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From YouTube: Capital Plan Press Conference FY2019-2023
Description
Successful schools, open spaces, climate readiness, reliable transportation and recovery services are all components of a thriving Boston. Mayor Walsh joined a collection of local leaders and city advocates at the Shattuck Picnic Grove in Franklin Park to announce proposed investments in those initiatives, to help support Boston's dynamic economy and improve quality of life for all of its residents.
A
A
Working
for
OH&S
means
we're
out
in
the
neighborhoods
talking
to
residents,
answering
their
questions,
hearing
their
concerns
and
finding
out
how
they
envision
their
community
growing
and
thriving.
It
proof
it
provides
us
an
important
perspective
on
how
the
work
of
Mayor,
Walsh
and
City
Hall
affects
her
family,
friends
and
neighbors.
A
city
of
Boston.
This
perspective
is
critical
part
of
the
decision-making
and
getting
our
perspectives.
This
is
why
we
are
so
excited
today
to
introduce
the
fiscal
year.
2019
2023,
imagine
Boston
capital
plan.
A
Our
capital
plan
details
what
initiatives
and
projects
in
your
neighborhoods
in
our
neighborhoods
and
across
Boston
that
the
city
will
be
investing
into
making
our
futures
brighter.
We
know
that
these
projects
means
so
much
to
family
friends
and
neighbors.
We
hear
every
day
a
new
library,
a
fresh,
healthy
school
lunches,
a
fire
engine
and
a
street
outreach
worker.
These
inventors
make
positive
impact
on
the
daily
lives
of
Bostonians
in
every
neighborhood
across
the
city.
This
brings
me
to
our
next
speaker
a
tireless
advocate
for
our
neighborhoods
and
lifting
everyone
up
in
them.
A
B
B
As
you
know,
the
community
people
that
are
here
know
that's
that
that's
the
foundation,
that's
the
front
door,
insist
in
City,
Hall
they're
the
people
that
go
out
to
the
community
meetings
and
and
take
the
heat
for
something
that
that
I
might
have
done,
or
they
go
out
in
the
community
and
they
listen
to,
and
they
help
with
with
concerns
in
the
neighborhood
and
I.
Just
want
to
thank
them
that
they're
incredibly
young
people
and
thank
them
for
their
great
work.
I
also
want
to
thank
a
few
other
people
here
today.
B
I
want
to
first
of
all
thank
all
the
residents
that
came
in
today.
Your
aunt,
your
great
I,
want
to
thank
our
chief
financial
officer
and
mehandi.
This
is
our
first
budget
as
that,
as
the
chief
financial
officer
for
the
City
of
Austin
Thank
You
Emma
for
your
great
work,
a
budget
director,
Justin
starett
and
his
team.
Thank
you
Justin.
Where
are
you
right
here?
Thank
You,
Justin,
Justin's,
first
budget
as
well.
B
This
plan
they
put
together
is
a
fiscally
responsible,
responsible
plan
and
today
we're
talking
about
the
capital
side
of
that
I
want
to
thank
the
Halley
house
for
providing
us
today
with
some
refreshments,
Thank
You,
Hayley
house,
Thank,
You
Clubhouse
for
also
the
clubhouse
for
helping
us
today.
I
want
to
give
a
dank
to
to
City
Council
Kim
Janey.
This
is
our
first
budget
and
she's
so
effective
that
we're
in
her
district
today.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
today
and
her
mom
is
here.
B
I
wanted
a
here
mother,
employer,
Holly
oak
I
want
to
thank
City
Councilman
O'malley
who's
here
with
us
today.
Matt's
actually
helped
me
out
a
little
while
he's
gonna
cover
me
Jamaica
pond
he's
gonna
restock
the
pond.
So
thank
you
Matt
for
doing
that.
I
appreciate
it.
We
have
many
different
chiefs
of
different
departments,
but
I
just
wanted
a
couple:
gonna
speak
today:
Ron
Dorsey,
the
chief
of
education,
who's
behind
me,
Marty
Martinez
who's,
our
new
chief
of
health,
Human,
Services,
he's
been
with
us
for
four
months
and
he's
doing
an
incredible
job.
B
Commissioner
Cooke
from
the
parks
department
he's
doing
incredible,
stuff
and
Sara
Freeman
an
advocate
for
the
Abu,
a
Coalition
somebody
who
I
met
when
I
was
a
state
representative
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
with
us.
