FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS SHARON DURKIN, DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. TODAY SEPTEMBER 18TH AND THE EXACT TIME IS 1002.
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HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON. SHANE PAC SHANE THANK YOU FOR
ALL YOUR WORK. SHANE DOT BOSTON.COM FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 0477. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS CONTRACTOR PARKING REGULATIONS
PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT IN BOSTON. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF AND COUNCILORS JOHN FITZGERALD AND TRACEY LOUIJEUNE AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 12, 2025.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES HERE BUT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE JOINING US SHORTLY AND THEN I'LL JUST GIVE A FEW OPENING REMARKS AND THEN WE WILL GO TO OUR PANEL. GOOD MORNING AS CHAIR OF THE
PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. CONTRACTOR PARKING IS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES I HEAR ABOUT IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
IT IS ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE BACK BAY AND BEACON HILL WHERE NARROW STREETS AND LIMITED RESIDENT PARKING EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM WHICH IS BUT THIS IS ALSO A CITY WIDE ISSUE. OUR PUBLIC STREETS ARE SHARED
RESOURCES AND RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES DESERVE A FAIR SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR THEM. THIS ISN'T A NEW PROBLEM IN 2016, FORMER COUNCILOR JOSH JACOB UPDATED OUR STREET OCCUPANCY PERMIT ORDINANCE TO
RAISE FEES AND LIMIT PERMITS TO ONE MONTH. YET EIGHT YEARS LATER COMPLAINTS SURROUNDING PARKING ENFORCEMENT REMAIN THE TOP ISSUE IN DISTRICT EIGHT ACCORDING TO 311 DATA WITH OVER
3000 CASES SINCE I TOOK OFF IT SINCE I TOOK OFFICE. BOSTON'S REAL ESTATE BOOM HAS COMPOUNDED THE PROBLEM SINCE 2019 HOUSING VALUES HAVE RISEN MORE THAN 70% AND THE REMODELING MARKET REMAINS 50%
ABOVE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. THAT'S NOT A BAD THING BUT WE DO NEED TO DEAL WITH THE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES OF THIS ISSUE AND. THERE ARE MORE CONTRACTORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAN EVER BEFORE AND MORE ENFORCEMENT AND
THE ENFORCEMENT HAS NOT ALWAYS KEPT PACE. TOO OFTEN RESIDENCY EXPIRED PERMIT CONTRACTOR IS TAKING MORE CURBSIDE SPACE THAN APPROVED OR OCCUPYING SPACE FOR USES THAT WEREN'T GRANTED IN
THEIR. WHEN A CONTRACTOR IS GIVEN 20 FEET THEY TAKE 30. THESE CHALLENGES ESPECIALLY ARE ESPECIALLY ACUTE WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE HAD ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF EMAILS THAT I'LL READ WHEN WHEN I GET TO MY PUBLIC TESTIMONY. IT'S CLEAR THAT OUR CURRENT SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS. TODAY WE'RE HERE TO ASK SOME NECESSARY QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY PERMITS ARE BEING ISSUED AND HOW ARE THEY MONITORED? ARE FINES AND FEES KEEPING PACE WITH THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR LIMITED CURB SPACE? DO WE NEED MORE ENFORCEMENT OR A DIFFERENT APPROACH ALTOGETHER AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW DO WE
PUT RESIDENTS FIRST AND HOLD BAD ACTORS ACCOUNTABLE? THIS HEARING IS ABOUT GETTING GROUNDED IN THE FACTS AND FINDING SOLUTIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH CITY OFFICIALS AND HEARING DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS SO THAT
WHEN WE LEAVE TODAY WE CAN LIVE WITH CONCRETE STEPS TO MAKE CONTRACTOR PARKING MORE FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND ENFORCEABLE WHILE BALANCING THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
TODAY'S PANEL. I KNOW I DEMANDED THAT NECO BE HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PERENNIAL PERSON WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. BUT I'VE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE EXPERTS ON THIS ISSUE
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO MEET WITH YOU ALL TODAY. SO NICK GOVE, TONY DEL RIO, CATHY GARCIA AND HOW MANY COMMEND CLEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND THEN I GUESS I'LL GET TO MY AND THEN WE'LL GET TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY DEPENDING ON HOW MANY COUNCILORS ARRIVE. SO TAKE IT AWAY. COMMERCIAL START WITH YOU
INTRODUCTION. SURE. I'M TANIA DEL RIO, THE COMMISSIONER FOR INSPECTIONAL SERVICES AT THE CITY. I'M JANEY CLEMENTE, THE
SUPERVISOR OF UTILITY COMPLIANCE AND COORDINATION. CATHY GARCIA. CATHY GARCIA PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MANAGER.
AND NICK GOVE, DEPUTY CHIEF FOR TRANSPORTATION. ALSO SERVING AS BTD COMMISSIONER. PERFECT. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OPENING STATEMENTS? WE DO. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
OKAY, GREAT. SO AGAIN, MY NAME'S NICK GOVE. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE. WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR INVITING US TO THIS HEARING TO DISCUSS CONTRACTOR PARKING REGULATIONS PERMITTING
AND ENFORCEMENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO. I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON THE CITY'S PUBLIC WAY PERMITTING PROCESS THAT FALLS UNDER THE PURVIEW
OF PUBLIC WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOSTON MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 11, SECTION SIX. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF PERMITS ISSUED BY PUBLIC WORKS BUT THE MOST COMMON ARE STREET OCCUPANCY AND STREET
EXCAVATION. THESE PERMITS ALLOW A CONTRACTOR TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO A STREET OR SIDEWALK FOR A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.
THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REVIEWS ALL THESE OCCUPANCY AND EXCAVATION PERMITS AND APPROVES TEMPORARY CHANGES TO TRAFFIC AND PARKING REGULATIONS AND REQUIRES
SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN IF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT REQUIRES IF PARKING REGULATION CHANGES ARE APPROVED.
CONTRACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO POST SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AT LEAST THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE RESTRICTION. CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED
TO DISTRIBUTE FLIERS WITHIN A HALF BLOCK OF THE SPACES THAT ARE BEING RESTRICTED AT LEAST TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE OF WORK. FOR METERED PARKING SPACES,
RESTRICTIONS NEED TO BE POSTED AT LEAST TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE AND FLIERS NEED TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT LEAST ONE DAY IN ADVANCE. OBVIOUSLY CONTRACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO REMOVE SIGNS AND
FLIERS AS PART OF THEIR POST PROJECT CLEANUP JUST TO KIND OF HELP WITH TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THIS OF THIS WORK IN
CALENDAR YEAR 2024. PUBLIC WORKS ISSUED 25,894 OCCUPANCY PERMITS INCLUDING MOVING PERMITS IN 3170 EXCAVATION PERMITS CITYWIDE.
APPROXIMATELY 8% OF THOSE PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR UTILITY RELATED WORK. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE OUR STREET OCCUPANCY PERMIT, LOOK UP AN ALERT REGISTRATION TOOL
THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CITY OF BOSTON WEBSITE AND OBVIOUSLY WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REPORT ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS TO 311. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER OPENING STATEMENTS? OKAY, PERFECT. SO WITH THAT I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND I KNOW I HAVE SENT SOME OF THESE IN ADVANCE BUT I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE
MORE COMPLICATED TO ANSWER. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THESE THINGS ON THE RECORD. HOW MANY STREET OCCUPANCY PERMITS ARE ISSUED PER YEAR?
I THINK YOU JUST SAID IT'S HOW MANY IN CALENDAR YEAR 24 IT WAS OVER 25,000. BUT FOR FOR FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN AS WELL.
IN FY 24 IT WAS 23,340 OCCUPANCY PERMITS AND AT Y 25 IT WAS 23,533. OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE THE DATA ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES PERMITTED LIKE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT A PARKING SPACE IS PERMITTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN RELATION
TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AVAILABLE RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACES IN THE CITY? LIKE LIKE HOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PARKING SPACES ARE TAKEN AT
ANY GIVEN TIME A FROM PRESIDENT PARKING? SURE. UNFORTUNATE COUNT SO WE DO NOT HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE TODAY BUT WE ALSO DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACES THERE ARE.
SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO HAVE. I THINK IN BEACON HILL IT'S INCREASINGLY FEELING LIKE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL
PARKING SPACES ARE TAKEN BY RESIDENTIAL PARKING AND BY CONTRACTOR PARKING WHICH FOR SOME NEIGHBORS IT IT FEELS LIKE
THEY CAN NEVER GET ANY CURBSIDE AVAILABILITY. AND THAT REALLY WAS THE IMPETUS FOR THIS HEARING. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WITH
LIMITED CURBSIDE SPACE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO PARKING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO AND YOU KNOW ME I'M I HAVE NOT BEEN THE BIGGEST ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE OWNING THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL CARS BUT THIS ISSUE WHEN I HAVE READ PEOPLE'S EMAILS AND I'VE SEEN SOME
OF THESE CONTRACTORS ARE REALLY ABUSING LIKE YOU KNOW THAT AND I GUESS I'M JUST I KIND OF WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE AMENDMENT THAT JESSICA MADE
TO THE ORDINANCE WAS FULLY IMPLEMENTED GIVEN THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE CALLS FOR IS A ONE MONTH LIMIT ON CONTRACTORS BEING ABLE TO
PERMIT. YEAH, I MEAN I CAN I CAN PROVIDE SOME HISTORIC DATA SINCE THAT WAS PASSED IN 2016
IF IF IT'S HELPFUL JUST TO GIVE THE KIND OF SCOPE. UM SO YOU KNOW AROUND 70% OF OUR OCCUPANCY PERMITS ARE
FOR TEMPORARY MOVING TRUCK PERMITS AND ABOUT 30% RELATE TO CONSTRUCTION WORK SINCE 2016. SO WE HAVE I CAN GIVE YOU THE
AGGREGATE OF OF THE THREE CATEGORIES SO I MENTIONED EXCAVATION OCCUPANCY AND THE THIRD SIGNIFICANT CATEGORY IS EMERGENCY WORK. THIS IS MOSTLY UTILITY WORK
THAT COMES UP DUE TO A WATER MAIN BREAK GAS GAS MAIN LEAK SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN 2016 AND THERE WERE JUST OVER 29,000 PERMITS ISSUED.
WE DROPPED TO 28,017 BACK OVER 29,000. WE WE HIT A PEAK IN 2019 OF 30,615 AND COUNCIL WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU ALL THIS
DATA AFTER WE DROPPED BACK DOWN LIKELY COVID RELATED DOWN TO 20 JUST OVER 24,000 PERMITS IN 2020 THAT SPIKED BACK UP OVER
30,000 IN 2021 AND SINCE THEN 2223 AND 24 WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY BEEN BETWEEN 27 AND 29,000 PERMITS A YEAR. THANK YOU.
