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From YouTube: Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Annual Breakfast
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Mayor Walsh joins Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, Jim Rooney and the Massachusetts President of Bank of America, Miceal Chamberlain, to offer his remarks at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Annual Breakfast, held at the InterContinental Boston Hotel in Downtown.
A
Well,
good
morning,
everyone
and
welcome
to
our
government
affairs
for
them,
as
you
look
around
the
room,
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
that
this
is
a
sold-out
morning
and
it's
sold
out
for
a
good
reason.
We're
here
to
welcome
mayor
Martin
Walsh
for
his
annual
address
to
the
business
community
in
the
Greater
Boston
Chamber
of
Commerce.
We're
always
grateful
to
have
the
mayor
here
and
joining
him
today
and
I
want
to
recognize
his
partner
and
I
know
advisor
Lorri,
Higgins
Laurie.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
A
A
A
A
A
A
Now
this
is
mayor
Walsh,
as
I
believe
his
fifth
address
to
the
chamber
since
he
was
elected,
but
the
first
address
of
his
second
term.
We're
happy
to
have
him
back
we're
happy
to
work
with
the
mayor
with
whom
we
have
a
great
deal
of
alignment
in
terms
of
purpose,
which
is
to
make
Boston
and
indeed
Greater,
Boston
the
best
place
for
all
businesses
in
all
people
to
thrive.
A
In
particular,
mayor
Walsh
has
demonstrated
that
he
shares
a
deep
commitment
to
keeping
Boston
a
competitive
place
both
for
businesses
and
our
talented
workforce
with
his
aggressive
housing
goals.
His
commitment
to
economic
growth
and
economic
equality
and
is
work
to
improve
the
perceptions
people
have
about
the
region
is
a
welcoming
place.
It
makes
a
big
difference
when
the
business
community
can
work
with
a
elected
official,
particularly
a
major
city
mayor
like
mayor
Walsh.
We
value
that
partnership
Thank
You
mayor
for
being
here
today,
and
thank
you
for
your
continued
partnership
with
the
business
community.
A
We're
going
to
get
things
started,
but
a
few
commercial
messages
before
we
do.
Following
up
on
this
address
by
Boston
mayor
Marty
Walsh,
we
will
have
a
government
affairs
forum
on
November
8th.
We
will
bring
together
a
Regional
Forum
of
Mayors.
The
mayors
of
Braintree
Framingham
Lynn
in
Newton
will
come
together
to
discuss
many
of
the
issues
that
can
only
be
solved
through
regional
cooperation.
We
all
know
what
they
are:
transportation
and
housing
I'm.
A
Sure
mayor
Walsh
will
talk
about
some
of
those
things
today
in
December,
we
invite
you
to
join
us
for
our
annual
holiday
party
on
December
4th
at
Tuscan
kitchen
in
the
Seaport
and
looking
into
2019.
Please
save
the
date
February
1st,
it's
the
25th
anniversary
edition
of
our
pentacle
Awards,
the
largest
celebration
of
women
professionals
in
the
region.
We
are
reviewing
nominations
now
and
we'll
announce
the
honorees
in
the
coming
month,
but
tables
are
already
going
quickly
and
I
know
that
this
event
will
sell
out.
So
please
look
at
our
website.
A
Boston
chamber.com
for
information
about
this
event
and
other
activities
of
the
chamber.
I
do
want
to
take
a
quick
moment
to
thank
our
media
partners,
WBUR
and
Comcast,
who
helped
make
our
government
affairs
programs
available
to
a
wider
audience.
In
fact,
today's
program
is
actually
live
streaming
on
NEC
m.com
as
we
sit
in
this
room
and
to
introduce
the
baya
I
want
to
thank
our
long-standing
government
affairs
partner,
Bank
of
America
Thank
You
Me
Hall
Chamberlain
in
the
entire,
be
of
a
team
for
your
support.
B
Now,
in
his
second
term
as
mayor
mayor,
Walsh
has
focused
on
strengthening
Boston
schools
and
has
led
Boston
to
the
forefront
of
the
global
innovation
economy
by
attracting
industry,
leading
private
sector
employees,
upgrading
the
city's
digital
infrastructure
and
using
technology
to
transform
government
services.
At
the
same
time,
the
mayor's
led
important
conversations
on
economic
opportunity
and
created
powerful
tools
to
help
creative
create
more
of
it,
including
a
robust
economic
inclusion
and
equity
agenda,
an
apprenticeship
program
and
an
office
of
financial
empowerment.
B
He
also
issued
the
first-ever
workforce
report
examining
diversity
in
city
government
which
provide
a
benchmark
for
his
efforts
to
diversify
Boston's
municipal
workforce
before
taking
office.
Mayor
Walsh
served
in
the
Massachusetts
House
of
Representatives,
where
he
was
a
leader
on
job
creation
and
worker
protections,
substance,
abuse,
mental
health
and
homelessness
K
through
12
education
and
civil
rights,
as
well
as
playing
a
key
role
in
defending
Massachusetts
pioneering
stand
on
marriage
equality.
B
We
are
thankful
for
his
ongoing
support
and,
as
Jim
said,
the
partnership
he
has
with
the
Greater
Boston
business
community
and
we're
thankful
of
the
time
he
takes
out
of
his
busy
schedule
to
be
with
us
at
the
government
affairs
forum
breakfast
every
year.
But
out
further
ado,
please
join
me
in
welcoming
our
mayor,
Martin
J,
Walsh.
