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Ways & Means Hearing -Dockets #0760-0768, #0775 FY24 Budget: YEO, YEA, BCYF, and BPS
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C
B
B
C
B
For
the
record,
my
name
is
Dania
Financial
Anderson,
the
district
7
City
councilor
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
ways
and
means
this
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
for
slash
City,
Dash,
Council,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN,
channel
82
and
files
channel
964..
The
council's
budget
review
process
will
Encompass
a
series
of
public
hearings
that
began
in
April
and
will
run
through
June
the
we
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
this
process.
B
By
giving
testimony
for
the
record,
you
can
do
this
in
several
ways:
attend
one
of
our
hearings
and
give
public
testimony.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
each
departmental
Hearing
in
this
case,
probably
between
the
rounds
of
questions
from
our
Council
colleagues
and
also
at
the
hearing
dedicated
to
public
testimony.
The
full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website
boston.boston.gov
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slash,
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Dash
budget.
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you
can
give
testimony
virtually
via
Zoom
or
virtual
testimony.
B
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can
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up
using
our
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form
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our
Council
budget
review
website
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boston.gov,
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you
are
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to
testify.
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few
minutes
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ensure
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and
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for
more
information
on
City
Council
budget
process
and
how
to
testify.
B
Please
visit
the
city
council's
budget
website
at
boston.gov
or
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Council
Dash
budget.
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket0760-20762
orders
for
the
fy24
operating
budget,
including
annual
Appropriations,
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
other
post-employment
benefits
of
have
a.
B
Docket0764-20767-20768
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements,
docket0775
message
and
Order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
Boston
centers
of
Youth
and
families,
bcyf
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2024
to
pay
salaries
and
benefit
of
employees
and
to
purchase
supplies
and
equipment
necessary
to
operate
a
city
hall.
Child
care.
This
revolving
fund
shall
be
credited
with
any
and
all
receipts
from
tuition
paid
by
parents
or
Guardians
for
children
and
enrolled
at
the
center
receipts,
and
resulting
expenditures
from
this
fund
shall
not
exceed
900
000
dollars
our
Focus
area.
B
For
this
hearing
it
will
be
to
overview
of
the
FY
24
budget
of
Youth
Employment
and
opportunity,
youth
engagement
and
advancement,
Boston
centers
for
Youth
and
families
and
revolving
Fund
in
Boston,
public
schools
and
hopefully,
a
conversation
about
how
all
of
these
departments
are
working
to
support.
Our
youth
in
Boston.
Spanish
interpretation
is
available
for
today's
hearing.
Please
email,
Shane,
dot
pack
at
boston.gov
for
the
zoom
link.
If
this
accommodation
is
needed.
B
B
Our
panelists
for
today's
hearing
are
Rashad
cope:
Deputy
Chief
of
worker
empowerment,
Federal,
Cruz,
executive
director
of
Youth
engagement
and
advancement,
Martha
Rivera
Commissioner
of
bcyf
Ted
Ted
are
you
here,
yes,
Lombardi
secondary
superintendent
of
college
career
and
life
Readiness
BPS
at
this
point
can
I
may
I
have
the
names?
Can
you
introduce
yourself
of
folks
that
I
didn't
mention
on
the
panel
Miss
Ariola
I
recognize
you
are
on
a
panel?
Can
you
introduce
yourself.
F
B
G
I
B
B
And
in
the
order
of
arrival,
I
have
counselor
president
counselor
Braden,
sorry
council,
president
Flynn
councilmania,
councilor,
lujin,
councilor,
Coletta
and
Council
for
Rao,
just
in
a
thank
you
in
advance
to
the
administration,
to
the
council,
admin
staff
and,
of
course,
Ethan
and
Karishma.
Our
budget
analyst
for
all
of
the
work
and
helping
us
to
get
through
these
hearings
for
our
format.
We'll
go
first
to
my
Council
colleagues
for
a
brief,
30
second
introduction
and
then
to
the
administration
for
your
presentation.
I.
B
Ask
that
you
each
take
five
minutes
since
so
many
of
you,
if
not
10
each
half
hour
maximum,
for
your
presentation
and
I.
Ask
that
you
all
go
at
once,
so
that
we
can
have
a
full,
cohesive
understanding
of
how
these
departments
are
working
together
and
then
we'll
go
into
around
one
questioning.
Each
Council
will
have
eight
minutes
again
considering
time
I
may
extend
the
10
or
more
and
then
to
public
testimony.
B
J
K
B
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
to
be
here,
I'm,
just
interested
in
learning
what
we
can
be
doing
on
the
council
to
support
these
amazing
programs.
As
you
know,
I
started
my
career
off
in
Youth,
Development
I
believe
it's
one
of
the
biggest
Investments
that
we
can
make
in
the
city
and
I
look
forward
to
learning
what
we
should
be
fighting
for.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
you
for
all
our
work
for
our
young
people,
I
think
there's
work
on
expansion
that
a
lot
of
Advocates
have
been
talking
about
in
terms
of
year-round
jobs
in
an
increasing
the
amount
of
time
that
our
young
people
can
be
learning
and
earning
so
interested
to
dive
into
the
conversation.
Thank
you.
Everyone
and
thank
you.
Madam.
N
B
O
C
C
C
C
So,
as
some
folks
heard
yesterday
from
Chief
Winn
during
the
owd
component
of
the
morning,
hearing
I'm
the
office
of
Youth
Employment
and
opportunity,
which
is
the
the
new
name
for
Yee,
has
shifted
under
the
newly
formed
worker
empowerment
cabinet,
which
is
aimed
at
advancing
the
well-being
of
Boston
workers
in
the
public
and
private
sectors.
I'm
one
of
Mayors,
one
of
the
mayor's
priorities
for
the
work
empowerment
cabinet,
is
to
align
and
streamline
Workforce
efforts
that
live
across
different
departments
under
a
single
unified
cabinet.
C
One
of
the
critical
goals
as
it
relates
to
Yeo
is
expanding
economic
opportunities
for
workers
through
quality,
job,
skilled
trainings
and
career
pipelines.
So
this
is
largely
the
work
owd
has
been
leading
for
many
years
and
we
absolutely
believe
that
when
we're
talking
about
Workforce
Development,
we
must
also
include
our
youth
jobs
program.
C
C
Yep
thanks.
So
I
want
to
emphasize
important
points
around
the
impact
on
the
investment
of
Youth
jobs
in
Boston.
Our
research
and
evaluation
work
with
Alicia,
monostino
and
Northeastern
University
has
taught
us
that
Boston
Summer
Youth
Employment
Program.
It
improves
behavioral
academic
and
employment
outcomes
for
youth,
with
greater
impacts
for
black
and
brown
youth.
This
data
has
been
informed
by
annual
pre
and
post
surveys
that
is
conducted
across
the
entire
youth
jobs
ecosystem.
C
Some
of
those
outcomes
is,
it
reduces
Crimes
by
fostering
Community
engagement
and
soft
skills,
raising
academic
achievement
through
aspirations
and
work
habits
and
boost
employment
through
job
Readiness.
We
can
absolutely
share
more
of
Alicia
and
northeastern's
data
upon
request
next
slide
great
for
context.
We
want
to
share
a
little
bit
about
this
office
for
the
council
and
for
our
listeners.
C
The
office
of
Youth,
Employment
and
opportunity
has
managed
youth
jobs
and
youth
employment
across
the
neighborhoods
of
Boston
for
nearly
25
to
30
years
and
employs
roughly
6
000
youth
annually.
Today,
as
many
folks
may
be
aware,
this
program
has
had
many
name
iterations
over
the
years:
red
shirts,
youth
fund,
The,
Hope
line
and
currently
success
link.
C
This
initiative
has
touched
the
lives
of
countless
young
people,
many
who
are
professionals
and
public
servants
today,
including
myself,
where
I
held
my
first
job
through
this
program
back
in
1997
in
Roxbury
at
the
John,
a
Shelburne
Community
Center.
So
our
mission
here
is:
we
feel
that
we
exist
to
employ,
develop
and
engage
Boston
Youth,
and
we
do
this
by
exposing
youth
to
the
workforce
and
bridging
opportunities
for
personal
and
professional
growth.
Next
slide.
C
Some
of
the
notable
areas
of
this
budget,
17.9
million,
will
be
to
invest
in
the
youth
youth
jobs
program
to
provide
job
opportunities
for
youth
in
every
neighborhood
across
Boston
500k,
to
support
our
youth
young,
adult
Workforce,
Development
initiative.
This
is
some
some
of
the
Opera
funding
to
support
Workforce
training
and
development
for
underrepresented
adults.
This
funding,
as
Council
Mejia
indicated
yesterday,
will
be
shifting
under
our
office
of
Workforce
Development
efforts
to
be
more
intentional
and
align.
This
requests
with
other
Workforce
Development
bills
under
our
team.
C
So
we
definitely
want
to
thank
you
councilmania
for
your
strong
advocacy
around
the
young,
adult
Workforce
Development
funding
and
then
also
roughly
about
200k,
full
consultant
services
to
help
us
think
through
the
design
and
design
a
set
of
recommendations
for
a
new
infrastructure
to
improve
the
hiring
and
payroll
process
next
slide
I'm
quickly.
Here
we
want
to
take
a
moment
to
highlight
some
of
the
voices
of
our
young
people
and
youth
jobs.
Participant
yes,
Kevin
is
here
twice
in
Supreme
Judicial
corpse.
They
provide
young
people
with
life-changing
experiences
and
exposure
into
law
enforcement
careers.
C
So
they're
they're
youth,
job
voices
everywhere
across
this
city,
and
we
want
to
do
a
better
job
of
elevating
on
these
young
people's
voices
as
well.
Next
slide
I'm
quickly.
So
this
is
the
some
of
the
highlights
and
the
accomplishments
across
the
youth
jobs
program
for
fiscal
year
23..
So
this
includes
summer
2022
and
school
year
of
2022
2023.
C
It
was
a
pretty
successful
fiscal
year
for
the
city.
We
saw
more
jobs,
returned
to
in-person
and
hybrid
opportunities
for
youth,
although
there
were
still
a
number
of
virtual
offerings
as
well
to
the
right
side
of
the
slide.
Here,
the
total
job
opportunity
is
provided
to
Youth,
and
this
includes
summer
and
school
year
was
6403,
and
this
is
truly
an
outstanding
effort.
C
It's
the
largest
number
of
job
opportunities
y
EO
has
provided
to
young
people
during
the
summer
and
school
year,
Employment
Program
ever
and
then
of
that
4
547
were
for
the
summer
in
the
1850.
Six
were
for
this
current
school
year
that
just
wrapped
up
about
a
few
weeks
ago.
Additionally,
we
awarded
5.2
million
in
grant
funding
to
non-profit
organizations
to
support
hiring
as
well.
