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Ways & Means Hearing- Dockets #0760-0768 FY24 Budget: Boston Planning and Development Agency
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B
Good
morning,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Tanya
Financial
Anderson,
the
district
7
counselor
I
am
the
chair
on
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
ways
and
means
this
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
stream
at
boston.gov
for
slash
City,
Dash,
Council,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN
channel
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and
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channel
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The
console's
budget
review
process
will
Encompass
a
series
of
public
hearings
that
begin
in
April
and
will
run
through
June.
B
We
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
in
to
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
on
the
record.
You
can
do
this
in
several
ways:
attend
one
of
our
hearings
and
give
public
testimony.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
each
department
or
hearing
and
also
at
a
hearing
dedicated
to
public
testimony.
The
full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website
at
boston.gov
forward,
slash
Council,
Dash
budget.
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can
give
testimony
in
person
here
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chamber
or
virtually
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Zoom
for
in-person
Testimony.
B
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come
to
the
chamber
and
sign
up
on
the
sheet
near
the
entrance
for
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testimony.
You
can
sign
up
using
our
online
form
on
our
Council
budget
review
website
or
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at
ccc.wm
boston.gov,
when
you
are
called
to
testify.
Please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
force
or
residency
and
limit
your
comments
to
a
few
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
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B
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committee
at
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boston.gov,
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a
two-minute
video
of
your
testimony
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our
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for
more
information
on
the
city
budget
process
and
how
to
testify.
Please
visit
the
city
council's
budget
website
at
boston.gov
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slash
Council,
Dash
budget.
This
today's
hearing
is
on
docket0760-20762
orders
for
the
FY
24
operating
budget,
including
annual
Appropriations,
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
post-employment
benefits.
Opeb.
B
Docket0764-0767-0768
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements.
Our
Focus
area
for
this
hearing
will
be
an
overview
fy24
for
the
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
agency.
Our
panelists
today
for
today's
hearings
are
author,
Jemison
chief
of
planning,
Michelle
Goldberg,
Director
of
Finance
Devon
cork,
Deputy,
Chief
of
development
and
transformation.
Amy
Chambers,
director
of
planning
I,
am
joined
by
my
colleagues,
counselor
Braden
District
9
Council
Murphy
at
large
council
president
Flynn
district
2.
for
our
format.
B
I'll
go
first
to
my
Council
colleagues
for
their
opening
statements
just
30
seconds
each
then
a
presentation
from
the
panelists
we'll
do
a
round
one
of
questions.
If
time
allows
around
two
public
testimony
and
finally,
a
closing
remarks.
We
do
not
being
that
bpda
is
a
quasi
agency.
We
do
not
have
a
presentation
or
breakdown
of
budget.
B
There
is
no
operating
budget
from
the
city,
at
least
on
the
city
Side,
so
we
will
just
be
hearing
in
terms
of
plan
and
capital
and
look
forward
to
engaging
in
a
robust
conversation
with
you,
counselor
Braden.
C
You
have
the
floor.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
good
morning.
Everyone
thank
you
for
being
here.
Alston
Brighton,
you
guys
are
familiar
with
it
very,
very
intense
development,
but
in
the
bigger
picture,
we're
really
concerned
about
displacement
and
the
fact
that
middle
lower
middle
income
folks
are
finding
it
increasingly
difficult.
Just
live
in
the
city,
so
I
know
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
new
industry
coming
in
we're.
Seeing
the
labs
we've
had
many
conversations
about
this,
but
I
think
this
is
the
the
biggest
challenge
in
our
city.
C
Right
now
is
being
able
to
provide
a
range
of
affordability
for
our
Workforce,
so
they
can
actually
stay
and
that
they
don't
that
families
aren't
pushed
out.
I
really
appreciate
the
great
partnership
that
we've
had
over
the
last
year.
Arthur
since
you've
been
here,
you're,
accessible,
you're,
responsive
and
I.
C
Think
you,
you
share
my
vision
for
an
inclusive
and
Equitable
and
sustainable
City,
and,
and
this
particularly
a
neighborhood,
the
challenges
I
think
I
I
see
is
that
the
intersection
between
the
things,
some
of
the
things
we
want
done
and
outside
of
our
purview
like
we
need
to
improve
our
MBTA.
We
need
to
have
an
efficient,
Equitable
mass
transit
system
that
will
move
large
numbers
of
people
around
the
city.
We
cannot
just
keep
building
and
not
unexpected
people
are
going
to
drive
in
cars
because
that's
not
going
to
work.
C
We
have
the
BTD
here
yesterday,
so
we
heard
that
from
them.
So
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
partnership
and
your
vision,
and
we
just
have
to
pushing
the
envelope
to
try
and
build
more
affordable
housing
for
everybody
and
then
the
transit
piece
and
and
plan
for
sustainable
those
15-minute
neighborhoods
that
that
sometimes
get
a
lot
of
flack.
C
It's
almost
back
to
the
future,
in
the
sense
that
the
notion
that
you
would
get
in
a
car
and
drive
miles
to
do
your
grocery
shopping,
we
need
to
have
something:
that's
a
little
more
accessible
and
sustainable
and
I'm
already
over
time,
so
I
better
get
going
here.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
D
You
chair,
thank
you
for
being
here
yesterday.
We
had
the
transportation
department
and
Public
Works
in,
and
it
all
ties
together
making
sure
that
when
we
think
about
where
we're
going
and
what
we're
going
to
be
able
to
build,
how
are
we
going
to
make
sure
that
people
can
safely
drive
on
streets
safely
park
ride
their
bikes?
However,
they
need
to
get
around
in
all
of
those
quality
of
life
issues
that
are
our
biggest
job
here
on
the
council,
making
sure
that
development
is
making
that
more
positive
for
families
not
taking
away
direct.
E
E
What
I
want
to
focus
on
in
my
in
my
questions
is:
are
we
are
we
seeing
a
Slowdown
in
development
and
how
are
we
working
with
the
development
community
to
ensure
development
continues,
because
a
lot
of
the
funding
from
development
goes
to
pay
our
school
teachers
for
for
roads
and
in
parks
and
supporting
students
and
and
seniors
that
those
are
some
questions
I'm
going
to
focus
on
in
my
q?
A
but
again
just
want
to
welcome
and
say
thank
you
for
you,
Chief
Jameson
here
in
your
your
team
as
well.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
B
Thank
you
council,
president
Flynn
good
morning.
Please
you
have
the
floor.
F
Excellent
to
the
chair,
thank
you
very
much
for
having
us
and
to
each
of
the
council.
Members
I
appreciate
the
kind
word
that
each
of
you
shared
about
me
and
the
team
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
hard
to
to
embody
those
and
to
live
off
to
those
standards.
Just
a
few
remarks,
if
it's
okay
and
that
I'd
love
to
have
a
more
detailed
budget
presentation
with
with
Michelle.
F
So
thanks
for
your
interest
in
our
work
and
we're
thrilled
to
be
here,
as
you
know,
I'm
Martha,
Jefferson
I'm,
the
chief
of
planning,
which
is
a
new
title
for
the
person
in
this
job
and
also
the
director
of
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
I'm
joined
today
by
Devin
Quirk,
our
Deputy
Chief
of
transformation,
Michelle
Goldberg,
our
Director
of
Finance
and
Amy
Chambers,
our
director
of
planning,
I'm,
going
to
give
a
very
brief
overview
of
how
of
our
accomplishments
last
year
and
some
of
the
things
we're
looking
forward
to.
F
We
should
take
just
a
minute-
or
so
it's
important
for
me
to
highlight
and
thank
our
staff
We've
extremely
been
extremely
successful
in
trying
to
re-um
re-stock
our
team
and
build
out
the
team
internally.
I'm
really
proud
of
the
team.
We've
been
able
to
assemble
I,
think
we've
got
a
mix
of
new
people
like
Amy
who's
joined
us
after
weeding
in
Hartford
and
in
New
Orleans.
Previously,
we've
also
got
people
who've
been
with
us
for
40
years.
F
Both
those
groups
of
people
are
incredibly
important
to
the
way
we
do
business
and
are
very
are
really
a
part
of
why
our
team
is
diverse
and
I
think
getting
getting
even
better
as
the
organization
responsible
for
the
city's
growth
and
change.
F
You
know
we.
We
know
that
this
the
work
in
this
section
of
the
of
the
city
can
bring
challenges
and
pressures
they're
faced
by
few
others.
I
want
to
thank
this
team
for
their
hard
work
in
making
making
some
of
that
look
look
easy,
but,
most
importantly,
making
it
transparent
and
increasing
the
way.
The
transparency
that
we
try
to
provide
to
people
about
the
way
we
do
our
work.
F
This
past
fiscal
year
we
began
our
mission
to
implement
the
mayor's
vision
for
the
city,
one
that's
more
resilient,
affordable
and
Equitable,
and
we're
working
every
day
with
our
partners
at
City.
Each
of
you
and
your
colleagues
here
at
the
council,
community
members
and
stakeholders
to
realize
a
more
coordinated
and
comprehensive
vision
for
the
city.
We're
prioritizing
building
trust
through
transparent
engagement
and
we'll
creating
more
predictable
environment
for
changes
in
the
built
environment
in
the
future.
I
want
to
highlight
a
couple
of
things.
F
In
particular
the
Western
Avenue
Corridor
study
and
rezoning
affectionately
known
as
Wacker
Z
was
adopted
by
the
board
in
October.
It
was
launched
by
the
bpda
in
the
consultation
with
the
the
community
in
Austin
Brighton
in
particular,
Council
Breeden,
to
basically
bring
people
together
to
create
a
new,
more
predictable
Zoning
for
an
area
that
was
experiencing
significant
growth.
F
It's
culminating
a
series
of
zoning
Urban
Design
Transportation
guidelines
that
aren't
just
living
in
a
document
but
have
been
taken
and
made
a
part
of
the
zoning
code
and
they're
already
influencing
the
future
of
development
when
people
think
about
it.
They've
also
been
key
to
enabling
a
number
of
projects
to
go
forward
that
we're
trying
to
be
that
needed
to
be
governed
by
that
system.
At
our
mayboard
meeting,
we
adopted
the
plan
matapan.
F
Not
talking
about
development
and
appreciate
the
question
from
Council.
President
investment
in
the
city
of
Boston
continues
to
be
an
area
of
strength.
We
continue
to
be
able
to
attract
significant
and
new
investment
as
an
example
in
fiscal
year,
23
July
of
2023
to
to
now,
and
we
have
one
more
board
meeting
before
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year,
we've
approved
nearly
eight
9.4
billion
in
development
projects,
total
Wing
over
8.6
million
square
feet,
Within
These
approvals.
F
These
projects
are
going
to
create
12,
000
construction
jobs,
almost
20
000
direct
jobs
and
6
700
jobs
that
are
going
to
be
created
indirectly.
Now
these
are
approvals
versus
what's
under
construction,
so
it
means
that
there's
a
bigger
pipeline,
but
moving
those
things
into
development
is
a
major
area
of
focus.
In
coming
year,
we've
also
adopted
a
policy
introducing
diversity,
Equity
inclusion
into
the
filing
process
process
for
large
projects.
The
policy
calls
on
developer
opponents
to
disclose
their
Equity
diversity
and
inclusion
plans
for
large
projects.
F
The
policy
was
the
first
of
its
kind
in
the
country,
all
right,
we're
proud
of
it,
and
it's
designed
to
help
us
get
a
better
sense
of
where
gaps
might
be
and
was
launched
on
a
pilot
basis.
So
we
can
understand
what
the
data
from
that
process
says
and
then
launch
it
more
fully.
In
the
future.
It's
responsive
to
our
directive
to
focus
the
agency's
resources
on
resilience,
affordability
and
Equity.
We've
also
launched
a
questionnaire.
Many
developers
have
very
good
best
practices
in
working
with
minority
women,
business
enterprises
and
others
in
their
work.
F
We
want
to
get
the
best
practices
that
are
already
underway
and
make
sure
that
those
are
really
the
the
floor
on
what
we're
doing.
While
we
identify
even
more
that
people
can
do.
Crucially,
though,
we
want
to
capture
the
good
experiences
that
many
of
them
are
already
having.
Finally,
just
to
close
up
in
the
real
estate
area,
I
know
it'll
be
of
interest
to
everyone
that
we
conclude.
F
We
had
a
release
last
year
of
our
land
audit
public
land
for
public
good
in
June
2022
and
we've
begun
over
12
new
projects
in
advance
forward
attendant
designation.
That
came
out
of
the
land
audit.
We
began
a
disposition
of
a
series
of
key
sites,
including
p12c,
the
Austin
Street
parking
lots
in
Charlestown,
the
Boston
Water
and
Sewer
wise
in
in
the
the
chairs
district
and
the
goal
in
each
of
those
cases
is
affordable,
housing
and
affordable
for
sale,
commercial
space,
new
community,
open
space
and
other
benefits.
F
It's
it's
been
a
pleasure
working
with
each
of
you
in
your
communities
on
making
sure
that
those
initiatives
take
shapes
that
reflect
your
desires
and
the
desires
of
your
community.
That's
a
dialogue
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
also
been
working
on
the
creation
of
co-located
public
libraries,
including
the
library
in
Chinatown,
that's
going
to
be
coming
after
60
years
of
not
having
a
library
as
well
as
a
new
facility
in
Uplands
Corner.
F
We
also
have
a
new,
exciting
project
in
in
Austin
Brighton,
where
some
of
the
authorities
and
agencies
the
skills
are
going
to
be
put
to
use
in
creating
Art,
Space
and
collaboration
with
moack
as
a
part
of
a
mitigation
project
that
from
artists
displaced
from
The,
Sound
Museum.
So
just
to
to
close
and
say,
we've
got
goals
for
next
year.
F
We
want
to
finish
our
neighborhood
planning
processes
and
begin
squares
and
corridors
planning
which
is
going
to
allow
us
to
create
larger
scale
development
in
and
around
our
strong
squares
and
Corners
all
over
the
city,
east
D,
Charlestown,
downtown,
Chinatown,
New,
Market
or
a
few
areas.
Where
that's
going
to
be
focused.
