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From YouTube: Boston Municipal Research Bureau Luncheon 2017
Description
Mayor Walsh delivers the keynote speech at the Boston Municipal Research Bureau Annual Luncheon, located at the Seaport Hotel. The Research Bureau is an independent, member-supported, non-partisan research organization, established in 1932 to provide objective and impartial research and policy analysis in order to promote more efficient, effective and responsible government for the City of Boston.
A
A
A
Now
the
annual
meeting
luncheon
with
the
mayor
is
always
exciting
because
of
the
great
mix
of
business
government,
political,
institutional
leaders
who
attend
and
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
a
few
individuals
and
officials
who
are
with
us
today.
I'd
like
to
start
with
the
mayor's
first
advisor
laurie
higgins,
lori
great
to
have
you
here.
A
A
Also
on
the
legislative
side
of
the
city,
the
city
council
with
us
today
are
the
at-large
members,
michelle
wu,
the
president,
michael
flaherty,
anissa
azabi,
george
and
ayanna
plessley,
also
by
district
in
order
of
district
sal,
lamatina
bill,
linehan,
frank
baker,
andrea
campbell,
tim
mccarthy,
matt,
o'malley,
tito
jackson
and
mark
siomo.
A
Now
we
I
want
to
give
special
thanks
to
president
michelle
wu
and
the
other
members
of
the
city
council,
because
they
agreed
to
postpone
their
meeting
today
until
two
o'clock,
so
they
could
all
be
here
and
for
that
we
are
very
grateful
from
the
school
committee.
We're
pleased
that
michael
o'neill,
the
chairperson
of
the
school
committee,
is
here
along
with
chairman
or
other
members,
michael
lacanto
and
dr
marianne
uriante.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
from
the
mess.
A
A
A
A
A
Thank
you
we're
at
an
exciting
time
for
the
research
bureau,
as
we
created
a
new
position
of
vice
president
of
policy
and
research,
we're
finishing
work
on
a
five-year
business
plan.
That's
going
to
enable
us
to
build
for
the
future
for
our
success
over
the
past,
which
continuing
the
past
85
years
we're
celebrating
our
85th
anniversary.
A
I
was
going
to
talk
to
you
about
what
we
achieved
in
2016,
but
then
the
mayor
wouldn't
have
any
time
to
speak
so
I'll
just
limit
it
to
you.
We
had
two
questions
on
the
november
ballot
question
two
about
the
charter
cap
and
question
five
on
the
cpa.
In
both
cases,
the
research
bureau
issued
reports,
objective
fact-based
reports
to
explain
and
make
sure
people
understood
correct
misunderstandings
with
both
and
both
became
part
of
the
dialogue.
A
We
supported
initiative
in
the
school
department
to
ensure
that
quality
teachers
would
be
hired.
It's
a
controversial,
costly
project,
but
it's
being
supported
by
the
mayor
and
the
school
committee,
because
it
will
make
a
big
difference
in
the
student
achievement
and
there
needs
to
be
more
change
to
make
that
work.
A
You
know
the
normal
financial
management
issues
we
covered
for
this
next
this
next
year
in
2017,
we'll
stay
with
the
core
financial
management
issues.
The
cpa
is
passed,
but
now
is
the
implementation
we're
going
to
be
engaged
in?
How
is
the
city
going
to
implement
the
cpa?
What's
the
process
that
will
be
used,
the
mayor
is
going
to
talk
about
build
bps,
a
very
comprehensive,
ambitious
project
that
will
have
com
implications
from
the
capital
budget,
we'll
be
following
that
very
closely
as
well.
A
This
is
a
transition
year
for
us
where
we
matthew
has
served
as
chairman
for
the
last
three
years
he's
the
director
director
at
the
law,
firm
of
ghost
in
the
stores
focusing
on
real
estate,
development
and
land
use,
and
when
thinking
about
how
much
we've
accomplished
organizationally
as
well
as
programmatically
with
the
research
bureau,
we
really
owe
matthew
a
huge
debt
of
thanks
for
the
leadership
he
provided
for
the
time,
commitment
that
he
made
to
the
research
bureau
and
we're
pleased
that
he's
going
to
stay
on
our
executive
committee
as
well
as
co-chair
with
jim
tierney
of
jll
our
economic
development
committee.
