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From YouTube: City Council Sub-Committee of 3-7-22
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City of Chelsea, Discuss ARPA process and provide guidance and feedback on main priorities
https://www.chelseama.gov/city-council/events/125231
B
Councilman
cooper,
absent
counselor,
taneri,
garcia
president
council
robertson,
councillor
taylor
here,
council
lopez,
council,
melinda
vega,
maldonado,
nope,
council,
alexander
here,
councillor
brown,
councilor
vito,
councillor
de
jesus
and
councillor
judith,
garcia
present.
C
A
Excellent
at
this
time,
as
we'll
also
note
who
were
invited
to
attend
for
the
record
council
melinda
vega,
maldonado
is
here,
we
have
the
all
members
of
the
chelsea
city
council,
the
city
manager,
tom
ambrosino,
housing
and
community
development.
Director
alex
train
opera,
community
advisor
committee
and
members
of
the
of
the
public,
so
I'll
allow
the
city
manager
just
to
start
off
in
opening
things
up
and
then
continue
down
with
alex
and
the
group
making
their
presentation.
D
Sure,
thank
you,
mr
president.
Yeah
I'll
turn
it
over
to
alex
relatively
quickly,
but
just
to
give
everyone
an
overview
and
a
recap.
So,
as
you
know,
we've
received
40
million
dollars
from
the
american
rescue
plan
act
and
that
money
came
in
is
allowed
to
be
expended
in
some
different
buckets,
but
one
of
the
things
opera
was
intended.
One
of
the
buckets
is
lost
revenue,
so
a
large
chunk
of
that
40
million
is
intended
to
reimburse
the
city
for
lost
revenues.
D
The
amount
of
money
that
we
lost,
mostly
in
tax
dollars
as
a
result
of
the
impacts
of
coven
and
so
opera,
is
intended
to
help
cities
and
towns
recover
lost
revenues
for
a
four
year
period.
So
each
year
we're
intended
to
measure
what
our
lost
revenues
were
and
that
whole
chunk
of
money
then
can
be
spent
by
the
city
on
just
pure
government
services.
D
So,
in
the
case
of
chelsea,
thus
far,
we
have
only
calculated
the
first
year
of
lost
revenue
and
in
that
one
year
of
loss
revenue,
our
outside
auditors
estimated
the
city
lost
approximately
10
million
dollars
in
just
the
first
year
of
opera.
We
have
not
yet
calculated
the
second
year
of
lost
revenue.
D
I
I'd
be
surprised
if
we
didn't
have
a
similar
level
of
lost
revenue,
so
over
the
first
over
the
four
years,
our
lost
revenues
are
going
to
well
exceed
25
million
dollars,
but
I
set
aside
25
million
as
sort
of
just
a
benchmark
for
lost
revenue
and
that
amount
of
lost
revenue.
The
city
is
going
to
utilize
in
doing
basic
city
services,
like
mostly.
D
Capital
improvement
projects
and
you
will
see
in
the
capital
improvement
plan.
That's
before
you,
a
big
chunk
of
money
in
there
for
project
is
based
on
opera
funding.
I
think
in
fy23
alone
I've
got
projects
totaling
over
12
million
dollars
with
opera
funding
in
the
out
years,
there's
another
six
plus
million.
I
expect
we'll
be
spending
somewhere
in
the
20
plus
million
dollars
of
this
lost
revenue,
category
in
capital
projects,
and
some
of
the
balance
will
be
on
some
more
public
health
related
government
spending.
D
That's
left,
15
million
to
sort
of
address
the
lingering
social
impacts
of
covid,
the
impacts
on
housing
and
food
insecurity
and
and
behavioral
health,
and
for
that
15
million
sort
of
part
of
the
party
we
set
up
a
opera
community
advisory
committee,
a
committee
of
residents,
including
two
residents
city
councilors,
to
help
the
community
decide
how
best
to
spend
that
15
million
dollars,
and
that
is
what
this
advisory
committee
has
been
deliberating
on.
D
For
about
the
past
six
or
seven
months,
two
members
of
this
council
members
of
that
committee
there's
another
18
members,
nine
of
whom
are
leaders
of
some
of
the
major
social
service.
Non-Profits
in
the
city,
the
other
nine
are
just
residents
from
ver.
You
know
residents
who
represent
different
interests,
so
there's
a
small
business
owner.
There's
a
restaurant
owner.
There
are
people
of
that
nature,
and
so
that
group
has
been
meeting
and
one
of
the
things
we
wanted
to
do
is
gather
more
input
from
the
general
public.
