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Ways & Means Hearing- Dockets #0760-0768 #0770-0772 FY24 Budget: Arts and Culture, and Tourism, Sports and Entertainment
A
A
Thank
you
good
afternoon
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Dania
Financial
Anderson,
the
district
7
city
counselor
I,
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
ways
and
means
this
hearing
is
being
recorded
as
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
for
slash,
City,
Dash,
console.tv
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN,
channel
82
and
FiOS
channel
964.
A
The
council's
budget
review
process
will
Encompass
a
series
of
public
hearings
beginning
in
April
and
running
through
June.
We
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record.
You
can
do
this
in
several
ways
attend
one
of
our
hearings
and
give
public
testimony.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
each
departmental
hearing
and
sometimes
in
the
beginning,
and
also
at
three
hearings
dedicated
to
public
testimony.
A
The
full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website:
boston.gov
forward,
slash
Council,
Dash
budget,
our
schedule
hearings
dedicated
to
public
testimony,
our
Tuesday
May,
2nd
and
at
2
p.m,
Tuesday,
May,
9th
at
6
p.m,
and
Thursday
May
18th
at
2
p.m.
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virtual
testimony,
you
can
sign
up
using
our
online
form
on
our
console
budget
review
website
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emailing
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at
ccc.wm
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you
are
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state
your
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and
affiliation
and
or
residence
and
limit
your
comments
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two
to
three
minutes
or
email.
A
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written
testimony
to
the
committee
at
ccc.wm
boston.gov
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a
two-minute
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or
of
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testimony
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our
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and
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more
information
on
a
city
budget
console
budget
process
and
how
to
testify.
Please
visit
the
City
Council
budget
website
at
boston.gov
forward,
slash
Council,
Dash
budget.
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket0760-20762
orders
for
the
FY
fiscal
year.
A
Our
Focus
area
for
this
hearing
will
be
the
FY
budget,
FY
24
budget
for
the
office
of
arts
and
culture
and
office
of
Tourism
sports
and
entertainment
and
revolving
funds.
Our
panelists
for
today's
hearing
include
naida
Faria,
director
of
administration
and
finance
office
of
arts
and
culture,
Cara
Elliott
Ortega,
chief
of
arts
and
culture
city
of
Boston
John
borders,
IV,
director
of
Tourism
sports
and
entertainment
office
of
Tourism
and
sports
entertainment.
A
I
am
joined
here
today
by
my
Council
colleague,
Julia
Mejia,
sorry,
just
trying
to
get
the
order
of
arrival
that
would
be
counselor,
Michael
Flaherty
at
large
city,
councilor,
District,
counselor,
councilor,
Liz
Braden
at
large
counselor,
counselor
Mejia
and
our
District
counselor
president
Flynn
for
our
format.
For
today,
we'll
go
directly
to
the
administration.
For
your
presentation.
A
We
hope
to
be
able
to
hold
the
conversation
that
is
holistic
understanding,
how
the
office
of
Tourism,
Sports
entertainment
and
the
arts
and
culture
is
working
together
to
make
it
more
accessible
to
our
constituents
as
well
as
excited
to
learn
about
all
of
the
different
projects
and
planning
that
you
have
for
the
citizens
of
Boston.
A
So
first
for
presentation,
then
we'll
go
to
rather
first
I'll
allow
my
Council
colleagues
a
30-second
introduction
time
and
then
introduction
and
then
the
presentation
from
Administration
then
to
round
one
of
questioning
public
testimony
in
the
middle.
If
time
allows
a
second
round
question
and
if
time
allows
a
third
round
of
questioning,
our
hearing
is
kind
scheduled
for
2
P.M
to
5
p.m,
and
we
hope
to
be
able
to
and
on
time.
A
But
if
we
have
all
the
questions
our
questions
answered,
hopefully
we
get
all
get
out
of
here
within
a
couple
of
hours.
So
by
order
of
arrival
first
Council
of
clarity,
you
have
the
floor
for
30.
Second
instruction.
A
Thank
you,
Council
Braden,.
C
Yes,
good
afternoon,
sorry
that
I
am
not
on
camera.
I
have
really
bad
allergies
and
I
am
sparing
you
all
of
it,
but
I'm
really
excited
I,
think
that
when
we're
looking
at
arts
and
culture,
travel
and
tourism,
you
know
these
are
not
the
political,
controversial
departments
right.
You
know,
but
I
really
do
believe
that
they're
the
one
of
the
most
important
parts
of
the
work
that
we
do
here
in
the
city,
because
it's
really
about
creating
culture
and
creating
climate
and
creating
experiences
for
our
residents.
C
So
I
think
that
you
all
play
a
very
vital
role
in
that
work
and
so
I'm,
looking
forward
to
hearing
how
we
can
be
supportive
here
on
the
council
and
I
want
to
formally
and
enthusiastically
welcome
John
borders
to
the
family
and
really
looking
forward
to
supporting
you
all
in
this
work.
Thank
you.
D
You,
madam
chair,
and
it's
great
to
see
everyone
from
arts
and
culture
and
tourism
this
afternoon,
I've
worked
very
closely
with
Artisan
culture
over
the
last
couple
of
years
on
issues
and
also
Brighton
pertaining
to
a
large
Arts
community.
So
I
really
value
the
great
work.
That's
been
done
there
and
I'm
Keen
to
hear
what
what's
in
the
works
for
our
next
budget.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
E
A
Thank
you,
council
president
Flynn
counselor
Murphy.
F
G
A
You
Council
Murphy,
welcome
Chief
Ortega
tree
borders.
Director
Faria
I
think
that
there
was
a
request
for
chief
Ortega
to
go
first
and
then
we'll
go
to
supporters.
But-
and
we
do
have
a
presentation,
it
will
be
very
short
of
a
digital
digital
visual
data,
visualization
of
the
breakdown
for
public
consumption,
to
be
able
to
grasp
the
numbers
a
little
bit
easier.
H
Thank
you
so
much
hello,
everyone,
hello,
counselors
good
to
be
with
you
today,
and
thank
you
for
your
your
time
and
energy
on
the
budget
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture,
fy24
budget
and
share
a
little
bit
more
also
about
what
we've
been
up
to
in
fy23.
That's
ongoing
work
and
also
just
want
to
recognize
that,
in
addition
to
Knight
of
Faria
director
of
administration
Finance,
we
also
have
Kenny
Mass
Free
Chief
of
Staff
here
as
well.
Who
can
help
answer
questions?
H
I
might
just
want
to
start
with
a
statement
that
our
office
has
worked
on
this
past
year
about
the
importance
of
creativity
and
and
the
role
of
having
an
Arts
office
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Creativity
is
vital
to
humanity
and
the
Arts
play
a
crucial
role
in
creating
a
thriving,
healthy
Community
for
all
the
Arts
shape
the
design
economy
and
quality
of
life
in
Boston.
They
are
intrinsically
valuable
and
provoke
emotion,
connection
and
action.
H
The
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture
envisions
a
vibrant
and
creative
Boston
where
everyone
can
access
and
participate
in
the
Arts.
We
partner
with
the
local
Arts
ecosystem
to
support
the
creative
economy
through
grants
and
programs,
integrate
public
art
into
neighborhoods
and
increase
accessible
opportunities
for
Creative
expression.
H
We
believe
everyone
is
creative
and
that
investing
in
our
creativity
will
lead
to
a
reimagined
more
just
Boston
and
thank
you
to
everybody
on
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture
staff
who
helped
craft
that
statement,
so
I'm
really
excited
at
the
the
growth
of
our
office,
including
new
hires
that
we're
making
and
growing
our
capacity
to
really
build
out
teams
that
focus
on
different
areas.
H
So,
for
those
of
you
who
have
been
with
us
kind
of
seeing
the
growth
of
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture,
it's
gone
from
over
the
years,
a
pretty
small
team
to
now
a
more
robust
team,
we're
going
to
be
I,
think
going
over
the
20
person
Mark
in
FY,
24
we're
all
fully
staffed
and
that
lets
us
build
out
different
kind
of
core
competencies
in
the
office.
H
So
we
have
now
a
cultural
planning
team,
a
public
art
team,
a
grants
and
programs,
team,
Administration
and
finance,
and
then
the
Strand
Theater
so
I'm
going
to
share
some
of
those
highlights
from
fy23
that
inform
our
work
I'm
going
to
the
next
fiscal
year
and
start
with
public
art.
So
over
the
past
summer
we
had
87
emerging
artists,
living
or
working
in
Boston
who
brightened
our
streets
through
the
paintbox
program,
and
these
are
the
colorful
utility
boxes
that
you
see
all
across
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
and
we
were
proud
to
commission.
H
So
many
new
artworks
by
and
form
members
of
our
community
Through
the
paintbox
program
and
we'll
be
continuing
that
in
the
next
fiscal
year
and
we
have
funded
a
variety
of
short-term
public,
artworks
and
long-term
kind
of
permanent
public
artworks
as
a
part
of
city
capital
projects
and
just
some
examples
to
share
there.
Most
Clark
Park
in
Jamaica,
Plain
artist,
Robert
ciao,
Pittsburgh
task
force
and
local
community
members
work
together
to
paint
a
new
mural
called
afro-latin
Music
and
Dance.
More
than
50
youth
were
engaged
in
brainstorming.
H
What
turned
which
turned
out
to
be
163
foot
long
mural
through
the
transformative
public
art
program,
we
allocated
more
than
one
million
dollars
for
the
creation
of
11
new
murals
across
Boston
this
year,
this
past
calendar
year.
So
a
lot
of
that
was
in
fy23
as
well
in
terms
of
long-term
artworks
at
Boston,
Arts
Academy.
H
There
are
two
new
works
from
this
past
year
that
complement
that
new
state
of
the
art
facility
in
Fenway
and
also
just
want
to
mention,
most
recently,
the
unveiling
of
the
Embrace,
which
was
an
effort
across
various
City
departments,
including
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture,
obviously,
and
deep
partnership
with
Embrace
Boston
by
artist,
Hank,
Willis
Thomas
on
the
Boston
Common.
So,
just
a
truly
awesome
example
of
how
much
art
can
shift
our
narratives
and
image
of
the
city.
H
That
was
an
incredibly
exciting
moment
this
year
in
Grants
and
programs,
we've
built
a
lot
of
process
in
FY
23.
H
That
brings
us
to
a
point
this
spring,
where
we
anticipate
encumbering
arpa
dollars,
specifically
in
the
categories
of
supporting
bypass
cultural
organizations
and
also
supporting
downtown
and
Neighborhood
Place,
making
and
I
think
every
year
in
our
budget
hearing,
when
we
look
at
the
numbers
are,
there's
still
a
lot
left
to
spend
and
it's
because
all
of
our
grants
go
out
around
this
time
of
year,
so
all
of
that
funding
is
accounted
for
in
our
in
our
operating
budget
when
it
comes
to
both
our
operating
budget
Grant
dollars
and
these
arpa
dollars.
H
You
know
it's
no
small
feat
to
Steward
a
process
around
these
funds.
We
were
able
this
past
fiscal
year
to
hire
a
director
of
Grants
and
programs
to
lead
program
design
and
a
community
panel
to
review
over
140
letters
of
interest
for
the
cultural
investment.
Grant
I
mean
we're
in
the
final
stages
of
that
process.
Now
we're
also
finalizing
an
application
for
the
place
making
funds
which
we
anticipate
will
support
programming.
H
This
year,
the
city
also
awarded
over
200
000
to
30
artists
and
creative
workers
through
the
opportunity
fund.
That's
another
program
that
we
anticipate
continuing
in
fy24,
boston-based,
artists
and
creatives
use
these
funds
to
produce
Studio,
albums
short
films
and
plays
feed.
Small
creative
businesses
improve
the
quality
of
their
teaching,
Artistry
create
Gallery
spaces
and
pre-programming,
and
and
much
much
more.
H
This
year's
grantees
on
the
individual
artist
side
live
in
nine
of
fossil
neighborhoods
of
those
who
who
responded
70
of
the
grantees
identify
as
women
or
non-binary
43
identify
as
members
of
the
lgbtq
plus
Community
64
as
people
of
color,
and
sharing
some
of
those
numbers,
as
we
kind
of
continue
to
improve
on
how
we're
marketing
and
targeting
our
funds
based
on
who
has
access
historically
to
funds
who
does
not
and
that
we
can
report
out
on
that
again
this
year.
H
The
same
way
we
did
last
year
when
it
comes
to
supporting
arts
and
culture
groups
and
collectives
and
organizations
we
awarded
over
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
Grants
to
160
arts
and
culture
organizations
across
the
city,
and
we
tried
something
a
little
new
this
year,
where
we
also
supported
Grassroots
Open
Studios
events
led
by
artists
in
each
of
our
neighborhoods
as
well.
Lastly,
when
it
comes
to
Grant
making,
we
piloted
a
new
program
where
we
invested
200
000
to
support
12
local
Productions
at
the
Strand
Theater,
and
just
some
examples
of
what
that
supported.
H
The
Boston
modern
Orchestra
project
produced
a
series.
A
new
Opera
about
The,
Life
and
Times
of
Malcolm
X,
make
a
show
an
annual
event
featuring
k30
and
artists
was
also
the
Strand
origination
was
able
to
produce
our
story.
Celebrating
the
African
and
African-American
experience
through
spoken
word:
music
and
dance
and
Company.
One
theater
again
came
back
to
the
Strand
this
past
summer.
With
can
I
touch
it
with
all
tickets
being
pay.
H
What
you
want,
which
we
love
to
have
at
the
theater
and
then
lastly,
in
Grants
and
programs
with
our
Poet
Laureate
Porsche
Loyola.
We
had
25
quote
Laureate
events
and
56
City
Hall
Gallery
shows.
I
H
We
are,
we
will
be
firing
soon
for
a
new
director
of
of
the
city
hall
galleries
after
John
Crowley,
our
long
time,
Gallery
Steward
for
almost
20
years,
just
retired,
moving
to
cultural
planning.
H
We
have
a
cultural
planning
team
for
the
first
time
in
FY
23,
and
that
includes
adding
two
positions
this
year,
development
review
and
Community
engagement,
and
just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
what
that
allows
us
to
do
having
those
positions
means
that
we
can
be
actively
involved
in
over
30
development
projects
across
the
city
included
in
these
projects
are
over
50
artists
live
work,
units
providing
affordable
housing
options
for
artists,
and
these
projects
also
account
for
nearly
400
000
square
feet
in
new
cultural
space
in
the
Arts
and
Cultural
ecosystem
in
Boston.
H
I
also
want
to
celebrate
that
as
we've
been
growing,
this
work
and
I've
been
in
conversation
with
many
of
you
and
many
of
your
constituents
about
the
need
for
affordable
space.
We
did
have
a
huge
accomplishment,
this
past
fiscal
year
that
couldn't
have
happened
without
all
of
us
really
working
together,
I'm,
including
with
artists
and
Advocates,
and
that
was
our
ability
to
invest
in
the
preservation
of
Humphrey
Street
Studios
as
an
affordable
artist.
H
Workspace
in
perpetuity,
so
artists
came
together,
worked
with
us
worked
with
counselors
in
partnership
with
Economic
Opportunity
private
financing,
a
friendly
developer.
We
now
have
45
artists,
who
are
able
to
keep
their
workspaces,
affordable
and
perpetuity
and
which
is
a
real
just.
A
real
milestone
for
us
and
I
know.
H
We've
kind
of
we've
heard
it
before
and
when
we
had
a
council
hearing
specifically
on
artist
space,
but
I
think
it's
worth
mentioning
again
and
we
are
also
this
year
we
piloted
a
new
program
where
we
really
felt
like
we
needed
to
prioritize
within
our
own
operating
budget,
the
preservation
and
supporting
new,
affordable
cultural
space,
and
we
are
in
the
middle
of
that
new
program
right
now,
the
cultural
space
fund.
H
So
this
received
147
applications
around
the
city,
totaling
22
million
dollars
in
requests,
and
we
anticipate
awarding
1.7
million
to
around
30
arts
and
culture
groups,
organizations
businesses
across
the
city
and
to
secure
the
long-term
future
of
existing
cultural
spaces
and
space
operators
in
Boston
and
expanding
Equitable
access
to
those
spaces.
H
So
those
awards
are
going
to
support
space
acquisition,
design,
construction,
repair,
renovation,
Rehabilitation
and
other
Capital
Improvements,
and
also
pre-development
costs
and
capacity
building,
so
that
it's
not
just
those
groups
that
already
have
their
foot
in
the
door
when
it
comes
to
managing
or
accessing
space
who
can
receive
these
grants,
but
we're
also
an
exceeding
projects
earlier
on.
H
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
This
is
definitely
proof
of
concept
for
how
how
the
city
can
create
a
funding
source
through
zoning
through
our
operating
budget,
administer
those
funds
and
design
a
program
to
distribute
that
funding
according
to
the
need
and
impact
to
our
communities.
So
we
will
be
repeating
that
in
fy24
and
evaluating
how
this
pilot
program
went
and
making
some
changes
accordingly.
H
So,
looking
ahead
to
next
fiscal
year,
in
addition
to
continuing
those
programs,
I
just
highlighted
some
aspects
of,
we
are
first
and
foremost
focused
on
encumbering
our
arpa
funds.
So
I
mentioned
that
we
have
paths
for
two
of
our
allocation
categories.
H
There
are
also
two
areas
of
work
that
are
going
to
be
a
priority
early
in
fy24,
the
first
being
the
art
Corridor
in
District
Seven,
so
we're
working
on
a
scope
of
work
now
and
hiring
an
FTE
that
will
support
moving
those
funds
and
there's
also
a
grant
that's
going
to
go
out
before
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year
to
support
immediate
activities
around
the
art
Corridor
as
well
and
counselor.
Anderson
will
continue
working
with
you
closely
on
that.
H
The
second
kind
of
arpa
allocation,
category
or
project
that
we're
prioritizing
is
a
collaboration
with
bcyf,
and
so
we've
been
in
conversation
with
bcyf
about
what
it
looks
like
to
bring
high
quality
arts
classes
and
programs
to
the
centers
and
we're
working
on
a
pilot
program
to
contract
for
that
across
three
centers
as
a
way
to
really
kind
of
test.
What
that
needs
to
look
like
what
support
needs
to
look
like
for
that?
How
to
evaluate
those
programs
in
terms
of
fy24
operating
expenses
for
the
office?
H
That's
something
that
you
should
see
in
our
our
budget
and
there's
a
lot
of
possibilities
with
doing
that,
including
connecting
the
crew
to
our
expanded
mural
program
and
the
expanded
contract
that
we
just
announced
to
support
murals
over
the
next
three
years
and
really
building
out
kind
of
Youth,
Pathways
and
Pathways
for
emerging
artists
through
the
mural
crew
opportunities.
H
We've
also
launched
work
on
City
Hall
Plaza,
which
you'll
see
really
take
off
in
fy24
I'm.
Halfway
through
this
fiscal
year,
we
were
able
to
bring
on
a
City
Hall
Plaza
engagement
manager,
who's,
helping
to
Pilot
new
programs
take
advantage
of
all
the
new
spaces
that
are
there
and
it
you
know,
really
see
it
as
a
new
public
venue,
so
that
person
has
been
hard
at
work,
Billy,
Dean
Thomas.
H
Lastly-
and
we
are
part
of
the
work
of
several
departments
to
better
facilitate
event
permitting
and
the
kind
of
event
from
the
process
for
constituents,
so
you'll
see
two
positions
in
FY
24
that
are
dedicated
to
that
process,
which
is
really
a
direct
response
to
constituents
asking
all
of
us
at
the
city
to
make
process
improvements,
make
things
clearer,
more
user-friendly
and
simplify
those
requirements.
So
we
look
forward
to
tackling
that
in
partnership
with
definitely
our
friends
at
tsne
and
Licensing
and
many
others
as
well,
so
I
think
I
will
stop
there.
H
A
Thank
you
so
much
Chief
Ortega
Karishma.
Are
you
ready
with
your
presentation.
J
All
right,
hello,
everyone-
this
is
just
an
arts
and
culture
overview,
so
this
is
the
org
chart
that
is
presented
in
the
capital
budget,
that's
potentially
operating
budget,
so
this
is
just
spring
grab
of
that.
This
is
the
arts
and
culture
recommended
fy24
arts
and
culture
recommended
by
expense
type.
So
we
have
contractual
services
at
49.8,
Personnel
Services
at
48.8,
followed
by
the
total
amount.
J
The
it's
color
coded
on
the
The
Legend
itself
is
color
coded,
so
you
can
kind
of
draw
back
draw
your
eyes
back
to
that
natural
apply
chart
to
kind
of
see
what
percentage
of
FY
24
is
going
towards
different
expense
types
in
this
PowerPoint.
You
will
not
be
able
to
see
a
programmatic
breakdown
because
in
the
department
there's
only
one
program,
that's
listed
in
the
budget,
so
this
is
why
you're
just
going
to
be
seeing
a
year-on-year
breakdown
of
the
specific
arts
and
culture
program.
J
So
this
is
arts
and
culture
expenses
over
time
from
FY
21
to
fy24,
so
fy21
is
actual
spending.
Fy
23
is
appropriation
and
fy24
is
recommended.
This
is
all
in
thousands
just
so
people
can
be
able
to
see
this
in
a
little
bit
more
clarity,
as
you
can
see
here
in
the
next.
As
you
can
see
here,
we
have
approximately
500
000
increase
in
Personnel
Services.
Approximately
thirty
thousand
dollar
decrease
in
contractual
Services,
approximately
ten
thousand
dollar
increase
in
supplies
and
materials.
J
One
thousand
dollar
increase
in
current
charges
and
obligations
and
equipment
has
gone
down
to
zero.
This
is
a
breakdown
by
expense
type,
so
essentially
trying
to
see
that
difference
over
time.
This
is
broken
down
by
dollars.
So
if
you
look
at
the
first
bar
you'll
see
change
21
to
22
in
dollars,
so
we
have
121
000
increase
from
21
to
22
a
528
000
increase
from
22
to
23
and
a
473
000
increase
from
23
to
24
and
in
total
from
21
to
24.
We
have
a
1.1
billion
dollar
increase.
J
Essentially,
the
points
that
are
important
in
terms
of
year
on
year
for
the
most
most
recent
year
is
that
yellow
line
and
if
you
want
to
see
kind
of
give
in
a
holistic,
four-year
review
that
green
line
is
what
you
want
to
be
looking
at.
It's
in
total
amount
by
thousands
just
again,
so
people
do
that,
so
people
can
see
it
a
little
bit
more.
Clearly,
this
is
broken
down
in
terms
of
percentage.
So
essentially
what
I
did
is
I
saw
how
much?
How
much
has
it
changed
from
the
original?
J
So,
from
fiscal
year
21
to
fiscal
year,
22
there
was
an
11
increase
in
Personnel
Services
44
increased
from
22
to
23
and
a
27
increase
from
23
to
24,
and
then
103
increase
from
21
to
24..
So,
as
you
go
down,
you'll
be
able
to
see
that
and
it
matches
up
kind
of
by
the
dollar
amounts
in
the
previous
slide.
For
some
of
the
numbers
you're
going
to
see
here,
they
are
going
to
seem
a
little
bit
big,
but
that's
entirely
because
what
we're
looking
at
essentially
is
a
percentage
change.
J
So
if
the
original
number
is
relatively
small-
and
you
know,
you've
doubled
that
it's
just
going
to
seem
like
a
lot
more.
But
if
you
go
to
the
previous
slide.
Sorry,
if
you
go
to
the
previous
slide,
that
large
number
for
current
charges
and
obligations
is
only
twenty
four
thousand
dollars.
It's
just
starting
to
look
a
relatively
big
at
100
111,
just
because
of
how
small
it
originally
started.
So
hopefully
that
makes
sense.
J
Let
me
know
if
you
have
questions
on
that,
and
then
this
is
just
a
capital
project
revolving
find
an
external
funds
kind
of
overview.
So
the
capital
projects
for
this
department
are
listed
here.
What
I've
done
here
is
I've,
looked
at
the
total
authorization,
so
kind
of
all
the
capital
funds
that
have
gone
into
these
projects
across
existing
for
fiscal
year
24
and
for
the
future
and
I've
looked
at
specifically
for
the
fiscal
year
24
and
then
uploaded
capital
expenditure.
J
So
that's,
essentially
you
know
what
money
has
already
been
spent
in
these
specific
objects.
As
you
can
see
here,
a
lot
of
these
projects
have
not
actually
requested
money
this
year,
it's
only
the
percent
for
for
the
Arts
that
is
requesting
4.4
million
dollars.
This
is
the
project
name
kind
of
broken
down,
and
this
is
a
table
essentially
broken
down
to
the
millions,
so
you'll
be
able
to
see,
for
example,
the
project
bookmarked.
J
It
had
an
authorization
until
0.25
million,
so
250
000
and
a
capital
expenditure
of
250
000.,
there's
only
one
project
that
had
an
external
fund,
which
is
the
emergent
memory,
Coconut
Grove
Memorial
at
145
000,
and
no
projects
at
any
grants
or
had
any
grants
funding.
So
that
was
not
actually
put
in
this
PowerPoint,
at
least
according
to
the
raw
data
and
the
budget
book
that
I
had
access
to.
J
J
And
then
this
is
a
public
art
revolving
fund,
so
the
total
amount
being
requested
this
year
is
800
000,
and
this
is
a
history
of
as
well,
and
this
is
just
the
external
funds
that
are
active
as
of
fiscal
year,
24.
So
in
the
budget
book,
if
these
were
these
numbers
listed
by
System,
I
kind
of
populated
them
on
this
on
this
slide.
J
A
Course,
oh
sure
we
can.
We
can
get
deeper
into
it
later.
If
the
council's
request.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
amazing
presentation.
A
I
think
we
can
go
straight
to
I,
think
we
can
go
straight
into
to
tourism
and
then
do
or
should
we
do
I
I
guess
just
sort
of
checking
temperature
here
like
should
we
do
the
questions
with
arts
and
culture
and
then
do
tourism?
Or
is
there
a
time
constraint
with
you,
Chief,
Borders
or
okay,
then
we'll
go
straight
into
Quick
line
of
questions
for
arts
and
culture
in
the
order
of
arrival,
Council
Clarity
you
have
before.
B
B
So
I
know
that
and
the
folks
that
you've
been
working
with
over
there
excited
that
they
were
able
to
connect
with
your
team
and
also,
if
and
I,
do
have
a
constituent,
a
retired
police
officer
who
would
like
to
volunteer
and
teach
and
teach
kids
chess
who
I
guess
from
your
department.
Could
I
connect
him
with
that
and
can
facilitate
that
opportunity
is
a
expert
chess
player
and
I
think
he
wants
to
share
his
time
and
talents
with
our
youth.
H
Oh
that's,
exciting
I
was
just
mentioning
that
on
City
Hall
Plaza
we're
going
to
have
some
chess
workshops
and
tournaments,
so
there
actually
might
be
some
opportunities
right
away,
but
counselor
feel
free
to
connect
connecting
to
me
and
and
I
can
put
him
in
touch
with
the
right
side.
B
Really
appreciate
your
attention
to
details
on
all
things
and
culture
and
appreciate
it,
and
the
Frederick
Douglas
mural
I
know
that,
hopefully
that
will
get
a
redo,
I
guess
if
you
will
and
let
us
know
what
we
can
do
for
the
council
level,
not
just
with
that
mural
but
other
murals
that
are
across
City
that
are
beloved
and
appreciated
and
respected,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
they
stay
in
great
shape.
But
it
doesn't
I,
don't
think
it
necessarily
falls
under
the
CPA.
B
Community
preservation
act
funding,
but
in
the
event
that
it
doesn't,
if
there's
opportunities
for
your
department,
to
connect
folks
to
resources
and
or
to
artists
that
could
refurbish
or
refresh,
if
you
will
some
of
the
murals
that
we
have
across
our
city.
H
Those
that
are
just
starting
to
fade
or
have
been
kind
of
now
fading
for
some
time
and
need
a
touch-up.
So
that
is
something
that
they're
looking
at
now
and
I
believe
we
can
cover
that
through
our
public
art
conservation
line
in
our
operating
budget,
once
we
get
into
fy24
so
I'm
making
that
list
now
and
hopefully
I
can
start
talking
in
this
summer.
Thank.
B
B
H
Yeah,
that's
a
great
question:
we've
been
in
conversation
with
3-1-1
and
with
property
management
about
how
to
get
the
right
workflows
so
that
when
something
is
tagged,
we
can
get
called
in
and
find
an
artist
who
can
paint
over
it
or
get
in
touch
with
the
original
artist
of
that
mural
or
that
paint
box
whatever
it
might
be
and
get
it
kind
of
back
to
its
original
artwork.
H
So
we've
been
working
on
that
now
and
we've
been
able
to
catch
a
couple
of
things.
I
wouldn't
say:
we've
perfected,
that
workflow,
but
but
making
progress
on
it
for
sure.
Well,.
A
Thank
you,
Council
Clarity
I
was
hoping,
I
could
get
lunch
in
between,
but
you
are.
The
time
is
too
short.
Counselor
Braden
you're
with
us
yep.
D
You
have
the
floor.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Canada
for
your
presentation,
I
think
we're
faced
with
this
sort
of
thing
almost
like
we're,
always
having
to
be
sort
of
be
reactive
rather
than
proactive.
Is
your
department
able
to
sort
of
help
with
planning
in
terms
of
anticipating
displacement
before
it
happens,
and
then
maybe
mobilizing
assets
and
resources
to
help
prevent
displacement?
D
I
know
we've
had
this
conversation
and
and
do
we
need
to
actually
be
much
more
proactive
in
the
way
we
we
approach
this
in
terms
of
displacement
of
our
artists
and
musicians
across
the
city.
H
Yeah
I
mean
I
think
you've
hit
the
nail
on
the
head.
We
would
love
to
be
able
to
be
more
proactive
instead
of
reactive
and
I,
think
the
cultural
space
fund
and
some
of
what
we're
piloting
there.
H
The
one
of
the
the
funding
sources
of
that
fund
is
the
zoning
in
the
South
End
in
which
creating
affordable
cultural
space
or
a
buyout
of
that
requirement
is,
is
a
part
of
zoning
and
written
into
zoning,
and
that's
definitely
something
that
as
a
tool,
a
policy
tool
we'd
like
to
be
in
conversation
with
the
bpda
about
as
a
possible
way
to
actually
have
enough
funds
kind
of
ready
to
be
able
to
respond
to
Something
in
real
time,
as
opposed
to
feeling
kind
of
like
we're
six
months
behind
or
a
year
behind.
H
I
would
also
say
that
the
community
engagement
position
in
cultural
planning
is
a
really
critical
piece
of
this,
because,
as
we
see
when
artists
communities
are
more
connected
and
more
networked
and
more
organized
and
in
touch
with
us,
then
we're
able
to
kind
of
be
as
a
head
as
we
can
be
on
something
like
an
imminent
displacement
and
so
that
position
and
that
kind
of
Grassroots
work
is,
is
really
critical.
H
That
team
is
also
working
with,
and
this
came
up
in
the
cultural
space
hearing,
what
we're
working
with
mapc,
and
also
in
partnership
with
Somerville
and
Cambridge
on
creating
a
new
tool
that
would
allow
us
to
really
track
cultural
assets
and
Define
very
broadly
so
that
we
are
kind
of
constantly
checking
on
where
things
are.
You
know,
has
ownership
changed?
Have
we
heard
from
that
community
and
will
really
like
be
the
actual
data
that
we
can
rely
on,
so
that
we're
not?
H
You
know
just
being
responsive
to
things
when
we
hear
them,
but
we
can
proactively
follow
up
with
cultural
spaces.
So
I
think
those
are
some
some
things
that
are
promising
in
terms
of
getting
ahead
of
that.
But
I
think
there's
a
lot
more,
just
the
more
kind
of
integrated
that
we
are
into
like
the
planning
and
development
review
and
Zoning
reform
processes,
the
the
better,
because
you
know
we
can
look
at
a
map
of
the
city
and
start
to
guess.
D
Yeah,
thank
you
and
I
also
say
you
know:
do
our
recent
experience
thinking
about
capacity
building
in
the
artist
Community
as
well,
because
very
much
in
terms
of
community
organizing
as
an
as
a
group,
they're
they're,
very
a
very
group
with
different
different
niches
and
they
are
in
the
cultural
landscape
and
they
don't
necessarily
all
communicate
with
each
other,
and
is
there
any
scope
or
capacity
to
tap
into
funds
to
help
do
capacity
building
in
terms
of
in
in
that
Community
or
communities
in
general?.
H
Yeah,
that's
a
great
Point,
and
it's
it's
something
that
we've
noticed
as
well,
and
we
are
in
conversation
on
that
team
about
using
some
technical
assistance,
funds
or
cultural
planning
funds
to
actually
do
workshops
for
artists
on
how
to
organize
how
to
understand
how
to
participate
in
City
process
and
bpda
process.
To
understand.
Also,
who
else
is
facing
the
same
issues?
I
think
we've
seen
artists
also
be
really
siled
by
the
kind
of
work
that
they
do,
and
you
know
there
might
be.
You
know
a
building
down
the
street
or
one
neighborhood
over.
H
That's
also
going
through
the
same
thing,
but
they're
just
actually
not
connected.
So
we
have
talked
about
possibly
supporting
a
series
around
that
for
capacity
building.
D
Very
good
and
I
also
would
put
my
we
have
some.
We
have
some
murals
that
have
done
a
long
time
ago
in
Alston
Brighton,
the
little
love.
