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From YouTube: ARPA Advisory Committee Meeting of 11-17-21
Description
City of Chelsea
A
All
right
well
welcome
to
our
third
meeting
of
the
community
advisory
committee.
This
is
our
process
for
taking
community
input
and
making
some
decisions
on
investments
for
our
dollars
in
the
city
of
chelsea.
I
want
to
thank
folks
who
were
able
to
join
us
the
last
two
meetings,
and
this
is
a
series
of
meetings
to
help
describe
what
the
issues
are
highlight.
Some
interventions
or
some
important
areas
for
investment
solutions
and
then
make
some
decisions
about
what
strategies
will
be
invested
in
with
the
50
million
dollars.
A
A
One
is
to
ask
you
to
be
present
as
much
as
you
can.
We
have
short
time
and
engaged
that
really
just
means
that
we
are
here
and
if
you
need
to
take
a
call
or
address
something,
please
step
out
and
come
back
in
try
to
make
best
use
of
the
time
that
we
have
the
one
mic
rule.
Basically
just
one
person
talking
at
a
time
I'll
recognize
you.
If
you
raise
your
hand-
and
you
can
go
from
there,
just
ask
people
to
do.
A
A
We're
actually
here
to
build
consensus
and
collaboration
and
to
make
decisions
collectively
together.
One
way
to
do
that
is
to
be
listening,
for.
Why
is
it
that
someone
is
putting
forth?
What
are
they
putting
forth
and
waiting
until
you've
heard
that
before
you're,
trying
to
put
together
your
answer
or
reply,
step
up
step
back,
just
meaning
that
I,
if
you've,
been
talking
a
lot
step
back
and
allow
other
folks
to
step
forward?
And
if
we
haven't
heard
your
voice
and
experience
we
needed
to
be
in
here
so
step
up?
A
A
D
I
J
A
As
with
every
meeting
we'll
have
interpretation
in
spanish
and
english,
and
so
that
everyone
can
participate
I'll,
ask
folks
if
you
can
to
just
moderate
as
you're
speaking
the
difference
of
time
for
the
translators
for
the
translation
to
happen,
for
the
interpreters,
to
go
from
english,
to
spanish
or
from
spanish
to
english,
and
just
be
conscious
of
that.
As
we
move
forward,
my
name
is
mo
barboza.
I
serve
as
senior
director
of
community
engagement
at
health
resources
in
action.
A
We
have
been
contracted
by
the
city
of
chelsea
to
help
facilitate
this
decision-making
process,
and
it's
my
honor
and
privilege
to
be
here
with
you
all
again.
So
thank
you
all
for
that,
and
just
want
to
thank
the
city
of
chelsea
for
this
amazing
opportunity
for
community
voice
to
be
a
part
of
how
decisions
are
made
with
the
substantial
amount
of
dollars-
and
I
know
we
said
this
in
the
first
time.
A
This
is
not
the
usual
and
it
is
a
really
important
and
special
thing
that
chelsea
is
doing
and
also
setting
the
bar
for
other
communities
that
there
should
be
community
engagement
in
how
these
decisions
are
made.
So
appreciate
this
opportunity
today
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
housing
and
food
security
and
important
issues,
obviously
for
any
community,
but
certainly
in
chelsea.
A
We'll
spend
some
time
highlighting
any
strategies
that
you
want
to
put
forward
that
we
should
be
thinking
about
we'll,
take
a
break
we'll
then
take
on
food
security
and
do
the
same
thing
and
then
close
out
at
the
end,
all
right
any
questions
about
what
we're
doing
and
how
we're
doing
it
great.
Thank
you
all.
So
we'll
go
to
the
slides,
we'll
start
with
just
a
quick
review
of
the
history
of
housing
in
chelsea.
A
This
is,
of
course,
the
land
of
the
window
submit
native
american
folks
pre-17th
century
chelsea
has
a
long.
History
has
been
occupied
by
folks
from
europe
may
in
the
1600s
by
the
early
20th
century,
chelsea
was
home
to
mostly
eastern
european
immigrants
and,
as
we
know,
chelsea
is
an
immigrant
community.
It
has
had
waves
of
immigration
over
the
time
early
in
this
past
century.
The
national
housing
act
of
1934
and
some
other
policies
really
laid
out.
A
A
There
were
four
colors
that
they
labeled
communities
with
green
and
blue
were
better
and
good
and
kind
of
on
the
rise.
Yellow
and
red
were
the
ones
that
were
on
the
decline,
and
so
a
lot
of
of
chelsea
was
in
the
yellow,
definitely
declining
about
55
percent
and
45
of
chelsea
at
the
time
was
labeled
hazardous.
A
The
blue
is
the
percentage
of
chelsea,
like
what
percent
are
that
particular
group
owner
occupied
units
versus
renter
occupied
units?
Probably
the
most
important
part
here
is
to
notice
that
there
isn't
agreement
between
the
percentage
of
people
in
that
community
and
the
number
or
percentage
that
our
renter
occupied,
and
so
in
the
hispanic
latino
community.
A
You
have
they're
about
two-thirds
of
chelsea,
but
only
about
40
percent
of
the
owner
occupied
units,
whereas
the
white
community
is
about
20
percent
of
chelsea
and
about
44
of
them
are
the
owner
occupied
units
important
for
us
to
really
be
thinking
about
as
you're
looking
at
building
an
equitable,
successful
thriving
community?
Who
has
the
opportunity
to
take
advantage
of
the
opportunities
that
you're
putting
forward
really
important
here?
Also,
is
that
that
renter
occupied
units?
A
It's
a
really
large
number
important
for
you
to
think
about,
like
what's
actually
available
in
the
city,
go
the
next
slide
since
2018
62
units
have
been
converted
into
condos
in
chelsea.
This
is
number
of
units
converted
to
condos
by
year.
