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From YouTube: Climate Ready Boston
Description
At City Hall, Mayor Walsh releases the Climate Ready Boston Action Plan. By explaining the cause and effects of climate change, combined with active initiatives set forth by experts and political officials, the plan will help prepare Boston for the effects of climate change in the coming decades.
A
A
My
name
is
Austin
Blackmon
I'm,
the
chief
of
environment,
energy
and
open
space
for
the
city
of
Boston,
and
today
it's
my
distinct
honor
and
privilege
to
help
release
and
give
an
overview
of
Mayor
Walsh's
climate
ready,
Boston
report
I'll
give
a
brief
overview.
The
mayor
should
be
joining
us
shortly.
He'll
give
some
remarks
as
well,
and
then
we're
also
gonna
hear
from
some
of
our
very
very
trusted
partners
who
are
integral
into
making
this
report
happen
for
those
of
you
who
aren't
familiar
with
climate
ready
Boston.
A
This
is
the
Walsh
administration's
data-driven
approach
to
climate
preparedness.
So
we've
gone
building
by
building
parcel
by
parcel
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
to
look
at
the
data
and
come
up
with
financial
consequence
estimates
and
a
vulnerability
assessment
to
help
us
understand
what
we
need
to
do
to
move
forward
and
make
sure
that
Boston
continues
to
be
a
healthy,
thriving
and
innovative
city,
regardless
of
the
impacts
of
climate
trends.
So
before
we
get
started,
I'd
love
to
just
recognize
a
few
of
our
partners,
particularly
Amos
Hostetter
in
the
bar
foundation,
for
their
financial
support
and
making.
A
This
report
happen
also
to
the
Baker
administration,
represented
today
by
Katie
Thea.
Here.
Today's
who's
also
going
to
be
speaking
later
for
their
financial
support
and
expertise
that
they
provided
to
UMass
Boston,
as
well
for
the
technical
expertise
that
they
provided
as
Boston's
public
research
university.
A
Also
inside
City
Hall,
we
had
a
collaborative
team
across
many
cabinets,
including
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency,
with
Sara
Meyerson
and
Rebecca
Emanuel,
who
are
here
today
as
well
as
rich
McGinnis,
also
from
go
Boston
2030
and
their
team
cheese
Osgood
is
hopefully
going
to
be
joining
us,
but
Commissioner
Tian
Dhaka
is
here
as
well,
also
supported
by
the
our
chief
resilience
officer
at
TM,
Martin
and
also
support
from
outside
the
city.
Also,
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
our
plan
was
consistent
with
what
our
infrastructure
partners
had
to
offer
as
well.
A
So
we
worked
closely
with
the
Massachusetts
Water
Resources,
Authority,
Boston,
Water
and
Sewer,
and
our
utilities
as
well
eversource
a
National
Grid,
to
make
sure
that
this
plan
was
really
really
comprehensive.
So
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
for
participating
over
the
past
year
to
help
us
understand
what
this
report
should
be
pushing
for.
So
at
a
high
level.
What
have
we
learned?
Well,
climate
preparedness
in
Boston
isn't
just
about
sea
level
rise.
We
were
also
facing
challenges,
as
it
relates
to
extreme
heat
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
At
the
turn
of
the
century,
we
had
about
11
days
in
Boston
that
were
over
90
degrees,
Fahrenheit
or
you
can
expect
by
the
end
of
the
century
about
90
days,
so
the
climate
would
look
much
more
like
what,
but
what
Washington
DC
is
experiencing,
rather
than
what
Boston
is
experiencing
now.
This
will
have
huge
impacts,
particularly
on
our
most
vulnerable
communities,
such
as
our
seniors,
our
children,
those
who
have
medical
conditions
that
are
exacerbated
by
heat
by
the
end
of
the
century.
A
A
So
that
was
kind
of
the
grim
part,
but
the
good
news
is
that
we
have
the
technology
in
place.
We
know
that
there
policies
that
we
can
start
to
enact
to
make
sure
that
Boston
continues
to
thrive
over
the
timeframe
of
this
report.
Some
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
we've
been
doing
for
decades
already
and
will
continue
to
do
so,
including
releasing
information
about
how
our
residents
and
businesses
can
continue
to
be
prepared
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
that
continues
forward
with
the
release
of
today's
report.
A
But
we
know
that
we
also
have
to
look
at
things
like
updating
our
zoning
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
make
sure
that
our
buildings
and
our
infrastructure
are
prepared
not
only
for
the
current
floodplain
and
the
current
vulnerabilities,
but
the
vulnerabilities
that
we're
projecting
over
the
lifetime
of
those
buildings.
So
that's
something
that
we'll
certainly
be
working
on.
We
also
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
investigating
district
level
solutions
on
a
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
basis,
as
well
as
looking
at
the
feasibility
of
a
harbor
wide
solution.
A
Another
important
tenant
that
we're
seeing
is
that
we
have
to
make
sure
that,
as
we're
developing
these
solutions
that
we
can
get
multiple
benefits
out
of
them.
For
instance,
waterside
open
space
that
can
serve
as
a
flood
protection,
but
when
we're
not
experiencing
flood
conditions
or
severe
weather,
this
is
areas
of
the
city
that
can
be
enjoyed
by
the
public
and
enjoy
the
investment
that
we've
made
in
cleaning
up
our
Harbor
now,
some
might
say
well,
if
we're
talking
about
2100
and
all
this
time
periods
well,
I
might
not
be
around
for
that.
A
Why
should
this
matter
to
me
short
answer
is
simple.
These
impacts
are
already
happening.
You
can
see
these
photos
of
king
tide
situations
here
in
Boston,
where
we're
already
having
some
of
our
coastlines
being
impacted
by
flooding.
Maybe
this
is
a
small
nuisance
today,
but
not
too
far
along.
This
is
something
that
could
be
happy
on
a
much
more
regular
basis.
A
We
also
have
experienced
severe
weather
here
in
Boston,
with
one
of
the
snowiest
and
coldest
winters
in
2015,
followed
by
one
of
the
driest
and
hottest
summers
in
2016
with
drought,
not
just
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
throughout
the
common-law,
and
if
even
that
is
not
enough
to
convince
you,
we
have
to
think
about.
Those
who
will
certainly
be
impacted.
Are
some
of
our
children
who
are
depicted
in
these
photos?
We
have
a
responsibility
to
them,
as
prior
generations
have
given
us
so
many
opportunities
to
thrive
here
in
Boston.
A
We
owe
them
the
same
courtesy,
so
the
next
level
of
detail.
What
are
some
of
the
updated
climate
projections
that
we
found
this
far
again?
It's
not
just
about
coastal
flooding,
it's
also
about
chronic
stormwater
flooding.
Here
in
Boston.
You
can
see
this.
The
shaded
areas
depicted
on
this
map
are
areas
where
we
can
expect
to
have
serious
challenges
around
chronic
flooding,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
some
of
our
regional
and
local
transportation
infrastructure.
A
I
mentioned
urban
heat
island
effects
and
how
we,
at
the
beginning
of
this
century
only
had
11
days
of
90-degree
weather
were
already
this
summer
had
22
days.
