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From YouTube: FY20 Boston City Council Budget Breakfast
Description
Mayor Walsh presents his Fiscal Year 20 budget proposal to City Council members.
A
B
B
I
want
to
thank
I
want
to
thank
the
City
Council
I
want
to
thank
Andrea,
president
Campbell
and
all
the
members
of
the
City
Council
that
are
here
today
for
this
budget.
I
want
to
thank
Emma.
He
Andy,
who
put
this
budget
together.
I
want
to
thank
Jeff
sincerity,
the
budget
director
for
his
great
work
on
this
as
well:
superintendent,
Laura
Morales
from
the
schools
and
all
the
different
department,
heads
and
cabinet
Chiefs,
and
all
the
folks
that
are
here
today.
We
did
something
different
this
year.
B
As
you
know,
we
try
to
change
things
up
a
few
years
ago.
What
we
did
was
we
took
the
capital
budget
to
the
neighborhoods
and
we
started
in
each
Boston
and
last
year,
we're
in
Roxbury
and
they
share
I.
Believe
I,
don't
forget,
I'll
see
what
will
go
on,
but
one
child
sound.
So
it's
something
different
to
bring
the
budget
to
the
people
and
today
we're
working
on
the
same
thing
trying
to
bring
the
budget
to
the
people.
B
So
we
can
continue
to
talk
about
the
investments
that
we're
making
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
in
the
important
aspects
of
how
we
move
our
city
forward,
the
city,
this
year's
budget
I'm
proud
to
to
to
announce
it
today.
It's
obviously
it's
a
balanced
budget,
a
sustainable
budget,
an
equitable
budget
in
a
bold
budget,
we're
making
investments
in
a
lot
of
different
spaces
that
are
very
important
to
the
people
of
our
city.
B
As
we
move
forward
here,
which
it's
about
a
3.5
billion
dollar
budget,
investing
in
people
in
neighborhoods
of
our
city
of
Boston,
it's
guided
by
imagine
Boston
2030
the
master
planning
process
that
we
did
in
2014
and
looking
at
the
different
areas
of
our
city.
And
how
do
we
continue
to
grow
our
city?
And
how
do
we
continue
to
make
investments
in
the
people
in
our
city?
This
budget
strengthens
the
work
that
has
made
us
one
of
the
most
successful
and
equitable
cities
in
the
United
States
over
the
past
five
years.
B
We
increase
the
city's
funding
in
the
housing
investments
by
over
6.4
million
dollars
in
one
pot
category,
there's
other
categories
of
housing
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
make
investments,
we're
a
city
that
houses
over
1,600,
formerly
homeless
people
and
then
eight
chronic
retros
homelessness
in
the
last
five
years
and
we're
gonna
make
investments
in
homeless
services.
In
this
budget,
the
budget
adds
four
million
dollars
to
create
50
units
of
supportive
housing,
1
million
dollar
supportive
homeless
youth.
B
These
are,
on
top
of
other
investments
that
we're
bringing
in
from
the
outside
as
well
working
with
the
state
in
other
areas
that
we're
gonna
be
working
to
create
more
opportunities
and
momentum.
Around
housing
we've
created
a
national
standard
for
early
education
and
closing
the
achievement
gap.
This
budget
is,
we
announced
last
week,
invest
fifty
million
dollars
in
bringing
universal,
high-quality
pre-kindergarten
to
every
four-year-old
er
in
our
city.
That's
an
accomplishment
that
all
of
us
have
been
working
on
over
the
last
four
or
five
years
to
make
happen
in
the
city.
B
We've
won
awards
for
community
engagement
impact
climate
talks.
This
budget
invests
10%
of
the
entire
capital
project
on
climate
resiliency
and
projects
in
our
city,
something
that's
really
important
to
make
sure
we
move
forward
right
now
in
Boston
will
ranked
the
third
most
walkable
city.
This
budget
invests
millions
of
dollars
in
pedestrian
improvements
and
bike
infrastructure,
making
sure
we
continue
to
make
our
roads
and
Complete
Streets
and
and
bring
bring
our
fatalities
down
to
zero
and
making
sure
that
people
have
opportunities
to
access
our
streets
and
get
transportation
modes
other
than
cars.
B
We're
a
city
that
created
the
first
officer
recovery
services.
This
budget
expands
that
office
by
thirty
five
percent,
because
the
epidemic
that
we're
seeing
on
our
streets
and
not
just
on
Molina
and
masa,
but
throughout
the
entire
city
of
Boston.
We
all
know
family
members
that
are
struggling
with
addiction
and
while
making
investments
in
that
continue
to
make
investments
in
fighting
the
opioid
crisis,
we're
adding
ten
kiosks
for
safer
disposable
needles
across
the
City
of
Austin.
B
That's
been
brought
to
everyone's
attention
about
the
needles
and
we're
gonna
be
putting
kiosks
out
there
so
that
we
can
in
do
an
educational
program
to
let
people
know
that
it's
simply.
If
you're
gonna
use
to
use
these
kiosks,
we
have
the
first
needle
exchange
program
in
the
Commonwealth
right
here
in
Boston.
B
All
now
and
I
want
to
thank
City
Council
knees
for
sabe
Jorge,
who
came
to
the
meeting
the
other
night
in
Dorchester
to
talk
about
the
bridge.
We
wanted
to
have
the
meeting
in
Quincy
but
was
cancelled
on
us,
so
we
had
the
meeting
in
Dorchester.
This
isn't
about
something
we
want.
This,
isn't
something
that
we're
trying
to
stick
a
stick
in
somebody's
eye.
This
is
about
building
a
campus
back
to
recovery.
B
We're
a
city,
that's
a
nate'll
nation
national
model
for
police
community
relationships
arrested
down
25
percent
the
last
five
years.
This
budget
brings
a
new
recruit
class,
the
fourth
Cadet
class
to
the
Boston
Police
Department
in
the
last
five
years,
we're
budgeting
for
our
first
ever
fire
Cadet
class
as
well,
but
we
have
some
work
to
do
to
make
that
happen.