F
We
want
we're
going
to
we
have
launched
and
are
going
to
continue
a
Citywide
design
Vision
there
we're
excited
about
we're
going
to
be
continuing
our
article
80
improvement
process
to
get
that
process
to
be
more
predictable
for
development
and
neighborhoods,
and
we've
got
a
number
of
other
disposition
related
work
that
we're
going
to
be
pushing
forward,
and
so
I
appreciate
the
chance
to
offer
some
opening
comments.
With
permission
of
the
chair,
I'd
like
to
ask
our
Director
of
Finance
to
share
some
basic
information
about
the
agency.
Now,
let's
run.
G
Great
thank
you
Chief
Jameson
good
morning,
Madam
chair
Fernandez,
Anderson
and
members
of
the
council.
My
name
is
Michelle
Goldberg
and
I'm.
The
Director
of
Finance
of
the
bpda
I'm
grateful
to
be
here
to
speak
with
you
about
the
bpda's
budget.
I
have
a
few
slides
to
help.
Folks
who
may
not
be
as
familiar
with
us,
get
to
know
the
operation
side
of
the
bpda.
Most
folks
know
all
of
our
development
activities
that
run
through
the
agency.
The
bpda
finance
staff
not
only
manages
the
operations
of
the
organization.
G
G
Community
Development
grants
linkage,
Workforce,
Development
grants
and
more
none
of
these
funds
support
the
bpda
operations.
When
it
comes
to
the
budget,
the
bpda
is
made
up
of
five
business
units
that
interact
through
what
is
referred
to
as
related
party
transactions.
We
sometimes
call
it
an
intercompany
Grant
the
unit.
The
units
are
composed
of
three
major
entities:
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority,
the
economic
development
Industrial
Corporation,
which
acts
as
a
Fiscal
Agent
to
the
mayor's
office
of
Workforce
Development
and
the
Boston
industrial
local
development.
G
Sorry,
the
Boston,
Industrial,
Development,
Finance,
Authority
or
bidfa
edic
also
supports
two
minor
entities
which
are
501:
C3,
nonprofits,
the
Boston
local
Development,
Corporation
and
Friends
of
Youth,
Boston
or
fyob.
Together,
all
these
organizations
make
up
the
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
agency
Although.
Our
FY
24
budget
won't
be
final
and
approved
until
we
meet
with
our
board
in
June
we
can
discuss
FY
23
and
our
third
quarter
update
was
included
in
the
questionnaire
responses
with
that
I'd
love
to
walk
you
through
some
of
our
slides
bpda
operating
revenue
is
derived
from
several
categories.
G
First,
rental
leases
and
parking.
This
Revenue
represents
all
the
ground
leases.
Tenant
leases
and
parking
fees
associated
with
bpda
owned
property.
Much
of
that
revenue
is
spent
on
the
overhead
and
related
maintenance
of
owning
that
property.
Should
there
be
a
land
transaction
that
is
certain
to
take
place
in
a
given
fiscal
year.
We
will
budget
for
that
one-time
Revenue
in
the
sale
of
real
estate
category
the
slide,
let's
see
I'm
sorry
a
little
small
here.
G
The
slide
here
shows
Equity
participation,
which
has
been
internally
restricted
to
support
specific
bra
activities
for
historical
preservation
in
Dei
programming
grants
and
donations
include
both
owd
funds
and
a
reflection
of
the
subsidies
that
edic
sends
to
bra
and
other
related
party
transactions.
Our
smallest
category
is
any
late
fees
or
interest
earned
on
Holdings
moving
into
expenses.
Personnel
and
benefits
represents
the
largest
expense
for
the
bpda.
It
is
important
to
note
that
costs
related
to
operating,
owds
community-based
organizations
are
accounted
for
in
contractual
Services.
G
G
This
category
includes
externally
funded
pass-throughs
to
the
community-based
organizations,
as
well
as
our
planning
studies,
Professional,
Services
and
related
party
transactions.
Property
management
is
where
we
are
starting
to
see
more
expenses.
Our
assets
are
rapidly
deteriorating,
and
this
in
this
category,
we
attempt
to
fund
large
repair
projects
that
do
not
qualify
to
be
capitalized.
G
Here
we
have
just
a
quick
slide
to
show
you,
the
breakdown
of
the
Departments
and
how
our
expenses
are
spread
across
the
real
estate
department
manages,
maintains,
develops,
acquires
and
leases
the
bpda's
real
estate,
with
a
focus
on
fiscal
responsibility
and
Community
Development.
The
team's
effort
funds,
the
agency's
planning
and
economic
development
functions
while
supporting
the
agency's
mission
to
guide
inclusive
growth
in
Boston,
our
Capital
construction
project
priorities
are
based
on
a
comprehensive
assessment
of
the
agency's
extraordinary
infrastructure
needs.
G
The
FY
24
through
28
five-year
capital
budget,
is
proposed
to
be
54
million
dollars
for
12
new
projects
and
project
increases
on
existing
projects.
30
million
has
been
successfully
funded
by
the
city
of
Boston,
along
with
continued
project
representing
31
million
dollars
for
a
total
authorization
of
85
million.
The
bpda
has
concurrently
been
trying
to
align
all
of
this
critical
work
with
Supplier
Diversity
efforts
in
the
discussion.
G
B
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
Braden.
You
have
the
floor.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
C
C
The
challenge
that
I
see
is
the
huge
amount
of
planning
that
we
need
to
do
across
the
city
and
I
know
in
Alston,
Brighton
we've
had
the
Wacker
Z
Western
Ave
Corridor
study.
That's
been
going
on
that
just
was
approved
recently
going
on
for
probably
well
on
close
to
five
years.
Maybe
these
these
things
take
a
lot
of
time.
If
you
do
it
right
and
have
a
good,
strong,
Community
process.
C
My
concern
is
that
you
know
we
have
other
spaces
and,
and
we
need
to
plan
for
the
whole
District.
Also
brightness
is
barely
contiguous
with
the
rest
of
the
city,
so
we're
surrounded
by
other
municipalities,
and
we
have
Transit
issues.
We
have
a
lot
of
issues
with
affordable
housing
for
a
wide
range
of
people
and
just
and
wondering
like
I
know.
C
The
developers
are
just
charging
along
and
we're
we're
building
doing
the
same
old
same
old
with
the
project
by
project
approvals
that
we
have
been
doing
I
just
wonder
if
we
could
have
some
sort
of
an
interim
framework
to
guide
that
process
so
that
we're
just
not
having
a
free-for-all
in
terms
of
development
and
the
other
concern
I
have
and
I
think
you
and
I
have
been
in
correspondence
by
this
Chief
the
issue
about
developers
flipping
projects
like
we
have
one
project,
a
housing
project
that
was
approved
recently
within
six
weeks.
C
They
were,
they
were
selling
that
project
marketing
it
in
Europe,
for
a
hundred
and
like
close
on
125
million,
is,
is
what
the
number
I
have
heard.
And
yet
you
know
we
had
a
community
process,
huge
amount
of
effort,
our
neighbors
and
our
people
serving
on
iags
and
your
staff,
all
the
work
that
goes
into
that,
and
then
these
developers
are
just
using
our
neighborhood
as
a
cash
machine,
and
it
really
is
very
distasteful
and
I.
C
Don't
know
if
there's
anything
we
can
do
about
that
so
planning
and
then
also
the
issue
around
Transit
I
know
it's
challenging
the
MBTA
is
in
this
array
and
has
under
been
suffering
from
underfunded,
underfunding
and
lack
of
investment
for
decades,
so,
but
also
Brighton,
because
we're
like
literally
seven
miles
from
here-
it's
not
easy
to
get
here
and
if
and
we're
not
building
we're
not
building
that
Transit
infrastructure
just
support
a
growing
population
right
now,
our
population,
a
real
population
right
now,
is
80
000.
I.
C
Imagine
it
is
probably
going
to
hit
95
or
100
000
in
the
next
10
years.
So
I
just
wonder:
is
there
anything
we
can
do
to
really
work
on
that
I
know.
We've
been
working
on
private
public-private
Partnerships
as
a
way
to
get
some
some
movement
on
certain
things,
but
that
can
only
take
us
so
far.
F
Through
the
chair
at
Council
breeding
permission,
I
guess,
the
three
topics
you
asked
about
were
planning
62,
Everett
or
a
specific
project.
They
think
that
we
have
talked
about
in
detail
in
the
transportation
generally
I
may
ask
some
of
my
colleagues
to
help
me
answer,
but
very
very
quickly.
What
we're
trying
to
do
in
the
planning
section
is
to
complete
the
sort
of
named
series
of
plans.
F
You
know
Plan
East,
Boston
plan,
New
Market
plan
matapan
and
then,
as
soon
as
they
are
done,
we're
trying
to
do
something
a
little
more
city-wide
which
we'll
speak
to
those
squares
and
corridors
where
developing
pressure
is
most
is
being
built
most
and
where
we
believe
we
can
achieve.
You
know
five
to
seven
story:
affordable
mix
of
market
and
affordable
for
sale
and
and
Rental
in
places
where
density
can
be
can
be
accommodated
near
existing
Transit
I.
F
Think
that's
the
general
direction
we're
we're
going
in
to
have
to
have
not
just
those
neighborhood
plans
that
our
citizens
have
spent
so
much
time
and
energy
investing
in
to
make
their
time
and
to
make
good.
We
want
to
follow
that
up
with
something.
That's
more
city-wide
and
gives
us
a
little
bit
more
of
the
ability
to
set
a
direction
for
the
whole
city
on
60.
F
On
the
pardon
me
on
the
individual
property,
you
mentioned
as
an
example
of
a
larger
problem
where
people
were
obtaining
article
80
permits
for
an
approvals
for
a
very
large
development
deliveries
and
then
marketing
them.
We
have
a
group
that
has
met
internally,
that
is,
that
works
with
our
Oracle
80
committee,
which
is
made
up
of
developers
and
Community
activists.
In
fact,
one
of
the
community
actives
represent
is
From
Austin
Brayton,
and
the
idea
is
for
that
to
give
us
the
next
generation
of
ways
to
to
make
the
process
better.
F
In
that
conversation,
there's
been
a
specific
dialogue
about
time
limitations
or
sort
of
development
Windows,
which
would
prevent
some
of
that
the
situation
you're
describing
from
happening
or
saying.
Well,
we
these
this
approval,
has
a
time
limit
which
would
sort
of
encourage
people
to
either
I'm
not
going
to
agree
to
something
that
they're
not
going
to
do
right
now,
which
we
think
would
get
that
some
of
that
behavior
curtailed
I
think
we
want
to
continue
to
be
open
for
business,
but
we
also
want
people
to
be
able
to
say
I.
F
We,
the
community,
came
together
and
built
consensus
to
do
something.
We
don't
want
that
consensus
to
kind
of
get
sold
off
into
a
future
where
it
doesn't
happen
or
or
to
be,
as
you
said,
have
the
neighborhood
become
an
ATM
machine
very
well
put
so.
The
last
topic
you
mentioned
is
transportation,
so
our
planning
team
that
Amy's
been
leading
has
a
pretty
robust
Transportation
section
of
led
by
Jim,
Fitzgerald
and
I.
Think
you're
going
to
see
them
a
lot.
F
H
Thank
you
through
your
chair
counselors.
Thank
you
for
having
me
again.
My
name
is
Amy
Chambers
I'm,
the
director
of
planning
at
bpda,
and
to
address
your
question
with
regard
to
Austin
Brighton,
specifically,
as
you
know,
counselor
there
are
a
number
of
different
planning
efforts
that
are
ongoing.
H
One
of
the
most
important
elements
of
the
variety
of
planning
efforts
that
we
have
going
on
is
that
we
are
trying
to
make
sure
that
there
is
continuity
through
those
plans
so
that
both
so
that
the
recommendations
that
are
coming
out
of
them
and
the
feedback
that
we're
receiving
from
residents
as
we
continue
through
those
plans
carries
through
it's
really
important
to
ensure
that
we're
a
not
creating
planning
fatigue
with
all
of
the
different
projects
that
are
going
on,
but
at
the
same
time
ensuring
that
there
is
that
thread
that
goes
through
each
of
the
projects,
and
so
we
have
a
two
staff
who
are
working
on
on
those
projects
specifically
and
who
will
continue
to
work
on
those
projects.
H
Even
as
we
launch
the
Austin
Brighton
larger
scale,
neighborhood
plan
we're
also,
we
had
a
conversation
just
yesterday,
actually
about
how
we
ensure
that
our
community
engagement
process
is
also
linked,
as
we
continue
those
projects
themselves.
So
we
want
to
just
make
sure
that
what
we're
hearing
is
is
is
really
carried
through
as
we
continue
to
develop
those
those
projects
and
that
we
are
ensuring
that
all
of
that
feedback
comes
into
play
as
we
think
about
these
specific
projects
that
come
before
us.
C
D
F
Through
the
chair
to
council,
Murphy
I
would
say
the
short
answer
is
yes,
in
fact,
this
budget
has
a
feature
in
it
that
I'd
want
to
highlight
just
for
one
second,
which
is
the
budget,
calls
for
there
to
be
an
additional
staff
person
who
is
the
leader
of
a
planning
advisory
Council?
F
The
issue
you
described
is
something
that
we
are
trying
to
get
better
at
specifically
coordinating
our
plans
with
the
work
that's
done
in
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
for
example,
BTD,
so
that
when
we're
doing
our
planning,
it
reflects
a
real,
a
real
schedule
for
transportation
improvements
that
people
can
expect
or
real
schedule
for
for
Park
improvements
that
people
can
expect.
That's
coordinated
more
explicitly,
and
so
so
the
macro
issue
you're
talking
about
is
a
concern
of
ours,
want
to
have
it
better
coordinated.
F
So
we've
recently
hired
someone
to
lead
that
work
with
the
planning,
advisory,
Council,
Catherine,
Lusk
and
she's
just
getting
her
sea
legs,
but
I
think
what's
going
to
happen,
is
very
shortly.
There's
going
to
be
a
lot
more
to
say
about
how
we're
going
to
do
that,
but
the
issue
you're
highlighting
is
something
we
feel
so
strongly
about.