So
all
these
cases
of
urban
heat
island
effects
places
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
retain
heat,
because
they're
heavily
paved
and
they've
got
they're
very
well
built
up
instead
of
having
natural
canopy
and
retain
that
heat
are
going
to
have
increased
impacts
on
the
residents
of
Boston.
A
Furthermore,
our
projections
show
that
heat
related
mortality
will
go
up
by
a
factor
of
three
by
the
end
of
the
century,
obviously
having
a
serious
impact
on
the
city
of
Boston.
If
we're
not
able
to
mitigate
these
effects
and
of
course,
sea-level
rise
is
a
major
concern
as
well.
I
mentioned
that
we're
expecting
three
feet
of
sea-level
rise
by
the
end
of
the
century.
However,
that
is
the
middle-of-the-road
or
50
percent
likelihood
scenario.
A
Through
this
analysis,
we've
looked
at
a
whole
range
of
what
that
could
be,
and
it
could
be
substantially
worse,
the
tail
end
of
the
most
likely
scenario
being
about
seven
and
a
half
feet
worth
of
sea
level
rise
by
the
end
of
the
century,
but
it
could
be
as
much
as
ten
and
a
half
feet
and
the
variability
there
is
not
in
the
model
itself.
It's
actually
all
about
how
much
emissions
are
released
globally
between
now
and
then.
So.
A
This
is
the
crucial
connection
to
the
work
that
we're
doing
on
adaptation,
to
the
work
that
we're
doing
on
making
Boston
reduce
its
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
our
targets
for
that
as
well,
and
the
work
that
we
do
internationally
helping
to
other
cities
advance
this
work
because
the
as
they
have
those
successes.
Some
of
those
benefits
accrue
to
us
here
and
help
us
with
some
of
our
adaptation
challenges
as
well.
A
So
some
detail
in
terms
of
the
flood
progression
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
You
can
see
in
the
near
term
2030
to
2050
s
that
we
already
have
some
neighborhoods
that
have
up
to
25%
of
their
land
area
covered.
A
key
thing
to
point
out
here
for
East
Boston
25%
does
not
include
Logan
Airport,
but
then,
as
we
move
into
the
mid
term,
you
can
see
that
for
each
of
those
neighborhoods
the
numbers
pretty
much
double,
and
you
also
start
to
have
flood
pathways
and
from
the
Dorchester
area
as
well.
A
And
then
in
the
late
term,
the
scenario
gets
much
more
severe.
You
have
multiple
flood
path
pathways,
joining
together
from
Dorchester
from
Fort
Point
channel
from
downtown
coming
together
to
actually
have
severe
impacts
on
the
south
end,
which
is
typically
thought
of
as
pre-and
a
pretty
inland
area.
So
a
major
challenge
around
that
as
well.
At
this
point,
we
could
even
expect
the
average
monthly
tide
to
be
reaching
Fanueil
Hall
just
steps
away
from
where
we
are
today.
A
Another
thing
that's
important
about
these
long-term
projections
in
a
connection
with
the
work
that
we've
done
with
the
Boston
planning
and
development
agency,
as
it
relates
to
imagine,
Boston
2030.
The
first
citywide
plan
in
50
years
is
part
of
is
that
the
BPD,
a
did
is
have
to
understand
where
our
new
Bostonians
as
the
city
continues
to
grow.
Where
are
they
going
to
be
where
they're
gonna
be
housed?
A
How
are
they
going
to
be
transported
and
there
are
certain
areas
in
the
city
that
are
very,
very
very
look
like
good
candidates
for
that
to
happen
because
of
low
density,
existing
access
to
transportation.
Unfortunately,
as
you
can
see
on
this
map,
many
of
those
areas
are
within
the
projected
floodplain
in
2100.
A
Another
way
to
look
at
the
flood
progressions
is
instead
of
looking
at
the
expanding
floodplain,
think
of
the
near-term
floodplain
and
the
frequency
with
which
events
will
happen
over
time
for
that.
So,
if
you
look
at
the
near-term
floodplain
that
we've
got
projected
for
the
1%
storm
in
the
mid
term,
that's
basically
going
to
happen
10
times
more
frequently
or
that's
what
we
would
expect
and
then
by
the
late
term,
2100
and
beyond.
We
could
expect
that
same
type
of
scenario
that
happened
on
a
monthly
basis.
A
Some
other
high-level
statistics
in
terms
of
what
our
analysis
found
over
80
billion
dollars
worth
of
assets
in
the
FEMA
floodplain
by
2100
12,000
buildings
and
about
15%
of
the
Boston's
population,
so
again
kind
of
grim.
But
the
good
news
is
that
this
report
is
helping
us
understand
what
we
can
do
next.
We
have
11
strategies
that
are
outlined
in
the
climate,
ready
Boston
report
and
they
fit
into
five
themes
that
we
call
layers
and
I'll
talk
through
each
of
those.
A
Briefly,
first
and
foremost,
updating
our
climate
projections,
a
very,
very
important
part
of
what
we
need
to
do
moving
forward,
as
I
mentioned,
the
projections
really
very
quite
based
on
global
emissions
and
what
those
look
like.
So
as
we
move
forward
every
five
ten
years,
it's
in
gonna
be
important
for
us
to
update
those
productions
to
see
if
we
need
to
be
getting
more
aggressive
than
what
we
had
set
out
before,
or
hopefully,
as
the
load
reduces
emissions.
Maybe
we
have
the
capacity
to
make
choices
to
become
less
aggressive.
A
The
foundation
of
all
this
work,
though,
is
what
we're
doing
today
by
releasing
this
report
and
some
of
the
work
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
moving
forward,
to
make
sure
that
it's
not
just
city
officials
presenting
this
information,
but
that
our
communities
have
this
information.
They
share
it
with
each
other.
So
our
businesses
and
our
residents
know
what
they
can
do
on
their
own
to
make
the
choices
for
their
businesses
or
residents
is
to
make
them
as
climate
prepared
as
possible.
A
Obviously,
we
also
need
to
work
with
the
state
and
other
partners
as
part
of
the
development
cycle,
to
see
how
we
might
be
able
to
finance
these
solutions
a
bit
easier
to
do
in
areas
like
Charlestown
East
Boston
that
still
have
development
cycles
a
little
bit
more
difficult
for
areas
like
downtown
in
South
Boston
that
are
already
particularly
developed.
And,
of
course,
we
have
to
look
at
the
potential
of
a
harbor
wide
solution
as
well.
A
Now
that
could
look
like
something
as
small
as
a
connection
from
the
Logan
Airport
over
to
Castle
Island,
maybe
something
a
bit
larger
for
the
Harbor
Island
barrier,
connecting
Deer
Island
to
Long
Island
down
through
Quincy,
or
pretend
something
much
more
expansive
the
outer
harbor
barrier
connecting
deer
island
to
lovell's
island
down
to
hole.
This
is
something
that
obviously
you
say
of
Boston
would
not
be
able
to
do
on
its
own,
even
with
the
partnership
of
the
state
and
the
Commonwealth.
