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Dockets #0622-0628 Fiscal Year 2020 Budget: Department of Innovation & Technology
Docket #0630 - Grant appropriation for PEG Access Funding
A
The
Boston
City
Council's
Committee
for
ways
and
means
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues
in
order
of
appearance,
counselor,
ed
Flynn
and
councillor
Kim,
Janey
I,
just
want
to
remind
everybody.
This
is
a
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
broadcasted
on
Comcast
channel
8,
RC,
n
channel
82,
Verizon,
1964
and
streamed
on
the
city
of
Boston
webpage.
Please
silence
your
cell
phones
and
other
devices.
We
will
have
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
the
hearing.
You
can
sign
up
to
my
left
over
there
in
the
corner.
A
If
you
wish
to
speak,
this
budget
review
will
encompass
around
34
hearings
over
the
last
over
six
weeks,
so
we're
about
two
weeks
into
it
now
so
four
more
weeks
to
go,
we'll
strongly
encourage
residents,
whether
here
in
the
chamber
at
home,
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
the
process.
By
giving
testimony
for
the
record,
you
can
do
that
in
several
ways.
One
obviously
is
to
come
to
the
hearing
to
give
testimony.
You
could
email
us
and
also
obviously
we're
all
available
for
phone
calls
when
you're
on
your
thoughts.
A
Today's
hearing
is
Department
of
the
innovation
and
technology
or
the
do-it
department.
Dockets
number:
zero:
six
to
two
through
zero,
six
to
five
orders
for
the
FY
2008,
including
annual
appropriations
for
departmental
operations,
annual
appropriation
for
the
school
department,
appropriation
for
other
post-employment
benefits
are
open
and
in
the
appropriation
of
a
certain
transportation
in
public
realm
improvements.
We're
also
going
to
talk
about
dockets
number,
zero,
six
to
six
through
zero
six
to
eight,
which
is
the
capital
budget
appropriation,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchasing
agreements.
So
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
B
Our
department's
mission
is
to
help
the
city
deliver
excellent
service
to
our
residents.
Our
business
is
by
equipping
the
department
with
technology
and
the
support
they
they
need.
We
also
provide
digital
services
directly
to
constituents.
Additionally,
we
strive
to
create
a
learning
culture
for
our
employees
that
encourages
smart
risk-taking,
creativity,
integrity,
curiosity,
rapid
evaluation
and
encourages
adaptability
in
the
face
of
an
ever-changing
technology
landscape.
B
We
have
six
focus
areas:
core
infrastructure,
which
is
the
managing
of
network
servers.
Data
centers
phones,
desktop
computers
that
are
all
the
core
backbone
of
the
city's
technology
effort.
We
need
to
deliver
infrastructure
that
is
secure,
modern
and
resilient
enterprise
applications
supporting
the
application
systems
that
the
city
uses
to
run
its
business
from
ERP
enterprise,
resource
planning
and
tax
systems
that
manage
the
city's
finance
to
the
systems
that
allow
the
customers
to
pay
their
code
enforcement
tickets
and
back
office
systems
that
sit
behind
many
of
our
customer
transactions.
B
The
goal
of
the
applications
team
is
to
equip
the
city
employees
with
great
technology
to
system
in
delivering
excellent
service
to
our
residents
every
day.
The
digital
team,
the
digital
team,
runs
the
city's
website,
social
media
programs
and
many
other
mobile
applications.
The
digital
team
aims
to
make
information
services
available
via
digital
devices
and
deliver
a
friendly,
convenient
and
accessible
experience.
B
B
Broadband
and
digital
equity
works
towards
the
goal
of
a
city
where
every
resident
in
business
has
the
access
and
of
to
affordable
broadband
internet
and
the
skills
that
they
need
to
succeed
in
the
digital
age.
The
broadband
and
digital
equity
team
Center
on
encouraging
competition
in
the
broadband
market
and
supporting
programs
that
assist
our
that
assist
our
unconnected
residents
and,
lastly,
security.
B
B
While
there
is
no
solution
that
guarantees
a
hundred
percent
security,
we
have
adopted
security,
best
practices
and
a
multi-layered
approach
to
managing
cyber
security
risk,
which
includes
what
I
call
the
three
P's
people
process
and
procedure
along
with
industry-leading
technology.
We
will
continue
to
improve
our
security
posture
and
address
the
consistent,
consistently
evolving
threat
landscape,
as
we
continue
to
invest
in
cyber
security
network
security,
cyber
resiliency
infrastructure
security
and
operational
and
business
continuity.
In
the
upcoming
years.
B
B
You
of
them
of
our
major
accomplishments,
appointed
Greg
McCarthy
as
the
city
of
Boston's.
First
chief
information,
security
officer,
an
elevated
cybersecurity
within
to
its
leadership
structure,
launched
access
force,
launched
the
access
Boston
portal
and
the
new
identity
access
management
solution.
This
is
a
program
that
enables
secure
reliable,
convenient
single
sign-on
access
to
the
city
of
Boston's
technology
systems,
short
term
rental,
registration
management,
design,
developed
and
configure
capabilities
for
the
cities
permitting
platform
for
public
facing
portal.
B
Support
to
support
the
city's
ordinance
for
registration
of
short-term
rentals
with
an
online
payment
by
constituents,
appointed
Stephanie
cost
Olivo.
As
the
chief
data
officer
for
the
city
of
Boston
implemented
the
city's
first
analytics
data
warehouse
platform
finish
the
second
phase
of
data
center
migration
project
relocating
to
its
IT
infrastructure
in
City
Hall
to
a
data
center
in
New
Jersey.
Future
phases
will
focus
on
making
the
facility
available
to
other
agencies
and
further
consolidation.
B
The
Boston
fiber
network
expansion
was
approved
to
moved
in
two
implementations
were
30-year
iru
with
crown
castle
Fiber
for
dart
fiber.
That
will
more
than
double
our
number
of
sites
connected
to
bone
at
Boston
Network
from
135
to
270.
There
are
many
other
projects
we've
worked
on
over
the
past
year.
Some
of
the
summary
of
these
have
been
provided
to
members
of
the
council.
As
we
look
towards
FY
20.
We
are
excited
about
what
we
can
accomplish
with
this
budget
and
the
court
of
the
council.
B
Most
critical
data
develop
a
formal
data
governance
board
consisting
of
a
senior
technology
and
business
leadership
throughout
the
city
of
Boston,
focused
on
the
overall
management
of
the
availability,
usability,
integrity
and
security
of
data
used
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
develop
a
concert,
comprehensive
roadmap
and
timeline
to
migrate.
More
of
the
city's
physical
infrastructure
to
the
cloud
these
and
many
other
projects
are
outlined
in
the
proposed
budget
materials.
B
B
I
would
also
like
to
thank
Emma,
handy
and
Justin
starett
and
the
entire
budget
team
for
working
tirelessly
to
make
a
very
solid
budget,
helping
lay
the
important
groundwork
to
support
citywide
strategic
initiatives.
I
also
want
to
ask,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
the
dedicated
employees
that
make
do
it
work
very
hard
at
this
important
work
that
we
do
every
day.
Our
efforts
are
not
always
visible,
and
they
are
certainly
not
always
glamorous.
Our
work
often
takes
tremendous
collaboration,
patience,
thoughtfulness
and
dedication.
B
However,
the
importance
of
this
work
cannot
be
understated
in
its
criticality
to
operational
continuity
for
the
city
of
Boston.
Much
of
what
dowhat
employees
do
every
day
is
the
core
backbone
of
online
communications,
public
data,
software
applications,
connectivity
and
digital
equity
in
the
city
I.
Lastly,
and
sincerely
thank
a
big
thank
you
to
the
council
for
continuing
to
support
the
department
and
the
critical
work
that
we
do
every
day.
Thank
you
and
I,
along
with
my
team,
we're
happy
to
take
any
questions
that
you
have
thank.
A
C
You
so
much
mr.
chair
and
first
I
just
want
to
thank
you
in
your
team.
You
know
when
I
first
started
out
my
career
in
the
nonprofit
world
email
was
brand
new.
We
had
to
dial
up
to
get
to
the
Internet.
There
was
one
computer
that
actually
had
the
Internet
and
none
of
our
computers
had
internet,
so
we're
in
a
whole
new
world
now
and
I
appreciate
the
work
that
you
do.
C
C
I
want
to
hear
more
about
the
short-term
rental
platform
that
you're
working
on
where
we
are
in
terms
of
moving
toward
online
voting,
for
example,
and
then
I
definitely
want
to
hear
about
your
discretionary
spending
and
how
much
of
your
money
is
going
to
support
local
business
businesses
of
color
and
women
and
then
I'll
see
if
I
have
any
follow-up
space
on
those
questions.
Thank
you.
So.
B
Focusing
and
I
will
start
in
some
of
the
members
of
my
team
will
will
chime
in
at
different
sections.
When
we
look
at
the
digital
divide
and
when
we
look
at
digital
equity.
The
starting
point
for
for
me
is
really
around
connectivity
and
and
the
skills
to
then
once
the
connectivity
issue
has
been
solved,
how
we
are
going
to
use
that
new
platform.
B
C
Where
is
it
now
so
are
we?
Where
are
we
in
terms
of
our
timeline
of
making
sure
that
everyone
has
access
to
the
wicked
free
Wi-Fi?
Is
it
like
in
all
of
our
public
spaces
now
or
is
it
in
a
percentage
like?
How
are
we
is
the
goal
to
get
it
into
a
hundred
percent
of
our
public
spaces,
whether
libraries,
parks,
etc,
schools
or
not,
I
assume
the
goal
is
to
get
to
100
percent,
and
if
that
is
in
fact
the
goal,
then,
where
are
we
now
in
terms
of
closing
that
gap,
so.
D
D
Wicked
free
Wi-Fi
is
an
extension
of
the
city's
network,
so
we
need
fiber
to
be
someplace
in
the
building
in
the
street,
whatever
in
order
to
extend
our
network
to
that
location
and
project
out
with
the
wireless
access
point
the
web.
So
we
at
this
point
with
the
300
that
we
have,
we
are
occasionally
as
demand
sort
of
ask
for
enough
folks
come
in
and
say
would
like
one
in
our
department
or
outside
this
community
center.
D
We
will
facilitate
that,
but
where
we're
needing
to
deploy
the
fiber
over
the
next
couple
of
years
well
beyond
our
original
130
city
buildings
to
over
270
city
buildings-
and
we
feel
at
that
point
we'll
be
in
close
proximity
to
many
many
locations
where
we
do
not
currently
have
wicked
free
Wi-Fi.
So.
C
D
The
next
two
to
three
years-
and
at
that
point
you
know
it's
honestly,
it's
the
commercial
or
the
business
side
of
what
you
would
do
at
home.
Once
you
have
the
broad
with
broadband
connection
you
just
plug
in
the
wireless
access
point
and
you're
off
to
the
races
and
that's
what
we
hope
will
happen.
Wonderful.
C
D
Don't
know
that
wicked
free
Wi-Fi
is
going
to
be
ubiquitous
like
one
big
umbrella
over
the
entire
city,
but
our
goal
with
wicked
free
Wi-Fi,
since
we
really
started
to
put
a
lot
of
engines
behind
it
in
2014,
has
been
to
put
into
the
open
spaces
that
the
city
has
sort
of
care
in
custody
or
whether
that
be
parks,
community
centers
libraries,
police
stations,
etc.
Wonderful,.
C
E
You
sorry
counselor,
yes,
so
for
discretionary
spending
we
don't
have
anything
specifically
earmarked
for
local
local
businesses.
Specifically,
we
we
do
business
with
about
or
plan
to
do
business
about
six
four
five
vendors,
sorry,
one
of
them's,
a
repeat
that
are
minority-owned.
We
are
doing
our
best
to
continue
to
push
our
vendors
at
six.
C
C
C
G
One
of
the
exciting
things
I
think
about
sort
of
this
regulation
is
that
it's
allowed
a
true
collaboration
between
ourselves
and
special
services,
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development,
the
policy
office,
among
others,
where
it's
really
had
a
place
for
us
all
to
come
together
at
the
table
and
figure
out
sort
of
what
pieces
of
enforcement
and
strategy
our
technology,
our
about
housing,
our
about
enforcement,
and
so
one
thing
that
we
were
able
to
do
is
the
Department
of
innovation
and
Technology
is
leverage
some
in
existing
investments.
G
We
had
made
in
our
permitting
platform
to
be
able
to
incredibly
quickly
stand
up
a
registration
platform,
so
we
didn't
have
to
spend
basically
a
single
dollar
on
that
we
leveraged
technology
that
we
had
or
made
investments
in
that
we'd
already
used
for
rental
registration.
