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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means on August 2, 2018
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Docket #0721 - Hearing regarding Payments in Lieu of Taxes agreements within the City of Boston
A
A
Agreements
with
the
city
of
Boston
I
am
joined
by
several
of
my
colleagues,
the
two
sponsors
in
order
of
their
arrival
councillor
Anissa
fasabi
George
to
my
left
and
councillor
Lydia
Edwards
to
my
right.
The
sponsor
of
today's
hearing
order,
as
well
as
counselor,
ed
Flynn,
to
my
left
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
remind
folks
that
this
is
a
public
hearing.
A
It's
being
broadcast,
live
on,
Comcast
channel
8,
RC,
n
82
and
Verizon
1964,
as
well
as
streamed
at
Boston
gov
backslash
city
Council,
TV
I'd
asked
folks
in
the
chamber
to
silence
any
electronic
devices
at
the
conclusion
of
the
presentation
from
our
panels,
questions
from
my
colleagues,
we
will
take
public
testimony.
I
would
ask
folks
who
wish
to
public
testify
publicly
to
sign
in
provide
your
residence
as
well
as
any
affiliation
and
please
mark
the
box.
A
If
you
do
wish
to
testify
after
the
presentations
I'd
like
to
also
explain
some
of
the
rules
that
we
have,
we
ask
that
there
be
no
signs
of
approval
or
disapproval
at
any
point.
This
is
a
hearing
to
provide
as
much
information
for
the
people
in
the
chamber,
my
colleagues
as
the
public
at
large
viewing
and
who
may
view
it
in
the
future.
A
They
cannot
attend
today,
I'm
going
to
read
their
their
statements
into
the
record
dear
councillor,
co-moh
I'm
writing
to
apologize
for
not
being
able
to
attend
today's
Ways
and
Means
hearing
on
dockets
0
7
to
1
regarding
payment
in
lieu
of
taxes,
agreements
with
the
city
of
Boston
due
to
a
scheduling,
conflict
I
want
to
stay
for
the
record.
I
believe
it
is
important
to
engage
in
this
discussion
instead
of
direction
for
future
compliance.
A
While
some
of
our
institutions
have
proven
to
be
great
neighbors
to
their
surrounding
communities
and
the
city,
they
call
home,
others
have
not.
Just
this
week,
we
learned
that
for
this
fiscal
year
the
city
only
received
about
three
quarters
of
the
amount
requested
with
nearly
half
of
cultural
and
educational
institutions,
giving
less
than
50%
of
what
was
asked
of
them.
We
must
ensure
that
all
of
our
institutions
pay
their
fair
share
toward
city
services.
I.
Thank
you
for
holding
this
important
hearing.
A
I
look
forward
to
reviewing
the
video
and
any
written
testimony
submitted
today
and
working
together
to
continue
increasing
the
success
of
the
pilot
program.
Sign
counselor,
Joe
Seca,
miss
tricked
8df
chairman
CEO
Moe
I'm
writing
to
inform
you
that,
unfortunately,
I
will
be
absent
from
today's
hearing
on
docket
0
7
to
1
regarding
pilot
agreements
as
I
am
feeling
under
the
weather.
This
is
an
important
issue
to
be
discussed
and
I
support
the
city
doing
more
to
ensure
that
colleges,
universities
and
hospitals
and
certain
nonprofits
in
Boston
pay
their
fair
share.
A
I
am
grateful
to
the
sponsors
for
calling
this
hearing
and
look
forward
to
reviewing
the
testimony.
Kindly
read
this
letter
into
the
record
sincerely
councillor
Matt
O'malley
from
district
6,
and
we
have
received
numerous
written
testimony
from
several
institutions
throughout
the
city
of
Boston,
including
Boston,
University,
Northeastern,
Harvard,
New,
England,
Aquarium,
massport
and
and
many
others,
which
will
be
distributed
to
my
colleagues
in
to
anyone
who
wishes
to
review
that
written
testimony.
I
would
like
to
kick
this
off
by
first
saying
that
you
know
having
this
discussion
is
an
important
thing
to
continue.
A
We've
had
great
relationships
with
many
of
our
institutions
who
contribute
to
this
voluntary
program.
We
need
to
re-evaluate
it
occasionally
and
I,
just
think
that
it's
time
to
reconvene
a
discussion
and
a
conversation
going
forward
and
look
forward
to
those
discussions
in
the
future
at
this
time,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
sponsors
of
today's
hearing,
starting
with
counsel
anis
or
sabe
Jorge
in
order
to
be
arrivin.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
Boston
is
in
addition
to
its
people.
It's
unique
in
many
other
ways.
We
are
wealthy
and
universities
and
colleges,
hospitals
as
well
as
cultural
institutions
in
fiscal
year.
2019
fulfilling
these
responsibilities
cost
three
point:
two
nine
billion
dollars.
That
is
basically
what
our
city's
budget
is.
B
Seventy
percent
of
that
city's
budget
comes
from
real
estate
taxes
collected
within
the
city
limits
over
the
years,
the
property
that
institutions
hold
have
continued
to
increase
in
value
and
the
cost
for
those
services
that
are
provided
to
many
of
those
institutions
falls
on
the
taxpayers
and
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
those
residents.
Those
taxpayers
in
Boston
don't
have
an
opportunity
to
not
fulfill
their
requirement
and
in
paying
property
taxes.
In
fact,
they
are
regularly
re-evaluated
and
reassessed
and
always
at
a
higher
I'm,
almost
always
at
a
higher
amount.
B
Each
time
they
are
reassessed.
I
do
appreciate
the
services
that
our
colleges
and
universities,
our
hospitals
and
our
other
cultural
institutions
bring
to
the
city
of
Boston
and
expect
to
hear
over
the
course
of
the
afternoon
some
of
those
special
things
that
they
bring
to
the
city
of
Boston
and
how
they
add
value
to
the
experience
both
of
residents
and
visitors
and
guests
to
our
great
city.
B
I'd
like
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here,
like
I
said
too
earlier
just
before,
but
I
have
an
especial
I
want
to
share
a
special
thank
you
to
some
of
the
young
people
that
are
in
the
audience,
watching
government
and
civics
in
action.
I
look
forward
to
a
thoughtful
and
productive
hearing
today,
both
testimony
from
our
panelists
and
testimony
from
our
guests
at
public
testimony
and
also
hope
that
today's
hearing
and
sub
when
hearings
and
working
sessions
will
prove
to
be
productive
and
lead
to
a
recommitment
of
pilot
payment
in
the
future.
Thank
you,
Thank.
C
You
and
I
wanted
to
thank
the
administration
again
for
coming
to
testify
and
to
I
think
work
together
about
how
we
can
reassess
this
this
program.
To
me,
this
is
about
a
good
neighbor
policy
and
making
sure
that
any
institution,
especially
a
multi-billion
dollar
institutions
that
are
in
Boston,
are
part
of
our
community
and
making
sure
that
they're
paying
their
fair
share.
C
D
I'd
like
to
say
at
the
outset
that
our
city
is
so
thankful
to
the
rich
organizations,
nonprofits
that
contribute
to
our
city,
medical,
higher
education,
cultural
organizations.
They
act
as
magnets
for
our
city,
attracting
brainpower
and
talent
from
all
over
the
world.
They
offer
considerable
benefits
to
our
city
in
terms
of
employment
in
services.
They
are
a
key
part
of
the
fabric
of
our
city
and
what
makes
our
city
great?
We
greatly
value
our
partnership
with
them.
D
What
nonprofits
Institute
are
not
required
to
pay
profiting
property
tax,
which
we
all
know
our
city
relies
heavily
on.
They
account
for
between
60
and
70
percent
of
the
city's
revenue.
In
addition,
Boston
is
limited
by
the
revenue
we
can
generate
due
to
proposition
two-and-a-half
when
you
factor
government
land
in
nonprofit
institutions
over
fifty
percent
of
the
land
in
the
city
is
exempt
from
property
taxes.
D
Moreover,
our
nonprofit
Institute's
benefit
from
being
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
They
consume
basic
city
services,
such
as
Police,
Fire,
EMS,
to
bring
structure
and
fairness.
The
city
organized
the
pilot
program.
They
came
up
with
the
formula
to
work
with
the
large
nonprofits
who
have
owned
a
great
considerable
land
in
our
city.
The
city
then
requested
25
percent
of
what
these
large
nonprofits
would
pay
if
they
were
taxable
entities.
This
represents
the
part
of
the
budget
to
deal
with
essential
services.
This
was
to
be
50
percent
in
cash
and
50
percent
in
community
benefits.
D
Scholarships
health
clinics
workshops
that
many
of
our
neighborhoods
depend
on
desperately
the
city
initially
collected,
19
million
in
FY
2012,
a
28
percent
increase
in
over
90
percent
of
what
they
had
requested
fiscal
year.
2000
17
pilot
contributed
was
32
million
out
of
requested
49
million.
This
also
represented
is
17%
million
more
than
the
previous
year
adoption
to
the
new
guidelines
in
an
increase
of
113
percent.
D
This
program
is
all
about
fairness
in
structure:
fairness
between
the
city,
its
residents
in
our
nonprofits
fairness
between
our
nonprofits
as
well,
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
learning
more
about
this
program,
learning
about
how
these
great
institutions
that
contribute
greatly
to
our
city,
helping
so
many
residents,
for
example
in
my
in
my
district
to
Chavez
University-
is
doing
some
doing
a
lot
of
outreach
on
public
health
in
Chinatown,
as
it
relates
to
some
of
the
conditions
in
that
neighborhood.
D
So
we're
thankful
to
those
institutions
that
provide
great
services
to
our
city
and
what
I
want
to
get
out
of
this
meeting
is
learning
more
about
it,
but
seeing
how
we
all
can
come
up
with
a
plan
that
works
for
everybody.
I,
don't
think
it's
about
beating
up
on
these
institutions,
it's
about
working
together
and
trying
to
find
common
ground
Thank
You.
Mr.
chairman,
thank.
A
You
and
before
I
hand
it
over
to
the
panel
for
introductions
and
presentations.
Our
public
safety
officials
do
not
allow
people
to
stand
in
the
chamber,
so
I
would
ask
anybody
standing.
There
is
an
overflow
room
in
the
Curley
room.
So
if
you
walk
out
and
around
to
the
desk,
they'll
escort
you
back
to
the
Curley
room
to
view
and
if
your
name
is
called
for
public
testimony,
you
will
hear
it
in
that
room
as
well.
A
I
would
also
like
to
remind
folks
that
again,
there's
supposed
to
be
no
signs,
no
showing
of
approval
and
disapproval.
This
is
an
information
hearing
so
that
we
can
get
as
much
information
in
as
possible
so
that
we
can
as
a
collective
body
and
as
citizens,
understand
the
issue
as
well
as
we
can.
So
with
that,
oh
I'm,
sorry,
Kim,
Kim,
councillor,
Kim
Janey
has
joined
us.
Do
you
have
any
opening
remarks.
E
Just
briefly,
thank
you
so
much
mr.
chair
and
kudos
to
the
sponsors
of
this
very
important
hearing.
Thank
you
so
much
councillor,
Edwards
and
asabi
George
also
want
to
extend
my
gratitude
to
all
of
the
members
of
the
audience
who
have
joined
us
for
this
very
important
conversation.
I
too,
look
forward
to
a
productive
conversation,
as
some
of
my
colleagues
have
already
said.
E
E
E
So
I
really
look
forward
to
a
very
robust
and
thoughtful
conversation
where
we
can
come
to
some
sort
of
resolution,
around
recommendations
and
next
steps
so
again,
I'm
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
have
the
conversation
and
that
we
have
so
many
great
panelists
before
us
this
panel
and
the
others
that
will
be
joining
us
as
well
as
public
testimony.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
A
F
A
F
You
councillor
CL
mone
members
of
the
Boston
City
Council,
my
name
is
Anna,
handy
I'm,
the
chief
of
administration,
finance
and
CFO
for
the
city
of
Boston
I'm
joined
by
Gail
Willa,
who
is
our
Commissioner
of
assessing
and
Casey
Brock
Wilson,
who
is
the
director
of
strategic
partnerships
for
the
city
of
Boston?
I,
want
a
state
by
noting
something
that
you
all
have
noted,
which
is
that
we
have
a
vibrant
nonprofit
sector.
It
contributes
significantly
to
the
cultural,
social,
educational
and
financial
fabric
of
the
city
and
of
the
entire
Greater
Boston
region.
F
It's
something
that
our
rating
agencies
have
recognized
as
a
true
strength
of
the
city
of
Boston.
Moody's
has
stated
that
the
concentration
of
tax-exempt,
higher
education
and
healthcare
institutions
provide
an
economic
stimulus
to
Boston
that
benefits
the
sector's
stable
employment
base.
These
nonprofit
institutions
do
have
private
tax-exempt
property
that
makes
up
about
11%
of
total
City
area
and
22%
of
tax-exempt
land.
As
you
all
have
stated,
real
estate
taxes
are
an
important
source
of
revenue
for
the
city
of
Boston.
F
We
talked
many
times
over
the
course
of
the
FY
19
budget
process
about
the
fact
that
our
property
tax
base
now
makes
up
70%
of
our
annual
operating
revenue.
This
is
the
revenue
that
enables
us
to
invest
in
parks,
schools,
libraries,
Public,
Safety
and
more,
and
it
is
critical
to
ensuring
that
the
city
of
Boston
can
deliver
the
world-class
services
that
we
have
to
our
residents
in
order
to
continue
to
provide
those
services
to
our
residents.
F
The
city
adopted
new
guidelines
in
January
2011
that
were
recommended
by
the
pilot
task
force
that
would
encourage
tax-exempt
institutions
to
participate
in
the
city's
pilot
program.
The
payment
in
lieu
in
lieu
of
taxes
program
is
a
voluntary
program.
It's
one
that
has
a
meaningful
impact
on
the
city.
F
It's
something
that
we
are
continually
doing
in
all
regards,
and
certainly
pilot
is
part
of
that,
and
it
also
has
been
a
key
priority
of
the
mayor
and
it's
something
that
he
specifically
asked
Casey
to
focus
on,
and
we've
been
spending
quite
a
bit
of
time,
particularly
in
the
last
year,
really
trying
to
align
with
institutions
and
maximize
both
the
cash
payments
to
the
city
of
Boston,
but
also
aligned
on
the
community
benefit
portion
of
the
program.
This
is
a
very
successful
voluntary
program.
F
It
is
a
program
that
other
cities
have
used
as
a
model
and
it
is
often
cited
as
the
most
successful
in
the
country.
A
recent
report
by
our
friends
at
the
Boston
municipal
Research
Bureau,
highlighted
that
we've
had
incredible
success
with
the
program
and
the
Lincoln
Institute
for
land
policy
has
said
that
this
is
one
of
the
longest
standing
and
most
revenue
productive
pilot
programs
in
the
United
States
in
FY
9:18.
Excuse
me.
The
city
received
thirty
three
point:
six
million
dollars
in
voluntary
cash
contributions
from
our
participating
institution
partners.
F
We
are
happy
to
report
that
this
is
1.2
million
dollars
more
than
FY
13
a
3%
increase.
Since
mayor
Walsh
took
office
in
FY
14
voluntary
cash
contributions
have
increased
from
twenty
six
million
dollars.
Thirty
seven
institutions
submitted
community
benefit
reports
for
FY
18,
which
resulted
in
forty
four
point.
Five
million
dollars
of
community
benefits
spending
credit
for
that
fiscal
year.
In
sum,
for
FY
18,
the
city
requested
104
million
dollars
of
pilot
contributions
and
received
78
million
dollars
in
combined
cash
and
community
benefit
contributions.
F
F
It
is
something
that
we
are
highly
dependent
on
the
cash
contributions
from
our
nonprofit
partners,
and
we
also
continue
to
experience
the
benefits
of
the
community
benefit
program
and
continue
to
work
with
institutions
to
align
what
those
benefits
look
like,
so
that
we
can
best
serve
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Boston
I
think
we
are
primarily
here
to
take
your
questions
today,
and
so
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
whatever
questions
you
may
have.
Okay,.
G
As
the
independent
objective
Boston
Municipal
Research
Bureau
for
the
record,
I'm
Sam
Tyler
president
of
the
organization,
to
speak
on
this
and,
as
you
all
know,
the
fiscal
health
of
the
City
of
Austin
is
our
highest
priorities
and
we
bring
a
citywide
perspective
as
we
address
you
know
each
and
individual
issue,
so
we
have
written
about
the
heavy
reliance
on
the
property
tax
which,
in
fiscal
2019,
as
you've
already
heard,
represents
70
percent.
Maybe
more
importantly,
it
represents
85
percent
of
a
total
increase
in
revenue,
which
is
saying
something
about
the
other
revenue
sources.
G
This
program,
which
really
the
first
year
being
fiscal
12,
has
been
very
successful
in
terms
of
revenue
generation,
as
has
been
noted
in
fiscal
2018.
Thirty,
three
point:
six
million
dollars
has
been
received
by
the
city,
an
increase
of
eighteen
and
a
half
million
dollars,
or
one
hundred
and
twenty
two
percent
over
the
actual
receipts
of
fiscal
11,
the
first
last
year,
the
former
program.
So
you
know
in
terms
of
revenue
generation,
it
hasn't
been
very
successful
as
as
expected,
the
total
pilot
payments
have
not
been
or
have
been
below
the
city's
request.
G
First,
because
the
city's
request
was
aggress
over
the
first
five
years,
and
you
know
we
should
report
in
2013,
which
we
noted
that,
because
of
the
program,
is
voluntary
requiring
negotiations
between
the
city
and
the
institutions.
We
expected
that
initial
payment
would
show
good
faith
effort
and
come
closer
to
where
the
city
had
its
city's
request,
but
could
be
tempered
in
future
years,
reflecting
further
negotiations
or
changing
economic
conditions,
and
that's
exactly
what's
happened.
G
G
Even
so
the
Boston's
pilot
program
is
considered
a
success
and
it
has
I
sort
of
checked
the
the
CFO
in
terms
of
our
notes,
but
said
he
does
lead
the
country
in
terms
of
revenue
generation
in
2010.
The
lincolnland
is
to
issued
a
report
of
pilot
payments
in
cities
around
the
country
in
Tyler,
a
Boston
as
the
most
successful
in
terms
of
revenue
generation.
Well,
since
then,
the
city's
added
eighteen
and
a
half
million
dollars
pilot
payments
sort
of
solidifying,
the
city
Stanny,
is
most
successful.
G
So
as
much
as
there's
concern
that
not
enough
is
being
paid.
You
compare
Boston
with
any
other
city
in
the
country
and
we
stand
out.
Is
the
number
one
in
terms
of
this
program
in
fiscal
2018?
Fifty
one
point:
six
percent
of
the
city's
total
land
area
was
exempt,
but
what
often
isn't
talked
about
is
that
of
that
total.
Seventy
eight
percent
is
government
publicly
owned
so
that
the
private
institutions,
such
as
the
medical,
educational,
religious,
cultural,
represents.
G
Twenty
one
point:
nine
percent
of
land
area
of
the
city
and
the
medical
educational,
cultural
institutions
make
up
only
about
five
point:
seven
percent
of
the
seas
total
land
area.
You
know
there's
been
some
comment
about
well,
there's
been
growth
in
land,
and
so
we
did
take
a
look
at
what
the
breakout
for
public
and
private
in
the
detail
was
over
the
last
30
years,
and
it's
there's
a
lot
of
detail
with
that.
G
But
basically
it's
saying
that
in
proportion
to
the
city's
total
land
there's
been
relatively
little
growth
in
the
exempt
property
and
where
there
has
been
growth,
it's
been
more
at
the
state
level,
then
the
the
private
and
so
the
the
cultural
educational
medical
institutions
which
represent
5.7
percent
of
total
land
area.
Thirty
years
ago
it
was
a
little
over
five
percent,
so
it's
it's
relatively
stable.
In
that
respect,
the
current
pilot
program
is
a
more
standardized
approach
than
its
predecessor,
and
then
it
applies
equally
to
now.
G
47
private
exempt
institutions
with
property
values
of
50
million
dollars
or
more
before
it
was
a
sort
of
a
piecemeal
approach
that
it
only
applied
if
a
institution
needed
a
zoning
variance
or
building
permits
in
order
for
a
new
new
building.