A
You
know
some
of
the
high
level
estimates
that
we've
seen
for
a
solution
like
this
would
be
in
the
range
for
10
to
15
billion
dollars,
so
something
that
we
would
certainly
need
federal
support
with
in
order
to
actually
implement,
but
something
that
we
need
to
definitely
study.
But
it's
not
just
about
flood
protection
for
a
harbor.
Why
bear
you
have
to
also
understand
what
would
be
the
environmental
impacts
of
having
such
a
solution?
What
would
the
economic
consequences
be?
A
We've
in
the
process,
right
now
of
dredging
our
harbor
to
allow
larger
ships
to
come
in
we've
had
so
many
of
these
protections
for
our
port
areas
in
the
Boston
Harbor.
We
have
to
also
understand
what
the
impacts
of
that
would
be
and
how
much
more
expensive
it
would
be
to
have
a
solution
that
have
floodgates
to
allow
that
economic
activity
to
continue.
A
We
also
have
to
be
thoughtful
on
our
infrastructure.
Here
in
the
city
of
Boston
modeled
off
of
the
city
state
groundwater
working
group,
we
need
to
implement
an
infrastructure
coordination
committee
to
come
up
with
joint
design
standards
and
maintenance
standards
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
creating
additional
flood
pathways
than
the
ones
that
we've
already
seen
so,
for
instance,
if
a
Boston
water
and
sewer
pipe
springs
a
leak
that
then
interacts
with
a
Veolia
steam
pipe
that
creates
fissures
and
pressure
underneath
one
of
our
roads.
That
then
opens
up.
A
Maybe
that
then
creates
a
new
flood
pathway
into
an
MBTA
facility.
So
how
do
you
have
all
of
those
different
organizations,
coordinate
those
repairs
together
to
make
sure
that
our
transportation
system
can
continue
to
move
forward
in
the
city
of
Boston's?
Also
done
some
work
already
and
making
it
our
infrastructure
more
resilient
from
our
community
energy
study
studying
the
best
locations
for
distributed
generation
infrastructure
throughout
the
city,
not
only
to
lower
the
cost
for
our
residents,
but
also
provide
crucial
backups
to
our
critical
facilities
through
microgrids
and
district
energy.
A
And,
of
course,
as
I
mentioned,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
have
adapted
buildings
in
the
city
of
Boston.
This
is
the
Spaulding
Rehabilitation
Hospital.
Many
of
you
are
familiar
with
this
facility
because
it
helped
many
of
the
victims
of
the
Marathon
bombing
rehabilitate
and
learn
how
to
walk
so
a
facility
that
is
very,
very
used
to
dealing
with
immobile
populations
and
having
learned
the
lessons
from
Hurricane
Katrina,
they
took
into
account
their
design
standards,
making
sure
that
their
windows
were
operated
at
this
operable
at
the
second
floor.
A
In
case
they
had
to
do
an
evacuation
from
the
second
floor.
They
don't
have
any
of
their
mobile
patients
located
within
the
100-year
floodplain
that
surrounds
this
building,
they're
all
located
on
floors
that
are
higher.
They
took
the
mechanicals
and
put
them
on
the
roof.
They've
got
a
small
power
plant
and
enough
fuel
for
three
days
to
provide
heat
and
power
for
the
critical
infrastructure
there
now
do.
That's
every
single
building
in
the
city
of
Boston
needs
to
be
at
that
level
of
preparedness.
A
No,
but
are
there
some
buildings
that
would
have
a
primarily
commercial
use
where
most
of
the
people
are
coming
in
that
can
telework
anyway
for
a
couple
days.
So
these
are
the
things
that
we
need
to
evaluate
and
study,
as
we
update
our
zoning
to
make
sure
that
our
buildings
are
adaptable
to
their
uses
and
their
locations
through
appropriate
regulation.
A
So
some
of
our
next
steps-
I
mentioned
that
in
partnership
through
a
generous
grant
from
the
Baker
administration
and
the
office
of
coastal
zone
management
that
we'll
be
able
to
do
some
additional
Studies
on
some
of
the
solutions
and
what
they
may
ultimately
cost
and
what
they
may
look
like.
We'll
have
to
also
work
with
the
state
offer
and
other
solutions
for
district
improvement,
financing
and
other
tools
that
we
might
be
able
to
finance
these
solutions.
A
So
it's
not
just
myself
and
other
city
officials
that
are
presenting
this
information
and
the
solutions
that
residents
and
businesses
can
take,
but
so
that
this
information
is
spread
more
broadly
and
faster,
person-to-person,
business-to-business
neighbor
to
neighbor
and,
of
course,
we're
going
to
continue
the
strong
coordination
that
we
have
with
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency
on
their
with
their
work
on
imagine,
Boston,
2030
and
also
with
our
Transportation
Department.
Their
work
on
go
Boston,
2030
and
with
our
chief
resilience
officer
and
the
work
that
they're
doing
on
equity
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
B
Thank
you
very
much.
Austin
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here
today,
councilman
alley.
Thank
you
very
much.
Buddy
council
Molly's
been
very
involved
as
well
in
not
just
today,
but
over
his
entire
career
and
climate
change
and
worrying
about
the
future
of
our
city.
So
I
want
to
thank
him
for
all
his
great
advocacy
and
work
I'm
not
going
to
go
too
much
to
thank
you
because
I
know
many
of
you
are
speaking.
So
thank
you.
Everyone
speaking,
but
I,
do
want
to
give
a
shout
out.
B
I'll
do
this
twice:
that's
a
Miss
hostile
and
the
bar
foundation
for
their
great
work
and
the
green
ribbon.
Commission
I
was
fortunate
enough
when
I
elected
that
this
commission
had
been
set
up
so
I
I,
ascended,
I,
guess
to
the
co-chair
of
this
and
really
watching
the
great
work.
That's
been
done
with
the
green
ribbon
commission.
Thank
you
very
much
and
what
you're
doing
and
but
thank
you
and
other
folks
who
here
certainly,
as
you
all
know,
we're
here
ready
to
release
the
climate
ready,
Boston
report.
This
is
a
road
map.
B
B
It
is
major
implications
for
health
and
safety
of
our
residents,
strength
of
our
businesses
and
certainly
the
vitality
of
our
different
neighborhoods
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
that's
why
we're
preparing
climate
change
is
in
the
best
interest
of
all
Bostonians
and
it's
why
it's
a
smart,
smart,
economic
decision,
our
climate
ready
strategies
will
protect
our
shorelines.
They
will
improve
our
infrastructure
and
transportation,
and
energy
they'll
help
will
make
us
build
safer.
They'll
also
help
us
reinforce
our
plans
for
growth
and
equity
as
we
grow
as
a
city.
B
This
report
comes
on
the
heels
of
imagine:
Boston
2030,
first
citywide
planning
process
in
the
city
of
Boston
over
50
years.
Imagine
Boston
is
our
growth
to
us,
a
guide
to
smart
growth
and
a
priorities
prioritizes
climate
preparedness,
the
climate,
the
climate
data
in
imaginal,
Boston
2030,
will
fully
inform
climate
ready
Boston.
