. GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS AARON MURPHY AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON STRONG
WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES . TODAY IS FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025 AND IT IS 10:03 A.M.. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED
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0268. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE PLANS UNDERWAY TO DO FACILITIES WORK THIS SUMMER AT SEVERAL OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT MAY IMPACT SERVICES THAT WE
PROVIDE. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FLYNN AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 15TH 2025.
TODAY I AM HERE ALONE. MY CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FLYNN IS IN DC ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING FOR OUR VETERANS WITH
CONGRESSMAN LYNCH SO HE IS SORRY HE IS NOT HERE BUT HE IS HERE IN SPIRIT. SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE PANEL TODAY WE HAVE BRIAN FORD,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACILITY DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THAT WAS YOUR OLD TITLE CHIEF OPERATING. THANK YOU. WHEN I READ I'M LIKE THAT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE ANYMORE.
SO THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING THAT. RON MCNULTY IS HERE IS THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT FOR BEPS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND EDWARD MAGUIRE, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR B C Y F SO I DO JUST WANT TO START THANK YOU . THIS THE LAST TWO SUMMERS WE HAD A LOT OF MUCH NEEDED
FACILITY WORK AT OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY WHICH WE KNOW HOW MANY OF OUR BUSY LIFE CENTERS THAT OFFER SUMMER PROGRAMING SWIMMING CAMPS AND
ALSO THE SCHOOLS THAT HAD BEEN IMPACTED IN THE PAST FOR SUMMER SCHOOL IS WHY SPECIAL ED SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT
BPC OFFERS ALSO SO PROACTIVELY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGES OR IMPACTS THAT THIS MAY IMPACT DIFFERENT FACILITIES
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE HAD A HEARING EARLY ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THAT SOONER THAN LATER SO THERE'D BE NO INTERRUPTIONS.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH ALL OF OUR FACILITIES WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED IN THE LAST TWO SUMMERS OR AT LEAST THE FACILITY WORK THAT WE KNEW WOULD BE IMPACTING A LOT OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING THE LAST TWO
SUMMERS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU ON AN UPDATE ON THAT AND IF THERE IS ANY INTERVENTION OR SUPPORT WE NEED TO GIVE TO SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, SPECIFIC
FACILITIES AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE HELPFUL FROM TODAY. SO I'LL TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO THE PANELISTS. YOU CAN SPEAK IN WHATEVER ORDER
YOU WOULD LIKE THE FIRST GOOD MORNING COUNCILOR AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS BRIAN FORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AND OVERALL IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EVERY YEAR WE DO CLOSE A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, ALL OF WHICH IS AT THE IMPACT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO MAINTAIN OUR PROGRAMING NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC BUT NOT BUILDINGS SPECIFIC ACROSS THE DISTRICT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH BC WE HAVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HOST AS MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS
ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED SUCH AS THOSE AS FIFTH QUARTER AND EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR ARE ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE EQUITY AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. THIS YEAR WE WILL ONLY HAVE 17 OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT ARE CLOSED ALL OF WHICH ARE WIDELY
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EVERY LEVEL OF PROGRAMING. THAT PROGRAMING IS DECIDED IN APRIL ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO REACH
OUT TO EVERY SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY THIS YEAR AND SEE WHY I CAN SPEAK MORE, WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACTS ON THE B.C. COMMUNITY CENTERS SO ALL OF THOSE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT PROGRAMING. AND WHILE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF 50 PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, WE'RE MAKING SURE TO RELOCATE THOSE TO HAVE THE MINIMAL IMPACT SO THAT PROGRAMING CAN STILL HAPPEN IN
OR AROUND THOSE SPACES. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ED MAGUIRE, DIRECTOR OF OPERATION INTER SUBSEA LIFE. AS BRIAN HAS ALLUDED TO, THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED OVER
THE PAST TWO SUMMERS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO BE MOVING. OUR SITE SUCH AS A YARD WAS ONE OF THEM OR A MERGER. QUINCY THOSE WERE SCHOOLS THAT WERE IMPACTED WITH SOME OF THE WORK LAST YEAR AND WE
ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO STAY AT THEIR HOME BASE LOCATIONS AND OPERATE THEIR PROGRAMING AS A AS BEFORE. I WILL SAY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS IN THE BEGINNING FINDING
OUT WAS A LITTLE SCARY BUT WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE BPC TEAM AND EVERYTHING WORKED OUT GREAT. THE PROGRAMING WAS NEVER REALLY IMPACTED AND WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, DO THAT PRETTY
SEAMLESSLY. I THINK PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOME BASE FARE OR TO STAY THERE AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY THERE BUT WE ANTICIPATE A NORMAL SUMMER SO
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW ANY UPDATE FROM THE WORK THAT WE DID COMPLETE IT WAS MOSTLY AGE FACT, RIGHT? IT WASN'T CONNECTED TO THE POOL REPAIR THAT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE ACROSS THE CITY.
