other
states
resident
Abilene
to
our
air,
putting
more
people
in
the
neighborhoods.
While
we
are
trying
to
social
distance.
This
past
weekend,
I
was
able
to
secure
pure
Oasis
a
spot
to
present
they
wanted
one
of
five
presenters
before
the
governor
and
the
lieutenant
governor's
re-entry
task
force.
They
made
their
presentation
over
the
weekend.
It
went
well.
C
Kobe
was
able
to
talk
about
his
experiences
as
a
small
business
owner,
and
he
emphasized
how
he
could
safely
reopen
at
his
site
and
what
safety
measures
he
had
already
contemplated
and
had
the
ability
to
do
so.
We
are
waiting
further
guidance
from
the
governor
in
terms
of
what
he
will
start
allowing
to
reopen
and
and
whatever
modifications
he
has
to
his
executive
order.
I
mean
the
regular
communication
with
our
one
recreational
shop
to
ensure
that
he
could
really
open
successfully.
If,
given
the
opportunity.
A
Yeah
that'd
be
great.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
that
and
yeah
without
further
ado,
we'll
jump
into
questions,
so
councillors
should
have
the
order
I'll
again
defer
mine
to
the
end.
So
we'll
start
with
council
president
Janie
and
just
for
the
OED
colleagues,
so
that
you
know
councillors
know
this
but
I'm
gonna.
When
people
have
gone
five
minutes
I
hold
up
my
gavel
and
then,
after
a
two
minute
grace
period,
there's
a
little
chime
that
goes
off
to
say
people's
a
lot
of
time
is
over.
A
So
if
the
chime
goes
off,
when
one
of
you
is
in
the
middle
of
answering
a
question
feel
free
to
finish
your
sentence,
your
thought,
but
just
know
that
we're
sort
of
trying
to
move
along
just
so
that
everybody
gets
a
chance.
You
know
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
pressing
questions
and
I
think
you
know
no
no
topic
more
urgent
than
the
one
we're
dealing
with
today.
So
so,
thank
you
all
so
much
and
well
now
recognize.
Council
president
Janie
thank.
H
You,
madam
chair
I,
agree
with
your
statement
so
and
I
have
tons
and
tons
and
tons
of
questions.
I
will
try
to
run
through
them
quickly.
I
will
try
to
pay
close
attention
to
all
of
your
visual
and
audio
cues.
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
chief
barrows
and
his
team
chief
Browns,
not
just
for
the
work
that
you've
been
doing,
not
just
the
work
that
you're
trying
to
do
to
address
the
Colvin
crisis,
but
I
want
to
send
a
special
thank
you
to
you
and
to
Natalia
for
participating
in
the
Town
Hall.
H
Last
Thursday
I
thought
there
were
a
lot
of
great
nuggets
there
that
we
can
follow
up
on
and
I
think
there
are
just
great
next
steps
and
so
I'm
really
excited
about
what
came
out
of
that
conversation.
So
we
had
the
town
all
as
you
know,
and
there
were
a
couple
of
ideas,
one
so
Natalia
I
know
you
have
a
lot
of
technical
assistance
programs.
H
One
idea
was
really
honing
in
on
the
digital
piece,
making
sure
and
I
know
from
my
district,
even
precoded
that
the
digital
divide
was
real,
that
many
entrepreneurs
have
to
do
mash.
Only
they
didn't
have
the
ability
to
do
the
cards,
so
I'd
love
to
hear
an
update
on
that
I'm
gonna
keep
moving
through
so
that
we
can
get
as
many
questions
answered
as
possible.
I
just
love
to
hear
your
initial
thoughts
on
getting
that
off
the
ground.
What
it
would
take,
how
much
of
this
budget
would
need
to
maybe
be
directed
for
that?
H
What
the
timeline
is
is
for
that
again
with
any
kind
of
commitment
around
summer
jobs.
I
know
we
talked
about
that
in
other
spaces
around
BC.
Why
up,
but
just
important
to
highlight
the
impedance
of
how
young
people
play
in
our
economy
and
making
sure
that
they
are
safe
over
the
summer
and
able
to
contribute
to
their
households.
So
I
just
want
to
highlight
the
importance
of
they're
trying
to
go
through
my
list
quickly.
I've
heard
from
a
lot
of
restaurants.
H
This
you
know,
and
in
my
district
I
will
speak
to
restaurants
that
have
have
a
lot
of
concerns.
Some
who
you
would
you
would
think
so.
Restaurants
are
essential
business,
but
unfortunately,
I
have
restaurants
in
my
district
that
weren't
able
to
to
stay,
open
and
and
I
have
a
lot
of
questions
about
how
the
city
is
supporting
those
restaurants.
During
this
time,
I
know
that
there's
a
coalition
of
black
restaurants
that
have
organized
themselves,
I
want
to
give
them
a
shout
out.
I
think
absolutely
right.
We
have
to
be
intentional,
I
know.
H
There's
a
fund
that
they've
created
I
know.
N-Double-A-Cp
has
contributed
to
the
fund
I'd
like
to
understand
what
contributions
the
city
can
make
to
this
fund
to
support
if
any
and
if
they
can't
support
that
way.
What
way
the
city
is
specifically
supporting
black
restaurants,
I
am
I
would
like
some
understanding
from
you.
H
I
hear
different
I
hear
different
figures
being
through
now,
depending
on
who
we're
talking
to
about
what
percentage
of
businesses
may
not
open
post
pandemic,
and
so
I'd
have
liked
to
have
your
assessment
of
what
that
is,
and
what
we're
doing
on
that
front.
My
understanding
is
that
Commonwealth
kitchen,
which
I
think
is
a
great
organization,
has
been
utilized
to
try
to
get
some
money
out
to
some
of
the
restaurants
I'd
like
to
understand
what
that
processes,
whether
or
not
District,
seven
restaurants
are
on
that
list.
H
How
can
other
restaurants
get
on
the
list
in
terms
of
the
Small
Business,
Relief,
Fund
and
I
think
this
came
up
in
the
Town
Hall?
It's
come
up
from
other
business
owners
that
I've
been
in
touch
with
just
the
communication
gap
and
how
we
can
close
that
so
businesses
that
applied
got
word
that
they
applied,
got
the
congratulations,
but
then
weeks
later
they
don't
know
where
they
are.
H
H
Contracting
you
know,
I
always
will
have
questions
on
that.
I
love
that
you
have.
You
know
some
plans
I'd
like
to
get
an
update
on
where
we
are
with
the
trainings
on
the
plan
that
the
departments
are
supposed
to
have
based
on.
You
know
what
you
said
in
your
presentation,
as
well
as
those
specific
figures.
I
have
a
ton
of
questions
on
cannabis.
H
I
would
end
my
comments
by
saying:
there's
not
a
lot
of
information,
that's
coming
about
Monday
and
the
reopening
from
the
from
the
governor,
and
so
if
you
could
frame
some
of
your
response,
understanding
that
and
helping
us
and
those
who
are
watching
understand
what
gonna
happen
so
from
Hair
Salons
I've
got
businesses
chief
barrows,
so
I
hear
the
governor
saying
that
restaurants
can
open
and
do
outdoor
seating.
But
look
at
my
district
I
have
some
restaurants.
H
A
D
Yes,
Thank
You
councillor,
Madam
President,
you
weren't
joking,
when
you
said
you
had
a
lot
of
questions,
we
appreciate
the
leadership.
I'll
try
to
be
brief,
madam
councilor,
to
the
questions,
but
we
want
to
first
thank
you
for
holding
that
that
town
meeting
to
talk
about
community-based
solutions
that
we
can
use
in
addressing
the
pandemic
that
we
face.
There
were
a
lot
of
good
ideas
that
came
from
that.
We
are
working
on
that
the
idea
of
ta
to
address
the
digital
divide.
D
We
are
assessing
what
the
TA
would
need
to
do,
so
we
think
it
might
be
just
it
might
be
more
than
just
small
businesses,
but
also
includes
from
all
businesses.
We
will
give
you
an
update
shortly
on
that
I
do
want
to
recognize
that
there
was
a
general
ta
RFP
that
was
released
by
the
city
this
morning
and
we're
trying
to
see
is
if
that
RFP
can
serve
for
this.
So
there's
still
some
questions
about
that,
but
we
do
ta
RFP
this
morning,
youth
jobs,
I'll
simply
say.
D
Then
the
mayor
has
made
it
clear
to
all
his
staff
that
we
will
have
the
same
level
of
jobs.
His
his
his
desire
is
to
have
the
same
level
of
summer
jobs
as
we
did
last
year,
so
he's
put
the
task
on
us
and
we're
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
identified
the
number
of
jobs
needed
to
reach
that
milestone
and
then
for
black
fit
for
black
restaurants.
I
have
I,
am
scheduling
a
call
working
with
Tanisha
Sullivan
with
the
black
restaurant
coalition
to
further
address
specifically
some
of
their
ideas.
D
We
first
gave
some
assistance
to
Commonwealth
kitchen
in,
what's
being
called
the
common
table
to
work
with
20
minority-owned
restaurants
and
Natalia
has
details
on
which
ones
and
you
can
add
more,
it's
not
a
closed
group
right
now
we
have
20,
and
then
we
also
support
at
n-double-a-cp
to
specifically
work
with
black
restaurants,
and
so
Tunisia
has
an
effort
where
she
is
working
with
restaurants.
As
we
speak
for
the
small
business
fund,
we
will
we've
heard
you
loud
and
clear.
D
Around
communication
well
Natalia
has
been
answering
questions,
but
we're
gonna
get
back
out
there
and
communicate
for
that.
For
the
council,
I
want
to
say
we
first
started
with
2
million
dollars
in
the
fund.
Those
2
million
dollars
were
immediately
dispersed
in
the
first
round
of
checks,
500
and
I.
Think
60
checks
went
out.
We
gave
up
the
2
million
dollars
and
in
the
council
we
appreciate
your
leadership
and
partnership
in
approving
the
CDBG
funds
that
we
came
to
you
around
this.
After
you
prove
those
funds.
D
We
were
able,
then,
to
make
a
public
commitment
to
fund
all
of
the
other
proposals
for
the
for
the
grant,
and
so
we're
now
processing
that
and
we're
gonna
get
those
out
as
soon
as
possible.
I
just
want
to
say
that
that's
tied
to
the
CDBG
money
that
came
in
afterwards
around
procurement
and
training
I
want
to
ask
Selena
talked
specifically
around
the
training
that
was
in
the
procurement
agreement
that
we
had
in
reporting.
G
So
we're
working
with
the
budget
office
with
ANF
to
develop
training
and
we're
still
hoping
to
have
that
rolled
out
prior
to
the
start
of
FY
21
for
everyone.
That's
involved
in
procuring,
as
you
know,
it's
decentralized,
so
that
would
include
all
the
procurement
liaisons
from
all
the
different
departments.
D
Then,
and
then
Madame
president
know
you
had
the
final
question
on
council
buck
is
on
reopening
as
you
are.
We
are
still
waiting
on
the
governor
to
give
us
guidance.
There,
fortunately
do
not
have
any
any
information
that
I
could
share
with
you
today.
We're
gonna
continue
to
wait
for
the
governor's
guidance
on
that,
as
you
are.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
chief
heiress
Madam
President
is
you
know
a
great
leader
of
the
council,
not
a
great
role
model
in
that
time.
Keeping,
but
but
I
I
appreciate
all
good
questions
and
I
think
top
of
mind
for
the
council.
Next
up
is
councillor
Campbell
and
then
it
will
be
counselor
Flaherty.
The
orders
in
the
chat
for
folks
who
want
to
check
councilor
Campbell.
I
A
I
Problem
I'm
gonna
be
short
sweet,
so
I
can
email
questions
that
I
that
I'm
unable
to
answer
now
and
then
most
of
my
questions
will
be
big
picture
and
less
about
coping
19,
because
I
know
that
there
are
many
conversations
in
the
köppen
19
space,
including
you
know,
chief
barrows,
you
joining
some
of
the
calls
with
the
counselor
the
mayor,
the
mayor.
So,
first
of
all,
thank
you
all
for
the
work
that
you
guys.
Do
it's
not
easy
during
this
time.
I
Of
course,
the
technical
assistance,
the
response
or
a
constituent
pieces
really
appreciate
it,
chief,
not
just
you,
of
course,
Natalia
your
team
Celina
Alexis
on
here
with
respect
to
our
businesses
on
the
cannabis
side
and
your
advocacy
for
pure
oasis.
Thank
you
very
much
and
Vanessa.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
All
your
people,
so
just
some
quick
questions,
one
is:
does
OAD
track
the
number
of
jobs
created
through
small
businesses,
and,
if
so,
can
that
data
be
provided
to
the
council?