As
you
see
the
different
maps
in
the
room
here
today
and
the
different
presentations
are
seeing
a
lot
of
this
is
in
the
imagine,
Boston
2030
plan
and
a
lot
of
it.
B
If
we
don't
continue
to
take
action
in
real,
it's
concerning,
it
can
be
concerning
to
the
growth
of
our
city
in
the
future
of
our
city.
As
I
said,
climate
change
affects
every
aspect
of
Boston's
life.
Our
residents
are
already
impacted
by
extreme
heat
and
we
felt
at
this
summer
heavy
participation,
and
we
felt
it
two
winters
ago
in
flooding
that
we
we
could
have
had.
We
just.
B
We
barely
escaped
a
potential
flood
situation,
the
city
about
a
month
ago
when,
when,
when
the
tide
was
high-
and
it
was
a
calm,
peaceful
night-
and
if
we
had
just
a
minor
storm
that
night,
we
would
have
some
problems.
We're
also
working
with
these
reports
and
collaboration
with
other
large-scale
developments
in
our
city
go
Boston,
2030
and
build
Boston
bps.
This
report
shows
us
how
and
when
risks
will
grow,
not
all
residents
will
be
impacted.
B
Equally,
the
elderly,
in
people
with
health
issues
and
disabilities,
people
with
language
barriers,
people
who
lack
adequate
housing
and
transportation
where
we
won't
impact
it
with
a
lot
of
these
different
risks.
That's
why
we're
preparing
for
the
climate
change
is
the
smart
economic
move,
and
it's
certainly
the
right
thing
to
do
in
our
city
as
we
look
to
the
future
of
Boston
I
know
these
projects
gonna
take
a
lot
to
take
in,
but
in
order
to
become
a
stronger
city,
we
need
to
face
these
challenges
head-on.
B
Thanks
to
this
report,
we
are
equipped
with
the
most
up-to-date
data
and
today
is
another
major
step
in
the
right
direction.
The
question
of
on
many
of
our
minds
is:
what
happens
next.
We
are
preparing
all
city
sectors
for
climate
change,
we're
joined
in
ways
to
create
new
economic
opportunities
and
improve
the
quality
of
lives
in
the
neighborhoods
and
across
our
city
on
the
waterfront
and
other
exposed
areas,
we're
going
to
promote
development
that
is
built
to
withstand
the
effects
of
climate
change.
B
We
have
full
steam
ahead
on
all
of
our
commitment
to
reduce
the
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
that
that
causes
the
climate
change
in
the
first
place,
an
approach
to
analysis
of
Boston
and
several
other
surrounding
cities
and
towns
have
committed
to
be
common
free
by
the
2050.
We
are
one
of
the
largest
metro
areas,
the
United
States
of
America,
to
set
such
a
bold
goal.
Next,
we're
going
to
focus
on
the
East
Boston
Greenway,
the
child's
child
shaft
site.
These
two
areas
are
in
high-risk
flooding
zones.
B
It
will
make
these
areas
more
resilient
to
support
the
Massachusetts
office
of
coastal
management.
We
also
begin
a
new
new
neighborhood
initiatives
in
the
downtown
in
South
Boston
areas
that
are
gonna
follow
recently
again.
I
want
to
thank
the
Bob
foundation.
They
approved
a
five
hundred
thousand
grant
dollar
grant
to
support
legislation
of
climate
ready
Boston.
Thank
you
very
much
and
sincerely
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Boston.
I
want
to
thank
a
maecenas
is
so
so
important
to
all
of
us.
Energy
efficiency
and
climate
adaptation
are
the
future.
B
Boston
has
the
knowledge,
the
talent,
the
resources
to
pioneer
new
technology
and
create
new
solutions
by
preparing
for
the
effects
of
climate
change
or
protecting
the
people
of
Boston
and
becoming
a
more
comprehensive
leader.
Today,
we're
going
to
hear
from
many
experts
from
all
our
different
Boston
neighborhoods,
but
before
I
hand
it
over
I
want
to
thank
a
few
people.
B
I've
talked
about
redesigning
the
way
we
do
planning
and
development
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we're
talking
about
attracting
new
areas
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
also
as
mayor.
It's
important
for
us
to
look
at
where
the
future
growth
of
the
city
is
going
to
happen.
It
might
not
happen
under
my
administration,
but
ways
are
going
to
happen
and
when
we
started
the
process
of
between
the
Green,
Ribbon,
Commission,
imagine
Boston
2030
and
all
the
different
plans
we
have.
B
We
really
see
front
and
center
the
effects
of
climate
change
and
there's
one
map
over
there
in
particular
that
when
you
start
to
think
about
Boston
in
the
future
sustainability
of
our
city,
we're
we're
in
precedented
times
right
now
in
the
city
of
Boston,
with
growth,
we've
only
seen
this
type
of
growth.
Three
other
period,
two
other
periods
in
the
city
of
Boston,
one
was
in
the
1890s
in
the
Back
Bay
was
filled
in
and
the
other
was
in
the
1960s
and
70s.
B
When
the
skyline
came,
and
we
think
about
Boston
is
is
we're,
fall
will
fall
as
far
as
being
able
to
build
new
space.
We
don't
have
hundreds
of
Aitkin
hundreds
of
miles
of
land
to
be
able
to
expand.
We
have
47
square
miles
when
we
think
about.
Where
do
we
grow
and
how
do
we
be
creative
and
we've
talked
about
places
like
why?
That's
our
Cove
talking
about
Beacon
yards
we've
talked
about
a
place
like
that.
Many
of
much
of
that
map
is
within
those
areas.
B
So
it's
our
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
we
take
this
plan
out
to
the
community
to
understand
that
the
the
average
homeowner
or
the
average
citizen
of
the
city
of
Boston
understands
the
impacts
and
that
they
individually
can
make
a
big
difference
for
our
environment
in
the
future
growth
for
our
city.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
making
Boston
truly
climate
ready,
I'm
going
to
turn
them.
I
know
I'm
going
to
take
questions
later
on
so
get
back
up.
Thank.
A
C
Good
morning
and
thank
you
for
inviting
me
to
join
you
today,
I'm
thrilled,
to
be
here
to
congratulate
Mayor,
Walsh
and
Austin,
and
his
staff
and
the
city
for
their
leadership
on
climate
change
and
for
the
release
of
climate
ready.
Boston
Boston
has
made
significant
strides
and
planning
for
climate
change
impacts,
as
well
as
reducing
climate
emissions,
and
the
state
has
been
proud
to
support
and
partner
with
you
on
these
efforts.
C
The
work
climbing
out
of
the
climate
ready
Boston
project
will
really
do
more
than
support
the
city's
efforts
towards
planning
for
climate
change
in
and
around
the
Boston
Harbor
they'll
serve
as
inspiration,
and
can
inform
resiliency
planning
efforts
by
other
Massachusetts
cities
and
towns,
and
indeed
around
the
globe.
I'm
also
excited
to
be
here
today
on
behalf
of
secretary
Beaton
and
the
Baker
Pulido
administration,
to
express
our
continued
commitment
to
combating
and
preparing
for
climate
change
across
state
government
and
in
our
communities.
