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From YouTube: Boston Common Master Plan Open House #3 - 9-16-20
Description
Third open house for the Boston Common Master Plan. Designers presented their findings and concepts. Members of the community then provided feedback.
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B
B
Zoom
has
a
pre-filled
list
of
languages
and
we're
unable
to
edit
that
we've
reached
out
to
them
to
ask
for
more
language
options.
But
in
the
meantime
this
is
our
workaround
I'll,
introduce
each
of
the
interpreters,
who
will
then
introduce
themselves
and
provide
the
language
you
need
for
the
proper
translation.
B
Unfortunately,
zoom
does
not
provide
interpretation
on
phone
call-ins.
So,
if
you
need
this
service,
you
will
actually,
you
will
need
to
do
so
through
a
computer
or
the
app
for
haitian
creole
samuel
will
be
our
interpreter
and
will
be
listed
under
french
samuel
and
audience
members
who
need
interpretation
for
creole.
Please
select
french
interpretation
tab
now
and
samuel.
If
you
can
introduce
yourself,
that
would
be
great.
B
B
B
B
B
B
For
aslo
asl
we
have
two
interpreters
cindy
and
gabe.
They
will
be
listed
under
japanese,
so
if
members
can
need
interpretation
for
asl,
please
select
japanese,
now
cindy
and
dave.
If
you
can
introduce
yourselves
and
for
audience
members,
if
you
noticed
the
pause,
that's
because
on
the
interpretation
tab
that
they
are
able
to
speak
on
that,
I
want
to
make
sure
everyone
knows
this
meeting
will
be
recorded
and
will
be
available
on
the
project
website
within
a
week.
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B
This
open
house
is
obviously
a
bit
different
than
our
previous
open
houses
will
be.
It
will
be
an
online
presentation
in
this
discussion
put
on
by
the
parks,
department,
park,
design,
team
from
westin
and
sampson
and
the
friends
of
the
public
garden.
I
appreciate
you
trying
this
new
format
of
community
engagement
with
us.
We
certainly
miss
seeing
everyone's
face
in
in-person
interactions
so
again
on
the
top
of
the
screen.
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B
If
you
click
on
the
raise
hand
icon,
it
will
alert,
one
of
the
design
team,
members
and
individuals
will
be
called
upon
in
order
that
hands
were
raised.
You
can
also
enter
your
questions
by
clicking
on
the
q,
a
at
the
bottom
for
anyone
joining
by
phone
you'll
have
to
dial
star
nine,
and
that
will
alert
us
that
your
hand
has
been
raised.
B
You
will
be
called
on
in
the
order
hands
were
raised
and
we,
the
cute
the
question
and
answer
session
will
be
held
at
the
end
of
the
presentation,
we'll
be
holding
the
majority
of
the
questions
until
then,
we
will
also
be
doing
a
few
poll
questions.
This
evening
you
will
see
those
pop
up
in
the
window
and
can
either
answer
directly
on
the
computer
or
text.
In
your
answers,
the
phone
number
to
text
into
is.
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B
Zoom,
unfortunately
only
allows
us
to
enter,
give
10
answer
options,
so
we
had
to
group
a
few
neighborhoods
together,
but
we're
just
looking
to
get
a
sense
of
where
our
audience
members
are
from
this
evening.
So
if
you
do
not
see
your
neighborhood
shown
or
are
from
out
of
state
or
out
of
the
city
of
boston,
please
feel
free
to
enter
it
in
the
q,
a
tab.
A
B
C
Thanks
nate
hi
everyone.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
evening
to
learn
more
about
the
work.
That's
been
going
on
for
the
last
several
months
with
the
boston
common
master
plan
in
terms
of
communicating
with
the
group
of
us
here
tonight,
as
nate
said,
she
explained
how
you
can
raise
your
hand.
If
you
have
questions
during
the
presentation,
you
also
can
use
the
chat
function
and
we'll
see
those
questions.
C
If
you
want
to
raise
your
hand,
that's
best
done
at
the
end
of
the
discussion,
and
then
we
can
call
on
you.
Then.
As
nate
said,
I'm
liza
meyer,
I'm
the
chief
landscape
architect
with
boston
parks
and
recreation.
We
have
about
an
hour
and
a
half
together
tonight,
which
will
include
a
presentation
by
our
design
team
as
well
as
some
time
for
q.
A
the
team
has
a
lot
of
content
to
cover
tonight
and
we
know
that
there
will
be
a
lot
to
talk
about
because
of
that.
C
We've
scheduled
four
follow-up
open
discussion
forums
over
the
next
two
weeks
to
give
people
an
opportunity
to
tune
back
in
to
resume
meeting
the
kind
where
you
can
all
see
each
other's
faces
and
and
talk
more
directly
and
to
dive
more
deeply
into
the
important
topics
we'll
be
introducing
tonight.
So
you
can
see
here
those
four
discussion
forum,
dates
and
times.
This
information
is
posted
on
the
project
website,
bostoncommonmasterplan.com,
where
you'll
also
find
the
recording
from
tonight,
as
well
as
the
slides
that
we're
sharing
tonight
will
be
posted
there
as
well.
C
The
boston
common
is
a
hallmark
park
that,
with
many
ties
to
the
identity
and
history
of
our
city,
we
want
to
respect
the
common
for
what
it
is
and
address
the
ways
in
which
it
can
be
made
better
through
this
master
plan
effort
over
the
past
six
months
through
the
covid
crisis,
the
crucial
role
of
parks
and
open
space
in
our
city
has
been
highlighted,
whether
for
civic
engagement
and
protest,
socially
distanced
gatherings
or
solo
walks.
Our
parks
have
been
essential
for
our
health
and
well-being
as
individuals
and
as
a
community.
C
That
said,
there
are
also
ways
in
which
they
have
suffered
from
a
change
in
patterns
of
use
this
spring
and
summer,
as
some
of
our
favorite
events
and
activities
have
not
been
possible.
This
year,
some
parks
have
never
been
busier
and
others
feel
a
little
bit
lonelier
without
a
daily
influx
of
downtown
workers
and
visitors.
C
We've
reviewed
these
guiding
principles
in
previous
open
houses,
so
we
won't
spend
much
time
on
them
tonight,
but
know
that
these
principles
underpin
all
of
the
work
and
recommendations.
You'll
be
seeing
this
information,
as
well
as
the
master
plan
goals
and
objectives,
can
be
found
on
the
project
website
for
those
who
want
to
dig
into
those
a
little
bit
more
deeply
next
slide.
Please.
C
This
slide
shows
our
project.
Team,
boston
parks
and
recreation
is
working
in
collaboration
with
the
friends
of
the
public
garden
and
are
supported
by
a
team
of
design.
Consultants
led
by
weston
sampson
tonight,
you'll
be
hearing
from
many
people,
both
during
the
presentation
with
others
available
at
the
q
a
at
the
end,
so
lots
of
different
voices
from
from
these
three
different
groups.
Next
slide,
the
master
plan
project
began
in
earnest
last
summer
and
we
plan
to
complete
it
by
this
coming
spring.
C
C
We
also
heard
from
people
how
much
they
love
to
attend
events
and
programs
on
the
common,
and
we
also
heard
about
an
interest
in
expanded
food
offerings.
I
mean
there
were
dozens
and
dozens
of
comments
that
we
heard
we
are
responding
to
those
those
comments
and
that
feedback
in
what
you
see
tonight,
but
if
you
want
to
dig
into
that
information
again
it's
available
on
the
website
and
you
can
find
the
results
of
the
surveys
and
other
outreach
opportunities
we've
had
along
the
way
we
held
two
public
open
houses
to
date.
C
This
is
our
third
tonight.
The
first
was
in
october.
