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From YouTube: Ways and Means FY24 Budget on May 30, 2023
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Ways and Means FY24 Budget: Office of Supplier and Workforce Diversity, the Center for Working Families, Procurement, the Office of Small Business Development, Human Resources, and OEOI on May 30, 2023
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B
Good
morning,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Tanya
Fernandez
Anderson
at
the
district
7
City
councilor
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
ways
and
means
this
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
for
slash
City,
Dash,
Council,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN,
channel
82
and
files
channel
964..
The
council's
budget
review
process
will
Encompass
a
series
of
public
hearings
that
begin
in
April
and
run
through
June.
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We
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record.
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can
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ways
attend
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of
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hearings
and
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We
will
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public
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at
the
end
of
each
departmental
hearing
and
also
at
the
hearing
dedicated
to
public
testimony.
The
full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website
at
boston.gov
forward,
slash
Council,
Dash
budget.
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can
give
testimony
virtually
via
Zoom
for
virtual
testimony.
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can
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review
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or
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boston.gov,
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are
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to
testify.
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state
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affiliation
and
or
residence
and
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your
comments
to
a
few
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
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minute,
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of
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Forum
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for
more
information
on
the
City
Council
budget
process
and
how
to
testify.
Please
visit
City
council's
budget
website
at
boston.gov
forward,
slash
Council,
Dash
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Zero:
two
zero
seven:
six:
six
orders
for
the
capital
fund;
transfer,
Appropriations,
docket,
zero;
seven,
six,
four:
zero,
seven;
six;
seven:
two:
zero:
seven;
six,
eight
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements;
a
focus
area
for
this
hearing
will
be
the
overview
of
the
FY
24
budget
for
supplier,
Workforce
and
Workforce
diversity,
Center
for
Working,
Families
procurement,
Small,
Business,
Development,
Human,
Services
and
office
of
Economic
Opportunity
and
inclusion.
Our
panelist
for
today's
hearing.
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B
For
our
format
today,
we
I'll
be
taking
a
opening
statement
from
my
Council
colleagues
of
30
seconds,
welcoming
the
department
to
do
the
same
if
they
build
the
need
to
do
so,
then
going
to
their
presentation
then
round.
One
of
questions
then
public
testimony
and
if
time
permits
a
second
round
of
questions,
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
that
I've
been
joined
by
my
counselor
president
of
Flynn,
District
2.,.
C
B
D
B
C
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
panel
for
the
important
work
you
were
doing
working
closely
with
mayor
Wu
I'm
interested
in
learning
more
about
the
programs
that
you
offer
how
we're
moving
our
economy
forward,
making
sure
that
small
business
owners,
women-owned
businesses,
immigrant-owned
businesses,
including
veteran-owned
businesses,
have
the
tools
to
be
successful.
I'm
also
want
to
see
what
your
plans
are
for
development,
getting
the
economy
moving
forward,
getting
development
restarted
once
again,
making
sure
people
are
back
to
work.
So
looking
forward
to
the
conversation,
thank
you.
B
F
Good
morning
counselors,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
hosting
this
conversation
Shane
or
any
of
the
other
great
members
of
the
council
staff.
There
are
a
couple
folks
from
our
team.
Sarah
delude
and
Alicia
porcena
that
are
in
the
attendee
section
that
are
part
of
our
conversation
today,
it'd
be
great
to
get
them
on
the
on
the
panelist
side.
F
But
while
while
we
do
that,
just
want
to
again
thank
you
for
hosting
this
conversation
I'm
mostly
here
to
answer
the
question
that
shaguna
wear
suits
at
home,
and
the
answer
is,
as
you
can
see.
Clearly,
yes,
but
here
to
just
go
through
the
oeoi
work
that
we've
done
in
the
last
fiscal
year.
We're
going
to
combine
we're
gonna,
do
this
by
cabinet,
so
there's
the
office
of
Economic
Opportunity
and
inclusion,
the
department,
but
as
the
Economic
Opportunity
and
inclusion
cabinet.
F
F
There
we
go
all
right
so
today,
there'll
be
four
of
us
presenting
myself
Sarah
delude
who's:
our
director
of
operations,
Alicia
porceno
who's,
the
director
of
the
small
business
team
and
Andre
Lima
who's,
the
director
of
what
will
be
the
newly
titled
Department
of
Supplier
Diversity.
But
for
the
purposes
of
this
conversation,
the
department
of
supplier
and
Workforce
diversity.
F
And
then
our
small
business
team
has
a
lot
of
responsibilities
way
more
than
what
you
see
on
this
on
this
slide.
But
as
a
condensed
version,
our
main
streets
program
operates
under
our
small
business
team.
The
mobile
Enterprise
unit
is
focused
on
food
trucks.
Our
outdoor
dining
team
is
located
under
small
business.
F
We've
done
to
lift
a
cap
that
allows
us
to
you
know,
push
more
of
our
contracts
toward
women
and
minority
owned
businesses
and,
finally,
the
contract
opportunity
fund,
which
is
still
currently
available,
as
well
as
the
buying
plan
tool
which
helps
businesses
prepare
for
contracts
with
the
city
as
we
do
it.
Every
single
hearing,
I
always
just
give
a
recap
of
what
the
vision
for
our
cabinet
is,
which
is
one
of
our
resilient
Equitable,
sustainable
and
vibrant
City
that
centers
people
and
creates
opportunities
to
build
generational
wealth
and
again
as
I.
F
We
are
focused
on
racial
Equity,
because
in
Boston,
that
is
what
we
need
to
focus
on,
to
not
only
drive
opportunities
but
redress,
past
Harms
and
so
again,
just
saying
that
everything
that
you'll
see
in
this
deck
will
focus
on
racial
equity
and
everything
that
we
put
out
as
a
Cabinet
will
fall
under
racial
equity
in
terms
of
demographics.
I
think
I
turned
this
over
to
Sarah
is
that
right
is
Sarah
here.
G
F
G
Chair
good
morning,
so
Sarah
delude
the
director
of
operations,
so
diving
right
into
our
department,
oeoi
demographics.
These
are
self-reported
demographics
and
should
round
out
the
information
you
have
in
your
RFI
packet,
but
going
right
down
the
list.
In
our
staff
representation
we
have
13.3
percent
aapi
40
black
African-American,
6.6
latinx,
33.3
percent
white
and
6.6
percent
not
specified.
F
F
A
lot
of
this
reflects
recent
transitions
that
we've
experienced,
and
so
we
are
definitely
going
to
rely
on
our
Council
colleagues
here
to
help
get
the
word
out
for
openings
that
will
be
coming
up
in
each
of
our
departments,
as
well
as
new
positions
that
will
be
available
pending
approval
of
this
Council,
particularly
in
the
department
of
supply
and
diversity,
to
ensure
that
our
staff
are
reflective
of
the
communities.
We
are
all
seeking
to
serve
a
very
quick
snapshot
of
what
our
team
has
accomplished
in
the
last
year.
F
Also
to
help
get
the
word
out.
I
know
this
was
a
focus
of
a
hearing
just
recently,
and
so
we
are
working
to
meet
what
the
desire
of
the
council
is
and
down
below.
You'll
see
just
the
breakdown
of
equity
applicants
so
far,
seven
percent
identifying
as
a
API
69,
black
17
latinx
and
seven
percent
White.
F
F
We're
also
going
to
be
enhancing
and
really
investing
in
our
ability
to
support
foreign
businesses
in
you
know
attracting
foreign
investment
in
our
businesses,
just
ensuring
that
boston-based
companies
are
really
getting
the
investment
and
the
support
that
they
need
not
just
from
the
city
of
Boston
but
throughout
the
country
and
throughout
the
world.
But
on
the
other
fun
side
of
the
work
that
our
Global
Affairs
team
does
you'll
see
here.
In
the
last
fiscal
year,
we
had
two
really
important
Royal
visits.
F
And
finally,
our
business
strategy
team
is
focused
on
business
attraction,
so
earlier
this
year
was
announced
at
Lego
is
seeking
to
move
their
U.S
headquarters
to
the
city
of
Boston,
and
this
would
not
have
been
possible
without
the
work
of
our
team.
Alongside
our
state
Partners
at
Mass,
econ
Peter
a
bear,
the
Healy
Administration
and
many
others,
but
it
was
our
team
that
again
was
really
focused
on
making
sure
we
were
sharing
all
that
Boston
has
to
offer
and
finally
what
it.
F
What
really
attracted
Lego
to
come
here
was
the
vision
of
Mayor
Wu,
as
well
as
the
work
that
we
are
all
doing
in
Partnership
to
make
Boston
a
livable
city
as
well
as
the
diversity
of
the
city.
That
is
what
really
attracted
Lego
here,
that
we
not
only
have
a
diverse
population,
but
we
are
helping
train
people
for
the
types
of
jobs
that
Lego
is
seeking
to
create.
F
This
team
is
also
responsible
for
helping
other
businesses
relocate
to
the
city
and
so
for
43
companies
were
supported
in
their
effort
to
relocate
here
and
expand
throughout
the
city,
and
this
is
the
team
that
also
is
working
on
the
the
Space
Program
in
partnership
with
our
policy
team,
so
they've
reviewed,
350
applications
we'll
look
forward
to
announcing
the
first
set
of
winners
next
month
and
there'll
be
one
or
two
others
that
come
out
over
the
year.
But
again
this
is
the
team.
I
Good
morning,
Madam,
chair
and
members
of
the
city
council,
thank
you
chief
for
for
the
introduction.
So
our
our
work
is
really
focused
on
supporting
businesses,
start
grow
and
build
a
business
in
Boston,
focusing
a
lot
on
micro
businesses,
so
businesses
that
have
less
than
25
employees
and
less
than
2
million
in
revenues,
and
so
part
of
one
of
our
initiatives
has
been
getting
City
Hall
out
of
City
Hall
and
part
of
that
has
been
our
business
walk.
I
So
to
date,
we've
had
40
business
walks,
helped
over
450
businesses
in
terms
of
Engagement
and
then
also
I
mean
engaged
over
100
450
businesses
and
a
supported
200
plus
businesses.
But
within
that
I
think
on.
The
department
has
also
in
terms
of
projects
completed,
we've
completed
over
100
in
62
projects
that
directly
support
our
main
streets
and
Commercial
districts
and
and
then
in
terms
of
community
engagement.
I
More
recently,
we
last
week
we
had
the
honor
of
honoring
30
businesses
that
were
deemed
Legacy
businesses
by
members
of
the
council
and
City
staff,
and
also
the
community,
and
so
this
really
looks
at
supporting
these
businesses,
who
have
been
in
business
10
or
more
years,
one
honoring
them
and
recognizing
them
because
then
also
providing
support
and
resources
towards
these
businesses.
And
so
this
is
a
look
at
the
30
businesses
with
their
families
and
staff.
Here
last
week
and
in
terms
of
our
Main
Street
program,
you
know
the
main
streets.
H
We
were
here
recently
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
our
policy
initiatives,
but
to
give
an
overview
of
certification
accomplishments
for
FY
23
I.
Think
everyone
is
aware
that
certification,
in
addition
to
being
a
method
of
getting
businesses,
technical
support
certification,
is
also
an
eligibility
criteria
for
a
set
of
new
programs
that
we've
built
over
the
past
few
years
and
eligibility
criteria
for
receipt
of
direct
assistance
through
our
Contracting
opportunity
fund
and
also
helps
us
stay
in
contact
with
small
businesses.
H
Businesses
owned
by
people
of
color
and
women
to
help
them
become
aware
of
Contracting
opportunities
of
the
city.
So
over
this
past
year,
we've
hosted
five
community-based
events
to
encourage
certification
and
tabled
and
done
presentation.
At
others.
We've
launched
the
third
round
of
our
Contracting
opportunity
fund,
which
is
a
fund
that
provides
direct
assistance
to
businesses
who
are
interested
in
City
Contracting
and
through
our
weekly
certification
office
hours.
H
We've
provided
over
100
hours
of
support
directly
to
businesses
who
are
either
in
the
process
of
getting
certified
interested
in
getting
certified
or
who
are
already
certified
and
are
going
through
the
process
of
recertifying
or
just
have
questions
about
programs
that
certification
gives
them
access
to.
We
have
now
745
individual
certified
businesses
and
we've
certified
155
new
businesses
this
year.
We
expect
that
number
to
increase
because
the
Contracting
opportunity
fund,
although
you
don't
have
to
be
certified,
to
submit
an
application
for
grant
funding
to
receive
the
grant
funding.