C
You
know
talks
a
little
bit
about
the
partnership,
engagement
and
career
Readiness
over
400
young
people
participated
in
career,
Readiness
programs
and
initiatives,
and
then
to
my
left
side
here.
Over
2
000
young
people
participated
and
were
hired
in
place
across
our
ecosystem
Partners,
so
those
were
private
sector
jobs
as
well
as
other
local
non-profits.
C
C
So
one
of
our
revised
strategies
was
to
expand
our
grant
making,
which
we
piloted
back
in
the
summer
2021
to
all
of
our
non-profit
entities,
with
a
focus
on
decentralizing
with
the
administrative
process
I'm
encouraging
Coalition,
building
among
among
employers
and
youth
serving
agencies,
also
focusing
on
capacity
building
and
program
improvements,
as
you
can
see
here.
Our
goal
for
this
summer
is
to
connect
7,
000
city
of
Boston
youth
ages,
14
to
24
with
a
summer
job
opportunity,
and
we
do
have
a
strong
desire
to
return
to
our
pre-covered
youth
employment
levels.
C
C
This
is
a
subsidized
jobs
program
administered
by
the
Commonwealth
corporation,
which
is
designed
to
support,
proven
Rich
Youth
and
then
on
the
the
far
right
here.
It's
a
private
sector
jobs
and
when
which
it's
managed
my
pick,
and
we
do
expect
roughly
about
a
thousand
young
people
to
work
across
many
of
our
companies
within
the
private
sector.
C
P
Also,
first
of
all,
it's
great
to
share
space
and
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
be
able
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
office
of
Youth
engagement
and
advancement.
So
I
would
like
to
start
off
by
saying
that
we
are
a
new
office
and
I'm
excited
to
be
leading
these
efforts
and
I'll
start
by
sharing,
really
that
our
goal
is
to
centralize
a
lot
of
the
youth
work.
P
That's
happening
around
the
city
with
this
office
and
just
really
create
a
hub
for
for
you
from
when
we
say
you've
been
in
this
office:
oh
yeah.
We
we
identify
that
as
individuals
14
to
25,
because
we
believe
that
they
continue
to
grow
and
they
still
need
support
even
after
18..
So
with
that
I'll
share
our
six
initiatives
and
it's
actually
great
that
we
go
after
Rashad,
just
because
we
are
a
result
of
that
split
that
he
mentioned
earlier.
P
The
engagement
component
really
gave
birth
to
this
office,
so
the
six
initiatives
that
we're
overseeing
right
now
is
the
mayor's
youth
Council
that
you
flee.
The
change,
which
is
the
participatory
budget
program
that
you've
decided
to
do
with
a
million
dollars
and
I'm
willing
to
go
deeper
into
any
of
these
initiatives
when
we
get
into
the
question
part
of
it,
but
also,
we
also
oversee
the
MBTA
youth
Pass
Program,
which
is
specifically
for
19
to
25
year
olds.
So
most
BPS
students
not
all
receive
a
bus
pass
program.
P
This
is
specifically
for
those
once
they
graduate
high
school.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
they
continue
to
have
access
to
the
cities,
to
schools,
to
work
to
their
communities
through
Transportation,
so,
instead
of
paying
ninety
dollars
for
the
monthly
pass,
they
pay
thirty
dollars
through
our
office
and
those
three
initiatives
that
I
just
mentioned,
the
usually
the
change
management
youth
Council
on
the
MBTA
were
already
established
for
the
most
part
when
the
office
was
born,
and
they
were
just
kind
of
now
moved
over
and
housed.
P
Under
my
leadership
and
now
the
next
three
initiatives
were
built
enough
from
the
ground
up,
which
is
the
mayor's
youth
summit,
we're
looking
to
bring
back
the
city-wide
event.
The
mayor's
youth
summit
we're
also
looking
to
do
professional
development
opportunities
for
youth
facing
individuals.
So
we
said
you
face
individuals
because
we
really
want
to
expand
this
beyond
the
youth
worker
network
is
really
anyone.
That's
you
facing
that's
in
front
of
you,
whether
it's
teachers,
whether
security
guards,
whether
it's
clinicians,
is
anyone.
P
But
I
would
also
add
that
our
goal
is
to
end
silos
and
because
I
know
coming
from
my
experience,
that's
one
of
the
biggest
problems
that
we
have
in
youth
work
is
that
we
all
serve
the
same
families
right.
They
go
to
BPS
during
the
day
they
go
to
Community
Center
and
they
go
to
youth
program.
And
then
we
all
started
the
same
families,
but
we
don't
talk
with
each
other.
P
So
that's
another,
so
definitely
something
a
mission
that
we
want
to
take
on
so
we'll
be
building
a
monthly
Network
and
when
I
say
that
it's
just
really
this
space
for
Community
organizations
to
convene-
and
it's
going
to
be
a
consistent,
for
example-
let's
say
the
last
ride
of
every
month
and
the
goal
again
is
so
that
youth
workers
and
youth
organizations
have
this
space
where
they
can
not
only
share
resources
but
lean
on
each
other's
expertise.
Hey
I
got
this
kid
and
we're
dealing
with
this
issue.
P
Has
anybody
else
dealt
with
that
so
really
again
creating
that
space
and
that
network
of
of
people
that
are
doing
the
work
to
continue
providing
again,
not
just
the
support
for
the
Youth,
but
also
the
people
doing
the
work
with
the
youth,
and
then
we
also
launched
a
newsletter,
a
monthly
newsletter.
That's
targeted
specifically
for
you,
14
to
25
all
of
the
resources.
Everything
shared
the
language.
The
messages
is
all
directly
shared
to
you.
P
If
we
have
about
34
000
subscribers
right
now,
majority
of
those
are
active
users,
which
is
amazing
and
again
we
want
to
be
not
just
a
research
Source
for
Youth
to
help
navigate
city
hall,
because
there's
so
many
resources
in
City
Hall
and
it's
already
scary
enough
for
an
adult
to
navigate
City
Hall,
who
do
I
talk
to
where
do
I
go.
So
we
want
to
be
also
that
resource
connector,
for
families
and
for
youth
to
help
them
not
only
navigate
City
Hall,
but
also
again
be
that
connector
within
the
community.
P
So
whether
they're
looking
for
resources
with
density,
Hall,
they're
looking
to
partner
connect
with
a
community
organization,
we
want
to
be
that
warm
handoff
in
in
those
scenarios
and
and
I'll
stop
there.
That's
really
our
main
focus
for
this
year,
as
we
launch
again
is
really
those
initiatives,
and
it's
really
just
building
centralizing
youth
work
in
the
city
and
really
building
a
partnership
with
anybody
and
everybody
doing
you
for
it
to
continue
being
the
ones
to
uplift.
P
You
voices
when
it
comes
to
decision
making
within
City
Hall
and
and
giving
them
the
platform
to
do
so.
But
I'll
stop
there
and
I'm
definitely
excited
to
answer
any
questions
that
that
anyone
has
regarding
any
of
these
initiatives,
and
just
thank
you.
Everyone
in
advance
for
all
the
support
for
the
youth
work
that
we're
going
on
in
the
city.
B
D
D
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today
to
share
bcyf's
work
and
proposed
fy24
budget,
but
before
I
go
any
further
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
all
of
our
bcyf
staff,
who
have
tires
tirelessly
worked
year
after
year
to
make
sure
our
spaces,
our
neighborhood
hubs
and
safe
havens
for
youth
seniors
and
all
who
enter
our
doors
and
our
work
won't
be
possible
without
the
support
of
course,
and
partnership
of
almost
200
non-profit
Partners
over
this
past
year.
We
also
want
to
thank
our
colleagues
across
other
City
departments.
D
Back
one,
thank
you
so
btyf
is
the
city
of
Boston's
largest
Human
Service
entity,
offering
hundreds
of
free
and
low-cost
programs
for
all
ages.
Throughout
the
city
we
operate,
34
facilities,
including
15
school-based
community
centers,
19
pools
and
a
beach
for
over
50
years.
Bcyf
has
been
committed
to
partnering
with
residents
to
provide
high
quality
outcome,
driven
programs
that
are
responsive,
responsive
to
Neighborhood
needs
and
interests.
D
Our
Key
Program
areas
include
Sports
and
Fitness
after
school
enrichment,
summer
programming,
adult
education,
team
programs
and
Senior
activities
for
fiscal
year,
24
we're
proposing
an
operating
budget
of
30
million
thirty
five
thousand
sixty
six,
which
represents
a
decrease
of
1.3
percent
from
last
fiscal
year.
Our
total
proposed
head
count
for
FY
24
is
391,
which
also
represents
a
slight
decrease
and
those
are
due
to
the
sun
setting
of
the
soil
program
and
a
couple
of
other
efficiencies.
D
D
In
our
Capital,
we've
worked
with
public
facilities
Property
Management
last
year.
If
you
recall,
we
received
an
investment
to
do
a
facilities
assessment,
so
we
are
on
track
to
start
that
PFD
has
been
working
with
BPS
on
the
you
might
be
familiar
with
a
brand
new
deal,
so
we
are
queuing
up
to
start
our
facilities
assessment.
D
D
We
began
renovation
process
for
the
clarity
pool
and
finally,
as
we,
you
know,
we
talked
I've
mentioned
the
Partnerships
earlier
or
non-profit
partners
and
other
partners.
We've
had
great
success
with
the
Boston
Celtics,
who
have
renovated
a
couple
of
our
spaces,
including
the
Curtis
Hall
Community,
Center
basketball
court.
That's
the
bottom
picture
on
the
slide
there
and
they
recently
renovated
the
a
space
at
the
Shelburne
Community
Center,
and
they
turned
it
into
a
stem
space
next
slide.
Please.
D
With
respect
to
investing
in
our
staff
and
building
a
system-wide
human
capital
strategy
in
November
last
year
we
hired
a
director
of
capacity
building
in
Impact.
This
person
is
focused
on
professional
development
training
across
the
department,
as
well
as
developing
the
metrics,
by
which
we're
going
to
measure
success.
D
We've
offered
condensed
best
training
on
positive
development
with
hia
and,
lastly,
we
piloted
a
cohort
of
Staff
training
with
three
program
supervisors
that
were
recently
hired,
so
we're
really
trying
to
institutionalize
and
create
a
regular
Cadence
of
training,
that's
formalized
and
relevant
to
the
work
of
our
staff,
so
they
can
continue
to
provide
excellent
Services
next
slide.
Please.
D
So
on
the
goal
or
priority
of
providing
high
quality
responsive
excellent
services,
we
have
similar
to
having
created
a
working
group
for
the
Academy
role,
who
created
a
staff
working
group
to
work
on
the
program
framework.