The
second
was
in
january,
in
addition
to
those
in-person
events
back
when
in
person
was
possible,
we've
had
an
online
survey
as
well
as
regular
updates
through
our
project
website
and
social
media
and
participation
in
these
engagement
efforts
really
relies
on
people
spreading
the
word
to
their
network.
So
if
we
appreciate
all
that,
many
of
you
have
done
to
help
with
that,
the
friends
of
the
public
garden
has
been
a
tremendous
partner
with
this
aspect
of
the
work
as
well.
C
So
again,
thank
you
for
joining
us
tonight.
We
look
forward
to
sharing
this
work
with
you
and
to
connecting
with
you
over
the
coming
weeks
about
these
ideas,
as
we
advance
them
further,
and
I
am
now
going
to
turn
it
over
to
gene
bollinger
from
westin
and
sampson.
Who
will
share
the
findings
and
recommendations
with
you
for
park
wide
strategies.
D
Okay,
great
liza.
Thank
you
very
much.
It's
really
fun
to
be
here
tonight
in
the
sense
that
it's
the
first
time
that
we're
really
starting
to
talk
about
strategies
and
recommendations
for
improving
the
fabric
of
boston
common.
So,
as
you
were
noted,
noting
earlier,
we've
been
in
the
listening
mode
for
a
long
time
and
then
we've
spent
this
interim
period
during
the
pandemic,
really
strategizing
about
how
to
make
use
of
everything
we've
heard
and
translating
that
into
actual
physical
improvements
to
the
form
of
boston
common.
D
So
all
of
that
input
to
date
has
really
been
essential
in
helping
us
to
focus
on
the
nature
of
improvements
tonight,
we're
introducing
some
basic
concepts
for
improvements
on
the
common
and
we're
addressing
it
sort
of
in
two
ways.
One
way
is
by
discussing
some
park-wide
strategies
that
relate
to
the
50-acre
fabric
of
boston
common
and
then
I'm
going
to
hand
the
baton
over
to
sherry
and
she's,
going
to
talk
about
some
more
specific
improvements
in
geographically,
more
finite
sections
of
the
comment.
D
D
Canopy
on
boston
common
over
the
decades
and
in
fact,
over
the
centuries
and
the
essence
of
recommendations
for
managing
the
tree
canopy
on
a
going
forward
basis
is
to
be
in
a
position
to
plant
for
future
generations
in
the
same
way
that
our
forebears
did.
So.
We
need
to
be
thinking
in
terms
of
30
years
out,
50
years
out,
100
years
out,
even
in
our
strategic
approach
to
planting
a
common
historically
there's
been
an
emphasis
on
lining
major
corridors
on
the
con.
There's
been
an
emphasis
on
defining
other
spaces.
D
We
all
know,
and
if
you've
witnessed
it
during
this
incredibly
hot
summer,
that's
winding
down
right
now,
people
gravitate
to
shade,
so
we
want
to
do
future
planting
in
a
way
that
understands
how
the
tree
canopy
is
valued
and
in
a
way
that
responds
to
both
formal
and
informal
use
of
the
next
slide.
Please
benches
and
seating.
This
topic
really
goes
hand
in
hand
with
tree
canopy
in
the
essen.
D
So
clearly,
when
we
think
in
terms
of
bench
installations,
we
think
sometimes
on
a
single
side
of
a
linear
pathway.
Sometimes
we
think
in
terms
of
both
sides
of
the
pathway,
and
we
also
think
in
terms
of
supporting
those
special
spaces
that
are
out
on
the
common,
the
spaces
like
brewer
fountain
and
some
of
the
potentially
new
spaces.
That
sherry
will
introduce
that
we
hope
to
activate
from
a
programming
perspective
and
where
we
hope
to
create
additional
seating
opportunities.
D
B
Slide
please
thank
you
for
that
gene
I
just
want
to
interject.
The
mayor
is
able
to
join
us
now,
so
it's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
a
great
supporter
of
the
parks
in
our
city,
who
has
directed
historic
levels
of
funding
to
boston
parks
and
push
for
boston
to
be
the
first
city
on
the
east
coast,
where
all
residents
live
within
a
10-minute
walk
to
a
public
park,
he's
prioritized
equity
and
safety
with
permanent
separated
bike
lanes,
circling
boston,
common
in
the
public
garden
and
now
to
talk
with
sorry.
B
D
D
D
D
So
some
basic
goals
are
to
focus
our
intention
on
restoring
and
enhancing
those
important
circulation
corridors
that
exist
today
to
understand
that
they're
used
for
a
myriad
of
purposes,
including
primarily
pedestrians,
but
also
service
vehicles
and
emergency
vehicles,
and
deliveries
to
the
common
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
So
we
want
to
continue
to
be
aware
of
that
and
restore
them
with
that
in
mind
that
there's
a
hierarchy
of
users,
we've
also
introduced
this
concept
of
creating
an
internal
loop
path
which
would
make
use
of
existing
pathways.
D
So
we
know
there's
a
sensitivity
of
turning
green
space
over
to
hard
space.
So
the
proposal
is
not
to
do
that,
but
it's
to
create
an
opportunity
for
an
internal
loop
that
connects
you
to
some
of
the
most
interesting
features
scattered
about
the
common,
including
the
soon
to
come,
king
boston,
memorial,
and
that
would
be
done
in
subtle
ways
through
pavement
treatments
and
through
wayfinding,
through
possibly
a
phone
app
and
again,
not
through
the
installation
of
additional
pathways.
D
So
these
are
some
of
the
things
that
we're
clearly
focused
on.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
that
talked
about
bicycle
circulation
and
I
think
that
we've
all
come
to
an
understanding
that
the
priority
on
boston
common
really
needs
to
be
granted
to
pedestrians,
and
there
are
many
times
of
peak
use
where
these
pathways
are
absolutely
overflowing,
with
people
moving
from
one
part
of
the
common
to
another,
moving
from
one
part
of
the
city
to
another.
D
So
it's
really
great
and
not
coincidental
that
the
city
is
pursuing
the
development
of
bicycle
connections
around
the
perimeter
of
the
boston
common
that
would
facilitate
movement
between
back
bay
and
downtown
beacon,
hill
and
chinatown
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
without
the
need
to
trans
traverse.
In
a
way
that
can
be
cumbersome
and
inconvenient
to
pedestrians,
the
inner
sanctums
of
of
the
boston
common
next
slide.
Please.
D
So
the
project
team
has
been
looking
at
ways
to
to
transfer
the
possibility
of
hosting
some
of
these
events
and
programs
to
deep
different
geographic
locations
on
the
common.
This
slide
is
identifying
primarily
the
key
footprints
on
the
common
that
now
supports
special
events.
So
it's
the
parade
ground,
it's
an
area
to
the
to
the
northwest
of
the
parkland
bandstand,
it's
the
frog
pond
vicinity
and
it's
an
area
that's
over
to
the
to
the
north
and
west
of
the
visitors
information
center.
D
D
So,
in
the
form
of
some
of
the
recommendations,
we're
looking
to
expand
the
geographic
footprint
of
venues
that
could
potentially
host
events
from
large
to
medium
to
small,
so
we're
looking
to
allocate
space
by
event,
size
and
better
distribute
them
throughout
the
commons.
So
we're
identifying
some
footprints
that
we
think
would
support
additional
programming
and
events,
and
we
want
to
make
better
uses
of
hard
surfaces
that
are
out
in
the
columns.
So
there's
multiple
acres
of
hard
surface
on
the
common.
D
We
perhaps
don't
maximize
their
use
for
staging
for
access
and
for
supporting
some
of
the
special
events
and
programming
that
occurs
in
the
commons.
So
we
would
look
to
do
that.
The
next
slide.