H
You
need
to
be
certified
or
have
a
certification
application
in
the
pipe.
So
we
expect
the
number
of
new
certifications
this
year
to
rise,
probably
to
around
200.
We
have
53
new
certification
application
as
a
result
of
the
Contracting
opportunity
fund
and
if
certain
applicants
who
have
unfinished
applications
do
finish
them,
we
expect
that
number
to
increase
even
more
in
blue
at
the
bottom
of
the
screen.
You
can
see
demographic
information
about
our
current
745
certified
businesses.
H
Eight
percent
of
those
businesses
are
aapi,
41
are
black
owned,
15
are
latinx
owned.
37
of
those
businesses
are
small
local
businesses,
which
means
that
they
have
they're
of
a
certain
size
based
on
the
gross
receipts
of
sales
of
the
business
and
the
number
of
employees
and
the
business
itself
is
located
within
the
city
of
Boston.
Two
percent
are
veteran
owned
and
55
are
women
owned,
as
I
mentioned,
with
the
influx
of
new
applications
that
comes
from
the
Contracting
opportunity
fund.
G
Thank
you
Chief,
so
for
the
office
of
Economic
Opportunity
and
inclusion,
which,
as
a
reminder,
is
30
people
which
includes
the
small
business
unit,
the
business
strategy
unit,
which
includes
cannabis,
Equity,
Global,
Affairs
business
attraction
to
invest
and
grow
the
good
work
that
we're
doing.
We
respectfully
request
in
collaboration
with
the
administration
and
increase
to
our
operating
budget
of
9.8
percent,
which
brings
us
to
6.58
million
dollars.
G
G
We
have
requested
140
000
for
a
rent
increase
to
support
our
small
business
team
so
that
they
can
be
in
a
community
facing
space
which
they
are
not
in
right
now.
This
is
going
to
allow
more
interaction
and
accessibility
for
our
constituents,
which
is
a
priority
of
the
mayor
and
finally,
when
we're
very
excited
about
a
250
000
increase
for
our
small
business
team
for
grant
funding
to
round
out
our
small
business
programming
that
currently
is
restricted
by
federal
cdbg
funding
and
certain
neighborhoods
are
not
eligible
for
that
funding.
H
Again,
this
is
to
help
us
get
out
into
the
community
out
of
City
Hall
to
help
business
owners
understand
the
benefits
of
certification,
whether
that's
the
sheltered
Market
program,
Direct
financial
assistance
through
the
Contracting
opportunity
fund
certification
has
really
become
sort
of
the
entry
point
for
a
lot
of
benefits
that
the
city
has
to
offer
businesses
that
are
owned
by
people
of
color
women
who
are
interested
in
City
Contracting.
So
that
is
where
that
increase
is
coming
from
and
I
think
later
on.
H
In
this
hearing,
you'll
hear
from
Chief
Yuen
and
Jody
Sugarman
Roseanne
about
erjp,
which
is
moving
out
of
our
department
and
into
the
worker
empowerment
cabinet.
So
the
changes
to
our
budget
also
take
into
account
the
fact
that
our
budget
last
year
included
both
of
those
teams
and
it's
now
being
split,
so
the
Supplier
Diversity
Program.
J
J
J
J
The
budget
for
the
procurement
department
is
increasing
by
1.6
million
dollars
over
the
prior
fiscal
year
and
that's
primarily
due
to
the
integration
of
the
Strategic
procurement
team,
which
had
previously
been
incubated.
If
you
will,
in
the
cfo's
office
into
the
existing
procurement
Department,
the
budget
also
contemplates
new
resources
for
this
expanded
and
integrated
department
for
both
personnel
and
contracted
services
to
to
help
grow
and
expand.
This
work
further
and
really
the
the
Investments
are
really
intended
to
come.
J
So
why
are
we
doing
this?
The
the
Strategic
procurement
Department
was
was
started.
Our
office
was
started
a
number
of
years
ago
within
the
cfo's
office
and
really
with
the
intention
of
making
procurement
work
better,
a
faster
easier
for
folks,
lower
the
barriers
for
people
to
do
business
with
the
city,
and
so,
after
a
few
successful
years
of
incubating
this
work,
we
are
moving
it
into
the
procurement
Department
for
a
couple
of
reasons,
one
to
really
reinforce
the
structure
within
Finance
within
the
cabinet.
J
So
the
procurement
Department
retains
the
current
Goods
procurement
and
operations
work
and
that's
the
work
that
we
do
to
buy
cars
and
buy
office
supplies
and
all
of
the
things
out,
Goods
that
we
purchase
on
behalf
of
City
departments,
as
well
as
maintain
some
of
the
central
administrative
services
that
exist
in
that
department.
Currently,
we
are
also
building
out
a
team
focused
on
process
and
continuous
Improvement,
as
well
as
tools
and
technology
training,
again
really
looking
at
process
analysis
and
ways.
J
So
we're
really
trying
to
bring
all
of
these
things.
Under
One
Roof
to
both
better
serve
our
internal
customers,
our
city
departments,
and
make
the
city
of
Boston
easier
to
do
business
with,
and
so
the
investment
you
see
in
in
this
proposed
budget
includes
incorporating
these
all
Under
One
Roof
and
really
building
the
foundation
to
build
this
team
out
and
and
make
the
changes
that
we
want
to
see
happen
here.
So
that
is
very
brief.
K
K
I
think
this
is
probably,
if
not
the
first
time,
the
first
time
in
recent
history
that
human
resources
has
been
given
the
opportunity
to
present
at
this
Council
as
part
of
the
budget
hearing
so
I'm,
presenting
on
behalf
of
human
resources
and
the
people,
operations,
cabinet
and
I'm
joined
by
my
incredible
colleague,
our
executive
director
of
people
and
cultural
Brenda,
Hernandez
part
just
as
either
reminder
or
introduction
about
the
people
operations
cabinet.
We
are
a
brand
new
cabinet.
So
this
is
the
first
full
budget
year
that
we've
had
in
our
existence.
K
You
see
a
similar
set
of
work
streams
here
on
the
people
operations
side,
so
we've
created
three
brand
new
verticals
to
really
help
Elevate
our
Workforce
to
ensure
that
we
are
doing
everything
that
we
can
to
become
the
best
possible
employer
that
we
can,
and
so
the
three
verticals
that
you'll
see
represented
in
people
operations
are
diversity.
So
we
have
an
incredible
director
of
diversity.
K
Our
goal
is
to
really
be
clear
and
consistent
and
predictable.
So
having
documented
processes
that
city
workers
can
access
and
understand,
being
informed
and
responsive,
so
having
Pathways,
where
our
workers
themselves
can
help
inform
the
future
of
what
we
do
when
we
use
data
to
to
help
better,
develop
our
Workforce
strategies
and,
finally,
human
centered,
so
really
working
on
rolling
out
programs
and
policies
that
support
our
workers.
K
So,
for
example,
this
year
in
the
book
of
our
budget,
you'll
see
that
we
rolled
out
an
MBTA
passport
program
implying
better
Transit
benefits
for
our
Workforce.
We
piloted
a
Visa
sponsorship
program,
we
expanded
made
parental
leave
and
those
kinds
of
things
are
what
we
hope
to
continue
in
this
next
budget
year
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Brenda
Hernandez.
Who
is
our
executive
director
of
people
and
culture
who
oversees
our
HR
department.
L
L
Our
major
increases
is
in
Personnel
really
wanting
to
add
to
the
support
that
Alex
just
laid
out
in
all
of
our
newer
positions,
and
so
we
have
some
major
resources
that
we're
looking
to
add
to
our
team
this
year
as
a
director
of
employee
well-being
and
mental
health,
so
to
professionalize
and
level
up
the
city,
Suite
of
wellness
and
mental
health
benefits
and
creating
more
strategic
Partnerships
and
coordination,
adding
additional
resource
to
our
talent,
acquisition
team.
So
focusing
on
recruitment.
L
What
we've
been
up
to
so
prioritizing
efforts
that
encourage
retention,
promotional
opportunities
and
interdepartmental
connections
for
all
of
City
Boston
employees
was,
of
course,
a
focus
on
those
who
are
historically
marginalized.
So
we've
been
working
with
departments
to
establish
a
more
consistent,
Equitable
hiring
process.
L
You
know
training
as
much
as
possible,
diving,
deep
with
police
and
fire
to
establish
diversity
and
recruiting
for
the
cadet
programs,
expanding
publicizing
pipelining
opportunities,
including
the
mayor's
internship
program.
We've
also
been
working
on
updating
our
policies,
including
our
our
employee
handbook,
to
make
sure
we
reflect
a
more
trauma,
informed
and
Equitable
approach
and
we're
working
to
scope
and
upgrade
to
our
I.T
systems
that
will
enable
us
to
better
track
gender
race
and
ethnicity.
Data
and
we've
been,
as
Alex
mentioned,
piloting
Innovative,
employee
benefits,
including
Visa
sponsorship,
Trends
and
benefits
and
housing
assistance.
B
M
M
Thank
you
everyone.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
My
name
is
Trin.
Nguyen
I
have
the
pleasure
of
serving
mayor
Wu
as
the
newly
formed
cabinet
worker
empowerment,
which
is
to
ensure
the
full
participation
of
all
residents
in
Boston's
economic,
Fatality
and
future
I.
Just
want
you
to
know
that
we
do
have
some
of
our
senior
staff
on
board
just
to
answer
questions,
but
to
respect
everyone's
time.
I
will
be
the
the
main
presenter
to
go
through
our
cabinet
structure
and
so
I'll
be
happy
to
introduce
our
team
thereafter
and
answer
additional
questions.
M
Just
briefly,
as
you
know,
the
worker
in
public
cabinet
has
several
goals.
One
is
to
set
the
Futures
policy
and
vision
for
workers
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
is
regulating,
overseeing
and
improving
workplace
conditions
and
health
for
workers,
and
the
third
is
to
expand
economic,
like
our
feelings
for
workers
through
quality
jobs,
skills,
training
and
career
pipelines.
Obviously,.
B
B
M
Can
you
hear
me
now
we
can
okay
great.
Let
me
just
turn
off
my
camera
just
in
case
and
then
the
second
is
the
center
for
Working
Families.
The
third
is
the
labor
compliance
and
worker
protection.
The
fourth
is
the
youth,
employment
and
opportunity.
So
four
major
units
we
do
have
what
we
call
several
hybrids
within
our
cabinet
as
we're
transitioning
next
slide,
please
just
briefly
just
to
let
you
know
that
what's
in
the
city,
budget
are
two
major
units.
M
One
is
the
youth
employment
opportunity
which
you
will
hear
at
a
later
hearing,
which
is
totally
funded
by
the
city
and
also
the
other
department,
which
is
the
labor
compliance
and
worker
protection,
which
is
included
in
the
city
budget.
The
two
larger
units
are
funded
through
grants
and
the
economic
development
Industrial
Corporation,
so
we
leverage
edic's
pilot
funds
for
the
majority
of
our
grants
in
the
office
of
Workforce
Development
in
the
center
for
Working
Families,
which
are
large
budgets
next
slide.
Please.
M
This
just
gives
you
a
brief
overview
of
the
organizational
chart
and
the
programs
within
four
of
the
units.
You
do
have
these
slides
handy,
so
I
apologize
if
I'm
going
to
Fast
Track
this
piece,
but
this
just
gives
you
an
idea
of
references,
names
of
programs
and
various
subunits
within
the
four
departments.
Next
slide.
Please.
M
So
the
first
is
office
of
Workforce
Development,
which
is
part
of
the
worker
in
cabinet.
Next
slide,
please,
and
then
this
just
goes
through
kind
of
like
a
revenue
grants
and
edic
within
the
Workforce
Office
of
Workforce
Development.
As
you
can
see,
the
majority
of
our
funding,
which
is
about
50
million
92
percent
of
them,
are
grants
which
we
leverage
and
only
eight
percent
are
edic
funding.
M
Our
staff
for
owd
is
about
71,
full-time
and
10
temporary,
and
then,
if
we
we
do
a
breakdown
and
an
aggregate
is
78
percent
of
people
of
color,
the
the
Box
on
your
right
hand,
side.
If
you're
looking
directly
at
the
screen
at
approximately
1.15
million,
which
is
part
of
the
office
of
Labor
compliance,
it
is
for
three
of
smaller
programs,
the
City
Academy
expansion,
Life
Sciences
initiative
and
youth
violence,
prevention
Grant
to
Roka,
which
are
very
small
pass-throughs
for
us
to
complement
the
grant
programs
that
we
have
next
slide.
