UM I'M DISTRICT EIGHT CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. TODAY IS JUNE 5TH AND THE EXACT TIME IS 10:01 A.M. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER TWO OF THE ACTS OF 2025 MODIFYING
CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. ALL RIGHT. >> I THOUGHT I WAS GOING OUT. UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER TWO OF THE ACTS OF 2025 MODIFYING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF OPEN MEETING LAW AND RELIEVING PUBLIC BODIES OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC BODIES CONDUCT MEETINGS IN A PUBLIC PLACE THAT IS OPEN AND PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THIS THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IS CONDUCTING THIS HEARING VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED.
IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED@BOSTON.GOV CITY BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL TV AND BROADCAST ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 WHILE CHANNEL 964.
WRITTEN COMMENTS CAN BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT SKYLA AND DEBBIE AT BOSTON DOT THAT I WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS . PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING.
INDIVIDUALS WILL RECORD THEM AND THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY'VE SIGNED UP AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU WISH TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND HAVE NOT DONE SO, PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON. UM, THE AMAZING SHANE PAK.
UH, SHANE DOT PACK A BOSTON DHAKA FOR THE ZOOM LINK AND YOU'LL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON AND BEAR WITH ME. I ALWAYS HAVE TO READ ALL OF THESE. UM DOCKET 0796 METHOD IN ORDER
FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID SAMSON AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2030. DOCKET 0797 MESSAGE IN ORDER
FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ROBERT RYAN TRUCK AS A MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2029. DOCKET 0798 VESTED IN ORDER FOR
THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID DIXON AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2028. DOCKET 0799 MESSAGING ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF CHRISTINE HOFFMAN KIRSTEN HOFFMAN AS AN ALTERNATE EVER FOR THE BOSTON LANDMARKS MOTION FOR A TERM INSPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2026
DOCKET 0800 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KIRSTEN UM KIRSTEN HOFFMAN AS A MEMBER OF CORPORATE CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION BERTRAM
EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2026. THESE BATTERIES ARE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE LIEU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 15TH, 2026 AND DOCKET OH
UM DOCKET 1037 BY CITY IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GUPTA AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2026.
DOCKET 1038 IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN VIRGINIAN AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2026. DOCKET 1039 MESSAGE IN ORDER
FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN GO DAMIEN AS A MEMBER OF THE COURT FOR INTERNAL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2026 AND DOCKET AND LASTLY BUT
AT LEAST UH DOCKET 1040 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KATHLEEN CONNOR AS A MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
THESE MATTERS FOR SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON MAY 20TH 2026. UM I DON'T SEE OTHER ANY OTHER COUNCILORS ON UM SO WE'RE GOING TO GET GOING UM FIRST I'M GOING
TO PASS UM THE PASS THE FLOOR TO UM A PERSON WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION UH, JOE CORNISH UM, TO SPEAK TO THE UM AND AND THEN ELIZABETH TREVOR AFTER
THAT UM, TO SPEAK TO THE READINESS OF THESE, UH, APPOINTEES. GREAT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN I'M JOE CORNISH. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DESIGN REVIEW FOR THE BOSTON LANDMARKS
COMMISSION AND I KNOW THIS IS A BUSY, BUSY CITIZEN WITH, UH, WITH BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME, UM, TO MEET WITH US TODAY AND THANK YOU. UM, EVERYONE WHO IS HERE, UM,
WE REALLY RELY SO STRONGLY ON OUR OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR, UM ,COMMISSIONERS AND I'VE HAD THE GREAT WORK OF OF WORKING WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO MEET TODAY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS WILL BE JOINING US. SO UM, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT EVERYONE YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH ,MEETING TODAY. UM, WE'LL START WITH TWO NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOSTON LANDMARKS
COMMISSION BUT ONE MEMBER AND ONE ALTERNATE WE HAVE DAVID DIXON WHO IS UM REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION AS A MEMBER. UM, WE HAVE VINEET GUPTA WHO
HAS A LONG HISTORY, UM A LONG CAREER WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON AS UH, AN ARCHITECT AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNER. UM, HE'LL BE SERVING AS AN ALTERNATE ON THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION.
