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From YouTube: Franklin Park Action Plan Community Meeting - 4/28/22
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Franklin Park Action Plan Community Meeting - 4/28/22
A
Good
evening
good
evening,
everybody
and
welcome
to
what
we
are
calling
the
catch-up
meeting
for
the
franklin
park
action
plan.
My
name
is
lauren
bryant
and
I'm
the
project
manager
for
this
project
for
boston
parks.
Before
we
jump
into
the
presentation,
we
just
want
to
go
over
a
couple
of
how
to's
and
what
to
expect
tonight.
A
I
wanted
to
let
you
all
know
that
interpretation
was
not
requested
for
this
meeting,
so
tonight's
meeting
will
be
in
english.
Only,
however,
for
future
meetings,
including
our
upcoming
community
workshop
in
may,
please
know
that
we're
eager
to
hear
all
voices
and
are
able
to
offer
translation
and
interpretation
services
free
of
charge
when
requested.
So
please
reach
out
to
me
for
more
information
at
lauren.bryantboston.gov.
A
We
want
to
make
sure
that
this
conversation
feels
accessible
to
everyone
and
that
each
of
you
feels
comfortable
sharing
your
questions
and
comments.
Please
be
respectful
and
mindful
of
others
time
so
that
everyone
has
the
opportunity
to
participate
once
you've
submitted
or
asked
a
question.
Please
wait
until
others
have
also
had
that
opportunity
before
submitting
others.
You
can
always
set
up
a
conversation
with
me
or
email
me
if
you
would
prefer
that
than
than
speaking
in
the
meeting.
A
I
know
that
we
all
have
done
a
lot
of
zooms.
So
I'm,
oh
sorry,
there
we
go
so
I'm
hoping
that
everybody
is
fairly
familiar
with
zoom
at
this
point,
but
at
the
bottom
of
your
screen
there
is
a
chat
feature,
so
please
feel
free
to
use
that
and
there
will
be
an
opportunity
at
the
end
of
the
presentation
for
questions.
But
if
something
pops
into
your
head
in
the
meantime
feel
free
to
put
that
in
the
chat,
but
just
know,
we
may
not
be
able
to
get
to
it
to
answer
right
away.
A
A
We'll
share
various
funding
sources
for
future
work
and
also
give
an
update
on
several
items
that
are
already
in
motion
at
the
park
and
give
an
overview
of
what
to
expect
at
the
may
4th
workshop.
Sorry,
the
fourth
workshop
on
may
17th
so
just
wanted
to.
Let
you
guys
know,
there's
a
lot
to
cover,
but
we're
going
to
try
to
get
through
that.
So
we
can
make
sure
that
we
can
get
to
any
new
questions
or
other
questions
that
you
guys
have.
A
A
The
city
team
consists
of
kathy
baker,
eclipse
who
is
the
director
of
the
capital
plan
for
boston
parks,
liza
meyer,
who
is
our
chief
landscape
architect?
I
know
you've
seen
her
a
lot
during
this
project
for
those
of
you
who
may
have
joined
late,
my
name
is
lauren
bryant
and
I'm
the
project
manager
for
this
project
for
boston
parks
and
tonight,
we're
also
joined
by
liz
sullivan.
Who
is
our
director
of
external
affairs?
A
So
I
know
there's
a
lot
to
look
at
on
this
slide
and
that's
because
the
project
has
been
ongoing
for
several
years.
We
kicked
the
project
off
back
in
december
of
2019
with
a
community
leader
meet
and
greet-
and
this
was
to
begin
to
get
the
word
out
to
the
community,
about
upcoming
process
and
to
gather
the
community
contacts
and
to
start
to
create
conduits
to
help
us
get
the
word
out
to
the
larger
audience.
A
A
In
march
of
2021,
we
held
our
third
public
workshop,
which
also
was
virtual,
and
we
talked
about
four
big
ideas
that
had
come
out
of
the
conversations
with
the
community.
Up
to
that
point,
those
were
amplifying
magnet
destinations
within
the
park,
clarifying
movement
in
circulation
connecting
and
activating
the
edges
of
the
park
and
also
unifying
the
park,
and,
most
recently,
boston
parks
has
partnered
with
the
franklin
park
coalition
to
attend
a
series
of
community
meetings
to
gather
further
input
into
the
process.
A
I
do
just
want
to
note
that,
just
because
it's
our
final
community
workshop,
it
does
not
mean
that
the
public
won't
be
involved
in
the
process.
The
public
will
definitely
be
staying
involved
in
the
process
after
gathering
gathering
the
additional
input
at
that
meeting,
the
design
team
is
going
to
finalize
the
action
plan
this
summer.
A
A
The
other
thing,
because
again,
there's
been
a
lot
of
meetings
up
until
now,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
guys
know
how
to
find
that
content
in
case
you
want
to
review
any
of
it
or
take
a
look
at
it
before
that
may
17th
meeting.
So
looking
at
the
project
website,
which
again
is
franklinparkactionplan.org.
A
If
you
look
at
the
resources
tab,
underneath
there
you'll
find
the
presentations
from
our
first
few
meetings
and
also
videos
of
the
meetings
themselves
that
were
done
virtually
so.
Hopefully
that
will
help
you
guys
to
catch
back
up
and
make
sure
that
we're
all
ready
to
jump
into
that.
Fourth
community
workshop.
A
So
now
we're
going
to
do
a
quick
chat
about
what
to
expect
from
the
action
plan
and
how
does
that
action
plan
work.
One
of
the
comments
that
we
heard
during
our
additional
outreach
was
that
people
didn't
fully
understand
the
process
of
the
action
plan.
So
we
did
want
to
share
just
a
little
bit
about
that.
A
This
comes
from
the
many
different
engagement
opportunities
that
we've
had
not
only
all
of
the
public
meetings
for
this
project,
but
also
the
surveys
and
emails
that
the
community
have
sent
to
us
input
from
past
franklin
park
projects
and
the
pathways
projects
as
well
3-1-1
input
in
terms
of
things
that
we
know
the
community
has
concerns
about.
There
have
been
a
lot
of
meetings
with
internal
stakeholders
such
as
the
franklin
park
coalition
and
the
emerald
necklace,
conservancy,
boston,
public
schools,
about
white
stadium,
the
zoo,
the
golf
course
our
maintenance
department.
A
So
all
of
that
stuff
goes
into
this.
The
design
team
has
also
done
a
site
analysis
and
information
gathering,
and
then
they
created
a
lot
of
design
studies
that
take
into
account
the
feedback
and
the
input
that
we
have
received,
and
all
of
that
goes
into
the
action
plan
and
then
out
of
the
action
plan,
come
the
recommendations.
A
A
Others
are
going
to
be
about
funding
sources
and
approaches
to
how
we
move
that
work
forward
in
the
park.
Some
of
the
recommendations
will
be
individual
projects.
I
think
that's
a
lot
of
what
we've
heard
at
some
of
the
past
meetings,
which
is
why
some
of
these
other
things
are
really
important
to
talk
about
those
individual
projects
will
range
in
size
and
scale
and
have
different
monetary
values.
A
A
A
A
A
These
type
of
items
are
things
like
adding
recycling
to
the
park
and
increasing
litter
pickup.
Also
things
like
repairing
historic
masonry
and
then
they'll
also
be
these
park
improvement
projects
both
large
and
small.
These
could
range
from
projects
like
renovating
entrances
and
repaving
pathways
to
re-envisioning
the
elm,
lewis,
playhouse,
and
also
adding
or
renovating
playgrounds.
A
B
So
what
are
the
different
funding
sources
for
park?
Improvements?
I'm
going
to
talk
through
through
a
few
options
that
are
that
we
have
at
our
you
know,
have
access
to
most
park.
Work
is
funded
by
capital
dollars
and
that's
what's
currently
published
in
the
mayor's
proposed
fy23
capital
budget.
That's
been
in
the
news
recently.
B
Five
million
of
it
has
gone
into
an
endowment,
and
23
million
is
for
capital
spending,
so
the
23
million
in
the
winthrop
square
funds
brings
a
unique
opportunity
to
fund
work
that
wouldn't
typically
fall
within
our
cyclical
park.
Renovation
projects
listed
here
are
some
ideas.
We've
heard
along
the
way
that
could
be
a
good
fit
for
some
of
the
winthrop
square
funds,
and
it's
important
to
note
that
we're
aware
that
the
sum
total
costs
of
all
the
potential
projects
that
might
come
out
of
the
action
plan
will
far
exceed
23
million.
B
A
B
And,
lastly,
you
may
have
heard
of
the
city's
new
and
emerging
power
core
program
which
is
expected
to
launch
in
may,
which
is
a
workforce
development
initiative
to
expand
access
to
green
jobs
through
paid
training
and
hands-on
work,
and
the
program
is
modeled.
After
a
successful
power
corps
program
in
philadelphia
and
here
in
boston,
it
will
focus
on
tree
care.
Urban,
wild
maintenance
and
park
rangers
work
in
its
first
incarnation
and
it
may
you
know,
develop
and
morph
over
time.
B
This
diagram
shows
the
general
process
we
anticipate
will
follow
to
get
from
an
action
plan
idea
to
a
final
built
project
and
it
may
not
be
the
most
elegant
of
diagrams,
but
it
it
outlines
the
process,
and
I
think
it
is
indicative
of
the
fact
that
these
processes
are
not
always
perfectly
linear.
There's
a
lot
of
pieces
that
feed
into
project
development,
but
then
lauren.
B
So
this
involves
keeper
site
analysis,
considerations
of
grading
utilities,
adjacencies,
ecology,
maintenance,
implications,
historic
significance,
all
these
things
that
go
into
design
development
as
a
project
moves
forward.
At
the
same
time,
we'll
be
getting
community
input,
usually
through
a
series
of
public
meetings,
like
we've
been
doing
for
the
action
plan,
sometimes
surveys
they
may
be
in
person,
I
mean,
I
think,
we'll
see
what
how
things
move
forward.
B
B
So
all
of
this,
as
we
move
through
the
process,
could
result
in
a
refinement
of
the
initial
project,
scope
or
budget.
It
may
result
in
a
project
being
phased,
that
we
thought
we
could
do
in
one
construction
cycle
and
it
may
impact
how
we
approach
funding
sources.
So
there's
an
iterative
nature
to
the
whole
thing,
but
it
eventually
will
get
us
to
a
point
where
we'll
have
a
final
design
plan.
That's
ready
to
be
constructed
and
then
obviously
maintained
going
forward.
B
And
then
we
can
move
on
to
maintenance,
so
park
improvements
and
maintenance,
work,
go
hand
in
hand
and
we're
aware
that
maintenance
of
franklin
park
is
of
major
importance
to
the
community.
The
action
plan
will
include
maintenance
recommendations
and
boston
parks.
Maintenance
staff
have
been
engaged
in
the
action
plan
process
along
the
way
and
will
continue
to
be
as
we
move
forward,
but
implementation
of
maintenance
recommendations
doesn't
follow
a
predictable
process.
B
The
way
capital
improvement
projects
do
so
just
a
reminder
from
the
earlier
slide
that
you
saw
maintenance
work
is
funded
through
our
operating
budget.
We
also
have
the
franklin
park,
trust
and
not
all
maintenance
activity
is
performed
by
boston
parks,
maintenance
staff
and
maintenance.
Changes
can
be
trickier
to
implement
because
they
involve
our
overstretched
operating
budget
involves
equipment,
challenges
or
a
need
to
you
know,
get
new
equipment
it
can.
B
We
have
to
always
think
about
the
needs
of
the
park
system
as
a
whole,
not
just
the
needs
of
a
particular
property,
which
can
just
mean
a
balancing
of
resources
that
that
is
tricky
but
as
a
whole,
we'll
be
working
to
elevate
the
standard
of
care
at
franklin
park
by
engaging
all
of
our
maintenance
resources
from
park
staff
to
volunteers,
to
powercore
and
we'll
continue
to
collaborate
with
the
franklin
park
coalition
to
stay
informed
about
community
maintenance
priorities,
as
we
have
been
doing
over
the
last
several
months,
leading
up
to
the
franklin
park.
Trust
meetings.
A
A
The
5
million
was
set
aside
for
an
endowment
fund,
so
the
earnings
that
come
off
of
that
fund
each
each
year
will
be
then
used
for
both
enhanced
maintenance
but
also
programming
within
the
park
and
the
way
that
the
trust
is
set
up.
The
funds
will
be
split,
70
for
maintenance
and
30
for
programming
purposes,
so
boston
parks
will
work
with
the
franklin
park
coalition
each
year
to
create
a
work
plan
and
that
plan
will
then
get
presented
to
the
franklin
park.
Trust
for
approval.
A
The
endowment
is
managed
by
the
franklin
park,
endowment
trust
which
has
three
trustees.
One
of
those
is
a
member
of
the
franklin
park
coalition.
One
is
a
mayoral
appointee
and
the
other
is
the
district
7
city
councilor.
There
have
already
been
a
series
of
meetings
to
launch
the
trust
and
to
develop
the
first
year's
work
plan.
However,
we
haven't
been
able
to
have
the
meeting
yet
to
vote
on
that
first
year's
plan,
so
once
we
have
that
we
can
send
out
an
update
to
everybody
on
that
as
well.
A
That
being
said,
we
did
want
to
give
you
an
update
of
what
the
draft
plan
has
in
it
for
the
first
year.
So
the
first
year's
work
plan
for
enhanced
maintenance
has
items
such
as
annual
maintenance
contracts
and
those
are
going
to
be
things
from
recycling
collection
to
enhanced
trash
collection,
swing,
gate
management,
drain
cleaning
that
sort
of
thing
that
we're
hoping
we
can
do
on
an
annual
basis
to
enhance
what
our
crews
can
do
on
a
regular
basis.
A
They
also
will
be
things
like
masonry
repair
from
some
of
the
historic
masonry
resetting
steps.
Woodlands
management,
which
we
know
has
come
up
a
lot
in
a
lot
of
our
meetings
and
invasive
removal,
and
that
also
the
invasive
removal
would
be
an
annual
thing
because
we
all
know
it's
not
just
a
one
and
done
with
that.
A
So
we
wanted
to
just
share
things
that
are
already
in
motion.
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
done
is
to
have
a
study
done.
That
was
a
makesafe
study
for
the
bear
dens.
We
all
know
the
condition
that
the
bear
dens
are
in
and
we
all
want
it
to
be
a
safer
space
for
people.
So
we
have
done
that,
make
safe
study
to
see
what
needs
to
be
done
in
that
area
and
very
excitingly.
A
A
In
addition,
parks
has
met
with
boston,
public
schools,
athletic
department
to
talk
through
possible
collaboration
at
white
stadium
and
improvements
to
the
white
stadium
field
and
perimeter.
Areas
have
also
been
included
in
mayor
wu's,
fy,
23
budget
and
a
building
assessment
for
the
stadium
is
also
included
in
the
proposed
bps
budget.
A
There
have
been
several
maintenance
and
repair
projects
that
have
been
happening
in
the
park
and
some
of
you
may
have
seen
some
of
those,
including
some
wall
repair
that
was
completed
along
steeper
street
drainage
work
at
circuit
drive
near
the
shattuck,
also
fence
repair
along
circuit
drive
at
the
cemetery
road
bridge
on
the
management
side.
Like
I
said
earlier,
the
franklin
park,
trust
has
been
formed
and
the
first
year's
work
plan
has
been
drafted.
A
Conversations
with
the
state
regarding
the
land,
transfer
of
bearden's
and
pbd
circle
have
started,
and
there
have
been
several
collaboration.
Conversations
with
btd
regarding
blue
bike
stations,
which
you
may
have
seen,
have
been
installed
in
the
park
on
the
edges
of
the
park
and
also
circuit
drive
traffic
control
measures.
So
we're
excited
to
keep
these
items
moving
and
to
get
some
more
items
in
the
works
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
back
over
to
liza.
B
So
the
project
website,
which
is
franklinparkactionplan.com,
is
a
great
way
to
take
a
look
at
the
engagement
to
date.
You
want
to
go
to
the
resources
tab,
which
is
where
you'll
find
all
of
the
presentations
from
past
workshops,
and
then
you
can
also
look
at
the
other
tabs.
There's
there's
one
that
has
the
project
team
information
and
then
there
is
one
called
latest
news,
which
is
essentially
blog
posts
that
have
provided
updates
of
project
content
along
the
way.
So
when
there's
been
a
survey,
the
results
of
that
survey
are
posted
there
under
latest
news.
B
So
it's
maybe
not
recent
news
now,
but
it
was
recent
when
it
was
posted,
so
take
a
look
there
and
get
caught
up
and
then
next
there
are
also
multiple
ways
to
if
you
again
aren't
getting
emails
about
this
project
and
haven't
been
you're
just
tuning.
In
now
there
are
places
you
should
look
and
submit
your
email
so
that
you
can
get
updates
going
forward.
So
again,
you'll
see
it
on
the
project
website
you
can
go
to
the
franklin
park
coalition
seems
to
be
hopping
around
there.
We
go
franklinparkcoalition.org.
B
B
B
I
think
so,
okay
I'll
keep
going.
