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Ways & Means Hearing-Dockets #0760-0768, #0774, #0781, FY24 Budget: Parks, Environment, Food Justice
A
A
Is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
city
council
TV
and
broadcast
it
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN,
channel
82
and
FiOS
channel
964?
The
council's
budget
review
process
will
Encompass
a
series
of
public
hearings
beginning
in
April
and
running
through
June.
We
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record.
You
can
do
this
in
several
ways.
A
You
can
attend
one
of
our
hearings
and
give
public
testimony
we'll
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
each
Department's
mental
hearing
and
also
at
the
three
hearings
dedicated
solely
to
public
testimony.
The
full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website
at
boston.gov
Council
budget.
Our
scheduled
hearings,
dedicated
to
public
testimony
are
tomorrow,
May,
2nd
at
2
pm,
Tuesday,
May,
9th
at
6
pm
and
Thursday
May
18th
at
2
pm
for
virtual
testimony.
A
You
can
sign
up
using
our
online
form
on
our
Council
budget
review
website
or
by
emailing
the
committee
at
ccc.wm
at
Boston
gov,
when
you
are
called
to
testify.
Please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
resonance
and
limit
your
comments
to
a
few
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
You
can
email
your
written
testimony
to
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at
ccc.wm
boston.gov.
You
can
submit
a
two-minute
video
testimony
of
your
testimony
through
the
form
on
our
website
and
for
more
information
on
the
City
Council
budget
process
and
how
to
testify.
A
Please
visit
the
city
council's
budget
website
at
boston.gov
Council
budget.
Today's
hearings
are
on
dockets0760-30762
orders
for
the
fiscal
year
24
operational
budget,
including
annual
Appropriations
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
for
other
post-employment
benefits,
docket0630765
and
n0766,
which
are
orders
for
Capital
fund
transfer,
Appropriations
and
dockets
zero,
seven,
six,
four:
zero,
seven,
six,
seven,
zero,
seven,
six,
eight,
which
are
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements
docket0774,
which
is
a
message
in
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
environment.
A
Conservation
Commission
revolving
fund
for
the
fiscal
year
2024
for
the
purpose
of
securing
outside
Consultants,
including
Engineers,
Wetland
scientists,
Wildlife
biologists
or
other
experts.
In
order
to
Aid.
In
the
review
of
proposed
projects
to
the
commission
per
the
city's
ordinance,
protecting
local
Wetland
and
promoting
climate
change
adoption
adaptation,
the
revolving
fund
shall
be
funded
by
receipts
from
the
fees
imposed
by
the
commission.
For
the
purpose
of
securing
outside
Consultants,
the
environment
department
will
be
the
only
Department
authorized
to
expend
from
the
fund
in
such
expense.
A
Such
expenditures
shall
be
capped
at
fifty
thousand
dollars
and
docket
zero.
Seven,
eight
one.
This
is
a
message
in
order
authorizing
the
appropriation
of
one
million
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
income
of
the
George
Francis
Parkman
fund.
The
funds
would
be
extended
under
the
direction
of
the
commission
or
Parks
and
Recreation
for
the
maintenance
and
Improvement
of
Boston
Common
and
parks
in
existence.
A
C
Good
afternoon
we
will
to
go
ahead
and
get
started
and
be
relatively
brief.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
plenty
of
space
for
counselor
questions
and
then
public
testimony,
but
we'll
go
ahead
and
pull
up
our
slides
to
be
on
that.
Okay,
great,
so
I
want
to
begin
by
noting
something
that's
pretty
important.
We
often
have
separate
hearings.
We
often
have
environment
department
has
its
own
hearing.
Parks
has
its
own
hearing.
C
However,
because
we
anticipated
that
there
was
going
to
be
challenging
to
fit
three,
we
decided
to
not
have
an
additional
presentation
related
to
the
office
of
historic
preservation,
but
it's
worth
noting
that
they
are
part
of
of
our
cabinet.
I
did
want
to
share
really
quickly.
We
spent
some
time
this
year
figuring
out
what
our
cabinet
mission
statement
would
be,
and
it
is
the
environment,
energy
and
open
space
cabinet
works
together,
then,
to
ensure
that
Boston
is
the
most
resilient
and
just
city
to
live
in.
C
We
strive
to
ensure
that
all
bostonians,
and
particularly
our
most
vulnerable,
have
access
to
healthy,
culturally,
appropriate
food,
affordable
renewable
energy
and
climate
resilient
spaces
to
live
and
play.
We
Steward
and
promote
Boston's
historical
and
natural
spaces,
as
we
engage
residents
in
a
robust
conversation
about
our
future.
C
C
C
That
has
led
something
I
think
that's
a
little
challenging
in
the
sense
that
people
considered
my
role,
for
instance,
only
to
be
connected
to
the
environment,
cabinet
and
the
environment
cabinet
had
both
my
job,
the
chief
of
staff,
the
director
of
communications,
all
of
whom
serve
the
entire
cabinet,
not
just
the
environment
Department
as
well
as
a
director
of
administration
and
finance.
Who
currently
will
serve
environment
office
of
historic
preservation
and
the
office
of
food
Justice
While.
C
Most
of
that
infrastructure
exists
in
parks
and
is
not
needed
additional
support,
but
that
that
role,
the
director
of
administration
and
finance
will
serve
across
the
other
three
departments
in
the
cabinet
and
then
a
director
of
community
engagement,
which
we
are
moving
forward.
Now
we've
got
a
lot
of
resumes,
but
if
you
are
interested
in
really
thinking
about
how
we
amplify
Community
engagement
across
all
of
the
cabinet,
we'd
love
for
folks
to
apply
for
that
position.
C
As
we'll
begin
interviews,
I
think
in
about
a
week
or
so,
and
then
we've
added
a
position
executive
assistant
to
the
chief
somebody
who
would
be
entirely
focused
on
my
schedule
and
keeping
me
where
I'm
supposed
to
be
currently
I
tap
into
the
environment,
Department's
resources
to
make
that
happen
and
again
one
of
the
challenges
with
that.
It
means
that
the
environment
Department's
budget
looks
larger
than
it
actually
is
because
they
are
carrying
all
of
the
expenses
for
the
entire
cabinet.
We
asked
for
change
in
that
and
so
you'll
see.
C
C
C
So
I'm
going
to
hand
it
off
to
Ryan
Woods
our
commissioner
to
talk
about
the
overview
for
the
parks
budget,
but
I
wanted
to
at
least
note
here,
because
many
of
the
values
that
you
see
under
parks
are
also
connected
to
the
larger
values
that
we
have
across
the
entire
cabinet.
There
are
six
Equity
collaboration,
growth
mindset,
accountability,
excellence
and
joy
and
we're
hoping
to
hold
those
across
everything
we
do,
and
even
this
budget
hearing
could
be
a
joyful
hearing.
C
D
D
As
the
chief
mentioned,
we
have
our
cabinet-wide
values
inside
the
parks
department.
We
focus
on
access,
Equity
excellence
and
adaptability,
and
access
is
that
Boston
Parks
ensure
that
all
residents
have
that
10-minute
walk
to
the
nearest
park.
But
now
we
focus
on
taking
that
additional
steps
to
not
only
the
ADA
Compliant
but
to
strive
for
Universal
accessibility
when
possible
equity
in
our
investment,
our
maintenance
services
and
renovation
of
capital
projects
throughout
the
city
Excellence.
We
strive
not
only
to
have
the
best
park
system,
but
one
that
leads
in
design
and
climate
adaptation
goals
and
adaptability.
D
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
the
hard-working
team
at
the
Boston
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
who
work
to
ensure
parks
are
clean,
safe
and
welcoming
we'd
expectually
like
to
call
out
the
members
of
our
maintenance
staff
clean
and
maintain
our
Parks.
Our
animal
care
and
control
staff
they've
been
responding
to
animal
emergencies
and
operate
our
animal
shelter
daily,
Park
Rangers
that
ensure
park
rules
are
enforced,
serve
as
ambassadors
that
are
parks
are
well
programmed
and
our
Cemetery
staff
who
assist
with
the
final
preparations
and
assist
grieving
families.
D
In
this
year's
budget,
we
have
a
proposed
increase
of
2.8
million
in
the
operating
budget
to
a
total
of
34
million.
This
includes
three
senior
project
managers,
Youth
Sports
initiative
in
partnership
with
the
HHS
and
oer
cabinets
and
all-in-call
plumbing
contract
to
assist
with
water
features
Citywide
and
a
Civic
open
space
planning.
Partnership
with
the
bpda
proposed
capital
budget
is
72.6
million,
which
is
12.9
million
dollars
higher
than
fiscal
year.
23.
D
D
We
rededicated
the
shaw,
54th
Memorial
and
unveiled
the
Embrace
as
well
as
Freedom
Plaza
that
honors
the
65
civil
rights
leaders
with
our
partners
throughout
the
city.
Last
month
we
broke
rounds
on
several
different
projects.
We
completed
our
newest
land
acquisition,
which
is
preserving
public
access
to
open
space
in
recreational
programming.
We
had
over
18
000
participants
in
5200
take
place
in
free
Fitness
classes.
D
D
They
issued
4
500
permits
for
weddings,
Athletics
and
special
events
in
our
Cemetery
division
provided
burial
services
for
just
over
520
families
that
lost
a
loved
one.
Our
Horticulture
division
grows
more
than
67
percent
of
the
plants
that
are
planted
city-wide
and
they
planted
55
000
bulbs
across
the
city.
D
As
we
look
into
fiscal
year
24
we
have
several
roles.
Our
first
is
protect
and
enhance
our
tree
canopy,
and
we
do
that
by
fully
Staffing
our
Urban
Forest
division
start
with
environmental
justice.
Neighborhood
plantings
reduce
our
pruning,
wait
times
for
public
trees
and
bring
more
forestry
work
in-house
to
reduce
the
Reliance
on
outside
contractors.
D
E
Thank
you
Ryan,
and
thank
you
chair
and
counselors.
As
Ryan
said,
my
name
is
Allison
brizias
and
I
am
proud
to
serve
as
the
environment.
Commissioner
for
the
city,
we
in
the
environment,
Department
support
mayor,
Wu's,
vision
of
enhancing
environmental
justice
and
quality
of
life
in
Boston,
while
focusing
on
achieving
carbon
neutrality
while
working
to
mitigate
and
prepare
for
the
effects
of
climate
change
and
protecting
our
natural
resources.
We
do
this
along
a
number
of
lines.
E
E
Another
notable
element
is
that
working
with
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission
we're
going
to
take
on
integrating
noise
inspections
within
a
larger
Environmental
Compliance
team
there
within
the
bphc,
which
we
think
is
going
to
be
a
more
holistic
approach
to
Environmental,
Compliance
inspection
and
more
efficiencies
within
that
broader
team.
If
you
could
go
to
the
next
slide,
please
again
to
highlight
a
couple
of
our
accomplishments
that
the
team
has
been
working
hard
on
over
the
past
year.
E
These
include
the
adoption
of
phase
one
and
phase
two
of
the
building
emissions
reduction
and
disclosure
ordinance
regulations
and
the
completion
of
our
very
first
year
under
this
new
ordinance
of
buildings,
reporting
and
verifying
their
data.
Under
Virgo,
we've
launched
a
mass
save
Community
First
partnership
to
focus
on
helping
residents
in
our
environmental
justice
communities
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
the
mass
Safe
program.
E
We
look
towards
our
goals
for
the
future.
Just
a
few
to
highlight
include,
as
as
commissioner
Woods
said,
and
chief
white
Hammond
we're
continuing
our
work
on
staff
diversity,
ensuring
that
we're
embedding
an
equity
review
of
hiring
and
promotions
to
ensure
that
persons
of
color
women
in
Boston
residents
are
always
in
the
final
round
for
interviews
for
every
role
and
that
we're
increasing
the
diversity
of
our
department,
wherever
we
can
we're
launching
we're
continuing
that
work
through
the
Birdo
program.
So
where
our
goal
is
to
complete
our
regulations.
C
C
We've
been
actually
really
doing
a
lot
of
work
around
diversity
within
the
department,
I
think
each
or
within
the
cabinet.
Each
department
has
its
own
strengths
and
challenges
in
this
in
this
area,
but
we've
seen
a
real
some
real
progress
as
we've
spent
time
really
looking
at
numbers
and
really
asking
people
to
be
intentional
about
how
we
look
at
positions
so
I
think
I
was
trying
to
pull
up
the
numbers
for
the
environment
Department
really
quickly,
Allison.
If.
C
There
and
then
we'll
get
back
to
that
in
a
second.
Hopefully,
we'll
have
a
Lisa
by
then,
but,
as
you
can
see
here,
we've
been
making
some
progress.
