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Dockets #0480- 0486 - Fiscal Year 2023 Budget: Administration & Finance - Overview
Held on April 25, 2022
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For
the
record,
my
name
is
tanya
afranch
anderson
and
the
district
7
city
councilor.
I'm
the
chair
on
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
this
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
stream
at
boston.gov
for
slash
city
council
dash
tv
and
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn,
channel
82
and
files
channel
964.
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Just
for
those
who
are
listening,
the
website
s
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dot
g,
o
v
for
slash
c.
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v,
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y
dash
c,
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The
council's
budget
review
process
will
encompass
a
series
of
public
hearings
beginning
in
april
and
running
through
june.
We
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
encourage
in
this
process,
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record.
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A
We're
doing
it
a
little
bit
different
just
for
in
fairness
to
those
who
are
here
and
those
who
would
like
to
testify
so
we'll
do
a
first
round
and
go
to
public
testimony
second
round
and
public
testimony
again
and
also
at
yeah.
The
full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website
boston.gov
for
slash
council
dash
budget.
Our
scheduled
hearings,
dedicated
to
public
testimony
are
tomorrow
april,
26th
at
6,
pm
and
june,
2nd
at
6
pm.
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You
can
give
testimony
in
person
here
in
the
chamber
or
virtually
via
zoom
for
in-person
testimony.
Please
come
to
the
chamber
and
sign
up
on
the
sheet
near
the
entrance,
the
virtual
testimony
you
for
virtual
testimony.
You
can
sign
up
using
our
online
form
on
our
council
budget
review
website
or
by
emailing
the
committee
at
ccc
dot
boston.gov
when
you
are
called
to
testify.
Please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
or
residence
and
limit
your
comments
to
two
minutes,
literally
a
couple
to
ensure
that
our
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
A
Email,
your
written
testimony
to
the
committee
at
ccc
dot,
wm
boston.gov,
submit
a
two-minute
video
or
your
testimony
through
the
form
on
our
website
for
more
information
on
city
council
budget
process
and
how
to
testify.
Please
visit
the
city
council's
budget
website
boston.gov
for
slash
council
dash
budget.
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Our
focus
area
for
this
hearing
will
be
administration
and
finance
budget
overview
presentation,
including
revenue.
Our
panelists
for
today's
hearings
are
jim
williamson,
director
of
office
of
budget
sorry,
budget
management,
johanna,
bernstein
hi,
director
of
operating
from
also
opm
gabby,
gabby,
sierra.
There
you
are
gabby
hermanos.
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A
Thank
you,
everyone
who
is
in
attendance
at
today
in
today's
hearings
and
this
initial
budget
session
of
many
that
will
be
held
in
the
upcoming
weeks
as
a
chairperson
on
ways
and
means
committee.
I
look
forward
to
a
process
that
will
unfold
as
the
person
staring
these
hearings.
I
eagerly
anticipate
collaborating
with
my
colleagues
and
the
council
with
the
mayor
with
mayor,
wu's
administration
and
civically
engaged
activities
and
advocates
representing
their
communities
and
organizations
together.
I
believe
we
can
coalesce
to
create
a
budget
that
benefits
the
mass
of
boston's
people.
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With
this
as
our
starting
point,
we
will
lead
from
that
place
of
equity,
always
remembering
to
center
those
who
have
historically
been
forced
to
exist
on
the
margins
and
I'm
going
to
keep
my
comments
short.
I
think
that
we're
we're
here
to
get
straight
to
the
work,
so
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
listening
and
hopefully
extend
each
other.
The
courtesy
that
is
it
takes
in
order
for
us
to
do
this
work
just
for
the
rules,
I'm
going
to
allow
you
10
to
20
minutes
to
present.
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A
I'm
asking
that
everyone
takes
five
minutes
between
questions
and
answers.
You
will
be
asked
to
stop
speaking
if
your
time
is
up,
and
I
ask
that
you
are
courteous
again
and
respect
the
rules.
If
I
ask
you
that
you
stop
speaking
that
you
wait
for
turn
to
for
a
second
round
before
you
can
continue
for
other
questions,
and
then
we
will
go
to
public
testimony
again,
for
the
sake
of
just
an
interest
of
being
fair,
we'll
allow
two
minutes
for
public
testimony
each
and
then
we'll
come
back
to
a
second
round.
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B
B
We
trust
that
you
share
the
similar
sentiments
and
overarching
goals
of
this
budget
to
set
a
foundation
for
the
future
connecting
our
communities
in
delivering
on
the
details
of
city
services
across
our
neighborhoods,
so
just
a
little
table
setting
before
we
start.
While
the
overall
context
of
this
budget
stress
is
an
all
funds
approach
to
leverage
the
connectivity
of
resources,
this
presentation
will
be
focused
on
the
city's
annual
operating
budget.
In
this
case
fy23.
B
B
We
understand
the
american
rescue
plan,
appropriation,
orders
and
dockets
have
been
assigned
to
a
separate
committee
on
boston's,
coveted
19
recovery
and
with
his
first
hearing
scheduled
for
next
week,
so
we'd
like
to
to
say
that
a
good
budget
process
starts
with
the
community.
An
effective
community-led
process
is
key
to
ensuring
the
community's
priorities
are
heard.
With
that,
I'm
going
to
ask
for
the
slide
to
be
advanced
and
turn
it
over
to
gabby
germanos
to
talk
about
our
engagement
process.
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C
C
The
city
has
engaged
in
budget
engagement
efforts
before
like
our
moving
through
the
budget
initiative
that
we've
talked
about
a
bit
from
last
year,
but
this
year
the
mayor
really
wanted
to
hear
people's
thoughts
before
we
submitted
the
budget
to
you
all
in
april,
so
that
the
budget
could
actually
incorporate
the
feedback
we
heard
back
from
the
public
so
really
excited
to
do
that
for
the
first
time
next
slide.
Please.
C
So
that's
what
why
this
year,
we
held
this
pilot
listening
tour
and
survey
that
you're
aware
of
to
solicit
public
input.
So
in
a
very
accelerated
time
frame,
we
were
able
to
hear
from
over
a
thousand
participants
either
through
a
digital
survey
provided
in
12,
different
languages
or
one
of
four
virtual
listening
sessions
organized
by
council
district,
and
we
also
want
to
say
we're
really
appreciative
of
all
the
help
that
we
got
from
city
council
and
getting
the
word
out.
I
know
where
I
live
in
the
south
end.
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C
So
we
heard
a
lot
of
different
ideas
from
the
public,
but
we
wanted
to
highlight
a
few
major
takeaways.
So
one
is
that
people
really
want
to
know
how
the
city
allocates
resources
by
priority.
So
as
you'll
see
later
in
the
presentation
and
as
we
highlighted
at
the
budget
breakfast
last
week,
we
are
bucketing
our
investments
in
10
different
high
priority
areas
that
cross
housing,
schools,
transportation,
open
space
and
more
and
people
also
want
their
voices
to
be
heard
in
different
ways.
C
So
again,
we
were
very
excited
to
have
a
digital
survey
translated
into
different
languages
and
to
have
these
listening
sessions,
but
for
future
budget
engagement.
We're
also
going
to
be
looking
to
continue
making
this
as
accessible
as
possible,
with
in-person
outreach
and
other
ways
of
reaching
out
next
slide.
Please.
C
So
now
we
want
to
highlight
some
of
the
high-level
demographic
information.
Again.
This
is
very
high
level
in
terms
of
who
responded
to
the
survey
who
attended
the
listening
sessions,
you
can
see
more
of
this
data
in
depth.
If
you
go
to
the
budget
website
at
budget.boston.gov,
that's
b-u-d-g-e-t,
dot,
b-o-s-t-o-n
dot,
g-o-v.
Also,
the
survey
is
still
open
in
collecting
responses.
Although
we
looked
at
responses
through
march
4th
to
inform
the
recommended
budget,
we
want
to
keep
soliciting
feedback
as
we
move
into
fy
23
and
as
we're
creating
future
budget
engagement.
C
C
One
in
five
respondents
were
from
jp
another
one
in
five
were
from
dorchester
west
roxbury,
59.3
percent
of
respondents
who
chose
to
identify
their
race
selected
white
12.4
as
hispanic
or
latinx
11.6
as
black
or
african-american
and
6.2
as
asian,
and
we
had
a
generally
good
distribution
of
ages,
but
under
18
was
underrepresented
at
6.3
percent.
Again,
if
you
go
to
budget.boston.gov,
you
can
explore
this
data
more
further
and
at
the
listening
sessions.
C
While
we
didn't
collect
demographic
data
from
attendance,
we
did
have
almost
500
total
participants,
145
for
districts,
5,
6
and
8
66
for
districts,
one
three
and
four
105
for
districts,
two,
seven
and
nine,
and
then
182
participants
at
the
city-wide
listening
session.
So
I
do
want
to
stress
that
this
engagement
initiative
was
a
pilot.
Again,
we
had
a
very
short
time
frame
to
make
this
all
happen,
and
so
it's
also
important
to
note
that
we
took
all
this
feedback
into
consideration
holistically.
C
You
know
when
putting
together
the
budget.
We
recognized
that
some
organizations
and
advocacy
group
showed
up
in
force,
which
was
great
while
other
voices
were
underrepresented,
historically
underrepresented
communities.
We
weren't
able
to
capture
as
much
of
that
as
we
wanted
to
and
we're
certainly
not
looking
to
just
like
check
a
box
here.
C
As
compliance
like
you
know,
check
we
did
budget
engagement,
we
recognize
really
that
the
more
voices
we
can
get
as
part
of
this
process,
the
stronger
our
budget
is
going
to
be
and
the
more
representative
it's
going
to
be
for
the
city,
so
we're
very
proud
of
the
efforts
we
did
this
year,
but
also
for
future
engagement
efforts.
We're
going
to
continue
to
work
closely
with
ons
and
we'll
start
even
earlier
in
the
process.