This
work
is
being
led
by
the
new
director
of
capacity
building
and
impact.
We
piloted
a
boys
leadership
Corps
at
the
bcyf
Gallivan.
You
might
be
familiar
with
the
Girls
Leadership
Corps
that's
been
around
since
about
2007..
D
We
also
piloted
a
community
survey
in
order
to
get
input
from
the
community.
We
are
looking
to
different
ways
to
get
that
information,
and
the
survey
was
one
of
the
things
that
we
piloted
in
Hyde
Park,
Mildred,
nazaro
and
Ros.
Until
this
past
year,
moving
into
FY
24
we'll
continue
to
build
up
the
community
engagement
and
input
strategy
to
include
open
houses
record.
The
next
line.
D
D
Lastly,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we're
launching
our
facilities
assessment.
We
also
started
working
with
Chief
Garces
and
do
it
on
an
I.T
assessment
similar
to
the
facilities
assessment,
we'll
continue
that
work
through
fy24
and
we'll
continue
to
work
with.
Do
the
public
property
management
department
on
facilities
efficiencies,
including
share
tracking
software
next
slide,
please
and
fy24
will
launch
our
Academy
training,
which
we
expect
will
be
a
two-day
full
day,
training
for
staff.
We
also
are
fy24
budget
reflex
via
the
creation
of
our
employee
relations
position.
D
D
D
B
Thank
you.
We'll
go
straight
to
our
round
one
of
questions.
We
had
some
youth
in
person
to
testify,
but
I
think,
while
they're
getting
ready,
we'll
go
to
round
one
and
then
public
testimony
and
then
round.
Two
in
the
order
of
arrival
I
have
Council
Braden.
First,
you
have
eight
minutes
of
your
questions.
J
J
So
we
can
be
more
effective,
supporting
our
young
people
and
I'm
very
and
Pedro
I'm
gonna
have
to
meet
with
you
and
hear
all
about
your
work,
I'm
very
impressed
with
that
how
you
laid
it
all
out
there
and
thank
you
all
for
your
work
like
this
is
everyday
work
in
the
trenches
and
doing
such
great
work
with
our
young
folks
and,
and
commissioner
Rivera,
of
course,
I'm
going
to
ask
about
Jackson
man
and
the
the
studies
almost
complete.
You
say
and
that
were
awaiting
recommendations.
J
D
So
we
haven't
landed
on
a
temporary
site
but,
as
you
might
recall,
we
have
two
citing
studies.
Essentially
we
have
the
permanent,
citing
study
and
then
the
temporary
side,
so
both
of
those
are
happening
concurrently
and
we
are
anticipating
recommendations
and
a
final
report
on
both
within
the
next
few
weeks.
We
are
potentially
depending
on
where
we
land
for
the
temporary
site
starting
to
make
moves
this
summer.
J
C
Yep
counselor
I
would
say
that
we
are
continuing
to
work
through
the
onboarding
process
for
young
people.
I
talked
a
little
bit
about
just
this.
This
expanded
Grant
making
in
which
we
have
shifted
over
funding
to
our
non-profit
Partners,
who
will
largely
be
responsible
for
hiring
and
onboarding
young
people
themselves.
C
We
have
our
engagement
team.
You
know
that
is
truly
instrumental
in
making
sure
that
we're
creating
videos
and
promotional
materials
to
make
that
process
a
little
bit
more
streamlined.
So
the
young
people
are
going
through
hiring
now
you
know
we.
We
expect
young
people
to
continue
to
onboard
throughout
the
month
of
June
well
into
maybe
the
first
week
of
July.
J
And
one
issue
that
we
talked
about
in
the
earlier
hearing
was,
you
know
just
medical
clearance
and-
and
you
know,
I,
everyone
has
challenges.
I've
I've
got
challenges
getting
an
appointment
with
my
primary
care,
but
one
suggestion
was
that
the
School
nurses
could
sign
off
on
stuff
and
I
I.
Don't
know.
How
is
that?
How
is
that
going.
C
J
P
J
P
Yes,
so
that's
actually
a
collaboration
with
the
MBTA,
so
it's
a
Statewide
program.
We
just
oversee
the
Boston
initiative
or
the
Boston
office
of
that
we
have
about
email
list.
I
would
say
close
to
between
six
to
seven
thousand
subscribers
on
that
and
it's
just
a
matter
of
them
renewing
and
just
continue
using
it.
P
So
we
we
always
lean
on
the
subscriber
list
that
we
have,
but
we're
also
constantly
tabling
and
promoting
and
at
events
and
collaborating
with
other
community
organizations,
events
and
Partnerships
to
continue
to
get
the
word
out
specifically
again
to
the
19th
to
25
year
old
on
demographic.
So
so
we're
always
continuing
to
grow.
But
we
do
have
great
usage
of
it.
It's
definitely
being
used
and
we
continue
to
try
to
grow
it
as
much
as
we
can.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
the
presentations
by
the
administration
team
were
excellent.
So
thank
you
to
everyone
for
the
important
work.
You're
doing
I
see.
Pedro
Cruz
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
Pedro
at
Villa
Victoria.
For
many
years.
You
were
in
the
youth
development
program
near
Pedro
and
you
did
a
very
good
job.
So
congratulations
on
on
on
this
position.
Pedro
one
question
I
I
have
for
you:
how
are
you
going
to
work
with
young
people
throughout
the
city,
but
especially
young
people
living
in
public
housing?
K
P
Thank
you
very
much,
president
council,
president,
at
flynnum.
Definitely
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
you
and
I'm
glad
to
be
on
this
level
and
this
new
role
to
continue
the
partnership,
not
just
with
you
but
the
rest
of
the
city
to
serve
the
demographic
on
a
larger
scale,
intentionally
a
question
in
terms
of
give
me
one.
Second
son:
that's
okay,.
P
K
P
Again,
really
one
of
the
goals
of
this
office
is
to
it
to
be
a
that
Hub
right.
So
it's
really
about
building
these
Partnerships
and
we
actually
work
closely
under
the
the
human
services
department.
We
have
a
colleague
Dana
who,
who
oversees
the
youth
homelessness
initiative
and
he's
actually
been
a
great
partner
of
the
office
since
we
started
and
he's
going
to
continue
to
juice
that
and
we're
actually
continuing
to
develop
our
relationship
closely.
So
again,
he
oversees
the
youth
homelessness
initiative
within
the
city,
so
he's
helping
with
that.
P
But
on
top
of
that,
our
goal
again
is
to
build
these
relationships
so
that
we
could
have
these
warm
handoffs
happening.
So
my
goal
really
is
to
not
only
raise
awareness
Citywide,
but
also
internally,
the
city
hall,
to
let
people
know
that
we're
here,
so
that
we
can
continue
to
be
the
resource,
connector
so
again,
I
think
it's
a
matter
of
really
raising
awareness
and
building
these
Partnerships.
One
of
the
biggest
things
I
keep
saying
is
that
the
the
work
that
we
do
is
collaborative
work.
P
It
can't
happen
just
with
me
or
or
with
Rashad
or
with
Owen
commissionera.
You
know
it
definitely
has
to
be
a
collaborative
work.
So
that's
really
what
it
is.
It's
we're
building
the
team
out
right
now
we're
adding
the
right
we're,
bringing
the
right
people
to
the
table
and
the
right
people
to
the
conversations.
So
that's
really
what
what
what
our
focus
is
right
now,
I
hope
that
answers
your
question.
K
What
can
you
give
me
a
little
bit
of
an
update
on
the
Blackstone?
How
would
the?
How
are
the
programs
going
there
any
challenges
we
have
or
or
what's
the
status
and
what
can
we
expect
for
the
Youth
for
this
summer,
at
the
Blackstone?
It's
a
it's
an
exceptional
program
and
as
as
Pedro
knows
that
the
Blackstone
has
residents
from
Villa
Victoria
does
residents
from
the
from
the
cathedral
across
the
cross
the
street
a
little
bit
from
Lennox.
K
D
Council
president,
so
the
Blackstone
Community
Center
has,
as
you
know,
might
have
lost
some
space,
but
they
continue
to
be
provide
a
lot
of
the
same
Services.
The
only
program,
the
service,
that
no
longer
that
the
site
no
longer
has
is
the
adult
education.
But
we
continue
to
operate
that
out
of
other
sites,
including
here
centrally,
so
they
had
a
it
was
through
enrollment,
Central
enrollment.
But
anyway,
that's
that's
the
only
program
that
we
don't
have
at
the
Blackstone
anymore,
but
they
continue
to
provide
school-age
programming
team
Center.
D
The
team
Center
is
the
program
is
thriving,
the
most
we
mentioned
Comcast
and
as
a
partner
in
my
presentation
and
that's
one
of
the
sites
that
they
have
adopted.
As
you
know,
providing
programming
and
resources,
including
technology,
the
pool
is
still
down,
and
we
don't
you
know,
see
it
being
up
in
the
coming
year,
but
we'll
continue
to
work
with
BPS
on
trying
to
get
it
online
as
soon
as
possible.
D
If
thank
you,
okay,
I
was
going
to
say
the
the.
If
there
is
any,
you
know,
Authority
Community
needs
or
gaps
that
have
been
identified
that
have
been
brought
to
your
attention.
Please
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out.
I
also
talked
about
those
Community
surveys.
We
had
done
one
actually,
no
Blackstone
is
not
one
of
the
areas
we've
done
one.
So
what
you
can
expect
for
for
this
coming
summer
is
that
we
are
doing
them
across
the
entire
city
after
having
piloted
those
surveys
over
the
past
year
or
other
sites,
so
that
we're
Gathering
feedback.
K
Yeah,
thank
you,
commissioner,
and
then
maybe
just
as
a
follow-up
city-wide.
What's
what
can
we
expect
from
bcyf,
as
it
relates
to
supporting
young
people,
students
with
disabilities
during
the
summer?
What
what
can
what?
What
do
you?
What
are
you
guys
doing
in
terms
of
helping
young
people
with
disabilities,
especially
getting
exercise
getting
involved
in
in
sports
or
any
type
of
physical
fitness
where
they
could
they
could
be
outside
in
in
in
in
in
getting
a
little
bit
of
exercise,
just
want
to
see
what
your
thoughts
might
be.
D
Yeah
so
working
with,
depending
on
the
the
disability,
it
requires
expertise,
much
of
which
we
don't
have,
which
is
why
we
partner
with
other
entities.
We
have
adaptive
sports
that
we
operate
out
of
the
Tobin
Community
Center
and
in
a
lot
of
ways,
adaptive
Sports
is
providing
programming.
You
know
hockey
soccer
for
people
who
are
wheelchair
about
something
that
you
don't
see
anywhere
anywhere
in
the
state.