We've
we've
hired
somebody
and
advanced
it
in
the
budget
because
it
needs
to
be
done
so
then,
maybe
a
way
to
focus
on
this
more
with
you
gave
an
example
I
think
in
West
Roxbury.
F
D
F
So
we've
got
to
right
now,
Rutherford's
in
in
plant
Charlestown
and
is
a
very
clear
description
of
what's
happening
there.
The
transportation
improvements
that
the
community
and
BTD
and
I
was
working
on
for
years.
I
have
a
schedule.
It's
a
little
further
I
think
that
anyone
wants
it
to
be,
but
it
is,
it
is
what
it
is.
I
also
know
that
there's
a
community
meeting
coming
up
short
wait
in
West
Roxbury,
for
which
I
know
the
BTD
leader
and
others
are
spending
a
lot
of
time
being
prepared.
F
It
sounds
like
if
I
understand
the
issue.
Well,
there's
a
lot
of
important
discussion
that
needs
to
happen
there.
Business
Leaders
families
in
in
the
neighborhood
and
others
need
to
come
together
and
I.
Think
BTD
is
ready
for
a
that
conversation
I
that
eventually
I
think
that
neighborhood's
going
to
be
part
of
a
a
square
and
Corridor
Focus,
where
there'll
be
a
real,
detailed,
look
at
what
kind
of
growth
is
appropriate
and
is
inappropriate
there
and
that's
a
level
of
detail
we're
trying
to
get
to
that
that
intimately
involves
transportation
in
the
future.
D
A
story,
no
that's
helpful
and
I
must
often
think
on
my
role
as
an
at-large
city
counselor.
If
I'm
at
like
the
lower
Mill,
civic
association
and
they're
talking
about
a
project
right
there
on
Adams,
Street
and
they're
bringing
up
concerns
about
traffic,
you
know
at
dot,
Ave
Lower
Mills,
but
they
don't
know-
and
they
should
probably
shouldn't
know
because
they're
trying
to
just
focus
on
their
small
part
by
taking
that
bird's
eye
view,
because
it's
like
when
you
look
out,
it's
like
well,
there's
a
lot
of
things
coming
on
River
Street
or
these
others.
D
Excuse
me,
two
communities
to
know
that
yes,
you're
advocating
for
your
spot,
but
we
also
have
to
look
at
the
whole
picture
and
what
other
things
are
happening
like
it
was
happening
in
Mattapan
right
like
right.
There
there's
a
lot
going
on
so
then,
when
other
projects
around
it.
So
how
do
we
make
sure
that
we're
not
just
working
in
silos
and
sharing
that
information
or
not
replicating
work?
D
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
again,
thank
you
chief
and
your
team.
Let
me
start.
Let
me
start
with
the
bpda
in
China
Trade
building.
What's
what's
happening
at
the
China
Trade
building
who
are
the
occupants?
What
are
we?
What
are
we
doing
to
attract
local
and
minority
of
women-owned
businesses
there?
If
you
don't,
have
the
complete
list
of
who's
there?
That's
okay!
You
can
get
it
to
me.
You
know
tomorrow
or
so,
but
just
give
me
a
rundown
Devin.
If
you
can
yeah.
I
I'd
be
happy
to
counselor
happy
to
share
with
you
the
full
rent
role,
but
to
give
a,
maybe
just
a
brief
overview
of
the
building.
It's
a
building
that
we
own,
it's
I,
believe
it's
a
six-story
building
in
in
Chinatown
and
then
the
first
floor
in
basement
unit
uses
are
all
Chinatown
based
Community
uses.
We
have
the
temporary
branch
location,
the
Chinatown
library.
We
have
the
Chinatown
main
streets,
Association
Historical
Society.
We
have
a
couple
of
Chinese
Pace,
small
business
owners
or
Chinese.
J
Small
business
owners
it's
and
on
the
middle
upper
floors
are
all
educational
uses.
I
Those
are
include
the
International
Institute
of
New
England
and
urban
college
and
on
the
upper
floors,
above
that
we
have
a
couple
of
commercial
uses
that
pay
full
Market
rent
and
help
subsidize
the
entire
building,
which
I
think
is
a
generally
a
very
nice
model
for
Community
oriented,
Economic
Development.
Those
first
floor
uses
are
by
and
large,
free
or
well
below
market
market
rate.
I
E
Okay,
yeah:
we
can
talk
offline
more
about
about
I
love
that
building
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
Asian
owned
businesses
continue
to
have
access
and
have
a
presence
there.
Encoding
women,
women-owned
businesses
as
well
and
I
I,
do
know
that
we
have
to
have
businesses
that
play
that
paid
Market,
Market,
rent
I,
understand
that
so
I
think
that's
a
good,
a
good
balance.
E
E
I,
don't
know
a
people
sitting
on
the
land,
almost
as
if
it's
a
land
bank
and
focusing
on
other
the
development
projects
outside
of
that
area.
Just
can
be
a
rundown
on
that
yeah.
I
Those
are
two
great
questions:
counselors,
so
I'll
take
the
first
one
and
the
investments
in
the
Marine
Park
I
don't
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
the
council
for
considering
the
capital
request
to
the
bpda.
There's
a
significant
amount
of
resources
that
the
the
the
button
City
budget
contemplates
putting
toward
resiliency
in
the
Marine
Park,
one
of
the
signature,
Investments
That
I
Want
to
Thank
You
counselor,
for
your
advocacy
on
is
the
the
Hall
Road
to
fit
Kennedy
connection.
To
make
sure
that
the
marine
park
has
a
really
important.
I
Maritime
industrial
location
has
appropriate
access
to
truck
thoroughfares
in
a
way
that
doesn't
conflict
with
the
growth
of
the
seaport
and
the
multimodal
bus,
pedestrian
bike
infrastructure.
So
we're
trying
to
make
sure
we
keep
bikes
and
pedestrians
on
Northern,
Avenue
and
trucks
on
the
on
the
adjacent
streets.
I
The
the
capital
investment
I
think
it's
seven
million
dollars
in
the
city
budget
will
help
us
Implement.
That
connection
there's
also
significant
Waterfront
infrastructure
Investments
to
prevent
flooding
due
to
sea
level
rise
and
continue
to
invest
in
our
Maritime
economy
in
Boston,
which
is
the
the
mission
of
the
Flynn
Marine
Park.
I
Regarding
your
question
in
terms
of
leases
in
the
marine
park
right
and
development,
I
I
would
love
to
dig
in
with
you
that
more
if
you're,
seeing
it
or
hearing
a
little
bit
of
that,
currently
we're
not
hearing
that
and
we
have
a
lot
of
very
active
least
negotiations
and
some
that
are
we're
trying
to
draw
to
close
quickly.
I
We've
recently
brought
before
our
board
the
approval
for
22
Dry
Dock,
which
is
our
former
office
building
in
the
Marine
Park,
which
is
going
to
be
redeveloped
by
a
related
deal
into
a
lab
life
science
with
training
programs.
On
the
first
floor,
which
will
help
Capital
subsidize
the
Capital
Improvements
in
the
Marine
Park
focused
on
Maritime
infrastructure,
their
vertex
would
be
the
primary
tenant
there.
They
are
very
eager
to
get
into
construction,
we're
talking
to
them
pretty
frequently
so
that,
as
an
indicator
of
development,
I
think
there
is
there's.
I
There
seems
to
be
a
significant
interest
to
move
forward,
but
all
of
our
leases
have
and
any
of
our
intentative
designations
have
deadline
Clauses
in
them.
So
if
there
are
places
where
we
have
some
leverage
to
push
forward
with
your
appropriate
for
the
appropriate
development
in
the
Marine
Park,
we're
always
doing
that.
That's
what
we
wanted
we
want
and
we
welcome
your
partnership
and
leveling
that
up
in
any
place
where
you
think
there
might
be
an
opportunity.
E
Yeah,
thank
you,
Devin
could
could
you
and
I
meet
sometime
next
week?
I
just
want
to
go
over
who
the
tenants
are
there.
What
projects
have
been
approved
if
anyone
is
sitting
on
any
projects
that
have
been
approved
for
any
reason,
but
can
we
meet
sometime
next
week
just
to
go
over
some
of
those
issues?
I'd
be
happy
to
have
a
great
day,
I.
Think
Council
Flaherty
also
asked
me
about
that
issue
as
well,
Devin
and
and
chief
I
know,
you
are
familiar
with
this
issue.
The
maritime
presence.
There
is
critical.
E
E
E
Companies
is
very
difficult
because,
through
the
advocacy
of
the
transportation
team,
we're
putting
bike
Lanes
in
where
we
should
be
making
sure
that
Commerce
is
going
through
safely,
effectively
and
I
think
we're
at
a
standstill
here
with
the
businesses
that
want
to
get
their
products
in
and
out
of
the
Flynn
Marine
Park
in
the
bicyclists
that
want
the
road
as
well.
So
a
lot
of
these
companies
have
asked
me
until
see
if
they
can
speak
with
you.
I
know
you
have
spoken
to
them
before
several
times,
but
it
is
a
major
problem.
F
Through
the
terror
of
President,
Flynn
I
would
I
appreciate
the
question.
I
would
say
that
I
I
was
there
and
I
had
a
chance
to
walk
the
site
with
I'm,
not
sure
if
you
were
there,
I
think
I
was
there
with
councilor
Flaherty
and
and
specific,
for
example,
with
the
Harpoon
development
owner,
and
they
were
able
to
see
some
of
the
turning
radius
issues
firsthand.
F
Since
then,
our
director
of
real
estate,
Rebecca
Hansen,
has
had
a
series
of
meetings
and
I
think
made
a
couple
of
proposals
that
are
going
to
make
a
difference,
but
I
would
make
it
very
simple,
I'm
happy
to
go
back
out.
There
talk
them
again,
anytime
in
the
next
30
to
30
days
or
so,
and
make
sure
that
they're
being
heard
and
that
the
progress
we're
making
is
because
again,
the
mix
of
of
Maritime
and
other
business
down.
F
I
And
I
just
want
to
highlight
again
for
welcome
the
council's
consideration.
The
seven
million
dollar
Capital
request
for
the
vid
Kennedy
realignment,
because
I
really
think
that
will
make
a
major
impact
on
exactly
the
type
of
Transportation
related
concern
that
you're
you've
you've
pushed
us
on
counselor
and
I
think
it
will
have
the
resolution
that
I
think
you're.
Looking
for.
E
Well,
thank
you,
Chief
and
thank
you.
Devin
I
also
want
to
highlight
one
brief
comment
before
before
I
before
I
end
Mr
Breen
from
from
your
team,
has
worked
with
me
for
the
last
six
years,
making
sure
we
have
had
access
to
language
access
for
the
Chinatown
community
in
Cantonese,
he's
done
an
exceptional
job.
He
helped
move
bpda
towards
language
and
Community
communication
access
so
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
important
role
Mr
Breen
plays
up
at
the
up
at
the
bpda.
B
You
thank
you,
president
Flynn
I
wanted
to
just
acknowledge
that
my
Council
colleague,
counselor
Coletta
and
counselor
Mejia
has
joined
us,
but
it
is
my
turn
for
questions
and
so
I'll
go
to
them
as
soon
as
I
ask
my
questions.
B
So
I
just
wanted
to
understand
bpda
a
little
bit
more
and
I
know,
and
obviously
this
is
for
the
record,
and
the
people
watching
at
home
and
I
know
that
you
guys
have
a
lot
of
exciting
programs
that
people
are
just
not
really
aware
of,
or
at
least
that
I
would
like
to
be
able
to
support
in
giving
access
to
the
community.
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
exciting
stuff
in
Roxbury
as
well
in
D7
and
so
either
Michelle,
anyone
or
Devin.
G
Sure
so
in
our
packet
we
do
try
to
take
our
budget
and
relate
it
to
the
various
neighborhoods,
the
most
direct
organization
that
we
do
is
we
have
a
staff
of
community
engagement
members.
There
are
I,
think
four
or
five
Community
engagement,
members,
two
Deputy
directors
and
they
nest
into
our
department
of
communications.
Excuse
me,
Communications,
and
so
that
salary
you
know
they
they
focus
on
their
specific
neighborhoods.
We
then
have
all
of
our
various
planning
and
all
of
that
activity
runs
through
the
bra.
G
We
have
a
office
of
Workforce
Development,
which
is,
you
know,
focused
on
Workforce
Development
of
all
age
groups,
and
so
they
receive
an
extraordinary
amount
of
federal
funding.
We
act
as
a
Fiscal
Agent.
We
do
not
take
any
administrative
clawbacks
for
that
and
we
actually,
you
know,
use
additional
funds
to
support
owd's
work
if
grants
do
not
cover
their
entire
expenses.
G
You
know
I
think
within
the
finance
department,
what
we
have
been
spending
a
lot
of
time
trying
to
get
out.
There
is
bldc
our
Boston
local
Development
Corporation.
They
provide
small
business
financing
loans
and
they
do
extraordinary
work
with
a
staff
of
two
we've
been
focusing
on
the
simple
things:
first,
like
translating
our
websites
to
make
sure
that
they
are
language
accessible.
G
We
have
spent
the
last
12
months
going
out
to
just
about
every
Community
event.
We
could
possibly
find
and
reserving
a
table
to
just
get
the
information
out
there.
We
also
have
read
Boston
and
some
fyob
a
lot
of
smaller
organizations
as
well,
that
Target
particular
disadvantaged
groups
or
different
groups
of
of
Youth
in
the
city
that
need
summer
jobs
and
those
types
of
programs.
So
it
is
an
extraordinary
collection
of
activities
and
on
any
particular
fiscal
year
you
know
we're
funding
a
variety
of
programs.
B
Does
and
I
know
that
there's
a
lot,
but
there's
only
so
much
time
here
to
discuss
it
and
I
know
that
some
of
it
was
you
did
break
it
down
in
your
presentation.
B
I
just
think
that
it's
amazing
opportunities
and
you
guys
doing
really
good
work
on
these
programs
or
other
community
engagement
efforts
that
people
are
just
not
aware
of
or
just
not
going
through.
All
the
layers
of
your
website
and
I've
tried.
B
So
I
also
wanted
to
talk
about
your
capital
and
thank
you
Michelle
for
giving
me
that
response.