C
You
didn't
tell
me
about
that.
Sam
staying
on
the
executive
committee
good
afternoon
welcome
everybody,
and
thank
thank
you
sam
for
that
introduction.
I
would
just
say
it's
really
been
an
honor
to
have
chaired
the
research
bureau
for
the
last
three
years.
It's
been
an
eventful
time
for
the
bureau
and
also
for
the
city
I
sam
mentioned
elaine
and
diane.
C
C
I
want
to
recognize
the
second
person.
Who's
played
a
special
role
at
our
business
meeting.
A
short
time
ago,
robert
beale
was
made
a
director
emeritus.
C
C
C
So
if
you
care
about
the
city-
and
of
course
you
do
that's
why
you're
here
today,
you
know
that
the
research
bureau,
our
our
whole
focus
and
purpose,
is
to
help
city
government
be
successful.
We've
been
doing
it
for
85
years.
C
Longevity
is
good,
but
it's
also
good
to
take
a
fresh
look
at
yourself
every
now
and
again,
and
we've
been
able
to
do
that
this
year
with
the
generosity
of
the
bar
foundation,
that
sam
mentioned,
we've
done
a
business
plan,
that's
taught
us
a
lot.
It's
taught
us
the
value
of
our
work.
We
hear
about
that
from
all
the
the
people
we
spoke
to,
who
said:
don't
lose
what
you
already
do,
but
we've
also
learned
about
some
ways
that
we
might
expand
our
focus
and
we
do
have
some
increased
capacity.
C
Sam
mentioned
we've
hired
pam
coker,
as
vice
president
of
policy
and
research,
and
we've
also
built
our
membership
in
the
last
couple
of
years.
So
we're
looking
to
increase
our
capacity
to
do
research
on
new
issues
facing
the
city
to
engage
our
members
in
new
ways
and
to
communicate
about
what
we
do
in
new
ways.
C
So
stay
tuned
for
more
on
that
I've
been
really
lucky
to
do
this
at
a
time
of
change
in
our
city.
I
began
doing
this
at
the
same
time
that
you
began
mayor.
Your
term
is
going
to
last
a
little
longer,
maybe
a
lot
longer,
but
there
was
this
is
my
last
time
up
here.
C
There
was
a
peaceful
transfer
of
power
about
an
hour
ago
to
my
successor,
tom
samluck,
who
I'm
going
to
introduce
in
a
moment,
is
I'm
proud
to
say
that
we've
established
a
great
working
relationship
with
the
walsh
administration
who
are
bringing
new
approaches
to
government?
I'm
sure
we're
going
to
hear
about
some
of
that
from
the
mayor,
just
as
the
city's
reinventing
itself,
and
it
is
really
remarkable
how
our
city
is
reinventing
itself
in
jobs
and
population
and
all
kinds
of
ways
we're
becoming
a
diverse
and
inclusive
and
global
city.
C
But
change
has
opportunities.
It
also
has
challenges
as
we've
seen,
the
advantages
of
growth
are
not
evenly
distributed
in
the
city,
and
the
research
bureau
is
looking
forward
to
partnering
with
the
city
on
the
issues.
The
issues
that
we
face,
maybe
they're
good
problems.
The
problems
of
growth,
but.
E
Thank
you
very
much
I
want
to.
I
want
to
first
of
all
thank
you
tom
and
congratulations
to
tom
on
your
new
role
here,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
matt
for
your
service
to
the
research
bureau
and
also
that
you
what
you've
done.
I
want
to
thank
diane
for
your
great
work
as
well.
We
still
got
four
months
with
you,
so
you
know
your
retirement
isn't
over
here
till
june,
so
don't
go.
