THEN
SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS GABRIELLA COLETTE ZAPATA DISTRICT ONE CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 26TH 2025. THE EXACT TIME IS 1008. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED . IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED AT BOSTON DARK OF FORWARD SLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AND
BROADCAST ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 AND FILES CHANNEL 964. WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT C O AT
BOSTON DARK OF AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE 2
MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON OH EXCUSE ME, I SAID PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END. IT'LL BE TAKING AT THE BEGINNING AND ALSO AT THE END IN CASE PEOPLE COME IN A LITTLE BIT LATE.
IF YOU'RE 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 MEGAN
KAVANAUGH AT A.G. H. A.K. AVE AND AG AT BOSTON DUCK OF FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 1
TO 0 SIX AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE SECTION 6-6.3 SCHEDULE OF PARKING FINES. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF AND WAS REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON JUNE 11TH, 2025. I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE COUNSELOR ED FLYNN. HOPEFULLY MORE FOLKS COME THROUGH. JUST VERY QUICKLY I'LL GET INTO THE LEGISLATIVE OBJECTIVE
OF THIS FILING. I WILL GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY FIRST SEEING THAT FOLKS HAVE TAKEN TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO BE HERE BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY AND THEN I WILL PASS IT OVER TO THIS DISTINGUISHED PANEL FOR ANY COMMENTS THAT
THEY MAY HAVE. SO THE LEGISLATIVE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE TO INCREASE PARKING FINES IN THE NORTH END RESIDENTIAL PARKING DISTRICT
DURING TD GARDEN EVENTS FROM $60 TO $100 PER VIOLATION. SPECIFICALLY THE ORDINANCE ADDRESSES UNAUTHORIZED PARKING AND RESIDENT ONLY SPACES BY EVENT ATTENDEES.
DUE TO INADEQUATE DETERRENT EFFECTS OF CURRENT FINES THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO COMMERCIAL PARKING RATES, THE ORDINANCE DESIGNATES TD GARDEN EVENTS TO INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS GAMES CONCERTS AND OTHER LARGE
SCALE GATHERINGS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER. WITH ENFORCEMENT OCCURRING 2 HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER EACH EVENT, THE ORDINANCE AIMS TO PROTECT NORTH END RESIDENTS ACCESS TO LIMITED ENTRY PARKING
IN ONE OF BOSTON'S MOST DENSELY POPULATED NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE SUPPORTING THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION AND EMISSION REDUCTION GOALS BY INCENTIVIZING PUBLIC TRANSIT
USE OVER DRIVING TO EVENTS. JUST WANT TO CALL OUT THAT THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. THERE'S PRECEDENT. IN 2015 WE ESTABLISHED THE FENWAY PARKING ORDINANCE THANKS
TO CITY COUNCILOR THEN CITY COUNCILOR JOSH ZAKIM. THERE'S BEEN SOME GREAT FEEDBACK AND LESSONS LEARNED AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM THERE AND I THINK I'LL KEEP IT THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOW PASS IT OVER TO THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE HERE FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. PLEASE COME DOWN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION AND YOU WILL HAVE 2 TO 3 MINUTES
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. SO IN PERSON WE HAVE AND I'M NOT SURE WHO SIGNED UP FIRST BUT WE HAVE DARYLL MEEHAN, KERRY A CASHIER AND DARLENE ROMANO.
WE ALSO HAVE KRISTIN HOFFMAN, KIRSTEN HOFFMAN VIRTUALLY AND HOPEFULLY SHEILA TO PRESYO VIRTUALLY AS WELL. TO DARRELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME DOWN TO THE MIKE AGAIN,
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION. YOU HAVE 2 TO 3 MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YES. GOOD MORNING, DARYL MEEHAN THE NORTH END 307 COMMERCIAL STREET I'VE LIVED IN THE NORTH END FOR
ABOUT 15 YEARS. I DO BELIEVE THAT PARKING HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE OF AN ISSUE OVER THOSE YEARS. I GO TO FOXBORO TWO DAYS A WEEK, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. I LEAVE AT 620 IN THE MORNING I
USUALLY COME HOME ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND FIVE AND 6:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK. I CAN DRIVE AROUND FOR 30 MINUTES AND THEN ULTIMATELY IF
I DON'T FIND A PLACE I END UP IN SERGEANT'S SLOT ON SATURDAYS AS WELL IF I DON'T RUN MY ERRANDS. IF I GO TO STOP AND SHOP OR GO OVER ANYWHERE IN CHARLESTOWN I
NEED TO BE BACK BY 2:00 OR THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A PLACE TO PARK. YOU DRIVE AROUND AND DRIVE AROUND LOOKING FOR ONE. I'M WONDERING IF TD GARDEN OVER THE YEARS HAS NOT INCREASED ITS
EVENTS. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE HAVING MORE AND MORE EVENTS WHICH IS FINE. I MEAN I'M HAPPY FOR THEM BUT IT HAS PUT A PRESSURE ON NORTH END PARKING. I ALSO WONDER IF WITH THE
FESTIVALS WE ARE REALLY I THINK THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS RESTRICTED PARKING JUST DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FIVE FESTIVALS IN AND AND THOSE
STREETS WE CAN'T DO PARKING ON. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR US. WHERE DO YOU END UP PARKING WHEN THERE'S A FESTIVAL IN TOWN ? SO ALL OF AUGUST YOU JUST DON'T LEAVE YOUR HOUSE? I GO NOPE, CAN'T TAKE THE CAR.
SORRY. I DO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WHENEVER I POSSIBLY CAN BUT WHERE I GO I'M FORTUNATELY IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO ME SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS I HAVE
LITERALLY PARKED MY CAR AND WALKED BACK TO THE APARTMENT AND COUNTED THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT DON'T HAVE RESIDENT STICKERS. I HAVE CALLED 311 OCCASIONALLY JUST SAY I JUST COUNTED SEVEN
CARS ON COMMERCIAL ON COMMERCIAL STREET WALKING UP TO STORE MARKET THAT DON'T HAVE PARKING STICKERS PRESENT STICKERS. I KNOW THAT THEY TRY TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT.
I ALSO WONDER IF WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING ATTENDANTS AS WELL AND OTHER THAN THAT I WANT TO THANK GABRIELA FOR WORKING SO HARD TO TRY TO SUPPORT US AND HOPEFULLY TO GET
THIS PASSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DARIO. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. I WILL NOW GO TO CARRY A QUESTION AND THEN DARLENE ROMANO.
