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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means on April 24, 2018
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Docket #0559-0565: Fiscal Year 2018 Budget: Assessing Department
#0583- Community Preservation Fund Appropriation
A
Lady
counselor
today
is
Tuesday
April
24th.
We
are
here
with
our
newer
commissioner
Gayle
Willett.
Welcome
Gayle
I'd
like
to
remind
folks
that
this
is
a
public
hearing.
It
is
both
being
recorded
and
broadcast
on
our
CN
channel
82
Comcast,
a
channel
8
and
Verizon
1964
I'd
asked
folks
to
silence
their
electronic
devices,
the
conclusion
of
the
departmental
presentation
and
questions
and
answers
from
Mike.
For
my
colleagues,
we
will
take
public
testimony.
There
was
a
sign-in
sheet
to
my
left.
We
ask
that
you
state
your
name
affiliation
in
residence
and
check
the
box
box.
A
If
you
do
wish
to
testify,
this
budget
review
will
encompass
over
36
hearings
over
the
next
several
weeks.
We
strongly
encourage
residents,
whether
here
in
the
chamber
or
at
home,
to
take
a
moment
to
be
engaged
in
this
process.
By
giving
testimony
for
the
record,
you
can
do
this
in
several
ways:
come
to
one
of
the
36
hearings
and
give
public
testimony
come
to
the
hearing
dedicated
to
public
testimony
on
Tuesday
June
5th
any
time
between
2:00
to
6:00
p.m.
and
also
you
can
send
by
mail
to
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means
city
council.
B
You
very
much
I
want
to
thank
you
for
inviting
me
to
the
budget
hearing
for
the
record
I'm
Gail
Willett,
the
Commissioner
of
the
assessing
Department
I'm
here
today
today
to
present
the
2019
budget
recommendations
for
the
assessing
department,
as
a
new
commissioner
I'm,
looking
forward
to
working
with
the
City
Council
in
the
case
in
the
past,
the
assessing
department
will
continue
to
provide
excellent
customer
service
in
responding
to
constituent
issues
and
questions.
The
assessing
department
is
responsible
for
determining
the
taxable
value
for
all
real
estate
in
the
city.
B
This
includes
vehicle
and
boat
excise
taxes,
as
well
as
personal
property.
Valuations
challenges
the
department
is
facing
is
keeping
up
with
an
active
real
estate
market
to
determine
full
and
fair
cash
values
for
property.
This
is
needed
for
us
to
achieve
Department
of
Revenue
certification
and
that
allows
us
to
mail
out
the
third
quarter,
bills
that
go
out
in
January.
B
Also,
the
department
is
in
the
process
of
a
camel
conversion.
Cama
system
is
our
computerized
valuation
system
that
helps
us
determine
property
values
across
the
city.
Our
current
system
is
reaching
the
end
of
its
useful
life.
We've
chosen
a
new
vendor
and
it's
been
budgeted
for
and
the
planned
conversion
will
coincide
with
our
next
revaluation
in
fiscal
2020.
B
The
department
continues
to
work
on
improving
the
accuracy
of
our
assessments.
The
FY
818
abatements
are
at
an
all-time
low.
It
also
carries
over
to
our
appeals
numbers,
which
is
helpful
for
freeing
money
from
the
overlay
account
for
the
city's
use.
With
these
marks,
these
remarks
complete
I,
now
turn
the
floor
over
to
you,
counselor
Thank,.
A
B
A
B
So
new
growth
certainly
makes
up
a
huge
part
of
what
the
money
that
the
city
collects
last
year.
New
growth
was
a
record
high
of
77
million
dollars,
and
this
year
we're
predicting
55
million.
We
are
conservative
with
the
estimates
that
is
to
make
sure
that,
as
markets
turn,
we
are
being
conservative
and
not
finding
ourselves
at
the
end
of
the
budgeting
year
with
not
having
enough
money
there.
So
we're.
Certainly
in
a
robust
market,
there
is
lots
of
new
growth
that
is
coming
from
all
of
the
new
construction
in
the
city.
B
A
And
before
I
hand
it
over
I
think
councillor
O'malley
will,
like
this
say,
I
think
the
Home
Rule
petition
that
I
filed
at
the
State
House
and
some
help,
maybe
to
get
it
passed,
will
allow
for
the
residential
exemption
to
be
applied
for
twice
a
year,
so
that
some
folks,
especially
new
first-time
homebuyers,
won't
have
to
wait
sometimes
up
to
as
much
as
18
to
realize
that
$2,500
tax
credit,
basically
so
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
you
know,
get
that
passed
soon.