D
K
D
Also,
with
an
organization
that's
doing,
programming
out
of
the
Roslindale
Community
Center
Bryce's
promise
I
think
it's
called
that
works
with
children
with
autism
they're
going
to
be
operating.
There's
some
camp
out
of
the
Rosendale
Community
Center.
So
if
we're
not
able
to
provide
it
because
again,
it
does
require
a
level
of
expertise
and
certifications.
Then
we're
always
happy
to
part
of
itself.
K
Okay,
commissioner,
do
you
do
any
work
with
the
it's
a
it's
group,
a
group
sponsored
by
Local
25,
the
teamsters,
it's
the
ChalleNGe
Program
and
it's
I
I
know
they
have
several
programs
in
in
the
South
tour,
but
I
know
they
have
one
in
Dorchester.
But
it's
a
sports
program
softball
for
young
young
people
with
with
with
disabilities.
D
D
We
are
and
as
I
say,
that
we
are,
you
know
on
track
to
have
the
minimum
number
of
lifeguards.
We
need
to
open
the
pools
that
we
will
have
operational
in
order
to
run
lessons
we
need
at
least
you
know
three
lifeguards,
so
with
a
lifeguard
shortage,
it
has
been
challenging,
but
I
did
have
on
the
slide
deck
that
we
have
a
good
number
of
of
lessons
and
people
that
continue
to
swim
in
our
facilities
and
and
swing
programming
in
fiscal
2024.
Our
goal
is
to
have.
D
Q
R
L
Thank
you.
All
I
I'm
always
really
important
to
be
in
this
particular
space
because
who
I
have
worked
with
in
a
number
of
different
capacities,
and
it's
always
encouraging
to
know
that
the
people
who
are
now
behind
and
leading
the
work
have
been
so
happy
to
sleep
and
the
rest
of
the
crew.
Here,
questions
so
you're
all
Lucky,
not
one
of
those
departments
that
I've
always
parking
at
so
just
really
quick,
I'm
curious
about
now.
L
That's
a
success
link
is
using
contracts
for
jobs
as
a
community-based
organization,
right,
I'm,
curious
about
and
there's
no
there's
going
to
be
a
barrier
in
order
to
be
starting
jobs,
online
application,
the
system
between
the
the
summer
and
school
year.
You
know
so
that
position
I,
believe
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
success
link
is
is
going
to
be
partnering
with
with
a
profit
organizations
I'm
clear
about
that.
L
L
I
start
sneezing.
Excuse
me,
so
this
is
coming
directly
from
some
of
the
Advocates
that
we've
been
working
with
director
cope
Philip
States
here
that
now
that
success
link
is
transitioning
to
using
contracts
for
jobs
and
community-based
organizations.
There
is
no
longer
the
barrier
of
restarting
the
online
application
system
between
the
summer
and
school
year,
and
so
the
question
is:
will
success
link
make
school
year
jobs
available
from
September
to
June,
so
that
organization
can
hire
young
people
year
round?
So
that's
question
one
then.
The
other
question
is
in
a
recent
flyer.
L
But
is
there
a
rage
between
the
pay
rates
and
then
will
young
people
be
getting
15
dollars
this
summer,
which
is
minimum
wage,
even
though
the
minimum
wage
will
not
increase
until
2024,
recognizing
that
young
people
are
still
impacted
by
inflation?
Well,
14
to
18
year
olds,
get
paid
more
than
15
in
2023.
L
L
For
example,
they
may
start
a
summer
camp
assisted
in
a
classroom
and
then
later
be
a
lead
instructor
or
help
direct
a
summer
camp.
So
do
you
agree
that
there
are
good
reasons
for
organizations
to
pay
a
range
of
based
on
different
rates
based
on
the
type
of
services
that
they
are
providing,
such
as
15
to
18,
so
that
young
people,
depending
on
the
their
experience
in
that
job
position?
So
is
there
some
wiggle
room
around
that?
So
some
things
to
consider?
L
Oh,
my
God
and
then
Chief
I,
keep
calling
you,
commissioner,
I'm.
So
sorry
that
I
keep
upgrading
you.
We
all
do
but
I'm
curious
about
spaces,
for
especially
in
our
centers,
with
a
lot
of
our
families
who
have
children
who
are
on
the
Spectrum
around
autism,
I'm
just
curious
what
if
any
opportunities
exist
in
this
budget
cycle
for
us
to
really
start
thinking
about?
C
C
C
L
C
D
But
as
far
as
creating
spaces
I'm
curious
to
hear
like
what
that
looks
like,
particularly
as
we
go
into
assessing
our
facilities
and
looking
at
what
the
needs
are,
because
certainly
we
know
that
we
have
work
to
do
even
with
respect
to
being
you
know,
wheelchair
accessible
in
our
facilities.
And
so
when
you
talk
about
having
different,
you
mentioned
spaces
that
have
sensory
I'm,
not
sure
exactly
how
you
put
it,
but
I
I,
I'm
hearing
as
you're
talking
about
the
spaces
themselves
rather
than
programming.
L
Yeah
I'm
talking
more
about
the
physical
space
and
making
sure
that
it's
sensory
sensitive.
You
know
just
kind
of
like
really
being
mindful
that,
even
when
you
have
children
who
are
on
the
Spectrum,
there
are
a
number
of
different
issues
that
bubble
up.
You
know,
maybe
it's
they
have.
You
might
want
to
be
in
a
location
that
is
more
soundproof.
You
know
that
has
that
if
there's
a
lot
of
echoing
that,
you
could
put
some
guards
up
to
to
create
some.
You
know
a
safer
environment
for
folks
who,
who
might
have
reaction.
L
You
know
so
just
wanted
to
just
throw
that
out
there
as
something
for
us
to
think
about,
as
we
continue
to
move
in
this
space
and
looking
forward
to
working
with
you
to
figure
out
what
that
could
look
like
and
I
see
the
hand
is
up
and
I
guess.
That's
my
my
time
so
I
do
appreciate
it
and
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
muting
me
when
I
was
sneezing
up
a
storm
here,
so
I
appreciate
the
muting
situation
happening.
Thank
you.
B
D
I
think
the
the
last
thing
I'll
just
respond
on
these
again.
The
needs
of
all
children
is
as
we're
looking
to
you
know,
renovate
and
build
new
facilities
and
engaging
Consultants.
We
through
the
guidance
and
advice
of
age
strong.
We
have
look
to
engage
a
consultant
that
looks
at
age,
friendly
infrastructure
and
facilities,
so
we'll
keep
that
in
mind
that
there
I'm
certain
that
there
is
something
similar
to
to
what
you
speak.
So
what
do
you
spoke
about
so
I'm
hearing
interruptions.
B
B
The
youth
is
here
for
testimony
and
they're
asking
to
go
and
they're
getting
ready
to
to
testify,
but
they're
asking
to
go
first,
because
a
lot
of
the
counselors
sometimes
have
a
very
busy
schedules
and
have
to
take
off
immediately
after
the
questioning,
and
they
would
like
for
the
counselors
to
be
here
to
listen,
counselor
lugeen.
You
are
next
but
after
you
go
I
think
I'm
asking
the
remaining
counselors
Coletta
Council
morale,
Council,
Royal,
Council,
Clarity
and
everyone
else
to
stay
here
to
be
able
to
listen
to
the
testimony.
M
Everyone
hear
me
now:
no
okay,
awesome!
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I.
Just
want
to
thank
the
colleagues.
I
also
want
to
thank
I
want
to
thank
members
of
administration
and
I
want
to
thank
the
young
people
who
are
here
to
testify
I'm
going
to
try
to
keep
it
free,
I'm,
going
to
pick
up
pick
off
where
director
Pope,
where
you
left
off,
want
to.
Thank
you
shout
out
to
you
and
the
incredible
job
fair
that
you
had
at
the
Reggie
Lewis
Center.
M
It
was
really
remarkable
to
see
all
those
young
people,
all
the
community-based
organizations
out,
actually
connect
connective
tissue
for
our
young
people.
I
know
that
there
are
young
people
who
are
still
looking
for
jobs,
one
that
just
hit
me
up
on
Instagram
that
she
to
see
if
there
were
positions
still
available.
M
So
we
know
that
our
young
people
are
still
looking
for
jobs
and
that
there
are
Community
organizations
that
are
looking
to
partner
councilmania
started
with
the
who
had
a
threat
and
I
want
to
just
continue,
because
you
you
mentioned
at
the
you
mentioned
the
wage
amount.
But
then
we
had
a
hearing
where
we
talked
about
how
it's
often
hard.
You
know
we
love
these
jobs,
we
can
learn
and
earn,
but
it's
often
hard
when,
like
Target
or
somewhere
else,
can
pay
at
a
higher
dollar
amount.
M
So
one
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
energy
on
the
council
and
and
advocacy
in
the
community
to
increase
what
we
were
able
to
offer.
Our
young
people
have
you
thought
about
what
that
would
look
like
what
would
be
a
competitive
offer?
Would
it
be
from
instead
of
15?
Would
it
be
17
or
18,
and
what
would
that
look
like?
What
would
that
increase?
Look
like
to
the
bottom
line
of
of
your
office
and
and
for
this
program.
C
Yeah
thanks,
thank
you
councilors,
so
I
would
say.
We
absolutely
believe
that
we
should
consider
just
a
range
of
pay
rates
for
young
people
that
are
participating
across
the
youth
jobs
program
and
I.
Think
I'm
part
of
our
discussion
moving
forward,
we'll
be
to
look
at
what
is
an
acceptable
pay
rate
range
for
the
different,
the
two
different
age
groups
and
those
are
the
14
to
18
year
olds
and
the
19
to
24
year
olds.
C
We
can
actually,
you
know,
look
at
the
state's
Commonwealth,
Corporation
and
youth
works
as
a
model
for
that
their
program
does
offer
pay
ranges
for
you
know
14
to
17
year
olds
and
then
18
to
24
year
olds.
So
that
is
absolutely
something
that
you
know.
We
as
an
Administration
feel
you
know,
is
fair
across
the
board
and
it
will
really
help
with
you
know:
just
pay
Equity.
M
Thank
you
director.
If
the
city
council
were
multiple,
questions
were
to
like
continue
support,
and
you
said
you
know
we
have.
We
definitely
should
consider
like
if
there
was
an
effort
to
get
those
increases
into
the
budget.
Now,
like
is
your
office
able
would
be
able.
Would
it
feel
like
implementation
for
the
summer,
wouldn't
probably
not
be
so
feasible,
but
what
could
it
be
feasible
for
the
for
the
school
year?
M
What
would
that
look
like,
because
I
don't
want
to
I,
don't
want
us
to
fight
for
something
that
we
aren't
able
to
use
and
implement,
but
I
I
also
do
want
us
to
fight
for
it
right.
I
want
arguments,
especially
those
who
are,
you
know,
16
17
18
to
be
able
to
get
higher
minimum
payment.