Please
and
finally,
we
want
to
improve
the
infrastructure,
the
physical
infrastructure,
so
the
surface,
the
staging
areas,
the
access
routes
to
these
additional
footprints,
so
that
they
can
host
smaller
events
and
special
programs
at
a
lower
cost
to
the
physical
form
and
condition
of
the
boston
common.
D
B
E
Nate,
thank
you
very
much.
I
heard
I
heard
that
the
first
introduction
was
so
much
more
like
deep
and
thoughtful.
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I'm
not
going
to
take
much
time
out
of
your
schedule,
but
I
just
want
to
first
of
all
thank
everyone
for
the
work
you're
doing
on
this
in
the
planning
of
this
of
boston
common.
I
have
to
tell
you
this
honestly.
E
I've
been
mayor
for
six
years.
I
am
not
focused
on
legacy.
I'm
not
focused
on
that
type
of
stuff,
but
one
of
the
most
exciting
things.
I
think
that
we're
doing
right
now
in
the
city
of
boston
is
the
work
that's
happening
on
the
common
and
franklin
park.
It's
transformative,
it's
you
know
it!
It's
it's
our
central
park.
E
If
you
will
there's
so
much,
I'm
so
excited
about
it,
and
I
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
what
you're
doing
there
when
we
sold
went
to
square
garage.
There
was
no
question
in
my
mind
before
that.
I
was
thinking
about
how
do
we
redo
boston
common,
and
I
wish
we
I
wish
I
owned
the
garage.
I
don't
know
if
this
is
public.
This
is
off
the
record.
E
I
wish
we
owned
the
garage
underneath
because
I
would
take
the
money
from
that
garage
and
invest
it
in
the
park
and-
and
I
would
really
you
know-
have
full
maintenance,
crews
and
safety
and
everything
on
that
park,
because
it
should
be
a
jewel
in
the
heart
of
the
city
and
it
will
be
when
we're
done,
and
so
thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you
for
ryan
and
the
parks
department
team.
E
I'd
see
all
the
beautiful
place
concessions
and-
and
I
thought
to
myself,
that
our
kids
in
boston
deserve
top-notch
baseball
fields
and
top-notch
soccer
and
football
fields,
and
and
as
I
get
older,
you
know
when
I
was
a
state
representative.
I
filed
an
amendment
in
97
and
not
to
boy
you,
but
I
apologize.
E
But
in
97
I
filed
an
amendment
which
was
money
for
21
million
dollars
to
build
pope
john
paul
park,
and
I
filed
an
amendment
for
seven
and
a
half
million
dollars
to
do
the
extension
on
howard
street
and
it
was
part
of
a
bigger
than
a
ponzi.
Greenway
walkway
and
I
saw
how
a
dump
a
movie
did
a
dump.
Now
a
park
is
transformative
to
a
community.
E
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
support.
I
want
to
thank
ryan
and
the
parks
department.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
folks
here
when
this
is
done.
I'm
going
to
look
back
on
this
and
really
see
not
just
talk
about
public
gardens,
but
talk
about
boston
common.
So
that's
really
all
I
have
liz,
no
offense,
I'm
not
taking
anything
away
from
public
gardens,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
and
the
friends
of
the
public
hands.
There's
a
lot
of
you.
Sorry,
I
don't
want
to
take
away
from
any
of
you.
E
I
love
the
public
gardens,
but
I
want
boston
common,
the
other
side
to
be
to
be
as
equally
as
beautiful,
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
to
do
this
work.
Nate.
Thank
you
for
your
introduction.
I
appreciate
that
and-
and
that's
I'm
not
gonna,
take
any
more
time
because
I
know
you're
on
a
limited,
not
limited
time,
but
you
want
to
get
to
the
designs
and
I
want
the
design.
E
B
B
E
Building
a
park
out
here
we're
building
another
park
out
in
front
of
city
hall.
That's
gonna
be
beautiful
as
well.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
compliment.
It's
going
to
be
kind
of
a
a
sister
park.
I
guess
you
will
to
the
common
or
maybe
your
brother
brother
park,
whatever
it
is,
so
we're
going
to
do
some
beautiful
stuff
here.
F
Thanks
nate,
so
we're
going
to
run
through,
as
nate
said,
some
of
the
proposed
improvement
areas
we'll
do
that
relatively
in
short
order,
and
then,
if
you
folks
have
questions
actually,
can
you
go
to
the
next
slide?
Louise
we're
actually
holding
office
hours
if
you
will
or
open
forums
for
conversations
around
specific
areas.
So
we
really
encourage
you
to
join
us.
F
So,
if
you're
interested
in
park
wide
strategies
for
improvements,
that's
happening
on
the
22nd
of
september
from
noon
to
1pm,
it's
bring
your
own
lunch
and
number
two
is
visitor
activities
and
play
that's
on
september,
24th
from
6
to
seven
performances
in
active
recreation,
on
the
29th
from
noon
to
one
and
then
finally
gateways
and
edges
on
october.
First
from
six
to
seven,
and
you
can
see
those
areas
in
the
common
that
are
color
coordinated.
F
F
So
we're
going
to
take
a
look
at
the
areas
that
we
just
showed.
You
jane
already
covered
the
park
wide
strategies,
but
now
we're
going
to
take
a
little
bit
of
a
a
tour
through
some
of
the
more
well-known
activity
areas
on
the
common
and
areas
that
we
saw
really
ripe
with
opportunity
for
improvement,
whether
that
improvement
was
more
multi-generational
use,
ease
of
maintenance,
more
sustainable
design
practices,
more
inclusive
design,
we'll
go
through
those
right
now.
So
the
frog
pond
obviously
really
feels
like
the
heart
of
the
common
to
many
people.
F
We
heard
a
lot
in
our
pop-up
in
chinatown
about
how
the
playground
is
absolutely
critical
to
them
as
a
neighborhood
and
it's
often
incredibly
densely
packed
so
more
shady
seating
is
needed,
more
different
opportunities
for
play
for
big
and
little
kids
in
the
playground
and
the
frog
pond,
and
then
the
pavilion
of
the
frog
pond,
which
is
the
building
that's
adjacent
to
the
frog
pond.
It
really
doesn't
adequately
support
staff
and
visitor
needs.
F
So
in
this
proposed
scenario,
we're
looking
at
expanding
that
building,
which
is
known
as
the
frog
pond
pavilion
and
adding
amenities
that
might
include
food
service
that
might
include
more
bathrooms,
certainly
a
better
facility
to
support
the
chilling
function
for
the
ice
skating
rink.
As
many
people
know
in
the
winter,
the
big
trailers
show
up
behind
the
frog
pond
building
to
help
support
the
chilling
of
the
ice
planting
trees
to
increase
shade
expanding
the
children's
playground.
So
the
previous
slide
showed
the
playground
footprint
this
slide.
F
It's
expanding
it
to
take
up
a
lot
more
of
that
lawn
panel
and
really
to
leverage
the
amazing
components
of
that
landscape
in
that
area.
There's
a
slope
there's
really
cool
trees
and
to
make
it
a
much
more
vibrant,
multi-age
playground
area.
Expanding
seating
options
is
important
across
the
common
and
then
providing
the
infrastructure
for
multi-season
events
and
flexible
programmed
use.
F
So
in
this
first
image
you
see
the
existing
conditions.
This
is
while
it
is
a
reflecting
pool,
so
waiting
is
not
allowed,
but
this
is
the
end
that
the
view
is
taken
from
where
the
snow
is
loaded
when
the
zamboni
empties
out-
and
you
can
see
the
frog
pond
building
and
then
at
the
far
end
is
really
where
that
spray
jet
exists.
F
Next
slide
this
rendering
we
started
to
really
reconsider
what's
possible
here.