IS THAT TRUE? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IF THANKS TO EDDIE AND BRIAN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR, FOR HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING. MY NAME IS RON MCNULTY. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC FACILITIES
DEPARTMENT SITTING IN FOR OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CARL JONES WHO IS UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY . SO THANKS FOR HAVING US. I'M GOING TO I WANT TO ECHO WHAT BRIAN AND ED WERE SAYING AS WELL. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS
CAPITAL PROJECTS UNDERWAY PERFORMING MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS IN OUR FACILITIES SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS. BUT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THOSE USER AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO IMPACT TO THEIR PROGRAMING WHEN THERE ARE
PROGRAMS FOR EXAMPLE ON OUR RUBY RENEW BOSTON TRUST PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE WE SCHEDULED THOSE TO BE TAKING PLACE OFF HOURS SO THAT THEY DON'T IMPACT ANY OPERATIONS DURING THE DAY. SO I KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY
FUTURE CONCERNS WE WE ALWAYS WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE VARIOUS FUTURE INSTANCES TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES. SO THANK YOU. BRIAN, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WILL BE WORK DONE ON 710 OF THE
BUILDINGS. ARE NONE OF THEM CONNECTED TO BCI UP OR IS THE WORK NOT GOING TO INTERFERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER SIDES OF THOSE BUILDINGS
SO WE WE HAVE WORK HAPPENING AT MORE THAN 17 LOCATIONS. WE HAVE 17 LOCATIONS WHICH WILL BE CLOSED NONE OF WHICH ARE BUSY. WE HAVE COHABITATING WE WILL BE DOING WORK AT 54 UNIQUE SITES
THIS SUMMER ALL OF WHICH WILL NOT IMPACT THE OPERATION OF VISA. WE HAVE COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE OUR OVERALL PROGRAM WILL ANY OF IT IMPACT NEEDING TO SHIFT
PLACEMENT FOR OUR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR AND SPECIAL ED SERVICES? I I WOULD SAY THE ANSWER IS NO. OUR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR ONLY CHOOSE FROM OPEN SITES THAT WE
HAVE THAT ARE FITTING THE NEEDS OF THE RESPONSIVE COMMUNITIES AND I THINK IT'S TRUE IT IS A TRUE THAT THE ORENBURG WILL BE ABLE TO BRING BACK THEIR CAMP JOY THEY ACTUALLY SUBMITTED
THEIR PERMITS YESTERDAY TO BE APPROVED. MR BERTA, WHO RUNS THAT PROGRAM, INTENDS TO BE BACK AT THAT LOCATION. I SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH BRIAN TODAY. IT SEEMS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO GO BACK, RIGHT?
THEY ARE VERY MUCH SO, YEAH. THE FIELDS OUT HERE THE ARM BURGER AND WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH SUSAN YOUNG WHO'S THE DIRECTOR AT THE SITE AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL LEADERS IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD FIT AND
I THINK THE FAMILIES ARE EXCITED TO GET BACK THERE. YEAH. AWESOME. OKAY. ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW ON THE
COUNCIL TO HELP ADVOCATE BEFORE THE SUMMER PROGRAMING OR IT'S APRIL WHEN WE SEND OUT PROGRAMING AND APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER CAMP AND ALL IS THAT THE TIMING FOR BUSY LIFE?
WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO ESTABLISH HOURS. WE HAD A DEADLINE LAST WEEK FOR A SITE DIRECTORS TO SUBMIT THOSE AND WE'RE ALIGNING OUR BUDGETS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S
CURRENTLY HAPPENING NOW. SO THERE ARE PROGRAMS AND STUFF THAT ARE BEING RELEASED BUT WE'RE KIND OF IN THEIR APPROVAL PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN LINE SO THAT WHEN FROM RECRUITING LIFEGUARDS
TO ACTUAL SUMMER ACTIVITIES THAT IT'S BY APRIL WE WILL BE GOOD TO GO. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY POOLS WILL BE CLOSED THIS SUMMER?
WE EXPECT MORE POOLS OPEN THIS SUMMER THAN AND THEN LAST WITH THERE'S SOME WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AT CURTIS HALL RIGHT NOW WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE POOL WILL BE OPEN LATE LATE MARCH
AND THEN DRAPER POOL WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOR A LITANY OF ISSUES LOOKS TO BE COMPLETED RIGHT AROUND THAT SAME TIME FRAME. YOU KNOW THE OUTDOOR POOLS AT THE MIRABELLA AS WELL AS
CLAROTY WILL BE OPERATIONAL. WE'RE FEELING VERY GOOD ABOUT OUR LIFEGUARD RECRUITMENT RIGHT NOW. IN CONVERSATIONS YESTERDAY WITH DCR AS WE PARTNERSHIP TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE RECRUITMENT
POOL IS STRONG AND THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY WORKING THOSE POSITIONS ARE TRAINED AND READY TO GO. THE BIRDS ARE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO THE KERLEY BUT WE'VE AND WE'RE IMPLEMENTING
THE H CPE PERMIT WHICH IS A FEDERAL PERMIT TO ALLOW US TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE METAL BEACH. SO UNLIKE IN YEARS PAST CERTAIN POOLS THAT HAVE BEEN DOWN WILL
BE OPEN WITH RESPECT TO THE BEACH WE HAVE NETWORK AND YEAH WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM OPEN. BRIAN YOU WORDED IT WHICH I LIKED BUT IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD
SPECIFIC NOT SITE SPECIFIC. IS YOUR GOAL THERE ANY NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT IN THE PAST FEW SUMMERS THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN COMMUNITY OUTCRY THAT MAYBE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD DIDN'T HAVE
ANY POOL AND NEARBY IS THERE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MAY BE AFFECTED THAT WON'T BE ABLE TO RELY ON A BOSTON POOL? I KNOW MANY TIMES THERE WERE MAYBE A YMCA THERE MAY BE A DCR
POOL BUT NOT A BOSTON POOL TO ACCESS. I KNOW THAT IN I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE THE SOUTH END COMMUNITY
THAT WAS LACKING ACCESS TO A POOL. WE HAD THE DESIRED QUINCY THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW JQ U.S. THAT WAS ALSO GOING UP AND OUR JQ THE QUINCY SCHOOL
DID PASS INSPECTION LAST MONTH SO WE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT POOL AND OUR WORK IS CONTINUING TO HAVE AGAIN IN LINE WITH BC. WE'LL HAVE MORE POOLS OPEN THIS SUMMER THAN YEARS PRIOR IN THE
MASON IS UP AND THE MASON IS UP AND RUNNING AS WELL. THERE IS THERE'S BEEN AN ASSESSMENT OF POOLS THROUGHOUT THE B.C. I F NETWORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT THE CERTAIN FUNDS
THAT WILL GO TO TO HELPING REPAIR CERTAIN ASSETS WITHIN THOSE FACILITIES NONE OF THAT WORK IS ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR DURING THE SUMMER WHICH WOULD IMPACT OUR OPERATION.
SO WE'RE USUALLY SEPTEMBER IS THE MONTH BETWEEN THE SUMMER WELL IT IS THE MONTH BETWEEN THE SUMMER IN THE FALL AND THAT IS KIND OF A TIME WHERE THERE ISN'T A TON OF PROGRAM AND
WE'RE KIND OF REBUILDING FOR THE FALL. WE ALWAYS TRY TO AIM TO HAVE ESSENTIAL WORK DONE USUALLY IN AND AROUND THAT TIME FRAME AND SO WHEN THAT WORK IS SCHEDULED WHICH WOULD BE CERTAIN POOLS LIKE THE MASON CURTIS HALL AND
OTHERS ESSENTIAL WORK WE'LL KEEP EVERYONE POSTED WITH THOSE TIMELINES BUT THERE ARE NO IMPACTS FOR THE SUMMER. GOOD NEWS DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES YOU WOULD
WANT TO SHARE OR ANY CLOSING REMARKS? I MEAN I THINK THE BCCI OFFICE IS EXCITED AND CONTINUES TO WORK WITH BP AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW IF IT'S AQUATICS ARE PROGRAMING THAT WE WORK
TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW, THE PATRONS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE FACILITIES AND WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO DO IT I THINK WITH ANY FACILITY ESPECIALLY POOLS, THINGS COME UP AND IF
SOMETHING DOES COME UP WE WILL HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN OF SOME KIND. SO BUT YEAH, WE WORK CLOSELY SO I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE'RE FINALLY OUT OF THAT TWO YEAR WINDOW. WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF DO WHAT
WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND AND SERVICE PEOPLE THIS SUMMER WILL BE THE FIRST FULL SUMMER THAT YOUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OVERSEES, CORRECT? YES.
SO YEAH, THIS WOULD BE LIKE OUR FIRST FULL YEAR THE PARTNERSHIP I THINK IT'S BEEN AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT STARTED OUT LIKE THE END OF THE SUMMER. YEAH. YEAH. SO MIDWAY IT SEEMS A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT.
I MEAN THEY'VE BEEN HELPING US WITH A TON OF STUFF AND IT'S BEEN HELPFUL. THAT'S HUGE. ABSOLUTELY HUGE. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. I THINK JUST HAVING, YOU KNOW, THE EXPERTISE OF THE PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FACILITIES AS WELL AS HELP US NAVIGATE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY FROM VENDORS BUT LIKE TRULY UNDERSTAND THE INS AND OUTS OF THE BUILDING HAS BEEN MASSIVE AND COMMISSIONER HAS
BEEN FANTASTIC IN MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE ALLOCATED THE TIME NECESSARY TO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY THE ISSUES ARE BUT THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO GET IT FIXED AND WE'VE
SEEN YOU KNOW WITH THE ONSET OF ASSET ESSENTIALS AND ACTUALLY TRACKING, YOU KNOW, FROM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THE GYM FLOORS TO YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THE LIGHTS ARE ON, I
COULDN'T COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER PARTNERSHIP. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER
FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR KIDS ACROSS THE CITY AND KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL DEFINITELY WANTS TO SUPPORT GOING FORWARD. WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE MORE FACILITY WORK NEEDED ON OUR
BUILDINGS. OBVIOUSLY OUR SCHOOLS NEED A LOT OF LOVE SO JUST KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THESE HEARINGS ARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF IT AND WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT IS
IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THIS HEARING ON DOCKET 0268 IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU