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From YouTube: City of Boston Budget Breakfast - 4/13/22
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Annual City of Boston Budget Breakfast
A
A
With
it,
so
I'm
flying
from
the
heart
today,
very
very
honored,
to
be
here
with
you
after
what's
been
already
an
incredibly
energizing
budget
process,
we
set
out
from
the
start
to
try
to
reflect
the
energy
in
our
communities,
but
also
to
honor
this
new
process
that
we
have
this
year.
I
am
very,
very
thrilled
that
my
our
first
budget
and
our
new
administration
lines
up
with
the
first
year
of
a
new
budgetary
power
and
process
shared
with
the
city
council.
So
thank
you
for
being
part
of
that.
A
You
know
we're
we're
waiting
for
that,
we're
so
close,
so
close,
a
3.6
billion
dollar
capital
plan
and
of
the
remaining
350
million
dollars
for
our
investments.
It
is
meant
to
accelerate
and
exponentially
amplify
each
of
those
areas,
we're
going
to
do
something
a
little
bit
different
this
year.
I
think
with
the
budget
presentation
as
well.
A
Just
so,
it
won't
just
be
myself
and
one
person
from
our
budget
office
speaking,
but
we
really
wanted
to
highlight
the
investments
that
are
going
to
be
made
across
a
wide
range
of
areas,
and
so
various
members
of
our
cabinet
will
be
here
presenting
and
so
thankful.
If
everyone
could
join
me
in
just
thanking
our
cabinet
and
administration
officials
for
all
the
work,
that's
already
gone
into
the
budget.
A
A
So
at
this
moment
we
are
handing
over
in
some
ways
opening
the
the
you
know
ringing
the
starting
bell
for
our
robust
process
with
the
city
council.
The
document
that
we're
recommending
is
one
that
sets
a
foundation
for
our
future,
connects
our
communities
and
works
to
deliver
on
the
details
of
city
services
across
each
and
every
one
of
our
neighborhoods.
A
I'm
also
grateful
to
chair
bach,
who
will
be
leading
the
arpa
and
federal
recovery
dollar
conversations
through
her
her
chair
chairwomanship
of
that
committee,
ensuring
that
it's
all
tied
together
as
well
and
has
a
lasting
impact.
So
thank
you
so
much
to
everyone.
This
has
really
already
been
a
process.
That's
been
incredibly
inspiring
connecting
with
residents
all
across
our
city
and
look
forward
to
keeping
that
energy
up
as
we
go
through
and
really
make
sure
that
we're
making
good
on
this
moment
and
this
window
of
opportunity
that
we
have
together.
D
D
Again,
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
mayor's
team,
but
the
mayor's
budget
team,
as
well
for
your
professional
work
that
you've
been
doing
for
many
months
now
presenting
this
this
budget.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
city
councils
that
have
been
instrumental
in
working
closely
with
the
mayor's
budget
budget
team,
especially
our
our
chair,
tanya
fernandez,
anderson,
who's,
doing
an
outstanding
job,
bringing
the
councillors
together,
so
we're
proud
of
the
leadership
of
of
tonya,
but
also
of
councillor
bark
as
well.
D
You
know
what
we
want
is
boston
to
be
successful
and
it
will
be
successful
when
we
all
work
together.
So
we
have
great
respect
for
the
the
budget
process.
It's
going
to
be
a
respectful
process.
We
work
together,
we
might
disagree,
but
it's
going
to
be
respectful
and
some
good
dialogue
going
back
and
forth.
D
But
having
said
that,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
mayorwolf
for
bringing
us
together
and
for
working
closely
with
the
budget
with
the
city
council
team
but
including
us
you've
been
a
very
good
partner
asking
us
our
opinion
asking
us
our
thoughts
on
different
aspects
of
the
budget.
So
it's
been
collaborative
working
closely
with
you
in
your
team,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
maya
will
to
the
to
tanya
and
to
kenzie
but
als
all
my
colleagues
as
well.