Obviously
the
decline
has
had.
The
decline
of
this
has
had
been
impacted
by
covid,
but
even
in
that
first
code
year
2020,
you
saw
that
number
went
up.
There's
some
natural
ups
and
downs
in
this.
A
But
it
is
a
number
of
units
that
are
being
taken
off
of
the
general
market
for
renting.
Obviously,
when
you
transfer
to
condo
units,
many
of
those
condo
units
are
then
not
available
to
people
to
rent
at
prices
that
they
can
afford,
and
that
goes
up
and
down
as
well.
Yes,
sir,
is
this
based
on
existing.
A
A
Housing
affordability
is
a
priority
concern
for
chelsea
residents,
42
percent
of
folks
who
responded
to
a
survey
in
2021
named
affordable
housing
as
the
most
important
focus
area
in
the
recovery
of
the
from
cobia
19
2019
community
survey,
said:
affordable.
Housing
was
named
a
top
factor
that
defines
a
healthy
community
by
chelsea
residents.
So
people
know
that
affordable
housing
is
something
that
would
help
to
make
them
healthy
and
folks
are
saying
that
that
is
a
most
important
focus
area
for
recovery.
E
A
I
I
can
tell
you
that
I
haven't
seen
anything
that
is
that's
a
resident-wide
survey,
but
the
community
health
needs
assessment
would
be
probably
the
one
that
would
get
closest
to
it,
but
not
like
you
know
nothing
that
approximates
thirty
thousand
very
few.
You
know,
besides
the
even
the
acs
and
the
census
would
give
you
everybody
in
the
city
you're,
usually
looking
at
a
representative
sample
sure,
but.
L
Say
something
lex:
oh,
I
was
just
going
to
add
that
I
think
yeah,
the
community
health
needs
assessment
as
well
as
a
survey
that
we,
the
city
and
harvard
completed
as
part
of
the
chelsea
aids
program,
included
questions
on
affordability
and
housing.
Prosperedness
there
was
a
larger
sample
there's
over
2
000,
but
the
trends
were
the
same
as
shown
here.
A
Construction,
new
construction,
okay,
that's
something
we
can
add
how
many
new
construction
in
the
three-year
period
rental,
so
rick.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
captured
you
want
how
many
were
constructed
and
how
many
were
rental
and
how
many
were
condos
yeah.
So
you
know
you
can
rent
a
condo,
so
what
we
may
be
able
to
get
is
like
owner-occupied
or
something
like
that,
we'll
see
if
we
can
get
that
next
slide,
so
housing,
affordability,
meeting
yearly,
housing
costs
and
income
by
homeowners,
renters
and
household
type.
A
The
kind
of
national
definition
is
around
30
percent.
For
over
that
number,
you
are
housing
burdened,
meaning
that
the
cost
of
housing
is
a
burden
on
your
ability
to
pay
for
food.
Take
care
of
yourself
all
the
other
things,
medication,
all
the
other
things
that
people
would
need
to
do.
So
that
is
a
huge
number
of
folks
who
are
already
across
that
line
and
then
looking
at
households
and
families
comparing
chelsea
to
everett,
revere
and
winthrop,
you
see
the
the
numbers
for
chelsea,
which
is
the
blue,
are
lower
than
most
they're.
A
So
833
households
received
wrath
from
supports
from
february
20th,
21st
august
20th,
21st
and
almost
half
of
chelsea
residents
responding
to
the
covert
impact
survey,
we're
worried
about
paying
housing
costs
that
end
as
107.
housing.
Affordability,
as
we've
heard
from
all
of
the
community
meetings.
We've
had
thus
far
continues
to
be
a
huge
problem
for
folks
and
a
huge
challenge
to
their
ability
to
do
the
other
things
that
help
them
take
care
of
themselves
and
their
families.
A
The
team,
2012
and
2019
typical
home
values
in
chelsea
increased
by
almost
70
percent,
while
the
median
household
income
increased
only
by
29,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
think
about
this
median
meaning
half
was
higher
than
that
number
and
then
also
for
that
increase
in
income.
Half
of
the
folks
made
more
but
half
had
less
of
an
increase,
also
and
that
many
folks
were
becoming
even
less
able
to
be
able
to
afford
to
buy
a
home
in
chelsea
some
folks.
A
If
you
go
back
to
that
slide,
some
folks
look
at
those
numbers
and
they're
like
that's.
You
know
somewhat
of
an
understatement,
because
a
lot
of
what
we
see
as
on
the
market
even
available
for
chelsea
is
a
lot
pricier
than
that,
as
well,
so
really
important
that
we're
also
recognizing
that,
while
these
may
be
a
median
price,
a
lot
of
what's,
there
is
even
more
expensive
than
that
next
slide.
A
A
This
made
made
chelsea
very
vulnerable
to
the
spread
of
covid
9.6
of
chelsea
housing
units
are
considered
overcrowded
compared
with
a
statewide
average
of
two
percent
disproportionately
falling
on
the
people,
who
are
have
less
income
disproportionately
falling
into
people
who
are
losing
jobs
and
folks
who
were
also
essential
workers,
any
questions
or
thoughts
on
that
one
before
we
move
all
right
next
slide,
so
housing
quality.
So
we
talked
about
affordability.
We
talked
about
overcrowding,
the
actual
quality
of
the
housing.
A
Lead,
of
course,
is
one
of
the
worst
things
that
children
can
come
into.
Contact
with.
These
elevated
levels
of
lead
in
their
blood
are
almost
a
sentence
to
less
achievement.
Less
opportunities
in
the
future
impacts
their
ability
to
grow
their
ability
to
develop
learning
and
their
ability
to
then
join
the
workforce
and
become
productive
members
of
society,
and
it's
not
something
that
they've
done
to
themselves.
