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From YouTube: Committee on Ways and Means on June 8, 2021
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Docket #0687 - A hearing regarding an order to accept and expend $50,000,000 from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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Great
excellent,
I'm
calling
this
hearing
of
the
boston
city
council's
ways
and
means
committee
to
order
for
the
record.
My
name
is
kenzie
bach,
I'm
a
district,
8,
counselor
and
also
the
chair
of
the
council's
ways
and
means
committee.
This
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
in
livestream.gov
city
council
dash
tv.
It
will
be
rebroadcast
on
xfinity
channel,
8,
rcn
channel
82
and
verizon
5's
channel
964..
A
We
will
be
taking
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
this
hearing.
If
you
wish
to
test
five
via
video
conference,
please
email,
shane.pack,
boston.gov,
that's
s-h-a-n-e
dot,
boston.gov
to
sign
up,
and
we
do
ask
that
when
you
testify
you
just
state
your
name
and
affiliation
and
try
to
limit
your
comments
to
two
to
three
minutes.
Just
to
make
sure
that
all
comments
can
be
heard.
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It
is
councillor
flaherty's
committee
that
is
going
to
be
sort
of
taking
the
baton
on
july
1
and
really
doing
oversight
and
on
a
continuing
basis
on
this
funding
and
so
he's
kind
of
in,
in
also
in
a
leadership
capacity
here
today
in
this
hearing
and
then
we're
also
joined
by
my
colleagues,
counselor
andrea
campbell
of
district
four
councillor,
liz
braden
of
district
nine
and
councillor
julia
mejia
at
large
and
on
the
administration
side.
I'm
grateful.
A
I
want
to
make
some
opening
remarks
just
by
way
of
contacts
for
folks
watching
at
home
and
then
I'll
pass
it
over.
As
I
mentioned
to
counselor
michael
flaherty,
the
chair
of
the
council's
covenant
recovery
committee
and
then
I'll
allow
counselors
here
to
just
make
brief
statements.
I
would
just
ask
folks
to
keep
them
brief,
because
we
do
have
there's
quite
a
bunch
of
different
buckets
to
cover
today
and
I'm
grateful
to
the
administration
for
the
information
they've
sent
over
to
us
in
advance.
A
On
that
front,
I
want
to
know:
we've
also
just
been
joined
by
president
matt
o'malley,
the
council
for
district
six
and
our
president
pro
tem
corey,
so
just
to
start
a
little
bit
of
context.
So
folks
have
probably
heard
by
now
about
the
american
rescue
plan,
which
was
passed
at
the
federal
level
in
mid-march
and
one
of
the
things
that
that
included.
You
know
in
a
very
much
to
our
appreciation,
because
it
wasn't
true
of
some
of
the
earlier
bills
that
we
saw
under
the
trump
administration.
A
It
included
some
general
funding
to
support
cities
and
towns,
and
that's
really
important,
because
our
local
economies
have
been
hard
hit
by
the
pandemic
and
and
there's
lots
of
just
general
revenue.
That's
been
lost,
and
while
it
was
really
important
to
have
the
cares
funding
that
we
had
through
the
pandemic
for
kind
of
immediate
pandemic
related
issues.
A
Now,
half
of
that
doesn't
come
for
another
year,
so
but
you're
talking
about
the
first
half
right
now,
but
that's
money
to
be
spent
over
kind
of
a
three
to
four
year
period,
and
so
both
the
council
and
the
mayor,
you
know,
are
kind
of
looking
at
this
funding
and
trying
to
balance
a
bunch
of
different
things.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we're
dealing
with
is
kind
of
immediate
need
right.
The
kind
of
the
fact
that
we
are
still
in
the
coba
crisis,
we
are
still
doing
testing.
A
A
We
have
reason
to
think
that
some
substantial
economic
impacts
of
the
pandemic
have
not
hit
us
fully
yet
and
will
hit
future
budgets
of
the
city
of
boston.
So
we
would
be
remiss
not
to
hold
some
of
this
money
so
that
we
can
handle
those
well
and
not
have
to
cut
basic
city
services
on
people
in
18
months
right.
So
that
is
another
piece,
and
then
there
are
these
big
structural
challenges
that
we
face
and
kind
of
thinking
about
this.
A
That's
really
carving
out
those
kind
of
three
to
six
month
things
and
we're
gonna
have
the
the
chairs
of
the
various
sort
of
departments
that
would
be
executing
on
some
of
those
things
or
passing
through
the
funding
to
others.
Like
small
businesses
speak
to
us
today
about
the
necessity
and
kind
of
what
they
are
proposing,
just
so
that
counselors
and
others
understand.
A
There
is
also
a
need
for
american
rescue
plan
funding
to
support
the
city,
count
the
city's
budget
for
fy22,
because
there
has
in
fact
been
significant
revenue
loss
from
the
pandemic.
That
authorization
will
be
a
separate
authorization.
That's
not
what
we're
talking
about
today.
So
we
do
expect
a
docket
from
the
administration
with
the
revised
budget
of
a
revenue
source
coming
from
the
arp
funds.
But
that's
not
what
we're
talking
about
today.
What
we're
talking
about
today
is
this
kind
of
first
tranche
of
like
three
to
six
months:
more
immediate
stuff
plans.
A
So
that's
just
a
little
bit
of
context
for
me
about
where
we
are
and
just
to
recognize
the
fact
that
that
the
administration
has
adjusted
the
approach
here
in
conversation
with
the
council.
That's
something
that
I
as
the
ways
in
this
chair
appreciate
and
now
I
want
to
pass
it
to
my
colleague,
councillor
michael
flaherty,
for
some
for
some
words
as
well,
given
his
role
in
kind
of
sharing
and
continuing
the
scrutiny
over
these
funds,
so
counselor
flaherty,
you
have
the
floor.
We're.
D
Good,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
for
hosting
and
also
to
the
members
of
the
administration
for
being
here
today
and
testifying
and
and
chairwoman
bark
did
a
great
job
outlining.
So
I
will
not
belabor
the
point.
I
obviously
want
to
work
for
work
together
closely
with
my
colleagues,
as
well
as
with
the
administration
and
acting
mayor
janie
with
respect
to
an
equitable
recovery.
D
So
that
said,
I
I
just
kind
of
just
have
three
sort
of
basic
questions
or
premises
of
which
you
know
who
is
going
to
be
part
of
the
city's
equitable
recovery
coordinating
committee.
So
I
need
the
names
of
those
individuals.
When
will
the
city-wide
engagement
process
begin
I'd
like
to
get
a
sense
as
to
the
date
when
that
process
will
start,
and
also
how
does
the
acting
administration
intend
to
coordinate
and
partner
with
the
boston
city
council
in
that
effort,
and
then,
lastly,
this
is
probably
more
to
chief
dillon.
D
Can
you
just
provide
me
some
greater
detail
about
the
affordable
housing
navigation
services
and
and
what
that
entails?
So
that
said,
looking
forward
to
this
hearing
and
working
closely
with
everyone
to
make
sure
that
we're
putting
our
best
foot
forward
and
where
we're
moving
our
city
forward
after
the
after
the
pandemic.
So
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
your
time
and
attention.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
councillor
flaherty.
I
think
that
actually
just
for
to
streamline
our
conversation
and
make
it
the
most
effective,
I'm
gonna
ask
the
administration
to
present
now
and
then
I'll
go
to
the
rest
of
my
council
colleagues,
so
that
comments
can
be
combined
with
questions
just
so
that
we
get
right
into
the
substance
of
the
thing.
E
So
so,
thank
you,
counselor
bach
and
thank
you
councillor
flaherty,
for
the
opening
comments
really
do
appreciate
the
the
collaborative
nature
and
honestly,
the
evolution
that
you
outline
counselor
from
our
original
thinking.
Obviously,
this
is
an
evolving
topic,
with
interim
guidance
and
different
iterations
and
different
funding
sources
that
we're
still
learning
from
every
every
single
day.
E
This
is
a
50
million
pot
of
money
that
we're
talking
about
it's
a,
but
it's
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
along
with
the
mayor's
office,
along
with
every
cabinet
staff
who
have
been
working
on
this
to
get
us
here
today.
So
I
will
not
dive
into
many
more
details
than
what
you
mentioned.
Counselor
you.
You
did
a
great
job,
I
think
outlining
where
we've
come.
I
do
just
want
to
highlight
a
few
areas
and
actually
answer.
E
I
think
some
of
councillor
flaherty's
questions
as
we
think
about
it,
but
just
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
context
for
money.
So,
as
you
mentioned,
we've
already
sort
of
gone
through
the
cares
act.
We've
already
gone
through
a
lot
of
the
conversations
around
the
coronavirus
relief
bill,
which
was
the
last
previous
federal
administration's
bill
in
december
of
2020,
and
today
we're
really
here
talking
about
the
american
rescue
plan
and
even
within
the
american
rescue
plan.
E
We
are
really
just
talking
about
this
highlighted
bucket
of
money
for
the
city,
which
is
a
500
million
plus
estimate
again,
as
you
mentioned
over
the
five
fiscal
years,
that
we
will
be
getting
as
a
city
for
local
support
in
a
couple
different
categories,
so
just
to
give
people
some
context.
424
million
of
that
money
is
coming
directly
from
the
federal
government
to
the
city.
E
About
three
weeks
ago
we
got
about
half
that
money
about
212
million
as
a
half
of
a
down
payment
on
that
we
are
expecting
to
get
additional
funding
upwards
of
potentially
another
100
million
dollars
total
from
the
state,
but
that
is
funding
that
is
funneled.
Basically,
that
would
have
gone
to
suffolk
county
if
it
had
existed
as
a
governmental
entity,
but
because
it
does
not.
The
funding
goes
to
the
state
and
then
will
be
routed
to
us,
and
we
are
in
conversations
with
them
and
are
awaiting
the
release
of
that
funding.
E
E
As
you
mentioned,
this
funding
can
be
spent
over
the
next
five
years:
five
fiscal
years
december
2024.
So
we're
really
just
focused
on
a
small
portion
about
ten
percent
of
that
funding.
Today,
you
did
mention
again
counselor
the
other
portion
that
we
will
be
talking
about
with
the
council
shortly
and
which
we've
already
started.
A
conversation
on
is
using
the
aarp
as
part
of
the
city's
operating
budget.
E
We
proposed
back
in
april
to
use
potentially
up
to
100
million
dollars,
we'll
be
finalizing
that
number
now
that
we've
gotten
some
additional
guidance
from
the
feds
on
what
the
revenue
replacement
calculations
are
that
we
should
be
using.
So
we
look
forward
to
coming
back
to
the
council
in
the
next
couple
weeks
for
that
separate
order
on
the
arp,
the
local
small
local
aid
funding,
the
federal
government
released
six
categories
of
funding.
E
We're
really
only
focused
on
the
top
three
categories.
For
today's
conversation,
I
will
quickly
run
through
the
bottom
three
categories,
which
are
areas
of
definitely
interest
and
definitely
areas
that
we
know
we
will
be
making
investments
in
in
the
future,
with
partnership
with
the
council,
once
we've
solicited
some
feedback
from
from
the
community
and
certainly
from
the
council
and
for
and
from
from
anybody
interested
in
that
is
around
water
and
sewer
infrastructure,
as
well
as
broadband
infrastructure.
E
One
supporting
the
public
health
response,
two
addressing
the
negative
economic
impacts
of
covenant,
19
and
finally,
three
and
a
lot
of
credit
to
the
biden
administration,
as
well
as
the
delegation.
Certainly
and
and
congress,
is
a
bucket
of
funding
really
targeted
around
equity,
especially
as
it
relates
to
hardest
hit
communities.
E
Now,
the
way
they
define
that
is
using
census
tract.
So
we've
been
really
working
closely
with
our
partners
with
the
bpda,
as
well
as
others
in
city
hall
and
the
city
administration,
to
sort
of
figure
out
what
that
looks
like
and
start
to
think
about
that,
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
chief
aeros,
milner
and
marty
martinez
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
they're
thinking
about
that
resources.
E
E
One
of
the
one
of
the
values
that
we
really
wanted
to
take
into
account
is:
how
do
we
make
sure
we're
touching
as
many
parts
of
city
government
and
touching
as
many
different
groups
of
populations
to
to
touch
this
work
and
really
make
investments
where
we
we
need
it?
We
don't
want
to
miss
anything.
We
certainly
don't
want
to
duplicate
any
efforts
and
because
there
are
all
these
different
buckets
of
money
out
there,
we
really
needed
a
cross-functional
approach
to
oversight
and
accountability
from
the
city's
perspective
or
the
administration's
perspective.
E
I
should
say
when
it
comes
to
this
funding
to
make
sure
we're
spending
it
appropriately.
In
addition,
we
will
be
launching
an
external
advisory
council,
that'll
be
coming
out
in
the
next
couple
weeks
counselor.
So
we
look
forward
to
discussing
that,
as
well
as
launching
a
comprehensive
engagement
strategy
over
the
next
couple
weeks
to
really
think
about
the
big
picture.
E
Moonshot
ideas
for
the
rest
of
the
you
know,
400
million
dollars,
plus
that
we'll
be
thinking
about
as
part
of
the
future
funding
that
we'll
be
getting
in
this
resource,
so
definitely
more
to
come
on
that
and
definitely
that'll
be
launching
in
the
next
couple
weeks.
So
with
that,
I
am
going
to
just
quickly
talk
about
what
today's
overall
strategy
was,
and
that's
really
focusing
on
this
initial
50
million
allocation
from
the
arp
for
community-based
investments
to
support
both
the
reopening
of
the
city,
but
also
its
initial
economic
recovery.
E
10
million
for
communities
and
families
most
impacted
by
covet
19.
This
was
that
third
bucket
of
sort
of
targeted
funding
in
specific
neighborhoods
and
specific
communities
who
have
been
disproportionately
impacted
by
covet
19
and
then
finally,
I
think
the
biggest
category
and
certainly
touches
a
whole
host
of
different
segments
is
30
million
to
address
negative
economic
impacts.
E
I
Hey,
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you,
counselors
bach
and
flaherty
for
having
this
hearing
today
and
all
the
counselors
that
are
here.
Counselor
o'malley,
braden,
mejia
campbell,
sybee
george.
I
probably
miss
somebody
because
I
don't
have
my
slide
in
front
of
me,
but
thank
you
all
for
for
having
this
important
conversation.
