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A
It
was
fine
if
I
just
grab
everyone's
attention
or
not
attention
hello,
everyone
good
morning,
everyone
happy
extended
winter,
I'd,
say
happy
spring,
but
I
know
if
we're
gonna
get
spring
thanks
for
coming
in
today
for
the
budget,
beginning
of
the
budget
process
or
the
next
step
to
the
budget
process.
I
want
to
thank
the
council
for
who's
here.
Council
Baker
is
on
his
way
long
commute
from
Dorchester,
so
I'm,
poor,
bastard,
but
he'll,
be
here.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here.
A
I
want
to
thank
the
president,
Andre
Campbell's
with
us
as
well
today,
and
we
have
a
kind
of
a
new
team
a
little
bit
working
on
the
budget
stuff.
This
year
we
have
Emma
handy
s,
CFO
council.
How
are
you
welcome?
I
should
have
picked
you
out.
I
was
gonna
pick
you
out,
I
should
have
picked
you
out:
buddy
budget
director,
Justin,
scary,
starik,
sorry,
Justin,
our
superintendent,
obviously
Tommy
Chang
from
the
School
Department
in
a
CFO
Eleanor.
A
What
we're
gonna
have
is
a
kind
of
a
brief
speaking
Park
today,
we'll
have
I'll,
say
a
few
words.
Emma's
gonna
come
up
and
talk
a
little
bit.
The
superintendent's
going
to
talk
about
schools
and
Endre
is
going
to
talk
about,
but
the
C
Council,
and
then
we
can
open
up
for
questions
on
how
if
we
want
to
move
forward
when
it's
important,
then
thank
all
everyone
in
this
room
for
working
together
to
continue
to
make
Boston
the
world-class
City
that
we
are.
A
This
budget
reflects
a
lot
of
great
investments,
I
think
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
then
working
with
the
council.
We
obviously
will
make
some
adjustments
and
some
moves,
but
I
think
what
we
try
to
do
is
make
sure
that
we
touch
a
lot
of
different
areas
in
this
budget.
We
try
to
touch
a
lot
of
different
districts
in
this
budget
to
the
capital
planning
process.
We're
gonna
release
the
capital
budget
in
the
next
couple
of
days,
I
believe
Frank
tomorrow,
tomorrow,
a
lot
of
people
instrument
very
happy
with
that
with
the
capital
budget.
A
I
think
a
lot
of
the
priorities.
I
think
that
we've
gotten
calls
on
collectively
we
worked
on
and
make
sure
we
try
and
do
as
much
we
can
on
the
capital
side
of
the
budget.
This
budget
continues
to
express
the
the
the
goals
that
people
have
talked
about
in
imagine
blocks
in
2030
and
all
the
planning
we've
done
in
the
last
four
years.
A
A
Our
goal
is
to
continue
maximizing
our
triple-a
bond
rating
for
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
Boston,
we've
had
triple-a
bond
rating
for
four
consecutive
years,
we're
hoping
for
a
fifth
consecutive
year
this
year,
as
we
move
forward
in
the
process,
so
we're
working
to
make
sure
that
we
still
stay
fiscally
responsible
as
a
city.
So,
as
we
grow
out
our
budget,
we
make
we
want
to
become
fiscal
and
stay
physically
responsible
and
that's
some
of
our
goals
for
the
budget
this
year.
A
We're
proposing
a
three
point:
two
nine
billion
dollar
budget:
that's
an
increase
of
about
130,
not
about
137
million
dollars
or
4.3
percent,
over
fiscal
2002
thousand
eighteen,
it's
a
responsible
and
smart
budget.
It
makes
investments
in
middle-class
security
in
our
city.
It
works
on
quality
of
life,
economic
mobility.
In
a
lot
of
my
different
city
neighborhoods
across
the
board,
it
starts
with
historic
investments
in
our
schools
and
I.
Think
we
we
start
off.
Almost
every
speech
saying
we
have
a
historic
investment
in
our
schools
and
and
this
year
is
no
different.
A
The
1.1
billion
dollar
school
budget
represents
growth
of
18
percent
over
a
five
year
period,
their
investments
in
teaching
teachers
and
curriculum
in
learning
times
in
equity.
For
our
students.
They
respond
to
the
needs
of
a
lot
of
concerns
that
we
hear
from
parents,
from
students
from
teachers
and
principals
from
you
from
other
elected
officials.
So
that's
important.
It
responds
in
the
areas
whether
its
language
or
special
needs,
or
even
families
dealing
with
poverty.
A
It
we're
trying
to
work
to
make
sure
every
single
child
gets
impacted
by
the
investments
that
are
being
made
in
this
budget.
We're
adding
school
nurses
love
to
have
school
nurses
every
school
help
me
find
a
way
to
pay
for
it.
But
what
we're
doing
here
is
we're
adding
more
school
nurses
into
this
routing
psychologists
in
our
schools.
A
How
do
we
make
investments
there,
social
workers
to
be
supportive
of
our
students,
well-being
in
their
ability
to
learn
and
also
helping
a
lot
of,
in
particular
cases
in
our
high
schools,
helping
our
young
people
take
the
next
step
and
that
next
step
could
be
work
next
step
could
be.
College
could
be
Community
College.
So
it's
important
for
us
as
we
move
forward
we're
advancing
our
bill.
Bps
facilities
program
through
our
capital
budget.
A
We're
include,
we
have
four
new
school
projects
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
we're
gonna
be
in
the
ground,
hopefully
within
the
next
12
to
18
months
and
four
new
schools
in
our
city.
We're
doing
30
renovated
kitchens,
with
the
Shah
Family
Foundation
to
just
similar
to
East.
Boston
I
was
over
these
parks
another
day
with
council
Edwards,
and
we
had.
A
We
had
lunch
there
and
it
was
pretty
incredible
having
fresh,
healthy
food
at
the
Bradley,
all
of
our
East
Boston
schools
have
have
those
kitchens
we're
building
those
out
in
in
dirty
across
the
city
of
Boston,
I.
Think
Roxbury
Mattapan
of
the
ways
we're
going
to
stand.
Our
goal
is
this
program.
Moves
on
is
to
have
fresh,
healthy
food
in
every
single
school.
I.
Think
the
difference
is
time.
A
Is
we
have
a
salad
bar
there
and
the
kids
are
able
to
choose
what
they
want
out
of
a
salad
bar
and
it's
funny
watching
just
a
half
hour.
We
were
there
watching
the
little
guys,
not
touching
the
salad,
but
touching
the
the
cucumbers
and
the
carrots
and
the
tomatoes,
and
as
they
get
all
the
older
classes
come
then
they
start
to
venture
onto
the
lettuce
and
other
things.
So
it
might
seem
like
a
small
thing,
but
it's
a
really
big
thing.
What
we're
doing
here?
A
We
have
new
furnishings
in
our
schools
in
this
budget
and
we
also
have
we're
upgrading
our
security
needs.
It
was
brought
to
our
attention
by
several
people
that
a
lot
of
our
doors
didn't
lock.
We
had
old
doors,
we
didn't
have
keys
for
doors
and
we'll
making
sure
that
we
across
the
board
have
the
security
measures
in
our
schools
in
all
our
schools,
that
the
young
people
in
the
teachers
and
the
parents
and
the
advocates
don't
have
to
worry
about
I'm,
making
sure
we
move
forward.
A
The
national
test
scores
out
this
week
add
that
data
confirms
that
we
are
heading
in
the
right
direction.
Smart
investments
have
an
impact,
and
that's
what's
important
for
us
and
I
want
to
thank
Eleanor
and
her
team
who
really
focused
on
on
with
with
the
team
at
bps,
with
the
principals
and
the
teachers
about.
How
do
we
make
investments
in
the
schools
to
actually
make
a
difference?
So
we're
not
just
throwing
money
at
a
situation
and
don't
have
a
plan
for
it.
It's
actually
with
targeting
the
investment
in
different
areas.