So
that's
the
idea
of
the
public
art
conservation,
and
we
should
probably
be
in
touch
with
you
with
a
few
a
few
of
our
long-standing
murals
that
are
getting
old
and
a
little
shabby,
and
they
need
a
little
help
so
and
I'm
looking
at
Madame
chair
and
am
I
haven't
done
for
time.
Madam
chair,
30
seconds,
30
seconds,
oh
well.
D
That
just
gives
me
time
to
say
thank
you.
Cara
and
I.
Look
forward
to
working
continue
to
work
with
you
in
your
office,
all
things,
arts
and
culture
in
in
my
district
of
Austin
Brighton.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank.
C
C
If
you
could
just
there
seems
to
be
some
sort
of
disconnect
or
misinformation
about,
like
the
difference
between
the
commission,
the
Arts
commission
and
the
arts
and
culture
Department,
there's
been
some
advocacy
done
on
behalf
of
a
group
of
folks
who
want
to
have
a
statue
in
Jamaica
Plain
in
the
park
at
Mozart,
and
they
just
don't
know
who
to
talk
to
and
if
for
the
record,
if
you
don't
mind
helping
our
viewers
understand
kind
of
what
the
difference
is
and
the
role
in
terms
of
oversight
and
all
that
decision
making
processes
just
looks
like
because
there
is
a
a
misunderstanding
and
I
I
have
one
more
question
after
that.
H
Sure
so
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture,
staffs
to
commissions
two
independent
commissions,
one
is
the
Boston
cultural
Council,
which
is
our
local
cultural
Council
that
receives
State
funding
and
also
has
some
city
funding
to
re-grant
in
Boston
and
the
other
one
is
the
Boston
art
commission.
So
the
Boston
art
commission
has
a
regulatory
role
in
approving
public
art
on
public
land
and
is
also
our
commissioning
body.
So
when
the
city
goes
and
says,
we
want
to
pay
for
a
piece
of
public
art
on
public
land.
H
H
We
ask
that
they
submit
an
online
application
that
will
get
them
in
the
agenda
for
review
by
the
Boston
art
Commission,
and
that
commission
may
have
feedback
on
design
or
on
process
that
they
request
in
order
to
move
that
project
through
to
eventually
being
accepted
by
the
art
commission
and,
as
one
might
imagine,
that
the
process
for
a
long-term
artwork
that's
going
to
be
around.
H
For
you
know,
10
20
50
years
is
I'm
very
involved
compared
to
the
process
for
something
that's
short
term,
that
might
be
a
mural
or
it
might
be
an
installation,
and
so
that's
that's
a
part
of
their
process
as
well.
So
when
someone
wants
to
propose
a
long-term
artwork,
we
and
the
art
commission
has
kind
of
specific
standards
that
they're
looking
for,
including
you
know,
having
a
maintenance
plan
and
all
sorts
of
other
things
to
make
sure
that
anything
that
we
put
into
the
public
realm
community
stand
the
test
of
time.
H
C
That's
great
thank
you
for
that
Cara
and
then
I,
guess
the
the
the
follow-up
and
that
I
have
and
I'm
just
curious
about
this
program
that
was
just
initiated
through
the
city
artillism,
so
Danny
Rivera
was
really
engaged
in
activating
it,
and
some
of
the
things
that
I
learned
in
that
process
was
that
you
they
were
targeting
younger
artists.
C
You
know
emerging
artists
and
so
I'm
just
curious
about
kind
of
like
the
energy
that
exists
around
creating
a
pipeline
of
artists
and
starting
them
younger,
and
what
role,
if
any,
your
department
interfaces
with
the
Boston
public
schools
and
other
organizations
that
are
Arc
driven
or
potential
Partnerships.
No.
H
So
important,
we
are
the
way
that
we
do
that.
The
most
is
by
supporting
and
working
really
closely
with
the
organizations
that
provide
creative,
Youth
Development,
whether
that's
in
BPS
or
out
of
school.
Many
organizations
do
both,
and
so
we
support
them
financially,
but
also
with
technical
assistance.
H
This
past
year
we
actually
started
convening
a
group
not
just
of
those
organizations,
but
also
of
creative
employers
and
higher
ed
in
the
Arts,
to
have
a
conversation
about
how
are
we
kind
of
working
together
to
really
make
those
Pathways
clear
to
young
people
and
their
families,
and
what
are
the
barriers
to
doing
that?
Do
we
really
understand
you
know
the
full
landscape
of
what
those
jobs
are
or
what
the
benefits
of
arts
and
culture
are
for.
H
Young
people
is
that
being
communicated
clearly
to
families,
and
we
know
that
a
lot
of
youth
programs
have
really
long
wait,
lists
so
Jeff's
kind
of
starting
to
unpack
that
and
try
to
understand.
You
know
what
what
could
the
city
do
also
as
a
convener,
not
just
as
a
funder
to
address
that
into
maybe
pilot
some
ways
for
people
to
work
together.
H
Even
on
simple
things
like
you
know,
a
creative
career
or
Fair
opportunity,
fair,
and
if
you
need
something
that
can
really
potentialize
and
I'm
glad
how
you
doing
something
that
can
really
centralize
access
to
all
of
those
different
programs
and
just
make
it
clearer,
because
I
think
there's
for
a
young
person,
who's
interested
in
arts
there's
just
like
a
lot
of
digging
that
one
has
to
do
in
order
to
figure
out
how
to
support
that.
H
So
so
we're
having
a
conversation
now
and
hopefully
that
can
kind
of
convert
into
some
program
ideas.
Early
next
year,
I
will
say:
I'm
really
excited
about
the
possibility
of
the
mayor's
mural
crew
and
how
that
could
be
built
out
into
a
much
bigger
youth
program
in
a
variety
of
ways.
H
Obviously,
like
young
people
can
always
be
helping
with
murals,
but
we've
seen
other
programs
around
the
country
that
have
really
turned
that
into
a
Workforce
Development
opportunity
I'm.
So
we're
excited
to
to
talk
to
other
cities
and
talk
to
Arts,
Educators
and
think
about
what
that
could
look
like
for
us
right.
C
Can
you
just
share
with
us,
maybe
two
or
three
specific
things
that
you're
doing
to
be
more
inclusive
of
diapers
experiences,
and
not
just
in
terms
of
just
not
just
black
and
brown
people,
but
I'm
talking
about
social
economic
status,
just
status,
you
know
even
documented
undocumented
kind
of
like
we
just
get
when
we
think
about
when
we're
thinking
about
access
and
inclusion.
You
know
we
always
go
black
and
brown,
but
I
just
want
to
push
us
a
little
bit
and
also
look
at
inclusivity
of
disabilities.
H
Yeah
I
think
just
because
you
just
mentioned
disability
access,
we
have
an
artist
in
Residence
right
now.
Who's
specifically
focused
on
the
accessibility
of
the
city
and
how
that's
perceived
and
experienced
as
someone
with
with
a
disability
and
her
whole
project
revolves
around
that
in
partnership
with
the
transportation
team
and
right
now
there
that
program
is
getting
ready
to
have
I
think
their
final
projects.
There
will
be
kind
of
a
presentation,
I
think
that
we're
gonna
have
on
the
Plaza
about.
H
You
know
how,
as
an
artist
moving
through
the
city
that
is
experienced
and
what
some
of
the
recommendations
might
be.
So
it's
thinking
a
lot
about.
You
know
the
design
and
culture
of
the
city
and
how
the
city
feels
not
kind
of
Arts
like
capital
A,
like
Fine
Arts,
but
kind
of
what
is
the
culture
and
the
feeling
of
the
city
and
how
does
that
impact
individuals?
H
Another
thing
that
comes
to
mind
is
through
another
program
we've
been
supporting
design
studio
for
social
intervention.
That's
doing
something
called
the
design,
gym
and
upham's
corner,
and
this
is
a
space
that
is
just
open
and
free
to
anyone
and
really
sees
itself
as
a
place
where,
like
community
members,
young
people,
artists,
cultural
practitioners,
cultural
bearers
of
different
kinds,
chefs
like
everybody,
can
just
be
in
one
space
and
take
classes
organize
together
other
and
some
of
that
is
kind
of
creative
classes.
H
But
the
point
is
really
like
building
that
social
connection
and
helping
people
understand
that
they
can
actually
have
agency
in
changing
the
city
and
impacting
the
city
and
I
think
that's
a
really
great
example
of
kind
of
a
shift
toward
arts
and
culture
and
creativity
as
something
that
everybody
should
have
access
to,
and
it's
just
a
part
of
everybody's
life
as
opposed
to
this
kind
of
special
privileged
space.
The
way
they
were
talking
about,
I,
don't
know
Nida
or
Kenny.
If
there's
any
other
examples
that
come
to
mind.
K
Sure
any
Mastery
Chief
of
Staff
with
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture
as
part
of
the
cultural
Consortium
of
the
Museum
of
Science
through
aquarium,
Children's,
Museum
and
aquarium.
K
We
launch
an
RFP
to
help
figure
out
what
a
process
could
be
to
give
free
access
to
those
cultural
institutions
with
students
who
have
BPS
IDs
so
extended
access
opportunities.
There
are
already
access
programs,
but
this
is
really
looking
at
a
more
Universal
and
less
cumbersome
program
where
BPS
students
and
their
families
can
receive
free
access
to
those
cultural
institutions
as
part
of
every
bostonians
right
to
access
to
culture
and
those
institutions.
A
Lynn.
You
have
the
floor.
E
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you,
cara
for
the
important
work
you're
doing
and
the
opportunity
to
work
with
you
on
some
murals
and
some
public
art
in
Chinatown,
especially,
but
we
captured
or
I,
should
should
say
the
the
oddest
captioned
with
the
community,
the
the
important
role
immigrants
play
in
the
community
in
working
families
and
and
addressing
even
addressing
hate
crimes
that
we've
seen
against
the
Asian
community
here
in
here
in
Boston,
I,
think
public
art
really
showed
showed
the
story
and
and
also
it
showed
the
story
about
the
resilience
of
the
of
the
community.
E
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
to
you
Cara
and
to
your
team
and
I
guess:
I
guess
my
question,
Cara
is
I,
see
sometimes
these
beautiful
murals
and
these
artists
in
they're
painting
these
wonderful,
murals
and
they've
spent
so
much
time
on
them
and
then
and
then
I
see
a
couple
weeks
later
graffiti
on
it.
E
So
it
must
be
frustrating
to
to
you,
but
certainly
to
the
artist.
But
what
is
what
what
can
prevent
us
from
people
mocking
these
beautiful
murals
up
with
graffiti.
H
Yeah
I
think
I
mean
there's
a
certain
extent
to
which
you
know
we
live
in
the
city.
Things
are
going
to
happen,
and
this
is
why
we're
we're
trying
to
create
a
system
for
being
able
to
touch
those
up
and
kind
of
intervene
and
work
with
the
artists
when
that,
when
we
see
some
tagging
or
things
like
that
happen,
I
do
think
you
know.
We've
also
been
having
a
really
great
conversation
with
property
management
and
with
the
mayor's
office
about
what
it
looks
like
to
create
like
a
positive
space
for
graffiti.
H
You
know,
there's
a
certain
amount
of
graffiti.
That's
always
gonna,
just
wanna
happen
where
you
know
on
murals
or
on
other
spaces,
but
we
also
know
that
graffiti
can
be
an
amazing
art
form.
