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Dockets #0622-0628 Fiscal Year 2020 Budget: Public Works Department (PWD)
A
A
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hearing.
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will
take
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hearings
and
give
your
testimony
publicly.
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can
come
to
a
hearing
dedicated
to
public
testimony
on
Tuesday
June
4th
any
time
from
2
p.m.
to
6
p.m.
A
we
will
be
here,
at
least
for
that
timeframe
and
we'll
stay
as
long
as
we
need
to
to
hear
from
every
who
would
like
to
speak
on
the
budget.
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can
send
your
testimony
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mail
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WM
at
Boston
gov
like
to
introduce
my
colleagues
in
order
of
their
arrival.
A
B
Thank
you
so
much
chairman
CLO
members
of
the
City
Council
again
Chris
Osgood
I'm,
very
delighted
to
be
here
on
behalf
of
Mayor
Walsh.
To
present
to
you,
the
FY
28
I'm
joined
here
by
Anne
Carbone,
our
budget
director
Mike
Broll,
our
superintendent
Street
operations,
purchasing
our
city
engineer
and
Katie
Jo,
our
chief
engineer,
yeah.
B
This
year's
recommended
Public
Works
budget
is
ninety
five
point:
five
million
dollars,
roughly
ten
percent
increase
over
FY
19
and
that
funding
supports
roughly
390
staff
people
to
deliver
on
to
key
missions
for
the
mayor
first
to
deliver
exceptional
basic
city
services
and
second,
to
design
and
construct
great
streets.
I'm
gonna
walk
through
some
of
things.
We
got
done
in
FY
19,
some
of
the
goals
for
FY
20
in
in
FY
2014
with
something
which
is
sort
of
core
to
our
work,
which
is
snow
led
by
Mike
Braille.
We
had
another
successful
winter.
B
That
was
above
a
foot
storm
on
March
5th
and
though
we
did
not
have
many
of
those
huge
mega
snowstorms
that
could
give
cause
for
things
like
a
press
conference,
we
actually
had
dozens
of
early
morning,
snow
ice
or
mixed
precipitation
events,
and
because
of
the
incredible
attentiveness
and
good
plans
of
Mike
roll
of
Nova
parks
of
Danny,
knee
Darlene
Williams
and
their
team.
Those
events
largely
went
unnoticed
to
the
morning
commuters
because
we
had
done
a
good
job
throughout
the
early
morning,
hours
making
sure
our
streets
were
safe.
B
Our
expected
snow
budget
for
FY
2012
a
slight
increase
over
the
previous
fiscal
year.
In
addition
to
all
the
work
we
do
around
snow
during
the
winter,
obviously,
we're
focused
on
keeping
our
streets
clean
all
year
round
last
year,
one
of
the
things
that
Mike
had
presented
on
was
a
plan
to
bring
more
of
our
street
cleaning
services
in-house.
B
That
is
a
service
which
is
largely
contracted
out
because
of
that
work
we
saved
around
one
hundred
forty
eight
thousand
dollars
by
bringing
that
more
of
those
services
in-house
and
continued
to
deliver
exceptional
city
services
across
across
the
entire
city.
This
budget
includes
an
expansion
of
the
highway
budget
by
around
$800,000
to
really
help
us
do
more
street
cleaning
and
maintenance
in
some
of
those
areas
which
are
current
practices,
make
much
harder
to
clean.
B
We
are
changing
our
city
streets
with
things
like
cycle
tracks
in
the
north
end
like
temporary
pop-up
plazas,
like
Councilwoman
councillor
McCarthy,
visited
this
past
weekend
on
birch
Street
in
Roslindale
and
other
sort
of
improvements
across
the
entire
city.
We
need
to
invest
more
in
our
highway
division
to
make
sure
that
they've
got
the
personnel
and
the
tools
that
they
need
to
be
able
to
actually
keep
those
spaces
well-maintained
after
they're
installed.
B
In
addition
to
that
work,
as
folks
know,
the
mayor
has
put
a
lot
of
attention
on
the
area
around
massive
mill
Nia
every
single
day,
multiple
times
a
day.
Public
Works
is
out
there
and
in
the
areas
around
that
this
budget
also
includes
a
$50,000
contract
to
increase
cleaning
services
along
the
melny
ICAST
corridor,
in
addition
to
100
$2,000
for
our
Highway
team
to
be
able
to
maintain
green
infrastructure
across
the
city
to
build
off
of
some
of
the
things
which
were
installing
in
city
streets
like
more
permeable
surfaces.
B
In
addition
to
all
the
work
around
street
cleaning
and
just
keeping
our
streets
free
and
clear
of
snow
and
and
looking
beautiful,
our
street
lighting
division
is
another
place.
We're
adding
additional
investment
over
the
course
this
year,
led
by
John,
yet
Minh
and
Mike
Donaghey.
We
are
increasing
our
investment
in
some
key
areas.
Thanks
to
the
advocacy
of
councillor
Flynn,
we're
gonna
be
putting
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
into
the
street
lighting
budget
to
be
able
to
do
a
study
to
look
at
how
we
can
reduce
incidences
incidents
of
stray
voltage
in
our
city.
B
We've
done
a
lot
to
actually
improve
the
way
in
which
we
track
and
manage
our
fleet
through
improved
GPS
providers,
and
we
are
also
piloting
some
new
technology
over
the
course
of
this
coming
year,
with
a
likely
a
partner
called
Mobile
I
to
think
about
how
we
can
instrument
our
vehicles
to
make
driving
on
city
streets
easier
for
folks
who
are
behind
the
wheel
and
to
reduce
crashes
and
all
that
work.
Obviously,
the
big
change
within
the
public
works
budget
is
actually
in
the
waste
reduction
division.
B
We
expect
that,
of
that
nine
point,
five
million
dollar
increase
almost
eight
million
dollars
of
that
at
least
almost
eight
million
dollars
of
that
is
because
of
adjustments
in
waste
reduction.
As
folks
know,
the
Public
Works
team
handles
the
roughly
240
thousand
tons
of
waste
that
are
generated
in
the
households
across
the
city
of
Boston.
Well,
that's
trash
yard
waste
recyclables.
B
All
the
contracts
for
those
services
expire
on
June
30th
this
year,
so
they're
all
being
worked
through
right
now
and
well.
We
have
not
finalized
all
those
contracts.
We
don't
have
necessarily
specific
numbers.
We
are
looking
at
a
significant
increase
across
all
four
of
those
contracts.
Collections,
recycling
yard
waste
trash
that
work.
B
We
think
we
are
in
a
good
position
for
the
year
ahead,
largely
because
of
the
leadership
of
our
superintendent
waste
reduction.
Brian
Coughlin,
his
team
Dennis
Roche
Jerry
Gorman,
who
are
all
here
today,
really
have
a
focus
on
how
we
can
use
those
contracts
to
actually
achieve
the
mayor's
vision
and
one
which
all
of
you
have
spoken
to
as
well
of
how
we
actually
achieve
a
zero
waste
city
reduced
the
amount
of
trash
for
creating
increase.
The
amount
of
compost
and
we're
supporting
expand
the
amount
of
recycling
services
that
we're
delivering.
B
In
addition
to
the
work
on
waste
on
waste
reduction,
we
also
are
obviously
investing
a
tremendous
amount
into
the
actual
capital
infrastructure
of
our
city
streets.
Nowhere
are
we
investing
more
than
in
our
bridges,
and
our
bridge
program
is
overseen
by
para.
We
have
40
bridges
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
mayor's
made
it
a
huge
focus
for
our
capital
budget
over
the
past
several
years
and
in
this
years
to
really
this
year
to
really
improve
those
bridges.
B
In
addition
to
all
of
those
bridge
those
specific
projects,
this
particular
capital
budget
also
increases
the
amount
of
money
we're
spending
on
just
routine
capital
repairs,
knowing
that
one
of
the
best
ways
that
we
can
achieve
a
state
of
good
repair
is
just
to
regularly
do
that's
critical
elements
of
investment
which
Parrs
team
is
overseeing.
In
addition
to
all
the
bridge
worked,
partying
is
also
working
on
a
series
of
reconstructions
of
major
roadways
in
the
city
of
Boston.
This
year
we
are,
will
be
finishing
up.
B
Summer
Street
in
the
four-point
channel
in
finishing
up
north
square
in
the
north
end
we'll
be
breaking
ground
on
Beach
Street
in
in
the
leather
district
and
we'll
be
starting
some
additional
planning
work
on
key
corridors
that
we'll
talk
about
no
doubt
tomorrow,
things
like
Columbia,
Road,
Blue,
Hill,
Avenue,
Commons,
highway,
Center
Street
among
others.
In
addition
to
all
of
the
that
reconstruction
work
and
the
bridge
work,
we
do
a
tremendous
amount
of
just
investing
in
those
key
neighborhood
basics
really
led
by
Katie
Cho.
B
Our
chief
engineer,
under
Katie's
team,
will
be
resurfacing,
roughly
40
Lane
miles
of
roadway
across
the
city
of
Boston,
making
sure
that
streets
across
the
entire
city
and
every
single
neighborhood
are
smooth
and
safe
to
be
on
no
matter
whether
you're
walking
biking
or
driving.
In
addition
to
that
work,
we
were
also
going
to
be
investing
in
ways
in
which
we
coordinate
our
capital
work
better.
As
councillor
siamo
mentions
the
beginning,
a
lot
of
that
work
is
done
by
mark
Carter
le
and
we
are
going
to
be
looking
at
the
court.
B
The
technical
coordinating
system
we
use
to
coordinate
all
of
our
utility
work
going
forward
in
this
budget
as
well.
This
budget
puts
actually
even
more
money,
though,
into
sidewalks
than
we
have
in
previous
years,
and
that
includes
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
which
goes
to
support
Mike's
team
to
do
really
important.
B
In
this
effort
to
thank
the
women
and
men
who
I'm
joined
with
here,
the
women
men
who
are
here
who
are
up
in
the
in
the
gallery
and
honestly,
most
importantly,
the
men
who
can't
be
here
today
because
they
are
out
on
the
streets
just
delivering
the
basic
city
services
we
all
depend
on.
So
thank
you
and
look
forward
to
your
questions.
Thank
you
is.
A
A
B
So
we
are
still
working
through
a
file
number
in
part
because
it
is
shared
across
multiple
departments.
So
there's
some
departments
that
draw
from
that
roughly
24
million
dollar
line-item
that
do
not
include
Public
Works
and
we
are
going
to
be
investing
in
some
necessary
repairs
to
things
like
our
salt
sheds
and
investments
in
our
plowing
equipment.
So
we
don't
quite
have
a
final
number
yet,
but.
A
When
you
get
that,
if
you
could
pass
the
pass
it
along,
I'd
appreciate
it
and
then
just
to
dive
right
into
the
the
waste
reduction
I
want
to.
You
know,
commend
the
the
mayor's
commitment
to
recycling.
But
you
know
again
is
someone
who
came
here
in
2008
before
single-stream.
We
all
had
to
you
know
divvy
up
all
our
glass
and
plastic
and
paper,
and
we
thought
we'd
see
a
great
increase
in
recycling.
Could
you
kind
of
dive
into
that
a
little
crisp,
absolutely.
B
B
Roughly
30%
is
compostable
and
roughly
30%
is
recyclable.
We
know
there's
a
huge
amount
of
food
waste
yard
waste
and
recycles
that
are
in
that
waste
stream,
and
that
is
why
the
mayor,
a
year
ago,
kicked
off
an
effort
in
collaboration
with
the
Environment
Department
in
this
department,
to
create
a
zero
waste
plan
which
will
be
releasing
over
the
course
of
the
spring,
which
has
a
series
of
recommendations
about
how
we
can
actually
increase
our
recycling
numbers
and
increase
our
composting
numbers
as
well.
B
There
are
some
things
that
are
in
this
budget,
which
actually
allow
us
to
take
some
steps
in
that
direction.
Yard
waste
is
one
I
think
very
good
example
of
that.
So
again,
if
you
look
at
that,
turn
thousand
tons
that
we
were
throwing
away.
30
percent
of
that's
compostable
and
a
good
chunk
of
that
is
actually
yard
waste.
We
are
gonna
change.
We're
gonna
significant
increase
the
amount
of
days
that
somebody
can
actually
drop-off
yard
waste
at
this
in
the
city
of
Boston
this
year.
Right
now,
there's
18
weeks,
yeah.
C
B
A
B
There
are
all
four
contracts,
all
four
main
contracts
expire
on
June
30th.
So
the
number
which
is
in
this
budget
is
for
all
the
contracts
that
start
on
July
11.
We
well
in
terms
of
total
dollar
value
that
is
really
being
driven
by
three
of
the
contracts
and
as
we
go
through
the
contracting
process,
what
we
can,
which
we
are
not
we
have
not
finalized.
Yet
we
can
get
you
the
exact
numbers,
but
we
spend
roughly
half
of
our
budget
on
on
the
collection.
B
Side
is
simply
paying
contractors
to
pick
up
the
trash
yard,
waste
and
recyclables
and
take
them
to
their
final
destination
and
then-
and
that
is
we're,
seeing
an
escalation
in
that
just
simply
due
to
some
of
the
the
overall
changes
in
that
market.
Second,
we're
also
seeing
an
escalation
in
the
cost
of
where
we
take
our
actual
trash,
and
there
are
some
limits
within
the
state.
B
There
are
fewer
waste
energy
plants
and
fewer
landfills,
or
less
capacity,
I
should
say
likely
in
the
long
term
and
the
state
we're
seeing
some
of
the
results
of
that
limited
capacity
on
the
pricing
that
we've
received
in
this
year's
bids,
we've
also
seen
an
escalation
on
recyclables
as
well,
again
largely
driven
to
some
national
international
factors
around
recycling.
All
right,
I
know
Mike.
If
there's
anything
about.
A
B
I,
don't
have
a
final
number
yet
absolutely
in
terms
of
percentages
that
is
the
most
significant
increase
in
terms
of
absolute
value
in
terms
of
dollars,
we'll
likely
see
a
greater
increase
in
both
collections
and
potentially
in
the
drop-off
of
trash
more
than
more
than
recycling,
but
recycling
has
gone
up
significantly
to
your
point.
Two
years
ago
we
probably
made
money.
Two
Falls
ago
we
made
money
on
recycling
which
meant
that
we
actually
receive
revenue
back.
That
does
not
look
like
the
situation
we
are
going
to
be
in
at
least
the
beginning
of
this
contract.
B
We're
seeing
two
changes.
One
is
that
the
contamination
rate
that
the
prescience,
a
the
processing
cost
for
recyclables
is,
is
going
up.
The
industry
is
looking
for
lower
amounts
of
trash
mixed
with
recycling
when
that
one
of
those
recyclables
are
sold
and
because
they're
looking
for
that
lower
percentage
of
contamination,
the
actual
cost
of
processing
recyclables
has
gone
up
a
second.
It
seems,
though,
there's
less
of
a
market
demand
for
for
the
recyclable
products
themselves,
and
so
we're
getting
less
revenue
back
in
our
revenue
share
contracts.