C
As
many
of
you
know,
back
in
September
governor
Baker
signed
executive
order,
569,
which
lays
out
a
comprehensive
approach
to
further
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
safeguard
residents,
municipalities
and
businesses
from
the
impacts
of
climate
change
and
build
a
more
resilient
Commonwealth.
Our
executive
order
really
builds
upon
innovative
efforts
in
state
and
local
governments
like
climate
ready
Boston
to
ensure
the
Commonwealth
is
collaborating
in
a
proactive
strategic
manner
across
state
government
and
with
our
local
partners
like
Boston
and
stakeholders.
To
address
this
challenge.
C
A
really
important
piece
on
this
and
building
on
the
efforts
of
lieutenant
governor
Polito
and
her
dedication
to
the
community
compacts
and
the
Green
Communities
program.
A
key
piece
of
this
executive
order
is
focusing
on
continued
to
support
to
cities
and
towns
who,
like
Boston,
are
on
the
front
lines
of
climate
change.
The
order
will
provide
direct
support
and
technical
assistance
to
communities
through
a
municipal
vulnerability
preparedness
program
with
the
goal
of
getting
communities
to
be
up
to
the
same
level
of
preparedness
as
Boston
is
working
towards.
C
It
will
help
communities
to
assess
their
vulnerability,
incorporate
climate
change
considerations
into
local
planning
and
policymaking
and
begin
to
implement
adaptation
actions.
We
also
have
many
existing
programs
at
the
state
level
which
support
local
communities,
such
as
the
Office
of
coastal
zone
management,
coastal
resiliency
grant
program,
which
is
supported,
climate
ready,
Boston
and
similar
efforts
in
coastal
communities
across
the
state.
C
We're
proud
to
build
on
our
initial
support
of
climate
ready
Boston
with
a
recent
award
from
CMS
coastal
resilience
grant
program
that
will
support
the
city's
work
to
develop
site-specific
solutions
for
areas
in
East,
Boston
and
Charlestown,
identified
through
climate
ready,
Boston
as
highly
vulnerable
pathways
for
coastal
flooding.
That
Austin
and
the
mayor
both
mentioned
near-term
resiliency
actions
in
these
areas
will
mitigate
existing
flooding
impacts
and
allow
for
adaptation
into
the
future.
This
is
an
exciting
time
for
the
City
of
Boston
and
for
the
Commonwealth
and
I.
C
D
Our
activities
during
his
campaign
were
enthusiastically
embraced
by
the
now
mayor
and
he
has
been
a
consistent
supporter
of
of
our
work.
The
GRC
is
a
voluntary
network
of
34
senior
executives
of
Boston's
key
employers.
I
have
a
list
for
those
of
you
who
have
any
interest
of
it.
Rather
than
read
you
36
names
and
organizations,
but
I
think
it
is
fair
to
say
that
through
the
work
of
the
city
and
the
green
ribbon
commission,
this
report,
which
is
being
released
today,
is
truly
a
public-private
partnership.
D
D
We
applaud
the
city
and
Mayor
Walsh
for
his
leadership
and
in
trying
to
anticipate
the
risks
and
not
wait
for
the
catastrophe
to
motivate
us,
as
was
the
case
in
New
York
City.
The
climate
ready
Boston
report,
which
is
being
released
today,
gives
us
a
much
clearer
picture
of
the
risks
and
vulnerabilities
that
we
face
in
each
of
the
city's
neighborhoods
and
lays
out
a
bold
set
of
recommendations
to
address
these
risks.
D
Clearly,
as
the
mayor
has
pointed
out,
we
cannot
be
anti-development
and
in
fact
we
need
to
be
pro
development,
but
we
also
need
to
do
it
smart.
Now,
we
need
to
focus
on
implementation.
It's
an
imperative
that
this
public-private
sector
cooperation
continue
to
work
in
addressing
our
climate
challenges.
This
will
require
hard
choices
and
years
to
come,
including
new
development
regulations
and
certainly
new
infrastructure
investment
addressing
the
city's
most
vulnerable
neighborhoods.
D
If
we're
smart
about
the
actions
we
take,
we
can
learn
to
live
with
the
effects
of
climate
change
as
the
Dutch
and
the
Danes
have
done.
Our
future
depends
on
smart
planning
and
decision
making
the
green
ribbon.
Commission
stands
ready
to
do
its
part
to
help
accelerate
the
recommendations
of
this
report.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
Amos
Amos
says
they
has
his
green
ribbon
commission
hat
on
today,
but
as
a
big
supporter
of
the
bar
foundation.
Again
I
just
want
to
reiterate
the
city
of
Boston's
gratitude
for
your
support
and
also
from
the
VAR
foundation.
I
would
like
to
welcome
bud
risk
up
to
this
stage.
One
of
the
technical
advisers
for
climate
ready,
Boston
thanks.
D
E
Getting
through
what
my
wife
called
a
wicked
pissah
cold,
so
I
hope
you
can
I
hope
you
can
hear
me
and
I'll
be
very
brief,
because
we've
had
a
number
of
speakers
already,
but
I
have
co-chaired
the
green
ribbon
Commission's
working
group
on
climate
preparedness,
my
other
co-chair,
is
Brian
coupe
who's,
the
executive
vice
president
of
Boston
Properties.
He
unfortunately
could
not
be
here
today,
but
this
group
and
the
larger
GRC
as
Amos
indicated,
includes
many
of
the
senior
business
and
nonprofit
leaders
in
our
city.
E
Oh
I,
think
it's
very,
very
fair
to
say
are
now
firmly
behind
these
efforts
that
the
city
has
put
forward
as
you've
heard
from
the
other
speakers.
The
climate
ready
Boston
project
now
gives
us
a
much
better
technical
foundation
for
the
necessary
actions
ahead.
In
particular,
the
work
done
by
the
team
of
scientists
at
UMass
Boston
has
reduced
a
fair
amount
of
the
uncertainty
around
climate
projections
by
giving
us
a
better
handle
on
what
will
happen
when
that's
extremely
important.
E
If
you're
going
to
design
a
building
plan,
a
neighborhood
or
regulate
it,
we
needed
much
more
precision
than
I
think
we've
had
to
date.
I
think
we've
moved
the
ball
considerably
forward
on
that
piece
of
it.
We
also
now
have
a
much
better
understanding
about
the
parts
of
the
city
that
we'll
be
most
vulnerable,
which
will
enable
the
city
to
target
future
resilience
measures
more
effectively.
E
This
is
also
important
in
the
near
term,
because
if
we
get
warning
of
a
major
storm
coming
and
and
because
of
the
the
excellence
of
forecasting
today,
we
often
have
several
days,
if
not
even
a
week.
We
now
know
where
to
look
in
the
city
to
make
sure
we
are
fully
prepared
for
what's
coming
thanks
to
all
of
this
mapping
and
work
and
all
the
vulnerability
analysis
has
done,
I
think
that's
going
to
help
us
a
lot
near-term.