I
think
it's
kind
of
hard
to
see,
probably
for
folks,
but
we've
been
making
pretty
significant
progress,
particularly
in
growing
Hispanic
population
within
the
environment
department
and
just
all
overall
raising
the
number
of
folks
of
color
within
the
department.
C
The
environment
department
is
a
place
that
we
started
really
looking
at
this
and
really
asking
people
to
take
a
hard
look
at
their
interview,
pool
asking
questions
about
when
we
don't
have
anyone
in
the
pool.
What
can
we
do
to
attract
new
folks
and
to
tap
into
new
networks
really
looking
at
where
who's
getting
our
job
job
postings,
and
how
do
we
make
sure
that
it's
even
people
are
even
seeing
it?
C
Who
might
not
know
about
the
work
that
we're
doing,
and
we're
excited
to
to
note
that
that
has
that
effort
has
been
paying
off
in
substantial
increases,
and
we
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
particularly
at
the
senior
level
and
I
want
to
take
this
moment.
To
note,
do
we
have
Eliza
back
yet
okay
you're
on?
Can
we
hear
you?
Okay?
We
can
hear
you
great
so
there's
a
series
of
positions
that
we're
hiring
for
across
the
cabinet
and
just
want
to
put
in
a
plug.
C
We
have
one
website
where
we
put
sort
of
all
of
it
together
and
hope
that
people
will
consider
implying,
particularly
folks
who
are
folks
of
color
and
in
parks
department,
particularly
women,
in
our
maintenance,
Division,
and
so
we're
looking
at
each
of
the
at
each
of
the
places
that
we
could
increase
diversity
and
really
leaning
in
on
specific
steps.
You
can
take
so
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Lisa
to
go
back
a
couple
slides
and
be
able
to
do
herpes.
H
Achieve
thanks
for
the
patience
I'm
glad
you
can
hear
me
now,
so
my
name
is
Eliza
Wasserman
I'm,
the
director
of
the
office
of
food
Justice.
Thank
you.
So
much
to
the
chair
and
to
council
I
really
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
share
with
you
about
our
work
as
we've
had
a
lot
of
transition
in
our
office
over
the
past
year.
H
The
office
of
food
Justice's
mission
is
to
build
a
food
system
that
is
Equitable
resilient,
sustainable
and
just
and
just
over
a
year
ago,
the
the
former
office
of
food
access
was
reestablished
as
the
office
of
food
Justice
within
the
eeos
cabinet.
As
part
of
our
office's
expanded,
breadth
and
scope,
we
are
responsible
for
implementing
the
new
good
food
purchasing
program
and
developing
additional
systems.
Change
initiatives
that
address
the
food
system's
impacts
and
food
access
remains
at
the
core
of
the
office's
mission.
H
H
H
We
ran
the
Farmers
Market
coupon
program
at
2023
farmers
markets
with
450
000
of
fresh
food
provided
between
June
and
October
2022
to
low-income
residents
through
both
City
and
ARCA
funding.
We
as
part
of
a
pilot
raised
bed
garden
program
we,
but
we
worked
with
vendors
to
build
291,
raised
bed,
gardens
for
low-income
households
and
provided
1800,
CSA
or
Farm
share
produce
boxes
that
were
distributed
to
low-income,
elderly
and
or
disabled
Boston
residents.
H
I
H
And
then,
as
mentioned,
implementation
of
the
city's
2019
good
food
purchasing
program.
Ordinance
is
underway.
Working
closely
with
Boston
Public
Schools
will
be
fully
implementing
the
ordinance
by
the
end
of
this
year,
as
well
as
across
other
departments
that
have
large
scale
contracts
for
food
and
by
developing
a
community
advisory
Council.
As
per
the
ordinance.
In
order
to
support
increased
sourcing
from
small
and
bipac
producers,
regionally
by
City
departments.
H
We
are
deepening
our
work,
engaging
with
the
regional
food
supply
chain,
building
on
on
relationships
that
started
during
during
the
pandemic
to
help
us
build
a
more
resilient
food
system,
and
we
have
a
new
focus
on
food
recovery.
We're
developing
a
comprehensive
Citywide
approach
to
scaling
up
food
recovery
in
the
city
in
order
to
significantly
increase
the
amount
of
edible
fresh
food
that
is
rescued
regionally
for
consumption
by
Boston
residents
and
that
it's
available
for
emergency
food
organizations
that
can
Source
this
food
to
address
food
insecurity
in
Boston
neighborhoods.
H
As
we
move
forward
with
our
new
strategic
Direction,
really
excited
about
New
Opportunities
to
to
develop
or
impact
more
Upstream,
as
well
as
deep
in
our
programming
in
neighborhoods,
throughout
Boston
to
impact
residents,
access
to
healthy,
fresh
food
and
the
food
systems
that
we
are
part
of.
Thank
you.
C
C
C
C
But
the
environment.
Department
also
did
some
particular
work
on
this,
and
that
was
particularly
through
the
renew
Boston
trust.
We
had
a
sit
down
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
with
the
primary
contractor
that
leads
that
project
and
we
just
asked
them.
What
could
you
do
to
increase
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
as
subcontractors
to
the
larger
contract,
and
we
were
really
excited?
C
We
went
from
very
low
I
think
it
was
not
exactly
zero
but
very
close
and
were
able
to
reach
41
participate,
41
participation
in
this
newest
contract,
and
that
was
mostly
with
the
lighting
contract
that
we
had
this
year.
But
again,
we
hope
that
we
can
see
that
continue
to
grow.
Just
by
asking
the
questions,
just
by
making
sure
everyone
is
on
the
same
page
and
then
beginning
to
set
forward
concrete
plans
for
how
we
change
and
how
we
create
more
opportunities
for
inclusion
next
slide.
C
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation.
I
know
we
have
several
really
important
departments
and
we've
been
joined
by
council
president
Ed
Flynn
councilor
Coletta
councilman
Murphy,
councilor
Flaherty
and
councilor
Braden
I'm,
going
to
go
in
order
of
arrival.
We're
gonna,
try
and
keep
questions
here
to
five
minutes.
I'm
gonna
set
a
timer
when
it
is
your
time
just
to
make
sure
that
this
move
is
as
well
as
it
can.
C
We
talked
about
how
they
might
be
able
to
break
some
contracts
down
and
work
through
some
specifics
and
then
the
main
key
was
that
in
this
upcoming
year
we
were
able
to
increase
the
amount
of
mwbe
participation
to
41,
because
particularly
of
the
way
they
approached
a
most
recent
lighting
contract,
which
is
a
great
place
to
do
that,
because
it
could
be
broken
apart
and
some
some
exciting
ways.
So
that's
one
of
the
places
that
we've
seen
real
progress.
C
We
hope
to
continue
that
as
they're
doing
energy
assessments
and
other
pieces,
one
of
the
smaller
challenges
to
some
of
those
is
that,
particularly
as
we
do
work
in
schools,
we
we
need
that
work
to
be
done
very
quickly,
because
we
have
to
get
it
all
done
in
the
summer.
So
that
will
be
one
of
the
places
that
are
more
challenging
because
working
with
different
contractors
sometimes
can
increase
the
time
that
it
takes.
But
we
believe
that
we
can
do
it
really
well.
C
In
other
municipal
buildings,
we
don't
have
sort
of
the
same
level
of
time
constraints
I'm,
not
saying
that
we
won't
try
in
the
BPS
pieces
too,
but
one
of
the
things
that
they've
raised
is
having
four
different
contractors.
When
you
only
have
like
about
eight
weeks
to
get
it
done,
can
create
challenges
in
terms
of
the
handoffs
but
other
municipal
buildings.
We
have
a
lot
more
opportunity
to
get
that
done.
C
So
I
I
will
say
that
I
I
want
to
also
note
that
we
there
were
some
places
where
we
were
not
quite
as
satisfied
as
as
we
would
like.
Particularly
there
were
a
lot
of
folks
who
wanted
to
see
folks
from
that
neighborhood
be
able
to
do
the
work
on
the
park
and
that
was
very
challenging
to
achieve
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
doing
the
work
in
that
neighborhood
had
us
meeting
with
not
just
Equitable
procurement,
but
also
the
bjrp
team.
C
The
fact
that,
at
this
point,
the
things
that
we've
put
in
there
as
goals
are
reflective
of
the
fact
that
there
are
businesses
out
there
that
folks
could
have
contracted
with
and
if
they
did
it.
We
considered
it
non-responsible
in
terms
of
the
bidding
and
I
want
to
note
that
we
had
hoped
it
would
lead
to
greater
levels
of
visible
engagement
and
it
didn't,
and
so
that's
a
place
where
we're
continuing
to
figure
out.
C
What
can
we
do
within
the
combines
of
state
laws
to
make
sure
that
more
of
the
folks
in
our
neighborhoods
are
able
to
access
these
jobs?
There
are
some
challenges
in
the
sense
that,
like
folks,
have
to
have
the
proper
certifications
to
even
be
put
on
a
crew
and
that
contractors
don't
hire
new
Crews
every
single
time.
They
do
a
job,
and
so
they
tend
to
come
with
a
crew.
C
That's
already
been
put
together,
and
that
doesn't
always
mean
there's
space
for
folks
in
the
neighborhood
to
be
able
to
have
access
to
those
jobs.
So
more
than
willing
to
talk
about
all
the
work
and
follow-up
and
research
we
did
around
what
we
can
and
can't
do,
but
we
did
hit
the
goals
in
terms
of
minority
and
women
contractors.
C
C
We
are
taking
a
real
Equity
lens,
in
terms
of
which
Parks
we
prioritize
for
renovation,
because
that
is
another
thing
that
people
have
lifted
up,
and
that
is
true.
As
we've
looked
at
it,
there
have
been
sometimes
faster
renovation
Cycles
in
some
neighborhoods
versus
others,
and
so
that's
something
that
we
are
working
hard
together
to
make
sure
that
we
take
a
real
focus
on.
C
K
You
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
it's
just
so
reaffirming
when,
when
we
have
hearings
like
this,
then
people
share
like
the
the
pluses
and
the
Deltas
and
everything
that's
happening,
and
it's
encouraging
because
then
our
constituents
who
are
listening
in
see
that
we
are
not
saying
well,
it's
not
happening,
but
that
we
acknowledge
and
then
we
say,
here's
how
we're
trying
to
course
correct
it.
So
I
really
do
appreciate
you
doing
just
that.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
really
do
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
ask
my
questions.
Thank.
J
Thank
you,
I
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
being
here.
I
found
the
presentation
to
be
really
detailed
and
I'm
excited
to
see
an
increase
in
the
budget
to
address
a
lot
of
the
concerns
that
have
been
elevated
and
I'm,
happy
to
to
really
hear
Reverend,
Miranda
white
Hammond
about
the
equity
lens
that
you're
bringing
to
this
work,
especially
when
it
comes
to
upper
management,
especially
when
it
comes
to
justice-based
offices.
So
thank
you.
My
first
question
is
about
open
Acquisitions
and
about
or
sort
of
where
we
stand
with
that.
J
So
what
the
budget
is
for
our
open,
Acquisitions
and
a
related
question
is:
how
are
we
thinking
about
the
cliff
effect
for
things
that
were
funding
funded
via
arpa,
where
we
may
not
have
that
influx
of
funds
again?
But
where
we've
seen
like
an
important
we
recently,
it's
not
relevant
or
important
growth
as
a
result
of
the
Opera
funds
that
we
want
to
continue
after
arpa.
C
So
I'll
answer
the
first,
the
second
question
first
and
then
go
to
the
other,
so
we
actually
were
really
careful
about
the
way
that
we
used
arpa.
Try
not
trying
to
put
it
into
things
that
we
knew
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
sustain.
So,
for
instance,
we
do
have
a
backlog
on
pruning,
but
we
also
are
growing
the
tree
division.
C
So
in
terms
of
acquisition,
we
are
looking
at
this
pretty
closely
with
starting
from
the
neighborhoods
where
so
the
urban
can't
over
in
force
plan
and
the
heat
plan
were
really
looked
at
together.
This
question
of
what
are
our
hottest
neighborhoods?
What
are
our
neighborhoods
that
are
seeing
the
impact
of
having
insufficient
tree
canopy
and
insufficient
open
space,
and
so
the
the
resources
that
we
have
for
acquisition
are
really
being
driven
by
where
our
communities
are
in
most
need
of
a
fish
of
open
space.
C
So,
as
one
of
the
things
that
commissioner
commissioner
brizius
brought
up
is
that
the
environment
Department
sought
a
grant
with
the
streets
cabinet
to
look
at
what's
called
reconnecting
communities,
particularly
in
the
Chinatown
neighborhood,
because
so
much
land
an
open
space
was
lost
when
Highway
90
was
built
in
Chinatown.
