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Description
Dockets #0524-0531 - Fiscal Year 2022 Budget: Administration & Finance - Overview
Held on April 26, 2021
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You
can
find
the
full
hearing
schedule
on
our
website
at
boston.gov.
Council
dash
budget
and
departmental
hearings
are
going
to
be
taking
place
most
days
from
now
through
early
june.
We've
also
got
three
hearings
that
are
scheduled
that
are
dedicated
to
public
testimony
and
the
first
of
those
is
this
wednesday
at
6
00
p.m,
which
will
be
focused
on
particularly
particular
on
people's
priorities
for
the
for
the
recovery.
But
really
how
does
our
budget?
How
can
our
budget
shape
and
equitable
recovery,
and
what
do
you
want
to
see
prioritized
then
we'll
also.
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Later
in
the
process
on
may
25th
at
6
pm
a
dedicated
public
testimony
hearing
about
the
bps
budget
and
on
june
3rd
at
6,
00
pm
a
dedicated
public
testimony
hearing
about
kind
of
any
anything
and
everything
whatever
you've
heard
along
the
way.
But,
as
I
said,
each
of
our
department
hearings
are
also
an
opportunity
for
public
testimony
to
sign
up
for
public
testimony.
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You
know
the
city
of
boston's
budget
really
is
a
list
of
its
priorities.
There's
never
been
a
more
important
moment
than
as
we
think
about
how
to
bring
the
city
back
from
this
really
hard
season.
That
we've
been
in
how
to
use
the
federal
money
that
we're
getting
responsibly,
but
also
every
one
of
your
municipal
tax
dollars,
and
that's
really
what
this
process
is
focused
on
so
well.
The
budget
was
introduced
back
10
days
ago,
we'll
be
having
these
sort
of
six
weeks
of
dedicated,
departmental
and
public
testimony
hearings.
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Counselor
working
sessions
will
be
focused
on
generating
questions
and
advance
those
hearings,
so
we
can
have
the
most
productive
conversation
possible
and
then,
in
june,
we'll
take
initial
action
on
the
mayor's
budget
and
hope
to
you
know,
come
to
a
resubmitted
budget.
That
best
represents
the
priorities
of
the
people
of
the
city
of
boston.
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So
with
that,
today's
hearing
is
on
dockets
0524-0526
orders
for
the
fy
22
operating
budget,
including
annual
appropriations
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
other
post-employment
benefits.
Docket
zero
527-0528
orders
for
capital
fund
transfer
appropriations
and
zero
five,
two
nine
to
zero
five.
Three
one
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements,
and
today,
as
I
said,
is
the
first
hearing.
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So
it's
really
our
budget
overview
hearing
about
both
the
budget
itself
and
the
sort
of
revenue
projections
that
it's
based
on
and
we're
joined
here
today
by
justin
starrett,
the
chief
financial
officer
and
collector
treasurer
for
the
city
of
boston,
nicholas
aronello.
Our
commissioner
for
the
assessing
department,
moore
zoran
the
assistant
director
for
revenue
in
the
office
of
budget
management,
jim
williamson,
the
deputy
director
of
the
office
of
budget
management
and
joanna
bernstein
assistant
director,
also
for
obm.
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I'm
joined
here
as
well
by
my
colleagues
today
in
order
of
arrival
after
myself.
First,
my
vice
chair
for
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
counselor
anissa,
sabi
george
at
large.
Then
councillor
michael
flaherty
at
large
councilor
liz,
braden
district,
9,
councillor,
andrea
campbell
district
4,
julia
mejia
at
large
councilor,
michelle
wu
at
large,
councilor,
matt,
o'malley
district
six,
and
also
our
president
pro-tempore
councillor
ricardo
arroyo,
district,
five
and-
and
I
know
that
in
public
testimony
today,
we'll
also
look
forward
to
hearing
from
the
boston
municipal
research
bureau.
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I
I'm
grateful
to
my
council
colleagues
for
joining
us.
I
do
want
this
hearing
to
be
as
substantive
as
possible,
and
so
my
preference
is
going
to
be
for
us
to,
rather
than
do
opening
statements
move
straight
to
chiefster
and
his
team
for
presentation
and
then
go
to
counselor
questions
about
you
know
both
the
budget
and
the
revenue
side
for
this
overview.
Hearing
today
before
we
do
that.
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I
just
also
want
to
flag
for
folks
that,
if
you're
watching,
if
you're
digging
into
the
budget
and
you're
trying
to
understand
how
to
better
understand
it,
what
the
materials
available
to
you
are
how
to
get
your
questions
answered.
We
are
doing
a
community
working
session
today
at
4
pm,
so
you
can
also
go
to
that
council
dash
budget
bosnica
council.
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That's
budget
website
sign
up
to
participate
in
that
that,
instead
of
being
a
chance
to
sort
of
offer
public
testimony
comments,
that's
a
question:
that's
a
chance
for
a
much
more
kind
of
back
and
forth.
How
do
I
find
this?
Where
do
I
see
this?
What's
going
on
with
this
kind
of
a
chance
for
us
to
help
the
many
community
members
who
I
know
are
paying
attention
to
the
budget
process
and
looking
to
get
involved?
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You
counselor
thank
you,
the
entire
council
for
having
us
here,
as
you
mentioned,
I'm
joined
by
several
members
of
the
obm
team,
as
well
as
nick
carnello
from
commissioner
of
assessing,
but
this
is
just
a
small
sampling
of
the
entire,
a
f
team
that
works
on
the
budget,
both
within
the
a
f
cabinet,
but
then
within
every
single
city
department.
It
is
truly
a
collaborative
cross-functional
city
department
effort
to
build
an
annual
budget.
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We
are
always
constantly
trying
to
improve
our
communication
materials
when
it
comes
to
the
budget
and
thanks
to
a
lot
of
work
by
folks
on
this
call,
but
as
well
as
many
folks
behind
the
scenes
and
our
do-it
team,
we've
tried
to
make
the
process
more
accountable
and
more
transparent
and
we
put
every
dollar
and
sent
out
there
through
the
open
data
portal.
So
we
encourage
folks
to
take
a
look
at
that
as
well.
So
without
further
ado,
I
will
jump
into
a
presentation
I
apologize.
You
will
only.
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But
then
everyone
from
both
my
team
and
and
nick's
team
are
happy
to
take
questions
at
the
end
on
any
topic,
whether
it's
revenue
or
spending,
and
then
we
look
forward
to
both
all
the
individual
department
hearings,
but
a
very
robust
hearing
on
thursday
around
the
capital
plan,
which
we
will
dive
more
into
details
with
our
partners
in
pfd
and
others.
So
I
will
get
started
so
before
we
get
into
the
sort
of
nitty
gritty
details
of
the
budget.
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When
it
comes
to
real
estate,
we
were
recognized
by
moody's
as
one
of
the
sort
of
cities
best
prepared
for
a
recession
which
has
certainly
borne
out
over
the
last
year
or
so,
as
we've
entered
a
sort
of
time
of
economic
upheaval
that
is
really
based
in
our
strong
local
economy.
Obviously,
we
continue
to
attract
major
businesses
and
residents
to
move
to
boston,
which
then
translates
into
a
stable
revenue
base
to
your
property
taxes.
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You
know,
I
think
we
are
fortunate
in
boston,
do
have
entered
and
maintained
a
strong
financial
base
in
through
the
reset
in
through
the
the
pandemic
and
coming
out,
as
we
start
to
think
about
recovery.
So
we
are
not
really
starting
this
budget
from
where
do
we
replace
the
services
we've
had
to
cut
over
the
previous
year?
We're
really
trying
to
focus
on
how
do
we
build
back
stronger?
How
do
we
build
back
more
equitably,
and
how
do
we
build
back
in
a
way?
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That's
going
to
make
sure
that
we're
investing
in
areas
that
are
important
to
the
public
and
important
to
the
council
and
important
to
the
mayor?
So
I'm
really
excited
to
just
you
know:
talk
about
this
22
budget,
there's
a
lot
that
we're
going
to
go
over
in
the
next
couple
couple
weeks,
but
certainly
in
today's
hearing
we're
going
to
try
to
touch
on
all
the
major
pieces
that
are
moving
and
look
forward
to
really
a
thoughtful
engaging
process
with
the
council.
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On
the
revenue
side,
we
are
projecting
about
142
million
dollars
worth
of
fy
22
operating
budget
growth
for
next
year.
This
is
primarily
based
in
two
major
buckets:
the
property
tax
bucket
and
the
new
federal
funding
bucket,
which
we
will
get
into
in
greater
detail.
State
aid
is
up
modestly.
Now
we
built
the
budget
based
on
the
governor's
budget
that
came
out
in
january,
and
we
will
sort
of
be
making
adjustments
along
the
way
based
on
what
the
house
and
senate
do
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
those
numbers
improve.
D
We
contains
no
layoffs
or
service
costs
for
next
year
it
fully
funds
our
liabilities
like
debt,
service
and
opeb,
as
well
as
pensions,
which
you
know,
is
really
the
core.
In
a
foundational
aspect
of
our
budget
is
paying
down
those
long-term
liabilities
and
certainly
trying
to
figure
out
ways
that
we
can
limit
that
growth
going
forward
is
something
that
we're
very
mindful
of
on
the
education
side.
We
are
super
proud
of
our
investment
in
education,
1.5
billion
dollars
about
66
million
dollars
of
all
the
new
money
we
are
getting
for
next
year.
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So
starting
on
the
revenue
side.
As
I
mentioned,
it's
a
3.75
billion
dollar
operating
budget
about
73
of
that
is
going
to
come
from
property
taxes
about
13
percent
from
state
revenue,
about
eight
percent
from
departmental
revenue,
four
percent
from
excise
taxes
and
two
percent
relatively
small
portion.
But
a
relatively
large
portion
of
the
new
money
in
non-recurring
revenue,
primarily
through
the
american
rescue
plan,
which
we'll
talk
about
in
a
minute.
This
is
pretty
consistent
with
how
it's
been
the
trend.
D
Lines
have
been
going
for
the
city
over
the
past
couple
years.
Obviously,
we
have
sort
of
seen
some
pretty
significant
declines
in
departmental
revenue
and
excise
tax
revenue,
which
is
going
to
naturally
push
up
the
property
tax
portion
of
the
annual
budget.
Now
we
hope
that
that'll
even
itself
out
as
departmental
revenue
and
excise
revenue,
starts
to
come
back
over
the
next
several
years,
but
has
certainly
created
a
one-time
blip
in
a
one-time
sort
of
extra
blip
in
property
tax
revenue
as
a
percentage
of
the
overall
budget.
D
It's
also
why
we
are
sort
of
constantly
looking
at
improving
our
collections
around
non-depart
non-property
tax
revenue,
whether
it's
advocating
at
the
state
for
you,
know
stuff
like
the
student
opportunity
act,
which
we
were
proud
to
sort
of
partner
with
the
council
on
advocating
for
as
well
as
ensuring
our
departmental
revenue
or
our
excise
tax
revenue
are
collecting.
You
know
the
full
amount
that
is
owed
to
the
city
so
that
we
can
sort
of
diversify
our
revenue
stream
and
we
don't
become
sort
of
overly
reliant
on
property
taxes.
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Speaking
of
property
taxes,
property
taxes
are
slated
to
rise
really
through
two
fashions
this
year
by
about
82
million
dollars.
The
first
is
growth
in
the
baseline
two
and
a
half
percent
prop
two
and
a
half
growth,
which
is
consistent
with
how
the
city
has
treated
baseline
property
tax
growth
over
the
last
30
plus
years
since
prop
2
and
a
half
was
introduced
in
the
1980s,
and
if
you
have
questions,
I'm
sure
nick
from
assessing
would
be
happy
to
jump
in
and
answer
of
them.
D
The
other
portion
of
property
tax
growth
for
next
year
comes
from
this
slide
here
in
new
growth,
and
we
wanted
to
spend
a
little
bit
of
time
talking
about
our
new
growth
projection
for
next
year.
So
obviously,
we
are
projecting
45
million
dollars
in
new
growth
for
next
year,
which
looks
like
a
considerable
decline
from
previous
historic
highs,
which
it
is
and
there's
really
two
reasons
for
that
one.
D
There
was
a
obviously
a
tremendous
economic
disruption
brought
on
by
covid19
when
it
comes
to
both
development
as
well
on
the
commercial
side,
but
as
well
as
development
on
the
residential
side.
Different
buildings
were
in
different
stages
along
the
way,
so
that
has
an
effect
on
how
much
new
growth
we're
projecting
for
fy22,
which
looks
at
calendar
year
2020,
which
is
basically
the
year
of
the
pandemic.
D
Now
we
were
proud
and
the
city
was
proud
to
sort
of
get
that
construction
work
back
up
and
running
as
fast
as
possible
in
as
safe
as
possible
way,
but
it
did
have
an
effect
on
projects
that
were
sort
of
in
construction
or
about
to
go
into
construction
and
their
delivery
timeline,
which
was
pushed
out
by
by
a
fair
amount.
I
will
just
say
that
45
million
dollars
why
it
is
below
the
sort
of
historic
highs
that
we've
seen
in
the
last
five
or
six
years.
D
It
is
still
a
considerable
amount
of
new
property
tax
growth
into
the
city.
If
you
look
back
between
the
sort
of
2000s
and
2010
range,
you
see
we
never
really
got
about
38
million
dollars
in
new
growth,
so
45
million
dollars
even
adjusted
for
inflation
is
still
a
record
high
in
what
would
have
been
normally
and
considered
a
good
year
for
boston
outside
of
the
last
sort
of
five
to
ten
years,
which
have
seen
sort
of
really
unprecedented
growth
in
in
the
city.
D
D
I'll
quickly
talk
about
the
changing
blend
in
revenue,
so
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning.
This
is
sort
of
the
continuation
of
a
trend
line
we've
seen
over
the
past
20
years,
where
property
taxes
has
grown
as
a
percentage
of
the
city
budget
and
other
parts
of
the
city
budget,
whether
it's
state
aid
or
departmental
revenue
or
excise
taxes
have
either
fallen
or
sort
of
remained
flat.
D
We
think
that
this
is
sort
of,
hopefully
the
the,
what
we'll
say,
the
peak
of
the
trend
line
and
that
in
future
years,
as
state
aid
rolls
out
as
a
part
of
the
student
opportunity
act
and
then,
as
excise
taxes
and
departmental
revenue
come
back
stronger,
post
pandemic,
we
think
that
those
numbers
will
grow
and
that,
hopefully
the
property
tax
is
a
percent
of
the
city
budget
will
fall
a
little
bit
now.
Property
tax
being
at
this
level
is
certainly
a
blessing
and
a
curse
for
the
city.
D
On
the
blessing
side,
it's
really
insulated
us
from
some
of
the
major
pandemic
related
revenue
losses
that
have
occurred
in
other
cities
that
have
things
like
sales,
taxes
or
income
taxes
that
have
really
seen
precipitous
declines
in
those
revenue
collections
over
the
past
year.
We
have
been
somewhat
insulated
by
that,
and
that's
certainly
something
that
is
a
good
thing.
D
We're
seeing
so
there's
still
continued
strength
there,
but
it
does
sort
of
leave
us
exposed
to
potential
longer-term
changes
and
that's
something
that
we're
mindful
of
and
why
we
are
constantly
trying
to
increase
the
types
of
revenue
we
receive
to
try
to
mitigate
some
of
that
long-term
risk
that
there
might
be
on
the
departmental
revenue
side
it's
about
eight
percent
or
about
300
million
dollars.
We
are
projecting
that
this
is
going
to
decrease
now.
D
Some
of
this
is
some
changes
to
some
some
projections
around
121,
a
agreement
which
are
tax
agreements
that
fall
off
of
the
city
budget,
fall
off
of
the
departmental
revenue
budget
and
come
on
to
the
property
tax
revenue.
So,
overall,
it's
a
sort
of
a
net
net
net
neutral
adjustment
that
we're
making.
D
But
we
are
going
to
continue
to
see
some
weakness
in
some
of
the
areas,
one
of
the
areas
that
in
particular
that
we've
seen
weakness
on
in
in
the
pandemic
and
we
think
we'll
sort
of
continue
into
next
year
because
of
the
way
we're
seeing.
Some
of
the
sort
of
recovery
happening
is
around
parking,
fines
and
parking
meters.
Well,
we
think
more
folks
are
starting
to
drive
into
the
city.
D
We
actually
think
that
it's
still
going
to
be
pretty
considerably
lower
than
what
we
were
thinking
before,
so
that
obviously
has
an
effect
on
both
parking,
fines
that
were
issued
and
will
be
issued
going
forward
as
well
as
parking
meter
revenue,
certainly
concentrated
in
many
of
our
business
districts
in
the
downtown
area.
We
have
not
seen
the
type
of
return
that
I
think
we're
hoping
to
now.