HI KERRY OCCASION. NORTH STREET IN THE NORTH END. UNFORTUNATELY THE NORTH END HAS NO MORE SPOTS TO LOSE DURING COVID SOME OF OUR HANDICAPPED
SPOTS MOVED FOR STREET DINING AND WERE NEVER CHANGED BACK AGAIN. AT THE SAME TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO I APPRECIATE SO MUCH TOOK ANOTHER 2 TO 8 SPOTS PER BLOCK IN SOME AREAS OF THE NORTH END TO GET FIRE TRUCKS
THROUGH WHICH I APPRECIATE. HOWEVER IT DECREASED OUR SPOTS. SOME OF US ACTUALLY NEED A CAR TO GET OUR CHILDREN TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY NO LONGER PROVIDES
ESPECIALLY COMPETITIVE DANCE CLUB VOLLEYBALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS RESEARCH BASED. WE KNOW THAT KIDS WHO DO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ARE BETTER SERVED THROUGHOUT THEIR
LIVES. SO THERE ARE STILL MOMS SINGLE MOMS WHO LIVE IN THE NORTH END WHO DON'T HAVE PARKING SPOTS. THERE ARE A FEW OF US SO EVERY TIME ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS TAKES A SPOT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
A PARENT WHO'S DRIVING BACK FROM A GAME AT 9:00 AT NIGHT AND IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT AND WE WANT TO LIVE HERE. WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY. BUT SO FEW OF US.
WE'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PARKING IS PRESERVED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO I WOULD I HOPE YOU'LL PLEASE CONSIDER INCREASING THE FINES FOR PARKING AT A TD GARDEN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DARLENE TO COME DOWN YOU CAN GO TO THIS MIKE AS WELL TO YOUR RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. IT'S A BIT EASIER. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME'S DELIMA MONO.
I LIVE AT 90 SALEM STREET AND BOSTON'S NOT THEN I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. THE PARKING IS HORRENDOUS. WE'VE HAD ISSUES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I FIND THAT WE NEED
TO START DOING SOMETHING. IT IS TRUE WHEN THERE'S A GAME AT THE GATHERING WHETHER IT'S A CONCERT, A BRUINS GAME I WATCH CELTICS GAME OR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON PEOPLE WILL TAKE RESIDENT SPOTS.
I'VE COME ACROSS PEOPLE THAT HAVE TOLD ME THEY'D RATHER PACK IN A RESIDENT SPOT AND GET A $60 TICKET THAN PARK IN A GARAGE AND PAY 75 OR MORE BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE DINING
THERE YOU KNOW THEY'RE THERE FOR THE NIGHT SO THEIR TICKETS THEY RATHER PAY $60 YOU HAVE FOUR GUYS GO IN THE BRUINS GAME WHAT IS IT 15 BUCKS A PIECE. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR.
I'VE ADVOCATED FOR TICKETS TO BE HIGHER THAN $60 AND I UNDERSTAND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WOULD HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OTHER AREAS DON'T WANT IT
HIGHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THEM. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FAIR TO US THAT LIKE LIKE THEY SAID BEFORE ME YOU CAN ONLY GO OUT CERTAIN TIMES ON A SATURDAY
WHEN THE BRUINS START THEIR GAME STOP BETWEEN ONE AND 3:00 WE'RE DONE WE'RE HOME THAT'S IT CAN'T GO ANYWHERE COMING HOME AT NIGHT IF I LEAVE MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE I HAVE TO STAY
THERE TILL AT LEAST 9:00. SO I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE NIGHT THEN GETS IN THEIR CARS AND LEAVES AND I'M GOING TO BED AT 11 12:00 AND I HAVE TO BE UP FOR WORK THE NEXT DAY. I HEARD ABOUT WHAT FENWAY HAS
DONE, HOW WHEN THERE'S A GAME OR ANYTHING GOING ON AT FENWAY THEY UPPED THE TICKET. SO I STARTED ADVOCATING FOR THAT AND AS COUNCILOR COLETTA KNOWS I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR
THAT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW SO I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE TALKS ABOUT IT. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER IT THAT WHENEVER SOMETHING IS GOING ON THAT THERE WOULD BE YOU KNOW, AT
LEAST $100. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO MAKE IT BUT $60 JUST DOESN'T CUT IT. IT JUST DOESN'T CUT IT. IT'S YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HOW MANY BUILDINGS HOW MANY RESIDENTS IN THE NORTH END. EACH BUILDING AT LEAST HAS
THREE OR FOUR CARS. SO WE'RE NAVIGATING EACH OTHER BUT WE'RE ALL RESIDENTS. WE'RE ALL FAMILIES. SO IF I SEE SOMEONE PULLING IN AND I SAY OKAY, YOU KNOW, TAKE
IT. I KNOW YOU HAVE TO DO WE KIND OF NAVIGATE BUT WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE THAT'S JUST GOING TO A CELTICS GAME AND SAY WELL TOO BAD IT'S KIND OF FRUSTRATING. SO I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT
YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER WE NEED TO MOVE ALONG WITH THIS. WE CAN'T KEEP BEING PUNISHED FOR YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE CITY AND THAT'S HOW WE ALL FEEL. WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING PUNISHED.
WE CAN'T. WHY SHOULD I BE WHEN I DO CAR? I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN WALK ANYWHERE. YOU CAN TAKE THE TRAIN BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE PLACES YOU CAN'T YOU NEED YOUR CAR TO DO STUFF AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
WAIT UNTIL 10:00 AT NIGHT TO LOOK FOR A SPOT. I MEAN, WITH THE AMOUNT OF RESTAURANTS THAT ARE THERE AND THE AMOUNT OF VISITORS THAT COME IN, IT'S REALLY YOU KNOW, DISHEARTENING THAT WE HAVE TO
DO THIS. WHEN WE'RE THERE WE ARE PAYING OUR TAXES. WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY HOW WOULD THEY FEEL IF I WENT AND PARKED IN THEIR DRIVEWAY FOR THE NIGHT AND SAID OH, I
COULDN'T FIND A SPOT SO I'M A PACK IN YOUR DRIVEWAY? YOU GO YOU GO WALK DOWN THE STREET, CARRY ALL YOUR BUNDLES AND EVERYTHING FROM DOWN THERE. IT'S LIKE IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T CARE. THEY DON'T CARE.