I
The
second
is,
and
if
the
answer
is
yes,
I
don't
need
anything
further
here
and
then
the
second
question
has
to
do
with
the
youth
jobs.
I
know
that's
been
coming
up
with
Rashad
ko
I
know
you
guys
play
a
role,
we're
still
waiting
on
the
survey
to
see
who
will
be
able
to
help
with
creating
youth
jobs
and
then
how
we
might
help
you
come
up
with
more
players
or
others
who
could
also
create
new
jobs.
I
Then
have
a
question
around
I
guess:
okay,
two
questions,
one
is
the
other
stuff.
I
could
just
get
via
email.
We
know
how
critical
access
to
capital
is
so
I.
Is
there
a
running
list
of
the
places
the
city
in
your
office
goes
to
when
trying
to
assist
particularly
businesses
of
color
and
women,
owned
businesses
in
accessing
capital?
And
what
that
is
looking
like
how
hard
it
is,
what
where
your
successes
are
and
then
the
second
piece
is
on
this
businesses.
We
help
small
businesses.
I
How
do
we
help
them
contract
with
the
city,
and
that
is
businesses
owned
by
women,
businesses
owned
by
women
of
color?
They
go
through
a
process
with
us.
We
obviously
have
contracts
we
can
give
out.
What
does
that
process?
Look
like
and
helping
them
get
those
contracts
and
then
those
small
businesses
that
we
don't
have.
I
A
D
Thank
you
very
much.
Councillor
Campbell
I
want
to
first
say
we
will
email
the
front
stuff.
We
do
know
the
number
of
jobs
for
the
record
in
in
Suffolk
County.
Those
are
73,000
jobs.
We
can
give
you
a
breakdown
out
of
Suffolk
County
Boston
information,
Youth
job
survey,
I
think
the
last
surveys
you
come
in,
so
we
will
get
you
that
analysis
I
think
we
only
send
you
the
survey
in
that
and
that
lasts
from
that
last
call
we'll
get
you
that
analysis
on
that.
We
should
have
analysis
in
a
few
days.
D
I
D
It
definitely
lists
it
lists
private
and
public
sources.
Federal
state
city,
so
you'll
see
that
it's
very
covert
heavy
right
and
so
it'll
have
a
colvett
tint
to
it.
But
we
will,
we
will
see
if
we
can
disaggregate
a
little
bit,
because
you
know
there's
been
some
new
assistance.
That's
been
created
because
of
co
vid
that
didn't
exist
before
right,
and
so
who
knows
if
they'll
continue
to
last,
but
we'll
give
you
that
and
so
that
you
can.
G
I
So
twofold:
on
the
one
hand,
we
help
a
lot
of
businesses
or
in
residents
set
up
businesses
start
a
business.
How
do
we
then,
once
we
help
them
set
it
up
actually
contract
with
the
city
of
Boston?
Obviously
we
have
contracts
we
give
up
like
and
how
these
businesses
grow
thrive.
And,
specifically,
are
we
targeted
in
that
assistance
to
businesses
owned
by
women
and
people
of
color,
and
then
for
those
businesses
where
we
don't
do
any
technical
assistance,
we
don't
help
them
set
up.
G
So
Natalia
and
I
work
very
closely
even
remotely,
but
prior
to
remotely
we
shared
an
office.
So
we
work
very
closely
on
as
her
neighborhood
business
managers
are
talking
to
business
owners.
They
explain
the
certification
process.
What
right
now
is
the
best
way
for
folks
to
stay
in
the
loop
about
contracting
opportunities.
G
As
you
know,
opportunities
are
publicly
posted
above
a
certain
threshold,
but
in
that
written
contract
threshold
departments
are
just
getting
three
quotes
and
so
we're
trying
to
make
sure
that
our
diverse
and
local
and
small
vendors
are
part
of
the
pool
which
is
now
going
to
be
a
requirement
during
the
executive
order.
So
she
and
I
work
really
closely
on
identifying
businesses.
They
come
in
contact
with
that.
That
are
good
fits
for
government
contracting
opportunities.
G
The
other
piece
is
that,
through
technical
assistance,
we're
partnering
on
making
sure
that
we
have
technical
assistance
to
specifically
help
businesses
with
the
procurement
process,
so
that
could
include
help
becoming
certified
or
help
understanding
how
to
respond,
how
to
write
of
the
proposal
or
a
bid
for
a
city
opportunity,
and
so
we're
working
closely
and
we're
also
developing
our
own
workshops
around
contracting
clinics
to
help
people
procure
with
the
city.
So
they
know
what
it
look.
What
an
opportunity
looks
like
how
to
respond
to
it
and
what
are
common
pitfalls
when
responding
to
opportunities.
F
So
that
will
be
a
continuous
resource
that
will
kill
youse
over
the
next
year
to
continue
to
engage
businesses
and
get
them
connected,
because
I
think
a
lot
of
businesses
don't
know
that
they
need
to
certify
in
order
to
be
able
to
go
for
these
contracts,
and
so
we're
trying
to
make
sure
that
that
information
is
open,
transparent
and
easy
to
understand.
Thank.
I
J
J
The
pilot
fund
is
a
partnership
between
the
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement
office
of
economic
development
in
economic
mobility
lab.
Can
you
give
them
give
us
a
sense
as
to
what
the
initial
results
are
of
that
pilot
and
is
the
city
going
to
continue
that
pilot
program
and/or?
Are
they
considering
providing
additional
financial
support
to
to
those
types
of
businesses?
Post,
koba,
19
I
know
that
the
the
childcare
world
has
been
devastated
because
of
koba
19,
arguably
shut
down
statewide,
so
it's
critically
important
that
you
know
when
safe
to
do
so.
J
We
get
that
back
up
and
running
and
I'm
thinking
that
that
pilot
program.
Hopefully
it
will
pay
dividends,
but
I
want
to
know
whether
or
not
we're
focused
on
on
doing
doing
it.
Again.
That's
that's
first
line
of
business.
The
second
piece
was
just
want
to
get
a
status
of
the
distribution
of
the
smaller
relief
funds.
I
was
on,
and
then
madam
chair
and
she
explained
when
I
got
bumped
off,
we've
been
having
some
technical
difficulties
today,
so
I
may
have
missed
that.
Also,
how
can
we
grow
Main
streets,
particularly
in
areas
that
are
that?
J
Don't
have
them
and
also
how
are
we
thinking
about
moving
our
licensing
and
permitting
to
operate
remotely
I
think
we
need
to
find
ways
to
remove
barriers.
You
know
to
folks,
and
also
given
the
new
normal,
that
we're
going
to
be
seeing
ourselves
and
moving
forward.
You
know,
having
folks
drive
in
find
a
parking
space,
come
up
to
whatever
floor,
to
get
a
permit
in
here
and
kind
of
kind
of
gone
by
the
way.
J
The
dinosaurs
and
I
think
we
need
to
have
a
streamlined
process
where
someone
can
apply
and
have
the
matter
approved
and
and
have
it
you
know
emailed
or
maybe
picked
up
at
a
copy
center
or
somewhere
else
other
than
having
folks
have
to
come
all
the
way
down
to
City
Hall
or
to
Tenten
masam
or
over
to
the
bowling
building.
So
I
want
to
start
to
think
about
ways
that
we
could,
you
know,
start
to
have
some
of
our
permitting
operate
remotely.
J
So
that's
it
in
a
nutshell
and
also,
lastly,
obviously,
how
can
how
can
we,
as
a
city
council,
can
we
work
to
help
support
the
work
you
guys
are
doing,
you're
doing
great
work
and,
as
we
move
forward,
you're
going
to
be
challenged
every
single
day
to
do
more
with
less
in
and
how
we
can
make
your
life
a
little
bit
easier?
How
we
can
partner
with
you
clearly
that's
where
my
head's
at
right
now.
D
Concert,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
questions.
The
I'll
start
with
child
I.
Think
I
think
you
have
more
detail
than
I
do.
But
let
me
just
say
this:
child
care
and
transportation
have
become
two
overarching
issues
when
we
think
about
opening
our
economy
and
so
you're
absolutely
wrecked.
When
we
think
about
the
pilot
program,
what
we've
learned
there
we
address
that
sector
of
our
economy
because
without
it
we're
not
opening
an
economy.
F
And
thank
you
chief.
So,
council
clarity,
just
so
you
know,
the
childcare
fund
really
came
out
of
initiated,
as
you
mentioned,
from
the
women's
advancement
team,
in
partnership
with
economic
mobility
team
in
our
team.
So
what
our
team
had
did
was
help
put
together
the
workshops
and
the
trainings
and
the
ta
that
will
come
out
of
I
believe
that
it
was
a
really
successful
program
and
will
continue
to
explore
opportunities
to
engage
with
the
pilot.
I
do
want
to
note
that
I
don't
have
the
numbers
in
front
of
me
and
I
apologize
for
that.
F
I
will
send
them
to
you,
but
there
was
I
think
the
number
of
applicants
was
way
larger
than
the
cohort
total
amount,
and
so
we've
actually
been
working
with
all
of
the
folks
who
applied
and
we're
planning
before
kovat
to
do
another
series
for
folks
to
get
the
training.
That
would
come
from
the
pilot
without
the
stipend
to
be
able
to
continue
to
do
that.
F
So
it
has
been
a
really
successful
program,
a
really
great
internal
partnership
between
those
three
departments,
and
we
will
continue
to
address
that
specifically
because
not
only
the
crucial
moment
in
time
for
child
care
providers.
This
is
also
an
opportunity
for
us
to
engage
with
folks
who
have
been
traditionally
offline
and
and
getting
really
getting
them
connected
to
kind
of
how
to
how
to
improve
their
businesses
very
quickly.
As
an
update
on
the
fund.
F
As
of
last
Friday,
we
have
discharged
and
distributed
559
grants,
so
that's
559
businesses
across
the
city
and
nearly
2
million
dollars
of
that
funding
and
before
I
turn
it
back
over
to
John.
Just
really
want
to
answer
your
question
about
the
Boston
Main
streets.
So
we
are
currently
reviewing
proposals
that
were
submitted
to
an
RFP
process
that
we
put
out
in
March
in
order
to
do
a
reimagining
of
Boston
Main
streets,
and
we
will
be
looking
at
both.
F
D
D
Licensing
board,
in
fact,
has
assured
me
that
we
have
everything
online
now
that
you
that
even
the
hearings
are
going
to
be
virtual,
the
there
is
a
group
of
City
departments
that
has
been
working
and
meeting
to
make
sure
that
all
other
city
departments
are
following
suit.
So
we
really
appreciate
your
guidance
and
your
and
your
push
on
this
I
think
it's
absolute,
the
right
thing
to
do,
and
we've
been
working
hard
and
I
know
that
we've
heard
you
in
the
past
when
you've
asked
this
question
and
we're
on
it.
A
K
Great
I'm
still
having
some
fun
hi
I'm,
still
having
some
technical
difficulty,
the
audio-only.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation.
There's
some
really
exciting
work
going
on
and
in
your
department
and
it's
very
exciting
to
anticipate.
What's
coming,
but
including
all
the
challenges.
A
few
questions.
K
Main
streets,
I
have
a
lot
of
questions
around
Main
streets
and
just
how
we
tackle
the
post
Colvin.
We
had
a
problem
before
post
covert
in
Brighton
of
having
a
lot
of
vacant
storefronts
and
finding
a
way
to
work
with
landlords.
That
would
be
more
supportive
of
small
business.
This
is
especially
minority
or
immigrant
owned.
Businesses
is
a
challenge
that
we
would
like
to
explore
with
you
going
forward.
K
Also
I
think
Constance
clarity
is
concerned
about
daycare
providers.
I
feel
that
the
small
family
daycare
providers
are
going
to
be
a
crucial
part
of
our
infrastructure
going
forward
and
we
have
lost
so
many
daycare
providers
in
the
last
few
years
in
the
city,
many
of
them
are
going
out
of
business
and
anyway
we
can
facilitate
a
building
of
that
infrastructure
and
introducing
more
more
entrepreneurs
into
that
feeling
of
business
would
be
really
helpful
and
especially
it's
a
majority,
mostly
a
woman,
owned
businesses.
K
Also,
we've
seen
a
lot
of
attrition
in
our
Main
Street
Austin
Main
Street
area
with
gentrification
in
the
neighborhood.
A
lot
of
our
small.
A
lot
of
our
folks
are
leaving
because
our
artist
community
has
been
decimated
because
of
high
rents,
etc
and
I'd
like
to
work
to
see
if
we
can
establish
an
arts
and
cultural
district
in
Austin.
That
would
reflect
its
long
history
as
a
music,
this
great
music
and
an
arts
and
arts
culture
that
has
been
diminished
in
recent
years.
