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From YouTube: Winter Preparedness Press Conference
Description
Mayor Walsh provides brief remarks on how Boston will prepare for the 2017-2018 winter season.
A
A
It's
that
time
of
year
again
time
to
believe
that
how
quickly
this
disco
this
these
these
years,
go
by.
As
you
can
see
this
all
piles
already,
that
we
have
the
plows
ready
and
the
City
of
Boston
is
ready
as
we
head
into
Boston
winter
I
went
as
we
know
in
the
city
can
be
tough,
but
the
people
of
Boston
are
even
tougher
than
the
winter.
So
we've
lived
her
winters
that
seem
like
they
would
never
end.
A
Certainly
in
2015
that
winter
we
set
a
record
for
snow
and
we
had
ten
straight
weekends
of
snowing,
which
was
incredible.
Also,
many
of
you
remember
the
blizzard
of
78,
so
we
know
that
anything
is
certainly
possible
and
we
are
working
to
make
sure
that
we're
prepared
whatever
we
get
thrown
at
us
by
went
to
this
year,
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
keep
our
roads
safe
during
and
before.
During
and
after
a
storm
right
behind
me,
we
have
12,000
tons
of
salt.
We
have
44
thousand
tons
of
salt
citywide.
A
We
start
to
make
sure
that
we
replenish
our
salt
in
August,
so
we're
getting
ready.
We
get
ready
for
the
winter
in
August,
we're
expanding
our
fleet
of
snow
and
ice
equipment
up
to
200
pieces
of
equipment.
This
year,
we've
added
new
equipment
to
service
our
growing
bike
lane
network
in
the
city.
We've
also
have
a
new
GPS
system
that
will
allow
us
to
better
track
snowplow
activity
in
real
time.
A
So,
as
people
call
us
to
tell
us
that
their
streets
haven't
been
plowed,
we'll
be
able
to
see
what
the
situation
is
and
why
they
haven't
been
plowed.
Our
chief
of
street's,
Chris
Osgood
is
gonna,
tell
us
more
about
keeping
our
people
safe
and
how
we're
gonna
be
rolling
out
the
different
equipment.
We
believe
that,
in
order
to
keep
people
safe,
we
need
to
keep
them
informed.
We
have
our
alert.
Boston
system
has
been
very
effective
in
keeping
in
people
in
the
loop.
We
have
that
in
four
different
languages.
A
If
you
haven't
already
I,
ask
everyone
to
sign
up
for
alert
Boston,
it
takes
only
a
couple
of
minutes.
We
will
notify
you
by
phone
by
text
by
email
in
the
event
of
an
emergency
and
director
Rene
Fielding
will
tell
you
more
about
safety
protocols.
When
it
comes
to
snow
days.
Our
public
schools
will
continue
to
alert
families
about
closures.
Last
year
we
had
five
four
school
days.
I
know
the
young
people
of
our
city
are
hoping
for
a
lot
more
than
five
we're
hoping
for
a
lot
fewer
than
five.
A
In
the
case
of
school
closings,
our
Boston
center
fuse
and
family
centers
will
be
open
to
children,
seven
years
old
and
older.
It's
a
safe
and
warm
place
for
kids
to
read,
exercise
and
play
while
parents
go
to
school
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
try
and
cancel
school
the
day
before.
If
we
can
just
to
get
parents
the
ability
to
be
able
to
find
childcare,
we
were
pretty
successful
with
that
latch
I
think.
A
Last
year
we
had
one
day,
but
we
canceled
school
and
we
didn't
get
as
much
snow
the
next
day,
but
it
does
allow
parents
the
opportunity
to
kind
of
find
places
for
their
kids
to
go
and
not
wait
for
them
for
the
morning
as
much
as
possible.
We're
committed
to
keeping
all
of
our
city
services
running
smoothly
as
the
storm
hits.
That
includes
out
three
one:
one
constituent
hotline.
We
added
extra
staff
during
snowstorms.
