WEBVTT METADATA Video-Count: 2 Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=HxwCmaVu2gs Video-2: youtube.com/watch?v=5Wy-ekUaZVE NOTE MEETING SECTIONS: Part 1 (Video ID: HxwCmaVu2gs): - 00:00:00: City Council Ways and Means Hearing Introduction - 00:00:55: Budget Review Process and Public Testimony Details - 00:04:12: FY27 Budget Overview, Mayor Sponsorship, Colleagues Present - 00:05:00: Panel Introductions, Cabinet and Department Heads Listed - 00:05:34: Panel Presentation Start, Cabinet Overview and Goals - 00:06:34: Environment, Energy, and Open Space Cabinet Composition - 00:07:29: Responding to the Mayor's Directive for Savings - 00:08:47: Environment Department Commissioner Highlights and Budget Goals - 00:10:10: Environment Department Budget Proposed With A Reduction - 00:10:44: Environment Department Accomplishments This Fiscal Year - 00:13:35: Climate and Affordability Together Programs, Zoom In - 00:14:54: Saving Energy Costs Municipal Energy Unit Work - 00:16:07: Goals For Next Year Continuing Invest Programs - 00:17:26: Office of Climate Resilience, Coordinating Risk Reduction - 00:18:35: Climate Resilience, Non-Personnel and Capital Projects - 00:19:51: Heat Research Agenda and Emergency Management Collaboration - 00:21:11: Interim and Long Term Coastal Flood Risk Reduction - 00:21:44: Office of Food Justice Mission and Accomplishments - 00:23:01: Impact on Supporting Critical Food Access Systems - 00:24:06: Accomplishments through contracted Services Budget Equitable Access - 00:25:35: Making sure residents could afford Fresh Food - 00:26:09: Supporting Emergency Food Ecosystem and Recovery - 00:27:50: Partnerships with BPS Food and Nutrition Services - 00:29:44: Independent Assessment of Food and Procurement - 00:30:29: Office of Food Justice-Goals And Plans For FY27 - 00:31:19: Developing what Initiates to do to support - 00:32:27: Conducting outreach to additional Food Supply Chains - 00:33:15: Current Storms That is going through - 00:33:48: Questions For Panelists In terms of Participatory Budgeting - 00:34:17: Resident Voted and Suggested Budgeting And Grant Programs - 00:35:41: Councilor Flynn Questions the Administration Team - 00:36:49: Contracted Services Are seeing a $315,000 Cut - 00:39:10: Grants Are Expiring What Does It Affect the Cuts - 00:40:08: BIRD Technical support of the services of mesh - 00:41:00: The Environmental Department Job Been Affected - 00:42:35: Advice For People Upgrade apartments regulations - 00:44:51: Misinformation Being Spread on Units - 00:45:29: How Many Buildings Out of Compliance with reporting or emissions - 00:47:16: Plans to ensure Safety With Hot Summer Months - 00:49:29: Increase the availability of Housing Promote Housing Development - 00:51:01: OEM Is To Communicate and To Let people Understand - 00:51:45: Provide Shading and Outdoor Cooling Spaces - 00:53:19: Thank You To ALL For Your Partnership - 00:54:02: Costal Resilience and Food Access, Parks Questions - 00:55:14: Is it safe to cleanly say allocated - 00:56:20: Conversations That's been happening move away - 00:57:29: Food Access and Recovery Thank You Eliza - 00:58:16: Contracted services Are we Losing - 00:59:29: How will you Operations Lise How the money will going - 01:01:18: What were you cut from the department to make - 01:02:27: Food Justice office has used historically partners - 01:03:24: What budget has been supporting financially - 01:04:07: Strategies have had around for opportunity of it - 01:04:29: Missing there for sure has this going forwar - 01:04:51: Making there's been all those the close plans - 01:06:47: The cooling across China Town is Hotspot - 01:08:19: This Year seems like the only we has to see - 01:09:06: We Had Able A Little bit that and - 01:09:39: We Should Take The Next Year To Do - 01:10:35: Aforecast with the revolving fund - 01:10:59: It will Implement Is Responding To owners - 01:11:32: Penting To Reduce Risky It - 01:12:05: Our Residence in for 25 and spend those the - 01:12:27: The Food Is in Those Trash Cans - 01:13:25: Working On Things To Be Better About - 01:14:50: Glad Folks You Should Think About It - 01:15:29: Let's Take The Specific - 01:15:54: Five Different Programs - 01:16:39: You Are Sayying They Want Be Affected - 01:17:02: Cold storage and going to staff - 01:18:14: Impact Is All - 01:19:16: An Impact On The Recipients - 01:21:13: Are you Lost - 01:24:48: Contractual services What You Do Reduce - 01:25:36: Budget Reductions: Strategies, Food Security, and Challenges - 01:27:13: Priorities for Food Access: Matching Funds and Challenges - 01:28:43: Measuring Success: Food Access, Distribution, Cold Storage - 01:30:41: Cold Storage Capacity: Wholesale, Retail, Funding Models - 01:31:04: BERDO Extension: Rationale, Cash Flow, Funding Authorization - 01:33:44: Public Comment: Gregory Maynard on Historic Preservation - 01:36:13: Public Comment: Elena Stefan Berger on Food Insecurity - 01:38:52: Public Comment: Alex Taubman on Food Access Council - 01:41:26: Public Comment: Hassan Farooqi on Environment Department - 01:43:36: BERDO's Financial Impact on Residents and Nonprofits - 01:46:22: Environmental Department's Job Postings, Salaries, Tree Canopy - 01:52:04: Phillips Square Redevelopment, Summer Timeline, Community Requests - 01:53:12: Sea Level Rise, Stormwater Management, River Contamination - 01:56:27: Green Infrastructure Promotion and Enforcement Efforts - 01:59:21: Parks Maintenance Funding and Service Delivery Concerns - 02:00:50: Redshirting Program and Greenway Construction Update - 02:02:50: Food Insecurity Statistics Discrepancies, Farmers Market Cuts - 02:05:57: Community-Specific Food Insecurity & Food Box Demand - 02:10:12: Roxbury & Dorchester Tree Canopy Plans & Boundaries - 02:10:37: Urban Community Forestry Fund: Federal Investments, Grants - 02:13:51: External Funds Budgeting and Project Impacts in 2028 - 02:17:21: Food Justice's Federal Grant Expiration, Job Implications - 02:18:06: Quantifying Staff Effort and Farmers Market Coupon Program - 02:19:07: Revolving Funds and No-Cost Account Analysis Savings - 02:23:03: Clean Choice Energy Program, Participation, Savings - 02:27:30: Improving Energy Savings and Program Awareness Efforts - 02:28:14: Solar Panels, Grants, Participatory Budgeting Funding - 02:30:30: Food Recovery Vehicle Parking and Summer Meal Sites - 02:33:50: Food Security: Program Prioritization, Contractual Services - 02:35:50: BERDO 2.0 Revolving Fund, Grants, and Alternative Payments - 02:41:29: Participatory Budgeting's Influence on the City's Partners - 02:42:06: Substations: Energy Demand Solutions, Community Collaboration - 02:44:36: Finding the best alternatives, and discussing solutions. Part 2 (Video ID: 5Wy-ekUaZVE): - 00:00:51: Meeting Opening, Introductions and Agenda Overview - 00:05:51: Introductions of Interim Chief Gove and Director Missouri - 00:06:13: Council President Breadon: State, Federal Funding Concerns - 00:08:02: Councilor Weber: 30-Day Review and Community Engagement - 00:09:46: Councilor Pepen: Transportation, Safety, and Equity - 00:11:50: Councilor Flynn: Quality of Life and Safety Focus - 00:12:59: Councilor Murphy: 30-Day Review and Resident Safety - 00:13:47: Councilor Culpeper: Street Conditions and Community Consensus - 00:14:45: Councilor Fitzgerald: Family Safety and Car Dependency - 00:15:30: Administration Presentation: Mission, Vision and Priorities - 00:22:07: Council President Breadon's Questions on Federal Grants - 00:28:30: Councilor Weber: 30-Day Review and Community Input - 00:36:41: Councilor Durkan: Crash Data and Budget Influence - 00:43:24: Councilor Pepen: Project Timelines and Engagement Process - 00:47:45: Councilor Flynn: Quality of Life Issues Addressed - 00:55:47: Councilor Murphy: Safety Surge and Equitable Distribution - 01:02:46: Councilor Culpeper: Blue Hill Ave. Center Bus Lane - 01:10:16: Councilor Fitzgerald: Data, Enforcement, and Safety - 01:18:14: Councilor Arroyo: Economic Impacts and State Funding - 01:27:49: Public Comment: Transportation Is Essential (Tristan Thomas) - 01:30:34: Public Comment: Transparency and Mobility Justice (Tiffany Cargill) - 01:32:39: Public Comment: Safe Streets Can't Wait (Elijah Evans) - 01:35:22: Public Comment: Recommitment to Boston Vision Zero (Brendan Kearney) - 01:37:31: Public Comment: No Comprehensive Transportation Plan (Reggie Ramos) - 01:39:38: Public Comment: Safety and Action Now (Michelle Galchen) - 01:41:57: Public Comment: Multimodal Improvement Failures (Joey Zeldin) - 01:44:05: Public Comment: Street Design Policy (Alex) - 01:46:30: Public Comment: Jamaica Plain resident John Saylor - 01:48:33: Public Comment: Colin Mahoney on Transit Infrastructure - 01:50:53: Public Comment: Kade Crockford advocates safe streets - 01:53:16: Public Comment: Galen Mook on Vision and Leadership - 01:55:48: Public Comment: Katerina Torres on Accessibility Issues - 01:58:14: Public Comment: Cole Lewis on Stalled Street Projects - 02:00:36: Public Comment: Maha Islam on Data and Engagement - 02:02:39: Councilor Questions: Goal Boston, Vision Zero, Engagement - 02:08:12: Councilor Weber questions speed bumps, bike lanes - 02:14:28: Councilor Van Budget Inquiries, Safety Priorities Highlighted - 02:19:18: Responses to Bollards/Separators, Dartmouth Bike Lane - 02:25:02: Culpeper Questions: Enforcement, MBTA review levels - 02:29:49: Arroyo Questions: Transit Ridership, Traffic, Fairmont Line - 02:35:18: Public Comment: Sam Vinson on pedestrian safety concerns - 02:38:30: Public Comment: Mike Tamayo on Speed Humps and Bike Lanes - 02:41:09: Public Comment: Matt Lawlor, Walker Bros., Safety Denials - 02:43:06: Public Comment: Andrew Murray on traffic violence, rules - 02:45:30: Public Comment: Levi Chen, Urbanism Club, BU petition - 02:47:38: Public Comment: Seth Gadbois on metric-based transportation goals - 02:50:14: Public Comment: Travon on center south street pausing - 02:52:20: Public Comment: Matthias Iris Remillard angry promises - 02:54:39: Public Comment: Zachary Yarrow, city joined Josh Kraft - 02:56:55: Public Comment: Sarah Freeman calls for dialogue restart - 02:59:34: Public Comment: Harry Dore, frequent Greenline Rider - 03:01:07: Public Comment: Stephen Risky says speed bumps crucial - 03:03:35: Public Comment: Lynn Chen for better public transit - 03:06:29: Public Comment: Patricia Connors West Roxbury Bike Lane - 03:09:00: Public Comment: Caitlin Aquilino demands Safe Streets - 03:10:50: Public Comment: Eli, want safety instead community - 03:12:09: Public Comment: Scott Kilcoyne charges survey suppressing - 03:14:28: Public Comment: Daniel from JP wants safe streets - 03:15:15: Public Comment: Daniel Tucker, advocate for biking - 03:17:39: Online Public Comment: Eric Heron advises Mayor Wu - 03:19:37: Online Public Comment: Allegra Cohen seeks data - 03:21:11: Online Public Comment: Kelly McGrath small business - 03:23:15: Online Public Comment: Kathy McCabe Longfellow Projects - 03:26:12: Online Public Comment: Lucas sees good intentions, wants actions - 03:28:25: Online Public Comment: Ben Crowther concerned by betraying Part: 1 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:55.922 --------- . UH, MY NAME IS BEN WEBER. I'M THE DISTRICT SIX CITY COUNCILOR AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL ON WAYS AND MEANS. TODAY'S APRIL 22ND, 2026 AND 2 00:00:55.922 --> 00:01:09.002 THE EXACT TIME IS 10:06 A.M.. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED AT BOSTON.GOV/CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON XFINITY 3 00:01:09.002 --> 00:01:21.247 CHANNEL EIGHT, RCN CHANNEL 82 AND FIOS CHANNEL 964. THE CHANNELS UH SORRY THE CHANNEL THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS WILL ENCOMPASS A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS UH, 4 00:01:21.247 --> 00:01:33.460 WHICH BEGAN LAST WEEK AND WILL RUN THROUGH JUNE. UH, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS BY GIVING TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD. YOU CAN DO SO IN SEVERAL WAYS. 5 00:01:33.460 --> 00:01:43.236 FIRST, YOU CAN ATTEND ONE OF THE HEARINGS AND GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THE END OF EACH DEPARTMENTAL, UH, HEARING. AND ALSO YOU CAN, UH, TESTIFY 6 00:01:43.236 --> 00:01:55.415 IN PERSON UH, TO UH UH, PUBLIC TESTIMONY LISTENING SESSIONS. THE FULL HEARING SCHEDULE IS ON OUR WEBSITE AT BOSTON.GOV/COUNCIL-BUDGET. OUR SCHEDULED HEARINGS 7 00:01:55.415 --> 00:02:05.925 DEDICATED TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY OR IN PERSON AT CITY HALL ON TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH AND SIX AT 6 P.M. AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY, MAY 26TH AT 6 P.M. YOU CAN GIVE 8 00:02:05.925 --> 00:02:17.403 UH, TESTIMONY IN PERSON HERE IN THE CHAMBER OR VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY. PLEASE COME TO THE CHAMBER AND SIGN UP AT THE SHEET SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE FOR VIRTUAL TESTIMONY. 9 00:02:17.403 --> 00:02:26.880 YOU CAN SIGN UP USING OUR ONLINE FORM AT OUR UH, COUNCIL BUDGET REVIEW WEBSITE OR BY EMAILING THE COMMITTEE AT 10 00:02:26.880 --> 00:02:39.526 KW M@BOSTON.GOV OR BY EMAILING CHRIS MITCHELL ON THAT CAR IS A.COM O U H A N@BOSTON.GOV. WHEN YOU'RE CALLED TO TESTIFY 11 00:02:39.526 --> 00:02:51.404 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION YOUR RESIDENTS AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO A FEW MINUTES UH TO ENSURE ALL COMMENTS AND CONCERNS CAN BE HEARD UM IN LIEU OF UH 12 00:02:51.404 --> 00:03:02.348 PERSONALLY TESTIFYING YOU CAN EMAIL YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO THE COMMITTEE AT SQUIRM@BOSTON.GOV. OR YOU CAN ALSO SUBMIT A TWO MINUTE VIDEO OF YOUR TESTIMONY 13 00:03:02.348 --> 00:03:13.626 THROUGH THE FORM ON OUR WEBSITE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW TO TESTIFY, PLEASE VISIT THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET WEBSITE AT BOSCO SLASH 14 00:03:13.626 --> 00:03:25.572 COUNCIL DASH BUDGET. UM, WE'LL BE TAKING IN-PERSON TESTIMONY UH, AT THIS HEARING THIS MORNING'S HEARING AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF COUNCILOR QUESTIONS, INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON THE ORDER IN WHICH 15 00:03:25.572 --> 00:03:37.317 THEY'VE SIGNED UP AND HAVE TWO MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU WISH TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY, YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY. AGAIN, YOU CAN SIGN UP AT THE SIGN UP SHEET. UH OR IF YOU'RE VIRTUAL, PLEASE 16 00:03:37.317 --> 00:03:48.795 EMAIL OUR, UH, DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET ANALYSIS CHRISTIAN ON AT CAR I SHOW MARCO VAN@BOSTON.GOV FOR THE 17 00:03:48.795 --> 00:03:58.204 ZOOM LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. THIS MORNING'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET NUMBERS 073320740 AND 18 00:03:58.204 --> 00:04:12.018 DOCKET UH 074420746 UH AN OVERVIEW OF THE FY 27 BUDGETS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT ,THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE AND THE FOLLOWING REVOLVING 19 00:04:12.018 --> 00:04:24.530 FUNDS CONSERVATION COMMISSION, DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND BIRDO. UH, THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF HEARINGS TO REVIEW THE FY 27 BUDGET. UH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES INFORMATION, THIS IS THE FIRST 20 00:04:24.530 --> 00:04:35.908 YEAR THE BERTO REVOLVING FUND, UH, HAS BEEN FILED WITH US. UM, THESE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 8TH, 2026. 21 00:04:35.908 --> 00:04:47.854 UM, WE UH WE ARE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL. NO SURPRISE HERE COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRADEN'S. UM. 22 00:04:47.854 --> 00:05:00.400 LET'S SEE, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH, I'M NOW GOING TO INTRODUCE THE PANEL UH, WE HAVE WITH US THIS MORNING. 23 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:11.511 WE'VE GOT BRIAN SWETT, THE CHIEF CLIMATE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT CHRIS OSGOOD IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE, OLIVER SELLARS GARCIA, UH, 24 00:05:11.511 --> 00:05:22.922 COMMISSIONER OF THE ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE. UH TASHA ROGERS, FINANCE DIRECTOR UH, FOR ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE UH AND UH 25 00:05:22.922 --> 00:05:34.033 LIZA WASSERMAN DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE. UM, BEFORE UH, WE GET TO MY, UH ,COUNCIL COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I DON'T KNOW IF THE PANELISTS 26 00:05:34.033 --> 00:05:45.244 HAVE PRESENTATION ANYTHING THEY WANT TO OPENING STATEMENTS. DO YOU WANT US TO GO THROUGH THE BRIEF PRESENTATION FIRST? YEAH, I THINK SO. I THINK I THINK THAT WOULD BE YEAH, WE'RE SO WE'RE WAIVING OPENING STATEMENTS IN THESE 27 00:05:45.244 --> 00:05:55.688 BUDGET BUDGET HEARINGS. UM, SO UH, THE PANEL THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR WEBER. UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT WE HAVE A FEW BRIEF 28 00:05:55.688 --> 00:06:08.134 SLIDES JUST TO SET THE CONTEXT. UH, WE SORRY THIS IS FAST. UM, SO IN TERMS OF, UH, THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING US, UH, BROUGHT OBVIOUSLY MY COLLEAGUES WITH ME TO HELP PRESENT, UM, 29 00:06:08.134 --> 00:06:20.146 SOME SUCCESSES FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, UH, AND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THERE AND OUR, UH OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WE IT'S. 30 00:06:20.146 --> 00:06:34.327 THE AUCTION NOT MAKING ANY. UH, MIGHT BE AT THE END OR IT USED TO BE. I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T FLIP THE ORDER OF SOME OF THESE SLIDES. GO BACK TO THE. UM. >> SO JUST IN TERMS 31 00:06:34.327 --> 00:06:45.271 OF GROUNDING, UH, WHAT WE'RE COVERING HERE TODAY THE ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE CABINET UH, FOR THE CITY IS COMPOSED OF FIVE UH, OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS CURRENTLY. UH, YOU'LL HEAR FROM THREE OF THEM TODAY, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT, THE 32 00:06:45.271 --> 00:06:56.249 OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE . UH, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WE'RE COMPLETING THE RFI THAT WAS REQUESTED UH, AND THEN PARKS AND REC HAS A HEARING SCHEDULED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. UM, AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY FROM 33 00:06:56.249 --> 00:07:07.927 A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE THE LARGEST UH, IN THE CABINET. UH, SO WE'RE HERE TO FOCUS ON UH, THOSE THREE. I THINK THE. YOU KNOW, JUST AS A REMINDER UH ,IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT 34 00:07:07.927 --> 00:07:18.871 ORGANIZATION WE HAVE CREATED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 FOR THE CLIMATE COUNCIL TO HELP ORGANIZE UH, A NUMBER OF OUR OWN EFFORTS AND REALLY, UH, OPERATIONALIZING ALL THE GOVERNMENT APPROACH UH ,THAT IS STILL IN EFFECT AND 35 00:07:18.871 --> 00:07:29.582 SUPPORTING BOTH OUR POLICY AND ACTION PLAN AGENDA AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE HIGHEST UH, RETURN ON INVESTMENT UH, FOR UH THE UH THE BUDGETS UH, IN THIS CABINET. 36 00:07:29.582 --> 00:07:41.127 UH, SO AT A HIGH LEVEL I JUST WANT TO SORT OF PREAMBLE FOR MY COLLEAGUES UH, WE YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR RESPONSE TO UH, THE MAYOR'S, UH, DIRECTIVE OF FINDING SOME SAVINGS, UH, AND WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO, 37 00:07:41.127 --> 00:07:52.071 UH, TO DO THAT WHILE PRESERVING KEY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, TO MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT, UH, ON UH, CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN 38 00:07:52.071 --> 00:08:01.881 BOSTON AND I BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. UH, AND SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE KEY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE CRITICAL NOT ONLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOUSING, UH, OF THE CITY 39 00:08:01.881 --> 00:08:13.426 OF BOSTON BUT REALLY SUPPORTS OUR FOCUS ON INCREASING AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY AND WHETHER THAT'S UH, REDUCING UH ENERGY COSTS FOR CONSTITUENTS AND BUSINESSES, UH, REDUCING COST TO THE CITY UH, IN TERMS 40 00:08:13.426 --> 00:08:24.604 OF OUR UTILITY COSTS, UH, OR INCREASING ACCESS TO UH, HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD UH ,IN IS AN AFFORDABLE FASHION AS POSSIBLE. UH, WE REALLY ARE EXPANDING UH, OUR FOCUS ON SUPPORTING 41 00:08:24.604 --> 00:08:34.981 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, UM, SOLVES, UH, CRITICAL NEEDS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UH, SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUES WILL GO THROUGH SORT OF THEIR BUDGETS, UH, AND A 42 00:08:34.981 --> 00:08:47.827 BRIEF SORT OF REVIEW OF HIGHLIGHTS OF UH, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WERE MADE UH, OVER THE LAST 9 TO 12 MONTHS. UH, AND THEN OUR FOCUS FOR UH THE UPCOMING. FISCAL YEAR. >> WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER 43 00:08:47.827 --> 00:09:01.974 TO OLIVER SELLERS GARCIA. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR. GREAT. UM. THANK YOU. UH, CHIEF SWEAT, MY NAME IS OLIVER SELLERS GARCIA. I'M COMMISSIONER. >> OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. AND, UM. I WILL. >> SHARE A LITTLE BIT, UM, AS BRIAN MENTIONED ABOUT. 44 00:09:01.974 --> 00:09:13.519 UM. >> THE PAST YEAR AND THE YEAR AHEAD. UM, SO I'LL JUST START BY SAYING. HAPPY EARTH DAY. UM, THIS IS A, UH, AUSPICIOUS DAY. FOR OUR CABINET TO BE UM, 45 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:25.598 PRESENTING UH, THE BUDGET AND I WILL. JUST DO SOME. UH, A LITTLE BIT OF HIGH LEVEL FRAMING WHICH IS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS REALLY I THINK THE UM WHAT A BUDGET DESIGNED FOR UM, 46 00:09:25.598 --> 00:09:36.576 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CLIMATE ACTION. IN 2026. LOOKS LIKE WITH UM MORE THAN EVER SETTING REALISTIC GOALS UM TIED TO SPECIFIC ACTION THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH GUIDED MORE THAN 47 00:09:36.576 --> 00:09:48.154 EVER BY OUR UM FORTHCOMING CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. UM, REALLY PLAYING TO OUR STRENGTHS WE HAVE SO MANY UM, IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND CONTINUING, UM, THAT SERVE. 48 00:09:48.154 --> 00:09:59.632 CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS THE CITY AND UM, A REAL FOCUS ON CLIMATE ACTION THAT NOT ONLY UH HAS UM A CLIMATE IMPACT BUT THAT ALSO IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND 49 00:09:59.632 --> 00:10:10.076 AFFORDABILITY. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. >> OF. THIS, UH, CURRENT YEAR AND OUR PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR OVERALL THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT BUDGET UM, UH, IS. 50 00:10:10.076 --> 00:10:21.654 PROPOSED WITH A UH 2.1% REDUCTION WITH UM A LOT OF THAT BEING ACCOMPLISHED WITH A ONE YEAR ONLY SHIFT FROM UH CONTRACT SERVICES TO REVOLVING FUNDS. 51 00:10:21.654 --> 00:10:31.731 UM, AND WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO CONTINUE MAKING THE PROGRESS, UM, THAT WE HAVE MADE WITH THIS, UM, TEMPORARY MEASURE. I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT, UM, THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE 52 00:10:31.731 --> 00:10:44.143 WHICH UM, UH, CHRIS WILL SPEAK TO UM DOES IS INCLUDED IN NON-PERSONAL SERVICES IN THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. UM, SO UM IN TERMS OF OUR 53 00:10:44.143 --> 00:10:55.788 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, WE REALLY HAVE UM SO MUCH UM, THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU BUT JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. UM, BERTO IMPLEMENTATION HAS REALLY MOVED UM FORWARD THIS FISCAL YEAR. 54 00:10:55.788 --> 00:11:07.700 UM, WITH A LOT OF NEW SERVICES FOR UH, BUILDINGS THAT ARE COVERED BY BERTO FOR EXAMPLE, ASSISTANCE, UM, PURCHASING RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SPECIAL GUIDANCE FOR UH, CONDOS AND CONDO ASSOCIATIONS. 55 00:11:07.700 --> 00:11:17.777 UM, YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT THE BOSTON ENERGY SABER A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MOMENT, BUT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT MARQUEE PROGRAM THAT WE LAUNCHED AT THE END OF OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR THAT IS HELPING 56 00:11:17.777 --> 00:11:29.188 RESIDENTS SAVE MONEY AND UM, HAVE MORE COMFORTABLE HOMES. WE LAUNCHED OUR THIRD ROUND OF CLEAN AIR UM CLEAN COMMUNITY AIR GRANTS UM AND WILL BE 57 00:11:29.188 --> 00:11:40.166 HOLDING UH BOSTON'S FIRST UM BOSTON AREA UH AIR QUALITY SUMMIT ON MAY 15TH. WE ALSO CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT UH REGULATIONS UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH UH COMMUNITY 58 00:11:40.166 --> 00:11:52.778 MEMBERS ON UPDATING THE BOSTON UH, WETLANDS REGULATIONS ON UM THE SIDE OF OUR OWN, UH, ENERGY USAGE AS A CITY. WE'VE, UH, DONE A CONVERSION 59 00:11:52.778 --> 00:12:04.223 OF GAS STREET LIGHTS TO LED LIGHTS AND BAY VILLAGE. I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, IN A MOMENT ABOUT WHAT ELSE WE'VE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES. BUT WE'RE WORKING VERY AGGRESSIVELY TO, UM, LOCK IN 60 00:12:04.223 --> 00:12:15.034 MORE ENERGY SAVINGS WHILE CONTINUING TO BUILD MORE, UM, RENEWABLE ENERGY. THIS YEAR WE COMPLETED UM, SOLAR INSTALLATIONS AND SIX BUILDINGS THAT WILL ADD UM, TWO 61 00:12:15.034 --> 00:12:27.246 MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR CAPACITY TO THE CITY AND SAVE AN ESTIMATED $415,000 A YEAR IN ELECTRICITY COSTS. WE'LL BE LAUNCHING UM, OUR 2030 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN NEXT WEEK, 62 00:12:27.246 --> 00:12:38.758 WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, WHICH HAS 40 STRATEGIES ON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS RESILIENCE ,CLIMATE JUSTICE AND WORKFORCE PAIRED WITH A NEW DASHBOARD THAT UM PROVIDES A NEW LEVEL 63 00:12:38.758 --> 00:12:50.736 OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND INFORMATION, UM, ON UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'RE HAVING AN IMPACT AND HOW TO UM BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR PROGRESS. AND ALSO WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE LAUNCHED UM 64 00:12:50.736 --> 00:13:01.747 ,THIS FISCAL YEAR. I'LL MENTION WE CONTINUE UM, OUR COMMUNITY CHOICE ELECTRICITY PROGRAM THAT HAS SAVED OVER $260 MILLION, UM, FOR RESIDENTS SINCE ITS LAUNCH 65 00:13:01.747 --> 00:13:12.691 IN 2021. UM, WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW BUILDING MATERIAL REUSE PROGRAM WHICH IS ALL ABOUT HOW WE CAN NOT JUST UM, DEMOLISH BUILDINGS BUT SALVAGE THE MATERIALS AND 66 00:13:12.691 --> 00:13:23.636 CREATE A MARKET FOR REUSING HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS. UM AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE NEWS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHERE UM PARTNERING WITH UM MARK TO LAUNCH BOSTON'S FIRST 67 00:13:23.636 --> 00:13:35.981 STUDY OF USING THERMAL ENERGY FROM THE HARBOR AND RIVERS AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF CLEAN ENERGY. UM WOW, THIS. IS FAST. >> ISN'T IT? OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO DO A 68 00:13:35.981 --> 00:13:46.058 TINY, UM, ZOOM IN ON TWO PROGRAMS THAT I THINK ARE JUST VERY IMPORTANT IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS BUDGET YEAR THAT ARE ALL ABOUT CLIMATE AND AFFORDABILITY TOGETHER. SO I MENTIONED WE LAUNCHED THE 69 00:13:46.058 --> 00:13:57.937 BOSTON ENERGY SAVER WHICH IS UM A LOT OF THINGS BUT WHAT RESIDENCY IS A UH FRIENDLY FACE AND A HELPING HAND TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THE VERY COMPLEX WORLD OF MAKING 70 00:13:57.937 --> 00:14:08.747 UPGRADES TO YOUR HOME OR BUILDING OR FIGURING OUT HOW TO LOWER YOUR BILL. UM, NEXT MONTH WE CONNECT PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES. WE SOLVE SOME OF THEIR PROBLEMS ON THEIR OWN. UM, WE'VE ENGAGED OVER THREE 71 00:14:08.747 --> 00:14:20.159 OVER 1000 UM RESIDENTS AND HELPED UH, OVER 300 IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THROUGH OUR HELP DESK, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'VE LEVERAGED ABOUT, UM, $50 72 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:30.402 MILLION IN MASSIVE INCENTIVES. AND, UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE, UH, SET AGGRESSIVE GOALS JOINTLY WITH THE UTILITIES FOR HEAT PUMP INSTALLATIONS AND 73 00:14:30.402 --> 00:14:40.913 WEATHERIZATION AND FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND IN 2025 WE ARE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH, UM, A THIRD OF THAT GOAL ACCOMPLISHED IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES. 74 00:14:40.913 --> 00:14:54.426 UM, SO THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AT BOSTON.GOV/SAVE AND 617635 SAVE THE OTHER UM PROGRAM THAT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS MOMENT UM THAT IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO UM THE OVERALL CITY 75 00:14:54.426 --> 00:15:05.471 BUDGET IS THAT THE MUNICIPAL ENERGY UNIT IN THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WORKS UM BEHIND THE SCENES TO SAVE ENERGY COSTS SINCE UM MORE STRATEGICALLY 76 00:15:05.471 --> 00:15:16.949 PURCHASING ENERGY STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 15, UM THIS PROGRAM HAS SAVED $61.8 MILLION IN AVOIDED ELECTRICITY COSTS. JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WE IDENTIFIED THE POSSIBILITY TO 77 00:15:16.949 --> 00:15:28.127 SWITCH SOME ACCOUNT CLASSIFICATIONS TO LARGER ENERGY USAGE UM RATES THAT ARE LOWER THAN WHAT THEY HAD BEEN ON THAT'S PROJECTED TO SAVE $2.3 MILLION IN THE UPCOMING 78 00:15:28.127 --> 00:15:40.372 FISCAL YEAR WITH UH, VERY LITTLE COST TO IMPLEMENT. UH, WE ALSO HAVE IMPLEMENTED LOTS OF UM ENERGY SAVING PROJECTS IN OUR BUILDINGS SUCH AS LIGHTING. I MEAN THOSE EVERY YEAR SAVE 79 00:15:40.372 --> 00:15:52.885 $2.3 MILLION COMPARED TO WHAT UM, WE WOULD BE PAYING HAD WE NOT MADE THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. SO I UM FOCUSING ON THOSE UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW IMPORTANT OUR, UH, FOCUS ON 80 00:15:52.885 --> 00:16:07.066 CLIMATE AND AFFORDABILITY IS TOGETHER, WHICH YOU'LL SEE REFLECTED IN A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING THIS FISCAL YEAR. 81 00:16:07.066 --> 00:16:18.544 OH, I'M SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT MY GOALS FOR UM, THE NEXT YEAR WHICH I WILL GO VERY QUICKLY. UM, BUT REALLY IN THIS UM IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE WE ARE WE'RE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN ALL 82 00:16:18.544 --> 00:16:29.989 OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I MENTIONED UM, AND MOVING THEM FORWARD. SO WHETHER THAT IS THE EXPANSION OF THE BOSTON ENERGY SAVER TO REACH MORE UM NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENTATION AND PROVIDING 83 00:16:29.989 --> 00:16:39.331 SUPPORT. WE'RE ALSO UM REALLY WORKING ON UM BOTH UM, A VISION FOR EXPANDING UM AND MAINTENANCE OF THE URBAN WILDS JOINTLY WITH 84 00:16:39.331 --> 00:16:51.477 THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THE UM CONTINUING NOT JUST THE ENERGY REDUCTION MEASURES THAT I MENTIONED BUT ALSO STRATEGICALLY PURCHASING RENEWABLE ENERGY WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER AT A TIME 85 00:16:51.477 --> 00:17:02.955 WHEN UM, THE RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKETS UM NEED STABLE CUSTOMERS SUCH AS THE CITY. AND I WILL MENTION AGAIN THAT UM NEXT WEEK WE WILL LAUNCH OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 2030 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHICH UM 86 00:17:02.955 --> 00:17:14.933 REALLY SETS THE STAGE FOR VERY PRACTICAL WORK ACROSS THE CITY IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE CLIMATE COUNCIL. UM, THAT BRIAN MENTIONED AND UM THAT WILL REALLY BE THE NEXT PHASE OF UM THIS UH 87 00:17:14.933 --> 00:17:26.845 DEPARTMENT'S WORK IN CLIMATE AND WE CONTINUE TO BE A UM TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON UM, HIRING AND UM, RETAINING TALENT. WE HAD AN EXCELLENT YEAR LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF HIRING WITH 88 00:17:26.845 --> 00:17:39.324 VERY FEW POSITIONS. VACANT NOW. AND WITH THAT I WILL PASS THAT TO MY COLLEAGUE CHRIS. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL OF OUR. UH. >> CHAIR WEBER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRENNAN, COUNSELOR. CLASS AND PODCASTER FLYNN 89 00:17:39.324 --> 00:17:50.702 PLEASURE TO SEE ALL OF YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS WORK. SO ALL OF YOU MENTIONED I'M CHRIS OSGOOD. I HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE OF LEADING OUR TERRIFIC OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE TEAM. UM, THIS IS A TEAM THAT IS 90 00:17:50.702 --> 00:18:02.114 FOCUSED ON COORDINATING BOSTON'S ALL OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO RISK REDUCTION. UH, LOOKING AT THREE PRINCIPAL CLIMATE RISKS EXTREME HEAT, STORM WATER FLOODING AND COASTAL FLOODING. UM, FOR OUR MAYOR THE FOCUS IS 91 00:18:02.114 --> 00:18:12.024 TO SHIFT FROM A DECADE OF REALLY GOOD PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH MANY OF YOU AND MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM, UH, TO A DECADE OF IMPLEMENTATION. UH, AND THAT IS IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH UH, IMPLEMENTING 92 00:18:12.024 --> 00:18:23.368 SYSTEMS AND PROJECTS AND POLICIES THAT HELP PROTECT OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CRITICAL PUBLIC ASSETS AND ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC REALM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING ON THAT OBJECTIVE THAT BOSTON CAN BE A GREAT PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO CALL HOME 93 00:18:23.368 --> 00:18:35.547 FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. UH. >> IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THIS SLIDE YOU SEE A QUICK SUMMARY OF OUR BUDGET. AS OLIVER MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE A SHARED SERVICES BUDGET ON THE NON PERSONNEL LINE UH, SO THAT OUR NON PERSONNEL BUDGET IS WITHIN THE 94 00:18:35.547 --> 00:18:46.291 ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. OUR PERSONNEL LINE UH IS ESSENTIALLY THE HEART OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET. IT COVERS THE STAFF OF THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE. WE HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE TO HAVE SOME SUPPORT FROM EXCELLENT EXTERNAL FUNDS, 95 00:18:46.291 --> 00:18:57.169 PRINCIPALLY GRANTS THAT HELP US ADVANCE OUR WORK. UH, AND THEN A SET OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON RISK REDUCTION ACROSS THOSE THREE PRINCIPAL RISKS UH, HEAT, EXTREME UH STORMWATER FLOODING AND COASTAL FLOODING. 96 00:18:57.169 --> 00:19:07.479 UH, AS YOU SEE IN THE LOWER LEFT, UH THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK BY THE OFFICE AND ACROSS THE ADMINISTRATION OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LAST YEAR. UH, THAT INCLUDES CUTTING THE RIBBON ON THE BEAUTIFUL NINE ACRE RESTORATION OF THE MADISON 97 00:19:07.479 --> 00:19:18.357 URBAN WHILE THE PROJECT DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, AND A SET OF WORK WHICH IS OPENING UP A NEW TRAIL NETWORK AND IMPROVING THE ABILITY OF THIS, UH, 98 00:19:18.357 --> 00:19:28.167 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSET TO HANDLE STORMWATER AND COOL THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON EXTREME HEAT IS ALSO ON THAT LOWER LEFT YOU SEE AN IMAGE OF A PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CHARLESTOWN. 99 00:19:28.167 --> 00:19:40.779 UH, IT IS A NEW, UH, PIECE OF, UH, FLOOD RISK REDUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG MAIN STREET. UH, THAT HELPS CUT SHORT A FLOOD PATH THAT OTHERWISE WOULD IMPACT A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND SOME CRITICAL OF A 100 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:51.423 STRUCTURE IN THE CHARLESTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. IN ADDITION TO THOSE PROJECTS, UH, AND OTHERS LIKE THOSE, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO DEEPEN OUR PARTNERSHIPS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, UM, RECENTLY LAUNCHING OUR HEAT 101 00:19:51.423 --> 00:20:02.634 RESEARCH AGENDA THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE, UH, FOR OUR CITY, UH, REALLY AS A INSTRUMENT TO HELP US HAVE BETTER COLLABORATIONS WITH OUR UNIVERSITIES, UH, AND HELP US IDENTIFY THE BEST, BEST PATHS 102 00:20:02.634 --> 00:20:13.378 TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, UH, BOTH OVER THE LONG TERM, UH, AND DURING HEATWAVES, UH, AN INCREASING RISK TO THE PEOPLE THE CITY OF BOSTON, UH, AS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE'S A WHOLE SET OF WORK WHICH IS CONTINUING AND ADVANCING, UH, 103 00:20:13.378 --> 00:20:23.956 AND ACCELERATING IN OUR CITY UH ,OVER THE COURSE OF THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT THIS BUDGET SUPPORTS UH, THAT INCLUDES COLLABORATION WITH OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT DURING THE HEAT WAVES THAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE 104 00:20:23.956 --> 00:20:35.701 OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER, UH, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, UH, RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS, OUR MOST CRITICAL POPULATIONS THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS, THROUGH THINGS LIKE MISTING TENTS, UH, AND THROUGH SOME, UH, DIRECT 105 00:20:35.701 --> 00:20:46.878 OUTREACH AND WORK THROUGH NEW POLICIES FOR THINGS LIKE OUTDOOR WORKERS SOMETHING WHICH WAS DONE IN COLLABORATION UH CHAIR WEBER WITH UH WITH YOU UH ALSO A SET OF WORK UH DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS MASS 106 00:20:46.878 --> 00:20:56.922 AUDUBON TO EXPAND OUR TREE PLANTING EFFORTS ACROSS OUR CITY. UM, BOTH TO INCREASE SHADE, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT HAVE LOWER CANOPY COVER. UH, AND TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF TRANSFORM OUR URBAN HEAT 107 00:20:56.922 --> 00:21:08.033 ISLANDS INTO PLACES THAT ARE COOLER OVER TIME AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS THERE. UH, IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF UH THE SLIDE YOU SEE TWO IMAGES OF SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING REALLY AROUND 108 00:21:08.033 --> 00:21:19.645 COASTAL FLOOD RISK REDUCTION OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AHEAD WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERING A SET OF INTERIM SOLUTIONS. AND THEN IMPORTANTLY OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SUMMER, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE U.S. 109 00:21:19.645 --> 00:21:31.657 ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO RELEASE, UH, A PLAN LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM AREAS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD. >> LOOK TO. UH, INVEST IN FLOOD RISK REDUCING INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITY. SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION 110 00:21:31.657 --> 00:21:44.403 WITH ALL OF YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND THE BUDGET PROCESS AHEAD AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALLISON. 111 00:21:44.403 --> 00:21:54.513 GOOD MORNING. UM MY NAME IS UH, LIZA WASSERMAN AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE. 112 00:21:54.513 --> 00:22:05.223 UM, AND REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE COUNCIL SUPPORT, UH, OF OUR OFFICE UM, OVER OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS OUR MISSION IS TO 113 00:22:05.223 --> 00:22:15.167 BUILD A FOOD SYSTEM THAT IS EQUITABLE, RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE AND JUST UM AND I'M GOING TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST 114 00:22:15.167 --> 00:22:28.080 YEAR AND AND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, AS WE'VE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED AND DEEPENED OUR OFFICES WORK IN PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS AND REALLY AT A CITYWIDE SCALE TO BE ABLE TO UM, LOOK AT SYSTEMS 115 00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:38.190 CHANGE INTERVENTIONS. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING GRO BOSTON BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, H STRONG BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO AND 116 00:22:38.190 --> 00:22:49.634 MANY MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CARRY OUT OUR MISSION AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE UM BECAUSE BOSTON HAS SUCH A ROBUST FOOD ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE WHETHER IT'S 117 00:22:49.634 --> 00:23:01.279 GROCERY STORES, FARMERS MARKETS ,MOBILE MARKETS, FARM SHARES, FOOD PANTRIES AND SO MANY OTHER FOOD ACCESS ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES, WE AT THE OFFICE 118 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:12.557 OF FOOD JUSTICE HAVE REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT RESIDENTS MOST BY SUPPORTING UH PARTNERSHIPS AND CRITICAL FOOD ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS 119 00:23:12.557 --> 00:23:23.668 THE EXCELLENT WORK OF THESE BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS. UM, AND LEVERAGING THEIR EFFORTS TO REALLY BE SORT OF MORE THAN THE SUM OF THEIR THEIR PARTS, UM, TO PROVIDE 120 00:23:23.668 --> 00:23:32.544 AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS ON THE GROUND. UM, I WOULD SAY IN, YOU KNOW, A YEAR THAT WAS CHALLENGING, UH, AT THE FEDERAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL 121 00:23:32.544 --> 00:23:44.289 FOR UM, CONDITIONS THAT MADE IT HARDER FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD FOOD. OUR WORK CRITICALLY SUPPORTED THE ABILITY OF PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO BE ABLE 122 00:23:44.289 --> 00:23:54.633 TO HELP RESIDENTS WEATHER THESE STORMS UH BOTH AT THE TIME LIMITED CRISIS OF THIS DELAY AND SNAP BENEFITS IN NOVEMBER UM AND THROUGHOUT WITH UH 123 00:23:54.633 --> 00:24:06.344 ONGOING FEDERAL EFFORTS TO REMOVE UH RESIDENTS ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE SNAP AS WELL AS THE ONGOING HIGH COST OF FOOD. UM SO A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS UH, 124 00:24:06.344 --> 00:24:17.189 OF THE AWESOME TEAM WE HAVE AT THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE WHO REALLY MAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN WITH OUR PARTNERS IN FY 26, UM, THROUGH OUR CONTRACTED 125 00:24:17.189 --> 00:24:27.232 SERVICES BUDGET. UH, PRIMARILY WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD EQUITABLE ACCESS, IMPROVE EQUITABLE ACCESS I SHOULD SAY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FOR FRESH, CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND 126 00:24:27.232 --> 00:24:39.010 OR REGIONALLY GROWN FOOD UH, CITYWIDE AND ESPECIALLY WITH A FOCUS ON FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES. SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE UH, THROUGH THE CITYWIDE FARMER'S MARKET COUPON 127 00:24:39.010 --> 00:24:50.222 PROGRAM, WE PROVIDED NEARLY $428,000 OF FRESH FOOD AT NO COST TO LOW INCOME BOSTON RESIDENTS AT ANY OF THE 20 FARMER'S MARKETS ACROSS THE 128 00:24:50.222 --> 00:25:02.434 CITY BETWEEN JUNE AND OCTOBER, UM, THAT WERE THROUGH COUPONS DISTRIBUTED BY 35 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. UM, ENSURING THAT FOLKS COULD 129 00:25:02.434 --> 00:25:13.445 REALLY ACCESS FOOD OF THEIR CHOICE IN THE COMMUNITY OF THEIR CHOICE UM WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS. UM SIMILARLY ON THE FRONT 130 00:25:13.445 --> 00:25:25.156 OF MAKING SURE RESIDENTS COULD AFFORD FRESH FOOD OF THEIR CHOICE UM THROUGH OUR DOUBLE UP FOOD BOX PROGRAM WHICH UH PROVIDES SNAP SHOPPERS 50% DISCOUNT ON FRESH FRUITS AND 131 00:25:25.156 --> 00:25:35.600 VEGETABLES AT PARTICIPATING STORES. UM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROGRAM IN 2018, UH OUR OFFICE HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER $1 MILLION 132 00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:45.710 IN DISCOUNTS UH, TO SNAP SHOPPERS FOR FRESH PRODUCE. UM AND IN THIS PAST TODAY THIS PAST YEAR WE UM THE THE SUPPORT FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 133 00:25:45.710 --> 00:25:58.323 HAS BEEN ABOUT $88,000. UM AND WE UM HAVE ACTUALLY ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL STORES TO THAT PROGRAM THE BROTHERS SUPERMARKET ON DUDLEY STREET IN 134 00:25:58.323 --> 00:26:09.334 DORCHESTER ON THE I WOULD SAY ON THE BORDER OF ROXBURY HAVE TO KIND OF BOTH THERE AND UM HAPPY MARKET ON SOUTH STREET ACROSS FROM THE BJ'S SITE IN 135 00:26:09.334 --> 00:26:20.645 JAMAICA PLAIN. UM ON THE FRONT OF THE SUPPORTING EMERGENCY FOOD ECOSYSTEM AND FOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS. 136 00:26:20.645 --> 00:26:31.990 UM OUR INITIAL SEED INVESTMENT OF ARPA FUNDS THANKS TO THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR THE GREATER BOSTON COLLABORATIVE FOOD ACCESS HUB IN ROXBURY, UM ,HAS REALLY UH, BEGUN TO 137 00:26:31.990 --> 00:26:43.768 BLOSSOM IN TERMS OF UTILIZATION OF THE SPACE THIS PAST YEAR, UM, WITH QUITE A FEW PARTNERS INCLUDING ABCD, GPS CENTER FOOD HUB, ROSIE'S PLACE, MAVERIK LANDING COMMUNITY SERVICES, 138 00:26:43.768 --> 00:26:54.579 FRESH START FOOD NETWORK AND FOOD LINK ALL UM BASING A PORTION OF THEIR OPERATIONS OUT OF THE FOOD HUB IN ROXBURY AND WORKING WITH ALMOST A DOZEN 139 00:26:54.579 --> 00:27:06.558 OTHER COLLABORATING PARTNERS TO HELP MOVE FOOD IN AND OUT. WE WERE ABLE TO OFFICIALLY KIND OF PARTNER WITH THE YMCA AND MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM TO TO MORE OFFICIALLY OPEN THAT SITE THIS 140 00:27:06.558 --> 00:27:18.737 YEAR. UM AND REALLY IT'S IT CHANGES EVERY WEEK. SO A FEW EXAMPLES OF UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS. UM DURING THE PAST YEAR THERE WAS A SHIPMENT OF BANANAS THAT 141 00:27:18.737 --> 00:27:29.748 MOVED THROUGH CHELSEA. UM THAT REALLY COULD NOT BE THERE LIKE NO ONE ORGANIZATION COULD FIND HOMES FOR THAT ALL OF THE BANANAS AND THERE ARE CLEARLY MANY MANY HOUSEHOLDS 142 00:27:29.748 --> 00:27:38.923 THAT COULD BENEFIT. AND SO THE HUB WAS WAS CRITICAL IN GETTING THAT THOSE RESOURCES UH TO RESIDENTS WHO NEEDED THEM UM AT ANOTHER POINT DURING THE 143 00:27:38.923 --> 00:27:50.035 YEAR, AN ENTIRE TRACTOR TRAILER OF 15,000 PREPACKAGED MEALS UM ALSO WAS NOT GOING TO BE GOING TO PEOPLE TO EAT IT. IT WAS GOING TO GO TO WASTE. 144 00:27:50.035 --> 00:28:01.046 UM, AND SO THE PARTNERSHIPS IN THAT SPACE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO GET THOSE MEALS OUT TO MANY, MANY HOUSEHOLDS, UM, IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WHEN SNOWSTORMS AND 145 00:28:01.046 --> 00:28:11.890 FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES TO SNAP ALSO DISRUPTED SUPPLY CHAINS, THE COLLABORATIVE HUB UH WAS ABLE TO FUNCTION AS A CORE STOPGAP SPACE FOR OPERATORS IN 146 00:28:11.890 --> 00:28:22.767 THE EMERGENCY AND LOCAL FOOD SPACES TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER TO HAVE THIS COLD STORAGE THAT, UH, YOU'VE ALL HEARD ME TALK ABOUT SO MUCH, UM, TO CONNECT AND ENSURE THAT FOOD 147 00:28:22.767 --> 00:28:33.745 WOULDN'T GO TO WASTE AND THAT, UM, EACH COMMUNITY REALLY WOULD HAVE UM, UM, A GREATER ABUNDANCE OF FRESH FOOD. UM, SIMILARLY THE ADDITIONAL 12 148 00:28:33.745 --> 00:28:45.490 UH, ARPA FUNDED COLD STORAGE GRANTS THAT WE UM PROVIDED TO FOOD ACCESS AND FOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS THIS YEAR INCREASED UM THE COLD 149 00:28:45.490 --> 00:28:57.635 STORAGE AVAILABLE UH, BY 1330 SEVEN SQUARE FEET OF COLD STORAGE AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS INCREASED UH, THEIR AVERAGE NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED THIS YEAR BY 33%. 150 00:28:57.635 --> 00:29:10.081 UM DUE TO THIS SUPPORT. UM, SO I'LL JUST UM, CLOSE WITH ONE MORE PIECE OF OUR WORK WHICH IS OUR PARTNERSHIPS UM, WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOOD 151 00:29:10.081 --> 00:29:21.526 AND NUTRITION SERVICES WHICH UM HAS REALLY MADE AMAZING STRIDES AND PROGRESS OF FOR THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING PROGRAM WHICH UH WAS STARTED BY THE COUNCIL'S 152 00:29:21.526 --> 00:29:33.571 GOOD FOOD PURCHASING ORDINANCE AND THIS YEAR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EARNED UH, GOOD FOOD LEADER SILVER STATUS FROM THIS ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY CALLED THE CENTER FOR 153 00:29:33.571 --> 00:29:44.549 GOOD FOOD PURCHASING. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT FOR THE 20 2320 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, UM, ALL OF THE FOOD THAT DPS PURCHASED UM GAVE THEM THIS 154 00:29:44.549 --> 00:29:55.994 EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH RATING IN TERMS OF THE VALUES UH BEHIND THE FOOD THAT THEY PURCHASED UM IN IN AS PART OF THEIR MISSION TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH FRESH ,NUTRITIOUS, NUTRITIOUS AND 155 00:29:55.994 --> 00:30:07.272 LOCALLY SOURCED MEAT BREAKFAST ,LUNCH AND UM, AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER MEALS. UM AND SO THIS KIND OF INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT REALLY SHOWS THAT THEY SORT OF SCOUR ALL OF THE PURCHASES 156 00:30:07.272 --> 00:30:18.583 AND LOOK AT THE THE INDIVIDUAL INGREDIENTS WHERE THEY'RE SOURCED FROM, HOW THEY'RE PRODUCED. UM, AND THIS IS UH A HIGHER RANKING THAN MANY OF THE DISTRICTS OR JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN 157 00:30:18.583 --> 00:30:29.694 ABLE TO ACHIEVE. UM AND THIS IS ONLY UH THEIR SECOND ASSESSMENT UM, EVER COMING FROM THEIR INITIAL BASELINE OF UH FROM THE 2019 TO 2020 SCHOOL YEAR. 158 00:30:29.694 --> 00:30:41.506 UM, SO I WANT TO PIVOT A. >> LITTLE BIT TO TALKING. ABOUT OUR GOALS AND OUR PLANS FOR FY 27. WE UM OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 159 00:30:41.506 --> 00:30:56.221 FY 27 UM, INCLUDES $609,852 FOR PERSONNEL AND $610,000 FOR CONTRACTED SERVICES UM AND COMBINED WITH UM AN ADDITIONAL 160 00:30:56.221 --> 00:31:08.600 $500,000 FROM THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FY 26 PROCESS WHERE RESIDENTS VOTED TO UM SUPPORT FOOD ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS. UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 161 00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:19.811 REALLY CONTINUING TO DELIVER ON SUPPORTING THIS AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLE FRESH FOOD ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY. UM, IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE 162 00:31:19.811 --> 00:31:29.120 DEVELOPING LOOKING AT WHAT INITIATIVES WE CAN DEVELOP TO REALLY DO MORE TO SUPPORT AFFORDABILITY AT LOCALLY OWNED INDEPENDENT GROCERY STORES. 163 00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:40.698 UM, DEVELOPING A FOOD ACCESS AND FOOD INSECURITY DASHBOARD EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF OR DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS PROGRAM WITH A REPORT THAT WILL BE COMING OUT THIS YEAR. 164 00:31:40.698 --> 00:31:52.844 UM, AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YEAR ROUND FRUIT AND VEGETABLE AFFORDABILITY THROUGH BOTH FARMER'S MARKETS AND LOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORES. UM, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES WITH 165 00:31:52.844 --> 00:32:04.155 SNAP AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL PART WE WILL BE PARTNERING UM WITH ORGANIZATIONS ON THE GROUND TO PROTECT ACCESS TO SNAP FOR THE THOUSANDS OF BOSTON RESIDENTS THAT COULD BE, HAVE ALREADY 166 00:32:04.155 --> 00:32:15.233 BEEN AND COULD CONTINUE TO BE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR SNAP. UM, WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS ADDITIONAL 167 00:32:15.233 --> 00:32:27.211 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR FOOD RECOVERY ASSESSMENT UM, WORKING WITH FOOD WASTE GENERATORS, FOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DISTRIBUTE UH RECOVERED FOOD 168 00:32:27.211 --> 00:32:39.657 THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM LASTLY, CONDUCTING OUTREACH TO ADDITIONAL INSTITUTIONAL FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN VENDORS AND FARMERS SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND THE NUMBER OF SMALL AND 169 00:32:39.657 --> 00:32:50.034 REGIONAL UH, BIPOC FOOD PRODUCERS THAT ARE ABLE TO ACCESS OUR PROCUREMENT CHANNELS AND THOSE OF OTHER LARGE INSTITUTIONS, UM, AND EXPANDING OUR GOOD FOOD PURCHASING WORK 170 00:32:50.034 --> 00:33:01.813 TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. LASTLY, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION SMALL BUSINESS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH LOCAL 171 00:33:01.813 --> 00:33:15.159 INDEPENDENTLY OWNED GROCERY STORES TO UNDERSTAND BODEGAS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CHALLENGES UM AND IN PARALLEL TO IDENTIFY WHAT LEVERS. >> THE CITY COULD USE. >> TO SUPPORT THESE STORES TO BETTER WEATHER THE CURRENT 172 00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:23.668 STORMS. AND WE ARE ADVISING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHERE THEY ARE, UM, LOOKING AT GROCERY 173 00:33:23.668 --> 00:33:35.346 STORES AS PART OF UH ESSENTIAL UH QUALITY OF LIFE FACILITIES IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD TO BETTER UNDERSTAND UM, THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE OF GROCERY STORES AS 174 00:33:35.346 --> 00:33:48.259 FOOD ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT NEEDS UM EACH OF OUR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOODS MIGHT MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU AND I WILL ANCHOR GROUP ENOUGH. THANK YOU. >> LISA. UM, SO THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR 175 00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:59.203 THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT UH, THIS YOU KNOW, BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SORT OF 2026 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND 2027 GOALS, I THINK UH, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON 176 00:33:59.203 --> 00:34:10.948 DELIVERING ON CORE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH NEEDS UH AND SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR THE CONSTITUENCIES IN BOSTON, UH, WITH A WITH A REAL FOCUS ON NEAR-TERM. AFFORDABILITY AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT MOMENT. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND THE CONVERSATIONS 177 00:34:10.948 --> 00:34:22.527 HERE TODAY. OKAY. >> UH THANK YOU. UH, THAT BEING JOINED BY COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA, COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD I JUST UH I HAD A QUESTION JUST 178 00:34:22.527 --> 00:34:31.903 CLARIFYING. SO WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN MONEY FROM PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FROM THE RECENT VOTE, HOW DOES THAT SHOW UP IN YOUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET LIKE IN 179 00:34:31.903 --> 00:34:45.049 YOUR IN YOUR OPERATING BUDGET? SO JUST TO AS A HYPOTHETICAL, IF YOU IF YOU GOT $200,000 IN PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING WHICH I WAS THAT THE NUMBER UH. IT'S 500. 180 00:34:45.049 --> 00:34:55.827 500 OKAY. >> SO YOU HAVE 500 THE OPERATING BUDGET WENT GOES DOWN 200 FOR THIS YEAR IS ARE YOU REALLY UP TO 300 I UH HOW DOES THAT WORK? 181 00:34:55.827 --> 00:35:06.204 HOW SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT THAT? UM THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK UM, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY THERE'S A LOT OF ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE 182 00:35:06.204 --> 00:35:17.348 PROJECT THAT RESIDENTS VOTED FOR AND SUGGESTED AROUND GRANTS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR FOOD ACCESS WITH HOW WE HAVE WORKED WITH PARTNERS THROUGH OUR OPERATING BUDGET. 183 00:35:17.348 --> 00:35:28.993 AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UM WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OPTIONS RIGHT NOW AND REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HONORING WHAT THE RESIDENTS SUGGESTED AND VOTED FOR. 184 00:35:28.993 --> 00:35:41.772 AND I THINK IT WILL, UM, GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOPEFULLY MAINTAIN, UH, THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR FOOD ACCESS. ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. SUPPORT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. OKAY. >> YEAH. 185 00:35:41.772 --> 00:35:53.151 SO JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, SO ONE THE TIMING OF THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING THERE'S A LONG TAIL BECAUSE IT'S VERY PARTICIPATORY. UM, SO THIS IS THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED IN THE IN THE PREVIOUS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 186 00:35:53.151 --> 00:36:04.929 LIKE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GOES UNTIL VERY RECENTLY. UM AND SO AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS THERE WERE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT MADE SENSE FOR LFG TO RUN COMING OUT OF THAT PROCESS. THIS IS NOT JUST SORT OF UH AN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT GOES INTO 187 00:36:04.929 --> 00:36:16.073 OUR. OPERATING BUDGET TO DO WITH IT WHAT OUR J FEELS. IT'S WHAT COMES OUT OF THE DISCOVERY PROCESS. SO THAT IS THE FY 26 DECISION OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATE BUDGETING PROCESS. YOU KNOW THERE'LL BE OBVIOUSLY 188 00:36:16.073 --> 00:36:27.752 AN ALLOCATION TO PURCHASE BATTERY BUDGETING FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL. BUT THE TIMING ISN'T SUCH THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW WE INCLUDED IN THE OPERATING BUDGET. >> SUBMISSION OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. UH CLARIFICATION. UH OKAY. 189 00:36:27.752 --> 00:36:38.629 SO I'M GOING TO GO TO MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL. UH WE'RE GOING TO DO SIX MINUTES UH, AFTER THE FIRST TIME WE GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THEY'LL BE UH SECOND ROUND 190 00:36:38.629 --> 00:36:49.307 AFTER THAT. SO COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT IS HERE. UM, HERE'S MY FIRST QUESTION. WHAT ARE THE. 191 00:36:49.307 --> 00:37:01.319 CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT ARE SEEING A $315,000 CUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT'S OPERATING. BUDGET AND ANOTHER 1.6 CUT IN 192 00:37:01.319 --> 00:37:13.364 THAT DEPARTMENT EXTERNAL FUNDS BUDGET. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? UH, YES. UH, JUST FOR THE FOR THE PANELISTS. 193 00:37:13.364 --> 00:37:24.542 JUST DON'T TOUCH THE BUTTONS. UH, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. OKAY, GREAT. UM, SO FOR THE THE, UH, CONTRACT SERVICES, UM, THE UH. 194 00:37:24.542 --> 00:37:34.685 REDUCTIONS ARE FOR UM, UH, SUPPORT PROGRAMS RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION. SO THESE ARE UM PROGRAMS TO UM 195 00:37:34.685 --> 00:37:47.598 THAT DIRECTLY UM, HELP WITH UM FOR EXAMPLE, UM PROVIDING UM A UH SUPPORT BY CREATING UM ADDITIONAL UM MATERIALS. 196 00:37:47.598 --> 00:37:57.642 FOR EXAMPLE, I MENTIONED THE UH THE CONDO UM UH HANDBOOK WHICH WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT FOR NEXT YEAR WE'RE MOVING THOSE SERVICES TO UM CONTRACT 197 00:37:57.642 --> 00:38:09.253 SERVICES OR WE HAVE A SERVICE THAT PROVIDES UM FREE THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO COMPLY UM HAVE TO HAVE 198 00:38:09.253 --> 00:38:20.831 THEIR DATA VERIFIED BY A THIRD PARTY AND WE'RE MOVING THAT TO UM THE POLLUTION ABATEMENT FUND UM FOR ONE YEAR. SO IT IS UM BY AND LARGE THOSE ARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES. IT IS UH WHAT IS BEING MOVED IS 199 00:38:20.831 --> 00:38:33.944 ENTIRELY UM FOR TO SUPPORT CONTRACT SERVICES. AND THE 1.6 UM THE 1.6. FROM EXTERNAL FUND. YES. >> YEAH I THINK WELL LET 200 00:38:33.944 --> 00:38:46.624 ME LOOK TO THAT TIME. >> DO YOU HAVE UH. CAN YOU ZERO IN ON THAT. OR IS THAT ACTUALLY OCR. TO SOME OF THE FUNDS. WILL SIGN ALL OF IT CORRECTLY AND THAT'S IT REFLECTS LARGER 201 00:38:46.624 --> 00:38:59.303 GRANTS AND SO SOME GRANTS ARE EXPIRING OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR. UM AND SO YOU SEE SOME EBBS AND FLOWS IN THE EXTERNAL FUNDS BUDGET AS. UH GRANTS UH CYCLE AND CYCLE OUT. AS A. >> SMALL EXAMPLE. OF UM THERE'S A GRANT FROM THE PA. 202 00:38:59.303 --> 00:39:10.081 FOUNDATION THAT HAS. HELPED WITH OUR CLIMATE IN BOSTON IMPLEMENTATION. IN THE EXTERNAL FUNDS BUDGET. THAT IS SUNSETTING. >> AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A. CUT THOUGH IF YOU HAVE GRANTS AND THE GRANTS ARE EXPIRING 203 00:39:10.081 --> 00:39:22.526 THAT'S NOT REALLY A CUT RIGHT. UM SO. JUST JUST BRIEFLY. THE THE SERVICES THAT YOU MENTIONED HOW HOW. HOW ARE WE. >> GOING. TO BE PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE GOING TO 204 00:39:22.526 --> 00:39:33.037 BE CUT? YEAH I THINK. LET ME UM ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> BY JUST. STATING AT THE TOP UM WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE CUTTING ANY OF OUR PLANNED 205 00:39:33.037 --> 00:39:44.281 SERVICES WHERE WE ARE MOVING THEM FROM UH, FOR ONE YEAR FROM CONTRACT SERVICES. TO UH BE FUNDED BY A REVOLVING FUND. SO UM, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY 206 00:39:44.281 --> 00:39:57.461 CUTTING ANY OF THE SERVICES. UM, WE'RE WE'RE CONTINUING EVERYTHING AS HAD BEEN PLANNED. OKAY. >> UM, LAST WEEK BOSTON ANNOUNCED THAT BIRD REPORTING DEADLINE HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO AUGUST, I GUESS. 207 00:39:57.461 --> 00:40:08.606 CAN YOU WALK. THROUGH WHERE THE FREE ONE ON ONE TECHNICAL. SUPPORT FLEXIBILITY MESHES DESCRIBED IN THE PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THE CHANGES CAN BE SEEN IN THE BUDGET. 208 00:40:08.606 --> 00:40:21.352 WHERE IN THE BUDGET IS THAT. WHERE IN. >> THE BUDGET IS THE IS REFLECTED THE SORRY JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION HOW HAS THE EXTENSION AFFECTED UM THE BUDGET? YEAH THE FREE ONE AND ONE 209 00:40:21.352 --> 00:40:34.432 TECHNICAL. SUPPORT AND FLEXIBILITY MEASURES DESCRIBED IN THE PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THE CHANGE. WHERE IS THAT IN THE BUDGET. THAT IS UM UH IN FISCAL YEAR 26 210 00:40:34.432 --> 00:40:45.409 UM OPERATING BUDGET. SO THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THAT THROUGH JUNE AND THOSE UM SAME. SERVICES UM WILL BE AVAILABLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 211 00:40:45.409 --> 00:41:00.491 UM AND IF THE CONTRACTS ARE UM . >> IF. IT'S THE SAME CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF, THEY. >> WILL. JUST BE UM FUNDED THROUGH UH THE UH SHIFT FROM THE REVOLVING FUND THAT I MENTIONED. SO IT'S QUITE STABLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. OKAY. 212 00:41:00.491 --> 00:41:12.970 >> UM. >> THE THE EIGHT JOBS. LISTED ON THE JOIN THE WORK TO BECOME A GREEN NEW DEAL CITY, ALL OF WHOM APPEAR TO BE WORKING EITHER IN WHOLE OR IN 213 00:41:12.970 --> 00:41:25.082 PART IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT. UM, HOW HAS FILLING THOSE JOBS BEEN IMPACTED AFFECTED BY THE MAYOR'S HIRING DELAY? 