If
it's
okay
with
you
I'll
reach
out,
if
I
need,
if
I
have
any
other
questions,
I
just
want
to
understand
the
capital,
because
there's
a
lot
of
investment
in
different
areas
and
just
how
you
got
to
your
decisions
and
I
again
in
terms
of
infrastructure
or
Capital
Investments.
B
Anyone
here
can
answer
I.
You
know
how
do
you
get
to
your
decision
and
what?
What
makes
a
priority
a
priority?
How
did
you
get
there?
I
see
that
there
was
investment
in
Charlestown
for
a
million
dollars
in
South
Boston
27
million
downtown
Government
Center
6
million
South
End,
1
million
I,
don't
see
anything
else
for
the
rest
of
the
city.
So
how
did
you
get
to
your
priority
and
what
are
the
reasons
yeah.
I
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
that
counselor,
so
Rebecca
Hansen's,
our
director
of
real
estate,
she's
supported
by
William
Epperson
who's,
our
deputy
director
for
Capital
Construction,
their
team
works
really
hard
every
year
on,
establish,
establishing
and
implementing
our
capital
budget.
We
have
over
400
million
dollars
of
capital
needs
at
the
agency,
and
that
includes
about
150
million
dollars
of
sea
level
rise
related
climate
change
mitigation
efforts
that
we
need
to
understand.
That's
the
most
substantial
single
chunk
of
the
capital
budget
are
two
largest
contiguous
land.
I
I
The
all
both
of
those
Waterfront
assets
were
former
military
bases
that
saw
a
lot
of
their
infrastructure
developed
during
World
War
II,
which
has
now
passed
its
useful
life
and
needs
to
be
rehabilitated.
So
there's
significant
investment
happening
both
because
of
sea
level
rise
and
because
of
just
state
of
Need
for
recapitalization
state
of
good
repair
along
the
water
in
those
two
locations.
But
to
get
to
your
question
around
how
we
set
priorities,
the
team
established
I
think
a
fairly
detailed
approach
to
evaluating
each
potential
project.
I
We
have
we've
done
a
full
Capital
need
assessment
to
have
a
really
solid
understanding
of
what
needs
an
investment
and
then
how
we
prioritize.
It
was
look
through
both
the
you
know,
starting
with
Public
Safety,
we're
going
to
make
sure
we're
keeping
anyone
who's
using
our
property
and
that's
safe,
and
it's
in
a
good
state
of
good
repair,
but
also
looking
at
the
alignment
with
our
mission.
So
we
we
recently
invested
significantly
in
your
District
at
the
P3
development
site
to
to
do
some
remediation
work
to
prepare
that
site
for
Community
oriented
development.
I
I
Think
that
was
a
half
million
dollars
of
we
can
get
I'll
check
that
number
for
you
and
get
it
and
get
it
to
you,
but
I
think
that
was
also
backstop
with
a
grant
from
the
from
the
state
as
well.
Something
was
some
of
our
money
did.
B
J
B
I
Were
happy
to
take
on
that
capital
investment,
but
something
we're
doing
now
and
the
reason
is
it:
it
speeds
the
Redevelopment
of
the
site
and
putting
that
taking
our
largest
vacant
property
and
getting
it
into
active
development
for
Community
oriented
job,
creating
housing
related
uses.
Is
it
couldn't
be
more
important
to
us
as
a
as
a
both
from
our
Planning
and
Development
perspective,
but
also
as
a
as
a
real
public
real
estate
developer,
so
anything
that
we
can
do
to
hasten
the
delivery
of
mission?
Oriented
property
is
something
we're
happy
to
invest
in.
I
We
also
look
at
particularly
in
the
Marine
Park,
where
we
have
a
lot
of
Market
oriented
pieces
return
on
investment.
So
if
we
make
a
capital
investment,
will
we
get
that
money
back
more
quickly,
so
those
are
I
think
the
law,
the
three
large
metrics
that
we
use
in
terms
of
prioritizing
our
Capital
project.
Okay,.
B
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
making
that
decision
with
P3.
Where
does
your
the
bulk
of
your
revenue
and
can
you
break
that
down
by
percentage
comes
from.
G
Sure
so,
in
our
presentation,
in
our
slides,
we
included
I
can
pull
that
up
if
it's
helpful,
but
our
our
largest
most
consistent,
stable
revenue
does
come
from
our
ground
leases
and
our
tenant
leases.
We
do
also
have
parking
lots
that
generate
revenue
for
us
and
those
have
had
interesting
performance
since
the
pandemic
and
different
responses
to
Transportation.
So
it's
very
much
an
economic
Revenue
stream
for
us
from.
G
Well,
so
we
have
one
open-air
large
Garage
in
the
Marine
Park
and
so
that's
the
the
primary
parking
lot
and
then
we
have
smaller
Lots
across
the
city.
There's
one
on
Fulton,
Street,
Sergeant,
zap,.
G
It
is
it's
quite
interesting
because
I
think,
as
the
pandemic
hit,
we
saw
a
sharp
decline,
as
the
shutdown
was
happening,
of
course,
and
we
were
very
unsure
of
what
the
future
of
that
Revenue
stream
would
be,
because,
yes,
that
is
very
important
to
closing
deficits
in
the
VRA,
so
that
Revenue
has
been
performing
quite
well
and
has
allowed
us
to
make
investments
in
planning.
G
G
We
we
of
course
receive
a
large
portion
of
funds
when
you
collect
it
all
together
for
owd
and
again,
those
all
just
go
straight
right
back
out
through
RFP
to
community-based
organizations,
and
then
smaller
pots
of
Revenue
include
things
like
late
fees
and
if
somebody
wants
to
purchase
a
map,
you
know
small
small
revenue
streams
like
that.
Okay.
B
I'll
be
sure
not
to
purchase
a
map.
Thankfully,.
I
B
All
right,
thank
you
for
the
correction.
I
do
see
here,
rental
leases
so
including
real
estate
and
anything
else,
and
so
that
the
impact
I
guess
what
I'm
getting
to
is
the
impact
of
what
miramu
was
proposing
in
terms
of
parcels.
It
doesn't
really
affect
you
in
a
adverse
way,
so.
I
B
I
Next
year
will
be
before
the
council
to
talk
about
moving
the
bpda
staff
to
the
city
of
Boston's
budget
I.
Think
it's
really
important,
as
we
have
that
conversation
to
talk
about
what
the
what
the
full
cost
implications
of
that
staff
transfer
will
be.
I
We
are
absolutely
intending
to
cover
those
costs
with
the
transfer
of
Revenue
to
the
city,
so
that
that
is
a
a
year
from
now
discussion
for
next
year's
budget
cycle,
but
I
think
it's
a
really
important
conversation
for
us
to
have
to
make
sure
that
any
any
change
of
employer
for
bpda
staff
and
come
it
has
corresponding
Revenue
associated
with.
A
B
You,
no
that's
fine
I
guess:
I
was
trying
to
figure
out.
If
the
land
is
sent
all
to
moh,
then
transfer
to
moh,
then
would
it
impact
your
revenue
and
how
would
the
sustainability
of
bpda
continue
that
but
I
I
kind
of
get
the
picture?
It's
still
a
small
fraction
and
you
would
transfer
over
fund
so
that
it
doesn't
really
impact,
but
you
already
contribute
to
Boston's
Revenue
in
terms
of
taxes
anyway,.
I
Happy
the
most
of
our
nearly
all
of
our
performing
leases
do
pay
full
taxes.
There
are
a
couple
of
pilot
agreements
and
exceptions
to
that,
but
that's
something
we've
been
working
on
over
time
to
ensure
that
every
every
development
unpublicly
owned
land-
that's
not
a
municipal
purpose
or
affordable
housing
use,
is
paying
full
taxes.
B
I
think
the
I'm
saying
the
irony
here
is
that
the
public
seems
to
think
that
oh,
my
gosh
bpda
our
VRA,
and
when
you
look
at
the
numbers
you're
like
well,
it's
they're,
not
that's,
not
where
their
revenue
is,
and
so
there's
no
reason
for
them
to
intentionally
try
to
be
corrupt
and
I.
Don't
think
you
are
I'm
just
trying
to
clarify
that
you
don't
have
anything
to
lose
or
to
gain
to
do
that.
Why
would
you
do
that
and
I
want
to
the
public
to
understand
that
your
revenue
does
not
come
from.
I
Right,
thank
you
for
that.
Counselor
I
appreciate
you
giving
us
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
it
and
I
want
to
make
sure
we
give
some
credit
to
Michelle.
Goldberg
who's
been
an
excellent
budget
director
and
now
Finance
director
for
us
and
has
driven
the
agency's
financial
operations
with
a
direction
towards
transparency,
so
that
everyone
can
see.
This
has
been
interactive
from
our
board
of
directors
as
well,
so
everyone
can
see
exactly
what
Revenue
the
bpda
is
taking
in
and
exactly
where
it's
going.
I
That's
not
how
the
agency
was
always
historically
run
and
I
think
it's,
and
for
for
that
reason
you
go
back.
You
know
many
years
into
the
past.
There
was
lots
of
questions
about
where
bpda
money
went.
That
is
something
we're
endeavoring
working
very
closely
with
mayor
Wu
and
her
direction
for
the
future
of
the
agency
to
make
sure
that
it's
even
easier
to
understand
that
in
the
future.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that,
and.
B
Thank
you
Michelle
to
see
that
your
funds
are
always
accounted
for
and
there's
a
level
of
consistency
and
I
had
to
break
it
down
from
the
last
three
or
four
years
so
appreciate
that
not
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
pleasantly
surprised,
I'm,
not
surprised
I
am
I,
am
I
was
pleased
to
see
that,
though
I
think
I'll
reserve
my
questions
because
I
have
so
many
more
we'll
go
on
to
council
Coletta
for
her
questions.
Council
letter,
you
have
eight.
K
Minutes.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Good
morning.
Everybody,
it's
good
to
see
you
all.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation.
K
We
we've
talked
extensively
about
playing
Charlestown
planting
spots
and
I'm,
not
going
to
ask
you
any
questions
about
that,
happy
to
to
hear
that
they
are
in
their
final
stages.
I'll
just
say
that
I'm
curious
to
learn
more
about
the
planning
advisory
Council
and
how
it
relates
to
the
coastal
resiliency
task
force.
It's
any
Clarity
around
that
and
how
it's
going
to
impact
the
planning
processes
that
are
currently
happening
in
my
district
playing
East
Boston
and
play
in
Charlestown.
F
Chair
to
councilman
cueta,
why
don't
I?
Try
the
the
try,
the
first
one
about
the
planning,
advisory,
Council
and
then
Devin
and
Amy
may
be
together.
You
can
talk
about
to
The
Climate
matter,
starting
with
where
we
are
how
we're
organized
today.
So
the
planning
advisory
council
is
really
an
essential.
We
think
part
of
the
future.
F
One
of
the
things
I
think
we've
all
noted
is
that
when
we
do
a
neighborhood
plan,
the
neighborhood
plan
isn't
to
speak
to
what
the
development
potential
of
the
neighborhood
is
or
the
opportunity
sites
or
properties
might
be
it
often.
Usually,
it
usually
says
that
these
are
the
transportation
improvements
that
will
happen.
These
are
some
of
the
planning
improvements
level.
F
To
say,
okay,
when
this
a
plan
gets
approved
and
it
won't
just
be
bpda
plans,
it
might
be
BTD
plans
as
well
that
everyone
sort
of
sits
there
in
a
room
together
and
says
yeah
I'm
agreeing
to
execute
this
on
this
rough
calendar,
so
that
citizens
have
a
better
idea
that
oh,
we
had
a
plan
did
initiative
six
happen
in
the
plan.
Well,
there's
a
there's:
a
group
of
people
who's
charged
with
making
sure
initiative
six
initiative.
F
Six
happened,
not
again
the
supplanting
the
work
that
the
planning
director
of
our
organization
would
do,
or
the
or
vineet
Gupta.
The
planning
director
for
BTD
would
do
but
really
making
sure
that
each
of
them
as
a
way
to
to
kind
of
create
accountability
amongst
each
other
about
the
work
that
gets
done
and
that
places
convened
to
make
it
happen.
I
think
it's
also
important
to
say
that
it's
a
startup
and
we
wanted
to
have
those
features
for
these,
the
city
agencies.
F
We
also
want
at
some
point
to
have
those
features
for
the
public,
where
they
can
sort
of
see
government
interacting
to
make
sure
that
those
those
pieces
over
are
connected
and
overlapping.
So,
hopefully
that
gives
you
a
little
background
on
the
PAC.
To
the
extent
you
wanted
to
talk
about
the
coastal
resilience
work,
which
I
think
is
a
central
Devin
and
Amy
you're,
probably
the
right
people
to
speak
to
it.
I
So
then,
on
the
coastal
resilience,
delivery
team,
I.
Think
what
we're
trying
to
achieve
with
that
team
is
the
fact
that
we've
done
actually
quite
robust
planning
along
Boston's
Waterfront,
for
where
there
are
flood
inundation
risks
and
significant
risks.
I
The
Boston's
future
in
terms
of
sea
level
rise,
the
the
planning
efforts
have
been
exceptional,
led
by
folks
under
Amy's
team
and
chief
White
Hammond's
team,
and
now
it's
time
for
us
to
start
making
rapid
Investments
so
that
that
infrastructure
we
need,
whether
that's
sea
walls
or
reinfastructure,
are
there
by
the
time
that
the
the
the
big
storm
happens
or
the
or
the
sea
level
rise,
happens
and
I.
Think,
as
you
know,
probably
better
than
anyone
else.
I
Given
your
your
District's
risk
in
this
in
this
space
that
time
is
short,
so
the
what
we've
are
setting
up
in
this
year's
budget
is
a
team
of
people
who
work
closely
with
Chief
Jameson
and
chief
white
Hammond
on
every
day
coming
to
work,
implementing
those
Solutions
getting
the
funding
and
taking
the
taking
those
plans
and
putting
them
into
action.