As
a
result
of
that,
we
see
all
of
the
challenges
that
you
would
expect
with
the
highway
being
there
in
terms
of
air
quality,
et
cetera,
et
cetera.
C
So
we
are
prioritizing
Acquisitions
and
neighborhoods,
where
we
have
insufficient
tree
canopy
and
insufficient
open
space,
and
we
have
10
million
dollars
in
capital
with
also
I
want
to
lift
up
CPA,
which
has
also
been
a
real
partner.
In
this
conversation,
we've
been
working
together
to
look
at
how
we
could
support.
Not
just
acquisition
acquisition
is
a
huge
part,
but
also
how
are
we
also
supporting
our
EJ
communities
that
have
parks
to
be
able
to
do
more
of
the
park
beautification
and
amplification?
C
That
has
sometimes
been
easier
to
get
done
in
some
of
our
higher
income
neighborhoods,
and
so
that's
a
piece
of
what
we're
doing
we're
not
just
trying
to
acquire
the
land,
but
also
try
to
support
people
to
use
that
land
and
to
amplify
that
land
in
in
important
ways.
So
the
two
pieces
that
we
are
most
looking
at
spray
Pond
is
a
big
piece
that
we
were
able
to
do
in
this
last
year
in
Hyde
Park.
C
Very
many,
quite
frankly,
they're
not
as
many
in
the
state,
but
certainly
not
in
an
urban
area,
and
so
that's
one
example
of
a
place
that
we've
really
leaned
in
on
on
acquisition
and
we're
excited
because
it
does
bring
together.
Multiple
parts
of
the
cabinet
we'll
be
doing
some
archaeological
surveying.
C
I
J
For
the
work
in
Chinatown,
when
we
look
at
EJ
communities,
I
think
that's
exactly.
We
should
be
sending
two
last
questions.
One
around
I
I'd
like
you
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
around
how
your
office
and
I
think
you
did
it
when
councilmania
asked
you
a
question,
but
I
was
thinking
about
brjp
and
how
it
relates
to
our
numbers.
Just
would
like
to
hear
a
little
bit
more
on
that
and
then
you
know,
I.
J
Think,
a
question
with
respect
to
the
capital
budget
excited
to
see
an
increase
in
the
number
of
parks
that
have
made
it
like.
There
are
some
parts
that
don't
make
it
in
some
of
those
Parks
I
I.
You
know
Ross
playground,
Ross
being
one
of
the
the
parts
that
I
care
about
deeply
being
my
neighborhood
part
growing
up
and
one
that
neighbors
have
really
been
asking
for
some
attention.
J
C
Yeah
great
okay,
the
first,
your
first
question:
oh
brjp,
so
I'll
I'm,
just
going
to
be
really
clear.
We
now
have
a
really
good
understanding
of
how
it
works
and
why
it's
not
working
in
the
way
we
want
it
to.
We
have
less
of
a
clarity
about
what
we
do
about
it,
because
from
what
we
can
understand,
there's
some
challenges
in
terms
of
the
state
law.
C
So
one
is
that
when
people
have
been
on
a
project,
you
can't
ask
them
sort
of
in
advance
who
their
crew
is
going
to
be
and
most
of
the
time
what
they
do
is
they
keep
a
same
Crew
moving
sort
of
project
to
project
the
problem
with
that
is
that
you
know
you
could
have
the
same
Crew
moving
across
the
city
and
as
long
as
some
of
them
are
Boston
residents,
some
of
them
are
people
of
color.
Some
of
them
are
women.
C
They
actually
are
in
compliance
with
the
Boston
jobs,
residency
policy,
so
we
know
that
people
want
to
see
more
local
hiring
and
jobs.
I'm,
just
being
honest
with
you,
I'm,
not
exactly
sure.
How
do
we
move
for
that?
At
the
same
time?
To
remain
in
compliance
with
state
law,
because
one
of
the
things
we
wanted
to
look
at
is:
could
we
give
people
points,
for
instance,
in
the
hiring
process?
If
they
were
able
to
demonstrate
at
the
previous
hiring
process,
they
were,
they
did
a
good
job
of
increasing
the
number
of
residents.
C
We
were
told
not
within
the
state
regulations.
We're
not
allowed
to
give
people
extra
points.
If
they,
we
can
only
consider
that
they're
either
compliant
or
we
call
responsive
and
responsible
right
like
if
they,
for
instance,
completely
messed
up
a
job,
and
they,
you
know,
had
had
a
record
of
doing
things
incorrectly.
We
might
have.
We
might
have
some
standing
to
say.
C
No,
we
don't
want
to
work
with
you
anymore,
but
from
what
I
can
see
we're
not
able
to
reject
people's
bid
because
they
didn't
as
long
as
they
complied
with
what
the
bjrp
says.
We
are
not
able
to
sort
of
say
this
project
is
in
Roxbury.
We
want
you
to
look
at
Roxbury
residents,
that's
a
level
of
detail
that
what
we've
heard
we're
not
able
to
do
in
compliance
with
state
law,
so
I'm
completely
open,
I've
heard
the
the
feedback
from
from
residents.
C
We
love
a
solution.
We
spend
some
time
really
thinking
about
it
and
working
about
it.
Yeah,
so
I
just
want
to
be
honest
about
where
we
are
we're
in
a
information.
Gap
we've
actually
really
gathered
all
the
information
we
need
and
now
we're
in
a
bit
of
a
stuck
place
in
terms
of.
Are
there
ways
to
to
be
even
more
hyper
local
in
our
projects?
From
what
we
currently
understand?
C
There
are
not
if
we're
going
to
be
in
compliance
with
state
law,
but
but
welcome
suggestions,
models,
things,
people
I
think
we
could
be
doing
and
and
remain
in
in
clients
with
state
law.
So
I
did
just
get
a
a
little
bit
of
information
from
our
team
that
Ross
playground
was
completed
in
2018,
but
the
fields
and
courts
haven't
been
renovated
in
a
while
and
would
benefit
from
energy,
efficient
lighting
and
clear
Pathways.
C
So
one
of
the
things
I'll
say
is
this:
as
I
think
people
know
we
used
to
do
we
used
to
not
have
very
many
resources,
and
so
we
ended
up
going
park
by
Park.
Only
renovating
the
things
that
were
at
a
point
of
disrepair
as
you've
been
probably
noticing,
we've
been
doing
a
lot
more
sort
of
whole
park
redesign.
C
C
C
C
J
Know
that
thank
you,
Reverend
mariama
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
the,
for
the
offer
to
talk
more
I
also
want
to
say
that,
like
we
tend
to
be
hitting
sometimes
these
brick
walls
When,
you
mention
brjp,
so
I
just
want
to
know.
We
just
want
to
put
on
the
record
like
we
did
disparity
study
that
allowed
us
to
do
these
sheltered
markets
like
I,
think
we
need
to
start
putting
that
back
on
the
table
again
discussions
about
doing
disparity
studies
when
we
start
to
hit
these
brick
walls.
A
L
Thank
you,
Council
Royal
wanted
to
focus
on
a
couple
issues
in
my
Park
and
want
to
say
thank
you
to
commissioner
Woods
Too
for
his
support.
Mokley
Park,
Oakley
Park
and
South
Boston,
surrounded
literally
surrounded
by
free
public
housing
developments,
Reverend
Reverend
Hammond.
Can
you
tell
me
what's
the
latest
on
this
park
and
where
we
currently
stand.
C
C
So
mokley,
as
you
know,
is
right
up
against
Carson,
Beach
and
and
some
of
the
land
that
is
managed
by
DCR.
It
sort
of
goes
back
and
forth
between
DCR
and
the
city
and
DC.
You
know
so
we're
all
intertwined
on
the
state
police
Barracks
there.
So
we're
excited.
We
have
some
real
resources
to
get
started
and
hope
that
you
will
be
part
of
this
process,
as
we
figure
out
how
we
move
into
this
next
phase.
C
We
know
you've
been
active
previously,
and
many
people
know
that
moakley
is
also
one
of
my
local
parks.
It's
where
I
can
spend
a
lot
of
time
ago,
running
in
that
area
and
and
look
forward
to
really
getting
to
to
dive
in.
It
is
one
of
our
most
most
important
sort
of
next
investments
in
terms
of
climate
resilience
we're
also
looking
at
Christopher
Columbus
Park.
L
L
L
C
C
Early
cost
estimates
to
be
and
to
be
able
to
sit
down
with
the
community
and
look
at
what
we
might
do
there,
so
that
is
moving
from
a
hypothetical
to
something
that
could
be
very
real
and
so
we'll
get
started
on
feasibility
and
design
and
then
there's
another
grant
that
you
can
also
apply
for
that
helps
to
pay
for
the
actual
implementation.
So
we'll
start
with
that
visibility
in
the
InDesign
and
then
go
from
there.
It's
not
the
only
place
we
can
consider
for
Park
in
in
Chinatown.
C
Obviously,
the
neighborhood
is
in
severe
need,
and
so
we
are
open
and
have
had
some
Outreach
from
Community
about
other
possibilities.
Other
places
where
we
could
be
supportive,
so
josia
Quincy
school.
Could
we
get
more
trees
there.
So
there's
been
a
variety
of
conversations
about
what
we
can
do
in
Chinatown,
but
we
are
really
thankful
that
we
received
that
Federal
Grant
and
look
forward
to
moving
forward
in
the
design
phase.
For
that.
L
It's
it's
in
the
middle
of
the
the
leather
district
and
in
Chinatown,
but
I
want
to
see
that
become
a
park
that
we
can
be
proud
of.
I'm,
not
proud
of
that
right
now,
with
State
Property
yeah,
the
residents
of
Chinatown
and
the
leather
District
deserve
something
beautiful,
just
like
the
residents
of
of
of
of
back
bay
window.
So
you
know,
I
I,
think
that
also
has
to
be
has
to
be
a
priority.
So.
C
We
are,
we
are
supporting
that
we
know
what
residents
are
pushing
for,
and
it
has
real
Potentials
in
terms
of
recreation.
I
do
want
to
know
that
the
amount
of
soil
underneath
the
area
is
not
significant
and
probably
wouldn't
support
the
level
of
sort
of
trees
and
vegetation
that
we
would
usually
want.
L
Yeah
right
and
thank
you
thank
you
Reverend
and
that
that's
important
to
me,
because
I
also
represent
part
of
part
of
the
back
pain,
I
love,
the
Back
Bay
I
love
walking
on
Commonwealth,
Avenue,
I,
love,
I
love,
the
public
God
and
I
like
the
the
flowers.
I
love
the
trees,
but
you
know
what
I
love
more
than
that
is
I
love
watching
kids
playing
basketball
at
Reggie,
Reggie
Wong
park
with
the
kids
from
Chinatown
are
not
treated
at
the
same
as
the
kids
from
the
Back
Bay
and
that's
that's
unfair
again.
L
C
No,
and
that
is
and
I'll
just
say,
within
the
parks
department,
we
have
no
Asian
American
staff
and
that's
of
a
particular
concern.
So
there
are
a
number
of
places
and
what,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
that
our
first
piece
is
to
make
sure
that
everybody
was
aware
of
where
we
were
struggling.
So
we
we
don't,
have
there's
not
significant
Asian
American
and
not
commensurate
with
the
amazing
American
population
in
the
city
in
the
parks
department,
there
are
a
significant
amount
of
black
Americans.
C
L
L
L
C
Had
a
significant
increase
last
year
and
one
of
the
big
challenges
has
been
over
this
last
year,
we've
done
a
major
restructuring,
put
and
and
added
the
jobs
that
we
got
some
resources
for
last
year,
but
it
made
sense
to
actually
onboard
those
folks
get
everything
set
and
start
moving
before
asking
for
more
resources.
So
that
has
been
the
huge
challenge
this
last
year.
A
M
Afternoon
everybody.
Thank
you
for
that
presentation.
It
was.
It
was
very
thorough
and
I've
been
in
deep
partnership
and
conversation
with
a
lot
of
folks
on
this
call.
So
I
do
want
to
start
just
in
gratitude
to
everybody
here
for
their
work:
food
access,
Alisa,
Reverend,
mariama,
white
Hammond,
commissioner
Woods,
you
are
so
incredibly
responsive.
Everybody
is
responsive
when
we
have
issues
in
the
community.
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
some
of
the
parks
employees
that
work
within
my
district
Leo
Boucher
lucianka,
Jack
schwink.
M
These
are
some
of
the
unsung
heroes
of
our
of
the
team.
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
Kat
mcclendis
mcclandless
I,
don't
know
if
I
said
her
name
right,
but
panelist,
but
yes,
McCandless
yep,
her
her
team
at
climate,
ready
Boston
has
just
been
incredible.
So
thank
you
all
for
your
work
and
for
for
keeping
me
in
the
loop
on
a
lot
of
these
issues.
Already
you
all
have
been
busy
with
Alberto
tree
access
or
not
tree
acts.