K
D
F
So
thank
you
for
those
questions,
so
I
think
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
that
we
will
be
looking
at
in
the
RFP
and
sorry
in
the
process
of
reimagining.
Our
Main
streets
is
how
we
can
better
engage
landlords
for
vacant
storefronts.
As
you
know,
over
all
across
the
city,
the
vacancy
rates
are
really
low.
But
when
we
look
at
specific
neighborhoods
there
are
our
specific
neighborhoods
tend
to
be
higher
than
the
the
city
average,
and
so
that's
a
really
big
issue.
F
I
know
that
we
have
explored
partnership
opportunities
with
the
Arts
and
Culture
team
around
transforming
some
of
those
vacancies
into
public
art
opportunities,
even
if
temporary,
so
we'll
continue
to
explore
that
I
want
to
echo
your
concerns
about
child
care
providers.
This
has
been
a
you
know,
an
issue
over
the
the
last
couple
years
and
we
will
continue
to
engage
with
child
care
providers,
as
I
mentioned,
doing
specific
workshops
and
trainings
for
them,
but
not
just
for
how
to
Oakland
and
start
their
business.
F
But
really,
how
do
you
do
some
of
the
simple
things,
as
we've
mentioned
before?
There's
a
digital
divide,
and
so
a
lot
of
these
folks
don't
yet
collect
payments
online
and
therefore
they
don't
always
get
payments
on
time.
And
then
you
know
so
it's
a
vicious
cycle,
so
we're
really
working
with
them
on
how
to
get
them
on
on
POS
systems
and
platforms
that
will
help
them
run
more
efficient
businesses.
F
A
lot
of
them
run
their
businesses
on
personal
credit
debt,
which
we
think
is
obviously
not
the
best
way
to
run
a
business,
and
we
want
to
help
them
really
think
about
those
strategies.
So
that
is
something
that
we
are
currently
looking
at
and
exploring
we'll
continue
to
partner
with
advancements
and
economic
mobility.
Lack
and
I
just
want
to
know.
F
I
don't
have
the
numbers
in
front
of
me,
but
we
have
seen
a
lot
of
child
care
providers
submit
applications
for
the
small
business
relief
fund
and
I
can
get
those
numbers
of
how
many
of
them
have
been
funded.
So
far
out
of
about
five
hundred
and
fifty-nine,
and
just
so
folks
know,
checks
go
out
every
Friday,
so
we'll
continue
to
update
those
numbers
and
then
finally,
the
arts
community
questions.
F
We
know
Austin
has
been
a
designation
for
arts
and
you
know
I
do
commend
the
Main
streets
program
in
Austin
for
the
incredible
work
that
they've
done
to
to
help
elevate
those
artists
in
the
community,
and
we
will
continue
to
work.
We've
done
a
couple
of
artists
workshops
for
our
Economic
Development
Center,
we've
partnered
with
the
arts
and
culture
team
to
do
that,
but
we've
also
just
been
really
focused
on
making
sure
artists
have
the
tools
that
they
need
in
order
to
compete
in
the
in
the
economic
market.
A
L
L
The
second
is
our
the
third,
rather
is
the
economic
development
program
of
OED
focuses
on
fostering
economic
development
in
all
of
Boston's
neighbourhoods,
which
considering
COBIT,
is
going
to
be
incredibly
important
this
year
in
the
coming
years.
Why
is
that
decreasing
in
the
budget
by
13
percent
from
fiscal
year
20
to
fiscal
year?
Twenty
one
wire
personnel
service
is
decreasing
by
12%
and
yo9
personnel
service
is
decreasing
by
23
percent
and
then
I
think.
D
G
So
the
disparity
study
is
ongoing.
We're
still
on
track
to
complete
it
by
the
end
of
this
count,
we're
right
now
doing
telephone
surveys
to
businesses
to
gauge
availability,
so
we're
we're
almost.
We
should
be
done
with
data
completion
by
the
end
of
this
summer.
Part
of
the
process
was,
we
did
have
community
meetings
to
get
feedback
about
what
people's
experience
has
been
trying
to
contract
with
the
city
as
part
of
the
input
to
the
study
and
from
that
we
have
made
some,
we
have
designed
some
interventions,
even
though
that
the
disparity
study
isn't
complete.
G
If
there's
any
areas
that
we
can
make
easier
to
navigate,
so
we're
we're
working
on
that
daily.
Even
as
with
this
very
study,
is
in
progress
to
your
question
about.
We
are
JP
and
the
top
trades,
the
lowest
performing
trades.
It
relates
to
our
BR
JP
goals.
They
tend
to
be
the
what
are
known
as
the
mechanical
trades
and
so,
for
example,
and
what
I
looked
at
was
not
just
who
has
the
lowest
participation
numbers
but
of
the
trades
that
have
a
lot
of
work
hours,
because
we
might
have
some
trades.
G
G
G
Think
plumbers
are
an
area
where,
where
we
do
where
they
could
do
better,
we
have
started
looking
at
pipeline
development
programs,
specifically
working
with
the
unions,
the
specific
trades
that
we've
highlighted
a
lot
of
the
unions
have
moved
to
being
more
regional
and
so
trying
to
develop
pipeline
programs
that
are
really
based
on
Boston
residents,
people
of
color
and
women
in
particular.
We
don't.
We
do
vary
the
trades
that
we,
the
trades,
do
very
poorly
with
women
really
across
the
board,
and
so
those
are
conversations
that
are
in
progress.
G
I,
don't
have
a
program
to
announce
at
this
point,
but
I
know
that
that
they
are
working
hard
to
do
intake
outside
of
regular
enrollment
periods
and
other
such
innovations,
so
that
when
there
is
a
resident
person
of
color
or
woman
that
is
interested
in
joining,
they
can
sort
of
fast-track
them.
So
those
are
some
conversations
that
we
are
having.
D
The
disparity
study
is,
as
Nina
said,
on
track,
and
so
we
would
be
announcing
recommendations
coming
out
of
that
study
after
that.
But
even
before
that,
the
tenement
agreement,
the
the
executive
order
that
the
mayor
signed
in
fact,
was
partly
because
of
the
efforts
of
the
disparity
study,
the
phase
one
study
in
the
subsequent
conversation.
D
But
the
consultants
helped
us
to
understand
that
there
were
some
things
we
could
do
and
really
drill
down
on
the
operation
of
our
tree,
to
be
better
ready
for
the
recommendations
coming
out
of
the
study
and
then
also
to
just
be
more
formal
affirmative
in
our
in
our
in
our
advertising
and
marketing.
I
also
want
to
sort
of
you
had
some
budget
questions,
and
so
the
decreases
that
we
have
overall
in
our
budget
come
from
three
different
areas.
It's
they
come
from.
D
Interns,
so
there
is
a
budget
line
item
for
in
terms
that
you
might
be
seen
it
as
a
personnel
and
then
catering
in
events
and
in
travel
those
three
areas,
sometimes
because
we
have
new
orgs
in
our
budget.
You
might
see
staff
movement
from
one
budget
item
to
the
next
priests
personnel
numbers,
but
in
fact,
overall
we
did
we
added
personnel.
Thank
you,
comfortable
cams
I'm,
stopping
the
answer.
A
D
L
A
Thank
you.
I'm
also,
obviously
have
a
second
round
all
right.
Next
up
is
he
George
Donald
the
counselor
Mejia
and
we've
also
been
joined
a
while
back
I
should
have
said
by
a
councillor
Flynn
from
district
2
and
councillor
Edwards
from
district
1,
so
they'll
come
afterwards,
but
councillor
sabi
George.
Thank.
M
You,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
chief
and
for
your
team
being
with
us
this
afternoon.
As
a
former
manger,
it's
manager
of
the
field
corner
main
streets
program,
I'm,
really
excited
about
the
conference
next
year.
Remember
fondly
gosh
I,
can't
even
I,
don't
want
to
say
out
loud
how
many
years
ago
was
last
when
I
went
to
a
main
street's
conference,
but
just
excited
about
them
coming
next
year
and
the
potential
changes
not
so
much
changes,
but
improvements
to
the
Main
streets
program
that
are
ahead.
M
I
will
say:
I
continue
to
worry
about
some
of
our
small
business
districts
that
aren't
Main
Street's
districts
and
really
would
encourage
you
and
your
team.
Although
I
know
that
you
do
focus
and
spend
some
energy
in
those
districts
to
really
double
down
those
athletes,
especially
during
this
time.
In
the
aftermath
of
this
time
as
a
business
owner
myself,
I
am
you
know,
I
hold
my
meetings
from
my
business
because
we
are
shut
down
high
during
this
time
and
I
do
I.
M
Do
I'm
very
concerned
that
we
are
waiting
for
the
governor's
suggestions
in
prescription
for
when
closures
or
when
we
start
to
reopen
different
business
types.
I
think
we
should
be
much
more
proactive.
In
fact,
I'll
be
one
I
think
as
a
yarn
shop
and
as
a
sewing
shop
I'll
be
one
of
the
last
businesses
to
open
on
sort
of
the
later
end
of
the
phases.
M
But
this
weekend
my
staff
that
is
currently
not
working,
we're
gonna,
have
a
conversation
about
what
different
opportunities
for
reopening
could
look
like
both
for
to
keep
staff
safe
to
keep
our
customers
safe
to
understand
how
our
business
practice
may
change
in
the
coming
months
and
I.
Think
it's
really
important
and
I
can't
stress
it
enough
that
these
conversations
start
happening
now
in
our
city.
I.
M
Think
businesses
need
to
be
need
to
be
collaborating
with
one
another
to
think
about
different
scenarios
and
how
you
know
that
this
contingency
plan,
or
that
contingency
plan
may
play
out
waiting
for
the
governor
I,
think
is
too
late
and
does
our
businesses
a
great
disservice.
So
I
can't
stress
that
enough
and
as
I've
talked
to
businesses
over
the
last
two
months
or
so
in
particular,
that's
their
greatest
concern,
and
my
number
one
recommendation
is
that
small
business
owner
in
there
teams
start
thinking
about
what
reopening
looks
like
for
them.
M
If
we're
not
investing
in
preparing
the
time
to
prepare
for
reopening
the
likelihood
of
reopening
at
all,
becomes
less
and
reopening
successfully
becomes
more
and
more
difficult.
So
you
know
that's
more
of
a
statement
and
it's
an
advice
and
I'm
trying
to
be
as
sort
of
very
clear
about
how
important
I
think
that
that
that
that
is,
the
forums
that
you've
held
I
think
are
really
helpful
to
hear
from
businesses,
but
in
many
ways
they're
almost
too
successful
and
too
large
to
have
those
in-depth
conversations.
M
We
have
one
planned
I
think
for
next
week
with
a
group
of
women,
both
business
owners
that
we've
done
some
work
with
and
Talia's
been
a
great
partner
in
that
effort
to
talk
about
it.
A
my
again,
my
greatest
advice
is
to
start
thinking
about
what
reopening
could
look
like
whether
it's
May
18th
May
20,
whatever
June,
July,
August
or
September.
Those
conversations
need
to
start
happening
and
we
should
be
looking
to
inform
the
governor's
plan.
We
are
the
capital
city,
we
are
the
major
economic
engine
in
our
small
businesses.
M
We
know
are
the
backbone
of
our
communities,
so
I'm
going
to
get
off
my
get
off
my
soapbox,
there
I've
said
it
around
the
women-owned
businesses
and
again
as
a
business
owner.
Obviously,
a
female
business
owner
in
the
city
of
Boston
I'm,
really
curious
as
to
how
we
are
calculating
the
number
of
women.
Don't
businesses
do
we
do
we
survey
in
addition
to
them
just
being
certified
I'm,
actually
not
certified
and
I'm,
also
not
looking
to
do
business
with
the
city,
but
I'm
curious.
M
If
we
are
tracking
women,
don't
businesses
and
how
we're
developing
sort
of
building
that
that
pipeline
for
women
business
owners?
How
many
do
we
have?
What's
the
waiting
list
of
those
that
have
applied
and
what
are
the
different
barriers
that
we're
seeing
for
women
in
business
in
our
city?
And
there's
my
thank.
D
You
very
much
councillor
for
the
questions
and
also
expressing
your
concern.
I'm
gonna
ask
Italian
leader
to
address
the
last
impressions
there
and
then
I
wanted
to
grab
a
couple
of
slides
and
see
if
I
could
share
for
the
council
around
the
reopening
questions.
I
think
she's
apps
you
right.
We
cannot
wait
so
Italian,
something
if
you
guys
can
do
that.