C
This
is
also
on
our
website,
but
we
just
wanted
to
highlight
this
word
cloud
that
shows
major
themes
and
priorities
that
came
out
of
the
survey
and
the
listening
sessions
and
as
we
delve
into
discussing
the
new
transformative
investments
in
this
budget,
a
little
bit
later
in
the
presentation,
you'll
see
these
priorities,
reflected
across
departments
and
policy
areas
yeah.
So
now
I
think
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
jimmy.
D
B
Okay,
so
the
the
annual
budget
is
managed
through
us,
the
city's
budget
framework
and
and
through
the
pandemic,
even
with
economic
impacts.
The
city's
finances
remains
in
a
strong
position
triple
a
credit
ratings
for
the
eighth
straight
year,
a
strong
local
economy,
anchored
by
a
stable
revenue,
source
in
property,
taxes,
management
based
fiscal
responsibility
and
a
commitment
to
running
an
effective
and
efficient
city
government.
B
B
As
union
contracts
are
settled,
the
city
council
will
be
involved
directly
involved
in
moving
this
funding
out
of
the
reserve
into
departmental
budgets
so,
and
so
far
the
city
council
has
heard
the
cena
union
in
just
last
week.
We
did
ask
me
before
city
council,
also
in
this
pie,
chart
there's
a
slice
for
fixed
costs.
It
includes
includes
long-term
commitments
like
pension
obligation
and
debt
service
to
support
the
capital
plan.
Those
areas
of
the
budget
are
are
things
that
the
credit
rating
agencies
look
at?
B
Very
closely
because
they
they
so
show
your
sort
of
credit
worthiness.
It's
sort
of
akin
to
like,
when
the
credit
rating
agency
looks
at
a
consumer
in
their
on-time
payment
schedule.
They
look
to
our
communities
honoring
the
long-term
commitments
that
they've
made
the
next
slide.
So
here
are
the
major
components
of
this
year's
operating
budget
growth,
which
totals
216
million
dollars.
B
B
B
Obm's
work
is
guided
by
our
equity
mission
statement.
I'll
read
it
here
today,
obm's
working
definition
of
equity
is
for
every
resident,
regardless
of
background
to
be
to
be
and
feel
empowered
to
thrive
in
boston.
Obm
works
to
ensure
that
investments
are
consistent
with
the
mayor's
equity
priorities.
We
recognize
that
equitable
levels
of
investment
require
an
iterative
process
of
constant
evaluation
of
city
needs
in
the
needs
of
highly
vulnerable
or
historically
excluded
groups.
B
B
E
E
Here
are
some
highlights
of
the
fy
23
revenue
budget,
the
fy
23
general
fund
revenue
budget
totals
3.99
billion,
the
216
million
or
5.7
percent
projected
growth
in
fy23
over
the
fy22
budget
would
be
the
highest
since
the
pre-pandemic
period.
This
growth
is
largely
driven
by
property
taxes,
the
city's
largest
and
most
stable
source
of
revenue.
E
E
E
So
property
taxes
are
the
largest
city
revenue,
source
of
providing
74
percent
of
total
general
fund
revenue
in
fy
23.
The
combination
of
the
two
2.5
allowable
levy
increase
new
growth
from
construction
and
renovations,
and
an
adjustment
to
cover
property
tax
abatements
are
projected
to
increase
revenue
from
property
taxes
by
154
million
or
5.5
percent.
E
In
raising
revenue
through
the
property
tax,
the
city
is
mindful
of
minimizing
costs
to
residents.
The
city
offers
the
maximum
allowable
residence
residential
exemption
of
35
percent
and
fully
awaits
the
residential
commercial
split
in
favor
of
residents.
The
result
is
a
single
family
tax
bill
that
an
fy
22
is
30
percent
lower
than
the
statewide
average.
E
Next
slide
thanks
the
next
largest
source
of
revenue
for
the
city.
State
aid
makes
up
just
over
12
percent
of
general
fund
revenue.
Note
that,
due
to
the
state's
budget
timeline,
these
numbers
come
from
the
budget.
The
governor
submitted
in
january
in
fy
23
state
aid
will
be
increasing
by
roughly
16
million
or
3.4
percent,
while
the
increase
is
welcome.
The
city
evaluates
state
aid
on
net,
meaning
the
aid
remaining
after
subtracting
state
assessments.
E
E
This
has
increased
reliance
on
property
taxes
and
other
revenue
sources
next
slide,
and,
as
you
can
see
on
this
final
revenue
slide,
the
chart.
Local
revenue
was
dramatically
impacted
by
the
kopit-19
pandemic
following
190
million
or
nearly
a
third
between
fy19
and
fy21
in
fy
23.
The
city
will
dedicate
40
million
in
american
rescue
plan
act,
funding
to
replace
lost
revenue
down
from
55
million
used
in
fy
22.
E
F
Next
slide,
so
boston's
budget
supports
a
broad
swath
of
new
programs.
Our
goal
is
to
find
ways
for
priorities
to
support
each
other
and
to
leverage
all
funds
in
order
to
create
generational
change.
Well,
the
following
investments
will
be
discussed
in
greater
detail
at
department
hearings
in
the
coming
weeks.
We
wanted
to
give
you
guys
a
very
high
level
preview
slide
to
advance
climate
resilience,
we're
investing
over
1.5
million
between
the
environment
department
and
the
parks
department
to
implement
both
immediate
change,
caring
for
our
trees
and
long-term
change.
F
City-Wide
resiliency
planning
goals
to
ensure
our
city
remains
vibrant,
as
well
as
resilient.
The
arts
and
culture
department
will
receive
two
new
positions
that
will
support
arpa
and
capital
investments
and
further
engage
the
community
next
slide
in
transformative
mobility.
The
streets
cabinet
will
receive
funding
for
12
new
positions
to
focus
on
active
transportation,
street
safety,
transit
and
new
forms
of
mobility.
F
As
our
chief
of
equity
previously
noted,
this
budget
does
not
give
people
voices
it
amplifies
the
voice.
They
already
have
new
offices
for
blackmail,
advancement
and
lgbtq
plus
advancement,
along
with
over
3
million
dollars
in
language
and
communications.
Access
funding,
supports
that
goal.
During
our
engagement
process
we
heard
over
and
over
that
we
need
funding
for
youth
jobs.
Youth
advocates
called
for
5
000
summer
jobs.
This
budget
exceeds
that
with
a
goal
of
6
000
youth
jobs
this
summer
next
slide.
F
This
budget
also
meets
a
critical
need,
exacerbated
by
the
pandemic:
greater
mental
and
behavioral
health
support,
based
on
a
bedrock
of
public
health
research.
In
regards
to
public
safety.
During
our
engagement
process,
co-response
models
were
very
high
priority,
as
well
as
general
reform.
We
are
directly
addressing
these
needs
with
multiple
co-response
options
and
opat
investments.
F
F
Finally,
last
but
certainly
not
least,
this
budget
meets
multiple
basic
city
service
requirements
from
librarians
to
311
call
takers.
This
budget
will
ensure
that
the
basics
get
done
so
that
we
can
focus
on
the
big
picture
and
again
we
will
be
going
through
all
of
these
investments
in
much
greater
detail
in
the
coming
weeks
and
look
forward
to
the
discussion.
B
A
Thank
you
I'll
turn
to
my
counselor
colleagues
first
and
if
they
have
asked
questions
that
I
have,
I
have
way
too
many
of
them
and
if
they've
asked
them
I'll
cross
them
off
my
list
and
that
way
I'll
ask
only
the
remaining
that
hasn't
been
asked.
Our
counselor
julie
mejia
sent
a
statement.
She
cannot
be
in
I'll,
read
it
at
the
end
since
she's
not
here,
and
she
has
a
list
of
questions
and,
if
you've
answered
them
already
just
say,
answered
and
move
on
to
the
next
question.
G
Floor,
thank
you
so
much
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
team
for
being
here
excited
for
the
start
of
this
budget
season.
I
thought
that
I
would
start
my
questions
mainly
focused
on
revenue,
since
we
have
todd
here
today,
and
I
think
this
is
if
I'm
right
sort
of
substituting
for
at
times
we've
had
a
standalone
revenue
hearing,
but
this
is
this
is
sort
of
the
revenue
hearing.
So
since
I
know
that
I
will
have
a
chance
to
ask
departments
about
their
specific
investments,
I'll
probably
start
there.
So
one
question
todd.
G
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
give
us
a
sense
of
where
fy22
actuals
are
clocking
in,
because
all
of
your
comparisons
show
us
fy
22
budget
and
23
budget,
but
obviously,
as
we
discussed
extensively
in
last
year's
budget
season,
we're
really
throwing
a
dart
at
the
wall
in
terms
of
our
budgets
for
revenues
last
year,
as
things
were
starting
to
open
back
up.
So
I'm
kind
of
curious.
E
Yeah
great
question
counselor,
so
of
course
we
we
do
traditionally
compare
the
upcoming
year's
budget
to
the
tax
rate
budget
for
the
current
year.
So
that
is
the
comparison
you
see
in
all
of
the
tables
and
our
materials,
but
yeah
happy
to
speak
to
current
year
a
little
bit
because
yeah,
we
have
been
tracking
revenue
closely,
especially
those
revenues
that
are,
you
know
most
sensitive
to
to
economic
changes,
economic
growth,
those
were
the
ones
that
were
impacted
most,
as
I
noted
in
the
presentation.
E
So
you
know
we
track
these
on
a
sort
of
constant
basis
do
monthly
reports,
and
I
can
say
that,
especially
with
that
local
revenue,
the
most
sensitive
sources,
they
are
likely
to
meet
or
exceed
the
targets
that
we've
set
in
the
the
tax
rate
budget,
so
the
ones
that
you're
comparing
to
there.
So
so
we
definitely
have
seen
growth,
for
instance,
in
excise
taxes,
for
for
hotel
for
for
meals,
aircraft,
fuel
and
those
are
those
are
rebounding.