So
some
of
that
was
really
just
us
thinking
about
sort
of
how
do
we
take
the
existing
technology
stack
that
we
have
and
fit
into
the
context
of
a
new
ordinance,
so
something
that
we
feel
really
positively
about
we're
in
the
process
of
working
we've.
G
Just
finalized
a
contract
with
a
vendor
who's
going
to
help
us
do
some
of
the
some
of
the
the
data
collection
so
that
we
can
really
step
up
our
enforcement
efforts
and
that's
something
we're
obviously
doing
in
close
partnership
with
inspectional
services.
Was
there
anything
else,
pacifically,
there's.
C
A
H
H
I
and
not
to
cut
you
off,
but
I
I
represent
the
largest
number
of
residents
in
public
housing
and
so
making
sure
that
they
have
access
to
the
same
level
of
technology.
As
my
constituents
on
Beacon
Hill,
when
my
constituents
on
in
the
Back,
Bay
or
downtown
Boston
I
want
to
make
sure
that
my
residents
in
public
housing
have
the
same
in
equal
access
to
Internet
service
as
anybody
else.
Yes,.
D
Counselor,
so
just
briefly,
there
are
four
things:
I'll
try
to
run
through
it
very
quickly.
Every
housing
development
obviously
has
access
to
broadband
if
they
choose
to
pay
for
it
from
Comcast
and
soon
also
from
Verizon.
In
addition
to
that,
some
of
the
folks
behind
you
support
programs
for
public
housing
residents
in
order
to
help
them
get
online
in
order
to
learn
how
to
get
online
tech
goes
home.
D
Many
years
ago,
public
housing
had
lots
of
Wi-Fi
I
think
it
was
about
ten
years
ago,
and
it
was
the
a
double
RA
recovery
money
that
supported
it.
As
the
money
went
away,
the
ability
to
sort
of
sustain
that
also
went
away,
there
wasn't
new
money
for
new
equipment,
as
things
got
tired
and
old.
So
this
will
be
sort
of
a
rejuvenation
of
access
for
everybody.
We
hope
in
public
housing
in
Boston
all.
H
You
know,
as
we
talk
about
the
achievement
gap
and
the
public
school
system,
making
sure
that
our
children,
that
our
residents
of
public
housing
have
that
same
level
of
access
to
educational
opportunities
through
the
internet
as
as
other
residents
outside
of
public
housing.
So
that
would
be
a
priority
for
me
and
you
know
I'd,
like
I'd
like
for
you
guys
to
stay
on
top
of
that
and
continue
to
update
me
and
the
council
as
well
I,
don't
even
think
residents
of
public
housing
should
be
paying
for
it.
H
We
really
need
to
address
the
achievement
gap
and
that's
that's
one
small
way
of
doing
that.
So
whatever
I
can
do
to
be
helpful,
please
let
me
know
my
other.
My
other
question
had
to
do
with.
Can
you
tell
me
a
little
about
the
the
Castle
Square
tenant
organization?
I
know
they
receive
funding
I
went
by
their
facility
and
had
an
opportunity
to
talk
to
some
of
the
young
people
that
work
there
and
some
of
the
young
people
that
participate
in
the
program,
but
any
background
on
the
program
itself
and
how
it's
doing.
D
F
D
Believe
they're
on
full
implementation
and
I
believe
it
was
two
components
to
it.
It
was
providing
some
community
access,
but
also
providing
training
to
the
community.
I
haven't
checked
with
the
again
with
the
folks
that
we
fund
separately
through
the
21st
century
access
fund
at
tech
goes
home,
but
I
believe
they
also
have
an
affiliated
training
program
with
Castle
Square.
If
that
helps
yeah.
H
It
does
and
I
know
it's
a
program
to
help
residents
that
don't
speak
English
language
other
than
English,
so
I
think
it's
an
effective
program
in
whatever
I
can
do
to
be
helpful
during
this
budget
process.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
language
access
is
an
issue.
I've
been
focused
on
I
know
it's
an
issue
that
you've
been
focused
on
as
well,
so
that
type
of
program
to
make
sure
that
yo,
l,
students
and
residents
have
a
fair
shot
at
the
success
of
all
these
programs.
I
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman
morning,
everybody
I
will
be
brief.
A
couple
questions
around
our
security
cyber
security
I
am
no
expert.
The
way
you
all
are,
but
certainly
seeing
you
know
some
of
our
peer
cities
subject
to
issues
like
ransomware.
You
know
more
so
than
I.
Think
sort
of
the
data
that
we
hold
seems
to
be
a
big
threat
to
cities.
Is
there
I
mean
what
what
are
we
doing
to
the
extent
you
can
talk
about
it?
Do
we
have
around-the-clock
monitoring?
Is
it
about
two-factor
authentication?
Is
I
mean?
What
are
we
doing?
B
I
mean
cybersecurity
in
general.
It's
a
very
large
topic
in
in
my
experience
in
the
IT
sector.
It's
what's
been
most
success
and
successful.
It's
a
very
layered
approach,
because
there's
not
one
solution.
That's
a
panacea!
That's
going
to
solve
everything!
So
it
really
starts
down
to
yes,
I'm
sure
you
saw
the
headlines
what
happened
in
Baltimore
this
week.
You
know.
So
there
are
the
ransomware
attacks,
but
they're
also
internal
breaches,
but
there
was
also
spear
phishing
and
phishing
attacks.
B
So
there's
there's
a
laundry
list
of
zero-day
vulnerabilities
that
can
happen
what
the
approach
really
starts
off
with
individuals,
users
of
the
PCs
and
making
sure
that
they
are
educated
in
terms
of
the
D,
the
hygiene
that
needs
to
be
in
place
to
be
a
secure
environment.
That's
what
one
of
the
things
I
talked
about
in
in
my
art
being
in
my
opening
remarks.
B
Around
security
was
creating
that
security
culture
and
that's
really
where
it
starts
because
most
of
these
from
social
engineering,
so
most
of
these
breaches
really
happen
at
the
end-user
limo
from
information
being
shared
out
so
where
we
are
approaching
so
the
access
Boston
was
a
two-factor
authentication
so
that
you
need
two
factors
to
actually
access
our
systems.
That
is
one
of
the
steps
that
we're
taking
also
looking
at
kind
of
platform
monitoring
looking
at
the
environment,
the
continued
scanning
of
the
environment
to
be
looking
for
threats.