M
Excuse
me
food
access
and
tree
expansion
and
and
parks,
and
open
space.
Obviously,
but
I'm
really
excited
to
see
the
addition
of
the
fdes
with
the
tree
canopy
and
bringing
some
of
that
work
in
house
that
was
going
to
be
a
priority
of
Mind
in
this
budget
if
it
wasn't
already
in
there,
but
I
know
that
you're
already
in
partnership
with
Bill
Masterson
and
tree
easty,
and
some
other
folks
to
expand
that
and
lean
on
Community
Partners
to
to
help
you
out
in
this
work.
No
surprise.
M
My
question
is
around
climate
resiliency
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
as
we
Sunset
climate
ready
phase,
two
it
just
wrapped
up
in
East,
Boston
and
Charlestown,
and
we're
looking
to
this
new
phase
of
implementation.
I
think
is
what
somebody
had
said
and
partnering
with
the
parks
department
and
the
BPD
on
the
coastal
resiliency
task
force,
I'm,
just
wondering
what
that
what
that
looks
like
in
your
mind,
operationally
like?
Are
we
losing
any
of
our
climate
ready
folks?
Are
they
transitioning
to
that
role?
Are
we
hiring
more
more
people?
C
Where
so
yeah
it
will
be
a
deep
deep
collaboration
between
our
cabinet
and
the
bpda
part
of,
and
also
there's
been,
a
pretty
important
role
played
by
Chris
Osgood
and
the
work
that
he's
been
doing
around
infrastructure
he's
been
helping
to
sort
of
convene
and
really
look
at
what
are
all
the
different
kinds
of
projects
that
need
to
happen.
What
are
the
projects
that
are
on
public
land?
What
are
the
projects
that
are
on
private
land?
C
How
do
we
sort
of
pull
all
of
those
different
pieces
together
because
we've
got
to
close
floodplast
and
the
flood
paths
don't
really
go?
Oh,
this
is
public
land
I'm
gonna
flow
here,
but
this
is
private
land,
I'm
gonna
say
like
it
doesn't
work
like
that,
and
so
we've
been
trying
to
think
about
how
we
have
a
comprehensive
approach
that
really
closes
the
flood
path,
as
you
also
know,
but
maybe
not
at
all
of
the
council.
C
Council
colleagues
know
we're
also
in
a
pretty
deep
conversation
with
the
Army
Corps,
which
we're
really
excited
to
participate
in
and
really
we're
trying
to
bring
maybe
a
different
we're
trying
to
partner
with
them
on
an
approach,
that's
a
little
different
than
what
they
have
traditionally
done,
and
now
a
lot
of
other
parts
of
the
country.
There
has
been
a
tendency
to
just
build
sea
walls
and
we're
not
saying
that
there
will
never
be
a
sea
wall
needed.
C
So
yeah,
that's
where
we
are,
and
we
have
gotten
to
the
plane
of
like
doing
a
a
bit
of
a
you
know,
I
think
trying
to
do
a
bit
of
a
mocha
analysis,
who's
going
to
manage
who's
going
to
own
it.
Who's.
Going
to
you
know
what
are
the
pieces
that
everybody's
gonna
do
and
whose
roles
are
gonna
who's
going
to
play?
Which
role
so
that
we
all
are
on
the
same
page
and
we
are
are
in
an
agreement
about
how
we
move
pieces
forward
yeah.
C
M
That's
a
that's.
What
I
was
going
to
say:
I
mean
anything
any
next
steps
that
take
place
with
this
Coastal
residency
task
force
I
want
your
office
to
be
at
the
center,
because
your
team
has
the
expertise
in
these
nature-based
Solutions
you're,
working
with
stone,
living
lab
you're
working
with
some
of
our
academic
Partners,
so
I
I
was
worried
that
we
were
going
to
be
losing
some
of
these
incredible
folks.
So
if
you're
saying
no,
then
then
I'm
I'm
happy
with
that
yeah.
D
Yeah
I
think
there's
a
complexity
to
a
concert
because
it's
an
excavation
permit
where
they're
Excavating
into
a
place
where
tree
pits
don't
exist
and
the
contractor
that
treat
used
to
be
using
is
not
the
current
person,
that's
bonded
and
has
the
contract
with
the
city.
So
then
there's
a
liability
to
take
on.
M
Okay,
thank
you
for
that
clarification.
We
can
talk
offline
about
this
I
mean
tree.
East
is
doing
incredible,
work
and
they're
just
trying
to
expand
our
canopy
as
best
as
we
can.
This
is
one
of
those
barriers
right.
It's
the
liability
and
bonding,
and
all
of
that
just
we
just
want
to
plant
some
trees.
You
know
what
I
mean.
So
how
can
we
make
this
easier
for
some
of
our
partners?
I
know,
that's
something
that
you
all
are
looking
at,
which
is
great,
but
just
thank
you
for
your
work.
N
N
You
know
as
Chief
and
his
commissioner
and
all
the
other
folks
that
are
here
from
Park,
so
I
guess.
The
first
question
is:
why
is
it
once
again
so
low?
We
haven't
even
cracked
one
percent
and
second
piece
is
around
the
maintenance
crew.
That's
one
of
the
biggest
complaints
we
get
and
I
get
this
as
an
at
large
Council
I
mean
we're
way
behind
in
tree
pruning
way
way
way
behind.
N
I
know
short-term
I
know:
we've
we've
subsidized
we've
privatized,
it
we've
farmed
it
out,
but
we
have
the
capacity
to
do
it
ourselves
and
then
also
on
our
Hokies.
We've
always
asked
for
additional
Hokies
to
to
keep
our
and
and
keep
our
streets
in
our
Parks
clean,
but
they're
not
able
to
use
lawn
mowers
and
in
weed,
whackers
and
stuff
like
that.
N
So
those
are
sort
of
my
questions
recap:
why
is
the
budget
so
low
with
all
the
things
that
we
have
to
do
and
around
maintenance?
Why
haven't
we
increased
the
number
of
maintenance
professionals,
particularly
in
the
tree
pruning,
and
also
fixing
up
our
parks
and
playgrounds
and
our
ball
fields,
and
then,
lastly,
when
we
do
make
hires
how
come
some
folks
can
use
the
machines
helping
some
can't
some
can
move
some
unable
to
because
of
because
I
guess
either
civil
service
to
the
labor
requirements.
N
So,
let's
focus
on
putting
people
to
work
and
making
sure
that
they're
able
to
use
the
equipment
in
in
the
maintenance
facility
so
that
we
can
get
and
put
a
shoulder
into
these
issues
and
that's
why
I
have
phone
calls.
That's
why
I
have
phones
ring
from
constituents
across
the
city
concerned
about
you,
know
the
quality
of
our
fields
and
parks.
And
what
have
you?
So?
That's,
that's
getting
a
nutshell
and
I'll
I'll
wait
for
responses.
C
Oh,
thank
you.
So
I'll
I'll
start
with
the.
Why
is
so
low
question?
I
will
say
this:
we
have
gotten
more
resources
last
year
and
again
this
year
and
you
are
naming
some
areas
where
we
could
do
more.
So,
in
terms
of
the
tree
pruning,
we
have
grown
the
tree
division
pretty
significantly
from
two
to
three
people
to
16.,
so
those
positions
exist.
C
That
is
a
place
where
we're
hiring
all
of
our
arborists.
We
hired
a
director
of
urban
forestry
who
started
into
February.
We've
had
fired
three
arborists,
those
folks
have
started,
and
now
we
are
in
the
process
of
Hiring
Our
teols
to
the
equipment
operator,
labors
and
four
persons
to
to
sort
of
move
those
crease
Crews
once
those
are
fully
hired.
Our
capacity
for
tree
pruning
will
be
pretty
expanded
from
what
it
once
was.
C
In
the
interim,
we
were
using
Opera
funds
to
hire
outside
contractors
to
bring
some
of
that
wait
list
down
so
that
the
crews
don't
start
completely
snowed
by,
like
total
backlog.
So
on
that
particular
issue,
we
are
moving
forward
on
the
issues
of
ball
fields
and
what
other
folks
have
shared
general
maintenance
of
parks.
That
is
not
an
area
that
we
have
yet
experienced
any
growth
in
this
upcoming
budget.
So
if
we
had
more
maintenance
folks,
we
could
certainly
put
them
to
use
right
now.
C
We
are
just
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
use
the
positions
we
have
and
move
them
equitably
to
make
sure
that
everywhere
in
the
city
gets
the
level
of
coverage
that
it
needs
and
we
welcome
counselors
to
list.
Let
us
know
in
places
where
folks
are
feel
like.
We
need
to
do
more
and
were
we
to
have
more
maintenance
workers.
C
We
could
also
do
to
more
than
what
we
are
currently
able
to
do,
but
we
are
trying
to
be
creative
with
the
resources
we
do
have
and
so
to
your
point
about
sort
of
laborers
who
sometimes
can
or
can't
do
different
things.
I
want
to
lift
up
a
creative
solution
that
the
team
put
forward
this
year,
which
is
without
getting
too
technical.
C
We
have
an
entry-level
job,
that's
called
Labor
and
then
there's
a
next
step
up,
for
that
was
called
an
m-eol,
a
motor
equipment
operating
laborer,
and
that
allows
you
to
use
a
lot
more
of
the
equipment
straight.
Laborers
cannot
drive
trucks.
They
cannot
use
some
of
the
equipment
technically
in
their
in
their
that
we
use
to
do
a
lot
of
our
Park
maintenance,
and
so
what
we
have
found
is
that
we
didn't
fully
get
it,
but
we
do
now
that
there
was.
C
Sometimes
we
just
need
more
hands
on
the
plow
and
then
I
would
say
the
the
last
thing
that
we're
doing
is
really
looking
at
training
to
make
sure
that
we,
as
quickly
as
possible,
are
getting
helping
people
to
access
all
the
skills
that
they
can
to
be
able
to
do
the
different
pieces
of
the
work
as
we
decide
as
we
design
more
climate
resilient
Parks.
We're
also
adding
features
that
we
did
not
have
10
15
20
years
ago.
C
N
Piece
of
a
suggestion,
I
should
say
in
Chief,
Yasha
Franklin
Hodge,
probably
would
benefit
from
this.
Speaking
as
a
former
Teamster
and
I
know
that
we
had
a
CDL
program,
it's
very
inconsistent.
You
can't
depend
on
it
when
folks
call
they
don't
have
regular
classes
from
an
inter
Department
situation
from
Parks
to
Public
Works
to
Transportation.
There
are
actually
maybe
a
couple
other
departments.
We
should
have
a
system
whereby
folks
can
get
a
hoisting
license.
N
They
can
get
a
CDL
which
is
also
known
as
a
commercial
driver's
license,
and
they
also
have
the
ability
to
learn
and
to
be
licensed
to
operate
heavy
equipment
that
should
be
sort
of
a
a
pro
forma
within
our
city,
so
that
whether
you're
working
for
the
parks
department
and
you
want
to
work
towards
promotion
and
upward
trajectory,
whether
you
work
for
Public
Works,
whether
you
work
for
for
the
transportation
department,
all
of
those
licenses
and
or
certificates,
are
required.
As.
N
You
move
up
the
ladder
and
we
as
a
city,
we
miss
the
boat
on
that
we
we
should
partner
with
the
teamsters,
because
that's
what
they
do
and
they
do
an
excellent
job
at
it.
They
have
their
own
training
facilities
and
we
should
be
when,
when
folks
get
these
entry-level
jobs,
we
should
put
them
on
a
path
to
get
these
the
necessary
Next
Step
licenses
so
that
they
can
compete
for
better
jobs
and
supervisory
positions
and
better
wages
Etc.
So
we
missed
a
boat
on
that.
N
Arguably,
because
a
lot
of
it's
seasonal
and
you
have
the
seasonal
employees
and
then
they
have
to
take
a
little
bit
of
a
TV
time
out
before
they
can
get
off
at
another
seasonal
position.
We
might
want
to
start
to
transition
off
of
Those
portions
of
it
and
allow
folks
that
are
doing
a
seasonal
to
maybe
go
get
the
licenses
and
then
continue
on
as
a
permanent,
full-time,
employee.
So
I
know
the
seasonal
portion
of
it
benefits
the
city
from
season
to
season.
N
But
I
think
we
miss
an
opportunity
to
train
the
men
and
women
of
the
of
the
department
and
allow
them
to
gain
sort
of
I
guess
full-time
opportunities.
So
I'll
leave
that
at
that
and
happy
to
partner
with
you
happy
to
make
the
introductions
over
to
the
team
so
that
do
the
CDLs
and
do
the
hoisting
and
do
the
heavy
equipment
stuff,
but
no
reason
why
our
three
departments-
Parks
Public,
Works
and
transportation-
should
not
sort
of
have
a
concerted.