A
They
answer
questions
like
about
closures,
plowing
and
finding
a
place
to
park,
as
always
on
municipal
lots
are
available
for
residents
during
snow
emergencies,
while
we're
on
the
topic
of
parking,
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
everyone's
favorite
topic
and
that's
space.
Savers,
everyone,
particularly
the
press
and
people
loved
talking
about
it
and
I
guess
I.
Do
too
the
rule
is
48
hours
after
a
snowstorm
after
we
declare
that
it
will
be
a
snowstorm
that
you
can
put
a
space
saver
out,
you'll
be
able
to
put
your
space
saver
in
space.
A
That's
up
to
48
hours,
except
in
this
new
South
End.
The
South
End
tried
a
pilot
program
many
years
ago
that
it's
kind
of
turned
into
a
permanent
program
or
they're
not
having
space
savers,
cheapo,
civic
engagement,
Jerome
Smith,
it's
gonna
come
up
here
in
a
few
minutes
and
talk
more
about
space,
savers
and
other
neighborhood
concerns,
and
we
know
that
Wednesday
can
be
especially
hard
on
our
senior
citizens
and
people
that
are
that
are
housebound
are
people
that
have
some
disabilities.
A
So
we
have
many
programs
in
place
to
make
sure
that
members
of
our
community
can
stay
warm
and
safe
and
healthy
through
the
senior
state
program
and
Boston
Home
Center
will
help
being
sent
seniors,
replace
their
boiling
systems.
So
I'd
ask
the
press
to
help
us
with
that.
Getting
information
out
to
have
the
senior
citizens
in
our
city
that
only
a
property
if
they
have
an
old
boiler
and
they'd
like
to
upgrade
them
to
contact
the
city
of
Boston.
So
we
can
help
them
in
replacing
that
this
also
helps
them
cut
their.
A
It
keeps
them
safe
in
their
home,
safe
in
their
home,
but
also
helps
them
cut
the
energy
bills.
The
elderly
Commission
can
also
help
access
things.
Like
fuel
assistance
and
food
for
seniors
that
need
it,
so
you
can
call
3-1-1
to
stay
connected
and
obviously
the
in
the
cold
months
are
very,
very
hard,
particularly
for
our
homeless
individuals.
So
our
quality
of
life
and
our
shelters
we're
working
to
make
sure
we
can
increase
capacity
and
our
shelter
system.
A
As
always,
our
ultimate
goal
is
to
get
people
permanent
housing
and
we've
created
a
new
system
to
be
able
to
help
chronically
homeless
individuals
with
support
and
housing.
We've
been
able
to
house
over
the
last
four
years,
1,200
chronically
homeless
folks,
but
we
have
more
work
to
do,
but
in
the
meantime,
while
we're
doing
that,
we
want
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
we
provide
safe
spaces
for
our
homeless
individuals.
A
Chief
Sheila
Dillon
is
going
to
talk
more
about
our
efforts
to
make
sure
everyone
has
a
place
to
call
home,
so
we're
asking
for
everyone's
help
in
keeping
people
safe
this
winter.
If
you
see
someone
out
in
the
storm,
we're
asking
people
to
call
3-1-1
to
help
them
get
shelter,
we're
also
sick
to
asking
people
to
check
on
the
elderly
residents
as
time
goes
on,
whether
it's
shoveling
or
just
checking
to
make
sure
they
have
everything
they
need
before
or
after
a
storm.
A
We're
asking
to
help
people
traveling
walkways
as
well,
and
if
any
wandering
during
a
snow
emergency
see
anything
911
is
the
appropriate
way
to
contact
people.
I
know
that
you're
gonna
have
a
lot
of
questions
for
me
in
a
minute
and
look
forward
to
I.
Look
forward
to
answering
those
questions
before
I
bring
up.
A
Chief
Osgood
I
also
want
to
thank
the
press,
because
you
are
an
important
partner
with
us,
particularly
around
the
information
notification
of
a
storm
and
letting
people
know
the
rights
and
rules
and
the
regulations
that
we
have,
but
also
the
contact
with
people.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Without
further
ado,
I
want
to
bring
up
Chris
Osgood
chief
of
streets
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
Thank
You
mayor
for
the
city
preparing
for
winter
and
responding
to
storms
as
a
team
effort,
our
public
works
team
is
led
by
Mike
roll.
He
really
oversees
the
salt,
the
equipment
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
the
team
that's
wearing
the
yellow
jackets
behind
me,
who
are
really
essential
to
our
work
in
advance
of
a
storm
during
a
storm
and
after
a
storm.
B
As
the
mayor
said
on
this
site
right
now,
we've
got
around
fourteen
thousand
tons
of
salt
here,
another
three
thousand
tons
of
salt
over
there
and
across
the
city
about
44,000
tons
of
salt
in
our
neighborhoods
ready
dance
of
a
storm.
Brian
Coughlin
and
Darlene
Williams
really
focused
on
the
salt
logistics
over
the
course
of
the
winter,
making
sure
that
we
got
the
right
salt
levels
in
the
right
locations
to
be
able
to
respond,
and,
while
we're
typically
gonna
be
using
on
our
streets.
B
Salt
in
the
form
you
see
here,
the
rock
salt
form
we
are
going
to
be
continuing
to
use
some
brining
solutions.
Some
key
locations
as
well
as
the
mayor
said:
we've
been
working
hard
through
our
central
fleet
team,
led
by
Bill
Coughlin,
to
make
sure
we've
got
about
200
pieces
of
City
equipment
ready
to
spread
salt
and
plow
snow.
B
As
the
mayor
also
mentioned,
we've
been
very
focused
on
installing
a
new
gps
fleet
tracking
system
led
by
Rob,
Pardo
and
other
folks
in
our
radio
shop
in
the
city.
This
is
a
piece
of
equipment
or
a
piece
of
technology
which
is
going
to
give
our
managers
a
better
system
to
be
able
to
support
the
200
people
that
are
out
and
about
actually
plowing
our
streets,
insulting
our
streets
during
the
course
of
the
storm
and
the
additional
500
contracted
snow.
B
Plowers
that
we
call
in
in
our
most
severe
storms
I'm
all
of
this
work
that
we
do
will
be
from
well
complemented
again
by
that
team.
That
is
out
there
every
single
day
and
under
Mike's
leadership
under
Mike
roles.
Leadership,
we've
restructured
our
shifts
a
little
bit
this
year,
so
that
we'll
have
as
many
people
on
in
advance
of
the
am
commute
as
we
do
have
an
advance
of
the
PM
commute.
Well,
there's
many
people
on
essentially
at
5:00
a.m.
as
we
have
on
at
3:00
p.m.
B
in
the
afternoon
to
make
sure
that
our
streets
and
roads
are
free
and
clear
and
ready
for
everybody
to
be
able
to
use
during
the
course
of
the
storm
and
after
a
storm.
Our
code
enforcement
team
is
deployed
across
the
city,
led
by
Steve,
tangle
and
they're,
really
making
sure
that
our
sidewalks
are
free
and
clear
of
snow
and
that
private
that
snow
from
private
property
isn't
being
pushed
back
out
on
the
sidewalks
or
pushed
back
out
into
the
public.
B
Right-Of-Way
essential
to
all
of
this
work
is
really
the
collaboration
between
our
public
works
team
and
our
Boston
Transportation
Department,
led
by
Commissioner
Gina
fee
andhaka.
Under
her
leadership
and
the
leadership
of
Brad
Garrett,
we've
got
around
140
parking
enforcement
officers
and
our
tow
unit,
who
really
makes
sure
that
our
curbs
are
free
and
clear,
so
the
plows
can
be
able
to
get
to
the
curb
and
that's
some
of
our
bottleneck
intersections
that
get
identified.
B
I'll
get
addressed
very
quickly
and
perhaps,
most
importantly
in
our
team,
that's
that's
focused
on
responding
to
storms
is
the
public.
We
rely
on
the
public
to
use
3-1-1
to
let
our
Transportation
Department
know
and
let
our
Public
Works
Department
know
places
that
we
can
come
out
and
and
provide
some
additional
help.