Obviously,
we
hope
that
that
will
continue.
As
you
know,
eventually,
tourism
comes
back
as
well.
As
you
know,
thinking
about
next
fall
and
potentially
full
on
campus.
D
On
the
excise
tax
revenue
front,
we're
projecting
about
131
million
or
about
four
percent.
This
is
still
down
considerably
from
where
we
were
pre-pandemic
levels,
some
of
the
biggest
categories,
obviously
motor
vehicles,
motor
vehicles
is
a
portion
of
the
annual
registration
for
cars
in
the
city.
Room
occupancy
is
obviously
the
six
and
a
half
percent
short-term
rental
rate
for
both
hotels
and
short-term
rentals,
like
airbnb
meals.
Tax,
is
about
a
a
quarter
of
three
quarters
of
a
percent
of
the
annual
local
meals
tax.
D
So
for
restaurants,
and
then
finally,
aircraft
is
five
percent
of
the
average
sale
price
for
aircraft
fuel
sold
out
of
logan
airport,
really
an
indicator
of
flights
in
and
out
of
logan,
which
has
been
obviously
another
big
area.
That's
been
impacted,
so
diving
in
a
little
bit.
This
blue
line
right
here
represents
the
fy20
level
of
excise
tax
revenue,
which
was
affected
slightly
based
on
the
pandemic,
but
not
did
not
reflect
a
full
year.
The
fy
21
levels
really
do
reflect
a
full
year
where
we
saw
sort
of
really
big
declines.
D
Now
we
accounted
for
this
as
part
of
the
tax
rate
budget
and
it's
something
that
we've
been
monitoring
and
and
making
adjustments
along
the
way,
and
certainly
something
that
we
think
we
are
at
the
sort
of
new
pandemic
level
of
normal
for
excise
tax
revenue
and
we
think
something
that
will
return
sort
of
as
tourism
reopens
as
vaccinations
increase
as
some
of
the
public
health
measures
eu's
going
forward.
We
think
that
this
will
certainly
grow
going
forward.
D
That's
why
we
are
projecting
growth,
but
even
you
can
see,
we
are
still
well
below
some
of
the
pre-pandemic
levels
so
for
something
like
room
occupancy.
Where
we
collected
about
99
million
dollars
worth
of
excise
tax
revenue
and
fy20,
we
collected
we're
projecting
to
collect
around
37
million
for
fy21
we're
projecting
a
modest
increase
into
fy22
of
about
5
million,
more
about
41
41
million,
but
still
relatively
small
on
the
motor
vehicle
side.
D
That
one
did
not
get
impacted
quite
as
significantly
mostly
because
most
folks
car
sales
actually
increased
or
or
car
sales
sort
of
plateaued
in
a
lot
of
areas.
So
it
did
not
take
the
same
hit
that
other
areas
of
the
excise
tax
budget
did
on
the
meal
side.
Again
pretty
big
decline
in
fy21,
from
about
29
million
to
about
19
million
and
we
project
a
sort
of
12
percent
or
2
million
increase
for
that
and
then
same
on
jet
fuel.
D
D
D
That
is
also
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
did
launch
the
all-inclusive
boston
campaign,
which
is
to
drive
some
of
that
local
tourism,
as
we
sort
of
start
to
reopen
safely.
We
want
to
get
folks
both
from
locally
in
boston,
but
also
from
the
region
visiting
different
parts
of
the
the
city
to
either
spend
a
night
in
a
hotel
or
get
a
meal
or
two
different
things,
so
that
is
an
investment
in
sort
of
getting
the
local
tourism
economy
and
local
hospitality
industry
back
up
and
running.
D
But
it
is
also
an
investment
to
grow
city
revenue
which
supports
many
of
the
important
areas
that
we
are
all
interested
in
investing
in
and
finally,
I'm
going
to
spend
a
little
bit
of
time
talking
about
on
the
revenue
side,
the
federal
funding
or
the
american
rescue
plan
funding
that
we
are
proposing
for
next
year.
So
the
city
every
year
dedicates
about
40
million
dollars
worth
of
free
cash
towards
a
down
payment
on
our
other
pension.
Other
post-employment
benefits
payments,
which
are
basically
long-term
health
care
payments
for
the
city,
city,
employees.
D
D
So
we
are
maintaining
that
40
million
commitment
for
this
year,
we're
also
proposing
to
use
50
million
dollars
as
part
of
the
fy
22
budget
of
american
rescue
plan
funding,
which
we
are
still
awaiting.
Final
award
notification
from
the
feds
and
we'll
ultimately
be
coming
to
the
council
with
an
appropriation
or
accept
and
expend
or
for
the
arp
money,
and
we
look
forward
to
having
a
you
know.
D
In
addition
to
this
conversation,
a
long,
a
broader
conversation
about
the
arp
funding
and
our
plans
to
to
how
to
use
it,
but
as
part
of
the
fy
22
budget,
we
are
proposing
to
use
50
million
dollars
and
I'll
get
into
that
right
now.
Before
I
get
into
that,
I
thought
it
would
be
helpful
to
kind
of
set
a
slate
of
what
is
all
the
federal
funding
that
are
out
there.
There's
a
lot
of
conversations
about
what
it.
What
this
federal
funding
is.
D
So,
as
obviously
many
of
you
know,
the
american
rescue
plan
signed
into
law
about
two
months
ago,
a
month
and
a
half
ago
by
president
biden,
included
about
1.9
trillion
dollars
and
a
whole
host
of
investments
in
both
individuals.
Those
are
1400
checks,
businesses,
which
is
another
round
of
pvp
loans,
and
then
aid
to
governments,
both
in
fighting
covet
19,
as
well
as
starting
to
plan
for
recovery
and
mitigating
some
of
the
effects
both
on
individuals,
but
also
businesses,
as
as
kova
19,
begins
to
recede,
and
we
start
thinking
about
recovery.
D
The
pot
of
money
that
I'm
going
to
be
spending
most
of
today,
talking
about
is
that
bolded
pot
about
350
billion
dollars
for
state
and
local
governments.
So
the
city-
and
this
is
there's
a
couple
different
numbers
floating
out
there.
So
I
thought
I
would
clarify
the
city
as
the
sort
of
a
city
eligible
with
a
population
of
over
500
000
is
eligible
to
apply
for
435
million
dollars
directly
from
the
federal
government
as
a
major
city
that
we
are
expected
to
receive.
D
As
part
of
this
larger
350
billion
package,
we
are
also
eligible
to
apply
through
the
state
for
the
suffolk
county
portion
of
this
350
billion
dollars,
which
we
estimated
somewhere
in
120
million
range
and
again
we
are
still
waiting
on
final
guidance
on
what
that
looks
like
so.
Our
conversation
today
is
really
focused
on
that
initial
435
million
dollars
is
actually
only
focused
on
the
first
tranche
of
that
435
million
dollars
about
215
million
that
we're
expected
to
get
in
the
first
year,
but
I'll
get
to
that
in
a
second.
D
In
addition
to
that,
there's
about
129
billion
dollars
in
k-12
education
aid,
which
is
really
the
fourth
round
of
education
funding
that
has
come
out
of
the
federal
government,
whether
it
was
cares
or
some
of
the
initial
coronavirus
relief
funding,
which
is
in
excess
of
another
200
million
dollars.
Coming
out
of
this
funding.
D
That
will
go
directly
to
bps
and
certainly
welcome
a
robust
conversation
about
that
funding,
as
well
all
told
we
think
somewhere
between
somewhere
in
excess
of
700
million,
will
come
to
the
city
of
boston
either
through
k-12,
local
government
aid
or
other
housing
supports
that
have
that
have
come
up
and
already
gone
through
the
council.
So
definitely
a
lot
of
funding.
D
Definitely
a
lot
of
rules
around
that
funding
and
definitely
a
lot
of
good
fiscal
practices
that
need
to
be
put
into
place
around
that
funding,
and
we
look
forward
to
having
all
of
that
conversation
with
the
council
over
the
next
couple
weeks
and
months
and
years.
Frankly,
as
I
know,
the
council
recently
standing
up
the
kova
19
recovery
committee.
I'm
sure
that
will
be
a
obviously
will
be
a
major
topic
for
that
committee
as
well.
D
I
did
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
rules
around
the
435
million,
which
is
really
the
focus
of
today's
and
the
fy
22s
federal
government
funding.
So,
as
I
mentioned
it's
about
435
million
dollars,
it's
going
to
come
in
two
tranches,
one
coming
in
may
of
2021
in
the
second
half
coming
about
a
year
from
now
in
may
of
2022.
D
But
the
legislation
has
written
laid
out
really
three
big
buckets
of
things
that
you
can
spend
this
money
on
one,
and
what
we'll
talk
about
today
is
the
revenue
replacement
for
the
provision
of
government
services
is
basically
just
a
fancy
way
of
saying
revenue
replacement
for
government
for
work.
That
government
does
that's,
basically
all
the
work
that
our
departments
do,
whether
it's
through
you
know
investing
in
small
businesses
or
investing
in
public
health
or
investing
in
our
city.
D
The
second
bucket
is
assistance
to
small
businesses,
households
and
other
hard
hit
industries
around
around
economic
recovery.
So
there
will
be
a
lot
of
conversation,
a
lot
of
work
around.
How
do
we
restart
our
small
businesses?
How
do
we
restart
our
support,
our
households
and
support
other
hard
hit
industries
coming
out
of
covin
19
that
have
been
affected
by
the
pandemic
and
then
finally,
a
slightly
different
bucket,
but
definitely
something
that's
top
of
mind
investments
in
water,
sewer
and
broadband
infrastructure?
D
You
can
certainly
see
the
need
coming
out
of
cobia
19
for
continued
investments
in
broadband
infrastructure
and
we
look
forward
to
having
a
robust
conversation.
I
think,
to
certainly
look
forward
to
partnering,
with
not
a
city
governmental
agency,
but
a
quasi
city,
public
public
agency
and
the
boston,
water
and
sewer
commission
to
talk
about
what
type
of
needs
they
may
have
coming
out
of.
Cova,
19
and
you'll
see.
D
So
the
plan
for
the
initial
tranche
of
boston
funding
is
really
based
on
two
things:
how
do
we
get
funding
out
equitably?
How
do
we
get
it
out
efficiently
and
how
do
we
get
it
out
in
a
way
that
avoids
some
of
the
challenges
and
some
of
the
drawbacks
that
federal
funding
might
come
with?
So,
as
I
mentioned,
the
federal
funding
can
really
be
spent
over
five
fiscal
years
between
fy21
and
fy25.
D
So
we
really
do
think
about
this
money
as
a
long-term
solution
and
a
long-term
part
of
the
city
budget.
That's
why
we're
not
sort
of
focusing
on
you
know
the
long
some
of
the
other
portions
of
the
money
we're
really
just
focusing
on
this
first
215
million,
because
that's
one
where
we're
going
to
get
in
the
door.
D
Revenue
replacement,
we're
going
to
talk
about
how
we're
going
to
spend
50
million
of
it
in
the
reopening
recovery
and
renewal
categories
as
part
of
the
fy
22
budget.
We're
also
looking
to
spend
about
50
million
dollars
of
it
to
replenish
our
own
reserves.
One
of
the
most
important
characteristics
and
guidance
that
we've
gotten
so
far
from
the
gfoa,
the
government
finance
association
of
america,
is
our
government
finance
officers.
Association.
Excuse
me,
is
that
the
cities
and
towns
and
localities
should
really
be
using
this
to
re.
D
For
sort
of
this
new
committee
that
the
mayor
mayor,
janie,
is
proposing
around
the
equitable
recovery
resources
coordinating
committee,
which
I
know
is
a
mouthful,
but
it's
basically
the
sort
of
a
first
of
its
kind
in
boston
type,
cross-functional
committee
of
different
city
departments,
as
well
as
public
stakeholders,
around
sort
of
how
do
we
make
sure
that
these
resources
are
coordinated?
How
do
we
make
sure
these
resources
are
delivered
in
an
equitable
fashion,
and
how
do
we
make
sure
we're
soliciting
public
feedback
for
it?
D
D
D
D
As
I
mentioned,
we
have
about
142
million
dollars
of
new
funding
that
we're
playing
with
we're
spending
about
47
percent
of
that
new
money
on
public
education,
about
44
million
of
it
on
fixed
costs
about
23
million,
as
I
mentioned,
on
departmental
growth
and
about
9
million
dollars
in
an
increase
to
the
collective
bargaining
reserve.
One
of
the
things
that
is
obviously
an
unknown
factor
at
this
point,
but
something
we're
obviously
working
on
is
collective
bargaining.
Agreements
for
fy
22
are
unilaterally
across
the
board
in
all
parts
of
city
government.
Up
for
next
year.
D
D
As
I
mentioned,
fixed
costs.
A
big
increase
for
next
year
about
44
million,
represents
a
big
portion
of
our
new
funding,
but
it
does
keep
us
on
track
to
fully
fund
our
pensions
by
2020
2027.
The
existing
schedule,
as
well
as
funding
to
support
the
200
million
increase
and
3.2
billion
total
22
through
26
capital
plan,
which
invests
in
a
whole
host
of
important
things,
which
we're
going
to
talk
about
more
on
thursday.
But
that
is
the
key
this.
This
investment
in
debt
service
is
key
to
making
that
investment
on
the
capital
plan
side.
D
I'm
so
excited
that
we're
able
to
support
that
for
for
next
year
on
the
city
department.
So
this
is
just
city
departments.
We
break
down
city
spending
in
a
couple
different
ways
between
personnel
and
health
benefits,
we're
spending
over
70
percent,
about
73,
on
employee
personnel,
about
30,
on
contracts,
about
8.4,
on
special
appropriations
and
other
sort
of
supplies
and
standalone
investments.
D
D
We
introduced
an
equity
framework
into
the
departmental
budget
process
that
really
put
tried
to
formalize
and
put
equity
at
the
front
end
of
all
of
our
budget
decisions
and
really
working
in
close
partnership
with
the
the
equity
cabinet,
as
well
as
departments
to
understand
their
investments
and
understand,
making
sure
they're
asking
questions
about
how
they've
engaged
the
community
how
these
investments
are
going
to
affect
the
community.
And
what
are
the
you
know,
long-term
effects
that
they're
hoping
to
achieve
with
with
those
types
of
investments.
D
In
addition
to
that,
obviously,
equitable
procurement
remains
a
centerpiece
of
this
budget.
This
was
the
first
year
of
the
inclusion
of
the
equitable
procurement
plans
with
every
single
city
department's
budget.
So
that's
something
that
we
were
excited
to
work
with
departments
on,
as
well
as
kevin
coyne
and
in
our
purchasing
department,
to
figure
out
what
what
were
the
major
procurements
coming
up
and
how
can
we
focus
on
targeting
improving
the
equitable
procurement
practice
of
the
city?
D
So
I'm
really
excited
that
we
were
able
to
do
that
and
then
going
forward.
It's
really
going
to
be
a
year-round
conversation
with,
obviously
the
equity
cabinet,
the
economic
development
cabinet,
around
sort
of
how
do
we
continue
to
you
know,
improve
our
equitable
procurement
numbers
and
implement
the
orders
that
were
the
last
two
orders
that
were
signed
around
improving
equitable
procurement
and
then.
Finally,
on
the
engagement
front,
I
obviously
I
think
there
is
a
tremendous
amount
of
focus
and
a
tremendous
amount
of
interest
in
the
budget.
D
As
you
know,
a
longer-term
conversation
around
the
budget,
we
really
do
while
we
think
about
the
budget
as
a
one
sort
of
a
one-time
event.
We
really
do
want
to
take
this
conversation
to
the
community
as
a
year-round
event
and
look
to
certainly
partner
with
the
council
as
you
as
you
work
on
that
moving
to
some
of
our
major
investment
areas
for
fy22.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we
are
committing
and
the
fy
22
budget
commits
to
the
second
year
of
the
100
million
dollar
new
funding
commitment
to
bps.
D
So
this
is
all
new
stuff
that
we
were
able
to
afford
within
this
fy
22
budget
for
bps
and
keeps
us
on
track
for
that
fy20.
I'm
sorry,
fy23,
100
million
dollar
all-in
commitment,
one
of
the
things
we've
heard
sort
of
loud
and
clear
from
bps-
is
how
helpful
that
this
commitment
has
been
in
terms
of
not
only
the
dollars
but
the
consistency
and
the
the
sort
of
planning
that
it's
allowed
them
to
do.
D
Where
many
other
districts
school
districts
across
massachusetts
and
across
the
country
are
all
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
use
their
federal
money
to
do
to
make
up
losses
that
they've
sustained
either
through
cuts
at
the
local
level
or
cuts
at
the
state
level.
We
have
not
only
insulated
bps
from
all
of
those
cuts.