E
E
That
includes
me,
and
you
then
form
relationships,
and
politics
becomes
this
thing
that
we
feel
has
to
be
divisive
in
order
for
it
to
work
that
we
imagine
is
going
to
be
a
battlefield,
my
husband
said:
well,
you
got
to
become
a
lion.
If
you're
going
to
enter
the
lines,
then
so
I
beg
to
differ
today.
I
think
that
we
can
get
together
and
work
this
budget
out.
E
E
E
We
certainly
can't
do
that
within
one
year
or
we
have
a
long
way
to
go,
but
I
certainly
appreciate
our
mayor
for
the
efforts
to
initiate
this
process
and
I
hope
that
you'll
go
along
this
journey
with
me
when
I
say
it's
on
and
popping
in
the
chat
in
the
chamber
that
you
understand
that
it's
not
personal,
that
we
as
human
beings
are
all
interconnected
and
that
we
have
a
responsibility,
that's
so
grave,
it's
so
important
to
so
many
people.
We
talk
about
the
stuff
when
we're
campaigning.
E
E
E
If
you
take
it
in
the
wrong
way,
I
am
going
to
take
this
very
seriously.
I
hope
that
you
will
partner
with
me
and
see
that
it's
for
the
greater
good.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you.
I
thank
you
so
much
for
your
hard
work
for
going
through
this
past
very
difficult
geez,
not
four
months
like
eight
months,
whatever
it's
been
for
you.
E
F
My
remarks
were
the
only
ones
spared
from
this
film
again
over
here.
Make
that
what
you
will
thank
you,
mayor,
wu
president
flynn
and
colleagues
thanks
also
to
the
budget
staff,
and
especially
our
cfo
justin
starrett,
who
has
given
us
five
exceptional
years
of
service
that
are
concluding
at
the
end
of
this
week.
F
I'm
so
glad
to
be
here
today
talking
to
you
all
and
with
mayor
wu,
about
how
to
really
put
meat
on
the
bones
of
a
green
new
deal.
I
think
that's
what
our
american
rescue
plan
funds,
which
are
what's
in
my
committee,
are
really
about,
and
I
think
it's
worth
lingering
for
a
moment
on
the
words
new
deal,
why
we're
still
using
that
phrase?
90
years
after
franklin,
delano,
roosevelt
first
used
it
in
1932
at
the
democratic
convention.
F
F
F
So
in
that
spirit,
there
are
five
criteria
that
my
city
council
covet.
19
recovery
committee
is
going
to
be
looking
at
as
we
consider
how
to
commit
our
american
rescue
plan
funds
and
work
with
mayor
wu
to
build
a
green
new
deal
for
boston
one
urgent.
Does
it
address
an
urgent
need?
We
have
so
many
urgent
needs,
chief
among
them,
housing,
public
health.
F
F
F
F
F
G
G
Both
the
decision-making
process.
Internally,
bringing
cabinet
chiefs
together,
bringing
department
heads
together,
bringing
folks
from
all
across
city
hall
to
try
to
help
inform
these
decisions
as
part
of
the
outset
of
the
process,
which
is
different
than
we've
normally
done
in
the
past,
where
it's
been
a
very
top-down
or
sort
of
centralized
process.
So
really
excited
about
that
and
then
on
the
public-facing
side
really
excited.
G
We
were
able
to
share
with
obviously
president
flynn,
councillor
fernandez,
anderson
and
councillor
bach
on
the
listening
tour
that
we
had
and
we're
going
to
get
into
that
in
a
little
bit
and
what
we
learned
and
how
it
informed
our
actual
decision-making
process
over
the
last
couple
months,
as
we
got
to
here
so
today.
I'm
really
just
you
know,
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
cabinet
chiefs,
going
to
turn
it
over
to
jim
williamson
from
director
of
the
office
of
budget
management
to
really
get
into
the
details.