D
So
that's
sort
of
the
backdrop
for
tonight,
which
is
a
presentation
to
you
about
where
the
committee
is
at
this
moment
in
time
and
feedback
from
the
council
about
what
it
thinks
of
the
priorities
that
have
thus
far
been
identified.
Are
there
some
gaps?
Are
there
things
where
more
attention
has
to
be
paid?
D
So
with
that
as
backdrop,
I'm
not
quite
sure
who's
taking
over
here
is
it
it's
mo?
Okay,
so
I'm
gonna,
let
mo
take
it
from
here,
has
been
facilitating
the
at
the
request
of
the
city
mo
has
been
hired
as
the
facilitator
for
the
opera
process
and
can
walk
the
council
through
where
the
committee
is
at
so
great.
E
Absolutely
thank
you
tom
great
to
be
before
you.
My
name
is
mo
barboza.
I
serve
as
senior
director
of
community
engagement
at
health
resources
in
action.
We
are
a
public
health,
social
change
organization
based
in
boston.
We've
worked
in
and
with
folks
in
chelsea
for
a
long
time.
So
it
was
our
pleasure
and
privilege
to
play
this
formative
role
in
the
facilitation
of
the
committee
and
gathering
the
information
and
putting
it
before
the
committee
for
its
deliberations.
E
So
I'm
going
to
ask
if
we
go
to
the
first
slide,
just
wanted
to
remind
the
the
committee
that
this
has
been
a
really
transparent
process,
so
the
videos
of
all
of
the
meetings
have
been
online
and
you're
able
to
find
it
at
chelsea.gov
arpa.
The
powerpoints
from
every
meeting
are
there.
So
the
information
has
been
widely
shared
and
available
to
not
only
you,
the
committee,
but
to
the
public.
E
There
was
a
review
of
the
secondary
data,
so
the
you
know
what
did
all
the
health
department
things
say?
All
the
data
that's
out
there
in
the
world
say
about
these
issues
in
chelsea,
but
then
also
really
using
this
time
with
the
committee
to
review
what
did
the
primary
sources?
What
did
the
people
in
chelsea
really
say,
and
we
did
that
through
focus
groups
through
community
based
organization
meetings,
community
meetings
through
key
informant
interviews?
We
came
to
the
subcommittee
of
this
this
body
as
well.
E
We
also
did
a
community
survey
and,
lastly,
the
public
meeting
last
week
that
was
wildly
successful
with
nearly
300
people
and
lots
of
input,
and
so
the
committee
has
been
deliberating
and
prioritizing
strategies
throughout
this
process,
we're
in
the
home
stretch
as
the
city
manager
related.
So
we
are
going
to
be
reviewing
the
results
from
the
public
meeting
and
any
of
the
comments
that
you
all
are
putting
forward
here
tonight
into
a
final
prioritization
of
the
strategies
and
then
an
allocation
of
the
recommendation
on
the
allocation
of
the
dollars.
E
Any
questions
so
far
great.
So
what
I'll
do
next
is
just
give
you
a
chance
to
take
a
look
at
under
each
of
the
six
categories.
What
are
the
strategies
we've
been
looking
at
and
they
are
in
the
order
that
they
have
been
prioritized
to
date.
So
this
is
the
order
that
the
committee
has
prioritized
them
to
date
and
then
we'll
be
taking
in
and
reconsidering
these
with
the
input
from
the
public
meeting
and
your
input
tonight.
So
the
first
box
is
small
business.
E
C
E
C
E
Any
questions
on
the
small
business
and
I'll
just
give
you
for
a
little
bit
of
background.
We
were
able
to
speak
directly
with
small
business
owners
with
a
focus
group
that
was
dedicated
to
small
business,
including
the
chamber
of
commerce.
We
had
small
business
members
on
the
committee
itself,
so
we've
had
some
good
input
there.
Yes,
sir.
A
This
is
going
to
be
to
either
tom
or
to
alex
when,
when
there
is
a
the
number
one,
when
you,
when
you
start
when
they
state,
create
an
asset,
strong
go-to
option
at
the
city
of
chelsea
and
be
able
to
give
financial
guidance
on
policy
and
other
issues
affecting
businesses.
F
Good
question
so,
based
upon
the
input
that
we've
heard
from
the
committee,
many
committee
members,
as
well
as
participants
in
the
focus
groups,
are
looking
for
a
central
hub
that
small
business
owners
and
entrepreneurs
can
come
to
at
city
hall
to
receive
that
type
of
business
advice,
technical
assistance
and
ongoing
support.
