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Virtual meeting held on October 20th at 6:30 P.M. by the Boston Public Works Department, Boston Transportation Department, and Dave Queeley, Eco-Innovation Director at the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation. Dave introduced green infrastructure and how it can help manage the increased risks of flooding and heat island effects from climate change, using a local example in the Talbot-Norfolk Triangle Eco-Innovation District in Dorchester.
This event is part of a series of community conversations the Public Works Department and Transportation Department are hosting to inform the final design for the reconstruction of Cummins Highway. For more information visit boston.gov/cummins-highway.
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You
can
also
throughout
the
meeting,
use
the
non-verbal
feedback
options,
raise
your
hand
or
leave
a
message
in
the
chat
box.
If
you
have
a
question-
and
we
can
address
it
a
little
bit
later
after
the
presentation
and
if
you're
calling
into
the
meeting,
if
you
want
to
raise
your
hand,
you
press
star
9.
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On
monday
evening,
we
began
removing
the
pavement
markings
along
the
roadway,
as
well
as
the
flex
post
and
we'll
continue
to
do
so
and
then
we'll
we'll
be
restriping
with
the
new
payment
markings
soon
during
the
during
the
last
year
we
collected
data
on
traffic
speeds
travel
times
and
your
experience
of
one
lane
in
each
direction.
If
you
want
more
information,
please
visit
the
boston,
dot.
Gov,
slash,
cummins,
dash
highway
to
review
the
data
that
we
collected.
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Over
the
past
couple
of
years,
we
reached
out
in
a
myriad
of
different
ways
to
connect
with
the
mattapan
community.
We
cannot
produce
a
design
without
your
input
you
will
have.
You
will
help
shape,
how
common
should
be
for
the
next
70
years
and
we're
still
currently
doing
community
outreach
to
inform
on
the
final
design.
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If
I
mean
if,
as
of
recently,
I
know
you've
seen
national
grid
out
on
cummins
highway,
repairing
their
gas
main
along
the
roadway
which
needed
to
be
updated
because
of
some
of
the
issues
that
they've
been
having
over
the
past
few
years,
but
the
city
has
currently
budgeted
approximately
12
million
dollars
for
the
reconstruction
of
cummins
highway.
That
cost
is
currently
12
million
in
climbing.
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For
me,
the
work
is
really
important,
because
cities
are
where
a
lot
of
the
action
is
happening.
It's
really
where
climate
change
really
is
making
itself
known,
not
to
say
that
the
fires
out
west
aren't
important,
but
cities,
because
there
are
more
people
there
and
because
that's
the
population
we
serve.
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Codman
square
ndc
is
part
of
the
fairmont
indigo
cdc
collaborative
partnership
between
codman
square
nbc,
dorchester
bay,
economic
development,
corporation
and
southwest
boston
cdc.
So
we
focus
on
the
fairmont
line
from
hyde
park
through
dorchester
to
downtown
boston.
The
fairmount
line
really
represents
a
transit
equity
win.
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D
We're
also
focused
on
affordable
housing
and
economic
development,
as
I
mentioned,
and
right
now
we're
looking
at
that
nexus
between
climate
change,
health
and
equity,
and
so
we
have
a
three-year
planning
grant
from
the
kresge
foundation.
Sorry
action
grant
from
the
kresge
foundation.
That's
really
focused
on
increasing
resident,
advocacy,
empowerment
and
engagement.
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It
really
found
that
a
lot
of
our
work
needs
necessarily
needs
to
focus
on
empowering
residents
to
speak
for
themselves.
Elected
officials
hear
from
us
a
lot,
but
they
might
not
hear
from
their
own
constituents
as
much
so
they
need
to
hear
from
those
constituents
we
try
to
do
our
best
to
in
empower
them
to
speak
up
about
their
climate
issues
and
what
those
issues
are
and
support
them
in
advancing
solutions
to
those
climate
issues.
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So
the
grant
really
focuses
on
kind
of
three
buckets
of
action.
One
is
passage
of
the
climate
roadmap
bill
which
did
pass
about
five
or
six
months
ago
the
governor
signed
it
passage
of
hero
legislation,
which
is
designed
to
double
the
deeds
excise
tax
in
massachusetts
and
provide
annual
funding,
significant
annual
funding
for
open
space
and
for
affordable
housing
and
then
support
the
creation
of
a
conservation
corps
in
boston,
counselor,
kenzie,
bach
and
counselor.
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Michelle
wu
have
been
spearheading
that
effort
and
it
is
in
process,
so
we
feel
like
it's
a
win
to
get
the
roadmap
bill
passed.
The
city
has
done
a
great
job
of
pulling
together
funding
for
the
conservation
corps.
The
hero
legislation
is
moving
in
a
positive
direction,
but
the
devil
is
always
in
the
details.
So
you
know
what
will
the
programs
that
the
climate
roadmap
produces
look
like?
Who
will
they
serve?
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Who
gets
to
who
gets
a
seat
at
the
table?
So,
for
example,
the
mass
clean
energy
center
gets
about
12
million
dollars
out
of
this
climate
road
map
bill,
and
the
question
is:
who
will
it
serve
right
now?
The
legislation
says
it
should
be
reserved
for
environmental
justice
communities,
people
in
an
ej
community.
So,
but
how
is
it
going
to
play
out?
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We
have
a
program
called
keeping
codman
square
affordable.
We
did
a
survey
a
while
ago
and
just
looked
at
kind
of
a
cross-section
of
what
was
happening
in
the
neighborhood,
it's
safe
to
say
that
covet
has
exacerbated
all
of
these
key
issues
in
terms
of
who
pays
bills.
How
do
you
pay
your
rent
and
your
mortgage
and
rent
increases?
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I
know
that
we
did
a
survey
after
kogit
started
and
in
the
first
few
weeks
people
were
like
I'm
fine,
I'm
okay,
I'm
hanging
in
there,
and
but
we
did
another
one
a
month
later
and
I
think
about
a
third
of
them
had
already
either
lost
their
jobs
or
their
partner
had
lost
their
jobs.
So
kirby's
really
exacerbated
some
of
the
issues
that
we
see
in
the
codman
square
area.
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We
also
have
an
urban
agriculture
site
called
the
oasis
at
balu.
Oasis
stands
for
opportunity,
affirmation,
sustainability,
inspiration
and
success,
and
it's
a
20
000
square
foot
site
that
we
got
from
the
city.
It
was
the
home
to
four
house
lots
originally,
but
now
it's
we
sell
a
healthy,
hyper
local
food
to
the
community,
cottman
squares,
a
bit
of
a
local
food
desert
and
so
we're
trying
to
help
offset
that
by
selling
food
at
local
farmers
markets
winter
and
summer.
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We've
employed
re-entry
citizens,
those
folks
that
are
coming
back
from
the
prison
population
and
growing
and
selling
food
to
the
residents.
That's
happened
for
about
the
last
four
years,
and
so
that's
really
given
them
a
chance
to
improve
their
engagement
skills
with
the
public
and
of
course
it
reduces
urban
heat
island
effect,
because
there's
no
buildings
per
se
and
sidewalks
are
concrete
of
paving
and
it
helps
also
with
carbon
offsets.