C
Thank
you
very
much
meet
hall
and
I
want
to
thank
you
and
to
Jim
and
all
the
great
work
the
chamber
does.
I
talked
to
Mears
all
the
time
about
their
relationship
with
their
with
their
chambers
and
I.
Don't
think,
there's
a
chamber
in
the
country,
that's
as
strong
as
the
one
we
have
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
again,
I
want
to
congratulate
Jim,
Rooney
and
me
all
Chamberlain
and
all
the
folks
involved
in
the
chamber.
So
thank
you
for
for
allowing
me
today
to
be
here.
I.
C
Also
want
to
thank
thank
the
chamber
and
Jim
for
I
had
the
honor
of
helping
kick
off
the
fist
urgency
of
now
the
Chamber's
festival
for
Millennials
of
color.
We
had
a
great
conversation
with
the
next
generation
of
leaders
in
our
city.
2018
is
shaping
up
to
be
one
of
Boston's
best
years
in
our
history.
I
want
to
congratulate
the
Boston
Red
Sox
for
winning
the
most
games
ever.
C
In
this
time
of
uncertainty
for
our
nation,
our
world
cities
must
lead,
and
Boston
certainly
is
a
city
is
the
leader
of
cities
where
the
city
that's
world-class,
because
it
works
for
the
middle
class.
We
continue
to
add
twenty
thousand
new
jobs.
Each
year
unemployment
has
been
below
four
percent
and
since
June
of
2017,
our
housing
plan
has
produced
nearly
28,000
new
homes
and
by
the
end
of
this
year,
we'll
have
created
them
more.
More
income
restricted,
affordable
homes
than
any
other
four-year
curry.
C
In
the
history
of
our
city,
now
we've
increased
our
2030
housing
goal
by
30%
from
53,000
houses
to
69
thousand
homes.
We
launched
a
regional
housing
plan
with
14
other
cities
and
towns.
We
have
over
nine
point
three
billion
dollars
of
development
in
construction.
In
this
year,
we've
already
added
another
6.8
billion
into
the
pipeline.
Well,
ahead
of
last
year's
pace.
This
summer
we
have
pointed
the
first
Boston's
first
african-american
police,
commissioner
Willie
gross,
and
he
was
mentioned
already
today.
Thank
you.
C
We
continue
in
our
historic
run
of
a
perfect
triple
a
bond
rating
for
the
fifth
consecutive
year
and
working
with
our
public
employee
unions.
We
have
saved
fifty
million
dollars
in
health
care
costs
since
2014
and
we
are
on
track
to
fully
fund
employees
pension
obligation
by
2025
15
years
ahead
of
the
state
requirement
working
with
the
City
Council
in
June,
we
enacted
a
3.3
billion
dollar
budget,
balanced
and
on-time,
with
record
investments
in
our
schools,
public
safety,
roads
and
bike
lanes
parks
and
libraries,
Arts
and
Culture
in
every
neighborhood.
C
We've
also
selected
a
committee
to
begin
the
search
for
the
next
superintendent
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools.
In
the
meantime,
we
built
30
new
school
kitchens
to
provide
students
with
fresh
cooked
food.
We
opened
a
state-of-the-art
theable
in
STEM
Academy
Boston's,
first
new
built
High
School.
In
23
years.
We
have
more
four-year-olds
and
high-quality
pre-kindergarten
than
any
other
time
in
our
city's
history.
C
One
of
our
high
schools,
tech,
Boston,
won
the
state
championship
in
boys,
basketball.
Our
principal
turnover
was
less
than
half
the
national
average.
The
new
leaders
we
did
hire
a
61%
people
of
color
in
Craig
Martin
of
the
Perkins
School
in
South
Boston,
was
named
elementary
principal
of
the
year
in
Massachusetts
and
Craig
is
with
us
this
morning.
One
thing
Craig.
C
Boston
is
growing,
our
population
is
approaching
700,000
for
the
first
time
since
the
1960s.
What's
even
better
more
Bostonians
are
thriving.
We
are
not
only
creating
opportunity,
we
are
constantly
working
on
reducing
inequality
and
we
are
not
only
building
new
homes
and
businesses
with
sharing
opportunity
all
across
our
city.
I
could
spend
all
morning
talking
about
our
city
success,
but
today
I
need
to
do
something.
C
Different
I'm
gonna
focus
on
one
topic,
but
it's
a
topic
that
impacts
everything
we
do
in
our
city,
all
of
our
plans
and
policies,
every
sector
of
our
economy,
safety
and
quality
of
life
and
all
of
our
neighborhoods.
It's
the
challenge
of
climate
change
and
it's
an
urgent
priority.
I'm
gonna
outline
the
scope
of
the
threat
posed
by
sea
level
rise,
severe
storms,
flooding
and
heat,
and
I'm
gonna
offer
a
plan
for
us
to
meet
this
challenge
comprehensively
together
as
a
city.
It's
a
plan
to
protect
our
waterfront
and
much
more.
C
It's
a
plan
to
protect
our
people,
protect
their
homes
and
their
jobs
to
take
businesses
large
and
small,
protect
schools,
parks
and
roads,
senior,
centers
and
daycare
facilities.
It's
also
a
plan
to
connect
our
people
to
open
space,
to
Boston
Harbor
to
opportunity.
It's
a
vision
of
environmental,
economic
and
social
resilience
and
I'm
gonna
ask
for
your
help,
making
it
a
reality.