M
Please,
and
then
this
just
really
just
gives
you
a
quick
overview
of
federal
funds
related
to
covid
and
FY
2023
and
24
allocations
to
owd
from
the
city's
budget.
Next
slide.
Please
again,
this
goes
through
the
non-opera
funds
provided
to
the
office
of
Workforce
Development
through
the
city
in
FY
2023.
You
can
see
that
they
are
smaller
in
terms
of
Investments,
and
this
is
to
leverage
our
other
funding
sources
next
slide.
Please-
and
this
just
goes
through
the
office
of
Workforce
Development
strategic
priorities.
M
Various
programs
such
as
the
good
jobs,
Coalition,
the
tuition-free
community
college
program,
City
Academy,
digital
literacy
and
a
variety
of
Leverage
funds
within
the
office
of
Workforce
Development.
Next
slide,
please,
and
just
a
rundown
of
some
of
impact
for
our
tuition-free
community
college
program.
We
have
extended
it
and
expanded
it
to
various
to
include
schools
that
are
of
choice
for
Boston
residents
and
Boston
Public
High
School
youth
are
good
jobs.
M
Metropolitan
Boston,
Grant
Coalition
works
with
a
32
organizations
and
is
a
grant
from
the
the
office
at
the
U.S
Economic
Development
agency,
and
that
is
excuse
me
about
23
million
and
various
the
apprenticeship
initiative.
Youth
works
in
the
summer
learn
and
earn
is
part
of
the
Federal
grant
program
that
then
reallocates
to
the
state
and
to
the
office
of
Workforce
Development.
M
M
M
M
M
This
just
goes
through
an
example
of
one
of
our
units,
which
is
the
center
for
Working
Families.
It
totals
about
3.2
million,
it
does
not
fund,
it
is
not
funded
by
the
city
per
se.
It
is
funded
half
by
the
economic
development
incorporation
and
we
leverage
additional
grants.
Most
of
our
work
has
been
the
majority
of
Grants
and
we
leverage
the
dollars
that
are
given
to
us
next
slide.
M
Please
again,
for
Center
for
Working
Families
will
work
to
provide
credit
building
products
for
low-wage
workers
and
families
in
the
in
within
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
Boston
tax
help,
Coalition
Boston
builds
credit
bank
on
and
Boston
saves
next
slide.
Please
and
we
do
provide
personalized
coaching
and
employment
coaching
for
direct
residents
and
families
so
that
they
can
own
homes,
have
a
competitive,
low
interest
rates
for
student
loans
and
a
variety
of
things,
and
this
works
with
working
families
and
low-wage
workers.
M
We
we
have
31
tax
sites
across
the
city,
approximately
we've
served
11
000
households
bringing
back
21.6
million
into
the
pockets
of
families.
This
just
gives
you
an
idea
of
the
services
and
work
that
is
leveraged
throughout
the
city,
grants,
City
funded
and
a
variety
of
programs.
Next
slide.
Please.
M
M
000
decrease
from
last
year
and
approximately
1.1
million
funds
of
the
Boston
resident
jobs
policy,
as
Andre
Lima.
My
colleague
had
presented
earlier
that
the
Austin
resident
jobs
policy
will
be
Consolidated
into
our
labor
compliance
and
worker
protection
to
be
under
one
unit
that
is
being
managed
by
deputy
chief
Jody
Frozen
Sugarman.
M
So
this
just
goes
through
the
labor
compliance
and
worker
protection
programs
and
ways
in
which
we
are
leveraging
the
cities,
both
procurement
process,
auditing
process
and
a
variety
of
tools
in
which
we
can
use
to
integrate
labor
labor
compliance
and
also
prevailing
wage
in
a
variety
of
worker
protections
into
an
integrated
approach
throughout
the
city
of
Boston.
Next
slide,
please,
foreign.
This
just
goes
through
the
labor
compliance
and
worker
protection
throughout
the
city.
M
You
know
various
City
departments
and
agencies
own
some
of
these
labor
compliance,
wages,
Audits
and
variety
of
things,
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
consolidate
date
that
under
one
unit
next
slide,
please-
and
this
just
goes
through
the
new
workers
rights
website,
which
is
one
of
the
programs
and
services
within
labor
compliance
that
we're
leveraging
and
to
include
and
integrate
into
City
agencies.
Next
slide,
please
and
a
variety
of
workers,
rights,
education,
Outreach
and
events.
M
Next
slide,
please,
and
then
I
just
want
to
say
a
quick
thank
you
to
our
city,
council
and
council,
president
of
Lynn,
for
the
new
ordinance
would
Project
Specific
safety
plan,
training
for
workers,
and
so
the
ordinance
passed
last
week
last
Wednesday
at
12
noon,
and
we're
very
ecstatic
about
that,
and
we
are
excited
to
work
in
partnership
with
you
to
ensure
the
enforcement
and
impact
are
great
for
our
worker
workers
in
Boston
and
families.
Next
slide.
Please.
M
And
then
this
just
goes
through
the
next
few
slides
we'll
just
go
through
the
Boston
resident
jobs
policy,
data,
dashboard
impact
in
terms
of
contracts,
workers
and
breakdown
and
race.
Next
slide.
Please
and
again,
the
next
few
slides
will
focus
specifically
on
these
dashboards,
which
we
have
under
a
Lima,
Jody,
Sugarman,
Rosen
and
also
Chris
Brown
who's.
The
brjp
manager
here
at
this
meeting
to
answer
specific
questions
next
slide.
Please.
M
And
that's
just
kind
of
like
a
quick
overview.
I
know
it's
it's
a
lot
of
information,
but
we
thought
it
would
be
good
to
just
give
you
kind
of
various
pillars
of
our
newly
formed
worker
empowerment
cabinet,
with
the
four
units
in
which
we
have
in
place.
All
four
are
very
unique:
to
have
very
hybrid
budgets,
labor
I'm,
sorry
Center
for
working
families
and
office
of
Workforce
Development
happy
to
take
questions.
M
B
Thank
you
chief
for
that
very
thorough
presentation.
Some
of
it,
some
of
the
slides,
I,
think
there's
something
wrong
with
the
Internet
connection
in
City
Hall.
Some
of
the
slides
will
blurred
and
could
not
be
seen,
but
we
do
have
the
hard
copy,
or
at
least
I've
printed
out
a
hard
copy
of
counselors
can
print
it
out
if
they
have
questions
about
it.
B
I'd
like
to
just
some
clarifying
questions
you
mentioned
there
were
some
moves
of
departments
in
terms
of
Andre,
and
then
there
was
another
move
and
I
I
kind
of
I
didn't
take
notes,
so
I
I
forget
exactly
because
when
Andrea,
when
you
was
explaining
the
justification
for
the
budget
amount,
you
mentioned,
there
was
a
movement
department,
but
you
were
increasing
not
decreasing.
So
I
was
a
little
confused.
H
I
think
that's
correct
and
Chief
Newman
can
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
so
the
portion
of
supplier
and
Workforce
diversity's
budget,
that
is
the
staff
of
brjp
and
non-personnel
budget
line.
Items
that
are
related
to
brjp,
are
going
to
be
moving
into
that
new
Department.
What's
left
over
is
the
Supplier
Diversity
programs
budget
that
part
of
the
budget
is
increasing.
M
B
B
B
J
B
B
If
anyone
can
take
a
stab
at
this,
if
you
were
to
explain
to
the
public
we
work,
we
employ
people.
The
city
employs
people,
the
city
contracts,
people,
the
city
does
empowerment
and
diversity.
The
city
also
does
what
else
like?
How
do
all
of
these
pieces
gets
come
together?
Who
wants
to
help
me
out
here.
F
F
F
B
F
I
mean
I,
I
would
say
counselor,
and
this
is
just
a
snapshot
too
right.
There's
like
four
or
three
cabinets
represented
here,
six
or
so
departments.
But
this
is
a
cabinet
of
I,
don't
know
roughly
15
or
16
different
groups
that
are
all
working.
You
know
to
employ
18
000
people
that
help
make
Boston
what
it
is
today.
This
is
just
the
group
that
so,
for
instance,
Economic
Development.
F
When
you
saw
the
tuition
free
program,
which
I
mean
I
I
challenge
any
other
City
to
compare
themselves
to
what
Boston
is
doing
to
prepare
Boston
residents
for
the
jobs
of
the
future,
using
the
resources
that
we
have
here
in
our
community
colleges,
our
finance
team
and
what
Ashley
mentioned
around
the
procurement
work
that
we're
doing
so.
You
know
the
small
businesses
that
we
have.
F
You
know
they
don't
grow
and
Thrive
and
scale
if
we
are
not
also
doing
business
with
those
businesses,
and
so
the
work
we're
doing
through
procurement
to
award
more
of
our
contracts
to
business,
to
local
businesses
and
those
owned
by
people
of
color
and
women.
And
then
none
of
that
would
be
possible.
The
18
000
employees,
without
the
work
that
our
people
operations
cabinet,
is
doing
not
only
to
ensure
that
we're
marketing
properly
to
ensure
the
workforce
reflects
the
communities
that
we're
serving,
but
also
that
we're
paying
Fair
wages
that
are
also
family.
F
B
And
then
there's
like
three
other
cabinets
to
this,
but
we
don't
have
time
for
that
today.
That
was
very
helpful.
Thank
you.
I
hope
that
was
helpful
for
my
colleagues
as
well
and
to
my
colleagues,
I
I'm
gonna
skip
counselor
Murphy
she's,
not
feeling
well,
but
wanted
to
stay
on
to
participate,
at
least
in
listening,
so
I
think
next
on
my
list.
B
B
M
Yeah
I
I
think
you
know,
as
as
my
colleagues
can
attest
to
we.
We
we
have
a
certain
title,
but
we
do
various
jobs
and
roles
I
mean
we
never
say
no
to
you,
know
the
responsibilities
or
or
gaps
that
are
needed,
and
it
just
happens
to
be
that
I
used
to
be
the
the
director
of
office
of
Workforce
Development
and
then,
as
mayor
Wu
needed
to
elevate
Workforce,
Development
and
skills,
training
and
worker
protection
to
more
of
a
cabinet
level.
M
M
Well,
I
actually
have
10
10
jobs,
but
you
know
as
we're
transitioning
into
the
city.
We
thought
that
we
should.
We
should
just
hold
things
as
steady
and
consistent
as
possible
so
that
we
can
get
the
resources
down
as
quickly
as
possible
without
with
without
any
interruptions
to
the
service
delivery
and
the
quality
of
work
that
residents
need
and
so
for
us
to
keep
the
train
going.
We
we
try
to
play
many
roles
and
fill
the
Gap
as
quickly
as
possible
as
we're
transitioning
into
the
city.
I.
B
Would
be
careful
with
transitioning
to
bringing
in
someone
to
replace
a
wonderful
director
like
yourself
as
well
so
I
get
it?
I
am
going
to
go
to
council
route
for
questions,
and
this
is
a
round
one
then
straight
to
our
listening
session.
If
we
have
I
see
a
bunch
of
attendees
but
not
sure
if
they're
like
city
folks
Shane
could
do,
please
send
me
a
list
if
there
are
people
signed
up
for
public
testimony,
so
we
can
go
to
that
right.
After
Council
row,
you
have
the
floor.
Counselor.
B
D
Does
it
make
more
sense
just
to
house?
You
know
procurements
under
under
Supply
and
diversity,
since
they're
directly
in
contact
with
the
businesses
and
I
think
that
their
policies
kind
of
prioritize,
the
equity
part
of
it
as
well
and
I,
believe
also
it
would
just
kind
of
prevent
from
duplication,
question
I
raised
I,
guess
to
either
Ashley
or
chief
edu
or
Andre,
not
sure
who
can
who
can
take
that
on.
J
And
then
the
procurement
team
is
doing
the
actual
technical
work
of
doing
the
purchasing
getting
contracts
set
up
so
I
think
they're,
really
complementary
skill
sets
and
and
work
that's
happening.
And
you
know
there
is
a
pretty
significant
volume
of
work.
That's
happening
in
our
especially
in
our
Goods
procurement
side,
where
we're
buying
fire
trucks-
and
you
know
pens
paper
thing
things
like
that
and
that
that
happens,
sort
of
invisibly
behind
the
scenes
that
we
have
a
really
strong
operation.