So
and
then.
Last
year
we
produced
almost
3
000
pounds
of
food,
so
we
expect
to
continue
improving
on
those
numbers.
D
And
this
is
just
a
view
of
a
site-
probably
this
is
probably
five
years
ago
when
we
were
still
using
what
are
called
grow
bags.
We
didn't
have
planting
beds
built,
we
didn't
have
any
sort
of
shelter
on
the
site,
but
it
was
pretty
prolific,
not
sure
how
many
pounds
we
produced
out
here,
but
you
can
see
we
can
grow
a
lot
in
a
small
amount
of
space.
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So
it's
really
helping
serve
the
needs
of
the
community
in
another
way,
and
now
we
have
a
hoop
house
on
the
site,
so
that
really
allows
us
to
continue
selling
to
the
winter's
farmer,
winter
farmers,
market
selling,
new
kinds
of
vegetables
that
we
hadn't
sold
before
and
really
provides
another
location
for
volunteers
to
come
and
work
and
different
kinds
of
food,
so
we're
expanding
our
use
of
the
site
and
that
we
expect
to
continue
over
the
next
few
years.
For
sure-
and
I
mentioned
we
had
worked
with
people
who
were
re-entry
citizens.
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These
two
young
men
were
court
involved
and
they
worked
with
us
one
summer,
probably
three
years
ago,
to
plant
about
200
trees
and
shrubs
in
both
on
our
properties,
as
well
as
the
properties
of
neighborhood
residents.
They
really
one
of
them
said
look.
This
is
what
I
really
want
to
do
for
a
living.
He
really
got
into
it
and
it
seemed
like
something
that
he
wanted
to
use
to
change
the
course
of
his
his
life.
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D
It's
also
known
as
the
talbot
norfolk
triangle-
eco
innovation
district,
because
that's
the
neighborhood
it's
in
so
it's
a
sub
neighborhood
in
in
boston,
very
politically
active.
There's,
a
community
group
there
that
we
work
closely
with
we've,
been
working
with
them
for
more
years
than
I've
been
around
in
this
job
so
for
at
least
15
or
20
years,
and
our
initial
focus
areas
were
energy
efficiency,
democratizing
solar
power,
greening,
affordable
housing
and
tree
planting.
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D
A
forgivable
loan
from
us
put
solar
power
on
there
on
their
roof,
and
I
think
it's
paying
for
all
of
his
all
of
his
electricity
during
the
summer
months,
and
it
was
a
forgivable
loan,
because
what
we
did
was
say,
look
we'll
give
you
some
money,
but
we
want
you
to
give
back
to
community,
and
that
would
be
how
you
would
pay
off
your
loan.
And
so
that's
turned
out
to
be
a
phenomenal
model.
He's
really
been
a
great
leader
in
the
in
the
neighborhood
and
on
our
work.
D
So
it's
something
we
seek
to
replicate:
greening,
affordable
housing,
we're
still
or
continuing
to
build
up
to
a
lead
silver
standard
as
as
required,
and
then
tree
planting.
I
I
mentioned
before
so
just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
where
the
eco
innovation
district
is
it's
founded
by
washington,
street
talbot,
ave
and
norfolk
street,
we're
in
south
dorchester
kind
of
butting
up
against
near
matapan,
and
if
dorchester
were
a
city,
it
would
be
the
fourth
largest
city
in
the
state,
so
it's
probably
the
most
diverse
population.
D
I
think
it's
got
the
largest
number
of
people
under
the
age
of
18.,
probably
the
most
languages
are
spoken
in
dorchester
than
any
other
neighborhood,
so
it's
a
pretty
diverse
and
interesting,
interesting
place
and
just
to
zoom
out
a
little
bit.
This
is
franklin
park.
This
is
the
eco
innovation
district.
This
is
the
waterfront,
so
you
get
a
sense
of
orientation.
But,
as
somebody
said
earlier,
you
know,
storm
water
and
and
heat
are
really
our
critical
issues,
so
that
started
to
lead
us
down
the
path
we
are.
D
We
are
on
now
now
circle
back
to
that
the
eco
innovation
district.
This
is
kind
of
what
one
part
of
it
looks
like.
We
haven't
been
able
to
develop
this
section,
but
you
can
see:
there's
no
sidewalks,
there's,
there's
no
trees
per
se,
there's
no
shade
and
on
a
bad
day
there
are
cars
parked
on
both
sides
of
the
street,
so
those
school
buses
you
see,
really
have
a
hard
time
getting
down
the
street.
D
D
We
want
to
convert
it
to
something
that
looks
like
this.
This
is
kind
of
a
typical
drawing
of
some
of
our
our
housing
and
just
to
give
you
a
little
bit
more
data,
the
eco
innovation
district
is
46
acres,
we're
probably
up
to
272
homes,
now
13
blocks
more
more
than
1500
residents
and
525
families,
but
the
telling
statistic
is
about
66
percent
of
the
folks
in
the
neighborhood
live
either
at
or
just
below
the
poverty
line.
So
that's
a
neighborhood
in
need.
D
Sorry,
having
trouble
moving
okay,
so
this
is
a
climate-ready
boston
map,
but
it
really
shows
pretty
clearly.
The
our
office
is
right
here
near
the
t
and
center
and
the
eco
innovation
district
is
down
here,
but
we're
clearly
right
on
the
edge
of
one
of
the
hotter
neighborhoods
or
we
are
in
one
of
the
hotter
neighborhoods
in
dorchester.
D
So
one
of
the
things
we
started
to
do
a
few
years
ago
was
we
parted
with
the
nature
conservancy,
so
the
eco
innovation
district.
You
can
see
here
it's
found
by
talbot
avenue.
This
is
washington
street.
This
is
norfolk
street
and
this
is
new
england
avenue,
and
this
is
the
fairmont
line
and
if
you
can
see
the
tracks,
not
the
taliban
station
is
right
here
along
the
fairmont
line,
so
we
partnered
with
tnc
the
nature
conservancy.
D
D
Blue
those
have
a
higher
rate
of
particulate
matter,
but
then,
not
surprisingly,
they
tend
to
coincide
with
the
areas
in
red
that
have
very
little
tree
color
and
so
that
points
to
the
need
for
more
trees,
not
just
here,
but
I
know
the
city
is
really
doing,
having
a
lot
of
work
done
in
terms
of
planning
for
trees
and
what
those
can
do
for
us
from
a
green
infrastructure.
Standpoint.
Trees
are
great
because
they
soak
up
storm
water.
They
intercept
it.
D
And
here's
a
picture
of
our
service
area
this
the
round
dots,
are
all
of
our
properties
where
we
planted
trees,
but
then
we
also
gave
trees
to
neighbors
in
the
eco
innovation
district.
So
about
25
people
decided
to
plant
trees
in
their
yards
and
it
was
a
mix
of
trees.
They
could
have,
they
could
choose
an
ornamental
tree
or
they
could
choose
a
fruit
tree.
A
lot
of
them
chose
fruit
trees
because
they
remembered
as
part
of
their
childhood
that
they
had
had
a
peach
tree
or
an
apple
tree
in
their
yard.