So
if
your
institution
was
building
and
you
were
paying
more
pilot
payments
than
if
your,
if
you
weren't-
but
even
you,
even
if
you
had
the
same
amount
of
value
so
and
the
city
wasn't
valuing
property
back
then
so
this
is
much
a
much
improved
system
and
it
has
proven
to
be
successful.
G
You
know
again
in
terms
of
of
revenue.
The
medical
institutions
in
aggregate
over
the
seven
years
increase
their
payments
can
certainly
be
paid
in
fiscal
I.
Guess
they
this
last
year
their
payments
were
about
eighty
seven
percent
of
the
city's
request
slightly
down
from
the
ninety
six
percent
in
fiscal
12,
but
those
payments
from
their
medical
institutions
represented
about
72
percent
of
the
total.
G
Any
evaluation
of
the
pilot
program,
as
has
been
noted,
should
really
fully
consider
the
significant
contributions
of
the
medical,
educational
and
cultural
institutions
that
they
make
for
the
city,
the
regional
economy
and
the
importance
of
the
quality
life
in
metropolitan
area
by
employing
a
large
workforce,
attract
attracting
billions
of
research
grants,
fostering
start-up
communities
providing
in-service
services
directly
to
residents
and
adding
to
Boston's
popularity
as
a
destination
city.
These
institutions
are
integral
component
of
the
economic
strength
of
Boston.
G
Businesses
are
attracted
to
locate
in
Boston
because
of
the
resources
provided
by
these
institutions
and
the
talented
workforce
in
the
area.
I
won't
repeat
what
the
chief
financial
officer
stated
about.
You
know
the
rating
agencies
and
their
comments
in
terms
of
the
importance
of
the
of
the
exempt
institutions
to
the
economy.
G
G
The
economy
is
growing
in
the
life
sciences
and
biotechnology
industries
supported
in
good
part
through
the
National
Institute
of
Health
NIH
grants
located
in
the
city
for
23
consecutive
years,
Boston
has
been
awarded
the
largest
amount
of
NIH
funding
of
all
cities
in
the
country.
This
is
according
to
a
2008
report
by
them
by
the
BPD,
a
and
of
the
one
point
nine
seven
billion
dollars
received
in
2017,
96
or
97
percent
was
awarded
to
the
taxes
at
medical
and
institution
and
educational
institutions
in
Boston,
indicating
their
critical
role,
expanding
the
economy
and
creating
jobs.
G
So
I
would
end
by
saying
that
this
boss
and
pilot
program
is
a
success.
It
has
resulted
both
in
significant
increases
in
pilot
payments
and
community
services.
It's
a
voluntary
program
requires
negotiation
between
the
city
and
the
exempt
institutions
and
to
expect
full
payment
to
an
aggressive
schedule
set
by
the
city.
I
think
is
unrealistic.
This
is
not
the
panacea
for
solving
the
city's
fiscal
problems.
There
is
area
for
growth,
no
question
about
it,
but
you
know
you're
not
going
to
see
this
kind
of
success
in
any
other
city
in
the
country.
G
Now
there
is,
if
I
leave
it
with
one
one.
The
issue
I
mean
with
all
these
jobs.
It's
the
state
that
benefits
from
the
income,
not
the
city,
so
that
would
be
one
area
that
not
that
cities
had
a
lot
of
success
with
the
state
lately,
but
that
would
be
a
you
know,
a
legitimate
area
to
look
at
in
terms
of
Boston
sharing
some
of
that
revenue.
So
thank.
A
You
thank
you
just
a
point
of
clarification.
A
lot
of
the
universities
colleges,
even
medical
institutions,
have
retail
spaces
and
commercial
spaces.
Just
for
clarification
could
could
someone
speak
to
that
kind
of
Taxation,
that's
kind
of
blended
in
and
how
its
distinguished
from
taxable
versus
being
exempt.
H
I
They
are
taxed
under
a
regular
chapter,
59,
just
like
any
other
property
owner.
If
it's
a
hospital
that
say
has
an
oh
bond
pan
on
the
first
floor,
so
that
is
square
footage
is
separated
out.
It
is
applied
with
a
tax
rate
similar
to
other
commercial
properties,
of
a
similar
use
in
that
neighborhood
and
so
they're,
paying
full
commercial
rate
chapter
59
taxes
on
that
and.
A
I
B
You
chairman
again
and
thank
you
oh
and
we
Emma
for
your
presentation
and
Sam
for
your
presentation
and
the
rest
of
you
for
your
questions
ahead
of
time.
Can
you
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
how
the
property
has
changed?
The
land
mass
land-use
has
changed
over
time,
because
Sam
say
that
there
hasn't
been
a
lot
of
institutional
growth
but
I'm
curious
over
a
period
of
five
and
10
years.
What
has
changed?
Because
there
is
this
feeling
of
creep
across
many
of
our
neighborhoods
in
this
city,
that
institutions
are
growing.
F
I
G
We
prepared
a
table.
I
could
share
with
you
that
shows
the
change
broken
down
by
the
different
exempt
clauses
or
uses
for
each
of
the
decades
from
1988
to
2018.
So
its
covers
a
30-year
period,
but
we
have
broken
down
by
decade.
I
should
all
one
thing
also
would
add,
and
there
are
exempt
properties.
There
are
institutions
who
buy
property
and
keep
those
properties
on
the
tax
roll.
So
it's
not
when
you're
looking
at
you
know
the
breakout.
You
know
capturing
at
all,
because
some
are
still
taxable
I
appreciate.
B
B
F
Like
I
said
I
in
that
regard,
I'm
specifically
talking
about
cash
payments
in
the
door.
I
I
do
want
to
make
clear
that
I
think
the
city
of
Boston's
position
is
that
there
is
more
to
do.
We
have
been
successful,
but
certainly
we
are
supportive,
the
guidelines
of
this
2011
agreement
and
so
well.
We
are
a
very
successful
program.
F
B
Thank
you
and
then
speaking
of
payments,
and
one
of
the
things
that's
frustrating
to
me
is
when
we're
paying
institutions
to
use
their
facilities
in
any
of
their
institutions.
Do
we
have
an
idea
of
how
much
we
actually
spend
as
a
city,
whether
it's
the
city
of
Boston
or
the
Boston
Public
Schools,
because
bps
pays
to
use
some
of
that
space?
Do
we
have
an
idea
of
how
much
we've
spent
with
universities.
F
B
That's
a
really
important
question,
because
any
of
these
institutions
that
are
not-
and
most
of
them
are
not
fulfilling
their
commitment
to
the
pilot
program
that
then
we're
writing
them
a
check
whether
it's
for
ice
time,
whether
it's
for
a
graduation,
whether
it's
for
any
of
their
space
for
any
purpose
to
me
that
I
have
a
problem
with
us.
Writing
that
check
we
should
be
taking
it
out
of
you
know
some
sort
of
accounting
formula
we're
taking
it
out
of
their
their
debit
column.
Yes,
I.
F
Certainly,
I
certainly
understand
that
point.
The
nature
of
the
voluntary
program
would
mean
that
we
don't.
We
cannot
compel
an
institution
to
gift
us
something
right
and
so
well,
we
might
work
with
them
and
try
to
come
up
with
an
agreement
along
the
same
lines.
We
can't
sort
of
through
back
office,
city
finance,
function,
credit
and
debit,
based
on
the
various
expenditures,
and
revenues
are
coming
in
from
these
particular
institutions
because
they
are
tax
exempt.
So
if
it's
in
lieu
of
taxes,
it's
it
sort
of
triggers
this
tax
exempt
issue,
they.
B
Still
think
it
would
be
an
interesting
dollar
amount
of
seeing
how
much
we're
spending
it
different
institutions,
and
why
and
then
I
know
that
there's
you
have
37
community
benefit
reports.
Sam
mentioned
that
there
are
47
that
are
exempt.
Are
we
missing
10?
Is
there
a
reason
why,
where
we
don't
have
those
10
reports?
Yes,.
J
We
are
missing
10
reports,
though
you
know,
because
it
is
a
voluntary
program.
It's
a
choice
of
each
institution,
whether
they
choose
to
submit
a
community
benefit
report.
We
know
many
of
the
institutions
who
don't
submit
reports
are
still
doing
community
benefits,
but
we're
unable
to
track
them
without
the
report.
Okay,.
B
C
I
just
want
to
start
out
with
the
information,
the
numbers
and
make
sure
that
we're
talking
about
accurate,
up-to-date
numbers
any
of
the
numbers
that
you've
stated
so
far
in
terms
of
what
has
what
what
is
owed
is
based
off
of
the
2012
assessment
of
the
property,
my
correct,
or
is
it
based
off
an
annual
assessment
of
the
property
values?
It's.
C
When
we're
talking
about
the
numbers
and
and
the
assessed
values,
we're
talking
about
this
property
that
they
have
based
off
a
2011
values,
mm-hmm
right.
So
when
that's,
why
I
think
it's
very
hard
to
judge
the
success
of
this
program
and
to
pat
ourselves
on
the
back
when
we're
not
talking
about
2018
values
of
property
which
have
gone
up
exponentially,
at
least
for
me
and
my
tax
bill.
So
when
we're
doing
this
announced
this
kind
of
analysis,
I
think
it's
really
important
for
the
city
to
take
leadership
and
to
do
that
assessment.
F
Certainly,
every
assessment
is
possible:
it's
not
something.
We've
pursued
to
date,
because
we've
been
focused
on
getting
to
a
hundred
percent
implementation
with
the
existing
cash
benefit
portion
of
the
program.
It
is
obviously
fairly
significant
undertaking
and
thing
that
we
want
to
be
sure
that
we
have
aligned
on
the
goal
of
doing
the
reassessment
and
what
the
what
we
ultimately
receive
by
by
doing
a
reassessment,
and
so
that's
why,
for
us,
the
first
step
has
been
to
focus
on
a
hundred
percent
implementation
of
the
guidelines.
C
So
I
appreciate
that
noting
that
that
it
seems
to
be
the
priority
of
the
city
to
work
on
twenty
eleven
numbers
and
at
least
getting
back
to
100
percent
versus
getting
the
2018
values.
So
my
I
guess
I'm
also
curious
in
terms
of
accurate
information.
Why
aren't
all
of
the
tax-exempt
institutions
that
owned
property
in
the
city
of
Boston
listed
on
our
website?
F
C
Pilot
program-
yes
right
so
to
the
city
of
Boston.
Yes,
so
could
I'm
asking
that
that
information
be
put
out
there
publicly
for
the
city
of
Boston
to
all.
If
we're
gonna
talk
about
where
the
money
is
coming
from,
if
we're
talking
about
pilot
payments,
that
all
the
information
and
the
pilot
payments
be
made,
made
made
available,
sure
right
and
then
also
when
we're
talking
about
there's
other
non
there's
exempts
other
institutions
that
have
alternative
tax
payments.
H
G
C
I
H
I
I
C
I
C
When
it
comes
to
these
quasi
government
institutions,
I'm
specifically
talking
about
the
BPD,
a
and
I'm
curious,
why
this?
Why
why
of
the
cities
actually
enabled
under
state
law
and
121
B?
If
you
want
to
look
in
the
language,
it
says
you
may
negotiate
with
an
authority
or
an
agency
such
as
the
BP
dar
housing
authority,
to
actually
come
up
with
payment
in
lieu
of
taxes,
though
they
are
a
tax-exempt
institution,
I'm
wondering
why
or
if
the
city
would
ever
consider
negotiating
with
a
BPD
a
for
them
to
actually
make
some
payments
as
well.
So.
C
F
Bpd
a
properties
have
a
my
understanding.
Is
they
have
a
variety
of
tax
agreements?
So
some
page
chapter,
259
taxes,
some
do
have
their
own
individual
pilot
agreements.
A
few
do
not,
and
those
are
generally
properties
that
have
an
agreement
that
may
be
a
99-year
lease
and
we're
in
year
50
or
60
or
70.
So
it's
a
very
long
term
lease
from
a
period
in
time
where,
in
order
to
get
somebody
in
that
property,
they
basically
had
to
weave
the
rate
for
us
to
collect
any
type
of
property
agreement
tax
agreement.
F
Under
this
mayor,
the
BBA
has
gone
through
the
process
of
updating
as
many
ground
leases
as
they
can
and
at
a
pilot
agreements
and
in
many
cases,
chapter
59
taxes
to
those
agreements
when
we
can
so
that
we
are
maximizing
our
ability
to
collect
taxes
on
the
parcels
that
are
overseen
by
the
BPD.
A
right.
F
C
Is
I'm
a
landlord
I,
my
tenants
would
pay
taxes
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
then
I
also
pay
taxes
so
as
a
landlord
and
property
owner
for
the
City
of
Boston
so
I'm,
just
why?
Wouldn't
we
treat
the
BPD
a
like
a
normal
Bostonian
who
does
pay
both
I'm,
just
just
curious
about,
like
I,
said
I
wanted
leadership.
I
wanted
to
see
some
some
innovative
ways
of
making
sure
that
we're
bringing
all
four
all
institutions
to
the
table
to
make
well
to
be
more
equitable.
F
So
because
we're
taxing
basically
because
the
tax
follows
the
parcel
right,
and
so
if
the
ten
is
paying
a
tax,
we
don't
the
property.
Taxes
are
sex,
assessed
to
a
parcel,
and
so
those
individual
agreements
with
various
BPD
a
tenants
are
determined.
The
amount
of
taxes
paid.
Okay,
so
I'm
just
gonna,
say.
C
I
But
I
think
the
the
other
part
of
it
is
the
121
a
and
the
121
B
agreements
are
the
BPD
a
is
a
party
to
it.
The
assessing
Department
is
a
party
to
it.
The
developer
is
a
party
to
it
or
the
the
tenant
or
whoever
the
agreement
is
with,
and
so
it's
not
in
the
win
21
days
in
the
121
B's.
It's
not
necessarily
that
they're
the
ownership
that
they
had
certainly
have
an
interest
in
the
property,
but
the
property
is
really
still
owned
by
the
developers,
such
as
the
Manulife
building
in
south.
C
That
samples,
Park
and
Charlestown
Navy
Yard
are
owned
by
the
BP
da
and
that
I
believe
that
BP
da
makes
61
million
dollars
a
year
right,
so
just
straight
out
ownership
they
own
that
they
make
money
off
of
it,
and
so
there's
a
make
laws
and
the
state
law
that
allows
for
you
to
consider
asking
for
in
lieu
of
taxes,
some
form
of
payment.
So
I'm
asking
you
to
consider
that
that
kind
of
thought
process
they're,
making
money
off
a
property
in
Boston.
C
G
C
Full
picture
is
out
there.
Ya
know.
The
full
picture
is
out
there
for
many
people,
but
I
I
think
the
question
that
and
I
appreciate
the
the
defense
of
the
BPD
a
but
I
want
to
be
clear:
I'm,
not
attacking
you're,
saying
they're,
not
doing
anything
I'm
asking
for
for
this
department
to
consider
the
may.
That
is
out
there
under
state
law.
F
Cancel
I
think
that
may
allows
us
to
execute
these
121
a
121,
be
agreements
with
and
and
which
allows
for
us
to
either
charge
chapter
59
taxes
or
negotiate
a
pilot,
or
something
like
that.
Certainly,
we
can
look
at
the
language
that
you're
raising
happy
to
talk
more
about
it.
I
think
we
we
have
used
the
121,
a
120
1
B
option
to
try
to
come
up
with
aligning
economic
development
goals
with
maximizing
tax
collections,
regardless
of
who
is
ultimately
paying
those
taxes
all
right.
A
F
There's
a
state
program
state
pilot
program
which
is
really
set
by
the
appropriation
that
the
state
gives
to
it
every
year.
So
basically,
whatever
the
ultimate
dollar
amount
is
that
they
that
they
determine
as
part
of
the
annual
budget
process,
that
sort
of
filters
out
across
the
state
in
terms
of
how
much
reimbursement
is
given
to
some
of
the
house.
So.
A
F
I
J
D
Thank
You
consul
sumo,
and
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
being
here
in
the
interest
of
fairness.
I
know
some
nonprofits
are
paying
this
year
and
some
are
not
making
that
commitment.
My
question
would
be
what
steps
could
be
taken
to
encourage
those
nonprofits
that
are
not
paying
their
share
to
pay
their
fair
share
to
contribute
to
be
more
engaged
in
the
city,
I.
J
Think
we
are
focused
on
building
positive
working
relationships
with
each
of
the
institutions.
You
know
seven
years
into
the
program,
educating
everybody
on
what
the
pilot
program
is
in
trying
to
improve
payments,
as
well
as
collecting
more
information
on
community
benefits
and,
like
Emma
said,
our
goal
is
really
to
reach
a
hundred
percent
participation
of
the
current
program.
D
Is
there
any
type
of
outreach
where
some
organizations
throughout
the
city
can
meet
some
of
these
nonprofits
in
these
great
colleges,
universities,
hospitals,
let
them
tell
their
story
about
why
these
services,
or
why
funding,
is
critically
needed
to
support
our
neighborhoods
in
Boston.
But
is
there
a
connection
between
the
nonprofits
that
contribute
in
the
people
of
Boston
that
really
need
these
services
and
depend
on
their
nonprofits
in
the
city
as
well.
F
J
Yeah,
the
only
thing
I'd
add
is,
you
know,
we're
still
working
on
processing.
The
37
community
benefit
reports
from
this
year,
but
we'll
see
and
we'll
be
posting
them
on
the
website
later
this
year.
What
you'll
see
as
you
look
through
them
is
a
variety
of
programs
that
have
been
developed
over
the
course
of
time
organically.
You
know,
in
conjunction
with
residents
interested
professors,
students,
a
combination
of
different
kind
of
things
have
kind
of
jump-started.
Each
of
these
community
benefit.
Programs
that
are
reported
to
date
are.
D
We
communicating
with
the
nonprofit's,
maybe
the
hospitals,
medical
institutions.
You
know
identifying
critical
issues
impact
in
the
city,
whether
it
be
substance,
substance,
abuse,
public
health,
in
kind
of
targeting
their
community
benefits
to
certain
issues
that
impact
that
neighborhood
or
impact
the
city.
So.
F
I
mean
Casey
talked
about
this
more
because
this
is
a
lot
of
what
she's
been
focused
on.
I.
Think
that
the
public
community
driven
processes
that
the
city
has
undertaken
around
long-term
planning.
Like
imagine,
Boston
2030,
you
go
Boston.
All
of
those
processes
have
really
helped
to
clearly
define
what
a
lot
of
those
community
priorities
are,
and
so
the
city
has
really
emphasized,
aligning
with
those
various
priorities
and
and
focuses
that
the
city
itself
tries
to
align
its
budget
with
and
then
in
partnership
with
our
institutions.
F
So
it's
certainly
something
that
we
continue
to
try
to
get
better
alignment
with
institutions
on
the
benefits
themselves
are
also
part
of
this
voluntary
program,
and
so
we
work
closely
with
institutions
to
identify
new
opportunities
and
to
work
with
them
so
that
we
can
continue
to
align,
particularly
in
the
future,
on
what
those
might
be.
But
it
is
difficult
for
us
to
sort
of
directly
link
the
two
because
of
the
nature
of
the
program.
Oh.
J
I
just
had
two
comments
set,
the
first
being
that
we
obviously
work
with
many
of
these
institutions
outside
of
the
pilot
program
right,
whether
it's
on
substance,
abuse
or
many
other
issues,
and
sometimes
those
benefits
aren't
quantifiable.
So
there
included
in
community
benefits
reports,
but
we
know
that
we're
working
with
them
in
a
variety
of
different
manners,
even
if
they're
not
quantifiable.
The
second
thing
I'd
add
is
that
through
the
hospital
specifically
have
a
joint
tuna
chip
process,
which
is
a
community
health
needs
assessment
and
implementation
plan.
J
D
Thank
you
and
I.
Just
have
one
question
for
Sam
sim:
do
you
have
any
recommendations
on
how
we
can
work
closer
with
the
nonprofit's
in
the
city?
Encouraging
them
to
pay
their
fair
share
or
provide
more
community
benefits
is
what
is
that?
What
is
the
attitude
of
some
of
these
non
nonprofits
in
the
city?
Well,.
G
I
think
that
you
know
basically
the
way
the
administration
is
is
working
in
terms
of
trying
to
develop
better
relationships
working
with
the
institutions
and
but
in
the
end
it
is
voluntary
and
it's
up
to
them
based
on
their
situation
as
to
how
much
they
can
pay
I
think.