E
Do
anything
don't
go
anywhere
on
us,
and
I
want
to
thank
sam
sam
tyler
is
is
a
person
that
when
I
met
him
the
first
time
he
came
in
and
you
know
they're
kind
of
the
fiscal
watchdog
for
the
city
of
austin
and
and
when
we
we
do
things.
You
know
we
run
things
by
sam
at
first.
We
didn't
do
it
all
the
time
and
we
we
pay
for
a
little
bit.
E
But
but
I
was
listening
to
the
report
today
and
I
was
a
little
surprised
to
see
that
you
know
sam
didn't
call
us
to
let
us
know
that
he
was
expanding
the
board
here
at
the
bureau.
So
we
have
to
sit
down
and
talk
about
that
the
fiscal
responsibility
of
that
move.
We
don't
want
you
panning
roles
here
at
the
bureau.
We
want
to
make
sure
they're
good
roles,
but
I
want
to
I
want
to
thank
you,
sam
for
everything
that
you
do
as
well,
honestly
in
the
whole
team
at
the
bureau.
E
E
These
ratings
reward
strong
fiscal
management
by
maximizing
our
access
to
capital.
This
doesn't
happen
by
accident.
Three
years
ago,
in
my
first
address
to
this
bureau,
I
made
a
commitment
to
a
data-driven
performance
in
city
government.
We
started
in
2014
by
installing
data
dashboards
and
using
metrics
at
our
cabinet
meetings.
In
2015,
we
formed
a
citywides
analytic
team
to
drive
innovation
across
all
of
our
different
departments.
E
In
january
of
2016,
we
took
another
step
with
the
level
with
city
score,
a
groundbreaking
management
system
that
has
earned
international
attention
as
a
direct
result
of
these
efforts
in
the
last
year
alone.
Just
a
few
stats
with
increased
fire
trucks
that
arrive
in
under
four
minutes
by
four
percent,
with
increased
traffic
signals
repaired
within
24
hours
by
10
percent
and
we've
increased
311
calls
answered
within
30
seconds
to
92
percent
data
is
improving
our
performance,
saving
us
money
and
even
saving
lives.
E
E
I
called
up
chief
julius
who's
here
today
and
I
asked
dms
the
analytic
team
in
the
budget
office
to
look
at
these
issues
and
come
up
with
some
solutions.
The
result
was
that
in
the
fiscal
2017
budget,
we
decided
to
hire
20
additional
emts
and
buy
10
new
ambulances.
We
didn't
just
open
up
our
checkbook.
We
made
a
sound
investment.
E
E
E
Many
of
us
have
been
there
and
it's
been
the
longest
wait
of
our
life.
Data
driven
describes
the
tools
that
we
are
using
to
get
there
faster,
but
it's
more
accurate
to
say
that
our
culture
is
people
driven
and
data.
Smart,
this
philosophy
goes
beyond
city
services.
It
guides
our
response
to
the
most
pressing
policy
changes.
E
E
We
are
working
to
change
that,
but
we,
what
we
have
to
do
is
a
way
that
lifts
people
up
not
just
by
our
numbers.
Inequality
metrics,
miss
something
about
our
city.
For
example,
we
provide
a
greater
share
of
subsidized
housing
than
any
other
city
in
the
united
states
of
america
and
when
we
have
one
of
the
biggest.
E
And
we
have
one
of
the
biggest
college
and
graduate
student
populations
if
these
lower
income
residents
couldn't
live
here,
we
might
not
look
like
a
more
equal
city,
but
I
submit
that
without
public
housing
and
universities
would
lose
something
more.
We
wouldn't
be
boston.
The
big
drivers
of
inequality
are
global
forces
and
national
policies
locally.
E
E
That
makes
our
historic
rate
of
housing
production
one
of
the
most
important
mobility
strategies
by
getting
over
nineteen
thousand
units,
either
built
or
in
construction.
We've
taken
the
pressure
off
existing
housing
stock
where
working
families
live
average
rents
were
down
last
year
by
four
percent.