F
Absolutely
so
counselor.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
There
I
actually
saw
that
you
are
hosting
that
conversation
Abby
from
my
team,
who
you
know,
has
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
around
women-owned
businesses
was
like
hey,
flagged
it
for
us
because,
as
we
plan
these
conversations,
one
of
the
conversation
groups
that
we
were
thinking
about
was
women-owned
businesses
and
I'd
love
to
participate
or
help
in
in
your
conversation,
I
think
that
that
would
be
a
great
merger.
We
don't
need
to
do
duplicate
efforts
there,
but
I
think
you
are
hitting
the
nail
on
the
head.
F
I.
Think
a
lot
of
businesses
feel
like
the
only
way
to
be
recognized
as
women-owned
businesses
are,
if
they
certify-
and
in
fact
that's
you
know
not
the
case,
and
so
the
women
entrepreneurs
of
Boston.
So
we
boss,
we
have
a
growing
list
of
women-owned
businesses
in
Boston.
You
don't
do
data.
My
team
doesn't
do
data
specifically
around
women-owned
businesses,
although
we
could
do
a
rough
like
tally
and
get
you
some
information
about
what
that
number
looks
like
but
based
you
know,
based
on
the
work
that
we
have
done
in
the
past.
F
Is
we
do
specific
workshops
for
women
in
order
to
help
them
strengthen
their
business
sense?
We
partner
with
women,
who
are
ta
providers,
who
continuously
do
work
for
women-owned
businesses
and
we'll
continue
to
do
that
and
I
think
we
have
been
with
Selena
and
John
have
been
really
thinking
about.
What
is
the
way
in
which
we
can
collect
the
information
for
women
and
minority
owned
businesses
and
veteran
owned
businesses
cetera
immigrant
owned
businesses
without
having,
for
our
sake,
not
having
to
do
this
certification
because
certification
is
really
tied
to
contracting.
F
G
G
The
reason
why
certification
is
important
for
us
is
that
if
we
are
to
stand
up
a
program
where
we
establish
goals
or
any
kind
of
post
disparity
study
framing,
you
need
to
follow
a
national
standard
of
a
certification
process
which
our
process
has
been
reviewed
as
part
of
the
study
and
we're
sort
of
doing
the
least
we
to
make
sure
we're
meeting
the
highest
level
of
standards.
If
that
makes
sense,
so
we
we
streamline
it
as
much
as
we
can.
G
So
that's
why
the
certification
process
exists
and
that
is
relevant
to
city
contracting
I,
also
in
terms
of
additional
barriers
for
women-owned
businesses.
I
feel,
like
you
know,
we
all
wear
many
hats,
especially
lower
income,
women,
women
of
color
women
that
live
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
wear
a
lot
of
hats,
and
especially
right
now,
a
lot
of
people
that
are
able
to
continue
working
are
having
the
added
challenge
of
now
having
to
provide
full-time
childcare.
A
D
D
This
is
the
four
phases
that
people
are
concentrating
I.
Think
the
one
that's
more
important
are
these
mandatory
safety
standards
for
workplaces,
and
this
is
exactly
the
conversation
we're
gonna
start
having
with
our
businesses.
We
know
that
there's
gonna
be
safety
standards
that
all
businesses
have
to
adhere
to,
and
so
right
here
councillor
is
exactly
your
point.
We
need
to
take
these
and
expand
amount
for
each
industry.
So
that's
that's
why.
In
fact,
I
talked
earlier
in
the
presentation
about
the
industry
that
we're
going
to
begin
to
talk
to
about
these
standards
and
you're
right.
D
If
we
can
start
talking
about
what
we're
recommending
standards
we're
doing
two
things,
one
is
we're
going
to
be
ready
or
more
ready
to
is.
We
will
continue
to
send
that
up
to
the
governor
because,
as
you
know,
the
city
of
Boston
has
a
seat
on
that
advisory
task
force.
So
every
time
we've
heard
from
businesses,
we've
talked
to
Kathryn
about
what
we're
hearing
every
time
we
get
in
a
opening
plan
from
an
industry.
You
share
that,
with
capacity
have
a
conversation
on
what
we
should
be
doing
there.
So
it's
just
real
quick.
D
A
N
N
Councillor
Bock
I'm,
going
to
assume
there
they'll
be
other
round
so
that
we
can
keep
the
dialogue
going
so
first
I'm
most
curious
about.
Can
you
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
the
supplier,
diversity,
Advisory
Council?
How
many?
How
many
members
on
this
council
are
small
business
owners
and
how
many
are
them
a
minority
in
women
in
business
owners?
N
They're
like
over
43
pages
of
instructions
on
the
help
with
supplier
portal
website,
all
of
which
aren't
English.
So
to
try
to
explain
this
to
users
how
to
navigate
the
system
is
just
really.
It
was
hard
for
me
too.
So
I'm
just
curious
what
efforts
are
being
made
to
make
this
easier
for
others?
And
so
my
question
is:
what
can
the
OED
do
to
make
them
supplier
portal
process
easier
for
vendors,
particularly
minority
business
owners,
as
well
as
vendors,
who
do
not
speak
English
I'm
curious
about,
especially
with
the
relief
fund?
N
It's
just
just
a
little
bit
would
like
some
clarity
in
terms
of
what
that
process
and
what
you
have
learned
since
round
1,
and
what
I
plan
to
do
personally
and
making
sure
that
people
have
ax
to
the
Relief
Fund
and
then
I'm
happy
to
see
that
there
are
ways
for
small
businesses
to
do
research
into
what
successful
bids
look
like.
But
I
would
like
to
know
more
about
how
small
businesses,
who
don't
receive
contracts,
get
feedback.
Is
there
any
way
that
that
can
happen?
N
I'm
just
curious
to
know
what
communication
is
shared
with
folks
and
then
the
last
question
is
I,
understand
and
appreciate
the
whole
notion
around
contracts
and
budgets,
especially
with
lots
of
public
schools
in
particular.
I
know
from
what
I
understand
they
have
a
huge
budget
for
food.
The
vendor,
I
believe,
is
out
of
state
wondering
what,
if
opportunities
exist,
to
do
more
hyperlocal
contracting
so
that
we
can
support
small
businesses
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I'll.
N
Give
you
one
specific
example,
and
that's
how
you
and
I
spoke
probably
like
a
month
or
maybe
eight
weeks
ago.
I
can't
remember
around
how
I
can
supply
gas
but
and
also
create
an
opportunity
to
feed
families
during
this
time
and
I
was
it
was
you
know,
I
was
I
learned
because
I'm
learning
a
lot
in
my
in
my
role
here
that
you
know
setting
something
up
like
that.
N
N
D
D
Coming
from
the
nonprofit
side,
community,
organizing
work
to
city
government
like
you
right-
and
we
have
a
big
log
log
log
group
here
in
city
government.
That
reminds
me
some
of
the
reasons
why
we
can't
and
some
of
the
laws
that
sort
of
make
sure
that
the
things
are
done
a
certain
way.
However,
it
shouldn't
still
stop
us
from
pushing
us.
So
we
appreciate
your
push
and
the
councillors
push
to
make
sure
that
the
process
gets
better.
So
I
just
want
to
say
a
couple
of
things
then
turn
over
to
Selena
Natalya.
D
We
do
have.
We
did
hear
from
businesses
in
our
Main
streets,
like
you,
and
we
heard
from
you
that
the
bodegas
into
small
businesses
needed
quick
cash.
They
need
a
quick
liquidity,
didn't
have
to
be
big
amounts,
and
so
I
know
that
Natalia
worked
very
hard
with
the
main
streets
foundation
to
establish
a
fund.
But
I
was
hoping
you
can.
You
know
talk
about
that
fund
real
quickly.
Answer
the
questions
around
the
the
lessons
learn
around
communication.
What
we
did
for
communication
around
the
small
business
fund
and
it
will
talk
to
Selena.
F
Thank
you
so
much
chief
and
councillor
Mejia.
Thank
you.
I
have
really
enjoyed
being
on
your
learning
process,
because
I
learned
a
lot
too
in
just
our
conversations
and
so
I
appreciate
your
questions.
So
just
I
want
to
address
the
Small
Business
Relief
Fund
process
and
our
learnings,
so
I
just
want
to
give
folks
context.
The
mayor
announced
the
fund
on
Thursday
and
we
launched
it
on
Monday.
So
on
Friday
it
was
when
we
put
up
one
pagers
to
everyone
about
what
the
requirements
were
for
the
application.
F
I
mean
just
so
folks,
understand,
kind
of
others,
cities
and
other
funds
like
this
most
of
them
closed
within
48
hours.
Ours
was
open
for
over
a
week.
All
of
our
neighborhood
business
managers,
Main,
Street
directors
and
community
partners
were
helping
to
push
that
information
out
so
I.
Do
you
know
here
that
you
know
if
there
was
anyone
that
we
missed
in
that
process?
It
was
not
for
is
not
intentional.
We
really
wanted
it
to
make
it
very
inclusive
and
very
thoughtful
to
really
target
all
of
our
communities,
especially
our
hardest
hit
communities.
F
While
this
was
kind
of
in
process.
We
also
worked
with
the
Main
Street
Foundation
on
establishing
a
fund
where
they
could
give
out
thousand
dollar
grants
in
all
twenty
of
the
Main
Street
districts,
and
so
those
those
grants
were
given
out
and
those
were,
you
know
no
strings
attached
and
obviously
those
because
there
are
private
dollars.
It's
a
lot
easier
to
get
them
out.
I
know,
did
you
have
something
so.
N
I,
just
wanna
cuz
I,
see
the
gavel
and
that
has
triggered
some
trauma.
I
mean
these
days,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
get
through
our
you
know.
I
did
have
other
questions
so
I
can
you
can
follow
up
when
terms
of
the
process?
I
just
would
like
to
do
some
answers
to
some
of
the
other
questions.
Thank
You.
G
We
do
think
the
process
is
very
inaccessible
at
this
time,
and
so
we
are
looking
at
besides
putting
out
in
the
information
we
have
already
how
we
can
make
it
easier
to
navigate
so
we'd
love
to
partner
with
you
on
that
and
continuing
to
make
our
process
linguistically
accessible
as
well.
I
know
that
that
is
a
gap
we
currently
have.
A
Thank
you
thanks.
So
much
thanks,
Celina,
sorry,
it's
just
so
I
yeah
I
do
need
folks
not
to
if
you
use
the
full
five
minutes
to
ask
questions.
There's
not
enough
time
for
folks
to
answer
so
I'll.
Just
ask
I'll
just
ask
you
all
to
hold
answers
to
further
questions
from
counselor
my
head
at
a
second
round
councillor
Flynn
you
have
the
floor,
then
I
will
be
councillor.
Edwards
Thank.
D
Great
question
counselor
we
so
to
be
clear:
the
resiliency
fund,
so
there's
two
funds
right.
So
there's
the
Boston
resilience
fund,
which
is
the
one
that
the
mayor
raised
for
feeding
people
for
making
sure
people
have
the
basic
necessities
during
the
Kovan,
then
there's
the
small
business
relief
fund.
So
for
the
small
business
relief
fund,
we
had
three
groupings
of
grant
sizes
2,500
for
businesses
of
0
to
5
employees,
5000
for
businesses
of
5
employees
to
know
15
10,000
for
businesses
of
15
employees
at
35.
Okay,.
O
D
D
Our
business
management
team,
Natalya's
team
went
out
and
actually
hit
those
restaurants
in
our
neighborhood
with
fliers
so
and
in
percy
talked
to
folks,
and
it
was
at
the.
It
was
at
the
time
when
some
people
were
there
so
some
fliers
we
left
like
like
in
front
of
the
business
other
fliers
we
put
in,
but
there
were
some
one-on-one
conversations
very
early
on,
as
we
tried
to
hit
the
streets
with
the
information,
and
we
know
Chinatown
was
one
of
the
neighborhoods
we
did.
D
D
Sounds
a
great
question:
it's
a
question.
We
get
asked
all
the
time
we
we
purposefully
message
that
we
pause
the
acceptance
of
applications,
hoping
that
we
have
another
round,
but
I
can't
answer
that
in
the
affirmative.
I
think
it's
something
that
we
we
we
we
can't
answer
right
now
is
to
seriously
considering
in.
O
O
F
D
A
P
Just
a
quick
question:
when
is
the
cannabis
board
meeting
and
when
will
they
start
giving
out
hcas
apologize
if
I'd
missed
that
answer
earlier
on,
then
I
wanted
to
discuss
the
additional
CDBG
money.
I
think
it
was
five
minutes.
Ten
million
dollars
totally
approved
is
I,
understood
that
that
it's
going
to
rent
relief
and
the
small
business
so
I'm
curious.