So
that
could
look
like
a
dedicated
staff
position
that
specializes
exclusively
in
small
business
development.
F
That
could
also
look
like
a
resource
center
where,
instead
of
having
one
particular
dedicated
staff
person,
you
have
multiple
staff
that
all
work
in
different
areas
that
commit
a
certain
amount
of
time
each
week
to
that
resource
center.
But
the
key
is
to
have
a
predictable,
welcoming,
inclusive
place
for
business
owners
and
and
entrepreneurs
to
come
and
seek
counsel
and
guidance
free
of
charge
or
at
a
low
cost
to
help
them
out
in
whatever
business
endeavors
that
they're
they're
doing.
A
So
this
person,
or
this
position
or
whatever
you
want
to
call
it
as
a
resource,
would
also
be
possibly
guide
a
business
owner
to
go
through
city
hall,
with
all
the
permitting
process
and
such
would
that
be
part
of
the
job.
G
A
F
So,
based
upon
the
input
that
we
heard
at
many
of
the
small
business
focus
groups
as
well
as
through
the
committee,
there
are
a
lot
of
entrepreneurs
in
the
city
that
are
operating
child
care
services.
They
may
not
be
formally
licensed,
so
that
would
look
like
assisting
those
entities
and
obtaining
their
licenses
at
the
state
ensuring
that
they
operate
in
compliance
with
all
laws
and
providing
ongoing
technical
assistance,
whether
it's
with
budgeting
business
planning
or
locating
space.
F
F
That
type
of
direct
business
support
was
called
by
the
committee
for
those
that
are
in
the
direct
daycare
business.
But
one
of
the
themes
we
heard
during
the
workforce
development
sessions
was
that
all
employers
and
a
lot
of
working
households
right
now
are
hampered
by
the
lack
of
affordable
child
care.
So,
as
you
can
see
in
some
of
these
priorities,
child
care
is
a
recurring
theme
where
increasing
child
care
subsidies,
adding
the
number
of
child
care
seats
and
making
childcare
more
accessible
is
really
vital
for
working
families.
A
Could
you
see
number
three
and
two
being
the
same,
were
why
why
you're
specifically
identifying
small
business
a
day
care
versus
saying
if
you
are
also
training
small
businesses,
whether
it
be
you
know
the
legality
of
getting
the
licensing
in
order
to
do
that,
or
is
this
again?
Is
it
doing
the
same
or
you're,
creating
two
different
positions
or
looking
at
creating
two
different
positions
there
or.
F
Support,
I
would
say
one
position
that
does
both
the
key
with
number
two
is
that
there
would
be
this
ongoing
level
of
centralized
support
for
all
types
of
businesses,
regardless
of
whether
there
are
a
restaurant
or
an
entrepreneur
that
wants
to
print
and
sell
t-shirts
online
from
his
house.
The
key
with
the
child
care
piece
is
just
how
much
attention
and
resources
are
paid
to
that
particular
sector.
F
H
Thank
you.
I
gotta,
I
kind
of
agree
with
some
of
the
stuff.
That's
on
this.
I
was
at
the
meeting
and
missed
about
bolza.
Sorry,
I
didn't
get
to
say
hello
last
week.
At
the
event,
I
saw
you
there
with
your
steelers,
but
one
of
the
things
I
had
questions
that
I
had
when
I
was
looking
at
this
here
particular
slide
we
have
on
is
some
of
these
stores.
H
Well,
not
some,
but
there's
quite
a
few
stores
that
already
have
because
of
the
pandemic
and
have
been
hit
so
hard
and
not
been
able
to
keep
up
with
their
responsibility,
they've
closed
or
and
there's
others
that's
on
dire
need
of
getting
ready
to
close.
Do
we
have
any
programs
that
we
can
assist
these
folks,
and
these
are
folks
that
did
not
get
any
help
in
the
prior
round
of
giving
money
to
small
businesses,
so
I
know
moving
forward.
H
F
So
that's
a
great
question
and
I
think
an
excellent
idea:
that's
closely
aligned
with
the
intention
behind
the
arpa
regulations.
So
one
of
the
major
driving
goals
of
the
arpa
regulations
from
the
biden
administration
side
is
that
they
assist
disproportionately
impacted
residents
and
small
businesses.
So
priority
number
four
over
here
that
talks
about
direct
cash
infusions.