D
So
again,
this
is
work
we
did
with
the
nature
conservancy,
but
we
started
to
look
at
things
like
how
many
gallons
of
storm
water
would
those
trees
retain
over
a
20-year
life's
life
span.
What
would
happen
to
air
quality?
How
much
carbon
dioxide
could
those
trees
take
up
from
a
dollar
standpoint
and
a
accumulation
standpoint?
D
So
it
really
became
interesting
to
kind
of
look
at
how
we
could
quantify
from
a
dollar
standpoint
some
of
the
impact
of
these
trees-
and
you
can
see
here
at
the
bottom
of
all
the
existing
trees
in
the
equinovation
district.
It
came
out
to
about
312
thousand
dollars
in
monetary
value,
from
the
existing
trees,
so
think
about
what
we
could
do
if
we
could
plant
a
lot
more
trees
and
what
would
what
they,
what
would
they
be
doing
in
20
years
for
us,
we've
also
been
looking
at
air
quality,
health
and
equity.
D
D
That's
been
that's
been
the
program's
been
run
by
the
mystic
river
watershed
association,
and
so
we've
been
giving
air
conditioners
away
to
residents
in
our
homes,
as
well
as
residents
outside
of
our
buildings,
and
we
have
paid
a
hundred
dollars
towards
the
bills
of
the
folks
in
our
homes
in
the
hottest
months
so
july
or
august,
we
pay
their.
We
pay
a
hundred
bucks
towards
their
bill
as
part
of
this
program,
so
that
program
has
been
very
popular,
but
it's
all
designed
to
help
mitigate
urban
heat.
D
I
mentioned
the
kresge
initiative,
climate
change
and
health
and
equity
initiative
and
we're
focusing
on
three
areas,
and
so
what
started
to
happen
in
supporting
residents
in
pursuing
their
climate-related
interests
is
that
we've
had
some
great
ideas
come
forward.
So,
for
example,
what
can
we
do
to
prepare
young
people
for
climate
and
green
jobs?
Since
we
know
those
jobs
are
coming?
D
How
do
we
better
utilize
madison
park
high
school,
which
is
the
only
vocational
technical
school
in
the
city,
to
help
create
those
jobs,
and
then
can
we
find
funding
to
help
residents
kind
of
move
these
or
advance
these
ideas
forward?
So
we've
had
a
couple
of
great
ideas
like
that
and
are
trying
to
help
folks
advance
those
ideas
right
now.
D
And
a
lot
of
people
talk
about
the
ex
existential
threat
of
climate,
but
it's
really
here
now,
if
you
were
around
boston
this
summer,
you'd
know
that
and
even
this
fall
we
had.
You
know
a
week
of
at
least
of
heat
heat
days
days
over
90
degrees
and
then
september.
I
think
it
was
september
where
I
don't
remember
a
day
where
it
didn't
rain
in
september,
and
so,
if
you
think
it's
coming,
you're
you're
wrong.
It's
already
here
and
of
course,
these
these
extremes
of
climate,
extremes
and
weather
will
impact
people
of
color.
D
And
so
what
are
we
going
to
do
about
it?
How
are
we
going
to
serve
those
who
really
need
help
first,
as
opposed
to
last,
and
if
you
look
at
kind
of
larger
initiatives
like
the
green
new
deal,
you
know
green
workforce
development
is
part
of
it.
An
urban
climate
core,
like
perhaps
the
conservation
corps.
D
How
are
we
going
to
have
just
in
resilient
development,
how
we're
going
to
deal
with
stormwater
infrastructure
and
how
we're
going
to
pay
for
it
as
well
as
some
of
the
other
things
you
see
listed
here,
that
our
our
cdc
is
obviously
concerned
about
as
well.
So
all
these
issues
are
starting
to
kind
of
come
to
the
fore,
and
I
think
we're
doing
a
pretty
good
job
here
in
boston
about
starting
to
address
those
those
issues.
D
So
not
only
were
we
looking
at
new
england
ave
where
you'll
see
a
map
in
a
minute
of
all
the
green
infrastructure
that
was
put
in,
but
they
looked
at
traffic.
So
this
was
a
essentially
a
five-way
intersection
with
one
stop
sign
and
that's
been
changed
now
to
have
two
stop
signs,
but
it
also
has
bump
outs
and
those
bump
outs
contain
rain
gardens,
but
the
bump
outs
force
the
traffic
to
slow
down
to
a
crawl
while
kind
of
creating
an
aesthetic
presence.
D
Nice
pleasing
aesthetic
presence
along
the
street
trees
and
shrubs
and
plants
attract
birds
and
bees
and
butterflies.
But
they
also
that
the
island
within
which
they
are
situated
really
helps
cars
to
slow
down
and
some
other
elements.
In
a
typical
slow
street
zone,
you
can
create
bump
outs
with
paint
and
flex
posts
and
shorten
sidewalks
to
make
it
safer
for
pedestrians.
D
Bump
outs
can,
as
I
said,
contain
green
infrastructure
flex.
Posts
can
make
it
easier
for
people
when
they're
coming
to
an
intersection
not
have
to
push
out
because
there's
a
car
right
there.
They
can
push
out
and
see
more
clearly
what's
happening
in
the
intersection,
so
it
reduces
the
number
of
accidents
and
then
green
infrastructure
in
in
that's
incorporated
into
traffic.
Calming
measures
is
really
a
great
feature
to
have,
and
this
is
in
new
york
city.
D
D
Do
have
some
neighborhoods
nearby
that
have
also
now
also
become
slow
zones.
This
neighborhood
here
west
of
washington
street,
I
believe,
is
now
a
slow
zone.
Two
and
they're
also
doing
some
work
and
creating
some
more
open
space,
so
zooming
out
again.
This
gives
you
a
sense
of
the
area
where
most
of
the
green
infrastructure
work
has
been
done
along
new
england
avenue.
D
D
This
was
one
of
the
early
efforts
to
plant
trees
in
the
eco
innovation
district.
In
fact,
this
one
was
probably
the
first
one
to
produce
fruit.
It
was
so
it
started
producing
fruit
when
it
was
this
size,
it
was
so
heavy
that
the
owner
had
to
stake
it
out.
It
had
huge
peaches
on
it.
I
never
got
to
try
one
but
I'm
hoping
someday.
D
I
will
so
we've
got
this
report
that
really
looks
at
what's
happening
in
terms
of
green
infrastructure
around
the
country
and
that
really
led
us
to
me
getting
certified
in
the
national
green
infrastructure
certification
program.
Then
me
and
my
colleague
danilo
then
got
certified
to
teach
about
green
infrastructure.
D
D
So
when
we
think
about
storm
water,
what
is
storm
water,
so
storm
water
is
water
that
comes
from
the
sky
as
rainfall
or
snow
that
melts
and
runs
off
across
the
land
instead
of
infiltrating
into
the
ground,
so
it
picks
up
pollutants.
Sediments
leaves
nutrients,
metals,
metals
come
out
of
your
car
tail
pipe,
so
things
like
phosphorus
are
actually
a
byproduct
of
what
comes
out
of
your
car
and
that
water
runs
and
goes
into
the
storm
drain.