We've
been
able
to
make
strategic
investments
to
start
the
work
of
recovery.
D
So
this
is,
you
know,
a
lot
of
efforts
around
family,
liaisons,
social
and
emotional
learning
and
I'm
sure,
as
as
the
council
dives
into
the
fy22
budget
with
bps
they'll,
be
happy
to
walk
through
all
the
specific
new
investments
that
are
afforded
within
this
within
this
inquiry.
So
we
were
really
happy
to
do
that
on
police
accountability
and
safety,
justice
and
healing.
D
Obviously,
when
she
gets
when
she
gets,
she'll
obviously
hit
the
ground
running
with
the
review,
but
reviews,
but
also
trying
to
build
out
her
staffing
and
what
makes
the
most
sense
going
forward.
We
have
a
one
point
side,
1.75
million
investment
in
the
health
and
human
services
cabinet,
around
alternative
policing,
so
chief
martinez
and
obviously
superintendent
long
and
the
police
department
working
together
to
develop
a
pilot
of
this
program
in
the
next
couple
months.
So
this
is
funding
to
really
start
to
do.
D
The
hard
work
of
taking
the
ideas
that
are
out
there
around
alternative
policing
and
responding
to
mental
health
cases
and
different
types
of
cases
or
calls
in
the
city
with
a
different
type
of
response
network
is,
is
a
really
difficult
task,
but
it
also
requires
an
investment.
So
that's
why
we're
putting
this
investment
in
here
and
then
finally,
within
the
police
department
budget?
D
Obviously
this
has
been
a
topic
of
conversation
over
the
last
couple
of
months
with
the
council,
and
we
appreciate
the
many
hearings,
certainly
spearheaded
by
you
counselor
bach,
around
police.
Over
time
around.
You
know
monitoring
the
numbers
for
the
year,
so
I
think
it's
obvious
and
the
police
department's
going
to
spend
about
65
million
dollars
worth
of
overtime
in
fy
21,
which
is
obviously
considerably
over
the
fy
21
budget.
D
So
good
investments
on
the
overtime
side,
as
well
as
trying
to
get
that
number
down,
as
well
as
about
a
million
dollar
investment
in
racial
equity
training.
One
of
the
major
recommendations
of
the
task
force
from
last
year,
the
police
task
force
from
last
year
was
around
training,
so
there's
a
million-dollar
investment
in
that
as
well.
D
So
my
last
couple
slides
are
really
going
to
focus
on
how
we're
spending
that
our
new
investments
for
next
year
and
they're
really
focused
in
mayor
janie's
ideas
around
recovery,
reopening
and
renewal.
So
the
first
one
is
about
a
14
million
investment.
How
do
we
help
support
both
really
hard-hit
industries,
but
also
individuals
come
out
of
covid
stronger?
D
There
there's
obviously
been
disproportionate
effects
of
kova
19
on
different
businesses
and
different
populations
and
different
types
of
residents,
so
we're
really
trying
to
focus
on
how
do
we
sort
of
recover
from
covet
19?
That
includes
a
5
million
investments
in
youth
jobs,
age,
strong
substance
and
mental
health
support,
certainly
coming
out
of
the
public
health
equity,
racial
equity
task
force
out
of
kova
19,
as
well
as
supporting
5
000
school
year.
I'm
sorry
5
000
summer
jobs
and
a
thousand
school
year.
D
Obviously,
as
I
mentioned,
digital
equity,
child
care,
entrepreneurs
and
then
subsidizing
public
transit,
some
additional
subsidiation
of
public
transit
options
which
we're
excited
to
partner
with
the
mbta
on
on
the
reopen
side,
we
have
about
nine
million
dollars
worth
of
investments
in
reopening
our
city.
These
are
investments
really
geared
toward.
How
do
we
reopen
city
services
in
a
safe
and
enjoyable
way
for
residents,
obviously
many
of
which
have
either
been
operating
in
limited
capacity
or
or
been
unable
to
operate?
D
So
we're
really
focused
on
how
do
we
sort
of
get
people
excited
to
to
get
back
to
their
city
services
that
they
love
as
well
as
doing
it
in
a
safe
way,
as
we
start
to
think
about
a
recovery
and
reopening
when
it's
safe
to
do
so?
So
that
is
2
million
to
expand
programming
a
whole
bunch
of
different
departments?
D
You
know,
barriers
to
entry,
but
also
making
sure
that
we're
getting
folks
back
to
bcyf
centers
in
a
meaningful
way,
investments
in
aid,
strong
supports
and
additional
programming,
and
then
new
funding
for
the
disabilities,
commission,
veterans,
commission
and
the
human
rights
commission,
all
of
which
face
different
challenges
when
it
comes
to
covet
19
and
certainly
have
different
needs.
When
it's
when
it
comes
to
coming
out
of
kobe
19.,
we
have
about
a
million
and
a
half
dollars
to
reopen
civic
spaces
safely.
D
So
there
obviously
will
be
an
election
upcoming,
and
this
will
ensure
that
we
have
the
same
levels
of
expanded,
mail-in
voting
and
early
voting
that
we
had
for
last
year's
very
successful
election
in
terms
of
turnout.
So
we're
excited
to
support
that
and
then
additional
million
dollars
to
continue
some
of
the
technology
and
service
city
service
delivery
that
we're
able
to
provide
as
part
of
the
existing
covet
19
response.
We
obviously
had
to
transition
many
of
our
efforts
to
either
online
or
digital
or
through
different
web
portals.
D
D
So
with
that,
I
will
stop
talking
and
turn
it
over
to
the
council,
and
I
just
want
to
again
thank
the
entire
obm
staff,
who
worked
works
tirelessly
all
the
time,
but
in
a
covent
environment
with
you
know,
obviously
doing
remote
coming
in
the
office.
Partly
you
know
unable
to
gather
and
and
really
bring
together,
some
of
the
the
natural
friction
and
fun
and
energy
that
comes
from
building
a
budget
when
you're
all
in
the
same
room.
D
We're
able
to
produce
a
really
thoughtful
and
meaningful
budget
in
a
time
when
I
think
I
I
certainly
agree.
Counselor
the
stewardship
of
public
resources,
especially
coming
out
of
kova
19,
is
especially
important
this
year,
not
that
it's
not
important
every
year,
but
is
very
vital,
and
I
really
want
to
thank
the
budget
office,
the
entire,
a
f
cabinet,
the
mayor's
office
and
all
the
city
departments
and
their
a
f
folks
and
department,
heads
and
cabinet
chiefs
for
a
really
collaborative
process
and
look
forward
to
both
your
questions
today.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
chief
jarrett
thanks
for
the
thorough
presentation,
but
for
us
and
for
members
of
the
public,
which
I
think
is
important
at
the
at
the
start
of,
as
I
say,
was
going
to
be
a
long
process.
I
I
think
I'm
going
to
mainly
defer
my
questions
to
the
end
in
the
interest
of
colleagues.
A
Where
do
we
really
see
the
needs
in
this
moment
on
the
economic
health
perspective
is
all
absolutely
right.
I
think
we
can
pursue
all
those
things
without
moving
into
a
framework
that
removes
the
council's
sort
of
democratic
accountability
piece
over
that
money,
and
so
I'm
you
know
looking
forward
to
working
with
the
administration
in
a
way
that
kind
of
brings
those
things
to
the
fore,
but
also
vets
them
through
a
council
process
rather
than
sort
of
having
that
process
be
post
counsel.
A
So
I
think
we'll
have
more
conversation
on
that
in
may,
but
I
definitely
appreciate
the
budget
office's
partnership
on
that,
and
then
I
guess
I
wanted
to
ask
and
it
would
be
fine
justin
if,
if
this
just
turns
into
a
follow-up,
but
you
referenced
kind
of
adding
an
equity
lens
to
the
budget
this
year.
What
like?
What
are
the
actual
tools
of
analysis
or
sort
of
frameworks
that
were
used
to
do
that.
D
What
we
did
this
year
was,
as
departments
were,
either
seeking
new
investments
or
seeking
new
proposals,
as
they're
required
to
submit
forms
that
sort
of
talk,
obviously
about
the
narrative
portion
of
what
the
investment
is.
But
we
also
ask
them
to
submit
a
list
of
questions
and
answers
to
questions
around
sort
of
what
type
of
community
process
they
went
through.
What
types
of
populations
will
these
investments
serve?
What
are
the
effects
on
those
types
of
populations
both
sort
of
with
this
investment,
and
it
could
be
reductions?
D
A
D
I
think
it's
90
days
from
the
announcement,
which
would
put
us
sort
of
into
the
july
august
time
frame.
I
think,
but
basically
the
the
90
days
is
more
related
to
chief
martinez
and
the
police
department
working
together
to
come
up
with
a
proposal.
I
think
we're.
Obviously
gonna
they're
gonna
have
a
community
process
and
understand
the
impacts
of
it
and
then,
hopefully,
as
as
we
near
july,
one
that
both
that
process,
as
well
as
the
budget
process
are
syncing
up.
So
we
can
launch
it
later
this
year,.
A
Great
all
right,
I
I
think
I'll
defer
further
questions
from
me.
Go
to
colleagues,
I
want
to
note
that
we
were
joined
actually
just
after
I
had
done
the
list,
we're
joined
by
councillor,
frank
baker,
from
district
three
and
also
by
councillor
ed
flynn
from
district
two,
so
grateful
to
all
my
council
colleagues
for
being
on
today.
A
The
order
of
questions
that
we'll
be
doing
is,
after
myself,
my
vice
chair,
counselor,
savvy
george
councillor,
michael
flaherty,
liz,
braden,
andrea
campbell,
julia
mejia,
michelle
wu,
matt,
o'malley,
ricardo
royo,
frank
baker,
ed
flynn
and
then
we'll
come
back
to
the
top.
So
again
I
would,
I
would
just
encourage
colleagues,
obviously
we're
going
to
be
in
the
weeds
with
each
of
the
departments.
A
So
if
you
have
a
super
in
the
weeds
with
the
department
question,
maybe
save
that
for
one
of
the
other
35
hearings,
but
but
of
course,
like
chief
darren
and
his
team
have
been
over
all
of
this
on
both
the
budget
and
revenue
side.
So
you
know
any
questions,
fair
game.
I
will
be
running
a
timer
and,
as
as
with
the
past
I'll
hold
up
my
dabble
when
you're
getting
close
to
the
end
and
then
you'll
hear
the
timer
go
off.
So
thanks.
So
much
with
that
counselor
savvy
george.
G
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair,
for
leading
us
through
this
process
and
setting
such
strict
guidelines
and
rules.
I
think
that
we're
off
to
the
right
start
today
and
I
thank
the
administration
for
their
continued
work
on
our
city's
recovery
and
ensuring
continued
stability,
especially
continued
financial
stability
as
an
at-large
city
council
representing
the
entire
city
of
boston,
I
use
this
budget
season
to
assess
and
make
improvements
on
how
the
city
is
responding
to
the
needs
and
issues
of
all
of
its
residents.
G
As
chair
of
the
education
committee
and
vice
chair
of
this
committee,
ways
and
means,
as
well
as
public
health,
it's
incredibly
important.
It's
an
incredibly
important
responsibility
to
ensure
that
our
city
is
financially
responsible
and
thoughtful
with
our
spending.
As
an
elected
official,
a
mother,
a
former
teacher
and
a
small
business
owner,
I've
reflected
on
my
priorities
and
the
priorities
of
our
work
as
an
office.
I'll
highlight
some
of
the
things
I'll
be
advocating
for
throughout
this
process.
G
As
madam
chair
bach
has
mentioned,
we'll
go
through
in
greater
detail,
but
I'm
looking
forward
to
seeing
federal
money
being
used
to
support
some
significant
public
health
efforts,
especially
around
the
work
at
mass
and
cass,
and
those
dealing
with
homelessness,
substance,
use
disorder
and
mental
illness.
I
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
very
directly
supporting
our
small
businesses
through
some
grant
work.
I'd
also
like
to
see
an
increase
in
funding
for
the
mobile
sharks
team,
as
we
continue
continue
to
see
increased
impacts
of
improperly
discarded
sharps
in
our
neighborhoods
and
across
our
city.
G
We
know
that
we
need
an
increase
in
trauma,
supports
that
are
directly
accessible
to
our
residents
and
we'll
talk
more
about
that.
I'm
certain
through
the
health
commission's
work,
as
well
as
some
of
our
bcyf
efforts
and
our
boston
police
department
and
then
last,
but
certainly,
not
least,
and
certainly
this
isn't
a
a
full
list.
But
I
would
like
to
see
additional
investments
towards
supportive
housing,
affordable
housing
and
family-sized
housing
through
our
work
as
a
city,
and
that
will
certainly
come
up
in
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
hearing.
G
So
I'm
curious
how
the
city
has
approached
each
type
of
these
fundings
and
and
how
have
we
decided
to
spend
it
and
then
can
we
also
get
a
brief
update
on
how
any
leftover
federal
money
from
this
last
year
is
being
used,
and
that
will
be
it
for
my
questions
at
least
in
this
round.
Something
may
come
up
and
later
through
this
hearing.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
D
Sure,
thanks
counselor,
for
for
those
great
questions,
I'll
I'll,
take
the
first
one
first,
so
each
of
the
different
pots
of
money
that
we've
been
able
to
access
as
a
city
has
typically
come
with
different
requirements.
Some
of
them
are
reimbursement
based.
Some
of
them
are
grants.
Some
of
them
are.
You
know,
grants
to
the
school
district,
so
there's
a
different
category
that
comes
with
each
of
them,
so
there's
probably
a
different,
a
slightly
different
process
for
each
of
them.
D
Small
business
support,
so
that's
stuff,
like
the
winter
relief
fund,
the
reopen
boston
fund,
all
those
different
funds
that
we
had
to
stand
up
over
the
last
couple
months
as
well
as
stuff
like
boston,
hope
and
the
medical
response
that
we've
had
so
there's
been
a
that
was
a
very
much
sort
of
in
the
weeds
type.
You
know
we
gotta
stand
up
a
field
hospital.
D
We
gotta
do
x,
y
z
and
working
closely
and
glad
that
we
were
able
to
spend
that
money
in
an
effective
way
for
this
second
tranche
of
money.
The
the
american
recovery
act
money.
We're
really
trying
to
be
thoughtful
about
it.
We're
really
trying
to
do
two
things,
we're
trying
to
make
sure
we're
using
it
in
an
efficient
way.
D
So
that's
why
we're
standing
at
this
committee
to
sort
of
do
a
lot
of
this
cross-functional
collaboration
between
schools
and
us
in
public
health
and
identifying
many
of
the
needs
that
you
raised.
I
think,
as
top
priorities
for
investment
and
and
look
forward
to
filing
that
order
with
the
council.
Once
we
receive
word
from
the
feds,
I
know
there's
been
a
lot
of
speculation
about
how
much
we're
getting
and
what
we
can
use
it.
For
you
know
we
still
have
not
heard
directly
from
the
feds
on
when
this
money
will
come.
D
We
think
it'll
come
in
may
and
we
are
awaiting
final
guidance,
so
that'll
really
dictate.
I
think
the
the
final
approach,
but
we
did
want
to
make
sure
that
we
were
reflecting
it
in
this
year's
budget.
That's
why
we
have
sort
of
some
meaningful
investments
in
the
22
budget
using
this
money,
as
well
as
setting
up
a
public
process
around
how
to
make
decisions
on
it
going
forward,
and
we
look
forward
to
partnering
with
council
on
on
that,
as
we
as
we
think
about
the
next
year.
D
D
G
A
Just
say
that,
certainly,
although
there
is
not
an
appropriation
order
that
comes
through
council
for
the
school
money,
but
we've
been
clear
with
vpns
and
we'll
be
clear
throughout
the
process
in
the
weeks
ahead
that
we
do
expect
to
be
having
a
conversation
about
how
bps
is
using
that
money,
and
I
think
I
think,
in
addition
to
the
200,
odd
million
right
chief
steroid,
that
you
mentioned,
there's
also
sr
funds
going
back
to
the
december
bill
that
I
think
have
not
been
allocated
by
the
school
department.
Yet
is
that
accurate.
A
E
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
of
c
and
good
good
morning
to
justin
and
his
team
and
justin
that
the
at
the
onset
there's
no
way
to
sugarcoat
the
property
tax
increase
to
the
residents
across
the
city,
who
are
struggling,
obviously
themselves
through
out
the
pandemic
and
then
to
to
get
hit
with
that.
For
some,
it's
it's
been
devastating.
So
I
know
that
I
saw
your
slideshow
presentation
like
so
there's
no
way
to
sugarcoat
the
increased
property
tax
across
the
board.
E
E
So
so,
in
addition
to
obviously
being
in
touch
on
this
budget
throughout
the
budget
process,
we'll
be
obviously
working
closely
as
those
funds
become
available
and
this
discussion
about
disbursement,
etc.