I
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
the
approach
that
we're
taking
for
the
emergency
relief
funds
and
the
stimulus
funds
overall,
we're
driving
all
of
our
decision
making
with
an
equity
lens.
What
that
means
is
that
we're
going
to
prioritize
the
individuals
and
the
neighborhoods,
the
industries
and
the
sectors
that
have
been
most
affected.
I
I
So
to
share
for
this
initial
round
of
funding
some
of
the
input
that
we've
had
that
helped
shape
the
programming
and
the
relief
efforts
that
the
city
has
offered
from
day,
one
we're
highly
informed
by
data.
We
have.
You
know
at
one
point
daily
and
now:
bi-weekly
briefings
from
bphc
and
bpda
on
hardest
hit
industries,
neighborhoods
and
demographic
groups,
and
we
tracked
that
on
a
on
a
daily
and
chief
martinez
would
tell
you
probably
hourly
basis,
and
the
data
has
really
informed
how
we've
responded
and
has
allowed
us
to
be
nimble.
I
In
our
response.
We've
also
been
informed
by
the
health
inequities
task
force,
which
is
made
up
of
26
representatives
who've,
given
over
100
hours
and
weekly
meetings
since
april
11th
providing
input
and
help
helping
to
ensure
that
their
communities
were
accessing,
testing
and
now
vaccines
and
that
their
needs
were
being
taken
into
account
as
the
city
was
making
decisions
on
relief
and
now
recovery
efforts.
I
Point
them
to
resources,
guide
them
with
guidance,
as
it
was
evolving
in
real
time,
and
we've
heard
from
nearly
5
000
business
owners
through
surveys
that
have
allowed
us
to
shape
the
funds
that
we've
given
whether
it
was
to
have
a
ppe
specific
fund
to
have
a
small
business
relief
fund.
Then
the
commercial
rent
relief.
These
have
all
been
informed
by
needs
that
were
highlighted
by
small
businesses
that
were
not
being
met
by
any
of
the
other
federal
and
state
funding
sources.
And
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
be
guided
by
the
the
most
impacted.
E
B
Thanks
thanks
justin
and
thank
you
constable
flaherty
and
the
rest
of
the
counselors
for
being
here.
I
appreciate
an
opportunity
to
share
a
little
bit
about
where
these
resources
are
going
to
within
our
front,
as
we
continue
to
look
to
recover
from
what
has
been
a
devastating
year
on
many
fronts.
Public
health
is
going
to
work
to
ensure
we're
able
to
continue
to
respond
as
needed
to
the
crisis
that
is
covered,
as
I
think
congresswoman
flaherty
referenced.
B
So
these
federal
funds
are
going
to
allow
us
to
ensure
that
we
can
finish
the
crisis
response
part
of
this
work
and
and
that's
a
key
part
of
it,
so
we're
going
to
allocate
around
seven
million
dollars
to
be
able
to
do
that
in
a
couple.
Buckets
ongoing
covid
testing,
support
and
capacity
both
through
mobile
efforts
and
support
for
community
health
center
efforts.
B
It's
important
that
we
continue
to
make
sure
that
there's
testing
availability
and
that
we
do
that,
especially
as
people
want
to
move
on
testing
for
covid,
will
be
a
regular
thing
that
we
need
to
ensure
has
the
capacity
in
the
city
to
be
able
to
do
that
over
the
next
several
months.
We
will
also
direct
funding
to
support
ongoing
vaccine
outreach,
awareness
building
and
direct
clinics,
not
only
by
grassroots
community
groups,
but
by
the
city.
Specifically,
we've
been
supporting
a
variety
of
vaccine
equity
grantees.
B
In
addition,
as
part
of
that
seven
million
dollars,
we
will
have
ongoing
needs
related
to
ppe
and
support
for
ongoing
prevention
efforts
related
to
covid,
and
so
this
is
really
specific
to
covet
specific
response
efforts
and
ensuring
that
we're
able
to
do
what's
needed
to
continue
this
crisis
response.
Part
of
the
work.
B
B
We're
going
to
also
allocate
specific
funds
in
this
bucket
related
to
the
crisis
that
the
substance
use
disorder
has
has
made
worse,
especially
especially
the
residents
in
the
mass
and
cass
area.
These
funds
are
going
to
specifically
be
used
to
expand
our
medical
street
unit
on
the
ground
and
our
outreach
team
for
the
summer
months,
as
we've
seen
as
we've
seen
an
increase
in
need
and
severity
of
that
need
for
people
in
crisis
in
the
area.
This
is
also
going
to
include
dedicated
funds
to
increase
access
to
hiv
testing
and
connection
to
care.
B
In
addition,
we're
going
to
increase
capacity,
support
to
some
housing
assessment,
work
that
we're
doing
on
the
street
with
additional
funding
for
community
groups.
It's
important
that
we
continue
both
some
of
these
short-term
efforts
related
to
figuring
out
if
someone
is
ready
for
some
of
the
resources
that
are
there
and
ensuring
that
that
outreach
capacity
can
grow
both
through
the
medical
street
team
through
our
outreach
team
and
then,
of
course,
to
folks
conducting
these
direct
assessments.
B
In
addition,
we're
going
to
look
at
we're
looking
to
use
the
funding
to
support
increased
access
to
services
in
the
evening
and
overnight
hours,
which
is
a
critical
gap
that
we
continue
to
be
focused
on.
It's
important
that
when
we
think
about
substance,
use
disorder,
we're
not
just
thinking
about
these
issues
during
the
day
that
everyone
sees,
but
obviously
there's
a
gap
in
services
into
the
evening
and
the
night.
B
These
non-covet-specific
efforts
are
critically
important
to
not
lose
sight
of,
so
we're
going
to
dedicate
funding
resources
for
community-based
organizations,
specifically
serving
the
hardest-hit,
zip
codes
and
neighborhoods,
with
a
grant
program
to
advance
their
efforts
focused
on
the
social
determinants
of
health.
In
addition
to
those
specific
grants
to
nonprofit
organizations
doing
this
work,
we
will
dedicate
specific
funding
to
address
the
food
and
security
gap
that
has
been
made
worse
to
this
pandemic
and
in
some
ways
worse
here
than
in
many
cities
across
the
country.
B
With
a
dedicated
pool
of
resources,
we
will
launch
a
campaign
to
break
down
stigma
about
accessing
food
resources
and
services.
A
specific
effort
to
create
spaces
to
grow
for
to
grow
food
in
our
urban
neighborhoods,
specifically
for
communities
of
color
and
an
equity
and
food
access
grant
program
to
better
fund
community
organizations.
Doing
this
work
on
the
ground
that
are
creating
real
access
to
strategies
to
combat
food
and
security.
B
These
non-covet
specific
health
inequities
have
been
exasperated
during
kovid
and
we
need
to
dedicate
resources
now
to
be
able
to
support
them
so
that
they
can
make
more
progress
on
the
work
that
they've
seen
only
grow
during
this
time.
Finally,
we
will
invest
resources
to
strengthen
our
violence,
prevention,
intervention
response
and
recovery
framework.
As
our
counselors
all
know,
we've
seen
an
increase.
We
saw
an
increase
in
fatalities
in
2020
and
a
decrease
in
the
access
to
these
resources
for
young
adults
engaged
in
activity
in
the
community.
B
So
we're
going
to
dedicate
specific
resources
for
services
for
older
young
adults
and
hard
to
serve
impact
players.
These
funds
are
needed
to
support
these
resources
and
invest
in
preventing
and
increasing
crime
in
the
community.
We've
already
started
to
do
some
of
that
work
this
year
and
have
seen
some
of
it
pay
off.
B
I
So
we
are
proposing
a
one
million
dollar
investment
in
basic
needs,
assistance
for
families
not
eligible
for
previous
coven
19
benefits.
This
investment
would
build
on
the
work
led
by
our
incredible
nonprofit
partners
and
moya
director
yusuf
fivally,
who
have
trusted
relationships
with
immigrant
families
and
were
funded
by
the
boston
resiliency
fund.
I
According
to
estimates
from
the
bpda
boston
has
approximately
33
285
residents,
we're
not
eligible
for
any
of
the
the
federal
programs,
such
as
unemployment
benefits
or
other
previous
federal
benefits
over
the
course
of
the
pandemic.
This
basic
needs
assistance.
Support
is
one
part
of
the
overall
strategy
the
city
has
been
and
must
continue
to
deploy,
to
support
our
most
vulnerable
immigrant
families,
in
particular.
I
Other
other
tactics
in
this
wraparound
strategy
that
are
being
funded
through
other
sources
are
the
office
of
food
access,
immigrant
food
network
and
housing
support
through
the
rental
relief
fund
and
the
bha's
new
city
voucher
program,
and
also
the
support
that
we've
invested
through
to
our
most
vulnerable
youth
through
the
dreamers
fellowship
program.
So
they
can
also
have
summer
enrichment
opportunities,
we're
also
requesting
a
1
million
dollar
investment
to
support
child
care
and
early
learning
initiatives.
I
While
there
are
child
care
stabilization
funds
coming
directly
to
providers
from
the
federal
government,
we
know
that's
not
enough.
This
investment
would
help
us
reopen
a
sector
that
has
been
badly
hurt.
It
would
help
centers
that
had
to
lay
staff
off
bring
them
back,
and
this
is
so
vital
to
to
working
families
in
boston
and
to
the
the
businesses
that
that
provide
child
care
to
those
families.
A
And
just
before,
chief
morocco
goes,
I
just
want
to
remind
counselors.
I
drew
folks's
attention
to
this
before
the
hearing,
but
you
do
have
a
memorandum
from
the
administration.
I
think
most
folks
have
already
perused,
but
the
categories
that
are
being
described
by
the
chiefs
are
also
broken
down
in
that
memoranda.
So
if
people
want
to
have
that
in
front
of
them,
if
you
don't
already,
you
may
want
to
pull
that
up
thanks
and
I,
while
I've
broken
in.
A
H
Great
and
get
your
women
block
good
afternoon
again,
my
name
is
midori
markow,
I'm
the
chief
of
economic
department
for
the
city
of
boston.
I
would
like
to
speak
briefly
today
about
the
strategic
investments.
We
are
planning
for
immediate
economic
relief,
including
our
small
businesses
and
our
creative
economy
sectors.
With
this
first
round
of
american
rescue
plan
emergency
funding,
so
first
we
are
proposing
to
allocate
7.5
million
dollars
to
fully
fund
all
eligible
outcomes
for
our
commercial
rent
relief
fund.
H
H
In
addition,
our
second
proposed
allocation
is
our
eight
million
dollar
to
reopen
this
small
business
relief
fund.
So
this
has
been
our
most
flexible
source
of
grant
funding
to
date.
It
is
to
directly
support
our
small
businesses
who
have
suffered
economic
loss
due
to
the
pandemic,
and
you
know
it
can
be
used
by
small
businesses
to
cover
any
of
their
business
expenses
relating
to
their
reopening
recovery
and
growth.
H
To
date,
we
have
allocated
over
6.7
million
dollars
to
more
than
1800
small
businesses
across
the
city
for
this
next
round
of
funding.
As
chief
eris
milner
has
mentioned
earlier,
we
will
be
looking
at
the
hardest
industries
that
were
hit
by
the
pandemic,
as
well
as
working
with
their
bpda
research
team
to
ensure
that
that
equity
lens
is
continues
to
make
an
impact
for
small
businesses.
H
In
addition,
the
pandemic,
as
many
of
you
know,
highlighted
how
necessary
the
digital
literacy
and
tools
are
to
ensure
economic
competitiveness
and
really
the
pandemic
really
expose
a
stark
digital
divide
in
our
city.
So
to
that
end,
we
are
proposing
2.4
million
dollars
to
be
used
for
number
initiatives
in
expanding
digital
equity
and
access
mainly
led
by
the
office
of
workforce
development,
but
also
by
our
innovation
technology
department,
as
well
as
the
boston
housing
authority
departments.
H
H
H
First,
we
are
requesting
to
allocate
one
million
dollars
to
expand
the
all-inclusive
austin
campaign.
I
hope
many
of
you
have
seen
the
campaign
throughout
the
city
of
boston
in
our
bus
stops
stations
in
the
radio
ads,
and
it's
really
focused
on
accelerating
the
equitable
recovery
of
our
boston's
tourism
travel
and
hospitality
hospitality
sectors,
especially
given
the
fact
that
they
have
been
hit
the
hardest
and
they
employ
some
of
our
black
and
brown
immigrant
residents
of
the
city
of
boston.
H
Finally,
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture
is
seeking
to
administer
four
million
dollars
worth
of
grant
funding
to
support
the
safe
reopening
of
boston's
creative
economy.
One
of
the
last
sectors
to
reopen
three
million
dollars
of
this
funding
will
be
modeled
after
the
city's
reopened
boston
fund,
which
we
started
in
their
small
business
shop
and
with
specifically
target
performance
venues
and
other
businesses
in
the
creative
industries
who
need
support
in
reopening
safely.
H
So
that's
3
million.
The
remaining
1
million
will
support
a
few
things.
One
is
arts
relief
fund.
It's
we
will
proposing
to
give
out
number
of
grants
to
individual
artists
and
creative
workers,
including
two
for
incoming
qualified
grants
to
artists.
We
are
also
proposing
to
provide
capacity
building
programs
for
our
bipartisan
workers,
in
addition
to
an
allocation
to
the
boston,
cultural
council's
opportunity
fund,
which
will
support
artist-driven
projects
in
our
neighborhoods.
J
J
J
J
400
000
would
be
used
for
housing
and
trauma.
Work
targeted
to
families
impacted
by
violence
in
the
city
as
well
as
housing,
search
services
and
support
services
for
families
that
have
obtained
a
bha
voucher,
but
need
help
with
both
locating
the
the
right
unit
for
their
families
and
getting
set
up
and
getting
support,
services
and
joe
wall
is,
is
here
if
there's
additional
questions
about
that.
J
So
the
50
million,
plus
this
8.1
they're
all
very
key
programs.
Key
investments
in
making
sure
that
our
recovery
is
based
on
inequity,
but
also
stability,
where
it's
all
about
right
now,
for
so
many
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
families
in
boston,
it's
about
maintaining
their
housing
or
or
or
finding
new
housing
that
they
can
afford,
and
that's
going
to
really
serve
their
households.