214 00:41:25.082 --> 00:41:38.062 AND HOW WILL FILLING THOSE POSITIONS AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET AS WELL? UM, SO TO TO CLARIFY THE QUESTION IS UM. HOW HAS FILLING. 215 00:41:38.062 --> 00:41:48.072 POSITIONS BEEN? YEAH, WE UM WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UM OVER THE PAST FISCAL YEAR WE'VE WE FILLED UM A GREAT NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND I 216 00:41:48.072 --> 00:41:59.850 BELIEVE ONLY HAVE UM 3 OR 4 NOW UM I WILL BE I WILL NOTE THAT UM, AS PART OF UH TO. CONTRIBUTING TO THE 2.1% REDUCTION UM, OF THE OVERALL 217 00:41:59.850 --> 00:42:10.861 BUDGET WE'VE PROPOSED UM, FREEZING UM, THE HIRING OF A ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANALYST POSITION. WHICH UM, CAME FROM A RETIREMENT AND WE'RE ALSO 218 00:42:10.861 --> 00:42:22.573 ACTUALLY RECEIVING UM, UH, FELLOWSHIP FUNDING FOR A TWO YEAR FELLOW THAT UM, NO LONGER REQUIRES US FOR THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS TO HAVE UM, FUNDING FROM THE UM EMERGENCY 219 00:42:22.573 --> 00:42:35.185 EMPLOYEES LINE. SO THAT IS THE ONLY IMPACT IT IS, UM, THAT WE'RE HAVING ON THE BUDGET FROM HIRING. THANK YOU. >> MY FINAL. QUESTION MAYBE I'LL GET THE QUESTION IN. MR CHAIR. SHOULD I SHOULD I ASK IT AND 220 00:42:35.185 --> 00:42:45.296 THEN YEAH OKAY. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES UM. WITH WITH. FURTHER REGULATIONS. I HAVE HEARD. OF PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT THAT 221 00:42:45.296 --> 00:42:56.240 WANTED TO DO SOME PARTICULAR UPGRADE TO THEIR CONDO. UM, WHETHER IT'S HVAC WORK UM, SO THEY WANT TO GET THE HVAC 222 00:42:56.240 --> 00:43:10.254 WORK DONE BUT THEN THE ADDED REGULATIONS UM I'M MAKING IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM FINANCIALLY TO GET THAT DONE. IS THAT A. >> CONCERN YOU HAVE HEARD AND 223 00:43:10.254 --> 00:43:22.333 WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE IN A CONDO GROUP AND THEY DO NEED TO GET. VERTICAL UM UPGRADES TO THEIR APARTMENTS OR CONDOS BUT THEY 224 00:43:22.333 --> 00:43:34.144 DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE ADDED BURDEN OF REGULATIONS. YEAH. >> UM WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ANSWER. THAT QUESTION? YEAH. OKAY. UM SO I, I DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULARS OF UM THE CASES 225 00:43:34.144 --> 00:43:44.989 THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT BY AND LARGE WHAT WE HAVE HEARD IS THAT UM. WHEN FOLKS WANT TO MAKE UPGRADES, UM, THE UPGRADES THAT THEY WANT AND THIS REFLECTS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALL OF THE 226 00:43:44.989 --> 00:43:56.767 UPGRADES THAT ANYONE WOULD MAKE TO A BUILDING WHETHER IT IS A BIG SINGLE OCCUPANT OR A CONDO, THEY. ALL GO IN THE DIRECTION OF REDUCING ENERGY USAGE AND DECARBONIZATION WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT MARGO IS DESIGNED 227 00:43:56.767 --> 00:44:08.078 TO DO. SO WE DON'T HEAR UM YOU KNOW, BERTA IS MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO THE UPGRADE I WANT. IT'S MORE THAT I WANT TO DO THE UPGRADE I WANT WHICH IS GOOD FOR ME AND GOOD FOR BERTO, BUT 228 00:44:08.078 --> 00:44:18.889 I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT NOW THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR. AND SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE SO MANY UM, FLEXIBILITY MEASURES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME TO US AND DEVELOP A PLAN THAT. 229 00:44:18.889 --> 00:44:30.367 PUTS THE TIMING OF THEIR UPGRADES, UM, ON A SPECIAL TRACK SO THAT IT MATCHES WHEN THEY WILL HAVE THE RESOURCES. THAT WE JUST HAD. UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, JUST FOR FLAHERTY FOR THOSE WATCHING BERTO REGULATES, UH, BUILDINGS 230 00:44:30.367 --> 00:44:41.011 OF A CERTAIN SIZE NOT INDIVIDUAL CONDO UNIT SPACES. SO AT THE MOMENT, UH, THE ONLY BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING ROPED INTO BERTO IMPLEMENTATION FROM 2025 TO 2029 ARE 35 UNITS OR LARGER. 231 00:44:41.011 --> 00:44:51.922 UM AND SO HAPPY TO YOU KNOW, AS ALWAYS HAPPY TO TAKE ANY PARTICULAR CASES THAT ARE COMING TO YOU THROUGH OUR HELP LINE OR REACHING OUT TO US INDIVIDUALLY TO HELP WALK FOLKS THROUGH. THERE IS OFTENTIMES SOME SORT 232 00:44:51.922 --> 00:45:03.967 OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. UM, UPGRADES TO PARTICULAR UNITS OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE BUILDING CODE BUT BERNARD IS NOT YOU KNOW, UM, REGULATING PARTICULAR UNITS BUILDINGS ON A LARGE SCALE. YEAH, THAT'S THAT WAS MY 233 00:45:03.967 --> 00:45:14.978 CONCERN. UM, THERE WAS ONE UNIT ONE BUILDING I SHOULD SAY IN MY DISTRICT MORE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT IS PARTICULARLY IN THAT SITUATION. SO MAYBE I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH 234 00:45:14.978 --> 00:45:29.426 YOU UM, OFFICE AFTER THE MEETING. MR CHAIR, THANKS FOR GIVING ME AN EXTRA. >> COUPLE MINUTES. YEAH. UH, THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR BREADON. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. UM. 235 00:45:29.426 --> 00:45:41.939 >> I WAS JUST WONDERING IN TERMS OF BERTO HOW MANY BUILDINGS ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH FURTHER REPORTING OR EMISSIONS LIMITS AND AND HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT IF THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR WHATEVER REASON? 236 00:45:41.939 --> 00:45:54.051 UM YEAH. SO WE UM WE AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE UM, EXTENDED THE DEADLINE UM, FROM MAY 15TH TO AUGUST 15TH. SO UM WE ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW UNTIL UM A COUPLE OF MONTHS 237 00:45:54.051 --> 00:46:06.130 AFTER AUGUST. >> 15TH. WHAT COMPLIANCE WITH UM EMISSIONS LIMITS IS BECAUSE THAT IS THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR 2025 IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT UM WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION. 238 00:46:06.130 --> 00:46:17.441 WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT BECAUSE UH, BORDEAUX WAS DEVELOPED UM, SO CLOSELY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS WE KNOW UM THROUGH SOME ESTIMATING THAT UM, THE VAST MAJORITY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN YOU 239 00:46:17.441 --> 00:46:28.652 KNOW, 80 AND 90% ARE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO COME IN UM MEETING THEIR UM EMISSIONS LIMITS. SO THIS IS REALLY A UM A YEAR THAT KIND OF SETS THE BASELINE 240 00:46:28.652 --> 00:46:40.230 FOR UM FUTURE YEARS. UM, IN TERMS OF REPORTING UM, WE HAVE UM. AND SO SO KEEP IN MIND THAT AROUND 6000 BUILDINGS ARE COVERED BY BERTO AND UM WE'VE 241 00:46:40.230 --> 00:46:51.108 HAD A UM TRYING TO KIND OF SIMPLIFY THE NUMBERS WE'VE HAD DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, LARGER LARGE BUILDINGS OR MEDIUM SIZE LARGE 242 00:46:51.108 --> 00:47:04.054 BUILDINGS UM BETWEEN 70 AND 80% UM REPORTING AND THAT IS ABOUT UM UH COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE HAD BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. UM, ALTHOUGH THERE AREN'T THAT MANY THAT ARE YOU KNOW, 243 00:47:04.054 --> 00:47:16.466 BOSTON'S AT THE FOREFRONT HERE. UM, BUT WE EXPECT THAT WHEN COMPLIANCE COMES UH, EMISSIONS COMPLIANCE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT COMES INTO EFFECT FOR BUILDINGS REPORTING COMPLIANCE WILL UM INCREASE. AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. 244 00:47:16.466 --> 00:47:27.644 UM AND THEN UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE KEY AREAS UH, AND YOU MENTIONED WAS UM, COOLING UM, TRYING TO HELP US SURVIVE HOT SUMMERS. UM. 245 00:47:27.644 --> 00:47:39.423 SO AS YOU KNOW, ALSO AS AN URBAN HEAT ISLAND, UM, AND WE'RE WONDERING WHAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE TO ENSURE SAFETY WITH HOT SUMMER MONTHS AHEAD LIKE, UM, ARE WE GETTING UP TO A 246 00:47:39.423 --> 00:47:49.199 PLACE? THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS JUST THINKING ABOUT WE WE HEARD RECENTLY WE'VE INCREASED OUR UM, TREE CANOPY BUT ARE WE STILL IS THERE STILL A LOSS 247 00:47:49.199 --> 00:48:00.811 OF TREE CANOPY ON PRIVATE SPACES AND AND AND IMPROVING ON PUBLIC SPACES THAT STILL UH. YOU KNOW, I'M HAVING A QUESTION ON TOURNAMENT, CHRIS ON THE UM EMERGENCY UM RESPONSE IN TERMS 248 00:48:00.811 --> 00:48:12.122 OF HEAT UH SO ON CANOPY COVERAGE GREAT QUESTION COUNCILOR. UH, SO THE REPORT YOU'RE REFERRING TO EVERY FIVE YEARS WE DO A LEADER SURVEY OF CANOPY COVERAGE. SO WE WAIT UNTIL FULL GROWTH OF LEAVES IN THE SUMMERTIME AND 249 00:48:12.122 --> 00:48:23.000 SAY HOW MUCH UM, SHADE IS BEING PROVIDED BY TREE CANOPY IN BOSTON. UH, AND WE HAD A MATERIAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD FROM 2019 TO 2024, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS 250 00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:34.278 FIVE YEAR PERIOD SHOWED NO CHANGE. YEAH. UM WE ADDED UH A LITTLE OVER 150 ACRES WHICH IS A REAL AMOUNT UM ACROSS THE CITY AND AND MOVED OUR TOTAL UM UNIT BY ABOUT HALF A PERCENT OBVIOUSLY 251 00:48:34.278 --> 00:48:44.922 BECAUSE THE CITY OF BOSTON IS 48MI2 IT'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF LAND MASS BUT IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UM, WE ALSO SAW, UH, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE CANOPY COVERAGE THAT THE PUBLIC 252 00:48:44.922 --> 00:48:55.666 SECTOR DIRECTLY CONTROLS. SO THAT'S STREET TREES, YOU KNOW, OVER UM, SIDEWALKS AND RIGHTS OF WAY THAT'S UH TREES AND PARKLANDS UM, IS ON BUILDINGS AND ASSETS THAT WE OWN. WE SAW A VERY LARGE INCREASE 253 00:48:55.666 --> 00:49:07.678 THERE UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ACREAGE THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY OFFSET BY THE REDUCTION OF TREE CANOPY COVERAGE ON PRIVATE SECTOR RESIDENTIAL LOTS. UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO UH, TRY TO FIND 254 00:49:07.678 --> 00:49:17.788 BETTER WAYS OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE SECTOR TREE PLANTING AND COVERAGE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BENEFITS THAT PRIVATE SECTOR TREES ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS UH, PROVIDE. UH, AND YOU KNOW, OUR INTEGRATING THAT. 255 00:49:17.788 --> 00:49:29.800 INTO OUR UM, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE ZONING UH, REVIEW UH TO SAY HOW DO WE ACTUALLY INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING AND PROMOTE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WHILE NOT PROMOTING THE CUT DOWN OF OLDER TREES? 256 00:49:29.800 --> 00:49:40.577 I WOULD HIGHLIGHT UM, TWO THINGS THAT REALLY MOVED US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON CANOPY COVERAGE. ONE IS WE NOW HAVE AN URBAN FORESTRY UNIT THAT HOPEFULLY EVERY CITY COUNCILOR IS SEEING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. YES, WE ARE MAINTAINING TREES 257 00:49:40.577 --> 00:49:52.489 IN WAYS THAT WE DIDN'T FOR THE PREVIOUS 40 OR 50 YEARS. YEAH. UM AND THE BEST THING WE CAN DO FOR CANOPY COVERAGE IS ACTUALLY PRUNING TREES AND NOT WAITING FOR MOTHER NATURE TO DO IT FOR US BECAUSE THEN WE USUALLY LOSE. >> THE. WHOLE TREE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. YES. UH AND SO WE NOW HAVE A GOAL 258 00:49:52.489 --> 00:50:04.167 OF GETTING, YOU KNOW, TO EVERY STREET TREE AND TREE UNDER OUR UM, CARE AND COVERAGE EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS TO PRUNE IT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IT IS HEALTHY FOR LONGER. UM, THAT HAS PROVEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL THOSE INVESTMENTS UM, THAT THIS COUNCIL MADE ARE 259 00:50:04.167 --> 00:50:14.611 REALLY, YOU KNOW, RETURNING AN ROI. SECONDLY, WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE PLANTING OF NEW STREET TREES IN CLIMATE JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE HAVE MANY THROUGHOUT BOSTON INCLUDING UM ALLSTON, BRIGHTON UH WE PLANT 260 00:50:14.611 --> 00:50:27.057 ABOUT 2000 TREES EVERY YEAR. UH AND 40% OF THOSE TREES ARE GOING IN THE 20% OF LAND THAT IS DEFINED AS CLIMATE JUSTICE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO WE ARE TRYING TO GROW THAT CAN'T BE COVERAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE URBAN HEAT 261 00:50:27.057 --> 00:50:38.869 ISLAND IS A MORE EXTREME ISSUE. THAT IS THE STRUCTURAL RESPONSE OVER TIME, UH, TO REDUCING URBAN HEAT. AND WE KNOW THAT TEMPERATURES CAN VARY UP TO TEN DEGREES OR MORE. YOU KNOW, AN EXTREME HEAT DAY UM, BETWEEN A WELL CANOPY 262 00:50:38.869 --> 00:50:50.180 COVERAGE NEIGHBORHOOD AND A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LESS CANOPY COVERAGE AND THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS ALL TRANSITION FOR CHRIS TO TALK ABOUT OUR RESPONSE ON COOLING CENTERS, OUR RESPONSE ON SPLASH PADS AND DEPLOYABLE WATER FEATURES. 263 00:50:50.180 --> 00:51:01.892 UM COUNCIL PRESIDENT SO UH PERHAPS FIRST TALK ABOUT SORT OF WHAT HAPPENS DURING A HEAT EMERGENCY AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL POINT ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF OUR PUBLIC REALM OVER TIME AND THEN THIRD SERVE SOME DIRECT UM, PEOPLE 264 00:51:01.892 --> 00:51:12.869 BASED OR PEOPLE UH. FOCUSED UH, INTERVENTIONS. SO OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS A WHOLE SET OF MISSING TENTS, UH, AND SHADE STRUCTURES TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY UM, DURING THE COURSE OF A HEAT 265 00:51:12.869 --> 00:51:23.246 EMERGENCY. VERY UH, HAPPY TO HAVE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON LOCATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE SETTING THOSE UP. UM, UH, AS WE HEAD INTO ANY HEAT EMERGENCIES THAT WE EXPERIENCE OVER THE COURSE 266 00:51:23.246 --> 00:51:34.257 OF THE SUMMER. UM, IN ADDITION, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE SIMPLY INFORMED OF, UH, HEAT RELATED RISKS AND THE STEPS THEY CAN TAKE INDIVIDUALLY. SO DELIGHTED TO WORK WITH ANY 267 00:51:34.257 --> 00:51:45.435 OF YOU ON AMPLIFYING THAT MESSAGE, UH, PARTICULARLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE SUMMER NOT JUST DURING EMERGENCIES BUT ALL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. UM, ONE OF THE KEY WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE PROVIDING SHADE, UH, IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS THROUGH SOME 268 00:51:45.435 --> 00:51:58.315 OUTDOOR COOL SPACES LARGELY AT OUR LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, INCLUDING ONE THAT IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. UM, AND HAPPY TO SORT OF. UH. >> AT SOME POINTS FROM WALK THROUGH THAT LOCATION AND THINK ABOUT OTHER COOLING RESOURCES THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE 269 00:51:58.315 --> 00:52:09.459 SURE WE PROVIDE AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON UM, A QUICK ADDITIONAL NOTE ON UM CANOPY COVER AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT LONG TERM TRANSFORMATION THAT YOU'VE SPOKE ABOUT, ONE OF OUR KEY INVESTMENT AREAS BEYOND STREET 270 00:52:09.459 --> 00:52:20.103 TREES IS ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY AS YOU MENTIONED, A LOT OF THAT IS DONE THROUGH THE BOSTON TREE ALLIANCE IN COLLABORATION WITH MASS AUDUBON. UH, WE'VE HAD A A ROUND OF INVESTMENT UH, THIS PAST YEAR OF A HALF MILLION DOLLARS 271 00:52:20.103 --> 00:52:30.914 TO UH, SIX GRANTEES TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND TREE PLANTING, UH, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, IN PLACES THAT HAVE LOWER CANOPY COVER, UH HISTORICALLY AND HAVE HIGHER UH, HEAT DURING THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND 272 00:52:30.914 --> 00:52:43.126 OF THAT COMING OUT UH, NEXT YEAR UH, WITH UH SUPPORT FROM. INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FUNDING ABOUT. UH $320,000. UM ONE LAST QUICK NOTE UM, A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE PLACE BASED BUT REALLY HEAT IMPACTS 273 00:52:43.126 --> 00:52:53.403 PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK BY OUR OFFICERS. THE EARLY CHILDHOOD FOCUSED ON PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, UH, DURING THE COURSE OF SUMMER MONTHS AND EXTREME HEAT EVENTS . 274 00:52:53.403 --> 00:53:05.682 AND THIS SUMMER WILL BE UH, OUR FIRST SUMMER WORKING UH, UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE THAT UH. UH. >> THIS COUNCIL PASSED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AROUND HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION PLANS, UH, FOCUS BOTH ON CITY CONTRACTORS 275 00:53:05.682 --> 00:53:19.996 AND UM, CITY EMPLOYEES WHO WILL BE UH. CAN ACTUALLY. >> BE MOST AT RISK FROM EXTREME HEAT EVENTS. SO THERE'S A SET OF THINGS THAT ARE LESS ABOUT THE PLACE AND MORE ABOUT INDIVIDUAL SURVIVORS UH. UH IMPACTED AND. HAPPY TO WORK MORE. >> ON THAT. >> WITH YOU. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. OKAY. 276 00:53:19.996 --> 00:53:31.308 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA. UH, SIX MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND I PROBABLY WILL HAVE A SECOND ROUND BUT I WILL UM, I'LL GO AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 277 00:53:31.308 --> 00:53:42.219 PARTNERSHIP. IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU. BOSTON IS A, UM, NATIONAL ROLE MODEL AS RELATES TO BEING A GREEN NEW YORK CITY AND, UH, OUR STANDARDS OF SUPPLY RESILIENCE. BERTO. CHIEF. 278 00:53:42.219 --> 00:53:52.796 ELIZA I'M SORRY. I SHOULD KNOW YOUR NAME. JUST WHAT IS IT? I'M SORRY. TAISHA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT I WAS LATE, UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS JUST CHECKING MY OWN 279 00:53:52.796 --> 00:54:02.739 MATH AND, UH, I'LL GO THROUGH COASTAL RESILIENCE, FOOD ACCESS AND RECOVERY AND THEN PARKS AND SPECIFICALLY PARKS MAINTENANCE AHEAD OF THIS YEAR AND ALL OF OUR EVENTS. 280 00:54:02.739 --> 00:54:15.552 UM, TO CHRIS SO IN THE COASTAL RESILIENCE SLIDE WE HAD PUT 88 MILLION TO 91 MILLION FOR FOR CAPITAL AND JUST CONFIRMING THAT THAT'S THE COASTAL RESILIENCE FUND. 281 00:54:15.552 --> 00:54:28.365 SO OF THAT CAPITAL BUDGET UH 75 MILLION IS THE COASTAL RESILIENCE RESERVE. UM THE BALANCE OF THAT ARE A SET OF UM COASTAL RESILIENCE LARGELY CULTURAL EVENTS RELATED PROJECTS UH THINGS LIKE THE 282 00:54:28.365 --> 00:54:39.242 BORDER STREET PROJECT. THE ONE OF THE NEW PROJECTS WAS WHY WHEN WE SEE AN INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF SCHOOL IS NOW PART OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE DESIGN WORK WHICH IS HAPPENING THERE. 283 00:54:39.242 --> 00:54:50.920 UM, AND JUST OF NOTE AND AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COASTAL RESILIENCE WORK UH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE NOT JUST IN THIS BUDGET BUT ARE ALSO IN THE PLANNING UH, CABINETS BUDGET AS WELL AS WITHIN THE PARK 284 00:54:50.920 --> 00:55:01.798 SPECIFIC BUDGET. SO EFFORTS LIKE RYAN PLAYGROUND UH IN YOUR DISTRICT OR UM SOME OF THE WORK ON THE UH THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL, OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN UH OTHER DEPARTMENTS BUDGETS BUT ARE ALL 285 00:55:01.798 --> 00:55:14.878 ADDING TO THE CITY'S OVERALL INVESTMENT COST RESILIENCE. OKAY. >> AND THAT LEADS INTO MY NEXT QUESTION AND THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE THE BOARD OF STREET PROJECT. WE HAVE THE MOBLEY PARK CONNECTOR. WE HAVE THE MARIO UMANA. YEAH. >> IS IT SAFE TO CLEANLY SAY THAT'S A PART OF THE 75 MILLION THAT'S ALLOCATED. 286 00:55:14.878 --> 00:55:23.920 SO THE AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY ABOVE THE 75 MILLION. SO THE 75 TO 75 MILLION CUSTOMER RESILIENCE RESERVE AND THEN BORDER STREET UH LOCALLY 287 00:55:23.920 --> 00:55:36.533 LEWIS ROMANA UH AND A SMALL SET OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ARE ABOVE THAT 75 MILLION COASTAL RESILIENCE RESERVE. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE RESERVE AND REALLY USE THAT WE THINK LARGELY FOR A SET OF MATCH EFFORTS. 288 00:55:36.533 --> 00:55:48.478 UM SOME OF THAT WILL BE ABOUT LEVERAGING IT FOR THE ARMY CORPS PROJECT UH, IN THE OUT YEARS OF THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN. UM BUT SOME OF THAT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP US MOVE MORE QUICKLY ON SOME OF THE NEAR-TERM PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON. 289 00:55:48.478 --> 00:55:59.556 THANK YOU. AND I WAS GOING TO ASK I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE HAD TALKED UM ,AND WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS WHICH I APPRECIATE SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND UM JUST YOUR TRANSPARENCY. SO THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT 290 00:55:59.556 --> 00:56:09.966 JUST GIVEN THE THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM MAYBE A MATCHING MODEL STILL UTILIZING IT FOR THE ARMY 291 00:56:09.966 --> 00:56:20.577 CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN FINE TUNE IT A LITTLE BIT JUST TO PAY FOR SOME OF THESE NEAR-TERM COASTAL RESILIENCE PROJECTS. HOW IS THAT GOING, WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAVE HAPPENED AND ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT? 292 00:56:20.577 --> 00:56:31.321 SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. UM, I THINK FIRST ON THE ARMY CORPS AND THEN ON THE RESERVE UM, SO WE HAVE UH RENAMED AS THE SAME LINE ITEM BUT WE'VE RENAMED UH WITHIN THIS BUDGET 293 00:56:31.321 --> 00:56:43.166 FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES TO YOUR POINT, UH, THAT THE ARMY CORPS COLLABORATION IN PARTICULAR IS A $5.7 MILLION THAT IS. UH. >> BOTH FULL FUNDING OF UH FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UH, AS 294 00:56:43.166 --> 00:56:54.210 WELL AS UH THE CITY'S 50% MATCH FOR THAT WORK. UM, AS YOU'LL SEE, SERVING THE CASH FLOWS FOR THE $75 MILLION UH UH COASTAL RESILIENCE RESERVE, THERE IS AN 295 00:56:54.210 --> 00:57:05.688 EXPECTATION THAT WE WILL USE PORTIONS OF THAT IN ADVANCE OF SOME OF THE OTHER UH, LARGE GRANTS UH OR ARMY CORPS INVESTMENTS IN THE OUT YEARS. I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE NEAR-TERM INVESTMENT OR USE 296 00:57:05.688 --> 00:57:16.199 OF THAT FUND WILL BE FOR PROJECTS LIKE LEWIS STREET AND COLUMN WHARF. WE DO HAVE THE OUTSTANDING UH, ROUGHLY $10 MILLION GRANT WE WILL EXPECT FROM THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. 297 00:57:16.199 --> 00:57:29.112 UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UH, RUNS AND THE CITY IS EXPECTING FOR A $10 MILLION MATCH TOWARDS THAT UH TOWARDS THAT PROJECT AND SO WOULD LIKELY PULL FROM THAT RESERVE FOR THAT PURPOSE UH, GOING FORWARD. GREAT. >> THANK YOU. 298 00:57:29.112 --> 00:57:40.223 UM, I'LL GO TO FOOD ACCESS AND RECOVERY. ELIZA, UM. YOU'RE AMAZING. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR, UH, ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS AND BEING VERY, UM, OPEN TO SOME 299 00:57:40.223 --> 00:57:51.234 OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE ESPECIALLY AROUND FOOD ACCESS, UH, AND FOOD RECOVERY. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST AGAIN, DOUBLE CHECKING MY MATH. SO IFJ BUDGET IS DOWN 14% WITH 300 00:57:51.234 --> 00:58:03.913 204 DOWN IN CONTRACTS. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? UH, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU HAD GONE OVER THAT AND I MISSED IT, BUT WHAT CONTRACTS ARE WE LOSING? SO OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES LINE 301 00:58:03.913 --> 00:58:16.059 ITEM IS A SORT OF A GENERAL. DOESN'T IT'S. >> NOT BROKEN DOWN BY SPECIFIC CONTRACT. SO UM, THERE ARE NOT SPECIFIC CONTRACTS UM THAT WE'RE LOSING 302 00:58:16.059 --> 00:58:27.203 PER SE. IT IS THE GENERAL UH, SOURCE OF OPERATING FUNDS RESOURCES THAT ALLOWS US TO WORK WITH FOR 303 00:58:27.203 --> 00:58:42.118 VARIOUS GRANT PROGRAMS, UM, AND ANY CONTRACTS THAT WE SET UP, UH, TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT THE FARMERS MARKETS AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS DO. OKAY. >> I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. IF THERE IS MONEY THAT'S GOING 304 00:58:42.118 --> 00:58:54.731 TOWARDS, UH, OR THIRD PARTY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT THEIR. WORK. >> UH, WE ARE PRIORITIZING UH, THE PLACES WHERE UH WE ARE SUPPORTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. >> THAT. BUT FOR OUR SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE FINANCIALLY UNSTABLE. 305 00:58:54.731 --> 00:59:06.609 UM, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, FARMERS MARKETS AND, UH, LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORES ARE CONTINUING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE FOOD ECOSYSTEM AND THE STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. UM, WHILE, YOU KNOW, BEING 306 00:59:06.609 --> 00:59:17.921 AWARE OF SORT OF THE CHALLENGES OF SNAP BENEFITS AND, YOU KNOW, DIRECT FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH UH, AND THE OTHER THINGS OBVIOUSLY THIS IS WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET COMMITTEES AND OUR TEAM WORK REALLY HARD ON FINDING OUTSIDE 307 00:59:17.921 --> 00:59:29.966 FUNDING PHILANTHROPIC, CORPORATE AND OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE CAN SORT OF CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS AND USE THE FULL WEIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S UM ,SUPPORT AND GRAVITAS TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, BRING ATTENTION TO ISSUES. RIGHT? >> I KNOW THE UM THE BOSTON 308 00:59:29.966 --> 00:59:41.711 FOUNDATION IS VERY FINELY TUNED INTO THIS AND I AND I APOLOGIZE JUST REALLY QUICK UM, ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE UM, MY TIME IS UP, WHICH IT KIND OF IS NOW ANYWAY. SORRY CHAIR QUICK QUESTION. 309 00:59:41.711 --> 00:59:52.689 THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S IT'S ON FOOD ACCESS JUST REALLY QUICKLY SO THAT FOLLOWING UP ON HIS QUESTION WITH THE MONEY THROUGH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING I WAS IN THAT FY 26 DECISION IT'S GOING TO BE SEEN IN FY 27. 310 00:59:52.689 --> 01:00:04.634 HOW WILL YOU OPERATIONALIZE THAT. WHERE IS THAT MONEY GOING? UM HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET ONLINE BECAUSE THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO NEED IT. IT SAYS IT'S FOR UM THE NEIGHBORHOOD FRESH FOOD INITIATIVE. 311 01:00:04.634 --> 01:00:15.745 WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE OPERATIONALLY AND WHERE IS IT GOING? UM, SO I WOULD SAY SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH GIVEN THE CHANGES TO OUR OPERATING 312 01:00:15.745 --> 01:00:27.290 CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR FY 27 UM, KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE UH FEDERAL GRANT FOR DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS THAT IS ENDING AT THE END OF JUNE AND WE DON'T YET KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO 313 01:00:27.290 --> 01:00:39.068 APPLY FOR UM, AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF FEDERAL FUNDING WHICH REQUIRES A 1 TO 1 MATCH. SO WE I WOULD SAY ARE UM, WORKING THROUGH AS WE AS WE 314 01:00:39.068 --> 01:00:51.314 DETERMINE LIKE WHAT OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ,HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF BOTH CITY OPERATING FUNDS AND ANY POTENTIAL EXTERNAL FUNDS. I UM SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE SORT 315 01:00:51.314 --> 01:01:02.925 OF IN THE EARLY PLANNING PHASE OF THAT JUST BECAUSE IT YEAH, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE HAD FOR UM A FEW WEEKS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH 316 01:01:02.925 --> 01:01:18.007 COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON UM ON THAT PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING INITIATIVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MURPHY. GOOD CHAIR. UM. I'LL GO. NOT IN THE ORDER I WAS THINKING JUST TO CONTINUE ON THAT 317 01:01:18.007 --> 01:01:28.551 CONVERSATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. SO ONE THING I HAVE BEEN ASKING, UM, AND JUST KIND OF CITYWIDE FOR MONTHS NOW LIKE 318 01:01:28.551 --> 01:01:40.630 KNOWING THAT IN PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE DECEMBER EVERY DEPARTMENT WAS SAYING LIKE WE'RE COMING INTO SOME TOUGH TIMES. WHEN YOU PROPOSE YOUR BUDGET LIKE WHAT WOULD YOU CUT? AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE 319 01:01:40.630 --> 01:01:51.808 ADMINISTRATION CAME BACK DEPARTMENTS. WERE NOTIFIED WHAT WAS ACTUALLY CUT FROM THEIR DEPARTMENTS. UM STILL WAITING FOR THOSE ANSWERS. BUT THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST 320 01:01:51.808 --> 01:02:02.585 ASKED IF THERE IS A NUMBER TO, YOU KNOW, FOOD ACCESS AND ARE WE. HOPING THAT EXTERNAL. FUNDS WILL COME BACK TO REPLENISH AND IF NOT THEN WHAT 321 01:02:02.585 --> 01:02:15.965 AND. WHICH EXTERNAL PARTNERS OR EVEN CITY UM PARTNERS OR CONTRACTS DO NEED TO BE CUT. KNOWING THAT THEY MAY NOT COME 322 01:02:15.965 --> 01:02:27.643 BACK. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY I'M A VERY. HOPEFUL PERSON. THEY WILL. BUT IF NOT THEN WHAT. YOU KNOW LET ME FRAME AND THEN AT LEAST YOU SHOULD EXPAND ON THE ANSWER. UM JUST EXPANDING ON ON HER 323 01:02:27.643 --> 01:02:39.055 ANSWER THERE COUNSELOR UM, CALLED AS A PARTNER ONE OF THE MOVING TARGETS WE HAVE IS THERE WERE FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS THAT USED TO BE LIKE CLOCKWORK ON CERTAIN MONTHS THEY WERE LIKE RELEASED AND THERE WAS A VERY WE UPDATE THE APPLICATION WE KNOW IT'S COMING THAT 324 01:02:39.055 --> 01:02:49.398 UNCERTAINTY AND THOSE USUALLY COME WITH A LEVERAGE. SO THE OTHER LOCAL PARTICIPATION HAS MEANT THAT WE'RE SORT OF WE'RE BEING I THINK APPROPRIATELY CONSERVATIVE IN SAYING WE WANT 325 01:02:49.398 --> 01:03:01.844 TO WAIT TO GET THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY AND UNDERSTAND IS THIS GOING TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS? MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT LEVERAGE AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF THAT LOCAL PARTICIPATION TO THEN GO AFTER THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO THERE IS ONE COMING 326 01:03:01.844 --> 01:03:13.156 UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS THAT THE FOOD JUSTICE OFFICE FOR JUSTICE HAS USED HISTORICALLY TO SUPPORT AS PARTNERS THAT WE JUST WANT TO BE READY FOR. SO THERE IS THAT ELEMENT OF OF A MOVING TARGET, UM, WHERE HOPEFULLY WE'LL USE BOTH PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND OPERATING FUNDING. 327 01:03:13.156 --> 01:03:24.167 SO THE REASON WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE CAGEY LIKE WHICH PARTICULAR PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH AGAIN THIS LENS OF WHERE THE CITY'S INVESTMENT FROM WHATEVER BUDGET IS SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OTHERWISE 328 01:03:24.167 --> 01:03:34.744 WOULD BE FINANCIALLY A RISK THAT IS CRITICAL TO FOOD ACCESS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S WHAT WE PRIORITIZE. AND IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN GO TO PHILANTHROPY OR CORPORATE PARTNERS TO TRY TO BACKSTOP REDUCTIONS IN OUR 329 01:03:34.744 --> 01:03:44.353 DIRECT SUPPORT, WE WILL DO THAT AND THAT'S THE HEADSPACE THAT WE'RE IN. YEAH I THINK I MEAN. THAT'S THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS. THAT WE'RE. 330 01:03:44.353 --> 01:03:56.165 GOING TO BE MAKING AND I DON'T FORESEE THAT WE WOULD BE LIKE. CUT JUST. >> TO YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT I DON'T FORESEE THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC PARTNERS WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT WOULD 331 01:03:56.165 --> 01:04:07.243 BE CUT PER SE AS MUCH AS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE STRATEGIES WE HAVE HAD AROUND SUPPORTING AFFORDABILITY, WE MAY NEED TO. ADJUST THE SCALE OF SOME 332 01:04:07.243 --> 01:04:18.087 PROGRAMS OR LIKE UH, THE CHIEF SAID SORT OF BE NIMBLE ABOUT WHAT WE DEPLOY WHEN BASED ON EXTERNAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE. WE DID HAVE A ROBUST. HEARING UM. 333 01:04:18.087 --> 01:04:29.465 THAT WENT INTO MY COMMITTEE BACK ON MARCH 30TH THAT UM, COUNCIL FLYNN AND I SPONSORED ABOUT DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, FOOD INSECURITY ACROSS THE CITY. WE DID MISS YOU REALIZE THAT 334 01:04:29.465 --> 01:04:40.643 THERE BUT YOU KNOW PUBLIC HEALTH WAS HERE FOR THE CONVERSATIONS JUST AROUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS EIGHT STRONG THERE'S SO MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU KNOW, FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS LOOK. 335 01:04:40.643 --> 01:04:51.721 TO, BUT THEY'RE. ALSO GOING AFTER GRANTS AND FUNDING. UM, AND WE'LL RUN OUT OF TIME BUT HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS LEAN ON EACH OTHER 336 01:04:51.721 --> 01:05:03.766 FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. AND WHEN THERE'S I NEVER SAY THERE'S LOTS OF MONEY BUT WHEN WE'RE NOT REALLY CUTTING BACK AND SCALING THERE'S NOT AS I THINK A CLOSE LENS ON WHO'S. ACTUALLY PAYING FOR IT. 337 01:05:03.766 --> 01:05:15.311 >> AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOES HAVE A SNOW REMOVAL BUDGET SO WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR PUBLIC WORKS IS AND EXPECTING TO SHOVEL LIKE SO ARE THERE MONEY OR GRANTS IN THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 338 01:05:15.311 --> 01:05:23.719 >> THAT. WE'RE MAKING I MEAN OF COURSE WE'RE MAKING SURE BUT THAT WE CAN LEAN ON BECAUSE THIS. PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND IF AMENDMENTS ARE BEING PUT 339 01:05:23.719 --> 01:05:35.364 FORTH LIKE HOW CAN WE AS A BODY OR HOW CAN I AS A COUNCIL AND MAKE SURE I'M ADVOCATING TO MAKE SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY YOUR DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE 340 01:05:35.364 --> 01:05:47.176 BIGGEST THAT'S MAKING SURE FOOD INSECURITY ISN'T HAPPENING, BUT ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS THAT SOMEWHAT RESPONSIBILITY SUPPORTING THAT GOING FORWARD. 341 01:05:47.176 --> 01:05:59.322 UM YEAH I WILL SAY I THINK IT WILL BE BEST IF WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ABOUT SPECIFICS THERE THERE ARE DEFINITELY RESOURCES WITHIN EACH STRONG IN PARTICULAR AND UH THAT ARE 342 01:05:59.322 --> 01:06:09.432 SUPPORT FEDERAL THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TAP INTO FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS FOR GREAT SCHOOL AGE UM. STUDENTS FAMILIES AND AS WELL 343 01:06:09.432 --> 01:06:21.544 AS OLDER ADULTS. UM AND UM WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION'S CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL DIVISION 344 01:06:21.544 --> 01:06:33.990 THAT HAS UM WE'VE BEEN WORKING AROUND A STRATEGY FOR FRESH FOOD ACCESS AS PART OF THEIR REACH GRANT, UM, AS WELL AS GROW BOSTON'S WORK TO HELP PEOPLE BE ABLE TO GROW THEIR 345 01:06:33.990 --> 01:06:47.003 OWN FOOD. SO UM, THAT THOSE ARE NOT DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT I CAN GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW. THAT'S FINE. JUST MAKING SURE I'M SUPPORTING ONE QUESTION BEFORE THE BUZZER GOES OFF. UM. >> TO SHADE AND COOLING SPACES 346 01:06:47.003 --> 01:06:59.248 ACROSS THE CITY CHINATOWN OBVIOUSLY. IS A. >> UM I GUESS FOR A LACK OF A HOT HOTSPOT BUT KNOWING, UM. YOU KNOW. JUST DISEASES AND JUST NEEDS 347 01:06:59.248 --> 01:07:11.494 THAT ARE THERE UM, THE COUNCIL FLYNN AND I HAVE BEEN AT MANY EVENTS. TUFTS IS A GREAT PARTNER AND OTHER YOU KNOW JUST NON-PROFITS THAT STEP UP TO SUPPORT. >> BUT IS. THERE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTICULAR IN 348 01:07:11.494 --> 01:07:22.171 THE SUMMER MONTHS COMING UP? GREAT QUESTION. SO THERE HAS BEEN A COLLABORATION UH, IN PART SUPPORTED BY THE RESILIENCE OF THIS NETWORK TO DO A CHINATOWN SPECIFIC HEAT RESILIENCE PLAN. HAPPY TO UM, I CAN FOLLOW UP 349 01:07:22.171 --> 01:07:33.315 AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND OF NOTE, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH UH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IN CHINATOWN AND DISCUSSING HAVE NOW BEEN PILOTED. SO UH, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, UM, WELL, STREET TREE 350 01:07:33.315 --> 01:07:44.393 PLANTING AND TREE PITS IS A PRIORITY THAT SOME PLACES AND SOME OF OUR STREETS BECAUSE OF AREA WAYS WHERE THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SO IT IS IN CHINATOWN ON HARRISON AVE WHERE WE FIRST PILOTED THESE SORT OF LARGE SCALE UM MOVABLE TREE 351 01:07:44.393 --> 01:07:55.404 PLANTERS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE UH, COOLING ON SOME OF OUR STREETS IN CHINATOWN. UH, KNOWING THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO HAVE SOME OF OUR TYPICAL INTERVENTIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY UM, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE REASONS. 101 THREE IN THE PARTNERSHIP 352 01:07:55.404 --> 01:08:08.050 WITH BOSTON WATER AND SO WITH THEIR WATER TRUCK. UH, YES, EXACTLY. THE WATER TRUCK AND THE SHADE TENTS WERE ON THE UM UH THE PLAZA THOSE SORTS OF THINGS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE REGULAR SOLUTIONS COUNCIL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. 353 01:08:08.050 --> 01:08:19.862 >> THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. >> UH, AND. >> WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU'RE AFTER COUNCILOR VIRTUE. THANK YOU. CHAIR. UH. MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM, UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR IT 354 01:08:19.862 --> 01:08:31.006 JUST SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT COMES IN FRONT IS HOW MUCH YOU LOSING AND YOU KNOW AND WHERE DOES IT HURT THE MOST. SO I'LL TRY AND PHRASE IT DIFFERENTLY IN THAT IF YOU COULD ADVOCATE I SAY MOSTLY 355 01:08:31.006 --> 01:08:42.618 CUTS ARE COMING PROBABLY FROM CONTRACTED SERVICES EXTERNAL PERSONNEL FUND IF WHICH ONE ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE MOST AND IF THIS COUNCIL COULD ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING IN TERMS OF THE POWERS IT HOLDS WOULD YOU LIKE 356 01:08:42.618 --> 01:08:54.263 TO SEE REINSTATED AND I GUESS SO WHICH WHICH CUT FEELS THE HARDEST TO TAKE THIS YEAR FOR YOU GUYS? UM, IF WE HAD THAT ABILITY. UH IT'S A GREAT IN CONTRACTED 357 01:08:54.263 --> 01:09:06.408 SERVICES IS IT IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OR WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE WHAT WHAT ARE WE LOSING THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE BACK? YEAH. >> UM I THINK AT A HIGH LEVEL IT'S A GREAT QUESTION COUNCIL I THINK AT A HIGH LEVEL WE HAD BECAUSE OF CONSERVATIVE 358 01:09:06.408 --> 01:09:18.187 BUDGETING IN THE PAST FROM SOME OF OUR UM REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY TO TAKE A ONE YEAR HIT. SO HONESTLY OUR ANSWER IS WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE GOOD WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE 359 01:09:18.187 --> 01:09:29.331 COMMUNITIES WITH A BIT MORE MONEY ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS. BUT UM, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A DEMONSTRABLE DROP OFF IN SERVICES FROM THIS LIKE BUDGET THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO SHIFT SOME EXPENSES FOR ONE YEAR ONLY TO SOME FUNDS THAT 360 01:09:29.331 --> 01:09:39.708 HAD BUILT UP SOME RESERVES BECAUSE WE CONSERVATIVE BUDGET HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING IN VERSUS HOW MUCH IS GOING OUT? UM THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE NEXT YEAR RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THESE ARE THE ANSWER IS LIKE YOU KNOW, I'M 361 01:09:39.708 --> 01:09:50.853 HAPPY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS PUT IN THE AREAS THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS ALLOWS US TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE UM, BUT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT SORT OF UH IS GOING TO BE UH VERY 362 01:09:50.853 --> 01:10:02.498 NEGATIVELY IMPACTFUL TO THINGS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED. >> TO. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS WHERE IT'S LIKE OH, WE'RE CANCELING THIS PROGRAM THAT WE THOUGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE LAST YEAR. WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT. 363 01:10:02.498 --> 01:10:14.310 THAT WAS OPERATING BUDGET FUNDED. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY PROGRAMS THAT WERE EXTERNALLY FUNDED THAT LIKE HAVE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY. WE ALWAYS TRY TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS WHEN IT'S EXTERNAL MONEY TO SAY THIS IS THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, SPEND THAT MONEY AND THAT'S NOT SHIFTING 364 01:10:14.310 --> 01:10:25.020 TO THE OPERATING BUDGET WHEN THAT'S DONE. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THOSE GAINS AND THOSE PROGRAMS ARE SUSTAINABLE FOR THE CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY'RE BENEFITING RIGHT. UNTIL YOU SAY NEXT YEAR THEN WE'RE NOT THE ONE THAT'S GONE 365 01:10:25.020 --> 01:10:35.631 THE NEXT YEAR. THAT QUESTION MIGHT BE MORE PERTINENT. IF A SIMILAR ANSWER WAS MADE OF US NEXT YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR BECAUSE THOSE SORT OF RESERVES ARE YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL HAVE BEEN EXPENDED. 366 01:10:35.631 --> 01:10:47.076 WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU SAW IN WHAT WAS BEING CUT THIS YEAR THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF NEXT YEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SORT OF FORECAST FOR AND MIGHT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. UM, YEAH. 367 01:10:47.076 --> 01:10:59.355 THINGS THAT YOU FILLED IN WITH SOME OF THE REVOLVING FUND MONEY BUT SAYING HEY THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE SAME AREA NEXT YEAR IF THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED THIS YEAR. UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THERE THAT UM YEAH. >> I MEAN SO I THINK THEMATICALLY OBVIOUSLY THIS IS 368 01:10:59.355 --> 01:11:10.399 A BIG YEAR FOR BURNOUT IN TERMS IMPLEMENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT UM RESPONDING UH BUILDINGS AND OWNERS NEED RIGHT THIS YEAR AND SO WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER, YOU KNOW, COME AUGUST ABOUT SAYING HERE ARE THE AREAS WHERE YOU 369 01:11:10.399 --> 01:11:21.176 KNOW, WE ACTUALLY UM, WOULD WANT TO SEE MORE UM, TECHNICAL ADVICE AND SERVICES PROVIDED. UM, SO THAT'LL BE ONE THAT JUMPS IN MIND, UM, AS CHRIS MENTIONED AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A PERIOD OF RAMPING UP ON 370 01:11:21.176 --> 01:11:32.087 SPENDING ON BOTH CAPITAL AND OPERATING NOT ON RAMPING DOWN. SO WE CAN OBVIOUSLY PUNT A LITTLE BIT. >> FOR. A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WE'RE ASSUMING MORE RISK EVERY TIME WE'RE PUNTING DECISIONS TO REDUCE RISK. THAT'S JUST ASSUMING THE RISK, 371 01:11:32.087 --> 01:11:42.531 YOU KNOW IN THE OUT YEARS. AND THEN I THINK ON ON FOOD IN PARTICULAR WE UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN WITH US FOR DECADES THAT IS PARTICULARLY POINTED BECAUSE OF THE 372 01:11:42.531 --> 01:11:54.043 CONFLUENCE OF FEDERAL AND STATE UM AND LOCAL CHALLENGES INFLATION. WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO OUR FOOD ECOSYSTEM AND WE KNOW AS THE CITY COUNCIL KNOWS YOU KNOW, UM, VERY WELL THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO OUR FOOD 373 01:11:54.043 --> 01:12:05.688 ECOSYSTEM THAT ARE TEETERING FINANCIALLY. RIGHT? WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE GROCERY STORES UM CLOSE WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE FARMER'S MARKETS GO UNDER. SO WE NEED TO AND WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, AS ALISA MENTIONED, TRYING TO 374 01:12:05.688 --> 01:12:16.832 BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE CITY'S ROLE IN HELPING SUPPORT THOSE ECOSYSTEMS, UH, AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS SO CRITICAL TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK WE'D HAVE AN ANSWER NEXT YEAR ABOUT SAYING HERE ARE THE PLACES WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL LIKE SOME INVESTMENT MAKES 375 01:12:16.832 --> 01:12:27.843 SENSE. UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THAT DOWNWARD SPIRAL, UH, AROUND FOOD ACCESS. THANK YOU. >> UH, STAYING ON THE FOOD EXERCISE ONLY ANECDOTALLY. RIGHT. I'VE GOT SOME FRIENDS WORKING 376 01:12:27.843 --> 01:12:38.887 AT TEACHERS IN BP'S AND THEY CALL ME UP KNOWING WHERE I'M AT AND THEY SAY, HEY JOHN, LIKE EVERY MORNING WE GOT MUFFINS AND STUFF FOR THE KIDS BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND EVEN SOME TO GO DINNERS AND YOU KNOW, ONE 377 01:12:38.887 --> 01:12:50.799 KID WILL TAKE ONE OUT OF THE 24 MUFFINS AND THEN THE REST JUST GO IN THE TRASH, RIGHT? AND TO THEM IT JUST BOTHERED ME. SO MY FRIEND REACHED OUT TO ME WAS LIKE THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING BETTER WE CAN DO WITH THIS FOOD. WHAT IS SET UP NOW AND WHAT DO 378 01:12:50.799 --> 01:13:01.910 WE HAVE PLANNED FOR IN CONJUNCTION WITH BP'S HOW TO MAKE SURE ANY UNUSED FOOD GETS INTO THE HANDS IT NEEDS TO UM, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S DATA ON HOW MUCH FOOD GOES TO EACH SCHOOL. 379 01:13:01.910 --> 01:13:13.922 I'M SURE THERE'S DATA ABOUT HOW MUCH FOOD IS USED, BUT I'M NOT SO SURE THERE'S ANY DATA ON HOW MUCH GETS THROWN OUT EVERY DAY. RIGHT. AND SO HOW DO WE FIND OUT WHAT THAT NUMBER IS AND HOW DO WE 380 01:13:13.922 --> 01:13:25.334 SORT OF UH YOU KNOW LOWER THAT NUMBER. YEAH. >> SO I WILL SAY THAT I KNOW THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES AND PBS HAS THE SAME CONCERNS THAT UM, YOU 381 01:13:25.334 --> 01:13:39.815 MENTIONED UH, THEY I WILL SAY A FEW THINGS YOU DID MENTION UM, BREAKFAST. SPECIFICALLY. >> UM, I IT WOULD BE BETTER TO GET DETAILS DIRECTLY FROM THEM BUT THEY BP'S IS WORKING ON 382 01:13:39.815 --> 01:13:52.327 SORT OF I WOULD SAY STRENGTHENING AND OVERHAULING THE SYSTEM FOR UM WHAT ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT OFFER BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM AND IMPROVING SORT OF DATA TRACKING AND UH, 383 01:13:52.327 --> 01:14:04.506 GIVING MORE CONTROL TO THE CLASSROOMS TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN WHAT THEY GET WITH WHAT STUDENTS WANT. UH, SO THAT COULD CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THAT. I THINK THE OVERARCHING UH, 384 01:14:04.506 --> 01:14:16.185 CHALLENGE THAT ALL DISTRICTS THAT GET FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR SCHOOL MEALS FACE IS THERE ARE UH, WILDLY COMPLEX SET OF. 385 01:14:16.185 --> 01:14:29.298 REGULATORY UM MEASURES THAT UH, USDA PLACES ON THEM WHERE THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY SORT OF DO THINGS THAT ARE SEEM LOGICAL TO US A LOT OF THE TIME. UM, LIKE THEY CAN'T REUSE 386 01:14:29.298 --> 01:14:39.174 THINGS A LOT OF THE TIME BETWEEN FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND FOOD SAFETY. AGAIN, I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON SOME OF THESE TECHNICAL DETAILS BUT UH, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TO DO 387 01:14:39.174 --> 01:14:50.619 SOME STUDIES AROUND THINGS LIKE FRUIT THAT UM LIKE WEIGHING IT ,DETERMINING HOW MUCH WASTE THERE IS AND WHAT MEASURES THEY CAN PUT IN PLACE AT A TRAINING LEVEL FOR THE MANY, MANY STAFF 388 01:14:50.619 --> 01:15:03.966 UM, IN THAT DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE WASTE. IT IS A IT IS A PART OF THEIR UH MULTI-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY LAUNCHED LAST YEAR. GREAT. >> NO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST ALWAYS THINK IT'S, UM YOU KNOW, IF YOU HEAR PEOPLE 389 01:15:03.966 --> 01:15:15.878 WAITING FOR FOOD AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND WE GOT FOOD GOING INTO A TRASH CAN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WELL, WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO JOIN THOSE TWO. BUT UM, I'M GLAD FOLKS ARE THINKING ABOUT IT. WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP THAT, UH, KNOW MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 390 01:15:15.878 --> 01:15:29.324 OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. UH. SIX MINUTES. >> THANK YOU. >> CHAIRMAN MEMBER AND UH. >> GOOD MORNING. WHAT A DAY, HUH? BUDGET CUTS. AND SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT 391 01:15:29.324 --> 01:15:41.637 ABOUT THE SPECIFIC BUDGET CUT. SO YOUR CUT IS $204,000 RIGHT? UH. YOU'VE RUN OFF AS A FOOD PROCESSOR ACROSS THE COUNTY. YEAH. SO WE. >> HAVE THREE FULL DEATHS. YEAH. 392 01:15:41.637 --> 01:15:54.349 AND WHERE ARE THOSE SPECIFIC CUTS GOING TO APPLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING PROGRAM, THE FARMERS MARKET COUPON PROGRAM, THE 393 01:15:54.349 --> 01:16:06.828 DOUBLE PROGRAM, THE COLLABORATIVE WHERE ARE THOSE CUTS GOING TO APPLY? WHERE ARE YOU APPLYING THOSE CUTS WITH THESE FIVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS? 394 01:16:06.828 --> 01:16:18.740 SO AGAIN UM FOR FLAHERTY A LOT OF OUR FUNDING COMES ALSO FROM SORT OF EXTERNAL SOURCES. AND SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE ARE NOT LINE ITEM IN A PARTICULAR PROGRAM AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE 395 01:16:18.740 --> 01:16:29.651 MIDST OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING CYCLES THAT WE'D WANT MATCH MONEY TO SUPPORT? THE LENS WITH WHICH WE ARE BRINGING IS NOT TO UM IS NOT UH ,YOU KNOW, IS TO HOLD HARMLESS 396 01:16:29.651 --> 01:16:39.761 DOUBLE FOOD BUCKS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE FARMERS MARKETS AND PROGRAMS FOR UM THAT SUPPORT LOCAL GROCERY STORES FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY BECAUSE WE DON'T 397 01:16:39.761 --> 01:16:51.873 WANT THAT ECOSYSTEM OF FOOD ACCESS, UM, TO BE DISRUPTED AND I THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT BUT WE'RE. SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING PROGRAM WON'T BE CUT OR AFFECTED BY THESE 398 01:16:51.873 --> 01:17:02.884 CUTS? THE FARMERS MARKET COUPON CODE PROGRAM WON'T BE AFFECTED BY THESE CUTS. THE DOUBLE PROGRAM WON'T BE AFFECTED BY THE CUTS. THE COLLABORATIVE FOOD ACCESS 399 01:17:02.884 --> 01:17:13.795 PROGRAM WON'T BE AFFECTED BY THE CUTS IN THE COLD STORAGE GRANTS. WELL WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT THOSE FOUR YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE PRESERVING THOSE 400 01:17:13.795 --> 01:17:25.540 AND THEY WON'T BE AFFECTED BY THE CUTS I. MENTIONED THE FOOD BANKS AND THE AND THE FARMERS MARKET SUPPORTS THE ONES THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ANALYZING UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO SORT 401 01:17:25.540 --> 01:17:36.952 OF LEVERAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, FUNDING SUPPORT FROM OTHER SOURCES FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. AND THE OTHER SO THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY AND NOT IS A PERSONNEL UH, PERSONNEL SUPPORTED FOR US, IS 402 01:17:36.952 --> 01:17:50.365 IT WE WE HAVEN'T UM, FOR THE MOST PART HAD UM GRANTS OR OR CONTRACTED SPENDING FOR THAT UM ,STAFF TIME AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR OUR SIX FTES. 403 01:17:50.365 --> 01:18:00.475 UM. SO YOU JUST LOANING MONEY STAFF IS NOT MONEY ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE. UH FOR THE MOST PART ON OUR ON OUR OFFICES AND THAT'S CORRECT. 404 01:18:00.475 --> 01:18:14.489 AND THEN THE THE GREATER BOSTON COLLABORATIVE. >> FOOD ACCESS HAVING. >> THE COLD STORAGE GRANTS WERE UM ONE TIME ARPA FUNDED WHICH WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO DISPERSE. THE THE REMAINDER OF THOSE 405 01:18:14.489 --> 01:18:26.001 GRANTS THROUGH DECEMBER. UM BUT THEY WERE NOT PART OF THE OPERATING SO. >> IT'S GOING TO CUT AT THE END OF DECEMBER. WELL THEY THEY WERE TIME LIMITED GRANTS RIGHT FOR A 406 01:18:26.001 --> 01:18:39.347 SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT THOSE UH ,RECIPIENTS ARE WORKING ON. BUT THEY HAVE TO AT THE END OF DECEMBER THE PROGRAM'S GOING TO STOP. WELL THEY WERE ARE. >> YOU LOOKING FOR OTHER FUNDS 407 01:18:39.347 --> 01:18:51.560 TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE IN DECEMBER? SO SO. THOSE TWO GRANT PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR WERE FOR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. SO THOSE WERE GRANT PROGRAMS WHERE WE HAD UH ONE WE HAD THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD HUB 408 01:18:51.560 --> 01:19:04.172 COLLABORATIVE, WHICH WAS A MAJOR SOURCE OF ARPA MONEY TO UNDERWRITE A MULTI-YEAR POLICE. >> NO, I UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND BUT WE. NEVER INTENDED FOR MY POINT. >> THOSE WERE NEVER INTENDED AS ANNUAL OPERATING PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE CAPITAL GRANT PROGRAMS. 409 01:19:04.172 --> 01:19:16.918 SO THEY WERE JUST SO YOU PLAN FOR THEM TO JUST IN AT IN IN THE OPERA I. >> GUESS THE ISSUE I'M HAVING, THE WORDS I'M HAVING A WITH IS LIKE CUTTER AND THEY WERE NEVER DESIGNED TO CONTINUE THOSE WERE RUN. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO STOP THOUGH RIGHT? 410 01:19:16.918 --> 01:19:30.499 WE WILL NOT BE ISSUING ANOTHER SET OF GOODS. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. YEAH RIGHT. MAYBE IT'S NOT THE RECIPIENTS OF THEM DIDN'T. AND THAT WAS MY THE QUESTION ABOUT THE RECIPIENTS. THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION. >> I HAVE. >> AN. EXAMPLE THE. >> IMPACT ON THE RECIPIENTS. YES. 411 01:19:30.499 --> 01:19:40.942 >> SO I. WILL SAY TWO THINGS. UM SO FOR EXAMPLE MOST OF THOSE GRANTS THE COLD STORAGE GRANTS UM THOSE ENTITIES WERE ABLE TO 412 01:19:40.942 --> 01:19:52.454 IN SOME CASES PURCHASE A FREEZER, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF FOOD SOURCES AND THE FREEZER HAS ALLOWED THEM TO TAP INTO ADDITIONAL SOURCES. THERE MAY BE SOME PORTION OF THOSE GRANTS. >> THAT. 413 01:19:52.454 --> 01:20:04.733 THEY ARE USING FOR ONGOING COSTS. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE GRANT YOU WE GAVE THEM A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY UM, WITHIN THE FOCUS ON COLD STORAGE. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS THEY CAN STILL USE THAT FREEZER 414 01:20:04.733 --> 01:20:16.578 FOR THESE FOOD SOURCES. UM AND WE WE UM HAVE A PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER IN OUR TEAM AND WE HAVE ONGOING WORK WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO HELP 415 01:20:16.578 --> 01:20:28.623 THEM CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER, CONNECT WITH OTHER RESOURCES WHERE UM, THOSE GRANTEES WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSORBED INTO THAT PARTNER NETWORK WHERE WE ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THEM. WE'VE SUPPORTED SORT 416 01:20:28.623 --> 01:20:39.234 OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH ESRD AT TIMES. UM, TO UM SO I THINK THE POINT YOU'RE RAISING ABOUT. WHEN THOSE FINAL GRANT 417 01:20:39.234 --> 01:20:50.912 DISBURSEMENTS GO OUT UM, WILL THERE BE UM YOU KNOW, A PLATEAU OR AN IMPACT ON THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ABILITY TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO LIKE, 418 01:20:50.912 --> 01:21:03.325 COLLECT INFORMATION ON AND CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR PROGRAM SUPPORTED. RIGHT. >> AND ONE MORE QUESTION, MR CHAIR, IF I MAY. I HAD OTHERS BUT I'M GOING TO 419 01:21:03.325 --> 01:21:13.835 JUST ASK ONE MORE. THANK YOU. UM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE $200,000 CUT AND YOU LOOK AT UM THE REQUEST TO ALL THE 420 01:21:13.835 --> 01:21:26.114 DEPARTMENTS WAS FOR A 2% CUT. FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS I THINK THE MAYOR I SAW THE DEPARTMENT FOR 2% CUT AND YOU CUT CAME OUT 421 01:21:26.114 --> 01:21:38.393 TO BE 25% FOR YOUR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING. DID YOU MAKE THAT DECISION OR WHEN YOU WERE ASKED FOR THE 2% CUT, WHAT CUT DID YOU GIVE TO 422 01:21:38.393 --> 01:21:50.205 THE UH LET'S SAY JOHN WILLIAMS WHEN THEY FOR THE 2% CUT OR DID YOU WERE YOU THE. 423 01:21:50.205 --> 01:22:04.886 PERSON THAT GAVE THE DEPARTMENT THE 25% CUT? DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M GETTING THERE? SO YOU WERE ASKED FOR A 2% CUT RIGHT? BUT YOU ENDED UP WITH A 25% 424 01:22:04.886 --> 01:22:18.400 CUT, RIGHT? WHO MADE THE DECISION TO CUT 25% INSTEAD OF 2%? SO SO THE 2%. >> CUT JUST FOR FLAHERTY WAS ACROSS THE. >> BOARD AND RIGHT. 425 01:22:18.400 --> 01:22:29.611 RIGHT CONTRACTING. PERSONNEL AND OPERATING. UH OBVIOUSLY EACH OF THE. DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES IN THE . US CABINET ARE DIFFERENT SIZES AND SCALES. SOME ARE MORE DEPENDENT ON PERSONNEL LINE ITEMS, SOME ARE MORE DEPENDENT ON CONTRACT 426 01:22:29.611 --> 01:22:40.989 DOLLARS TO DELIVER SERVICES SO IT DOESN'T WATERFALL DOWN COMPLETELY CONSISTENTLY. UM WE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH UH OBM YOU KNOW, FOR MONTHS ON DEVELOPING THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. 427 01:22:40.989 --> 01:22:51.666 SO IT'S NOT AS IF WE SUBMIT SOMETHING AND THEN THEY JUST THEY CHANGE IT AND THEY SUBMIT SOMETHING. THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THAT OVERALL. INTENT OF AN AGGREGATE A YOU KNOW, A 2% CUT ACROSS THE BOARD 428 01:22:51.666 --> 01:23:03.244 AND YOU'RE SEEING YOU KNOW, THREE OF THE FIVE OFFICES. THAT I. >> HAD THE PRIVILEGE OVER SAYING SORT OF THE BEST AVAILABLE RESPONSE GIVEN THE TASKS THAT WE WERE UM GIVEN AT HAND UH, SOME FELT CUTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS MORE DEEPLY 429 01:23:03.244 --> 01:23:13.421 THAN OTHERS. UH, BUT IN THE AGGREGATE WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIVE TO THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN WHILE. CONTINUING TO. DELIVER KEY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. IN THE AGGREGATE YOU CAME UP 430 01:23:13.421 --> 01:23:24.032 WITH THE 25% CUT. IN THE AGGREGATE HERE IS YOU KNOW, CAN WE CONTINUE TO DELIVER ON OUR FOOD PROGRAM PRIORITIES ON ECOSYSTEMS WITH $200,000 LESS IN GRANT MONEY, 431 01:23:24.032 --> 01:23:36.678 YOU KNOW AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO. DO THAT. >> AND WAS THAT YOUR DECISION FOR THE 25% CUT OR WAS IT IN DISCUSSION WITH THE ANALYSTS TO TRY AND TRIM THE BUDGET? 432 01:23:36.678 --> 01:23:49.324 I MEAN IT'S A IT'S A. COLLECTIVE CONVERSATION AND DECISION. IT'S NOT A BROADER CONVERSATION WITH. UH WITH THE SAME FOLKS WHO PRESENTED THE FULL BUDGETS. OF JIM WILLIAMS BUT. WHO WHO OF THE WHO WAS THE CONVERSATION WITH. 433 01:23:49.324 --> 01:24:01.903 I JUST SAY ABOUT THE CUT WHO WHO WAS WITH NOT THE FOLKS WHO WERE THE FOLKS. WHO MADE THE NAMES OF. >> THE PEOPLE. YES. YEAH. YEAH. I WAS JUST SAYING. >> WITH IS WITH THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT SO JIM WILLIAMS AND JOHANNA BERNSTEIN 434 01:24:01.903 --> 01:24:12.814 ,YOU KNOW, UM THEY ALL WORK FOR ACTUALLY. YEAH. AND THE MAYOR'S TEAM UM SETTING DIRECTION. AND SO EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE TELLING ME NOW THAT YOU CAN LIVE WITH THESE CUTS, YOU'RE 435 01:24:12.814 --> 01:24:24.592 ASKING US TO REVERSE THESE CUTS IN THE LETTER TO US. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO REVERSE CUTS IN THAT, PLEASE. SUPPORT OF JANE BOSTON RESIDENTS FOOD SECURITY BY 436 01:24:24.592 --> 01:24:37.539 REVERSING THIS CUT. I THINK THAT MAY BE FROM ADVOCATES BUT I DON'T. IT DOESN'T SAY I THOUGHT IT DOESN'T SAY A NAME ON HERE I JUST ASSUME WELL LET ME ASK YOU CAN I ASK. 437 01:24:37.539 --> 01:24:48.216 UH OKAY OKAY. YEAH IT SEEMS LIKE. WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE A SECOND FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COME BACK. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE MYSELF SIX MINUTES. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 438 01:24:48.216 --> 01:24:59.994 PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THEN A SECOND ROUND. UM, SO JUST IN TERMS OF THE SO THERE'S $200,000 LESS IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR FOOD 439 01:24:59.994 --> 01:25:11.206 JUSTICE. SO YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT DO YOU WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT REDUCTION. IS IT IS IT NOT NOTHING I JUST THERE'S SOME SOME SOMEBODY IS 440 01:25:11.206 --> 01:25:26.154 GOING TO GET THEIR GRANT OR WHAT WERE THOSE WE HAD 800,000 LAST YEAR. YEAH. >> AND THE UM IT'S A REDUCTION IN THE LINE ITEM THAT COVERS ALL OF THE MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF THE UH OH FREE TO OUR 441 01:25:26.154 --> 01:25:36.865 PARTNERS. SO AS ELISE HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT CUTTING OFF ANY COMPLETE PROGRAMS, ANY PARTNERS. WE'RE ABSORBING, YOU KNOW, REDUCTIONS IN UM, GRANTS THAT HAD GONE OUT LAST YEAR AND THIS 442 01:25:36.865 --> 01:25:48.143 IS A REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT THIS YEAR. UH, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A CANCELLATION OF ANY PROGRAM THAT WAS UM, COMMITTED TO UH IT'S REDUCTION IN AMOUNTS, YOU KNOW, THAT UH, PARTNERS HAVE 443 01:25:48.143 --> 01:26:01.422 SUPPORTED AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND OTHER FUNDING FROM PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FROM CORPORATE DONATIONS OR LEVERAGE DIFFERENTLY TO BE ABLE. TO SORT. >> OF MAKE THOSE PARTNERS AS WHOLE AS POSSIBLE? THIS IS. >> YOU KNOW, BUT WE ARE AS YOU 444 01:26:01.422 --> 01:26:13.168 GUYS KNOW, WE'RE IN A TOUGH BUDGET CYCLE ACROSS THE BOARD AND DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE WHEN THERE WERE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS AVAILABLE OF OUR SORT OF CONTRIBUTING, YOU KNOW, OUR LEVERAGE TO GET THOSE YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO YOU KNOW, 445 01:26:13.168 --> 01:26:24.946 THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE HIGHEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE? YEAH IT'S A YEAH I MEAN I JUST I MEAN EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN SO 446 01:26:24.946 --> 01:26:35.890 FAR FOOD SECURITY IS INCREASING CORRECT RIGHT. UM YEAH. ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THE RECENT. WE'RE HOPEFUL I CANNOT SAY THE THE CAUSE OF THIS THE RECENT 447 01:26:35.890 --> 01:26:48.770 GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK HUNGER REPORT THAT CAME OUT DID SHOW A SLIGHT DECREASE. >> IN FOOD INSECURITY FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY. WHICH UM YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I CAN'T I CAN'T SAY THE CAUSE OF THAT. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE MANY, 448 01:26:48.770 --> 01:27:00.982 MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THIS WORK ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS FOLKS LIKE YOURSELVES AND POLICYMAKERS REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES. OF OF POVERTY AND HUNGER ARE STABILIZING THINGS TO. 449 01:27:00.982 --> 01:27:13.628 SOME EXTENT. UM, BUT YES, THE WITH GROCERY PRICES WHAT THEY ARE UM IT'S IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF FOLKS IN OUR CITY. OKAY. >> AND I MEAN I DOVETAILING 450 01:27:13.628 --> 01:27:24.272 WITH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S QUESTIONS FOR FOR YOUR OFFICE YOU KNOW, FUNDING WASN'T AN ISSUE. UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WHAT ARE 1 OR 2 THINGS 451 01:27:24.272 --> 01:27:35.316 THAT YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO IN BOSTON OR WHAT DO YOU MEAN MAYBE THE ANSWER IS JUST INCREASE FUNDING FOR WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT YOU THINK WE WE. 452 01:27:35.316 --> 01:27:46.594 COULD POUR MORE RESOURCES INTO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? YEAH I MEAN AS AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, WE'RE CURRENTLY UH WAITING TO FIND OUT IF THE UH THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE 453 01:27:46.594 --> 01:27:57.472 HAVE FOR DOUBLE OF FOOD BUCKS THAT IS ENDING UH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THAT. UM, AND AND I THINK UM, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE MATCH FUNDING FOR THAT WILL BE 454 01:27:57.472 --> 01:28:09.117 IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD, WHICH WE HAVE SORT OF THAT'S PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS TO KEEP THAT OPTION OPEN. IF WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. COMPETE FOR ANOTHER FEDERAL 455 01:28:09.117 --> 01:28:21.129 GRANT. UM, I THINK AS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH. LOCALLY OWNED. INDEPENDENT GROCERY STORES AND BODEGAS, HAVING MORE 456 01:28:21.129 --> 01:28:32.106 INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CHALLENGES WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THEIR FINANCIAL LEVERS THAT THE CITY COULD SUPPORT? ARE THERE REALLY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THEM? 457 01:28:32.106 --> 01:28:43.951 YOU KNOW, BRINGING THEM TOGETHER, HELPING THEM TO THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS BUT WE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION FROM THEM FIRST BEFORE WE CAN REALLY DETERMINE WHAT THE SOLUTION IS. OKAY. 458 01:28:43.951 --> 01:28:55.630 >> AND I WOULD ADD YOU KNOW, GIVEN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S QUESTION UM, THE MEASURE FOR US OF SUCCESS IS IN SORT OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING INTO FOOD ACCESS BUT HOW MUCH FOOD ACCESS IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE 459 01:28:55.630 --> 01:29:06.741 INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE ARE GETTING MUCH BETTER AT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF HEALTHY, YOU KNOW, NUTRITIOUS RECOVERED FOOD THAT IS NO LONGER GOING TO WASTE AND ACTUALLY ABLE TO GO. 460 01:29:06.741 --> 01:29:17.752 UM. >> TO BOSTONIANS WHO NEED IT. AND THAT TO ME IS WHERE IF WE CAN FOCUS ON ONE OF THOSE CHOKE POINTS AND IS IT COLD STORAGE, IS IT INFRASTRUCTURE, IS IT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IN BOSTON A 461 01:29:17.752 --> 01:29:31.199 PROBLEM WITH A LACK OF FOOD COMING INTO YOU KNOW THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF BOSTON ? IT'S A IT'S A MATCHING PROGRAM MAKING SURE THAT THE FOOD IS GETTING TO FOLKS WHO NEED IT IN THE MOST AFFORDABLE AND EFFICIENT FASHION. YEAH. >> AND THEN UH, IN TERMS 462 01:29:31.199 --> 01:29:43.144 OF COLD STORAGE LIKE WHAT IS THERE A GOAL LIKE UH FOR A MANAGED CAPACITY THAT WE WE NEED UH OR ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO INCREASE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 463 01:29:43.144 --> 01:29:53.955 UM. IT'S DEFINITELY A MOVING TARGET BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY SHIFTING. THEIR PROGRAM. I THINK THERE ARE SOME FOLKS 464 01:29:53.955 --> 01:30:07.135 HERE WHO COULD MAYBE SPEAK TO. >> THAT BETTER. >> WHO DO THE WORK ON THE GROUND, UM, AND RIGHT THEIR LIFE OF A FREEZER OR REFRIGERATOR. RIGHT. IT'S IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A FIXED POINT IN TIME AND THEN 465 01:30:07.135 --> 01:30:18.780 IT'S DONE. SO UM, I KNOW THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE FEW MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO INVEST IN COLD STORAGE WITH. ARPA FUNDS PRIMARILY THAT 466 01:30:18.780 --> 01:30:30.458 SUPPORT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HAS COME FROM PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY. UM, AND SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF OTHER LOCATIONS AND JURISDICTIONS, UM, REACHING OUT TO US TO TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND 467 01:30:30.458 --> 01:30:41.502 HOW THEY COULD REPLICATE OUR MODEL. UM, AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE IT'S SOMETHING WE WE HOPE TO LEARN FROM AND SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. >> THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN OF THAT 468 01:30:41.502 --> 01:30:53.047 QUESTION, UH, CHAIR, IS IS IT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL COLD STORAGE. AND SO WE INVESTED IN BOTH IN THIS FUNDING ROUND THERE IS SOME MORE CAPACITY FOR USE IN THE WHOLESALE UM AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING OUT UH 469 01:30:53.047 --> 01:31:04.725 ,YOU KNOW THAT LAST MILE DISTRIBUTION COLD STORAGE AS. >> WELL OKAY. I GAVE EVERYONE ELSE EXTRA TIME SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS JUST, UH, IN TERMS OF BERTO, I JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. UM, WELL, WILL THE EXTENSION 470 01:31:04.725 --> 01:31:17.638 OF THE DEADLINE LIKE IMPACT THE PAYMENTS THAT ARE MADE FOR ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE? UH, IN OUR ABILITY TO COLLECT THOSE OR THE THE THOSE FUNDS FLOWING INTO THE FUND. 471 01:31:17.638 --> 01:31:29.283 SO LET ME LET ME DO THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE EXTENSION THAT YOU CAN HANDLE. >> THE CASH FLOW. UM, THE REASON THAT WE EXTENDED UH, PUERTO COMPLIANCE BY THREE MONTHS IS I THINK VERY APPROPRIATELY IN THE ORDINANCE WHEN WE MAKE A CHANGE TO HOW 472 01:31:29.283 --> 01:31:40.695 COMPLIANCE CAN BE ACHIEVED, WE GIVE PEOPLE UM, 90 ADDITIONAL DAYS TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS WAS THEY WANTED MORE FLEXIBILITY ON THE PURCHASES OF RECS, UM, AND THE 473 01:31:40.695 --> 01:31:51.472 APPLICATION ACROSS CALENDAR YEARS. WE PUT THAT INTO PLACE AND THAT TRIGGERED THIS THREE MONTH EXTENSION. UM, IN THE IN THE TERMS OF THE TIMING OF PAYMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO MAKE ACP 474 01:31:51.472 --> 01:32:03.050 ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PAYMENTS SINCE THEY WERE ABLE TO FILE AND YOU KNOW, EARLY JANUARY OR FEBRUARY THROUGH THIS AUGUST 15TH DATE. SO WE ARE YOU'RE ASKING US UM, AT VERY APPROPRIATE HYPOTHETICAL THAT WE DON'T HAVE 475 01:32:03.050 --> 01:32:14.428 ANY LINKED EXPERIENCE IN PRIOR YEARS TO SAY HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT CASH FLOW BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS CASH FLOW. BEFORE BUT. SO YEAH THANK YOU. UM CHAIR THE THE ANSWER IS 476 01:32:14.428 --> 01:32:25.873 THAT. WE HAVE PROJECTED THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT REMAINDER. >> IN. THE EQUITABLE EMISSIONS INVESTMENT FUND TO CONTINUE A NEXT. ROUND OF GRANTS. COMPARABLE TO WHAT IS OPEN 477 01:32:25.873 --> 01:32:37.818 RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS $600,000. SO IF WE KEEP IT IT'S JUST THE REGULAR BUSINESS THAT. UM, THE FUND HAS BEEN. DOING FOR BERTO GRANTS. UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PAYMENTS 478 01:32:37.818 --> 01:32:48.396 CAME IN THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE DISRUPTED AT ALL. UM, WE AS BRIAN MENTIONED EXPECT TO BE GETTING ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PAYMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE SPRING ALL THE WAY INTO THE 479 01:32:48.396 --> 01:32:58.806 END OF THE SUMMER AND THAT UM, WILL BE HOPEFULLY UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MUCH BIGGER GRANTS BUT IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO THROW OFF THE CYCLE VERY MUCH AT ALL. SO I THINK UH THE SHORT ANSWER 480 01:32:58.806 --> 01:33:10.918 IS IT'LL BE MINIMAL BUT WE HAVE A SOLID FOOTING TO CONTINUE OUR CURRENT. OKAY. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW TO IS THIS THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR SEEKING AUTHORIZATION FROM, UH FOR USE 481 01:33:10.918 --> 01:33:22.597 OF THE BERTO FUND OR IS THAT RIGHT? AND THEN WHY IS WHY IS THIS THE FIRST YEAR HAS THIS BEEN AROUND . THIS IS THE. >> FIRST YEAR THAT WE'RE. RECEIVING FUNDS THAT WEREN'T ALREADY AUTHORIZED FROM THE OPERATING BUDGET. SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT 482 01:33:22.597 --> 01:33:34.709 OTHER PEOPLE'S PAYMENTS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT 2025 REGULATED BUILDING OWNERS UM, ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HITTING PERFORMANCE TARGETS THAT THEY ARE POTENTIALLY CUTTING CHECKS INTO THE FUND. OKAY. >> WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED OUTSIDE FUNDS OTHER THAN THE OPERATING 483 01:33:34.709 --> 01:33:44.952 BUDGET THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED, YOU KNOW. TO GO INTO THAT FUND BEFORE OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A UH UH I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTERLUDE HERE FOR UH FOR FOR 484 01:33:44.952 --> 01:33:57.131 PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN THE ORDER AND WE HAVE I HAVE GREG MAYNARD ALLEN UH SCHRECK. SCHRECK AND BERGER. UH, ALEX TAUBMAN AND THEN 485 01:33:57.131 --> 01:34:09.810 HASSAN FAROOQUI. UH, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES EACH TO TESTIFY ON THE COMMITTEE A SECOND HERE JUST TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN, UH, YOU GET TWO MINUTES. HELLO. 486 01:34:09.810 --> 01:34:20.721 >> MY NAME IS GREGORY MAYNARD AND I'M THE CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON POLICY INSTITUTE. THERE IS AN OFFICE MISSING FROM TODAY'S HEARING AND FROM THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET HEARINGS. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 487 01:34:20.721 --> 01:34:32.500 THE EOS CABINET IS MADE UP OF FOUR OFFICES PARKS AND REC, ENVIRONMENT, FOOD JUSTICE AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THE COUNCIL IS HEARING FROM ENVIRONMENT AND FOOD JUSTICE TODAY AND PARKS AND REC ON MAY 11TH. THAT LEAVES JUST ONE OFFICE NOT 488 01:34:32.500 --> 01:34:42.543 HAVING A BUDGET HEARING HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THIS OVERSIGHT IS SURPRISING GIVEN THE OFFICE'S IMPORTANCE AND THE FACT IT HAS A LARGER BUDGET THAN FOOD JUSTICE AND THE PERSONNEL OFFICES LED BY 489 01:34:42.543 --> 01:34:53.587 CHRIS OSGOOD AND BRIAN SWEAT. THE LACK OF A BUDGET HEARING ISN'T NEW. HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THEREFORE THE ENTITIES IT OVERSEES. THE LANDMARK COMMISSION AND THE TEN AGORA ARCHITECTURAL 490 01:34:53.587 --> 01:35:05.533 LANDMARK AND HISTORIC DISTRICTS DIDN'T HAVE 1 IN 20 24 OR 2025 EITHER. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THE OFFICE THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. 491 01:35:05.533 --> 01:35:16.744 IN AUGUST 2023, THE BOSTON GLOBE REPORTED THAT UNNAMED CITY OFFICIALS PULLED A VOTE ON THE HOTEL BUCKMINSTER OFF THE BODY'S AGENDA. AND THEN IN APRIL 2024, ALL 15 COMMISSIONERS SIGNED THE LETTER WHICH LAID OUT SIX DIFFERENT 492 01:35:16.744 --> 01:35:28.089 EXAMPLES OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS INTERFERING IN THE BODY'S WORK. AFTER THAT LETTER BECAME PUBLIC ,MAYOR WU FIRED THE BODY'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE COUNCIL HAS NEVER HELD A STANDALONE HEARING ON THE 493 01:35:28.089 --> 01:35:40.768 ALLEGATIONS IN THAT LETTER SINCE APRIL 2020 FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THE INAUGURAL DIRECTOR RESIGNED AND A NEW CHIEF WAS HIRED IN SEPTEMBER 2024 AND A NEW DEPUTY CHIEF WAS HIRED IN MARCH 2025, 494 01:35:40.768 --> 01:35:51.045 LEAVING HISTORIC PRESERVATION OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET HEARING IS A PARTICULAR OVERSIGHT BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT TO DO IN FY 27. IT IS IN THE MIDST OF CREATING AN 11TH HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR CHARLES TOWN'S MONUMENT SQUARE 495 01:35:51.045 --> 01:36:01.922 AND IS PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN THE CITY'S PLANS TO CELEBRATE THE COUNTRY'S 250TH BIRTHDAY, WHICH WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY SPONSORS AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS. SOMETHING FOR THE BUDGET 496 01:36:01.922 --> 01:36:13.634 HEARINGS TO DIG INTO. THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION SITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TOURISM AND PLANNING AND IS SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF CONFLICTING PUBLIC POLICY DEMANDS. IT SHOULD HAVE A BUDGET HEARING. THANK YOU. 497 01:36:13.634 --> 01:36:27.381 THANK YOU. UH, ELENA. AND THEN, UH, ALEX TALMAN. OKAY. >> YEAH. >> SO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU GET TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. 498 01:36:27.381 --> 01:36:38.793 MY NAME IS ELENA STEFAN BERGER. ABCD IS ONE OF MASSACHUSETTS 23 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES AND SERVES OVER 100,000 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACROSS GREATER 499 01:36:38.793 --> 01:36:49.837 BOSTON, ADMINISTERING SEVERAL FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON CONTINUES AND INCREASES ITS INVESTMENT IN FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMING DUE TO 500 01:36:49.837 --> 01:37:00.247 THE RISING COST OF FOOD AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ESSENTIALS, FOOD INSECURITY HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN BOSTON AND THE NATION AT LARGE. RECENT AND UPCOMING CHANGES TO 501 01:37:00.247 --> 01:37:13.194 SNAP, ALSO KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS HAS EXACERBATED THIS INCREASE. IN MASSACHUSETTS, THE DATA FROM THE GOOD OF BOSTON FOOD BANK AND MASS GENERAL INDICATES THAT PROXIMATELY 40% OF HOUSEHOLDS 502 01:37:13.194 --> 01:37:23.437 OR 1.12 MILLION PEOPLE EXPERIENCED FOOD INSECURITY IN THE PAST YEAR. AT THE SAME TIME, SNAP ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN DECREASING RAPIDLY DUE TO THE CHANGES IN ELIGIBILITY. 503 01:37:23.437 --> 01:37:35.816 IN SOME CASES, FEAR OF RE ENROLLMENT FROM STILL ELIGIBLE IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS. AS MORE OF THE CHANGES TO SNAP GO INTO EFFECT IN THE COMING YEAR, IT IS EXPECTED THAT ENROLLMENT WILL CONTINUE TO 504 01:37:35.816 --> 01:37:47.294 DECLINE DESPITE THE INCREASED NEED. ABCD OPERATES SEVEN FOOD ACCESS CENTERS ACROSS BOSTON AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SENIOR BROWN BAG PROGRAM, DISTRIBUTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS 505 01:37:47.294 --> 01:37:58.405 OF FOOD EACH YEAR. ALL OF OUR FOOD ACCESS CENTERS AND SENIOR BROWN BAG SITES HAVE SEEN AN INCREASED NEED FOR FOOD. THEY HAVE EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR FOOD PICKUP AND CONSISTENTLY HAVE 506 01:37:58.405 --> 01:38:09.850 FOR WAITLIST. BUT MANY CLIENTS UNFORTUNATELY MUST LEAVE WITHOUT FOOD BECAUSE WE WERE UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND DUE IN LARGE PART TO A LACK OF FUNDING. THE FUND THESE FOOD ACCESS 507 01:38:09.850 --> 01:38:20.294 ENERGY USED TO PURCHASE FOOD FROM THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK AND OTHER SOURCES DO NOT GO AS FAR AS THEY USED TO. DUE TO INCREASED COST FOR FOOD ,THESE FOOD ACCESS AND A IS 508 01:38:20.294 --> 01:38:31.171 COMPROMISED IN THE WORK OF THESE FOOD CENTERS IS COMPROMISED BY THE ABCD FOOD INSECURITY PROGRAM WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE COLLABORATIVE FOOD STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION 509 01:38:31.171 --> 01:38:43.017 HUB IN ROXBURY. IF YOU COULD WRAP UP OKAY. UM, THROUGH THIS HUB THE FOOD INSECURITY PROGRAM IS ABLE TO COLLECT MORE FRESH AND 510 01:38:43.017 --> 01:38:52.893 RECOVERED FOOD FROM GROCERS, FARMS AND OTHER ENTITIES TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT OUR FOOD AT THE CENTER RECEIVED FROM THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 511 01:38:52.893 --> 01:39:10.577 OKAY, ALEX. AND MR FAROOQI AFTER THIS. YEAH. OKAY. COOL. >> UH, DEAR COUNCILORS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. >> TO TESTIFY TODAY. 512 01:39:10.577 --> 01:39:22.056 UH, MY NAME IS ALEX TAUBMAN AND I'M THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR FOOD SECURITY AT ABCD. I'M ALSO AN ELECTED STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER AT THE BOSTON FOOD ACCESS COUNCIL, WHICH 513 01:39:22.056 --> 01:39:33.233 REPRESENTS AN ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 200 RESIDENTS FROM EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE CITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS FROM ALL SECTORS OF BOSTON'S ROBUST FOOD JUSTICE 514 01:39:33.233 --> 01:39:44.445 ECOSYSTEM. WE ORGANIZE TO REALIZE OUR CONVICTION THAT NOURISHING FOOD IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE. IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL ,THERE MAY BE. CUTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 515 01:39:44.445 --> 01:39:55.055 THAT WILL IMPACT THE AVAILABILITY OF DOUBLE UP FOOD BOX AT GROCERY STORES AND FARMER'S MARKET COUPONS. THIS WILL LESSEN RESIDENTS ACCESS TO FRESH, HEALTHY, 516 01:39:55.055 --> 01:40:06.934 AFFORDABLE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD AT A TIME WHEN 40% OF BOSTONIANS ARE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY. GROCERY PRICES ARE GOING UP AND SNAP IS IN FREEFALL. CITY INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE 517 01:40:06.934 --> 01:40:19.079 AND ACCESSIBLE FOOD ARE NOT DISCRETIONARY BUT IMPERATIVE. FARMER'S MARKETS ARE CENTERS FOR COMMUNITY COHESION IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON. THEY BRING HIGH QUALITY FRESH FOOD CLOSE TO HOME. 518 01:40:19.079 --> 01:40:30.691 THEY INCREASE THE PURCHASING POWER OF PUBLIC BENEFITS DOLLARS. THEY HAVE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY'RE A KEY MECHANISM FOR ENSURING EQUITABLE MARKET 519 01:40:30.691 --> 01:40:43.203 INFRASTRUCTURE CITYWIDE AND FOR INCREASING THE PURCHASING POWER OF THOSE NAVIGATING FOOD INSECURITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR SNAP ENROLLMENT. DOUBLE UP FOOD BOX EXPANDS FRESH FOOD RETAIL YEAR ROUND BY 520 01:40:43.203 --> 01:40:55.983 MATCHING SNAP PURCHASES OF FRESH PRODUCE AND LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES. UM UNDER OF JAY'S LEADERSHIP, THE PROGRAM HAS SCALED TO UM 521 01:40:55.983 --> 01:41:07.728 SEVERAL LOCALLY OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN ROXBURY, DORCHESTER, EAST BOSTON AND JAMAICA PLAIN. IT'S A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW COMMUNITY DESIGN SOLUTIONS WITH PUBLIC INVESTMENT CAN LEAD OUR CITY FORWARD IN CHALLENGING 522 01:41:07.728 --> 01:41:26.246 TIMES. PLEASE SUPPORT OF JAY AND BOSTON RESIDENTS FOOD SECURITY BY REVERSING THIS CUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS. 523 01:41:26.246 --> 01:41:37.391 >> OF THE COMMITTEE. >> UM, MY NAME IS HASSAN FAROOQI. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK. UH, OR BEACON AND I SERVE ON THE CITY OF BOSTON REVIEW BOARD . I'M A. >> CONSTITUENT OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. 524 01:41:37.391 --> 01:41:49.670 UM, I WILL. TESTIFY JUST ON THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT BUDGET. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING. >> VERY CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF THE FOLKS IN THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES. AND SO I WAS OF COURSE HOLDING MY BREATH WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT THERE WERE CUTS TO THIS 525 01:41:49.670 --> 01:41:59.947 DEPARTMENT OR TO ANY DEPARTMENT. UM, BUT LOOKING CLOSER I WAS, YOU. KNOW, HEARTENED TO SEE THAT. WE'RE UM, SEEING AN INCREASE BY ABOUT 5% TO THE PERSONNEL SERVICES LINE ITEM. 526 01:41:59.947 --> 01:42:11.758 UH, WHILE IT'S REALLY THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES THAT'S SEEING THE DECREASE OF ABOUT 20% AND SO I THINK THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. >> WHAT'S MOST. IMPORTANT FROM OUR STANDPOINT IS THAT WE ARE. CONTINUING THE INVESTMENTS. IN THE STAFF. WHO DELIVER THESE REALLY. 527 01:42:11.758 --> 01:42:24.438 CRITICAL BASIC CITY SERVICES TO LOWER. ENERGY BILLS, TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY. >> TO CREATE JOBS. AND ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. MENTIONED REALLY ARE ADMINISTERED. BY THESE BY A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF STAFF. SO UH, WE'RE HEARTENED. 528 01:42:24.438 --> 01:42:36.917 TO SEE THAT THOSE STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR JOBS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. UM AND OF. >> COURSE IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH IS NEVER ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE ACTION. THERE'S NOT. >> UH. ANY AMOUNT. >> THAT. WE COULD. INVEST THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH BECAUSE EVERY. 529 01:42:36.917 --> 01:42:49.062 DOLLAR HAS SO MANY. DOLLARS BACK IN ECONOMIC VALUE IN TERMS OF LOWERING. BILLS, RAISING WAGES, IMPROVING HEALTH. AND SO THOSE ARE THE OF COURSE LONG TERM INVESTMENTS WE NEED TO SEE. AND I THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS TO 530 01:42:49.062 --> 01:42:59.173 WHY WE. SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE IN THIS SITUATION UH LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'RE. >> IN TODAY. WE NEED TO EXPAND THE STATE AID THAT WE ARE GETTING UH. AND AND FIND ALTERNATIVE SUSTAINABLE LONG. 531 01:42:59.173 --> 01:43:10.250 TERM REVENUE MECHANISMS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OPERATING BUDGET UM, SO THAT. THE CURRENT CHALLENGES FLEETING AS THEY MAY BE, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH. ARE NOT IMPACTING OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER SERVICES. SO WITH. 532 01:43:10.250 --> 01:43:24.865 THAT, UH, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND UM, THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE. ADMINISTRATION AS WELL. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE? >> UH, OKAY. NO ONE ONLINE. 533 01:43:24.865 --> 01:43:36.610 UM, WE'RE GOING TO START AGAIN. SECOND ROUND. UH WE'LL DO LET'S SHOOT FOR FIVE MINUTES. UM. COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. 534 01:43:36.610 --> 01:43:46.887 I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE BURDEN OF REQUIREMENTS THE FINANCIAL, UM, IMPACT IT IS IT'S HAVING ON RESIDENTS BUT 535 01:43:46.887 --> 01:43:58.398 ALSO NONPROFITS AS WELL. I DID HEAR FROM SEVERAL NONPROFITS ACROSS THE CITY THAT THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO. MAKE THESE. CHANGES OR TO BE IN COMPLIANCE 536 01:43:58.398 --> 01:44:11.845 WITH WITH BOURDEAUX INCLUDING, UH, THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, THE NO. ONE AN AQUARIUM AS WELL. UM ARE WE ARE WE. DOWNPLAYING THE. 537 01:44:11.845 --> 01:44:25.926 FINANCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE? OKAY. UM, SO, UH. COUNCILOR FLYNN, UM, YOU YOU RAISED AN IMPORTANT TOPIC WHICH . I AM. HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 538 01:44:25.926 --> 01:44:36.603 TO RESPOND TO. I THINK IT IS, UH, SORT OF ZOOMING WAY BACK. IT IS IT IS DEFINITELY A, UM, LARGE, UM, FINANCIAL UNDERTAKING THAT ALL OF US AS A 539 01:44:36.603 --> 01:44:48.615 PLANET HAVE TO DO TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, MEETING WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US TO UH, TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND KEEP OUR UH, SOCIETY GOING IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO AMUSE A LITTLE BIT. 540 01:44:48.615 --> 01:45:00.093 BUT THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY DESIGNED VERY CLOSELY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO, UM, HAVE IT WORK ON THE UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS THAT 541 01:45:00.093 --> 01:45:11.705 EACH PROPERTY OWNER HAS. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT UM, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS UM, PARTICULARLY UM THE MFA IN NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY BOTH HAVE UM, UH 542 01:45:11.705 --> 01:45:22.949 HARDSHIP COMPLIANCE PLANS IN PLACE AND THEY ARE EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF HOW A THE THE BORDEAUX PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE TABLE UM, 543 01:45:22.949 --> 01:45:34.895 WITHOUT TOO MUCH COST EMBEDDED IN THEIR WORK TO SAY THIS IS OUR SITUATION, HOW CAN WE EITHER, YOU KNOW, CHANGE SOME OF OUR TIMING? HOW CAN WE HAVE CUSTOM EMISSIONS LIMITS, WHICH IS WHAT THE AQUARIUM DID, UM, THAT 544 01:45:34.895 --> 01:45:46.406 REALLY WORK ON OUR SCHEDULE OF WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR CAPITAL INCREASES AND UM, ALSO TO MAKE THE UM ANNUAL COMPLIANCE UM, MORE AFFORDABLE 545 01:45:46.406 --> 01:45:57.984 WE HAVE UM LAUNCHED PROGRAMS LIKE I MENTIONED ON HELPING PROCURE RENEWABLE ENERGY ALL TOLD UM REALLY THE MESSAGE FOR ALL BUILDINGS THAT ARE UM COVERED BY BERTO IS IF NOW IN 546 01:45:57.984 --> 01:46:09.329 2025 AND 2026 YOU ARE FACING HARDSHIP, WE HAVE A. PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP YOU BECAUSE THERE REALLY ARE INDIVIDUAL PATHWAYS FOR EVERY 547 01:46:09.329 --> 01:46:22.008 BUILDING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITHOUT UM, TOO MUCH COST. THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO A QUESTION I ASKED EARLIER THE EIGHT JOBS LISTED ON THE JOIN THE WORK TO BECOME A GREEN NEW 548 01:46:22.008 --> 01:46:32.886 DEAL CITY. ALL OF WHOM. UM WILL BE WORKING WITH THE THE ENVIRONMENT. IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT. BUT CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE EIGHT. 549 01:46:32.886 --> 01:46:45.499 JOBS, THE SALARIES AS WELL THAT YOU'RE. LOOKING TO HIRE? I'M SORRY I FORGIVE ME I THINK I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION OF EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. OKAY, COUNSELOR. 550 01:46:45.499 --> 01:46:56.877 MY APOLOGIES. I'M I'M JUST LOOKING ON THE JOIN THE WORK TO BECOME A GREEN NEW DEAL CITY AND SO ON THE KIND OF THE HOME PAGE OF THE. 551 01:46:56.877 --> 01:47:07.287 OF THE OF THE. CABINET AND IT LISTS. AVAILABLE POSITIONS BUILDING DIRECTOR OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATION CLIMATE INNOVATION ANALYST ENERGY 552 01:47:07.287 --> 01:47:19.399 ANALYST ENERGY MANAGEMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE MANAGER CLIMATE POLICY BUILDING PROJECT MANAGER. YEAH UM I I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE 553 01:47:19.399 --> 01:47:30.377 TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT WEBSITE BUT IT MUST BE A WEBSITE THAT IS UM, OUT OF DATE. MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS HAVE. ALREADY BEEN FILLED. OKAY. UM, AND I THINK THE MOST ACCURATE, UM, PLACE TO LOOK FOR 554 01:47:30.377 --> 01:47:45.992 FOR THE UM. SO NOT IN THE HOME PAGE. UM. THAT'S RIGHT. >> WELL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S UPDATED, BUT THE MOST ACCURATE PLACE TO LOOK FOR IS THE ACTIVE THE CURRENT JOB OPENINGS AND THE CITYWIDE PORTAL. OKAY. >> THAT'S FINE. UM, LET ME GO TO UM LET ME. 555 01:47:45.992 --> 01:47:58.972 >> GO TO CHRIS. I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT. >> IT EARLIER. I WAS I. WAS IN CHINATOWN RECENTLY AND. TALKING TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ABOUT UH, LACK 556 01:47:58.972 --> 01:48:10.484 OF TREE CANOPY IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE WORKED ON TOGETHER. UM. WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO? CHRIS I KNOW THERE'S AN ONGOING PLAN, BUT. IS THIS A PRIORITY. 557 01:48:10.484 --> 01:48:21.528 OR IS THIS JUST, UM IT'LL BE IT'LL. WE'LL GET THERE WHEN WE CAN GET THERE. OR IS IT A CASE WHERE IT'S A. COMMUNITY OF COLOR NEIGHBORHOOD ? THEY HAVE THE LOWEST TREE 558 01:48:21.528 --> 01:48:34.374 CANOPY IN THE CITY AND IT IS A. PRIORITY WHICH WHAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? SO I. >> THINK THAT. IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY. I THINK YOU SEE PARTICULARLY AROUND TREE PLANTING, UH, WORK AS CHIEF SWETT MENTIONED, OUR 559 01:48:34.374 --> 01:48:46.386 PARKS FORM HAS CHANGED NOT ONLY HOW THEY CARE FOR TREES BUT WHERE THEY'RE PLANTING TREES SO THAT 40% OF UH, STREET TREES THAT WE ARE PLANTING ARE NOW IN THE 20% OF BOSTON THAT HAVE A HIGHER SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX AND A LOWER CANOPY 560 01:48:46.386 --> 01:48:57.931 COVER TODAY. SO CHANGING WHAT THAT UH, WHERE THE INVESTMENT HAPPENS AS WE'VE DISCUSSED AND AS WE'VE WORKED ON UM THERE ARE ALSO SOME SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS THAT WE WERE TRYING AND CHINATOWN AROUND TREE PLANTING UH, GIVEN 561 01:48:57.931 --> 01:49:09.576 SOME OF THE SUBSURFACE INFRASTRUCTURE UH THAT UH UH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH SO UH WE ARE TRYING ON THAT ONE BLOCK STRETCH OF HARRISON UH, THE ADDITIONAL STREET TREES 562 01:49:09.576 --> 01:49:20.453 THAT WE PLANTED THERE UH, LAST YEAR OR INSTALLED THERE LAST YEAR. UH, AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS A PILOT. WE'RE LOOKING TO EVALUATE THAT AND SEE HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO SCALE THAT UP. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY LED BY OUR. PARKS DEPARTMENT. 563 01:49:20.453 --> 01:49:32.532 WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THE INVESTMENT AROUND, UH, TREE PLANTING ALONE IS ONE PART OF A MIX OF RESOURCES WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, IN CHINATOWN AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY EXTREME HEAT. UM, AND THAT IS WHY COUNCILOR. 564 01:49:32.532 --> 01:49:42.008 MURPHY. >> YOUR POINT THAT COLLABORATION WITH BOSTON WATER AND SEWER AROUND THINGS LIKE DEPLOYMENT OF UH UH OF OF THEIR WATER TRUCK AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OFFICE AND MANAGEMENT'S MISTING TENTS AND SHADE 565 01:49:42.008 --> 01:49:53.486 STRUCTURES ARE ALL PART OF THE SET OF UH INTERVENTIONS. AND THEN. UH, WITH YOUR COLLABORATION WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY ITSELF ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY GET THE RIGHT MESSAGE OUT AROUND UH, 566 01:49:53.486 --> 01:50:08.401 SOME OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGING. UH. >> FROM OUR OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU. >> AND I. >> JUST I JUST HAD, UM. ONE IF YEAH. WE HAVE. SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO PLANT TREES WHERE. >> WE CAN IDENTIFY TREATMENTS. RIGHT. 567 01:50:08.401 --> 01:50:18.511 IF THERE ARE LOCATIONS, COUNSELOR, WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE UNDERGROUND CONFLICTS THAT WE AREN'T BY ALL MEANS LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL PLANT TREES THAT ARE. VERY QUICKLY THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN IN THE UNDERGROUND TERRAIN 568 01:50:18.511 --> 01:50:32.325 IN TERMS OF UTILITIES MAKES IT SO COMPLICATED THAT WE NEED TO DO ABOVE. GRADE SOLUTIONS AND. >> SO WE WANT TO SEE IF THESE ABOVE GRADE TREE SIZE PLANTER POTS. >> ARE WORKING. AND THEN DEPLOY THEM YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT CHINATOWN IT IS MORE. EXPENSIVE BUT IT IS. ABSOLUTELY THE. >> RIGHT SOLUTION. 569 01:50:32.325 --> 01:50:44.270 YOU KNOW IF THE TREE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT TO BRING SHADE TREE. THE OTHER PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WE. HAVEN'T TALKED. >> ABOUT THAT I THINK YOUR. TEAM IS YOU. KNOW, IN THE LOOP ON AND PLANNING IS THE PHILLIPS SQUARE INTERVENTION. YEP. WE ARE WE'RE. >> TALKING. ABOUT A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION THERE. 570 01:50:44.270 --> 01:50:57.584 CAN WE ADD SO EVERYWHERE. THAT WE. >> CAN IN CHINATOWN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE ADD SHADE AND IDEALLY SHADE FROM CANOPY COVERAGE AND TREES BUT IF NOT AT LEAST FROM PHYSICAL STRUCTURES UM TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT IS ONE. >> OF THE DENSEST NEIGHBORHOODS. NOT JUST ABOVE GRADE BUT BELOW 571 01:50:57.584 --> 01:51:08.995 GRADE. THANK YOU. >> WHEN I WAS WITH COUNCILOR WEBER AND CHINATOWN DURING A CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, PROBABLY 70% OF THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT 572 01:51:08.995 --> 01:51:23.209 PHILLIPS SQUARE AND HAVING THAT ACCESS FOR. RESIDENTS. >> ESPECIALLY SENIORS. ANY QUICK UPDATE ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT WHERE WE HAVE WHERE WE'RE AT OBVIOUSLY RESIDENTS WANT IT. IT'S CRITICAL TO. 573 01:51:23.209 --> 01:51:36.623 THIS UH. >> TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE UH SOMEPLACE WHERE THAT THEY CAN GO TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF. SHADE ESPECIALLY DURING UM 100 DEGREE NIGHTS. YEP. >> SO THAT. >> ONE IS A IS A JOINT. >> AS YOU KNOW. BTD AND PARKS DEPARTMENT 574 01:51:36.623 --> 01:51:47.934 EFFORTS ARE HAPPY TO UPDATE UH, IN ONE OF THOSE FROM MY KNOWLEDGE WE ARE AT THE END OF DESIGN FOR PHASE ONE AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION. IT IS A IT'S A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT. UM, BUT I THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ENGAGED. 575 01:51:47.934 --> 01:51:58.445 ON THE INITIAL PHASE IS. PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE YOU. >> KNOW. THEY HAVE BEEN BUT THEY'VE BEEN PUSHING ME TO GET IT TO GET IT DONE AND I KEEP TELLING THEM WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE BUT THEN I BUT THEN THERE'S NO 576 01:51:58.445 --> 01:52:10.890 THERE'S NO PROGRESS AND I, I NEED TO GO TO THE RESIDENTS SAY AND SAY TO THEM WELL IN TWO MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE OR IN FOUR MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE. BUT WHAT IS THE DATE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE. 577 01:52:10.890 --> 01:52:23.536 YEAH WE'RE. I WILL. >> TAKE THAT AWAY AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU WITH WHEN WE EXPECT TO BREAK GROUND ON PHASE ONE. AND AGAIN THAT'S A IT'S A JOINT PARK DEPARTMENT BTD BTD. CURRENTLY YOU KNOW IT'S UH IT'S A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT BUT I'LL GET YOU. >> WE. COULD COULD WE. 578 01:52:23.536 --> 01:52:37.517 DO IT THIS SUMMER? UH, I THAT WOULD BE A GOAL TO. >> START. TO BREAK GROUND. YOU KNOW THIS. YOU KNOW, SEASON. SO. >> OKAY, UM. I THINK IT'S A PRIORITY. I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN. I VOTED FOR THE THE MAYOR'S 579 01:52:37.517 --> 01:52:48.728 BUDGET. UM, FOR YEARS A VOTE OF SO I VOTED 12 OF THEM ON. I VOTED ALL TO APPROVE ALL OF THEM AND I'M ASKING SOMETHING FOR MY MY CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITY 580 01:52:48.728 --> 01:52:59.506 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR SO THAT THEY CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF SHADE IN THE SUMMERTIME AND I'M ALWAYS FIGHTING WITH PEOPLE ,UM, TO GET SOMETHING DONE I NEED TO GET THIS THING DONE GUYS. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. 581 01:52:59.506 --> 01:53:12.519 UH, COUNCILOR BREADON. OH, AND WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR. THANK YOU. >> UM, I'D. LIKE TO TALK A BIT, BUT I I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INTENTION THE ATTENTION TO, UH, RISING 582 01:53:12.519 --> 01:53:24.798 SEA LEVEL AND FLOODING CHALLENGES, UH, ALONG THE COAST BUT GOING INLAND TO THE RIVERINE PROBLEMS LIKE I KNOW WE HAVE THE MYSTIC WATERSHED, WE HAVE THE CARS AND WE HAVE 583 01:53:24.798 --> 01:53:36.409 THE THE PONDS AT WATERSHED AND I'M JUST I'M SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN THE IN THE CHARLES RIVER. UH, I KNOW STORM WATER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS LIKE WE HAD IN 584 01:53:36.409 --> 01:53:47.453 AUGUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE HAD TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN TWO HOURS AND WERE UP TO THE GUNWALES IN WATER AND WE HAD BASEMENTS BEEN FLOODED AND ALL SORTS OF CRAZY STUFF HAPPENING . 585 01:53:47.453 --> 01:53:59.599 UM WHERE ARE WE AT ON SHORT OF ENFORCING OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANS WITH REGARD TO PLANNING A PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAYING, YOU KNOW, PERMEABLE PARKING SPACE IS PERMEABLE 586 01:53:59.599 --> 01:54:10.310 EVERYTHING PERMEABLE SURFACES THAT CAN ABSORB THREE INCHES OF WATER UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF TO TAKE THE EDGE OF THOSE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE AND AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS IN 587 01:54:10.310 --> 01:54:22.222 TERMS OF I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE HAS LIGHTENED UP ON THEIR UM, YOU KNOW, CONTAMINANT REQUIREMENTS FOR OF OUTFLOW INTO THE RIVER INTO THIS AND THEN THE KNOCK ON EFFECT 588 01:54:22.222 --> 01:54:33.333 OF THAT IS THAT WE HAVE POLLUTANTS AND AND UH, MICROBES AND ALL GOING OUT INTO THE HARBOR AND WE HAVE WE HAVE ALGAE BLOOMS THAT CLOSE OUR BEACHES IN THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE SUMMER WHEN EVERYBODY 589 01:54:33.333 --> 01:54:46.112 JUST WANTS TO BE AT THE BEACH. SO UM ANY THOUGHTS ON ON HOW WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES AT THE STATE LEVEL OR BUS MODERATES OR WHATEVER? SO IT'S NOT ALL MARCHING IN THE SAME DIRECTION? SURE. 590 01:54:46.112 --> 01:54:57.423 >> I'M HAPPY TO START AND THEN UM TO TRY TO CHIEF SWEAT. UM, SO THE MAJORITY OF THE STORMWATER WORK THAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS REALLY MANAGED BY TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES. AS YOU KNOW, ONE IS THE OFFICE 591 01:54:57.423 --> 01:55:07.200 OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS WHICH IS WITHIN OUR STREETS CABINET REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW WHEN WE INVEST IN OUR 800 MILES OF ROADWAY AND OUR 1600 MILES OF SIDEWALK, WE ARE 592 01:55:07.200 --> 01:55:18.845 MAKING THOSE CHANGES UH COUNCIL THAT YOU THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN FOREST SURFACES? HOW DO WE EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE OR IN SOME CASES EVEN UH, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO REDUCE FLOOD 593 01:55:18.845 --> 01:55:30.823 RISK AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AS IT EVENTUALLY GETS TO THE HARBOR? UH, OR THE CHARLES RIVER MYSTIC RIVER FROM THE PONTZER RIVER. UM, THE OTHER KEY PARTNER OBVIOUSLY IS THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION. UH, AND UH IT IS THROUGH THEIR 594 01:55:30.823 --> 01:55:41.668 THE THREE YEAR, NEARLY $70 MILLION CAPITAL PLAN FOCUSED ON STORMWATER THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT BOTH REDUCING STORMWATER FLOOD RISK AND IMPROVING WATER QUALITY ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDING. 595 01:55:41.668 --> 01:55:54.013 OBVIOUSLY IN YOUR DISTRICT. UM, THERE IS UH AN ADDITIONAL SET OF WORK WHICH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS BEST ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT REALLY IS LOOKING AT ESSENTIALLY YOUR QUESTION HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT 596 01:55:54.013 --> 01:56:04.958 THOSE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT ADDRESS COASTAL FLOOD RISK THAT WE SHOULD BE BRINGING TO ADDRESS RIVERINE FLOOD RISK UH, IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LIKE ALLSTON, BRIGHTON FOR A RIVERINE FLOOD RISK MAY 597 01:56:04.958 --> 01:56:15.234 BE THE PRINCIPAL FACTOR. AND SO I DO EXPECT THERE'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MORE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR. IT IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED UH ON MONDAY. 598 01:56:15.234 --> 01:56:27.747 UH, AND UH, SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SORT OF THE INTERSECTION OF PLANNING ZONING AND UH, STORMWATER FLOOD RISK REDUCTION . YEAH. >> UM AND THEN THE OFFICE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE UM, 599 01:56:27.747 --> 01:56:38.391 WHO'S WHO'S WHO'S LEADING THAT OFFICE RIGHT NOW IT'S. IT'S THE DIRECTORS MAX ROOM, UH, WHO IS FORMERLY OF THE CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED SAYS OF COURSE. THIS MIKE I FORGET HE'S ONE 600 01:56:38.391 --> 01:56:49.669 OF OUR NEIGHBORS FROM ALLSTON, BRIGHTON AND UM, IN TERMS OF JUST, YOU KNOW, THINKING OF PEOPLE PEERING OVER THEIR POCKET IN THEIR YARDS AND AND INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF ASH 601 01:56:49.669 --> 01:57:02.482 FELTON AND THAT'S THAT'S CONTRIBUTES TO HEAT ISLAND UM ISSUES BUT IT ALSO IT REALLY SPEEDS UP RUNOFF SO THAT WE END UP HAVING FLASH FLOODS IN THE CITY THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED MAYBE YEARS AGO. 602 01:57:02.482 --> 01:57:12.925 UM WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ACTUALLY KIDS UM PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HAVING POROUS PERMEABLE 603 01:57:12.925 --> 01:57:25.204 INFRASTRUCTURE AND AND THEN AND HOW ARE WE ENFORCING, UM, FOLKS WHO DON'T OBEY THE RULES? SURE. UM, SO ON THE UM AGAIN, SOME WORK THAT OFF SCREEN RESEARCH WAS DOING AND THEN SOME WORK AT 604 01:57:25.204 --> 01:57:36.215 THE BOTTOM OF THE SEWER COMMISSION IS DOING THE OFFICE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE HAS DONE AND WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER ROUND OF UH, WORK ESSENTIALLY HELPING SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS BE ABLE TO HANDLE MORE STORMWATER ON SITE THROUGH A 605 01:57:36.215 --> 01:57:47.627 RAIN BELL PROGRAM. UH, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AND GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAILS ON. THAT'S A PROGRAM WHICH WILL BE ROLLING OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER. THE PRINCIPAL ENTITY THOUGH THAT'S THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE TRANSFORMATION OF ASPHALT 606 01:57:47.627 --> 01:57:58.471 SURFACES, UM, PRIVATELY OWNED LOTS IS THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION. UH, AND IN 2024, UH, THEY CREATED THE BOSTON UH THE STORMWATER PROGRAM UH, WHICH NOT ONLY HAS A STORMWATER FEE 607 01:57:58.471 --> 01:58:10.883 COMPONENT TO IT BUT ALSO INSTEAD OF GRANTS AND CREDITS, UH, TO ALLOW PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE TRANSFORMATIONS AND ENCOURAGE PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE TRANSFORMATIONS TO THEIR, UH. >> THEIR. PROPERTIES TO REDUCE ONSITE PONDING AS WELL AS RUNOFF IN 608 01:58:10.883 --> 01:58:22.962 THE STREETS OR ADJACENT PROPERTY UH, PROPERTIES. I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT UM THAT PROGRAM AND AGAIN. OPEN TO. >> ANY BOTH. SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM UH, BUT ALSO COLLABORATION ON PROMOTING UH BOSTON WATER AND 609 01:58:22.962 --> 01:58:33.940 SEWER EMISSIONS. PROGRAM THAT ARE JUST ROUND OUT THE ANSWER BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKED ABOUT REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. UM, THE TRIGGERS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE ON NEW PROJECTS AND THAT WOULD GO THROUGH DEPENDING ON THE SCALE OF THE 610 01:58:33.940 --> 01:58:45.418 PROJECT PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ESD. BUT BOSTON WATER SEWER COMMISSION HAS TO SIGN OFF ON THOSE PLANS. SO JUST FOR FLAHERTY FOR THOSE WATCHING OCR DOES NOT HAVE ANY REGULATORY FUNCTION ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHEN IT COMES TO 611 01:58:45.418 --> 01:58:57.697 GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION. THOSE ARE POLICIES THAT YOU KNOW WILL CERTAINLY BE INVOLVED IN SETTING AND ENFORCEMENT IS THROUGH BOTH ESD AND MUSCLE ANSWER COMMISSION. YEAH. >> IT'S ALSO OFFERING MORE INCENTIVES FROM UM LIKE BOSS WATER AND SEWER TO DO WE HAVE A 612 01:58:57.697 --> 01:59:08.641 RAIN GARDEN WHICH WILL ALL OF OUR WATER GETS STARTED. IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. UH BUT ENCOURAGING OTHER PEOPLE TO DO SIMILAR THINGS TO TRY AND UH HELPS WITH DROUGHT IN YOUR YARD AND THAT UH, I BETTER STOP 613 01:59:08.641 --> 01:59:21.554 TALKING BECAUSE MY TIME'S UP. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH. >> COUNCILOR COLLETTE, AS A PART OF. A THANK YOU. UM, AND I REALIZE THAT PARKS IS MAY 11TH BUT I MIGHT NOT BE HERE, SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK 614 01:59:21.554 --> 01:59:32.765 THESE QUESTIONS. BUT. >> UM, I'LL DO MY BEST. GOD, I HOPE I'M NOT HERE ANYWAY. NO, THAT'S A JOKE. UM, OKAY, SO I, UH WHAT AM I GOING TO ASK ABOUT PARKS 615 01:59:32.765 --> 01:59:44.343 MAINTENANCE? SO I SEE A COUPLE OF TIPS ON, UM, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE UM, DOWN FROM 21 MILLION TO 20 TO 20 MILLION. 616 01:59:44.343 --> 01:59:56.656 UM, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THAT WILL IMPACT THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE DELIVERING. SO MY LAST ROUND OF QUESTIONING WAS VERY MACRO. THIS IS VERY MICRO. HOW ARE WE JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PICKING UP TRASH IN OUR PARKS GIVEN ALL 617 01:59:56.656 --> 02:00:07.934 OF THE EVENTS ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE BUS AND TAIL UM FOR THE TALL SHIPS COMING THROUGH TO 50 AND UM WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES IN THE PAST ESPECIALLY WITH EAST BOSTON. THERE'S JUST BEEN SOME FOLKS ON 618 02:00:07.934 --> 02:00:20.346 LEAVE WHEN IT COMES TO UM I THINK PEOPLE ARE TAKING FMLA AND THINGS JUST WEREN'T GETTING DONE AND SO PEOPLE WERE SEEING THIS HAPPEN IN REAL TIME IN FRONT OF THEM. SO HOW ARE WE PROTECTING OURSELVES FROM THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A DECREASE IN SOME 619 02:00:20.346 --> 02:00:30.523 OF THE FUNDING? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I WILL UM UH TRY TO ANSWER IT AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND THEN WE WILL FOLLOW UP AT A MORE DETAIL LEVEL BECAUSE I DIDN'T COME PREPARED WITH THE RIGHT FOLKS OR DOCUMENTS ON PARKS. 620 02:00:30.523 --> 02:00:41.934 BUT MY QUESTION UM, WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A BONKERS SUMMER, RIGHT FOR UM, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 18 MONTHS. SO AS YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE TALL SHIPS. WE ARE WORLD CUP WE HAVE 250 CELEBRATIONS. 621 02:00:41.934 --> 02:00:53.145 UH, SO WE WOULD BE OPERATING UH ,THE OWN TEAM IN PARKS THERE'S BEEN LASER FOCUS ON HOW DO WE DELIVER FOR THAT INCREASED DEMAND OF OUR SERVICES BECAUSE SOME FOLKS ARE GOING TO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE OUTSIDE IN OUR OPEN SPACE UM, AND USING IT AS 622 02:00:53.145 --> 02:01:04.690 APPROPRIATELY HOPEFULLY. UM BUT INTENSELY UH, AND SO WITH THE BUDGET THAT THEY PUT FORWARD, UM WAS ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH THAT INCREASE INTENSITY THAT SUMMER AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF BEING MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR 623 02:01:04.690 --> 02:01:15.668 RESOURCES IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE DELIVER THAT. SO MY EXPECTATION AND WHAT I AM INFORMED OF IS THAT COUNT WHERE WE ARE, UM WE HAVE THE PLAN IN PLACE. UM WE HAVE THE COVERAGE AVAILABLE. UM I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS 624 02:01:15.668 --> 02:01:27.647 CERTAINLY AS ALWAYS USED 311 WE RESPOND TO THAT THAT GETS DIRECTLY INTO OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM. WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT USUALLY WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS IF IT'S LIKE A AN OVERFLOWING TRASH CAN UM IF NOT FASTER. 625 02:01:27.647 --> 02:01:39.325 UM, WE'VE REALLY REFINED THAT SYSTEM SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TO BE RESPONSIVE BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT IS FOLKS, YOU KNOW, USING OUR PARKING NOT GO UM, SEEING IT IN GOOD SHAPE AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, REFOCUS OVER THE PLACE. THANK YOU. 626 02:01:39.325 --> 02:01:51.270 >> AND I UM I WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION HERE LAST WEEK ABOUT REVIVING A VARIATION OF THE REDSHIRTS PROGRAM IN PARKS DID COME UP AS A WAY TO UTILIZE THE POWER CORE PROGRAMS BUT THEN ALSO TRYING TO UTILIZE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 627 02:01:51.270 --> 02:02:02.248 UM, PIERCE PARK CHALLENGE CENTER WAS HERE TO SAY HEY, PLEASE UTILIZE OUR KIDS. LIKE NOT ONLY ARE WE BUILDING LEADERSHIP OR FAILING, BUT IT'S THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE HERE TO HELP AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT 628 02:02:02.248 --> 02:02:14.193 ARE UM, READY AND WILLING TO TO STEP UP AND AND HELP OUR WONDERFUL PARKS DEPARTMENTS, UM ,STAFF MEMBERS LAST QUESTION IS JUST AROUND THE GREENWAY CONSTRUCTION. 629 02:02:14.193 --> 02:02:26.138 UM, I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT IT HERE, BUT, UH, ARE WE ON TIME WITH THAT? ARE WE GETTING THE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY ON ARLENE STREET UP AND RUNNING? THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THERE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD 630 02:02:26.138 --> 02:02:37.216 BE IMPLEMENTED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. BUT WE WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU UH, ON THAT I DON'T WANT TO, UM, OVERPROMISE OR UNDER-PROMISE. OKAY RESPONSE BUT NO PROBLEM. THAT'S THAT'S ON ME FOR ASKING PARKS QUESTIONS BUT UM NO JUST 631 02:02:37.216 --> 02:02:50.329 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP EVERYBODY. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. UH, ONE MINUTE. I'M JUST KIDDING. UH, FIVE MINUTES. 632 02:02:50.329 --> 02:03:01.907 THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I WANTED TO COME BACK TO THE FOOD INSECURITY ISSUE AND, UH, I DID FIND THAT THIS WAS ALEX'S 633 02:03:01.907 --> 02:03:12.685 TESTIMONY AND SHE TESTIFIED ABOUT THE 40% OF HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCE FOOD INSECURITY ACCORDING TO THE, UH, GREAT 634 02:03:12.685 --> 02:03:26.265 ADVICE AND, UM. FOOD REPORT FOR 2025, I THINK A DOCTOR WAS WHEN YOU SAID THAT THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD REPORT 635 02:03:26.265 --> 02:03:38.511 SAID THAT THE FOOD INSECURITY LEVEL LOWERED IN THE PAST YEAR. I THINK ALEX TESTIFIED THAT THE GREATER BOSTON FULL REPORT, UH 636 02:03:38.511 --> 02:03:52.591 ,ROSE TO 40% IN 2025, DOWN FROM UH 30%. AND SO. TALK ABOUT THAT INCONSISTENCY BECAUSE I THINK YOU SAID THAT 637 02:03:52.591 --> 02:04:04.303 THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD REPORT THAT CAME OUT SAID THAT FOOD INSECURITY WAS LOWER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. ALEX TESTIFIED THAT IT WAS 40% 638 02:04:04.303 --> 02:04:16.682 UH, MASSACHUSETTS HOUSEHOLDS HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP AS WELL AS. IT I'M. APPRECIATE HEARING THE TESTIMONY. 639 02:04:16.682 --> 02:04:28.093 SO I THINK THE THE KEY POINT IS THAT 40% FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR STATE IN OUR CITY IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IS REALLY A DAY TO DAY PROBLEM FOR YOUR 640 02:04:28.093 --> 02:04:40.873 CONSTITUENTS, OUR CONSTITUENTS. UM, I WAS UH I WAS REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO SUFFOLK COUNTY. UM, HONESTLY IT'S LIKE A 2% REDUCTION IS THAT'S BASICALLY 641 02:04:40.873 --> 02:04:55.788 STABLE AND STABLE AT TOO HIGH A RATE. IS THAT. >> IN THAT GREATER BOSTON FULL REPORT TO CRISIS. SO SO I THINK SHE WAS REFERENCING THE STATEWIDE OUT SHE WENT TO. >> HER. COLLEAGUES UM STATEWIDE UH IT'S 642 02:04:55.788 --> 02:05:06.932 IT'S HIGH IN SUFFOLK COUNTY. IT'S HIGH IN BOSTON IT'S HIGH ACROSS THE STATE. UM I THINK IT'S IT'S SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE NOTED RECENTLY THAT IT'S INTERESTING THAT THERE SEEMS TO 643 02:05:06.932 --> 02:05:18.010 BE A SMALL DIP IN IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, BUT WE DON'T IT'S ANYWHERE NEAR FOR 40% OR 35% OR 38%. IT'S ALSO DONE THROUGH A SURVEY. 644 02:05:18.010 --> 02:05:30.756 SO UM THIS IS DATA THAT HONESTLY YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE JUST AS VALID DATA AS ANY KIND OF A REPORT THAT'S A SURVEY. UM, SO THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE 645 02:05:30.756 --> 02:05:44.370 DISCREPANCY YOU WERE NOTING IN WHAT YOU HEARD RIGHT. >> IT WAS UP 40% IN THE STATE. IT'S AT 40. INTERESTING. >> YEAH. INTERESTINGLY IT WENT UP FROM 2024 AND 2025 THOUGH. 646 02:05:44.370 --> 02:05:57.917 BUT THE PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS UH AFFECTED AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT MY DISTRICT I DIDN'T SEE THAT THERE WAS A DECREASE IN FOOD INSECURITY. 647 02:05:57.917 --> 02:06:09.562 WHAT I SAW WAS THAT THERE WAS UH INCREASE IN FOOD SECURITY ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN. AND WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE 648 02:06:09.562 --> 02:06:19.371 REDUCTION IN THE FARMERS MARKET COUPON. PROGRAM THE LAST YEAR WAS 418,625. 649 02:06:19.371 --> 02:06:32.818 WHAT DID THAT FISCAL YEAR 27 COULD DO TO THAT $418,625? YEAH. >> SO MY HOPE IS THAT IT WILL NOT GO DOWN. WHAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR RIGHT 650 02:06:32.818 --> 02:06:44.363 NOW IS THIS SUMMER PROGRAM AND WE BETWEEN THE CURRENT FUNDS WE ARE FINISHING OUT FROM FY 26 AND THEN SOME FROM FOIA 27. WE ARE CONTINUING THAT PROGRAM . 651 02:06:44.363 --> 02:06:54.707 UM WE'RE MAKING SOME PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS IN HOW RESIDENTS RECEIVE THE COUPONS BUT THE ACTUAL UM AMOUNT OF SUPPORT GOING TO RESIDENTS IS IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE AT THAT LEVEL 652 02:06:54.707 --> 02:07:05.918 THIS SUMMER. SO THAT SO THERE WON'T BE A CUT AND THAT 418,000. THERE WILL NOT BE A CUT THIS SUMMER. AND OUR HOPE IS THAT AS WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE REMAINDER 653 02:07:05.918 --> 02:07:17.896 OF FY 27 FOR THE VARIOUS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY THROUGH FARMER'S MARKETS IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS UH, LOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT LEVEL 654 02:07:17.896 --> 02:07:28.574 OF PROGRAMING THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF FOIA 27. AND IS THAT THE SAME FOR THE DOUBLE PROGRAM? SO THAT'S THE ONE WHERE WE WHERE. THEY PURCHASE THE REFRIGERATORS . 655 02:07:28.574 --> 02:07:40.953 UM, SO THE REFRIGERATORS IS A COLD STORAGE GRANT WE DID THROUGH ARPA. SO FOR THE DOUBLE UPS WILL THAT BE FOR THAT EXPERIENCE AHEAD? UH POSSIBLY THAT IS WE 656 02:07:40.953 --> 02:07:51.664 CURRENTLY WE'VE HAD A FEDERAL GRANT FOR THAT PROGRAM THROUGH A USDA COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM SINCE 2021 AND THAT IS COMING TO AN END AT THE END OF JUNE. 657 02:07:51.664 --> 02:08:03.976 SO WE'RE HOPING TO APPLY WITH RIGHT. SO I'M ASKING SO THAT AND THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO ME OR TO THE 658 02:08:03.976 --> 02:08:15.454 COUNCIL THROUGH THE CHAIR WITH THE CUTS SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WHERE THE CUTS ARE AND POSSIBLY MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS TO PUT THE 659 02:08:15.454 --> 02:08:26.432 MONEY BACK BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOUBLE PROGRAM AND THE FARMERS MARKET. PROGRAM THAT FOOD THE GOAL GOES DIRECTLY TO THE TABLE. YES. 660 02:08:26.432 --> 02:08:38.043 AND SO WE DON'T WANT FOLKS LOSING MEALS ESPECIALLY IN MY OPINION THERE'S AN INCREASE IN FOOD INSECURITY IN MY DISTRICT ,ESPECIALLY WHEN I LOOK AT 661 02:08:38.043 --> 02:08:50.222 WHAT WE GIVE OUT WITH REGARD TO THOSE FREE FOOD BOXES AND HOW QUICK THEY DISAPPEAR ON A FRIDAY DURING COVID THEY WOULD 662 02:08:50.222 --> 02:08:59.598 LAST THROUGH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND PEOPLE THINK THAT BECAUSE COVID IS OVER THERE'S NO MORE FOOD IN THOSE BOXES NOW 663 02:08:59.598 --> 02:09:12.077 225 ARE GONE WITHIN TWO HOURS AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP KEEP FOOD ON FOLKS TABLE ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT SEVEN I MEAN FOR ALL THE THE CITY 664 02:09:12.077 --> 02:09:26.125 OF BOSTON BUT I'M LOOKING AT FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT I JUST ONE QUESTION MISTER CHAIR. YES. >> ONE FINAL QUESTION. UH, WITH REGARD TO THE THE TREE CANOPIES YOU TALKED ABOUT THEM 665 02:09:26.125 --> 02:09:38.170 UNDER THE THAT BOSTON URBAN FOREST PLAN. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR ROXBURY IN DORCHESTER FOR THIS YEAR. FOR THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF TREE PLANTING? YES. UM I CAN GET BACK TO WITH OUR 666 02:09:38.170 --> 02:09:49.281 PLAN SO EVERY YEAR UH SO AGAIN IN THE AGGREGATE AND HISTORICALLY SINCE UM UH SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE ADMINISTRATION WE PLANTED 40% OF THE TREES AND THE 20% OF THE AREA OF BOSTON DESIGNATED AS 667 02:09:49.281 --> 02:10:00.859 CLIMATE JUSTICE, WE OPPORTUNISTICALLY WE'LL TRY TO GRAB LIKE A FULL STREET AS OPPOSED TO SAYING ONE TREE ONE TREE THERE. SO WE PLAN OUT A SPRING AND FALL PLANTING SEASON. UM, YOU KNOW, HOLISTICALLY 668 02:10:00.859 --> 02:10:12.104 THROUGH OUR OFFICE URBAN ACTUALLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WHO'S NOT REPRESENTED HERE. SO THAT WOULD BE A TOPIC FOR THE MAY MEETING BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE READY TO TALK. SO WHERE IS THAT 20% YOU SAID 669 02:10:12.104 --> 02:10:24.016 40%. UM 20%. WHERE DOES THAT 20% IN TERMS. >> OF DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THAT ARE URBAN HEAT ISLAND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM AND THEY'RE NUMBER OF IN ROXBURY. WITH REGARD TO MY DISTRICT WHERE WE. 670 02:10:24.016 --> 02:10:37.029 I'M HAPPY TO SUPPLY A MAP WITH SORT OF THE BOUNDARIES AND THE. YEAH THANK YOU THROUGH THE CHAIR THANK YOU. MR CHAIR. >> YEAH THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER COUNCILOR WORRELL, UH, YOU. >> KNOW EVERYONE'S. GOT 11 MINUTES SO FAR. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A FIVE MINUTE CYCLE AND I'LL GIVE YOU SIX 671 02:10:37.029 --> 02:10:50.142 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. ,AND THANK YOU TO THE PANEL. >> FOR BEING HERE. UM, THE URBAN COMMUNITY. FORESTRY UH, FUND. I KNOW IT WAS A LEAVE. I WAS A THREE YEAR, FIVE YEAR 672 02:10:50.142 --> 02:11:02.354 PLAN. UH, WAS THE INITIAL. 2026 APPROPRIATION OF. $2 MILLION? >> WAS THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OR WHAT WE'RE SEEING UM, THIS YEAR 673 02:11:02.354 --> 02:11:13.999 AND FY 27 IS THAT A DRAWDOWN OF THE 2 MILLION? CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME YEAH I WAS LOOKING OUT. THAT IS LARGELY FUNDING THE BOSTON TREE ALLIANCE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS UH A PATH TO BE 674 02:11:13.999 --> 02:11:25.777 ABLE TO EXPAND TREE PLANTING ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, WE DO EXPECT THERE'S A COMBINATION OF FUNDS WE'VE USED FOR THAT PROGRAM. A PORTION OF THAT IS ARPA A PORTION OF THAT AS INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FUNDING. UM. 675 02:11:25.777 --> 02:11:37.522 WE DO EXPECT THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE OF UH THIS FISCAL YEAR AND ACTUALLY ALL OF NEXT CALENDAR YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT PROGRAM AT THE SAME RATE IT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE ARE IN ACTIVE WORK. 676 02:11:37.522 --> 02:11:50.235 A LOT OF LEADERSHIP BY THE PERSON WHO IS DIRECTLY OVER YOUR SHOULDER. UM, IN FIGURING OUT HOW IN 2028. >> AND BEYOND. >> TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO. SUSTAIN. >> UH, THAT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT . BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS A FEDERAL INVESTMENT TOWARDS THIS 677 02:11:50.235 --> 02:12:03.315 TREE PLANTING PROGRAM. UH. THAT AGAIN WILL BE SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR. THANK YOU. >> UM. AND THEN SPEAKING. >> OF FEDERAL INVESTMENTS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHY I DO SEE A DIP 678 02:12:03.315 --> 02:12:17.195 IN TERMS OF EXTERNAL FUNDS? HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS FEDERAL GRANT? I THINK WE CAN COME IN. >> YES YOU CAN. YEAH. >> WE WE COULD. GET BACK TO YOU. 679 02:12:17.195 --> 02:12:29.074 DEFINITIVELY BUT I'LL JUST SAY. SCANNING THE, UM. EXTERNAL FUNDS THAT ARE JUST THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. >> I'D. SAY VIRTUALLY NONE. NONE. >> OKAY. YEAH. SO WE DID THAT MEANT THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT LOSE ANY 680 02:12:29.074 --> 02:12:43.255 FEDERAL GRANTS. THE FOLLOWING YEAR 26. ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT IS BACK THERE. YEAH. OKAY. SORRY I DIDN'T WANT TO. YEAH. >> UH OH. >> THE GASTELUM YEAH. YEAH SORRY I LIKE I I STAND 681 02:12:43.255 --> 02:12:55.300 CORRECTED THERE IS THERE'S ONE GRANT THAT WAS UM CANCELED THAT WAS $1 MILLION UM FOR REPLACEMENT OF GAS STOVES IN DORCHESTER AND UH, OKAY. AND THAT WE REPLACED WITH THE 682 02:12:55.300 --> 02:13:06.678 POLLUTION UH, ABATEMENT FUND FUNDING, UM, FROM OUR OWN REVOLVING FUND. SO, UM, THE THE REASON IN MY HEAD THE ANSWER IS NONE IS BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPACT BUT YEAH. 683 02:13:06.678 --> 02:13:18.056 OKAY SO SO WE ATE THOSE COSTS THAT CLIMATE RESILIENCE WE DID HAVE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED UM THAT THAT FUNDING HAD BEEN RESCINDED. IN TERMS OF PROJECTS THAT WE HADN'T GOTTEN STARTED ON. OKAY. 684 02:13:18.056 --> 02:13:29.568 BUT AS YOU KNOW LIKE WE TRY TO BUILD UP MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES TO DO THESE MAJOR PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE LOST A COUPLE OF WEDGES ON A COUPLE OF PROJECTS AND CHRIS AND THE TEAM HAD TEED UP OVER THE YEARS BUT NOW WE NEED TO BACKFILL AND 685 02:13:29.568 --> 02:13:38.844 WE'RE JUST YOU KNOW WE'RE FURTHER BACK BUT IT IS NOT STOPPED CURRENT WORK FROM MOVING FORWARD UH OR ONGOING WORK. OKAY. AND AND I KNOW. 686 02:13:38.844 --> 02:13:51.490 WE BUDGET FOR UM EXTERNAL FUNDS HAVE WE ARE WE BUDGETING FOR A LACK OF FEDERAL FUNDS ARE WE PUTTING IN FOR YOU KNOW, EXTERNAL FUNDS THROUGH WHETHER IT'S YOU. KNOW, ANY OF THESE OTHER. 687 02:13:51.490 --> 02:14:04.503 REVOLVING FUNDS THAT WE HAVE WHETHER IT'S THE MVP ACTION GRANT, I JUST KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF EXTERNAL FUNDS. SURE. >> SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR EACH OF THE OFFICES I THINK 688 02:14:04.503 --> 02:14:14.546 YOU MAY WANT TO COMPREHEND. OKAY. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE FOOD JUSTICE IS MUCH MORE DEPENDENT ON SOME OF THE FEDERAL UH, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU ARRIVE OR TALKING ABOUT SORT OF LEVERAGING SOME OF THE HUD GRANTS. CLIMATE ZONES ARE DEFINITELY 689 02:14:14.546 --> 02:14:25.590 DEPENDENT ON EXTERNAL FUNDS FOR CAPITAL. PURPOSES RIGHT. FROM AN OPERATING JUST TO SET THE TABLE. MAYBE I SHOULD ANSWER FROM AN OPERATING FTE STANDPOINT. UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CURRENT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON 690 02:14:25.590 --> 02:14:37.702 FUNDING FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL. BUT WE DO HAVE CAPITAL AND GRANT YOU KNOW, EXPOSURE. SOME OF THIS AS WAS TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IS WINDING DOWN OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU KNOW, WERE NEVER INTENDED TO EXTEND THAT 691 02:14:37.702 --> 02:14:48.547 WERE USING ARPA MONEY. AND I REMEMBER WE WERE JUST GETTING THE LAST OF IT OUT RIGHT. AND SOME OF IT IS ONGOING GRANTS OR THINGS THAT HAD BEEN TENTATIVELY AGREED TO THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO. WORK AND I WOULD WANT TO 692 02:14:48.547 --> 02:15:00.625 EXCLUDE ARPA DOLLARS FROM. THIS GRANT THIS CONVERSATION. YEAH. YEAH. UM SO HAPPY TO. >> GIVE. YOU TWO. QUICK EXAMPLES AND HAPPY ALSO TO FOLLOW UP UM. WE UH HAD. A UH GRANT UM ESSENTIALLY FROM 693 02:15:00.625 --> 02:15:11.470 FEMA FOR INVESTMENT IN THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL, UM, FOR $10 MILLION. UH, THAT WAS UH GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AN AWARD. IT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS OF SORT 694 02:15:11.470 --> 02:15:23.181 OF UM, UH, COLLABORATION WITH FEMA TO GET THE ACTUAL AWARD UM ,THAT WAS RESCINDED BEFORE IT WAS ULTIMATELY AWARDED IN THIS BUDGET, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS FINDING A DIFFERENT. WAY TO DELIVER MORE 695 02:15:23.181 --> 02:15:32.724 EXPEDITIOUSLY FLOOD RISK REDUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THAT GRANT WAS FOR FOR THE FOUR POINT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS A LINE ITEM. IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE PARKS CAPITAL BUDGET AGAIN HAVE. >> TO. PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON THAT. 696 02:15:32.724 --> 02:15:44.035 UM A SECOND EXAMPLE OF THIS UH WHICH IS LESS OF A CHANGE OF APPROACH AND MORE OF A CHANGE OF FUNDING SOURCE. UM, WE HAD UH AN INVESTMENT IN A FLOOD RISK REDUCTION 697 02:15:44.035 --> 02:15:55.747 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN MOBILE PARK UH, THAT UH SIMILARLY WAS UH AT LEAST TEMPORARILY RESCINDED. UM, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PATH TO ACCESS FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT THROUGH A COLLABORATION 698 02:15:55.747 --> 02:16:07.025 WITH U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. SO THERE HAS BEEN CHANGES IN THE WAY IN WHICH THE FEDERAL INVESTMENT HAS HAPPENED AND IT'S IMPACTING OUR STRATEGY OF WHERE WE'RE SEEKING FUNDING OR UM, HOW WE'RE SEQUENCING PROJECTS. GOT IT. AND FOR YOU SOUNDS LIKE MOST 699 02:16:07.025 --> 02:16:18.036 THE. MOSTLY EXACTLY FOR. >> VERY MUCH SOMETHING. YEAH FOR ENVIRONMENT. >> I WOULD. SAY THAT WE'RE UM FORTUNATE THAT WE DO NOT RELY ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR UM OPERATING OR 700 02:16:18.036 --> 02:16:30.515 CAPITAL WITH RESPECT TO UM OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDS. UM I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE UH IN THE HEARING THAT WE ARE UM CONTRIBUTING TO OUR CUT BY 701 02:16:30.515 --> 02:16:41.826 UM SHIFTING SOME UM, YOU KNOW, BERTO SUPPORT SERVICES TO A REVOLVING FUND BUT WE PROJECT THAT WE WE PLAN FOR THAT AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE SUSTAINABLE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS YEAR. 702 02:16:41.826 --> 02:16:54.172 UM, AND I WILL ALSO YOU KNOW, COUNCILOR FLYNN IS NOT HERE, BUT I WILL RESPOND TO HIS QUESTION EARLIER AND NOTE THAT THE REDUCTION THAT HE SAW IN EXTERNAL FUNDS ARE ALL FROM UM, 703 02:16:54.172 --> 02:17:06.251 UH GRANTS THAT AS CHRIS ACCURATELY MENTIONED, UM FOR FOR RESILIENCE THAT ARE UM SORT OF ENDING AND GOING DOWN OR WERE PLANNED FOR ANYWAY. SO JUST. TO IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR QUESTION HOW DO YOU BUDGET FOR 704 02:17:06.251 --> 02:17:21.800 UM POTENTIAL. CUTS UM AND WHAT MIGHT APPEAR TO BE A CUT IS ACTUALLY A PLANNED COMPLETION OF A UM, PROGRAM. GOT IT. >> UM, FEDERAL FUNDING SPECIFICALLY. YEAH. 705 02:17:21.800 --> 02:17:32.944 SO YEAH. SO OUR WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT GRANT UH, THAT HAS BEEN A MATCHING GRANT SINCE 2021 FOR 500,000 AND THEN WE'VE BEEN USING 500,000 IN OPERATING 706 02:17:32.944 --> 02:17:42.854 FUNDS. UM, THAT ENDS AT THE END OF JUNE. UM, AND I BELIEVE YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT PERSONNEL SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO. RIGHT. 707 02:17:42.854 --> 02:17:53.765 SO, UH, WE DO HAVE A CURRENTLY A TEMPORARY PROGRAM MANAGER WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING THAT PROGRAM THAT UH THAT POSITION IS IS SET 708 02:17:53.765 --> 02:18:06.044 TO UM THE CONTRACT IS THROUGH THE END OF JUNE WITH AS IT'S BEING SUPPORTED BY UH, THE FEDERAL GRANT. UM AND WE DO HAVE OTHER UH, 709 02:18:06.044 --> 02:18:16.621 STAFF ON OUR TEAM WHO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM WITH OPERATING FUNDS. UM, AS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TIME FOR SEVERAL OF US. UM, SO DEPENDING ON IF WE'RE 710 02:18:16.621 --> 02:18:29.100 ABLE TO GET ANOTHER FEDERAL GRANT, WE WILL OR SHIFT SOME OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM . AND WE DO HOPE TO CONTINUE. WORKING WITH THOSE STORES TO PROVIDE THIS KIND OF, UH, SPECIFIC FRESH FRUIT AND 711 02:18:29.100 --> 02:18:41.179 VEGETABLE DISCOUNT TO. SNAP SHOPPERS. AWESOME. >> AND IF YOU COULD JUST QUANTIFY NOT NOT RIGHT NOW BUT TO THE CHAIR TO THE CHAIR WE JUST GET A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE UM I THINK IT'S 500 K YOU SAID 712 02:18:41.179 --> 02:18:54.059 AND THEN THE TEMP POSITION. THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE POSITION. >> FOR THE POSITION. RIGHT. AND THEN YOU SAID THERE WAS ALSO DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED TO I GUESS SOME OF THE STAFF IN THE OFFICE AS WELL. YOU COULD JUST GET A DOLLAR 713 02:18:54.059 --> 02:19:07.539 AMOUNT. MY MY LAST QUESTION I THINK UM. IS AROUND. I'M GOING TO SINCE I SAID IT'S 714 02:19:07.539 --> 02:19:21.152 GOING TO BE MY LAST QUESTION. UM. THE NO COST ACCOUNT ANALYSIS UM THAT WILL SAVE AN ESTIMATED 715 02:19:21.152 --> 02:19:36.401 $2.3 MILLION A YEAR. UM DOES THAT. I DON'T. >> KNOW IF I WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION NOW. >> IT'S IT'S A GOOD ONE. IT'S A. >> GOOD ONE. HE HASN'T TAKEN HIS HANDS OFF. >> THE. CHEST PIECE. YEAH, I KNOW EXACTLY. THIS QUESTION. >> YES. 716 02:19:36.401 --> 02:19:48.880 UM I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT AND THEN ALSO THE UH THE SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES UM I JUST WANT TO JUST GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WORKS. SO I GUESS WE COULD TALK ABOUT 717 02:19:48.880 --> 02:20:00.625 . THE THE COST SAVINGS TO THE, UH ,NO COST ACCOUNT ANALYSIS AND THEN THE SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES FUND. YES. >> UM, I CAN EASILY ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION WHEN YOU REFER TO SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY 718 02:20:00.625 --> 02:20:11.970 CERTIFICATES, ARE YOU, UM, REFERRING TO A EXTERNAL FUND OR SOMETHING YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION? UH, IT WAS IT WAS THE EXTERNAL FUND. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WORKS. YEAH. >> OKAY. 719 02:20:11.970 --> 02:20:24.549 UM, UNDERSTOOD. SO, UM, WE UM THE THE RECLASSIFICATION IS THAT OUR WONDERFUL MUNICIPAL ENERGY UNIT, UM, IS UM, RESPONSIBLE 720 02:20:24.549 --> 02:20:36.327 FOR MANAGING UM ALL OF THE CITY'S ENERGY USAGE, OUR ASSETS ,YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY, VERY FEW OF THEM ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT AND UM AND AND OUR UM TEAM 721 02:20:36.327 --> 02:20:47.105 FOUND THAT UM USAGE HAD INCREASED IN A NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW IT UM, ALL OF THESE ACCOUNTS TO BE MOVED TO A RATE CLASS FOR HIGHER USAGE USERS. 722 02:20:47.105 --> 02:20:58.283 WHICH REDUCES THE COST BECAUSE. THAT IS HOW IT WORKS. AND SO WE PROJECT THAT JUST BY DOING THIS RECLASSIFICATION WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAVE UM $2.3 MILLION RELATIVE TO WHAT WE 723 02:20:58.283 --> 02:21:10.161 WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING UNDER THE OTHER RATE CLASSES. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT I SUPPOSE THAT WAS IN FY 26 OF THAT THE SAVINGS IS FOR FY 22. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST FOR UM YOU 724 02:21:10.161 --> 02:21:20.271 KNOW, 12 MONTHS. OKAY. UM SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS THAT WE WILL TRACK THE USAGE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROJECTED SAVINGS REALLY DO UM ARE 725 02:21:20.271 --> 02:21:32.484 VERIFIED WITH OUR ESTIMATES AND THEN UM, MAKE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND REPORT UM, OUR WHERE OUR PROJECTED. SAVINGS AS I EXPECTED. UM AND THEN I MEAN THIS. IS AND THAT WILL START IN JUNE JULY OR. 726 02:21:32.484 --> 02:21:43.294 OR I'D. SAY SEVERAL OF THOSE UM ACCOUNT CLASS RECLASSIFICATIONS AS HAVE ALREADY STARTED IT'S IT'S ABOUT LIKE 40 ACCOUNTS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO THEY WILL HIT GRADUALLY. YEAH AND THEY'RE ACROSS CITY 727 02:21:43.294 --> 02:21:53.705 SOME OF THEM ARE SCHOOLS SOME OF THEM. >> ARE UM. AND AS WE KNOW IT'S BASED ON HISTORICAL USE AND AS I WAS MENTIONING KNOW BECAUSE THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF ACCOUNTS THAT THE CITY PAYS WHERE THERE'S NOT ONE CITY. 728 02:21:53.705 --> 02:22:05.416 UM, AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO LOOK FOR GETTING THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS RATE BASED ON THE USE OF THAT BUILDING. RIGHT. AND SO WE FOUND I THINK IT WAS OVER 100 OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. AND SO AS WE FIND THEM WE PUT 729 02:22:05.416 --> 02:22:18.463 IN THE REQUEST TO RECLASSIFY THE RATE. SO IT'S NOT AS IF LIKE THEY ALL GO INTO EFFECT JUNE 1ST. >> IS RIGHT IT'S EVERSOURCE. >> THEY CHANGE IT IN THE NEXT MONTH IT'S THE BETTER RATE GOT. >> IT. AND AND. DOES THAT COST SAVINGS GO BACK 730 02:22:18.463 --> 02:22:30.208 TO THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THAT IS WE. SHALL WE MAKE THAT THE ANSWER COUNSELOR DO YOUR. >> BEST. WHY IT WOULD BE NICE BUT YEP AND THE OTHER ONE IS SO THAT UM. SO WITH UH SOLAR UM WHAT WHAT I 731 02:22:30.208 --> 02:22:39.517 WILL SAY IS THAT BUT I'M GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK ON WHY THAT IS SHOWING UM TOTAL BUDGET FOR UM FISCAL YEAR 27 BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A UM OLD REVOLVING 732 02:22:39.517 --> 02:22:52.130 FUND THAT WHERE WE UM, SOLD UM SOLAR CREDITS FROM UM SYSTEMS THAT WE OWNED BUT THAT'S NO LONGER THE MODEL THAT WE USE. AND SO UM I'M GOING TO DOUBLE 733 02:22:52.130 --> 02:23:03.141 CHECK WHETHER IT'S ACCURATE TO STILL KEEP IT LEVEL UM OR NOT BUT BUT LONG STORY SHORT THIS IS A WE USED TO OWN SOLAR PANELS. NOW WE, UM, RENT THE SYSTEMS THAT WE DO BECAUSE IT'S MORE 734 02:23:03.141 --> 02:23:15.053 PROFITABLE. UM, SO YEAH, I'LL MAKE ANOTHER DOUBLE CHECK. >> ON THAT OKAY. AND THEN UM, SPEAKING ON THAT AND JUST MY HONESTLY MY SECOND TO LAST QUESTION. UH MANY RESIDENTS KEEP GETTING ARE. 735 02:23:15.053 --> 02:23:26.931 USING THE CLEAN CHOICE ENERGY PROGRAM. I JUST BRING THIS UP JUST BECAUSE WE HEAR ABOUT HIGH UTILITY COSTS OFTEN JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW THE PROGRAM'S GOING. IT'S ABOUT UM 210,000 ACCOUNTS 736 02:23:26.931 --> 02:23:38.109 IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. >> IS THAT AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR? UH, THERE'S A KIND OF. A I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS INCREASED FROM AROUND LIKE I BELIEVE AROUND, UH, 180 OR 90,000 WHEN THE PROGRAMS 737 02:23:38.109 --> 02:23:52.357 LAUNCHED IN 2021. SO IT'S BEEN THAT. COMMUNITY CHOICE ELECTRICITY. YEAH OKAY. YES THAT'S RIGHT. >> YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM A LITTLE. >> BIT YEAH. >> WELL MY QUESTION IS WHAT'S AND WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE ON THAT. 738 02:23:52.357 --> 02:24:04.636 GREAT. >> UM UM WELL I, I CAN THANK OUR, UM, DIRECTOR OF THE MUNICIPAL ENERGY UNIT CHRIS KRAMER, WHO IS FEEDING THE INFORMATION LIVE. OKAY, SO BUT DON'T ASK QUESTIONS THAT ARE TOO COMPLICATED. 739 02:24:04.636 --> 02:24:15.213 THANKS, CHRIS. UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, 219,000 PCC ACCOUNTS IN UM, 2025 AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S AROUND, 740 02:24:15.213 --> 02:24:26.658 YOU KNOW, 70% OF UM, ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS IN BOSTON. SO THERE'S THERE'S ROOM TO GROW AND I'D SAY THAT OUR PLAN IS TO UM YOU KNOW, OUR RATE IS LOCKED 741 02:24:26.658 --> 02:24:38.536 IN THROUGH THE END OF 2027. SO THAT WILL BE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE STABILITY AND MOST LIKELY SAVINGS TO THAT PERIOD. BUT IN THE IN THE COMING YEAR OUR FOCUS IS REALLY TO UM DO AS 742 02:24:38.536 --> 02:24:50.248 MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM BEING IN THE PROGRAM IN THE PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT ESSENTIALLY COMES DOWN TO BECAUSE UM, SADLY THIS IS THE STATE OF THE WORLD THAT'S 743 02:24:50.248 --> 02:25:01.659 GETTING THEM OFF OF PREDATORY THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS. SO THROUGH THE CCE PROGRAM OUTREACH, THROUGH ALL THE TOUCH POINTS WE HAVE WITH THE BOSTON ENERGY SAVER AND ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE ARE RECRUITING 744 02:25:01.659 --> 02:25:11.769 TO WORK WITH US TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS ON UM THEIR QUESTIONS ON ENERGY WE REALLY ARE LOOKING TO UM GET MORE UH, ONE ON ONE ASSISTANCE TO GET PEOPLE INTO 745 02:25:11.769 --> 02:25:24.549 THE PROGRAM OFF OF THOSE UM, UH ,SUPPLIERS THAT ARE CHARGING THEM SO MUCH AND UM AND THAT IS SORT OF THE WAY THE PROGRAM IS GOING WE HOPE UM, KNOCK ON WOOD 746 02:25:24.549 --> 02:25:35.193 TO BE AIDED BY SOME CHANGES IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO UM, UH LIMIT OR PROHIBIT THOSE THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS WHICH WOULD BE A HUGE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT LIKELY 747 02:25:35.193 --> 02:25:47.038 WE WOULD SEE TO THE PROGRAM UM, ALL OF THOSE ARE ON THE TABLE AND AS OUR MAIN FOCUS. >> FOR THE. PROGRAM SO SO JUST FOR FLAHERTY AND THEN PLUG UM BOTTOM FOR ENERGY LIKE ALL THE COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY PROGRAMS AROUND THE STATE IS AN OPT OUT NOT AN OPT IN. 748 02:25:47.038 --> 02:25:58.116 SO WE SWEEP ALL ELIGIBLE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE JUST ON EVERSOURCE INTO BCC BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM THE VAST ,VAST MAJORITY OF THEM OUR RATES HAVE BEEN BETTER UM AND AND SAY IT'S CUSTOMERS MONEY 749 02:25:58.116 --> 02:26:09.193 BUT FOLKS IN OPT OUT SO THEY GET A POSTCARD THEY SAY IF I WANT TO JUST BE ON EVERY SOURCE RATE FOR SOME REASON I WANT THEM. AS OLIVER MENTIONED, THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON DCC ARE ON THIRD 750 02:26:09.193 --> 02:26:21.606 PARTY SUPPLIERS FROM SOMEBODY ELSE OFTENTIMES WITH A SWEETHEART LIKE 1 OR 2 MONTH, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL DEAL LIKE. >> YOU. SEE IN A BANK AND THEN SUDDENLY THEY'RE PAYING RATES THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN BCC AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT BECAUSE 751 02:26:21.606 --> 02:26:32.950 PEOPLE VERY RARELY TRACK RATE OVER RATE LIKE CHANGES EACH MONTH AND THEY'RE LIKE JUST GO. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO LET FOLKS KNOW, UM, AND WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC OF SOME POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WILL EMPOWER THIS BODY TO TAKE SOME ACTION. 752 02:26:32.950 --> 02:26:42.393 BUT SHORT OF THAT I JUST ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR ENERGY BILL IT'S BOSTON ENERGY SAVER. YOU KNOW, GO TO YOU KNOW BOSTON I'LL GO BACK JUST LIKE SAVER 753 02:26:42.393 --> 02:26:55.506 635 SAVE WE HAVE FOLKS ON STAFF FOR FREE WHO WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WHATEVER YOU SHARE. WE WILL AUDIT THE ENERGY. >> BILL AND. SAY YOU KNOW WHAT THE RATE YOU'RE PAYING IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN IT WOULD BE. >> YOU NEED TO CALL. YOUR THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER AND SAY I DON'T WANT TO RENEW MY CONTRACT OR I WANT OUT SO I CAN 754 02:26:55.506 --> 02:27:07.752 JOIN THIS AND THEN WE CAN GET THEM A BETTER. >> RATE. AND THOSE CONTRACTS ARE RENEWABLE EVERY MONTH OR THEY. YEARLY. >> IT DEPENDS ON THE THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER OKAY. AS THE WILD WEST OUT THERE SOME OF THEM HAVE CANCELLATION PENALTIES, SOME OF THEM HAVE THEM ONLY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. 755 02:27:07.752 --> 02:27:18.963 SOME UNFORTUNATELY HAVE LIKE AUTO RENEWAL IN THEM SO THAT YOU CAN'T GET OUT UNLESS YOU LIKE REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY I NO LONGER WANT THIS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING PRACTICE THE THE 756 02:27:18.963 --> 02:27:30.107 HISTORY OF THIRD PARTY SUPPLIERS IS THAT IT PREDATES BOSTON COMMON CHOICE ENERGY SO THEY WERE THE ONLY OPTION OUT THERE BUT BACK WHEN IT STARTED THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE AND WE DO A BETTER JOB FOR THE CONSTITUENCIES IN BOSTON AND BUYING BULK. 757 02:27:30.107 --> 02:27:41.953 POWER AWESOME. THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM THESE ARE THE FUN ONES THAT YOU CAN KEEP GOING. YEAH. >> UH, JUST IN TERMS OF GRANTS THAT WERE LOST, I THOUGHT THERE 758 02:27:41.953 --> 02:27:57.168 WAS A LIKE DIVERSITY AND TREE GRANT THAT WE HAD UH. THERE SORRY. THAT MAY BE PART AND. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT. YEAH. IT WAS JUST THESE THREE OFFICES ARE MAYBE PARKS DEPARTMENT RELATED. YEAH. >> SO WE COVERED IN. >> THAT HERE. IT WAS. >> LIKE A STUDY BECAUSE IT. >> HAD THE. >> WORD DIVERSITY IN IT AND IT 759 02:27:57.168 --> 02:28:08.112 WAS YOU KNOW THE WHEN. >> THEY'RE DOING THE WORD SEARCH. >> IN WASHINGTON IT HAD. UM YEAH. UH IT WAS THE UM OKAY. UH WELL SO JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME AND THEN UH, 760 02:28:08.112 --> 02:28:19.390 WE'LL WRAP UP TODAY UH, UNLESS COUNCIL ROYAL HAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WILL GO ON FOR 20 MINUTES. UH, BUT UH UM SO IT JUST UH IT 761 02:28:19.390 --> 02:28:33.037 AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SOLAR PANELS IS THAT THE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MAINTENANCE REVOLVING FUND IS THAT RELATED TO THAT? OKAY. I'LL WAIT. UM. >> FOR THAT UH, I GUESS FOR 762 02:28:33.037 --> 02:28:44.482 ELIZA IN TERMS OF THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FUNDING THEY DID. YOU KNOW, UH, THAT WAS AWARDED UM, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES AND IN USING THAT MONEY, IS THERE 763 02:28:44.482 --> 02:28:57.895 ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PROCESS THAT YOU THAT WERE THAT YOU'RE. LEARNING HOW SOON CAN. >> YOU PUT THAT. MONEY TO USE? UM UM I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CHALLENGES. WE'RE UM WE'RE MEETING WITH 764 02:28:57.895 --> 02:29:08.906 THEM NEXT WEEK ACTUALLY AND THEY'VE KIND OF SET UP A VERY CLEAR PROCESS FOR US TO INDICATE KIND OF THE THE PROCESS WE WILL USE TO TO DETERMINE HOW IT WILL BE SET UP AND EVALUATED. 765 02:29:08.906 --> 02:29:18.716 IT'S REALLY KIND OF PART OF BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING NATURE OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS, UH, KIND OF SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH FINDING OUT THAT THAT THAT 766 02:29:18.716 --> 02:29:29.026 THOSE RESOURCES UM, WERE THE YOU KNOW, WERE VOTED FOR BY RESIDENTS FOR FOOD ACCESS. UM, WE IT'S REALLY SORT OF US I 767 02:29:29.026 --> 02:29:41.973 THINK UNDERSTANDING WHAT EXTERNAL RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH. >> THE. DOUBLE UP FOOD BOX GRANT AND FIGURING OUT UM FROM SORT OF A REALLY NOT INTERESTING 768 02:29:41.973 --> 02:29:52.116 ADMINISTRATIVE LIKE OPERATIONS, UM, SET UP LIKE WHAT THE BEST WAY TO GET THOSE RESOURCES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY I WOULD SAY THE FASTEST BUT ALSO RIGHT TO 769 02:29:52.116 --> 02:30:04.428 TO HELP UH, GET FOLKS THE MOST AMOUNT OF FRESH FOOD. RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT UM, WAYS OF DOING THAT. I JUST I THINK WE KNOW FROM THE AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT GETTING . >> THE. 770 02:30:04.428 --> 02:30:15.106 MONEY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ALLOCATED IS THAT. HALF THE. BATTLE MAYBE NOT EVEN HALF OF IT IT'S UH THEN TRANSLATING THAT INTO INTO REAL LIFE ACTION MIGHT YOU KNOW, TAKES 771 02:30:15.106 --> 02:30:26.650 ADDITIONAL TIME IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PROCESS IS THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THAT OR UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT. 772 02:30:26.650 --> 02:30:36.861 THOSE YEAH, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN HURDLES FOR US. PARTICULARLY THAT UM THAT I THINK THE YEAH THEY'RE THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS IS IS IS A SMOOTH PROCESS IS JUST SORT 773 02:30:36.861 --> 02:30:46.837 OF AS WE'RE PLANNING FOR OUR FARMERS MARKETS THIS SUMMER AND DOUBLE UP LIKE DETERMINING THE BEST USE OF. THE FUNDS OKAY. AND THEN JUST I KNOW THE FOOD RECOVERY ASSESSMENT UH, TALKED 774 02:30:46.837 --> 02:30:58.749 ABOUT WORKING WITH ESD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOOD RECOVERY VEHICLES COULD PARK UH ,AND GET THE FOOD HAVE HAVE YOU MADE ANY PROGRESS ON THAT? 775 02:30:58.749 --> 02:31:09.627 CAN WE HELP IN ANY WAY? THAT IS A REAL SPECIFIC QUESTION. COUNCIL CHAIRMAN. UM SO UH LET ME SEE. I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT BUT I WILL SAY WE HAVE 776 02:31:09.627 --> 02:31:21.305 BEEN IN ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH ISD AND SOME OF OUR PARTNERS ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE SORT OF EVERYONE'S ALIGNED AND ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT SITUATIONS 777 02:31:21.305 --> 02:31:33.417 WHERE UM, LIKE RECOVERED FOOD MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIVERGENT FROM LIKE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE WHERE UM WITH FOOD PANTRIES OF LIKE WHAT I SEE IS USED TO DEALING 778 02:31:33.417 --> 02:31:45.062 WITH JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE THE DATES MAY BE ON THE FOOD OR WHEN THEY'RE HOW THEY'RE GETTING IT UM I'M NOT I'M JUST TRYING TO YEAH. LET ME LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 779 02:31:45.062 --> 02:31:55.206 IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT VEHICLE. YEAH. >> I MEAN AND IF IF THERE'S SOME WORK THAT CAN BE DONE, UH, ON OUR END TO MAKE SURE THOSE 780 02:31:55.206 --> 02:32:09.086 VEHICLES CAN PARK AND, UH, UM, NOT. BE TICKETED OR. YEAH, I DON'T. I THINK THAT UM THAT WOULD FALL MORE WITH BPD AND BPD THAN WITH ISD. 781 02:32:09.086 --> 02:32:18.796 OKAY. SO THERE ARE SORT OF A FEW DIFFERENT REGULATORY THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THAT REPORT UM, THAT YOU KNOW. JUST CURIOUS AND THEN UH, SO IN 782 02:32:18.796 --> 02:32:30.841 YOUR CONTRACTS THERE'S A LIKE A IT LOOKS LIKE THE LAST THREE YEARS WAS THE CONTRACT WITH THE YMCA. UH, IS THAT ONGOING? UH IS THAT FUNDED FOR NEXT YEAR AND WHAT WAS THAT CONTRACT 783 02:32:30.841 --> 02:32:42.286 DOING? SO YEAH, WE HAD UH, ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE YMCA THAT WAS WE WERE ABLE TO RENEW TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES WHICH IS THE THE LIMIT THAT WE HAVE ON 784 02:32:42.286 --> 02:32:53.364 NUMBER OF RENEWALS AND THAT WAS TO SUPPORT THEM AS A SPONSOR FOR SUMMER MEALS UM FOR COMMUNITY SITES BOTH IN UH CITY LOCATIONS LIKE COMMUNITY 785 02:32:53.364 --> 02:33:03.340 CENTERS, LIBRARIES BAR AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY RUN PROGRAMS UH THAT ALL OF WHICH OFFER SUMMER MEALS BUT HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT IS CONSIDERED AN 786 02:33:03.340 --> 02:33:16.420 OFFICIAL SPONSOR THAT IS UM PARTNERS DIRECTLY WITH DC AND USDA TO PROVIDE THE MEALS WHICH IS YMCA PLAYS THAT FUNCTION OKAY BUT IT'S NOT IS THE OTHER 787 02:33:16.420 --> 02:33:27.531 SPONSOR FOR SITES IN BOSTON. SO UM OUR OUR TEAM ACTUALLY OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR MELISSA THIS HERE HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY 788 02:33:27.531 --> 02:33:39.977 CLOSELY WITH UH THE YMCA AND AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY HOW TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING UM, SUMMER MEAL SITES UM, THIS SUMMER AS MANY 789 02:33:39.977 --> 02:33:50.955 OPEN SITES AS POSSIBLE. UM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE CONTINUING THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT. JUST BECAUSE THE. RENEWALS ARE UP, BUT WE ARE WORKING SORT OF A FROM A PERSONNEL STANDPOINT TO MAKE 790 02:33:50.955 --> 02:34:03.400 SURE WE HAVE AS MANY UM OPEN SITES FOR FOR YOUTH AS POSSIBLE THIS SUMMER. OKAY. >> AND THEN JUST LAST QUESTION. UM, YOU KNOW I YEAH, I THINK COUNSELOR CULPEPPER IS ALLUDING TO IT LIKE YOU KNOW, IN THE 791 02:34:03.400 --> 02:34:16.080 AMENDMENT PROCESS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE AND I KNOW THE PANELISTS THINK THAT THE BUDGET IS PROBABLY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY AND WE SHOULDN'T TOUCH IT. BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE GOING 792 02:34:16.080 --> 02:34:27.691 TO BE PUTTING MONEY INTO FOOD SECURITY, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WOULD BE THE PLACE WHERE YOU COULD DO THE MOST GOOD WITH THAT EXTRA MONEY OR IS THERE PERSONNEL? 793 02:34:27.691 --> 02:34:40.104 DO YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE UH OR OKAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER BUT I JUST IF YOU WANT TO YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO AMEND THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT FOOD SECURITY. LIKE WHICH OF YOUR LINE ITEMS 794 02:34:40.104 --> 02:34:52.516 SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT? UM. >> UM, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, IT'S A FAIR QUESTION. I MEAN, I THINK I MEAN IT'S A TEAM, RIGHT? AND SO UH, IF MY ANSWER THAT QUESTION WOULD BE CONTRACT 795 02:34:52.516 --> 02:35:03.594 SERVICES GIVES THE MOST FLEXIBILITY AND HISTORICALLY OSHA HAS OPERATED THROUGH SUPPORTING PARTNERS TO DELIVERY TO DELIVER PROGRAMS. RIGHT. UM, YOU COULD HAVE CHANGED BUDGET TOMORROW AND WE'RE STILL 796 02:35:03.594 --> 02:35:14.004 NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE SIGNIFICANTLY ON FOOD ACCESS. RIGHT. THAT'S THE REALITY OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN BOSTON. THAT'S WHY SNAP IS SO IMPORTANT IN IN THESE OTHER PROGRAMS. IS THAT THE SCALE SO WE ARE 797 02:35:14.004 --> 02:35:26.116 FOCUSED ON THE THE ROI, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEMIC CHANGES WE CAN MAKE THAT IS EASIEST THAT IS MOST BEST SERVED THROUGH CONTRACT SERVICES BECAUSE THAT IS THE LINE ITEM THAT WE CAN THEN 798 02:35:26.116 --> 02:35:37.995 ISSUE GRANTS TO SAY OH YOU KNOW MAYBE WE NEED ANOTHER COLD STORAGE FACILITY OVER HERE OR YOU KNOW AT A WHOLESALE OR MAYBE WE NEED YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, A RETAIL PROGRAM THERE. UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN 799 02:35:37.995 --> 02:35:49.973 ALWAYS USE MORE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY. THAT'S THE NATURE OF THIS PROBLEM. UM, AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE SUBMISSION THAT WE MADE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR VALUES. BUT YOU KNOW, YES, WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE WITH MORE. 800 02:35:49.973 --> 02:36:02.586 OKAY. >> THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL. WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY UH. UH. >> LAST LAST QUESTIONS? YEAH. THIS WOULD BE THE LAST LAST LAST QUESTIONS. UH UM, THE. BERTO 2.0. 801 02:36:02.586 --> 02:36:16.066 REVOLVING FUND. >> WHAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THAT REVOLVING FUND CURRENTLY? YEAH. >> UM, WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON EXACT NUMBERS. UM, BUT. THE EQUITABLE EMISSIONS INVESTMENT FUND IS THAT IS TECHNICALLY WHAT IT'S CALLED. 802 02:36:16.066 --> 02:36:26.810 UM, BUT WE CAN JUST. >> CALL IT. >> THE THE BERTO FUND UM, WAS SEEDED WITH $3 MILLION FROM THE OPERATING BUDGET UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND HAS LARGELY 803 02:36:26.810 --> 02:36:40.424 BEEN SPENT ON UM, UH, GRANTS AS WELL AS PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT. UM BUILDING OWNERS DIRECTLY WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS. UM, SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT IS 804 02:36:40.424 --> 02:36:53.804 IT'S UM WE'RE WE HAVE AN OPEN GRANT ROUND RIGHT NOW OF WE'RE TARGETING AROUND $600,000 IN GRANTS. WE HAVE UM WE ESTIMATE WE'LL HAVE APPROXIMATELY THAT AMOUNT LEFT UM, AFTERWARD. 805 02:36:53.804 --> 02:37:05.182 SO THE BALANCE IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE 3 MILLION THAT WAS SEATED. BUT WE ALREADY HAVE PLANS FOR ALL OF THAT. UM, AND THE REVENUE THAT WILL BE COMING IN UM IS IN THE FORM OF ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE 806 02:37:05.182 --> 02:37:14.925 PAYMENTS. UM, BUT SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT UM THOSE WILL BE MADE, WE UM WE HAVE A VERY WIDE RANGE OF WHAT UH PROJECT 807 02:37:14.925 --> 02:37:26.236 BECAUSE FRANKLY WE'RE HAPPY IF WE GET THE PAYMENTS WE'RE REALLY HAPPY IF WE DON'T BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMPLYING IN OTHER WAYS. UM, SO THAT IS WE WE WILL HAVE A LOT TO SHARE BACK UM, A YEAR FROM NOW IN TERMS OF WHERE WE 808 02:37:26.236 --> 02:37:37.114 ARE BECAUSE THAT WILL GIVE US A CLEARER PICTURE. I JUST SAID THE INTENT BEHIND FORWARD FUNDING IT WAS UM OPERATING DOLLARS WAS REALLY LIKE PRIME THE PUMP ON THIS NEW GRANT PROGRAM THAT OVER TIME WE 809 02:37:37.114 --> 02:37:48.091 FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE BUILDING OWNERS THAT USE ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PAYMENTS AND FUND THE OTHER EMISSIONS INVESTMENT FUND. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE THE RECIPIENTS AND THE APPLICANTS UNDERSTOOD THIS PROGRAM. SO WE JUST ANNOUNCED THE SECOND 810 02:37:48.091 --> 02:37:59.336 ROUND OF WINNERS UM THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA IN A PRESS RELEASE. WE'RE HAVING EVENTS WITH THEM. WE KNOW THERE'S DEMAND OUT THERE FOR THE SUPPLY OF FUNDING TO INVEST IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOODS FOCUSING 811 02:37:59.336 --> 02:38:09.513 PREDOMINANTLY ON HOUSING. UH AND NOW THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT. AND SO THAT WAS THE INTENT HERE WAS ALWAYS THAT THAT 3 MILLION WE WEREN'T GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT OPERATING DOLLARS INTO THAT FUND. 812 02:38:09.513 --> 02:38:19.690 WE'RE LIKE PRIMING THE PUMP FOR A A BRNO ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANT PAYMENT ANNUAL FUNDING PROCESS. RIGHT YEAH NO YEAH. UM YEAH I THINK I WAS HEARING 813 02:38:19.690 --> 02:38:33.804 THAT UM TO BACKFILL SOME OF THE CONTRACTED WE WERE USING THE FUND WAS IT WHICH FUND WAS. TEMPORARILY TO SHIFT SOME OF THE BURDEN SUPPORT COSTS. >> THAT IT'S. ACTUALLY TO TO A DIFFERENT FUND KIND. >> OF UH. POLLUTION ABATEMENT. 814 02:38:33.804 --> 02:38:47.384 FUND POLLUTION WHICH. UM COVERS UH WORK ON AIR QUALITY AND UM EMISSIONS REDUCTION WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS ALSO YOU. >> KNOW, RIGHT. BORDEAUX RELATED AND CURRENTLY FUNDS PUERTO ACTIVITIES ALREADY . YEAH BUT IT'S A IT'S A 815 02:38:47.384 --> 02:39:01.031 DIFFERENT FUND. THE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT FUND HAS REALLY ONLY BEEN SPENT OUT ON DIRECT SERVICES. PERFECT. >> AND CAN YOU ALSO PROVIDE ME UH DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THAT REVOLVING FUND? YES. >> WHY DON'T WE WHY DON'T WE JUST DO THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND? YEAH. 816 02:39:01.031 --> 02:39:12.876 UM. IN WRITING. PERFECT. OKAY. YEP. AND. >> UM, FOR THE CONTRACT, THE SERVICES THAT WERE DECREASED UM, IN FY 26, HOW MANY 817 02:39:12.876 --> 02:39:26.857 RECIPIENTS UM, RECEIVED THE GRANT? UM IN THE LINE ITEM THAT WAS DECREASED. SORRY. >> FOR WHICH OFFICE? OH, I THINK IT WAS. WAS IT? YEAH I THINK IT WAS UP TO FOOD JUSTICE. YEAH. 818 02:39:26.857 --> 02:39:39.903 >> UM SO IT'S NOT UH. IT'S IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH TO ANSWER BECAUSE. OUR WHOLE CONTRACTED SERVICES IS ONE UM, THERE AREN'T SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS. OKAY. >> SO IT'S NOT LIKE ONE LINE 819 02:39:39.903 --> 02:39:51.782 ITEM LINE ITEM WAS DECREASED BUT CONTRACTED SERVICES AS A WHOLE, RIGHT. AND HOW MANY VENDORS WERE YOU ABLE TO FUND TO DO YOUR OWN ONE . THAT CONTRACTED. >> SERVICES. 820 02:39:51.782 --> 02:40:03.594 LINE ITEM. UH I CAN I MEAN I CAN I'M TRYING TO DO SOME QUICK MATH IN MY HEAD THEY'RE SEPARATE BUT THEY'RE SEPARATE PROGRAMS SO THERE'S LIKE 20 FARMERS MARKETS RIGHT? 821 02:40:03.594 --> 02:40:14.905 THERE ARE 35 ORGANIZATIONS THAT DISTRIBUTED COUPONS. SOME OF THOSE ARE THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS. YEAH I MEAN ROUGHLY PROBABLY 55 822 02:40:14.905 --> 02:40:30.087 OR 50 TO 55 IF YOU LOOK AT FARMER'S MARKET OR I'M GETTING A LITTLE HIGHER 6065 OKAY. UH, SOME PANTOMIMING GOING. >> ON BEHIND YOU. YES, I SAY 55 TO 65 COMMUNITY 823 02:40:30.087 --> 02:40:40.897 ORGANIZATIONS THAT DISTRIBUTE FARMER'S MARKET COUPONS RUN FARMER'S MARKETS, UH, SMALL GROCERY STORES AND BODEGAS UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER FOOD 824 02:40:40.897 --> 02:40:52.075 ACCESS ORGANIZATIONS UH, THAT THROUGH SUMMER EATS OR UH OTHER FOOD PANTRY SUPPORT. AND THEN HOW WOULD THE IN TERMS OF RECIPIENT HOW WAS HOW WOULD 825 02:40:52.075 --> 02:41:06.323 THE REDUCTION. I MEAN HOPEFULLY. WE WILL. >> CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS. AT A SMALLER SCALE LIKE A SMALLER DOLLAR AMOUNT. IS THAT THE IDEA? UM. >> YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE OPTIMISTIC WE'RE HOPEFUL WE MAY 826 02:41:06.323 --> 02:41:17.401 BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR ANOTHER FEDERAL GRANT OR FIND ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL RESOURCES SO WE WON'T NEED TO REDUCE THOSE. UM. BUT YEAH. 827 02:41:17.401 --> 02:41:29.012 THAT'S THE IDEA IS TO NOT ELIMINATE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DIRECTLY AND BENEFITING, YOU KNOW, FOLKS SHOPPING AT FARMER'S MARKETS OR SHOPPING AT UM YOU KNOW, USING NUMBER OF BOX BUT UH. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GRANT 828 02:41:29.012 --> 02:41:41.291 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE SHIFTED OVER TIME IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE. TO GRANT. >> TO THEM. >> AND UH, THIS YEAR'S A IS. ALREADY BUT AND JUST IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING LIKE HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THIS 829 02:41:41.291 --> 02:41:54.438 QUESTION. WITH BECAUSE THERE'S 500,000 FROM PURCHASE THROUGH BUDGETING . MHM. RIGHT IT'S. >> GOING GOING TO YOU. RIGHT SO HOPEFULLY THERE WON'T BE A NET DECREASE TO THESE PARTNERS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH IN OTHER WAYS. AWESOME. 830 02:41:54.438 --> 02:42:06.149 >> AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS UM IT'S A BIG TOPIC AND DISTRICT FOUR AROUND THE TALBOT UH NEIGHBORHOOD TRIANGLE OR NORFOLK TRIANGLE UM UH 831 02:42:06.149 --> 02:42:19.596 SUBSTATIONS UH HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT OR ARE WE THINKING ABOUT ANY ALTERNATIVES FOR SUBSTATIONS? YEAH, I CAN SEE THE BROADER 832 02:42:19.596 --> 02:42:31.708 REMIT AND THEN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC SO UH, TO MEET ENERGY DEMAND IN BOSTON GOING FORWARD, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ABOUT, UH, SIX ADDITIONAL SUBSTATIONS NEEDED IN BOSTON OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 833 02:42:31.708 --> 02:42:42.052 15 YEARS. UH, THAT IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY CURRENT SUBSTATIONS BEING AT OR OVER CAPACITY. RIGHT. AND SO RIGHT NOW THAT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE LACK OF RESILIENCE IN OUR GRID IS 834 02:42:42.052 --> 02:42:53.196 THESE SUBSTATIONS ARE RUNNING IT'S LIKE RUNNING YOUR ENGINE TO HOT RIGHT. THESE STATIONS ARE RUNNING REALLY HOT AND THEN THEY'RE GETTING EXTRA CAPACITY FROM SUBSTATIONS FURTHER AWAY WHICH IS LESS EFFICIENT AND THERE ISN'T UM CAPACITY EVEN FOR 835 02:42:53.196 --> 02:43:05.509 INCREASING DEMAND OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, INCREASING DEVELOPMENT UM AS WELL AS ELECTRIFICATION. SO WE ARE FOR ME THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS REALLY YES AND WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN 836 02:43:05.509 --> 02:43:16.686 BEHIND THE METER IN TERMS OF SOLAR AND BATTERY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY THAT WILL NOT UM, PREVENT US FROM STILL NEEDING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TO DISTRIBUTE DEMAND WHERE IT IS NEEDED, WHERE SUPPLY WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. 837 02:43:16.686 --> 02:43:27.063 UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AT ANY GIVEN TIME A RESIDENT IS EXPORTING POWER AND THEN IT'S IMPORTING POWER AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS EXPORT. SO THOSE ARE THE SUBSTATIONS WHEN IT BALANCES THAT INPUT AND OUTPUT INTO THE SYSTEM. 838 02:43:27.063 --> 02:43:38.775 UM SO THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE IN MY OPINION AND BASED ON YOU KNOW WHAT UM TECHNICAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN SHARED WITH US WITH THE SIX SUBSTATIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY. UM AND THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING 839 02:43:38.775 --> 02:43:49.486 TO IS ONE THAT SORT OF NEXT UP FROM THE PRIORITY LIST FROM EVERY SOURCE WHERE THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT LOCATION? IS IT THE RIGHT SIZE SIDE IS THE BEST FIT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, HOW DOES IT GET MITIGATED 840 02:43:49.486 --> 02:44:02.465 IN TERMS OF ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT OF HAVING IT THERE AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING? YEAH. >> UM I WILL JUST SAY I THINK UM CHIEF SMITH SAID IT PERFECTLY THERE'S THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THE PROBLEM THAT WE 841 02:44:02.465 --> 02:44:13.844 HAVE WHICH IS EVEN TO MEET CURRENT DEMAND, LET ALONE WHAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE IF WE DO ALL THE RIGHT THINGS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT MORE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN BOSTON. 842 02:44:13.844 --> 02:44:25.488 AND SO THE QUESTION FOR US IS HOW DO YOU DO IT WELL, HOW DO YOU DO IT WITH AS MUCH COMMUNITY UM, VOICE AND INFLUENCE? HOW DO YOU DO IT WITH THE UTILITIES AND REGULATORS 843 02:44:25.488 --> 02:44:36.700 UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES NEED AND WHAT THE CITY'S ROLE IS IN BRINGING ALL OF THESE PARTIES TOGETHER AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, DICTATING FOR OURSELVES WHERE IT SHOULD GO BECAUSE THIS IS A COMPLICATED MOVING PICTURE. 844 02:44:36.700 --> 02:44:48.478 AND WHAT I WILL ADD JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE SENSE OF WHERE WE SEE OUR INFLUENCE IS THAT WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE BAR FOUNDATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT HAS UM TAKEN 845 02:44:48.478 --> 02:44:59.589 SHAPE IN THE LAST YEAR AS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING WITH SOME VERY SKILLED CONSULTANTS TO LOOK AT THE CITY AND ALL OF THE UM SORT OF PARCELS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WHAT OUR 846 02:44:59.589 --> 02:45:10.500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRIORITIES, WHAT ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT SO THAT WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT AND WE'RE DOING THIS SORT OF NOT IN CONJUNCTION WITH EVERSOURCE BUT WITH THEIR 847 02:45:10.500 --> 02:45:20.644 AWARENESS AND WITH SOME EXCHANGE OF DATA SO THAT WITH EVERY FUTURE COMMUNITY UM AND IT'S IT WILL BENEFIT UM DORCHESTER AS WELL THAT WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE DOING 848 02:45:20.644 --> 02:45:32.055 IT FROM A MUCH BETTER POSITION OF SAYING LIKE WELL HAVE YOU LOOKED DOWN THE STREET OR THIS ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE BECAUSE COMMUNITIES REALLY VALUE GREEN SPACE. HOW CAN WE COMBINE THE TWO OR HAVE THE BENEFITS AGREEMENT THAT DOES THAT? 849 02:45:32.055 --> 02:45:43.233 I'M GIVING YOU SOME EXAMPLES NOT ACTUAL UM. SITUATION IN DORCHESTER. SO UM THAT IS WHAT ALTERNATIVES MEANS IN MY MIND IT MEANS ACTUALLY ZOOMING OUT AND THINKING OF ALL THE SORTS 850 02:45:43.233 --> 02:45:56.446 OF THINGS THAT ARE ALTERNATIVES NOT JUST ONE SPOT VERSUS ANOTHER BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY. RIGHT? >> AND UM, I KNOW. THAT CAMBRIDGE WAS ABLE TO BUILD AN UNDERGROUND UH, SUBSTATION BUT THEY HAD 851 02:45:56.446 --> 02:46:07.524 COORDINATED AND NEGOTIATED THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, A PRIVATE DEVELOPER. SO UM, HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHEN LARGE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE. 852 02:46:07.524 --> 02:46:17.200 TAKING A LOOK. AT, YOU KNOW, SEEING IF THAT COULD BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UM, KNOWING THAT WE NEED RIGHT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE GRID AND EVERYTHING THAT 853 02:46:17.200 --> 02:46:29.546 GOES ON IN OUR HOMES, UM, AND TO HIT OUR ENERGY GOALS, UH, THAT WE NEED THE SUBSTATION. SO YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT IS A COORDINATION THE CONVERSATION OR PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, LARGE DEVELOPERS. THAT ARE LOOKING. 854 02:46:29.546 --> 02:46:40.991 >> TO BUILD IN BOSTON UM, CARNEY HOSPITAL I KNOW UM THERE ARE SOME THAT APPROVE I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD GO BACK UH, INTO THAT CONVERSATION BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW. 855 02:46:40.991 --> 02:46:53.269 BECAUSE IT'S UNDERGROUND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A WAY BETTER CONVERSATION FOR THE COMMUNITY. UH, IT'S A POINT WELL MADE. I WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS IN THAT DIRECTION. SO THERE WAS A UNIQUE CONFLUENCE OF FACTORS OF KENDALL SQUARE THAT WAS 856 02:46:53.269 --> 02:47:04.114 HAPPENING ONE YEAH. THERE WAS NO NEW DEVELOPMENT UH ,GOING TO HAPPEN IN KENDALL SQUARE UNTIL THEY SOLVED THAT BECAUSE THAT SUBSTATION WAS OVER CAPACITY ALREADY. SO THAT HAD THE LARGEST PRIVATE 857 02:47:04.114 --> 02:47:17.560 SECTOR SUBSIDY OF AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION ANYWHERE AND IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE SUBSTATION EVER BUILT IN. >> NEW ENGLAND. SO BUT BECAUSE AND YOU MAY REMEMBER LIKE THAT HAPPEN AT THE PEAK OF LAB RENTAL RATES SO 858 02:47:17.560 --> 02:47:28.805 COMPANIES SAYING I CAN'T BUILD MY NEXT 500,000FT2 OF LAB SPACE I'M WILLING TO SUBSIDIZE IT BELOW GREAT SUBSTATION BECAUSE THERE'S A UNIQUE CONFLUENCE IT DID NOT COST THE RATEPAYERS IN EVERSOURCE ANY MORE THAN A TREE. 859 02:47:28.805 --> 02:47:39.315 SO SUBSTATION ALL OF THAT ADDITIONAL COST WAS SUBSIDIZED BY THE DEVELOPERS AROUND THAT THAT BENEFITED FROM THAT ADDITIONAL SUBSTATION. SO TO YOUR POINT, WHENEVER WE HAVE A SUBSTATION NEED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHERE THERE IS 860 02:47:39.315 --> 02:47:50.360 ALIGNMENT WITH NEW POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE TOTALLY TALKING ABOUT CO-DESIGNING PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH EVERSOURCE AND SAYING OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED ONE IN CHARLESTOWN, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHARLESTOWN THEN MAYBE IT GETS TIGHT. DEFINITELY AWESOME RIGHT? 861 02:47:50.360 --> 02:48:01.371 BUT THERE IS A TIMING ASPECT TO THIS THAT YOU CAN'T YOU CAN ONLY WAIT SO LONG BEFORE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS MATERIALIZE AND THEN YOU KNOW THE ELECTRIC UTILITY SAYING OH LIKE WE'RE BEYOND CAPACITY I NEED THIS SOONER THAN THAT. 862 02:48:01.371 --> 02:48:14.084 RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S A POINT WELL MADE. I JUST. >> WANT TO MANAGE EQUITY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH UM THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE IT FOR THIS MORNING'S HEARING. WE HAVE TWO BUDGET HEARINGS UH ,TOMORROW DOUBLEHEADER IN THE 863 02:48:14.084 --> 02:48:24.961 MORNING, OFFICE OF UH, LABOR COMPLIANCE AND WORKER PROTECTIONS AND THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND THE AFTERNOON PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING. UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. THERE'S AN AFTERNOON HEARING 864 02:48:24.961 --> 02:48:36.039 ON, UH, STREET SAFETY. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE CENTRAL STAFF ENOUGH TIME TO GET READY FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS MORNING'S HEARING IS NOW ADJOURNED. Part: 2 1 00:00:51.684 --> 00:01:02.328 FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS SHARON DURKAN, DISTRICT EIGHT CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. TODAY IS APRIL 21ST. THE EXACT TIME IS 2 P.M. THIS 2 00:01:02.328 --> 00:01:12.672 HEARING IS BEING RECORDED AND IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 FILES 3 00:01:12.672 --> 00:01:23.917 CHANNEL 964 WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT SIX PLAN DMV@BOSTON.GOV AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS. 4 00:01:23.917 --> 00:01:35.895 PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON AND THE ORDER OF WHICH THEY HAVE SIGNED UP AND HAVE TWO 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 5 00:01:35.895 --> 00:01:47.440 CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE ENTER. PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON SHANE PACK AT SHANE SHEA AND E.PACK@BOSTON.GOV AND 6 00:01:47.440 --> 00:01:58.551 UM YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 0204. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS MAKING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS SAFER FOLLOWING THE 30 YEAR REVIEW OF STREET PROJECTS IN 7 00:01:58.551 --> 00:02:09.662 BOSTON. THIS MATTER IS, UH, SPONSORED BY BENJAMIN WEBER AND ENRIQUE PEPEN AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 28TH, 2026 DOCKET 0588 ORDER FOR A HEARING 8 00:02:09.662 --> 00:02:18.671 TO DISCUSS CITY OF BOSTON TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY AND STATUS OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THIS MATTER IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS DURKAN, PEPEN AND WEBER AND REFERRED TO THE 9 00:02:18.671 --> 00:02:30.683 COMMITTEE ON MARCH 18TH, 2026 AND DOCKET 0589 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY 10 00:02:30.683 --> 00:02:43.163 COUNCIL PRESIDENT LIZ BREADON AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON MARCH 18TH, 2026. TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL . OKAY COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. 11 00:02:43.163 --> 00:03:00.647 COUNCILOR. BREADON. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR COLE. POPPER. AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 12 00:03:00.647 --> 00:03:12.759 UM GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WHEN I INTRODUCED MY DOCKET TO THE COUNCIL FLOOR, I COMMITTED TO SCHEDULING THIS HEARING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THE MIDST OF BUDGET SEASON BECAUSE I 13 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:24.637 BELIEVE THIS ISSUE IS IMPORTANT AND URGENT. RESIDENTS EXPECT AND DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE ON OUR STREETS. MEETING THAT EXPECTATION IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY THAT DEPENDS ON CONSISTENT WORK AND CLEAR COORDINATION ACROSS CITY 14 00:03:24.637 --> 00:03:36.082 UM ACROSS THE CITY. BOSTON HAS COMMITTED THROUGH VISION ZERO TO ELIMINATE FATAL AND SEVERE TRAFFIC CRASHES BY 2030 AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT STREET AND SAFETY PROJECTS UNDERWAY TO HELP GET US THERE. BUT IN RECENT MONTHS THERE HAS 15 00:03:36.082 --> 00:03:47.393 BEEN CONCERN THAT TOO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SLOWED DOWN OR STALLED WITHOUT CLEAR EVIDENCE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WHY. CONSTITUENTS ASK ME EVERY DAY FOR UPDATES. UM AS WELL AS UM THROUGH AND THROUGH BEING THE CHAIR 16 00:03:47.393 --> 00:03:57.971 OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION AND I HAVEN'T ALWAYS HAD ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO PROTECT ALL ROAD USERS AND ENSURE EVERYONE CAN GET AROUND OUR CITY SAFELY, ESPECIALLY OUR 17 00:03:57.971 --> 00:04:08.781 MOST VULNERABLE IN DISTRICT EIGHT WHERE SO MANY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS NAVIGATE BY FOOT ALL EVERY DAY. THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT CONSISTENTLY. I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR A CITY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE 18 00:04:08.781 --> 00:04:20.226 AND MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE USING ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WALKING, BIKING OR TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT . MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING NOT TO DRIVE. WE NEED TO EMBRACE THE FUTURE AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY. 19 00:04:20.226 --> 00:04:30.770 RECOGNIZING THAT MANY BOSTON RESIDENTS INCLUDING MYSELF DO NOT OWN A CAR, THE DELAY OF MANY OF THESE PROJECTS UM HAS ALSO PUSHED STATE AND FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AT RISK. 20 00:04:30.770 --> 00:04:42.815 UM ON RELATEDLY, WE LOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION GRANTS INCLUDING THE ROXBURY RESILIENT CORRIDORS GRANT, WHICH WAS YANKED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AFTER WE PASSED IT THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE. SIMILARLY, WE'VE HAD 21 00:04:42.815 --> 00:04:53.459 DISCUSSIONS IN THIS CHAMBER ABOUT WE WILL HAVE AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE FACING CHALLENGES AND A CHALLENGING BUDGET SEASON COUPLED WITH FEDERAL UNCERTAINTY AND DECREASING STATE FUNDING. WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING 22 00:04:53.459 --> 00:05:05.071 WE CAN TO SECURE EVERY DOLLAR FOR THESE CRITICAL PROJECTS AND KEEP IT. I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS TAKING STEPS TO EXPAND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. HOWEVER, THERE DOES REMAIN A LACK OF FLAHERTY, UM, ON HOW 23 00:05:05.071 --> 00:05:16.716 WE'RE MOVING IN AN OVERALL DIRECTION, WHAT OUR TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY IS, WHAT OUR LONG TERM GOALS ARE AND HOW THESE PROJECTS UM ARE GOING TO BE MADE WHOLE. I LOOK FOR I FILED THIS HEARING 24 00:05:16.716 --> 00:05:27.160 ORDER. I'M GLAD TO HAVE COMBINED IT WITH COUNCILOR BREADON AND COUNCILOR RIVERS DOCKETS TO SUPPORT A BROADER CONVERSATION TODAY. I HOPE THAT WE CAN GAIN MORE FLAHERTY FROM CITY OF BOSTON LEADERSHIP ABOUT THE 25 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:38.838 TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS. THE STATUS OF KEY PROJECTS AND THE PATH FORWARD TO DELIVERING SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT STREETS FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS. AS CITY COUNCILORS, WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PARTNER WITH 26 00:05:38.838 --> 00:05:51.184 THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADVANCE THE GOAL OF SAFETY ON OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. THANK YOU TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HERE. WHAT WE'RE WATCHING THIS AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY ON THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES. 27 00:05:51.184 --> 00:06:02.095 I WANT TO THANK UH, INTERIM CHIEF CHIEF NET GOVE AND BOB ADVISORY FOR JOINING US TODAY. UM, NICK GOVE IS THE INTERIM CHIEF OF STREETS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND MOHAMED IS 28 00:06:02.095 --> 00:06:13.906 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. I'M GOING TO GO TO OPENING STATEMENTS UM FROM MY COLLEAGUES UH, THAT ARE SPONSORS. SO UM, COUNCILOR LES BREADON YOU I'M SORRY COUNCIL PRESIDENT 29 00:06:13.906 --> 00:06:23.549 WAS RIGHT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE HAVE LOTS OF, UH LOTS OF ROAD USERS IN THE IN THE HOUSE TO, UH, LISTEN TO THIS 30 00:06:23.549 --> 00:06:35.395 VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. UM, I FOUND DOCKET 0589 IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND STREETS 31 00:06:35.395 --> 00:06:44.871 PROJECTS. UH, IT IT CAME AS SORT OF A WAKE UP CALL RECENTLY WHEN WE LOST $327 MILLION CUT FROM THE 32 00:06:44.871 --> 00:06:56.916 I-90 PROJECT AS PART OF A, UH, BECAUSE THE PROJECT WAS YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE AND THE MONEY WASN'T OBLIGATED. I THINK IN THIS CASE WE'RE LOOKING CITYWIDE UH, HUNDREDS 33 00:06:56.916 --> 00:07:07.727 OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE IN JEOPARDY. UH, AS WE AS A CITY UH, IF WE USE THE CITY DO NOT MOVE FORWARD DECISIVELY AND OBLIGATE THESE FUNDS AND SHOW FORWARD 34 00:07:07.727 --> 00:07:17.136 DIRECTION. WE HAVE MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE PROCESS IS STALLED. AND WE ALSO, UM, FEEL THAT THIS 35 00:07:17.136 --> 00:07:28.648 IS A MOMENT, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BUDGET SEASON AND UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE CAN AND AND UH, FORCIBLY DELIVER FROM BOSTON THAT IN THIS MOMENT 36 00:07:28.648 --> 00:07:40.760 IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PARTNER WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS AND THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE MBTA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, UTILIZE THE FUNDS AND USE THEM AS, UH AS 37 00:07:40.760 --> 00:07:51.270 THEY WERE INTENDED. UH, AND AND IF WE DON'T USE THEM, WE'RE IN DANGER OF LOSING THEM. SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT AND AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR ALL OF US ACROSS THE CITY. 38 00:07:51.270 --> 00:08:02.482 BUT IT'S A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR MY DISTRICT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UM, NEXT WE'LL GO TO, UH, THE LEAD SPONSOR OF THE OTHER DOCKET. UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE 39 00:08:02.482 --> 00:08:14.093 THE FLOOR AND TWO MINUTES. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES COMING OUT TODAY. UH, AND FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND FOR EVERYONE WHO'S SHOWN UP 40 00:08:14.093 --> 00:08:25.304 HERE IN CITY HALL. I KNOW I FILED, UH, DOCKET ON THE 30 DAY REVIEW, UH, IN APRIL 2025. UH, AND SO IT'S BEEN A YEAR FOR 41 00:08:25.304 --> 00:08:36.015 US TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT REVIEW MEANT AND WHAT WE WERE DOING ABOUT IT. AND HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB SINCE THAT REVIEW CAME 42 00:08:36.015 --> 00:08:48.261 OUT AND SAID WE NEED A BETTER COMMUNITY PROCESS, UH, AROUND STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND INSTEAD WHAT WE'VE HAD IS NO PROCESS AND NO IMPROVEMENTS. UH, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I 43 00:08:48.261 --> 00:08:59.205 SPEAK FOR MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT SIX WHO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK, UH, YOU KNOW, WALK AROUND SAFELY AND RIDE THEIR BIKES SAFELY ON THE STREETS. 44 00:08:59.205 --> 00:09:10.316 AND RIGHT NOW AS THEIR CITY COUNCILOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL THEM IN TERMS OF HOW TO HOW TO MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD, HOW TO GET SPEED HUMPS ON THEIR STREETS. UH, AND HOW TO ADDRESS, YOU 45 00:09:10.316 --> 00:09:21.327 KNOW, AREAS WHERE THERE'S DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD GLEN INGRAM WHO DIED. UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN FRONT OF FOREST HILL STATION CROSSING THE STREET ON A GREEN LIGHT AND 46 00:09:21.327 --> 00:09:32.872 IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S I THINK YOU KNOW, UH, THE MAJORITY OF MY CONSTITUENTS WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS GO FORWARD. UH, AND THE ANSWER CAN'T BE THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO DO ANYTHING. 47 00:09:32.872 --> 00:09:46.385 UH, SO YOU KNOW, I'M HERE. I'M I HOPE WE GET SOME ANSWERS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR PEPEN WHO UH, IS THE CO-SPONSOR ON ALL THESE DOCKETS. 48 00:09:46.385 --> 00:09:57.697 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO THE ADVOCATES, PANELS ORGANIZERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. YOUR VOICES, YOUR PERSISTENCE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO SAFER STREETS ARE WHAT IS GOING TO 49 00:09:57.697 --> 00:10:09.575 KEEP THIS CITY MOVING FORWARD. BUT I'M NOT JUST HERE AS A CITY COUNCILOR WITH SOMEONE HERE THAT STANDS WITH YOU. BEFORE I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL. I WORK FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR MASSACHUSETTS TEA FOR IN MAY IN THAT ROLE. 50 00:10:09.575 --> 00:10:20.086 I SAW FIRSTHAND WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN WE COMMIT TO FOLD PEOPLE CENTERED TRANSPORTATION POLICY. AND I ALSO SAW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE TO TAKE PROGRESS STALLS SAFETY SUFFERS AND 51 00:10:20.086 --> 00:10:31.964 COMMUNITIES ARE LEFT BEHIND. THAT EXPERIENCE SHAPED HOW I SHOW UP TODAY TO THIS BUILDING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY TRANSPORTATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B IT'S ABOUT SAFETY. IT'S ABOUT EQUITY. 52 00:10:31.964 --> 00:10:43.009 IT'S ABOUT WHETHER A PARENT FEELS SAFE AND COMFORTABLE LETTING THEIR CHILD WALK TO SCHOOL, WHETHER A SENIOR CAN CROSS THE STREET WITH CONFIDENCE, WHETHER A CYCLIST CAN RIDE WITHOUT FEAR AND WHETHER A PUBLIC TRANSIT RIDER 53 00:10:43.009 --> 00:10:54.453 ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY THEY DESERVE. THAT'S WHY I MADE TRANSPORTATION ITS HIGH PRIORITY IN MY WORK ON THE COUNCIL AND WHY CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. SAFER STREETS DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. 54 00:10:54.453 --> 00:11:05.531 THEY HAPPEN BECAUSE WE CHOOSE THEM. THEY HAPPEN WHEN WE INVEST IN TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES LIKE SPEED BUMPS. THEY HAPPEN WHEN WE IMPROVE SIGNAGE AND VISIBILITY. THEY HAPPEN WHEN WE BUILD SAFER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE CROSSWALKS 55 00:11:05.531 --> 00:11:17.143 AND SIDEWALKS, AND THEY HAPPEN WHEN WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO TAKE ON LARGER PROJECTS REDESIGNING OUR STREETS SO THEY WORK FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST FOR CARS BUT FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, TRANSIT RIDERS AND 56 00:11:17.143 --> 00:11:28.788 DRIVERS ALIKE FROM OUR SCHOOL ZONES TO OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO OUR BUSIEST CORRIDORS. EVERY PART OF THE CITY SHOULD REFLECT THAT COMMITMENT. THAT IS WHY I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON BOTH DOCKETS THAT 57 00:11:28.788 --> 00:11:39.432 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM TODAY. UM, TRANSPORTATION IS PROBABLY A TOPIC THAT I HEAR FROM THE MOST IN MY DISTRICT RESIDENTS CONSISTENTLY ASKING ME WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE PROJECTS? WHERE ARE WE GETTING MORE SPEED 58 00:11:39.432 --> 00:11:50.476 HUMPS WHEN OUR STREETS ARE GOING TO BE SAFER? SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM AND FOR EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT AREN'T CO-SPONSORS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO LET YOU HAVE A MINUTE. UM, NOT TWO MINUTES BECAUSE I 59 00:11:50.476 --> 00:12:02.988 KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY. UM, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET TO, UM WHEN WE GET TO QUESTIONS. SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE A MINUTE? THANK YOU. >> I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF AS 60 00:12:02.988 --> 00:12:14.667 POSSIBLE. THIS THIS. HEARING IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON FOR EIGHT YEARS TRYING TO KEEP OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS SAFE . 61 00:12:14.667 --> 00:12:24.543 TRYING TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT WHICH WE DID FROM 25 TO 20. I THINK IT SHOULD BE REDUCED EVEN FURTHER. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES IN THE 62 00:12:24.543 --> 00:12:36.422 CITY OF BOSTON, UM, TO PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE FOR ALL PEOPLE ESPECIALLY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN OUR SENIORS. WE NEED MORE TRAFFIC 63 00:12:36.422 --> 00:12:47.533 ENFORCEMENT AS WELL FROM THE BOSTON POLICE ENFORCING ALL RULES OF THE ROAD. BOSTON CAN'T BE THE WILD WEST. IT HAS TO BE A CITY WHERE 64 00:12:47.533 --> 00:13:00.880 PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RULES AND RESPECT THE RULES AND THE RULES ARE ENFORCED CONSISTENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> SO LAST YEAR. 65 00:13:00.880 --> 00:13:11.423 >> IT WAS STATED WITH MY FORMER . LEAD SPONSORS. UM, I WAS THE LEAD SPONSOR IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE FILED. THE HEARING. ORDER TO GET ANSWERS ON THE 30 66 00:13:11.423 --> 00:13:21.834 DAY REVIEW. AND WE KNOW THAT CAME AFTER THE NEED FOR THE SAFETY SURGE INITIATIVE. AND JUST HEARING. FROM RESIDENTS EVERY. RESIDENT IF YOU'RE WALKING 67 00:13:21.834 --> 00:13:35.047 BIKING IN A CAR ON A BUS YOU DESERVE TO BE SAFE AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE ON THE CITY TO MAKE SURE AND WHAT DATA WE'VE COLLECTED. >> SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION MAKING SURE THAT UM, ALSO HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO 68 00:13:35.047 --> 00:13:47.660 SEE AND. >> MAKE SURE. THAT EVERYONE FEELS SAFE. SO THANK YOU. THANKS. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, AND THANK YOU TO THE. PANELISTS FOR BEING HERE TODAY 69 00:13:47.660 --> 00:13:58.804 . UM, DISTRICT SEVEN THE NUMBER OF STREETS IN MY DISTRICT AND NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FROM COLUMBUS AVENUE WHERE REPAVING AND RESTORATION OF THE CENTER 70 00:13:58.804 --> 00:14:09.682 COBBLESTONES I WOULD DO CONCRETE SQUARED NORTHAMPTON STREET FOLLOWING BOIS'S WORK THERE SMALLER BUT IMPORTANT STREETS LIKE WELLINGTON STREET, CLAREMONT PARK, GREENWICH PARK 71 00:14:09.682 --> 00:14:21.594 AND THESE ARE NOT LARGE SCALE WE PROGRAMS THEIR BASIC MAINTENANCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT RESIDENTS ARE DEALING WITH EVERY DAY. AND WHILE WE TALK ABOUT PLANNING FUTURE PROJECTS, WE 72 00:14:21.594 --> 00:14:33.706 HAVE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY PARTICULARLY AROUND A BLUE HILL AVENUE WHICH IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE WHERE DESPITE THE CITY'S STATED COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY 73 00:14:33.706 --> 00:14:45.851 CONSENSUS THAT BLUE HILL LEFT CENTER LANE MANY RESIDENTS AND WE JUST HAD THAT LARGE COMMUNITY MEETING. MANY OF THOSE RESIDENTS FEEL THAT THEY WERE NOT MEANINGFULLY . THANK YOU COUNCILOR FROM. >> THE PROCESS. 74 00:14:45.851 --> 00:14:56.428 THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU CHAIR. UH APPRECIATE IT. UH, AS A PARENT OF THREE YOUNG KIDS MY BIGGEST FEAR IS UH, 75 00:14:56.428 --> 00:15:07.172 VEHICLES UH, AND THE WAY THEY'RE DRIVING LATELY, UH, EVEN PLAYING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, WE ONLY LET THE KIDS PLAY IN THE BACKYARD NOW BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF OF OF CARS COMING DOWN. SO, UH BUT I'M ALSO REALISTIC 76 00:15:07.172 --> 00:15:19.518 ABOUT, UH, THE ROLE OF A CAR IN MY FAMILY'S DEPENDENCY ON TRYING TO GET TO EVERYTHING WITH THREE YOUNG KIDS AS WELL. SO NOT THAT ONE'S GOING TO GO AWAY. UH, WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW THIS CAN COEXIST IN A SAFER, BETTER 77 00:15:19.518 --> 00:15:30.896 MODEL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANKS, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UM, OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO. I KNOW THERE'S A PRESENTATION SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR ADMINISTRATION PANEL UH, WHICH 78 00:15:30.896 --> 00:15:42.775 CONSISTS CONSIST OF UM SHE CHIEF GOVE AND UM DIRECTOR MISSOURI. SO UM GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. UM. WE'RE GOING TO. START OFF JUST BY TALKING ABOUT. 79 00:15:42.775 --> 00:15:56.021 THE STREETS CABINETS MISSION AND VALUES. UM. >> WE DELIVER THE ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES THAT KEEP BOSTON MOVING. CLEAN. >> SAFE AND VIBRANT. WE BELIEVE IN GETTING THE 80 00:15:56.021 --> 00:16:09.001 DETAILS RIGHT FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUTERS WHO RELY ON US IN THEIR DAILY LIVES . WE HOLD OURSELVES TO DIRECT AND THOROUGH ENGAGEMENT THROUGH CLEAR, STRAIGHTFORWARD 81 00:16:09.001 --> 00:16:20.879 COMMUNICATION. WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE STREETS THAT WORK FOR ALL ROADWAY USERS. FROM A. >> VISIONING PERSPECTIVE, 82 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:33.792 BOSTON'S STREETS SHOULD BE SAFE ,EFFICIENT AND CONNECTED NOT CHAOTIC OR STRESSFUL. IN THE FIRST TERM WE MADE REAL PROGRESS BY MOVING. QUICKLY. >> TESTING IDEAS, LEARNING IN 83 00:16:33.792 --> 00:16:47.272 REAL TIME AND DELIVERING FAST, AFFORDABLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. WE WILL BUILD ON THAT PROGRESS WITH A SHIFT TO LASTING NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WILL. >> MOVE FROM TEMPORARY 84 00:16:47.272 --> 00:16:59.251 INFRASTRUCTURE TO DURABLE, WELL-DESIGNED AND INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS SHIFT AWAY FROM A ONE SIZE FITS ALL MINDSET THAT PRIORITIZES SPEED OVER SPECIFICS. 85 00:16:59.251 --> 00:17:11.930 WE'LL FOCUS ON USING A RANGE OF TOOLS AND OPTIONS TO FIND THE WIN WIN FOR DIFFERENT ROADWAY USERS. WILL IMPLEMENT A COORDINATED RATHER THAN SILOED APPROACH 86 00:17:11.930 --> 00:17:22.341 INSTEAD OF PRIORITIZING NEW SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE OVER A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. WE WILL LEAD WITH STREETS THAT ARE DUE FOR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR WORK AND EVALUATE THEM 87 00:17:22.341 --> 00:17:34.319 FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WILL DEPLOY BETTER ENFORCEMENT, FOCUSING ON KEY HOTSPOTS TO KEEP ROADS, BIKE AND BUS LANES AND SIDEWALKS UNOBSTRUCTED. 88 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:45.364 THIS NEXT PHASE IS NOT ABOUT SLOWING DOWN ON PROGRESS. IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE DESIGN RIGHT AND AVOIDING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR RESIDENTS, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL 89 00:17:45.364 --> 00:17:55.574 BUSINESSES. WE'LL STRIVE FOR STREET DESIGNS THAT FEEL BETTER, WORK BETTER AND LAST LONGER BECAUSE THEY WERE DESIGNED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE RESIDENTS, 90 00:17:55.574 --> 00:18:07.953 BUSINESSES AND COMMUTERS WHO ARE USING THEM EVERY DAY. OUR PRIORITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. THIS INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, SAFE 91 00:18:07.953 --> 00:18:20.365 STREETS STARTS WITH GETTING THE BASICS RIGHT SANITATION, STREET SWEEPING. FILLING POTHOLES, RESURFACING STREETS, FIXING STREETLIGHTS, REFRESHING PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND CLEAR CURBSIDE REGULATIONS. 92 00:18:20.365 --> 00:18:31.410 WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES. WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT PHYSICAL DESIGN CHANGES TO STREETS TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND 93 00:18:31.410 --> 00:18:42.421 MOTORISTS INCLUDING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DEFLECTION MEASURES, SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN KEY 94 00:18:42.421 --> 00:18:54.800 CORRIDORS, WILL REDESIGN HIGH CRASH CORRIDORS AND BUILD NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PROJECTS TO REDUCE CRASHES. SEVEN OF THESE PROJECTS WILL DISCUSS LATER IN THE IN. >> THE DECK. 95 00:18:54.800 --> 00:19:07.713 THE SAFETY SURGE SPEED HUMPS THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROGRAM RAPIDLY CONSTRUCTED SPEED HUMPS ON HIGH PRIORITY STREETS ACROSS THE CITY. THE NEXT PHASE WILL REASSESS 96 00:19:07.713 --> 00:19:18.557 THE CURRENT CRITERIA FOR SPEED HUMP ELIGIBILITY TO DETERMINE IF A NEIGHBORHOOD IS BETTER SERVED BY SPEED HUMPS VERSUS OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES . ONLY STREETS DEEMED ELIGIBLE 97 00:19:18.557 --> 00:19:30.869 WILL BE CANDIDATES FOR SPEED HUMPS, SAFER INTERSECTIONS AND SIGNALS. INTERSECTIONS HELP CONNECT. PEOPLE FROM ONE ROUTE TO ANOTHER, BUT THEY ARE ALSO WHERE MOST CRASHES OCCUR. 98 00:19:30.869 --> 00:19:43.849 WE ARE WORKING TO REDUCE THESE CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEOPLE DRIVING, WALKING AND CYCLING AT INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT BOSTON. THROUGH BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS. 99 00:19:43.849 --> 00:19:55.260 STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS RESURFACED OVER 105 MILES OF ROADWAY. WE FILLED OVER 27,000 POTHOLES. 100 00:19:55.260 --> 00:20:08.574 WE'VE CONSTRUCTED 18 MILES OF BIKE LANES NEARLY DOUBLING THE EXISTING BIKE LANE NETWORK . WE'VE CONSTRUCTED OVER 6400 CURB RAMPS AND WE'VE INSTALLED 101 00:20:08.574 --> 00:20:19.551 OVER 1400 SPEED HUMPS CITYWIDE . THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING TO RESURFACE ANOTHER 45 MILES OF, UH, ROADWAY AT LEAST WITH THE 102 00:20:19.551 --> 00:20:31.029 GOAL OF CONSTRUCTING OVER 1800 ADA COMPLIANT RAMPS. THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL REFERENCE LATER IN THE DECK, WE'LL CONSTRUCT OVER TWO TWO 103 00:20:31.029 --> 00:20:43.108 AND A HALF MILES OF NEW BIKE LANES ALONG WITH KEY NETWORK CONNECTIONS. AND NEXT MONTH WILL INSTALL OVER 100 NEW SPEED HUMPS AS WELL AS RETURN SPEED HUMPS TO ROADWAYS THAT WERE RESURFACED 104 00:20:43.108 --> 00:20:56.054 LAST YEAR. THE PROJECTS I REFERENCED EARLIER THERE'S SEVEN PROJECTS HERE THESE ARE ALL NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY UH, AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. UH EIGHTH STREET AND CONGRESS 105 00:20:56.054 --> 00:21:08.533 AND SLEEPER WHICH IS UNDERWAY. COMMONS HIGHWAY, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER UH HARRISON AVENUE INC BLOCK WHICH WILL GET UNDERWAY IN JULY. UH JONES AVE, UH LOWER ROXBURY 106 00:21:08.533 --> 00:21:19.544 LOST VILLAGE AND THE LESS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. FROM A PLANNING, ENGAGEMENT AND DESIGN PERSPECTIVE. 107 00:21:19.544 --> 00:21:31.990 WE HAVE MOVED, UH, RUTHERFORD AVE AND SULLIVAN SQUARE A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN IN PLANNING FOR OVER TWO DECADES IS NOW MOVING TO THE 25% DESIGN SUBMISSION. 108 00:21:31.990 --> 00:21:44.336 HYDE PARK AVE AND COLUMBIA ROAD . THOSE PLANNING EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE THIS YEAR. WE'LL CONTINUE OUTREACH AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ON DOWNTOWN CROSSING. ANDREW SQUARE WOULD HAVE, UH, 109 00:21:44.336 --> 00:21:55.714 THE BOYLSTON STREETS PROJECT AND THE FENWAY THE MAVERICK AND ROSLINDALE SQUARE SQUARE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLANS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC GARDENS CROSSING PROJECT. 110 00:21:55.714 --> 00:22:07.492 WITH THAT WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE. UH COUNCILORS HAVE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, OUR FIRST UM, ROUND IS 111 00:22:07.492 --> 00:22:19.571 GOING TO BE SIX MINUTES. UM, SO, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREEDEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION . UM, I THINK THE STREETS, UM, 112 00:22:19.571 --> 00:22:31.950 DEPARTMENT YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF REAL ESTATE ON YOUR PLATE. SO, UM, I WANT TO MY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ARE FOCUSED ON THE GRANTS FOR, UM, FEDERAL GRANTS 113 00:22:31.950 --> 00:22:43.295 IS SPECIFICALLY. I I THINK IT'S NOT BEYOND WE HAVE SEEN GRANTS WITHDRAWN AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO I'D LOVE TO GET A SENSE OF THE STATUS OF OF 114 00:22:43.295 --> 00:22:55.173 GRANTS WHERE WE'RE AT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER FOR THE FEDS TO CLAW BACK MONEY ONCE IT'S BEEN OBLIGATED AND I WAS HOW MANY ONGOING STREET MAJOR 115 00:22:55.173 --> 00:23:07.652 STREET PROJECTS HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHERE THE MONEY HAS BEEN OBLIGATED AND IT'S. IT'S SORT OF. LOCKED DOWN SO THAT WE CAN USE IT GOING FORWARD. 116 00:23:07.652 --> 00:23:18.230 SO COUNCIL WE CAN PROVIDE A KIND OF THOROUGH UPDATE OF ALL OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED WITHIN THE CITY. 117 00:23:18.230 --> 00:23:31.743 UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I I THINK WE CAN PROVIDE THAT BACKGROUND. UH, AND I CAN GET INTO ANY SPECIFICS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT IT IS A PRETTY DETAILED DISCUSSION. UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THE 118 00:23:31.743 --> 00:23:44.656 PROJECTS FROM A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE THAT HAVE BEEN EITHER PAUSED OR RESCINDED. UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE HAVEN'T ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT YET. UM. 119 00:23:44.656 --> 00:23:57.202 >> WHAT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO TALK ABOUT? I'M HAPPY. >> TO DO THAT. WELL, I THINK ONE ONE PROJECT THAT LAST FUNDING RECENTLY WAS THE ONE IN THE FENWAY WHEN THOSE $8 MILLION WERE TAKEN. IT WAS A HIGH CRASH ZONE AND I 120 00:23:57.202 --> 00:24:10.682 DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE WHY IT WAS WITHDRAWN. BUT WE DID LOSE $8 MILLION. >> FROM THAT. >> IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLOCATED. IT WASN'T LOST. UM I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHY IT WAS REALLOCATED AND AND WHY WAS IT? 121 00:24:10.682 --> 00:24:23.028 SURE. >> COUNCIL I THINK I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO. THE. >> UH, BOYLSTON STREET PROJECT IN THE FENWAY. YEAH. UH, WHICH IS A TIP FUNDED PROJECT. UM. >> WE HAVE NOT LOST THE FUNDS, BUT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN PUSHED 122 00:24:23.028 --> 00:24:36.174 OUT, UH, TO THE FEDERAL 2031, UH, SCHEDULE. UM. >> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WERE, UH, SHIFTED AROUND BY THE MPO, UH, THIS MONTH. UM, THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS MOVED 123 00:24:36.174 --> 00:24:50.689 TO THE OUT YEARS BUT WE HAVE NOT WE HAVE NOT LOST THE PROJECT. UH, WE DID IN FACT AS PART OF THIS MOVE UP A PROJECT WHICH. >> IS. THE UH, CAMBRIDGE STREET BRIDGE . UM. >> THE TIME TO BUILD THAT IS IS NOW THAT THE FOR MYSTIC WAY UH 124 00:24:50.689 --> 00:25:03.802 ,PROJECT IS WRAPPING UP. THAT'S A PROJECT WE'D LIKE TO COMPLETE IN ADVANCE. OF, UH, THE. RUTHERFORD AND SULLIVAN SQUARE. SO WE HAVE NOT LOST THAT FUNDING AND IT'S JUST BEEN REALLOCATED. TO THE. >> LATER YEARS. IT'S THE CAMBRIDGE STREET 125 00:25:03.802 --> 00:25:17.015 BRIDGE. IS THAT THE ALLSTON BRIDGE OR THE. THE NO. THE OTHER ONE THERE'S TWO CAMPUSES. THIS IS THE CAMBRIDGE STREET BRIDGE IN CHARLESTOWN. YEAH. >> BECAUSE WE LOST THE FUNDING FOR THE UH 327 MILLION THE I-90 126 00:25:17.015 --> 00:25:25.690 PROJECT EARLY ACTION ITEMS WAS THE CAMBRIDGE STREET BRIDGE IN ALLSTON, WHICH IS IN PRETTY BAD DISREPAIR OVER A FEDERAL HIGHWAY. UM, NOT OUR PROBLEM. 127 00:25:25.690 --> 00:25:39.304 NOT THE CITY'S UM IT IMPACTS US BUT WE WE WEREN'T, UM, PARTY TO THAT. UM, HOW MANY HOW MANY FUNDERS 128 00:25:39.304 --> 00:25:51.483 OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE WE HEARD FROM THAT OR CONCERNED ABOUT PROGRESS ON THESE PROJECTS AND GIVEN THE CURRENT NATIONAL CLIMATE ARE FOLKS UM IS THAT A 129 00:25:51.483 --> 00:26:02.494 GENUINE CONCERN OR HOW MANY HAVE WE HEARD FROM? UH. >> FUNDERS DO YOU MEAN LIKE UH OTHER PARTNERING WITH OTHER. PARTNERS LIKE MASSDOT, MBTA, UM 130 00:26:02.494 --> 00:26:14.339 FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, ANY UM ANY OTHER UH FUNDERS AND PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH AND YOU KNOW, WANT TO SEE THIS PROGRESS. 131 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:28.286 THESE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS THAT IF WE LOSE THEM MAYBE DECADES BEFORE WE GET THEM BACK. SURE. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH WITH MASSDOT AND THE MBTA ON. >> ON. 132 00:26:28.286 --> 00:26:43.001 ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AND PLANNING AND DESIGN. UM. >> I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME WELL PUBLICIZED PROJECTS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE LOST FEDERAL FUNDING. UM. >> BUT WE ARE CONTINUE TO FOCUS. ON YOU KNOW. >> THE PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE FUNDED. AND MOVING. 133 00:26:43.001 --> 00:26:53.745 >> THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, I THINK. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CONCERN WHENEVER YOU KNOW, A PROJECT EITHER. HAS FUNDING. RESCINDED OR. DOESN'T MOVE. AHEAD IN THE GRANT PROCESS. 134 00:26:53.745 --> 00:27:06.625 BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE. SURE THAT THE FUNDING THAT WE DO HAVE. >> AND THAT. >> IS AVAILABLE. >> TO US IS. >> MOVING FORWARD. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A LIKE A SCHEDULE OF UM WHERE WE'RE AT WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS ? 135 00:27:06.625 --> 00:27:16.935 WE HAVE A COMPLETE WE CAN PROVIDE A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN PROJECT BY PROJECT. OF ALL THE STATE AND. FEDERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE. YEAH THAT ARE FUNDED FOR YOU. UH, I WAS UH ONE ONE 136 00:27:16.935 --> 00:27:28.913 PARTICULARLY SERIOUS CONCERN I HAVE IS WITH THE DELAY AND UH, FUNDING THAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR THE GREEN LINE. UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS HAVE COME OUT OF, UH, THE BRANCH REALIGNMENT. 137 00:27:28.913 --> 00:27:39.357 UH, WE HAVE TO DO ALL THAT WORK IN PREPARATION FOR GETTING NEW CARS. AND THE NEW CARS WILL WORK ON THE OLD EXISTING TRACK. SO, UM, I WAS WONDERING WHERE 138 00:27:39.357 --> 00:27:50.468 HAVE WE HAVE WE WRITTEN? UH, WE HAD WE HEARD FROM THE MBTA ABOUT, UM, ANY CONCERNS WE HAVE ABOUT WHY WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD IN A TIMELY WAY WITH ANY OF THAT WORK? 139 00:27:50.468 --> 00:28:05.283 YEAH WE ARE WE HAVE A MONTHLY STANDING. MEETING WITH THE MBTA ON. ON THAT PROJECT AND. WE YOU. >> KNOW, WE ARE WORKING. >> WITH THEM ON BOTH ADVANCING. >> THE BE IN EGLINTON PROJECTS THERE IF THEY. >> THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH THAT. UM WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 140 00:28:05.283 --> 00:28:19.030 . TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT UH. STREET UH AND NEIGHBORHOOD. SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THAT WORK. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE ENGAGED. >> THE WAY WE ARE. >> BUT UH, THOSE PROJECTS CONTINUE. >> TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 141 00:28:19.030 --> 00:28:30.975 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO, UM COUNCILOR WEBER NEXT. UM, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 142 00:28:30.975 --> 00:28:44.456 UH, SO IN TERMS OF, UH, THE 30 YEAR REVIEW, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SEEMED LIKE WE PAUSED THINGS WE WERE RAPIDLY PUTTING IN THE ,YOU KNOW, UH, BIKE 143 00:28:44.456 --> 00:28:55.967 INFRASTRUCTURE, SPEED BUMPS, SAFETY THINGS AND IT SEEMED LIKE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED SINCE UM. UH. . I GUESS YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE IS 144 00:28:55.967 --> 00:29:07.245 WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE PROCESS NOW HOW DO I TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT TO SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ALREADY IN THE PLANNED OR 145 00:29:07.245 --> 00:29:18.690 THEY WANT SOMETHING NEW LIKE WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AFTER TODAY? UH, SPECIFIC TO IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC PROJECTS YOU. WANT ME TO. 146 00:29:18.690 --> 00:29:29.667 WELL, I JUST I YOU KNOW SO I MEAN THERE THERE ARE CERTAIN PROJECTS, UH, YOU KNOW, EGGLESTON SQUARE THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED ESSENTIALLY OR WHATEVER 147 00:29:29.667 --> 00:29:45.784 IT IS 60% OR UM UH, PLANNED. YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I TELL MY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT EGGLESTON SQUARE? SURE. >> SO FOR THAT EXAMPLE THAT THAT PROJECT. UM. >> IS NEARING. >> I. BELIEVE THE DESIGN MILESTONE OF. OF 70%. 148 00:29:45.784 --> 00:29:58.396 UH. >> CONSTRUCTION OF THE SQUARE IS NOT. CURRENTLY UH, FUNDED. THAT SAID, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT. UM. >> SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY . IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED . 149 00:29:58.396 --> 00:30:09.808 >> AS PART OF THAT PLANNING EFFORT. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD UH, IN ADVANCE. >> AND AS PART OF. THE UH, WHITE STADIUM RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WELL, SO I MEAN, AGAIN, 150 00:30:09.808 --> 00:30:21.252 SPECIFICALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, BIKE LANES, SPEED HUMPS, CROSSWALKS LIKE WHAT GETS MOVE FORWARD AND WHAT DOESN'T. WE'RE GOING TO BE START RESTARTING SOME. ENGAGEMENT ON THAT OR. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW. 151 00:30:21.252 --> 00:30:33.698 WHAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED AS PART OF. THOSE SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WE CAN PULL OUT. UH, TO COMPLETE AS PART OF. SOME STATE OF. GOOD REPAIR WORK. OKAY. >> UM, AND THEN IN TERMS 152 00:30:33.698 --> 00:30:45.343 OF WHAT YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A DOZEN DIFFERENT STREETS THAT ARE BEING USES CUT THROUGH AS PEOPLE WANT SPEED BUMPS ON THEIR STREETS. AND SO UH AND I THINK MANY 153 00:30:45.343 --> 00:30:57.822 OF THOSE ARE FOR REALLY YOU KNOW, THE THE IT COULD BE UH MADE A LOT BETTER WITH SPEED BUMPS ON THOSE STREETS. SO YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I TELL MY CONSTITUENTS? UH, UP UNTIL NOW WE'VE JUST 154 00:30:57.822 --> 00:31:08.900 BEEN TELLING PEOPLE TO SIGN A PETITION. YOU KNOW, CIRCULATE A PETITION ON YOUR NEIGHBORS, GET EVERYONE ON BOARD AND THEN I'LL TAKE THAT. YOU KNOW, AS OF TODAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT 155 00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:22.747 PETITION. SO WHAT DO I TELL MY CONSTITUENTS IN THAT SITUATION? SURE. >> SO AS I MENTIONED WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT OUR OUR SPRING PROGRAM. ,UH, SPEED HUMPS. INSTALLATIONS NEXT MONTH. 156 00:31:22.747 --> 00:31:35.493 UM WE'RE HAPPY TO IF WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. UM, IF WE HAVEN'T IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY BUT. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, STREETS THAT ARE NOT ON THAT SPRING PROGRAM. UM. >> AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE. >> GOING TO. >> BE WE'RE REDESIGNING THIS 157 00:31:35.493 --> 00:31:47.739 PROGRAM. UM, AND. >> WE'LL BE BACK. WITH KIND OF WHAT. ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD, WHAT STREETS ARE ELIGIBLE? UH. >> BUT IN THE INTERIM YEAR PLEASE OBVIOUSLY SHARE OF THE. STREETS THAT YOU BELIEVE, YOU 158 00:31:47.739 --> 00:31:59.884 KNOW, CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY. YEAH. >> OKAY. SO I MEAN, MAYBE THIS IS FOR YOU, MOHAMMED I DON'T KNOW, BUT ,UM. YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE I THINK THERE WAS A PRESS RELEASE 159 00:31:59.884 --> 00:32:09.060 THIS MORNING LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT THE WHOLE 30 DAY REVIEW PROCESS WAS YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY PROCESS AROUND THESE THINGS AND IT SEEMS LIKE 160 00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:20.905 WE'RE AGAIN STARTING WITH THE LACK OF A COMMUNITY PROCESS TO ANNOUNCE STREET CHANGES AND HONESTLY LIKE I'LL TAKE I'LL YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE SOME 161 00:32:20.905 --> 00:32:32.617 ENGAGEMENT AND YOU KNOW UH IMPERFECT AS IT IS JUST GET SOME SPEED BUMPS IN ON STREETS THAT NEED IT BUT I DON'T I'M NOT IT DOESN'T FILL ME WITH A LOT OF FAITH IN THIS PROCESS 162 00:32:32.617 --> 00:32:45.029 THAT THE ONE THING TO TAKE OUT A THREE DAY REVIEW IS WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY PROCESS AND THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT NOT GETTING IT BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SURE ANYTHING EITHER OF YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT 163 00:32:45.029 --> 00:32:57.942 THAT? I WILL SAY THAT AND I'LL. LET MOHAMMED. TAKE IT AFTER. >> BUT. I YOU. >> KNOW, THE. >> THE SPRING PROGRAM THAT WE ARE. MOVING AHEAD WITH NEXT MONTH. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE EXAMPLES ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS. ALL OF THOSE STREETS THAT 164 00:32:57.942 --> 00:33:08.886 WE'RE. RECEIVING SPEED HUMPS. UM, THERE'S THERE'S BEEN. THOROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THOSE ON THOSE PROJECTS BUT. 165 00:33:08.886 --> 00:33:21.032 YEAH, I MEAN I WOULD SAY. EXCUSE ME, COUNCILOR, WE. AS YOU KNOW, WE ENGAGE. ALL OF YOU. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ENGAGE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I MEAN THE 30 DAY REVIEW AS YOU SAID, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT UM, 166 00:33:21.032 --> 00:33:31.342 YOU KNOW, MORE COMMUNITY PROCESS NECESSARILY FOR THE SAKE OF PROCESS. IT'S VERY WHAT WE LEARN FROM IT AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATES WHO ARE HERE TODAY 167 00:33:31.342 --> 00:33:42.520 AND COUNCILORS, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAKEHOLDERS IS THAT BOSTON IS A UNIQUE CITY. IT'S A HISTORIC CITY AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. 168 00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:53.297 AND WHEN WE ARE CHANGING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE ACTUALLY JUST LOOK FOR UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR PROJECTS ARE MEETING, UM, YOU 169 00:33:53.297 --> 00:34:04.275 KNOW, MEETING THE NEEDS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO WE IDENTIFY AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW AS POSSIBLE SO THAT AND YOU KNOW, TO THE UNIQUE SOLUTIONS FOR THAT TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE SOLUTIONS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS SO IT MAY 170 00:34:04.275 --> 00:34:16.888 SEEM I YOU KNOW RESPECT OBVIOUSLY THAT IT FEELS UM. YOU KNOW THAT. >> IT THAT YOU KNOW APOLOGIZE THAT IT FELT THAT IT YOU KNOW TOOK SOME TIME SINCE LAST YEAR BUT AT THE SAME TIME I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE MOVED VERY, 171 00:34:16.888 --> 00:34:28.499 VERY FAST. WE MADE RAPID, RAPID PROGRESS AS AN ADMINISTRATION YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO MANY YEARS PRIOR. UM AND WE ARE JUST LEARNING AS WE ARE LEARNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW 172 00:34:28.499 --> 00:34:40.411 ,FINISHING SOMETHING UH, TO FINISH IT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DONE REALLY WELL, UH, AND MEETING ALL THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. >> I JUST I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I WON'T. ASK ANY QUESTIONS THIS ROUND. I HAVE ANOTHER ROUND. 173 00:34:40.411 --> 00:34:52.290 I MEAN, I JUST I I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD A YEAR TO LIKE WHERE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN STOPPED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. UH, AND UH, YOU KNOW, NOW'S THE 174 00:34:52.290 --> 00:35:03.101 TIME TO COME OUT WITH THE PLAN AND I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS IS STILL VERY VAGUE. UH, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR IS THESE ARE THE WE'VE COME UP WITH A PLAN, A PROCESS AND 175 00:35:03.101 --> 00:35:13.010 THESE ARE THE THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO TO GET SPEED BUMPS ON YOUR ROAD OR TO GET A BIKE LANE HERE OR TO GET, YOU KNOW, HYDE PARK AVE REDESIGN OR WHATEVER IT IS AND THEN WE CAN 176 00:35:13.010 --> 00:35:24.956 PICK UP YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO US TO PICK THAT UP AND AND MAKE OUR CONSTITUENTS VOICES HEARD. BUT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE THAT ARENA DOESN'T EVEN EXIST. AND YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU FOR 177 00:35:24.956 --> 00:35:37.435 COMING HERE AND FOR PRESENTING THAT I THINK IT'S IT'S A REALLY SHOW OF GOOD FAITH BUT IT'S UM YOU KNOW, I WAS HOPING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, COOKED. CAN I JUST ADDRESS YEAH. 178 00:35:37.435 --> 00:35:47.411 >> YEAH ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN I'LL JUST ADDRESS IT BRIEFLY AND WE CAN MAYBE COME BACK TO IT LATER BUT I THINK UM AGAIN LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY LIKE BOSTON THAT IS YOU KNOW, IT'S COMPARED TO SURE SOME 179 00:35:47.411 --> 00:35:58.723 EUROPEAN CITIES AND OTHERS YOU KNOW, NOT AS OLD BUT IT'S A HISTORIC CITY. IT'S OLD. THE ROADS ARE DESIGNED FOR MAYBE A DIFFERENT TIME. THE STREETS ARE DESIGNED FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. WE CAN'T DO A COOKIE LIKE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH. 180 00:35:58.723 --> 00:36:09.400 WE'RE NOT A GRID. IT MAKES THINGS MORE COMPLICATED FOR SURE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE AGAIN LIKE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS, OTHERS WHO YOU KNOW JUST MOVED HERE. 181 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:19.810 ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ARE UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT FOR US AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT IT'S ABOUT HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS FOR US AND IT'S NOT SORT OF LIKE OH YOU HIT THIS THRESHOLD THEN 182 00:36:19.810 --> 00:36:30.922 THEREFORE YOU KNOW, TRIGGERS THIS THING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD NECESSARILY BE UM, YOU KNOW, BE FAIR TO THAT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD OR TO ADVOCATES FOR THAT MATTER BECAUSE WE AGAIN WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING ALL VOICES AND FINDING THE BEST 183 00:36:30.922 --> 00:36:41.999 SOLUTIONS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE CITY. THANK YOU COUNCIL THANK YOU CHAIR. UM SO I'M GOING TO TAKE MY TIME NOW. UM I. I FEEL VERY MIXED ABOUT THIS 184 00:36:41.999 --> 00:36:54.278 BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PROCESS UM IS ONE THAT IS UH IT HAS UM IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CRASH OUT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS SHOWS AN UPWARD TREND IN FATALITIES 185 00:36:54.278 --> 00:37:06.424 AND A FLATLINE REDUCTION IN CRASHES THAT SEEMS TO BE UM TO ME THE NEED FOR GROWING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE JUST THESE NUMBERS. BUT ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 186 00:37:06.424 --> 00:37:17.501 ACTUALLY GO WITH THE DATA SO IT'S NOT SIMPLY ABOUT YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON HAS AN INKLING THAT ON THEIR STREET THEY NEED SAFETY. THERE ARE PLACES IN MY DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE HAVE PASSED AWAY 187 00:37:17.501 --> 00:37:28.613 AND THE FACT THAT THERE ISN'T HASN'T BEEN YOU KNOW, THAT IMMEDIATE SORT OF SALVE FOR AND AND YOU KNOW UM SO IT'S LIKE I 188 00:37:28.613 --> 00:37:38.222 ,I SO APPRECIATE I'M LIKE LOOKING AROUND I SO APPRECIATE LIKE THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS WHO WANT ACTION ON LIKE THEIR SPECIFIC STREET BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 189 00:37:38.222 --> 00:37:50.234 WE LOOK AT THE DATA BECAUSE UM ,YOU KNOW, THERE WE WE WE'VE PROVEN THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BRINGS CERTAIN VOICES TO THE TABLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TIME TO BE HERE. AND I KNOW FROM LOOKING AT THE 190 00:37:50.234 --> 00:38:00.845 CROWD THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO TOOK OFF WORK TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. UM, BUT THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE THAT LIKE DEEPLY NEED UM THEIR ROADS TO BE SLOWED DOWN THAT 191 00:38:00.845 --> 00:38:11.522 AREN'T GOING TO HAVE TIME TO BE HERE AND AREN'T GOING TO HAVE TIME TO BE IN CITY HALL. SO I NOTICED THAT THE VISION ZERO CRASH DATA UM, WHICH IS VITAL INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS AND FOR AGENCIES IN THE CITY 192 00:38:11.522 --> 00:38:23.267 UM, HASN'T BEEN UPDATED. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE HAVE UP TO, UH, DECEMBER 31ST ONLINE. I JUST WANTED TO GET A COMMITMENT THAT THAT THAT WE COULD GET SORT OF UP TO NOW ON LINE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS 193 00:38:23.267 --> 00:38:35.046 IMPORTANT DATA FOR US ALL TO LOOK AT. YES. >> COUNCIL. >> YES WE ARE WORKING. >> THROUGH THAT. UM AND I DID WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET HOW MUCH OF THIS SLOW DOWN OR YOU 194 00:38:35.046 --> 00:38:46.724 KNOW THAT AS YOU KNOW SOME HAVE ALLUDED TO OR LIKE HOW MUCH OF SORT OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW WITH AND HOW WE'RE PLANNING BECAUSE I HEAR SEEING YOUR SLIDES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 195 00:38:46.724 --> 00:38:56.967 STATE OF GOOD REPAIR, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BASIC CITY SERVICES. YOU'RE LIKE YOU KNOW WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE NUMBER ONE THINGS FIRST, UM, HOW MUCH OF THIS IS AND SORT OF THE 196 00:38:56.967 --> 00:39:10.915 CITY'S VISION FOR THIS DRIVEN BY THE BUDGET AND HOW MUCH RESOURCES WE HAVE UPCOMING. YEAH I MEAN THE THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PRIORITY IS IS PART. >> OF OUR MISSION. I MEAN WE YOU KNOW, WE. 197 00:39:10.915 --> 00:39:22.893 ARE WE. ARE FUNDED. TO COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS. UH, AGAIN WE HAVE SEVEN SEVEN SMALL PROJECTS MODERATE. SMALL TO. >> MODERATE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER IN CONSTRUCTION OR 198 00:39:22.893 --> 00:39:33.404 MOVING. INTO CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, WE. POTENTIALLY COULD SET ANOTHER RECORD YEAR AS FAR AS RESURFACING. SO YOU KNOW, WE. WE FEEL THESE ARE PRIORITIES 199 00:39:33.404 --> 00:39:43.447 AND WE THINK THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES. TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THESE OTHER. SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UM. THAT WE'RE HEARING. UH DEMAND FOR. AND THERE I MEAN THERE ARE A 200 00:39:43.447 --> 00:39:55.025 NUMBER OF UM ASKS IN MY DISTRICT I, I DO TRY TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE THINGS THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING FOR ESPECIALLY SPEED HUMPS, ESPECIALLY ROAD REPAVING 201 00:39:55.025 --> 00:40:06.971 ESPECIALLY THE BASIC CITY SERVICES, THE BRICK REPAIRS UM ,SPECIFICALLY THERE HAVE BEEN UM THERE HAVE BEEN PLACES WHERE THERE'S BEEN A CRASH. 202 00:40:06.971 --> 00:40:16.547 YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY LAST WEEK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME TO BE HAVING THIS HEARING BECAUSE LAST WEEK THE CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM ENDED AND FINALLY WE CAN GET BACK TO WORK ON THE STREETS. 203 00:40:16.547 --> 00:40:28.259 UM, I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS. UM, I KNOW THERE WAS TALK OF YOU KNOW, WE WE COLLABORATE AND WE TALK TO EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL ABOUT THEIR SPEED. UM, PRIORITIES. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN EVERYTHING 204 00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:40.037 THAT I'VE ASKED FOR. UM, SO IF I IMAGINE I'M LOOKING AROUND AT ALL MY COLLEAGUES, I IMAGINE THAT THEY HAVE THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT. 205 00:40:40.037 --> 00:40:52.216 UM, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA? SURE. >> AS I MENTIONED, WE YOU KNOW, WE ARE REWORKING THIS. PROGRAM. YOU KNOW. THE PREVIOUSLY THE PROGRAM 206 00:40:52.216 --> 00:41:05.229 RELIED HEAVILY ON AN ALGORITHM BASED. APPROACH TO IDENTIFY. SPEED HUMP LOCATIONS. >> AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE CHANGING THIS PROGRAM IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT. WE ARE. 207 00:41:05.229 --> 00:41:17.641 INSTALLING SPEED HUMPS ON THE STREETS THAT NEED THEM MOST. NOT EVERY STREET IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IS GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SPEED HUMPS. SORRY AND I DON'T WANT TO. I JUST AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME LIKE I REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE 208 00:41:17.641 --> 00:41:27.451 WERE TALKING ABOUT SPEED HUMPS LAST YEAR WITH CONSTITUENTS IN BEACON HILL, SOMEONE FROM THE STREETS CABINET SAID YOU HAVE TO DO A ZONE SO YOU HAVE TO DO LIKE WE HAVE TO DO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WE HAVE TO DO 209 00:41:27.451 --> 00:41:40.064 EVERYTHING NOW I, I IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING WE'RE GOING TO GO STREET BY STREET AND HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTRACTS. IS THAT CORRECT? UM NO WE WILL SO FOR EXAMPLE 210 00:41:40.064 --> 00:41:50.774 THE SPEED HUMPS THAT WE'RE INSTALLING NEXT. MONTH WE'LL DO THAT ALL IN PROBABLY OVER A COUPLE. WEEKS TIME. UH FROM AN EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE. BUT YOU'RE NOT YOU DON'T HAVE 211 00:41:50.774 --> 00:42:03.287 TO PUT SPEED HUMPS ALL OVER A NEIGHBORHOOD IN ORDER TO BECAUSE THAT THAT WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WE THERE ARE CASES WHERE WHERE THAT MIGHT BE THE RIGHT APPROACH, BUT WE. DON'T THINK. >> THAT. THAT IS THE STANDARD. MOVING FORWARD. 212 00:42:03.287 --> 00:42:14.999 OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL TO GET ON THE RECORD. UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT THERE'S A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK NEEDED OUTSIDE OF THE ROXBURY CROSSING STATION WHICH IS ON THE BORDER OF MINE AND MANY ARE CULPEPER 213 00:42:14.999 --> 00:42:25.943 IS DISTRICT. UM THAT IS IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE PRIORITIZE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OUTSIDE OF MBTA STATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN TWO DEATHS AT 214 00:42:25.943 --> 00:42:38.155 THAT LOCATION. UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PRIORITIZED. I KNOW ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU PRESENTED IN THIS IT WAS NOT THERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. YES. >> AND THAT THAT IS A. 215 00:42:38.155 --> 00:42:50.568 SMALLER PROJECT THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED UNDER ONE OF OUR ANNUAL PROGRAMS. NOT NOT A STANDALONE PROJECT. OKAY. >> AND RICARDO PETRON WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE ALSO GIVEN A LIST OF CROSSWALKS THAT NEED TO BE REPAINTED IN MY DISTRICT. 216 00:42:50.568 --> 00:43:02.513 IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS, OUTSIDE OF CHURCHES, OUTSIDE OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE WALKING UM THAT WE HAVE JUST LIKE THE PAINT AND THE SNOW AND THE ICE 217 00:43:02.513 --> 00:43:13.157 AND THE HAS JUST UM REALLY WORN OUT ALL OF OUR CROSSWALKS ACROSS THE CITY. AND SO AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SMALL SCALE IMPROVEMENTS, I JUST THINK WE REALLY NEED TO IN 218 00:43:13.157 --> 00:43:24.802 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SEE UM, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS COME TO COME TO FRUITION SOON. UM SO OKAY SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM UM, UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN. 219 00:43:24.802 --> 00:43:36.814 YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, CHIEF GALVIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE LIST 220 00:43:36.814 --> 00:43:47.658 OF PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AND THEIR PROJECT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT. AND WE WANT UPDATES. I'M NOT GOING TO LIST THE PROJECTS BECAUSE THE THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS MORE 221 00:43:47.658 --> 00:43:58.268 OF A GENERAL QUESTION AND IT'S THAT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY'RE ON THE LIST. BUT WE WANTED TO ASK ARE THERE BENCHMARKS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH OR BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH FOR EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS? 222 00:43:58.268 --> 00:44:09.713 HOW DO YOU CALCULATE THAT? BECAUSE WHAT I GET IF I GET A QUESTION ABOUT HIGH PARK AVENUE, IF I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE ROSIN OR SQUARE REDESIGN OF WOOD AVENUE COMMONS HIGHWAY, YOU NAME IT IT'S VERY 223 00:44:09.713 --> 00:44:21.325 HARD FOR ME TO GIVE THEM AN ANSWER ON WHO THIS IS WHEN IT'S GOING TO GET DONE. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW . UM YOU CAN EXPECT SOME SOME TYPE OF UPDATE ON I DON'T KNOW, AUGUST OF THIS YEAR IT'S COMING 224 00:44:21.325 --> 00:44:32.970 TO THE SITUATION WHERE I'M NOT ABLE TO GIVE ANYTHING. SO I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT IS YOUR MECHANISM OF CALCULATING THE RIGHT. THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUR GOALS FOR EACH OF THESE PROJECTS. CAN YOU KIND OF BREAK THAT DOWN 225 00:44:32.970 --> 00:44:46.016 FOR US? SURE. >> SO UH. ALL OF THE PROJECTS. THAT WE'VE. LISTED HERE WE. CAN PROVIDE UPDATES. >> AS FAR AS. UH STATUS IS CONCERNED. RIGHT. >> SO FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER IN CONSTRUCTION OR. 226 00:44:46.016 --> 00:44:58.362 MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE UPDATES ON THOSE COMMENTS. HIGHWAY AS I. MENTIONED THAT PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED UM THIS SUMMER. ON THE PLANNING AND DESIGN SIDE . 227 00:44:58.362 --> 00:45:10.140 A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE JUST . FUNDED FOR A PLANNING EFFORT. SOME ARE. FUNDED FOR BOTH THE PLANNING AND DESIGN. THEY'RE ALL IN. DIFFERENT PHASES. SOME ARE. >> COMING TO THE. 228 00:45:10.140 --> 00:45:22.953 END, SOME ARE JUST YOU KNOW, KIND OF. GETTING STARTED. WE CAN. PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THOSE. WE DO. >> PLAN TO. UPDATE THE WEBSITE. UM TO PROVIDE KIND OF STATUS UPDATES. ON ON WHERE ALL. THESE PROJECTS. 229 00:45:22.953 --> 00:45:34.932 SO THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH AND I'M GOING TO KEEP BRINGING UP THE HIGH BAR PROJECT BECAUSE IT THAT'S A PROJECT WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR. MANY YEARS. 230 00:45:34.932 --> 00:45:46.110 AND WE'VE HAD COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WE'VE. HAD WE HAD AN IN-PERSON HEARING IN AN EVENING AT A SCHOOL THERE AND. THERE'S JUST. NO UPDATE YET. SO IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING 231 00:45:46.110 --> 00:45:57.821 CONCRETE TO GIVE TO RESIDENTS OF LIKE HEY, AFTER SUCH AND. SUCH CONVERSATIONS THIS IS THE UPDATE FOR THIS PROJECT AND I I'M USING HYPERCARD AS AN EXAMPLE BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT FOR ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE 232 00:45:57.821 --> 00:46:09.867 LISTED THERE AND EVEN FOR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE I THINK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF WHERE A LOT OF THE FRUSTRATION ARISES FROM WHERE WE KEEP HAVING THE MEETINGS AND THE MEETINGS AND DESIGNS AND CONVERSATIONS BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING THE THAT. >> NEXT STEP. 233 00:46:09.867 --> 00:46:22.746 YEAH, IN THE PROCESS AND THAT'S THE SAME SITUATION FOR. UM THE SPEED HUMP PROGRAM AND I KNOW WE KEEP BRINGING IT UP AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN HAVE SPEED HUMPS ON EVERY STREET. 234 00:46:22.746 --> 00:46:32.289 BUT WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU IS WHEN YOU ARE ONE WHEN ARE YOU LOOKING AT REVAMPING THE PROGRAM KICKING THAT BACK OFF TO MAYBE THIS IS MORE FOR 235 00:46:32.289 --> 00:46:45.202 MOHAMMED WHO DO YOU HAVE TWO WHO DO WE HAVE TO GO TO IN THE COMMUNITY TO TO SEE LIKE WHERE DO WE NEED THEM THE MOST BECAUSE I HAVE LIKE AN EXAMPLE GLENDALE ROAD CORNELL AND UM 236 00:46:45.202 --> 00:46:55.712 BEECH STREET IN ROSLINDALE THOSE THREE STREETS ARE PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER BETWEEN THE CONNELLY SCHOOL AND THE PHOENIX AND UM THE PHOENIX SPEED SCHOOL RESIDENTS THERE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SPEED HUMPS ON THOSE THREE STREETS 237 00:46:55.712 --> 00:47:08.826 FOR BEFORE I GOT INTO OFFICE, BUT ALL THE RESIDENTS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WANT THEM BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO TRACTION ON THAT. SO IF NOT THE RESIDENTS WHO WHAT'S THE PROCESS SIMILAR TO 238 00:47:08.826 --> 00:47:21.605 COUNCILOR DURKIN'S OFFICE IS IT BY ZONES? IS IT ONE OFFS? I JUST WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW DO WE GET TO ACHIEVING GETTING. >> MORE SPEED HUMPS? I MEAN YOU START OFF BY SAYING THIS IS A MOHAMMED UH, QUESTION BUT THEN YOU TURN IT INTO A 239 00:47:21.605 --> 00:47:33.350 NICK ACTUALLY ANSWER I WANT TO HEAR FROM BOTH OF YOU KNOW. SURE. SO ON THE IN THIS CASE BECAUSE I'M KNOW I'M FAMILIAR WITH THESE WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THEM WE KNOW WE'RE FAMILIAR WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTS ON THESE. STREETS ARE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 240 00:47:33.350 --> 00:47:44.361 SPEED HUMPS. UM, BUT I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO A CASE LIKE THIS THEN WE THEN DISCUSS WITH THE STREETS TEAM I'LL DISCUSS WITH CHIEF. YOU KNOW WHAT CHIEF GALVIN AND HIS, UH, PLANNERS AND AND 241 00:47:44.361 --> 00:47:56.406 SORRY, UH, ENGINEERS AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT ALSO LIKE HOW DOES HOW TO HOW WOULD PUTTING IN SPEED HUMPS ON THOSE STREETS AND HOW MANY AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS IMPACT YOU KNOW, THE TRAVEL FOR THE REST 242 00:47:56.406 --> 00:48:07.985 OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. BUT YOU KNOW, CHIEF, IF YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YEAH. >> AND I THINK I THINK EVALUATING. YOU KNOW. OUR SPEED. HUMPS THE. BEST TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE. FOR A PARTICULAR STREET. 243 00:48:07.985 --> 00:48:20.831 YOU KNOW, ARE THINGS LIKE RAISE. CROSSWALKS AND AND BUMP OUTS AT INTERSECTIONS. ARE THOSE BETTER TREATMENTS. >> FOR A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO WE WANT TO EXPAND . UM THE TOOLS THAT ARE. 244 00:48:20.831 --> 00:48:31.475 AVAILABLE TO. US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST. UM APPROACH FOR A. PARTICULAR STREET OR SET. OF STREETS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY OKAY OKAY. 245 00:48:31.475 --> 00:48:44.154 AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK A VERY DETAILED QUESTION BUT FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED ON THAT LIST, UM, WERE YOU PLANNING ON UPDATING THE WEBSITES FOR EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS? YES. 246 00:48:44.154 --> 00:48:55.465 >> AND WHEN WOULD YOU WHEN DO YOU THINK WE COULD GET. >> AN UPDATE? HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK. THIS WEEK OKAY THANK YOU I'LL I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL MY SECOND ROUND. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GRIFFIN 247 00:48:55.465 --> 00:49:08.245 OKAY NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. THANK YOU. >> I BELIEVE IT'S CRITICAL. WE FOCUS ON EFFORTS ON QUALITY 248 00:49:08.245 --> 00:49:19.289 OF LIFE ISSUES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT FIXING, FIXING SIDEWALKS, FIXING POTHOLES. 249 00:49:19.289 --> 00:49:32.502 I HAVE A HEARING COMING UP ON POTHOLES AND I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED AS MANY CALLS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS I HAVE UM AS I EVER HAVE. UM. 250 00:49:32.502 --> 00:49:44.147 >> CHIEF OF OF I'VE WORKED WITH YOU FOR. MANY YEARS TRYING TO GET RESIDENTIAL PARKING IN SOUTH BOSTON. WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION GOING ON. FOR YEARS NOW. THE PLAN IS READY I. KNOW IT'S READY. 251 00:49:44.147 --> 00:49:54.791 YOU KNOW IT'S READY. IT'S JUST BEEN SITTING THERE UM ON ON THE SHELF COLLECTING DUST . WHEN WHEN. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO IT. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO FINALLY UM ,LET RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THEY 252 00:49:54.791 --> 00:50:07.671 THEY CAN GET RESIDENT PARKING LIKE LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE. NO THANK YOU COUNCILOR. AND JUST FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE. FAMILIAR THAT. YOU'RE I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERENCING THE EXPANSION 253 00:50:07.671 --> 00:50:22.052 OF RESIDENT PERMIT PARKING IN SOUTH BOSTON UH, TO SEVEN DAYS A. >> WEEK FOR THE FOR THE. BASICALLY HALF THE. NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE IT. YOU KNOW. >> THE. MAYOR HAS COMMITTED TO DOING THIS. UH. >> WE ARE PLANNING TO DO IT AT THE START OF THE RESTART OF OUR . 254 00:50:22.052 --> 00:50:35.365 UH OUR. EXPANSION WHICH HAS BEEN PAUSED SINCE. UM. >> THE PANDEMIC. UM, WE. >> HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT PROJECT, COUNCILOR. >> WE WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING IT MOVING GOING AHEAD. AND I'LL JUST ADD COUNCILOR TO THAT. 255 00:50:35.365 --> 00:50:45.909 I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE LIKE LIKE CHIEF KIRBY JUST SAID WE'RE THE MAYOR IS COMMITTED TO IT. WE'RE COMMITTED TO IT. UH, THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD STILL BE DISRUPTIVE. AND WHEN YOU MAKE A MASSIVE 256 00:50:45.909 --> 00:50:56.853 CHANGE WHETHER IT'S JUST EVEN CHANGING WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR STREET IS GOING TO BE CLEANED UP ON A SPECIFIC DAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UM, HAVING THE RIGHT PROCESS AND NOT JUST 257 00:50:56.853 --> 00:51:07.564 ENGAGE BUT INFORM RESIDENTS SO THAT THE TRANSITION TO THIS EXPANSION ISN'T UM, YOU KNOW, IS AS. IS IS IS. NOT DISRUPTIVE TO THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU. 258 00:51:07.564 --> 00:51:19.376 WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE THE FEDERAL AND CITY AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS UM ADA COMPLIANCE UH. RAMPS I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR WHAT, SIX SEVEN 259 00:51:19.376 --> 00:51:33.657 YEARS MAYBE UM. HOW MUCH. PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE? HOW MUCH MORE DO WE HAVE TO DO? HOW MUCH OF WE SPENT? I BELIEVE WHAT. COMMITTED TO SPENDING IS IT. 260 00:51:33.657 --> 00:51:47.571 $600 MILLION OR $500 MILLION? BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME A RUNDOWN. >> ON THAT PLEASE? YES, COUNSELOR. SO I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CONSENT DECREE. THAT THE CITY IS UNDER. TO CONSTRUCT ADA COMPLIANT CURB RAMPS. UM. 261 00:51:47.571 --> 00:52:00.617 >> WE'VE CONSTRUCTED 6448 RAMPS . IN IN THIS ADMINISTRATION. UM. THIS YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO. GET TO 1800. UM, THAT'S A. 262 00:52:00.617 --> 00:52:15.732 WE'VE BEEN AT I THINK 1617. AND 1800 FOR THIS YEAR. >> THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT UM, EXPANSION OF WORK. I THINK WE'RE. WE'RE ON TRACK. >> TO SPEND ALMOST $45 MILLION THIS YEAR ON. >> ON RAMP RECONSTRUCTION. 263 00:52:15.732 --> 00:52:33.116 YOU KNOW, WE VIEW THIS AS. PART OF OUR, UH, STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. UH. >> WE OBVIOUSLY COORDINATE. >> THAT WORK WITH. ROADWAY RESURFACING. UH, AT. >> THE SAME TIME. UM. >> FRANKLY, THIS IS THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS 264 00:52:33.116 --> 00:52:44.861 PRIORITIZED. BUT WILL. WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE US. UM, MORE THAN A DECADE TO COMPLETE. NOW I UNDERSTAND THANK YOU. I WAS WITH, UM COUNCILOR WEBER CAME. >> TO. 265 00:52:44.861 --> 00:52:56.406 A COMMUNITY. MEETING WITH ME IN CHINATOWN. TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. RESIDENTS KEPT ASKING ME. >> ABOUT PHILLIPS SQUARE. AS YOU KNOW. THEY WANT TO SEE SOME ACTION 266 00:52:56.406 --> 00:53:07.617 DONE ON PHILLIPS SQUARE. IT'S A IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD MOSTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR, MANY, MANY SENIORS MOST THAT DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN THE 267 00:53:07.617 --> 00:53:19.863 SUMMERTIME IT CAN REACH 100 DEGREES IN SOME OF THOSE APARTMENTS, PHILLIPS PHILLIPS SQUARE WILL BE A. CRITICAL AREA FOR PEOPLE TO TO GATHER UM WITH TREES WITH OPEN 268 00:53:19.863 --> 00:53:31.808 SPACE. UM IS. THIS A PRIORITY OR IS. >> THIS SOMETHING. THAT THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR AND FIGHTING FOR AND FIGHTING FOR OR IS THIS OR IS THE 269 00:53:31.808 --> 00:53:43.086 ADMINISTRATION JUST GOING TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN, TREAT THEM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT? SO THIS PROJECT HAS UM IS MOVING FORWARD. 270 00:53:43.086 --> 00:53:57.434 UH THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN. IT'S BEEN VERY ENGAGED. UH THERE'S. >> BEEN A LOT OF WORK UM, ON SELECTION OF. >> A DESIGN UH, FOR THE. PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION UH, WE HAVE THE PROJECT MOSTLY FUNDED. UH, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE WE 271 00:53:57.434 --> 00:54:09.045 ARE. PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD. CAN I TELL THEM THIS WILL HAPPEN? WE'LL WE'LL DO THE WE'LL START THE CONSTRUCTION THE SUMMER. I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T PROCURED THE THE PROJECT YET BUT WE'LL 272 00:54:09.045 --> 00:54:20.757 PROBABLY GET BACK TO YOU WITH. NO I KNOW THAT BUT I WOULD COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION. EVERY PERSON ASKED ME AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS DONE? AND I SAID I'M GOING TO GET THIS DONE AS SOON AS I CAN, BUT 273 00:54:20.757 --> 00:54:32.602 I ONLY CAN SAY THAT SO LONG. UM AND I'M GOING TO TELL THEM I'M GOING TO GET IT DONE THIS SUMMER. IT'S GOING TO STOP THIS SUMMER. I NEED YOU TO BE ON BOARD WITH THAT. UM, I JUST CAN'T KEEP BLOWING 274 00:54:32.602 --> 00:54:43.680 PEOPLE OFF AND SAYING WE'LL GET WE'LL GET IT DONE. WE'LL GET IT DONE. I CAN'T TELL COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN MY DISTRICT THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO GET DONE. I WANT IT TO GET DONE THIS THIS 275 00:54:43.680 --> 00:54:55.792 SUMMER AND THAT SHOULD BE THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. UM, ARE YOU WILLING TO WORK WITH ME THIS SUMMER TO GET IT DONE? I'LL BE HERE ALL SUMMER. I'LL I'LL HELP YOU WITH THE PROJECT. I'LL GET DOWN THERE MYSELF. 276 00:54:55.792 --> 00:55:09.506 BUT I NEED YOU, NICK ON BOARD BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T KEEP. WAITING AND DELAYING THIS PROJECT. WE'LL GET. >> YOU AN. UPDATE ON THE. STATUS OF THE PROJECT COUNSELOR. BUT AGAIN, THE PROJECT IS FUNDED. UH, I BELIEVE WE WE HAVE A 277 00:55:09.506 --> 00:55:22.552 SELECTED DESIGN. UM. >> WE ARE DOING SOME KIND OF SPRUCE UP OF. THE OF THE CURRENT PLAZA IN ADVANCE. >> OF THE EVENTS. THIS SUMMER. UM, BUT I. WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON A SCHEDULE FOR. THE BRANCH AND I WOULD JUST 278 00:55:22.552 --> 00:55:33.697 SAID WE HAD A GREAT COMMUNITY PROCESS WE HAD WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEIR INPUT WAS IS REFLECTED IN THE FINAL DESIGN, 279 00:55:33.697 --> 00:55:47.110 UH, CHOICE THAT WE HAD AND I WOULD SAY UM, IT'S NOT. DELAYED BECAUSE. >> WE'RE COMMITTING TO DOING IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY. SO THREE YEARS AGO WE SHIFTED. 280 00:55:47.110 --> 00:55:58.288 FROM THE SLOW STREETS. INITIATIVE TO THE SAFETY SURGE . INITIATIVE BECAUSE THEN THE ADMINISTRATION. SAID THAT THIS POLICY. WOULD PROVIDE A MORE. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION 281 00:55:58.288 --> 00:56:11.267 OF TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES, INCLUDING DESIGNATING SPEED. HUMPS AS PART OF THE STANDARD STREET DESIGN. UM AND THEN LAST. YEAR IN FEBRUARY. 282 00:56:11.267 --> 00:56:23.179 >> 2025, WE ANNOUNCED. UM THE CITY WAS UNDERGOING A 30 DAY REVIEW OF THE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS MADE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND THEN IN APRIL THE MEMO WAS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE 283 00:56:23.179 --> 00:56:36.092 COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. COULD BE IMPROVED. UM, AND NOW HERE WE ARE WITH. >> THE WELL. ATTENDED ROOM. BUT KNOWING. MYSELF AS AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR IF I'M. GETTING EMAILS CALLS. 284 00:56:36.092 --> 00:56:48.338 ARE JUST OUT. IN ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. I CONSTANTLY HEAR THIS. RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO ASK LIKE WHAT. DOES AN ENHANCED, MORE EQUITABLE. MORE TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION. PROCESS LOOK LIKE? 285 00:56:48.338 --> 00:57:01.918 >> SO I'M HOPING WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THAT ANSWER. I KNOW MANY OF MY. COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY ASKED. >> THAT QUESTION. ONE UM THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP YOU SAID SPEED HUMPS WILL GO 286 00:57:01.918 --> 00:57:16.699 INTO HIGH PRIORITY. STREETS AND THEY HAVE TO. >> BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE. >> SO WHAT IS THAT PROCESS AND IS THAT ON THE WEBSITE TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO RESIDENTS HOW. YOUR STREET BECOMES DEEMED ELIGIBLE AND THEN. >> WHAT STEPS CAN BE. 287 00:57:16.699 --> 00:57:31.781 TAKEN TO BE PUT ON THE LIST AND THE TIMELINE. >> FOR. IT TO HAPPEN. SO WE HAVE NOT YET UPDATED THE WEBSITE WITH THE NEW PROCESS COUNCILOR BUT BUT. >> WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. UM CAN YOU SHARE WHAT IT IS. 288 00:57:31.781 --> 00:57:43.126 THE SO YOU KNOW AS I MENTIONED UH. YOU KNOW THE CITY. RAPIDLY CONSTRUCTED OVER. 1400 UH, SPEED HUMPS OVER THE LAST. SEVERAL YEARS AND YOU KNOW, WE FOCUSED. 289 00:57:43.126 --> 00:57:55.004 ON ON MANY HIGH PRIORITY. STREETS THAT THAT NEEDED THEM UH, AND. AT THAT TIME. HOW DID YOU DEEM THEM HIGH PRIORITY? BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS ASKED FOR THEM OR WHAT MADE THEM HIGH 290 00:57:55.004 --> 00:58:07.750 PRIORITY THEN AND HOW WOULD THEY BE DIFFERENT. BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE NOW? SO THERE WAS THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS DONE AT THE TIME TO. DETERMINE WHICH STREETS. WERE UH. ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES. 291 00:58:07.750 --> 00:58:20.730 >> FOR SPEED HUMPS. UM AND THEN THEY WERE. PRIORITIZED UM, BY NEED AND THERE WAS A MAP AT THE TIME WHICH SHOWED UM. BUT WHAT MADE YOU ELIGIBLE? 292 00:58:20.730 --> 00:58:33.643 UH, A. >> VARIETY OF FACTORS. UM. >> CRASH HISTORY. UH, STREET. DESIGN SPEEDS. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, NEAR A. SCHOOL WHAT SCHOOL ZONE, COMMUNITY CENTER. 293 00:58:33.643 --> 00:58:46.756 ETC. THERE. >> WERE A. >> VARIETY OF FACTORS. >> AND CRITERIA THAT WENT INTO UM WHETHER A STREET WAS ELIGIBLE OR NOT. OBVIOUSLY THERE. >> WAS A. CONVERSATION WITH. PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CLASSIFICATION. 294 00:58:46.756 --> 00:58:59.302 OF THE ROADWAY WAS ETC.. AND NOW WHAT IS THE. SHIFT TO BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE IN THE NEW. SO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND LOOKING AT NOW 295 00:58:59.302 --> 00:59:11.014 IS KIND OF MOVING AWAY FROM THAT LIKE ALGORITHM BASED APPROACH THAT WE. HAD UH. AND FIGURING OUT. ON ON. ON THE STREETS THAT WILL RESTRICT GETS SPEED HUMPS. 296 00:59:11.014 --> 00:59:22.559 IS THAT THE BEST APPLICATION? IS A STREET A BETTER CANDIDATE FOR SOMETHING LIKE A RACE CROSSWALK OR BUMP OUTS OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF UH, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE? I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT 297 00:59:22.559 --> 00:59:33.903 COUNCILOR AND SO IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE SORT OF SIMILAR FACTORS THAT WE MAY HAVE USED IN THE PAST. >> BUT. THAT WE'RE ONLY BUT LIKE CHIEF GOVE SAID JUST YOU KNOW, UH, SORT OF AN AGNOSTIC ALGORITHM 298 00:59:33.903 --> 00:59:44.414 WE WANT TO INCLUDE VOICES OF RESIDENTS, UH, STAKEHOLDERS ,YOU KNOW, GROUPS WHO ADVOCATE FOR SENIORS, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. UM, YOU KNOW, MULTIMODAL 299 00:59:44.414 --> 00:59:57.260 ADVOCATES, OBVIOUSLY ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THAT THE THE DATA IS ALSO INFORMED BY, YOU KNOW, THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE, UH, IN THOSE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WHAT ARE ALL OF THE CALMING MEASURES THAT CAN BE 300 00:59:57.260 --> 01:00:11.808 USED? SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SPEED HUMPS, THERE'S RAISED CROSSWALKS UH THERE'S BUMP OUTS . UM FRANKLY RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS. CHANGING THE. 301 01:00:11.808 --> 01:00:22.385 >> DIRECTIONALITY IMPROVE SIGNAGE, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. IS THIS SHIFT BASED. ON DATA THAT CAME BACK SHOWING 302 01:00:22.385 --> 01:00:34.864 THAT THE FIRST WAVE AND HOW WE IMPLEMENTED SPEED HUMPS ORIGINALLY WAS NOT EFFECTIVE? NO. >> WE BELIEVE THAT THE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WAS EFFECTIVE. 303 01:00:34.864 --> 01:00:46.943 UM, THAT SAID THERE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SPEED HUMPS THAT WERE EVALUATED. UM, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR THAT YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE ROBUST FEEDBACK AND PROBABLY WEREN'T 304 01:00:46.943 --> 01:00:58.087 UH, AS HIGH PRIORITY LOCATIONS AS OTHERS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ITERATING THE PROGRAM, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN PLACING THESE ASSETS IN THE PLACES THAT NEED 305 01:00:58.087 --> 01:01:09.932 THEM MOST. UM, SO WHEN. I DRIVE THROUGH THIS. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY BUT ON WASHINGTON STREET, UM, I MEAN GAME BOULEVARD NEAR THE 306 01:01:09.932 --> 01:01:22.779 WASHINGTON STREET INTERSECTION THERE IS A BLINKING CROSSWALK VERY EFFECTIVE. UM, HOW MANY BLINKING CROSSWALKS DO WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY? I THINK THEY ALL SHOULD BE 307 01:01:22.779 --> 01:01:33.022 BLINKING BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE THE CARS. ACTUALLY STOP ON THAT FOUR WAY SPEEDING HIGHWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE EVER GOING TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE PULL 308 01:01:33.022 --> 01:01:45.134 CARS OVER FOR GOING 80 AND JUST SEE PEOPLE STRANDED WAITING TO GET ACROSS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY . BUT WHEN THE LIGHT BLINKS IT'S EFFECTIVE. I HAVE MANY OTHER PLACES I WOULD SAY TO PUT THEM ALSO, BUT 309 01:01:45.134 --> 01:01:56.012 HOW MANY DO WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY AND IS THERE A INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE SPREADING THOSE? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFFHAND COUNCIL BUT WE CAN GET IT FOR YOU. I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE 310 01:01:56.012 --> 01:02:09.826 FIXED BUT PERMANENT UH, BLINKING LIGHTS. NOT LIKE THE SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS, RIGHT? >> NO, NOT WHEN THEY PUT LIKE A MOVING SIGN THAT WILL JUST TELL YOU YOUR SPEED OR IT'S AN ACTUAL BLINKING FIXED. 311 01:02:09.826 --> 01:02:23.072 UM HUM. I HAVEN'T SEEN OTHERS. UH, THERE OTHERS AROUND THE CITY? HOW MANY ARE THERE? YEAH, WE HAVE MANY AND WE CAN GET YOU THE NUMBER OF WHAT THEY ARE. OKAY. >> AND THERE'S AN INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE THAT IS THE DATA 312 01:02:23.072 --> 01:02:34.951 ALREADY SHOWING THEM. THAT THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE AN ALTERNATE TYPE OF UH ,TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE. WE USE THEM UH, IN SCHOOL ZONES ACROSS THE CITY. 313 01:02:34.951 --> 01:02:46.929 THEY'RE THEY'RE EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND CHIEF GROVES, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 314 01:02:46.929 --> 01:02:59.041 AND I DO APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT DURING THE SNOWSTORMS AND HOW QUICKLY AND HOW RAPIDLY YOU AND YOUR TEAM MOVED TO, UH, RESPOND TO THOSE 315 01:02:59.041 --> 01:03:10.620 REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CENTER BUS LANE, UM, WE GET A MUCH DIFFERENT RESPONSE AND THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT 316 01:03:10.620 --> 01:03:21.197 ABOUT RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE CENTER RUNNING BUS LANE. YET IT REMAINS A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF THE CURRENT DESIGN. UH, AND HERE'S MY QUESTION AT 317 01:03:21.197 --> 01:03:32.542 WHAT POINT DOES THE 2000 UH, PETITION SIGNATURE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY 318 01:03:32.542 --> 01:03:45.588 MEMBERS GATHERED AT UH THE REED AUDITORIUM IN GROVE HALL. AT WHAT POINT DOES THE CITY BEGIN TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE CENTER 319 01:03:45.588 --> 01:03:57.633 RUNNING BUS LANE AND GIVE US ANOTHER DESIGN THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE A CENTER BUSSING CENTER RUNNING BUS LINE? I MEAN, I HEARD YOU SAY WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT WHEN 320 01:03:57.633 --> 01:04:09.779 YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT UM, BUMP LANE AND I HEARD MISTER MUHAMMAD SAY THAT IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PROCESS. AT WHAT POINT DOES IT REALLY SINK IN? 321 01:04:09.779 --> 01:04:21.991 THAT COMMUNITY IS SAYING THEY DON'T WANT A CENTER BUS LANE AND IT AND THE CITY BEGAN TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR THAT CENTER RUNNING BUS LANE. 322 01:04:21.991 --> 01:04:33.803 THANK YOU COUNCILOR. UM, SO YOU KNOW BLUE HILL HAVE UM IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF TRANSIT SAFETY AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS THE ENTIRE 323 01:04:33.803 --> 01:04:46.015 CORRIDOR AND HAS FOR DECADES. I KNOW YOU. KNOW THAT UH, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. IT'S IT'S IT'S BEEN A LONG STANDING PRIORITY. UM, YOU KNOW, THE. MAYOR AND SECRETARY AND ANG 324 01:04:46.015 --> 01:04:58.294 HAVE BEEN MEETING FREQUENTLY, UH, ON THIS PROJECT TO HELP KEEP PROGRESS MOVING. RIGHT. WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING TO CO-HOST ,UH, A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE MBTA. WHO WHO. 325 01:04:58.294 --> 01:05:12.041 UM, IS OUR PARTNER IN THE PROJECT? UM. >> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ASKED THE MBTA TO CHECK IN WITH THE FTA ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE GRANT CONDITIONS. UM, AND WE ARE SCHEDULED TO 326 01:05:12.041 --> 01:05:26.322 KIND OF RECONVENE WITH THE MBTA AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. UM, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE ON THE PROJECT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE. UM. >> I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MY 327 01:05:26.322 --> 01:05:38.901 REFERENCED ARE NEEDED ON BLUE HEALTH AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO WE WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. UM, AND AND DELIVER ON ON ALL 328 01:05:38.901 --> 01:05:49.712 OF THOSE. IMPROVEMENTS SO WE. >> KNOW THAT $80 MILLION CAME DOWN RIGHT? THAT WAS A SURPRISE. NO ONE HERE KNEW ABOUT IT AND AND D7 UNTIL IT HIT THE NEWSPAPERS. 329 01:05:49.712 --> 01:06:01.357 AND WE KNOW THAT THAT SORT OF BUSTLING WITH THAT $80 MILLION THERE WAS ONLY 30% DESIGN AND THE 30% DESIGN WAS ONLY OF THE CENTER BUS LANES 330 01:06:01.357 --> 01:06:12.735 WITH NO MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION OR MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY . WHY DID THEY HAVE TO BEGIN WITH THE 30% CENTER BUS LANE AND NO 331 01:06:12.735 --> 01:06:26.182 COMMUNITY INPUT WHATSOEVER? THERE WAS UH. UM COMMUNITY. THE CITY DID A. PRETTY NO NO TALKING ABOUT THE CITY. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MBTA. >> OH I'M SORRY OKAY. YEAH. UH, WE'LL GET TO THE CITY'S. 332 01:06:26.182 --> 01:06:38.694 AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER. WE DID INVITE THE MBTA. THEY DID DECLINED. TO DEFERRING. UM, ARE WE GOING TO DO A DO UH, AS A SUMMER? THEY'RE NOT COMING. 333 01:06:38.694 --> 01:06:51.173 BUT WE DO HAVE ENFORCEMENT WAYS TO BRING THEM HERE THOUGH. WE I MEAN, WE CAN'T JUST ACCEPT THE NOT COMING. THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THAT THEY COME HERE AND SO IF WE HAVE TO MOVE ANOTHER 334 01:06:51.173 --> 01:07:04.420 WAY MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT. BUT LET ME FINISH WITH CHIEF GROVE. UM, TO GO FINISH YOUR QUESTION. I MEAN YOUR ANSWER. SURE. >> SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH THE 335 01:07:04.420 --> 01:07:15.264 TEAM. WE DID DO, UH, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT THAT'S DOCUMENTED OR DOCUMENTED IN A REPORT WE COMPLETED IN 23. THE BASIS OF THE $80 MILLION GRANT. 336 01:07:15.264 --> 01:07:27.276 RIGHT. IT'S THE MTA'S GRANT. UM. >> IT IS BASED ON, UH, PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS. UH, AND YOU. KNOW, THE. 337 01:07:27.276 --> 01:07:39.355 THE TEAM FEELS THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE TRANSIT PRIORITY ON THAT CORRIDOR IS THROUGH CENTER RUNNING BUS LINES. BUT BUT WHAT AT WHAT POINT DOES THE MTA BEGIN TO AND THE 338 01:07:39.355 --> 01:07:49.965 COMMUNITY IN OTHER WORDS HOW FAR WILL WE HAVE TO GO AND YOU KNOW AND ONE OF THE UH THE MEETINGS WE HAD WE HAD UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SAYING 339 01:07:49.965 --> 01:08:00.843 THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PROTEST ,WILLING TO LAY DOWN IN THE STREET. I MEAN, HOW FAR DO WE HAVE TO GO TO REALLY GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT A CENTER BUSTLING AND 340 01:08:00.843 --> 01:08:13.022 THAT WE WANT OTHER DESIGNS? WELL, I THINK I THINK THE. COMMUNITY MEETING. THAT WE REFERENCED UM, IS I THINK A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. 341 01:08:13.022 --> 01:08:25.634 I THINK IF HYPOTHETICALLY ALSO IF THE IF THE PROJECT WAS TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT STEP IN THAT WOULD. BE YOU KNOW, THE MBTA TAKING THE PROJECT AS CURRENTLY DESIGN 342 01:08:25.634 --> 01:08:36.445 TO THE MPO AND ASKING THEM TO MOVE THAT TO THE LONG TERM PROJECT LIST. RIGHT. IF IF THE MPO VOTED TO DO THAT THAT WOULD KICK OFF A FORMAL 30 DAY COMMENT. 343 01:08:36.445 --> 01:08:48.657 PERIOD WHICH WOULD BE A ROBUST PUBLIC PROCESS. UM LET ME JUST BODY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ABOUT THE AURORA AVENUE PROJECT. I CAME TO HEAR YOU OUT SO THAT 344 01:08:48.657 --> 01:09:00.102 YOU CAN TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD DO. TO GATHER ROUND. SO THIS IS A FIRST. THIS PLAN IS TO KICK US OUT OF OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS PLAN ISN'T ACTUALLY FOR 345 01:09:00.102 --> 01:09:13.015 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE ABOUT. WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND MAKE IT BETTER. UM. >> AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE A LOT OF YOU COMING FROM. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR BUSINESSES. YOU CAN FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT 346 01:09:13.015 --> 01:09:23.926 THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE GAINS AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES. I'VE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATE DESIGNS BECAUSE THE RFP WASN'T BASED OFF OF A 347 01:09:23.926 --> 01:09:35.905 CENTER RUNNING BUSTLING. IT WAS ABOUT A DEDICATED BUSTLING. SO THEY WILL TELL YOU ONE THING OH WE HAD A COMMUNITY PROCESS BUT THEY DON'T TELL YOU THE DETAILS. >> AND IT WAS NOT FAIR. IT WAS NOT TRANSPARENT. NONE OF THIS IS FOR US. 348 01:09:35.905 --> 01:09:48.918 I JUST WANT TO SAY IT AND FOR THE BUS LANE. THIS WASN'T. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR. OKAY. I GAVE YOU AN EXTRA MINUTE BECAUSE I WAS SPEAKING. I DIDN'T GET IN. ACCENT. COULD I JUST. FOR THE RECORD. NO, JUST THERE ARE THERE'S A 349 01:09:48.918 --> 01:10:01.764 LOT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY. CAN I. JUST ASK ONE THING. WITH ME? >> SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. JUST ONE THING QUICKLY OR. BUT I CAN MOVE ON. YEAH. >> YOU YOU I GUESS YOU CAN RESPOND AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO 350 01:10:01.764 --> 01:10:16.912 GO TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING TO TESTIFY OVER 40 PEOPLE. I CAN JUST I CAN TALK. OKAY. >> GO AHEAD. OKAY. >> IT'S OKAY. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM. 351 01:10:16.912 --> 01:10:30.192 >> NICK MOHAMMED, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY. UH, JUST TO EDUCATE ALL OF US WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DATA THAT WE'RE POURING OVER. WHERE IS THAT DATA COME FROM? WHAT DATA ARE WE USING? 352 01:10:30.192 --> 01:10:41.103 SPECIFIC TO WITH WHAT COUNCILOR? WELL. >> YOU GOT THAT? I MEAN I GUESS SO, RIGHT? SO EXPLAIN TO ME MAYBE WHAT SOME WHERE WE PUT SPEED HUMPS. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? UH, TO WHERE WE'RE DECIDING WHERE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DO UH, 353 01:10:41.103 --> 01:10:52.648 SAFETY DESIGN RECONFIGURATIONS ETC.. UH, MAYBE EXPLAIN TO ME WHICH DATA IS HELPING US GUIDE WHICH PROCESS. SURE. SO YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THE CAPITAL UM, UH, AND 354 01:10:52.648 --> 01:11:03.959 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS I MENTIONED EARLIER. RIGHT. SO UH, SEVERAL OF THOSE AND FRANKLY MANY OF OUR OUR LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS THEY ARE BASED 355 01:11:03.959 --> 01:11:15.104 ON, YOU KNOW, THE DATA IN THE HIGH CRASH NETWORK, RIGHT? SO IF A QUARTER IS DEEMED, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CRASHES, RIGHT. THAT'S A PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON WE 356 01:11:15.104 --> 01:11:26.749 USE A VERY SIMILAR SORT OF DATA FOR OUR INTERSECTIONS RIGHT. WE HAVE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE RATED FROM YOU KNOW WORST ON UP . UM WE HAVE CRASH DATA VEHICLE 357 01:11:26.749 --> 01:11:40.396 SPEED SPEEDS THAT WE CAPTURE FROM UH SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS. UM YOU KNOW, FOR FOR BIKE FACILITIES WE DO BIKE COUNTS. UM, OBVIOUSLY OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER PROVIDES. 358 01:11:40.396 --> 01:11:51.140 A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA FOR UH, ALL SORTS OF CORRIDOR WORK. SO YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PLANNING EFFORTS THAT DO. YOU KNOW. 359 01:11:51.140 --> 01:12:02.951 YOU KNOW, DATA COLLECTION FOR SPECIFIC CORRIDORS, PROJECTS, INTERSECTIONS. >> SO IS IT MOSTLY CITY DATA COLLECTED MEAN WE'RE USING IS IT POLICE DATA? IS THE CRASH DATA COME FROM THE STATE FROM THE CITY? GREAT QUESTION. IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE THINGS. 360 01:12:02.951 --> 01:12:16.865 IT'S FEDERAL STATE CITY POLICE EMS ALL OF THAT. GREAT. AWESOME. >> GOOD TO KNOW. UM, AS IT RELATES TO SPEED HUMPS WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME LONG OVERDUE SPEED HUMPS AS THEY WERE THE NUMBER 361 01:12:16.865 --> 01:12:28.177 ONE REQUEST IN THE LAST IN THE FIRST TERM MY FIRST TERM IN OFFICE UH SINCE DIED DOWN A BIT I DON'T KNOW IF JUST PEOPLE SAY WELL THEY'RE JUST NOT HAPPENING OR IF PEOPLE HAVE SORT OF CHANGED THEIR MIND ABOUT UH, 362 01:12:28.177 --> 01:12:39.722 WHETHER THEY WOULD WANT THEM ON THEIR STREET SPECIFICALLY. UM, BUT I STILL WOULD ADVOCATE UH, THERE IS GOOD TO IT THE ONES THAT ARE COMING AND HAPPY ARE COMING AND I WOULD STILL ADVOCATE THAT WE LOOK TO THE 363 01:12:39.722 --> 01:12:50.966 COUNCILORS WHO ARE UH TO JUST TO GIVE TO 5 TO 10 STREETS A YEAR. UH, THAT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES ARE THE ONES THAT WHAT ARE THE CATHRO'S WHAT ARE THE PLACES THAT WE NEED? UM, ESPECIALLY THE DISTRICT 364 01:12:50.966 --> 01:13:03.479 CITY COUNCILORS WHO ARE UM IN THE DISTRICT EACH AND EVERY DAY AND ARE VERY FAMILIAR GOING TO THOSE CIVICS. UM, I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT. UM, YOU TOUCHED ON THE RESIDENCY PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM THAT IT HAS BEEN ON 365 01:13:03.479 --> 01:13:14.990 PAUSE. UM, AND I BELIEVE COUNCILOR FLYNN ASKED TO IT BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS GOING TO COME BACK. . AND DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT? I WILL JUST SAY ONE THING AND 366 01:13:14.990 --> 01:13:25.234 THEN CHIEF CULP CAN ANSWER I CAN EXPAND ON IT. I WOULD JUST LIKE I'VE HEARD THE THE WORD PAUSE A COUPLE OF TIMES WHETHER IT'S PROJECTS OR YOU KNOW, UH, OR RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT, UM PROGRAM. 367 01:13:25.234 --> 01:13:35.644 NOTHING IS ON UNPAUSE. WE YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE THE 30 DAY REPORT AND EVEN DURING OBVIOUSLY TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROCESS IS THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE THAT OUR YOU KNOW, 368 01:13:35.644 --> 01:13:48.390 THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT UM TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL FOR. >> FOR. OUR STREETS WHICH IS THAT THEY'RE ALL WALKABLE, DRIVABLE, YOU KNOW, CYCLE UM, FOR ALL PEOPLE FOR ALL ROAD USERS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE SAFE AND 369 01:13:48.390 --> 01:13:59.468 NICE AND THAT THEY'RE ALSO HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE ULTIMATELY THAT'S THE GOAL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD UM, IS ,YOU KNOW, PLEASANT TO WALK OR DRIVE OR BICYCLE. 370 01:13:59.468 --> 01:14:11.313 I MEAN OUR BIKE UM, THE REASON YOU KNOW, IT MAY HAVE TAKEN LONGER THAN IN THE PAST IS WE HAD STAFF TURNOVER AND OTHER FACTORS, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO THAT I WOULD SAY THAT LED TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN SLOWER 371 01:14:11.313 --> 01:14:23.659 THAN THE FIRST THREE YEARS. BUT NICK JONAS HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE NICK? THAT'S THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET TO MY OTHER QUESTION, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. THANK YOU. UM, UH. >> ON A MORE TECHNICAL. >> MATTER GETTING IN I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS COME IN. 372 01:14:23.659 --> 01:14:35.170 WE HAVE, UH, THE MORRISSEY BOULEVARD REDESIGN, WHICH IS A STATE PROJECT. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COLUMBIA ROAD REDESIGN. I WOULD JUST ASK FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE IN, UM, WITHIN ONE ANOTHER IF WE WERE 373 01:14:35.170 --> 01:14:45.981 TO HAVE. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT MY DISTRICT OF DORCHESTER. IF YOU'RE DOING A COLUMBIA ROAD REDESIGN WITH THE MORRISSEY BOULEVARD REDESIGN THAT IS ABSOLUTE CHAOS IN BETWEEN. RIGHT? SO THINKING ABOUT THE TIMING AND SEQUENCING OF THESE 374 01:14:45.981 --> 01:14:57.926 PROJECTS AND HOW THEY WILL AFFECT EACH OTHER WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS DO BUT I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT ONE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S TWO MAIN ARTERIES THAT COULD UNDERGO SOME SIGNIFICANT REDESIGN POTENTIALLY AROUND THE SAME TIME. UH AND I JUST WANT TO BE VERY 375 01:14:57.926 --> 01:15:09.805 COGNIZANT OF THAT. UM, OTHERWISE I JUST WANT TO TOUCH UPON TWO THOUGHTS I HAVE I STILL THINK WE NEED A SEPARATE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT WHETHER THAT RELIES AND RELIES ON THE BTD OR THE BOSTON 376 01:15:09.805 --> 01:15:21.717 POLICE, I DON'T KNOW. UH, BUT I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS IS IF THE POLICE ARE BUSY DEALING WITH OTHER ISSUES AND THE MINOR INFRACTION TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS OCCUR. DO WE HAVE A WAY THAT WE CAN 377 01:15:21.717 --> 01:15:32.294 STILL ENFORCE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT? BECAUSE I KNOW IF I WAS IF I WAS GIVEN THAT IF I WAS DEPUTIZED TO PULL ANYONE OVER RIGHT AND GIVE TICKETS, UH, WHICH I USED TO BE AND UH, I 378 01:15:32.294 --> 01:15:43.171 WOULD I COULD PULL OVER TEN PEOPLE EVERY TIME I DRIVE INTO THE CITY. RIGHT. AND I THINK WE ALL SEE THAT AS WE AS WE GO AROUND. SO UH, THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THEN LASTLY JUST, UH, YOU GUYS CAN TOUCH UPON IT. 379 01:15:43.171 --> 01:15:55.317 UM, BUT THE UH, A A UNIVERSAL UNIQUE COLOR CODE AROUND SCHOOL SAFETY TRAFFIC SAFETY SIGNS. MY THOUGHT THERE IS IF I'M IN HYDE, IF I LIVE IN HYDE PARK 380 01:15:55.317 --> 01:16:05.527 AND I'M DRIVING THROUGH SOUTHIE AND I TYPICALLY DO NOT VISIT SOUTHIE, I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE. RIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE A SCHOOL ZONE SIGN BUT THOSE KIND OF BECOME IT'S A YELLOW SIGN, RIGHT? 381 01:16:05.527 --> 01:16:17.606 UM, BUT IF WE IN BOSTON HAD A UNIVERSAL UNIQUE COLOR UM, I'LL JUST SAY PURPLE BECAUSE I WENT TO BOSTON LATIN. RIGHT. BUT LIKE WE'LL JUST SAY IT'S A PURPLE CAR. THAT WAY NO MATTER WHERE I GO I SEE PURPLE SIGNS I KNOW OKAY, 382 01:16:17.606 --> 01:16:31.186 I'M IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I SHOULD I SHOULD SLOW MY ROLL RIGHT? UM, JUST AN IDEA. FIGURED IT'D BE A GOOD TIME TO THROW IT OUT THERE. UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE TIME TO REACT. THANK YOU. JEFF. SURE. >> SO TO THE ENFORCEMENT, UM, 383 01:16:31.186 --> 01:16:42.097 COMMENT COUNCILOR. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE WORK REGULARLY WITH BPD. UM, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK THE THE WAY THE WAY 384 01:16:42.097 --> 01:16:53.375 ESSENTIALLY IT'S DIVIDED RIGHT NOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW. BTD CAN ISSUE UM, YOU KNOW, A PARKING VIOLATION TO ANY VEHICLE THAT IS NOT MOVING. RIGHT? 385 01:16:53.375 --> 01:17:05.287 SO A VEHICLE THAT IS DOUBLE PARKED, ILLEGALLY PARKED ETC.. UH, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY TOW AND IMPOUND VEHICLES BUT IF BUT IF THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AND IT BECOMES A MOVING VIOLATION THAT 386 01:17:05.287 --> 01:17:16.698 RESPONSIBILITY FALLS UH, WITH WITH THE POLICE. AND SO TO YOUR POINT AND IF THERE WAS A CREATION OF UM, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF TRACK OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, YOU'D 387 01:17:16.698 --> 01:17:28.610 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ENTITY CAN ALSO, UH, ISSUE MOVING VIOLATIONS. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BUNCH OF UM AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT UH ,LEGISLATION KICKING AROUND ON THIS. 388 01:17:28.610 --> 01:17:39.521 AND JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THE UM, YOU KNOW, THE BIG PROJECTS UH, IN YOUR IN DORCHESTER, UM, THE MORRISSEY AND COLUMBIA AND THE IMPACTS I THINK TO THAT POINT IT IT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE THE 389 01:17:39.521 --> 01:17:50.532 TIME AND THAT THOSE ARE STATE YOU KNOW SO DIFFERENT BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WHETHER IT'S BLUE HILL LAB OR ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S NOT JUST THE END RESULT THAT HAS AN IMPACT. IT'S YOU KNOW THE BIGGER THE 390 01:17:50.532 --> 01:18:01.777 PROJECT THE LARGER OBVIOUSLY THE IMPACT ALSO OF CONSTRUCTION THAT IT WILL HAVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE END RESULT IS SOMETHING. PEOPLE FEEL REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT AND IT'S A WIN WIN. 391 01:18:01.777 --> 01:18:14.322 UH, BECAUSE GETTING THERE IS ALSO NOT EASY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD . UM WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR ERROL. UM, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND SIX MINUTES. >> UH THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU TO THE PANEL. FOR BEING HERE. 392 01:18:14.322 --> 01:18:25.801 UM, WHEN. YOU WHEN WE ARE INSTALLING, UH OR COMING UP WITH DESIGNED FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. >> OR. STREETS. >> DO WE DO AN. ECONOMIC IMPACT TO UNDERSTAND 393 01:18:25.801 --> 01:18:38.880 YOU KNOW HOW SAID DESIGN WILL IMPACT THE BUSINESSES AND DO WE GO BACK UH, TO ANY OF THE OTHER DESIGNS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED LIKE LET'S SAY COLUMBUS HAVE TO SEE HOW UH, 394 01:18:38.880 --> 01:18:53.795 THAT REDESIGN HAS IMPACTED UH, THOSE BUSINESSES OR EVEN. YOU KNOW. >> PROPERTY VALUE TAXES ETC.. SURE. >> SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL, WE DON'T YOU. KNOW, WE. >> DON'T NECESSARILY DO LIKE UH . 395 01:18:53.795 --> 01:19:06.975 YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR CORRIDOR. UM, THAT SAID WE DO. WE DO TRY TO CAPTURE THOSE NEEDS PARTICULAR AROUND CURBSIDE DEMAND. UM. 396 01:19:06.975 --> 01:19:17.552 >> YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR WHATEVER PROJECT THAT IS UM, WE DO YOU KNOW, DO POST PROJECT KIND OF EVALUATION. 397 01:19:17.552 --> 01:19:29.564 UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FRANKLY ACTUALLY WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW THE T ON COLUMBUS TRAM ON PHASE ONE. UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT THAT IT WE NEED TO DO MORE POST PROJECT . IMPLEMENTATION. 398 01:19:29.564 --> 01:19:42.811 >> UH, ACROSS THE BOARD AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED UH, TO DO MORE OF IN. >> THE FUTURE. UH. >> GOOD TO HEAR. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE DEFINITELY SOMETHING. UH, JUST KNOWING HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE IN BLUE ALIVE 399 01:19:42.811 --> 01:19:54.890 AND HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE POURED, YOU KNOW, THEIR LIFE SAVINGS AND THEIR TIME AND ENERGY. UH, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE A DECISION THAT CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, A REAL IMPACT ON ALL 400 01:19:54.890 --> 01:20:08.537 THOSE BUSINESSES. UM, THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, PARKING. PROGRAM. >> UH, SOMETHING THAT I HEAR ABOUT OFTEN, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING I 401 01:20:08.537 --> 01:20:20.348 HAVEN'T HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT ON YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE RESTARTED IF IT'S GOING TO BE RESTARTED. CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY COLLABORATE UH, YOU KNOW, FLAHERTY ON ON 402 01:20:20.348 --> 01:20:31.493 THE PROGRAM? SURE. >> UH, WE DID MENTION THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BUT OUR OUR OUR PLAN IS WE HAVE FORTUNATELY, UH, RESTORED OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT NUMBERS. 403 01:20:31.493 --> 01:20:44.973 UM, OUR STAFF THAT DOES THAT WORK TO, UH TO HISTORIC LEVELS AND WE FEEL THAT WE CAN RESTART THE EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM. WE ARE PLANNING TO DO THAT. UM. >> THIS YEAR. BUT I'LL. LET MOHAMMAD KNOW. 404 01:20:44.973 --> 01:20:55.750 I MEAN, JUST TO YOUR POINT, COUNSELOR, ABOUT UM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY ANY CHANGE. UM, EVEN YOU KNOW, WITH RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT TOO, IT'S THE SAME THING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE JUST GET IT RIGHT WHEN WE WHEN WE 405 01:20:55.750 --> 01:21:06.027 WHEN WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT WHETHER IT'S UH, YOU KNOW, ADDING SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T EXIST OR EVEN EXPANDING SOMETHING WHERE IT EXISTS SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS A SMOOTH TRANSITION ESSENTIALLY. 406 01:21:06.027 --> 01:21:18.540 UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS EXISTED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY DECADES. UH, WE CAN YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO ADJUST IT THROUGHOUT IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. 407 01:21:18.540 --> 01:21:29.217 RIGHT? SO LIKE THERE'S A TRANSITION THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO THE SOUTH END IN WE'VE HEARD FROM BUSINESSES LAST YEAR WHO SAID LISTEN LIKE TRAFFIC IS YOU KNOW MOVING AS FAST AS THEY NEED TO IN FRONT OF THIS PLACE SO YOU KNOW, CAN THIS BE A 15 MINUTE ZONE FOR INSTANCE. 408 01:21:29.217 --> 01:21:40.729 SO IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT DETAILS AND MAKING SURE UH WE'RE ADDRESSING ALL THE CONCERNS OF YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE WILL BE IMPACTED AND THEN WE'LL ROLL THEM UP. BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THEY'VE BEEN PAUSED AND NEEDED TO BE RESTARTED. THEY'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF BEING, UH, THOROUGHLY 409 01:21:40.729 --> 01:21:52.040 VETTED. AWESOME. >> AND THAT AND THEN UM, WHEN IT COMES TO JUST FINDING UM DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT 410 01:21:52.040 --> 01:22:04.552 OF FEDERAL FUNDS, UM, THAT HAVE UM, BEEN GIVEN BACK? UM, REGARDING ANY CAPITAL PROJECT? DO YOU HAVE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT? 411 01:22:04.552 --> 01:22:16.865 UH, WE HAD A QUICK CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AT THE START OF THE HEARING. UH, WE HAVE NOT GIVEN ANYTHING BACK. UH, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MONEY RESCINDED. UH, AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UH 412 01:22:16.865 --> 01:22:29.177 SOME FEDERAL FUNDS THAT UM WHILE THE GRANT HASN'T BEEN RESCINDED, WE HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT. AND SO IT'S THOSE FUNDS ARE KIND OF IN LIMBO. 413 01:22:29.177 --> 01:22:41.623 UH, BUT UH UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRITTON ASKED THIS QUESTION EARLIER AND WE DO HAVE A VERY DETAILED DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS EVERY PROJECT THAT HAS STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING 414 01:22:41.623 --> 01:22:54.669 AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. YEAH. >> UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR I WOULD LOVE TO UH, SEE THAT THAT LIST AND IS IT COMMON THAT UH, 415 01:22:54.669 --> 01:23:06.247 STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING IS PAIRED OR CAN YOU STILL RECEIVE STATE FUNDING ON AN INTERSECTION OR A THOROUGHFARE WITHOUT RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS? 416 01:23:06.247 --> 01:23:17.859 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE SEEK UM, OUTSIDE FUNDING FROM UM A VARIETY OBVIOUSLY OF STATE AND 417 01:23:17.859 --> 01:23:28.269 FEDERAL GRANTS AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY FOR LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS WE MAY TRY TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PULL THOSE RESOURCES TOGETHER. 418 01:23:28.269 --> 01:23:38.913 BUT DEPENDING UPON WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM WE'RE WE'RE TARGETING, UM, NO, WE MAY JUST TARGET ONE PARTICULAR GRANT. SO WE HAVE YOU KNOW, UH, 419 01:23:38.913 --> 01:23:50.892 INTERSECTION UH, GRANTS THAT MIGHT FUND A COUPLE DOZEN INTERSECTION PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT WITH MASSDOT AT THE AT THE ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 420 01:23:50.892 --> 01:24:02.737 RIGHT. THAT'S A STATE FUNDED GRANT PROJECT. AND QUIXOTIC AND LIKE TIME IS RUNNING LOW. UM. THERE THERE HAVE BEEN DESIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN SCALED BACK OR, 421 01:24:02.737 --> 01:24:15.383 YOU KNOW, REMOVED. WHAT WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN THE REASON ON ALREADY INSTALLED? UH, YOU KNOW, BUT WHETHER IT'S 422 01:24:15.383 --> 01:24:28.763 UH YOU KNOW, BUS LANES, BIKE LANES, UM TEMPORARY DESIGNS. WHAT HAS BEEN THE REASON FOR THE REMOVAL OF ANY PAST PROJECTS? SURE. >> UH, GREAT. 423 01:24:28.763 --> 01:24:39.707 GREAT QUESTION. UM, THE CITY HAS NOT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT REMOVED ANY BIKE LANES. UH, WE WE HAVE REMOVED, UH, SOME SOME BUS LANES. 424 01:24:39.707 --> 01:24:52.253 UM, THERE WERE THREE LOCATIONS. UH, ONE WAS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS SUMMER STREET. UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T COME WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SERVICE FREQUENCY. 425 01:24:52.253 --> 01:25:01.863 UH, COMPLIANCE WAS LOW. UH, ENFORCEMENT WAS VERY LIMITED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK, UH, WE DID WE DECIDED TO END 426 01:25:01.863 --> 01:25:13.308 THAT PILOT THAT SAID IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, IF IF ENFORCEMENT OR CHANGES TO THE CORRIDOR WERE MADE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE COULD. BE EVALUATED. UM BOYLSTON STREET THIS WAS THE 427 01:25:13.308 --> 01:25:25.353 UH, BUS LANE THAT WAS ADDED AS PART OF THE BIKE LANE PROJECT. UH, FROM CLARENDON TO ARLINGTON . THE POST IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION SHOWED THE FACILITY WASN'T DELIVERING SIGNIFICANT 428 01:25:25.353 --> 01:25:36.131 TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS. UH, IT WAS CONTRIBUTING TO SOME CURBSIDE ACCESS AND CONGESTION. YOU KNOW, THE ANALYSIS I BELIEVE FOUND YOU KNOW, ONE MINUTE IN IN TIME SAVINGS PER 429 01:25:36.131 --> 01:25:50.011 TRIP DURING THE AM PEAK. UH, BUT BUT NO IMPROVEMENT DURING THE PM. SO YOU. KNOW. >> WE WE CHOSE TO REMOVE THAT BECAUSE AS PART OF THAT POST PROJECT EVALUATION AND THEN THE LAST SECTION WAS UH LAST SUMMER 430 01:25:50.011 --> 01:26:04.392 AS PART OF A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR RESURFACING PROJECT. UM, WE REMOVED A SHORT SECTION OF BUS LANE ON NORTH WASHINGTON STREET. UM. >> YOU KNOW, FRANKLY THAT DESIGN HAD CHALLENGES UH, FROM 431 01:26:04.392 --> 01:26:18.473 FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION. UM, AND THERE WAS NOT A PLAN TO CARRY. UH. >> THE BUS LANE ON TO THE NORTH WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE. SO, UH, WE MADE A DECISION TO. >> YOU KNOW. REMOVE THAT SECTION OF THE 432 01:26:18.473 --> 01:26:29.317 BUSTLING UH, AGAIN AS PART OF A FUTURE, UH, PROJECT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN WE'RE IN DESIGN ON ON RUTHERFORD AVE THAT COULD BE EVALUATED IN THE FUTURE. 433 01:26:29.317 --> 01:26:41.429 BUT AT THE TIME WE MADE THE DECISION TO REMOVE THAT SECTION . BUT AND BUT WE DID KEEP AN EXPAND UH, INBOUND THAT'S GOING OUT INTO THE CITY AND THEN GOING THROUGH A PROGRAM. WHERE WE DID WE KEPT THE 434 01:26:41.429 --> 01:26:51.873 INBOUND SIDE. UH, EXPANDED IT UH, AS AS PART OF SOME INCREASED SERVICE DELIVERY, THE TEAM PLANS AS PART OF THEIR, UH, BETTER BUS NETWORK. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARROYO. 435 01:26:51.873 --> 01:27:05.286 UM, OUR PLAN WAS TO, UM, TAKE SOME TESTIMONY OUT OF ORDER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A SECOND ROUND. UM, I DO WANT TO JUST I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE. UM, WHILE I THINK NO BIKE LANES 436 01:27:05.286 --> 01:27:16.397 HAVE BEEN REMOVED, THERE HAS BEEN PROTECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN REMOVED. SO I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO READ INTO THE RECORD. NO NO CLAPPING. I'M SORRY. UM, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S 437 01:27:16.397 --> 01:27:27.442 IMPORTANT. LIKE I THAT HAS HAPPENED IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND IT YOU KNOW AND IT HASN'T JUST BEEN MARATHON RELATED. UM AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A POINT OF TENSION PARTICULARLY WITH MY 438 01:27:27.442 --> 01:27:39.420 OFFICE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IN OUR DISTRICT THAT TRAVEL MULTIMODAL. UM I AM GOING TO LET THESE ADVOCATE SPEAK TO THAT EXPERIENCE BUT I JUST I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT LIKE THAT 439 01:27:39.420 --> 01:27:49.230 THAT ANSWER. ALSO BE READ INTO THE RECORD. SO UM WE'RE GOING TO GO TO TRISTAN THOMAS. TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL TIFFANY CARGILL. 440 01:27:49.230 --> 01:28:02.010 UM THE BOSTON CYCLISTS UNION BENJAMIN SIEGEL BOSTON BETTER STREETS COALITION THIS IS THE ORDER ELIJAH EVANS BIKE NOT BOMBS AND BRANDON KEARNEY WALK MASKS AND YOU'RE EACH GOING TO 441 01:28:02.010 --> 01:28:14.856 HAVE TWO MINUTES. UM SO SO LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO START AND JUST MAKE SURE YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND WHAT ORGANIZATION YOU'RE WITH. ALL RIGHT, I'M READY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 442 01:28:14.856 --> 01:28:28.102 MY NAME IS TRISTAN THOMAS. I WORK AS DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND LAW FOR ALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT. ALSO KNOWN AS ACE. ACE IS A MEMBER BASED. NONPROFIT THAT. >> FOR OVER 30 YEARS HAS SERVED BOSTON'S BLACK AND BROWN 443 01:28:28.102 --> 01:28:38.046 COMMUNITIES. EVERY MONTH WE HOST A TRANSIT RIDERS UNION WHERE RESIDENTS IN BOSTON DEMAND EQUITABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. ACE IS ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF THE TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL 444 01:28:38.046 --> 01:28:49.924 COALITION, A DIVERSE COALITION OF MORE THAN 60 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, MOBILITY, JUSTICE AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE MBTA AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARE SAFE, ROBUSTLY FUNDED AND AFFORDABLE 445 01:28:49.924 --> 01:29:00.335 FOR EVERYONE IN THE REGION. I TESTIFY TODAY ON BEHALF OF ACE AND TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL TO DEMAND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AFFECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 446 01:29:00.335 --> 01:29:12.046 AS WE'VE HEARD LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, A 30 DAY REVIEW WAS INITIATED. IN APRIL 2025 A MEMO WAS PUT OUT. YET HERE WE ARE IN APRIL OF 2026 AND WE STILL HAVE NOT 447 01:29:12.046 --> 01:29:22.790 RECEIVED MEANINGFUL UPDATES OR TIMELINES FOR THESE CRITICAL PROJECTS. SO I'M HERE TO ASK THE SIMPLE AND URGENT QUESTION WHY THE DELAY WHILE WE WAIT? PEOPLE ARE DYING. 448 01:29:22.790 --> 01:29:33.167 JUST LAST MONTH SOMEONE WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN OUR STREETS. THAT IS THE REAL COST OF INACTION. WE'RE NOT JUST LOSING LIVES. WE'RE LOSING FEDERAL FUNDING OR REALLOCATING FEDERAL FUNDING 449 01:29:33.167 --> 01:29:45.179 WHETHER THAT'S $8 MILLION IN FENWAY, $20 MILLION IN ROXBURY MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE THREATS AROUND THE COLUMBUS AND BLUE HILL AVE PROJECTS. WE'RE NOT HERE TO ASSIGN BLAME. WE'RE HERE TO DEMAND 450 01:29:45.179 --> 01:29:55.490 ACCOUNTABILITY. SO WE HAVE THREE DEMANDS ARTICULATE A CONCRETE PLAN AND TIMELINE FOR ADVANCING PROJECTS THAT HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING AT RISK. WE NEED CONCRETE DATES AND MILESTONES THAT WE CAN MEASURE 451 01:29:55.490 --> 01:30:06.968 AGAINST ESTABLISHED CLEAR METRICS FOR EVALUATING THESE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY METRICS AROUND SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF BUS SERVICE. AND THESE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT TO EVERYONE SO WE 452 01:30:06.968 --> 01:30:18.379 CAN UNDERSTAND HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE. SO THERE'S NOT ARBITRARY OR WORSE POLITICAL. FINALLY, WE NEED TO HAVE EXPLANATIONS FOR WHY UH PLANNERS WERE TOLD TO CANCEL MEETINGS WITH THE MBTA ON 453 01:30:18.379 --> 01:30:34.061 COLUMBUS APP. UH AND I'LL JUST LIKE TO END AND SAY WE CANNOT WAIT FOR ANOTHER 30 DAY REVIEW. WE NEED TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY NOW SO LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE DATES AND THOSE COMMITMENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU TIFFANY. MORNING. 454 01:30:34.061 --> 01:30:45.606 >> COUNCILOR DURKAN OR AFTERNOON I SHOULD SAY AT THIS POINT, UH, BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN PROMISED SAFER STREETS, ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT AND A CITY THAT MOVES FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD A 455 01:30:45.606 --> 01:30:55.550 CAR. OUR REALITY IS A PATTERN OF STALLED PROJECTS WITHHELD UPDATES AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LEFT IN THE DARK. EVERY DAY OF INACTION IS A DAY 456 01:30:55.550 --> 01:31:07.094 THAT FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS SLIP THROUGH OUR FINGERS OR GET TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PROJECT . IT'S A DAY A CYCLIST IS ENDANGERED A DAY A DISABLED RESIDENT IS STRANDED. 457 01:31:07.094 --> 01:31:19.073 WE ARE CALLING ON THE CITY TO STOP TREATING TRANSPARENCY AS OPTIONAL AND START TREATING MOBILITY JUSTICE AS THE URGENT OBLIGATION THAT IT IS. WE KNOW WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY LOOKS LIKE. 458 01:31:19.073 --> 01:31:30.918 WE SEE THE PROOF IN CITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND PLACES RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON. PROTECTED BIKE LANES SAVE LIVES. BUS PRIORITY MOVES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EFFICIENTLY. 459 01:31:30.918 --> 01:31:40.862 ACCESSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE OPENS UP THE CITY TO EVERYONE. WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND WE HAVE THE FUNDING NOW WE NEED THE WILL AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON 460 01:31:40.862 --> 01:31:52.173 BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE BOSTON CYCLISTS UNION IS HERE TO ASK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND STRONGLY URGE THE CITY TO DO THE WORK TO REBUILD TRUST WITH OUR 461 01:31:52.173 --> 01:32:03.518 COMMUNITIES AND START A COLLABORATIVE PATH FORWARD. DO WE WANT A CITY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE? BOSTON IS OVERDUE ON THAT PROMISE. THE PAUSE ON BOSTON'S 462 01:32:03.518 --> 01:32:15.963 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IS A REGIONAL CRISIS WITH A PRICE TAG. SAFE STREETS CAN'T WAIT. AND FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT WAIT WHEN PROJECTS STALLED 463 01:32:15.963 --> 01:32:27.375 DOLLARS ARE FORFEITED, OPPORTUNITIES ARE LOST IN THE COMMUNITIES WHO NEED SAFE STREETS MOST ARE LEFT BEHIND THE LONGEST. BOSTON'S NEIGHBORS, ADVOCATES AND RIDERS DESERVE MORE THAN PROMISES. 464 01:32:27.375 --> 01:32:39.487 RESIDENTS DESERVE A CITY THAT SHOWS UP, FOLLOWS THROUGH AND BUILDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES MOBILITY JUSTICE POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU, BENJAMIN SIEGEL. 465 01:32:39.487 --> 01:32:53.367 BOSTON BETTER STREETS COALITION . IS NOT THERE. >> OKAY, I TAKE. HIS PLACE. I HAVE. TO. GET TO. >> WORK NEGOTIATE YOU BUT. I'M WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THIS ORDER. BUT I'M ELIJAH EVANS HERE. 466 01:32:53.367 --> 01:33:04.712 GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILORS AND COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS ELIJAH EVANS AND I SERVE AS THE CEO OF BIKE STOMP BOMBS AND I LIVE IN JAMAICA PLAIN. I BIKES NOT BOMBS. WE WORK TO DISMANTLE MOBILITY 467 01:33:04.712 --> 01:33:16.891 APARTHEID BY ENSURING EVERY BOSTONIAN HAS ACCESS TO DIGNIFIED AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION. TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THIS CRISIS. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE DISPARITY THE PER CAPITA INCOME 468 01:33:16.891 --> 01:33:28.002 IN OUR COMMUNITIES OUR CORE COMMUNITIES LIKE ROXBURY IS 21,000 MATTAPAN 28,000 IS FAR BELOW THE CITY'S AVERAGE OF 44,000. THIS IS WHY RESIDENTS 469 01:33:28.002 --> 01:33:40.047 DISPROPORTIONATELY RELY ON PUBLIC AND MICROMOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR. WE'RE DEEPLY. CONCERNED WITH THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE CONTINUED PAUSE ON ESSENTIAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 470 01:33:40.047 --> 01:33:50.224 PROJECTS. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE RIDING MY BIKE FROM GROVE HALL TO UMASS BOSTON, THE LACK OF DEDICATED LANES ON STREETS LIKE COLUMBIA 471 01:33:50.224 --> 01:34:02.670 ROAD MADE THE TRIP TERRIFYING A CONSTANT HIGH STAKES GAME OF AVOIDANCE. THAT STRESS AND DANGER IS WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING TO ELIMINATE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS PAUSE 472 01:34:02.670 --> 01:34:13.247 ARE MEASURED IN CRASHES, NOT QUARTERLY REPORTS. FOR INSTANCE, THE HYDE PARK AVENUE CORRIDOR A HIGH CRASH AREA SAW OVER 30 CAR ACCIDENTS AND NEARLY TEN PEDESTRIAN 473 01:34:13.247 --> 01:34:24.959 INCIDENTS IN 2025 ALONE. THE BLUE HILL AVENUE REDESIGN, WHICH SERVES A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS, IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT MUST BE UNPAUSED IMMEDIATELY. 474 01:34:24.959 --> 01:34:35.703 THIS ISN'T JUST PAINTING LINES. IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING SAFE AND PROTECTED INFRASTRUCTURE ALONGSIDE THE PLANNED CENTER RUNNING BUS LANE WHICH I SUPPORT BIKES UP ARM SUPPORTS 475 01:34:35.703 --> 01:34:46.747 ENSURING ALL COMMUTERS CAN COMMUTE WITHOUT FEAR. OUR ADVOCACY ISN'T JUST TOP DOWN. OUR YOUTH APPRENTICES WHO SERVE AS LEADERS TODAY AND REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY ARE 476 01:34:46.747 --> 01:34:58.659 ALREADY LEADING CHANGE BY TESTIFYING AND CO-CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR SAFER STREETS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. COUNCILORS WE ASK FOR TWO THINGS FIRST, I'M PROVIDING IMMEDIATE TRANSPARENCY AND A PATH FORWARD ON ALL POD 477 01:34:58.659 --> 01:35:10.204 PROJECTS. SECOND, COMMIT TO PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS IN PROTECTED MICROMOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS ACTION WILL SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND FINALLY BUILD THE 478 01:35:10.204 --> 01:35:22.883 SAFE AND INTERNET INTERCONNECTED BOSTON OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM BRENDAN KEARNEY ROCK MASS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 479 01:35:22.883 --> 01:35:35.262 SORRY JUST TO GIVE A HEADS UP. REGGIE RAMOS WILL BE AFTER THAT. GREAT. >> MY NAME IS BRENNAN CARNEY. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WALK MASSACHUSETTS STATEWIDE PEDESTRIAN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1990 AS WALK BOSTON. THANKS FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING TODAY. 480 01:35:35.262 --> 01:35:48.609 SINCE 2015 VISION ZERO AND THE OVERARCHING GOAL BOSTON 2030 EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MAJOR GUIDEPOSTS FOR POLICY PRIORITIES RELATED TO SAFETY AND MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE 30 DAY REVIEW PAUSE THREW A BIT OF A WRENCH IN THOSE. 481 01:35:48.609 --> 01:35:59.653 STAFFING CHANGES. CHALLENGING FUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND RISING COSTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL HAVE ADDED A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. GO BOSTON 2030 WAS ONCE A LONG RANGE PLAN OF PROJECTS 2030 NOW SHOWS UP IN THE FIVE YEAR BUDGETS. 482 01:35:59.653 --> 01:36:11.599 THERE'S A NEED FOR A RESET AND RECOMMITMENT TO SAFETY AND MOBILITY PRIORITIES FOR THE YEARS AHEAD. LET THE TALENTED STAFF ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR DO THE WORK TO PLAN SAFER STREETS. YOU'VE HEARD AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT MANY PROJECTS. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE 483 01:36:11.599 --> 01:36:22.610 IMPORTANCE OF SPEED HUMPS. THEY WERE FIRST PILOTED THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD SLOW STREETS STARTING IN 2018, IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE IF THEY CAN SLOW DOWN EXCESSIVE SPEEDERS. THE PILOT WAS A SUCCESS, A ROUSING SUCCESS AND LEARNINGS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SLOW STREETS 484 01:36:22.610 --> 01:36:33.320 WERE INCORPORATED INTO WIDER TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAMS AS THE SAFETY SURGE IN FALL 2013 2023 SPEED HUMPS WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE A TOOL THAT PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS COULD USE BEYOND THE ZONES FOR TRAFFIC CALMING. 485 01:36:33.320 --> 01:36:44.532 I PROUDLY STOOD ALONGSIDE THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCILORS AND STAFF WHEN THE SAFETY SURGE WAS ANNOUNCED. THERE WAS A GOAL OF 500 SPEED HUMPS PER YEAR. STREETSBLOG REPORTED MORE THAN 600 WERE ADDED IN 2024 BUT JUST A HANDFUL LAST YEAR. 486 01:36:44.532 --> 01:36:56.911 IT REALLY IS DISHEARTENING TO SEE THIS SAFETY WORK STALLED SINCE BOSTON REALLY HAS BEEN A LEADER ON THIS. THERE'S A RIPPLE EFFECT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS SINCE 2015. FOLLOWING BOSTON'S LEAD TO IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN VISION ZERO 487 01:36:56.911 --> 01:37:07.521 TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORTS. A SAFER BOSTON MEANS A SAFER MASSACHUSETTS. INJURY CRASHES INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS ROSE AGAIN LAST YEAR IN BOSTON TO 571, WITH AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE LOSING THEIR 488 01:37:07.521 --> 01:37:18.833 LIVES WITH VEHICLES ON OUR STREETS LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE. WE NEED A RECOMMITMENT TO THAT VISION ZERO AS A PRIORITY IN BOSTON. I'M HOPEFUL SPEED HUMP PROGRAM CAN GET BACK TO WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE A WAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PUBLIC WORKS AS 489 01:37:18.833 --> 01:37:31.545 NORMAL ROAD RESURFACING EFFORTS AS A CHANCE TO ADD 24 OVER SEVEN TRAFFIC CALMING SINCE OTHERWISE SPEEDERS WILL GO EVEN FASTER ON NEWLY PAVED STREETS. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU BRADLEY. 490 01:37:31.545 --> 01:37:42.790 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS REGGIE RAMOS. I AM THE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MASSACHUSETTS. I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AND AS 491 01:37:42.790 --> 01:37:52.833 WELL AS THE ADVOCATES WHO ARE SHOWING UP TODAY. I WANT I HAD A PREPARED, UH, COMMENT BUT I'M GOING OFF SCRIPT JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO SPEAK PLAINLY BECAUSE 492 01:37:52.833 --> 01:38:05.279 PLATITUDES AND REFRAINS LIKE WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THIS AND WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WILL NO LONGER DO. WHAT IT HAS DONE IS MAKE CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN PLACE. 493 01:38:05.279 --> 01:38:16.457 ONE OF THE. THINGS THAT I HEARD TODAY WAS NOTHING IS ON PAUSE. THAT IS I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING MORE INACCURATE AND DISINGENUOUS THAN THAT. 494 01:38:16.457 --> 01:38:26.800 LET'S TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THE BOYLSTON FENWAY PROJECT. WELL, WE CAN SAY THAT IT HAD BEEN FUNDING FOR THAT. THE 8 MILLION HAD BEEN FUNDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 31. 495 01:38:26.800 --> 01:38:39.847 THIS IS $8 MILLION WE COULD HAVE USED TODAY BUT BECAUSE BOSTON DID NOT BECAUSE THE CITY OF BOSTON DID NOT SUBMIT A 25% DESIGN TO MASSDOT, THAT MONEY 496 01:38:39.847 --> 01:38:51.225 IS PLANTED FIVE YEARS FROM NOW IN TRANSPORTATION AS I'M SURE THE PANEL KNOWS AND THIS AUGUST BODY KNOWS THERE IS SUCH A THING AS WE CALL TRANSPORTATION COST OVERRUNS FOR A PROJECT 497 01:38:51.225 --> 01:39:03.570 THAT COST 5 MILLION TODAY WILL NOT COST US 5,000,005 YEARS HENCE. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT WE WANT TO ASK FOR THIS TO THIS COMMITTEE. I SINCERELY ASK THIS COMMITTEE 498 01:39:03.570 --> 01:39:14.448 TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK. THERE ARE MILESTONES THAT ARE HINGED ON US AVAILING OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE NEED. THEY NEED TO COME BACK WITH UPDATES. 499 01:39:14.448 --> 01:39:26.660 WE HAVE BEEN CHASING THE CITY FOR UPDATES AND WHAT WE GET ARE PLATITUDES LIKE WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING IT. THERE IS NOTHING THAT'S BEEN LOST. COME ON LET'S GET REAL. 500 01:39:26.660 --> 01:39:38.639 16 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PASSED AND WE NEED THE CITY TO GET ON A MOVE ON THEM TODAY. THANK YOU REGGIE, BUT ZACH I'LL COME. JOEY Z SORRY. 501 01:39:38.639 --> 01:39:53.053 ZELDIN AND ALEX. ALEX. HELLO. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MICHELLE GALCHEN. I LIVE WITH MY TWIN EIGHT YEAR OLDS IN ROSLINDALE. LET ME START. BY SAYING THIS I. CANNOT AFFORD TO BE HERE RIGHT 502 01:39:53.053 --> 01:40:04.064 NOW. IT'S A WORK DAY AND MY KIDS ARE IN ON SPRING BREAK YET I AM HERE BECAUSE I FEAR THAT MY VOICE OUR VOICES ARE NOT BEING HEARD. I'M ONE OF MANY PARENTS WHO 503 01:40:04.064 --> 01:40:16.143 CAN'T BE HERE TODAY. WE HAVE CHOSEN BOSTON'S TRANSIT RICH NEIGHBORS TO RAISE OUR KIDS. MANY OF US CAN'T AFFORD A CAR ON TOP OF OUR RENT OR OUR MORTGAGE. THE SAD THING IS THESE SO-CALLED WALKABLE 504 01:40:16.143 --> 01:40:26.987 NEIGHBORHOODS AREN'T REALLY SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS. WE HAVE TO PLAY FROGGER ACROSS ONE WAY SPEED TUNNELS, WIDE LANED CARS, SEWERS AND CAR CENTRIC INTERSECTIONS ON A DAILY BASIS TO WALK OR BIKE TO 505 01:40:26.987 --> 01:40:37.297 SCHOOL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW THAT I MIGHT BE SPEAKING TO THE QUIET HERE. YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE WE'VE DISCUSSED 506 01:40:37.297 --> 01:40:48.409 THESE SOLUTIONS AT YOUR PLANNING WORKSHOPS AND YOU WROTE THEM DOWN IN YOUR PLANS. WHAT KILLS US IS THAT YOU WON'T TAKE ACTION. IN MY FIVE YEARS IN ROSLINDALE 507 01:40:48.409 --> 01:41:00.054 I HAVE SEEN SPEEDING CARS CRASH AND TURN OVER ON RESIDENTIAL SIDEWALKS. I'VE SEEN THEM CRASH INTO OUR BELOVED VILLAGE MONUMENT AND EVEN TAKE A BUILDING FACADE DOWN IN DALE VILLAGE. 508 01:41:00.054 --> 01:41:10.330 WHEN AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN GETS HURT. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WILL NOT ONLY BLAME THOSE SPEEDING DRIVERS, WE WILL ALSO BLAME THE CITY STAFF WHO DESIGN THESE 509 01:41:10.330 --> 01:41:21.809 STREETS FOR SPEED AND THE CITY LEADERSHIP WHO REFUSE TO SPEND OUR TAX MONEY TO REDESIGN THEM FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE WHO WALK, WHO BIKE AND TAKE TRANSIT . WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH SPEED AND 510 01:41:21.809 --> 01:41:32.786 SAFETY BECAUSE SPEED KILLS IF I'M HIT BY A CAR TRAVELING AT 20MPH, MY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS 80% AT 40MPH MY THE CHANCE 511 01:41:32.786 --> 01:41:44.998 OF ME DYING IS 80%. SO WE DEMAND ACTION NOW. IT IS TIME THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON PUTS ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS AND BUILD A GREAT CITY THAT CLAIMS TO BE STARTING WITH ITS PUBLIC STREETS. 512 01:41:44.998 --> 01:41:57.344 THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, JOEY Z ZELDIN. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY OR GOOD AFTERNOON. >> I SHOULD SAY. UM MY NAME IS JOEY. ZELDIN AND I'M A RESIDENT BRIGHTON. UM, I'M CURRENTLY A GRAD 513 01:41:57.344 --> 01:42:09.223 STUDENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND RIGHT AFTER THIS I'LL ACTUALLY BE GIVING MY FINAL PRESENTATION. UM, REGARDING, UH, CLEVELAND CIRCLE AND RESERVOIR STATIONS. GOOD LUCK. UM. WITH THAT GOOD LUCK. I THANK YOU. 514 01:42:09.223 --> 01:42:21.635 UM, BUT AND IT'S APPROPRIATE TIMING BECAUSE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS FINAL PROJECT THAT I'M GIVING IS LITERALLY GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS DO, UM, IN ORDER TO 515 01:42:21.635 --> 01:42:32.713 INCORPORATE MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS. UM, NONE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND TODAY COULD ACTUALLY FEASIBLY HAPPEN BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE HOLD UPS HAPPENING WITH THE UM, 516 01:42:32.713 --> 01:42:45.259 THE THE PROJECTS AND THE DELAYS . >> IN THE BUDGET. THE MORE URGENT MATTER AT HAND RIGHT NOW IS THAT IF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND FUNDING ARE NOT UTILIZED AND HANDLED APPROPRIATELY, OUR COMMUNITIES CANNOT THRIVE. 517 01:42:45.259 --> 01:42:56.336 I'VE ONLY LIVED IN BOSTON FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS NOW, AND ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT OBSERVATIONS THAT I HAVE MADE IS THAT A LOT OF THE SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE IN URGENT DISREPAIR. 518 01:42:56.336 --> 01:43:07.915 IN FACT. ALONG THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE CONSISTING OF KNOWN PHANTOM ROAD SOLDIERS FIELD ROAD AND NORTH BEACON STREET THAT I WALK ALONG REGULARLY. I'VE NOTICED THAT MANY OF THE SIDEWALKS WOULD BE UM, HORRIBLE 519 01:43:07.915 --> 01:43:18.158 CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS OR OTHER IMPAIRMENTS TO WALK ON AND I MYSELF AM ABLE BODIED. AND SO I I THINK ABOUT THEM WHEN I'M SAYING THIS. 520 01:43:18.158 --> 01:43:28.936 UM THERE ARE ALSO SIGNALS UM THAT THAT AREN'T THERE AND EVEN MORE SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE $8 MILLION THAT WAS LET GO TO WASTE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THIS POLITICAL 521 01:43:28.936 --> 01:43:40.047 CLIMATE, WASTING $8 MILLION. IN FEDERAL FUNDING IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN JUST SIMPLY TAKE LIGHTLY. UM, THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS CURRENTLY. HOSTILE TOWARDS. URBAN GOVERNMENTS AND BY 522 01:43:40.047 --> 01:43:52.960 WASTING THAT MONEY UM, THAT WILL NOW MOST LIKELY HAVE TO COME FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON OR SOME OTHER. >> SOURCE. OF FUNDING AND LIKE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHOSE NAME I CAN'T REMEMBER UNFORTUNATELY HAD SAID UM, THAT FUNDING WILL NOW INCREASE. 523 01:43:52.960 --> 01:44:05.639 UM AND THAT TAKES AWAY FROM OTHER PROJECTS. SO UM THANK YOU. >> SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND PLEASE LET'S GET THIS DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM ALEX. ALEX. MY NAME IS ALEX. 524 01:44:05.639 --> 01:44:16.984 I FIRST TESTIFIED. BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE OCTOBER. >> 6TH HYDE PARK HEARING WHERE THE CITY GOVERNMENT WAS COLLECTING COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE DECISION TO RESTART SIX YEARS OF OUTREACH AND PLANNING UPDATES. I HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTRADICTION 525 01:44:16.984 --> 01:44:30.163 OF COUNCILOR DURKIN'S WARNING THAT WE HAD LIMITED FUNDS WITH THE EXORBITANT COSTS OF MAINTAINING CAR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY, THROWING AWAY YEARS OF PLANS AND LABOR. I SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT HOW I DOCUMENT THE DYSFUNCTION. >> OF BOSTON ROAD PUBLISHED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. AS WELL. >> AS TAKE. DAMAGE TO TRAFFIC DEVICES TO 526 01:44:30.163 --> 01:44:40.507 CITY HALL. I GAVE THE COUNCIL A POLICY SHEET ON STREET DESIGN. I'M GOING TO REITERATE SOME OF THOSE POINTS RIGHT NOW. RAISED CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALK LEVEL ACTING AS SPEED BUMPS. ADDRESSING CURB FLOODING AND MISMATCHED CURB CUTS AND 527 01:44:40.507 --> 01:44:51.351 SIDEWALKS AS AN ADDED BENEFIT. UH DRIVERS ARE CONDITIONED TO RESPECT NON RACE CROSSWALKS AND NOT BLOCK INTERSECTIONS. CREATE A BOUNTY PROGRAM FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND A FINING SCHEME THAT DOUBLES PER SUBSEQUENT INFRACTION. COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO 528 01:44:51.351 --> 01:45:02.996 CANNOT PAY THESE FINES AND BOUNTIES CAN GO INTO A FUND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY UPDATES TO RANDOMIZE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PUSH IS COORDINATED BETWEEN BPD AND BTP AND STATE AGENCIES CREATE A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT ON BIKES TO GENERATE REVENUE CUT COSTS AS I 529 01:45:02.996 --> 01:45:13.307 HAVE DEMONSTRATED FOR A FULL YEAR NOW HOW EFFECTIVE THE MODEL IS. MY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TOLD ME IT WAS A TOUGH AS TO EXPECT AN OVERBURDENED POLICE FORCE TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAWS. I THINK THE STATEMENT IS UNREASONABLE WHEN CARS DOUBLE PARKED FIVE FEET AWAY FROM COPS 530 01:45:13.307 --> 01:45:23.950 WHO DO NOTHING OR WHEN THE CITY CAN SEND 12 COPS CONFRONT ME FOR BRINGING LITTER TO CITY HALL. THE CITY SHOULD CREATE A RAPID BUS AND A MASS NETWORK ALONG WITH MICROMOBILITY NETWORK TO SEPARATE FUNCTIONAL TRANSIT FROM CARS. SCHOOL BUSSES CAN USE THESE 531 01:45:23.950 --> 01:45:34.961 NETWORKS AND ALONG WITH A BIKE TO SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR DPS. THESE POLICIES CAN SLASH NEARLY 200 MILLION PERSON BUDGET. I HAVE JUST POSTED A VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM DOCUMENTING HOW BUSSES ARE PACKED UP AND CONGESTED ALONG MAJOR BUS WAYS ,ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES 532 01:45:34.961 --> 01:45:46.406 LIKE DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY WHERE THE LACK OF ACTION FROM THE CITY HOLDS NEIGHBORHOODS HOSTAGE. SCHOOL KIDS ARE SCARED BY PACK BUSSES, PEDESTRIANS OR PEDESTRIANS WITH THE LIGHT OR MENACE BY DRIVERS. SENIORS HAVE TO WALK INTO THE ROAD BECAUSE CARS ARE IN THE 533 01:45:46.406 --> 01:45:56.850 BUS STOPS AND BUSSES ON THE SAME ROUTE WIND UP RIGHT BEHIND EACH OTHER RATHER THAN FULLY COMPLETING THE BUS. THE BOYLSTON STREET BUS LANE AS A GREEN LINE SEES REPEATED SHUTDOWNS SUCH AS THOSE HAPPENING THIS WEEK. UH, THIS ADMINISTRATION GOT RID 534 01:45:56.850 --> 01:46:08.895 OF IT IN FAVOR OF PARKING. I SEE DOUBLE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF BOYLSTON STREET WITH NO ENFORCEMENT AS POLICE LOITERING NEARBY AND BUSSES WEAVE IN TRAFFIC. AGAIN THIS FOOTAGE IS VISIBLE ON THE VIDEO I JUST POSTED AND HAD TO CANCEL IT. FINALLY THE CITY MUST PURSUE CONGESTION PRICING. 535 01:46:08.895 --> 01:46:20.307 I WAS IN THE STATEHOUSE YESTERDAY RAISING THE IDEA TO VARIOUS LEGISLATORS USING THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE ON THE SIDE OF 93 TO SHOW A CAR WORSHIP ATTACKS ARE. MULTIPLE FRONTS. THANK YOU. OKAY, JOHN SAYLOR AND I AM 536 01:46:20.307 --> 01:46:30.650 TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS FIRST PAGE BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE FIVE PAGES OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY . SO I JUST WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO JUST DO A COUPLE MORE OF THESE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A SECOND ROUND. 537 01:46:30.650 --> 01:46:43.864 SO JOHN SAYLOR, COLLEEN MAHONEY AND MONICA ALVAREZ. OKAY GO AHEAD. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JOHN SAYLOR. I'M A JAMAICA. PLAIN RESIDENT AND 538 01:46:43.864 --> 01:46:55.375 COUNCILOR WEBBER'S DISTRICT. UM I. >> LIVE ON BOYNTON STREET, WHICH IS THE STREET THAT SEES A LOT OF FAST TRAFFIC IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF, UH, SPEED HUMPS. UH, IT HAS A PLAYGROUND ON IT. UM, LIKE OTHER COMMENTERS, I'M 539 01:46:55.375 --> 01:47:08.355 TAKING TIME OUT OF WORK TO BE HERE, UM, FOR MY OWN BENEFIT FOR MY 11 MONTH OLD SON, FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE HERE. TO. >> UH, EXPRESS. A LOT OF SURPRISE ABOUT THE 540 01:47:08.355 --> 01:47:18.865 NEWS ABOUT THE 30 MONTH PLAN OR SORRY, 30 DAY REVIEW PLAN. UM, I THINK THIS IS MAYBE AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION FOR AN 541 01:47:18.865 --> 01:47:30.977 ADMINISTRATION WHEN A LANDSLIDE ELECTION LIKE THIS AND IMMEDIATELY ADOPT. UH, THE. POLICIES OF OF THEIR OPPONENT. UM. >> THAT IS FRANKLY QUITE SURPRISING. 542 01:47:30.977 --> 01:47:42.022 UM. BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE, UH, COUNCIL TO PRESS THE CITY ON THE REASON THE RATIONALE UNDERLYING THIS 543 01:47:42.022 --> 01:47:54.167 CHANGED APPROACH. UM, AS. UH DIRECTOR GOVE SAID. UM, THE. SPEED HUMP PROGRAM HAD. AND I'M. 544 01:47:54.167 --> 01:48:05.278 PARAPHRASING YOU BUT HAD NO INSTANCES OF MISPLACED SPEED BUMPS. OF THEIR REVIEW DID NOT FIND ANY INSTANCE WHERE A SPEED BUMP WAS INCORRECTLY PLACED. THE WORST THEY COULD SAY IS 545 01:48:05.278 --> 01:48:14.821 THAT CERTAIN STREETS GOT. SPEED BUMPS BEFORE OTHER STREETS THAT HAD HIGHER PRIORITIES AND THE ABSENCE OF ANY EMPIRICAL DATA TO 546 01:48:14.821 --> 01:48:33.340 SUPPORT THE CHANGE IS UH IT'S KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME. UM. >> AND I THINK THE COUNCIL. >> SHOULD. PRESS UH, THE CITY ON THAT. THANK YOU. >> VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, COLLEEN MAHONEY. 547 01:48:33.340 --> 01:48:46.253 COLIN. SORRY. IT'S OKAY. UM, MY NAME IS COLIN MAHONEY. I'M A RESIDENT OF JACKSON SQUARE. AS A. >> BOSTON RESIDENT, I FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE ACCESS. >> TO THE. ROBUST PUBLIC TRANSIT AND BIKESHARE NETWORKS WE HAVE. BECAUSE OF THESE OPTIONS. 548 01:48:46.253 --> 01:48:58.865 I CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE. >> A CAR SAVING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH I CAN INSTEAD SPEND IN MY COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY I'VE. >> BEEN DISHEARTENED BY THE INACTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION THE. REMOVAL OF SEVERAL BUS LANES LAST YEAR AND REPORTING. >> FROM STREETSBLOG. MASSACHUSETTS THAT CITY 549 01:48:58.865 --> 01:49:09.809 OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO STOP COMMUNICATING WITH THE MBTA ON CERTAIN PROJECTS WITHOUT DIRECT APPROVAL FROM ABOVE. PERHAPS MOST FRUSTRATINGLY IS THE APPARENT HALTING OF THE BLUE HILL AVENUE PROJECT. I VISIT THE MATTAPAN HEALTH 550 01:49:09.809 --> 01:49:20.987 CENTER FOR HEALTH VISITS AND HAVE BEEN APPALLED AT THE CONDITIONS FOR TRANSIT AND PEDESTRIANS COMING FROM. >> WHERE. I LIVE NEAR COLUMBUS AVE WHERE BUS INFRASTRUCTURE CREATES SAFETY ISLANDS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CREATES A VISUAL SIGNAL TO 551 01:49:20.987 --> 01:49:32.933 CARS TO SLOW DOWN. IT'S A COMPLETE 180 LOUISVILLE AVE IS A SIX LANE WIDE OPEN ROAD THAT'S DESIGNED LIKE A HIGHWAY, UH, WHERE DRIVERS ARE RECKLESS, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IS VIRTUALLY UNUSABLE AND THE AIR QUALITY IS 552 01:49:32.933 --> 01:49:43.443 POOR. FROM IDLING VEHICLES, BUSSES GET STUCK IN TRAFFIC SLOWING THEM DOWN NOT JUST FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO USE THEM IN MATTAPAN AND DORCHESTER, BUT FOR THOSE WHO USE THE SAME ROUTES FURTHER DOWN THE LINE IN ROXBURY, 553 01:49:43.443 --> 01:49:55.822 JAMAICA PLAIN, ROSLINDALE, FENWAY AND MISSION HILL. THIS PROMPTS MORE PEOPLE TO LOOK TO A CAR TO GET AROUND THE CITY, WHICH COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM. THE FOUR MILE TRIP FROM MY. >> HOME. TO MATTAPAN SQUARE IS NEARLY 45 MINUTES. 554 01:49:55.822 --> 01:50:07.000 THAT'S NEARLY AN HOUR AND A HALF TO. GO ROUND TRIP TO A RESTAURANT IN MATTAPAN. I DON'T HAVE A CAR TO MAKE THAT 15 MINUTE DRIVE, AND I WOULD FEAR FOR MY LIFE ON A BIKE WITH THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION. STREETSBLOG MASSACHUSETTS ALSO 555 01:50:07.000 --> 01:50:17.944 RECENTLY REPORTED ON AN INTERNAL CITY POLL THAT SHOWED PLURALITY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT ACROSS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN A CITY POWER POINT ON THE GO BOSTON 2030 PROJECT, THE 556 01:50:17.944 --> 01:50:29.456 CITY REPORTED THAT 34% OF PEOPLE TRAVEL BY TRANSIT AND BIKING AND WALKING MAKES UP ANOTHER 16% FOR HALF OF OUR CITY. KNOWING THIS, INSTEAD OF RETURNING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MAYOR, WE 557 01:50:29.456 --> 01:50:38.832 SHOULD FOCUS ON INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, RESUME THE BLUE HILL PROJECT, RESTART REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH THE MBTA AND CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR TRANSIT AND BIKE PRIORITY PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. 558 01:50:38.832 --> 01:50:53.847 THANK YOU MONICA DELORES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CREATE KADE CROCKFORD. IS MONICA HERE? OKAY I GUESS WE'LL JUST GO TO KADE CROCKFORD. 559 01:50:53.847 --> 01:51:06.026 THANKS, CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS KADE. I LIVE IN DORCHESTER. UM I WANT TO MAKE, UH, A NUMBER OF POINTS. NUMBER ONE. UM, SAFE STREETS ARE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE VPD IS NOT GOING TO. ENFORCE THE. 560 01:51:06.026 --> 01:51:17.671 >> TRAFFIC LAWS OF THE CITY. SO LET'S STOP JOKING AND KIDDING OURSELVES. AND FRANKLY, IT IS HONESTLY PREFERABLE. THAT THEY DON'T. UH WE DON'T WANT COPS PULLING MORE PEOPLE OVER AND ENGAGING IN MORE UNNECESSARY 561 01:51:17.671 --> 01:51:29.149 INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE NEED TO REDESIGN THE STREETS OF OUR CITY. OKAY? THAT IS WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. NUMBER TWO SAFE STREETS ARE A 562 01:51:29.149 --> 01:51:40.293 RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ISSUE. I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN MORE. WE'VE HEARD FROM ACE. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. UH WE'VE HEARD FROM BIKES NOT BOMBS. I LIVE IN DORCHESTER RIGHT OFF BLUE HILL AVE. 563 01:51:40.293 --> 01:51:50.570 I RIDE THE 28 BUS EVERY SINGLE DAY. COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU ARE MY COUNCILOR AND I HAVE HEARD COUNCILORS SAY NOBODY RIDES THE BUS. LOTS OF PEOPLE RIDE THE BUS. 564 01:51:50.570 --> 01:52:02.348 I RIDE THE BUS EVERY DAY. THAT IS HOW I GET TO WORK. THAT IS HOW MANY MANY PEOPLE GET TO WORK. IT IS HOW WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THIS CITY GET TO WORK. I AM ALWAYS. >> THE. 565 01:52:02.348 --> 01:52:15.528 ONLY WHITE PERSON ON THE BUS JUST TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT WHO RIDES THE BUS IN THIS CITY . AND YOU KNOW I ALSO WANT TO. >> TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE. WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT YOU KNOW, OH PEOPLE IN THE 566 01:52:15.528 --> 01:52:26.439 NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSE THE BLUE LAB PROJECT. THAT IS NOT TRUE. PEOPLE ARE SPLIT. IT IS A GENUINE DISAGREEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT PROJECT. YOU KNOW WHO SUPPORTS IT THOUGH? 567 01:52:26.439 --> 01:52:38.485 YOUNG PEOPLE, THE. FUTURE OF THIS CITY AND THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY. SO YOU KNOW WE'VE HEARD YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE TWO MORE POINTS. ONE, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO EUROPE TO EXPERIENCE SAFE 568 01:52:38.485 --> 01:52:49.062 STREETS. WE CAN BUILD THEM RIGHT HERE AND WE MUST UM I SUPPORT THE BLUE HILL PROJECT. IF WE GIVE $150 MILLION BACK TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, IT WILL BE A STAIN THAT WILL NOT 569 01:52:49.062 --> 01:52:59.272 BE ERASED FROM ANY OF THE DECISION MAKERS IN THE CITY WHO ARE INVOLVED. AND MY FINAL POINT IS PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC IF YOU DRIVE. YOU ARE TRAFFIC. THE ONLY. 570 01:52:59.272 --> 01:53:16.756 WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC IN THIS CITY IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS. PERIOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, JAYLEN. MOVE. >> CAT RAT ASK SORRY AND COLE 571 01:53:16.756 --> 01:53:31.304 LEWIS AND THEN MAHALO UH ASLAM AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO UM COUNCILORS. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FOLLOW THAT. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. UM, HI. 572 01:53:31.304 --> 01:53:43.583 MY NAME. IS GALEN MUSEUM. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. >> OF. THE MASTERS BICYCLE COALITION WHERE A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION . >> BUT I'M AN AUSTIN RESIDENT AND I'VE LIVED IN THE. CITY OF. AUSTIN SINCE 2003. SO I'VE. >> BEEN AROUND SINCE. BEFORE WE HAD BIKE LANES. UM, I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD A 573 01:53:43.583 --> 01:53:56.863 MAYOR WHO IN 2009 AFTER THE. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST BIKE. LANE SAID. >> THE CAR. IS NO. >> LONGER KING MAYOR BUT YOU KNOW STOOD THERE AND SAID THAT TO THE POPULACE IT WAS NOT POPULAR. NOBODY REALLY WAS PUSHING FOR THAT BIKE LANE WHO ARE CONSTITUENTS. IT WENT THROUGH A COLLEGE. 574 01:53:56.863 --> 01:54:09.442 CAMPUS WHO WERE NONVOTERS. BUT YET WE HAD LEADERSHIP FROM THE. TOP WHO SAID WE MUST HAVE A PROGRESSIVE CITY IF WE'RE GOING. >> TO. MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE HE SAW AS WE ALL DO THE. EXISTENTIAL PROBLEMS. >> THAT WE SEE IN TERMS OF CONGESTION AND GREENHOUSE 575 01:54:09.442 --> 01:54:21.187 GAS EMISSIONS THAT IS CHOKING OUR CITY AND KEEPING US FROM MOVING FORWARD. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP. UM, I HAVE ALSO SEEN THE CITY SIGN ON DIVISION ZERO TO PUSH FORWARD WITH COMPLETE STREETS TO MOVE AHEAD. IN SOME OF THE MOST. 576 01:54:21.187 --> 01:54:32.532 PROGRESSIVE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND NOW WE ARE SEEING. >> AN ADMINISTRATION SLIP BACK ON ALL OF THOSE. WHAT WE ARE HEARING TODAY AND I. REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK FROM. BTD AND DPW, BUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY IS BITS AND 577 01:54:32.532 --> 01:54:44.644 PIECES OF PROJECTS. NOT VISION. WHAT WE ARE SEEKING. >> IS AN ACTUAL PROCESS. OF HOW. CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE. FORWARD THINKING NATURE OF. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN THIS ADMINISTRATION? WE HAVE A MANDATE OF FOUR MORE YEARS WHICH SHOULD LET US. 578 01:54:44.644 --> 01:54:57.590 GO INTO THE FUTURE. UM TRANSPORTATION HITS HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION HITS CLIMATE, TRANSPORTATION HITS AFFORDABILITY. >> YOU ALL KNOW THIS. IT'S NOT ABOUT A POTHOLE. IT'S NOT ABOUT A BIKE LANE. IT IS ABOUT A VISION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE CITY. SO QUICK. RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I MAY 579 01:54:57.590 --> 01:55:11.271 HAVE. UM, I BELIEVE. >> THAT. THE COUNCIL CAN HELP. HERE. >> BUT THE ADMINISTRATION. SHOULD CALL. >> FOR AN. >> ADVISORY BOARD. THAT HELPS YOUR. TEAM DO ITS WORK. OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT MAYOR MENINO WAS ABLE. >> TO DO UNDER THE BIKE CZAR WITH MICHAEL FRIEDMAN. AND WE MOVED AMAZINGLY FAST AND 580 01:55:11.271 --> 01:55:24.150 FORWARD. >> AND THAT PROGRESS. UM. >> I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO INFLUENCE THE SYSTEMIC. STRUCTURE OF CITY HALL WITH THIS ADVISORY. BOARD AND. >> IT SHOULD. >> INCLUDE MORE THAN JUST BIKERS OBVIOUSLY. EVERYBODY WHO DEPENDS ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE. >> NEED TO HAVE THE 581 01:55:24.150 --> 01:55:35.929 ACCOUNTABILITY OF NOT JUST. TRANSPORTATION GOALS BUT HOW. TRANSPORTATION HITS OUR. CLIMATE GOALS. HOW IT HITS OUR SAFETY GOALS, HOW. >> HITS. ARE MODE. SHIFT GOALS, HOW IT HITS OUR. HOUSING GOALS. SO THIS IS. >> NOT. JUST A TRANSPORTATION HEARING. THIS IS A HOW ARE WE GOING TO 582 01:55:35.929 --> 01:55:48.074 BE A PROGRESSIVE CITY HEARING. SO I APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HOLDING IT HERE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. THEY COULD SHARE AND I APPRECIATE THE. >> WORK. CARRIED ESSEK AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COLE LEWIS AND THEN MARCUS UM. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU 583 01:55:48.074 --> 01:55:59.185 FOR THE. OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS KATERINA TORRES. I'M A JP. RESIDENT AND I'M SPEAKING ON. BEHALF OF SHARED SPACES. >> A COALITION OF COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE BOSTON CENTER FOR 584 01:55:59.185 --> 01:56:10.096 INDEPENDENT LIVING, THE RIDERS TRANSPORTATION. ACCESS GROUP, TRANSPORTATION FOR MASSACHUSETTS. WALK MASKS. BOSTON CYCLISTS UNION AND MASS BIKE. OUR WORK FOCUSES ON IMPROVING SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN 585 01:56:10.096 --> 01:56:21.607 SHARED PUBLIC SPACES, ESPECIALLY. FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IN NOVEMBER WE ORGANIZED A SITE VISIT ALONG HYDE PARK AVENUE WITH RESIDENTS, CITY STAFF AND COUNCILORS PÉPIN AND WORRELL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND REAL WORLD 586 01:56:21.607 --> 01:56:32.151 CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND. WHAT WE SAW WAS DEEPLY CONCERNING. TRAFFIC SPEEDS REGULARLY. EXCEEDED THE POSTED 30MPH WITH SOME VEHICLES TRAVELING. OVER 40. THE ROADS WIDE MULTI-LANE 587 01:56:32.151 --> 01:56:43.563 DESIGN ENCOURAGES SPEEDING AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS, INCLUDING WHAT'S KNOWN AS A DOUBLE THREAT WHEN ONE CAR STOPS FOR A PEDESTRIAN BUT ANOTHER CAR SPEEDS PAST, PUTTING THAT PERSON AT SERIOUS RISK. 588 01:56:43.563 --> 01:56:54.907 CROSSINGS ARE INCOMPLETE OR UNSAFE. SIDEWALKS AND CURB RAMPS LACK BASIC ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES LIKE DETECTABLE. WARNING STRIPS AT KEY INTERSECTIONS, PARKED CARS BLACK VISIBILITY FORCING 589 01:56:54.907 --> 01:57:06.819 PEDESTRIANS TO STEP INTO TRAFFIC JUST TO SEE ONCOMING VEHICLES. THERE ARE NO ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS AT SEVERAL CROSSINGS FOR CYCLISTS. THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES PUSHING PEOPLE ONTO SIDEWALKS AND CREATING CONFLICTS WITH 590 01:57:06.819 --> 01:57:17.930 PEDESTRIANS. BUS STOPS ARE ALSO INACCESSIBLE ,SOMETIMES REQUIRING MULTIPLE CROSSINGS JUST TO REACH THEM SAFELY SAFELY. WE ALSO ATTEMPTED A FOLLOW UP VISIT TO HYDE PARK AVENUE AFTER A SNOWSTORM WITH A WHEELCHAIR 591 01:57:17.930 --> 01:57:28.941 USER AND A DEAF BLIND PARTICIPANT. THEY COULD NOT ATTEND BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS WERE NOT CLEARED. THIS IS THE REALITY MANY RESIDENTS FACE. THIS CORRIDOR DOES NOT WORK FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, TRANSIT RIDERS OR DRIVERS. 592 01:57:28.941 --> 01:57:41.754 THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY PAUSED AND UNDER EVALUATION ALONGSIDE THREE OTHERS AND FOUR MORE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CAPITAL PLAN. MEANWHILE, HYDE PARK AVE IS NOT UNIQUE. ACROSS THE CITY. ,PEOPLE WITH. >> DISABILITIES, PEDESTRIANS, 593 01:57:41.754 --> 01:57:51.697 CYCLISTS AND TRANSIT RIDERS ARE NAVIGATING STREETS WHERE THEY FEEL AND ARE UNSAFE EVERY DAY. WHILE LONG TERM REDESIGN IS ESSENTIAL. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT IMMEDIATE LOW COST INTERVENTIONS ESPECIALLY THOSE 594 01:57:51.697 --> 01:58:03.009 THAT REDUCE SPEEDS CAN SAVE LIVES RIGHT NOW. I URGE YOU TO MOVE HYDE PARK AVE AND OTHER PROJECTS FORWARD, PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND WORK WITH US TO DELIVER TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE PRINTED COPIES 595 01:58:03.009 --> 01:58:14.420 OF OUR HYDE PARK AVE SITE VISIT FOR EVERYONE BUT I. WANT TO LEAVE THEM RIGHT THERE. WE CAN GET THEM. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY COLE LEWIS, MAHA ISLAM AND I'M SORRY IF I GET MORE CRAZY ABOUT CUTTING PEOPLE OFF. 596 01:58:14.420 --> 01:58:26.799 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIST OF LIKE THREE MORE THREE MORE PAGES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CONSISTENT. GO AHEAD. UH. >> THANK YOU TO THE. COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT PUBLIC. COMMENTS TODAY. MY NAME IS COLE LEWIS. I'M HERE REPRESENTING. TRANSIT MATTERS. FOR A NONPROFIT. 597 01:58:26.799 --> 01:58:40.546 THAT ADVOCATES FOR BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND MOBILITY. >> FOR BOSTON. AREA RESIDENTS. UM. >> I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER THE CITY. >> OF BOSTON'S. INACTION ON 16 STREETS PROJECTS CURRENTLY ON THE CITY'S CAPITAL PLAN UM PROJECTS THAT IF 598 01:58:40.546 --> 01:58:52.658 COMPLETED WOULD HAVE A MASSIVE. IMPACT ON. BOSTONIANS SAFETY. AND MOBILITY. UM IT'S BEEN ENCOURAGING TO SEE PROGRESS ON THE RUTHERFORD AB REDESIGN AND FOUR. POINT SAFETY. IMPROVEMENTS IN. >> THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AND WE'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE 599 01:58:52.658 --> 01:59:03.736 CITY FOR THEIR WORK ON THOSE PLANS. WHILE CALLING ON THE CITY HALL TO PUSH FORWARD OTHER PROJECTS ACROSS BOSTON. ACROSS THESE PROJECTS, THERE'S BEEN A. NOTABLE LACK OF. TRANSPARENCY FROM BPD. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN. 600 01:59:03.736 --> 01:59:14.680 COMPLETELY IN THE DARK ABOUT WHERE PROJECTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE GONE. WE'RE HERE TO ASK THE STREETS CABINET GIVE REAL UPDATES ON THESE STALLED PLANS. PROJECTS LIKE PHASE TWO OF THE COLUMBUS AFTER A MONTH STREET REDESIGN WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO 601 01:59:14.680 --> 01:59:27.093 GO TO BID FOR CONTRACTOR IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY ON PAUSE WITH NO EXPLANATION. IT WASN'T UNTIL LAST MONTHS THAT CHIEF GOVE ADDRESSED IT, CALLING FOR MAJOR DESIGN CHANGES. IN A LETTER TO THE MBTA UM ON 602 01:59:27.093 --> 01:59:38.204 MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, BOSTON HAS BEEN GRANTED LARGE SUMS OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO MAKE BUS RIDERS COMMUTES MORE RELIABLE AND MAKE THE CITY STREETS SAFER. UH, HOLDING UP THESE PROJECTS PUT THEIR FUNDING AT RISK MONEY 603 01:59:38.204 --> 01:59:50.316 WHICH THE PROJECT WHICH THE CITY MAY NOT GET BACK FOR DECADES. FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLANS IN BOTH ROSLINDALE AND MAVERICK SQUARE ARE FUNDED BY FEDERAL AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS THAT EXPIRE THIS YEAR. 604 01:59:50.316 --> 02:00:01.627 BUT THE CITY HAS YET TO PUT OUT A REAL PLAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE THESE PROJECTS HAPPEN. LASTLY, THE LACK OF LACK OF CONSENSUS HAS CONTINUALLY BEEN USED TO EXPLAIN DELAYS IN THESE PROJECTS. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS 605 02:00:01.627 --> 02:00:12.572 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ON THESE PROJECTS BUT UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO A PROJECT LIKE THIS BUT IT CANNOT BE USED AS A REASON TO PAUSE PROJECTS INDEFINITELY OR TO LOSE FUNDING ENGAGING RESIDENTS AND ASKING FOR THEIR FEEDBACK JUST TO 606 02:00:12.572 --> 02:00:23.649 DISAPPEAR AND NOT TAKE THAT FEEDBACK LOSES TRUST. WE NEED A CONCRETE PLAN ABOUT WHEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL RESUME ON COLUMBUS AVE, HYDE PARK AVE, ROSLINDALE AND MAVERICK SQUARE, BLUE HILL AVE 607 02:00:23.649 --> 02:00:36.729 AND BOYLSTON STREET JUST TO NAME A FEW. >> THANK YOU. MAHA ISLAM. HI THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH MY NAME IS MAHA. I REPRESENT THE WALL STREET ALLIANCE. 608 02:00:36.729 --> 02:00:48.140 UM I'M GOING TO UH A LOT HAS BEEN SAID SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER ALL THE THINGS AMAZINGLY PEOPLE HAVE SAID. UH, WHAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON IS I KNOW THANK YOU, CHIEF HALL, FOR YOUR VISION. UH, THOSE TYPES ARE REALLY 609 02:00:48.140 --> 02:00:58.784 HELPFUL. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DATA AND VISION AND I THINK TALKING ABOUT THAT LET'S TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO WEBSITE . UM, CURRENTLY IT ONLY HAS DATA 610 02:00:58.784 --> 02:01:09.629 TILL DECEMBER 2025. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATA AND WE'RE TALK ABOUT VISION. WE SHOULD GET A MORE RECENT UPDATE ON THAT. HIGH CRASH NETWORK DATA IS TRAIN 21 AND HIGH CRASH 611 02:01:09.629 --> 02:01:20.640 INTERSECTION IS 2017. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VISION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATA. THESE ARE SOME BASIC THINGS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE LIKE YOU KNOW AS WE GOT A PRESS RELEASE 612 02:01:20.640 --> 02:01:31.751 TODAY THERE'S MOVEMENT AROUND LIKE PROJECTS AND VISION. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE BASIC THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LIKE YOU KNOW UPDATE AND THEN MOVE ON TO THOSE BIGGER VISIONS OF HOW TO GET STUFF DONE. 613 02:01:31.751 --> 02:01:42.194 AND PREVIOUSLY WE HAD GO BOSTON 2030. SO I THINK ONE OF OUR ASK IS LIKE WHEN ARE WE GETTING GO BOSTON 2030 DIVISION WHEN ARE WE GETTING AN UPDATE ON VISION 614 02:01:42.194 --> 02:01:53.706 ZERO ACTION PLAN? UM BOTH OF THESE THINGS WILL INFORM A LOT OF THE BUDGET AND PRIORITIES AND GOALS UH, ESPECIALLY MOVING FORWARD NEXT WEEK IN THE BUDGET CONVERSATION. 615 02:01:53.706 --> 02:02:04.984 SO I THINK FLAHERTY ON THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS COMMUNITY PROCESS THE 30 DAY SURGE. UH, THE 30 DAY REVIEW PROCESS A LOT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 616 02:02:04.984 --> 02:02:16.562 TALKED ABOUT IT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE THE REPORT MENTIONED WAS NOT THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM BUT LIKE A LACK OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO I GUESS ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS IS IN THE LAST YEAR WHAT HAS 617 02:02:16.562 --> 02:02:28.240 BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE AND TRENT IN THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS? UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT THE MAYOR HAS PUBLICLY COMMITTED TO THAT PROCESS. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR TO SEE WHERE WE GO 618 02:02:28.240 --> 02:02:39.085 FROM THERE ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING LIKE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE A LOT OF CONTENT JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN INTO. I THINK THAT IS. WHAT WE ASK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MAHA. 619 02:02:39.085 --> 02:02:51.597 OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK UM NOW TO UH COUNCILOR QUESTIONS. WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GET FOUR MINUTES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE TESTIMONY. UM SO BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO WAIVE YOUR TIME I'M SURE MANY 620 02:02:51.597 --> 02:03:05.778 IN THE CROWD WOULD STILL I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. SO, UM, COUNCILOR, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON, YOUR FIRST. THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE, UH, BEEN HERE TO TESTIFY AND THOSE WHO ARE WAITING. UM. 621 02:03:05.778 --> 02:03:16.021 >> A QUESTION ABOUT JUST JUST GENERAL PHILOSOPHY. I KNOW GOAL BOSTON 2030 UH, IS STILL BEING USED. UH, IS IT STILL BEING USED TO PROACTIVELY DICTATE STATE 622 02:03:16.021 --> 02:03:28.134 STREET PROJECTS AND DECISIONS OR ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING NOW? I THINK IT WAS UH YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US I REMEMBER WHEN IT CAME OUT FIRST WE WERE VERY ENGAGED AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND UM ARE WE STILL USING IT 623 02:03:28.134 --> 02:03:39.979 AND WHERE DO WE GO NEXT? YEAH. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR. UH, YES. I MEAN MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR UH, ARE 624 02:03:39.979 --> 02:03:52.458 BASED ON ON THE 2030 BOSTON 2030 VISION. SO WE CONTINUE TO USE THAT THERE HAS BEEN WORK DONE UH, TO DO AN UPDATE TO THAT DOCUMENT. THAT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SOME 625 02:03:52.458 --> 02:04:03.402 ENGAGEMENT ON THIS YEAR. UH, AND UPDATE THAT AS WE PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED DOING. UM, I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF YOUR NEXT STEPS IN 626 02:04:03.402 --> 02:04:15.481 TERMS OF REVISIONING REVISING THE GOAL 2030 OR UM, IS THAT REVIEW OR IS THAT ANTICIPATED TO BE READY THIS YEAR AND UH WHAT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD? 627 02:04:15.481 --> 02:04:27.793 LIKE I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S ROAD USERS THAT UH, MICROMOBILITY DEVICES THAT MAYBE WE WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO BUT UM WHAT WHAT WHAT DOES IT LOOK 628 02:04:27.793 --> 02:04:39.638 LIKE IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES? YES IT IT WE ARE LOOKING TO UPDATE THE DOCUMENT THIS YEAR AND TO YOUR POINT, YES THERE'S THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES UH, SINCE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT 629 02:04:39.638 --> 02:04:51.083 YOU KNOW, THE THE INTRODUCTION OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF MICROMOBILITY DEVICES, YOU KNOW, WITH UH, MICRO MICROMOBILITY COMMISSION JUST WRAPPED UP AND PROVIDED A 630 02:04:51.083 --> 02:05:01.560 REPORT ON THAT IN JANUARY. UM, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, THE THE EXPANSION OF UH, FOOD DELIVERY DURING THE PANDEMIC WHICH CONTINUES THERE'S THERE'S BEEN 631 02:05:01.560 --> 02:05:14.006 A LOT OF CHANGES UM, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, THE TRAFFIC PATTERN NOT JUST IN THE CITY BUT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH HAS HAS CHANGED AND HAS REMAIN CHANGED 632 02:05:14.006 --> 02:05:25.885 ,UM, SINCE SINCE THE PANDEMIC. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WE DO NEED TO UPDATE AS PART OF THAT WORK. AND AGAIN WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK BUT WE ARE WE HAVE SOME MORE TO DO AND WE WANT TO DO 633 02:05:25.885 --> 02:05:37.162 SOME ENGAGEMENT ON WHAT THAT UPDATE LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR. SO AND JUST BACK TO THE VISION ZERO UM I KNOW UM THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ZERO FATALITIES AND UM 634 02:05:37.162 --> 02:05:48.007 IS THE BPD COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THAT AND MAKING SURE WE CAN TRY AND CONTINUE TO TRY AND REACH THOSE GOALS OF ZERO FATALITIES BECAUSE. YES, WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO UH EFFICIENCY. 635 02:05:48.007 --> 02:06:01.820 YES. AND UM AND ONE WAY ARE WE OPERATIONALIZING THAT COMMITMENT IN TERMS OF HOW HOW WE DO THINGS. SURE. >> SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, UH WE 636 02:06:01.820 --> 02:06:14.266 HAVE UH, ENTIRE UM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, UH, THAT BUILDS OUT ON A LOT OF THAT PRIORITIZING SCHOOL ZONES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE UH YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE DO UPDATES TO 637 02:06:14.266 --> 02:06:26.679 SIGNAGE, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, ETC. THAT TEAM DOES WORK LIKE ON THE ALICENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT THAT'S MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION. SO YEAH, THAT THAT TEAM DOES A LOT OF WORK. 638 02:06:26.679 --> 02:06:37.623 UH, THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THE THE DESIGN FOR UH, FENWAY BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE UH HIGH CRASH NETWORK. SO THOSE THAT TEAM YOU KNOW, 639 02:06:37.623 --> 02:06:49.969 HAS HAS INPUT ON ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. YEAH. >> AND THEN THE ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THE THE 90 THE 30 DAY REVIEW WAS PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WERE INADEQUATE. 640 02:06:49.969 --> 02:07:01.246 UM WERE WONDERING JUST HOW THE CITY HAS CHANGED THEIR ENGAGEMENT POLICY AND MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT BUT HOW HAVE WE ADJUSTED OUR ENGAGEMENT POLICY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE UM 641 02:07:01.246 --> 02:07:14.126 ,REALLY COMMUNICATING BETTER WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH THE COMMUNITY? SURE. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. >> UM COUNCIL PRESIDENT I THINK THERE ARE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT DEPENDS ON THE SCALE BUT FOR INSTANCE, I'LL TAKE A RUTHERFORD AVE AS A AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING 642 02:07:14.126 --> 02:07:25.604 WE LAUNCHED RECENTLY AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S A TRANSFORMATIVE IT WILL JUST TRANSFORM THAT CORRIDOR TO MAKE IT YOU KNOW, WALKABLE AND UH JUST MULTIMODAL UM THE ENGAGEMENT THERE IS TO WORK 643 02:07:25.604 --> 02:07:36.348 WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY DEVELOPED ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING WE LEARNED IS THAT UM, INSTEAD OF SORT OF JUST LIKE US FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT IS IS TO ENGAGE COUNSELOR, YOU KNOW, GET DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, MEMBERS 644 02:07:36.348 --> 02:07:46.959 OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO REALLY YOU KNOW, UM, WHO REPRESENT DIFFERENT UH, SORT OF PERSPECTIVES, UH, TOLD US WHAT WE THINK YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO YOU IN THAT EXAMPLE MOVE VERY FAST. WE DON'T WANT TEN MEETINGS. 645 02:07:46.959 --> 02:07:57.236 WE WANT YOU KNOW, THESE KINDS OF THINGS. HERE'S THE INFORMATION WE'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO ENGAGE ON AND BE INVOLVED IN. UM, AND I THINK WE'VE HAD 646 02:07:57.236 --> 02:08:12.251 THREE, TWO TWO VERY GOOD UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS SO FAR THAT HAVE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE AND WE HAVE UM, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE COMING UP. THANK YOU. >> MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 647 02:08:12.251 --> 02:08:21.827 OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO. UH, I THINK. AND I THINK WE WE SENT UH, 648 02:08:21.827 --> 02:08:34.339 NICK, UH, A MEMO IN DECEMBER, YOU KNOW, WITH A BUNCH OF STREETS WHERE WE HAD TALKED TO. PEOPLE LIKE WHAT YOU SAID AND. MERENGUE AND. UH, ALLENDALE, BOYNTON, MYRTLE 649 02:08:34.339 --> 02:08:45.284 ROCKWOOD, CASTLETON. AND SO I THINK SOME OF THOSE WILL BE GETTING SPEED BUMPS THIS, UH, THIS SPRING. BUT SO, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT DO 650 02:08:45.284 --> 02:08:57.096 WE TELL FOLKS, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE, UH, THOSE STREETS UH ,IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS? YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 651 02:08:57.096 --> 02:09:08.373 RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK MONTHS TO WE DO WE HAVE TO PRESENT NEW DATA TO YOU OR UH HOW CAN WE BE HELPFUL? 652 02:09:08.373 --> 02:09:22.521 UH, JUST TO ANSWER PART OF YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILOR WHAT YOU SAID UM, ON ON THE LIST FOR THE SPRING. UM, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE REFERENCED SOME OF THESE MERENGUE. YEAH. >> WHAT YOU SAID RIDDLE UM, 653 02:09:22.521 --> 02:09:35.901 ELVIN AND BROCKWAY OR ALL. OF THE THE SPRING PROGRAM. YEAH. >> WELL IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT WHAT DO WE DO GOING FORWARD AND THEN I GUESS, YOU KNOW, HOW IS OWENS INVOLVED? UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THE 654 02:09:35.901 --> 02:09:47.846 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FEEDBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS HOW TO PRESENT IT TO YOU. YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW CAN WE PRESENT THAT TO YOU IN A EFFECTIVE MANNER OR AND OR WILL YOU BE TELLING US THAT AT SOME 655 02:09:47.846 --> 02:09:58.924 POINT WHEN I GO DOWN. >> THE. ROAD AGAIN, I THINK YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THIS PROGRAM AND WE WILL BE BACK. RIGHT. 656 02:09:58.924 --> 02:10:09.968 AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, I THINK IN THE INTERIM PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE US THE PLACES THAT YOU KNOW, YOU 657 02:10:09.968 --> 02:10:21.413 KNOW, HAVE STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE IF THERE ARE PLACES OR STREETS IN THERE THERE THAT WE KNOW WE DON'T THINK ARE THE RIGHT FIT, I 658 02:10:21.413 --> 02:10:32.124 THINK WE CAN WE CAN PROBABLY COMMUNICATE THAT PRETTY QUICKLY BUT ALSO WITH THAT COMMUNICATE WHAT MIGHT BE BETTER TREATMENTS FOR THOSE STREETS. 659 02:10:32.124 --> 02:10:43.468 SO I THINK WHILE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS NEW PROCESS WE CAN HELP PARSE THROUGH THOSE TYPES OF REQUESTS. >> AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PASS ALONG OBVIOUSLY ALL THAT INFORMATION AS YOU KNOW AND WE CAN OUR GOAL OBVIOUSLY IS TO 660 02:10:43.468 --> 02:10:56.081 GIVE YOU UM LIKE OKAY LIKE CHIEF GOVE SAID AND ANSWER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ABOUT OKAY YEAH WE WANT TO LOOK AT THIS AND WE THINK WE MIGHT MOVE FORWARD. UH BUT WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE THE RIGHT DESIGN. UH OR IT COULD JUST BE WE DON'T 661 02:10:56.081 --> 02:11:06.825 THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE. UM, FOR SPEED HUMPS. OKAY. >> YEAH, I MEAN I I I HOPE WE IT'LL BE A CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH RATHER THAN I MEAN I THINK WHAT'S THE LAST YEAR AND YOU WERE NOT THE CHIEF THIS 662 02:11:06.825 --> 02:11:18.570 WHOLE YEAR AND YOU ARE NOT IN THE POSITION. HE'S THE DIRECTOR. HE'S STILL NOT THE CHIEF. OKAY, SORRY. UH I APOLOGIZE DIRECTOR UH, WE'RE YOU KNOW, THERE WAS UH WE 663 02:11:18.570 --> 02:11:31.617 HAD A CHIEF FRANKLIN HODGES THERE, SO I MEAN. OH, SORRY. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MUHAMMAD. >> I'M CONFUSED. OKAY. UH. >> ANYWAY, UM, I EXPECT ALL MY TIME TO BE, UH. YEAH, YOU KNOW, REFUNDED TO ME, BUT, UM. 664 02:11:31.617 --> 02:11:41.994 SO ANYWAY, I THINK IT SHOULD BE A CONVERSATION AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A LOT OF INPUT AND AND ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHERE THINGS ARE GOING BUT WE CAN ADVOCATE I GUESS SO JUST I'M GOING TO GO 665 02:11:41.994 --> 02:11:53.672 DOWN A LIST BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED EGGLESTON SQUARE AND PIECES IS AS A BIKE LANE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT AND EGGLESTON SQUARE. IN THE SQUARE SPECIFICALLY. 666 02:11:53.672 --> 02:12:06.818 UH, I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, SCHOOL STREET GOING UP TO UH THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. YEAH. >> THE SCHOOL STREET UH, BIKE 667 02:12:06.818 --> 02:12:21.633 LANE IS PART OF THE 75% DESIGN THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY. >> AND THEN UH JP CENTER SO I'LL GIVE YOU JUST GIVE ME LIKE 30 MORE SECONDS. CHERRY ALREADY. PAUSED IT ACTUALLY. BUT I WILL. 668 02:12:21.633 --> 02:12:33.412 YEAH GO I'LL. GO GO. >> AHEAD OKAY THANK YOU JP CENTER SOUTH ARE WE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT OR IS THAT IN LIMBO? UH THAT ONE WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON. OKAY. 669 02:12:33.412 --> 02:12:44.656 THE STATUS. UH, THE HYDE PARK AVENUE YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S OPTION ONE. OPTION TWO ARE WE GOING WITH I MEAN I PREFER OPTION TO I, YOU 670 02:12:44.656 --> 02:12:56.468 KNOW, BUT UM. YEAH, WE WERE REDUCES IT TO THREE LANES. UH, MAKES ROOM FOR BIKE LANES IS SOMETHING THAT BUT WHAT'S THE STATE I JUST YOU KNOW, LET'S GET THIS ALL OUT. YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT'S THE STATUS FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, 671 02:12:56.468 --> 02:13:07.412 DIRECTOR? SO SO, UH, SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE A BUNCH OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON HYDE PARK AVE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT? THESE ARE THESE ARE SMALLER 672 02:13:07.412 --> 02:13:17.823 INTERVENTIONS BUT WE HAVE DONE WORK THERE. WE'VE DONE SOME STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND RESURFACING. WE'VE WE'VE EXPERIMENTED WITH SOME CAST IN PLACE ISLANDS AT CROSSINGS YOU KNOW AS PART 673 02:13:17.823 --> 02:13:28.834 OF THE LARGER MULTIMODAL UM CORRIDOR PLANNING EFFORT AS PART OF SOME FUTURE RESURFACING . WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THAT 674 02:13:28.834 --> 02:13:41.446 PLANNING THAT, YOU KNOW, SAFETY ELEMENTS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT AS PART OF THAT, UH, STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. AND UM COUNCIL MEMBER IF THERE'S SORRY IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT US TO SEND 675 02:13:41.446 --> 02:13:52.791 YOU. >> WELL, YEAH, I JUST I JUST WANTED TO FLAG UM, NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME. JUST, UH, MCBRIDE IN JAMAICA PLAIN. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND I'D LIKE THAT TO MOVE FORWARD. UH, ESPECIALLY FOR ENGLISH HIGH 676 02:13:52.791 --> 02:14:04.036 THE THEY THEY HAVE TROUBLE WITH DROP OFFS ON MCBRIDE AND THERE SHOULD BE A BIKE LANE THERE AND UH, AND I'M I YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO WALK THROUGH UH WITH BPD ON 677 02:14:04.036 --> 02:14:16.615 LAGRANGE IN WEST ROXBURY AND THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME ISSUES THERE AND I HOPE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT FURTHER. AND THING THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WALK THIS WEEKEND IN UM HYDE PARK F. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. 678 02:14:16.615 --> 02:14:28.527 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UM. >> I. ALMOST CALLED YOU THE CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO, UM SO COUNCILOR VAN, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 679 02:14:28.527 --> 02:14:41.306 I WANTED TO ASK SOME BUDGET RELATED QUESTIONS IF THAT'S OKAY. SO I KNOW THAT IN THE MULTI NEIGHBORHOOD SECTION THERE'S $13 MILLION FOR SAFETY. SEARCH. >> $6.2 MILLION FOR PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND $35.8 MILLION FOR 680 02:14:41.306 --> 02:14:54.186 STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENT DESIGNS. THOSE ARE. THOSE ARE. >> GREAT NUMBERS AND INVESTMENTS. WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHERE AND HOW THOSE THAT MONEY'S ALLOCATED? UM WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR 681 02:14:54.186 --> 02:15:07.099 DECIDING? ALL RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO USE SUCH AND SUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THIS AREA AND THEN CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN FOR ME? SURE. >> UH, SO YOU KNOW A LARGE PORTION OF THAT MONEY IS IS 682 02:15:07.099 --> 02:15:18.844 USED TO MAKE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF OTHER STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROJECTS. RIGHT. BUT THEY ALSO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, SMALL YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC 683 02:15:18.844 --> 02:15:31.389 NEEDS FROM A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD OR A BUSINESS DISTRICT RIGHT. SO SOME SO FOR EXAMPLE THERE'S A PRIORITY CROSSWALK CROSSWALK REQUEST BUT THERE'S NO RAMPS. SO WE'VE GOT TO RECONSTRUCT 684 02:15:31.389 --> 02:15:43.001 THAT PUT IN A CROSSWALK UH MAYBE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AROUND UH A SCHOOL ZONE RIGHT? YEAH THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF SMALL INTERVENTIONS AND AGAIN THIS IS THIS IS DATA 685 02:15:43.001 --> 02:15:52.811 DRIVEN. IT COMES FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WE'RE ALWAYS YOU KNOW LOOKING AREAS IN THE YOU KNOW WHETHER WE'VE HAD A CRASH OR A KNOWN PLACE IN THE HIGH CRASH NETWORK. 686 02:15:52.811 --> 02:16:03.522 YOU KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT PIECES THAT WE CAN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'S SO LIKE YOUR ENGAGEMENT AROUND THAT IS WHAT'S BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION FROM COMMUNITY 687 02:16:03.522 --> 02:16:15.333 CONCERNS. UM ELECTEDS AND GROUPS AS WELL THAT REPRESENT THOSE COMMUNITIES. CORRECT OKAY. WELL BOTH RIGHT. WE IDENTIFY STUFF WE WE BRING STUFF TO THE COMMUNITY. STUFF COMES OBVIOUSLY FROM 688 02:16:15.333 --> 02:16:28.046 COUNSELORS STAKEHOLDERS ETC.. KNOW WE. >> WE PROACTIVELY OBVIOUSLY HAVE STAFF WHO ALSO IDENTIFY THESE THINGS. SO RIGHT THAT'S GREAT. OH AND S IS A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT. OKAY AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION DOES UM IS ON 689 02:16:28.046 --> 02:16:38.623 THE ONLY TYPE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT BTD DOES OR THIS BTD HAVE ITS OWN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. PRODUCT TEAM WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN UM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 690 02:16:38.623 --> 02:16:50.035 TEAM PER SE. WE CERTAINLY HAVE FOLKS IN OUR IN OUR COMMS TEAM WHO WHO DO THAT TYPE OF WORK BUT BUT ALL OF OUR PLANNERS AND PROJECT MANAGERS, RIGHT. PEOPLE WHO MANAGE THAT IS AN 691 02:16:50.035 --> 02:17:00.078 ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF THEIR JOB. RIGHT. AND AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, NO ONE KNOWS THEIR PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR PROJECT BETTER. UM, SO YES, THEY THEY DRIVE A 692 02:17:00.078 --> 02:17:12.824 LOT OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ENGAGEMENTS. >> BUT WE ARE WORKING ON COUNSELOR IS UM HAVING A A PROCESS THAT'S THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD SO THAT WE'VE GOT PRINCIPLES IN PLACE FOR YOU 693 02:17:12.824 --> 02:17:23.134 KNOW, WHETHER IT'S STREETS FOR PLANNING OR YOU KNOW, OUR NOTES THAT ARE UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE THE SAME PRINCIPLES SO THAT EVERY PROJECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS AT LEAST CERTAIN CORE VALUES THAT ARE ALWAYS UH, 694 02:17:23.134 --> 02:17:34.713 MET THAT ARE PART OF IT AND THAT ARE THAT FEEL THE SAME FOR FOR RESIDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. >> SO AND I DO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. UM YOUR TEAM THE BTD TEAM HAS HAD STAFF MEMBERS COME OUT TO MY DISTRICT. I WAS. 695 02:17:34.713 --> 02:17:46.992 ON WALL WATER STREET UM AND A STREET LIGHT WITH ALVA VALOR AT 730 IN THE MORNING THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION. AND HE WAS THERE AND HE WE SAW IMPLEMENT CHANGES IMPLEMENTED AND SO I DO HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT 696 02:17:46.992 --> 02:17:58.103 WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. SO SHOUT OUT TO TO YOUR. TEAM FOR ENGAGING WHEN WE DO REACH OUT. UM I KNOW MY TIME IS LIMITED BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE A FEW SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS IN MY 697 02:17:58.103 --> 02:18:10.649 DISTRICT THAT I REALLY WANT TO BE PAID ATTENTION TO AND THEN A PLUG FOR SOMETHING ELSE HIGH PARK AVE AND CUMMINS HIGHWAY. VERY DANGEROUS. HIGH PARK AVON RIVER STREET. THERE'S A. >> LOT OF CONGESTION THERE THAT COULD BE CHANGED BY THE TIMING 698 02:18:10.649 --> 02:18:21.493 OF LIGHTING THERE AND THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROPOSED SQUARES AND STREETS AREA. AND FOLKS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT UM HOW DEVELOPMENT CAN POTENTIALLY AFFECT THAT. I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE AN 699 02:18:21.493 --> 02:18:33.271 ISSUE OF WHY WE WON'T PASS SPORTS AND. >> STREETS IN THE FUTURE. SO I JUST KEEP IT AHEAD OF THAT AND THEN A SECOND PLUG SAFE WHERE TO SCHOOL I REALLY WANT TO PRIORITIZE THAT. I REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT HAS 700 02:18:33.271 --> 02:18:44.382 MANY, MANY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THE I'M GOING TO PLUG IN THE GROUP SCHOOL THEY RECENTLY REACHED OUT WHERE THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION UM 701 02:18:44.382 --> 02:18:55.293 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR ON THEIR STREET OVER IN HYDE PARK AND I KNOW THERE'S ONLY ONE SAFER AFTER SCHOOL PLANNER IN BTD SO AS LONG AS THEY GET AS MUCH SUPPORT AS THEY CAN THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL 702 02:18:55.293 --> 02:19:06.738 BECAUSE THOSE STREETS ARE THE ONES THAT I REALLY DO CARE ABOUT. UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF FOUR YEAR OLDS GET KILLED IN MY DISTRICT SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ONE. THANK YOU GUYS. 703 02:19:06.738 --> 02:19:18.283 THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FRANZEN UM . SO I'M GOING TO GO NOW. UM, I KNOW THAT I DIDN'T GIVE YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO RESPOND. TO SEPARATORS, BOLLARDS AND THE 704 02:19:18.283 --> 02:19:30.195 REMOVAL OF PROTECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THAT POINT. SURE. >> SO IS IS PART OF OUR BETTER BUFFER PROGRAM THAT WE ROLLED OUT LAST YEAR. 705 02:19:30.195 --> 02:19:40.271 YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO START MOVING AWAY FROM YOU KNOW TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE LIKE FLEX POSTS AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON 706 02:19:40.271 --> 02:19:53.351 AGAIN IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF UM, YOU KNOW, RESURFACING PROJECTS RIGHT TO TO COMPLETE THAT WORK. SO YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE DOING SOME WE'RE SURFACING 707 02:19:53.351 --> 02:20:04.295 DOWNTOWN AND THEN THE WHARF DISTRICT HERE IN ADVANCE OF THE SUMMER EVENTS. CONGRESS STREET HAS HAD, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MANY YEARS. WE PLAN TO PUT CASTS IN PLACE 708 02:20:04.295 --> 02:20:16.808 UM, UH, IN THERE AS YOU KNOW, AS A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THAT BIKE LANE. RIGHT. THAT'S THE TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT WE LOOK TO TO DO WITH ALL OF OUR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE OVER TIME AS PART OF THAT WILL 709 02:20:16.808 --> 02:20:28.286 LIKELY DO SOME STUFF ON MILK STREET AS WELL. BUT YOU KNOW WE ARE CAST IN PLACE HAS ARISEN UH, YOU KNOW TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ALMOST 710 02:20:28.286 --> 02:20:40.498 ON PAR FROM AN AFFORDABILITY STANDPOINT TO FLEX POST IS MUCH MORE RESILIENT AND CAN ACTUALLY BE CONSTRUCTED UM WITH. WITH SURPRISING SPEED. 711 02:20:40.498 --> 02:20:52.010 SO OKAY. AND UM I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOME FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT HAVE PUSHED FOR. UM I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE DARTMOUTH STREET BIKE LANE BECAUSE IF CAST IN CONCRETE IS THE PRIOR YOU. 712 02:20:52.010 --> 02:21:04.589 KNOW. >> IF THAT'S THE PRIORITY. ARE WE GOING TO PLAN TO. FINISH THE REST OF THAT CAST CONCRETE BIKE LANE? SURE. >> DARTMOUTH STREET WE JUST RESURFACED. WE NEEDED TO GET IN THERE TO DO 713 02:21:04.589 --> 02:21:16.034 SOME WORK BEFORE THE MARATHON. THERE'S BEEN AS YOU KNOW. WHICH IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR RESURFACING IT. >> YEAH UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD YEAH THERE WAS SOME WELL ANYWAY THERE'S THERE'S SOME CONTINUED UTILITY WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE. 714 02:21:16.034 --> 02:21:28.213 SO THIS RESURFACING WAS WAS TRULY TEMPORARY. UM AND YOU KNOW WE. WHAT WILL GO BACK IN SHORT TERM FOR AT LEAST THE SUMMER WILL BE WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE BUT IT 715 02:21:28.213 --> 02:21:40.792 WILL GO IN PAINT UNTIL WE CAN. >> AND IT'S. JUST IMPORTANT THAT I GET THIS ON THE RECORD. UM, I RAN DURING A TIME WHEN THERE WAS A BERKELEY STREET BIKE LANE PROPOSED AND WE HEARD FIERCELY FROM PEOPLE IN THE 716 02:21:40.792 --> 02:21:51.603 COMMUNITY THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT IT ON BERKELEY STREET AND THAT IS NOT PEOPLE IN THE BIKE COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE PEOPLE ON THOSE BLOCKS. UM, I MEAN I WAS LITERALLY SOMEONE SPIT ON MY FEET UM, AT 717 02:21:51.603 --> 02:22:02.981 ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS. SO IT WAS A VERY TENSE SITUATION. UM, THE CITY THEN SAID OKAY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHERE SHOULD WE PUT THIS BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE? IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY 718 02:22:02.981 --> 02:22:13.691 THAT THERE BE A CONNECTION TO THE ESPLANADE AND THAT CONNECTION FROM. >> THE SOUTH END TO THE BACK BAY. THAT WAS LIKE A CORE PRIORITY OF THE CITY. UM AND I WORKED DEEP COMMUNITY 719 02:22:13.691 --> 02:22:27.005 WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, TO GET EVERYONE ON BOARD AND SO I PUT MY OWN POLITICAL FUTURE ON THE LINE IN SOME WAYS AND I KNOW THAT'S. >> A. LITTLE DRAMATIC BUT. UM BUT LIKE I'VE BEEN WILLING 720 02:22:27.005 --> 02:22:37.715 TO DO THAT HARD WORK BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SAFETY IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MY COMMUNITY AND VERY IMPORTANT TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND VERY IMPORTANT TO THE 12 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT TOUCHED MY DISTRICT AS WELL. 721 02:22:37.715 --> 02:22:48.793 UM, THERE ARE PARENTS SENDING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL HERE. THEY'RE USING BLUE BIKES. THEY'RE GETTING AROUND MULTIMODALITY AND I FEEL LIKE I MEAN I KNOW I'M ONLY 35 AND I 722 02:22:48.793 --> 02:23:00.171 ONLY HAVE A CAT AND I HAVE NO. HUSBAND BUT UM BUT I FEEL LIKE THESE ARE MY KIDS IN SOME. WEIRD WAY. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROTECTED. SO I JUST NEED TO PUT IT ON THE 723 02:23:00.171 --> 02:23:10.982 RECORD THAT I AM IN SUPPORT OF FINISHING THAT. UM, AND I KNOW THAT IT TAKES POLITICAL WILL AND COURAGE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME POSITION ON EVERY ISSUE. EVEN WHEN PEOPLE. 724 02:23:10.982 --> 02:23:23.328 DISAGREE WITH YOU. UM, BUT FOR ME, UM, THESE ARE LIKE ISSUES OF CONSCIENCE IN A WAY AND UM, THEY'RE ISSUES OF JUST LIKE MORALITY IN MY OPINION AND UM AND I I'M NOT 725 02:23:23.328 --> 02:23:34.806 FOR DOING THE EASY THING. EVER BECAUSE I. >> THINK. THAT AS A CITY COUNCILOR WE HAVE TO STEP FORWARD AND MAKE THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. UM, LIKE I WAS CHARGED WITH 726 02:23:34.806 --> 02:23:46.384 LEADING AND I THINK THAT ALSO AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, WE'RE CHARGED WITH HAVING REALLY NUANCED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING UP THE CRASH DATA. THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING UP AND I JUST WANT TO RESPOND. 727 02:23:46.384 --> 02:23:59.163 TO SOME. OF THE CONVERSATION. ABOUT PROCESS HERE AS WELL. UM, COMMUNITY PROCESS IS ALWAYS. FLAWED BECAUSE. CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERED. >> TO COME TO THE CONVERSATION. AND CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE NOT UM, 728 02:23:59.163 --> 02:24:12.010 THAT IS NOT THAT IS. A THAT'S A GOVERNMENT ISSUE. THAT'S A CIVIC PARTICIPATION ISSUE THAT WE HAVE NOT FOUND. >> A WAY TO GET TO THE ROOT OF. UM BUT WHAT I FIND. >> IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE THAT. >> ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THINGS COME TO MEETINGS WE BELIEVE 729 02:24:12.010 --> 02:24:25.723 THEM LESS AND THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM. AND I. THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO SOLVE AT THE CITY. UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD HEARINGS ON ISSUES THAT. >> ARE. SPICY AND WHEN WE GET PEOPLE TO COME AND WE MOTIVATE THEM, IT 730 02:24:25.723 --> 02:24:36.501 JUST FEELS LIKE. THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE'S AND. THERE'S THIS COGNITIVE DISSONANCE OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP AND JUST. BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME. POSITION AS THE 12 PEOPLE THAT YOU. 731 02:24:36.501 --> 02:24:50.081 TALKED TO LAST, THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT NOT THOUGHT OF AS AS AS LEGITIMATE AND THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT EITHER OF YOU CAN SOLVE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE. >> AS A CITY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE. 732 02:24:50.081 --> 02:25:02.093 UM SO I KNOW I'VE GONE OVER I'M I'M SO SORRY. UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNSELOR CULPEPER AND THEN COUNSELOR AROUND. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 733 02:25:02.093 --> 02:25:14.372 UH. CHIEF GROVE, LET ME GET TO THESE QUESTIONS QUICK SO I CAN GET THEM IN BEFORE I GET CUT OFF. UM, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SPECIFIC STREETS IN MY DISTRICT 734 02:25:14.372 --> 02:25:23.981 THAT NEED ATTENTION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY AND ANSWER THEM NOW UNLESS YOU HAVE ONE. YOU CAN PROVIDE IT BACK TO ME, UH, WHEN YOU GET BACK AND DO YOUR RESEARCH. 735 02:25:23.981 --> 02:25:32.724 COLUMBUS AVENUE REPAVING AND COBBLESTONE RESTORATION CONCRETE SQUARE REPAVING 736 02:25:32.724 --> 02:25:45.269 FOLLOWING 2025 WORK NORTHAMPTON STREET POST BWC EMERGENCY WORK MASSIVE IN THE SOUTH IN 737 02:25:45.269 --> 02:25:58.182 WELLINGTON STREET, CLAREMONT PARK AND GREENWICH PARK. AND SO YOU DON'T NEED AN ANSWER. YOU MAY NOT HAVE THEM BUT WHEN YOU GET IT, WHEN YOU GET A 738 02:25:58.182 --> 02:26:10.561 CHANCE SO I CAN GET BACK TO MY CONSTITUENTS. WE HAD A MEETING LAST NIGHT. I TOLD THEM I WOULD ASK YOU THESE QUESTIONS TODAY SO I CAN GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON WHAT TO EXPECT. WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU WITH 739 02:26:10.561 --> 02:26:18.836 THOSE COUNCIL. I WILL TELL YOU THAT COLUMBUS WE ARE DOING WORK ON AND WE DO WANT TO GET BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ON THAT OKAY. THANK YOU CHIEF. THE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED 740 02:26:18.836 --> 02:26:32.183 THAT THERE WAS A NEXT LEVEL MBTA REVIEW IF THERE'S NOT A UH ,CHANGE IN THE UH DESIGN THAT 30% WHAT'S THE NEXT LEVEL YOU MENTIONED? 741 02:26:32.183 --> 02:26:44.362 SURE. >> SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED WITH WITH THE MTA IS A JOINT PUBLIC MEETING. UM, BUT LET'S. AND WHEN IS THAT WE. THAT THAT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED. OKAY. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE 742 02:26:44.362 --> 02:26:57.542 WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE. UH, SEPARATE FROM THE MPO PROCESS. BUT WHAT I HAD REFERENCED EARLIER WAS HYPOTHETICALLY. >> WHAT'S THE MPO? UM, THE, UH, MESSAGES PLANNING ORGANIZATION THEY HATE. 743 02:26:57.542 --> 02:27:13.891 THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT. YES. >> SO THEY THEY MANAGE THE, UH, TIFF PROCESS THE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR. OKAY. >> THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU, UH, WAS REGARD TO 744 02:27:13.891 --> 02:27:26.871 THE, UH, BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. NOW, YOU KNOW, ALONG BLUE HILL AVENUE THERE'S DOUBLE PARKING MOST OF THE TIME SOMETIMES 745 02:27:26.871 --> 02:27:38.015 TRIPLE PARKING. SOME OF THE TIMES I SAW THE, UH ,BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT UH, BETWEEN MASS AV AND HEMINGWAY WHEN? EVENING. 746 02:27:38.015 --> 02:27:48.492 SO I SAT THERE ONE NIGHT I JUST TOOK PICTURES AT 849 ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. THEY WERE OUT GIVING TICKETS BETWEEN HEMINGWAY AND MASS 747 02:27:48.492 --> 02:28:00.338 AVENUE ON BOSTON STREET. THE BTD. HOW CAN WE GET THAT SAME KIND OF ENFORCEMENT. ON BLUE HILL AVENUE EVEN DURING THE DAY? 748 02:28:00.338 --> 02:28:12.617 UH, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? SURE. SO WE DO DO ENFORCEMENT CITYWIDE. UM, WE YOU KNOW, OUR OUR ENFORCEMENT TEAMS WE COVER SIX 749 02:28:12.617 --> 02:28:23.261 DAYS A WEEK AND WE'LL BE ENTERING OUR THIRD YEAR WITH, UH, WITH A SUNDAY ENFORCEMENT PILOT. SO AND WE EVEN HAVE AN OVERNIGHT TEAM. SO WE DO WE DO ENFORCEMENT, UM, ACROSS THE CITY YEAR ROUND. 750 02:28:23.261 --> 02:28:36.307 UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE UM, TARGETED ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH BPD ON BLUE HILL LAB TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DOUBLE PARKING ISSUES THAT YOU YOU'VE MENTIONED. UM. 751 02:28:36.307 --> 02:28:47.985 >> AND YOU KNOW, WE WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT THAT REGULAR EFFORT. AND SO LET ME JUST UM LOOK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS SOON AS 752 02:28:47.985 --> 02:29:00.564 POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY EVENINGS. UH, AND ON THE WEEKENDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES REALLY UH. DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL DOWN BLUE 753 02:29:00.564 --> 02:29:11.809 HILL AVENUE. AND I JUST SAY LOOK, THE SAME THING YOU DO. UH, BETWEEN MASSLIVE AND HEMINGWAY ON BOARD STREET DO THAT ON BLUE HILL AVENUE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL MAKE 754 02:29:11.809 --> 02:29:22.586 A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE. TRAFFIC FLOW. DOWN BLUE HILL. UH, AND WITHOUT ATTENDING BUS LANE FOR THE BUSSES TO GET DOWN BLUE HILL AVENUE. THANK YOU, CHIEF GROVE AND UH, 755 02:29:22.586 --> 02:29:32.997 MOHAMMED, THANK YOU. FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. AND WHO KNOWS I MEAN THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. DURING A RED SOX GAME. THEY DO. PAY FOR ADDITIONAL. 756 02:29:32.997 --> 02:29:49.480 DETAIL SO WE I'M OKAY OKAY OKAY. >> JUST MAKING SURE. UM, COUNCILOR ARROYO, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. UH THANK YOU. CHAIR. >> UH. >> A FEW QUESTIONS AROUND, UM. BLUE HILL AVE AND I I DO AGREE 757 02:29:49.480 --> 02:30:00.858 WITH COUNCILOR CULPEPER JUST HAVING A DEDICATED, DEDICATED SCHEDULE TO, UH, DORCHESTER DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, UM ,IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ADVOCATED FOR UM, IN THE PAST 758 02:30:00.858 --> 02:30:09.500 BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN WE PUT UP THESE SIGNS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN A FORCE IN THOSE SIGNS THAT ARE ON THE STREET. 759 02:30:09.500 --> 02:30:23.014 UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON TRANSIT RIDERS ALONG BLUE WHO LIVE LIKE WHERE IS THEIR FINAL DESTINATION? DO WE HAVE ANY DATA AROUND THAT? 760 02:30:23.014 --> 02:30:34.992 YEAH WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME I THINK FAIRLY ROBUST DATA ON THAT COUNCILOR WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE TO SHARE THAT. YEAH A LOT OF IT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE MBTA BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. YEAH WE'D LOVE LOVE TO SEE 761 02:30:34.992 --> 02:30:47.171 THAT. UM AND THEN DO WE HAVE AN HOURLY BREAKDOWN BY DAY OF THE WEEK OF BUS PRIVATE VEHICLE VOLUME ON BLUE BLUE LAB. I'LL HAVE. >> TO CHECK THE SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN. 762 02:30:47.171 --> 02:30:57.748 WELL. A SHORT ANSWER IS I DON'T KNOW. UM, BUT WE'LL WE'LL SEE WHAT UM WHAT TRAFFIC STUDY WHAT WHAT DATA WE DO HAVE FOR VEHICLE 763 02:30:57.748 --> 02:31:10.728 VOLUMES OF THE VARIOUS TYPES ON BLUE HILL HAVE. UH AND. >> WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE WHAT WHAT ANALYSIS WAS DONE AS PART OF THE CURRENT PLANNING AND DESIGN. ALL RIGHT. >> AND THEN HOPEFULLY UM, PART OF THAT DATA FOR VOLUME UH, 764 02:31:10.728 --> 02:31:21.872 HOURLY BREAKDOWN BY DAY OF THE WEEK UM, IN HOUR OF TRAVEL SPEEDS FOR BUSSES AND PRIVATE VEHICLES ON BLUE THE HAVE. YEAH WELL WE'LL INCLUDE. THAT ALL RIGHT AND THEN DO WE 765 02:31:21.872 --> 02:31:34.885 HAVE A CARB ANALYSIS UM FOR THE LAST. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF CURBSIDE PLANNING AS PART OF THE UM, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PROJECT. UM. 766 02:31:34.885 --> 02:31:47.198 >> YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE TALKING WITH WITH COUNCIL CULPEPER ABOUT ENFORCEMENT A COUPLE MINUTES AGO, YOU KNOW, WE WE KNOW THE HOTSPOTS WHERE WE NEED MORE TURNOVER OR SHORT TERM 767 02:31:47.198 --> 02:31:58.209 TURNOVER, UH, FOR PARKING, YOU KNOW, FOR SHORT TERM PICK UP AND. DROP OFF. UM, AND I THINK YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AS PART OF A FUTURE PROJECT THERE WE 768 02:31:58.209 --> 02:32:09.653 THINK CHANGES TO THOSE CURBSIDE REGULATIONS THAT ENCOURAGE THAT TURNOVER UM WOULD HELP MOVE SOME OF THOSE VEHICLES THROUGH THERE. UH, IN A IN A BETTER FASHION. 769 02:32:09.653 --> 02:32:21.332 OKAY. AND THEN UM I JUST WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK, UM, THAT OUR UH THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE AROUND THE FAIRMONT INDIGO LINE, I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE 770 02:32:21.332 --> 02:32:32.977 ONLY COMMUNITIES THAT HAS EXPANDED RAIL UH, AND NEW STATIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, UH, TO INCREASE UH, TRANSIT JUSTICE AND REALLY FIGHT FOR IT IN, UH, IN A MAJOR WAY. 771 02:32:32.977 --> 02:32:44.355 SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE AND I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE WORK UH, THE COMMUNITY UH, NOT ONLY HAS DONE BUT CONTINUES TO DO 772 02:32:44.355 --> 02:32:53.664 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE ONLY RAILS THAT WILL BE ELECTRIFIED. UM, AND THEN THE IN THE NEAR FUTURE UM AND I, I I SAY THAT 773 02:32:53.664 --> 02:33:07.011 TO UH TO ALSO ASK HOW DOES RAIL UH YOU KNOW THE FAIRMONT INDIGO LINE PLAY INTO SPEED UM AND MOVING UH, PEOPLE TO A FINAL DESTINATION IN YOUR VIEW? 774 02:33:07.011 --> 02:33:17.588 SURE. >> SO YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW COUNCIL THE YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE FAIRMONT LINE. YOU KNOW, WE. >> WE. BELIEVE THAT. 775 02:33:17.588 --> 02:33:30.901 YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT UM, TRANSIT BENEFITS FOR CURRENT USERS BUT ALSO OPENS UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. FOR PEOPLE. >> TO GET PLACES FASTER. UM. THE YOU KNOW. >> THE. TRANSPORTATION THEY'RE USING NOW. 776 02:33:30.901 --> 02:33:41.312 SO WE WE FULLY SUPPORT THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE THINK IT OPENS UP UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES TO SECTIONS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE NEVER HAD 777 02:33:41.312 --> 02:33:53.958 THAT TYPE OF RELIABLE UH UM, TRANSIT OR AND SPEED. SO WE ARE WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE TEAM. ON MAKING THAT HAPPEN. AND THIS IS UH LAST POINT I WANT TO MAKE AND IT'LL BE VERY 778 02:33:53.958 --> 02:34:05.603 QUICK UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, WHETHER IT'S, UH, GREAT RACIAL INJUSTICE, UM, I THINK UM, AN IMPORTANT PART, 779 02:34:05.603 --> 02:34:17.448 UH, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY AFFIRMING, UH, THE VOICES OF THOSE IN THAT COMMUNITY UH, WHETHER THEY HAVE ,YOU KNOW, PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE OR THE FUTURE, UH, 780 02:34:17.448 --> 02:34:27.625 BECAUSE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OF THAT PROCESS OF OF RACIAL JUSTICE. AND OFTENTIMES I'LL JUST WANT TO END ON THIS IS THAT OUR 781 02:34:27.625 --> 02:34:39.536 COMMUNITY FEELS HARMED BECAUSE OF PAST PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD TO US THIS IS A GOOD THING. UM, AND YET UH, IT ALWAYS NEVER FELT AS SUCH. 782 02:34:39.536 --> 02:34:53.317 SO I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS THAT THAT WE ARE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR EARL. UM, SO I'M GOING. >> TO IF YOU HAVE. >> ANY CLOSING STATEMENTS. 783 02:34:53.317 --> 02:35:07.598 IF NOT YOU BOTH ARE. FREE TO. GO AND. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE REST UM I DO IF I COULD. >> GET A COMMITMENT THOUGH THAT YOU'LL WATCH THE. >> REST OF THIS HEARING. I'LL STAY AS LONG AS I CAN STAY. I JUST NEED TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. OKAY? >> OKAY. >> YEAH, SAME I CAN. YEAH. 784 02:35:07.598 --> 02:35:18.776 OKAY. >> PERFECT. OKAY. >> SO, UM SO I'M GOING TO. GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. EACH PERSON AGAIN HAS TWO MINUTES. UM MIMI RAMOS IS FIRST THEN SAM 785 02:35:18.776 --> 02:35:32.423 FIST IN IS HE ASMAN HAYDEN SEAGER. SO I THINK. OKAY WELL WHOEVER'S NEXT THAT I JUST SAW SAM FIST IN. 786 02:35:32.423 --> 02:35:45.069 THERE. OKAY. IZZY ASMAN HAYDEN SEAGER AND MATT LAWLOR THAT'S THE ORDER. 787 02:35:45.069 --> 02:35:55.979 HELLO UH, IT'S SAM VINSON. UM, I LIVE IN AUSTIN. I'M NOT HERE REPRESENTING A SPECIFIC GROUP. I JUST WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WALK AROUND THE CITY A LOT. UM, WALKING IS MY MAIN FORM 788 02:35:55.979 --> 02:36:08.092 OF TRANSPORTATION AND I'M NOT TAKING THE T UM, AND I HAVE A LOT OF NEAR MISSES THERE A LOT OF CARS AS PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT GO RIGHT THROUGH RED LIGHTS, UH, STOP SIGNS. 789 02:36:08.092 --> 02:36:19.937 UM, AND I HATE THAT IT'S JUST DANGEROUS LIKE OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT ARE NEAR ME THAT I DON'T GO TO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION CALLED UNION SQUARE, UM, WHERE A LOT OF ICONIC BUSINESSES AND A 790 02:36:19.937 --> 02:36:32.249 COMMUNITY CENTER ARE UM, SO LAST FALL I PUT UP THESE SIGNS THAT SAY HEY AUSTIN BRIGHTON, DO YOU HATE CROSSING THE STREET? TELL ME ABOUT IT. UM, AND I PUT THEM AT INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE IN KEY 791 02:36:32.249 --> 02:36:41.859 LOCATIONS IN THE CITY THAT I THOUGHT WERE VERY DANGEROUS THAT MY FRIENDS HAVE TOLD ME THEY'VE BEEN IN DANGER AND WHERE I HAVE TO WAIT FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO CROSS THE STREET I MENTIONED UNION SQUARE YOU CAN 792 02:36:41.859 --> 02:36:54.071 WAIT FOR FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO GET FROM ONE CORNER OF IT TO THE OPPOSITE CORNER. UM JUST BECAUSE OTHER ONE LANE OR SORRY ONE STREET HAS TWO NON 793 02:36:54.071 --> 02:37:05.816 SYNCHED UH SIGNALS OR ONE SIGNAL DOES NOT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO CROSS THE ENTIRE STREET AND WHEN CARS WANT TO SAVE A FEW SECONDS THEY UM CAN JUST SPEED THROUGH A LIGHT. 794 02:37:05.816 --> 02:37:16.226 UM, BUT WHEN PEDESTRIANS DO IT, THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN GRAVE DANGER. I DO THAT A LOT TRYING TO GET ON THE GREEK STREET, UM, GREEN LINE PLATFORM. SO ANYWAY, I HAVE A PACKET WITH 14 PAGES OF RESPONSES. 795 02:37:16.226 --> 02:37:27.738 IT'S ABOUT 150 OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO SAID HERE IS A PLACE I WALK REGULARLY AND I FEEL IN DANGER OR IN GREAT INCONVENIENCE. AND I THINK A LOT OF THE BLOWBACK AGAINST SAFE STREET 796 02:37:27.738 --> 02:37:39.283 CHANGES ARE ABOUT PARKING OR SHAVING A FEW SECONDS OFF OF A CARS. UM UH LIKE YOU KNOW, TRIP UM BUT IT ADDS SO MUCH MORE TIME 797 02:37:39.283 --> 02:37:50.461 YOU MISSED THAT BUS YOU RUN ACROSS TO GET TO THE GREEN LINE PLATFORM BECAUSE YOU SEE THE THE TRAIN IS COMING BUT ON COMMONWEALTH AVENUE THAT IS YOU KNOW, SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC CAR 798 02:37:50.461 --> 02:38:02.005 TRAFFIC AND TWO LANES OF YOU KNOW, TRAIN TRAFFIC. SO YOU YOU. >> WANT. TO LEAVE THAT RIGHT THERE AND THEN I'LL MAKE IT UM I'LL WE'LL SCAN IT AND WE'LL MAKE IT PART. >> OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. >> THANK YOU. UM, IZZY ASMAN HAYDEN SEEGER, 799 02:38:02.005 --> 02:38:15.752 MATT LAWLER A NORA MURRAY THEY ARE BRUNO. IF YOU GUYS COULD MAKE A LINE JUST SO. >> BECAUSE WE GOT TO KEEP THIS GOTTA. KEEP IT MOVING AND BRENDAN KEARNEY I. THINK WE ALREADY HEARD FROM YOU. 800 02:38:15.752 --> 02:38:30.167 OKAY OKAY. HAYDEN I GUESS YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE. OKAY. >> GO AHEAD. ACTUALLY HEY, I'VE HAD IT. I'M GONNA GIVE MY TIME TO MIKE. UH, OKAY. MIKE'S GOING TO GET FOUR MINUTES. OKAY. UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY FOR ME. >> GO AHEAD. MIKE. 801 02:38:30.167 --> 02:38:41.178 UM, HI. MY NAME IS MIKE TAMAYO AND I'M A RESIDENT. IN THE SOUTH END. UM, MY WIFE AND I NAVIGATE THE STREETS OF BOSTON FIRST AND FOREMOST ON FOOT AS WELL AS ON TRANSIT AND ON BIKE. 802 02:38:41.178 --> 02:38:52.256 I WANT TO SEE OUR CITY BECOME A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN NAVIGATE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN WAYS THAT ARE BOTH SUSTAINABLE AND SAFE. THE CITY'S. ABRUPT CHANGES IN STREETS POLICY OVER THE PAST 14 MONTHS, HOWEVER, HAVE TAKEN US FURTHER 803 02:38:52.256 --> 02:39:02.833 FROM THAT HOPE. FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD LOVE FOR OUR STREET TO HAVE SPEED HUMPS. IT'S A QUIET SIDE STREET WITH MANY FAMILIES BUT CARS OCCASIONALLY SPEED THROUGH IT TO ACCESS THE MAIN ROAD AT THE 804 02:39:02.833 --> 02:39:15.178 OTHER END THE CITY'S IDENTIFIED MY STREET AS ONE THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM SPEED HUMPS ON ITS WEBSITE, BUT THE SPEED HUMP PROGRAM STALLED LAST YEAR AND I'M HEARING TODAY THAT IT WILL BE MUCH MORE RESTRICTED GOING FORWARD. 805 02:39:15.178 --> 02:39:26.990 THIS NEWS WEBSITE SAYS TO REACH OUT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON TO GET SPEED HUMPS WHICH I'VE DONE BUT I'VE SEEN NO MOVEMENT. THE BEST EXPLANATION I'VE RECEIVED FROM CITY OFFICIALS FOR STALLING SPEED ON PROGRAM IS THEY DON'T WANT TO SLOW CARS 806 02:39:26.990 --> 02:39:37.935 DOWN THROUGH RESIDENTIAL STREETS, EVEN THOUGH DRIVING SLOWLY IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE PARTICULARLY WHEN KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND. I'VE HEARD TODAY THAT THERE WILL BE CERTAIN SPEED HUMPS THAT WILL ADVANCE, BUT NO 807 02:39:37.935 --> 02:39:47.811 CRITERIA WERE PROVIDED AS TO HOW THE CITY WILL SELECT STREETS AND THE PROCESS I HEARD REMAINS OPAQUE TO COUNCILOR DURKIN'S POINT NOT HAVING DEFINED CRITERIA RESULTS IN AN AD HOC PROCESS THAT 808 02:39:47.811 --> 02:39:58.488 FAVORS CERTAIN VOICES OVER OTHERS REGARDING BIKE LANES, THE CITY'S STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT BARRIERS BETWEEN BIKE LANES AND CAR LANES MAKE THE STREET SAFER FOR EVERYONE WHETHER YOU'RE IN A CAR, ON 809 02:39:58.488 --> 02:40:09.099 FOOT OR ON BIKE. BUT OVER THE PAST YEAR, RATHER THAN WORKING TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER FOR ALL ROAD USERS, THE MOST VISIBLE CHANGES TO BIKE LANES IN THE CITY IS THE CITY'S REMOVAL OF BIKE LANE 810 02:40:09.099 --> 02:40:21.044 SEPARATORS ACROSS MANY BIKE LANES UM LETTING CARS PARK IN THE LANE AND FORCING BIKERS TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF CARS ENDANGERING EVERYONE. THE PRIMARY EXPLANATION THE CITY HAS GIVEN FOR ITS CHANGE IN POLICY IS THAT IT WANTS TO 811 02:40:21.044 --> 02:40:31.922 SEEK MORE COMMUNITY INPUT, BUT THESE CHANGES MAKE OUR CITY LESS SAFE HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT GIVING ANYONE A CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. WE'VE HEARD FOR OVER A YEAR HAVE AN INTEREST IN CASTING PLACE WHICH WOULD BE REALLY 812 02:40:31.922 --> 02:40:43.734 GREAT BUT THUS FAR WE'VE SEEN FLEX BOATS REMOVED ALMOST EVERYWHERE AND CAST IN PLACE AND POINT ALMOST NOWHERE. I HOPE THE CITY GETS BACK TO WORK AND FINISHING WITH A PROMISING SPEED HUMPS IN SEPARATE EFFECTIVE BIKE LANES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 813 02:40:43.734 --> 02:40:56.146 THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT HEARING. THANK YOU SO MUCH MIKE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON UM PARKING MINIMUMS AS WELL. UM OKAY. WE ARE. >> GOING TO WELL OR LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PARKING MINIMUMS I SHOULD. 814 02:40:56.146 --> 02:41:09.459 SAY MATT LAWLOR SURE. UM SO. THANKS VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS MATT LAWLOR. UM, I. SUBMITTED A LETTER ON. BEHALF OF WALKER BROS. DELL OF WHICH I'M A CO-FOUNDER UH, TO THE COMMITTEE EARLIER TODAY. SO I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH THE 815 02:41:09.459 --> 02:41:22.439 POINTS IN THAT LETTER. OR COMMENTS. >> THAT WERE MADE BY OTHERS EARLIER. I GENERALLY SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT THAT FOLKS WHO HAVE SHOWN UP HERE AND. SUPPORTED ON PAUSING THE SITUATION HAVE SAID SO I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THREE POINTS. 