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From YouTube: Malcolm X Field Design Meeting May 25, 2021
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Malcolm X Field Design Meeting May 25, 2021
A
So
I
am
lauren
bryant.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
evening.
For
this
meeting.
I
wanted
to
introduce
myself
as
the
project
manager
for
boston
parks
for
the
malcolm
x
project.
I
also
want
to
let
you
know
that
this
meeting
is
being
recorded
and
may
be
posted
online
for
others
to
be
able
to
view
who
weren't
able
to
join
us
tonight,
I'm
going
to
pass
it
off
to
chief
white
hammond,
the
chief
of
energy
environment
and
open
space
and
I'll
pass
that
over
to
you
right
now,
chief.
B
B
It's
a
good
thing
that
we
are
having
this
conversation
about
malcolm
x
park.
I
know
there
are
many
folks
that
have
a
deep
connection
to
this
park.
Myself
included,
my
my
cousins
grew
up
on
mayfair
street,
and
so
we
often
walked
over
to
the
park,
sometimes
with
hairdos
and
outfits
that
I
am
thankful
that
there
are
no
pictures
of
we
were.
B
I
was
trying
to
find
out
what
summer
that
was,
but
I
I
in
my
teenage
years
so
I'm
here
we
are
to
talk
about
this
park.
That
means
a
lot
to
so
many
of
us
and
this
opportunity
to
enhance
and
and
redesign
but
also
honor,
the
heritage
of
this
park
and
the
heritage,
particularly
of
its
namesake
malcolm
x.
B
B
D
C
C
So
I
just
want
to
say
that
we,
unlike
people
in
a
lot
of
places,
have
a
park
that
has
had,
since
the
very
beginning,
be
the
sensibilities,
the
principles
and
and
the
direct
imprint
of
frederick
law
olmsted
on
it
and,
like
other
cultural
and
other
considerations
in
the
future
of
this
park.
We
do
not,
I
would
say,
want
to
lose.
C
So
I
think,
finally,
that
olmsted's
principles
included
making
sure
that
a
park
or
a
public
urban
green
space
would
provide
urban
dwellers,
whether
they're
african
americans,
today,
40
years
ago,
50
years
ago,
jewish
before
irish
americans
and
in
in
olmsted's
time
middle
class
upper
middle
class
white,
victorian
suburbanites,
a
urban
park
should
have
all
the
elements
that
move
fluidly
from
one
area
to
another
and
and
we're
blessed
to
have
a
park.
That
is
one
time.
Is
we
got
like
a
a
basketball?
It's
like
the
rucker
in
new
york.
C
We
got
a
baseball
field.
It's
like
jim
rice
field.
We
have
the
the
pudding
stone
outcroppies
on
the
top,
which
is
like
franklin
park
in
central
park.
It's
beautiful
and
we
have
a
grove
of
trees
and,
what's
really
great,
is
that
in
the
year
since
homestead
every
time
something
was
added
to
the
park.
I
don't
know
if
it
was
by
intention
or
accident.
C
It
was
actually
added
appropriately.
So
when
basketball
courts
came
skating
ranked
swimming
pools,
it
all
fits
together.
So
I
think
we
need
to
hold
on
to
olmsted's
principles,
which
is
to
make
the
park
reflective
of
its
environs
outside
of
the
park,
but
also
within
in
the
culture
and
the
people
and
the
uses,
but
also
you
know,
to
be
very
well
integrated
within
the
park
and
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
B
A
Absolutely
so
tonight
what
we
were
hoping
to
be
able
to
do
is
obviously
introduce
everybody.
That's
here
from
the
city
side,
for
everyone
to
know
who's.
Here
we
wanted
to
talk
about
the
neighborhood
context
and
the
analysis
in
terms
of
the
sports
and
sort
of
how
we
look
at
the
greater
neighborhood
needs,
as
well
as
the
individual
park
needs
and
then
also
wanted
to
talk
through,
like
chief
white
hammond
was
saying
sort
of.
How
did
we
get
to
where
we
are
now?
A
So
from
from
the
city
of
boston,
we
have
chief
white
chairman.
We
also
have
kyle
robideaux.
Sorry,
if
I
did
not
pronounce
that
correctly,
who
is
the
chief
of
staff
for
boston
city
council,
district
7's
office,
brady
baca
from
councillor
mejia's
office,
mark
coleman
from
the
boston
police
department,
commissioner
ryan,
woods
from
the
parks
and
recreation
department
and
also
kathy
baker.
Eclipse
who
is
the
acting
director
of
design
and
construction
for
boston
parks?
F
Okay,
thank
you,
ryan.
Thanks
lauren.
I
know
I
may
be
new
to
some
of
you.
I've
been
with
the
city
for
over
13
years,
so
as
a
project
manager,
and
so
I
I
know
the
city
well
and
I'm
I'm
new
to
this
role
of
the
acting
director
of
design
and
construction.
So
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
minute
and
talk
about
kind
of
how
we
start
looking
at
at
a
site.
F
It
starts
with
developing
a
construction
construction
estimate
for
the
work
in
order
to
put
in
the
city
budget,
but
before
we
even
get
to
that
level,
we're
looking
at
we're
looking
at
the
neighborhood
and
how
this
site
that
we're
studying
fits
into
the
neighborhood
context
of
open
space,
not
any
one
individual
site
can
meet
the
needs
of
the
whole
community
around
it.