J
E
Just
I'll
just
quickly
tell
flair
I'll,
just
quickly
stay
right
there
and
again,
a
heartfelt
thank
you
to
the
chiefs
on
and
their
teams,
who
have
obviously
been
working
to
stand
up
these
programs,
but
have
been
working
really
effectively
over
the
last
couple
months
to
think
creatively
about
how
to
get
this
money
out
using
programs
and
and
and
streams
that
we
already
know
how
to
do
and
that
we
can
move
quickly
on.
So
we
are
happy.
E
Anyone
from
this
side
is
happy
to
answer
any
questions
and
we
appreciate
the
council's
feedback
so
far.
We
look
forward
to
you,
know,
soliciting
additional
feedback
as
we
move
towards
you
know,
passage
and
eventual
thinking
about
the
other
funding,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
collaboration
and
looking
forward
to
the
discussion.
Thank
you.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
chief
starrett
and
all
of
the
chiefs-
and
I
will,
as
is
my
custom,
hold
my
questions
here
to
the
end,
so
I
will
go
first
to
counselor
flaherty.
I
know
that
some
of
his
questions
initially
were
answered
in
the
presentation,
but
I
want
to
go
to
him
again
as
the
chair
of
our
code
recovery
committee
and
then
for
counselors
I'd,
send
you
the
order.
Counselor
flaherty.
You
have
the
floor.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I'm
going
to
do
the
same.
I'm
going
to
defer
to
our
colleagues
give
them
an
opportunity
to
ask
questions,
given
that
I
had
posed
a
few
questions
in
the
opening,
but
I
will
just
say
obviously
to
justin
or
whoever.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
anything
that
the
acting
administration
is
doing.
D
I
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
in
partnership
with
the
council,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
included
in
as
the
chair
of
the
covert
relief
committee
on
behalf
of
the
body,
whether
it's
in
scheduling,
indoor
announcements
or
disbursements
of
funds
that
pertain
to
the
to
the
funds.
So
so
I
don't
know
if
that's
justin
or
whoever.
D
D
E
Yeah,
absolutely
everything
that
we
do
is
gonna
come
through
the
council
for
approval,
so
that
side
is
is
absolutely
gonna
require
your
obviously
input
and
oversight.
From
the
announcement
point
of
view,
we
will
absolutely
circle
with
you.
I
I
will
work
with
the
igr
team
and
others
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we're
we're
keeping
both
you
and
the
council
abreast
of
of
any
announcements
in
in
the
coming
months
and
weeks.
D
Gen
four,
I
just
and
again
I
appreciate
that
I
want
to
get
the
call
in
the
first
inning,
not
the
ninth
inning,
it's
the
old
expression.
How
do
you
like
your
eggs?
You
know
what
I
mean,
so
I
just
wanna.
I
wanna
make
sure
that
I
get
that
phone
call
so
that
the
council
is
playing
a
role
in
the
first
inning
not
later
in
the
game.
A
C
C
It's
I
know,
because
I
have
a
car,
a
neighbor
who
is
involved
with
that
industry
and
family
child
care
providers,
and
she
keeps
me
up
to
date
on
on
the
numbers
of
folks
who
have
decided
to
leave
the
field
and
not
continue
to
be
child
care
providers,
especially
during
that
height
of
covered
I'd
love,
to
know
how
many
child
care
providers
we
actually
lost
and
how
we
can
actually
if
we
can
bring
them
back
or
how
we
would.
You
know,
cultivate
new
new
child
family
child
care
providers.
C
As
it's
a
it's,
a
wonderful
entrepreneurial
opportunity
for
immigrant
women,
especially
let's
see
those
are
really
the
two
big
concerns.
Oh
yes,
in
terms
of
there's
one
here
on
housing,
navigation
systems
and
stabilization
services.
You
know
I've
been
hearing
about
the
the
bureaucratic
nightmare
that
processing
vouchers
is
both
from
advocates
who
are
trying
to
help
people,
but
also
on
the
landlord
side.
B
Couldn't
get
up
mutes
sorry
about
that
yeah
concert
brain
thanks
for
for
raising
that
generally.
What
I'll
say
is
that-
and
this
is
definitely
kudos
to
the
boston
housing
authority
team
under
in
partnership
with
chief
dylan
and
her
team,
but
the
bha
has,
you
know,
done
a
really
amazing
job
of
making
sure
that
vaccination
clinics
are
happening
at
bha
facilities.
B
They
did
it
initially
with
seeing
buildings
for
seniors
and
folks
with
disabilities,
then
into
the
family
clinics
and
worked
really
diligently
to
not
only
do
outreach,
but
then
to
try
to
bring
folks
in
do
door-to-door
efforts
and
that
work
continues
right
so
because,
because
of
confidentiality,
we're
not
able
to
say
this
is
how
we
don't
know
to
be
honest
with
you.
This
is
how
many
folks
in
this
building
were
vaccinated
or
not
what
I
can
say
in
austin
bryant,
and
specifically
it
is
the
second
highest
vaccinated
neighborhood
in
the
city
currently
and
zero.
B
Two
one,
three
four
and
zero,
two
one,
three
five
well
above
the
city
average.
So
we
are
seeing
folks
vaccinated
at
a
really
high
rate.
It
doesn't
mean
that's
that
you
know
folks
living
in
our
low-income
housing
developments,
there's
still
a
target
that
we're
trying
to
get
in
for
vaccination,
and
that's
why
so
much
of
the
vaccine
equity
work
is
really
focused
on
grassroots
community-based
organizations
being
able
to
go
into
neighborhoods
and
do
that
leg
work.
C
I
C
I
J
J
Certainly,
the
bha
is
more
complicated
and
they're
and
they're
tied
to
a
lot
of
hud
federal
rules,
but
I
think
it
might
be
good
to
have
a
a
separate
meeting
on
your
idea
of
using
a
small
amount
of
money
to
really
look
at
if
we
can
streamline
some
of
the
requirements,
so
I'd
be
glad
to
to
set
that
up
with
kate
bennett,
the
director
and
yourself
very
good.
Thank.
A
K
Thank
you,
councillor
bach,
and
thank
you
to
the
administration
for
the
presentations
and
thank
you
to
michelle
goldberg
for
forwarding
on
the
email,
with
some
more
details,
as
well
with
respect
to
some
of
the
ex
proposed
expenditures.
I'll
jump
right
in
one
is
just.
I
appreciate
the
the
investments
around
child
care,
small
businesses,
the
of
course
the
work
with
respect
to
housing
stability.
So
I
appreciate
many
of
the
investments.
K
K
The
second
is,
with
respect
to
the
housing
umbrella,
really
great,
to
see
the
investment
chief
dylan
around
acquisition
and
trying
to
do
something
productive
with
those
properties
before
they
are
lost
and
so
curious,
any
thought
with
respect
to
once
acquired
what
will
happen
with
them.
Obviously,
a
lot
of
conversation
right
now
around
community
land
trust,
putting
things
in
the
hands
of
residents
so
curious.
K
If
you
could
elaborate
a
little
bit
more
there
and
then
one
other
question
or
two
other
questions
is
mass
and
cast
there's
some
investments
here
in
terms
of
mass
and
cast
what
does
that
look
like
in
practicality,
on
solving
for
the
crisis
that
we're
seeing
there
and
then
the
last
question
is
around
those
in
our
immigrant
community
who
are
eligible
for
for
various
funds
because
they're
not
on
the
federal
side?
How
are
we
going?
K
You
know
how
we're
looking
to
protect
the
data
and
various
information
they
provide
to
the
city
in
trying
to
gain
access
to
these
opportunities
and
relief
that
they
so
desperately
need
as
as
well
and
then.
My
last
point
is
on
the
digital
divide
conversation.
I
know
we
recently
had
a
budget
hearing.
Tech
goes
home
and
some
other
organizations
also.
K
H
Great,
thank
you
councillor
campbell.
I
can
talk
about
the
tourism
part
of
it,
so
the
all-inclusive
campaign
includes
the
boston
campaign
which
was
launched
back
in
april
was
a
collaboration
between
the
city
of
boston.
He
collect
communication,
which
is
our
oldest
minority,
woman-owned
business
in
boston,
proverb,
marketing
and
then
greater
boston
convention
visit
bureau,
so
martha
sheridan
was
one
of
the
lead
kind
of
creative
behind
the
all-inclusive
boston
campaign.
H
So,
with
this
the
federal
funding
you
know
we
are
proposing
to
allocate
one
million
dollar
additional
funding
to
the
all-inclusive
boston
campaign,
and
some
of
the
things
that
we've
talked
about
with
her
martha
is
making
sure
that
the
small
businesses
can
really
access
some
of
the
members.
That's
part
of
the
visitors
bureau.
I
think
her
membership
is
about
close
to
two
thousand
people:
hotels,
restaurants
and
those
folks.
H
You
know
if
you
can
really,
you
know,
make
sure
the
small
businesses
know
if
there
are
any
opportunities
that
comes
up
in
those
hotel
hospital
industry.
You
know
they
should
really
be
talking
to
each
other.
So
that's
one!
The
other
thing
is,
you
know,
they've
also,
we've
also
started
working
on
doing
some
focus
group
with
their
small
business
owners
in
partnership
with
martha
sheridan's
office.
H
To
see
hey,
you
know,
how
can
we
make
the
membership
of
the
visitors
bureau
more
accessible
right
to
our
small
businesses
in
our
neighborhoods,
so
they
can
kind
of
build
their
capacity
and
kind
of
have
access
to
some
of
the
the
industry
and
then
the
last
thing
is:
you
know
the
the
visitor
centers
at
the
in
the
boston
common.
Apparently
you
know
they
have
about
1.6
million
visitors
every
year
that
come
through
that
center.
So
we've
talked
about
highlighting
some
of
our
work.
H
Our
small
businesses
making
sure
that
the
visitors
that
come
to
boston
can
actually
go
out
right,
not
just
downtown,
but
to
our
neighborhoods,
the
restaurants
and
all
the
diverse
array
of
services
and
businesses
that
our
neighborhoods
offer
that
they
can
take
advantage
of.
So
those
are
some
of
the
sort
of
early
conversation
that
we're
having
on
now
and
happy
to
kind
of
keep
you
updated
on
where
things
go
about
that.
J
I'll
just
respond
to
some
of
the
housing
questions
so
and
counselor
campbell.
Thank
you
for
your
ongoing
support
of
the
aop
program,
where
we're
really
trying
to
require
our
occupied
properties.
We've
had
some
major
successes
in
in
your
neighborhood.
We
are
right
now
working
with
the
chinatown
land,
trust
and
the
city-wide
land
trust
on
acquisitions
and-
and
I
think
the
only
thing
is
back
from
doing
even
more
is
resources.
J
Even
though
it's
caught
in
a
cost-effective
program,
it
is
funded
by
the
city
alone,
so
the
every
per
you
know,
every
unit
we
buy
you
know
comes
comes
with
the
price
tag,
and
so
we
just
received
four
or
five
million
dollars
from
the
cpa
round,
which
was
wonderful,
and
thank
you
for
that,
and
this
will
will
keep
the
program
going.
So
we
do
want
to
continue
working
with
our
land
trust
they
are.
J
They
are
some
of
the
few
organizations
in
the
city
that
are
very
interested
in
buying
smaller
occupied
properties.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
resources
when
they
come.
Knocking
and
they've
got
a
good
prop
project
for
us
to
fund,
and
I
am
I
do
think
that
as
we
dispose
of
of
our
land
and
we're
not
we're
down
to
not
that
many
properties
that
have
a
lot
of
development
opportunity.
J
B
All
right
hi,
so
thanks
concert
camo
for
that
question.
You
know
the
investments
from
this
emergency
funding,
which
is
you
know
really
you
know
over
the
next
six
months
specific
to
mass
and
cass,
are
really
to
try
to
answer
two
main
pieces
that
we
think
are
immediate
needs
that
we're
focused
on,
which
is
to
increase
the
capacity
of
the
outreach
effort.
That's
happening
on
the
ground
right,
so
we're
going
to
use
a
piece
of
these
resources
to
expand
the
medical
street
effort.
That's
happening
in
partnership
with
boston
healthcare
for
the
homeless.
B
There's
a
need
to
have
more
folks
engaging
from
the
medical
street
team
with
individuals.
We
see
more
individuals
and
the
severity
of
the
experiences
individuals
have
require
more
support
from
medical
engagement.
So
we
both
want
to
expand
that
team,
as
well
as
the
street
outreach
team
that
is
engaging
with
folks.
Lots
of
folks
want
to
get
folks
into
treatment
and
get
folks,
you
know
into
supportive
services,
but
that
requires
engagement
right.
It's
something
you
can't
pick
someone
up
and
put
them
in
a
treatment
program.
B
You
have
to
build
relationship
with
folks
on
the
ground,
so
we
both
want
to
expand
that
street
outreach
team,
expand
the
medical
street
team
on
the
ground
through
some
specific
efforts
and
then
we're.
Also.
One
of
the
major
issues
is
that
in
the
morning
in
the
in
the
neighborhood,
things
are
sort
of
very
heightened.
People
are
either
coming
out
of
shelter
they've
overnight,
had
no
services
or
programs
accessible
to
them.
B
So
these
funds
are
really
about
short-term
emergency
response
situations
in
the
area
they
will
be
complemented,
obviously,
by
the
medium-term
and
long-term
strategy
conversations
we've
been
having
real,
specifically
related
t
to
decentralization
of
services
related
to
improved
coordination
through
the
police
department
and
our
street
outreach
team,
as
well
as
ongoing
access
to
housing.
Low
threshold
housing
supports
across
the
city.
So
this
is
meant
to
be
the
short-term
issues
that
we're
trying
to
address
with
this
emergency.
K
Thank
you
all
for
the
responses
and
I'll
just
say.
I'm
really
happy
that
the
council
does
have
this
committee
to
have
a
more
direct
say
in
how
some
of
these
funds
are
going
to
be
designated
for
use,
and
I
can't
stress
enough-
and
I
know,
there's
a
task
force
and
there
there's
some
engagement
going
on
just
how
critically
important
it
is
to
engage
community
members
and
residents,
of
course,
in
a
public
way,
including
obviously,
I
appreciate
all
the
updates
here
and
everyone's
obviously
in
contact
with
some
stakeholders.