F
You
know
that
could
be
structured
in
such
a
way
that
there
is
direct
operating
capital
made
available
to
just
those
type
of
businesses,
you're
mentioning
we
could
set
policies
where
either
businesses
that
did
not
receive
previous
funding
are
heavily
prioritized
or
the
funding
could
only
be
open
to
those
that
have
not
received
any
past
assistance.
That's
all
within
the
purview
of
the
the
city
and
the
city
council.
H
F
So
for
arpa
there
are
special
regulations
that
we
have
to
apply,
and
then
there
are
local
policies
that
we
would
look
to
apply.
So
arpa
has
income
limits
in
the
case
of
chelsea,
though
we're
all
encompassed
by
what's
called
a
qualified
census
tract.
So,
therefore,
the
entire
city
is
a
place
where
eligible
uses
of
arpa
funds
can
be
put
to
work.
So
there's
no
restriction
on
whether
we
are
assisting
a
brick-and-mortar
business
or
a
business.
F
So
we'd
look
to
create
those
types
of
reasonable
policies,
but
to
make
it
exceedingly
accessible
to
startups
people
that
are
in
their
homes,
trying
to
start
their
business
for
the
first
time,
because
I
think
the
last
thing
we
want
to
do
is
create
a
hundred
hoops
for
people
to
jump
through
and
make
it
not
worth
their
while
in
order
to
access
the
assistance.
Okay,.
H
So
that's
good,
so
that
means
these
folks
would
have
some
kind
of
some
kind
of
license
or
something
granted
through
the
city
and
the
same
thing
I
was
going
to
piggyback
with
is
the
daycare
you
said
to
help
the
daycare
owners
that
may
not
be
registered,
but
they
would
be
registered
here
and
not
registered
as
a
state
agency.
I'm
not
sure
what
you
were
trying
to
do.
H
This
is
directly
with
a
baby
daycare
center,
as
you
mentioned
that
one.
F
Right
so
there's
no
restrictions
on
arpa
funding
as
to
the
use,
so,
for
instance,
with
past
grant
programs,
those
grant
programs
mandated
that
we
could
only
serve
businesses
that
have
a
brick
and
mortar
location
with
arpa
it's
much
more
flexible.
We
can
serve
home-based
businesses
as
well
as
brick-and-mortar
businesses,
regardless
of
their
sectors.
As
long
as
we
can
demonstrate
that
they've
been
disproportionately
impacted
by
the
pandemic,
the
rest
of
it
is
sort
of
up
to
the
city
to
develop
local
policies
and
procedures
for
how
we
operate.
These
programs.
F
So
an
easy
way
that
we've
worked
on
with
with
businesses
is
to
look
at
their
sort
of
profit
and
loss
over
the
last
two
years,
and
you
can
have
them
report
this
on
an
application.
You
know
please
certify
the
amount
of
revenue
you
brought
in
as
well
as
your
total
expenses.
F
You
can
also
ask
for
backup
documentation
whether
it's
you
know
copies
of
their
financials
or
what
have
you,
but
with
that
we
can
at
least
document
the
loss
that
the
businesses
have
incurred.
So
we
know
that
we're
not
providing
funding
in
excess
of
what
they
lost,
but
a
reasonable
amount
of
funding
that
helps
mitigate
that
loss.
H
I'm
okay
with
that,
mr
president,
but
that's
what
some
of
the
folks
want
to
know
is
that
are
we
giving
folks?
You
know
this
helping
hand
with
this,
because
I
talked
to
tom
there's
a
lot
of
great
things
we
can
do,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
that
really
need
this.
That's
really
been
impacted
and
don't
have
any
of
those
documents
that
you
spoke
of
barber
shops,
hair
salon.
H
We
realized
that's
a
business,
but
someone
had
something
in
their
house
and
say
you
know
I
lost
ten
thousand
dollars
because
I'm
running
a
radio
show
or
because
I'm
doing
such
a
thing
and
we've
never
seen
this
business
probably
never
heard
it.
But
I
just
want
us
to
be
careful
how
we
support
and
prioritize
these
things.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
mr
president,
so
I
know
that
I'm
mindful
of
time-
and
I
know
that
you're
not
even
halfway
done
through
your
through
your
presentation,
but
I
guess
a
few
questions
for
you.
How
many
local
business
owners
were
part
of
this
conversation.
F
So
in
total,
so
there
are
two
three
local
business
owners
on
the
arpa
advisory
committee.
Then
mo
pulled
together
focus
groups
with
around,
I
would
say,
eight
to
ten
folks
participating
that
were
representing
businesses
and
then
community
leader
interviews.