So
and
again,
we'll
be
taking
cues
from
from
my
colleagues
as
it
pertains
to
their
respective
districts
or
my
at-large
colleagues
citywide,
and
just
wanted
to
sort
of
do
a
quick,
rapid
fire.
I
think
you
know
my
main
concern.
Obviously
around
making
sure
chiropractic
services
are
added
to
the
formula
that
should
not
be
a
bargain
for
issue.
E
We
should
use
the
strength
of
our
numbers
if
you
will,
with
the
insurance
companies
in
demand
that
that
be
part
of
it
to
reduce
health
care
and
copay
costs,
to
reduce
doctor
visits
and
also
to
get
folks
back
to
work
sooner
and
make
sure
that
there's
not
a
path
of
opioid
indoor,
significant
time
off
from
work.
When,
with
the
simple
adjustment
that
they
could
be
back
to
work
in
a
relatively
short
period
of
time,
we
have
a
fiscal
responsibility
to
the
taxpayers.
E
You
know
we've
heard
concerns
about
the
octopus
intersection,
that's
the
five-way
intersection,
particularly
over
in
roslindale.
You
know:
cummins,
highway,
canterbury,
highway,
alh,
american
legion,
highway,
capital
funding
for
climate
ready
initiatives
and
then
from
the
operating
budget.
You
know
funding
for
our
public
safety
departments.
You
know
I
got
to
get
a
better
sense
around
the
department's.
Hiring
efforts
to
keep
up
with
attrition
got
to
get
your
sense
around
the
strategy
to
reduce
the
overtime
budget
and
obviously,
how
can
we
shift
our
spending?
E
You
know
so
folks
that,
particularly
in
the
community
that
that,
like
to
see
you
know
the
bicycle
units,
particularly
during
the
warmer
weather,
and
make
sure
that
they
continue
to
see
those
as
well
as
increase
funding
for
the
best
clinicians
and
other
bphc
initiatives
around
the
nasa
cass
area.
Funding
for
public
works
an
operating
budget
that
would
support
a
more
comprehensive
approach
to
sidewalk
repair.
We
have
a
lot
of
sidewalks
that
are
being
uprooted
by
those
big
trees
and
or
in
disrepair.
E
E
E
We're
going
to
sort
of
pay
for
that
years
down
the
road
if
we
don't
jump
on
this
and
get
and
get
folks
back
into
the
classroom
and,
more
importantly,
get
them
caught
up.
Obviously,
the
fincom.
We
talked
a
lot
about
that
last
year
and
the
need
to
increase
funding
for
fincom,
so
they
can
expand
their
overview.
E
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
counselor
a
lot
of
shared
priorities.
I
think
both
in
the
budget
and
look
forward
to
talking
about
them.
I'll
just
highlight
two
quick
things,
one
in
my
new
capacity
as
a
as
cfo
happy
to
partner
with
you
on
the
chiropractor
issue,
to
talk
about
what
that
might
look
like
and
then
the
point
you
raised
around
needles,
both
u.n
counselors
avi
george
mentioned.
There
is
a
500
000
investment
within
the
public
health
commission
of
new
funding,
of
which
about
180,
175
000.
D
I'm
sorry,
375
000
is
for
the
community
syringe
program
which
is
a
new
program
of
actually
investing
in
or
paying
for
folks
to
turn
in
needles
that
they
may
they
may
find,
or
they
may
have,
or
they
may
be
sort
of
in
contact
with.
So
we
think
that
that
both
not
only
is
a
public
health
investment
but
as
well
as
a
certainly
will
help
with
you
know
some
of
the
issues
around
discarded
needles
that
I
I
know
is
top
of
mind
for
many
folks.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
and
thank
you
to
justin
and
all
of
your
team
for
producing
such
a
an
incredibly
comprehensive
and
and
well-presented
budget
outline
this
morning.
A
few
questions
I
I
was
wondering
about
pilot
payments.
I
know
it's
a
voluntary
program
by
our
non-profits.
Have
we
seen
it?
Are
we
expecting
to
see
a
drop
in
pilot
payments
or
how
much
or
how
much
are
we?
We
expect
to
see
from
pilot?
I
I
I
I'm
really
concerned
that
we're
not
actually
and
I'm
going
to
get
into
the
weeds
with
this
when
we
get
further
down,
but
because
it's
sort
of
an
intersectioning
intersectionality
between
bps
and
bcyf
and
facilities,
it's
it's
a
complex
situation
and
I
really
hope
that
we
can
have
a
very
robust
conversation
and
a
plan,
because
if
we
we
don't
want
to
leave
it
to
july
22
when
the
doors
close
to
say.
Okay,
now
now
we'll
start
planning,
we
need
to
start
planning
now
so
that
we
have
a.
I
I
I
Many
of
our
many
of
our
folks
have
really
felt
felt
the
impact
of
the
big
increase
this
year
and
and
really
that
sort
of
brings
us
back
into
the
pilot
payments
and
other
sources
of
revenue
that
we
can
that
we
can
tap
into
to
decrease
the
burden
on
our
on
our
homeowners,
and
I
think
that's
really
about
it.
I
I'm
going
to
get
into
the
weeds
a
lot
more
when
we
get
into
the
departments,
but
those
are
the
three.
Those
are
some
big
concerns
from
from
my
district.
Thank
you.
D
Sure
thank
you
counselor
for
the
questions,
all
good
topics
for
discussion
in
the
future,
but
I'll
try
to
touch
on
each
of
them
very
quickly.
So,
within
the
capital
plan
we
do
have
some
additional
funding
for
the
jackson,
man,
both
community
center
and
the
long-term
plan
for
the
building
itself.
So
definitely
look
forward
to
that's
just
the
money
side
of
the
equation.
We
certainly
need
to
have
a
robust,
community-based
conversation
about
the
future,
so
I
but
I
defer
to
bps
in
that
conversation
over
the
next
couple
days.
D
As
far
as
youth
focused
investments,
I
think
we're
really
proud
of
a
lot
of
our
youth
focus
investments
in
this
budget.
We
have
a
tremendous
amount
of
new
funding
to
expand
programming
when
safe,
and
I
get
that
that's
a
always
a
trigger
for
all
of
this
stuff.
Right
now
is
when
it's
safe:
around
expanded,
bcyf,
centers,
expanded
parks,
programming,
expanded
arts
programming,
expanded
public
space
programming
to
to
do
exactly
that
to
sort
of
occupy.
D
You
know
youth's
time
and
definitely
give
them
safe
places
to
to
go
and
gather
as
well
as
fully
supporting-
and
this
was
a
not
a-
not
a
small
investment-
a
four
million
dollar
investment
in
youth
jobs
for
this
summer
to
make
sure
we
are
offering
a
youth
job
to
all
five.
You
know
five
thousand
kids,
hopefully
to
to
get
to
get
meaningful
employment
and
and
but
do
so
in
a
safe
way
again
given
covet.
D
It's
obviously
had
some
impact
and
then
on
the
pilot
side,
so
we're
projecting
sort
of
revenue
to
be
maintained
between
21
and
22
to
sort
of
the
same
amount
that
we
expected
this
year.
I
will
defer
to
nick
arnella
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
pilot
process
that
that's
kind
of
going
on
right
now,
if
he's,
if
he's
available
for.
J
J
K
Thank
you,
councillor
bach,
and
thank
you
justin
your
entire
team,
everyone
being
on
the
zoom.
I
know
it's
boring
to
sit
here
and
not
say
anything.
You
all
look
fabulous.
So
thank
you.
So
much
and
of
course
thank
you
to
all
the
city.
Employees
who've
been
working
really
hard
in
the
midst
of
covid,
of
course,
to
ensure
that
our
residents
get
services
go
through
this
budget
process.
So
a
big
thank
you
to
them
as
well.
K
I
also
want
to
thank
course
counselor
bach
and
her
team
for
the
work
they're
already
doing
to
navigate
us.
Take
us
through
the
process.
So
thank
you
so
much
following
up
on
counselor
box
question,
which
I
really
appreciated
around
the
equity
inclusion
framework,
the
equity
framework.
Can
we
get
a
copy
of
what
that
actually
looks
like,
which
would
be
really
helpful.
The
the
questions
that
the
departments
had
to
go
through.
K
K
Thank
you
and
then
a
few
other
things
one
is
in.
I
can
sort
of
we
can
get
into
the
weeds
during
the
actual
budget
hearings,
but
the
tick
particularly
because
you
brought
up
the
federal
dollars
in
a
deeper
understanding
of
how
much
we're
getting
what
what
it's
for
the
strings
that
are
attached.
Is
there
a
number
right
now
as
to
what
boston
public
schools
is
specifically
getting
in
terms
of
federal
relief
dollars,
and
if
so,
what
is
that
amount.
D
D
they're
also
going
to
get
sort
of
in
excess,
and
I
don't
have
the
number,
but
it's
in
excess
of
200
million
dollars
in
the
most
recent
arp
american
rescue
plan
funding
as
well.
So
I
think
all
told
they're,
probably
north
of
350-
something
like
that.
But
I
will
I'll
defer
to
them
they're
closer
to
the
federal
grant
process
for
their
for
their
programs.
K
Very
helpful
and
then
one
big
question
is,
as
you
can
imagine,
there
are
more
and
more
articles.
There
was
one
just
this
last
week
on
the
vacancies
in
the
city,
particularly
at
how
high
our
vacancy
rate
is.
What
do
you
anticipate
just
from
your
department,
the
effect
that
will
have
on
property?
You
know
taxes
revenue.
Of
course.
K
I
share
the
concern
of
council
colleagues
with
respect
to
homeowners,
who,
of
course,
are
bearing
the
brunt
of
many
of
these
property
tax
increases
and
I'm
working
with
councillor
bach
councillor
flynn
on
responding
with
some
solutions
with
the
state.
We
had
a
very
robust
working
session
on
this,
along
with
our
commissioner
nick
of
course
as
well.
So
I'm
just
curious,
though,
given
all
of
these
articles
that
are
coming
out
and
folks,
you
know
left
to
go
to
the
suburbs.
D
So
I'll
do
high
level
and
then
obviously
nick
jump
in,
so
we
always
try
to
frame
the
the
property
tax
conversation
and
sort
of
what's
in
our
control
and
sort
of,
what's
not
in
our
control.
So
the
things
that
are
in
our
control
we're
going
to
maximize
the
resident
residential
exemption
for
next
year,
we're
going
to
maximize
the
shift
between
commercial
and
residential
that
means
sort
of
we
shift
the
entire
as
much
of
the
responsibility
from
residents
onto
the
commercial
side
as
possible,
which
obviously
has
its
own
sort
of
drawbacks.
D
From
to
your
point
around
the
vacancy
issue.
The
important
thing
to
remember,
though,
is
boston
is
considerably
below
our
two
and
a
half
percent
threshold.
So
you
can
raise
property
taxes
by
two
and
a
half
percent
every
year,
but
you
can
only
raise
it
up
to
a
two
and
a
half
percent
ceiling
of
all
the
value
in
the
city.
D
So
the
city
has
seen
a
tremendous
growth
in
value
since
the
early
1980s,
you
know,
or
early
1990s
of
about
eight
percent
annually,
but
we've
really
only
increased
that
levy
by
two
and
a
half
percent
every
year
because
we're
not
like
other
communities
who
go,
who
do
about
two
and
a
half
overrides
or
or
anything
like
that.
So
I
think
that
you
know.
D
While
while
yes,
I
we
sort
of
echo
the
concerns-
and
we
are-
you
know,
working
within
what
we
can
do
for
sort
of
a
residential
exemption
and
try
to
keep
those
taxes
down.
We
are
sort
of
guided
by
state
law.
So
I
think
we
are
trying
to
work
within
that
and
look
forward
to
partnering
with
you
counselor
on
what
a
state
solution
might
look
like
nick
anything
else.
You
I'm
sure
you
could
add
a
whole
bunch
on
values
and
and
other
other
programs.
J
Yeah,
I
know
thank
you
justin,
that
was,
it
was
a
very
solid
overview
and
thank
you
for
your
question.
Counselor
campbell,
you
know
to
to
justin's
point
purely
from
a
from
a
revenue
perspective,
the
vacancy
isn't
going
to
impact
the
amount
of
money
that
the
city
is
going
to
collect
through
property
taxes.
J
What
it
potentially
impacts
is
the
value
on
individual
properties
and
there's
there's
really
a
lot
of
different
factors
that
kind
of
go
into
that.
One
of
them
is
is
timing
because
of
the
weird
way
that
property
taxes
are
structured.
One
of
them
is,
is
also
you
know,
just
because
a
a
space
looks
empty,
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
it's
not
producing
rent,
in
which
case
it
wouldn't
be
considered
vacant
from
a
for
evaluation
perspective,
and
so
there
are
a
few
different
pieces
that
come
into
play.
K
Okay-
and
I
I
just
one
last
question-
and
and
I
will
go
deeper
on
the
police
department
budget-
the
overtime
concerns
that
still
are
there
even
with
this
budget,
I'm
not
optimistic
at
all.
Frankly,
mass
and
cass
definitely
want
to
see
greater
investment
and
plan
there.
It
continues
to
get
worse,
not
only
there,
but
in
other
parts
of
the
city,
with
respect
to
opioid
and
homelessness
crisis,
which
is
the
other
public
health
crisis
in
the
city
of
boston.
That
does
not
get
the
attention
it
deserves.
K
So
a
lot
of
questions
there,
including
around
racial
equity
trainings-
and
you
know
the
fire
department-
got
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
previous
but
hasn't
gone
through
racial
equity
training.
As
of
yet
and
so
really
tough
questions
around
the
racial
equity
piece,
which
of
course,
is
critically
important
to
the
work
of
the
city,
and
then
I
would
just
add-
and
this
is
my
final
question-
I
just
saw
the
gavel
right
now:
the
status
of
collective
bargaining.
You
know
what's
currently
what
contracts
are
currently
under
negotiation.
K
D
Just
take
the
last
one,
so
we
are
in
negotiations
with
everyone
who
is
out
of
contract,
so
there
are
a
bunch
that
were
out
of
contract
in
fy
21.
So
this
current
fiscal
year
that
we
are
at
the
table
with
and
then
there
are
more
who
are
up
in
fy
22
who
we
will
be
getting
to
the
table
with
once
we
once
we
get
through
that
contract
or
once
we
get
through
the
end
of
this
contract.
A
L
Thank
you
chair
for
carrying
us
through
this
budget
season.
This
is
the
second
season
that
our
office
has
been
part
a
part
of
it
and
we're
excited
with
the
changes
that
we
have
made
to
make
sure
that
the
voices
of
the
people
are
centered
in
the
space.
We
have
already
held
three
virtual
events
to
talk
about
the
budget
and
we
will
soon
be
taking
this
conversation
onto
the
streets.
L
People
want
to
know
what's
going
on
when
it
comes
to
how
their
money
is
being
spent,
but
because
the
budget
document
is
a
thousand
pages
long
and
these
earrings
take
place
during
the
work
day.
Most
people
are
being
kept
out
of
the
process.
This
budget
season
will
be
we'll
be
fighting
for
what
the
people
put
us
in
office
to
demand,
and
that's.
This
includes
more
funding
for
ells
and
special
education,
municipal
broadband
and
reallocating
public
safety,
funding
towards
youth
jobs,
meaningful
civic
engagement
and
all
decision
making
processes
and
mental
health
and
wellness.
L
Excuse
me,
as
I
choke
so
here,
there's
some
a
few
questions.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
these
hearings
this
year
will
help
us
bring
more
people
into
the
process.
Oh
my
god,
I'm
getting
all
choked
up.
How
is
the
administration
planning
to
show
up
in
the
space
in
ways
that
people
will
actually
understand,
and
that
gives
us,
as
the
council,
the
ability
to
get
most
of
our
questions
answered.
L
I'm
curious
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
the
property
tax
generated
from
the
tangible
personal
tax
for
things
like
barbershop
chairs.
How
much
money
does
the
city
take
from
this
specific
area
of
revenue
and
how
is
this
assessed,
particularly
for
those
who
didn't
receive?
Who
didn't
reply
to
the
notice?
I'm
just
curious.
I've
gotten
some
questions
about
that.
The
budget
presentation
stated
that
there's
a
21
million
cut
in
police
spending,
but
last
year
the
police
were
only
budgeted
for
404
million,
meaning
that
we
went
over
their
allocated
budget.
L
My
question
is:
will
the
bpda
go
excuse
me?
Would
the
bpd
go
over
their
budget
for
fy22
and,
if
that's
the
case,
how
can
we
use
our
budget
book
to
more
accurately
reflect
reflect?
What
that
process
with
the
proposed
is
needed
and
has
the
administration
been
working
with
the
city
police?
Actually,
I'm
curious.