SO I GUESS JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MY PRIOR QUESTION IF THE 2016 CONTRACT YOUR PARKING PERMIT ORDINANCE LIMITED MOST PERMITS TO ONE MONTH, HOW IS IT THAT CONTRACTORS GET THEM FOR A
LONGER? ARE THEY PLANNING FOR EXTENSIONS? BECAUSE I OFTEN WHEN I LOOK AT A PERMIT IT'LL SAY LIKE YOU KNOW, MARCH TO OCTOBER BUT I DON'T I'M JUST CURIOUS SORT
OF HOW THAT WORKS. SURE. YES. YOU KNOW, CONTRACTOR CAN APPLY FOR AN EXTENSION AND THERE ARE KIND OF VARIOUS REASONS AS TO
WHY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROVED. CATHY OR OR JANEY IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL INSIGHT ON THAT, PLEASE DO. OH YEAH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIT IT.
IT JUST YEAH BECAUSE I'M LIKE YEAH, IT'S IT'S ON. ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD MORNING IN JUST TO CHIME IN ON THE OCCUPANCY PROMISE FOR BEACON HILL, THE CUSTOMERS CAN APPLY FOR 14 DAYS
IF IT'S AN EXTENSION OF 14 DAYS AND LONGER. IT IS AN APPROVAL THAT'S REQUIRED FROM THE BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION THAT THEY SIGN OFF ON THE FORM AND USUALLY THE HEAD OF THE ASSOCIATION WILL LET US KNOW IF
SHE WILL APPROVE THE EXTRA 14 DAYS OR IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND IT FOR THE 30 DAYS. SO IT'S ALL DEPENDING ON WHAT THE EXTENDED FOR IF THE CONTRACTOR COMES AFTER THE 30 DAYS FOR THE RENEWAL WE WILL
NOT RENEW RENEW IT UNTIL WE GET THE SIGN OFF ON THE BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I KNOW IT'S WORTH A LOT OF PRESSURE. I MEAN I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A
LOT OF PRESSURE TO SIGN OFF ON CONTINUE. YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WORK BEING DONE ON THEIR HOUSE. OFTENTIMES THE WORK IS UNFINISHED AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT BEACON HILL HAS A SPECIFIC LEVERAGE HERE TO DEAL WITH BAD ACTORS. BUT I DO FEEL IT'S COMING WITH A LOT OF PRESSURE TO AGREE TO THE ADDITIONAL DAYS.
AND I I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S AT LEAST IN TERMS OF I GUESS COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH ENFORCEMENT OF THE SPECIFIC
USES OF THE OF THE PERMITS SO IF SOMEBODY IS PARKING THEIR PERSONAL CAR WHERE THEY HAVE A PERMIT TO HAVE A GARBAGE CAN FOR INSTANCE, COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT ENFORCEMENT
LOOKS LIKE? YEAH, I CAN I CAN KIND OF TALK THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT OF OF GENERAL OCCUPANCY PERMITS AS WELL AS SPECIFIC TO PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
AND THEN I MIGHT I MIGHT ASK JANEY TO JUMP IN FROM THE SEIU PERSPECTIVE BUT BTD HAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH BPD WE
HAVE A PD OFFICER THAT IS ASSIGNED TO OUR CONSTRUCTION AND PERMIT TEAM. WE ARE OUT INSPECTING CONSTRUCTION DAILY IF WE FIND A
SITE THAT IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE SAY A MINOR INFRACTION YOU KNOW TO YOUR POINT THERE IT APPEARS AS IF THEY'RE PARKING LIKE PERSONAL VEHICLES WITHIN THE ACTIVITY AREA.
WE WE VERBALLY ADDRESS THAT IN WRITING IF IF NECESSARY AND AND MANY TIMES THAT THAT RESOLVES THE ISSUE IF IT DOES NOT IF THAT TYPE OF MINOR INCIDENT
HAPPENS AGAIN WE WILL WE WILL PAUSE WORK TO YOU KNOW SEND THE MESSAGE THAT YOU KNOW THIS THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE ON A THIRD INFRACTION OF ANY TYPE WE WILL
REVOKE THE PERMIT. OKAY. AND THERE'S THERE'S ANOTHER STEP IN THERE THAT IF IF IN THE EVENT OF ANY OF OUR INSPECTIONS
WE FIND IN UNSAFE WORK SITE WHETHER IT BE A VIOLATION OF THEIR TEMPE OR THEIR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN OR FRANKLY JUST GENERAL
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY THAT YOU KNOW IS NOT OCE COMPLIANT, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY SHUT THAT JOB DOWN AND WE MOST OF THE TIME WE TREAT IT AS A SAFETY STAND
DOWN. IT WILL NOT AUTHORIZE WORK TO PROCEED UNTIL THOSE ISSUES. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE COMPLAINTS AND BAD ACTORS ARE ATTRACTED
FILED SO ONE PERSON SORT OF HAS A JOB SITE THAT SHUT DOWN OR IS USING A YOU KNOW, IS DOING SOMETHING WITH THEIR PERMIT THAT IS NOT ALLOWED UNDER THAT
PERMIT AND THEY DO IT THREE TIMES AND THEY GET THEIR PERMIT REVOKED. IS THAT TRACKED ANYWHERE FOR A FUTURE SORT OF KNOWLEDGE OF THAT SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, LLC
OR CONTRACTOR? GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA POINT AVAILABLE. OKAY. YEAH. AND I THINK IN I MEAN THE FOLKS
THAT ARE DOING WORK AND BACK BAY AND BEACON HILL THESE ARE IT'S EXPENSIVE OBVIOUSLY TO DO WORK THERE. THERE'S SORT OF LIKE A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF LIKE KNOWN YOU KNOW PEOPLE SO I JUST I GUESS I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD COULD HAPPEN. I THINK I THINK THE MORE
INFORMATION WE HAVE ABOUT FOLKS THAT ARE ABUSING THIS PROCESS WOULD THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. CAN I CHIME IN ON THAT SYSTEM?
YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO CHIME IN ON THAT. ON OUR END WE DO TRACK STOP WORK ORDERS THAT ARE BEING SAID IF SOMEONE LET'S SAY THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF STOP WORK
ORDERS AND THEY APPLY FOR A PERMIT ON A NEW JOB WE ARE COMPELLED BY JUST THE LEGISLATION AND THE REGULATIONS WE FOLLOW TO JUST EVALUATE THE PERMIT ON ITS MERITS AND IF THEY MEET THE THE REQUIREMENTS
WE WE HAVE TO ISSUE IT. BUT I DID WANT TO CHIME IN THAT FOR CONTRACTORS WHETHER IT BE GENERAL HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS OR TRADES THAT DO REQUIRE A STATE LICENSE, THE
AVENUE TO REPORT THEM EXISTS AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO FOR A GENERAL HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE ACRONYM I
WANT TO GIVE YOU THE RIGHT NAME THROUGH THE IF IT'S A LICENSED PERSON LIKE A PLUMBER ELECTRICIAN, SOMEONE THAT NEEDS A STATE LICENSE FROM THE DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL
LICENSE OR YOU CAN REPORT THAT WAY AND THEIR BOARD WOULD EVALUATE AND IF IT'S A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR YOU CAN
PURSUE THAT THROUGH IT'S OKAY. B R I JUST DON'T WANT TO I GIVE YOU THE I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE RIGHT NAME IF I FIND IT BUT THAT WOULD REALLY HELP THAT WOULD BE THE THE AVENUE FOR THAT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT JUST
ON AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTOR THAT'S REPEATEDLY BREAKING THE RULES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. AND DOES THE CITY EVER REPORT PEOPLE TO THAT AGENCY? THANK YOU. IS THE OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND BUSINESS
REGULATION. THANK YOU. WE WILL ADVISE THE THE PERSON WHO HIRED THEM SO IF A FOR FOR A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS IT COULD BE PARKING, IT COULD BE OTHER
KINDS OF VIOLATIONS OR MAYBE THEY YOU KNOW, THE GHOST AND LIKE RUN AWAY WITH MONEY THAT TYPE OF THING. WE WILL ADVISE THE HOMEOWNER OR THE PERSON WHO HIRED THEM OF THESE AVENUES. OKAY. YOU KNOW, I HEAR FROM RESIDENTS
THAT THEY HEAR OF EXPIRED PERMITS AND CONTRACTORS TAKING UP MORE SPACE THAN THEY WERE GRANTED AND USING PARKING FOR THINGS THAT THEIR PERMITS WERE INTENDED FOR. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH
ENFORCEMENT TAKING OR AT LEAST THERE IS ENFORCEMENT TAKING PLACE. WHAT WOULD HELP THERE BE MORE ENFORCEMENT OF THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND I
SPECIFICALLY WANT TO GET AT I KNOW THAT WHEN JOSH RAISED SORT OF THE PERMITTING AND THE PRICE
FOR PERMITS IN 2017 OR 2016, I'M CURIOUS I KNOW THAT THE CITY CAN'T INSTITUTE ANY NEW TAXES. SO THE ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW,
ANYTHING THAT THIS FEE PAYS FOR, IT NEEDS TO BE WITHIN YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO PAY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS PROGRAM.
I'M CURIOUS WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. LIKE DOES THIS PROGRAM DO DO THE DO THE FEES THROUGH THESE PERMITS PAY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OR IS THERE A DEFICIT?
SURE. SO LIKE LIKE ALL OF THE REVENUE STREAMS IN THE STREET CABINET, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY SUPPORT OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
OBVIOUSLY INCLUDING MANY OF OUR OWN. SPECIFIC TO COUNCILORS THEY COMES ORDINANCE IN 2016 THE IMPETUS FOR THAT WAS THAT
OCCUPANCY PERMIT PROGRAM WAS RUNNING A DEFICIT AT THAT TIME. APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION I BELIEVE AT THE TIME IT WAS IT WAS COSTING ABOUT 7 MILLION
ANNUALLY FOR THE CITY TO RUN THAT PROGRAM BUT IT WAS ONLY BRINGING IN ABOUT 5 MILLION IN REVENUE. SO SINCE THAT TIME JUST FOR
PERSPECTIVE OF REVENUE IN FY 24 WAS JUST SHORT OF 16 MILLION IT WAS 15.9 MILLION IN OCCUPANCY REVENUE AND THAT NUMBER WAS JUST UNDER 20,000,019.8 IN THAT
FY 25. SO THE PROGRAM IS IS IS NOW SELF-SUFFICIENT IN HELPING TO SUPPORT BOTH OBVIOUSLY ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS IS
THROUGHOUT THE STREET CABINET BUT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS WELL. SO THERE'S REALLY NOT AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE FOR LIFTING THE PERMIT AT THIS TIME GIVEN
GIVEN WHERE WE ARE WITH SORT OF BEING ABLE TO FUND THE PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, I THINK BECAUSE ONE THING THAT WE WERE LOOKING INTO
IS IF WE WERE TO UPDATE THE PRICE FROM 2016, INFLATION IS 1.35 TIMES HIGHER SINCE THEN AND WE WERE CURIOUS IF YOU FELT THAT THE CITY WAS BEING FAIRLY
COMPENSATED FOR THE SPACE THAT CONTRACTORS ARE. WELL, NOT JUST CONTRACTORS BUT THAT ALL PERMITS. YOU KNOW THE THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT ALL PERMITS HAVE.
YEAH I THINK I THINK THAT I CAN'T SAY I THINK THAT'S A I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT LIKELY AS PART OF THE NEXT FEE PACKAGE THAT
THAT EITHER THE CABINET PUBLIC WORKS OR BTD LOOK TO PROMULGATE. WELL AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT I'M GETTING AT HERE IS LIKE OBVIOUSLY A CITY
COUNCILOR IN 2016 HAD TO UPDATE THE FEE STRUCTURE FOR THIS THESE SPECIFIC PERMITS. I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT CABINET WIDE. AND I HAVE ANOTHER I HAVE A FEW
OTHER FEES NOT RELATED TO YOUR BUT NOT RELATED TO YOUR CABINET THAT I'VE LOOKED AT WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH I YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO INVESTIGATE
LIKE WHAT IS BEING COLLECTED, WHAT IS WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST OF RUNNING THESE PROGRAMS. SO AND SO THIS IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT
WE'RE CLOSE TO $20 MILLION WHEN IN 2016 THEY WERE AT $5 MILLION. SO BUT THAT ALSO JUST SHOWS YOU THE SCOPE OF HOW MUCH MORE PERMITS ARE BEING ISSUED SO AND
POTENTIALLY HOW MANY MORE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THIS ISSUE MIGHT BE UNIQUE TO DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE BEACON HILL AND BACK BAY AND
ALSO THE NORTH END SOUTH END ETCETERA WITH DENSE HOUSING AND NO DRIVEWAYS. BUT DO YOU HAVE DATA ON HOW MANY MORE PERMITS ARE ISSUED PER CAPITA IN DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS FOR SPECIFICALLY
IN TERMS OF STREET OCCUPANCY? I DON'T HAVE THE DATA POINT AS FAR AS LIKE GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF PERMITS TODAY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE. OKAY.
AND DOES THE CITY ENFORCE CONTRACTOR PARKING VIOLATIONS EVENLY OR DOES IT ALLOCATE MORE RESOURCES TOWARDS DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT OF STREET OCCUPANCY PERMITS? I THINK IT'S PRETTY EQUALLY
DISTRIBUTED. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE YOU KNOW, AT TIMES DOWNTOWN THERE IS THERE IS A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF BOTH OCCUPANCY AND EXCAVATION PERMITS DEPENDING
UPON YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT IS GOING ON ON A PARTICULAR STREET. BUT I THINK I THINK THE CITY DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF OF
MAKING SURE THAT WE YOU KNOW, KEEP AN EYE ON THE PERMITS IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE
ON STREET PARKING, ETC.. YEAH, I THINK AND ALSO JUST SAFETY I MEAN SOME OF THESE CONTRACTORS PARKING IN NO PARKING ZONES FIRES, YOU KNOW LIKE WHERE THERE'S A FIRE
HYDRANT AND YOU KNOW, I DO THINK ALL IN ALL I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE TO BE IS NOT JUST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I REPRESENT BUT ALL DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS I THINK NEED A CLOSER WATCH BECAUSE
OF HOW DENSE EVERYTHING IS. SO IT'S YOU KNOW IF AND ALSO I THINK IN TERMS OF THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE STREET OCCUPANCY I MEAN YOU'VE SEEN
THE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS OF HOW MANY ARE ISSUED AND IN BEACON HILL AND HOW MANY EXIST, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ACTUALLY EXIST AND YOU PLAY
THAT OUT AND ALL THE OTHER DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT DRIVEWAYS THAT THESE ARE THE RESOURCES RESOURCE OF PARKING IS JUST MORE SCARCE. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE TAKING UP
MORE SPACE AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE PERMITTED FOR TWO CARS BUT THEY'RE TAKING THREE CARS LIKE IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND HAVING JUST FOUGHT FOR A
COUPLE OF IN THE PAST FEW YEARS A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS HAVE NEEDED DISABLED PARKING IT THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE IS JUST
LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO AGE IN PLACE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT. SO I WANT TO GIVE A CHANCE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE HERE TO TESTIFY.
WOULD YOU GUYS BE WILLING TO SAY FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY? YEAH, OF COURSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL START WITH BEN STARR AND THEN I THINK MARLENE REYNOLDS IS NEXT.
AND IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO NEEDS TO TESTIFY FEEL FREE TO WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN. AND BEN IS ALSO THE HEAD OF THE BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION
TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMITTEE. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TIME TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE BEACON HILL CIVIC TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMITTEE. THANK YOU GUYS.
I'M BEN STARR LIVE AT 49 BEACON STREET FOR 26 PLUS YEARS ON AND OFF CHAIR OF THE BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMITTEE. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED LONG ENOUGH
THAT I TESTIFIED AT GEORGE JACOBS HEARING. MAYBE THEY STARTED IN 2015 2016 AND MCNEIL WAS HERE AND I THINK THAT HAS FOR THAT DAY.
FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ON BEHALF OF CIVIC ASSOCIATION WE RECOGNIZE THAT BEACON HILL OVER 9000 RESIDENTS OUT OF 700,000 ARE CITY AND WE WOULD NEVER SUGGEST THAT THIS ISSUE
OF THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE WOULD TRUMP MANY OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY. BUT I WAS A NEIGHBOR OVER AT MASS IN CASS OR BUSINESS THEY ARE BE SNEERING AT ME UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
BUT AS I GO AROUND THE CITY TO PUBLIC PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CITY COUNCIL COFFEE HOURS THE SAME ISSUES COME UP. TRASH RATS, PARKING TRAFFIC OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE LOVE THIS CITY. KNOW LIKE I SAID I WAS A SUBURBAN KID WHO DREAMED OF LIVING HERE, BEEN ABLE TO LIVE HERE 26 YEARS WHEN I STEPPED AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC AND PARK AND CREATED CIVIC
ASSOCIATION EARLY IN COVID. THIS HAD ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE. I CAME BACK A YEAR AGO AND IT WAS SO MANY TIMES WHAT IT HAD BEEN PRIOR. FOR WHATEVER EXPLANATION PEOPLE
HAVE MORE MONEY. PEOPLE AREN'T MOVING BECAUSE INTEREST RATES ARE DOING MORE WORK IN THEIR HOME BUT WE'RE JUST OVERWHELMED THAT I'M SPEAKING FOR BEACON HILL BUT I ASSUME BACK BAY SHELTON BAY
VILLAGE, NORTH END, MAYBE CHARLESTOWN AND AND SOUTHIE ANYWHERE AS SHARON MENTIONED THAT'S DENSE AND NO DRIVEWAYS. WE HAVE NO ISSUE WITH UTILITY COMPANIES YOU REFERENCE
EXCAVATION ANY OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S LIFE IN THE CITY WHETHER IT'S AN AMBULANCE AT SIX IN THE MORNING OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE'RE FINE WITH IT. IT CONTRACTORS WHO ARE GOOD
PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO DO THEIR JOBS BUT IF YOU GIVE THEM AN INCH THEY'LL TAKE TWO PARKING SPACES. AND SO THE ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH AND HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ARE REALLY ENFORCEMENT WHICH WE
KNOW IS LARGELY IMPOSSIBLE. THE CITY OF BOSTON IS NOT GOING TO MONITOR A CONTRACTOR IS REDOING A KITCHEN. THEY'RE DOING A GUT REHAB ON A HOUSE IN BACK BAY BEACON HILL
SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE. BUT WOULD IT BE AN IMPOSSIBLE? WE STILL WANT A SOLUTION. AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE RUN INTO.
SO IF A CONTRACTOR IS GIVEN 20 FEET, THEY PUT THE SIGN ON A I COULDN'T FIND A PLACE. THEY PUT IT ON A TREE 30 FEET AWAY. IF THEY'RE IF THEY NEED A DUMPSTER FOR ONE DAY THEY'LL
GET A TWO WEEK PERMIT. THE GOAL OF THE CONTRACT IS REALLY CONVENIENT PARKING WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE CODE BUT WE GET IT. IT'S HARD. I PARKED ILLEGALLY OUTSIDE TODAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO
PAY TO GO IN THE GARAGE ACROSS THE STREET. WE'VE GOT THE TEAM HERE IS GOING TO TAKE IF I GET A TICKET I'LL PAY IT AND I'M HAPPY AND I THINK THE CITY IS GREAT AND ALL YOU GUYS ARE GREAT AND I'M HAPPY THE DOLLARS GOES TO A
GOOD CAUSE BUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO ON CHESTNUT STREET THIS SUMMER OF 40 SPACES AT ONE ON ONE MORNING 37 WERE OCCUPIED BY CONTRACTORS.
NONE OF US IN BEACON HILL OR MANY OF THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS ANTICIPATE THAT WE GET OUR OWN SPACES. WE ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO CIRCLE AROUND. WE'RE GOING TO PARK TWO BLOCKS FROM HOME AND WE'RE GOING TO
WALK TO OUR HOUSE ALL GOOD. THAT'S PART OF THE DEAL WHEN THERE ARE NO SPACES AVAILABLE BECAUSE CONTRACTORS ARE BENDING THE RULES AND LIKE I SAID, GIVE
AN INCH, TAKE WHATEVER THEY CAN GET. YOU KNOW, THE EMPLOYEES SLEEPING IN THE VAN IN THE SPACE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON THE THREATS BACK
AT US IF YOU DON'T EXTEND OUR PERMIT, THIS PROJECT IS JUST GOING TO TAKE LONGER AND IS GOING TO BE MORE MISERABLE. I DON'T KNOW IF DOLLARS AND CENTS MATTER BUT WE HAVE SOME
PROJECTS THAT GO TWO YEARS MAYBE FEES GO UP AS YOU EXTEND AGAIN WE'RE AT A LOSS. WE'RE BEGGING YOU GUYS FOR ANY SOLUTIONS.
SHARON I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HOLDING THIS HEARING OR COUNCILOR DURKAN. I MEAN I ENDED MY WRITING CAMPAIGN FOR DISTRICT COUNCILOR WHEN YOU SCHEDULED IT.
THANK GOODNESS THEY BOTH BUT THAT'S REALLY IT. WE'RE HERE LOOKING FOR HELP BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN OVERWHELMED THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE GET IT PEOPLE GOING TO DO
WORK IN THEIR HOMES, DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO REDEVELOP EIGHT UNIT BUILDINGS AND TURN THEM INTO FOUR LUXURY CONDOS. WE'RE NOT ARGUING AGAINST ANY OF THIS. WE'RE NOT ARGUING FOR YOU GUYS TO CHOOSE AMONG CONTRACTORS. OKAY.
YOU WERE IN FIRST YOU GET THE SPACES YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO DO YOUR PROJECT TILL THE SPACES ARE AVAILABLE. NOT AT ALL IF YOU'RE NOT MOVING AN EQUIPMENT TAKEN OUT TO BURY
OR ABSOLUTELY NEED THE DUMPSTER WE WANT SOME FORM OF ENFORCEMENT OR SOME SORT OF PENALTIES SO CONTRACTORS THINK TWICE. THAT'S ALL I GOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BEN. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MARLENE REYNOLDS AND MARLENE, I WAS VERY, YOU KNOW, FREE WITH TIME SO FEEL FREE TO SAY WHAT
YOU NEED TO SAY AND THEN IF ANYONE ELSE NEEDS TO SIGN UP, LET ME KNOW. BUT MARLENE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN, FOR BRINGING UP THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE CITY.