We
have
a
lot
of
amazing
writers
in
town
graffiti
artists
and
there's
been
a
lot
of
conversation
about
where
we
can
have
space
for
that,
where
there
could
be
like
a
free
wall
and
I
do
feel
like
it
would
be
good
as
a
city
for
us
to
have
like
a
positive
space
for
that.
H
H
That's
why
we
have
maintenance
funds
and
plans,
and
you
know
to
be
prepared
for
for
all
of
those
those
things
that
will
just
happen,
but
I
think
given
every
every
counselor
in
their
district
has
whether
it's
existing
murals
that
have
been
tagged
or
murals
that
are
fading,
I
think
something
that
will
come
up
as
a
follow-up
for
us
from
this
conversation
is
to
reach
out
to
each
of
your
offices
and
just
see
what's
on
your
Radars
in
terms
of
like,
if
there
is
a
hot
spot,
where
things
are
being,
you
know
marked
up
all
the
time
or
there
is
something
that's
fading
like.
E
Well,
thank
you
Cara,
and
to
your
team.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
important
work
of
graffiti
Busters,
but
also
Public
Works,
and
one
one
or
two
departments
that
I
think
are
also
critical
to
this
is
office
of
immigrant
advancement,
and
they
often
have
great
ideas
about
how
we
can
celebrate
the
contributions
of
our
immigrant
neighbors
through
ART,
so
just
want
to
just
want
to
highlight
office
of
immigrant
advancement
language
of
communication,
access
for
the
important
role
they
play
in
our
city
as
well.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Thank
you,
council
president
Flynn
up
next
we
have
Council
Murphy,
you
have
floor.
F
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair,
thank
you,
Cara,
and
your
team
for
being
on
and
to
piggyback
on
what
councilor
president
Flynn
just
mentioned.
I
do
love
when
you
see
the
art
and
I
know
a
lot
of
our
walls.
F
Bha
housing
like
the
one
in
the
South
End
and
one
in
Dorchester
right
near
my
house,
I
love
those
big
paintings
that
are
going
up
in
the
electric
boxes
around
the
you
know
the
city,
it's
it's
it's
nice
to
see
and
I
do
think
it
also,
as
an
at
large
city
concert,
really
shows
the
like
the
culture,
the
feel
of
different
neighborhoods.
It
reflects
the
different
you
know,
so
that's
nice
just
here
to
listen
and
make
sure
that
you
have
enough
money
coming
into
budget
season.
F
As
a
you
know,
someone
anytime
we've
had
hearings
or
we've
talked
you
know,
I'm
a
big
supporter
of
the
Arts
and
I
do
know
how
they
directly
affect
our
mental
health.
Our
you
know,
growth
and
all
of
you
know
the
Social
Development
of
not
just
young
kids,
but
you
know
even
seniors
earlier
today
in
between
the
budget
hearings,
I
went
over
to
Grove
Hall
and
was
with
the
senior
center
and
they're
making
quilts
out
of
old
sweaters,
and
we
were
playing
musical
bingo
so
and
it's
the
memory
Cafe
over
there.
F
You
know
at
all
of
we're
in
the
budget
season
we're
here
to
talk
about
it,
but
if
there's
anything
specific
or
things,
you
feel
that
we're
missing
before
I
pass
it
over
to
my
next
counselor.
Is
there
anything
you
wish
you
saw
or
something
you
were
hoping
to
have
in
the
budget
that
you
want
us
to
advocate
for
I'd
love,
to
hear.
H
Thank
you,
counselor
I,
don't
know
that.
There's
anything
missing
from
the
budget,
I
think
the
areas
that
have
been
priorities-
we've
been
really
intentional
about
piloting
something
so
that
you
know
this
time.
Next
year
we
can
say
this
is
what
our
ask
would
be
around
something
like
cultural
space
and
cultural
Space
is
really
the
the
main
area.
Where
funding
you
know
it
takes
a
lot
of
funding
to
have
an
intervention
but
I
think
between
the
zoning
reform
ideas.
H
Some
of
what
came
up
in
the
the
last
Council
hearing
that
we
had
on
affordable
space
for
musicians
and
other
artists,
there's
a
there's
that
was
great.
H
There's
some
different
policy
items
that
I
think
you
know
we're
in
a
position
and
move
forward
that
can
create
a
funding
source
that
can
be
deployed
without
just
kind
of
adding
to
the
operating
budget
in
a
fiscal
year
and
I.
Think
that's
a
smart
thing
for
us
to
to
be
trying,
so
so
nothing
specific
outside
of
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
you
know
getting
those
conversations
and
thinking
about
the
next
steps
on
them.
F
Okay,
no
thank
you
that
that's
all
thank
you.
Chair.
L
Keep
on
making
mistakes!
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you.
Chief
Elliot
Ortega
for
the
presentation.
I
think
you
sent
from
everyone
the
enthusiasm,
the
shared
enthusiasm
with
murals,
the
just
the
the
level
of
dopamine
and
excitement
and
joy
that
artwork
and
public
art
can
provide
to
our
residents.
L
So
then,
definitely
we
were
driving
in
JP
earlier
today
and
was
looking
at
one
of
the
new
murals
going
up
on
the
side
like
I
can't
remember
the
building,
but
just
we're
really
excited
about
that
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
leadership
that
your
office
showed
for
the
displaced
residents,
the
displaced
artists
as
a
result
of
the
sound
Museum
and
the
work
that
you're
able
to
do
with
them
as
long
side,
councilor,
Braden's
office
and
others.
L
I
know
that
I
spoke
to
none
of
those
of
the
art,
recording
artists
and
so
and
I
know.
Council
Braden
also
asked
this
question
about
how
we
can
be
more
intentional
and
more.
What's
the
right
word
proactive
with
getting
ahead
of
these
displacement
issues.
I
know
that
my
colleague,
my
counselor
colleague,
is
Coletta
Financial,
Anderson
and
and
Braden
held
a
hearing
specifically
on
this
issue.
L
But
when
we're
talking
about
displacement,
looking
at
the
development
that's
coming
in
and
seeing
are
we
able
to
negotiate
Community
benefits
specifically
for
artist
space,
for
for
whether
it
be
visual
artists
or
recording
artists
like
are?
L
Are
we
building
out
a
strategy
to
be
able
to
to
negotiate
with
developers,
especially
when
the
displacement
is
is
when
the
development
is
specifically
displacing
or
having
an
effect
on
artists,
and
also
how
we're
thinking
about
it
with
respect
to
all
the
other
things
that
we
usually
want
from
developers
and
I
know
that
there
are
trade-offs?
L
So
how
are
we
thinking
about
as
a
city
when,
when,
when
we're
trying
to
decide
what
needs
to
be
prioritized,
whether
we're
talking
about
space
for
artists,
space
for
nonprofits,
affordable
housing,
those
sort
of
trade-offs,
hopefully
that
makes
sense.
H
Yeah,
that's
that's
the
big
question,
I
think
a
couple
of
things
as
we
continue
to
be
kind
of
embedded
in
planning
and
development
review.
H
We
are
going
to
be
looking
at
creating
a
recommendation
for
the
city
around
which
areas
should
prioritize
either
creating
that
kind
of
space
or
supporting
through
Community
benefits,
funding
that
space
somewhere
else
and
there's
a
few
different
ways
that
we
can
think
about
that
right.
We
can
think
about
the
cultural
districts
around
the
city,
parts
of
the
city
that
have
had
strong
cultural
centers
in
the
past
that
have
been
lost
or
that
have
them
now,
but
they're
at
risk.
Those
would
be
geographies.
We
would
want
to
focus
on
another.
H
One
is
thinking
about
where
there's
like
light
industrial
space
around
the
city
that
might
be
converting
into
housing,
which
we
really
need.
But
we
also
know
that
when
we
lose
those
spaces,
we
lose
spaces
for
people
to
make
creative
work.
So
there's
different
ways
to
kind
of
look
at
the
city
and
say
these
are
the
areas
where,
if
development
came
here,
we
think
it
should
do
X,
Y
and
Z
and
we're
we're
working
on
articulating
that
now
I
think.
H
Additionally,
this
is
why
we
have
I've
been
trying
to
create
One
Fund
to
hold
the
mitigation
dollars
and
Community
benefit
dollars
from
these
projects.
Because,
as
you
all
know,
you
know
in
an
Ideal
World,
we
would
be
able
to
just
recreate
what
was
lost
right
next
door,
but
that's
not
how
the
Boston
land
market,
Works
and
the
best
thing.
H
For
you
know
a
music
Community
or
a
visual
arts
Community
might
be
to
move
to
a
different
neighborhood
like
wherever
that
space
is
available,
and
so
we
need
the
flexibility
to
be
able
to
centralize
some
of
those
funds
and
then
be
able
to
move
them
around.
Also
because
that's
more
Equitable,
you
know,
if
we're
only
creating
cultural
spaces
where
development
is
happening,
then
that's
leaving
out
large
chunks
of
the
city.
H
So
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
we've
been
we've
been
trying
to
work
on,
but
that
first
part
is
definitely
a
policy
that
we
want
to
take
a
stab
at
and
see
if
we
can
work
with
bpda
mayor's
office
again,
zoning
reform
is
going
to
be
a
big
way
that
that
could
happen
and
see
if
we
can
embed
that
as
a
policy.
L
Thank
you
I
appreciate
that
answer,
I
also
a
lot
of
times.
We
get
these
benefits
from
developers
as
part
of
community
benefits
agreements,
but
there's
actually
there's
and
I'm
not
going
to
say
always,
but
oftentimes
there's
no
follow-through.
L
So
we
have
something
that
was
promised,
but
we
don't
ensure
the
execution
and
I
think
like
we
are
leaving
dollars
on
the
table,
much
needed
dollars
on
a
table
for
our
cultural
Institutions,
and
so
the
more
that
we
are
able
to
and
there's
something
I've
talked
to
BPD
about
quite
a
bit
to
ensure
execution
when
we
do
and
when
we
do
our
when
communities
are
able
to
negotiate
for
you
know
whether
it's
IQR
right
IQR
in
Brighton,
saying
that
they
are
going
to
provide
physical
space
for
artists.
L
How
do
we
ensure
that
that
happens
and
stay
on
them
to
make
sure
that
happens,
and
so
I
I
just
want
to
see
us
do
a
better
job
as
a
city,
whether
it's
monetary,
whether
it's
a
monetary
or
actual,
something
material
that
we
are
able
to
follow
through
on
that
and
I
guess,
my
other,
my
other,
my
other
just
Pie
in
the
Sky
idea.
I
think
that
I
I
just
want
to
see
us
do
a
better
job
of
supporting
and
I
think.
My
colleagues
have
said
this
too.
L
Like
young
bypoc
artists,
it
is
really
expensive
to
rent
space.
It
is
really
it
is
really
hard
for
folks
to
know
that
they
can
be
an
artist.
It
is
really
hard
for
folks.
You
know
what
I've
heard
you
know
from
from
being
able
to
like
obtain
the
artist
preference,
even
when
it
comes
to
housing
that
there's
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
disinformation.
Lack
of
information
around
that
process,
so
I
know
that
you
see
Kenny
here
as
YouTube
staff.
I
know
that's
going
to
be
a
focus
of
of
your
office.
L
I
just
want
to
double
down
on
the
need
for
us
to
really
be
working
with
artists.