B
The
way
I've
always
approached
approach
security,
and
this
is
more
of
a
roundabout
answer-
is
it
actually
starts
off
with
people
first,
it
starts
off
with
the
right
people
in
the
right
jobs
with
the
right
skills,
and
then
you
layer
on
hardware
software
solutions
service
contracts.
There
is
an
opportunity
to
answer
your
question
directly.
There
is
an
opportunity
to
do
it
internally,
but
also
have
it
validated
externally,
because
we
also
need
to
have
it
have
art
environment
looked
at
from
outside,
because
there's
always
the
possibility
that
we
could
have
the
issue
internally.
I
How
was
interacting
with
the
the
Elections
Commission,
you
know,
I
know
there
have
been
over
the
last
few
years.
Attempts
to
get
into
state
voter
registration
files,
I
assume,
municipalities
as
well
around
the
country.
Is
that
a
focus
of
our
effort?
I
know
you
know,
that's
certainly
an
important
issue
heading
into
2020
for
sure
I,
don't
know
how
much
of
an
interest
Russians
have
in
our
city
council
elections
upcoming,
but
certainly
in
2020.
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
prepared
I
give
any
so.
B
That
is
that
so
yes,
that
is
absolutely
something
that
we're
working
at
at
a
city
level
and
a
state
level
from
my
time
in
Washington,
DC,
that's
on
a
national
level
and
we're
all
trying
to
get
it
right
in
then
the
clock
is
ticking
to
the
2020
election.
So
we
are
all
really
trying
to
focus
on
hardening
our
our
election
infrastructure,
and
there
are
some
states
are
better
off
than
others,
but
that
is
definitely
something
that
we
are
focused
on
it
to
prepare
ourselves
for
that
now,.
G
No
specifically,
we
have
a
governance
committee
formed
with
elections
and
emergency
management
and
are
participating
in
any
sort
of
any
of
the
contractual
decisions
with
hardware
to
ensure
that
security
is
number
one.
That
was
something
that
was
going
to
address
with
councillor
Jenny's
question.
To
say
you
know:
electronic
voting
is
incredibly
important
from
access,
but
security
also
just
has
to
be
a
number
one
thing,
and
obviously
that's
where
we
come
to
the
table
every
day
and
say
yeah.
I
I
Certainly
in
the
nation
and
I
know
you
know,
many
of
them
are
based
in
my
district,
and
many
of
them
have
expressed
an
interest
on
a
pro
bono
basis
of
working
with
the
city
with
the
state
and
I
think
we
need
to
make
sure
to
take
advantage
of
that
to
the
extent
it's
appropriate
and
I'm
one
happy
to
help
work
with
you
on
that.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
A
J
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
and
I
apologize
for
coming
in
the
middle
of
your
presentation.
I've
been
lucky
to
work
with
you
when
I
was
in
the
administration
or
working
at
OHS
and
seeing
you
work
efficiently
and
making
sure
we
got
Metco
and
making
our
excuse
me
not
Metco,
making
sure
we
got
the
metro
list
over
and
assuring
that
people
had
access,
and
so
what
I
think
you're
fully
aware
of
is
one
of
the
one
of
the
greater
equalizers
is
access.
J
You
know
to
technology
and
being
able
to
access
city
resources
through
through
technology
is
really
becoming
how
people
are
able
to
access
jobs,
and
so
my
my
line
of
questioning
and
has
already
they've
already
taken
some
points
of
it.
So
I
just
want
to
talk
about
areas
where
I'm,
hoping
to
see
an
increase
in
access.
One
is
I
think
we
had
a
lot
of
conversation
about
marijuana,
equity
and
can
and
concerns
about
that,
and
one
of
the
things
I
thought
you
did.
What
extremely
well
was
when
it
came
to
contract.
J
There's
the
map
at
REMS
that
you
can
our
property
that's
up
for
you
no
contract.
The
RFP
is
out.
You
can
look
on
color-coded
dots
about
where
all
of
that's
happening,
I
think
it's
exceptional
I
brought
it
up
to
office
of
emerging
industries
and
I'm,
hoping
to
bring
it
up
to
you
guys,
a
possible
map
to
that
can
show
where
the
applications
are
for
cannabis
stores
or
cannabis
products
with
us
before
they
are
in
the
pipeline.
J
So
people
could
plan
a
little
bit
more
another
area
where
I
think
access
and
technology
or
is
the
pipelines
that
we
want
to
create.
You
know
the
reports
are
out
there.
The
comments
are
out
there
about
how
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
our
key
city
contracts
going
to
people
of
color
and
women.
You
know
I've
having
seen
and
try
to
guide
somebody
through
the
contracting
process.
J
I
I
was
overwhelmed
by
it,
but
I
think
what
could
help
is
how
a
portal
working
with
the
agencies
to
make
sure
that
portal
is
even
more
streamlined
that
maybe
a
universal
application
for
certain
kinds
of
contracts.
You
sign
up
and
then
you're
getting
notifications
about
when
those
they're
available
again,
when,
if
there's
a
certain
time
that
they
should
be
willing
to
apply
for.
If
there's
some
sort
of
portal
that
you
know
all
my
basic
information
is
just
held,
and
then
a
city
contracts
come
up
in
construction
or
in
technology
or
in
housing.
J
J
I
know
the
website
is
up
and
people
could
go,
find
them
and
search
for
them,
but
I
think
again
it's
about
pipeline
creating
and
build
bridge
building,
and
you
have
I've
seen
you
do
such
incredible
work
and
with
housing
and
with
REM,
so
I'm
just
suggesting
these
other
things
as
well,
and
then.
Finally,
youth
engagement,
they're
on
the
phones
they're
on
the
computers
they're
there
with
you
and
I'm,
just
wondering
if
there's
a
possible
way
to
get
some
kids
working
with
you
or
you're
willing
to
work
with
I.
J
We
have
some
very
active
kids
turn
it
around
and
having
them
come
in
and
just
say
what
they
love
to
see
for
city
government
website
and
that
you
guys
be
willing
to
work
with
them,
build
with
them
more
I
would
ask
kid-friendly
or
a
teenage
friendly,
accessible
website.
I
think
that
would
be
a
wonderful
bridge
to
build.
J
K
You
Council
McCarthy
and
thank
you
guys
for
being
here
apologize
for
being
late
overview.
The
beginning
of
your
presentation
later
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on,
and
thank
you
for
all
that
you're
doing
not
just
you
guys,
obviously,
but
folks
who
are
here
from
your
department
and
those
who
couldn't
be
here
or
in
touch
would
do
it
quite
a
bit.