New
housing
has
put
money
back
in
working
people's
pockets.
E
For
many
people,
mobility
means
small
business
ownership,
so
we
expanded
citywide,
small
business
support,
and
today
I
can
announce
that
we
are
creating
the
business
capital
and
finance
unit.
It
will
make
loans
to
small
businesses
with
a
minimum
set
aside
for
historically
underserved
neighborhoods
and
people
we're
going
to
help
more
entrepreneurs
achieve
their
dreams.
E
E
E
Finally,
the
data
shows
that
there
is
no
more
proven
educational
investment
than
high
quality.
Pre-Kindergarten
public
pre-k
means
the
world
to
families
who
want
to
give
their
kids
the
best
possible
start
in
school.
The
data
backs
this
up,
but
it
tells
us
that
the
impact
depends
on
high
quality
classrooms
with
well-trained
teachers.
E
E
I
want
to
take
a
minute
to
thank
speaker
deleo
for
making
high
quality
early
education
a
priority.
This
legislative
session
in
the
house,
the
speaker's
business
advisory
commission,
found
that
high
quality
pre-kindergarten
increases.
The
likelihood
of
a
student
will
graduate
high
school
by
31
percent.
E
E
We
are,
we
are
building
seamless
education
pipelines
for
every
student
from
cradle
to
career.
The
results
so
far
have
been
positive.
High
school
graduation
rates
went
up
by
two
percent
last
year
to
a
historic
peak
of
72.4
percent,
but
we
still
have
years
of
hard
work
ahead
of
us
to
get
where
we
really
need
to
be.
E
E
It's
been
generations
since
we've
had
a
full-scale
construction
cycle
that
was
in
place
just
as
important
as
their
condition
is
the
design
20th
century
buildings
don't
have
the
spaces
or
the
systems
to
support
21st
century
too
many
of
our
schools.
Look
like
the
old
st
margaret's
grammar
school
that
I
went
to
frank
bacon,
went
to
and
easter
sabi
went
to.
We
all
went
there.
E
The
sisters
did
a
great
job,
but
the
desks
were
all
front
facing
towards
the
chalkboard
and
the
technology
sat
in
the
av
room.
On
the
second
floor,
that
won't
cut
it
today.
Today's
model
classrooms
are
active,
student-centered,
accessible
spaces
connected
to
the
worlds
of
knowledge,
far
beyond
their
walls.
They
look
like
innovative
colleges
and
workplaces.
We
want
our
students
to
be
ready
for
many
of
the
workplaces
that
you
have
boston
is
a
global
hub
for
technology
innovation.
We
know
that,
but
our
classrooms
must
prepare
our
students
to
thrive
in
this
world.
E
E
E
That's
why
bill
pbs
will
more
than
double
our
typical
capital
allocation
for
schools.
We're
able
to
do
this
for
two
reasons.
First,
our
perfect
bond
rating
unlocks
unprecedented
access
to
capital.
Second,
we
have
forged
the
city's
first
strong
working
relationship
with
the
massachusetts
school
building
authority.
E
E
This
is
a
project
that
the
local
community
wanted
for
years.
We
moved
it
forward
by
allocating
36
million
dollars
in
city
funds
and
securing
a
matching
amount
from
the
mass
school
building
authority,
and
we
made
the
community
a
partner
in
this
progress,
and
we
agree
that
the
dearborn
should
keep
its
identity
and
its
students,
as
it
expands
from
a
six
to
eight
middle
school,
to
a
six
to
twelve
high
school
in
the
city
of
boston
and
we
overcame
bureaucratic
obstacles
by
standing
alongside
and
together
with
this
vision.
E
It
proves
that
we
can
get
beyond
the
status
quo
because
better
schools
are
worth
fighting
for.
We
also
restarted
projects
for
the
boston
arts
academy
and
the
quincy
upper
school,
along
with
the
23
million
dollars
in
repairs.
We
updated
through
citywide
upgrades
in
total
the
61
million
dollars
in
support
we
have
tapped
since
2014
is
more
than
the
entire
amount.