G
But
I'm
just
here
to
say
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
obviously
starting
with
the
mayor,
obviously
starting
with
the
cabinet,
who
were
really
involved
in
this
decision-making
process,
your
staffs,
while
the
budget
is
a
sort
of
a
f
financial
document.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
your
departments,
it's
your
services,
it's
your
programs
that
are
really
the
things
that
you're
doing
every
day,
with
all
that
funding
and
all
those
different
resources
so
really
excited
and
really
thankful.
For
that.
I
obviously
have
to
thank
the
budget
team.
G
G
What
are
we
actually
going
to
impact
in
people's
lives
and
I
think,
as
I
turn
it
over
to
the
cabinet
today,
you're
going
to
see
and
you're
going
to
hear
about
numbers
but
you're
going
to
hopefully
see
and
hear
a
lot
more
about
what
this
is
going
to
mean
for
people
and
residents
in
their
day-to-day
lives.
So
I'll
stop
there,
I'm
going
to
turn
over
to
jim
williamson
director
of
the
office
of
budget
management,
who's
going
to
walk
through
the
slides
today.
H
H
But
before
I
I
start,
I
want
to
echo
the
sentiments
of
justin
and
the
mayor
that
this
and
thank
the
incredibly
dedicated
staff
at
obm,
a
f
these
staffs
work
collaboratively
with
everybody
in
this
room
and
listen
closely
to
voices
of
residents
and
been
working
tirelessly
for
months
nights,
weekends
holidays
to
create
this
very
thoughtful
budget
plan.
So
again,
thank
you
guys,
so
I
think
I'll.
H
Okay,
what
am
I
doing
here?
There
we
go
so
first
before
we
get
to
the
exciting
things
like
community
engagement
and
investments
that
are
coming
later
in
the
presentation
by
people
who
are
much
more
articulate
in
those
subject
areas
than
I
am
we're
going
to
give
you
some
high
level
fiscal
context,
so
justin
joked
about
his
pie
chart
he
has
bequeathed
them
to
to
me,
and
I
will
do
my
best
to
to
talk
about
them.
H
The
next
slice
is
public
safety
in
other
city
departments
and
so
on.
But
a
couple
takeaways
from
the
slide
are
things
to
note.
As
you
can
see
that
collective
bargaining
slice,
the
cb
reserve
two
percent,
that's
something
that
we
will
continue
to
work
with
the
council
over
the
you
know
as
we
settle
union
contracts
to
provide
fair
wages
to
our
employees.
H
So
the
reliance
on
property
taxes
is
fairly
obvious
in
this
pie.
Chart
it's
74
percent
of
the
city's
revenue.
We've
been
very,
very
fortunate
with
with
development
that
has
happened
with
the
city.
We've
leveraged
use
those
resources
to
to
put
back
into
the
city.
You
know
in
the
most
equitable
way
possible
to
to
make
sure
services
are
provided
across
the
city.
The
state
aid
number
reflects
what
the
governor
had
proposed.
H
H
So
I
this
is
a
slide
familiar
to
the
counselors
in
the
room
and
I
probably
will
not
do
it
as
much
justice
as
casey
brock
wilson,
who
is
sort
of
been
that
the
driving
force
behind
corralling
a
lot
of
the
american
rescue
plan
projects.
But,
as
you
can
see
from
the
pie,
209
million
dollars
of
it
has
been
designated
or
appropriated.
H
H
So
here
you
see
the
annual
operating
budget
growing
by
216
million
over
dollars
of
fy
22.
in
the
investments
as
part
of
this
growth
and
in
the
capital
in
the
american
rescue
plan
sets
the
foundation
for
the
future.
It
helps
connects
communities
and
delivers
those
important
services
that
we
see
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods.
C
Thank
you
for
having
me
today.
Thank
you
to
the
council.
Thank
you
to
mayor
wu,
thank
you
to
the
other
chiefs
and
it's
so
surreal
to
be
here
right
now,
because
at
one
point
I
was
on
the
other
side.