How
has
the
administration
been
working
with
the
city's
police
reform
task
force
to
make
decisions
around
opec
structure,
executive
leadership,
etc?
L
How
do
we
plan
to
involve
them
and
the
city
council
in
the
future
of
this
project
and
we're
seeing
some
of
the
greatest
job
losses
in
the
food
service
industry
in
other
industries
that
are
primarily
people
of
color
immigrants,
many
who
are
undocumented
and
low
income?
How
are
we
using
this
federal
relief
spending
to
put
into
the
hands
of
the
workers
who
need
it
most,
that's
all
for
now,
so
I
can
cough
a
little
bit.
D
Thank
you
counselor
for
the
questions.
I
will
try
to
take
them
in
the
order
that
they
came
in
so
on
the
engagement
side
and
the
public
conversation.
We
really
look
forward
to
both
building
out
our
own,
and
I
appreciate
that
the
document
is
long,
we're
trying
to
be
as
transparent
as
possible.
We
try
to
put
the
numbers
out
there
and
I
know
it's
not
a
it's
a,
not
an
easy
document
to
digest.
So
we
appreciate
any
and
all
ideas
for
how
to
do
it.
D
I
think
what
we're
doing
in
the
budget
office
side
is
we're
trying
to
engage
the
people
in
different
types
of
mediums.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we
are
partnering
with
monum
and
a
local
nonprofit
in
east
boston
around
moving
through
the
budget,
which
is
a
dance
program
to
help
explain
the
budget.
We
hope.
If
that
works
out
well
and
that's
sort
of
a
successful
tool,
we
can
take
that
citywide.
D
We
also
hope
to
have
a
larger
ongoing
conversation.
One
of
the
things
that
we
were
piloting
pre-covet
was
taking
the
budget
and
taking
all
of
my
friends
in
the
budget
office
out
to
the
neighborhood.
So
we
would
go
to
all
the
mayor's
coffee
hours
with
posters
and
different
types
of
material
written
in
as
simple
of
or
as
basic
of
a
language
as
possible,
so
that
we
could
give
it
out
to
the
folks
translating
it
into
different
materials.
D
So
we
could
be
available
to
answer
questions
as
well
as
that,
but
look
forward
to
partnering
with
you,
both
through
the
counsel
process,
but
also
also
through
your
own
process
and,
if
you'd
like
to
have
the
budget
office
participate
in
any
of
your
public
hearings
or
your
public
sessions.
We'd
be
happy
to
do
so
on
the
police
side
of
things.
I'm
not
I'm
not
familiar
with
the
structure
by
which
we
were
making
decisions
around
that.
D
So
I
would
have
to
defer
on
that
question
as
far
as
the
budget
is
as
far
as
it
relates
to
the
budget.
We
work
very
closely
with
the
police
department
to
manage
within
their
budget.
We
do
not
know
what
they're
going
to
go
over
next
year
because
we're
not
through
next
year.
Yet
I
would
say
what
what
we
have
tried
to
do
is
set
a
realistic
but
significant
cut
to
their
overtime
budget.
D
Make
investments
in
areas
that
will
help
us
achieve
that
through
more
officers
in
the
overall
force
and
more
officers
coming
back
from
medical
leave
to
to
help
fill
that
fill
those
slots
on
regular
time
so
as
opposed
to
overtime,
and
then
it's
going
to
be
obviously
an
ongoing
process
to
hold
the
police
department
and
the
city
accountable
to
hit
that
number.
So
we
are
sort
of
trying
to
make
a
mindful
cut
we're
trying
to
make
a
significant
cut,
but
we're
doing
it
in
a
way
that
is
responsible
and
achievable
for
next
year.
D
The
last
question
around
the
heart
estate
industry.
So
I
think,
there's
really
two
facets
that
we're
trying
to
address
hard-hit
industries.
One
is
using
some
of
this
federal
money
directly
for
hard
hit
industries.
That's
both
tourism
hospitality,
small
businesses,
as
well
as
investments
in
mobility,
job
training
and
arts,
job
training
which
we're
excited
about
who
have
been
particularly
impacted
by
covet
19,
and
I
think,
as
we
think,
about
this
larger
federal
funding
that
we'll
be
talking
to
the
council
about
in
the
coming
months.
D
L
J
J
That's
of
the
seven
2.67
dollars
that
the
city
collected
overall
through
the
property
tax
levy.
The
way
that
that
works
is
the
there's
a
there's,
a
self-reporting
obligation
for
every
owner,
personal
property
in
the
city.
It's
this
form
called
a
formal
list
and
they're
supposed
to
file
every
year
by
march,
first
with
the
department.
J
If
someone
does
not
file,
we
do
my
team.
Does
a
lot
of
work
every
year
to
discover
new
accounts
or
discover
people
that
possibly
did
not
file,
in
which
case
we
create
estimates
and
send
out
bills
a
few
different
ways
that
we
do
that
overall,
the
the
area
of
personal
property
law
is
surprisingly
complex,
whether
something's,
taxable
or
exempt
depends
a
lot
on
the
type
of
the
owner
of
the
property.
J
L
M
A
A
I
think
when,
when
it
hits
people
for
the
first
time-
and
they
didn't
have
it
before
then
they're
like
well-
who
else
is
not
getting
this
notice
and
my
understanding
it
was
is
that
it
was
a
very
core
component
of
the
city's
tax
structure
a
hundred
years
ago
and
sort
of
things
have
shifted,
and
I
don't
know
I
I
just
want
a
second
counselor
mejia
that
I
think
there's
some
confusion
out
there.
So
it's
something
we
should
follow
up
on
all
right.
Next
up
is
councillor
o'malley
and
then
castle
arroyo
and
councillor
baker.
N
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair
and
good
afternoon
chief
starring
to
your
entire
team.
It's
great
to
see
you
all.
I
always
enjoy
this
inaugural
budget
hearing
truly
because
I
think
it
allows
us
to
get
a
deeper
dive
than
we
received
in
the
acting
mayor's
briefing
a
couple
weeks
ago
and
allows
us
to
articulate
what
our
true
sort
of
focus
is
and
really
just
get
a
good
lay
of
the
land.
So
I
appreciate
all
of
you
for
taking
this
time.
N
N
Because
of
work
of
this
council,
we
now
I'm
one
of
the
countless
bostonians
who
gets
100
of
his
electricity
from
renewable
energy
sources,
but
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
actually
have
some
boston-based
renewable
energy
sources.
So
what
it's
looking
like
for
our
building
out
of
our
infrastructure.
N
Similarly,
it'd
be
no
surprise
that
the
focus
myself
and
I
would
venture
against
every
counselor-
is
on
boston,
public
schools.
There's
no
question
that
this
has
been
the
most
difficult
year
imaginable
for
bps,
and
I
appreciate
some
things
that
were
done.
Exceptionally
well
particularly
around
food
access
and
technologically
technological
access
and
limiting
the
technological
divide
or
digital
divide,
but
there's
still
a
tremendous
amount
of
concern
we
have
not,
the
least
of
which
is.
This
is
my
11th
budget
season.
N
The
city's
population
has
grown
exponentially
in
the
last
decade,
yet
bps's
student
enrollment
has
dipped.
So
that's
something
that
I
have
a
lot
of
concern
as
we
get
into
the
superintendent,
her
team
and
then,
finally,
as
it
relates
to
basic
infrastructure
and
how
we're
going
to
look
at
applying,
particularly
some
of
the
arp
funds
to
making
boston
a
better,
more
resilient,
more
equitable
city
going
forward
as
it
relates
to
infrastructure.
N
You
know,
I
think
one
thing
that's
really
really
interested
in
actually
nick
I
mean
this
is
my
long-winded
way
of
getting
into
my
questions
is,
as
we
think
about
a
post-pandemic
life
how
the
world
is
going
to
change.
I
mean,
I
think.
I
think
that
one
thing
is
clear
and
I
see
it
when
I'm
downtown
and
and
the
number
of
businesses
that
have
shuttered
many
many
more
people
will
be
working
from
home.
N
What
does
that
do
to
our
commercial
tax
base,
which
has
always
been
where
we
put
our
thumb
on
the
scale,
quite
frankly
on
our
revenue?
So
what
does
that
look
like
do?
The
fact
that
we
have
seen
an
increase
in
our
residential
rates?
Is
that
a
proactive
move
to
limit
the
fact
that
the
balance
has
to
be
a
little
bit
more
equal
between
residential
and
commercial
going
forward?
I
don't
know.
Perhaps
it
is.
I
think,
that
the
commercial
value
or
excuse
me,
the
residential
value,
will
continue
to
grow.
N
Finally,
as
it
relates
to
public
health,
the
sort
of
the
third
big
or
fourth
big
focus
of
mine-
you
know
I,
I
remarked
the
other
day
to
my
wife-
that
this
is
the
first
year,
probably
in
my
life
that
I
didn't
have
a
cold
and
like
many
of
you,
I,
you
know
shake
more
hands
than
the
average
person
in
a
non-pandemic
time,
but
I
think
it
underscores
how
public
health
is
so
much
more
at
the
forefront.
Obviously,
so
I'm
delighted
to
see
an
increase
in
public
health.
N
D
I'll
just
say,
and
then
turn
over
to
nick
from
a
top
line.
We
are
not
changing
the
way
we
approach
the
distinction
between
commercial
and
residential.
We
are
not
sort
of
shifting
the
scale
than
what
we
have
already,
which
is
fully
shifted
onto
the
commercial
side,
and
we
are
still
maximizing
the
residential
exemption.
So
from
that
perspective
we
are
not
changing
our
approach.
D
So,
despite
the
fact
that
we
are
maximizing
on
the
commercial
side
and
obviously
still
supporting
the
full
residential
exemption,
we
sort
of
do
have
to
follow
state
law
and-
and
we
do
have
to
be
mindful
of
the
commercial
side
right.
So,
even
if
we
were
to
sort
of
have
the
ability
to
go
even
further
on
the
scale,
I'm
not
sure
if
we
we
should
because
there's
obviously
a
tremendous
amount
of
pressure
on
the
commercial
side
of
of
landlords.
Right
now.
J
Thank
you
justin,
and
thank
you
for
your
question.
Counselor
o'malley.
It
is
the
question
you
ask
is
really
interesting
to
to
think
about
it's
a
really
interesting
economic
question
to
think
about
just
like
what
what
is
the
future
of
our
city
going
to
look
like
and
it's
a
question
that
a
lot
of
people
are
asking
around
the
country-
and
I
think
part
of
the
reason
there's
so
much
speculation
is
that
everything
right
now
was
just
kind
of
such
a
huge
unknown.
J
You
know
the
pandemic
was
unprecedented.
It
did
not
do
the
kinds
of
things
to
our
local
economy
that
other
recessions
have
done.
It
came
on
very
quickly
and
we're
still
kind
of
trying
to
figure
out
what
that
looks
like,
but
just
kind
of
one
things
that
you
raised.
The
fact
that
the
residential
market
stayed
strong
and
is
is
strengthening
is
is
not
normally
how
recessions
work
right.
So
normally
that's
something
that
is
spread
across
all
areas,
and
it's
interesting
now
to
kind
of
look
at
that
and
figure
out.
J
Is
there
a
bigger
commercial
impact
than
residential?
I
think
that
the
fact
that
residential
is
growing
is
itself
going
to
have
a
bigger
impact
and,
and
the
commercial
market
is
still
such
a
such
an
unknown
as
to
kind
of
how
that's
going
to
bounce
back.
That
figuring
out
what
that's
going
to
look
like
and
projecting
is
just
really
challenging
to
to
do
fair
enough.
Nick.
N
I'm
sorry
I
just
I
want
to
get
two
quick
ones
in,
but
I
I
think
suffice
it
to
say
we
wait
and
see
we're
all.
You
know
uncharted
territory
here
on
commercial,
but
I
appreciate
that
sorry
to
interrupt
very
briefly
justin.
When
I
worked
for
county
government,
I
worked
for
sheriff
cabral.
This
is
going
back
15
years
county
would
get
deeds
excise
funds
from
the
city
every
year
to
the
tune
of
could
be.
You
know
it
could
be
in
the
millions
of
dollars.
Does
that
still
exist
with
the
essentially
dissolution
of
county
government?
D
D
N
All
right
and
then
finally,
with
arp
funds
that
will
come
to
boston
as
the
pass-through
for
the
rest
of
suffolk,
county,
chelsea,
winthrop
and
revere.
Is
there
a
percentage
on
how
much
will
go
to
each
municipality?
Is
it
derived
by
population
exactly
yeah
population
based
great?
Thank
you
justin.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you.
Nick.
A
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
just
for
shepherding
all
of
this
and
in
in
advance
for
all
of
the
time
you're
gonna
be
spending
on
zoom
with
this,
so
I'm
gonna
try
and
keep
this
incredibly
brief,
because
I
I
know
that
most
of
the
my
colleagues
have
asked
these
questions
already,
and
so
I
don't
have
to
retread
them.
So
just
two
things
one,
I
see
that
opat
is
scheduled,
for,
I
believe,
a
million
dollars.
B
Do
we
believe
that
that
that'll
be
the
extent
of
what
they
need
and
and
how
did
we
come
to
that
conclusion
and
then
on
the
pilot?
I
know
that
liz
braden
also
mentioned
this,
but
I
just
want
to
know
what
the
plans
are
if,
if
any,
to
sort
of
expand
pilot
and
develop
it
as
a
revenue
source
for
the
city
moving
forward-
and
those
are
the
only
two
I
have
for
today.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
to
the
panelists.
D
Thank
you
councillor
I'll,
take
the
first
and
then
I'll
kick
the
second
one
over
to
nick
on
opat.
Basically,
the
task
force
laid
out
sort
of
what
the
roles
and
responsibilities
of
that
organization
were
going
to
be,
and
we
basically
then
worked
sort
of
internally
to
try
to
determine
what
type
of
staffing
they
might
need
and
that's
where
we
came
up
with
the
the
10
staffers
plus.
Obviously,
some
non-personnel
supports
I
I
don't
know
if
that
will
be
the
final
budget
for
the
long
term
size
of
the
office.
D
I
could
certainly
see
it
growing
over
time,
depending
on
the
types
of
you
know,
the
the
caseload
it's
working
on
or
the
types
of
investigations
it's
doing
and
the
needs.
I
think
a
million
dollars
is
a
a
big
investment
for
a
first
year
department
and
I
think
our
goal
will
be
to
sort
of
fully
staff
that
office
with
that
million
dollars
and
then
reevaluate
in
23
and
beyond.
D
On
the
pilot
side.
I
think
it's
obviously
something
that
we
continue
to
work
with
our
pilot
counterparts
on
we're.
Obviously,
mindful,
though,
that
many
of
them
have
been
impacted
financially
from
covet
19,
whether
it's
you
know,
schools
who
were
not
open
this
year
or
hospitals
who
you
know
we're
not
providing
you
know
the
same
types
of
in-person
services
that
they
normally
provide
that
generates
revenue
for
them
nick.
Can
you
give
an
update
on
where
you
are
with
the
process
for
evaluating
pilot.
J
J
There
were
some
definite
impacts
in
terms
of
timing
and
our
request
for
fiscal
year
20,
which
kind
of
led
to
some
some
delays
in
our
request
for
21.
But
it
is
a
program
that
we
are
always
evaluating
because
our
our
primary
goal
is
to
maintain
our
nation
leading
program,
and
we
are
always
aside
from
maintenance,
continuing
to
push
to
figure
out
ways
to
improve,
enhance
outreach,
enhance
participation
and
both
in
the
number
of
organizations
that
participate,
as
well
as
the
the
level
to
which
they
participate.
B
A
F
D
F
F
Yeah,
so
that
money
will
be
a
saving
that
money
will
be
a
saving
grace
and
it's
not
necessarily
attached
to
the
to
the
budget.
So
it's
so
it's
automatically
going
to
get
get
placed
in
those
in
those
places
like.
Even
if
this
budget
did
not
pass
that
money
would
still
be
able
to
go
and
fill
those
holes
and
and
do
those
sorts
of
things
the
backstop
sort
of
money
well,.
D
The
so
the
the
the
arp
money
when
we
file
when
we
get
notice
from
the
federal
government
we
will
file
and
accept
and
expend
order
with
the
council
of
which
a
portion
of
it
will
go
towards
the
general
fund
to
support
the
22
operating
budget.
So
I
think
the
the
arp
and
the
federal
money
will
be
I'm
sorry.
D
F
D
Going
to
work
so
I
think
we're
going
to
wait
till
we
get
the
final
guidance
on
on
what
the
order
will
look
like.
But,
yes,
we
will
come
to
the
council
to
do
an
accept
and
extend
for
that
215
million
dollars,
of
which
we
are
proposing
to
dedicate
100
million
dollars
to
support
the
city
budget
and
then
115
million
dollars.