D
D
So
we're
dealing
the
natural
water
cycle
is
what
happened
before
development
happened.
It's
pre-development,
it's
called
the
pre-development
water
cycle
or
the
natural
water
cycle,
so
water
falls
from
the
sky
about
one
percent
of
it
hits
the
ground
and
runs
along
the
surface's
runoff
about
20
to
30
percent
of
it
goes
below
the
water
surface
as
what's
called
interflow
10
to
40
percent
of
it
ends
up
in
ground
water
and
then
trees.
D
Evapotranspirate.
They
take
up
that
water
through
their
roots.
Trunks,
leaves
any
evapotranspirates
back
up
to
the
sky
as
water
vapor.
So
all
the
water.
We
have
in
the
planet
is
all
the
water
we're
ever
going
to
have.
So
if
we,
if
we
do
things
that
waste
that
water
in
any
way
we're
basically
making
it
hard
for
ourselves,
and
so
the
natural
water
cycle
is
what
we
had
and
the
urban
water
cycle
is
what
we
have
now
so
you'll
notice
that
again,
there's
precipitation,
but
the
percentage
of
runoff
is
something
like
20
to.
E
D
D
So
this
is
just
a
slide.
That
really
explains
what
I
I
just
mentioned,
but
basically
you've
got
less
groundwater
available
to
maintain
flows.
So
when
you
have
the
urban
water
cycle
and
things
back
up,
you
get
flooding.
That
looks
like
this.
I'm
sure
some
of
you
have
seen
this
sort
of
flooding
somewhere
in
boston
at
some
point.
D
So
some
of
the
approaches
for
dealing
with
storm
water
are
green,
light,
green
infrastructure.
They
provide
infiltration
and
filtration.
In
other
words,
they
filter
that
water.
They
clean
it,
some
of
them
store
it.
Some
of
them
allow
evap,
evaporation
and
transpiration
or
evapotranspiration,
so
you're
mimicking
again
native
hydrological
functions.
D
Porous
asphalt
is
one
tool,
and
this
may
be
something
that's
being
considered
for
truman
highway.
You
can
see
on
the
left
standard
asphalt,
the
water
just
sits
on
top
porous
asphalt.
The
system
allows
water
to
go
down
through
it,
and
the
trench
in
the
middle
actually
allows
water
to
pour
off
and
go
into
a
trench
of
some
kind
into
a
facility
underground
of
some
kind.
D
Rain
gardens
are
another
useful
tool
again.
Water
hits
them
plants
take
up
that
water.
If,
if
there's
a
lot
of
water,
sometimes
they
have
an
overflow,
but
usually
they
are
designed
to
take
up
enough
a
certain
amount
of
water
in
a
certain
amount
of
time
and
hold
it
and
slowly
kind
of
let
it
infiltrate
and
percolate
through.
D
Green
infrastructure,
objectives
and
benefits
are
accomplished
by
protecting
and
restoring
native
soils
and
vegetation,
reducing
the
size
and
coverage
of
development,
or
which
is
impervious
services,
which
are
services
that
do
not
allow
water
to
go
through
them
and
then
designing
storm
water
systems
to
manage
surface
water
from
small
areas
and
then
managing
storm
water
near
where
it
falls.
So
sorry.
D
So
this
whole
system
of
permeable
pavers
is
designed
to
take
care
of
whatever
water
hits
it,
but
it
also
can
take
care
of
water
from
the
surrounding
area
surrounding
lawn.
So,
depending
on
the
facility,
you
can
accept
accept
water
from
an
area
five
to
ten
times
the
size
of
itself.
So
it
just
depends
on
how
it's
designed-
and
I
mentioned
new
england
avenue
so
btd
and
public
works
and
boston,
water
and
sewer
got
together
and
designed
and
put
in
this.
These
features
along
new
england
avenue.
D
So
this
just
got
finished
a
couple
of
months
ago,
but
rain
gardens
here,
rain
garden
here
traffic
calming
here
I
mentioned
that
there
used
to
be
one
stop
sign
here
now,
there's
another
one
here,
but
if
you're
in
a
car
as
you
come
to
this
curve,
this
little
bump
forces
you
to
slow
down
if
you're
gonna
make
a
turn
to
the
left,
so
that's
part
of
the
traffic
calming
and
then
you
see
another
bump
here.
It's
called
the
chicane.
That
also
does
the
same
thing.
D
Seven
trees
were
planted,
there's
another
rain
garden
here
and
then
sidewalk
that
once
existed
here
has
been
removed
to
create
a
bioswale,
meaning
it's
kind
of
a
shallow.
Ditch
that
accepts
water.
So
again,
water
running
off
this
way
goes
into
that
bioswale
and
just
gets
absorbed
and
goes
back
into
the
groundwater
where
it
belongs
so
you're
just
making
it
easier.
For
that
to
happen,
and
one
of
the
things
I
tell
my
students
is
that
it's
best
to
go
out
and
look
at
a
facility
while
it's
raining,
because
you
can
then
see
how
it's
working.
D
D
So
these
this
series
of
this
layers
of
plants
and
mulch
and
whatever's
underneath
them
again
clean
water,
as
it
goes
through
that
layer,
cake
of
soils
and
and
mulch
that's
been
engineered
in
some
cases
and
plants
to
take
up
water
and
boston.
Large
in
sewer
did
something
interesting
that
I
haven't
seen
anywhere
else,
which
is
kind
of
a
neat
idea.
They
actually
took
this
inlet,
these
inlets
and
cemented
the
stones
into
them,
so
they
couldn't
possibly
get
pushed
around
by
the
strongest
rainstorm,
which
I
thought
was
a
brilliant
idea.
D
So
and
every
city
does
things
differently,
but
you
can
see
these
facilities
also
have
the
need
for
maintenance.
So
you
know
this
this.
These
leaves
and
debris
here
shouldn't
be
there
just
like
some
of
the
trash
you
may
see
in
this
one
shouldn't
be
here,
so
they
do
need
constant
upkeep.
They
do
need
taking
to
be
taken
care
of,
and
certified
people
can
do
that
work
throughout
the
city.
D
These
are
just
a
couple
more
views
of
the
rain
garden.
This
is
the
one
on
the
corner
of
mallard
avenue
and
lingling
avenue,
and
you
can
see
there's
a
number
of
different
types
of
plants
doing
their
work,
there's
also
an
overflow
facility.
So
this
is
here
in
case
the
water
goes
above.
What's
called
the
ponding
design
depth
it's
designed
to
pond
up
to
a
certain
level
and
absorb
water,
so
the
plants
that
are
closest
can
tolerate
kind
of
being
wet
more
often,
whereas
these
may
be
less
so,
but
they
can
still
tolerate
being
dry.
D
D
You
know
across
the
city
and
across
non-profits
that
we
were
working
with
and
needed
to
work
with,
and
so
this
is,
this
map
is
so
big.
I
have
to
show
it
to
you
in
four
slides,
so
this
kind
of
gives
you
a
sense
of
what
the
green
infrastructure
work
is
doing
is
have
doing
and
how
how
it
connects
to
everybody
else.
This
one
is
looking
at
indoor
air
quality
and
outdoor
air
quality
in
transit.
