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From YouTube: Waterfront Municipal Harbor Plan 8-26-21
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Mayor Janey hosts a Press Conference to discuss developments relating to the Municipal Harbor Plan and provide an update on COVID-19 in the City of Boston.
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As
folks
know,
I
recently
discussed
the
intergovernmental
panel
on
climate
change,
their
latest
report
and
the
dire
findings
for
the
future
of
our
planet
in
boston.
This
week
alone,
sandwiched
between
two
tornado
warnings,
we've
narrowly
avoided
a
hurricane
turned
tropical
storm
and
we
experienced
a
number
of
90-degree
days
in
may
in
june
and
in
august,
and
we
had
an
extremely
rainy
july.
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Like
our
green
space,
our
waterfront
is
one
of
our
most
valuable
assets.
The
downtown
waterfront
should
provide
access
to
all
of
boston
residents,
and
the
municipal
harbor
plan
has
not
embedded
equitable
access
or
cutting-edge
resiliency
measures
to
the
extent
needed.
If
we
are
going
to
tackle
climate
change.
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Moving
forward,
climate,
resiliency
and
equity
must
be
driving
factors
in
development.
I
have
heard
from
residents
and
stakeholders,
including
the
new
england,
aquarium,
civic
leaders,
environmental
organizations
who
have
all
expressed
their
desire
to
build
a
more
equitable
and
resilient
waterfront.
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I
urge
these
groups
to
join
us,
not
just
in
planning
downtown,
but
in
implementing
plans
we
have
for
our
entire
waterfront.
As
mayor,
I
am
leading
efforts
to
ensure
we
meet
our
obligation
to
advance
our
values
of
resilience,
equity
and
access,
and
I
hope
they
will
join
me
in
this
work.
I
have
directed
my
administration
to
facilitate
a
convening
of
stakeholders,
including
residents,
environmental
justice
organizations
and
experts
in
resilient,
equitable
and
accessible
waterfront
development
in
a
series
of
conversations
around
alternatives.
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This
initiative
aims
to
number
one
increase:
waterfront
resiliency
in
the
face
of
more
rapid
sea
level
rise
and
increase
in
storm
threats,
two
expand
access
to
the
waterfront
for
all
residents,
three
put
forth
a
net
zero
requirement
for
any
new
development;
four
maintain
economic
vitality.
During
and
after
the
proposed
development
and
five
increase
green
space.
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This
planning
is
key
to
leading
on
environmental
action
and
represents
a
turning
point
in
the
way
we
respond
as
a
city
to
the
threats
of
climate
change.
We
are
already
making
progress
on
this
front
by
moving
forward
with
access
to
infrastructure
dollars
to
protect
our
most
flood
vulnerable
neighborhood
of
east
boston.
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The
boston
planning
and
development
agency
recently
launched
a
climate
resilient
resilience
fund
in
the
raymond
l
flynn
marine
park.
The
marine
park
land
controlled
by
the
bpda
is
extremely
vulnerable
to
coastal
flooding
and
sea
level
rise
and
serves
as
home
to
thousands
of
critical
marine
and
industrial
jobs.
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Our
positivity
rate
is
3.5
percent
down
from
last
week
and
below
our
threshold
for
city-wide
positivity,
the
seven-day
average
of
covert
related
hospitalizations
is
93
below
the
126
average.
When
we
opened
the
city
back
in
may
and
below
our
threshold
after
weeks
of
increases,
we
have
seen
our
cases
and
positivity
stabilize
over
the
past
week.
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The
vaccine
is
the
best
way
to
protect
ourselves
and
our
loved
ones
from
covet
19..
To
achieve
this,
we
are
boosting
vaccinations
and
communities
hardest
hit
by
the
pandemic,
with
trusted
community-based
organizations
and
the
last
three
weeks
alone.
Twelve
thousand
residents
received
a
shot
as
of
tuesday
august
seventeenth,
four
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
residents
in
boston
were
fully
vaccinated
and
close
to.
Seventy
percent
have
received
at
least
one
vaccine
dose.