E
Although
again
with
the
caution
that
there's
still
a
lot
of
uncertainty,
persistent
sources
of
uncertainty
among
those
viral
variants,
geopolitical
events,
other
macroeconomic
pressures-
you
know
the
fed
we're
watching
closely
what
the
fed
is
doing.
So
there
is
some
residual
caution,
even
with
some
encouraging
signs
in
the
current
year.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
budging
conservatively
in
flight
23.
G
E
G
Do
we
have
a
sense
of
I
know
there
was
always
a
question
mark
in
the
student
opportunity
act
stuff
of
whether
or
not
the
charter
reimbursement
piece
was
going
to
be
fully
funded
by
the
governor
and
legislature.
Do
you
guys
have
a
feel
for
that?
Is
that
what
are
you?
Assuming
when
you
say
it's
going
to
be
net
flat.
B
It's
actually,
the
department
of
revenue
looks
at
your
last
year,
final
closing
number,
because
it
sort
of
you
don't
count
your
chickens
until
they
you
know
they
they
want
proof,
and
so,
when
we're
we're
creating,
you
know
finalizing
the
fy
22
budget,
they're
they're
like
well
the
last
full
year
number
you
had
was
fy21.
So
that's
sort
of
the
comparison.
G
H
G
To
40
and
what's
the
other
40,
that's
that's
free
cash,
free
cash,
okay
got
it
and
then
on
youth
jobs.
This
is
my
last
is
my
one
substantive
question
for
this
round:
we've
seen
again
and
again
that
our
challenge
is
not
just
sorry:
you'd
have
to
come
back.
Okay,
all
right
I'll,
come
back
in
the
second
round.
Thank
you.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
the
important
work
you're
doing.
Madam
chair,
and
working
closely
with
the
mayor's
administration
and
finance
team.
That's
here
I
had
an
opportunity
to
work
with
many
of
them
over
the
last
several
years
and
they're
very
dedicated
and
professional
employees,
but
I
also
know
that
you've
you've
had
great
working
sessions
with
them.
Madam
chairs,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
for
your
hard
work
as
well
leading
up
to
this
budget
process.
I
I
So
I'm
just
wondering,
as
it
relates
to
the
hvac
systems.
It's
an
important
issue.
Many
schools
don't
have
air
conditions.
Many
many
schools
don't
have
proper
heating
are
we
are
we
going
to
be
sure,
as
we
head
into
a
school
year
at
the
end
of
august,
that
our
schools
will
have
adequate
air
conditioning
and
our
schools
will
have
proper
heating
systems
in
place?
I
B
Council
you're
exactly
right,
air
quality
is
one
of
the
most.
You
know
it
really
was
brought
brought
to
the
forefront
through
the
public
health
that
equality
is
tremendously
important
to
maintaining
a
good
healthy
school
environment
and
through
the
federal
resources
available
to
schools
they
prioritized.
B
I
would
refer
to
them
at
the
at
their
hearings
to
get
the
specifics
on
it,
but
I
know
that
that
was
a
key
priority
of
of
them
to
to
get
in
hva
systems.
It's
become
a
fundamental
component
of
of
when
a
capital
project
is
developed.
You
know
it
does
add
a
significant
cost
component
to
a
project
to
then
to
fully
build
out
an
hvac
system,
but
it
we
think
it's
important
and
very
well
worth
it
in
the
long
term.
I
Okay,
thank
you,
jim
and
maybe
maybe
through
the
chair.
One
of
the
issues
we
can
highlight
when
it
comes
to
the
bps
is
the
hvac
get
an
update
from
the
bps
on
hvac
systems.
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna
withhold
further
questioning
to
the
next
round.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
administ
administration
team.
Just.
I
Yeah,
I
I
I
noticed
that
so
the
the
assumption
for
me
would
be
that
all
the
schools
will
be
fixed,
but
I
don't
like
to
assume
that
I
don't
want
to.
I
don't
want
to
come
back
again
in
august
and
and
know
that
there
are
schools
that
don't
have
air
condition
so
I'd
rather
I'd
rather
know
about
it,
now
give
us
an
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
the
money's
in
this
in
the
budget,
so
we
can
fix
that
going
into
another
school
year.
I
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
your
presentation
this
morning
and
thank
you
for
all
the
great
work.
I
know
this
huge
amount
of
work
goes
into
preparing
our
budget,
a
few
questions,
the
operating
budget,
the
71
million
to
support
fair
wages
and
retention
of
city
employees.
I'm
really
concerned
about
the
fact
that
the
cost
of
living
in
the
city
of
boston
is
high
and
we
have
residency
requirements
etc.
J
B
Yeah,
I
I
want
to
do
my
best
to
channel
sort
of
the
the
labor
relations
and
sort
of
you
know
the
the
wage
pattern
that
sort
of
has
been
agreed
to
with
both
labor
and
administration
reflects.
You
know
what
is
a
agreed
upon
fair
wage
to
to
what,
but
we
are
very
sensitive
to
the
cost
cost
of
living
in
that,
in
housing
being
the
biggest
driver
of
people's
cost
of
living.
B
J
B
Yeah
the
johanna's
presentation
on
on
the
grouped
it
in
sort
of
thematic
things,
but
they're
that
they're
across
the
city
are
prior.
You
know
organized
by
by
areas
of
you
know.
Housing
obviously
is
a
huge
component
of
this
budget.
Mental
health
supports
we
all
realize
coming
off
the
pandemic,
that
that's
a
increasingly
important
element
of
the
budget,
but
all
those
things
are
sort
of
you
know
spread
throughout
the
city.
B
Well,
the
22
budget
reflects
the
the
budget
approved
in
tax
rate.
As
part
of
this
tax
rate
setting
process
in
december.
There
was,
there
was
minor
expense
adjustments.
I
I
think
it
was.
It
was
basically
just
I
don't
think
we
had
the
benefit
of
the
state
assessment
numbers
at
the
time
we
adopted
the
budget,
so
we
trued
that
up
a
little
bit,
but
but
a
lot
of
it
is
is
trying
to
capture
new
growth
and
in
in
establishing
the
valuation.
So
it's
it's
not
necessarily
a
projection.
J
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
administration
for
being
here.
I
have
just
a
few
questions.
One
is
just
in
terms
of
the
budget
listening
sessions.
I
know
that
there
was
a
budget
idea
of
a
budget
prior
to
that
happening
would
like
to
be
given
three
tangible
examples
of
how
the
budgeting
listening
sessions
actually
changed
or
had
an
influence
on
the
budget.
C
Yeah
and
feel
free
others
to
throw
in
other
examples
that
I
might
be
missing,
but
yeah
there
are
a
few.
There
are
a
few
key
takeaways,
so
one
example
is
actually
well
we're
just
talking
about
the
operating
budget
right
now,
but
in
the
capital
budget
and
the
arpa
allocations,
which
will
be
discussed
in
future
hearings.
There
are
other
additional
examples
in
the
capital
budget.
We
heard
a
lot
during
these
listening
sessions
that
folks
were
looking
for
more
open
space
for
the
city
to
pursue
open
space
acquisition,
dog
parks.
C
K
D
C
Yeah
youth
drops
is
another
big
one
right,
we've
heard
you
know
from
from
everyone
for
a
long
time
now,
5
000
summer,
jobs
and
this
budget
exceeds
that
goal
with
6
000
summer
jobs.
So
those
are
just
a
highlight
of
some
examples,
but
really
you
know
we.
We
tried
to
root.
Basically
every
investment
in
things
that
we
heard
during
the
network.
F
That
was
the
other
one.
Oh
sorry,
alternative,
alternative
public
safety
responses
to
mental
health
crises
that
was
far
and
away
our
biggest
our
first
choice
for
everyone
in
sort
of
public
safety,
making
sure
that
we
have
the
right.
We
have
an
appropriate
public
response
to
appropriate
mental
health
needs
for
some
folks.
K
Great,
thank
you
I
mean-
and
this
is
a
pilot
so
hopefully
seeing
it
expand
so
that
we
can
get
better
numbers
across
the
city,
more
representative
of
the
city,
thinking
about
along
class
terms,
who
has
the
ability
to
attend
budgeting
sessions?
How
are
we
getting
city
hall
out
of
city
hall
there,
especially
when
you
know
the
definition
of
equity
here
about
you
know
every
resident,
regardless
of
background
and
feeling
to
be
and
feel
empowered
to
thrive
in
boston.
K
I
I
mean
I
challenge
that
the
work
is
more
than
that
right,
it's
about
corrective
action
that
we
have
to
take
and
if
we
actually
internalize
that
that's
going
to
look
very
different
when
we
do
outreach
and
also
in
our
budget,
I.
My
second
question
was
about
state
aid
just
curious
around,
so
the
state
tuition,
the
charter
school
reimbursement
should
increase.
I
think
it
says
to
about
90
percent,
which
hopefully
will
increase,
will
be
a
net
increase
in
in
what
we'll
be
receiving
from
the
state.
K
B
Well,
I
don't
want
to
speak
for
the
state
administration,
but
I
we
definitely
echo
your
sentiments.
We
we
wanted
to
to
be
a
more
significant
part
of
the
city's
operating
budget.
We
feel
the
city
is
generating
that
level
of
resources
that
contribute
to
the
to
the
commonwealth's
budget.
So
it's,
but
I
I
wouldn't
want
to
speak
for
if
it's
been
multiple
administrations
and
legislative
bodies
that
have
participated
in
this.
So
it's
it's.
E
K
Okay,
just
a
last
quick
question:
are
there
discussions
internally
about
ways
in
which
other
new
revenue
streams
that
we
are
exploring
or
thinking
about
on
the
local
level?
Whether
it's
you
know,
you
know,
fees
that
we
are
able
within?
You
know
our
homeworld
authority
to
generate
like
what
are
some
new
things
that
we
are
thinking
about.
Even
if
they're,
not
you
know,
haven't
risen
to
the
level
of
we
are
depending
on
them
in
a
way
that
is
substantial.
B
Yeah,
I
I
think
we're
open
to
any
in
all
forms
of.