But
we
really
rely
on
that
network
of
open
spaces
to
provide
to
meet
that
that
demand
parks
are
limited
in
size
and
what
they
can
accommodate.
F
They're
limited
in
physical
features
like
some
of
the
rock
outcroppings
about
what
could
happen
at
one
site,
given
the
physical
nature
of
the
site,
also
limited
by
proximity
or
or
trying
to
find
complementary
uses
with
proximity
on
a
site.
That's
next
to
a
school.
It's
really
nice
to
be
able
to
have
some
of
that
school.
F
You
spill
out
into
the
park-
and
I
know
that's
really
important
component
here
at
malcolm
x
and
also
limited
by
community
desire,
like
I
said,
there's
a
lot
of
desire,
but
there's
there's
limited
space,
but
you
know
if
a
community
expresses
a
desire
for
us
to
go
in
one
direction
or
another.
That
is
something
that
we
take
very
seriously,
but
we
are
looking
at
at
the
whole
of
the
park
system
at
the
whole
time.
F
F
F
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
addressing
all
of
the
needs
in
the
community
with
our
limited
open
space.
So
looking
at
the
fields,
specifically,
we
have
madison
park,
which
is
a
large
recreational
facility.
That's
actually
owned
by
the
boston
public
schools
department,
but
boston
parks
has
a
custody
of
it.
That
has
a
couple
of
soccer
fields,
but
they
are
overlapping
uses
with
baseball
softball
and
football.
So
they're,
not
100,
devoted
to
or
even
primarily
devoted
to
soccer
use.
Edna
bino
has
a
small
softball
component.
F
Jim
rice
has
a
major
baseball
component,
which
is
is
great
and
very
actively
used.
Clifford
playground
has
softball
and
baseball
and
can
overlap
some.
Some
larger
fields
can
overlap
in
those
outfields.
But
that's
that's
something
that
we're
also
thinking
about
marcella
playground
has
a
large
baseball,
men's
baseball.
F
So
there's
not
a
site,
that's
dedicated
100
to
soccer,
and
we
know
that
this
is
a
growing
need
not
only
in
roxbury
but
also
in
the
city
as
a
whole,
so
we're
hoping
that
we're
coming
into
the
the
design
process
with
that
baseline
of
understanding
of,
what's
going
on
in
the
community,
what
we're
hearing
from
external
park,
users,
league,
organizers
and
and
bringing
that
understanding
to
to
how
we're
thinking
about
what
the
future
of
the
field
might
be.
So
I
just
wanted
to
do
a
little
place
setting
about
that
before.
B
A
A
Absolutely
we
just
wanted
to
give
a
quick
overview
for
everyone,
because
I
know
that,
speaking
to
a
lot
of
different
people,
the
last
few
weeks,
not
everyone
was
able
to
join
us
at
our
community
meetings,
which
is
understandable,
there's
a
lot
going
on
lately.
So
we
did
want
to
just
give
a
quick
overview
as
to
what
our
process
was
and
how
we
got
to
where
we
are
just
to
keep
everyone
in
the
loop.
So
this
project
is
a
full
park
renovation
project.
A
It
includes
playground,
water
play,
courts,
natural
areas,
entrances
and
athletic
fields
and
to
derek's
point
part
of
what's
great,
you
know
one
of
the
things
because
there's
a
lot
of
them.
That's
great
about
malcolm
x
park,
is
exactly
what
you
said
about
how
everything
is
situated
in
the
park
and
how
it
really
respects
the
nature
and
the
natural
history
of
the
park.
And
it's
something
that
we
talked
about
early
on
is
that
the
programmatic
elements
really
work
where
they
are.
A
The
field
makes
sense
where
it
is
the
basketball
courts
make
sense
where
they
are
we're.
Not
talking
about.
You
know
a
major
overhaul
of
where
components
are.
It's
really
upgrading
everything
bringing
it
up
to
modern
standards,
making
sure
pathways
are
ada
accessible.
So
we're
not
looking
at
major
changes
in
terms
of
shifting
program
elements
around
the
park
because
there's
no
need
because,
like
derek
said,
it
works
as
it
is
with
circulation.
It
works
with
all
of
those
things.
It's
just
really
upgrading,
so
the
it's
a
7.7
million
dollar
project.
A
We
started
off
the
project
meeting
with
a
group
that
were
community
partners.
It
was
a
group
that
we
got
names.
I
I
reached
out:
it's
not
our
standard
process,
but
I
really
wanted
to
try
to
make
sure
that
we
got
the
community
involved
early
on.
So
I
reached
out
to
commissioner
woods
to
our
own
s
rep
at
the
time
who
has
moved
to
a
different
position
and
to
at
the
time
councilor
janie's
office
to
say
who
are
the
people
in
the
community?
A
We
have
had
three
additional
community
meetings
that
were
via
zoom
due
to
covid,
but
we
did
have
an
on-site
public
workshop
so
that
we
could
meet
people
where
they
were
when
they
were
using
the
park.
We
also
met
with
the
community
partnership
group
again
during
that
process.
After
the
third
community
meeting
that
we
had
in
january,
we
were
finalizing
the
design
based
on
input
from
the
community
and
also
the
survey
that
we
did,
which
I'll
talk
about
in
a
second
and
we
started
the
construction
document
process.
A
A
In
addition,
we
mailed
over
500
postcards
out
to
advertise
each
of
the
meetings,
not
just
the
first
one,
to
the
residences
that
were
within
approximately
a
thousand
feet
of
the
park.