The
city's
received
from
the
msba
in
the
10
years.
E
E
E
E
E
As
the
first
rounds
of
projects
move
forward,
the
bill
bps
report
will
be
updated.
This
is
going
to
be
a
living
breathing
document
that
will
reflect
the
knowledge
and
innovation
in
the
community
across
the
district
teachers
and
parents
and
principals
already
taking
creative
steps
to
modernize
schools
themselves.
E
E
I'm
inspired
by
the
vision
and
the
initiative
in
our
schools.
We
owe
it
to
them
to
match
their
spirit
and
provide
the
resources
they
need,
so
they
can
focus
on
teaching
and
learning.
So,
as
the
long-term
bill
pbs
plan
develops,
we
will
help
every
school
in
making
upgrades.
They
need
right.
Now
this
year
we're
going
to
launch
a
13
million
dollar
21st
century
school
fund.
E
One
of
the
planning
principles
of
build
pps
is
to
create
flexible
space
that
will
allow
our
district
to
meet
new
potential
as
our
city
and
our
world
evolve,
but
to
truly
make
our
schools
part
of
that
evolution.
It
will
climb
and
it
will
require
permanent,
deep
connections
with
the
worlds
beyond
the
school
walls.
E
E
By
the
way,
it's
the
time
of
my
annual
appeal,
if
you're
not
part
of
our
summer
job
program,
already,
please
email,
my
team
at
summerjobs
at
boston.gov
to
get
started.
If
not
we'll
find
you,
but
we
can't
do
this
stuff.
Without
your
help,
moving
forward
as
we
build
new
learning
spaces,
we
want
to
strengthen
our
ability
to
build
new
partnerships.
E
E
E
Frankly,
I
hope
that
every
employer
in
our
city
is
thinking
along
the
same
lines.
Good
public
education
just
doesn't
help
our
students
by
producing
a
better
prepared
workforce.
It
helps
employers
and
strengthens
our
economy.
So
I
want
to
appeal
directly
to
the
organizations
represented
here
today:
look
into
partnering
with
our
schools.
E
E
That's
just
one
example:
how
we
welcome
employers
to
to
be
part
of
strengthening
and
using
your
imagination,
to
make
our
schools
better.
You
will
not
only
improve
our
student
outcome.
You
could
also
help
us
advance
the
skills
needed
in
your
workplace
and
industry
check
out
investbps.org
better.
Yet
if
you
want
to
help
us
talk
to
makiba
before
you
leave
here
today,
thank
you,
makiba.
E
E
E
E
Remember
thirty
percent
of
boston,
public
school
students
still
learning
english
as
their
second
language
48
have
a
parent
at
home
who's
foreign
born.
This
is
nothing
new.
I
was
one
of
those
kids,
so
is
superintendent
dr
tommy
chang,
chief
of
economic
development,
john
barros,
director
of
workforce
development
trinwyn,
commissioner
of
veterans,
services,
gigel,
sterlings
and
other
people
in
my
administration.
In
this
room
we
went
home
after
school
to
a
bilingual
immigrant
household,
our
students
today,
better
than
anyone
reflect
the
extraordinary
strength.
This
immigrant
experience
adds
to
america
last
year.
E
E
E
E
A
E
C
A
F
E
We
owned
more
winter
garages
that
didn't
cast
a
shadow
in
the
city.
We'd
be
a
lot
better
off.
We
don't
own
a
lot
of
land
like
that
in
the
city.
We
really
when
you
look
around
all
of
the
buildings
that
we
own
in
the
city
in
the
downtown
boston.
I'm
talking
about
that
would
be
worth
some
money
we're
using
them.
We
have
the
boston
housing
authority
in
them.
E
We
have
court
street,
we
own
our
own,
obviously
city
hall,
our
veterans
service
offices,
but
you
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
talk
about
development
in
the
city
and
it's
important
for
us.