K
But
what
does
it
mean
to
have
also
at
some
point
a
more
more
thorough
engagement
process
with
just
the
average
citizen
who
may
not
even
be
connected,
of
course,
to
an
organization?
So
I'm
really
excited
for
the
new
council
committee
and
working
in
partnership.
Thank
you
and
thank
you.
Council,
bach
and
council.
L
C
M
Okay,
I
just
turned
off
my
phone
yeah.
Is
that
better
yeah?
That's
better?
Okay,
great!
Thank
you
so
much
for
for
the
thorough
presentation,
we're
really
happy
to
see
the
administration
here
and
all
the
chiefs
crunching.
Those
numbers
is
really
important.
So
thank
you
for
all
of
that.
I
guess
so.
Some
of
my
questions
really
rely
on
just
more
along
the
lines
of
the
outreach
and
engagement
the
community
engagement
process.
I'm
just
really
curious.
M
Oftentimes,
it's
the
usual
suspects,
the
same
organizations
that
we
collaborate
with
when
we're
looking
to
support
our
most
vulnerable
community.
So
I'm
just
curious.
If
anyone
could
speak
to
kind
of
like
what
deep
engagement
are
we
proposing
to
do
to
ensure
that
organizations
that
usually
aren't
part
of
the
network
but
are
definitely
reaching
our
hardest
hit
communities,
have
a
voice
and
are
able
to
participate
in
the
in
the
distribution
process,
and
I
have
other
questions,
but
we
can
start
with
that
one
for
now.
A
M
This
is
overall
just
overall
communication
and
community
engagement,
so
I
think
this
falls
in
within
all
different
aspects
and
maybe
chief
miller
might
be
able
to
have
some
insight,
because,
if
we're
talking
about
doing
this
through
an
equity
lens,
I'm
just
curious
about
what
that
looks
like
when
we're
thinking
about
engaging
nonprofit
organizations
that
are
not
maybe
part
of
your
portfolio
but
are
definitely
out
in
the
streets,
doing
the
work
but
just
have
never
been
invited
to
sit
at
the
table
or
eat.
So
I'm
just
curious.
I
I
You
know
the
outreach
for
the
plan
to
make
sure
that
that
everyone
knows
they
have
an
opportunity
to
weigh
in
so
there's
going
to
be
a
layered
approach,
including
community
meetings,
starting
in
the
in
late
june.
There
will
be
a
digital
engagement
process
where
there
will
be
a
web
page
and
feedback
forms
for
people
to
to
submit
their
their
ideas,
their
testimonies
and
there
will
be
an
approach,
that's
sort
of
community
based,
but
also
issue
based.
So
there
will
be.
I
You
know:
department,
heads
as
issue
experts,
sort
of
convening
groups
around
specific
issues,
but
also
just
broader,
come
here
about
this
and
come
give
us
your
input,
so
there's
sort
of
a
layered
approach
that
we
hope
will
help
reach
everyone.
Definitely
looking
for
ideas
on
how
to
ensure
that
that
we
are
accessible,
some
of
some
of
the
forums
we've
talked
about
will
be
virtual,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
accessibility
is
not
a
challenge
for
folks
joining
in.
I
As
you
know,
we
always
in
our
outreach
and
in
our
facilitation,
do
a
multi-employ,
a
multilingual
approach
so
that
people
can
engage
at
whatever
their
preferred.
Language
is,
but
definitely
look
for
for
your
input
on
how
to
make
sure
that
we're
reaching
those
that
have
been
the
most
impacted,
which
is
the
whole
point.
M
Yeah,
no,
I
I
appreciate
that
and
I'm
going
to
talk
to
chief
dylan,
just
really
quick.
You
know
there
are
a
lot
of
non-profit
organizations
that
support
our
most
vulnerable
and
I'm
also
curious
in
terms
of
the
rental
relief
efforts.
If
you
were
to
call
one
organization,
they
probably
have
500
people
who
are
already
lined
up
and
ready
to
go.
So
can
you
just
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
kind
of
your
engagement
efforts
to
support
our
most
vulnerable,
utilizing
some
of
these
non-profit
organizations?
J
Sure
so
you
know,
we've
been
watching
this
very
very
closely,
making
sure
that
we're
getting
we're
continuing
to
get
applications
and
through
from
every
every
part
of
the
city
and-
and
that
does
seem
to
be
the
case
to
date-
we've
helped
just
shy
of
3
000
households
and
spent
about
12
million
dollars
and
I'll
I'll
get
over.
I
don't
think
we've
done
it
in
a
while
count
in
a
while
counselor,
but
where
the
applications
are
coming
from.
J
So
we
are
continuing
to
work
with
non-profit
vendors
in
in
many
neighborhoods
and
with
that
have
capacity
in
multiple
languages,
but
we
have
also
starting
to
identify
the
need
that
we
probably
need
to
expand
it
even
further.
We
need
to.
We
need
to
get
some
some
boots
on
the
ground
in
chinatown,
probably
some
additional
boots
in
east
boston,
et
cetera,
so
taylor
kane,
is
working
on
that
now.
But
you
know:
we've
been
using
every
medium
we've
been
using.
J
You
know
every
every
news
outlet
twitter
in
multiple
languages,
these
11
languages
on
our
website,
but
but
I
still
think
you
know
what
we're
learning
is.
You
need
people
in
every
neighborhood
that
that
individuals
or
families
trust
right
and
for
rental
relief,
it's
all
about
being
able
to
go
to
a
non-profit
or
go
to
an
organization
that
you
trust
to
fill
out
paperwork
or
give
information
over.
J
So
I
think
we've
done
a
very
admirable
job,
working
with
it
within
the
infrastructure,
but
I
think
even
we
are
recognizing
that
we're
going
to
have
to
drill
down
even
further,
especially
as
the
protections
come
to
an
end
this
month.
But
so
why?
Don't?
I
I'd
like
to
get
you
the
report
of
where
the
rental
relief
applications
are
coming
from
in
what
neighborhoods,
and
also
flush
out
with
you
and
other
city
councillors
on
and
even
broadening
the
reach.
As
like?
J
M
No
thank
you,
and
I
appreciate
that.
Yes,
and
if
you,
if
I'm
not
sure
if
you
have
this
information
available,
but
it
would
also
be
great
to
know
which
organizations
have
you've
been
partnering
with.
So
when
you
send
me
that
info,
then
I
could
potentially
identify
a
few
organizations
that
I
know
have
reached
out
to
us
for
to
get
plugged
into
to
the
support.
So
I'll
make
sure
we
make
that
connection
happen.
M
That
would
be
great
yeah
and
then
I
guess
my
and
then
the
other
thing
that
I
would
offer
is
like.
I
always
talk
about
hair,
salons
and
barbershops,
but
let
me
just
tell
you
that
that's
where
it's
at,
because
if
you're
getting
your
hair
done,
you
trust
somebody
to
do
to
blow
your
hair
out
in
these
spaces.
People
kind
of
usually
connect
and
share
some
of
the
struggles
that
they
may
be
facing.
M
So
I
would
recommend
that
perhaps
you
also
reach
out
to
some
of
the
smaller
businesses
and
just
put
some
literature
out
in
these
spaces
or
some
of
the
local
bolegas
just
places
where
people
frequent
even
some
of
the
laundry
maps
as
places
where
you
just
want
to
disseminate
as
much
information
as
possible.
I
would
target
some
of
those
spaces
and
then
my
last
question,
because
I
don't
want
to
hold
anybody
hostage
and
I
don't
want
to
see
that
gamble
is
that
I
know
you
mentioned
the.
M
The
business
relief
was
going
towards
exclusivity,
I
believe
to
the
hospitality
industry
and
I'm
just
curious:
will
there
be
other
industries
that
we're
going
to
be
supporting
again,
I'm
going
to
mention
some
of
these
high-touch
industries
like
barber
shops
and
hair
salons.
They
really
have
suffered
during
this
transition
and
I'm
just
curious
if
there's
any
allow
to
supporting
other
business
outside
of
the
hospitality
and
arts
and
culture
space.
H
Yep,
so
thank
you,
councilman,
sorry
for
the
so
the
confusion,
so
the
small
business
relief
fund.
We
will
be
very
targeted
in
providing
those
grants
to
industry
that
are
hit
hard
by
the
pandemic,
so
just
the
ones
that
you
mentioned
right.
The
hair
salon
the
barber,
the
personal
care
right,
so
the
industry,
you
know
the
restaurants,
certainly
are
retail
food
businesses.
You
know,
I
think
those
are
the
ones
that
you
know
come
to
our
minds
in
our
data
also
supports
right.
Those
are
hard
hit
industries.
H
M
H
The
the
so
this
small
business
relief
fund
has
been
our
most
flexible
funding
source,
so
on
average
you
know
we've
given
out,
I
think
3
600
per
business.
You
know
so
some
are
less
right
than
36
something
more
than
3
600,
and
it's
really,
you
know,
really
flexible.
So
that's
why
you
know
people
have,
you
know,
used
it
to
pay
their
payroll
for
their
inventories
for
the
food
for
equipment
for
ppe.
You
know
for
earlier
in
the
pandemic.
H
M
A
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
good
afternoon,
colleagues
great
to
see
everybody.
I
think
I'd
ask
this
before
justin
and
this
this
is
more
first
satisfying
my
own
curiosity
as
one
of
the
remaining
13
county
commissioners.
But
do
we
does
the
chelsea
revere
money
come
through
us
as
well,
ultimately
will
counselor
it
it's
it's
the
same
type
of
money
that
we're
getting,
but
it's
getting
funneled
through
the
state.
First
who's
then
responsible
for
doling
it
out
to
us,
but
we
are
waiting.
E
We
have
made
contact
with
state
a
f.
We
have
submitted
the
paperwork,
we're
just
waiting
until
they
finalize
their
approach
to
getting
that
funding
to
the
city,
which
we
will
then
ultimately
come
to
the
council
for
a
next
accepted
expense
for
and
then
will
we
have
in
the
city.
I
just
think
there's
no
precedence
for
anything
like
this.
I
worked
for
county
sheffield,
county
sheriff
andrew
cabral.
E
I
remember
having
to
come
to
the
testify
before
the
council,
but
will
we
invite
your
counterparts
and
and
these
two
smaller
cities
in
town
to
come
and
sort
of
explain
the
same
way?
How
does
it
work?
No
we'll
just
get
the
city
of
boston's
portion
and
the
other
finance
the
other
pieces
will
go
directly
to
the
other
cities
themselves.
H
E
Council
does
not
vote
on
the
expenditures
for
the
non-boston
suffolk
county
municipalities,
exactly
yeah,
we'll
just
get
them
we'll
get
a
a
check,
ultimately
in
the
mail
from
the
state
and
then
we'll
come
to
the
council
to
vote
on
what's
suspended
on.
So
perhaps
there
was
some
state
change
between
2006
and
now
that
indicates
the
the
fall
of
I
mean.
You
know
this.
This
was
your
world
for
many
years
of
the
fall
of
county
government.
Okay,
I
just
want
to
go
through
line
by
line
just
not
line
by
line
but
sort
of
topics.
E
B
Yeah
I
mean
thanks
for
o'malley
the
the
point
of
being
able
to
use
these
resources
to
run.
Vaccine
and
testing
is
obviously
going
into
the
next
six
months.
We
need
to
have
the
capacity
to
still
vaccinate
folks
yeah,
so
that
will
may
be
first
vaccine.
It
may
be
booster
vaccine
later
in
the
fall.
I
think
you
know
most
most
infectious
disease
experts
think
that
you'll
likely
need
a
shot
once
a
year,
possibly
and
that
wouldn't
be
until
pretty
late
in
the
fall
early
winter
for
most
people.
B
E
And
I
would
assume
our
pro
or
I
would
hope
that
our
approach
for
boosters
will
be
similar
to
sort
of
the
the
tremendous
job
you
and
your
team
have
done
working
with
some
of
our
non-profit
and
healthcare
institutions
to
to
just
have
such
a
wide
and
deep
range
and
just
a
real.
I
I
that's
our
thank
you
for
that
chief.
When
we
jumping
around
a
little
bit
the
digital
equity
piece,
I
think
it
was
2.4
million.
E
Will
we
be
able
to
use
some
of
this
fund
for
upgrading
technological,
our
bandwidth
at
city
hall,
to
allow
us
to
continue
to
operate
in
these
type
of
settings
when
we're
going
to
see
an
increased
number
of
individuals
back
at
work
to
be
able
to
handle?
I
mean
I'm
lucky
that
I've
got
a
good
connection.
As
my
colleagues
know,
I
often
lose
signal
in
my
in
my
office,
but
can
anyone
sort
of
speak
to
that?
E
I
know
that's
that's
less
about
digital
equity,
but
I
think
that
that's
a
reasonable
expenditure
of
some
of
those
funds,
sure
I'll
I'll
take
that
counselor.
So
that
would
be
that
would
fall
into
the
sort
of
second
bucket
of
money
that
we're
not
talking
about
today,
but
would
sort
of
be
with
the
longer
term,
improvements
to
city
broadband
and
sort
of
widespread
broadband
services.
E
E
So
they
certainly
would
be
excluded
from
if
they
were,
you
know
a
low-income
employee.
It
depends
on
the
type
of
service.
Most
of
this
is
going
directly
to
providers
to
as
cheaper
as
miller
said,
to
improve
their.
You
know,
get
them
back
up
and
running
as
they're
sort
of
built
rebuilding
capacity.
I
I
I
this
is
not
sort
of
a
dedicated
funding
for
city
employees,
but
I
think
we're.
B
D
E
E
J
E
Okay,
no
that's
helpful.
Thank
you
for
that
that
perspective
and
then
my
next
question
was
on
business
and,
and
I
know
midori,
I'm
sorry.
I
swear
I'm
not
purposefully
calling
on
you
guys
when
your
screen
goes
dark,
but
the
the
biggest
amount
allocated
seems
to
be
the
eight
million
small
business.
I'm
just
curious
what
our
outreach
has
sort
of
been
to
some
of
these
businesses,
how
we're
working
with
main
streets?
What
are
the
restrictions
on
some
of
these
potential?
E
H
Yeah,
certainly
so
you're
absolutely
right,
so
eight
million
dollar
to
the
commercial,
sorry,
the
small
business
relief
fund
and
then
the
7.5
million
commercial
rent
relief
fund.