C
C
We're
investing
in
green
transportation
with
protected
bike
lanes
and
Roxbury
the
south
end
and
north
ends
who
expanded
bike
share
access
in
Mattapan,
Rosendale
and
Dorchester,
and
with
strengthened
partnerships
with
the
MBTA
to
increase
public
transit
use.
This
June
we
hosted
an
international
climate
summit.
At
that
summit,
we
can
meet
a
group
of
cities,
focus
on
buying
renewable
energies
collectively
at
home.
We're
launching
a
community
choice,
energy
program
to
provide
the
same
opportunity
to
our
residents,
I'm
proud
of
our
leadership.
But
the
fact
is,
climate
change
is
already
here.
C
Just
look
at
what
other
cities
have
faced
in
2012
superstorm
sandy
inflicted
70
billion
dollars
worth
of
damage
and
caused
the
deaths
of
71
people.
It
brought
Lowell
Manhattan's,
finding
low
and
Manhattan's
financial
sector
to
a
standstill.
Last
year,
hurricane
Hobbie
caused
125
billion
dollars
worth
of
damage
and
68
deaths
in
Houston
and
Southeast
Texas
Hurricane
Maria
devastated
porto
rico
and
caused
over
3000
people
to
lose
their
lives.
C
We
welcome
hundreds
of
survivors
to
Boston
and
I
saw
the
impact
up
close
when
I
visited
Puerto
Rico
with
Red
Sox
manager,
Alex
Cora
last
month,
Florence
caused
the
evacuation
of
the
Carolina
coast
with
at
least
45
deaths,
and
just
last
week,
Hurricane
Michael
was
the
fourth
strongest
storm
ever
to
make
landfall
in
the
United
States.
It's
already
done
over
30
billion
dollars
where
the
damage
and
killed
at
least
26
people.
C
The
science
is
clear.
Climate
change
has
given
us
hotter
and
more
volatile
weather.
It's
amplified
the
frequency
and
impact
of
severe
storms
and
has
increased
the
rate
of
sea
level
rise.
An
international
panel
of
scientists
just
released
a
new
report,
saying
major
impacts
could
hit
worldwide
as
early
as
2040.
C
We
are
working
every
day
to
be
a
climate
ready
Boston.
We
review
and
upgrade
emergency
management
systems
across
every
department
to
be
prepared
as
possible.
We're
launching
a
resilient
design
standard
for
infrastructure,
so
private
construction
on
public
rights-of-way
can
protect
our
neighborhoods
from
flooding.
Now
we're
designing
a
resilient
zoning
overlay
district
to
strengthen
building
requirements
in
the
floodplain,
but
even
if
we
are
the
lead
in
our
response,
the
race
has
only
begun.
C
The
dock
area
is
on.
This
map
shows
Boston's
flood
risk
in
the
Year
2070
we're
not
just
planning
for
the
next
storm.
We
will
face
we're
planning
for
the
next
storms
the
next
generation
will
face.
This
is
a
moment:
they'll
look
on
look
back
on
and
judge
us
by
I
want
to
address
one
proposal.
That's
been
discussed
for
several
years.
A
massive
barrier
across
Boston
Harbor,
besides
taking
decades
to
complete
a
barrier,
would
bring
its
own
set
of
serious
ecological
issues.
C
The
fact
is
we're
all
here
in
the
city
we
love
because
of
a
naturally
sheltered
Harbor
we
built
Boston
on
it.
We
cleaned
it
up.
Instead
of
walling
off
our
harbor,
we
need
to
work
with
it.
Shoreline
products
are
more
feasible
in
more
effective
ways
to
increase
our
city's
resilience.
We
have
to
focus
on
the
most
vulnerable
areas
on
the
flood
maps,
the
entry
points
for
water
into
our
city.
C
Here
you
see
four
point
channel
in
Moakley,
Park
they're
underwater
in
a
storm,
and
they
also
start
flood
paths
that
run
deep
into
our
neighborhoods
from
Chinatown
and
the
south
end
to
Dorchester
and
Roxbury.
We
have
to
take
action
to
protect
our
neighborhoods.
We
need
to
address
unique
conditions
at
each
point
of
our
Shore
and
create
tailored
solutions
responsive
to
the
community
NEADS.
So
that's
what
we've
done.
C
We've
engaged
with
the
experts
we'll
listen
to
the
community's
deep
local
knowledge
and
we've
identified
ways
to
protect
our
neighborhoods
that
also
enhance
access
and
enjoyment
of
our
waterfront.
Today
we're
releasing
climate
ready
planned
for
South
Boston.
It
joins
an
existing
plan
for
East,
Boston
and
child
sound,
and
now
we're
launching
a
plan
for
the
downtown
in
the
North
End,
as
well
as
the
entire
Dorchester
shoreline.
Together,
these
plans
offer
cultural
resilience
solutions
spanning
our
forty
seven
mile
shoreline.
C
This
is
our
vision
for
a
resilient
Boston.
It's
a
system
not
of
barricades
but
of
beaches
and
parks,
and
trails
and
open
space
that
are
elevated
to
block
floods
and
enhance
an
unlock
opportunity.
It
calls
for
67
acres
of
new
space
and
122
acres
of
revitalized,
open
space
on
the
waterfront
it
links
to
our
Emerald
Necklace
and
reflects
the
same
values
of
public
health,
public
access
and
world-class
design.