We
rely
on
the
public
to
shovel
out
sidewalks
within
three
hours
after
the
end
of
the
storm
and
to
help
out
neighbors
who
might
need
a
similar
service
because
they
can't
do
it
for
for
themselves.
B
C
Good
morning,
the
first
step
in
being
prepared
for
the
winter
season
is
signing
up
to
receive
emergency
notifications
from
alert
Boston.
Like
the
mayor
said
in
less
than
two
minutes,
you
can
register
with
alert
Boston
to
receive
real-time
weather
warnings
and
updates
via
phone,
a
text
message
or
an
email
and
recognizing
the
diverse
nature
of
Boston's
population.
The
alert
Boston
system
allows
notifications
to
be
broadcast
in
four
different
languages,
including
English,
Spanish,
French
and
Chinese.
Signing
up
for
the
system
will
ensure
you
are
aware
when
a
snow
emergency
and
parking
ban
goes
into
effect.
C
The
second
thing
to
do
to
get
ready
for
the
weather
check
your
emergency
supply
kit.
In
case
you
experience
a
power
outage
or
have
to
stay
inside
during
a
blizzard
make
sure
you
have
food
water,
flashlights,
radio
batteries,
an
extra
blanket,
it's
ready
it
readily
available
if
needed.
Once
your
family
is
prepared.
We
asked
you
to
be
aware
of
your
neighbors,
especially
the
elderly
and
those
with
access
and
functional
needs
and
make
sure
your
winter
plan
includes
checking
in
on
them
before
and
after
severe
weather
and
if
severe
weather
arrives.
C
The
office
of
emergency
management
is
fully
prepared
to
activate
our
Emergency
Operations
Center.
The
EOC
brings
together
multiple
city
state
and
nonprofit
agencies
who
work
in
unison
to
coordinate
resources,
insist
in
response
and
recovery
efforts.
Our
common
goal
is
always
to
get
the
city
back
up
and
running
as
safely
and
quickly
as
possible.
We
look
forward
to
partnering
with
our
fellow
city
agencies
to
ensure
a
safe
winner
for
all
our
residents
and
visitors
to
Boston.
Next
up
will
be
chief
Sheila,
Dillon
of
housing.
D
Thank
you
good
morning,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
we're
working
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
our
homeless
are
safe.
This
winter
and
we've
been
working
with
our
Boston
Public
Health
Commission,
represented
here
today
by
Commissioner,
Valdes,
Lupi
and
the
state
represented
here
today
by
Lin,
Tuerto
and
Jim
green
is
also
here.
Our
current
system
has
room
for
about
fifteen
hundred
and
fifty
adults,
knowing
that
our
shelters
get
full
in
the
winter.
We
have
brought
on
capacity
for
an
additional
200
beds.
D
We
think
that
will
get
us
through
the
winter,
but
in
the
case
of
extreme
cold,
we
are
prepared
to
bring
on
more
beds
as
necessary.
Bridge
over
troubled
waters
is
brought.
Breh
has
brought
on
space
for
young
adults
that
find
themselves
homeless
this
winter
and
the
Commonwealth
has
also
brought
on
additional
beds
outside
the
city
in
Cambridge,
Brockton,
Worcester
and
Springfield,
and
this
is
very
very
helpful
as
many
of
the
folk
homeless.
D
Individuals
in
the
city
of
Boston
are
not
from
Boston
so
having
additional
space
outside
the
city
relieves
pressure
here,
Pine
Street
is,
are
bringing
on
additional
street
outreach
with
additional
vans
and
personnel
to
make
sure
that
everyone
that
is
on
the
street
gets
into
shelter
and
into
a
warm
place.
And
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
we
are
continuing
to
house
many
many
homeless
people
and
we
will
continue
to
those
efforts
and
even
speed
up
those
efforts
before
the
cold
winter
hits
changing
gears
for
a
minute.