L
I
just
talked
to
an
artist
the
other
day
who
Ayanna
Mac
who's,
doing
an
incredible
job
and
and
and
and
making
it
and
grabbing
it,
but
it's
not
without
without
struggle,
and
if
we're
you
know,
rooting
these
conversations,
inequity
thinking
about
what
we
have
to
do
with
the
historical
reasons
why
our
communities
lack
the
capital
to
be
able
to
survive
as
artists
I
mean
so
I
want
to
see
more
of
our
dollars
going
to
that
work
in
more
of
our
dollars.
I
L
H
I
agree:
leave
access
is
something
that
and
just
supporting
youth
programs.
I
think
is
something
that
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
outside
of
just
working
with
the
youth
serving
organization.
So
I
would
just
just
agree
with
everything
you
just
said.
A
Thank
you,
councilor.
Overall,
you
have
before.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
Chief
Elliott,
Ortega
and
the
rest
of
the
team
for
being
in
all
the
work
that
you
do
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It
is
helps
beautify.
The
neighborhood
and
I
appreciate
all
of
it.
I
have
a
couple
questions.
The
external
funds
that
goes
to
the
Strand
Theater
is:
is
that
just
more
so
for
maintenance
or
operating
what?
What
is?
M
What
is
that
fund
for
and
then
also
I
love,
the
Strand
who
are
going
to
The
Strand
and
see
in
so
many
plays
and
performances
in
terms
of
usage?
Are
we
seeing
like
the
increase
booking
of
the
strand
for
shows
coming
in,
and
performances.
H
And
thank
you
counselor
in
terms
of
the
revolving
fund
for
the
Strand
and
Nida
feel
free
to
jump
in
here,
but
most
of
that
does
go
toward
the
direct
costs
that
we
have
in
the
theater.
So
we're
just
saying
supplies
fixing
things,
there's
a
lot
of
things
to
fix
in
a
building
from
1918.
H
and
also
I
from
the
revolving
fund.
We
also
pay
ushers
and
things
like
that.
So
that's
that's!
What
that
entire
fund
is
supporting
is
the
the
direct
cost
of
operating
the
theater
Knight.
J
H
Your
second
question
about
usage
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
demand
for
the
theater
we
did
last
year
as
well.
There's
a
lot
of
events.
There's
a
lot
of
people
who
want
to
do
work
there.
It's
I
think
come
back.
You
know
we
were
obviously
closed
at
one
point
during
covid,
I,
don't
see
those
numbers
as
being
you
know
lower
than
they
were
pre-covered.
H
Necessarily
it's
been
hard
for
some
organizations
that
maybe
usually
do
Productions
in
the
Strand
that
are
still
kind
of
making
their
way
back,
and
so
we
have
had
a
couple
of
organizations
that
have
said
you
know
we
can't
do
a
production
this
year
and
we're
still
recovering
from
the
impacts
of
cover
19.,
but
for
the
most
part
it's
it's
been
pretty
well
used.
I
think
our
biggest
challenge
right
now
is
actually
just
Staffing.
H
We
have
a
vacant
position
that
we
need
to
get
posted
and
filled
in
order
to
support
the
technical
production
side
of
the
theater,
and
that's
just
a
it's
a
really
challenging
market
right
now,
every
theater
is
having
a
hard
time
finding
technical
staff
people
have
after
covet
many
many
people
who
do
that
kind
of
work
have
actually
just
gone
into
other
lines
of
work
entirely.
H
I
M
Yeah
I
guess
that
would
be
helpful.
A
few
added
would
like
to
also
advocate
for
murals
in
these
areas.
There's
a
bridge
on
Norfolk
Street,
it's
the
North
Fort
Bridge,
we're
doing
over,
like
we
did
open
the
steps.
Last
year
they
did
some
beautification
going
on
these
iron
guard
rails,
but
at
the
bottom
of
the
stairs,
is
this
wall
and
at
the
also
at
the
bottom
of
the
stairs?
Is
a
vacant
lot
that
the
community
is
looking
to
turn
into
a
community
garden?
M
M
That's
on
the
corner
of
Columbia
Road
in
Richfield
and
as
these
big
columns
and
then
there's
this
wall,
where
the
soccer
players
usually
hang
out,
while
they're
playing
soccer
or
before
they
play
soccer
because
on
Saturdays
Sundays,
it's
bustling
over
there
we'll
love
to
see
if
we
can
create
some
sort
of
Grant
to
or
if
we
have
a
grant
to
paint
that
underpass
and
just
beautify
that
underpass,
because
it's
a
very
active
area
during
the
summer
time,
with
soccer
leagues,.
M
Those
awesome
thank
you,
and
one
of
my
other
would
love
to
learn
more
about
cultural
districts.
I
know
that
we
have
four
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
what
what
goes
into
creating
a
winning
application
for
a
culture
District.
H
Sure
so
cultural
districts
are
a
designation
from
the
state
from
the
Massachusetts
cultural
Council.
So
the
city's
role
is
a
little
bit
as
intermediary.
H
A
local
group
can
apply
to
the
state
in
partnership
with
the
city
and
also
that
requires
city
council
approval,
and
then
the
city
enters
into
a
memorandum
of
agreement
with
the
entity
that
is
technically
managing
the
district.
So,
for
example,
Boston's
Latin
quarter
in
Hyde
square
is
managed
by
the
heitzberg
task
force
and
we
have
an
agreement
with
them
about
what
goes
into
that.
H
Each
district
is
a
little
bit
different
in
terms
of
I
think
how
they
would
define
success,
but
all
of
them
are
focused
on
you
know,
creating
and
supporting
Arts
and
Cultural
activities
supporting
local
artists,
public
art,
activating
the
geography
of
the
district
and
a
couple
of
them
are
more
focused
on
kind
of
Tourism
and
bringing
people
in
the
Fenway.
H
Cultural
District
works
with
the
institutions
in
the
Fenway,
and
so
they
do
a
lot
of
thinking
about
how
people
a
sense
of
belonging
and
access
to
that
area
into
those
institutions,
but
I
think
what
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
is
people.
H
Turning
to
cultural
districts
as
a
way
of
preserving
their
their
cultural
identity
and
their
Heritage,
which
is
something
that
we
really
want
to
support,
and
so
in
this
past
year
we
also
made
matching
grants
to
all
the
cultural
districts,
so
they
were
getting
both
local
and
state
support
so
that
they
could
really
do
those
programs
that
really
reflect
the
populations
that
are
there
right,
which
is
part
of
what
they're
trying
to
make
visible.
H
So
that's
just
like
a
quick
sense
of
that,
but
we're
happy
to
talk
to
anybody
who's
interested
in
the
district
program,
happy
to
connect
them
to
the
state
as
well.
We
work
in
really
close
partnership
with
the
mass
cultural
Council,
so
that's
usually
just
one
one
big
conversation
and
I'm
happy
to
help
anybody
with
that
process.
Absolutely.
M
That
yeah
I
love
to
connect
you
with
those
who
are
inquiring
about
this
process
and
then
I
just
have
a
few
budget
questions.
I
have
a
deep
understanding
of
the
numbers.
Sorry.
M
A
Chief
I'll
I'll
be
happy
to
allow
time
for
that.
We're
gonna
go
into
our
next
conversation
with
tourism
office
of
Tourism
Mr
borders.
If
you
are
ready
to
do
your
presentation,
your
floor
is
yours.
N
Thank
you,
councilor
I
will
not
be
presenting
any
slides,
but
I
will
share
an
opening
statement
good
afternoon
to
all
of
you.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
share
my
name
is
John
borders,
IV
I'm,
the
director
of
the
office
of
Tourism
sports
and
entertainment
for
the
city
of
Boston.
N
Our
office
is
a
part
of
The,
Economic,
Opportunity
and
inclusion
cabinet,
whose
vision
of
Boston
is
that
it
would
be
a
resilient,
economically
Equitable,
vibrant
and
sustainable
City,
a
Boston
that
centers
people
in
a
Boston
that
creates
opportunities
to
build
generational
wealth
for
all
as
a
Cabinet.
Our
shared
priorities
include
covid
recovery,
neighborhood,
revitalization,
shifting
City,
Investments
and
prosperity
for
all.
N
The
mission
of
our
department
is
to
advance
tourism
and
promote
public
participation
in
public
celebrations
from
both
residents
and
visitors
to
our
city.
We
do
this
by
producing
and
supporting
events
across
the
city
by
supporting
film
and
TV
production
and
by
marketing
the
city
to
conventions
and
visitors
alike,
the
tourism
sports
and
entertainment
team.
N
It's
a
small
Department
composed
of
11
full-time
and
part-time
employees,
27
female
73
percent
male
36
percent,
identifying
as
black
and
64
percent
identifying
as
white.
We
are
committed
to
ensuring
that
our
office
reflects
the
diversity
of
our
city,
and
we
are
mindful
of
that
when
making
new
hires
as
well.
In
fact,
this
budget
request
for
new
positions
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
further
diversify
our
department.
N
Our
office
produces
annual
public
celebrations
that
include
Dr
Martin
Luther
King
Jr
day,
where
we
partner
with
Boston
University
and
New
England
Conservatory
one
Boston
day,
Amy
yandel's
favorite,
the
Donna
Summer
disco
party,
Gospel
Fest,
and
the
mayor's
trolley
tour
just
to
name
a
few.
We
are
bringing
back
our
dance
party
series
to
the
plaza
again
this
summer
and
we
will
feature
salsa
r
b
house
and
afrobeats
music
and
dancing
just
to
name
a
few.
We're
also
providing
support
to
Neighborhood
events
throughout
the
city.
Here
are
a
few
samples.
N
The
Anderson
tree
lighting,
Bam's
Fest,
the
Caribbean
Festival
Chinatown
lion,
dance,
the
New
England,
the
excuse
me
the
North
and
Feasts
the
Greek
parade
the
Haitian
parade,
Juneteenth
Roxbury
Unity
parade
St,
Patrick's,
Day,
Parade,
Vietnamese,
American,
Community
cookout
and
the
tree
lightings
across
the
city.
We
are
also
looking
ahead
to
future
events.
For
example,
the
250th
anniversary
of
our
country
will
take
place
in
2026.
N
The
FIFA
World
Cup
bid
in
June
of
2022
Boston
was
selected
as
one
of
10
North
American
cities
to
host
the
2026
World
Cup,
really
exciting
news
for
our
city
award.
The
2026
FIFA
World
Cup
games
will
be
the
largest
to
date
with
80
matches
featuring
48
national
teams
slated
to
take
place
60
in
the
U.S
10
in
Canada
and
10
in
Mexico.
N
The
Boston
Consulting
group's
research
has
estimated
that
the
individual
2026
FIFA
World
Cup
cities
can
expect
upwards
of
half
a
million
visitors
and
a
potential
net
income
of
half
a
billion
dollars,
the
Army
Navy
game.
The
bid
will
happen
in
Gillette
Stadium
for
2023,
and
this
game
will
be
played
this
December
during
the
second
weekend.
The
game
has
never
been
hosted
anywhere
in
its
anticipated
event
will
draw
more
than
forty
thousand
fans
from
out
of
from
out
of
state.
N
This
Festival
celebrates
all
artistic
talents,
challenges,
societal
perceptions
and
empowers
and
engages
audiences.
The
other
events
on
the
horizon
include
Boston
Unity
cup,
the
NAACP
National
Convention
Boston
Calling,
the
Wasabi
Fenway
Bowl,
the
NCAA
division,
one
indoor
track
and
field
championships,
the
NCAA
Men's
Basketball,
Eastern
regionals
and
broccoli
City
Music
Fest.