It's
something
that's
around
them
in
their
homes
and
in
the
areas
in
which
they
live
and
try
to
try
to
thrive
next
slide.
A
A
Exactly
exactly
carl
makes
a
really
important
point.
These
are
the
official
numbers
the
court
filings
for
evictions.
Unfortunately,
what
we
hear
from
people
in
community
and
what
folks
have
shared
is
that
many
folks
have
been
evicted
from
their
homes
for
for
reasons
that
never
even
made
it
to
court.
They
weren't
going
to
a
court
filing
to
get
evicted.
They
were
just
summarily
tossed
out
we'd
go.
You
know.
A
There
have
been
many
reasons
for
that,
for
why
folks,
wouldn't
wouldn't
even
enjoy
the
legal
process,
their
own
vulnerability
to
the
relationships
that
they
have
with
the
owners
of
the
homes,
the
ways
in
which
they've
contracted
or
not
contracted,
but
important.
To
just
note
that
this
is
an
undercount.
A
A
Homelessness
in
chelsea
and
again
just
like
that
last
thread,
I
want
you
to
remember
that
this
is
often
an
undercount
as
well
in
terms
of
how
many
people
are
chelsea
in
chelsea
might
be
vulnerable
or
unhoused.
In
2019
chelsea
community
survey,
10
of
residents,
reported
being
afraid
that
they'd
become
homeless
in
the
next
year.
A
Remember
that
that
was
before
the
pandemic,
so
that
was
already
an
issue
before
the
pandemic
and
then
proportion
of
homelessness
in
students,
which
is
a
way
that
many
communities
try
to
capture
the
issue,
because
families
that
are
unhoused
often
are
still
sending
their
children
to
school
and
chelsea
has
a
number
you
can
see
here
much
higher
than
some
of
the
communities
around
it
7.6
compared
to
revere
and
winthrop
at
2.5
and
0.7,
respectively
questions
or
thoughts
on
that
one.
Yes,.
A
Really
important
point:
we
can
try
to
see
if
we
can
get
any
more
recent
numbers.
One
of
the
challenges,
of
course,
with
copen
in
the
year
you
know
2020
and
now
into
2021-
is
that
some
of
the
surveillance
on
this
that
would
have
been
done
regularly
either
hasn't
happened
or
can't
be
very
accurate.
So,
for
example,
when
folks
were
not
going
to
school
actively
in
person
going
to
school,
some
of
this
data
wouldn't
have
been
captured.
L
Yeah,
so
I
think
you
know
in
terms
of
the
definition
of
wholeness
around
the
house,
it
is
populations
that
do
not
have
a
permanent
place
to
reside,
including
populations
that
may
be
physically
unhoused,
as
well
as
populations
that
may
be
couch
surfing.
Staying
with
a
friend
casually
for
a
lack
of
another
place
to
go.
So
I.
N
L
C
J
The
ambulance
companies
with
mgh
the
health
centers
are
presenting
these
people
that
are
significantly
at
risk
for
all
kinds
of
things.
They
have
to
have
five
risk
factors
to
even
be
presented
to
that
so
they're
in
severe
crisis
and
then
there's
a
kind
of
wraparound
response
to
them,
but
I
think
I
mean
when
I
even
look
at
this
homeless,
student's
piece
it's
like.
Are
we
capturing
the
kids
in
foster
care
in
this?
No,
like
those
kids
are
in
between
homes
or
still
enrolled
in
chelsea
schools,
and
yet
they
might
be
living
in
framingham.
So.
C
A
I'm
going
to
take
that
question
and
see
if
something
that
we
can
try
to
resource
with
additional
information.
I
will
tell
you
up
front
that
homelessness
is
squishy
by
definition
because
of
those
different
layers
and
typically
whatever
you're,
counting
you're,
some
significant
percentage
under
counting
because
you're
not
seeing
the
people
who
are
out
there,
we're
not
seeing
the
people
who
are
on
the
street
that
they've
been
coming
for
services.
A
We're
not
seeing
the
people
who
are
doubling
up,
who
are
tripling
up
we're
not
seeing
the
people
who
are
couch
surfing
as
well,
and
I
think
you're
right.
Let's
you
know,
let's
say
unhoused,
so
it
captures
that
broad
set
of
folks.
But
the
impacts
on
health
on
opportunity
on
job
on
employment,
for
the
unhoused
across
the
board
are
very
similar,
whether
you're
couch
surfing
or
you're
roughing
it
on
the
street.
D
A
So
some
of
the
themes
from
the
community
engagement,
rising
house
housing
costs
was
a
community
challenge
prior
to
2020
and
been
worsened
by
the
pandemic.
You
know
one
question
is:
how
do
we
expect?
How
do
we
expect
families
to
live
when
the
price
of
housing
is
going
so
high?
That
came
out
in
many
many
conversations
next
slide.
A
A
Affordable
housing,
that's
not
dirty
and
not
a
health
hazard.
Older
buildings
are
deteriorating.
This
idea
of
using
money
from
arpa
towards
if
you
can
go
back,
please
towards
renovating
chelsea
housing
authority
buildings,
but
that
wasn't
just
you
know,
just
a
chelsea
housing
authority.
There
was
a
broad
conversation
there
in
many
places
that
are
privately
owned,
homes
and
landlords,
and
so
forth.
A
Next
slide
concern
about
the
impact
of
new
residential
buildings
we'll
have
on
the
community.
Again
again,
we
heard
from
people
that
the
new
buildings
that
are
going
up
are
out
of
the
price
range
of
the
people
who
live
here
and
at
the
cost
of
open
land
for
young
people
to
have
parks
and
other
things
and
is
having
impact
on
the
people
who
live
here
and
in
terms
of
the
increase
in
rent,
the
desire
to
stop
building
new
apartments
and
instead
help
the
people
who
already
live
here
in
their
own
homes
or
in
apartments.