Is
it
possible
to
create
a
flush
splash
pad
fountain
in
this
end
of
the
frog
pond,
so
that
there
isn't
standing
water
and
it
becomes
a
much
more
inclusive,
accessible
water
play
feature
and
then,
at
the
end
away?
From
this
view,
there
can
be
the
water
depth
that
everyone
knows
and
appreciates,
and
the
ground
plane
can
slope
evenly
so
that
people
can
move
seamlessly
between
those
two
areas.
F
The
frog
pond
pavilion
itself
could
be
expanded,
and
this
is
based
on
a
study
done
by
the
public
facilities
department
a
few
years
ago,
looking
at
how
that
pavilion
building
can
really
start
to
serve
the
common
in
a
much
more
robust
way
and
relate
on
the
back
side
to
some
of
the
pathways
that
you
see
there
next
slide
and
then
also
possible,
is
to
when,
when
it's
more
of
a
reflecting
pool
is
to
allow
this
area
to
be
more
plaza,
could
it
have
tables
and
chairs
and
umbrella
seating?
Could
it
have
vendors?
F
F
So
then,
as
we
look
at
the
visitor
information
center,
one
of
the
things
we
really
heard,
besides
the
need
for
more
restrooms,
which
you'll
all
note
is
a
theme
throughout.
What
we've
heard
is
that
the
building
itself
is
actually
incredibly
small.
The
inside
you,
a
lot
of
folks
have
gone
in
to
use
the
bathroom
and
it
is
tight
and
it
really
is
not
serving
the
intent
for
tourism
and
really
as
a
as
a
welcome
center
for
folks
visiting,
it's
also
disconnected
from
park
street
station.
F
So
when
people
come
up
from
the
team,
they're
sort
of
looking
for
where
the
visitor
information
center
is-
and
it's
not
obvious,
so
it
it
ends
up
feeling
disconnected
from
the
rest
of
the
park
and
almost
more
like
it's
connected
to
tremont
street,
and
we
wanted
to
take
a
look
at
how
to
reconnect
that
with
the
frog
pond.
The
bandstand
and
a
future
connection
to
the
king
memorial
will
also
be
needed
next
slide.
F
So
here
you
can
see
we
were
considering
expanding
the
visitor
information
center
so
that
there
is
more
space
for
more
bathrooms
and
then
it
also
actually
has
a
face
to
it
that
fronts
the
park
itself,
so
we're
taking
a
look
at
visitor
resources
and
amenities
establishing
a
pedestrian
connection
between
the
center
and
the
mayor's
walk.
As
you
can
see
at
the
center
providing
pathway
connections
that
will
really
connect
folks
to
all
of
the
amazing
amenities
that
are
around
the
visitor
information
center
and
increase
seating
options
and
park
way.
F
Finding
and
the
next
image,
you
will
see
an
existing
photo
of
the
back
of
the
visitor
information
center.
Now
I
think
it's
most
beloved
for
off
to
the
left.
Sometimes
the
ranger
horses
hang
out
there,
but
this
is
a
really
underutilized
parcel
of
land
and
a
huge
potential
for
connecting
to
the
common
and
providing
a
whole
new
opportunity
for
gathering
space
and
seating
and
programming,
and
in
the
next
image,
you'll
see
some
of
the
thinking
about
what
that
could
look
like.
F
So
we're
talking
about
an
accessible
pathway
that
might
have
seating
on
either
side
a
really
beautiful
tree,
canopy
planting
and
a
doorway
that
allows
you
to
enter
the
visitor
information
center,
potentially
grab
a
snack
use.
The
bathroom
get
a
map
or
scan
a
qr
code
on
your
phone
and
get
a
specific
tour
that
can
be
self-led.
F
So
this
next
area
is
what
we're
calling
the
athletics
area
and
to
follow
up
on
mayor
walsh's
comments
about
really
having
outstanding
facilities
for
the
city
of
boston.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
this
pandemic
has
offered
is
an
opportunity
for
a
lot
of
these
athletic
fields
to
rest
and
to
not
be
used
as
intensely.
F
F
F
They
look
like
they
sort
of
fell
out
of
the
sky,
but
they,
I
think
it
was
just
intended
to
be
directly
north
south,
but
they're
not
congruence
with
the
surrounding
pathways
and
so
we're
looking
to
make
everything
just
fit
a
little
better
and
in
the
next
slide,
you'll
see
some
of
our
early
thinking
about
what
that
might
look
like.
So
here
we've
actually
combined
the
ball
fields
into
one
multi-use
facility.
F
That
would
have
a
movable
pictures,
mound
and
movable
bases
so
that
age,
groups
and
and
play
levels
could
all
be
addressed
in
one
facility,
and
that
means
there'd
only
be
one
backstop,
which
is
the
large
vertical
chain
link
fence
that
you
see
out
there
now
in
the
top
left
corner.
We're
looking
at
a
fully
accessible
restroom
facility
and
increasing
the
flexibility
of
the
actual
athletic
field
means
that
a
rectangular
field
could
be
in,
as
you
can
see,
ghosted
in
in
the
outfield
area
and
run
that
whole
distance.
F
This
allows
there
to
be
a
wide
variety
of
sports
and
events.
People
can
play
sideways
on
the
field
for
younger
kids.
It
really
just
increases
flexibility
and
allows
it
to
serve
a
much
broader
range
of
residents
and
visitors.
So
we're
also
looking
to
improve
visibility
and
access,
and
you
can
see
that
the
tennis
courts
have
been
rearranged.
They're
now
end
to
end,
and
they
run
along
the
pathway
and
that
area
to
the
left
or
to
the
west
of
those
tennis.
F
F
So
here's
an
image
of
the
existing
conditions
and
you
can
see
the
wear
patterns
in
the
lawn
from
intense
use.
You
can
see
the
tennis
courts
and
you
can
see
the
umbrellas
at
the
earl
of
sandwich
area
and
in
the
next
slide
you
will
see
proposed
conditions
which
really
expand
that
athletic
lawn
area
combine
the
ball
fields
into
one.
F
F
So
we're
at
park
street
station
here
and
one
of
the
things
about
park
street
that's
a
little
deceiving
is
that
it
might
seem
like
it's
pretty
flat
because
it's
all
paved,
but
the
slope
from
park
street
down
to
the
t
station
is
actually
pretty
steep.
So
for
anyone
in
a
wheelchair
or
in
a
walker
or
with
any
sort
of
mobility
impairment,
it
actually
is
a
real
challenge
to
navigate
through,
and
not
only
is
that.
Is
it
a
challenge
from
the
slow
perspective,
but
also
because
there's
not
clarity
about
where
pedestrians
should
be
moving.
F
F
I'm
sure
many
of
us
are
familiar
with
the
improvements,
the
award-winning
improvements
that
were
just
made
to
government
center,
where
there
are
sloped
walkways
with
terrace,
seating
and
stairs,
and
you
can
see
an
image
there
of
what
that
looks
like
and
we've
talked
to
a
bunch
of
folks
who
know
both
spaces,
and
they
really
have
appreciated
how
easy
it
is
to
navigate
the
improvements
at
government
center.
So
we're
just
taking
a
look
at
what
might
be
possible
here
at
park
street.
F
That
would
allow
us
to
provide
better
support
infrastructure
for
vending
and
programmed
use,
improve
the
wayfinding
really
protect
that
iconic
viewshed
up
to
the
state
house
through
liberty
mall,
but
also
allow
there
to
be
a
meaningful
pedestrian
arrival
and
wayfinding
through
brewer,
plaza
over
to
the
new
visitor
information
center
plaza.
Next.
F
So
one
of
the
things,
of
course,
that's
also
incredibly
important
about
the
common,
and
I
you
know
it's
funny
how
the
mayor
noted
the
public
garden
and
that's
what
everyone
thinks
of
and
that's
partly
because
it
is
so
ornamental
and
lush
there.