Okay,.
A
Before
I
pass
it
on
a
note
from
one
of
our
colleagues,
I
regret
that
I
am
unable
to
attend
today's
hearing
on
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means
FY.
20
public
works
budget
as
one
of
the
city's
top
five
departments
spending
money
on
contracting
goods
and
services,
I
hope
to
hear
what
the
department
plans
to
do
to
contract
with
more
local
women
in
and
persons
of,
color
owned
business
since
the
early
counselor
Kim
Jane.
Thank
you
councillor,
Flint.
D
Thank
You
councillor
co-moh
and
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
being
here.
I
started
off
the
day
on
Saturday
in
the
in
the
Southend
Chinatown,
the
Bay
Village,
with
love
you
block
with
Eric,
Prentiss
and
and
a
Nene,
but
there
was
a
work
of
efferent
Public
Works.
His
name
was
Louis
R,
woohoo
he's
doing
an
outstanding
job,
very,
very
professional,
and
before
that
I
saw
her
another
man
and
Shannon
on
his
name
was
Vincent.
I
didn't
catch
his
last
name,
but
he
was
sweeping
the
streets
on
Tyler,
Street
and
tireless
Street.
D
Looked
very
good
because
of
Vincent's
professionalism
along
with
along
with
Louis.
So
I
just
wanted
to
pass
that
along
to
you.
First
in
chief
I
know
you
highlighted
at
the
beginning
the
improvements
to
Long
Island
Northern
have
a
new
bridge
and
the
North
End
Charles
Town
Bridge.
What's
the
latest
on
the
northern
Avenue
Bridge
and.
B
Far
could
speak
to
this
as
well.
We
have
a
mayor's
advisory
task
force,
of
which
you
are
a
member.
Has
this
council
clarity
and
we
are
going
through
essentially
a
the
initial
design,
really
looking
at
four
key
elements.
With
this
bridge
we've
heard
from
residents
that
there
are
four
main
objectives:
one
we
want
to
improve
mobility.
We
know
we
want
a
better
connection,
opportunity
to
better
connection
between
downtown
and
the
South
Boston
waterfront,
particularly
the
South
Boston
waterfront
good
grows.
Second,
we
know
that
we
need
to
improve
resiliency.
B
At
the
mouth
of
the
four
point
channel
those
four
objectives-
mobility,
history,
resiliency
in
place,
making
are
essentially
what
the
mayor's
advisory
task
force
is
working
through
right
now,
pars
team
has
led
whole
series
of
design
efforts
and
we
have
on
May
23rd
our
next
task
force
meeting.
We
expect
in
early
June
to
have
a
meeting
a
public
meeting
to
really
talk
about
two
key
elements:
what
the
actual
design
the
overall
design
of
the
bridge
looks
like
in
the
width
of
the
bridge,
with
really
an
eye
towards
history
and
resiliency.
Anything
well.
D
Thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you
for
that
update.
I,
also
know
that
you
were
investing
in
in
South
Boston
as
well,
especially
on
issues
relating
to
pedestrian
safety.
That's
very
important
to
me
and
my
in
my
district
as
well.
I
also
represent
the
downtown
neighborhood,
and
the
downtown
bid
provides
exceptional
investments
in
our
city
I
believe
last
year
they
contributed
over
200
million
dollars
in
property
tax
alone.
How
was
the
city
leveraging
this
private
investment
in
terms
of
infrastructure
improvements
or
for
city
services?
We
may
hear
directly
from
them.
B
What
I
consider
sort
of
the
gateways
to
the
Downtown
Crossing
bid
so
last
year
err
cut
the
ribbon
on
the
new
Liberty
Tree
Plaza,
which
was
done
in
collaboration
between
the
parks
department,
the
Downtown
Crossing
bid
and
para
para
steam.
We
are
shortly
going
to
be
doing
some
work
at
the
Harrison
Essex
and
tremon
Street
intersection
to
figure
out
to
basically
create
a
new
gateway.
B
There
sort
of
creates
a
new
public
plaza
both
for
Downtown
Crossing
and
for
Chinatown,
and
then
we've
got
money
in
our
capital
budget
to
be
able
to
improve
Winter
Street,
and
some
long
has
for
design
and
construction
improvements
that
the
bid
has
been
looking
for.
That
Katie
and
para
steamer
can
be
working
on
you.
D
Think
it's
one
of
the
busiest
areas
in
the
city,
especially
MBTA
riders,
using
that
area,
South
Station,
Washington,
Street,
Park
Street,
the
capital
plan
$500,000,
was
allocated
for
design.
Improvements
to
the
Washington
Street
summer
went
to
Street
intersection.
What
is
the
status
of
that
project
and
is
it
on
schedule.
D
If
I
could
stay
updated
on
that,
as
well
again,
just
want
to
highlight
the
tremendous
work
of
the
public
works
personnel
that
are
doing
exceptional
work
across
the
city
and
they're
really
the
workers
that
keep
our
city
moving
forward.
They
they
they
do
the
work,
they
don't
get
huge
salaries,
but
they
work
hard.
They
determine
the
professional
and
I'm
proud
I'm,
proud
of
their
work
that
they
provide
for
the
residents
of
Boston
and
I.
Think
my
time
is
up,
but
I'll
catch
up
on
the
next
round.
That's
good
Thank,
You,
chief
Thank,
You
counsel,.
E
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
running
chief
in
to
the
team-
not
just
that
are
sitting
here
in
front
of
us
but
I,
know
the
folks
in
the
gallery
here
that
we're
all
the
unsung
heroes
for
the
various
departments
that
get
the
job
done.
So
it's
a
pleasure
working
with
Mike
on
a
regular
basis
with
snow
removal
and
trash
collection
and
sidewalk
and
pothole
repair
been
super
responsive
chief
anytime.
E
My
office
of
staff
has
reached
out
to
to
to
you
Mike
so,
but
cop
went
to
you
into
your
tea
particularly
want
to
pick
up
privacy
as
we
stop
the
recycle.
With
Michael
season.
Talk
about
the
recycling
contract,
that's
gone
up
considerably.
Yes,
there
was
a
report
done
one
of
the
new
stations
reported
that
people
are
just
putting
regular
household
trash
in
with
recycling.
What
are
we
doing
about
that
is
that
a
is
that
the
role
that
in
special
services
should
be
playing
in
conjunction
with
Public
Works?
E
Should
we
be
ticketing,
feeding
finding
folks
that
are
using
the
recycling
bins
for
regular
household
trash?
It's
it's
seen.
The
report
was
very
disappointing
that
they
did.
It
was
a
spotlight
report,
but
they
went
right
to
the
recycling
facility
and
you
saw
there
was
so
much
of
that
product.
As
you
mentioned,
was
contaminated
yep.
It
had
a
lot
of
other
stuff
other
than
recycle.
So
I
guess.
What
are
we
doing?
E
I
know
that
we've
put
out
some
ads
I,
don't
know
how
much
those
ads
cost
I
don't
even
know
who
we're
advertising
to,
but
I
guess
what
are
we
gonna
do,
because
if
the
contamination
rate
continues
and
if
they
there's
less
market
demand
on
recycling,
we're
in
a
real
precarious
position
here
as
to
what
to
do
so?
What
are
your
thoughts
so.
B
We
absolutely
there's
one
of
the
most
important
things
we
can
do
is
to
reduce
the
contamination
rate,
encourage
residents
to
recycle
right.
There
is
a
statewide
effort,
led
by
DEP
around
recycling
rate,
which
Mike's
team
Brian
Jerry
Dennis
have
all
been
working
on.
That
is
that,
in
collaboration
with
Chris,
Coakley
has
been
some
of
the
initial
sort
of
outreach
that
you've
seen
and
we're
boosting
our
community
outreach
our
education,
our
advertising
on
things
like
big
belly,
trash
cans,
to
get
the
message
out
about
how
to
recycle
right
again
to
lower
that
contamination
rate.
B
We
know
that
actually
is
better
for
the
environment
and
better
for
the
bottom
line.
There
is
I
would
say,
sir,
in
addition
to
sort
of
that
core
work
around
education.
One
of
the
key
things
that
was
done
by
the
mayor
a
couple
years
ago
was
to
bring
the
Code
Enforcement
Division
over
from
the
inspectional
Services
Division
to
actually
work
directly
in
the
waste
reduction
division.
E
And,
as
you
know,
on
street
cleaning
day,
we're
real
quick
to
ticket
to
tag
to
tow
I
earn
special
service.
Workers
should
be
right
out
with
the
trash
collection
folks
and
lift
up
those
blue
bins
and
when
there's
food
in
there,
that
homeowner
ought
to
be
being
cited.
So
it
should
be
on
par
with
you
know,
getting
the
street
sweeper
to
the
curb.
We
put
a
big
emphasis
on
that
yeah
to
the
point
with
increased
fees
and
fines,
particularly
around
on
the
street
cleaning
piece.
E
But
this
is
this
is
huge
when
you
and
you
see
our
recycling
cost
go
up
significantly
and
in
a
very
short
period
of
time.
We
need
to
put
an
emphasis
on
that
and
I
think
that's
gonna
require
our
special
service
department
to
be
out
on
the
street
alongside
about
meter,
maids
and
I
tow
trucks,
and
this
be
a
joint
effort
to
try
to
crack
down
on
this
I.
E
Don't
think
the
ads
are
working
quite
frankly
and
I,
don't
think
people
are
really
tuned
in
to
what
they
should
be
putting
in
the
blue
bins
and
what
they
should
not
be
putting
in
the
blue
bins.
We
do
get
a
lot
of
calls
in
my
office.
People
looking
for
blue
bins,
I'm,
not
quite
sure
if
we're
still
distributing
those
blue
bins
and
if
so,
are
we
doing
a
neighborhood
by
neighborhood?
Or
can
people
call
in
and
just
get
a
blue
bin?
But
if
we
get
some
clarity
on
that,
that'd
be
great.
So.
B
That
actually
connects
back
with
the
letter
that
you
read
from
councillor
Janie's,
so
one
of
the
things
to
Brian's
credit
and
man's
credit
that
we
did
through
this
particular
capital
budget
is
we
actually
pulled
out
the
the
blue
bin,
the
recycling
cart
delivery
process
in
the
past
that
was
tied
in
with
one
of
our
larger,
larger
trash
contracts.
We
pulled
that
out
as
a
separate
contract
as
I
think
that
many
of
you
heard
about
Thursday's
hearing
last
Thursday's
hearing
from
economic,
no
economic
development
group.
B
At
the
hearing
that
you
shared,
we
are
taking
a
different
approach
this
year.
It
is
a
separate
contract
as
a
smaller
dollar
contract,
geared
specifically
towards
a
smaller
local
business
who
can
actually
deliver
carts
and
in
the
past
we
would
deliver
cards
eight
months
a
year,
and
this
and
this
coming
fiscal
year
will
actually
be
year
round.
So
all
12
months
will
actually
be
delivering
recycling
carts
to
residents
that
are
interested.
E
And
we
just
do
a
better
job
of
tracking,
what's
going
in
to
those
bins
and
taking
appropriate
action
now,
those
that
are
not
putting
recyclable
goods
into
those
that
be
that's
important.
The
overtime
budget
that
looks
like
we
appropriated,
2.3
and
1.8
has
been
used.
That
leaves
us
a
surplus
of
500,000
over
the
next
couple
of
months.
What
drives
the
overtime
cost?
Is
it
the
snow,
removal
trash
collection
stuff
or
is
it.
F
Our
department,
but
for
you
we
can
clean
up
your
neighborhood
clean
up
some
street
lighting
work
with
capital
and
some
other
work
that
they'll
be
doing
just
by
maintaining
if
they're
their
assets.
For
the
most
part,
though,
I
would
say
that
its
fleet
maintenance
and
the
highway
division
would
be.
That
would
be
the
bulk
of
that
work
and.
E
Then,
chief,
oh,
can
you
shift
back
to
the
follow-up
on
council
flinch?
Cron,
it's
on
the
northern
Avenue
Bridge
I
know
that
this
is
pretty
wide.
There's
a
wide
there's
a
wide
gap
there
so
I
think
we
need
to
do
we.
What
do
we
want
to
be
a
super?
Do
we
want
to
be
a
salad?
We
can't
be
both
so
right.
I
think
we
gotta
tighten
that
up
to
go
from
sort
of
a
fifty
to
one
one.
Sixty
we
have
some
explaining
to
do
so.
E
If
we're
gonna
we're
gonna,
be
approving
this
budget,
I'm
gonna
kind
of
need
to
know
sort
of
what
that
real
number
is,
because
that
range
is
just
so
wide
and
also
to
be
very
clear
as
to
what
those
uses
where
I
know
there's
a
yeah
article
I
think
was
in
the
last
week
or
so,
but
the
city's
position
would
really
weren't
firm
and
concrete
as
to
what
that
bridge
was
going
to
be
used
for
it.
We
can't
be
doing
all
things
to
all
people.
E
We've
got
to
really
be
clear
and
clearly
defined
the
scope
of
that
bridge.
The
size
of
the
bridge
in
the
cost
of
that
bridge
and
just
be
upfront
and
Franklin
people
and
what
those
uses
are
gonna,
be
I,
don't
think
we
can
start
to
continue
to
tiptoe
around
it.
So
so,
if
we
can
tighten
up
50
to
160,
it's
a
huge
difference
and
also
the
the
the
uses
that
are
on
that
bridge
and
we
state
that
publicly.
G
B
It's
really
specific
to
the
actual
sort
of
lawn
areas.
Long
no
me
to
casts
this
was
something
we
just
put
together
by
by
our
apprentice
and
collaboration
with
Mike
and
n
figure
out.
How
do
we
actually
maintain
the
lawn
panel
of
the
lawn
areas
of
Melanie,
I
guess
as
an
additional
set
of
services
on
top
of
everything
else,
we're
doing.
G
Okay,
so
so
not
really
not
really
masked
more
more
milena
cast
no
minute
gasps.
Okay
and
you
talked
about
the
yard
ways
to
drop
off.
Would
that
drop
off
be?
Have
the
American
Highway
side
with
at
prosess
I?
Don't
know,
couch
is
still
there,
but
that
is
exactly
a
we
are
we
talk.
Is
he
able
to
sell
any
product
over
the
yet
ornithologist
community
gasps.
B
He
is
able
to
sell
in
this
what
we
bid
out
this
time
was.
We
actually
made
it
very
clear
that
contract
that
whoever
has
the
contract
has
the
right
to
be
able
to
actually
sell
anything
above
I
think
was
1,200
cubic
yards,
anything
above
the
threshold
that
goes
after
the
community
gardeners
yeah
and
just
as
another
way
of
being
able
to
manage
cost
and
also
provide
a
compost
back
to
residents
who
may
want
it
and.
G
G
F
They're
they're
small
utility
did
did
look
like
little
four-by-fours
with
the
with
the
hopper
in
the
back
to
that
they
could
throw
material
out
of,
but
ultimately,
we
bought
their
with
brooms
and
plows.