I
also
luckily
have
had
so
many
people
that
have
reached
out.
I
have
a
mailing
list
of
about
750
emails
that
I've
also
reached
out
to
for
every
meeting.
A
In
addition,
at
those
meetings
we
had
interpreters
for
all
languages
and
at
the
public
workshop
in
person
as
well
during
the
process,
we
also
had
two
online
surveys
also
available
in
those
four
languages.
The
first
survey
had
over
700
respondents,
which
was
fantastic.
We
were
so
very
excited
about
that
and
the
second
one
had
over
150
responses
to
that
one.
A
Then,
once
we
had
been
finalized
the
design
the
community
really
was
excited
about
interpretive
signage
and
telling
stories
within
the
park.
So
we
started
a
separate
process
to
think
about
what
could
be
on
that
interpretive
signage
or
knowing
that
the
arts
commission
is
potentially
going
to
do
some
murals
here.
You
know
what
the
community
feels
would
be
helpful
to
have
or
interesting
to
have
on
those
murals.
So
what
we
did
was
we
hired
three
local
community
liaisons
to
help
us
try
to
gather
input
on
history
and
themes
for
art.
A
A
kathy
can
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
just
some
field
repairs.
So
we
did
not
have
that
as
part
of
the
scope,
but
we
heard
at
the
first
meeting
really
loud
and
clear.
The
community
really
wanted
us
to
look
at
the
field
as
part
of
the
scope,
so
I
went
back
to
the
commissioner,
so
this
is
what
we
showed
at
the
first
meeting,
which
didn't
have
the
field
in
it.
At
all,
went
back
to
the
community
went
back
to
the
commissioner
and
said
you
know.
People
really
want
us
to
look
at
the
field.
A
What
can
we
do
so?
Even
though
we
didn't
have
money
for
construction,
we
said:
let's
pay
the
money
to
design
it
so
that
at
least
even
if
we
can
get
money
down
the
road
we're
designing
it
as
part
of
the
field
or
as
part
of
the
project,
so
it
makes
sense
with
the
rest
of
the
park.
So
that's
what
we
told
everybody
at
the
second
meeting
is
that
we're
gonna
design
it.
A
A
Shade
was
also
very
important,
and
lighting
was
third
in
the
list
of
what
people
thought
was
most
important.
So
then,
in
between
those
two
meetings,
commissioner,
woods
worked
to
help
secure
a
donation
which
would
help
us
to
be
able
to
do
the
field
project
all
in
one
together.
So
at
the
third
meeting
we
announced
that-
and
we
talked
about
the
design
of
the
field
in
greater
detail,
so
that
we
could
show
people
what
was
happening.
A
A
A
The
blue
lines
would
be
two
u12
youth
soccer,
the
purple
is
ultimate
frisbee
and
the
orange
is
kickball
and
I
think
what
happened
is
a
lot
of
people
saw
this
kickball
diamond
and
thought
it
was
softball,
and
so,
even
though
they
were
labeled
and
we
talked
about
it
at
that
meeting,
I
think
that
people
seeing
this
online
saw
that
softball,
and
so
I
think,
that's
part
of
where
that
concern
came
from.
So
of
that
that
misunderstanding,
and
also
the
fact
that
it
was
something
that
was
added
throughout
the
project.
A
H
B
G
G
Yeah,
so
so
by
saying
that
I
just
wanted
to
let
everyone
know
how
long
I
have
been
involved
right
now.
I
am
the
chairperson
of
the
john
sheldon
community
council
inc.
I
opened
the
building
in
1972
as
its
first
director
washington
park
is
a
wonderful
park.
The
unfortunate
part
about
it
is
that
it's
in
a
residential
area
and
that
there
has
been
some
problems
in
regards
to
softball
and
spectators,
I'd
like
to
say
in
the
design
of
this
particular
park.
G
I
think
we
just
our
kids
deserve
to
be
involved
in
some
other
sports
beyond
basketball
and
washington
park
beyond
that.
Right
now
doesn't
provide
that.
The
other
point
of
it
is
that
the
senior
citizen
program
that
we
do
run
in
the
shelburne
center
and
also
the
seniors
over
at
st
st
joseph's,
has
really
not
had
a
chance
to
enjoy
the
park.
G
G
So
you,
as
you
know,
I
have
a
lot
of
knowledge
in
regards
to
the
city
of
boston
and
then,
and
especially
in
regards
to
the
boston
parks
and
recreation
department.
So
my
my
basic
thought
is
that
if
it's
the
possibility-
which
I
think
there
should
be
somewhere
where
the
parks
department
can
permit
this
organization
to
maybe
play
in
one
of
the
other
softball
fields,
so
that's
it
for
me
right
now.
If
there's
something
I
need
to
jump
back
in
on,
I
hope
that
I'll
be
able
to
do
so.
Thank
you.
E
E
E
But
to
extend
usage
as
a
natural
grass
and
dirt
field,
and
at
one
moment
the
design
firm
said
that
they
would
be
able
to
suggest
improvements
to
the
natural
field.
That
would
extend
its
usage,
but
those
improvements
were
never
provided
in
a
subsequent
meeting
or
share,
and
so
in
terms
of
due
process,
I
think
for
community
to
fully
weigh
in
on
what
really
is
a
big
change
to
the
fields.
E
I
I
just
want
to
express
that.