N
A
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
borders.
I
will
open
up
for
my
counselors
to
ask
questions
my
colleagues
to
ask
questions.
First,
counselor,
Clarity
or
Braden,
not
here
councilor
Mejia
you're
up.
C
Next
great,
thank
you
chair.
Thank
you,
director.
N
C
So
hold
on
a
second,
so
I
just
have
a
few
questions
and
again
I'm
really
excited
that
the
mayor
has
created
a
position
that
is
specifically
geared
towards
really
looking
at
tourism
and
entertainment
and
even
Sports,
and
knowing
your
background
in
the
sports
arena,
I
know
that
you're
going
to
bring
it
and
really
help
expand
it
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
I'm
really
encouraged
by
all
of
that
I
guess.
C
You
know
some
of
the
things
that
I
think
about
in
terms
of
Tourism
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
is
that
you
know
a
lot
of
folks
across
the
country.
Do
not
think
that
you
know
Boston
has
people
of
color
living
in
it
right.
So
you
know
the
video
that
was
put
out
all
inclusive
Boston.
C
You
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
initiatives
and
efforts
made
to
make
us
feel
and
appear
to
be
more
inclusive
and
I'm
curious
about
in
terms
of
how
you
think
about
your
work
in
these
three
different
bucket
areas,
you
know,
what
more
can
we
be
doing
to
support
that
initiative
through
the
work
that
you're
doing
in
your
in
your
in
your
office?.
N
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
question.
There
are
definitely
opportunities
to
continue
to
expand
the
efforts.
I
had
a
conversation
not
too
long
ago,
with
both
Colette
Phillips,
as
well
as
Darren
Bascom,
a
proverb
Collette
doing
our
own
having
our
own
consultancy
group,
but
then
Darren,
who
was
over
proverb
who
actually
helped
to
lead
the
initiative,
and
we
have
the
ability
to
probably
amplify
the
collateral
pieces
and
content
that
were
already
created.
N
I
know
that
we,
our
office,
is
looking
to
do
an
additional
phase
of
marketing
to
continue
to
highlight
the
23
neighborhoods
that
make
Boston
the
city
that
we
know
and
love
and
care
for
and
I
think
there
are
different
opportunities
for
us
to
dive
deeper
into
really
reframing.
How
Boston
is
seeing
countering
the
perception.
Boston
is
51
by
pop
21
black.
N
So
knowing
these
things,
how
do
we
continue
to
frame
and
reframe
the
city
of
Boston
publicly
I
think
it
is
by
by
amplify
the
amazing
award-winning
all-inclusive
campaign
that
we
already
had
in
figuring
out
what
another
phased
approach
of
that
marketing
could
look
like
already
kicking
around
some
ideas
and
having
different
conversations
with
potential
local
influencers,
who
can
also
tell
their
story
and
really
figure
out
how
to
shape
The
Narrative
of
these
different
neighborhoods.
N
For
so
long,
Boston
has
been
viewed
as
being
extremely
segregated,
but
we
have
an
opportunity
to
reframe
that
if
you
want
authentic
Cuisine,
if
you
want
this
experience,
you
can
go
to
this
neighborhood
and
have
it
so
I
think
there's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
really
amplify
Place
making
and
what
that
looks
like
and
in
the
deep
in
the
relationships
with
with
local
vendors.
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
that
we
also
have
to
do
as
the
city
of
Boston
is
to
encourage
residents
to
get
out
of
their
home
neighborhoods
and
move
around.
N
One
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
is
to
think
about
tourism,
not
just
in
the
sense
of
dollars
coming
from
outside
of
Boston
and
greater
Boston.
But
what
does
it
look
like
to
challenge
residents
to
move
outside
of
of
their
their
spheres
of
comfort?
If
you
live
in
in
West
Roxbury,
how
about
you
go
to
Roxbury
for
dinner?
You
you
live
in
Brighton.
What
would
it
look
like
for
you
to
go
to
Roslindale,
so
I
think
during
things
like
restaurant
week
and
finding
these
different
these
different
opportunities?
C
N
C
C
Oh
my
God,
it's
it'll
say
so
I'm
just
gonna.
This
is
new
John
you're.
This
is,
you,
know,
Matt.
This
is
your
first
time
here
and
so
like
I,
it's
just
two
questions.
One
is
around
the
black
Heritage
Trail
and
just
some
Investments
that
I'd
like
to
see
there
and
then
the
other
is
and
I'll
talk
to
you.
Offline
I
do
have
some
ideas
around
circulating.
Some
of
these
dollars
across
the
city
as
a
Citywide,
City,
councilor
I
I,
do
agree
that
we
could
do.
C
We
could
be
doing
a
lot
more
to
engage
from
Beacon
Hill
to
Mission
Hill
right,
there's
from
the
south
end
to
the
North
End
there's
activities
and
things
that
we
can
do
to
help
build
culture
and
and
and
Community
across
the
city.
So
I'd
love
to
just
I'm
signing
my
name
up
for
some
idea.
Sharing
that
I
have
for
you.
C
A
Mr
Waters
director
reporters.
If
you
can
submit
that
within
the
next
seven
business
days,
I
would
really
really
appreciated.
You
can
email
it
directly
to
my
office
or
through
the
administration
and
they'll,
get
it
to
me
and
will
or
to
all
of
us.
Thank
you
Council
Mejia,
we've
we've
been
joined
by
Council
Lara,
but
first
it's
counselor.
Overall,
you
have
the
wait:
a
second
nope
Council
Louisiana
and
then
Council
Morrell.
L
I,
keep
on
doing
that.
I
want
to
say
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
director
borders
for
your
work.
I
guess
I'll
just
start
off
in,
like
the
just
want
to
also
celebrate
the
enthusiasm
of
having
this
position
in
the
city,
I
I,
guess,
I'll,
one
of
the
things
I
will
piggyback
off
of
what
councilmania
said.
Recently
in
my
office
we
walked
the
black
Heritage
Trail.
One
of
the
things
that's
missing
from
it
is
like
actual
markers.
L
There
are
no
markers
on
the
black
Heritage
Trail
compared
to
the
freedom
to
the
Freedom
Trail.
So
if
there
could
be
markers,
something
that
Council
block
and
I
say
that
look,
she
lives
on
the
street
that
has
at
least
two
of
the
sites
for
the
black
black
Heritage
Trail,
so
markers
I
think
for
the
black
Heritage
Trail
would
be
good
in
making
it
there.
So
there's
there
are
there's
signage
for
the
actual
Trail,
but
the
landmarks
themselves
don't
actually
have
signage.
To
say
this
is
part
of
the
black
Heritage
Trail.
L
So
that's
one
investment
that
I
think
could
go
a
long
way
in
making
it
a
more
popularized
Trail
and
then
second
is
in
the
efforts
to
really
share
Boston's
history.
There
we
have
a
lot
of
really
great
oral
historians,
a
lot
of
really
great
walking
tour
guides.
My
first
job
here
in
the
city
was
as
a
walking
tour
guide
when
I
was
14,
really
sharing
the
history
of
Boston's,
neighborhoods
and
I.
L
Think
that
there's
incredible
work
and
Synergy
there
been
talking
to
folks
about
what
would
it
look
like
to
really
support
a
lot
of
the
work
that
that
they've,
already
done
and
sort
of
building
out
the
oral
history
of
this
city,
and
especially
with
their
black
and
brown,
lead?
L
So
I
think
that
could
be
an
incredible
project
for
your
office
to
help
undertake
and
then
the
other
things
that
I
I
would
mention,
but
I'll
stop
there
Council
arau,
I'm
sure
would
would
have
wanted
to
talk
about
getting
the
All-Star
game
here
in
Boston
and
I
know,
that's
something
that
you
care
about
and
that
you
have
the
connects
and
the
ability
so
just
wanted
to
put
that
out
there
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
your
work,
and
if
there
are
ways
that
we
can
support,
you
in
your
office
in
this
budget
definitely
look
to
us
as
partners
and
allies
to
getting
that
done.
L
N
Thank
you
so
much
councilor
happy
to
work
with
you
offline
in
in
Greater
detail
with
all
that
you
just
heard.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
con
solution,
Consular.
Well,
you
have
before.
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
director
borders
for
being
here
with
us
today.
I
am
excited
to
hear
that
I
did
I,
hear
correctly,
that
you
said
that
the
broccoli
City
Festival
is
coming
here.
Yes
in
August,
wow,
okay,
I
didn't
know
that
I'm
excited
about
that.
That's
a
good
get
for
us,
yeah
I
was
gonna,
say.
That's,
that's
actually
incredible,
as
somebody
who
has
traveled
to
other
cities
to
go
to
that
Festival
I'm,
very
happy
that
it's
coming
here
so
I
have
a
couple
of
questions.
O
There
is
an
increase
in
the
film
and
special
events
line
item
for
your
budget.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
projects
are
your
your
office?
It's
right
now
for
FY
24,
it's
9
25
794..
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
projects
that
you're
hoping
to
to
take
on
with
this
film
and
special
events
line
item.
N
N
N
O
O
Thank
you.
Next
question
is
more
along
the
lines
of
what
I've
heard.
My
other
Council
colleagues
share
right.
There's
like
a
lot
of
ideas
about
ways
that
we
want
to
activate
the
city
and
that
we
want
to
activate
you
and
your
office,
but
right
now,
I'm.
Looking
at
this
budget,
there's
a
13
increase
in
the
budget
and
that's
primarily
due
to
a
new
position
right
for
the
deputy
director,
and
so
we
have
all
these
ideas.
We're
like.
A
Thank
you,
casa,
Lara.
What
we
didn't
do
is
I
have
Karishma
present
the
data
visualizations
on
the
numbers,
because
it's
a
smaller
budget
I
think
we
still
have
time
to
do
that.
But
I'll
go
into
my
questions
first
and
happy
to
do
that
if
counselors
feel
it
would
be
helpful
for
my
questions,
director
borders
and
chief
Ortega
I'll
ask
for
arts
and
tourism
together
and
my
questions
for
you.
Director
borders
is
in
regards
to
what
council
Lara
just
mentioned
in
terms
of
programmatic.
A
N
A
Okay,
we
can
actually
commission,
are
you
still
here
with
us.
A
Ready
with
your
presentation,
okay,
so
I
guess
really
quick
director
borders.
A
There's
a
there
was
funds
that
I
moved
last
year
in
amendment
process
for
75
000
for
African
events
or
Carnival,
and
specifically
they
were
going
to
go
to
West
African
community
that
wanted
to
do
a
carnival
this
summer
and
I
know
that
it
needs
to
be
taken
care
of
before
June,
so
I'm,
looking
forward
to
connecting
with
you
on
that
specifically
and
then
obviously
any
way
that
we
can
support
in
terms
of
amendments
to
looking
at
contractual
amounts
and
I.
A
Think
that's
where
I'm
getting
going
with
this
like
there's,
not
enough
money
in
contracts.
What
are
we
doing
exactly?
How
intentional
are
we
being
in
allocating
funds
to
make
sure
that
we
are
actually
supporting
our
artists
or
communities
to
doing
some
of
the
programmatic
stuff
that
you're
talking
about
but
Karishma?
If
you
have
the
presentation
ready,
we'd
like
to
see
the
breakdown
and
I
think
that
would
help
us
with
more
questions.