E
The
climate
ready
Boston,
provides
an
excellent
roadmap
of
implementation
actions
and,
as
my
colleagues
in
the
city
know,
I've
been
raising
my
hand
at
every
meeting
for
a
year
and
a
half
saying
we
got
to
get
this
down
to
three
bullets.
At
one
point
we
got
up
to
12
and
I
think
we're
down
to
seven.
So
that's
not
bad
for
a
report
of
this
complexity.
E
It's
downtown
East
Boston,
the
Seaport,
Fort
Point,
channel
area
and
Dorchester,
in
addition
to
the
targeted
growth
areas
of
imagine
Boston,
where
I
think
we
have
a
real
opportunity,
thanks
to
the
leadership
on
this,
to
figure
out
how
to
plan
a
whole
district
or
a
whole
neighborhood
to
make
it
resilient
to
accommodate
the
growth.
That's
coming
ahead.
That's
something
that
many
other
cities
don't
have
the
luxury
of
figuring.
Out
again
before
we
have
a
problem.
We're
gonna
see
more
detailed
analysis
of
coastal
protection
systems
to
address
the
near-term
flood
risks
in
East,
Boston
and
Charlestown.
E
But
we're
also
going
to
look
and
again
thanks
to
a
grant
from
the
bar
foundation
to
UMass
Boston
we're
gonna,
look
at
the
feasibility
of
the
harbor
wide
structures
that
Austin
talked
about
earlier
and
try
to
ask
at
least
the
basic
question:
are
these
feasible?
Will
they
have
impacts
that
are
manageable,
or
is
this
something
we
should
not
even
continue
to
look
at
and
take
off
the
table,
at
least
for
some
period
of
time?
The
good
news
on
all
of
these
problems
is:
we
have
amount
of
time
to
deal
with
them.
E
You
know
there
may
be
a
major
storm
coming.
Hopefully
we
will
be
better
prepared
for
that,
but
some
of
these
effects
are
not
going
to
be
really
bad
several
decades
ahead,
so
we
have
time
to
get
ahead
of
it
and
work
on
it.
And
finally,
there
are
a
number
of
a
series
of
steps
that
will
be
taken
to
provide
incentives
for
best
practices
in
the
commercial
and
residential
real
estate
sector
and
to
upgrade
our
building
and
zoning
codes
to
better
respond
to
the
risks
risks
ahead.
E
This
is
an
area
where
I
think
the
expertise
and
the
participation
of
the
Green
Ribbon
Commission
can
be
particularly
helpful
and
fortunately,
we
see
many
developers
are
already
taking
these
risks
seriously.
I
think
actually,
we've
seen
a
sea
change
just
in
the
last
few
years.
There
are
some
major
residential
projects
in
East
Boston
that
are
elevated
to
have
all
their
critical
infrastructure,
upstairs
at
the
same
time,
they're
providing
much
better
public
access
to
the
waterfront.
E
Some
of
the
newer
projects
in
the
Seaport
are
going
through
the
same
process
and
then
we're
going
to
have
GE,
which
I
think
is
going
to
be
the
new
model
of
resilience
at
their
new
headquarters
over
in
the
Fort
Point
channel
area.
Maybe
we'll
have
a
second
slide
in
addition
to
Spaulding
that
we
can
put
up
there,
that's
not
to
say,
there's
not
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
and
particularly
adapting
the
older
buildings,
whether
they're
commercial
and
particularly,
the
problem.
E
Something
like
two
thirds
of
the
buildings
that
will
be
affected
by
sea-level
rise
in
the
future.
Are
older
residential
structures.
I
think
that's
one
of
our
biggest
challenge.
The
GRC
is
especially
interested
in
exploring
financing
needs.
The
big
question
around
all
of
this
is
who,
and
how
are
we
going
to
pay
for
it?
E
That's
an
area
I
think
we're
gonna
be
need
to
be
really
creative,
unlike
New
York
or
New
Orleans
that
had
the
bad
misfortune
to
have
a
major
hurricane,
but
then
a
lot
of
federal
dollars
flows
in
we
don't
have
that
situation,
that's
a
good
thing,
but
that
means
we're
gonna
have
to
look
for
other
sources
and
and
be
creative
about
it.
Finally,
I
want
to
say
it's
great
to
see
how
well
the
city
has
integrated
the
climate
ready
Boston
results
with
the
imagine.
E
Boston
2030
plan
there's
clearly
been
an
extraordinary
degree
of
collaboration
amongst
these
various
planning
initiatives.
That's
unusual
in
a
big
city
like
Boston
and
I
think
we
should
be
very
proud
of
that
here
and,
as
Amos
said
mr.
mayor
we're
fortunate
to
live
in
a
city
where
the
leadership
is
truly
forward-looking.
E
A
team
of
scientists
led
by
UMass
Boston
HR
na
are
consultants
from
New
York
who
oversaw
the
entire
project,
our
Cadis
a
Dutch
engineering
firm
that
did
most
of
the
vulnerability
analysis
and
Sasaki,
which
played
a
big
role
in
the
vulnerability
analysis
and
also
in
pulling
the
final
report
together.
Thank
you
all.
B
Changes
a
couple
of
times,
I
wonder
what
in
particular
you're
talking
about
what
kind
of
zoning
changes
are
being
considered.
There
might
have
the
best
bang
to
the
buck.
Well,
one
of
the
things
that
I
would
say:
I
know
if
I've
mentioned
zoning
per
se,
but
looking
at
as
we
look
at
areas
that
potentially
could
be
built
out,
what
are
the
impacts
and
how
do
we
prepare
for
those
impacts?
B
So
example:
I,
guess:
I'll
use
white
at
circle
and
potentially
hypothetically,
let's
assume
at
some
point
down
the
road
why
that
circle
is
going
to
be
built
out.
Currently
we
have
businesses
there.
We
have
a
train
yard
there.
It
is
in
a
flood
zone
area
in
order
to
have
large-scale
investment
there.
If
we
are
to
have
lots,
Cal
investment
we
would
have
sickly
have
to
lift
it
and
we'd
have
to
also
consider
what
happens
underneath
it.
B
So
I
think
that
that's
some
of
the
things
that
we're
talking
about
as
far
as
preparing
for
growth
or
development,
a
housing
plan
I'm,
not
sure
how
much
of
a
housing
plan
is
in
lower
Dorchester.
If
you
will
but
I
know,
there's
opportunities
in
lower
door
sure
if
we,
if
we
create
housing
and
build
new
housing
and
lower
doors,
so
we
built,
you
know,
stick
built
housing
and
it's
in
a
flood
zone.
Flood
comes
through
that
state
build
is
gone,
so
we
look
at
what
would
the
foundation
be?
B
F
To
add
on
I
think
that
we
see
a
key
part
of
the
next
phase
of
this
work
being
looking
at
the
zoning
code
making
sure
we
truly
have
climate
ready,
zoning
apologies
and
Sarah
Meyerson,
the
Director
of
Planning
at
the
BP
da,
so
making
sure
that
we
have
climate
ready
zoning,
that's
taking
into
account
not
just
the
current
floodplain,
but
thinking
about
the
future
floodplain.
As
we
know
that
sea
level
rise
is
happening.