Certainly,
this
kind
of
a
hearing
brings
that
issue
open,
more
there's,
no
way
to
compel
and
the
institutions
to
make
the
payments.
G
E
You
so,
as
I
opened
up,
I
talked
about
the
contributions
of
our
educational
and
cultural
and
hospitals
in
in
Boston,
but
not
all
Boston
residents
access,
those
or
utilize
them
equally,
and
so,
while
I
appreciate
your
earlier
comments
about
the
jobs
you
Sam
I
think
you
said
that
of
the
top
ten
employers.
Eight
are
these
nonprofit
employers?
How
many
jobs
are
you
actually
talking
about
I.
G
E
I
asked
because,
as
you
highlight
here,
these
institutions
are
I,
guess
economic
engines
for
the
city
of
Boston,
but
the
question
really
is
who's
benefiting
from
that
economic
spur
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
you
know
I'm
I
care
very
much
too
about
making
sure
that
the
residents
of
Boston
can
partake
in
these
great
institutions.
As
I
said,
they're
great
institutions,
they
contribute
to
the
the
fabric
of
Boston
and
what
makes
Boston
a
great
world-class
city.
E
E
What
you
mean
so
you
said
earlier,
it
was
in
response,
I
think
yet
an
earlier
question
that
the
goal
really
has
been
to
get
to
100%
yep
versus.
Should
we
update
the
associate
428,
which
I
wholeheartedly
agree
with
yep.
So
let
me
be
clear
and
saying
that
I
think
we
should
be
looking
at
the
assessed
value
of
what
property
is
worth
now
today,
because.
H
E
Everyone
knows
in
this
room:
we
have
seen
them
skyrocket
and
so,
on
the
one
hand
we
have
folks
our
nonprofit
partners,
who
certainly
contribute
a
lot
to
the
city
of
Boston
are
not
doing.
Seventy
five
percent
is
great,
but
there's
twenty
five
percent
out
there
that
we're
not
getting,
and
certainly
you
want
to
get
to
a
hundred
percent,
but
we're
not
even
doing
the
assessed
values
that
we
should
be
doing.
So
when
you
say
we're
trying
to
work,
get
word
a
hundred
percent
I
gotcha.
What
exactly
does
that
show.
F
We
previously
previously
mentioned
that
we
are
still
missing
Community
Benefit
reports,
which
means
that
we
cannot
acknowledge
that
those
community
benefits
have
happened,
and
so
we
still
need
more
information
from
community
partner
from
nonprofit
partners
about
what
those
community
benefits
are,
and
so
a
hundred
percent
participation
in
community
benefits
reporting,
as
well
as
a
hundred
percent
participation
of
and
a
hundred
percent
of
that
cash.
As
part
of
that
cash
program.
E
And
so
when
you
talk
about,
let's
talk
about
community
benefit
programs,
so
we
don't
have
all
the
reports
and
who
determines
what
that
community
benefit
will
look
like
and
whether
or
not
that
community
benefit
is
truly
benefiting,
Boston
right
and
then
again,
I'm
going
to
say
for
all
of
those
who
have
been
kind
of
left
out
and
and
whether
or
not
they're
getting
the
jobs.
The
$75,000.
E
J
So
you'll
see
that
with
particularly
you
know,
medical
institutions
often
times
they're
working
with
their
choosing
community
benefits
and
investing
in
areas
that
are
their
specialty
and
giving
those
giving
back
in
that
way
to
the
community.
The
other
piece
that
the
guidelines
set
forth
was
that
these
services
are
above
and
beyond
the
tax
exempt
organizations,
business
model
and,
in
general,
the
categories
that
should
be
included
for
pilot
community
benefits
are
participation
and
city
initiatives,
provision
of
public
services
policy
based
collaborations
and
medical
care,
and
so
on.
So.
E
I
can
go
into
I
guess
more
depth
with
the
next
panel
on
community
benefits.
Like
my
question,
I
asked
my
question
because
I
was
curious
to
see
whether
or
not
the
city
played
a
role
in
shaping
what
it
looks
like
and
I'm,
also
very
interested
in
making
sure
that
the
communities
it's
supposed
to
benefit.
It
also
has
a
saying
that
and
I
asked
us
because
coming
you
know
from
education
advocacy.
We
see
many
of
the
schools
in
our
district
have
community
partners,
and
then
the
question
really
becomes.
E
How
are
those
community
partners
are
really
serving
the
needs?
The
individual
needs
of
the
children
at
that
school
and
I
think
what
our
school
department
has
found
and
what
they're
trying
to
rectify
is
that.
Sometimes
there
is
a
mismatch
and
so
I
think
there's
some
work
that
can
be
done,
but
I
can
save
that
for
the
next
panel.
A
I
can
I
just
add
something
to
that,
because
I've
participated
in
numerous
master
plans
over
the
years,
so
every
institution
college
medical
have
to
provide
the
city
with
the
ten-year
master
plan.
There
are
Task
Force
that
are
appointed
through
nominations
and
and
the
mayor
and
the
BPD
a
conducts.
Those
meetings
with
the
community
and
usually
community
benefits
are
negotiated
through
the
task
force
through
that
public
process
of
the
master
planning
of
their
goals
and
desires
for
a
ten
year
stretch.
A
E
So
you
know
I
talked
about
Boston
being
a
world-class
City,
but
the
question
still
remains
for
whom?
Who
has
access
who's
being
left
out
whose
meaning?
So
that's,
why
I
asked
that?
But
if
I
could,
in
my
remaining
minutes
just
kind
of
come
through
some
of
the
numbers,
so
so
75
percent,
so
we've
got
room
for
improvement
because
we
need
to
get
to
a
hundred
percent.
E
We've
everyone's
highlighted
them.
3
million
in
the
big
scheme
of
things,
doesn't
sound
like
a
lot
of
money.
When
you
look
at
what
these
institutions
have
in
terms
of
their
their
own
operating
budgets,
when
I
look
at
the
the
medical
16
total
now
they're
doing
the
best
overall,
so
I
don't
know
if
you're
able
to
kind
of
highlight
them
as
examples
I,
don't
know
what
strategies
are
working
here
that
we
see
many
of
them
doing
what
they
should
be
doing.
Are
you
able
to
then
do
you
have
a
sense
of
why
this
is?
F
So
to
your
previous
question,
I
just
want
to
say
that
the
collection
of
pilot
cash,
in
particular,
has
long
been
a
priority
for
the
assessing
department
administration
finance,
the
CFO
in
the
past
year-plus
Kayson
Casey's
position
was
created
with
this
being
one
of
the
key
components
of
her
responsibilities.
To
maximize
this
program
is
something
that
has
been
a
priority
for
the
mayor
and
something
he's
focused
on
so
to
your
first
question
about
what
are
we
doing
about
it
that
this
is
what
we're
doing
about
it?
E
J
F
H
E
J
If
we,
if
we
were
calculating
it
the
same
way
as
last
year,
it
would
actually
be
a
slight
increase
of
participation
from
65
percent
to
66
percent,
but
this
year,
because
we
calculated
a
different
way
and
we
wanted
to
be
true
to
the
institutions
who
did
submit
community
benefit
programs.
That's
kind
of
why
we
saw
the
the
big
decrease
this
year
and.
J
E
F
C
Wanted
to
get
into
some
of
the
enforcement,
then
questions
about
what
can
and
can't
be
done
and
I'm
particularly
I
understand.
This
is
a
voluntary
program
and
so
in
as
much
as
but
I
do
want
to
pick
up
on
the
line
of
questioning
from
councillor
sabi
George
in
as
much
as
their
benefits
coming
from
the
city
of
Boston
zoning
relief
given
to
these
institutions
any
way
in
which
they're
coming
to
us
and
asking
for
something.
Why
aren't
we
reminding
them
that
they're
derelict
in
their
payments.
F
So
I
think,
because
it
is
a
tax
exempt
program.
The
participation
under
pilot
is
really
a
function
of
participation
and,
as
you
said
at
the
beginning,
you
know
being
a
good,
neighbor
and
and
contributing
to
the
city
of
Boston's
programs
I.
We
don't
have
a
basis
for
linking
disparate,
separate
City
process
processes
with
the
collection
of
pilot
benefits,
because
we
don't
frankly
have
a
right
to
charge
them
taxes
or
anything
else
in
lieu
of
taxes.
It
has
to
be
voluntary
and
so
put
a
reminder.
C
You
know
you're
getting
the
zoning
leave
for
us,
which
we
think
is
valued
at
X
from
the
city
of
Boston.
You
owe
us
this
or
making
it
publicly
available,
showing
all
the
benefits
they've
gotten.
All
the
zoning
variances
they've
asked
for
every
single
time
that
a
check
comes
from
the
city
of
Boston
to
any
of
these
institutions
should
be
on
a
list
and
then
right
next
to
it
in
the
next
column,
how
much
they
owe
us
in
pilot
payments.
C
I
think
a
lot
of
that
is
is
helpful,
with
public
pressure
and
and
the
ability
for
us
to
really
sit
at
the
table
with
truly
informed
individuals,
because
I
don't
believe
that
this
is
something
the
city
of
Boston
is
going
to
be
able
to
do
by
itself.
We
need
everyone
in
this
room,
but
we
need
the
information
from
the
city
of
Boston,
so
that
means
I,
think
annual
assessments
updated
information,
but
also
showing
what
we're
giving
these
institutions
and
it
monetized,
and
to
speak
to
some
of
the
comments.
C
I
wanted
to
be
very
I,
wasn't
sure
if
the
city
had
followed.
I
was
extremely
excited
that
in
the
most
recent
tax
bill,
the
one
thing
that
I
liked
from
the
federal
government
was
that
they
had
agreed
to
tax
Harvard's
endowment.
Are
you
aware
of
that
I'm
not
familiar
that?
Okay,
so
as
of
yeah,
so
Harvard's
endowment
is
now
considered
taxable,
and
so,
when
I,
when
we
talk
about
bold
action
and
leadership
and
I
would
I
want
you
know
I
since
you're
the
Assessor
and
since
you're.
F
So
under
math
state
law,
these
are
also
tax-exempt.
Institutions
so
certainly
require
a
change
in
the
state
law.
I
think
any
change
of
that
magnitude
is
something
that
I
frankly,
don't
know
what
the
impact
would
be
across
the
city
of
Boston,
as
you
heard
from
us
and
and
from
the
Boston
Municipal
Research
Bureau.
These
are
critical
institutions
to
the
city
of
Boston,
and
if
we
were
to
pursue
something
as
significant
has
a
change
in
that
status,
I
think
that's
something
that
we
would
really
need
to
understand.
What
that
impact
will
look
like
so.
C
Just
for
other
people's
knowledge,
it's
1.4
percent
on
the
endowments
of
institutions
that
have
500
students
or
more
with
where
their
endowment
is
about
$500,000
per
student
and
just
expected
to
raise
in
the
next
ten
years.
One
point:
eight
billion
dollars
nationwide.
They
would
apply
to
Harvard
MIT,
Amherst,
Williams,
Wellesley
and
Smith
Harvard,
being
the
only
one
I
think
in
an
actual
Olive
City
of
Boston.
So
again,
I
just
I
would
love
to
see
some
bold
leadership
and
creative
thought.
C
If
the
if
the
IRS
under
this
administration
is
willing
to
do
this,
I
think
the
City
of
Boston
could
try
to
think
of
some
other
forms
as
well.
Also
I
do
understand
that
the
city
of
Boston
is
negotiating
right
now.
Pilot
payments
with
Massport
there.
Their
agreement
is
automatically
renewed
every
single
year
to
pick
up
in
the
line
of
questioning
from
my
call
Mike,
my
colleague,
councillor
Janey,
about
the
community
being
at
the
table,
who
is
negotiating
right
now
with
Massport
and
who
from
the
community
is
represented
at
that
table.
I.
C
F
C
F
So
I
think
certainly
we're
open
to
discussing
anything
that
continues
to
enhance
this
program.
I
do
think
that
when
we
have
previously
gone
back
to
reassess
parts
of
this
program
that
it
has
been
a
comprehensive
review
and
that
it's
been
a
major
undertaking
and
has
really
balanced
all
both
the
contributors,
the
community
and
others,
and
so
I
think
that's
critical
to
any
path
forward
in
terms
of
continuing
to
strengthen
the
program,
I
think
that
defining
community
benefits
is
helpful,
certainly
something
that
continued
community
involvement
enhance
community
involvement
in
defining
those
benefits
with
the
institutions.
F
C
But
but
ideally,
the
guideline
is
then
coming
from
the
from
the
community
first
and
then
when,
when
we,
when
I
hear
about
the
zoning,
for
example,
in
variances
being
provided
or
not
to
these
institutions,
I
think
that
we
do
it
right
now.
When
it
comes
to
other
developers,
we
require,
or
we
negotiate
linkage
payments.
We
require
negotiate
IDP.
We
do
all
sorts
of
things
when
it
we
link
their
their
zoning
benefits
to
housing.
We
link
their
zoning
benefits
to
benefits
for
our
community
right
now
with
the
other
developers.
C
J
You
know
I'm
I,
don't
work
for
the
BPD
a,
but
from
what
I
understand
like
any
developed
in
Boston.
There
is
a
public
process
for
determining
community
benefits
for
many
of
these
tax-exempt
institutions
through
the
institutional
master
plans
that
the
counselor
was
discussing
earlier
under
article
80
of
the
Boston
zoning
code
right.
So
these
you
know
these.
There
is
a
public
process
with
that,
and
the
BPD
I
can
provide
further
details
right.
What
that
looks
like
right.
C
Right
but
just
to
be
clear,
the
zoning,
for
example,
isn't
up
like
the
13%
IDP,
isn't
up
for
community
process,
it
is
implemented
and
those
are
things
they're
just
put
on
and
required,
and
so
to
me,
that's
an
linking
the
zoning
to
a
benefit
or
to
being
able
to
build
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
so
when
they
act
like
builders
and
are
building
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Why
aren't
we
holding
them
to
the
same
standard?
They
have
more
money
than
a
lot
of
these
developers
do
so.
Why
aren't
we
requiring
more.
C
Right,
yeah,
I
I
think
oh
I
appreciate
that
answer.
I
know
you're
pressed
for
time,
but
I
think
that
the
legal
framework
and
that
analysis
should
be.
We
should
be
thinking
about
how
that
changed.
Since
the
IRS
has
found
that
they're
certain
parts,
our
institutions
are
taxable
in
certain
ways:
I
mean
I'm,
those
endowments
I'm
sure
directly
linked
to
the
real
estate
that
they
own
in
Boston,
so
to
a
certain
extent,
they
are
being
taxed
for
that
land.
C
A
Know
you
have
to
go
so
if
you
want
to
excuse
yourself
at
this
point
I'd
like
to,
but
you
folks
that
came
in
later,
I'm
gonna
have
to
ask
you
to
find
seats,
and
if
you
can't
this
overflow,
also
in
the
Curley
room
that
behind
me-
and
you
can
go
around
that
way
and
I
do
believe
just
to
clarify
they
do
pay
linkage
fees
and
into
the
jobs.
Trust
as
well.
I
said
on-the-job
stress,
so
I
know
they.
They
contribute
when
they
have
stitute
shuttle
projects.
Okay,
how
so
fine
so.
E
I
was
hoping
that
someone
could
speak
more
to
the
the
tax-exempt
land
that
is
controlled
by
the
state
or
owned
by
the
state.
What
kind
of
what
kind
of
arrangements
are
being
made
there?
It's
a
considerable
chunk
of
land.
Whatever
instruments
currently
exist
and
are
there
folks,
you
know
how
were
they
doing?
Are
they
also
not
fulfilling
their
full
commitment.
G
Counselor
Jenny
that
came
up
earlier
and
I
think
the
answer
is
that
the
state
has
its
own
program
in
terms
of
state
aid
and
provisions
for
state-owned
property.
It's
weak
it,
that's
it
funded
as
it
should
I
think.
There
was
a
time
when
Governor
Romney
had
a
proposal
that
was
gonna
more
fully
fund
in
Boston
was
poised
to
receive
substantially
more
money,
but
that
never
made
it
through
the
legislature.
So
it's
it's
not
a
city
issue
as
much
of
it
is
it's
a
state
program.
G
E
E
G
G
E
Anyone
they
do
and
their
problems
are
our
problems
because
less
and
less
of
our
revenue
coming
through
the
state
and
therefore
there's
more
of
a
burden
in
terms
of
taxpayers,
particularly
residents,
if,
in
fact,
our
nonprofit
institutions
aren't
doing
all
that
they
can.
So
you
know
we're
we're
kind
of
pinched
here
and
so
do
you
have
any
ideas
around
how
we
go
after
them,
whether
they're,
they're,
pinched
or
not?
Well,.
G
K
G
E
I
E
You
have
a
sense
of
whether
or
not
they're
fulfilling
their
obligation,
as
Sam
has
already
mentioned,
and
as
many
in
this
people
in
this
chamber
know
that
this
state
has
has
not
been
fulfilling
its
obligation
in
terms
of
reimbursements.
Do
you
have
a
sense
of
whether
or
not
this
the
because
it's
subject
to
appropriation?
Are
they
in
fact
doing
what
they're
supposed
to
be
doing
with
the
reimbursements
or
you
have
to
get
that
to
me
later?
Well,.
I
I
mean
on
the
state
owned
land.
We
certainly
had
discuss
with
them
that
you
know.
The
way
that
we
would
like
to
looked
at
is
what
would
a
developer
pay
for
this
site
or
what
could
be
done
with
this
site?
And
that's
certainly
not
the
route
that
the
state
uses
for
determining
the
value
of
state-owned
land.
They
look
at
and
I.
E
E
Creep
right,
it's
a
verb
here,
so
there
is
a
sense
of
this
real
perceived
I'm,
not
sure,
but
I
do
know
that
there
are
institutions
that
buy
a
property
that
before
they
bought
it,
it
was
taxable
property
and
once
they
get
it,
it's
not
taxable
property.
What
thoughts
do
you
have
in
terms
of
ensuring,
before
that
happens
before
that
purchase
goes
through
and
I,
don't
know
if
it's
City
only
you
know
it
could
sometimes
be
city
owned,
land
or
privately
owned
land.
But
are
you
are
you
thinking
about
using
that
particular?
E
That
is
an
opportunity
to
kind
of
get
some
of
the
what
is
owed
in
terms
of
the
pilot?
So
if
we
know
there's
institution
acts
that
is
getting
ready
to
purchase,
you
know
X
number
of
square
feet
on
a
big.
You
know,
city
block.
Are
we
using
that
as
an
opportunity
for
leverage
before
that
that
land
goes
into
their
hands
and
becomes
tax
exempt
to
try
to
get
them
to
kind
of
fulfill
their
their
obligations,
particularly
as
councillor
Edwards
already
pointed
out?
E
There
I'm
not
clear
you
could
have
and
not
implying
I'm,
simply
stating
that
you
could
have
a
conversation
to
encourage
them
to
get
up
to
date,
with
whatever
pilot
payments
may
be
owed
to
the
city
prior
to
the
to
the
deal.
It's
a
conversation,
it's
encouragement,
as
everyone
has
said
several
times.
This
is
a
voluntary
program
under
state
law.
So
I
guess
rather
than
just
kind
of
oops,
another
piece
of
land
has
lost,
you
know
been
lost
to
the
city.
Is
there
any
conversation
that
happens
to
say,
hey,
we
understand
you're.
I
I
think
it's
Sam
said
before:
not
all
the
land
that
they
buy
is
next
necessarily
becomes
exempt.
If
it's
not
used
in
furtherance
of
their
mission,
it
does
become
taxable.
So
some
examples
are
the
Catholic
Church
which
closed
churches
and
then
left
them
vacant.
Those
are
being
taxed
by
the
city
right
now,
because
that
is
not
in
furtherance
of
their
mission
or
some
of
the
other
organizations
who
will,
let's
say
land
bank
that
they
buy.
A
I
jump
in
as
well
so
they're
taxed
until
they're
developed
when
they
go
for
their
occupancy
permit,
which
would
distinguish
that
as
a
an
institutional
or
educational
use,
then
it
becomes
tax
exempt.
So
if
they
buy
taxable
property,
they
pay
taxes
until
they
actually
build
the
facility
and
then
occupy
it
and
and
I
guess
apply
for
the
designation
as
an
educational
mission.