So
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
council
staff
that,
like
helped
the
council
council
so
shout
out
to
them.
C
Back
in
february,
the
office
of
office
of
budget
management
office
of
neighborhood
services
and
the
city
council
announced
a
very
robust
community
engagement
process
where
we
started
with
what
the
people
wanted
to
see
with
their
city
dollars.
The
sessions
were
crafted
with
the
lens
of
accessibility,
through
language
and
varying
levels
of
abilities
as
well.
C
It
is
crucial
that
we
solicit
feedback
at
the
very
beginning
of
these
of
these
processes,
as
we
want
to
make
the
impact
on
neighborhoods
in
our
different
communities
in
this
budget,
you
will
see
investments
in
311,
and
I
know
every
single
councilor
loves,
301
and
we'll
see
investment
in
direct
neighborhood
services.
Let
me
click
to
the
next
slide.
C
I
also
wanted
to
say
that
you
will
see
investment
into
our
workforce
as
well
through
this
budget,
so
I
also
want
to
say
a
deep
thank
you
to
the
city
workers
that
pick.
You
know
public
works
to
pick
up
trash
to
neighborhood
services
that
run
abutters
meetings
that
you
also
love
and
stuff
like
that.
So
I
really
want
to
also
acknowledge
and
underscore
that
there's
a
deep
investment
in
our
workforce
in
this
budget
as
well.
C
C
This
is
some
of
the
words
that
we
heard
from
our
surveys.
As
mayor
wu
mentioned,
the
surveys
was
available
in
12
different
languages
and
we
were
able
to
kind
of
pull
out.
What
are
the?
What
are
the
people?
What
are
the
people
saying
that
we
want
to
see
deep
investment
and
we
see
words
like
you
know,
transportation.
C
I
There
we
go,
my
name
is
mariangeli
solis
and
I
am
the
chief
of
equity
and
inclusion
here
we
go,
and
I'm
here
to
just
give
a
very
brief
overview
of
some
of
the
investments
that
you
will
notice
are
helping
us
continue
to
lay
the
foundation
for
a
more
equitable
boston
where
every
resident
has
actually
seated
the
table,
and
we
are
amplifying
their
voices.
We're
not
here
to
give
anybody
a
voice
we're
here
to
amplify.
I
Back.
In
february,
we
announced
the
launch
of
our
office
for
blackmail
advancement
and
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
we
also
announced
that
we
are
searching
for
an
executive
director
to
lead
our
work
in
our
inaugural
office
of
the
lgbtq
advancement
community,
as
well
really
looking
forward
to
some
of
the
work
that
this
these
two
offices
will
be
doing
with
our
communities.
I
Also,
we're
expanding
our
dreamers,
fellowship
initiative,
spearheaded
by
moya
the
office
of
mayors,
sorry,
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
to
ensure
that
immigrant
youth
who
cannot
participate
or
qualify
for
currently
the
youth
program
that
we
have
have
actually
access
to
internships
and
fellowships
as
well.
This
would
help
get
us
from
a
number
of
350
students
to
over
450
and,
finally,
we're
also
funding
a
community
ambassador
program
by
the
department
of
h,
strong,
which
I'm
really
excited
about
that
will
help
connect
with
our
growing
elderly
population.
Also
that
speak
different
languages.
I
J
Good
morning,
everybody
it's
great
to
be
here,
especially
with
the
emphasis
on
housing
this
morning.
So
if
I
could
just
quickly
give
a
a
a
thumbnail
sketch
so
leveraging
significant
arpa
funding,
the
city
will
invest
380
million
dollars,
380
million
dollars
to
support
transformative
housing
investments
in
my
history
of
the
city
and
probably
in
all
of
city
hall's
history.
There
has
never
been
this
kind
of
investment
in
in
writing
our
housing
issues.
J
J
But
I
am
here
to
say
I
believe
they
will
have
very
large
impact,
they'll
form
solutions
and
going
to
show
us
a
way
forward
and
how
to
do
work
differently
and
we're
going
to
look
back
and
be
able
to
point
to
real
change
and
real
accomplishment.
So,
more
specifically,
we're
going
to
increase
home
ownership
rates,
especially
for
households
that
have
been
kept
out
of
the
home
ownership
market.
J
We're
going
to
build
new,
green
housing
on
city-owned
land,
near
transit,
we're
going
to
buy
occupied
tenanted
buildings
and
convert
them
to
long-term,
affordable
housing
and
stop
gentrification,
especially
along
transit
corridors,
we're
going
to
preserve
public
housing,
which
is
so
important
to
so
many
of
our
households
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
support
our
homelessness,
our
homeless,
by
making
sure
that
they've
got
safe
places
to
stay
and
we're
going
to
build
a
lot
more
supportive
housing
for
those
that
need
supports
to
stay
housed.
So
it's
I'm
really
excited
about
the
work.
J
K
Happy
wednesday,
everybody
happy
wednesday
happy
budget
day,
so
I
brought
these
flowers
up
to
this
plant
with
me.
This
is
so.
Not
only
are
we
all
celebrating
the
budget
breakfast,
but
many
people
in
the
downtown
area
today
are
celebrating
the
release
of
this
budget
as
well.
So
today
is
also
boston
blooms
day,
where
we
are
officially
reopening
the
downtown
area
to
the
whole
city,
tourists
residents,
workers
and
everyone
gets
a
free
plant.
So
this
is
from
a
flora
explorer.
K
I
think
she
couldn't
add
the
word
to
the
for
copyright
infringement,
but
anyway
we
invite
all
of
you
to
go
down
to
the
downtown
area
and
to
downtown
cross
and
get
a
free
plant
some
dunkins
and
support
small
businesses,
which
is
what
I
get
to
talk
about
today.
So
I
was
told
I
have
one
minute
and
I'm
gonna
ignore
jessica
staring
at
me,
so
this
is.
K
This
has
actually
been
exciting
if
a
lot
of
folks
that
have
come
into
the
cabinet
are
folks
that
were
advocates
on
the
streets
pushing
for
changes
to
happen
and
so
to
be
in
this
position
to
be
able
to
craft
a
budget
within
two
weeks.
But
justin
was
very
patient
and
helpful
with
us
to
put
this
all
together.
So
what
we
see
here
are
not
just
investments
as
sheila
mentioned
in
housing,
but
we
also
know
that
our
small
businesses
are
the
lifeblood
of
our
economy,
they're.
K
What
keep
boston
going,
and
so
some
of
the
investments
we're
making
across
both
arpa
and
operating
budget
you'll,
see
here
three
million
dollars
in
artba
to
expand
tuition,
free
community
college,
a
program
that
was
launched
a
few
years
ago,
but
this
investment's
going
to
help
expand
this
program
to
cover
about
a
thousand
folks
to
get
the
certifications
needed,
etc.
But
all
of
this
is
tied
together,
workforce
and
business
development.
K
So
this
19
million
in
opera
investments
to
promote
minority-owned
businesses
legacy
businesses,
things
like
the
commercial
rebate
program,
as
all
of
you
know,
as
counselors
engaging
with
small
businesses.
One
of
the
biggest
hurdles
for
small
businesses
is
rent,
particularly
smaller
businesses,
and
even
more
particular
for
bypoc
and
women-owned
businesses,
and
so
this
program
that
we're
developing
right
now
and
we'll
hope
to
get
feedback
from
the
council
on
what
we
put
together
is
going
to
help
get
business
owners
to
high-traffic
commercial
areas,
so
downtown
seaport,
other
places
and
it's
a
pilot
program.
K
Sorry
using
colloquial
terms
it's
supposed
to
be
official,
but
we,
you
know
there
is
significant
investment.
This
five
million
dollars
is
going
to
help
ensure
that
we're
paying
main
street's
directors
properly
right
now
they
are
totally
underpaid
in
you
know,
to
afford
to
live
in
this
city,
so
raising
the
amount
that
we're
able
to
pay
our
small
bit
our
main
streets
directors,
but
also
raising
or
increasing
the
amount
of
money
we're
giving
to
them
to
hold
events
in
the
area
to
beautify
the
area.
K
There's
never
been
a
budget
for
main
streets
to
beautify
the
area
they've
had
to
rely
on
being
in
the
capital
budget.
So
this
is
going
to
be
a
direct
investment
to
them
to
do
that,
etcetera
anyway,
I'm
over
my
minute
by
another
minute,
but
the
last
thing
I'll
mention
is
the
legacy
business
program
which
is
going
to
be
really
exciting.
K
It's
a
program
that
started
in
san
francisco
when
the
market
crashed
10
years
ago,
and
it's
something
that
we're
going
to
adopt
here
where
we
are
highlighting
and
amplifying
those
businesses
that
have
been
around
for
more
than
10
years.
This
is
a
program
I
wish
was
around
to
support
the
nubian
notion
and
other
businesses
that
we've
seen
closed
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic,
and
so
it's
going
to
help.
You
know
there's
going
to
be
all
the
celebratory
stuff.
K
Oh
you've
been
here
for
10
or
more
years,
but
also
this
money
is
in
is
an
initial
investment,
we'll
work
with
the
council
on
this
for
grant
funding
directly
for
these
businesses
to
keep
them
around,
and
one
of
the
other
programs
that
we'll
hope
to
match
this
with
in
the
future.
Outside
of
the
investments
we're
making
here
is
ownership.
We
want
our
folks
to
own
the
city
that
they
live,
breathe,
work
and
play
in
so
anyway.
Thank
you
all
very
much
and
I
don't
know
who's
up
next,
but.
E
L
I
am
a
minister,
but
I'm
actually
going
to
make
it
close
to
my
time.
So,
as
you
know,
our
mayor
has
made
a
significant
commitment
first
to
transportation,
justice,
and
so
I
want
to
just
highlight
that
that
our
first
goal
is
to
get
as
many
people
on
public
transportation
in
a
mode
shift
and
really
thankful
for
the
work
of
streets
to
lead
us
in
that
direction.
L
First
school
buses
really
getting
to
the
point
where
we
can
get
our
entire
fleet
electrified,
and
we
have
the
possibility
to
do
up
to
20
buses
in
this
next
cycle
and
so
we're
leaning
in
on
that
and
then
also
work
to
do
our
full
central
fleet.
We
still
have
some
more
work
to
do
around
the
full
plan
and
we're
working
on
that
right
now,
but
we
didn't
want
to
miss
this
opportunity
to
to
make
some
investments
now
to
get
us
on
that
path.
L
L
This
is
a
real
strong
partnership
between
the
eeos
cabinet,
but
also
the
office
of
workforce
development
and
economic
development.
We're
really
excited
to
train
the
next
generation
of
green
job
workers,
and
I'm
really
excited
that.
It's
going
to
focus
on
the
neighborhoods
that
I
grew
up
in
I'm
often
the
only
woman
of
color
in
the
room
in
these
green
job
spaces,
and
we
need
to
make
this
our
investment
make
it
possible
for
that
no
longer
to
be
the
case.
L
And
then,
finally,
this
investment
in
open
space-
this
is
all
of
the
capital
budget,
around
park,
renovations
and
upgrades
that
we're
doing
across
the
city,
but
also
a
huge
investment
in
the
expansion
of
the
tree
division.
We've
heard
so
much
excitement
about
more
trees
and
we
need
the
folks
to
get
it
done.
L
M
Okay,
good
morning,
everyone
happy
to
be
here,
I'm
particularly
happy
because
I'm
not
talking
about
cover
19.,
I'm
usually
I'm
usually
always
asked
to
talk
about
copenhagen.