Our
rate
of
fully
vaccinated
residents
has
increased
by
40
percentage
points
since
march.
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There
are
numerous
places
throughout
the
city
where
people
can
get
vaccinated,
including
back
to
school
vaccination,
clinics,
walk-in
sites
and
even
pop-up
mobile
clinics.
You
can
find
all
of
these
resources
online
at
boston.gov
and
please
help
slow
the
spread
by
wearing
your
mask,
washing
your
hands,
getting
tested
and
getting
the
vaccine.
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Yes,
we've
already
asked
the
state
to
withdraw
in
terms
of
the
process.
We
are
convening
stakeholders
who
have
been
engaged
in
this
work
and
others
who
want
to
participate
to
see
the
best
way
to
move
forward
that
embeds
all
of
the
goals
that
we
have
all
the
values
that
we
have
to
protect
our
city
to
engage
residents
and
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
so
in
an
equitable
way.
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Do
you
think
we
should
wait?
I
don't.
I
think
we
have
to
act
with
urgency,
given
the
ipcc
report
and
the
obligation
that
we
have.
We
are
a
waterfront
city.
We
know
we
have
to
act
with
urgency.
We
cannot
continue
to
wait.
We
have
put
this
off
for
too
long,
and
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
move
our
city
forward
in
a
way
that
engages
residents
in
making
sure
that
we
are
embedding
the
values
of
resiliency
and
equity
in
our
future
plans
in
a
more
meaningful
way.
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I
hope
that
they
will
also
heed
the
urgency
that
it
that
this
moment
requires
that
we
will
move
forward
in
a
way
all
of
us
it's
going
to
take
all
of
us,
not
just
the
city,
certainly
our
commonwealth
and
and
every
resident
every
organization
that
cares
about
climate
justice
issues.
We
all
have
to
do
our
part
to
make
sure
we
are
dealing
and
addressing
this
issue
with
the
urgency
that
it
requires.
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So,
as
the
mayor
said,
this
is
a
conversation
not
just
about
downtown,
but
the
larger
waterfront
and
that's
a
planning
process.
We've
spent
really
quite
a
serious
amount
of
time.
You
can
also
refer:
we've
released
climate
ready
plans
for
the
downtown
and
north
end,
which
is
something
worth
looking
at
as
a
place
to
start
the
conversation.
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We
have
an
obligation,
I
believe,
and
an
opportunity
to
make
sure,
as
we
plan
for
our
future,
not
just
to
protect
future
generations
to
make
sure
we're
doing
everything
right
now
to
mitigate
the
impact
of
climate
change
and
when
it
comes
to
equity,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
looking
at
all
of
our
neighborhoods,
certainly
our
downtown
waterfront,
is
very
important.
It
has
historical
significance
throughout
our
city,
there's
a
lot
of
activity
in
terms
of
economic
vitality,
and
we
want
to
see
that
continue.
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We
have
a
chance
here
to
make
sure
that
we
are
creating
more
access
to
not
only
the
downtown
waterfront,
but
that
we
are
acting
in
waterfront
neighborhoods,
all
across
boston,
whether
south
boston,
dorchester,
east
boston,
north
end
charlestown,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
waterfront
is
welcoming
inclusive,
not
just
resilient
to
every
resident
throughout
our
city.
I
believe
we
can
take
this
moment
to
do
just
that
that
we
can
convene
stakeholders
embark
on
a
planning
process
that
gets
us
toward
that
goal.
A
To
bring
their
mass
with
them
to
wear
their
mask,
we
are
certainly
providing
support
to
our
business
businesses
throughout
the
city
with
guidance.
Many
have
already
started
putting
signs
up
in
their
windows.
The
good
news
in
all
of
this
is
many
of
the
residents
in
boston
have
already
been
wearing
their
masks
indoors.
We
certainly
want
to
encourage
that,
as
this
begins
tomorrow,
we
have
to
do
all
that
we
can
to
protect
ourselves
and
those
we
love.
Thank
you.
So
much.