A
One
thing
that
that's
discouraging
a
little
bit
our
partnership
with
the
state
needs
work
when
we
had
the
conversation
around
start
times
and
and
how
that
kind
of
unfolded.
One
of
the
glaring
issues
that
jumped
out
when
we
talked
about
changing
start
times
was
twofold.
One
was
we're
trying
to
when
we
still
have
to
get
there
trying
to
get
our
older
kids
to
school
a
little
later
in
the
day,
because
all
the
studies
show
it
works,
but
we're
also
trying
to
shift
some
resources
in
constant
run
under
the
FISC.
A
Under
the
budget
governor's
fiscal
19
budget
proposal,
we
lose
another
twenty
seven
million
dollars
in
child's
glory
embarrassment
that
money
that
27
million
dollars
is
made
up
by
the
budget.
You're
gonna
vote
on
in
a
few
weeks,
the
the
the
programs
that
were
funding,
whether
it's
all
the
things
I'm
talking
about
today,
27
million
dollars
of
our
money
city's
money-
is
gonna,
go
towards
offsetting
underfunding
with
the
charter
school
line.
Animus
I
can't
stress
you
how
important
this
is.
A
We
were
able
to
in
the
house
last
week
through
the
help
of
chairman
Sanchez,
the
House
voted
to
provide
2.5
million
in
additional
FY
18
reimbursement
statewide,
which
means
it's
about
another
700
roughly.
So
if
the
Senate
does
it
about
750,000
additional
dollars
for
this
year,
we
still
have
a
19
billion
million
dollar
shortfall,
but
it's
750
thousand
that
we
can
take
that
money.
That's
small
and
use
it
for
one-time
expenses
in
our
schools,
but
we
need
to.
We
need
to
change
these
trends.
We
need
to
turn
this
around.
A
If
we
don't
turn
this
around
with
the
next
four
or
five
years,
we
will
be
paying
the
state
for
education
money.
What
do
I
mean
by
that?
Their
charter
school
reimbursement
will
be
greater
than
the
allotment
we
get
from
chapter
70,
so
I
need.
We
need
to
work
together
on
this
as
a
Boston
delegation
to
go
to
the
Statehouse
to
push
this.
This
line
items
a
big
deal
when
you
think
about
twenty-seven
million
dollars,
that's
no
longer
in
the
school
budget.
You
think
about
what
could
happen
with
that,
we
wouldn't
be
having
conversations
about
nurses.
A
We
wouldn't
be
having
conversations
about
librarians.
We
wouldn't
be
having
conversations
about
so
many
things
if
we're
able
to
get
that
money.
So
I'm
asking
us,
as
we
think
about
this
budget
as
you're
putting
the
budget
together,
you're
thinking
about
what
you
want
to
add
to
this
budget.
Think
in
the
back
your
head,
there's
a
twenty
seven
million
dollar
figure
that
we
have
to
pay
for
this
dub.
A
This
budget
doubles
down
on
payment
assistance
for
homebuyers
to
a
million
dollars,
we're
growing
our
office
of
housing,
stability
to
prevent
housing
displacement,
we're
working,
adding
legal
representation,
financial
assistance
and
case
works
in
case
workers,
so
we're
moving
moving
forward
on
that
I
want
to
thank
Sheila
and
her
team
for
working
there.
We
continue
to
advance
our
housing
plan
by
directing
millions
of
dollars
in
development
fees
to
affordable
housing
production,
we're
working
on
a
housing
plan
now
to
increase
that
we
know
that
there's
a
housing
crisis.
A
People
cannot
criticize
the
city
of
Boston
for
not
tackling
that
housing
crisis.
We've
built
more
housing
than
the
last
30
30
years
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
to
do
more,
but
we
have
to
work
collectively
on
that
to
move
forward
on
that
with
our
CPA
committee
up
and
running.
Thank
you
to
the
council
for
for
moving
quickly
on
that.
We're
moving
on
that
we're
moving
the
needle
further
on
affordable
housing
as
well
as
historic,
open
space
and
historic
preservation,
I
believe
the
first
round.
A
The
projects
are
starting
to
come
through
now,
so
we're
gonna
see
some
action
on
those
projects
which
is
gonna,
go
back
to
the
neighborhoods
in
the
city,
we're
investing
in
transportation.
This
budget
breaks
new
ground
and
reducing
congestion
and
supporting
safe
biking
and
safe
walking
in
the
city.
We've
heard
a
lot
about
revenues
from
parking
fines.
What's
more
excited
about
this
investments
that
we're
gonna
be
doing
is
the
unlock
neighborhood,
slow
streets,
more
neighborhood,
slow
streets
when
I
went
out
to
JP
and
we
had
the
neighborhood
saw
Street
announcement.
A
We
had
other
neighborhoods
there
advocating
for
their
neighborhood
there
we're
looking
at
and
doing
more
productive
protected
bike
lanes,
something
that's
that
all
of
our
constituents
are
asking
for
we're,
also
working
on
sidewalk
repair
and
intersection
redesign
to
move
traffic
congestion
through
the
city
and
more
collaboration
with
the
MBTA.
That
is,
that
is
vital
to
us
moving
forward.
We
have
to
work
with
the
MBTA
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
they
continue
to
move
forward.
A
As
you
know,
in
the
office,
I
have
a
data
dashboard
that
has
the
MBTA
on
there
and,
in
the
course
of
the
day,
most
days,
the
red
line,
the
Green
Line,
the
orange
line,
the
blue
line
I'm
moving
in
a
great
great
great
clip
the
rate
90
plus
percent,
but
it's
those
dates
that
they're
not
moving
it.
That
way,
there's
always
problems
and
issues
and
that
causes
troubles
across
this
across
the
city.
A
Go
Boston,
2030
has
an
ambitious
plan
and
it's
also
becoming
a
great
new
reality.
It's
true
for
our
climate
readiness
parks
in
arts
and
culture
area
of
this
budget,
something
that
we're
working
on
we're
investing
in
safety
and
every
neighborhood.
That
means
we're
doing
more
EMTs
in
our
city,
more
21st
century
police
equipment
for
both
police
and
fire
we've
added
already
in
ambulance
in
East
Boston
we're
doing
that
on
overtime.
A
But
this
budget
reflects
a
permanent
ambulance
in
East
Boston,
so
we'll
have
two
ambulances
located
in
the
partner
of
Boston
East
Boston,
which
obviously
sometimes
very
difficult
to
get
you.
So
that's
a
response
to
what
the
community's
been
saying
for
a
long
time.
It
also
means
working
as
we're
moving
forward
in
this
budget
prevention
and
well-being,
we're
growing
the
street
worker
program,
we're
looking
at
the
street
record
program,
we're
revitalizing
the
street
worker
program
as
we
move
forward
here
in
the
course
of
the
next
couple
months.
A
We're
gonna
be
talking
to
all
of
you,
but
some
of
you
are
very
active
and
interested
in
that
program.
So
we're
gonna
be
looking
at
that
we're
investing
in
our
neighborhood
trauma
teams,
we're
investing
in
prevention
and
recovery
for
substance
abuse
disorder.
A
permanent
engagement
Center
is
gonna,
be
built
in
this
budget
down
on
South
Hampton
Street.
We
have
a
temporary
shelter
down
there
now
I
think
the
visits
is
somewhere
around
25,000
visitors.
A
In
almost
a
year
we
had
down
there,
not
25,000
people,
25,000
visits,
I,
think
we've
gotten
almost
a
hundred
people
into
into
recovery
programs
because
they
came
off
the
street,
went
into
the
engagement
center
and
we're
able
to
get
counselors
and
then
to
talk
to
them.
So
we're
gonna
make
a
permanent
engagement
center
down
behind
our
shelter
and
in
salt
industry.
We
put
resources
in
this
in
this
to
build
the
Long
Island
Bridge,
so
we
can
create
a
long-term
recovery
campus.
We're
gonna
continue
to
move
the
bridge.
A
I
missed
the
story
today,
but
I
guess
there's
a
story
in
the
paper
today
about
it
that
we
haven't
talked
to
Quincy
since
since
the
beginning,
which
is
not
true,
I
have
spoken
to
the
mayor.
I've
spoken
to
his
people
with
we're
putting
a
committee
together,
we've
asked
the
mayor
of
Quincy
and
asked
this
state
representative
Quincy
to
give
us
people
to
sit
on
a
committee
to
talk
about
what
goes
out
on
Long
Island.
So
we've
been
doing
that
so
there's
been
conversation
just
so.
A
If
anyone
gets
caught
up
on
that,
but
Long
Island
is
something
that,
as
we
move
forward
here,
we'll
be
announcing
what
we'll
be
putting
out
in
Long
Island.
Eventually,
one
thing
I
will
say:
we're
not
putting
homeless
people
back
on
Long
Island
we're
not
gonna
hide
them
back
on
Long
Island.
We're
gonna
continue
to
tackle
the
issue
of
homelessness
in
the
city
of
Boston,
something
that's
really
important.
A
So
just
a
couple
of
other
things.
I've
talked
to
our
state
partners
or
our
relatives
of
school
funding.
I
met
with
the
speaker
ways
and
means
chair
the
Senate
President,
the
Ways
and
Means
share
in
the
Senate
side
about
things
that
are
important
to
us.
The
number
one
priority
for
us
in
the
city,
I've
told
them
is
the
is
the
charter
school
reimbursement,
something
that's
really
important,
but
we
also
have
to
have
a
partnership
and
historically,
our
partnership
with
the
federal
government
is
just
as
important
and
this
year
as
the
2020
u.s.
A
census
approaches
we're
investing
in
census,
outreach
staff.
The
city
has
put
a
similar
position
in
the
past
this
time
around
it's
important
in
this
time
around
we're
about
a
year
ahead
of
where
the
city
was
ten
years
ago.
As
far
as
putting
this
position
in
the
budget,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
were
going
to
be
working
as
best
we
can
with
the
administration
in
Washington
in
putting
this
citizenship
question
back
on
the
census.
A
What
we're
concerned
about
is
the
words
out
of
Washington
is:
is
getting
people
fearful
discouraged
not
participating
in
the
census?
We
have
a
lot
to
lose
here
and
we
have
more
to
gain
here.
Our
population
in
Boston
has
risen.
Our
population
in
the
Commonwealth
is
over
the
last
three
census.
We
lost
three
congressional
three
congressional
members
in
the
Unites
States
Congress,
because
our
numbers
were
shifted
down,
I,
don't
know
if
there's
enough
in
Massachusetts
or
New
England
right
now
to
increase
our
number
of
congressional
representation
down
in
Washington,
but
something
like
that
would
be
incredible.
A
In
Boston
we've
lost
by
than
five
Boston
delegation
members
to
the
legislature
in
the
last
thirty
years,
something
as
well.
That
would
be
great
to
see
that
we
get
more
representation
at
the
Statehouse
and
more
people
from
Boston
more
opportunity
to
create
legislative
seats
in
our
city.
So
we
are
making
a
push
here
in
Boston
to
make
sure
that
we
get
ahead
of
this
census
situation
on
Washington
but,
more
importantly,
to
be
able
to
count
all
of
our
people
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
We
need
to
make
sure
that
that
everyone's
counted,
we
are
a
city
of
immigrants,
every
Bostonian
counts
and
every
bar
Sonia
must
be
counted
as
we
move
forward
here.
So
we're
gonna
make
sure
that
Boston
was
receives
the
resources
they
need
in
the
years
ahead
to
reflect
our
population.
So
that's
one
thing:
I'd
ask
to
make
sure
that,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward.
In
conclusion,
recent
data
shows
that
income
inequality
is
as
far
as
falling
in
Boston
as
our
economy
thrives,
which
is
a
good
thing,
but
that
doesn't
mean
how
work
is
done.
A
We
still
have
a
huge
income
inequality
gap.
We
still
have
a
lot
of
people
that
are
literally
hanging
on
by
their
fingertips
and
it's
important
for
us
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
as
a
city
that
we
continue
to
invest
in
those
people,
and
we
continue
to
help
those
people
can't
get
out
of
the
city.
Poverty
situations
that
they're
in
and
pull
them
into
the
middle
class.
So
we're
gonna
continue
to
work
with
all
of
those
folks
to
do
that.
A
B
B
That
is
because
of
the
confidence
that
they
have
in
the
decisions
by
this
administration
over
the
last
several
years,
which
are
key
pillars
of
today's
budget
proposal
as
well.
These
include
things
like
tackling
our
long-term
liabilities
by
fully
funding
the
city's
pension
liability
by
2025,
which
is
15
years
earlier
than
we
are
required
to
do
so,
and
we
make
huge
strides
each
year
in
that
goal.
B
In
FY
19,
the
budget
includes
238
million
dollars,
a
17
million
dollar
increase
from
FY
18
to
fully
fund
that
pension
schedule,
we're
also
making
important
progress
on
funding
the
city's
open
costs
for
retirees.
We
have
funded
over
400
million
dollars
of
these
costs
so
far
and
we'll
commit
another
40
million
dollars
in
FY
19.
B
In
addition
to
tackling
these
liabilities,
we've
continued
to
make
progress
and
on
identifying
ongoing
cost
savings.
We've
saved
over
50
million
dollars
over
the
past
five
years
on
health
care
costs
by
implementing
municipal
health
care
reform
and
also
through
collaboration
with
the
city's
Public
Employee
Committee
and
an
FY
19.
We
will
avoid
12
million
dollars
in
healthcare
costs
specifically,
and
we
also
continue
to
identify
a
position
in
overtime
savings
so
that
we
can
reinvest
those
dollars
in
the
areas
that
the
mayor
talked
about:
housing,
Public,
Safety
and
other
essential
city
services.
B
We
have
made
city
services
more
effective
and
data-driven
and
enhance
the
city's
local
receipts
through
coordinated
billing
and
proactive
collection
analysis
and,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
we've
balanced
this
budget
and
provided
for
these
investments
in
an
environment
of
declining
that
state
aid
and
continued
uncertainty
at
the
federal
level
that
state
aid
will
decline
by
twenty
million
dollars
in
FY
nineteen.
This
is
the
product
of
rising
state
assessments
and
stagnant
state
aid
and
all
the
while
we
are
investing
40
million
forty
eight
million
dollars
in
Boston
Public
Schools
and
FY
19.
As
the
mayor
mentioned.
B
While
the
charter
school
assessment
will
increase,
we
project
the
Charter
School
reimbursement
for
the
state
will
actually
decline,
which
is
the
cause
of
the
city's
27
million
dollar
shortfall
and
FY
19
last
year.
At
this
time
we
highlighted
a
cumulative
roughly
seventy
million
dollar
shortfall.
Due
to
this
funding
issue
with
the
state
this
year,
we
project
that
that
will
reach
a
hundred
million
dollars
of
shortfall
due
to
the
strong
Boston
economy
and
related
property
tax
growth
of
five
percent.
We
are
able
to
fill
the
state
aid
gap
while
also
affording
these
investments
in
education.
B
In
other
areas
of
the
budget,
but
with
declining
state
support,
our
reliance
on
property
taxes
grows
every
year
in
Efrain,
FY
19
property
taxes
will
exceed
70
percent
of
budgeted
revenues.
For
the
first
time
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
we
must
prepare
for
future
downturns
through
continuing
this
sound
fiscal
management,
but
also
for
strongly
advocating
for
our
fair
share
of
state
aid
with
our
state
partners
and
also
continuing
their
Avex
advocacy
for
federal
money
as
well.
B
I'll
just
quickly
mention
some
of
these
areas
of
investment
that
the,
but
the
budget
includes
including
historic
levels
of
funding
for
education
and
specifically
10
million
dollars
of
new
funding
directly
to
schools,
with
the
greatest
need
and
more
funding
for
nurses
and
social-emotional
wellness
in
our
schools.
The
budget
also
builds
on
the
city's
successes
in
creating
affordable
housing
by
leveraging
resources
that
the
city
has
including
new
funds
from
the
Community
Preservation
Act,
which
we
are
excited
to
implement
for
both
affordable
housing
and
other
areas.
B
The
budget
makes
targeted
investments
in
new
programs
to
keep
people
in
their
homes,
including
legal
representation
and
more
case
managers
at
housing
stability.
It
also
includes
new
resources
for
youth
substance
abuse
the
permanent
engagement
center,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
and
full
funding
to
rebuild
the
Long
Island
Bridge
in
the
next
three
years.
B
There
are
new
investments
in
public
safety,
including
new
classes
of
firefighters,
police
officers
and
EMTs,
more
police
and
EMTs
on
our
street
and
provisions
for
21st
century
technology
for
all
of
these
groups,
so
that
we
can
meet
the
public
safety
needs
of
our
city.
We
have
made
new
transportation
revenue
proposals
that
will
encourage
better
traffic
management
and
allow
the
city
to
accelerate,
go
Boston
2030
dramatically
through
programs
like
vision,
zero,
and
we
expect
that
that
will
build
15
new
slow
streets,
15
more
miles
of
protected
bike
lanes
and
15.
B
Allow
us
to
address
15
of
our
most
problematic
intersections
with
that
I'd
like
to
thank
Justin
starett
and
his
team
from
OPM
who
have
made
a
tremendous
effort
to
put
together
this
FY
19
they've,
put
a
great
degree
of
thoughtfulness
into
this
plan
and
I
certainly
appreciate
all
of
their
help
in
getting
me
up
to
speed
during
this
process.
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Justin
to
walk
through
some
of
the
specifics
of
the
plan.
I.
C
Have
the
fun
task
of
going
through
the
slides
today
so
bear
with
me:
I'll
try
to
go
slowly,
but
obviously
it
feel
free
to
ask
questions
at
the
end.
We'll
will
definitely
be
here
today
and
then
through
the
engagement
process
as
we
go
through
the
hearings.
First
of
all,
thank
you,
mayor,
Thank
You,
president
Campbell
Thank,
You
councillors,
Thank
You,
Cabinet
Chiefs
that
are
here.
We
can't
do
this
budget
without
the
cabinet's
and
departments.
That's
in
underneath
you.
So
we
really
appreciate
your
work
over
the
last
three
or
so
months.
C
As
the
mayor
and
Emma
mentioned
we're
going
through
the
FY
19
recommended
budget.
Today,
the
FY
19
capital
plan
will
be
released
in
the
next
week
or
so
we
look
forward
to
having
that
discussion
with
you
at
a
future
event.
So
before
I
get
into
the
numbers,
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
Emma
said
on
fiscal
responsibility
and
highlight
six
key
areas
that
we're
gonna
be
focusing
on
in
FY,
19
that'll
make
sure
we
maintain
our
triple-a
bond
rating.
C
That
includes
responsible
budgeting
and
living
within
our
means,
cost
containment
and
then
reinvesting
those
cost
savings
back
into
impactful
programs.
Data
based
decisions
in
the
investments
that
we're
making
maximizing
our
local
revenue.
The
mayor
I
mentioned
how
we
are
facing
struggles
at
the
state
level,
so
that's
really
important
and
long-term
planning
funding
our
pension
and
our
OPA
Bly
abilities
and
then
strong,
proactive
fiscal
management
throughout
the
year
to
make
sure
that
we're
living
within
our
means,
some
major
trends
and
constraints
that
we
see
next
year,
I
think
from
a
10,000
foot
level.
C
Boston
is
in
a
very
strong
position.
We
expect
robust
property
tax
growth
based
on
our
development
climate.
We
see
increased
local
receipts
based
on
a
growing
economy
and
some
targeted
investments
and
targeted
changes
that
the
mayor
is
recommended,
but
we
do
see
plummeting
state
aid.
While
revenue
is
strong,
we
do
see
pension
schedules
still.
You
need
eating
up
a
larger
portion
of
the
budget,
that's
about
17
million
next
year,
as
I
mentioned,
and
we
are
growing
our
capital
plan,
so
that
does
that
mean
that
we?
C
That
does
mean
that
we
do
have
a
higher
debt
service
cost.
Next
year,
so
we
are
ramping
up
our
spending,
but
that
does
have
an
operating
budget
impact.
Health
insurance
is
down
from
our
historical
growth
averages,
but
it
will
still
grow
next
year
and,
as
I
mentioned,
that's
about
50
million
dollars
in
savings.
We've
been
able
to
realize
over
the
last
five
years.
C
Here
we
have
the
FY
19
revenue,
so
it's
about
3.29
billion,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
it's
about
137
million
in
growth
next
year.
It's
about
four
point:
three
percent.
As
you
see,
property
tax
makes
up
the
bulwark
of
that.
It's
about.
70%
state
aid
is
on
there
at
about
14
percent.
15
years
ago.
State
aid
used
to
make
up
30%
of
the
city's
revenue.
That
means
in
15
years,
we've
gone
from
getting
30%
of
our
revenue
from
the
state
to
only
14
percent.
C
So
that's
something
that
the
mayor
and
folks
are
continuing
to
advocate
for,
and
we've
seen
some
good
progress
so
far.
We
hope
to
continue
more
with
budgets
that
will
be
released
by
the
House
and
Senate
property.
Tax
growth
continues
to
be
our
sort
of
main
driver
of
city
resources
next
year,
we're
projecting
about
110
million
in
new
growth
and
total
growth
in
property
tax.
With
about
55
million
coming
from
new
growth.
Now
you
can
see
the
last
two
years.
The
city
has
really
hit
two
very
high
water
marks
and
new
growth.
C
C
This
slide
right
here
really
speaks
to
what
the
mayor
talked
about.
When
we
talked
about
our
projections
on
state
aid,
twenty
million
dollar
decrease
in
real
dollars
that
we're
gonna
have
to
fill
next
year.
This
is
a
chart
that
shows
the
blue
is
what
we
get
in
state
education
aid.
So
that's
chapter.
Seventy!
That's
your
charter
reimbursement!
The
red
is
our
skyrocketing
charter
assessment.
C
It's
up
a
hundred
and
eighty-four
percent
in
the
last
seven
years,
and
the
Green
is
what
we
consider
our
sort
of
net
education
aid
or
that's
the
money
that
the
city
or
the
state
sends
us
to
educate
all
55,000
BPF
students,
and
you
can
see
it's
only
about
forty
six
million
dollars
in
FY
19,
that's
less
than
five
percent
of
what
BPS
is
1.1
billion
dollar
budget
is
next
year.
That
means
the
rest
of
that
is
supported
on
the
city's
operating
budget.
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
that
trend
is
continuing
downward
in
three
four
years.
C
We
will
be
getting
no
money
from
the
state
for
education
aid,
so
with
sort
of
constrained
property
tax
based
on
prop
two-and-a-half
and
sort
of
struggles
that
we
see
on
the
state
level.
That
means
it's
imperative
that
we
look
at
local
revenue
to
make
sure
that
we're
maximizing
our
resources,
we're
lucky
in
the
sense
that
the
city
continues
to
see
economic
growth.
So
we
see
growth
in
excise
tax
through
the
meals
and
room
occupancy.
C
We
see
the
mayor's
updated
parking
funds
proposal
which
will
pour
all
5
million
of
that
expected
revenue
back
into
real
transportation
projects.
Next
year
we
do
also
project
new
revenue
from
emerging
industries
like
recreational
marijuana
and
TNCs
and
uber
like
uber
and
lyft.
Those
will
help
balance
our
budget
through
new
emerging
industries,
but
then
at
the
same
time,
we
understand
that
maximizing
what
we're
already
collecting
is
really
important.
C
So
that
includes
we're
taking
a
data-driven
approach
to
understanding
the
bills
that
we're
already
getting
monitoring
collections
as
they
come
in
to
make
sure
we're
collecting
the
bills
that
are
owed
to
us
and
then
better
optimizing
our
departments
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
capabilities
to
collect
the
revenue
that
they
have
so
move
on
to
spending.