P
So
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
discussing
those
three
things:
the
liquor,
cannabis
and
and
then
also
just
that
the
ten
million
dollars
of
the
three
I
want
cannabis
to
be
discussed
the
most
because
I
I
find
it
really
it's
vital
to
our
recovery
and
there's
no
equitable
recovery
without
cannabis
being
forefront.
So
when
is
the
board
meeting
and
when
are
they
giving
out?
Hca's
I,
don't.
C
C
Then
we
have
two
other
businesses
that
are
very
close
in
the
pipeline
when
I
say
they
very
close
I
mean
and
have
made
it
through
the
cannabis
Control
Commission
pipeline,
one
in
East
Boston,
one
in
North
Station,
barring
construction
delays,
I'm
hopeful
that
they
could
be
open
and
generating
revenue
by
a
fall,
hopefully
October,
and
so
that
is
just
a
quick
layout
of
what
is
already
in
the
queue
I
recognize
that
your
question
is
more
about.
How
do
we
get
the
queue
moving?
I
am
hopeful
that
the
cannabis
board
can
meet
within
the
coming
weeks.
C
As
you
know,
it
was
appointed
right
right
before
Kovac
started,
which
has
prevented
them
meeting
in
person.
I
understand
there
are
some
other
meetings
that
are
being
conducted
electronically,
this
being
a
brand
new
board
that
we've,
you
know,
pushed
out
as
a
transparent
and
equitable
discussion
of
lucrative
licenses.
C
We
not
think
that
the
very
first
meeting
would
be
appropriate
to
happen
electronically,
whether
it's
people's
access
to
technology,
the
digital
divide,
constituents
feeling
that
doing
this
and
the
time
of
them
worried
about
their
jobs,
health
care
and
other
things.
We
wanted
this
board's
transparency
and
equity
to
really
be
showcased,
and
we
felt
that
that
would
happen
in
this
respect
in
person.
Obviously,
if
there
are
instances
that
show
that
the
board
cannot
start
meeting
in
person
very
soon,
we
would
have
to
discuss
other
options.
P
P
E
P
Yeah
that
will
be
I
guess
once
they
start
meeting
and
they
started
proving
the
HCA's
they'll
start
coming
out.
I'll
just
know
whatever
is
happening
in
East
Boston.
If
it's
Berkshire
routes,
it's
a
corporate
cannabis
place,
it's
hardly
equitable
about
what
is
coming
out
so
I
I,
guess
I
just
want
to
bring
it
back
to
the
the
prioritization.
P
For
me
is
that
there
is
that
this,
this
city
of
Boston,
your
office,
specifically
the
Office
of
Economic
Development,
pick
a
date
and
Dappy
the
drop
date
for
when
they're
going
to
meet
electronically
or
physically
back
to
me
demonstrates
actual
prioritization
for
the
board
to
me
that,
and
only
that
demonstrates
that
and
I
am
disappointed
that
there
isn't
a
date.
This
far,
we
managed
to
meet
with
the
BPD
azb,
a
other
calm,
calm.
P
Nothing
else,
I
appreciate
all
the
other
stuff,
but
a
date
when
they're
going
to
meet
the
individuals,
you
can
come
up
with
the
technology
for
them
to
be
able
to
meet
to
do
this,
but
if
everyone
else
is
sitting
down
there
and
doing
this
and
getting
to
the
point
and
trying
to
bring
back
this
economy,
I
think
it's
very
important.
As
for
the
liquor
ban,
and
that's
that's
full
stop
that's
I.
Just
a
date,
I
think
is
the
minimum
that
this
office
should
be
doing
the
minimum.
P
As
for
the
liquor
buyback
program
again,
I
guess
I'll.
Wait
for
that
on
the
second
row
and
I
see
the
gavel
again:
I'm
wondering
how
we're
going
to
deal
with
the
amount
of
liquor
licenses
that
are
going
to
be
available
when
a
lot
of
restaurants
can't
come
back.
I
do
not
want
the
Cheesecake
Factory
I.
P
Do
not
want
corporations
being
able
to
buy
up
those
things
when
the
city
of
Boston
could
actually
take
this
opportunity
to
buy
them
and
then
lease
them
back
in
few
some
of
these
businesses
with
cash
and
if
they
don't
come
back
having
for
the
first
time,
control
over
a
lot
of
liquor
licenses
that
we
could
then
distribute
equity
equitably
in
other
neighborhoods.
If
need
be
so
I
think
it
weren't
expert
expiration,
we're
gonna
have
a
hearing
about
it,
but
I
just
wanted
to
hear
your
initial
thoughts.
But
it
looks
like
my
Gamble's
up
and.
D
I
do
want
to
say,
I
think
it's
an
interesting
idea.
Look
forward
to
the
hearing.
Constant
Edwards
I
also
want
to
say
that
ten
million
dollar
CDBG
money
that
was
voted
on
by
the
council.
Five
million
went
to
the
small
business
fund,
which
is
why
the
mayor
was
able
to
announce
the
five
million
that
he
was
gonna
inject,
plus
the
five
hundred
thousand
from
private
sources.
A
Also
aware,
and
was
going
to
be,
one
of
my
questions
for
you
Alexis,
but
it
sounds
like
it.
Sort
of
upstream
of
the
question
of
the
board
meeting
is
the
question
of
us.
Moving
back
to
community
meetings
and
how
and
asked
thinks
about
about
that
piece
because
I
know
in
my
district
there
are
a
number
that
are
all
within
a
half
mile
of
each
other,
some
of
which
have
had
their
community
meetings
some
haven't,
and
that
also
creates
a
kind
of
pipeline
problems.
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
any
comments
on
that.
No.
C
That's
definitely
something
that
we
can
continue
to
discuss.
The
lack
of
scheduling
isn't
because
there
is
a
lack
of
concern
about
the
process
in
these
businesses.
It
is,
is
more
weighing
the
various
factors
of
what
is
going
on
in
people's
homes,
their
access
to
technology,
and
whether
we
feel
that
people
would
think
that
meetings
like
this
being
held
online
prevent
a
full
participation
thanks.
A
And
I
will
say:
I
mean
I.
Think
the
flipside
right
is
that
a
lot
of
our
a
lot
of
our
board
and
Commission
hearings
have,
you
know,
sometimes
not
been
accessible
online
or
not
been
easily
accessed
online
and
I
think
you
know,
we've
certainly
found
as
a
council
a
kind
of
mixed
bag
of
you
definitely
have
to
worry
about
people
not
having
access,
but
then
you've
also
got
people
watching
our
hearings
on
zoom'.
A
I
mean
I
think
that
if
we
did
that,
if
we
were
going
up
from
thirty
three
hundred
to
five
thousand
I
think
that
would
involve
more
financial
resources.
But
it
seems
to
me
like
the
real
limiting
factor
is
placements
and
so
I
just
want
to
echo
councillor
Campbell's
question
about
kind
of
how
that
council
can
help.
It
seems
to
me,
like
we
should
all
be
looking
high
and
low
and
trying
to
think
about
ways
that
and
I
know
departments
are
thinking
about
ways
to
start.
A
You
know
employing
people,
but
it's
it's
like
you
know,
and
we
need
ways
to
employ
100
youth
here
and
a
hundred
youth
there,
not
ten
here
and
ten
there.
So
I,
just
I'd
love
to
hear
you
talk
a
little
bit
just
from
the
economic
development
side.
About
about
that
piece.
It
just
seems
like
we're
running
towards
that
deadline.
Right.
D
Now
so
yeah,
so
let
me
just
share
some
framing
of
the
numbers
right
now
we
we've
last
summer.
We
account
for
eighty
three
hundred
jobs,
81-82
be
out
of
jobs.
I
got
my
numbers
right,
I'll,
send
it
to
you
about.
5,000
of
those
jobs
are
coming
from
private
sector
sources.
You
know
another
3,300,
I,
think
our
city
city
funded
jobs.
The
commitment
for
the
3300
is
is
there,
but
then
the
mayor
committed
essentially
to
anything
the
private
sector
doesn't
pick
up
right,
so
you're.
D
Actually
right,
we
will
be
doing
more
for
youth
jobs
than
the
traditional
3,300.
Now
the
real
challenge
is
not
necessarily
the
commitment
to
funding
those
jobs.
The
real
challenge
is
identifying
what
the
young
people
will
be
doing
so
we're
working
very
closely
with
bps
we're
working
very
closely
with
with
traditional
nonprofits.
In
fact,
we
have
to
zoom
calls
coming
up
with
CBO's
in
the
community
to
help
spark
the
question:
what
more
can
young
people
be
doing
in
our
communities,
and
so
we've
already
engaged
be
sac.
D
We've
already
engaged
the
Youth
Council,
we've
already
engaged,
so
we've
engaged
the
young
people
and
they've.
Given
us
some
fabulous
ideas,
we're
gonna
continue,
engage
them.
We're
gonna,
we're
gonna.
Do
two
big
student
calls
to
continue
our
conversations
and
then
see
a
last
question
absolutely
want
to
work
with
the
council
on
this
I'm,
hoping
that
every
councillor,
in
fact,
I,
think
I,
think
nail
reported
to
us
that
you
guys
want
to
have
youth
in
jobs,
so
we're
counting
you
in
I'm,
open
to
every
council,
can
have
youth
working
with
them
this
summer.
A
D
Think
we
need
to
create
a
dashboard
on
neighborhood
businesses
of
what's
happening.
We
think
the
young
people
can
stand
there
and
count
people
going
in
and
out
of
certain
businesses,
catalog
them
without
really
interacting
with
anyone.
You
know
to
keep
them
safe.
We
think
that
they
can
actually
really
help
collect
information.
Take
a
picture
as
what's
going
on
in
the
streets,
submit
reports
online
and
do
a
lot
of
that
work.
We
also
Natalia
believes
that
part
of
this
could
be
young
people
in
Main
streets.
That's
all
I
know
you
could
talk
about
that.
D
F
No
I
think
you're
you're
exactly
right,
councillor,
Bach
I,
think
for
us.
It's
really
important.
We've
done
an
inventory
of
businesses
but,
as
you
can
imagine,
with
the
opening
and
closing
of
businesses
very
regularly,
and
that
list
is
never
truly
up
to
date,
and
so
we
have
been
exploring
opportunities
for
us
to
bring
young
people
on
to
help
us
both
with
that
inventory,
but
I
think
also
digging
a
little
deeper
and
seeing
how
we
can
get
more
businesses
engaged
with
both
Main
streets
and
and
other
commercial
districts.
So
yeah
exactly
what
we're
thinking
about.
A
Great
awesome,
yeah
no
I
mean
my
office.
So
far,
we've
come
up
with
ways
we
could
host
30
young
people,
we've
decided,
so
you
know
we'll
talk
offline
but
anyways.
That's
definitely
my
time.
I
want
to
go
back
up
to
the
top
and
I
think
that
is
a
council
president
Jaime
and
again
and
I'll
just
ask
folks
I'll
just
preface
before
we
do
the
second
round.
You
know
we
need
our
second
round
to
be
faster
than
our
first
round.
So
I
would
ask
people
not
to
ask
a
whole
five
minutes
of
questions.
A
H
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
so
I
appreciate
the
time
and
I'll
try
to
be
quickly.
I
got
all
my
other
questions
out,
or
at
least
I
hope.
I
did
I
really
want
to
focus,
as
I
said
earlier
on
cannabis.
I
want
to
follow
up
with
the
urgency
and
frustration
that
you
hear
from
councilor
Edwards
I,
so
you
should
know
I
think
you
know
chief
barrows,
but
you
should
also
know
director
that
I
filed
a
hearing
order
on
the
just
to
see
where
we
are
with
the
ordinance.
This
industry
is
critical
to
our
recovery.
H
H
First,
assuming
that
this
works
and
I
hope
I
don't
want
to
steal
thunder
from
the
the
chairwoman
of
that
committee,
but
that
is
coming
up
in
a
couple
of
weeks
and
we
hope
to
have
a
date
rather
than
for
this
board
to
me.
I
have
some
specific
questions
that
I
would
like
to
ask,
and
some
of
the
data
that
you
presented
earlier
and
then
also
on
the
fund
on
the
fund
it'd
be
helpful
to
understand
what
we're
missing
out
from
the
lost
revenue.
Is
it
a
2
million
a
day?
H
What
are
we
talking
about
when
we
think
about
I
know?
There
was
a
figure
that
the
cannabis
Control
Commission
gave
me
that
in
terms
of
lost
revenues,
so
I'd
like
to
understand
in
from
that
March
that
pure
oasis
opened
up
March
9th
the
lost
revenue,
not
just
for
this
past
fiscal
year
that
we're
in
but
moving
forward.
We
got
a
look
at
July
1
through
the
end
of
the
Peter.
If
you're
saying,
if
I
heard
you
correctly
you're
hoping
that
he
can
reopen
again
in
the
fall
and
then.