I
don't
think
the
community
has
been
given
that
opportunity,
particularly
when
a
it
was
a
late
edition
in
the
scope
and
b
what
was
happening
was
never
really
clearly
articulated,
even
in
the
third
meeting
where
the
softball
fields
were
introduced,
and
so
I
think
we
need
to
revisit
that
entire
conversation.
E
That's
because
in
may
that
that
portion
wasn't
in
the
scope,
but
I'm
pretty
sure
that,
when
it
became
a
part
of
the
scope,
those
leagues
weren't
reached
out
to
you
directly
to
talk
about
these
significant
changes,
and
I
think
that
was
a
missed
opportunity
to
really
get
this
right.
In
addition,
I
want
to
add
that
I
still
remain
concerned
about
the
lack
of
diversity
in
consultants.
E
The
last
thing
I'll
add
is.
I
do
think
that
we
should
think
about
how
we
move
forward
in
terms
of
the
stewardship
of
this
part
and
carrying
out
a
community
vision,
and
what
I
would
propose
is
that
we
create
some
type
of
a
committee
that
would
work
on
a
memorandum
of
understanding
between
the
very
important
partners
who
have
roles
to
play
and
a
big
interest
in
this
park,
and
you
know
that
would
be
bps.
E
G
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
st
joseph
is
not
left
out
of
any
of
this
they're
very,
very
important
piece
of
this
community
and
that
building
that
that
organization
has
been
there
and
so
they're
they're.
They
are
the
people
who
live
there
and
they
are
the
people
who
are
there
24
hours
a
day,
so
they're
very
important
to
this
conversation
as
well.
A
K
K
K
K
Commissioner,
I
mean
counselor
janie,
commissioner
gross,
never
reached
it
receives
a
response.
I
did
receive
it
from
commissioner
counselor
janie
once
she
attended
the
meeting
that
mrs
harris
miss
harris
set
up
for
this.
For
this
problem
that
we
have
been
going
through
for
the
past
few
years
few
years
and
as
I
stated
in
my
email
to
the
commissioner
to
tame
walsh
to
counselor
journey
that
we
deserve
a
little
bit
of
respect
around
here,
we
have
senior
citizens.
We
have
136
units
in
st
joseph's.
K
K
Nothing
would
have
ever
been
addressed
and
and
andrea,
who
is
also
on
here,
and
she
can
give
you
more
information
on
it
because,
as
I
said,
her
home
is
directly
on
the
back
of
her
home
is
directly
on
dale's
feet
and
she
gets
the
brunt
of
this.
It
makes
your
house
shake
that
music
is
sold.
I
don't
know
what
kind
of
speakers
they
use,
but
then
it
makes
you
how
they
they
go
across
the
street.
To
the
liquor
store,
bring
back
alcohol.
K
You
know
they
just
have
a
a
field
day
there
and
it's
no
respect
whatsoever
for
our
residential
community.
Here
and
that's
where
the
frustration
lies.
You
know
it's
fine.
Yes,
you
play
softball
you.
You
know
you
have
a
good
time.
I,
when
we
first
moved
here,
I
was
on
a
softball
team.
They
had
for
women
at
washington
park.
So
I
understand
that.
But
this
is
not
right.
I
mean
we're
at
a
time
in
our
lives,
especially
during
this
pandemic.
You
know
where
people
are
they're
frustrated.
K
They're
stressed
we
shouldn't
have
to
go
through
something
like
this.
I
mean,
and-
and
you
know
if
we
can
come
together
to
get
something
going
on
here-
we
will
appreciate
that,
because
I'm
gonna
fight
this
tooth
and
nail-
I
really
am
because
this
is
not
right.
We
don't
deserve
this.
We
do
not
deserve
this.
So
that's
what
I
have
to
say
about
it.
D
G
D
Yes,
we
can
we've
been
fighting
with
this
softball
league
for
over
10
years,
we've
been
sending
emails
everywhere.
Even
paul
mccaffrey
actually
probably
knows
us
by
our
first
name.
That's
how
long
we've
been
complaining
about
this.
It's
absolutely
ridiculous
and
they
do
silly
stuff.
They
know
we're
complaining,
so
they
drive
down
the
street
blast
their
music
when
they
get
to
our
yards,
then
they
turn
it
back
down,
but
they
need
to
know
it's
not
just
dale
street
people
on
washington
street
are
complaining.
D
People
on
all
over
the
park
is
complaining,
and
as
far
as
not
putting
out
information
about
the
meetings
they
were
everywhere,
we
even
asked
lauren
to
put
them
in
other
places
that
they
missed.
So
if
you
wasn't
so
busy
playing
softball
and
drinking,
you
might
have
seen
one
of
them
signs,
I'm
tired
of
it.
I
hope
it
becomes
a
feel
for
the
kids.
J
A
L
Okay,
thank
you.
I'm
the
director
at
the
shelburne
community
center
I've
been
involved
with
the
children
for
years,
and
you
know
I
was
sitting
here
just
listening
to
folks
and
I
just
brought
me
back
to
when
they
did
have
a
real
good,
mature,
adult
softball
lead
out
there
and
they
we
didn't
face
these
issues.
L
I
mean
the
people
were
very
respectful
for
the
community,
the
surrounding
the
shelburne
and
they
didn't.
We
didn't
deal
with
these
issues
and
for
me,
when
my
staff
come
in
the
next
day,
monday
after
saturday
and
sunday,
and
they
have
went
to
bathroom
in
my
doorway
behind
my
dumpsters
trash
all
in
the
park.