We
know
that
we're
probably
a
little
over
dependent
on
on
property
taxes,
very
stable,
very
reliable,
but
it's
it's
a
big.
It's
a
lot
of
eggs
in
one
basket,
so
we
do
we
we're
definitely
open
to
that.
I
mean
I
don't
know
that
anything's
sort
of
queued
up
to
submit
it's
part
of
this
budget
cycle,
but
we've
looked
at
all
kinds
of
different
revenue
sources.
I
don't
thought
if
there's
anything
that
comes
pops
here.
E
I
mean
I
would
just
say
that
that's
correct
jim,
I
think
that's
it's
mainly.
The
growth
in
this
budget
is
rebounding
of
economic
growth
and
and
more
so
than
the
new
sources,
we're
definitely
very
constrained
by
the
tax
authority,
limited
tax
authority
we
have
under
the
state
legal
framework.
We
definitely
do
assess
year-to-year
opportunities
for
new
revenue.
I
will
say
that
one
thing
that's
been
top
of
mind
last
couple
years
is
the
fact
that
we're
emerging
from
a
pandemic,
the
residents
of
businesses,
are
struggling.
H
B
Well,
they
tend
to
be
looking
at
your
official
statement,
that's
associated
with
the
bond
perspective,
so
I
think
I
think,
there's
like
five
years
of
data
like
in
that
world,
but
they
there
is.
There
is
some
universality
of
what
they
look
at
so
they
do
they
look,
they
do
say.
Are
you
on
top
of
your
pension
schedule?
Are
you
like,
in
a
situation
where
you're
way
behind
and
it's
a
big
liability?
B
Are
you
you
know?
Are
you
you
know
current
on
your
your
debt
issuance
outstanding?
So
those
are
important
things,
but
just
general
fiscal
management
is
is,
is
always
you
know,
I
probably
almost
overuse
it,
but
it's
the
equivalent
of
like
the
fico
score
for
a
consumer.
It's
something
like
you
know.
Are
you
it's
it's
credit
worthiness
at
the.
H
H
B
B
C
B
Is
a
post
retirement
benefit
and
we
have
not
been
required
to
develop
a
schedule.
Yet
we
think
that's
on
the
horizon.
You
have
to
you
have
to
build
a
schedule
for
it
and
that's
sort
of
the
shift
that
we've
been
talking
about
for
a
long
time
to
say
once
we
get
the
pension
viability
under
control,
we'll.
H
H
H
H
H
We
did
we
did
the
triple
a
yeah
like
some
of
the
transformative
investments,
getting
the
small
things
right.
I
know
we're
like
what
exactly
does
that
mean
getting
the
small
things
right
like?
How
do
you
invest
and
get
it
shouldn't?
We
be
already
doing
that
shouldn't
that
be
part
of
like
the
city
mantra
already
the
the
streets,
the
parks,
the
playgrounds
like
that's
yeah.
It's.
B
B
L
B
Well,
I
would
defer
to
the
economic
opportunity-
cabinet
inclusion
cabinet,
but
we,
the
budget
office,
was
involved
in
assembling,
departmental
buying
plans
and
that's
part
of
the
strategy
to
to
increase
the
amount
of
mwbe
participants
in
the
city's
purchasing.
So
to
make
that
available
for
prospective
contractors,
and
also
it's
part
of
our
budget
discussion-
are
there
opportunities
to
look
at
the
way
work
is
is
executed?
Is
there
a
way
to
restructure
things
that
make
might
make
it
a
stronger
opportunity
for
a
small
local
minority
or
women
business
to
to
bid
on
it.
L
B
This
is
not
necessarily
a
a
a
list
of
questions
that
need
to
respond
to,
but
it's
it's
sort
of
there
are
sort
of
we
think
of
the
budget
in
sort
of
you
know,
sort
of
getting
the
small
things
right,
the
sort
of
the
baseline
level
of
services
what
you're
delivering
now?
How
much
does
that
cost
in
the
following
fiscal
year,
you're
working
to
you
know,
incorporate
more
performance
metrics
to
say
you
know
you're
delivering
this
on
time,
you
know
or
if
you're
falling
behind
in
this.
B
If
there's
a
backlog
building
in
this
area,
what
what
level
of
resources
would
you
need
to
to
increase
that
in
some
of
those
so
those
so
we
we
sort
of
hash
out
sort
of
the
core
level
of
service
rolled
forward
for
a
future
year
cost.
So
some
of
it
has
some
inflationary
impact.
Some
of
it
is
labor-based.
I
mean
the
vast
majority
of
departmental
budgets
are
people,
so
it
is
it's
highly
influenced
by
by
labor
costs
going
forward,
but
those
but
sort
of
through
the
investment
request.
L
B
Well,
it's
it's
it's
less!
It's!
It
tends
to
be
an
evolving
conversation
about
sizing
the
investment
request.
So
it's
not
necessarily
to
to
be
honest
with
you.
Budget
officers
always
have
this
reputation
of
all
the
stuff
you
say
no
to,
but
it's
it's
not
necessarily.
No.
In
most
cases,
it's
like
you
know
what.
How
can
we
work
together
to
get
to
the
right
proposal
that
fits,
and
so
things
is
it's
a
very
iterative
process,
there's
a
lot
of
back
and
forth
with
departments.
So
it's
it's
not
a
clean
sort
of.
B
You
know
they
got
this.
It's
it's
a
conversation
throughout
the
process
and
and
the
administration
really
brought
a
lot
of
voices
to
this
conversation.
So
we
were
having
cabinet
folks
come
in
and
and
talk
about
it
about
what
their
proposal
was
and
who
was
serving
and
how
power
integrated
with
other
resources.
So
it
was,
it
was
a
really
dynamic
process.
The
whole
long
period.
L
B
Well,
you
raise
an
excellent
point,
so
the
part
of
the
with
your
you
guys,
participation,
we
try
to
maximize
the
the
residential
exemption
and
the
tax
burden
tends
to
fall
on
the
commercial
industrial,
although
the
levy
tends
to
to
be
consistent
in
terms
of
its
allowable
growth.
So
even
though
you
know
a
property
owner,
might
you
know
make
an
argument
for
their
value?
Individual
values?
You
know,
although
abatements
are
relatively
record
low,
so
I
think
I
think
we're
these.
L
B
E
Yeah,
so
on
top
of
the
residential
residential
exemption
which
boston
maxes
out
the
kind
of
maximum
allowable
35
of
equivalent
to
35
percent
of
the
sort
of
average
value
of
a
class
1
residential
parcel.
So
maximum
residential
exemption,
as
jim
was
saying,
we
weight
the
commercial
and
residential
fully
in
favor
of
residential.
M
M
B
It's
it's
there's
a
difference
in
the
nuance
between
the
emergency
employees
versus
contracted
services.
So
there
are
jobs
that
are
higher
through
success,
link
successfully
program
where
they're
on
the
city's
payroll
system,
just
like
all
of
us
here
and
then
there
are
opportunities
for
them
to
grant
to
cbo's
who
are
willing
to
handle
the
onboarding
and
payroll
processes,
so
that
would
run
through
the
contracted
services
line.
B
So
it's
it's
a
it's
a
function
of
we.
We
need
to
consider
minimum
wage
so
that
the
budget
goes
up
automatically
based
on
the
minimum
wage
change,
which
I
think
is,
was
it
1475
or
1450,
or
something
like
that
yeah
and
then,
and
then,
obviously
you
know
it's
a
calendar
year
basis
that
we'd
have
to
consider
for
school
year,
jobs
in
january.
So
all
those
those
elements
are
used
to
sort
of
develop
the
budget
and
the
state
resources.
M
B
B
M
M
M
Okay
and
the
eligibility
for
the
youth
jobs
program
was
that
expanded
at
all.
I
know
that
currently
there
are
like
some
14
year
olds,
who
are
eligible.
There
was
also
a
request
to
expand
it
to
going
up
from
14
to
22,
because
that's
the
age
that
bps
goes
up
to
and
right
now.
Basically,
all
bps
students
are
not
eligible
for
the
youth
jobs
program.
So
was
the
eligibility
age
eligibility
extended.
B
M
B
A
J
A
A
So
I
mean
this,
my
questions
are
to
anyone
that
can
answer
and
bach
you
took
my
question
number
four
in
question:
number
five.
Thank
you
as
we
I
was
speaking
about
revenue
and
diversifying
our
income
streams.
Have
we
looked
at
the
override
like
into
overriding
proposition,
and
by
that
I
mean
you
know
two
and
a
half
percent
to
readjust
the
base
tax
rate
formula
to
include
new
construction
costs
plus
assess
sales
prices.
B
B
A
B
A
A
The
surveys
obviously
disproportionately
inequitable
and
the
response
is
disproportionately
inequitable,
so
we,
I
wonder,
though,
what
your
definition
of
equity?
What
is
what
is
that,
like?
I
heard
you
speaking
about
that
in
your
presentation.
Could
you
speak
more
about
what
does
it?
What
does
equity
mean
exactly
for
the
city
of
boston.
B
Yeah,
it's
it's
the
the
right.
So
there
are
it's
it's
when
you're
you're
thinking
about
like
education,
it's
it's
something
that
is
fairly
straightforward.
Every
student:
doesn't
it
doesn't
cost
exactly
the
same?
So
if
a
student
has
you
know
and
they're
bringing
in
all
kinds
of
different
elements
beyond
just
special
ed,
and
so
it's
this
low
income,
english
language,
learners,
so
those
so
those.
B
It's
an
iterative
process.
We
look
for
all
kinds
of
participants.
I
know
there's
lots
of
discussion
of
like
beyond
surveys
beyond
listening
sessions,
because
you
know
there
are
a
lot
of
folks
who
who
it's
very
skewed.
People
who
use
technology-
and
maybe
you
know-
is
to
go
out
to
people.
I
know
I
know
the
mayor's
desire
was
to
have
us
out
in
the
in
the
districts
with
you
guys.