I
opened
up
the
email
I
didn't
say
cover
19..
I
had
to
check
with
my
staff
to
make
sure
that
was
correct,
so
I'm
here
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
something,
I'm
very
proud
to
announce
the
mayor.
The
city
is
investing
in
behavioral
and
mental
health,
and
these
are
unmet
needs
across
the
city.
M
This
is
a
pervasive
challenge
and,
to
be
honest
with
you,
it's
about
time,
okay,
so
I'm
extremely
excited
to
to
make
this
announcement
this
morning.
So
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
work
across
city
departments
we're
working
on
a
new
behavioral
and
mental
health
initiative.
This
will
be
based
at
the
boston
public
health
commission,
and
that
makes
sense
because
mental
health
is
health,
and
this
is
what
we
should
be
focused
in
on
and
we
should
center
this
within
our
public
health
system.
M
I
think
that
this
particular
investment
takes
all
the
boxes
that
counselor
bach
mentioned,
because
what
we're
going
to
do,
first
and
foremost,
is
develop.
A
workforce
we
want
a
pipeline,
we
want
diverse
people
who
are
doing
this
work,
because
these
are
issues
that
touch
every
community,
so
that
is
that's
sort
of
our
first
initiative.
In
addition
to
that,
we're
going
to
be
working
across
agencies,
age
strong
will
be
coordinating
with
the
commission
to
develop
an
initiative
focused
in
on
our
seniors.
M
Clearly,
a
lot
of
mental
health
needs
that
have
been
unmet
amongst
our
senior
population,
and
this
is
about
a
six
hundred
thousand
dollar
investment.
Bps
will
also
be
expanding
guidance,
counseling
and
social
emotional
supports
for
students.
We
know
that
our
children
are
struggling
right
now
in
this
sort
of
recovery
period
and
then
finally,
we
know
that
mental
health
crises
have
not
always
been
handled
in
the
appropriate
way.
M
So
ems
has
been
working
very
closely
with
the
best
team,
the
bmc
emergency
services
team,
as
well
as
other
folks,
to
really
develop
appropriate
responses
to
mental
health
crises
amongst
our
communities.
So
this
is
transformative
and
I'm
just
extremely
proud
to
kick
this
off
and
I
hope
to
be
working
with
many
of
you
all
on
these
responses
in
the
coming
days.
Thank
you.
N
Good
morning,
everyone
rufus
j,
falk
director
of
public
safety,
currently
serving
as
a
senior
policy
advisor
the
mayor,
it's
honored
to
be
here
and
like
brianna
sort
of
surreal
to
be
here
kid
from
roxbury.
I
never
thought
I
would
be
here
at
this
time
at
this
place.
So
thank
you
for
having
me
counselors,
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
with
you
all,
so
I
will
start
with
just
giving
some
brief
remarks
around
how
we
view
public
safety
and
how
the
city
of
boston
is
going
to
sort
of
expand.
N
What
public
safety
means
oftentimes,
we
think
of
public
safety
merely
as
simply
police
officers
and
fire
department.
But
what
I
want
us
to
challenge
is
to
see
public
safety
as
everything
we
talked
about
today.
It's
housing,
it's
food,
justice,
it's
it's!
How
we
view
ourselves
in
this
space
at
this
time.
We
want
to
have
a
more
broad
view,
because
we
all
have
a
role
to
play
in
quality
of
life.
So
thank
you
for
that,
and
I'm
just
going
to
get
these
remarks.
N
N
To
that
end,
boston
will
add
four
emts
dedicated
to
corresponding,
with
the
best
clinicians
to
certain
mental
health
response
calls.
In
addition
to
that,
the
city
boss
will
also
be
adding
20
regular
emts,
which
is
an
amazing
thing.