Yes,
you
did
workshop
for
so
this
is
what's
coming
up
on
may
17th
and
I
think
if
we
go
to
the
next
slide
it'll,
you
might
recognize
some
of
these
signs
or
have
received
a
postcard
in
the
mail.
So
we
sent
out
around
3
000
postcards
to
addresses
around
the
park.
The
signs
are
up
in
the
park.
B
B
However,
it
might
be
make
sure
you
register
we
don't
have
to,
but
it's
great
if
you
register
beforehand
and
just
know
that
there
are
two
meeting
times
at
12
noon
or
at
6
30
p.m.
The
content's
the
same
either
way
so
it
doesn't
matter
which
one
you
come
to.
Whichever
is
more
convenient
to.
You
would
be
great
and
you
I
think
I
don't
know
if
you
can
see
the
qr
code
from
it
may
not
pull
up
for
you
to
be
able
to
register
directly
off
the
qr
codes.
B
Here,
but
you
can
go
to
the
project
website
that
lauren
just
dropped
in
the
chat
and
registered
right
now
and
on
the
next
slide.
I
think
we
have
a
quick
overview
of
what
we'll
be
doing
at
that
last
meeting,
so
this
meeting
will
be
led
by
the
design
team
again,
you'll,
see
or
hear
less
of
lauren
and
me
and
more
from
them
and
they'll,
be
a
quick
recap
for
people
who
might
have
missed
tonight
just
so
that
people
know
what
we
covered.
B
But
we
will
have
this
meeting
posted
for
people
if
they
want
to
watch
the
whole
thing
on
video
on
their
own
and
then
we'll
also
do
a
recap
of
the
proposed
action
plan,
big
ideas
and
projects.
Since
it's
been
a
little
while
since
march,
when
we
were
all
together
and
then
we
will
be
talking
mostly
about
prioritization-
and
you
know,
we
gathered
some
info
after
the
last
public
workshop
in
march
in
a
survey
to
hear
from
people
what
their
biggest
priorities
are
at
the
park.
B
So
we
have
some
initial
information,
but
building
from
there
we
want
to
have
discussions
in
breakout
rooms
focusing
on
on
different
sections
of
the
park
so
that
we
can
hear
from
people.
You
know
beyond
just
a
survey
format,
and
I
think
we
should
have
enough
time
that
night
for
people
to
go
between
a
few
different,
great
breakout
rooms
and
talk
with
different
people
on
the
project
team
and
hear
from
lots
of
different
voices-
and
you
know-
should
be
a
really
productive
day.
B
So
please
join
us
then,
and
that's
pretty
much
the
end
of
our
of
our
content
tonight,
I'm
just
going
to
do
a
quick
plug
for
two
things
that
are
coming
up
before
we
shift
into
q
a
and
with
this
content.
So
this
slide
was
shown
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
for
anyone
who
joined.
You
know
right
on
time
or
a
minute
early.
The
parks
department
updates
our
open
space
and
recreation
plan
every
seven
years
and
we're
working
on
an
update
right
now.
B
B
It
would
be
much
appreciated
and
then
the
next
thing
that
we
want
to
show
is
that
over
the
next
two
months
we
will
be
throughout
the
city
at
the
annual
mayor's
neighborhood
coffee
hours.
So
they
start
on
may
4th
and
go
all
the
way
until
the
end
of
june.
There's
roughly
two
a
week.
You
can
see
the
locations
here.
B
E
A
Sure
there
isn't,
the
work
hasn't
happened.
Yet
it's
just
conversations
that
we're
starting
and
what
we
went
to
btd
with
was
a
lot
of
the
concerns
that
we
heard
throughout
the
community
process
for
this
project
talking
to
them
about
what
the
options
are
that
are
out
there.
There
are
a
couple
of
projects
that
that
are
we've.
C
A
So
that
there
could
be
a
special
event
that
happens.
We
also
are
talking
about.
You
know.
Are
there
swing
gates
that
control
traffic
at
certain
times
of
the
day
or
certain?
You
know
certain
points
to
help
with
some
of
the
noise
and
the
traffic,
so
there
are
a
bunch
of
different
things
and
no
decisions
have
been
made
yet,
but
they're
very
excited
to
partner
with
us
and
help
us
figure
that
out,
I
don't
know
liza
if
you
have
anything
else
to
add
to
that
particular
topic.
B
The
only
thing
I
would
add-
and
this
isn't
quite
it's
not
circuit
drive
at
all,
but
they're-
also
looking
around
the
perimeter
of
the
park
and
people
may
have
seen
some
of
the
proposed
work,
for
instance
improved
crossings
on
american
legion
highway
to
get
across
that
road.
So
it's
not
only
circuit
drive,
but
there
are
obviously
improvements
throughout.
A
G
I
think
you
all
know
what
I
hope
happens
with
the
site,
but
we're
if
we're
not
talking
about
that
at
least
those
the
heavy
traffic
on
morton
street
should
realize
they're
adjacent
to
a
park
and
related
to
that
the
opposite
edge
by
the
picnic
area,
where
the
adjacent
to
where
the
cottages
have
been
built,
the
state
dumped
a
lot
of
wood
debris
and
trash.
Just
it's
like
leaning
against
the
chain-link
fence.
G
I
put
in
a
3-1-1
request
yesterday.
I
think
it
was
just
to
get
them
to
clean
it
up,
and
the
answer
was:
oh,
that's
state,
and
so
just
again,
that's
very
not
park-like,
and
it
also
feels
like
a
fire
hazard
and
so
hearing
you
talk
about
collaborating
with
the
state
and
maybe
acquiring
white
stadium
or
peabody
circle.
I
would
put
in
a
strong
plea
to
do
better
at
the
shattuck
perimeters.
A
E
That
was
the
only
one
while
during
the
presentation,
but
christine
had
a
couple
of
questions
about
what
happens
with
the
interest
from
the
23
million
dollar
capital
fund,
and
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
that.