THEY'RE COMING IN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEY'RE GONE AND THEY FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WON'T SEE HER AGAIN. WHO CARES? AND WE DO CALL 311 AND FOR THE MOST PART THEY DO ANSWER BUT
$60 YOU KNOW YOU DEAL WITH THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE, EVERYBODY THROWS IN A COUPLE OF BUCKS WHO CARES? YOU KNOW, AND THEY GET TO STAY FROM 1:00 ON A SATURDAY UNTIL TEN 11:00 AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEN THEY GO IN FOR DINNER, THEN
THEY GO ON AND YOU KNOW, FOR A BAT TO ONE OF THE BARS TO GET A FEW DRINKS AND I'M LOOKING AROUND FOR HOURS FOR A PARKING SPOT. I JUST FEEL IS DOWN. I REALLY HOPE YOU GUYS CONSIDER
PLEASE PLEASE UP THE TICKETS ESPECIALLY I WOULD LIKE IT UP ACROSS THE BOARD. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. BUT IF WE CAN'T HAVE THAT COULD YOU PLEASE AT LEAST MAKE IT A
LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON AROUND THE NORTH THEN WHERE THERE WOULD BE THE GARDEN, WHERE THERE WOULD BE CITY HALL THERE HAS TO BE SOME LIMIT SO IT CAN BE FAIR TO
THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU DARLING. I JUST WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY THE BEST VICE CHAIR AND WEBER WHO IS HERE.
WE'LL GO TO ONLINE.
KRISTEN HOFFMAN AND THEN MAYBE
SHE'LL IF SHE'S ON THE SCHEDULE .
OH YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE A PHONE NUMBER ON THE ZOOM. IF YOU INTEND TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY, PLEASE JUST LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE CALLING.
MAYBE NOT IF. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY, JUST PLEASE BE SURE TO RAISE YOUR HAND. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR PANEL. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN SENT A LETTER AND
SUPPORT BY OUR STATE SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM MARIANNE D'AMATO OF 13. NICE PLACE. OKAY.
UH UM, JUST LOOKING OKAY. I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH VIRTUAL. WE'LL PROBABLY CIRCLE BACK TO THAT ONCE FOLKS COME BACK ON. BUT FOR NOW WE HAVE THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMISSIONER OF BTD NICOLE. WE ALSO HAVE JOHN ROMANO, NORMAN'S VERY OWN DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS MIA CAPONE WHO WAS THE PARKING CLERK. RIGHT. THE PARKING CLERK.
THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. OKAY, GREAT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO START YOUR OPENING REMARKS IN YOUR PREFERRED ORDER. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. AGAIN, MY NAME IS NICK OV,
DEPUTY CHIEF FOR TRANSPORTATION ALSO SERVING AS COMMISSIONER. I'M JOINED BY JOHN ROMANO, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR G TV AND AMELIA CAPONE WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF CURBSIDE DIRECTOR
OF PARKING AND CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT ALSO SERVING AS THE PARKING CLERK. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR INVITING US TO THE HEARING TODAY TO DISCUSS THIS ORDINANCE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. SO FOR BACKGROUND IN 2024 WE RECEIVED OVER 60,000 311 REPORTS FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THAT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NEXT REPORTED CASE TYPE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 153 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS IN OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.
THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 31% FROM 2023. WE ALSO HAVE 35 VEHICLE IMPOUND SPECIALISTS AND SUPERVISORS IN THE TOW AND HOLD UNIT. COLLECTIVELY WE ISSUED JUST
UNDER 900,000 PARKING VIOLATIONS IN 2020 FOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE SECTION 6-6.3
THE VIOLATION FINED FOR PARKING IN A RESIDENT PERMIT ONLY SPACE WITHOUT A RESIDENT PERMIT STICKER IS $60. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 3481 ACTIVE
RESIDENT PARKING PERMITS ISSUED TO NORTH END RESIDENTS AND 236 ISSUED TO WEST END RESIDENTS. AS THE COUNCILOR MENTIONED, THE ORDINANCE PROPOSES TO INCREASE
THE VIOLATION FINED FOR PARKING IN A RESIDENT PERMIT ONLY SPACE IN THE NORTH END FROM $60 TO $100 DURING TD GARDEN EVENTS ALONG WITH A LATE PENALTY
OF $33 IF THE VIOLATION REMAINS UNPAID FOR 21 DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF NOTICE. SOME ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND SPECIFIC TO ARP VIOLATIONS IN
2024 WE ISSUED 4364 VIOLATIONS IN TOTAL IN THE NORTH END OVER 2720 700 OF THOSE 64% WERE FOR ARP ONLY VIOLATIONS.
IN THE WEST END WE ISSUED OVER 4300 VIOLATIONS AND JUST OVER 1400 OF THOSE 33% WERE ALSO FOR RESIDENT PERMIT ONLY AS
REFERENCED IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IN 2015 THE CITY OF BOSTON IMPLEMENTED A SIMILAR $100 FINE FOR ILLEGAL PARKING IN RESIDENT ONLY SPACES DURING EVENTS AT FENWAY PARK BETWEEN
OUR FLIGHT 17 AND F4 24 WE ISSUED OVER $37,100 VIOLATIONS FOR RESIDENT PERMIT ONLY SPACES
IN THE FENWAY ABOUT 4600 A YEAR THAT DOES ACCOUNT FOR THE TWO LOW YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND AT FLIGHT 2021 THE REAL AVERAGE WAS BETWEEN 5760 900 A
YEAR. IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS WE RECOMMEND INCLUDING THE SAME VIOLATION FINED AND LATE
PENALTY INCREASE TO THE WEST END DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE LIMITED NUMBER OF WEST END ARP SPACES TO TD GARDEN. FURTHER, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE TD GARDEN EVENTS AS
DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE BE DEFINED AS EVENTS WITHIN THE TD GARDEN ARENA NOT OTHER NEARBY VENUES UNLESS THE CAPACITY OF THAT VENUE IS GREATER THAN
5000 SPECTATORS. AND LASTLY JUST FOR BACKGROUND WE WANT TO NOTE THAT THE FENWAY VIOLATION FINE WAS WAS THAT THAT FINE INCREASE WAS PAIRED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL PARKING
ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT DURING FENWAY EVENTS THAT WERE WELCOME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FROM YOU? ARE YOU HERE FOR QUESTIONS? OKAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AND
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT. I'M SORRY JUST A QUICK QUESTION AND THEN I WANT TO PASS IT TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SO I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS SO I WILL GO LAST BUT I WAS GETTING MY NOTES UP AND READY FOR THE
FIRST COUPLE OF DATA POINTS THAT YOU PROVIDED. HOW MANY ADDITIONAL PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DID WE PUT ON LAST YEAR?