D
This
one
is
looking
at
kind
of
mental
health
issues,
and
this
one
is
looking
at
vacant,
land
and
heat
island
effect
and
related
food
security
issues.
So
we
hope
to
refine
this
again
down
the
road.
This
was
probably
from
a
year
ago
and
last
but
not
least,
it
really
takes
a
village
to
do
all
of
this
work,
and
so
these
are
just
some
of
the
partners
we've
had
over
the
last
eight
years,
I've
been
at
cottonwood
square.
A
C
C
G
Or
hi-
hey
yep.
I
just
wanted
to
ask,
because
I'm
in
the
chat
I
did
put
you
know:
do
the
residents
come
to
a
vote
or
so
when
it
has
to
do
with
our
neck
of
the
woods.
So
in
the
chat
it
said
that
residents
cannot
vote
on
changes
within
their
own
neighborhood.
So
I
was
just
wondering
who
then
is
making
these
decisions.
B
B
We
don't
generally
take
a
look
at
a
vote
per
se
to
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
we
should
implement
throughout
the
city
of
boston.
It's
it's.
It's
a
process
where
we
do
do
outreach
and
we
do
engage
with
the
community
to
find
out
what
are
the
best
ways
to
to
address
issues
and
resolve
some
of
the
whether
it
be
safety
issues,
the
traffic
issues
throughout
the
city
like
we
have
that
discussion,
but
in
terms
of
putting
it
into
a
vote.
B
That's
that's
not
generally
the
method
that
that
that
we
use
to
to
to
kind
of
move
forward.
In
regards
to
decisions
I
mean
ultimately,
we
we
have-
I
mean
if
you,
if
you
look
at
elected
officials,
I
mean
they
did
just
generally
run
on
agendas
that
they
have
and
ways
to
improve
the
city.
I
mean
I
think
that
that'll
probably
be
the
best
way
in
order
for
you
to
vote.
C
A
And
then
that
also
guides
our
work
from
complete
streets,
which
also
makes
us
and
ask
us
to
look
at
every
experience
that
happens
on
the
streets,
not
just
the
particular
traffic
but
sort
of
how
we
incorporate
every
lift
experience
that
happens
on
the
road.
And
how
do
we
improve
their
experiences
and
then,
in
terms
of
shaping
the
future
of
the
neighborhood
and
shaping
the
future
of
like
what
streets
we
will
be
looking
at
in
the
future.
H
As
dave
had
mentioned,
it's
not
just
the
fairmont
line
when
consistently
when
I
check
either
google
maps
or
the
mbta
website,
and
it
tells
me
that
it
is
going
to
take
me
45
minutes
to
get
from
my
the
corner
of
mata
of
cummins
highway
and
wood
avenue
to
three
miles
down
the
road
on
river
street
to
get
to
work.
Or
it's
often
it's
going
to
take
me.
It
tells
me
to
walk
because
it
will
be
faster
than
waiting
for
the
buses.
H
But
lo
and
behold
I
was
shocked
on
monday
morning
when
I
got
up
and
I
got
out
on
my
bike
ride
and
found
that
all
of
the
protected
poles
were
missing
from
the
bike
lanes
and
now
there's
there
was
always
confusion.
People
never
knew
where
to
park.
What
was
the
parking
lane
and
what
was
the
bike
lane
and
I
would
have
to
dodge
around
them
and
go
into
traffic
to
get
around,
including
police
officers
last
week
were
parked
in
the
bicycle
lane.
H
But
my
question
is:
is
that
I've
been
putting
in
the
chat
is
like?
Okay,
all
of
a
sudden,
you've
you've
done
your
pilot
you're,
ripping
it
up.
It's
going
to
go
back
to
two
line
highways.
The
studies
show
that
it
was
35
miles
an
hour
and
two
lane
highways.
I
can
bike
those
hills,
but
seven
to
ten
miles
an
hour
at
my
top
speed.
It's
a
hilly
road.
H
What
is
it
gonna?
What
is
the
timeline,
and
what
is
the
redesign
going
to
be
so
that
I
can
safely
get
three
miles
to
work
and
not
just
me,
there
are
other
bicyclists
that
I
see
every
day
on
that
road.
I'm
not
the
only
one
who's
biking
it
everyone's
like
everywhere,
like
oh,
no
slowing
the
traffic
down
the
traffic's
not
slowed
down,
it's
not
people,
people
aren't
backed
up
for
blocks
and
blocks
and
blocks
of
trying
to
get
on
there.
So
is
it
going
to
take
a
fatality?
Is
it
going
to
take?
H
B
B
In
regards
to
the
pilot,
we
we're
removing
the
pilot,
because
I
mean
ultimately
the
studies
that
we've
done.
The
data
that
we've
collected
we've
we've
got,
we've
got
the
information
and
the
data
that
we've
needed
in
regards
to
the
pilot
in
reducing
the
number
of
travel
lanes
on
comet's
highway.
There
were
a
number
of
issues
that
we've
seen
because
I
mean
when
we
look
at
the
final
design
that
we've
been
circulating.
B
It
removes
the
removes
the
the
the
median
as
well,
as
I
mean,
create
a
number
of
ways
for
cars
to
kind
of
get
through
the
traffic
a
little
bit
more
efficiently,
whether
it
be
adding
left
left
turn
lanes
as
well.
So
those
are
the
things
that
we've
kind
of
ran
into
issues
with
in
terms
of
the
traffic
congestion
along
the
corridor,
but
with
the
with
the
winter
coming
up
with
school.
Returning
we
we
didn't
want
to.
B
It
was
not
necessarily
a
need
to
kind
of
maintain
the
the
pilot,
although
I
mean
I
will
agree
that
having
the
bicycle
accommodations
along
cummins
highway
is
isn't
improved
in
safety,
but
there's
other
things
that
we
have
to
weigh,
but
we
are
moving
forward
with
the
two-lane
roadway
design
and
I
will
be
happy
to
share
the
plans
that
we
have
for
that
with
you.
I
don't
know.
I
don't
think
I'm
able
to
what.
H
Is
also
the
timeline
I
mean
so
like
hyde
park.
Finally,
finally,
we
got
we
got
blue
bikes,
so
there
are
now
many
more
bicycles
in
my
neighborhood
right.
So
so
now
you've
got
more
bicyclists
because
there's
more
access-
and
now
there
isn't
a
safe
road
to
bike
on
and
high
park
avenue.
Let's
don't
even
talk
about
that
one.
How
unsafe
that
road
is.
That
should
be
a
whole
nother
project,
but
you
finish
your
pilot.
H
B
Yeah,
I
I
understand
you're
you're
concerned
your
frustration.
It's
it's
we
want.
We
want
everyone
to
understand
that
I
mean
it
was
a
temporary
pilot,
it's
something
that
we
wanted
to
look
at,
but
in
terms
of
it
reflecting
the
the
the
final
design
of
what
we
wanted
and
we
want
to
see
on
comments
highway.
It
couldn't
accurately
do
that.
I
mean
so.
There
was
a
number
of
issues
that
we
ran
into,
whether
it
be
trash
trucks,
emergency
vehicles.