UM, KIRSTEN HOFFMAN IS BEING REAPPOINTED. SHE'LL BE REPRESENTING THE GREATER BOSTON REAL ESTATE BOARD, UM, SERVING ON THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION. AND I HAVE TO SAY KIRSTEN IS ONE OF OUR TRUE SUPERSTARS
OF THE COMMISSION BECAUSE SHE SERVES ON THE ABERDEEN ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION MISSION HILL ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION. SHE'S GOING TO BE APPOINTED TO THE FORT POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION.
UM SHE'S SERVING ON THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION STUDY COMMITTEE AND I KNOW KIRSTEN WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH UH, THE LANDMARKING OF THE NAZAR CENTER IN THE NORTH END.
SO KIRSTEN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMISSION AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN. UM, THE BACK BAY COMMISSION, UM
,WHICH I OVERSEE DIRECTLY. UM, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT ROB WEINTRAUB. UM, ROB AND I, I THINK STARTED AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I JOINED THE CITY AND ROB CAME ON TO THE COMMISSION.
ROB HAS UH, A TREMENDOUS UM, AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE AND GREAT SUPPORT FOR THE COMMISSION AS A BUSINESS OWNER, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND UH, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. SO ROB HAS BEEN A GREAT
RESOURCE FOR US. DAVID SAMSON UM, HE'S ALSO I THINK ABOUT TEN YEARS ON THE BACK BAY COMMISSION BEING REAPPOINTED. UM, HE'LL BE REPRESENTING AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE BACK
BAY ASSOCIATION SOMETHING RECENTLY THAT DAVID HAS DONE THAT I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWARE HE REALLY WORKED TO UM HELP WITH FUNDRAISING TO TAKE DOWN THE SCAFFOLDING AT THE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE BACK BAY. SO I REALLY THINK YOU KNOW, THANKS TO DAVID YOU GOT THAT PROJECT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. SO DAVID, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND THEN
TWO PEOPLE WHO CANNOT BE HERE KATHLEEN CONNOR UM, SHE IS UM, OUR LONGTIME CHAIR OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION FOR WELL OVER TEN YEARS. UM, SHE'LL BE REPRESENTING THE
BACK BAY ASSOCIATION AS A MEMBER AGAIN AND SHUGO GAGNE AND IS COMING BACK. SHE'S CYCLED OFF THE UH, BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION AS A MEMBER REPRESENTING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. SHE'LL BE COMING BACK INTO THAT
SLOT AND SHE'LL ALSO BE SERVING ON THE FORT POINT LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION. SO THANK YOU ALL. AND, UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, I UM AGAIN TO SUPPORT ALL OF THESE UH, NOMINATIONS GOING FORWARD.
AND I THINK THE PAST FEW UM, APPOINTMENTS UH, HEARINGS THAT WE'VE HAD I'VE SAID I PUT YOU AT THE VERY END AND OBVIOUSLY I NOW KNOW WHY WE SHOULD JUST PUT YOU AT THE VERY BEGINNING BECAUSE UM, THAT WAS A GREAT
SUMMARY OF OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS GROUP AND UM, I DO WANT TO GO TO ELIZABETH TREVOR IF SHE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ABOUT THESE, UH, APPOINTMENTS.
I THINK UM, JOE HAS SUMMARIZED IT QUITE NICELY. ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES TODAY BRING EXPERTISE IN. VARIOUS CAPACITIES AND WILL COMPLIMENT ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS.
AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT ALL OF THEM. WONDERFUL. >> UM AND AS CHAIR OF PLANNING ,DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, I'M HONORED TO HELP OVERSEE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION ITSELF TO OUR DISTRICT
COMMISSIONS. THIS IS A RESPONSIBILITY I DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY AND IT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING, UM, PARTS OF MY WORK ON THE COUNCIL. UM, THROUGHOUT MY TIME ON THE COMMITTEE I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT OF HISTORIC
PRESERVATION AND WHAT IT HAS ON THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR CITY AND BOSTON WOULD NOT BE THE CITY IT IS TODAY, UH, WITHOUT THIS IMPORTANT WORK OF THESE LANDMARKS COMMISSIONS AND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSIONS, WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY
TO HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE THIS WORK THIS YEAR. LAST MONTH, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZED MAY AS NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH. UM, AND I WAS PROUD TO SPONSOR THAT.
AND THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION. AND I WAS HONORED TO ATTEND THE COMMISSION'S KICKOFF CELEBRATION EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND I SAW MANY OF YOU THERE, UM ,WHICH REALLY DID A GREAT JOB
REFLECTING ON THE CRUCIAL ROLE ,UH, THAT THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION HAS PLAYED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS. HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROVIDES SO MANY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HAS HELPED PROTECT THE STORIES AND
HISTORY THAT DEFINE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, AND ALSO I MEAN WE'RE CELEBRATING THE 250TH WE'RE DRAWING WE'RE GOING TO BE DRAWING PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD, UH, TO CELEBRATE BOSTON'S HISTORY.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT'S HERE TODAY FOR YOUR WORK. UM, AND THANK YOU TO ELIZABETH AND JOE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION UNDER KATHY'S
LEADERSHIP IS DOING SUCH AMAZING WORK AND WE'RE JUST SO THRILLED TO, UM, TO GET TO I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, TIME FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE CITY AND I FEEL LIKE, UM AND
WE'RE, UH, CHECKING OFF THE BOXES AND AT THE COUNCIL WE ARE HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE EVERY OTHER MEETING WE HAVE SOME, UM, MONUMENTAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION THAT IS
THAT IS GOING TO HELP PRESERVE THE CITY AND UM, SO I'M REALLY, UH, THRILLED TO GET TO DO THIS WORK AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. UM, I DO KNOW THAT ROBIN TRUMP HAS A HARD STOP, SO I'M GOING
TO GO TO HIM FIRST. UM, I HAVE REVIEWED ALL OF THE RESUMES OF ALL OF THE UM, APPOINTEES TODAY. UM, ROB IS SOMEONE I DID I NEED AN INTRODUCTION TO AND I DIDN'T
NEED TO READ ABOUT BECAUSE HIS WORK UM, ON THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. UM, BUT ROB, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO, UH, SPEAK
TO WHY YOU LIKE DOING THIS WORK AND WHY YOU CONTINUE TO SERVE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY. I'M SORRY YOU'RE MUTED ROB.
UH WELL IT'S UH CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW. YES UH IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE. IT'S AN HONOR UH TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION AND TO HELP OUR
NEIGHBORS IN THE BACK. BAY MAINTAIN THE CONSISTENCY, UH, AND ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF THE BACK BAY HISTORIC DISTRICT. UH, DAVID AND I STARTED AT THE SAME TIME. UH, WE WERE SWORN IN AT THE
SAME TIME AS WELL AS JOE AND IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS. I THINK IN TEN YEARS I'VE MISSED MAYBE FIVE MEETINGS, WHICH IS UH AND I'M PRETTY I PROBABLY HAD THE BEST TRACK RECORD OF ANY COMMISSIONER IN
HISTORY, BUT I, UM I TRY AND MAKE EACH AND EVERY MEETING, UH, AND PUT MY EXPERIENCE, UH AND KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWHOW INTO
UM INTO THE DECISIONS UH AND COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE UH, DURING THE HEARING. UM, I FEEL THAT I'M A VALUABLE MEMBER UH, OF THE OBVIOUS OF THE COMMISSION GIVEN MY
KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION UH, MY CAREER SPANNING BACK ALMOST 45 YEARS, UH, SPECIALIZES IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF, UM, BOSTON, UH
,MOSTLY BACK BAY, UH, BROWNSTONES. SO I WAS INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE GUIDELINES PRIOR TO BECOMING A COMMISSIONER AND UH ,I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE AS
A AS A COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROB. UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY I'M REALLY PROUD TO GET TO MOVE YOUR REAPPOINTMENT, UM, FORWARD TO THE NEXT MEETING. UM, AND SEEING THAT I THERE ARE
NO OTHER COUNCILORS HERE. UM, YOU ARE RELIEVED AND LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD YOUR NOMINATION AT THE NEXT MEETING. GREAT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO NEXT WE GO TO DAVID
SAMSON WHO'S BEING, UM, REAPPOINTED UM, AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION. UM, DAVID, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SIMILAR QUESTION. UM, YOU KNOW, WHY IS THIS WORK
IMPORTANT TO YOU? AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND, UM, AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY, BUT, UM, AND ,UH, SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO, UH TO
WHY YOU LIKE DOING THIS WORK. YEAH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, ROB IS RIGHT. WE BOTH START AT THE SAME TIME. WE WERE SWORN IN ON THE SAME DAY. UM, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. IT'S BEEN, UH I HAVE TO SAY
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN TO LEARN, UM, THE INS AND OUTS OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN THE BACK BAY GET TO KNOW ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND ESPECIALLY, UM.