We
brought
three
of
those
and
utilized
them
on
Summer
Street,
Mel
Nia
casts
all
these
different
buy
things
that
both
have
been
here
and
popped
up.
Along
with
that.
We
also
bought
two,
what
they
call
Avant
machines.
F
G
F
G
G
F
We
have
wanted
to
lodge
with
its
they're
called
wreckers.
We
we
actually
got
when
last
year
we
we
purchased
a
used
model
last
year,
so
we
have
two
drivers
for
that.
Those
are
for
basically
in-house
tows
of
our
lodge
plows,
what
they
also
tow,
I,
think
for
EMS
and
Boston
Public
Schools
as
well,
so
they
can,
they
can
tow
a
large
scale
piece
of
equipment,
but
but
for
the
most
part,
all
those
tow
operators
are
still
sitting
in
BTD.
F
G
Chris,
what
does
that?
What
does
your
work
for,
like
in
publican
Mike
you'll,
probably
hear
on
this?
What
does
the
Public
Works
workforce
look
like,
and
this
could
contribute
a
ssin
all
of
our
departments
that
have
forward-facing
what?
What
is
the
next
four
or
five
years
look
like
do
we
see
like
what's
happening
in
the
police
department
were
a
lot
of
retirements
and,
if
so,
what
does
that
look
like
in
a
week
training
anybody
to
come
in
it?
What
is
the
pathway
to
get
into
Public,
Works
transportation,
and
that
sort
of
thing
are
we
looking?
F
I'll
just
wrap
it
on
that
on
the
operational
piece
we've
been
taking
in
this
body
approved
the
budget.
Last
year
we
got
six
full-time
Hokies.
That's
that
full-time
position
that
cleans
the
streets.
It
used
to
be
something
where
all
our
current
supervisors
started
off
in
15
20
30
years
ago,
so
that
feeder
systems
helped
out
of
the
six
that
we
hired
in
last
year's
budget.
Five
have
been
promoted.
G
F
Employees
will
tell
me
that
we're
very
green
that
we
that
we
get
a
lot
of
new
employees,
that
we
got
to
continue
to
improve
and
manage
up
to
just
get
to
know
that
thirty-year
long
history
of
you
know
historical
knowledge,
I
think
that
we
as
far
as
the
retaining
of
employees,
we
are
we.
We
do
have
some
titles
and
some
positions
I
that
that
that
makes
it
difficult
for
us
to
retain.
We
get
folks
in
with
their
CDL
or
help
them
get
their
CDL
and
a
lot
of
times.
G
F
So
about
how
we
can
maintain
those
employees,
whether
they
start
at
a
higher
rate,
whether
we
talk
to
the
Union
which
which
we
have
started,
that
whole
dialogue.
Just
to
you
know,
I
always
say
a
large
spreader
in
a
snowstorm
is
$280
in
our
contractors.
It's
on
overtime,
its
$33
with
a
city,
boy,
yeah
right,
so
the
more
we
get
so
I
guess!
C
C
B
Then
the
office
of
workforce
development
create
a
City
Academy
program,
I'm
going
through
I,
think
City
Academy
program
that
that
Trish
Casey
bill
Coughlin,
Matt
Bradley
all
worked
on
to
basically
create
training
programs
for
some
of
the
entry-level
jobs.
There's
focus
specifically
on
as
Mike
referenced
observed,
CDL
and
other
licenses.
You
may
need
for
careers.
B
We
were
actually
one
of
the
first
periphery
we
were.
We
were
one,
oh
thank
you.
We
were
one
of
the
first
service
city
departments
working
on
exactly
that,
and
then
our
mic
just
reminded
me.
Our
centrally
team
has
a
really
good
partnership
with
Madison
Park
they've
cultivated
that
over
a
number
of
years
and
have
hosted
a
whole
host
of
interns
to
learn
that
career
and
potentially
then
come
work.
G
H
I
Thank
you,
mister,
chair,
good
morning,
everybody,
if
a
couple
just
a
couple
things.
First,
the
trash
collection
contract,
where,
where
are
we
on
that
I've,
actually
gotten
quite
a
few
letters
that
calls
from
constituents
who
are
thrilled
with
the
current
our
current
contractor
and
asking
where
we
are
on
reviewing
that
renewing?
Can
you
speak
to
that
yeah.
B
So
we're
going
through
the
actuals
for
contract
award
process
right
now,
so
we
can
have
an
update
you
on
the
specifics,
I
think
shortly,
I
think
no
matter
what
we
take
a
lot
of
pride
and
pay
a
lot
of
attention
to
making
sure
that
trash
collection,
recycling
collection,
yard
waste
collection
is
done
really
well,
regardless.
Whoever
the
contractor
is
and
there's
a
number
of
things,
both
structural
and
operational.
That
I
think
allow
that
to
be
the
case.
B
One
of
them
we
already
touched
on
moving
code
enforcement
over
to
Public
Works
is
one
way
in
which
we've
I
think
really
boosted
our
ability
to
ensure
that
trash
collection
is
done
well.
Second,
we
have
an
in
this
coming
contract.
We
are
putting
a
higher
level
or
higher
standard
in
place
for
the
use
of
GPS
on
all
trash
collection
contracts
make
sure
they
can
manage
them
better.
B
Third,
we
made
it
much
clearer
the
fines
that
would
be
associated
with
failing
to
do
certain
contract
provisions
and
fourth
I
would
give
a
lot
of
credit
to
Mike
Brian
Dennis
Jerry
their
team
for
for
really
managing
these
contractors.
Well,
in
your
in
your
district
and
for
all
this,
one
of
the
things
which
will
I
think
help
have
trash
on
the
curb
less
and
be
able
to
get
us
through
the
city
faster.
We're
gonna
be
adjusting
the
start
time
for
trash
collection
down
to
6
a.m.
what.
I
Well,
I
guess
I
mean
I,
know,
there's
more
than
one
bidder
and
I
know
that
the
current
ones
sunrise,
you
know,
has
I,
think
done
a
fine
job
and
what
provisions
you
mentioned,
the
GPS
performance
I
mean.
Are
there
penalties
for
that,
and
obviously
is
your
department,
the
enforcing
agency,
for
lack
of
a
better
word,
or
is
that
something
it's
gonna
have
to?
You
know
work
its
way
through
the
law,
department
or
anything
else.
I
B
Have
a
mic
talk
to
us
too,
but
in
this
contract
we
spell
out
very
clearly
the
standards
you'll
be
held
to
and
the
penalties
associated
with
failing
to
meet
those
standards
and
those
would
be
and
will
be
enforced
by
Public,
Works
I.
Do
think.
One
of
the
reasons
why
we've
seen
some
significant
improvement
over
the
last
five
years
also
has
to
do
with
your
constituents.
I
think
we
have
done
some
really
great
partnerships
across
the
city
to
make
sure
that
trash
is
being
put
out
in
a
great
way
we're.
I
I
would
just
on
this
topic:
just
you
know,
I
know,
folks,
don't
want
to
go
back
to
I
think
the
prior
contractor.
They
like
how
things
are
now.
Obviously,
if
that's
a
fiscally
responsible
decision,
the
results
are
incredibly
important
and
holding
whoever
it
is
accountable.
Second,
unrelated
issue,
I
know
I'm
on
the
clock
over
here.
The
sandwich
board
pilot
program
that
we
have
in
city
of
Boston.
Councillor,
Flaherty
and
I
have
spent
some
time
on
it
with
Commissioner
Christopher
right
now.
I
have
concerns
about
Newberry
Street
in
particular,
and
it's
been
going
on.
I
I
took
a
walk
with
Commissioner
Christopher,
actually
with
some
neighbor
her
neighbors
the
other
day.
It
seems
like
one
even
given
the
current
ordinance,
which
I'm
not
a
supporter
of
probably
80
to
90%
of
the
signs,
don't
comply
with
that
on
Newbury
Street
at
least,
and
you
know,
code
enforcement
is
empowered
in
your
department
to
go
and
pick
them
up
off
the
street.
It's
a
pretty
basic
standard.
I
would
like
to
change
that
rule
and
eliminate
them
altogether
on
Newbury
Street,
but
that's
for
a
different
day.
I
B
I
think,
probably
after
your
conversation
with
Commissioner
Christopher,
he
reached
out
to
us,
we
like
to
sit
down
with
you.
I
think
part
of
that
is
about
educating
all
of
the
small
business
owners
along
Newbury
Street
about
what
the
regulations
are
and
then
take
the
appropriate
actions.
True
code
enforcement,
if
they
fail
to
always.
I
I
will
say:
I
would
hope
and
I
would
ask
actually
that
your
department,
if
there's
two
on
one
complaints
to
go
out
and
just
pick
up
the
signs,
I,
don't
I'm,
not
advocating
a
sweep
without
more
education
and
I,
have
talked
to
the
both
business
associations
for
that
area.
I
know
they're
in
touch
with
both
the
Neighborhood
Association
Commissioner
Christopher,
probably
some
of
your
folks.
I
But
when
people
are
you
actually
making
the
reports
if
they
could
go
and
get
picked
up,
I
see
your
employees
I
see
your
team
out
there
doing
a
great
job
of
emptying
the
trash
and
recycle
bins
along
Newbury
Street.
It
is
a
bit
of
a
burden
to
businesses,
but
these
the
law,
the
rules,
are
pretty
clear,
I
think
overly
lacks
in
this
front.
But
even
given
that
you
know
we
saw
advertisements
for
cigarettes
which
are
explicitly
prohibited,
the
vast
majority
of
the
signs
did
not
have
the
business
address
phone
number
on
as
required.
I
So
I
am
going
to
be
using
three
on
one
myself
to
report
these
I
know
many
of
our
residents
are
in
concert
with
education.
I
know
the
architectural
Commission
is
also
looking
at
sending
some
other
standards
to
try
and
address
this
and
and
I.
You
know
I
appreciate
this
is
probably
unique
to
this
street.
The
program
seems
to
be
working
well,
I,
don't
get
any
complaints
about
it
in
Mission,
Hill
or
the
Fenway,
or
even
so
much
in
Beacon
Hill,
but
it's
the
crowds
and
the
proliferation.
I
Given
that
on
Newbury
Street
we
have
a
building
with
maybe
30
feet
of
40
feet
of
frontage
and
for
businesses
in
it
on
a
sidewalk.
That's
you
know
this
big
and
particularly
on
the
weekends.
We
have
hundreds
tile,
the
people
which
is
great,
but
we
need
to
do
that
so
I
will
I'm
continues
through
and
one
asset
prompt
responses
there.
Thank.
A
J
You
very
much
time
as
chair.
Thank
you,
everybody
for
being
here.
My
old
apartment,
I
always
love.
This
I
always
love
this
hearing,
because
I
always
generally
have
good
things
to
say,
but
I
do
want
to
start
out
with
some
thank
yous.
These
are
really
might
go
to
people
who
always
pick
up
the
phone.
Saturday
Sunday
doesn't
matter,
Mike
a
Torelli
Eric
Prentiss,
Zach,
Wathan,
a--the,
Dennis,
Roach,
Freddie,
Mycroft,
Chris,
Coakley,
Kevin,
Lansky
and,
of
course,
Steve
tangle
literally.
At
any
event,
any
time
of
day
I
can
always
send
a
shoot
him.
J
A
text
and
I
get
an
answer
back
and
I.
Don't
think
people
realize
how
hard
people
work
behind
the
scenes,
not
just
from
from
eight
to
four
or
eight
to
seven
to
three,
whatever
the
working
hours
hour.
So
just
a
couple
things
I
want
to
thank
power,
especially
for
all
the
the
upgrades
coming
to
to
revel
in
High
Park
Dana,
a
bridge
Dana
have
High
Park
in
his
section
Walcott
in
a
section
you
know
well
over
two
million
dollars
for
the
int
that
intersection
four
million
dollars
for
the
bridge.
J
This
has
been
a
long
time
coming
for
that
area
and
I'm
very
happy.
The
fact
that
this
administration,
with
the
leadership
of
chief
Osgood,
has
really
focused
on
capital
improvements,
things
you
can
see
and
things
you
can
touch
and
that's
it's
been
so
important,
I
think
it's
been
lacking
in
over
the
last
five
years.
J
Have
we
and
they're
expensive
to
repair
when
utility
cuts
go
through
and
I
know,
Mike
a
Torelli
is
on
the
utilities
to
try
to
repair
them
as
is,
but
we
all
know,
there's
a
fifteen
by
fifteen
patch
put
over
them
and
they
never
come
back.
Have
we
looked
at
new
crosswalks
and
what
kind
of
materials
we
could
be
using
for
the
future
to
stay
away
from
the
wagon
wheel?.
B
As
a
and
Katie
can
certainly
crunch
me
on
this,
but
we
are
going
to
the
white
lines
not
to
the
wagon
wheel,
design
going
forward.
Well,
I
think,
but
I
talk
even
more
about
this
in
the
bgd
hearing
tomorrow,
but
the
mayor
did
step
up
the
crosswalk
restriping
investment
and
we've
done
I
believe
about
1200
I'll,
get
you
the
exact
number
about
1200
restriping
of
crosswalks
over
the
course.
This
last
year,
it's
roughly
I
think
around
a
two
million
dollar
annual
investment.
B
J
So,
while
we're
on
utilities,
I'll
skip
I've
got
them
all
in
order,
but
I
mentioned
to
Katie
before
I
just
want
a
little
bit
of
just
to
put
it
on
the
table.
Sanford
Street,
Danny
road,
where
earnest
is
I,
know
it's
a
private
way,
but
over
the
last
30
years
it
literally
grew
up.
I
grew
up
down
the
street.
That's
we
just
play
wiffle
ball
in
street
hockey.
You
can't
play
street
hockey
there.
J
It's
almost
undriveable,
because
utilities
have
dug
it
up
so
much
so
if
we
can
look
into
whether
we
patch
and
repair
or
just
repave,
that
little
section
it
literally
is
it's.
There's
a
7-inch
puddle
in
the
middle
of
the
street,
now
I
think
frogs
are
gonna,
move
in
at
some
point
in
time.
If
we
don't
do
something
and
it's
absolutely,
the
utilities
and
I
know
that
working
in
district
8,
as
long
as
I
did
even
plowing.
That
area
is
tough
because
the
blades
go
right
over.
You
know
I
mean
you
know
the
deal.
J
So
if
we
could
take
a
look
at
that
thoughts
on
on
repairing
heaving,
sidewalks
and
new
materials
for
tree
pits,
are
we
looking
into
anything
that
could
possibly
be
new,
because
we
we've
been
dealing
with
this
for
forever
we're?
You
know
we
come
in
with
the
temporary
pair
at
the
blacktop,
and
then
people
yell
at
you
for
doing
the
temporary
pair
of
blacktop.
B
B
And
sort
of
exactly
that's
one
piece.