So
these
are
fun
grants
that
we've
sued
up.
You
know
during
pandemic
and
have
been
high
demand
right,
especially
the
the
commercial
rent
relief
fund.
You
know
we
just
we're
not
able
to
meet
the
demand
you
know
early
on,
so
you
know
we're
requesting
and
proposing
to
just
allocate
additional
dollars.
For
that.
You
know.
H
We've
been
working
very
closely
with
the
business
owners
as
well
as
landlords.
You
know
regard
to
that
specific
grant
program.
You
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
buy-in.
Also,
you
know
information
from
landlords
as
well
to
ensure
that
the
business
owners
are
in
need
of
the
rent
relief.
You
know
in
terms
of
the
commercial,
the
small
business
relief
fund.
Again,
you
know
this
is
our
most
flexible
funding
source.
H
H
Small
businesses
they
tune
in
to
you
know,
find
out
a
new
grant,
funding
opportunities
and
resources.
We
also
send
out
information
to
our
small
business
lister.
We
have
about
16
000
small
businesses
registered
on
that.
We,
you
know,
provide
these
outreach
efforts,
whether
it's
a
weekly
call,
and
we
also
have
weekly
small
business
office
hours
in
multiple
languages.
You
know
our
staff
are
capable
of,
and
can
staff
in
different
languages
for
that.
E
H
E
E
E
I
really
appreciate
it
and
it's
obviously
you
know
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
created
the
committee
is
so
that
we
can
have
opportunities
like
this
and
obviously
working
in
concert
with
the
ways
and
means
chair,
but
this
is
great
and
I
know
we're
all
on
the
same
page
and
and
this
is
really
going
to
be
transformative
to
so
many
individuals,
particularly
as
it
rates
relates
to
equity,
small
business
development,
housing,
food
access,
etc,
etc.
So,
thank
you
all.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
everybody
from
the
administration.
It's
not
often
we
get
to
talk
about
15,
50
million
dollar
gifts,
so
this
is.
This
is
a
good
day
just
a
couple,
a
couple
things
justin
you.
You
talked
about
the
first
bucket
in
the
second
bucket,
so
second
bucket,
I'm
assuming
we're
gonna,
see
some
some
city
infrastructure
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
to
build
up
and
and-
and
you
know,
maybe
some
investments
that
will
really
set
us
up
towards
the
future.
N
I
look
forward
to
that
on
the
child
care
like.
Is
there
an
opportunity
to
maybe
augment
what
we
do?
I
I
know
it's
not
about
the
city
worker,
but
where
we're
telling
our
city
workers
that
they
need
to
go
back
into
city
homes,
we've
had
multiple
I've
had
multiple
people
calling
to
say
you
know
I
I
don't
have
anything
to
do
with
my
my
baby
that
I
just
had
during
covert
or
those
sorts
of
things.
N
So
are
we
looking
to
expand,
or
can
we
look
to
expand
that
that
city
hall
program
at
all
or
the
availability
city?
You
know
the
places
that
that
the
city
and
state
people
use
that
are
coming
to
work
in
our
buildings.
Do
we
have
an
opportunity
to
augment
that
program
at
all
with
this
money
here
sure.
E
So
a
couple
things,
and
so,
first
and
foremost,
you
know
we
we
are
looking
to
get
city
hall,
child
care,
we're
actually
very
proud
that
you
know,
unlike
some
of
the
other
centers
who
have
had
to
lay
off
staff,
because
people
haven't
been
saying
that
we've
kept
everyone
employed
for
the
city
hall
tracker.
So
we
are
the
city
hall.
Child
care
center
is
ready
to
reopen
fully
at
capacity
once
people
start
coming
back,
so
we're
very
proud
of
that.
Obviously,
you
know
they're
gonna.
E
Do
it
in
a
slow
way
for
the
benefit
of
the
child?
They
can't
put
all
the
kids
in
at
once.
So
you
know
really.
You
know
thankful
for
the
team
down
there
and
their
efforts
to
get
us
back
up
and
running.
I
think
we
are
certainly
also
mindful
that
child
care
is
an
issue
for
employees
as
they
start
to
come
back
to
work.
We
are
talking
about
a
very
small
portion
of
the
workforce
who
has
been
working
from
home,
so
we
are
really
talking
about
a
a
small
percentage
of
the
overall
city
workforce.
E
With
that
said,
we
have
set
up
through
the
eap
the
employee
assistance
program,
a
dedicated
individual
who
is
responsible
for
coordinating
people
to
child
care
options.
So
if
you
are
getting
calls,
certainly
have
them
call
hr
and
they
are
calling
city
different
city,
neighborhood,
child
care
centers,
as
well
as
downtown
now
child
care
centers
to
connect
people
to
those
resources,
so
certainly
trying
to
make
any
and
all
available
resources
to
folks
as
they
transition
back
to
normal.
N
Okay,
thank
you,
justin
and
I'm
just
gonna
hit
a
couple
a
couple
of
the
topics
with
a
with
a
question
after
it
and
whoever
can
answer
it,
but
that
would
be
greatly
appreciated
and
this
one's
probably
for
sheila
sheila.
We
talked
about
accused
acquisitions,
so
so
we're
going
to
help
cdcs
and
nonprofits
acquire
properties
or
or
or
is
there
city
opportunities
there?
J
Yes,
so
so,
with
the
occupy
occupied
buildings,
we've
been
working
with
both
non-profits
and
for-profits
if
they
want
to
buy
occupied
buildings
and
then
agree
to
ongoing
deed
restrictions
and
affordability
restrictions
because
you
know
in
because
we've
given
them
an
investment,
so
we've
worked
with
both
counselors
quite
successfully
yeah
on
on
setting
up
a
fund
for
land
acquisitions.
Once
again,
if
they've
got
experience
and
interest
in
building
affordable
housing
for
boston
residents,
we
would
work
with
e.
J
Absolutely,
and
and
getting
in
the
acquisition
and
supporting
those
that
want
to
do
acquisitions
is
getting
more
and
more
important,
especially
as
boston
becomes.
A
very
you
know,
developed
city,
there's
not
a
lot
of
opportunities,
so
people
are
going
to
have
to
make
acquisitions
if
we're
going
to
continue
our
affordable
housing
production.
N
And
and
we
are
open
to
to
private
people
entering
entering
into
these
relationships-
sheila,
absolutely:
okay!
Okay!
Thank
you!
So,
as
far
as
as
far
as
down
on
mass
and
cass
chief
martinez,
this
will
probably
be
for
you
and
I'm
just
going
to
kind
of
talk
to
you
answer
what
you,
what
what
you
think
you
need
to
answer
too.
So
that's
great
that
we're
expanding
the
the
outreach,
the
outreach
teams,
the
medical
and
the
straight
outreach
team
going
into
the
night.
That's
that's
excellent!
N
Now,
back
to
infrastructure
marty,
are
we
gonna
be
able
to
buy
certain
infrastructure
in
this
round
here?
That
would
help
us
down
the
line.
I
think
I'm
like
we're
we're
talking
about
mobile
vaccination
sites,
so
hopefully
we're
not
not
always
going
to
need
the
mobile
vaccinations
vehicles
will
be
able
to
buy
with
this
money.
N
Certain
infrastructure,
like
I
think,
of
the
the
needle
the
needle
return
team
that
we're
we're
in
discussions
with
the
non-profit
there,
where
they
it's
sort
of
a
needle
buyback,
will
we
be
able
to
maybe
enter
into
a
discussion
with
them
where
we're
buying
infrastructure
for
them?
So
so
so
we
can
expand
that
program
and
maybe,
when
they're
returning
the
needles
we
could
have
the
bathrooms
be
accessible.
Also,
could
we
would
we
be
open
to
doing
something
like
that.
B
Yeah,
I
know
I
appreciate
the
question
counselor
I
mean
yeah.
What,
in
the
short
term,
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
make
sure
that
we
can
expand
capacity
and
we
sort
of
seen
this
as
two
different
buckets
right,
the
short
term
piece
being
like.
What's
the
immediate
things
that
we
can
make
happen,
knowing
that,
once
the
council
approves
this
money,
we
can
start
to
implement
asap
right.
I
do
think
some
of
the
long
medium
term.
I
don't
want
to
say
longer
term,
because
it's
sort
of
like
over
the
next
six
months
or
so.
B
What
can
we
do
to
sort
of
ensure
that
there
is
additional
resources
to
your
point
and
opportunities
to
expand,
expand
those
pieces
so
both
on
the
bathroom
or
sanitation
front?
We
do
have
city
money
already
budgeted
because
we're
trying
to
work
through
some
options
to
try
to
create
access
to
bathrooms.
B
If
you
will
and
looking
at
some
of
the
ideas
that
have
been
floated
by
the
task
force,
but
also
to
make
sure
that
we
can
kind
of
do
that
legwork,
so
we
already
have
money
in
the
actual
regular
budget
process
for
that
that
we're
exploring
as
well
as
money
to
expand
the
syringe
exchange
effort.
So
there's
already
money
in
the
current
budget
to
do
that.
This
is
money
that
we
don't
have
budgeted.
That
would
allow
us
to
engage
and
reach
more
people
to
get
them
referred
out
to
services
in
different
areas.
N
B
N
They
were
taking
a
vote
on,
I
think
first
vote,
maybe
tomorrow
actually
correct
yeah,
okay,
okay,
now
there's
there's
a
something
happening
in
my
district.
Where
there's
overlap
here
with
with
acquisition
and
the
arts,
the
humphrey
street
studios
is,
is
being
priced
out
of
their
studios.
I
think
that
I
think
there's
about
50
people
in
there
operating
and
I
think,
maybe
with
a
little
bit
of
help
and
and
it
might
be
too
late.
Cara
is
probably
familiar
with
this.
N
I
don't
know
if
there
would
be
an
opportunity
for
us
to
inject
ourselves
there,
and
maybe,
with
some
of
this
money,
be
able
to
save
an
area
that
well
a
building
that
is
really
generates
a
lot
of
good
work
and
in
an
area
or
town
where
I
think
can
use
it.
So
if,
if,
if
there's
an
opportunity
for
me
to
have
an
offline
conversation
with
somebody,
maybe
that's
sheila
dillon,
maybe
we've
already
exhausted
all
of
those
those
those
things
there.
But
so
yes,.
J
There's
a
community
meeting
tomorrow,
night
yeah
sure
I'm
familiar
with
this.
We've
been
working
on
this
for
years
and
yeah.
You
know
the
owner's
been
frustrating
is
under
agreement
with
someone
else,
but
I
don't
know
if
that
that
entity
is
going
to
move
forward.
There's
a
community
meeting
tomorrow
night
that
I'm
going
to
attend,
so
I'd
be
glad
to
call
you
afterwards
and
we
could
strategize
about.
N
N
N
E
I
think
we
are
again
super
proud
that
we
were
able
to
support
the
full
5
million
in
the
city
operating
budget
that
we
look
forward
to
the
council's
consideration
of.
But
I
think
in
this
one
we
wanted
to
sort
of
focus
on
standing
up
some
near-term
programs
and
thinking
about
some
of
that
long-term
structural
stuff
with
the
rest
of
the
federal
money.
J
N
Okay
and
and
back
to
marty-
I
don't
know
if
I
finished
up
the
point
but
monte.
I
would
like
to
see
us
get
some
infrastructure
here
for
down
a
mass
and
cast
whether
it's,
whether
it's
the
the
needle
exchange
and
and
wrapped
into
having
a
bathroom
in
the
same
vehicle.
I
think
I
I
think
we
really
need
to
stop
looking
at
some
some
some
real
infrastructure
down
there.
N
A
Yeah
so
and
counselor
baker.
I
address
this
a
little
bit
up
at
the
start,
but
basically
the
so
we've
got
this
500
million.
That's
in
this
category
of
coming
to
us
local
aid,
separate
from
the
400
for
the
schools
and
separate
from
the
50
plus
for
rental
relief,
and
you
know
some
of
that-
we're
going
to
need
at
in
year
two
year,
three
right
out
for
for
revenue
replacement,
so
we've
got
basic
services
and
some
of
that's
for
these
big
picture,
moonshot
things
and
then
and
the
challenge
that
we've
got
is
that
you
know.
A
So
so
what
we
asked
the
administration
to
do
was
originally,
they
had
said,
give
us
the
112
or
whatever,
and
then
you
know
allocate
that
to
us
and
then
we'll
have
this
committee
of
departments
figure
out
what
to
do
with
it,
and
we
said
no,
that's
not
going
to
work,
because
the
council
wants
to
know
what
we're
authorizing
right.
So
what
they've
done
is
shrunk
that
pool
the
kind
of
50
million
to
talk
about
three
to
six
month.
Things
and
they've
come
up
with
a.
C
C
A
With
with
a
set
of
proposals
and
that's
what
they're
bringing
to
us
today,
so
it's
it's.
You
know
it's
more
detail
frankly
than
we
get
in
a
lot
of
our
appropriation
orders
yeah.
But
it
is
true
that,
like
you
know,
once
we
authorize
this
50
million
we're
authorizing
it
to
be
spent
as
described
right,
but
that's,
but
that
is
our
vote
on
this
50
million,
which
is
10
of
that
kind
of
500.
A
So
that's
and
and
from
my
perspective
as
ways
and
means
chair
like
that
bigger
picture
longer
term
conversation
is
more
appropriately
shared
by
the
new
covid
recovery
committee
right
and
that's
sort
of
so
we're
kind
of
putting
that
into
council
flaherty's
space.
But
obviously
you
know
we're
all
aware
of
some
of
the
immediate
challenges
that
we're
facing.
N
E
Yeah,
I,
I
honestly
think
it's
going
to
depend
on
sort
of
the
community
engagement
process.
What
this
sort
of
bigger
picture
stuff
is,
I
think
the
council
alluded
to.
You
know
we
have
five
years
to
spend
this
money
or
five
fiscal
years
to
spend
this
money,
so
we're
really
trying
to
figure
out
a
sustainable
way
to
spend
it
a
way
we
can
make
some
meaningful
investments
in
some
long-term
infrastructure.
We're
not
going
to
know
exactly
what
those
buckets
are
going
to
be
until
we
have
that
robust
dialogue
that
we
will
certainly
have
with
the
council.
N
N
You
know,
there's
there's
labor
needs
in
nearly
every
department.
Are
we
gonna
be
at
the
point
you
know
in
six
months
or
next
year
we
were
saying
yep
we're
going
to
take
fed
money
and
and
hire
10
more
people
on
parks,
department,
10,
more
people
in
here,
four
more
people
there
are
we
going
to
get
to
that?
Are
we
going
to
be
able
to
use
this
money
in
that
way?
Justin
and
not
the
50
million.
I'm
talking
about
the
future.
E
I
think
we
do
have
to
be
a
little
mindful
that
you
know
sort
of
hiring
one-off
positions
with
this
funding
is
going
to
have
to
be
in
a
sustainable
way,
because
this
money
will
go
away
at
some
point
and
the
last
thing
we
want
to
do
is
hire
someone
create
an
expectation
of
a
service,
create
a
service,
and
then
you
know
have
to
figure
out
how
to
pay
for
it
in
three
years,
when
this
for
four
years,
when
this
money
goes
away,
so
I
think
it's
definitely
on
the
table.
It's
definitely
part
of
the
conversation.
N
Yeah,
okay
and
my
my
my
last
part
I'll
be
done
in
a
second
kenzie
is,
is
and
you've
answered
this
probably
12
times
for
me.
I
know
we
can't
put
it
towards
any
pension
liability
or
or
oped-
I
don't
think
so,
but
can
we
put
it?
Can
we
put
it
towards
other
debt?
We
may
have
that
would
help.
You
know
so,
one-time
expenditure
that
will
pay
debt
down
that
will
save
us
in
the
long
run.
Is
there
any?
E
Not
that
I'm
aware
of
counselor,
we
have
to
be
there's
two
things:
it's
it
not
only
could
it
have
to
be,
you
know,
no,
it
can't
be
used
for
pensions.
It
has
to
be
coveted,
related
right,
so
sort
of
arbitrarily
picking
some
debt
to
pay
down
would
be
a
little
bit.
I
think
in
the
gray
zone,
or
certainly
or
unavailable,
but
we're
certainly
happy
to
continue
the
discussion
on
it.
O
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councillor,
bark
and
thank
you
to
chief
martinez
and
sheila
dillon.
I
worked
closely
with
them
over
the
last
15
16
months,
almost
every
day
on
these
issues.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
tonight
and
to
sheila.
Let
me
start,
let
me
start
with
well
before
I
start.
I
I
just
want
to
make
sure
justin
that
we're
the
city
council
is
part
of
the
decision-making
process
at
the
very
beginning.
Flaherty
wants
to
be
there
in
the
on
the
first
inning.
O
I
want
to
be
there
during
batting
practice,
so
I
don't
miss
the
first
inning.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
michael
and
this
this
this
committee
is
fully
engaged
and
and
y'all
working
closely
with
them.
So
that's
that's.
My
number
one
priority
is
making
sure
that
this
council
is
working
closely
with
you
and
I
don't
want
to
see
the
council
get
caught
off
guard
by
any
spending.
Is
that
is
that
fair,
fair
enough
justin.
E
Very
fair
and
and
we're
already
as
counselor
bach
alluded
to
you
know,
we've
already
shifted
our
thinking
to
try
to
you
know
to
to
make
sure
you.
The
council
is
involved
at
the
outset,
and,
and
you
know
the
longer
term,
conversations
will
be
centered
with
with
council
flaherty
and
his
new
committee
so
definitely
will
be
integral
and
part
of
the
batting
practice
per
se.
O
O
But
myself
and
marty
martinez
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
this
summer
on
vaccinations
on
food
equity.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
these
latinx
residents
somalians
immigrants,
many
of
them
and
many
of
them
might
not
be
undocumented,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
get
the
same
level
of
services
as
everybody
as
everybody
else.
Anyone
want
to
take
that
one
for
me.
J
J
We
have
worked
with
the
bha
to
set
up
a
very
expensive
funding
mechanism,
so
they
can
assist
any
of
the
residents
living
in
public
housing
that
have
fallen
behind
on
their
rent
and
that
is
really
critical
because
they
have
the
relationships.
So
they
are,
they
are
door-knocking
and
they
are
reaching
out
to
anyone
that
they
that
they
have
record
of
that
has
become
behind
in
their
rent
and
that
may
need
services.
O
Oh
okay,
thank
you
sheila!
I
just
I
just
want
to
make
sure
my
constituents
are
factored
in
here.
A
lot
of
people
think
south
boston
is
is
a
wealthy
community
and,
as
you
know,
the
public
housing
developments
there's
high
concentration
of
poverty
there.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
my
constituents
are
factored
in
as
well.
So
thank
you
sheila.
I
appreciate
that.
B
I
just
want
one
briefly
thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
I
think
it's
you
know,
obviously,
both
in
the
housing
development
related
to
vaccine
access,
as
you
know,
and
we
worked
with
you
to
make
sure
we're
creating
testing
within
the
development,
and
we
need
to
keep
doing
that.
We
can't
we
can't
skip
that.
I
think
your
points
also
raised-
and
I
know
you
care
about
this
as
well,
but
obviously
that's
also
the
case,
sometimes
with
our
residents
in
chinatown.
B
O
You
thank
you
chief.
That's
excellent
chief
wanted
a
follow-up.
I
know
you.
You
talked
about
hiv
and
aids,
it's
an
issue.
I've
been
studying
and
learning
in
in
talking
to
a
lot
of
people
over
the
last
two
years,
especially
the
south
end
health
center
fenway
health
center
eu
medical
center,
the
public
health
staff.
O
B
Yeah,
I
think
thanks
for
that
counselor
I
mean
this
is
an
issue
that
you
know
right
before
kovid
we
started
seeing
a
you
know
a
little
bit
of
a
spike
and
then
it
got
worse.
During
covid
and
I'll
tell
you
two
of
the
reasons
I
got
worse
during
covid
there
was
a
definitely
decrease
in
people
getting
tested,
which
means
we
didn't
catch
soon
enough
for
some
folks
and
then
me
and
folks
may
have
infected
others.
B
So
one
there's
a
decrease
in
access
to
testing,
and
the
second
is
that,
because
people
may
have
been
connected
to
getting
their
hiv
care
through
a
program
of
service
that
either
closed
or
they
didn't
access
during
covid,
which
means
they
may
have
fallen
out
of
care.
So
I
know
when
people
talk
about
some
of
the
issues
even
at
mass
and
cast-
and
you
know,
people
being
places
and
all
the
concerns
people
have.
There
are
people
who
get
their
hiv
medication
on
the
street
daily
from
folks
of
our
medical
team
right.
B
You
know
doing
the
work,
that's
necessary
to
ensure
that
we're
spreading
information
about
prep
for
folks
who
are
or
using
drugs
with
needles
and
to
really
make
sure
that
that
leg
work
continues.
You
know
we
should
not
be
seeing
this
optic
that
we're
seeing
around
hiv,
and
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that
with
some
of
this
funding,
but
more
so
even
further
in
to
the
next
fiscal
year.
O
Thank
you
thank
thank
you,
chief
sheila.
I
know
you
mentioned
and
I'm
sorry
chief
martinez
also
mentioned
it
as
well.
Chinatown
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
development
continuing
out
throughout
the
downtown
area.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
affordable
housing
stays
in
chinatown,
that
we
continue
building
more
affordable
housing,
especially
for
our
seniors
for
our
immigrant
neighbors
persons
with
disabilities
in
chinatown.
O
O
I
know
you
mentioned:
chinatown
land
trust
an
outstanding
excellent
organization,
but
what
can
we
do
to
make
sure
we
chinatown
remains
a
community
of
immigrants.
It
remains
a
community
of
families
struggling
but
there's
an
opportunity
for
them,
not
just
not
just
the
wealthy
that
have
money
to
come
to
the
downtown
area.
J
So
counselor,
I'm
I'm
I'm
very
thankful
that
you
that
you
keep
chinatown
top
of
mind
all
all.
You
know
every
day
all
day,
because
it's
it's
a
really
a
very,
very
important
neighborhood
that
we
all
have
to
work
together
on
constantly.
If
we're
going
to
maintain
it.
You
know
I
looked
the
other
day
and
I
think
chinatown,
the
the
affordable
rates
in
chinatown
are
in
the
high
40s,
which
is
good,
and
I
think
that
has
helped
preserve,
preserve
chinatown
and
also
support
the
local
businesses.
J
J
So
hopefully,
if
prices
are
somewhat
reasonable,
we
can
start
working
with
the
land
trust
on
acquisitions
and
then,
finally,
I
would
say
you
know
there
has
been
a
lot
of
great
planning
in
chinatown
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
important,
that
the
downtown
plan
recognized
chinatown.
You
know
as
a
very
unique
community
that
needs
to
be
preserved,
and
you
know
our
our
the
plan.
The
downtown
plan
and
associated
zoning
needs
to
really
take
that
into
effect
when
they,
when
they
finalize
the
plan
and
I'm
sure,
they'll
be
doing
that
with
your
office.
O
Thank
you,
sheila.
Thank
you
for
your
help
and
support
for
helping
the
residents
of
chinatown.
I
I
really
appreciate
it.
Council
block,
I,
I
don't
have
any
further
questions.
Two
brief
comments.
I
know
this
is
not
about
the
public
schools.
That's
at
another
time.
Okay.
My
final,
my
final
comment
is,
I
believe,
justin
mentioned
it.
You
mentioned
there
might
be
some
money
for
boston,
water
and
sewer
infrastructure.
O
E
Yeah
absolutely
counselor,
the
the
federal
money
has
a
specific
bucket
for
water
and
sewer
infrastructure.
That
is
a
much
bigger
conversation
and
requires
a
really
robust
conversation
publicly,
as
well
as
with
the
water
and
sewer
commission
to
make
sure
we're
identifying
the
most
needed
projects.
So
we
look
forward
to
having
that
in
the
in
the
months
ahead.
O
Yeah,
thank
you.
Justin,
that's
an
important,
that's
an
important
infrastructure
investment
in
and
if
the
schools
were
here
I
would,
I
would
tell
them
that
we
really
need
to
invest
in
air
condition
and
hvac
for
for
our
kids.
This
is
very
difficult
to
learn
very
difficult
to
teach
in
this
environment,
but
I
know
that's
another
hearing
so
I'll
I'll
save
that
anyway.
Thank
you,
council
block
and
thank
you
to
the
dedicated
city
professionals
that
are
here.
F
F
I
honestly
think
a
lot
of
the
allocations
seem
very,
very
low,
and
my
concern
is
that
you
took
50
million
dollars
and
just
wouldn't
make
more
sense
to
pick
two
or
three
topics
to
kind
of
give
the
biggest
wallop
of
that
money
to
versus
trying
to
spread
it
around.
So
many
different
little
things.
I
really
wonder
if
the
allocations
are
going
to
make
a
difference,
if
they're
really
going
to
provide
the
emergency
relief,
because
there's
so
many
buckets
with
so
little
smart
small
amounts
of
money
going
into
them.
F
I
don't
know
that,
for
example,
I
think
it
was
just
looking
at
some
of
these
numbers
that
I
see
three
million
dollars
for
the
recovery
services
are
about
three
million
dollars,
and
I
you
know
I
don't
know
that.
There's
any
amount
of
lump
sum
of
money,
that's
going
to
help
completely
eradicate
or
deal
with
mass
and
cash.
I
know
three
million
dollars
isn't
going
to
so
you
know.
Is
there
an
alex
like
that
three
million
dollars
and
you
think
about
mass
and
cash?
I
want
to
know
like
hard
numbers.
F
F
I
think
one
million
dollars
I
saw
for
violence
prevention,
there's
already
with
there's
an
increased
amount
of
folks
on
scooters
in
east
boston.
They
now
have
a
they're
meeting
up
with
the
cube
smart
run
1a.
I
know
that
their
scooter
issue
is
still
happening.
I
think
in
franklin
park,
so
there's
there's
more
than
a
million
dollars
worth
of
increase
in
potential
violence
and
summer,
because
I
think
we
don't
have.
We
have
deep
seated
mental
health
issues.
F
We
have
kids
reacting
and
acting
out
from
what
they've
dealt
with
for
a
year
in
in
quiet
and
without
anyone
knowing,
and
I
don't
think
that
that's
enough
money,
so
I
don't
think,
there's
enough
money
to
do
with
recovery.
Three
million
dollars-
I
don't
think
one
million
dollars
over
here
to
deal
with
violence
is
enough.
F
What
I
feel
is
that
we're
trying
our
best
to
feed
a
lot
of
different
things
with
50
million
dollars
and
what's
and
what
we're
going
to
end
up
doing,
is
really
not
getting
much
done,
just
kind
of
like
adding
a
little
bit
of
a
band-aid,
barely
even
to
say
like
hey,
we
put
some
money
there
and
that's
my
I
guess
my
that's
my
overall
concern.
I
I
do
appreciate
what
is
it
the
eight
million
dollars
for
a
small
small
business
recovery?
F
F
I
would
say
if
we're
going
to
talk
about
putting
out
fires
right
now,
though,
the
arts
will
probably
get
funding
from
other
sources,
possibly
a
bid,
possibly
other
places
that
there
could
be
streamlined
millions
of
dollars
coming
in
from
hotels
from
other
developers
for
so
on
and
so
forth.
I
don't
know
that
right
now
they
should
be
centered.
F
If
there's
three
million
dollars
I'd
rather
go
to
recovery,
so
I
I
just
I'm
not
satisfied
with
how
this
50
million
dollars
is
is
is
spread
out.
If
we're
talking
about
deep
emergency
like
places
are
on
fire
trying
to
get
over
the
coven
crisis
that
we
were
in
the
pandemic,
I
think
you
should
concentrate
on
smaller
amount
or
smaller
initiatives
and
give
a
lot
more
money.
So
those
are
my
thoughts.
E
I'll
sort
of
respond
high
level
and
then,
if,
if
anyone
else
wants
to
jump
in
on
the
specific
points
you
raised,
I'm
happy
to
turn
over.
So
when
we
were
looking
at
the
money-
and
we
were
looking
at
sort
of
what
our
timeline
was,
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
leaving
space
for
a
robust
dialogue
with
the
council
and
with
the
public.
So
we
didn't
want
to
spend
all
the
money
in
the
next
two
months
that
we
really
wanted
to
let
those
needs
develop.
E
What
we
really
did
was
try
to
figure
out
sort
of
what
were
the
programs
that
we
stood
up
in
the
last
year
and
a
half
you
know
using
other
resources,
either
through
the
brf
or
other
federal
money,
and
really
try
to
figure
out.
Where
were
the
gaps
that
we
weren't
able
to
hit
before
that
the
the
small
business
one
is
a
great
example
of
we
have
eight
million
dollars
worth
of
applications
for
commercial
rent
relief
that
we
were
unable
to
fill,
because
we
didn't
have
any
other
resources.
E
That's
why
we
picked
that
number.
You
know
we
worked
very
closely
with
you
know
everyone's
team
on
here,
whether
it's
the
health
and
human
services
side
to
try
to
figure
out
what
were
the
needs
that
we
could
stand
up
in
a
reasonable
time
frame.
You
know
obviously
hoping
for
swift
passage
by
the
council
and
actually
get
this
dollar
on
the
ground
as
soon
as
possible,
without
sort
of
setting
aside
expectations
for
funding
that
may
take
six
to
12
months
to
stand
up
a
new
program.
E
So
we
really
in
each
of
these
different
buckets,
and
I
and
I
get
that
there's
a
lot
of
different
buckets
out
there
and
there's
a
lot
of
different
efforts
and
we're
certainly
trying
to
touch
as
many
areas.
We
really
did
build
this
as
sort
of
what
was
a
three
to
six
month
window
that
we
could
spend
this
money
and
what
were
programs
and
services
that
were
already
sort
of
stood
up
or
or
available
that
we
could
supplement.
E
You
know
the
million
dollars,
I
think,
or
the
three
million
dollars
you
mentioned
for
mass
and
cash
or
for
substance,
use
substance
misuse.
You
know
those
are
really
supplementing
existing
programs
and
services.
So
I
think
it's
certainly
we'd
love
to
put
out
as
many
dollars
as
we
can,
but
we
also
want
to
be
very
mindful
we
want
to
be.
You
know,
have
a
really
good
community
process.
E
We
want
to
have
a
really
good,
robust
process
with
the
council
before
we
sort
of
spend
the
money
you
know
in
in
ways
that
you
know
we
can't
get
back
at
the
other
day.
So
I
think
we
we
sort
of
try
to
take
a
three
to
six
month
approach
on
this
using
existing
programs,
and
certainly
there
will
be
gaps
and
certainly
there'll,
be
areas
for
additional
investment
going
forward.
H
No,
absolutely
thank
you
councillor
edwards,
so
you
know
you're
absolutely
right
and
you
know
just
you
know
adding
on
to
you
know
what
justin
has
said.
You
know
these
are
emergency
dollars
that
we
could
quickly
sort
of
show
already
ready
to
kind
of
you
know,
put
in
the
pockets
and
hands
of
the
small
business
owners
on
that.
So
with
that
said,
you
know
we
really
are
grateful
of
your
partnership.
H
You
know
over
the
last
year
and
this
high
roads
kitchen,
you
know,
I
know
we
are
gonna-
have
an
update
on
that
soon.
So
we'll
keep
you
updated
of
where
things
are,
but
you
know,
I
think
this
restaurant
industry
is
something
that
the
administration
is
really
keeping
an
eye
on
right,
because
pre-covered,
the
restaurant
industries
was
not
a
good
place
to
work
right.
It's
you
know
not
the
the
hours
are,
you
know
always
unpredictable.
H
The
wages
are,
you
know,
usually
low
and
with
the
covet
you
know
the
health
risk
you
know
are
much
higher
than
I
think
other
industry
and
sectors.
So
we
are
actually,
you
know,
looking
to
convene
a
group
of
stake
holders
in
the
restaurant
hospitality
industry
to
see
you
know.
If
there
is
anything
else
we
can
do
so
long
term
right.
So,
looking
beyond
the
three
to
six
month,
timeline
that
justin
had
mentioned
and
really
trying
to
see.
H
H
F
H
Oh,
I'm,
sorry,
I'm
sorry,
I
thought
you
were
talking
about
the
hyrule's
kitchen,
so
the
the
commercial
rent
relief
fund
is
we're
probably
looking
at
helping
700
business
owners
with
the
rent
relief
fund,
because
in
the
the
the
initial
funding
we
were
able
to
provide
3.7
million
dollar
to
350
businesses.
So
you
kind
of
doubled
that
effort
and
we
were
able
to
double
the
number
of
businesses
they
were
able
to
help.
The
good
news
is
about
with
this
commercial
rent
relief
fund
is.
H
These
are
already
applicants
that
are
in
the
pipeline
right.
They
have
already
applied.
They
have
submitted
our
paperwork,
so
the
only
gap
was
that
we
just
didn't
have
enough
money
to
provide.
You
know
when
we
launched
this
back
in
november,
so
this
additional
infusion
of
7.5
million
dollar
will
allow
us
to
close
that
gap
immediately,
because
these
are
the
businesses
that
are
still
waiting
for
this
rent
relief
fund
from
us.
H
It
yeah
so
the
average
rent
is
ten
thousand
dollar.
You
know
so
some
you
know
over
ten
thousand.
Some
are
lower
than
ten
thousand,
so
it's
any
any
rent
arrears
that
they
owe
to
the
landlords
and
so
what
we,
the
city
does,
is
we
have
a
three-part
agreement
in
releasing
this
grant,
so
we
work
a
landlord.
We
work
with
the
business
owner
and
the
city
to
kind
of
figure
out.
H
All
right,
so
7.5
million
for
commercial
right
relief
fund,
the
8
million-
is
a
small
business
relief
fund.
So
that's
our
flexible
funding.
So
as
this
is
opening
up,
you
know
we
are
saying
we
can
pay
for
whatever
you
need
to
make
sure
that
your
business
are
up
and
running
as
you
reopen
the
your
business.
A
Great,
thank
you.
Counselor
edwards,
I'm
gonna
ask
a
few
questions
and
then
I'm
gonna,
let
we
do
have
a
few
members
of
public
have
been
waiting
patiently
to
testify,
and
I
know
some
of
them
are
involved
in
some
of
the
programs
that
are
proposed
here,
so
I'm
gonna.
Let
them
testify
and
then
I'll
just
check
with
counselors.
If
folks
have
any
follow-ups,
I
I
wanted
to
ask
a
little
bit
more
detail.
A
B
B
Yeah
thanks
counselor,
so
for
that
existing
resources,
the
goal
is
to
do
two
things
is
to
actually
expand
existing
programs
both
slightly
expand.
What
we're
able
to
do
with
ssy
and
our
boston
soar,
both
of
which
are
inter
more
in
the
intervention
lane
trying
to
work
with
more
proven
risk
young
adults
and
and
intervene
in
some
of
the
challenging
situations
that
they
may
be
experiencing.
So
for
both
of
those
programs.
B
They
both
want
to
slightly
expand
what
they're
doing
and
be
able
to
reach
more
folks
over
the
summer
and
then
the
other
half
of
that
portion.
Then
we
would
make
accessible
to
the
community
based
organizations
working
same
in
this
intervention
lane.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
those
community
organizations
that
are
already
reaching
folks
who
are
court
involved
system
involved
have
gun
charges
can
get
the
resources
they
needed.
That's
who's
driving
some
of
the
increase
in
violence,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
can
reach
those.
A
B
A
J
A
Got
it,
and-
and
in
terms
of
that
I
mean,
do
we
feel
so
speaking
of
counselor
edward
this
point
about
large
things,
and
I
you
know
I
I
do
think
that
we
have
to
have
public
conversation
about
the
kind
of
big
moonshot
things
and,
and
so
you
know,
I
do
think
it
makes
sense
to
kind
of
try
to
figure
out
how
to
extend
the
programs
and
stuff
that
we
need
in
the
summer.
While
we
have
those
conversations,
but
I
will
just
say
from
my
perspective,
it
feels
like
to
really
level
up
aop.
A
We
would
need
kind
of
another
order
of
magnitude
here
and
I'm
curious
whether
from
a
kind
of
mechanism
perspective.
If
we
push
in
that
direction
of
really
you
know
having
the
city
be
more
aggressively
in
the
acquisitions
game,
whether
there's
a
it
strikes
me,
there
might
be
a
need
to
kind
of
involve
the
bpda
just
for
kind
of
speed,
and
especially
when
we
want
to
do
things
where
the
city
itself
might
acquire
something
that's
sort
of
a
economic
purpose.
Technically
I
just
curious
where
your
guys's
conversations
on
that
is.
J
B
Yeah,
I
I
can
do
that-
I'm
sorry,
my
apologies!
So,
on
the
ofa
front,
there's
basically
three
areas:
primary
areas
that
we're
trying
to
expand
the
office
of
food
access
under
the
leadership
of
catalinas
ospina
lopez.
So
one
is
we're
trying
to
expand
an
anti-stigma
campaign,
we've
gotten
so
much
feedback
over
the
last
year
of
covid,
how
much
how
many
people
are
eligible
for
programs
and
services
and
how
many
people
don't
access
them.
So
this
this
has
been
true.
B
Two
very
specifically
we're
gonna,
they're
gonna
purchase
availability
of
resources
to
be
able
to
do
local
farming
raised
beds
in
different
neighborhoods
across
the
city
for
folks
to
access,
specifically
farmers
of
color
to
be
able
to
access
growing
vegetables
and
growing
efforts
locally,
which
I
think
is
super
important.
And
then
the
third
piece,
which
is
a
large
piece,
are
community
grants.
B
This
is
a
grant
program
really
driven
by
community-led
and
non-profit
sort
of
grassroots
organizations
who
are
working
to
create
solutions
around
food
insecurity
that
may
not
fit
in
the
larger
efforts
of
community-based
organizations.
So
it's
a
grant
program.
Those
are
the
three
primary
areas
where
the
food
access,
as
you
know,
counselor
bach
food
insecurity,
has
been
a
huge
issue
that
the
office
has
worked
on
non-stop
through
covid,
and
these
funds
will
help
the
immediate
response.
That's
needed.
A
Great
and
then
on
the
commercial
rental
relief
midori.
Can
you
just
speak
to
I
mean
you
said
basically,
you've
you've
chosen
these
numbers
in
order
to
like
sort
of
fund
the
outstanding
need
that
we
weren't
able
to
fund,
and
certainly
I
know,
with
a
commercial
rental
refund.
I
think
it
was
just
3
million
or
something
we
did
it
or
3.7.
Your
memo
says.
A
Do
we
expect
that
7.5
on
the
commercial
side
to
basically
fund
all
of
the
you
know,
there
were
lots
of
qualified
applicants
who
didn't
get
funding
in
that
first
round,
and
I
know
because
I
heard
from
some
of
them-
and
so
you
know,
are
we
going
to
go
first
to
the
folks
who
we
didn't
get
to
but
who
applied?
Are
we
just
reopening
around
and
the
same
thing
with
the
small
business
thing?
H
Yeah,
so
in
terms
of
the
commercial
rent
relief
fund,
we
wanted
to
see
how
we
can
quickly
deploy
this
funding.
So
we
are
gonna
specifically
focus
on
the
ones
that
are
ready
to
go
right,
so
we
have
had
applications,
kind
of
waiting
to
be
picked
up
and
due
to
the
lack
of
funding,
we
weren't
able
to
fund
everyone
that
requested
it.
H
So
we
are
going
to
go
through
it,
our
team
and
then
you
know,
sort
of
see
if
the
needs
are
still
the
same
and
if
so
we
can
kind
of
quickly.
You
know
deploy
that
funding
source.
You
know,
and
if
you
know,
if
you
know
say
like
there
is
no
longer
need
and
we
have
surplus,
you
know
I'm
sure
we
will
be
opening
up
to
new
applicants
and
that
we're
not
in
the
pipeline
on
that
one
in
terms
of
small
business
relief
on
the
8
million
dollar.
H
A
Okay
thanks
and
then
the
last
thing,
a
moral
comment
for
me,
but
I'm
happy
to
take
any
any
response
from
you,
midori
or
others.
It
strikes
me
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
should
really
be
looking
to
do
with
this
funding
is
something
to
creatively
tackle
our
commercial
vacancies
and
like
local
business
needs,
and
I
mean
my
instinct
on
that
is
that
we
run
some
kind
of
a
like
commercial
voucher
program
like
not
not
permanent
vouchers.
A
So
it's
not
kind
of
a
big
rent
giveaway,
but
it
strikes
me
that
we
have
a
unique
moment
to
do
some
of
that
matchmaking
and
get
some
like
new
anchor
tenants
who
are
those
local
businesses.
We
want
to
support,
obviously
there's
nothing
in
on
that
in
this.
Yet
so
I'm
curious
where
you
guys
are
on
thinking
about
that.
H
I
think
in
terms
of
vacancy
right,
I
think
we
spoke
about
this
at
the
you
know,
one
of
the
budget
hearings
that
you
know
I
presented
you
know
we
currently
don't
have
real
time
data
on
the
commercial
vacancy,
so
we're
working
with
the
bpd
research
team
to
sort
of
acquire
some
of
this
so
that
we
can
kind
of
keep
track
of
like
you
know
what
are
some
vacancies
that
are
coming
up
on
that?
I
do
think
you
know.
H
The
major
goal
of
the
commercial
rent
relief
fund
is
to
make
sure
that
we
target
the
heart
of
his
industries.
We
support
small
business
owners
to
stay
in
the
neighborhood
places,
but
you're
absolutely
right.
I
think
you
know
once
we
get
through
this.
You
know
initial
three
to
six
months
with
this
rapid
response.
You
know
sheila
dillon
mentioned
earlier
about
the
conversation
we
had
with
chinatown
land
trust
folks,
you
know
we're
just
looking
at
other
creative
means
to
you
know
for
commercial
acquisition.
H
A
D
C
Just
a
really
quick
question:
the
boston
resiliency
fund
was
targeted
and
one
of
the
benefits
of
it
was
that
it
was
able
to
help
folks
immigrants
who
were
maybe
undocumented,
who
were
not
necessarily
eligible
for
federal
funding
or
for
federal
assistance.
Will
this
bucket
of
money
be
able
to
help
those
folks
or
how?
How
are
we?
How
are
we
getting
around
that
federal
restriction,
or
has
that
federal
restriction
being.
L
I
lifted
speak
a
little
bit
to
that.
It's
certainly,
you
know
something
that
we're
very
mindful
of
this
administration
definitely
is
seems
to
be
more
flexible
about
it,
but
we
still
want
to
set
up
barriers,
as
selena
mentioned
earlier,
by
going
through
non-profit
partners
and
under
uc
valley's
leadership.
We've
been
having
some
good
conversations
with
denver
austin
some
other
cities
around
the
country
to
just
validate
the
approach
and
make
sure
that
we're
creating
safeguards
that
work
for
immigrant
families,
so
we're
working
really
closely
with
other
cities
on
that.
C
O
O
O
O
H
Yeah
absolutely
so
we
have
been
pretty
intentional
about,
including
you
know,
all
the
neighborhoods
of
boston
and
we
do
actually
have
sort
of
neighborhood
based
sort
of
campaign
materials.
So
I'm
happy
to
circle
back
and
send
that
over
to
you
in
addition
to
that,
the
all-inclusive
boston
campaign,
you
know
we
have
a
website
which
is
housed
by
the
greater
boston
convention
and
business
bureau.
H
So
if
you
go
into
that
website
once
boston.com,
I
think
that
you
have
you
see
like
the
api
sort
of
owned
businesses
right.
You
see
black
owned
business,
latinx
businesses
and
you
can
kind
of
also
do
a
medium
food
by
neighborhood
businesses
and
kind
of
find
out.
You
know
you
know
where
to
go
right,
as
tourists
and
visitors
are
figuring
out.
You
know
what
they
want
to
do
while
they
are
here
so
but
you're
absolutely
right.
H
O
Thank
you.
If
we
can
talk
offline,
I'm
I'm
I'm
working
with
the
group.
That's
trying
to
have
an
asian
volleyball
tournament
that
would
have
several
thousand
people
to
to
boston.
They
would
play
at
the
bcec
next
year.
Could
you
help
me
with
that?
I'm
having
a
little
bit
of
trouble
arranging
it
with
bcec
for
some
reason,
but
I
think
I
would
need
some
assistance
from
the
mayor's
office
to
make
sure
that
they
know.
Bcec
knows
it's
a
priority
for
us
to
bring
up,
bring
a
couple
thousand
tours
into
boston.
O
E
A
A
Q
Oh,
thank
you
and
sorry.
I
wasn't
prepared
to
be
on
so
soon
yeah,
so
I
this
has
been
a
really
informative
hearing.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
holding
it,
and
I
just
want
to
underscore
that,
as
we
emerge
from
the
pandemic,
this
is
a
particularly
important
moment
for
property
acquisition
in
the
year
that
preceded
the
pandemic.
Q
We
should
really
look
at
immediately
tripling
the
acquisition
funding
for
acquisition,
opportunity,
program
and
tripling
that
allowable
subsidy
to
really
meet
the
market
situation,
because
we
no
longer
have
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing,
actually,
our
housing,
it's
in
disrepair
due
to
disinvestment
it's
expensive
due
to
luxury
luxury
housing
boom
and
gentrification,
and
we're
trying
to
serve
low-income
people.
So
those
are
kind
of
three
strikes
against
us
in
terms
of
making
it
affordable.
Q
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
lydia
next
up
is
phil
giphy
and
then
it
will
be,
who
I
believe
is
from
noah
and
then
we'll
have
meredith
levy.
Who,
I
believe
is
from
sorry.
The
bnclt,
which
I
suspect
is
another
land
trust,
sorry
that
I'm
mixing
up
the
acronyms
at
the
moment.
So
now,
yes,
I
was
right
all
right,
great
we're
going
to
phil
first,
so.
G
You
have
the
floor
yeah.
Thank
you,
counselor!
Thank
you,
everybody
and
my
colleagues
as
well.
It's
great
to
be
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
aop,
which
I
just
want
to
remind
people
that
is
an
anti-displacement
program,
primarily
for
low-income
people,
who
are
basically
essential
workers
who
are
often
victims
of
cope
and
whom
we
help
a
lot
and
to
my
left
I
want
to
do
introduce
mel
nelson,
who
is
our
director
of
property
management,
who
spends
a
lot
of
time
on
the
repairs
and
working
directly
with
the
residents
themselves.
G
So
I
also
want
to
lydia's
idea
of
spending
more
money
on
particular
items
would
be
helpful.
I
know
that
we
can't
take
all
50
million
for
east
boston,
but
I'd
be
willing
to
take
half
that
if
that's
what
you
want
to
make
a
deal
and
worked
hard
on
that,
so
we'll
take
25
million
and
that
probably
still
isn't
enough
as
lydia
and
others
knows
for
any
of
their
neighborhoods
that
we're
all
working
on.
So
I
would
say
whatever
we
can
get
for
aop,
we
need
it.
G
You
know
I'm
sure
sheila
would
agree
and
we'd
be
happy
to
have
more
than
4.6
million,
we'll
take
whatever
we
can
get
because
we
need
it.
Noaa
has
done
55
units
and
18
buildings
in
the
past
couple
years,
we're
finding
it
increasingly
expensive.
As
I
know,
my
colleagues
are
trying
to
acquire
the
three
deckers
which
are
now
well
over
a
million
dollars
for
three
decades
and
they've
got
to
be
in
pretty
good
shape
when
you
acquire
those.
G
So
we
need
money
faster,
actually,
more
money
per
unit,
so
we
can
move
with
alacrity
and
keep
people
in
the
in
the
units.
Because
again,
this
isn't
just
an
a
an
acquisition
program.
It's
also
an
anti-displacement
program.
At
the
same
time,
we've
used
boston,
resiliency
funds
of
165
000,
another
100
000
of
our
own
money,
and
I
think,
we've
served.
You
know
several
thousand
families
through
the
food
relief
program.
G
We
work
on
in
order
to
help
many
of
the
people
who've
been
displaced
unemployed
have
been
affected
by
covid
in
crowded
conditions
in
a
lot
of
these
units.
So
I
can't
say
enough
about
aop.
I
think
dnd
does
a
very
good
job,
we'd
like
to
tweak
it
here
and
there
I
think
sheila
knows
that,
but
we'd
be
happy
to
take
as
much
money
as
we
could
possibly
get
for
aop
and
every
other
housing
program
and
which
you
want
to
allocate
it.
Thank
you.
A
G
We
we,
like,
I
said
if
we
get
if
we
can
only
get
give
or
take
a
hundred
thousand
per
unit,
we
basically
have
to
get
a
mortgage
of
about
700,
000
or
so
to
get
a
property.
That's
not
easy!
That's
really
stretching
it.
We
don't
get
much
of
a
fee
out
of
this.
We
defer
currently
half
of
our
fee
anyway
and
then,
since
the
tenant
rents
are
really
subsidized
for
a
period
of
time.
They
have.
G
We
have
to
do
refinancing
which
we're
about
to
do
with
the
city,
and
I
want
to
thank
sheila
for
a
recent
letter
supporting
that.
But
even
when
we
do
this
program,
it
doesn't
it's
not
a
permanent
solution,
because
we
have
to
then
go
back
in
a
couple
years
and
refinance
because
the
debt
we
actually
have
to
pay
is
much
more
significant,
we're
competing
with
the
private
market.
We
pay
near
private
market
prices
for
these
buildings
in
order
to
keep
people
there.
That
is,
give
or
take
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
per
unit.
G
We
carry
that
risk
for
us,
it's
our
it's
a
one
of
our
highest
priorities.
It's
a
mission,
mission-driven
program.
You
would
not
run
this
as
a
business
program,
it
doesn't
work
as
a
business
program.
It
only
works
as
a
mission-driven
program
and
even
that
the
organization's
at
risk.
So
we
need
as
much
money
as
we
can
more
per
unit.
We
need
more
rehab
because
the
city
also
wants
to,
as
you
all
know,
to
make
units
sustainable
and
resilient
over
time.
G
So
as
we
want
to
get
these
buildings
and
units,
we've
got
to
bring
them
up
to
code,
not
just
housing
code,
but
also
resiliency
and
sustainability
been
built
into
each
one,
and
I'm
sure
my
colleagues
would
agree
with
that.
We
all
want
to
make
them
as
good
as
possible,
not
just
to
get
a
little
building
acquired
and
then
over
time.
You've
got
a
lot
of
older
buildings
in
need
of
repairs.
A
A
P
So
we're
looking
for
constant
programs
like
mass,
save
or
any
other
energy
efficient
programs
that
are
out
there
to
try
to
help
with
the
funding.
So
we
can
make
these
these
energy
upgrades
to
the
property,
but
that's
been
sort
of
the
difficult
portion
of
trying
to
get
these
buildings
where
they
need
to
be
as
far
as
efficiency
and.
G
R
Thank
you
great
to
be
here.
It
was
a
really
informative
couple
of
hours,
I'm
from
boston,
neighborhood,
community
land
trust,
I'm
the
executive
director
there,
our
geographic
territory
is
mattapan
roxbury
in
dorchester,
primarily
along
the
fairmount
quarter
and
beyond.
We,
the
population
that
we
serve.
R
We're
formerly
kohi,
if
you
might
know
us
cisco,
if
the
coalition
for
occupied
homes
and
foreclosure,
but
we
changed
to
a
land
trust
two
years
ago,
yeah
and
in
our
time
as
co-op,
we
acquired
six
built
well
a
few
more,
but
we
have
six
buildings
which
covers
15
units
and
we've
since
acquired
a
couple
more
buildings.
So
we
now
have
21
units,
and
you
know
we
just
acquired
properties
through
aop,
very,
very
thankful,
to
have
the
aopa
program.
R
I
agree
with
the
previous
speakers
that
it's
it's
a
great
program
and
we
need
it,
but
it's
not
quite
enough.
We
still
have
this
gap
and
we
we
can't
really
cross
subsidize
because
we're
a
small
organization,
and
yet
our
whole
mission
is
all
about
going
into
these
small
properties
where
others
aren't
going.
You
know
going
into
the
nooks
and
crannies
and
trying
to
keep
people
in
their
homes.
R
You
can't
get
the
debt
coverage
from
the
you
can't
even
get
like
their
phil
mentioned
a
700
000
mortgage,
but
you
can't
even
get
it
from
a
lending
institution
because
you
don't
have
the
coverage,
so
we
have
to
come
up
with
other
ways:
we're
not.
We
don't
have
the
deep
pockets
to
do,
but
what
we're
doing
we've
proven
we
can
do
we've
done
it.
We've
got
a
model,
so
we
want
to
be
able
to
do
it.
R
You
know
we
work
closely
with
a
lot
of
organizations
on
the
ground
to
work
with
tenants
who
are
at
extreme
risk
of
getting
pushed
out.
So
this
is
an
anti-displacement
strategy
and
I
can
tell
you:
I've
only
been
in
this
organization
for
a
year
and
a
half,
but
I
get
tons
of
calls.
Can
you
acquire
this
property
and
I've
made
several
offers,
even
in
our
short
term
and
a
lot
of
times,
I'm
not
able
to
get
to
that
level
people.
R
I
haven't
gotten
acceptances
on
several
of
the
offers
I've
made,
simply
because
we
can't
quite
reach,
and
yet
we
need
to
reach,
because
these
are
the
properties
where
tenants
are
organized
and
would
like
to
be
part
of
our
land
trust
model.
In
addition,
just
to
having
long-term
permanent,
you
know,
99-year
affordability.
R
This
model
also
allows
them
to
have
control
of
how
it's
run.
So
it's
it's.
It's
a
really
great
model.
We
can
show
that
like
because
we're
really
dedicated
to
having
our
residents
pay
no
more
than
30
of
their
income
on
housing.
If
we
were
able
to
do
that,
we'd
have
some
statistics.
We
could
say
right
now.
Typically,
people
are
spending
45
of
their
incomes
in
housing.
Among
the
group
that
we
serve.
If
everybody
in
that
group
were
able
to
save
that
15.
R
R
We
just
need
to
be
able
to
support
it,
so
we
know
that
our
communities
are
getting
really
hit
hard,
cove
it
everything
else
and
whether
it's
a
foreclosure
crisis
as
it
was-
or
we
might
see
another
foreclosure
crisis,
coming
up,
whether
it's
gentrification,
whether
it's
cove,
but
all
these
things
hits
the
same
people
and
we
have
to
really
make
sure
we're
not
just
sending
people
to
other
new,
affordable
assets
who
are
letting
people
stay
in
their
homes
where
they
have
social
networks.
These
are
perfectly
good
buildings.
Lydia
mentioned
statistics
of
the
cash
sales.
R
We
also
know
that
that
same
research
that
74
percent
of
the
buildings
that
were
sold
were
under
10
units,
primarily
for
condo
conversion
and
dorchester,
is
one
of
two
neighborhoods
that
have
had
the
highest
number
of
condo
conversions
for
the
two
and
three
triple
decker
homes
that
were
two
and
three
family
homes
that
we
see.
So
we
know
things
are
changing
quickly.
We
are
up
against
wall
street
and
investors
are
ready
to
sweep
up,
and
especially
for
landlords
who
are
struggling
and
they're
not
able
to
make
rent
or
collect
enough
rent.
R
These
properties
are
prone
to
be
sold
quickly.
So
we
are
here.
We
are
ready.
We
would
love
to
be
able
to
do
this
work.
It's
building
more
organizations
like
ours
are
springing
up.
We
just
need
the
resources,
so
we
absolutely
think
this
is
the
right
moment
to
try
to
use
the
resources
to
to
do
it's
kind
of
a
land
banking
strategy,
both
kenzie
you
had
asked
before
about
city
acquisitions,
but
also
among
these
organizations.
R
That
are
that,
where
we
share
a
similar
alliance
and
our
mission,
this
is
a
moment
for
us
to
try
to
take
these
properties
off
the
speculative
market
so
that
they
can
be
affordable
for
years
and
years
to
stabilize
our
communities.
We
absolutely
support
the
4.6
million
for
aop
and
and
of
course,
it
would
be
great
to
have
that
be
an
annual
allocation
or
you
know
to
have
that
number
be
even
higher.
R
A
A
Piece
of
the
approach
and
kohiff's
great
so
glad
to
know
you
by
your
new
name:
sorry
about
that
all
right!
Well,
I
think
that
that's
everyone
we
have
here
to
testify,
and
so
I
without
I
think
any
further
ado.
I
am
going
to
adjourn
this
hearing
of
the
ways
and
means
committee.
Thank
you
all
and
have
a
good
evening.