That's
that's
doing
that
as
well.
J
J
It's
something
we're
constantly
thinking
about,
though,
and
if
there
are
more
opportunities
in
the
future
to
more
closely
align
that
work,
we're
happy
to
explore
those,
but
we
think
for
the
upcoming
year
with
the
new
new
resources
and
the
the
scaling
up.
That
will
just
continue
to
strengthen
that
partnership
that
currently
exists.
F
You
know
in
the
last
year
or
two
to
help
push
some
of
these
policies
forward
and
help
us
achieve
some
of
our
goals.
So
I
think
as
as
Ashley
said,
I
think
in
the
future,
to
you
know,
I
think
we
can
reassess
in
coming
fiscal
years
what
what's
happening
with
both
teams
and
and
what
the
council
might
recommend
for
further
aligning
the
work.
D
D
M
That's
a
good
question
counselor.
So
thank
you
for
that.
We
love
the
tuition-free
community
college
program
as
well
right
now.
Our
priority
is
to
work
with
state
funded
schools,
mainly
because
we
can
leverage
those
those
dollars.
So,
unfortunately,
private
schools
such
as
Northeastern
University,
Suffolk
bu,
are
private
schools,
and
so
we
we'd,
like
those
private
schools,
to
pick
up
that
tuition,
but
I
think
that's
our
longer
term
range.
M
D
So
much
more
work
to
do
around
pilot
and
I
I
do
agree
that
you
know
they
should
be
kicking
in
a
lot
more,
but
I
also
want
to
hear
a
little
bit
more
about
the
Boston's
alternative
education
initiative.
Is
this
currently
up
and
running
how
many
students
are
enrolled?
How
does
a
student
get
enrolled
and
have
we
have
and
have
we
had
any
job
placements
so
far.
M
That's
a
great
another,
great
question:
I'd
love,
I!
Don't
have
the
data
in
front
of
me
and
I
don't
want
to
throw
out
information
that
is
not
as
accurate
as
I
like
it
to
be
so
I
I'd
love
to
follow
up
with
you
on
those
specific
questions,
but
for
our
alternative
and
adult
education
or
young
adults.
That's
one
area
in
which
we
want
to
heavily
invest
in,
which
is
looking
at
I,
wouldn't,
say:
alternative
career
Pathways,
but
more
of
a
different
and
diverse
pipeline
for
vocational
tracks
and
different
career
Pathways.
M
That
may
not
be
conventional,
but
will
lead
to
good
paying
jobs.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
aligning
is
to
make
sure
that
those
employers
are
there
with
a
guaranteed
job
placements
for
the
graduates
that
come
out
of
there.
So
we're
putting
the
pieces,
together
with
the
state
on
GED,
adult
basic
education
and
alternative
education
with
Workforce
pipelines,
but
happy
to
share
impact
data
with
you
as
a
follow-up
counselor.
D
M
We
do
a
very
integrated
referrals
with
Boston
Public
Schools.
One
of
the
alternative
school
programs
are
located
in
BPS.
We
have
several
locations
and
then
the
other
piece
is
just
really
referrals
with
our
One-Stop
Career
Centers,
two
of
the
largest
in
the
city
of
Boston
Mass
hires,
one
is
located
in
Roxbury,
the
other
one
is
downtown
Boston,
and
so
we
we're
looking
working
closely
with
our
Mass
hire
centers
for
referrals.
M
We
do
have
to
do
a
better
job
with
locating
those
who
are
not
in
high
schools
and
not
in
the
labor
market
and
then
getting
them
into
this
alternative
Brack.
But
right
now
we
work
closely
with
our
two
state:
math
hire
centers
and
the
Boston
Public
Schools,
as
director
referrals,
I
hope
that
answers
your
question.
Kessler
thank.
B
M
D
C
Definitely
next
I
was
definitely
next.
Okay,
I
didn't
want
to
cut
the
line.
Thank
you
all
for
a
really
impressive
presentation
this
morning,
I'm
so
excited
about
the
transitioning,
the
Boston
jobs,
resin
jobs
program
and
two
worker
empowerment
and
bringing
it
all
into
getting
all
those
things
together.
C
One
one
question
I
had
was
I
think
consider.
Warrell
is
already
alluded
to
it,
just
the
the
career
Pathways
and
our
Partnerships
and
integrating
our
work
with
Boston
public
schools,
because
I
think
career,
Pathways
I
know
preparing
our
young
people
for
the
careers
that
are,
you
know,
available
in
Boston,
so
we
don't
have
to
go
outside
of
Boston
to
find
our
talent.
We've
got
a
lot
of
talent
here.
We
just
need
to
develop
it.
C
You
know
floors
in
hospitals,
I've
heard
of
Judges
cleaning
floors
and
courthouses
from
other
countries
like
there's
a
lot
of
talent,
maybe
Highly
Educated
folks
who
come
here,
but
finding
them
to
find
be
able
to
achieve
economic
success
here
by
working
with
and
then
also
the
other
issue
was
just
how
much
are
reinvesting
in
English
language
classes,
for
adults
who
are
immigrants
so
that
they
can
actually
advance
and
and
make
really
achieve
better
Economic,
Security
and
better
success.
Those
are
the
three
issues
I
had
on
the
top
of
my
list
this
morning.
M
M
We
were
very
specific
about
working
32
area,
Employers
in
health
care,
clean
energy
and
child
care,
and
working
them
with
upskilling
and
focusing
on
4618
quality
jobs
across
the
Greater
Boston
area
in
three
years,
and
so
I'm,
really
targeting
laser
focus
and
moving
them
up
the
ladder
quickly.
On.
On
the
second
question
you
have
with
adult
basic
education
in
esol,
we
work
closely
with
the
Department
of
secondary
education
or
Desi,
and
we
are
working
every
four
years
or
five
years.
M
We
work
closely
with
the
state
to
craft
the
RFP
in
which
we
have
they
have
about
24
million
going
into
the
the
city
of
Boston.
We
don't
receive
those
funding
ourselves,
but
we
Advocate
on
behalf
of
32
programs
or
17
community-based
non-profits
to
obtain
pain,
those
seats
they're
about
2500
seats
for
esol
and
adult
basic
education
right
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Over
the
last
five
years,
we've
seen
some
incremental
and
marginal
increases.
M
M
So
we've
done
a
lot
of
evaluation
and
development,
research
with
community-based
organizations
and
providing
them
with
ta
so
that
they
can
improve
their
equipment,
get
laptops
out,
provide
upskilling
for
their
instructors
and
Trainers
for
esol,
so
that
the
whole
capacity
infrastructure
can
meet
the
digital
Readiness
post
covid
for
ESL
students
a
lot
of
moving
parts.
We
don't
have
answers
to
all
of
them.
M
M
Same
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
want
our
youth
subsidized
wages
or
the
7
000
youth
jobs
to
really
make
sense
for
young
people.
So
if
they're
already
working
can
those
work
hours
from
an
employer
be
matriculated
into
electives
and
credits
or
dual
enrollment
for
post-secondary
education.
So
the
young
person
is
not
lost
in
terms
of
working
at
Target
or
Home
Depot,
but
getting
them
a
line
so
that
we
can
create
a
structure
of
focus
and
accountability
and
reduce
redundancy
and,
if
and
improve
efficiency.
C
B
M
Yeah,
it's
about
three
to
five
percent
over
the
last
five
years.
I
can
give
you
specifics
from
the
state
budget,
so
just
a
note
that
these
funds
don't
go
directly
to
the
city
of
Boston.
They
go
directly
to
a
non-profits
and
I.
Believe.
Four
weeks
ago
we
are
working
with
the
state
to
look
at
their
new
Appropriations
on
that
marginal
increase,
so
I
believe
it
was
approximately
10.2
to
10.7
million
going
into
32
different
programs.
M
This.
That
was
our
last
funding
cycle
and
the
previous
two
to
three
years.
We
can
give
you
the
the
numbers
to
to
that
and
compare
those
incremental
changes,
but
the
latest
numbers
we're
still
waiting
to
get
the
city
I'm.
Sorry,
the
state
Desi,
to
give
us
the
final
numbers
for
that,
and
we
can
definitely
follow
up
with
you
once
we
get
those
final
slot
numbers
I.
E
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
or
comments.
Let
me
start
with
Trend.
It's
good
to
see
you
Trin
I
know
you
talked
about
the
Boston
jobs
policy,
Boston
jobs,
the
Boston
residency,
the
enforcement
piece.
Can
you
give
us
a
little
bit
of
overview
of
what
you're
seeing
what
your?
What
your
short
Trump
plans
are?
Long-Term
plans
are
on
wage
theft,
also
a
critical
issue,
something
that
continues
to
happen
in
Boston
Greater
Boston
Greater
Boston.
But
can
you
give
us
an
idea
of
what
you're
focused
on
as
it
relates
to
wage
theft?.
M
You
know
a
counselor
Arroyo
has
sponsored
a
wage
that
bill
actually
thinks
it
was
like
a
year
ago,
and
so
we've
been
in
conversations
with
different
iterations
on
data
collection.
Immigrant
undocumented
we're
in
a
Boston
label
a
greater
Boston
legal
council
had
different
interpretation,
so
we
went
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
we're
still
working
on
a
wage.
O
P
Thanks
Jody
yeah
I,
agree,
I
think
you
said
it
all
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we're
looking
at
is
the
pipeline
I.
Think
that's
a
big
issue
now,
in
terms
of
you,
know,
scaling
up
especially
young
individuals,
to
you
know
to
see
construction
as
a
valid
Pathway
to
a
good
career.
So
thanks
for
letting
me
speak
thanks,
Joey
thank.
E
You
thank
you.
Chief
I
have
a
couple
comments
or
questions.
I
know
we
you
and
I
have
talked
about
it
in
the
past.
How
will
we
doing
certainly
I
support
Services
assistance
for
women-owned
businesses,
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color
Veterans
as
well?
Are
we
making
any
progress
with
veterans,
veteran-owned,
business
I
know
this
is
a
subject
you
and
I
have
talked
about
in
this
more
work.
E
F
Well
actually,
Alicia
is
here:
I
want
her
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
week
that
the
small
business
team
did
to
work
with
veteran-owned
businesses
a
week
specifically
dedicated
to
veteran
owned
businesses,
and
then
you
saw
in
Andre's
presentation.
The
two
percent
of
our
current
certified
business
pool
are
identified
as
veteran-owned
businesses,
and
we
certainly
want
to
increase
that
number
I
mentioned
the
last
time.
F
We
were
together
some
of
the
work
that
we
want
to
begin
doing
with
the
group
Brighton
marine
and
we're
going
to
be
working
with
commissioner
Santiago
shortly
on
engaging
more
veteran
communities
across
the
city,
but
certainly
want
to
make
sure
that
both
team
members
here,
Alicia
and
Andre
are
directly
connected
with
your
office.
In
case
there
are
other
important
individuals
or
organizations
that
we
should
be
expanding
our
Partnerships
with
to
increase
those
numbers,
so
I'll
pass
it
to
Alicia
to
say
a
little
more.
E
F
At
the
top
of
I
know,
Sarah
is
I,
don't
know.
If
you
have
these
numbers
at
the
top
of
your
head
Sarah.
We
actually
did
a
language
assessment
of
our
cabinet
last
year
and
then
again
this
year.
I
can't
remember
the
numbers
out
the
top
of
my
head,
although
I
do
know
that
all
the
major
languages
in
the
city,
including
Cantonese
Etc,
were
represented.
However,
I
mentioned
during
the
presentation
that,
if
you
looked
at
our
demographic
slides,
you
know
some
of
the
number.
F
If
we
were
to
compare
them
to
last
year,
some
of
the
numbers
and
some
ethnicities
went
down.
Others
are
up
and
some
are
flat
and
particularly
in
the
aapi
community.
I
know
that
we
have
to
do
a
way
better
job
and
are
definitely
going
to
rely
on
your
office
and
other
counselors
here,
as
well
as
our
Partnerships,
with
with
groups
like
abec
The,
Asian,
business,
empowerment,
Council,
and
you
know
many
others
to
get
the
word
out
there
about
the
opportunities
that
we
have
available
right
now
in
our
cabinet.
E
Thank
you,
yeah,
thank
you,
Chief
and
actually
I
should
let
you
know
someone
did
come
by
my
office
recently,
letting
me
know
that
there
are
open
positions,
encouraging
people
in
the
aapi
community
to
to
apply
for.
