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A
We
love
to
be
out
and
about
showing
how
climate
Justice
is
housing
Justice
and
we
can
make
a
big
difference
every
single
day
in
our
communities,
so
I'm
excited
about
today's
announcement
and
grateful
because
it's
only
possible
thanks
to
the
work
of
all
of
you
here
and
the
incredible
leader
standing
with
me
up
here
by
our
makeshift
Podium.
A
We
we
are
joined
by
and
you'll
hear
from
some
of
these
folks
in
a
little
bit
as
well,
but
we're
joined
by
our
chief
of
energy
environment
and
open
space
driven
mariama
white
Hammond,
our
chief
of
housing,
Sheila
Dillon,
deputy
director
of
The
Neighborhood
Housing,
develop
deputy
director
of
The
Office
of
housing,
Neighborhood
Housing,
Development,
Division,
Jessica,
Boatwright,
Dr,
Allison
bruzius,
commissioner
of
the
environment,
Department,
director
of
our
Green
New
Deal
program,
Oliver,
sellers
Garcia,
director
of
commute
Communications
and
Community
engagement
in
the
eeos
cabinet,
our
senior
advisor
for
labor
Lou
mandarini.
A
Let
me
see
if
I
missed
anyone
else
from
the
administration
here,
but
okay,
we
have
Claire
Kelly
our
amazing
director
of
our
intergovernmental
relations
office,
oh
and
commissioner
of
the
inspectional
services
department,
Sean
Lyden.
Thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
in
making
this
possible
I'm
also
joined
by
colleagues
in
city,
government
and
state
government.
A
Thank
you
for
joining
us
we're
here
today,
because
we're
all
committed
to
Boston
becoming
a
fossil
fuel,
free
City,
a
commitment
that
is
grounded
in
the
understanding
that
we
can
get
everything
else
right:
housing,
Transportation,
education,
everything
else,
and
none
of
it
matters
if
our
city
and
Planet
are
no
longer
livable
for
our
kids
and
their
kids,
which
is
why,
as
a
city,
we
are
committed
to
finding
solutions
to
not
only
address
our
everyday
issues,
but
our
existential
ones.
Here
in
Boston,
buildings
are
our
biggest
source
of
pollution
and
emission.
A
They
account
for
nearly
three
quarters
of
the
city's
annual
emissions.
So
one
of
the
most
important
things
we
can
do
is
to
take
decisive
climate
action
in
ensuring
that
our
buildings
meet
the
highest
emission
standards
in
that
Spirit.
Today,
we're
announcing
two
new
strategies
to
make
Boston
the
country's
leading
Green
New
Deal
City.
A
The
first
is
an
ordinance
that
will
file
with
the
Boston
City
Council
on
Monday
to
adopt
a
new
Green
Building
Code
that
strengthens
Energy
Efficiency
requirements
across
our
city
and
across
our
Commonwealth,
and
the
second
is
a
new
large
Building
green
energy
retrofits
program
offered
through
the
office
of
housing,
Chief,
white
Hammond,
Chief
Dylan
and
our
Green
New
Deal,
director
Oliver
will
go
into
all
of
the
details,
but
at
a
very
high
level.
This
building
code
is
simpler
and
sets
standards
for
both
new
construction
and
major
renovations
to
existing
buildings.
A
It
will
increase
Energy
Efficiency,
reduce
emissions
and
Advance
our
overall
carbon
neutrality
goals.
We
are
proud
that
Boston
will
become
by
far
the
largest
community
in
the
Commonwealth
to
adopt
these
new
standards,
and
the
green
energy
retrofits
program
will
provide
up
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
per
unit
for
deep
energy
retrofits
for
income
restricted
buildings,
making
housing
here
in
Boston,
cleaner,
healthier,
more
efficient
and
more
affordable.
A
You
might
have
guessed
the
units
that
we
are
standing
among
and
within
right
here
at
the
Brian
J
honen
apartments
in
Austin,
named
after
the
Late
City
councilor
and
lifelong
neighborhood
Advocate.