We
would
propose
through
these
outside
grants
or
these
outside
programs,
of
which
we
look
forward,
to
having
a
conversation
about
council
priorities.
F
That
the
committee
you
were
talking
about
yes,
yeah,
so
it's
a
task
force
or
committee.
A
committee
seems
like
something
that
should
be
in
city
council
and,
quite
frankly,
I
think
these
just
I
would
be.
I
would
want
to
see
money
broken
down
more
prescriptively
than
just
the
215
million.
Then
that's
just
a
blank
check
for
you
guys,
not
not
not
that
I'm
saying
you
wouldn't
know
what
to
do
with
that.
I
have
total
faith
in
you,
but
I
would
like
to
see
that
215
million
when
it
comes
to
the
city
council
broken
down.
F
Well,
you
know,
maybe
it's
maybe
it's.
We
sat
with
the
215
million,
but
there's
a
there's
a
hook
in
there
that
as
we're
coming
back
and
it
and
it
starts
to
move
and
starts
to
go
up
the
door
that
it
comes
back
and
in
front
of
us
or
you
know
talking
to
my
colleagues.
We
should
be
thinking
about
how
we
do
that
on
our
own.
So
let's
think
about
that
movement
moving
forward,
justin
and
and
the
the
committee
again
it's
it
and
that's
I
mean
is
so.
F
F
D
Absolutely
and
that's
sort
of
why
we
haven't
formally
launched
the
committee,
yet
we
want
to
have
that
conversation
with
you
all
as
part
of
the
appropriation
and
accept
and
expend
process
and
yeah.
You
know
once
we
hear
from
the
feds,
hopefully
in
the
next
couple
weeks
we
will
file
that
order
and
then
we
are
more
than
happy
to
come
and
do
hearings
on
the
topic.
Yeah.
F
Because
because
our
our
new
president,
pro
tem
temple-
or
I
think,
that's
how
you
say
that
correct
set
up
set
up
a
committee
specifically
for
us
to
be
able
to
keep
an
eye
on
on
this
money
here
so
and
another
and
another
thing
that
I
don't
hear
about
with
you
know:
money
going
to
business,
that's
affected
in
rental,
rental,
rental,
back
stops
and
and
different
programs
like
that.
What
about
the
homeowners?
F
What
about
the
people
that
that
actually
own
homes
and
and
as
we've
established
already
75
percent
of
our
budget
is,
is
based
on
people
that
that
own
here
in
boston?
So
is
there
going
to
be
anything
there
for
if
people
have
fallen
behind
in
there
on
their
mortgages,
especially
if
they're
granting
you
know
rental
relief
to
to
people?
Is
there
going
to
be
a
place
for
the
landlord
to
come
and
and
possibly
possibly
be
at
the
table?
Here?.
D
Sure
so
I
would
certainly
encourage
any
any
landlord
who
is,
you
know,
has
tenants
to
contact
the
rental
relief
on
that's
50
million
dollar
fund
that
is
set
up
designed
to
help
pay
the
rent
of
folks,
which
would
ultimately
go
to
the
landlord.
So
I
certainly
would
encourage
all
those
landlords
to
access
that
money
with
that
is
that
has
been
approved
already
by
the
council,
and
thank
you
for
that
target.
That.
F
And
maybe
just
in
our
speaking
points
and
our
talking
points
so
people
that
own
here
and
live
here,
they
they
know
that
they're
part
of
this,
because
we
never
hear
about
the
landlord.
We
never
hear
about
the
people
that
don't
that
own
the
building,
so
just
as
we're
moving
forward.
Please
please
talk
about
the
landlords.
F
We've
spoken
a
lot
about.
I've
heard
a
lot
about
mass
and
cass.
We're
on
a
couple
of
us
are
on
the
the
the
task
force
down
there
and
talk
about
feeling
like
I'm
on
a
hamster
wheel.
Now,
at
this
point,
justin
we've
been
asking
for
bathrooms:
we've
been
asking
for
a
whole
number
of
things.
Nothing,
nothing
has
seemed
to
come
to
fruition.
We
have
the
outreach.
We
have
the
outreach
team
through
through
the
police
department.
F
That
has,
I
think
they
had
five
people
and
we're
giving
them
some
money.
I
think
they're
at
15
people
but
they're
getting
removed
from
their
their
office
down
there
at
mass
and
cass
we're
looking
for
we're
looking
for
command
center,
where
we
can
answer
all
the
calls,
not
just
the
police
calls
down
there,
but
calls
for
you
know.
F
Fecal
matter
on
on
the
doorsteps
needles
here,
just
a
general
cleanup
from
public
works,
we
need.
We
need
a
real
city
response
down
there,
it's
time
for
us
to
start
actual
items
that
we've
been
asking
for
from
the
task
force
for
a
couple
of
years
here
now,
we've
been
asking
for
for
for
bathrooms
for
over
a
year
last
summer
was
was
ridiculous.
F
The
amount
of
calls
that
we
got
for
for
people
using
hallways
and
and
stairways
and
front
steps
and
back
steps
as
bathrooms
and
different
things
like
that
public
health
phones,
land
all
along
all,
along
that
miranda
kramer
building
there.
The
whole
thing
looks
like
it's
empty
to
me:
why
don't?
We
have
a
command
center
in
there
that
that
the
outreach
team
can
be
with
the
with
the
the
best
team
clinicians
with
public
works
with
transportation
with
ems.
We're
gonna
need
those
things.
F
If
we're
really
to
get
in
front
of
this
problem
on
on
mass
and
gas,
we
need
to
support
support
the
city
departments
other
than
public
health
down,
but
not
that
I'm
not
saying
don't
support
public
health,
but
the
the
response
down
there
is
is
five.
Six.
Seven
pronged,
it's
public
health,
it's
it's
em!
It's
it's
emergency
medical
services.
It's
the
police
department!
It's
it's
public
works,
it's
everybody
down
there,
so
we
need
to
start
really
supporting
people
down
there.
F
You
had
talked
about
the
public
needle
return,
which
I
brought
that
I
brought
that
that
machine
that
that
cleanses,
that
that
cleanses
all
the
old
needles
and
grinds-
and
I
brought
that
to
public
health
about
six
years
ago-
nothing
ever
happened
with
it.
So
the
time
for
talk
is
getting
old.
The
people
in
the
south
bend
the
people
in
lower
roxbury.
The
people
in
new
market
are
really
getting
tired.
The
city
really
needs
to
to
deliver
some
things.
I
I
look
at
town.
I
look
at
places
like
lawrence
and
lowell
and
even
chelsea.
F
They
all
have
mobile.
They
all
have
mobile
vaccinations
and
mobile
testing.
We
weren't,
even
we
weren't,
even
able
as
a
city
of
boston,
the
driving
economic
engine
of
the
whole
region.
We
weren't
even
to
get
us.
We
weren't
even
able
to
get
a
single
mobile
bathroom
in
a
year
and
we're
watching
towns
that
are
that
don't
have
the
capabilities
we
have
there
in
front
of
us.
F
So
at
what
point
are
the
things
that
the
the
task
force
are
asking
for
at
what
point
are
we
going
to
be
paid
attention
to
and
have
some
of
those
things
delivered
to
us?
That's,
that's
that's
big
for
me
and
also,
I
think,
council
campbell
asked
for
it
earlier.
The
list
of
questions
that
are
asked
around.
F
D
No,
so
that
that
would
be.
That
would
be
a
little
bit
more
on
the
department
side
of
things
so
right
now,
btw
public
works.
They
do
their
own
equity
analysis,
but
what
the
council
counselor
campbell
asked
about
was
our
new
equity
framework
with
budget
decisions.
So
it's
more
so
we
want
to
make
a
million
dollar
investment
in
x,
and
you
know
what
equity
frameworks
have
you
gone
through,
but
not
speed,
one
by
speed
bump
that
doesn't.
F
Look
at
it
for
need
and-
and
I
just
want-
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
that
neighborhoods,
that
have
that
have
been
in
line
for
things
like
that
are
going
to
get
them
this
year,
because
I
mean
I've
literally
been
asking
for
for
speed
bumps
for
certain
neighborhoods
throughout
my
whole
district
for
probably
seven
years
now
and
I've
yet
to
get
one
one
in
in.
In
my
district,
one
speed
bump.
D
This
is
separate.
This
is
separate
than
the
slow
streets
program
that
obviously
btd
runs
where
they
do
three
or
four
through
a
competitive
process.
So
that
was
not
only
funded
in
this
year's
budget,
but
we
added
funding
for
new
neighborhoods
to
come
online
as
well,
so
that
process
is
is
still
running
and
that's
a
sort
of
separate
process
and
how.
F
F
D
Very
fair,
counselor
and
happy
to
continue
to
work
with
you.
I
would
add
that
within
the
and
I
know
this
is
not
specific
to
bathrooms,
but
I
think
it
is
specific
to
your
concerns.
We
did
add
500
000
to
phd's
budget,
to
address
some
of
the
mass
and
cast
issues
of
which
125
000
is
dedicated
just
for
cleanliness
and
sanitation
services
down
there.
So
I
I
will
not
say
it's
four
bathroom.
I
think
that's.
D
A
It
came
up
in
our
budget
process
last
year
that
there
was
going
to
be
a
process
for
transportation
to
do
sort
of
more
surgical
strikes
on
the
speed
bump
front,
and
I'm
not
sure
that
we've
seen
that
in
reality.
So
I
think
it's
something
for
us
to
follow
up
at
the
btd
hearing
on,
but
all
right,
councillor
flynn.
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
council
blockchairwalk,
thank
you,
justin
and
nick
and
and
your
team
as
well
like
to
thank
you,
for
you
know
your
work,
especially
during
this
difficult
uncertain
times.
Council
flaherty
and
some
of
my
colleagues
already
mentioned
some
of
the
items
already,
but
I'd
like
to
reiterate
some
of
my
prior
priorities
as
well.
Commissioner
aronello
knows
from
coming
to
the
hearings
we
had
in
meetings
with
neighbors
many
residents
across
the
city
in
my
neighborhood
of
south
boston.
I
believe
the
latest
property
tax
increases
and.
H
So
when
you
put
up
a
beautiful
building
next
to
a
residential,
a
retired
city
worker,
it
might
make
the
value
of
their
home
more
profitable,
but
also
their
property
tax
goes
up,
they're,
barely
able
to
stay
in
the
city.
Now
we
need
to
do
something
about
that,
we're
longtime
residents.
We
should
not
be
kicking
them
out
of
boston.
H
Certainly,
we
can
have
a
deeper
discussion
about
that,
and
I
know
we
have
in
the
past,
with
your
team,
to
see
what
type
of
relief
we
can
provide.
Neighbors,
either
increasing
existing
exemptions
or
creating
new
categories,
long-time
neighbors
to
help
them
remain
in
the
city
they
built
they
built
boston.
In
my
opinion
most
I
also
want
to
advocate
for
more
police
public
safety
resources
in
our
city.
H
People
know
that
I've
consistently
advocated
for
several
hundred
police
that
need
to
be
hired.
Each
year
we
lose
about
100
police
officers
each
year
through
retirement,
boston,
police
are
forced
a
force
to
work
overtime,
sometimes
a
double
shift.
We've
seen
several
shootings
that
they
had
to
respond
to
this
weekend,
difficult
difficult
time
for
the
boston
police.
H
I
know
boston
police
during
the
recent
trial,
we're
also
on
on
overtime
as
well.
Those
number
those
numbers
will
continue
to
go
up.
People
across
my
district
in
south
boston
were
alarmed
about
the
public
safety
issue
we
had
recently
at
moakley
park.
I
talked
to
I
talked
to
young
people.
I
talked
to
these
young
athletes.
H
H
Traffic
safety
need
for
more
enforcement,
whether
it's
boston,
police
or
transportation
department,
a
strict
and
a
strict
department
that
does
traffic
informant
enforcement.
It's
critical,
counselor
baker
talked
a
lot
about,
and
council
council
campbell
talked
a
lot
about
mental
health
and
behavioral
health
issues.
I've
seen
a
lot
of
that
as
a
result.
As
a
result
of
mass
have
albany
street
in
the
andrew
square
area,
I
represent
a
good
portion
of
the
south
end.
H
H
We
cover
basically
from
the
milkweed
terre
moakley
courthouse
to
have
a
point
over
to
mass
ave
albany
street.
I
think
the
population
in
district
2
has
gone
up
100
over
the
last
15
years.
I
continually
ask
more
police
and
more
support
from
captain
boyle
who's
been
excellent.
Captain
sweeney's
been
excellent
and
captain
chio
as
well.
We
had
a
dedicated
police
bike
unit
in
the
south
end
that
needs
to
come
back.
I
don't
know
how
things
will
get
better
with
reduced
police
resources.
H
Unfortunately,
last
year
we
dealt
with
fireworks
as
well
again
inspectional
services
for
these
large
house
bodies.
I
spent
my
whole
weekend
chasing
house
parties
in
south
boston.
Inspectional
services
are
doing
a
good
job,
but
we
need
more
of
them.
We
desperately
need
more
inspect
inspectors
that
will
also
deal
with
pest
and
road
and
control.
H
Crosswalks
speed,
bumps,
like
other
cities
and
towns,
have
throughout
curb
bump
outs,
extensions
for
short
crosswalks
pedestrian
safety
is
one
of
the
biggest
issues
we
face
and
something
I've
been
working
on
since
day.
One
our
trees
are
dying
because
of
because
of
the
gas
leaks
mothers
out
front
is
a
group.
I
continually
work
with
residents
throughout
district
2
want
want
trees,
whether
it's
the
south
end
or
the
bay
village
residents
in
fort
point
are
concerned
about
climate
resiliency,
with
the
flooding
we've
seen
in
recent
years.
H
Concerns
about
not
having
adequate
police
fire
ems
presence
in
that
area
as
well.
Chinatown
residents
have
discussed
the
need
for
trash
recycling
composting
to
improve
the
cleanliness
of
our
neighborhoods.
Getting
our
restaurants
back
off
the
ground.
We've
seen
it
we've
seen
anti-aging
racism
that
has
devastated
my
community
in
chinatown,
I'm
not
happy
about
it.
We
need
to
beef
up
the
human
rights
commission,
zero
tolerance.
For
any
of
this
nonsense.
H
H
Neighbors
from
all
d2
communities
also
talk
about
senior
housing,
youth
sports
for
our
young
people.
Those
are
just
a
handful
of
the
issues.
I
know
my
time
is
short,
but
I
could
I
could
go
on
and
on
for
another
45
minutes,
but
at
this
time
I
will
stop
and
just
ask
justin.
If
you
can
give
me
a
maybe
a
quick
up,
quick
response
to
some
of
these
issues,
I
I
highlighted.
D
Obviously,
you
know
worthy
of
discussion,
and,
and
certainly
our
investments
around
you
know
the
medical
triage
unit
and
getting
more
officers
back
off
leave
as
well
as
two
125
person
classes
funded
in
next
year's
budget
will
help
grow
the
size
of
the
force
and
grow
the
available
officers
to
address.
I
think
both
the
public
safety
concerns
you've
raised
as
well
as
the
overtime
concerns
that
I
think
many
of
our
your
colleagues
have
raised
as
well.
So
I
I
think
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
dual-pronged
approach
that
we're
we're
working
on
for
that.
D
As
far
as
the
transportation
side
goes,
I
would
certainly
welcome
additional
conversations
around
that.
I
would
say
one
of
the
signature
pieces
in
this
budget
is
a
25
million
investment
in
the
capital
plan
around
pedestrian
ramps
to
get
every
single
pedestrian
ramp
up
to
ada
compliance
by
the
year
2030,
which
is
a
massive
undertaking
by
the
city
to
make
a
really
robust
investment
in
street
safety
and
pedestrian
safety.
D
So
that
is
obviously
a
long-term
investment
and
something
that
we're
proud
to
talk
about
and
happy
to
flesh
out
as
part
of
the
capital
plan
process
going
forward.
I
think,
generally
speaking,
we
share
many
of
the
concerns
that
I
think
you've
raised
today
and
look
forward
to
diving
in
deeper
on
any
specific
areas
with
those
departments.
D
H
D
H
Okay,
that's
that's
important
for
me
to
know,
because
you
know
they'll
be
during
these
critical
times
across
the
country.
We
we
rely
on
our
police
officers.
You
know
to
be
there
for
us,
so
it's
no
fault
of
their
own,
that
they're
forced
to
work,
these
overtime
shifts
and
they're
needed,
but
also
justin.
H
That
goes
to
to
show
you
that
we
need
to
hire
consistently
several
hundred
police
officers
every
year
in
the
city
for
the
next
for
the
next
10
years
and
my
my
residents,
my
my
constituents
in
the
south
end
are
asking
me
for
for
more
police.