K
K
In
my
district,
there
were
some
discounted
programs
for
some
folks,
but
a
lot
of
the
seniors
complained
about
not
even
being
able
to
afford
that,
even
with
some
of
the
discounts
that
were
coming
from
the
providers
and
in
some
cases
in
some
parts
of
my
district,
you
only
have
one
which
is
really
unsettling
when
you
think
about
the
lack
of
competition.
What
that
does
for
rates?
That's
changing
quite
a
bit
when
you
have
Verizon
coming
online
or
some
neighborhoods
are
seeing
Verizon
and
Comcast,
but
just
a
major
issue.
K
When
you
only
have
one
provider
so
appreciate
your
work
with
respect
to
to
this
issue
and
any
way
I
can
be
helpful
or
if
there's
some
way
to
and
creatively
about
public-private
partnerships
for
some
some
specific
buildings
happy
to
support
any
of
those
efforts.
And
then
my
second
sort
of
line
of
questions
or
these
questions
have
to
do
with
the
council
technology.
Before
the
council,
we've
been
talking
quite
a
bit.
K
K
We
did
a
survey
survey
early
on
it
at
the
beginning
of
my
council
presidency,
and
some
councillors
are
using
manila
folders
to
track
cases
in
2018,
which
we
all
know
it's
ridiculous,
so
I'm
curious,
which
departments
currently
have
a
CRM
system
to
do
their
their
work,
particularly
their
constituent
cases
and
what's
the
cost,
and
if
we
have
to
do
this
sort
of
asked
afterwards
via
document.
That's
fine
but
I'll
be
curious.
What
the
cost
is
for
that
system
and
what
the
number
of
users
are
in
that
particular
department,
I.
G
L
G
As
we've
had
these
conversations
with
a
lot
of
our
departments,
the
sort
of
cases
in
ways
that
they
interact
with
constituents
is
actually
quite
different,
but
it
is
something
that
we've
been
spending
a
lot
of
time.
Thinking
about
sort
of
what
does
it
look
like
to
have
one
core
technology
that
we
that
we
recommend,
but
we
can
have
to
get
back
to
you
specifically
on
the
number
of
users
and
costs.
K
K
Maybe
the
technology
is
so
good,
but
you
could
even
see
if
another
council
is
working
in
that
constituent
case
and
you're
not
duplicating
efforts
either
with
our
at-large
counselors
or
even
other
district
councillors
saves
us
time
and
in
energy.
So
I'll
continue
conversations
on
that
and
thank
you,
Thank
You
Kelsey
McCarthy.
Thank.
M
You
chair
for
chairing
a
very
well-run
meeting
today
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
just
to
follow
up
on
council
cables
questions
last
year
during
FY
19,
one
of
the
goals
was
to
update
our
sire
system,
and
you
know
we
want
to
improve
how
constituents
are
able
to
access
and
view
council
legislation.
Our
ordinance
are
hearing
orders
our
resolutions
and
there
was
conversation
around
replacing
the
current
sire
system.
Can
you
share
some
of
the
update
on
that
effort?
M
E
E
E
I'll
have
to
get
back
to
you
more
than
specifics
on
delay.
I
think
it's
more
of
just
where
we're
allocating
resources.
I
know
this
is
a
priority,
but
I
think
that's
probably
where
we
fell
short
and
pushing
this
forward
in
FY
19,
but
we
should
have
something
out
on
the
streets
over
the
next
couple
months:
okay,.
M
E
M
You
and
then
also
part
of
last
year's
one
of
the
goals.
I
think
that
was
discussed
last
year
during
this
hearing
was
an
effort
for
you
to
partner
with
the
youth
engagement
office
regarding
some
of
our
youth
jobs
and
creating
some
sort
of
portal
to
access
those
jobs.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
process?.
G
M
N
You
mr.
chair
good
morning,
excuse
me
I,
didn't
hear
the
beginning
of
the
presentation.
I'm,
sorry
about
that
line,
5
to
900
contracted
services
a
couple
years
ago,
like
seven
million
four
hundred
whatever
it
is,
and
it's
steadily
decline.
Can
you
explain
what
that
is
and
what
your
contracted
services
are?
Yes,.
E
E
I
give
a
lot
of
credit
with
the
budget
office
as
well
for
for
helping
us
down
that,
but
a
lot
of
it
is
bringing
individuals,
mostly
on
a
short-term
basis,
to
help
us
out
with
some
of
our
projects
moving
forward.
So
one
way
that
we've
been
able
to
our
support
for
those
projects
so
when
we've
been
able
to
mitigate
some
of
these
costs
is
that
the
budget
office
has
worked
with
us
to
increase
our
headcount.
E
E
N
E
It
could
use
a
little
more
detail,
but
it's
it's
mostly
our
software
renewals.
So
this
lines,
a
challenge
for
us
challenge
for
anyone
in
at
te
industry,
I
think
on
average
we're
we.
We
look
at
a
three
percent
increase
across
all
of
our
software
platforms,
so
we're
trying
to
do
more
and
more
from
the
Q
parent
from
a
procurement
stand
poised
to
try
to
suppress
those
costs,
but
it's
a
challenging.
E
N
Can
do
we
haven't
any
efforts
going
on
and
can
we
explain
we
talked
we
had
ist
in
here
the
other
day
can.
Can
we
talk
about
what's
happening
in
there
with
their
their
ability
to
say
everybody
have
the
same
set
of
plans?
We
don't
we
don't
come
across.
You
know
we
brought
this
paperwork
in
with
the
plans
in
there
and
and
somewhere
along
the
line
that
set
of
that
hard
copy
got
but
went
missing.
Can
we
talk
about
what's
happening
over
there?
Yeah.
G
That's
another
place
where
we've
been
focusing
a
ton
of
attention,
we're
working
very
collaboratively
with
inspectional
services
to
improve
the
underlying
technology,
and
that
supports
exactly
what
you're
describing
and
there
will
also
be
in
our
procurement.
I.
Think
Commissioner
Christopher
talked
about
it
specifically
in
the
hearing
that
we're
working
on
together
in.
N
G
N
N
N
G
A
H
Thank
You
counsel
of
McCarthy
and
again
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
being
here
and
Michael
I
know
you
have
an
organized
managed
and
excellent
outreach
on
cable
television
program.
Can
you
talk
about
some
of
the
TV
programs
for
for
our
immigrant
community,
those
that
may
not
speak
English?