I
think
we
did
maybe
one
or
two
direct
interviews
with
business
owners.
C
Okay,
great,
so
I
love
some
of
the
ideas
that
are
presented
here.
I
think
counselor
vanesa
alluded
to
this.
I
feel
like
numbers
three
and
six
could
be
grouped
together
because
it's
basically
the
same
subject,
which
is
childcare.
I
know
that
number
two
expands
on
it
a
little
bit
more
quick
one,
direct
cash
infusion
to
support
small
businesses,
direct
cash
for
what.
F
So
so
that
is
our
understanding
right
now
that
there's
no
immigration
requirement
attached
to
this
funding
now
I'll
caution.
Everyone
by
saying
that
the
regulations
that
the
feds
released
are
new.
I
C
C
Wonderful,
my
last
question
is
on
point
number.
Five,
so
fun
fact
is.
I
have
a
great
relationship
with
district
from
with
my
district's
business
owners,
and
the
idea
of
reducing
the
liquor
license
to
50
was
actually
something
that
I
proposed
and
was
something
that
was
given
to
me
directly
from
a
business
owner
so
shout
out
to
the
owners
of
tijuana
restaurant.
C
If
this
is
something
that
you're
pondering
on
is
it
do
we
need
to
use
the
funds
that
are
here
or
can
we
just
waive
those
fees
like
explain
to
me,
what
are
your
thoughts
behind
that
behind
the
reducing
costs,
additional
cost
with
under
licensing
and
permitting.
F
To
our
administrative
ordinance,
you
know
the
city
has
the
authority
to
waive
certain
license
and
permit
fees,
however,
other
license
and
permits,
particularly
ones
that
are
tied
to
state
processes,
can't
necessarily
be
waived.
So
a
good
example
that
would
be
the
liquor
license
fee
a
restaurant
has
to
pay
at
the
alcoholic
beverage
commission.
F
C
A
J
F
So
we
do
have
quite
a
bit
of
economic
data
that
we
were
able
to
gather
as
part
of
the
the
data
collection
and
analysis
process
at
the
beginning
of
the
committee
meetings.
As
the
committee
sort
of
progressed,
they
would
ask
for
other
data
points
relative
to
the
economy,
housing,
demographics,
but
right
now
we
don't
have
a
perfect
sense
of
exactly
what
the
need
is
in
the
business
community.
I'll
be
blunt,
we
don't
have
a
quantified
need.
You
know.
F
If
I
were
to
stand
up
here
and
say
it's
20
million
dollars
versus
10
million
dollars.
You
know
those
data
points
don't
exist.
We've
done
a
lot
of
surveying
of
businesses,
so
we're
able
to
capture
you
know
points
in
time
based
upon
a
couple
hundred
respondents.
So
we
understand
that
you
know
the
majority
of
businesses
had
to
lay
you
know
more
than
25
percent
of
their
their
employees
off
during
the
pandemic,
and
I
can
share
with
you
sort
of
what
we
presented
to
the
committee.
F
That
shows
the
number
of
businesses
that
have
closed
and
the
impacts
during
the
pandemic.
What
we
don't
have
a
good
grasp
on
right
now.
Quantifiably
is
sort
of
how
those
businesses
are
recovering,
since
they
only
relay
limited
data
to
the
state
and
they
don't
relay
that
much
data
at
all
to
the
city.
So
we
survey
businesses
periodically
and
we
have
to
rely
on
that
survey
data
for
a
lack
of
better
sources,
so.
J
So
I
guess
my
point
is:
is
that
having
money
allocated
to
all
this
is
all
well
and
good,
but
we
really
need
to
know
what
we're
doing
in
order
to
be
effective.
So
you
know,
I
think,
I
think,
having
somebody
that
knows
how
to
mine
data
from
from
both
state
and
federal
agencies,
that
you
know
economic
indicators
and-
and
you
know
how
many
bankruptcies
were
filed
or
how
many
you
know
it
it
just
kind
of.
J
J
J
F
So
those
publicly
accessible
sources
from
the
state
and
the
federal
government
we
analyzed
crunch
and
presented
to
the
committee
so
that
included
business
closures,
business
closures
by
occupation,
employment
and
unemployment
by
sector,
as
well
as
the
number
of
businesses
that
declared
bankruptcy
formally
or
closed
down.
I
think
what
I
was
trying
to
get
to
in
my
earlier
comment
was
that
you
know
we
know
how
many
businesses
we
lost.
We
know
the
number
of
employers
that
closed
down
on
the
number
of
employees
that
vanished
overnight.