I
see
my
guy
chief
julio
over
there
and
I
also
want
to
highlight
old,
pat
the
work
that
opec
will
be
doing,
to
focus
on
mediation
as
a
way
to
resolve
those
disputes.
So
I
see
my
girl
steph
over
there
as
well.
So
congratulations
for
oped
stuff.
N
N
N
Also,
probably
one
of
the
things
I'm
most
happy
about
and
proud
about
is
that
the
office
of
returning
citizens
will
receive
support
for
more
additional
case
workers
and
employment
specialists
to
ensure
that
all
bostonians
are
receiving
the
services
necessary
when
they
return
to
society.
So
this
oftentimes
forgotten
population
will
receive
the
supports
and
staffing
and
resources
that
they
need
to
ensure
that
we're
assisting
in
their
transition.
So
that
is
an
amazing
piece
and
I
actually
have
two
slides,
so
I
got
one
more
slide.
Can
you
go
to
the
next
slide?
Please?
N
O
O
And
I
understand
that
every
wednesday
before
the
council
meeting
there's
a
breakfast
like
this,
so
don't
be
surprised
if
you
see
me
in
the
future.
So
as
you
all
know,
basic
services
is
quite
a
it's.
The
foundation
for
city
city
government
and
in
this
budget,
you'll
find
millions
of
dollars
invested
in
basic
services,
doing
important
things
like
a
new
telephone
system
for
our
fire
department
headquarters,
additional
311
car
takers
and
investments
in
critical
facility
repairs.
P
Q
We
have
an
opportunity
to
make
boston
the
best
city
in
the
country
for
transit,
walking
and
biking
and
there's
a
lot
of
reasons
why
we
want
to
do
this,
and
you
know
none,
I
think
more
pressing
and
urgent
than
the
climate
crisis
that
we're
facing
and
the
need
to
make
really
fundamental
shifts
in
how
we
get
around.
But
as
much
as
we
can
talk
about
this
and
look
at
this
through
a
policy
lens.
Q
Q
There's
gonna
be
a
lot
of
conversations
ahead
with
you
know
the
community
on
how
we
do
this
block
by
block
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
council
joining
in
those
conversations
and
and
supporting
this
work,
but
just
really
excited
and
grateful
for
a
budget
that
lays
this
incredibly
important
foundation.
So
thank
you.
R
Hi
everyone
good
morning,
cara,
eliot
ortega,
chief
of
arts
and
culture,
I'm
so
excited
to
be
here
with
you
today
and
I
think
I'm
the
last
one,
so
saving
arts
and
culture
best
for
last.
In
my
opinion,
everyone
knows.
I
think,
that
the
arts
were
particularly
hard
hit
by
the
kovitt
19
pandemic,
and
this
year
boston
is
providing
a
much
needed
infusion
and
focus
on
this
community,
and
I'm
so
excited
to
share
that.
R
Additional
city
staff
will
support
all
of
these
programs
with
a
focus
on
preserving
and
creating
affordable
spaces
to
make
and
share
creative
work,
and
that
includes
making
the
plaza
accessible
to
our
local
arts.
Community
which
we're
so
excited
about,
so
I'm
just
thrilled
to
be
here
to
share
this
with
you
all,
and
I'm
really
excited
to
see
these
transformational
investments
happen
now
to
secure
boston's
cultural
future.
Thank
you.
A
The
last
order
of
business
formally
before
q,
a
from
our
lovely
media
friends.
This
is
the
second
to
third
to
last
day
for
our
incredible
chief
of
administration
and
finance.
Someone
who's
held
many
hats
in
his
years
at
the
city
has
kept
us
going
strong
through
very
difficult
financial
times
has
maintained
our
aaa
bond
rating
eight
years
in
a
row,
and
we
are
so
I'm
very
upset
that
he's
choosing
this
moment
to
leave.
But
we
are
so
thankful
and
grateful
to
justin
for
hall's
leadership
so
wanted
to
invite
council
colleagues
up.