FROM SINCE 23 WE'VE INCREASED IT BY UM 31% TURNED INTO HOW MANY WAS THAT EQUATED TO OFFICER WISE?
I THINK FOR US IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND WE OFFERED I THINK LIKE 112 POSITIONS SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE TO FOLKS. SO BETWEEN FOLKS RETIRING LEAVING THAT'S WHERE THAT I'M WORKING FROM AND HOW MANY THREE ON ONE REQUESTS DID YOU GET?
YOU SAID IT WAS THE MOST OUT OF ANY IT IS THE NUMBER ONE CASE TYPE. IT'S IT'S JUST OVER 60,000. 60,000. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL PASS THE MIC OVER TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ANY
QUESTIONS HE MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL COMMISSION? THE 311 CALLS OR EMAILS THAT
YOU RECEIVED THE 60,000 THAT WAS THOSE 2024. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I DON'T NEED IT NOW BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME A BREAKDOWN BY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THAT?
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND THEN AND I'VE LISTENED CLOSELY TO THE TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC. THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHAT I
ESPECIALLY ENJOY AT THESE HEARINGS AND LISTEN LISTENING TO THEM ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT AND FRUSTRATION IT IS TO FIND A
PARKING SPOT IN THE NORTH END AND I, I RESPECT THAT THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON. WE DON'T.
I KNOW WE SPOKE EARLIER ON IT COMMISSIONER, BUT RESIDENTIAL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO IN SOUTH BOSTON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RESIDENTIAL
PARKING PROGRAM AS WELL THROUGHOUT SOUTH BOSTON NOT JUST PARTS OF SOUTH BOSTON. I KNOW IT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION BUT ARE YOU COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH ME ON THIS?
YES, ABSOLUTELY, COUNCILOR. YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, SOUTH BOSTON IS HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ARP PERMIT HOLDERS AND WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE WORK TO DO
THERE THAT YOU KNOW IN IN THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT YOU KNOW NOT GOING TO SEE THEIR DAUGHTER AND NOT MOVING THEIR
CAR ONE PERSON HAS TO TRAVEL JUST FOXBOROUGH AND IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT ISSUES TO FACTOR IN AND AND YOU
KNOW WE WANT TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS THAT HAVE A CAR BECAUSE THEY NEED A CAR FOR A LOT OF THE REASONS THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED. SO MY QUESTION AND I KNOW YOU
MENTIONED THE WEST END AND COUNCILOR CARTER SO THIS IS SPECIFIC TOWARDS THE NORTH AND IN THE WEST END IS THAT IS THAT ACCURATE TO SAY? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S THE ORDINANCE IS SPECIFIC
TO THE NORTH END. BUT YOU KNOW IF THE COUNCIL WORD DESIRED TO PASS THIS WE WOULD ONLY RECOMMEND INCLUDING THE WEST IN THE VERY SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD BUT JUST DUE
TO THE PROXIMITY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT ANY MORE PRESSURE ON THOSE LIMITED NUMBER OF SPACES. OKAY. I'VE REPRESENTED THE WEST END FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS. I LOVE THE WEST END A SMALL
PORTION OF THE WEST END SO CANAL STREET WOULD WOULD BE PART OF WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD FALLS IN WITH RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE
WEST END WOULD BE THE WEST. YEAH. OKAY. CORRECT. YEAH, THAT'S THE AREA I REPRESENTED SO THAT THAT AREA WOULD BE PART OF WHAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD BE VOTING ON
CANAL STREET AND CAUSEWAY STREET. SOME OF THE STREETS OFF OF THAT AREA WE SAID IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
AND HOW HOW FAR WOULD THE NORTH END BORDER OR THE WESTERN BORDER? I KNOW THE NORTH END IS AS WELL AS ANYONE I'VE BEEN TO SO MANY EVENTS THERE BUT HOW TELL
ME THE NORTH END BORDER JUST SO I UP SO I'M CLEAR ABOUT IT AS IT RELATES TO HOW IT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS. SURE.
SO RIGHT NOW THE THE THE LIMIT OF REGULATED PIECE SPACES IN THE NORTH END ESSENTIALLY RUNS BUT FROM COMMERCIAL STREET
RIGHT FROM SAY THE NORTH WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE SO FROM WASHINGTON COMMERCIAL RIGHT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ATLANTIC GAP AND THEN BORDERED
BY SURFACE ROAD HEADING NORTH BACK UP TO THE NORTH WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE WITHIN THERE WHILE WHILE THE NORTH END SPREADS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT IS
ESSENTIALLY THE LIMIT OF OF ARP SPACES. SO THERE IS THERE'S SOME ON COMMERCIAL STREET AS WELL BUT THAT IS THAT IS WHERE THERE CONTAIN TO MYSELF AND COUNCILOR CLARA HAS MOST OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THE WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL IS THAT NECESSARILY IMPACTED NO THAT WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED BY THIS ORDINANCE OKAY SOUTH STATION WOULD IT BE IMPACTED THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT?
NO, NOTHING DOWNTOWN. NOTHING DOWNTOWN. OKAY. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T HAVE ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PANEL FOR BEING HERE AND DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT PUBLIC TESTIMONY AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCIL MEMBER
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIR SO IF I IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE TWO CHANGES I THINK TO TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND ONE
WOULD BE TO ADD THE WEST END INTO THIS. THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION ONLY ONLY BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T WANT TO INADVERTENTLY PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THOSE LIMITED NUMBER OF ARP SPACES.