But
another
thing
that
makes
the
public
garden
feel
so
special
is
that
the
entrances
and
the
thresholds
are
very
ornamental
and
very
ceremonial,
and
I
feel
like
in
some
cases
in
the
common.
F
That's
not
necessarily
the
case,
so
we're
looking
in
this
particular
case
at
charles
street
right,
mid
block
and
you
can
see
in
those
images
if
you're
standing
in
the
middle
of
the
road
don't
stand
there
too
long.
But
if
you
do
in
one
direction,
you're
looking
at
the
public
garden
and
then
you
turn
180
degrees
and
you're
looking
into
the
common
and
aside
from
the
difference
in
vegetation
which
is
really
intentional
and
important
difference
between
the
common
and
the
public
garden,
there's
really
a
lack
of
gateway
here
as
you
move
across
charles
street.
F
So
in
the
section
on
the
bottom,
we're
looking
at
really
historically
influenced
typology
of
pillars
and
peers
and
fencing
that
will
create
this
really
meaningful
threshold
that,
as
you
cross
in
you,
know,
you're
going
into
somewhere
special.
The
common
is
america's
oldest
public
park
and
worthy
of
more
celebratory
gateways
and
entrances.
Next.
F
So
those
are
the
areas
that
we've
taken
a
look
at
and,
as
I
mentioned,
the
intention
is
for
us
to
take
a
deeper
dive
into
each
of
these
on
the
22nd
from
noon.
To
one
is
the
parkway
strategies
that
gene
talked
about
and
then
we're
going
to
take
a
deeper
dive
into
visitor
activities
and
play
so
that'll,
be
the
frog
pond
plague
and
tadpole
playground.
Performances
and
active
recreation
is
on
the
29th
from
12
to
1
and
gateways
and
edges
is
in
october,
first
from
six
to
seven.
F
Once
we
get
all
this
feedback
from
all
the
various
sessions
and
we've
there's
gonna,
be
polls
available
you'll
be
able
to
submit
comments
not
only
from
what
you've
seen
and
heard
today,
but
throughout
the
next
few
weeks,
so
that
we
can
really
collect
a
lot
of
robust
feedback.
We're
going
to
consider
all
of
that
and
then
we're
going
to
come
back
to
everyone
at
a
date
that's
to
be
determined
with
a
revised
plan.
F
B
B
All
right
that
is
30
seconds,
which
was
just
long
enough
for
my
toddler
to
sneak
by
I
christine
there.
They
are
perfect,
so
we
have
67,
are
going
to
attend
the
park
wide
strategies
for
improvements,
44
visitors
and
activities
in
play,
51
for
performances
in
active
recreation
and
54
for
gateways
and
edges.
B
So
I
think
at
this
point
we're
going
to
start
the
question
and
answer
portion
of
the
evening
and
I
have
to
open
it
up
so
bear
with
me.
There
we
go
so
we
have
just.
We
just
want
to
reiterate
again
the
the
methods
of
engagement
for
that.
If
you
click
the
raise
hand
that
will
indicate
on
our
to
one
of
the
design
team
members
that
you
are
wanting
to
ask
a
question,
we
will
then
unmute
you
and
you'll
be
able
to
ask
that
question.
B
You
also
can
click
on
the
q,
a
portion,
icon
and
type.
Your
question
in
that
way
and
they'll
be
taken
on
a
first
come
basis
if
you're
on
the
phone
tonight,
you'll
be
dialing,
star,
9
and
that
will
raise
your
hand
and
you'll
have
to
dial
star
six
to
unmute
yourself
and
so
that
you
can
ask
that
question
all
right.
What
is
our
first
question
for
the
evening.
G
F
That's
a
great
question
and
it's
something
that
we
heard
a
lot
in
the
outreach
and
in
the
pop-up
commons
from
neighbors
and
folks
that
use
that
playground,
and
that
is
exactly
one
of
the
main
reasons
that
we
want
to
expand.
The
footprint
is
to
give
more
breathing
room
for
younger
kids
for
older
kids
for
different
kinds
of
play
right
now.
F
The
structure
that's
in
there
is
very
beloved,
and
it's
really
a
pretty
big
structure
with
limited
capacity
for
different
age
groups,
and
so
we
will
be
taking
a
look
at
how
to
maximize
that
footprint
and
think
about
gross
motor
skills
and
fine
motor
skills
and
age-appropriate
play,
and
also
some
quieter
spaces
off
to
the
side,
so
that
people
can
take
a
break
and
have
a
snack
because,
right
now
it
is
on
really
beautiful
days
completely
overrun.
So
great
question
and
the
answer
is
definitely
yes.
G
F
Another
great
question:
it's
definitely
something
that
we've
taken
a
look
at
and
we've
considered,
and
we've
heard
from
a
lot
of
folks
that
those
two
tennis
courts
and
and
witnessed
that
those
two
tennis
courts
are
very
well
used
and
do
see
a
lot
of
different
folks
occupying
them
from
time
to
time.
It's
something
we
also
take
into
consideration.
F
F
F
It
is
right
near
deer
park,
which
is
currently
the
maintenance
yard
and,
of
course,
let's
not
forget
the
mbta
stop,
and
so
we
do
know
that
the
t
is
working
very
hard
at
a
green
line.
Transformation
plan
and
both
park
street
and
boylston
street
t-stops
are
under
consideration
for
improvements
to
accessibility
and
safety
and
those.
Ultimately,
those
decisions
will
obviously
have
an
impact
on
the
surface
of
the
common.
F
So
we
are
coordinating
closely
with
the
t
to
make
sure
we
understand
what
their
needs
are
and
work
to
come
up
with
a
great
solution
that
honors
the
park
with
the
appropriate
response,
but
also
provides
the
tea
with
things
that
they
need,
and
so
that
area
is
just
delayed
a
bit
behind
the
others.
Because
of
those
other
considerations
that
are
happening.
G
D
So
this
is
the
corner
of
boylston
street
and
charles
street.
I
assume
is
that
question.
So
it
is
a
good
question
and
it
could
be
a
minor
oversight.
We
have
talked
about
one's
arrival
from
the
public
garden
across
charles
street
and
from
the
park
square
area
and
from
where
the
transportation
building
is
located.
H
D
It
ally
aligns
with
columbus
avenue,
which
heads
all
the
way
out
into
the
south
end,
and
I
think
that
we're
looking
to
bring
certain
aspects
of
what
sherry
was
laying
out
for
this
primary
entrance
at
the
midpoint
on
charles
street,
connecting
to
the
public
garden
to
each
one
of
the
entrances.
So
we're
looking
to
upgrade
and
create
sort
of
a
similar
design
vocabulary.
D
Sense
of
arrival
at
multiple
locations,
including
the
corner
of
charles
and
beacon,
where
there
already
is
a
gateway
that
has
some
historic,
lineage
associated
with
it
to
the
center
block
on
charles
street.
I
think
to
that
edge
and
entrance
at
boylston
and
charles
street,
and
also
to
what
sherry
was
just
talking
about
at
the
boston
street
station
and
earlier
at
the
park
street
station
and
in
fact,
maybe
a
little
bit
of
that
motif
to
the
arrival
of
the
visitors
information
center,
which
aligns,
of
course,
with
a
street
coming
off
of
washington
street
across
the
way.
D
So
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
this
and
you
know
I'm
actually
somebody
that
negotiates
this
area
via
bicycle
and
I've
come
appreciate
to
come
to
appreciate
the
most
efficient
and
most
safe
ways
to
get
around.
I
mentioned
that
there
will
be
articulated
bicycle
accommodations
installed
along
tremont
street
boylston
street
charles
street,
and
we
think
that
this
will
be
very
helpful
in
facilitating
the
movement
of
bicycles
around
the
perimeter
of
the
calm.