You
know-
and
I
get
those
calls
from
the
residents
from
saint
joseph
in
regards
to
the
music
all
night
long.
You
know,
and
something
really
has
to
be
done
because
they
have
no
order
with
their
organization.
L
There
was
an
incident
at
the
showroom
one
time
and
the
ambulance
couldn't
get
in
there
because
the
cars
were
so
double
packed
in
there
and
it's
a
safety
issue.
So
there's
a
lot
of
concerns
about
that.
Softball
league
and
yes,
they're
parked.
First,
you
know
youth
friendly
on
first
and
the
seniors.
I
mean,
I
think,
the
softball
you
know
I
mean
they
have
taken
over
the
park
in
a
disrespectful
way,
and
that's
just
my
feeling
for
all
the
years
I
haven't
seen
it.
L
It
gets
worse
and
worse
every
year
and,
like
liz
said,
you
know
it's
tiresome,
you
know
something
has
to
be
done.
Absolutely
please.
With
this
new
park
coming,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
you
know
it's.
Community
friendly
and
the
neighbors
in
the
community
are
safe
and
they're
okay
and
they
enjoy
living
there.
They
don't
have
to
be
you
know,
disrupted
by
all
that
loud,
music
and
disrespect
that
goes
on
in
the
park
across
dave
residency.
I
Great,
this
is
mike
miles
good
evening
everybody
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak,
I'm
a
resident
on
mayfair
street,
so
reverend
hammond.
I
know
your
family
khalia
lael,
all
of
them
I've
been
there
for
25
years.
Yes,
indeed,
I
just
want
to
say
that
the
comments
I
shared
with
lauren
and
I
I
have
to
say
that
I
respect
what
jose
raised
a
lot
of
the
points
I
think
are
extremely
valid
in
terms
of
the
community
process
and
the
meetings,
because
I
started
with
the
meeting
initial
meetings
and
the
park.
I
The
park
has
real
issues
with
safety
and
policing
and
I
think
that's
a
bigger
conversation
with
bpd
and
the
parks
department
in
terms
of
policing
that,
but
the
points
that
I
just
want
to
leave
on
the
call
right
now
or
that
with
regard
to
having
inclusive
opportunities-
and
I
appreciate
the
map
that
the
parks
person
put
up
earlier
with
regard
to
where
play
fields
and
ball
fields
are.
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
the
dcr
facility
has
an
indoor
turf
field.
I
I
So,
from
my
perspective
and
being
a
resident
using
the
park
all
the
time,
I
think
that
the
ball
feels
should
have
been
something
that
we
had
a
deeper
dialogue
about
and
really
considered
the
implications
of,
removing
that
and
taking
away
something.
That's
been
a
part
of
the
park
system
there
for
such
a
long
time,
and
so
I
would
just
advocate
that
we
look
at
the
other
spaces
around
it,
the
dcr
and
the
y
field,
as
opportunities
to
utilize
that
and
maintain
what
we
have
and
I'll
stop.
There.
G
G
To
the
soccer
field
at
the
ymca,
I
believe,
that's
a
private
field
and
there
are
certain
people
who
use
it,
but
I
know
I
don't
even
really
know
who
uses
it,
but
it's
a
private
field
as
far
as
inside
the
dcr,
having
turf
to
play
soccer
on
I've,
never
heard
of
that,
and
I'm
not
sure
that
that's
accurate.
It
may
be
mike.
Don't
get
me
wrong.
I
M
I
I
H
A
M
M
M
We
want
to
see
all
sports
played,
we
want
to
see
the
whole
community
be
able
to
get
involved,
I'm
not
against
baseball
or
softball.
I
just
would
rather
see
anything
else
not
paired
with
soccer.
Unfortunately,
it's
a
difficult
time
for
us,
even
now,
with
the
permit
having
to
explain
to
kids
that
want
to
use
the
baseball
field
that
they
can't
do.
Pop-Ups
or
our
parents
are
afraid
that
a
ball
is
going
to
come
down
and
hit
them.
M
M
If
we
can
do
something
similar
where
there's
netting
like
the
new
columbus
av
field
or
there's
actual
protection,
maybe
then
it's
a
conversation
but
sharing
the
field
with
baseball
right
now,
if
this
is
going
to
go
forward
with
soccer
is
a
very
difficult
thing.
If
we
can't
come
up
with
a
really
good
permitting
system
or
a
respect
community
system,
because
when
we
come
on
the
field
we
have
to
clean
up,
we
have
glory.
H
M
That's
all
I
really
want
to
say
is
that
yes,
we're
a
soccer
league,
we
want
to
do
whatever
is
best
for
the
community.
We've
had
our.
You
know
own
previous
issues
in
the
past,
and
it's
not
just
with
one
group
or
anything.
We
just
want
the
field
to
be
available
for
the
community
in
the
state
that
we
leave
it
and
show
up
for
that
same
state
for
the
kids
to
actually
enjoy
it,
especially
when
we're
servicing
kids
ages,
three
to
10
and
mostly
families.
A
Thank
you,
and
one
of
the
other
things
that
I
didn't
mention
earlier,
that
we
had
heard,
and
I
think
it's
both
roxbury
youth
soccer
and
boston
scores
both
work
with
the
local
schools
and
do
after
school
programming
for
the
kids
at
the
field
as
well.
