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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means FY23Budget: Public Testimony
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Dockets #0480 - 0486 - Fiscal Years 2023 Budget: Public Testimony Session (Part 1)
If you'd like to participate in the next Public Testimony Session, please join us in the chamber on June 2nd at 6:00pm or email ccc.wm@boston.gov for the link to join via Zoom.
Held on April 26, 2022
A
For
the
record,
my
name
is
tanya
fridan
janderson,
the
district
7
city
councilor.
I
am
the
chair
of
boston
city
council
ways,
committee
on
ways
and
means
this
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
stream
on
boston.gov
for
slash
city
dash,
council
dash
tv
and
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn,
channel
82
and
files
channel
964.
A
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
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record.
You
can
do
this
in
several
ways.
You
can
either
attend
one
of
our
hearings
and
give
public
testimony.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
each
departmental
hearing
and
also
at
two
hearings
dedicated
to
public
testimony.
A
The
full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website
at
boston.gov
for
slash
council
dash
of
budget.
Our
scheduled
hearings
dedicated
to
public
testimony
are
tonight
april,
26
at
6,
pm
and
june,
2nd
at
6
00
pm.
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
for
virtual
testimony.
A
You
can
sign
up
using
our
online
form
on
our
council
budget
review
website
or
by
emailing
the
committee
at
ccc.wm
boston.gov,
when
you
are
called
to
testify.
Please
state
your
name,
affiliation
and
or
residence
and
limit
your
comments
to
three
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
Email.
Your
written
testimony
to
the
committee
at
ccc.wm,
boston.gov,
submit
a
two-minute
video
or
testimony
through
the
form
on
our
website
for
more
information
on
the
city
council
budget
process
and
how
to
testify.
A
Today's
hearings
were
on
well.
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
zero.
Four
eight
zero
through
zero;
four
eight
two
orders
for
the
fy23
operating
budget,
including
annual
appropriations
for
department
appropriations
for
the
school
department
and
for
the
post
employment
benefits,
opeb
docket
0483
orders
for
capital
fund
transfer
appropriations,
docket
zero,
four,
eight
four:
two:
zero:
four:
eight
six
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
owners
and
lease
purchase
agreements.
A
A
A
B
The
floor
sure
thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair
and
just
happy
to
be
here
to
hear
the
public
testimony
and
understand
the
questions
that
people
have,
and
I
hope
people
zoom
in
and
ask
some
questions.
So
we
have
more
information
going
forward
with
the
hearings
we'll
have
continuing
with
the
bps
staff
and
thank
you.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
just
want
to
echo
what
my
colleagues
mentioned
honored
to
be
here
and
listen
to
the
public
about
the
important
role
the
public
plays
during
the
budget
process.
The
budget
is
a
reflection
of
our
values,
so
it's
important
that
the
public
weigh
in
and
tell
us
what's
important
to
them.
So
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
important
work
that
you
are
doing
and
working
closely
with
the
will
administration
on
trying
to
be
on
trying
to
bring
a
budget.
D
A
Thank
you,
council
flynn.
I
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to
make
some
remarks
about
where
we
are
in
the
amendment
process,
and
I
know
that
the
public
may
have
some
questions
about
this.
I
felt
that,
although
there
are
there's
an
opportunity
during
the
hearings
for
public
testimony,
it
really
restricted
or
prevented
people
that
have
hold
a
full-time
nine-to-five
job
to
attend
and
wanted
to
provide
this
opportunity
after
work
hours
for
public
testimony,
and
I
hope
that
folks
can
join
us
in
the
next
one
as
well
on
june
2nd.
A
As
far
as
the
amendment,
I
think
that
we
we
need
to
engage
as
a
council
to
be
able
to
engage
the
community
and
really
empowering
our
community
and
understanding
what
this
process
is
going
to
look
like
and
as
chairways
means
we're
holding
a
workshop
on
the
27th,
actually
this
thursday
at
6
00
pm.
So
if
for
those
of
you
who
is
looking
for
information,
you
can
email
me
at
tanya.anderson.
E
There
have
been-
and
we
appreciate
some
multimodal
improvements
on
sections
of
american
legion
and
commons.
I
think
there's
more
and
more
understanding
and
agreement
about
the
need
for
safe
connectivity
and
the
need
for
safer
conditions
for
pedestrians
and
cyclists,
and
and
that
this
section
that
I'm
referring
to
continues
to
be
very,
very
dangerous.
E
E
There's
some
people
think
that
american
legion
is
a
highway
which
it's
not
it's
just
misnamed,
it's
actually
a
neighborhood
road
with
many
thousands
of
residents
that
live
in
pocket,
neighborhoods
all
along
it-
and
I
had
this
realization
several
years
ago
that
we
many
of
us-
we
don't
know
each
other
or
we
barely
know
each
other,
because
conditions
have
been
so
unsafe
for
so
many
years
that
we
don't
walk.
We
don't
many
people
don't
even
take
go
to
the
bus
stop.
E
I
know
that
our
particular
neighborhood
is
74
people
of
color
and
low
to
moderate
income,
and
so
I'm
again
standing
before
you
asking
for
funding
to
fix
this
particular
section
and
truly
connect
the
these,
these
trans,
these
corridors,
these
transportation
corridors
and
make
them
work
for
everybody.
Thank
you.
A
F
Oh
perfect,
thank
you.
So
thank
you.
So
much
for
this
opportunity
to
participate
to,
you
know
improve
our
community,
so
I
am
representing
some
of
my
neighbors
and
other
people,
and
this
is
about
the
boston
center
for
youth
and
families
hennington
in
jamaica
plain,
we
have
been
reaching
out
to
the
city
for
probably
the
past
10
years
and
asking
to
attend
to
the
facility
with
very
little
results.
F
As
you
may
know,
this
area
of
jamaica
plain
has
been
growing
quite
a
bit.
You
know.
Young
families
and
professionals
are
moving
in
kind
of
rebalancing.
What
used
to
be
more
of
a
student
populated
areas
of
years,
back
and
or
other
facilities
that
were
more
institutions,
so
it's
definitely
growing
as
a
community.
F
And
let
me
just
say
it
that
much
when,
in
fact
it
could
be
a
very
modern
and
welcoming
facility
that
the
neighbors
would
actually
use
will
want
to
use
it.
I
had
worked
with
councillor
o'malley
to
rebuild
the
stairs
that
go
from
mission
hill
hayden
street
to
heath
street,
and
it
was
a
great
improvement
to
the
neighborhood
everybody's,
using
it
now
as
a
passageway
and
as
a
exercising
as
well.
But
I
started
working
with
councillor
o'malley
and
then
things
change.
F
F
A
A
A
All
right
so
we'll
continue
to
make
these
efforts
to
engage
the
community,
and
I
think
that
we
I'm
open
to
any
feedback
if
folks
want
to
email
me
in
terms
of
reaching
others.
If
in
case,
you
are
watching
this
not
on
real
time,
and
you
would
like
to
engage
in
how
you
can
we
can
do
this
in
a
more
engaging
way.