So
thank
you
for
that
helpful
information.
I
know
my
team
will
send
it
out
to
various
aapi
organizations
looking
forward
to
continuing
to
working
with
everybody
on
this
call,
thank
you
for
the
important
work
that
you're
doing
Madam
chair.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
Thank
you,
Chief
is
it
or
director
for
Cena.
If
you
are
able
to
send
to
my
email,
a
list,
I
know
that
you
broke
it
down
by
demographics,
but
this
businesses
that
you
have
serviced
in
the
past
year
can
you
break
down
either
by
neighborhood
or
District
for
sure
we'll
send
that
over?
Thank
you
very
much.
N
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
to
all
of
my
friends
who
are
here
doing
the
good
work
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
really
do
appreciate
your
leadership
and
it's
just
been
really
great
to
to
work
alongside
you
all
and
to
dream.
What
is
possible
so
really
do
appreciate.
All
of
that
work.
I
I
have
a
few
questions
and
I'm
sorry
about.
Let
me
just
everybody's
blowing
up
my
phone
right
now.
I
do
have
some
questions,
though,
and
this
is
a
whole
new
world.
So
don't
worry,
I'm
not
gonna.
N
N
Chief
we've
been
working
with
Jeff
I'm
from
Loki
and
Tomas
and
Tito
Jackson
and
other
folks
in
this
space
to
really
figure
out
how
we
can
expand
diversifying
the
Cannabis
industry
and
you
and
I
had
met
last
summer.
So
we
can
start
exploring
what
is
possible
and
so
wanted
to
just
note
that,
as
a
part
of
our
Amendment
and
budget
efforts,
we
are
looking
to
do
a
study
to
really
look
at
feasibility
in
terms
of
what
are
the
different,
multiple
Pathways
to
diversifying
the
Cannabis
industry.
N
N
Jeff
also
has
a
site
that
he
has
recently
purchased
in
Hyde
Park
and,
if
just
curious
about
what,
if
any
opportunities
exist
for
us
to
do
some
piloting
or
some
Investments
and
helping
to
start
thinking
about
ways
that
we
can
cultivate
the
Cannabis
industry.
If
you
could
just
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
that,
I
have
requested
through
the
chair
for
her
review,
I'm
in
consideration
about
500
000
to
support
cannabis,
diversifying
cannabis
efforts,
one
is
for
a
study
and
the
other
one
is
to
Pilot
some
programming.
N
So
would
love
to
hear
your
thoughts
on
that,
and
then
we
have
also
we've
been
talking.
A
lot
about
procurement
and
I
really
do
appreciate
both
Council
Royal
and
councilor
Anderson's
advocacy
around.
Where
does
procurement
really
live?
And
you
know
how
can
we
strengthen
that
effort?
Where
can
considering
and
have
put
in
a
request
to
hire
someone
who
just
does
accountability
of
procurement
and
technical
assistance?
N
N
Quest
additional
funding
to
support
that
line
item.
My
specific
ask
in
this
particular
conversation
is
looking
at
strengthening
the
career
Pathways
with
our
Boston
Public
School
students
who
are
in
the
process
of
graduating
high
school,
but
yet
are
unsure
about
where
they're
going
to
end
up
and
also
young
people
who
are
aging
out
of
dys
or
or
foster
care.
So
these
are
both
recently
people
who
aren't
the
better
from
the
very
Workforce
Development
activities
and
I'm
just
curious.
N
How
do
you
see
that
rolling
out
I'm
gonna
pause
there,
because
I
have
I've
asked
a
lot
and
I'm
not
sure
I'm
not
going
to
get
through
all
my
questions,
but
at
the
very
least,
kind
of
is
definitely
something
that
I
am
going
to
go
hard
on,
also
after
pyramid
and
accountability
and
then
Workforce
developed
for
19
to
24
year
olds
and
I
also
development
and
really
interested
in
Workforce
Development.
For
recent
arrivals
to
council
breeding's
point:
we
have
a
lot
of
people
who
come
here
as
professionals,
but
are
still
not
finding
opportunities.
F
F
You
know,
especially
quoting
Tito,
on
how
it
can
take
up
to
a
million
dollars
to
open
a
shop
and
most
people
in
the
city.
Whatever
your
background
cannot
afford,
you
know
to
make
that
investment,
especially
with
the
waiting
game
and
all
the
money
that
you're
spending
leading
up
to
finally
opening.
So
the
purpose
of
that
week
is
to
explore
what
the
other
possibilities
are.
F
I
have
to
give
major
credit,
not
just
to
Aaliyah
Forest
who's,
the
director
of
business
strategy,
but
we
onboarded
a
few
months
ago,
shakia
Scott,
who
Comes
To
Us.
By
way
of
first
the
Cannabis
Control
Commission,
where
she
developed
the
equity
program.
There
went
off
to
Philly
to
do
the
same
there
and
then
came
back
to
Boston
where
she
is
now
leading
our
cannabis.
Equity
work,
and
you
know
her
hosting
or
putting
together
this
week
is
again.
F
You
know
we
are
happy
to
explore.
You
know
as
much
as
possible
to
make
sure
that
Equity
exists
at
all
facets
of
the
industry
and
not
just
on
the
shop
piece
and
then
on
the
question
around
procurement,
so
I
I.
If
you
don't
mind,
I
just
wanted
to
ask
for
a
little
bit
more
clarity
in
terms
of
the
accountability
piece.
F
I
know
that
the
Supplier
Diversity
team,
as
it
stands,
sort
of
operates
as
the
accountability
buddy
of
of
procurement,
and
you
know
how
helping
to
make
departments
or
to
help
them
Reach
their
Supplier,
Diversity
goals.
I.
Think
the
Investments
that
we
are
recommending
in
this
year's
budget
will
help
increase
the
capacity
of
the
Supplier
Diversity
team
to
be
that
accountability
partner.
F
You
know
oeoi,
you
know
we
are
trying
to
be
very
intentional
about
how
we're
alerting
the
public
to
Major
contracts,
particularly
those
that
are
worth
more
than
one
or
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
because
we
know
that
that
can
make
the
difference
for
a
small
business
in
terms
of
their
growth,
and
we
are,
you
know,
want
to
be
intentional
about
how
we're
working
with
other
departments
to
also
Market
the
the
major
contracts
that
they're
putting
out
well
in
advance
of
when
those
rfps
are
due.
I.
I
hope
that
answers
your
question.
F
N
M
M
You
know
we
wholeheartedly
agree
with
you
that
this
age
group
of
19
to
24
is
extremely
needs
to
be
Hands-On
direct
commitment
and
a
huge
infusion
of
funds
for
the
group
of
19
to
24,
especially
those
who
are
in
Boston
public
schools
and
that
are
not
in
the
labor
market
and
are
not
in
post-secondary
education
track
or
in
the
school
so
and
those
who
are
in
the
foster
care
system.
So
we
need
to
a
good,
a
better
pulse
on
it.
We've
only
made,
unfortunately,
smaller
Investments
ways.
M
M
M
So
that's
that's
one
area
in
which
we're
looking
at
funding
opportunities.
The
other
one
is
for
our
youth,
employment
and
opportunity,
formerly
known
as
Yee
summer
jobs.
We
have
increased
the
allocations
for
18
to
24
to
make
sure
that
there
are
what
we
call
older,
younger
adults
or
older
youth,
to
really
focus
on
that,
so
we've
increased,
it
I
believe
about
anywhere
between
17
to
20
percent.
M
N
Q
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I,
want
to
thank
all
the
members
of
the
administration
for
being
here
and
for
all
you
dedicated
to
work
to
make
sure
that
the
prosperity
of
the
city
is
being
felt
by
all
of
our
residents
by
all
of
our
workers.
So
I
have
a
few
questions.
I
think
it's
either
for
you
Chief
or
Alicia,
but
if
you
could
talk
to
us
about
the
businesses
that
you
see
that
are
still
struggling
to
come
back
to
pre-pandemic
levels
and
what
city
resources
are
available
to
them.
Q
I
Q
Q
F
And
and
just
to
say,
that
point
is
not
only
valid,
but
something
that
we
have
taken
into
account
for
new
programming.
So
I
know
that
for
the
technical
assistance
that's
small
business
does.
That
is
an
offering,
but
more
intentionally
around
the
space
program.
And
you
ask
the
question
about
which
businesses
are
struggling.
Alicia
mentioned
the
restaurants,
you
know
it's
really
enter
any
of
our
storefront.
Businesses
are
suffering
because
of
the
lack
of
foot
traffic.
F
Oh,
we
have
three
years
worth
of
rent
and
landlords,
say
great,
we'll
take
the
money
and
then,
after
three
years,
because
they
had
a
three-year
lease.
They
say
we're
going
to
jack
it
up
by
twenty
thousand
dollars
next
month
and
now
you
can't
afford
to
to
be
there.
So
we're
definitely
very
focused
on
making
sure
that
particularly
side
that
that
offering
is
available
to
businesses,
yeah.
Q
And
I
think
about-
and
that's
great
I
think
about,
like
the
work
that
we
need
to
do
to
really
stand
in
the
gap
for
like
the
asymmetry
of
information
that
exists
for
our
business
owners
and
main
streets.
So
I
just
think
if
there's
like
work
that
we
can
do
around
more
funding
and
support,
because
our
main
trees
are
trying
to
do
the
Herculean
Herculean
efforts
to
stay
in
the
Gap,
but
they
can't
do
it
alone
and
so
more
creativity
about
how
we
support
both
our
main
streets
and
our
businesses.
Q
Second
question
is:
regarding
resources
available
to
a
business
in
the
event
of
any
unforeseen
disaster
or
emergency,
so
I'm
really
I'm.
You
know
care
a
lot
about
like
the
assistance
and
to
like
make
these
businesses
fruitful,
I.
Think
about
the
River
Street
bridge
closure
closure
on
in
High
Park
and
how
businesses
that
were
are
so
dependent
on
quick
traffic
were
really
impacted.
Thanks
to
the
main
reads
money
that
they
received
from
the
state
there's
some
Grand
mini
grants
that
were
made
available
to
those
businesses
and
I'm.
Q
Just
thinking
like
is
there
something
we
can
be
doing
on
the
city
level?
Is
there
an
Avenue
or
program
that
we
have
on
the
city
level
to
help,
but
like
folks,
something
about
like
the
course
major
like
things
that
are
outside
that
not
within
their
control,
especially
that
are
a
result
of
some
sort
of
government
action
or
inaction
that
makes
their
business
that,
like
impedes
on
their
business
model,
prevents
foot
traffic
like?
Are
we
able
to
have
a
pilot
programs
or
have
some
sort
of
support
for
businesses
that
find
themselves
in
those
situations.
F
However,
I
do
think
that
it
would
be
pretty
interesting
and
cool
to
work
with
the
council
and
how
we
connect
with
the
private
sector,
because
there's
a
lot
of
folks
in
the
private
sector
that
want
to
support
business
is
whether
it
be
our
banks
or
other
corporations
and
companies
on
how
we
create
a
joint
fund
that
others
can
give
to
that.
Allow
us
to
support
businesses,
because
you
know
we
don't
want
to
just
rely
on
the
city
coffers.
Q
I
want
to
thank
the
folks,
I
want
to
thank
Chief
or
chief
Winn
Andre
for
the
incredible
work
on
brgp
excited
to
what
this
transition
looks
like
and
could
mean
and
excited
to
also
really
think
about
what
a
worker
Center
could
look
like
that
helps
to
empower
our
workers,
but
also
connects
them
to
jobs
in
the
trades
working
in
Partnership,
maybe
with
building
Pathways
thinking
about
the
life
science
jobs,
but
having
it
rooted
in
our
neighborhoods
and
our
communities
like
Roxbury
Mattapan.
They
can.
That
would
be
great.
B
P
D
Awesome
and
in
terms
of
the
data
I
would
love
to
see.
You
know
the
data.
You
know
the
raw
data
on
on
contractors
that
are
not
compliant
with
the
well
just
to
see
the
numbers
on
on
workouts
for
all
the
contractors
in
the
websites.
My
last
question
is
I.
Have
two
two
last
questions?
One
is
the
space.
Grant
is
I
know
these
are
Opera
dollars
and
they're
going
to
run
out
soon
any
plans
on
making
sure
that
this
is
on
the
operating
line
item
in
the
future.