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
3.29
billion
almost
3.3
billion.
First
and
foremost,
this
budget
represents
a
commitment
to
education.
C
Is
that
you
know
the
mayor's
commitment
and
the
city's
commitment
to
fund
those
over
the
last
few
years
is
paying
dividends
so
we're
seeing
the
savings
on
the
healthcare
side
we're
paying
off
our
debt
service,
we're
paying
making
sure
we
maintain
our
triple-a
bond
rating,
that's
keeping
the
rest
of
our
costs
down
and
that's
really
imperative,
because
if
we
don't
make
that
commitment,
future
generations
of
Bostonians
are
gonna
have
to
pay
for
it.
So
we're
it's
a
it's
a
big
commitment.
C
It's
a
big
piece
of
the
new
revenue
growth
every
year,
but
it's
really
it's
a
it's
a
vital
piece
of
our
of
our
overall
picture,
but
no
budget
is
really
complete
without
taking
a
look
at
what
we're
spending
and
trying
to
reinvest
those
savings.
We
wanted
to
highlight
a
few
of
the
savings
and
efficiencies
that
we
are
seeing
next
year.
Bps
continues
to
look
at
their
central
and
transportation
offices
and
then,
just
last
week
we
were
able
to
redirect
healthcare
savings
directly
back
and
do
real
supports
for
students.
C
C
City's
annual
process
of
reviewing
positions
that
have
been
vacant
has
yielded
about
five
million
dollars
in
yearly
savings
next
year,
we're
proposing
to
eliminate
some
positions
and
then
reinvesting
those
savings
back
into
some
vacant
positions
and
then
reinvesting
them
back
into
new
folks.
Reviewing
energy
and
fuel
pricing
always
results
in
savings
and
then
building
off
a
successful
pilot
last
year,
bringing
street-sweeping
in
house
for
a
few
districts.
C
We
do
propose
to
bring
that
to
a
second
district
in
Hyde,
Park
I
believe
as
I
mentioned
before,
funding
our
a
lot
of
care
liabilities
is
really
important,
as
you
can
see
here,
that
the
amount
of
commitment
that's
going
to
take
to
actually
pay
off
the
pension
liability
by
2025
is
tremendous.
Two
years
ago
we
paid
about
two
hundred
and
thirty
million
dollars
to
a
pensions
by
the
very
end
of
the
schedule.
D
Good
morning,
good
morning,
good
morning,
councillors,
thank
you
good
morning.
Thank
you
again
for
all
your
partnership
to
ensure
every
young
person
is
prepared
for
college
career
in
life.
I
want
to
start
off
by
thanking
the
mayor
for
his
unwavering
commitment
to
young
people
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Thanks
to
his
support,
Boston
Public
Schools
proposed
fiscal
year.
D
2019
budget
includes
a
48
million
dollar
increase
over
last
year's
approved
budget,
and
this
is
a
significant
investment
into
our
school
system
and
it
comes
as
you
heard
over
and
over
again
at
time
when
a
net
state
aid
has
continued
decrease.
The
proposed
budget
for
fiscal
year
19
is
one
point:
one:
zero
nine
billion
dollars.
It
is
the
largest
appropriation
ever
by
the
city
expands
funding
to
strengthen
our
efforts,
ensure
that
all
our
students
have
a
high
quality
education
in
a
21st
century.
D
D
Eps
has
seen
remarkable
improvement
over
the
last
decade.
Graduation
rates
are
at
historical
highs.
We
have
more
level
one
in
Level.
Two
school
asks
level,
one
and
level
two
schools
than
ever
before,
and
just
this
week
the
National
Assessment
of
Educational
Progress,
which
is
sometimes
called
the
nation's
report
card,
came
out.
It
is
a
test,
that's
given
every
two
years
and
it
reports
now.
Boston
is
one
of
the
few
districts
that
actually
made
significant
gains
over
the
last
two
years.
D
This
assessment
is
for
fourth
and
eighth
grade
math
reading
and
BPS
is
only
one
of
two
urban
school
districts.
I
show
significant
growth
in
eighth
grade
reading,
while
BPS
remains
one
of
the
nation's
top
performing
urban
school
systems.
We
know
we
continue
to
have
persistent
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps.
So
we
must
continue
to
work
to
make
sure
every
student
every
classroom
in
every
school
throughout
the
city
has
a
chance
to
achieve
to
greatness
within
them.
That's
our
mission.
It
drives
our
budget
decisions
and
that
is
why
we
continue
to
invest
under
Mayor
Walsh's
leadership.
D
D
For
years,
we
have
focused
on
three
research
back
investments,
early
childhood
excellent
teachers
in
every
single
classroom
and
more
learning
time
for
students
for
the
upcoming
school
year.
Not
only
will
we
be
maintaining
those
three
critical
investments,
we're
also
funding
some
additional
items.
I
want
to
highlight
five
specific
areas
of
investment.
I
want
to
start
off
with
first
a
deep
investment
in
the
budgets
of
individual
schools.
D
We
know
schools
are
units
of
change,
so
we're
putting
more
money
in
the
hands
of
schools
serving
the
most
needy
students,
students
who
face
poverty,
violence,
homelessness
and
other
challenges
that
impact
a
chance
of
academic
outcomes,
we're
using
an
opportunity
index.
It
is
the
innovative
new
approach
to
measuring
need
and
using
opportunity
index.
D
2.4
million
dollars
will
be
used
to
hire
more
nurses,
more
school
psychologists,
more
social
workers
to
support
our
young
people
number
three:
we're
expanding
innovative
district
approaches
such
as
excellence
for
all,
which
is
our
initiative
to
increase
rigor
and
high
quality
enrichment
in
fourth,
through
sixth
grade
we're,
adding
another
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
a
total
2.6
million
over
the
last
three
years.
We're
also
investing
in
a
program
called
becoming
a
man.
It's
a
youth,
empowerment
program
that
works
with
young
males
of
color
and
that's
a
$500,000
investment
number
four.
D
We
are
continue
to
make
targeted
investments
in
high
quality
technology
training,
innovation,
and
that
includes
more
money
for
translation
services,
new
data
systems
for
teacher
evaluations,
the
Lynch
leadership,
executive
training
program
and
much
more.
And
finally,
this
budget
allows
bps
continue
to
offer
market
leading
salaries
from
more
than
30,
with
more
than
30
million
dollars.
Added
to
teacher
compensation,
our
teachers
are
among
the
highest
paid
in
the
state
in
the
country,
helping
helping
us
attract
and
retain
the
most
effective
educators
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
D
I
want
to
close
by
thanking
the
budget
equity
workgroup
the
fiscal
year.
19
proposal
is
rooted
in
the
guiding
principles
that
came
out
of
this
workgroup
and
reflects
a
multi-year
plan
to
operate
efficiently,
while
investing
in
equity.
So
I
look
forward
to
reviewing
our
proposal
in
more
detail
in
upcoming
months
with
the
City
Council,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
this
morning.
I
turn
it
back
to
Justin.
Is
it.
C
So
speaking,
of
which
Public
Safety,
this
budget
includes
a
whole
host
of
public
safety
investments
to
support
a
growing
city
for
police,
that's
30,
new
police
officers
to
grow
the
size
of
the
force,
the
largest
in
a
decade
class
of
22
nets.
To
make
sure
we
have
a
successful
and
and
innovative
pipeline
to
get
more
recruits
into
the
program
and
then
2
million
towards
the
phase-in
of
body
cameras
for
fire
department.
We
have
investments
in
technology,
safety,
wellness,
industrial
cleaning,
fire
apparatus
to
make
sure
the
health
and
safety
of
firefighters
is
paramount.
C
It
also
includes,
in
the
capital
plan
48
million
for
two
new
fire
houses,
engines,
42
and
17,
which
will
be
on
the
cutting
edge
of
health
and
safety
enhancements
to
make
sure
that
gear
and
sleeping
quarters
are
separated
and
that
these
firefighters
will
be
safe
and,
finally,
four
chief
fully
at
EMS
20
new
EMTs
to
grow
the
existing
side
of
the
size
of
the
force
to
reduce
Priority
One
response
times
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
dedicate
a
new
ambulance
to
East
Boston
transformational.
Investments
in
our
streets,
I
won't
get
too
far
into
this.
We've.
C
We've
sort
of
been
very
clear:
this
is
a
sort
of
transformational
investment
that
comes
from
updating
the
parking
fines,
they'll,
invest
in
our
streets.
Our
sidewalks
are
signals
with
new
roadways,
new
traffic
intersections
new
engineers
to
to
manage
those
intersections,
increasing
safety
for
walking
and
biking.
That's
the
strategic
bike;
Network,
that's
an
investment,
that's
investments
in
green
links
and
that's
investment
in
walking
programs
and
then
finally
launching
the
city's
transit
team.
C
Both
better
coordination
with
the
T
and
T
NCS
then
also
dedicated
personnel
for
bus
lanes
to
make
sure
that
outside
of
the
the
red
and
the
green
line
that
buses
are
sort
of
working
as
well
and
as
efficiently
as
possible
addiction
services.
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
there's
a
host
of
investments
outside
of
just
the
headline
in
the
Long
Island
Bridge.
C
Housing
for
all
continues
to
be
an
imperative
issue,
as
I
mentioned,
as
the
mayor
mentioned
before,
we've
reached
98%
of
our
affordable
housing
goal,
but
we
think
that
there's
more
that
we
can
do
merging
IDP
funds
and
linkage
funding
to
sort
of
create
more
affordable
housing
next
year,
we'll
be
accessing
the
CPA
and
other
resources
will
also
be
promoting
homeownership.
The
mayor
mentioned
the
middle-income
homebuyer
assistance
program
will
doubling
that
program
next
year.
That'll
allow
middle-income
families
to
access
zero
interest
loans
next
year
and
I'll
get
dozens
of
new
families
into
homes
next
year.
C
Finally,
the
Boston
homeless
action
plan,
obviously
preventing
to
help
preventing
youth
homeless,
supporting
our
PhD
shelters
and
then,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
the
Boston
way
home
fund
seeking
to
raise
ten
million
dollars
has
already
raised
three
million
in
a
few
short
months.
We
think
that
that
will
help
really
move
the
the
needle
forward
on
the
housing
crisis
that
the
mayor
mentioned,
prosperity
and
equity.
The
mayor
mentioned
that
we've
made
good
progress
on
some
prosperity
and
equity
issues.
The
operating
budget
makes
some
significant
investments
to
keep
that
going
forward.
C
It's
phase
two
of
a
disparity
study
to
look
at
procurement
and
updated
economic
inclusion
and
equity
agenda
reviewing
and
supporting
the
Main
streets
program,
and
then
the
big
headline
wanted
say:
we'll
be
tripling
the
digital
equity
grants.
Roughly
15%
of
Bostonians
do
not
have
reliable
internet
access
at
home.
We
are
proposing
to
triple
the
amount
of
money
that
we
have
for
this
program
to
get
more
people
connected
and
then.
Finally,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
dedicating
new
resources
to
make
sure
every
boss,
Tony
MS,
counted
in
the
2020
census
environment.
C
Everyone
around
this
room
knows
how
impactful
the
recent
storms
were,
and
we
know
that
climate
change
is
real
and
it's
happening
at
a
faster
pace.
We're
proposing
near-term
solutions
like
deployable
flood
walls
and
flood
planning
and
specific
neighborhoods
next
year,
within
also
longer
term
updates
for
the
climate
action
plan
and
phase
one
and
future
phases
of
the
renew
Boston
trust,
which
will
both
save
the
city
money
but
then
also
reduce
emissions
and
our
carbon
footprint
parks
and
open
space
obviously
continue
to
be
sort
of
centerpieces
for
neighborhoods.
C
They
will
receive
increase
investment
next
year,
more
money
for
ball
field
and
turf
field
repairs,
and
then
we'll
begin
in
earnest.
The
process
of
revitalizing,
the
Frank
Franklin
Park
in
the
Boston
Common,
with
master
planning
efforts
really
kicking
off
in
the
next
few
months.
So
we're
excited
to
see
that
arts
and
culture.
The
mayor
has
been
at
the
forefront
of
really
piloting
a
lot
of
arts
and
public
are
back
in
the
civic
life
of
people
in
the
city.
C
Fy
19
will
be
the
second
year
of
the
percent
for
the
art
program,
which
dedicates
1%
of
the
capital
plan
to
new
public
art
projects.
It's
another
1.7
million
in
new
art
next
year.
We're
also
going
to
dedicate
a
new
project
manager
to
make
sure
we
can
Shepherd
those
projects
along
will
also
continue
investing
in
our
libraries
not
only
from
a
BPL
in
a
central
office
point
of
view,
but
our
neighborhood
libraries
like
Adams
Street,
Roslindale,
Dudley,
Fields,
corner
and
Upton's
corner.
C
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
we're
gonna
unveil,
unveil
the
capital
plan
in
the
next
week
or
so,
but
I've
also
mentioned
a
few
highlights
here.
When
you
go
to
our
website.
You'll
see
this
map.
It'll
essentially
show
you
all
the
hundreds
of
projects
that
we
have
in
the
plan.
It
touches
every
neighborhood
and
it
touches
you
know
every
different
type
of
project,
from
parks
to
education,
to
transportation
and
really
make
an
impact
'full
impact
on
the
landscape
of
Boston
moving
forward.
C
So
with
that,
I
will
close
and
I'll
courage
you
to
go
to
our
website
budget
Boston
gov
team
spent
a
lot
of
time
getting
this
up
ready.
It's
got
a
new
video
this
year
to
sort
of
talk
about.
The
FY
19
process
will
also
give
you
an
opportunity
to
really
dig
into
the
capital
plan
and
the
operating
budget
and
all
the
sort
of
featured
analysis
that
we
have
and
the
backup
information
for
the
investments
that
we're
proposing
and
with
that
I
just
want
to
quickly.
Thank
my
team.
C
That's
here
today,
Ellen
hatch,
David,
arkovich,
Jim,
Williamson,
John,
Hanlin,
Mary
McCoy,
who
are
you
know
I,
couldn't
do
this
pleasure
without
them,
so
I
really
thank
them
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
the
counselors
in
the
hearing
process
over
the
next
few
months
and
our
office
will
be
a
resource
as
we
move
forward.
So
thank
you.
A
Thanks
Justin
and
before
I,
bring
up
the
president
I'm
on
a
why
I
just
talked
about
a
couple
things:
the
percent
for
the
art
program.
This
is
gonna,
be
the
third
year
we're
doing
it.
Julie
borrows
changed
last
year.
What
was
happening
was
we
would
give
grants
out
to
organizations
in
our
districts
that
were
small
organizations
and
would
fund
them
after
the
program
was
done.
Julie
changes
this
year
to
get
the
money
up
front,
so
the
artists
were
thrilled,
because
many
of
these
are
nonprofit
some
poor
people
that
are
doing
great
things.
A
So
we've
changed
the
money
on
front,
so
you
got
the
they
got
the
check
this
year,
so
they
were
really
happy
about
that,
and
then
also
just
a
side
note
tomorrow
in
the
budget,
the
statehouse
we're
going
to
be
filing
an
amendment
for
joint
concurrent
jurisdiction
on
it
would
state
police.
We
need
help
on
that.
You
know
the
areas
of
each
boston,
Charlestown,
South,
Boston,
waterfront,
right
now.
A
We
don't
have
concurrent
jurisdiction
on
those
those
roadways
and
if
something
happens
in
those
areas,
we
don't
get
calls
and
our
city's
growing
one
of
the
things
that
we're
putting
in
the
budget
that
wasn't
here
is
we're
adding
additional
police
and
fire
classes
on
we're.
Gonna
increase
the
number
of
police
I
think
by
30
overall,
the
bottom
line,
because
our
city's
growing
so
much
that
resources
being
pulled
from
different
areas.
So,
if
you
can
have
any
say
in
that,
just
please
call
the
legislature.
A
This
is
something
that's
important
and
also
I'll
have
Katie
King
get
in
touch
with
everyone
in
a
Caitlin
and
Tim
to
talk
about
some
of
the
other
legislation
we
have
at
the
Statehouse
because
some
of
that
stuff,
even
though
we
see
local
aid
going
down-
and
we
see
chapter
70
going
down,
they
can
help
us
in
other
ways.
There's
other
ways.
Liquor
license
is
Ayanna's
initiative
or
whatever.
A
It
is
that
we
do
whether
its
climate
resiliency,
that
we
have
at
the
Statehouse
veteran
services
at
the
State
House
housing
service
at
the
State
House
I
mean
that's
other
ways
of
getting
resources
back
into
the
city
of
Boston
that
are
important
to
us.
So
I
think
we
have
to
do
a
more
aggressive
job
if
you
will
to
get
up
there
and
talk
to
our
delegation
in
Boston
and
let
them
know
what
we
need.
A
What
we
need
done
so
appreciate
that
I
want
to
thank
all
the
staff
that
are
here,
the
City
Council
folks
in
the
city,
people
you
you
make
us
all
look
good
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
great
work
and
I'm
going
to
bring
up
now
the
president
of
city
council
up
and
rayons
right
now.
You
know
four
years
ago
myself
and
bill
in
hand
side
of
the
conversation
having
you
know,
monthly
or
every
two
weeks,
monthly.
A
Whatever
it
does,
we
could
meetings
to
talk
about
the
relationship
between
the
house,
this,
the
the
city
council
and
in
the
mayor's
office,
not
necessarily
sure,
but
how
do
we
move
forward
together?
So
we
start
out
with
Billy
when
Michelle
came
in,
we
kept
that
conversation
moving
forward
and
now
with
Andrea
we're
keeping
that
conversation
moving
forward.
That's
an
important
conversation,
because
sometimes
the
conversation
might
be
about
something
that
an
individual
council
is
looking
for.
A
Sometimes
we're
talking
about
bigger,
bigger
items
so
that
there's
no
space
between
us
and
it's
been
a
great
partnership
in
the
last.
You
know
treat
three
months:
three
plus
months
with
council,
Campbell
and
I,
look
forward
to
working
with
the
counselor
and
mark
and
other
folks,
all
of
you
in
this
room
through
the
budget
process
so
like
to
bring
up
the
president
City
Council.
E
Thank
You
mayor
good
morning,
okay,
good
morning,
I
excuse
my
voice.
I'm
obviously
battling
bad
allergies,
but
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
his
leadership
with
respect
to
the
budget.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
Chiefs
and
the
commissioners
who
are
here
today,
who
often
don't
get
recognition,
and,
frankly,
the
directors
and
the
thousands
of
city
employees
who
show
up
every
single
day
to
put
in
the
work
I
would
like
to
give
them
a
round
of
applause,
because
we
often
don't
do
that.
E
The
budget
office
and
Justin
and
Emma-
thank
you
so
much
for
the
work
that
you
have
done
to
put
this
together
in
the
back
and
forth.
I'm
with
my
department
has
been
great,
so
I
can
only
imagine
it's
a
big
load
when
you
think
about
all
of
the
departments
in
the
city
of
Boston
I.
Think
in
my
colleagues
will
echo
this
applaud
the
investments
that
this
budget
makes
in
public
safety.
E
I
have
to
give
one
specific
shout
out
to
the
investment
in
body
cameras,
an
issue
that
I
was
working
on
and
I
know
that
many
residents
care
about,
but
also
the
investments
in
transportation
infrastructure.
Our
parks
are
green
spaces,
as
well
as
other
public
safety
initiatives.
Housing
there's
this
important
issue,
and
so
the
investments
from
the
CPA
in
terms
of
building
more
homeownership
opportunities
for
residents
is
vital.
The
mayor
talked
about
new
resources
and
new
money,
and
how
do
we
fund
things?
E
The
council
will
continue
to
be
a
partner
in
the
work
but,
more
importantly,
think
creatively
about
how
we
can
generate
new
funding
streams
and
new
funding
resources.
I
think
the
CPA
is
a
great
example
of
that
and
I
have
to
give
a
shout
out
to
councillor
Flaherty
and
his
leadership
with
respect
to
that.
That
is
a
great
example
of
funding
that
allows
us
to
actually
do
meaningful
work
in
the
housing
space
and
Chief
Dylan
is
nodding.
E
So
thank
you
for
your
work,
so
we'll
continue
to
think
creatively
about
what
that
can
look
like
I
also
have
to
echo
the
mayor's
call
on
our
state
partners.
The
Charter
School
were
spent
on
other
areas
where
state
aid
has
declined
over
the
years.
We
have
to
do
something
about
that,
and
charter
school
reimbursements
in
particular,
is
something
that
is
mandated.
It's
not
something
that
we
sort
of
wanted
something
that
is
necessary
and
something
that's
required.
E
So
how
do
we
have
a
real
conversation
on
making
sure
that
those
numbers
are
actually
returned
to
us
as
promised?
So
we
will
continue
to
be
partners
in
that
work.
I
already
know
that
councillor
Sami
George's,
chair
of
Education,
is
been
up
at
the
Statehouse
talking
to
the
folks
at
the
Statehouse,
including
the
the
chair
of
ways
and
means
and
Sanchez,
and
so
this
is
work
that
we
can
consider
to
be
very
important.
E
And
so
we
will
also
work
with
you
and
your
team
to
make
sure
that
state
aid
is
increased
over
the
next
fiscal
year.
Lastly,
I
have
to
thank
my
colleagues
I'm
blessed
to
be
the
council
president,
because
they
elected
me
to
this
role.
Each
of
them
comes
to
this
work,
with
a
unique
passion
for
the
work
based
on
personal
experiences,
as
well
as
professional
experiences.
E
So
thank
you
to
each
of
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
every
single
day
to
make
the
residents
the
lives
of
residents
in
the
city
of
Boston
easier
and
for
making
sure
that
they
are
afforded
the
great
opportunity,
and
that
is
that
it
is
shared
across
every
single
neighborhood,
a
special
shout-out
to
councilor
co-moh,
who
is
our
chair
of
ways
and
means
and
I
try
to
get
him
up
here
and
he's
like
no
I.
Don't
just
give
me
a
shout
out:
I
was
already
I
was
already
gonna.
E
Do
that,
but
a
special
shout
out
to
chair
of
our
councils
way
committee
on
ways
and
means
the
budget
is
a
lot
of
work.
It's
not
easy
to
navigate
this.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
your
continued
leadership.
Thank
you
to
our
essential
staff.
They
often
don't
get
recognized
as
a
few
of
them
in
the
back.
E
They
make
they
make
all
counselors
look
really
good
and
they
are
the
sort
of
the
oil
and
the
stagehands
behind
the
stage
doing
the
hard
work.
So
thank
you
you
guys,
ladies
and
gents,
for
the
work
that
you
do
for
the
council
and
lastly,
we
look
forward
to
reviewing
this
budget.
Hopefully
we
would
do
it
with
robust
hearings
that
are
transparent
and
accessible
to
the
residents
in
the
city
of
Boston
I.
E
Think
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
all
agree
that
residents
want
more
resources
to
do
the
work
they
care
about
our
teachers,
our
public
safety
employees
and,
in
addition,
we
all
about
increasing
opportunity
for
every
resident
in
the
City
of
Boston,
and
that
is
shared.
So,
thank
you,
man
for
your
leadership
and
your
work
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
morning.
C
No,
I
don't
think
so.
I
think
the
the
growth
matter
in
fifty
five
million
is
the
highest
ever
budgeted
on.