Today
we
have
David
lemon
from
the
library
as
well.
Thank
you,
David
and
Jerome
Smith,
so
I'm
not
gonna,
go
into
everybody,
so
I'm
proud
to
represent
the
imagine,
Boston
2030
capital
budget
for
fiscal
year,
2019
to
2030
and
the
investments
that
we're
gonna
make
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
B
We
put
additional
money
in
there
for
more
ambulances
and
additional
police
and
fire
classes,
and
we
did
around
addiction
and
opioids
and
housing,
and
we
can
education,
the
largest
education
budget
in
the
history
of
the
city,
so
we're
working
on
today
we're
talking
about
the
capital
side,
the
actual
buildings
that
you
see
and
the
parks
that
you
see
and
and
the
land
that
we
own.
These
two
budgets
will
work
hand
in
hand
to
make
sure
that
we're
investing
in
the
quality
of
life
of
Bostonians.
B
We're
also
gonna
make
sure
that
people
have
economic
mobility,
something
that's
really
important
for
us.
For
2014
we
were
the
number
one
in
equality
city
in
the
United
States
of
America.
We've
made
investments
and
we'll
work
with
the
community
and
we're
no
longer
number
one
were
number
seven,
which
is
a
good
move,
but
we
still
got
more
to
go.
We
want
to
go
down
that
list,
that's
a
list.
B
We
want
to
be
at
the
bottom
of
so
we're
gonna
continue
to
work,
and
we
have
to
do
that
by
making
sure
the
middle
class
succeeds
in
every
neighborhood
and
that
we
try
to
strive
to
get
people
into
the
middle
class.
That's
something
that
we
talk
about.
We
often
talk
about
poor
people
and
poor
people
and
poor
people
and
underprivileged
neighborhoods.
B
Okay,
that's
one
thing
and
helping
people,
but
the
goal
is
to
get
peep
in
communities
that
that
might
not
have
the
means
get
them
into
the
middle
class,
so
people
could
feel
good
about
themselves
and
the
neighborhood
they're
in
their
communities.
This
budget
is
also
the
product
of
community
planning.
In
fact,
an
estimated
84%
of
this
capital
plan
is
aligned
with
boston
city
wide
planning
efforts.
That
means
well
the
stuff
that
are
many
of
you.
B
A
part
of
the
city
plans
in
bill,
BPS,
building
new
schools
in
our
city,
a
billion
dollar
investment
over
a
10-year
period,
go
Boston,
2030,
making
sure
that
we
continue
to
move
people
around
our
city,
whether
it's
bike,
bicycles
or
walking,
pedestrian
walking
or
cars,
and
making
public
transportation
making
sure
we
move
forward.
A
housing
plan
to
create
more
opportunity,
so
people
can
actually
stay
and
live
in
the
city
of
Boston.
That's
a
goal
of
ours.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
as
we
grow
a
city.
B
People
can
actually
stay
in
their
neighborhoods
of
Georgia,
so
Roxbury
Mattapan
and
other
neighborhoods
climate
ready
Boston.
As
you
saw
this
year,
with
the
snow
store
we
had
and
in
the
rains
we
have,
we
have
sea
level
rise
and
we've
had
flooding
that
we
haven't
had
before
in
different
parts
of
the
city
of
Boston,
so
we're
working.
How
do
we
protect
our
city?
Boston
creates
an
arts
and
cultural
plan
really
making
sure
that
we
have
great
museums
and
institutions
in
our
city,
but
we
have
small
ones
on
our
neighborhoods.
B
We
got
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
support
and
that's
what
this
plan
this
plan
represents.
This
plan
comes
under.
Imagine
Boston,
2030,
that's
our
first
citywide
master
plan
in
over
50
years,
the
plans
guided
by
the
input
of
Boston
residents
and
businesses.
It's
a
shared
vision
for
our
future.
It's
not
my
plan,
it's
our
plan
and
that's
the
difference
about
this.
If
you
want
to
see
imagine
Boston
in
action,
you
don't
have
to
go
any
further
than
where
we
are
today.
B
Franklin
Park
and
it's
beautiful
a
little
wet
today,
little
called,
but
it's
still
beautiful.