E
H
Then,
on
the
fund
I'd
like
to
understand,
you
know
where
we
are
on
revenue
coming
in,
that
was
a
very
short
window
for
the
one
workshop
we
had
open,
but
all
the
other
shops
should
be
feeding
into
it.
Where
are
we
now?
Where
are
we
in
terms
of
thinking
about
criteria?
The
fun
was
created
to
help
support
equity
cannabis?
C
Coming
out,
I'll
start
and
you
jump
in
Madam
President,
no
I
am
hoping
Kobe
could
be
up
and
running
in
May,
potentially
June.
He
is
ready
to
go
the
minute
that
the
governor
eases
the
restrictions
on
recreational
marijuana
he's
ready
to
go
by
appointment.
Only
he's
ready
to
go
a
pre-order
he's
ready
to
go
with
the
safe
reentry
plan,
so
I
am
hoping
that
pure
Oasis
is
up
and
running
by
the
end
of
May.
C
The
fall
dates
would
potentially
be
two
to
three
other
shops
that
have
made
it
through
the
CCC
process
and
we're
doing
construction.
In
one
sense,
there
is
one
shop
waiting
for
board
approval
and
I'll
explain
that
after
it
would
be
a
medical
conversion
in
downtown
that
would
be
able
to
open
and
collect
revenue
immediately.
That
would
count
as
a
non
equity
license
for
a
sake
of
our
one
to
one,
but
then
that
would
allow
for,
if
pure
Oasis
were
allowed
to
open.
C
C
H
So,
and
we
can
I'd
really
like
on
this
hearing
to
focus
on
the
money
side
of
it,
you
have
an
opportunity
to
get
into
some
of
the
other
aspects,
so
you
know
anticipated
revenue.
How
much
was
lost
with
the
closure.
You
know,
when
are
we
going
to
get
moving
on
the
board
criteria
around
the
fund
on
the
AC
aids
that
are
in
movement
that
are
kind
of
not
the
hea
s
that
have
been
appointed,
but
the
ones
that
are
almost
ready
for
that?
H
C
Obviously,
we
didn't
expect
this
to
happen
with
pure
places,
so
I
wanted
to
quickly
say
the
million
dollars
is
still
there.
In
the
limited
time
the
pure
Oasis
was
open.
The
metric
I
was
given,
as
they
were,
almost
doing
a
thousand
transactions
a
day,
so
I
wanted
to
throw
that
magic
out
there
about
nine
hundred
and
fifty
transactions
a
day.
C
H
A
K
Brian,
yes,
one
this
a
lot
of
coverage
recently
about
the
Commission
that
delivery
services
are
charging
small
restaurants
and
problem
before
covered,
but
it's
only
gotten
worse
since
the
whole
business
is
now
delivery
service.
Is
there
any
plan
in
the
city
to
put
a
cap
on
on
delivery
service
fees
for
uber
it
will
eat
sand
and
GrubHub
and
all
sort
of
services?
Thank
you.
D
A
L
Many
of
the
performance
indicators
for
the
small
and
local
business
program
seem
to
have
decreased
from
fiscal
year
18
of
fiscal
year
19
and
then
stagnated
from
fiscal
year.
Nineteen
to
twenty
guys
are
an
explanation
to
why
that
trying
to
exist
and
how
the
fiscal
year
21
budget
addresses
that
one
of
the
performance
indicators
for
small
local
business
program
is
City
of
Austin
spending
of
money
spent
with
MWBE
contracts
for
the
target
year
of
fiscal
year.
Twenty
one
says
TBR,
which
you
know
me,
and
my
staff
trying
to
figure
out
what
that
meant.
L
If
we
just
get
that
and
then
one
of
the
things
that
you
had
said
that
is
important
to
me.
As
you
talked
about
streamlining
the
contract
process
through
kind
of
technical
assistance,
that's
probably
expensive
or
somewhat
has
it
cost.
If
you
could
just
discuss
ways
in
which
we
can
increase
that,
because
really
increasing
our
contracts
is
a
big
deal
for
a
number
of
different
reasons,
we're
at
less
than
1%.
L
From
the
last
number
we
got
it's
been,
who
knows
how
long
with
that
has
been
years,
and
so
anything
we
can
do
in
this
particular
budget
to
increase
the
ability
to
either
it's
a
personnel
issue
or
we
need
more
hands
on
deck.
If
it's
a
outreach
issue
where
we
need
more
folks
running
that,
that's
something
for
me
to
fight
on
in
this
budget.
I'll
go
to
war
on
that.
So,
if
you
guys
have
things
that
you
would
say
hey,
this
was
helpful.
L
D
D
Good
point:
we
have
minority
participation
and
women
participation
for
the
last
couple
of
decades.
Ever
since
the
2003,
when
we
struck
down
the
program
as
a
city
and
I'll
say
Lou
I'll
say
we
very
literally
right,
because
neither
URI
was
the
participation
has
been
minimum
since
then,
and
we
haven't
had
a
team
that
necessarily
was
working
on
it
because
we
didn't
have
a
program.
D
So
if
you
approve
the
budget
as
we
have,
it
will
have
the
first
minority,
so
the
supplier,
diversity,
personnel,
anticipating
being
able
to
supervise
and
walk
out
the
mayor's
executive
order
and
anticipating
the
recommendations,
that's
coming
out
of
our
disparity
study.
So
we
appreciate
you
continuing
to
fight
for
this
and
then
TBR,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
is
to
be
recorded
and
the
reason
why
we
struck
those
goals
is
because
the
the
legal
team
on
our
diversity
on
our
disparity
study
said.
D
L
L
A
M
M
Even
the
budget
for
FY
21
has
seen
a
general
increase
in
the
categories
like
tourism
on
film
and
special
events
that
the
marketplace
has
certainly
changed.
So
how
are
we
responding
to
that?
How
are
we
preparing
for
that
shift,
both
in
the
immediate
future
for
FY
21
and
certainly
the
impacts
in
the
current
fiscal
year,
but
the
longer-term
planning?
What's
our
response
to
them?
Thank
you,
and
that
will
be
it
for
me
today.
I
think.
D
Thank
you
consulate
for
those
questions,
appreciate
it
and
and
agree
with
you
on
both
accounts,
the
Asian
run.
Businesses
saw
a
decrease
in
revenue,
sharp
decrease
in
revenue
before
the
order
hit.
As
you
know,
people
stopped
going.
There
was
a
lot
of
misunderstanding
and
because
of
that,
they
felt
the
brunt
economically.
I
know
that
we
were
out
there.
I
know
you
were
out
there
in
the
community
and
a
lot
of
us
went
to
Chinatown
to
lend
political
support
visibility.
D
I
know
our
staff
continued
to
go
to
eat
lunch
there,
so
we
would
rotate
to
go,
eat
lunch
there,
and
a
lot
of
us
did
that
we
will
continue
to
monitor
the
situation.
We'd
love
to
hear
ideas
from
you
about
what
more
we
can
do
in
terms
of
campaigns
for
making
sure
that
people
are
aware
that
and
that
and
that
we
don't
have
more
hate
right
and
more
discrimination.
I
know
the
mayor
has
made
it
a
point
in
his
talking
points
to
talk
about
this
Natalia
I.
D
Think
with
let's,
let's
think
about
whether
this
is
part
of
our
calls.
We
had
it
earlier
in
the
go
as
part
of
our
calls.
We'll
make
sure
that
we
reintroduce
it
into
our
calls,
as
we
talk
about
reopening
I,
think
you're,
absolutely
right
on
this.
We're
taking
it
under
advisement,
we'll
make
sure
it's
part
of
our
messaging
moving
forward
on
this
on
tourism
you're
spot
on.
If
there
was
another
part
of
the
industry
of
this
of
the
economy
that
got
whomped
before
any
order,
tourism
was
it
it's
it's.
D
It's
probably
gonna
be
the
most
devastated
part
of
our
economy,
as
you
know,
we're
a
big
part
of
the
state's
tourism
revenue,
that's
billions
and
billions
of
dollars,
and
so
we
need
to
make
sure
that
this
is
something
we
are
addressing.
We
do
have
a
tourism
call
with
that
industry
tomorrow
we
are
staying
very
close
to
them
and
a
big
part
of
that
is
large
events,
which
is
the
hardest
thing
to
bring
back.
So
we
are
paying
attention
to
a
number
of
different
things.
As
you
know,
shank
saying
Singapore
Singapore
Disneyland
opened
Monday.
D
It
opened
at
1/3
capacity.
So
instead
of
80,000
people,
they
went
to
24,000
people,
but
it
went
on.
The
tickets
went
online
Friday
before
the
Monday
and
it
sold
out
in
hours
right.
So
there's
some
lessons
learned
in
Singapore
and
what
they're
doing
there
and
how
we
can
maybe
bring
back
some
of
our
large-scale
events.
We
know
we've
got
to
go
outside
with
it,
we're
hearing
from
people
we're
hearing
from
restaurants
or
small
businesses.
We
know
the
outside
space
is
gonna,
be
part
of
our
restaurant
reality.
D
It's
probably
going
to
be
part
of
our
large
event
reality
as
well,
and
so
these
are
all
things
that
were
taken
in
consideration
as
we
try
to
spark
up
some
level
of
tourism
and
some
level
of
activity.
Travel
is
gonna,
be
a
big
challenge
on
this.
One
I
have
to
admit
councilor
as
you
as
you've
raised
the
concern
where
we're
gonna
take
a
big
hit
in
our
budget
on
this
and
it'll
probably
show
in
the
coming
years
and
we'll
be
talking
to
the
council
about
how
to
address
it.
A
N
And
I'll
just
say:
I'm
gonna
take
the
time
that
Liz
did
not
use
and
the
time
that
everybody
else
you
so
you
ready
for
this
house.
Applause.
Okay,
serious
just
a
few
questions.
One
is
in
regards
to
do
btq
own
businesses
and
contractors
I'm
wondering
if
that,
as
part
of
the
mayor's
executive
order,
how
does
your
office
support
underserved
small
businesses
not
classified
as
minority
women
or
veteran
owned?
Just
curious
about
that?
The
other
question
is
chief
barrows
mentioned
that
businesses,
such
as
barber
shops
will
be
engaged
once
have
better
guidelines
from
the
state.
N
But
could
you
expand
a
little
bit
about
what
that
process
is
going
to
look
like
what
kind
of
engagement
is
being
done
with
small
business
owners
during
this
process,
and
the
last
question
that
I
have
is
in
regards
to
the
supplier,
diversity.
Manager's
position
will
be
to
identify
small
businesses
and
diverse
suppliers
and
in
facilitate
discussions
with
city
departments.
What
will
that
process
of
identifying
these
businesses
look
like
and
I'm
also
just
curious
in
terms
of
just
outcomes?
N
I
know
we
do
a
lot
of
work
to
engage
small
businesses
I'm
wondering
if
there's
a
portal
or
dashboard
that
goes
to
show
how
many
people
you
trained.
What
were
the
outcomes
of
those
trainings?
How
successful
have
the
business
have
been
other
than
loads
of
the
work
that
they've
done
with
your
office?
Is
there
a
way
to
kind
of
see
those
accountability
measures
so
that
we
can
keep
track
of
that
work
and
how
we
can
help
support
and
strengthen
that
work?
N
D
N
D
Yes,
ma'am,
let
me
just
I'll
try
to
be
quick,
I'm
gonna,
pass
it
to
Selena
Selena
I'm
gonna
say
that
you
answer
for
your
personal
care
question.
We're
gonna
have
a
meeting
with
the
personal
care
businesses
before
the
governor
announces
anything
else.
We're
gonna,
we'll,
send
you
that
date
soon,
we're
gonna
announce
a
date.
We
have
a
call
just
for
them
and
we
talk
about
some
of
the
things
that
the
state's
already
talked
and
start
planning
with
them.
Selena.
G
So,
in
terms
of
the
supplier
diversity
position,
the
idea
there
is
that
they
would
be
working
directly
with
city
departments
to
know
what
procurements
are
coming
up
and
they
would
manage
the
whole
process
where
departments
say
hey.
This
is
going
out
to
bid
I
couldn't
find
a
vendor,
and
then
we
help
them
out,
but
they're
also
helping
the
source
people
ahead
of
opportunities
so
that
we
can
say
hey
you
two
can
start
a
painting
business
and
then
there's
all
these
opportunities
coming
out.
G
We'll
help
you
get
set
up
with
a
small
business
funding
that
we
have
and
so
on
so
they're
really
kind
of
managing
the
supply
and
demand
pieces
because
often
time,
there's
interest,
but
there's
not
supply
and
vice
versa.