It's
a
vision
of
a
city
more
connected
to
our
waterfront
into
each
other,
I'm
excited
to
share
our
vision
and
our
progress
towards
achieving
it.
C
Let
me
take
you
on
a
brief
journey
down
the
waterfront
in
East,
Boston
and
child's
town.
Our
goal
is
to
restore
and
renew
the
space
along
the
Inner
Harbor
in
Charlestown
we've
committed
funds
to
elevate
Main
Street
as
part
of
the
Rutherford
Ave
Sullivan
square
redesign.
This
will
block
the
primary
flood
pathways
through
the
neighborhood.
The
next
steps
include
elevating
Ryan
playground
and
redeveloping
the
shrouds
water
trap.
Center
waterfront
in
East
Boston
we've
completed
a
deployables
flood
wall
on
the
East
Boston
Greenway.
C
When
storm
surge
hits,
the
wall
can
be
raised
to
block
modular
Street
flood
paths
protecting
over
4,200
residents
and
at
least
70
businesses
in
critical
utility
and
transit
infrastructure.
We're
working
with
Tom
Glenn
at
mass
port,
along
with
the
East
Boston
community
on
Pierce
Park
phase
two.
It
will
double
the
amount
of
green
space
to
ten
acres
and
elevate
it
for
protection.
We
must
also
restore
Wood,
Island,
Belle,
Isle
and
mosh.
C
It's
the
last
title,
my
last
title
saltmarsh
in
Boston
and
will
disappear
if
we
don't
act,
we're
working
with
Suffolk
Downs
development
on
a
resilient
design
or
the
community
with
community
access.
We'll
also
identify
the
opportunities
along
Bennington
Street
to
block
storm
surge
and
we're
working
with
community
groups
to
increase
access
to
the
waterfront.
C
C
Turning
to
the
downtown
on
the
north
end,
waterfront
flood
risks
threaten
our
financial
center,
our
tourist
destination
and
our
oldest
residential
neighborhoods,
but
we're
not
about
to
retreat
from
our
historic
waterfront.
Instead,
we
have
to
adapt
and
activate
it
will
elevate.
Sections
of
the
harbor
walk
will
create
connections
for
the
Rose
Kennedy
Greenway
and
will
reimagine
Sargent's
wharf
it's
now.
C
A
parking
lot
will
revitalize
and
elevate
Langone
Popolo
Park
on
the
north
end
and
will
work
with
the
Friends
of
the
Christopher
Columbus
on
a
new
design
and
will
enhance
Long
Wharf
as
a
hub
for
water
transportation.
In
other
words,
we'll
make
the
harbor
where
Boston
was
born
the
Gateway
to
Boston's
future
in
South
Boston.
Our
new
resilient
plan
shows
how
climate
actually
can
bring
a
city
together.
The
conversation
is
often
about
the
Seaport,
in
fact,
new
buildings
and
being
developed
at
Heist.
C
A
high
standard
of
resilience,
including
Seaport
Square,
where
Amazon
and
other
companies
will
be
located
and
projects
like
150
seaport
Boulevard
are
expanding
on
Harbor
walk,
it's
older
building
stock
that
we
need
to
be
more
worried
about,
and
it's
the
points
on
the
shore
where
floodwaters
enter
our
city.
That's
why
last
fall.
I
announced
our
intention
to
create
a
signature
resilient
park
system
around
four
point
channel.
We
are
working
with
all
property
owners
around
the
channel
to
make
this
plan
a
reality.
It's
the
kind
of
collaboration
will
be
essential
to
all
of
our
future
work.
C
In
addition,
we're
applying
for
FEMA
mitigation
grant
of
ten
million
dollars
to
begin
the
resilient
work
and
the
Boston
Water
and
Sewer
have
begun
installing
essential
infrastructure
for
reducing
flood
risk.
In
the
meantime,
we
are
nearing
completion
of
mountains
park.
The
first
step
in
the
new
4-point
channel
name
for
Mott
and
Richard.
C
Named
for
mountain
Richard,
it's
an
inclusive
playground
with
a
climate
ready
design.
It
embodies
the
values
we
want
for
all
of
our
future
parks
across
the
neighborhood
at
Moakley,
Park
we've
been
working
with
residents
on
a
really
resilient
redesign.
Whatever
emerges
from
this
community
process,
it's
gonna
protect,
South,
Boston,
Dorchester
Roxbury,
the
south
end
and
Back
Bay.
C
It
will
be
even
a
more
welcoming
space
than
it
is
now,
and
the
first
people
of
resilient
multipack
will
protect
other
thousands
of
residents
of
the
end
Lynch
Old
Colony
and
Mary
Ellen
McCormick
public
housing
developments
as
well
as
their
neighbors.
These
developments
in
this
park
represents
Boston's
historic
commitment
to
our
collective
well-being.
C
That's
the
legacy
we
build
on
and
when
we
complete
the
Emerald
Necklace
along
Columbia
Road
from
Franklin
Park
to
Moakley
Park
will
increase
access
to
the
waterfront
for
all
the
residents
of
our
city.
We've
committed
11
million
dollars
from
the
sale
of
Winthrop
Square
garage
for
that
purpose,
the
rest
of
our
coastline
to
the
south.
We
envision
as
a
resilient,
accessible
and
connected
Dorchester
shoreline,
the
kind
that
you
see
here
notice
how
many
residential
communities
this
shoreline
can
protect.