As
do
I
great
council,
McCarthy
aye,.
C
Thank
You,
commissioner
I
mean
I
just
gave
you
a
promotion,
I
think
councilor,
co-moh
Commissioner
will
welcome
well.
Thank
you.
What
I
usually
ask
the
same
question,
especially
at
the
overview
about
the
pilot,
as
you
know,
as
well
as
I,
do
70%
of
our
budget
this
year
is
made
up
of
property
taxes,
and
we
depend
on
some
of
our
colleges
and
universities
to
to
help
us
out.
Just
give
me
a
ballpark
of
where
everybody
is
and
drilling
a
little
bit
of
who's,
giving
and
who's
lacking.
B
B
Educational
institutions
are
probably
second
in
the
cultural
would
be
third
I,
think
the
cultural
institutions,
part
of
it,
is
just
having
a
different
economic
basis
than
the
medical
and
the
educational.
But
you
know
we
certainly
have
a
lot
of
community
community
benefits
that
are
coming
through
to
the
city,
and
that
certainly
has
a
value.
I
mean
the
the
cash
payments
are
awfully
nice,
but
the
community
benefits
are
helpful,
especially
to
schools
or
to
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
yeah
I.
C
D
Want
to
echo
councillor
McCarthy's
comments
on
the
pilot
payments.
It's
an
ongoing
issue,
certainly
in
many
of
the
neighborhood's
I
represent,
although
while
councillor
McCarthy's
cheques
that
go
to
Wentworth
and
Wentworth
is
actually
a
pretty
good,
a
pretty
good
one
when
it
comes
to
pilot
payments.
So
thank
you
councillor,
McCarthy,
for
that
pass-through
to
help
the
Mission
Hill
neighborhoods
I
do
just
want
to.
You
know
on
a
more
serious
note
when
it
comes
to
the
pilot
payments.
D
I
think
everyone
on
this
body
is
ready
to
be
advocates
and
to
work
with
you
and
your
department
to
put
the
pressure.
We
know
it's
a
voluntary
program
on
these
institutions.
They
do
bring
a
lot
to
our
city
culturally,
economically
I
mean
I'm
thrilled
that
we
have
so
many
nonprofit
institutions
here,
but
they
do
also
draw
on
our
resources
and
I.
Think
the
pilot
program,
as
I've
said
over
and
over
again,
is
a
very
fair
assessment,
based
on
all
the
intangibles
that
they
bring
here,
as
well
as
what
the
city
expends
on
that.
D
B
Yes,
I
know
that,
right
now,
what
we're
just
putting
out
for
the
community
benefits
is
essentially
the
credit
amount.
What
we
have
been
talking
about
with
Casey
bruh
Wilson
from
the
mayor's
office
is
putting
out
the
actual
benefits
themselves
on
our
website
and
a
cash
equivalent
to
those.
So
that's
something
that
we're
working
on
now.
It's
something
I
could
certainly
put
together
for
you
for
at
a
later
point
in
time,.
E
Thank
you
when
I
was
curious
about
it,
because
the
Boston
Public
Schools
was
testifying
earlier
and
for
many
of
the
schools.
We
have
0.5
nurses
that
are
in
our
schools,
but
can
our
hospitals
that
pay
no
taxes?
Can
they
be
doing
something
more
to
helping
our
students
in
terms
of
medical
care
and
inside
the
Boston
Public
School
System
I.
E
B
B
So
there's
the
veterans
exemption,
which
is
called
to
the
22e,
and
so
for
that
it
is
an
amount
that
is
tied
to
disability
amount.
So
it
is
getting
paperwork
from
the
Veterans
Administration
which
people
would
bring
in
it's
something
that
goes
on
every
year.
Someone
who
has
already
taken
the
veterans
exemption.
We
automatically
send
out
paperwork
to
them
the
following
year,
so
that
it's
not
something
they
have
to
remember
to
do
it's
something
that
we're
automatically
doing
for
them
and
then,
following
up
with
a
secondary
letter,
if
we
do
not
hear
back
from
them
in.