This
park
is
a
historic
gem
of
the
Emerald
Necklace.
A
lot
of
construction
is
happening
right
here
right
now
in
this
park,
we're
building
new
pathways
we're
making
the
making
the
entryway
is
accessible
to
all
people.
B
We're
excited
to
continue
those
renovations
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
move
forward,
we're
also
working
to
achieve
one
of
the
city's
long-held
goals
to
finally
complete
the
Emlyn
necklace
and
fulfill
Frederick
Law
Olmstead
vision
of
a
beautiful
connected
green
space
into
the
geographical
heart
of
our
city-
and
you
know
today
is
fred's
196
birthday
and
he's
with
us
today.
So
thank
you,
Fred
for
being
with
us
today.
B
There's
a
lot
there's
a
lot
of
change
change
hopping
around
here
next
to
Franklin
Park
RM,
Bay
Park,
which
is
also
going
through
a
6.2
million
dollar
renovation
with
a
new
playground
and
pathways
and
more.
If
you
go
up
Columbia
Road
you'll
reach
up
and
corner
the
communities
going
through
an
exciting
transformation,
we're
building
a
new
library
in
upins,
corner,
we're
renovating
streets
and
intersections
we're
establishing
an
arts,
innovation
district,
we're
investing
along
the
Fairmount
corridor
to
spur
a
trans
oriented
growth
to
create
more
connections
between
residents,
jobs
and
affordable
homes.
B
So
when
the
commitment
was
made
to
bring
the
Fairmont
line
in,
it
was
why
it
was
one
thing
now
we
have
to
make
sure
that
that
fam
on
line
benefits
the
community
the
way
it's
supposed
to,
and
it
was
intended
to
in
every
neighborhood
you'll
find
similar
investments
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
all
of
our
residents.
The
most
important
investments
were
making
as
a
city
today
is
investing
in
our
people
of
our
city.
They
are
our
greatest
asset
and
we'll
continue
to
invest
what's
best
for
the
people
as
we
continue
to
grow.
B
We
strongly
believe
that
Boston
is
a
city
that
is
world-class
because
it
has
the
it's
got
a
mill
class.
That's
welcome
to
everybody.
That's
why
we're
proud
again
to
invest
in
once
again
helping
areas
that
matter
the
most
of
Bostonians
to
help
them
achieve
a
strong
place
for
the
middle
class.
We're
gonna,
invest
in
education
and
housing
and
transportation
in
public
health
and
arts
and
culture
and
climate
ready,
we're
bringing
new
kitchens
to
our
Boston
public
school
systems,
we're
renovating
libraries
and
we're
making
Complete
Streets.
B
These
investments
will
illustrate
what
it
really
means
and
what
this
budget
really
means:
the
impact
on
Bostonians
on
a
daily
basis.
One
of
those
goals
is
making
sure
that
all
of
our
schools
are
fit
for
the
21st
century.
It's
2018,
our
kids
at
work
live,
are
growing
up
and
learning
in
schools
that
were
built
before
World
War,
two
we're
continuing
the
historic
1
billion
dollar
investment
in
the
Boston
Public
Schools
over
the
next
10
years.
B
When
I
talked
about
kitchens,
we're
upgrade
twenty-five
of
our
kitchens
through
Boston's
MyWay
cafe,
which
will
increase
healthy
ways
for
freshly
prepared
food.
We
have
a.
We
had
a
pilot
program
that
was
going
on
in
East
Boston
that
was
working
successfully
and
with
taking
that
into
across
the
city
of
Boston.
We're
also
investing
in
critical
upgrades
into
infrastructure
like
new
facilities
in
our
schools,
new
windows
in
our
schools,
new
locker
rooms
in
our
schools,
accessibility,
improvement
in
our
schools.
B
B
Excuse
me
we're
implementing
Complete
Streets
designed
for
our
roads
that
benefit
everyone
who
uses
them,
whether
you're
a
pedestrian
walking
down
the
street
or
a
runner
running
down
the
street
or
you're,
taking
the
MBTA
or
you're
taking
the
ride
the
buses,
whether
you
ride
a
bicycle
to
work
or
you
drive
a
car
to
work,
we're
investing
in
ways
to
improve
safety
on
our
roads
to
get
to
zero
fatalities.
Something
that's
really
important
here.
B
Oh
traffic
fatalities,
we're
also
investing
in
our
community
resilience
and
our
neighborhood
through
Boston,
ready
to
climb
it
ready,
Boston,
we're
preparing
for
sea
level
rise
and
developing
a
plan
to
increase
our
ability
to
withstand
storm,
storm
surge
and
flood
floods,
whether
that
means
deploying
flood
walls
or
smart
development
along
the
waterfront.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
Boston
is
prepared
for
the
inevitable,
inevitable
effects
of
climate
change,
we're
also
making
investments
to
protect
public
health
communities.
That
means
access
for
residents
to
health
services.
B
They
need
and
depend
upon
something
that
we
go
we're
seeing
the
scourge
of
drugs,
we've
actually
seen
the
scourge
of
drugs
for
last
35
years
in
our
city
and
alcohol,
and
we're
working
to
make
sure
that
we
provide
the
tools
and
the
programs
that
are
needed
in
all
of
our
communities
on
all
of
our
neighborhoods
to
be
able
to
fight
that
back
and
help
we're
investing
in
additional
80
million
dollars,
which
totals
92
total
through
this
capital
plan
to
rebuild
a
Long
Island
Bridge.
Our
goal
is
to
establish
a
long-term
recovery
campus
on
Long
Island's.
B
Our
goal
is
to
work
with
the
people
of
gnam
and
work
with
the
people
of
quincy
to
make
sure
that
we
all
understand,
because
the
people
that
we're
going
to
be
living
out
there
in
getting
into
recovery
are
gonna,
be
people
from
all
over
Boston
and
all
over
Massachusetts.
That's
not
just
a
Boston
based
program.
It
will
be
a
statewide
program
that
we're
gonna
put
on
the
islands.
I
invite
you
all
to
explore
the
budget,
both
the
operating
and
capital
on
our
budget.
Boston
cough
webpage
and
now
I'll
take
some
questions
at
the
end.
B
C
Good
morning,
everyone,
oh
that,
was
robust.
Thank
you.
It's
good
to
be
here
with
with
the
citizens
of
Boston
and
my
colleagues
and
government
on
this
spring
ish
day
much
better
than
we've
had
over
the
past
months,
and
certainly
in
one
of
Boston's,
most
spectacular,
open
spaces
I'm
here
to
talk
about
our
investment
in
schools,
and
so
schools
are
the
ultimate
investment
in
our
city's
future,
along
with
the
biggest
operating
budget
in
Boston,
Public
Schools
history.
C
This
capital
plan
allows
us
to
create
modern
learning
environments
that
unlock
the
amazing
potential
of
all
the
Boston's
young
people.
It
also
reflects
Mayor
Walsh's
ten-year
$1,000,000,000
commitment
to
upgrading
school
buildings
through
the
bill,
bps
initiative-
we're
not
just
talking
about
buildings,
but
we
are
talking
about
creating
21st
century
learning
spaces.
These
investments
are
about
creating
flexible
technology,
ready,
comfortable
and
safe
spaces
that
support
all
types
of
learning
and
honor.
Our
students,
educators
and
communities.
C
C
We're
going
to
build
more
accessible
and
nurturing
facilities
that
meet
the
needs
of
every
student,
especially
our
most
vulnerable
students.
Specifically,
we
plan
to
complete
accessibility
renovations
at
the
Henderson
inclusion,
Upper
School,
to
rebuild
the
bridge
and
walkway
that
connects
the
two
curly
K
to
eight
schools
and
to
renovate
the
locker
rooms
at
Brighton
high
school.
C
These
renovations
will
total
roughly
seven
and
a
half
million
dollars
we're
focusing
on
child
wellness
and
creating
healthy
spaces
with
fresh
air
and
sunlight.
We'll
invest
just
over
nine
million
dollars
to
replace
windows
at
the
Henderson
inclusion
lower
school,
as
well
as
the
Horace
Mann
in
Jackson
man,
schools.
We
will
also
make
improvements
to
the
Sumner
school
yard,
we're
finding
new
ways
to
make
sure
students
are
ready
to
learn
every
day
by
addressing
food
and
nutrition
needs,
as
the
mayor
indicated,
specifically
we're.
C
Upgrading
25
kitchens
at
schools
across
the
city
through
build
bps
and
the
my
way
cafe
program
that
was
sponsored
by
the
Shaw
Family
Foundation.