My
my
constituents
in
chinatown
and
downtown
are
asking
me
for
more
police
as
our
south
boston
residents.
So
you
know
I
I
would
like
more
police
officers
walking
walking
the
streets.
That's
a
that's.
H
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
flynn,
a
few
more
questions
from
me
and
then
I
am
going
to
let
pam
coker
who's
joined
us
from
the
boston
municipal
research
bureau
get
in
her
testimony
just
because
she's
been
waiting
and
then
I
will
do
a
quick
second
round
of
questions
for
counselors
who
want
them.
So
you
can
shoot
me
a
text.
Let
me
know
if
you
want
a
second
round
or
not,
but
I'll
just
run
through
who's
remaining.
A
A
The
same
thing
but
transformed
where
we're
wondering
about
how
quick
the
recovery
is,
and
certainly
by
I
mean
looking
at
those
numbers,
it
feels
it
feels
appropriately
conservative
to
me.
It
also
feels
like
I
look
at
that
and
I
say
gee.
I
hope
that
the
year
that
starts
july
1
is
going
to
have
better
excise
tax
revenues
than.
C
A
Year
like
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
can
speak
to
like
will
we
get
an
update
in
may
from
the
state
on
the
excise
front?
What's
the
point
in
the
year
in
my
head,
it's
january,
that
we
kind
of
know
about
new
growth,
but
I
just
wonder
if
you
could
walk
us
through
from
the
council's
perspective,
what
those
kind
of
calendar
points
are
where
we
kind
of
get
a
clearer
revenue
picture
and
sorry.
D
No
they're
the
experts,
I'll
just
say
we're
very
mindful
that
this
is
an
evolving
process
and
while
I
think
our
estimates
are
accurate,
I
think
that
we
tend
to
naturally
err
on
the
side
of
conservatism,
and
I
think
that's.
Why
we're
you
know
very
mindful
that
this
federal
funding
could
be
used
to
do
revenue
replacement
next
year.
So
I
think
we
want
to
sort
of
there's
going
to
be
a
little
bit
of
a
balancing
act
when
it
comes
to
the
federal
money
versus
lost
revenue
going
forward
over
the
next
year.
D
Nick
I'd
love
to
give
I'd
love
to
have
you
give
an
update
on
just
the
timeline
for
new
growth
and
sort
of
when
we,
when
we
think
about
what
that
new
growth
number
might
look
like
and
then
more.
If
you
want
to
talk
about
sort
of
the
process
by
which
we
went
through
or
the
process,
you
went
through
to
sort
of
make
our
make
our
determinations
around
excise
taxes
and
how
we
came
up
with
those
numbers.
J
Sure,
thank
you
justin
and,
thank
you,
I'm
sure
black.
So
new
growth
timing
is
a
long
involved
process.
Unfortunately,
and
it
does
not
the
certainty
with
when
we
have
the
new
growth
number
is
in
that
kind
of
late
november,
early
december
time
frame
right
in
line
with
when
we're
approving
the
tax
rate
for
the
fiscal
year
and
right
now
we're
in
the
information
gathering
phase,
and
so
I
know
for
the
past
few
years,
there's
been
kind
of
a
discrepancy
between
projections
and
actual
results.
J
And
then
you
know
that
is
a
a
big
part
of
that
function
is
as
justin
just
mentioned,
kind
of
the
desire
to
be
conservative
in
our
estimates,
because
the
last
thing
that
we
want
to
do
is
project
more
revenue
than
we're
going
to
collect
this
year
is
definitely
going
to
be
a
challenging
year
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
that
is,
and
what
that
that
impact
is.
There
are
a
few
different
elements
that
kind
of
go
into
that
one.
Is
that
there's
a
construction
pause
that
wasn't
me?
J
J
C
Yeah
thanks,
so
it's
just
it's
just
like
what
we've
been
saying
all
along,
but
there
are
so
many
unknowns
when
we're
thinking
about
all
of
our
revenue
and
excise
in
particular,
and
particularly
in
the
last,
let's
say
a
year
and
a
half
just
to
think
about
how
we
look
at
excise.
Basically,
we
get
from
the
state
a
quarterly
payment
which
covers
three
months
of
the
year
and
there's
always
a
two
months
lag.
So,
for
example,
the
next
payment
we're
gonna
get
is
gonna.
C
We're
gonna
receive
it
mid-june,
it's
gonna
be
for
a
time
period.
That
is
a
two-month
lag.
So
that's
going
to
be
february,
march
and
april.
So,
even
when
we
get
the
next
payment,
we're
still
not
going
to
see
the
hopefully
exciting
reopening
that
we're
starting
to
see
right
now
when
people
are
coming
to
the
city,
staying
in
hotels
and
eating
out.
So
that
lag
is
another
problem
in
our
projection.
But
what
we
do
is
every
month
the
state
publishes
what
their
excise
collection
was.
C
D
Problem
is
one
of
the
interesting
things
that
that
we
found
is
that
boston
did
worse
comparatively
than
the
berkshires
and
cape
cod
in
tourism,
because
people
were
still
sort
of
vacationing
last
summer,
but
people
just
didn't
really
come
to
boston
last
summer.
So
it's
really
it's
even
thrown
off
some
of
our
own
statewide
calculations
that
we
run
because
we
we
weren't
able
to
extrapolate
the
same
way.
We
normally
would
where
boston
sort
of
represents.
You
know
whatever
20
in
the
local,
the
monthly
excise
tax
revenue.
C
Right-
and
that
was-
and
that
was
very
important
both
for
the
room
occupancy,
so
hotels
and
airbnb,
but
also
for
restaurants,
so
all
of
the
people
living
in
the
suburbs
they
usually
would
come
to
the
city
to
enjoy
our
excellent
restaurants
right
now.
They
don't
want
to
do
it
so
either
they
will
do
delivery
and
then
maybe
we'll
get
some
of
it
or
they
will
just
go
to
the
local
restaurant
in
their
own
hometown
and
then
boston
is
not
enjoying
all
these
visitors
even
from
around
the
city.
C
But
that's
definitely
was
an
issue
for
us.
Our
problem
last
year
was
and
and
when
we
were
having
these
exact
discussions
in
april
through
june,
we
decreased
our
excise
projections
and
sadly
we
were
not
close,
and
I
was
that
never
happened
to
me
before,
but
I
was
too
optimistic
on
revenue
collection,
but
because
this
is
such
a
unique
place
that
we
are
in
time.
C
But
when
we're
working
on
the
tax
rate
budget
in
november
and
december,
when
we
have
the
new
growth
number,
we're
also
going
to
have
six
months
more
of
excise
information,
and
that
will
allow
us
to
do
updates
for
our
it's
going
to
be
mostly
excise.
But
it
could
be
other
revenue
sources.
But
exercise
is
definitely
such
a
big
question
mark
still
to
this
very
day.
Unfortunately,
to.
D
Tomorrow's
point:
it's
it's
always
a
balancing
act
right
so
for
as
conservative
as
we
are
on
new
growth
that
helps
make
up
for
the
sort
of
outsized
losses
that
we
experience
on
the
excise
tax
fund.
So
it's
always
going
to
be
a
balancing
act
and
it's
certainly
not
on
more
or
frankly
on
anyone
on
projecting
around
revenue
in
a
pandemic
right.
This
is
a
this
is
not
a.
This
was
not
a
recession.
This
was
not
a
sort
of
a
slowdown
in
the
economy.
D
This
was
a
worldwide
pandemic
that
had
public
health
measures
that
you
know.
Even
in
past
recessions,
people
still
went
out
to
eat.
People
still
went
to
college
still
people,
you
know
traveled
to
visit
family
that
just
didn't
happen
for
12
months,
so
it
was
basically,
it
was
very
difficult
for
us
to
make
projections
around
that,
but
we've
dialed
that
in
and
we
feel
very
strongly-
we've
created
a
new
sort
of
post-pandemic
normal,
and
I
think
that
everything
above
where
we're
projecting
now
is
really
on
the
upside.
For
the
most
part.
C
And
I
think
just
the
last.
The
last
thing
I
would
add
is
that
what
we
are
hoping
to
see
is
all
this
pent-up
demand
of
people
just
dying
to
start
spending
their
money
and
going
to
restaurants
and
stay
in
a
hotel,
and
I
really
hope
that
that
is
what
is
going
to
happen.
Hopefully
this
summer,
but
definitely
once
things
start
to
get
back
like
a
more
normal
postponed.
Normal
is
what
we're
calling
it.
A
Great,
thank
you
no,
and
certainly
I'm
not
suggesting
that
you
all
should
have
been
more
wizardly
and
predicting
the
course
of
the
pandemic
than
you
were.
I
think
that
it's
more,
you
know
it's
more
question.
I
mean
counselor
baker
alluded
to
this
too.
I
said
it
up
top.
You
know,
I
think,
for
the
council,
it's
important
to
to
you
know,
be
exercising
democratic
oversight
and
accountability.
H
A
Has
to
do
with
with
maintaining
optionality
depending
on
how
these
numbers
come
in,
but
I
think
that
one
of
the
things
that
that
does
is
it
pushes
a
lot
of
the
decision
points
in
the
proposal
kind
of
in
terms
of
what
the
money
actually
gets
used
on
past
the
moment
of
council
accountability.
So
I'm
trying
to
think
as
a
ways
and
means
chair
about
how
to
about
you
know
how
we
should
approach
that
appropriately.
A
I
certainly
agree
with
councillor
baker
that
you
know
we
value
hugely
our
department's
input
and
we're
looking
forward
to
the
input
of
that
committee,
but
it's
not
going
to
substitute
for
for
council
committee
work
so
but,
as
you
said,
at
chiefster,
we've
got
we've
got
time.
I
had
to
work
on
that
in
may
all
right.
Well,
that's.
C
A
M
Thank
you,
it
looks
like
my
camera
is
not
working
at
the
very
moment,
so
I
will
have
to
give
this
to
you
with
a
black
box.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
at
this
first
fiscal
year.
2022
budget
hearing
my
name
is
pam
coker.
I
am
the
president
of
the
boston
municipal
research
bureau
and
I'm
also
a
city
resident
and
the
fiscal
health
of
the
city
of
boston
is
a
high
priority
for
the
research
bureau.
M
The
federal
funds
available
to
boston
due
to
the
covet
pandemic
has
tremendous
potential
to
impact
the
fiscal
year
2020
budget
in
many
ways,
and
we've
heard
about
many
of
those
potential
impacts
already
in
testimony
this
morning,
as
we've
heard,
the
city
is
estimated
to
receive
as
much
as
435
million
dollars
in
federal
funding
as
part
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Reas
beginning
this
spring
through
fiscal
year,
2025
to
address
the
needs
of
the
city,
the
boston,
public
schools
and
other
local
organizations
over
the
next
five
fiscal
years.
M
M
M
M
Anticipated
435
million
dollars
of
federal
funds
should
be
used
for
one-time
needs
or
for
revenue,
replacement,
replenishing,
reverse
reserves
and
other
stop-gap
measures
in
order
to
prevent
a
fiscal
cliff
such
as
experienced
with
era
funding.
In
response
to
the
great
recession,
we
should
be
using
our
one-time
money
wisely
and
planning
for
sustaining
city
services,
including
the
potential
need
for
the
city
to
address
after
federal
funds
are
spent,
the
long-term
needs
of
residents
hardest
hit
by
the
pandemic's
impact,
and
then
there
are
several
areas
of
the
proposed
budget.
M
We
believe
need
more
conversation
during
the
budget
hearings
going
forward,
the
bpd's
5.1
budget
cut.
They
attribute
to
a
substantial
reduction
in
overtime
while
at
the
same
time
hiring
more
officers
the
addition
of
101.75
million
to
the
office
of
health
and
human
services
budget
to
develop
alternative
policing
strategies,
the
city's
efforts
in
recovery,
reopening
and
renewal,
including
investments
in
a
variety
of
programs
and
initiatives
in
housing
and
homeless
resources,
local
business
support
and
job
training
and
advancing
equitable
recovery.
M
and
then
from
various
city
department
heads.
We
look
forward
to
hearing
during
the
coming
month
more
about
the
continued
tightening
within
city
departments,
as
described
in
the
city's
budget
book
and
what
that
specifically
actually
means
what
is
being
tightened
to
what
degree,
as
the
city
emphasizes
that
this
is
an
opportunity
this
time,
this
tightening
to
enable
the
city
to
afford
targeted
investments,
after
reserving
for
costs
associated
with
collective
bargaining,
funding,
its
pension
obligations
and
paying
debt
service.
M
At
the
same
time,
I'd
just
like
to
touch
on
the
administration's
proposal
does
include
that
highly
anticipated
implementation
of
the
state's
student
opportunity
act
beginning
in
fiscal
year
2022.
This
presents
a
long-awaited
long-term
recognition
of
boston.
Public
school
student
needs,
with
a
substantial
increase
to
boston's
chapter
70
funding
and
a
commitment
to
fully
fund
the
city's
charter,
school
tuition
reimbursement
and
that's
a
state
commitment
to
fully
fund
what
they
should
be
sending
the
city
all
along
for
tuition,
reimbursement
and
then.
C
A
I
guess
I
just
don't
know
what
to
call
apples
and
oranges
in
this
case,
and
I
guess
I'm
trying
to
think
through
like
when
you
guys
look
at
a
number
like
that
naively
I
would
think.
Well,
maybe
we
keep
some
kind
of
tally
from
isd
of
the
building
permits
we've
issued
on
particularly
large
projects,
and
we
have
some
kind
of
average.
A
C
D
D
Basically,
so
it's
it's
a
sort
of
historic
high
in
the
big
big
picture
of
boston,
the
the
prop
and
you're.
Absolutely
right,
we
track
more,
does
a
great
job
and
nick
does
a
great
job
of
tracking
both
the
bpda
approval
process,
which
is
sort
of
what
we
go
through
for
the
major
developments
that
you'll
see
in
the
city.
The
isd
building
permit
process
is
certainly
something
we
monitor
closely,
which
is
still
showing
signs
of
strength.
D
The
problem
we
have
is
that
it's
impossible
for
us
to
say
this
project
got
up
back
up
and
running
in
three
months
right
away.
This
project
actually
stalled
out
after
pausing
for
three
months,
and
you
know
isn't
even
back
in
the
ground
a
year
later.
So
I
think
some
of
that
is
going
to
be
a
little
bit
of
a
wait
and
see
approach.
The
other
major
factor
and
nick
feel
free
to
expand
on
this
a
little
bit
personal
property
that
was
discussed
earlier.
D
Certainly
around
business
investments
and
major
infrastructure
assets
is
a
moving
target,
so
think
of
utilities.
Think
of
phone
lines.
Think
of
some
of
the
major
sort
of
physical
assets
that
also
make
up
a
portion
of
new
growth
is
very
determined
by
the
business
cycle
and
they
obviously
went
through
their
own
separate
economic
disruption,
so
their
their
ability
to
get
back
in
the
ground
may
not
have
even
been
reflected
in
the
inside
of
the
estimates.
Nick
would
you
could
you
add
anything
to
that?
I'm
sure
you
could.
J
Yeah,
no
thank
you
justin
yeah.
So
a
lot
of
this
is
a
the
timing
for
making
projections
for
the
budget
does
not
even
come
close
to
matching
up
with
when
we
get
actual
data.
So
we
we
have
some
information
from
permits.
We
have
some
information
from
the
bpda
about
like
projects
in
general,
but
the
actual
information
request
my
department
sends
out
to
like
determine
percent
complete.
J
D
J
Work
really
hard
to
try
and
our
first
goal
is
to
get
that
right,
but
we're
trying
to
get
it
right
sooner
in
the
year.
So
it's
more
useful
to
the
administration,
then
also
more
useful
to
the
city
council,
more
useful
for
processes
like
this.
It's
really
hard
to
predict,
given
everything
that
happened
last
year
and
figuring
out
what
the
heck
is
going
on
and
how
exactly
that
impacted
development,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
this
year
that
we're
being
hopefully
extremely
conservative.
A
No
and
again
I
I
do
understand
that
it's
impossible
to
know
it
at
this
point,
it's
more
just
that
like
when
we
have
to
guess
at
a
thing
that
we
find
impossible
to
know.
We
come
up
with
rules
of
thumb
and
something
right
like
some
way
of
throwing
a
dart
against
the
wall
and
obviously
the
dark
has
hit
45,
and
so
I'm
just
trying
to
understand.
D
Yeah,
it's
more
of
a
reflection
of
going
back
to
see
what
is
a
worst
case
scenario
in
this
new
time
period
and
I
think
then
layering
on
what
we
do
think
is
optimism
within
the
sort
of
residential
market,
especially
right
so
like
stuff
has
been
has
been
built.
There's
definitely
been
a
lot
of
progress
made
on
some
big
projects
in
downtown
the
question.