E
E
E
A
A
L
Yes,
our
economy
is
totally
in
eggs
in
meds
economy.
It
plays
a
vital
role,
we're
not
disputing
that
creates
thousands
of
jobs,
world-class
institutions
brings
in
students
and
patients
from
around
the
world.
At
the
same
time,
it
creates
challenges
for
us,
since
these
institutions
do
not
pay
property
taxes
and,
as
said
before,
seventy
percent
of
our
revenue
comes
from
property
taxes.
These
institutions
benefit
from
being
part
of
the
vital
fabric
of
Boston
and
they
receive
essential
city
services.
So
what
is
their
responsibility
to
the
city?
L
We
talked
before,
as
you
heard,
that
the
pilot
program
is
a
nationally
recognized
program,
but
we
believe-
and
our
report
indicates,
that
it
falls
short
in
several
areas.
I
don't
want
to
get
into
all
the
areas
so
I'm
going
to
just
summarize.
So
hopefully
you
can
ask
us
questions.
One
is
uneven
institutional
protection
participation.
L
Well,
more
total
cash
funds
are
collected
each
year.
It
is
interesting
to
note
that
increasingly
fewer
institutions
pay
their
full
requested
amount
each
year.
That
number
has
actually
gone
down
in
fiscal
2018.
On
the
most
recent
numbers
from
the
SIPP
released
by
the
city,
only
26%
of
institutions
met
their
full
requested
pilot
payment.
Cash
payments
to
the
city,
Boston's
institutions
as
a
whole
over
the
years
of
the
pilot
program,
have
actually
have
unpaid
payments
of
77
million
dollars.
A
considerable
sum
of
money,
including
17
million.
L
L
The
healthcare
sector
comes
closest
to
meeting
its
obligations,
whereas
universities
and
cultural
institutions
lag
behind,
but
I
want
to
make
very
clear
that
several
of
these
institutions
have
not
only
paid
their
fair
share,
but
these
institutions
hold
billions
in
endowments,
have
millions
in
surplus
revenue
and
paid
more
this
year
in
hedge
fund
fees,
hedge
fund
management
fees
than
they
pay
to
the
city
in
pilots.
So
we
really
have
an
misalignment
here
in
terms
of
our
system,
and
this
is
not.
This
is
all
public
record.
This
is
not
bashing
an
institution.
L
Think
anybody
here
who
owns
a
home
or
pays
rent
in
the
city
has
seen
the
impact
of
that,
because
what
this
has
meant
is
that
our
homes
increase
in
value,
even
though
our
tax
rate
may
have
gone,
we
are
paying
increasingly
more
and
more
and
that's
seventy
percent,
which
we
talk
about
as
revenue
has
increased
each
year.
It
is
not
sustainable
to
ask
Boston
taxpayers
to
continue
to
share
the
to
increasingly
share
the
burden
when,
as
their
property
values
increase.
So
this
is
the
issue
of
valuation.
L
Of
this
property
is
really
a
critical
issue
when
the
program
was
set
and
was
established
in
2010,
it
is
my
understanding
is
that
there
should
be
a
really
a
Shinto
road
like
in
five
years.
Yet
we
are
now
into
the
seventh
year
and
there
hasn't
been
a
revaluation,
so
this
is
really
a
critical
issue
and
I'm
really
glad
that
you
all
asked
that
in
the
earlier
panel
community
benefit
not
and
oversight.
This
is
an
issue
that
is
very
dear
to
my
heart.
L
I
was
part
of
authoring,
a
report
on
the
state
of
hospital
community
benefits
which
I'd
like
to
say,
helped
lay
the
basis
for
the
Attorney
General,
which
is
voluntary
guidelines
to
review
the
hospital
community
benefit
guidelines
and
to
look
at
how
do
we
do
the
most
strategic
investment
that
actually
moves
towards
investing
in
the
social
determinants
of
health,
investing
in
issues
such
as
education,
employment,
violence,
prevention,
housing,
all
of
which
are
really
critical
issues
to
our
city?
The
attorney
general
guidelines
voluntary
now
have
a
framework
for
doing
that.
L
The
Department
of
Public
Health
when
they
look
at
a
determination
of
need,
uses
those
same
guidelines.
Those
guidelines
also
call
for
community
engagement,
a
very
clear
community
engagement
process.
The
community
benefit
reporting
and
transparency.
Well,
there
are
many
great
programs
that
the
hospitals
and
the
universities
may
do.
I'm,
not
here
to
say
which
program
is
better
or
not,
but
I
do
believe
that
there
are
critical
issues
here.
One
is
the
lack
of
transparency.
We
did
not
see
reports
on
the
community
benefits
until
this
year.
For
last
several
years
there
were
no
reports.
L
L
Also,
as
other
people
will
testify
and
I
appreciate
your
comments
of
councillor
Janie
in
terms
of
community
engagement,
the
hospitals
are
required
to
do
community
engagement
as
part
of
the
Attorney
General
and
Department
of
Public
Health
process.
They
do
it.
They
have
a
community
health
needs
assessment
that
looks
that
the
census
tract
information
and
all
the
data.
L
This
is
a
model
that
could
actually
be
used
across
the
city,
and
we
need
to
look
at
how
do
communities
that
are
most
impacted
by
the
institutional
creep
or
by
whatever
else
is
going
on
in
their
community,
actually
have
a
say
on
what
those
institutions
are
doing.
A
university
may
say
we're
giving
scholarships
that
may
be
a
good
choice
but
I
believe
it's
not
the
institution's
choice.
L
It
should
be
a
community
engagement
process,
since
this
is
an
offset
on
Community,
Benefit,
Community
Benefit
means
community
Community
Benefit,
as
I
just
heard
from
the
city,
has
been
a
situation
where
the
institution's
tell
the
city.
What
they're
doing
we
have
a
department.
We
have
a
great
Boston
Public
Health
Commission.
That
is
not
necessarily
engaged
in
that
process.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
things
that
we'd
like
to
fix
about
the
pilot
program.
L
Our
report
has
many
recommendations:
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
all
them,
but
I
just
want
to
give
you
the
categories,
maximizing
payments,
property
valuation,
development
of
a
common
strategic
framework
that
the
city
evaluates
community
benefit
payments
on.
We
believe
that
there
should
be
a
new
pilot
commission
created.
That
looks
at
these
issues.
The
world
has
changed
since
2010
the
affordable
care
act,
challenged
hospitals
and
looked
at
this
whole
issue
of
social
determinants
of
health.
The
social
determinants
of
health
are
what
are
the
issues
in
our
city:
housing,
education,
employments,
violence,
food
scarcity.
L
These
are
all
the
issues
that
we
need
to
be
challenging
ourselves
on
community
benefits.
So
we
want
to
thank
the
City
Council
for
engaging
and
holding
this
hearing
and
beginning
the
process.
We
want
to
use
this
as
opportunity
to
make
the
pilot
a
true
national
model
with
high
level
of
participation
for
all
institutions.
K
Afternoon
councillors,
my
name
is
Johnny
McGinnis
political
director
for
the
Boston
Teachers
Union,
and
we
like
to
thank
councilor
CMO
for
chairing
this
hearing,
and
we
also
like
to
say
thank
you
to
councillor
Edwards
and
asabi
George
for
their
leadership
in
calling
for
and
advocating
this
for
this
issue.
The
btu
is
proud
to
be
a
part
of
the
pilot
action
group
coalition
and
stands
by
its
recommendations
of
for
payment
of
pilot
added
oversight,
a
process
for
transparency
and
engagement
in
community
benefits,
as
well
as
a
revelation
of
nonprofits
property
value
as
educators.
K
We
are
increasingly
alarmed
that
the
pilot
institutions
fail
to
pay
their
full
compromised
contributions,
while
the
schools
struggle
with
chronic
underfunding,
we
hope
to
work
with
the
City,
Council
and
other
stakeholders
to
make
sure
Boston's
pilot
program
serves
our
city,
including
our
schools.
This
year
we
applauded
the
mayor's
initiative
with
an
additional
allocation
of
2.4
million
dollars.
We
are
advocating
that
this
money
be
used
for
direct
service
to
our
highest
need
students
by
hiring
8
school
nurses,
7,
school
psychologists
and
four
social
workers.
K
The
school
funding
crisis
is
exacerbated
by
inaction
at
the
state
level,
and
just
this
concluded
legislation
session
lawmakers
failed
to
update
the
school
funding
formula,
which
is
long
overdue
25
years.
This
creates
added
urgency
for
the
city
to
step
in
to
support
our
schools.
Imagine
what
in
equity
gaps
we
could
close
if
our
wealthiest
nonprofit
neighbors
pay
their
fair
share.
K
Last
year,
our
big
four
universities
posted
an
operational
surplus
of
over
three
hundred
and
thirty
million
dollars,
notably
each
one
spent
more
on
hedge
fund
managers
fees
than
that
in
the
comparative
compared
to
little.
That
was
requested
in
pilot
payments
in
a
time
of
decreasing
federal
and
state
aid
to
our
schools
and
city
services.
A
city
must
act
to
make
sure
all
are
paying
their
fair
share
aside
from
full
payment.
There
are
other
ways
institutions
can
contribute
and
that
this
is
through
targeted
community
benefits.
K
One
such
partnership-
you
may
be
familiar
with
the
counselor
CMO
exists
to
Harvard
and
the
Gardiner
k-8
school
in
Austin
Brighton.
This
partnership
exists
because
of
Harvard's
institutional
master
plan
process
and
the
community
benefits
residents
and
the
city
were
able
to
negotiate
through
this
process,
with
the
support
of
grants
funded
in
part
by
Harvard,
the
Gardner
School
has
been
recognized
nationally
and
internationally
for
his
full-service
wraparound
model
called
hub,
Community
Schools,
which
brings
dozens
of
partners
into
the
school
before
during
and
after
school
for
students
and
Families.
K
This
proves
that
collaboration
works
when
it
comes
conversation
with
the
community.
We
believe,
however,
the
institutions
could
partner
with
our
schools
beyond
the
high
MP
process,
through
a
stronger
community
benefits,
process
and
pilot
that
takes
into
account
the
social,
the
detriments
of
health
and
education
and
engages
deeply
with
community.
In
closing,
we
ask
respectfully
that
our
wealthiest
institutions
grow
with
us
not
on
us.
K
M
Good
afternoon,
I
think
good
afternoon,
Boston
city
councilors,
share
CMO
counsel,
asabi,
George
and
counselor
ed
Royce.
My
name
is
cortina
van
and
I
am
a
staff
member
with
mass,
affordable
housing
alliance
Maha
and
a
concerned
homeowner
in
the
community.
I
want
to
thank
the
Boston
city
councilors
and
those
and
councilor
Janie.
M
Our
wealthy
Boston
nonprofit
institutions,
utilize
essential
city
services,
and
need
to
pay
their
fair
share
of
payment
in
lieu
of
taxes
to
the
city
of
Boston.
These
academic
institutions,
with
thousands
of
students
in
our
neighborhoods,
must
realize
their
role
in
the
housing
affordability
crisis
in
resulting
in
greater
social
economic
is
in
our
city.
M
We
have
met
a
number
of
people
who
have
come
through
our
doors
and
have
received
a
high
volume
of
heartbreaking
phone
calls
from
people
who
are
struggling
to
find
an
affordable
home
to
buy
or
an
affordable
apartment
to
rent
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We're
about
our
working-class.
What
about
our
for
working-class
families?
These
families
are
the
heart
of
our
city.
We
have
to
do
a
better
job
in
supporting
our
neighbors.
The
pilot
program
can
be
a
viable
resource
to
help
our
families.
M
In
order
for
that
to
happen,
we
need
to
make
make
the
necessary
changes
to
the
pilot
process
to
be
more
transparent,
efficient,
fair
and
working
with
the
community
to
assess
and
meet
the
needs
equitably.
We
need
to
expand
the
pie,
expand
the
resources
to
create
more
affordable
opportunities
for
renters
and
homebuyers
and
pilot
can
be
part
of
that
solution.
If
our
institutions
pay
their
share
maha.
M
As
a
member
of
the
pilot
action
group
pack
support
the
following
recommendations
to
improve
the
city
of
Boston's
pilot
program,
one
the
creation
of
new
pilot
oversight
Commission
with
representation
from
community
members
to
ensure
services.
These
organism
organizations
offer
benefit
the
residents
of
the
city
and
meet
a
clearly
defined
needed
mutual
determine
determined
by
the
city.
They
need
to
number
to
hold
nonprofit
institutions
accountable
to
pay
their
full
contributions,
3
the
revaluation
of
property
values
of
pilot
institutions,
as
prescribed
by
the
city's
own
pilot
guidelines.
M
My
home
pays
the
taxes
on
assessed
generated
by
the
city
of
Boston
in
fiscal
year.
2018
there's
no
reason
why
the
pilot
should
be
based
on
assessments
from
fiscal
year
2009,
as
they
had
talked
about
the
guidelines
of
the
the
fiscal
of
the
task
force
guidelines
for
2011,
which
equates
to
the
fiscal
year.
2009
number
for
transparency
and
community
benefits,
reporting
documenting
clearly
how
these
organizations
are
providing
needed,
services
to
city
residents
and
I
think
councillor
Jani
in
highlighting
that
process
of
actual
benefits
for
city
residents
and
residents
being
involved
in
that
process.
M
Number
five
Korean
community
engagement
process
aligned
with
social
determines
of
health
and
education
I.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
this
Boston
city
councilors
and
mayor
Marty
Walsh,
to
make
these
necessary
improvements.
Thank
you
again
for
this
opportunity
to
testify.
N
Afternoon
my
name
is
Nia
Evans
and
I'm.
The
director
of
Boston
Ujima
project,
a
multi-stakeholder
initiative
that
deploys
a
political,
social
and
financial
capital
of
Boston's
working-class
residents
of
color
to
invest
in
and
advocate
for
people
of
color
and
cooperatively
owned
businesses
and
other
initiatives
in
Boston
that
improve
community
health,
build
community
wealth
and
reduce
the
racial
wealth
gap.
N
It
is
an
honor
to
testify
today,
on
behalf
of
the
Boston
Ujima
project
and
also
on
behalf
of
Erin
tanaka
of
center
for
economic
democracy,
who
is
unable
to
join
us
in
person
today,
but
cares
deeply
about
a
pilot
program
that
has
a
potential
to
truly
positively
impact
Boston's
diverse
communities.
As
a
co-founding
member
of
the
pilot
Action
Group,
we
want
to
recognize
that
today's
hearing
represents
months
of
hard
work
by
our
colleagues
and
members.
N
We
also
thank
counselor
at
works
and
asabi
George
for
calling
this
hearing,
as
well
as
councillor
Janey,
counselor,
CEO,
mu
and
other
members
of
the
council
administration,
for
your
active
engagement
with
this
critical
issue.
In
a
time
where
federal
politics
are
failing
us
and
Boston's,
racial
disparities
feel
intractable.
We're
happy
to
add
our
voice
to
this
public,
testimony
to
uplift
the
need
and
opportunity
to
reform
the
city
of
Boston's
pilot
program
as
the
director
of
the
Boston
Ujima
project,
representing
hundreds
of
members
across
the
city.
N
We
strongly
support
the
recommendations
outlined
in
a
pilot
report
by
Eckstein
and
Rodriguez.
Today
we
highlight
the
call
to
create
a
community
engagement
process
to
oversee
and
guide
the
pilot
program
as
a
response
to
our
city's
notorious
racial
health
and
wealth.
Divide
Ujima
is
working
to
create
a
multi-million
dollar
capital
fund
to
invest
into
Boston's
working-class
communities
of
color.
This
fund
will
be
democratically
governed
directed
by
our
members
and
the
residents
of
our
communities.
N
We
are
building
a
participatory
process,
not
just
because
we
believe
that
democracy
is
a
human
right,
but
also
because
we
believe
that
meaningful
community-based
planning
will
result
in
a
better,
more
effective
allocation
of
resources.
As
you
know,
half
of
pilot
contributions
can
be
made
through
in-kind
non-cash
donations.
In
the
last
four
years,
these
donations
have
totaled
over
200
million
dollars.
Currently,
there's
no
space
for
Boston
residents
to
meaningfully
understand
or
influence
these
donations
that
are
made
on
our
behalf.
N
L
So
we
are
particularly
challenged
because
of
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
other
sources
of
revenue
and
I
actually
looked
up
the
number
the
number
the
the
state
budget
provides
only
some
291
thousand
dollars
as
reimbursement
to
Boston
on
state-owned
land
in
20
and
fiscal
2018.
So
that's
the
amount,
that's
the
dollar!
That's
coming
back
and
that's
in
actually
that's
that
that
number
actually
comes
from
the
city
of
Boston
budgets,
so
I
just
thought,
I
think
we
were
sitting
here.
I.
L
Anyway,
but
so
ideally,
I
mean
I
feel,
like
that's
really
an
interesting
question.
You
know
I
think
other
cities
are
experimenting
with
different
different
programs.
So
when
the
Boston
pilot
program
was
established,
I'd
like
to
think
that
it
really
was
a
good
model
and
and
I
think
if
all
the
institutions
paid
their
fair
share,
you
know
we
could
argue
more,
but
that's
what
was
determined
to
be.
The
dollar
amount,
the
percentage
of
potential
city
services,
and
we
had
a
way
of
true
community
engagement.
L
The
dollar
amount
of
money
forgiven
by
the
city
and
community
benefits
over
the
last
seven
years.
It's
270
some
million
dollars,
I
can't
even
imagine.
If
we
had
two
hundred
and
seventy
million
dollars
directed
in
a
common
strategic
direction,
the
things
the
city
might
have
been
able
to
do
so
I
feel
like
the
community
and
be
engaged
in
peace
is
really
critical.
You
know,
other
cities
have
tried
different
things.
They
all
you
know
it's
not
like.
L
L
I
would
say
that
we
have
a
good
start
here,
but
we
really
need
to
think
about
how
to
tighten
it
up
and
be
much
more
strategic
about
it,
and
I'd
like
to
you
know
see
that,
like
the
hospital
community
was
confronted
with
the
same
set
of
issues
on
community
benefits
and
the
Attorney
General
and
the
Department
of
Public
Health
really
looked
at.
How
do
we
take
community
benefit
investment
and
seek
to
be
more
strategic
to
look
at
upstream
issues
that
really
impact
health
and
I?
L
Think
that
that's
a
good
model
and
we
don't
really
have
a
good
framework
in
the
city,
I,
would
say
in
our
report
we
say:
that's
affirm
a
framework
that
we
should
be
looking
at.
It
may
not
be
perfect,
but
you
can't
tell
me
that
the
community
of
Mission
Hill,
where
the
Brigham
Hospital
has
done
a
community
health
needs
assessment,
has
a
different
set
of
health
care,
social
determinants,
educational
needs
than
the
northeastern
community,
because
it's
the
same
census
tract
it's
the
same
community.
C
L
Well,
I
think
that
there's
been
some
indirect
communication
in
terms
of
some
of
the
hospitals
and
they
knew
this
was
going
on
and
I
think
some
of
the
universities
we
have
not
sat
down
and
had
a
formal
conversation.
Our
goal
was
to
bring
community
faith-based
labor
public
health
groups
together
to
talk
about
what's
working
and
what's
not
working,
we
would
love
to
think
we
would
love
to
have
an
engagement
process,
but
we
believe
that
part
of
it
is
that
it's
the
city
who
could
help
bring
us
together.
We
also
feel
that
you
know
there
are.
L
C
And
just
so,
if
I
walk
away
from
this
moment
from
the
action
group
and
your
media
tasks,
assuming
again
that
the
city
is
going
to
continue
to
say
it's
voluntary,
its
voluntary
in
terms
of
enforcement,
but
some
immediate
actions
that
you
think
the
city
can
do
right
now.
What
would
that
list
be?
I
mean
I,
understand
it's
assessing
annually,
I
understand
it's
actually
creating
a
community
benefits
committee
or
Commission.
Is
there
anything
else
that
I
mean
because
this
this
is
not,
that
has
nothing
to
do.
The
voluntary
part
is
about
being
strategic
and
planning.
C
H
L
As
I
think,
you
suggested
the
idea
of
looking
at
when
hospitals
or
universities
or
institutions
come
forward
and
they
want
to
expand.
You
know
asking:
have
you
paid
your
pilot?
How
do
we
do
greater
scrutiny
before
we
automatically
engage
I
understand
quite
well.