C
C
This
is
the
opportunity
resilient,
Boston
Harbor
presents
to
protect
Boston
Connect
Boston
enhance
Boston
now
and
for
future
generations.
We've
already
started
to
make
it
a
reality:
we've
made
investments
with
large
community
conversations,
we've
completed
projects
and
we
increased
resilience
on
every
stretch
of
our
waterfront.
But
there's
no
partial
credit
for
this.
For
this
project.
We
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do.
We
need
to
do
it
together
at
each
point
of
the
plan.
C
There
are
challenges,
multiple
property
owners,
multiple
jurisdictions,
funding
needs
the
hobble,
walk
alone,
touches
356,
different
properties,
it's
a
shared
resource
and
a
shared
obligation.
We
can't
let
these
man-made
hurdles
hold
us
back.
The
risk
is
too
great
and
the
opportunity
to
good
I
mentioned
what
major
storms
have
done
in
other
cities.
Consider
what's
at
stake
in
Boston,
our
downtown
financial
engines
are
at
stake.
Hundreds
of
small
businesses
are
at
stake,
many
thousands
of
homes
are
at
stake.
Billions
of
dollars
of
public
and
private
investment
in
property
and
infrastructure
are
at
stake.
C
No
project
we
take
on
today
will
cost
anywhere
near
as
much
as
doing
nothing.
We've
done
the
math
in
East
Boston.
We
couldn't
invest
160
million
dollars
in
resiliency,
or
we
could
do
nothing
and
expect
the
images
of
480
million
dollars
in
Charlestown.
We
could
invest
50
million
dollars
now
or
pay
200
million
dollars
later
in
South
Boston.
We
can
invest
a
billion
dollars
or
we
could
pay
19
billion
dollars
in
citywide
damages.
C
C
We're
also
developing
resources
like
green
bonding
through
our
renew
Boston
trust,
the
Community
Preservation
Act.
The
voters
passed
two
years
ago
and
public/private
coalition's
like
the
green
ribbon
commission,
but,
however
committed
that
we
are
and,
however
creative
we
are,
the
City
of
Austin
cannot
do
this
alone.
The
impacts
of
climate
change
and
the
benefits
of
resilience
are
shared
across
every
level
of
government,
every
class
of
property,
every
sector
of
our
economy.
So
we
must
also
share
in
the
obligation
as
well.
C
C
We're
also
gonna
work
with
our
congressional
delegation
on
opportunities,
like
the
FEMA
grants,
reminding
the
federal
government
that
mitigation
aid
now
is
cheaper
than
disaster
relief.
Later
philanthropy
also
has
a
vital
role
to
play.
The
bond
foundation
is
our
leader
in
this
plan.
I
ask
everyone
who
wants
to
have
deep
and
lasting
impacts
to
join
the
Bar
Foundation
and
get
involved.
We
want
our
plan
to
be
on
the
leading
edge
of
what
social
equity
and
climate
resilience
intersects.
C
Finally,
I
appeal
directly
to
the
business
community
in
Boston.
I
know
that
its
property
owners
and
decision
makers
and
citizens
you're
engaged
with
climate
change
in
its
impacts.
You've
built
green
buildings,
you've
elevated
your
systems,
you've
put
in
flood
barriers.
Those
are
critical
steps,
but
they
can't
be
the
only
steps,
because,
one
day
soon,
you
could
find
yourself
on
an
island
in
your
resilient
building
literally
and
either.
Neither
your
workers
nor
our
first
responders
will
be
able
to
get
there.
Resilience
is
an
ecosystem
asset,
not
an
individual
one
property
lines
and
no
protections
against
floods.
C
We
need
to
weave
our
efforts
together
into
one
ensure
that
is
stronger
than
the
sum
of
his
parts.
That's
what
our
plan
makes
possible
if
your
property
is
on
the
water
and
you
up
for
all
your
property
is
one
mile
inland
you're
at
risk.
Whatever
you,
wherever
you,
are
in
Boston
the
ability
of
your
employees
to
get
to
work,
the
ability
of
your
supplies
to
make
deliveries
are
at
risk.
We
can
and
we
must,
fund
and
build
a
solution
together.
C
The
climate
work
that
we've
done
and
the
plan
that
I
share
today
protect
your
property,
protect
your
workforce,
protect
your
investments
and
we
need
your
leadership
to
make
it
a
reality,
whether
it's
installing
a
resilient
infrastructure
or
contributing
to
an
open
space
upgrade
you
can
strengthen
your
investments.
You
can
protect
the
community
that
you
are
part
of
and
we
can
create
an
even
stronger
city
to
do
business
in
I.
Hope,
like
me,
you'll
see
it
as
our
city's
obligation
to
the
generations
who
come
after
us.
I
also
hope.
C
My
team
will
be
reaching
out
on
how
you
can
get
involved,
but
don't
wait
for
us
visit
the
website
to
learn
more.
We
welcome
your
input,
your
expertise,
your
investments,
your
partnerships,
I,
started
off
today.
Talking
about
our
city.
Success-
I'm
not
just
here
to
say
it's
all
at
risk
from
climate
change,
I'm
here
to
say
that
our
success
is
proof
that
we
have
the
talents,
the
resources
and
innovation.
We
need
to
rise
to
this
challenge.
We've
done
big
things
in
our
haba
before
we
did
them
together.
Everybody
played
a
role.
C
We
started
a
revolution
that
made
America
and
we
welcome
the
immigrants
who
built
America.