OKAY. AND THEN SO THE OTHER PART WAS I THOUGHT I HEARD LIKE EVENTS IN THE GARDEN OR IS IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S TD GARDEN EVENTS
MEANS ANY EVENT HELD AT TD GARDEN IS THAT WHAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THAT? YEAH SO OUR REASON FOR DEFINING THIS IS THAT THERE YOU KNOW THERE ARE NOW A COUPLE
OF VENUES WITHIN THE GARDEN COMPLEX AND I THINK WE THINK THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS REALLY LIMITED TO EVENTS WITHIN THE TD GARDEN ARENA SO OBVIOUSLY CELTICS BRUINS
CONCERTS AND ANY OTHER TYPE OF LARGE EVENT THAT THEY HOLD WITHIN WITHIN THE ARENA WE WE WOULDN'T WANT THIS TO INCLUDE YOU KNOW A COUPLE THOUSAND
PERSON EVENT AT ONE OF THE SMALLER VENUES ON LONG CAUSEWAY STREET OKAY IS THAT HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT AT FENWAY IS THAT NOT AN ISSUE WITH FENWAY
BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIKE THEATER ATTACHED TO IT. IT'S JUST ANY ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT FENWAY PARK COULD BE A RED SOX GAME OR A BILLY JOEL
CONCERT BUT IT COULD ALSO BE LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL OR LIKE HOCKEY OR SOMETHING. I MEAN THERE'S LIKE CROSSFIT THINGS THERE THAT THOSE ARE ALL CORRECT. IT IS IT IS IT IS WITHIN ANY
EVENT WITHIN FENWAY PARK I SHOULD NOTE THERE IS A THERE IS A TAMPA ASSOCIATED WITH THE VENUE ACROSS THE STREET BUT THE
THE THE FINE AS IT WAS PROPOSED IN 2015 IS SPECIFIC TO EVENTS AT FENWAY PARK. OKAY AND THEN THE THE HUNDRED DOLLAR FIGURE ARE YOU GOOD WITH
THAT WE BELIEVE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WITH THE CURRENT FINE AT FENWAY YES OKAY AND THEN CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN SO WHEN THERE'S AN EVENT LIKE A BRUINS GAME, ARE YOU SENDING
ADDITIONAL YOU KNOW, PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INTO THE AREA? LIKE WHAT? HOW DOES THAT WORK?
SO FOR HOW WOULD IT WORK I GUESS YES SO SO THAT IS THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WE DO FOR EVENTS AT FENWAY PARK NOW THAT SUPPLEMENTAL ENFORCEMENT IS IS
PAID BY THE FENWAY SPORTS GROUP . WE ALREADY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH TD GARDEN THAT BOTH WE AND PPD HELP EXECUTE A TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR EVENTS SO PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH IT WHERE THEY'VE SEEN US RESTRICT TRAFFIC AFTER GAMES THAT WAY WE KEEP PEOPLE FROM ENTERING CAUSEWAY STREET TO
HELP PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE CRASHES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE ALREADY WE ALREADY DO THAT FOR EVENTS AT TD GARDEN. WE ALSO HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL STAFFING AT THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER AS WELL SO
THAT WE CAN DO SIGNAL TIMING CHANGES IN REAL TIME. OKAY. AND SO SOME OF THAT IS JUST WE'RE PUTTING OTHER EXTRA PEOPLE ON AND THEN SOME ARE
BEING PAID FOR BY WOULD BE PAID FOR BY TD GARDEN OR THE WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH TD GARDEN BUT YOU KNOW WE WOULD WE WOULD BE CERTAINLY WILLING
TO ENTERTAIN THEM OKAY YOU CAN JUST MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN WE THE MORE PARKING ATTENDANTS WE HAVE WORKING AT THEY ACTUALLY I MEAN THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES THEY'RE
GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE CITY. YOU KNOW HOW HOW SHOULD HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF STAFFING LEVELS UM YOU KNOW THAT NO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HIRING PEOPLE THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION CHAIR YOU HAVE ALL THE REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK BUT SO JUST LIKE YOU KNOW WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THAT YOU KNOW, WHO ARE YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THAT KIND OF WORK AND LIKE THE STAFFING LEVELS HAD GONE DOWN AS YOU SAID I THINK 30% INCREASE IN THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF, TWO YEARS. YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT STAFFING THAT JOB IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE UNLIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT JOBS WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY THAT ACTUALLY
GENERATES REVENUE. SO YEAH, YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT. SURE. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE STRIDES THAT WE'VE MADE IN FILLING VACANCIES IN PARKING
ENFORCEMENT. WE ARE WE HOPE TO BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL LATER THIS FISCAL YEAR TO SAY THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY CLOSE TO FILLING OUR OUR FUNDING POSITIONS THERE. SO WE HAVE AN ACTIVE
RECRUITMENT PROGRAM GOING ON. WE HAD A HIRING DAY TWO WEEKS AGO AND WE HOPE TO ONBOARD AND SWEAR IN A NEW CLASS IN OCTOBER AND DO THAT SEVERAL MORE TIMES BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE ARE WE ARE FORTUNATELY MAKING SIGNIFICANT STRIDES THERE SPECIFIC TO THE THE PROPOSAL HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE WE THINK THAT AS WITH AS WITH ANY REGULATION THE ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT IS IS CRITICAL AND WE THINK THAT YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENTAL ENFORCEMENT HERE WOULD WOULD BE APPROPRIATE
. JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP ANOTHER SORT OF DUMB QUESTION FROM THE DISTRICT SIX COUNCILOR IN TERMS OF WE TRY TO TALK TO THE PARKING ATTENDANTS.
IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR YOU HEAR ABOUT SOMEBODY GETTING ASSAULTED BY THE CAR OWNER AND IT SEEMS STRANGE TO ME THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LIKE PRINT OUT THE TICK AND PUT IT
ON THE WINDOW WHERE WE CAN PEOPLE CAN BE SENT TICKETS, YOU KNOW, IN THE MAIL WHEN THEY GO THROUGH A RED LIGHT, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER CITIES. IS THERE HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO
ELIMINATING THAT REQUIREMENT? WHAT CAN WE DO TO SORT OF KEEP THOSE THE PEOPLE ISSUING THE TICKETS SAFE? NO, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, COUNCILOR.
YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD TOO MANY INCIDENTS OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BEING BEING ASSAULTED, ASSAULTED, THREATENED ETC. AND SO WE WHILE
WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO ELIMINATE THE PRINTED VIOLATION THAT'S PLACED ON THE VEHICLE, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST YEAR TO STREAMLINE SOME
OF THOSE SYSTEMS AND WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS FOR ISSUING A VIOLATION IS EASIER AND FASTER. WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A NEW CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
THIS PAST SUMMER THAT WITH WITH NEW HARDWARE WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS QUICKER. AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WE'VE WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD SOME MOVEMENT ON ON AUTOMATED
ENFORCEMENT THIS THIS PAST YEAR THERE WAS LEGISLATION PASSED FOR BOTH BUSTLING ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS ENFORCEMENT FOR SCHOOL BUSSES AND THERE'S
POTENTIALLY SOME PENDING LEGISLATION ON ON SPEED AND RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY COULD JUST SCAN THE LICENSE PLATE AND THE PERSON GETS A
TICKET IN THE MAIL RATHER THAN PUTTING IT ON THE WINDSHIELD AND JUST I THINK IT WOULD KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF HARM'S WAY FOR THAT. PLEASE DON'T ASSAULT THE PARKING ATTENDANT BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY JUST DOING THEIR
JOB AND JUST PARK LEGALLY. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR AWESOME QUESTIONS. ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL AND APPRECIATE THE SOLIDARITY FROM
DISTRICT SIX. OKAY I YEAH I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS DEFINITELY HEARD ON INCLUDING THE WEST END AND WE'LL CERTAINLY BE DISCUSSING THOSE WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM
DISTRICT EIGHT SHARON DURKIN BEFORE YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE DECIDE TO MOVE ON ON EVERYTHING BUT WE'LL WORK ON THE LANGUAGE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT IS THIS A DIFFERENT SUBSECTION RIGHT NOW? THIS IS YOUR SERIES ZERO.
I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO ADD IN THE WEST END AND HAVE IT BE EITHER A PART OF ONE ORDINANCE OR TWO SEPARATE. I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT THANK YOU. THAT RECOMMENDATION MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED THROUGH COLLEAGUES
ABOUT THE ARENA VERSUS YOU KNOW JUST THE TD GARDEN AND TV GARDEN ARENA. YOU HAD MENTIONED THE TOBACCO AGREEMENT PRESUMABLY WITH CAN I SAY THE NAME OF THE VENUE THE HOUSE OF BLUES. HOUSE OF BLUES.
UM CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PARKING ON ON STREET THERE DO THEY PROVIDE ANYTHING AND ALSO VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW ABOUT THE FENWAY SPORTS GROUP AGREEMENT
AND HANDLING SUPPLEMENTAL ENFORCEMENT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW MUCH DO THEY HELP PAY FOR IT EITHER IN DOLLAR AMOUNT OR PERCENTAGE IF YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS SO WE CAN START THERE. SURE. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE WE
CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TAP OF SPECIFIC TO THE TO THE VENUE THERE. YOU KNOW THERE WERE AS PART OF THAT SOME SOME SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT YET SPECIFIC TO KIND OF ENFORCEMENT AT FENWAY,
THE SUPPLEMENTAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED FOR FENWAY EVENTS WE DO THAT AS AN OVERTIME SHIFT AND THOSE SHIFTS
ARE PAID FOR BY THE FENWAY SPORTS GROUP. OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE A PRESUMABLY THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE ON AND THEN HOW MUCH IT COSTS PER EVENT?
WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE. WE CAN WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH IT AND WE'RE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ACTUALLY WE CAN PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS ISSUE AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO DO YOU THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WILL FENWAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY IS FOR FENWAY OR TD. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT AHEAD OF TIME. BUT DO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE COMPARABLE IN TERMS OF THE
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ON TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL? I THINK SO. I MEAN FENWAY CAPACITY IS IS ALMOST DOUBLE TD GARDEN DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE EVENT
IS AT TD GARDEN FENWAY IS ABOUT 38,000 TD GARDEN IT'S ROUGHLY AROUND 19,000 DEPENDING UPON THE EVENT. I MEAN IT PROBABLY WILL REQUIRE
US TO LEAN IN AND PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN 2017 AND 2020 FOR THE FACT THAT IT WAS 37,000 VIOLATIONS IN TOTAL.
WAS WAS THAT CORRECT? AND AND AND I SHOULD SAY I SHOULD NOTE TOO THAT THAT IS AGGREGATE CAP VIOLATIONS. SO THAT IS NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO DURING EVENTS. THAT IS NUMBER OF PPE
VIOLATIONS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD YEAR ROUND. HAVE WE FIGURED OUT LIKE WHAT THE REVENUE HAS BEEN BECAUSE WE'VE INCREASED THE PARKING FINES AREA LIKE HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN?
IS IT COST NEUTRAL? DOES IT COST US A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY? I DON'T THAT DATA POINT OFFHAND. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH. I SUSPECT THAT IT IS IT IS MORE THAN REVENUE NEUTRAL. OKAY, GOOD.
I LOVE THAT. BUT LET'S JUST CONFIRM THAT. OKAY. HOW SO? JUST SOME OPERATIONAL THINGS AGAIN BESIDES THE LANGUAGE I WILL COME BACK TO WITH WEST END
LANGUAGE AND THEN IT COULD BE JUST AS SIMPLE AS TD GARDEN ARENA EVENTS JUST ONE WORD CHANGE SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT OPERATIONALLY HOW QUICKLY COULD WE GET THIS UP AND RUNNING OR
DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE SIGNS ON THE STREET? DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING INTERNALLY WITH THE SYSTEMS THAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A REALITY? YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE YOUR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
SO SHORT ANSWER IS YES. THAT WOULD NOT WELL NO ON SIGNS WHICH IS GOOD THAT THERE WOULD NOT NEED TO BE A CHANGE TO THE POSTED REGULATORY SIGNAGE THAT SAID WE'D OBVIOUSLY NEED TO
UPDATE THE ORDINANCE ONLINE. WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO DO SOME SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS AND THEN YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION WE WOULD
HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY UPDATE THE FEES WITHIN THE SYSTEM, UPDATE OUR STANDARD NOTICES THAT WE SEND TO PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T IMMEDIATELY PAID A VIOLATION. THERE WOULD BE A HARDWARE
COMPONENT WITH WITH OUR HANDHELD. SO THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACK OFFICE COMPONENT TO THIS. I THINK THAT I THINK THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT WOULD BE TICKETS WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THE PRINTING OF THE TICKET BUT WHAT I DON'T I'LL LET JOHN OR MIA ANSWER THIS I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPEDIMENT BUT IT IT IT WOULDN'T BUT THE WAY THE TICKETS ARE PRINTED THEY MOST OF IT IS ACTUALLY PRINTED AS IT'S COMING OUT VERSUS BEING LIKE STOCK PAPER ITSELF. WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNER COMPANY TO SEE HOW FAST
THEY CAN IMPLEMENT THAT AND IF THEY NEED TO BE MORE ROOM OR NOT ON THE TICKET TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. BUT ALL THINGS TO OVERCOME JUST MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO TROUBLESHOOT. OKAY AND OBVIOUSLY THE BUSY SEASON STARTS SOON WE'RE ALL
EXCITED AND READY FOR THE CELTICS AND THE BRUINS IF THIS WERE TO PASS NEXT WEEK, THE WEEK AFTER WOULD WE HAVE THIS UP AND RUNNING BY THEN OR HOW LONG DO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE?
I DON'T THINK I MEAN WE WOULD WANT TO CHECK WITH THEM JUST BEFORE WE PROMISE SOMETHING FROM THERE THAT THEY'RE DOING SOME ACTIVE WORK WITH US ALREADY BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S INSURMOUNTABLE TO THINK AT LEAST OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SEASON THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
HAVE SOMETHING UP AND RUNNING. OKAY, I APOLOGIZE. I'M GOING TO STOP AND THEN COME BACK. I REALIZE THAT SHEILA HAS BEEN ON I THINK SHE SHE CAME BACK BUT SHE HASN'T LEFT US. SHEILA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO
PROVIDE YOUR TESTIMONY, APOLOGIZE FOR KEEPING YOU WAITING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE WITH US. HI, SHEILA.
CAN YOU HEAR US? SORRY I'M DOING A HARD PIVOT BACK TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY SO IT'S OKAY IF YOU'RE NOT READY
WE CAN COME BACK IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU PREFER. SORRY.
OH, SHEILA, YOU ARE MUTED. OKAY, SO MY FINAL QUESTION WE CAN ACTUALLY HEAR YOU A LITTLE BIT BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE
KIND OF FAR AWAY BUT THAT'S OKAY AND YOU ARE MUTED AGAIN.
SHEILA, BUT I THINK WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. OKAY. MAYBE WE'LL COME BACK TO
SHEILA. YOU WOULDN'T MIND STAYING ON KNOW YOU'RE BUSY BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. WELL, WE'LL COME BACK. OKAY. UM.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE?
HOW CAN I BE HELPFUL IN THAT? YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH THE VARIOUS COMMS TEAMS BOTH WITHIN THE STREETS GOVERNMENT, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OWNERS AS WELL AND JUST TRY
TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE FOR A WHILE. YOU KNOW, WHILE WE HOPE THAT MOST OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL HERE IS THIS ACTING AS A DETERRENT
WOULD BE TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT BEYOND THE COMMUNITY AND OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN TO VISIT THE NORTH END. UM, SO WE'D HOPE TO GET SOME
SOME PRESS ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THE DETERRENT FACTOR. GREAT. I DO JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE TD GARDEN. I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM ON WAYS IN WHICH THEY COULD BE HELPFUL IN THIS
CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THEIR THEIR PARKING GARAGE ON OFF GAME NIGHTS. OF COURSE THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO
GET IT ALWAYS FOR GAME NIGHTS AND CONCERT NIGHTS AND ALL OF THAT BUT THEY'VE THEY'VE ENGAGED IN A PILOT PROGRAM DURING THE SEASON WHERE THEY'VE
ALLOWED FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO PARK THERE FOR $20 ON WEEKDAY NIGHTS AND THEN ON WEEKENDS AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TODAY AND SEND THEIR REGRETS
BUT THEY'VE BEEN A REAL AND TRUE PARTNER IN THIS WORK AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT IF THIS ART IF OF COURSE I HOPE THAT IT DOES BUT IF IT DOES PASS THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP US GET
THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE. AND I DO WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT IN PLACE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO THERE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING
ON OVER THERE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS AGAIN, IT'S JUST A TRUE PARTNERSHIP. OKAY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SORRY. OKAY. THIS IS IT'S KIND OF A RANDOM QUESTION BUT HAS THE CITY EVER FACED ANY ISSUES WITH THE FENWAY ORDINANCE LIKE HAVE WE
HAD TO DEFEND THIS IN SOME SORT OF LIKE LEGAL SPACE? HAS ANYBODY CHALLENGED THIS BEFORE?
WELL, NOT THAT I'M AWARE IS WHAT I'LL WHAT I'LL PREFACE BY . YOU KNOW, THE THE COUNCIL IS WELL WITHIN THEIR AUTHORITY TO
ESTABLISH RIGHT THE COUNCIL PROVES THE SCHEDULE OF FINES AND FEES FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN THE CITY AND IN THIS ORDINANCE IS SIMPLY PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT SO UM
I IT TO ME IT WOULD BE A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO TAKE SOME TYPE OF ACTION AGAINST BUT AGAIN THAT'S I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OF ANY HISTORY OF THAT
AND AS WE ALL KNOW SOMETIMES THERE'S UNEXPECTED OVER TIME IN GAMES NOT REALLY CONCERTS BUT MORE SO GAMES. HOW HAVE YOU ALL HANDLED THIS? I GUESS AROUND FENWAY PARK
WHERE IT'S BEEN 2 HOURS BEFORE AND 2 HOURS AFTER. BUT IF THERE IS A GAME THAT GOES INTO EXTRA INNINGS OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS AT THE GARDEN, DO YOU STILL STOP IT AT
THE TWO HOUR THRESHOLD AS DICTATED IN THE ORDINANCE OR DO YOU KIND OF HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY? I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE BOUND BY THE ORDINANCE. UM, THAT SAID, I THINK I JUST I
DO WANT TO NOTE THAT OPERATIONALLY YOU KNOW WE WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PPD ON ON ALL TYPES OF EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND SO MAYBE THE
ACTUAL VIOLATION THAT IS ISSUED YOU KNOW PAST THAT TWO HOUR PERIOD OR BEFORE IS LESS IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT THERE.
UM, OKAY. I THINK FOR NOW I'M I'M GOOD WITH QUESTIONS AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE BUT I KNOW
THAT A LOT GOES INTO IT BEHIND THE SCENES. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW NOT HAVING A WINDOW INTO YOUR OPERATIONS
THAT MAY PRESENT CHALLENGES OR THINGS THAT ALLOW US TO UM TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS QUICKLY BUT SPECIFICALLY THE CHALLENGES NOTHING NOTHING THAT I CAN
THINK OF OF COUNCIL EVER. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS JUST ONE IN TERMS OF SO WE WE
RAISE THE FINE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT FENWAY COULD SOME OF THESE OFFENSES CAN YOU BE TOLD YOU KNOW THE YEAH YOU KNOW SHOULD WE BE USING THE BOOT YOU KNOW
THAT KIND OF THING AND ANY AND HOW DOES IT WORK AT FENWAY AND YOU KNOW DO YOU USE THE WOULD THAT BE PART OF THIS OR SHOULD IT BE HOW SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
SURE. SO WE WE WE DON'T WE DON'T GO FOR OUR P VIOLATIONS PARTICULARLY ON LIKE A FIRST OFFENSE, RIGHT?