I
believe
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
that.
I
think
it's
invested
in
a
different
way
than
the
trust
is,
but
I
I
can
we
can
try
to
find
that
out
that
and
then
the
other
question
was
in
addition
to
the
traffic
measures.
E
B
You
know,
I
think
that
some
of
the
you
know
no.
We
can't
fully
address
the
traffic
management
for
the
zoo
and
the
warmer
season
right.
We
know
that's
a
really
big
issue
and
the
the
zoo
has
a
lot
of
demand
of
people
who
are
trying
to
arrive
there
by
car.
So
there's
no
sort
of
easy
fix
within
the
confines
of
what
we
can
achieve
in.
C
B
So
there
are
recommendations
that
will
be
developed
in
the
action
plan
around
improving
the
the
zoo
parking
like
at
the
sausage
lot
to
make
it
more
efficient
and
functional
and
have
better
stormwater
management
and
better
tree
cover
and
all
of
those
things
that
will
make
it
a
high
quality
parking
area.
That's
not
going
to
solve
all
the
zoox
parking
issues,
but
we'll
see
what
we
can
do
as
we
roll
out
the
improvements.
E
H
H
B
C
B
It
could
be
a
longer
term
plan
depending
on
how
things
go,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
we
want
all
the
work
to
stretch
over
that
period
of
time,
and
I
think
that's
some
of
those
conversations
are
what
we're
going
to
be
tackling
next
week.
Sorry,
we
all
keep
saying
next
week
at
the
next
meeting,
which
is
in
may
on
may
17th
we'll
be
talking
about
priorities,
and
you
know
as
things
you
know,
projects
that
are
considered
higher
priority
and
and
feasible
to
to
move
forward
sooner.
B
H
Oh,
thank
you
for
that,
and
then
I
just
have
a
follow-up.
There
was
talk
about
this
circuit
drive
flow
and
all
that,
but
I
think
part
of
the
action
plan
was
like
completely
like
redoing.
The
north
end
of
circuit
drive
into
pedestrian
access
and
cutting
it
off
to
the
flow
of
traffic
is.
Is
that
still
in?
Is
that
a
definite,
or
is
that
a
you
know
to
be
determined.
A
That
is
to
be
determined
so
part
of
what
we
heard
you
know
in
it.
It
was
one
of
the
comments
or
one
of
the
possible
recommendations
that
we
heard
a
lot
of
comments,
both
positive
and
comments
that
had
concerns
about
it
in
that
process
with
the
community
engagement,
and
so
that
is
one
of
the
things
that,
and
we
can
talk
more
about
it
at
that
may
meeting,
but
there
there
are
other
options
and
other
alternatives
and
sort
of
what
we're
calling
stepping
stone
changes
that
could
happen
along
circuit
drive.
H
A
B
Well,
I
think,
just
as
a
point
of
clarification
and
again
we'll
spend
more
time
on
this
going
forward,
but
we
this
they're,
the
north
end,
they're
sort
of
the
the
main
idea
of
opening
circuit
drive
more
to
pedestrians
and
bikes
was
through
the
middle
section,
not
necessarily
at
the
north
end.
If
the
north
end
is
the
zoo
entry
side,
I'm
not
sure
because
there's
the
north,
you
know
the
parks
diamond
shapes
in
the
north
is
multiple
places,
but
really
it's
between
the
shattuck
and
valley
gates
that
we.
I
I
B
H
B
C
Yes,
thanks.
That's
a
great
presentation
for
the
most
part,
and
I
have
a
question
about.
There
was
one
of
the
slides
talks
about
woodland
management.
Here,
let
me
put
on
my
video
as
well
one
of
the
slides
talks
about
vegetation
management.
I
think
I
think
liza
mentioned
she
used
the
word
woodlands,
which
we've
all
been
using
a
lot
in
terms
of,
but
the
woodland,
the
vegetation
management
and
invasives
removal,
and
I'm
wondering
I've
never
seen
a
plan
for
that.
C
I've
never
seen
it
happens
here
and
there
enc
has
a
heritage
tree
program,
which
is
why
we
have
some
very
concrete
benchmark.
We
can
there's
a
management
plan,
we
can
hold
up
and
say
this
is
what
we're
using
to
guide
the
management,
and
so
I'm
curious
about
I'd
like
to
hear
more
about
that
and
how
that
is
going,
and
maybe
this
is
oh,
that's
in
the
action
plan,
so
it'll
come
further,
but
we
need
to
have
benchmarks
that
things
are.
You
can't
manage
it?
This
is
one
of
the
problems
we
have.
C
The
ongoing
maintenance
for
years
is
that
it
just
happens
willy-nilly
calls
go
into
3-1-1,
they
get
dropped
or
not,
etc.
Snow
farms.
The
list
is
endless.
We
all
know
it's
endless,
but
I
want
to
know
what's
the
idea
about
planning
and
actually
ending
up
with
plans
that
we
can
point
to
over
this
20
years
or
whatever
you
described
it
as
so
that
we
can
say
it's
not
just
up
to
whoever's
driving
the
truck
that
day
or
what
have
you,
which
is
what
we're
used
to
for
many
years
I'll.
I'm
curious
what
you
guys
think.
B
It's
a
really
really
important
good
point,
thomas
and
the
action
plan
it
will.
It
will
begin
to
address
that
question.
There
will
be
the
the
team
has
given
a
lot
of
thought
to
providing
guidance
around
woodlands
management
around
sustaining
and
enhancing
the
ecologies
in
the
park.
It's
still
at
a
high
level
right.
This
isn't
a
document.
It's
not
a
it's,
not
a
work
plan.
B
I
think
we
know
that
it's.
We
know
that
this.
This
is
forever
work
right,
it's
not
something
that
you
can
do
for
a
year
or
two
and
then
call
yourself
done.
It's
also
something
that
bridges
from
sort
of
capital
work,
which
is
what
lauren
kathy
and
I
focus
on
to
to
maintenance
and
management,
which
is
not
what
we
focus
on.
So
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
really.
B
You
know
it's
not
five
million
dollars
in
a
maintenance
endowment.
Isn't
it?
Of
course
it's
not
enough,
and
it's
not
perfect,
but
it's
a
really
good
start,
and
I
think
that
allowing
you
know
the
fund
allows
us
to
be
looking
at
annual
maintenance
planning
that
we
weren't
doing
before
and
and
that
should
really
set
us
in
a
new
direction.
I
hope.
C
The
potentials
and
to
have
this
stuff
baked
in
is,
is
going
to
be
important
to
have
the
process
so
that,
because
we
can
all
point
to
things
where
capital
capital
work
literally
not
just
figuratively
go
washes
down
the
hill,
you
know,
and-
and
so
that's
always
going
to
happen
in
any
part,
but
it
will
be
wonderful
if
there's,
if,
if
the
better,
we
can
bake
in
processes,
so
we
can
minimize
that
that
we
want.
We
want
it
all
to
work,
as
you
say,
so,
thanks
very
much.
I
I
I
So
that's
the
second
one
and
the
the
third
one
is:
does
the
release
of
the
maintenance
funds?
I
think
you've
answered
this,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
does
the
release
of
the
maintenance
funds
depend
upon
the
ultimate
approval
of
the
the
action
plan
itself,
the
the
sort
of
capital
side
of
it,
or
is
that
beginning
immediately,
more
or
less
thanks.
A
Oh
for
sure,
I'm
gonna
try
and
answer
those
I
I
may
need
liza
to
jump
in
on
the
first
one,
but
I'll
try
to
answer
the
second
two
right
now.
So
in
terms
of
the
maintenance
funds,
they
are
not
contingent
on
the
action
plan.
That
is
something
that
what
they're
contingent
on
is
the
approval
of
the
trustees
that
make
up
the
endowment
trust.
A
That
is
even
though,
that
the
funding
is
sort
of
tied
because
there's
funding
for
both
the
capital
and
the
maintenance
endowment.
They
are
separate,
but
the
action
plan
and
all
of
this
great
information
that
we
have
gotten
from
the
community
is
going
to
help
us
inform
what
goes
into
those
work
plans,
but
it's
not
contingent
on
it.
The
other
question
was
about
landmarks
and
I
think
that's
a
really
great
point
and
a
really
great
comment.
A
So
in
the
past,
when
we
have
those
projects
that
liza
sort
of
outlined,
how
those
capital
improvement
projects
happen,
there'll
be
a
community
process
involved
with
that
and
when
we
start
those
projects,
one
of
the
things
and
liza
and
I've
talked
about
this,
and
we
don't
know
exactly
how
it's
going
to
work
yet.
But
we've
built
this
great
contact
list
right
from
all
of
these
engagement
opportunities
that
we've
had
throughout
this
process,
and
so
when
we
start
those
community
processes,
we've
got
this
great
network.
A
If
it's
applicable,
and
during
that
community
process,
we
can
absolutely
make
sure
that
whatever
landmarks
hearing
or
conservation
commission
hearing
is
applicable
to
that
project,
we
can
make
sure
that
you
guys
know
as
part
of
that
process
when
those
are
happening,
because
we
do
love
to
have
advocates
there
to
help
us
with
those
types
of
things
as
well.
So
we
can
definitely
let
you
guys
know
as
part
of
those
processes
and
then
I
will
be
honest.
I
did
not
get
everything
written
down
for
that
first
question.
I
It
it
it's
perhaps
just
a
technical
thing,
but
I'm,
but
I'm
we're.
I
think
all
of
us
that
are
participating
in
this
are
presuming
that
we'll
get
to
the
end
of
it
and
and
and
there
will
be
the
recommendations
of
the
franklin
park,
action
plan
planning
process
and
what
triggers
the
actual
action
part
when
we
get
to
that
point
who
who's
the
decider
that
says.
Yes,
we're
going
to
do
this.
That's
this
recommendation
and
perhaps
not
that
recommendation,
how?
How
does
that?
I
Then
it's
not
it's
not
so
much
about
what
whether
or
not
anything
I
might
want,
or
this
or
my
neighbor
might
want,
whether
that's
going
to
be
part
of
it.
It's
it's
when,
when
the
action
plan
process
itself
releases
their
final,
these
are
our
recommendations
report.
What
what's
the
triggering
who's,
the
decider
that
says?
Yes,.
G
I
Going
to
implement
all
of
this
in
the
recommendations
I
mean,
I'm
assuming
there'll
be
some.
You
know
a
fair
amount
of
massaging
in
the
background
to
make
sure
that
there's
some
alignment
there,
but
I
I
just
want
to
know
who's
who
flips
the
switch
when
the
report
and
the
recommendations
are
are
released
by
you
all.
B
Yeah,
no,
I
don't
it's
not
there's
no
straight
answer
there.
You
know
it's
not
it's
not
any
one
person
but
and
there's
going
to
be
so
many
things
that
are
in
the
action
plan
that
there
is
no
like
and
off
we
go
now
we're
gonna.
Do
it
all
we're
gonna
slowly
be
chipping
away
for
years
and
years
and
years,
so
there
will
be
a
lot
of
factors.
B
The
park
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
spend
all
of
our
attention
in
one
particular
area
and
leave
other
areas
untouched,
and
I
think
you
know
we've
been
talking
with
the
design
team
and
they'll-
probably
articulate
some
of
this
next
week.
What
are
the
kinds
of
projects
that
can
unlock
other
kinds
of
projects
can
be
a
catalyst
for
change.
The
kinds
of
changes
people
really
want
to
see
at
franklin
park,
and
can
we
be
really
thoughtful
about?