N
You
know
plan
to
you
know
to
to
continue
to
train
the
men
and
women
of
these
departments
so
that
they
can
get
these
licenses
and
move
forward
and
then
just.
Lastly,
if
you
can
just
touch
on
the
on
the
tree
pruning
we're
we're
way
way
way
way
way
behind.
That's
one
of
the
big
calls
I
get
I
get
them
year
round,
but
particularly
as
the
is
the
warm
weather
now
what
you
know,
someone
calls
my
office
tomorrow
and
says:
hey
I
need
a
tree
prune.
N
What's
the
best
thing
I
can
tell
in
a
couple
years
like
like:
where
are
we
I
need
to
I
need
some
I
need
to
be
able
to
manage
expectations
when
people
call
when
they
have
a
treat,
that's
you
know,
protruding
their
their
foundation
in
their
basement
or
rubbing
up
upside
their
house
and
causing
damage
to
the
side
of
their
property
and
or
causing
a
dangerous
situation
on
a
view.
Corridor
I
need
to
be
able
to
tell
them
that
we
can
get
to
it
in
24
40
hours,
we're
not
there.
Yet,
where
are
we.
C
C
One
I'll
ask
commissioner
Woods
to
say
we
have
actually
seen
some
Improvement
in
sort
of
where
we
are
in
terms
of
pruning,
but
I
do
want
to
know,
and
this
is
something
he
just
for
all
counselors,
just
as
people
call
there
are
times
when
people
are
calling
about
tree
issues
that
are
not
actually
City
trees,
so
I
want
to
make
that
distinction
is
to
sort
of
check
in
with
people.
If
the
tree
that
they're
talking
about
is
actually
a
street
tree,
then
yes,
we
need
to
do
better.
C
D
So
currently,
when
a
constituent
calls
into
the
tree
request
and
arborist
gets
sent
out
and
the
queue
is
was
up
to
three
months
for
the
artist
to
go
out
and
inspect
that
request
for
printing
once
the
operas
then
says
yes,
it
does
need
to
be
grown
in
these
areas
they
put
in
the
worker
queue
for
the
contractors
which
could
take
another.
You
know
six
seven
months
for
them
to
get
out
there,
which
is
ridiculous.
So
what
we've
done
is
using
the
Opera
funds,
as
the
chief
mentioned,
we're
trying
to
get
to
a
more
manageable
place.
D
So
the
whole
issue
would
be
you
know,
taken
care
of.
You
know
within
a
couple
months,
instead
of
it
taking
almost
a
year
to
get
them
down
and
with
the
having
the
staff
in-house
and
now
having
three
hours
that
are
going
out
to
do
the
inspections
instead
of
one
person.
We
are
going
to
reduce
this
wait
time
tremendously,
so
it
is
a
work
in
progress.
Currently
it's
about
a
year
when
somebody
at
requests
a
trade
that
is
not
an
emergency
Hazard.
N
Great,
thank
you,
commissioner.
It's
great
to
work
with
you
as
it
is
the
chief
thank
you
Chief,
and
thank
you
to
the
chairman
and
just
to
ask.
If
there's
a
resubmission
that
you
add
some
funds,
you
know.
While
we
have
them,
we
support
your
efforts
and
it's
an
important
piece
of
our
overall
budget
and
once
again
like
20
year
10
year.
It's
sad
to
see
that
you're
under
one
percent
I'd
like
to
see
a
bigger
number.
Thank.
N
A
Thank
you,
councilor
Flaherty,
councilor
Braden.
It
is
your
turn
and
then
I'll
go
for
a
second
round
all
the
way
around.
If
you
are
a
counselor,
and
you
have
a
second
round
of
questions,
please
raise
your
Zoom
hand
so
that
I
can
go
in
order.
That
way,
instead
of
calling
through
every
single
person
just
raise
your
hand,
and
let
me
know
that
you
have
a
second
round
of
questions.
Counselor
Braden
the
floor
is
yours.
O
I
always
say
that
Austin
Brighton
is
further
Inland.
We're
we're
not
unlikely
to
see
seawater
in
our
neighborhood,
but
we,
as
we
saw
recently
with
Fort
Lauderdale,
we're
going
to
see
increasing
extreme
weather
events
that
drop
a
lot
of
precipitation
on
the
neighborhoods
and
causing
land,
flooding
and
then
wondering
I
know.
O
This
is
probably
a
Boston
Water
and
Sewer
issue,
but
we
also
need
to
address
things
like
permeable
pavers
and
and
make
sure
that
we
are
not
Paving
over
our
backyards
and
we
have
trying
to
make
permeable
surfaces
that
will
absorb
as
much
water
as
possible
and
I.
Don't
know
if,
if
we're
actually
address
guessing
that
and
I
apologize,
I
was
late.
Coming
to
the
meeting,
I
had
a
double
header
this
afternoon.
O
O
It's
pretty
much
very
much
denuded
of
trees
in
in
large
parts
of
the
that
part
of
the
neighborhood
incredible
heat
island
effects
in
the
summer
and
I
I
was
wondering
where
we
are
in
terming
strategically
working
on
tree
planting
I
know,
there's
lots
of
voluntary
efforts
on
private
individuals
and
non-profits
trying
to
work
in
this
space.
But
what
what
support
we
have
to
try
and
increase
the
tree
canopy
in
Austin,
and
then
the
other
issue
was
really
just
Outreach
in
terms
of
the
massive
program
for
a
low-income
households
and
renters.
O
O
C
People
don't
even
understand
what
it
means
to
pave.
Your
backyard
I've
been
in
a
little
bit
of
a
struggle
here
with
my
own
Condo
Association,
about
like
not
Paving
over
our
own
backyard.
So
it
is
what
it
is,
but
that's
the
that's.
The
other
resource
I
think
that
it
would
be
good
to
have
a
deeper
conversation
with
Kate
England
about
some
of
the
things
that
are
going
on
beyond
our
the
lens
that
we
own
as
a
city
in
terms
of
awesome
trees.
Definitely
still
in
the
conversation,
and
it
erased
this.
C
C
A
lot
of
our
work
has
been
advocating
at
the
state
house
around
what
can
happen
in
terms
of
competitive,
Electric
Supply,
because
there's
just
some
real
limitations
to
what
we
can
do.
We
will
hear
that
they
do
something
we
report
them
to
the
AG's
office
or
we
get
residents
when
residents
do
call.
The
CCE
live
to
tell
us
about
what
they're
being
charged
by
competitive
electric
suppliers.
C
We
are
ready
to
sh
to
direct
them
to
the
AG's
office
to
make
those
reports,
and
we
do
follow
up
and
have
conversations
with
the
ages
office
about
what
they're
getting
in.
It
is
worth
noting,
though,
that
the
governor,
in
her
previous
role
of
the
AG's
office,
tried
to
do
a
number
of
things
around
this,
and
so
we
anticipate
that
we
having
someone
who
has
been
more
tuned
into
this
issue,
will
allow
some
new
things
to
move
forward
at
the
state
level.
C
G
G
As
soon
as
we
get
that
contract
back,
we
can.
We
can
begin
reaching
out
to
the
community
and
trying
to
set
up
those
conversations
about
phase.
One
I
do
just
want
to
also
mention
that
that
Kate
England
has
been
really
great.
We've
been
working
with
her
pretty
closely
one
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
is
around
not
having
the
equipment.
G
O
G
Yeah
we,
it
is
primarily
funded
through
CPA
and
some
other
grants
that
the
friends
have
been
able
to
secure.
We
are
supporting
it
from
an
operational
perspective
and
we're
going
to
be
we're
going
to
be
bidding
it
it's
going
out
to
to
concom
this
month,
so
we're
making
some
progress
on
it
and
and
trying
to
get
that
out
to
it
as
soon
as
possible.
C
It
is
worth
noting,
overall
that
in
this
budget
we
do
have
the
resources
for
three
additional
project
managers,
senior
project
managers,
which
should
make
a
difference.
I
know
many
counselors
are
concerned
about
parks
that
you
got
allocated,
but
we
haven't
actually
sent
them
to
design
and
that's
in
part,
because
we
just
don't
have
enough
people
to
assign
them
to
so
that
should
relieve
some
of
that
pressure.
Yeah.
O
And
I
do
I,
do
really
want
to.
Thank
you.
All.
The
parks
department
are
doing
some
incredible
work
and
you
know
as
we
as
we
deal
with
climate
change.
Products
are
going
to
be
a
critical
piece
of
our
infrastructure,
for
our
health
and
well-being
and
and
also
just
the
livability
of
the
city.
So
thank
you
all
for
your
wonderful
work
and
I'm.
Sorry,
I
can't
stay
for
the
rest
of
the
hearing.
I
have
another
engagement,
but
thanks
again
thank
you.
Mr
chair.
K
Thank
you,
chair
I,
just
have
a
few
questions
for
the
chief
in
regards
to
community
engagement.
I
know
a
few
years
ago
we
had
a
encounter.
This
is
before
your
time
Chief
a
series
of
small
businesses
that
have
experienced
flooding
right
on
Columbia
Road,
and
we
started
doing
some
organizing
and
some
you
know
public
education
around
the
environment,
so
that
these
smaller
immigrant-owned
businesses
can
see
the
connection
between
climate,
the
environment
and
the
issue
that
they
were
dealing
with
as
small
businesses
and
I'm
just
curious
from
an
engagement
standpoint.
K
C
Yeah
so
I
I
think
there's
a
sort
of
two
two
groups
that
you're
mentioning
one
is
our
small
businesses
that
are
below
the
burtle
threshold,
but
they
are
experiencing
flooding,
for
instance,
or
another
thing
that
we're
hearing
from
people
is
much
higher
energy
costs
that
are
really
really
taxing
our
small
businesses.
So
we
do
have
a
position
within
the
Berto
team,
and
so
it's
actually
really
the
buildings
and
building
decarbonization
team
is
just
one
component
of
it.
C
But
we
have
a
one
role
that
is
particularly
focused
on
helping
people
to
actually
access
massaid,
because
it's
one
thing
to
have
the
resources
there,
but
then
there's
many
times
where
people
don't
know
that
the
resources
are
available
to
them.
So
they
don't,
they
don't
tap
into
them.
And
what
actually
ends
up
happening
is
that
the
disproportionate
everybody
is
paying
on
their
electricity
bill
everybody's,
paying
on
their
their
heating
bill
for
the
Mass
Save
program.
C
But
what
has
been
happening
and
it's
been
documented
through
you
know,
data
is
overwhelmingly
the
commercial
people
that
are
paying
in
the
money's
being
spent
on
the
big
buildings,
not
the
small
small
businesses
that
are
paying
into
it,
but
not
really
receiving
enough
of
it
again.
Renters
are
paying
into
this,
but
overwhelmingly
the
money
is
going
to
homeowners
and
particularly
homeowners
outside
of
the
city.
C
C
But
I
I
want
to
be
honest,
that,
to
be
honest
with
you,
we're
not
quite
hitting
all
of
other
people
who
are
impacted
by
Berto,
and
so
currently
our
level
of
Outreach
is
somewhat
limited
by
the
number
of
folks
we
have.
We
do
have
people
that
call
the
Berto
hotline,
sometimes
literally,
crying
because
they
do
not
know
what
they're
supposed
to
do.
C
And
that
is
both
for
folks
who
are
Alberto
impacted,
but
also
for
folks
who
are
below
that
threshold,
but
are
paying
the
high
prices
that
come
from
inefficient
buildings
and
who
are
seeing
the
impacts
of
climate
change
directly
on
those
hot
days
or
when
people
are
even
coming
into
their
business
or
all
the
different
impacts
that
they're
experiencing.
But
right
now
we
only
have
one
person
that's
available
for
the
entire.
K
City
sure
that's
great,
thank
you
again
and
thank
you
for
being
so
forthcoming.
Then
I
have
one
more
question
and
this
is
more
around
food
Justice.
During
the
covet
we
worked
to
organize
and
to
have
smaller
bodegas
that
were
closer
to
residents
who
couldn't
get
to
the
closest
food
pantry.
So
we
quite,
we
created
this
whole
program
that
I
believe
the
city
has
adopted
to
some
capacity
that
now
worked
with
non-profit
organizations.
K
Can
you
just
give
me
any
updates
on
kind
of
like
how
we
are
utilizing?
Some
of
our
neighborhood
corner
stores?
I
know
that
sometimes
some
are
more
well
equipped
to
have
healthier
options
and
some
are
not
so
much
so
so
if
you
could
just
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
kind
of
like
what
are
we
doing
a
to
increase
the
capacity
for
some
of
these
smaller,
you
know
local
stores
to
have
food
available
to
them.
That
is,
you
know,
healthier
and
then
the
other
is.