These
will
be
some
of
the
first
to
benefit
from
this
program
as
part
of
significant
renovations,
new
high
efficiency
insulation,
new
roofs,
new
windows
will
be
installed,
all
of
which
will
reduce
the
need
to
expend
energy
to
maintain
indoor
temperatures.
Saving
our
residents,
money,
Heating
and
Cooling
will
all
be
fully.
A
Electric
powered
and
new
ventilation
will
be
added
to
provide
fresh
air
to
every
unit
taken
together.
These
changes
will
cut
the
building's
energy
consumption
by
nearly
half
in
adopting
this
Green
Building
standard
and
launching
our
green
energy
retrofits
program
we're
taking
aim
at
one
of
Boston's
biggest
culprits
when
it
comes
to
our
carbon
footprint
and
as
we
continue
to
do
this
important
work.
What
is
abundantly
clear
is
that
all
of
our
challenges
and
opportunities
are
interrelated.
A
In
so
many
instances.
The
best
Solutions
we
can
Implement
are
the
ones
that
overlap
and
address
multiple
issues
all
at
the
same
time.
Making
public
transportation
more
accessible
and
affordable
also
means
reducing
vehicle
emissions.
Transitioning
our
school
buses
from
fossil
fuels
to
Electric
keeps
our
air
cleaner.
Our
students
healthier
and
creates
opportunities
to
provide
Hands-On
green
job
training
for
our
young
people.
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
B
C
C
But
she
says
to
me:
mariama
the
one
thing
I
don't
want
to
be
in
my
latter
years
is
cold,
and
so
this
is
about
making
sure
that
people
have
the
efficiency
that
they
need,
but
also
the
warmth
that
they
need.
Adopting
the
specialized
code
is
a
critical
step
for
Boston
and,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
70
percent
of
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
are
coming
from
our
buildings,
and
so
we
have
to
make
bold
moves
in
the
building
sector.
In
order
for
us
to
reduce
our
carbon
footprint.
C
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
really
lift
up
how
so
many
places
green
and
energy
efficient
work
is
sometimes
seen
in
opposition
to
affordability
and
I'm,
really
thankful
to
live
in
a
city
where
we
are
committed
to
holding
those
two
things
together.
We
do
not
have
to
make
things
more
expensive.
We
do
not
have
to
make
it
so
that
only
the
people
who
have
the
most
resources
can
afford
to
be
green.
C
We
are
choosing
to
say
we
should
put
at
the
front
of
the
line,
those
communities
that
have
done
the
least
often
to
contribute
to
climate,
the
climate
crisis.
They
should
have
everything
they
need
to
be
part
of
this
Green,
Revolution
and
I
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
Chief
Dylan,
because
in
many
other
places
the
environment
department
has
to
sort
of
try
to
manipulate
the
housing
department
into
getting
with
them,
and
we
have
the
opposite
Dynamics.
C
Sometimes
you
get
a
call
from
housing
that
says
we
think
we
can
pull
off
this
thing,
and
it's
so
amazing
to
have
that
kind
of
partnership
where
we're
both
committed
to
making
our
city
as
green
as
possible,
and
we're
also
both
committed
to
making
sure
that
every
resident
can
afford
to
be
part
of
that
Green
Revolution
and
putting
our
residents
living
in
affordable
housing
first
so
with
no
further
Ado
I
wanna
welcome
up
Chief
Dylan
but
I
want
to
just
say
a
quick
thank
you
to
my
team
at
the
environment.
C
Department
who's
been
working
tirelessly
around
all
of
these
things.
Every
time
something
comes
out
of
the
state,
they
have
to
do
another
analysis
and
get
it
to
me
in
the
morning,
so
that
I
can
pass
it
on
to
the
mayor
and
I
want
to
do
a
special
shout
out
to
somebody
who
rarely
is
in
front
of
the
mic,
but
to
Hannah
Payne.
Who
is
the
lead
on
our
Berto
and
building
decarbonization
team.