A
You
you,
I
saw
everyone
nodding
when
I
said
that
the
surveys
were
obviously
disproportionately
or
just
just
represented,
did
not
reflect
the
demographics
of
the
city
of
boston
and
we
all
nodded
because
we,
you
know,
we
agree,
we
need.
We
got
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
If
that's
the
case,
then
what
the
responses
there
for
did
not
represent
the
city
of
boston,
but
you
also
said
that
you
responded
that
this
budget
was
a
response
to
the
listening
sessions.
Why
would
we
respond
to
something
that
we
know
is
lopsided.
C
C
Okay,
if
we
filter
out
this
phrase,
we
filter
out
this
age
to
see
if
there
were
differences
between
different
people
who
identify
in
different
ways,
because
you're
right
there's,
for
example,
60
of
survey
response
for
white
those
who
again,
who
identif
who
chose
to
identify
the
race.
Some
respondents
chose
not
to
identify
their
race.
Obviously,
60
of
the
population
of
the
city
is
not
white,
and
so
it
we
didn't
again
just
want
to
say
well,
this
is
representative,
so
we're
going
to
match
perfectly.
C
We
tried
to
take
into
account
not
only
the
survey
results,
not
only
the
listening
tour
feedback,
but
also
just
the
feedback
that
we
hear
from
ons
right.
We
are
in
communication
with
ons
we're
in
communications
with
departments.
They
are
the
content
experts.
They
are
the
ones
who
are
going
out
of
the
community,
the
parks
department,
btd
every
department
holding
you
know,
regular
public
meetings
and
speaking
to
constituents.
So
we're
really
taking
in
like
this
was
a
really
strong
component,
obviously
of
of
the
budget.
C
A
Really
safe
to
say
less
than
200
people
each
meeting
I
go
to
a
lot
of
them
and
so
considering
right,
we're
talking
a
very
low
ratio
of
the
demographics,
and
so,
if
we're
listening
to
something
that
we
know
unfairly
represents
boston,
then
I
question
that
that
judgment.
I
wonder,
then,
how?
How
are
we,
how?
How
is
that
transformative?
How
is
that
fair.
B
Well,
you
know
if
that
was
the
only
import
that
would
be
that
wouldn't
be
an
effective
way
to,
but
it's
we
have
multiple
feedback
loops
and
we
we've
had
we've.
It's
not.
This
isn't
our
first
time
of
trying
to
look
at
that
phenomenon,
and
you,
you
probably
know
better
than
I
about
going
to
a
community
meeting,
that
there
are
certain
advocacies
that
tend
to
drown
out
a
lot
of
the
people
who
need
to
be
heard.
A
We
agree,
then,
that
the
numbers
does
not
represent
demographics
and
the
demographics
of
the
meeting.
The
people
does
not
reflect
the
actual
population
of
city
of
boston.
We
also
know
that
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
so.
We
know
that
we
have
not
engaged
boston.
We
have
engaged
a
very
small
portion
of
people
that
have
access
that
typically
show
up
and,
and
that's
okay,
I
I
think
we
agree
cousin
burrell
mentioned
a
a
question
that
was
not
answered,
and
I
was
really
interested
in
that
of
the
requests
that
you
get
from
departments.
A
B
I
think
everything
is
responded
to,
but
what
I
think
I
responded
to
council
world
is
it's
it's.
Some
of
it
is
just
it's
an
iterative
question.
Sometimes
there
are
things
that
are
like,
maybe
duplicate
and
that's
that's
the
benefit
of
everything
going
through
a
central
clearinghouse,
because
you,
you
also
want
coordination
amongst
investments
and
so
we're
we're.
So
it's
it's.
Sometimes
it's
it's
working
together
with
multiple
departments
on
an
initiative
and
also
maximizing
your
resources.
So
does
it
belong
into
the
in
the
operating
budget?
Does
it
belong
in
the
capital
budget?
A
Thank
you.
There
were
several
departments
that
experienced-
or
at
least
it
looks
like
their
personnel
lion
lines
were
reduced
for
fiscal
year
for
this
fiscal
year
actually
budget.
Are
you
able
to
speak
to
these,
and
I
have
some
examples
in
terms
of
fair
housing.
Commission
had
a
reduction
in
the
personal
budget
about
100,
000
and
bcyf
administration
and
policy,
and
youth
and
families
reduction
in
their
personnel
budget
about
370
000
environmental
had
a
reduction
of
personnel
budget
of
about
450
000.
D
F
F
That
you'll
actually
see
reflected
in
the
excuse
me
office
of
historic
preservation,
which
includes
the
landmarks
commission,
so
that
explains
the
environment
department.
I
will
double
check.
I
am
90
certain
that
the
office
of
fair
housing
was
actually
a
result
of
moving
funding
from
permanent
employees
into
contracted
services.
They
realized
that
the
things
they
wanted
to
do
the
sort
of
housing
testing
that
they
do
was
better
suited
for
contracted
services
than
an
employee,
yeah.
F
Thank
you
and
bcyf,
so
one
of
the
things
we
do
is
take
a
very,
very
close
hard
look
at
everyone's
permanent
employees
and
their
personnel,
and
this
actually
relates
to
the
salary
savings
model.
So
bcyf
had
a
large
number
of
vacancies.
They
had
a
lot
of
turnover,
a
lot
of
turmoil,
not
turmoil
turnover
in
the
past
year
and
so
we're
just
looking
at
the
positions
they
have
and
making
sure
that
they
can
adequately
staff
everything.
That
was
the
number
that
they
ended
up
being
at
and
we
are.
A
B
Yeah,
that's
that's
the
the
model
of
implementing
the
youth
job
so
when
they,
when
they
do
sort
of
a
grant
agreement
with
a
cbo
to
handle
fully
onboarding
the
youth
into
the
job.
So
in
order
to
increase
the
number
of
youth
jobs
overall,
they're
trying
different
approaches
to
doing
it.
So
if
there
are,
if
there
are
challenges
getting
the
youth
through
the
city's
onboarding
system,
they
want
to
leverage
the
opportunities
with
cbo's
have
that
capacity.
A
Thank
you
I'll
hold
off
the
rest
of
the
questions.
I
do
have
to
read:
council
mahir's
statements
or
questions
dear
madam
chair
and
members
of
chair
of
ways
and
means.
I
am
writing
to
inform
you
of
my
absence
during
today's
city
council
hearing
on
docket
dockets,
zero,
four,
eight
zero,
two
zero
four,
eight
six
fy23
budget,
a
f
budget
overview
due
to
a
scheduling
conflict.
I
am
unable
to
attend
at
this,
as
this
is
the
first
budget
hearing
of
the
season.
A
I
would
like
to
thank
you,
council
fernandez
anderson
for
your
leadership
as
the
chair
of
ways
and
means,
especially
in
the
fight
towards
achieving
equity
in
our
city
budget.
I
would
also
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
enter
a
few
questions
into
the
record
which,
with
which
I
hope
to
follow
up
with
the
panelists
for
answers
in
regards
to
the
6
000
new.
A
B
A
B
A
B
Okay
place
place
making.
I
I
have
a
little
familiarity
with
it,
because
there
were
some
winter
place,
making
events
that
occurred.
It's
basically
an
activation
of
a
public
space
to
to
bring
folks
together.
You
know
coming
out
of
a
pandemic,
there's
a
lot
of
social
isolation.
That's
occurred
where
people
you
know
so
there
they
were
basically
art
installations.
B
C
A
A
B
B
I
think
that's
part
of
the
strategy
to
increase
the
quality
of
child
care
is
to
to
ensure
that
the
wages
are
higher.
I
know
that's
one
of
the
definitions
of
quality
of
universal
pre-k
is
making
sure
that
the
the
teaching
staff
has
at
least
a
bachelor's
degree
and
makes
a
wage
akin
to
the
debauches
boston
teachers
union,
wage
pattern.
A
B
A
N
All
right,
please!
So
I'm
I'm
here
with
the
friends
of
malcolm
x
park
and
we're
speaking
on
the
budget.
That's
going
into
like
you
know,
tearing
down
our
trees
and
we're
not
too
happy
about
that,
because,
especially
since
they
did
not
have
a
whole
process
of
how
it's
going
to
cost
the
city
more
to
remove
these
trees
rather
than
to
just
leave
them
alone.
N
I
mean,
and
it's
like
you're,
not
even
notifying
the
community.
You
need
to
know
what's
going
on
and
actually
ask
us
how
you
know
we
would
like
these
things
to
be
spent.
You
know
it's
it's
a
really
kind
of
screwed
up
process
how
it's
done.
It's
like
we're
being
dictated
to
instead
of
ask
hey.
How
would
you
like
to
use
this
resource?
N
O
Good
morning,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
this
morning.
We
came
here
to
this
budget
hearing,
because
the
parks
department
budget
is
being
discussed
and
there's
an
8.8
million
dollar
budget
for
the
malcolm
x
park.
That
includes
what
mr
justice
just
referred
to
around
toxic
turf
placement,
as
well
as
the
removal
of
legacy
trees,
while
the
city
of
boston
has,
and
the
mayor
have
decided
that
not
one
old
growth
tree
should
be
removed
from
the
city
of
boston
because
of
the
climate
crisis.
O
O
This
area
we
have
the
city
of
boston,
has
also
produced
a
heat
map
of
how
the
resiliency
of
our
communities
is
laid
out,
as
it
relates
to
heat
urban
heat
islands,
and
there
is
an
urban
heat
island
there.
But
if
you
look
on
the
map,
the
place
where
the
trees
are
currently
is
blue
removal
of
these
trees
to
add
things
like
amphitheaters
and
going
through
trees
instead
of
around
them.
O
The
astro
turf
that
was
designed
to
be.
Can
you
wrap
up
in
36?
I
am
yes,
yes,
ma'am,
the
the
astro
turf
that
we're
asking
which
will
present
a
harm
to
our
community,
it's
something
that
was
designed
for
indoors
and
they
want
to
put
it
on
an
outdoor
field
rather
than
using
sod,
which
would
be
cheaper
and
easier
to
maintain
than
a
plastic
top
that
will
kill
all
of
the
life.