Second,
one
of
the
new
investments
in
this
budget
is
around
200,000
to
support
Mike
Manning's
team
Mike
roles
team
to
see
if
there
are,
if
there's,
equipment
or
materials
that
can
help
do
some
of
those
basic
repairs
in
a
better
way
and
then
again
across
the
board.
B
The
mayor's
really
increased
the
investment
in
Katie's
team
to
go
and
just
fix
more
sidewalks
across
the
city
of
Boston,
taking
a
more
a
more
of
a
network
approach,
and
as
we
do
that
I
think
about
what
the
right
design
is
to
make
sure
that
we
are
allowing
for
trees
to
grow
in
a
healthy
way
without
heaving
up.
The
pavers,
as
you
know,
is
not,
and.
J
Lastly,
in
this
round
the
overtime-
2.3
million-
you
know,
I've
been
there
I
understand
that
you're,
never
gonna
say.
Yes,
we
do
need
more
women,
men
and
women.
I
know
you're,
not
going
to
say
that
I
think
you
do
but
I'm
concerned
with
the
dispersion
ratio
of
the
overtime.
There
are
some
staffers
that
are
making
over
their
base
pay
in
overtime
and
I.
J
Think
that
you
have
men
and
women
who
are
making
forty
fifty
sixty
thousand
dollars
who
are
struggling
to
live
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
think
that
the
over
time
should
be
dispersed
a
little
bit
better.
It
concerns
me
greatly
and
I
think
it
would
also
help
with
the
morale
of
the
people
who
are
struggling
to
stay
in
a
very,
very
expensive,
City
and
I
know
with
the
contract.
J
The
the
newbies
who
are
coming
on
at
that
lower
rate
need
to
live
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
people
who
were
kind
of
that
higher
rate
may
not
live
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
dispersion
of
the
overtime
is
concerning.
So
we
could
keep
a
very
close
eye
on
that
for
the
rest
of
the
the
year
and
and
moving
forward.
That
would
be
appreciated.
So
I'll
wait
for
next
round.
Thank
You.
K
You
very
much
good
morning.
Everyone
thank
you
for
what
you
do
day
to
day
and
and
for
a
really
smooth
and
great
winter
season.
I
wanted
to
start
just
with
follow-up
on
frontage
road
I
know
Chief.
We
talked
briefly
about
the
study
that
was
done,
and
you
had
mentioned
at
the
time
that
it
wasn't
finalized,
yet
so
just
wondering
if
it
is
final
and
if
I
could
get
a
copy.
It's.
B
K
B
K
B
So
in
general,
this
is
sort
of
in
general,
a
the
designing
community
process
has
really
led
initial
design
and
conceptual
outcomes
are
really
determined
or
driven
through
the
BTD
process,
so
essentially
from
initial
community
engagement
til
about
a
25
percent
design.
So
when
the
concepts
are
sort
of
really
sketched
out
from
25
percent
to
a
hundred
percent.
B
K
B
Is
still
under
percent
funded
by
city,
I
can
double-check
the
breakdown
between
parking
meter
fund
and
general
obligation,
bonds
or
car,
and
can
we
have
thanks
two
pars
good
work?
We
basically
submitted
by
the
end
of
last
calendar
all
the
major
permits
we
expect
to
be
at
a
sort
of
a
hundred
percent
design
by
August
of
this
year
and
obviously
we
are
working
through
the
public
permitting
process
with
Long
Island
Bridge
right
now.
Okay,.
K
And
this
might
be
more
for
the
BTD
hearing,
but
would
it
be
possible
to
get
a
breakdown
of
what
has
been
spent
out
of
the
parking
meter
fund?
Just
I'm
no
sailor
blasts?
However
many
years
is
convenient
it
be
it
would.
It
would
be
my
dream
if
I
could
get
that
before
btv,
so
I
could
talk
about
it
in
detail
there.
I
would
really
appreciate
that
and
then
just
finally
for
my
round,
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
contracts
that
have
gone
out.
I
know
there
was
a
look.
There.
K
B
A
B
What's
what's
the
condition
of
the
facility
that
they're
working
in
and
then
looked
at,
are
there
feasible
alternative
locations
for
those
activities
to
happen,
given
some
of
the
best
practices
that
are
happening,
others
and
other
miss
Patty's?
What
could
some
of
those
feasible
locations
look
like
what
would
the
cost
of
those
be
and
what
would
some
of
the
impact
of
that
be?
And
so
that's
the
report
that
util
is
wrapping
up
and
we
should
have
for
you
all
Charlotte.
L
B
B
And
park
and
talk
more
about
this,
but
there
are
essentially
three
local
permits:
a
state
wetlands
permit
from
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission
a
state
wetlands
permit
for
the
Boston
Conservation
Commission
and
a
local
wetlands
permit
from
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission
just
to
touch
on
those
three.
Before
talking
about
state
and
federal.
We
are
seeking-
and
we
expect
to
receive
very
shortly-
word
back
from
state
DEP
for
what's
called
a
superseding
order
of
conditions
on
the
state
weapons
permits.
B
The
local
wetlands
permit
from
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission
is
currently
in
court,
and
we
expect
those
court
proceedings
to
happen
later
over.
The
course
of
this
summer
protects
the
early
fall
and
gave
the
exact
sort
of
timeline
on
that.
On
the
state
side,
we
received
a
certificate
late
last
year,
and
that
was
then
challenged,
and
so
that
is
also
in
court.
Those
challenged
by
Quincy.
That
is
also
in
court
and
then
tomorrow
night,
is
our
chapter.
B
91
hearing
in
Quincy
so
we'll
be
headed
down
to
Quincy,
to
present
on
the
means
and
methods
of
construction
of
the
long
island
bridge
and
give
folks
an
update
about
the
plan
for
Long
Island
itself,
and
that
is
the
principle.
The
other
major
state
permit
or
license
that
we're
seeking.
The
final
permit
is
one
which
would
come
from
the
US
Coast
Guard
and
that
one
will
move
forward
once
essentially,
the
state
and
local
permits
have
been
been
granted.
Greg.
L
B
L
Very
good,
thank
you
very
much
and
then
a
follow-up
question
from
councillor
McCarthy
regarding
the
crosswalks.
How
many
raised
crosswalks
do
we
have
in
the
city
I'm
a
big
fan
of
those,
especially
in
front
of
our
schools,
playgrounds
and
places
where
our
elder
buildings
are
senior
buildings
across
the.
H
L
At
some
point
I'm
offline,
if
you
could
share
that
and
any
sort
of
plans
to
put
in
additional
crosswalks,
especially
in
places
where
little
kids
are,
we
lift
them
off
the
ground
if
they're
in
front
of
our
elementary
schools
and
our
playgrounds,
some
of
our
seniors
are
older
residents,
especially
in
front
of
senior
housing.
We
lift
them
because
we
know,
as
we
age
we
sometimes
shrink,
but
we
also
may
be
using
the
aid
of
a
walker
or
a
wheelchair.
We.
L
Thank
you
and
then
some
of
the
other
conversations
we've
had
offline
have
been
about
some
of
the
traffic
implications
due
to
what
we're
doing
on
the
street
and
I
think
about
the
Waze
app
and
how
that
impacts.
The
flow
of
traffic
through
many
of
our
communities
and
through
our
neighborhood
streets
talk
a
little
just
give
a
little
bit
of
education
around
what
happens
when
a
stop
sign
goes
up
and
how
that
impacts
the
app
and
then
maybe
some
of
the
trends
that
we've
seen
with
traffic
flow
because
of
the
app
or.
B
B
Sure,
there's
not
a
community
meeting
that
either
one
of
us
met
where
somebody
does
not
ask
for
some
some
adjustment
to
ways
this
happened.
We
have
limited
ability
to
to
influence
the
the
routing
that
waves
chooses
directly
by
working
with
Waze.
So
really
our
focuses
are
there
ways
we
can
achieve
through
engineering
changes,
some
of
the
traffic
calming
that
that
residents
were
seeking
and
whether
that
is
the
addition
of
stop
signs.
B
The
addition
of
speed,
humps,
the
raising
of
crosswalks,
the
redirection
of
streets,
any
of
those
things
or
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
in
our
toolkit
that
can
really
address
some
of
the
concerns
that
residents
receive.
Obviously,
there's
I
think
some
opportunity
for
us
to
work
with
ways
to
see
if
we
can
also
find
ways
to
encourage
them
to
guide
people
towards
main
arterials
and
not
residential
side
streets
for
for
typical
commutes
are.
H
C
L
Be
interesting,
especially
since
we're
on
a
budget
hearing
to
understand
long
term
the
impacts
of
different
volumes
on
our
neighborhood
streets
and
then
I
think
this
was
maybe
if
this
is
follow
up.
Maybe
councillor
Baker's
question
around
some
of
the
work
around
mass
and
cast
especially
on
the
green
areas.
I
understand,
that's
a
focus
and
where
we're
investing
some
money
are
we
training,
Public
Works
staff
on
this
might
be
a
question
better
for
Mike.
Are
we
training,
Public
Works
staff
on
proper,
a
needle
and
sharps
disposal
and
handling
and
disposal
sure.
F
To
date,
we
have
not
been
trained.
We
follow
the
guidelines
from
the
shops
teams.
The
be
added
shops
team
last
year
has
been
very
helpful.
We're
there
twice
a
day
morning
and
overnight,
and
in
conjunction
with
deputy
Stratton
from
the
police
and
also
the
shops
team,
we're
able
to
handle
the
material
when
we
highlight
them
see
them.
We
create
a
3-1.
In
one
case,
we
notify
the
shops
team
who's.
Actually
there
there
as
much
as
we
are.
No,
no
we've
not
been
trained
so.
F
So
if
Danny
needs
on-site,
there'll
be
a
phone
call
made
he's
the
assistant
superintendent
overseeing
that
area.
If
he's
done
site,
there's
a
three
one,
one
case
created
and
has
also
been
relationships
built
between
the
Boston
Public
Health
and
our
and
our
district
guys
that
handle
that
area.
So
I
think
we've
seen
the
turn
on
time
go
from
a
couple
years
ago.
Being
you
know
a
bulk
of
a
day
to
being
down
to
about
an
hour
and
a
half,
so
they'll
put
them
around
they'll.
F
L
F
Episode
so
without
work
force,
there's
no
timetable
yet
to
be
trained.
We
gonna
talk
about
the
public
health,
about
that.
I
have
had
some
calls
from
the
Union
recently
just
about
their
concerns
about
handling
sharps,
so
when
that
day
does
come
and
have
to
also
go
through
that
process
that
these
guys
feel
safe
and
comfortably
do
have
seasonal
hope
he's
down
in
that
area
who
we
do
we
keep
away
from
the
shop
stairs.
F
L
And
I
hope
I
hope
we
get
there
soon.
I
know,
Parks
departments
been
I,
think
almost
100
percent
trained,
so
I
do
I
think
that
this
is
a
concern
that
the
workforce
should
have
and
we
want
them
properly
trained,
but
we
do
need
to
get.
We
do
need
to
get
to
that
point.
Thank
you!
That's
it
for
me,
I'm
overtime,
thank.
M
You
counselor
CMO,
and
thank
you
guys
for
all
that
you're
doing
for
the
city
of
Boston,
as
well
as
the
folks
behind
me
as
well,
the
men
and
women
who
serve
and
those
who
couldn't
be
here
because
there
are
at
work
appreciate
all
of
you
and
I
got
some.
You
know
some
really
great
folks
in
my
district
Mike.
You
know
just
want
to
thank
you
on
the
record
for
your
responsiveness.
It's
doesn't
matter
what
day,
what
times?
Sometimes
it's
really
early,
really
late?
M
You
you
just
get
back
to
us
really
quickly,
along
with,
of
course,
the
folks
that
serve
with
you.
So
just
want
to
thank
this
department
for
being
one
of
the
very
responsive
departments
really
appreciate
it.
I
also
I
mean
I
just
have
to
acknowledge.
I
was
sitting
here
thinking
about
mr.
Allen,
my
neighbor.
M
Obviously,
a
public
works
guy
who
tragically
was
was
killed
to
lived
around
the
corner
from
me,
but
did
a
lot
of
great
work
in
the
community
and
I
just
had
to
sort
of
note
that
sitting
here
was
thinking
about
him
and
the
work
that
he
did
for
the
city
of
Boston
as
well.
So
just
some
some
follow-up
questions
with
respect
to
Long
Island
I'm,
assuming
Quincy,
is
still
fighting
us
on
this
and
again
we
can't
move
forward
unless
Quincy
gets
on
board
to
make
this
bridge
happen.
M
I
appreciate
you
know
your
steadfast
and
persistence
to
move
this
along.
It's
really
important
to
the
community,
for
obvious
reasons,
on
the
going
back
to
some
questions
from
councillor
Baker
on
the
yard,
waste
really
exciting,
to
see
more
opportunities
to
pay
for
pickup.
That's
something
that
comes
up
quite
a
bit
from
folks
in
the
community
and
also
this
idea
of
dropping
off,
so
how
many
locations
will
folks
be
able
to
drop
off?
When
does
that
happen?
So.
M
That
the
one
in
my
district
is
that
City
soil,
okay
got
it
welcome
to
DeForest
great
and
then
speaking
of
the
this
idea
of
city,
soil
being
able
to
sell
I
know
that
was
a
conversation
for
quite
some
time.
Is
that
actually
happening
now?
Do
they
have
that
ability?
Will
they
have
that
ability,
and
when
does
that
actually
happen?
So.
B
B
B
M
So,
no
that's
great
and
I
appreciated
councillor
Baker's
questions
as
well.
Just
going
back
to
we've
been
hearing
quite
a
bit
now
that
we
have,
we
still
have
sort
of
a
vacant
position
in
Public
Works.
We
got
a
new
commissioner
who's,
obviously
interim,
but
at
some
point
hopefully
that
won't
remain
interim
folks
are
talking
about
how
we
align
the
departments.
You
know
was
talking
to
Katie
at
some
length
about
blue
the
lab
and
the
possibilities
from
the
Public
Works
perspective
on
Blue
Hill
Ave.
M
But
then,
of
course,
you
meet
with
BTD
and
some
of
the
other
departments
and
they
have
their
own
thoughts
and
ideas.
So
how
does
coordination
currently
work
from
your
perspective?
How
could
we
be
aligning
a
little
bit
better?
There
are
moments
and
I'll
be
frank.
There
are
points
of
frustration
of
Public.
Works
is
going
out
to
do
some
really
incredible
work
that
we
want
in
the
district,
but
BTD
might
have
their
own
plans
or
some
other
department
might
be
separate
and
apart,
how
do
we
align
and
then
how
can
we
do
that
better?
B
So
that
pretty
good
question
around
to
alignment
on
designing
constructions,
actually
a
big
focus,
the
person
who's
right
behind
you,
Dan
lesser
who's,
been
spending
the
last
couple
of
months
really
working
with
the
engineering
team,
some
structure,
management
teams.
Folks,
like
me,
according
from
the
P
IC
and
the
Abbasid
transportation
department
team,
to
figure
out,
how
do
we
create
a
more
a
better
process,
both
of
engagement,
upfront
and
then
sort
of
management
throughout
an
entire
construction
process,
so
that.