D
Thank
you
good
morning,
I
just
want
to
say
it's
wonderful
to
be
at
the
Brian
honen
Apartments
today,
I
haven't
been
over
here
for
I
want
to
say
several
years.
D
This
is
a
wonderful
community
and
it's
just.
It
feels
good
to
be
home
here
today
we
are
coming
together
again
to
announce
and
discuss
new
initiatives.
New
work
to
make
Boston
a
more
sustainable
and
like's
been
said,
a
more
affordable,
City,
I'm
going
to
say
it
for
the
third
time
now
70
percent
of
our
greenhouse
gases.
Our
emissions
come
from
our
buildings,
so,
as
the
city
increases
its
housing
stock
and
we
need
to
including
badly
needed,
affordable
housing.
D
D
However,
because
Boston
is
a
very
built
City
with
over
57
000,
affordable
housing
units,
the
partners
here
today
have
also
been
working
on
a
new
program.
It
needs
a
better
name-
the
large
Building
green
energy
retrofit
program
to
provide
the
resources
needed
to
retrofit
our
existing,
affordable
multi-family
buildings.
The
funding
for
this
new
program
is
being
made
available
from
Boston's
America
rescue
plan
act
allocation
and,
while
this
funding,
we
all
know,
is
a
one-time
resource,
we
want
to
learn
from
this
program
with
you
all
demonstrate
success
and
scale
this
work
in
the
years
to
come.
D
So
we
really
see
this
as
the
start
of
something
that
could
be
very,
very
big
and
meaningful.
These
deep
energy
retrofits
will
significantly
reduce
the
building's
energy
consumption.
This
will
be
achieved
by
insulating
the
building
envelope,
adding
proper
ventilation,
which
is
so
important,
installing
more
efficient
heating
and
cooling
systems,
and
by
replacing
gas
burning
appliances
with
clean
up
with
cleaner
appliances,
oftentimes,
electric
and
improving
air
quality,
which
is
so
important,
especially
has
it
as
it
impacts
many
of
our
health
conditions,
including
childhood
asthma.
D
The
city
council
held
a
hearing
Justice
this
week
on
on
the
triggers
of
asthma,
so
I
I
really
think
this
is
one
component
to
to
get
those
numbers
down.
Another
major
goal
of
this
program
is
to
support
Equitable
procurement
and
when
reviewing
applications
for
funding,
the
staff
will
be
assessing
A
team's
ability
to
employ
Boston
residents,
persons
of
color
and
women
in
the
assessment
planning
and
actual
construction
phases
of
this
work.
D
Yet
these
deep
energy
retrofits
will
reduce
the
carbon
Footprints
of
Boston's,
affordable
housing
stock
but,
as
importantly
and
it's
been
said,
but
it
needs
to
be
said
again
and
again
and
again,
it
will
improve
the
living
conditions
for
our
low
and
moderate
residents.
It
doesn't
get
any
better
than
this
right,
so
in
closing.
D
I
too
want
to
thank
some
very,
very
important
staff
Joe
that
worked
on
the
the
RFP
which
is
going
to
hit
the
streets
worked
on
this
first
project:
Joe
backer,
Dan,
lesser
Jessica,
Boatwright,
Kristen,
Simmons,
Lily,
libara,
Hannah
Payne
from
our
energy
Department,
who
has
been
mentioned
and,
of
course,
our
Green
New
Deal
director
Oliver
sellers
Garcia,
who
I'm
going
to
invite
up
now.
Thank
you
so
very
much.
E
Thank
you,
Sheila
I
think.
The
name
of
that
program
is
great,
let's
just
add
a
few
more
words
and
then
then
we're
done
so
good
morning.
Everyone
I
could
not
be
more
happy
to
be
here.
Thank
you
to
Mayor
Wu,
my
colleagues
elected
officials,
also
in
Brighton
CDC
for
hosting
us
and
residents
of
the
Bryan
Home
Apartments
I
hope
we're
not
waking.