You
know?
Maybe
there's
a
smaller
project
that
happens,
but
through
doing
that
smaller
project.
B
It
allows
us
to
use
a
space
differently
and
by
using
that
space
differently,
it'll
really
activate
a
part
of
the
park
that
that
people
haven't
been
using
as
much
or
something
like
that.
So
I
think
we'll
have
to
always
be
trying
to
balance
a
lot
of
different
factors
and-
and
again
I
mentioned
this
before-
but
staff
time
will
be
a
factor.
How
many
projects
can
we
move
forward
at
once
will
be
a
limiting
factor.
Frankly,
we
will
have
money
and
we
will
have
a
plan,
but
we
will
only
be
able
to
do
so.
B
A
E
So
I
think
that
I
think
the
five
million
dollars
was
kind
of
this
is
something
that
would
be
something
that
could
spin
off
a
significant
amount
of
money
to
sustain
the
park
in
a
long-term
way.
But
I
don't
know
exactly
how
that
dollar
figure
was
was
determined
and
it
is.
It
is
an
endowment,
so
we
are
spending
the
the
interest
off
of
it
and
not
touching
the
principle.
So
it's
a
it's
in
perpetuity.
B
A
Yes,
so
it
hasn't
been
used
so
far.
Karen,
I
think,
is
the
best
way
to
put
that
so
with
all
of
kovid
and
everything
else,
that's
been
going
on
the
the
trust
it
took,
unfortunately,
a
while
to
get
the
trust
set
up.
That
being
said,
it
has
been
three
years
and
there
is
also
now
three
years
worth
of
that
interest
as
well,
so
we
didn't
lose
any
of
that
money,
so
there's
actually
a
little
bit
more
than
there
would
have
been
if
it
had
just
started
this
year.
A
Thank
you,
sarah.
It's
good
to
have
that
case
number
two.
So
we'll
like,
I
said,
we'll
try
to
look
into
that,
and
hopefully
we
can.
We
can
work
with
the
state
to
get
that
cleaned
up.
I
know
that
area
has
been
an
issue
in
the
past,
as
well,
even
with
just
trash
bags
and
other
things.
So
hopefully
we
can
have
those
conversations
and
maybe
get
some
of
that
cleaned
up,
especially
because,
like
you
said
it
is,
it
is
a
fire
concern
too.
E
So
yeah
karen
asked
asked
what
types
of
things
we're
planning
to
find
in
case
the
enc
or
community,
would
like
to
help
grow
or
provide
ways
to
leverage,
and
I
think
once
the
trustees.
I
don't
want
to
answer
for
alarm,
but
I
think
once
the
trustees
have
voted,
I
think
we
could
share
out
that
the
work
plan
and
and
always
collaborate
with
our
our
friends.
A
B
F
What's
the
update
on
the
transfer
of
custody
of
the
bear
dens
on
the
one
hand-
and
I
guess
you
mentioned
peabody
circle
as
well?
So
can
you
just
update
us
on
on
that
and
how
long
you
know
what
kind
of
challenge
that
might
be
or
obstacle
it
might
be
for
those
parts
of
the
plan,
those
parts
of
the
park.
B
So
we
are
at
a
currently.
You
know-
and
it's
not
going
to
last
forever,
but
we
are
currently
at
a
time
where
it
will
be
hard
to
move
much
forward
with
dcr,
but
they
were
very
receptive.
I
will
say
and
very
much
on
board
with
resolving
for
sure
the
bearden's
property
transfer
and
I
would
say
supportive
of
peabody
circle
as
well,
but
acknowledging
that
that's
a
more
complex
place.
A
B
It
was,
it
was
maybe
a
little
bit
harder
to
to
get
the
the
clarity
of
support
at
dvd
circle
in
the
conversations
that
we've
had.
So
we
are
working
internally
on
our
side
to
understand
the
process
and
do
as
much
as
we
can
on
our
side
so
that
when
we
have
a
situation
at
the
state
level
that
allows
us
to
move
this
forward,
we
will
be
ready
to
jump
on
that,
but
we
really
have
to
you
know
it's
it's.
E
B
Yeah
that
would
not
be
transferred.
That's
part
of
the
zoo
property,
so
the
you
know
the
zoo
property
is
a
bubble
around
that
whole
section
in
the
middle
of
the
park.
Pippity
circle
is
separate
from
that
and
the
the
section
of
pierpont
road
that
the
zoo
uses
for
parking
is
is
part
of
their
the
area
that
they
have
jurisdiction
over.
B
So
police
department
jurisdiction
isn't
something
that
I
can
speak
to,
but
I
can
say
that
the
the
transfer,
if
we
can,
if
and
when
we
can
do
the
peabody
circle
transfer,
it
would
simplify
policing
at
the
park
entrances
which
has
been.
You
know
something
that's
been
quite
active
in
the
last
couple
of
years,
whereas
now
we
have
state
police
at
one
end
of
the
park
and
city
police
at
the
other
end
of
the
park.
B
E
A
E
A
I've
been
at
a
few
of
the
trust
meetings,
I'm
not
fully
involved
in
the
process.
My
understanding
is
that
those
meetings
are
open
to
the
public.
They
are
public
meetings
and
anyone
can
attend.
So
I'm
not
exactly
sure.
With
the
question
of
them
being
available,
I
mean
they
will
be
at
those
meetings
which
are
public
meetings,
but
I
don't
think
that
there
will
be
separate
public
conversations
specifically
with
them.
C
C
A
And
you're
absolutely
right
and
that's
what
we
have
been
running
into
the
last
few
years
and
we
have
made
a
lot
of
progress.
I
think,
but
there
still
are
a
few
more
little
glitches
and
hopefully
I
think
once
we
have
that
first
meeting
that
not
first
meeting
the
first
boat
meeting.
I
think
we'll
all
feel
a
lot
better
about
it
continuing
to
push
forward,
but
we
are
making
sure
that
it
doesn't
get
lost.
Now
that
we
have
gotten
that
ball
rolling.
A
B
E
Could
you
talk
to
the
a
little
bit
about
the
new
gates
and
that
are
going
to
be
installed
later
this
year?
I
think
the
entrance
to
the
giraffe
parking
lot
to
quell
opportunities
for
late
middle
of
the
night
partying
from
large
groups
of
people
congregating,
but
by
parking
vehicles
at
the
back
entrance
to
the
the
zoo
and
about
who's
going
to
be
managing
these
gates.
A
So
yeah,
absolutely
I'm
happy
to
chime
in.
I
know
kathy
you've
been
working
with
rob
specifically
on
some
of
those
or
tom
sorry
with
some
of
those
locations,
and
when
I
I
don't
know
specifically
when
they're
going
in
or
what
the
final
locations
were,
but
in
terms
of
the
management
of
them
that's
one
of
the
things
that
is
in
the
annual
contracts
that
we
were
talking
about
with
the
franklin
park,
trust
and
one
of
those
contracts
would
be
swing.
A
Gate
management,
opening
you
know
closing
at
night
opening
in
the
mornings,
and
we
would
have
to
come
up
with
a
plan
with
which
gates
those
are
that
would
be
closed
daily,
which
ones
would
be
opened.
But
I
know
in
addition
to
things
like
the
gates
that
were
specifically
asked
about
now.
There
are
definitely
some
concerns
about.
You
know
some
parking
lot
gates,
don't
get
opened
or
the
gates
that
go
from
the
shattuck
area
to
scarborough
pond,
where
we
have
those
accessible
parking
spaces.
A
Now
that
doesn't
get
opened
every
day,
so
there
will
be
a
plan
on
which
gates
get
opened
and
closed
when,
but
in
terms
of
who
does
that
work?
That's
a
contract
that
we're
hoping
that
we
can
put
together
so
that
it's
not
taxed
on
our
maintenance,
folks
or
the
rangers
when
that's
not
something
that
they
really
have,
that
ability
to
do
but
kathy
in
terms
of
where
the
locations
ended
up
or
that
schedule.
I
haven't
been
involved
in
those
conversations
as
much.
E
I
think
the
schedule
is
to
try
to
have
them
installed
by
memorial
day
and,
and
I
think
one
of
the
locations
was
was
at
the
blue
hill,
ave
and
and
the
end
of
columbia,
road
entrance
and
the
other
at
I
want
to
say,
I
don't
think
it.
I
think
it
was
closer
to
the
shadow
I
I
don't
know
exactly
but
somewhere
in,
to
allow
access
to
the
shadow,
but
not
all
the
way,
past
valley
gates,
but
I
think
it
was
my
anyway.
I
don't
know
the
exact
location.
D
A
D
So
I
I
understand
that
long-term
planning
needs
to
happen
when
thinking
about
who
will
manage
this,
because
I
think
about,
in
terms
of
as
the
city
moves
funds
away
from
boston
police
department
towards
other
things.
Obviously,
we
can't
keep
on,
depending
on
the
police,
to
do
the
sort
of
gate
management,
and
then
I
get
the
trustees
will
vote
on
that.
But
then,
for
the
summer
who's
going
to
manage
it.
D
Is
it
still
going
to
be
bpd
and
I'll
meet
myself
now,
and
you
might
not
know
the
answer,
but
that's
that's
who's
been
doing
it
in
the
past
with
a
combo
with
the
parks
department,
and
so
I'm
just
wondering
what
is.
Does
anybody
know
the
2022
plan
for
this,
and
what
can
neighbors
and
residents
expect.
E
Yeah,
my
understanding
is
that
the
the
sweeping
it
when
it's
closed
is
a
public
safety
issue,
so
the
police
want
to
be
involved
in
that
aspect
of
it.
Opening
does
not
need
to
be
them,
so
I
think
it
would
be.
I
think
it
would
be
a
combination
of
a
couple
of
different
parties,
depending
on
the
time
of
day.
A
And
kathy
you
may
know
this,
I
know
and
and
dorothy,
if
I
think
I
remember
seeing
you
at
the
task
force
meetings
when
some
of
these
was
that
you
that
was
there,
and
we
were
talking
about
some
of
this
at
at
those
meetings,
and
I
don't
know
kathy
if
those
are
continuing.
Do
you
know
that
we're
happening
with
the
police
and
a
lot
of
neighbors.
A
There
was,
there
was
a
task
force
that
the
police
and
boston
parks
and
representatives
of
neighbors
throughout
the
park
or
surrounding
the
park
were
involved
with,
and
I
was
invited
to
a
couple
of
the
meetings.
But
I
do
know
that
there
were
conversations
then
about
how
the
police
were
working
on
that
trying
to
help
with
a
lot
of
the
concerns
and
that's
what
I
wasn't
sure.
If
that's
what
you
were
talking
about
and
how
they've
been
doing
that.
But
I
don't
know
I.
A
D
So
those
aren't
happening
right
now
over
the
course
of
last
summer,
but
commissioner,
woods
and
chief
mariama
white
hammond
would
have
the
info
on
where
all
that
landed.
But
it
was
very
helpful
and
and
again
I
understand
that
we
are
the
city
thinking
about
rethinking
our
budgets,
how
we
pay
for
things.
A
Absolutely
well
does
anybody
else
have
any
other
questions
for
us.
I
appreciate
all
of
these.
These
are
really
great
and
give
us
a
lot
to
think
about
leading
into
our
may
meeting
and
also
things
to
think
about
with
the
trust
and
how
some
of
those
communications
and
other
other
items
move
forward.
So
I
really
appreciate
all
that
feedback
that
everybody
has
given
us
tonight.