So
just
in
terms
of
timeline,
if
we
advocate
for
it
like
what
does
your
office
actually
have
the
capacity
to
do.
C
Yeah,
we
have
a
salary
cost
analysis
breakdown
for
the
upcoming
school
year.
I
do
think
that
that
is
the
place
in
where
in
which
we
can
just
you
know,
look
to
see
if
these
adjustments
are
feasible.
You're
right
this
summer,
you
know,
will
be
too
late
for
us
to
do
that,
but
definitely
for
the
school
year
youth
jobs
program.
We
can
look
at
calculating
just
a
range.
C
M
C
C
You
know
just
you
know
looping
in
you
know
our
office
of
budget
management
I
will
work
at
empowerment
cabinet
so
that
we
can
just
look
at
the
impact
you
know
of
increase
in
pay
rates
for
young
people
just
across
the
you
know
across
you
know,
just
Boston's,
Workforce
I
think
that's
another
area
that
you
know.
We
need
to
consider
as
we're
making
decisions
about
increasing
pay
rates.
M
Thank
you,
I
appreciate
that
director
cope
and
all
the
energy
that
you
put
into
this
commissioner
Rivera
just
a
question
on
I
think
you
talked
about
Authority
pool
in
June
how
we
are
now
beginning
to
begin
that.
Is
there
a
new
pool
in
East
opening
date?
I'm,
not
sure
if
you
talked
about
that,
but
is
there
you
know
putting
date
there.
M
Okay,
thank
you
and
I
appreciate
bcos
focus
on
swimming
throughout
our
neighborhoods
as
someone
who
does
not
know
how
to
swim,
and
we
tried
to
learn
how
to
swim
at
a
at
a
boys
at
a
at
a
boys
club
when
I
was
growing
up,
I
appreciate
the
focus
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods.
So
thank
you,
Marta,
commissioner,
and
then
Pedro
I.
M
Don't
really
have
a
question
if
you
want
to
again
welcome
you
to
the
city
excited
for
the
work
of
oh
yeah
today
in
Charleston
at
a
coffee
hour,
a
parent
brought
up
to
me.
The
idea
of
city
of
Boston
Children's
task
force
for
those
who
aren't
within
the
bandwidth
and
I
know
that
you
have
a
lot
of
work
on
your
plate
from
those
who
are
14
and
all
over,
but
I
think
it
could
be
a
really
creative
idea.
M
We
do
get
really
amazing
comments
and
feedback
from
our
young,
our
our
little,
our
our
even
young,
younger
people
in
the
age
range
of
like
eight
to
fourteen.
It
could
be
a
really
great
way
of
introducing
them
in
a
city
hall
and
I
know
that
I
and
other
counselors
do
so
one-offs,
like
visits
and
things
like
that
with
our
young
people,
but
having
a
more
not
to
add
more
work
to
your
plate,
but
something
an
idea
to
put
out
there
that
a
parent
in
Charlestown
share
with
me
shout
out
to
Demetria.
M
M
Thank
you,
I'm,
a
big
fan
of
major
youth
Council.
My
sister
was
on
it
like
really
excited
for
oh
yeah
and
what
you
bring
in
your
background
and
for
all
of
this
concerted
effort
to
really
make
sure
that
we
are
meeting
the
incredible
Dynamic
potential
of
our
young
people.
So
thank
you
to
everyone.
Thank
you,
chair.
Those
are
my
questions.
B
You
guys
want
to
say
hello.
We
just
want
to
come.
You
can't
see
everyone,
but
they're
all
here
and
around,
but
first
for
public
testimony
and
also
they
get
a
chance
to
see
from
behind
the
scenes
what
our
hearings,
how
they,
how
we
function
and
what
it
looks
like
all
behind
the
scenes.
So,
first
we
have
favor
and
favor.
Please
introduce
yourself.
You
have
two
to
three
minutes
for
public
testimony:
affiliation
in
Residence.
R
H
R
The
youth
with
the
youth
jobs
budget,
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
youth
work
from
September
to
June,
instead
of
November
to
April
with
this
money,
we
can
also
ensure
that
youth
coming
in
for
another
year
and
taking
part
of
more
responsibilities,
get
paid
more.
Youth
should
have
the
right
to
work
for
10
months
without
having
to
experience
a
long
Gap
from
the
next
time
they
can
work.
R
The
Gap
can
be
very
detrimental
to
many
youth
or
many
youth
workers,
because
some
of
them
need
to
need
the
job
to
take
care
of
themselves
and
their
families.
Youth
jobs
also
create
a
safe
haven
for
many
kids
and
develop
their
life
skills.
Things
like
leadership,
communication
time
and
money
management
skills
are
all
things
that
you
can
learn
from
their
jobs.
Youth
jobs
have
helped
other
people
in
my
community
by
giving
us
support,
making
sure
we're
focused
on
school
and
provide
a
space
for
us
to
be
our
true
selves.
R
However,
I
don't
understand
how
6
000
summer,
youth
jobs
were
promised,
but
only
4
500
people
were
hired.
There
needs
to
be
a
better
way
for
youth
to
be
informed
about
these
opportunities
in
an
Outreach
team
needs
to
be
hired
as
well.
Success
link
needs
more
people
who
can
sign
organizations
up
and
help
the
youth
get
jobs.
Outreach
records
can
do
things
like
host
job
fairs
at
schools
or
partner,
with
some
of
the
public
libraries
that
have
informational
meetings,
slash
discussions
for
you
pertaining
jobs
and
internships.
R
Instead
by
investing
40
million
in
participate,
budgeting
and
adding
2.6
million
for
Community
Mental
Health
response
and
increasing
the
affordable
housing
budget
by
10
million,
we
would
be
taking
the
right
steps
in
order
to
make
a
safe
and
more
affordable,
Boston
I'm
sure
that
the
police
will
do
just
fine
with
336
million
dollars
instead
of
395.
they'll,
just
abuse
their
overtime
either
way.
Thank
you
for
listening
and
I
hope.
You
have
a
nice
evening.
G
You
hello
student
council,
my
name
is
Joaquin
Lambos
I
am
a
student
at
Boston,
Atlanta
Academy
live
in
Roxbury
and
I
am
a
member
of
Youth
Justice,
empowerment,
Union.
We
are
demanding
that
mayor
Rule
and
the
city
councilors
increase
the
budget
for
youth
jobs
by
6
million
to
make
a
new
shops,
actually
year-round,
increased
pay
rates
and
fixed
problems,
problems
with
success,
link
by
hiring
Outreach
workers
and
funding
a
community
youth
jobs
have
helped
so
many
people,
I
know
by
giving
them
a
real
opportunity
to
make
money
and
provide
for
their
family
and
themselves.
G
G
S
Hello,
my
name
is
charming.
Solomon
and
I
am
from
Dorchester
I'm,
representing
beans
on
society
in
yttu
I'm,
here
with
community
members
demanding
that
may
remove
and
City
councilors
increase
the
youth
jobs
budget
by
six
million
dollars.
This
way
we
can
make
dogs
year
round,
let
organizations
increase
their
pay
rates
and
fix
a
problem
with
successfullying
by
hiring
Outreach
workers.
S
This
is
important
because
inflation
and
the
cost
of
living
has
gone
up,
and
it
is
important
for
our
people
to
sustain
themselves,
in
addition
to
money
for
youth
jobs,
I
demand
that
made
your
room
and
city
councilors
that
invest
money
from
the
police
budget
that
has
395
million
dollars
allocated
to
it
and
invest
some
of
that
money
into
new
jobs.
The
Mental
Health
crisis
response
in
affordable
housing.
Thank
you
thank.
T
The
summer
portion
of
successful
in
the
last
seven
weeks
and
the
square
portion
spends
from
October
31st
and
this
year
under
under
special
circumstances,
May
12th
for
a
total
of
28
weeks,
the
school
year
portion
as
well
as
the
summer
portion,
lasts
for
a
total
of
34
out
of
54
weeks
in
the
year,
leaving
an
awkward
19-week
spam
that
doesn't
at
least
students
in
an
awkward
position
as
funding
a
job.
That
would
only
let
you
work
for
a
few
weeks
before
quitting
as
hard.
T
A
point
touch
to
a
point
touched
upon
earlier
in
this
meeting.
Was
the
program
has
been
proven
to
improve
things
like
behavioral
issues
and
I?
Don't
understand
how
the
expansion
of
the
program,
sorry
and
the
expansion
of
the
program
would
cost
a
little
over
4.5
million,
and
this
would
cover
paying
1
350
for
14
to
18
year
olds,
making
an
average
of
16.50
an
hour
as
well
as
115,
19
and
24
year
olds,
making
an
average
of
13.50
an
hour.
The
program
is
considerable,
good
and
I
extending
it.
T
B
C
C
Young
people
need
to
be
terminated
to
transition
into
the
new
jobs
going
into
the
school
year
and
I
believe
the
the
grant
making
process,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
will
be
able
to
help
out
with
this,
in
which
we
will
be
able
to
release
a
year-round
RFP
in
which
organizations
can
apply
for
the
full
year
here.
So
they
can
apply
for
summer
and
school
year
through
their
submission
of
one
application,
as
opposed
to
us
releasing
two
different
rfas
throughout
the
year,
so
that
we
can
identify
employment
partners.
B
Everyone,
cheap
yeah,
no
problem,
so
the
the
I'm,
sorry,
okay,
oh
the
the
chief,
is
explaining
about
the
grad
programs.
Essentially,
if
we
put
out
contracts
that
people
grant
that
organization
like
a
non-profit
could
go
and
apply
for
it,
then
they
could
hire
the
youth
all
year
round,
as
opposed
to
doing
it
through
the
city
where,
as
or
current
programs,
whereas
it
stops
at
in
October
and
it
will
be
extended,
it
won't.
B
B
T
B
Would
be
funding
it
except
like
a
a
an
organization
outside
of
Boston
would
apply
and
get
the
money,
and
then
they
would
do
the
program
all
year
round
the
Boston's
still
funding
it.
Oh
yeah,
so
like
basically
here's
an
application.
The
program
would
come
and
apply
for
the
the
money,
take
the
money
and
go
to
the
program
all
year
round
with
more
control
and
less
barriers
to
not
expand
it.
Beyond
April
like
it,
is
now,
okay,
cool
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
U
Hi,
my
name
is
carlise
I'm,
a
member
of
yjp
when
I
live
in
District
Seven
I
think
that
youth
jobs
should
be
way
more
accessible
for
teams
and
young
people
in
Boston.
We
live
in
a
in
Boston,
we
live.
We
live
in
an
underfunded
community
and
instead
of
having
families
that
suffer
with
water,
security
and
toplessness,
we
should
have
like
a
community
with
jobs
are
accessible
and
funded
appropriately,
so
success
link
is
difficult
to
use
and
it
makes
it
hard
for
young
people
to
get
a
job.