I
think
I
get
john
up
here
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
these
specific
parcels
that
came
onto
the
tax
rolls
the
last
few
years,
I
think
it's
just
cyclical
in
nature
and
that
we
still
see
a
continued
growth,
but
that
we
had
two
really
really
remarkable
years.
The
last
two
years
and
growth
may
just
not
be
as
high
as
that.
F
F
C
Says
it's
conservative
the
sense
that
this
is
money
that
we
would
need
to
build
into
our
budgets
for
future
years.
So
if
that
55
million
worth
to
come
into
the
next
year,
we
would
be
responsible
if
we're
filling
it
and
with
our
short,
goes
along
state
aid.
It's
it's
something
that
we
wanted
to
be
make
sure
that
we
were
reasonable
with.
C
A
We
still
have
people
knocking
on
the
door
every
day.
You
know
in
the
first
performance
of
this
year,
I
think
we
announced
potentially
almost
8,000
new
jobs
and
some
waterfront
coming
in
the
course
next
year.
So
you
know-
and
it's
about
how
do
we
Sean
chalks,
been
working?
You
see
some
investments
in
Main
streets
in
different
areas.
How
do
we
try
and
spread
that
wealth
around
for
different
neighborhoods
I?
Think
it's
important
that
you
know
we
think
about
Roxbury.
A
One
of
the
biggest
concerns
is
there's
a
lot
of
interest
in
Roxbury,
but
we
need
some
Economic
Development
Roxbury.
We
need
some
jobs
in
Roxbury
we
need
to
as
we
continue
building
housing.
It's
not
just
about
housing
as
well.
It's
about
how
do
we
create
jobs
with
people
live
in
Roxbury
hypoxia
in
the
neighborhood
that
a
lot
of
interest?
So
it's
about?
How
do
we
make
sure
those
investments
are
smart
and
how
do
we
attract
some
of
these
companies
to
come
to
our
city?
I?
A
Two
years
ago
we
were
able
to
announce
that,
with
all
the
housing
production
we
saw
a
four
percent
reduction
in
rents
across
the
boiler
excited
we,
you
know,
people
are
still
building
and
people
are
still
moving
forward
and
rents
are
going
down
and
then
last
year
that
Decorah
good
that
got
a
rais'd
increase
of
rents
and
4%,
so
I
mean
the
more
and
more
people
want
to
be
here.
So
so
it's
a
positive,
it's
a
positive
sign,
but
it's
also
tough
for
the
people
who
live
here.
A
And
yes,
it's
tough
for
me
to
try
trying
to
get
the
institution's
I'll
also
pay
the
pilot,
what
we're
doing
we're
doing
a
better
job
of
tracking
what
they
do
in
our
city,
particularly
the
colleges
I
mean
they.
We
saw
the
number
we've
requested
from
them.
The
number
of
increase
in
scholarships
to
our
city,
kids.
You
know
I
know,
there's
that
there's
a
movement
to
to
tax
all
universities
across
the
board.
You
can't
do
that.
A
I
mean
if
we
do
that
that
constant,
let
me
shift
it
over
to
the
students
and
then
we're
gonna
have
students
that
won't
be
able
to
afford
going
to
college.
So
we've
been
aggressively
pursuing
those
colleges.
I
had
a
meeting
with
all
the
colleges
about
a
month
ago
to
talk
about
increasing
their
pilot
payments
and
increasing
some
colleges
are
great
and
some
colleges
aren't
great
at
it,
and
what
we
can
do
is
join
the
budget
process.
Give
you
a
list
of
those
colleges
and
I.
G
A
And
I
think
that
you
know
when
you're
up
there
talking
I
think
some
of
the
Boston
delegation
members.
We
have
some
builds
that
deal
with
the
the
formula
for
education
and
it
would
be
great
if
our
delegation
would
push
those
formula
changes,
because
that's
something
that's
important
as
well.
It's
the
formula
that
hurts
us
and
I
think
if
we
can
have
go
up
there
explain
the
story.
What
we
bring
to
the
state,
bring
to
the
front
door,
I
think
that's
important,
but
also
having
our
our
representation
up
there
pushing
some
of
these
changes.
A
Somebody
changes
our
small
little
changes
that
net
us
some
pretty
decent
money
on
the
other
side
and
we're
not
alone,
there's
about
12
of
12
or
13
other
cities
and
the
same
boat
as
us
that
have
severely
damaged
by
this
formula.
So
I
think
it's
important
that
we
continue
to
to
try
and
work
together
collectively
up
there.
A
So
the
budget
day
there
was
some
line,
items
that
had
always
been
earmarked
for
programs
and
what
the
state
didn't
do
is
for
the
first
time,
I,
don't
understand
what
happened.
Yeah
marks
were
in
the
budget,
but
the
contracts
weren't
given
out
to
these
organizations.
So
what
happens?
Is
these
organizations
then
come
to
our
front
door
and
they
say
okay,
we're
being
underfunded
by
the
state?
A
You
need
to
help
us
and
we
don't
have
the
ability
to
fund
all
of
these
different
programs,
so
indirectly
you're,
seeing
what's
affecting
coming
in
to
the
check
to
the
city,
but
there's
other
organizations
in
the
city
that
are
affected
by
not
getting
a
contract
funded,
even
though
the
earmark
is
there
and
I.
Think
that
that's
something
that
to
your
point,
Anissa,
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
money.
That's
not
coming
here,
potentially
through
other
avenues
that
you
know.
A
A
Well,
yeah,
we
get
a,
we
had
a
meeting
the
other
day
with
with
the
head
of
the
Convention
Center
and
they
put
an
RFP
out
to
bring
in
a
company
to
look
at
its
expansion.
The
convention
is
claiming
those
you
that
about
three
years
ago
the
governor
stopped
the
expansion,
the
Convention
Center,
the
Convention
Center
at
that
point,
thought
that
they
were
going
to
put
on
an
RFP
and
develop
the
land
around
the
Convention
Center
I
had
some
major
concerns
about
that,
because
the
land
around
the
Convention
Center
is
our.
We
own
the
land.
A
It's
given
to
the
commander,
Center
for
the
Convention
Center
expansion
and
I
felt
that
that
particular
moment
that
if
they
were
going
to,
they
were
going
to
build
housing
and
economic
development
around
there
we'll
do
it.
We
don't
need
the
state
to
do
it.
For
us
we'll
do
it.
They
seem
to
have
changed
now.
They're,
looking
at
some
sort
of
expansion
of
the
Convention
Center,
so
we're
working,
the
RFP
is
out
they're
gonna
bring
something
in
they're
gonna.
Do
a
proposal.
They're
gonna
come
back
and
tell
us
what
exactly
the
expansion
looks.
A
Like
is
an
extra
ballroom.
Is
an
expansion,
full
expansion?
So
it's
something
that
we're
moving
forward
with
a
separate
piece
of
that
we
have
legislation
at
the
Statehouse
that
was
that
was
exact
out
of
the
Education
Committee.
That
would
give
us
the
1516
million
dollars
that's
raised
by
tourism
tax
in
the
city
of
Boston,
on
people
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
goes
into
the
Convention
Center
fund.
If
we
were
able
to
get
that
16
million
dollars
that
money
then
could
be
used
for
universal
pre-kindergarten
have
a
full
universal
pre-kindergarten
program.
A
Our
legislation
is
written
so
that,
if
they
do
an
expansion
of
the
Convention
Center,
the
money
will
revert
back
to
the
Convention
Center,
we'll
have
to
figure
out
how
to
keep
it
going,
but
at
least
we
get
the
program
up
and
running.
So
that's
another
piece
of
the
experience
of
the
Convention
Center.
There
is
a
bill
filed
by
another
legislator
that
would
take
the
16
million
dollars
and
spread
it
across
the
state.
Well,
that's
that's
useless.
I
mean
you're,
not
gonna
eat.
We're
not
gonna.
A
Just
get
three
kids
with
16
million
dollars
in
a
state
of
six
million
people.
So
that's
another
piece
of
the
connection
that
look
on
top
of.