H
A
A
We
have
like
put
this
project
on
a
priority
like
timeline
and
the
staff
resources
are
being
dedicated
to
sort
of
make
sure
that
we
work
through
the
design
and
get
a
contractor
so
that
we
can
start,
but
we're
also
making
sure
that
we
have
enough
touch
with
the
community
and
we're
able
to
work
through
the
design
details.
So
the
reason
why
we
continue
to
have
these
meetings
is
because
some
of
these
details
haven't
been
worked
out
with
the
community.
A
We
haven't
talked
about
the
opportunities
of
gin
infrastructure
or
what
lighting
could
look
like,
or
what
is
the
details
on
the
round,
the
roundabout
or
so
we?
We
are
continuing
to
have
these
meetings
and
we
need
to
have
these
meetings
because
otherwise,
like
we
can't
move
forward
much
beyond,
you
know
the
work
that
we
started
yeah.
A
I
would
appreciate
if
we
have
a
little
bit,
if
somebody
has
any
other
questions,
especially
that
dave
is
here
that
we're
able
to
address
and
ask
and
sort
of
talk
about
green
infrastructure
and
the
possibilities
and
sort
of
how
people
feel
about
it.
What
you
think
we
should
be
doing,
where
should
we
be
prioritizing?
I
I
B
Yeah
so,
and
in
regards
to
our
timeline,
we're
we're
hoping
to
and
when
we're
working
diligently
to
to
begin
construction
in
the
fall
of
2022
we're
hoping
to
get
out
there
earlier.
But
I
mean
it's:
it's
it's
a
design
process.
It's
a
long
roadway!
It's
a
long
quarter,
there's
a
lot.
We
need
to
look
at
in
terms
of
implementing
the
safest
and
the
best
I
mean
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
feedback
from
the
community
about
what
they
want
to
see
what
they
don't
want
to
see.
B
F
B
I
Yeah,
so
I
do
agree,
I
do
understand
the
caller
with
the
bike.
I
am
a
current
a
resident,
the
listen
area.
It
was
a
total
backup.
I
am
actually
one
that's
happy,
they're
removed.
I
mean
I
work
from
home.
If
I
run
to
an
appointment
like
it
takes
me
like
20
minutes
just
to
get
back
around
the
corner,
I
mean
when
you
live
here
is
the
only
way
you
experience
that
I
do
get
the
safety
of
everyone,
I'm
concerned
as
well.
I
B
I
It's
not
even
just
the
luck.
It's
the
safety.
Okay,
the
biker,
there's,
there's
a
safety
issue
for
them,
but
as
a
resident
as
well,
it
was
also
safety
issue.
I
drive
by
every
day
and
people's
like
windshields
are
off.
I
mean
the
side
mirrors
are
on
the
ground
because
of
the
you
know,
the
pegs
that
are
in
the
road.
The
traffic
is
backed
up.
You
can't
like
I
said
so.
It's
just
all
around
a
big
issue
and
I
just
I'm
gonna
be
patient,
but
I'm
glad
you
guys
are
having
this
meeting.
I
I
thank
you
so
much
for
providing
information
and
just
staying
involved
in
and
getting
our
feedback,
because
we
that
lives
in
the
area.
I
think
experienced
it
the
most
right.
So
it's
okay,
when
you're
driving
by
your
bike
and
by,
but
you
really
need
to
take
the
you
know,
consideration
a
lot
more
of
the
people
who
live
in
the
area
who
experience
the
back
up
the
traffic.
I
You
know
just
all
the
safety
issues
so
which
are
you're
doing
so.
I
just
want
to
applaud
you
for
that
as
well.
I
know
it's
not
going
to
make
all
of
us
happy
at
some
point:
we're
not
going
to
we're
gonna
feel
down
about
something
or
not
agree
with
something,
but
a
lot
of
areas
has
to
be
considered
here.
B
F
D
Yeah,
that's
a
great
question.
Thank
you
charlotte.
So
we've
had
19
people
graduate
from
the
class,
so
it's
a
35-hour
class,
it's
ansi
certified,
which
is
a
national
certification
board,
so
to
speak,
and
we've
had
10
people
sit
for
the
exam
and
eight
of
them
have
passed
we're
in
the
middle
of
another
class.
D
That's
comprised
entirely
of
immigrants.
We've
been
working
with
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement,
so
these
folks
all
came
to
us
through
a
partnership
from
bcco,
which
is
the
co-op
entity.
It's
a
non-profit
that
helps
co-ops
start
and
so
the
folks
that
agreed
to
sign
up
for
this
class
we're
subsidizing
them
to
take
the
training.
We
try
to
find
grant
money
to
subsidize
them.
D
Evol
we're
all
also
going
to
be
offered
the
opportunity
to
go
into
and
create
a
worker
owned
cooperative
so
that
worker,
owned
cooperative
could
then
actually
theoretically
apply
for
or
respond
to
rfps
to
do
maintenance
or
to
do
construction
or
to
partner
with
someone
if
they
had
the
right
equipment
to
do
construction.
So
we're
really
trying
to
we're
making
the
road
by
walking
it
a
little
bit.
No
pun
intended,
but
really
that's.
Where
we're
trying
to
go
is
really
get
more
people
of
color
into
these
jobs.
D
There
are
other
organizations
out
there
that
are
doing
a
lot
of
work
in
this
field.
There's
a
group
out
there,
that's
that's
doing
another
35
hour
training,
that's
getting
people
certified
and
when
they
come
out
of
the
training
they
have
a
third
class
wastewater
treatment,
operator's
license
they're,
getting
right
into
threading
right
into
work
right
away
in
different
places
around
the
state,
and
so
our
our
job
process,
our
ramp
up
process
for
jobs,
has
been
a
little
slower.
D
We've
had
two
people
get
jobs
at
green
roof
companies,
but
I
know
that
there
will
be
more
coming
and
I
I
do
believe
boston,
water
and
sewer
is
going
to
be
creating
some
sort
of
positions
to
inspect
the
existing
and
future
green
infrastructure
facilities.
So
I
hope
that
does
that
answer
your
question.
D
E
Good
evening,
everybody,
this
is
kenya,
beeman
community
engagement
manager
at
the
bpda.
I
just
had
a
quick
question
so
with
this
project
and
everything
I'm
gonna,
because
this
will
also
include
well,
the
design
will
also
include
like
street
trees
along
cummins
highway
as
well
right,
okay,
which
is
a
great
thing.
The
only
other
thing
I
just
wanted
to
piggyback
on
was
what
jeff
jeff
was
speaking
about.
E
E
So
this
that's
another
reason
why
this
this
there
may
be
kind
of
a
lack
of
you
know
not
lag,
but
there's
like
a
delay.
It's
because
you
have
eversource
and
others
who
have
work
to
do
so.
I
just
wanted
to
throw
that
out
there.
So
people
understood
because
it's
not
just
mattapan
it's
across
the
city,
once
work
needs
to
get
done
underground
and
that's
completed,
then
usually
projects
then
move
forward.
In
this
case,
it's
gonna
probably
take
up
to
a
year,
which
is
actually
pretty
good
for
us,
so
yeah.