Q
U
Q
Q
Q
Q
These
youth
jobs,
Believe,
It
or
Not
helps
us
unless,
for
myself,
toxic
homes
and
off
the
streets,
these
youth
jobs
instead
of
regular
jobs,
not
caring
about
us
teens
you
guessing
job,
is
a
job
and
I
started
working
on
McDonald's
or
Burger
King.
That's
kind
of
bad
for
our
mental
health
and
retails
are
way
better
for
our
mental
health
and
we
still
getting
more
knowledge,
I
still
care
about
our
Mental
Health.
U
V
V
Some
Creative
Solutions
around
the
learn
and
earn
program
around
ABCD,
but
just
saying
that
investing
in
jobs
is
never
never
a
waste.
The
money's
going
to
go
to
good
use
I
also
appreciate
it.
We've
been
working
since
2020
when
we
were
talking
with
director
Coke
over
Zoom
during
the
pandemic,
about
getting
September
through
June
jobs,
about
getting
contracts
for
organizations
so
glad
that
there
are
more
contracts
and
director
Club.
V
At
the
time
you
had
said
that
the
the
technical
programs
for
onboarding
folks
made
it
hard
to
switch
between
the
summer
and
year
round,
but,
as
you
just
said,
with
the
grandson
organizations,
organizations
compact
that
capacity
to
do
year-round
jobs
so
just
glad
to
hear
that
ship
in
that
direction
in
the
6
million
would
help
make
sure
it
actually
be
able
to
cover
those
months
and
so
hope
that
can
kick
in
and
then
I
think.
If
I
heard
about
right,
counselor
Larry
Jen
asked,
if
there's
capacity,
to
be
able
to
increase
the
pay
rates.
V
At
least
for
the
past
couple
years,
the
police
budget
has
had
a
high
Personnel
I.
Think
it's
like
501.00
some
kind
of
employee
line
item
that
is
goes
over
budget.
Sorry,
the
budget
is
more
than
they
actually
need
to
spend.
So
in
FY
22
they
spent
seven
million
dollars
in
less
than
that
line
item
than
what
they
were
budgeted
for.
V
This
year
looks
like
they
might
be
7
or
12
million
short
again,
so
they
don't
actually
need
the
big
budget
that
they
have
because
they're,
not
even
spending
at
all,
so
give
that
money
to
your
thoughts.
Give
that
money
to
affordable
housing
for
their
budgets.
If
you
want
to
actually
spend
the
money
instead
of
inflating
the
police
budget
and
increasing
their
10
million
dollars.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
H
W
Hi,
my
name
is
osika.
I
won't
be
having
a
testimony
for
today,
but
I
do
have
questions
so
hi.
My
name
is
osika.
I
live
in
High
Park
I
have
been
with
YTP
for
the
five
for
the
past
five
years
and
I
just
have
a
few
questions
about
the
process
for
this
year
around
these
jobs,
so
I'll
go
solely,
so
y'all
can
take
notes
on
the
questions.
W
W
A
W
So
my
question
is
for
this:
one:
this
chart
shows
how
the
budget
in
2016
used
to
show
the
numbers
of
young
people
the
city
planned
to
hire
and
if
they
actually
did
that
now
the
budget
says
now
the
budget
just
says
what
percent
of
youth
job
actually
accept
the
jobs
and
which
isn't
really
that
important
for
us,
and
so
why?
Don't?
You
all
show
the
budget
numbers
anymore
to
show
how
many
people
you
actually
hire
and
how
many
people
you
set
out
to
hire
as
you
can
see,
2023
is
just
percentages
for
2016.
W
W
W
My
next
question
is:
how
much
outreach
are
you
doing
to
organizations
with
more
staff?
How
many
new
organizations
Could?
You
actually
recruit
just
two
more
questions:
why
why
are
there
so
many
young
people
who
don't
start
on
time
or
have
or
have
so
many
young
people
who
have
problem
with
their
checks
for
years,
we've
asked
for
numbers
on
how
many
young
people
actually
start
this
summer
on
time
or
only
work
part
of
the
summer,
and
we
have
yet
to
get
those
numbers.
So
we
would
like
to
have
those
numbers.
W
I
was
in
these
hearings
three
years
ago
and
I've
been
trying
to
get
these
information
for
so
long.
Yet
we
never
really
get
the
answer
to
these
questions.
I'm,
giving
success,
link
a
public
record
request
today,
meaning
that
y'all
have
to
reply
in
two
weeks
with
the
answers
to
these
questions.
Thank
you.
So
much
and
I
hope
to
hear
from
you
on
two
weeks.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
nasika
I'm,
not
sure
who
is
left
for
public
testimony,
but
you
do
have
to
appreciate
the
level
of
advocacy
and
vigor
behind
all
of
every
young
person
today.
That
testified
did
I
get
everybody
here,
we're
good,
okay
and
really
appreciate
it
Chief.
If
you
can
submit
the
responses
I'm
interested
in
those
questions,
typically
I
guess
traditionally
not
a
thing.
It's
not
doesn't
have
to
be
followed
this
way,
but
up
to
the
chair.
B
If
we
go
back
and
forth
and
answering
and
just
so
that
we
can
have
a
productive
conversation
in
the
interest
of
time,
I
think.
Typically,
we
don't
expect
Administration
to
respond,
but
I'm
also
interested
in
the
responses.
If
you
can
send
it
to
me
in
writing
so
that
I
can
provide
it
to
the
beautiful
miss
masika.
I
would
really
appreciate
it.
Thank
you,
and
next
we
have
for
the
remaining
virtual
testimony.
B
X
Good
afternoon
everybody
just
a
few
questions.
It's
great
to
see
the
commission,
of
course,
Martha
with
respect
to
bcyf
what
programs
are
seeing
the
greatest
increase
in
demand,
and
is
there
a
targeted
funding
for
such
programs
and
then
I'll
just
ask
my
my
three
questions
and
then,
in
order
of
who
feels
best
to
answer?
Is
there
a
demand
from
places
like
ABCD
for
summer
job
funding
grants
similar
to
the
you
know
what
we
were
doing
during
the
pre-pandemic
levels
and
then
for
y
e
o?
X
X
Yet
we
don't
have
a
sort
of
a
curriculum.
That's
focused
on
the
economy.
So
while
we
continue
to
have
CEOs
moving
their
companies
here
and
we've
got
tremendous
opportunity
with
both
the
best
colleges,
universities,
hospitals,
network
of
Community,
Health
centers
life
science
companies
are
coming
here
in
in
big
numbers,
bringing
with
them
high
paying
jobs
and
careers.
X
Yet
we
we
seem
to
be
sitting
on
our
hands
and
we
don't
have
a
curriculum
that
speaks
to
that
tremendous
opportunity
that
if
we
do
it'll
trickle
out
throughout
all
the
neighborhoods,
so
I
just
want
to
get
a
sense
from
Yeo.
What
are
you
guys
doing
with
respect
to
reaching
out
to
these
life
science
companies
that
are
now
calling
Boston
their
home,
and
how
can
we
connect
kids
to
these
opportunities
that
exist
along
the
South
Boston
Waterfront
in
another
neighborhoods,
as
we're
seeing
Labs
grow
closer
to
the
community?
So
that's
it.
X
D
Thank
you,
Council
Authority,
for
the
question,
so
we
the
demands,
vary
by
neighborhood
and
you
know
we
take
great
pride
in
keeping
our
fingers
in
the
pulse
of
the
community
and
I
mentioned
my
presentation.
One
way
that
we
do,
that
is
community
surveys
and
we
try
to
address
the
demand.
So
there
are
some
neighborhoods
JP,
Curtis
Hall,
so
Rosie
Curtis
Hall,
they
were
hearing
you
know,
increase
in
sort
of
that
preschool
age
or
toddler
age.
So
we
you
know
we're
infusing.
D
Those
are
reallocated
dollars
in
our
contracted
Services,
so
we'll
be
working
with
age,
strong
on
that
and
that's
on
top
of
the
work
we
already
do
with
them
and
another
area.
If
we're
talking
about
youth
specific,
you
know
you
mentioned
steam.
A
lot
of
our
sites
are
shifting,
Focus
or
building
up.
You
know
cyber
labs
and
a
lot
of
tech,
centers.
C
Y
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Counselors
thanks,
Rashad
I
just
will
say
that
I'm,
the
worker,
empowerment
cabinet
and
opposite
Workforce
Development
has
really
been
working
on
Pathways
to
these
Life
Sciences
jobs
and
ensuring
we're
reaching
that
goal
of
getting
a
thousand
Boston
residents
into
Life,
Sciences
jobs
and,
in
fact,
on
Monday
I'll
invite
you
all
to
a
public
event.
That's
11
A.M
with
mayor
Wu
and
Leadership
for
Mass,
bio,
vertex
and
other
members
of
our
Workforce
initiative,
which
includes
a
four
million
dollar
investment
to
expand
career
Pathways
into
Life.
Y
Sciences,
we'll
be
talking
about
that
at
the
event
and
hear
from
some
of
the
awardees
of
the
worker
empowerment
RFP,
which
recently
awarded
grants
to
raise
Community
awareness
of
the
Industry
and
Training
opportunities
so
happy
to
share
more
information
about
that.
But
this
Pathways
to
Life,
Sciences
jobs
is
a
is
a
major
priority
for
the
worker
empowerment
cabinet,
especially
for
for
those
who've
been
excluded
and
those
who
don't
necessarily
have
those
phds
or
college
degrees.
X
B
B
Z
Z
The
friends
of
the
clarity
pool
have
worked
extremely
hard,
taking
time
away
from
our
own
families
and
jobs,
to
ensure
that
this
Cornerstone
of
our
community
receives
repairs
and
upgrades
that
we
have
been
asking
for
for
the
last
20
years.
We
have
worked
to
build
Bridges
and
relationships
based
on
trust
and
respect
with
the
city
council,
the
administration
commissioner
Rivera
and
chief
maso
to
imply
that
we
were
somehow
just
given
a
new
pool
because
of
a
perceived
leg.
Z
Up
based
on
our
color
or
zip
code
is
disrespectful
to
not
only
the
members
of
the
community
who
worked
so
hard
on
this
issue,
but
also
to
the
people
in
the
administration
who
worked
with
us.
The
clarity
pool
benefits
the
most
at-risk
children
in
our
town,
as
well
as
their
more
affluent
neighbors.
It's
more
than
70
years.
The
bunker
has
been
a
place
for
all
children
and
families
to
come
together,
regardless
of
things
like
color
wealth,
family
dynamic
or
address.
Z
There's
no
racism
or
classism
at
play
in
our
desire
for
a
new
pool,
and
the
implication
that
there
is
is
such
an
awful
mischaracterization
of
us
and
our
motives.
We
also
noted
that,
in
the
amount
of
money
that
was
being
given
or
perceived
to
be
given
to
Charlestown,
which
totaled
somewhere
around
500
million
dollars,
I
think
of
200
around
250
of
that
we
believe,
is
money
coming
from
outside
agencies.
Z
So,
to
imply
that
Charlestown
is
somehow
being
given
500
million
dollars,
we
don't
believe
is
true,
and
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
that
we
have
been
begging
for
money
for
this
pool
for
20
years
in
2014
there
was
money
allotted
for
the
for
the
pool
that
would
have
repaired
it,
and
this
wouldn't
be
a
problem.
Thank.
B
B
Sarah
Horsley
and
Miss
killing
Forbes
I,
encourage
you
to
call
contact
any
counselor
directly
that
made
these
statements
or
to
set
up
any
meaning
for
further
discussion.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
that
I
cannot
just
go
on
without
saying
anything
about
that
black
and
black
brown
communities
have
always
been
put
last,
and
it
still
remains
that
way
in
this
budget
as
well,
and
I
personally
would
love
to
sit
with
you
and
show
you
the
statistics,
so
we
can
discuss
it,
it's
not
about
hitting
pitting
each
other
against
each
other.
B
If
the
city
is
investing
in
the
communities
for
Equity,
it's
a
good
thing.
Charlestown
should
get
that
investment.
The
quote
that
you
made
about
500
million
dollars
in
capital
is
inaccurate.
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
who
said
that,
but
that's
inaccurate
in
capital,
but
the
fact
that
white
affluent
communities
get
invested
in
historically
more
than
black
communities
is
absolutely
accurate.
But
again
this
is
not
a
time
for
that
conversation
feel
free
to
contact.
My
office
would
love
to
meet
with
you
so
that
I
can
show
you
the
statistics
and
clarify
things
for
you.
AA
AA
First
I
want
to
support
the
calls
from
the
youth
Justice
Tower
Union,
to
reduce
some
of
the
funding
for
the
police
budget
and
invest
some
of
the
funding
and
youth
jobs,
Mental
Health
crisis
response
and
affordable
housing.
Second,
just
a
quick
process
point.
We
were
frustrated
to
find
out
that
the
evening
hearing
tomorrow,
June
1st
was
canceled.
AA
Obviously
evenings
are
easier
for
parents
and
working
folks
to
to
attend
to
testify,
so
we're
hoping
that
that
will
be
rescheduled
for
an
evening
time
now
in
terms
of
what
I
wanted
to
focus
on
in
terms
of
our
test.
My
testimony
is
to
focus
on
the
importance
of
ventilation
in
Boston
public
schools
and
that
the
city
has
an
opportunity
to
expand
the
budget
allocation
to
get
have
more.
Schools
have
modern
ventilation
systems
right
now.
AA
Also,
lack
of
ventilation
can
contribute
to
high
levels
of
CO2,
which
has
a
negative
impact
on
learning.
So
we
have
some
very
specific
recommendations
for
fiscal
year,
2024
for
the
city
and
BPF
to
help
urgently
to
modernize
ventilation.
Systems
first
is
to
expand
funding
for
two
of
the
mayor's
proposed
budget
items
to
raise
the
10
million
that
her
proposed
budget
has
for
HVAC
repairs
and
upgrades
raised
that
to
at
least
25
million
to
ensure
that
that
line
item
is
used
proactively
for
a
thorough
review
and
implementation
of
ways
to
improve
air
quality.
AA
In
addition,
we
hope
that
some
of
the
funding
in
the
gnd
renew
deal
for
BPS
Reserve
could
be
used
this
next
fiscal
year
to
start
to
put
in
new
mechanical
ventilation
system
and
also
there's
the
renew
Boston
trust.
We
need
to
increase
funding
and
just
awareness
of
that
entity,
they're
working
on
improving
Energy
Efficiency,
but
also
ventilation.
AA
AB
Can
I
actually
cannot
hear
you,
but
as
long
as
you
can
hear
me,
I
will
start
my
testimony.
Okay
sounds
good.
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Alicia
Sasser
modestino
and
I'm.
The
research
director
of
the
Dukakis
Center
for
Urban
and
Regional
policy
at
Northeastern
University,
with
financial
support
from
the
William
T
Grant
Foundation
I've
been
conducting
a
multi-year
evaluation
of
the
city's
Summer
Youth
Employment
Program
since
2015.,
and
in
my
role
as
a
program
evaluator
I've
generated
over
20
Publications
regarding
the
impact
of
the
city's
summer
jobs
program
on
youth
outcomes.
AB
My
research
has
shown
that
Boston
summer
jobs
program
improves
a
range
of
Behavioral
academic
and
employment
outcomes
for
youth.
First,
the
program
Fosters
soft
skills
such
as
managing
emotions,
resolving
conflicts,
would
appear
and
asking
adults
for
help
that
were
linked
to
a
30
reduction
in
both
violent
and
property
crime.
AB
Second,
the
program
raises
academic
aspirations
to
attend
college
and
improvements
in
work
habits
such
as
showing
up
on
time
that
were
linked
to
better
attendance
and
grades
in
the
year
after
participating
in
the
program
which
then
led
to
an
increase
in
high
school
graduation
and
college
enrollment
rates.
Third,
the
program
boosts
job
Readiness
skills
such
as
creating
a
resume
and
practicing
interview,
skills
that
were
linked
to
an
increase
in
employment
and
wages
during
the
year
following
participation.
AB
And,
finally,
my
research
found
that,
despite
a
price
tag
of
roughly
three
thousand
dollars
per
youth
participant,
the
benefits
of
reduced
crime,
increased
High,
School,
graduation
and
higher
employment
exceed
program
costs
by
a
factor
of
three
to
one,
not
to
mention
that
nearly
half
of
all
youth
use
some
portion
of
their
summer
earnings
to
pay
a
household
Bill,
providing
needed
support
for
low-income
families,
I'm
fortunate
to
continue
working
with
dyeo
under
a
new
multi-year
evaluation
that
will
focus
on
improving
program,
efficiency
and
Equity.
Strengthening
program
features
and
expanding
year-round
opportunities
for
youth.
AB
We
will
release
a
report
that
details
the
findings
from
our
efficiency
and
Equity
audit
from
last
year,
along
with
a
set
of
recommendations
to
increase
coordination
and
Alignment
across
the
Boston
summer,
jobs
ecosystem,
many
of
which
BYU
was
already
putting
in
place
to
meet
the
mayor's
goal
of
employing
an
additional
1000
youth
summer
and
just
in
response
to
some
of
the
other
questions
that
have
come
up
in
terms
of
the
number
of
Youth
who
have
been
hired
each
year.
That
report
will
also
contain
those
numbers,
and
so
we
will.
AB
We
are
happy
to
provide
that
next
week
when
we
release
the
report
and
actually
Outreach
is
not
the
barrier.
It's
really
placement.
There
are
enough.
Applicants
and
a
youth
is
selected
for
each
job,
but
due
to
the
city's
Antiquated
firing
system,
youth
often
apply
to
only
one
job
and
many
apply
to
the
same
job.
So,
for
example,
the
Dorchester
YMCA
gets
355
applicants
for
just
33
positions,
while
other
employer
Partners
do
not
get
as
many
applicants
to
fill
their
slots.
AB
Finally,
we
know
that
youth
do
not
always
make
it
through
the
onboarding
process,
because
the
city's
hiring
system
was
not
designed
for
young
people
to
upload
10
different
documents
in
the
span
of
several
weeks
and
so
granting
out
much
of
the
hiring
process
to
Partners
this
summer.
We'll
also
alleviate
that
barrier
as
well.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
A
A
A
B
B
AC
AC
Covid-19
well,
covid-19
outbreaks
continues
to
disrupt
workflow
and
Staffing,
and
the
students
learning
as
well,
and
so
this
is
one
reason
why
multi-layered
interventions
are
a
must
to
prevent
students,
teachers
and
staff
from
being
infected
with
covid
and
other
viruses,
and
so
these
multi-layered
interventions
include
staying
up
to
date
with
vaccines
staying
home
when
sick
testing
ventilation
infiltration,
as
well
as
masking
and
the
CDC,
has
updated
their
operational
guidance
on
May
11.
2023
for
K-12
schools
and
early
care
education
programs
to
support
safe,
in-person
learning.
AC
AD
AD
I
know
her
schools
have
had
mice
and
mold
and
I
have
seen
how
dirty
and
dusty
they
are
I
have
seen
Windows
painted
shut,
it's
clear
to
me
that,
among
the
many
problems
of
our
old
school
buildings,
the
lack
of
good,
modern
ventilation,
basically
clean
air
is
a
significant
one.
We
know
that
poor
ventilation
concentrates
carbon
dioxide
and
we
know
that
high
levels
of
CO2
affect
mental
alertness,
learning
and
performance.
AD
I
worry
about
illness
every
day
that
I
send
my
daughter
to
school.
For
these
reasons,
I
urge
you
to
spend
some
of
the
green
new
Dill
money.
The
district
has
received
to
begin
installing
new
ventilation
systems
in
BPS
schools
in
the
2023-2024
school
year.
I'm
super
excited
about
the
mayor's
plan
to
make
our
schools
green,
but
that's
a
huge
undertaking.
That's
why
I'm
advocating
for
improving
ventilation.
AD
Now,
while
waiting
for
the
bigger
Renovations,
it
will
require
a
staff
person
focused
on
ventilation
and
it
will
require
consideration
of
the
city's
racial
Equity
planning
tool,
but
it
can
be
done.
It's
a
cliche,
but
our
children,
their
health
and
their
education
are
our
future,
proving
the
ventilation
of
our
schools
as
soon
as
possible
is
crucial
to
ensuring
that
it's
a
good
one.
Thank
you.
B
B
Okay,
we'll
come
back
to
councilman
here,
I,
don't
know
if
you're
muted,
but
it
will
come
back
to
you
if
you're
still
here
with
us,
the
commissioner
Rivera
I
think
my
questions
are
vegan
with
you.
I
wanted
to
understand
a
little
bit
about
what
happened
with
smart
from
the
start.
There
was
a
lot
of
questions
and
my
office
got
a
lot
of
emails
in
terms
of
space
in
terms
of
funding.
B
D
I,
so
the
organization
isn't
in
the
Johnson
Center
any
longer
they
had
as
of
the
last
hearing
last
year,
their
lease
and
their
time
at
the
center
was
extended
to
allow
for
a
move
which
they
had
a
agreed
that
it
was
time
to
move
on
after
12
years
in
the
in
this
space
and
they
vacated
the
space.
Prior.