This
investment
will
enable
us
to
launch
an
innovative,
fresh
food
program
in
the
fall
of
2018,
through
which
healthy
meals
will
be
prepared
on
site,
as
piloted
in
East
Boston,
by
focusing
on
areas
of
the
city
and
students
with
the
greatest
need,
and
by
using
the
best
design
practices
we're
setting
our
students
up
for
success.
C
D
D
These
centers
for
youth
and
families,
which
are
in
every
neighborhood
across
the
city
in
every
corner,
are
providing
incredibly
important
services
and
resources
to
young
people,
families,
elderly
seniors,
they're,
providing
resources
that
are
critical
in
our
community,
so
to
see
the
investment
not
only
in
our
operating
budget,
but
in
our
capital
budget.
We
see
a
true
commitment
to
these
centers
I'm,
not
really
a
numbers,
guy
I'm,
really
a
human
service,
social
service
kind
of
guy,
but
numbers
matter.
When
it's
talking
about
investing
in
these
communities.
D
This
capital
budget
means
a
two
point:
nine
six
million
dollar
investment
for
improvements
to
the
galavan
Community
Center,
including
replacement
for
the
roof,
the
roof,
the
gym
for
providing
air
conditioning
in
the
gymnasium,
improving
safety
systems.
So,
where
you
to
have
a
better
facility
to
spend
their
time
after
school
and
to
facilitate
more
robust
programming,
let's
hear
that
for
the
galavan
Community
Center.
D
Another
example
that
means
almost
two
million
dollars
on
investment
for
interior
renovations
for
the
matter:
Hunt
Community,
Center
to
refurbish
the
lobby,
the
gym
the
community
room,
the
computer
lab,
so
that
we
continue
great
program
being
offered
to
youth
and
provide
better
facilities
so
that
individuals
can
access
a
computer
at
home.
Who
can't
can
access
it
at
the
community
center?
D
We're
talking
about
other
investments
and
other
centers,
including
the
Paris
tree
pool
looking
at
the
North
End
community
center
and
we're
making
sure
that
the
resources
that
exist
in
these
community
and
in
capital
investments
help
to
give
all
young
people
and
all
citizens
equal
access
to
high-quality
facilities
that
will
help
them
have
I
call
high
quality
programming.
You
should
not
only
have
access
to
a
facility,
that's
great,
because
it's
in
your
neighborhood,
you
should
have
asked
us
to
great
facilities,
because
it's
in
every
neighborhood.
D
We're
excited
from
a
Health
and
Human
Services
component
that
we
see
these
investments
in
BC
YF
and
we're
excited
to
continue
to
see
the
great
programming
that
will
come
from
these
investments,
not
only
in
this
budget,
but
on
going
through
our
capital
budget.
Now
it
gives
me
privilege
to
bring
up
Commissioner
Cooke
to
talk
about
some
other
investments
that
we
see
in
the
budget.
E
Thank
you
so
much
Marty.
How
about
Franklin
Park?
Is
there
more
beautiful
place
to
celebrate
Olmsted's
birthday
Olmsted?
Thank
you
very
much
for
joining
us.
Also,
thank
you
very
much
for
building
this
extraordinary
space,
and
it
gives
me
great
pleasure
to
talk
about
some
of
the
investments.
This
is
an
extraordinary
parks
budget
and
when
we
look
at
imagine,
Boston
I
think
they
should
change
the
name.
We
should
steal
from
Walt
Disney
we're
now
the
Imagineers
right,
because
we
went
through
the
imagine
part
of
it
and
now
we're
building
this
stuff.
E
This
is
all
the
stuff
that
the
community
said
that
they
wanted
and
that
they
needed
and
with
the
technical
expertise
guided
by
the
folks
that
imagine
Boston.
We
now
have
constructible
projects
that
is
going
to
change
this
city
for
the
better,
so
I
just
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
lens
that
we
approach
at
the
parks
department.
How
do
how
to
move
along
some
of
these
imagine
Boston
projects,
but
first
I
have
to
thank
the
people
who
actually
take
care
of
this
park
every
single
day.
E
Who,
along
with
Franklin
Park
coalition
and
Emerald
Necklace
Conservancy,
are
out
here
every
single
day,
taking
care
of
this
extraordinary
space,
we're
very
grateful
to
them
and
we're
also
joined
by
a
horticultural
division,
our
general
superintendent,
Greg
Mossman.