K
C
So,
yes,
with
a
caveat,
as
you
are
very
right,
we
made
a
really
strong
investment
in
that
notion
that
local
bodegas
could
get
to
people
much
faster.
They
know
the
people,
they
know
the
neighborhood
and
there
are
some
sort
of
city-based
arbit
dollars
that
we
were
able
to
mobilize
that
has
gone
relatively
well
in
some
instances.
C
We
have
not
just
seen
this
in
Boston,
but
in
talking
to
Partners
around
the
country,
the
federal
dollars
have
been
very
hard
to
get
to
flow
to
smaller
stores.
In
fact,
we
had
set
up
a
program
in
which
some
of
the
dollars
would
have
gone
to
one
of
the
sort
of
larger
pieces
and
then
a
lot
to
smaller
stores.
C
Guess
they
don't
have
as
much
space.
So
we
need
to
help
people
do
things
around
Refrigeration,
but
there
were
restrictions
and
the
resources
like
so
there's
there
have
been
some
real
challenges:
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
add
anything
Elisa,
but
this
is
actually
a
conversation
that
we've
been
having
internally
about
whether
or
not
we
should
find
some
other
funds.
K
I'll
just
raise
my
hand
to
say
that,
as
you
continue
to
go
through
these
conversations,
please
loop
our
office
in
because
we
managed
to
find
ways
to
be
able
to
support
and
there's
ways
to
replicate
and
I
know
that
Natalia
who
was
then
overseeing
the
efforts
with
the
city
and
John
Farrell's
back
then
we
did
find
ways
to
help
support
it's
about
the
long-term
sustainability
of
that
so
I.
You
know
we
have
some
ideas.
We
have
some
case
studies.
K
C
Yeah
yeah,
we
would
love
to
talk
more
and
and
also
to
link
with
other
folks,
because
we
we
do
think
that
the
shift
is
that
is
required
is
not
just
about
Boston,
but
if
we
could
get,
we
were
not
the
only
city
that
tried
to
make
that
bet
and
we're
not
the
only
city
struggling
with
the
challenges
and
would
love
to
connect
with
you
to
figure
out
how
we
also
talk
to
other
colleagues.
We.
K
A
Thank
you,
councilor
Mejia,
I'm
gonna,
ask
a
couple:
questions
I,
don't
know
if
we
have
any
other
counselors
who
want
a
second
round.
If
you
do,
please
raise
your
hand.
One
of
my
questions
is
obviously
in
my
district
District
five,
which
is
Roslindale
Mattapan
and
Hyde
Park.
We
get
a
lot
almost
seemingly
constant
requests
for
acquisitions
by
our
environment
and
park,
department
and
I.
A
Think
one
of
the
things
that
I
would
like
sort
of
public
is
what
is
the
process
that
we
go
through
from
a
department
standpoint
for
prioritization
of
how
we
use
our
limited
Lang
and
acquisition
dollars
and
what
the
vision
is
for
how
we
do
land
acquisition?
You
mentioned
Sprague
Pond,
which
was
a
specific
one
within
my
district.
But
what
is
the?
What
is
the
plan
moving
forward
for
how
we
look
at
acquisition,
how
the
city
contemplates
acquisition
and
what
the
priority
is
for
how
they
go
about
that.
C
C
C
Well,
we
will
email
that
to
all
of
the
counselors
offices
so
that
you
can
take
a
look
at
that
this
does.
It
does
relate
to
some
of
the
conversations
we're
having
right
now
in
terms
of
we
take
a
comprehensive
look
at
where
is
their
open
space?
Where
is
their
protected
open
space
where
their
unprotected
open
space
and
so
we're
looking
at
a
variety
of
factors?
Okay,
great
Kathy,
thanks!
C
So
there's
four
things
that
we're
looking
at
in
this
particular
cycle.
The
first
is
really
Community
priority
priorities.
What
are
people
identifying
where
their
place
is
where
we
really
need
to
lift
those
things
up
now.
I
want
to
note
this
that
we
are
looking
at
Community
priorities
and
we
are
looking
at
Equity,
because
sometimes
people
really
lift
things
up
and
we're
not
discounting
that,
but
there
is
sometimes
inequities
in
which
communities
are
louder
than
other
communities.
So
Community
priorities
are
important,
but
we
also
are
looking
at
land
repairs.
C
What
really
has
begun
a
long
time?
It
makes
sense
to
replace
things
that
are
15
years
old
before
we
respond
to
requests
for
things
that
are
only
four
or
five
years
old
and
so
really
looking
at
what
are
the
life
cycles
of
of
our
Parks?
This
used
to
be
a
heat,
much
more
major
part
in
terms
of
planned
repairs.
When
our
budget
was
much
smaller,
we
have
a
little
bit
more
space
now
to
make
some
more
comprehensive
decisions.
C
Then
climate
resilience,
as
I
mentioned,
one
of
the
reasons
that
moakley
and
Christopher
Columbus
Park
are
really
lifted
up
is
because
they
aren't
active
sled
paths
that
we
want
to
be
closing
sooner
rather
than
later.
These
are
not
just
parks
for
recreation,
they
are
also
parks
for
protection
of
residents
and
neighborhoods,
and
so
if
a
park
is,
is
lifted
up
for
climate
resilience,
we
we
will
Elevate
that
and
that
has
traditionally
been
around
sea
level
rise
and
those
forms
of
flooding.
C
The
other
thing
is
worth
noting
and
it's
worth
looking
at
the
open
space
plan,
but
if
we
have
unprotected
open
space
that
becomes
available,
that's
you
know,
going
on
to
the
market
and
therefore
may
not
become
maybe
no
longer
be
protected.
We
do
look
at
that
and
if
we
can't
afford
to
purchasing
people
are
willing
to
to
talk
with
us.
Those
are
not
that's
another
thing
that
might
go
into
what
we
do
in
terms
of
that
position.
So
those
are
our
sort
of
piece
around
that
question.
A
Thank
you
that
actually
does
I'm
glad
you
had
a
handy
dandy
slide
for
that.
Another
question
that
I
have
is:
has
the
department
begun
to
make
any
progress
on
mapping
air
quality
in
our
neighborhoods?
Is
that
something
that
needs
additional
funding
within
this
budget
cycle,
and
is
this
something
that
can
be
done
with
the
air
pollution
and
Control
Commission.
C
C
We've
done
some
work
with
modem
in
in
some
particular
places,
for
instance,
American
Legion,
to
sort
of
see
like
what
is
it
and
then,
as
you
make
changes,
how
do
those
changes
impact
the
air
quality
and
that
and
that
neighborhood
it
would
be
a
lot
to
just
have
sensors
everywhere
and
collecting
data
everywhere.
That
would
be
wouldn't
I,
wouldn't
necessarily
say:
that's
a
good
use
of
funds
in
terms
of
how
much
it
would
cost
to
do
so.
C
But
I
do
think
that
if
there
are
places
where
we
know,
there's
some
real
challenges
and
we
want
to
document
them
that
makes
sense
or
where
we
know,
there's
some
real
challenges
and
we
are
committing
to
leaning
in
one
of
my
frustrations
is
much.
Money
has
been
spent
on
Research
to
tell
us
that
we
have
bad
air.
C
Very
little.
Money
spent
improving
that
air,
and
so,
from
my
perspective,
I
want
to
document
it
when
we
are
committed
to
making
sure
we
do
something
about.
It
is
telling
people
that
their
air
is
terrible
when
they
kind
of
already
know
that
and
then
being
like,
and
now
that
we've
documented.
That's
all
the
money
we
have.
We
do
not
want
to
get
in
that
position
and
that
has
been
a
bit
of
the
dynamic
nationally,
so
definitely
open
to
it.
A
Perfect,
that's
very
helpful.
I'll
probably
have
a
number
of
questions
that
I
might
ask
offline
or
in
a
different
Forum
Council
Murphy.
I,
see
that
your
hand
is
up
so
I
want
to
give
you
a
chance
to
do
essentially
your
first
round
and
then
I'm
going
to
go
through
public
comments.
So
floor
is
yours,
Council
Murphy
thank.
P
I
want
to
take
one
minute
to
Echo
what
console
Clarity
said
and
also
advocate
for
one
percent
in
the
capital
budget,
and
you
Reverend
had
just
talked
about.
Also
the
the
big
part
isn't
just
new
parks,
it's
also
repairing
the
ones
we
have
in
the
climate
resiliency
and
also
the
master
plans
that
we're
looking
at
for
some
great.
P
A
Thank
you,
Council
Murphy
Administration,
for
a
really
in-depth
presentation
and
for
answering
everybody's
questions.
I'm
going
to
go
to
our
public
comment,
section
I
do
believe
we
have
a
significant
amount
of
folks
signed
up
for
the
public
comment
on
these
departments.
So
I'd
like
to
do
that
in
order
of
arrival
and
by
who
is
here
and
present
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
start
with
I
believe
Lisa.
Beatman
is
first
because
we
have
so
many
folks
signed
up
for
public
testimony.
A
I
am
going
to
stick
to
a
two-minute
time
limit,
which
means
I
will
mute
you.
Unfortunately,
while
you're
still
speaking.
If
you
go
past
two
minutes,
if
you're
finishing
a
sentence:
I'm
gonna,
let
you
finish
that
sentence,
but
please
try
to
be
conscious
of
how
much
time
you
have
on
your
clock
so
that
we
can
get
through
this
so
that
everybody
can
be
heard.
We're
gonna
start
with
Lisa
beatman.
Q
Q
I
am
a
supporter
of
everything
that
the
environment
and
parks
department
are
doing.
I'm,
focusing
myself
mostly
on
climate
resilience
issues
and
protecting
the
diminishing
natural
green
infrastructure
assets
that
still
remain
in
Boston,
including
crane,
ledge
Woods.
My
particular
question
that
I
would
appreciate
some
response
to
is:
there
is
arpa
like
there.
There
is,
or
was
room
in
arpa
to
for
land
acquisition,
and
but
there
are
also
it
it.
Q
I
have
seen
many
in
the
news
a
lot,
many
other
sources
of
federal
and
state,
and
you
know
private
Foundation
funding
that
would
greatly
augment
the
city's
capacity
Financial
capacity
to
do
far
more
than
you
know,
just
what
is
able
to
be
in,
for
example,
the
land
acquisition
line
item
for
10
million
it's
currently
proposed.
So
what
is
the
city?
What
has
the
city
been
doing
to
tap
into
those
wonderful
kind
of
matching
resources,
particularly
from
federal?
R
Hello,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Jun
Lee
and
I
am
part
of
the
emerald
Mathis
conservancy
and
thank
you.
Chief
Mary,
Emma,
white
Hammond,
commissioner
Ryan
Woods
and
the
members
of
the
city
council
and
all
the
parks
and
rec
maintenance
team
for
your
continuous
work
for
the
city.
I
want
to
Echo
councilor
Michael
Flaherty
and
counselor
Aaron
Murphy
about
the
city.
R
Boston's
proposed
fiscal
year,
2024
operation
budget,
which
is
total
of
4.28
billion
dollars,
and
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
operation
budget
is
roughly
around
34
million,
which
is
about
0.73
percent
of
the
city's
total
operation
budget.
While
we
are
pleased
to
see
The
Continuous
investment
in
our
City's
open
space,
the
Park
and
Recreation
Department's
operation
budget
is
still
less
than
one
percent
of
the
city's
total
operation
budget.
This
is
insufficient
to
support
the
maintenance
and
Improvement
of
our
green
spaces
and
to
ensure
the
countless
ecological
and
social
benefits
reach
those
most
vulnerable.
R
The
urge
you
to
decrease
the
Parks
and
Rec
Department
budget
to
equal
to
or
be
greater
than,
one
percent
examples
of.
Other
cities
include
San
Francisco
that
spends
1.6
percent
of
its
operating
budgets
on
Parks
Los
Angeles
spends
2.6
percent,
Chicago
spends
4.3
percent
and
Minneapolis
spends
5.3
percent,
so
I
just
want
to
Echo
again
what
councilor,
Michael,
Flaherty
and
councilor
Aaron
Murphy
has
suggested
to
increase
the
Park's
budget
by
at
least
equal
to
or
greater
than
one
percent.
So
thank
you
again
for
this
time
to
speak
and
thank
you
for
your
all.
S
Unmute
unmute
I
am
here
as
well:
Karen
money
brodick
president
of
the
emerald,
necklace
Conservancy,
but
June
was
here
on
behalf
of
our
organization.
He
did
such
a
great
job.
I,
don't
know
if
I
have
more
to
add
I
would
I
want
to
say
thank
you
again
to
the
hard-working
folks
that
work
in
the
field
and
behind
the
desks
and
answering
all
the
calls
at
the
parks
department.
I
know
it
is
a
Non-Stop
job.