F
How
are
we
truly
having
a
zoning
code
that
reflects
what
we
think
is
going
to
be
the
future
condition,
and
we
also
want
to
make
sure
our
zoning
code
itself
is
not
a
disincentive
for
those
existing
buildings
to
become
climate
ready
and
adapt?
And
so
what
can
we
do
within
our
zoning
code
to
make
sure
that
there's
the
proper
incentive
alignment
for
adaptation
of
existing
building
stock.
B
I,
honestly,
don't
think
you
can
never
put
a
dollar
figure
on
it.
It's
impossible
and
I
think
that
we
have
to
do
but
but
made
a
good
point
when,
when
you
talked
about
New
Orleans
in
New,
York
City
at
some
point,
the
federal
government,
they
will
be
more
of
these
natural
disasters
in
the
country
and
there'll
be
more
billions
of
dollars
pouring
into
different
parts
of
America.
B
At
some
point,
the
federal
government
will
have
to
say:
is
it
now
time
to
start
to
put
prevention
dollars
in
the
budget
to
send
money
into
cities
and
towns
across
America?
And
hopefully
we
can
get
there,
it's
impossible
to
put
a
figure
on
it,
because
you
don't
know
what
that,
but
developments
going
to
go
where
you
know
what's
going
to
happen,
but
it's
certainly
something
as
we
look
to
the
future.
Every
time
we
have
a
new
development
were
going
to
start
talking
more
about
protecting
their
asset
as
a
private
investment.
The.
B
I
think
I
think
what's
gonna
happen
over
for
CH
initely
I'm,
not
predicting
I'm,
not
gonna
predict
this,
but
it's
gonna
happen
over
this
couple
weeks.
A
couple
months,
a
couple
years
we
are
gonna,
have
a
natural
disaster
somewhere
in
America
and
when,
when
that
happens,
the
federal
government's
gonna
have
to
deal
with
it.
They're
gonna
realize
that
this
is
a
real
issue.
B
Certainly
the
new
secretary
that
that's
a
got
appointed
I'm
concerned
about
the
comments
that
have
been
made,
but
there's
still
many
people
that
work
in
that
office
that
have
been
working
on
these
issues
for
years.
That
doesn't
mean
they're
never
going
to
stop
there
they're
working
they're
going
to
continue
to
move
forward.
G
B
Just
I
think
over
the
course
when
this
plan
goes
out
and
over
the
course,
the
next
coming
months
and
weeks
and
years,
we're
going
to
explain
to
people
I
think
that
we've
had
thousands
of
people
work
on.
Imagine
Boston
2030
those
people
have
been
in
detailed
conversations
about
the
future
of
our
city.
I.
Think,
as
we
talk
more
and
more
about
climate
change,
we're
going
to
educate
the
people
in
our
city
and
also
we
can
do
it
to
our
children.
B
You
know
many
of
our
kids
are
very
conscious
friendly
of
the
environment
and
I
think
that
we
can
educate
a
lot
of
people
to
our
children.
I
mean
that
it's
hot,
it's
hot,
to
say
that
climate
change
isn't
affecting
the
world.
You
just
look
at
look
what's
happening
all
over
the
world
when
you
have
countries
like
China
who
are
trying
to
reduce
carbon
emissions,
who
are
taking
a
serious
look
at
it
and
the
reasons
they're
doing
is
because
a
medical
one
of
the
main
reasons
is
because
medical
costs
cause
breathing
illnesses
have
risen
in
China.
B
B
A
This
is
a
crucial
part
of
the
plan.
It's
not
just
about
necessarily
having
infrastructure
here
that
needs
to
be
maintained.
Obviously,
that's
gonna
be
a
source
of
jobs
throughout
the
city
as
well,
but,
as
you
also
think
about
how
we
can
protect
the
city,
make
it
more
resilient.
Some
of
the
work
on
district
energy,
for
instance,
that's
highlighted
in
our
community
energy
study
as
well.
A
That's
also
opportunities
for
economic
development,
those
are
locations
and
businesses
and
jobs
that
would
be
required
in
order
to
help
the
city
of
Boston
continue
to
thrive
over
the
horizon
of
this
report.
So
it's
it's
not
just
about
barriers,
it's
about
opportunities
and
training,
and
even
on
energy
efficiency
and
retrofitting
the
buildings
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
make
them
as
close
to
to
Net
Zero
as
possible
to
help
us
with
our
very
aggressive
maeín
goals
as
well,
which
in
turn,
support
the
work
that
we're
doing
on
adaptation.
B
I
think
it's
important
remember.
You
know
when
we,
when
we
changed
the
old
Boston,
Redevelopment
Authority
to
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency
many
people
thought
it
was
a
name
change
and
really
it's
not
a
name
change.
It's
it's!
It's
a
it's
a
whole
cultural
change
because,
as
we
talked
about
in
Boston,
we've
built
a
lot
of
buildings
in
the
last
30
years
in
some
of
those
neighborhoods
we
have
not
prepared
for
the
transportation
concerns
that
we
have
today
what
we
can
do
now.
B
When
we
talk
about
planning
the
city,
we
can
make
sure
that
we
implement
also
climate
preparedness
and
readiness
in
in
those
conversations.
So
the
change
at
the
Boston
planning
development
is
not
just
simply
about
development
and
planning.
It's
about
truly
planning
an
entire
area
and
planning
for
the
future.
B
I
mean
when
you
look
at
the
waterfront
today,
I
mean
I
wish
we,
if
we
could
go
back
in
time,
30
years
inside
looking
at
the
different
buildings
or
built
roles
and
along
along
the
the
the
the
downtown
waterfront
in
South
Boston
waterfront,
if
we
really
thought
it
through,
but
we
could
have
done
some
real
spectacular
things
during
the
development
phase.
We
missed
that
opportunity.
So
now
we
have
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
do
it
and
then,
with
the
new
development
coming
in,
have
the
new
development
prepare
for
the
future?
B
I
B
I
think
when
you
talk
about
funds
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
make
a
make
improvements
with
our
park
system
our
park
system
clearly
as
part
of
this
we're
trying
to
create
as
much
open
space
as
possible.
We've
made
a
two-year
investment
of
over
ninety
million
dollars
in
our
parks
and
open
space.
B
So
there's
some
concerns
there
as
well.
So
we
in
there's
a
new
park
coming
there
DCR
made
an
investment
four
years
ago
to
create
a
new
parks.
This
new
park
they
announced
as
a
buffer
with
the
neighborhood,
so
it's
a
continual
in
the
in
the
run
along
the
Neponset
River.
The
bike
path.
There's
been
a
lot
of
infrastructure
improvements
there,
with
with
some
of
the
idea
towards
rising
rising
River
and
in
the
bike
path,
can
capture
a
lot
of
that
or
trees
and
hillside
does
a
lot.
B
I
B
I
mean
I
I
think
what
we
have
to
do
is
incorporate
that
into
our
daily
living,
meaning
as
we
look
at
our
budget
and
build
our
budgets
and
build
what
we
do
here
in
the
city
and
work
with
the
state
as
they
build
out
the
state.