I LIVE IN BACK BAY AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS OF ON MARLBORO STREET AND I EXIT OUT OF PUBLIC ALLEY FOR 27 PROBABLY FOUR TIMES A DAY BETWEEN TAKING MY KIDS TO
SCHOOL, PICKING THEM UP AND RUNNING ERRANDS AND IT'S IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SO I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 14 YEARS AND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IT'S BEEN A
CONSTRUCTION TRUCK PARKED RIGHT UP THE ALLEY. SO IT'S NOW A SAFETY ISSUE EVERY DAY I'M TRYING TO EDGE OUT WITHOUT GETTING HIT BY AN
ONCOMING CAR AND IT'S JUST GETTING I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE DAY THAT IT DOES HAPPEN AND I DO GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND I'VE TRIED TO BRING THIS UP TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND WHATNOT AND EVERYTHING OR THE OTHER
RESPONSE I GET IS LEADERSHIP KNOWS ABOUT IT AND DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PARKING SPACE. SO I'M HERE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT?
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARLENE. AND I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN EMAILS ABOUT THIS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY.
DAYLIGHTING IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND OF TRAFFIC SAFETY I I KNOW THIS IS UNCONVENTIONAL BUT NICK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT?
I MEAN COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY. SURE. I'M NOT SPECIFIC WITH THE EXACT LOCATION. WE'LL LOOK INTO IT BUT DAYLIGHTING IS YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING THAT WE IMPLEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS LINE OF SIGHT BEING ONE OF THEM I WILL SAY THAT THE YOU KNOW, THE
STREET PATTERN WITHIN THE BACK BAY FOR EXAMPLE, DOES HAVE, YOU KNOW, MANY LOCATIONS WHERE A PARKING SPACE DOES IMMEDIATELY.
BUT PARTICULARLY IN AN ALLEY, YOU KNOW, ENTRANCE OR EGRESS. THANK YOU. AND SO THIS IS A PARKING SPACE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS AND I THINK THERE IS A STATE LAW
AROUND DAYLIGHTING THAT WE AS A CITY DO NEED TO FOLLOW. SO WHILE WE AS AN OFFICE WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON IT AND MARLENE, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT MY TEAM IS OVER HERE AND WE'LL GET YOURS.
I THINK WE GOT WE HAVE YOUR EMAIL BECAUSE WE EMAILED YOU FOR THIS HEARING, RIGHT? NO. OH NO. OKAY. WE'LL GET YOUR EMAIL AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THIS AS SOON AS WE CAN. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MARLENE, DOES ANYONE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO TESTIFY TO YOUR OC ? I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT CAME TO THIS HEARING AND I KNOW
THAT ATTENDANCE TODAY IS NOT ABOUT PEOPLE'S PEOPLE NOT CARING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE TOP ISSUE THAT WE HEAR ABOUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I DO THINK THE TYPES OF PEOPLE
THAT I THINK THAT SOMETIMES HOSTING A HEARING AT 10 A.M. PRECLUDES A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO I WE I DO WANT TO READ JUST TO WAIT THREE SPECIFIC INSTANCES INTO THE RECORD FOR MY CONSTITUENTS.
I HAVE A WHOLE PACKET SO I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS WITH THE STREET'S CABINET BUT THIS IS FROM SOMEONE IN THE BACK BAY. THERE ARE A LOT OF RENOVATIONS IN THE BACK BAY MANY LONG RUNNING, MULTIPLE MONTHS PARKING RENOVATIONS FOR
CONTRACTORS. SOME ARE ACTIVELY USED, SOME ARE PULLED BUT NOT USED. AN EXAMPLE IS 180 COME OUT AND IS A PERMIT BLOCKING EIGHT FROM IT'S A PERMIT BLOCKING PARKING
FROM 813 2025 TO 911 2025 IT EXISTS IN TEN DIFFERENT ADDRESSES INCLUDING 19 TO 182 COMM AB WHICH IS A NONSENSE NONSENSICAL BECAUSE THEY'RE
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STREET THE NATIONAL GRID IS TO REPAIR THE SIDEWALK AFTER THE PREVIOUS WORK. THE PROBLEM IS THEY TAKE LIKELY ONE DAY BUT THE PERMIT IS FOR 30 DAYS. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY PLAN TO DO
SOMETHING BETWEEN 813 AND 911 AND THEY PULLED THE 30 DAY PERMIT. IT'S NINE NINE NO WORK YET. I PREDICT THEY WILL PULL ANOTHER ONE. THIS IS EXCESSIVE AND IT'S HONESTLY JUST WRONG. THAT IS FROM A RESIDENT OF THE
BACK BAY. I LIVE MA'ALEH AND THIS IS FROM YOU SO YOU SPOKE SO I WAS GOING
TO READ YOURS INTO THE RECORD OKAY I HAD A RESIDENT ASK ME A QUESTION AND I HOPE YOUR OFFICE COULD ANSWER. SHE CITED ENDLESS RENEWING OF CONSTRUCTION PERMITS AND THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT FOR
THESE SPECIFICALLY ON CHESTNUT STREET AS MANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PROJECTS HAVE LINGERED FOR YEARS. THERE IS NO CAP AND IT COULD BE A WIN FOR RESIDENTS TO LIMIT THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.