We
fill
the
Back
Bay
and
created
the
Esplanade
and
built
neighborhoods
on
land
reclaimed
from
the
water.
We
made
room
for
an
international
airport,
a
public
university
and
some
of
the
best
urban
parks
and
beaches
in
the
world.
We
created
a
hobble,
walk
thanks
to
the
foresight
of
city
planners.
Not
long
ago,
we
dug
a
third
Hobbit
tunnel.
We
built
an
iconic,
braid
and
Barry
to
interstate
highways,
bringing
the
people
of
Boston
closer
to
their
waterfront.
C
We
clean
the
harbor
open
the
Harbor
Islands,
and
now
we
don't
just
see
people,
but
we
see
whales
and
seals
and
all
kind
of
marine
life
returning
to
our
waters.
Today,
I
call
on
those
same
qualities
of
hard
work
and
high
ambition.
Boston
Drive
not
only
to
solve
tough
problems
but
set
new
standards
as
we
enter
a
new
era
in
our
Harbor
city's
history.
Let
us
show
the
world
that
resilience
is
more
than
the
ability
to
survive
adversity,
it's
the
will
to
emerge
even
stronger
than
we
were
before.
C
A
C
You
Jimmy,
let
me
just
kind
of
touch
upon
two
things
number
one
is
when
we
look
at
the
plan
and
we
think
about
how
cities
are
responding
to
climate
change
and
what
the
plans
are
in
New
Orleans
in
New
York.
They
were
laying
a
planned
out
after
the
fact,
and
we
decided
to
think
that
we
don't
want
to
wait
till
after
we
want
to
think
about
who's,
doing
some
proactive
things.
C
So,
if
you
look
at
I'll
go
over
to
Amsterdam
in
the
Netherlands,
that's
really
what
we
think
about
what
some
of
those
European
cities
are
doing.
They're
laying
out
a
plan
now
before
a
disaster
happens
and
that's
key.
The
funding
mechanism
is,
is
going
to
be
three
parts:
gonna
be
public
investment,
it's
gonna,
be
private
investment,
it's
gonna,
be
it's
going
to
be
philanthropic
investment,
and
you
know
we
don't
have
a
price
tag
for
this.
These
are
all
individual
projects.
C
We're
gonna
have
actually
a
plan
to
FEMA
the
FEMA
mitigation
money
that
we're
looking
for
is
to
help
us
design
a
park
around
that
area
and
four
point
channel
and
a
little
bit
working
with
different
philanthropic
organizations
and
and
trustees
of
the
reservation
and
and
the
BA
Foundation
and
other
organizations
to
really
think
about
certain
parks
that
that
we're
looking
at
building
out
and
how
does
that
fit
into
the
resilient
plan.
So
the
investment
will
be
made
by
all
of
us.
It
can't
just
be
one
support
aspect.
C
I
mentioned
that
the
city
of
Boston
is
going
to
do
ten
percent
of
the
capital
budget.
Well,
we
already
have
two
hundred
and
thirty
million
dollars
of
resilient
projects
in
a
capital
budget
right
now
that
are
underway,
and
that
will
be
about
another
15
to
20
million
per
year
in
some
of
the
projects,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
we're
gonna
stop
there.
A
Maybe
one
more
question:
Boston
is
one
city.
This
is
a
global
challenge.
You
mentioned
the
Amsterdam
and
and
some
other
cities-
and
you
know
we
note
we
see
what's
going
on
in
the
national
and
an
international
level.
You
know
beyond
the
the
the
interventions
you
mentioned
him
in
Boston.
You
know,
how
can
you
use
your
platform
sort
of
more
nationally
and
perhaps
even
internationally
on
this
issue?
You
know.
C
I
think
it's
important
you
know,
Boston
is
is
a
city
that
that
is
a
leader
in
this
on
the
international
level,
along
with
Eric
Garcetti
out
in
California,
in
Los,
Angeles
and
other
mayor's
across
the
United
States
of
America.
So
we're
gonna
do
everything
we
can
I
think
regionally.
Here
we
have
elected
officials
that
are
here
today
with
us
that
represent
city
of
Boston
outside
the
city
of
Boston.
We
need
to
work
collectively
together
the
mass
metro
mayor's
coalition.
C
We
really
have
a
main
focus
on
regionalization:
we've
done
it
on
economic
development,
we've
done
it
on
housing.
We've
had
conversations
about
the
climate,
we
don't
we're,
not
we're
not
worried
about
crossing
boundaries
and
I.
Think
the
plan
that
we
laid
out
today
can
help
cities
and
towns
that
are
connected
to
us
and
up
and
down
the
coast.
I've
already
had
conversations
with
may
address,
:,
Salem
and
and
in
what
they're
doing
in
Salem,
in
protecting
their
Harbor
waterfront
there
in
working
with
John,
Magee
and
Lynn.
C
So
we're
having
these
dialogues
up
and
down
the
coast
to
preserve
and
protect
shoreline.
We
still
have
working
ports
here
in
Massachusetts
and
in
Boston
on
the
coastline,
so
it
really
is
important
that
we
work
collectively
together
and
in
partnership
with
the
legislature
with
the
council
with
the
governor.
This
is
this
is
all
of
us
together.
This
is
all
of
us
moving
together
and
I
think
on
an
on
an
international
level,
people
certainly
looking
to
Boston.
C
A
E
David
big
Alfred
with
may
up
and
mr.
mayor
I,
just
want
to
again
I
think
you
doing
a
great
job.