There's
the
supply,
but
they
don't
know
where
they
fit
in
with
the
city,
making
it
more
accessible
as
our
mission,
both
through
workshops,
our
communications
and
very
catered
technical
assistance
to
help
with
the
pain
points
such
as
getting
insurance
and
bonding
or
other
pieces
that
make
it
really
hard
for
people
to
jump
in
another
important
areas.
N
Let
me
find
out
you
guys
answered
all
those
questions,
I'm
curious
in
regards
to
the
accountability
piece
I'm,
so
is
there
a
dash
for
it?
Is
there
something
that
we
can
track
the
progress
of
a
small
business
particularly
give
me
an
example
of
like
an
immigrant
small
business
that
didn't
speak
English
that
you
just
give
me
one
of
those
stories.
F
We
would
do
an
intake,
we
would
do
work
with
them
for,
like
you,
know,
four
to
six
weeks
on
a
regular
basis
and
then,
after
that,
do
follow-up
every
three
months
to
see
how
business
is
going.
So
a
lot
of
the
information
we
have
is
qualitative,
not
quantitative,
and
so
we
can
talk
about
how
many
businesses
we've
served.
We
can
talk
about
how
much
money
we've
invested
in
those
businesses.
F
We
can
talk
about
jobs
associated
with
those,
but
tracking
individual
business
outcome
is
a
really
difficult
thing
to
do
and
we
are
currently
exploring
how
to
do
that
best.
But
the
best
thing
that
we
do
have
is
those
stories
that
we
hear
from
businesses
saying
because
of
you
know
the
support
that
they
were
able
to
get
through
ta
or
through
a
loan
program
or
a
grant
program
or
even
are
like
restore
and
design
program.
The
they've
seen
the
impacts
on
their
business
positively.
That's.
D
All
you
can
you
give
the
counselor
a
couple
different
things.
One
is
talk
in
terms
of
numbers
of
storefronts:
we
we
do
every
year
number
of
businesses
we
provide
ta
for
and
then,
if
you
can
give
her
a
story
of
an
this,
just
anecdotally
that
have
provided
some
assistance
to
either
TA
or
a
storefront
that'd
be
great
yeah.
D
A
O
You
Thank
You
council,
a
book
John,
the
self
Boston
doesn't
have
the
Main
streets.
I
was
talking
of
the
Council
of
clarity
about
it
and
and
other
elected
officials.
Is
it
possible
to
sit
down
with
you?
You
have
a
discussion
about
maybe
considering
bringing
back
Main
streets
to
South
Boston
councillor.
D
Absolutely
and
I
want
to
highlight
the
RFP
that
natalia
talked
about
EMAP
reimagined
Main
streets.
One
of
the
questions
we
were
asking
in
that
process
is
where
should
we
introduce
new
Main
streets
in
Boston?
So
this
is
a
perfect
time
to
not
only
have
a
conversation
with
me,
but
I
encourage
you
us
to
work
together
with
you
and
other
councillors,
Larry
and
others
look
at
a
process
in
the
community
that
asks
that
question
in
South
Boston.
How
can
we
be
more
helpful
to
small
businesses
there
and
what
can
we
do
differently
to
help
them?
O
You
John
and
might
my
goal,
obviously,
is
getting
a
Main
Street,
making
sure
we
keep
the
current
owners
in
the
shops
on
Broadway
or
West
Broadway,
adding
more
support
to
women-owned
businesses
and
trying
to
bring
in
more
minority-owned
businesses
as
well.
But
I
do
see
if
you
don't
have
a
Main
streets
program.
I
do
see
a
struggling
business
district
without
it,
and
so
we
could
really
use
your
help
on
that.
O
P
So
I
wanted
to
first
go
back
and
I
forgot
to
just
outright
say
thank
you
to
all
of
you
and
OAD
and
everybody
as
as
you
know,
before
we
come
in
what
with
what
we
think
should
be
improved
and
what
we
think
should
happen.
I
do
think
and
I
apologize
for
not
acknowledging
the
amount
of
hard
work
that
you
are
doing
and
how
all
of
you,
each
and
every
single
one
of
you
have
adjusted
to
make
sure
that
the
major
functions
of
the
office
don't
stop,
including
Alexis
and
I
were
just
in
the
Charles
Town.
P
You
know
speaking
out
how
to
make
sure
that
money
got
out
there
from
the
casino.
So
I,
don't
you
know,
while
this
is
part
of
this
conversation,
is
about
criticisms
and
is
about
you
know,
looking
at
things
and
bringing
forth
concerns,
I
don't
want
that
to
be
the
only
thing
you
hear
from
me
today.
It
is
a
huge
thank
you
for
all
that
you're
doing
and
the
hearings
that
you
are
attending
so
back
to
the.
P
I,
actually,
these
aren't
just
Critias
are.
These
are
just
suggestions
and
questions.
Councillor
Flynn
reminded
me:
Charles
Town
also
does
not
have
a
Main,
Street
and
I
I,
really
just
being
so
close
and
being
actually
so
close
and
so
far
to
the
city
downtown.
It
is
isolated
to
a
certain
extent
and
why
we
don't
have
a
Main
Street
that
helps
already
with
stated
goals
of
the
city,
which
is
to
activate
the
Navy
Yard.
P
I
really
would
like
to
put
that
out
there
as
something
that
is
worth
it,
especially
if
you
even
thought
about
as
a
temporary
thing
for
recovery,
how
every
neighborhood
that,
even
if
they
don't
have
a
Main
Street,
gets
a
temporary
Main
Street
to
help
them
move
and
look
at
what's
going
on.
So
that's
one
thing:
I
one
of
the
ideas
and
I
just
echo
councillor,
asabi,
George
and
I.
Think
Flynn
also
talking
about
sidewalk
dining.
You
know
I
really
hope.
You'll
work
with
us
to
item
identify
corridors
in
each
one,
our
neighborhoods
I.
P
I
just
really
think
it's
important
to
be
in
partnership
and
then
finally,
I'm
one
of
the
ideas
came
up.
I'll
give
to
Gladys
Oliveros
in
East,
Boston
she's
part
of
mat,
Main
Street
program
out
there,
amazing
woman,
I'm
sure
she's
already
brought
it
up
to
you,
but
I'm
gonna
bring
it
up
as
well.
Can
we
think
about
especially
for
those
of
us
who
weren't
downtown
and
have
still
restaurants
a
restaurant
week
program?
P
We
were
thinking
just
East
Boston,
but
it
was
a
way
of
highlighting
a
lot
of
local
mom
and
pops,
maybe
run
by
immigrants
or
run
by
folks,
who
aren't
part
of
that.
You
know
the
chain,
restaurants,
but
a
program
that
allows
for
the
city
to
support
folks,
one
week,
advertising
pushing
and
moving
around
about
a
certain
corridor.
A
certain
level
of
restaurants
that
buy
in
I
understand
financially.
The
city
may
not
be
able
to
contribute
directly,
but
can
you
help
set
up
the
rubric
for
folks
to
do
it?
A
F
Council
Edwards,
thank
you
so
much
for
those
questions
and
I'll
address
all
three
of
those
and
John.
If
you
have
anything
to
add
so,
we've
been
engaged
with
the
Charlestown
business
associations
at
over
the
last
year,
they're
doing
incredible
work
and,
as
we
go
into
kind
of
the
reimagining
Boston
Main
streets,
that
is
a
conversation
that
we're
going
to
be
having
so
I
I
would
love
to
loop.
You
guys
into
those
conversations
as
far
as
outdoor
patios
go.
F
This
is
definitely
a
conversation
that
is
happening
right
now
with
this
cabinet
around
what
are
those
corridors?
Where
are
the
spaces
in
which
we
can
extend
access
to
using
streets
and
parking
spaces
for
restaurants?
Currently
we
have
the
commitment
of
the
licensing
board
and
the
P
IC
on
helping
us
do
that
quickly.
So
just
know
that
that
is
coming
and
then
finally,
around
Restaurant,
Week
I,
absolutely
love
that
idea.
We
will
do
some
exploration
around
with
them.
D
If
I
may
just
add
restaurant
week
and
that's
neighborhood
base
is
brilliant
Drive
everybody
to
certain
neighborhood
in
their
restaurant,
so
not
city
water.
At
the
same
time,
love
it.
Let
me
just
make
a
formal
request,
madam
chair
Bock,
we
would
love
for
every
city
councilor
to
submit
ideas
or
outdoor
dining
in
a
very
formal
way.
Please
send
those
ideas.
The
second
is,
we
will
be
inviting
you
to
natalia
is
hosting
neighborhood
main
streets
and
business
district
conversations.
D
We
want
you
in
them
and
then,
if
I
may
just
tag
on
council,
Edwards
I
think
one
of
the
challenges
for
Main
streets
in
Charleston
will
be
the
fact
that
you
guys
are
so
organized
there
that
we
want
to
be
respectful.
So
we
have
to
do
this
together
and
make
sure
that
that
makes
sense.
Your
neighborhood
thank.
P
D
And
then,
if
I
may,
madam
chair
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
very
much
councilor
for
first
starting
with
a
thank
you
I
know.
You
see
us
sitting
here
at
a
panel
and
we
really
really
appreciate
that
acknowledgement.
But
then
it's
a
ton
of
employees
that
work
for
the
city.
The
first
thing
I
do
is
I
bring
that
back,
and
you
know
when
the
councilor
says.
Thank
you.
It
means
a
whole
lot
to
our
employees
or
the
staff
and
to
everybody
that
works
with
Cindy,
so
I
just
want
to
say.
A
Thank
You
councillor
Edwards,
all
right
I
will
my
second
round
and
then
I'll
just
ask
colleagues
to
raise
your
blue
hand.
If
you
have
a
you
know
a
burning
question
for
a
third
round
again:
we're
not
gonna.
Do
it
for
five
minutes,
because
otherwise
we'll
go
to
public
testimony.
We've
had
some
folks
waiting
very
patiently
for
nearly
three
hours
now
so,
but
just
to
ask
some
questions
of
mine,
one
one
I
wanted
to
ask
chief
Baris.
A
Was
you
know
it's
comping,
a
bunch
of
hearings,
I
think
we're
gonna
I
think
we're
gonna
find
that
capital
money
is
an
easier
place
to
spend
money
than
operating
money
in
the
future
going
forward.
This
is
thinking
beyond
the
FY
21
budget,
but
even
here
we
have
a
robust
capital
budget
and
I
guess
when
we
think
about
you,
know,
diverse,
diverse
hiring
and
an
equitable
recovery.
One
piece
of
that
is
how
we
accelerate
support
in
you
know
in
some
of
our
traditional
capital
projects
for
a
more
diverse
workforce.
A
But
the
other
question
is:
if
we're
you
know,
the
city's
got
an
infinite
number
of
capital
projects.
We
could
and
need
to
do
right.
We
could
fill
the
whole
capital
budget
with
resiliency
projects.
We
could
fill
the
whole
capital
budget
with
school
projects
like
we
all
know
this
for
making
trade-off
decisions,
and
so
it
seems
to
me
it
from
a
no
IDI
perspective.
A
D
Know,
consul
dikes.
That
is
a
question
that
I
work
very
closely
with
chief
Brophy
on
we
meet
periodically
as
we
talk
about
the
capital
projects
and,
as
you
know,
our
capital
projects
are
guided
and
regulated
through
the
Boston
Boston
residency,
jobs,
program,
VR,
JP,
and
so
exactly
what
you
said.
Our
capital
projects
allow
us
to
hire
women.
D
They
allow
us
to
hire
minority
and
allow
us
to
hire
local,
and
it's
really
important,
because
in
some
of
our
construction
projects
throughout
the
city,
there
are
people
from
all
over
the
region
working
on
them
and
many
of
them
are
not
local.
So
our
our
projects
really
do
hit
the
local
worker,
the
minority
workers,
the
women
workers.
D
Now
your
question,
I
think,
is
the
more
strategic
question
about
sort
of
which
ones
of
those
capital
projects
allow
us
to
have
more
success
right
and
so
every
project
is
kind
of
brings
all
of
the
different
trades,
because
the
city
privates
are
big,
whether
it's
a
library
or
you
know,
building
a
different
building
or
something
or
an
infrastructure
project.
And
so
it's
a
good
question.
D
Let
me
get
back
to
you,
because
I'll
have
Selena
you're
on
the
call,
but
I
think
we
need
to
pull
the
numbers
to
see
what
types
of
projects
in
fact
historically
have
shown
to
hit
the
numbers
better
than
others
and
I
think
you
know
councillor,
we
we
don't
do
as
well
with
Selena
management.
We
don't
do
as
well
with
the
women
numbers,
as
we
would
like
to
the
mayor
made
a
statement
last
year
by
increasing
yet
the
goal
to
12
percent,
but
it's
still
an
area
would
lag
in
on
all
projects.