AH YOU KNOW WE DO IN FACT OBVIOUSLY TOE FOR SAFETY VIOLATIONS RIGHT SO IF SOMEBODY PARKS IN FRONT OF A HYDRANT OR BLOCKS A STREET OR A CROSSWALK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR ANY ANY NO STOPPING AREA FRANKLY
YES WE WE CAN AND WE'LL TOE FOR THAT IF WE ENGAGE A VEHICLE OR YOU KNOW THAT'S PARKED IN IN OUR SPACE THAT IS SUBJECT TO BOOTING. RIGHT.
SO IF YOU IF YOU HAVE THE FIVE UNPAID VIOLATIONS AND YOU ARE YOU ARE BOOT ELIGIBLE RIGHT YOU COULD END UP WITH A BOOT ON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIKEWISE IF YOU ARE IF YOU ARE TOW ELIGIBLE
RIGHT YOU COULD END UP BEING IMPOUNDED. OKAY BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS. THE ORIGINALLY IT NO IT'S UNLESS YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENT
YOU KNOW IF YOU YOU'VE BEEN A HABITUAL OFFENDER OR YOU'RE PARKED IN FRONT OF A HYDRANT WHICH YOUR RESIDENT STICKER WON'T SAVE YOU THAT FROM BEING TOWED. CORRECT. AND I SHOULD CLARIFY TO WE AS
WITH ANY OTHER SPECIAL EVENT IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, OUR TOW AND WHOLE TEAM MONITORS ALL OF THESE AREAS AND WE WE REGULARLY TOW PEOPLE WHO PARK IN PLACES THAT THEY SHOULDN'T
IN IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND ANYWHERE AROUND THESE VENUES. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK SO MUCH. OKAY SO I HAVE JUST A FLAG THAT COUNTS. EXCUSE ME CHAIRMAN AARON
MARKOWITZ SAYS THAT HE'S GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE BUT HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE JUST TO YOUR POINT THAT EVENTS AT THE GARDEN ARE DEFINED AND BELIEVES THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO I'M SURE HE'LL BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION AND ALSO NOURA AS AN ORGANIZATION I THINK THAT'S WHY KERRISON HOFMANN WAS HERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND THEN ALSO BUSINESS OWNERS CHRISTIAN FROM UM FOR
AND PAUL TOMORI FROM SMU KNOWS AND PHIL FEDERALLY FROM TO AND PHILLIPOS IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE MY LAST QUESTION AND I HAVE TO ASK THIS BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUT
IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM THE FINES BEING INCREASED, COULD WE EARMARK THOSE FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE NORTH END LIKE CAN WE HELP PAY FOR MORE PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE NORTH END OR CAN WE GET MORE TRASH BARRELS? CAN WE GET MORE HOKIES? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS POSSIBLE?
SURE. SO SO PARKING ENFORCEMENT FUNDING RIGHT NOW IS NOT SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED FOR, YOU KNOW, EITHER STREETS, CABINET OR TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONS. BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THAT
FUNDING COMES BACK TO THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. BUT UNLESS THERE WERE SOME OTHER TYPE OF CHANGE, YOU KNOW NO, THIS THIS FUNDING WOULD GO INTO THE NORMAL GENERAL FUND.
OKAY. SO THAT MAY BE A QUESTION FOR THE CFO TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THERE. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S IT FOR ME.
SHEILA, MAYBE IF IF YOU'RE STILL ON WE CAN GO BACK TO YOU . JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNMUTE AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE IT.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AND WE'LL GET THE LANGUAGE RED LINES TO YOU. WE'LL REVIEW IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL HAVE A WORKING SESSION IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND I'LL GO TO MY COLLEAGUES ASK IF THEY'RE
ALSO COMFORTABLE WITH IT, WE'LL JUST MOVE FORWARD TO THE VOTE. DEFINITELY BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR. BUT DEPENDING ON THE LANGUAGE AND THE TIMING ON THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE EXACT TIME WILL BE. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU STILL THERE? OKAY. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE FROM THE NORTH END AND IT'S JUST I CAN'T EVEN
EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT GOES ON HERE. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ON ON SIDEWALKS. THE PARKING IN THE MIDDLE STREET I HAVE TO PAY $400 A
MONTH TO PARK MY CAR. I MEAN THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CONTROL ON THE WEEKENDS AT ALL. PEOPLE JUST PARK WHEREVER THEY
WANT AND THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW RESOLVE THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHEILA.
I APPRECIATE IT. AND IF WE CAN JUST DO YOU THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE ON AVERAGE LIKE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE SHIFTS BUT HOW MANY ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THERE ARE ON THE NORTH END ON ANY
GIVEN DAY IT VARIES PER DAY. RIGHT. BUT WE HAVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 OFFICERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND AND ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT SPECIFIC TO SHEILA'S POINT ON
WEEKENDS WE WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN LACKING ON WEEKENDS HISTORICALLY THERE WAS NEVER ENFORCEMENT ON SUNDAYS AND STARTING LAST YEAR WE PILOTED A
SUNDAY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE BELIEVE IS STARTING TO MAKE SOME SOME IMPACT ON ON SOME OF THE MORE EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR THAT WAS OCCURRING CITYWIDE ON
SUNDAYS AND THAT'S STILL ONGOING. THAT IS STILL ONGOING BUT IT'S STILL CONSIDERED A PILOT PROGRAM. YES. OKAY. HOW MANY FOLKS ARE ON CITYWIDE?
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 30 OFFICERS DEPENDING. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD. AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE FREE AGENTS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE IN. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE ACROSS THE CITY. CORRECT.
AND WHILE THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WHILE THEY WILL RIDE IT FOR ANY TYPE OF VIOLATION. RIGHT. THEY ARE MOST FOCUSED ON THE REAL EGREGIOUS SAFETY VIOLATION . OKAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SHEILA, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR PATIENCE. JUST CONFIRMING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT THIS WAS GREAT. REALLY PRODUCTIVE.
AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ON A FRIDAY AT THIS HEARING ON DOCKET 1 TO 0 SIX IS ADJOURNED.
THANKS EVERYONE.
GET TO
KNO