If
we
want
to
continue
to
grow
our
economy,
we
have
to
continue
to
think
of
new
development,
and
you
know
winter
square
garage
has
caused
costs
for
some
controversy
and
with
the
shadow
and
we'll
work
through
that,
hopefully
and
be
able
to
move
forward,
but
we're
also
in
our
city
preparing
for
the
future,
not
just
today.
E
E
So
we
really
have
to
look
at
how
do
we
continue
to
grow
economic
opportunities
in
the
city
of
boston?
And
I
know
that
didn't
quite
answer
your
question,
but
the
back
side
of
that
is,
as
we
build
more
opportunity
for
investment
with
with
companies
coming
to
boston,
that's
going
to
grow
our
tax
base
and
by
growing
our
tax
base
is
going
to
help
us
to
move
forward
as
a
city.
E
The
city
of
boston
is,
is
very
heavily
dependent
upon
real
estate
tax,
probably
too
much,
but
until
we
can
figure
out
another
some
other
sources
of
revenue.
How
do
we
balance
that
67
percent
right
now?
Maybe
68
of
our
budget,
is
due
to
real
estate
tax.
We
have
to
figure
other
ways.
We
can't
just
be
consistently
dependent
upon
real
estate
tax,
so
we're
looking
trying
to
come
up
with
creative
ways
of
how
do
we
move
our
economy
and
our
budget
forward.
E
If
I
own,
if
I
own
more,
went
to
square
garages,
I
would
take
that
money
in
one
time,
expenditures
all
over
the
city
of
boston
went
to
square
garage,
the
invest
the
first
investment
in
that
potentially
could
go
to
housing,
development
in
east
boston
and
south
boston
and
finishing
those
off
investments
in
franklin
park
and
boston,
common
investments
like
they
haven't
seen
since
the
beginning,
when
they
first
opened
and
finally
closing
the
emerald
necklace
and
then,
after
that
we
have
another
50
million
investment
that
would
come
if
this
building
were
built
and
sold.
E
We'd
have
another
one-time
investment,
50
million
dollars
to
be
able
to
put
into
other
initiatives.
So
things
like
that.
I
mean
we'd
love
to
see
those
and
those
those
investments
aren't
recurring
costs.
So
we're
able
to
fix
capital,
and
then
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
again
in
our
budget,
we're
not
adding
a
new
program,
we're
not
building
new
programs,
we're
actually
doing
one-time
investments
where,
where
it's
not
going
to
be
a
burden
on
the
budget
for
the
next
20
30
40
50
years.
E
Yeah,
I
mean
my
thoughts
on
how
the
money
will
be
spent.
Aren't
important
in
this
conversation.
It's
going
to
be
the
the
com
it's
going
to
be
the
committee,
that's
going
to
be
assembled
and
we're
in
the
process.
Right
now
of
working,
michael
flaherty
is
here,
I
think
he's
I
saw
michael
earlier
michael
has
filed
some
some
legislation,
along
with
the
council
and
president
wu,
we're
working
together
on.
How
do
we
formulate
this
this
committee?
How
does
it
work?
E
There's
a
lot
of
advocates
that
want
to
be
on
this
committee
and
they
want
to
have
a
say
and
there's
only
so
many
seats,
so
we're
trying
to
sit
down.
How
do
we
create
something?
That's
truly
going
to
represent
the
three,
the
three
industries
that
we're
talking
about:
affordable
housing,
open
space
and
historic
preservation,
and
I
think
it's
important
for
us
as
we
move
forward.
It's
really
going
to
depend
upon
year
to
year.
E
A
lot
of
people
were
excited
initially
when,
when
it
passed-
and
I
was
as
well
and
a
lot
of
it
was
focused
on
housing.
But
when
you
look
at
our
city
in
the
history
of
our
city,
we
have
really
neglected.
I'm
saying
this
so
collectively
a
lot
of
our
historical
sites
in
boston
and
I
think
there's
we
owe
our
history
an
opportunity
to
pull
those
sites
up.
So
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
use
because
this
money's
going
to
go
to
a
lot
of
good
places.