A
Great,
thank
you,
I'd
love
to
have
that
conversation
going
forward
and
just
really
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
the
work
on
the
procurement
front.
I
think
that's
so
important,
and
it's
good.
If
your
progress
on
that
my
other
phase
shift
question
is
kind
of
watered
the
areas
because
well
I
was
cheered
and
your
answer
to
councilor
Arroyo
Dee.
Here
you
know
we
aren't.
We
haven't
declined
in
positions,
we
D
and
in
fact,
have
in
a
small
way
increased.
A
But
it
seems
to
me
like
there's
certain
types
of
our
technical
assistance
work
that
ideally,
we
would
just
scale
way
way
up
to
meet
this
endemic
crisis
and
it's
hard
for
me
to
see
how
we
do
that
throughput
efficiently
and
effectively
with
maybe
the
existing
like
staff
that
we
have
and
I
know.
You
know
you
guys
said
in
your
RFI.
We
can
do
more
with
less
and
I'm.
A
Just
like
sometimes
like
you
know,
when
you're
talking
about
economic
development
and
the
point
is
to
like
bring
us
back
from
the
recovery
like
that's,
why
you
do
counter-cyclical
spec,
so
so
I
just
I
want
to
hear
a
little
bit
about
how
I
think
about
that
I
mean.
Certainly
one
area
to
me
seems
like
mobile
enterprises
like
gee.
It
should
be
the
summer
of
a
thousand
push
carts,
maybe
like
it
should
be
right.
Like
everybody,
we've
moved
everybody
to
take
out,
should
we
be
moving
everybody
food
trucks,
I
just
I
would
love
to
hear.
A
D
That's
a
great
question,
great
point:
I
think
the
council
weighed
in
on
the
city
the
additional
money
coming
from
the
federal
government
to
help
the
city
deal
with
the
Cova
pandemic,
and
so
we
issued
an
RFP
jointly
with
a
number
of
departments
from
the
city
for
technical
assistance
and
and
the
technical
assistance.
You
see
it
as
additional
staffing
capacity
for
us
to
deal
with
Kofi
right.
So
the
money
that
you
guys
voted
on
I
think
maybe
last
week
or
we
can
half
go,
is
going
to
be
used
in
the
first.
D
The
first
place:
I
need
assistance
is
in
consultants
that
can
provide
guidance
in
public
health
and
safety
issues.
So
whatever
pushcart
we
have,
we
have
somebody
that
can
say
and
here's
how
you
do
it
safely.
Restaurants,
here's
how
you
do
that
safely
right,
so
so
in
any
in
every
industry.
We
need
technical
assistance
that
can
come
out
here
and
work
with
our
businesses
to
make
sure
that
they're
gonna
do
it
safely,
so
that
we
don't
have
to
close
them
back
down
right.
That's
the
worst
case.
The
worst
case
scenario.
D
A
Okay,
great
thanks
and
I
guess
my
last
question,
which
is
I,
think
a
quick
one
is
just
the
main
street's
RFP
went
out,
March,
23rd
and
I.
Don't
know
the
extent
to
which
that
reflected
sort
of
the
co,
vid
reality
and
I
just
wonder,
I
mean.
Obviously
it
would
have
been
one
picture
to
come
back
to
Boston
you're,
the
oldest
main
street's
and
we've
done
a
refresh.
A
D
How
do
we
have
that
conversation
with
our
Main
streets?
How
do
we
have
that
conversation
with
our
small
businesses
and
then
give
them
the
appropriate
support
to
make
it
in
the
new
economy?
I
think
that's
the
conversation.
We
think
this
Main
Street's
reimagining
gives
us.
We
think
it's
a
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
think
kovat
in
postcode
vid.
So
it's
beyond
recovery.
If
we
aren't
reopening
it's
more
around
sort
of
stability
in
the
new
economy,
we
know
things
like
you
know.
D
A
A
B
Thank
you,
yeah
women
back
and
the
rest
of
it
City
Council,
so
I'm
gonna
read
this
statement
quickly
and
it's
good
thing.
We
cease
fire
because
she
will
be
able
to
explain
even
more
the
same
issue
which
is
really
about
employment
in
general,
so
we
know
we
will
be
faced
with
unprecedent
unemployment
general,
particularly
in
our
neighborhoods
of
color,
as
the
economy
returns.
B
Therefore,
we
are
proposing
and
expanded
focus.
That's
why
we
met
action
for
equities
himself
and
introduced
myself,
Marvin
Martin
executive
director
of
action
for
equity.
Therefore,
we
propose
an
experiment:
focus
on
good
jobs
for
Boston
residents,
particularly
residents
of
color
use
a
leverage
from
the
huge
public
subsidies.
Boston
employers
received
to
win
commitments
to
hire
residents
and
residents
of
color,
coupled
with
a
funded
effort
to
support
the
grassroots
community
organizations.
Already
working
to
connect
residents,
agree
jobs.
B
We
are
also
proposing
a
major
job
creation,
investment
and
extract
range
of
service
year
programs
that
bridge
and
transform
economic
pathways
was
a
significant
number
of
people
in
our
neighborhoods
of
color.
Even
before
today's
pandemic,
impacting
our
economy,
residents
and
neighborhoods
of
color
bore
the
brunt
of
our
racialized
economy.
B
In
the
highly
comment
we
were
working
but
tracked
into
low
wage
and
benefited
part-time
and
stable
jobs
and
industries
less
income
coming
back
into
our
neighborhoods,
so
our
small
businesses
could
not
Florence,
as
they
should
majority
of
jobs
and
higher
shares
of
good
jobs,
go
to
people
from
the
suburbs
rather
than
Boston
residents,
residents
of
color
paid
less
even
with
the
same
educational
credentials
as
white
and
suburban
residents
for
the
last
six
years.
Our
network
of
community
organization
has
been
demonstrated
that
our
residents
have
the
skills
needed
for
jobs,
but
not
the
connections.
B
We
have
been
working
with
the
state
of
Boston
to
implement
the
community
pipeline
to
great
jobs,
so
we
recognize
the
city's
interest
and
support,
but
even
before
the
pandemic,
we
felt
that
more
capacity
was
needed.
The
city
budget
reflects
three
primary
OAD
programs,
small
business
support
and
marketing,
improving
minority
and
women
city
contracting
rates
and
the
Boston
resident
jobs
policy.
It
was
also
fond
of
a
training
through
the
office
of
Workforce
Development.
B
We
believe
that
this
is
not
sufficient
in
spread
the
city
red
rather
funded
programs
reflect
the
whole
idea
that
Boston
residents
of
color
can
only
enter
the
labor
market
successfully
through
a
few
doors
at
the
lower
rungs
tract
through
training
from
Grant
because
of
their
deficits.
Construction
is
only
2.6
percent
of
the
jobs
in
the
city.
B
Brj
tree-covered
work
appears
to
be
less
than
a
quarter
of
that,
even
in
resident
higher
and
wet
from
the
current
30%
to
require
51%
only
about
500
additional
FTE
workers
would
be
hired
important,
but
nowhere
near
enough,
we
support
the
city
effort
to
sustain
our
local
small
businesses.
They
matter
to
our
neighborhoods
and
to
our
residents.
When
standing
from
the
city
shells
about
70
to
80
percent
of
our
residents
get
jobs
from
bigger
employers.
B
Our
neighborhood
small
businesses
are
sustained
about
the
dollars
brought
home
each
week
by
residents
working
in
good
jobs
downtown
in
the
medical
area
and
it's
equally
good
jobs
for
our
residents
and
strong
local
small
businesses,
but
a
symbiotic
pair
of
economic
arenas.
We
are
proposing
that
the
city
invested
six
neighborhood
based
offices
in
the
most
impacted
neighborhoods
of
government
to
support
the
grassroots,
organizing
programs
already
underway.
B
We
take
the
term
first
source
program
for
many
public
programs
already
underway
in
other
cities.
These
programs
connect
residents
to
employers
and
when
the
community
has
been
left
out
of
a
job
excess
when
in
access
often
means
being
able
to
be
the
first
source
that
employer
looks
to
and
then
I
like
your
passive,
aren't
too
easy.
Q
Just
unmuted,
so
I
I
do
want
to
both
acknowledge
Thank
You
counselors
I've
also
watched
the
camera
this
morning
on
housing.
You
guys
are
troopers.
Let
me
tell
you,
I
mean
I'm,
so
impressed
and
I
want
to
thank
you,
Paris
and
your
whole
team,
great
looking
from
you
and
working
with
you
as
we
piloted
some
of
our
proof-of-concept
programs
at
the
last
a
year,
I'm
hoping
you
won't,
have
the
three
documents
we
spent
because
well
we
work
with
individual
residents,
and
so
we
have
all
the
squirts.
R
Q
Q
But
we
also,
then,
will
have
120,000
people
and
if
unemployment
is
an
additional
20%
or
30%
or
40%
we're
looking
at
tens
of
thousands
of
people
unemployed,
so
we're
also
proposing
that
we
really
stretch
to
do
really
creative
programming
in
the
way
that
people
did
in
the
depression.
Where
you
talk
about
the
Works,
Progress,
Administration
or
I
came
up
with
a
CETA
program
or
AmeriCorps
type
programs.
Q
There's
any
number
of
these
kind
of
service
year
programs
where
people
are
not
left
behind,
where
we
really
think
about
how
those
programs
can
take
our
residents
and
and
have
a
pathway.
We
call
this
a
bridge
and
transform
budget
proposal
that
there's
a
pathway
back
into
the
improving
economy
for
people.
Q
So
these
are
the
folks
who
would
be
not
immediately
brought
back
into
the
improving
economy,
but
what
they're
not
left
out
in
the
mean
time
that
every
one
of
these
programs
meet
some
criteria,
whether
it's
that
there's
a
GED
component,
if
necessary,
there's
a
credential
that
it's
doing
some
of
the
work.
That's
in
the
capital
budget,
you,
the
city,
has
experimented
with
community
residents,
helping
to
paint
I
think
it
was
at
Madison.
Park
I
mean
this:
the
city's
done
very
creative
stuff.
How
we
think
I
mean
we
could
do.
Q
We
could
do
green
economy
service
year.
We
could
do
ESL
and
literacy
core.
You
know
people
we
could
do
this.
This
would
be
this
could
be.
We
could
have
a
whole
set
of
our
younger
men
who
are
so
good
with
technology,
doing
a
digital
divide
program
where
there
they
get
credentials
and
they
wired
their
own
neighborhood,
and
then
they
train
people
to
use.
They
work
with
the
old
ladies
to
do
to
be
able
to
set
up
their
computers
and
turn
them
on
and
fix
their
phones.
You
could
imagine
this.
Q
This
is
not
what's
gonna
happen
next
week,
but
this
would
but
we
we're
looking
at
two
years
for
our
neighborhoods
to
come
back,
so
we're
proposing
200
million
dollars.
We
know
that
doesn't
turn
on
a
dime,
but
the
city
runs
a
three
billion
dollar
budget
and
if
you
include
the
capital
project,
six
point
six
billion
dollars
and
the
alternative
is
that
a
hundred
thousand
people
get
left
behind
and
they're
not,
and
we
don't
think
that
should
happen.
So
those
those
would
love
to
have
more
conversations,
we'd
love
to
explain
the
data.
Q
That's
in
your
I
have
I
want
to
thank
the
city.
The
city
does
amazing
reports
and
amazing
data,
virtually
every
piece
of
information
that
was
given
to
you
and
that
we
use
comes
out
of
the
city
report.
Most
of
our
understanding
comes
directly
from
city
analysis,
so
we
know
this
plenty
of
people
really
concerned
with
these
issues,
and
we
want
to
appreciate
that
and
acknowledge
that.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
and
yes,
the
whole
council
should
get
that
data
and
we'll
make
sure
I.
Imagine
you've
also
sent
it
to
chief
Baris,
but
we'll
also
make
sure
he
has
it
and
yeah
just
really
really
appreciate
you
weighing
in
on
that
I
agree.
We
have
to
do
transformative,
big
picture
things
here.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
and
now
I
think
it's
5:14
and
I'm
very
cognizant
that
our
central
staff
here
at
City
Council,
has
to
run
another
hearing
at
5:30
this
evening.
So
I
am
going
to
just
thank
chief
barrows
and
the
whole
team
so
much
both
for
all
the
work
you
do
and
for
spending
this
time
with
us
today
and
taking
everyone's
questions
so
seriously
and
and
yeah,
and
so
with
that
I'm
a
journey,
miss
meeting
of
the
City
Council's
Committee
on
ways
and
means.
Thank
you
all
having
anything
bye,
everybody,
it's
good.