A
M
L
You
want
to
speak
for
that
yeah,
that's
a
great
question!
So,
right
now
the
city
has
a
policy
in
place
for
buildings
that
are
creating
10
or
more
housing
units.
They
have
to
set
aside
15
of
those
units
as
affordable
housing
for
folks
at
a
variety
of
different
media
models.
So
those
are
important
through
the
private
marketplace.
There's
no
public
funding
involved
in
the
creation
of
them
and
the
city
oversees
the
compliance
with
that
program.
H
D
A
Any
other
questions
on
that
so
just
want
to
open
up
for
an
opportunity
to
hear
other
thoughts
on
housing
in
chelsea
things
that
folks
saw
in
the
slides
or
other
issues
that
you
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
considering
in
the
conversation
we'll
spend
a
little
bit
of
time
surfacing
some
of
those
and
then
we're
going
to
take
a
little
bit
of
time
to
think
about
what
are
some
strategies
that
are
out
there.
That
also
we
should
be
thinking
about.
D
C
There
is
a
big
problem,
I
know,
because
people
reached
out
to
me
regarding
this
people
that
are
above
the
80
percent
up
to
about
maybe
120
ami
middle
class
working
class
people
who
are
getting
squeezed
out
of
chelsea
because
they
don't
qualify
for
any
assistance,
but
the
rising
cost
of
buying
a
home
or
even
renting
is
is
getting
out
of
control,
and
these
are
you
know.
These
are
people
that
we
need.
We
constantly
complain
about
our
firemen,
our
police
officers.
C
C
I
think
that
that
deserves
some
attention,
because
these
are
you
know,
people
that
nobody
basically
talks
about
and
they're
getting
squeezed
out
so,
and
I
appreciate
everybody
else
who
has
problems
as
well.
I'm
not
saying
that
I
don't,
of
course,
but,
but
I
never
hear
any
of
this
in
any
of
the
conversations
in
chelsea,
and
I
think
it's
very
important
for
that
segment
of
the
population
to
be
able
to
you
know
remain
in
chelsea
as
well.
So
it
is
what.
L
So
with
affordable
housing,
the
rents
that
are
charged
in
that
affordable
housing
are
based
off
of
the
income
so
for
the
boston
area
they
use
the
boston
regional,
deviant,
which
you
know,
half
of
people
fall
below
the
other
half
fall
above
in
the
greater
region.
So,
for
instance,
80
of
the
areas
we
need
income
for
a
family
report.
That's
about
a
hundred
and
one
thousand
dollars
a
year.
L
L
H
E
A
M
So
going
to
what
todd
was
saying,
I
think
it's
not
only
a
concern
of
the
rising
price
and
understanding
that
huge
gap.
It
is
not
only
affecting
community
members,
it's
also
affecting
small
businesses.
I'll
tell
you,
because
the
breadth
is
not
only
increasing
for
residents
but
also
increasingly
foreign.
M
I
have
seen
more
than
four
businesses
in
the
last
six
months
leave
chelsea,
because
because
they're
so
high
I
mean
when
you
think
of
it.
Yes,
you're
close
to
boston,
but
you're
not
involved.
So
why
should
you
be
paying
the
same
score
footage
by
somebody
taking
summerville
or
cambridge?
It
doesn't
make
sense.
M
So
what
can
be
done
to
actually
stop
it,
maybe
create
some
policies,
maybe
create
something
around
it
that
protects
the
city
itself,
so
that
the
people
that
are
coming
into
the
city
to
invest
are
not
taking
advantage
and
are
actually
increasing
the
prices
for
the
people
that
are
here.
That
live
here,
work
here
and
are
trying
to
survive
here
and
are
only
seeing
chelsea
as
an
investment
to
draw
money
from.
I
I
What
percentage
of
of
our
affordable
housing
falls
at
each
of
those?
What
are
those
discrepancies?
I
just
need
to
see
a
bigger
picture
for
that,
because
I
don't
think
anything
that
we've
seen
really
narrows
in
on
what
the
graph
is
we're
really
talking
about
hypothetically
and
so
for
me
to
understand.
I
need
something
a
little
bit
more
time
for
that.
Susan.
A
Etc,
to
give
you
a
flavor
of
the
problem,
and
certainly
I
appreciate
that
question,
because
if
we
can
find
that
information,
we
will
bring
it
forward,
but
I
also
want
to
caution
us
that
we
don't
get
so
tied
to
like
here's
the
one
thing,
because
the
problems
are
always
working
faster.
Just
as
we
saw
here,
the
median
income
in
chelsea
puts
you
at
a
huge
disadvantage
when
it
comes
to
the
affordability,
that's
based
on
ami.
So
even
you
know,
even
if
we
have
great
understanding
of
you
know
what
the
that
gap
is.
A
D
F
90
of
our
residents
are
at
that
30
am
I
they're
extremely
low
income
about
eight
percent,
very
low
income
and
one
or
two
percent
that
are
low
income,
and
when
you
look
at
the
fact
that
five
of
our
eight
developments
are
built
in
the
40s
in
the
50s,
and
so
I'm
glad
that
and
alex
and
florida
were
able
to
get
up.
You
know
to
talk
with
some
of
our
housing
authority
residents,
because
there
is
a
we
got.
F
F
Really
is
a
concern
of
ours.
We're
going
to
talk
about
you
know
when
you
talk
about.
You
know
you
talk
about.
You
know
those
bricks
at
the
territory.
You
talk
about
those
the
woodies
that
were
built
before
the
brickies
back
in
the
40s.
You
know
to
house
the
veterans
until
the
brickies
were
done
and
those
are
falling
apart
and
you
know
we're
throwing.
F
We
just
put
new
windows
in
into
into
practice.
You
know
and
carefully
you
know,
but
which
is
nice.