JOE JOE'S BEEN A GREAT HELP. UM, I DO HAVE, UH I'M IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AND I ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED UM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SITTING ON THE UM
THE COMMISSION IS IS GARNERED ME THE THE ABILITY TO LEARN A WHOLE LOT MORE AND UM PUT MY UH I SAY $0.02 UM, IN IN OUR MEETINGS AND IT'S IT'S REALLY
BEEN AN HONOR. IT'S BEEN UH IT'S BEEN NICE TO KEEP THE BACK BAY THE WAY IT IS . UM, I'M THERE EVERY DAY. UH, I WORK IN THE BACK BAY. THEY SELL REAL ESTATE AND IT'S
JUST BEEN NICE TO MAINTAIN WHAT IT IS AND KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO STAY THAT WAY. UM, IT'S IT'S REALLY NICE AND IT WAS REALLY A JOY TO HELP THE CHURCH OUT. UH, WE RAISED I HELPED RAISE.
OVER CLOSE TO $100,000 TO TAKE THAT SCAFFOLDING DOWN WHICH WAS UP THERE CLOSE TO ALMOST I THINK 8 OR 9 YEARS BUT. UM YEAH, BUT UM A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE EMAILED OUR OFFICE LIKE GRATEFUL THAT THE SCAFFOLDING IS DOWN AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING. SO THANK YOU DAVID FOR ALL. OH YOU'RE WELCOME. IT WAS JUST IT WAS IT WAS JUST SO GREAT TO GET IT DOWN. UM AND NOW WE CAN SEE THAT
THOSE HORNS UH, THOSE BRASS ONES UP THERE BUT YEAH. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. IT WAS IT WAS MY HONOR TO DO IT. YEAH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE BACK BAY IS IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE BACK BAY.
UM, AND IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO REPRESENT, UM, MANY OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN THE CITY AND, UM, SO SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO TO PRESERVE, UH, THE BACK BAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO DAVID DIXON. UM, UH, WHO IS BEING APPOINTED TO THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION. UH, THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
UM, I HAVE YOUR RESUME HERE AND, UM, YOU ARE PROBABLY THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON EVER. I ALWAYS SAY THAT IT'S LIKE EVERY SINGLE MEETING IT'S LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO, LIKE, RAISES THE BAR.
THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR, UH, BRINGING YOUR EXPERTISE AND, UM ,I MEAN, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE RESUME, SO, UM, SO, UH SO, UH YOU'RE MUTED. DAVID.