F
We've
not
gotten
to
that
point,
but
again
this
I
I
will
say
that
all
the
work
that
oeoi
is
doing
when
it
comes
to
money
is
we're
also
being
thoughtful
about
the
private
sector,
because
we
we
know
that
the
I
mean
the
cities.
The
fact
that
we
have
staff
means
that
we're
dedicating
resources
to
these
types
of
programs-
and
we
really
do
want
to
make
sure
that
folks,
that
have
a
whole
lot
more
resources
than
our
operating
budget
are
putting
in
but
happy
to
have
this
conversation.
I
Yeah,
so
we
have
a
couple
of
studies
that
are
going
out,
so
we
recently
contracted
with
an
with
a
company
to
do
a
new,
Small
Business
Report,
to
give
us
a
baseline
after
covet
to
see
where
businesses
are
where
the
economy
is
in
Boston.
And
then
we
have
our
have
slated
two
more
reports
to
to
be
come
out
and
where
we
would
like
to
do
those
as
we're
written
quote
contracts
so
making
sure
that
they're
designated,
as
so
making
sure
that
minority-owned
businesses
or
firms
can
can
respond
to
that.
I
One
of
that
one
of
them
is
an
equity
study.
So
looking
at
our
main
streets
and
looking
about
particularly
about
funding
across
our
main
streets.
And
how
can
we
look
at
that
more
equitably
in
making
sure
that,
if
we
need
to
add
more
funds
to
one's
Main,
Street
or
or
another,
how?
How
do?
How
would
that
look,
and
and
how
could
that
kind
of
composition
go
and
then
the
other
is
a
place
making
study
terms
of?
I
How
can
we
create
these
small
ecosystems
that
are
robust
within
our
communities
within
our
main
streets,
to
help
these
businesses
grow
and
build?
And
so
it
would
be
kind
of
two
separate
two
separate
studies,
but
that
would
go
together
to
to
really
help
to
create
this
economic
Community.
That's
vibrant
for
our
small
businesses
and.
F
Thinking
about
the
equity
piece,
I
think
we
all
know
just
from
living
and
and
walking
through
and
shopping
in
our
communities
that
there
are
some
communities
and
their
main
streets
that
are
at
a
way,
bigger
disadvantage
than
other
communities.
The
original
study
did
not
take
that
into
play
into
place
and
then
the
place
making
piece
again
thinking
of
how
we
add
that
component
in
the
main
streets.
D
E
F
F
All
many
of
us
can
I
mean
the
fact
that
we're
having
this
hearing
virtually
and
not
in
our
downtown
office,
speaks
to
the
state
of
the
world
today,
and
so,
whether
it's
State,
Street
or
Washington,
Street
or
other
places
and
throughout
our
downtown.
All
of
our
small
businesses
are
struggling
because
of
the
decrease
in
foot
traffic
as
a
result
of
covert
19.
I
will
say
that
the
city
has
been
taking
very
proactive
steps
to
address
this.
F
One
was
the
space
grant
that
we
announced
earlier
and
was
mentioned
on
this
call,
but
really
what's
important,
is
our
close
collaboration
with
the
downtown
Boston
bid
to
address
businesses
again,
not
just
on
State
Street,
but
through
our
downtown
area,
to
drive
resources
to
drive
foot
traffic.
The
city
has
spent
a
lot
of
money
in
on
events
in
the
downtown
area
to
drive
traffic
in
those
areas,
and
so
you
know
we
we're
looking
forward
to
continuing
to
collaborate
with
Mike
Nichols
and
his
team
to
provide
support
to
the
State
Street
businesses
and
others.
E
You
know
having
hearings
at
zba
and
having
hearings
at
bpda
in
person
also
important
to
get
workers
working
in
the
downtown
five
days
a
week,
including
here
at
City
Hall.
They
could
support
just
set
an
example
that,
if
we're
serious
about
supporting
our
small
businesses
in
downtown,
we
need
to
make
a
we
need
to
do
our
part
by
having
workers
be
back
in
person.
E
F
I'm,
not
sure
if
they're
tourism,
sports
and
entertainment
team
has
come
before
you,
but
lots
of
work
happening
there
to
bring
more
tourists
to
the
area,
as
well
as
events
that
will
bring
residents
to
the
area
to
make
Boston
or
to
make
our
downtown
kind
of
a
place.
Where
folks
will
experience
fomo
so
that
workers
will
feel
encouraged
to
come
back
to
the
downtown
area,
whether
it's
for
work
or
whether
it's
for
play
or
to
live
eventually
so
agree
wholeheartedly.
Thank
you,
counselor.
That.
N
You
have
the
floor.
Thank
you,
chair
all
right.
So
I
only
have
a
few
questions
to
follow
up.
Some
of
it
is
specifically
around
immigrant
businesses
and
the
engagement
I
know.
We
had
earmarked
some
funding
to
support
that
work
and
and
I
know
it
was
through
Opera
funding,
but
I'm
just
curious.
If
I
can
get
some
updates
on
that
and
then
long-term
sustainability
around
supporting
immigrant
owned
businesses.
N
You
know
we
have
language
access
issues,
there's
a
host
of
folks
who
are
running
businesses
with
very
limited
resources,
so
just
curious
about
kind
of
like
how
we
are
revalidizing
all
different
types
of
experiences
here:
navigating
immigrant-owned
businesses
I'm
also
curious
about
the
department.
Demographics
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
understood
that
correctly,
that
you
have
two
latino
staffs.
Is
that
accurate?
Is
that
what
that
was.
N
I
I
We
do
have
that
role
ready
to
go
and
in
in
terms
and
also
the
install
the
scope
of
work
of
that
role,
which
will
really
be
making
sure
that
they're
in
every
community
and
connecting
with
the
partners
there
and
the
businesses
there
who
who
need
the
support
and
then
also
in
also
in
terms
of
language
access
figuring
that
out
as
well.
We
want
to
do
a
campaign
across
our
neighborhoods
when
that
person
comes
on
board
as
well.
I
So
we
we
do
have
that
scope
of
work
planned
out
we're
just
getting
we're
just
waiting
for
the
right
person
to
come
in
and
Lead
that
work
in
terms
of
language
capacity.
I.
Think,
because
we
have
I,
think
it's
nine
or
ten
different
languages
that
that
are
the
most
prominent
languages
across
the
city
of
Boston.
And
so
my
hope
is
in
terms
of
inclusivity
in
bringing
more
people
on
is
that
we
can
expand
and
bring
our
other
languages.
That
would
meet
the
need,
and
so
in
terms
of
the
Latino
Community.
N
You
know:
I've
been
really
excited
about
opportunities
to
really
develop
our
our
portfolio
and
more
meaningful
relationships
with
our
Caribbean
siblings.
You
know
across
the
diaspora
and
I'm
just
curious
about
kind
of
like
if
you
could
just
give
me
some
updates
on
where
we
stand
with
that
and
then
on
the
worker
empowerment
front.
The
chief
diversity
officer,
I'm
really
excited
that
we
were
able
to
get
that
ordinance
passed
and
that
position
filled
and
really
looking
just
for
an
update
on
kind
of
like
how
that's
coming
along
and
that's
it.
F
F
Relationships
are
on
the
continent
of
Europe
or
continent
of
Asia,
and
there
are
none
on
the
continent
of
Africa
or
South
America
or
the
Caribbean,
and
so
part
of
our
shift
to
expanding
this
Focus
from
Sister
City
to
Mo,
to
memorandums
of
understanding
is
starting
first
with
where
we
don't
have
relationships,
and
that
is
in
the
Caribbean
South
America
Etc.
So
in
terms
of
status,
our
team
is
talking
with
a
bunch
of
different.
We
have
a
lot
of
incoming.
We
have
a
lot
of
you
know.
F
I
mentioned
earlier,
like
Boston
is
the
Global
Hub?
Everyone
wants
to
be
our
friend.
Everyone
wants
to
work
with
us
and
share
knowledge,
and
so
we've
been
speaking
with
a
number
of
different
country
Representatives
that
I'm
you
know,
we'd
be
happy
to
talk
about
we're
moving
to
a
point
where
we've
engaged
some
of
them
we're
going
to
begin
engaging
City
departments
to
better
understand
what
the
partnership
opportunities
could
look
like,
and
this
would
be
where
we
would
hope
that
your
office
and
all
the
other
offices
represented
here
could
come
in
to
play.
N
If
you
might
be
able
to
provide
some
insight
in
terms
of
implementation,
I
know
that
some
of
the
folks
that
we
worked
with
to
to
to
pass
the
ordinance
have
expressed
the
desire
to
want
to
have
some
sort
of
maybe
quarterly
feedback
sessions
with
the
chief.
You
know
these
are
the
the
men
and
women
of
the
Boston
Police
Department,
the
fire
department,
the
Boston
Public
Works.
N
K
Absolutely
I'm
happy
to
take
that
one
so
I
wish
Bernadine,
who
is
our
director
of
diversity,
could
be
here
right
now.
She
is
on
Parental
much
deserved
parental
leave,
but
just
to
sort
of
speak
to
what
she's
been
working
on
since
she
got
here
is
working
just
deeply
individually
with
each
department
to
sort
of
talk
to
them
about
their
their
challenges
in
recruiting
diversely
working
really
closely
with
our
talent
acquisition
team
to
figure
out
how
we
reach
into
communities
to
do
better
recruiting.
K
L
Yeah
I
mean
I,
think
one
of
the
things
that
Bernardi
did
really
well
before
she
left
is
making
sure
that,
as
you
mentioned,
training
people
in
every
department
and
making
sure
that
everyone
knew
that
it's
all
of
our
responsibilities
and
not
just
her
she's
one
person.
And
so
you
know
the
fact
that
she's
able
to
be
the
coordinator
be
the
point.
Person
is
great,
but
really
if
the
responsibility
of
every
single
one
of
us
in
the
city
to
do
our
job
in
recruiting
our
diverse
staff.
N
B
N
N
I
am
just
you
know,
I'm
always
looking
at
the
return
on
the
investment
you
know
in
terms
of
our
outputs
and
and
the
efforts
that
we
make
to
engage
our
small
businesses,
and
even
despite
some
of
these,
even
going
through
the
portal
process
and
applying
to
become
a
certified
vendor
is
still
very
much
cumbersome
for
a
lot
of
folks
and
I'm
just
curious.
You
know
what
have
we
learned
since
our
since
you
have
been
in
this
role?
N
Chief
you
do
in
terms
of
like
what
can
we
be
advocating
for
on
the
council,
not
just
through
the
budget
season,
but
maybe
through
a
policy,
a
protocol
or
a
procedure
that
will
help
support
small
businesses
increase
their
opportunities
within
you
know,
to
secure
a
contract.
I'll
give
you
an
example:
there's
a
woman
who
does
cleaning
and
she
has
never
managed
to
get
a
a
cleaning
contract
here
with
the
city
and
and
she's,
never
really
received
any
feedback
as
to
why
you
know
so
it
it.
N
It
really
makes
it
difficult
for
her
to
and
she's
a
certified
business
she's
gone
through
the
whole
process,
but
when
she
was
denied
there
was
really
no
reason
why
so
coming
back
the
next
time
around
like
how
do
we?
How
do
we
help
set
people
up
for
success
and
kind
of?
What
can
we
be
doing
on
the
council
side
of
things
to
help
support
that
work
so
that
you
all
can
be
more
efficient
and
and
successful
in
helping
these
small
businesses.
F
F
Initially,
some
of
the
intractable
problems
that
we've
seen
at
the
outset,
I
don't
know
if
Mike
or
Andre
or
Jen
want
to
share
anything
about
in
terms
of
the
feedback
piece
or
how
we're
tackling
some
of
those
issues.
But
to
answer
more
directly
to
your
question,
at
least
on
what
the
council
can
do,
honestly,
where
we
are
at
this
point
for
any
well
from
my
perspective,
for
anything
in
our
cabinet
and
throughout
the
city,
it's
getting
information
out
there.
There
are
so
many
folks
who
it's
so.
F
The
people
who
are
already
in
our
circles
and
our
networks
on
our
list
are
getting
the
information
and
the
trouble
that
I
think
you
know.
All
of
us
here
in
the
city
have
is
getting
as
much
information
out
there
as
possible
to
folks
who
have
not
had
those
opportunities
or
we're
seeing
what
we're
putting
out
there.
And
so
we
really
do
rely
on
our
partnership
with
the
council
offices
and
other
partners
in
the
community
to
get
information
out
and
and
ensure.