So
thank
you
to
all
those
folks
for
everything
that
they
do.
E
When
we
look
at
imagine
Boston,
we
look
at
it
through
the
lens
of
parks.
First,
not
the
parks
are
more
important,
but
the
parks
are
one
of
the
first
opportunities
we
have
as
a
city
to
address
issues
around
access,
equity
and
excellence.
So
when
we
look
at
access,
you
don't
have
to
look
farther
than
this
project
right
here
this
project
right
here,
because,
as
you
go
down
this
road
and
you
get
to
our
maintenance
yard,
that's
currently
how
we
access
our
maintenance
yard.
E
So
it's
not
unusual
to
have
a
traffic
count
of
200-300
vehicles
going
through
what
Olmstead
meant
to
be
pedestrian
pathways,
and
so
what's
going
to
happen
with
this
project
right
here,
this
construction,
fencing,
is,
if
you
go
down
to
the
Scarborough
bridge.
This
project
is
closing
that
to
vehicular
traffic
forever.
We're
gonna
be
entering
the
yard.
On
the
other
side
of
the
park,
and
so
one
of
the
most
iconic
Olmstead
designs
in
his
entire
portfolio
will
be
given
back
to
the
people
of
Franklin
Park.
E
That's
the
work
of
imagine
Boston,
that's
the
access
work
and
we
think
about
access.
You
have
to
make
sure
we've
currently
enjoyed
a
great
statistic.
The
Trust
for
Public
Land
is
here
today.
98%
of
our
Bostonians
live
within
a
walk
to
a
park,
but
that's
not
a
hundred
percent
and
the
mayor
wants
a
hundred
percent
and
so
we're
now
looking
at
neighborhoods,
where
we
don't
have
a
hundred
percent
of
our
people
with
access
to
a
quality
Park.
E
And
so
then
you
look
at
neighborhoods
like
Matapan,
and
you
look
at
the
opportunity
we
have
with
the
Steven
Steven
Odom,
serenity,
garden,
we're
gonna,
build
a
new
park
space
and
we're
gonna
take
an
opportunity
where
a
family
went
through
a
terrific
tragedy
and
instead
it's
gonna
be
a
beautiful,
open
space
to
celebrate
a
life.
That's
the
work
of
imagine
Boston.
That
is
when
a
community
works
with
planners
and
then
the
parks
department
gets
to
build
things.
That's
how
extraordinary
that
opportunity
is.
E
That's
how
we
make
sure
that
people
have
access
when
we
look
at
equity,
we
through
imagine
Boston,
came
up
with
a
ranking
system
for
all
of
our
parks
and
where
we
found
that
we
didn't
score
very
highly.
We
worked
with
the
extraordinary
people
at
the
budget
department
to
make
strategic
investments
so
that
we
could
raise
the
quality
ranking
of
those
parks,
and
that
is
the
only
reason
because
of
the
work
of
imagine
Boston,
that
we
are
making
strategic
investments
at
places
like
Holborn,
Street
and
Buford
Street
to
renovate
those
tot
Lots
in
Roxbury.
E
So
we
are
very,
very
grateful
to
make
those
investments,
that's
the
equity,
and
then
we
talk
about
excellence.
We
have
an
amazing
opportunity
because
we
have
a
mayor
and
we
have
a
city
council
that
really
really
values
open
space
and
we
can
make
historic
investments
in
this
plan
right
here.
There's
a
master
plan,
$800,000
master
plan
to
guide
the
work
of
the
28
million
dollar
investment
coming
from
Winthrop
Square.
That
is
going
to
fundamentally
change
Franklin
Park
for
the
better
forever.
E
In
addition,
that
work
will
be
guided
by
the
Franklin
Park
coalition
and
the
Emerald
Necklace
Conservancy.
The
same
thing
is
true:
with
the
Boston
Common.
This
plan
has
a
master
plan
for
Boston
Common
that
shall
we
can
take
the
best
excellence
in
design
across
the
country
and
make
sure
that
our
two
most
significant
parks,
our
largest
most
valuable
natural
resource
area,
Franklin,
Park
and
America's
first
Park
Boston
Common,
are
second
to
none
in
the
nation.