UM, BUT CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO TELL YOU WHY YOU LIKE DOING THIS WORK BECAUSE YOU CLEARLY YOU'RE DOING IT EVERY DAY AND YEAH DIFFERENT WAYS BUT UM, I'M
JUST CURIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK YOU FIRST AND, UM ,AND JUST CURIOUS SORT OF WHAT WHAT DRIVES YOU TO DO THIS WORK ? OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THANK THE
MAYOR. UH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS. AND YOU JUST HAVE TO BE OLDER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE TO HAVE A LONG RESUME. SO THAT PART WAS SIMPLE. UH, AND I WILL SAY I CAN'T
POSSIBLY RAISE THE BAR ABOVE THE NIGHT SOMEBODY I'VE KNOWN, LIKED AND RESPECTED FOR DECADES . SO UM, I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, BECAUSE UM, AND ELIZABETH USED THE TERM COMPLIMENTARY I THINK SHE SAID THAT THE NEW MEMBERS AND I REALLY LOVE BEING PART OF A PROCESS THAT IS
COMPLEMENTARY THAT'S INTERDISCIPLINARY WHERE DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE BRINGING THEIR OWN PASSIONS UH, THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE, THEIR BELIEFS, THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND FINDING
COMMON PURPOSE. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR BOSTON. I'D LOVE TO BE PART OF IT AT ANY LEVEL. UH, TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC, UM, I'VE DONE A LOT
OF PLANNING FOR CITIES WHERE HISTORY AND LEGACY WERE VERY IMPORTANT AS WAS MOVING FORWARD. UH, AND I WAS THINKING JUST AS I WAS JUST YEAH, I READ THAT I DID THE POST-KATRINA PLANNING
FOR BUT FOR NEW ORLEANS RECENT DOWNTOWN FOR MEMPHIS, UH, LEESBURG, VIRGINIA UH, WE ACTUALLY CALLED THE PLANNING LEGACY LEESBURG CITIES WHERE THEIR THEIR LEGACY AND HOW THAT
LEGACY WAS EMBODIED IN BOTH BUILDINGS AND PLACES WAS HUGELY IMPORTANT AND TO ME WHAT WAS MOST INTERESTING KNOWING THAT THERE WERE OTHERS WHO BROUGHT OTHER ESSENTIAL INTERESTS WAS
THE STORY THESE PLACES TOLD THE STORY FOR INSTANCE IN UH, NEW ORLEANS ABOUT PLACES WHERE FREED, ENSLAVED UH, AFRICAN-AMERICANS GOT TOGETHER THE ONLY CITY WHERE THAT
HAPPENED UH, THE STORY IN IN MEMPHIS OF UH OF SORT OF THE THE BLUES AND WHAT THAT MEANT FOR SO MANY REASONS AND THE STRUGGLE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO KEEP THAT ALIVE WITHOUT
BECOMING A MUSEUM OF ITSELF. UM, I COULD GO ON I WON'T KEEP GOING ON BUT, UH, A CITY LIKE LEESBURG WITH A TREMENDOUS YEAR OF A HISTORY THAT GOES BACK TO
OUR ORIGIN THAT HAS SHOPPING CENTERS AND THINGS THAT NEED TO CHANGE. AND HOW DO WE MAKE THIS CHANGE HAPPEN IN A WAY THAT THAT BUILDS ON THIS LEGACY. SO I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO
JOINING MY I WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE THE ONLY LANDMARKS COMMISSIONER. I LOVE THE FACT I WILL BE ONE OF A NUMBER AND I KNOW SEVERAL OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THEM AND THE PERSPECTIVES THEY BRING.
IS THAT A FAIR INTRODUCTION? ABSOLUTELY. >> AND I'M JUST INCREDIBLY EXCITED. I MEAN WE'VE GOT A THOMAS JEFFERSON MEDAL PERSON ON THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION.
I MEAN I'M READING HER RESUME. IT'S VERY IT'S VERY EXCITING. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND UM THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S SO EXCITING ABOUT THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE BEING
BROUGHT TOGETHER IS JUST HOW EVERYONE FITS TOGETHER TO REALLY HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CITY AND BRINGING BOTH LIKE ARCHITECTURAL EXPERTISE. BUT UM BUT I'M I'M LOOKING AT
OUR NEXT RESUME AND WE'VE GOT UH, HARVARD LAW GRAD SO YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT UM, EXPERTISE THAT'S BEING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND UM, JUST A
GRATEFUL UM, DAVID FOR YOUR STEPPING UP AND WE'RE I'M EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD YOUR APPOINTMENT AT THE NEXT AND. THEN I SUSPECT THIS IS OUT OF ORDER, BUT I WILL MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT.