We
start
to
think
about
about
this
more
and
more
more
than
we
have
in
the
past.
A
Charlestown
in
East
Boston
are
two
of
the
locations
that
we
have
funding
in
place
to
study
at
the
next
level
of
detail.
They
are
certainly
at
risk,
but
in
terms
of
from
a
financial
perspective,
there
are
other
areas
of
Boston
that
have
potentially
higher
dollar
values
associated
with
them,
particularly
downtown
in
South
Boston,
but
one
thing
about
both
East
Boston
in
Charlestown
that
make
them
attractive
candidates
to
study.
First.
A
Not
only
do
we
have
the
resources
in
place
to
study
them,
but
the
reason
why
that's
the
case
is
the
flood
entry
pathways
are
much
more
addressable
than
they
are
in
areas
like
South
Boston.
You
can
see
the
number
of
entry
ways
for
flood
water.
There
are
very,
very
significant
vs..
Charlestown
you've
got
one
by
the
strafes
building
and
the
Ryan
playground.
You've
got
a
potential
kind
of
mid-century
for
the
Charles
River
Dam
to
be
overtopped
or
flanked.
Those
are
relatively
small
areas
that
you
can
address
same
in
East
Boston,
relatively
smaller
areas.
A
The
East
Boston
Greenway
central
square,
Geoffrey's
point
that
we
can
can
study
and
have
a
potential
solution
evaluated.
Of
course,
we're
going
to
be
looking
for
more
resources
and
funding
and
in
part
the
gracious
grant
from
the
Bar
Foundation
will
allow
us
to
look
at
even
more
areas
to
study
at
that
level
of
detail.
B
B
We
have
the
same
vulnerabilities
at
New,
York
and
New
Jersey
had
they
got
hit
with
a
tropical
storm
that
created
billions
of
dollars
of
damage
in
both
of
those
those
areas
and
in
parts
of
New
Jersey
and
New
York
City
this.
What
we're
doing
today
is
a
plan
to
prepare
for
the
protection
of
our
city.
Now,
if
we
get
hit
with
a
superstorm
sandy,
there's
no
way
of
knowing
I,
don't
think
today,
which
areas
of
the
city
get
hit
harder.
B
Let's
be
honest,
as
the
storm
comes
in
the
north
end
gets
hit
hard
parts
of
South
Boston
get
hit
hard
as
the
storm
continues.
The
Neponset
River
starts
to
rise.
Lower
Dorchester
gets
hit
in
other
parts
of
other
parts
of
the
region
get
hit.
It
really
depends
upon
what's
happening
and
I
think
that
you
know
the
plan
that
were
the
plan.
We're
preparing
today
doesn't
prevent
us
from
potentially
being
affected
by
a
major
storm
and
rising
sea
tide.
But
what
it
does
it
does
two
things
number
one.
B
It
gets
us
inside
to
think
about
what
happens
if
we,
as
we
prepare
for
protecting
the
shores
on
a
super
storm
and
number
two
as
the
tide
rises,
how
do
we
protect
the
in
the
entire
geographical
area
as
we
continue
to
build
out
and
look
to
the
future
of
our
city
and
I?
Think
that
you
know
I
don't
want
to
frighten
people
saying
you
know
if
we
get
a
tropical
storm
tomorrow,
we're
gonna.
Have
you
know
people
have
to
evacuate,
but
what
happened
in
New
York
City?
What
happened
in
New
Orleans?
B
What
happened
this
summer
in
Louisiana
in
many
different
areas?
You
know
those
those
are
realities.
Those
are
realities
that
we
we
through
this
plan,
we're
preparing.
Now
the
next
step,
we've
identified
the
situations
and
the
places
that
were
vulnerable
and
the
next
step
is
to
take
this
plan
and
implement
protections
for
the
Boston
area
and
actually
some
of
the
Greater
Boston
area
as
well.
Yes,.
J
B
I
I
think
that
again,
I'm
not
gonna
get
into
individual
situations
because
we
could
be
talking
about
I,
know
more
I'm,
very
familiar
Marcia
Boulevard
I'm,
very
familiar
with
the
with
with
the
flooding
there
I'm
very
familiar
that
1997
I
was
able
to
get
money
in
a
bonding
bill
to
reconstruct
Marta
Boulevard
in
1998.
We
didn't
get
that
money,
but
we
got
money
to
reconstruct
the
bridge
that
was
crumbling
into
Dorchester
Bay
in
2010
I
think
I
got
more
money
in
the
budget,
so
I'm
not
gonna
get
into
individual
pieces.
This
is
this.
Is
this?
B
What
we're
talking
about
today
is
climate
ready,
Boston
about
how
we
prepare
for
the
future
of
our
city.
I
think
I
think
by
it's
unfair,
to
go
into
individuals,
pieces,
who's,
willing
to
put
fear
in
different
places.
But
what
has
to
happen
is
investments
after
you
made
so
I'll
just
Morrissey
Boulevard,
because
you're
from
the
Durst
reporter
it
shouldn't
take
us
10
years
to
build
it.
What's
in
what
has
to
happen?
B
Is
we
have
to
build
up
Morrissey
Boulevard
much
like
we
have
to
look
at
when
we
build
new
buildings,
we
have
to
build
them
up,
and
then
we
have
to
put
the
proper
investment
there
and
put
the
proper
footings
there
so
that
we
can
get
down
Morrissey
well
right
now
the
problem
oranga
Boulevard
is:
if
you
bring
the
road
up,
you
have
a
bridge
that
you
have
to
bring
up,
so
we
have
to
figure
out.
How
do
you
fix
that
and
there's
some
plans
that
have
a
fixed
pan
bridge
there?
J
B
I
think
it
has
to
be
a
collaboration
between
the
state,
the
city
in
the
federal
government.
I
mean
again
it
comes
down
to
funding
in
a
lot
of
cases,
and
there
has
to
be
a
collaboration
between
the
three
different
entities
about
how
do
we
get
the
proper
funding
and
I
mean
that
the
state
has
a
bond
bill?
That's
pretty
full
right
now
and
they're
trying
to
upgrade
some
of
the
facilities.
B
H
B
It's
too
early
to
comment
on
on
what
type
of
secretary
he's
going
to
be
so
we're
gonna,
wait
and
see.
Certainly
a
lot
of
us
have
relationships
in
the
EPA
and
that
we're
going
to
continue
our
relationships
and
I
think
we
have
to
you
know
we
have
to
wait
and
see
what
what
the,
what
the
plan
is.
As
the
new
secretary
lays
out
his
plan,
we'll
see
what
happens
and
if
we
have
to
respond
to
it,
we
will
I
mean
I,
think
that
again
I
mean
there's
enough
cases
around
this
country.
G
B
Not
requiring
we're
not
mandating
its
mines,
we're
not
maintaining
a
lot
of
case
what
we
have
to
do,
we're
gonna
work
with
them
to
retrofit
some
of
their
buildings.
Certainly
we
have
buildings
along
the
north
end
that
were
built
200
years
ago,
so
we
have
some
issues
there.
So
again,
it's
about
how
do
we
will
cloud
really
work
together
to
protect
those
buildings.