The
city
is
doing
a
great
job
and
your
administration
has
been
focused
on
this
for
quite
a
while,
but
I
want
to
ask
about
some
of
your
other
partners
and
seeing
where
you
think
they
are
in
this
whole
process.
E
One
is,
of
course,
utilities,
and
if
you
look
to
New
York
and
the
problems
they
had
with
Sandy,
it
was
sort
of
the
problems
with
utilities
with
the
mass
transit
in
with
the
highways
that
were
at
serious
problems
to
the
the
failure
of
the
city
to
be
able
to
handle
that
storm.
How
are
these
agencies
and
in
the
utilities
working
with
you
and
with
a
stand
as
far
as
the
prioritizing
for
these
issues,
yeah.
C
We're
all
in
this
together.
They
know
that
ever
sources
in
the
room
today
in
stands
in
the
room
today.
Water
and
sewers
in
the
room
today
certainly
have
had
many
conversations
in
the
speech:
I
referenced,
the
Blue
Line
flooding
working
with
the
state
and
the
Trinity
and
in
the
general
manager
MBTA.
We
have
to
be
in
this
together.
There's
no
point
of
protecting
storm
surge
into
the
city
and
have
it
be
crippled
because
of
our
utilities.
C
Go
down
so
we're
working
very
closely
with
all
of
our
utilities,
as
we
continue
this
plan
down
the
road,
water
and
sewers
working
on
plans
right
now
in
the
city
of
Boston,
continuing
upgrading
our
systems
and
being
prepared
for
storm
surge.
So
you
can't
do
this.
This
is
all
of
us,
and
today
today's
call
is
to
all
all
of
all
of
the
partners
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It
can't
just
be
one
aspect:
it
has
to
be
all
of
us
working
together.
A
D
Apologize
for
my
tardiness,
I
was
working
on
the
spirit
of
resiliency
with
one
of
my
young
people
who
would
not.
Let
me
go
so
I
got
here
as
quickly
as
I
can
as
a
part
of
the
South
Boston
community
on
mayor
wash
one.
Thank
you
so
much
for
giving
us
a
very
vivid
image
of
what
a
Boston
are.
The
city
of
Boston
can
be.
One
of
the
things
I'm
curious
about
is
the
Carson
Beach
is
actually
waterfront
property
for
our
school
community.
D
We
can
actually
see
it
from
the
school,
so
I'm
wondering
what
is
it
that
our
students
can
do
now.
So
how
can
we
prepare
our
students
who
are
going
to
inherit
and
become
the
global
leaders
moving
forward
to
actually
take
on
some
of
this
work
so
that
they
also
embrace
the
potential
that
you're
laying
out
in
your
vision?
Oh
thank.
C
You,
mr.
Martin,
and
let
me
before
I
answer
the
question.
Let
me
just
tell
anyone
in
the
school
anyone
here.
If
you
want
to
visit
an
amazing
school,
go
to
the
Perkins
School
in
South
Boston,
just
walk
in
the
front
door.
You
will
feel
the
love
and
in
the
life
led
by
the
principal
all
the
way
down
to
the
teachers,
to
the
powers
to
the
to
the
kids.
It's
an
amazing
school
community.
So
please
go
down
there.
F
Hi
being
originally
from
South
Louisiana,
New,
Orleans,
Baton,
Rouge,
we've
seen
much
more
than
Katrina,
but
part
of
Katrina
was
dealt.
Was
that
the
problem
was.
The
federal
government
had
not
maintained
their
responsibilities
that
they
said
they
would
do
on
the
levees.
What
what
are
you
seeing
from
the
federal
government
in
terms
of
what
how
they
perceive
their
role
in
working
through?
What's
obviously,
a
problem?
Well,.
C
We
have
a
person,
that's
occupying
the
corner
office
that
says
climate
change
is
fictitious
and
it's
not
real.
We
have
partnership.
Obviously,
in
the
federal
government,
under
the
Obama
administration
we
had
Gina
McCarthy,
who
was
from
Boston,
who
was
the
secretary
of
environmental
affairs
who
did
an
incredible
job.
C
We
don't
have
the
same
situation
that
you
had
in
New
Orleans,
with
with
it
with
the
with
the
dams
and
the
dike
said
that
that
that
were
ignored.
We
do
have
them
in
Boston.
We
have
a
couple
that
the
state's
working
on
now
down
in
the
north
end
area
down
by
the
Boston
Garden,
so
we're
working
on
that
on
that
program.
C
The
state's
really
leading
the
efforts
on
that
to
me
sure
that
that
that
levy
is
is
protected
and
that
the
Charles
River
doesn't
have
a
rush
into
the
communities,
but
I
don't
see
a
real
other
than
our
delegation.
I,
don't
see
a
real
commitment
by
the
federal
government
today
and
I
think
that
that
is
gonna
have
to
be
hopefully,
after
the
elections
that
happen
in
a
couple
weeks.
Hopefully
we'll
have
more
people
that
are
like-minded.
C
The
report
I
referenced
earlier
today
that
that
was
that
was
put
out
last
week
that
climate
change
is
real
and
then
by
2040
we
could
have
major
problems
in
the
world.
Those
are
real
and
when
you
look
at
the
flooding
that
we've
had
in
2015,
we
had
record
number.
We
had
106
inches
of
snow.
We
set
a
record
this
year.
We
had
the
most
ninety
to
ninety
plus
degree
days
on
record
in
Boston
this
year
alone.