BUT LET'S REMIND ME WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO ME. IT IS THIS BRINGING TOGETHER OF MANY PERSPECTIVES THAT KEEPS PRESERVATION ALIVE MAKES IT PART OF OUR LIVING CULTURE, OUR
LIVING HISTORY TODAY AND. EVERYTHING. >> AND UM, I MEAN IT'S WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT LIKE ROB WINE TRAVELING LIKE ALL OF HIS EXPERIENCE IT'S LIKE PRESERVATION DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT INVESTMENT AND WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT AND WITHOUT SORT
OF LIKE THE MARRIAGE OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND UM AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE AS WELL AND LIKE VINNY IS GOING TO BE SUCH
AN AMAZING UM, PERSON. SO IT'S IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO LIKE SEE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE COLLABORATING TOGETHER UM, BUT ALSO THESE DISTRICT COMMISSIONS WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
TO TO THOSE DETAILS THAT MAKE A NEIGHBORHOOD A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU, DAVID, UM, FOR STEPPING UP AND EXCITED TO WATCH SOME OF THE MEETINGS WHERE YOU'LL BE YOU'LL BE WEIGHING IN.
SO UM OKAY, SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO UH, KIRSTEN HOFFMAN. KIRSTEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UH, STEPPING UP. IT'S INCREDIBLE. UM, TO JUST SEE ALL THE WORK
THAT YOU'VE DONE AND, UH, YOU'VE I MEAN, YOU HAVE BEEN ARCHEOLOGISTS. YOU YOU'RE A LAWYER. UM, YOU'VE GOT UM THERE'S THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT
YOU'VE DONE AND UM, TO HEAR JOE'S UM, INTRODUCTION OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOUR UH THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THAT YOU'RE STEPPING FORWARD TO DO. UM SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING FORWARD UM, AS WELL. SO YOU'RE BEING APPOINTED
REAPPOINTED THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND I BELIEVE IT'S AN APPOINTMENT TO THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION. UH, AND YOU SERVE ON A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMISSIONS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
OF THAT SERVICE, INCLUDING TO THE MISSION HALL TRIANGLE ARCHITECTURAL UH DISTRICT COMMISSION, WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT. UM, SO, UH, PEARSON, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LIKE WHAT DRIVES YOU TO THIS
WORK AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S IT'S BEEN DRIVING YOU TO THAT YOU'VE BEEN DRIVEN TO THIS WORK FOR A LONG TIME. SO UM CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. UH, UM. WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THIS? YEAH. SO I STARTED.
AS AN ARCHEOLOGIST. WAY BACK RIGHT. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GOT INTERESTED AND, UM, THE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW THEN WORKED IN STATE GOVERNMENT REVIEWING COMPLIANCE IN IOWA, THEN WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, THEN WENT INTO THE REAL ESTATE
INDUSTRY, STARTED WORKING WITH A LOT OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS AND UH, ONE THING THAT I FOUND REALLY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT WAS UM EACH
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT THAT INVOLVES A HISTORIC RESOURCE CAN REALLY MAXIMIZE, UM MAXIMIZE THAT HISTORIC RESOURCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OVERALL
PROJECT AND INCREASE VALUE AS WELL. SO UM, SO BOSTON IS, YOU KNOW, AN INCREDIBLE CITY WITH AN INCREDIBLE HISTORY.
UM, AND AND I, I SO APPRECIATE UM, THE COMMITMENT OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION, THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION STAFF TOWARD WORKING
TOWARD PRESERVING OUR HISTORIC RESOURCES. UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW AND AND EVERYTHING THAT DAVID AND THE OTHER AND THE OTHER FOLKS HERE HAVE SAID
REALLY RESONATES. SO I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, INCREDIBLE IDEAS. UM, AND I ESPECIALLY I THINK RIGHT NOW, UM, THE COMMITMENT
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE COMMITMENT OF OUR STAFF, UM, IS REALLY AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M CURIOUS AND UM IT'S IT'S REALLY EXCITING AGAIN, LIKE
JUST THE MARRIAGE OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UM, PERSONALITIES OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, UM, AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SORT OF UM
JUST LIKE YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST INTERESTING LIKE WITH YOUR UM, FOCUS ON LEGAL THE LEGAL SIDE OBVIOUSLY HISTORIC PRESERVATION THERE'S A HUGE ASPECT OF THE LEGAL SIDE OF LIKE WHAT IS
POSSIBLE AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE UNDER THE LAW. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE STEPPED UP TO SERVE ON SO MANY OF OUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONS AS WELL AS THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. UM, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT
PERSPECTIVE. UM, AND SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? UH. >> I DON'T THINK SO. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY. AWESOME. OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
MOVING FORWARD YOUR, UH, BOTH OF YOUR, UM, APPOINTMENTS AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO LOOK FORWARD TO AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE DEBATE AND FOLLOWING EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONS.
UM SO NEXT UM WE WILL GO TO SOMEONE THAT REALLY DOES NOT NEED ANY INTRODUCTION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. VINNIE UM HE'S ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT UM, YOU KNOW WHEN
HE LEFT HAS THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. EVERY SINGLE PERSON WAS SO EXCITED WE WERE HONORING HIM AT THE CITY COUNCIL. UM UM. AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT HE WON'T BE FAR AWAY AND I'M ALSO SO
HAPPY THAT WHEN I WAS WRITING DOWN THE YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC GARDEN BIKE LANES I LITERALLY SALVINI I GOT MY CREDIT FOR BEING ON MY BIKE WITH VINNY A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THAT WAS JUST
I MEAN AND SO TO SEE YOU HERE BEING APPOINTED UM, TO UH TO THE BOSTON LABOR COMMISSION I'M SO EXCITED. BUT I WAS EQUALLY EXCITED TO GET MY CREDIT FOR BEING ON MY BIKE IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO UM SO OBVIOUSLY I DON'T REALLY NEED TO GO THROUGH YOUR RESUME. YOU YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, DECADES AT THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW,
DOING YOU KNOW, MANAGING TEAMS AND UM, I DO THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE AT THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND IT'S LIKE HOW DO WE PRESERVE ENSURE WALKABILITY
AND SHARED MODE SHIFT ENSURE THAT LIKE WE ARE BUILDING A CITY FOR THE FUTURE WHILE WE PRESERVE WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT OUR PAST? AND SO UM, CAN YOU SHARE A
LITTLE BIT VINNY LIKE YOU KNOW WHY YOU STILL WHY YOU'RE LIKE YOU KNOW, STILL UH, HANGING ON AND STILL WANTING TO DO A LOT WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON. I THOUGHT YOU WERE RETIRING BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE RETIRING IS GOING TO BE.
YEAH. YOU NEVER GET TO RETIRE. SO, UM. UH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR UH, FOR THE KIND WORDS. UH, I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT,
UH, I'VE HAD, UH, PRIVILEGE TO LEARN A LOT FROM DAVID DIXON WHO'S ALSO, UH, OVER DECADES AND I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH HIM AGAIN.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, BOSTON IS IN MY HEART AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I RETIRED FROM FROM MY PREVIOUS ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR SO MANY
YEARS, UH, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY OF BOSTON AND AS RESIDENTS AND DIFFERENT ROLES AND THIS OPPORTUNITY AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR GIVING
ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO LEARN AS WELL AS TO CONTRIBUTE TO BOSTON'S EVOLVING HISTORY. I SHOULD MENTION THAT I'M ACTUALLY TRAINED AS AN
ARCHITECT AND URBAN DESIGNER AND YOU KNOW, I BOUGHT INTO TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, THROUGH VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND I'M HOPING TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE AS AN ARCHITECT AND
CITY PLANNER, UH, IN THIS REALLY UH, WHILE IT UH, YOU KNOW, WHILE AS DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR TRANSPORTATION. UH. >> I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INITIATE NEW PUBLIC SPACES
THROUGHOUT BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS . . AND IN DOING THAT I HAVE LEARNED TO APPRECIATE THE CITY'S CULTURE EVOLVING
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE PUBLIC SPACES AND THEIR SYMBOLISM TO THE CITY. UH, I'VE ALSO HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW PRACTICALLY EVERY NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. IN REVIEWING THIS PROJECT, MY
FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON CONTEXT HOW DOES THAT BUILDING FIT INTO THE STREET AND SIDEWALK NETWORK? THE RESPECTFUL TO THE ARCHITECTURE THAT SURROUNDS IT?