H
H
But
if
there
are
folks
who
have
fallen
through
the
cracks,
please
send
them
our
way,
so
that
I
hope
will
address
the
at
least
the
Contracting
opportunity
fund.
I
know
there
are
other
Grant
funds
that
the
cabinet
runs
so
with
respect
to
feedback
for
bidders
who
were
not
awarded
contracts
for
sheltered
Market
contracts.
We
have
been
trying
to
do
sort
of
an
off-boarding
process
in
those
for
those
contract,
sheltered
Market
contracts.
H
The
pool
of
bitters
is
by
definition,
smaller
because
it's
limited
to
either
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
or
some
subcategory
of
minority-owned
business,
and
so,
in
those
cases,
it's
much
easier
for
our
team
to
meet
with
bidders
who
are
not
ultimately
awarded
the
contract
to
better
understand
sort
of
where
the
pain
points
are.
I
will
also
say
that
our
business
manager,
Samuel
Hurtado,
worked
with
a
larger
group
of
stakeholders.
H
I
think
Mike
in
general
also
involved
in
this
in
a
vpda
effort
to
better
understand
some
of
the
pain
points
in
the
bpda
and
City
procurement
process
for
small
businesses.
So
we've
done,
you
know
and
I
think.
For
the
most
part,
the
results
of
that
survey
mechanism
were
pretty
we're
not
surprising,
but
when
we
have
the
ability,
particularly
in
the
context
of
sheltered
Market
contracts,
we
do
try
and
sit
with
businesses
who
are
not
awarded
the
contracts
to
better
understand
sort
of
why?
H
What
elements
of
the
process
they
had
trouble
with?
You
know
some
businesses
have
you
know
businesses
have
a
varying
understanding
of
the
city's
procurement
process.
In
some
cases,
businesses
need
support
understanding
sort
of
what's
the
difference
between
a
technical
and
a
pricing
proposal
in
the
context
of
an
RFP
but
for
sheltered
Market
contracts.
We've
tried
to
do
that.
N
Thank
you
not
before
I
definitely
need
to
get
the
buzzer
because
I
know
counselor
Anderson's
being
incredibly
generous
with
her
time
today
with
us.
But
if
someone
could
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
grants
because
I'd
get
a
lot
of
emails
from
people
and
text
messages
about
what
happened
to
the
Grant
I
applied
and
I
haven't
received
anything
or
I'm
still
waiting,
and
you
know
this
pending
or
I
didn't
get
it
and
why
and
I
I
I'm
like
I,
don't
know
I,
don't
work
in
that
department.
I
will
find
out
for
you.
That's.
N
F
So
you
know
all
I
can
say
about
any
grants
that
have
come
through
our
cabinet.
We
make
sure
to
let
everybody
know
where
they
are
so
thinking.
I'm
just
rattling
off
in
my
head,
we've
got
the
space
Grant,
the
small
business
grants
have
been
done
for
a
while.
We've
got
the
contract
opportunity
fund.
We've
got
Legacy
business,
that's
done
everyone
every
one
of
our
grant
programs.
Everyone
knows
their
status
if
there
are
specific
questions
that
people
have
and
they've
reached
out
and
not
gotten
an
answer,
I
would
love
to
know
about
it.
F
So
I
can
follow
up
on
that,
but
we
do
our
best
to
make
sure
that
everyone
understands
where
they
are
and
we
we
try
to
be
as
clear
as
possible
too,
when
our
communication
is
going
out
that
you
know,
because
there's
so
much
need
you
know,
and
we
have
limited
resources
that
we
try
to
be.
You
know
clear
in
what
we
say
that,
like
you
know,
we
have
this
much
money.
We
could
only
award
this
many
people
and
unfortunately,
we
weren't
able
to
support
this
particular
business.
B
H
We
would
only
have
information
about
businesses
that
submitted
an
application
and
were,
for
some
reason,
denied
certification,
which
doesn't
happen
often
more
often
than
not.
What
happens
is
a
business
will
submit
a
certification
application
missing
some
piece
of
information
and
as
much
as
we
try
and
follow
up
with
the
business,
they
don't
finalize
their
application.
We
do
have
records
for
those
businesses,
but
you
know
we
don't
have
information
about
the
entire
sort
of
denominator
of
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
in
the
Greater
Boston
area.
B
Yeah
I
feel
like
we
could
we're
missing
an
opportunity
there
and
Chief.
You
know
I
keep
putting
procurement
in
your
department,
whether
you
like
it
or
not,
but
I
just
think
it
belongs
there,
but
I
wonder
if
we're
missing
an
opportunity
here.
So,
for
example,
if
I,
if
I'm
applying
and
I
would
we
come
to
a
rjp
or
we
file
something,
you
know
the
counselors
will
be
like.
B
You
know,
what's
happening
with
diversity
or
what's
happening
with
this
or
oversight
or
accountability,
return
on
investments,
and
yet
we
have
a
list
of
people
that
could
potentially
eventually
be
certified
or
need
support
and
we're
kind
of
just.
You
know
we're
not
documenting
that.
So
how
do
we
know
that
there
aren't
enough
black
contractors?
How
do
we
know
that
they're?
Not
there
aren't
enough
people
available
to
do
that?
B
Well,
they
were,
they
could
have
been,
but
they
we
missed
an
opportunity
to
document
that
and
then
we
miss
an
opportunity
to
follow
up
and
offer
Outreach
or
technical
assistance
so
that
we
can
get
them
certified
and
I
think
so
so
like
they
used
to
be
this
really
arduous
crazy
application
to
get
certified
and
then
I
know
that
Chief
your
department
streamlined
or
streamlined
it
and
it's
a
simpler
process.
Hopefully
digitized
that
you
now
have.
B
You
also
have
technical
assistance
to
support
people,
but
then
again,
we've
missed
a
lot
of
opportunity
and
I
think
that
the
response
is
always
like.
Oh,
but
there's
not
just
not
enough
black
contractors,
and
that's
just
not
true.
So
how
are
we
documenting
that
and
how
are
we
doing
the
Outreach
to
be
able
to
create
this
pool
this
network
of
black
contractors?
Well,.
F
That
was
the
disparity
study
to
understand
who
and
what
is
out
there
in
terms
of
availability
and
whether
or
not
this
city
has
been
doing
business
with
them
and
I
think
all
of
us
know
the
result
of
that
which
was
absolutely
not
and
so
working
with
colleagues
in
the
administration
and
then
on
the
council.
We've
been
working
to
address
that
and
I
will
say
that
to
this
point
that
you've
brought
up,
which
is
really
important.
F
Around
availability,
but
also
capacity
I
want
to
thank
the
council
again
on
authorizing
another
nine
million
dollars
in
arpa
money
for
a
program
that
we
are
going
to
be
announcing
in
a
couple
of
weeks.
So
I
guess
you
all
get
the
scoop,
even
though
you're
not
journalists.
The
scale
program
which
is
focused
exactly
on
building
the
capacity
of
women
in
bypoc,
owned
businesses
in
specific
sectors
where
the
city
is
spending
a
whole
bunch
of
money
to
your
point
about
missing
these
opportunities.
F
It's
not
just
about
that!
We're
we're
not
always
identifying.
It's
also
that
even
when
there
are
the
opportunities,
a
lot
of
our
businesses
today
do
not
have
that,
whether
wherever
they're
from
and
in
terms
of,
if
they're,
black
or
brown
or
women
owned
or
veteran
owned,
or
just
a
small
business
in
Boston,
many
of
them
don't
have
the
capacity
to
take
on
many
of
the
large
contracts
that
we
put
out
every
year
or
every
few
years.
And
so
we
are
working
to
put
the
city's
money
where
its
mouth
is
not
just
saying.
H
H
We
are
always
looking
for
ways
to
make
either
the
experience
on
the
front
end
for
businesses
more
seamless
or
our
certification
manager
and
certification
coordinators
experience
of
actually
reviewing
the
applications
easier
so
that
those
applications
can
be
reviewed
and
approved
more
quickly.
So
we
are
going
to
be
focusing
on
that
in
this
coming
fiscal
year
and
we've
moved
some
funds
around
on
our
budget
to
do
that,
particularly
looking
at
some
technology
Investments.
B
Thank
you.
It
does
feel
like
this
process
reminds
me
of
sort
of
like
the
idea
that
we
work,
that
we,
the
reactionary
in
in
politics
or
in
city
government,
that
counselors
come
in
new
counselors,
especially
not
speak
for
myself,
and
they
don't
know
enough
about
the
Departments
or
how
it's
ran
or
how
it's
done.
B
And
then
we
read
as
much
as
possible
on
you
know,
policy
or
codes
or
then
we
look
at
websites
and
we
try
to
piece
it
together
with
this
crazy
schedule,
right
where
everywhere
we're
kissing
babies
and
taking
pictures
and
giving
away
turkeys
and
and
then
and
then
there's
the
real
work
right
and
so
I
wonder
if
we're
working
backwards,
because
here
we
are
like
I'm
the
chair
of
ways.
It
means-
and
maybe
next
year
you'll
get
somebody
else.
And
then
you
have
to
sort
of
start.
B
B
Training
where
we
understand
these
things
ahead
of
time
with
departments,
because
then
you
can
avoid
putting
out
dump
policies
that
I
mean
I'm,
sure
you
get
stuff
and
you're
like
what
why
and
so
like
we
file
stuff
and
we're
like
you,
should
do
this
and
you're
like
I'm,
already
doing
that
and
then
where,
on
the
other
end,
we're
here
in
the
conversation
now
and
I'm
like.
Why
do
you
need
this
money?
B
Well,
because
you
don't
get
what
I'm
doing
and
so
I
think
if
we
have
this
training
ahead
of
time
and
I'm,
you
know
I'm
reading
a
lot
these
days
right
because
I
get
the
the
honor
to
be
chair
so
I
have
to.
But
what
about
people
that
don't
have
time
and
again
like
as
smart
as
you
can
sound
with
your
you
know,
five
questions
in
eight
minutes.
B
You
still
don't
get
what
the
department
does
never
mind
a
whole
bunch
of
departments
that
work
together
that
are
really
keeping
the
economy
of
the
city
together,
and
so
after
we
like
to
think
about
the
undertaking,
it's
huge,
you
work
really
hard.
You
have
multiple
departments
to
look
up
after
and
even
when
it's
just
a
department
or
even
when
it's
just
a
job.
B
So
how
do
you
execute?
How
do
I
tell
you
about
executing
something
that
I
don't
know
about
that?
Doesn't
that
to
me
feels
pretentious.
So
excuse
me,
if
I
again
say
I,
don't
think
we're
qualified
to
to
Really
to
really
tell
you
what
to
do,
but
in
terms
of
amendments
we
have.
We
have
a
a
a
responsibility
to
carry
on
a
thing
right
to
make
changes
that
the
people
work
so
hard
for
they
brought
this
to
us.
We
have
a
responsibility.
B
We
have
to
make
amendments
to
at
least
say:
hey
you're,
hard
work
didn't
go
to
waste,
we
heard
you
and
there
are
some
changes.
There
are
some
priorities,
but
obviously
like
I
always
say
the
budget's
a
good
budget.
Is
it
inflated
a
little
bit
probably,
but
only
because
you
can't
hire
fast
enough,
and
so
again
this
is
just
me
after
reading
all
this
stuff
and
fit
and
understanding
well,
where
do
I
pull
the
money
or
where
this
is
what
it
comes
down
to?
What
happens?
B
How
do
you
pull
the
money,
and
so
I
would
say
that
I'm
half
qualified
now
with
reading
and
researching
and
being
chair
and
having
all
this
information
in
front
of
me,
but
no
counselor
has
a
time.
It's
just
unfair
so
just
putting
that
on
the
table
as
a
preposition
for
us
to
work
together
in
the
future
of
really
understanding
and
getting
into
the
grain
of
it
and
understanding
how
the
stuff
all
is
all
connected.
So
I
would.
B
B
L
B
B
K
Yeah
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
that
we
can
do
in
terms
of
improving
that
I
mean
right
now.
As
a
very
very
small
example,
we
have
incredibly
Rich
benefits
in
in
all
senses
of
the
word
for
city
employees,
but
if
you
apply
for
a
city
job,
you
can't
see
it's
not
easy
to
figure
out
what
those
benefits
are,
so
understanding
the
details
of
your
health
care
plan,
all
of
the
various
things
that
come
with
being
part
of
a
city,
job
and
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
that.