What
type
of
outreach
and
services
are
we
providing
to
them
in
terms
of
cable
programs.
D
J
D
They
have
a
very
active
recruitment
of
programming
in
other
languages
as
and
I
believe
they
have
someone
on
staff
who,
when
they
have
identified
a
constituency,
that's
not
being
served
by
local
Boston
programming.
They
have
a
very
strong
network
with
other
access
centers
across
Massachusetts,
as
well
as
in
other
cities
across
the
country,
and
they
share
this
programming
back
and
forth
in
order
to
provide
a
pretty
robust
array
of
programming
in
languages
other
than
English
well,.
H
Thank
you,
Michael
I've
I've
noticed
that
as
well,
I
do
watch
the
programs
and
I
think
it's
an
excellent
service.
The
city
of
Boston
provides
to
O
of
residents,
so
I'm
happy
about
that
and
I
think
it's
an
excellent
way
that
we
were
able
to
reach
a
large
population
of
residents
that
may
not
that
may
not
speak
English.
So
I
just
wanted
to
recognize
the
good
work
of
the
City
of
Boston.
On
that
on
that
initiative.
A
I
think
that's
gonna
that'll
wrap
this
up.
Let
me
shut
this
before
we
buzzing
again
there
we
go
okay,
so
these
were
Dawkins
number
zero.
Six,
two
two
through
zero
six,
two
five:
we
advertised
Dawkins
number
zero,
six,
two
six
and
zero
six
to
eight
at
noon.
So
we
will
adjourn
this
hearing
and
we'll
crank
up
the
next
one
at
at
noon,
for
Dawkins
zero,
six
to
six
through
zero
six
to
eight.
A
A
Today's
hearing
is
my
name,
is
Timothy
I'm,
the
district
5
city
councillor
and
the
vice
chair
of
ways
and
means
I'm
joined
with
my
colleague
and
president
of
the
City
Council
Andreea
Campbell
I
want
to
remind
everybody.
This
is
a
public
hearing
being
recorded
on
and
broadcasted
on,
Comcast
channel
8
ICN
82
Verizon
1964,
as
well
as
streamed
on
the
City
of
Austin
webpage.
Please
silence
your
cell
phones
and
other
devices
we'll
have
public
testimony.
If
you'd
like
to
sign
in
I
know,
we
do
have
a
couple
people
who
are
ready
to
testify.
A
A
D
You
mr.
chair,
today's
order
under
consideration
is
the
third
year
of
this
order.
Funding
for
peg
access,
community
television
and
other
initiatives,
cable
related
initiatives
had
changed
by
a
state
law
a
few
years
ago
and
the
city
of
Boston
adapted
to
that
change.
With
approval
from
the
council.
By
creating
this
special
fund,
the
21st
century
access
fund
and
through
that
fund,
we
have
initiated
to
grant
related
fund
contributions.
D
One
is
to
Boston
neighborhood
Network
media
group,
Boston
neighborhood
network
TV
and
the
other
is
to
tech,
goes
home
tgh,
a
digital
equity
initiative
in
the
city,
historically,
BNN
has
been
supported
by
these
cable,
related
funds,
I
think
going
back
to
1982,
and
this
is
a
slightly
altered
funding
mechanism.
But
it
is
one
that
the
council
has
approved
in
the
past
two
years
is
the
third
year
of
that
grant
related
funding,
but
it
does
require
renewal.
D
This
is
I,
think
sort
of
an
accept
and
expend
order,
and
we
have
brought
with
us
from
Boston
neighborhood
Network
News
Susan
L
Connor,
who
is
the
interim
general
manager
as
well
as
from
tech,
goes
home.
The
director
Dan
noise
and
also
sitting
here
is
Glenn
Williams
Glenn
is
the
director
of
the
LP
FM
radio
station
at
be
an
MTV
recently
appointed
as
well.
F
A
O
I'd
like
to
note
that
the
impact
in
the
community
media
is
that
BNN
is,
and
in
Boston,
is
stronger
than
ever.
We've
conducted
a
citywide
Community
Media
survey
to
measure
how
the
Boston
cable
subscribers
support
BNN
and
overwhelmingly.
We
found
that
there
was
very
high
support
for
vnn
amongst
all
kinds
of
groups,
especially
those
who
are
under
40
and
those
whose
first
language
is
not
English,
so
that
kind
of
addresses
some
of
the
questions
that
came
up
previously.
80
percent
strongly
value
BN
ends
community
channels
that
feature
local
content.
O
Seventy-Five
percent
find
BNN
programs
to
be
of
personal
interest,
and
ninety
percent
agree
that
public
access
to
the
TV
training,
production
facilities
and
channels
are
valued
as
community
services.
Not
only
are
they
valued
in
Boston,
but
they
are
valued
outside
of
Boston.
We
do
a
lot
of
training
and
people
find
that
if
they
can
get
some
of
our
people,
then
they
get
great
programs
at
the
mayor's
open
houses
and
at
other
community
events.
O
People
speak
to
us
about
the
importance
of
sharing
arts,
culture,
local
news,
local
information
and
viewpoints
within
their
communities
here
and
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
regularly
hear
testimony
of
young
people
about
the
value
of
our
hands-on
training
programs,
our
summer
youth
program,
our
internship
programs,
and
about
how
these
programs
prepare
them
for
careers
in
media
I'm.
Happy
to
report
to
the
council
that
during
this
fiscal
year
to
date,
the
BNN
staff
and
crew
have
produced
nine
hundred
and
sixty-eight
shows,
including
the
neighborhood
network
news
which
is
BN
ends
nightly
news
program.
O
Election
coverage
of
events
that
involve
the
races
for
the
u.s.
representative
from
the
Massachusetts
seventh
congressional
district,
the
Suffolk
District,
the
Suffolk
County
District
Attorney,
and
representatives
from
the
Massachusetts
House
of
Representatives,
the
fifteen
Suffolk
District.
We
do
a
lot
of
coverage
of
high
school
sports
and
games
through
game
of
the
week
and
we
also
do
live
coverage
of
parades,
civic
events
and
community
celebrations
across
the
city.
In
addition
to
what's
produced
inside
of
our
studios,
BNN
members
have
produced
over
2900
TV
shows
in
Boston.
That's
seventy
six
new
shows
each
week
talking
about.
O
What's
going
on
in
the
city
of
Boston,
many
BNN
produced
shows
are
now
available
for
viewing
through
what
we
through
what
we
call
video,
on-demand
VOD
for
the
convenience
of
those
who
can't
watch
programs
when
they're
actually
broadcast
or
even
when
they're
repeated.
We
have
over
800
Boston
nonprofits
schools,
churches,
city
agencies
and
community
groups
who
use
BNN
resources,
the
TV
radios,
devian
and
radio
studios.
We
have
a
media
lab
equipment,
we
have
equipment
that
they
can
take
out.
We
have
production
facilities
and
they
this
enables
them
to
connect
to
Boston's
residents.
O
We
have
over
18
Boston
residents
who
have
been
certified
in
radio
production
and
they've
created
over
three
hundred
and
twenty-one
hours
of
local
interest
programming.
Just
in
this
past
nine
months,
an
unanticipated
impact
of
the
radio
station
is
individual,
with
individuals
with
disabilities
that
that
might
have
made
it
difficult
for
them
to
produce
a
TV
show
now
find
it
as
a
great
resource
in
order
to
get
their
views
expressed.
O
We
provide
public
service
to
Boston
nonprofits
by
creating
PSAs
channel
slides,
and
we
also,
through
our
local
origination,
feature
some
of
these
nonprofits
and
their
activities
in
Vienna
and
produced
programming.
We
have
just
implemented
a
week-long
vacation
program
and
we're
we're
calling
it
the
BNN
media
force,
because
we
don't
call
it
a
camp
in
which
cadets
from
grades
four
to
six
learn
how
to
produce
their
own
shows
from
concept
and
planning
through
shooting
and
editing,
and
these
programs
are
broadcast
on
our
state
channels
and
we're
going
to
expand
this
program
for
six
to
eight
weeks.
O
During
the
summer
we
have
a
very
strong
partnership
with
Roxbury
Community
College
that
we
provided
classroom
space
when
the
Media
Arts
Building
was
under
construction.
We
have
two
interns,
two
students
from
our
CC,
who
will
be
completing
one
hundred
and
fifty
our
internships
at
vienen,
and
we
make
otherwise
make
our
media
resources
available
to
our
CC
classes,
classes
and
students
as
needed
and
as
appropriate,
I
hope.
I've
been
able
to
convey
to
you
the
great
public
benefits
and
value
of
the
city's
continued
support
for
PEG
access
and
BNN
media
TV
radio
digital
productions.
O
We're
proud
of
our
success
in
providing
community
access
television
for
Boston
for
over
thirty
six
years,
and
with
your
approval
and
continued
support
for
vnn
and
through
this
funding
will
be
able
to
provide
local
television,
radio
and
media
training
and
production
and
access
services
to
everyone.
Through
our
many
partnerships.
Bnn
media
will
also
be
able
to
continue
providing
providing
engineering
and
technical
support
to
the
boston,
peg
channels,
including
Boston,
City,
TV
city,
council,
TV,
boston,
kids
and
family
TV,
and
the
new
WBC,
a
low-power
FM
community
station,
which
I
believe
are
essential
community
programming
services.
O
It's
really
the
only
way
that
people
can
actually
get
access
to
what's
going
on
locally
other
than
if
it
bleeds
and
other
kinds
of
disasters.
On
behalf
of
BNN,
I
would
like
to
thank
the
City
Council
mayor,
Martin,
Walsh,
Martin,
J,
Walsh,
David
angles,
Mike
Lynch
and
everybody
in
do
it
for
their
continued
commitment
to
sustaining
being
an
media
place
for
Boston
residents
to
create
local
programming
for
local
benefit.
O
A
You
very
much
Susan
I
have
I,
have
no
questions
just
every
time,
I'm
over
in
that
building,
with
all
of
the
programming
that
you
have
over
there
there's
just
a
it's
such
a
positive
vibe,
going
on
when
Curtis
was
there
for
so
long
and
and
now
you've
taken
over
and
done
such
a
wonderful
job.
All
of
the
shows
are
really
well
well
liked
and
again
it
is
a
special
place.
A
You
know
when
you
come
in
there
David
or
whoever
greet
you
right
out
of
the
gate
and
you
know
sit
you
down
and
every
it's
just
a
very
positive
thing
and
I
think
everything
that
comes
out
of
there,
whether
it's
the
the
the
Ross
Neil
parade
or
whatever
you're
covering,
is
done
so
well
and
so
professionally.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
a
great
job
that
you've
done
in
the
interim,
and
maybe
you
should
just
stay.
K
M
O
Of
the
one
of
the
things
that
we
want
to,
we
we
are
doing
is
that
we
are
on
the
Advisory
Council
for
the
radio
and
TV
broadcast
at
Madison,
Park,
High
School,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
trying
to
do
is
to
help
those
students
engage
in
what's
going
on
within
the
city
and
then
what
they
produce.
We
will
guarantee
that
we
will
broadcast
it's
not
exactly
a
has
it's
not
it's
not
cooked,
it's
still
something
that
we're
really
trying
to
work.
On.
O
Last
summer,
we
had
a
lot
of
students
from
through
our
youth
voices
program,
and
there
were
sixteen
different
students
who
came
from
various
high
schools
within
the
city.
I
think
this
year,
we're
going
to
really
try
to
focus
on
getting
the
younger
kids
engaged,
there's
a
very
big
difference
in
terms
of
the
attitude
of
the
younger
kids.
O
L
Good
afternoon
now,
I'm
honored
to
be
here
on
behalf
of
TECO's
home
first
I
want
to
thank
that
do
a
team
who,
over
the
years,
have
been
so
kind
to
us
and
housed
us
for
a
good
long
time
until
we
outgrew
our
space.
My
name
is
dan
noise,
as
I
said,
I'm,
the
co-executive
director
of
tech
goes
home,
I,
say
Co,
because
my
partner
in
crime,
Theodore
Hanna,
it
just
had
a
baby,
so
she's
home
in
Charlestown,
with
her
little
one,
so
I'm
trying
to
survive
barely
doing
it
as
Mike
reminds
me.
L
Often,
we
are
Boston's
nonprofit
organization
dedicated
to
addressing
the
digital
divide
for
our
citizens
and
students.
I'm
testifying
this
mortar
this
morning
or
this
afternoon.
Actually,
in
favor
of
this
order
to
fund
the
21st
century,
access
funds
which
will
support
tech
goes
home,
which
is
an
award-winning
nonprofit
and
powers,
communities
to
access
and
use
digital
tools
to
overcome
barriers
in
advanced
lives.
Tech
goes
home
is
the
digital.