WILL IT BE USED IN A WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE CAN APPRECIATE AT PRESENT? SO THIS EXPERIENCE I BELIEVE
WILL HELP ME CONTRIBUTE AND IT HAS MADE ME GIVEN ME A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF BOSTON'S RICH ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND ALSO
ALLOWED ME TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS EVER EVOLVING CHANGE IN THE URBAN FABRIC. I'M REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO BE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I'M HOPING TO LEARN A LOT AND CONTRIBUTE AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH NIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING IT. UM I KNOW IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE FOR YOU AND WE'RE JUST REALLY
HONORED THAT UM, YOU'RE STILL STEPPING UP TO SERVE AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING ALL OF YOUR EXPERTISE TO THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. UM, I YOU KNOW, AND I YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE FUNNY IT'S WHO'S YOU
KNOW, IT'S LIKE LIKE SAYING LIKE OH, DAVID IS THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON WHO'S EVER STEPPED FORWARD TO DO THIS WORK. IT'S IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE DONE ONE
OF THESE HEARINGS I'VE BEEN LIKE SO FLOORED AT LIKE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WE ARE NOT WE DON'T LACK PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE WHO WANT TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND DO THIS WORK.
AND I THINK THAT IS WE'RE JUST SO LUCKY THAT UH THAT EVERYONE STACKS UP AND AND UM BECAUSE IT EVERY SINGLE UM YEAH EVERY SINGLE MEETING I'M LIKE ALWAYS
FLOORED BY LIKE THE THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY AND PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO SHARE IT WITH OUR UM WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND AND WITH OUR COMMISSION. SO UM SO THANK YOU, VINNIE. THANK YOU.
>> UM, SO WE UH THERE ARE TWO FOLKS THAT ARE ABSENT SUSAN GOH GHANAIANS UKRAINIAN AND KATHLEEN CONNOR UM ZUKO DAMIAN
IS NOT SOMEONE WHO UM EVERYONE KNOWS ZUKO. DAMIAN SHE IS UH SHE IS SOMEONE WHO UM SO I AM PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD HER NOMINATION. SHE HAS BEEN ON THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION BEFORE.
UM, I WILL, UH, SHARE HER RESUME WITH MY COLLEAGUES JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD HER NOMINATION. BUT SHE, UH. YOU KNOW, IS VERY, VERY WELL
POSITIONED AND IS VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE CITY. SO I PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD HER, UH, APPOINTMENT TO THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND TO THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION.
UM AND THEN KATHLEEN O'CONNOR IT'S A REAPPOINTMENT TO THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION. UM, JOE, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WHO NOMINATED KATHLEEN CONNOR FOR THE UM BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT
COMMISSION? UH, YEAH. UH, KATHLEEN CONNOR SHE IS NOMINATED BY THE BACK BAY ASSOCIATION AND SHE IS A REAPPOINTMENT SHE SERVED FOR WELL OVER TEN YEARS AND FOR
WELL OVER TEN YEARS IN THE CAPACITY AS THE CHAIR OF THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION. WONDERFUL. >> SO YEAH, I, I PLAN TO MOVE THOSE UH, BOTH OF THOSE DOCKETS FORWARD AS WELL AND UM, GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE WILLING
TO STEP UP AND SERVE. I BELIEVE THEY'RE BOTH TRAVELING RIGHT NOW AND YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN'T THEY WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED THIS OR JUST ANYTHING. SO I WILL I WILL PLAN TO MOVE THEM FORWARD AS WELL.
UM AND UM I THINK I NEED TO READ THE DOCKETS AGAIN. UM OKAY. AND UH I'M PLANNING TO ADJOURN THE HEARING UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY FROM THE ANY OF THE APPOINTEES.
OKAY. SEEING NONE UH, THIS HEARING ON DOCKET. OH, SORRY. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY? UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY, PERFECT.
OKAY, SO THIS HEARING ON DOCKET 090796 THROUGH 0800, UM AND DOCKET 1037 THROUGH 1040 IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.