These
are
nonprofit
institutions
and
the
voluntary
nature,
but
I
also
believe
there's
a
role
in
terms
of
leadership
and
assertiveness
about
trying
to
get
these
institutions
to
pay
their
fair
share.
My.
C
Last
question
is
I
know
in
the
report.
You
had
mentioned
that
beyond
the
enforcement
and
the
stick
component,
but
highlighting
or
or
doing
something
positive
for
those
institutions
that
are
paying,
even
if
it
is
at
the
2011
numbers,
what
what
ideas
would
you
have
for
for
that
to
tell
University
good
job
or
something
well.
L
This
is
just
off
the
top
of
my
head.
I
mean.
Maybe
there's
a
way
that
the
mayor
honors
those
institutions
publicly.
You
know
you
have
to
understand
the
pilot
website
go
through
who
paid
who
didn't
pay,
whose
community
benefits
not
whose
community
benefits?
That's,
not
what
people
normally
do
in
their
day-to-day
life,
so
I
believe
there's
a
way
that
we
could
highlight
what
the
institutions
are
doing.
Give
credit
to
those
that
are
good
partners.
As
you
said,
good
neighbor
policy,
those
that
are
good
neighbors,
those
that
are
not
good,
neighbors.
E
E
Thank
you
first
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
this
report.
Your
thoughtful
testimony
here
this
afternoon,
but
also
this
report
I,
can't
imagine
the
the
work
that
went
into
this
report.
It
is
very
thorough,
I,
really
appreciate
that
you
have
clear
recommendations.
It's
not
just
here
are
all
the
problems.
One
of
the
recommendations
is
this
idea
of
a
pilot
submission.
Can
you
talk
about
what
the
charge
of
the
commission
would
be
well.
L
First
of
all,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
my
co-author
gets
credit.
Also,
yes,
so
Jonathan
Rodriguez,
who
was
part
of
the
btu
it's
so
so.
The
question
you
asked
is:
what
would
a
new
pilot,
Commission
and
I
wish
other
people
would
ask
I,
don't
want
to
be
the
only
person
on
the
hot
seat
here,
but
I
would
say
part
of
the
so
part
of
the
charge
should
be
to
create
a
process
that
ensures
a
higher
level
of
accountability.
L
A
Know,
I
don't
want
to
interrupt
you,
but
I
tried
to
clarify
what
I
think
is
more
accurate.
Okay,
every
University
and
medical
institution
has
to
provide
the
city
with
the
10-year
master
plan
after
the
previous
one
expires.
There's
a
community
task
force
comprised
of
community
members
as
many
as
12
to
15.
Folks,
the
process
is
public.
It's
a
lengthy
process.
A
E
C
C
So
one
of
the
examples
in
the
annual
port
is
that
a
private
high
school
reported
that
the
money
saved
to
BPS
by
students
not
going
to
BPS
was
a
community
benefit.
Okay,
so
those
are
those
are
the
things
right
or
the
other
one
where
they
have
student
volunteers
who
may
have
volunteered,
even
without
the
the
pilot
program
existing
saying
their
volunteer
hours
in
the
community.
C
L
Thank
you
because
that's
what
I
was
gonna
say
that
there's
two
different
processes:
one
is
the
institutional
master
plan
and
when
I
know,
Harvard
did
its
expansion
Alston
Brighton.
There
was
a
lot
of
discussion
with
the
community
and
the
community
pushed
back
quite
a
bit.
Okay
to
get
additional
funds
and
Harvard
was
I,
assume
fairly
responsive
in
terms
of.
L
A
L
E
I
would
say
that
there
is
room
for
improvement,
certainly
room
for
much
more
community
input
and
engagement.
I
am
certainly
glad
to
see
the
engagement
here
in
the
chamber
today,
and
so
thank
you
again
for
that.
So
you
highlighted
three
things
in
terms
of
the
charge:
higher
level
of
accountability,
greater
scrutiny
and
the
development
of
a
framework
and.
L
E
E
M
That
I
had
was
blessed
to
have
experience
with,
or
at
least
participating
with
years
ago,
was
the
lead
action
collaborative
and
they
consisted
of
people
in
the
community,
along
with
elected
officials
and
Department
of
Health
folks
in
the
city,
Boston's
Health
Department
and
the
charge
was
helping
to
eliminate
that
paint
poisoning
for
children,
and
it
was
essentially
where
people
were
from
different
parts
of
the
city.
It
could
be
volunteer
basis,
but
I,
don't
think
you
know
we
haven't
come
out
with
a
defined
model
as
of
yet
it
would
be
nice
to
look
at
some.
M
N
I'm
being
volunteered
that's
a
term
so
as
I
studied
you
Gemma's
mission
is
to
engage
in
participatory
processes
within
our
own
organization,
and
so
we've
definitely
have
been
working
over
the
last
few
years
to
refine
that
process.
And
so,
while
this
action
group
does
not
have
a
defined
model
per
se,
we
would
definitely
live
to
some
of
the
processes
that
we
have
been
experimenting
with
and
working
to
refine
to
use
that
as
an
example.
So,
for
example,
when
we
think
about
who
would
be
on
the
commission,
we
would
think
about
what
geographical
representation
looks
like.
N
We
would
think
about
what
income
representation
looks
like
on
the
commission
as
I
stated
earlier.
Our
initiative
is
a
multi-stakeholder
initiative,
and
this
makes
me
think
about
your
question
council
at
words
about
conversations
that
we've
had
with
its
institutions.
To
date,
we
would
think
about
what
institutional
representation
would
look
like
on
the
Commission's,
so
that
there
truly
is
a
conversation
between
institutions.
E
L
It
was
representatives,
it
was
chaired
by
an
attorney
who
you
know,
facilitated
the
process
and
in
it
did
do
hearings
around
the
city,
which
I
thought
was
useful
to
look
at,
but
it
included
fairly
high-level
and
not
that
many
community
organizations,
although
it
did
take
testimony
I,
think
that
the
model
that
hospitals
are
moving
to
of
looking
at
their
community
engagement
process
that
does
have
people
who
are
representative
of
the
communities
impacted
and
their
patient
census
is
a
good
model.
To
start
to.
Look
at
I
appreciate.
E
That,
in
terms
of
the
community
engagement
process,
are
there
also
models
that
you
would
share?
Obviously
you
know
different
organizations
may
have
their
own
model.
Perhaps
you
you
know
want
more
time
to
think
about
what
that
looks
like.
But
if
you
have
any
initial
thoughts,
I'm
certainly
interested
well.
L
The
only
thing
I
would
put
into
this
equation,
but
I
feel
that
you
know
this
is
just
you
know
a
starting
process,
and
what
this
looks
like
is
that
under
the
Massachusetts
Hospital
attorney
general
guidelines
and
the
Department
of
Public
Health,
there
is
a
model
of
community
engagement.
I
feel
it's
a
little
too
early
to
evaluate
how
effective
it
is
because
it's
just
going
into
it's
just
being
implemented,
but
it
does
have
a
fairly
extensive
way
of
looking
at
community
engagement,
so
I
feel
like.
L
That
would
be
something
that
a
new
pilot
commission
could
look
at
to
me.
The
advantage
of
that
would
be
that
you
then
have
alignment.
You
have
something
that
is
already
familiar
to.
One
half
of
the
Institute
went
up
to
a
high
percentage
of
institutions
as
well
as
we
don't
want
to
have
20
different
processes.
You
know
the
goal
here
is
to
have
a
regulatory
framework
that
makes
sense
to
people.
Thank
you.
E
B
B
Think
that
that
information
personally
I
think
that
that
information
is
critical
to
know
that
what
these
universities
might
just
my
dad
worked
at
BU
as
a
security
guard
and
I
got
to
go
to
bu
for
free,
and
that
was
a
tremendous,
certainly
personal
benefit
but
family
benefit,
and
we
should
know
that
information.
We
should
be
encouraging
our
universities
to
hire
locally
for
all
jobs,
but
not
necessarily
just
those
security
jobs
for
some
of
the
higher
paying
jobs
along
the
way.
B
So
you
know
I'm
grateful
for
that
and
I
think
that
could
have
a
tremendous
impact
like
it
did
for
my
family
on
so
many
families
across
the
city
of
Boston
in
all
of
these
categories.
But
you
think
about
future
economic,
personal
economic
opportunity
that
you
give
kids
that
can
attend
the
finest
universities
in
the
world
to.
A
A
P
Q
Good
afternoon,
counselors
I
think
if
you
happen
to
testify
today,
I'm
Jim,
kaki
I'm,
the
head
of
the
Massachusetts
nonprofit
network
M&N
is
a
statewide
association
representing
all
types
of
nonprofits.
In
Massachusetts
we
have
over
800
members
statewide.
Several
hundred
of
those
members
are
in
the
city
of
Boston
all
types
of
nonprofits
working
in
partnership,
most
of
them
with
city
and
state
government
to
deliver
critical
services.
We
talked
to
colleagues
around
the
country
who
also
represent
nonprofits
and
who
work
on
these
issues,
and
it's
our
clear
sense
that
the
Boston
pilot
program
is
unique.
Q
It's
I
think
it's
the
strongest
in
the
country.
It
gets
a
lot
of
attention
from
people
around
the
country
and
it
has
made
a
name
for
itself.
So
I
just
offered
that
as
context
there's
a
lot
of
good
work
done
by
the
task
force,
which
has
withstood
the
test
of
time
and
which
other
people
around
the
country
are
now
looking
to
emulate.
One
of
the
things
that
I
that
I
just
wanted
to
mention
in
the
Boston
program.
The
way
it
was
set
up
has
a
lot
of
good
features.
Q
There
is,
however,
one
way
in
which
it
tends
to
hide
or
not
fully
reflect
some
of
what's
going
on.
What
the
formula
says
is
that
your
requested
contribution
is
12
and
a
half
is
12
and
a
half
percent
of
your
property
tax
liability
in
cash
and
another,
and
up
to
twelve
and
a
half
percent
in
community
benefits.
There
are
a
number
of
organizations
that
actually
provide
community
benefits
at
a
level
far
greater
than
that
12.5
percent.
Q
What
shows
up
in
a
spreadsheet
is
the
12.5
percent,
and
so
in
some
cases
there
is
actually
even
more
activity
going
on
than
you
might
think.
Just
by
looking
at
a
single
number.
Having
said
that,
we
know
it
was
crafted
with
a
lot
of
meetings,
a
lot
of
input.
We
know
these
are
always
discussions
that
are
partnership,
discussions
between
organizations
between
communities
between
leaders
and
governments,
and
so
we
appreciate
the
spirit
of
partnership
that
you
bring
to
this
and
that
set
up
the
program
in
the
first
place.
Q
I
wanted
to
provide
one
other,
just
contextual
piece
of
information.
We
were
planning
to
mention
that
federal
tax
bill
coming
in
here
today
that
tax
bill
had
a
lot
of
bad
things
in
it.
That
tax
bill
made
it
much
harder
to
operate
a
non-profit
frankly,
whether
you're,
large
small
or
medium
sized.
There
are
a
lot
of
things
in
it
that
impose
new
burdens
on
nonprofits.
The
provision
about
the
endowment
tax
was
that
was
written
right
into
the
law.
Q
The
IRS
is
now
implementing
that,
but
that
was
something
that
some
Republicans
in
Congress
decided
to
write
into
the
law,
but
in
addition,
one
of
the
other
things
they
did.
They
took
away
the
charitable
tax
deduction
for
charitable
contributions
for
the
vast
majority
of
middle-income
taxpayers
in
the
United
States.
The
result
of
that
is
that
in
2018,
for
the
first
time,
the
cost
of
charitable
giving
will
go
up
by
28%
for
nearly
all
middle-income
donors,
all
over
the
country
we
know
from
our
members.
Individual
donations
are
really
important
to
them.
Q
They
rely
on
those
funds
as
much
as
anything
else,
and
so
in
that
federal
tax
bill.
They
just
upped
the
cost
of
giving
for
middle-income
people
by
28%.
If
it
was
up
to
us,
everybody
would
get
a
28%
tax
deduction
for
charitable,
giving
it
was
taken
away
from
middle-income
donors
and
one
of
the
other
ways
in
which
that
federal
tax
bill
is
creating
new
problems
for
nonprofits.
Q
R
Afternoon,
chairman
siamo
and
committee
members,
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
share
with
you
some
thoughts
about
the
important
role
that
the
private,
nonprofit
colleges
and
universities
play
in
making
Boston
such
a
vibrant
place
to
live,
learn
and
work.
My
name
is
Rob.
Mccarran
I
serve
as
senior
vice
president
and
general
counsel
for
the
association
of
independent
colleges
and
universities
in
Massachusetts,
also
known
as
a
comb.
We
represent
the
public
policy
interests
of
57,
private
nonprofit
colleges
and
universities
throughout
the
Commonwealth
18
private
colleges
and
universities
are
proud
to
call
Boston
home.
R
They
are
equally
proud
to
leverage
their
unique
missions
and
strengths
to
contribute
in
so
many
ways
to
the
educational,
cultural
and
innovation
fabric
of
the
city.
In
Boston.
These
18
colleges
and
universities
educate
over
2,500
Boston
residents
provide
more
than
58
million
dollars
in
financial
aid
to
those
students
from
Boston
employ
well.
R
Over
thousand
Boston
residents
spend
an
incredible
1.7
billion
dollars
in
the
city
for
local
goods
and
services,
pay
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
real
estate,
taxes
and
other
taxes
and
in
collaboration
with
their
affiliated
teaching
hospitals,
as
you've
heard
already
today
attract
nearly
2
billion
in
federal
research
dollars
to
the
common
to
the
to
the
city.
The
colleges
and
universities
in
Boston
also
anchor
our
regional
economy
and
serve
as
magnets
for
attracting
students,
researchers
and
faculty,
who
then
contribute
their
individual
and
collective
talents
to
Boston.
R
At
the
outset,
it
is
important
to
recognize
the
tax-exempt
status
provided
to
nonprofit
colleges
and
universities,
as
charitable
organizations
by
both
the
state
and
federal
government
is
a
precedent
grounded
in
200
years
of
history
and
supported
in
all
50
states.
This
deliberate
and
established
policy
distinguishes
the
role
that
nonprofits
play
in
providing
an
incredible
array
of
mission-based
programs
and
partnerships
that
are
core
to
their
charitable
mission.
It
inherently
recognizes
the
fact
that
the
government
should
not,
and
indeed
cannot
be
solely
responsible
for
bearing
the
cost
of
delivering
such
services.
R
In
short,
it
would
be
virtually
impossible
for
the
city
to
replicate
the
depth
and
breadth
of
such
services
and
the
level
of
civic
engagement
that
already
exists
and
in
when
we
talk
about
or
discuss
the
the
city's
pilot
program.
I
think
it
is,
it's
equally
important
to
acknowledge
several
key
factors
about
it.
The
facts,
the
pilot
program,
as
you've
heard,
is
voluntary
and
and
in
December
2010
mayor
Menino's
pilot
Task
Force.
R
After
nearly
18
months
of
work
and
hearings
released
its
final
report
and
recommendations,
the
task
force
determined
that,
above
all
else,
the
pilot
program
should
remain
voluntary.
The
task
force
found
that
the
voluntary
nature
of
the
program
fosters
a
spirit
of
collaboration
between
the
city
and
nonprofit
organizations.
R
This
environment
allows
partnerships
to
evolve
organically
and
in
ways
that
better
leverage,
the
unique
missions
of
strengths
of
each
nonprofit
organization,
including
colleges
and
universities.
The
second
point,
and
as
you've
heard
several
folks
say
already
today,
the
Boston
pilot
program
is
considered
to
be
one
of
the
most
successful
programs
in
the
country.
The
pilot
program
generates
considerable
revenue
and
benefits
to
the
city.
Seventy
eight
million
dollars
in
FY
18.
It
is
the
voluntary
nature
of
the
program.
R
However,
that
provides
the
flexibility
for
colleges
and
universities
to
be
national
leaders
in
partnering
with
the
city
to
make
impactful
contributions
to
Boston's
residents,
whether
it's
be
used,
multitude
of
scholarship
programs
or
educational
outreach
program
with
BP
at
bps,
Harvard's,
family
van
Arnold,
Arboretum
or
crimson
summer
academy.
Emerson
College
is
ambitious.
R
R
Another
point
that
I
think
it's
important
to
remember
when
talking
about
the
pilot
program
and
I
think
you've
heard
a
little
bit
about
it
earlier
today
is
that
the
the
footprint
of
Boston's
colleges
and
universities
is
small
and
has
remained
stable
over
time.
Less
than
four
percent
of
tax-exempt
property
in
the
city
of
Boston
is
owned
by
colleges
and
universities.
The
vast
majority
of
tax-exempt
property,
more
than
78%,
is
owned
by
the
city
state
of
federal
government.
R
Unfortunately,
they're
the
Bichette
misperception
that
the
colleges
and
universities
own
50%
of
Boston's
Boston's
land
is
runs
contrary
to
the
facts,
and
data
college
and
universities
play
an
essential
role
in
Boston's
vibrant
economy.
They
function
as
anchors
support
the
city's
impressive
bond
rating
and
attract
talented
students,
researchers
and
faculty,
as
well
as
a
growing
list
of
companies
from
across
the
nation
and
around
the
world.
Ge
alexion,
Pharmaceuticals,
Red,
Hat
and
Amazon
are
just
a
few
that
have
decided
that
they
need
to
be
here
in
Boston
to
be
close
to
the
innovation
happening
on
our
campuses.
R
Just
yesterday,
Boeing
announced
that
it's
moving
its
technology
to
subdivision
to
be
closer
to
the
talent
and
innovation
that
defines
the
Boston
area
as
recently
as
May
2018,
both
Moody's
Investor,
Services
and
S&P,
global
credited
Boston's
economic
diversity,
bolstered
by
a
substantial
tax
exempt
institutional
presence
and
a
talented
workforce.
These
findings
were
echoed
by
a
similar
report
produced
by
Moody's
in
2014.
R
R
Tens
of
millions
of
dollars
will
leave
the
state
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
that
could
have
been
spent
here
on
financial
aid
on
construction
jobs
on
research,
that's
leaving
the
state
to
go
to
Washington
DC
as
part
of
that
proposal,
fundamentally
of
colleges
or
universities,
tax-exempt
status,
guarantees
that
its
resources
are
dedicated
to
its
charitable
mission.
Tuitions
and
research.
Grants
alone
do
not
cover
the
full
cost
of
educating
students
or
conducting
research.
It's
private
donations
and
earnings
from
the
institution's
investments
that
covered
the
difference.
R
Institutions
are
responding
to
an
already
fiscally
challenging
environment,
while
also
standing
by
their
commitment
to
partner
with
the
city
to
make
Boston
a
vibrant
place
to
live,
requiring
institutions
to
make
mandatory
or
enhanced
pilot
payments
would
force
them
to
make
significant
and
possibly
mission
altering
cuts
to
financial
aid
and
jobs.
The
two
largest
expenses
expense
categories
for
most
colleges.
It
could
also
limit
the
resources
that
they
are
able
to
use,
in
furtherance
of
the
innumerable
community
benefits,
project
programs
and
partnerships
that
exist
throughout
the
city.
R
In
fact,
this
was
one
of
the
unintended
consequences
that
the
pilot
task
force
expressed
concern
about
in
its
2010
report.
The
story
of
Boston
and
higher
education
is
not
about
lost
revenue.
It's
about
the
ways
that
colleges
universities
are
fulfilling
their
charitable
mission
to
educate
students,
drive
research
and
innovation
and
cures
and
support
communities
according
to
the
institution's
unique
strengths
and,
as
a
result,
helping
make
Boston
the
vibrant
city
that
is
today.
Thank
you.
Thank.
S
You
good
afternoon
councillors
and
mr.
chairman
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
discuss
the
contributions
of
the
Longwood
community
to
the
health
and
education
of
the
city
of
Boston.
My
name
is
Marilyn
Swartz,
Lloyd
and
I'm.
President
of
Masco
I
am
also
a
Boston
resident
and
I
used
to
be
head
of
economic
development
for
the
city
of
Boston,
on
doramin,
Flint
and
so
I
am
always
acutely
aware
of
the
importance
of
working
and
finding
jobs
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
know
that
what
was
one
of
the
questions
about
the
institution's?