They
look
good,
but
then
the
roof
is
leaking
on
a
consistent
basis
that
leads
to
the
mole
and
then
our
flooring
is
decaying,
which
leads
to
the
people
on
the
third
floor.
They
take
a
path.
You
know
it
goes
down
into
the
second
floor
and
all
the
way
down
and
again
we're
the
ones
in
public
housing
that
deal
with
that
30
and,
if
not
worse,
we
have
you
know,
because
we
also
have
an
estate
portfolio.
F
A
Really,
eye-opening
and
part
of
this
process
is
to
make
sure
that
people
whose
voices
usually
aren't
part
of
the
decision
making
have
a
space
to
add
in
and
part
of
what
our
role
is
going
to
be,
is
to
bring
some
of
that
information
to
you.
So
when
you
see
the
things
that
said,
community
engagement
and
themes,
it's
from
people
who
are
really
close
to
the
problem,
the
folks
who
are
doing
the
suffering
of
some
of
these
issues
and
their
voices
are
kind
of
coming
to
you
from
that
space.
K
K
H
L
L
A
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
also
get
some
initial
strategies
to
be
considered
and
we'll
do
a
little
bit
more
of
the
strategy
development
in
the
meetings
to
come.
But
after
each
topic
like
this,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
capture
any
strategy
so
something
that
you've
seen
done
in
other
places
or
something
you
think
would
be
a
good
way
to
address
some
of
the
problems
that
we've
been
surfacing
here
today.
Any
strategies
that
you
think
would
be
important
to
consider
for
investment.
A
M
Can
assumptions
be
created
in
this
case
where
the
we
know
the
goal
is
50
less
in
chelsea,
although
it
might
be
a
hundred.
You
know
100
1
000
for
the
entire
region,
allocating
that
assumption
for
chelsea
as
a
city
can
we
take
some
now
I
can,
and
that
is
something
that
we
put
in
place
to
avoid
the
continuing
process
at
least
residential.
A
B
F
B
And
it
doesn't
determine
how
much
it
costs
to
build
a
new
apartment
right.
All
those
are
the
same,
and
so
I
think
that
what
we
need
to
focus
on
and
how
we
bring
in
the
resources
to
be
able
to
do
that
right
now.
If
you
wanted
to
buy
an
apartment
in
chelsea,
it
is
too
expensive
to
be
affordable.
That
is
our
problem,
not
how
we
measure
people's
income,
the
income
that
people
have
on
average
here,
whatever
it
is,
is
not
sufficient
for
most
people
to
be
able
to
buy
a
unit
in
chelsea.
B
And
likewise,
if
you
build
a
new
one,
it's
too
expensive,
it's
not
affordable
by
the
time.
You're
done
so
you
need
to
subsidize
no
matter
what
you're
doing,
no
matter
who
you're
doing
it
from
30
to
what
todd
was
saying:
120,
it's
not
affordable
in
chelsea
right
now,
and
that
is
the
problem,
and
what
we
see
is
that
people
come
up
with
their
own
solutions.
What
else
are
you
supposed
to
do
right?
So
when
you
talk
about
the
overcrowding
mode
that
you
mentioned,
people
double.
D
B
Global
19
had
a
chance
to
spread
much
faster
in
our
community,
the
tng,
where
our
units
are
affordable
at
different
ranges.
We
saw
rates
that
were
three
to
four
times
lower
for
proving
19
than
in
the
surrounding
community,
and
the
reasons
for
that
is
that
their
care
wasn't.
Overcrowding
from
the
us
are
affordable
because
there's
strict
regulations
on
the
landlords
and
attendance
that
you
can
live
there,
we
need
to
figure
out.
B
A
F
C
F
I
mean
so
it
was
a.
It
was
always
something
that
jay
wanted
to
do
when
he
was
a
city
manager,
and
just
so
you
couldn't
come
to
fruition.
Somebody
became
the
secretary
and
we
are
the
first
in
the
state
to
actually
do
this.
The
city
of
chelsea
was
against
the
guinea
pig
you
know
so,
the
yes,
the
developers
thrown
up
about
here.
F
Can
put
up
like
80
percent
of
of
committing
that
the
city
with
the
tiff,
as
you
know,
because
you
had
a
vote
on,
is
a
portion
of
that
we
had
to
go,
get
the
estate
grant
that's
doing
a
tremendous
amount
of
talk
about
environmental
stuff.
You
know
doing
it.
Gonna
have
a
big
environmental
impact
down
here.
F
F
You
know
prevailing
wage
is
if,
if
you
took
prevailing
wage
out
of
this
car,
you're
dropping
off
on
a
cost
down,
17
million
dollars,
17
million
dollars
right
and
so
now
we've
got
to
try
to
mix
and
match
and
jay
actually
come
up
with
the
how
to
do.
It
was
the
forty
percent,
the
party
you
know,
middle
income
and
and
and
and
also
during
today,
there's
a
strategy
moving
forward.
How
you
try
to
encompass
all.
G
Income
have
reduced
the
number
of
actual
units
that
were
loaded
from
the
field,
and
that's
really,
you
know,
move
people
out
of
the
city
of
that
area.
So
this
is
really.
You
know,
kudos
to
everybody,
who's
involved
in
doing
that,
and
a
good
example
for
other
things,
to
do
principles
that
you're
using
about
keeping
the
units
that
you
have
and
adding
more
affordability.
Those
grades.
K
K
C
C
They
they
came
up
when
this
came
before
the
city
council.
They
all
came
up
and
said.
Please
please,
please
do
this.
These
places
are
bad.
Okay,
I
mean
juan
vega,
came
before
the
city
council
and
used
language
worse
than
mine.
Just
now
at
the
city
council
begging
to
have
these
capacities.
Am
I
right?
Do
you
remember
that
oh
yeah,
so
I'm
just
I'm
just
saying:
I'm
not.
E
N
C
F
F
We
have
three
developments
and
we
get
about
eight
hundred
thousand
and
we
had
to
save
up
three
years
of
non-spending
on
the
federal
because
we
had
to
put
brand
new
elevators
in
260
clock
that
cost
950
000,
and
so
that's
the
the
you
know
the
juggling
we
have
to
do
and
and
again
glad
that
you
were
able
to
come
up
and
get
it
firsthand
from
our
residents.
Last
week.
A
One
of
the
things
that
we'll
be
able
to
do,
as
we
start
to
think
about
strategies,
is
bring
in
some
of
what
folks
have
have
been
doing.
That
could
be
invested
in
again
or
to
to
do
again,
and
so
we'll
ask
you
to
bring
some
of
those
ideas
in
as
well.
I
want
to
give
us
a
quick,
five
minute
break
and
then
we're
going
to
talk
about
food
and
security.
A
A
A
A
it
went
up
overall,
went
up
for
communities
of
color
went
up
for
the
white
community
went
up
for
households
without
children.
It
went
up
dramatically
for
households
with
children.
These
are
across
the
board
raises
in
a
rise
in
a
in
insecurity
rates
in
massachusetts.
Adults
next
slide
pre-pandemic
perceptions
of
food
security
among
chelsea
residents.
So
this
is
2019,
and
you
know
again.
This
is
before
the
pandemic.
A
60
percent
food-
they
bought
didn't
last
and
they
didn't
have
money
to
buy
more
at
the
end
of
the
month
until
the
end
of
the
month,
48
didn't
eat
fruits
and
vegetables
because
they're
too
expensive
38.4
indicated
that
improved
transportation
mobility
would
be
a
solution
to
accessing
the
food
they
need
or
want.
This
is
from
the
healthy
chelsea
chelsea
hunter
network
community
food
assessment
in
2019
and
again
this
is
pre-pandemic
next
slide.
A
A
A
A
So
absolutely
next,
so
food
sources
utilized
by
chelsea
residents
june
2020.
If
you
recall
it
it's
hard
to
remember
now
how
destabilizing
those
first
three
months
of
covert
were
in
chelsea,
especially
huge
changes
in
how
people
were
living.
The
city's
emergency
program,
17
000,
buying
food
themselves,
9
000,
snap,
8,
800
food
from
pantries,
seven
thousand
boxes
of
food
from
schools,
two
thousand
senior
delivery
meals,
two
fifty
and
folks
who
are
ineligible
for
federal
programs.
Five
thousand
we're
living
off
little
to
no
income
and
unable
to
feed
themselves
exclusively
from
free
meal
sites.
A
A
We
were
just
mentioning
during
the
break
is
that
kovid
created
an
opportunity
to
see
the
size
of
the
problem
that
was
there
beforehand.
It
didn't
create
the
problems
made
some
of
them
worse,
but
these
were
things
that
were
there.
People
who
didn't
know
that
they
were
food
insecure
when
they
lost
a
paycheck
or
when
work
wasn't
as
available
figured
out
that
they
were
food
insecure
for
the
first
time
and
many
folks
for
the
first
time
reached
out
for
help.
A
But
many
others
didn't
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
as
well
and
again,
these
numbers
belie
what
the
real
need
may
have
been
as
well.
Next
slide
the
food
debit
card.
This
is
the
chelsea
eats
program.
Hopefully
everyone's
heard
of
it
as
much
lauded
around
the
country
and
separately
around
the
state
food
debit
card
program,
200
to
400
dollars
a
month,
empowering
residents
to
purchase
their
own
food
and
meet
other
needs,
two
thousand
households.
A
A
A
One
of
things
that
gets
lost
in
this
is
that
people
were
working
not
only
multiple
jobs,
with
many
hours
in
overtime
trying
to
make
ends
meet,
and
so
the
pandemic
may
have
taken
away.
That
second
opportunity
of
that.
Second
job
so
you're
still
working
40
hours
a
week,
but
you're
not
able
to
make
the
overtime
or
the
other
job
that
was
supplementing
it
because
many
households
were
struggling
because
they
didn't
have
that
added
income
loss
of
partner
health
emergency.
A
A
And
so,
even
when
we
see
these
numbers
ballooning,
there
are
still
people
who
are
on
the
borders
of
that
and
not
doing
the
help
seeking
that
they
could
or
should.
If
things
are
offered
in
a
way
that
allows
them
to
step
forward
and
be
helped.
So
something
to
think
about
some
of
the
things
that
we
heard
from
the
themes
from
the
community
engagement
identified
need
for
prepared
meals
and
food
that
people
don't
have
to
for
for
people
that
don't
have
reliable
access
to
kitchens
or
other
means
of
cooking,
so
prepared
foods.
A
If
you
recall
part
of
what
was
available
to
people
before
the
pandemic
is
that
you
could
go
and
eat
a
meal
at
a
soup,
kitchen,
a
shelter,
etc.
Those
were
meals
that
were
prepared
that
were
there,
kova
19
meant
that
you
couldn't
do
that
anymore.
There
was
only
food
that
you
could
hand
out
and
most
of
what
people
were
receiving
weren't
prepared
meals.
They
were
meals
to
go
and
cook.
A
Barriers
to
assistance
programs
exist
for
undocumented
residents,
so
identifying
the
undocumented
need
food
and
helping
those
populations
to
get
the
food
when
they
don't
want
to
qualify
for
federally
funded.
They
federally
funded
programs
like
wic
and
ebt,
so
whether
they're
able
to
qualify
or
not
those
barriers.
Often
these
are
also
from
the
people
who
are
doing
the
providing
that
they
want
to
provide
for
somebody,
but
they
can't
because
of
the
ineligibility
so
next
slide.
Service
providers
identified
need
for
physical
space
for
food
programs,
especially
during
winter
months.
G
A
A
Chelsea
each
was
lotted
everywhere.
Every
conversation,
people
celebrated
it,
but
there
were
other
things
as
well.
That
folks
highlighted
working
with
another
church
in
a
restaurant,
they
would
provide
discount
vouchers
for
pantry
users.
Forty
five
thousand,
we
provided
saved
the
business
and
we
were
able
to
provide
ready-made
meals.
It's
a
model
that
could
be
replicated
so
there's
some
interventions
that
happen.
Part
of
what
we
asked
folks
was
what
was
working.
A
D
A
F
F
And
inform
them
so
would
meet
without
the
resident
first.
What
is
your
local
food?
You
know
healthy
local
food
in
the
country
you
come
from
and
then
take
that
information
bring
it
to
be
the
convenience
store,
the
corner,
store
and
form
them
so
that
they
get
rid
of
the
you
know
the
twinkies
and
the
and
the
stuff
right
we
walk
in
and
then
now
and
then
provide
them
with
grant
a
grant
money
that
they
would
then
supplement
the
bad
food
for
the
good
food.
D
N
I
don't
know
we
impress
their
prices
and
inflation
because
of
the
future.
I
mean
you
walk
into
a
supermarket
and
it's
like
18
dollars.
If
you
want
to
buy
a
piece
of
meat,
people
are
not
going
to
buy
meat.
People
buy
bad
chocolates
because
they're
too
expensive
they're
going
to
go
for
the
fast
frozen
pizzas
and
cook
meals
that
are.
F
F
N
N
Food
cards
as
well
as
catholic.
That's
why
we've
been
feeding
the
entire
community
throughout
the
pandemic.
So
it's
it's
very
discreet.
One
of
the
issues
with
the
the
food
bank
initially
was
that
you
know
you
had
people
coming
in
and
standing
in,
close
contact
and
people
were
destined.
You
know
people
did
that
they
they
knew
that
they
was
exposing
themselves
and
they
were
desperate
to
feed
their
families.
So
they
did
that
yeah.
N
C
You
know
we
were
trying
to
get
local
people
to
give
people
gift
cards
or
whatever
to
these
local
restaurants.
So
we
could
kill
two
birds
with
one
stone.
This
is
the
same
kind
of
idea
about
involving
the
different
sectors
of
the
community
and
and
for
you
know,
culturally
appropriate
food
and
by
the
way
I
think
growing
food
in
in
chelsea
is
a
great
idea.
J
D
D
J
Food
issues
in
the
city,
long
before
the
pandemic
and
kudos
to
him
for
still
going
with
it.
We
still
meet
every
once
a
week
on
tuesdays
at
10
o'clock,
and
I
just
think
that
the
food
resource
guide
was
so
valuable
to
so
many
people.
You
can
sign
food
seven
days
a
week
at
five
different
places
at
all
these
different
times.
It
was
it
was
rich
and
yet
we're
still
not
addressing
a
problem,
and
so
we
have
to
figure
out
why
that's
not
addressing
a
problem.
P
N
Just
like
we
have
the
billboard
aligning
broadway
with
different
faces
for
the
census
is
something
that
we
could
do
for
healthy
eating
and
education
to
our
community
overseas
people
aware
and
to
start
at
from
the
bottom
to
the
top.
So
from
grade
school
from
catholic
head
start
program,
when
I
was
a
public
health
nurse
there
on
my
back
had
a
healthy
eating
program
that
characters
come
in
and
learn
how
to
prepare
healthy
dishes
with
their
children.
K
M
K
F
O
American
food
is
not
something
that
is
the
taste
of
the
latino
community,
but
because
it's
cheap.
So
when
you
have
family
that
you
can
feed,
of
course
you
will,
you
will
all
get
a
hot
dog.
So,
but
I
I
think
that
what
what
john
and
all
these
healthy
campaigns,
it's
also
too
much
to
teach
people
to
to
have
better
nutrition,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
then
they
heat.
So
if
you
have
rice,
but
you
are
not
coming
in
any
other
source
of.
N
K
Q
Culinary
club
and
they're
trying
to
push
towards
healthier,
you
know
they're
teaching
the
kids,
how
to
do
it,
but
the
state's
restrictions
on
like
what
consists
of
a
meal
like
it's,
not
necessarily
about
health.
It's
about
like
the
budget
and
making
sure
that
all
these
kids
have
something
to
eat.
If
it's,
even
if
it's
not
so
like
keeping
that
in
mind
and
like
schools,
are
trying
the
the
the
lunch
people
are
trying.
It's
just
like
the
limitations
like
they're,
not
exactly
the
best.
A
C
C
This
is
a
problem
that
we
need
to
solve
with
them
being
here.
So
what
I
was
saying
to
susanna
during
the
break
was,
you
know,
places
like
newton
right.
We
know
that
they
got
a
lot
of
the
arpa
money
before
we
got
the
additional
funds
that
were
kind
of
deciding
to
spend
those
guys
have
virtually
nobody.
C
These
guys
should
be
paying
part
of
the
part
of
the
bill.
To
do
this,
we
need
people
to
advocate
on
beacon
hill
to
try
to
you
know.
You
talked
about
bringing
resources,
some
of
these
places
that
don't
have
lots
of
affordable
housing
that
don't
have
refugees
that
don't
have
people
that
come
in
and
they're.
You
know
it,
it's
a
it's
a
cost,
there's
no
question
about
it.
C
You
know
so
you
know
I.
I
think
that
this
is
something
that
needs
to
be
discussed
as
far
as
it
doesn't
necessarily
help
with
the
arpa
funds,
but
it
might
make
these
arpa
funds
you
know,
might
supplement
them
to
solve
these
problems.