B
Intents
are
held
to
that.
We
have
clear
communications
inside
the
two
departments
and
they
were
able
to
then
have
sort
of
better
products
that
are
being
delivered
and
more
quickly
in
the
neighborhoods.
That
is
a
big
chunk
of
the
work
that
we've
got
going
on
right
now,
and
our
expectation
is
that,
over
the
course
of
this
coming
year,
we're
gonna
put
into
place
those
new
practices
to
make
our
processes
simply
about
much
better.
No.
M
This
is
great
to
hear,
and
you
know,
of
course,
let
us
know
how
we
could
be
helpful
in
informing
the
conversation
based
on
what
we
hear
you
know,
each
department
is
really
you
know
trying
to
do
really
incredible
work,
a
lot
of
folks
who
are
overworked
and
underpaid
for
this.
You
know
who
work
for
the
city
of
Boston,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
whatever
my
response
is
it's
it's
not
to
sort
of
just
be
critical,
it's
just
to
tell
you
what
we're
hearing
and
hopefully
to
deliver
better
service
for
the
residents.
M
Quick
question
on
the
hokies
I
mean:
oh,
there
was
an
investment
last
year
that
was
everyone
sort
of
said.
Yes,
this
is
a
good
thing,
particularly
around
our
business
districts
and
Main
Street
areas.
How
did
that
work
out?
And
is
there
anything
in
this
budget
that
expands?
That
is
that
enough,
folks,
on
the
ground,
doing
the
work
and
then
I
can
save
my
other
questions
for
the
next.
For.
F
Sure
so
we
hired
the
six
full-time
Hokies
in
that
contract.
I'm.
Sorry
in
that,
in
that
budget
we
did
see,
I
had
mentioned,
five
have
already
been
promoted,
and
so
we've
just
hired
in
four
more
to
fill.
We've
got
a
fifth
being
hired
in
as
well.
So
it's
been
a
huge
success,
areas
that
didn't
have
a
full
time
Hokie
and
now
have
full
time,
Hokies,
they're,
supplemented,
of
course,
by
our
seasonal
work,
where
we
get
the
ten
bodies
in
this
early
spring.
F
Ten
more
in
the
summer,
we've
actually
been
very
lucky
to
get
ten
more
in
the
fall,
so
those
six,
those
six
folks
do
great
work.
It's
by
the
most
important
position
and
public
works
from
where
I
sit
and
to
see
them
already
moving
up
that
ladder,
and
then
the
backfill
has
been
awesome
inside
of
a
calendar
year.
So
it's
kind
of
how
it's
supposed
to
work
all.
A
N
N
B
So,
across
the
board,
all
the
trash
and
recycling
composting
contracts
are
going
up.
That
means
we
will
be
spending
more
on
collections,
more
on
trash
disposal,
more
on
recycling
processing
and
more
on
yard
waste
composting
within
recycling
in
particular.
Well,
we
don't
have
a
final
number
in
terms
of
what
the
implicit,
what
the
likely
cost
would
be.
N
In
other
than
public
education,
which
is
important,
what
are
some
other
initiatives
that
we're
looking
to
sort
of
educate
citizens
on
how
to
correctly
use
single-stream
recycling
as.
N
B
O
I
B
A
seismic
change:
clearly,
you
see
lower
contamination
rates
in
places
that
don't
have
single
stream.
That
is
certainly
true,
but
we
did
see
an
overall
increase
in
our
recycling
cart,
diversion
rate
by
going
to
single
stream
I'd
rather
see
if
we
can
get
help
residents
together,
sort
of
recycle
right
before
going.
Okay.
N
And
then
I've
been
asking
now
for
for
predating.
Everyone
in
this
pin
well
I
think
Anne's
been
around
longer
than
most,
but
she
started
here
when
she
was
16
years
old.
That's
why
she's
been
here
so
so
that's
why?
N
You
chief
I,
think
dPW's,
one
of
the
best
run
departments
in
the
city
of
Boston
I
mean
that
sincerely
so
I
appreciate
what
has
happened
as
it
relates
to
project
Oscar,
but
we're
not
capturing
enough
people
we're
preaching
to
the
choir.
The
people
who
use
project
Oscar
are
people
who
are
going
to
compost
anyway.
How
do
we
grow
that
percent
I?
Guess
what
is
the
status
of
looking
at
a
piloted
program
so.
B
I
think
that
having
a
full
curbside
composting
pilot
is
a
hopeful
curbside
composting
program
targeted
at
food
waste
is
a
step
that
we
cannot
yet
take.
That
is
beyond
where
we
might.
That
said,
I
think
as
we
as
we've
discussed
and
you
can
get
in
the
details
of
that
I.
Think
hearing
what
you're
gonna
host
I
think
there's
an
opportunity
think
about
how
we
violent
herbicide
collection
for
composting
over
the
course
of
this
upcoming
fiscal
year
in
a
way
which
is
limited,
cost
the
city
of
Boston.
It
helps
us
begin
to
understand.
B
B
We're
still
kind
of
working
on
what
the
details
list
might
look
like,
but
yeah.
Obviously,
people
who
in
this
city
are
providing
curbside
collection
right
now
in
other
cities
in
the
United
States,
there's
ways
in
which
they
are
through
rolling
out
similar
services,
more
of
a
subscription-based
service
than
one
where
the
city
is
essentially
providing
the
entire
service
to
every
single
household
in
the
city.
So
we
think
there's
some
initial
piloting
steps
that
we
might
be
able
to
take
we're
still
sort
of
working
this
out
so
give
us
a
little
time.
Okay,.
B
N
I
bet
it's
not
that
dissimilar
from
now
what
we're
looking
at
at
a
recycling
rate,
I,
guess,
we've.
The
reason
why
Momentum's
on
our
time
on
our
side
here
is
that
the
value
of
recycling
is
plummeted
from
where
I
started.
In
this
position,
we
were
generating
revenue
for
every
tonnage
of
recycling
and
now
we're
paying
more
than
we
have
for
trash,
so
I
think
any
way
we
can
do
to
do.
I
value
you
and
I
have
said
this.
I
know
the
mayor
feels
that
way
we
are
committed
to
recycling
some
other
cities
are
not.
N
We
are
in
Boston,
and
that
is
an
ironclad
guarantee.
So
how
do
we
then
minimize
the
extra
cost
and
I
think
that
the
I
look
forward
to
further
conversation,
but
I
will
be
pushing
that
that's
one
of
my
biggest
initiatives,
this
budget
cycle?
How
much
did
we
spend
on
is
my
time
up
yet
mr.
chairman,
okay,
just
briefly
and
then
I'll
wait
for
the
next
round
what
it
was
our
snow
removal
budget,
what
we
spent.
B
N
A
P
You
very
much
I
I
just
want
to
kick
off
my
remarks
with
just
acknowledging
some
incredible
folks
in
your
team
that
have
done
really
a
great
job
by
our
communities
and
wanted
to
thank
Billy
and
Lenny,
who
are
hooked
hokies
in
East
Boston
and
the
North
End
I
wanted
to
thank
Ty
Jackson,
who
works
over
in
the
DPW
over
in
East
Boston,
Joe,
Lazo,
Nick,
mustachio
and
Mike.
Summers
all
have
been
wonderful
and
responsive.
Also
just
directly
to
the
folks
who
are
here.
Eric
is
everything.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
P
So
much
we've
been
able
to
meet
with
them.
They
came
personally
out
Eric
and
Katie
personally
came
out
to
the
north
end
to
walk
the
sidewalks
where
we
could
show
them
is
for
improvement,
and
we
hope
that
they'll
be
on
this.
Some
of
them
will
be
on
this
summer
schedule
for
improvement
and
also
to
you,
Michael,
you
were
I,
got
a
direct
call
after
that
I
called
you,
I
think
4:45
about
snow
removal
in
Charlestown
and
the
the
bus
or
the
truck
was
out
there
that
moment,
and
it
was
going.
P
We
got
a
call
the
next
day
saying.
Thank
you.
So
responsiveness
of
your
team
billing
willing
to
come
out
there
literally
take
the
hands-on
experience
with
me
while
it's
been
wonderful,
so
thank
you
so
much
also
just
your
responsiveness
and
meeting
with
us
directly
about
bridges.
For
example.
Thank
you
so
much
and
I'm
gonna
kick
off
my
updates
and
you're
smiling
because
I,
we
all
want
to
know.
What's
going
on
with
several
bridges
and
I'll
start
with.
P
B
Is
absolutely
complete,
so
the
deck
replacement
has
been
done
in
coordination
with
with
mascot
North
Washington
Street
Bridge
is
underway.
The
next
big
milestone
will
be
the
creation
of
the
temporary
bridge,
which
will
allow
us
to
maintain
sort
of
a
consistent
pattern
of
two
lanes
in
batted
one
lane
outbound
for
the
duration
of
the
construction
fraud
process.
Our
expectation
is
that
temporary
bridge
is
in
place
by
the
end
of
this
calendar
year
by.
B
Q
P
Q
C
Q
P
No
and
I
understand,
at
least
with
the
two
Chelsea
Chelsea
East
Boston
bridges
that
we're
dealing
with
Coast
Guard
the
state
and
its
Chelsea
long
with
the
city
of
Boston
and
trying
to
coordinate
all
of
those.
Even
we
were
trying
to
get
the
schedule
for
the
bridge
to
be
more
convenient
because
you
know
when
that
bridge
goes
up.
B
Q
When
the
bridge
was
built
Council
a
bit
because
it
was
a
city-owned
bridge,
at
least
when
we
build
that
we
put
enough
intelligence
so
that
it
can
talk
to.
So,
as
you
have
noted,
the
traffic
signals
on
the
city
of
Chelsea
side
and
the
past
hand
side,
and
these
two
need
to
be
coordinated
or
the
communications
and
I
believe.
There's
a
effort
under
way
sponsored
by
mask
Department
of
Transportation
to
set
up
bring
all
these
elements
together.
So
it
is
for
increased
the
city
of
Boston
city
of
Chelsea,
mass
Tod
and
the
Coast
Guard
to.
P
Well,
in
the
time,
I
have
left
just
switching
from
bridges
to
some
of
the
supplementing
some
of
the
services
in
in
East
Boston
Lenny
does
an
incredible
job
he's
out
every
day
and
I'm
just
wondering
if
there's
a
way,
I
think
he's
our
dedicated
Hokie
and
he's
Boston
and
we
might
get
some
temporary
ones.
But
is
there
any
way
to
get
another
one
for
each
Boston?
It's
so
much
sure.
F
So
your
so
your
seasonal
hope.
Yes,
he
just
starts
I.
Think
a
week
from
today,
so
he'll
be
there
for
five
months.
The
the
idea
that
we
can
get
a
dedicated
okay,
the
eesti
beyond
Lenny,
would
be
terrific.
You've
got
multiple
sways,
you
could
you
know
East
Eagle,
Hill
I
mean
you've
got
you've
got
some
spots
that
are
just
tough
to
be
one
hokey
in
one
area,
I
think
the
Salem
Street
hokey
in
the
north
and
hokey
is
evil
is
able
to
kind
of
handle
that
area.
F
So
we
are
looking
at
how
we
can
use
these
six
permanent
Hokies
that
we
added
on
to
maybe
move
someone
in
and
around
at
least
seasonally.
It
would
be
a
permanent
hokey,
but
it
would
be
potentially
adding
just
some
more
support
landing
over
the
seasonal
pieces,
but
I
I
agree,
it's
a
it's.
It's
not
a
condensed
neighborhood,
it
might
be
an
island,
but
it,
but
it's
not
you've.
Seen
Lenny
Lenny
does
great
work.
Where
he's
at
it's,
it's
tough
to
get
Lenny
over
to
day
square
and
back
over
to
maverick.
So
we
are.
F
A
You
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
go
over
some
of
the
employee
figures
and
I
think
it
bears
repeating.
The
investment
for
the
recommended
appropriation,
especially
for
capital,
is
gone
from,
like
70
million
I
believe
to
like
a
hundred
and
five
million
recommended
for
FY.
20
includes
a
lot
of
work.
That
power
has
to
I
guess,
but
so
I
just
wanted
to
look,
and
is
it
my
understanding
that
you
are
transferring
animal
control
out
of
Public
Works?
Oh.
B
A
B
719
381
we
are
expecting
for
FY
22,
actually
be
able
to
add
to
that,
and
that
does
include
construction
managers
KD
and
some
additional
support
for
para
and
then
a
team,
some
additional
investment
in
personnel.
For
my
to
make
sure
that
were
actually
maintaining
a
lot
of
the
stuff
that
we're
building.
So
there
is
a
path
to
be
able
to
actually
expand
our
headcount
okay
right
now,
without
those
additional
investments
that
we
will
be
looking
at
381,
381,
okay,.
A
R
Kind
of
look
into
it,
I
think
part
of
it
has
to
do
with
we
weren't
really
counted.
We
hadn't
been
counting
the
mid
mid
year
now
and
that's
when
it
became
part
of
a
projection,
and
so
we're
only
looking
at
part
of
them
and
we're
looking
to
increase,
and
so
it's
really
none.
Fortunately,
it's
an
apples
to
oranges.
It's
not
really
a
full
year.
Gotcha.
A
F
So
we
have
7,200
total
litter
baskets
throughout
the
city.
They
can
be
anywhere
from
what
we
call
the
big
Bella's
that
you
know
the
dual
station
of
the
single
stations,
the
regular
Victor
Stanley.
If
you
will,
which
is
the
fluted
stainless
steel
black
that
have
the
domes
on
them,
then
we
still
have
some
of
those
till
those
those
those
cages
that
you
see
that
the
MBTA
put
out
that
I
think
I'd
say
about
ten
years
ago.
Highway
assumed
collection
of
over
the
T,
so
those
that's
kind
of
a
hodgepodge
across
the
city.
F
F
So
we
didn't
go
to
a
big
belly,
because
it
didn't
tell
us
to
in
this
city
would
be
leaving
many
transfer
stations
around
the
city,
so
the
cost
for
that
data
in
conjunction
with
the
fact
that
of
just
operationally
we're
not
a
campus
worse
we're
a
moving
city
with
people
driving
from
it's
sometimes
to
drop
a
bag
and
everything
else.
So
we
so
we
just
found
that
litter
basket
routes
are
far
more
efficient.
It
is
I
called
a
hodgepodge.
It
is
a
mix
of
everything
that
we
have
out
there,
but
in
total
is
1700.
F
F
A
Then
page
252
under
street
lights,
again
I
think
it's
FY
17
five,
five,
one
nine,
you
know
average
58
days,
then
FY
18
I,
believe
three,
seven,
three
two
average
34
days
and
then
we're
projected
to
do
fifty
four
hundred
and
we're
bringing
down
the
average
days
to
ten,
and
let
me
say
that
some
some
street
lights
get
switched
out
like
that
and
some
of
them
take
a
long
time.
Is
there
any
reason
for
that
or.
B
The
reason
you're
seeing
that
number
decline
is
because
of
some
very
good
work
by
Mike
by
John
Yemen
by
McDonagh
key
to
really
look
at
what
the
backlog
was
within
street
lighting
and
very
intentionally
sort
of
manage
our
efforts
to
drive
down
that
outstanding
backlog
and
just
be
more
and
get
closer
and
closer
to
that
ten
business
day.
Number
right.
A
Yeah
and
you
feel
confident,
Mike
that
that's
doable,
because
it's
a
big
discrepancy
from
yeah.
F
F
D
You
counsel,
CMO
Andrew
square
civic
association,
myself
and
councillor
Baker
represent
that
area
during
the
wintertime
when
there's
snow
or
there's
this
flooding
a
lot
of
the
handicap
ramps
frozen,
solvent,
I,
don't
know
if
it
was
the
way
it
was
constructed
or
not,
but
certainly
it's
a
public
safety
issue,
but
also
access
for
the
disabled
and
elderly.
Is
that
something
we
could
take
a
look
at
as
well.
B
D
Also
in
that
area,
you
know
we
would
love
to
see
a
year-round
hockey
there,
myself
and
council,
a
baker
meet
frequently
at
the
intro
Square
Civic
Association.
That's
one
of
the
requests
that
they've
made
is
because
of
how
close
it
is
to
Albany
Street
now
set
up
South
Hampton
straight
it's
the
closest
MBTA
station.
D
F
I'd
speak
to
just
just
at
that
point.
D&Amp;D
has
actually
started
a
whole
key
in
that
area
for
the
past,
probably
three
months.
He
starts
his
day
there.
That's
where
that's,
where
that
whole
key
will
start
its
on
it's
not
the
whole
day
cuisine.
It's
get
the
West
Broadway
East
Broadway,
but
we
have
in
the
past
two
to
three
months.
Put
it
put
a
presence
there
Monday
through
Friday,
okay,.
D
Then
all
over
South
Boston
I'm
hearing
from
residents
if
we
could
get
more
trash
bins
recycle
is
we
have
a
lot
of
foot
traffic
on
West,
Broadway,
East,
Broadway,
Dorchester,
Street,
Preble,
Street,
Old,
Colony,
Avenue,
D
Street
just
want
to
see
if
we
can
get
more
barrels
that
would
be
a
priority.
I
know
we
talked
about
frontage
road
that
surrounds
the
the
neighborhoods
in
my
district
South
Boston
Chinatown,
the
district,
the
Sultan
I
really
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
I'm
almost
one
of
the
first
people.
D
D
Is
that
something
you'll
commit
to
yes
straight
voltage?
I
know
you
talked
about
that
chief
and
I
appreciate,
though
the
work
your
department
is
doing
on
there
that's
been
an
issue
not
only
in
my
district
but
across
the
street
across
the
city.
What's
the
latest
all
what?
What
is
your
office
planning
to
do?.
B
There's
$650,000
in
this
proposed
budget,
which
would
allow
our
street
lighting
division
to
do
a
comprehensive
assessment
and
plan
for
reducing
instance
of
incidents
of
straight
voltage
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So,
if
funded,
that
would
allow
us
to
actually
really
figure
out
the
right
way
to
systematically
work
through
any
issues
that
are
that
are
causing
stray
voltage.
That's
on
top
of
the
work
which
the
street
lighting
team
is
just
regularly
doing,
and
their
coordination
with
eversource
to
address
any
issues
that
are
identified
and
respond
to
those
in
a
quick
manner.
D
B
There
is
I
believe
1.5
million
dollars
in
I
believe
it's
in
beach
Edie's
budget
to
do
the
planning
for
that,
but
that
would
follow
after
some
of
the
current
South
Boston
waterfront
planning
studies
that
are
happening
right
now.
So
BTD
would
pick
up
that
that
effort
and
then
work
with
the
Public
Works
team
here,
with
par
and
Katie,
to
get
that
in
terms
of
the
ground.
B
D
B
D
D
But
chief,
do
you
think
we
could
maybe
do
a
pilot,
the
same
type
of
response
in
Chinatown
this
summer,
maybe
a
weekend
when
it's
not
as
many
people
there,
maybe
around
the
July
4th
weekend
is
asking
residents
of
Chinatown
to
move
their
cars
work
with
the
business
community
to
try
to
identify
some
Lots
and
really
do
a
thorough
job
of
cleaning.
The
entire
neighborhood
I
think
we
need
it.
I
think
they
need
a
lot
of
help.
Composting
would
be
a
critical
issue
as
well
public
public
education
awareness
campaign.
D
But
could
you
work
with
me
if
I
identified
a
date
in
in
July
into
we
could
move
all
the
cars
in
Chinatown
and
do
a
thorough
cleaning
of
the
entire
neighborhood?
The
public
works
people
that
are
there
do
an
excellent
job,
but
I
want
us
to
do
the
best
job
we
possibly
can
and
I.
Think
that
takes
moving
the
cause
we.
D
If
you
look
at
Oxford
Street
in
Chinatown,
cars
are
on
one
on
the
right-hand
side
going
up,
but
a
clean
at
practically
can't
even
go
up
the
side
of
the
street.
It's
so
narrow
and
dense
with
just
a
lot
of
coordination
and
preparation.
But
I
really
want
to
see
some
type
of
pilot
in
Chinatown
for
the
summer.
E
B
E
And
you
had
mentioned
earlier
in
round
one
that
the
trash
collection
was
gonna
start
early
as
rest
out
at
six
Scott.
What
are
the
factors
behind
that
is
its
cost
savings?
It's
part
of
the
contract.
Of
course,
could
we
start
even
earlier?
If
we
recognized
so?
Can
you
just
kind
of
play
that,
through
we
haven't
been
getting
a
my
office,
beginning
cause
I
know,
council
Flynn
has
been
getting
calls
as
well
from
the
south
end,
some
folks
wanting
to
do
trash
collection
at
night.
You
know
sort
of
like
8,
9,
10
11
o'clock
at
night.
E
I,
don't
know
if
that
makes
sense
or
not,
but
it's
worth
the
conversation
if
we're
gonna
recognize
the
cost
savings,
we're
also
gonna
get
the
trash
off
the
streets
which
will
help
us
with
rodent
control
I'm
for
all
of
it.
But
could
it
give
me
senses?
What's
what's
behind
the
sort
of
the
6
a.m.
started
exactly
even
early.
B
I
mean
exactly
what
he
said.
We
feel
like
we'll
get
trash
off
the
curb
sooner,
which
will
make
a
difference
to
they'll
be
able
to
get
through
all
of
their
routes
faster,
which
will
mean
less
congestion
in
in
the
p.m.
rush-hour,
as
well
as
just
a
general
sort
of
quicker
response
time,
and
we
think,
because
it's
gonna
be
a
it'll,
take
less
time
to
be
able
to
do
the
overall
work
that
likely
is
gonna
result
in
a
lower
cost
of
the
city.
Mike
makes
where
they
have
additional
things
that
to
that.
F
No
I
think
the
most
important
thing
is:
it
gets
the
trash
crews
off
the
streets.
Often
we
hear
of
that,
you
know
you
go
home
and
you're
stuck
behind
a
trash
truck
on
your
way
home
from
work.
This
will
this
will
help
them
get
going
faster,
get
ahead
of
the
traffic.
It
actually
is
that
the
genesis
of
I
came
from
our
highway
division.
We
moved
the
five
o'clock
shift
on
all
litter
baskets
and
we
and
in
our
efficiency
skyrocketed.
The
second
part
of
that
is
now
trash,
also
in
the
streets
a
shorter
time.
E
F
And
now,
and
now
sometimes
they'll
have
a
second
truck,
that's
empty
okay,
that
will
that
will
actually
they'll
take
one
driver
will
go
up
and
dump
and
another
guy
in
that
truck
jumps
in
the
empty
truck
for
efficiency's
sake
on
there,
and
so
not
all
the
time
so
that
determine
those
trucks
will
turn
around,
but
some
of
them
will
get
a
head
start
on
those
afternoon
routes.
Spatula.
E
B
Of
the
operations
vision
of
BTD-
maybe
we
can
talk
something
more
about
that
tomorrow,
but
they,
but
that
team
believes
the
worse
actually
seeing
year
over
year,
improvement
in
the
quality
and
condition
of
the
sidewalks
and
actually
working
with
Katie's
team.
We
are
trying
to
find
a
new
way
over
the
course
this
year
to
better
track
that
as
an
asset,
so
that.
E
We're
know
my
office
gets
a
lot
of
calls
from
crosswalks
that
are
not
clearly
visible.
I
assume
that
that's
a
lot
of
calls
to
three
one
one
but
I,
also
to
Mike,
there's
only
a
certain
pilot
time
of
the
year
that
we
can
actually
lay
the
stretch
right.
It's
president's
temperature
driven
in
terms
of
the
road,
that's
correct,
any
other
new
materials
out
there
that
we're
looking
at
that.
We
can
that
allow
us
to
do
this
year-round
or
in
the
colder
weather,
not.
Q
E
Q
E
Age
of
our
fleet
and
sort
of
what's
the
the
plan
to
replace
our
vehicles
and
any
thought
given
to
sort
of
sharing
vehicles
with
other
municipalities,
I
know
that
there's
some
outfit
out
there.
That's
talking
about
maybe
equipment,
sharing
or
truck
and
vehicle
sharing,
with
municipalities
that
to
try
to
drive
the
cost
down.
It's
really
Poland,
you
may
know
the
average
age
of
our
fleet,
I.
F
Don't
we
are
as
new
as
we've
ever
been
on
average,
thanks
for
the
good
work
by
Matt
and
bill
in
across
all
of
our
lines,
our
snow
our
spring
summer,
our
sweepers
we've,
we've
I,
feel
to
have
the
average
Matthew.
Have
it
seven
years
chef.
So
you
know
I
think
six
years
ago,
when
we
showed
up
here
was
we
had,
we
would
get
trucks
from
94
95
96
97,
so
that
team
has
done
very
well
to
maintain
those
but
also
rotate
us
in
newer.
Both
sweepers
plows
pick.
E
Up
some
I'll
say
I've
ever
said
this
administration's
done
a
great
job
in
turn,
not
just
what
public
works,
but
all
of
our
vehicles,
I,
fired
up
admins
at
Central,
just
make
sure
that
we
get
updated
trucks
and
vehicles
and
equipment.
It's
been
huge
and
then
just
lastly,
on
the
frontage
road
I
know
that
we
we're
eagerly
waiting
and
waiting
the
report
chief,
just
sort
of
conceptually
if
you're
thinking
like
where
would
the
weirwood
the
salt
in?
Where
would
the
toll
lot?
E
Where
would
that
go
like
sort
of
we
have
a
facility,
that's
kind
of
located
sort
of
centrally
within
a
bunch
of
different
neighborhoods?
If
we
were
to
you
know,
if
you
would,
if
that
was
to
go
out
to
bin
and
to
be
redeveloped,
and
we
had
to
find
the
location
in
the
city
for
the
salt
and
for
the
toll
out,
where
what
do
you
envision?
That
takes
place.
B
So
what
the
report
will
serve
documents
is
not
necessarily
the
preferable
location
but
feasible
locations.
It
did
actually
include
keeping
some
of
those
things,
particularly
salt
at
frontage
road
itself,
just
putting
its
for
more
towards
the
southern
end
and
also
looked
at
some
additional
locations
throughout
the
city,
including
locations
approximate
to
1010
massive,
as
well
as
locations
that
were
near
water
and
sewer
again.
This
is
sort
of
their
initial
cut
of.
Are
there
feasible
locations
for
us
to
move
to
not
necessarily
the
preferred.
G
You
mr.
chip
and
I
want
to
pick
up
where
he
left
off.
Wyant
I
mean,
if
my
opinion,
that
that's
the
our
best
location
for
it
so
I
would
suggest
that
as
we're
getting
ready
for
RFPs
or,
however,
that
looks
is
let's
design
what
we
need
for
our
needs.
First,
because
that
that
parcel
is
is
for
city
operations
first,
so
we
should
be
designing
whether
if
we
go
vertol
vertical
whatever
we
do
that.
That
would
be
my
suggestion.
That's
what
I
would
like
to
see
because
I
know
transportation.
Transportation
is
a
good
fit
there.
G
B
The
Public
Works
main
facility,
so
your
your
first
question,
a
number
of
their
recommended
locations
are
feasible.
Locations
are
frontage,
road
itself,
okay,
consolidation
and,
to
your
point,
densification
or
building
higher,
essentially
on
the
southern
end
of
that
parcel,
it
did
not
do
a
cost
analysis
of
the
cost
for
repairing
particular
400
frontage
road
I
mean.
B
Good
move
right,
so
we
have
in
this
budget
some
very
minor
investments,
but
critical
investments
in
that
building,
a
sewer,
pipe,
the
elevators,
the
glass
wall,
but
north
lobby.
The
HVAC
system
was
just
or
about
ensuring
the
next
couple
of
years
that
that
building
is
working
well.
But
we
know
that
it's
a
much
higher
price
tag
for
aid
and.
G
Q
Q
G
Okay,
yeah,
that
was
my
question
right
there.
Thank
you
and
Chris.
You
and
I
talked
about
this
I
think
every
time
I'm
in
front
of
you.
We
talk
about
what's
going
to
happen
in
the
future
recycling.
All
this
you
know
it's
just
gonna
get
more
and
more
and
and
I
would
suggest.
I
would
love
to
see
us
actually
talking
about
looking
at
the
the
possibility
of
our
own
digester,
keeping
all
that
in-house
I
mean
with
we're
talking
about
driving
from
West
Roxbury
to
Lin
for
our
waste.
This
is
the
future
here.
So
why?
G
B
Really
quickly,
we've
had
a
number
of
conversations
looking
at
different
ways.
We
can
address
exactly
this
and
we'll
likely
issue
an
RFI
to
understand
what
are
those
sort
of
options
that
we
might
be
able
to
explore
as
a
city,
and
what
does
that
relationship
ownership
management?
All
those
sort
of
things
look
like
in
those
specifically.
B
Their
food
ways
for
other
sort
of
for
any
of
those
sort
of
materials.
Just
looking
this
contracting
process
has
made
us
really
come
to
grips
with
the
fact
that
these
costs
are
escalating.
There
may
be
some
things
the
city
can
do
to
actually
just
better
stabilize
those
costs
going
forward
if
we
had
a
higher
degree
of
ownership
or
site
selection,
yeah.
G
And
and
and
Manhattan
does
a
daily
drop
off
at
their
train
stations,
the
plastic
the
stick
bags
that
compost
daily,
so
we
should
be
looking
at
things
like
that.
Chris,
can
you
talk
about
or
whoever
talked
about
your
online
tracking
tracking
inspection,
sidewalk
inspections
and
how
we
tie
in
that
into
the
tool,
probably
for
you
and
how
we
turning
it
into
the
deposits?
Are
we
are
we
returning
what
we
make
in
an
effort
to
return
more
deposits
or
sure.
H
H
Moving
forward,
we'll
be
able
to
return
more
of
those
deposits,
and
we
have
developed
clear
guidance
during
the
permitting
process
where
we're
clear
about
both
what
the
process
is
to
get
your
money
back,
but
also
what
you
have
to
do
to
build
the
the
sidewalk
rate
and
the
first
time
and
we're
now
working
on
developing
a
contract
where
any
deposits
or
any
inspections
that
have
failed
multiple
times
where
people
who
forfeit
their
deposit
and
then
we
can
then
go
ahead
and
do
those
repairs.
So
so
we
we're
hoping
that
these
are
really
successful.
L
A
couple
of
quick
questions:
I'm,
looking
at
my
notes
from
last
year,
we
spoke
a
little
bit
about
the
new
utility
poles
and
I.
Had
some
questions
about
the
design
of
the
utility,
poles
and,
and
some
of
them
aren't
lovely,
but
I
do
know
that
we're
getting.
We
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
revenue
that
we're
collecting
from
those.
What
are
we
getting
on
them?
Sure.
B
So
I
believe
do
it
well
be
that
revenue
goes
into
our
department
of
innovation
and
technologies.
Line-Item
I
will
say
that,
with
great
credit
to
Kathy,
Garcia
and
McDonough,
you
were
spending
a
lot
more
time,
ensuring
that
those
telecom
providers
when
they
are
putting
a
poll
on
our
streets
are
actually
living
up
to
the
requirements
of
our
contract,
about
when
they
go
in
that
they're
maintained
appropriately
and
that
sort
of
any
of
the
work
around
them.
B
B
C
L
B
In
addition
to
that,
there
are
multiple
options
that
they
have.
You
can
either
put
the
that
large.
They
need
to
have
a
large
base
where
they
can
mount
many
of
those
radios
sort
of
higher
up
on
the
pole,
and
so
we're
working
with
them
about
what
the
right
type
of
design
is
for
the
right
locations
in
our
city
and.
L
Then
obviously,
the
height
on
those
boxes,
that's
another
concern
that
I've
heard
over
the
last
year
and
then
the
thoughtfulness
about
placements
of
the
poles,
especially
in
residential
streets
in
front
of
somebody's
home
public
sidewalk,
but
in
front
of
somebody's
home,
as
opposed
to
in
an
area
of
the
street.
That
is,
it
could
be
not
in
front
of
somebody's
house.
B
There
are,
there
are
some
limitations
that
we
have
due
to
sort
of
federal
requirements
which
we
can
start
diving
more
into
depth
on,
but
we
there's
only
so
much
discretion
that
we
have
about
where
something
necessarily
can
be,
but
we
do
have
an
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
they
are
following
sort
of
all
the
design
standards
which
they
are
putting
out
and
sound
possible,
we're
making
those
bases
smaller
and
that
we
are
making
the
designs
more
attractive.
We
are
sympathetic
to
your
great.
L
Thank
you
I
appreciate
that
then
last
we've
done
a
good
job.
I
think
over
the
last
year
of
laying
down
some
more
bike
lanes
across
our
city
and
a
few
more
protected
bike
lanes
are
fully
protected
bike
lanes.
One
of
the
concerns
that
came
up
over
the
winter,
although
it
was
a
low
snow
winter,
was
some
of
the
snow
plowing
in
those
bike
lanes
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
those
efforts,
I
actually.
B
C
F
A
it's
a
it's
a
work
in
progress.
We
did
deem
this
winter
a
success.
As
far
as
we
took
more
steps
forward,
then
we
took
back.
Definitely
we
maintained
in
stone
stones,
which
is
pretty
interesting.
I
spent
some
time
on
Beacon
Street
at
2:00
in
the
morning
and
watched
Bobcats
just
run
Beacon
Street
instead
of
a
snow
storm
during
that
13
and
a
half
14
inch
snow
storm,
but
it
but
I
mean
it's.
We
hear
that
complaint.
Well,
then
we
get
any
other
complaint
now,
but
snow
work.
F
So
we're
constantly
trying
to
you
know,
move
the
needle
a
bit
more.
But
again
it's
a
it's
a
it's
a
work
in
progress.
We've
got
I,
think
now
I
would
say
about
seven
to
eight
dedicated
small
snow
spieces
and
we're
able
to
also
get
them
in
now
from
the
contractors
as
well.
So
we're
kind
of
thinking.
We've
got
a
thought
process
now
in
snow.
That
is,
if
I
can
just
say,
you
know:
schools,
ambulances
and
bikes.
Almost
so
it's
it's!
It's
it's
up
to
priority
great.
M
You
councillor
CMO
just
a
couple
of
quick,
follow
questions.
For
the
sake
of
time,
can
we
get
a
list,
a
full
list
of
all
of
the
contracts
where
we
contract
the
work
out
to
an
external
provider?
I
know:
there's
some
listen
here
for
contracts
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
I
could
care
if
it's
a
hundred
bucks
and
then
a
subsequent
list
that
names
and
there's
a
small
list
in
here
for
those
folks
who
are
minorities
or
people
of
color
women.
M
Q
M
Q
M
That's
what's
the
proposed
number
for
that.
It's
at
least
in
this
budget
cycle.
B
M
Some
of
the
other
projects,
I
think
of
more
questions.
Frankly
for
BTD
and
then
a
couple
of
things
we're
talking
about
side
works.
Sidewalks
earlier
raised,
sidewalks
painting,
striping,
you
know
we
came
across
this
beautiful
young
lady
I
think
she
was
like
10
years
old.
The
paint
that
presents
his
3d,
which
was
really
cool
versus
raising
a
whole
sidewalk
I
thought
it
was
a
great
idea.
What
do
you
guys
think.
B
We
recently
published
sort
of
a
set
of
painting
guidelines
were
painting
on
the
tree.
We
have
done
a
few
Street
murals,
including
there
will
be
a
new
one
painted
tonight
on
Arboretum
Road,
just
off
of
Washington
Street
I
would
say
that,
for
safety
reasons,
the
in
general,
we
are
focusing
in
places
that
are
separate
from
things
like
crosswalks
or
lane
markings
things
that
are
clear
traffic
control
devices
and
so
we're
those
Street
murals
are
happening,
tend
to
be
sort
of
slightly
separate
from
those
yeah.
M
I
mean
one
thing:
you
know:
D
for
often
gets
a
bad
rap
people
for
like
to
focus
on
Mattapan
and
Dorchester
for
the
negative
things,
but
you
know
street
murals
and
TNT,
for
example,
right
near
southern
Ave,
the
young
people
were
painting
they're,
doing
innovative
things,
and
then
everyone
else
is
like
that's
great
I
want
to
steal
your
idea,
but
I
think
the
idea
around
that
young
girls,
the
paint
presenting
as
3d,
was
so
cool.
It's
so
innovative,
probably
cost
a
lot
less
money
than
some
other
more
extensive
and
invasive
proposals.
M
So
I'd
be
curious,
where
you
could
pilot
some
things
like
that
in
certain
communities
that
have
complained,
maybe
around
schools
about
needing
to
do
a
little
bit
more
to
slow
traffic
down.
So
I
can
continue
that
conversation,
offline,
I
think
we
tweeted
at
you,
but
that's
not
really
the
best
way
to
communicate
frankly
and
then
some.
What
is
our
strategy
for
I
mean
we
obviously
have
a
lot
of
spot
fixes.
We
do
we
get
people
calling
all
the
time
some
streets
are
worse
than
others.
B
H
H
Once
we
have
that
list,
we
go
through
a
process
with
the
utilities
to
determine
where
they
have
planned
work
so
that
we
always
come
in
after
them.
So
we
don't
have
them
digging
up
a
street
right
after
we've
paved
and
that's
the
part
that
takes
the
longest
and
is
probably
the
most
frustrating
to
all
of
us,
because
at
that
point
you
know,
you've
got
a
street
that
needs
to
be
paved
but
you're.
H
You
can't
pave
it
because
you're
waiting
for
something
else
to
happen,
so
the
changes
that
we're
putting
in
place
this
year
we're
putting
in
a
selecting
a
new
coordination
tool
that
should
assist
us
in
moving
the
program
forward
and
we're
also
working
on
creating
a
longer-term
paving
program
so
that
we
can
work
more
proactively
with
the
utilities
to
so
that
we're
able
to
schedule
together
rather
than
necessarily
waiting
for
them.
Generally,
though
we
are
viewed,
the
city
of
Boston
is
viewed
as
having
one
of
the
best
utility
coordination
programs
in
the
country.
M
It's
very
helpful
and
you
know
Kati
applaud
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
quickly
I
guess,
I'll
end
on
this
note.
You
know
applying
that
sort
of
equity
lens
to
the
work.
I
think
I
first
heard
it
from
you
what
it
even
means
to
apply
it
in
the
design
fashion
and
you
presented
last
year
and
I
was
like
that's
amazing,
didn't
know
what
half
of
what
you
were
saying,
but
now
I
do
so
I'd
be
curious.
What
does
that
actually
look
like
in
practice?
M
So
we
were
talking
about
the
number
of
calls
that
come
from
some
neighborhoods,
maybe
not
the
same
number
as
other
neighborhoods,
but
it
doesn't
mean
those
folks
don't
care.
They
could
just
be
really
busy
or
some
have
just
given
up
on
government.
So
what
does
that
look
like
in
applying
it
to
your
work,
because
I
think
there's
something
to
be
learned
learned
there,
particularly
when
you
look
at
all
the
sidewalk
changes
and
the
handicap
ramps
people
see
that
they
noticed
that
and,
of
course,
we're
yelling
and
screaming.
M
H
So
on
so
it's
been
a
really
successful
first
year
of
putting
the
equity
lens
on
our
sidewalk
program,
we
identified
three
or
four
hotspots
in
the
city
that
had
extremely
poor
conditions.
Sidewalks
on
the
major
thoroughfares
are
sort
of
the
the
most
important
pedestrian
connections
and
also
the
the
populations
that
had
the
highest
social
vulnerability.
So
where
were
those
places
where
we
had
sort
of
the
intersection
of
social
vulnerability
and
poor
sidewalk
condition
and
we've
targeted
our
sidewalk
replacement
investments
in
those
areas?
H
So
we
completed
our
first
location
in
this
last
year
in
Roxbury
and
sort
of
the
garrison,
Trotter
and
Sugar
Hill
neighborhoods.
We
have
got
work
coming
up
in
the
Glovers
corner
sort
of
Savin
Hill
Ave
area
this
year
and
then
and
then
a
couple
more
coming
up.
We've
seen
an
increase
in
I
believe
about
three
million
dollars
in
this
budget
in
that
program.
Well,.
M
I,
just
I
mean
want
to
come
in
you
guys
again.
It's
incredible
and
you
know,
you're
not
naming
is
just
all
of
the
side
streets,
the
residential
streets,
where
people
have
seen
tremendous
work
on
their
sidewalks
again,
you
know
Public
Works,
you
guys
are
I,
think
everyone
says
it
says
this
by
far
one
of
the
best
departments
to
work
with
in
terms
of
constituent
services.
Getting
things
done,
you
make
our
jobs
very
easy.
So
thank
you
again
and
folks
who
couldn't
be
here
as
well.
Please
extend
our
gratitude
as
well.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
N
You
mr.
chairman
I
will
also
begin.
Echoing
the
council.
President
I
said
in
my
first
line
of
questioning.
It
is
true
and
katie-ann
chief
para
Mike.
You
guys
do
a
great
job,
leading
incredible
team
special
shout
out
to
Eric
Prentiss
April,
Maldonado,
Denis,
Roach
and
Freddie
Mycroft,
who
runs
the
district
six
yard,
just
incredibly
talented
in
responsive
public
servants
and
I.
Think
you
know
the
importance
of
your
work
and
you
do
it
exceptionally
well.
I
think
DPW
is
really
stronger.
That's
ever
been
in
a
commend
you
all
for
your
great
work.
N
I
I,
wonder
you
probably
don't
know
this
off
the
top
of
your
head,
but
I'm,
hoping
that
we
could.
You
could
furnish
us
with
the
percentage
of
plastic.
That's
in
our
single
stream
recycling
picked
up
this
year
compared
to
the
same
time.
Last
year,
point
I'm
asking
is
when
we
were
working
on
the
plastic
bag.
Ordinance
cassell
had
said
they
thought
it
could
be
up
to
20
tons
per
month
of
plastic.
Now
I
know
that's
just
not
all
plastic
bags,
but
I
know
anecdotally.
B
N
Because
I
would
always
argue
during
the
deliberations
over
that
ordinance
that
we
were
paying
for
plastic
bags
without
you
know
directly
seeing
it.
So
this
has
been
better
in
some
of
the
capital
budget.
Pyra,
that's
sort
of
been
illuminated.
You
talk
about
various
neighborhoods
neighborhood
Commons
and
neighborhood
Commons
reconstruction
of
Center
Street,
that's
Center
Street
in
West,
Roxbury.
N
N
That's:
okay,
that's
the
response
side,
so
we'll
save
that
for
the
next
one
great.
So
this
is
Kate
power.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
Jaypee
redesign?
I
know
that
this
has
been
in
the
neighborhood
for
quite
some
time,
so
it's
exciting
to
see
that
we
may
be
moving
down
the
field
a
little
bit.
B
Q
Q
Q
N
Hope
so
too
I
did
want
to
thank
you
power.
You
know,
in
addition
to
the
citywide
curbside
composting
I've
been
talking
for
years
about
the
heat
street
stairs,
which
we
had
a
wonderful
ribbon
breaking
ribbon-cutting
last
year,
so
in
there
well
well
used
it
had
been
30
years
since
those
stairs
were
last
used.
N
Okay,
get
from
the
sort
of
macro
to
the
micro
wanted
to
use
this
opportunity
to
again
my
request
on
Johnson
Street
in
West
Roxbury
and
Orchard
Street
and
Jamaica
Plain
for
new
sidewalks
I
know
that
we've
been
working
with
utilities
on
Baker
and
Brook
Farm
and
West
Roxbury
reconstruction
that's
been
a
while
they
do
flood
who,
chief
you
do:
flower,
the
nice
flower
plant
things
in
the
median
strips
right.
There's
that
parks
parks
does
that
okay,
I'll
save
that
for
chief
cook.
N
H
H
N
For
those
who,
maybe
in
the
audience
for
those
watching
this
is
something
that
we
codified
in
law
the
mayor
signed
into
law.
There
was
litigation
from
National
Grid,
but
we
had
sort
of
a
mixed
bag
of
success
from
the
judge,
so
I'm
hopeful
that
we
can
have
that
information.
I,
don't
need
to
know
what
I
just
need
to
know
that
you
all
and
people
who
are
working
to
fix
it.
Have
it
double
polls.
N
That's
always
been
an
issue
was
as
long
as
you're
all
smirking,
because
you
know
this
has
been
going
on
long
before
us
and
hopefully
not
too
long
after
us,
but
talk
a
little
bit
about
sort
of
efforts
to
address
that
I.