O
That's
under
that
field
and
toxify
and
poison
our
groundwater,
and
I
have
two
great-grandchildren-
and
that
should
not
happen
because
they're
going
to
inherit
this
legacy,
so
I'm
asking
that
it
be
reconsidered
that
you
look
at
the
parks
department
budget
and
see
how
these
things
are
being
allocated.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
My
name
is
joanna
hines
and
I
just
wanted
to
also
thank
counselor
lujan
for
asking
for
three
tangible
examples
to
be
given.
Based
on
that
survey
and
madam
chair,
thank
you
for
also
asking
more
questions
about
that.
Less
than
one
percent
of
boston's
population
is
not
it's
not
a
significant
amount
and
should
not
be
considered
real
information
as
far
as
what
the
people
want.
P
So
you
know
I
was
wondering
more
about
the
public
health
piece
of
this
pie
and
how
much
is
allocated
to
that,
because
if
the
city
really
does
consider
extreme
heat
and
asthma
to
be
issues
that
are
within
the
realm
of
public
health,
how
can
we
also
be
taking
away
one
of
our
greatest
natural
assets
mature
tree
canopy?
That
exists,
even
though
it's
dwindling
by
the
day?
P
As
far
as
extreme
heat,
just
the
other
day,
marawu
was
written
about
in
her
heat,
resilience,
solutions
for
boston
and
identified
roxbury
as
one
of
the
top
neighborhoods
of
concern.
I
don't
mean
to
be
disrespectful,
but
it's
a
joke
that
the
city
is
going
into
a
park
in
roxbury
named
after
malcolm
x,
designed
by
the
olmsted
brothers
the
week
of
arbor
day,
malcolm
x's
birthday
and
olmsted's
200,
200th
anniversary
and
chopping
wants
to
chop
down
trees
and
add
more
impermeable
surfaces.
P
The
jury
is
out
on
the
dangers
of
turf.
The
massachusetts
website.gov
is
doing
research
as
we
speak.
The
world
cup
has
just
told
robert
kraft
to
rip
up
the
turf
and
put
down
real
grass,
because
real
soccer
players
don't
want
the
staph
infections,
the
burns,
the
blisters
on
the
bottoms
of
their
feet
or
all
that
other
stuff
that's
being
ingested.
I
think
they
know
what
they're
talking
about.
P
So
how
about
the
city
stops,
ripping
up
natural,
green
land
and
putting
plastic
green
carpet
in
its
place?
That
makes
no
sense
it's
almost
a
joke.
Finally,
I
mean
this
is
a
question.
I'm
probably
crazy
to
ask
it
on
on
film
how
much
of
this
total
budget
is
going
to
line
the
pockets
of
the
concrete
industry.
A
G
Round
two
great
thanks
so
much
madam
chair,
I
wanted
to
follow
up
on
the
youth
jobs,
questions
again
super
excited
about
the
expansion
and
also
excited.
I
think
it's
important
for
counselors
to
know
that
that
that
bulk
sum
that
allows
some
of
the
organizations
to
just
administer
the
jobs
directly
without
going
through
our
our
city,
employment
process
was
very
much
a
long-term.
Ask
that
you
know
we
had
been
pushing
for
because
it
does
simplify
it
for
a
bunch
of
our
organizations.
G
That
said,
I'm
sort
of
curious
about
the
back
end
side,
because
we
all
know
that
every
year,
the
challenges
of
actually
filling
all
the
youth
jobs
that
we
offer.
However
many
you
know
some
of
that
is
outreach,
but
some
of
that
is
the
extensive
process
of
the
ones
that
do
come
through
the
city
system,
folks
needing
to
get
signed
up
as
city
employees,
and
we
frequently
see
it's
one
thing.
G
If
a
youth,
you
know,
comes
into
four
weeks
of
our
summer
job
program
because
they
found
another
opportunity,
a
lot
of
times,
they're
just
sitting
in
our
back
end
queues
not
getting
signed
up
until
two
weeks
in
and
when
my
office
hosted
success,
link
youth.
We
saw
that
happening
in
real
time.
So
I'm
sort
of
curious
what,
as
we
think
about
putting
more
folks
through
that
throughput.
G
Even
though
we've
diversified
the
throughputs
by
adding
the
grants
like
sort
of
what
are
our
investments
in
the
back
end,
because
it
always
felt
like
there
was
a
bit
of
a
kind
of
hr
department
challenge
there
and
just
it's
a
lot
more
people
to
onboard
than
normally
and
then
kind
of.
Similarly,
on
the
grant
side
heard
from
a
lot
of
community
partners.
G
Excitement
about
that,
but
also
it
got
introduced
very
late
in
the
cycle
last
year,
and
so
I
think
folks
felt,
like
you
know,
having
that
administered
in
the
way
that
was
going
to
work
for
them
and
making
sure
there
was
enough
of
a
buffer
to
support
the
administrative
costs
on
their
end.
Was
a
challenge.
So
I'd
love
to
hear
the
sort
of
boring
but
important
part
of
this.
If
you
can
talk
a
little
more
about
that.
B
Good
point
counselor,
so
the
the
new
approach,
where
they
sort
of
do
a
mix
of
both
the
traditional
onboarding
through
the
city,
success,
link,
program
and
then
granting
out
is,
has
met
with
success
and
they
were
able
to
hire
more
staff.
We
as
part
of
this
budget,
although
this
it's
not
going
to
impact
this
this
summer,
it's
going
to
be
you
know
long-term
is
we're
adding
an
fte
for
youth
outreach,
so
I
think
some
of
the
feedback
we
got
it
particularly
you
know
from
the
mayor's
feedback
generally
is
like
beyond
it
being.
B
You
need,
sometimes
the
personal
touch
to
just
basically,
you
know:
go
out
youth,
a
younger
person
talking
youth
about
jobs
and
opportunities.
We'd
go
a
long
way
we,
but
we
also
are
including
advertising,
because
we
know
that
that
will
work
as
well,
but
I
think
we're
well
positioned
to
do
do
both
the
back
end
part
by
onboarding,
the
folks
every
year.
It
is
improvements,
but
there's
no
other
hiring
element
in
the
city
where
that
many
people
get
through
put
the
system
at
the
same
time,
but.
G
B
G
Well,
so
I
guess
I
would
just
lodge
that
as
a
question
for
why
he
is
going
to
come
back
to
us,
but
it's
not
just
a
question
for
yee.
I'm
asking
it
of
you
guys,
because
it's
an
hr
city
systems
like
how
are
we
supporting.
I
just
think
it
would
be
a
pity
to
do
this.
Amazing
thing
that
the
mayor
is
doing.
I
know
it's
going
to
be
a
more
formal
announcement
this
afternoon
right
and
really
like
surge
us
on
youth
jobs
and
then
not
be
able
to
process
people.
B
G
My
other
question
kind
of
related
engineers,
amazing,
to
see
you
guys
proposing
to
hire
12
folks.
It's
it's
super
when
you
dig
into
the
weeds
as
a
counselor.
Why
projects
that
you
want
to
see
happen
for
safe
street
safety
are
not
happening.
It's
always
because
we've
got
way
too
few
engineers
on
deck
right
now,
we've
had
vacant
positions
and
stuff.
G
A
B
So
included
in
the
fy23
budget
for
the
rainbow's
office
is
something
put
forward
by
a
new
urban
mechanic
supporting
an
indigenous
communities.
Fellow
there's
an
announced
investment
in
a
senior
advisor
for
early
childhood
chief
of
planning
advisor
in
the
premier
deal.
All
these
sort
of
human,
relatively,
is
is
responsible,
is
responsible
for
the
growth
in
the
the
mayor's
office
budget
in
terms
of
city
council.
B
G
I
I
I
It's
a
public
health
issue,
a
public
safety
issue
and
it's
something
I'm
as
I
mentioned,
I
focused
on
for
four
years,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
federal
money,
that's
coming
into
the
city
and
we
have
a
large
city
budget.
Is
this
something
we're
going
to
tackle
this
year
to
make
sure
that
our
pools
are
fixed,
so
young
kids
are
able
to
go
to
go
swimming
and
get
swimming
lessons
and
and,
as
we
know,
more
kids
of
color
drowned
than
than
anyone
else.
So
it's
really
critical.
B
Boston,
thank
you,
council
that
the
swimming
pools
obviously
are
a
component
of
the
capital
budget.
We
can.
We
can
get
you
more
details
on
on
swimming
pool
investments
as
part
of
the
capital
budget
and
in
the
actual
operation
of
of
staffing,
with
lifeguards
in
in
developing
youth
swimming
programs
at
bcyf.
B
That
that
always
is
a
important
component.
Aquatics
is
a
huge
component
of
the
budget,
particularly
seasonally
when
they
open
up
the
seasonal
pools.
So
we
can
definitely
make
sure
that
the
at
bcuf's
hearing
in
on
the
16th
of
may
that
to
be
prepared
to
address
aquatics
and
aquatic
programs,
and
we
will
also
work
on
on
the
level
of
investment
on
swimming
pools
through
the
capital
plan.
I
I
B
You're
all
part
of
this
12
staff
argumentation
to
the
streets
cabinet
is
to
do
just
that
is
to
to
be
able
to
in
there
it's
it's
a
multi-uh
faceted
approach
to
implementing
pedestrian
safety
for
as
part,
so
there's
all
kinds
of
different
ways
to
approach
it,
and
then
we're
looking
to
try
to
streamline
the
process
to
to
to
come
up
with
the
most
effective
way
to
do
it.
So
I
we
think
that
they're
they're,
a
significant
investment,
was
made
this
year
to
to
help
support
that
effort.
C
J
Council
byrd.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
have
a
few
quick
things.