S
If
you
go
to
mass
co.org
you'll
find
that
there
is
a
section
called
how
to
find
a
job
in
the
LMA,
and
it
lists
the
HR
departments
of
all
of
the
23
institutions
that
are
in
the
Longwood
medical
and
academic
area
and
we're
always
looking
for
folks
to
work
there.
There
was
also
a
question
on
how
many
people
in
Boston
work
in
the
law
and
the
institution's
I
can
only
tell
you
about
long.
Would
we
represent
just
that
area?
There
are
55,000
people
that
work
there
and
fully
one-third
of
them,
our
Boston
residents.
S
S
Mass
Co
itself
pays
a
hundred
percent
of
the
city's
pilot
request
and
in
addition,
we
undertake
community
benefits
such
as
snow
plowing
and
winter,
to
get
to
any
of
the
MBTA
stops,
because
it
isn't
often
plowed
and
we
do
landscaping
in
the
summer.
Among
many
other
types
of
programs
for
our
23
institutions,
we
offer
a
wide
range
of
services,
including
area
planning
and
development
parking
and
shuttles.
We
try
to
decrease
congestion
in
the
area,
and
so
we
have
a
shuttle
system
about
37
buses
that
are
paid
for
by
the
institutions
and
Masco.
S
We
undertake
telecommunications
and
childcare
in
addition
to
the
cash
payments
that
Masco
makes
to
the
city.
We
bring
money
into
the
city
of
Boston.
By
working
with
this
state
and
the
federal
government,
we
raise
the
money
to
have
a
full
service
station
at
jockey
and
we've
recently
brought
in
money
at
Ruggles,
so
that
that
area
has
more
tracks
more
trains,
people
people
can
get
in
and
out
of
the
area,
and
it
will
help
with
the
development.
S
S
Everybody
has
talked
about
the
voluntary
payments
that
the
institutions
make
and,
in
addition,
though,
to
the
payments
that
the
institutions
are
making
they're
exceeding
the
community
benefit
goals
through
the
contributions
of
the
pay
of
their
programs
and
the
institution's
back
in
2010
made
agreements
with
the
city
on
the
types
of
programs.
I,
don't
know
if
that
had
been
mentioned,
but
the
institution's
can't
just
say:
here's
what
we
do
and
therefore
we
think
that's
our
50%
contribution.
S
S
Where
do
you
want
your
money
going
now,
because,
certainly
that
was
an
understanding
of
the
group
when
it
got
together
back
into
in
2010,
so
a
small
sampling
of
the
programs
that
were
admissible
and
that
are
being
undertaken
now
in
healthcare
and
by
the
way
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
does
a
survey
every
year
where
it
asked.
What
are
the
particular
needs
that
the
hospital
should
be
involved
in
so
millions
of
dollars
in
outreach.
S
The
mammography
van
cancer
screenings
have
gone
out
from
all
of
the
communities
for
women
and
underserved
neighborhoods.
There's
been
financial
support
of
asthma
prevention
for
low-income
in
an
underserved
children
and
the
free
dental
screening
is
that
you've
already
heard
about
there's
also
counseling
and
medical
and
mental
health
services
for
victims
of
violence
and
sex
abuse.
There's
been
a
total
of
177
billion
in
state
community
benefits,
this
isn't
the
cash.
These
are
the
programs
that
the
hospitals
have
given
in
education.
S
The
private
nonprofit
institutions
in
Boston
are
deeply
involved
in
health,
education
and
care
for
the
Boston
residents,
both
within
Longwood
and
in
the
neighborhoods.
Through
these
direct
services
in
Boston's,
community
health,
centers,
they're,
educational
institutions,
students,
faculty
and
staff
provide
countless
services
and
volunteer
hours
supporting
community
organizations
that
make
a
difference
to
Boston
residents
and
the
colleges
that
are
within
the
Masco
area.
Within
the
Longwood
area.
I
have
about
60%
that
stay
in
Boston,
which
is
really
important,
because
often
people
coming
to
the
schools
are
leaving
the
state
coming
here
and
then
going.
S
S
So
that's
why
the
hospitals
would
continue
to
work
in
the
neighborhood
and
health
and
the
colleges
in
education,
so
they,
our
critical
economic
components,
are
interested
in
continuing
to
work
with
the
neighborhoods
and
want
to
make
meaningful
contributions
within
their
particular
expertise.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
Thank
you
I
think
it's
pretty
thorough
and
thoughtful.
Although
there
there
are
still
like
questions
that
are
unanswered
and
I
think
through
the
process
of
today
and
consecutive
hearings
we'll
get
to
it
can,
can
we
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
jobs
piece?
Do
you
have
information
to
share
about
the
you
know
what
the
proxy
people
proximity
to
institutions
how
close
they
live?
B
R
B
Then
yes,
I,
think
that
that's
something
that
will
continue
to
ask
for
and
get
some
I
think
more
concrete
data.
Can
you
also
talk
a
little
bit
about
institutional
creep
as
we
talked
about
it
earlier,
the
growth
of
institutions
again,
universities,
hospitals,
other
nonprofit
institutions
in
the
city
of
Boston?
Do
you
have
any
information
to
share
about
the
physical
growth
of
property
and
sort
of
land
use
in
particular
of
particular
institutions,
but
then
also
have
their
employee
numbers
grown?
Have
their
student
number
grown?
Have
their
number
of
visits
or
exhibit
space?
B
R
What's
my
understanding,
a
lot
of
the
institutions
will
be
submitting
written
testimony
to
to
you
and
the
rest
of
the
counselor,
so
I
think
a
lot
of
that
will
be
included
and
explained
in
great
detail
with
that
written
testimony.
I
just
know
in
looking
at
this
issue
and
looking
at
the
data
from
the
Boston
Municipal
Research
Bureau,
just
looking
at
the
the
footprint
of
the
colleges,
universities-
and
you
know,
we
hear
a
lot
that
it's
you
know.
R
Boston
is
half
half
SIF
its
landmasses
tax-exempt,
but
it
is
at
least
the
footprint
for
the
colleges
and
universities
has
stayed
pretty
stable
and
pretty
consistent,
I
think
what
maybe
people
might
see
construction
going
on
on
campus
and
think
that
there's
a
lot
there's
expansion
going
on,
but
the
data,
at
least
that
we
saw
from
the
research
bureau
suggests
that
it's
been
fairly
consistent
for
an
extended
period
of
time.
Well,.
R
And
those
things
also
increase
I
think
the
economic
benefits
that
accrue
from
the
institutions
and
and
having
the
folks
that
come
here
to
visit
these
campuses
I
mean
we
are
one
thing:
I
didn't
talk
about
there.
The
campuses
are
a
huge
tourist
attraction
for
people
to
come
here
and
money
here,
stay
in
the
hotels
but
go
to
the
restaurants.
No.
B
And
no
I,
don't
certainly
don't
argue
with
that,
all
of
our
institutions.
Again
people
come,
like
you
said,
to
visit
the
universities
check
them
out,
go
to
our
hospitals
for
health
care,
bizarre
institutions
as
part
of
visiting
Boston.
Do
you
have
some
dollar
amounts
related
to
any
of
you
related
to
the
economic
impact
that
those
visits,
whether
for
healthcare
institutions
or
universities?
Have
we.
R
Have
looked
at
some
in
the
past
that
I
could
get
those
to
you.
I,
don't
want
to
try
to
remember
something
and
get
it
wrong
for
you
right
now,
but
we
do
have
I
know.
We've
done
some
we've
collected
some
data
on
spending
student
spending
and
the
economic
benefit
of
that
and
I
think
there's
been
other
individual
institutions
have
done
economic
benefit
analysis
and
we
tried
to
compile
that
data
as
best
we
can.
B
Q
Don't
have
the
total
I
know
there,
I
know
for
a
few
institutions.
The
amount
of
benefits
provided
far
exceeds
the
twelve
and
a
half
percent
for
their
own
institution,
and
you
know
what
working
with
right
now
is
the
kind
of
the
data,
as
it's
reported
the
data
as
it's
configured.
So
as
you're
looking
at
those
questions
going
forward,
it
might
be
worth
factoring
in
in
some
way
and.
S
R
C
R
The
colleges
universities
contribute
in
innumerable
ways
on
all
levels
and
I
think
they're
a
great
a
great
asset
for
the
city
for
the
city
in
the
state
and
and
I
think
that
they
they
contribute
in
terms
of
financial
financial
aid
dollars
that
are
given
not
only
to
Boston
residents
but
to
residents
throughout
the
state.
I
think.
Last
year,
the
number
for
financial
aid
that
was
given
to
Massachusetts
students,
just
Massachusetts
students,
was
in
excess
of
six
hundred
million
dollars.
So.
C
I'm
gonna
agree
with
everything
you
just
said:
I'm
gonna
ask
the
question
again:
is
it
your
organization's
position
that
they
are
paying
their
fair
share?
Yes,
okay,
so
when
you
bring
up
those
different
benefits
and
you
brought
up
a
list
of
them
with
the
jobs
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
what
is
your
organization's
position
then
on
the
or
the
universities
that
have
had
to
have
I?
Don't
know,
organizing
drives
to
create
unions,
to
get
fair
wages?
I've
been
part
of
them
for
graduate
students,
I've
been
part
of
them
for
some
of
the
cafeteria
workers.
C
You're
I'm
sure
you're,
aware
that
there's,
but
the
jobs
that
you're
providing
there's
had
been
copious
amounts
of
organizing
to
make
sure
those
workers
are
paid
appropriately.
You're
I
would
love
to
hear
your
organization's
position
on
the
amount
of
displacement
that's
happening
in
our
community.
We
are
in
a
housing
crisis
despite
the
economic
boom
here
in
Massachusetts
and
so
I'm
just
curious
when
your
unit,
your
organization,
is
talking
about
or
thinking
about
all
the
contributions
the
universities
are
making.
C
R
C
But
this
is
a
Association
is
taking
a
collective
view
on
on
the
at
least
the
fairshare
component
right
and
and
you
you
brought
up
the
job.
So
that's
why
I'm
also
responding
to
that.
So,
if
you're
talking
about
jobs
and
the
collective
in
terms
of
the
quality
that
those
institutions
are
actually
providing,
I
think
that's
worth
that
that
kind
of
analysis,
especially
we're
going
to
use
that
or
call
it
a
benefit.
C
That's
one
caution,
and
then
also
when
we're
talking
about
the
footprint,
as
my
colleague
councillor
sabi
George
brought
up
there's
there
is
a
footprint
and
creep
of
the
students
into
a
lot
of
our
neighborhoods,
and
does
your
organization
look
at
that
or
analyze
at
all
the
displacement
as
a
result
of
actually
in
many
cases,
your
institutions
on
campus
housing
be
more
being
more
expensive
than
even
off-campus
and
market.
We.
C
Yeah,
and,
and
so,
and
the
only
reason
why
I
bring
this
up
is
not
I,
think
it's
someone
I
mentioned
the
bully
or
embarrass
or
two
to
do
anything.
But
if
we're
gonna
talk
about
actual
benefits,
we
talked
about
them.
I
think
we
should
talk
about
them
in
the
holistic
view
of
what
they
are
and
and
and
what
they
aren't.
C
Would
it
be
your
organization's
position
that
the
very
minimum
that
we
should
know
what
the
actual
property
values
are
of
the
properties
that
we're
that
are
being
assessed
for
pilot?
You
know
when
you're
saying
you're
giving
a
benefit.
Wouldn't
you
want
to
know
if
it's
an
actual
benefit
from
2011
numbers
or
2018
numbers
well,.
R
I
think
that's
the
the
role
of
the
city
and
the
assessor's
office
to
make
that
determination,
I,
mean
I,
think
the
the
pilot
program.
They
use
that
as
a
as
part
of
the
equation
with
it
to
look
at
to
see
what
the
how
it
would
be
structured.
But
you
know
it's
and
I
think
it's
just
they've
continued
to
operate
under
that
that
part
of
it
would.
C
You
want
the
city
then,
to
have
more
accurate
data
that
so
you
know
the
goals
and
the
the
the
standards
that
you're
trying
to
say
that
you're
exceeding,
for
example,
I,
think
someone
brought
up
the
fact
that
you're
actually
giving
more
than
what
is
assessed.
Well.
Is
that
really
true?
If
it's
based
off
of
20
2011
numbers
and
not
2018,
when
wouldn't
we
want
a
common,
accurate,
up-to-date
standard,
I
think.
R
They
do
a
good
job
with
their
community
benefits
and
and
I
haven't
seen
all
the
reports
with
trying
to
explain
what
those
benefits
are
and
I
think
a
lot
of
the
benefits
to
those
community
benefits.
Programs
evolved
from
conversations
that
happen
organically
with
community
groups
and
folks
on
the
campus
and
and
I
think
what
what
they
try
to
do
is
make
sure
that
the
those
benefits
are
good
matches
for
the
individual
institution
and
in
the
strengths
of
those
institutions.
Does.
C
R
C
C
C
Displacement
I
talked
about
impacts
at
the
college,
and
universities
are
having
in
community.
That's
from
me
hearing
from
community
saying
this
is
what's
happening.
Do
you
hear
from
community
to
say
what's
happening
for
the
colleges
and
universities
in
Massachusetts?
Do
you
reach
out
to
them
to
figure
out
the
impact
that
you
are
having
on
community?
No.
R
C
And
so
that's
thank
you.
You
talked
to
the
universities
and
colleges
and
so
on
and
so
forth
and
I
think.
What
would
be
helpful,
then,
is
if
we're
going
to
talk
when
you're
advocating
for
them
and
their
interests
to
know
fully
all
of
the
impacts
that
they're
having
so
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
organizations
here
who
I
think
would
love
to
maybe
talk
and
with
you
and
invite.
C
You
can't
speak
for
the
Action
Group,
but
it
would
be
wonderful
to
see
that
kind
of
dialogue
happen
between
the
two
of
you
about
what
college
and
university
is
good
and
bad.
The
impact
that
they're
having
and
to
hear
it
from
their
perspective
I
would
encourage
that
okay
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
got
I
understood
your
numbers
correctly,
so
55,000
jobs,
one-third,
are
Boston
residents.
C
S
C
Don't
know
exactly
with
it
and-
and
you
had
mentioned
that
there
were
several
several
benefits
that
you
mentioned
and
to
to
the
medical
institutions.
Credit
they
have
stepped
up
in
many
many
cases
to
the
plate,
but
is,
is
that
a
result
of
their
nonprofit
status
being
directly
linked
to
or
having
actual
community
benefit
requirement
in
in
its
definition
of
nonprofits?
Or
is
there
something
else
that
you
guys
managed
to
understand
and
do
that
you
could
educate
the
educational
institutions
about.
J
T
S
I
I
do
think
in
the
end
that
tone
today,
I
thought
had
been
very
good,
but
in
terms
of
we
understand
what
everybody
is
trying
to
do.
In
other
words,
you
understand
the
importance
of
the
educational
and
and
healthcare
institutions,
which
is
important,
and
we
understand
the
importance
of
the
city.
We're
certain,
certainly
surrounded
by
the
neighborhoods
of
the
city
and
the
health
of
our
institutions
is
directly
related
to
the
health
of
the
neighborhoods
that
surround
us.
S
So
I
think
that
actually,
everybody
is
trying
their
best
to
say
what
they
do
best,
but
I
think
that
everybody
is
interested
in
working
together
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
continue
going
forward
in
a
way
not
that
there
was
a
problem,
but
that
eight
years
has
passed
since
the
work
had
started
so
talking
together
about
finding
the
best
way
to
continue
we're
continuing
the
work.
H
S
Kennedy
said
in
the
dream
shall
never
die.
Do
you
know
what
I
mean
we're
still
going
forward,
we're
still
trying
to
figure
out
what's
the
best
way
to
work
together
to
fulfill
our
the
mission
of
our
organizations,
as
we
also
help
build
and
enhance
the
city
and
I?
Don't
think
that
there's
anyone
that
has
spoken
here
today
that
isn't
willing
to
sit
down
in
a
room
together
and
figure
that
out
my.
C
Final
question
would
be
I
brought
up
the
federal
tax.
You
add
it
on
to
that
about.
You
know
some
of
the
negative
things
in
there
and
there
was
certainly
worse
things
in
there.
For
example,
you
know
getting
rid
of
the
tax
exempt
taxing
scholarships
for
graduate
students
right,
getting
rid
of
or
heavily
reducing
the
student
loan
repayment
tax
credits,
so
those
things
were
not
in
there.
Ultimately,
we
got
to
this
point
whether
it's
targeting
colleges
and
blue
states
or
not
in
a
University
of
Texas.
If
this
implements
with
implement
with
influence.
C
C
R
It's
already
it's
already
law
and
we've
talked
to
we've
had
several
meetings
with
our
delegation
from
Massachusetts,
and
they
agree
with
our
position
that
it
is.
It
is
wrong.
The
the
tax
will
eventually
60
I
think
it's
65
or
66
percent
of
the
institutions
that
are
impacted
are
in
blue
states.
I,
don't
think
it
applies
to
public
and
I.
R
C
I
know,
but
a
lot
of
this,
this
tax
and
this
general
accounting
for
these
institutions
had
happened
since
I
think
2004.
There
was
an
audit
or
2010
looking
at
especially
Harvard,
and
the
fact
that
it
is
endowment
was
so
large,
and
yet
it
was
still
charging
kids
who's.
You
know
parents
made
$40,000
or
less
tuition
their
work,
incisions
concessions
made,
because
this
is
based
off
of
investment
income
that
the
university
has.
This
is
not
an
in
pursuit
of
its
mission
or
anything.
C
This
is
just
you
know,
based
off
its
endowment
and
these
hedge
funds
that
they're
using
to
manage
even
other
people's
money.
So
so
I
want
to
be
clear.
It
wasn't.
It
wasn't,
there's
a
there's
all
the
other
issues,
I
guess
with
this
money
and
how
it's
been
managed
and
how
much
how
much
money
Harvard
has
been
able
to
make
off
of
its
endowment
and
so
I
think
in
many
cases
the
1.4
percent
tax
at
the
federal
level
might
what
I
find
is
unfortunate,
is
going
to
do
the
going
to
the
federal
government.
C
That's
not
coming
here
locally
and
I.
You
know
I'd
ask
the
city
if
they
would
consider
some
leadership
or
some
sort
of
parity
and
considering
it
since
the
federal
government's
moving
on
it,
but
I
just
wanted
to
put
it
out
there.
This
is
not
as
though
we're
taxing
and
taking
away
scholarship
money-
or
this
has
been
an
analyzed,
looked
at
issue
with
the
fact
that
the
nonprofit
institution
could
have
billions
of
dollars
in
investments,
though.
R
I
think
the
income
I
think
the
tax
is
on
the
income,
that's
generated
by
the
the
investments
and
but
I
think
all
that
money
goes
back
into
the
university
goes
back
into
the
nonprofit
charitable
mission
of
the
university.
It
goes
back
into
the
research
that
they
do.
It
goes
back
into
student
services.
It
goes
back
into
construction
projects
with
generate
jobs
for
construction
workers
it
it
gets,
but
it's
that
money
is
for
the
it's
for
the
University
now
and
it's
for
the
university
20
years
from
now
50
years
from
now
it's
it's.
R
It's
not
a
profit
that
they're
using
it's
it's
money.
That's
invested
back
in
the
university
I!
Think
it
it's
a
good
thing
that
we
have
schools
that
have
those
endowments
cuz.
Though
that's
money,
that's
here!
It's
being
spent
here,
it's
being
spent
to
hire
people
here
to
do
research
here
to
spend
here
and
it's
driving
research
and
when,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
cure
for
cancer,
the
cure
for
Alzheimer's,
it's
coming
out
of
the
research
that's
going
on
and
these
institutions,
whether
it's
dana-farber
MIT,
Harvard
bu.
C
And
but
again
I
mean
you:
you
understand
that
the
university
responded
by
having
to
give
free
tuition
to
students
at
40,000
and
60,000
and
$100,000,
because
it
wasn't
going
into
helping
students.
In
many
cases
the
the
the
university
had
to
adjust
what
it
was
doing,
because
it
was
under
a
critical
eye
and
then,
in
terms
of
all
all
of
those
things
you
said,
I
completely
agree
with.
You
know
a
lot
of
the
research
that's
been
done.
That
also
supports
big
pharma.
C
That
Sports
supports
all
of
these
other
institutions
as
well
happens
at
this
universities
as
well.
It's
the
pursuit
of
knowledge,
good
and
bad.