G
D
How
how
high,
how
much
optimism
do
we
sort
of
layer
into
that
baseline
level
of
new
growth?
That
always
happens
every
year
is
where
we
landed
on
for
45,
so
above
the
sort
of
the
worst
times
of
the
the
the
2000s
and
the
2010s,
but
sort
of
still
significantly
below
the
historic
sort
of
unprecedented
highs
in
the
last
couple
of
years,.
M
G
I
do
have
a
quick
follow-up
question.
Well,
at
least
I
hope
it's
quick.
Last
year
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
and
a
lot.
There
was
a
great
deal
of
private
investment
in
the
resiliency
fund,
I'm
wondering
if
there
is,
if
there
are
any
funds
of
remaining
in
the
resiliency
fund,
and
if
so,
are
we
you
know.
How
are
we
looking
at
that
those
dollars.
D
G
I
A
Great
before
I
go
to
counselor
media
I'll,
just
ask
his
counselor
campbell
had
to
go,
but
she
didn't
send
me
a
question
so
she's
just
wondering
about
the
like
the
moving
through
the
budget
pilot
by
monum
justin
like
what's
the
timeline
for
that
like.
When
did
it
start
like?
How
much
are
we
spending
on
it
like
how
many
people
are
we
have
we
engaged
or
are
we
aiming
to
engage
just
you
could
go
into
a
little
bit
more
detail
on
on
that.
D
Sure
so
it's
a
partnership
between
monum
and
a
local
nonprofit
in
east
boston
around
bringing
the
budget
to
folks
in
a
different
way.
So
basically,
this
nonprofit
will
work
obviously,
with
our
budget
materials
to
craft
a
curriculum
and
then
engage
it's
probably
several
dozen
residents
in
east
boston.
D
I
think
that
the
goal
would
be
to
pilot
it
see
if
it
is
a
program
that
sort
of
people
respond
to
and
then
see
if
we
can
take
it
sort
of
city
wide
to
different
neighborhoods
through
different
mediums
or
through
different
avenues.
I
think
we're
you
know
we're
at
the
forefront
of
trying
to
use,
I
think,
to
counsel
media's
earlier
point.
The
budget
is
a
dense
document.
D
It's
it's
oftentimes
filled
with
a
lot
of
jargon,
but
so
we're
trying
to
work
through
what
sort
of
an
approachable
format
would
be
and
we
hope
to
expand
it
going
forward.
It's
a
it's,
a
relatively
small
investment.
I
think
it
was
about
15
10
to
15
000
in
this
current
fiscal
year
for
the
entire
length
of
the
program,
but
we'll
I'd
have
to
I'll
have
to
follow
up
and
get
you.
The
exact
numbers.
D
It's
sort
of
running
parallel
to
the
process.
It's
less!
It's
less
about
sort
of
talking
about
this
specific
budget
proposal
and
more
about
the
budget
itself
and
sort
of
what
goes
into
it
and
sort
of
more
introducing
the
topic
to
folks
with
the
numbers
from
fy22,
but
not
really
sort
of
it's
not
really
designed
to
sort
of
advocate
for
the
this
specific
budget
more
to
bring
ideas
and
and
sort
of
some
baseline
levels
of
understanding
of
the
budget
to
to
the
community
in
a
different
way.
A
L
I
just
have
a
few
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
new
funding
for
language
access
and
how
will
that
money
be
used
to
implement
the
fema
regulations
recently
passed
down
to
us
and
how
does
that
current
language
access
ordinance
currently
under
review
impact
that
funding
I'm
also
curious.
When
will
we
find
out
exactly
how
much
money
is
coming
from
the
arp?
L
The
new
cares
act
funding
in
the
future,
and
I
just
wanted
to
give
a
shout
out
to
my
policy
director
jacob
the
black
who
works
really
hard
at
this
thousand
page
budget,
to
prepare
us
for
all
of
this
and
to
counsel
bach
and
her
office
for
your
hard
work
and
making
sure
that
people
understand
the
complexities
of
these
budgets.
So
thank
you.
D
D
So
we
know
exactly
the
minimum
amount
of
money
we're
getting
so
we've
designed
the
22
budget
two
account
for
that
and
we've
split
it
between
two
things:
one
using
it
for
direct
city
services,
which
is
a
lot
of
the
stuff
that
we've
outlined
today,
as
well
as
setting
up
this
separate
process
to
really
engage
the
community
and
advocates,
and
residents
and
the
council
about
how
to
spend
that
money.
So
that's
a
separate
process
so
that
that
sort
of
is
a
minimum
amount
of
money
that
we've
designed
on
the
lca
portion.
D
We
have,
I
think,
it's
a
300
000
investment
in
addition
to
sort
of
standing
up
as
its
own
department
this
year.
Obviously
it's
moved
out
of
the
ons
department
into
the
equity
and
inclusion
cabinet
department,
so
that
300
000
is
not
only
to
expand
their
services
in
anticipation
of
a
potential
change
to
the
ordinance,
but
also
to
support
many
of
their
ongoing
efforts.
D
There's
a
tremendous
amount
of
demand
for
that
service
and
we're
constantly
trying
to
figure
out
the
best
way
to
use
that
money,
whether
it's
through
hiring
new
staff
or
new
contractors
or
new
support.
So
I'm
happy
to
defer
that
question
to
the
lca
team
and
and
chief
chief
selena
barrels-miller
on
that
topic
as
well,
and
then
I'm
blanking
on
the
first
question.
D
So
I
think
so.
I
think
that
the
current
city
council
order
we've
sort
of
put
some
funding
in
the
budget
in
anticipation
of
that
passing,
so
I
think
that
hopefully
that
that'll
as
as
that
order
moves
through
the
process
and
we
sort
of
start
to
think
about
implementing
it,
we
will
obviously
have
some
more
funding
available
for
them
to
use
it.
I'm
not
familiar
with
the
fema
regulation
you're
talking
about
so
I'll
have
to
follow
back
up
on
that.
L
L
And
I
want
to
just
quickly
ask
nick
a
follow-up
question
about
the
personal
property
tax
counselor
bach,
I'm
just
curious
about
how
that
communication
was
shared.
I've
gotten
a
lot
of
calls
and
emails
from
spanish-speaking
businesses
and
I'm
just
curious
whether
or
not
those
notices
were
translated
in
multiple.
J
J
Sure
so
personal
property
taxes
get
assessed
on
the
same
timeline
as
real
estate
taxes.
So
there's
there's
a
slightly
different
timeline
in
terms
of
reporting
and
it
that's
due
with
a
discovery
issue
right
so
real
estate.
We
know
what
exists
it's
easy
to
identify
real
estate,
we
can
go
and
we
can
see.
There's
a
building
here.
There's
piece
of
land
here,
personal
property,
there's
a
this
self-reporting
requirement,
and
so
that
is
the
it's
called
a
form
of
list.
That's
what's
due
by
march
1st
every
year
is
the
the
filing
date
for
that.
J
J
I
know
for
certain
that
the
notices
with
the
bills
that
went
out
in
the
third
quarter
all
had
specific
language
access
inserts
in
them,
so
that
that
I
can
definitely
speak
to
I'm
not
sure
about
the
form
of
list
part,
because
that
is
it's
a
slightly
different
process.
But
I
can
definitely
look
into
that.
A
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
mejia
and
your
shout
out
to
jacob
reminded
me
to
acknowledge
emily
brown.
My
budget
director
who's
doing
great
work
on,
on
my
behalf
on
this
front
and
also
our
central
staff
budget
team,
michelle
and
cora
and
shane,
and,
of
course,
carrie
and
candace,
who
do
so
much
work
behind
the
scenes,
we'll
be
thanking
them
frequently.
But
I
wanted
to
add
that
shout
out
counselor
baker.
You
have
the
floor.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
justin.
I
you
may
have
said
this
already,
but
the
suffolk,
the
the
suffolk
county
money
that
comes
in
that
will
be
a
percentage
and
it
and
it
just
comes
in.
We
don't
need
to
do
anything
as
the
city
and
that
will
go
through
the
regular
processes
of
all
the
all
the
other
money.
That's
coming
in
on
the
fed
side,.
D
It'll
go
through
the
same
city
council
process,
so
whatever
the
dollar
amount
is
we'll,
go
we'll
go
through
an
accepting
extent.
The
difference
is
we
actually
have
to
go.
The
reason
why
we
don't
have
the
exact
number
yet
on
that
is
that
that
money
is
actually
going
to
go
through
the
state
and
then
comes
to
us
now.
D
I
don't
anticipate
any
any
sort
of
major
disruptions
with
that,
but
we
still
don't
have
that
exact
number
it'll
depend
a
little
bit
on
what
the
guidance
that
comes
from
the
feds
is
on
the
population
that
they
choose
so,
whether
it's
the
most
recent
census
or
if
it's
a
one
of
the
intermittent
air
community,
I
forget
what
they're
called,
but
there's
an
intermittent
census
that
they
do.
That
is
also
could
potentially
be
used,
so
we're
just
not
exactly
sure
which
one
is
gonna
get
utilized.
D
Million
yeah,
so
the
state
will
get
the
their
the
the
state
will
get
the
money
in
may.
At
the
same
time
we
get
our
money
it
may
be.
It
may
be
some
lag
time
between
when
the
state
gets
it
and
gives
it
to
us
just
because
I'm
sure
we'll
have
to
do
contracts
or
do
some
sort
of
mechanism
with
them.
So
that
money
that
this
sort
of
that's
the
rationale
as
that's.
Why
we're
not
sort
of
talking
about
that?
F
D
Be
half
so
we'll
get
half
in
may
and
then
we'll
get
half
the
following.
I
assume
I
I
think
that
that's
probably
what
the
federal
guidance
will
say,
because
there
are
others,
obviously
other
counties
within
massachusetts
that
are
dealing
with
this,
but
there's
other
counties
that
are
dealing
with
this
in
the
country
who
don't
have
county
governments.
The
way
we
do
so.
I
think
that
that
hopefully,
the
guidance
that
comes
out
may
lay
out
exactly
how
the
state
is
supposed
to
process.
It
is
really
not
supposed
to
be
a
a
cumbersome
process.
F
Yeah
yeah,
okay
in
the
in
the
40
million
40
million
in
new
investments,
is
that
40
million
with
fed
money?
Yes,
so
so
we
can
expect,
though,
so
we
can't
implement
any
of
that
until
the
money
come
until
the
money
comes
in
in
may.
So
that's
probably
the
money
that
I
think
needs
to
be
broken
down
and
come
through
the
city
council.
As
you
know,
2
million
going
through
here,
3
million
going
there.
That's
that's
what
I
think
should
happen
with
with
that
money.
It
shouldn't
be.
F
You
know
you
guys
get
you
guys
get
40
million,
then
it
goes
whatever
way
the
departments
are
thinking.
I
think
that
we
as
a
city
council
I
mean
I'm
glad
we're
bringing
the
community
in
on
this
and
dance
parties
and
everything
else,
but
the
city
council
is
are
the.
Is
the
group
that's
set
up
to
oversee
the
finances
absolutely
and
the.
D
So
the
the
it's
a
good
distinction,
it's
a
good
point.
So
the
federal
money
that
we're
using
in
the
city
budget
is
going
through
the
same
regulatory
and
oversight
process
that
you
go
through
for
all
the
rest
of
the
money
right,
so
dnd
is
going
to
get
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
federal
money.
Say
you're
gonna
have
the
same
oversight
of
that
money
in
the
current
budget
process
that
you
do
with
the
other
general
fund
money
you
have
so
that
is,
you
have.
D
The
council
will
have
direct
oversight
and
direct
approval
of
that
funding
immediately.
The
prop
the
separate
pot
of
money
that
we're
setting
aside
is
more
for
less
government
services,
which
is
sort
of
not
stuff
that
we
typically
do
and
more
grants
and
more
public-facing
investments,
as
opposed
to
the
government
services
side
of
things,
which
is
why
we,
we
split
them
up,
which
will
also
have
a
separate
process
by
which
we
do
an
accept
and
expense.
So
there's
there's
there.
F
D
We
we
haven't,
we
haven't
gotten
guidance
yet
so
we
don't
know
exactly
how
we're
gonna
have
to
do
it,
but
the
theory
is
that
the
the
portion
of
money
we're
talking
about
for
fy
20,
this
50
million
dollars.
Well,
basically,
it
comes
in
as
general
fund
revenue,
so
it'll
be
sort
of
part
of
the
sauce
that
goes
in
and
we'll
identify
sort
of
what
those
projects
are
that
we're
spending
it
on.
We
don't
do
like
we
don't
spend.
You
know
your
property
taxes
on.
You
know
this
service
right.
D
F
So
again,
the
acceptance
spend
is
not
going
to
be
215
million
dollars,
except
which,
which
trust
me.
I
want
to
accept
it,
and
I
want
to
expend
it
some
way,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we,
as
a
city
council,
have
a
say
in
on
this,
and
it's
not
just
the
administration
spending
money
spending
money.
The
way
the
administration
sees
his
needs
all
across
the
city
yeah.
F
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
play
a
big
part
in
that
money
that
comes
through
whether
if
it's
fed
money,
whether
if
we're
taking
the
fen
money
and
spending
our
operational
money,
and
then
we
we,
we
put
the
fed
money
on
top
of
that,
it
still,
I
think,
needs
to
be
broken,
broken
up
and
said.
Okay,
this
is
this
acceptance.
Spend
is
going
to
be
part
of
the
fed
money,
and
this
is
where
we
would
like
to
see
it
go,
and
I
don't
know
if
I'm
not
making
sense,
but.
F
D
We're
waiting
on
the
federal
guidance,
so
we
I
don't
want
to.
I
can't
commit
to
anything
like
what
yeah
like
drafting
form,
because
we're
going
to
be
working
on
that.
What
I
can
say
is
you:
the
council
will
have
direct
oversight
of
the
initial
federal
money
through
both
the
accept
and
expend
process
and
through
the
annual
budget
process.
They
are
very
much
linked
this
year,
so
a
vote
on
one
is
going
to
be
a
vote
on
the
other.
D
F
Yeah,
because
that
that
statement
there
sounds
to
me
like
accept
and
expend
is
a
big,
accept
and
expend
and
then
dance
party,
we
got
200
million
dollars
to
spend
whatever
way
we
want,
you
know,
so
I
I
really
want
to
see
that
broken
up.
You
know
separated.
So
this
is
this
is
the
money
that
we
have,
that
we
knew
we
were
going
to
have.
This
is
fed
money.
A
Baker,
if
I
may,
I
would
just
like
to
say
again
that
I've
been
very
clear
about
that
on
behalf
of
the
ways
and
means
committee,
and
we
will
not
be
signing
a
blank
check
for
the
administration
to
make
a
decision
about
this
money.
I
think
there
is
an,
and
so
I
just
want
to
agree
with
you
and
say
I
think
we
will
be.
We
will
be
engaging
in
that
and
ultimately
it's
it's
up
to
us
not
to
vote
for
and
accept
and
expend
until
we
feel
comfortable
with
that
degree
of
accountability.
F
A
Right
but
I
would
say
that
it's
it's
up
to
us.
Ultimately,
I
mean
we're,
not
gonna.
I
I
think
what
I've
tried
to
say
a
few
times
gently
is
that
the
suggestion
that
we're
just
going
to
vote
115
through
and
then
a
coordinated
committee
of
city
departments
is
going
to
decide
what
happens
after
our
vote
is
not,
I
think,
plausible.
F
D
And
that's
going
to
yep
and
that's
going
to
come
through
the
regular
city,
so
you're
when
you
vote
on
the
budget.
You
know
whenever
you're
voting
on
that
federal
money
and
that
allocation,
if
you
don't
agree
with
it,
that's
certainly
your
prerogative.
But
it's
also
your
time
where
you
can
make
your
point
known
through
that
process.
D
F
F
A
G
A
I
think
I've
run
through
all
my
colleagues
twice,
I'm
gonna
assume
unless
someone
raises
their
hand
that
folks
are
are
all
right
for
now.
Obviously,
like
I
said
we're
at
the
beginning
of
a
process
here,
you
know
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that.
I
think
there
are
some
commitments
in
this
budget
that
reflect
kind
of
making
more
permanent,
some
of
the
increases
that
counselors
fought
for
last
year.
I
know
that
personally,
I
was
very
concerned
that
our
like
youth
jobs
and
food
access
and-
and
you
know,
age,
strong,
etc.
A
Commitments
from
last
year
not
be
kind
of
one-off.
Things
would
see
that
and
I'm
definitely
looking
forward
to
talking
more
about
the
funding.
That's
been
suggested
for
green
jobs
and
you
know
filling
commercial
vacancies.
I
think
there's
some
some
exciting
stuff
to
talk
about
ahead,
but
certainly
just
want
to
underscore
counselor
baker's
point
that
you
know.