The
pilot
assessment
did
the
reassessment
of
the
real
estate
holdings
that
were
non-profits
and
the
city
has
that
been
completed
and
how
much
of
the
property
in
boston
at
this
stage
is
tax-exempt
and
how
much
do
we
actually
bring
in
from
pilot
assessment
and
that's
my
first
question.
B
J
Thank
you
and
then
also
in
terms
of
grant
making
capacity
you
know,
are
we
able
to
access?
Do
we
have
the
infrastructure
at
the
departmental
level
to
pursue
discretionary
competitive
grants
from
the
federal
government
or
from
the
states?
This
is
really
particularly
in,
in
the
light
of
you
know
the
the
money
that
might
be
available
from
the
president,
the
fed
president
biden's
infrastructure
law.
J
So
just
really
I've
heard
from
some
departments
that
they
need
the
support
from
to
get
grants
to
write
grants
and
and
get
they're
leaving
a
lot
of
money
on
the
table
according
according
to
these
folks
and
then
also
when
we
do
get
the
grants.
It's
an
embarrassment
when
we
have
to
give
the
money
back,
because
we
don't
have
the
staff
available
to
actually
implement
the
program
that
we
got
the
grant
for.
So
that's
really
something
it's
a
great
concern
and
if
you
any
comments
on
that
issue,
no,
we
we
think.
B
That's
that's
key
to
particularly
competitive
based
grants
going
forward.
I
think,
in
terms
of
infrastructure,
these
these
same
engineering
staff
will
probably
be
employed
in
addition
to
their
day-to-day.
You
know
work
but
supporting
the
sort
of
technical
analysis
that
needs
to
go
into
an
infrastructure
proposal,
so
we
think
that's
a
good
investment
that
will
leverage
future
competitive
federal
resources
is
a
huge
announcement
for
bluegill
lab.
B
B
Well,
it
depends
on
the
type
of
work
being
considered.
There
are
some
things
you
really
can't
outsource.
It's
a
it's,
a
core
city
function
that
that
you
need
to
have,
and
you
know,
through
the
pandemic
it
you
know.
Boston
is
not
like
on
a
lot
of
employers
where
the
there
is
in
service
interruptions
and
challenges,
the
film
you
know
filling
positions
that
also
with
the
transition.
B
J
J
Thank
you.
May
I
I
think
one
of
the
issues
that
we
hear
about
as
well
is
that
when
a
position
is
posted,
that
there's
a
there's,
a
long
process
to
filling
the
job
and
that
very
often
interested
candidates
actually
take
it's
a
very
competitive
job
market
that
they
actually
go
somewhere
else
and
then,
and
we
miss
the
opportunity
to
hire
that
very
talented
person
to
help
us.
So
I
think
we
need
to
smooth
out
our
processes
to
make
that
more
efficient.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thanks
again
to
the
administration
for
being
here
and
for
answering
the
questions.
The
section
on
bcyf
and
the
increase
in
funding
was
a
bit
confusing
in
the
book.
Just
so
it
says
that
the
it
says
fy
22
budget
will
increase
by
2.2
percent
overall
from
fy
21..
I
don't
know
if
those
are
just
like
the
years
are
wrong
or
if
the
budget
increase
is
wrong,
but.
K
Is
both
related
to
capture
flynn's
point
about?
You
know
we've
seen
in
recent
months
last
month
about
the
closure
of
swimming
pools
in
our
neighborhoods,
especially
in
our
black
and
brown
neighborhoods,
and
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
investing
money
to
keep
those
open
to
make
sure
that
folks
have
activities
and
are
able
to
access
those
swimming
pools
and
that
we
are
hiring
lifeguards
to
want
to
know
what
that
increase.
With
the
actual
increase
looks
like
for
bcy.
F
23
over
22
is
actually
a
slight
decrease.
It's
essentially
flat
they're
down
0.25
or
about
73
000
and
again,
that's
sort
of
just
looking
at
that
salary,
numbers
and
sort
of
the
positions
they're
able
to
fill
how
fast
they're
able
to
fill
them.
I
think
we're
all
aware
of
lifeguard
shortages,
which
speaks
to
the
swimming
pools.
F
Issue
speaks
to
the
hiring
issue,
and
I
know
that
I
know
that
bcyf
is
doing
their
absolute
best
to
staff
up
for
this
summer
right
now,
but
we
sort
of
doing
doing
the
math
and
the
analysis.
That's
what
it
looks
like
this.
Also
again,
I
believe
counselor
baker
asked
about.
It
does
not
include
any
collective
bargaining
yet
so
those
unions
are
also
most
of
them.
K
Great,
thank
you.
I
just
I'd
expect
to
see
you
know,
especially
since
we're
we
want
to
attract
more
talent.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
hire
more
lifeguards
and
more
staff
in
general
that
we
are
actually
experiencing
an
increase.
I
get
this.
The
numbers
work
themselves
out,
but,
and
I'm
also
very
curious
about
a
little
more
about
how
the
grants
a
lot
local
non-profits,
how
just
if
you
have
information
about
how
that
works.
What
that
looks
like
I
I'd
be
curious
to
hear
more.
B
K
Okay
and
then
same
thing
here,
it's
the
just.
The
information
about
the
bpl
budget
is
a
bit.
I
think
it's
missing
some
information.
We've
heard
a
lot
from
bpl
about
the
you
know,
especially
some
of
our
smaller
libraries
about
maintenance
issues
and
I'd
love
to
hear
more
about
how
the
bpl
budget
relates
to
any
capital
projects
that
we
have
on
deck
for
any
of
our
for
our
libraries.
Thank
you.
B
So,
just
traditionally
one
of
the
the
things
you're
sort
of
is
a
phenomenon
that,
when
we
do
a
major
renovation
to
a
library,
usually
the
the
volume
of
folks,
they
start
called
reach
like
how
many
people
go
there
grows
and
we
tend
to
end
up
adding
staff
to
support
that
extra
activity
there.
So
that's
a
recurring
theme
that
that
tends
to
happen,
but
in
terms
of
the
library
budget,
it's
it's
up
like
about
870
000.
B
K
M
F
F
There's
a
desire
to
make
sure
that-
and
I
don't
want
to
give
too
many
specifics,
because
I
don't
want
to
get
it
wrong,
but
basically
to
make
sure
that
they
all
have
them
when
they
need
them,
that
the
appropriate
officers
are
all
wearing
them,
which
I
believe
at
this
point
is
most
of
the
force.
There's
a
couple
small
groups
that
don't
wear
them,
and
then
there
was
some
rms,
which
is
records
management
system,
licensing
increases.
That
is
also
in
that
contracted
services
line.
That's
just
their
records
management
system.
M
D
F
And
that
includes
sort
of
the
licensing
for
the
software
that
includes
the
storage
of
the
data,
the
management
basically
of
the
the
back
end
system
as
well,
and
then
the
software
license
increases.
We
see
those
across
the
board
with
different
people,
just
annual
increases
in
software
licensing.
Thank.
M
You
and
my
final
question
is
about
eeos,
and
so
we
passed
the
burtle
2.0
last
year
and
there
was
a
request
made
by
the
office
of
eeos
to
ensure
that
they
could
effectively
implement.
Brittle
2.0
is
what
is
in
the
budget
in
alignment
with
the
request
that
was
made
by
the
office
like
is
that
in
alignment
with
the
full
implementation
of
berto.
B
A
L
Oh,
my
sorry
about
that,
so
we
defined
equity.
I
want
to
also
understand
what
equitable
results
are
we
driving
towards
you
know.
Is
it
home
ownership
rate,
graduation
rate?
Is
it
making
sure
that
you
know
the
parks
in
all
in
all
our
neighborhoods
are
looking
the
same,
the
streets,
the
sidewalks,
you
know
what
what
is
our
yearly
goal?
What
is
our
five
year
goal,
and
how
often
are
we
evaluating
you
know
those
metrics
and
what
are
those
metrics
that
we're
evaluating
to
make
sure
that
we're
on
track.
B
You
know
they
this
the
school
department
probably
can
speak
more,
but
there
are
assessment
tools
that
they
use
to
show
success
in
that
regard,
in
terms
of
whether
it's
mcas
testing
or
other
testing
components,
graduation
rate
is
obviously
a
key
component
of
of
successful
efforts.
Homeownership.
You
know
that
a
lot
has
been
made
that
most
people's
personal
wealth.
B
L
B
In
terms
of
of
it
adversely
impacting
the
motor
vehicle
everything.
Well,
that's
something
to
be
to
be
considered,
because
we
are
there's
a
huge
american
rescue
plan,
investment
to
make
the
city
one
of
the
most.
You
know
bike-friendly
walkable
cities
in
the
country,
so
you
would
think
that
that
may
have
an
adverse
impact
on.
E
E
A
Thank
you.
I
guess
you
know
there.
There
are
different
reductions
and
diff
in
different
line
items
that
I
wanted
to
address
as
well,
but
I
think
that
it
makes
sense
for
me
to
ask
them
to
those
specific
departments
and
in
terms
of
the
question
about
what
exactly
was
asked
in
comparison
to
what
was
approved
and
the
question
about.
A
A
It
means
that
if
I
can't
catch
up
to
my
counterpart
that
I
get
some
sort
of
you
know
heads
up
or
that
I
get
something
to
catch
up
and
when
we're
in
this
language
in
this
budget
today
we
hear
a
lot
about
every
that
everyone
is
empowered
that
everyone's
needs
are
met.
Of
course,
that
is,
that
is
what
we
want
in
order
to
do
that
on
an
equal
playing
field,
we
have
to
implement
equitable
solutions
right
in
order
for
us
to
say:
oh
look,
everyone
everyone's
needs
are
being
met.
A
That
means
that
some
are
at
a
lower
level
and
they
need
to
catch
up.
I
didn't
hear
about
that.
I
didn't
hear
about
how
we
are
addressing
the
gap.