That's
the
work
of
imagine
Boston,
that's
the
work
of
this
capital
plan
and
it
only
works
because
of
partnerships.
E
So
not
only
do
we
have
partnerships
with
our
Park
partners,
but
we
also
have
partnerships
in
city
government
and
if
we
didn't,
we
wouldn't
have
the
extraordinary
opportunity
to
close
the
gap.
That
is
the
fundamental
closing
of
the
Emerald
Necklace.
We
have
an
opportunity
to
green
Columbia
Road
and
we
have
an
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
when
you
get
to
the
end
of
Columbia
Road,
you
get
to
a
place.
E
E
One
of
the
reasons
that
this
part
of
this
product,
these
these
budgets
manifest
is
because
of
the
community
advocacy
early
on
I
met.
Somebody
who
told
me
the
importance
of
not
just
designing
great
parks
but
making
sure
that
those
parks
were
connected,
because
if
people
can't
get
to
an
extraordinary
park,
the
park
doesn't
have
the
same
value.
She's
a
community
activist
and
she's
changed
the
way.
I
look
at
open
space.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
Jamaica
Plain
resident
Sarah,
Freeman.
F
Hi
everyone,
I
love
parks
and
I'll.
Try
in
a
few
words
to
explain
why
and
part
of
it
is
all.
Are
you
sitting
here,
I
hope
every
one
of
you
is
among
the
people
who
use
them
and
care
about
them
to
every
tree
path.
Lamppost
bench,
stonewall,
waterway
field,
they're
all
important
contributors
to
our
experiences
in
these
places.
We
love
parks
are
our
common
ground.
They
bring
us
all
together
and
urban
parks
are
especially
important
as
places
where
we
can
escape
the
hustle
and
bustle
of
the
city
and
experience
nature.
F
F
F
They
just
seem
like
they've
always
been
there,
but
it
takes
a
lot
of
work
to
create
these
parks,
the
planning,
the
construction,
past
playgrounds,
a
lot
of
work
goes
into
that
and
I
won't
even
go
into
maintenance,
because
that's
another
budget
but
important
work
is
in
progress
locally
and
regionally
to
connect
these
parks.
As
commissioner
Cooke
said,
with
each
other
through
greenways
and
expanding
from
your
local
park
to
make
a
meaningful
network,
it
can
be
transportation,
it
can
be
recreation
as
the
Emerald
Necklace
I.
F
F
F
B
Thank
you
very
much.
Let
me
just
give
a
couple
of
shoutouts
here.
I
want
to
thank.
Imagine.
Boston
2030
has
been
worked
on
for
a
long
time
and
italia
at
the
base
here.
Thank
You
Natalia
for
that
Julie
borrows
the
chief
of
Arts
and
Culture
cabinet
is
here
Thank,
You,
Julie
I
know
Julie's
happy
christine
Poff,
no
stranger.
B
Anyone
she's
in
charge
of
CPA
so
go
see
her
looking
for
money
mega
Christine
I
know
we
have
Austin
Blackman
from
the
environment
here
with
us,
Jois
Lenihan,
chief
of
policies
with
us,
Jo
Finn,
the
Commissioner
Boston
Fire
Department's
with
us
chief
hooli,
the
head
of
EMS,
is
with
us
I'm,
trying
to
think
David
Sweeney
here
my
chief
of
staff.
Thank
you.
Dave
Sweeney
feel
great
work
as
well.
B
We
have
a
whole
bunch
of
other
people
here
as
well,
so
I
shouldn't
got
into
that
I'm
in
trouble.
Now
last
year
was
the
first
time
that
we
ever
did
this.
We
brought
the
capital
budget
announcements
out
to
the
community
and
we
went
that
we
went
to
East
Boston
with
that
salamati
know
was
the
state
city
council
at
the
time
it
was
his
last
year
and
we
talked
about
investments,
not
just
an
interest
across
across
the
state
city.
It
was.
B
It
was
well
received
because
the
community
loved
it
and
today
we're
here
in
Roxbury
and
Kim
Janie
is
just
city.
Councilor
and
Kim
has
been
an
incredible
partner,
advocating
on
behalf
of
her
constituents
long
before
she
was
a
city
councilor,
but
she's
done
an
incredible
job
in
the
first
four
months
of
being
a
city,
councilor
and
she's
in
the
midst
of
the
budget.
Right
now,
so
it's
an
honor
for
me
to
bring
up
to
us
city,
councilor,
Kim,
Janey,.
G
Thank
you
and
good
morning,
everyone
good
morning,
first
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Sarah
for
those
wonderful
remarks
and
reminding
us
why
parks
are
so
amazing
and
so
important.
I
also
have
to
say
thank
you
to
mayor
Marty
Walsh
for
all
of
your
work
for
your
investment
throughout
our
city
in
terms
of
this
capital
plan,
but
particularly
in
district
7,
I
want
to
acknowledge
and
thank
the
members
of
your
team.
All
the
people
who
spoke
this
morning
as
well
as
Emma,
very
grateful
for
all
the
work
that
you
do
want
to
say.
G
G
G
That
will
make
our
neighborhoods
great.
There
are
three
things:
I
think
that
are
important
to
highlight
in
terms
of
this
capital
plan:
that
is
our
parks,
our
libraries
and
schools.
Those
are
the
things
that
I
want
to
touch
upon
and
so
I'm
so
thrilled
and
excited
about
the
investment
that
is
happening
not
just
in
Franklin
Park,
but
in
parks
all
throughout
our
neighborhoods.
So
thank
you,
mayor
Walsh,
for
that.
G
I
felt,
like
you
know,
I
was
a
grown-up
to
have
my
first
library
card
has
a
little
7
year
old
girl
and
my
mom
taught
me
that
and
she's
teaching
that
to
every
generation
in
our
family.
She
is
an
avid
reader.
She
has
a
book
with
her
now
I'm
sure
she
was
reading
earlier
before
the
before
the
program
started
and
so
to
see.
G
The
last
thing
that
I
would
say
about
my
mom
and
why
she
has
been
so
important
in
terms
of
my
own
appreciation,
for
things
is
her
her
understanding
of
how
important
education
is.
So
many
people
know
the
work
that
I've
done
in
education
before
being
elected
to
the
Boston
City
Council
I'm,
born
into
a
family
of
educators.
G
My
mom
has
taught
my
father
was
a
teacher
my
sister
currently
teaches,
and
to
see
the
investment
in
our
school
buildings
very
much
needed
in
my
district
in
my
neighborhood,
where
I
live
the
Dearborn
School,
it's
one
of
the
first
places
that
I
wanted
to
go
visit.
One
of
the
first
schools
that
I
went
to
go
visit
as
a
Boston
city
councilor,
and
to
see
that
now
we
will
have
a
state-of-the-art
STEM
Academy
for
our
children
in
our
community.
G
That
is
just
amazing,
and
so
these
are
the
things
that
make
our
neighborhood
strong,
our
schools,
our
parks,
our
green
spaces,
our
libraries
exactly-
and
these
are
all
of
the
things
that
are
important
to
our
children,
important
to
our
children,
but
to
residents
across
the
city
and
so
I'm,
just
thrilled
about
this,
this
budget
and
what
it
means
not
just
for
district,
seven
so
proud
to
represent
Roxbury
South,
End,
Dorchester
and
Fenway,
but
for
the
entire
city,
so
I
won't
go
on
much
longer.
I
know
people
have
questions
again,
I.
G
Just
thank
you
for
being
here
and
thank
you
for
your
continued
advocacy
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
the
work
that
we
need
to
do
to
make
Boston
a
better
place
for
all
of
us.
I
will
continue
with
my
commitment
as
the
budget
season
progresses
by
making
sure
that
we
continue
to
see
these
investments
throughout
the
budget
hearing
process.
So
thank
you
again.
Thank
you.
B
I
also
want
to
introduce
Pat,
Brophy
chief
of
operations
for
the
city
of
Boston,
we're
in
a
fielding
chief
of
emergency
manager
for
the
city
of
Boston,
I,
think
Sheila
Dillon,
Sierra
chief
of
housing.
If
she's
not,
she
deserves
a
shot
in
any
way
she
does
incredible
stuff.
The
last
thing
I
have
to
say
here
today
is
that
some
of
these
alarms
going
off
but
I
have
another
thing
on
your
way
out.
The
parks
department
has
flowers
for
everybody,
so
make
sure
you
grab
some
flowers
on
the
way
out.