So
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we're
also
looking
at
in
terms
of
soccer
usage
as
well,
and
it
looks
like
carlos,
has
his
hand
raised
and
so
does.
Chief
white
hammond.
H
N
We
used
to
go
to
other
parks,
they've
been
fixed
now
some
of
those
parks
right
there
that
we
would
that
I
went
with
my
kids
to
play
baseball
with
them.
I
also
put
was
a
coach
for
kids,
basically
little
leagues
and
I
went
to
jamaica
plain
publicly
couple
years
ago
and
because
they
didn't
have
the
premier
for
there
they
took
me
out
of
the
park
and
probably
I
said
something
over
here.
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
I've
been
here.
Nobody
mentioned
those
problems
because
the
people
being
shot
in
there
in
that
park
and
the
other
side
I
haven't,
heard
nothing
from
there
police
go
over
there
from
time
to
time.
I
heard
somebody
say:
the
police
don't
go
over
there
when
the
police
be
in
the
park.
Most
of
the
time
they'd
be
in
the
center
field,
motorcycles.
N
N
I
can't
apologize
for
myself,
you
know
and
I'm
sorry
for
what
happening
there,
but
I
can,
I
can't
say
anything
after
we
leave
because
it's
a
it's
a
it's
a
polling
place.
A
lot
of
people
go
over
there
and
do
their
stuff
over
there.
We
fight
with
them.
We
like
telling
like
listen,
we
you
can,
you
can
have
this
over
here.
You
know,
that's
why
the
gate
is
closed.
N
When
I
got
there
on
saturday,
there
was
people
there.
There
was
already
drinking
early
in
the
morning.
It's
not
from
the
league
from
us
people
that
at
least
owned
the
neighborhood
that
was
in
the
park
and
they've
been
there
all
the
time
doing
their
stuff.
We
cannot
say
anything
because
they
live
around
there.
You
know
I
have
no
control
of
what
happened
in
the
park
same
way.
The
police
have
no
control.
What
will
happen
in
the
city
with
the
motorcycles
and
everything
else.
N
N
N
So
why?
Now,
all
of
a
sudden
we
gonna
have
a
kickball,
which
I
never
see
any
latino
or
any
afro-american
playing
that
game.
This
is
this
is
mac
max
park,
and
this
is
also
a
support
field.
We've
been
talking
about
pictures
and
stuff,
like
that.
The
pictures
should
have
been
in
the
park
is
a
picture
from
baseball
players
like
willie
mains.
N
D
I
don't
mean
to
cut
you
off
when
I
came
out
my
yard
you're.
Referring
to
me,
I
did
not
swear
and
the
reason
why
I
was
angry
is
because
the
first
portal
party,
that
was
there,
got
knocked
over
all
week
again
and
the
next
time
the
guy
came.
I
asked
him
if
he
could
move
it
further
down.
That's
the
blue
one
and
he
moved
it.
When
you
was
there,
he
was
getting
ready.
The
same
guy
was
getting
ready
to
put
another
one
in
the
same
spot.
N
D
N
Is
the
blue
one
is
not
if
you
really
pay
attention
to
the
to
this,
we
just
got
hours
at
the
same
time.
You
come
out
from
from
your
house
honestly.
Remember
the
guy
in
the
truck
was
bringing
it
down
and
you
came
outside
and
say
we
have
been
idiots.
Don't
understand,
okay,
I'm
not
going
to
put
something
in
your
mouth.
You
really
say:
god
knows
that
I'm
not
lying
to
you!
N
A
H
J
B
There's
it's,
it
sounds
like
there's
a
number
of
issues
that
are
all
being
connected
to
each
other,
but
then
they're,
not
necessarily
all
the
same.
So
there's
a
question
about
what
people
want
to
do
and
what
usage
makes
the
most
sense
in
the
space
there's
a
history
of
there
being
softball
there.
There
lots
of
people
have
talked
about
it
in
the
past
and
softball
there.
Now.
B
B
So
I
guess
my
one
of
my
questions
and
I-
and
I
heard
you
know-
and
I've
heard
from
multiple
folks
the
attempt
to
shut
down
the
parking
lot
as
a
way
of
you
know
reducing
the
number
of
people
that
are
there,
I'm
getting
the
sense
that
that
has
not
seemed
to
work
enough.
I
will
say
this
so
my
my
department
is
also
responsible
for
for
noise
and
noise
complaints.
One
of
the
things
I
think
we
should
consider
is
the
level
at
which
people
are
projecting
sound
is
actually
illegal.
B
B
That
is
a
not
the
only
challenge
but
a
core
part
of
the
issue.
It
still
doesn't
answer
the
question
of
what
uses
do
we
want
in
the
park?
I'm
hearing
some
some
folks
saying
we
have
a
lot
of
softball
fields.
Some
folks
saying
the
number
of
softball
fields
has
been
going
down.
I
am
interested
to
know
how
used
are
these
other
softball
fields?
Are
there
extra
hours
even
available
in
those
places,
or
are
they
all
used
up
and
we
still
need
more
capacity?
I
will.
I
do
also
want
to
raise.
B
B
B
What
do
we
begin
to
do
about
that
because
it
sounds
like
we've
got
a
challenge
and
what
what
we're
looking
for
as
an
answer
is
to
just
get
rid
of
the
field.
But
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
is:
I
live
not
that
far
from
a
soccer
field
where
the
same
challenges
exist,
and
so
I'm
concerned
that
if
we
don't
address
those
challenges,
they
may
just
show
up
in
an
adult
soccer
league
with
the
same
issues.
B
A
A
B
So
I
you
know
I
could
stay
until
8
30.,
but
but
I
I
want
to
suggest
that
I'm
not
sure
this
fully
gets
resolved
tonight.
I
think
what
what's
happened
is
that
people
have
aired
where
they
are.
That's
important.
There
seems
like
there's
a
couple
of
issues
that
we
need
to
understand
what
what
options
exist.
B
For
instance,
is
there
a
way
to
have
a
soccer
field
and
a
softball
field?
Is
that
a
possibility
has
that
been
explored?
And
then
I
do
think
these
questions
about
how
to
handle
sound.
Quite
frankly,
commissioner,
woods
and
I
are
gonna
be
on
a
call
tomorrow,
where
these
same
exact
challenges
are
being
raised
in
another
park,
and
I
wanna
I
I'm
willing
to
spend
some
time
thinking
creatively.
How
do
we
addre
address
the
party
atmosphere
without
assuming
that
it
has
to
be
and
has
to
accompany
the
recreation
use.
C
O
And
now
you
know
I
disagreed
of
building
a
soccer
field
makamax.
I
just
think
that
the
softball
you
know
we
should
keep
the
softball
fields
there,
because
we
got
baseball
leagues
there
and
by
putting
a
soccer
field
there,
it's
gonna
create
a
lot
of
situation.
Also,
I
think
they
built
another
soccer
field
over
in
roberts
field,
where
dorchester
use
dorchester
high
used
to
be
so.
K
G
G
G
D
H
H
G
That's
the
issue
now,
as
my
understanding
is-
and
I
may
be
wrong,
because
maybe
they
change
the
rules
from
time
to
time-
I
don't
know,
but
young
people,
children,
I
understand,
have
preference
when
it
comes
to
uses
of
these
parks
that
belong
to
the
city
of
boston.
I
might
be
wrong.
Maybe
the
commission
can
answer
that
question,
but
I
know
that's
the
way
it
used
to
be
so
in
terms
of
people
arguing
about
this
one
or
that
one,
just,
let's
think
about
the
people
that
live
there,
let's
think
about
the
calvin
community
center.
G
Let's
think
about
the
people
live
on
washington
street,
let's
think
about
the
seniors,
who
want
to
come
out
to
the
park
and
walk
around
the
track
and
sit
down
on
a
bench
and
maybe
drink
some
water
or
whatever.
You
have
no
there's
no
other
place
for
them
to
do
that
in
the
park.
So
it's
not
a
matter
of
kicking
out
the
softball
league,
okay,.
G
H
J
B
B
J
O
M
H
B
O
B
M
B
B
L
P
P
P
I
mean
it
really
is
really
a
no-brainer
share.
The
field
soccer
baseball,
the
baseball
field's
been
there
for
years
since
I
was
a
child,
so
I
have
no
problem
with
that.
So
you
know
I
kind
of
agree
to
disagree
with
some
of
the
statements.
That's
going
on.
The
field
is
big
enough
to
share
all
sports
because
they
don't
play
in
the
same
seasons
and
with
that
I
yield
the
floor.
B
Hello,
I
want
to
get
clear
on
some
of
the
conversations
that
folks
have
raised.
We
do
want
to
know
some
there's.
There's
a
question
been
raised
that
there's
more
soft
soccer
fields
and
baseball
fields,
there's
softball
fields.
I
would
love
to
know
what
is
the
inventory
of
the
city?
We
see
here
the
inventory
of
roxbury,
I
think,
or
some
portion
of
rochester-
that's
not
all
of
rockstar,
but
some
portion
of
roxbury.
It
does
appear
from
this.
There
are
more
softball
fields
than
soccer
fields.
I
don't
there's
one
there's
one
soccer
field
at
madison
park.
B
What
seems
to
be
the
sticking
point,
though,
is
the
question
of
how
do
we
make
sure
that
when
recreation
happens
there
it
happens
in
a
way
that's
respectful
of
the
residents
in
the
neighborhood,
because
if
that
doesn't
happen,
it
doesn't
matter
if
it's
soccer
or
softball
or
basketball.
If
people
who
live
around
the
park,
don't
feel
good,
don't
feel
safe,
don't
feel
respected.
It
doesn't
matter
what
the
sport
is.
B
How
do
we
make
sure
that,
regardless
of
what
is
in
the
space
that,
when
the
kids
get
there
to
use
it
on
monday,
that
is
clean
when
folks
are
in
their
homes,
they
can
hear
themselves.
The
autistic
kids
that
live
in
the
neighborhood
are
not
undone
by
the
level
of
sound,
and
I
think
we
can
have
that
conversation
without
pitting
soccer
versus
softball,
and
then
I
think
the
question
is
you
know
if,
if
we
can't
get
to
a
different
place,
what
what
are
the
standards
for?
What
happens
there?
B
B
How
how
the
surrounding
situation
happens
to
the
playing
in
the
field
more
than
what
is
actually
being
played,
are
folks
open
to
a
more
focused
conversation
around
how
we
deal
with
that,
and
I
and
I'm
raising
this
because
we're
about
to
have
the
same
conversation
tomorrow
in
relation
to
franklin
park,
same
issues
just
dirt
bikes
versus
people
walking
in
the
park
parties.