F
So
technically,
there's
no
restriction
on
using
arpa
funding
to
assist
chelsea
residents
who
may
be
starting
businesses
elsewhere.
I
think
that's
a
policy
decision
that
the
city
and
city
council
has
to
make
we've
been
approaching
the
small
business
category
as
how
do
we
assist
chelsea-based
small
businesses,
as
well
as
entrepreneurs
who
are
residents
that
may
want
to
start
business
so.
J
So
I
mean,
for
instance,
I
I
employ
a
lot
of
chelsea
residents,
but
my
office
is
in
boston,
so
you
know
it's
it's.
It's
I'm
not
sure
like
where
you
know
where
you
draw
the
line.
I
mean
you
know
for
some
of
these
things,
not
for
me,
but
for
others
that
might
be
kind
of
in
the
same
boat.
H
F
That's
a
good
question,
so
we
do
cross-check
for
all
of
our
programs,
our
pool
of
applicants
against
state
federal
and
regional
programs.
So,
for
instance,
with
our
rental
assistance
program,
we
cross-referenced
our
local
rental
assistance
pool
with
the
state
rental
assistance
pool.
We
did
that
too,
with
the
small
business
program
that
we
ran
and
that's
a
practice
that
will
continue
to
employ.
A
Seeing
no
further
questions
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
one,
which
is
prior
to
the
prioritized
workforce,
development
and
we'll
read
off
the
top,
so
we
can
just
see
it
real,
quick.
Just
if.
E
I
could
offer
that
these
are
strategies
and
a
lot
of
these
questions
have
been
very
programmatic
and
think
about
this,
that
these
will
be
prioritized
by
the
committee
and
then
the
city
staff
that
will
be
implementing
them.
So
there'll
be
an
opportunity
to
do
some
of
the
directing
that
folks
are
adding
here
today.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
get
get
through
these.
So
you
get
a
chance
to
really
give
us
some
input
but
know
that
they'll
be
in
the
implementation
of
these
yet
another
space.
E
H
A
A
The
second
was
provide
subsidized
training
in
critical
areas,
including
the
trades
where
employment
is
available
in
chelsea
and
nearby
subsidizing.
These
trainings
with
stipends
transportation,
child
care
options
and
address
cliff
effects;
number
three
foundational
training
in
I.t
and
cuba,
computer
skills,
english
as
a
second
language,
child
care
and
entrepreneurship.
A
H
I'm
fine
with
a
lot
of
that,
I'm
one
of
my
think
my
thoughts
was,
and
I
had
it
with
my
city
manager,
it's
a
telecommunication
problem.
I
thought
when
we
got
hit
with
the
kobe
right
from
the
beginning
and
six
months
in
when
everyone
had
to
go
online,
that
a
lot
of
our
residents,
businesses
and
the
schools
where
everyone
had
to
go
online
to
try
to
keep
up
with
what
was
going
on.
We
were
way
behind,
so
I'm
100
in
agreement
with
the
broadband.
H
I
know
the
city
manager
states
that
it's
a
lot
of
work,
but
I
think
we
need
to
really
invest
in
this
wiring
and
cable
in
this
internet
service.
Because
again
we
learned
a
lot
and
we
also
lost
a
lot
because
a
lot
of
folks
didn't
have
that
communication
through
the
internet
and
because
we
have
those
little
hot
spots
in
chelsea.
So
pretty
much,
I'm
supportive
of
this
one
here
in
full.
A
So
alex
and
I'll,
let's
allow
counselor
dejesus
first
to
ask
questions.
I
Thank
you,
president.
My
question
is
for
in
regards
to
funding.
Are
we
expanding
on
any
of
these
training
opportunities
for
existing
programs
that
exist
for
programs
that
already
exist
classes
that
already
exist
just
keeping
in
mind
that,
like
you
know
to
limit
as
much
as
possible
overhead
fees
and
recreating
programs,
and
all
of
that.
F
Yes,
I
think,
first
and
foremost,
we
want
to
build
off
of
the
civic
infrastructure
that
we
have
currently
so
anywhere
that
we
can
expand
existing
programs
that
are
effective,
that
reach
a
large
number
of
residents
and
that
accomplish
their
mission.
You
know
we
want
to
opt
to
divert
resources
to
that,
as
opposed
to
create
new
programs
that
could
be
that
could
duplicate.
What's
already
out
there.