E
You
I'm
Oliver
sellers
Garcia,
the
green
New
Deal
director
for
the
city,
as
you've
heard
we're
here
to
announce
and
celebrate
two
really
important
steps
that
the
city
is
taking
to
advance
Boston's
Green
New
Deal
in
2023
We
are
continuing
to
make
progress
on
delivering
programs
and
policies
that
address
climate
change
and
quality
of
life
together,
we're
tackling
building
decarbonization
from
all
different
angles,
and
that's
what
you're
seeing
here
today.
E
Okay
here
goes
for
the
fourth
time,
I'm
going
to
repeat
nearly
three
quarters
of
Boston's
greenhouse
gas
emissions
come
from
buildings,
but
here's
a
new
stat,
85
percent
of
the
square
footage
that
we
have
today
is
still
going
to
be
around
in
2050..
So
we
need
to
work
on
the
buildings
that
we
have
now
and
bring
them
into
the
next
Generation.
On
the
other
hand,
we
know
that
we
need
tens
of
thousands
of
new
housing
units
across
all
income
levels
to
create
a
thriving
City.
E
So
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
new
construction,
we
need
different
strategies
for
new
and
old
buildings,
but
there's
one
thing
that
they
have
in
common.
As
Chief
white
Hammond
said:
Energy
Efficiency,
you
know
what's
better
than
renewable
energy,
using
less
energy,
no
matter
where
it
comes
from,
so
both
of
the
announcements
today
are
centered
around
this
principle
that
we
need
to
dramatically
reduce
the
amount
of
energy
that
we
use
and
eliminate
fossil
fuels.
E
It's
a
specialized
stretch.
Energy
code
creates
much
more
efficient
buildings
with
a
simpler
code
that
will
ensure
that
new
buildings
in
Boston
are
all
electric
or
electric
ready
on
day
one.
The
retrofit
program
will
provide
deep
energy
retrofits
that
residents
are
going
to
feel
on
hot
days
and
cold
days
and
on
the
days
that
they
pay
their
electric
bills.
E
What
you're
seeing
here
today
is
the
green
New
Deal
in
action,
lots
of
solutions
coming
from
lots
of
different
angles,
involving
all
sorts
of
different
city
departments
and
partners
to
solve
one
problem.
One
multifaceted
problem:
we've
got
great
Partnerships
from
Advocates
and
in
Industry
on
the
energy
code,
making
a
really
serious
investment
with
our
coveted
recovery
funds
to
launch
this
program,
prioritizing
Justice
by
starting
this
program
in
the
affordable
housing
sector
and
also
real
leadership
in
taking
the
responsibility
to
create
markets
for
both
retrofits
and
high
performing
new
buildings.
E
F
We're
extremely
excited
about
being
an
early
recipient
of
the
large
Building
green
energy
retrofit
program.
It
is
a
bit
of
a
mouthful.
It
will
help
us
in
our
efforts
to
not
only
preserve
this
valuable
asset
but
enhance
it
so
that
we
can
respond
to
the
climate
changes.
Our
world
is
now
trying
to
address
I'm
aware
of
the
time
restraints
I
have,
but
I
did
want
to
very
quickly
make
a
reference
to
trees,
and
it
will
make
sense
in
a
bit.
We
all
know
that
the
best
time
to
plant
a
tree
is
20
years
ago.
F
Well,
20
years
ago,
we
looked
at
this
particular
site,
which
was
occupied
by
The
Legal
Seafood
headquarters
and
processing,
plant
Kevin,
honen
and
Brighton
Luke,
and
remember
distinctly
that
there
were.
This
was
an
industrial
building.
At
one
point,
the
there
was
a
lobster
pound
over
here
that
had
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
lobsters
on
the
last
few
days
here
on
Earth
before
they
got
sent
to
the
the
restaurants,
the
place,
smelled,
bad
and
often
caused
conflicts
with
the
with
the
nearby
residents.
F
After
an
initial
effort
to
describe
our
plans
to
the
legal
seafood
people,
we
had
a
lien
on
our
city,
councilor
Brian,
J
honen,
who
helped
convince
the
Berkowitz
family
to
hear
us
out.