D
But
I
think
when
the
comment
gets
back
to
operating,
acting
functioning.
The
way
it
has
historically
with
tremendous
amount
of
commuter
use
that
introducing
bicycle
to
these
corridors
really
creates
complications
that
we're
trying
to
avoid
we're,
also
not
trying
to
expand
the
width
of
these
quarters
dramatically
to
accommodate
an
additional
use.
So
I
hope
that
helps,
at
least
in
part
respond
to
that.
To
that
question,.
G
C
Just
a
mute
yeah,
those
are
those
are
real
concerns,
and
I
mentioned
at
the
very
beginning
of
the
presentation
tonight
that
you
know
we've
seen
changing
patterns
of
use
out
on
the
common
and
in
many
many
parks.
It's
not
something.
That's
only
happening
on
the
common
during
the
covid
pandemic.
For
the
last
six
months,
it's
really
changed
how
people
use
public
space
in
in
myriad
ways,
both
you
know
increasing
use
by
some
decreasing
use.
C
C
C
With
a
hope
that,
over
time
that
patterns
of
use,
you
know
go
back
to
a
place
where,
if
some
people
are
feeling
uncomfortable
on
the
common
now
that
they
will
feel
comfortable
again
and
will
start
to
see,
maybe
a
better
balance
of
activity
in
the
future.
But
this
is
a
long-term
issue.
It's
not
something
that
will
be
able.
You
know
it
didn't
just
spring
up
overnight
and
it's
not
going
to
be
resolved
overnight,
but
it
will
take
regular
time
and
commitment
going
forward.
B
H
Hi,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
hi
everyone.
This
is
a
very
exciting
project,
glad
to
see
it
happening.
I
just
had
a
quick
question
about
the
park
ranger
mounted
unit
which,
when
they're
there
they're
a
beloved
iconic
safety
presence
tourist
attraction,
they
come
with
a
trailer,
usually
and
a
place
when
they're
off
duty-
and
I
know
the
friends-
have
been
big
supporters
over
the
years
when
it
was
mentioned
that
that
area
could
be
improved
or
transformed
just
wondering
hoping
that
they're
you're
accounting
for
some
space
for
them
somewhere.
F
Sarah,
thank
you.
We
are
absolutely
they're
an
important
part
of
the
common
and
the
culture
there,
and
I
think
that
there
are
a
couple
of
opportunities
to
think
about
the
rangers
presence
and
how
they
can
be
most
effective,
and
we
absolutely
have
heard
that
the
horses
and
the
mounted
unit
are
an
awesome
part
of
the
common
and
it's
something
that
will
absolutely
be
integrated
in
the
master
plan.
So
thank
you.
It's
a
great
question.
Thank
you.
G
We'll
chime
in
again
with
some
questions
that
we've
received
in
the
interim
sherry
for
you,
will
there
be
an
effort
to
purchase
more
appropriately
sized
park
maintenance
vehicles
in
the
near
future.
The
trucks
are
off
at
block
rail,
the
railroad,
mall
and
some
other
paths.
During
more
morning,
commutes.
F
So
I'll
start
but
liza,
if
you
want
to
jump
in,
let
me
know
so.
I
know
we
have
worked
very
closely
with
the
superintendent
of
maintenance.
He
has
been
involved
in
this,
and
I
know
that
there
are
absolutely
aspirational
goals
of
getting
more
sustainably
powered
trucks
and
potentially
smaller
scaled
vehicles,
so
that
they
don't
take
up
as
much
room
and
they
don't
have
as
big
an
impact
on
the
common
and
that's
all
part
of
how
we
look
at
the
pathways
as
well.
F
Making
sure
pathways
are
the
right
width
and
turning
radiuses
actually
are
super
important,
so
you'll
see
really
sharp
corners
might
be
especially
worn
and
that's
because
maintenance,
the
maintenance
trucks,
are
having
a
hard
time
navigating.
So
it's
twofold.
One
is
making
sure
that
the
common
is
designed
in
a
way
that
can
receive
the
highest
and
best
maintenance
and
then
also
sort
of
making
sure
that
the
maintenance
strategy
and
the
materials
available
to
them
are.
C
Right-Sized
yeah,
I
don't
think,
there's
much
to
add,
except
to
say
that
there's
a
whole
layer
of
master
planning
that
is
spatially
oriented
that
is
sort
of
what
we're
talking
about
tonight
and
then
there's
a
layer.
That's
more
management,
oriented
that
we're
touching
on
tonight
through
the
q,
a
mostly
less
so
in
the
presentation.
C
But
that
does
not
mean
that
those
management
questions
aren't
part
of
thinking
in
the
master
plan,
and
that
involves
maintenance,
yes
and
rangers,
and
safety
and
events,
and
when
is
when
is
a
lawn
panel
allowed
to
rest
after
it's
just
had
5
000
people
on
it,
these
kinds
of
things
that
all
go
into
making
the
park
a
success
overall
funding.
You
know
all
of
that.
G
I
Well,
thank
you
for
asking
that
question.
As
we
all
know,
we
will
be
having
a
king
memorial
on
the
common.
It's
been
at
work.
The
mass
design
group
and
king
boston
have
been
hard
at
work
on
moving
that
process
forward,
that
design
forward
and
the
friends
and
western
samson
and
the
parks
department
have
been
working
very
closely
with
them.
I
So
it's
been
a
really
good
working
process
with
them.
I
think
it's
going
to
take
some
time
to
get
it
to
the
point
where
it
is
ready
to
be
to
be
built.
It
will
certainly
be
well
used.
People
are
coming
to
the
visitor
center
already
and
asking
where
the
king
memorial
is
so
we
anticipate
there
will
be
a
tremendous
amount
of
use
of
it
and
a
lot
of
interest
and
and
people
flocking
to
see
it
and
experience
it.
I
think
that's
going
to
mean
that
there
will
be
an
important
one.
G
D
Sure
it's
a
good
question:
it's
it's
something
that
has
come
up
at
earlier
interactions.
It's
something!
We've
talked
about
a
lot.
It's
something
that
we've
been
trying
to
observe.
You
know
the
continued
operation
of
the
rotating
dog
park,
footprints
that
are
out
in
the
common
today
and
for
folks
that
make
use
of
it
regularly.
The
one
that's
over
closer
to
beacon
street
is
the
one
that
seems
to
be
in
the
highest
demand
very
frequently.
D
You
know,
there's
eight
or
10
or
12
dogs
in
there
and
their
owners
congregating
in
that
area.
A
lot
of
folks
like
to
sit
and
hang
out
in
that
area,
because
the
views
of
back
bay
are
really
quite
beautiful
over
there.
But
it's
been
something
that
is
very
difficult
to
maintain
and
long
term
very,
very
hard
to
sustain
and
at
any
given
time
you
will
notice
pet
and
their
owners
actually
outside
of
that
footprint.
D
But
anyway,
what
we
tried
to
do
was
understand
what
was
the
square
footage
that
was
dedicated
to
that
and
then
there's
a
slight
buffer
zone
surrounding
that
the
adjacent
pathways
that
define
it.
And
then
we
looked
at
the
size
of
the
one,
that's
over
closer
to
trendline
street
as
well,
and
the
footprint
that
we're
showing
over
adjacent
to
the
tennis
courts
we
think,
is
a
strong
location
because
it's
in
between
the
ball
fields,
the
tennis
courts,
it's
near
potential,
restroom
accommodations
and
it's
a
little
bit
out
of
the
fray.
D
D
So
we
can
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
more
at
the
next
interaction,
and
perhaps
we
can
make
a
chart
available
that
identifies
the
square
footages
that
are
at
play
here
in
regard
to
the
two
rotating
footprints
that
are
out
there.