So
there's
something
going
on
there.
C
So
we
need
to
be
prepared-
and
you
know
even
right
now-
absent
a
real,
strong
partnership
in
the
federal
government
that
doesn't
mean
that
we
don't
keep
moving
forward.
We
have
to
keep
moving
forward.
We
have
to
do
a
lot
of
work
has
been
done
too.
By
the
way.
Let
me
just
be
clear:
a
lot
of
the
work
on
the
climate
has
been
talked
about
in
this
city
for
many
many
years
in
this
region.
For
many
many
years,
many
of
you
in
this
room
have
had
that
conversation.
G
Good
morning,
Monica
kelskiy
with
Blue
Cross
Blue
Shield
of
Massachusetts,
so
you
referenced
the
IPCC
report
and
the
resiliency
adaptation
strategies
that
Boston
is
planning
for,
but
within
the
report
they
also
state
that
change
can
happen
now
and
I.
Guess
we're
curious
to
learn
if
there
are
any
policies,
regulations
that
the
city
of
Boston
plans
to
enact
to
further
the
mitigation
opportunities
that
we
have
and
addressing
carbon
emissions
and
these
climate
change
issues.
For
example,
the
City
of
Austin
just
banned
food
waste
from
entering
the
landfills.
C
That's
a
loaded
question
and
I
can
probably
end
up
here
all
day
and
answer
it
when
I
say
a
load
of
question
a
good
way.
You
know
we're.
Certainly
we've
we've
committed
to
be
carbon
neutral
by
2050
ahead
of
this
face
that
was
originally
planned.
We're
at
the
end
of
this
year,
plastic
bags,
we've
been
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
the
community
choice,
energy
plan,
that's
going
out
now
and
we're
gonna
be
what
people
can
choose
will
working
on
that
process.
C
Right
now
we're
working
on
we,
we
did
a
pilot
program
at
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency
for
buildings
in
green
buildings
and
and
to
reduce
emissions
and
there's.
We
have
a
whole
list
of
action
items
that
we
have
done
in
this
plan,
there's
not
about
a
futuristic
plan.
This
dish
we're
working
on
this
plane.
C
Now,
if
you
go
into
this
plan
right
now
and
I
know
it's
a
little
different
than
your
question,
but
in
the
North
End
Langone
pop
ballpark
is
actually
under
design
right
now
we're
designing
that
we're
designing
Moakley
Park
right
now,
we've
been
in
the
process
of
making
full
designs
and
Moakley
Park.
The
seawall
barrier-
that's
in
that's
in
East
Boston,
is
is:
is
there
we
built
it?
We
put
in
this
budget
Pierce
Park
phase,
2
mass
sports
working
on
it
right
now.
C
So
a
lot
of
what
you
see
in
this
map
is
public
investment,
that's
already
underway.
Some
of
it
is
in
the
bond
bill
and
some
of
its
in
different
ways
of
payment
formulas.
So
we're
looking
at
you
can't
just
do
one
aspect
and
not
to
the
other.
We
have
not
looked
at
food
waste,
yet
we
have
done
a
pilot
program
and
Jamaica
Plain.
We
have
not
looked
at
a
full
composting
program
across
the
city
of
Boston
yet,
and
we
also
have
to
continue
to
strengthen
our
recycling
program
in
the
city.
C
Not
everyone
is
doing
that
and
obviously
there's
some
issues
with
with
getting
rid
of
the
recycle
of
waste.
So
we
want
different
aspects.
Chris
Cook
is
our
chief
of
the
environment
here
in
the
city,
and
he
is
a
complete
office
that
we're
working
on
to
make
sure
that
his
office
is
focused
on
this
every
single
day
I
mean
the
capacity
an
office
is
getting
more
and
more
every
day.
C
So
we
still
have
a
long
way
to
go
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
but
we
also
have
to
balance
it
a
little
bit
here
in
the
city
when
you
think
about
the
restrictions
that
we
put
on
buildings
and
the
restriction
we
put
on
on
land
owners
and
developers,
we
want
to
make
sure
as
we
do
it,
we
balance
a
balanced
approach.
You
can't
just
say
that
it's
gonna
be
the
business
community's
gonna
brunt,
all
of
the
all
of
the
all
of
the
the
cost
of
doing
what
we're
doing
here.
C
It
has
to
be
across
the
board.
It's
working
with
you
guys,
Blue
Cross
and
Blue
bikes
and
expanding
Blue
Byte
program.
We've
expanded
into
the
neighborhoods
that
I've
said
they
never
had
bikes
before
they
never
had
ride-sharing
bikes.
Before
now
we
have
them
in
Roslindale
and
Roxbury
Mattapan
area
in
West
Roxbury
areas
they
never
had
those
before.
So
we
kind
of
again
convince
people
and
expand
as
we
go
on.
A
Well,
you're
in
a
room
full
of
business
leaders
and
leaders,
look
at
a
challenge
and
search
for
the
opportunity
and
I
just
want
to
read
a
couple
of
statements.
I
wrote
down
from
the
mayor's
speech,
he
said:
make
the
haba
the
Gateway
to
Boston's
future.
He
said
the
opportunity
for
a
resilient,
a
resilient
Boston
Harbor
presents
this
is
taking
what
people
view
is
a
challenge
and
turning
it
into
an
opportunity
for
the
future
of
Boston.
Thank
you
for
thinking
about
it.