B
Thank
you,
commissioner.
I
did
hear
something
different
that
they
didn't
want
to
leave
and
it
was
it
was.
It
wasn't
an
agreement
but
again
all
left
for
interpretation.
They
found
somewhere
they're
good
to
go
I'm
happy
to
hear
that
they
have
a
new
location
in
terms
of
and
I
understand
that
there's
a
lot
of
like
you've
mentioned
that
you
were
working
on
finding
a
city-wide
barrier.
You
mentioned
that
you,
it
was
difficult
to
find
lifeguards
or
to
train
or
to
find
people
interested
to
train.
D
Sure
I'll,
so
I'll
pass
it
off
to
Eddie
in
a
minute
to
talk
about
like
where
our
Gap
is
for
the
summer
and
where
we
are
operational.
Excuse
me,
but
in
the
past
the
year
we
spent
a
significant
amount
of
that
time,
increasing
the
salaries
of
the
Lifeguard
positions
to
be
competitive.
So
they
start
at
about
22
an
hour
or
a
little
over
that
which
is
aligns
with
the
state.
D
We
have
full-time
year-round
positions
for
lifeguards
and
part-time
year-round
positions
both
the
year
round,
both
part-time
and
full-time
year-round
position
are
union
positions.
All
have
you
know
great
benefits.
Again.
We
spent
quite
a
bit
of
time,
not
just
increasing
the
salaries,
but
we've
also
built
an
incentives.
We
have
sign
on
bonuses
retention
bonuses,
so
they
can
get
up
to
a
thousand
dollars
between
the
sign
on
and
the
retention
bonus.
D
D
So
we've
done
quite
a
bit
of
Outreach
in
that
regard,
e-blasts
to
different
networks
to
our
members
to
schools,
colleges,
you
know
swim
networks,
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that,
to
push
it
out,
because
we
recognize
we're
not
the
only
ones
that
are
recruiting.
So
we're
going
to
try
to
be
as
appealing
as
possible,
I'm
going
to
pass
it
over
Teddy
to
talk
about
what
what
we
have
and
what
we
need.
F
Thank
you
very
much,
commissioner.
So
good
news
is,
is
that,
unlike
last
year
and
the
year
before,
we're
seeing
more
interest
in
the
position
this
year,
we're
actually
on
track
to
fill
more
positions
this
year
than
we
did
last
year
and
right
now
we
are
operating
more
pools
than
we
have
in
the
past
three
years.
F
And
you
know
it's
taken
a
lot
of
work
where
you
know
some
pools
have
a
little
bit
more
stability
than
others,
but
we're
working
to
try
to
get
at
least
like
three
to
four
guards
at
each
pool.
So
we
can
start
pushing.
You
know
more
than
just
open
swim,
but
like
lessons
and
and
things
of
that
kind,
and
so
for
the
month
of
June,
you
know
we
and
I
can
send
the
list
of
the
pools
that
are
going
to
be
open.
F
But
it's
it's
the
first
time
and
I
was
pretty
proud
of
it
to
say
that
you
know
where
we
finally
got
multiple
pools,
that
didn't
have
a
facility
issue
but
had
staffing
issues
operational
and
that
they
actually
became
operational
in
the
past
two
days.
So
takes
a
little
bit
of
time.
But
we
are,
you
know,
we're
moving
in
the
direction
we
want
to
be
in
and
I'm
hoping
that
you
know
this
increase.
F
You
know,
people
that
are
within
the
neighborhoods
residents
to
kind
of
participate
and
take
these
jobs
and
but
yeah
it
took.
It
took
some
time
with
Union
negotiation
and
things
to
get
to
this
point,
but
it
seems
like
it's
starting
to
pay
off
I,
don't
think
we'll
fill
the
entire.
All
of
the
Lifeguard
jobs,
but
we
will
feel
enough
to
keep
a
flip.
An
aquatic
footprint
that
is
is
more
robust
than
what
we've
seen
in
the
past
two
years.
B
B
So
I
think
that
you
know
when
you
experience
something
like
that,
you
really
really
value
the
experience,
the
idea
that
everyone
should
learn
how
to
swim,
and
it's
it's
just
that
it's
you
know,
especially
obviously,
in
communities
that
have
less
access
or
disenfranchised
communities.
We
definitely
need
everybody
to
learn
them
after
that.
Of
course,
I
made
sure
that
both
my
kids
learn
how
to
swim.
But
it's
it's
just
really
important.
B
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
with
Administration
to
see,
if
that's
something
that's
possible
as
well
as
far
as
homework
support
I
did
some
research
a
few
years
back
and
realized
that
Boston
in
particularly
has
a
it's
a
homework.
Support
desert
for
high
schoolers
in
particular,
particularly
and
I,
really
wanted
to
understand
what
exactly
exists
within
what
bcyf
or
how
are
you?
B
Working
with
schools
and
I
know
that
schools
offer
like
the
program
where
teachers
would
go
into
the
libraries
to
tutor
kids
but
and
I
think
that
was
positive
and
everything
else.
But
where
are
we
in
terms
of
programs
and
where
are
we
particularly
with
high
schoolers,
considering
that
black
boys
are
the
highest
in
dropping
out
rate
Dropout
rates?
Obviously,
to
due
to
you
know
social
determinants
of
Health,
being
compromise
and
being
not
supported
in
the
community?
H
D
So
btyf
has
you
know
a
whole
series
and
an
array
of
programming
for
Youth
and
teens
across
the
community
centers
for
the
15
to
about
18
19..
We
are
for
the
summer
the
largest
employer
of
y
e
Youth,
and
then
we
also
employ
youth
throughout
the
school
year
throughout
through
yees
I
want
to
thank
director
Co
for
that
partnership.
D
We
have
everything
from
the
enrichment
to
the
leadership
development
to
sports,
there's
a
greater
emphasis
and
desire
for
sports,
the
enrichment
on
employment,
but
often,
which
is
also
the
case
I'm
sure,
with
with
schools,
the
sports
and
academics
go
hand
in
hand,
so
our
centers
have
standards
that
if
you're
going
to
be
part
of
the
of
the
sports
activities,
you
have
to
bring
in
your
grades.
So
there
is
a
heavy
emphasis
on
that.
I'm,
not
sure
if
it
answers
your
question.
B
No,
no
yeah,
no
I,
we
don't.
We
wouldn't
have
time
for
that.
But
I
appreciate
your
answer.
I
think
it's
in
the
answer
right
that,
basically
there's
you
know
employee!
You
employ
you.
If
you
have
leadership
programs
and
you
have
sports
programs
and
obviously
there's
an
emphasis
on
that,
because
that's
what
kids
like
that's
what
they
want
and
that's
great
and
then
when
I
I
made
the
little
face,
because
I
was
like
oh
ouch
like
if
you
don't,
if
you're
not
doing
well,
then
how
do
you?
How
do
we?
B
How
are
we
preventative
or
how
are
we
interventive
import
with
programs
to
support
our
youth
with
academic
success
and
I?
Think,
obviously,
you
know
the
homeschool
collection
connection
is
extremely
important
to
a
child's
success,
but
also
you
know
so
incorporating
our
parents
into
jobs
into
why
you
know
these
these
locations,
but
also
being
able
to
monitor
their
out
of
school
time
and
being
able
to
pay
them
for
that
time
in
order
for
them
to
get.
Those
supports
is
important.
B
So,
if
we're
not,
if
the
kids
are
not
doing
well,
they're,
not
doing
the
sports
they're
not
doing
this
they're
not
doing
that.
So
what?
Where
are
they
going
right
and
I?
Think
you
know
you'll,
agree
to
say
that
if
we're
preventative,
then
hopefully
that's
the
prevention
of
not
getting
into
trouble
and
stuff
like
that
or
not
quitting
school.
So
I
think
I.
Think
we're
saying
the
same
thing
is
that
it
needs
to
exist.
It
needs
to
happen
where
it
does.
B
There
should
be
a
high
focus
on
high
school
high
schoolers,
getting
the
academic
support
and
making
that
appealing
so
that
they
can
attend
right
and
I
wanted
to
just
shout
out
to
Chief
cope
because
you
have
been
very
responsive
and
Cooperative
I
mean
collaborative
in
terms
of
working
with
my
office
to
connect
to
organizations
that
are
willing
to
do
that
homework
kind
of
help.
We
haven't
been
able
to
connect
you
with
many,
but
it
takes
time
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
further
to
do
that
as
well.
B
If
I
can,
especially
through
these
contracts,
exciting
ideas
and
I,
think
my
questions
will
go
to
you,
Chief.
If
you
have
have
specific
metrics,
you
mentioned
something
about
like
metrics
in
terms
of
like
monitoring
your
progress
within
and
how
you're
building
out
or
reaching
your
goals,
could
you
speak
to
that
and
what?
What
specifics?
B
D
D
As
you
mentioned,
you
introduced,
you
know
Rashad
to
to
a
partner,
we're
happy
to
get
those
connections
as
well.
What
bcyf
does
well
is
you
know,
connecting
young
people
to
you,
know
adult
mentors
so
things
that
contribute
to
those
positive
youth
outcomes,
creating
those
faces
where
they
can
learn
a
new
skills.
So
those
are
some
of
the
metrics
and
outcomes
that
were
working
on
developing
and
hope
to
be
presenting
this
time
last
year
next
year.
Thank.
C
C
I
think
we
have
talked
before
about
just
knowing
that
how
important
our
investment
continues
to
be
in
youth
jobs.
So
just
looking
at
you
know,
knowing
that
youth
jobs
increases
employability,
you
know,
knowing
that
you
know
youth
jobs.
You
know
it
addresses
high
unemployment
rates
among
young
people,
especially
those
from
a
disadvantage
and
low
income
backgrounds.
C
B
Yeah
I
know
all
of
all
of
those
things
if
it's
right,
like
I,
saw
a
study
that
actually
showed
that
if
the
youth
work
at
least
15
just
15
hours
a
week
that
their
grades
also
were
not
like,
there's
a
sense
of
like
discipline
and
right
managing
their
time
and
work
and
executive
functioning
improving
mental
health
right.
So
you
are
definitely
doing
God's
work
and
I
appreciate
you
tremendously,
but
out
of
respect
for
time,
I
can
submit
the
rest
of
my
questions.
B
B
B
Because
of
me
here
and
I
are
always
here
in
these
earrings
to
the
end,
so
I
appreciate
you
partner,
thank
you,
everyone
and
look
forward
to
the
continuing
work
and
I
really
I
appreciate
you
I
know
it's
a
lot,
a
lot,
a
lot
of
work
and
you
can
get
paid
enough
for
the
tremendous
weight
that
you're
lifting
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
I.
Understand
that
and
I
appreciate.
You
look
forward
to
talking
to
you.
Take
care
meetings.