With
that
help
and
the
help
of
Kevin
honen,
we
managed
to
secure
the
required
funding
that
to
eventually
create
this
deeply
affordable
housing
development
anywhere
along
the
way
we
could
have
listened
to
those
who
said
that
the
development
didn't
make
any
sense,
but
we
planted
this
tree
and
now,
20
years
later
it
has
taken
root.
F
Families
have
lived
here
grown
here,
babies
have
been
born,
kids
have
gone
to
school,
people
have
experienced
life
and
some
people
have
passed
on,
but
the
tree
we
planted
here
is
still
alive.
It
does
need
help.
Branches
need
to
be
pruned.
We
have
to
tend
to
the
Knicks
and
gashes
in
the
in
the
tree
trunks
here,
but
we
need
to
preserve
this
housing
in
any
affordable
housing
that
exists
to
ensure
that
the
small
victories
that
we
have
realized
in
this
ongoing
effort
to
improve
housing
for
the
people
of
Austin
and
Brighton
continues.
F
Take
a
minute
and
look
around
that
Vision
that
we
had
for
transforming
this
once
desolate
area
is
coming
to
is
coming
true,
and
while
we
applaud
the
addition
of
these
many
residential
units,
it's
a
reminder
of
how
important
this
deeply,
affordable,
housing
development
has
become.
I
am
grateful
to
Mayor
Wu
and
her
team
for
this
award
of
funds
that
will
help
help,
send
us
on
a
path
to
addressing
the
problems
at
the
site
and
enhance
the
conditions
for
the
people
who
live
here
now
and
those
who
come
after
them.
F
This
award
exemplifies
the
war
administration's
willingness
to
put
their
money
where
their
mouth
is
and
fund.
This
type
of
deep
energy
retrofit
that
is
so
important
to
the
Future
viability
of
our
current
stock
of
affordable
housing.
It
would
be
easy
to
hide
behind
the
cloak
of
fiscal
responsibility.
As
a
rationale
for
not
addressing
the
climate
changes,
we
are
facing
that
takes
leadership
and
courage,
and
we
are
grateful
that
we
have
a
mayor
who's.
Making
this
a
priority.
F
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
incredible
work
of
Caitlin
robillard,
who
20
years
ago,
was
likely
a
student
up
the
street
at
BC,
but
even
among
the
kegs
and
the
and
the
and
the
bongs
I.
Think
Caitlyn
was
able
to
pick
up
on
that
that
Jesuit
teaching
that
promotes
the
idea
of
using
a
god-given
talents
to
help
your
fellow
humans
Caitlyn
has
been
systematically
working
on
upgrading
our
portfolio
to
address
the
climate
change
issues.
Thank
you,
Caitlin.
Thank
you,
Noah.
Thank
you
to
our
board
representative
today
by
our
board.
F
President
John,
Hiester,
Lauren,
Lauren
and
Erlanger
is
also
here,
as
I
mentioned,
Brighton
Lou
long
time
board
members
here
too,
thank
you
to
the
ABC
c
staff
who
are
so
crucial
to
making
all
these
good
things
happen.
A
shout
out
to
Rachel
Regis,
our
deputy
director
Sean
tatara
grants
and
Communications
manager,
Troy
Rothman,
our
new
resident
services
manager,
Jason
Boyle,
our
community
engagement
person,
also
a
very
special
shout
out
to
the
Maloney
properties
team
that
make
us
look
good
here
at
the
Boston
I
mean
at
the
Brian
J
honen
apartments
and
throughout
our
portfolio.
F
Thank
you,
John
cliff
and
all
the
rest
of
the
team
that
are
here
today
now
I
have
I,
guess,
I'm,
not
quite
sure
who
I'm
passing
it
off
to
there.
You
go
thanks.
Man.
A
Before
I
bring
up
our
elected
officials
to
say
a
few
words
I
just
want
to
recognize.