THIS ISN'T A FUN WAY. AS YOU MAY KNOW, D'ALESSANDRO HAS BEEN CONTRACTED FOR LAYING NEW PIPES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MOREOVER, THEY HAVE JUST GONE QUESTION ON SUPERVISED
SUPERVISED LIBERTY TO POST NO PARKING TO SIGNAGE UP AND DOWN ALL MAIN ARTERIES PETERSBURG JERSEY KILMARNOCK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAYS AND ENDLESS STATE EXTENSIONS. HOWEVER AT ANY GIVEN TIME
YOU'RE ABLE TO ONLY SEE 3 TO 4 CONTRACTORS THAT WORK BARELY 4 TO 5 HOURS A DAY AND TOPS ANY ANY PARTICULAR LOCATION OF THIS VAST SWATH OF REAL ESTATE IS OUTRAGEOUS.
THIS IS A CALL OUT THIS CALL OUT THIS IS A CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR THE RESIDENTS WITH PARKING NEEDS ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH CARS IS BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF THE FOUNDRY FOR DECADES NOW AND UNDERSTAND THE
PRESSURES AND POLES OF LIVING IN AN URBAN SETTING. BUT AS OF RECENT YEARS WITH THESE STREET CLOSURES THE STRESSES HAVE BECOME INTOLERABLE IN MY HUMBLE OPINION THE CONTRACTORS NEED CITY SUPERVISION AND QUESTIONING OF ALL THEIR
REASONINGS OF THEIR ON HOW HAPHAZARD, UNCOORDINATED ON QUESTION AND SLOW PACE OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON JERSEY STREET THIS SOMEWHAT
SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON PETERBOROUGH STREET IN THE FENWAY THERE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTION GOING ON BY D'ALESSANDRO COMPANY FOR A LONG TIME NOW THEY BLOCK ROADS, THEY TAKE UP SPACE, THEY CREATE NOISE FROM THE STREET,
INTERFERE AND INTERFERE WITH MY WORK WHEN I AM FROM HOME AND THE COMPANY HAS GIVEN NO DATE TO WHEN THEY WILL BE DONE AND THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT BY THE CITY THEY ARE WORKING ON CITY ROADS. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE IT
STARTED BUT IT'S BEEN WELL OVER A MONTH AND I THINK CLOSER TO OKAY THIS IS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE FENWAY AT THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT ON TOP OF ONGOING CONSTRUCTION IN THE
FENWAY IS TAKING UP MANY BLOCKS RESIDENT PERMIT AND IT MAKES THE SITUATION UNTENABLE FOR ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS
OKAY THIS IS SOMEONE ON BEACON HILL I'M WRITING TO YOU ABOUT THE PARKING SITUATION IN BEACON HILL. ENTIRE STREETS ARE BLOCKED OFF DURING THE DAY FOR CONSTRUCTION. THIS INCLUDES GROVE STREET, MAJORITY OF ANDERSON, WEST
STREET OR STREET AND THIS IS BOSTON WATER AND SEWER. OKAY, I'M ALMOST DONE. THIS IS ON PICK ME STREET I AM 80 I AM 85 YEARS OLD. MY HUSBAND IS 86.
HE'S UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR A RARE SARCOMA AND HAS BEEN TAKEN TO M.G. SPAULDING REHAB TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK. OUR DOCTORS HAVE GOTTEN US A HANDICAP PLACARD BUT IT IS RARE THAT I FIND AN EMPTY HANDICAPPED DESIGNATED SPACE
ANYWHERE NEAR OUR HOUSE WHICH IS BETWEEN JOY AND ANDERSON ON PICK ME STREET. THIS IS SOMEONE THAT WE HELPED TO GET A PERMIT BUT UNFORTUNATELY CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES HAVE BEEN PARKING IN
THEIR HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THEM WHICH MAKES ME EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH REALLY TOUGH,
YOU KNOW, HEALTH ISSUES AND THEN CONTRACTORS ARE PARKING IN THEIR SPACE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CONTRACTOR PER CONTRACTOR LICENSE PLATE SO THEY THINK THEY CAN PARK ANYWHERE
INCLUDING IN A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE. OKAY. THIS IS SOMEONE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO AT 1 TO 88 COME OUT
OF THEY HAVE DEALT THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVED THREAT FROM A CONTRACTOR. I DON'T WANT TO READ THIS SPECIFIC THING BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF TO PERSONAL TO THIS PERSON BUT THEY PUT CONES UP
BLOCKING RESIDENT PARKING WHEN THEY ONLY HAD A PERMIT TO BLOCK ONE PARKING SPACE AND THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVED A BIKE VERBAL AND WRITTEN THREAT FROM THIS
CONTRACTOR AND THIS IS FROM BEN STARR WHO JUST SPOKE. SO I'M GOING TO END THAT THERE. I JUST WANT TO I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE A HARD TIME FOR A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS TO BE HERE AND
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I READ SOME OF THEIR ISSUES INTO THE RECORD. I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL. I THINK THIS TEAM OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS ARE WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD ON BEHALF OF CITY RESIDENTS TO ELIMINATE A LOT
OF NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES THAT WE HAVE. WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. I'M PLANNING TO KEEP THIS FILING IN COMMITTEE AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A WORKING SESSION WHERE I CAN WORK WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO DEAL WITH THIS IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEE TO SORT OF HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE PATH FORWARD COULD BE ON THIS. BUT UNTIL THEN I JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM OKAY. THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM SO I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS DOCKET AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THIS HEARING ON DOCKET 0477 IS
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU