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From YouTube: City Council Sub Committee of 8-30-21
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City of Chelsea, To discuss appropriation of $75,000 for appraisal and consulting services for the possible eminent domain of parcels in Suffolk and Congress Ave.
A
Okay,
good
evening,
everyone,
this
is
the
meeting
of
the
city
on
the
subcommittee
on
conference.
The
following
matter
will
be
discussed
to
discuss
the
appropriation
of
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
for
the
appraisal
and
consulting
services
for
the
possible
imminent
domain
and
friendly
takings
of
parcels
in
suffolk
and
congress
avenue
officials
invited
to
attend.
The
subcommittee
is
city
manager,
tom
ambrosino,
honorable
members
of
the
council,
permitting
land
use
director
john,
the
priest,
neighbor
developers,
who
was
in
here
at
the
last
meeting
again.
A
B
A
B
Episode
car
service
later
president
council,
recuperate
counselor,
garcia,
abstract,
council,
vega,
maldonado
abstinence,
council,
robinson
council
rodriguez,
absent
councillor,
taylor,
council
lopez,
councillor
brown,
councillor
zabik,
one,
two,
three,
four,
five,
six
members,
president
trump.
Thank
you.
A
So,
as
I
was
saying
earlier
that
we
had
left
off
a
continuation,
we
were
talking
to
various
owners
of
the
parcels,
as
we
were
going
down,
the
street
and
a
member
or
an
owner
who
could
not
make
it
and
is
here
tonight,
is
the
eastern
minerals.
Joe
mcnamee
is
here
and
at
this
moment
I'll
ask
him
if
he
wants
to
come
up
to
the
microphone.
A
The
question
that
the
board
has
in
particular
myself
is
as
we're
looking
at
the
parcels
along
suffolk
street.
It
is
made
aware
to
us
that
in
a
recent
purchase
with
the
andreatolo
family,
that
you
also
have
in
ownership
in
the
r2
district
parcels
of
land
that
are
identified
as
let's
see
here,
72,
76
and
78
suffolk
street.
C
In
the
case
of
the
boston
hindsight,
we
leased
it
back
to
that
family
until
they
were
able
to
move
their
company
in
the
case
of
those
properties
we
currently
use
them.
We
have
nine
married
couples
living
in
our
associated
properties
around
there
and
they
have
18
children
and
we
have
two
units
with
just
four
adults.
In
them,
our
one
of
our
employees
is
now
moving
out
as
he
purchased
his
own
home.
We
rent
it
to
them
an
affordable
rate.
C
C
I
think
from
the
standpoint
of
our
company,
you
know
we're
happy
to
work
with
the
city
around
any
any
subject
I
mean
affordable,
housing
is
included.
We
support
that.
We
do
it
for
our
employees
and
and
the
tenants
in
those
in
those
units,
but
we
don't
believe
that
eminent
domain
is
the
way
to
go,
and
we
respectfully
request
that
you
vote
no
on
this
motion,
and
certainly
dan
and
myself
and
shayla
are
here
and
and
can
tell
you
a
little
bit
more
about
what
we're
doing.
A
C
C
A
D
Hi
thanks
for
having
me
my
name
is
dan
adams.
I'm
a
architect.
I've
been
working
with
eastern
salt
company
since
around
2004
here
in
chelsea,
I'm
also
the
director
of
the
school
of
architecture
at
northeastern
university,
and
what
I
wanted
to
share
is
just
some
of
the
development
plans
that
we've
been
working
on
since
2016
with
the
city
and
on
marginal
street
in
particular.
D
A
What
we're
looking
for
is
suffolk
street
particular
industry.
So
if
you
have
something
related
to
this,
the
question
is:
does
suffolk
unit?
Does
eastern
salt
have
any
plans
for
the
lots
that
we've
described
we're
aware
of
the
other
lots,
but
we're
talking
the
order
itself
is
about
suffolk
street.
So
I'm
just
curious.
D
D
D
What
we
have
always
advocated
for
in
the
area
is
that
the
the
waterfront
is
used
as
a
job
creation,
maritime
industrial
corridor
that
then
moving
north.
You
have
a
commercial
development
corridor
which
really
can
be
mixed
use
of
all
sorts
of
commercial
development
types
and
then
immediately
north
of
that,
when
you
get
into
the
neighborhood,
we've
always
felt
it
should
be
residential,
preferably
affordable,
residential
properties.
D
D
The
north
side
of
marginal
street
is
used
as
mixed
use,
commercial
really
to
generate
as
many
jobs
in
chelsea
as
possible,
especially
with
the
extension
of
the
silver
line.
We've
always
thought
that's
a
fantastic
job
opportunity
to
create
job
growth.
It
was
often
positioned
as
how
people
could
get
out
of
chelsea
to
get
to
jobs.
We
love
the
idea
that
people
are
coming
into
chelsea
for
jobs
and
that
there's
jobs
in
chelsea
and
suffolk
street.
What
you
can
see
is
it
down
scales.
You
know
a
lot
of
the
buildings.
D
D
These
were
renderings
that
we
developed
in
2016
kind
of
looking
at
that
corridor.
The
other
thing
we
were
really
advocating
and
still
advocate
for
is
especially
on
the
back
side
of
the
properties
that
eastern
owns
is
using
the
setback
area
to
create
multi-modal
corridors
really
linking
broadway
to
the
silver
line
through
bike
lanes
and
pedestrian
lanes.
So
that's
where
you're
seeing
a
designated
shared
use
path
on
the
south
side
of
suffolk
street.
D
And
what
we
were
just
looking
at
was
essentially
different
options
for
development
in
that
area
different
scale,
preserving
all
existing
buildings
and
preserving
as
joe
was
speaking
about
adjacent
lots
to
those
buildings,
so
that
people
can
have
yards
and
places
to
park.
But
to
your
point,
roy,
where
there's
places
of
contiguous
parcels
that
those
are
opportunities
for
infill
development
at
a
sort
of
you
know
medium
scale.
Three
four
stories.
D
Highs
and
firs
became
available
in
2019
for
purchase,
and
that's
what
you
can
see
highlighted
here
where
again
sticking
to
the
plan.
What
we've
always
planned
for
is
on
marginal
street
commercial
development
to
reinforce
marginal
street
as
a
jobs
corridor
and
then
north
of
that
on
suffolk
street
infill
residential
development.
D
In
2019,
after
acquiring
the
property,
we
were
actually
in
a
market
at
the
time
that
seemed
to
strongly
support
hotel
development.
In
chelsea
massachusetts,
there
seemed
to
be
great
demand
at
the
time,
so
we
were
meeting
with
hotel
developers
at
the
time
again
great
job
creation,
great
opportunity
to
create
civic
and
community
centers
within
the
hotel.
D
At
that
time,
we
were
approached
by
the
city
and
green
roots
to
consider
how
we
could
potentially
help
by
offering
that
facility
as
a
food
hub
to
serve
city
food
distribution
needs,
at
which
point
the
company.
I
was
asked
to
essentially
figure
out
how
to
renovate
their
facilities
in
this
area
to
support
food
distribution
in
the
city
of
chelsea.
D
In
a
matter
of
two
weeks,
we
rushed
as
rapidly
as
we
could
to
kind
of
mobilize
all
of
our
contractors
and
relationships
to
open
the
terminal
and
donate
the
terminal
for
use
by
the
city
for
food
distribution,
which
is
its
continued
use
to
this
day.
So
it
is
continuing
today
to
for
full
donation
of
the
pods
and
facility
and
use
of
the
building
and
land
and
the
setup,
and
the
utilities
is
donated
for
use
as
a
food
hub.
So
that's
its
continued
use.
D
D
The
program
began
outside
in
partnership
with
the
national
guard,
using
the
outside
areas
around
the
building
and
across
the
street,
and
as
the
winter
approached,
we
were
asked
whether
we
could
move
it
into
any
of
the
hides
and
firs
properties
so
that
the
workers
could
be
warmer
while
they
were
packing
food,
which
is
what
we
went
about.
Renovating
the
buildings
to
bring
it
up
to
code
compliance
for
use
for
food
distribution
in
the
city,
so
that
was
our
kind
of
rapid
winter
project
in
the
year
of
2020.
Again
after
acquiring
the
property
in
2020.
D
We
acquired
the
pro
well
eastern
salt,
acquired
the
property
in
2019,
but,
as
joe
described,
the
family
had
continued
use
before
they
could
move
out.
This
was
the
hides
and
furs
family,
so
they
continued
operating
there
until
2020.,
currently
in
terms
of
the
main
parcels
on
marginal
street.
So
I
want
to
emphasize
the
parcels
on
suffolk
street.
We
strongly
believe
should
be
residential
development.
It's
a
residential
neighborhood.
The
parcels
on
marginal
street
we
think,
are
a
fantastic
opportunity
for
commercial
and
industrial
development.
D
What
we
are
in
conversation
with
now
is
a
lot
of
wind
energy
interest
for
all
of
the
offshore
wind
that
is
being
supported
by
the
biden
administration
in
the
area
of
the
gulf
of
maine.
There's
a
lot
of
interest
in
those
types
of
job
creation
in
this
area
in
boston
harbor.
We
think
it'd
be
a
fantastic
opportunity
to
bring
that
into
chelsea.
Eastern
salt
is
one
of
the
only
companies
in
all
of
boston
harbor.
D
D
Beginning
in
around
2013
is
when
the
coastal
oil
terminal
was
converted
to
rock
chapel
marine,
and
the
street
front
of
marginal
street
was
radically
altered
with
trees
and
planting.
At
that
time,
the
city
requested
the
development
of
a
waterfront
park
which
became
port
park
in
that
project,
which
has
both
the
year-round
and
seasonal
components.
D
At
that
same
time,
the
company
the
city
asked
about
investing
in
highland
park
soccer
field,
at
which
point
eastern
salt
resurfaced
that
soccer
field
part
of
the
development
was-
and
this
is
what
I
want
to
emphasize-
about
the
focus
on
the
public
realm.
This
is
their
new
headquarters
operation.
One
of
our
great
ambitions
with
all
of
the
projects
is
to
drastically
improve
marginal
street
and
eventually
suffolk
street,
to
be
a
great
corridor
for
pedestrians.
One
of
our
big
initiatives
has
been
tree.
D
Planting
in
order
to
reduce
urban
heat
island
effect,
create
shade
on
marginal
street
we've
planted
about
250
trees.
At
this
point
in
the
neighborhood,
that's
the
character
of
the
sidewalk.
Now
on
marginal
street,
we've
also
developed
other
pocket
parks
on
the
waterfront,
which
I
I
show
this
to
say
that
the
2016
plan
is
our
kind
of
guiding
compass.
In
that
plan,
we
developed
proposals
for
waterfront
access
points.
What
we
call
point
pocket
parks
on
the
waterfront.
D
D
D
So
we
about
doubled
the
size
of
the
community
garden
and
contribute
that
property
back
for
use
by
the
city
and
green
roots.
Other
projects,
like
I
said
the
street
front,
beautification
in
the
area-
I
just
think,
speak
to
our
dedication
to
the
public
realm
in
recent
years.
In
large
part,
due
to
the
growing
cost
of
living
in
chelsea,
the
company
has
really
seen
a
need
to
create
housing
for
workers
and
make
housing
affordable
to
workers.
D
So
as
part
of
some
of
recent
purchases
is
acquiring
housing
which
is
now
occupied
by
workers.
I
want
to
point
out
that
it's
a
sort
of
simple
plan,
but
it's
a
plan
that
the
company
has
put
in
effect
to
preserve
affordable
housing
in
those
units.
So
the
people
who
are
in
the
unit
stay
in
the
units,
and
this
is
the
housing
rates
that
are
typically
being
applied,
which
is
on
a
you
know.
D
But
I
should
say
you
know
as
an
architect,
one
of
the
things
we've
been
trying
to
do
is
really
improve
both
the
aesthetics
and
code,
compliance
and
performance
of
these
buildings
in
general,
so
this
being
something
like
69
pearl,
really
focusing
on
the
outward
aesthetics
and
again
lots
of
landscaping
around
the
properties.
This
is
one
suffix
street,
a
house
we
completely
got
renovated
and
now
has
a
family
of
eastern
salt
dock
workers
living
there.
D
Parents
and
their
kids
again
really
focusing
largely
on
tree
planting
and
landscaping
around
these
properties.
One
of
the
properties
we've
been
working
on
a
lot
recently
is
one
of
the
really
famed
captains
row,
houses,
historic
monuments
on
marginal
street.
This
is
96
marginal
street.
You
can
sort
of
see
the
dilapidated
condition
that
the
landscape
had
fallen
into.
D
D
I'll
conclude
by
saying,
we
have
several
other
plans
that
we're
hoping
to
enact
in
the
near
future.
This
is
the
corner
of
pearl
and
marginal
street.
It's
a
specific
request.
That's
come
from
tom
city
manager,
tom
ambrosino,
to
improve
that
again
we're
looking
at
creating
a
small
park
of
tree
planting.
D
That's
the
end
of
my
presentation.
Thank
you.
We
just
wanted
to
give
a
sense
of
the
projects
we've
undertaken
in
recent
years
again.
What
I
want
to
say
a
project
like
this
took
us
18
months
to
complete,
because
this
was
a
full
historic
preservation.
Those
are
cedar
columns
imported
from
california.
We
didn't
want
to.
We
wanted
to
mimic
the
historic
quality
and
do
the
development
right.
We're
not
looking
again
to
do
kind
of
quick
flip
developments,
we're
looking
to
achieve
long-term
sustainable
development
in
chelsea
eastern
salt's
been
operating
in
chelsea
for
more
than
50
years.
D
A
D
Yeah,
I
think,
when
we've
envisioned
it's
very
much
in
sort
of
consideration
of
the
current
character
of
the
neighbor
on
suffolk
neighborhood
on
suffolk
street,
which
is
low-rise
multi-uh
family
units.
Really,
the
goal
is
to
create
sort
of
diverse
housing
stock
that
accommodate
different
types
of
family
units
in
an
affordable
way.
That's
what
we've
been
doing
with
the
other
residential
properties
that
the
company
owns.
So
that's
what
we'd
be
looking
to
continue
to
do.
A
But
there
will
be
they'll
continue
to
be
rentals,
they're,
not
ownership,
opportunities,
correct,
that's
correct,
okay
and
you
just
you
had
a
presentation.
There
are
a
list
of
the
apartments
when
that
when,
when
the
company
listed
24
suffolk,
I'm
sorry
one
suffolk
street
one
suffolk
street,
it
was
a
four
a
three
bedroom
and
it
was
listed
for
twenty
six
hundred
dollars
by
juan
gallego.
A
Your
company
listed
the
company
that,
though,
that
three-bedroom
for
2600
it
demanded,
in
addition
to
the
2600
that
the
it
was
first
last
and
they
had
to
pay
the
brokers
fee.
So
it
was
another
half
a
month
in
addition
to
their
month,
so
it
would
have
been
about
four
months.
So
I'm
I'm
calling
the
question
when,
when
you're
saying
that
it's
affordable,
how
do
you
describe
a
three
bedroom
for
twenty
six
hundred
dollars
a
month
and
an
upfront
cost
of?
C
C
A
C
A
A
A
We're
talking
about
your
the
idea
of
the
creation
and
plan,
so
there's
a
leariness.
I
would
say,
at
least
on
my
part,
that
any
development
plan
be
told
when
it
might
happen.
But
I
look
back
at
the
history
there
and
I
look
at
a
the
garage
or
say
the
parking
lot,
also
on
marginal
between
hawthorne
and
suffolk
and
there's
got
to
be
some
respectful,
some
wariness
about
a
timeline
when
we're
not
seeing
that
in
other
places,
so
you're
talking
about
a
a
sort
of
given
some
time
to
develop
these
lands.
C
C
A
C
B
C
E
A
That's
where
the
the
former
rag
shop
was
and
the
environmental
work
there
that's
been.
That
has
been
used.
As
a
you
say,
a
layover,
that's
the
in
the
for
the
past
couple
of
years
has
been
a
layover
area
for
mgw
array
and
and
an
inverse
source
and
national
grid.
Correct.
That's
the
talk,
the
area
I'm
talking
about
right
there,
so
this.
C
A
In
2019.
so-
and
I'm
sorry-
I-
I
went
a
little
bit
too
far
there
just
now
that
I
finally
have
the
screen
and
my
so
my
the
rest
of
the
council
can
see
what
we
were
talking
about.
The
area
that
we
were
describing
is
this
area
right
here.
This
is
the
area
that
you
say
is
being
used
or
was
used
for
parking
parking.
C
A
C
C
C
A
That's
what
we
were
trying.
This
was
what
this
is.
What
this
exercise
was
about.
We
were
talking
to
all
the
landowners
up
and
down
the
street
and
we're
trying
to
figure
out
what
was
going
on
in
all
these
lots.
So
we
got
you
know
we
had
others
telling
us
that
they
were
using
it
for
their
cars
and
there's
an
obvious
use.
We
saw
that
there
was
an
obviously
use
of
parking
on
site.
The
land
was
actually
paved
and
being
used
for
parking.
A
F
You
guys
have
a
development
plan
and
you
want
to
help
people,
and
I
support
that.
But
what
are
you
going
to
do
if
it's
just
that
land?
Is
that
enough
for
your
development?
Or
are
you
going
to
try
to
take
the
rest
of
it
because
they
own
other
property,
we
own
property?
So
I
just
want
to
understand
the
whole
scope
of
it.
A
A
Yes,
so
the
idea
was
in,
in
my
my
personal
view,
not
for
all
of
my
colleagues
to
say:
can
we
be
proactive,
not
wait
to
some
of
these
lands
possibly
to
being
taken
by
private
land
and
then
done
all
whether
it
be
four
or
five
units
that
will
never
be
affordable,
but
a
market?
Can
we
also
engage
in
the
community
and
find
out
if
there's
any
opportunities
idea
being
if
and
what
under
this?
If,
if
there's
a
recommendation
from
again
I'll
leave
it
to
the
city,
manager
and
staff,
say
we've
looked
at
the
ones.
A
F
Understand
that
my
only
concern
is,
if
you
decide
to
do
that
with
the
big
dogs,
what
happens
to
the
little
dogs
that
are
on
the
end
of
the
street?
Okay,
I
have
plans
for
my
property
one
day,
I'm
the
youngest
out
of
all
my
siblings,
and
I
know
that
my
neighbors
do
too
I'm
just
more
concerned
of
if
you
get
at
the
big
dogs
and
you
take
their
land,
what
happens
to
the
other
ones.
A
F
A
F
F
We
just
know
that
we
are
going
to
do
it
one
day.
That
is
our
plan.
That
is
our
goal.
That's
what
we're
working
for
right
now!
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
affected
in
whatever
you
guys
decide
to
do,
and
it
seems
like
your
plan
is
to
help
the
underdogs,
and
I
support
that,
but
I
am
an
underdog,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
it
helps
me
too.
A
G
Hi,
I'm
shayla
mahoney
eastern
salt
company
and
just
kind
of
wanted
to
make
it
clear.
You
know
what
dan
explained
that
we
have
a
long-term
plan
for
you
know
developing
in
the
city,
and
we
definitely
see
this
region
is
for
affordable
housing,
and
you
know
we
think
we've
been
doing
a
good
job
working
at
building
the
affordable
housing
and
that
that's
our
plan
for
that
area.
You
seem
like
you're
still
on
shore,
so
I
want
to
well.
A
I
think
that
there
is
a
there.
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
different
sentiment
about
what
affordable
housing
means
and
the
opportunities
and
what
we're
facing.
We
hear
a
lot
from
our
constituents
that
there's
no
affordable
home
ownership
opportunities.
So
that's
what
we're
looking
at.
That's
at
least
my
my
own
concern.
So
when
I
hear
affordable
rental,
it's
not
something
that
is
in
my
in
and
I'm
in
favor
of.
Because
again
I
speak
for
me
personally.
A
I
can't
speak
for
my
colleagues,
but
I
know
that
I
am
faced
with
lots
of
families
who
are
leaving
chelsea
because
they
cannot
afford
to
buy
here,
and
the
focus
has
been
too
much
on
affordable
rental,
but
that
doesn't
really
help
the
existing,
particularly
when
again.
In
my
opinion,
eighty
percent
of
the
housing
in
chelsea
is
affordable
and
eight
and
twenty
five
percent
of
that
is
affordable.
A
I
mean
home
own
home,
affordable
homes.
My
my
follow
up
question
is
well.
If
it's
rentals,
it
doesn't
make
a
difference
because
we've
been
making
those
we've
been
allowed,
those
to
be
built
and
no
one
is
building
the
type
that
we
want
to
stay
in
this
community,
particularly,
I
would
say
in
that
neighborhood
that
has
the
hot,
the
lowest
home
the
whole,
the
lowest
ownership
level
and
the
highest
transiency
level.
That
neighborhood
in
particular,
has
the
most
housing
code.
A
Violations
in
the
city
has
the
highest
number
of
accounts,
closed
and
open
by
eversource
and
national
grid,
and
yet
so
when
I
look
at
that
neighborhood,
where
we've
developed
we've
focused
on
so
many
other
parts
of
the
city.
I
look
at
this
area
and
I
say:
okay,
what
can
we
do
to
improve
living
conditions
in
that
neighborhood
housing
affordabilities,
because
most
of
it
is
all
rentals.
So
what
can
we
do
and
to
me
the
answer
is:
let's
see
if
we
can
create
home
ownership
opportunities
in
that
neighborhood
and
what
stirred
the
com?
A
The
conversation
was
not
only
the
move
that
the
city
manager
pushed
with
orange
street,
which
was
a
couple
of
parcels
that
were
taken
by
tax
title,
but
also
the
recent
the
developers
of
22
willow
have
offered
land
back
as
far
as
in.
In
addition
to
saying,
hey,
allow
us
to
build
a
brand
new
facility.
A
They
were
willing,
as
community
mitigation,
to
give
back
land
and
now
that
land
could
possibly
be
used
for
again
an
home
ownership
opportunity.
So
I
it
it's.
It
all
followed
suit
between
a
number
of
different
steps
of
where
I
came
to
and
said,
besides
22
that
that
land
on
willow
street.
What
other
areas
in
this
in
around
this
neighborhood?
Are
there
homeownership
opportunities,
and
it
led
me
to
bring
everyone
along
suffolk
street
and
again
so
we're
looking
at
everything.
G
E
My
name
is
kenneth
lewis,
you
keep
saying
property
ownership,
affordable
ownership
of
properties.
To
tell
you
the
truth,
there
is
no
such
thing
when
a
single
family
song
for
six
hundred
fifty
thousand
seven
hundred
thousand,
when
you
have
three
families
being
condoled
out
and
those
condos
selling
at
650
plus
thousand
dollars.
The
mortgage
rate
on
those
here
is
actually
more
expensive
than
affordable
housing.
E
You
know
when
you're
paying
twenty
two
hundred
dollars
and
I
think
the
affordable
housing
rate
is
like
twenty
six,
twenty
eight
for
a
three
three
family
and
they're,
renting
it
for
what
twenty
two
something
like
that
for
a
three
fifteen:
that's
well
below
market.
Now,
if
you
bought
that
same
thing
same
unit
as
a
condo,
a
three
a
three
bedroom
condo,
six,
seven
hundred,
I
mean
you're
a
real
estate
agent.
E
I'm
sorry,
I'm
still
talking.
What's
the
difference,
if
it's
home
ownership
or
rentals,
the
property
is
still
being
maintained.
Eastern
mineral
has
done
a
lot
for
the
community.
The
property
is
still
being
maintained.
There
is
development,
it
doesn't
matter
if
it's
ownership
or
rental
people
are
coming
into
chelsea.
You
know
right
now.
Rental
is
actually
cheaper
than
owner.
A
A
So
if
the
city
was
to
and
we're
going-
and
this
is
going
to
happen
on
orange
street-
so
basically
a
person
a
family
and
they
usually
give
a
dual
lottery
for
these.
They
have
an
opportunity
to
buy
a
condo
or
a
home
in
that
price
range.
You're
talking
about
a
mortgage
of
about
fourteen
hundred
dollars
a
month
and
that's
a
two
hundred.
B
A
A
I
am
again
the
the
rfp
if
this
was
in
in
the
same
way
that
the
the
salvation
army
happened.
The
city
took
the
property
or
purchased
it
put
out.
A
bid
asked
the
developer
to
come
up
with
a
plan
and
they're
now
going
to
build
10
condos
there
14
condos
there
with
one
two
and
three
bedrooms.
They
decided
to
mix
it's
a
mix
of
different
units
in
there
so
and
they're
going
to
be
within
two
years.
You'll
have
10
condos
that
individuals,
chelsea
families
can
purchase
and.
E
E
E
Do
understand,
but
the
the
whole
premise
of
this
here
was
to
develop
those
properties
right,
whether
the
owners
of
the
properties
are
going
to
utilize
the
property
and
develop
the
property
right.
So
it
really
doesn't
matter
even
if
they
put
another
community
garden
on
that
huge
piece
of
land
on
suffolk
street
they're,
still
developing
the
property,
it's
being
utilized.
G
A
But
there's
a
housing
crisis
just
to
be
clear.
Let
me
oppose
this
think
about.
I
respect
you
to
ask.
Put
us
in
you
put
your
understand
opposition
when
you
have
many
members
of
the
community
organizations
non-profits,
all
of
them
who
are
saying
to
you
that
lots
of
chelsea
families
are
being
forced
out
of
this
community
can't
afford
to
live
here
anymore
I
can
leaving
and
in
buying.
A
We
get
constant
letters
from
our
employees
who
are
leaving
the
community
and
taking
this
their
salaries
with
them
that
if
this
council
can't
find
a
method
or
a
way
to
act,
to
address
that
that,
if
it's
better
to
have
a
community
guarded
than
it
is
to
have
those
families
have
a
home
here
in
chelsea,
I
was
just
using
that
as
an
example
roy.
But
I'm
asking
you
the
choice,
you
said:
let's
you
know
a
community
garden
would
be
great.
A
E
Get
that,
but
you
got
to
also
understand.
The
whole
purpose
of
this
here
was
to
see
if
the
owners
of
the
property
were
going
to
develop
the
property.
I
use
that
as
an
example
they
own
the
property
they
can
do
whatever
they
want
if
they're
going
to
develop
it.
That
was
that
was
what
this
was
all
about.
E
A
E
Why,
if,
if
the
city
is
so
concerned
about
affordable
housing,
why
doesn't
the
city
take
an
initiative
like
eastern
mineral
to
stop
buying
some
of
these
properties,
and
then
you
can
rent
them
out
or
sell
them
affordable
housing?
If,
if
you
want
to
buy
a
three
bedroom
house,
a
market
value
and
sell
it
for
whatever
the
affordable
is
that's
your
prerogative?
E
But
if
you
want
to
try
to
take
land
from
the
people
that
have
been
paying
the
taxes
on
it
that
have
owned
the
land
for
a
long
time
and
that
have
plans
to
develop
the
land.
That's
that's
just
not
right
roy,
that's
not
right
whether
we're
going
to
develop
it
for
the
house
or
whether
eastern
mineral
is
going
to
develop
it
for
whatever
purpose
they
deem
fit.
I
mean
they've
already
done
a
lot
for
the
city.
A
E
F
F
F
If
you
have
a
problem
with
that,
find
a
different
way,
don't
go
and
take
people's
lands
that
worked
really
hard
for
it.
I
know
that
the
salt
company
worked
hard.
They
might
be
the
big
dogs,
but
they've
worked
hard,
especially
on
the
city
they've
made
it
beautiful
my
kids
play
at
the
park.
They
love
it
there
they're
trying
at
least
they're
trying.
My
mom
has
worked
really
hard
and
has
been
in
that
house
for
almost
40
years.
F
F
F
They
were
like
my
rent
is
so
great.
My
my
owner
is
so
great.
Why
would
I
want
to
leave
you're
asking
you
want?
You
want
to
give
an
opportunity
for
people
to
own
something?
That's
not
for
everybody.
Just
because
you're
saying
we're
going
to
give
it
to
you
for
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
it's
cheap.
They
probably
will
still
lose
that
they
probably
will
lose
it
because
they
don't
have
the
education
to
keep
it.
They
probably
will
lose
it
because
there's
many
other
things
like
your
taxes
are
going
up.
F
F
I
just
don't
see
the
point
of
trying
to
force
us
to
do
something
that
we
don't
want
to
do.
It's
not
fair,
and
if
you
want
us
to
keep
stay
here
like,
why
would
you
want
to
force
us
out
that
doesn't
make
any
sense?
That's
what
you're
saying
you
don't
want
to
force
anybody
out
of
the
city
I'll!
Let
you
go
ahead
and
speak
mendel
go
ahead.
You
can
speak.
F
I
appreciate
that
you're
trying
to
help
people
in
chelsea.
I
really
do.
I
appreciate
that
you
guys
are
trying
to
figure
out
a
solution.
I
just
don't
think
this
one's
it
honestly
you're
going
to
hurt
a
lot
more
people,
especially
the
ones
that
grew
up
in
the
city,
their
entire
life,
and
have
plans
to
move
here.
My
mom's
getting
older,
I'm
gonna
have
to
move
here
with
my
family
can't
live
in
her
house.
I
have
to
build
on
her
property
in
order
to
live
here.
F
And
there's
not
only
that
my
other
issue,
too,
is,
if
you
did
that
now
you
depreciate
my
house.
Not
only
do
you
depreciate
it,
but
now
I
got
to
deal
with
whoever
wants
to
live
back
there.
Who
knows
what
they're
going
to
bring
if
they're
going
to
be
great
people
or
not,
I
lose
my
parking.
I
lose
my
view.
F
F
But
you
got
to
look
at
that.
Please
don't
take
it
please,
and
I,
and
I
hear
you
saying
that
it
was.
It
was
an
option,
but
it
doesn't
sound
like
it.
Based
on
the
conversations
you
had
it
sounds
like
you
want
to
take
it,
and
I'm
asking
you
please
don't.
I
would
like
my
kids
to
be
having
this
land
for
their
generations
and
more
and
their
kids
and
whatever
just
please
don't
do
that
to
me.