B
E
F
A
G
You,
mr.
chairman
and
good
afternoon,
commissioner,
it
is
great
to
be
with
you,
your
predecessor,
Commissioner
Rocco,
left
big
shoes
to
fill
that
you've
already
been
filling
them
wonderfully,
and
we
appreciate
your
great
work
with
the
city
so
welcome
to
your
first
budget
season.
I
think,
following
up
on
both
the
chairman
and
my
good
colleague
from
South
Boston's
question.
I
had
an
individual,
even
discussed
with
you,
but
I
did
with
Commissioner
Reiko
on
who
was
a
disabled
vet.
G
G
I
assume
that
would
be
similar
to
the
efforts
that
the
Chairman
is
working
on
it
through
a
Home
Rule
petition,
but
I
think
that
even
seems
more
immediate
is
a
fix
that
we
want
to
look
at
because
you
could
understand
my
life
and
I
moved
we're
not.
Even
though
we
are
full-time
residents
at
our
new
house,
we
won't
have
access
to
the
residential
exemption
for
a
while
I
think
it's
a
little
bit
different.
We
talk
about
our
disabled
vets,
so
I
think.
G
B
Think
that
we're
becoming
more
accurate
and
how
we're
assessing
the
properties
we're
able
to
take
advantage
of
a
lot
of
tools
that
we
did
not
have
in
the
past,
using
MLS
being
able
to
look
at
listings.
Our
computer
models
are
certainly
becoming
more
sophisticated,
so
I
think
doing
the
work
right.
The
first
time
is
definitely
cutting
down
on
our
abatements
I
think.
The
second
thing
is
just
our
low
Appeals
numbers
is
also
making
a
difference
that
it
means
that
we've
resolved
any
issues
that
we
had.
That's.
G
G
Answer
I
wanted
to
again
think
we
don't
often
do
it
enough
at
the
in
credited
Sullivan
the
incredible
central
staff
who
pour
through
all
these
budgets
preparing
us
for
these
hearings
and
through
their
good
work.
I
came
along
line
53,
seven
zero
zero,
which
is
a
clothing
allowance
line.
That's
increased,
it's
only
$1,000
increase,
which,
in
the
grand
scheme
of
things,
isn't
that
large
but
I'm
curious.
What
does
that
cover.
B
G
That
makes
sense
to
me
good
answer.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
we
have
for
now.
You
know
what
you
do
is
so
important.
I've
said
this
before
to
your
predecessor,
and
you
and
your
team
I
mean
we
don't
need
to
tell
you
it
is.
Seventy
percent
of
our
budget
comes
from
property
taxes.
Come
from
your
great
work,
you
seldom
get
the
the
recognition
you
deserve,
but
I
know
you
lead
a
team
of
incredibly
passionate
and
hardworking
individuals.
G
H
B
H
Curious
because
I
imagine
between
2010
and
2020,
16
or
2015
for
fiscal
year,
16
that
many
of
our
nonprofits
in
the
city,
their
footprint,
has
grown.
So
I'm
curious,
as
you
know,
to
the
validity
of
that
number
and
I
think
we
can
look
at
that
offline,
I,
wonder
about
the
growth
and
value
to
over
the
last
number
of
years
for
our
non
for
for
that
property.
H
What
has
what
has
been
the
increase
over
time,
because
I
think
the
last
report
that
we
referenced
in
preparing
for
today's
hearing
referenced
2007
values
for
most
of
the
colleges
and
the
universities,
the
true
the
2007
value
was
seven
billion
for
colleges
and
universities
and
for
hospitals.
It
was
about
six
billion,
but
in
the
2017
pilot
analysis,
the
dollar
amounts
are
basically
the
same
as
property
has
the
property
value
been
reassessed
at
all
for
our
nonprofits?
No.
B
My
understanding
is
the
agreement
that
commissioner
Rocco
entered
into
with
the
pilots
was
that
they
would
hold
those
values
for
five
years
to
get
them
used
to
making
these
payments
and
an
understanding
of
what
what
the
pilot
was
going
to
be
doing,
and
so
they
always
have
been
increased
by
two
and
a
half
percent
after
that
point.
So
when
was
the
five
years
expired,
I
I,
don't
know.
I'd
have
to
look
I'd
have
to
pull
some
paperwork
to
look
at
that
yeah.
H
I'd
be
interested
on
what
the
cycle
is,
because
I
feel
that
we've
been.
You
know,
I've
been
here
now
two
and
a
half
years,
and
we
haven't
looked
again
at
pilot
or
at
those
assessments,
whereas
you
know
we
get
calls
from
residents
both
new
residents,
elderly
residents,
everyone
in
the
middle
who
every
year
have
seen
their
assessment
on
their
property
value
increase
tremendously,
and
so,
as
they
figure
out
ways
to
pay
their
property
tax,
which
we
continue
to
depend
on
mostly
for
our
revenue.
H
We
need
to
make
sure
that
our
nonprofit
partners
are
also
being
reassessed.
You
know
never
mind,
never
mind
the
collection
piece,
which
is
also
you
know
we
can
assess
them
all
we
want,
but
if
we
aren't
collecting
collecting
on
it,
that's
it
that's
a
challenge
for
us
to
look
at
regarding.
We've
talked
a
lot
here
about
mass
ports,
pilot
payments
and
their
contributions
to
the
city.
As
you
know,
occupying
space
can,
can
you
reference
their
contributions
for.
B
B
H
H
B
B
Yeah
and
all
I
have,
in
my
notes,
as
the
so
the
commercial
26.5
million
in
taxes
as
part
of
the
new
growth
and
part
of
that
was
the
Renaissance
Hotel,
but
I,
don't
I,
don't
have
with
me
with
the
value
on
the
Renaissance.
Hotel
is
right
now,
as
I
was
fully
taxable
so,
but
it's
not
really
into
basket.
H
H
For
the
hotel,
there
might
be
where
my
confusion
is
here
and
then
my
last
question,
if
that's
okay,
chairman,
is
on
short-term
rentals,
we
have.
You
know
that
that's
a
conversation
that
continues
here
at
the
council
and
the
mayor
continues
to
talk
about
policy,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
units
across
the
city
and
buildings
across
the
city
that
are
not
owner
occupied
that
are
used
as
short-term
rental
opportunities.
Do
we
ever
look
to
tax
them
at
a
commercial
rate,
as
opposed
to
a
residential
rate,
I.
B
Know
I
have
sat
in
on
meetings
with
the
mayor's
office
about
that,
but
legally,
we
could
not
do
that
right
now.
Those
are
residential
properties
and
it's
difficult
for
us
to
track.
How
often
someone
is
renting
something
how
much
they
are
renting
something
I
know
when
I've
done
some
preliminary
looking
a
lot
of
times.
The
addresses
are
not
even
listed.
Sometimes
we
find
them
by
neighbors
complaints,
which
I'm
sure
that
you
have
heard
also
yeah,
but
even
then
it
is
difficult
to
determine
what
property
it
is.
B
How
often
it
is
rented
which
units
it
covers
in
the
building
if
it's
not
the
entire
building.
So
there's
certainly
something
on
our
radar.
Certainly
something
we've
been
talking
to
the
mayor
about,
but
know
nothing
that
we
could.
We
could
legally
tax
them
at
the
commercial
rate
as
I
hotel
right
now
and.
H
B
Not
a
day
number
of
days
requirement,
it
is
simply
that
that
is
your
you
own
and
you
occupy
the
property.
So
it's
none
in
days.
It
is
determining
occupancy,
which
can
certainly
be
difficult
so
a
lot
of
times.
What
we're
looking
for
is
where
have.
Where
has
someone
filed
their
state
income,
taxes
for
and
that's
the
guideline
that
the
Department
of
Revenue
has
given
us,
and
so
that's
typically
what
we're
looking
for.
B
I
B
B
B
On
this
gross
income
not
exceeding
twenty
four
thousand
five
hundred
twenty
three,
a
single
gross
income,
not
exceeding
thirty
six
thousand
seven.
Eighty
five,
if
married
whole
estate
Nauticus,
is
excluding
the
value
of
the
property
not
to
exceed
forty
thousand
dollars
of
single
or
fifty-five
thousand
dollars.
If
married
and
for
the
couple,
what
was
the
gross
again?
Thirty
six
thousand
seventy
eighty
five.
B
That's
something
that's
set
by
the
state.
So
it's
something
that
we
would
have
to
go
to
the
legislature
to
look
to
have
changed.
I
know
last
year
in
reviewing
the
tapes
Commissioner
akao
had
talked
about
taking
into
consideration
inflation,
which
I
think
is
a
great
argument
and
certainly
a
way
that
that
could
be
moved
up
so
something
that
I
want
to
look
into.
Based
on
seeing
the
conversation
from
last
year
and.
B
Certainly,
there's
well
there's
a
17
D,
which
is
less
restrictive
than
the
41
c.
That
just
is
a
age
and
an
estate
requirement.
That's
for
anyone
over
70
there's,
also
the
deferrals.
So
this
year
was
the
first.
Previously
we've
had
referrals
that
are
for
age
65
and
over,
where
homeowners
can
defer
their
taxes
at
a
four
percent
interest
rate
and
then
starting
this
year
was
the
first
year
that
we
had
it
lowered
as
part
of
a
Home
Rule
petition
to
55
years
of
age,
so
that
someone
could
defer
their
taxes.
B
B
A
Certainly,
look
into
yeah
and
the
reason
I
asked
I
just
recently
was
looking
at
other
cities
and
towns
that
have
a
deferral
program
and
I
believe
you
know
it
might
have
been
New.
York
Brookline
is
a
1%
and
I
think
you
know
with
interest
rates
so
low
still
on
the
borrowing
side,
but
also
on
the
earning
side.
We
might
want
to
consider
that
if
that's
an
option,
oh
absolutely.
A
A
B
Reach
tax
bill,
yeah
I,
don't
know
off
the
top
of
my
head.
I
know
when
the
globe
publishes
its
surrounding
towns.
We
are
always
at
the
bottom
part
of
it
is
the
increase
in
the
residential
exemption
rate
from
thirty
to
thirty
five
percent.
That
happened
two
years
ago.
So
right
now
we're
at
two
thousand
five
hundred
thirty-eight
dollars
for
the
residential
exemption
for
fiscal
18,
which
I
know
for
a
lot
of
taxpayers.
Is
you
know
half
their
bill?
That's.
A
Right,
especially
with
the
valuations
going
up
so
dramatically,
especially
the
past
three
years
and
just
last
question
I
know
a
lot
of
is
made
about
pilots
and
I
believe
our
nonprofit
partners
should
be
paying
more,
but
I
would
also
say
that
when
I
first
arrived
here,
I
think
the
total
pilot
payment
to
the
city
was
in
the
thirty
five
million
dollar
range
of
which
half
of
that
was
massport.
Can
you
tell
us
what
the
total
revenue
from
pilots
is
projected
for
next
year?
I
guess.
B
B
A
B
F
F
F
A
A
J
Afternoon,
chairman
co-moh
members
of
the
City
Council,
thank
you
for
having
me
again.
My
name
is
emma
handy,
I'm,
the
chief
of
administration
and
finance
and
the
CFO
for
the
city
of
boston
with
me
today,
as
christine
Poff
she's,
the
director
of
the
Community
Preservation
Committee.
We
are
particularly
excited
to
be
here
today
to
talk
about
the
opportunity
that
the
Community
Preservation
Act
presents
for
significant
investment
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
affordable
housing,
historic
preservation
parks
and
open
space.
J
The
CPA
is
expected
to
generate
18
million
dollars
for
the
city
and
FY
18
and
is
projected
to
generate
approximately
100
million
dollars
over
the
next
five
years.
For
the
city,
the
community
preservation
fund
was
created
upon
the
adoption
of
the
Community
Preservation
Act
in
November
2016
FY
18
is
the
first
year
of
the
fund,
and
Christine
will
talk
more
about.
The
first
round
of
funding
is
currently
accepting
applications.
J
The
initiative
is
funded
by
the
one
percent
property
tax
based
surcharge
on
both
residential
and
business
property
tax
bills,
as
well
as
an
annual
state
distribution
from
the
Massachusetts
Community
Preservation
Trust
Fund.
The
state
match
for
FY
19
was
recently
announced
and
it
will
be
an
eleven
and
a
half
percent
match.
J
The
general
laws
provide
that
in
each
fiscal
year
the
council
will
make
annual
appropriations
from
the
fund
and,
as
it
deems
necessary
for
the
administrative
and
operating
expenses
of
the
Community
Preservation
Committee.
These
appropriations
will
not
exceed
five
percent
of
the
funds
annual
revenues.
J
And
then
we
will
return
to
the
council
for
actual
preparation
of
individual
projects.
These
orders
are
just
to
sort
of
seed
the
reserve
so
that
the
funding
is
available
for
FY
19.
So
with
that,
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Christine
and
have
her
review
the
details
of
community
preservation
budget.
Thank
you.
K
First
I
do
want
to
thank
the
councillors.
I've
worked
with
all
of
you
doing
community
forums
to
let
community
members
know
in
your
districts
and
across
the
city
about
community
about
the
community
preservation
fund
and
that
they
can
apply
and
how
to
apply,
and
we've
been
supporting
a
lot
of
different
organizations
and
groups
in
their
application
process.
What
we're
doing
sort
of
how
it's
rolling
out
and
how
we've
initiated
we
decide
the
committee
decided
to
do
a
pilot
program.
K
This
spring
I'm,
a
small
bucket
of
funding
that
will
go
out
to
projects
that
are
shovel,
ready,
really
ready
to
go
into
the
ground
this
summer
and
require
$500,000
or
less
to
to
get
to
finish
a
project
we
have
the
deadline.
Is
this
coming
Friday
we've
talked
to
a
well
over
50
groups
and
projects.
We
do
not
know
if
they'll
all
come
in
on
Friday
and
if
all
of
them
are
quite
ready,
but
it's
exciting
to
think
that
we
could
have
some
ribbon
cuttings
as
early
as
September
yeah
I.
A
The
match
part
11-point
I
think
we
all
anticipated
that
it
wasn't
going
to
be
as
robust
as
in
years
past,
but
I.
If
I
recall
correctly,
we
kind
of
always
estimated
that
we'd
be
getting
20
million,
but
it
seemed
to
be
more
in
the
realm
of,
like
you
know,
15
million
from
the
city
in
five
million,
and
it
looks
like
we're
barely
getting
half
of
that
right
for
a
match.
So
it
seems
like
we
over
performed
in
our
estimate
from
what
we're
getting
from
the
taxpayers.
Is
that
correct.
K
It
doesn't
change
and
there's
no,
it
doesn't
go
up
every
year
based
on
inflation
or
cost-of-living
or
any
of
those
things
it's
$20
is
filed
at
the
Registry
of
Deeds
every
time,
property
changes
hands
in
the
state,
and
so
because
that
has
not
changed
the
the
static
amount
of
money
just
goes
down
as
more
and
more
cities
and
towns
are
asking
for
the
match.
There's
been
a
lot
of
legislative
work
to
try
and
increase
that
$20
fee
that's
paid,
and
it
has
not
happened.
K
J
Just
add
to
that
that
obviously
having
the
CPA
funded
on
the
city
side
as
a
surcharge
related
to
property
taxes
gives
us
a
little
bit
more
insight
and
certainty
around
what
that
city
portion
is
and
given
the
fact
that
you
know
over
recent
history,
the
state
funding
has
come
really
from
consolidated.
Net
surplus
at
the
end
of
the
state
fiscal
year
has
created
some
uncertainty
around
what
that
that's
actually
right.
A
H
A
G
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman
great
to
be
with
you,
as
always
to
my
dear
friend
and
neighbor
Christine,
poss,
congratulations
on
a
great
job
that
you've
done
with
your
time.
I'm,
obviously
delighted
that
we
are
at
this
point
and
kudos
to
the
council
president
and
councillor
Flaherty
for
their
great
efforts
in
getting
this
on
the
ballot
and
passed.
So
are
you
fully
staffed
up
now?
Christine?
We.
G
K
G
K
K
For
forums
and
engagement
and
support
of
groups
applying
for
projects
that
was
one
of
the
contracted
pieces
and
then
the
other
piece
was
a
lot
of
community
groups
have
come
to
us
with
ideas,
but
really
don't
know
how
to
implement
so
they
we
have
a.
We
have
money
for
a
landscape
architect
for
affordable
housing,
developer
consultant,
who
can
work
with
a
group
to
help
them
put
together
a
package
and
identify
who
they
should
be
working
with
to
make
that
happen.
If
it's
a
parks,
if
its
city
land,
it
could
be
the
parks,
department,
etc.
K
G
Members
of
the
committee
receive
any
stipend
for
their
work.