Now.
What
we're
showing
is
this
proposed
footprint
and
maybe
related
to
some
other
dog
park
amenities?
The
city
has
implemented
in
neighborhoods
surrounding
the
downtown
area.
So
look
for
some
more
information
to
be
shared
on
that.
But
thank
you
for
the
comment.
G
Thank
you.
Gene
I'm
going
to
pass
over
to
sherry
for
a
question
more
on
the
physical
improvements
on
ball
fields.
Are
we
planning
to
illuminate
those
and
what
hours
would
they
be
eliminated
and
then
to
to
a
supplementary
question
about
basketball
courts,
just
clarifying
what
our
intentions
are
there.
F
F
We're
also
taking
a
look
at
a
movable
outfield
fence
so
that
during
baseball
and
softball
seasons
there
can
potentially
be
an
outfield
fence
for
that
playability
and
then,
when
that
season
is
over,
it
potentially
could
be
removed
to
allow
much
more
flexibility
and
the
intention
here,
as
far
as
when
is
it
going
to
be
open?
When
is
it
going
to
be
closed?
It's
all
going
to
be
a
part
of
the
permitting
and
the
demand,
and
that's
something
that
the
parks
department
will
evaluate
as
those
requests
come
in
to
respond
to
the
question
about
basketball.
F
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
someone
else
asked
about
that
as
well,
and
there's
a
lot
of
possibility
here.
One
is
a
multi-use
court
that
allows
this
paved
area
to
function
in
different
ways.
We're
also
we've
taken
a
close
look
at
where
the
other
basketball
amenities
are
in
the
neighborhoods.
How
far
away
are
they
and
do
they
serve
the
area
of
the
common,
and
we've
also
taken
note
that
those
tennis
courts
are
well
used
and
are
sought
out
by
a
lot
of
folks
and
are
often
busy,
and
you
often
have
to
wait.
F
So
you
know
with
unlimited
time
and
money.
The
whole
thing
is
a
priority.
There's
no
question,
and
I
think
that
there's
two
parts
to
this
one
is
the
park
wide
infrastructure
pathways,
trees,
things
that
gene
talked
about
at
the
beginning,
there's
absolutely
a
priority
to
make
the
park
more
accessible,
more
inclusive
and
easier
to
maintain,
and
then
on
the
second
hand,
there's
also
really
specific
capital
improvements
that
I
think
of
more
as
transformative
projects.
So
the
frog
pond
is
an
example.
It's
a
hub
of
activity.
F
It
certainly
has
served
the
park
well,
but
the
use
is
really
outgrown
the
capacity
and
the
playground
the
use
has
outgrown
the
capacity
and
so
that's
an
area.
I
think
that
would
really
go
a
long
way
with
an
investment
of
renovation
and
transformation
that
would
serve
a
larger
pos
population
in
a
much
more
inclusive
way.
So
I
think
the
same
can
be
said
about
parkland,
bandstand
and
other
places,
but
we
really
want
to
be
strategic
about
where
we
start
so
that,
as
we
move
forward,
other
pieces
fit
and
fall
into
place.
G
Great,
thank
you
so
much
sherry,
a
question
for
jean.
What
is
the
use
of
adding
canopy
trees
on
tremont
street,
and
maybe
just
it's
a
lengthier
response
here
and
I
can
read
it.
The
benches
that
were
recently
added
across
from
residential
buildings
are
mostly
used
utilized
by
drug
dealers
or
pot
smokers
and
since
most
people,
families
and
visitors
who
visit
the
come
and
go
inside
the
park
and
don't
hang
around
the
benches.
D
H
D
You
know
there's
some
complications
to
planting
along
tremont
street.
To
begin
with,
so
we'd
have
to
go
back
to
that
plan,
which
I'm
not
suggesting
we
do,
and
the
plan
is
really
quite
conceptual
anyway.
We're
trying
to
indicate
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
consider
additional
planting
where
it
makes
sense-
and
I
think
that
gets
vetted
in
a
forum
much
like
this
in
regard
to
where
it
gets
where
additional
tree
plantings
get
implemented
and
it
probably
gets
they
probably
get
implemented
on
a
couple
of
different
mechanisms.
D
There
may
be
an
opportunity,
the
opportunity
to
do
some
common
wide
planting
and
that's
one
way.
The
second
way
is
through
the
individual
improvement
programs
that
sherry's
been
talking
about.
You
know
the
opportunity
to
do
tree
planting.
In
conjunction
with
that,
I
don't
think
that
we're
suggesting
a
great
deal
of
additional
tree
planting
along
tremont
street
the
canopy
is
fairly
robust
in
places.
D
D
D
Some
of
them
have
just
not
been
replaced.
They've,
worn
out,
they've,
been
damaged
and
haven't
been
replaced.
Sometimes
a
bench
has
been
removed
because
it's
proven
to
be
problematic
relative
to
the
use
that
occurs
in
around
on
top
of
that
bench.
So
I
think
we
do
want
to
continue
to
be
aware
of
that
and
the
activities
that
occur
in
different
parts
of
the
common.
D
So
I'd
also
just
note,
as
we've
been
talking
about,
there
may
have
been
problems
historically,
even
before
covert,
but
certainly
some
of
what
we're
seeing
out
on
the
comet
at
this
moment.
Time
is
even
more
acute,
so
it'd
be
great
to
see
things
settled
back
down
again.
It
would
be
great
to
see
the
throngs
return
to
the
common
and
when
high
numbers
of
people
return
to
the
common
using
using
in
the
way,
that's
appropriate
and
desired
and
intended
it
tends
to
discourage
some
of
the
other
activities
that
may.
G
D
Is
that
sticking
with
me?
I
I
trust,
since
everybody
else
is
conveniently
muted,
so
you
know
we've
identified.
This
is
a
great
and
amazing
resource,
an
incredible
historical
asset
out
on
the
column
we'd
like
to
improve
accessibility
to
it.
I'm
not
sure
how
much
detail
the
master
plan
will
get
into
in
that
regard,
but
it's
definitely
a
goal
to
improve
the
availability
of
that
burial,
ground
footprint,
people's
ability
to
get
to
it
to
circumvent
it,
to
understand,
what's
great
and
unique
and
amazing,
within
the
confines
of
that
burial
ground.
D
At
the
same
time,
it's
a
really
delicate
space.
So
I
think
we
have
to
be
cognizant
of
that
and
provide
improved
access
in
a
way
that
sort
of
makes
sense
and
doesn't
create
too
much
pressure
on
a
resource.
That's
that's
relatively
delicate
and
liz.
I
don't
know
if,
if
you
have
some
thoughts
on
this
or
you
or
eliza,
even
that
you
want
to
chime
in
on
is
beyond
what
I've
said.
I
Yeah,
I
would
just
say
it
is
an
amazing
space.
It's
a
beautiful
space,
mature
trees.
We
heard
in
the
last
public
meeting.
I
was
in
the
breakout
that
talked
about
this,
this
corner
of
the
park
and
there
was
interest
in
in
being
able
to
get
in
there
with
greater
ease
and
there's
some
limitations
in
some
of
the
access
points
like
along
railroad
mall,
it's
not
easy
to
get
in
there.
We
have
crips
and
you
can't
get
through
that,
but
whatever
in
whatever
ways
we
can
increase
accessibility.
I
As
you
said,
gene
we
want
to
try
and
do
it,
because
it
is
really
a
wonderful
part
of
the
common,
and
I
actually
love
that
picture
that
we
show
when
we
started
doing
parkway
strategies.
It
shows
the
cemetery.
Many
people
don't
even
know.
There's
a
cemetery,
don't
acknowledge,
there's
a
cemetery.