We're
talking
about
there's,
there's
28
million
dollars
that
we
got
so
you
know.
C
B
F
On
the
chamber
side
of
thing
getting
that
it
was
a
program
that
was
run
during
at
the
beginning
of
it.
Where
money
came
in
to
forget
the
chamber
of
the
community
and
the
money
went
into
the
chamber
and
they
were
able
to
partner
with
the
local
restaurants
and
the
agreement
was
the
local
restaurant
would
use
a
portion
of
that
to
bring
the
local
people
back
to
work,
and
then
they
would
cook
the
food
that
would
be
given
free
to
the
residents
and
it
would
be
home,
cooked,
fresh,
healthier
and
obviously
afford
to
get
free.
O
I
I
would
like
to
add
that,
during
the
community
meeting
that
we
have
one
thing
that
came
across
for
help
for
housing
and
food
security,
it
was
because
of
leading
so
for
some
folks
not
getting
access
to
a
house
or
to
get
food
because
they
are
not
making
a
lot
of
money
or
everything
is
so
expensive.
So
I
think
that
also
the
exercise
is
see
the
intersectionality,
because
also
people
need
to
deserve
to
be
better
paid.
So
sometimes
it's
it's
assuming
that
folks
wants
everything
for
free.
It's
a
mistake.
O
What
they
want
is
provide
their
family,
so
they
want
better
jobs.
They
want
better
pay
to
afford
for
their
houses
to
afford
for
their
food.
There
is
a
proud
of
the
latino
community
to
provide
the
family,
so
affordability
that
would
be
free,
and
I
think
that
also
it's
one
of
the
things
that
I
won't
say.
It's
just
see
everything
in
a
context,
because,
at
the
end
of
the
day
what
probably
came
across
is
that
people
lose
their
job
and
now
they're
trying
to
get
back
on
track
with
all
these
barriers
that
that
they
have.
A
A
I
Anyone
know
if
our
community
has
ever
thought
of
or
implemented
a
community
kitchen
of
sorts,
so
something
that's
on
a
larger
scale
that
permits
us
to
offer
healthy,
healthy
and
culturally
appropriate
food,
but
that's
acceptable
by
everyone
in
the
community
and
even
children.
So
kids
need
something
after
school.
If
there
were
a
community
kitchen
where
they
could
go
rather
than
running
to
the
mcdonald's,
with
the
three
or
four
dollars
that
they
have.
N
I
think
I
think
a
lot
of
people
is
is
going
to
have
something
like
that
they're
getting
into
work,
I'm
kind
of
very
excited
yeah,
so
I
I
think
that
the
glass
egg
is
not
here,
but
I'm
pretty
sure
that
she's
starting
a
program
which
involves
a
community
kitchen.
Of
course
the
kitchens
will
be
cooking.
A
Let's
state
that
this
would
be
something
to
do
or
something
that
we
could
do
here
as
an
idea,
because
I
think-
and
I'm
I'm
saying
this
to
you,
but
I'm
really
thinking
to
everybody
else,
because
in
your
minds
you
might
have
one
of
these.
Like
oh,
have
we
ever
tried,
or
is
this
something
we
can
do?
I
want
you
to
bring
those
ideas
forward.
So
thank
you,
susan
for
bringing
that
idea
forward,
throw
those
ideas
out
there,
because
we'll
have
a
chance
to
look
at
all
the
ideas
and
then
sift
through.
A
But
if
you
don't
share
the
ideas
that
we
won't
have
them
to
be
able
to
choose
from.
So
if
there's
like
a
crazy
strategy,
you've
heard
of
or
something
you've
thought
about
that,
maybe
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
do
or
something
somewhere
else
bring
those
things
forward.
We
want
those
to
be
part
of
the
conversation
so
that
when
it
comes
time
to
making
decisions
about
where
should
we
should
be
investing,
we
have
the
broadest
set
of
ideas
possible
and
a
way
to
walk
through
them.
So
please
don't
hold
back.
B
D
B
P
B
B
We
were
cognizant
of
the
fact
that
there's
still
a
gap,
and
if
we
can,
I
think,
in
this
context
it
might
be
easier
than
another
context
if
we
can
identify
what
the
need
is,
how
much
food
is
missing
in
shelter,
and
we
figure
out
what
portion
of
this
funding.
We
can
allow
that
because
it's
all
in
in
the
end,
it's
all
tied
together
right,
rent
eats
first.
D
B
D
D
Q
Are
like
multiple
like
little
pop-up
like
community
like
gardens,
and
things
like
that
around
the
city?
Is
there
an
effort
to
like
kind
of
like
create
a
network
like
kind
of
development
like
make
them
more
accessible
to
everybody?
Who
wants
to
go
and
like
create
incentives
for
people
to
go
and
plant
put
in
their
time?
I
Do
we
have
a
greenhouse
something
that's
year-round,
because
our
growing
season
in
chelsea
is
actually
very
short
issues,
so
one
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
space,
so
we
certainly
don't
have
enough
40
000
families
to
grow
and
two,
even
if
we
did
they'd,
still
only
be
going,
maybe
four
to
five
months
out
of
the
year.
So
are
there
any
efforts
for
our
new
houses?
Do
we
have
any
locations
where
we
could?
Maybe
new
development
has.
P
A
That's
part
of
the
reason
why
we
want
to
keep
having
a
conversation
is
to
bring
up
some
of
those
things
that
you
know
all
of
a
sudden.
You
might
have
oh
there's
an
article
about
how
this
food
program
is
using
container
farms
as
a
way
to
support
it
to
do
it
in
small
areas
of
land
that
you
may
not
be
able
to
grow
a
lot.
You
know
horizontally,
but
you
can
grow
more
vertically,
so
that
might
be
a
way
to
do.
Farmers
are
there
different
ways
that
you
can
bring
those
things
into
bears.