No
all
volunteers,
thank
you,
and
it
says
in
these
in
this
packet
that
the
CPAs
administrative
budget
was
about
three
and
a
half
percent
a
little
less
than
that
three
point.
Four
six
percent
of
total
revenue
is
that,
on
par
with
other
municipalities,
most.
G
K
G
Any
cities
or
towns
have
staffs
bigger
than
three:
oh,
no
good,
okay
and
then
finally,
just
want
to
echo
the
point
with
174
cities
and
towns
now
participating
in
CPA.
That's
great.
But
it
looks
to
me
that
unless
we
have
some
reform
at
the
state
level
right,
we
at
the
tipping
point
where
it
is
no
longer
as
as
an
effective
tool
for
cities
and
towns
to
use.
Well.
K
G
I
think
was
a
deliberate
and
successful
campaign
by
ybb
and
others
to
explain
why
this
works
and
the
fact
that
we
were
sending
money
to
the
state
that
we
weren't
seeing
so
I
would
just
associate
myself
with
remarks
from
others
that
we
need
to
do
everything
we
can
to
fix
this
at
the
state
level
to
make
sure
we
can
have
more
money
coming
to
cities,
towns,
particularly
Boston.
So
thank
you
for
the
great
work
you
both
do.
Thank.
E
Thank
you,
council,
co-moh,
Thank,
You
Emma,
and
thank
you
Christina
and
Christina.
We
had
several
meetings
over
the
last
several
months
and
South
Boston
Old
Colony
development,
the
South
End
at
Villa
Victoria.
We
have
one
tonight
at
four
point.
I
know.
I
know
we
have
one
scheduled
for
Chinatown
over
the
next
two
months
or
so,
and
I
always
enjoyed
working
with
you,
you're,
very
professional
and
dedicated
in
Chinatown.
E
K
Absolutely
I
think
the
what
I've
heard
from
some
Chinatown
representatives
is
a
focus
on
affordable
housing,
but
clearly
parks
also
is
of
interest
and
I've
been
working
with
some
groups
to
help
with
of
the
DD
real
estate
people
to
figure
out
where
there
are
where
there
might
be
land
that
could
become
even
a
small
pocket
park
and
so
there's
all
kinds
of
ways
that
we
can
tap
into
the
potential
and
figure
that
out
and
those
those
projects
that
take
that
kind
of
planning
where
it's
a
great
idea.
But
it's
not
in
place.
K
K
K
L
You
counsel
us,
you
know
and
thank
you
to
the
scene.
Thank
you
for
your
hard
work.
I
see
you
in
the
community
and
so
many
different
meetings,
letting
folks
know
about
the
benefits
of
the
CPA
and,
of
course,
the
importance
of
the
continued
advocacy
at
the
state
level
to
increase
the
match.
My
questions
have
been
answered.
I
simply
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
the
hard
work
and
thank
you
as
well.
Yeah
thank.
K
Because
I
think
we
have
really
encouraged
people
to
fill
out
for
the
first
sort
of
six
months
that
I
was
on
board.
I
am
I,
had
a
project
interest
form
up
online
and
then
once
we
had
decided
on
on
the
on
the
on
the
pilot,
we
put
up
an
eligibility
form
that
had
a
little
more
detail
and
anybody
who
did
a
project
interest
form.
We
contacted
them
directly
to
talk
through
their
project
and
see
if
they
were
eligible
and
then
eligibility
form
to
police.
K
We
we
came
back
to
them
and
we
were
evaluating
eligibility
on
in
two
ways.
One
was
to
make
sure
that
they
fit
into
the
state
law
and
the
requirements
and
sort
of
boundaries
that
the
state
law
creates
with
this
program
and
then
to
make
sure
that
they
were
really
shovel
ready
for
the
pilot,
because
in
the
oh
look
I
should
have
said
that
in
the
fall
we
we
did
the
pilot
very
purposefully
in
conjunction
with
an
announcement
that
we
would
have
a
fall
round
of
funding,
so
that
people
who
weren't
quite
ready
could
know.
K
K
Trying
to
have
a
contract
signed
with
those
who
are
receiving
funds
by
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
and
I've
been
working
with
I've
talked
to
councillor
Campbell
and
councillor
flower
T.
In
the
hopes
that
the
vote
from
the
there
can
be
a
public
hearing
and
a
vote
by
the
council
at
the
end
of
June.
Before.