I
One
of
the
reasons
that's
housed
within
the
bpdh
real
estate
team
is
because
of
our
experience,
doing
private,
public-private
Partnerships,
our
experience,
acquiring
property
for
both
public
and
private
use
and
I
think
that's
just
to
use
an
example
in
your
District
thinking
about
border
Street
and
the
flood
Foundation
route
that
threatens
a
lot
of
homes
in
East
Boston.
I
In
some
cases,
once
we
have
the
legal
rights
to
do
the
construction
perform
that
construction
and
then
think
about
what
will
happen
behind
the
sea
walls
Edge,
and
we
can
use
some
of
the
tools
that
the
bpda
has
to
create
public-private
Partnerships,
because
maybe
maybe
that
should
be
parks
and
open
space,
or
maybe
that
should
be
a
new,
affordable
housing
development
or
a
new
community
incubator
or
supporting
the
small
businesses
that
are
already
in
place
there.
So
in
Broad
Strokes,
that's
the
concept
of
the
coastal
resilience
team.
K
So
and
then
from
there
utilizing
the
up
the
the
new
tools
that
the
bbas
is
redefining
taking
blight
and
decadence
out
of
it,
it's
going
to
be
Equity,
resilience
and
affordability,
that's
where
the
BPD
would
act
as
or
this
group
would
act
as
the
convener
for
public
public
private
do
I
have.
I
That
right,
that's
absolutely
right,
counselor
to
the
to
the
extent
that
we
would
need
to
take
out
real
estate
action,
okay,
that
bpda
has
to
currently
for
for
us
to
use
any
of
our
the
tools
that
we
have
available
to
to
do.
Non-Municipal
real
estate
development.
We
have
to
show
a
Nexus
to
to
blight
that
is
very
much
tied
to
Boston's
Urban
rural
past.
What
we're
working
on
in
the
future
is
tying
it
to
Boston's
future
needs
exactly
what
you
just
said.
K
G
K
It
another
Capital
project,
Pier,
five,
how
what's
happening
with
that?
How
is
that
going?
Are
the
rfps
out
so.
I
What
we're
doing
it
at
Pier
5,
which
pier
5
in
the
Navy,
are
there's
also
a
pure
five
in
the
marine
park,
but
a
pure
five
in
the
Navy
Yard.
That's
a
dilapidated,
condemned,
Navy
Pier,
just
adjacent
to
the
public
park.
We
own
a
pier
four
and
then
public
private
partnership
with
Pier
Six,
which
includes
a
restaurant,
that
Pier
is
increasingly
falling
into
the
into
the
water
and
is
no
longer
safe
to
even
have
someone
walk
on
it.
I
So
what
we're
currently
doing
is
a
structural
and
Engineering
assessment
to
determine
if
the
pier
is
at
all
salvageable.
If
and
what
the
cost
feasibility
of
that
Salvage
career
would
be
there.
What
we
will
find
out
through
that
assessment
is
the
answer
to
that
question
and
and
the
cost,
and
then
also
the
cost
of
demolishing
and
removing
the
pier,
though
the
contractor
will
deliver
construction
writing
drawings
for
the
the
prioritized
course
of
action.
B
Chambers
Miss
Chambers,
Miss
Chambers,
we're
so
happy
to
see
you
here
and
I
know
that
it's
going
to
be
a
huge
undertaking.
An
exciting
I
want
to
understand
a
little
bit
more
about
your
role
in
terms
of
planning,
obviously,
for
the
whole
entire
city
right
not
just
concerned
catchment
areas
in
Roxbury
we
are
putting
away
funds.
We've
mitigated
funds
from
Community
benefits,
with
developments
to
hire
consultant
in
Boston.
B
Foundation
is
very
excited
to
hopefully
God
willing
partner
with
us
as
well,
and
we
wanted
to
have
a
consultant
ready
for
you
to
work
in
planning
for
Roxbury,
so
I
hope.
You
will
welcome
that.
I
look
forward
to
getting
to
know
you,
but
if
I
can
understand
a
little
bit
about
your
role
and
what
it
would
entail.
H
Absolutely
thank
you
counselors.
Thank
you
for
having
me
here
today.
Just
a
little
bit
about
me,
Amy
Chambers,
I,
am
the
director
of
planning
here
at
bpda.
I
am
a
few
months
into
the
role.
I
am
coming
to
Boston
from
Hartford
Connecticut,
where
I
was
the
Planning
and
Zoning
director
for
the
last
four
years
under
the
burning
Administration.
H
In
that
capacity,
I
worked
with
our
Planning
and
Zoning
commission,
our
zoning
board
of
appeals
and
our
historic
preservation
commission,
as
well
and
on
our
development
review
work
there
in
my
capacity
here
with
bpda
I
am
responsible
for
a
few
of
the
teams
who
are
integrally
involved
in
the
plans
and
studies
that
you've
heard
about
here
today,
and
that
each
of
you
have
varying
interests
in
I
work
with
our
downtown
neighborhood
planning
team
that
is
led
by
Kenan
Ryan,
our
regulatory
Planning
and
Zoning
team
led
by
Brian
glasscock,
who
is
retiring
shortly.
H
H
On
development
review
projects
working
very
closely
with
the
development
review
team
and
other
departments
in
their
various
their
respective
areas
as
well,
those
teams
are
working
on
modifications
to
the
zoning
code
as
they
arise
and
on
our
long-term
plans,
which
we
have
ongoing
as
we
move
forward
in
our
work
and
as
we
think
about
some
of
the
shift
that
we've
talked
about
here
today.
Those
teams
will
be
shifting
around
a
little
bit
and
we'll
be
renaming.
H
The
regulatory
Planning
and
Zoning
team
to
the
zoning
reform
team
and
that
team
will
expand
in
in
size
as
well
and
we'll
be
thinking
about
ways
in
which
we
can
Implement
additional
and
more
proactive
changes
to
make
the
zoning
code
both
more
accessible,
more
understandable
and
just
to
be
able
to
grow
that
work.
And
we're
definitely
really
excited
about
that.
H
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
and
definitely
excited
about
taking
a
look
from
a
Citywide
lens
around
how
we
create
zoning.
That
really
does
help
to
bolster
that
that
work
specifically.
So
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
I'll
be
focused
on
in
the
near
term
and
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
from
you.
B
Thank
you,
Miss
Chambers
definitely
excited
about
corridors
squares
and
corridors
I
that
I
think
that's
one
of
the
main
focus
for
Roxbury
and
you'll,
hear
me
say:
Roxbury
a
thousand
times
every
time
you
talk
to
me
so
looking
forward
to
that,
I
think
that,
with
everything
you
need
proper
Community
engagement
to
consider
a
plan
absolutely
and
so
I
imagined
your
job
would
have
been
a
lot.
B
I
didn't
know
it
was
that
much
so
that
that
that
part
about
squares
and
corridors
I
think
is
the
only
piece
that
we
would
like
to
offer.
Someone
from
the
community
to
help
with
Community
engagement.
H
Counselor
and
Community
engagement
is
definitely
something
that's
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
I
began
my
career
as
a
social
worker
working
in
the
foster
care
system
in
New
York
and
previously
worked
in
New
Orleans,
as
well,
with
Road
home
residents
to
Advocate,
to
the
state
of
Louisiana
to
essentially
reduce
Road
home
dollars
that
they
that
the
state
was
trying
to
recollect
at
that
time
and
to
advocate
for
unmet
needs
so
being
creative
about
how
we
reach
community
members,
making
sure
that
we're
prioritizing
those
that
you
know
are
not
able
to
make
it
to
meetings.
H
B
Who
told
you
to
say
that
so
I
was
a
foster
mom
for
11
years,
and
I
also
worked
in
the
foster
care
system
providing
cbhi
therapeutic
trauma,
informed
services,
home-based
so
exciting.
We
have
something
common,
a
lot
of
things
in
common,
come
to
me
here.
You
ready
for
your
questions,
all
right.
You
have
it
before.
L
I
know
I'm
even
curious
as
to
how,
in
the
world
you
ended
up
here,
but
we
are
happy
to
have
you
here.
Is
that
Dynamic
I
know
but
I'm
just
you
know
when
you
think
about
the
work
that
is
done
traditionally
in
this
space
and
knowing
your
history
and
the
community
that
you
have
served
it.
Those
two
things
normally
don't
go
together.
L
Sometimes,
when
you
think
about
this
particular
agency,
it
sometimes
feels
a
little
bit
Hollow
and
soul-less,
and
so
it
feels
really
good
to
know
that
we
have
somebody
who
understands
system
involved
families
and
what
that
looks
like
so
I'm
encouraged
by
that
welcome,
not
to
say
that
y'all
are
robots,
but
you
know
that's
not
what
I
got
I
hate
when
I
say
things,
because
everything
that
I
say
usually
gets
put
out
of
context
and
a
compliment
turns
into
a
criticism
but
I
get
you.
You
get
me
right.
L
It's
a
cultural
thing
here,
like
I,
always
have
to
educate
folks
so
that
they
don't
feel
traumatized
after
I
get
done
with
them,
but
I'm
excited
that
you
are
here
so
I
would
just
kind
of
I
was
I'm
surprised
to
hear
that
when
maybe
I
may
have
missed
a
press
conference,
because
there's
so
many
that
we
were
going
to
be
transitioning
to
having
bpda
employees
transfer
into
the
city
payroll
is.
L
F
Through
the
chair
to
councilman
yes,
yes,
the
mayor
announced
that
at
the
state
of
the
city
that
we
were
beginning
a
process
through
which
that
would
happen
and
that
staff
of
the
city
would
become
story
set
after
the
BPD
would
become
part
of
the
city.
It's
a
there
are
it's
hard
to
to
enumerate
all
the
details
that
are
that
are
encompassed
by
that
comment
that
she
made,
but
there's
a
huge
number
of
them.
F
I
guess
the
place
I'd
start
is,
is
with
the
people.
I
mean
it's
the
people
who
make
the
agency
work
so
a
lot
of
our
time
and
attention
over
the
last
four
months,
since
that
announcement
have
been
focused
on
making
sure
that
we've
got
the
same
or
better
arrangement
for
the
staff
who
would
make
the
transition
over
and
so
we're
still
in
that
process.
Immediately
after
that,
we
we
need
to
in
order
to
be
ready
for
next
year's
budget
season.
F
We
need
to
complete
a
whole
series
of
analyzes
to
talk
about
how
our
staff
would
be
supported
in
the
again
same
or
better
Arrangement
on
the
city
Side
through
Revenue,
because
it's
obviously
a
big
it's
taking
on
a
large
number
of
new
staff
members
and
a
large
number
of
other
responsibilities,
so
making
sure
that
the
city
has
the
resources
to
do
that
and
where
those
resources
come
from
and
sort
of
the
next
task.
F
L
And
I
guess,
where
what
I'm
really
trying
to
better
dissect
is
that
you
know
during
her
the
mayor's
campaign
she
talks
about
abolishing
the
Boston
planning,
BPR
BTA,
whatever
they
call
it
every
day
they
change
the
acronyms.
So
it's
it
so
help.
My
viewers
and
those
who
follow
me
understand
like
it
sounds
like
when
we're
talking
about
incorporating
it
into
the
city.
L
Is
that
part
of
the
about
the
abolishing
of
you
all
it's
like,
because
that
seems
to
be
somewhat
of
a
disconnect
if
we're
talking
about
getting
rid
of
the
planning
agency,
but
now
we're
talking
about
bringing
it
into
the
city
like
how
is
that
of
getting
rid
of
it?
So
if
you
could
just
explicitly
explain
that
to
our
audience,
that
would
be
helpful.
Sure.
F
I
think
the
easiest
way
to
say
it
is
that
every
city
has
a
planning
and
development
function
and
so
Boston,
like
a
number
of
other
cities
in
the
Commonwealth.
It's
Planning
and
Development
functions
in
a
entity
called
a
Redevelopment
Authority
and
what
you
now
know
to
be
the
bpda,
so
that
function
has
to
go
on
right.
You
don't
necessarily
have
to
have
all
the
structures
that
the
agency
currently
has,
but
you
have
to
continue
to
have
Planning
and
Development
activity
take
place
in
your
city.
F
F
That
said,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
organized
the
way
that
it's
organized
it
can
be
a
city
Department.
The
way
it
is
in
many
other
parts
of
the
state.
So
hopefully
I'm
answering
your.
L
Question
you
are
no,
it
provides
better
Insight,
because
when
people
who
are
you
know
everyday
citizens
when
they
hear
abolish,
they
hear
get
rid
of.
So
maybe
the
the
language
really
was
reorganizing,
right,
restructuring
or
reimagining
right.
So
I
think
that
words
really
matter
so
I
think
that
I
just
want
for
those
who
are
following
me
in
case
you're
confused
as
to
how
we
ended
up
here
that
that
the
it
wasn't
about
abolishing
it
was
about
reimagining
and
restructuring.
How
you
all
function
correct,
so
that
everybody
who
follows
me
understands
constantly.
B
Here
imagine
you
have
like
a
whole
bunch
of
land
and
the
land
is
in
Roxbury,
but
you,
but
you
are
the
organizing,
the
planner
for
you're
responsible
for
that
planning
and
then
I
say
to
you
hey,
if
you,
if
you
give
me
the
land
I,
can
dispose
it
to
Roxbury
and
then
that's
more
Equitable
and
we
could
do
it
differently
and
if
I
have
control
over
the
planning,
then
it
makes
more
sense
because
it's
directly
connected
to
everything
else.
B
I
I
think
one
important
point
to
just
make
at
The
Upfront
here
is
that
we're
here
for
an
FY,
25
budget
hearing
I,
don't
want
anyone
to
get
the
impression
and
I
know
you're,
not
asking
it,
but
just
for
clarity.
This
is
not
envisioned
for
this
budget
yeah.
This
is
something
that
we'd
probably
be
talking
about.
I
L
We're
still
talking
about
it,
I
think
it's
important
to
know
where
you're
going
because
oftentimes
we
are
an
afterthought.
We
become
this
thing
that
you
all
just
come
here
and
ask
us
for
money,
and
we
approve
it
and
that's
it,
but
these
sort
of
conversations
are
important
because,
especially
for
those
who
follow
us
on
social
media,
many
of
them
have
never
been
engaged
in
any
public
hearings
or
political
conversations.
So
this
is
such
an
amazing
opportunity
to
educate
our
followers,
who
are
not
as
entrenched
in
politics.
B
Just
the
caveat
there
is
there
so
so
in
terms
of
is
it
art?
Is
it
chapter
30
and
how
like,
how
does
that
impact
the
land
use?
So
if
it
comes
to
the
city,
can
we
can
we
develop
it?
Can
we
make?
Can
we
build
housing.
I
Let's
say
great
question:
counselor!
Thank
you.
So
chapter
30b
for
Real
Estate
governs
how
municipalities
can
acquire
lease
and
dispose
of
land
and
with
the
city
Charter
restricts
those
that
that
Bond,
and
so
you
try
to
restrict
those
uses
to
Medicinal
purpose.
So
a
a
reason
why
that's
important
to
have
some
quasi-governmental
tools
is
because
there
are
things
that
we
often
want
to
do
as
a
city
for
our
community
members.
That
may
be
a
not
a
municipal
use.
I
They
may
be
a
public-private
partnership,
doing
a
ground
lease
doing
a
direct
acquisition
of
a
piece
of
property,
a
negotiation
with
multiple
parties.
These
are
things
that
are
difficult
to
do
through
an
RFP
process,
which
is
what
chapter
30d
requires.
So
the
the
bpda
has
tools
to
be
able
to
directly
engage
as
a
real
estate
development
entity
for
a
public
purpose
to
get
to
counselors
counselor
at
his
point
from
earlier.
Currently
those
purposes
are
centered
around
blight
decadence:
substandard
housing.
I
The
mayor,
as
proposed
in
the
and
the
council,
approved
a
home
roll
petition
to
transition
those
powers
to
affordability,
Equity
resilience,
Community
Development,
oriented
tools,
so
we
can
prove
a
need
to
purchase
a
piece
of
property
in
order
to
acquire
it
for
a
public-private
partnership
to
create
affordable
housing.
We'll
have
the
power
to
do
that.
I
So
that's
where
that
positions
before
the
state
legislature,
now
we're
excited
about
having
that
conversation
with
them
and
I
think
that's
one
of
to
get
to
councilmania's
earlier
question
around
them
and
your
grade
point
around
having
giving
some
transparency
to
where
we're
headed
here
maybe
want
to
reference
that
there's
really
three
big
buckets
of
work.
When
it
comes
to
the
the
bpda's
future,
the
most
important
one
is
foundationally
the
work.
The
entire
team
here
is
very
focused
on
making
all
of
our
planning
decisions.
I
Our
Urban
Design
decisions,
our
regulatory
decisions,
our
real
estate
decisions
really
serve
the
future
of
Boston's
needs
and
our
community's
greatest
needs
around
affordability,
Equity
resilience
making
that
part
of
our
cultural
DNA
and
changing
the
framework
for
which
we
view
our
goals.
There's
an
Amy
described
a
lot
of
work.
That's
already
happening
in
that
space.
I
The
second
is
the
tools,
this
home
rule
petition
and
our
fundamental
powers,
and
then
the
third
is
our
administratively
structured
and
that's
what
Chief
Jemison
just
spoke
to
moving
our
staff
into
city
government
and
making
us
a
city.
Department
helps
further
that
goal
that
we
were
speaking
to
earlier
around
being
very
transparent,
very
accountable
for
all
the
bpda's
actions.
B
Thank
you,
I
had
to
part
two
to
that
for
the
advisory
Council
in
terms
of
the
article
80
revision
of
article
80,
but
when
it's,
when
is
my
time
not
comes
with
me
here?
Yes,
I'm.
L
Let's
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
plan,
you
know:
Charlestown
matapan,
East,
Boston,
I'm,
a
city-wide
City
councilor,
so
I
met
on
my
business
anyway
everywhere
and
my
counselor
colleague
here
loves
when
I
do
that
so
I'm
just
curious.
How
many
plan
meetings
have
you
conducted
in
Spanish.
H
Councilor
Mejia
I,
don't
know
the
number
off
the
top
of
my
head,
but
I
do
know
that
in
particular
in
East
Boston
we
have
a
planner
Angel
Guzman
who's
attended.
Many
of
the
meetings
that
have
taken
place
and
hosted
his
own
meetings
associated
with
the
plan
itself
in
Spanish.
One
of
them
I
believe
was,
is
was
last
night
last
night,
and
so
that
is
something
that
is
ongoing.
That
has
been
a
specific
part
of
the
development
of
that
plan,
in
particular
due
to
the
large
Spanish-speaking
population.
In
that
neighborhood.
L
Yes,
there
was
one
so
far
in
Spanish
in
East
Boston
that.
H
I
heard
of
I
don't
believe
that
was
the
first
one
that
that
took
place.
But
there
was
one
last
thing
and.
L
Great,
and
can
you
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
your
engagement
efforts
with
immigrant
communities.
I
So
I
think
to
that
this
question,
and
and
that
and
the
previous
one
thing
I
think
we
want
to
highlight-
is
our
new
language
access
policy.
So
what
a
one
we
I
think
we
brought
this
to
the
board
in
2019,
but
we
have
a
language
access
coordinator,
full-time
role
on
staff
that
is
responsible
for
making
sure
that
any
any
work
that
we
do,
whether
that's
a
community
meeting,
a
document
that
we're
getting
out
into
neighborhoods,
is
translated
into
the
or
and
interpreted
it's
okay.
I
If
it's
a
meeting
into
the
languages
that
are
spoken
most
predominantly
in
that
neighborhood.
So
that's
something
that
if
you
roll
back
the
clock
four
years
ago
ago,
you
could
call
into
it
or
attend
a
bpda
board
meeting,
and
it
would
only
be
in
one
language
frequently
all
of
our
hearings
before
the
board
now
are
simultaneously
interpreted
and
translated
into
have
oftentimes.
A
lot
of
meetings
will
have
four
or
five
different
languages
at
once.
A
L
Yeah
I
was
going
to
say
that
like
for
me,
because
I
am
immigrant
I
wasn't
born
in
this
country.
My
mom
did
not
speak
English
and
still
doesn't
and
I'm
the
official
translator
for
her
still
to
this
day,
and
there
are
also
people
who
come
to
this
country
who
have
interrupted
education,
so
struggle
with
reading
and
writing
even
in
their
native
language.
L
L
You
know
able
to
afford,
based
on
whatever
they're
they're
earning
so
I
think
that
their
voices
are
just
as
equally
as
important
oftentimes
immigrants,
because
they're
are
considered
U.S
citizens
and
they
can't
vote
that
they
oftentimes
do
not
have
a
voice
and
I
just
really
want
to
uplift
that
you
know
that
that
we're
doing
everything
in
our
power
to
ensure
that
immigrants
have
a
voice
and
and
feel
represented
in
in
these
conversations,
and
that
they're
able
to
have
a
say
and
then
the
last
and
because
I
know
I'm
gonna
get
the
buzzer
at
some
point.
L
Is
that
I'm
curious
about
the
The
Advisory
Council
as
well?
You
know
family
and
Community.
Engagement
is
one
of
the
things
that
I
have
been
yapping
about
since
I
came
onto
the
scene,
because
it's
always
I
and
I
still
believe
this
I
don't
care
how
many
resets
you
do
within
this
division
that
when
it
comes
to
planning
the
voices
of
the
people
are
always
and
forever
will
be
an
afterthought,
because
we
are
the
least
resource
and
oftentimes.
L
There
is
this
struggle
and
I'm
just
curious,
as
you
all
continue
to
develop
your
human-centered
approach
to
planning
what
specific
Investments
are
you
going
to
be
making
to
ensure
right
that
real
planning
is
led
by
the
people,
so
I'd
love
to
know
what
your?
What
what
success
would
look
like
and
then
I'm
also
curious
from
a
planning
standpoint.
You
know
why
is
it
that
I've
had
folks
who
have
said
there's
an
empty
lot?
L
You
know
why
only
developers
can
take
it
on
like
I
want
to
build
a
house
and
and
a
three
family
unit.
You
know,
I
people
are
trying
to
figure
out
what
Pathways
exist
for
every
day,
bostonians
also
be
able
to
engage
in
the
in
the
development
process.
B
Pardon
me
councilman
here,
Miss
Chambers,
if
you
can
respond
and
I
know
that
you
have
a
time
constraint
and
you
had
notified
us.
So
you
have
to
leave
at
this
time
and
it's
we're
already
over
15
minutes
when
you
were
supposed
to
leave
so
I
do
apologize
if
you
could
respond
to
them.
Thank.
H
You
so
thank
you
for
the
question.
Counselor
I
am
going
to
ask
perhaps
Devon
to
answer
the
part
about
the
lot
specifically,
but
I
do
want
to
respond
to
your
question
around
what
success
looks
like
and
how
we
approach.
Human-Centered
planning,
I.
Think
that
you
know.
H
When
we
go
and
do
these
projects
I
think
that
there
is
I.
Think
to
your
point.
There
is
more
that
can
be
done
around
how
we
approach
the
Outreach
process
and,
as
I
mentioned,
I
I
feel
you
know
that
we
have
to
approach
Outreach
from
a
variety
of
lenses,
some
of
which
has
been
happening
with
the
staff,
but
I
think
we
can
do
better
by
way
of
documenting
what
it
is
that
we're
doing
and
being
able
to
communicate
it
back.
H
Both
to
a
body
like
this
and
as
well
to
residents-
and
so
some
of
what
we've
talked
about
to
date,
is
how
we
expand
our
presence
from
a
technology
standpoint.
How
do
we
do
more
Outreach
on
social
media
or
other
sorts
of
devices
that
folks
are
utilizing
on
a
day-to-day
basis
and
really
expand
our
reach
there
beyond
that,
instead
of
you
know
just
kind
of
the
structured
meeting
format,
how
do
we
get
out
into
the
community,
especially
with
regard
to
events
that
are
already
going
on?
H
Sometimes
you
know,
one
of
the
criticisms
can
be
that
if
we
expect
people
to
come
to
us
we're
not
necessarily
reaching
them
appropriately,
we
need
to
go
to
where
people
actually
are,
and
so
just
kind
of
taking
from
some
of
my
own
experience,
I'm
in
past
jobs,
you
know,
I
have
spent
weekends
going
to
churches
weekdays
going
to
schools.
You
know
spent
time
really
kind
of
in
the
places
where
we
already
know
that
people
are
frequenting
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
because
people
don't
necessarily
have
the
time
to
add
another
meeting
to
their
calendar.
H
And
so
we
need
to
be
able
to
work
more
effectively
with
our
partners
at
the
city
across
departments,
to
be
able
to
talk
to
speak
to
the
concerns
that
folks
are
raising
and
ensuring
that
we're
providing
a
more
effective
feedback
loop
so
that
those
conversations
feel
more
fruitful
to
individuals
themselves.
I
think
that
the
possibilities
are
endless
to
be
honest
with
you
and
I.
Think
that
there's
a
lot
of
really
important
thinking.
H
That's
happening
right
now
about
how
we
just
approach
our
work
a
little
bit
differently,
because,
certainly
for
us
utilizing
the
tools
that
we
have
as
an
organization
to
build
and
to
drive
growth
and
to
enabled
development
is
really
important.
But
we
don't
necessarily
get
there
if
we're
not
willing
to
talk
about
the
other
things
that
are
impact
seeing
folks
day-to-day
lives.
So
I
certainly
hear
your
concern
and
I
think
that
there
is
a
lot
of
room
for
us
to
be
able
to
move
differently
and
I
would
love
to
continue.
The
conversation.
L
I
partner
with
you,
especially
on
the
Spanish
speaking
effort,
just
because
I
know
that
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunity
there
absolutely
and
we
are
one
of
the
fastest
growing
populations.
42
percent
of
the
students
who
are
on
BPS
are
Latino,
and
so
I
would
love
to
just
be
able
to
to
help
support
in
that
area.
Thank
you.
B
L
And
not
even
impressed,
because
that
is
not
even
the
word
I
am
I,
am
incredibly
grateful
and
inspired
by
the
type
of
knowledge
that
you
are
bringing
in
into
this,
because
sometimes
I
sit
in
these
hearings
and
everything
sounds
so
complicated
and
the
words
I'm
like
blah
blah
blah
blah,
but,
like
I,
understood
everything
that
you
said
I
understand,
and
you
always
so.
You
also
spoke
from
your
heart
which
changes,
everything
and
so
I'm
I'm
encouraged
by
your
leadership
and
I,
look
forward
to
supporting
you
in
your
work.
Thank
you.
So
much
like.
L
I
Go
on
that
yeah
I'd
be
happy
to
take
that
counselor,
so
I
think
are
generally.
Our
real
estate
team
takes
the
perspective
that
when
it
comes
to
the
disposition
and
use
as
a
public
real
estate,
this
is
the
Public's
real
estate.
This,
the
real
estate
that
our
team
is
responsible
for
stewarding
belongs
to
the
people
of
Boston,
so
we
need
to
take
the
people's
Direction
on
how
to
use
that
real
estate.
So
every
every
public
real
estate
disposition
that
we
do
starts
with
a
visioning
process.
I
There
are
lots
of
opportunities
with
our
in
our
land
portfolio
and
also
mayor's
office
of
housing's
land
portfolio
to
build
new
homeownership
opportunities,
new
rental
housing
opportunities
for
bostonians
that
are
affordable
to
Boston.
My.
J
I
During
that
visioning
process,
that's
where
we
solicit
that
feedback.
If
oftentimes,
we
hear
that
this
piece
of
property
is
adjacent
to
someone's
house,
and
it
would
be
most
appropriately
used
by
that
person
next
door
and
that's
something
it
is
a
public
real
estate.
So
we
want
to
ask
that
question
to
everyone.
If
that's
something
we
hear
that
you
know
what
it
would
make
a
lot
of
sense
to
dispose
of
this
property
to
the
butter.
We
have
a
whole
program
for
a
better
sales
and
that's
something
that
people
can
either
use
to
expand
their
open
space.