G
Hi,
yes,
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
this
is
awesome.
I'm
loving
that
we're
having
this
conversation
and
thank
you
to
the
person
who
just
spoke,
because
that
makes
more
sense
to
me
as
to
how
come
a
resource
has
been
around
here
quite
a
bit
and
to
go
back
to
joann's.
You
know
she
said
it
perfectly,
because
I
actually
live
right
off
of
commons.
You
know
with
the
bike
lane
reflectors
and
whatnot.
G
It
has
been
scary
for
me
to
drive
around
because
some
of
the
corners
it's
like
am
I
gonna.
You
know
touch
this
or
am
I
turning
too
wide
or
too
close,
and
also
too
there
were
a
couple
of
times
like
fire
fighters,
and
you
know
even
the
ambulances
that
were
trying
to
navigate
through
the
traffic
could
not
do
to
the
reflectors.
G
So
I
honestly
don't
feel
that
that
was
the
appropriate
time
to
start
piloting
and
making
these
decisions,
but
that's
a
whole
nother
story.
I
was
just
wondering
for
the
walk-in
tours
because
on
one
of
the
meetings
I
attended,
they
said
that
the
reason
why
the
pilot
went
up
is
because
there
was
a
walk-in
tour
from
what
is
it
from
cummins
highway,
harvard
street
all
the
way
up
to
blue
hill
lab
where
matapan
station's
at
so
I
was
just
wondering.
Are
you
all
going
to?
B
Vivian
did
I
believe
that
that
might
have
been
tour,
that
vivian
did
yeah
yeah.
I
I
I
wasn't
personally
involved
in
that
walking
tour,
but
in
regards
to
our
our
community
engagement
out
on
cummins,
we
we
have
been
attending
or
hosting
a
a
pop-up
at
the
mattapan
food
and
fitness
farmer's
market
at
the
the
fairway
and
cummins
highway
parking
lot,
we've
kind
of
been
out
there
trying
to.
B
G
A
Think
I
think
this
might
be
in
regards
to
the
bluehole
lav
manifem
square
meeting
that
happens
on
monday
and
that
on
saturday
there
will
be
a
walking
tour
of
that
which
I
I
was
going
to
share
briefly
like
soon
actually,
because
we
have
10
minutes.
So
it's
going
to
share
that
information,
because
on
saturday,
there's
actually
going
to
be
a
walking
tour
in
which
people
are
going
to
go
over
and
look
at
the
street
infrastructure
and
experiences
and
sort
of
share
and
see
the
businesses
that
are
around
that
area.
A
The
reason
for
the
trial
was
when
we
were
starting
the.
We
had
a
several
public
meetings
in
2019
and
2020
and
where,
like
we
were
through
with
the
people
who
attended
like
some
of
the
design
ideas
and
in
those
design
ideas,
the
presentation
was
also
the
one
one
lane
in
each
direction,
road
which
people
sort
of
wanted
us
to
try
out
so
part
of
why
it
happened
in
2020
was
that
after
that
february
meeting,
that
was
the
last
one
that
we
had
before
covet
started.
A
We
were
working
through
creating
that
trial
so
that
we
could
test
that
the
theory
of
one
name
in
each
direction
and
then
how
it
changed
and
morphed
was.
There
was
a
death
in
july
or
june
of
2020
2010
of
the
cyclist
that
was
incumbent
highway,
and
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
not
only
did
we
try
one
in
each
direction,
but
also
we
provided
street
safety
improvements
along
the
corridor
for
that
time.
A
A
What
were
the
failures,
what
worked
and
what
didn't
and
if
it
indeed
lower
speeds,
which
was
one
of
the
main
goals
of
like
what
we
wanted
to
to
see
if
it
happened,
because
it's
one
of
the
main
concerns
that
we
kept
hearing
over
and
over
again
about
cummins-
and
I
think
I
mean,
if
we're
interested
in
doing
a
walking
tour,
I'm
sure
we
can
create
one.
I
can
speak
a
little
bit
about
how
we
get
in
contact
with
people.
A
Love
to
hear
how
you
found
out
about
this
meeting,
we
send
out
a
mailer
every
other
month
about
so
which
sort
of
tells
you
what's
coming
up.
What
meetings
we're
hosting
right
now,
there's
4160
addresses
on
that.
So
I
recently
expanded
it.
We
have
a
pretty
large
mailing
list
of
about
760
people
to
come
to
a
meeting.
You'll
be
we'll
be
in
touch
so
that
you
can
continue
to
know.
A
What's
coming
up,
we
also
flyer
the
corridor
and
then,
as
jeff
mentioned,
we're
at
the
matapan
square
farmers
market
and
then
any
other
event
that
people
ask
us
to
attend.
We
are
happy
to
go.
We
go
to
neighborhood
association
meetings
and
just
in
general,
any
sort
of
event.
That's
community
system
we're
happy
to
be
there.
I
I
I
think
that's
an
excellent
idea,
but
I
have
other
neighbors
that
haven't
been
getting
this
and
you
know
I've
been
kind
of
passing
the
word
so
whatever
we're
doing
as
far
as
communication
needs
to
be
expanded
a
little
bit
more,
but
what's
done
right
now,
it's
really
good
these
initial
meetings
in
in
2020
when
the
world
was
just
upside
down.
I
was
not
even
aware
of
that
of
that
put
into
place.
I
I
do
understand
of
the
testing
to
do
the
flag
pose,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
going
forward.
It
sounds
like
you
can't
provide
an
actual
layout
of
how
cummins
is
going
to
be,
which
is,
I
thought,
is
what
I
heard,
but
it's
okay,
but
you
can.
Is
that
what
the
walkthrough
is
about,
so
I
have
two
questions
in
one
that
one
right
there
and
how
can
we
get
more
neighborhood?
I
How
can
we
get
more
members
added
to
these
meetings,
and
so
they
could
kind
of
give
their
input
or
not
even
just
just
listen
to
hear
what's
going
on,
so
this
has
been
really
helpful,
not
to
add
a
negative,
but
just
to
really
be
updated
on
what
we
see
every
day,
all
day
long.
That
makes
no
sense
in
some
sense,
but
now
it
makes
sense.
A
Yeah,
that's
that's
an
excellent
question
we
so
the
part
of
this,
like
has
also
been
to
grow
the
amount
of
people
that
are
finding
out
about
it,
which
is
also
why
we've
been
moving
at
a
slower
pace
than
some
people
want
us
and
then
too
fast
for
what
other
people
want
from
us.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
we
are
increasing
the
amount
of
people
that
are
hearing
about
the
project
and
also
getting
involved.
A
So
throughout
the
summer,
we've
also
been
walking
the
corridor
and
sort
of
running.
You
know
talking
to
people
as
we
meet
them
and
hear
their
experiences
and
sort
of
give
them
information
about
how
to
get
involved.
We
would
love
for
more
people
to
share
the
information.
So
thanks
joanne
for
telling
me
that
you,
you
know,
heard
from
a
neighbor.
Please
do
share
this
on
your
around
your
networks.
A
We
share
this
out
to
other
departments
and
other
projects
that
are
happening
so
that
they
can
share
it
as
well.