There
too,
we
had
to
shut
down
the
entire
lane
through
franklin
park
in
order
to
get
the
parties
to
stop,
but
we've
got
to
find
a
different
solution.
H
M
M
O
M
You
know-
and
I
and
I
and
I
I
know
you-
I've
met
you
several
times
in
the
field.
I
know
you
don't
see
my
face,
but
I've
met
you
through
the
soccer
league,
so
I
can
attest
to
that.
What
I
think
that
may
be
the
bigger
issue
is
that
there
are
so
many
softball
leagues
that
maybe
we
just
need
to
figure
out
how
to
communicate
with
each
other,
because
if
you're,
taking
accountability
for
your
league
and
the
other
leagues
aren't
taking
accountability,
then
all
the
fallback
falls
on
all
the
leagues
across
the
board.
E
H
E
I
think
that's
really
going
to
be
the
key
here
in
constant
communication
prioritizing,
quite
frankly,
the
people
in
st
joe's.
You
are
the
closest
neighbors
there
who
do
deal
with
this
park
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
and
I
think,
a
memorandum
of
understanding
that
would
lay
out
processes
for
accountability
who's.
You
know
who
to
go
to
for
what
who
are
you
know
a
listing
of
who
are
our
users
permitted
users
in
the
park?
So
people
know
who
to
call
if
they
have
a
concern
access
to
schedules
of
permitting.
E
So
if
a
neighbor
sees
something
they
don't
like
that,
they
know
who
to
reach
out
to
either.
You
know
what
soccer
team
to
reach
out
to
or
what
softball
team
seem
to
reach
out
to.
I
think
the
creation
of
some
processes
and
clarity
and
pathways
for
communication
would
be
helpful,
and
I
think
an
mou
would
assist
that
and
I'd
be
glad
to
assist
in
working
on
that.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you.
So
I
think
we
should.
We
should
set
another
time
because
it's
8
26
and
I
know
there
are
so
folks
wanting
to
to
weigh
in-
and
I
want
to
respect
that
we
are.
We
are
nearing
30
minutes
past
what
we
said
we
would
be
done.
I
do
think
this
question
of
accountability
of
documenting,
because
if
there
are
folks
that
are
not
causing
problems,
they
should
not
be
swept
up
with
folks
who
are
and
figuring
out
how
we,
how
we
get
clear
on
that.
B
I
think
there's
other
little
things
like
the
issues
around
the
porta
potties
that
have
been
raised
and
I
think,
there's
some
some
conversations.
That
could
be
even
some
conversations
that
began
in
the
chat
that
we
could
keep
going
to
get
to
greater
clarity
and
get
some
agreement
and
get
people
on
the
same
page
to
move
forward.
So
what
I
want
to
suggest
is
are
folks
willing
to
come
back
for
a
conversation
a
week
from
now.
B
That
will
give
a
little
bit
of
time
to
put
some
things
together,
get
some
answers
to
some
questions
and
then
really
drill
down
on
what
will
accountability
look
like
because
I
you
know
I'll
just
be
honest
with
you
just
changing
out
what
one
sport
to
another
will
not
necessarily
shift
it.
If
we
don't
have
some
agreements
about
what
it
means
to
get
a
permit,
what
we're
asking
people
to
do,
how
we're
asking
people
to
clean
things
up
how
we're
documenting
who's
doing
what
they
said.
B
They
were
going
to
do
who's
not
doing
what
they
said.
They
were
going
to
do
and
then
folks
who
don't
do
what
they
said
they
got
to
do,
need
to
lose
their
permits.
So
I
think,
would
folks
be
willing
to
come
back
in
a
week
and
begin
and
drill
down
with
some
specificity
on
the
conversations
that
have
been
started
tonight.
C
C
N
A
C
B
Your
folks
are
doing
so.
If
you
want
to
make
sure
you
are
invited
to
that
next
meeting,
please
put
your
email
or
phone
number
in
a
text
phone
number
in
the
chat
so
that
we
can
get
back
to
you.
This
is
also
lauren's
email.
If
you
want
to
write
that
down
and
reach
out
to
her
that
way,
but
if
you
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
when
the
meeting
is,
please
go
ahead
and
share
your
contact
information.
I
know
this
is
a
tense
conversation.
B
I
think,
on
the
whole
people
did
mostly
well.
We
had
some
places
where
we
we
had
a
tough
time,
we'll
get
started
next
week
or
with
some
agreements
about
how
we're
going
to
do
this,
how
we're
going
to
share
time
together
and
how
we're
going
to
move
forward
and
we'll
we'll
hone
in
on
the
key
issues
that
people
have
raised.
So
we
can
come
to
some
agreement.
B
I
do
know
that
there
was
a
list
that
there
are
guidelines
that
are
already
accessible
on
the
city's
website,
we'll
go
ahead
and
review
those
and
then
figure
out
the
questions.
Are
there
things
that
are
missing
from
that?
That
we
also
that
that
are
happening
that
are
a
problem
and
then
what
are
the
agreements
around
accountability?
B
It
sounds
like
when
people
permit,
maybe
that
there's
a
need
in
the
in
this
coming
year
and
in
the
future
sort
of
have
a
clear
conversation
with
folks
to
make
sure
they're
very
clear
about
it
and
what
the
concept
is.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
everyone
for
being
in
this.
This
call.
I
know
that
today,
for
many
of
us
is
a
challenging
day,
challenging
anniversary.