K
That
could
be
just
written
and
much
more
clear
ways.
I
think
in
terms
of
accessibility,
plain
language
is
key,
so
so
many
City
policies
are
written
by
lawyers
or
they're
written
into
our
collective
bargaining
agreements,
which
are
all
super
important,
but
like
people,
you
know
it
kind
of
takes
a
lot
of
degree
to
understand
what
they
mean,
and
so
we've
been
able
to
hire
some
really
incredibly
important
roles
of
basic,
like
Communications
people
who
can
write
these
in
plain
language
who
can
put
FAQs
and
guides
together.
So
that
is
like
a
huge
priority
of
ours.
B
Thank
you.
Can
you
send
me
in
in
writing
by
breakdown
of
demographics,
folks
that
you
that
the
city
has
led
down
let
go
or
quit
over
the
past
year
and
I'm
hearing
a
lot
of
black
people
being
let
go
and
I'm
thinking
that
we
are
having
either
we're
having
a
hard
time
retaining
because
of
training,
or
some
of
it
is
obviously
that
work
or
environment
stuff,
like
you
know,
Mental,
Health,
Services
or
just
Support
Services,
and
just
overall,
not
just
black
people
right,
like
people
going
through
a
lot.
B
So
how
are
we
supporting?
Obviously
this
is
important
Parliament,
but
how
are
we
supporting
our
employees
and
how
are
we
working
on
retaining
black
and
bypoc
employees
in
the
city
of
Boston
is
very
important
and
I'm
hearing
the
numbers
just
every
every
week,
there's
there's
someone
else
being
Lego
or
quite
I've,
heard
five
so
far
in
the
past
two
months.
So
that's
a
lot
and
just
wondering
you
know,
what's
going
on
there
Trend
feel
free
to
comment.
L
Thank
you,
yeah
yeah,
so
I
can
jump
in
a
little
bit.
I
can't
speak
to
the
numbers
piece,
but
we
can
certainly
look
that
up
for
you,
but
in
terms
of
the
resource
piece.
So
we
are
lucky
in
that
we
do
have
our
own
internal
employee
assistance
program,
and
so
we
know
that
that
is
being
utilized
by
a
lot
of
our
staff
and
so
just
making
sure
that
staff
continue
to
know
that
that
is
a
resource.
L
As
I
mentioned
during
the
presentation,
we
are
looking
to
specifically
hire
a
director
of
employee
mental
health
and
wellness.
We
know
that
this
is
an
area
where
we
continue.
You
need
to
continue
to
add
additional
support
in.
We
also
are
working
really
closely
with
the
equity
cabinet
and
our
ergs
to
really
strengthen
those
as
well.
L
Yeah
so
I
think
part
of
that,
of
course,
is
Bernadine's
role
right
in
Recruitment
and
working
with
departments.
Right
now,
just
you
know
we
have
a
decentralized
HR,
so
I'm
not
sure.
If
everybody
knows
that,
and
so
we
have
Central
Ohr.
So
we
have
my
team,
but
then
each
department
has
its
own
HR,
Director,
Personnel
officer
and
so
right
now
the
way
that
recruitment
works.
L
It's
really
each
department
is,
has
been
working
independently,
and
so
one
of
the
things
we
are
looking
to
do
with
Bernadine's
role
and
strengthening
our
Central
team
is
to
really
be
able
to
work
with
departments
and
really
offer
tools
such
as
rubrics
and
things
like
that
to
make
sure
that
their
hiring
processes
are
more
Equitable
in
how
they're
being
done.
So
it's
definitely
an
area
that
we
know
we
need
to
do
a
lot
of
work
in
and
we're
hoping
to.
L
You
know
get
as
many
resources
behind
it
as
possible,
and
you
know
we
did
a
city
Bernadine
did
with
the
mayor,
Chief
of
Staff,
a
training
for
department,
heads
and
others
around
recruitment
as
well,
and
what
are
the
best
resources
and
tactics.
So
you
know
we're
moving,
definitely
I,
don't
again,
don't
have
numbers
in
front
of
me,
but
it's
something
that
we
can
look
towards
getting
to
you
of
how
we've
been
doing
thus
far.
B
B
K
B
Right
in
the
last
year,
Jonathan,
thank
you
and
again,
like
I
I,
understand
that
these
have
been
practices.
A
lot
of
you
are
either
new
or
just
recently
like
a
couple
years
right
in
your
role.
So
I
want
to
be
clear
that
this
is
us
trying
to
move
towards
progress
and
racial
Equity
progress
and
we've
and
you've
just
been
here
right.
B
We
would
like
to
be
very
transparent
about
them,
and
so
I
wanted
to
go
to
place
making
Jupiter
there
was
you
mentioned
that
you
guys
were
also
doing
Place,
making
economic
and
strategy
planning
strategic
planning
responsible
for
Place,
making
community-led
neighborhood
revitalization.
Can
you
speak
to
that
and
I?
Don't
care
about
any
other
District,
no
kidding
you
see
in
terms
of
obviously
I've.
B
F
But
we
had
a
little
bit
of
money
in
the
last
year.
I
think
we
got
75,
000
Sarah,
correct,
we'll
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
we
had
75
000
in
place,
making
that
I
I
think
a
little
bit
of
it
got
distributed
and
the
money
that
we've
given
to
main
streets
as
well.
The
increase
that
the
council
supported
has
helped
on
Place
making
initiatives
throughout
I
think
D7
got.
B
F
B
B
21
has
time
people
who
does
no
22.
and
we've
essentially
come
to
studies
and
actually
has
gotten
to
a
point
where
we've
had
like
renderings
and
drawings,
potential
ideas
for
Parcels
in
District,
7.,
and
so
also.
This
include
this
included,
bodegas,
reimagining,
bodegas
and
looking
at
healthy
or
options
or
marketing,
or
how
we
can
support
it.
B
So
we
then
partnered
with
Harvard
and
began
to
community
members
begin
to
developing
this
organization
that
you
talk
about
our
Community
Partnership
that
would
hopefully
partner
with
the
city
to
be
able
to
receive
funds
from
private
sources,
philanthropics
or
philanthropic
agencies.
That
would
be
able
to
receive
funds
to
be
able
to
create
or
support
businesses.
Small
businesses
would
sustain
a
future
sustainability.
B
Look
this
this
business
like,
for
example,
the
Legacy
businesses
business
is
going
to
it,
has
proven
a
pathway
to
sustainability,
not
because
we
are
going
to
support
them
in
this
way.
They
have
a
record
blah
blah
blah
in
the
city,
then
sort
of
gives
them
that
seed
money
to
get
them
out
of
the
temporary
situation,
and
then
the
organization
would
create
sustainability,
and
so
D7
is
going
to
have
that
p7
is
going
to
have
this
practice.
Non-Profit
organization
who
is
working
with
bought
some
Foundation
to
figure
out.
F
F
You
know
I,
don't
know
that
there's
any
Department
that
would
not
gladly
accept
more
human
capacity,
but
to
avoid
duplication,
I
would
but
I
think
this
also
kind
of
goes
to
councilworrell's
question.
So
I
actually
would
love
to
learn
more
about
this,
so
that
we
could
think
about
what
is
the
role
of
our
main
streets.
A
B
In
existence
and
in
existence-
and
yes,
main
streets
would
be
great,
but
also
like
could
main
streets
be
the
that
body,
the
bridge
or
the
liaison
or
the
technical
assistance
office
that
is,
is
is
employed
by
the
city
and
not
contracted
or
not
reimburse
it
by
cdbg
or
city
funds,
City
dollars
and
I.
Think
it's
mostly
ecdbg,
but
there's
some
right.
B
They
they
are
task
forces
that
give
input
that
go
out
the
volunteer,
the
fundraise
for
Community
efforts,
but
that
they
are
not
independent
non-profits.
These
are
I
work
for
Main,
Street
and
I
know
thoroughly
that
it
does
not
work.
It's
the
funds
are
not
sufficient
and
to
continue
to
fund
an
organization
that,
if
you
are
in
a
community
where
board
members
are
involved
because
they
are
developers
or
because
they
want
something
for
their
benefit
right
and
it
becomes
a
conflict,
but
it's
not.
B
But
then,
when
their
development
comes
up,
main
streets
approve
it
without
it
properly
going
through
other
Civic
associations.
So
there's
all
of
this
conflict
that
I
could
talk
to
you
about
all
day
and
I'll.
Stop
there,
but
I
envisioned
the
directors
being
city
employees
and
you
could
have
the
office
being
remote
and
you
could
digitize
again
Tech
assistance
via
that
those
offices
to
be
able
to
have
an
in-person.
B
You
know
a
walk-in
Center
for
those
districts,
but
also
to
provide
those
Tech
assistance
online,
imagining
doing
merchandising
or
inventory
or
whatever
training
that
you
have
to
do.
Marketing
or
whatever
to
forward
for
those
small
businesses
all
virtually
in
different
languages.
That's
amazing
and
then
imagine,
crosswiring
or
exchanging
or
sharing
the
multi,
the
language
capacities
through
the
different
offices,
because
they're
all
Boston
employees
and
then
you
expand
on
capacity.
B
Then
you
scale
up
I,
just
I,
don't
think
we're
making
the
best
use
of
our
funds
when
it
comes
to
main
streets
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
Main
Streets
they'll
probably
want
to
kill
me
right
now,
but
that's
it
is
what
it
is
like.
We
need
to
be.
More
are
efficient
and
I
know
that
you're
thinking
about
that
so
I
look
forward
to
speaking
with
you
more
about
that
as
well
and.
F
I
would
love
to
make
sure,
as
part
of
these
conversations,
that
we
bring
in
our
partners
and
the
tech
sector,
who
you
know,
can
think
way
more
broadly
and
quickly
about
solutions
that
they
might
be
able
to
come
up
with
that.
The
city
might
not
be
able
to
put
together
as
quickly
I'm
just
given
the
flexibility
that
exists
in
in
the
private
sector,
and
so
you
know
anyway,
would
love
to.
F
B
That
I
think
that,
with
chief
chief
Wang,
that
it
could
also
partner
with
those
offices
looking
at
providing
those
Services
I
mean
look
at
the
amazing
programs
that
you
know
owd
provides
and
then
all
of
those
other
resources
that
should
be
in
community
and
making
them
accessible,
making
them
accessible
in
different
languages,
but
also
making
them
accessible
just
by
way
of
putting
them
in
the
office
that
people
are
familiar
with
so
I'm
I
I.
Of
course,
I
have
more
questions.
I
can
submit
them
in
writing.
B
I
want
to
be
respectful
of
what
I
promised
and
stick
to
closing
around
1
pm
and
Andre.
Thank
you
and
Sarah
Ashley
and
everybody
else
Michael.
Thank
you
for
sticking
around,
even
though
I
didn't
go
into
a
lot
of
questions
with
you,
but
I
want
to
close
around
the
time
that
I
said.
Council
of
Mejia
is
still
here.
Casa
Mejia.
Do
you
have
a
closing
statement
before
we
adjourn.
N
But
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you.
Counselor
Anderson
and
the
whole
team
really
love
your
ideas
and
I
would
even
though
I've
been
on
the
council
for
three
years,
I
still
think
that
I
need
a
tutorial
because
I
don't
want
to
waste
people's
time
and
energy
coming
up
with
things
that
haven't
already
been
implemented,
but
they
have
maybe
not
been
evaluated
in
a
while
right.
So
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
policies
in
place
that
we
can
and
ordinances
that
I
think
we
should
be
auditing.
N
B
You
thank
you
for
receiving
that
I
wanted
to
say
to
all
of
you
I
I
value.
What
you're
doing
I
think
that
I
really
do
believe
that
you
guys
are
the
wheels
that
are
making
the
economic
world
the
Boston,
Turning
and
I
know
that
you
work
very
very
hard
only
because
I
I
get
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
so
I
I
commend
you
and
I
I.
Thank
you.
I
respect.
B
You
and
I
want
to
continue
to
work
with
you
and
so
look
forward
to
any
follow-up
questions
that
the
counselors
or
myself
may
have
any
amendments.
I
will
reach
out
to
you
if
I
know
that
it
impacts
your
department
directly
again.
This
is
this
is
what
it's
about,
so
I
will
be
thoughtful
in
how
we're
moving
the
pieces
and
communicating
beforehand
in
terms
of
ideas
and
lofty
opportunities
that
we
think
we're
creating
and
not
make
it
more
complex.