That
is
that
that's
that
they
endeavor
to
do
so.
I'm,
not
disagreeing
with
you
and
not
beating
up
our
or
attacking
universities
or
the
concept
of
them.
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
I
just
do
not
agree
with
your
your
statement
or
your
organization's
stance
that
they
are
paying
their
fair
share.
That's
all
you.
E
E
R
E
R
R
E
R
R
E
E
Would
you
be
open,
or
any
of
you
be
open
to
to
having
the
city
as
well
as
community
residents
participate
in
determining?
So
this
is
not
about
master
plan
process.
That's
every
10
years!
This
is
about.
We've
got
some
community
benefits
that
we
might
be
deciding
in
the
next
six
months
as
any
one
of
these
institutions
could
do
having
others
sit
at
the
table
and
have
input
into
that
process.
S
I
think
that
that's
that
that's
important
and
that
that
would
be
a
very
worthwhile
effort.
As
I
said,
the
Boston
Health
Commission
now
has
a
survey
I'm,
not
sure
how
that's
done
or
with
whom
it's
done,
but
getting
good
information
about
where
the
need
is
and
how
to
serve
that
need
within
the
mission
of
the
institutions
is
very
worthwhile.
I.
A
A
E
We'd
like
to
thank
all
of
the
panelists,
certainly
everyone
who
has
attended
this
hearing,
everyone
who
was
watching
I
was
very
much
interested
in
hearing
testimony
from
the
public
and
wish
I
could
stay.
I
did
not
realize
that
this
hearing
would
go
on.
I
was
so
long,
but
that
is
just
I
think
an
indication
of
the
interest
and
how
important
this
issue
is,
and
so,
while
the
hour
is
late,
I
do
have
another
commitment
in
my
district
and
cannot
stay.
E
A
You
councillor
Janey,
so
I'm
going
to
call
names
in
the
order
of
which
you
signed
in
some
people
didn't
circle
whether
they
wanted
to
testify
or
not
so,
I'll
call
your
name.
If
you
don't
want
to
testify
it's
your
preference,
you
can
line
up
at
either
podium
and
I'd.
Ask
that
you
stay
to
a
two
and
a
half
minute
statement.
We
have
several
sheets
I
will
give
the
thirty-second
to
wrap
it
up.
Thank
you.
Katelyn
Gaffney
Ruby
were
Ruby.
Reyes
was
here:
Reverend
Walker
Rev
Walker,
mark
Li,
Lu,
Patrick,
Dubai,
Lisa,
almonds,.
U
Afternoon,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
Caitlin
Gaffney
and
I
am
about
to
begin
my
19th
year
as
an
educator
and
vtu
building
ramp
at
the
Maurice
J
Tobin
k-8
school
in
Mission,
Hill
Roxbury
I
am
also
a
proud
alumna
of
Northeastern
University
and
have
been
an
adjunct
in
the
College
of
Professional
Studies
working
with
graduate
students
for
about
15
years
and
now
in
SEIU
member
as
well.
In
that
time,
I
have
been
witness
to
a
multitude
of
changes.
U
Northeastern's
footprint
and
Roxbury
has
significantly
enlarged
the
Tobin
school
lost
our
library
and
librarian.
Northeastern
student
housing
expanded
the
Tobin
school
lost.
Our
student
support
coordinator
northeastern
built
state-of-the-art
buildings
to
open
school
last
I
shared
social
worker
and
could
never
afford
a
guidance.
Counselor
Northeastern
expanded
their
global
reach.
Tobin
school
lost
our
school
resource
officer.
U
U
Would
they
have
rodent-free
classrooms
with
clean
air
vents
and
water?
They
can
actually
drink
well.
I
feel
great
pride
in
the
powerhouse.
That
northeastern
has
become
grateful
for
my
own
first-rate
education
and
the
things
they
already
do
for
the
community.
I
feel
acute
sadness
and
what
I
Boston
book
school
students
continue
to
lose
when
it
comes
to
equity
of
resources,
facilities
and
funding.
V
V
People
are
suffering
because
people
are
suffering.
That's.
Why
I'm
here,
because
I'm
morally
outraged
that
people
are
suffering
from
the
crippling
and
damaging
effects
of
poverty.
Currently
as
it
stands,
they're
there,
the
average
net
worth
of
a
black
of
a
black
person
in
Boston
is
eight
dollars.
According
to
the
Boston
Globe
series
that
was
released
last
year,
the
spotlight
series,
where
the
average
net
worth
of
a
Caucasian
family
is
two
hundred
and
forty
seven
thousand.
V
That's
why
I'm
here
today,
I'm
here
today
to
stand
in
solidarity
to
say
that
it
is
time
for
a
change
and
as
a
result
of
these
institutions,
not
paying
it
is
sixty
million
dollars
that
could
be
used
for
social
good,
for
infrastructure
improvement
for
for
potholes
to
be
fixed
across
the
city
for
job
creations
and
also
for
crosswalk
signs
to
be
placed
in
every
neighborhood
in
Boston.
That's
why
I'm
here
today,
because
social
good
could
be
used
for
the
money
that
has
not,
unfortunately
been
collected
as
of
today.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
W
Good
evening
my
name
is
Mark
Liu
I'm
from
the
Chinese
progressive
Association.
We
represent
over
1200
members,
primarily
based
in
Boston
Chinatown
and
also
other
Boston
neighborhoods.
We
worked
in
power
the
Chinese
American
community
to
work
for
for
legal
rights
and
improve
the
living
work
conditions
for
folks
in
our
community.
In
Chinatown,
we've
had
the
direct
experience
of
living
in
a
shadow
of
large
institutions.
For
decades
we've
dealt
with
the
expansion
of
tossin
Medical
Center
in
such
University,
in
the
heart
of
our
neighborhood.
W
After
years
of
organizing
for
better
neighborhood
services,
Tufts
has
become
a
better
institutional
partner.
I
don't
want
to
take
away
from
the
things
they've
done
to
help
the
community,
but
the
fact
remains
that
they
have
taken
a
third
of
the
land
in
in
the
middle
of
Chinatown
and
in
a
compact,
neighborhood
and
I.
Don't
think
we're
all
in
neighborhood
that
faces
us
in
Boston
with
limited
space,
every
inch
of
land
is
essential
to
develop
affordable
housing
and
social
services
for
our
communities.
W
The
woman
spoke
before
me
spoke
passionately
about
education.
There
is,
you
know,
people
out
people
know
there's
a
60-year
wait
for
a
permanent
library.
In
Chinatown,
so
there's
a
lot
of
needs
that
the
land
could
be
used
for,
and
these
are
clearly
documented
and
they're
still
competing
demands
in
our
neighborhood
for
the
land,
with
a
large
nonprofit
institutions
for
parking
for
for
the
institutions,
as
well
as
housing.
W
Student
professionals
who
work
at
Tufts,
Suffolk
University
in
Emerson,
College
and
other
nearby
institutions
have
squeezed
out
residence
and
housing
that
used
to
serve
working
families,
and
we
can
go.
You
know
some
through
some
concert.
Creek
examples
on
Essex,
Street,
Harrison,
Ave
or
they've
also
provided
the
clients
help
for
the
new
luxury
units
in
our
neighborhood.
W
As
it's
been
presented
today,
there's
almost
78
million
dollars
on
collective
pilot
funding
since
2012
for
further
more
than
the
number
of
institutions
paying.
The
full
pilot
contribution
has
dropped
from
forty
eight
percent
to
twenty
six
percent
in
the
past
six
or
seven
years,
and
this
is
unacceptable.
It
is
unacceptable
when
we
have
a
housing
crisis
which
is
displacing
people
daily
and
the
demand
for
affordable
housing
is
through
the
roof.
W
When
a
chinatown,
affordable
housing
complex
recently
opened
its
waiting
lists
for
for
one
in
four
bedroom
units.
Two
hundred
two
thousand
five
hundred
twenty
seven
people
applied
for
them.
One
of
our
members,
the
displaced
boston
resident,
whose
number
451
on
the
waitlist
said
to
us
you'll
die
before
you
get
a
for
you
before
he'll
get
affordable
housing.
We
need
large
institutions
who
have
the
ability
give
to
support
the
residents
they
are
directly
or
indirectly
displacing.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
O
Good
afternoon
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
today,
my
name
is
Prateek
Dube
and
I'm,
a
student
at
Northeastern
University
and
a
member
of
the
northeastern
housing
justice
coalition.
Having
been
a
student
at
Northeastern
for
the
past
three
years.
It
has
been
very
easy
to
see
the
ways
in
which
Northeastern
has
been
expanding
into
its
surrounding
communities,
both
in
terms
of
its
physical
presence
and
its
influence.
Each
year
in
northeastern
accepts
more
students
than
it
has
the
capacity
to
house,
thus
forcing
more
and
more
students
off
campus
and
into
the
surrounding
neighborhoods
gentrifying.
O
At
the
same
time,
Northeastern
continues
its
efforts
to
reshape
lower
Roxbury
through
developments
like
the
interdisciplinary
science
and
engineering
complex
and
the
Bourke
Street
dorms.
Both
projects
that
were
carried
out
with
little-to-no
Community
Engagement
northeastern
reaps
all
the
benefits
of
occupying
the
communities
that
it
does
but
gives
nothing
in
return,
except
for
displacement
and
gentrification.
Since
2012
Northeastern's
page
is
five
and
a
half
million
or
twenty-nine
percent.
Of
the
fifth
of
the
18
point,
seven
million
the
city
has
requested
from
them
as
part
of
the
pilot
program.
O
This
is
not
due
to
its
inability
and
ability
to
pay,
but
rather
its
unwillingness,
while
northeastern
fails
to
pay
its
fair
share
to
the
city.
It
spends
vast
amounts
on
projects
like
the
225
million
dollars,
Science
Complex
I
just
mentioned,
and
26
million
on
an
athletics
complex,
both
in
lower
Roxbury.
O
A
X
X
Even
Harvard
made
just
in
2017
Harvard
made
three
billion
dollars
just
on
returns
on
its
investment
for
its
endowment,
just
money
that
was
sitting
there
in
its
endowment
they
made
three
billion
dollars
off
of
that
northeastern
paid
as
president
3.1
million
dollars
in
2013
for
his
salary,
not
to
mention
the
Magnificent
mansion
that
he
lives
in
paid
for
by
the
University
on
Beacon
Hill.
The
board
of
trustees
at
Northeastern
has
representatives
of
Goldman
Sachs,
GE,
National,
Grid
and
Exxon
Mobil
B
use
endowment
is
two
billion
dollars.
X
I
mean
this
is
just
a
handful
of
statistics,
but
these
don't
sound
like
nonprofit
institutions
to
me
at
all.
I
graduated
from
Northeastern
year-and-a-half
ago
now
and
I
graduated
with
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
student
debt,
and
that's
just
the
beginning.
That's
just
the
beginning
of
the
at
the
cry.
X
C
to
all
these
crises
that
young
people
are
staring
down
the
barrel
of
there's
the
just
existential
crisis
of
student
debt
that
will
never
call
out
from
under
there's
the
total
lack
of
affordable
housing,
pervasive
low
wages,
lack
of
employment
opportunities
and,
just
generally
a
really
unstable
future,
and
somehow
not
a
single
one
of
these
institutions.
That's
supposed
to
be
providing
this
public
good
has
made
their
full
payment.
X
It
really
makes
absolutely
no
sense
to
me
last
year,
Harvard
paid
3.2
million
dollars
in
their
pilot
payment
and
in
2015
they
were
able
to
pay
58
million
dollars
just
to
seven
investors
to
manage
their
endowment.
It
sounds
like
the
absolute
priority.
These
of
these
institutions
isn't
giving
back
to
the
city,
but
is
is
getting
a
return
on
their
investment,
which
is
actually
money,
that's
being
given
by
people
from
Sallie
Mae.
X
In
my
case,
meanwhile,
in
Boston
you'd
have
to
work
80
hours
a
week
every
single
week
at
minimum
wage
in
order
to
afford
a
one-bedroom
apartment,
and
so
we
hear
that
affordable
housing
is
being
built,
but
the
barometer
for
what's
affordable
is
for
people
that
make
household
incomes
of
$68,000.
A
year,
meanwhile,
more
than
half
of
Boston
residents
make
less
than
$35,000
a
year,
so
even
what's
considered
affordable
by
the
city
is
actually
unaffordable
for
the
majority
of
people
in
Boston.
X
There's
a
tidal
wave
of
people
now
that
are
fighting
against
inequality,
there's
movements
being
in
cities
all
over
the
US,
and
we
have
an
opportunity
to
actually
demonstrate
what
it
would
take
to
build
a
movement
to
fight
back
and
to
hold
these
universities
accountable.
I'm
really
excited
about
that,
and
just
the
very
last
thing
I
wanted
to
say,
is
I
really
didn't
appreciate
what
the
gentleman
from
the
association
of
independent
universities,
whatever
said
about
student
spending
being
somehow
a
community
benefit
that
these
universities
provide.
X
As
someone
who
was
living
off
of
debt
in
college,
I
was
not
spending
anything
other
than
what
I
was
spending
on
my
rent
and
on
basic
necessities,
and
so
I
think
it's
it's
really
important
that
we
don't
allow
representatives
like
that
to
divide
students
in
the
community
and
students
and
working
people
who
are
ultimately
going
to
fight
together
for
a
stronger
pilot
Thanks.
Thank.
Y
Z
Hey
my
name
is
Matt
I'm,
a
graduate
student
at
Northeastern
I'm,
just
here
to
briefly
mention
at
Northeastern
and
really
most
universities
in
Boston
offer
very
limited.
Graduate
housing
I
mentioned
that,
because
several
people
so
far
have
mentioned
displacement
and,
more
broadly,
the
affordable
housing
crisis
that
we've
got
going
on
in
the
city
and
clearly
caught
a
part
of
the
cause.
These
guy
routing,
skyrocketing
rents
I
mean
rent
for
a
one-bedroom
apartment.
Z
It's
risen
about
five
percent
over
the
last
year
over
the
cause
of
this
deals
with
students
moving
into
the
city
and
a
lot
or
maybe
even
most,
of
these
students.
Like
me,
don't
live
in
housing
provided
by
the
university
anyways.
It
seems
natural
to
me,
given
this
connection,
that
university
should
have
a
role
in
solving
the
affordable
housing
crisis.
AA
Hi,
my
name
is
Alex
I'm,
ed
and
I'm.
Also,
a
northeastern
graduate
student
I'm
working
towards
my
PhD
in
computer
science.
I
was
compelled
to
come
today
because
northeastern
alone
is
responsible
for
45%
of
the
pilot
program.
Shortfall
about
1,400
of
my
fellow
graduate
students
and
I
are
employed
by
the
university
to
teach
and
to
do
research.
We
further
the
University's
mission
and
without
our
labor
it
would
not
function.
For
the
past
couple
years
we
have
been
working
to
form
a
union.
I
am
proud
to
be
here.
AA
As
a
member
of
our
unions,
organizing
committee
and
I
appreciate
the
chance
to
share
with
you
my
experiences
as
a
northeastern
employee.
As
a
union,
we
seek
improvements
to
pay
health
care,
child
care
and
the
toxic
abusive
working
conditions
we
work
under
our
newly
unionized
colleagues
at
Harvard
are
fighting
for
the
same.
However,
the
northeastern
university
administration
has
opposed
our
union
at
every
step
of
the
way
through
campus-wide
emails.
They
have
reproduced
the
same
old
anti-union
rhetoric
that
companies
have
employed
for
decades.
AA
AA
What
does
this
have
to
do
with
pilot
Northeastern's
anti-union
behavior
marks
them
as
a
corporation,
like
any
other.
Despite
their
non
profit
label,
they
have
focused
their
resources
towards
expansive
growth,
gobbling
up
real
estate
in
surrounding
neighborhoods
and
pay
their
administrators
six-figure
and,
in
some
cases,
seven-figure
salaries.
Meanwhile,
its
workers
us
fight
for
scraps.
Many
of
us
are
kept
in
precarious
temporary
positions
with
few
protections.
Many
of
the
universities
that
have
fought
pilot
payments
have
also
fought
Union,
as
unionization
campaigns
on
their
campuses.
AA
A
AB
Hi,
my
name
is
Margaret
I
graduated
from
Northeastern
this
past
May,
and
it
was
made
clear
again
and
again
during
my
time
there,
the
lengths
to
which
North
Eastern
will
go
to
suppress
the
voices
and
needs
of
students,
staff
professors
and
community
members
to
maintain
their
business
plans.
We
cannot
rely
on
the
good
faith
effort,
especially
in
the
midst
of
a
housing
crisis
that
is
devastating
to
both
community
members
and
students
alike.
AB
This
was
made
clear
to
me
when
the
university
admin
consistently
denied
students
and
workers
basic
needs
and
desires
after
the
majority
of
students
voted
YES
on
a
referendum
question
proposing
a
$15
an
hour
living
wage
for
all
campus
workers
as
well
as
voting
in
favor
of
the
university
cutting
ties
with
the
fossil
fuel
industry.
It
was
made
clear
when
Northeastern
spent
millions
of
dollars
on
hiring,
as
we
just
heard
a
union-busting
law
firm
to
form
to
fight
the
formation
of
a
grad
student
Union.
AB
While
universities
of
course,
contribute
financially
and
culturally
to
the
City
of
Boston,
they
are
a
leading
cause
of
gentrification
in
our
city
and
their
determination
of
what
Community
Benefit
should
be
is
clearly
flawed.
Northeastern
has
a
2.7
million
dollar
research
contract
with
ice,
and
we
are
going
to
trust
that
they
can
determine
what
will
benefit
the
surrounding
communities
when
these
communities
are
disproportionately
affected
by
that
same
organizations
threat
to
immigrants,
while
some
of
the
community
programs
are
beneficial,
many
of
them
seem
questionable
forms.
AB
Tufts
uses
contributions
to
make
to
Boston
based
nonprofits,
to
get
Community
Program
exemptions,
but
looking
at
the
records,
many
of
these
donations
are
actually
appearing
as
payments
to
get
advertising
in
the
non
profits.
Literature.
There
shouldn't
be
an
exemption
for
community
programs
that
even
the
best
of
which
should
be
provided
anyway,
without
getting
out
of
paying
taxes.
How
can
we
rely
on
the
benevolence
of
the
northeastern
administration
when
its
board
is
dominated
by
members
tied
to
ExxonMobil
to
Goldman,
Sachs,
GE
and
National?
Grid
northeastern
pays
6%
of
their
pilot
payment.
AB
AC
Hi
am
I
up
yeah
Sara
Freeman
Jamaica
Plain
I'm
very
impressed
with
this
whole
hearing
the
panelists,
the
counselors
questions.
The
public
comments
have
been
very
thought-provoking
and
interesting,
I'd
like
to
address
a
missing
piece,
though
the
environmental
community
hasn't
really
been
a
part
of
these
discussions.
We've
been
talking
among
ourselves
about
this
very
topic,
but
not
part
of
a
larger
group.
AC
So
as
a
follow-up
to
some
of
the
previous
comments,
if
there
is
a
commission
set
up
to
look
at
this
whole
issue,
it
would
I
would
like
to
know
how
the
environmental
group
gets
a
seat
at
the
table
and
in
particular,
in
the
second
panel.
The
last
commenter
participant
talked
about
the
possibility
of
directing
contributions,
and
many
of
us
I'll
give
one
example.
AC
Many
of
you
probably
remember
in
the
late
90s
when
the
muddy
river
flooded
and
caused
extensive
damage.
Many
millions,
the
Kenmore
T,
was
closed
for
a
month.
The
MFA
and
Northeastern
were
impacted
and
it's
possible
that
if
they
could
direct
funds
to
these
purposes,
that
would
help
them
as
well
that
it
would
expand
the
pie
and
just
to
clarify
there
are
so
many
worthy
causes.
In
the
city,
this
is
not
to
squeeze
anyone
else
out,
but
to
really
generate
funds
that
are
not
currently
coming
in.
So
thank
you
and.
AD
My
name
is
Ilana
axel
bank
I
graduated
from
Northeastern
and
I'm,
a
member
of
socialist
alternative
I
think
we
need
to
be
honest.
We
have
a
situation
right
now
where
there's
an
absolute,
affordable,
housing
crisis
in
this
city
and
cities
around
the
country.