So
in
whatever
way
we
can
make
it
a
more
accessible
and
comfortable
place
to
go.
We
would
like
to
do
that.
G
A
I
It's
absolutely
a
great
question
and
we
all
very
much
miss
the
pilot
bathrooms
that
we
don't
have
out
there
this
year.
800
people
a
day
are
not
able
to
use
them
as
did
last
year.
So
it's
a
real
loss
and
as
you
who
asked
it,
probably
no,
we
have
security,
we
have
a
cleaning
regimen
and
those
are
absolutely
important
things.
I
think
a
couple
of
things
we
need
to
explore.
We
talk
about
the
restrooms
by
the
the
playing
fields
is
a
design
question.
I
There
are
some
bathrooms
that
are
designed
to
minimize
safety
issues
and
and
use
issues,
and
we
also
have
to
talk
about
whether
we
combine
that
with
some
staffing
is
there
somebody
there
that
has
another
role
in
the
park
and
is
getting
into
the
question
of
maintenance
and
management
which
we
have
not
addressed
tonight,
but
we
are
thinking
about
and
talking
about
is
how
can
we
improve
and
strengthen
the
maintenance
and
management
of
this
park?
And
what
does
it
mean
for
staffing
as
well
as
just
the
operations
that
happen
out
there?
I
G
Thank
you,
liz
I'll,
pass
it
over
to
liza
for
a
question
about
enforcement
of
bicycles.
So
the
question
is:
how
do
the
planners
anticipate
enforcement
of
the
proposed
restriction
on
bicycles,
crossing
the
common
and
note
that
there's
now
no
smoking
on
the
common,
which
is
never
enforced?
Bicycles,
are
very
resistant
to
having
having
a
restriction
right.
C
Yeah,
I
think
that's
fair
and
I
don't
expect
that
people's
activities
are
gonna.
You
know
they're
gonna
change
their
ways
overnight,
but
I
we
have
not
had
the
kind
of
bicycle
infrastructure
around
the
common.
That's
proposed
to
be
made
permanent,
like
the
recent
announcement
for
dedicated
bike
lanes
around
this
park
and
those
dedicated
bike
lanes
are
going
to
be
installed
in
a
way
so
that
they're
sending
people
on
the
desirable
routes,
the
more
level
routes
around
the
common
that
are.
C
You
know
we're
not
asking
people
to
go
up
over
beacon
street.
In
order
to
get
from
point
a
to
point
b,
they
can
take
the
the
flatter
route
around
to
boylston
to
get
downtown.
So
I
think
once
there's
a
safer
way.
That's
not
who
would
want
to
bike
down
charles
street.
That's
terrifying,
and
I
think
that
if
we
can
create
the
infrastructure
that
that
makes
bicycling
in
the
city
work
better,
then
we
have
a
way
to
say
your
bike.
C
You
know
you
can't
be
biking
in
this
park,
but
right
now
there
aren't
safe
places
or
until
recently,
there
weren't
safe
ways
for
people
to
bike
around
the
common
and
so
by
providing
that
it
gives
it
gives
people
a
way
way
to
to
move
around.
So
enforcement
enforcement
happens
in
a
few
different
ways.
Park
rangers
can
help
with
enforcement
park.
Staff
can
help
with
enforcement
park.
Users
can
help
with
enforcement
by
by
demonstrating
the
right
behavior
by
being
someone
who
walks
their
bike
through
the
common
instead
of
being
on
their
bike.
C
It's
similar
to
you,
know
dog
use
and
you
know
proper
use,
proper
behavior
with
dogs
and
parks
and
improper
behavior
with
dogs
and
parks.
You
know,
there's
it's
impossible
to
go
out
and,
and
you
know,
catch
every
last
person-
who's
not
managing
their
dog
properly,
but
dog
owners
can
model
good
dog,
behavior
bike.
Riders
and
bike
users
can
model
good
bike
behavior,
and
I
hope
that
we'll
get
to
a
place
where
we
don't
see
as
many
bikes
on
the
common
as
we
do
now.
I
Yeah
I
mean
we
have
money.
As
the
mayor
said,
we
have
money
from
winter
square,
which
is
great,
but
that's
going
to
be
a
drop
in
the
bucket
when
we
actually
do
this
plan.
When
the
final
recommendations
get
put
on
paper
and
we
we
cost
them
out,
it
will
be
many
more
millions
of
dollars
and
23
million.
There
are
some
opportunities,
for
instance
the
frog
pond.
I
think
there
will
be
opportunities
for
the
city
to
find
corporate
support
foundation
support.
I
think
we
need
well.
I
We
certainly
do
need
to
take
that
basic
pot
of
money
and
multiply
it
many
times
so
getting
back
to
sherry's
comment
about
how
to
be
strategic
and
identifying
the
most
important
first
phase
things
and
we'll
be
listening
to
you
and
wanting
to
hear
from
you
and
going
back
to
the
comments
that
we
heard
from
all
of
you
over
the
course
of
the
year
about
what
is
so
critically
important
in
this
park.
But
but
our
goal
is
for
excellence.
I
Our
goal
is
for
this
park
to
be
at
the
highest
quality,
despite
the
fact
that
seven
million
people
a
year
go
through
it
and
we
have
hundreds
of
events
and
it
gets
loved
to
death.
I
think
that's
why
we
need
to
commit
ourselves
to
this.
That
is
the
beginning.
Is
the
plan
and
the
commitment
to
a
certain
number,
and
then
we
have
to
find
resources
beyond
that
money
that
we
wonderfully
got
from
winthrop
square
to
to
make
this
happen
in
in
many
different
places,
leveraging
a
lot
of
different
sources
to
make
it
happen.
B
One
thing
I
would
know
is
that
we've
been
working
with
other
agencies
as
well,
so
we're
gonna,
try
and
partnership
partner
with
them
when
they're
doing
some
renovations,
so
that
mbta
has
some
anticipated
construction
projects
in
the
future.
That
impact
the
common,
so
we'll
be
looking
to
see
how
those
projects
can
mesh
the
best
for
for
leveraging
that
money
and
having
it
go
as
far
as
possible.
C
The
other
thing
I'd
add
to
that
is
that
you
know
a
master
plan
guides
and
informs
work
that
will
extend
over
many
many
years.
This
is
a
plan
that
could
very
well
guide
the
common
for
20-25
years,
and
it's
fantastic
that
we
have
funding
already
at
the
level
that
we
do
to
make
it.
You
know
some
serious
steps
in
implementation,
not
you
know
not
just
a
a
tiny
first
project,
but
we
can
make
some
substantive
improvements
with
the
funding
that
we
have
and
can
leverage
with
these
funds.
B
Thank
you,
so
we've
reached
our
time
for
tonight.
There's
is
the
contact
contact.
Information
on
this
page
has
the
project
page
that
you
can,
if
you
visit
that
page
and
click
on
that,
there's
a
way
to
do
additional
feedback
from
tonight.
If
you
click
on
the
master
page,
then
click
on
virtual,
open
house
scroll
down
to
that
page
and
there's
an
open
house
number
three
feedback,
so
you
can
feel
free
to
go
there
if
you
did
not
feel
compelled
to
do
so
during
the
meeting.
B
My
contact
information
is
also
on
this
page.
You
certainly
can
feel
free
to
email
me
or
call
and
any
of
your
the
input
you
get
through.
That
will
also
be
recorded
in
the
messages
in
the
meeting
minutes
with.
That
being
said,
I
also
suggest
going
to
the
project
website
to
follow
the
additional
meetings
that
will
be
taking
place
over
the
next
week
or
so,
and
we
look
forward
to
hearing
from
you
on
that
and
we
thank
you.
We
thank
the
interpreters
tonight
and
we
appreciate
everybody
coming
out.