A
digital
equity
initiative
that
helps
Boston
residents
in
need
use
technology
to
address
their
most
critical
needs.
L
To
that
end,
we
partner
with
local
schools
and
community
organizations
to
offer
free
digital
skills,
training,
discounted
brand-new
computers
and
assistance
to
find
low-cost,
high-quality
internet
with
this
city
funding,
teait
DGH,
prioritizes,
low-income
and
underserved
populations,
age
3
to
93,
including
people
from
challenged
neighborhoods,
those
without
technology
at
home,
the
unemployed,
the
underemployed
and
the
over
employed
people
who
do
not
speak
English
and
individuals
with
disabilities
of
the
population
that
tgh
serves
more
than
80%
of
tgh.
Households
have
income
zuv
under
$35,000
a
year.
60%
are
actually
under
$20,000
a
year.
L
88%
are
people
of
color
47%
of
the
adults
in
our
program.
English
is
not
their
first
language
32%
of
participants
in
our
computer.
Our
community
program
of
the
adults
are
unemployed
and
about
45%
of
our
who
will
based
courses
support
students
with
special
needs.
The
current
TJ
chamalla
was
developed
at
the
Frederick
middle
school,
where
I
was
proud
to
work
for
five
years
in
the
Grove
Hall
neighborhood
of
Dorchester
recognizing
the
need
to
educate
students
using
the
most
up-to-date
and
powerful
technology.
L
We,
the
Frederick
team,
transformed
the
school
into
one
of
the
nation's
first
urban
one-to-one
laptop
schools.
650
kids,
650
laptops
tgh
was
then
able
to
educate
and
equip
families
with
a
digital
literacy
training
in
a
home
computer.
This
collaboration
was
a
turning
point
for
tech
goes
home
when
the
city
applied
for
a
federal
grant
to
expand
tech
goes
home.
L
He
collaborated
with
the
Boston
Public
Library
Boston
center
streets
and
families,
the
Boston
Housing
Authority,
Boston,
Public
Schools,
and
the
bus
in
the
Timothy
Smith
Network
on
a
streamlined
model
which
will
allow
for
the
support
of
three
times
the
number
of
families
of
the
substantially
lower
cost.
I
should
add
that
we
continue
to
work
with
all
of
those
organizations.
Today,
almost
10
years
later,
with
the
city
support,
we
have
now
served
more
than
30,000
people.
We
have
distributed
more
than
20,000
new
computers
across
2000
courses.
Participants
have
learned
how
to
find
jobs.
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Online,
digitally
communicate
with
their
children's
teachers,
find
affordable,
housing
sign
up
for
snap,
explore
coding,
navigate
online
city
resources,
and
so
so
much
more
with
the
support
of
the
City
Council,
an
approved
funding
in
the
21st
century
fund.
We're
excited
to
continue
this
partnership
going
forward,
and
one
last
thing
I'd
like
to
add,
is
that
we
are
always
welcoming
of
visitors
in
our
courses.
We
run
about
400
courses
a
year
across
Boston
at
more
than
150
different
sites.
L
A
K
You
Dan
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
always
highlighting
the
Frederic
school
and
the
work
that
started
there
under
your
leadership
and
your
previous
work
there.
You
know
these
are
schools
that
often
don't
get
notice
for
doing
some
really
remarkable
things.
So
thank
you.
This
is
my
district,
so
I
had
to
just
give
a
little
shout
out.
Thank.
K
O
L
Currently
have
over
a
hundred
and
fifty
fifty
of
those
are
Boston
Public
Schools
and
then
of
the
remaining
hundred.
Their
community
centers
were
an
11
of
the
Boston
public
libraries
public
housing.
We
used
to
run
a
course
in
the
basement
of
a
church.
Rectory
I
mean
we
will
go
anywhere
where
the
people
are
that
we
want
to
serve.
We
intentionally
go
into
the
areas
in
neighborhoods
where
there
might
not
be
resources,
and
we
want
to
go
and
say
hey.
L
So,
yes,
we
went
on
it.
We
took
a
kind
of
jumped
off
jumped
a
bit
last
year,
where
historically,
we
were
serving
about
3,000
people
a
year
and
last
year
we
said.
Okay,
let's
open
it
up.
We
increased
our
fundraising
efforts
and
our
goal
was
40
to
75.
We
ended
up
serving
five
thousand
three
hundred
and
thirteen
people,
so
our
program
grew
75%
in
one
year
and
while
my
program
staff
did
cartwheels
I
lost
most
of
this
hair
and
said:
okay,
how
are
we
gonna
pay
for
this?
L
Well,
what's
and
I
want
to
tying
this
back
to
the
city
funding.
It
is
incredible
to
me
how
we
are
able
to
leverage
city
funding
to
get
private
funding
that
are
two
of
our
biggest
private
funders.
Are
banks
and
I
know
they
would
not
be
two
of
our
biggest
funders
if
we
didn't
have
the
support
of
the
city.
L
Is
it
the
need,
is
so
much
bigger
than
we're
serving
now
and
I
think
the
city
should
be
really
proud
of
the
digital
equity
work.
We're
doing.
We
are
and
I
been
a
lot
of
places
around
the
country
we
are.
The
premier
of
this
I
mean
I,
get
calls
probably
once
a
week
from
big
cities,
Detroit
LA
saying:
how
do
you
do
this
and
they
say?
Oh,
the
city
backs
us
and
they're
like
how
do
you
do
that?
L
M
L
F
L
The
past
one
of
the
things
that
we've
worked
on
too,
is
in
2016.
We
took
on
a
strategic
plan
to
try
to
increase
our
sustainability,
grow
our
program
and
also
remain
true
to
the
people
were
serving,
but
one
of
the
big
points
was
we
need
to
diversify
our
funding.
So
in
2013-2014,
almost
a
hundred
percent
of
our
funding
came
from
the
city,
well
I'm,
proud
to
say
last
year
that
numbers
down
to
just
north
of
sixty
percent.
A
You
very
much
councillor
so
that
will
wrap
up
darkus
docket
number
zero.
Six
three
zero
I'd,
certainly
like
to
thank
the
do-it
team
for
coming
down
this
afternoon.
I've
been
going
through
the
budget
process,
certainly
thank
Dan
and
Susan
for
the
testimony.
Wonderful
programs,
thanks
for
Glen
Williams,
the
the
voice
of
rosin
Dale
for
making
an
appearance
in
the
council
chamber
today.