We
have
the
fourth
highest
median
rent
for
what
bedroom
apartment
in
the
country,
which
has
gone
up
just
five
percent
since
last
year.
AD
Sixth,
highest
median
rent
in
the
country
for
a
two-bedroom
apartment
gone
up,
four
percent
since
last
year,
rents
going
up
and
up
and
it's
getting
harder
and
harder
for
regular
people
to
buy
a
home
in
this
city.
We
also
have
a
situation
where,
literally
over
half
of
all
land
in
Boston
is
property
tax
exempt.
But
who
is
that
half
right?
Who
doesn't
pay
property
taxes,
people
who
own
a
home
obviously
pay
property
taxes?
Everybody
in
here
duh
pays
property
taxes,
but
also
I,
don't
even
own
a
home,
obviously,
because
I
can't
afford
to
do
that.
AD
I
rent
and
but
that
means
my
landlord
is
paying
property
taxes
off
of
my
buildings.
But
you
better
believe
that
my
landlord
isn't
paying
out
of
pocket
she's,
not
paying
property
taxes
out
of
prop
out
of
pocket,
so
she's
incorporating
that
into
my
rent,
so
really
renters
pay
property
taxes
as
well,
who
doesn't
pay
property
taxes.
It's
the
giant
corporate
institutions
like
Harvard,
like
Northeastern
like
bu
and
yeah,
technically
they're,
not
they're
nonprofits,
but
these
are
some
of
the
most
corporate
institutions
in
our
city.
Harvard
is
the
second
richest
nonprofit
in
the
world.
AD
Second,
only
to
the
Catholic
Church,
they
have
a
37
billion
dollar
endowment
and
they
paid
three
million
dollars
to
the
city
in
2017
for
their
pilot
payment.
I
think
this
was
about
9%
of
what
of
what
their
property
taxes
would
be.
So
they
paid
three
million
dollars
to
the
city
for
their
pilot
payment.
What
did
they
pay
their
top
official
for
the
Harvard
management
company
that
oversees
their
endowment?
They
paid
him
fifteen
million
dollars,
so
they
paid
one
guy
who
oversees
their
endowment
five
times,
what
they
paid
to
the
entire
city
of
Boston.
AD
It's
absolutely
outrageous
and
the
City
Council
and
we
needs
to
stand
up
to
them
and
we
need
to
build
a
movement
that
can
stand
up
to
them.
We've
we've
tried
for
years
to
ask
for
voluntary
payments,
but
since
when
has
it
ever
worked
to
ask
for
voluntary
payments
from
courts
from
corporate
institutions?
Unfortunately
the
answer
is
never,
and
so,
in
my
opinion,
we
need
to
make
pilot
mandatory.
AD
We
can't
keep
asking
politely
for
these
things
and
I,
hear
people
saying:
oh
well,
it's
not
in
the
legal
framework
I
understand
that,
but
there's
things
that
we
can
do
in
Rhode
Island.
They
said
that
we're
not
going
to
provide
you
with
city
services
until
you
pay
until
you
make
your
pilot
payments,
the
city
could
say
we're
not
going
to
give
you
we're
not
going
to
allow
your
zoning
appeals
to
go
through
for
higher
buildings
and
higher
buildings.
AD
Until
you
make
your
pilot
payments,
these
are
things
that
the
City
Council
could
do
and
with
the
building
of
a
strong
movement
of
the
widest
layers
of
regular
people
in
the
city
we
can
do
and
just
to
end,
it's
I
think
it's
crucial
that
we
talk
about
where
this
money
goes,
because
as
we're
building
this
movement
and
that's
ultimately,
what
it's
going
to
take.
It
can't
just
come
from
the
City
Council
asking.
We
need
a
movement
as
we're
building
this
movement.
We
need
to
talk
about
where
this
money
is
going
to
go.
AD
We
should
tax
the
big
universities
to
fund
the
construction
of
new
high
quality
public
and
permanently
affordable,
affordable
housing,
and
we
should
also
talk
about
over
repealing
the
statewide
ban
on
rent
control
because
we
can't
just
afford
to
build
new,
affordable
housing.
We
need
that.
We
also
need
to
protect
the
current
homes
that
we
have
from
greedy
landlords
and
corporate
developers.
So
we
need
to
stand
up
to
the
big
universities,
tax,
the
big
universities
and
fund,
affordable
housing.
Thank.
A
P
Hi,
my
name
is
Ashley.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
I
am
also
a
member
of
socialist
alternative
and
I'm
a
resident
of
Dorchester
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
which
has
been
a
national
leader
on
same-sex
marriage,
healthcare
and
other
progressive
issues.
It's
outrageous
that
we
forgive
property
taxes
for
the
wealthiest
universities
in
the
world,
while
failing
to
ensure
adequate,
adequate
shelter
for
both
students
and
full-time
residents
in
our
community.
P
The
other
half
of
this
crisis
falls
to
those
of
us
who
make
the
city
of
Boston
our
home
year-round
due
to
the
statewide
ban
on
rent
control.
Every
year,
corporate
landlords
are
empowered
to
raise
ramps
as
high
as
they
like.
Knowing
that
every
autumn
a
fresh
batch
of
students
will
arrive
in
town
with
a
blank
check.
I
do
not
view
this
as
a
community
benefit
either.
P
Shirley
Harvard,
with
its
37
billion
dollar
endowment,
can
afford
to
continue
its
scholarships
and
speakers
program
without
burdening
Boston
residents
with
the
weight
of
the
university's,
unpaid
property
taxes,
our
progressive
leaders
on
the
City
Council
should
use
their
platform
to
boldly
advocate
for
the
housing
needs
of
their
constituents.
A
mandatory
pilot
program
publicly
owned,
affordable
housing
and
rent
control.
The
resources
exist
to
build
affordable
housing
in
our
city.
The
will
exists
to
build
a
statewide
movement
for
affordable
housing
and
stabilized
rents,
beginning
here
in
Boston,
and
laws
can
be
changed.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
AE
I'm,
a
mother
of
three
two
of
my
children
are
college
graduates,
I
work
for
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
I've,
been
in
human
service
for
over
30
years,
I'm
homeless,
now,
I'm,
listening
and
receiving
flies,
etc,
and
even
the
homeless
people
that
was
in
this
room
today
have
a
place
to
go
tonight.
I
go
to
my
car
I.
AE
AF
AF
There
are
some
testimonies
in
English
and
Spanish,
but
as
well
as
some
really
interesting,
sometimes
funny
pictures
from
their
kids
about
what
they
would
like
to
be
in
the
future,
including
spies
which
is
interesting,
but
but
they
really
hope
to
be
here
throughout,
but
it
ran
a
little
long
for
them,
but
you
could
see
how
much
they
asked
for
the
participation
of
our
richest
institutions
for
what
they
are
seeing
and
underfunding
of
their
schools.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
A
AG
Counselors
llamo
councillor
George
council
Edwards.
Thank
you
very
much
for
holding
this
hearing
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Richard
Giordano
I
work
at
Sun
way:
community
development
cooperation.
We
are
part,
proud
part
of
the
pilot
Action
Group.
What
I'd
like
to
testify
to
today
is
a
very
specific
nuts
and
bolts
part
of
the
larger
things
that
people
have
addressed
to
you.
Just
in
the
last
few
minutes.
The
community
benefits
part
of
the
pilot
program
is
to
loose
and
to
unaccountable
and
lacks
any
kind
of
guidelines.
AG
So
you
can
do
all
sorts
of
things
to
offset
your
voluntary
tax
payment
I'd
like
to
make
a
concrete
suggestion
about
one
way,
to
establish
a
very
quantifiable
and
very
effective
and
necessary
part
of
what
either
could
be
community
benefit
or
of
actually
the
pilot
system.
As
you
heard
from
the
earlier
testimony,
the
universities
have
done
tremendous
good
things
for
this
city,
but
they've
also
created
tremendous
problems.
AG
I
just
took
a
fast
look
at
the
university
accountability
report
that
the
city
did
for
the
last
year,
there's
approximately
65,000
graduate
and
undergraduate
students
living
in
Boston
off
campus
in
our
housing.
There's
approximately
4,700
students
in
Austin,
eight
thousand
seven
hundred
and
three
thousand
eight
hundred
and
Mission
Hill
and
5,200
in
the
Fenway
Ken
wall
area.
Using
the
city
statistics,
we
are
led
to
believe
that
those
sixty
five
thousand
students
are
taking
over
approximately
ten
thousand
two
to
three
family
buildings.
In
the
city
of
Boston
alone.
AG
AG
You
know,
exploiting
and/or
holding
for
you
know
other
purposes
donated
to
nonprofits
and
Community
Development
Corporation's.
That
will
build
affordable
housing.
Interestingly
enough,
those
properties
will
then
come
back
on
the
tax
roll,
because
affordable
housing
pays
taxes
as
opposed
to
what
the
universities
do
so
I
just
like
to
have
that
as
a
consideration
for
the
pilot
system.
Thank
you.
AH
Howdy,
my
name
is
Marcie
marine
Han
and
I
actually
printed
out
and
brought
copies
of
my
prepared
remarks.
I,
don't
think,
there's
enough
time
and
you've
been
sitting
here
all
day
for
me
to
go
through
them
all.
But
let
me
just
summarize
what
I,
what
I
have
to
say?
I
am
the
founder
and
director
of
an
entity.
AH
What
you
are
discussing
today
within
the
larger
context
of
wealth
power
and
the
public
interest,
and
there
are
several
reasons
for
that-
let
me
just
run
through
them
briefly.
One
is
that,
50
years
ago,
my
father
was
the
mayor
of
the
capital
of
Michigan
at
a
time
1968,
when
the
nation
was
swept
up
in
all
kinds
of
cultural
changes,
particularly
political
battles
affecting
race
and
the
war,
and
changing
cultural
norms.
I
came
here
in
1971
and
came
to
Boston
or
to
Cambridge.
AH
Actually
in
1975
found
myself
as
a
graduate
student
as
a
doctoral
student
at
Harvard
retained
by
a
professor
at
Harvard
Law
School
named
Oliver
Oldman,
who
was
canoes
at
axe
professor,
who
was
conducting
a
study
of
tax-exempt
property
in
Boston.
That
is,
when
I
first
learned
that
60%
of
the
dirt
of
the
real
estate
in
Boston
was
off.
The
tax
rolls
and
the
work
that
Professor
Alban
did
in
conjunction
with
the
Lincoln
Institute
of
land
policy,
served
as
a
building
block
for
the
early
days
of
what
we
now
call
Pilate.
AH
Meanwhile,
knowing
that
property
tax
revenues
are
not
enough
to
generate
the
revenues
that
are
needed
to
do
business
and
that
you
all
are
constrained
by
the
trifecta
of
rising
pension
costs,
fixed
costs
on
debt
servicing
loans
and
then
limited
revenues.
What
you
are
facing
is
trying
to
pay
for
services
within
a
limited
frame
that
fails
to
address
billions
of
dollars
in
financial
capital
that
surround
you
every
day
over
the
years
and
I
worked
on
the
Boston
school
desegregation
case.
AH
So
I
know
very
well
about
what
is
called
for
in
terms
of
institutional
reform,
new
arrangements,
new
structures
that
will
allow
for
the
public
interest
to
be
served
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
learned
when
I
started
getting
into
the
money
and
morality
business
in
1983
and
when
I
testified
before
the
Boston
City
Council.
At
the
request
of
Charles
Yancey
in
1984.
AH
On
a
bill
that
a
proposal
he
had
for
South
Africa
related
to
vesting
that
there
are
vast
pools
of
financial
capital,
not
that
could
be
given
away,
but
that
could
be
invested
and
that
the
tax-exempt
institutions
that
are
on
your
list
are
a
fraction
of
the
pool
of
available
capital
that
is
out
there.
That
could
be
invested
in
ways
that
advance
the
very
same
public
interest,
opportunities
and
priorities
that
you're
addressing
today.
AH
AH
Many
good
people
who
bring
different
definitions
and
solution
sets
to
the
table
that
you
also
look
not
just
at
what
might
be
given
away,
but
how
literally
billions
tens
of
billions
of
dollars
in
financial
assets
might
be
invested
in
ways
that
advance
affordable
housing,
decent
work,
criminal
justice
reform,
clean
energy
and
all
the
other
priorities
that
exist.
There
is
a
vast
I
know
that
you
want
to
cut
me
off,
but.
AH
AI
AI
Forty
thousand
families
in
the
city
are
on
the
affordable,
housing,
waitlist,
but
even
affordable
housing
in
the
city
is
factored
on
an
income
of
sixty-eight
thousand
dollars
a
year.
Every
year,
these
huge
nonprofit
colleges
enroll
thousands
more
students
than
they
can
house,
causing
much
of
the
housing
supply
in
the
city,
much
of
it
run-down
rat-infested
and
above
market
rate
to
be
rented
to
desperate
students
without
landlords
having
to
make
any
kind
of
improvement
to
the
property.
These
people,
who
inhabited
these
apartments
before
are
pushed
out
by
rent,
raises
gentrification
caused
by
these
colleges,
institutional
creep.
AI
These
colleges
and
other
untaek
scible
institutions
owned
49%
of
the
land
in
Boston,
yet
they
can't
find
the
space
to
house
their
students.
Should
they
not
be
accountable
for
the
gentrification
and
gouging
out
of
the
housing
supply
that
they
cause?
Are
they
somehow
led
the
hook
because
they
sometimes
pay
their
pilots
and
provide
these
unregulated,
disconnected
community
benefits?
Why
are
we
not
asking
the
communities
what
would
benefit
them?
These
large
institutions
are
destroying
communities
with
their
growth
displacing
the
people
who
live
here.
AI
How
is
an
entity
actively
inhibiting
the
health
of
these
neighborhoods
supposed
to
know
what
the
community
needs?
It's
like
asking.
A
candy
salesman
for
dental
advice,
pilot
payments
should
be
used
to
fund
the
building
of
high
quality,
affordable
housing
in
the
city,
and
these
institutions
should
be
held
accountable
for
the
impact
that
they
have
on
these
communities
and
the
displacement
that
they
have
caused.
These
institutions
take
advantage
of
all
the
same
benefits
of
living
in
Boston
that
we
do
so.
Why
do
they
not
pay
their
fair
share?
A
AJ
AJ
The
city
we
were.
Then
we
were
trying
to
get
the
city
to
save,
to
programs
that
that
it's
a
shelter
for
people
in
recovery
and
for
people
living
with
HIV,
the
latter
of
which
is
called
safe.
Harbor.
Those
programs
are
gone.
I
asked
myself
what
you
know.
Why
did
I
wait
for
hours
to
speak
here?
You're
the
only
three
counselors
it'll
left,
so
it
was
again
a
Harris
there's,
no
press
here.
You
know
just
they're
still
living
over
there.
AJ
T
AJ
The
HIV
epidemic
has
not
gone
away
in
the
past
three
years.
Close
to
2,000
people
in
Massachusetts
have
been
infected
and
over
200
people
are
still
dying
every
year
in
the
state.
The
incidents
the
annual
amount
of
new
infections
has
plateaued.
It
was
up
here
now
it's
down
here,
but
now
it's
plateaued
to
about
six
or
seven
hundred
a
year
and
I'm
a
volunteer
housing
case
manager
at
a
big
HIV,
but
nonprofit
I
only
volunteer
eight
hours
a
week.
I
have
50
clients,
I
get
two
new
ones
early.
AJ
It's
where
I
guess
it's
a
plea
at
this
point.
It's
a
play
with
you
to
to
see,
because
this
money
is
tax
revenue
money,
it
could
go
to
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission.
It
could
go
to
fund
400
housing
vouchers
for
the
homeless
that
the
homeless
solidarity
commit
has
been
fighting
for
for
four
years,
so
you're
gonna
save
lives
directly.
If
you
can
help
us.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Y
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Clara
Lucien
I
am
a
teacher,
and
this
year
I
decided
to
do
the
teacher
Leadership
Program
and
my
research
project
focused
on
how
can
pilot
programs
better
serve
Boston
Public
Schools
overall
Boston
Public
Schools
are
continuously
underfunded
and
lacking
in
resources.
So
in
thinking
about
how
boss,
how
pilot
programs
can
better
serve
Boston,
Public,
Schools
I
did
some
research
and
I
had
three
recommendations.
Y
The
first
recommendation
is
the
fact
that
it's
voluntary,
as
was
echoed
by
everyone,
although
it's
voluntary,
it
should
be
a
requirement
that
80%
of
the
contributions
continuously
be
made.
A
second
recommendation
that
I
have
is
having
a
clear
definition
of
community
benefits.
What
what
is
community
benefits?
There's
a
lot
of
bit
ambiguity
surrounding
it.
So
one
of
the
things
that
happens
it
without
a
clear
definition
of
community
benefits.
Many
of
these
institutions
have
a
wide
range
of
services
that
they
file
under
community
benefits
in
establishing
a
clear
definition
of
community
benefits.
Y
Members
of
the
Boston
community
can
provide
feedback
on
the
ways
that
they
can
serve
our
communities
and
Boston
Public
Schools.
The
last
recommendation
that
I
have
is
that
Boston
Public
Schools
could
create
a
database
of
school
needs.
Taxes
and
institutions
can
use
these
databases
to
service
various
Boston
Public
Schools.
Y
In
creating
this
database,
Boston
Public
Schools
establish
strengths
and
weaknesses
within
their
learning
community,
with
through
establishing
the
resources
needed,
schools
can
produce
a
graded
outcome
in
students,
academic,
social
and
emotional
growth
tax
system
institutions
could
look
through
the
database
and
choose
the
school's
I
would
better
suit
their
resources.
These
contributions
can
be
made
in
the
form
of
establishing
scholarships
creating
a
library,
Career
Training
sports
programming.
These
database
would
create
the
transparency
that
is
lacking
with
the
pilot
program.
Y
AF
I'm,
so
sorry
yeah
another
one
of
those
things.
This
comes
from
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
this
one,
because
some
students
were
going
to
read
it
on
behalf
of
the
parent
councils
from
the
Quincy
lower
school
from
the
Winship
school
from
the
Bates
School
in
from
the
Mission
Hills
School.
And
if
this
story
is
interesting
because
they
tried
on
their
own
to
reach
out
to
Boston
College,
to
talk
about
hey
Boston
College.
AF
Can
you
contribute,
through
your
community
benefits
to
this
vital
program
that
we
are
losing
unintentionally
through
vos
public
schools,
opportunity
index
changes
this
year
and
what
they
got?
Unfortunately,
was
a
B
rating
on
the
phone
and
a
lack
of
engagement
when
these
institutions,
when
they
tried
to
reach
out-
and
so
we
really
and
I
Johnny
mentioned
this
in
his
testimony.
AF
AJ
AF
B
You
who
came
today
and
who
are
still
here
right
now
in
the
chamber-
this
is
the
first
I
think
of
a
number
of
meetings
that
we'll
be
together
to
discuss
this.
This
can't
be
a
one-and-done
style
of
hearing
I
think
that
it's
important
to
recognize
the
important
role
that
institutions
play
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but
also
the
partnership
that
certainly
so
many
of
us
in
this
room
they
want
to
have
with
these
institutions,
especially
as
we
as
a
city,
more
and
more
rely
on
property
tax
revenue
from
residents
and
homeowners
across
the
city.
B
I
will
not
say
anything
more
about
that,
because
we
will
have
enough
a
number
of
more
times
to
talk
and
to
hopefully
move
and
act
on
this
issue
on
this
challenge
on
this
concern
on
this
hopeful
recommitment
to
the
pilot
program,
but
I
will
use
this
opportunity
to
plug
because
housing
came
up
a
number
of
times
today,
a
hearing
that
will
be
chaired
by
councillor
Edwards
next
week
on
Tuesday
that
I
sponsored
regarding
vacant,
affordable
units
across
the
city.
It's
Tuesday,
August,
7th
at
2
p.m.
thank
you.
C
This
is
this
is
a
again,
as
my
colleague
mentioned,
this
is
the
beginning
of
a
conversation,
and
what
I
do
hope
we
all
saw
today
was
that
we
can
discuss.
We
can
come
together
and
I
do
believe.
We
can
generate
real,
lasting
solutions
for
our
community,
we're
all
partners
and
stakeholders
in
this.
There
are
no
enemies
at
the
table,
they're
just
better
standards
that
we
can
hold
our
institutions
to
and
I
think
I
look
forward
to
working
with
them
to
create
those
standards
and
I
know.