D
The
mayor
mentioned
that
if
you
are
elder
in
the
city
of
Boston-
and
you
have
a
very
old
heating
system,
please
call
635
home
and
see
if
we
can
get
you
a
new
boiler
or
heater
before
the
winter.
We
have
a
very,
very
good
program
with
energy-efficient
heating
systems
or,
if
you
find
yourself
with
a
with
an
emergency,
a
home
emergency.
All
of
a
sudden,
your
heaters
gone,
the
blink
your
windows
have
cracked,
your
roof
starts
to
leak,
call
3-1-1.
D
We
have
city
employees
and
contract
employees
that
are
were
able
to
respond
to
you
within
24
hours.
We
don't
want
any
senior
to
be
cold.
This
winter,
with
that
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
chief
Smith
chief
of
a
civic
engagement,
who's
going
to
talk
to
you
about
snow
savers
and
other
things.
Thank
you.
C
E
You
Sheila,
as
you
can
see,
we
have
a
team
here.
The
mayor
has
put
together
a
team
here
who
has
really
thought
through
about
how
we
should
handle
the
snow
storms
as
we
come
in
approaching
winter
I.
Think
it's
very
important
to
understand
members
of
the
community
that
3-1-1
really
is
truly
your
connection
on
how
you're
going
to
be
able
to
receive
services
in
the
event
of
a
snow
storm.
So
please
remember
to
call
three
one:
you
can
tweet
at
three
one.
E
You
can
email
three
one
one,
but
we
just
really
need
you
to
work
with
us
to
kind
of
coordinate
what
you're
seeing
out
on
the
streets
as
we
are
coordinating
the
teams
back
at
City
Hall
in
our
various
locations.
It's
just
very
important
that
we
get
that
information
ahead
of
time,
just
a
couple
of
other
things.
E
You
know
when
we
get
into
these
snow
events,
it's
very
important
that
we
take
care
of
everything,
that's
going
on
and
our
neighbors,
and
so,
if
you
are
the
ones
who
know,
if
you
have
an
elderly,
individual
or
an
individual
who
is,
might
be
disabled,
who
might
not
be
able
to
shovel
the
sidewalk.
We
need
you
to
kind
of
report.
Those
incidences
reach
out
to
us.
E
So
if
you
could
just
check
on
them
and
middle
of
a
snowstorm,
they
can
go
a
long
way
to
kind
of
help
us
develop
a
community,
but
also
we
want
you
to
take
a
minute
to
go
outside
and
recognize
where
all
of
your
ramps
and
where
your
fire
hydrants
are
and
we'd
like
for
you
to
assist
us
in
the
event
of
a
snowstorm
of
going
out
and
actually
shoveling
out
some
of
the
rants
and
some
of
the
hydrants
for
the
event
of
fire.
That
little
time
that
the
fire
department
has
to
get
to
that
hydrant.
E
It
can
be
helpful
if
you
take
a
little
preparation
and
help
us
by
identifying
where
those
fire
hydrants
are.
The
office
of
Neighborhood
Services
will
be
out
both
during
the
storm
and
after
the
storm
working
with
snow
teams,
with
the
Department
of
Public
Works
to
kind
of
identify
certain
areas
in
certain
work,
orders
that
have
been
generated
by
Boston
3-1-1
and
then
just
to
repeat
with
what
the
mayor
said
previously.
Regarding
space
savers,
space
savers
are
only
to
be
used
in
the
neighborhoods
on
when
the
city
declares
a
snow
emergency.
E
If
there's
a
snow
storm,
but
we
do
not
declare
a
snow
emergency
space,
savers
are
prohibited.
If
the
city
does
declare
a
snow
emergency,
please
look
up
on
our
website.
You
can
find
the
various
lots
that
we
work
with
the
Boston
transportation
department
for
you
to
move
your
vehicles
to
and
spacers
will
be
allowed
for
48
hours
after
the
end
of
the
snow
emergency,
and
also
remember
that
in
the
south
end
the
neighborhood
has
banned
space
savers
and
that
isn't
our
permanent
fixture
in
that
neighborhood.
So
thank
you
very
much.