Our
avenues
I
feel
like
are
you
know
what
they
are
currently
and
I
would
love
to
sort
of
hear
what
more
do
you
think
we
should
be
doing
in
order
to
expand
that
and
get
more
people
hearing
and
learning
and
then
getting
involved
and
giving
us
their
feedback
before?
I
don't
want
to
go
over
eight
o'clock,
because
people
have
other
things
they
have
to
do
with
their
life.
A
F
A
A
A
And
these
input
meetings
have
been
about
to
read
the
center
of
comments
and
the
discussions
will
sort
of
been
going
through
some
of
the
design
details,
but
also
sort
of
that
are
shared
between
us
and
other
departments
and
what
what
informs
our
work
overall
and
how
this
influences,
how
we
do
design
work
for
for
the
streets
and
and
sort
of
what?
What
kind
of
influence
can
we
have
on
that
design?.
C
A
Then,
in
july
we
kicked
off
a
series
of
meetings
with
the
environment
department
in
which
we
discussed
one
and
one
key
resilience
and
and
the
heat
resilience
study,
that's
currently
happening
in
the
city
and
and
sort
of
how
that
relates
to
comments.
In
that
conversation
yeah,
you
asked
us
to
look
at
what
to
add
more
shade
into
the
street,
so
we're
looking
at
trees
and
shelters
and
then
like
that
you
wanted
to
to
for
us
to
continue
to
have
these
conversations.
A
A
In
august
we
hosted
a
meeting
with
the
boston
planning
development
agency
and
we
discussed
plan
metaplan
and
how
their
work
relates
to
transportation
and
how
our
department
collaborates
and
sort
of
how
those
visions
will
then
get
implemented
and
that
converse.
In
that
conversation,
we
had
a
lot
of
discussions
about
cummins
being
a
part
of
a
network
of
streets,
not
just
the
street
by
itself,
and
therefore
we
also
needed
to
look
at
traffic
on
side
streets.
A
So
we
are
working
on
that.
We
recently
had
a
meeting
with
mbta
and
continue
to
post
meetings
like
that.
Yeah
sorry
go
ahead
next
slide
and
then
in
september
we
had
a
meeting
with
the
street
lighting
division
of
the
city's
public
work
department.
We
sort
of
learned
about
the
goals
that
the
street
lighting
team
and
the
city
is
working
towards
and
the
opportunities
that
for
the
common
sidewalk
reconstruction,
specifically
in
regards
to
lighting.
A
You
were
concerned
about
the
brightness
and
color
of
the
lights,
and,
and
so
we
will
work
with
you
to
find
the
appropriate
brightness
and
colors
that
can
help
to
improve
visibility,
while
also
meeting
all
the
standards.
And
then
you
wanted
to
know
more
about
what
kind
of
the
lighting
that
we
have
proposed
is.
Where
can
we
see
that
in
other
parts
of
the
city,
so
on
river
street,
from
cummins
to
hyde
park
way
street,
you
can
find
this
type
of
lighting
and
then
along
nubian
square?
A
In
that
conversation,
we
had
a
lot
of
discussion
on
the
trials
and
the
effects
on
the
side
streets
as
well.
As
I
mentioned,
we
conducted
traffic
september,
and
then
we
are
continuing
to
schedule
now,
especially
that
the
trial
has
ended,
to
see
the
impacts
before
and
after
and
then
see
what
will
be
the
next
steps
and
then
there's
also
a
lot
of
questions
and
conversations
about
how
we
are
engaging
residents
on
the
community
process.
So
we
went
over
silver,
some
of
those
methods
of
people
receiving.
A
You
know
how
they're
receiving
information
and
engaging
with
our
project
and
again
I
welcome
more
ideas
for
how
to
get
more
people
involved
in
getting
the
word
out,
as
I
went
over
some
of
the
methods
that
we
do.
Please
continue
to
share
our
information
with
your
neighbors
and
your
friends
and
your
family,
and
let
them
know
so
that
they
can
also
attend
or
watch
after
a
meeting
on
our
website
go
ahead.
Stephanie.
A
So
right
now
we
don't
have
a
final
schedule
for
the
next
meetings,
but
please
stay
tuned,
we'll
be
sending
a
mailer,
we'll
be
sending
emails,
we'll
be
finally
firing
the
corridor
with
the
next
topics,
which
will
be
trees
and
we'll
talk
about
bus
stops
specifically,
and
then
we'll
also
be
talking
about
the
roundabout
for
the
comments
highway.
Redesign
that
are
proposed.
A
A
C
A
If
you
didn't
know,
there's
an
election
november
2nd
if
you
haven't
registered
the
deadline
was
october
13th,
but
if
you
did
register
and
if
you
want
to
vote
early,
there's
two
locations
nearby
comments.
Another
course
to
college
cafeteria
will
be
open
on
october,
23rd
and
24th
to
vote
from
11am
to
7pm,
and
then
the
mildred
avenue
school
will
be
open
on
october
26
from
12
to
8
to
vote
early.
A
You
can
also
come
to
city
hall
to
vote
early
and
if
you're
voting
by
mail
there's
different
ways
to
return
your
ballots,
you
can
return
it
by
via
the
envelope.
There's
no
cost
involved.
You
can
return
it
in
person
at
a
dropbox.
The
nearest
dropbox
to
comments
is
mattapan
branch
library
at
1350
blueholav,
and
then
you
can
also
go
to
your
voting,
your
polling
location
on
election
day
and
swap
your
mailing
ballot
for
a
new
person
palette
that
you
can
cast
there
and
then
we'll
have
a
link
to
some
early
voting
information.
A
A
A
A
A
And
then
the
neighborhood
walk
I
mentioned
before
this
saturday
october
23rd
from
2
to
4
p.m.
They
start
at
the
conference
station
on
bluehole
and
river
streets
and
that's
where
they'll
meet
just
make
sure
you're
rsvp,
because
they
will
be
providing
pens
and
notebooks
and
disposable
cameras
because
there
will
be
some
photo
documentation
involved.
C
A
A
The
rental
relief
fund,
so
the
city
of
boston,
has
federal
funds
which
are
helping
which
they're
using
to
help
residents
who
have
been
economically
impacted
by
covenanting
and
are
having
difficulty
paying
their
rent.
So
if
you
need
more
information
about
who
is
eligible
and
how
to
be
eligible,
the
resources
that
are
available
and
how
to
apply
there
will
be
a
link
in
the
chat
that
was
the
last
one
correct,
oh,
how
to
stay
in
touch
with
us.
I
almost
forgot
okay,
cottman
square
neighborhood
development
corporation.
A
Thank
you
and
then,
if
you
wanna
talk
to
us
apart
from
going
to
the
farmers
markets,
you
can
chat
with
someone
from
the
project
team.
We
have
15
minute
chats
available
every
other
wednesday,
and
you
can
just
you
know,
drop
by
ask
your
questions.
Have
a
have
a
quick
conversation
with
us,
and
you
know
we'll
take
that
feedback
and
see
how
we
can
incorporate
it.
Our
project
website
is
chock
full
of
information
about
the
project
and
about
some
of
the
meetings
that
we've
been
having
jeff
alexis.