816 02:41:22.439 --> 02:41:34.051 UM, FIRST IS THE NUMBER OF NEW BIKE LANES. AND SPEED HUMPS THAT WERE CITED HERE TODAY. UM ARE TOO LOW BY A FACTOR OF AT LEAST TEN. UM IF MY. MATH ISN'T WRONG UM I'VE BEEN 817 02:41:34.051 --> 02:41:44.394 AROUND DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE LOWER THAN ANY YEAR OF THE WALSH ADMINISTRATION CERTAINLY FOR A NUMBER OF NEW LANES LIKE THE NEW LANES OF BIKE LANES. THOSE ARE WORDS I NEVER THOUGHT 818 02:41:44.394 --> 02:41:55.272 I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IT IS DOING WORSE THAN THE WALSH ADMINISTRATION. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. UM, SECOND, THE ARGUMENT THAT USES OUR NARROW OLD STREETS TO 819 02:41:55.272 --> 02:42:06.650 DENY SAFETY TO VULNERABLE STREET USERS NEEDS TO BE RETIRED TODAY FOR GOOD. OUR NARROW OLD STREETS LARGELY PREDATE MOTOR VEHICLES, 820 02:42:06.650 --> 02:42:16.993 ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN. IF THERE'S A SPACE CRUNCH THE UNWANTED PARTY GOERS ARE THE MOTOR VEHICLES NOT THE PEOPLE ON FOOT OR ON BIKES OR ON BUSSES. 821 02:42:16.993 --> 02:42:28.505 THE STREETS WERE ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR THEM IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. AND FINALLY I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON THE EXCHANGE WITH RESPECT TO BURKE SORRY BEACH AND 822 02:42:28.505 --> 02:42:41.017 GLENDORA STREETS AND ROSLINDALE BECAUSE WE HEARD ALL THE RESIDENTS ON THOSE STREETS WANT SPEED HUMPS. THAT IS NOT SURPRISING AT ALL. BUT SOMEHOW THAT IS STILL. NOT GOOD ENOUGH BECAUSE. 823 02:42:41.017 --> 02:42:53.797 RIGHT. >> I DON'T KNOW EITHER. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S NOT. OKAY, WHY. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET SPEED HUMPS BUT SOMEHOW THEY WON'T AND THAT IS A PROBLEM. SO I HOPE THAT WE GET THERE SOMEDAY SOON. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MATT. 824 02:42:53.797 --> 02:43:06.176 UM OKAY. AND NORA MURRAY I'M SORRY IF I'M SAYING THAT WRONG. BUT YEAH. BRUNO. AARON GREINER LEVY CHEN. THAT'S THE LIST. GO AHEAD. 825 02:43:06.176 --> 02:43:19.489 UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR DURKAN. AND THE. >> MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO DECIDED TO STICK AROUND. UH, MY NAME IS ANDREW MURRAY. I'M A. >> ROSLINDALE RESIDENT. UM, I'M ON THE BOARD OF UP WITH MATT AND I FOUNDED. RESIDENTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS. UH. >> I'M HERE AS SOMEONE WHO WALKS BIKES AND RELIES ON TRANSIT EVERY DAY. 826 02:43:19.489 --> 02:43:31.501 FOR MANY OF US, OUR SAFETY ON BOSTON STREETS DO NOT FEEL LIKE A PRIORITY. UH, WE HAVE KNOWN PROBLEM AREAS LIKE HYDE PARK AVENUE AND BLUE HILL AVENUE WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING ACTIVELY HARMED BY SPEEDERS AND RECKLESS DRIVING. 827 02:43:31.501 --> 02:43:43.280 UH, WHAT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS ISN'T JUST THE DANGER. IT'S THE COMPLETE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND URGENCY. UM, PROJECTS ARE ANNOUNCED, ENGAGEMENT TAKES PLACE AND THEN THEY GO QUIET FOR MONTHS, EVEN YEARS. 828 02:43:43.280 --> 02:43:56.359 UM, WITH. >> LITTLE FLAHERTY BEYOND A STATED NEED FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT FOR CONSENSUS. UH, HOW MUCH MORE. ENGAGEMENT CAN THE. >> CITY EXPECT FROM RESIDENTS? UM, IF THE HOURS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT INTO THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS UM AREN'T SUFFICIENT 829 02:43:56.359 --> 02:44:08.305 AND HOW DOES CONSENSUS WHAT IS CONSENSUS MEAN, UH, WHEN IT'S BETWEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING TO MOVE SAFELY AND WITH DIGNITY THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WHO ARE ASKING TO MAINTAIN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS? UM, WE HAVE RULES THAT ARE 830 02:44:08.305 --> 02:44:19.749 SUPPOSED TO PROTECT PEOPLE BUT THEY ARE NOT ENFORCED CARS, PARKING, CROSSWALKS, BUS LANES ,BIKE LANES WITH LITTLE CONSEQUENCE. IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE ABOUT WHOSE SAFETY IS NEGOTIABLE UM, WHEN INFRASTRUCTURE IS INSTALLED TOO OFTEN IT FEELS 831 02:44:19.749 --> 02:44:30.327 LIKE A HALF MEASURE. PAINT IS NOT PROTECTION MATERIALS THAT DRIVERS CAN RUN OVER LIKE THE NEWS EQUALS UH DO NOT KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND ACTUALLY ACTIVELY INVITE PEOPLE TO PARK OVER THEM. UH, MY QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE 832 02:44:30.327 --> 02:44:40.670 CITY'S TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY? WE SAY VISION ZERO IS STILL THE GOAL. UH, SO WHY AREN'T WE ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES ARE UNACCEPTABLE IF 833 02:44:40.670 --> 02:44:50.947 IT'S NOT VISION ZERO RESIDENTS DESERVE FLAHERTY ON WHAT LEVEL OF SERIOUS INJURY AND DEATH IS CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE. UM FINALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND I WISH THE COUNCILORS WERE STILL HERE UH, 834 02:44:50.947 --> 02:45:02.092 ESPECIALLY ON COUNCIL CORRIDORS LIKE BLUE HILL AVENUE UH, THAT HAS TO INCLUDE THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BUS RIDERS ON THIS CORRIDORS ALONG WITH THE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS TO MOVE THROUGH THEM, NOT JUST THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING. 835 02:45:02.092 --> 02:45:15.038 UH, WE CAN'T HAVE SAFE STREETS, STRONG BUSINESSES AND RELIABLE TRANSIT BUT ONLY IF WE PRIORITIZE HUMAN LIFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANDREW AND SORRY FOR GETTING YOUR NAME WRONG. . >> I CARE WHAT AARON. UH, BEAR. 836 02:45:15.038 --> 02:45:30.687 OR BEER BRUNO LUCK. OKAY. >> GOT IT. AND AARON GREINER. LEVY CHEN. GAD BOY. OKAY. GO AHEAD. HI. >> MY NAME IS LEVI. I'M AN AUSTIN RESIDENT. 837 02:45:30.687 --> 02:45:43.500 I'M A JUNIOR AND I'M ONE. >> OF. TWO CO-PRESIDENTS. >> OF THE URBANISM CLUB AT B.U. WHICH SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW WE ARE STUDENT GROUP FOCUSED ON URBAN ADVOCACY. AND EDUCATION AND. RECENTLY OUR. CLUB RELEASED A PETITION TO THIS STREET CAMPAIGN TO VOICE 838 02:45:43.500 --> 02:45:54.244 THEIR CONCERNS AT OUR CAMPUSES. MAIN STREET. CALM AS WELL. OUR PETITION. URGES MAYOR WU TO UNPAUSE THE BILL IS PROTECTED BIKE LANE PROJECT WHICH HAS BEEN COLLECTING DUST SOMEWHERE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR 839 02:45:54.244 --> 02:46:06.389 YEARS WHILE CYCLISTS LIKE MYSELF. >> RISKED. THEIR LIVES. >> JUST TRYING TO COMMUTE TO WORK OR SCHOOL DOWN COMBAT. OR SPEEDING AND CARS BLOCKING THE BIKE LANES ARE DAILY OCCURRENCE I HAVE PRINTED SOME OF OUR MANY TESTIMONIES FOR YOU ALL TO READ TODAY. 840 02:46:06.389 --> 02:46:17.300 OUR PETITION CURRENTLY. SITS AT WELL OVER 160 SIGNATURES FROM ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE. THESE ARE STUDENTS AND FACULTY NON BU COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS BECAUSE 160 PLUS PEOPLE HAVE 841 02:46:17.300 --> 02:46:29.045 RECOGNIZED THAT SAFE STREETS ARE AN IMMEDIATE NECESSITY. WE WANT THESE STREETS AND WE NEED THEM. YET MAYOR WU'S SILENCE. SURROUNDING BUILDING SAFE STREETS FOR US SIGNALS A COLD INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS OUR SAFETY. AS YOUNG PEOPLE WE. RELY A LOT. 842 02:46:29.045 --> 02:46:40.857 >> MORE ON CYCLING, WALKING AND TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GET IN AND AROUND THE CITY AS DO MANY OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT OWN CARS. WHEN I. >> INTERNED HERE AT CITY HALL LAST SUMMER, I ACTUALLY BIKED OUT OF OFFICE EVENTS IN JP IN MISSION HILL BECAUSE A 843 02:46:40.857 --> 02:46:51.868 SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PROVIDE A SAFE PATH FOR CYCLISTS. BUT IN COMING TO TODAY'S HEARING I TOOK THE T BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO. RISK MY NECK ON. CAMBRIDGE STREET OR KENMORE SQUARE. AS THE MAYOR, WU HAS BEEN STALLING ON IMPROVEMENTS TO 844 02:46:51.868 --> 02:47:03.446 CYCLING, WALKING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. IT PUTS CITY RESIDENTS IN MORE DANGER THAN IS NECESSARY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THESE PLANS FOR SAFE STREETS EXIST. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO BUILD THEM, WE KNOW WE. HAVE THE. >> MANPOWER TO CONSTRUCT IT. 845 02:47:03.446 --> 02:47:14.124 AND YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE. WE'RE RISKING LOSING THE FUNDING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WE'RE RISKING LOSING PEOPLE'S LIVES. THE MAYOR, WHOSE SPRING CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE RELEASED THIS MORNING IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 846 02:47:14.124 --> 02:47:24.934 MULTIPLE PROJECTS LIKE THE EAST CAMPUS PROJECTED BIKE LANES ARE STILL STALLED. I BELIEVE THAT A BAND-AID FIX OF RE PAVEMENTS OVER DEEPER ISSUE OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WON'T LAST FOREVER. SO THANK YOU COUNCILORS WEBER, 847 02:47:24.934 --> 02:47:38.915 PIPPIN, DURKAN AND BREEDEN FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING AND I HOPE THAT THE CITY CAN RESTART THESE SAFE STREET PROJECTS AS SOON AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LEVI I'LL BE AT YOUR CLUB SOON. I LOVE BEING THERE. YEAH. UM. >> SO, UM. >> OKAY, NEXT. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SETH. 848 02:47:38.915 --> 02:47:54.464 OH, YEAH. IF YOU LEAVE IT. >> THERE, WE'LL GET IT TO EVERYONE. SETH. >> GOOD BOY. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION. >> MY NAME IS SETH GAD. BOYS. I'M A TRANSPORTATION ATTORNEY AT CONSERVATION. >> LAW FOUNDATION. THANK YOU SO. MUCH FOR MAKING THIS SPACE FOR 849 02:47:54.464 --> 02:48:05.408 THIS HEARING TODAY. ON MULTIPLE. CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION MATTERS. INCLUDING DOCKET 0588 DISCUSSING TRANSPORTATION. PHILOSOPHY THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS SET SEVERAL COMMENDABLE 850 02:48:05.408 --> 02:48:18.021 TRANSPORTATION GOALS. ACROSS MULTIPLE PLANS. HOWEVER, RECENT CITY. ACTIONS AND BUDGET PROPOSALS ARE AT DIRECT ODDS WITH THESE GOALS. ADDITIONALLY. >> THESE GOALS ARE ALSO TO HIGH LEVEL FOR MEASURING PROGRESS. 851 02:48:18.021 --> 02:48:29.999 A CLIMATE PLAN. GOAL TO REDUCE CAR DEPENDENCY. IS GOOD. ZERO FATALITIES ON ROADWAYS IS CRITICAL. AND HAS A 2030. DATE, BUT. GOALS ARE NOT SHORT TERM 852 02:48:29.999 --> 02:48:41.478 TANGIBLE METRICS NUMBER OF BIKE LANE MILES ADDED NUMBER OF DE LIGHTED INTERSECTIONS AND ROAD DIETS. NUMBER OF ZONES DEDICATED TO DELIVERIES ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE WALKING ROLLING IN TRANSIT 853 02:48:41.478 --> 02:48:54.324 SAFER AND MORE RELIABLE EVERY DAY. INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CHAOTIC TRAFFIC OPERATIONS DEGRADE OUR STREETS. AND COMPOUND. >> TO DRAMATICALLY UNDERMINED CLIMATE. SAFETY AND HEALTH GOALS. 854 02:48:54.324 --> 02:49:05.068 WE NEED. CLEAR METRIC BASED LINKS BETWEEN. UH WE NEED CLEAR METRIC BASED LINKS THAT TIE PLANS TO BUDGETS COVERING INFRASTRUCTURE AND 855 02:49:05.068 --> 02:49:16.513 TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SOLUTIONS WITHOUT METRIC BASED LINKS BETWEEN GOALS. AND SPENDING. WE HAVE PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT ACTION OR ACTION WITHOUT DIRECTION LEADING TO EMPTY 856 02:49:16.513 --> 02:49:28.491 PROMISES OR COSTLY INCONSISTENT DECISIONS. WE NEED A. MASTER PLAN. THAT COMMITS FUNDING. TO MEASURABLE YEAR BY YEAR OUTCOMES FOR CLEAR COMMUNITY DRIVEN STRATEGIES TO THE 857 02:49:28.491 --> 02:49:39.502 ADMINISTRATION. PLEASE BE BOLD WITH YOUR BUDGET AND BE PROGRESSIVE WITH YOUR POWER TO THE COUNCIL. PLEASE LEGISLATE WHERE GAPS NEED TO BE FILLED OR CORRECTED AND LOOK TO OTHER MAJOR 858 02:49:39.502 --> 02:49:51.247 METROPOLITAN CITIES FOR POLICIES THAT PRODUCE TANGIBLE OUTCOMES TO ALL IN GOVERNMENT PLEASE SEE US PLEASE USE US ADVOCATES AND RESIDENTS AS RESOURCES AND PARTNERS. 859 02:49:51.247 --> 02:50:00.690 WE CAN MAKE MAJOR CHANGE TOGETHER AND SOONER THAN WE THINK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM TRAVON LONG THIRD MATTHIAS IRIS 860 02:50:00.690 --> 02:50:14.971 ROMMEL ZACHARY YARROW ASTER FROM DORCHESTER AND DANIEL. UM KRAVETS. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE LIST. GO AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS UH TREVIN UH NOT 861 02:50:14.971 --> 02:50:27.717 TRAYVON. SORRY. THANKS PARENTS. FOR GIVING ME THAT NAME. UH. >> I AM. >> A RESIDENT OF JAMAICA PLAIN . UH, THANK YOU, BEN WEBER FOR ORGANIZING THIS. UH, I RIDE MY. BIKE EVERYWHERE. I RIDE. >> MY BIKE TO BRIGHTON. TO GET TO WORK. 862 02:50:27.717 --> 02:50:41.331 I RIDE IT TO GET TO GROCERIES. I WRITE TO GET TO FRIENDS. HOUSES EVERYWHERE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO MY SAFETY. UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU ASKED . ABOUT THE. CENTER SOUTH STREET'S, UH, TRANSPORTATION. ACTION PLAN. 863 02:50:41.331 --> 02:50:53.376 IT WAS JUST REPORTED. BY STREETSBLOG MASS THAT THE. $0 IS. ALLOCATED TO IT. IN FISCAL YEAR 2027. SO IF THAT'S NOT A PAUSE. WHAT IS. 864 02:50:53.376 --> 02:51:06.055 A PAUSE? THE STREET THAT. >> I GO TO TO SHOP, TO EAT. TO DRINK. TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. TO LIVE ON IS NOT GETTING THE INVESTMENT THAT IT. 865 02:51:06.055 --> 02:51:17.934 SO DESPERATELY NEEDS. I FEEL UNSAFE ON THIS STREET. THE 39 BUS. IS STUCK IN TRAFFIC EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO. 866 02:51:17.934 --> 02:51:28.811 DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. PEOPLE ARE USING THIS STREET AS A WAY TO GET. AROUND JAMAICA WAY. NOT HAVE TO BE ON. WASHINGTON STREET THE CORRIDORS THAT CAN ACTUALLY SERVE TRAFFIC 867 02:51:28.811 --> 02:51:42.058 AND SO THEY'RE CUTTING THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND AFFECTING. MY LIVELIHOOD AND. >> THE LIVELIHOOD. OF ALL OF. MY NEIGHBORS JUST SO THAT THEY CAN GET. THROUGH JAMAICA PLAIN. CENTER AND SOUTH STREETS. 868 02:51:42.058 --> 02:51:55.104 SHOULD BE THE HIGH. STREETS OF JAMAICA PLAIN. IT'S WHERE EVERYTHING HAPPENS. IT'S WHERE WE GATHER AT. >> THE MONUMENT. IT'S WHERE WE. GO TO. >> THE LAUREN GUARINO HOUSE WHERE WE. WATCH MOVIES. >> ON THE LAWN. THIS IS A STREET. 869 02:51:55.104 --> 02:52:10.053 FOR PEOPLE AND THE CITY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE PUTTING. THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT. >> AND. FUNDING TOWARDS IT THAT IT TRULY DOES DESERVE. AND SO. >> I. IMPLORE THE CITY TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 870 02:52:10.053 --> 02:52:20.663 WE NEED. SAFE STREETS. SAFE STREETS. CANNOT WAIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM NEXT. MATTHIAS THEN ASTOR. SORRY. 871 02:52:20.663 --> 02:52:33.743 THEN ZACHARY YARROW, THEN ESTHER, THEN DANIEL KRULWICH. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. >> HI. >> MY NAME IS MATTHIAS IRIS REMILLARD. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN SOMERVILLE BECAUSE LIVING ON HYDE PARK AVE AND COUNCILOR ARROYO 872 02:52:33.743 --> 02:52:44.987 COUNCILOR WORLDS DISTRICT WAS SO DEEPLY UNPLEASANT AND DANGEROUS THAT I LEFT BOSTON BECAUSE SOMERVILLE IS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING STREETS NICE AND LIVABLE ON A QUARTER OF THE BUDGET THAT BOSTON IS. 873 02:52:44.987 --> 02:52:56.799 SO IT'S A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND. I'LL BEG YOU TO FORGIVE MY STRIDENT TONE, BUT I'VE JUST HAD TOO MANY EMPTY PROMISES GIVEN IN SO MANY MEETINGS LIKE 874 02:52:56.799 --> 02:53:08.444 THIS AND I'VE EXPERIENCED TOO MUCH TRAFFIC VIOLENCE TRYING TO GET AROUND BOSTON ON MY BIKE, WHICH IS MY PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. I AM ANGRY AND I AM TIRED OF RISKING MY LIFE TO TRAVEL FROM POINT A TO POINT B BECAUSE 875 02:53:08.444 --> 02:53:19.389 THE CITY ADMINISTRATION DEEMS MY NON CAR OWNING LIFE UNIMPORTANT AND INCONVENIENT. I VOTED FOR MICHELLE WU TWICE AND I WAS HAPPY TO. I ASSISTED WITH THE CAMPAIGNS. 876 02:53:19.389 --> 02:53:30.566 I PROMOTED HER TO ALL MY FRIENDS BECAUSE SHE WAS PROGRESSIVE. SHE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND SAFELY ON BIKES AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'M REALLY ABOUT AND NOW I FEEL PROFOUNDLY 877 02:53:30.566 --> 02:53:42.345 FOOLISH AND ANGRY THAT I VOTED FOR MAYOR WU IN THE LAST ELECTION. I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE VOTED FOR JOSH KRAFT BECAUSE SHE'S IMPLEMENTING HIS ANTI BIKE LANE AGENDA NOW ANYWAY, SO A YEAR 878 02:53:42.345 --> 02:53:52.488 OF PAUSED BIKE LANE PROJECTS AND SILENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE MAYOR'S 11TH HOUR MEMO THIS MORNING ABOUT GOOD REPAIR PROJECT MAKING NO MENTION OF BIKES ANYWHERE IS ALSO NOT ACCEPTABLE. 879 02:53:52.488 --> 02:54:03.399 I'M LEFT STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAYOR WU ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE CAMPAIGN PROMISES SHE MADE AND IT'S NOT THE PROGRESSIVE VALUES SHE CLAIMED TO HAVE. AND IT'S NOT IMPROVING BOSTON AND BETTERING QUALITY OF LIFE 880 02:54:03.399 --> 02:54:13.075 FOR RESIDENTS. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ABOUT FUNDING BECAUSE SHE'S FRITTERING AWAY FEDERAL DOLLARS WITH INACTION AND IT REALLY DOESN'T EVEN SEEM TO BE ABOUT THE LIVES OF HER CONSTITUENTS 881 02:54:13.075 --> 02:54:25.121 BECAUSE SHE'S LETTING PEOPLE DIE ON HER STREETS WHILE SHE DOES NOTHING. SO WHAT WILL GET HER TO CARE ABOUT US? SO I'M ANGRILY BEGGING FOR THE CITY TO FIX HYDE PARK APP FOR 882 02:54:25.121 --> 02:54:39.902 ONE FOR CONCRETE MILESTONES ON COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT FOR ACTIONABLE AND TANGIBLE GOALS AND A HIGH QUALITY PROTECTED MICROMOBILITY NETWORK. THANK YOU ZACHARY. 883 02:54:39.902 --> 02:54:53.216 HI. >> UH I LAST TOOK. TIME OFF WORK TO. SPEAK HERE WHEN. >> THE CITY FAILED AT EQUITABLE SNOW REMOVAL AND I HOPE WE COULD KEEP THINGS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AFTER THAT. INSTEAD WE SAW MORE BIKE LANE PROTECTION REMOVED AND NOT 884 02:54:53.216 --> 02:55:04.727 REPLACED. WE SAW 311 CONTINUE TO MARK STREETS. IT'S ALL CLEAR WHERE DRIVERS WERE PARKED AND UNPROTECTED BIKE LANES. SO BASICALLY INSTEAD OF PERMITTING THEM TO PARK IN BIKE LANES INSTEAD OF SHOVELING 885 02:55:04.727 --> 02:55:16.606 OUT SPACES NOW THEY CAN JUST PARK JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO FIND LEGAL SAFE PARKING. I LIKE THAT I CAN WALK, THAT I CAN TAKE TRANSIT AND THAT I CAN BIKE TO SO MANY DESTINATIONS IN 886 02:55:16.606 --> 02:55:27.917 THE BOSTON AREA. BUT WHERE CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE MOVED SWIFTLY WITH SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. MAYOR WHO HAS FROZEN SAFETY PROJECTS FOLLOWING PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST DEATHS IN PLACES 887 02:55:27.917 --> 02:55:38.895 LIKE CAMBRIDGE STREET IN ALLSTON AND HYDE PARK AVE IN JP. AND JUST LAST WEEK WE HEARD A STUDENT WAS STRUCK NEAR A BOSTON SCHOOL IN AN AREA THAT THE ORIGINAL SAFETY SURGE ANNOUNCEMENT SAID WAS GOING TO GET SPEED BUMPS BEFORE THAT 888 02:55:38.895 --> 02:55:49.272 PROJECT GOT PAUSED FOR OVER A YEAR. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE OF THE WORK JUST BEING FOCUSED ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY. THE WORK OF BUILDING THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS HAS 889 02:55:49.272 --> 02:56:00.716 STOPPED EVERYWHERE. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE CITY HAS JOINED JOSH CRAFT'S CAMPAIGN TO GET ME OFF MY FEET, OFF MY BIKE, OFF MY OFF THE BUS AND INTO MY CAR IF I WANT TO GET AROUND MUCH OF BOSTON. 890 02:56:00.716 --> 02:56:10.626 SO I'M JOINING MY FELLOW VULNERABLE ROAD USERS IN CALLING FOR RESTARTING ALL THE POLIS PROJECTS. THE CITY HAS A LOT OF TRUST TO REBUILD SINCE A 30 DAY PAUSE 891 02:56:10.626 --> 02:56:22.038 TURNED INTO OVER 400 DAYS. THAT MEANS ESPECIALLY ONES LIKE HYDE PARK HAVE THAT RESIDENTS TURNED OUT TIME AND AGAIN TO OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A CITY MEETING WHERE RESIDENTS 892 02:56:22.038 --> 02:56:33.249 WERE UNANIMOUS ON ANYTHING BUT THEY WERE UNANIMOUS ON THEIR SUPPORT FOR THAT. PROJECTS LIKE COLUMBUS HAVE PHASE TWO THAT THE MTA HAS SAID IS READY TO START WHEN THE CITY IS GOING TO LET THEM. 893 02:56:33.249 --> 02:56:45.695 AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO OFFER US BUMP OUTS AND RACE CROSSINGS INSTEAD OF SPEED BUMPS OR ZIKA ZIPPERS AND CAST IN PLACE CURBS INSTEAD OF FLEX POST, I AM ALL FOR THAT. BUT GIVE US TIMELINES AND THEN DELIVER. 894 02:56:45.695 --> 02:56:55.671 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH. ESTHER FROM DORCHESTER. OKAY. DANIEL CRUELLA WHICH OKAY. 895 02:56:55.671 --> 02:57:10.186 SARAH FREEMAN. HARRY DOER, DORA STEVENS OR ASCII LIGHTEN YOU. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NEXT. 896 02:57:10.186 --> 02:57:21.364 HI EVERYONE. I'M SARAH FREEMAN FROM JP. UM LIKE MATT LAWLER SAID I DID SUBMIT UM WRITTEN COMMENTS SO 897 02:57:21.364 --> 02:57:33.976 I'LL TRY NOT TO REPEAT AND I APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID BEFORE ME. IN FACT IF YOU ADD UP THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS PEOPLE IN 898 02:57:33.976 --> 02:57:45.087 THIS ROOM HAVE DEDICATED TOWARD TRYING TO GET SAFER STREETS, IT'S PRETTY HEARTBREAKING. THE WORK YOU'RE ASKING WHY A 30 899 02:57:45.087 --> 02:57:56.198 DAY PAUSE IS LEAVE US IN LIMBO . A YEAR LATER WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM AND I 900 02:57:56.198 --> 02:58:05.408 TRUST THAT WE WILL BE HEARING UPDATES ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PAUSED ON HOW TO GET 901 02:58:05.408 --> 02:58:18.054 A SPEED HUMP UM, RESTARTING DIALOG THAT HAS BROKEN SADLY UM REPLACE STUFF THE WE READ IN 902 02:58:18.054 --> 02:58:30.332 THE GLOBE HAS LEFT UH, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HOW DO WE TURN THIS INTO A POSITIVE ? 903 02:58:30.332 --> 02:58:42.144 UM, I'M AFFILIATED WITH A LOT OF GROUPS THAT ARE HERE. UM, SO I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT, UM, I THINK WE 904 02:58:42.144 --> 02:58:55.758 CAN LEARN FROM OTHER CITIES IF WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER AND REACH CONSENSUS. THE IT PROJECTS GET DONE AND WE 905 02:58:55.758 --> 02:59:09.105 SHOULDN'T HAVE A FEW LOUD VOICES KILL A PROJECT OR, UH, LOOK. AT AN EMPTY BIKE LANE AND SAY NO ONE BIKES. LOOK AT THE PAUL DUDLEY WIPE PATH ON THE ESPLANADE OR LOOK 906 02:59:09.105 --> 02:59:23.119 AT SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR. WHEN YOU BUILD A NEW PEOPLE USE IT. IS THAT MY TIME? YEAH. OH NO. IT'S OKAY SARAH. WE'LL WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN. I NOW KNOW. >> UM, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TALK TO ME. 907 02:59:23.119 --> 02:59:34.663 UM. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER KNOWS HOW TO FIND ME. UH. >> HARRY. DOOR. HARRY DOOR. STEVEN SAWICKI AND THEN LIED TO YOU. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 908 02:59:34.663 --> 02:59:45.541 UH, MY NAME IS HARRY DORE. I'M AN ORDINARY CITIZEN LIVING IN ALLSTON. UH, I OWN ELECTRIC BIKE AND I'M A FREQUENT WRITER OF THE GREEN LINE. THE 66 AND THE 57. I MOVED TO BOSTON VERY RECENTLY 909 02:59:45.541 --> 02:59:56.152 AND I CHOSE TO LIVE IN THIS CITY BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORIC WALKABILITY, ROBUST TRANSIT AND ACTIVELY EXPANDING BIKE NETWORK. I SAW HOW THE ADMINISTRATION PUSHED TO RAPIDLY EXPAND THE BIKE NETWORK AND SUPPORT 910 02:59:56.152 --> 03:00:07.830 IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSIT. DURING HER FIRST TERM AND IN, IN AND IN A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN WHERE THE MAYOR'S LARGEST OPPONENT RAN AGAINST SAFE STREETS, I ALONG WITH TENS AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOSTONIANS 911 03:00:07.830 --> 03:00:19.675 VOTED FOR THEM. IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR REPORTING ABOUT THIS ADMINISTRATION'S PIVOT TO PAUSING PROJECTS AND REMOVING BUS LANES AND SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M PARTICULARLY DISAPPOINTED 912 03:00:19.675 --> 03:00:30.419 TO LEARN JUST TODAY THAT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET ZEROES OUT FUNDING FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO COME AVE WEST OF PACKARD'S CORNER, WHICH SHOULD GO RIGHT BY MY STREET 913 03:00:30.419 --> 03:00:42.665 AND MAKE MY COMMUTE TO WORK BY BIKE MANY TIMES SAFER. THIS REPRESENTS A MAJOR BREACH OF THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN PROMISES. WHILE THESE PROJECTS LANGUISH, FEDERAL FUNDS ARE AT RISK 914 03:00:42.665 --> 03:00:53.275 OF BEING LOST. CARS CONTINUE TO POLLUTE AND ISOLATE OUR COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING INJURED AND DYING ON UNSAFE ROADS AND UNSAFE INTERSECTIONS. THIS IS NOT WHAT I VOTED FOR. I THANK THIS COMMITTEE FOR 915 03:00:53.275 --> 03:01:07.056 CALLING THIS OVERSIGHT HEARING AND I CALL UPON THE MAYOR AND HER ADMINISTRATION TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS AND GET THIS CITY BUILDING SAFE STREETS AGAIN. YOU HAVE MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> HARRY. UM. STEPHEN SAWICKI. 916 03:01:07.056 --> 03:01:17.466 HI. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS STEPHEN RISKY. I'M A PHYSICIST LIVING IN JP AND WORKING IN CAMBRIDGE. MY FAMILY AND I, WHICH INCLUDES OUR ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD DAUGHTER GET AROUND BOSTON PRIMARILY BY WALKING PUBLIC 917 03:01:17.466 --> 03:01:28.911 TRANSIT AND BICYCLE. THE SAFE STREET PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL FOR OUR LIVES HERE. I LIVE IN FOREST HILL STREET AND WHEN WE MOVED HERE OUR PARK ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL STREET HAD TRAFFIC CONSTANTLY EXCEEDING 50 MILES AN HOUR. 918 03:01:28.911 --> 03:01:40.890 THE PROSPECT OF TAKING OUR DOG OUT OR STROLLING WITH OUR BABY BECAME A CONSTANT RISK. THE INSTALLATION OF SPEED BUMPS AS PART OF THE SEARCH WAS TRANSFORMATIVE. IT'S CRUCIAL TO WHY WE CAN ENJOY WALKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR FAMILY 919 03:01:40.890 --> 03:01:51.133 TODAY. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT MAYOR WU HAS ALL BUT CEASED THIS PROGRAM DECIDING ALONG UH, WITH THE PEOPLE HERE THAT SAVING FRACTIONS OF A SECOND FOR RECKLESS DRIVERS IS A MORE 920 03:01:51.133 --> 03:02:02.444 VALUE THAN THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND PARENTS LIKE ME BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THEIR BABIES. MR GOVE, YOU MENTIONED MOVING AWAY FROM ALGORITHMIC DECISIONS. THIS IS SEEM TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE MAYOR'S COLLABORATION 921 03:02:02.444 --> 03:02:12.888 WITH GOOGLE TO AI OPTIMIZE INTERSECTIONS FOR HIGHER THROUGHPUT, WHICH IS STILL BEING ADVERTISED ON THE BOSTON WEBSITE. WHEN THE MAYOR STARTED THIS REVIEW LAST YEAR IT WAS ADVERTISED AS BEING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CONSENSUS. 922 03:02:12.888 --> 03:02:24.466 YET MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE ROLLBACKS WERE MADE WITHOUT A SINGLE MEETING CLAIM. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS BUT ANYONE WHO TRIED TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD THE BEAT ONLY EVER RECEIVED A FORMAL LETTER BACK FROM MUHAMMAD. 923 03:02:24.466 --> 03:02:35.044 PHYSICALLY GOING TO BDD AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THERE RESULTED IN THE SAME EXPERT STAFF WHO WERE REPORTEDLY VICTIMS OF THE SAME FATE BOXED OUT OF DOING THEIR OWN JOBS AS THE MAYOR TOOK CONTROL TO DELAY 924 03:02:35.044 --> 03:02:46.655 PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. AGAIN THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT A SINGLE MEETING. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY CONSENSUS HERE? MR GROVE, YOU MENTIONED ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE UNDER YOUR PREDECESSOR. THE NOTABLE WORD THERE IS PREDECESSOR. 925 03:02:46.655 --> 03:02:58.634 YOUR JOB IMPLIED IN RECENT NEWS RECORDINGS WAS MAKING THE PEOPLE WHO CARRIED OUT THOSE PROJECTS SO MISERABLE THAT THEY QUIT. YOU TOUTED YOUR PLAN TO INSTALL MORE SPEED BUMPS THIS YEAR. IF I HEARD RIGHT, I THINK THE NUMBER WAS 100 THAT WOULD 926 03:02:58.634 --> 03:03:10.713 AMOUNT TO TWO PER SQUARE MILE OF BOSTON. AND AS THE OTHER COMMENTER MACHIN MENTIONED ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES IN RECENT MEMORY. UM SIMILARLY WITH CROSSWALKS AND BUMP OUTS THIS SEEMS TO 927 03:03:10.713 --> 03:03:21.156 HAVE BECOME ALMOST A RUNNING JOKE. I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. WE NEVER SEE THEM IN BOSTON. UM, YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY CONFIRMED WHAT WE WERE ALL WORRIED ABOUT. WE REALLY ARE SAYING GUTTED AND LOSING OUR SAFE STREETS. 928 03:03:21.156 --> 03:03:35.137 THANK YOU. UM, SO LISTEN, YOU AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO GIOVANNI ZOOM ZUNIGA. UM UZOMA OISHI. 929 03:03:35.137 --> 03:03:46.615 UM, I THINK ELIJAH EVANS ISN'T HERE ANYMORE. PATRICIA O'CONNOR'S MATTHIAS I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM. OKAY, THAT'S THE LIST. IF YOU GUYS COULD GET IN LINE. 930 03:03:46.615 --> 03:03:57.192 GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LIN CHEN. YOU AND I AM AN AUSTIN BRYANT RESIDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN BRIGHTON HOW COLLABORATIVE AUSTIN BRYAN IS 931 03:03:57.192 --> 03:04:09.238 THE SECOND BIGGEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON AND IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND THUS DEPENDS ON TRANSIT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAVELING THROUGH AS WELL AS 932 03:04:09.238 --> 03:04:19.815 FUTURE RESIDENTS. THIS WAS ALREADY UNDERSTOOD WHEN THE AUSTIN BRIGHTON MOBILITY PLAN WAS FINALIZED AND ADOPTED IN 2021 BY THE PLANNING 933 03:04:19.815 --> 03:04:31.760 DEPARTMENT AND I STAND HERE IN 2026 WITH ONLY A FEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ACTED UPON AND MANY OF THE VISIONS SEEMINGLY SHOWED IN THE FILING CABINET TO 934 03:04:31.760 --> 03:04:43.806 THE PLANNERS, RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SPENT NEARLY THREE YEARS TO GATHER OPINIONS, DEVISE PROPOSALS AND ENVISION WHAT THE COMMUNITY 935 03:04:43.806 --> 03:04:54.817 WANTS ONLY TO NOW HEAR THAT WE NEED TO GATHER MORE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO GET IT RIGHT. IT'S EVEN MORE DISHEARTENING TO HEAR THAT BOSTON MIGHT LOSE POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF FUNDING 936 03:04:54.817 --> 03:05:06.061 TOWARDS THESE PROJECTS. THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE OF THE ABC CONDUCTED A SURVEY REGARDING MOBILITY IN THE BRIGHTON CENTER LAST YEAR, 937 03:05:06.061 --> 03:05:18.273 WHEN THE CITY HAD PROPOSED TO INSTALL A DEDICATED BUSTLING FOR THE 57 BUS ONE OF THE ROUTES WITH THE HIGHEST RIDERSHIP IN THE CITY. YES, SLOWEST BUSSES IN THE 938 03:05:18.273 --> 03:05:28.717 CITY. OUR SURVEY FOUND THAT MAJORITY . OF THE PEOPLE FREQUENTING BRIGHTON CENTER HAD DESIRES FOR SAFER CROSSWALKS, INCREASED BUS 939 03:05:28.717 --> 03:05:39.228 SERVICES AND MICROMOBILITY OPTIONS. THE SAME THING FIVE YEARS AGO WITH NONE OF THE CHANGES, I URGE THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO NO LONGER SIT ON THE YEARS AND 940 03:05:39.228 --> 03:05:50.172 DOLLARS SPENT ON STUDYING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACT TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER AND HEALTHIER BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT GREAT TRANSPORTATION CAN DO FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. 941 03:05:50.172 --> 03:06:02.284 THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, I READ A BUNCH OF NAMES. OH, PERFECT. YOU'RE HERE. OKAY, SO WE'LL GO TO YOU AND THEN IF YOU ARE WAITING TO TESTIFY IF YOU COULD JUST STAND UP AND GET IN LINE. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. 942 03:06:02.284 --> 03:06:16.665 OH. >> YEP. YEAH. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. JUST SO. I WAS PRESSED FOR TIME AND, UH, I FAILED TO MENTION WASHINGTON STREET AND WEST ROXBURY TO, UH 943 03:06:16.665 --> 03:06:29.178 ,TO MR GROVE. IT IS IT LISTED IN MY MEMO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, I, UH OKAY. >> THANK YOU. YEAH. I SUPPORT THIS. FORM EXPLAINING TO DO I. SUPPORT WHAT THIS IS. OKAY. >> GO AHEAD. OKAY. 944 03:06:29.178 --> 03:06:40.722 UM. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILOR DURKAN. SO I PUT OUT 17 COPIES PER THE THE CITY'S WEBSITE THEY SUGGESTED BRINGING COPIES FOR. YEAH. >> IF YOU LEAVE THEM RIGHT HERE, WE'LL. BE OVER HERE. YES. OKAY, GREAT. 945 03:06:40.722 --> 03:06:51.033 OKAY. MAY IT PLEASE THE CITY COUNCIL? MY NAME IS PATRICIA CONNORS AND I'M A 72 YEAR OLD AVID CYCLIST . I LIVE IN WEST ROXBURY AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE WEST ROCKS 946 03:06:51.033 --> 03:07:02.878 BIKES A STEERING COMMITTEE. CYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS AND I DARESAY MOST MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE CITY'S RECONSTRUCTION OF CENTER STREET IN 2023. 947 03:07:02.878 --> 03:07:13.355 THIS REDESIGN STRETCHING FROM THE HOLY NAME ROTARY TO LAGRANGE STREET, REDUCED TRAVEL LANES TO ONE IN EACH DIRECTION, ADDED A CENTER TURN LANE AND 948 03:07:13.355 --> 03:07:24.666 INSTALLED BIKE LANES. BY MOST ACCOUNTS, THIS RECONSTRUCTION HAS ACHIEVED ITS OBJECTIVES OF ENHANCING SAFETY, REDUCING SERIOUS CRASHES AND IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW. 949 03:07:24.666 --> 03:07:36.411 HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL UPGRADES ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE TO DATE . PRESENTLY, MOTORISTS OFTEN PARK OFF THE CURB ILLEGALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF CENTER STREET 950 03:07:36.411 --> 03:07:48.890 BLOCKS ALONG THE BIKE LANE, PARTICULARLY THOSE CLOSE TO TAKE OUT ENTERPRISES, THEREBY PREVENTING CYCLISTS FROM ENTERING THE BIKE LANE AT THESE SECTIONS OF THE BIKE LANE AND 951 03:07:48.890 --> 03:08:00.469 FORCING THEM EITHER TO GET OFF THEIR BIKES TO WALK AROUND THE MOTOR VEHICLE OR TO TO TAKE THE LANE ON THE STREET. STREET INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO STOP THIS MOTOR 952 03:08:00.469 --> 03:08:10.479 VEHICLE OBSTRUCTION SHOULD CONSIDER INCLUDING THE POSITIONING OF LARGE PLANTERS ALONGSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE BIKE LANE AT THE BEGINNING 953 03:08:10.479 --> 03:08:21.657 OF EACH BLOCK, THUS PROVIDING A QUOTE GREEN BARRIER TO ILLEGAL AND OBSTRUCTIVE PARKING. OF NOTE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LINDSEY CHASE OF WEST ROXBURY 954 03:08:21.657 --> 03:08:32.901 MAIN STREETS STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE PLACEMENT OF PLANTERS ON CENTER STREET AND THAT THEY SOFTEN LANDSCAPES I'M SORRY, SOFTEN HARD SCAPES, INTRODUCE 955 03:08:32.901 --> 03:08:45.180 COLOR AND FOSTER A WELCOMING, WELL CARED FOR ATMOSPHERE IN ADDITION TO INCREASING STREET BEAUTIFICATION. THANK YOU. >> OKAY SORRY NO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THIS BECOMES PART OF THE PUBLIC. 956 03:08:45.180 --> 03:09:00.796 OKAY THANK YOU CAITLIN AQUI. HI, I'M KATE VINICKY. UM. >> I'M A. >> COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN AUSTIN. BRIGHTON. UM, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR OVER THREE. YEARS NOW. 957 03:09:00.796 --> 03:09:15.243 UM, I REGULARLY. WALK DOWN. >> TO CATCH THE. BEE LINE. >> AND. I SEE THE. TRASH ALL. >> AROUND ME. I HOP OVER LARGE POOLS OF WATER AT THE BOTTOM OF BROKEN CURB CUTS. UM I CYCLE IN THE ROAD NEXT TO BIKE LANES FULL OF POTHOLES OR 958 03:09:15.243 --> 03:09:26.121 GRAVEL. I WALK ON SIDEWALKS IN THE DARK, UNABLE TO TELL IF THE SLIGHT SHADOW IS A PILE OF LEAVES OR A HOLE. THE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND ME REMINDS ME THAT I AM NOT WELCOME. 959 03:09:26.121 --> 03:09:36.665 THE LIGHTS ON THESE ROADS ARE FOR CARS THAT PUDDLE AS I CROSS THE STREET REMINDS ME TO BE CAREFUL UM ENTERING A SPACE NOT MEANT FOR ME. THE TRASH SAYS NO ONE CARES. 960 03:09:36.665 --> 03:09:46.675 YOU LIKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T MATTER TODAY I WANT TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THIS STATUS QUO. I AGREE WITH MUCH OF WHAT THE GREAT, UH, SPEAKERS BEFORE ME HAVE BEEN SAYING. 961 03:09:46.675 --> 03:09:58.920 UM, SPEED KILLS SPEED FORCES PEOPLE TO MAKE BAD DECISIONS TO RUN INTO THE TROLLEY LINES, UM, TO BLOCK OUR ACCESS TO PUBLIC 962 03:09:58.920 --> 03:10:12.000 TRANSIT WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN DRIVERS ON COMMAS. WE DON'T WANT OR NEED A HIGHWAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ENFORCEMENT OF THE SPEED LIMIT IS NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH. WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE 963 03:10:12.000 --> 03:10:23.845 DRIVERS SLOW DOWN TO THAT SPEED LIMIT SO THAT WE CAN CROSS TO GET TO THE TRAIN, TO GET TO THE LAUNDROMAT WHATEVER WE MAY NEED TO DO TO GO SEE OUR FRIENDS. ULTIMATELY I WANT TO RESUME ALL 964 03:10:23.845 --> 03:10:35.957 OF THESE PAUSED PROJECTS, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WANT SAFETY FOCUSED ENGINEERS AND LEADERS WHO WORK WITH COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT SAFE STREETS PROJECTS. WHEN RESIDENTS WALK OR ROLL 965 03:10:35.957 --> 03:10:50.272 DOWN THE SIDEWALK OR BIKE LANE AND ACROSS THE STREET, WE SHOULD FEEL SAFE AND KNOW THAT OUR LIVES ARE VALUED AS MUCH AS THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PEOPLE IN CARS. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. ELIOT WIENER WEINER PERFECT. 966 03:10:50.272 --> 03:11:00.348 HI MY NAME. >> IS ELI AND I LIVE IN ROSLINDALE. I WANT EVERYONE TO DROP THE IDEA THAT WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO STREET SAFETY. I'M A PARENT, I HAVE A FULL 967 03:11:00.348 --> 03:11:11.393 TIME JOB AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO ENGAGE WITH YOU. AND EVEN IF I DID, WHY DO I NEED TO ENGAGE WITH YOU IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN THAT OUR STREETS SHOULD BE SAFE AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE SCARED 968 03:11:11.393 --> 03:11:21.603 OF MY SON. BEING KILLED WHILE I'M WALKING HIM TO PRESCHOOL OR BIKING WITH HIM TO THE GROCERY STORE. DO I NEED TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY TO MAKE THE CASE FOR DRINK CLEAN DRINKING WATER THAT WHEN 969 03:11:21.603 --> 03:11:33.482 I TURN ON THE KITCHEN SINK DRINKABLE WATER SHOULD COME OUT? THE CITY MAKES THAT HAPPEN WITHOUT ME HAVING TO ATTEND A MEETING ABOUT IT. WHEN I GO AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MY FAMILY. I WANT US TO NOT DIE. 970 03:11:33.482 --> 03:11:46.027 THAT'S PUBLIC SAFETY. IF THE COMMUNITY ISN'T OKAY WITH WHAT IT TAKES TO GUARANTEE THAT I DON'T REALLY CARE AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER. YOU MADE A COMMITMENT TO ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS. VISION ZERO THE WAYS TO 971 03:11:46.027 --> 03:11:56.771 ACCOMPLISH THAT ARE NOT A MYSTERY. CITIES AROUND THE WORLD NEAR AND FAR HAVE ALREADY DONE A BETTER JOB AT IT THAN WE HAVE. COPY THEM. USE YOUR POWER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 972 03:11:56.771 --> 03:12:09.551 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ELI. UM. SCOTT. KILLIAN KILCOYNE. SORRY. NO WORRIES. >> HI. I'M SCOTT KILCOYNE. UM. I HAVE HEARD THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS. 973 03:12:09.551 --> 03:12:19.861 WE HAVE CONSENSUS. THE CITY HAS CONSENSUS. THEY KNOW EXACTLY. THEY SUPPRESS THE REPORT. UH, SURVEY LAST YEAR THAT SHOWED BIKE LANES AND SAFE STREETS PROJECTS ARE EXTREMELY 974 03:12:19.861 --> 03:12:32.440 POPULAR AND THAT MOST OF THE, UH, RESISTANCE IS JUST FROM PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE IT. THE CITY HAS MAYOR WU HAS U-TURNED ON THE SAFE STREET 975 03:12:32.440 --> 03:12:42.584 PROJECTS. SHE HAS, UH, HIDDEN AND SUPPRESSED THIS SURVEY. SHE IS HIDDEN AND SUPPRESSED. UH, EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT 30 DAY REVIEW AND WHO 976 03:12:42.584 --> 03:12:52.394 ACTUALLY GOT INVOLVED IN THAT CONSENSUS BECAUSE TO ME AND TO EVERYONE ELSE AROUND IT SURE SEEMS LIKE THE CONSENSUS IS ONE BILLIONAIRE CHOOSING THAT WE 977 03:12:52.394 --> 03:13:04.406 CAN'T HAVE SAFE STREETS ANYMORE BECAUSE HE DID NOT LIKE HAVING A BIKE LANE IN FRONT OF HIS MANSION DOWNTOWN. THAT IS NOT CONSENSUS. THE CONSENSUS SHOWS SAFE 978 03:13:04.406 --> 03:13:14.749 STREETS ARE POPULAR AND NEED TO HAPPEN. THE CONSENSUS IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DIE ON THE STREETS. THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE OTHER BILLIONAIRE THAT RAN ON BIKE 979 03:13:14.749 --> 03:13:26.061 LANES ARE TERRIBLE. WITH RUNNING OUT OF TOWN, SO HE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. LIKE THE CONSENSUS IS THAT BIKE LANES ARE GOOD AND WE WANT THEM 980 03:13:26.061 --> 03:13:38.406 AND WE WANT YOU GUYS TO STOP PAUSING AND STOP LYING TO US. YOU SAID THERE WAS NO PAUSE. THEN WE HAVE THE COUNCIL TO ASK A SPECIFIC PROJECT. YOU SAID IT WITH 75% AND YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON IT ANYMORE. 981 03:13:38.406 --> 03:13:49.017 THAT IS A PAUSE OR CANCELLATION. BUT YOU ALSO SAID NOTHING'S BEEN CANCELED. YOU KEEP SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO REMOVAL OF BIKE LANES. YOU REMOVED THE. FACILITY IF WE CAN'T USE THE 982 03:13:49.017 --> 03:14:02.130 BIKE LANE BECAUSE THERE'S NO MORE FLEX POST AND NOW CARS ARE PARKED IN IT. THAT IS A REMOVAL. DON'T LIE TO US. WE KNOW THE EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SCOTT. OKAY SO WE ARE MOVING TO 983 03:14:02.130 --> 03:14:14.542 ONLINE. IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON AND YOU'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY TESTIFY ,SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. OKAY. ONE ONE LAST PERSON OR MORE PEOPLE. 984 03:14:14.542 --> 03:14:28.556 OKAY. IF YOU ARE TESTIFYING, PLEASE GET IN LINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, HI. >> MY NAME IS DANIEL FROM. JAMAICA PLAIN. BEEN IN. >> BOSTON RESIDENT FOR EIGHT YEARS. UM, I'M A DRIVER. 985 03:14:28.556 --> 03:14:39.000 I'M A CYCLIST AND PEDESTRIAN. I THINK MOST OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE SOME COMBINATION OF THOSE THREE THINGS. UM, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT, UH, DRIVERS TAKE THE SPACE WE 986 03:14:39.000 --> 03:14:50.679 GIVE THEM AND SPACE GIVEN TO DRIVERS TAKES AWAY FROM EVERYONE ELSE. AND IF YOU TAKE SPACE AWAY FROM ME AS A DRIVER, THAT GIVES ME SPACE AS A CYCLIST, RIGHT? UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT WHAT EVERYONE 987 03:14:50.679 --> 03:15:02.791 HAS SAID TODAY IS IMPORTANT AND UH, I AM FRUSTRATED JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. AND IF I HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET A SHOVEL I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED. I DON'T WANT TO BE LA. I DON'T HAVE TO PAINT SIDEWALKS 988 03:15:02.791 --> 03:15:15.670 FOR MYSELF. I WANT SAFE STREETS. THANK YOU. ARE YOU DANIEL CRAVAT? >> NO. OKAY. >> COULD YOU PLEASE SIGN IN? OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. PERFECT. YOU'RE NEXT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED IN 989 03:15:15.670 --> 03:15:27.515 YET, PLEASE SIGN IN. THANK YOU. HELLO. >> MY NAME IS DANIEL TUCKER. I'M A DORCHESTER RESIDENT. I RECEIVED A STATE E-BIKE VOUCHER. UH, LAST AUGUST. AND I. STARTED BACK COMMUTING TO 990 03:15:27.515 --> 03:15:39.027 CAMBRIDGE AND QUITE FRANKLY IT CHANGED MY LIFE AND JUST YESTERDAY I LEARNED HOW MUCH IT'S CHANGED. MY HEALTH. UH, MY I HAD A HEART ATTACK 12 YEARS AGO. 991 03:15:39.027 --> 03:15:51.172 MY CARDIAC FUNCTION IS BETTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN BECAUSE I RIDE MY BIKE VIRTUALLY EVERYWHERE NOW. AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, I OWN A CAR. I BIKE, I TAKE THE T UM I 992 03:15:51.172 --> 03:16:03.118 CHOOSE TO BIKE FOR MY HEALTH AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO ME BECAUSE I WANT TO LIVE LONGER. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO DIE IN TRAFFIC RIGHT? 993 03:16:03.118 --> 03:16:15.630 THE PROCESS DESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER IS NO PROCESS. I'M A MANAGER. A PROCESS INVOLVES STEPS. A PROCESS INVOLVES AN OUTLINE OF WHAT TO DO AND HOW THINGS WORK. 994 03:16:15.630 --> 03:16:28.443 AND I'VE NOT HEARD THAT. WHY CAN'T I SEE THIS MASSIVE SPREADSHEET THAT THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED? I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? WHAT ARE THE MILESTONES? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE GOALPOSTS 995 03:16:28.443 --> 03:16:39.254 ? THE SAME THING A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SPEED HUMPS. THEY'RE GREAT. I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONER'S STATEMENT THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE RIGHT ANSWER. BUMP OUTS RAISE CROSSWALKS 996 03:16:39.254 --> 03:16:50.632 BRILLIANT SOLUTIONS IN IN PLACES. BUT WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR THAT? HOW DO I AS A CITIZEN ADVOCATE FOR A SPECIFIC THING OTHER THAN 997 03:16:50.632 --> 03:17:02.811 THROUGH THE ELECTED? UM IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO ME AND AS THE PREVIOUS UH PREVIOUS SPEAKER ALSO SAID THE EXAMPLES ARE OUT THERE OTHER WORLD CLASS CITIES HAVE DONE IT. 998 03:17:02.811 --> 03:17:16.291 PARIS HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. THE WORK IS THERE. THE PLANNERS KNOW MOHAMMED YOU KNOW WHAT CAN AND. >> SHOULD BE DONE. AND WE'RE NOT DOING IT. AND THIS 30 DAY PAUSE THAT HAS 999 03:17:16.291 --> 03:17:28.570 TURNED TO 14 MONTHS IS NONSENSE. SO THANK YOU. MY TIME IS UP. I APPRECIATE THE THE COUNCIL'S CALLING THIS HEARING AND THE PRESENCE OF THE COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. >> AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED IN 1000 03:17:28.570 --> 03:17:39.414 YET JUST MAKE SURE YOU SIGN IN AND THEN WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ONLINE TESTIMONY. SO WE HAVE MOVED ON FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONY INDOORS. ERIC YOU ARE NEXT AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 1001 03:17:39.414 --> 03:17:50.692 THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH MOLLY PHELPS ONLINE ALLEGRA COHEN KELLY MCGRATH KATHY MCCABE, LOUIS GRUNER, BEN CROWTHER, RICHARD MURPHY AND 1002 03:17:50.692 --> 03:18:02.637 THAT'S THE ORDER WE'RE GOING IN. SO. AND I HAD A GOAL TO GET US OUT HERE BY 530 AND I THINK WE JUST MIGHT DO IT. 1003 03:18:02.637 --> 03:18:16.818 SO. I'M READY. YES GO AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS ERIC HERON. I'M A RESIDENT OF JAMAICA PLAIN. UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, 1004 03:18:16.818 --> 03:18:27.829 COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. IT'S ACTUALLY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND, UH, REALLY GLAD TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT. UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO OFFER ONE PIECE OF ADVICE, UM, 1005 03:18:27.829 --> 03:18:39.207 TO THE MAYOR SINCE SHE'S OBVIOUSLY DECIDED TO SEE THE ENTIRE, UH, CAMPAIGN ISSUE OF STREET SAFETY IN FAVOR OF, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT ALMOST 1006 03:18:39.207 --> 03:18:50.919 EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTED HER UM, UH, RAN ON. UH, AND INSTEAD SUGGEST THAT I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK IN HER WHAT APPEARS TO BE INEVITABLE CAMPAIGN, UH, FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OR STATEWIDE 1007 03:18:50.919 --> 03:19:02.530 OFFICE OR WHATEVER, UM, GETTING PROJECTS DONE WHETHER EVEN IF THEY MAY BE CONTROVERSIAL ONES IS I THINK ULTIMATELY. UM IT IS IT'S THE ANSWER TO WHAT GETS YOU ELECTED. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY 1008 03:19:02.530 --> 03:19:13.775 THAT I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT THIS APPROACH OF SIDELINING THINGS AND NOT REALLY HAVING ANY ANSWER TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR STREETS NOT DEALING WITH THE STREET SAFETY ISSUE WHATSOEVER. 1009 03:19:13.775 --> 03:19:24.419 IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A WINNING APPROACH NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING. UM THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY AND I JUST I WANT TO ECHO ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT CAME BEFORE ME. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EXCELLENT 1010 03:19:24.419 --> 03:19:37.265 THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID AND AND I CAN'T TOP THEM SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU ERIC. UM NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ALEGRIA COHEN. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 1011 03:19:37.265 --> 03:19:48.943 THANK YOU. UM. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M ALEX COHEN. I LIVE IN JAMAICA PLAIN. UM, AND I WORRY EVERY DAY THAT MY HUSBAND IS GOING TO GET HIT BY A CAR. UH, HE'S BEEN CUT OFF. 1012 03:19:48.943 --> 03:20:00.421 HE HAS BEEN ILL. HE HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY THREATENED BY DRIVERS ON HIS BIKE. UM, SOMEONE LITERALLY PUT THEIR CAR IN PARK ONCE AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO CHASE HIM. UM, THERE'S ONE CROSSWALK THAT 1013 03:20:00.421 --> 03:20:12.467 WE CONSISTENTLY ALMOST EAT TOGETHER EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO THROUGH IT. UM, AND OKAY, THAT'S REALLY AWFUL, BUT THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT IT'S SUPER VALUABLE DATA THAT NOBODY IS ASKING FOR US. 1014 03:20:12.467 --> 03:20:24.412 US FOR. >> UM, SO RESIDENTS ARE EXPERTS IN HOW TO SURVIVE IN BOSTON. YOU SHOULD BE ASKING US ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. THERE ARE AUTOMATED TOOLS NOW LIKE CONVERSATIONAL SURVEYS, UH, THAT CAN TALK TO RESIDENTS 1015 03:20:24.412 --> 03:20:35.623 AT SCALE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. UM, AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO EXCUSE NOT TO GET REAL TIME DATA FROM RESIDENTS. WHAT'S MORE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE DATA, SEE THE AGREEMENTS AND THE 1016 03:20:35.623 --> 03:20:47.535 DISAGREEMENTS AND HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW IT RESPONDS TO THOSE DATA. UM, AND THIS IS WELL WITHIN THE POWER OF A GOOD I-TEAM. I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS FOLKS IN THAT DEPARTMENT WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS KIND OF THING. 1017 03:20:47.535 --> 03:20:59.147 UM, SO IF YOU'RE NOT USING TECHNOLOGY TO PAINT A CLEARER AND MORE TRANSPARENT PICTURE OF TRANSIT SAFETY, UM, THEN YOU HAVEN'T REALLY REDESIGNED YOUR PROCESS IN ANY KIND OF MEANINGFUL WAY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 1018 03:20:59.147 --> 03:21:11.626 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU ALLEGRA. UM, KELLY MCGRATH AND THEN KATHY MCCABE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS KELLY MCGRATH AND. 1019 03:21:11.626 --> 03:21:22.670 >> I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BRIGHT MAIN STREETS. AND I. >> AM HERE. REPRESENTING THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE WESTERN OUT CORRIDOR, NORTH BEACON STREET AND OTHER SMALL 1020 03:21:22.670 --> 03:21:35.183 BUSINESS DISTRICTS SINCE LATE 2024 APPROXIMATELY 150 PARKING SPACES WERE REMOVED FROM THIS CORRIDOR WITHOUT A COMPREHENSIVE MITIGATION PLAN. OVER THE PAST YEAR OUR BUSINESSES HAVE DONE EVERYTHING 1021 03:21:35.183 --> 03:21:45.426 ASKED OF THEM. THEY ORGANIZED. THEY MET WITH CITY STAFF, THEY PARTICIPATED IN WALKTHROUGHS AND PROVIDED DETAILED FEEDBACK AND SOLUTIONS. 1022 03:21:45.426 --> 03:21:55.636 AND YET NEARLY A YEAR LATER THERE'S STILL WAITING FOR ACTION. AND THAT TIME BUSINESSES HAVE REPORTED A 20 TO 25% LOSS IN BUSINESS. 1023 03:21:55.636 --> 03:22:07.582 WE'VE ALREADY LOST ONE BUSINESS A BLACK OWNED WOMAN BUSINESS THE HOUSE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS. OTHERS ARE NOW PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR PRIVATE PARKING JUST TO STAY OPEN. 1024 03:22:07.582 --> 03:22:18.993 THEY'RE ALSO FACING SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. PARENTS ARE DROPPING OFF CHILDREN AND BIKE LANES. DELIVERIES AND RIDESHARE PICK UPS ARE HAPPENING AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND BUSSES CANNOT PROPERLY PULL OVER. 1025 03:22:18.993 --> 03:22:30.638 THIS IS NOT A THEORETICAL ISSUE. THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE OR ANY OTHER SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR 1026 03:22:30.638 --> 03:22:41.983 NEIGHBORS. WE'RE ASKING FOR EQUITABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ONE THAT WORKS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, FAMILIES, SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. WE KNOW THIS IS POSSIBLE. 1027 03:22:41.983 --> 03:22:52.727 THERE ARE SECTIONS OF WESTERN AVE NEAR THE LAB WORKS BUILDING WHERE BIKE LANES AND PARKING COEXIST SUCCESSFULLY. THE MODEL WORKS AND IT PROVES THAT BALANCE IS ACHIEVABLE. 1028 03:22:52.727 --> 03:23:04.238 SO TODAY WE'RE ASKING FOR ACTION RESTORE LIMITED PARKING WHERE FEASIBLE. LOOK TO REOPEN OR RESTORE RESIDENTIAL PARKING ANALYSIS BASED ON THE REAL RESIDENTS 1029 03:23:04.238 --> 03:23:15.483 THAT LIVE IN THOSE SIDE STREETS . CREATE DESIGNATED LOADING AND DROPOFF ZONES. ADDRESS AMENDMENT. OH OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. 1030 03:23:15.483 --> 03:23:26.594 UH, KATHY MCCABE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I THANK YOU. I'M KATHY MCCABE AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE LONGFELLOW AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 1031 03:23:26.594 --> 03:23:38.773 AND I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THREE PROJECTS, UM, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF ADVANCEMENT, UM, TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION. ONE IS THE SIGNALS AND SIDEWALK 1032 03:23:38.773 --> 03:23:51.819 PROJECT FOR SOUTH WALTER ROBERT UH, STREETS BY FALLON FIELD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE UNDERSTOOD THIS PROJECT WAS AT 95% DESIGN READY TO GO OUT FOR BID IN FALL OF 2025 BUT IT 1033 03:23:51.819 --> 03:24:02.863 DID NOT. UM, THE SIGNALS ARE OLD AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. SIDEWALKS ARE IN POOR CONDITION. THE SOUTH ROBERT INTERSECTION 1034 03:24:02.863 --> 03:24:14.208 HAS A DANGEROUS FEATURE. THE RIGHT TURN LANE FROM ROBERT ONTO SOUTH IS VIA A SLIP LANE THAT IS NOT CONTROLLED BY THE SIGNAL. INSTEAD THERE'S A STOP SIGN 1035 03:24:14.208 --> 03:24:26.053 WHERE DRIVER NONCOMPLIANCE HAS BEEN OBSERVED TO BE ONLY 60 TO 70% AND THIS IS A SLIP LANE THAT ONE NEEDS TO CROSS TO EVEN PRESS THE PEDESTRIAN BUTTON SO 1036 03:24:26.053 --> 03:24:37.665 THEY COULD CROSS THE STREET. WE NEED TO FIX THIS INTERSECTION AND GET THE STREETS AND SIGNALS PROJECT MOVING. THE SECOND PROJECT IS WALTER STREET SOUTH STREETS, SIDEWALKS 1037 03:24:37.665 --> 03:24:49.610 AND CROSSWALKS. LORNA HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THESE THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR OVER A DECADE FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS FROM BUZZY BROOK AND WALTER TO FALLON FIELD SOUTH STREET. 1038 03:24:49.610 --> 03:25:00.721 WE ORGANIZED THIS TRACK. WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT . UM, AND AFTER THAT WAS OVER A DECADE AGO WITH NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. RESIDENTS WANTED SLOWER SPEEDS, 1039 03:25:00.721 --> 03:25:12.366 SAFER WALKING AND BICYCLING CONDITIONS AND THE ABILITY TO SAFELY CROSS WALTER STREET AS WELL AS SAFELY WALKING ALONG WALTER STREET. SIDEWALKS ARE UNEVEN, PRONE TO 1040 03:25:12.366 --> 03:25:23.678 PUDDLING AND ICING. THEY ARE LARGELY NOT ADA COMPLIANT PERSON USING A WALKER WHEELCHAIR OR PUSHING A STROLLER CANNOT SAFELY TRAVEL ON THE SIDEWALKS. 1041 03:25:23.678 --> 03:25:35.790 BUMPY WITH TRIP FACTORS INCLUDING UTILITY CAPS, HEAVED ASPHALT AND CURBS SIDEWALKS. SIDEWALKS ARE POORLY LIT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE TRIP HAZARDS IN THE DUSK AND 1042 03:25:35.790 --> 03:25:48.269 EVENING. SO WE NEED TO LOOK FOR IMPROVEMENT. LORNA WANTS CONCRETE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE ADA HIGH. AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT WALL WELD AND CENTER STREET. 1043 03:25:48.269 --> 03:26:00.448 WE SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS. WE'VE DONE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS FOR OVER FOUR YEARS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 1044 03:26:00.448 --> 03:26:12.460 YOU. >> OKAY LUCAS IS NEXT AND THEN BEN CROWTHER. THANK YOU COUNCILORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UM I WANT TO START BY SAYING I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE STALLING OF PROJECTS DESPITE THE CITY'S OWN DATA 1045 03:26:12.460 --> 03:26:23.304 SHOWING THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR. HOWEVER, I DID WANT TO COMMENT ON A FEW OTHER THINGS. I WAS GLAD TO HEAR TODAY THAT THE STREETS CABINET IS LOOKING TO FOLLOW GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES AND COORDINATE SAFETY WORK WITH REPAIR. 1046 03:26:23.304 --> 03:26:34.014 UM WE NEED MORE OF THIS IS THE DEFAULT. AS AN EXAMPLE THERE'S A NEW APARTMENT PROJECT IN JP THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ROCKVILLE CIRCLE, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO INDICATION THAT ANY SIGNIFICANT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE DESPITE THE STREET BEING 1047 03:26:34.014 --> 03:26:44.959 EXTREMELY WIDE A DEAD END AND OPENING UP ON TO BUSY WASHINGTON STREET. IT'S ALSO GOOD TO HEAR THAT THE CABINET IS TRYING TO CONSIDER WHAT THE BEST TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ARE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD. UM BUT THE CURRENT PROCESS NEEDS TO IMPROVE AND MY 1048 03:26:44.959 --> 03:26:56.370 EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH RESIDENTS OF THE STONY BROOK NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CITY HAS BEEN ACTING AS IF SPEED HUMPS ARE ADEQUATE TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITH RAT RUNNING DURING RUSH HOUR, WHICH RESIDENTS KNOW IS NOT TRUE. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO URGE YOU TO CONSIDER FLUSH STREETS AND 1049 03:26:56.370 --> 03:27:06.480 SHARED STREETS. MANY PARTS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND JP ARE PERFECT CANDIDATES FOR THIS. THEY'RE VERY NARROW SIDEWALKS THAT ARE NOT ADA COMPLIANT AND ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY OBSTRUCTED BY TELEPHONE POLES, TREES AND 1050 03:27:06.480 --> 03:27:17.858 DRIVEWAY RAMPS. UH, MOST OF THESE STREETS ALSO HAVE VERY LOW TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND PEOPLE TYPICALLY WALK IN THE STREET ANYWAY. UM WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST YEAR, I JUST 1051 03:27:17.858 --> 03:27:28.235 DON'T TRUST THE CITY TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH ON THESE THINGS. UM, HEARING THE CLAIM TODAY THAT NO PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PAUSED DOES NOT GIVE ME THE IMPRESSION THAT THE STREETS CABINET IS BEING ALLOWED TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH. UM I KNOW THAT THE TALENTED 1052 03:27:28.235 --> 03:27:39.713 STAFF AT BTD HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STOP WORKING ON CERTAIN SAFETY PROJECTS. UM, BARRIERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM BIKE LANES NOTABLY EN MASSE WITH NO PUBLIC PROCESS OR EXPLANATION. THE BEACON STREET BIKE LANES NEVER FINISHED CONSTRUCTION AT THE ARLINGTON STREET 1053 03:27:39.713 --> 03:27:50.958 INTERSECTION. THERE HAVE BEEN NO UPDATES ON THE PUBLIC GARDEN CROSSINGS AND OR SOUTH ACTION PLAN THE STATE STREET REDESIGN COLUMBUS HAVE BUS LANES EXTENSION. UH I THINK THAT ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT CHARLES STREET SOUTH AND MANY OTHER PROJECTS FOR AT 1054 03:27:50.958 --> 03:28:01.769 LEAST A YEAR. UH THE ONLY UPDATE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE SEEN HAS BEEN HAVING THEIR FUNDING CUT OR ELIMINATED BY THE MAYOR'S LATE THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL. UM, MAYOR BOO HAS BEEN COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR POLICY RECENTLY ON STREET 1055 03:28:01.769 --> 03:28:13.614 SAFETY AND AT THIS POINT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHE ACTUALLY BELIEVES OR WHAT HER MOTIVATIONS ARE. UM, WE NEED REAL ACTIONS AND NOT WORDS TO REGAIN PUBLIC TRUST ON THIS STUFF AT THIS POINT. JUST LOOK ACROSS THE RIVER TO SEE WHAT KIND OF POLICY MEETS 1056 03:28:13.614 --> 03:28:25.159 THE REAL RESULTS. THANK YOU. BEN CROWTHER YOUR NEXT AND YOUR LAST. OH EVERYONE AND BANKER OUT THERE. I'M A RESIDENT UM THE ROSLINDALE WEST ROXBURY LINE ALONG CENTER STREET. 1057 03:28:25.159 --> 03:28:37.071 I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LONGFELLOW AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD. UM, WE'VE CHEERED THE STEPS. >> THAT THE CITY HAVE TAKEN TO IMPROVE SAFE STREETS. UNDER MAYOR ROOF'S. FIRST TERM. AND WE REALLY NEED MORE ACTION NOW. 1058 03:28:37.071 --> 03:28:48.282 UM, LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID, I ALSO FEEL BETRAYED BY VOTING FOR MAYOR WU. UM, THE LACK OF MEANINGFUL PROGRESS SINCE MARCH OF 2025 UNSAFE STREETS. >> IS. INCREDIBLY PROBLEMATIC, 1059 03:28:48.282 --> 03:29:00.861 ESPECIALLY WITHOUT ANY CLEAR EXPLANATION FOR THE LACK OF UPDATES. I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE REMAINS TO BE SO MUCH MORE TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLIST AND DRIVER SAFETY AND 1060 03:29:00.861 --> 03:29:11.739 THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS IS EMBLEMATIC OF PROBLEMS ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CITY. UM, AT THE INTERSECTION OF WALWORTH AND SOUTH STREET NEXT TO FALLON FIELD. UH, INSTALLED A NO RIGHT TURN ON A RED SIGN AFTER WE ASKED 1061 03:29:11.739 --> 03:29:23.884 THAT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR ADOPTED GUIDANCE IN 2023. UM, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THEY INSTALLED IT, THEY TOOK IT DOWN WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION. THERE'S CHILDREN THAT CROSS, UH ,TO THE PARK CONSTANTLY. 1062 03:29:23.884 --> 03:29:34.595 A PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST HAD BOTH BEEN HIT THERE IN 2024. WE SENT A LETTER IN 2020 DECEMBER 2025 WITH THE REQUEST FOR AN EXPLANATION AND RESPONSE THAT ONCE A QUICK FIX. 1063 03:29:34.595 --> 03:29:46.640 UH, WE WORKED WITH BPD AND PLANS FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NEARBY HULETT SOUTH. WALTER ROBERTS INTERSECTION WAS HIT THERE IN 2023. THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE PC. 1064 03:29:46.640 --> 03:29:58.018 UH, THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND SIGNAL UPGRADES. AND MARCH 2025. WE'VE ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON PROJECT TIMING AND STATUS. NO ANSWER. UH, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY AND INVESTING IN SAFE STREETS, 1065 03:29:58.018 --> 03:30:09.330 IT'S JUST IT'S COSTING LIVES AND IT'S COSTING BOSTON RESIDENTS MONEY. WHEN I MOVED HERE, UH, FROM LAGRANGE STREET IN WEST ROXBURY A LITTLE OVER A MILE AWAY. MY CAR INSURANCE RATES DOUBLED BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CRASHES IN OUR 1066 03:30:09.330 --> 03:30:20.708 NEIGHBORHOODS. SO SOMETHING URGENTLY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE OUR CITY STREETS SAFER FOR DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND BTV NEED TO RESUME THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLE. 1067 03:30:20.708 --> 03:30:33.954 THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS HEARING. UH, ALL OF THESE DOCKETS WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PUBLIC ,UH, TESTIMONY. WE HAD OVER 47 PEOPLE TESTIFY. 1068 03:30:33.954 --> 03:30:44.031 I DON'T KNOW HOW OVER BUT WE HAVE FOUGHT. WE HAD AT LEAST 47 PEOPLE TESTIFY. AND I THINK THAT'S A HUGE TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THIS WORK. AND SO, UH, THIS HEARING ON 1069 03:30:44.031 --> 03:30:56.477 DOCKET 02040588 AND 0589 IS ADJOURNED.