Also
we're
thankful
that
Abby
from
Senator
Barrett's
office
is
with
us.
He
was
a
key
leader
in
making
sure
that
this
got
all
the
way
through
this
day
process.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
advocacy
and
your
leadership.
A
I
also
want
to
recognize
Frank
Mendoza,
who
is
our
Austin
Brighton
neighborhood
liaison,
is
here
he's
everywhere
in
the
neighborhood
Tony
desidoro,
the
president
of
the
Austin
civic
association,
who
does
so
much
in
the
community
and
again
many
many
others
so
I'll
invite
up
councilor
Braden,
then
councilor
Lada,
councilor
Bach,
followed
by
rapponin.
That
is
up
to
four
times
more.
We
could
hear
the
70
stats.
G
I
will
say:
70
once
more,
it's
so
shocking
to
think
that
our
housing
produces
70
of
our
greenhouse
gases
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
you
know
I
think
this
is
an
incredible
step
forward
to
make
our
affordable
housing
more
and
energy
efficient.
The
residents
of
our
affordable
housing
are
the
folks
who
need
this
Improvement,
the
most
they
live
on
a
limited
income
and
making
some
Savings
in
their
energy
bills
is
going
to
be
life.
G
Changing
they'll
have
some
more
money
for
other
things
that
they
need,
and
so
I
really
applaud
the
the
work
of
the
CDC
they're
incredible
Partners
here
in
Austin
Brighton,
and
you
know
we
constantly
trying
to
figure
out
what
what
else
can
we
do
here
and
John
then,
is
always
ready
to
take
a
call
and
brainstorm
ideas
and
think
out.
Oh,
is
this
an
opportunity
we
can
use
and
so
I
really
appreciate
all
the
great
work
of
the
CDC
and
their
staff
constantly
thinking
about
how
they
can
make
things
better
for
residents
in
Austin.
G
Brighton
I
also
want
to
thank
the
administration
team,
Sheila,
Dillon,
Chief,
mariama
white
Hammond
for
the
incredible
work
on
their
teams.
They're
constantly
working
to
increase
the
amount
of
affordable
housing
they
have.
We
have
new
builds,
but
also,
as
we've
already
mentioned,
a
lot
of
our
affordable
housing
is
is
older.
G
It's
less
energy
efficient
and
it's
a
really
critical
area
that
we
need
to
work
on,
to
make
it
more
energy
efficient
to
address
our
climate
goals
and
I
really
applaud
the
administration
for
using
every
tool
in
the
kit
and
exploring
all
the
other
ways
that
we
can
improve.
Energy
Efficiency
and
decrease
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
really
make
our
city
more
livable,
but
also
make
our
make
our
world
better.
So,
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
this
morning
and
I
really
appreciate
your
attendance.
Thank
you.
H
70
percent
I
will
not
do
that
good
morning.
Everybody,
my
name,
is
Kendra
Lara
and
I'm.
A
Boston,
City,
councilor
and
I
also
serve
as
the
Boston
City
council's
chair
of
not
only
the
housing
committee,
but
also
the
environmental
justice
committee.
So
this
is
my
favorite
kind
of
announcement.
It
is
the
kind
of
announcement
that
really
honors
the
intersectional
nature
of
the
work
we
have
to
do
if
we
want
to
ensure
that
we
have
a
livable
planet
not
just
for
us,
but
for
all
of
our
descendants.
H
Adopting
this
stretch
code
and
implementing
this
new
program,
I'm
not
going
to
try
to
say
the
very
long
name
is
really
going
to
get
us
to
a
place
that
is
going
to
allow
for
us
not
only
to
implement
these
retrofits
and
to
Electrify
in
a
way
that
is
more
efficient.
But
it's
also
going
to
make
our
buildings
more
resilient
and
you've
heard
the
word
resiliency
here
a
lot,
and
so
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
that
means.
H
Like
Chief
white
Hammond
mentioned
the
people
who
are
going
to
be
hit
the
hardest
by
the
impacts
of
climate
change
are
typically
the
people
who
have
done
the
least
amount
of
damage
and
who
have
done
the
least
to
cause
the
climate
crisis
that
we
find
ourselves
in
today.
There
are
working
class
families
they're
black
and
brown
people
and
they're
also
the
people
who
benefit
and
who
live
in
our
affordable
housing
units,
and
so
when
we
talk
about
resiliency,
we're
talking
about
protecting
our
most
vulnerable
communities,
not
just
now,
but
far
far
off
in
the
future.
H
I
want
to
extend
my
gratitude
to
all
of
the
staff
that
I
know
make
this
possible
because
I
know
in
my
office
my
staff
make
everything
that
we
do
possible
and
I'm
really
excited
to
work
with
counselor
Braden
counselor
Kenzie
Bach,
who
are
also
environmental
justice,
Champions
and
affordable
housing
Champions
on
the
council
to
make
sure
that
we
move
this
legislation
through
as
soon
as
possible.
So
thank
you
all
again.
I
To
start
this
program,
I've
been
trying
to
come
up
with
an
acronym
in
the
last
five
minutes,
but
is
it
is
one
of
the
things
in
that
package
that
I'm
most
excited
about
most
proud
of
and
really
is,
as
you've
heard
today,
an
amazing
case
of
partnership
between
Chief
Dylan
and
chief
white
Hammond
and
the
council
I
figure
since
everyone's
repeating
the
statistics?
I'll
do
some
math.
I
I
So
when
we
talk
about
retrofits
I
think
it's
really
important
for
people
to
recognize
we're
not
just
talking
about
a
sort
of
side
thing
we're
talking
about
60
percent
of
the
city's
emissions
and
the
and
the
emissions
that
we
need
to
reduce
and
and
disappear
By
the
time
of
our
targets,
so
I
just
think
like
this
is
absolutely
at
the
core
of
the
work.
Maybe
the
acronym
should
be
retrofit.
All
the
big
buildings
in
time
rabbit.
That's
my
best
suggestion,
but
you
know
I.
I
Just
what
makes
me
most
excited
about
this
is
an
American
Rescue
plan
fund
project
is
that
when
we
were
looking
at
those
one-time
funds,
the
thing
that
we're
really
thinking
about
is
what's
urgent
right
now,
but
also
because
this
is
one-time
money.
What's
a
way
that
we
can
spend
one-time
money.
That
then
sets
us
up
to
tackle
our
generational
problems,
the
ones
that
we
know
we're
going
to
be
continuing
to
deal
with
even
after
this
money
runs
out
and
so
I
think.
I
I
It
should
not
be
a
situation
where
we
think
about
solving
those
problems,
and
then
we
say,
and
at
some
point
after
the
market
solves
them,
we're
going
to
figure
it
out
in
affordable
housing.
We
have
to
figure
it
out
an
affordable
housing.
First,
we
also
have
to
get
our
young
people
involved
in
leading
that
work.
I
First,
that's
the
another
American
Rescue
plan
fund
project
in
Boston
is
the
power
core
Boston
program,
which
is
aimed
again
squarely
at
making
sure
that,
as
we
drive
demand
in
the
city
for
this
work,
public
and
private,
it's
our
young
people
who
are
leading
that
work.
So
I
just
really
want
to
emphasize
today
the
fact
that
these
are
projects
that
are
meant
to
send
us
on
a
permanent
trajectory
towards
that
green
New,
Deal,
City,
really
excited
the
council
and
mayor
come
together
on
this
everybody's
done.
I
Because
because
you
might
think
a
whole
lot
of
one-time
money
isn't
a
problem,
but
it
is
actually
something
that
really
has
to
be
very
carefully
stewarded
in
order
to
make
sure
that,
as
we
look
back
in
the
decades,
we
say,
hey
Boston
really
had
a
chance
there
and
we
and
we
transformed
it
into
this
kind
of
transformative
change.
So
three
cheers
for
rabbit.
J
Hello,
everyone
pleasure
for
me
to
be
here.