S
When
I
do
look
out
there
and
I
just
see
how
many
folks
are
are
taking
care
of
Franklin,
Park
and
I
see
how
big
it
is.
I
want
to
Echo
the
Franklin
Parks
coalition's
request
for
additional
field
operations,
staff
and
our
letter,
the
emerald
necklace
Conservancy
submitted.
We
we
we
suggested
at
least
eight
additional
field,
maintenance
staff,
members
and
another
two
project
managers.
I'm
excited
to
hear
you
have
three
project
managers
in
the
budget.
S
S
So
I
look
forward
to
ways
that
this
budget
and
the
city
councilor
with
its
new
creative
tools
that
you
guys
got
a
couple
of
years
ago,
might
be
able
to
add
additional
folks,
because
I
I
think
that
this
this
team
would
have
places
to
use
them
because
I
think
we
all
know
Parks
I,
don't
think
there
is
a
park
in
the
city
that
could
use
a
little
bit
more
so
and
I
and
some
can
definitely
use
even
more
than
others.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
your
support
of
this
Department's
budget.
Thank
you.
T
Three
one
oops
there
we
go
I'll
try
to
be
brief,
because
I
hope
you
all
received
an
email
that
included
my
full
comments
so
hitting
the
highlights.
I,
love,
Boston
parks
and
so
I.
Don't
want
this
to
sound
like
a
list
of
complaints,
it's
more
like
I
wish
a
really
wish
list
and
an
email
does
not
convey
tone
of
voice.
So
just
please
keep
that
in
mind.
T
There
are
rankings
like
Park
store,
Trust
for
Public,
land
and
I
know.
Not
all
settings
are
are
comparable,
but
Boston
has
slipped
even
though
our
funds
have
Reverend
white
Hammond,
coined
it
out
or
chief,
not
sure
what
to
call.
You
pointed
out.
The
funding
dollars
have
increased,
but
our
relative
rankings
have
slipped
which
I
found
very
interesting
and
unfortunate,
so
we're
not
in
the
top
ten
anymore
and
again
not
to
make
it
competitive.
I
want
every
city
to
have
great
Parks.
T
Let's
see
some
of
the
areas.
Oh
I'll
add
my
name
to
the
one
percent
and
as
a
goal
and
not
as
a
stealing
because
as
June
Lee
pointed
out
there,
it's
possible
to
even
go
above
that,
but
at
least
let's
try
to
achieve
that
and
then
reassess
some
examples
which
not
to
repeat
what's
been
said:
already:
maintenance
maintenance,
maintenance,
I
had
I
received
an
email
from
a
friend.
T
Yes,
yesterday
over
the
weekend,
either
Saturday
or
Sunday,
they
were
in
New
York
and
they'd
gone
to
Central
Park
and
said:
oh,
it
looks
so
nice
and
it's
like
I'm
thinking
to
myself,
I've
gone
to
volunteer
cleanups
the
past
three
Saturdays
we've
had
one
Boston
day
and
Earth
Day
and
the
muddy
river
cleanup
and
love
your
block.
And
you
know
this
little
old
lady
wants
to
go
to
a
park
sometime
to
sit,
walk
or
sit
and
enjoy
and
not
feel
like.
Oh
I,
better
bring
a
bag
to
pick
up
like
it.
T
T
Our
friends,
the
park
rangers
are
always
seems
like
always
struggling
to
retain
stuff,
so
I'd
put
in
a
plug
for
maybe
higher
salaries.
It
feels
like
they
get
trained,
they
get
skills
and
then
they
realize
that
oh,
they
can
find
a
better
paying
job,
and
wouldn't
it
be
nice
if
that
better
paying
job
were
right
here,
and
they
also
need
some
funding
for
horses.
T
I,
don't
know
which
budget
that
all
fits
into,
but
we
have
things
like
I,
my
personal
time
and
energy
is
spent
largely
on
access,
pedestrian
and
bike
feeling
friendly
and
welcoming,
and
let's
see,
coming
near
the
end,
Franklin
Park
action
plan.
I
know
you've
heard
from
the
Coalition
Franklin
Park
Coalition,
who
did
extensive
analysis
of
the
budget
and
so
I'll
just
throw
my
hat
in
with
them
that
I
trust
their.
T
T
Think
when
people
drive
by,
for
example,
Morton
Street
that
does
not
there's
a
Scarborough
Pond
entrance
along
there,
but
it
does
not
look
very
feasible
or
inviting
when
you
look
at
the
rest
of
the
edge,
so
I
put
that
out
as
a
challenge
and
one
other
wish
list.
Two
other
wish
list
items
masonry
right
near
where
I
live.
There's
a
stone
wall
overlooking
Jamaica
Pond,
it
doesn't
just
need
mortar.
There
are
holes
like
you
can
see
through
where
the
missing
rocks
are
and
the
Shattuck
Hospital
site.
T
U
U
Let
me
just
mention:
read
a
bit
from
the
action
plan
which
I
have
here
by
my
side.
Just
two
sentences
attack
communities.
Top
priority
is
Page
422,
which
is
implementation,
is
take
proper
care
of
what
we
have
to
leaving
aside
any
new
capital
projects.
We
need
to
really
take
care
of
what
we
have
and
then
it
goes
on
to
say.
U
Even
if
no
new
features
are
introduced,
level
of
care
in
the
park
needs
to
increase
significantly
requires
four
to
six
times
more
maintenance
staff
hours,
and
it
goes
on
to
recommend
at
least
four
new
maintenance
staff
be
added
dedicated
only
to
Franklin
Park.
Now
we
know
that
many
other
parks
are
also
needing
more
maintenance
attention
so
to
drive
that
point
home
as
councilor
Flaherty
and
councilman
Murphy
recognized.
We
just
need
more
maintenance
staff
and
whatever
that
takes.
U
Please
please,
please
try
to
give
us
more
maintenance
staff
so
that
we
I
also
joined
Sarah
Freeman
and
many
of
these
cleanups.
We
brought
out
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
black
bags
of
trash.
We
cannot
always
maintain
that
level
of
volunteer
effort.
We
need
trash
pickup,
we
need
mowed
lawns.
We
need
snow
removal
all
of
these
things
that
somehow
the
parks
are
not
quite
up
to
speed
on.
So
thank
you
very
much.
That's
all
I
have
to
say
for
for
now.
V
V
V
The
city's
action
plan
says
Franklin
Park
has
been
subject
to
underinvestment
for
far
too
long,
and
significant
investment
is
needed
now
now
to
protect
and
sustain
this
critical
resource
and
beloved
public
space
plan
calls
for
projects
totaling
about
200
million
dollars.
If
we
did
that
over
10
years,
that
would
be
20
million
each
year.
It's
a
lot
and
we
can't
rely
on
the
Winford
Square
money
alone,
which
is
in
the
20
million
dollar
range.
It
would
cover
only
about
a
tenth
of
the
projects.
V
Also,
the
plan
says
that
a
core
focus
is
to
elevate
the
standard
of
care
for
Franklin
Park
by
filling
the
maintenance
Gap,
and
to
achieve
this,
The
Plan
called
for
new
staff
dedicated
to
Franklin
Park,
which
are
currently
none.
They
call
for
a
full-time,
Park
administrator
for
four
new
maintenance
staff
and
ecological
restoration,
crew,
two-part
Rangers
and
two
dedicated
project
managers
to
help
with
rolling
out
the
mini
projects.
W
So,
in
partnership
with
Harvard
Community
Health
Center
we're
proposing
a
pilot
to
the
development
of
food
that
would
meet
the
patient's
dietary
needs
in
terms
of
medical.
As
in
like
high
blood
pressure,
diabetes,
obesity
capacities,
Etc
allergens
related
some
philosophical
preferences.
The
current
approach
is
Beggars
can't
be
choosers.
You
get
what
you
get
regardless
of
what
your
family's
dietary
needs
might
be,
so
you
could
be
prenatal,
postpartum,
aging
parent,
it
doesn't
matter.
You
all
get
the
same
commodity
canned
goods.
W
Currently,
there's
programs
that
provide
produce
on
one
end
of
the
spectrum
or
what
are
called
medically
tailored
meals
on
the
other
end
of
the
spectrum,
and
what
we're
trying
to
address
is
those
in
the
middle
who
aren't
sick
enough.
Yet
we'd
like
to
prevent
that
from
needing
a
medically
tailored
bill,
they
can
still
cook,
but
they
don't
have
access
to
the
either
the
condiments
or
the
entrees
that
they
can
prepare
at
home.
W
I
Thank
you
Mr
chairman
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Alex
Leventhal
and
I
am
board,
president
of
the
friends
of
the
Boston
Park
Rangers
Mountain
unit.
As
an
organization,
our
goal
is
to
ensure
the
Boston
Park
Rangers
can
continue
to
enhance
our
city
parks,
as
welcoming
guides
to
all
visitors,
provide
critical
wayfinding
as
well
as
educational
and
Public
Safety
functions
as
an
organization.
Our
mandate
is
to
raise
funds
and
Marshall
Public
support
so
that
the
mounted
unit
can
continue
to
patrol
our
nine
parts
of
the
emerald
necklace.
I
One
maintain
existing
funding
for
at
least
18
full-time
Ranger
positions,
two
increase
funding
for
the
Recruitment
and
Outreach
of
four
thousand
dollars
the
acquisition
of
four
new
forces
at
an
estimated
six
thousand
dollars
per
horse
for
a
total
request.
Request
of
twenty
four
thousand
dollars
maintain
the
existing
annual
equine
care
budget
of
ninety
thousand
dollars.
I
Five,
the
replacement
of
office
trailers
with
a
total
cost
of
seventy
one
thousand
dollars,
six
three
thousand
dollars
to
establish
a
stable
and
Corral
maintenance
fund
and
seven.
Lastly,
five
thousand
dollars
for
emergency
veterinary
services
in
closing
I
want
to
thank
the
chairman
of
the
members
of
the
committee
for
your
time
and
consideration
and
look
forward
to
working
with
you
over
the
next
up
several
months
and
a
special
thank
you
to
Chief
white
Hammond,
commissioner
woods
and
Deputy
Commissioner
beckerton
for
all
your
support
over
the
past
year.
Thank
you
very
much.
X
Yes,
thank
you
counselor.
Thank
you
thanks
everybody
for
being
here,
my
name
is
DB
Reef
I
live
in
Brighton
I've
testified
at
many
city
council
hearings
on
everything,
from
keeping
a
local
library
open
to
last
week's
pilot
hearing,
but
this
is
the
first
time
that
I've
testified
when
I
am
beginning
to
feel
a
little
foolish.
X
Why?
Because,
year
after
year,
including
an
FY
22
and
in
going
back
to
at
least
10
years,
I
have
presented
the
need
for
Capital
funds
in
the
budget
for
the
shoreline
and
Woodlands
restoration
at
Chandler
pond
in
Brighton
every
year,
I
see
millions
of
capital
budget
dollars,
go
to
ball
fields
and
courts
and
playgrounds
and
make
no
mistake.
I'm
a
sports
lover
and
I
play
both
basketball
and
tackle
football
with
my
brothers.
X
X
So
after
years
of
work,
and
so
many
unsuccessful
requests,
I'm
also
just
beginning
to
feel
a
little
betrayed
by
the
city
that
the
only
city
I've
lived
in
has
an
adult.
A
city
I've
worked
for
as
a
job
and
the
city
I
love
in
part,
because
it's
punches
above
its
weight
and
size,
and
you
could
appreciate
why
I
love
that
I'm,
asking
that
two
million
dollars
be
authorized
in
capital
budget
and
FY
24
for
the
restoration
of
the
Chandler,
Pond,
Shoreline
and
Woodlands.
Y
The
park
has
always
been
my
second
home,
so
I.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today
during
the
pandemic,
when
most
people
decided
to
stay
in
place,
I
found
comfort
in
just
walking
alone
and
enjoying
the
outdoor
and
or
the
park
and
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
I've
been
going
to
the
park
for
walks
concerts,
carnivals
cookout,
you
name
it
I,
love,
Franklin,
Park
and
would
love
to
see
some
needed
changes
in
the
park.
Y
However,
we
urge
you
to
fund
the
recommended
recommendation
outline
in
the
action
plan
as
my
board
member
members,
Kevin,
bat
and
Sandy
Bailey
I
just
want
to
Echo
some
of
the
things
that
they
said
and
some
of
what
the
city,
councilors
and
others
have
said
that
we,
we
really
would
love
to
see
in
particle
an
increase
in
funding
from
the
city
operating
budget.
For
maintenance
would
lends
restoration
and
park
administrators
has
called
for
an
action
plan.
Y
Y
Y
Z
Thank
you
very
much
counselor.
My
name
is
Liz
Visa,
president
of
friends
of
the
public
garden
and
I,
want
to
thank
Chief
white
Hammond,
commissioner,
woods
and
all
the
parks
department
staff
for
all
that
you
do
for
our
Parks.
Since
1970,
we
have
been
partners
with
the
city
to
care
renew
and
advocate
for
the
Boston
Common,
the
public
garden
and
Commonwealth
Avenue
Mall.
They
are
neighborhood
parks
for
over
60
000
people,
but
more
importantly,
parks
for
the
entire
city.
Iconic
Parks
were
seven
million
people
a
year
come
to
enjoy.
Z
Z
Z
So
many
other
Advocates
that
have
talked
about
the
fact
that
yet
again,
the
parks
Department's
budget
is
stuck
below
one
percent
of
the
city's
total
budget
and
as
the
City
Works
to
realize
the
administration's
vision
of
making
our
green
spaces
more
climate,
resilient
and
state
of
the
art
art
with
rain,
Gardens,
bios
whales
and
other
design
Innovations
for
21st
Century
Park
system.
It's
critical.
We
invest
in
the
staff
skills
necessary
to
maintain
them.
You've
heard
people
talk
about
capital
and
maintenance.
Z
Currently,
the
budget
lacks
that
specialized
skill
level
and
capital
funding
is
wonderful
and
we
applaud
it
and
we
say
bring
it
on,
but
until
and
unless
we
have
maintenance
funding
that
supports
that
capital
investment.
It's
going
to
be
a
problem,
so
we
need
that
maintenance
funding
to
accompany
and
protect
the
capital.
Investment
that
we
make.
Z
I
will
say
that
all
in
the
Green
Space
Community
are
very
enthusiastic
about
the
new
Urban
Forest
division,
the
hiring
of
a
director
and
three
arborists,
so
councilor
Flaherty.
We
are
going
to
be
realizing
that
that
goal
of
getting
more
trees
cared
for
in
the
city.
We
also
support
the
inclusion
in
the
budget
of
three
new
full-time
project
managers
to
relieve
the
burden
of
too
many
capital
projects
for
the
pat
cap
planning
staff.
I'm,
always
amazed
that
they
get
this
work
done.
Each
of
them
has
dozens
of
projects
on
their
plate
in
the
downtown
Parks.
Z
We
applaud
the
inclusion
of
funds
to
renovate
the
tadpole
playground
on
the
common,
which
is
heavily
used
and
overdue
for
improvements,
as
well
as
provide
funding
to
create
an
accessible
way
to
visit.
The
shaw,
54th
Memorial
from
the
common,
really
really
important,
that
we
provide
accessibility
to
that
particular
monument
and
to
every
place
in
our
Parks.
Our
City's
Parks
we're
also
very
enthusiastic
about
the
money.
Z
I
want
to
thank
you
all
and
the
council
for
your
commitment
to
Boston's
green
spaces.
Each
of
you
know
the
power
of
public
space
in
your
lives,
your
family's
lives
and
the
lives
of
your
constituents,
and
it's
been
inspiring
whatever
I
hear.
Counselors
speak
every
year
at
this
hearing
about
the
importance
of
parks
in
their
life
and
in
their
family
and
in
their
their
neighborhoods
lives.
Z
AA
Hi,
my
name
is
Marie
Claire
I
am
currently
a
resident
of
Austin,
but
originally
from
Roxbury
I
have
been
a
lifelong
Franklin.
Park
user
I
also
serve
on
the
Franklin
Park
Coalition
board
of
directors.
I
would
like
to
urge
the
council
to
fund
the
recommendations
for
the
Franklin
Park
action
plan.
There
are
many
things
in
the
action
plan
that
we
need.
The
park
is
in
rough
shape,
the
bear
cages
and
the
Overlook
rooms
need
to
be
saved,
the
woodlands
have
dying,
trees
and
invasive
plants,
and
we
need
to
save
our
Park.
AA
AB
AB
I've
also
participated
in
the
annual
Turkey
Trot,
not
only
as
a
runner
Walker,
but
also
as
a
volunteer
I'm,
also
the
owner
of
Four,
Corners,
Yoga
and
Wellness
and
I've
not
only
sponsored
the
Emma
Lewis
Playhouse
in
the
Park
concerts,
but
I've
also
volunteered
during
some
of
the
concerts
over
the
last
few
years.
I
am
on
the
zoom
today
to
ask
you
to
please
fund
the
recommendations
in
the
new
Franklin
Park
action
plan.
The
park
desperately
needs
an
investment
in
operating
in
capital
funds.
AB
I'm
excited
about
the
offer,
the
recommendations
to
bring
back
to
the
alma
Lewis
playhouse
in
the
original
site
at
the
overlooked,
shelter,
ruins
and
that
space
has
been
an
overgrown
mess
since
the
70s
and
desperately
needs
attention
I'm
so
pleased
to
see
the
parks
department
work,
managing
weeds
that
have
begun
last
year.
The
city
currently
spends
less
than
one
percent
of
its
Budget.
AB
B
AC
Thank
you
and
I'd
like
to
thank
them
for
Mariam,
Hammond
and
Ryan
Woods,
and
all
the
other
members
of
the
Boston
parks
department
who
worked
diligently
to
try
to
get
this
process
back
on
the
track.
My
name
is
Louis
solisa
out
of
the
68
senior
Street
I
found
the
Central
Park
Coalition
of
the
11
members
back
in
1978..
AC
We
took
this
classy
song
because
Bob
was
being
neglected
and,
to
a
large
extent,
it's
still
being
neglected
in
many
ways,
even
though
a
lot
of
effort
has
gone
into
over
the
last
few
years,
there's
a
history
that
we
have
to
take
in
consideration.
When
we
talk
about
budgets
and
what
is
being
proposed
to
the
master
plan
that
was
being
placed
out
there,
the
estimations
of
the
amount
of
work
to
be
done
might
be
on
an
estimate
because
of
40
Years
of
neglect.
AC
AC
Take
care
of
the
deterioration
which
is
taking
place
over
the
past
20
years
is
the
reason
why
200
million
dollars
is
being
proposed.
A
general
maintenance
has
to
be
born
on
a
regular
basis.
That
has
been
the
challenge
that
I've
been
engaged
with
for
more
than
40
years.
Just
simple
cleanup,
just
simple
repairs
that
are
done
by
the
maintenance
crew.
There
is
a
crew
and
it
needs
to
be
strengthened.
There's
no
question
about
that,
but
those
who
are
there
should
do
their
job.
They
should
do
it
in
a
comprehensive
way.
AC
They
shouldn't
have
cut
trees
and
cut
grass
and
just
leave
it
lying
there.
I
want
to
throw
it
back
into
the
box.
It
should
never
be
a
place
where
they
don't
finish
what
they're
doing,
because
they
don't
exacerbates
the
situation.
The
need
for
having
problems
is
to
work
and
think
of
the
pump.
Even
though
the
authority
has
been
challenged,
it
does
make
a
difference
to
have
people
to
look
and
see
what's
going
on.
AC
So
when
the
events
are
taking
place
and
something
can
do
information,
let
people
know
that
what
they're
so
many
affiliate
like
a
pop
region.
It
makes
a
big
difference,
and
so
I
know
that
having
lost
their
problems.
Members
early
in
the
morning,
we
had
people
coming
from
out
of
our
community.
We
used
to
steal
the
common
sense
and
then
they
would
say
boy.
The
park
is
being
neglected.
AC
It
was
not
by
the
community,
it's
a
big
part,
and
it's
not
used
part
of
me
as
people
who
know
the
area
where
the
maintenance
is
now
on
the
spin
repair
and
fixed
up
some,
but
the
major
deterioration
was
taking
place
on
roads,
in
which
you
know,
people
generally
didn't
travel.
So
that's
an
issue
we
have
to
fix
and
what
has
to
be
done
now
is
the
general
maintenance
along
Jewish
Memorial
Drive,
the
the
amount
of
sand
and
gravel
that
has
been
built
up
in
the
catch
basins.
They
have
to
be
clean.
AC
Just
like
you,
clean
the
streets
or
catch
faces
around
over
a
walkway
or
circuit
Drive
have
to
be
clean.
The
lights
that
have
been
knocked
down
and
not
prepared
have
to
be
fixed.
It
there's
a
general
appearance
that
the
park
is
being
neglected
and
people
come
through
there
and
if
they
don't
think
the
park
is
important
than
they
act
accordingly.
AC
I
live
on
Cedar
Street
I
can
tell
you.
The
faces
of
Franklin
Park
is
along
several
from
Walnut
to
Blue,
Hill
Avenue
and
it's
been
very
poorly
maintained.
We
have
to
fix
it.
We
don't
need
200
million
pounds
to
do
that.
We
just
need
a
comprehensive
maintenance
plan
that
we
stick
with,
and
we've
worked
in
Coalition.
AC
Of
course,
the
members
of
Garrison
child
neighborhood
association
and
myself
we're
more
than
willing
to
go
out
and
lend
the
hand
we
just
don't
want
to
lend
a
hand
and
then
see
it
go
back
into
the
plot,
because
somebody
who's
with
maintenance
is
annoyed
that
we're
doing
more
than
we're
supposed
to
do
as
neighbors,
because
I
don't
think
we
ever
do
enough
and
though
I
appreciate
the
work
of
a
Franken
Park
Coalition.
That
was
including
volunteer.
You
know,
working
on
the
park
is
an
ordinary
report.
AC
AC
Clearly,
because
there's
still
cross
country
activities
that
goes
through
there
and
it
means
they
can
work
with
welcome
activities
that
could
be
also
a
benefit
academic
Community,
as
well
as
the
entrepreneur
of
someone
who'd
like
to
do
business
and
I,
think
it's
an
excellent
Jazz
spot.
If
you
just
look
at
it
from
the
business,
but
please
we
need
to
look
at
this
plan
and
the
way
you
look
at
our
present
day
activities
in
a
more
comprehensive
way
to
get
the
help
to
work,
for
example.
So
it's
not
just
the
circuit
drive.
AC
It's
not
just
around
the
place
that
it's
also
the
back
part
of
white
Stadium.
Basic
maintenance
has
to
be
done.
Rancho
Park
is
a
jewel.
In
addition,
we
have
Malcolm
X
block,
which
is
on
Washington
Street
and
Martin
Luther
King
Boulevard,
and
it's
important
and
you
need
support
So
a
you
know,
a
short
riff
given
to
concerns
by
the
community
that
the
top
one
is
not
safe
for
their
children,
that
we
don't
necessarily
need
a
fence
or
it
doesn't
it.
We
can't
approach
Public,
Safety
and
use
it
on
public
parks.
AC
In
a
cattle
sweating,
the
people
say
that
they're
not
comfortable
taking
their
children
to
a
top
lap
and
we've
spent
so
much
money
to
get
repaired.
Then
we
should
take
that
into
consideration.
We
should
actually
not
give
us
a
diatronic
as
to
what
is
not
necessary
in
terms
of
design
Alternatives,
but
we
should
talk
and
put
the
residents
and
the
people
who
use
the
life,
the
mothers
you
know
in
the
fathers
and
people
bring
their
children
there
and
see
what
can
be
done
to
make
them
feel
more
safe
and
come
to
the
wedding.
AC
AC
We
just
want
to
see
the
resource
in
the
middle
City
being
it
doesn't
make
any
sense,
because
the
parks
play
such
a
critical
role
in
the
quality
of
Jamaica
Ole
missing
the
city
in
Franklin
Park,
more
especially
any
park
in
the
city
represents
the
goodness
and
strength
of
what
we
as
an
environmental
Community
should
be
about.
So
I
appreciate
that
we
ain't
going
to
spend
whatever
resources
we
can,
but
we
spending
meaningfully
in
terms
of
making
sure
that
working
status
done
well.
AC
AD
Hello
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Tanya
Grimes
and
I
am
a
a
long
time
user
of
the
park
born
and
raised
in
Boston
and
living
in
Dorchester
and
Roxbury
and
I
am
just
excited
about
the
fact
that
the
money
that
was
earmarked
from
the
sale
of
the
the
garage,
but
then
when
I
found
out
that
it
wasn't
going
to
be
much
I
think
now.
What
everyone
is
saying
is
one
percent
is
what
we
need
to
do
make
happen
and.
AD
Okay
and
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
what
everyone
was
saying
about
the
park
being
so
crucial
to
the
community.
It's
something
that
I've
been
through
the
good
and
bad
and
ugly
and
hoping
that
the
Elma
Lewis
can
be
Elmer.
Lewis
playoffs
in
the
park
can
be
financed
as
well
as
the
ruins
be
repaired,
and
also
to
continue
the
the
program
to
provide
the
funding
for
the
programs
that
have
been
crucial
to
the
community
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
your
service
and
I
appreciate
your
time.
A
Thank
you,
I
was
muted.
That
is
our
final
public
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