B
We're
also
investing
in
firefighting
equipment,
health
and
safety
and
new
ambulances
for
Boston
EMS,
while
making
investments
in
our
public
safety
so
that
they
have
the
best
investor,
aend
and
the
best
equipment
to
help
help
the
residents
of
our
city.
This
budget
invests
in
the
health
and
well-being
of
our
young
people
with
additional
anti-violence
workers.
B
There
was
a
shooting
last
Saturday
in
Mattapan
and
when
I
was
at
the
shooting
after
the
next
day,
I
was
asked
a
question
about.
What's
going
on,
I
got
angry
I
got
angry
because
it's
74
year
old
woman
got
killed
and
we're
making
investments
around
anti
violence
and
we're
making
investments
in
our
young
people
and
we're
creating
programs
for
jobs
and
pathways
for
our
young
people.
B
But
we
still
have
older
people
on
the
street
that
I'm
doing
smart
things
and
we're
going
to
need
to
we're
going
to
need
to
work
collectively
together,
not
the
community,
all
of
us
in
here
together.
So
how
do
we
combat
that?
And
how
do
we?
How
do
we
work
to
get
into
these
different
places?
To
talk
to
these
people
to
say
enough
is
enough,
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
do
that
through
this
budget
and
make
the
investments
in
the
ideas
and
I
welcome
again
the
City
Council,
any
ideas
that
we
have.
B
Let's
talk
about
it,
let's
get
it
on
the
table,
because
I
know
that
we're
all
tired
of
getting
a
phone
call
of
somebody
in
our
district
there
was
an
innocent
bystander
coming
out
her
front
door
to
see
what
was
going
on
in
front
and
understanding
that
she
lost
her
life.
That's
not
who
we
are
as
a
city.
B
This
budget
also
invests
in
senior
services
with
aged
strong,
the
eight
strong
Commission
it
invests
in
the
Arts
and
expanding
that
Boston
artists
and
residence
program
for
grants
and
artists
in
our
communities,
making
sure
that
the
small
artists
in
our
communities
have
opportunity
and
access
to
funding
that
they
need,
because
they
don't
get
the
funding
any
other
place.
We
also
continue,
invest
in
our
parks
and
our
libraries
making
sure
we're
on
a
path
to
continue
to
renovate
all
of
our
parks
and
all
of
our
libraries
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
B
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
count
every
person
who
lives
in
our
city
we're
also
keeping
up
with
a
change
the
changes
in
the
economy
we're
adding
staff
to
regulate
new
industries
like
cannabis,
we're
adding
building
inspectors
to
keep
up
on
short-term
rentals,
we're
working
with
Boston
Economic
Development
Center.
That
brings
small
business
and
workforce
development
to
our
neighborhoods.
We're
making
smart
investment
targeted
investments
in
growing
industries
in
our
city,
but
we're
also
looking
to
expand
those
industries
in
our
city,
our
first
Economic
Development,
Center
kickoff,
was
in
Dudley.
B
It
was
a
great
place
to
be
because,
as
we
look
around
Dudley
and
we
walk
around
with
councillor
Janey,
we
see
storefronts
that
are
empty.
We
see
people
that
want
a
strong,
thriving
business
district
and
we
need
to
continue
to
how
do
we
put
supports
around
people
that
can
start
businesses
in
their
neighborhoods
all
throughout
the
city
of
Boston?
We
can
talk
about
that
with
councillor
Campbell
as
well.
In
Mattapan.
B
B
We
have
to
do
more
than
we
have
it
in
the
past,
because
we
don't
have
investments
from
Washington
on
infrastructure,
housing
in
the
environment
in
the
past
oftentimes.
The
way
it
would
work
is
the
federal
government
would
cut
some
money
and
it'll
come
to
the
city
of
the
state
and
the
state
would
give
money
into
the
city.
In
the
last
few
years
we
haven't
had
that
opportunity,
we're
getting
very
little
from
Washington,
we've
been
making
sure
being
being
creative,
filling
the
gaps
filling
the
holes
with
new
revenue
that
that
doesn't
punish
working
people.
B
B
Let's
do
it,
and
last
year
this
year,
actually
earlier
this
year,
with
the
help
of
all
of
us
working
together,
the
council
and
the
mayor's
office
and
all
the
people
were
able
to
make
an
investment
over
thirty
six
million
dollars
into
different
projects.
It
works.
So
we
feel
that
it's
important
to
tell
people
what
we're
going
to
do.
B
The
room
occupancy
tax
is
funding,
affordable,
housing
and
homeless
services
for
our
most
vulnerable
residents.
That's
new
revenue,
parking
need
of
funds.
Walking
is
going
to
make
investments
in
walking
and
biking
and
roads
in
our
city.
That's
new
revenue.
Moving
forward,
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
with
leadership
on
on
working
with
partnerships
at
our
state
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
get
increases
at
our
state.
B
The
state
budgets
coming
out
today,
the
house
representatives
budgets
coming
out
today-
I'm
not
exactly
sure,
what's
in
it,
but
I,
think
a
lot
of
the
advocacy
that
we've
done
has
been
helpful
to
us,
and
we
will
see
later
on
this
morning
exactly
how
awful
that
then,
we
need
to
continue
to
focus
on
education.
Net
state
aid
continues
to
decline
because
education
funding
system
is
not
equitable
for
every
city
or
town
I,
don't
believe
in
the
budget.
B
The
legislature
is
gonna
deal
with
the
funding
formula,
but
I
think
they
will
deal
with
it
after
the
budget
goes.
It
is
important
for
the
future
sustainability
of
Boston
that
we
get
this
right.
This
is
not
about
investments
today.
This
is
about
being
able
to
continue
make
investments
tomorrow
in
Chile
and
three
years
down
the
road.
B
That's
what
we're
talking
about
at
the
State
House,
and
that's
why
it's
so
important
for
us,
as
we
continue
to
to
work
as
one
unit
Laura's
gonna
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
the
effects
what
the
effects
of
the
future
bps
budget
is.
I
want
to
point
out
that
the
impacts
of
our
entire
budget
outlook
we
can
make
new
investments
because
we
have
a
strong
economy
and
we
also
have
a
very
strong
fiscal
management
that
earned
us
a
triple-a
bond
rating.
That's
something
we
should
all
be
proud
of.
B
I
want
to
thank
Mark
co-moh
the
chair
of
ways
and
means
my
entire
time
as
mayor
we've
been
able
to
have
a
really
strong
fiscal
city.
We've
been
able
to
expand
our
bonding
ability.
We've
been
able
to
make
investments
in
areas
that
we
want
to
do.
We
haven't
grown
our
payroll.
We
haven't
put
fluff
on
the
payroll
or
being
very
smart
targeted
with
investments,
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that
as
we
move
forward
here
in
the
city,
but
it's
not
sustainable.
B
If
we
don't
get
more
state
aid
and
if
a
recession
comes,
we
want
to
be
prepared
for
the
future.
That's
something
that
when
I
was
a
state
representative,
we
had
to
do
three
times
and
it's
a
very
difficult
time
to
govern
when
you're
in
a
recession,
when
the
revenues
aren't
coming
in,
you
have
to
make
difficult
decisions
on
whether
you
cut
the
budget
and
that's
what
we
talked
about
preparing
for
the
future.
B
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
council
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
here
and
in
the
next
few
weeks
and
a
couple
months
here,
as
we
move
forward
in
the
budget
process.
I
talked
about
our
national
leadership.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
our
partnership
is
a
model
we
need
to
continue
to
move
forward.
We
need
to
continue
to
make
the
investments
in
the
areas
we
care
of
the
one
thing
that's
beautiful
about
Boston
and
our
political
atmosphere
is
that
we
all
care
about
the
same
things.
B
We
might
have
disagreements
on
how
to
get
to
the
end
of
the
road,
but
we
all
have.
We
all
have
the
same
goals
in
mind,
making
sure
that
our
kids
are
learning
in
a
good,
safe,
strong
school,
with
great
education
inside
of
it,
making
sure
that
somebody
can
wake
up
in
the
morning
and
go
to
a
job,
making
sure
that
somebody
that
wakes
up
in
the
morning
wants
to
live
in
their
neighborhood
stay
in
the
Enable
can
stay
in
the
neighborhood
and
making
sure
that
the
threats
of
climate
changes.
B
We
look
at
the
map
over
here.
The
threats
of
the
sea
level
rise
to
our
city
that
we're
protecting
the
residents
of
our
city.
It's
our
obligation,
not
job
to
do
that.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
morning.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
staff
and
the
public.
That's
here
today
and
I
look
forward
to
as
we
continue
to
talk,
move
forward.
A
In
a
few
minutes
to
the
council
council
president
Campbell
and
chairman
CEO
Moe,
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
pass
a
budget
that
reflects
our
shared
priorities
at
the
administration
and
the
council
and
we'll
see
each
other
a
lot
over
the
coming
months,
and
we
look
forward
to
diving
into
the
details
that
we've
proposed
here
today.
Thank
you
for
being
here
I'd
like
to
thank
the
mayor
for
his
leadership.
A
This
budget
is
a
product
of
his
passion
for
the
city,
the
opportunities
that
it
provides,
his
commitment
to
its
residents
and
its
employees
and
a
reflection
of
our
strong
fiscal
management
principles
in
action.
I
would
also
like
to
thank
all
my
colleagues
that
are
here
today:
cabinet
Chiefs,
dedicated
staff
that
helped
put
together
the
proposals
that
are
in
this
budget
department.
Heads
who've
worked
with
us
to
present
the
impactful
new
investments,
we're
excited
about
all
of
it
and
glad
that
you
could
join
us.
A
They
are
creative,
yet
principled,
approach
to
budget
planning
has
produced
an
exciting
plan
that
we
will
review
this
morning,
I'm
very
proud
of
them
and
of
their
masterful
work.
The
FY
2008
Odo's
3.48
billion
dollars.
It's
a
balanced,
responsible
plan
that
provides
for
new
investments
in
our
city.
The
plan
represents
principles
that
are
essential
to
how
we
responsibly
manage
the
city's
finances.
It
provides
significant
funding
to
meet
our
fixed
costs.
These
are
the
things
that
we
cannot
falter
on.
A
Over
30%
of
this
budget
is
dedicated
to
those
fixed
costs
which
are
critical
items,
and
they
include
things
like
fully
funding
our
pensions
so
that
we
can
meet
our
full
funding
schedule
by
2025
funding.
Our
state
assessments
are
healthcare
for
our
employees,
our
debt
service,
which
is
part
of
our
responsible
borrowing
plan
and
our
o
peb
liability.
A
As
we
plan
for
the
future,
it
funds
settled
collective
bargaining
contracts,
all
of
our
public
safety
contracts
and
30
other
tracks
have
been
resolved
successfully
through
negotiation
and
88%
of
our
unions
are
under
contracts
which
represents
productive
and
responsible
negotiations
that
are
good
for
the
city
and
for
our
employees.
It
responsibly
raises
new
revenue.
As
the
mayor
mentioned.
It's
important
that
to
make
transformative
investments
we
consider
new
revenue
options.
A
70
percent
of
our
budget
is
comprised
of
property
taxes
and
almost
all
of
our
two
and
a
half
percent
increase
that
we
are
afforded
every
year
is
used
to
cover
basic
year-over-year
cost
increases.
In
order
to
make
new
investments
we
have
proposed
increases
in
the
local
occupancy,
taxed
and
short-term
rentals
and
an
increase
in
meter
rates.
The
revenue
raised
from
these
changes
will
go
directly
to
new
housing
and
Street
investments
and
be
seen
and
felt
by
our
residents
in
the
coming
year.
The
budget
also
executes
on
our
long
term
plans
and
funds
commitments.
A
We've
made
in
our
long
term
planning
processes
plans
like
climate
resiliency
with
a
new
climate
preparedness
manager
and
investment
investments
in
green
of
eight.
Like
our
housing
plan,
we're
in
this
budget,
we
have
included
a
45
percent
increase
in
DN
DS
budget
and
our
goal:
boston,
2030
plan
the
streets
budget
this
year
will
receive
a
12
million
dollar
increase
in
our
FY
20.
But
these
principles
and
our
actions
to
live
them
out
have
earned
us
a
triple-a
bond
rating
for
six
years.
These
ratings
are
more
than
a
report
card
for
our
city.
A
A
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
Boston
has
12
million
dollars
less
this
year
because
of
how
the
state
funds,
education,
aid,
the
story
of
Boston's
education
funding
is
remarkable
within
that
context,
in
almost
50
million
dollar
increase
in
education
this
year,
and
we
will
receive
only
an
additional
1
million
dollars
in
chapter
78
from
the
state
300
million
dollars
more
over
five
years.
Well,
the
state
has
given
us
only
ten
million
dollars.
We
have
prioritized
investments
in
our
schools
and
made
them
not
with
notwithstanding
these
des
investments
from
the
state.
A
However,
our
state
a
challenges
have
a
broader
impact
beyond
just
education.
It's
certainly
a
future
challenge,
and
it
also
creates
issues
for
us
in
our
annual
budgeting
process.
In
a
few
minutes,
Justin
will
show
you
a
lot
of
pies
as
you
consider
them.
You
can
also
consider
the
status
of
our
state
aid
in
impacting
how
large
that
pie
is
and
how
much
of
the
pie
is
available
for
other
shared
priorities
that
we
all
believe
should
be
invested
in
as
well.
A
Others
such
as
the
superintendent
will
go
into
detail
about
some
of
the
meaningful
investments
that
we
have
in
our
budget,
but
I
want
to
close
by
highlighting
the
direct
impact
that
this
budget
signature
investments
will
have
on
our
residents
this
year.
There'll
be
seven
hundred
this
year
and
over
the
coming
years,
there'll
be
750
new
UPK
seats
for
Boston
children,
setting
a
pathway
for
future
school
and
career
success,
while
creating
well
compensated
job
opportunities
for
early
child
care
professionals
and
supporting
working
parents
there'll
be
50
new,
supportive,
permanent,
supportive
housing
units
and
75
youth
homeless.
A
The
FY
2008
truly
brings
policy
to
life
and
turns
all
of
our
planning
into
results.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
this
discussion
with
the
council
and
with
the
residents
of
the
city
in
the
coming
months
and
with
that
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
the
superintendent
who
will
share
an
overview
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools
investments.
C
Good
morning,
everyone
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
morning
and
giving
us
an
opportunity
to
provide
you
a
brief
overview
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools
budget
for
fiscal
year
2020
as
part
of
the
mayors
and
the
city's
investment
in
our
young
people
and
their
families.
As
you
know,
on
March
27th,
the
Boston
School
Committee
voted
unanimously
to
approve
the
proposed
FY
20,
but
which
will
now
go
to
the
City
Council
for
their
review.
C
The
total
proposed
budget
for
next
year
is
one
point,
one
three:
nine
billion,
which
represents
an
increase
of
26
million
from
the
current
fiscal
year,
and
that
is
before
the
next
round
of
collective
bargaining
agreements
is
negotiated.
So
this
number
will
increase
further
when
we
have
a
contract
in
place
with
our
teachers
in
the
face
of
declining
state
aid.
C
We
are
all
grateful
for
the
support
of
the
City
of
Boston
under
Mayor
Walsh's
leadership,
who
continues
to
increase
the
city's
allocation
to
our
overall
budget,
both
increasing
the
total
number
and
continuing
to
backfill
from
declining
state
aid.
What
makes
me
proud
of
next
year's
budget
are
the
increased
amounts
of
supports
that
will
directly
serve
students
and
families,
enhance
teaching
and
learning
and
increase
access
to
quality
education
for
students,
particularly
from
traditionally
marginalized
populations.
C
One
of
these
allocations
of
three
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
will
go
toward
improving
our
science
curriculum
in
the
elementary
and
middle
grades.
In
a
city
like
Boston,
you
don't
have
to
look
far
to
see
science
and
technology
careers
popping
up
all
around
us,
and
we
owe
it
to
our
young
students
to
build
a
strong
foundation
for
science
learning.
This
allocation
will
support
science
instruction
in
grades
three
to
eight
that's
aligned
with
next-generation
standards
and
help
provide
students
with
a
solid
fundamental
understanding
of
science
as
they
grow
in
a
high
school.
C
We're
also
allocating
more
than
1.7
million
to
strengthen
our
high
school
pathways.
This
is
critically
important
work.
Despite
our
strong
record
in
reducing
the
number
of
high
school
dropouts
over
the
past
decade,
there
are
still
too
many
students
who
are
not
where
they
should
be,
in
terms,
of
course,
credits
and
competencies,
and
it
is
our
obligation
to
get
them
there.
We're
also
increasing
soft
landings
for
our
schools
undergoing
budget
shortfalls
due
to
declining
enrollment
and
allocating
more
money
to
help
support
our
highest
need
schools
for
a
total
of
6
million
in
this
investment
category.
C
I'm
happy
to
report
that
there
are
a
number
of
equity
moves
in
next
year's
budget,
including
expanding
access
to
exam
schools,
we're
devoting
three
hundred
and
sixty-four
thousand
to
begin
administering
the
exam
school
entrance
tests
in
students
classrooms
next
fall
in
every
school,
with
a
sixth
grade,
making
it
easier
for
all
qualified
students
to
take
the
exam.
This
will
end
the
practice.
Yes.
C
This
will
end
the
practice
of
taking
a
bus
on
a
Saturday
to
a
testing
location
in
unfamiliar
parts
of
the
city
and
level
the
playing
field
for
more
of
our
students
on
the
transportation
theme.
Thanks
to
additional
support
from
the
mayor,
we
are
thrilled
to
announce
in
particular
to
our
young
people
that
BPS
will
offer
free
MBTA
bus
and
subway
passes
for
all
students
in
grades
7
to
12,
and
that
is
across
all
schools.
That
commitment
is
for
Boston
Public
School
students,
charter,
school
students
and
students
in
our
propio
schools.
C
This
has
been
something
that
our
young
people
have
been
asking
for,
and
I
applaud
the
mayor
for
helping
us
make
the
city
a
classroom
for
even
more
students.
And
finally,
as
both
the
mayor
and
Emma
mentioned,
one
of
the
most
exciting
budget
announcements
came
last
week
when
mayor
Walsh
announced
the
expansion
of
the
quality
of
quality
pre-k
across
the
city.
With
the
launch
of
the
15
million-dollar
quality
pre-k
fund,
the
fund
will
close
the
quality
seat
gap
which
currently
stands
at
about
750
classroom
seats
over
the
next
five
years.
C
This
is
in
addition
to
the
750
quality
seats
that
have
been
added
and
created
since
the
mayor
took
office.
The
expansion
of
quality
pre-k
in
Boston
is
truly
exciting
and
a
model
for
the
nation,
something
that
educators
across
the
country
are
watching
closely
because
bps
in
the
city
have
worked
closely
with
community-based
organizations
to
share
our
high-quality
preschool
model.
C
That
is
praised
by
national
experts
and
expand
access
both
in
community-based
settings
and
in
bps
K
1
classrooms,
as
we
work
tirelessly
to
close
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps
and
shape
the
minds
of
young
people
to
be
inclusive
and
accepting
of
one
another.
It's
so
important
that
we
focus
on
our
pre-k
work
on
our
high
school
work
and
everything
we
are
doing
in
between
to
expand
quality
and
access
to
quality
education
in
the
Boston
Public
Schools.
So
thank
you
for
all
of
your
support
in
these
ongoing
efforts.
D
Thank
you,
everyone.
My
name
is
Justin
starid
I'm,
the
city's
budget
director
I,
will
have
PI's
in
this,
but
we
do
have
a
lot
of
pictures
in
there
as
well.
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
sitting
through
this
program.
I
think
it's
really
important.
We're
gonna
highlight
a
lot
of
the
really
important
work
that
all
the
departments
that
are
gathered
here
today
helped
us
put
together.
There
is
no
testament
to
the
value
of
the
budget
that
we
got
every
department
head
and
cabinet
chief
in
the
same
room
together.
D
So
that's
really
something
we're
happy
for
so
with
that.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor,
I
thank
the
City
Council
and
thank
everyone
for
being
here.
So,
as
Emma
the
mayor
mentioned,
we
really
tried
to
focus
on
taking
the
Ivy
20:30
process
and
the
plans
that
are
fall
underneath
it
and
turning
those
into
investments
that
people
are
going
to
see
on
their
streets
and
in
their
homes
next
year.
It's
something
that
we're
really
excited
to
and
it's
our
guiding
principle
that
we
use
when
we
start
to
develop
the
budget
every
year.
D
First
thing
I
want
to
touch
on
today.
Is
revenue,
that's
obviously
a
hot
topic
and
the
reason
we're
able
to
fund
all
the
important
investments
that
we
have
every
year
in
the
city
so
as
Emma,
and
that
mayor
mentioned,
our
budget
is
going
to
be
three
point:
four,
eight
billion
next
year,
that's
about
a
five
percent
increase
and
it's
about
a
hundred
and
sixty
six
million
dollars,
as
you
can
see
from
the
chart,
property
tax
remains.
D
The
primary
driver
of
the
city's
budget
at
the
end
of
the
day
at
over
70%
state
aid,
as
Emma
mentioned,
continues
to
be
a
struggle
and
something
that
we
have
a
twelve
million
dollar
reduction
on
in
the
first
year.
Other
local
revenue
is
a
good
news
story
for
us,
driven
by
a
strong
local
economy
and
the
targeted
increases
that
Emma
and
the
mayor
mentioned.
D
Looking
a
little
bit
at
property
tax
over
the
past
decade,
you'll
see
the
city
continues
to
grow,
on
a
property
tax
basis,
that's
a
testament
to
the
economic
development
policies
and
the
different
work
that
we
do
to
drive
development
here
in
the
city.
As
you
can
see,
the
last
three
years,
17,
18
and
19-
have
been
really
boon
years
for
the
city
and,
while
we're
very
proud
of
that
fact,
it's
something
that
we
consider
a
very
volatile
resource,
because
on
an
annual
basis,
we
could
fall
back
down
to
those
30s
or
the
40s.
D
So
it
when
we're
talking
about
budgeting
on
new
growth
for
next
year,
we're
talking
about
sixty
million
dollars,
which
is
the
highest
amount,
we've
or
budgeted
for,
and
something
that
we
can
do
to
make
sure
the
city
remains
conservative
and
continues
to
maintain
our
triple-a
bond
rating
turning
to
local
receipts
quickly.
These
are
all
things
like
hotels,
tags,
meals,
tax
occupancy
tax
that
are
driven
by
strong
local
growth
in
the
economy.
We
also
have
two
targeted
increases
this
year.
D
The
parking
meter
increase
that
we'll
get
to
in
a
little
bit
and
the
as
a
result
of
the
state
undertaking
the
short-term
rental
law,
we're
proposing
to
sort
of
right-size
the
entire
local
occupancy
tax
up
to
six
and
a
half
percent.
It
translates
into
about
a
dollar
a
night
so
for
a
hotel
room.
That
is
a
pretty
reasonable
approach
and
we're
gonna
be
able
to
take
that
five
million
dollars
that
we're
going
to
generate
next
year
and
turn
it
into
five
million
dollars
worth
of
investments
in
housing
and
homelessness.
D
As
I
mentioned
on
the
state
aid
side,
it's
something
we
continue
to
struggle
with.
Obviously
this
chart
can
be
a
little
striking
in
2002
forty
52
percent
of
the
city's
budget
used
to
be
funded
by
property
tax.
That
number
is
now
over.
Seventy
percent
in
2020
and
in
twenty
two
thousand
two,
the
state
used
to
contribute
30
percent
of
our
annual
budget,
almost
a
third.
D
That
number
has
dropped
to
nearly
13
percent
next
year
and
that's
frankly,
something
that
we
struggle
with
on
an
annual
basis
and
when
emma
talks
about
the
twelve
million
dollar
reduction
in
net
state
aid.
That's
new
money
that
the
city
needs
to
find
before
we
can
even
start
talking
about
new
investments
in
FY
19,
so
that
continues
to
be
a
real
challenge.
Obviously
the
mayor
and
the
council
and
everyone
in
this
room
has
gotten
together
and
really
tried
to
focus
and
push
Beacon
Hill
to
to
change
the
formula.
D
We
look
forward
to
those
additional
conversations
so
moving
on
to
the
spending
side,
as
you
can
see,
there
should
be
a
pie
that
everyone
is
very
familiar
with.
Forty
percent
of
our
budget
remains
in
public
education,
that's
for
both
bps,
our
charter
schools
and
the
upk
investment
that
the
superintendent
and
mayor
mentioned.
20
percent
goes
to
public
safety.
D
Seventeen
percent
goes
to
all
the
other
city
departments
that
are
out
there.
Fifteen
percent
goes
to
fixed
costs
and
eight
percent
goes
to
health
insurance.
Both
the
health
insurance
and
fixed
costs
are
places
where
we
really
try
to
emphasize
savings
and
working
with
folks
to
make
sure
we
control
those
costs.
So
we
can
maximize
the
parts
of
the
pie
that
toward
city
departments,
Public
Safety
and
public
education.
So
that's
something
that
we'll
continue
to
work
on.
D
So,
as
I
mentioned,
the
city
budgets
gonna
grow
by
about
a
hundred
and
sixty
six
million
next
year.
So
how
does
that
get
divvied
up?
The
first?
Sixty
three
million
first
and
foremost
goes
to
bps
charter
schools
and
the
UPK
investment
about
thirty.
Five
percent
goes
towards
maintenance
or
what
we
call
the
cost
of
doing
business
for
next
year.
That
involves
changes
in
utility
rates,
changes
in
collective
bargaining
agreements,
Steff
agreements,
all
the
good
things
that
folks
are
familiar
with.
Twenty
nine
million
goes
towards
unsettled
collective
bargaining
agreements.
D
Twenty-One
million
goes
to
those
new
fixed
costs
that
we
have
next
year.
This
includes
pensions
and
debt
service
and
other
areas,
and
finally,
eighteen
percent
goes
to
the
investments
and
opportunities
that
we're
going
to
get
to
in
a
second
that
really
helped
try
to
move
the
city
forward.
I
won't
spend
a
ton
of
time
on
this
slide.
D
This
is
the
bps
budget
over
the
last
six
years
since
FY
14
and,
as
you
can
see,
a
two
hundred
million
dollar
increase
in
that
time
at
just
bps,
when
you
factor
in
the
charter
school
tuition
increase
that's
another
hundred
million
dollars.
So
that's
a
three
hundred
million
dollar
increase
over
the
last
ten
years
over
the
last
five
years
of
which
only
10%
came
or
I'm
sorry,
four
percent
ten
million
dollars
came
from
state
aid.
D
The
per
pupil
spending
is
probably
the
biggest
story
that
we
have
on
there
it's
up
to
over
20,000
next
year,
and
the
vast
majority
of
bps
is
budget
close
to
ninety
percent
is
being
spent
in
the
classroom.
So
that's
something
that
we're
proud
of
that's
not
being
spent
on
a
central
office
or
in
transportation
all
the
other
areas.
D
Again,
as
the
mayor
and
others
have
mentioned,
the
quality
pre-k
fund-
that's
15
million
dollars-
we're
going
to
set
aside
in
this
year's
budget
to
expand
seats
over
the
next
five
years
at
both
VPS
and
the
CBO's
who
are
partners,
and
we're
really
excited
about
that.
That's
obviously
the
big
signature
piece
of
this
budget
this
year
now,
moving
on
to
investments
in
opportunities
and
I
know,
there's
a
lot
of
department
heads
here.
So
this
is
not
everything
so
I
would
encourage
everyone
to
go
to
the
budget
website
to
learn
more
about
this.
D
But
these
are
some
of
the
main
highlights
that
we
wanted
to
talk
about
today.
The
first
one,
as
everyone
has
mentioned,
is
increasing
the
local
occupancy
tax
to
generate
5
million
dollars.
That's
going
to
be
five
million
dollars,
that's
going
to
go
towards
housing
projects
annually
for
the
of
times.
That's
something
we're
really
proud
of.
D
In
the
first
year,
we're
gonna
take
that
4
million
dollars
and
create
50
new
units
of
permanent
supportive
housing
and
then
a
million
dollars
for
housing,
employment
pathways
for
youth
and
young
adults
in
homelessness,
Thank,
You
chief
and
that
that's
money,
that's
gonna,
be
available
in
future
years.
So
we
look
forward
to
this
new
dedicated
resource
to
to
help
address
the
the
myriad
of
housing
needs
that
are
out
there
moving
on,
in
addition
to
just
the
hot
homelessness
investments.
Next
year
we
have
investments
in
affordable
housing
and
homeowners
and
renters.
D
The
Adu
program,
which
we'll
be
launching
this
year,
is
a
loan
program
to
help
folks
add
new
units
to
their
homes.
That's
a
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollar
investment.
The
intergenerational
home
share
program,
where
we
pair
residence
from
across
the
city
to
sort
of
help,
create
new,
affordable
units
and
then
finally,
additional
housing
inspectors
to
make
sure
that
short-term
rentals
and
everyone
is
playing
by
the
rules.
D
So
we're
excited
about
that
and
then
finally,
on
the
homeowners
and
renters,
we
have
new
investments
for
fair
housing
and
marketing
housing,
court,
navigator
and
home
center
operations
support.
So
a
lot
of
good
housing,
investments
and
I
know
the
mayor
and
and
Emma
mentioned
that
the
total
increase
in
the
city
budget
for
housing
is
up.
45
percent,
that's
one
of
the
largest
increases
we
have
in
the
entire
budget.
So
that's
something
that
we're
pretty
proud
of
as
well
again
as
folks.
D
Again,
as
as
folks
have
mentioned,
the
performance
parking,
we
know
that
this
is
this
is
gonna
work.
This
is
gonna
reduce
congestion.
This
is
gonna
increase,
parking
availability,
neighborhoods
and
this
is
gonna-
be
five
million
dollars.
That's
gonna
go
into
the
parking
meter
fund
that
people
are
gonna,
see
on
their
streets
next
year,
whether
it's
through
the
walkable
streets
program,
through
improvements
in
people's
commutes
and
by
that
I
mean
bus
lanes.
D
We
mean
bike
lanes
and
we
mean
improved
roadway
and
traffic
signal
ization
to
make
sure
whatever
mode
of
transport
that
you
have
on
an
annual
basis
on
a
daily
basis.
You
are
gonna
get
to
work
on
time.
We're
also
going
to
include
four
new
tactical
plazas,
like
the
one
in
downtown
Boston,
which
are
really
excited
about
so
that'll
be
a
really
good
opportunity
to
use
some
underutilized
space
that
we
have
in
the
city,
arts
and
culture.
I.
D
Don't
think,
we'd
give
enough
credit
to
the
Arts
and
Culture
budget
budget
this
year,
but
it
is
a
tremendous
investment
in
the
future
of
Arts.
On
the
the
library
side,
we
have
over
four
hundred
thousand
to
increase
the
collection
budget.
That's
going
to
decrease,
wait
times
and
get
more
materials
into
people's
hands,
we're
hiring
new
teen
and
youth
librarians.
To
make
sure
that
these
stuffed
programs
that
we
have
in
all
of
our
libraries
across
the
city
for
teens
and
youth,
that
they're
gonna
get
better
support
and
then
finally,
security
and
outreach.
D
We
announced
the
Pine
Street
in
partnership
last
week
and
we're
going
to
be
adding
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
help
expand
that
to
some
of
the
branches
as
well
and
finally,
a
permanent
home
for
the
Arts
budgets
over
the
last
five
or
six
years.
The
arts
budget
has
mostly
been
funded
through
one-time
grants.
D
We
are
instituting
a
four
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollar
a
year
grant
program
to
go
towards
the
arts
and
that's
something
that
is
not
done
in
a
lot
of
other
cities
and
frankly,
this
is
going
to
be
able
to
create
a
sustainable
pipeline.
So
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
expiring
grants
anymore,
and
this
is
something
that
people
can
really
plan
for.
D
So
on
the
public
safety
I
see
my
friends,
the
commissioners
here
so
a
million
dollars
for
additional
industrial
cleaning
and
the
health
and
safety
of
firefighters,
eight
new
trucks
we
actually
went
back
and
looked.
We've
replaced
nearly
60%
of
the
entire
fleet
of
fire
trucks
in
the
last
five
years,
and
that's
something
that
we
can
really
be
proud
of.
Thank
you
on
the
on
the
police
side.
We
have
120
recruits
for
next
year,
another
class
of
20
cadets,
that's
going
to
be
the
fourth
Cadet
class,
we'll
have
we're.
D
That
goes
to
different
neighborhoods,
to
sort
of
help,
get
quick
response
to
times
and
make
sure
that
we're
we're
maintaining
the
the
ambulances
for
the
rest
of
the
city
and
then
finally
new
ambulances
to
support
the
the
robust
level
of
FTEs
that
we
have
over
at
the
EMS.
Moving
on
to
recovery
services,
I
know
we're
almost
through.
Don't
worry,
but
there's
a
lot.
There's
a
lot
to
talk
about
it's
a
good
budget.
D
It's
you
know
only
second
to
some
of
the
housing
investments
that
we're
making
and
it's
a
reflection
of
the
the
need,
but
also
the
sustained
pressure
that
we
need
to
to
keep
on
that.
To
maintain
our
efforts
at
trying
to
subsidize
or
to
have
the
substance,
abuse
epidemic
subside
a
little
bit:
prosperity
and
equity.
We
have
a
whole
host
of
investments
at
economic
development
in
other
areas
to
work
on
our
equity
and
work
on
making
sure
that
Boston's
rising
tide
is
really
lifting
all
boats.
D
This
includes
the
Boston
Economic
Development
Center,
mobile
businesses
and
certification
managers
and
then
finally
support
for
emerging
industries.
We
have
new
public
safety
diversity
investments.
This
includes
dedicated
EMS
staff
and
scholarships
maintain
a
good
pipeline
of
folks
into
there.
We
have
the
4th
Police
Cadet
class.
We
have
a
new
Fire
Cadet
class
pending
the
state
law
change
that
the
mayor
mentioned
earlier
and
finally,
the
2020
census.
D
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
we
have
a
10%
commitment
of
our
capital
plan
that
will
be
in
there
that
we'll
be
excited
to
talk
about.
In
a
couple
weeks,
we
have
over
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
zero
waste
initiatives.
This
is
a
crisis
that
is
hitting
cities
nationwide
where
they
are
abandoning
their
recycling
programs.
We
are
actually
going
the
other
way
and
we're
doubling
down
on.
D
Investing
more
in
recycling,
we
have
new
programs
through
green
of
a
building
energy
climate
and
resilience.
I
got
traded
out.
That
means
I,
got
a
hurry
up
right,
climate
preparedness
and
then
10%
of
all
new
funding
for
the
capital
plan
and
then
for
parks.
We
have
urban
forestry,
additional
Park,
Rangers
and
maintenance
and
irrigation
a
new
in-house
veterinary
services
that
were
excited
to
talk
about
at
the
City
Council
hearings.
So
one
thing
that
the
mayor
mention
is
what
we're
not
talking
about
a
lot
today
is
the
capital
plan.
D
First
and
foremost,
we
have
a
brand
new
website,
thanks
to
our
friends
that
do
it
and
the
mayor's
office,
a
new
urban
mechanics,
it's
going
to
have
an
open
data
portal,
so
all
the
information
that
I
just
rattled
off
and
all
the
information
you
never
knew
you
wanted
to
know
about.
The
budget
is
going
to
be
available
on
the
open
data
portal
and
then
finally
have
a
new
mapping
feature:
we've
actually
revamped
it
this
year,
so
you
can
type
in
any
address
in
the
city
and
find
a
capital
program.
D
D
Thank
you
everyone
without
them
without
them.
None
of
this
is
possible.
I
want
to
thank
the
cabinet,
Chiefs
and
the
council
for
being
here.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
departments
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone.
We
look
forward
to
having
a
robust
conversation
during
the
budget
hearing
process
over
the
next
few
months.
So
thank
you
and
now
before
I
go
I'm
actually
going
to
turn
it
over
to
president
Campbell
for
some
closing
remarks.
E
Thank
you
and
good
morning.
Okay,
it's
a
happy
day.
It's
nice
out
good
morning.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
obviously
the
proposed
budget
and
the
partnership.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
you,
but
before
we
sort
of
jump
into
more
before
I
jump
into
more
remarks,
it
is
his
birthday
today
and
you
know
whether
we
we
don't
always
agree
on
everything.
But
it's
you
know
he
has
a
tough
job
when
there
shootings
happening
in
the
district
and,
frankly,
there's
been
a
lot
lately.
E
He
gets
all
of
those
calls
and
it's
sometimes
a
thankless
job.
So
some
of
us
suggested
that
maybe
we
sing
happy
birthday
to
the
mayor.
Why
not
we're
all
here?
Most
of
you
work
for
him,
so
you
probably
should
join
in
and
I'll
just
start
it
off
so
feel
free
to
join
in
happy
birthday
to
you,
happy
birthday
to
you,
happy
birthday,
Marty
Walsh
birthday
too,.
E
E
Think,
of
course,
our
superintendent
of
bps,
as
well
as
our
commissioners,
our
achieves
their
chiefs
of
staff.
Everyone
who
is
here
who
works
really
hard
every
single
day
on
behalf
of
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
who
are
probably
many
of
you
at
the
staff
level,
at
least
overworked
and
underpaid
I,
want
to
thank
you
on
behalf
of
the
entire
council
for
the
work
that
you
do
day
in
and
day
out
on
behalf
of
all
of
us.
So
thank
you
as
well.
E
We
have
a
tremendous
responsibility
on
the
Boston
City
Council
side
of
reviewing
a
robust
and,
of
course,
very
expansive
budget,
and
with
an
increase,
a
5%
increase
of
now
almost
3.5
billion
dollars.
The
work
gets
a
little
bit
harder
every
year.
It
seems,
but
our
job
on
the
council,
of
course,
is
to
make
sure
that
these
resources
are
spread
across
the
entire
city
of
Boston
equitably
and
that
every
resident
in
the
city
of
Boston
feels
like
this
budget
is
theirs
and
their
piece
of
it
belongs
to
them
in
some
way.
E
So,
whether
it's
for
housing,
transportation,
infrastructure,
the
UPK,
expanse
expansion
or
quality
schools,
the
list
is
long.
We
look
forward
on
the
council
side
of
making
sure
that
this
week
that
these
resources
are
spread
across
the
entire
city
of
Boston
and
before
I
sort
of
close
out
I'm
told
I'm
just
supposed
to
be
brief.
I
want
to
applaud
councilor
co-moh,
who
is
my
vice
chair
and
the
council.
E
Who
is
also
the
chair
of
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means,
and
has
been
for
a
very
long
time,
so
he
Shepherds
the
entire
council
through
the
budget
process.
That
work
is
also
not
easy.
This
will
be
his
last
budget.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you've
done
on
behalf
of
the
council,
but
also
thank
you
for
your
decades
of
service
to
the
city
of
Boston.
We
will
miss
you
and
look
forward
to
making
sure
that
this
is
actually
a
funder
process
in
previous
years.
So
thank
you.
Councilor
co-moh.
E
Thank
You
counselor
for
your
years
of
service
on
the
council,
even
before
I
joined
the
council
for
your
dedication
to
immigrants,
rights
to
civil
rights
to
housing.
When
you
chaired
the
Housing
Committee
and
everything
you
have
done
to
improve
the
lives
of
the
residents
only
in
your
district
but
across
the
city
of
Boston,
you
will
be
missed.
But
thank
you
for
your
years
of
service
as
well.
E
Of
course,
we're
certainly
not
least
I
want
to
thank
council
McCarthy,
who
is
the
chair
of
the
Committee
on
Public,
Safety
and
criminal
justice.
This
will
be
his
last
budget
as
well,
and
he
has
served
the
city
for
decades
in
so
many
capacities
and
you
will
be
missed,
but
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
applaud
your
hard
work
on
behalf
of
the
residents
of
d5,
including
Hyde
Park,
in
Mattapan
for
your
years
of
service
to
the
city
of
Boston.
E
E
And,
like
I
said,
you
know,
the
council
is
excited
every
year
to
go
through
the
budget
process.
It's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
highlight
our
priorities
and
the
things
that
we
care
about
and
also
to
take
all
of
the
Constituent
cases
that
we
review
every
year,
which
are
in
the
thousands
and
to
make
sure
that
investments
are
made
so
that
maybe
we
can
reduce
those
constituent
cases
but,
more
importantly,
having
an
impact
on
behalf
of
every
resident
city
of
Boston
and
before
I
close
out.
E
I
also
have
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
City
Council
central
staff.
They
often
don't
get
thanked,
but
they
have
to
literally
literally
plan
the
hearings
work
at
the
administration
in
terms
of
the
schedule.
So
I
want
to
thank
jus
lady,
who
is
our
central
staff
director
Michele,
who
will
be
leading
the
budget
effort
on
behalf
of
the
council,
the
entire
City
Council
central
staff.
Thank
you
for
your
hard
work
as
well.
E
And
again
and
again
mayor,
we
look
forward
to
partnering
with
partnering
with
you
in
the
work.
It's
not
an
easy
job
like
I
said,
but
we
are
partners
in
this
work
and
excited
to
work
with
you
and
on
behalf
of
all
of
my
colleagues
and
the
council.
Thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
every
single
day
on
behalf
of
the
residents
in
the
city
of
Boston,
look
forward
to
working
with
you
through
this
process.
Thank
you
very
much.