I
L
I
It
wasn't
hugely
successful
because
the
opportunities
for
it's
complicated
to
build
a
house,
and
so
there
was
a
lot
of
technical
assistance
that
needed
to
be
provided
to
then
adjacent
or
nearby
homeowners
in
order
to
help
them
create
that
Housing
Opportunity
I
think
what
we
found
over
time
is
that
the
best
way
to
deliver
new
housing
for
families
in
Boston
is
working
with
experienced
or
even
up
and
coming
development
entities,
because
it's
a
good
way
for
a
new
minority
or
women-owned
business
to
actually
enter
the
market
and
have
their
first
experience
becoming
a
home
builder.
I
They
gain
some
experience
and
they
can
go
on
to
build
building
other
structures.
Meanwhile,
that
creates
a
Housing
Opportunity
for
a
Boston
family
so
that,
right
now
we
do
not
have
a
program
for
exactly
what
you're
asking
asking
about
the
ability
to
sell
directly
to
a
butter
for
or
not
in
a
Buttery,
not
a
butter
for
development.
But
it's
you
know.
It's
certainly
something.
We've
worked
on
the
past
and
the
radar
Community
comes
along
with
something
where
we're
willing
to
explore.
B
Thank
you,
councilman
here,
Devin
I,
think
with
that
process
with
in
the
mayor
when
they
did
put
out
rfps
for
land.
In
that
way,
I
really
appreciated
that
you
talked
about
like
the
technicalities
with
the
process
and
now
in
rethinking
like
an
office
of
Economic,
Opportunity
and
inclusion.
They
have
like
a
whole
department
for
technical
assistance
and
wondering
if
that
could
be
the
case
like
rethinking
that
process
all
over
again
and
bringing
it
back
by
providing
technical
assistance
and
also
funding.
B
Most
of
it
is
that
I
mean
I've
looked
through
that
process,
I've
applied
not
for
myself
yeah,
not
for
myself
in
a
previous
work,
a
job
in
development
and
it's
arduous.
It's
it's
a
long
application,
including
understanding,
some
engineering,
budgeting
and
everything
else.
So
absolutely
thank
you.
Council
Braden.
You
have
the
floor
for
second
round.
I
know
that
bpda
has
to
leave
in
20
minutes
so.
C
We
totally
appreciate
the
meds
and
ads
are
a
really
phenomenal
driver
of
our
economy
in
in
Boston,
but
the
the
position
of
our
universities
that
they're,
not
housing
enough
of
their
students
on
campus,
is
very
detrimental
to
I
I.
It
is
detrimental
to
our
neighborhoods
I
know
in
Austin.
Brighton
will
probably
have
a
50-year
history.
I
know.
C
Increasingly,
we
see
it
in
East
Boston
that
Universe
Suffolk
doesn't
hires
their
students
and
when
we
looked
at
the
off-campus
housing
we
did
a
census
in
inventory
about
who
we
were
missing
in
our
account.
We
found
all
these.
C
It's
incredible
density
I
was
shocked
at
the
number
of
off-campus
pings
on
the
map
were
in
East
Boston
and
that
that's
that's
in
driving
and
speculative
investment
in
our
family,
housing
and
driving
families
out
so
is
what
are
we
doing
to
ensure
that
our
universities
are
stepping
it
up
and
housing
affordably
housing,
their
students
on
campus
Because,
the
offer
on-campus
housing,
but
it's
much
more
expensive
to
live
on
campus
and
off.
So
what
can
we
do
about
that?
Because
it
is
detrimental
to
our
neighborhoods.
F
Up
through
the
charity,
councilor
Breeden,
we
are,
we
have
a
series
of
what
we
call
institutional,
Master
planning
processes
and
then
in
each
of
those
we
have
the
chance
to
talk
to
the
institution
and
say
to
them.
We
need
you
to
build
more
housing
in
order
to
commit
to
over
the
next,
the
next
five
ten
years.
How
many
housing
units
they're
going
to
bring
on
board
have
their
own
people.
F
Those
are
units
we
can
eventually
give
back
to
the
community
whenever
it
happens,
so
so
we're
using
our
institutional
Master
planning
oversight,
which
is
over
I,
think
11
different
organ
different
hospitals
and
universities
over
the
next
year.
So
we're
going
to
be
holding
them
frankly
accountable
through
that
process
to
make
sure
that
they're
that
they're
providing
more.
C
Housing,
do
you
have
any
teeth
like
bu
has
had
an
Institutional
master
plan
that
included
a
tower
near
Nickerson
Field,
it's
the
PDA
for
it
they're
up
for
their
next
they're
up
for
review
this
time,
new
I
institutional
master
plan,
but
that
that
building
was
never
built
so
there's
450
units
just
that
never
were
built
that
we
we
had
approved
last
time
around.
So
what
can
we
do
to
push
them
to
do
this.
F
We
have
them
in
an
Institutional
Master
planning
process,
so
we
have
the
chance
to
engage
them
and
identify
what
the
shortcomings
are,
what
we
expect
and
when
we
expect
to
be
resolved
and
we've
had
something
of
that
discussion
with
them,
maybe
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
into
this
week.
So
it's
it's
top
of
mind
and
we're
spending
a
lot
of
time
on
it.
C
Yeah,
the
other
question
I
had
is:
are
we
doing
any
level
of
like
displacement
analysis
when
I
know
that
the
the
language
that
used
to
be
used-
I-
don't
know
if
you
still
use
it?
But
in
my
time
here
on
the
console,
the
bpda,
you
know
they
always
talk
about
the
highest
and
best
use
of
land,
because
land
is
a
very
scarce
and
valuable
commodity
in
the
city,
but
that
sometimes
that
highest
and
best
use
is
is
forcing
displacement
of
small
businesses.
C
Our
artists
community,
in
in
Alston
Brighton
in
particular,
back
streets,
businesses
are
food
stores
and
just
residential
displacement
of
our
Working
Families
or
bypoc,
and
immigrant
families
like.
Is
that
an
analysis
like
how
do
we?
How
do
we
balance
this
need
to
this
drive
to
keep
building
because
it
increases
our
real
estate
instead
Revenue,
but
then
also?
How
do
we
balance
that,
with
the
needs
of
our
neighbors
in
our
and
our
small
businesses
in
our
in
our
communities,.
A
I
Think
I
would
point
to
that.
Our
ongoing
efforts
to
improve
the
articulating
process
is
in
a
really
important
opportunity
to
get
better
at
exactly
what
you're
asking
about.
It
certainly
is
something
that
both
our
team,
the
office,
Economic,
Development
and
inclusion.
The
mayor's
office
housing
are
focused
on
is
making
sure,
as
new
development
happens
in
our
city.
Who
does
that
development
serve
and
how
does
it
best
serve
the
the
current
and
future
residents
that
our
city,
you
need
to
help
the
most
I
think
using
examples
from
your
dish
directly.
I
We
have
discovered
through
the
articulating
process
what
potential
displacement
risks
of
artists,
for
example
that
happen
when
a
a
new
developer
comes
in
to
to
take
a
what
was
it
warehouse
and
convert
it
to
a
life
science
use
and
now
and
we're
getting
much
better
at
as
a
city
using
that
opportunity
to
find
strategies
to
address
it,
working
either
with
that
developer
or
working
with
other
tools
that
we
have.
So
we're
really
excited
that
our
chief
Johnson
mentioned
in
his
opening
statement
the
opportunity
to
produce
new
artist
space
through
this
effort.
C
I
knew
that
Bell
was
going
to
go
and
the
the
the
lab
space
like
how
much
is
enough
like
this
is
the
highest
and
best
use
it's
generating
a
lot
of
Revenue.
But
my
concern
is
that
we're
going
to
hit
a
bump
in
the
road
and
we're
going
to
have
all
this
Labs,
basically
and
vacant,
and
it's
not
it's
a
purpose.
It's
not
it's
difficult
to
repurpose
it
for
other
uses.
C
B
You
Council
Braden
Council
Coletta,.
K
Thank
you
all.
So
much
last
year
when
I
was
here,
we
saw
a
statistic
that
the
top
10
of
earners
75
of
them,
were
white
and
that
you
all
were
going
to
be
working
on
that.
Do
you
have
any
updated
numbers.
F
F
We
have
filled
our
planning
position
with
the
with
director
Chambers
who
you
met,
and
we
filled
our
design
director
with
Diana
Fernandez
who's,
leading
that's
some
of
the
work
but
I'm
happy
to
get
you
a
ratio.
Those
are
two
of
the
most
important
jobs
in
the
agency,
but
I'm
happy
to
get
you
a
num
sort
of
a
calculation
that
shows
you
what
the
change
has
been
over
the
last
year.
Great.
K
I
So
I
think,
what's
what's
exceptional
about
the
firm
relief
furthering
fair
housing
is
it
brings
together
the
the
bpda,
the
mayor's
office
of
housing,
that
there
are
Housing
Commission
and
the
VHA
to
ensure
that
the
new
housing
is
being
built
in
any
private
sector.
Development
is
delivering
on
the
needs
of
bostonians,
and
particularly
the
bostonians
that
live
in
that
neighborhood.
So
it
now
exists.
It
is
a
a
required
process
by
which
every
private
sector
develop
development
that
is
going
through.
The
article
80s
80
process
needs
to
comply
with
so
and
it's
non-discretionary.
I
So
that
is
a
major
achievement
of
the
city
to
put
that
type
of
regulation
in
place.
It's
still
new,
so
I
think
there's
it's
something
that
we
can
continue
to
refine
over
time
and
make
sure
that
we're
getting
the
outcomes
we
want
to
see
from
the
from
the
Boston
interagency
Fair
Housing
Development
Committee,
that
it
is
their
their
applications
are
timely
processed
and
we
have
an
eight
different
common
set
of
expectations,
because
one
of
the
things
that
the
mayor
has
asked
us
to
prioritize
is
predictable
development
both
for
community
members
and
developers
alike.
I
I
I
think
prevented
displacements
in
I
think
there's
lots
of
individual
data
points
in
every
single
development.
It's
a
section
every
board
memo
that
we
produce
that
we
have.
We
assembled
that
into
one
place
and
said:
hey
look
at
this
and
not
that
I'm
aware
of
but
that's
a
great
Point
counselor.
That
seems
like
a
good
opportunity
to
tell
a
story
about
the
great
work
that
we're
doing.
K
Cool
improving
article
80
I'm
very
excited
about
that.
I
would
like
to
just
encourage
you
all
to
think
about
Arlington's
model,
which
is
a
focus
group
model,
largely
what
I've
seen
through
plan
esbos
and
plan
Charlestown
is
that
you
all
cast
a
white
net,
provide
us
comments.
The
comments
that
come
in
come
from
a
very
homogeneous
group
of
people
who
have
a
lot
of
time
on
their
hands.
We
love
them
and
we're
grateful
for
their
participation.
K
However,
I
don't
think
that
we're
taking
in
any
demographic
data
about
who
we're
actually
getting
comments
from,
and
so
the
opinions
are,
are
skewed
and
so
I
would
love
to
be
very
intentional
about
how
many
folks
have
we
reached
out
to
who
speak
Spanish?
How
many
folks
have
we
gotten
from
high
school
age?
Kids,
or
are
you
a
homeowner?
Are
you
a
renter
so
that
the
opinions
of,
for
example,
plant
East
Boston,
is
truly
indicative
of
what
the
neighborhood
is
feeling
so
I
don't
know
if
that
would
start.
K
First
with
a
study
through
this,
this
article
80
Reformation
process,
I.
I
Think
we've
point
to
two
places:
one
I
mean
ultimately
are
we're
going
to
have
better
development
in
our
city.
If
we
have
better
planning
so
I
think
you
heard
Amy
speak
very
eloquently
earlier
to
being
able
to
reach
bostonians
from
different
backgrounds
different
in
different
places,
different
in
different
viewpoints
and
ways
that
we
haven't
done
in
the
past.
So
the
better
we
get
at
planning
the
better.
We
get
at
having
comprehensive
plans
that
authentically
represent
the
the
visions
of
bostonians,
the
better
it
will
be
at
managing
development
within
the
Arctic
leading
improvement
process
itself.
I
We
have
two
major
work
streams.
We
have
a
more
technical
work
stream
around
what
the
code
says:
timelines,
predictability,
Etc
and
then
we
have
an
acute
Community
engagement,
work
stream
that
will
be
kicking
off
with
a
significant
amount
of
Engagement
this
summer
to
think
about
how
we
can
engage
differently,
because
what
we
do
today
is
Town
Hall
meetings
mostly
led
by
the
developer,
and
that
may
not
be
the
best
way
to
have
a
inclusive
conversation
about
the
future
of
a
particular
development
site.
I
K
You
I
think
I
look
forward
to
that
partnership.
Kind
of
push
him.
Yes
do
you
have,
you
might
not
have
it
now,
but
through
the
chair
requesting
how
much
revenue
the
Navy
Yard
brought
in
last
year.
L
Councilman
here
yes,
so
I
wanted
to
just
clarify
in
regards
to
the
East
Boston
plan
meeting
I.
Believe
it's
tonight's
through
the
chair,
I,
think
that's
what
I.
L
J
L
I
told
it
was
too
late,
it
didn't
happen
yesterday
and
then
I'm
also
curious.
If
you
don't
mind,
if
you
could
just
help
me
understand
kind
of
like
your
Outreach
and
and
is
it
in
multiple
languages
too,
when
you
do
when,
when
you're
doing
the
plan
meetings
are,
are
you
sending
out
information
in
not
just
Flyers?
Are
you
also
sending
text
messages,
because
you
have
a
big
budget
here
in
terms
of
technology,
so
I'm
wondering
if
you're
also
using
yeah.
I
Our
language
access
policy
requires
us
to
in
any
in
it
through
all
the
settings
by
which
we
communicate.
Whether
that's
on
the
website
in
the
meeting
through
the
flyer
or
at
the
board,
to
provide
a
language
that
interpretation
and
translation
services
in
the
predominant
languages
of
the
community
I
would
love
to
send
you
that
policy
counselor.
L
Appreciate
that
that's
helpful
I'm,
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
disparity,
great
study
and
I,
see
a
big
whopping
difference
between
white
women
at
11.4
million
dollars
juxtaposed
to
Hispanic,
Americans,
latinx
I,
don't
know
what
we're
calling
us
these
days,
but
at
272,
000
and
so
I'm.