A
So
alex,
I
think,
one
of
the
concerns
that
I've
had-
and
I
know
I've
shared
this
with-
I
think
council
robertson's
also
brought
this
up-
is
that
we
have,
or
we
hear
about
workforce
development
and
training,
but
what
we're
not
getting
or
what
we're
not
seeing
by
metrics
is
the
actual
training
in
a
particular
skill
or
certificate.
A
The
most
common
one
is
we
talk
about,
is
cdl
license
or
something
like
that.
So
my
question
is:
if
this
funding
is
going
forward,
what
type
of
training
are
we
going
to
look
at
and
is
there
going
to
be
a
measurement
say
just
this
is
how
many
people
have
attained
a
certificate.
This
is
how
many
people
in
the
middle
of
getting
a
certificate
and
so
forth
and
how
it
does
and
also
to
follow
up
what
does
number
one
look
like
in
practice?
F
So
to
answer
your
your
first
question
so
like,
for
instance,
we
recently
crafted
and
submitted
a
proposal
to
the
economic
development
administration
for
a
regional
cdl
training
program
that
would
benefit
residents
of
east
boston,
revere,
chelsea
and
lynn.
So
these
types
of
resources
through
arpa,
can
allow
us
to
both
leverage,
larger
pots
of
funding
out
there
to
enhance
training,
as
well
as
to
sponsor
targeted
training
programs
in
chelsea
or
in
the
surrounding
area.
You
know:
there's
a
multitude
of
training
programs
out
there
currently
for
a
number
of
sectors.
F
F
So
we're
looking
to
both
address
that
access
issue
as
much
as
possible,
but
also
create
new
opportunities
in
technology,
particularly
like
web
development
coding,
those
types
of
sort
of
it
service
sectors,
the
construction
trades
so
carpentry,
electric
hvac,
especially
as
we
have
this
robust
climate
agenda,
where
we
want
to
decarbonize
our
residential
and
commercial
buildings
over
the
next
30
years,
that's
going
to
require
a
significant
amount
of
electrical
workers.
You
know:
plumbers,
hvac
specialists
and
carpenters.
F
I
think.
Lastly,
you
know
trades
that
are
related
to
transportation
and
logistics
are
also
of
interest.
You
know
we
have
a
geographic
advantage
in
chelsea
where
we
have
the
produce
center
and
other
transportation
and
warehousing
companies
that
can
employ
residents
at
high
wages,
so
we'd
be
looking
at
trainings
in
in
that
realm
as
well,
but
in
terms
of
performance
metrics,
I
think
absolutely
the
performance
metrics
that
you
had
you
had
referenced.
F
Are
you
know
plausible
they're
ones
that
we
collect
for
existing
programs,
and
we
can
also
you
know,
craft
these
to
fit
the
program
as
as
we
go,
arpa
doesn't
back
you
in
to
collect
any
particular
metric
when
it
comes
to
program
delivery,.
F
And
then,
and
then
lastly,
on
number
one
so
increasing
workforce
development
for
those
most
in
need,
I
think
the
committee's
overarching
goal
with
this
was
to
allocate
resources
to
provide
workforce
development
opportunities
for
residents
that
have
been
traditionally
excluded
or
marginalized
from
existing
programs.
So
a
good
example
of
this
are
state
programs.
Many
of
the
state
programs
right
now,
whether
it's
in
biosciences
transportation
or
the
construction
trades,
are
operated
in
suburban
locations.
F
Some
of
them
have
financial
requirements,
some
of
them,
depending
on
their
funding,
even
have
immigration
requirements.
The
committee's
goal
with
this,
based
upon
my
understanding,
was
to
create
training
opportunities
that
didn't
have
those
barriers
that
were
local,
that
didn't
have
those
immigration
requirements
and
particularly
opportunities
that
cater
to
youth.
Since
youth
development
is
one
of
the
other
key
focal
areas
of
the
the
arpa
committee.
H
President
I'll
be
quick,
so
have
we
did
any
reach
any
kind
of
work
trying
to
reach
out
to
the
unions,
because
you
said
about
the
construction.
F
Absolutely
so
that
I
think
is
exemplified
by
one
of
our
newer
partnerships,
so
under
a
state
grant
called
the
community
empowerment
and
reinvestment
grant.
We
recently
secured
funding
in
partnership
with
la
clabretiva,
the
chelsea
housing
authority
roca,
as
well
as
the
carpenters
union
and
the
electrical
union
to
develop
a
pipeline
for
young
adults
in
chelsea
who
want
to
get
into
the
electrical
and
carpentry
trades
in
order
to
go
on
to
careers
in
building
management
and
maintenance.
