FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS BENJAMIN WEBER. I'M THE DISTRICT SIX CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS.
TODAY IS JUNE 6TH MAY 19, 2025 AND IT IS NOW 1006 IN THE MORNING. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED AT
BOSTON DARK OF SLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 AND FIOS CHANNEL 964
WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT C C C DOT EP AT BOSTON DOT GOV AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THE HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY HAVE SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON RON COBB
AD RON ASORO AND DOT COBB COBB AT BOSTON.COM FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING WHICH IS TITLED
A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF WHITE STADIUM, INCLUDES TWO DOCKETS WHICH ARE DOCKET NUMBER 0424 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ASSESS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT ON FRANKLIN PARK AND DOCKET NUMBER 0425 ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PRESERVATION OF BOSTON'S HISTORICAL PARKS AND GREEN AND GREEN SPACES. BOTH MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR AARON MURPHY AND WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY FIFTH, 2025.
TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL AARON MURPHY. I ALSO HAVE LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR ED FLYNN AND
COUNCILOR ENRIQUE PEPEN. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUE A CHANCE FOR OPENING REMARKS BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE PANEL. SO COUNCILOR MURPHY, IF YOU
WANT TO SPEAK MAYBE THANK YOU THAT I'LL HAVE A GO FOR 4 MINUTES EARLY WITH CHESTER SO WE CAN HEAR ALL THIS LECTURE. YES, YES. BUT WE WON'T HOLD YOU FOR NO GOOD REASON.
BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR TECHNICALLY. NOT THAT IT REALLY MATTERS. HE'S THE VICE CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO ELIE AND YOUR TEAM COUNCILOR GABRIELA COLETTE ZAPATA. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET
HEARINGS SCHEDULED ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BUDGET SEASON AND YOU MENTIONED THIS WAS FILED BACK IN FEBRUARY BUT WITH EVERYONE'S BUSY SCHEDULES SO THEY'RE SHARING THE CHAIR AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THE REASON I FILED THESE SEPARATELY AS YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN HERE IN THIS CHAMBER. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHITE STADIUM AND A LOT OF TIMES I FELT THAT THE
CONVERSATIONS WERE FOCUSED ON THE LEGAL ASPECT AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VEEPS AND THE CITY AND THE SOCCER TEAM WHICH WERE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE BUT I
DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN THAT CONVERSATION AND FELT THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY AS ALL THOSE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS I THINK YOU KNOW, WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN BUT THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT TO OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU. THE PANELIST WHO WILL BE COMING UP NEXT.
AND SO MANY OF US BUT WE CONVENED TODAY TO DISCUSS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF WHITE STADIUM. IT'S OUTLINED IN THE TWO DOCKETS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.
THIS PROJECT, AS WE KNOW IS SITUATED IN THE HISTORIC FRANKLIN PARK. IT CARRIES SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ALSO IN ITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. WHILE THE INITIATIVE AIMS TO
REVITALIZE A KEY ATHLETIC FACILITY, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE SCRUTINIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED THE PROPOSED MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY
PLANS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REDEVELOPMENT. OUR FOCUS MY FOCUS WILL BE ON ENSURING THAT THE PROJECT ALIGNS WITH OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, ADDRESSES
COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND UPHOLDS THE INTEGRITY OF ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES. SO THAT'S WHY THE OTHER DOCKET WHICH I KNOW IS A BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR HISTORICAL PUBLIC SPACES ACROSS
THE CITY. FURTHERMORE, WE MUST CONSIDER THE VOICES OF OUR RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM HISTORICALLY IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR PERSPECTIVES ARE NOT ONLY
HEARD BUT INTEGRATED INTO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. TRANSPARENCY AND INCLUSIVITY OF PARAMOUNT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION.
TODAY I KNOW WE HAVE A GOOD ADMIN PANEL TO START AND WHEN WE GET INTO QUESTIONS I WILL BE FOCUSING ON LIKE I SAID THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THE
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES WE HAVE . AND AS YOU KNOW WE CAN PLANT NEW TREES BUT WHEN OUR OLD ONES GO YOU JUST SHOWED ME THAT SAD PICTURE OF THE TREE THAT WENT DOWN ON K STREET LIKE IT TAKES
GENERATIONS TO GROW BACK CANOPY AND SO A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WILL BE ABOUT HOW DO WE GET US BACK TO A PLACE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IF WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING DOWN A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF TREES AND GREEN SPACE TAKING UP GREEN SPACE AND PAVING IT OVER. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL TO BE HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO CHECK FOR ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES NOT HERE SO I'M GLAD THAT THEY'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK IF THEY IF THEY GET HERE. BUT I'M GLAD WE COULD HAVE THIS
HEARING TODAY. YOU KNOW, AS I KNOW CHAIR CLAUDIA ZAPATA HAS A CONFLICT THIS MORNING. I THINK SHE IS ON HER WAY AND WILL PROBABLY TAKE OVER AS CHAIR.
BUT THE ISSUE IS WHETHER TO DELAY THE HEARING OR NOT AS THE VICE CHAIR. YOU KNOW, I SAID WE SHOULD LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET'S HAVE THIS HEARING. GLAD THAT THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL IS HERE SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M JUST GOING TO
HAND IT OVER TO YOU. I JUST WANT INTRODUCE THE PANEL. WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY BRIAN SWEAT WHO'S THE CHIEF CLIMATE OFFICER FOR ENVIRONMENT ENERGY
AND OPEN SPACE CABINET. SAM VALENTINE, A SENIOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND JILL ZWICK, INTERIM CHIEF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AT THE BOSTON PARKS
AND REC DEPARTMENT. SO CHIEF SWETT, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION AND A REMOTE. IT'S ALL YOURS. GREAT. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNSELOR WEBER AND COUNSELOR MURPHY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY. WE ARE HERE TO WALK THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS TIED TO THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT A CLIMATE FORWARD REINVESTMENT IN
FRANKLIN PARK AND BHP'S ATHLETICS THAT TRULY RESPONDS TO LONG STANDING COMMUNITY NEEDS. TODAY WHILE LITIGATION CONTINUES IN THE BACKGROUND, OUR FOCUS IS SQUARELY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND LONG
TERM ECOLOGICAL GAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ONCE IN A GENERATION INVESTMENT. TODAY'S PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON HOW THIS RENOVATION DELIVERS LONG REQUESTED IMPROVEMENTS IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN FROM ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND CANOPY RENEWAL TO EXPANDED ACCESS IN YEAR ROUND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. AS COUNCILOR WEBER MENTIONED MY
COLLEAGUES WITH ME TODAY SAM BALLANTINE AND JOE ZIC WILL BE PARTICIPATING AS WELL IN BOTH THE PRESENTATION AND THE Q&A. THIS REHABILITATION IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANCHOR YOUTH
SPORTS CITYWIDE, RESTORE UNDERUTILIZED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND GIVE BACK TO FRANKLIN PARK FOR DECADES. VEEPS STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE LACKED ACCESS TO SAFETY AROUND
FACILITIES NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN CARETAKERS OF THE PARK WITH A LACK OF RESOURCES AND PREVIOUS PREVIOUS EFFORTS HAVE FAILED TO FIND THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF VIABLE FUNDING, WELL ALIGNED PARTNERSHIP AND MEASURABLE
PUBLIC BENEFITS. THIS PLAN DELIVERS ON ALL THREE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THE RIGHT LEGAL TOOLS, FISCAL BACKING AND COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD
. SINCE 2023 THE PROJECT TEAM HAS HOSTED DOZENS OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND FOCUS GROUPS. THIS ISN'T A PROJECT DESIGNED IN A VACUUM. WHAT YOU SEE TODAY REFLECTS
INTENSE COMMUNITY DRIVEN DECISIONS AROUND DESIGN ACCESS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND OPERATIONAL TRANSPARENT SEE ALL RELEVANT CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED THIS PLAN. THIS WILL BE A YEAR ROUND FACILITY THAT SERVES BOTH STUDENTS AND PARK USERS. IT INCLUDES STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING ROOMS, BP'S OFFICES, LOCKERS, RESTROOMS AND
MULTIPURPOSE SPACE. PUBLIC FACING AMENITIES LIKE RESTROOMS AND WATER FOUNTAINS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE AT BOTH ENDS OF THE STADIUM. I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO JOE
ZOOK TO TALK A BIT ABOUT HOW THIS PROJECT COMPLETELY ALIGNS WITH OUR FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN. GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME THIS MORNING TO BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE FRANKLIN OUR FRANKLIN PARK
ACTION PLAN, A COMMUNITY DRIVEN VISION FOR THE PARK'S FUTURE. DEVELOPED OVER THREE YEARS. SO JUST SPEAK CLOSER TO THE BIKE ALL PULL IT OVER. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
IS THAT OKAY? I THINK A LITTLE CLOSER STILL DO KEEP ABREAST OF SO. BRETT JUST GOT TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE OUR
ROUND. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT BETTER? GREAT. THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, I WANTED TO TAKE TIME THIS MORNING TO BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE FRANKLIN PARK
ACTION PLAN, A COMMUNITY DRIVEN VISION FOR THE PARK'S FUTURE. DEVELOPED OVER THREE YEARS AND RELEASED IN 2022. THIS PLAN WAS SHAPED THROUGH EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND OUTLINES FOUR KEY THEMES FOR IMPROVING FRANKLIN PARK. ACTIVATE EDGES TO MAKE PARK ENTRANCES MORE INVITING AND CONNECTED TO NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS WITH BETTER
SIGNAGE PATHWAYS AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT CLARIFY MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE PODESTA'S AND BIKE CIRCULATION THROUGH A SAFE AND CONTIGUOUS CONTINUOUS CIRCUS
CIRCUIT LOOP AND CLEAR WAYFINDING STRENGTHENED MAGNET DESTINATIONS TO UPGRADE PARK INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS LIGHTING AND PUBLIC BATHROOMS AND REVITALIZE KEY SPACES LIKE THE
OVERLOOK AND ELMER LEWIS PLAYHOUSE. UNIFY THE PARK BY APPLYING CONSISTENT STANDARDS OF MAINTENANCE TO IMPROVE THE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH AND DIVERSITY
OF THE PARK AS WELL AS BETTER INTEGRATE FACILITIES LIKE WHITE STADIUM BY REMOVING BARRIERS BOTH PHYSICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC . IN SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN, MAYOR WU HAS COMMITTED NEW RESOURCES
WHICH INCLUDE TWO MAINTENANCE CREWS DEDICATED SOLELY TO FRANKLIN PARK AND HIRING A FRANKLIN PARK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. LIKE OTHER RECENT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND UPGRADES IN THE
PARK, THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO HONOR COMMUNITY HISTORY WHILE BEING GUIDED BY COMMUNITY INFORMED PARKS PLANNING INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN
AS WELL AS THE URBAN FOREST PLAN AS OUR FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVING THIS BELOVED PUBLIC RESOURCE. WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SAM TO EXPLAIN HOW THE STADIUM
PROJECT'S SPECIFIC DESIGN DECISIONS ARE GROUNDED IN THE ACTION PLAN TESTING. THANK YOU, JOE AND CHIEF SWETT FOR PROVIDING THE VISION THAT GROUNDS THIS PROJECT. COUNCILOR, IT'S GREAT TO MEET
YOU. I'M SAM BALLANTINE, SENIOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WITH THE BOSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND A CERTIFIED ARBORIST. IN THESE SLIDES I'LL WALK THROUGH HOW THIS DESIGN STRENGTHENS US ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH IMPROVES ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE AND ALIGNS WITH BOTH ARTICLE 80 AND FRANKLIN AND THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN. THIS FIRST SLIDE IS TO ORIENT
EVERYONE TO BOTH THE PARK AND THE STADIUM THAT SITS WITHIN IT. YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL KEY LOCATIONS MARKED ON THIS SLIDE
MOST NOTABLY THE THE PLACE TED WHICH WAS DESIGNED BY OLMSTED AS THE FIRST HEART OF FRANKLIN PARK AND THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED SITE OF THE STADIUM WHICH YOU SEE ON THE NORTH END
OF THE PLACE THAT SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE OUT HERE IS THE LOOP ROAD WHICH HAS TWO NAMES CONFUSINGLY PIER PIERPONT ON
THE NORTH AND THE WEST AND PLACE TED ROAD ON THE EAST. ALSO WORTH NOTING IS THE OVERLOOK WHICH IS AS AS I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THE HISTORIC
SITE OF ELM LOUIS PLAYHOUSE AS WELL AS TO THE SOUTH THE THE FRANKLIN PARK ZOO. THIS SLIDE I JUST WANT TO SAY A
LOT OF THE ALMOST ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE ESSENTIALLY ARTIFACTS FROM PRIOR PUBLIC MEETINGS WE'VE HAD MANY ARE FROM THE PUBLIC TREE MEETING THAT WAS HELD IN
DECEMBER AND THIS IS FROM A SERIES OF DESIGN COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE HELD OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AS AS CHIEF SWETT SHARED, OUR OUR
DESIGN HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL PHASES EACH SHAPED BY FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS, BP'S AFFILIATES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS. WE'VE REFINED THIS DESIGN OVER MULTIPLE STAGES CONSOLIDATING
STRUCTURES, SOFTENING EDGES, REDUCING PAVING AND INTEGRATING NATURAL CONTOURS. THE LAYOUT NOW FOLLOWS THE SHAPE OF THE LAND USES SOFTER PAVING MATERIALS INCLUDING
IMPERVIOUS ICE AND ELIMINATES ANY DISCONNECTED ONE OFF BUILDINGS DRIFTING OUT INTO THE PARK. EVERY DESIGN CHOICE FROM BUILDING MASSING TO MATERIAL SELECTION WAS MADE TO TO MAKE
THE STADIUM FEEL INTEGRATED RESPECTIVE END AND PARK FORWARD . ZOOMING IN A BIT THIS PLAN SHOWS IT'S ESSENTIALLY A
SUMMARY OF THE SUSTAINABLE SITE PLAN SO YOU CAN SEE BOTH EAST AND WEST. EAST IS ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE WEST IS ON THE BOTTOM. THE THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN HAS
BEEN INCORPORATED BY BOTH PROJECT TEAMS EAST AND WEST TO INCLUDE A LARGE AMOUNT OF PERMEABLE SURFACES. UNLOCKING AS AS DISCUSSED IN
PRIOR MEETINGS AN ENTIRE ACRE OF OPEN SPACE THAT IS CURRENTLY CHAIN LINK FENCE OFF THAT WILL NOW BE ACCESSIBLE TO PARK USERS. THERE IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT
ACTIVATION AND OPENING UP ALONG THE PLACE THAT EDGE. THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 PRESERVED TREES AND IMPROVED SOIL SYSTEMS FOR THE EXISTING
TREES ROOT ZONES. THERE IS ALSO WHAT CAN'T BE SEEN ON THIS ONE PLAN A TOTAL OF 500 NEW TREES THAT WILL COME
OUT OF THIS PROJECT THAT WILL BE PLANTED AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT. AND THEN THERE ALSO ARE SIGNIFICANT PATH IMPROVEMENTS GOING BEYOND THE STADIUM ITSELF ADA ACCESSIBLE ON SEVERAL PARK
PATHS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING TO NOTE BECAUSE FLOODING HAS BEEN SUCH A PROBLEM ON THE PLACE THAT IS THAT THIS PROJECT WILL WILL MITIGATE ALL OF ITS
STORMWATER ON SITE THROUGH UNDERGROUND STORAGE. SO THIS THIS AS I SAID THESE ARE ARTIFACTS FROM THE TREE MEETING TREE PROTECTION.
ONE THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT BEFORE THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE WAS ON SITE ALL OF THE PROTECTED AND PRESERVED TREES WERE FENCED OFF.
WE WE MADE SURE THAT BOTH TEAMS SPECIFIED A POST IN GROUND. TREE PROTECTION SYSTEM WHICH IS NOT MOVABLE BY CONTRACTORS AND IT WILL REMAIN THERE FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A GREAT SUMMARY OF ALL ASPECTS OF TREES IN TERMS OF QUANTITY. SO YOU CAN SEE PRESERVATION MORE THAN 100 AND MORE THAN IT
WAS 120 PRESERVED TREES AND THEN TOTAL REMOVALS BROKEN DOWN BY CATEGORIES AND THEN TOTAL PLANTINGS WHICH WILL FOCUS ON IN A LATER SLIDE WHICH ARE MORE
THAN 500 NEW TREES. THIS SLIDE IS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT INCORPORATES THE PLACARDS THAT WERE ACTUALLY MOUNTED ON THE TREE AND ON EACH TREE TO BE REMOVED A WEEK PRIOR
TO THE PUBLIC TREE MEETING PER THE TREE ORDINANCE. YOU CAN SEE THE THE FIVE CATEGORIES THAT ARE USED HERE. THERE ARE TREES THAT ARE ASSESSED BY A CERTIFIED
ARBORIST AS BEING IN POOR CONDITION OR DEAD DYING DISEASE TO BE CLEAR DEAD DYING DISEASE TREES ARE NOT PROTECTED UNDER THE TREE ORDINANCE BUT FOR TRANSPARENCY WE'VE INCLUDED THEIR QUANTITIES HERE.
ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE INVASIVE SPECIES THAT ARE NOTED WITH ANOTHER OF THE RED COLORS AND THEN THERE ARE ORANGE ORANGE TREES ARE TREES GROWING INTO FENCES AND WALLS.
AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE THE TWO GREENS THOSE ARE TREES THAT ARE IN QUOTE FAIR OR QUOTE GOOD CONDITION AS ASSESSED BY THE CERTIFIED ARBORIST THIRD PARTY
ARBORIST THAT DID THE TREE ASSESSMENTS ON SITE. SO TO GIVE JUST SOME IMAGES AGAIN THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL DURING THE PUBLIC TREE MEETING.
THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES UNDER EACH CATEGORY. SO HERE YOU SEE THE INVASIVE AND NON-NATIVE TREES MOST NOTABLY AN ATLANTIS OR TREE OF HEAVEN THAT AFTER BEING
ASSESSED SOMETHING LIKE A NINE INCH CALIPER BRANCH FELL OFF INTO THE PARK. THESE TREES ARE SELF PROPAGATING VOLUNTEERS. THEY GROW QUICKLY.
THEY HAVE WEAK WOOD AND IT POSES AN EMERGING THREAT TO PARK USERS. TREES GROWING INTO WALLS OR FENCES AGAIN UNDER THE CATEGORY
OF VOLUNTEER TREES. NONE OF THESE ARE OF THE OF THE ORIGINAL OLMSTEAD DESIGN FOR THE PARK. THESE THESE TREES ARE YOU CAN
SEE INTER MESHED WITH A CHAIN LINK FENCE WHICH LEADS TO SOMETHING CALLED INCLUDED BARK AND THAT ENDS UP CAUSING STRUCTURAL ISSUES AS AS THE TREE CONTINUES TO GROW.
THE TREE ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE WHICH WE CAREFULLY STUDIED WITH THE TEAMS TO PRESERVE IS IS AN OAK. IT IS A NATIVE SPECIES BUT IT'S GROWN WITH ESSENTIALLY HALF
OF ITS CRITICAL ROOTS OWN. SO WHEN YOU SEE A TREE BLOW OVER LIKE HAPPENED IN SOUTH BOSTON LAST NIGHT, IT IS OFTEN DUE TO A COMPROMISED ROOT ZONE. THIS TREE BASICALLY HAS HALF
OF ITS FOUNDATION. THE OTHER HALF BEING BLOCKED BY A FROST UP CONCRETE WALL. AND THEN THOSE TREES THAT ARE DEAD DYING AND DISEASE WHICH
I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED ONE OF THE HARDEST TREES FOR US TO DECIDE TO REMOVE WAS THAT THE LARGE TREE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HERE UNFORTUNATELY IT ALSO HAS
IT HAD A LARGE WOUND SO THAT IS A WOUND THAT IS MORE THAN SIX FEET TALL. JUST TO GIVE YOU SCALE AND THAT IS A TREE THAT TO BE CLEAR WAS NOT REMOVED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE STADIUM.
IT WAS IT WAS REMOVED OUT OF PROTECTION FOR PARK USERS AND STADIUM VISITORS. AND THEN THERE ARE TREES IN FAIR AND GOOD CONDITION. SO ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT 80% OF THE TREE
REMOVALS THAT THE CATEGORIES PRIOR TO THIS SLIDE. SO 80% OF THE TREES WERE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY WERE INVASIVE. THEY HAD STRUCTURAL DEFECTS SUCH AS GROWING THROUGH FENCES AND WALLS OR THEY WERE
DEAD DYING DISEASE. THESE THESE 30 TREES THAT FALL UNDER THE FAIR OR GOOD CONDITION. EACH ONE WAS INTENSELY STUDIED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE
URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION, THE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND ARBORISTS ON BOTH CONSULTING TEAMS. THE REMOVAL OF THESE TREES WAS NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY.
AS FAR AS THE PATH FORWARD TREE THE TREE CANOPY AND PLANTING APPROACH THIS SLIDE WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO THE FULL DETAIL BUT ESSENTIALLY IT SHOWS TAKING THE ORIGINAL
OLMSTEAD DESIGN INTENT AS GUIDED FROM THE ACTION PLAN AND CONSULTATION WITH THE AUTHORS OF THE ACTION PLAN TO PLANT NATIVE TREES IN GROUPINGS
EMBRACING THE STADIUM INTO THE PARK AND THEN AS PROMISED THIS IS THAT THAT SLIDE OF THE 500 NEW TREES PLANTED THERE.
TO BE CLEAR THERE ARE 60 TO 70 TREES CANOPY TREES THAT ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT MEANING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE PERIMETER FENCE THAT YOU CAN SEE AT WHITE STADIUM.
RIGHT, RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THERE ARE ROUGHLY 500 MORE TREES THAT THAT WILL BE FULLY FUNDED AS AS AN AGREEMENT OF THIS PROJECT FOR THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT TO SELECT AND LOCATE WITHIN FRANKLIN PARK OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO THIS SLIDE HAS IT'S AN EXCELLENT REPRESENTATION OF THE POTENTIAL AND THE PROMISE
OF THIS PROJECT TO DELIVER CLIMATE ADAPTIVE SPECIES WHICH I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THAT IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR CLIMATE ADAPTIVE SPECIES THAT ARE NATIVE TO NEW ENGLAND THAT
ARE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THE FULL RANGE OF ECOLOGY OF FRANKLIN PARK INCLUDING WILDLIFE AND OVERALL WILL WILL REDUCE THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT FOR
COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING THE PARK AS WELL. SO THIS THIS SLIDE WE'VE WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THESE ITEMS THIS SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF THE DIRECTORY INVESTMENTS IN IN FRANKLIN
PARK. I'M GOING TO CHEAT AND LOOK AT MY NOTES FOR A SECOND HERE. ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE THINGS HERE IS EVERY TICKET SOLD FOR A NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE GAME WILL DELIVER A DOLLAR
DIRECTED TO FRANKLIN PARK. THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PRODUCT OF THE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH ULTIMATELY THE SOCCER TEAM
CONSENTED ON. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE ONE THING I AM VERY PERSONALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THERE WILL BE PUBLIC RESTROOMS THEY WILL BE PARK FACING.
THEY'RE LOCATED IN BOTH THE NORTHEAST AND THE SOUTHWEST EAST SO POINTED ROUGHLY TOWARDS THE PARK IS SET TO A PLAYGROUND AND ALSO POINTED TOWARDS THE ELMO LOUIS PLAYHOUSE IN THE
PARK. EACH OF THOSE HAS THOSE ARE TWO SINGLE SINGLE USE RESTROOMS. THEY'RE OPEN WHENEVER THE STADIUM IS OPEN AND THEY ARE FULLY THE COST OF THEIR
MAINTENANCE IS FULLY COVERED BY THE SOCCER TEAM PER THE LEASE AGREEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE WHAT I WOULD CALL BULK RESTROOMS THAT ARE WITHIN THE STADIUM WHICH
OBVIOUSLY WILL BE OPENED FOR NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE GAMES AS WELL AS GAMES. TO TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
THE ARTICLE 80 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS WHICH I KNOW IS PART OF PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS HEARING I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE PROJECT UNDER
ARTICLE 80 SECTION THREE OF LARGE PROJECT REVIEW WHICH IS THE STANDARD USED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE WHITE STADIUM THAT ALL REQUIRED
SATISFIED ALL ALL REQUIREMENTS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC THAT INCLUDES STUDIES ON SHADOWED DAYLIGHT AND SOLAR GLARE STUDIES ON AIR AND WATER
QUALITY STUDIES ON GROUNDWATER AND GEOTECHNICAL CONDITIONS, STUDIES ON FLOOD HAZARDS, WETLANDS AND SOLID WASTE NOISE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS AND RODENT
CONTROL AS WELL AS WILDLIFE HABITAT AND GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS. AND ONE THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT BOTH SIDES BOTH BOTH PROJECTS WITHIN THE PROJECT ARE
ARE GOING TO BE CERTIFIABLE UNDER LEED. THE WEST SIDE IS AIMING FOR PLATINUM WHICH IS THE HIGHEST DESIGNATION UNDER THE LEAD SYSTEM BUT IT IS GUARANTEE TO
MEET GOLD. AND ON THE EAST SIDE WHICH IS BUILT BY BY THE CITY, THAT ONE WILL AT LEAST BE CERTIFIED AT SILVER LEVEL. ANOTHER THING THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THIS
PROJECT ONE THING WE'RE VERY EXCITED IS THAT IT WILL BE A NET ZERO CARBON STADIUM WHICH WILL BE THE THIRD NET ZERO CARBON STADIUM IN THE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE JUST AGAIN FROM THE ARTICLE 80 PROCESS. THESE ARE THE SHADOW STUDIES THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE BY THE PROPONENT AND REVIEWED BY
BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND FINALLY SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS CAN ACTUALLY STRINGER'S RESEARCH IS THINKING
JUST SO I CAN SEE THIS SLIDE A LITTLE BETTER. SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS, CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO STRESS THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK HAS SHAPED EVERY ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT
FROM THE LANDSCAPE CHOICES TO ITS LONG TERM OPERATIONS. THE PROJECT WILL DELIVER AS I SAID LEED CERTIFIABLE ALL ELECTRIC FACILITY DESIGNED FOR
NET ZERO CARBON PERFORMANCE. THERE WILL BE NO ONSITE PARKING AT ALL. ALL SPECTATORS WILL ARRIVE BY ELECTRIC SHUTTLES BIKE AND
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. THERE IS ONGOING FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT THE THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN AS MENTIONED. ALSO AS I MENTIONED 500 NEW TREES FULLY FUNDING THE
FRANKLIN PARK'S FIRST TREE BANK. THERE IS EXPANDED GREEN SPACE AND NEW AMENITIES LIKE RESTROOMS AND WATER FOUNTAINS. EARLY COORDINATION WITH THE ELMA LEWIS PLAYHOUSE AND OTHER
PARK PROJECTS. AND FINALLY THE PUBLIC ACCESS IS EXPANDED FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY 40 HOURS PER WEEK TO 105 HOURS PER WEEK SEVEN SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SAM. SO IN TERMS OF WHAT'S NEXT BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PROJECT THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SO NEXT AS WE MOVE TO FINALIZE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TRANSITION FROM DEMOLITION TO CONSTRUCTION AND CONTINUE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THE THE WHITE STADIUM NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL WILL BE STOOD UP LATER
THIS SUMMER TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AROUND OPERATIONS, TRANSPORTATION AND PROGRAMING. ENGAGEMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. WE'RE COMMITTED TO AND ENDURING YEARS OF OPERATIONS.
WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNCIL, WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WITH ADVOCATES THROUGHOUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION. I WOULD NOTE THAT THE WILL STILL TAKE COMMENTS ON THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WAS
POSTED THAT WAS OPEN FOR A MONTH. PEOPLE SHOULD STILL FEEL FREE. WE'RE DIGESTING THAT FIRST TRANCHE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS INTENSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO THE WEBSITE IS UP THERE OR THE
EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CONTINUED FEEDBACK AND AND I HOPE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE CASE THERE BECAUSE I REALLY DO FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THIS IS NOT ONLY A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN WHITE STADIUM
THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL ENTRY INVESTMENT IN FRANKLIN PARK IN ITS HISTORY AND IT'S ENABLED BY THIS PROJECT HAPPENING. SO I'M YOU KNOW, I AM EXCITED THAT THIS IS BECOMING AN ANCHOR
OF LEGACY PROJECT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN MAKES MAJOR INVESTMENTS NOT ONLY IN THAT EDGE CONDITION AROUND THE WHITE STADIUM PARCEL WITHIN FRANKLIN
PARK BUT PROVIDES RESOURCES AND ENGAGEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE FRANKLIN PARK TO BEGIN THAT JOURNEY BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL VISION. SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION BEFORE COUNCILOR MURPHY BEGINS. I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ADDRESSED IN THERE AND I JUST
MISSED IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANYTHING ABOUT THE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STADIUM THAT THAT THE OLD STADIUM AND THE NEW STADIUM OF THE PHYSICAL
STRUCTURE? CORRECT. YEAH. SO WE ARE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH AN EXHIBIT BUT TO DESCRIBE ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS THE WEST THE WEST SIDE OF THE
BUILDING IS REMAINING IN PLACE THE HISTORIC CLAMSHELL WHICH YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON THE LAST VESTIGE YOU SEE ON SITE RIGHT NOW THE STADIUM IS GROWING SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST
BUT IS TUCKING BACK IN TERMS OF WHAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND WHAT IS PAVED IS TUCKING BACK SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE SOUTH. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE LIKE WHEN YOU SAY SLIGHTLY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THAT'S THAT IS THE ACRE OF YIELDED PARK SPACE SO THAT THE CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT'S COMING DOWN IN TERMS OF TOTAL BUILDING COVERAGE IF THAT'S
YOUR QUESTION. YEAH YEAH I'M JUST YEAH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE FEET 100 FEET. OH OKAY. HARD TO IMAGINE ACRE YEAH. YEAH. SO ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THE NEW FACADE
WILL BE BUILT ROUGHLY 40 FEET FROM THE EXISTING FROM FROM THE FACADE THAT WAS REMOVED. OKAY SO IN OTHER WORDS THE BUILDING WILL FEEL LIKE IT IS GROWING TOWARDS PLACE THAT ROAD AROUND 40 FEET.
OKAY. AND THEN ALONG THE SOUTH HOW MUCH ALONG THE SOUTH HOW MUCH IS A LITTLE HARDER FOR YOU TO ESTIMATE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN ACRE FEELS LIKE OR NOT? EXACTLY.
OKAY. YEAH, I MEAN, SORT OF I I WOULD GUESS IT'S AROUND 200 TO 300 FEET OF OF UNLOCKED OPEN SPACE
IS WHAT THOUGH WE DO HAVE A SLIDE THAT WE USE IF YOU WANT IN THE APPENDIX. OH, IT'S IN THE APPENDIX TO SLIDE 42 I THINK IT JUST MIGHT HELP FRAME THE DISCUSSION BUT
UM BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE WHAT HOW THINGS ARE SHIFTING AND AGAIN PART OF THIS INTENT WAS TO MAKE SURE WE ACTUALLY HAD A TRACK YOU KNOW, A REGULATORY TRACK SIZE WITHIN THE STADIUM TO BE ABLE TO HOST
THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED BY WHITE STADIUM. SO BECAUSE THE FIELD GOT BIGGER, YOU KNOW THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STADIUM GOT SLIGHTLY LARGER. AND IF PART OF YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT LET'S SAY PAVEMENT
AND URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT TENDS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION WE WE HAVE LOOKED BOTH AT THE BEFORE AND THE PROPOSED CONDITION VERY CAREFULLY AND WE'RE COMING IN AT ALMOST
EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF PERVIOUS PAVEMENT IMPERVIOUS THAT EXISTS NOW AS IS PROPOSED AND TO CONFIRM IT AND IT FULLY FITS WITHIN THE WHITE STADIUM
PARCEL CORRECT? SO THIS IS COMPLETELY WITHIN THAT PARCEL. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO COUNCILOR MURPHY, I A 10 MINUTES? YEAH.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION . I HAVE MY PREPARED QUESTIONS BUT JUST A FEW FROM YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT'S DID I HEAR CORRECTLY THAT WHEN YOU SURVEYED THE TREES THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION 80% OF THEM WERE IN DISEASE DYING
POOR CONDITION AND ONLY 20% WERE TREES THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN DOWN OTHERWISE. I'LL CLARIFY BUT ESSENTIALLY YES. SO 80% OF THE TREES, 79% TO BE
SPECIFIC FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF POOR OR DEAD, DYING OR DECEASED. THAT'S A LOT INVASIVE. HOW MANY TREES IN THE ENTIRE FRANKLIN PARK THEN WOULD BE
CONSIDERED IN THAT CATEGORY? IS IT COMPARABLE? ARE THERE CLOSE TO 80% OF DEAD DYING TREES IN THE FRANKLIN PARK FIELD? I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. JUST IT WAS THERE ARE SOME LIKE
ENVIRONMENTAL REASON WHY SUCH A LARGE PERCENT OF TREES IN THAT ONE SPACE WOULD BE DEAD OR DYING ALREADY? YEAH. I MEAN I'LL TELL YOU I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY INDICATION
THAT THE SITUATION AROUND WHITE STADIUM IS DEMONSTRABLY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER AREAS OF FRANKLIN PARK. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE AN URBAN
FORESTRY TEAM THAT'S ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER DECADES OF HONESTLY WAITING FOR TREES TO FALL THE URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM BEFORE WE DEVELOPED THEIR OWN TEAM TO DO THIS.
SO WE HAVE YEARS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND ACTION THAT THE TEAM IS YOU KNOW, CATCHING UP ON. PEOPLE ARE SEEING THAT WITH THEIR STREET TREES NOW BUT THE ABILITY TO ASSESS THIS AREA CONCRETELY ALL AT ONCE IDENTIFY
THIS LARGE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WERE NOT IN GOOD CONDITION WERE INVASIVE OR WERE SELF PROPAGATING IN PLACES WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN JUST SEEMS VERY HIGH. AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT
TELLING TRUE NUMBERS IT JUST SEEMS. YEAH. I MEAN IF I COULD SHOW WONDERFUL YEAH HISTORICAL FRANKLIN PARK FIELD THAT MOST OF ALMOST ALL OF THE TREES
RIGHT 80% THAT'S A GOOD B-MINUS AS MOST MOST PEOPLE LIKE A B-MINUS RIGHT THAT THAT IS MOST OF OUR TREES FRANKLIN PARK ARE IN POOR CONDITION AND WHEN I'M THERE WHICH I VISIT OFTEN IT
SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE MOST OF OUR TREES ARE IN GREAT CONDITION. SO IT'S JUST A PROJECT. SORRY TO BE CLEAR THE THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES THAT ARE CATEGORIZED IN THAT 80% SO THE POOR CONDITION IS JUST 35 OF THE TREES.
THERE ARE NOT MANY CONDITIONS WHERE YOU KNOW IN FRANKLIN PARK WHERE TREES ARE GROWING INTO FENCES GROWING INTO WALLS THERE WAS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AND INVASIVES ARE A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT OUR PARKS IN BOSTON AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ACTUALLY CORRECT THAT AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE ARBORISTS. WE NEED MORE TO JOIN YOU BUT AND YOU MENTIONED THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS. I KNOW IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL
QUESTIONS I HAVE BUT. SO THE OUTWARD FACING TO BATHROOM STALLS ARE WILL ONLY BE OPEN WHEN THERE'S GAMES BEING PLAYED.
NO. SO YEAH I COULD I COULD HAVE SAID THAT MORE CLEARLY THE STADIUM WILL BE OPEN AS AS STATED SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK WITH KNOW MORE I FORGET WHAT THE
NUMBER IS MORE THAN 100 HOURS AND AN OPEN MEANS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SO AS STIPULATED IN THE LEASE THE UNLESS THERE'S A SOCCER EXACT TICKET CORRECT
BECAUSE THE PUBLIC CAN'T GO INTO THE STADIUM IF YOU NEED TO PURCHASE A TICKET CORRECT. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PARK FACING RESTROOMS MEANING YOU DO NOT NEED A TICKET TO ENTER THE RESTROOMS AND SPECIFICALLY THE
ONE NEAR L PARK AC2 IN THE NORTHEAST IS IS GOING TO BE UNLOCKED WHENEVER THE STADIUM IS WHENEVER THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON IN THE WATERS WHICH WILL BE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK CORRECT? OH YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. YEAH.
THE RESTROOM. THERE'S NOTHING MORE MADDENING THAN PEOPLE GOING UP TO A RESTROOM AND IT BEING LOCKED SO EXACTLY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WHILE THE FACILITY IS OPEN THOSE PUBLIC AND I JUST WANT TO ADD
THAT'S WHY WE THE CITY ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE A PRIVATE PRIVATELY FUNDED PROPERTY MANAGER TO KEEP THOSE RESTROOMS OPEN, SECURE AND CLEAN BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE
DON'T UNLOCK OUR BATHROOMS AT ONCE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE STAFF OR WE DON'T ALLOCATE FUNDS TO PROPERLY STAFF THEM. YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE WHITE STADIUM NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.
COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN IF YOU DO KNOW HOW THAT GROUP WAS FORMED AND WHO'S ON IT AND HOW WERE THEY CHOSEN? IT'S IN THE PROCESS SO THEY'RE NOT INDIVIDUALS CHOSEN JUST YET. WE'RE WE'RE FORMULATING THE
CATEGORIES. THERE'LL BE MORE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND PANEL. BUT BUT WE WANT TO STAND THAT UP IN BEFORE OBVIOUSLY THE STADIUM IS OPEN BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO ENGAGE THEM ON PROGRAMING YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF US.
SO BY OUR HOPE IS BY THE END OF THE SUMMER BEGINNING THE FALL WE'RE STANDING THIS GROUP OF OH AWESOME THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GET TO MY QUESTIONS. JUST ONE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU KNOW,
GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT WHICH I AGREE AS A FORMER TEACHER OR MOM WHO HAS SPENT LOTS OF TIME AT SOCCER FIELDS, BASEBALL
FIELD HOCKEY RINKS, OUR STUDENTS AND SOMEONE SINCE DAY ONE I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND PEEPS AND ACROSS THE CITY TO WORLD CLASS FACILITIES TO PLAY SPORTS IN.
BUT MY PUSH BACK FROM THE BEGINNING RIGHT WE HAVE A ONCE IN A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE CLARDY POOL WHICH I WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR $35 MILLION WONDERFUL FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
BUT WE DIDN'T PARTNER WITH ANYONE PRIVATE. WE FOUND THE MONEY TO FUND IT OURSELVES AND THAT'S WHY IN THIS CASE IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T WANT GREAT THINGS FOR OUR KIDS .
IT'S HOW DID WE GO ABOUT IT AND WHO'S GOING TO THEN GET THE BEST OUTCOME FROM IT. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I'LL GET THROUGH SOME OF MY QUESTIONS SO
YOU MENTION THIS BUT I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON IT. THE INCLUDES THE REMOVAL OF APPROXIMATELY 145 TREES AROUND THE STADIUM AND THERE IS THE PROPOSED $3 MILLION TREE
BANK FUND AND YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? IS IT A DECADE TO ENSURE THAT WE WILL PLANT NEW TREES BUT HOW WILL WE ENSURING THAT THESE PLANTINGS WILL ADEQUATELY
REPLACE THE MATURE CANOPY BEING LOST AND WHAT MEASURES ARE IN PLACE TO GUARANTEE THE SURVIVAL AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE TREES ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE FIND OUT THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM
DO END UP BEING DEAD OR IN A PLACE WHERE THEY MAY FALL OVER AND NEED TO BE REMOVED. SO FIRST OF ALL EXPLAIN OUR METHODOLOGY ON HOW WE SETTLED ON THE NUMBER OF 500 TREES SO
DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR TREE MITIGATION. BOSTON UNFORTUNATELY DOES NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR TREE MITIGATION BUT BECAUSE OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT AND ITS CENTRAL CITY WITHIN THE PARK WE WE CREATED OUR OWN MITIGATION REQUIREMENT FOR OURSELVES ESSENTIALLY. SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A
CALLED A 1 TO 1 REPLACEMENT WHICH MEANS YOU CUT DOWN ONE TREE REGARDLESS OF SIZE. YOU PLANT ONE NEW TREE. A NEW TREE CANNOT REALLY REALISTICALLY BE PLANTED AT OVER WHAT'S CALLED EIGHT INCH CALIPER WHICH WOULD BE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS. OBVIOUSLY A TREE THAT COULD COME DOWN COULD BE A MESS. WE DID NOT USE THAT SYSTEM. WE USE A SYSTEM THAT'S CALLED CALIPER INCH TO CALIPER INCH
REPLACEMENT WHICH IN MY OPINION AS AN ARBORIST MORE OF A GOLD STANDARD. WHAT IT DOES IS IT ACCOUNTS FOR IF YOU'RE REMOVING LET'S SAY A
30 INCH TREE YOU HAVE TO PLANT TEN THREE INCH TREES CAN'T GO FIND THE EXACT THINGS THAT HAVE TO MATCH THE AMOUNT AND THAT
NUMBER IS MUCH MORE REALISTIC. IT'S USED BY CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING GEORGIA TECH. IT IS IT IS USED AS A STANDARD BECAUSE IT STARTS IMMEDIATE LEAVE FROM THE MOMENT THE PLANT
GOES IN, THE TREE GOES IN TO START TO HAVE THOSE ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS SUCH AS SHADE OR EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, ETC.. SO THAT IS THAT'S THE NUMBER WE USED.
WE CALCULATED THE TOTAL REMOVALS BY CALIPER INCH AND THAT LANDED US ON WHAT EVENTUALLY BECAME THE $3 MILLION NUMBER FOR 500 NEW TREES IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY'RE
PLANTED THAT IS THAT IS SOMETHING WE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY WAS THERE FOR PARKS BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO RESPECT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT'S OWN PRIORITIES FOR
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN PLANTING THE NUMBER WE AGREED ON WAS TEN YEARS FROM FROM FROM THIS PROJECT START UNTIL ALL TREES ARE IN THE GROUND. BUT BUT SPEAKING WITH THE URBAN
FORESTRY DIVISION ABOUT THE REALITIES OF HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN PLANT THINGS THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD PROMISE FASTER THAN TEN YEARS
AND NOW WE GUARANTEE THAT THESE TREES THIS MONEY FUNDED FOR TREES WON'T END UP GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A NEED SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THESE TREES STAY HERE.
YEAH, AND I SHOULD I SHOULD SAY THE SOCCER TEAM HAD ZERO INPUT ON THE STIPULATIONS OF HOW THAT MONEY IS USED. IT'S ENTIRELY DECIDED BETWEEN PARKS DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION AND THE
PLANNING DEPARTMENT. BUT YOU KNOW JILL, COMMENT A BIT ON HOW WE SELECTED BUT THE PART THAT GETS US EXCITED IS THESE ARE 500 INTENTIONALLY CHOSEN TREES IN TERMS OF SPECIES LOCATIONS IN TERMS
OF SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE PARK IN PLACES WE NEED THEM AND THEN CARED FOR UNTIL THE MATURE AND ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN. SO THIS IS THE LARGEST INTENTIONAL PLANTING IN THE
PARK SINCE THE PARK ORIGINALLY OPENED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE THINK ABOUT WHERE WE PUT IN THOSE TREES GOING FORWARD AND THE TEN YEARS IS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT VOLUME CAREFULLY OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
YEAH, I THINK I WOULD JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THE IDEA OF A TREE BANK I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DOES A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. IT ALLOWS US TO SELECT TREES
OVER TIME THAT ARE MORE CLIMATE RESILIENT. YOU KNOW WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A CHANGING CLIMATE TEMPERATURES ARE RISING AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SELECTING TREES THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE OVER THE LONG TERM.
IT ALSO INTRODUCES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DIFFERENT START POINTS FOR TREES TO START GROWING, YOU KNOW, SO AS WE'RE REMOVING TREES THAT ARE KIND
OF NATURALLY DYING OFF OR IDENTIFIED AS POOR CONDITION, WE'RE ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE AND THEN WE HAVE A VARIETY OF KIND
OF MATURITY OF OUR CANOPY SO IT'S NOT ALL OF THE SAME AGE. SO THERE'S A BENEFIT OF SPREADING THAT TREE PLANTING OUT OVER TIME IN ADDITION TO THE OBVIOUS CAPACITY OF OUR
URBAN FORESTRY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PHYSICALLY CONTRACT ALL OF THAT WORK OUT. AND THEN FINALLY I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS NOTION OF MAKING SURE THAT SORRY I JUST LOST MY TRAIN
OF THOUGHT. LET ME GET BACK TO THAT. YEAH, I CAN ACTUALLY JUST ADD ONE THING THAT I SHOULD MADE CLEAR WHICH IS THE THE $3
MILLION OR THE 500 TREES THE 500 TREES ARE WE'RE SAYING 500 BECAUSE WE'RE ASSUMING 3 TO 3 AND A HALF INCH CALIPER WHICH IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SIZE FOR PLANTING IN TERMS OF SURVIVING
THAT YOU KNOW THE SHOCK OF TRANSPLANT. BUT ALSO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT INCLUDES THE FIRST TWO YEARS, THE STANDARD WARRANTY WHICH
INCLUDES WATERING, PRUNING AND REPLACEMENT FOR THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS. SO THAT IS ALL BUNDLED IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF EACH PLANTING. EXACTLY. EXACTLY. WE WILL GO 12 YEARS OUT BECAUSE
IF THE LAST TREES ARE PLANTED IN THE 10TH YEAR THAT WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE DO OUR STREET TREE PLANTINGS AS WELL. EVERY STREET TREE HAS A TWO YEAR WARRANTY WHEN IT GOES IN. SO ONE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
QUESTION THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON LOCAL WILDLIFE, SOIL COMPOSITION AND WATER DRAINAGE HAS A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT. THE EIA WAS CONDUCTED AND I
THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE PIECE IT WHAT WERE THE KEY FINDINGS AND HOW ARE THEY BEING ADDRESSED IN THIS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN?
SO SORRY YOUR QUESTION HAD MANY PARTS IN TERMS OF WILDLIFE TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE WAS NO FORMAL OR SCIENTIFIC STUDY CONDUCTED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION
I THINK THE BEST THING I CAN OFFER IS THE TREE PLANTING AND ALSO SOME EXCITING PLANTINGS INCLUDING A MEADOW PLANTING MEADOWS ARE NOT TYPICALLY WITHIN THE CAPACITY
OF MAINTENANCE WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BUT WITHIN THE THE THE TRUST PARCEL WITH THIS ELEVATED LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE COMING FROM PRIVATE DOLLARS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
ESSENTIALLY PIONEERING A MEADOW PLANTING WITHIN FRANKLIN PARK WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY ORIGINATED WITHIN THE ACTION PLAN MEADOW MEADOWS AS AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OUR
GREAT HABITAT FOR OUR YEAH BUNNIES AND BIRDS ETC. SO I DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A SCIENTIFIC ANSWER NECESSARILY BUT BETWEEN THE TREE PLANTING AND THE MEADOW PLANTING THIS
ABSOLUTELY INCREASES WILDLIFE HABITAT AS PART OF THE PROJECT AND SO THE WATER DRAINAGE OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE MORE CEMENT PAVE BUT CAN YOU DISCUSS
THE WHAT I'M ENVISIONING IS A HUGE SPACE OF CEMENT BEER GARDENS, TENTS TO SELL SWEATSHIRTS, COTTON CANDY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE BUY IT.
YEAH BUT YEAH. SO TO CLARIFY IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE LET'S SAY THE EXISTING CONDITION OUT THERE ON THE EAST SIDE THERE THERE'S A LARGE BASKETBALL COURT THAT WAS
ACTUALLY ALSO BUILT AS A PARKING LOT. IF YOU LOOK AT IT YOU CAN EVEN SEE LIKE THE PARKING SPACES. YEAH. SO THAT IS THAT IS A MAJOR REMOVAL OF PAVING WHILE WE ARE
REBUILDING RECONSTRUCTING THE BASKETBALL COURTS NEAR THEIR CURRENT LOCATION WITHIN THE PROJECT SITE ALL OF THAT ESSENTIALLY EXTRA PARKING
BUFFER ZONE BEING REMOVED. WE'RE WORKING SPECIFICALLY THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ON BOTH SIDES TO SCRUTINIZE AT THIS MOMENT EVERY SINGLE INCH SQUARE
INCH OF PAVING IF THERE IS NOT A LET'S SAY A CODE REQUIREMENT NEED FOR IT OR IF IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT IT SUPPORTS THE ACTION PLAN IN OLMSTEAD DESIGN WE ARE REMOVING THAT PAVING. OKAY.
IN TERMS OF THE HYDROLOGY OF THE SITE HOW THE WATER IS MOVING ACROSS THE SITE AND TOWARDS THE PLACE THAT WE'RE
INTERCEPTING THROUGH A VARIETY OF CATCH BASINS AREA DRAINS AND SLOT DRAINS. WE'RE INTERCEPTING THAT STORMWATER AND PUTTING IT INTO UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS WHICH YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH.
THEY'RE USED ALL OVER THE CITY. THE IDEA IS TO INTERCEPT THAT WATER BEFORE IT REACHES THE PLACE THAT TO REDUCE FLOODING ON THE PLACE THAT OKAY YEAH SO I THINK IN SUMMARY THE THIS IS
A VERY INTENTIONAL INVESTMENT IN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT THAT HAS NOT EXISTED IN THIS AREA BEFORE AND SO WE FULLY EXPECT TO PLACE THAT IN THE AREAS YOU KNOW JUST SOUTH TO BE MORE USABLE AFTER RAIN EVENTS
BECAUSE OF THE STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE ABLE WILL PUT IN THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW LIKE BASEBALL GAMES SOCCER GAMES ARE CANCELED OFTEN ESPECIALLY WELL JUST MAKE SURE
THAT THE PROFESSIONAL SOCCER GAMES WON'T BE CANCELED IF IT RAINS IT WAS THAT THE INTENT FOR THIS INVESTMENT THE NO THE PERFECT THE THE PROGRAM OF THE
PROFESSIONAL SOCCER GAMES REALLY DOES NOT IN ANY WAY RELY OR IMPACT THE PLACE THAT MEANING THE LAWN THAT YOU SEE THERE NOW THERE ARE CONNECTIVE
PATHS THAT LEAD TO PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS OR THE SHUTTLE LOCATIONS BUT THOSE REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE FLOODED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. BUT THE THE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS BEING PUT IN
IS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM. IT'S A CAPTURE ALL THAT WATER THAT'S HITTING THE SITE I THINK IN LAST QUESTION FOR THIS ROUND IS TRAFFIC AND THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
I KNOW THAT ORIGINALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE FIELDS CORNER AND JFK HAVE WE LANDED ON NO SHUTTLES FROM FIELDS CORNER IS THAT TRUE OR NOT? THE SHUTTLES WILL ALL BE COMING
OUT OF THE JFK RED LINE STOP OR DO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PLAN THAT WE'VE DECIDED ON? SO I WOULD AS MY EXPERTISE IS NOT IN TRANSPORTATION I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK
OUT THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. PERHAPS YOU HAVE THIS ONLINE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT DECISION HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED. WE DID HEAR AT ONE OF OUR HEARINGS THAT FIELDS CORNER WAS
NOT GOING TO BE USED. THAT'S WHY I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT THAT IT WAS ALL THEN GOING TO BE COMING FROM JFK OR THEY WERE GOING TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE FIELDS CORNER
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN ASSURED THAT WE WON'T HAVE SHUTTLES COMING OUT OF FIELD'S WORK. YOU KNOW, ALL I CAN SAY IS THE TEAM IS DIGESTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE MONTH OF COMMENTS AND WE'LL COME OUT SHORTLY IN THE COMING WEEKS WITH SORT OF A
RESPONSE AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE PARKING SPOTS IN THE BACK ENTRANCE OF THE ZOO AND THERE ARE AND THOSE WILL STILL BE
THERE BUT MOST PEOPLE IF THEY'RE GOING AND THEY LIVE IN THE IN THE AREA, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE COMING OFF OF TRANSIT LIKE WHAT EXTRA PARKING WILL THERE BE AT JFK TO
LEAVE YOUR CAR TO GET ON THE SHUTTLE BUT THERE IS NONE NOW AND I LIVE RIGHT NEAR THERE. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND WHERE WHEN YOU PULL UP AND YOU WANT TO
PARK BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THEN DRIVE ALL THE WAY BACK TO JFK AND GET ON A SHUTTLE WHERE THE CAR IS GOING TO BE LEFT AND HAS THE ZOO BEEN PART
OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENFORCE BECAUSE ALONG THAT ROAD THERE THERE IS ALL THE SIDE PARKING FROM THE ZOO TO WHEN I'M ASSUMING PEOPLE
ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE THOSE SPOTS AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE THE NEED TO ENFORCE THAT PEOPLE ARE APPROVING ARE YOU GOING TO THE ZOO? ARE YOU WALKING THE GOLF COURSE
LIKE WHERE ARE YOU GOING? AND IF YOU'RE USING IT TO THEN NOT HAVE TO GO BACK TO JFK AND SHUTTLE IN YOU KNOW, ALL GREAT QUESTIONS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION WHEN WE'RE NOT
LEADING THE TRANSPORTATION WHEN TO THE YOU KNOW, WE'RE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT DO YOU HAVE ANY OPINION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE CARS IN THE PARKING LOT? THANKS FOR THE QUESTION YEAH,
SURE. BECAUSE I REALIZE THIS IS AND I WANTED TO FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWING IT'S A BIG PART OF IT BUT JUST YEAH I THINK THE POSITIVE THE POSITIVES OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITMENT SO FAR IS ELECTRICAL
SHUTTLES EVEN SHUTTLES AND MAXIMIZING THE USE OF MASS TRANSIT TO GET TO A SITE MINIMIZING BOTH EMISSIONS IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE PARK AND THEN EMISSIONS IN THAT LAST MILE TRANSIT FROM WHERE PEOPLE
ARE COMING ON AND ADDITIONALLY THE THE PROVISION OF ONSITE BIKE PARKING AND INCLUDING EVENT DAY BIKE VALET IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BLUE BIKE SYSTEM SO WE'RE LOOKING AT
ALL ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION EXCEPT DRIVING TO THE STADIUM. SO OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL. OKAY.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, IT'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN AN ISSUE WITH WHO'S DOING
THE CONSTRUCTION AND I KNOW WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR OR THE CITY DOES ON OUR SIDE BUT SO FAR THERE HASN'T BEEN A GENERAL CONTRACTOR ON THE OTHER SIDE. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT
BECAUSE I THINK I DO NOT WANT TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT. THAT'S FINE. I THINK IT'S IN TERMS OF LIKE THE COMMUNITY AND BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO SOMEONE SO OKAY.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR ABOUT WHAT KIND OF IMPACT GLOBAL WARMING IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE TREES SPECIFICALLY IN FRANKLIN PARK? ARE THERE ANY SPECIES THAT ARE
SPECIFICALLY AT RISK AND WHAT KINDS OF SPECIES? YEAH, YEAH, YOU TOUCHED ON IT BUT I CAN I CAN SPEAK GENERALLY AGAIN THIS IS NOT PART OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS RELATED TO THIS WHITE CITY AND PROJECT
BUT WE ARE WE ARE GENERALLY SEEING SO I GREW UP IN GEORGIA I'LL SAY AND INCREASINGLY WHEN I LOOK AT FOR EXAMPLE THE NEW YORK CITY APPROVED STREET TREE LIST I SEE MORE INCREASE THAT
WE'RE NOT HISTORICALLY ON THE NEW YORK CITY LIST AND SIMILARLY IN BOSTON YOU JUST SEE THIS KIND OF UPWARD MARCH OF OAK AND HICKORY FOREST
COMPOSITION BECAUSE OF THE THE INCREASING TEMPERATURES YOU SEE ALSO MAPLES SPECIFICALLY MOVING INCREASINGLY TO THE NORTH JUST
BASED ON THOSE TEMPERATURES. SO WITH THAT IN MIND WHEN WE SAY CLIMATE ADAPTIVE SPECIES, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY SPECIFYING MORE OAKS, MORE HICKORY, MORE MORE PLANTS THAT ARE GOING TO
BY THE TIME OF THEIR MATURITY STILL BE WITHIN THEIR THEIR PROPER USDA CALLED HARDINESS ZONE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, NOT YET. I GOT IT.
AND SO THE IN TERMS OF THE TREES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLANTED IS THIS IS BEING FACTORED IN TO EXACTLY WHERE THERE'S GOING. OKAY THERE'S ALSO AN INTENTION
COUNCILOR ON A LOT OF THE STREET TREES AND A LOT OF THE PARKS HAD SORT OF A MONOCULTURAL MONOCULTURE APPROACH WHERE THAT WAS A DESIGN INTENT AND NOW WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, BEING RESISTANT TO CERTAIN TYPES
OF BLIGHTS AND CERTAIN OF PESTS, YOU KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DIVERSITY OF SPECIES THAT HAS THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS SO THAT WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE IT'S NOT WIPING OUT, YOU KNOW, AN ENTIRE
GROVE IN A PARK IT'S WIPING OUT A COUPLE OF SPECIMENS PER WEEK AND I, I I, I LIVE HERE I GREW UP IN NEW YORK ATLANTA'S TREES ARE JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
I LIVED IN NASHVILLE. I WAS ALWAYS JEALOUS OF ATLANTA'S I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THOSE TREES TO GROW SO BIG I GUESS WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CHESTNUT ISSUE.
OKAY SO FOR ONE THING AND I, I IT'S SLIGHTLY OFF BUT MURPHY FIELD, YOU KNOW, IS BEING RENOVATED IN JP YOU KNOW NEXT
TO THE MUNI SCHOOL AND THERE'S IF YOU GO BY THERE THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCKS AND THIS IS JUST FOR BASICALLY I MEAN THERE IS CONCRETE BLEACHER REMOVAL AND STUFF.
IS THERE ANY HAVE YOU DONE ANY ANALYSIS FOR LIKE YOU KNOW HOW AND PEOPLE SAY WELL THIS IS THIS IS SORT OF LIKE THE CONTRACTOR IS KIND OF RUN AMUCK AND YOU KNOW, SORT OF PUTTING
THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT IN THERE AND IT IT LOOKS LIKE LIKE A THEY THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A 30 STOREY BUILDING. THEY'RE NOT JUST LIKE PLANT
GRASS AND MAKE A BASEBALL INFIELD. SO HAVE YOU DONE ANY WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THE WORK ON ON THE STADIUM THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT
OF VEHICLES AND WE'RE NOT JUST KIDDING I WAS JUST SAYING TO SOME CONTRACTOR LIKE YOU KNOW HAVE AT IT AND YEAH YEAH I CAN SPEAK ON THAT SO TO BE CLEAR THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS
NEARING THE END OF THE DEMOLITION PHASE UNDER THEIR DEMOLITION PERMIT AGAIN IT'S TWO PROJECTS SO THERE'S EAST AND WEST BOTH OF THOSE HAVE HAD
TO ATTAIN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN THE CMP AS WELL AS A CALA, A CONSTRUCTION ACCESS LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. SO THERE ARE KIND OF TWO LEVELS OF REVIEW AND AGREEMENT THAT
HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS OR THE DEMOLITION TRUCKS ARRIVE. SO WE ARE NOW AT THIS MOMENT GOING THROUGH THOSE SAME TWO STEPS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. I KNOW THE WHOLE THING APPEARS
TO BE CONSTRUCTION BUT IT'S TECHNICALLY ENTERING CONSTRUCTION. THAT INCLUDES SOME THINGS YOU MAY NOTE IF YOU WALK AROUND THE STADIUM NOW INCLUDING INFORMATIONAL SIGNAGE INCLUDING
CONTACT. SO IF YOU HAVE A NOISE COMPLAINT OR A DUST COMPLAINT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THERE ARE NUMBERS TO CALL AND EMAILS TO REACH OUT TO. IT ALSO INCLUDES ONSITE
FLAGGERS WHICH WAS A REQUEST OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT FAMILIES, CHILDREN, CYCLISTS FROM ANY INCIDENTS WITH LARGE TRUCKS. SO WHEN A LARGE TRUCK IS
ENTERING OR LEAVING THERE THERE CONSTRUCTION PERIMETER THERE'S AN ONSITE PERSON WITH A FLAG GUIDING THEM ACROSS THE CROSSWALK. THERE'S ALSO A CROSSWALK
IMPROVEMENT AND SEVERAL OTHER CONSTRUCTION ENABLING WORK THAT THAT PROTECTS PEDESTRIANS AS THEY MOVE AROUND THE STADIUM. I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION I THAT HELPS IT JUST
THAT THERE YOU KNOW I JUST DON'T WANT US TO SIGN OFF ON THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN AND THEN YOU KNOW TO SEE IF THERE'S LITTLE I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THAT MANY TRUCKS IN MURPHY
FIELD IN SUCH A SMALL SPACE. ANYONE WHO'S IN JP DRIVE BY IT'S SO YOU KNOW I'M HOPING THE IMPACT OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS
GOING TO BE YOU KNOW SORT OF MITIGATED AND WATCHED IN TERMS OF PARKING YOU KNOW, LIVING IN NASHVILLE THERE'S LIKE A CUMBERLAND RIVER CUTS
THROUGH THE MIDDLE A FOOTBALL STADIUM THERE AND THE WORST PART IS THE PARKING WHICH IS JUST IT'S LIKE A IT'S LIKE HALF OF THE WHAT SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL
LIKE RIVERSIDE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT WHICH YOU KNOW I WAS I WAS WORRIED ABOUT INITIALLY AND THEN I HEARD THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL PARKING. DID YOU HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS
OR YOU KNOW YOU WHERE DID THEY EVER PUSH FOR PARKING AT THE STADIUM? WAS THAT EVER A PART OF THE CONVERSATION OR WAS IT JUST NEVER BROACHED?
SO I CAN I CAN SPEAK FOR MY PART FROM THE MOMENT I ENTERED THE PROJECT. THERE HASN'T BEEN NO REQUESTS FOR PARKING FROM THE TEAM THAT THAT IS I CAN SAY THAT IS SINCE
JANUARY OF LAST YEAR I HAVE HEARD NO RESPONSE OR NO REQUESTS FROM THE TEAM FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING. ONE THING THAT IS WORTH NOTING IS THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE
EXISTING ROADWAYS THAT WILL WILL ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE SAME USE THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. THOSE ARE THE HISTORIC CARRIAGEWAYS THAT WRAP THE THE HISTORIC PLACE THAT. OKAY.
TWO MORE QUICK QUESTIONS FOR THE ELECTRIC SHUTTLES AND BUSSES. I KNOW THAT THE TEAM HAD TALKED ABOUT OR OUR TRANSPORTATION SO WE WERE GOING TO BE ORDERING THOSE.
DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE ON LET'S SAY BECAUSE SO THE TEAM IS NOT PLAYING THEIR FIRST SEASON IN FRANKLIN PARK SO THEY WOULD BE STARTING, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND
A HALF FROM NOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR GETTING ELECTRIC SHUTTLES? MAYBE YOU ALREADY HAVE THEM. HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT? YEAH, WE DO NOT.
BUT I'M GOING TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT TRANSPORTATION. YEAH. OKAY.
AND IN TERMS OF SORRY, YOU KNOW SO THAT SARAH FREEMAN WHO I DON'T SEE HERE I THINK SHE HAD ASKED US A QUESTION ABOUT FOR
THE THE TREE REMOVAL AND THAT TECHNICALLY A LOT OF THAT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE THAT THAT THE TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. LIKE WHO'S GOING TO TAKE WHO'S
PAYING FOR THAT WHO'S MANAGING THAT THE THAT PART YOU KNOW LIKE IS THAT IS THAT THE TEAM GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF THAT OR ARE WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE REMOVAL? YEAH.
YEAH I MEAN IS IT PAST TENSE THERE? OKAY YEAH. YEAH. SO ALL THE REMOVALS PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC TREE MEETING AND NO NO OTHERS THAT WERE NOT PRESENTED ALL TREES HAVE BEEN REMOVED THAT ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED AND THEY THE BEST WAY
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHO'S PAYING FOR IT IS IT'S DIVIDED BY SCOPE AREAS YOU KNOW THE EAST, THE EAST AND THE WEST ARE TWO HALVES OF THE PROJECT AND WITHIN EACH SCOPE AREA EITHER
THE CITY ON THE EAST OR THE SOCCER TEAM ON THE WEST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HAS PAID FOR THEIR TREE REMOVAL. SO THEN DO WE EVEN IF WE'RE NOT PAYING DO WE REMOVE THE TREE I
MEAN TO BE WE INVOLVED IN THAT OR WE JUST LEFT IT UP TO THE THE TEAM TO TAKE CARE OF THE TREE REMOVAL. SO DO YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS AROUND TRIM LEVELS OR THE THE ACTUAL WORK DO THEY PAY THE
CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE. YEP. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. THEY CONTRACTED WITH WITH AN ARBORIST THAT ACTUALLY WORKS WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT QUITE A BIT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE AND THERE'S ANOTHER PANEL BUT COUNCILOR MURPHY, IF YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UPS. JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
THE ADVOCATES, THE COMMUNITY ALSO ON THEIR CONCERNS. SO I HOPE YOU CAN STAY TO HEAR FROM THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M DISMISSING THIS PANEL. WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT THE SECOND PANEL.
JUST GIVE ME A SECOND. EVERYONE'S FROM THE EMERALD NECKLACE I HAVE. YEAH, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT LISTED.
YEAH, I HAVE A FOUR FOR SURE. I THINK THIS ONE DIDN'T NEED TO BE OKAY, BUT YEAH, SO SO KAREN
,IS IT I MONY MY BROTHER WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE EMERALD NECKLACE JUN SUNG LEE WITH THE EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY ANITA MOORE SOME MANTRA FROM THE ADMIRAL NECKLACE
CONSERVANCY SONJA OKAY. UH, PROBABLY, YEAH. THANK YOU FROM THE EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY AND, UH, I
HAVE CARLON SINGH MASTER THE PROGRAM UM, PROMISING TO BE GUARANTEED AND STILL I LIKE DR. RIDER AND THE LIST, PLEASE. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SURE. CONTINUE NUMBER.
I KNOW THAT DR. MURRAY ALL DO A NUMBER OVER ALL THESE YEARS ALL THIS CLIMBING NOTHING AROUND LIKE IT. I'M SORRY.
I JUST TRYING TO HAVE THAT STREAM GOOD. YEAH. OKAY.
OKAY.
GOOD PEOPLE OUT OF THAT RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AFTER THIS.
SO, UH, NOT EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE ON THE PANEL. OKAY, TO DO THIS?
YEAH, IT SHOULD BE SIX OF US. YEAH, OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, SO, UH, WELCOME.
UM, I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR COMMENTS. YEAH, UM, I'D LOVE TO JUST MAYBE BRIEFLY INTRODUCE WHO'S HERE AND SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS
THE BEGINNING. MY NAME IS KAREN MONEY BIOTECH. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY. I'M JOINED BY AND AROUND THE ROOM MEMBERS OF THE FRANKLIN PARK DEFENDERS AND A BUNCH
OF OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAT I THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT WHITE STADIUM PROPOSAL WOULD
HAVE. I DO JUST AT THE BEGINNING WHEN I MENTIONED THAT THE DEMOLITION HAS PROCEEDED BUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY BID TO MY KNOWLEDGE
OR FULLY COSTED OR STARTED AND I DO WANT BOSTON AND ALL THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITIES AND EVERYONE THAT CARES ABOUT THE PARK AND CARES ABOUT WHITE STADIUM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO REALLY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD COME NEXT BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PROJECT THAT I BELIEVE WOULD SUPPORT THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS THE LESS EXPENSIVE AND MORE SUSTAINABLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO
TALK ABOUT TODAY. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY AND I'M GLAD TO BE JOINED BY THIS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE NOTICE IN THE WORLD SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE FOLKS COMING OUT HERE. I'LL JUST ASK FOLKS THAT ARE JOINING ME TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. THEY ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PROJECT. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JAMES MEALY.
I'M A RESIDENT OF CITY OF BOSTON AND BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRADUATE AND A SUPPORTER OF THE EMERALD EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY AND THE FRANKLIN PARK DEFENDERS. I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE A LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECT AND I FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO. AT FIRST THEY WERE SAYING RENOVATE WHITE STADIUM BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE SITE YOU SEE THAT WHITE STADIUM IS GONE.
THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW STADIUM IN FRANKLIN PARK AND JUST ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME FOR THEM TO COMPLETELY AVOID ACTUALLY DOING A FOLLOWING THE LEGAL PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEWS AND FOR PUBLIC LANDS DISPOSITION AND AT A TIME WHEN PUBLIC LANDS ARE UNDER ATTACK NATIONALLY IN THIS COUNTRY, IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN
IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. MY NAME IS SONIA BABALOLA, CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER AT THE EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY AND MY BACKGROUND IS IN
NONPROFITS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ETC. IF YOU LOOK AT
MAGUIRE AND MAGUIRE I'M AN EDUCATOR. I'VE USED THE PARK FOR NOT ONLY BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS
TREASURE BUT FOR 50 YEARS I USE IT FOR METCO AND I BOUGHT THE SUBURBAN SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN TO SEE WHAT I CONSIDER ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC SPACES IS PART OF THE NECKLACE THAT WE
HAVE IN MASSACHUSETTS. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO FLY IN TO BOSTON. YOU REALLY CAN'T FLY OVER THE CITY IN A PRIVATE IN A COMMERCIAL PLANE YOU FLY TO THE
LEFT LITTLE LOGAN YOU CAN SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL GREEN SWARD THAT WE CALL FRANKLIN PARK AND NOT MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE IT LOOK OUT THE PLANE WINDOW AND
LOOK DOWN AT THAT BEAUTIFUL SPACE AND I HATE TO SEE ANYTHING THAT DESTROYS ANY PART OF IT. I ONLY LIVE FOUR BLOCKS FROM FRANKLIN PARK NOW AND IT'S IT'S
A PART OF MY MY MEMORIES SYSTEM, MY DAILY WALKS WITH MY DOGS. IT'S WHERE I TOOK PROBABLY 140 SOME OF THE SUBURBAN SCHOOLS FOR PICNICS.
IT'S IT'S A PART OF BOSTON'S HISTORY THAT SHOULD NOT BE DESTROYED, HURT OR DAMAGED IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD IMPACT THE FUTURE USE OF THAT PARK.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT IT'S NOT JUST NOW IT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THIS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT PARK? WHO'S GOING TO USE IT, WHOSE
CHILDREN ARE GOING TO USE IT OR SENIORS LIKE ME WILL HAVE IT IN THEIR MEMORY SYSTEM. THAT'S FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HOW WE LOVE THE PARK
IN ALL THAT'S IN IT ALL THAT'S IN IT NOT JUST THE TREES BUT EVERYTHING YOU GOT TO KEEP. HELLO. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. STILL GOOD.
MY NAME IS JUN LEE I'M VOCATION AND POLICY MANAGER AT THE EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY. MY BACKGROUND IS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ECOLOGY AND I HOPE THAT I CAN KIND OF SHED MORE LIGHT ON JUST
THE CO2 AND THE WHOLE CARBON NEUTRAL ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I KNOW EVEN THOUGH IT CAN BE CARBON NEUTRAL THERE'S STILL A LOT OF INDIRECT
CO2 EMISSIONS TO HAVE A STADIUM RUNNING BECAUSE I'M NOT TOO SURE WHERE A LOT OF THAT POWER IS COMING FROM. BUT HOWEVER IF YOU ARE POWERING
A STADIUM THAT ENERGY IS COMING FROM ITS SOURCE AND THAT EMITS CO2 EMISSIONS AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW NO WHITE STADIUM ISN'T BEING FUNCTIONING LIKE THAT AND
SO THAT EMISSION FROM AN INDIRECT SOURCE ISN'T REALLY THERE YET. HOWEVER, WHEN THERE'S MORE CONCERTS OR MAYBE IF THERE ARE CONCERTS OR MORE GAMES YOU DO
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE ARE THAT POWER SOURCE AND WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE NOW ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT. AND SO HOPEFULLY I CAN KIND OF SPEAK MORE ON TOP OF THAT AS
WELL AS SOME OF THE BOSTON HEALTH ASSESSMENTS SURVEY THAT I KNOW THE CITY OF BOSTON DOES WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE STATE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND A
LOT OF THE HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT BOSTON AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING DORCHESTER, MATTAPAN
AND ROXBURY HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF ASTHMA SINCE EVEN PRE COVID AND I'M SURE IT
STILL MIGHT HAVE GONE DOWN BUT AS MORE TRANSPORTATION IS BEING PROPOSED, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE RATES OF ASTHMA
AROUND THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS MELISSA HAMEL AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. I LIKE MANY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN BOSTON CAME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. I GREW UP IN DELAWARE AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD MY FAMILY BROUGHT MEJIA TO BOSTON AND ONE OF THE THINGS I FELL IN LOVE WITH BOSTON MADE ME WANT TO MOVE HERE WAS THE
GREENSPACE, THE PARKS, THE COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT. BOSTON IS THE CITY ON THE HILL. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE SHINING EXAMPLE
OF ENVIRONMENTAL SET UP ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONES WHO CARE THE MOST ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. IN FACT, MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE OF THE FEW STATES THAT HAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACT
LAWS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN NECESSARILY ENFORCED. SO I CAME HERE TO BOSTON OVER 40 YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THESE PARKS, BECAUSE OF THIS ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE I WANTED
TO RAISE MY SON HERE, BECAUSE I WANTED TO WALK MY DOGS HERE, YOU KNOW, AND AND TO SEE THE PARKS NEGLECTED OR IMPACTED IN THESE WAYS IN A NEGATIVE WAYS I
HAVE TO SPEAK UP. I'M ALL FOR WOMEN'S SOCCER. I'M ALL FOR FOR HAVING STADIUMS. BUT THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR IT AND IT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WILL BE WILL NOT ONLY IMPACT US BUT GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION
AND YOU CAN GIVE IT BUT IT IS HELPFUL JUST TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND I THINK THAT'LL YEAH YOU KNOW I DO HAVE A BRIEF A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND I AM GOING TO ASK IF OTHERS WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO I THINK THIS THIS CONVERSATION'S TODAY IS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND TRADITIONALLY YOU KNOW ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW DOES
INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION. THAT IS A BIG, BIG ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT AND AND THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FULLY RECONCILED AND I THINK IS IN FACT AND I'M
REALLY SAD TO SAY IT IS REALLY, REALLY UNREALISTIC SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN A REVISED TRANSPORTATION REPORT. IT'S BEEN REVISED A FEW TIMES.
IT ASSUMES ONLY 10% OF PEOPLE WILL BE COMING BY RIDE SHARE. IT MAKES ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW FAR PEOPLE WILL WALK WHICH I BELIEVE ARE JUST REALLY REALLY UNREALISTIC.
THE SO I WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS THERE'S BEEN NO STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THIS PROJECT. IT IS A MASSIVE PROJECT. IT IS OVER $200 MILLION MAYBE MORE.
WE DON'T KNOW YET. I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF OF TRUCKS AND CARS THAT ARE COMING TO ANY PROJECT. I WOULD JUST SAY BRACE YOURSELF BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PILE DRIVERS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUGE, HUGE TRUSSES THIS BUILDING AND I'M SORRY YOU DON'T HAVE DIAGRAMS AND THE REASON YOU DON'T HAVE DIAGRAMS IS BECAUSE THE ARTICLE 80 REPORT THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER
BY THE CITY NEVER INCLUDED THE EXISTING AND THE NEW IN THE SAME DOCUMENT THE CONSERVANCY WE PUT THAT TOGETHER I CAN I CAN I CAN SEND IT TO YOU THE PROJECT DOES TAKE UP ANOTHER
TWO ACRES OF FOOTPRINT. TWO TENNIS COURTS ARE LOST. THAT IS PART OF WHY THE PERMEABLE PAVING NUMBER GOES DOWN BUT THEN IT GOES UP AGAIN BECAUSE THE STADIUM GETS BIGGER AND THAT'S PART OF THAT THAT
NET CHANGE AND THE COMMUNITY PROCESS THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN I ACTUALLY THINK IS A WONDERFUL PLAN. I THINK IT GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL AROUND THE PARK AND I THINK
THAT'S TREMENDOUS. BUT WHAT I WHAT I FEAR AND WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING IS I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT WHICH IS NOT IN LINE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN HAS REALLY CAUSED RIFTS
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY THAT I DON'T BELIEVE NEEDED TO BE THERE. AND AGAIN, I STILL THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER AND MORE FOCUSED AND LESS EXPENSIVE AND
MORE SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD COUNCILOR MURPHY AND OTHERS ASK EARLIER ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE TREES IN THE PARK AND THE CONDITIONS OF THE STADIUM IS RELATED TO
THE FACT THAT IT IS VERY HARD IN A CITY TO MAINTAIN OUR ASSETS AND I'M A BIG CARPENTER . I WORK FOR NEW YORK CITY PARKS, SAN FRANCISCO PARKS NOW I'M HERE WE ALL STRUGGLE THESE
CITIES STRUGGLE WITH THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS BUILDING A $200 MILLION STADIUM OR MORE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE NO NEW TARIFFS JUST PUT IN PLACE ON STEEL.
SO MAYBE IT'S 340 MILLION WE DON'T KNOW BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASKING THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO MAINTAIN THAT AFTER TEN YEARS ASSUMING THAT THE TEAM MAYBE THE TEAM WILL RENEW
THE LEASE. WE KNOW THAT WE ALL WANT WOMEN'S SOCCER TO DO WELL. WE'D LIKE IT TO GROW, PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE. SO THEN WE'RE ESSENTIALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, WE TALK ABOUT THE LONG
TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS PROJECT. WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT NOW THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON NEEDS TO MAINTAIN A STEEL STRUCTURE WITH
A STEEL ROOF, A MASSIVE NEW FACILITY THAT CAN HOLD 11,000 FOLKS. AND THE FACT IS NO STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REALLY REVIEWED WHAT THE TRAFFIC
IMPACTS WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE. IT THERE WAS A LIMITED ARTICLE 80 REVIEW THAT WAS A CITY FOCUSED REVIEW BUT THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF THE
PROJECT AND THE REALITY OF THE TRANSPORTATION PATTERNS THE IT WAS NEVER REVIEWED. THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HAVE DETAILED AND PERHAPS YOU KNOW I'D LIKE TO THINK AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT PEOPLE THOUGHT MAYBE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD THING. I MEAN EVERYONE WE LOVE SOCCER, WE LOVE SPORTS BUT I THINK TODAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IN THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'VE GOT,
WE THINK THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER. THE CONSERVANCY COST ESTIMATED AND HAS PROVIDED A DETAILED PROPOSAL FOR $30 MILLION THAT MANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAVE HAVE APPRECIATED. IT COULD BE ADDED TO IT COULD BE CHANGED BUT IT WOULD BE FOCUSED ON THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE CONSERVANCY AND OTHERS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR DESIRE TO INVEST IN THE PARK AND INVEST IN MAINTENANCE AND
INVEST IN A MAINTENANCE FUND THE CONSERVANCY AND I HEAR YOU ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE TREES IN THE PARK THE CONSERVANCY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS PICKED SPENT OVER
$600,000 ON TREE PRUNING AND FRANKLIN PARK THOSE ARE DONATED FUNDS AND ALSO RUNS A PUBLIC RESTROOM WHICH I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT THE TREE IMPACT THE TREE
MEETING BUT THERE WERE NO CHANGES OR FEEDBACK RECEIVED IN THAT MEETING THAT RESULTED IN ANY CHANGES IN THE TREES THAT WERE IMPACTED.
THE I'M GOING TO ASK A COUPLE OF FOLKS TO ALSO ADD IN A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER AREAS OF THEIR TOP CONCERN BUT
AGAIN THERE HAS NOT BEEN THE STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WHICH I THINK WOULD WOULD REALLY LET EVERY EVERY CITY COUNCILOR KNOW IF THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN CAN REALLY WORK BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE
RIGHT NOW ARE HUNDREDS OF BUSSES COMING ON TO WALNUT STREET, DRIVING INTO THE PARK, TURNING AROUND, UNLOADING MULTIPLE BUSSES IN A SINGLE MINUTE AND THE ACTUAL REALITY
OF THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IS SUSTAINABLE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD MORE?
BOSTONIANS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE INHERITED ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND WELL-DESIGNED URBAN PUBLIC PARK SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD. OUR PUBLIC PARKS ARE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
SUPPORT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE SECOND HOMES DOWN THE CAPE OR UP NORTH AND RELY ON THESE SPACES TO GET AWAY FROM THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
STRESSORS OF DAILY LIFE IN THE CITY. BOSTON'S PUBLIC PARKS ARE THE RIGHTFUL INHERITANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON PASSED DOWN BY GENERATIONS BEFORE US WHO
FOUGHT THE PRIVATE INTERESTS OF THEIR OWN TIME TO PROTECT THESE EXTRAORDINARY SPACES AND SET THEM ASIDE FOR PUBLIC USE IN PERPETUITY. THEY DID NOT SET THEM ASIDE TO
SUBSIDIZE THE FUTURE BUSINESS SCHEMES OF PRIVATE INVESTORS ENABLED BY A COMPLICIT CITY ADMINISTRATION. I'VE TRIED FOR YEARS NOW TO UNDERSTAND THE ADMINISTRATION'S
REASONS FOR PUSHING THROUGH THIS EGREGIOUS PROPOSAL TO REDEVELOP THE NORTHERN PORTION OF FRANKLIN PARK FOR THE USE OF A PRIVATE SPORTS FRANCHISE. IT'S PUZZLING FROM A PURELY
LOGISTICAL PERSPECTIVE AS KAREN JUST SPOKE TO AS MANY BOSTONIANS WILL TELL YOU, FRANKLIN PARK IS NOT THE EASIEST PLACE TO GET TO ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY.
THE TRANSFER THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS PUT FORWARD IS LIGHT ON DETAIL AND HEAVY ON DUBIOUS ASSUMPTIONS ALTHOUGH SO FAR THEY'VE SAID THERE WILL NOT BE ANY NEW
PARKING WITHIN FRANKLIN PARK. I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE PRIVATE INVESTORS AREN'T ALREADY EYEING THE REST OF THE PLACE STEAD WHERE PARK VISITORS CURRENTLY PLAY
SOFTBALL AND FLY KITES WHEN THEIR DUBIOUS TRANSPORTATION PLANS FAIL. HOW LONG BEFORE THE PRIVATE INVESTORS DEMAND THAT THE CITY PROVIDE NEW PARKING ON THE PLACE STOOD IN ORDER TO
FACILITATE THEIR BUSINESS DEAL IN WHAT SHOULD LEAD BOSTON RESIDENTS TO BELIEVE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WON'T ACQUIESCE TO THESE DEMANDS. THE CITY ALSO HASN'T DONE ANY SERIOUS ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND
THE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE REST OF THE PARK. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY SIMPLY DO NOT CARE HOW RESIDENTS AND OTHER PARK USERS WILL BE AFFECTED AS LONG AS THEIR
PRIVATE INVESTOR FRIENDS ARE HAPPY AND WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE PROPOSED STADIUM EVEN THOUGH ITS SIZE WOULD BE BLATANTLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR FRANKLIN PARK AND DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE WHITE STADIUM THAT THEY JUST DEMOLISHED WOULD
ACTUALLY BE VERY SMALL FOR THE TYPICAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER STADIUM OR THE FACT THAT THE PROMINENT THAT PROMINENT SPORTS ECONOMISTS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THE TEN YEAR TERM OF THE LEASE THAT THE CITY HAS
PROVIDED TO THE PRIVATE INVESTORS IS EXTREMELY SHORT FOR DEALS LIKE THIS AND COULD LEAVE THE CITY WITH A MASSIVE EXPENSIVE STADIUM WITH NO USE IF THE TEAM EITHER FAILS OR IS
SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY NEED A LARGER STADIUM SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHY WOULD THE MAYOR PLACE SUCH A RISK IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY'S TAXPAYERS? THESE ARE ALL THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY
WOULD NEED TO ANSWER IF THEY ACTUALLY FOLLOWED THE LEGAL PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC SPACE REVIEWS. AND I WONDER IF THE REASON THEY HAVE REFUSED TO FOLLOW THE
LEGAL PROCESS IS SIMPLY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY GOOD ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I FIRST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT
FOR A FULLY PUBLIC COMMUNITY FOCUSED WHITE STADIUM RENOVATION. THIS INCLUDES 29 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING
ARBOR WAY MATTERS AUTHENTIC CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION, BAY STATERS FOR CREATIVE WELL-BEING, THE BLACK LOTUS COOPERATIVE, BOSTON BENGALS, POP WARNER, THE BOSTON
COMMITTEE COALITION FOR REGION WIDE SERVICES BEYOND FRANKLIN PARK CORPORATIONS INC THE ENVIRON SHOW FACTS ASSOCIATION EXCHANGE FRIENDS OF MELANIE
ACAST BOULEVARD FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT FOREST GARDEN CLUB OF THE BACK BAY GARRISON TROTTER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL GREATER MATTAPAN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL GREEN AND GREEN REALTY
HANCOCK STREET CIVIC ASSOCIATION. HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION MATTAPAN FOOD AND FITNESS COALITION WITH UNION MANOR COOPERATIVE CORPORATION
AND ACP BOSTON BRANCH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY POLONIA ARE AUTO SALES POWER OF SKIRTS COLLECTIVE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCIL TREES AS A PUBLIC GOOD NETWORK TRUSTEE THE TRUSTEES COLLABORATIVE FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND THE URBAN BIODIVERSITY PROJECT.
I TOO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND ITS CONNECTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ESPECIALLY WHAT'S NOT IN THE UPDATED TRANSPORTATION
REPORT. THE TRAFFIC PLAN DESCRIBES GAME DAY AND BEEPS ATHLETICS SOME COMMUNITY SCENARIOS LIKE GRADUATIONS.
WE'RE TOLD THAT CAPACITY OF THE NEW STADIUM FOR A GAME IS APPROXIMATELY 11,000 BUT THE LARGEST COMMUNITY EVENT SHOWN IN THIS TRANSFER TAKEN
TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENT IS AN EVENT LIKE A GRADUATION WITH APPROXIMATELY 500 TO 1000 ATTENDEES. THE TRAFFIC PLAN DOES NOT DESCRIBE OTHER EVENTS THAT COULD TAKE PLACE AT WHITE STADIUM.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS UNKNOWNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF NON-PRO SOCCER AND NON VP'S EVENTS. I PERSONALLY SPENT MORE THAN HALF A DECADE WORKING FOR
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CLUB AND FACILITY WHERE GAMEDAY COMMUNITY AN EVENT SPECIAL OPERATE A SPECIAL EVENT OPERATIONS AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE VISITORS FOR EACH VARIED
WIDELY FOR EXAMPLE A CONCERT REQUIRING A STAGE BUILD WILL ALSO REQUIRE LOAD IN AND LOAD OUT OF SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. SEVERAL DAYS OF WORK BY PRODUCTION CREWS AND ADDITIONAL
LARGE VEHICLES THOSE WHO ARE LIKELY TO ATTEND A SPORTS EVENT EVEN REGULARLY ARE NOT THE SAME AS THOSE WHO MIGHT ATTEND A DIFFERENT EVENT SUCH AS A CONCERT.
THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS HAVE VARIED TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE UPDATED TRANSPORTATION PROPOSAL
. THANK YOU SIR. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE YES
,I DON'T LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THE CHILDREN OF BOSTON BOTH THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE 45 TOWNS THAT ARE IN METCO HAVE
BEEN USING FRANKLIN PARK SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1965. I'VE USED IT ALL MY LIFE AND I'M 94 NOW THAT PARK AND THOSE
TREES SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ALREADY CUT DOWN CAN'T BE TAKEN LIGHTLY AS SOMETHING YOU CAN PUT IN AND TAKE OUT LIKE YOU DO A SOURCE OR A PIN.
IT TAKES YEARS TO GROW TO SUPPORT BEAUTIFUL TREES AND WHEN I GO BY THERE AND I SEE THE DEP THE DEMOLITION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE IT'S REALLY
TRAGIC THAT PARK IS THE ONE PLACE YOU SEE WHEN YOU FLY INTO BOSTON YOU'RE COMING IN FROM THE OCEAN SIDE. YOU CAN SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL GREEN OPEN.
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN BOSTON AND IF YOU LOOK OUT THE PLANE WINDOW YOU CAN SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL GREEN SWARD. IT'S IT'S A SIGNATURE OF THIS CITY THE CAPITAL
OF MASSACHUSETTS SITS THAT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT WE CAN JUST MOVE IT AROUND, TAKE DOWN TREES, PUT UP NEW ONES WHICH TAKE FOREVER TO
GROW AND I LIVE FOUR BLOCKS FROM THE PARK AND MY TREES ARE MASSIVE. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS SO I'M LUCKY I'M SURROUNDED BY A GREEN MASS. PEOPLE ASK ME DO YOU LIVE IN A
PARK? I SAID NO, I LIVE IN ROXBURY. BUT FRANKLIN PARK IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THIS CITY THAT IN ONE SPACE YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTY WE
DON'T NEED TO DESTROY IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. WE NEED TO ENHANCE IT. WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE PARK NOT JUST THE
SCHOOLS THAT PEOPLE LIVE AROUND THERE WHO DRIVE AND WALK IN THAT PARK EVERY DAY. IT'S IT'S NOT A SHOWPLACE. IT'S OUR PLACE AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT AS OUR PLACE.
BOSTON, THE CAPITAL OF MASSACHUSETTS I SHINING STAR UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. YOU COME HERE, YOU SEE FRANKLIN PARK I WANT US TO SUPPORT
FRANKLIN PARK AS A BEAUTY SPOT NOT ITS NOT AS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SORT OF FOOLED AROUND WITH IT'S SECURE, IT'S THERE,
IT'S OURS. WE LIVE THERE. WE LOVE IT. WE WANT YOU TO SUPPORT US THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON THE CITIZENS OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO USE THAT
PARK HAVE USED IT FOREVER AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO USE IT. I WISH I COULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU PHOTOGRAPHS OF HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN FROM SUBURBAN SCHOOLS WHO I BROUGHT IN FOR 50
YEARS TO THE PLACE DEAD TO THE STADIUM TO THE SCARBOROUGH UPON WHICH TO COME IN ON MORTON STREET SIDE TAKE THEM TO PICNICS.
IT'S JUST THE PLACE FOR MANY OF US IT'S PART OF OUR LIFE AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DAMAGED AND TWIDDLED WITH IT NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED IN WAYS THAT
SUPPORT US. PLEASE. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE MORE TO KNOW. YEAH, I THINK. OKAY SO JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, I WOULD LIKE
TO GET TO QUESTIONS. I MEAN WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL THE PANELISTS AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, SOME TWICE I'D LIKE TO GIVE COUNCILOR MURPHY A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT'LL GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A MORE POINTED DISCUSSION. SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO COUNCILOR MURPHY. THERE'S STILL NO ONE ELSE HERE. SO YOU KNOW, I'VE SET THE TIMER AT 10 MINUTES.
I DON'T YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN YOUR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ME THIS PANEL IS IMPORTANT TO JUST HEAR FROM YOU.
RIGHT. THERE'S NO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I CAN ASK YOU BUT I DID WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR AND I KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING YOU'VE
BEEN PART OF THIS PROCESS AND YOU'RE STILL UPLIFTING SOME THINGS AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS I HEARD YOU MENTIONED AND IT REALLY STUCK WITH ME HOW YOU
KNOW, MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES WHO USE AS PART OF DON'T HAVE POLICIES, RIGHT. DON'T GO TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. I OFTEN HEAR ESPECIALLY AS POLITICIANS PEOPLE TELL YOU EVERYONE LEAVES COME JUNE,
JULY, AUGUST NO ONE'S AROUND. I'M LIKE HOW OLD THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT LIVED IN THIS CITY FOR 55 YEARS AND MY SUMMERS GROWING UP AND THEN MY SUMMERS AS A PARENT RAISING MY
CHILDREN WERE SPENT ON THE BASEBALL FIELDS DROPPING OFF AT OUR ABC HAVE SUMMER CAMPS GOING TO THE FRANKLIN PARK ZOO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER? NO GOING TO CASTLE ISLAND.
IF WE WERE LUCKY WE'D BE GOING OVER TO ONE OF OUR HARBOR ISLANDS LIKE WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CITY AND MANY OF OUR KIDS, MOST OF OUR FAMILIES AND KIDS AREN'T LEAVING AND IF THEY HAVE A ONE WEEK VACATION DOWN
IN THE CAPE THAT'S WHAT MOST CITY WORKERS LIKE MOST FAMILIES IN THE CITY DON'T JUST PICK UP AND LEAVE. THEY'RE HERE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THAT WE DON'T JUST USE
THIS CITY FOR A FEW MONTHS OR AND THEN JUST LEAVE AND ENJOY OTHER PLACES. WE ENJOY STAYING HERE BECAUSE IT OFFERS SO MUCH SO JUST YOU
FOR UPLIFTING THAT ALSO THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT CONCERN THAT QUESTION LIKE WHAT MORE WILL COME RIGHT? FENWAY PARK IS DEALING WITH THAT NOW OR THEY HAVE BEEN FOR
YEARS LIKE A LOTS OF GILLETTE STADIUM ALL THESE PLACES YOU BUILD SOMETHING BIG AND BEAUTIFUL. IT'S GOING TO WANT TO BE USED RIGHT IF IT'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS I MEAN I WOULD
ASSUME WE'D WANT EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN THIS SPACE IF CONCERTS END UP COMING DOWN THE ROAD LIKE WE DON'T BUILD THINGS TO THEN KEEP IT CLOSED, WE BUILD IT TO USE IT.
SO WHAT IMPACT WILL COME DOWN THE ROAD AND WHAT HOW MUCH WILL THE COMMUNITY STILL HAVE A SAY ? AND THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT. SO THESE AREN'T REALLY QUESTIONS OR EXPECT TO HAVE ANSWERS BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I CONTINUE TO THINK
ABOUT AND WHAT WILL I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO KNOW YOU KNOW, KIND OF MONITOR AS WE GO THROUGH AND THE BIG THING SO FROM THE FIRST PANEL AND NOW THE SECOND IS THE
TRAFFIC. I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS OUR NEXT HEARING ORDER RIGHT TO REALLY OR IS SOME SORT OF YOU KNOW, CHECK IN WITH THE
COUNCIL ON WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT AND IS IT REALLY SUSTAINABLE AND IF MORE TRAFFIC DOES COME, WHAT DO WE DO? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A HANDLE ON THAT AND IT WAS
BROUGHT UP EARLIER THAT YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS PLAN RIGHT? IF IT SUCCEEDS WE'LL BE THERE FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS IF IT DOESN'T BUT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IT.
SO I MEAN WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BP'S IS MAINTAINING IT NOW LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO AND IN A PLACE TO COMMIT TO THAT IS IMPORTANT
. BUT ONE THING THAT MAYBE SOME OF YOU CAN TOUCH ON AND I KNOW IT'S COME UP FROM THE BEGINNING THE TWO THINGS FOR ME IS THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY PROCESS AND I'VE
SEEN THAT SLIDE AND I KNOW THAT MEETINGS HAPPENED, HEARINGS HAPPENED, ZOOMS HAPPEN BUT FROM THE BEGINNING I WAS HEARING FROM MANY OF YOU DIRECTLY BUT OTHER GROUPS YOU LISTED ALL THE
DIFFERENT GROUPS INVOLVED HERE FEELING AS THOUGH THE PROCESS MAY HAVE BEEN HAPPENING BUT WAS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE HEARD AND IF YOU WERE HEARD
DID THOSE CONCERNS OR YOUR OPINIONS GET TRANSLATED INTO ANY PART OF THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD? SO THE CONCERNS AROUND ADEQUACY OF ENGAGEMENT LIMITED
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENUINE INPUT AND A FEELING OF RESTRICTED PUBLIC MEETINGS SO OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT ASKING THE QUESTION TO THE CITY AND THEY HAVE SHARED BUT IF ANYONE WANTS JUST SPEAK
ABOUT THOSE FEELINGS SO THAT WE AS YOU KNOW AND THOSE LISTENING IN CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WHY YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU WEREN'T REALLY LISTENED TO.
I'LL ASK MELISSA TO SPEAK TO THAT AND I'LL ADD SOMETHING THAT YOU THANK. THANK YOU. YEAH. HI. THAT'S EXACTLY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE
FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING I WENT TO ALL THE MEETINGS AND IT WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL PROCESS AND I REALLY THINK THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR HAVING AN INCLUSIVE ABOUT
WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN IN FRANKLIN PARK. WE HAD, YOU KNOW, BREAKOUT ROOMS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT BIKE LANES AND BROUGHT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOG PARKS WHICH
IS A PERSONAL PASSION OF MINE AND AND WE WERE EVEN TALKING ABOUT DOG PARK SPECIFICALLY AT LOCATION OF WHERE THE BEER GARDEN IS GOING TO BE NOW
PLACED SO IT HURTS A LITTLE BIT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL BUT ANYWAY BUT BESIDES THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN IT WAS VERY CONSTRUCTIVE. IT WAS VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED
AND THEN IT WENT SILENT AND IT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR AND THEN PEOPLE WERE ASKING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ACTION PLAN? WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ACTION PLAN? THE NEXT THING WE KNOW THE CITY IS MAKING THIS WONDERFUL
ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS EXACT STATIC PLAN TO HAVE A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM AND TO REBUILD WHITE STADIUM AND I WAS EVEN TOLD BY SOMEBODY ON THE
FRANKLIN PARK COALITION THAT NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT HAVING A DOG PARK ANYWHERE NEAR WHITE STADIUM BECAUSE A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM WAS COMING IN. I WAS TOLD THAT SPECIFICALLY AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH KIND OF SHOCKED ME. SO I WENT TO THE MEETINGS FOR THE BLUE WHITE STADIUM AND IT WAS REALLY LACKING IN THE BASIC
QUESTION WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOLCHILDREN OF BOSTON WHAT DO WE WANT INSTEAD WE WERE TOLD WE WERE SAID THIS IS THE PLAN. YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT
THE DESIGN DETAILS BUT REALLY THE ESSENTIAL DESIGN THE ESSENTIAL PLAN WAS GOING TO HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP AND THERE WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE GIVEN.
THERE WAS NO OTHER INPUT THAT WAS SO THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION OF WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WHAT DOES WHAT DO THE SCHOOLCHILDREN NEED THAT WAS THAT WAS JUST BRUSHED OVER. SO IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING
PROCESS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE HAVING MORE AND MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS BUT ALSO ABOUT THE JUST THE THE THE NEED TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL
PARTNERSHIP SO THAT CAN MEET THE IT WAS MOSTLY ZOOM MEETINGS A LITTLE ON ZOOM MEETINGS ONLY ONE IN PERSON COMMUNITY MEETING
WAS HELD AT THE TROTTER SCHOOL AND THAT WAS IT AND WHEN WE AT LEAST AT THE TROTTER SCHOOL THEY LISTENED AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK UP. IT WAS PACKED AND PEOPLE WERE
PASSIONATE AND THEY SHOWED THEIR PASSION ON ZOOM WE WERE BASICALLY GIVEN THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR LIKE THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THE MEETING AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING WAS A LIMITED JUST 2
MINUTES PER PERSON TO MAKE A COMMENT OR TO ASK A QUESTION. AND ONE OF THE TIMES I WAS ON A ZOOM CALL AND IT WAS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION IN PARTICULAR AND I LIVE IN THE WATERSHED
AREA WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ME TO HAVE A RESIDENT PERMIT PARKING AND I WOULD HAVE ONE GUEST PASS AND SO FOR GAME DAYS WHICH ARE
MOSTLY ON SATURDAYS DURING THE BEST DAYS OF THE SUMMER I WAS GOING TO GET ONE GUEST PASS SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF LET'S SEE WHAT IF I HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR A GRADUATION PARTY OR JUST A
BARBECUE AND I WANTED TO INVITE SOME FRIENDS AND THEY WANTED TO DRIVE FROM OR THEY WANTED TO COME IN FROM THE SUBURBS TO VISIT ME I GOT ONE GUEST PASS WHEN I ASKED THE CITY WHAT DO I
DO IF I WANT TO HAVE THIS THE JUST TOLD ME SIMPLY GO DOWN TO CITY HALL AND APPLY FOR A A BLOCK PARTY PERMIT.
I LIVE ON LA MARTIN STREET. I ASKED THEM SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW ME TO SHUT DOWN LA MARTIN STREET FOR A PARTY? NO. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A DISREGARD FOR PEOPLE'S CONCERNS AND IT'S SHAMEFUL. PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR
FRIENDS OVER. WE WANT TO HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE WANT TO HAVE GRADUATION PARTIES AND TO JUST BE DISMISSED LIKE THAT WAS REALLY LACKING IN TRUE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR CONCERN FOR THEIR
CONSTITUENTS. IS YOUR CONCERN THAT ON GAME DAYS ALL OF THE PARKING AROUND YOUR HOUSES WILL BE TAKEN? YES. THAT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT
YES AND THEY CAN'T ENFORCE ALL THOSE STREETS AND IF THEY DO THEN LOOK MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO GET TOWED. SO IT'S JUST IT'S A DISASTER AND IT WILL IMPACT THE
ENVIRONMENT. THERE WILL BE THERE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO DRIVE FROM ALL THE WAY OVER TO JFK AND PARK THEIR CARS AND TAKE A SHUTTLE IN. THERE'S NOWHERE TO PARK OR TO
YEAH OR WHEREVER THERE ARE SO THE PARKING IS WHICH WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVE A STRAIGHT ANSWER ABOUT I'VE HEARD BRAINTREE I MEAN REALLY IT'S JUST IT'S NOT WORKABLE IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE
AND YOU KNOW HUMAN NATURE IS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DRIVE IN AND PARK THE CAR AND IF THEY GET A $100 TICKET THEY GET $100 TICKET, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CARE. IT'S CHEAPER THAN THAN PARKING AND SHUTTLING THEIR KIDS BACK AND FORTH.
SO ANYWAY SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS PARK? IT'S NOT JUST DAYTIME. I USE THAT PARK IN THE EVENING. I'VE BEEN I'VE GOT I GOT THE
STREETLIGHTS THERE WHEN I FIRST MARRIED MY HUSBAND AND MOVED IN 65 THERE WERE NO STREETLIGHTS YOU COULDN'T GO THERE. I GO THERE AT NIGHTTIME I WALK ALL AROUND THE HALLS STADIUM
WITH MY DOGS AT NIGHTTIME UP UNTIL TEN AND 11:00 AT NIGHT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN BOTHERED AT NIGHTTIME I WAS ATTACKED IN THE DAYTIME WHEN I CAN'T USE MY
HAND ANYMORE BUT THAT'S MY PARK AND I'M GOING TO GO THERE. BUT YOU CAN USE THAT PARK 24 SEVEN 365 DON'T THINK OF IT. IT'S JUST SOMETHING WHEN THE
SUN IS UP BECAUSE PEOPLE USE THAT PARK AT NIGHT AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LOVERS NO I THAT THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE ISSUE BECAUSE IF I LIVE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD FRANKLIN PARK IS YOU BY PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO THERE WITH STREETLIGHTS ALL AROUND
EVERYWHERE BRIGHT STREETLIGHTS THAT WEREN'T THERE 40 AND 50 YEARS AGO. THEY'RE THERE NOW AND PEOPLE COME AND USE THAT PARK IN THE EVENING AFTER WORK AND IN THE
WINTERTIME THAT MEANS DARK BUT IT'S SAFE AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK OF FRANKLIN PARK AS SOME PLACE WHICH IS ONLY OPEN WHEN THE SUN IS UP BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'M FOUR BLOCKS FROM HERE AND I
CAN GO THERE ANY TIME AND FEEL SAFE. THAT'S MY PARK. THANK YOU. DR. MAGUIRE, YOUR ADVOCACY WITH THE LIGHTS. OH YEAH. SO THE HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR
PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE AND THEY ARE ON THEY THOSE LIGHTS GO ON AS SOON AS IT GETS DUSK THE LIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY COME ON AND THEY'RE ON ALL NIGHT LONG UNTIL THE SUN RISES UP.
SO IF YOU WANT TO WALK IN FRANK A PARK AT 2 A.M. IN THE MORNING WHICH SOME PEOPLE DO YOU CAN DO IT BUT IT IS AVAILABLE 24 SEVEN 365 NOT JUST 9 TO 5 THANK YOU.
I COULD I JUST WANTED TO ADD I THINK ONE OF THE KEY THE KEY THINGS THAT WE HEARD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FRANKLIN PARK FOLKS HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS LINE WITH THE FRANKLIN PARK
ACTION PLAN AND I RESPECTFULLY SAY THAT DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS OR OLMSTED'S VISION. OLMSTEAD TALKED ABOUT HE WANTED SCHOOL KIDS. HE SAID IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THIS AREA WAS USED BY SCHOOL KIDS.
HE TALKED ABOUT THIS EXPLICITLY NOT BEING FOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. HE TALKED ABOUT ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO AND OTHER THINGS THAT HE BELIEVES WOULD COME ALONG WITH PROFESSIONALS SPORTS HE
TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR BEING FOR KIDS SO THAT IS WHAT'S WHAT'S IN THE BOOKS IF YOU KNOW ALSO THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN TALKED ABOUT INVESTING IN THE EXISTING FACILITIES FOR
EXISTING COMMUNITY AND I THINK YOUR POINT'S REALLY WELL TAKEN. I THINK THIS IS THE COMMUNITY SPACE FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE AROUND THE PARK AND WE KNOW FROM NATIONAL RESEARCH THAT FOLKS OF LOWER MEANS NEED PARKS
CLOSE TO HOME. THEY'RE NOT TRAVELING, THEY'RE NOT TAKING TRIPS. THESE ARE THE PARKS THAT PEOPLE NEED AND WE HAVE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL IN BOSTON. THERE'S A LOT OF PARKS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TURNED INTO
THESE LIKE MASSIVE REGIONAL DISNEYFIED SPACES. BUT WE HAVE AND FORTUNATELY FRANKLIN PARK HAS NOT BEEN INVESTED IN THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE AND THE FRANKLIN PARK ACTION PLAN LAID OUT A PLAN FOR US TO
DO THAT. IT TALKED ABOUT NEEDING TO INVEST POTENTIALLY $150 MILLION INTO A VARIETY OF THINGS THE AMA LOUIS PLAYHOUSE, THE PLACE, THE PATHWAYS, THE LIGHTING AND
THAT'S ALL WORK THAT WE WANT TO DO TOGETHER TO INVEST AND SUPPORT EXISTING COMMUNITY. ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY BIZARRE THAT I HEARD DURING THE PROCESS WAS THE HOPE THAT MORE
PEOPLE WOULD COME AND DISCOVER FRANKLIN PARK AND COME AND USE FRANKLIN PARK WHEN WE ALL KNOW FRENKEL PARK IS VERY USED, VERY LOVED BY THE EXISTING COMMUNITIES THERE IS NO I DON'T
THINK ANY DESPERATE NEED OR OR A GOAL OF THE PLAN TO HAVE IT BECOME A REGIONAL DRAW. I THINK IT IS FAMOUS. I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD LOVE IT. I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD WORSHIP
THE FACT THAT THAT BOSTON HAS THIS AMAZING SYSTEM BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT
YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PROCESS. YOU KNOW THERE WAS A TIME IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN WE WERE OUR PLANS WERE TOP DOWN RIGHT WHERE COMMUNITIES WERE TOLD WHAT HAPPENED BUT WE ADDED THINGS TO
OUR TO OUR LAWS. WE INVENTED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. WE HAVE STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT GETS TRIGGERED WHEN STATE ROADS ARE USED WHEN THERE'S MORE THAN
3000 CARS BEING ADDED, WHEN A MAJOR HISTORIC RESOURCE IS BEING IMPACTED. AND AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS IN THIS PLAN THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT. AND WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING ABOUT
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WHICH YOU KNOW, NO ONE LIKES DOING THESE REPORTS BUT AS IT DEVELOPS ALTERNATIVES AND THE COMMUNITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAD HERE THE
SAME HAPPENS IF WE USE THE PUBLIC LAND PROTECTION ACT AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THERE STILL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER FOR THIS SITE. I THINK EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER
IN THE BOSTON AREA AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PUBLIC RENOVATION OF WHITE STADIUM AND THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WHITE STADIUM WILL BE RENOVATED. IT HAS BEEN DEMOED THE NEW PLAN HAS NOT BEEN BUILT. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL
COST BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IS ARE WE GOING TO BUILD FOR $50 MILLION OR LESS A FACILITY FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT CAN BE MAINTAINED AND LOVED BY ALL OF US AND THE COMMUNITY OR ARE WE GOING TO
BUILD A 200 TO 300 OR $400 MILLION FACILITY THAT IS PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT PATH FOR US LONG TERM. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR MURPHY WE
HAVE BEEN JOINED BY THE CHAIR COUNSELOR COLLETTE ZAPATA. I JUST I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOU JUST I
THINK IT JUNE I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE ZERO EMISSION BECAUSE WE HEARD HOW THE CEILING WAS GOING TO BE ZERO EMISSION BUT CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT?
WHAT I KNOW I WAS GOING TO SAY I DON'T KNOW THAT WE I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S NET OKAY. WE HAVE HEARD THAT THAT THOUGH WE FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT DEMOLISHING ALL OF THE STADIUM
TAKING DOWN 130 TREES AND WHATEVER WOULD BE NET ZERO WE APPRECIATE THAT GOAL BUT WE ACTUALLY CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. BUT I THOUGHT THAT MEANT THAT THE STADIUM WHEN IT'S OPERATIONAL WOULD BE NET ZERO
NOT THE I MEAN YOU KNOW OKAY THAT'S COALITION PRO HEAT STANDARDS ACTUALLY PUT ALL OF THE DEMOLITION ALL THE IMPACTS OF A PROJECT TOGETHER OKAY SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN LIKE WHAT'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF THIS PROJECT IN TOTO BUT MAYBE YOU'RE JUST THINKING ABOUT I WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT LIKE AS PLANNED. YEAH. I THOUGHT WHAT I HEARD WAS IT'S NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ZERO
EMISSION AND IF THAT'S THE REASON THAT'S FINE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT YOU WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THAT IN THAT DESIGN PHASE I'M HAPPY TO HAVE IT ALSO IT'S HARD FOR US
BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT GOES INTO IT. THAT'S THAT'S WHY I JUST I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE'S NOTHING TO ADD I YOU SPOKE ABOUT IT. YEAH NO OF COURSE. I MEAN I BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE
I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THIS THE I KNOW WHAT THE BERTO REVIEW AND ALL THE CITY IS DOING THEY'RE TRYING TO REALLY MAKE BUILDING EMISSIONS CARBON ZERO ESSENTIALLY HOWEVER
IF YOU KNOW THAT'S GREAT THAT THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL BUT WHERE IS THAT POWER SOURCE COMING FROM BECAUSE YES, IT MIGHT NOT BE A
DIRECT CO2 EMISSION FROM THE BUILDING WELL WELL YEAH I THINK THAT'S I MEAN THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SAY RIGHT NOW THE WHITE STADIUM
FRAME AND FRANKLIN PARK IS NOT BEING POWERED IN THAT KIND OF CAPACITY AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE ALL ELECTRIC WHERE IS THAT ELECTRICITY SOURCE
COMING FROM AND HOW MUCH EMISSIONS THAT INDIRECTLY IMPACTING THE AIR QUALITY THAT THE BOSTON RESIDENTS ARE KIND OF IN THERE?
YEAH I HEAR YOU DR. MCGUIRE AND SO I WE WE'VE BEEN BRINGING IN BUSSES FROM THREE TOWNS AT LEAST THERE'S THREE OR TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN NEWTOWN PLUS THE
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE BRING THE KIDS IN THERE FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE INTO DISTRICT . THE METCO PROGRAM TAKES IN
30,003 TOWNS TO 44 IF YOU SPRINGFIELD WHICH I DON'T THEY USE THE PARK IN THE DAYTIME IN A METROPOLITAN WAY IT'S NOT JUST BOS THESE ARE BOSTON KIDS
AND THEY'RE UNDER THE RACIAL IMBALANCE BUT THEY COME TO WHITE STADIUM WITH ALL THESE BUSSES AND THEY PARK ALL AROUND THERE AND I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE EMISSIONS FROM ALL THESE BUSSES AND WHAT THAT WOULD ADD
TO I'D BE QUITE I NEVER THOUGHT I JUST THOUGHT OF SPACES TO PARK AND THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CHILDREN ONCE THEY GOT IN THERE AND PEOPLE KEEPING IT ORDERLY BECAUSE IT'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT EYES MOSTLY THE HIGH
SCHOOL KIDS BUT YEAH OKAY SO THAT'S IN THE DAYTIME. YEAH I DON'T USE THE KIDS IN THE NIGHTTIME I JUST WALK THERE BECAUSE I IT'S LIKELY NOT 11,000 STUDENTS BUT IT'S A LOT OF THEM ARE YOU KNOW BUT NOT
ALL. THEY'RE ONE DAY WELL YEAH JUST THE SCHOOLS, THE HEIGHT, THE 13 THE HIGH SCHOOLS COME I DON'T BRING THE LITTLE KIDS IN IN THE
DAYTIME I BRING ONLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM PARENTS AND SO I BRING THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS IN I DON'T DO IT ANYMORE. THEY DO IT NOW I MEAN IT'S IT'S TRADITIONAL BUT THE PARK IS NOT
JUST BOSTON. IT'S METROPOLITAN BOSTON AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MANY YEARS IT'S BEEN 65 WHEN WE STARTED METCO WE'VE BEEN
BRINGING KIDS INTO THEIR PARK AND IF I COULD ADD JUST ONE MORE THING IT'S LIKE I MEAN I WOULD LOVE TO JUST ADDRESS THIS AS A QUESTION IS LIKE HOW DOES THIS PROJECT OVERALL IMPROVE
THE AIR QUALITY JUST BECAUSE YES, THERE'S I WOULD SAY ONE PRO IS THE CARBON NEUTRAL ASPECT OF IT ALL BUT THEN WHAT ELSE IS IMPROVING THE AIR QUALITY AROUND FRANKLIN PARK?
I MEAN WE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF 145 TREES REGARDING WHAT CATEGORY IT IS. IT DOES STILL HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON HOW
THAT ECOSYSTEM IS KIND OF WORKING AROUND THAT AND SO I THINK THAT'S MY OVERALL CONCERN IS WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF ASTHMA RATES STILL
INCREASING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF BOSTON AND YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE INDIRECT POLLUTION AND IS COMING IN THAT'S LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE SO FOCUSED ON BRINGING CARBON NEUTRAL BUILDINGS. HOWEVER, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER IMPORTANT CARBON WITH
CARBON SINKS? YEAH IS THIS CONSTRUCTION DEFINITELY BROUGHT UP A LOT OF CO2 FROM THE GROUND THAT'S A LOT OF SCIENCE BEHIND THAT WHERE CO2 DOES SINK INTO
NATURAL SPACES. BUT THEN WHEN WE START DIGGING UP ALL THESE MICROBIOMES YOU ARE RELEASING STUFF INTO BACK INTO THE AIR AND THEN WITHOUT
THE TREES AGAIN WHAT IS THE SURVIVORSHIP OF THOSE TREES? WHO'S MAINTAINING IT? IS IT YES IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WHOSE BUDGET IS THIS COMING OUT OF?
AND SO THESE ARE JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ANSWERED YET AND I'M HOPING THAT NOW THAT THIS URBAN SOCCER TEAM IS PLAYING AT YOU AT THE STADIUM FOR THE
FIRST YEAR, WHAT ARE THE CHANGES BECAUSE IF THIS IS THE PATH THAT WE'RE CONTINUING DOWN ,IT STILL IS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO KIND OF YEAH, CONTINUE
DOWN THAT PATH AND THERE'S SO MANY CHANGES CONTINUOUSLY HAPPENING IF YOU LIKE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY HOW COME THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE FIRST PLACE
WHEN THEY STOP THERE WE KNOW WE CANNOT THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE. WE HAVE TO PLAY IN FRANKLIN PARK BY MARCH 2026 BUT THAT
OF COURSE CHANGED AND SO I HEAR WE'LL JUST I JUST TO KEEP A FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROJECT.
SO ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT HELPED IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENT WAS THE ON WALNUT YOU KNOW ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE
OFF THE STREET TO TRAFFIC ON GAME DAYS AND THAT EVEN WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING SHUTTLES THERE'LL BE LESS TRAFFIC ON THAT STREET ON GAME DAYS WHICH YEAH SO IN TERMS OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVEN IF THEY WERE USING THE REGULAR GAS BUSSES OR DIESEL THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE FEWER BUT NOW WE HAVE MORE TIME TO GET THE
ELECTRIC BUSSES IN PLACE. IS THAT IS THAT AM I MISSING SOMETHING THERE HAVE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHERE NOW THAT NEW TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE
LOCATED BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT TO GET AROUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THEN WHEN YOU START RELOCATING THAT TRAFFIC PATTERN
YOU'RE BRINGING THAT INTO A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN AGAIN WITH THE WATERSHED PARKING I O'SULLIVAN ECCLESTON SQUARE OF JUNE YOU CAN TALK TO THE MIKE I ALSO LIVE IN
ECCLESTON SQUARE WHICH I KNOW RIGHT NOW THE WATERSHED PARKING IS REQUIRING PEOPLE TO NOT BE ABLE TO PARK 3 HOURS BEFORE THE GAME AND THEN ONE HOUR AFTER
THE GAME AND SO WHAT DO THOSE RENTERS OR HOMEOWNERS DO THOSE COUPLE OF HOURS DRIVE OUT TO A DIFFERENT PLACE IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT IS THE REAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REALLY HELP RESIDENTS OF BOSTON
NAVIGATE AND AN UNDERSTANDING YOU KNOW, WHY IS THIS CHANGE HAPPENING WHEN IT'S NOT NEEDED IN THEIR RESIDENTIAL OR YOU KNOW, STREETS?
IT'S ALREADY I MEAN I'M SURE YOU'VE DRIVEN BETWEEN EGGLESTON AND FOREST HILLS. IT TAKES SOME DAYS TAKES LIKE AN HOUR TO GET DOWN JUST A FEW BLOCKS AND JUST IMAGINE
INCREASED TRAFFIC FROM PEOPLE COMING LOOKING FOR PARKING SPOTS AND BUSSES AND ALL THIS OTHER OTHER CONGESTION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S GOING TO PUSH INTO THE EGGLESTON AND ALL THESE SIDE
STREETS AND NOT ONLY THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED PEOPLE WHO RELY ON SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP AND GET THEIR HAIR DONE AT THE LOCAL HERO HAIR SALON. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
DO THAT ANYMORE. THIS IS HAVING THIS IS HAVING A HUGE IMPACT ALL OVER OUR COMMUNITY AND IT HASN'T BEEN WELL FOUGHT. IT HASN'T BEEN WELL DESIGNED AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND I DON'T SEE IT EVER BEING DESIGNED WELL
ENOUGH TO TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ALL THE NEEDS OF A VERY CONGESTED URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. AND I JUST YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF OUR THINKING, THE IMPACTS
WE'RE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC, MELISSA, AND YOU KNOW ,PARKING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOSTLY GAME DAYS FOR THE FOR
THE WOMEN'S TEAM WHICH ARE AT HOME. YOU KNOW I THINK THERE'S 15 TEAMS IN LEAGUE SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 15 TO 20 EVENINGS MOST LIKELY YOU KNOW DURING THE
DURING THE YEAR AND ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OTHER TIMES AS WELL? YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST LET ME JUST MENTION YES, I THINK RIGHT NOW THE LEASE AND THE
DOCUMENTS SO FAR TALK ABOUT 20 GAME DAYS AND PRACTICES I BELIEVE WHICH ARE SATURDAYS OR OTHER DAYS DURING THE SUMMER WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
DISPLACEMENT AND REALIGNMENT OF PEOPLE'S PATTERNS LIKE YOU MENTIONED CLOSURE OF OF OF WALNUT STREET WHICH IS A STREET THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T THINK OF 400 BUS 400
BUSSES COMING DOWN BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS THE CITY OR THE THE LESSEE TO HAVE CONCERTS OR OTHER BIG EVENTS ON
A MORE FREQUENT REGULAR BASIS OVER THE DURING THE COURSE OF THE LEASE OR IN THE FUTURE AND IT MAKES SENSE CITIES HAVE TO MAKE MONEY YOU BUILD A 200 OR $300 MILLION STADIUM YOU
NEED TO MAINTAIN YOU HAVE TO PAY DEBT SERVICE ON THOSE BONDS WHICH IS HOW THIS WOULD BE PAID FOR. SO AGAIN, THIS DID NOT HAVE A
STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND IT DOESN'T RUN THE NUMBERS IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU CAN REALLY PROPERLY EVALUATE THE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT OF THIS . BUT WHAT I THINK YOU'RE HEARING
FROM THE PUBLIC AND OTHERS IS THESE ROADS ARE ALREADY CONGESTED UNFORTUNATELY ARE ALREADY BUSY AND YOU'RE INTRODUCING AT LEAST 20 DAYS LIKE YOU TALK ABOUT AND PERHAPS
AND VERY LIKELY MORE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE AND THE
CHAIR. I JUST BUT WHILE I HAVE YOU HERE, YOU'RE YOU KNOW, EMERALD NECKLACE FROM YOUR WINDOW YOU CAN SEE JAMAICA POND I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM ADVOCATE STAN
MOON WHO I THINK IS ONE WORKING ON THE LAWSUIT AND TONY DREYFUSS AND JEFFREY WRIGHT THAT WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, NEED HELP AT THE POND IN TERMS
OF YOU KNOW, WE GOT A HUGE INVESTMENT THROUGH MATT O'MALLEY'S HARD WORK AND IT'S SORT OF BEEN LANGUISHING SO YOU KNOW, I REALLY HOPE WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER ON THAT AS WE GO FORWARD AND I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE NICHOLAS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, HELPING US MAKE THE CASE FOR HELPING JAMAICA POND. AND SO I JUST IT'S JUST A PITCH.
OKAY. YES. WE'VE SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND MANY, MANY HOURS OF VOLUNTEERS CLEANING UP JAMAICA POND AND IT IS TOO BAD $5 MILLION WAS PUT IN BY THE CITY OF BOSTON DOING
AN AMAZING JOB ON THE PATHWAYS AND AND THEY HAVE FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR ALREADY. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS ABOUT IT
. THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE CHAIR. AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY MY DEEPEST SORRY THAT I HAD TO MISS THIS. WE HAD THE MAYOR'S COFFEE HOUR IN BOSTON THAT WAS SCHEDULED AT THE EXACT SAME TIME EVEN AFTER
WE HAD PUT THIS ON THE CALENDAR SO I'M SO SORRY THAT I COULDN'T BE HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FULL TESTIMONY. BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A VENERABLE VICE CHAIR HERE WITH COUNCILOR WEBER AND IS DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB FOR HIS COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR ADVOCACY. THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME THAT I THINK I'VE SAT IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU. I REPRESENT EAST BOSTON, CHARLESTOWN, THE NORTH END AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE WHARF DISTRICT. I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A FOURTH
GENERATION EAST BOSTONIAN. MY GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS BENEFITED FROM A FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED PARK THAT YOU ALL PROBABLY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE BECAUSE IT WAS DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE
AIRPORT THERE WAS A THERE WAS A SPORTS FACILITY THERE. YOU HAD ACCESS TO THE WATER. IT WAS A FORESTED, BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENTAL TREASURE AND IT WAS DESTROYED THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN WHERE DESTROYED THROUGH
EMINENT DOMAIN WHERE THE STATE CAME IN AND COMPLETELY PAVED PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT QUITE LITERALLY. AND SO THAT IS THE THE LEGACY THAT THAT I HAVE INHERITED.
YOU KNOW, MY MOM BROUGHT ME TO PROTEST AGAINST AIRPORT RUNWAY EXPANSION IN THE 1990S. THERE'S A PHOTO OF ME SAYING NO RUNWAY 1432. SO THESE ARE CONTINUOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FIGHTS THAT WE
HAVE AND SO THAT IS A LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT I BRING TO THE SPACE THAT ANCHORS MY VALUE SET. AND SO I SAY THAT ALMOST AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL CARE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE, WE ALL CARE ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD ARISE FROM EVEN THE GREATEST OF INTENTIONS. NOW THAT BEING SAID, I THINK I'M ONE OF THE ONLY COUNCILORS THAT HAS SPENT MORE TIME AT PLACE TED PARK IN MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS IN THAT HOME
DURING THE THE FALL TIME I PLAYED SOCCER THERE THROUGH LATIN ACADEMY AND THEN IN THE SPRING TIME I PLAYED SOFTBALL THERE AND SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT WHITE STADIUM IN THERE AND IT'S NOT NEWS TO
ANYBODY THAT IT DOES NEED SOME LOVE AND KIDS DESERVE THE WORLD THEY DESERVE A WORLD CLASS FACILITY TO TO HELP ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. AND SO I DO I DON'T WANT TO
REHASH ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID HERE IN THE COUNCIL ARE THINGS THAT ARE MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE FOCUSING MORE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAME, THEY SPOKE ABOUT IT. THERE'S A COUPLE THERE'S 500
TREES THAT ARE BEING PLANTED. IT IS A FAIR AND VALID CONVERSATION TO BE HAVING ABOUT THE CARBON EMISSIONS OF THE CARS THAT MAY BE COMING IN AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO MITIGATE THAT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH AS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY IN EAST WITH WITH THE AIRPORT I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO YOUR TESTIMONY BUT JUST FELT LIKE IT
WAS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT MY BACKGROUND AND SAY THAT YOU KNOW, I'M COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AS BEST AS WE CAN AND TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. SO THANK YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO THANK YOU TO THE PANEL AND YOU KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE MY NEIGHBORS SO I
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE COMMUNITY AND AT FUTURE MEETINGS AND PROBABLY ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL THAT WILL BE DEALING WITH THE IMPACTS OF THE STADIUM.
SO I'M GOING TO I GUESS YOU CAN I DON'T CHAIR TO THE PANEL SO WE'RE GOING TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY . YEAH. I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD JUST OH YEAH SEAN TO A THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND
THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I HAVE A SIMILAR ONE WITH AN OLMSTED PARK IN ATLANTA THAT MY FATHER WAS ARRESTED FIGHTING TO PROTECT A PERCENT TO HIGHWAY FROM GOING THROUGH THE PARK.
THE STORY HAPPENED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND AND IT'S PRECISELY THOSE REASONS THAT WE HAVE LAWS LIKE NEPA AND ARTICLE 97 THAT GIVE COMMUNITY CHOICE, YOU
KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE THIS OR THIS? AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WITH WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS THAT I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY HAD A CHOICE ABOUT THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE PROJECT AND I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM IS GOING TO BE PLAYING IN GILLETTE FOR A YEAR. THE COSTS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE WITH THE NEW TARIFFS. I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
STADIUM THAT WE NEED FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO THEM ALL THE TIME. THE FIELD THAT IS PROPOSED WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR A LOT OF YEAR AND NOT TO
THE FOOTBALL TEAM CERTAINLY FOR MOST OF IT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE I THINK EVERYBODY HERE IS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. I THINK I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO THE WRONG
THING BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WITH A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE AND I'D LOVE TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE COULD CREATE A PLAN THAT IS MORE TAILORED TO
THE DESIRES OF THE CHOICES OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE. BOSTON THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU MUCH. I'M JUST GOING TO JUST BECAUSE
WE'RE GOING TO CALL PEOPLE UP, I THINK IT'S BETTER IF THE PANEL CLEARS OUT JUST SO WE DON'T HAVE A BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PANEL AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY FOLKS AND JUST
ALLOWED TO SORT OF CLEAR THE FLOOR FOR THE PEOPLE GIVING PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND YOU KNOW, TO HOPE THAT YOU CAN DO IT.
I'M JUST REALLY TAKING NONCHALANT. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. A PROVERBIAL HAND OFF FROM A
VICE CHAIR TO, UM TO MYSELF. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. WE'LL START WITH KATE PHELPS, JAMES MILLY LAUREN, LAURENCE HUTCHINSON, GABRIELLE PEI AND RENEE WALSH AND THEN WE'LL GO
TO THE ZOOM TESTIMONY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS AND WE HAVE 2 MINUTES IF YOU CAN JUST PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION. I WILL BE HAVING A TIMER GOING SO YOU'LL HEAR IT AND JUST
HOPEFUL THAT YOU ALL CAN UH, KEEP IT 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. MY NAME IS KATE PHELPS. I LIVE IN HIGHLAND PARK IN ROXBURY AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE
HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION WHO SUPPORTED THE FRANKLIN PARK DEFENDERS. I TRULY HOPE THAT THE COUNSELORS HERE TODAY WILL TAKE
SERIOUSLY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TIME TO CHANGE. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOW. YES, YOU ALLOWED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE STADIUM AND
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TREES AND A LOT OF DISAPPOINTMENT AND HOSTILITY HAS BUILT UP IN THE COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS WHERE FOLKS ARE EAGER TO SEE ALL THE
THINGS THAT FRANKLIN PARK HAS ALWAYS DESERVED. BUT IT'S A QUESTION OF POLITICAL WILL. CERTAINLY THE COMMUNITY FOR DECADES HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR
ITS OWN PARK. FINALLY WE HAVE A MAYOR WHO COMES ALONG AND SAYS I WILL HELP YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT AND MANY CITY COUNCILORS WHO JUMP ON THAT BANDWAGON WHICH IS A
VERY POWERFUL BANDWAGON AND SAY YES, WE WILL GIVE THE LOCALS AROUND FRANKLIN PARK WHAT THEY WANT. SO UNDOUBTEDLY NO NUMBERS OF US WERE SO EXCITED IT WAS
PRESENTED TO US. IS IF YOU WANT THE GOODIES YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SOCCER TEAM THAT IS NOT AN OPTION. DON'T THINK THAT BY PUTTING US
ON YOUR COMMITTEES OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT YOU'RE GOING TO ASSUAGE ANY OF US. WE WEREN'T GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS ON THE BASIC QUESTION BUT TODAY COUNCIL WEBER AND ALL OF YOU
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY LET'S PAUSE. SIX OF YOU ALREADY HAD VOTED TO PAUSE THIS PROCESS AND WE'RE ASKING PAUSE AGAIN BEFORE YOU
END UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY HITCHING YOURSELF TO AN EXPENSIVE WAGON THAT PROMISES TO BUY YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT. I THINK WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY
DOES NOT BODE WELL. LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED TO DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK. WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE WHAT WE NEED FOR THE CITY JUST BECAUSE
SOMEBODY ELSE COMES ALONG AND SAYS THEY CAN HELP US FUND IT, WE CAN FUND THIS AND THE MAYOR HAS PROMISED WHATEVER IT TAKES . WELL, WE WANT WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO BUILD TO REBUILD A STADIUM FOR OUR STUDENTS IN BOSTON. WE DON'T WANT 11,000 PEOPLE ALL THE TIME COMING TO FRANKLIN PARK.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO TO ALL THE NEW SAPLINGS THEY PLANT TO REPLACE ALL THE TREE CANOPY WE'VE HAD. SO COUNCILORS, PLEASE TAKE US
SERIOUSLY. DON'T PUT US ON YOUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEES TO RUBBER STAMP WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE THE MAYORS INSISTED ON IT.
THAT'S WRONG. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KATE PHELPS. OH, THAT WAS YOU. OKAY. AND JAMES MEALY I PARTICIPATE. OKAY.
LAURENCE HUTCHINSON WELCOME LAURENCE. REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LAURIE HUTCHISON. I'M A PARENT TEACHER, FREQUENT USER OF FRANKLIN PARK AND I LIVE ON MONTEBELLO ROAD AND JP
,I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE CUTTING DOWN 100 YEAR OLD TREES IN OUR PUBLIC PARKS. I'M NOT CONVINCED BY THE GRAPHIC THAT TELLS US OTHERWISE
. I'M ALSO NOT CONVINCED BY TERMS LIKE EDGE SOFTENING PERMEABLE SURFACES AND ACTIVATION OF THE SPACE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE
BUILDING MASSIVE STRUCTURES IN OUR PARKS. YES, WE'RE TAKING DOWN AN EIGHT FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE ON ONE SIDE BUT WE'RE ALSO PUTTING UP
AN 80 FOOT STADIUM WALL. HAVE PARKS ARE ABOUT TREES AND ABOUT OPEN SPACE. I DON'T THINK PUBLIC PROJECTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE
LOOPHOLES TO AVOID THE EXISTING LAWS FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC LAND . IT'S TOO LATE FOR THE TREES INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. THOSE WERE CUT BACK IN FEBRUARY BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO LATE
TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A WIN FOR EVERYONE. LET THE SOCCER TEAM FIND ANOTHER SPACE MORE SUITED TO THE STRUCTURE THEY WANT TO BUILD AND THE TRANSPORTATION
THEIR PROJECT REQUIRES. FOR ALL THE NUMEROUS PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD HELD ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THERE IS YET TO BE ANY SPACE MADE TO
DISCUSS PUBLIC ALTERNATIVES. LET'S START TALKING ABOUT A PLAN THAT PUTS BP'S THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE PARK FIRST. IT'S BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT
PROCESS. BUT I LIKE TO THINK OF THE 93 EXPRESSWAY PROJECT THAT WITHIN THE 11TH HOUR BECAME THE
SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PARK. THIS COULD BE THAT MOMENT FOR FRANKLIN PARK AND FOR WHITE STADIUM. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.
EXACTLY 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. GABRIELLE PAGE AND THEN RENEE
WALSH AND THEN KELLY KELLY GO, CARLY, GO. SORRY. HI. I HAVE A FEW POINTS TO MAKE. UM UM.
MANY BOSTON RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO TO THE CAPE OR THE BERKSHIRES AND THIS SUMMER OUR PARK IS OUR
CONNECTION TO NATURE. IT'S WHERE WE GO TO REGENERATE, WHERE WE GO TO ENJOY NATURE.
IT'S ESSENTIAL TO OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. I LIVE IN JAMAICA PLAIN BUT DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY DON'T
HAVE ANY OTHER LARGE OUTDOOR SPACES EXCEPT FOR FRANKLIN PARK FOR MOST OF THE EVENTS AT THE STADIUM.
WE ARE PAYING WE'RE FOOTING THE BILL FOR THIS STADIUM YET WE'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE VENUES FOR THAT FOR THE BEER GARDEN AND
THE EVENTS. OTHER THAN THE PIECE SCHEMES WE HAVE PRESENTED AN ALTERNATE PLAN FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST.
THIS MONEY IS COMING OUT OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET WHERE OUR SCHOOLS ARE FALLING
APART. IN ADDITION, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXCUSE ME DAN WEBER YOU'RE MIKE. YOU'RE MY CITY COUNCILOR.
I'D LIKE YOU TO LISTEN TO ME. I AM SORRY THAT I ASKED HIM A QUESTION MY OKAY. THAT WAS MY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU REPRESENT ME. I HOPE YOUR WHATEVER YOU ARE
DECIDING IS WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR YOU. THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY NOT PEOPLE FROM A NEWTON SOCCER STADIUM TEAM.
THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SHATTUCK PROPOSAL WHEN THE TINY HOUSES WERE THERE. I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THE SHATTUCK. I'M A BUTLER ABUTTING FRANKLIN
PARK. THERE WERE SO MANY DRUG USERS I NEVER FELT SAFE LEAVING MY HOUSE AFTER DARK. I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE GOING INTO THE PARK BY MYSELF.
THERE WAS BECAUSE OF ALL THE DRUG USE THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC OF LONELINESS IN THIS COUNTRY AND THIS CITY.
YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE SAFETY BY TRYING TO PUT AN ENORMOUS DRUG TREATMENT CENTER IN FRANKLIN PARK AND BRINGING ALL THESE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE
OF THE CITY FOR THESE GAMES IS NOT SUPPORTING WE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON . 20 SECONDS. YEAH.
SO ALSO IF THIS STADIUM IF THE SOCCER TEAM ISN'T SUCCESSFUL WE THE TAXPAYERS OF BOSTON WILL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THIS
STADIUM AND YOU KNOW, JUST THE WAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS OPENING UP OUR NATIONAL PARKS TO MINING AND LOGGING, YOU'RE
OPENING UP OUR PARK TO ALL THESE PRIVATE INTERESTS. THIS IS OUR PARK. THIS IS OUR HERITAGE. WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF OUR PARK.
WE THE WE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BOSTON AND LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. RENEE KALEKA.
HI, HOW ARE YOU, RENEE? STACEY WELCH I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CONSERVANCY BUT BEFORE I WAS EMPLOYEE OF THE CONSERVANCY I HAVE LIVED IN JAMAICA PLAIN
AND ROXBURY SINCE 1975. IT'S 50 YEARS. THAT'S LONGER THAN SOME, RIGHT. AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AND SORRY I'M ALSO THE CHAIR FOR JAMAICA PLAIN
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT IT HAS BEEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCILOR MURPHY AND OTHERS THAT I'VE MET IT HAS BEEN YOU WHO HAVE DIVIDED THIS COMMUNITY WITH
THIS DEVELOPMENT YOU HAVE PUT US AGAINST EACH OTHER. YOU HAVE SIDED WITH PEOPLE AND WHAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE IS COME TOGETHER, BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER.
AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT YOU HAVE CREATED THIS THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS CREATED A SPACE WHERE NEIGHBORS ARE BEING ABUSIVE TO EACH OTHER SAYING
RIDICULOUSLY HATEFUL THINGS TO EACH OTHER ALL ABOUT THE WHITE STADIUM BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THIS ARE GOING TO MAKE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY WHETHER THEY HAVE A BIKE COMPANY THEY HAVE THEY'RE GOING FOR A LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THEIR
THEIR CAFE. YOU HAVE DIVIDED THIS COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY WHERE I'M AFRAID TO WALK DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING SMART TO ME. BUT I THINK AS COUNCILORS IT'S
UP TO YOU TO BRING US TOGETHER. YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A THERE IS A COMMON GROUND. THERE IS A SPACE WHERE EVERYBODY COULD BE HAPPY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT BUT MANY OF YOU AREN'T WILLING TO LISTEN
TO WHAT THAT IS. THAT SAID, YOU NOW HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO BUILD SOMETHING IN FRANKLIN PARK THAT IS GOING TO GENTRIFY A NEIGHBORHOOD OF PEOPLE RIGHT? GENTRIFY A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
MANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE IT WAS FASHIONABLE MANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN HERE WHO FOUGHT TO CLEAN IT UP, POLICE IT AND MANAGE IT. YOU NOW HAVE DECIDED THAT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE SHOULD NOT
HAVE A VOICE IN THIS DISCUSSION BUT YOU'VE PICKED WHO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION AND IT IS NOT FAIR. IT IS UP TO YOU. YOU SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PEOPLE, DO NOT SERVE AT
THE PLEASURE OF OTHERS, THE PLEASURE OF US AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT YOU GET DOWN AND YOU START WORKING WITH US. YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT. YOU NEED TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT FOR US.
THIS IS NOT FOR OUR BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN. THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE, WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT HERE, WHO'S NOT GOING TO CARE ABOUT OUR PARK, WHO IS NOT GOING TO STEWARD THIS PARK. THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO DECIMATE OUR
PARK WHILE THEY'RE DRINKING AND VOMITING AND URINATING AND WHATEVER OUTS PLEASE, PLEASE TALK TO US. DON'T TALK AT US. DON'T ASSUME THAT WE DON'T LIKE
FOOTBALL. DON'T ASSUME THAT WE DON'T CARE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE KIDS. GET INVOLVED WITH US. FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND BE PART OF IT. AND I WILL SAY THIS MANY OF YOU
WHO ARE MAKING THESE DISCUSSIONS YOU ARE NOT FROM HERE. I GREW HERE. MANY OF YOU ALL FLEW HERE. IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE HERE TO ASK US WHAT WE WANT FROM A LAND MY PLANE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. RENE KALEKA ACTUALLY. YEAH. OKAY.
I DON'T WANT TO BE CUT OFF AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY BECAUSE I WEAR MANY HATS AND I WENT TO SO MANY OF THOSE MEETINGS. FIRST OF ALL, COUNSELOR MURPHY ASKED ABOUT THE PROCESS, TALKED
ABOUT THE PROCESS BEFORE I TELL YOU WHAT HATS I WEAR, I WENT TO SO MANY MEETINGS WHERE WE WERE GIVEN 2 MINUTES THE CHAT WAS CUT OFF WHATEVER THIS WAS
PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY AS A DONE DEAL AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE ORANGE FELON IS IN OFFICE. I CAN'T SAY THE NAME THE ORANGE FELON IS IN OFFICE BECAUSE OF PARTLY BECAUSE OF A DECENT
NOT MISINFORMATION DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE D IS FOR DELIBERATE AND THIS WAS PRESENTED AS THE ONLY WAY TO
FIX WHITE STADIUM BY THE MAYOR OC AND CITY HALL THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW BECAUSE IT CAME OUT IN THE MEDIA AND WAS SQUASHED
WITHIN TWO DAYS THAT THE RFP PROCESS WAS NOT LEGALLY DONE. THIS WAS THE ONLY RFP RIGHT AND IT WAS PRESENTED AS A DONE DEAL. NOW WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
YOU HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BEFORE TO FIND OUT IF WHAT WE WANT THAT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT. SO NO, IT WAS NOT A FAIR PROCESS.
I HAVE BEEN IN I WAS BORN IN BOSTON. I GREW UP JEANS LIKE MY AUNT, I GREW UP IN ROXBURY, WENT TO WHITE STADIUM AND PLAYHOUSE IN
THE PARK GROWING UP IN ROXBURY I LIVED IN THE SOUTH THEN I NOW LIVE IN JP. I HAVE LIVED IN BOSTON ALL MY LIFE EXCEPT FOR ONE YEAR, TWO
SEPARATE YEARS IN CAMBRIDGE BUT I WAS ALWAYS WORKING AND IN BOSTON I HAVE BEEN AN R.N. HERE FOR OVER 47 YEARS. I WAS A CITY NURSE.
I'M A PARENT THREE GROWN AND I HAVE ONE DAUGHTER GRADUATING THIS YEAR. SHE WENT TO A PROM WEDNESDAY. SHE LOOKED LIKE A PRINCESS AND AND MY SON IS GOING INTO HIS
JUNIOR YEAR AT TECH BOYS AND HE PLAYS SOCCER. WE'RE A SOCCER FAMILY. MY BROTHER WAS A PRO SOCCER PLAYER. I GREW UP PLAYING SOCCER BECAUSE MY DAD'S AN IMMIGRANT. I'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE I WAS
12 PAYING TAXES SINCE I WAS 14. I'M STILL PAYING TAXES AND I'M ABOUT TO BE 70 YEARS OLD. OKAY. WE ADOPTED THAT'S WHY I HAVE TWO KIDS. I DIDN'T GIVE BIRTH BUT THEY'RE
MY KIDS AND I VOLUNTEER AT THE O'BRYANT SCHOOL BUS AND SCHOOLS ARE WONDERFUL BUT THE FACILITIES ARE TERRIBLE FOR MANY OF THE SCHOOLS AND AT LEAST HALF THE CAPITAL BUDGET
FOR SCHOOLS IS GOING TO THIS VANITY PROJECT OF THE MAYOR'S ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I'M OUTRAGED AS A PARENT AND MANY TEACHERS ARE JOHN IS A
FORMER TEACHER. GABRIEL IS HE'S A TEACHER NOW AND I'M A VOLUNTEER. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY WOULD EVEN CONSIDER THIS AND
YOU KNOW WHAT? THE O'BRYANT IS SO VIBRANT MOST OF THOSE KIDS ARE OF COLOR AND MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO COLLEGE. I WAS THERE WORKING WITH A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS GRADUATING
A YOUNG TALL, BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMAN. YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING? SHE'S GOING TO BE AN ENGINEER. SHE'S GOING TO BE UNDER BUILDING TENNESSEE FROM THE O'BRYANT. THOSE ARE OUR KIDS.
HOW CAN WE DO THIS TO THEM? I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS IS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL SO I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT AS A NURSE WE TALK ABOUT HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THE COMMUNITIES
SURROUNDING FRANKLIN PARK BECAUSE I'M FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THE FUNKY SIDE NOT THE POND POSH SIDE OF JP OKAY. THE HEALTH DISPARITIES ARE NOT
JUST ASTHMA WHICH IS MORE PREVALENT IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. IT IS ALL LUNG DISEASES, ALL COPD AIDS AS WELL AS SARCOIDOSIS. I'VE GOT LITERATURE IF YOU WANT
IT EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH. OKAY, MORE SARCOIDOSIS, MORE LUNG CANCERS, ALL COPD, MDS GREAT MORE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE,
MORE TYPES OF CANCERS ARE PREVALENT IN THESE COMMUNITIES WITH POORER OUTCOMES, POORER OUTCOMES AND PARKS ARE MENTAL HEALTH.
I HAVE PHYSICAL HEALTH. THEY ARE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND I DIDN'T SAY THAT. ALSO MORE MENTAL ISSUES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES I WONDER WHY. BUT ANYWAY THE POINT IS PARKS
HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE THEY CLEAN OUR AIR BUT THEY'RE ALSO WHERE WE GO TO COMMUNE WITH NATURE, WHERE WE GO TO MEET WITH OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO CELEBRATE OUR HERITAGE RIGHT
AND TO BREATHE AND TO REALIGN OURSELVES WITH MENTAL HEALTH. SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS A TRAVESTY. OKAY? WE ARE FELLING 145 TREES.
MOST OF THEM ARE DOWN AND MOST OF THEM WERE OLD GROWTH. OKAY, WE'RE TAKING TWO ACRES MORE OF GREENSPACE FROM THE PARK FOR WHAT REASON TO HAVE A
JUMBOTRON, A BEER GARDEN, LUXURY BOXES WE HAVE A PLAN TO FIX WHITE STADIUM THAT WOULD SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS EVEN THOUGH THEY DEMOLISHED MOST OF IT EVEN
DOING IT THROUGH ALTERNATE PLAN WOULD SEND SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS SAVE THOSE TWO ACRES OF GREEN SPACE RIGHT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUE. THAT'S BEEN 5 MINUTES.
WELL, MORE THAN 30 MORE SECONDS. SO I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING. THANK YOU. HOW MANY YEARS DOES IT TAKE TO GROW AN 80 YEAR OLD TREE AND THOSE 500 SEEDLINGS ONLY GO TO
ONE AND A HALF 50 YEAR OLD TREES. BY THE WAY, HOW MANY YEARS DOES IT TAKE YOU GOING TO SAY 80 YEARS? IT'S FOUR GENERAL OPERATIONS.
RENE MARSH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT RICHIE LOUIJEUNE. WE'RE GOING TO SO IF I CAN HAVE CHRISTINE POFF AND SARA FREEMAN GET READY FOR ONLINE TESTIMONY
IS JOHN JOHN BALL SO I WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY. YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES I WOULD ARGUE SO MUCH MYSELF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT ALREADY.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. PROCESS OVER THE MONTHS AND YEARS AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THIS FRANKLIN THIS THIS FIGHT STADIUM PROJECT IS JUST PART OF REALLY A SOCIAL ENGINEERING PROJECT TO REMAKE BOSTON. IT'S NOT A THERE'S A FIRST OF ALL JUST IN FRANKLIN PARK
ITSELF THERE'S A COORDINATED ATTACK ON THE PARK WHAT DO YOU DO THERE THINGS PEOPLE DON'T WANT YOU DO WHAT EVERY ANY SELF-RESPECTING CITY DOES YOU PUT AND WEAR TO BLACK PEOPLE
LIVE. THAT'S WHY THEY WANT TO MOVE MASS AND CHAOS TO THIS SHATTUCK SITE. THAT'S WHY A SOCCER STADIUM GETS PUT WHERE IT IS.
YOU DESTABILIZE THOSE COMMUNITIES PRETTY SOON THE YOU KNOW THE BLACK HOMEOWNERS AND SO A BIT OF HELP MANAGE TO HANG ON THEY'LL END UP SELLING IT
OUT REAL ESTATE INTEREST I'LL PICK THEM UP FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR AND THEN THE NEW PEOPLE WHO MOVE IN WILL HAVE THE CLOUT TO GET THOSE THINGS SHUT DOWN. WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK
30 YEARS THAT THAT'S SLAM DUNK. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE MAYOR I YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THIS SQUARES AND STREETS INITIATIVE UPTOWN BUILD HOUSING
HOUSING FOR YOU IT'S NOT FAMILY HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE NOW I LISTENED TO THE VOTE AT THE WITH IT ROSENTHAL'S
SQUARES AND STREETS YEAH WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC PROCESS HE HIS HE USED HIS ENTIRE PRIVILEGE TIME TO
SPEAK TO BLAST IT THIS TOOK 14 MONTHS. WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT AND WE HAVE TO REDESIGN THE WHOLE CITY AND UP ZONE IT TO THESE BIG BOXY BUT THE CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG
MAYOR WU LET THE RACIST AGENDA RIGHT OUT OF THE BAG. SHE PUT THE FENCING AROUND THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT ON MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND. THAT WAS NOT A COINCIDENCE.
THAT WAS A MESSAGE WE PUT A PUBLIC PLAN OUT BY THE WAY, THAT'S FRANKLIN PARK DEFENDERS FOR BUILDING ECONOMIC DAILY AFTER MAYOR WU SAID I'LL SPEND WHATEVER IT TAKES.
SO SHE'S PUT $100 MILLION ON THE TABLE. WELL, WE SAID OKAY FOR 40 MILLION WE COULD ON FEBRUARY 13TH THE NEXT MORNING SHE SENT HER GOONS OUT TO KNOCK DOWN THE STREET. EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT ALL
THIS TREASON THAT WAS VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE THAT WAS DONE IN RESPONSE TO OUR PRESIDENT PUBLIC PRESENTATION
THEN THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 13 PUBLIC PROCESS WE WE'RE SUING I'M GOING TO THE PLAN BECAUSE NO OTHER NOTHING ELSE WORK THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE
SAFEGUARD NEEDS IN THIS CITY LIKE THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION WHICH APRIL 24 PASSED WROTE A
LETTER UNANIMOUS PLEA SIGNED BY ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THE CITY HAD VIOLATED ALL ITS PRESSURE. SO OF COURSE WHAT MAYOR WU DID WAS WHAT ANY GOOD MAFIA DON BACKED BY BILLIONAIRE MONEY
WOULD DO. SHE FIRED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OF THAT COMMISSION ROSEANNE FOLEY WAS HER NAME SHE DID THAT VERY MIXED WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS I THINK WAS ON A FRIDAY
AFTERNOON SO WHAT WE GET BARRY FOR THE NEWS CYCLE PUBLIC PROCESS WHAT A JOKE THERE'S ONLY YOU KNOW THEY ALL TALK ABOUT THERE'S HUNDREDS I THINK MAYOR RUTH AND HER CITY COUNCIL FLUNKIES SO I SAID
THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC PROCESS A 26,000 MEETINGS THERE'S BEEN ONE PUBLIC MEETING EVER. IT WAS HELD AT THE TROTTER ON
MARCH 25TH, 2024 AND I THINK THREE PEOPLE GOT UP FIRST THE JUST THREE I HATE TO SAY IT PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME WHO LIVE NEAR THE PARK SAID YOU KNOW AND THEY WANTED TO ARGUE
ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW THE COLOR OF THE THAT THEY WANTED MAUVE OR CHARTREUSE BATHROOM CURTAINS OR SOMETHING AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE GOT UP AT FOUR, THREE, TWO
OR 3 HOURS BLASTED THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN DISRESPECTED AND EVERYBODY KNEW WHY WHY THAT WAS BEING PUT THERE, WHY THE PARK HAD BEEN NEGLECTED AND
SUDDENLY IT'S FOUND THAT THERE'S ROOM FOR AT THE END OF THAT UP IT WAS ANNOUNCED FROM THE PODIUM THAT THERE'S STILL SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE
LINE TO SPEAK THAT WE'D BETTER HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING AND THAT EVENTUALLY FEW WEEKS LATER WE GOT THE FALL MEETING IT WAS SCHEDULED GET THIS IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR A FRIDAY NIGHT AT
630 ON MAY THIRD. YOU KNOW THAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO PUBLIC PRESS
AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY BUT JUST TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, 48 HOURS BEFORE THAT THEY SWITCHED IT TO A ZOOM HEARING. SO IT'S NOT EVEN PUBLIC AT ALL. AND OF COURSE THEN THEY THEY
YOU KNOW, DID THE USUAL DOG AND PONY SHOW AND THEY EVEN CUT OFF I THINK IT WAS LEWIS LEWIS THAT GOT CUT OFF WHEN HE TRIED TO SPEAK. YEAH I DID.
FERNANDEZ ANDERSON IN THE LAST 30 SECONDS OF THE MEETING SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO FACE THE PUBLIC SO SHE SAID OH BY THE WAY I SUPPORT THE PROJECT. THAT'S HOW THEY DO THAT'S HOW THIS CITY WORKS THAT WAY ANYMORE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN. IT'S BEEN 5 MINUTES. I'LL ALLOW ONE MORE MINUTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH, ONE MORE THING THAT SO THEN THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL THEY CLAIM THAT THEY'RE CONSULTING WITH THE PUBLIC. THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE FRANKLIN PARK COALITION WHICH
AGES AGO WAS ACTUALLY A COALITION BECAUSE IT WAS MADE UP NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES. IT'S NOW IT'S WHOEVER SHOWS UP AND IS WILLING TO I HATE TO
CALL IT BUT THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION WITH THE CITY MONEY THEY GET THEY GET PAID OUT OF THE DAMAGES FROM THE THE WHAT'S IT CALLED LANDMARK TRUST
THAT THE SHADOWS ON THE COMMON THING WE GOT WE GOT TO HEAR FROM THEM I WENT TO THEY'RE HERE THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BOTHERED TO GO TO ONE OF THEIR
MEETINGS AND THE GUY AT THE END I THINK HIS NAME WAS BOR GAVE US I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH. I HAVE A DREAM THAT BUFFY AND MUFFY FROM THE SUBURBS WILL TAKE WILL ARRIVE AND DISCOVER
FRANKLIN PARK. THEY'LL COME DOWN ON THE SHUTTLE AND THEY'LL HAVE A PICNIC OVER THE HILL ON A HILL I THANK YOU JOHN. I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE ALSO WAITING TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY ONLINE.
I'M SURE THEY WILL. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME I GET SHUT DOWN AND ALL THE TIME EVERYBODY HERE HAS GOTTEN SHUT DOWN AND YOU MADE SURE THERE
WAS NO PUBLIC PRESS BECAUSE I REMEMBER PUBLIC PROCESSES I WAS NO GREAT FAN OF TOM MENINO BUT BY GOLLY WHEN HE WANTED TO TO POISON THE FRACK THE PHRAGMITES
WITH MONSANTO GLYPHOSATE WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING THIS IS IN THEIR BACK BAY FRIENDS WHICH GOT WE GOT A PUBLIC MEETING AND WE SHUT THEM DOWN IN 1988 THEY WANTED TO REMAKE MY PARK.
I WAS JUST LIVING IN THE FENWAY AT THE TIME THEY WERE OH LET'S GET RID OF THE VICTORY GARDENS AND THE BASKETBALL COURT. SO THAT WAS A MESSAGE BUT WHO THEY WANTED IN THAT PARK AGAIN 300 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT A RAY FLYNN.
YOU KNOW, RAY FLYNN WAS THE MAYOR THAT WE HAD REAL PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WE THINK THEY THEY SAID OH, MAYBE THAT ISN'T THE PLAN YOU WANT BECAUSE THEY HAD $30 MILLION OF THE LANDSCAPING
CONTRACTS READY TO GO. YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT WILL CATALYZE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. WELL, THE FACT IS THEY CAME BACK TO US SIX MONTHS LATER WITH A NEW PLAN AND YOU KNOW, THE VICTORY GARDENS ARE STILL
THERE. THE BASKETBALL COURTS ARE STILL THERE BECAUSE THEY LISTEN IN THOSE DAYS WE DIDN'T HAVE A MAFIA DON MAYOR. WE HAD A GUY WHO HAD GROWN UP
HERE AND ACTUALLY HAD TO LOOK YOU KNOW, HIS NEIGHBORS MIGHT SAY SOMETHING TO HIM IF HE SCREWED US OVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO TO CHRISTINE
OFF ONLINE. IT'S A GREAT CAN YOU SEE ME SORRY THAT I CAN'T BE IN THERE IN PERSON. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE HOUGH AND I LIVE IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
FRANKLIN PARK COALITION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THIS PROJECT AND ON THE PROCESS.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF COMMUNITY OVER 30 YEARS 20 YEARS WITH THE FRANKLIN 25 YEARS OF THE FRANKLIN PARK COALITION AND I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER WORKED WITH
THE CITY SO EFFECTIVELY AND THEM BE SO TRANSPARENT AND OPEN AND WILLING TO WORK WITH US. I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT IS A MUCH, MUCH BETTER PROJECT BECAUSE OF THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS AND OUR WORRIES AND AND REALLY MAKE MODIFICATIONS FOR THAT. BUT IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN HAS COME UP SO MUCH THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THERE'S BEEN ANY REALLY SOLID DISCUSSION AROUND
TRANSPORTATION IN FRANKLIN PARK AND THERE ARE IF YOU KNOW THE PARK YOU KNOW THAT ON FALL WEEKENDS THERE ARE MASSIVE CROSS-COUNTRY RACES AND THE ENTIRE PARK IS COVERED WITH
CARS WHEN THE ZOO DOES A BIG EVENT, THE ENTIRE PARK IS COVERED WITH CARS. WHEN WE HOST OUR PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK CONCERT OR OUR KITE FESTIVAL, THE PARK IS COVERED WITH CARS AND WE'VE
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REALLY AND THE ACTION PLAN DIDN'T REALLY TAKE IT ON WHAT WAS WHAT WAS NEEDED TO REALLY MANAGE BOTH TRANSPORTATION AND ESPECIALLY
AND BETTER INVOLVEMENT. THE COALITION TEND AND 15 YEARS AGO WORKED REALLY HARD TO TRY AND GET THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE MTA IN THE ROOM TO TRY AND
INCREASE TRANSIT ACCESS TO THE PARK AND WE WERE JUST NEVER SUCCESSFUL AND SPENT SO MANY HOURS AND SO MUCH TIME TRYING.
SO FOR US THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS A START AND WE HOPE THAT IT'S REALLY A A WAY TO LOOK AT PUBLIC TRANSIT ACCESS
TO THE PARK ALTERNATIVES LIKE SHUTTLE BUSSES FROM T STATIONS, BIKE PARKING AND AND THE PARK IS SO DESPERATELY IN NEED THAT
AND SO MANY OF THE YOU KNOW THE ZOO VISITOR SHIP IS AT LEAST 80% SUBURBAN. THE CROSS-COUNTRY IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY SUBURBAN AND SO IF
WE CAN GET THE FESTIVAL IS NOT AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE FRANKLIN PARK COALITION RUNS AND THANK YOU FOR CARING FOR POINTING THEM OUT SOME OF THAT WAS SOME OF THE WINS THAT WE'VE HAD WHETHER IT'S GLENN ROAD
KAREN MONEY PRODUCT THAT IS GLENN ROAD PAVING OR OR OR THE PLAYHOUSE AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS BUT WE REALLY HOPE THAT
BY DELVING AND REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET A TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE STADIUM IT WILL JUST PAVE THE WAY FOR BETTER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TO THE
PARK THAT ARE NOT PARKING IN THE PARK WE PUT OUT STRONGLY THAT WE DID NOT WANT CARS ON THE PLAY SET AND THERE WILL NOT BE CARS ON THE PLAY SET AND PART OF THE REASON WE DID THAT AS QUICKLY WE KNEW IF THE
SOCCER TEAM GAMES PARKED ON THE PLACE THAT THE ZOO WOULD JUMP AT THAT OPPORTUNITY. THEY'RE DESPERATE FOR MORE PARKING AND WE NEED OTHER OPTIONS AND WE NEED THE ZOO TO
LOOK AT EMPTY SPACE ALONG BLUE HILL AVENUE OR MORTON STREET OR DOWN AT FOREST HILLS. WE JUST NEED BETTER OPTIONS AND WE'RE THRILLED THAT THAT THE WITH THE ADVENT OF THE STADIUM
THAT'S ALL BEING LOOKED AT. AND LASTLY I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN WE JUST SO APPRECIATE THE WORK THE CITY HAS DONE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY MEETINGS AND SO MUCH PRESENTED AND SO MUCH OPENNESS AS TO MAKE IT TO CHANGING THE STADIUM PROJECT BASED ON PEOPLE'S
CONCERNS. YOU KNOW WE HAVE NOT BEEN AGAINST IT LATELY. OUR POSITION AS A COALITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN IF SOMETHING IS
MANAGED REALLY WELL IT CAN BE IN THE PARK AND IT CAN LIVE IN AND MAY MAKE THE PARK BETTER AND MORE POSITIVE AND MORE USE AND WE'RE THRILLED THAT BOSTON
PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS I HAVE I HAD KIDS WHO WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ONE OF THEM WAS IN THE STADIUM A LOT. AND SO WE'RE THRILLED TO SEE
SOME OF ATTENTION TO THE KIDS THAT NEED BETTER ATHLETIC AND OTHER FACILITIES. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SARAH FRIEDMAN.
HI EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I DID SUBMIT COMMENTS BY EMAIL AND I'LL TRY NOT TO REPEAT WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID. I'M A I WILL LIVE IN JP AND I
WILL DISCLOSE I'M AFFILIATED WITH BOTH EMERALD COAST CONSERVANCY AND FRANKLIN PARK COALITION AND I MUST SAY I AM
WELL I'LL SAVE THAT FOR THEN THERE ARE SO MANY ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NOT WELL ANSWERED AND I'M GLAD SOMEONE
EARLIER POINTED OUT THE EXPANDED BUILDING THING AND MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF TAKING DOWN THE FENCE AROUND WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THE GROVE BUT
THAT AREA IS GREEN ALREADY AND YES, IT'S ADDING ACCESS BUT IN TERMS OF IMPACT THEY'RE CREATING A WHOLE LOT OF NEW
BUILDING AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT. THE TREE REMOVAL HAS BEEN COVERED. I INCLUDED IN THE EMAIL A SLIDE
ABOUT I THINK IT WAS COLLEAGUE OR CASE SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT ALL THE NEW 500 TREES REALLY
ONLY REPLACE LIKE ONE AND A FRACTION MATURE FUNCTIONAL LIKE CARBON SEQUESTRATION. IT'S REALLY NOT A NEW TREE. IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE DOING
THAT AND PREVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE PARK TREES THAT WERE REMOVED ON CONCERNS I HAVE
NEIGHBORS ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT TRAFFIC TO THE POINT THAT WHEN I GO TO JP LINKS OR EVEN FEDEX I WAS XEROXING A MAP
OF THE EMERALD NECKLACE AND THE WOMAN WHEN I WENT TO PAY FOR IT SAID OH I USED TO LIVE RIGHT THERE AND SO I ASKED HER IF SHE'S BEEN FOLLOWING THE
STADIUM PROJECT AND SHE SAID YEAH. AND HER ONE COMMENT WAS IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY AND I KNOW THE
CITY I DON'T WANT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF THE BENEFITS. I KNOW THE CITY AND MANY RESIDENTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE RUN. THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THE
FRACTION OF THE TICKET BUT I LIKED COUNCILOR MURPHY'S QUESTION AT THE BEGINNING OR IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE HEARING
ABOUT THE POOL IN CHARLESTOWN IF THE CITY COULD PAY FOR THAT, WHY IS IT THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE WITH A $100 MILLION INVESTMENT
WHY DON'T WE BELIEVE THE CITY COULD JUST DO IT AND NOT HAVE TO KICK UP FOOTBALL AND GIVE SATURDAY ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC
AND NOT INTIMIDATE NEIGHBORS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO AT THEIR OWN HOUSE OR HAVE COMPANY? IT'S WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
REALLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A QUOTE FROM OLMSTEAD I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THE WHOLE THING BUT ONE OF THE MORE
FAMOUS IS THE PARKS ARE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ESCAPE THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE CITY AND I
THINK BRINGING 11,000 PEOPLE IN AN ANNOUNCER'S YELLING GOAL OR SCORE I FORGET ABOUT THE SOCCER BUT HE HOLDS FOR ABOUT A MINUTE
IS KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF ESCAPING THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE. SO I HOPE WE CAN FIND A WAY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE AND
MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE CITY PUBLIC MONEY. TAXPAYER MONEY. THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH SARAH AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE A GOOD FREDERICK LAW SAID QUOTE
PARKS ARE THE GREAT EQUALIZER. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I USE QUITE OFTEN. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE HERE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNSELOR HERE WE ARE ALL SET WITH PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE YOUR YOUR NAME OR IT'S IT'S UP THERE IF YOU WANT TO START AND SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR
AFFILIATION. HI, MY NAME IS MARINA SHERRY. I AM FROM MATTAPAN. I RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND I AM A FORMER MEMBER OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE. I COME TO THIS HEARING FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE IN TERM AS
IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF COME AT IT AT THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND PARTICULARLY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE CONFLATED WITH THE FACT
THAT I ONLY CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN CONJUNCTION WITH HUMANITY WHEN I DO COME AT THIS FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE IT'S IN RELATION TO HOW WILL IMPACT THE HUMAN AND
AND HOW IT IMPACTS NATURE AND THE CONNECTION THAT BECAUSE WE ARE IN SOME WAYS VERY DISCONNECTED TO NATURE AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY I FIND IT
PERPLEXING AND VERY CONCERNING REALLY I DON'T I'M NOT NECESSARILY CONVINCED THAT 80% OF THE TREES THAT ARE BEING COME DOWN. I FIND IT VERY CONVENIENT THAT 80% OF THE TREES THAT ARE BEING
THAT ARE CONSIDERED UNHEALTHY OR POOR OR INVASIVE ARE SURROUNDING THE EXACT PERIMETER THAT THEY NEED TO EXPAND THE STADIUM. AND I THINK IN PART THAT'S
BECAUSE OF WHAT EXACTLY THE DEFINITION THAT IS BEING USED FOR INVASIVE LIKE WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE WE CONSIDERING INVADES AN INVASIVE SPECIES? ARE WE CONSIDERING IT MAPLES THAT ARE ALREADY AROUND BOSTON
AND MAPLES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN EXPLICIT IMPACT OR DIRECT LIKE DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN BOSTON IN
COMPARISON TO INVASIVES THAT ACTUALLY DO HAVE DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS. SO JUST THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IT'S CONCERNING FOR ME AND WOULD BE BASED OFF THAT
DEFINITION WOULD BE CUTTING DOWN HOWEVER MANY TREES UNNECESSARILY WHICH WOULD IMPACT THE TREE CANOPY WHICH IS ALREADY VERY LIMITED IN BOSTON BY ADMISSION BY THE CITY OF BOSTON.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LIMITED TREE CANOPY AT 50% OF THE TREE CANOPY IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONNECTION TO NOT NESTED CONNECTED TO. WE THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE
JURISDICTION TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE TREES THAT ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WHEN THESE TREES ARE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND YOU GET TO DICTATE HOW THEY'RE MANAGED AND WHAT WE
CAN DO HOW TO PRESERVE THEM. IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU'VE DECIDED THAT THE BEST OPTION WHEN YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE TREES WITH ON YOUR PROPERTY WITH INTEREST WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION YOU DECIDED
THAT THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE THEM IS TO CUT THEM DOWN FOR A PROJECT AND TO TAKE UP TWO EXTRA ACRES FOR A RESTAURANT AND A BEER GARDEN WHEN SUPPOSEDLY THIS PROJECT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE KIDS.
SO I THINK THAT AS I SAID AS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE, THIS PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED IN ITS TOTALITY IN REGARDS TO WHAT ALTERNATIVES COULD BE
POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE GENUINELY BEST WITHIN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE CHILDREN AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES AND PRIVATIZATION. I THINK IF WE'RE GENUINELY HERE
TO PROVIDE A STADIUM THAT IS STATE OF THE ART FOR THE CHILDREN, WE WOULDN'T BE WE WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERING OR WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVES THAT DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PRIVATE ENTITY INVOLVED.
THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. I WAS AT THIS POINT I THINK WE'LL PASS IT TO THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR ANY CLOSING REMARKS
AND I GUESS PREFERRED NEXT STEPS ABOUT THIS IN COMMITTEE. ET CETERA. COUNCILOR MURPHY THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
I SAID A LOT AT THE BEGINNING AND IN MY OPENING STATEMENTS CITY HALL IS THE PEOPLE'S BUILDING AND I THINK THIS HEARING WHEN WE FELT I DID FOCUS IT SPECIFICALLY ON THE ENVIRONMENT BUT WAS IN AN OP
WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL HEARD I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU AGREE WITH PEOPLE'S OPINIONS OR NOT THAT YOU HEAR THEM AND FOR ME I OFTEN LEARN AND TAKE FROM THAT.
SO I TOOK LOTS OF NOTES, HAVE LOTS OF YOU KNOW ALWAYS COME AWAY WITH THESE WITH NEW IDEAS NEW FEELINGS. THANK YOU TO CHIEFS WEAR YOUR
TEAM SAM JILL WELCOME AS THE INTERIM IN YOUR POSITION NOW THANK YOU FOR STAYING AND LISTENING BECAUSE I DO THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE BEGINNING IN THIS PROJECT AND OTHER PROJECTS
ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE'RE NOT BEING LISTENED TO SO IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE. AND WHEN I TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THIS HEARING THAT YOU STATE DOES MEAN A LOT AND I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU BELIEVE AND
ZOOM AND LISTEN ABOUT REMOTELY BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HEAR AND FEEL RIGHT BECAUSE I FEEL THE EMOTIONS I FEEL THE CONCERNS PEOPLE HAVE AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOW THIS SPACE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN SO
KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR THE END OF ANYTHING EVER SO HERE FOR CONTINUING TO BE AN ADVOCATE AND LISTEN AND HOW WE CAN MAKE
SURE IF THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WE HAVE A SAY THAT WE NEVER GIVE UP ON MAKING SURE THAT OUR HANDPRINTS RIGHT THAT OUR OUR FEELINGS AND OUR CONCERNS ARE CONTINUED TO BE
LISTENED TO. SO ONE OF THE THINGS CHAIR THAT DID COME OUT OF IT WAS THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS I THINK MANY PEOPLE HAVE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED SPECIFICALLY
IS THE TRAFFIC AND OBVIOUSLY WE WERE HERE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WHICH WOULDN'T GO INTO YOUR COMMITTEE BUT REALLY GETTING A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT
IS THE TRAFFIC PLAN AND IF WE REALLY CAN HANDLE WITH WHAT THE PLAN IS NOW THE PLAN THAT IS GOING TO BE PUT FORWARD BECAUSE MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR HOSTING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR RELATIONSHIP HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OPEN OUR CLOSING STATEMENT. NO CLOSING STATEMENT. OKAY, GO AHEAD Y'ALL. THANK YOU CHAIR AND APOLOGIES
FOR NOT BEING HERE FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW WHERE I STAND ON ALL THINGS THAT DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION AND I DO APPRECIATE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE
REALLY LOOKING AT THE ISSUE WHITE STADIUM THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT LENSES. RIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST CONTRACTS IT'S NOT JUST YOU KNOW THE ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S NOT JUST A
AUDITING AND IT'S NOT JUST AN ISSUE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. I THINK WHEN I SEE THIS PROCESS HAPPENING I SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY PAUSE AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE FINAL PUBLIC THAT I WAS ABLE TO HEAR BECAUSE SOMEONE AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON RIGHT WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT CLIMATE OR
ENVIRONMENT IT FEELS SO DISCONNECTED FROM PEOPLE OF COLOR BECAUSE IT USUALLY FEELS LIKE A CONVERSATION OF PRIVILEGE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE TOO BUSY TRYING TO PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLE AND TRYING TO JUST STAY ALIVE.
WE DON'T EVEN FEEL COMFORTABLE RIDING OUR BIKES DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT WORRIED ABOUT GETTING SHOT. SO WHEN TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT WE USUALLY FORGET THE INTERSECTION OF IT ALL AND IT'S ALWAYS BOILS DOWN
TO RACE AND I AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU WERE HERE TO UPLIFT THAT BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO IS THAT WE ARE TAPPING INTO EVERY PIECE OF GREEN THAT
WE HAVE LEFT IN THE CITY AND OCCUPYING SPACE AND THAT IS TAKING SPACE AWAY FROM PEOPLE TO HAVE REFUGE AND. I THINK THAT THIS IS A CONVERSATION OF JUSTICE AND I
WILL ALWAYS BE FIRM IN MY BELIEF IN TERMS OF THE THE IMPACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE NOT JUST ON THE ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO IN OUR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING BECAUSE.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US IS TRAUMATIC AND SO FOR ME THE POSTURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND EVERY SINGLE PATHWAY TO DELAY THIS FROM HAPPENING AND
TO STILL SEE IT MOVING FULL SPEED AHEAD SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO AND AS ONE OF THE 13 CITY COUNCILORS I DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE THAT WILL COME AS A RESULT OF THIS BECAUSE MANY YEARS AGO DECADES IT WAS A BLACK BROWN
POOR WHITE FOLKS WHO ORGANIZED TO PREVENT THE HIGHWAY FROM PUMMELING THROUGH THE SOUTH AND RIGHT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT HERE WE ARE DECADES LATER CUTTING AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE LIVING THAT REALITY AGAIN AND THAT WILL FOR US TO SLOW IT DOWN AND TO STOP IT FEELS LIKE
EVERY DAY IS GETTING FURTHER AWAY FROM US AND I FEEL A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY WHILE I STILL HAVE TIME IN THIS CHAMBER TO UTILIZE MY VOICE TO HELP
SUPPORT THE WORK THAT SO MANY ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN DOING HERE IN THE NAME OF RACIAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SAY A FEW WORDS BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE HILLS THAT I POTENTIALLY MAY BE WILLING TO
DIE ON BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WANT TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I
GREW UP IN AND SO I THINK THAT WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HERE I
HAVE NO CLOSING REMARKS. I AGAIN JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCILOR WEBER FOR DOING A GREAT JOB AND COVERING FOR ME WHEN I HAD A
COMMITMENT IN THE DISTRICT. I THINK WITH THAT I WILL SAY THAT THIS HEARING ON DOCKET
0424 AND 0425 IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANKS EVERYONE