Just
curious.
If
you
can
help
me
understand
how
we're
going
to
close
that
Gap
and
from
what
I
understand
and
I
don't
know
can
confirm.
L
Nor
deny
this
to
be
true
or
not,
but
the
white
women
category
I
there's
been
rumors
that
that
white
men
just
transfer
the
names
to
the
businesses
to
their
wives
so
that
they
can
get
the
minority
or
women-owned
business
contracts.
So
I'm
just
curious.
If
that
is
true,
and
what
are
we
doing
to
be
transparent
about
that?
Because
you
know
there's
always
a
loophole
indeed,
and
we
need
to
ensure
that
if
there
is
a
loophole,
we
are
naming.
G
It
absolutely
thank
you
for
the
question
we've
been
focused
on
Equitable
procurement
for
several
years
now.
First,
to
address
your
second
question.
This
is
why
certification
is
is
so
important
and
we've
spent
a
lot
of
time
with
our
community
trying
to
stress
that
it's
very
important
to
be
certified
for
that
reason
to
make
sure
that
folks
are
who
they
say
they
are,
and
they
are
primary
holders
of
the
business
as
far
as.
L
Specifically,
I
guess
what
I'm
trying
to
say?
Yes,
sorry,
yes
nope!
Please
continue!
Is
that
and
so
I
just
wanted
you
to
answer
the
question,
because
I
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
following
the
thread
here
is
that
yes,
I'm
not
I'm,
not
here,
to
discuss
the
certification
process,
I'm,
trying
to
understand
the
loophole?
Yes
and
the
accountability
and
the
transparency
that
these
things
are
happening,
especially
in
the
construction
space
in
other
Industries.
So
what
are
we
doing
to
address
that
so.
L
F
May
I
ask
you
just
a
follow-up
question.
So
are
you
is,
is
the
I
is
a
suggestion
that
that
those
that
the
mwb
certifier
should
do
an
investigation
to
find
out
or.
F
L
So
there
needs
to
be
some
sort
of
Investigation
or
some
sort
of
level
of
something
needs
to
happen
because
I'm
looking
at
white
women,
11.4
million
dollars,
as
opposed
to
Hispanics
at
272
000.
That
is
a
huge
discrepancy.
That
is
a
big
number
there
and
I'm
just
curious.
If
that
number
has
anything
to
do
with
the
fact
that
White
Construction
owners
and
other
white
men
are
utilizing
their
wives
to
be
able
to,
but.
F
A
L
There
is
something
to
be
said
for
your
organization
to
have
some
level
of
responsibility
around
this
data.
Yes,
so
otherwise
you
don't
use
it
because
you're
bringing
it
to
us
as
something
that
this
is
the
finding
so
I'm
making
assumptions
here.
If
you
all
have
nothing
to
do
with
this,
then
I'm,
sorry
that
I
even
wasted
your
time.
With
this
slide.
G
Ahead,
yes,
if
I
may
so,
we
did
participate
in
the
city's
disparity
study
that
took
a
five-year
snapshot
of
our
discretionary
spend
over
that
time
period.
We
had
a
handful
of
large
construction
projects
happening
at
the
Marine
Park.
G
There
happens
to
be
Niche
providers
that
are
women-owned
businesses
and
our
Niche
need
in
Marine
infrastructure
and
construction,
there's
a
great
match
there,
and
so
yes,
we
are
over
utilizing
in
that
category,
So,
based
on
the
disparity
study
findings.
Technically
speaking,
we
were
spending
over
the
marketplace
utilization
expectation.
G
However,
we
were
doing
that
with
a
small
handful
of
women-owned
firms,
and
so
even
though
our
total
percentage
was
over
the
threshold,
we
instituted
an
equitable
procurement
plan
in
an
effort
to
address
the
disparities
in
the
remaining
categories.
The
first
step
that
we
do
is
we
work
with
certified
vendors
and
we
monitor
the
state's
Small
Business
website
in
an
effort
to
do
Outreach
to
certified
businesses
from
there.
We
go
in
person
and
we're
working
very
hard
in
the
self-identified
category
again
to
help
people
get
through
that
process
of
getting
certified.
G
Indeed,
there's
challenges
in
this
system,
and
we
understand
that
there
are
concerns
about
how
the
certification
process
happens.
We've
been
engaged
in
conversations
you
alluded
to
it
earlier
of
you
know:
how
do
you
categorize
certain
groups
of
people?
Are
they
Latino?
Are
they
Portuguese?
Are
they
Brazilian?
How
do
we
put
these
people
into
groups
when,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
they're
human
beings,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
divided
diversifying
in
all
categories
of
spend?
G
So
that's
part
of
that
challenge
too,
is
actually
getting
the
contract
closed
and
out,
so
that
our
denominator
is
clear
with
the
work
that's
really
happening,
and
so
I
very
much
appreciate
the
concern
we
share
it
and
the
it
was
not
acceptable.
The
results
of
the
disparity
study
and
we're
working
to
address
that.
L
You
know
whenever
you're
going
to
tear
a
building
down
or
an
apartment
or
whatever
the
case
is
that
you
know,
could
use
some
additional
Outreach
so
that
you
can
engage
them
in
your
procurement
process
and
they
normally
get
denied.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
I
You
thank
you
I,
just
wanna
I,
don't
want
to
let
that
one
go
by
without
celebrating
a
success
of
working
with
a
local
Roxbury
based
cleanup
company
that
had
a
very
small
contract
for
the
cleanup
of
the
Blair
property
parking
lot.
We
owned
in
Roxbury
through
we're
working
closely
with
Michelle
and
our
equivalent
team
has
recently
won
the
award
for
the
cleanup
of
the
entire
Marine
Park
in
South
Boston.
So.
I
L
I
J
L
Know
don't
make
assumptions,
yes,
I
would
love
to
know
who
they
are
and
I'd
love
to
be
able
to
amplify
them,
and
that's
encouraging.
Thank.
B
You
thank
you
councilman
here.
I
do
wanted
to
commend
you
Michelle
on
your
work.
I
I've
looked
through
the
numbers
and
in
the
way
that
you've
made
it
transparent
and
me
understanding
mitigation
funds
and
the
contracts
and
the
processes
and
the
numbers
and
the
aggregation
of
all
of
the
different
categories
and
bringing
it
to
this
small
presentation.
B
As
a
chair
wasting
means
and
Having
learned,
bigger
budgets
in
the
last
year.
I
do
appreciate
and
I
understand
that
is
insurmountable
work
and
definitely
and
I.
I
definitely
feel
that
you
do
bring
an
equity
lens
to
the
table
and
appreciate
you
for
your
work.
Absolutely
thank
you.
B
I
do
want
to
just
close
us
out.
I
have
maybe
four
questions
and
I'll
just
run
through
them
because
of
time
so
for
the
advisory
Council
of
who
is
working
on
revising
articulating.
B
This
is
an
organization
that
has
been
has
tremendous
research
met
with
them
and
went
through
their
work
and
research
on
article
80
or
how
to
revise
it
and
just
wondering
whether
with
Adco
or
any
other
organization's
Community
Affiliated
organizations
is
the
advisory
Council
open
to
it,
and
now
they're
working
with
Community
organizations
to
get
feedback?
Will
there
be
Community
processes
that
takes
feedback
as
well
for
just
regular
people
and
the
other
part
is
Roxbury
strategic
master
plan
happy
to
talk
offline
about
Roxbury
strategic
master
plan.
B
I
know
we
touched
on
it
a
little
bit
the
last
time,
speaking
of
reframing
things
in
terms
of
the
moratorium
that
I
filed
for
on
Parcels
that
were
not
yet
designated
in
Roxbury
and
then,
as
I
refine.
B
My
my
delivery
understanding
that
really
what
I
want
to
communicate
is
a
pause
for
Equitable
planning
and
so
I
really
appreciate
your
office,
your
Department
chief
Jefferson,
in
being
open
to
those
conversations
and,
of
course,
look
forward
to
continuing
the
work
on
that,
but
just
in
terms
of
Roxbury
strategic
master
plan,
where,
where
are
we
and
clarification
on
when
it
ends
and
I?
Think
again,
this
is
called
the
public.
Obviously
I
have
the
information.
B
The
other
questions
that
I
have
is
properties
are
sometimes
not
billed
agreed
by
the
agree
designs.
This
has
happened
in
south
end.
This
has
happened
in
Roxbury.
Thank
you,
councilman.
How
do
you
ensure
this
does
not
happen?
What
is
your
post
audit
process
and
we
do
have
one
that
you
can
look
at
so
my
community,
my
district
or
our
district
district
7
is
very
active
with
50
plus
I.
B
Think
it's
up
to
like
70
Civic
associations
by
the
way
in
neighborhood
groups,
when
I
heard
about
that,
I
was
like
what
have
I
done
and
then
said:
oh,
they
need
a
coalition,
some
sort
of
consolidation,
hence
the
advisory
Council
that
we
have,
but
just
overall
would
love
to
share
that
process.
If
you
don't
have
one
or
just
share
our
input.
This
other
question
is
when
Community
funds
are
part
of
a
project.
B
What
does
bpda
do
to
ensure
that
Agreements
are
executed
and
if
that's
on
community,
is
there
a
way
or
opportunity
to
collaborate
with
District
counselors
to
ensure
that
developers
are
held
accountable
and
then?
Lastly,
what,
when
community
space
part,
is
part
of
of
a
project?
What
is
the
RFP
process
and
what
does
bpda
do
to
engage
with
socializing
the
space
to
community
members.
I
Think
some
of
them
were
happy
to
follow
up
with
offline
but
I,
think
and
but
maybe
to
provide
the
the
a
quick
synopsis
on
your
question
question
about
the
article
80
improvement
process.
I
Yes,
we'd
like
to
have
a
very
broad
tent
in
in
terms
of
working
with
any
stakeholder,
whether
that's
a
business-based
stakeholder
community
group
or
an
individual
we're
going
to
have
a
process
this
summer,
we're
bringing
out
we'll
be
bringing
to
our
board
in
June
at
a
team
of
Consultants
that
are
going
to
help
us
amplify
our
engagement
efforts
and
so
we'd
like
to
we'd
absolutely
like
to
connect
with
anyone
who
has
good
feedback
for
us
on
how
to
make
the
process
better.
I
I.
Think
the
answer
to
that
question
also
ties
into
your
question
around
the
Performing
projects
performing
to
their
design
and
or
Community
benefits
obligations.
So
we
every
every
project.
Every
article
project
has
a
board
memo
and
it
is
a
a
pretty
detailed
document
that
is
voted
on
by
the
board.
We
consider
that
a
legal
document
that
we
also
then
produce
a
series
of
additional
legal
agreements,
cooperation
agreements,
leases
and
licenses
and
a
a
particular
process
that
we
have
that's
responsive
to
your
question
is
that
at
once
a
project
is
complete.
I
They
are
required
if
they
meet
certain
specifications
to
have
to
come
back
before
our
board
for
a
certificate
of
completion
that,
where
the
a
member
of
our
team
visits
the
property
and
inspects
it
to
for
compliance
against
the
what
was
required
in
the
original
board
vote
that
I
would
I
think
we'd
be
really
eager
to
engage
with
you
around
the
particular
project
or
projects
that
your
constituents
have
identified
where
that
may
not
have
happened
either,
because
maybe
it
hasn't
gone
for
its
certificate
completion
yet
and
we
can
have
it
can
influence
the
outcome
here
or
there
may
be,
because
this
is
a
place
where
there's
a
not
perfect
process
and
it
could
be
improved
through
the
ongoing
articulating
Improvement
effort.
I
I
think
I
hit
most
mixed
up.
There
are
some
POC
but
we'd
love
to
talk
and
talk
with
you
a
little
bit
more
about
the
future
of
the
Strategic
master
plan
oversight.
Committee
they're
pretty
it's
been
an
incredibly
important
body
for
20
years
in
Roxbury,
and
it
has
helped
guide
a
lot
of
the
bpda's
work
and
we
should,
as
the
disposition
of
public
property
in
Roxbury
of
those
large
sites
that
are
governed
by
the
master
plan
completes.
We
should
think
about
what
the
next
evolution
of
that
it
should.
J
B
Sounds
good
you're
right,
it
I
think
all
of
my
last
three
questions
sort
of
ties
into
article
80,
revisioning
and
I.
We
we
again
we
have
input
or
a
plan
for
those
types
of
inspection
or
follow-up
for
accountability
that
I
like
to
offer,
as
well
as
the
community
mitigation
funds
process
as
well
just
sort
of
understanding
exactly
the
communication
so
that
it's
very
clear
to
the
public.
What
exactly
can
they
talk
about
or
not
talk
about
and
I
think
that
the
public
is
not
really
clear.
B
I
did
want
to
clarify
that
in
terms
of
language
access
bpda
with
your
I,
don't
know
if
it's
a
new
policy
or
how,
when
did
it,
come
into
play.
B
2019.,
okay,
so
great
right
on
time
when
I,
while
I'm
here
I,
do
think
that
you're
doing
tremendous
work
in
terms
of
ensuring
that
there
are
interpreters
at
every
meeting.
Counselor
Mejia
is
at
large
and
difficult
to
go
to
all
the
meetings,
but
you
know
that
I
go
to
all
of
my.
B
In
D7
and
have
been
stuck
sometimes
in
Haitian
Creole
because
of
my
middle
age
self,
but
I
figured
it
out
and
then
sometimes
I
can
read
some
of
the
Haitian
Grill
and
I'm.
Like
oh
I,
don't
know
what
that
means.
This
sucks
I
have
to
figure
this
out,
but
I
think
we
we
got
it
together
and
I've.
B
Seen
I've
been
in
I've,
been
in
meetings
that
it
was
like
six
interpreters,
yeah,
so
phenomenal,
and
then
obviously
we
have
to
go
so
anything
that
you
feel
you
can
provide
look
forward
to
continuing
with
you
in
meetings.
Did
you
do
any
of
you
have
any
final
comments
or
closing
statements?
B
Just
thank
you
for
your
time,
okay.
Well,
thank
you
very
much.
Look
forward
to
working
with
you
hearing
adjourn.