F
So
right
now
we're
working
with
roca
to
recruit
for
that
program.
This
is
kind
of
a
pilot
test
run.
If
you
will-
and
you
know,
depending
on
our
lessons
learned-
we
hope
we
can
scale
this
with
additional
resources,
but
those
sort
of
application
fees
for
a
lack
of
a
better
word,
as
well
as
the
ability
to
geographically
access.
The
training,
centers.
H
J
H
I
G
F
So
we
actually
don't
know
yet
we
won't
know
until
the
committee
develops
their
allocation
plan,
so
the
committee
will
have
to
lay
out
in
this
plan
the
exact
amount
of
funding
that
they
would
propose
allocating
to
each
of
these
categories.
So
they
could
allocate
five
million
dollars
to
workforce
development
or
they
could
allocate.
You
know
one
million
dollars
that'll
determine
how
many
people
we
can
help.
So
right
now
we're
hoping
to
work
with
council,
the
committee
members,
as
well
as
the
public,
to
rank
the
priorities.
G
G
A
Any
other
further
questions
on
this
section,
just
so
that
I
can
allow
my
colleagues
to
feel
a
little
bit
of
ease.
I
plan
on
continuing
this
meeting.
We
still
have
four
sections
ago.
I
figure
we're
going
to
have
go,
be
able
to
finish
one
more
and
that'll
leave
us
at
50
and
we'll
have
another
meeting.
A
The
opera
committee
has
been
meeting
for
months
to
be
able
to
hash
this
all
out.
It
would
have
been
unfair
for
this
council
to
delve
into
this,
and
just
try
to
look
at
this
with
one
out
and
within
one
hour
or
55
minutes
so
feel
free
to
just
go
through
this
next
section,
the
housing
and
but
we
will
continue
this
at
some
future
city
council
meeting
prior
to
similar
to
this.
E
Great
one
that
I
think
folks
will
appreciate
is
there's
quite
a
bit
of
emphasis
on
housing.
The
process
of
of
informing
the
committee
included
looking
at
historic
sources
of
housing
in
the
city.
Looked
at
the
information
about
current
housing,
housing,
availability,
affordability.
We
also
met
directly
with
residents
in
and
the
leaders
from
the
public
housing.
E
We
had
quite
a
bit
of
comment
from
the
public
in
community
meetings,
as
well
as
at
the
public
meeting
about
housing
and
obviously
great
discussion
at
the
committee
space,
and
so
these
are
the
priorities
as
they
came
for
housing,
and
I
I
think
there's
many
things
that
we
could
be
talking
about
here.
I'm
going
to
ask
you
if
you
have
suggestions
about
these,
please
give
those
to
us
as
suggestions,
because
a
lot
of
these
the
questions
you've
asked,
have
been
great
questions,
but
they're
also
really
informative
suggestions.
E
A
So
I'll
read
them
off.
The
number
one
is
increase.
Equitable
housing
opportunities
based
on
residents
needs
including
affordable
housing,
public
private
partnerships
and
workforce
middle
income
and
80
to
100
percent
ami
housing
number
two
increasing
new
construction
of
affordable
housing,
mixed
income,
housing,
new
sustainable
models,
number
three
make
investments
that
leverage
multiple
additional
resources
to
expand;
capacity
for
housing
stability
services,
including
support
for
resident
rental
error,
ridge,
a
railridge
there
we
go.
A
Number
eight
increase
rent.
So
I'm
sorry
rather
support,
rent
increase
mitigation,
rent
control,
longer
term
rental
assistance,
incentives
for
landlords
not
to
not
raise
rents,
number
nine
housing,
voucher
and
other
supports
for
people
already
in
apartments
housing.
Insecure
number
10
create
housing
specifically
for
civil
servants
and
community-based
organizational
staff
to
live
in
a
city.
A
So
at
this
time
I'll
ask
well
we're
going
to
have
about
10
10
minutes,
not
even
five
minutes,
basically
to
if
we
have
a
quick
question
from
anyone
and
we'll
again
we'll
continue
this.
But
does
anyone
have
any
questions?
First,
one
gets
the
first
question.
No.
C
C
A
All
right,
I
figured
that
we
only
have
a
few
minutes
to
give
our
staff
to
get
ready
for
the
city
council
meeting,
so
we
will
continue
this
and
I'll
work
with
the
city
manager
and
alex
to
set
the
next
meeting
so
that
we
can
have
a
similar
subcommittee
meeting
prior
to
our
next
city
council
meeting.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.