How
are
we
addressing
the
disparities
or
how
do
we
help
a
people
catch
up,
and
so
we
would
like
for
you
to
keep
things
on
a
very
plain
level
make
it
plain
right,
as
malcolm
x
alonso
said,
and
in
this
type
of
conversation,
it's
difficult
with
the
budget
for
us
to
ask
you
questions
and
then
you
get
a
report
and
then
we
come
back.
A
Counselors
are
inundated
with
a
lot
of
work,
as
is
we'll
go
into
work
in
sessions
and
we'll
work
it
out
and
we'll
talk
it
through,
but
we
really
want
to
create
a
partnership
with
the
administration
in
the
interest
of
question.
Yes
on
one
right
in
the
interest
of
the
new
amendment
to
the
charter
and
looking
at
how
can
we
create
something,
that's
more
equitable
if
something
is
already
put
in
place?
What
is
the
best
way
to
address
this?
A
C
C
To
try
to
move
the
needle
on
that
and,
as
we've
said,
I
think
we
would
defer
to
specific
departments
to
talk
about
how
their
investments
are
going
to
try
to
identify
and
close
those
gaps
that
you're
talking
about
and
specifically
what
those
gaps
are,
because
I
think
the
departments
when
this
budget
was
being
put
together
really
did
have
ideas
about
what
populations
are
being
impacted
by
these
investments
and
what
their
goals
are
so
yeah.
But
we're
really
looking
forward
to
keep
moving
forward
on
that.
C
A
I
mean
I,
I
think,
that
my
counselor
colleagues
will
also
agree
that
some
of
the
answers
that
were
not
answered
here
today,
like
we,
don't
want
to
delay
this
process.
So
we
would
like,
for
future
all
the
departments
that
are
coming
to
present
future
hearings
for
us
to
have
the
answers
here
and
possibly
ahead
of
time.
A
I
have
not
been
getting
the
responses
ahead
of
time,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
hopefully
receiving
them
so
that
I
can
send
them
to
my
colleagues
so
that
they
can
have
their
time
to
review
them
so
that
we're
prepared
in
these
hearings
as
well.
If
we're
not
prepared
ahead
of
time,
then
we're
not
doing
the
work
and
we're
not
prepared
or
half
prepared,
because
we
don't
have
the
answers
that
we
asked
for,
and
that's
not
speaking
to
this
group
here,
but
the
departments
in
the
city
we're
still
waiting.
We
don't
have
them.
A
So
you
know,
and
I'm
I'm
gonna
stop
with
you
know,
I'm
not
gonna
ask
you
know
the
rest
of
my
questions.
I
think
that
you
know
some
of
the
responses
again
can
go
to
specific
hearings
in
each
department
with
the
specific
department
and
we'll
address
it
then,
but
in
the
spirit
of
again
working
together
I'll
hold
off
on
some
of
these
questions,
and
hopefully
we
can
do
that
collectively.
A
A
Q
Q
Q
Q
It
was
fraught
with
issues
and
difficulties,
but
we
for
the
most
part
made
it
through
around
mid-march.
However,
I
was
driving
down
dale
street
and
I
discovered
that
58
trees,
most
of
the
mature
legacy
trees
planned
and
designed
and
planted
by
the
architectural
design
firm
that
is
being
celebrated
over
the
world
today
during
arbor
week
after
earth
day
and
on
the
200th
birthday
tomorrow
of
frederick
law
olmsted,
who
was
synonymous
with
boston
and
public
green
spaces.
Q
It
doesn't
involve
the
introduction
of
toxic
plastic
turf
on
acres,
where
there
was
for
over
a
hundred
years
and
longer
natural
grass
producing
oxygen,
lessening
injuries
healthier
for
kids
in
the
neighborhood
of
this
city,
the
neighborhood
that
leads
this
city,
which
helps
lead
this
nation
in
childhood
asthma,
and
particularly
among
children
of
color.
I
don't
want
to
hear
all
the
talk
about
equity.
I
want
to
see
it
on
last
tuesday
during
a
meeting
which
violated
the
city's
public
meetings.
Laws
myself
and
other
community
members
who
participated
were
given
a
very
condescending.
Q
One-Sided
and
frankly,
I
think
unjust,
municipally,
unjust
railroading
on
we've
been
through
this
we've
been
through
that
and
here's
what
we're
going
to
do
and
here's
what
we're
going
to
do
was
they're
going
to
resume
this.
This
murder
of
these
trees
in
this
part
this
week,
just
in
time
for
homestead
just
in
time
for
arbor
week
just
in
time
for
today
and
future
discussions
and
talk
and
tv
shows
and
interviews
about
equity.
Q
Q
Q
With
culturally
significant
and
racially
marginalized
communities
in
the
gulf
coast,
thank
god
I
was
here
in
boston
and
not
turkey,
creek
mississippi
when
I
saw
the
paint
on
those
trees
because
they
were
going
to
be
cut
three
days
later.
So
this
council
and
the
administration
and
everyone
who
follows
your
directives
needs
to
get
on
the
right
page
today
and
fast
and
engage
the
community
stewards
and
friends
of
malcolm
x
park
about
what
we're
going
to
do
tomorrow
and
going
forward.
Q
D
A
R
I
too
have
come
in
support
of
protecting
the
trees
in
the
park
that
has
been
there
for
centuries,
our
lives
of
only
100
years
or
a
little
bit
more,
but
those
trees
lives
go
on
and
on
to
different
generations
of
people.
So
I
would
like
to
get
the
consciousness
of
this
council
of
the
mayor
and
of
the
people
of
boston
to
think
about
what
we
want
to
leave
behind.
R
I
understand
their
issues
with
ada
compliance,
but
surely
we
can
imagine
a
way
that
we
can
have
the
trees
and
be
compliant
think
of
the
grand
canyon.
Do
we
destroy
the
grand
canyon
for
88
compliance,
or
do
we
work
around
it?
I'm
hoping
that
your
consciousness
is
raised
today
to
find
a
way
for
us
to
have
both.
R
I
am
a
landlord,
I'm
a
filmmaker,
I'm
a
publisher
and
I'm
a
community
person.
I
don't
say
leader,
but
you
know
I'll
just
say
that
I'm
president
of
united
neighbors
little
roxbury,
but
I
think
we're
all
leaders
in
a
sense.
So
I
don't
like
to
use
title
leader
because
I
like
to
work
with
people,
I'm
hoping
that
I
can
work
with
you
and
we
can
build
a
consensus
around
the
issue
that
is
before
us.
R
Is
there?
Is
there
an
equity
there?
Is
there
an
equal
on?
Is
there
equal
treatment
there?
So
I'm
asking
the.
I
don't
want
to
bore
you
with
a
lot
of
words.
I
know
you
hear
a
lot
of
them
all
day
long.
I
hope
I'm
brief
and
to
the
point
please
help
us
build
the
consensus
to
maintain
what
we've
had
for
generations,
and
that
is
my
request
to
the
mayor
and
as
my
request
to
this
council,
that
has
been
my
request
to
the
people
in
the
roxbury
and
then
the
people
in
this
city.
Thank
you.
A
S
Awesome
laurel,
thank
you,
oh
great
hearing.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership
in
the
council.
I
wanted
to
backtrack
to
your
excellent
remarks
about
how
we
reach
and
get
input
from
everyone
and
researcher.
I'm
a
researcher
who
has
conducted
surveys
and
other
kinds
of
group
focus
groups
with
hard
to
reach
people,
and
there
are
methods
and
evidence-based
ways
to
reach
out
and
get
the
very
information
that
you
were
talking
about
earlier
today.
S
S
Sometimes
you
hear
about
the
meeting
and
the
cake
is
baked
and
you're
not
going
to
have
your
input
really
hurt
because
the
decisions
have
been
made,
and
I
have
I
have
written
to
the
boston
transportation
department,
commissioner,
suggesting
that
they
get
an
evaluation
specialist
suggesting
that
they
learn
the
state-of-the-art
survey,
methods
and
outreach
methods
and
other
departments
need
it
too.
They
need
a
neighborhood
office
of
neighborhood
services.
S
Again,
you
only
know
about
what's
going
on.
If
you
can
access
the
internet,
that
is
not
equitable
access
and
other
departments
like
the
boston
planning
and
development
agency,
is
the
same.
So
thank
you
for
allowing
me
this
input.
I
don't
know
if
you
can
put
it
in
the
budget
to
hire
some
evaluation.
Specialist
top-notch
survey,
research
center
at
umass,
boston,
top-notch,
other
survey,
research
services
through
our
universities
and
I'll
leave
my
email
with
your
staff
in
case
you'd
like
to
discuss
this
further.
Thank
you
very
much
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
A
B
A
Thank
you
so
much.
I
I
sincerely.
I
sincerely
mean
that
I
think
that
politics,
for
some
reason,
when
you
get
into
politics
and
you're,
just
learning
about
you
know
running
for
office
or
what
to
do
we're
all
gun
whole
about
saving
the
world,
and
then
you
realize
that,
in
order
for
you
to
run
it's
a
duplicitous
sort
of
method
to
run
for
office
like
us
against
the
system
and
then
you
get
in
and
you're
like.
A
Oh
wait,
it's
all
people
with
good
intentions,
but
you
know
flawed
systems
or
whatever,
and
I
think
that
you
you,
we
have
a
wonderful
team
and
administration
as
well
as
the
council.
I
know
that
I,
like
every
single
one
of
my
colleagues
and
brilliant
minds
and
innovative
ideas
and
certainly
very
very
actual,
progressive
positions.
So
I
think
I
look
forward
to
that.
I
think
that
we
can
get
together
and
relook
this
budget
over.
A
I
know
that
office
of
what
do
we
call
returning
research
returning
citizens
needs
a
lot
of
help.
I
know
that
bcyf.
I
know
that
isd.
We
need
more
support
there.
We
can
address
all
of
our
inspectional
service
issues
if
we
can't
do
more
there.
There
are
different
opinions
that
we
have,
but
I
think
we
can
do
this
together
all
right.
Thank
you.
So
much.
Thank
you
for
the
public
for
your
testimonies
and
this
session
is
adjourned.
See
you
later.