J
All
right,
this
is
just
going
to
be
a
quick
breakdown
of
the
tourism
budget,
so
this
is
just
a
background
kind
of
Department
mission
in
the
cabinet.
That's
under,
and
this
is
the
org
chart
that
is
available
in
the
budget
book,
and
this
is
the
percentage
of
the
fy24
recommended
by
program.
J
If
you
look
on
the
right,
we
have
the
highest
Personnel
at
58.9
at
one
million
dollars
contractual
services
at
20.7
at
372,
000
supplies
and
materials
at
one
percent
of
eighteen
thousand
dollars,
current
charges
at
3.3
at
sixty
thousand
dollars
equipment
at
one
point:
four
percent
at
twenty
four
thousand
dollars
and
other
expenses
at
14.7
at
263,
000
dollars,
and
if
you
go
to
the
left,
you'll
see
them
lined
up
in
terms
of
that
quite
Sharp.
J
This
is
the
city
plaza
revolving
fund.
This
is
just
the
amount
of
money
that's
being
requested
this
year
and
historical
spending
in
FY
23
was
150
000.
There
was
no
spending
prior
to
that
year,
at
least
in
the
from
FY
21.
At
the
very
least,
this
is
the
office
of
Tourism
spending
by
program
over
time.
So
we
have
tourism,
Administration,
film
and
special
events
and
tourism
on
the
left,
which
is
a
program
and
then
total
amount
by
thousands
on
the
bottom.
J
So,
as
you
can
see
here
from
FY
23
to
fy24,
we
have
approximately
130
thousand
dollar
increase
in
terms
of
Tourism
Administration,
we're
pretty
stable
on
film
and
special
events
and
approximately
a
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
in
tourism
increase.
J
J
This
is
tourism
Administration
spending
over
time
by
expense,
so
we
see
Personnel,
Services,
contractual
Services
supplies
and
materials
charges
and
obligations,
equipment
and
the
following
slide.
We'll
actually
see
how
much
that
breakdown
is
year
on
year.
Just
I
want
to
direct
your
attention
to
the
right
where
you'll
see
the
legend
in
terms
of
blue
is
for
fy21
green
is
for
fy24.
J
If
you
want
to
the
two
points,
I
would
well
direct
your
attention
to
is
that
FY
23
to
fy24
change
and
that
fy21
to
fy24
change
in
case
you
were
wondering
about
kind
of
a
holistic
view
of
the
cabinet
or
of
the
department
itself,
and
then
this
is
just
by
percentage
again.
Some
of
these
percentages
are
going
to
look
very
high,
that
two
thousand
percent,
but
that's
imperatively,
because
we're
looking
at
just
differences
in
terms
of
starting
amounts,
and
then
we
have
film
and
special
event
spending
over
time
by
expense.
J
As
you
can
see
here,
it's
broken
down
by
those
expense
types
as
well
and
then
on
the
next
slide,
we'll
see
kind
of
what
that
changes.
So
in
203-24
we
have
a
26
000
decrease
in
personnel's
expenditure,
not
one
thousand
dollar
increase
in
contractual
Services,
one
thousand
dollar
increase
in
supplies
and
materials
and
kind
of
30
or
22
000
increase
in
equipment,
and
then
this
is
just
broken
down
by
percentage
just
so
that
it's
a
little
bit
easier
to
kind
of
see
how
we're
moving
from
year
on
year.
J
Then
this
is
tourism
spending
over
time
by
expense.
As
you
can
see
here,
this
there's
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
increase
in
Personnel
Services
and
the
remainder
of
the
line
items
to
be
relatively
stable
and
in
our
next
slide
we
will
see
that
in
terms
of
fiscal
year
21
to
fiscal
year,
24
increases.
We
see
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
increase
in
Personnel
Services
and
thirty.
Two
thousand
dollar
increase
in
other
expenses,
and
this
is
just
by
percentage.
J
The
this
is
just
a
change
in
terms
of
percentage,
and
then
this
is
just
a
breakdown
of
departmental
History
versus
external
funds
by
expense
type.
So
in
the
left
we
have
the
expense
type.
J
The
top
two
expense
types
are
the
only
two
that
had
external
funds
and
departmental
history,
so
the
top,
the
top
expense
type,
is
special
expenditures
or
special
Appropriations,
and
the
second
is
contracted
contracted
services,
and
so
we
see
263
000
out
of
the
operating
fund
for
special
profusion
and
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
external
funds,
and
we
see
345
000
out
of
operating
expenditures
for
contracted
services
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
out
of
external
funds.
I
A
Absolutely
Chief
Ortega:
are
you
still
with
us?
Yes,
awesome?
Is
it
okay?
Would
you
be
able
to
send
me
in
by
email
or
whatever,
when
you
have
it?
A
breakdown
of
you
know,
contracts
and
grants
in
terms
of
demographic
locations
and
amounts
for
arts
and
culture.
Yes,
we
can
do
that.
Thank
you
so
much
and
then
same
with
murals
breakdown
of
location
and
the
artists.
Demographics.
A
Thank
you
so
much
I.
That's
for
me!
That's
all
the
questions
that
I
have
the
floor
is
open
for
my
Council
colleagues,
a
raise
of
hand,
I
can
call
you
for,
for
the
questioning
we've
been
joined
by
a
counselor,
Colette
I,
see
you
on
camera.
I'll.
Allow
you
to
go
first
for
your
questions.
Chief
Ortega,
Arts
I
know
that
you
were
here
earlier,
I'm,
sorry
that
you
missed.
A
You
actually
sent
me
a
message
that
you
have
something
important
to
go
to
and
I
got
it
too
late,
but
thank
you
so
much.
We
welcome
you
back
so
Chief
car
Elio,
tagar
from
art
and
culture,
John
Waters,
director
of
Tourism
entertainment.
You
have
the
Flora
Council
clutter.
G
Thank
you
so
much
there
and
I
appreciate
the
Indulgence.
I
did
have
to
run
at
three
o'clock
right
if
my
questioning
was
was
about
to
happen
so
I
do
appreciate
this
second
opportunity
and
I
will
be
brief
and
thank
you
Chief
again
for
your
work.
Thank
you
to
to
John
as
well
direct.
Are
you
director,
Chief
I,
want
to
director?
Okay
I
wanted
to
get
your
title
correct.
G
I
know
that
you've
only
been
in
for
about
two
two
months:
two
weeks,
I've
whatever
it
is,
but
welcome.
Thank
you
so
really
excited
to
be
working
in
deep
partnership
with
the
office
of
arts
and
culture.
G
This
is
the
chair,
I
appreciate
all
of
the
questioning
from
my
colleagues
thank
you
to
the
chair
for
asking
for
demographic
data
as
well
on
on
everything
that
we're
doing
just
to
ensure
that
we
have
equitable
distribution
of
resources
and
we're
we're
creating
a
vibrant
Healthy
Communities
through
through
arts
and
culture
and
and
uplifting
artists,
where
we
can
especially
emerging
artists.
G
So
I
know
that
we
had
a
conversation
in
regards
to
rehearsal
spaces
and
it's
it's
been
brought
up
in
just
its
role
in
maintaining
and
growing
a
creative
economy
in
the
city,
and
there
was
a
policy
position
of
no
net
loss
of
culture,
spaces
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
some
of
the
proposed
policies
to
keep
artists
in
place
included,
more
predictable,
Community
benefits
and
mitigation
expectations
for
development
projects,
City
acquisition
for
space
and
land
for
artists
and
cultural
use,
and
then
city-wide,
Zone
and
reform
just
to
enable
more
cultural
uses.
G
So
I'm
wondering
how
your
budget
reflects
those
policy,
those
proposed
policies
and
and
and
I
guess
the
the
dollar
amounts
for
each
one
of
those.
H
Yes
and
those
were
all
cultural
space
related
okay,
so
the
our
budget
reflects
that
within
the
contracted
Services
line,
which
is
where
all
of
our
kind
of
Grants
and
program
dollars
are,
and
that's
where
we
have
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
allocated
for
the
next
round
of
the
cultural
space
fund,
which
would
start
in
FY
24
and
we're
wrapping
up
that
first
round.
Now.
That's
the
program
that
we're
piloting
so
we're
looking
to
continue
that
next
year
and
that's
where
that's
represented
in
our
budget.
H
Currently,
we
also
have
some
funding
set
aside
within
cultural
planning
for
technical
assistance.
H
We
talked
a
little
bit
earlier
about
having
workshops
other
things,
to
increase
folks
capacity
to
organize
around
these
issues
or
access,
different
kinds
of
pre-development
costs
or
other
sorts
of
things
that
they
might
need
in
the
moment
of
dealing
with
with
a
space
crisis.
So
so,
all
together,
that's
probably
about
half
a
million
dedicated
to
cultural
space.
G
That's
great
and
that's
included
in
contractual,
yes,
okay,
great
and
I
know
you
and
I
have
talked
about
a
city-wide
funding
mechanism
for
for
cultural
space
and
and
projects
and
I
am
really
excited
about
that
work
too
often,
I
think
in
development
projects.
Certain
priorities
get
pitted
against
each
other.
G
G
So
I
do
look
forward
to
having
additional
conversations
with
you
and
your
staff
to
establish
that
Citywide
fund
and
utilize
zoning
to
prioritize
light
industrial
uses
and
and
really
just
be
creative
when
it
comes
to
to
trying
to
find
as
much
revenue
as
possible
to
establish
this
fund,
which
could
be
the
first
of
its
kind
in
the
city
of
Austin.
So
look
forward
to
those
conversations
and
any
other
way
that
I
can
be
helpful
through
this
budget
process.
Please
let
me
know,
but
that's
that's
it
for
my
questioning
that
chair.
A
You
Council
Coletta
I,
know
that
councilman
here
Council
roll
had
more
questions
early,
I'm,
not
sure.
If
we
wrote
them
down
Chief
did
you
have
a
response
to
I
think
it
was
counselor
Mejia
who
had
a
question
of
council
world.
H
P
Sure
so
our
current
charges
basically
are
membership.
So
we
have
a
couple
of
office
memberships
they'll,
help
like
we
had
professional
development.
We
also
be
out
of
that.
Our
student
membership
are
submittable,
which
is
our
Grant
application
platform.
P
We've
been
using
that
for
like
almost
like
10
years.
We
also
out
of
that
line
comes
out
of
like
other
licenses,
that
we
use
to
create
videos.
Flyers
do
PDFs.
P
We
also
have
we
pay
for
a
hosting
for
our
collection
management
software,
so
that
is
both
like
an
internal
and
soon
to
be
external
data
collection
of
all
our
pieces
in
city
of
Boston
and
most
recently
we
procure
a
texting
software,
and
this
was
recommended
by
Consular
Maria
last
year
constituents.
So
we
have
about
2300
phone
numbers
that
we
can
use
to
text.
Folks
when
there's
an
opportunity
coming
from
our
office,
nice.
A
A
So
thank
you,
everyone
for
being
here
and
this
conversation
I
will
submit
any
other
information
or
questions
that
I
have
from
my
colleagues
or
myself
to
please
email
them
to
me,
and
I
can
disperse
them
to
my
colleagues
or
send
them
to
all
of
us,
and
if
you,
of
course
have
any
pending
questions
or
information
to
send
us
look
forward
to
discussing
those
as
well.
Thank
you
everyone
and
me
our
hearing
is
adjourned.