My
name
is
Kevin
honen
I'm
Brian's
brother
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
Extraordinary
leadership
here
in
clean,
green,
safe,
affordable
housing
and
yes,
Reverend
it'll
be
warm
as
well.
This
is
quite
a
neighborhood
here
that
was
developed.
I
thank
the
CDC
for
all
their
leadership.
My
brother
Brian
was
the
city
councilor
here
and
one
of
his
first
jobs
was
he
coordinated
the
Summer
Youth
Employment
Program
for
the
CDC,
and
he
built
with
my
father
and
his
crew
that
park
over
there.
J
It's
been
redeveloped
a
few
times
more
modernized,
but
that
was
one
of
Brian's
things
and
Brian
did
work
with
Legal
Seafood
here
to
get
this
property
with
other
non-profit
funding,
I,
obviously
to
build
something
as
beautiful
as
this
little
Community
like
this.
You
need
a
whole
bunch
of
funders,
so
Brian
was
a
leader
with
that
John
Woods
was
here
then
too.
He
left
for
a
little
while
and
came
back,
but
John
is
an
incredible
leader
in
affordable
housing
and
certainly
in
this
city.
We
need
this
so
much
and
mayor
Wu.
J
Is
it
not
just
a
leader
here
in
Boston
she's,
a
national
leader,
she's,
setting
examples
here
of
how
to
do
it
and
we
thank
her.
We
are
also
deeply
indebted
to
Tony
and
all
the
other
board
members
who
are
here
who
volunteer
their
expertise
and
time
to
the
CDC
and
again
mayor.
Thank
you.
For
being
here.
We
had
Governor
Duvall
Patrick
about
15
years
ago,
sign
his
housing
Bond
bill,
which
is
a
1.4
billion
dollar
Bond
Bill.
We
were
supposed
to
do
the
announcement
here,
but
it
was
raining
that
day.
J
So
we
thank
you
all
for
your
team
and,
and
we
have
a
wonderful
city
council,
it
was
wonderful
to
just
listen
to
you
I
when
I
visit,
my
mother,
she
always
has
that
TV
station
on
so
I
get
to
see
all
of
you
on
Boston
cable.
So
it's
nice
to
see
you
all
in
person
here.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
K
Can
you
tell
me
which
ones
within
that
group?
Are
you
prioritizing
why
those
and
a
couple
of
follow-ups
to
that
is
what
specifically
is
going
to
change?
I
know
you
mentioned
the
the
roof,
the
the
windows.
Can
you
be
a
little
more
specific
as,
for
example,
this
community
right
here?
What
is
going
to
be
retrofitted
and
what's
the
timeline?
Okay,.
A
D
So
the
the
RFP
is
to
attract
projects,
affordable
housing
projects
throughout
the
city,
projects
are
with
15
or
more
units
where
60
of
50
of
the
units
or
more
are
affordable,
deed,
restricted,
affordable,
so
really
city-wide.
D
That's
right:
we
we
typically
I
mean
we
want
to
make
the
you
know
the
opportunity
available
throughout
the
city
and
we'll
then
we'll
start
to
score
the
projects
and,
like
was
said
several
times.
We
really
want
to
learn
from
this
and
then
alert
learn
what
worked.
What
didn't
and
then
scale
it
up
in
the
years
to
come.
F
Specifically,
here
we're
going
to
be
taking
the
skin
right
off
the
of
the
building
and
and
adding
some
additional
insulation
re
reskinning
it
and
then
upgrading
and
modernizing
the
mechanical
systems
here,
so
that
we
can
maximize
the
Energy
Efficiency
at
the
site,
yeah
we're
hoping
that
we
can
start
construction
on
that
in
2024,
so
about
mid-year.
We've
got
to
get
some
other
money
we
have
to
to
get,
but
this
has
really
started
the
snowball
and
we're
really
excited
and
grateful
for
it.
D
So
we're
going
we're
the
limit
is
up
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
per
unit,
so
we're
anticipating
somewhere
between
250
300,
at
least
for
this
first
tranche.