Think
some
of
my
colleagues
may
have
brought
that
up
talking
about
when
there
are
two
polls
ones,
often
off
the
ground.
How
do
we
sort
of
minimize
that
it
can
be
dangerous?
It
can
be
unsightly.
Q
So
closely
as
you,
as
you
pointed
out,
it
has
been
ongoing
headache.
We
are
working
very
closely
through
the
public
Improvement
Commission,
both
Verizon
and
instead,
the
other
major
or
between
those
two.
They
are
the
ones
who
hold
the
polls
most
times.
Consider
the
challenges
there
are
to
the
Telecommunications
Act,
so
bad
other
secondary
parties
have
been
allowed
to
be
on
the
phone
I
see.
F
Q
Polls
have
to
be
moved,
all
those
wires
have
to
be.
We
Weiss
need
to
move
and
that's
a
very
arduous
process,
so
the
chief
through
the
public,
Improvement
Commission,
we
have
repeatedly
brought
the
offending
parties
to.
Let
them
understand
that
it
is
applied.
It
is
a
safety
concern
and
we
hope
to
get
in.
N
B
N
B
B
We
are
sort
of
working
through,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
team
members
who
are
here
or
focus
on
that
there's
a
small
piece
of
that
which
is
actually
connected
to
your
double
poles
question.
Every
time
they
are
putting
up
a
new
antenna.
They
are
taking
down
a
an
old
street
light.
We
are
getting
that
street
light
back.
That's
saving
us
I.
Think
blasters
save
us
around
$270,000.
N
I
mean
it
is
the
right
balance.
We
don't
want
to
clutter
the
streets,
it's
not
just
my
cell
phone.
It's
the
fact
that
the
every
individual
has
four
or
five
ten
devices
that
are
Bluetooth
enabled
that
to
use
significant
amounts
of
data,
so
the
impact
is
real.
Thank
You.
Mr.
chairman,
thank
you
all
thank.
F
F
Think
that's
anomaly.
I
would
say
that
that
the
number
of
Miss
trash
cases
could
be
spoken
to
every
time.
We
increase
a
stream,
we
added
weeks
of
yard
waste
last
year.
The
other
waste
is
the
most
common
case
created
during
those
now
20
weeks
a
year
that
can
that
can
add
to
it.
Also
because
what
we've
done
to
what
two
or
three
years
back,
we
we
stopped
picking
up
yard
waste
when
it
was
put
out
on
the
wrong
week.
That
creates
cases
because
folks
want
to
say
you
missed
my
yard
ways
we
didn't
miss
it.
F
F
A
F
A
No
I
know,
but
it
well
put
it
this
way.
I'm
not
gonna,
say
wait
a
week.
Sure
I'm
not
gonna,
tell
ya
anyway,
and
then
just
shifting
to
Katy
I
guess
eversource
is
wrapping
up
or
has
wrapped
up
that
huge
substation
project
and
obviously
they
ripped
up
a
lot
of
streets
and
sidewalks
so
through
their
process
and
their
arm,
Fanueil
Street,
they're
bombing
through
it,
but
I
haven't
and
I've
been
in
touch
with
eversource
about
the
timeline
for
Parsons
Street
too.
If
you
do,
you
have
any
info
on
that.
I.
H
Don't
have
an
update
on
Parsons,
but
there
were
there.
Agreement
with
the
city
is
that
they
will
reconstruct
those
streets
the
same
way.
The
city
was
planning
on
doing
it
before
they
started
their
project
and
they
have
notified
us
that
they're
ready
to
get
started
on
that
reconstruction
so
that
the
paving
and
any
of
the
remaining
sidewalk
replacement.
So
that
should
be
happening.
This
okay.
A
Great,
including
Parsons,
hi
Brice,
now,
yes,
okay,
great
and
and
then
I'm
gonna
preface
this
because
I
battle,
Malley
left
good,
know
because
I
I
was
recycling
before
recycling
was
cool,
but,
however
I
think
there
comes
a
time
when,
if
we're
paying
an
exorbitant
amount,
you
know,
when
does
the
cost-benefit
kick
in
that
it
doesn't
make
sense
because
of
either
pollution
from
all
of
the
large
trucks
that
we
used
to
you
know:
when
do
we
look
at
that
and
say
because
to
a
counselor
O'malley's
point,
a
lot
of
municipalities
now
are
just
lumping
it
all
in
which
yeah
you
know.
B
Question
the
costs
have
gone
up,
I
think
the
the
case
for
recycling
and
composting
is
so
that
these
are
things
that
reduce
natural
resource
extraction
and
can
lower
emissions,
which
are
two
goals
that
we
all
share.
Right
I
mean
one
of
the
reasons
why
it
is
great
that
we
are
still
investing
so
heavily
in
recycling.
Even
as
we
see
the
cost
go
up
is
that
it
ensures
that
that
market
continues
to
develop.
B
Part
of
what
we're
going
through
right
now
is
a
huge
shift
in
sort
of
the
way
in
which
recycling
is
processed
and
where
it
is
processed
and
the
downstream
so
the
downstream
market
for
it.
If
more
municipalities,
step
away
from
recycling
now
I,
don't
think
that
future
market
is
going
to
develop.
So
now
it's
really
important.
We
actually
continue
to
invest
at
this
particular
point
in
time,
even
though
I
agree
with
you
because
have
gone
up,
I
mean.
A
Obviously
we,
the
major
city
in
the
state,
we're
sticking
with
it.
You
know
we
we
kind
of
have
that
wherewithal,
I,
see
where
smaller
towns,
but
if
I
think
we
need
to
keep
an
eye
on
that.
That's
all
absolutely
and
then
frontage
road
I
just
wanted
to
ask
about
the
timeline.
Obviously,
it's
been
delayed
for
this
study.
We're
talking
about
eight.
Is
it
seventeen
eighteen
acres
critically,
and
obviously
we
have
some
very
needed
city
services
located
there.
They
don't
necessarily
all
have
to
be
there,
but
it
is
centrally
located.
A
A
A
You
know
I
believe
that
you
know
it
may
play
a
role
in
you
know
preventing
further
erosion
of
that
area,
but
it
shouldn't
be
the
be-all
end-all
of
how
we
save
our
city
with
such
a
valuable,
valuable
site
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
district
city
councilor
especially
gets
some
deference
on
that
because
it
is
his
district
and
he's
hyper-focused
on
it
and
I
think
it's
an
opportunity
that
can
do
a
lot.
We
can
do
some
climate
activity,
but
also
do
that.
A
You
know
I
just
see
this
is
a
Winthrop
Square
all
over
again
a
great
opportunity
for
our
city
to
maybe
going
partners
get
those
environmental
studies
through
an
RFP
with
private
developers
rather
than
our
own
resources,
so
I
think
we
should
shift.
You
know
after
this
reports
completed
I
hope
I
am
still
here.
That's
all
I'm
gonna
say
councillor
Baker,
you.
A
P
Thank
you,
I
know
in
and
out
so
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
some
of
the
the
questions
I'm
sure
some
of
my
colleagues
asked
about
the
replacement
of
the
trash
barrels.
I
know
you
did
a
great
job
last
year,
getting
to
some
of
them
in
East.
Boston
was
the
open
top
ones
that
are
just
you
know
very
tip,
tipsy.
F
And
we're
actively
doing
that
the
tip
seas
are
the
bane
of
you
know
a
good
work.
We
see
the
trash
come
right
up
behind
us,
sometimes,
so
we
are
doing
that.
We
actually
did.
We
actually
just
deployed
eight
to
ten
Victor
Stanley
style
inside
of
the
North
End
after
a
joint
conversation
with
some
civic
leaders
over
there-
and
we
put
them
in
some
Tigers
was
said
they
had
wanted
them,
so
we
were
able
to
do
put
down.
F
P
F
P
Excellent
excellent
cuz.
I
was
one
of
my
follow-up
questions
in
terms
of
the
with
continued,
I
guess
pickup
or
infrastructure.
You
know
and
east
boston.
We
have
this
one
of
my
constituents
he's
created
an
app
actually
that
allows
for
folks
you
sign
onto
the
app
you
clean
your
street.
You
note
that
you
cleaned
it
and
then
it
turns
colors
to
remind
you
to
come
back
and
clean
your
street.
So
it's
part
of
the
organizing
of
you
know
folks
to
come
together,
whatnot.
P
So
there's
two
parts
of
this
question:
one:
to
bring
that
up:
two
to
note
that
you
were
new
departments
vital
and
helping
them.
Thank
you
so
much
they
had
come
together
and
they
needed
some
materials,
some
poker,
some
gloves
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
you
guys
said
absolutely
so
they
wanted
to
thank
you,
but
also
wondering
how
we
can
enhance
and
those
kinds
of
resources
and
coordination
they
want
to
do
it
they're
out
there
doing
it.
They
think
it.
P
F
I
suggest
that
I
think
I
think
just
just
what
occurred,
but
the
weather
was
you
connected
them
to
us
or
if
they
had
a
different
Avenue.
Obviously,
as
you
noted,
and
they
noted
to
you
where
we're
willing
partners,
we've
got
the
supplies
we
put
in
a
lot
of
manpower
in
ours
into
doing
our
own
work,
but
we're,
but
we're
always
helping
in
this
past
weekend
in
this
future
weekend
here
coming
up,
love
your
block.
F
It's
a
busy
is
a
big
deal
to
us
and
we
support
it
fully
and
would
support
many
love
you
blocks
throughout
the
year.
Thank.
P
P
F
That's
probably
so
publicly
case
comes
in,
we
I
think
under
the
leadership
of
Norman
parks,
were
able
to
turn
around
a
public
graffiti
case
within
three
four
days.
It's
just
it's
it's
simple
paint.
Sometimes
we
do
bomb
power,
washing
efforts
in
some
areas.
The
private
piece
that
you're
talking
about
is
a
bit
more
cumbersome,
it's
under
the
property
management,
and
it
takes
a
letter
of
notification.
It's
it
has
to
come
back
in
so
they
can
properly
and
be
allowed
to
touch
that
private
property,
but
but
but
our
public
stuff
is
a
pretty
good
turnaround
time.
F
F
G
G
We're
pursuing
that
that's
a
way
for
us
to
do
what
we
need
to
do.
Okay,
that's
good
to
know
emergency
employees
Chris.
What
are
we
who
are
they?
What
are
we
using
them,
for
there
were
650,000,
which
was
an
increase
of
about
one
hundred
and
sixty-six
thousand.
Are
they
is
that
labor,
or
is
that
seasonal.
G
Yet
oh
cool
good
good
in
Chris
I've
talked
to
about
this
labor.
We
need
the
label
this,
you
know
shovel
in
the
streets,
it's
how
we
could
it's,
how
we
could
generate
people
that
could
come
into
the
public
works
at
that
initial
initial
step,
we
talked
a
lot
a
lot
about
putting
people
to
work.
We
should
be
doing
it
ourselves.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Michael.
You
talked
a
little
bit
about
you.
You
had
mentioned
earlier
that
everything
comes
in
on
three
one.
One
is
it?
G
G
G
Okay,
because
I
did
have
I,
did
have
a
situation,
not
just
your
department,
different
departments.
A
lot
of
people
are
looking
at
their
phones
and
three
one
one.
It
drive
me
up
a
wall
if
I'm
calling
somebody
about
a
situation,
it's
probably
already
been
three
one
one
and
not
every
situation
can
free
one
one.
So
if
people
in
departments
should
know
that
and
I'm
only
speaking
for
myself,
if
I'm
calling
or
my
office
is
calling
there
to
respond
to
me.
G
So
if
you
could
trickle
that
message
down
Chris,
if
you
could
trickle
that
message
down,
that
would
be
helpful
to
me
three
one
one's
good,
but
it
isn't
the
end-all
be-all.
We
still
need
to
be
where
we're
in
the
business
of
people.
Here
myself,
you
guys
are
also,
and
we
had
to
provide
a
service
to
the
people
of
City,
a
boss,
and
so,
if
we
as
councilors,
are
calling
we're
not
calling,
because
we
want
to
call
we're
calling,
because
we
have
constituents
that
are
making
us
call
in
following
the
3-1-1.
G
A
C
O
All
right
am
I
good
to
go.
Okay,
awesome
thanks,
hi
I'm,
Cristiano,
acusa,
I
love
it
six
evergreen
square
in
Somerville,
but
I
work
for
Louisville
streets,
Alliance
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
share
comments
today.
So
you
know,
as
I'm
you've
gotten
lots
of
praises
today,
but
we
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
DPW
is
a
critical
group
and
really
doesn't
get
enough
credit
for
the
wide
variety
of
tasks
of
key
tasks
you
all
take
on.
O
However,
there
are
some
areas
that
we
think
could
use
with
some
improved
efficiency
and
more
robust
interdepartmental
communication
in
terms
of
efficiency
and
comparing
the
FY
19
in
the
FY
2002
certain
projects
that
had
zero
dollars
spent
in
FY
19
and
are
now
being
proposed
to
receive
funding
again.
Those
include
Ruggles,
Street
and
Columbia
Road,
while
it's
important
to
ensure
funds
are
available
to
take
on
projects.
It
is
also
important
to
move
projects
forward
and
to
understand
what's
holding
projects
back.
O
So
we
would
like
to
understand
why
the
implementation
has
been
delayed
on
these
projects
and
what
is
being
done
to
ensure
these
projects
are
started
this
fiscal
year.
We
are
happy
to
see
the
city
investing
in
signals,
however,
we're
curious
what
the
policy
is
around.
What
these
signals
are
trying
to
accomplish
they're
already
a
couple
of
bus
lanes
throughout
the
city
with
more
being
planned.
Will
these
new
signals
be
prepared
with
projects
to
allow
for
transit
signal?
O
O
My
last
point
has
already
been
addressed
a
couple
of
times
and
I've
brought
up
by
some
of
the
councillors,
but
I
also
wanted
to
point
out
there
that
there
are
a
number
of
corridors
and
intersections
that
we
have
observed
BTD
and
DPW
to
be
out
of
sync
I
point
to
the
intersection
of
Blue
Hill
Ave
and
Warren
Street
as
one
example.
This
past
fall
at
DPW,
repaved
and
repainted
the
intersection.
However,
this
is
an
intersect,
has
a
number
of
problems
ranging
from
being
a
bus
bottleneck,
pedestrian
crossing
times.
O
Being
too
short,
bus
stops
needing
a
plan
for
better
ongoing
maintenance
and
the
need
for
additional,
no
turn
on
red
signage
to
prevent
pedestrian
conflicts.
To
name
a
few,
this
maintenance
project
could
have
been
an
opportunity
to
address
some
of
these
challenges
and
linked
with
the
larger
go
boston
2030
project
for
improving
Blue
Hill
Ave.
This
section
will
not
undoubtedly
have
a
number
of
additional
changes
that
may
undo
some
of
the
work
done
over
this
past
fall
and
we
would
like
to
raise
concerns
over
the
lack
of
cohesion
between
departments.