--------- NAME IS GABRIELLE ZAPATA DISTRICT ONE CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS. TODAY IS MARCH 31ST, 2025. IT IS EXACTLY 10:22 A.M. THIS
HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON DARK OF FORD'S LAST CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON XFINITY CHANNEL
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ALL COUNCILORS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THE HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
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PACK AT SHANE WALKER AC AT BOSTON DOT GOV FOR THE LINK IN YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 0169 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND FUNDING OF COASTAL RESILIENCE STRATEGIES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CLIMATE BANK. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND WAS REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON JANUARY EIGHTH 2025. TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL CITY COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY, CITY COUNCILOR ED FLYNN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU,
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR PEPEN AND THEN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. I APOLOGIZE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ABSENCE OF LETTER OR LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT
LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR BURTON. I'LL NOW PASS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS STARTING WITH MY CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, WHO YOU HAVE BEFORE. THANK YOU. TRY AND LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION.
DORCHESTER HAS OVER SEVEN MILES OF COASTLINE AND SO WE ARE OBVIOUSLY LOOKING TO PROTECT THAT AND STAY RESILIENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CARNIVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WE DON'T OFTEN GET OUR SEATS FILLED SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION IN THIS DOCK AT
NUMBER. THANK YOU FOR THE FILERS WHO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD FORTIFYING THE BOSTON COASTAL RESILIENCE AND EXPLORING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CLIMATE BANK TO FINANCE
THESE CRITICAL INITIATIVES IS A NEW CONVERSATION BUT AN IMPORTANT ONE. THE CHALLENGES POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE ARE INCREASINGLY EVIDENT ALONG OUR 47 MILE COASTLINE. I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HAS SOME
OF IT. I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE. I LIVE NEAR MORRISSEY BOULEVARD TEN AND BEACH BUT AS AN OUT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND I KNOW WE ALL CARE ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE COASTLINE BUT 47 MILES
IS A LONG WAY OF NEEDING PROTECTION SO IT IMPACTS ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES EVEN ALL THE WAY INTO YOU KNOW, HYDE PARK AND WEST ROXBURY ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENS ON THE COAST. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. RECENT ENDEAVORS SUCH AS THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY CLIMATE BANK AND THE CITY OF BOSTON'S COMPREHENSIVE COASTAL RESILIENCE PLAN OFFER FRAMEWORKS THAT WE CAN BUILD
UPON TODAY I HOPE THIS CONVERSATION HELPS US AIM TO DELIBERATE ON ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES AND SUSTAINABLE FUNDING MECHANISM MECHANISMS TO PROTECT AND EMPOWER OUR
COMMUNITIES AGAINST THE EVOLVING CLIMATE LANDSCAPE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO QUESTIONS I HAVE GOING FORWARD AND JUST TO SEE HOW ALL OF YOU EXPERTS ON THAT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT
JOB. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I ALSO
REPRESENT A LARGE AREA IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT'S IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE BASICALLY FROM THE WHARF DISTRICT INTO SOUTH BOSTON AND TO FORT POINT
AND TO THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT AND AND OTHER AREAS AS WELL. WE KNOW BOSTON WATERFRONT IS A HISTORIC AND TREASURED RESOURCE
THAT WE ALL MUST PROTECT. WE ALL MUST BE PART OF THE SOLUTION TO ENSURE THAT WE DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENSURE THAT THERE IS AN ESTABLISHMENT
OF A CLIMATE BANK. AND WE ALSO DISCUSS COASTAL RESILIENCE STRATEGIES AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE HARBOR WALK
PLAYS IN OUR CITY ESPECIALLY ENSURING THAT IT IS ACCESSIBLE AND OPEN TO EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY INCLUDING PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED UNDER MAY OF IN 1984 AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT THE HARBOR IS ACCESSIBLE, IS OPEN
NOT JUST TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES BUT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY THAT MAY NOT NORMALLY GO TO THE HARBOR AREA. PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM VARIOUS
NEIGHBORHOODS IS ALSO A PRIORITY OF MINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR PATEL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. FOR ME THIS TOPIC IS VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL AND IT'S HAPPENING AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON IS READY FOR WHATEVER IS TO COME.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF LIVING ON MORRISSEY BOULEVARD FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS MANY A FEW YEARS AGO. YEAH I DID AND I WITNESSED A
BRIDGE BEING CLOSED BECAUSE THE WATER LEVELS WERE INCREASING AND IF THAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO COME AND IT'S
GOOD TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES SITTING BEHIND ME AND IT'S I'M GLAD I'M EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE TOLD. SOME TESTIMONIES ARE GOING TO MENTION AND I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT THE CITY IS TAKING INITIATIVE ON THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING
SPACE FOR THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR PEPEN. AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN THANK FOLKS FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF FOLKS FROM THE
CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY GREEN BANK, SOMEONE WHO IS VIRTUAL HASAN FAROOQUI, OUR VENERABLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BOSTON CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK, THE GLOBAL CENTER FOR CLIMATE
JUSTICE AND THEN THE BOSTON GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION. BUT FOR NOW WE ARE JOINED BY OUR VENERABLE ADMINISTRATION PANEL CHIEF CLIMATE OFFICER BRIAN SWEAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR WORK.
CHRIS OSGOOD WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND NIALL RODRIGUEZ WHO'S THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU WERE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR SO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THIS IS REALLY AN ALL STAR TEAM HERE AND WE WILL GET TO THEIR PRESENTATION I FIGURED FOR MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD PUT FORTH FROM THE COUNCIL THAT IT WOULD
MAKE SENSE TO OPERATE FROM THE SAME SET OF FACTS AND JUST BASICALLY DO A CLIMATE THINK ONE ON ONE AND SO I WILL BREEZED THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION THAT MY STAFF AND I HAVE PUT TOGETHER JUST TO BE
ABLE TO OPERATE AGAIN FROM FROM THE SAME FROM THE TEAM SAME TABLE FOR EXAMPLE. ALL RIGHT SO IF WE CAN START
THE THE PRESENTATION IS THIS I APOLOGIZE THIS IS EVEN DOING IT OR YEAH OR OKAY, I HAVE THE CLICKER. OKAY GREAT.
SO WHAT IS A CLIMATE BANK? A CLIMATE BANK IS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DESIGNED TO FUND PROJECTS THAT REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS. EXPLAIN EXPAND CLEAN ENERGY AND ENHANCE CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
THIS INCLUDES FINANCING GREEN BUILDINGS, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES LIKE FORTIFY OUR COASTLINE AGAINST RISING SEA LEVELS AND EXTREME WEATHER.
BOSTON FACES INCREASING CHALLENGES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, RISING SEA LEVELS, INTENSIFYING STORMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITIES. MANY SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT UPFRONT
INVESTMENT BUT TRADITIONAL BANKS OFTEN HESITATE DUE TO FINANCIAL RISKS. A CLIMATE BANK OFFERS AFFORDABLE FINANCING, ATTRACTS PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND SUPPORTS
LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH JOB CREATION. ESTABLISHING A CLIMATE BANK IS
A IS A DIFFICULT ENDEAVOR BUT THE FOUNDATIONAL FIRST STEPS INCLUDE CREATING A LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE
CAPITALIZATION MODEL. SO TO ESTABLISH A CLIMATE BANK WE MUST DETERMINE ITS STRUCTURE WHETHER MUNICIPAL STATE BACKED OR PUBLIC OR A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. IT MUST COMPLY WITH FINANCIAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, SECURE POLICY SUPPORT AND IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS MUNICIPAL BUDGETS, STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, GREEN BONDS AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
I HAVE A FEW I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE COUNTRY, GO TO EUROPE AND COME BACK HOME FOR CASE STUDIES. SO IN TERMS OF CLIMATE BANKS IN ACTION THERE IS A MODEL DOWN IN
DC THE GREEN FINANCE AUTHORITY WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018 WHICH USES PUBLIC FUNDS TO LEVERAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT. IT HAS FINANCED OVER $37 MILLION IN CLEAN ENERGY
PROJECTS, HAS SUPPORTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UPGRADES AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT TO MITIGATE FLOODING RISKS AND HAS ALSO INVESTED IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND URBAN GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE TO REDUCE FLOODING AS WELL AS COASTAL AND COASTAL FLOODING. THERE'S ALSO THE NEW YORK GREEN BANK WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN
2013 TO BRIDGE FINANCING GAPS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND LOW CARBON INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S FUNDED $1 BILLION AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY MOBILIZED BILLION BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
KEY PROJECTS INCLUDE FLOOD PREVENTION, SEAWALL CONSTRUCTION AND GREEN STORMWATER SOLUTIONS. THE NEW YORK GREEN BANK IS A LEADING EXAMPLE OF HOW PUBLIC FUNDS CAN DRIVE PRIVATE INVESTMENT INTO CLIMATE
SOLUTIONS. IT'S A IT'S A MODEL PROVIDES A BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER STATES AND MUNICIPALITIES LOOKING TO ESTABLISH CLIMATE BANKS AND SCALE UP GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
NOW WE'RE GOING OVER TO EUROPE WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. THIS IS A MULTILATERAL BANK ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES BUT AS THE EU'S CLIMATE BANK THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK HAS
PROVIDED 2 BILLION FOR FLOOD DEFENSES AND CLIMATE VULNERABLE CITIES SUPPORTING NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS LIKE WETLAND RESTORATION AND RIVER MANAGEMENT AND THIS MODEL HAS DEMONSTRATED HOW LARGE SCALE
INVESTMENT CAN PROTECT CITIES FROM RISING SEA LEVELS AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. I WANT TO ZERO IN ON SOME OF THE COASTAL RESILIENCE AND FLOOD PROTECTION THAT IT'S PROVIDED SO IT'S PROVIDED OVER
$2,000,002 BILLION FOR FLOOD DEFENSES IN CITIES VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE SUCH AS VENICE AND THE NETHERLANDS. DELTA WORKS. IT'S ALSO SUPPORTED NATURE SOLUTIONS LIKE I SAID WETLAND RESTORATION AND RIVER BASIN
MANAGEMENT. NOW WE'RE COMING BACK HOME. THIS MASSACHUSETTS WAS THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO HAVE A GREEN BANK DEDICATED TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S CALLED THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY CLIMATE. IT OPERATES WITHIN MASS HOUSING LEVERAGING 50 PLUS YEARS OF HOUSING FINANCE EXPERTISE TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE CLEAN ENERGY
TRANSITION FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. ITS INITIAL CAPITAL WAS $50 MILLION WITH PLANS TO ATTRACT STATE, FEDERAL AND PRIVATE FUNDING AND FINANCE CLEAN
ENERGY RETROFITS TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AS WELL AS NEW CONSTRUCTION. NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN SOME
EXISTING MODELS FUNDING THESE CLIMATE BANKS IS AGAIN A REALLY DIFFICULT ENDEAVOR. THIS IS SOME OF THE FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR CLIMATE BANKS LOW INTEREST LOANS FOR FLEXIBLE
REPAYMENT. THE MASS CLIMATE BANK CONSUMER PRODUCT OFFERS LOANS THROUGH LOW INTEREST LOANS OVER 230 MONTH PERIOD WITH LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS MADE AT 0.5% TO 2% INTEREST RATES GRANT AND
SUBSIDIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT PROJECTS IN NEED. THERE IS THE COASTAL RESILIENCE GRANT PROGRAM WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ITS FUNDING ON PROJECTS IMPACTING COASTAL COMMUNITIES
THROUGH GRANTS AND THERE'S ALSO A REVOLVING FUND THE NEW YORK MODEL OFFERS REVOLVING STRUCTURES WITHIN THEIR ACQUISITION LOANS AND BRIDGE PROGRAM TO RECYCLE CAPITAL AS LOANS WHICH ARE REPAID OVER TIME FOR AN INCREASE IN
CAPITAL. THERE'S GREEN BONDS AND LOAN GUARANTEES TO ATTRACT PRIVATE INVESTMENT. THE EUROPEAN MODEL USES CLIMATE AWARENESS BONDS AND
SUSTAINABILITY AWARENESS BONDS TO FUND CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTS GLOBALLY AND LAST PUBLIC PRIVATE FINANCING MODELS TO MAXIMIZE IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY. THE MASS CLIMATE BANK USES
BANKS FROM AROUND MASSACHUSETTS WITH PERSONAL GOALS TO INVEST IN CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECT PROJECTS IN TWO OF THESE BANKS SEVERAL ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN
CLIMATE RESILIENT FINANCING. HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS WE HAVE THE CO-OPERATIVE BANK AND FIDELITY CO-OPERATIVE BANK. THESE INSTITUTIONS SUPPORT PROJECTS LIKE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, FLOOD BARRIERS AND
ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING UPGRADES, ENSURING ALIGNMENT WITH BOSTON'S SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. EXCUSE ME I DID NOT CLICK NEXT.
THERE WE GO. THIS IS A SLIDE CENTERED AROUND CLIMATE BANKS AROUND THE WORLD . GLOBALLY THEY ARE PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH INVESTORS BY
ISSUING CLIMATE AWARENESS BONDS AND SUSTAINABILITY AWARENESS BONDS. THESE BONDS FINANCE PROJECTS WITH CLEAR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS, OTHER FUNDING SOURCES INCLUDE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS, PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND FLEXIBLE LOAN PRODUCTS TAILORED FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND RESILIENCE PROJECTS.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WE COULD FUND HERE IN BOSTON, THIS IS A POTENTIAL PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA.
WE COULD LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY METRICS PRIORITIZING COASTAL RESILIENCE, FLOOD BARRIERS AND STORMWATER SYSTEMS. WE CAN LOOK AT RISK ASSESSMENT, ENSURING LONG TERM FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND ADAPTABILITY FOR
VARIOUS CLIMATE SCENARIOS MORE FREQUENT STORMS, FLOODING ETC. AND ALSO ENSURING THAT WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LENS SO ENSURING FLOOD PRONE AND HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES ARE PRIORITIZED IN DECISION MAKING. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SELECTION CRITERIA THAT THE EUROPEAN
INVESTMENT BANK USES. THEY HAVE A STRICT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PROJECT FUNDING AND THEY FOCUS ON CLIMATE MITIGATION SO FUNDING RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, SUPPORTING CLEAN WATER ACCESS, POLLUTION CONTROL AND BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION AS WELL AS SOCIAL IMPACT ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EDUCATION. SO I HAVE TWO OR THREE MORE SLIDES BUT I WILL BE QUICK THIS
THESE ARE IDEAS FOR EXISTING GOVERNANCE INFRASTRUCTURE WE COULD DO GOVERNMENT OR QUASI PUBLIC STRUCTURES SO WE COULD HAVE AN EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING AGENCY WHICH ALLOWS
FOR FACILITY OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN AGENCIES. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION SHORTLY AND. I LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR PRESENTATION AND UNDERSTANDING THE EXISTING WORK THAT'S THAT'S
TAKING PLACE. MUNICIPAL GREEN BANKS COULD ALSO FUNCTION AS A PUBLIC OR QUASI PUBLIC INSTITUTION THE DC GREEN FINANCE AUTHORITY WAS CREATED THROUGH LEGISLATION.
THE NEW YORK GREEN BAY STARTED AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND THEN TRANSITIONED TO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. WE COULD ALSO DO A MORE CORPORATE STRUCTURE WHERE TRADITIONAL CORPORATE AND ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHY
PROVIDE SPECIALIZED ROLES WITH EXPERT KNOWLEDGE ON THE IMPACTS AND RESULTS OF INVESTMENTS. WITH THIS MODEL WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE THE
CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND THE GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDERS DURING CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION JUST TO ENSURE OVERSIGHT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOALS.
SO IF WE'D WANTED TO DO THIS IN BOSTON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION JUST TO HELP SET THE SCENE A LITTLE BIT, WE HAVE TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND ENSURING LOCAL
COLLABORATION. THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN TRANSITION IN WITH KEY GOVERNANCE AND ELEMENTS KEY GOVERNANCE ELEMENTS AND ROLES
SO WE WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE TO ESTABLISH A DIVERSE BODY INCLUDING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH OVERSIGHT OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP WITH SPECIALIZED DEPARTMENTS ALWAYS ENSURING COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION
WITH STATE AND CITY STAKEHOLDERS. CHIEF CLIMATE OFFICERS DEP, CGM, THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT AND OPEN SPACE CABINET HERE IN THE CITY AND BOTH THE PLANNING AND
INSPECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND JUST ENSURING THAT WE ARE ALIGNING WITH CLIMATE READY BOSTON IN 2016 TO ENSURE PROTECTIONS ARE MITIGATION AND ADAPTION STRATEGIES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR
COMBATING COASTAL HAZARDS. I ALWAYS LIKE TO MANIFEST HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE WORKING TOWARDS AND SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO PUT IN
A SO WHAT AND WHAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY FIGHTING FOR AND THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A THOUGHT EXERCISE. THIS IS WHERE OUR TEAM LANDED. THIS IS IN NO WAY A SET PROPOSAL. WE ARE HERE TO TALKING ABOUT
THE DETAILS BUT WE STARTED TALKING THROUGH WHAT A BOSTON CLIMATE RESILIENCE FINANCE AUTHORITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE WHICH WOULD MANAGE THE CLIMATE BEING SWEATING MECHANISMS INCLUDING LOANS AND GRANTS FOR RESILIENCE PROJECTS.
WE ALSO STARTED LOOKING AT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING OR TIFFS OR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FINANCING WITH A TIFF. IT'S A PUBLIC FINANCING METHOD THAT HELPS MUNICIPALITIES FUND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
WHEN THE CITY DESIGNATES A TIFF DISTRICT THE PROPERTY TAXES ON THE INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN THAT AREA ARE USED TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS ROADS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSIT
FOR A DIFF IT ALLOWS CITIES AND TOWNS TO CAPTURE NEW PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FROM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A SPECIFIC DISTRICT. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE SEAPORT DISTRICT WHICH IS BOTH A TIFF AND AID OF IT THE
TRANSFORMATION OF THE SEAPORT DISTRICT INVOLVED A MIX OF THIS FINANCING WHICH HELPED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS LIKE ROADS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSIT FUNDS WERE USED TO BUILD THE SEAPORT BOULEVARD.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE USED TO BUILD IMPROVEMENTS TO SEAPORT BOULEVARD WHICH ENHANCE PUBLIC SPACES AND SUPPORTED CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECTS SUCH AS RAISING ROADS AND IMPROVEMENT,
IMPROVING STORMWATER SYSTEMS. AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE BEFORE I WRAP IT UP AGAIN JUST TALKING THROUGH POTENTIALLY WHAT COULD BE THE WAY FORWARD AND THIS
AGAIN IS A THOUGHT EXERCISE BUT A BOSTON CLIMATE RESILIENCE FINANCE AUTHORITY COULD BE AN INNOVATIVE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE DESIGNED TO OVERSEE A MUNICIPAL CLIMATE BANK FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE ESTABLISHMENT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS WOULD BE A STRATEGIC MOVE TO CENTRALIZE THE COORDINATION, FINANCING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT AIMS AT PROTECTING BOSTON'S INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITIES AND
ECONOMY FROM CLIMATE CHANGE PARTICULARLY COASTAL FLOODING AND RISING SEA LEVELS. A MISSION OF THIS FINANCE AUTHORITY WOULD FUND CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE SO PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FROM FLOODING
EXTREME WEATHER AND OTHER CLIMATE RELATED IMPACTS SUPPORTING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, ENSURING THAT LOW INCOME AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE RESOURCES AND FINANCING AND LASTLY
PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SO FUNDING GREEN BUILDING RENEWABLE ENERGY, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO REDUCE BOSTON'S CARBON FOOTPRINT.
AND SO THAT IS THE EXTENT OF MY PROPOSAL. I APPRECIATE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES PATIENCE. I THINK ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL CLIMATE BANK IS BOLD BUT IT'S A NECESSARY STEP TO
SECURE BOSTON'S FUTURE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE BY LEVERAGING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT WE CAN FUND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, CREATE GREEN JOBS AND BUILD A MORE RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE CITY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY'S DISCUSSION AND WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE AND WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATION. WE'LL START WITH CHIEF CLIMATE
OFFICER BRIAN SWIFT FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSELOR
. I WAS READY TO CATCH IT BECAUSE IT BRINGS ALL THE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR. THE TIMING OF THIS HEARING IS REALLY POWERFUL AND POSITIVE IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
AT THAT POINT TO ENVISION WHAT THE FUTURE IS LIKE IN BOSTON. HOW DO WE PROTECT ALL OF THOSE INVESTMENTS MADE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES OF YOU KNOW, OF GETTING CLOSER TO THE WATERFRONT OF CLEANING UP OUR WATERFRONT?
OBVIOUSLY OF THE BIG DIG AND PROTECTING OUR CITY AS WE APPROACH OUR 400 WITH CLIMATE CHANGE BEING THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTURY PLUS ABOUT HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL BOSTONIANS. SO THE TIMING OF THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE DELIVER AND I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT INTO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US AND WHY WE ARE SO EAGER TO GET
STARTED AFTER A DECADE PLUS OF PLANNING AND MAPPING OUT WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEN TURN OVER MY COLLEAGUES CHRIS AND I ALI FOR A BIT MORE PRESENTATION AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. BUT THE THEME OF HOW IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE DEFINED
THE WHAT RIGHT YOU KNOW WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH YOU AND FELLOW COUNCILORS ON NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS FOR OUR 47 MILES OF SHORELINE TO DEFINE WHAT IS AT RISK AND HOW DO WE BEST GO ABOUT PROTECTING IT.
WHERE SHOULD I POINT THIS GUY THAT'S ACTUALLY GOT YEAH TOM AREA SO JUST A BIT OF BROADER CONTEXT OF WHERE THIS CONVERSATION SITS WITHIN THE
CITY'S PRIORITIES ON CLIMATE ACTION AND REALLY FUNDING AND FINANCING IS AN ENABLER TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF CLIMATE ACTION FOR US IN BOSTON OBVIOUSLY FOUNDATIONALLY WE WANT TO
ADDRESS CLIMATE JUSTICE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IN BOSTON IS REALLY RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RECOGNIZING THAT FOR DECADES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS INCLUDING CLIMATE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING LOW INCOME AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN BOSTON BY DESIGN AND BY HOW THE CITY WAS BUILT OUT BY WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS WERE MADE, OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLIMATE
ACTION TO RESTORE AND BRING BACK AND USE CLIMATE ACTION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING EQUITY IN MORE INCLUSIVE POLICIES IS FOUNDATIONAL TO ALL OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING. THE THREE THEMES OF WHICH AGAIN
FUNDING AND FINANCE ARE CRITICAL TO DECARBONIZATION. THAT'S MAKING SURE THAT BOSTON CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY AND SHOW A PATH FOR OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WORLD TO FOLLOW TO GET TO NET CARBON NEUTRALITY BY
MID-CENTURY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE DO NOTHING SCENARIO IS NOT A SCENARIO THAT BOSTON SURVIVES AND IN THE SENSE OF UNMITIGATED EMISSIONS INCREASING.
THE SECOND BIG THEME IS THAT ENERGY TRANSITION WHICH IS HOW DO WE CREATE AN ENERGY GRID AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGAIN THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS UNDERWAY CURRENTLY AT THE STATE LEVEL IN PARTICULAR AROUND HOW DO WE FUND THAT ENERGY
TRANSITION. WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE GRID. WE NEED TO ENABLE THE COMMUNITIES IN THE HOMES AND THE BUSINESSES AND THE BUILDINGS IN BOSTON TO TRANSITION TO A LOW CARBON AND ZERO CARBON ECONOMY. AND THIRDLY THE FOCUS OF OF
THIS TOPIC IS REALLY HOW DO WE APPLY CREATIVE FUNDING AND FINANCING TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND PARTICULAR COASTAL RESILIENCE. WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND
AND SET THE STAGE FOR THE COUNCIL THE CITY COUNCIL ON IN TERMS OF ENABLING US IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCE APPROACH TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE CHARTER PATH FORWARD FIRST AND FOREMOST THE MAYOR IN SEPTEMBER
CREATED A CLIMATE OF 13 CABINET CHIEFS WHO MEET NOW ONCE A MONTH AND THE STAFF MEET MORE REGULARLY THAN THAT TO DRIVE CLIMATE ACTION ACROSS THOSE THREE KEY THEMES. AND FOUNDATIONALLY ON CLIMATE
JUSTICE AS A PREROGATIVE ACT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL PADDLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. RIGHT. THIS IS INHERENTLY AN ALL OF GOVERNANCE CHALLENGE AND IN ALL OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH THAT NEEDS TO BE ENABLED IN THIS
COUNCIL FIRST AND FOREMOST IS HELPING US DEFINE WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN 2030. SO WE HAVE JUST LAUNCHED THE UPDATE TO THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHERE WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE AND
SHARE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND MANY OF OUR PARTNERS IN A ROOM AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN THOSE THREE KEY ENABLING THEMES ARE THREE KEY ISSUE THEMES AND
WHAT DOES IT MEAN LIKE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE BY 2030 AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? AND AGAIN FUNDING AND FINANCING IS A KEY ATTRIBUTE OF THAT. HOW THE OTHER KEY
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR COUNCIL THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND THE MAYOR AND I FELT REALLY STRONGLY THAT IN ORDER TO DO THE WORK IN FRONT OF US THAT WE'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT THE
CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US. WE NEED AN OFFICE SOLELY DEDICATED TO DRIVING THAT WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT AND IT'S NOT JUST WITHIN CITY HALL BUT FROM A COASTAL ZONES PERSPECTIVE WE KNOW WE ONLY OWN A FRACTION
OF OUR OWN DESTINY IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP OF OUR SHORELINE AND CHRIS WILL TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT BUT THAT CREATES AN INHERENT CHALLENGE WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FUNDING AND FINANCING OF OUR
CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE. PART OF THE QUESTION THAT HAS TO GO INTO THAT IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE BUILDING THAT OUT? WHO'S OWNING THE SHORELINE? WHO'S DELIVERING THOSE PROJECTS, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE O&M AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR FUNDING AND FINANCING
APPROACH IS BE A GREEN BANK OR OTHERWISE IS IN LINE WITH DELIVERY OF THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS YOU KNOW, IN THAT WAY, SHAPE AND FORM. SO WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT OUR TIME AND DELIVERY AND GOVERNANCE MODELS AT THE SAME TIME AS THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT
FUNDING AND FINANCING AND WE WANTED TO HAVE AN OFFICE THAT WAS SOLELY DEDICATED TO THEIR PRIORITY MISSION OF DELIVERING CLIMATE RESILIENCE ACROSS ALL THREE ELEMENTS AND I YOU KNOW, TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATIVE
OF CHRIS TAKING ON THE THE REALM OF DELIVERING THIS ACROSS ALL THREE ELEMENTS OF THE CLIMATE RISK THAT WE ARE FACING NEAR-TERM COASTAL FLOODING WHICH WE'RE FOCUSED ON PREDOMINANTLY HERE TODAY BUT AS WELL AS EXTREME HEAT WHICH
AGAIN YOU KNOW AND REMINDER FOR FOLKS ONLINE AND IN THE EXTREME HEAT NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY IS STILL BE THE LARGEST HUMAN HEALTH IMPACT RELATED TO CLIMATE RISK. IT KILLS MORE PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD EVERY YEAR BUT IT TENDS TO BE THE SILENT KILLER BECAUSE . IT'S NOT THROUGH A STORM EVENT IS THROUGH EXTREME HEAT SCENARIOS AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.
AND THEN THIRDLY, STORM WATER. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A ABOUT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT COASTAL AND AVOIDING COASTAL IMPACTS. WE ALSO KNOW THROUGH TRAGIC DELUGE EVENTS LIKE IN LONDON,
SIR, UP IN MONTPELIER, VERMONT OR IN BROOKLYN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO A SUDDEN RAINSTORMS THAT OVERWHELM OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM ARE EQUALLY AS HAZARDOUS TO BOTH LIFE AND LIMB AND TO OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WHILE WE ARE PROTECTING OUR SHORELINE WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT SOMETIMES THOSE EVENTS BRING WITH THEM A WHOLE LOT OF WATER WITH THEM. HOW DO WE GET WATER OUT OF THE CITY AS WE ARE YOU KNOW, VERY LOW LYING.
SO I DON'T MEAN AT ALL TO PRESENT YOU KNOW, TO PRESENT A DOUR FUTURE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY OF BOSTON THAT BOSTON HAS IN FRONT OF IT TO ADDRESS COASTAL RESILIENCE AND
CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN PARTICULAR IN A WAY THAT REINFORCES ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT REINFORCES SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED OF YOU KNOW, WHERE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HARBOR WALK
WE'VE MADE MASSIVE INVESTMENTS IN OUR WATERFRONT. WE'RE NOT TURNING OUR BACK ON THE WATER NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO BUT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WOULDN'T WORK FOR BOSTON. ONE SIXTH OF OUR ONE SIXTH
OF BOSTON'S LANDMASS IS BUILT ON FILLED TIDELANDS. SO FOR BOSTON COASTAL RESILIENCE IS NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW THE BLOCK OF BUILDINGS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES ON THE COAST. IT'S ABOUT ONE SIXTH OF BOSTON
BEING AT RISK AND I REMIND FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WE FORTUNATELY PAID HOMAGE IN THE NAMING OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS BUT EVERYTHING THAT REFERENCES WATER USED TO BE WATER. SOUTH BAY BACK BAY BAY VILLAGE TO FENWAY.
YOU KNOW THESE ARE ALL REFERENCES TO BODIES OF WATER THAT WERE MUDFLATS THAT WERE FILLED IN AT A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE OUR CLIMATE WAS STABLE AND SEA LEVEL WAS STABLE. THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. SO THOSE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
YOU KNOW, PREDOMINANTLY AT RISK FROM COASTAL SEA LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE AND IT GOES DEEP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THE DO NOTHING SCENARIO IN THE WORK DISTRICT YOU KNOW, DOWN ON THE WATERFRONT HERE MEANS THAT
WATER LAPS AT CITY HALL IT DOES NOT STOP AT THE SHORELINE SO FOR US THE CHALLENGES IS A CITY WIDE CHALLENGE AND HOW DO WE FUND AND FINANCE RESILIENCE EFFORTS ON THE COAST TO REALLY PROTECT OUR CITY WRIT LARGE?
WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME STUDYING THIS AND KNOW SOME OF THE FOLKS HAVE BEEN AT THIS FROM THE GET GO. SUPERSTORM SANDY WAS THE NEAR-MISS SCENARIO FOR BOSTON THAT REALLY CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR ATTENTION ON
CLIMATE RISK TO THE HERE AND NOW AND YOU KNOW AND UNDERLINE THAT WE NEED TO BOTH BE A LEADER IN REDUCING EMISSIONS AS WELL AS IN COASTAL AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE SINCE THEN WE HAVE
DONE DOZENS OF STUDIES AT VARIOUS SCALES AROUND HEAT AND STORM WATER BUT IN PARTICULAR COASTAL RESILIENCE NEIGHBORHOOD STUDIES IN TERMS OF THE CLIMATE READY STUDIES WE'VE DONE ACROSS ALL OF OUR 47 MILES OF SHORELINE TO IDENTIFY BOTH
THE RISKS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, TO HARDEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ON OUR SHORELINE GOING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES. THE DO NOTHING SCENARIO AGAIN IN TERMS OF WHAT'S AT RISK FROM
AN ANNUALIZED LOSSES WHICH IS THE SLIDE THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT OF THIS SLIDE IS STAGGERING. YOU KNOW IT GROWS FROM YOU KNOW, ON AN ESTIMATE OF AROUND
140 MILLION A YEAR AT NINE INCHES IN SEA LEVEL RISE NEAR-TERM YOU KNOW TO THE LATTER HALF OF THIS CENTURY BEING 1.4 BILLION A YEAR OF ANNUALIZED LOSSES FROM
CURRENT REAL ESTATE IN BOSTON. THAT IS A STAGGERING NUMBER. THE COST OF THE KNOW OUR 47 MILES OF SHORELINE AND THEN THESE ARE EARLY HEAD SPACE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF PROTECTING
BOSTON ALONE, YOU KNOW, IS LIKELY IN THE 4 TO 10 PLUS BILLION. BUT TO FRAME THAT AGAINST, YOU KNOW, 1.4 BILLION IN ANNUALIZED LOSSES BY THE END OF THE
CENTURY YOU START TO SAY THAT IS VALUE. WE ARE NOT MOVING YOU KNOW, BOSTON, YOU KNOW, 100 MILES INLAND THAT WOULD BE ASTRONOMICALLY MORE EXPENSIVE. SO THIS IS A GOOD ANSWER WHY EVEN THOUGH THE HEDGE SPACE
THAT I THINK WE WANT PEOPLE IN IS THAT THE TASK IN FRONT OF US IS NEXT. BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP IT'S OF THAT SCALE AND IT IS TO PROTECT THE EXACT SAME THING THAT WE THE FIRST BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP DID WHICH WAS WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL WATERFRONT AND A
SHORELINE. WE ARE A WATER BASED CITY IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE AND FORM. HOW DO WE REINVEST IN THAT? AND THAT IS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS INVESTED UPFRONT HAVE SIX, SEVEN, $8 OF RETURN IN
PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION. WE DON'T WANT TO GET HIT BY THE BIG ONE. WE WANT TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS OSGOOD TO
DISCUSS SORT OF HOW WE BREAK THIS OUT INTO MANAGEABLE CHUNKS BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT A SUITE OF PROJECTS THAT WE NEED ALL OF THEM TOMORROW THIS IS PLANNING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES WHICH IS WHY A CONVERSATION LIKE THIS ON THE HOW IN TERMS OF FUNDING AND FINANCING IS EXACTLY
APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHIEF SWOT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AS CHIEF SCOTT SAID I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS IN FRONT OF US, THE ACTUAL SORT OF STRATEGIES WE ARE USING TO ADDRESS THE RISK THAT THAT HE OUTLINED AND THEN THE FINANCING WORK BEHIND THAT. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT
THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE THAT IS IN THIS ROOM ON BOTH SIDES. WE HAVE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO PUT THE PLANS TOGETHER TO HAVE DONE THE WORK WITHOUT A HUGE NUMBER
OF ADVOCATES AND PARTNERS AND ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE THE FOLKS IN MANY WAYS WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY ALL IN THE FRONT ROW RIGHT OVER HERE.
CAP MCCANDLESS CONCERNING OUR QUIVER LINDSEY LEW KATE ROSA, BEN MATTHEW SO I CAN'T CASSANDRA KATE, BEN ARE ALL SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERS IN EITHER THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE LEADING A LOT OF THE
RESILIENCE WORK? LINDSAY WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE JOINED US AS AN INTERN OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER AND JESSICA MORRIS, OUR CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE CABINET THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE DRIVING THESE PROJECTS WORKING WITH ALL
OF YOU ON THEIR DESIGNS, SECURING THE GRANTS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM FORWARD IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY THAT TEAM RIGHT THERE. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS AN IMAGE THAT PROBABLY MANY OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
SOME OF YOU DIRECTLY HAD A HAND IN IN SHAPING IT IS ESSENTIALLY OUR LONG TERM VISION FOR WHAT ARE COASTLINE COULD LOOK LIKE AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATER PARTS
OF THE CENTURY COASTLINE WHICH DOES NOT FACE SORT OF THE FLOOD RISK OF THE SLIDE IF I CAN WELL I'M OFFERING JUST SLIDES BUT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THE SORT OF FLOOD PATHS THAT YOU SAW
FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE BUT INSTEAD IS A SHORELINE THAT IS ACTUALLY RESILIENT THAT PROTECTS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITIES FROM THE FLOOD RISK THAT'S IN FRONT OF US. BUT BUILDING ON A POINT THAT
THE COUNCILOR FLYNN MADE IS ONE THAT ACTUALLY ALSO CONTINUES TO INVITE PEOPLE TO THE WATERFRONT ITSELF, ONE THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T WALL RESIDENTS OFF FROM FLOODING FROM SEA LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE BUT CONTINUES
TO SORT OF ALLOW PEOPLE TO EMBRACE THIS BEAUTIFUL BOSTON HARBOR AND IMPROVE ITS HEALTH AND ECOLOGY GOING FORWARD. AS BRIAN MENTIONED, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ONE PROJECT. IT IS GOING TO BE MANY PROJECT. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE IN
ONE YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN MANY DECADES. BUT AS THE WORK WHICH I KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THIS ROOM ARE VERY COMMITTED TO DOING OUR STRATEGY FORWARD, THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IN THIS SPACE BUT IS REALLY THREE
CONCURRENT STRATEGIES HAPPENING ON THREE DIFFERENT TIMELINES BUT ALL OF THE SAME TIME A SET OF WORK HAPPENING WITH MANY OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGING OUR RESIDENTS IN ENSURING THAT THEY ARE PREPARED
FOR ANY STORMS THAT MAY HAPPEN TODAY WORK THAT'S LARGELY LED BY OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CHIEF ADRIAN JORDAN. THERE'S A SECOND SET OF WORK WHICH IS THE WORK WHICH MANY OF US HAVE OUR MOST REGULAR CONVERSATIONS.
THESE ARE THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TO ADDRESS THIS DECADE'S STORMS PLACES LIKE MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, PLACES WHERE THERE IS FLOOD TODAY AND THERE IS
INCREASING FLOOD RISK OVER THE COURSE OF THIS DECADE AND NEXT THE PLACES THAT WE'RE PUTTING MOST OF OUR CAPITAL DOLLARS AS WE TAKE THIS WORK ON THERE'S A THIRD CATEGORY OF WORK WHICH IS MORE ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF OTHER AREAS OF OUR 47 MILES
OF COASTLINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT DECADE AND THAT IS WORK BEING DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A MOMENT.
THIS MAP RIGHT HERE THOSE YELLOW AND GREEN DOTS SHOW THOSE PLACES THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON MOST CRITICALLY IN THE NEAR TERM. THE YELLOW DOTS ARE PLACES WHERE THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DESIGN OR IN CONSTRUCTION
THE GREEN DOTS ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED. THERE'S ROUGHLY 18 OF THESE LOCATIONS IN THE CITY THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS MOST CRITICAL NEAR-TERM PROJECTS FOR US TO BE TAKING ON TOGETHER AS
WE DO THIS WORK WE WANT TO SORT OF ANCHOR EVERYBODY IN HOW WE'RE FINANCING THIS MULTIBILLION DOLLAR EFFORT TODAY THE FOUNDATION THAT WORK IS A THE LARGEST CAPITAL
INVESTMENT THE LARGEST CAPITAL ALLOCATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON'S HISTORY WITH CREDIT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE MAYOR, WE HAVE ALLOCATED OVER $175 MILLION FOR PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE A COASTAL RESILIENCE
ELEMENT INCLUDING IN THE LAST CAPITAL BUDGET A NEW $75 MILLION COASTAL RESILIENCE RESERVE WHICH ALLOWS US TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE. THE SECOND THING THAT YOU SEE ON THIS LIST ANY STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE THINK
THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON WOULD BE COMPETITIVE FOR THAT CAN HELP PROTECT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE ALREADY EITHER SECURED
OR ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING NEARLY $120 MILLION OF STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS AGAIN WITH A LOT OF CREDIT TO FOLKS AFTER THE LEFT AT AN EARLY AND A NUMBER
OF YOU WHO HAVE ALL BEEN CHAMPIONS FOR THIS WORK THESE ARE GRANTS THAT RANGE FROM THE MUNICIPAL VULNERABILITY PROGRAM AT THE STATE LEVEL TO THE BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY CRITICAL FOR US
GOING FROM DESIGN TO CONSTRUCTION. THE THIRD BULLET ON THIS LIST IS THE ARMY PARTNERSHIP. THE ARMY CORPS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANT
PARTNERS FOR DELIVERING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE ANYWHERE IN THE NATION. THEY BRING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AND CAPACITY PROJECTS THAT GET FUNDED THROUGH THE ARMY CORPS
COME WITH 65% FEDERAL INVESTMENT AND 35% NONFEDERAL COST SHARE. SO THIS IS A POTENTIAL PATH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OVER DECADES UNLOCK BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT TO HELP
PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND A PROJECT WHICH IS BEING LED BY KATE RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING CALLED A COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT STUDY THAT IS GOING TO RESULT IN A REPORT TO CONGRESS IN THE
SPRING OF 2028 WHICH ESSENTIALLY UNLOCKS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO PROJECTS WITH THE ARMY CORPS AS MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
THE NEXT THREE YEARS ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THOSE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY ARE. THE FOURTH CATEGORY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US WHICH IS THIRD PARTY INVESTMENT. THE CITY OF BOSTON IS OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO DO THIS ALONE NOR
ARE GOING TO DO IT ALONE EVEN WITH SOME OF OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT OTHER INVESTMENT THAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS OUR WATERFRONT AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND BY OTHER OWNERS OF THE WATERFRONT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PROTECTED. TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS SIX QUICK PROJECTS, MCCONNELL PARK IS A PROJECT THAT WAS 100%
FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY'S CAPITAL BUDGET AND IS PROVIDING INCREASED PROTECTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN DORCHESTER. RYAN PLAYGROUND IS ANOTHER PROJECT WHICH RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL $19
MILLION OF CITY CAPITAL INVESTMENT WITH $6 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH THE CHARLESTOWN IMPACT PORTER STREET IN EAST BOSTON IS ONE OF OUR MOST CRITICAL NEAR-TERM
PROJECTS. THIS IS A PROJECT WHOSE DESIGN WORK WAS SUPPORTED AND FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL BUDGET AND WE ARE SUBMITTING A GRANT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE 50 PLUS
MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IN THE IN THE YEARS AHEAD. MOVING TO THE ROW BELOW TINIAN BEACH THAT COUNCILOR MURPHY REFERENCED EARLIER THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS WHOSE DESIGN
WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT AND LED BY OUR CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF BOSTON IN COLLABORATION WITH DCR WHO HAS APPLIED FOR $11
MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT THAT PARK FORT POINT CHANNEL ANOTHER PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN THE WORK OF MANY FOLKS IN THIS ROOM AND IS BEING
DRIVEN BY OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTED THROUGH $10 MILLION OF CITY CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND $10 MILLION OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT. AND PIERCE PARK TOO IS AN EXAMPLE OF A THIRD PARTY INVESTMENT A PLACE WHERE MASSPORT HAS DELIVERED A REALLY
IMPORTANT AND BEAUTIFUL PROJECT THAT IS ALSO HELPING TO PROTECT A PORTION OF EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS SORT OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE CAPITAL STACKS OF SIX KEY PROJECTS BUT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF OF HOW WE ARE BUILDING
BOTH WITH THE SORT OF ROUTE OF CITY FUNDING AND PIECING TOGETHER STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS TO MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD. AS WE DO THIS WORK THOUGH, AND THINKING OF COUNCILOR CLINTON SUPPORTERS OPENING REMARKS
AROUND GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE I THINK THE CONTEXT MATTERS SIGNIFICANTLY. SO BOSTON AS MANY OF YOU KNOW AND AS CHIEF SWETT REFERENCED ABOUT ONE SIXTH OF OUR CITY IS
BUILT ON FILL WHICH MEANS THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE PROPERTIES ON THE WATER'S EDGE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY COASTAL FLOODING AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT KEY TRANSPORTATION
ARTERIALS ARE SUBWAY LINES AND MAJOR ROADWAYS ARE ARE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS THEM. CONSEQUENTLY, THERE'S A MUCH BROADER SHARED INTEREST THAN SIMPLY A COASTAL INTEREST AND I
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE COUNCILORS HERE WHO HAVE OR WOULD NOT HAVE A WATERFRONT PROPERTY WHO ARE WHO ARE IN THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE CITY AS A SYSTEM AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US TO WORK
TOGETHER TO DO THIS. THE SECOND THING AGAIN BUILDING ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU'RE GIVEN EARLIER AND COUNCILOR FLYNN'S POINT AROUND THE HARBOR WALK AS WE DO THIS WORK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST INVESTING IN
THINGS THAT REDUCE RISK BUT CONTINUE TO SORT OF BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IS ONE OF THE GREAT HALLMARKS OF THE BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP AND IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN THE SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DOES
LOWER RISK BUT DOES CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR HARBOR AND DOES CONTINUE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO THE HARBOR WALK AS A PLACE TO RECREATE TO CELEBRATE AND SIMPLY TO CONNECT AS A COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE THIRD KEY THING WE HAVE CONTEXT AND THIS I THINK GETS TO COUNCILOR QUARTERS ABOUT A POINT AROUND GOVERNANCE IS THAT OUR OUR SHORELINE IS IS COLLABORATIVELY OWNED THE CITY OF BOSTON ITSELF ONLY OWNS
ABOUT 16% OF THE HARBOR. OUR STATE PARTNERS OWN ROUGHLY 50% OF PRIVATE PARTIES OWN ABOUT 30% AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNS ABOUT 4%. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BE
ABLE TO DELIVER THE SOLUTIONS THAT OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT. SO JUST TO CLOSE IT OUT, WE ARE INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY HOW
WE CONTINUE TO FINANCE THIS WORK GOING FORWARD, BUILDING ON THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT GIVING, BUILDING ON THE AGGRESSIVE PURSUIT OF STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS IS OF GREAT INTEREST TO US.
ON THE SCREEN YOU SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS WHICH THE CITY IS HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING SOME EXPLORATION OF THE USE OF BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AS A STRUCTURE. THERE'S SOME PILOT WORK AROUND
THIS IN THE FLYNN MARINE PARK. WE APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT THE STATE IS CONVENING THROUGH THE RESILIENT MASS EFFORTS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT FINANCING LOOKS LIKE ACROSS ALL CLIMATE RISKS
STATEWIDE. YOU'LL HEAR IN A BIT ABOUT AN IMPORTANT FINANCING STUDY AND OPPORTUNITY STUDY THAT THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION IS LEADING WITH GREAT APPRECIATION
TO REBECCA HEARST AND LED BY REBECCA HEARST WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVENING EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH THE INSURANCE COMMUNITY AND A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS TO THINK ABOUT HOW INSURANCE CAN PLAY A ROLE IN THIS AND OBVIOUSLY THIS HEARING AROUND CLIMATE BANKS
AND THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF THE EXPERTS IN THIS ROOM IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN HELP THINK ABOUT THE FINANCING GOING FORWARD. SO I'LL TURN IT BACK TO CHIEF SWETT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT SORT OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
DASHBOARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. THANKS, CHRIS. AND I THINK THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST IN UNDERLINING TRANSPARENCY FOR
FOLKS WHO WANT MORE REAL TIME ACCESS THEN DEEP DIVES, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL HEARING, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR FOLKS WE TRY TO PUT EVERYTHING UP IN TERMS OF METRICS AND UPDATES ON OUR GREEN DEAL, THE GREEN NEW DEAL DASHBOARD INCLUDING PROGRESS ON
FUNDING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH US. WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN PROGRESS AND SIGNS OF PROGRESS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN
PARTICULAR COASTAL RESILIENCE PROJECTS. THESE ARE LONG PROJECTS SO SOMETIMES SEEING THE MILESTONES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TAKES A WHILE BUT WE WANT FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE MAKING IT
THROUGH THE GREEN NEW DEAL DASHBOARD. AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE FOR FOLKS IN THE ROOM AND ONLINE, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT WITH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF DATA OR INFORMATION YOU WANT. THIS IS A LIVING REPOSITORY FOR
EVERYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE ACTION IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF AND DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR YOUR VERY THOROUGH AND INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE STAFF'S WORK. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I'M NOT GOING TO NAME EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU BUT MORE NAME CATHERINE MCCLELLAN LESS BECAUSE SHE'S AN EAST BOSTON RESIDENT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE. I'LL GET FOLKS 6 TO 7 MINUTES AND I WILL GLADLY GO LAST BECAUSE I TOOK UP A LOT OF TIME
EARLIER. SO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR SHORT, I CAN THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I'LL SAVE THE FUNDING.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT GROUP BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP LIKE THE BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP THE AMOUNT OF TIME I THINK CHRIS YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL THE STORY OF LEARNING HOW TO SWIM AT 10
A.M. BEACH AND COMING OUT WITH LIKE THE GREASE SLIME IN THE SEVENTIES OR JUMPING OFF THE DOCK AT THE SOUTH BOSTON YACHT CLUB AND YOU KNOW, HAVING TO TAKE A SHOWER AFTER BECAUSE YOU WERE LITERALLY BUT YOU DIDN'T
KNOW BETTER. I MEAN WE WERE HAVING FUN IN OUR PARENTS I GUESS TO SEEM TO THINK THERE WAS A POINT WHERE THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT AND WHEN WE THINK OF, YOU KNOW, THE BIG DIG THIS IS A BIG
THING BUT WE CAN DO BIG THINGS AND WE NEED TO. SO IN THE BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP STARTED IN 1985 AND IT ENDED IN 2016 SO IT TOOK OVER 30 YEARS.
SO WE NEED TO START SOON BECAUSE IT WILL BE A LONG, LONG HAUL AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, SET THAT EXPECTATION I THINK TO IN GOVERNMENT TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THINGS DON'T HAPPEN QUICKLY BUT THINGS CAN'T. RIGHT. AND THINGS TAKE A WHILE BUT HOW CAN THE BOSTON'S COASTAL RESILIENCE STRATEGIES MAKING SURE THEY ALIGN WITH OBJECTIVES
OF THE YOU KNOW, THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY CLIMATE BANK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE LIKE WE'RE TO ENSURE A COHESIVE AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION AND WE THINK COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING COASTAL RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS. HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE SURE THAT THE VOICES AND NEEDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORS,
RESIDENTS, VISITORS ARE PRIORITIZED AND ADDRESSED AND THEN WHAT METRICS AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO ASSESS THE SUCCESS AND IMPACT
OF A FUNDED RESILIENCE PROJECT OVER TIME? ABBY TO TRY TO TAKE A LOOK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES THINK OF BETTER ANSWERS.
I MEAN THERE'S A LOT THERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY I THINK ONE OF THE AS YOU HEARD US TRY TO FRAME I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY OF COASTAL RESILIENCE AND OF CLIMATE RISK IS FOR US TO
REINVEST IN WHAT IS WORKING ON OUR WATERFRONT AND ADDRESS PREVIOUS GAPS IN OUR WATERFRONTS IN WAYS THAT HOPEFULLY INVITE A MORE INCLUSIVE, RESILIENT JUST AND ACCESSIBLE WATERFRONT FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY IN BOSTON.
AND I THINK YOU KNOW, HONESTLY FAR TOO FEW OF OUR RESIDENTS APPRECIATE THAT THE WATERFRONT IS THEIR WATERFRONT. RIGHT? AND THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS IS THEIR NATIONAL PARK AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET
THAT THEY APPRECIATE THAT AND THEN LIVE THEIR LIVES, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES? SO I THINK FROM A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STANDPOINT YOU'VE SEEN US VERY DELIBERATELY START
WITH OUR PARKS ASSETS THAT ARE ON THE WATERFRONT IS BOTH AN OPPORTUNITY TO REINVEST IN THOSE PARKS BUT NOT START WITH JUST PUTTING UP, YOU KNOW, A BERM OR NOT STOP JUST PUTTING UP A SEAWALL.
RIGHT. I WOULD CHALLENGE FOLKS TO GO TO PUBLIC LAND ON PARK IN THE NORTH END AND SEE WHERE THE SEAWALL IS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SITTING DOWN AT THE PARK YOU'RE PROBABLY SITTING ON IT AND NOT REALIZING IT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT ABILITY TO SAY HOW DO WE ACTUALLY USE COASTAL RESILIENCE CHALLENGES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REINVEST IN A WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS THEIR WATERFRONT TO REINVEST IN ANYWAYS AS AN ASSET THAT THEY CAN ENJOY?
I THINK FROM A METRICS PERSPECTIVE AND THEN I'LL SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE DRIVE BEHIND CREATING AN OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE BECAUSE FROM A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A SINGLE OWNER
OF DELIVERY AND THIS CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US IS ONE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF TALKING OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, TO DEATH. YOU KNOW FROM THE STANDPOINT OF LIKE WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING
SO RAPIDLY THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND SO WE WANTED TO CREATE AN OFFICE THAT OWNS THE HERE AND NOW A DELIVERY OF A SUITE OF PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT SAYS WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN WHEN HERE ARE AS IS CHRIS MENTIONED OUR 18 PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS THAT CLOSE THESE CRITICAL PATHWAYS HOW DO WE MARSHALL THE COLLECTIVE DESIGN INTENT? HOW DO WE MARSHALED THE
COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FROM BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO DELIVER ON THESE AND CREATE MOMENTUM? AND I THINK THE ONE THAT YOU AND I SHARE AN INTEREST IN GROUNDING THIS IN THE BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP THE ONE BIG
DIFFERENCE IS THAT THAT WAS A SINGLE DELIVERY ENTITY CREATING LARGELY THROUGH DEER ISLAND AND STORMWATER WASTEWATER PROJECTS THAT WERE OWNED BY A SINGLE ENTITY. THIS IS MORE COMPLEX.
THIS IS ON THE ORDER OF 100 PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT 50 TO 70 YEARS TO PROTECT THAT 47 MILES. COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHEN WE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SO INTENTIONAL BUT I THINK OF, YOU KNOW, THE
NEW BASEBALL FIELD IN SEVEN HILLS YOU MENTIONED PABLO PARK IN THE NORTH END AND THERE'S MANY OTHERS. WHEN WOULD YOU CONSIDER THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE DID IN THE CITY WHERE WE WERE INTENTIONALLY SAYING LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING
CLIMATE RESISTANT MEASURES IN PLACE HERE? IT'S A HARD QUESTION FOR YOU TO ANSWER. I'LL GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES THAT WERE SORT OF AROUND THE SAME TIME FRAME. BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE BEEN DESIGNING CERTAINLY FROM OUR
OPEN SPACE AND PARKS PERSPECTIVE TO BE ADAPTIVE TO THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AS JUST GOOD DESIGN FOR DECADES. BUT THE INCORPORATION OF CLIMATE RISK IS AN ELEMENT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT SORT
OF HAPPENED OVER YEARS. SO A PRIMARY EXAMPLE THAT FOLKS IN THE FENWAY REMEMBER IS THE MIGHTY RIVER RESTORATION. RIGHT? AND WE SPENT TIME THERE WERE TWO MASSIVE CATASTROPHIC FLOODS IN THE NINETIES THAT WERE
PRECIPITATION BASED THAT WASHED OUT THE T STATION HAD AN IMPACT ON THE MUSEUMS IN THE PARK THAT MOTIVATED THE WORK THAT WE JUST COMPLETED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON THAT RESTORATION. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THAT PROJECT WAS IN ACTUALLY SAYING
ARE WE DESIGNING IT FOR A FUTURE CLIMATE OR THE CURRENT CLIMATE? AND WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES DYNAMIC CURVES SAYING NO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FACT NOBODY IS GOING UP INTO THE YOU KNOW, INTO THE BERMS DIFFERENTLY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STORMWATER
CONVEYANCE FUNCTIONS OF THIS PARK CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS WE HOPE THEY DO OVER THE COMING DECADES. THE MOST TANGIBLE ONE IN MY MEMORY DURING MY FIRST IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT WAS PROBABLY
MARTIN RICHARDS PARK ALONG THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL WHERE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY OBVIOUSLY FROM THAT TRAGEDY TO TURN A PARCEL INTO A PHENOMENAL PARK FOR CHILDREN AND WE SAID THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST LOW LYING
CLIMATE VULNERABLE PLACES IN BOSTON AND AGAIN A CHALLENGE FOR US TO BE THERE. IT'S NOT JUST ONE OF THE COOLEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL PARKS WE'VE BEEN AT. IT ALSO PROTECTS BLEECKER STREET IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS BEHIND IT BY DESIGN IN A WAY
THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE OTHERWISE. JUST QUICKLY TO TALK ABOUT THE COORDINATION FOR A PART OF YOUR QUESTION CUSTOMER FEE.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY VALUABLE FOR US IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND FOR THE COMMONWEALTH PROBABLY IS WITH A LOT OF CREDIT TO NASSER IBRAHIM WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM LATER IS THE EXISTENCE OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL FLOOD RISK MODEL AND THE CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF CLIMATE SCIENCE WITHIN WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH. IT GIVES US A COMMON WAY ACROSS 341 CITIES AND TOWNS WITHIN
MASSACHUSETTS TO LOOK AT THE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS IN FRONT OF US AND THAT ALLOWS A DEGREE OF COORDINATION AROUND STANDARDS THAT OTHERWISE I THINK WOULD BE QUITE DIFFICULT FOR US TO ACHIEVE.
I THINK AS WELL ON THE ON THE COORDINATION SIDE I THINK WE ARE WORKING WITH A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE STATE WE ARE SEEING THEM INVEST IN PROJECTS THAT HELP MUNICIPALITIES WORK TOGETHER TO THE RISK
OF VULNERABILITY PROGRAM AND A PROJECT THAT THE CATHOLIC HAMLETS IS LEADING AT THE BORDER OF REVERE AND THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE WERE DOING A PROJECT WHICH IS WHICH IS REQUIRES THE
COLLABORATION OF THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO TO ADDRESS THAT FLOOD PATH. WE'VE RECEIVED BACK TO BACK GRANTS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TO DO THIS WORK TO SUPPORT THE SORT OF COORDINATION THAT IS THAT IS NECESSARY.
I THINK TO YOUR POINT THAT COORDINATION ONLY WORKS IF THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY ALLOWS US TO BUILD A GREAT PROJECT AND I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF FOLKS IN THIS ROOM YOU'LL HEAR FROM FROM BOSTON
HARBOR NOW TO THE COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATERFRONT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SARAH MCCAMMON LEADS THAT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY HEARING FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT HOW WE ARE DEFINING SUCCESS. WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THEM BEYOND SIMPLY REDUCTION OF FLOOD RISK WHICH WE KNOW IS OBVIOUSLY PERHAPS THE MOST URGENT? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT IS HERE.
CHIEF SWETT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED EXTREME HEAT AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN
SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND IN LOW INCOME AREAS AS WELL, INCLUDING CHINATOWN IN ANOTHER
DISTRICT. SO I SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE TO ME DEALING WITH THE EXTREME HEAT KNOWING WE'RE ONLY A FEW A
SHORT WALK AWAY FROM THE SALT STATION AREA IMPACTED BY FLOODING AS WELL. BUT WHAT WHAT IMPACT WOULD WHAT
HOW IS THAT PLAYING INTO YOUR OVERALL PLAN AND KNOWING THAT IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER WE HAVE SOME
OF THE OLDEST PIPES IN THE CITY IN CHINATOWN THAT ARE OFTEN BEING NEED BEING FIXED BECAUSE THEY'RE BREAKING DOWN. IS THAT ALL PLAYING?
ARE YOU CONSIDERING ALL THOSE FACTORS AS WELL? GREAT, GREAT QUESTION. SO I'LL TAKE THE HEAT AND THE STORMWATER AND THEN I'LL SEE IF I ONLY WANTS TO COMMENT ON SOME
OF OUR ON HOW I FRAME THE RESPONSE. SO ON STORMWATER BECAUSE YOU FINISH ON STORMWATER I WOULD REMIND FOLKS WE'RE COMING UP ON A YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT FROM THE BOTTOM WATER SEWER COMMISSION
WHICH IS A SEPARATE STORMWATER FEE AND IT WASN'T A NEW FEE IT WAS SIMPLY A DISAGGREGATION ON PEOPLE'S BILLS OF SEEING A STORMWATER FEE SEPARATE FROM WATER AND WASTEWATER WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES THE CHALLENGE THAT
YOU'RE GETTING AT WHICH IS A LOT OF OUR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE OUR YOU KNOW INFRASTRUCTURE IS FIRST GENERATION FIRST IN THE NATION AND IN NEED OF REPAIR AND
REPLACEMENT OVER TIME THAT STORMWATER FEE ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO BE MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF BOSTON HARBOR SEWER COMMISSION BUT ALSO CAPTURE DOZENS OF PARKING LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN USING OUR
STORMWATER SYSTEMS AND NEVER PAYING INTO THE APPARENT UPTAKE OF IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WATER METER BECAUSE BEFORE WE HAD A STORMWATER FEE YOUR ENTIRE FEE WAS BASED ON WATER METER. SO WE HAVE SIMILAR TO THIS CONVERSATION ON FUNDING AND FINANCING FOR COASTAL
RESILIENCE THAT WAS IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTE OF FUNDING AND FINANCING FOR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPTAKE OVER TIME AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH CAPACITY UNDERGROUND FOR THE SIZE OF THOSE STORMWATER PIPES THAT
ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS IS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU'VE SEEN THE CITY AND THE MAYOR REALLY INVEST IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS. WHERE IS MUCH RAIN IS HITTING IS PERMEATING INTO THE GROUND WHERE THE RAIN IS HITTING AND
WE WANT OUR DEFAULT TO BE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NOT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE GOING FORWARD IN AS MANY NEIGHBORHOODS AS POSSIBLE AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT US TALK ABOUT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WANTING MORE WATER FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMING INTO THE PARKS BECAUSE WE'D
RATHER HAVE A PARK FLOOD THAN A CONSTITUENTS BASEMENT. RIGHT. AND WE CAN HANDLE THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY IN A PARKING DESIGN OUR PARKS TO BE MORE ABSORPTIVE ABSORPTIVE. SO I THINK STORMWATER IS PART OF HOW WE'RE DOING OUR
HORIZONTAL PLANNING FROM THE GET GO IN PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM A HEAT PERSPECTIVE AND EMPHASIZE WE THINK ABOUT THIS FROM BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SOLUTIONS.
SO FROM ACTIVE SOLUTIONS YOU SAW A MASSIVE INVESTMENT LAST SPRING AND WE'RE GEARING UP AGAIN THIS SPRING IN DEPLOYABLE COOLING DEVICES IN SPRAY PADS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING TO
THE COMMUNITY DURING HEAT WAVES BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT IN BOSTON IS TO ADVISE A COMMUNITY TO CANCEL AN EVENT THE SPENT MONTHS YOU KNOW PLANNING FOR BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE A HUNDRED DEGREES OUT BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN HAVE IT IN A WAY THAT'S
SAFE FOR ALL THE VISITORS AND CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE USING THOSE EVENTS. SO HOW DO WE HAVE DEPLOYABLE COOLING CENTERS AND DEPLOYABLE SPLASH PADS? THE OTHER ATTRIBUTE TO THIS IS IS IN THE PASSIVE SIDE WHICH IS
DESIGNING OUR PUBLIC REALM AND OUR PRIVATE REALM AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO BE LESS HEAT ABSORBENT. SO HOW DO WE DESIGN WITH MORE REFLECTIVE SURFACES? HOW DO WE HAVE A BETTER TREE CANOPY COVERAGE IN PARTICULAR IN OUR CLIMATE JUSTICE
NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE KNOW IF WE CAN PROVIDE SHADING YOU CAN BE FIVE TO 10 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER ON THE HOTTEST DAYS IN BOSTON SIMPLY FROM BEING IN A SHADE PRONE NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS, YOU KNOW, AN ASPHALT
BROWN NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE PLACES LIKE YOU MENTIONED THAT ARE MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH GRAY AND CONCRETE WE HAVE. SO HOW DO WE GET RID OF SOME OF THAT CONCRETE AND REPLACE IT WITH TREES AND PARKS IN WAYS THAT SORT OF PROVIDE THAT
COOLING ADAPTATION FOR AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD DAILY? DO YOU WANT TO COME IN ON SOME OF THE DEPLOYMENTS DEPLOYABLE FOR GETTYSBURG? YEAH, I APPRECIATE THIS
QUESTION BECAUSE WE WE ACT LIKE EVERY SUMMER THAT SUMMER IS THE FIRST TIME THE BOSTON'S EVER EXPERIENCED EXTREME HEAT WHEN IN FACT WE SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR ALL YEAR.
AND FORTUNATELY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE SEEN THOSE EFFORTS REALLY RAMP UP. THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DESERVES A TON OF CREDIT FOR THE NEW INITIATIVES THAT THEY HAVE REALLY BEEN PUSHING FORWARD,
ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE CHINATOWN WHERE WE HAVE LIMITED PUBLIC REALM OPTIONS TO HELP THE PUBLIC RECOVER AND STAY COOL DURING EXTREME HEAT EVENTS SOME OF THE COOLING TOWERS AND MISTING TOWERS
MISTING TENTS, COOLING TOWELS AND OTHER GOODS THAT OEM IS ABLE TO PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS DURING THOSE EVENTS HAVE REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF RESIDENTS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE CHINATOWN THAT DO EXPERIENCE LIKE THOSE EXTREME TEMPERATURES BOTH DURING THE DAYTIME AND AT NIGHT. I'LL ALSO SAY THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE INTERSECTIONAL NATURE
OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE CHALLENGES LIKE THE CHIEF MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF OUR PRESENTATION WHERE YOU HAVE RESILIENCE INTERACTING WITH AN ENERGY TRANSITION, A CHALLENGE
AND A BIG PART OF OUR HEAT RESPONSE OVER TIME WILL BE BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF ENERGY SO THAT FOR THOSE RESIDENTS FOR WHOM IT'S MOST SAFE TO STAY AT HOME DURING EXTREME HEAT EMERGENCIES THE
COST OF ENERGY IS LOWER AND THEY'RE ABLE TO COOL SAFELY IN THEIR HOMES. COULD I JUMP IN FOR ONE SECOND? I ONLY HAVE A SHORT TIME LEFT BUT LAST YEAR I IT WAS
DIFFICULT FOR ME WHEN THE COOLING CENTERS WOULD BE RELEASED THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WOULD BE RELEASED IN CHINATOWN WAS NOT ON THAT LIST.
I HAD TO CALL EVERYBODY AND FIGHT AND FIGHT LIKE HECK TO GET CHINATOWN ON THAT LIST. BUT I BUT I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT THE
CENTRAL POINT MY POINT IS GOING FORWARD WHEN YOU SEE THAT LIST COME OUT, CAN YOU SAY CAN YOU WALK AND SEE WHERE IS CHINATOWN IF CHINATOWN IS ON THAT LIST,
IF CHINATOWN IS NOT ON THE LIST AND CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT CHINATOWN IS ON THAT LIST BECAUSE I HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS
AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME GETTING CHINATOWN ON THAT LIST. IT SHOULD IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON THAT LIST. BUT I JUST WANT TO RESPECTFULLY ASK IF WE CAN GO GOING FORWARD
IF WE CAN GET THAT ON THE LIST. THANK YOU AND MADAM CHAIR, DO I HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION? YOU DO COME SO FAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND CHIEF WAS GOOD.
I WAS READING CLOSELY, LISTENING CLOSELY TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOSTON ABOUT THE BOSTON HARBOR AND THE OWNERSHIP REALLY THE STATE
MAKING MADE IT UP A 50% OWNERSHIP PRIVATE 30 AND BOSTON A PERCENTAGE BUT KNOWING THAT CHIEF CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW
THE COOPERATION IS GOING BETWEEN CITY STATE FEDERAL PRIVATE AND BASED ON PERCENTAGES DOES THAT MEAN PEOPLE ARE PAYING A CERTAIN
PERCENTAGE OR IS THE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PAYING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE IS BOSTON OR THE STATE MAKING UP 50% OF OF COST
AND IN HOW HOW IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR GOING TO FACTOR IN APPRECIATE THE QUESTION I THINK ON THE POINT OF COLLABORATION
THERE'S ACTUALLY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION THAT IS HAPPENING AND IT IS IN THE BEST WAY IS ACCELERATING. I THINK WE HAVE SEEN YEAR OVER YEAR GREATER COORDINATION
BETWEEN THE CITY AND DCR THE CITY AND MASSPORT JUST TO NAME A PAIR AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY WITH CREDIT TO OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT COORDINATION WITH A LOT OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING TO GIVE TO
GIVE TWO EXAMPLES THE TINIAN BEACH PROJECT IS A DIRECT COLLABORATION BETWEEN DCR AND THE CITY. IT IS A DCR PARK THE CITY LEVEL DESIGN AND WE ARE COLLABORATIVELY GOING AFTER THE FEDERAL GRANT WITH MATCH FROM
BOTH THE CITY AND THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD. WE'RE IN ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MASSPORT AROUND A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT IN BOSTON THAT GOES ESSENTIALLY FROM
PIERCE PARK TO LOUIS STREET. SO THERE IS A LOT OF COLLABORATION AROUND IMPLEMENTATION THAT IS HAPPENING. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEEN THAT THE SORT OF THE LARGEST
SOURCE OF SORT OF FOUNDATIONAL DOLLARS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS COME FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON AND OBVIOUSLY THAT MEANS IT'S IT'S FROM ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.
AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THINK GOING FORWARD ABOUT ARE THERE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES EXPAND FROM THERE BUT WE WOULD NOT BE IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE MOVING FORWARD ON A NUMBER
OF OUR PROJECTS WITHOUT THE STATE GRANTS WE'VE RECEIVED, FEDERAL GRANTS WE'VE RECEIVED AND OBVIOUSLY THE FOUNDATIONAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT FROM FROM THIS BODY IN THE MAYOR YEAH.
I'LL JUST ADD BRIEFLY COUNCILOR ONE IS JUST AND I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS BUT FOR THE BROADER AUDIENCE YOU KNOW THE WORK OF THE WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL IS A PHENOMENAL EXAMPLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR TO CITY COORDINATION A GROUP OF DISPARATE OWNERS FROM
LONG WHARF TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK. SO THIS IS A QUINTESSENTIAL, YOU KNOW, TRAGEDY THE COMMONS PROBLEM BUT I CAN PROTECT MY PROPERTY BUT IF THE WATER COMES AROUND ME MY NEIGHBOR HASN'T
DONE ANYTHING THAT'S NOT SUCCESS AND DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF COMING TOGETHER WITH THAT VISION AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FROM FROM OTHER TESTIMONY THAT IS JUST YOU KNOW, WE ARE WE ARE FORTUNATE IN BOSTON THAT NO ONE IS
QUESTIONING THE SCIENCE OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US. IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE PROTECT OURSELVES FROM WHAT WE KNOW IS HAPPENING RIGHT AND HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT WHICH IS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK THE I WOULD ALSO HIGHLIGHT YOU KNOW, CHRIS
HOSTED A PHENOMENAL TOUR FROM THE COLONEL FROM THE ARMY CORPS THIS PAST SUMMER COMING UP TO SEE THE MIDWAY POINT OF THIS SIX YEAR STUDY AND HE WAS OVER-THE-MOON IMPRESSED WITH HOW INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED
BOSTON AS DISPARATE STAKEHOLDERS WERE THAT THE STATE AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WERE ALL ON BOARD IN A WAY THAT YOU DON'T SEE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY BUT FOR AFTER THE STORM AND WE'RE DOING THIS BEFORE
WE'VE HAD THE BIG ONE HIT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE AND SO I THINK THE COLLABORATION IS INHERENT AGAIN ON THE HOW, NOT THE WHAT AND THEN I'D HIGHLIGHT ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR SIDE AGAIN, WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT WE'RE AWARE
OF THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A COASTAL FLOOD RESILIENCE OVERLAY DISTRICT ORDAINED AND ZONING WHICH LOOKS OUT AT 2070 WITH 40 INCHES OF SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVEL RISE WITH ONE OR
TWO FEET OF FREE BOARD THAT SAYS TO APPROPRIATELY DEVELOP IN OUR WATERFRONT WHICH IS A MASSIVE PORTION OF BOSTON BEYOND JUST OUR SHORELINE YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR YOUR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND YOU NEED TO BE CONTRIBUTING
TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE. AND I THINK THAT THAT GOES TO THAT POINT WHERE I AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH APPROPRIATE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT IN BOSTON BEING PART OF OUR SOLUTION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY AGAIN OF PULLING BACK A BLOCK BECAUSE ONE SIXTH
OF OUR LAND IS STILL TIDELANDS. WE HAVE TO SOLVE THIS ON THE SHORE IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS EVERYBODY. AND THANK THANK YOU CHIEF AND THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT'S HERE AND I DON'T
HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE THE WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL. I WAS PROUD TO REPRESENT THAT AREA FOR FIVE AND A HALF SIX YEARS.
I LOST MOST OF IT DURING WE DISTRICT AND I STILL HAVE A PIECE OF WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL BUT I LOVE THAT COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND THEY'RE DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR WEBER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE ONCE AGAIN.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS ARE YOU WORKING WITH OTHER CITIES OR MUNICIPALITIES NOT JUST IN THE COUNTRY BUT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING? I REMEMBER VISITING A AMAZING
EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND I, I SAW THE PLANS I I WANT TO SAY IT WAS SPAIN THAT DID AN AMAZING JOB BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF WE ARE GETTING IDEAS FROM OTHER
PLACES BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT SOME GREAT STUFF HAPPENING ACROSS THE WORLD. YES, WITHOUT A DOUBT AND WE ARE AND IT'S NOT JUST ON RESILIENCE
AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE BUT ON MITIGATION AS WELL. SO A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT HIGHLIGHT THAT BOSTON HAS BEEN A LEADER IN ONE WE JOINED C40 WHICH IS A GLOBAL CLIMATE
MAYORS GROUP AND IT'S FOR ONLY THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. BOXING IS JUSTIFIED BASED ON GDP, NOT BASED ON POPULATION BECAUSE WE'RE RELATIVELY SMALL FOR A C40 CITY I'M NOT SURE WHY
THEY STILL CALL IT 40 BUT IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED CITIES AROUND THE WORLD. WE JOINED THAT IN 2015 AND WE'VE BEEN A PART OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LESSONS LEARNED SHARING BEST PRACTICES GROUPED WITH CITIES LIKE AMSTERDAM,
SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, HAMBURG IN GERMANY THAT ARE YEARS AHEAD OF US IN ADDRESSING THIS BECAUSE OF MAJOR FLOODING EVENTS AND SAYING HOW DO WE LEARN FROM THOSE CITIES? THE OTHER ONE I'D HIGHLIGHT
WRIT LARGE IS SORT OF THE CLIMATE RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK CARBON NEUTRAL CITIES NETWORK EXCUSE ME WHICH IS AGAIN CITIES THAT HAVE REALLY AMBITIOUS ZERO CARBON GOALS BUT
GETS TOGETHER THE 20 CITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE OFFICES LIKE OURS AND ORG STRUCTURES LIKE OURS AND ARE MOST AT RISK, YOU KNOW, IN SHARING THOSE BEST PRACTICES.
OKAY TO USE THEM JUST TO SORT OF NOTE TO TO LOCAL PARTNERSHIP MODELS ONE IS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR WATER ASSOCIATIONS AND SO BOTH THE MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION AND THE
PULSE RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION ARE DOING A TERRIFIC JOB OF BUILDING PLANS AT THE WATERSHED LEVEL ACROSS MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES. IT IS INHERENTLY BRINGING THESE PARTIES TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WHICH I THINK HAS
BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. THE SECOND PARTNERSHIP TWO REFERENCES IS SOMETHING CALLED THE STONE LIVING LAB. THE STONE LIVING LAB IS A COORDINATION BETWEEN COLLABORATION BETWEEN BOSTON HARBOR NOW UMASS BOSTON AND
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DCR AND THE CITY OF BOSTON. THEY ARE BRINGING GREAT IDEAS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE SUCH AS LIVING SEAWALLS WHICH WE ARE NOW PILOTING IN THE CONDOR STREET URBAN, WILD AND IN THE
SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT A WAY OF SORT OF SOURCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION AND SORT OF NEW IDEAS FOR HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR COAST MORE RESILIENT AND SORT OF STITCHING TOGETHER THIS SORT OF NETWORK OF CITIES ALL TRYING TO ADDRESS
THE SAME CHALLENGE ACROSS THE GLOBE AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BOSTON'S INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT WE ARE FACING
HERE IN A CITY? I MEAN SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I MEAN YOU MENTIONED INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THE KEY PARTS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND
STORMWATER RIGHT. ARE SORT OF YOU KNOW, THE BIG THREE PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE ALL OF WHICH WERE BUILT A LONG TIME AGO AND ALL OF WHICH NEED YOU KNOW JUST FROM STANDARD O&M
AND REPLACEMENT ARE UP FOR MASSIVE CAPITAL UPGRADES LET ALONE FOR AN IMPENDING CLIMATE. A LOT OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT AT ELEVATIONS AND WITH VENTILATIONS THAT YOU KNOW, NO LONGER ARE PARTICULARLY
APPROPRIATE GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS. SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE WORKED IN ADDRESSING THIS. SO THE APPROACH TO STORMWATER
AND FLOOD PROTECTION AT THE GRAND ANTI STORM IS A GREAT EXAMPLE YOU KNOW DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE WHERE IT WAS LIKE THAT FLOODED OUT CAUSED OVER $1,000,000 IN DAMAGE. THEY FOUND A SOLUTION THAT WAS A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS AND MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO NEVER HAVE THE DAMAGE HAPPEN AGAIN TO
PROTECT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE RATHER THAN SAYING WE WANT TO CLOSE THE AQUARIUM STOP, WHICH WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE. SO I THINK TO SOME DEGREE WE HAVE SPENT OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS PLUS IN BOSTON A LOT
OF MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NOW AT RISK FROM CLIMATE HAZARDS WHERE WE NOW WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO FIND THE FUNDING AND FINANCING TO THEN PROTECT IT AS WE'RE REINVESTING IT AND BRING IT UP TO. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, I RECENTLY SAW A POST FROM THE BOSTON WATERS WHERE COMMISSIONER DAVE BINGHAM LOOKING AT THEIR PIPES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, RENOVATING THEM AND JUST FIXING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH OUR STREETS.
SO JUST I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND I DO WANT TO GO AT A MORE LOCAL LEVEL. I KNOW THAT MY DISTRICT ISN'T PER SE THE ONE YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO COAL OF COURSE OR RESILIENCY.
BUT I DO HAVE AN AREA IN ROSLINDALE IT'S THE AREA OF SHERMAN STREET, HEATH COAL STREET, HAWTHORNE STREET. IT'S IT'S IT'S LIKE WHERE ALL THE WATER IN ROSLYN MEETS WHEN
IT RAINS AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORS WITH BACKYARDS THAT LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE A POND AFTER IT RAINS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS
THE CITY DOING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANY MORE IN THAT AREA OR WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TO HELP THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE FACING THIS FLOODING THIS LITERAL FLOODING EVERY
TIME IT RAINS? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AT A VERY LOCAL LEVEL? HOW DO WE WORK WITH OUR HOMEOWNERS AND JUST THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE HOMES AS WELL?
YEAH, A COUPLE OF AREAS AND I'M GOING TO HAVE MILEY COME IN ON THIS AS WELL. SO ONE, THE BOSTON WATER SEWER COMMISSION IS ABOUT A YEAR AWAY FROM RELEASING A MASSIVE CITYWIDE INUNDATION MODEL WHICH
IS TO GET AT THAT ISSUE OF LIKE WHEN WE ANTICIPATE GREATER VOLUME OF WATER STORM EVENTS IN BOSTON. WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE GETTING OVERWHELMED IN TERMS OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S RESULTING IN FLOODING IN
PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS AND BASEMENTS THAT IS A RELATIVELY STATE OF THE ART IN TERMS OF A DYNAMIC INUNDATION MODEL. THIS WILL MOVE US LIGHT YEARS AHEAD IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR THOSE EVENTS RIGHT BOTH TO MAKE
BETTER DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS AS WELL AS TO SAY WHAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIONS ARE THERE GREEN OR GRAY TO MITIGATE THAT FLOODING RISK THAT'S THERE. SO THAT'S COMING I THINK IN THE HERE AND NOW OF AN EARLY
HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS ONE IS THE FLOOD SURVEY, YOU KNOW AND THEN TO BE MAKING SURE YOU'RE ON THE READY ALERT SYSTEM SO DID YOU
WANT ME TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE? OKAY. SO IN THE IN THE SHORT TERM SIGNING UP FOR BOSTON AND MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE ALERTS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES WHICHEVER
ONE IS SUITABLE FOR THEM FOR WHEN WE HAVE A FLASH FLOOD EVENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. WE ALSO HAVE A CITYWIDE FLOOD SURVEY THAT IS OUT WHERE
RESIDENTS CAN SUBMIT INSTANCES OF LOCALIZED FLOODING THAT THEY HAVE SEEN OCCUR EITHER HISTORICALLY OR IN THE MOMENT AND OF COURSE WE COORDINATE WITH OUR 311 SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE COMMUNITY
REPORTS ISSUES AROUND FLOODING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON WHICH AGENCY IS ADDRESSING THOSE AND HOW THOSE ARE INCORPORATED TO OUR PLANS LONG TERM. TWO OTHER THINGS THAT I'LL
MENTION IS THAT WE ARE THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE IS EXPLORING WAYS THAT WE CAN DO BUILDING LEVEL ADAPTATION AND RETROFITS OR SUPPORT THOSE AT THE BUILDING LEVEL AT THE
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL FIRST THROUGH A SERIES OF AUDITS THAT WILL HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT'S HOME RISK IS AND THEN OVER TIME BUILD THE CAPACITY AND SUPPORT TO
RETROFIT THOSE HOMES SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT WE ARE TARGETING FOR ENERGY TRANSITION MAKING SURE THAT THOSE HOMES ARE FUTURE PROOFED TO STORMWATER AND FLOOD EVENTS. THE FUTURE THE LAST PIECE THAT
I'LL MENTION AND THIS WAS TOUCHED ON EARLIER IS THAT HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE AND FLOOD INSURANCE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PUZZLE. SO AS MUCH AS THE CITY CAN DO TO MITIGATE STORMWATER AND
FLOODING ON OUR SIDE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN APPROPRIATE COMPANION TO THAT FOR WHAT'S AVAILABLE AT THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER LEVEL AND THE GSES CONVENING THIS YEAR WAS A REALLY USEFUL WAY TO KICK
OFF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON NOW ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXPLORE DIFFERENT PILOT PROGRAMS OR DIFFERENT FORMS OF INSURANCE THAT CAN HELP FILL THE GAP WHERE THE THE HOMEOWNER
IS CONCERNED FOR RENTERS ON THEIR HOUSE. I FORGOT TO PUT THE TIMER ON BUT I HOPE YOU WON'T. WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. OKAY. BEFORE I LET YOU GO, CHRIS, DOES THE CITY OF BOSTON HAVE WE
WORKED CLOSELY WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES BECAUSE I REMEMBER IN MY PREVIOUS ROLES DIRECTOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES I WENT TO A WATER MAIN BREAK IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND THEY THERE WERE LIKE
FOUR HOUSES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE BY THE FLOODS BUT THEY WERE NOT COVERED BY THAT. ARE WE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT INSURANCE COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS COVERED?
WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES. TALK ABOUT THAT. I THINK THIS IS GOES BACK TO YOUR EARLIER QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE COORDINATE WITH OTHER CITIES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER CITIES THAT ARE IN THE SAME KIND OF INSURANCE BUCKET
OF RISK THAT BOSTON IS. AND SO LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE JUST STARTED BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE AWARE OF AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MORE AWARE OF GOING FORWARD TO PILOT NEW APPROACHES WHERE
MAYBE THE EXISTING INSURANCE MODELS DON'T FIT ANYMORE. SO JUST BRIEFLY IN TERMS OF COVERAGE JUST FOR FLAHERTY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING INSURANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS IS STATE REGULATED TO THE CITY
DOES NOT ACTUALLY PLAY A FUNCTION IN ENFORCEMENT ON INSURANCE COMPANY COVERAGE UNFORTUNATELY. SO WE CAN ADVOCATE, WE CAN LISTEN, WE CAN POINT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY ENFORCE COVERAGE. THE ONLY THING I WOULD NOTE AND
OFFER TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT IF IT IS HELPFUL WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO CO-HOST A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH YOU TO SORT OF TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE FLOOD RISK OR FLOOD EXPERIENCES THAT THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE EXPRESSING.
ALSO SHARE THE SURVEY THAT NAOMI MENTIONED AS THE FOLKS CAN USE THAT TO HELP REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING THAT THEY'VE FOUND IN NEIGHBORHOOD. I LOVE TO DO THAT AND I'LL PROBABLY BE TAKING YOU UP ON THAT. THANK YOU.
THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL. I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT HOW ENCOURAGED ABLY ACCESSIBLE YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN. WE HAD CAT COME OUT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP AND TABLE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT
RESILIENT BORDER STREET AND WAS ABLE TO INFORM AND EDUCATE AND EMPOWER RESIDENTS ABOUT WATERFRONT RESILIENCE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR DISTRICT THAT TYPICALLY WOULDN'T GET THAT INFORMATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT YOU OUT AND THANK YOU FOR OFFERING THAT TO OUR COLLEAGUES ON. OKAY. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SPENDING TIME . MANY QUESTIONS WERE ASKED, MANY GREAT QUESTIONS AND GREAT ANSWERS SO FAR IN RELATION TO THE FUNDING FOR THIS THIS THIS CLIMATE BANK. RIGHT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DO
NEED TO PAY FOR THIS INSANE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT TIME. ARE WE I KNOW THE CHAIR YOU BROUGHT UP YOU KNOW DIFFS TIFFS AND THINGS LIKE THAT PROJECT SPECIFIC DISTRICT SPECIFIC
PLACE FUTURE GAINS COULD BE GOING TOWARDS THE PAYMENT OF THIS STUFF HAVE WE IDENTIFIED ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS OR DISTRICTS? I MEAN AS WE'RE SORT OF THINKING ABOUT HOW THIS GOES FORWARD, IS THERE IS THERE AN
AREA OF THE CITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? I MEAN MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE IT WOULD BE ALONG THE COAST BUT THERE COULD ALSO BE OTHER PROJECTS IN PLACES THAT WE THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT
CONVERSATION HAS OCCURRED YET IN ANY OF THESE THINGS OR IN ANY ANY OTHER FURTHER EXPLANATION OF FUNDING ON A YEAH, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ARMY CORPS RESERVES OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT?
THAT THAT COULD HELP DO THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE TIPS AND DIP STANDPOINT IT'S LIKE OKAY BUT THAT'S ALSO THEY'RE NOT DOLLARS WOULD BE COMING
FROM DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD GO TO OUR OWN TO TO THE TAX BASE FOR HERE FOR THE CITY AND WE'RE STRUGGLING FROM FROM THAT STANDPOINT AS WELL AND SO HOW DO WE BALANCE HOW MUCH TO TAKE
OR HOW MUCH TO CREATE HOW MUCH TO ALLOCATE FOR THE SPECIFIC THING WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE WE CAN DELIVER BASIC CITY SERVICES AS WE GO FORWARD? YEAH, A BIT OF FRAME AND TURNOVER CHRIS I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK ONE WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS YOU MENTIONED THE ARMY CORPS ON SORT OF THE BIG SOURCES OF FUNDING REGARDLESS OF HOW THE FINANCING GETS ALLOCATED AND OBVIOUSLY THE ARMY CORPS
STUDY IS THAT UPWARDS OF 65% OF SOME OF THESE BIG NUMBERS ARE TALKING ABOUT THEN COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE LOCAL MATCH CAN EITHER BE STATE, LOCAL OR PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. SO WE NEED SOURCES OF REVENUE
TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT EITHER ONES DIRECTLY THAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING OR ONES THAT WE CAN BOND AGAINST. WE HAVE NOT PROPOSED AT THIS POINT IN TIME SPECIFIC TIFF OR
RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS YET BUT THE RATIONALE IS TO ALIGN COSTS WITH BENEFITS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE SO YOU LOOK AT AREAS THAT BENEFIT FROM FLOOD RESILIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE
AND AGAIN IN BOSTON IS NOT YOU KNOW THE PROPERTIES RIGHT ON THE COAST IT IS PROPERTY IS SIGNIFICANTLY INLAND THAT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SPREAD SOME OF THE COST OF THAT COASTAL RESILIENCY INFRASTRUCTURE OVER A LARGER BENEFICIARY POOL
OF PROPERTIES, IT GOES DOWN FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT. AND IT'S A MORE EQUITABLE APPROACH TO SAY OH YES, MAYBE SEVERAL BLOCKS OFF THE COAST BUT BACK COAST RESILIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T JUST PROTECTING MY NEIGHBOR ON THE COAST IS PROTECTING ME AND SO I
THINK NATURALLY YOU START TO LOOK AT THE PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE BECAUSE OF THE INUNDATION MODELS AND BECAUSE OF SORT OF THE FLOOD PATHWAYS ARE YOU HAVE AREAS WHERE SAYING IF I INVEST HERE IS A SMALLER SCALE
INVESTMENT THAN EVERY PROPERTY OWNER PROTECTING THEMSELVES AND IF WE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THAT IT'S A NET ECONOMIC BENEFIT, RIGHT? SO I THINK AGAIN WE HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY PROPOSED THOSE ISSUES BUT I PART OF A HEARING
LIKE THIS THAT IS IN OUR FUTURE, RIGHT? I FULLY EXPECT US TO BE EXPLORING BECAUSE YOU KNOW CREATING A CLIMATE RESILIENCE BANK IS AS THE CHAIR NOTED REQUIRES A FUNDING STREAM TO SORT OF CONTRIBUTE INTO THAT IN
ORDER TO THEN HAVE MONEY TO GO OUT THE DOOR. IT'S PERFECT. IT'S GOOD. WELL WITH THAT LET ME LET LET'S SORT OF TRANSITION TO MORRISSEY BOULEVARD WHICH MAY BE A GOOD
DISTRICT TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE AS WE DO HAVE A MORRISSEY BOULEVARD REDESIGN PLAN HAPPENING AND A LOT OF THAT THE PIECE OF THAT IS THE RESILIENCY PIECE OF THAT WHICH I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IN THAT PROCESS.
A LOT WAS OF COURSE AS YOU KNOW IS ABOUT STREETS AND TRAFFIC AND HOW THE CARS AND TRANSPORTATION MAY WORK. BUT THE RESILIENCY PIECE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT PROJECT'S ABOUT
BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING AT LEAST IN THE FUTURE. SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT A TIMELINE ON YOU GUYS BUT IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DISTRICTS AND CAPTURING NEW DEVELOPMENT
MORRISSEY BOULEVARD CERTAINLY THE THE THE CREEP IS STARTING TO START AROUND USE COULD CIRCLE AND WORK ITS WAY UP TO IN A SPONSORED CIRCLE SO I WOULD I WOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND NOT TO STIFLE DEVELOPMENT ANY
WAY BUT CERTAINLY I THINK THAT LIKE YOU SAID THEY WOULD HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN PROTECTING THEIR THEIR PROJECTS. I DON'T KNOW. WE TALK ABOUT THE BIG
INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE AND THEN THERE'S THE SMALL AND I KNOW YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON OF A COUNCIL PREPPING BUT FOR INDIVIDUAL HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS THERE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID IS THERE LIKE THE WEBSITE YOU CAN GO TO A PLAY A
PLACE THINGS THAT SOMEONE COULD SIGN UP FOR TO GET ALERTS FOR THESE TYPE OF THINGS. SO WHILE WE WORK ON THE BIG PIECES INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS CAN PLAY A ROLE THEMSELVES. SO LET ME TURN TO ALI TO PLUG THAT.
WE'LL TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO PLUG OUR SECOND ANNUAL FIRST IN THE NATION DEPLOYABLE DAY THIS SEPTEMBER. YEAH DATE TO BE TO BE CONFIRMED . YES.
SO SIGNING UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT RESIDENTS NOT ONLY HOMEOWNERS BUT ALSO RENTERS OF WHICH WE HAVE MANY IN BOSTON CAN DO YOU
CAN SEND UP IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND THAT'S ALERT BOSTON. YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION TEXTED TO YOU WHENEVER WE HAVE ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY BUT SPECIFICALLY FLASH FLOODING
THAT'S I WOULD SAY THE NUMBER ONE THING TO COME AWAY FROM TODAY AND IN TERMS OF DEPLOYABLE DEPLOYABLE DAY, THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEN A FEW OF OUR OWN DEPLOYABLE
FLOODWALLS. THAT'S KIND OF A SOLUTION THAT WE USE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. THERE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT OR WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO COME ONLINE.
AND SO THE SEPTEMBER IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE HOSTING OUR SECOND ANNUAL DEPLOYABLE DAY AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT I THINK WILL BE FORTHCOMING AS WE
CONFIRM THE THE DATE. BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT I THOUGHT HE GOT THE HEAT GUIDE. THE HEAT GUIDE OH YEAH. I THINK THIS GOES TO SOMETHING
THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN WAS MENTIONING BEFORE BUT THE OFFICE ALSO HAS A FORTHCOMING HEAT GUIDE THAT WILL BE A SUMMER MAILERS SENT OUT TO RESIDENTS FOR HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE SUMMER HEAT.
SO I WISH I'D MENTIONED THIS EARLIER BUT HE'LL BE SEEING IT IN THE MAIL SOON. WE HAVE LEARNED FROM PAST SUMMERS AND ALSO FROM CONSULTATION WITH A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY EXPERTS THAT LETTING
RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT RESOURCES LIKE THE BOSTON THEY CAN ALERT THEM TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP BUT ALSO FOR TO PREPARE THEIR INDIVIDUAL HOMES AND ROUTINES WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE SUMMER DOES THE
MOST TO POSITIVELY IMPACTS PUBLIC OUTCOMES AND SO THAT MAILER WILL BE GOING OUT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO CAN I JUST EMPHASIZE KINDS THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF LOW
COST WAYS OF MAKING RESIDENCES MORE WATERTIGHT. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND UNFORTUNATELY OFTENTIMES PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER A STORM IS IMPACTED THEIR BASEMENT OR THAT HAD FLOODING. BUT OBVIOUSLY WATER COMES INTO
YOUR HOUSE FROM SOMEWHERE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN TIGHTEN THINGS UP, YOU KNOW, BE IT PUTTING CAULKING AROUND YOU KNOW, PIPES THAT ARE COMING IN TO YOUR HOUSE OR MAKING SURE THAT BASEMENT WINDOWS ARE TIGHT, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE USING GLASS THAT CAN ACTUALLY YOU KNOW OR PLASTIC THAT CAN
ACTUALLY WITHSTAND WATER. YOU KNOW THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THIS FOR IT'S MUCH EASIER TO INVEST IN THAT UPFRONT THAN A BASEMENT. CLEANUP IS REALLY EXPENSIVE DETRIMENT HAVE YOU BEEN SNEAKING AROUND MY BASEMENT
BECAUSE I THINK YOU JUST DESCRIBED IT. YEAH, EXACTLY. I NEED ALL OF THOSE WE CAN SEND OVER NICELY AND SO THAT ONE OTHER PERSON YOU MAY WANT TO INVITE THAT'S A11 THING THAT WE
ARE DOING AS PART OF OUR PROJECT IN CHARLESTOWN RIGHT NOW LED BY CASSANDRA AQUAFINA IS A DESIGN PROJECT FOR SOME A PORTION OF CHARLESTOWN NAVY
YARD AND A LITTLE MUSIC CHANNEL WHICH IS INCLUSIVE NOT JUST OF BIG INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ALSO GUIDANCE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA. SO THE LINK TO YOUR POINT HOW DO WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE BOTH SOME NEAR-TERM INFORMATION TO
PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL AS BETTER DESIGNS FOR THE LONG TERM INVESTMENT WE NEED TO MAKE? SO AND I KNOW I'M VERY SHORT ON TIME SO A QUICK ANSWER FOR YOU ALL BUT THERE'S THERE'S A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIECE TO THIS RIGHT AND CREATING THE NEW
JOBS AND I DON'T KNOW THE ROLE THAT YOU YOUR DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY PLAYS BUT IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH UPON THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE THESE ARE GOING TO BE NEW JOBS, NEW SKILLS FOR NEW LABOR AND FOR
OUR NEW RESIDENTS. RIGHT. SO ANY ANYTHING YOU HAD TO SAY ON THAT? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THIS COMING THURSDAY IS THE NEXT GRADUATION OF POWER CORP
WHICH IS THE CITY'S SORT OF PREEMINENT PILOT PROGRAM ON CLIMATE DRIVEN JOBS AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM TREE MAINTENANCE AND TREE CANOPY COVERAGE TO NOW GETTING INTO HOME RENOVATION INSULATION,
ELECTRICAL TRAINING. SO YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THESE ARE JOBS THAT ARE INHERENTLY LOCAL AND REQUIRE A DIVERSITY OF SKILL SETS BUT NOT NECESSARILY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF TIME TO DEVELOP THAT SKILL SET TO BE ABLE TO BE HIRABLE AND WE ARE ACTIVELY INVESTING IN BOTH THE AOC CABINET AND THE WORKFORCE EMPOWERMENT CABINET UNDER CHAIR AND WHEN I'M GETTING RESOURCES TO CONTINUE TO HAVE BOSTON BE A MODEL
OF GREEN JOBS AS AN ENTRYWAY AND YOU KNOW THESE ARE GOOD PAYING JOBS THAT ARE LOCAL JOBS THAT IMPROVE OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT LOCALLY GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO THE TIME. THANK YOU COUNSELOR FITZGERALD
COUNSELOR WEBER THANK YOU, CHAIR OKAY, SO JUST BASIC SCIENCE DATA QUESTION WHAT DO
WE LOOK TO DETERMINE WHAT WE EXPECT SEE THE SEA LEVEL RISE TO BE LIKE WHAT IS THE WHAT'S RELIABLE DATA OR WHAT ARE WE BASING OUR ESTIMATES OFF OF?
SO THE MASS OF THE MASS COASTAL RESILIENCE MAP IS NOW THE MOST UPDATED ABOUT PRE PRE SANDY. THERE'S A VERY BRIEF HISTORICAL LIKE PRE SANDY WAS THE FEMA FIRM MAPS WHICH WERE BASED ON
THE WORST FLOODING IT HAD TO DATE BEFORE SANDY AND BEFORE SUPERSTORM GREYSON ACTUALLY THE WINTER STORM OF 78 AND THEY WERE FAIRLY STATIC.
SO SINCE THEN WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT BOTH IN BOSTON WE STILL HAVE LAND SUBSIDENCE SO THE LAND IS IS STILL SLOWLY SHRINKING FROM THE LAST ICE AGE AND ADDITIONAL SEA LEVEL RISE BUT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT BASICALLY TRAJECTORIES OF ICE CAP MELT AND GLACIAL MELT AROUND THE WORLD IN TERMS OF SEA LEVEL RISE WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHERE DO OUR MISSION START TO PLATEAU. SO THAT'S THE VARIANCE WHEN YOU
START SEEING OH YOU KNOW BY END OF CENTURY THAT VARIANCE IS PRETTY WIDE. IT'S YOU KNOW, 3 TO 6 FEET BY 2100 YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT ABOUT 40 INCHES BETWEEN NOW AND 2070, YOU KNOW, BASED ON A REASONABLE
ESTIMATE OF EMISSIONS. THAT'S WHAT I SEE FRAUD IS 40 INCHES THAT 2070 PLUS 1 TO 2 FEET OF FREE BORN IS SORT OF YOU'RE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CONSERVATIVE FACTOR.
YOU KNOW ON TOP OF THAT IT GETS UPDATED REGULARLY SO WE LOOK AT IT NO LESS THAN EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS IN TERMS OF UPDATING OUR MODELS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHY FROM A DESIGN INTENT WE TAKE A
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE TO SAY THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING TODAY HAS TO BE ADAPTABLE TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE OVER TIME. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU KNOW WE MAY DESIGN SOMETHING FOR A 2030 FLOOD THAT WE KNOW IS
GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE IN TERMS OF ITS BARRIER HEIGHT BY 2050 TO ANTICIPATE YOU ANOTHER INCREASE IN SEA LEVEL RISE. HOW DO WE BUILD OUR FIRST TAKE AT THIS WITH THAT IN MIND SO
THAT IT'S NOT A WE'RE STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WE'RE BUILDING THE WHOLE THING OVER AGAIN. WE'LL PUT IN FOUNDATION ELEMENTS WILL PUT IN STRUCTURE AND YOU KNOW AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO GROW OVER TIME. SO YEAH, SO YOU CAN JUST SAY
THAT AGAIN THE MASSACHUSETTS THERE'S RISK ON THE MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL FLOOD RISK. OKAY YEAH. I MEAN IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME YOU READ ABOUT THIS IT'S
LIKE IT'S ACCELERATING FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT OR YOU KNOW, IT'S MUCH MORE YOU KNOW, AFTER SANDY WE WE NO IDEA, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS BAD BUT IT AND SO YOU KNOW THE
CONCERN IS IT MAYBE IT WILL MAYBE IT'S NOT A CONCERN IN HOW WE'RE APPROACHING IT BUT YOU KNOW IN A SIMPLE SCENARIO LIKE WE BUILD A FOUR FOOT HIGH WALL AND THEN IT'S A SIX FOOT HIGH,
YOU KNOW, WAVE AND WE'RE NOT REALLY YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE AND SO HOW DO WE YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF OUR THINKING LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT EVEN IF WE'RE OFF WE'RE STILL HELPING?
YEAH. AND THAT WAS OUR BEHIND THE SECOND HALF OF MY ANSWER. YEAH, YEAH. WE AND WE ANTICIPATE THE MODELING TO GET MORE CHALLENGING OVER TIME SO WHEN
IT COMES OUT THAT SORT OF OH THE SEAS ARE RISING FASTER WE ARE LESS SURPRISED THAN FOLKS AND WE'RE BUILT IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRECAUTIONARY DESIGN PEOPLE SAY OKAY ACTUALLY GOING FORWARD SOME OF THIS IS TIMING AS WELL AND YOU KNOW,
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 2050 BECOMES 2045 BECAUSE THE SEAS ARE RISING FASTER. HAVE THAT PLAN ABOUT WHAT'S NECESSARY TO PROTECT AGAINST IT IS JUST WHEN DO YOU BUILD IT
AND SO YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE YOUR PLANS FASTER BUT IT'S NOT THAT THE PLANS THEMSELVES ARE WRONG. OKAY AND THEN I THIS IS I THINK
ONE OF THE ADVOCATES HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE CLIMATE BANK AND MAYBE THE CHAIR KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THIS LIKE CAN WE SET UP A CLIENT DO WE NEED STATE AUTHORITY TO SET UP A CLIMATE BANK? I DON'T KNOW.
THAT IS THAT IS THE QUESTION. I THINK IT DEPENDS ON LIKE THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MODELS WHERE WITH DC EVEN THOUGH OBVIOUSLY DC IS DIFFERENT WHERE THEY HAD TO FILE LEGISLATION TO CREATE
THE THE GREEN FINANCE AUTHORITY THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MODELS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT BUT IT'S THE SHORT ANSWER IS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT MODEL WE WANT TO EXPLORE. IF WE HAVE TO FILE LEGISLATION
IT WOULD FOR ME MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE A QUASI BUT I THINK THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE CAN OF WORMS. SO I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS MAYBE THE TBD. TBD YEAH. YEAH.
DO ANY ANY HAVE YOU DONE ANY THINKING ABOUT THAT ISSUE? DO YOU I MEAN IT'S A GREAT THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER, RIGHT? YEAH BECAUSE BANK IS NOT THERE ISN'T A SINGLE DEFINITION
OF BANK AS YOU DESCRIBE IT AS A FINANCING AUTHORITY. WE'RE AT THE STAGE NOW OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE BUILD OUT THESE HUNDRED PLUS PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO BUILD WHAT'S THE RIGHT FINANCING AND FUNDING STRUCTURE TO ENABLE
THAT TO HAPPEN IN THE FASTEST AND MOST EQUITABLE AND LEAST COST WAY THAT THEN DEFINES WHAT WE HAVE TO CREATE. AND SO WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW ARE WE BUILDING THIS OUT AND
THEN SAYING LET'S DESIGN THE RIGHT FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR THE REGULATED FOR THE REGULATORY REGIME THAT WE HAVE IN BOSTON, IN MASSACHUSETTS AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE
SPENT ON CLIMATE A COASTAL RESILIENCE EFFORTS LIKE FROM 1990 TO 2020 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SO I CAN WE CAN PULL THEM TOGETHER FOR SORT OF THE
ACTUAL EXPENDITURE THE THE INVESTMENT IS IN THIS LAST CAPITAL FIBER CAPITAL PLAN ABOUT $135 MILLION ALLOCATION TO PROJECTS THAT HAD A COASTAL RESILIENCE COMPONENT THAT
INCLUDES A $75 MILLION RESERVE. BUT I CAN GET YOU SORT OF THE WHAT HAS BEEN SPENT ALREADY ON THE LAND GO AND PARK THE PARK ETC. I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS CHALLENGED BY HOW DO YOU DEFINE
IT RIGHT? SO IF I GO TO AN ITALIAN JOHN SULLIVAN BOSTON RESEARCH COMMISSION SAY HOW MUCH HAVE YOU SPENT ON STORMWATER PREPAREDNESS AND HOLDING TANKS AND STUFF SINCE 1990? IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY BIG NUMBER AND ALL OF THAT IS
ANTICIPATED. YOU KNOW LARGER STORMS IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COAST THERE'S MORE THAN JUST BOSTON ON THE COAST.
ARE WE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES AND HOW SO? ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION WE'RE APPROACHING THE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY WHICH HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A CELEBRATION NEXT MONTH OF THE METRO MAYORS
COALITION WHICH WAS AN OFFSHOOT OF APEC THAT WAS A POST-SANDY PUSH THE LAST TIME I WAS IN CITY HALL TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION THAT SORT OF STORMWATER BOTH YOU KNOW, INUNDATION EVENTS AND COASTAL
SEA LEVEL RISE DOESN'T RESPECT MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN INHIBITING FACTOR FOR US. YOU KNOW DECIDING WHAT IS SUCCESS LOOK LIKE AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? ONE OF THE INITIAL FINDINGS OF THE STUDY IS THAT METRO
MAYORS COALITION DID WAS HOW AT RISK ARE FOOD INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY SYSTEMS ARE SO A LOT OF THE FOOD WE BUY AT SUPERMARKETS IN BOSTON ALL COMES THROUGH A CENTRALIZED FOOD DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE
LOCATION IN CHELSEA WHICH HAPPENS TO BE REALLY LOW LYING AND THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT SANDY CAUSED IN TERMS OF DISRUPTION IN RED HOOK IN NEW YORK THAT HAD EXACERBATING EFFECTS IN TERMS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT, YOU
KNOW, PARTS OF NEW YORK CITY. SO I THINK SO, YES, WE ARE ORGANIZING OURSELVES TO THINK REGIONALLY AND THEN TRYING TO PRIORITIZE IN TERMS OF SORT OF STATE ASKED AND PRIORITIZATION AND SAY WHILE THIS PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
MAY BE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDS OF BOSTON, IT IS CRITICAL TO BOSTON RESIDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS AND YOU KNOW THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE PROTECTED. AND THEN THE OTHER EXAMPLES OF HOW I MIGHT CHRISTINE DELVE INTO A LITTLE BIT IS WE ALSO
HAVE CROSS PHYSICAL CROSS BOUNDARY PROJECTS. SO BENNINGTON STREET IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A RESILIENCE PROJECT WHERE WE CAN PROTECT OUR SECTION OF BENNINGTON STREET AND AN ARBITRARILY DIMINISHED BOUNDARIES HERE THE WATER IS
GOING TO COME DOWN THE STREET IF THE STATE AND REVERE DON'T DO THE SAME PROJECT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR EXAMPLE. SO JUST THREE QUICK EXAMPLES. ONE IS A CO-DESIGN OF A PROJECT
AT THAT BOSTON RIVER BORDER ON BENNINGTON STREET IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT WHICH IS DONE BY TWO MUNICIPALITIES TO ADDRESS A SHARED RISK. THERE'S ALSO SORT OF THE OTHER END OF BOSTON RIGHT NOW A
ACTIVE CITY BY THE RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION TO THINK ABOUT FLOODING WITHIN THE ESTUARY FOR THE DEPOSIT RIVER WHICH IS BRINGING TOGETHER BOSTON AND QUINCY IN MELBOURNE AND A NUMBER OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN AS NILAY REFERENCED EARLIER THERE'S ALSO JUST A COLLABORATION ACROSS PROJECTS AND POLICIES. SO THERE'S A PROGRAM WHICH IS SHORTLY GOING TO BE LAUNCHED IN SALEM THAT WE ARE LEARNING FROM
AND THINKING ABOUT HOW SOMETHING EQUIVALENT COULD BE BROUGHT HERE. SO THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF COORDINATION THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS MUNICIPALITIES OR YOU KNOW JUST TO COMMENT I MEAN MY SIMPLE ANALOGY IS LIKE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND PEOPLE BUILD A LEVEE AND THEY
PROTECT FARM AND THEY MAKE THE FLOODING MUCH WORSE, YOU KNOW, JUST DOWN THE RIVER AND OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE A TEAM EFFORT I THINK ON THE COAST. THANK YOU. CHAIR THANK YOU.
VICE-CHAIR WEBER FOR BEING HERE AND I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. I AM COGNIZANT THAT IT'S BEEN ABOUT 2 HOURS AND WE HAVE ADVOCATES WHO ARE WAITING SO PATIENTLY. THANK YOU.
I WILL MAKE MY COMMENTS AND MY QUESTIONS BRIEF THE I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAPITAL STACKS AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON THE DEPENDANCE
ON CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING AS WELL AS SOME PRIVATE INVESTMENT POTENTIALLY THROUGH BORDER STREET AND ANTHONY BEACH. CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE AT A HIGH
LEVEL GIVEN ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, CAN YOU DISCUSS AND EXPAND ON SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE
GAPS THAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH WITH FUNDING BE IT SECURING THE FUNDING ITSELF BUY IN FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, ADMINISTERING THE FUNDS, THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES,
COORDINATING WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES LIKE IF THERE IS ONE OR TWO CHALLENGES THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EXPAND ON IT. SURE. I THINK THAT OVER TIME I MEAN
YOU ACTUALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF HELPING THESE THINGS IN THE BEGINNING. I THINK OVER TIME THERE IS A REAL QUESTION OF HOW WE THINK OF FULLY FINANCING ALL OF THIS WORK.
WE HAVE A VERY, VERY STRONG FOUNDATION RIGHT NOW BUT AS WE GET MORE INTO CONSTRUCTION THERE WILL NEED TO BE PROBABLY ADDITIONAL WAYS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FINANCING THIS.
THE SECOND PIECE THOUGH IS ONE WHICH YOU ALSO TOUCHED ON WHICH IS AROUND GOVERNANCE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE DOING PROJECTS ACROSS A WIDE VARIETY OF OF PARTNERS ON PROPERTY WHICH THE CITY DOES NOT OWN, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE
STRUCTURE FOR DELIVERY THAT ALLOWS THAT TO WORK WELL FOR EVERY SINGLE PARTY THAT'S INVOLVED IN NOT JUST TO DELIVER THE PROJECT TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN IT OVER TIME BOTH THE THE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
ITSELF AS WELL AS ANY SORT OF HARBOR WALKER NATURE BASED THAT WOULD BE A PART OF IT. THE THIRD PIECE AND I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE STATE FOR OPENING UP THIS CONVERSATION IS THE SORT OF REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT AND PERMITTING PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH WITH THIS WORK WE ARE DOING COMPLEX WORK ALONG THE WATERFRONT AND WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT THAT IS ENSURING
GREAT ENGAGEMENT, REALLY HIGH STANDARDS FOR ECOLOGICAL IMPACT AND A RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT THAT FITS THE SORT OF BUILDING NEAR OR POTENTIALLY EVEN IN WATER THAT MAY BE NECESSITATED BY
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. SO HOW WE FINANCE, HOW WE GOVERN AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT REGULATORY OR PERMITTING PROCESSES ARE THREE AREAS THAT ARE VERY MUCH IN MIND FOR US. OKAY.
THANK YOU. YOU ARE NOT AT ALL OR HAVE NOT WELL I MEAN ONE RELATED TO GOVERNANCE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS IS OWNERSHIP. I BOSTON IS ON THE HIGH END IN TERMS OF PRIVATE SECTOR OWNERSHIP OF OUR WATERFRONT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN TERMS OF DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR 30% OF OUR SHORELINE TO CONTINUE TO BE AND THERE'S A FUNDING AND FINANCING QUESTION OF THAT OF LIKE IF IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED IS THAT LIMITING THE ELIGIBILITY OF SOME OF THESE PUBLIC
FINANCING MODELS TO DO THE PROJECTS THAT WE ALL KNOW ARE NECESSARY IS THAT REALLY DO PRIVATE OWNERS IN THE LONG TERM OVER THIS CENTURY WANT TO OWN COASTAL LIABILITY VERSUS DOES A
NONPROFIT OR CITY OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY WANT TO TAKE THAT SHORELINE IN A POSITIVE TRANSACTION? RIGHT. TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR EVERYBODY TO SORT OF CREATE? SO I THINK OWNERSHIP ALIGNS WITH GOVERNANCE AND FINANCING.
YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE A STRUCTURE THAT ACTUALLY MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO NEED TO DO THE WORK ARE INELIGIBLE TO GET FINANCING FROM SO THAT YOU KNOW ,WE'RE GOING TO WORK THAT OUT IN PARALLEL GROUP AND YOU HAD
TALKED ABOUT THE 175 MILLION IN CITY FUNDING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT EXISTS. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAD HAD TALKED ABOUT IT. THERE'S 75 MILLION IN RESERVES FOR THE MATCH FUNDING WHICH IS GREAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE WELL
ISN'T THAT OUR CLIMATE BANK? AND I'M LIKE NO IT DOESN'T REALLY THAT. THAT'S YOU KNOW YOU NEED A RECURRING REVENUE STREAM AND ALL OF THAT BUT AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE BUT GIVEN THE NATIONAL
POLITICAL CLIMATE AND THE DEPENDANCE OF SOME OF THIS MONEY FROM THE FEDS COMING THERE AND USING IT AS MATCH FUNDING IS HAS THAT SHIFTED YOUR APPROACH OR YOUR STRATEGY? AND I GUESS WHERE DOES WHERE
DOES THIS $140 MILLION DOES IT EXIST ANYWHERE IN OUR REGULATIONS LIKE THE CREATION OR ENABLING LEGISLATION? AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE IF WE ARE
LOSING POTENTIALLY FEDERAL FUNDING AND IT SAYS HERE THAT IT HAS SUPPORT IN THERE REGULATIONS THAT IT HAS TO BE USED AS GRANT FUNDING OR MATCH FUNDING RATHER DO WE HAVE TO THEN SHIFT THAT SO THAT WE
COULD USE IT FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO AT A FASTER CLIP RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THE FEDS ON A LONGER HORIZON? SURE. SO WHERE IT EXISTS IS IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT GETS
SUBMITTED AND APPROVED AND SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS IT CAN CERTAINLY BE AMENDED OR UPDATED INCLUDING SOME OF THE DEFINITION OF THE COASTAL RESILIENCE RESERVE THAT'S $75 MILLION FUND AS WELL AS THE
DEFINITION OF THE SORT OF PROJECTS WHETHER IT'S THE INVESTMENT IN BORDER STREET INVESTMENT AND THE LITTLE MESSAGE CHANNEL, THE INVESTMENT IN MOAKLEY PARK. ET CETERA. I THINK THAT WE VERY MUCH
FOCUSED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LAST YEAR IN BEING ABLE TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE THE DESIGN ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS. SO WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING A FEDERAL GRANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE DESIGN
OF MOAKLEY PARK FORWARD THE FIRST PART OF A FULL $24 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THERE SIMILAR PROGRESS AT THE LEWIS SMALL AND CARLETON WHARF PROJECT. I THINK THAT WE WILL SEE OVER
TIME WHAT OUR HOW FEDERAL DYNAMICS SHIFT. BUT I WOULD ALSO JUST NOTE THAT THIS IS WORK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS YOU KNOW OVER YEARS AND OVER DECADES AND SO IN SOME
WAYS OUR BIGGEST POOL OF FUTURE FEDERAL FUNDING REALLY IS THE COLLABORATION WITH THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO AFTER AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR ACTIVELY GOING AFTER EVERY POTENTIAL GRANT AT THE STATE OR
FEDERAL LEVEL. BUT IN SOME WAYS THE BEST WAY TO UNLOCK THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IS A PLAN AROUND THE ARMY CORPS PROJECT THAT REALLY ALIGNS WITH OUR COLLECTIVE INTEREST.
THANK YOU. AND SO THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE JUST BECAUSE IT IS IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND YOU HAD SAID THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS THAT GETS PRESENTED TO CONGRESS 2028
SPRING OF 2028 OKAY I HAVE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE GOOD WITH MY TIMING TOO OBVIOUSLY I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF KIND OF BEING HERE IN THE CITY AND I APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY CITY IS DIFFERENT AND WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NUANCES OF OUR OWN UNIQUE VULNERABILITIES. OF COURSE I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR MY DISTRICT. I APPRECIATE MY
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ADVOCACY FOR HIS DISTRICT AND COUNCILOR FLYNN. SO GIVEN THAT THERE ARE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD FACES EVEN WITHIN
THE CITY, ARE THERE ANY COMPELLING FEATURES OF ANY OF THE CLIMATE BANKS THAT YOU'VE SEEN? DO YOU SEE? NEW YORK NEW YORK IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT MODEL. IT'S MORE OF A CORPORATION THAN
ANYTHING BUT SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN EUROPE THINGS THAT WE COULD MAYBE IMPLEMENT HERE. AND I HAD MENTIONED JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE IN THE ETHER FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE
BOSTON RESILIENCY FINANCE AUTHORITY. AGAIN, IN THE INFANCY AND I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT WE ARE ASPIRING TO ACHIEVE BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THERE IN
YOUR RESEARCH THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BUILD ON OR WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE FIRST STEPS IN TRYING TO MOVE US TOWARDS A MODEL LIKE THIS? OH WELL WE STARTED THE CHIEFS
WELL AND I LIKE IT'S REALLY AN IMPROVE. I THINK THAT REALLY THE FIRST STEPS ARE TEEING UP THESE THREE CRITICAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE TEED UP. WHERE DOES THAT SEED FINANCING COME FROM? HOW IS THAT FUNDING OR WHAT
SORT OF PROJECTS IS IT FINANCING? WHO GOVERNS THOSE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD? CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT INVESTMENT IN THE BIG RISK PRODUCING DISTRICT SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT WHAT HAS ALSO COME UP WITH SOMETHING WHICH I THINK IS A COMPELLING FEATURE OF SOME OF THE OTHER OF BANKS TO YOUR POINT THAT THAT EXISTS WHICH IS WITH OF HELPING RESIDENTS OR
PROPERTY OWNERS EXPAND ACCESS TO CAPITAL, BORROW AT A LOWER RATE FOR RETROFITS THAT MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR THEIR FOR THEIR OWN HOMES AND I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING PIECE THAT EXISTS IN SOME CLIMATE BANKS ARE
THINGS WORTH FURTHER EXPLORING HERE? YEAH I WAS THINKING SIMILARLY THAT IT I THINK WORKING WITH YOU AND WORKING WITH OTHERS ON WHO THE DEFINED AUDIENCES FOR CLIMATE BANK IS SOME OF THE
EXAMPLES YOU SHOWED WERE FOR SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS AND GETTING MONEY OUT THE DOOR AND IT MAY BE THAT ACCESS TO LOW INTEREST CAPITAL IS THAT CHOKE POINT OF SOMEBODY TAKING THAT ACTION THAT MAY BE THE RIGHT APPROACH.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SCALE OF SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF DISTRICT SCALE SOLUTIONS, THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CLIMATE BANK AND FINANCING AUTHORITY. SO I THINK WHERE MY HEADSPACE IS AT IS LEARNING FROM SOME
OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED AND OTHERS OF SAYING WHERE IS THE WHERE IS THE FINANCING THE BIGGEST CHOKE POINT FROM THE NEAR-TERM ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE AND DOES CREATING SOMETHING ENABLE THAT TO MOVE FASTER AS OPPOSED TO
TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING? I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THIS BUT CREATE SOMETHING THAT WAS LIKE ONE SIZE FITS ALL AND CAPTURES EVERYTHING BECAUSE THE SCALE OF THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IN BOSTON IS SO BIG. LET'S FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS CLIMATE BANK TYPE OF APPROACH
MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THE RIGHT AUDIENCE. I AND I AM OUT OF TIME MYSELF BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP REALLY AND TRULY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU FOR THIS CONVERSATION
IN THE CONTEXT THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL THROUGH THIS. AGAIN, WE ARE IN THE INFANCY STAGES OF THIS BUT WE ALSO HAVE BRILLIANT MINDS HERE FROM VARIOUS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM. SO WITH THAT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU. I HOPE SOME OF YOU ALL OF YOU CAN STICK AROUND AND LISTEN IN ON THE CONVERSATION. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME
. THANK YOU GUYS. SORRY. OKAY. WHILE WE'RE TRANSITIONING FROM ADMIN PANEL TO ADVOCACY PANEL, I'LL JUST CALL OUT FOLKS AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE A SEAT
DOWN HERE. I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE SOME OF YOU FOLKS DOWN WHERE THE COUNSELORS ARE SITTING BUT THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE HASAN FAROOQUI,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BOSTON CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK IN PERSON. WE ALSO HAVE NINA AND I APOLOGIZE IF I SAY YOUR LAST NAME INCORRECTLY SLAGLE, PLEASE.
PLEASE. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. I GOT THAT RIGHT. OKAY, GREAT. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GLOBAL CENTER FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE WHO WILL BE PRESENTING WE ALSO HAVE REBECCA HURST WHO'S THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR RESILIENCE AT THE BOSTON GREEN
RIBBON COMMISSION. WE HAVE VIRTUALLY JEREMY LISKA WHO'S THE US LEGISLATIVE MANAGER OF THE WHO IS A GREEN BANK EXPERT FROM THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT AND VIRTUAL.
WE ALSO HAVE LAURA MONDO GREEN. I APOLOGIZE IF I SAID YOUR LAST NAME WRONG DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY GREEN BANK. AND SO WE HAVE SOME CROSS
COUNTY COLLABORATION HERE AND WE ALSO GOT WRITTEN TESTIMONY FROM MIA MANSFIELD, THE ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RESILIENCE FROM RESILIENT MAY THE ACTION TEAM I WILL I
DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO TO START WITH FIRST. I THINK WE CAN MAYBE START WITH HASAN IF YOU'D LIKE JUST TO PROVIDE AN OPENING STATEMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO LAURA AND THEN WE'LL GO TO REBECCA FOR
ANY REMARKS THAT YOU HAVE. TAKE IT AWAY. HASAN THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, MR VICE CHAIR FOR BEING HERE. MY NAME IS HASAN FAROOQUI AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK OR BEACON AND WE
ORGANIZE RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON AROUND CITY LEVEL CLIMATE ACTION. I ALSO GET TO SERVE AS THE CO COORDINATOR OF THE BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION WHERE WE BRING TOGETHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON SO MANY ISSUES FROM
HEALTH TO HOUSING TO TRANSIT AROUND WORKING WITH CITY GOVERNMENT AND I'M SO LUCKY BECAUSE I GET TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HEAR
FROM THEM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND FIND CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO THOSE CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS I'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
WHO WERE COUNTING ON FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CRITICAL RESILIENCE WORK OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR RESIDENTS TODAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN OR EVEN IF THAT FUNDING IS
EVEN GOING TO COME. AND FOR THESE GROUPS THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY ALREADY THAT SIGNIFICANTLY SETS BACK THEIR ABILITY TO DO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE LET ALONE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN SCALE.
AND SO IN TOO MANY PLACES WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WERE ALREADY HAVING A HARD TIME PAYING FOR SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES LAST YEAR THAT NEED AND THAT RISK IS ONLY GREAT GREATER TODAY AND IT
WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE HAVE A GOOD MODEL FOR HOW WE ADDRESS THIS RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT SOME GREAT MODELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT WE KNOW
THAT IN ANOTHER CRITICAL AREA OF HOUSING WE WERE SEEING BIG INVESTMENTS BEING MADE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OR ARPA.
BUT WHEN THE ARPA FUNDS STARTED TO DRY OUT THE CITY TOOK LEADERSHIP AND CREATED A REVOLVING LOAN FUND CALLED THE BOSTON ACQUISITION FUND WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT CAN HAVE THEIR PROPERTIES STABILIZED. THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND THIS IS A CITY CREATED FINANCING MEASURE WITH A STATE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS
PRIMARILY LOANS BUT CAN ALSO SUPPORT THROUGH OTHER GRANTS THAT CAN BE STACKED ON TOP OF THAT. AND SO RIGHT THEN AND THERE WE SEE A VERY SIMILAR THING A CHANGING FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT, A
STATE AND CITY COLLABORATION ADDRESSING A CRITICAL NEED FOR OUR RESIDENTS. BUT TODAY WE KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE THREATENED WITH DISPLACEMENT NOT ONLY FROM
RISING RENTS BUT ALSO RISING SEA LEVELS. AND WHAT WE SEE IN SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE YES, CRITICAL RISKS BUT COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE STANDING UP AND FILLING THE VOID AND THEY'RE DOING SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR GOVERNMENTS IN SOME CASES. BUT IN MANY CASES THEY'RE TAKING LEADERSHIP ON THEIR OWN RIGHT THERE GROUPS LIKE EAST
FARM AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON HEALTH COLLABORATIVE WHO ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK TO GET HEALTHY FRESH FOODS OUT TO THEIR RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. THERE ARE GROUPS LIKE THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
WHO ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE BUILDINGS IN CHINATOWN ARE RESILIENT. SO EVEN IF THERE WERE TO BE A GRID SCALE POWER OUTAGE, RESIDENTS IN CHINATOWN STILL HAVE POWER THAT IS CLEAN, THAT'S ACCESSIBLE, THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND THEY HAVE
BUILDINGS THAT STAY WARM IN THE WINTER. THERE ARE GROUPS LIKE THE CODMAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WHO ARE DOING EXCEPTIONAL WORK OF RETROFITTING THEIR OWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND MY
ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN REALLY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH SO MANY OF THESE GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN GET ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP IMPROVE THE RESILIENCE OF THEIR
BUILDINGS AND BRING DOWN THEIR ENERGY BILLS AND SO ALL OF THESE ARE CRITICAL NEEDS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING BUT NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT AND ARE
REALLY PROMISING SCALABLE MODELS. SO HAVING MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS CAN BE A GAME CHANGER IN THESE THINGS IN ADDITION TO OF COURSE THE MANY PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
AND STATE AND FEDERAL INVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED AS WELL AND AS WE DO ALL OF THIS WE HAVE A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE GREAT PAYING JOBS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT CAN REALLY START WITH
OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE EXCEPTIONAL VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE MADISON PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOR INSTANCE, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR
MADISON PARK STUDENTS TODAY AND THE FUTURE IS BEING SET UP FOR SUCCESS IN THE JOBS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED SO MANY MORE OF IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF THIS CHALLENGE.
AND SO ULTIMATELY I WANT TO CLOSE WITH THIS AT A TIME WHEN WE SEE TOO MANY WHO WANT TO BACK DOWN FROM CLIMATE RESILIENCE OR BACK DOWN FROM OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE
THAT THIS REACHES EVERYONE, WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY EXPANDING THE SCALE OF OUR INVESTMENTS BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY REACH EVERYONE BECAUSE TOO MANY
OF OUR RESIDENTS DON'T EVEN HAVE ACCESS TO BANK ACCOUNTS OR SOME OF THE FINANCING MEASURES THAT SOME OF OUR OTHER RESIDENTS AND INSTITUTIONS DO. AS WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE
FROM OUR RENTERS IN EAST BOSTON WHO MIGHT SEE THEIR BASEMENTS BEING FLOODED TO OUR COMMUTERS ON MORRISSEY BOULEVARD WHO DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK OR TO SCHOOL IN A RAINSTORM COME TO
THE FOLKS WHO WORK IN PLACES LIKE THE AQUARIUM WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO WORK IF THE AQUARIUM IS UNDERWATER. THESE ARE CRITICAL NEEDS AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE
AFFECTED BY THEM. WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE ON OUR 47 MILES OF COASTLINE AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL, ALL OF YOU ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE
ULTIMATELY A MUNICIPAL CLIMATE BANK IS SOMETHING THAT WE SUPPORT. WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. THIS IS ONE PARTICULAR TOOL AND THERE ARE MANY TOOLS THAT WE
HAVE TO USE BUT ULTIMATELY WHILE THE SPECIFIC FINANCING MEASURES AND THE ENTITY THAT MIGHT HOUSE THEM ARE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, ONE QUESTION THAT IS VERY DEFINITELY ANSWERED IS THE NEED FOR THESE KINDS
OF INVESTMENTS AND THE REAL EFFECTS THAT IT WILL HAVE ON OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THIS IS AN ABSTRACT STUFF THAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL 2050 TO SEE EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE MAKE IN INVESTMENT IN TODAY MEANS THAT
OUR HOMES, OUR BUSINESSES AND ULTIMATELY OUR FAMILIES ARE PROTECTED EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE COMING YEARS. SO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN
THIS SPACE. HAZAN AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP AS WELL AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OF BEACON. I KNOW THAT I SAID I'D GO TO NINA NEXT. REBECCA, DO YOU HAVE A
PRESENTATION OR DO YOU JUST HAVE A STATEMENT? JUST A STATEMENT. OKAY. WHY DON'T WE GO TO YOU? BECAUSE WE'LL STILL KEEP AT THE BOSTON OR BOSTON CENTERED CONVERSATION AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU NINA AND THEN WE'LL GO
TO THE FOLKS ON ON THE CALL. SO REBECCA, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD AND I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT BUD REESE WHO IS ALSO HERE IS A SENIOR ADVISOR FOR THE BOSTON GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION AND JUST A GIANT IN
THIS SPACE. SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, REBECCA. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ELEVATING
THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. MY NAME IS REBECCA HURST AND I'M ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR RESILIENCE AT THE BOSTON GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE BOSTON GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION HAS A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
CITY OF BOSTON. WE WERE FOUNDED 15 YEARS AGO BY FORMER MAYOR MENINO AND AMOS HOSTETTER TO SUPPORT THE CITY IN ADVANCING ITS CLIMATE ACTION STRATEGY. MAYOR WU NOW LEE NOW JOINS AMOS
AS CO-CHAIR AND CLIMATE CHIEF SWETT IS ON OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. WE'RE A COALITION OF 40 CEO OR C-SUITE MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT THE LEADING FINANCIAL HEALTH
CARE HIGHER ED AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ENTERPRISES IN THE CITY. WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON ON INITIATIVES LIKE CLIMATE READY BOSTON AND HELPING TO SEED THE
MASSACHUSETTS CLIMATE BANK. WE'RE HONORED TO BE INVITED TO SPEAK TODAY TO DISCUSS CLIMATE RESILIENCE FINANCING SINCE ITS FIRST REPORT INTO 2016, CLIMATE READY BOSTON HAS PREPARED A
SERIES OF NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT PLANS THAT CALL FOR NEARLY 100 RESILIENCE PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES. TOTAL PROJECTED COSTS FOR THESE PROJECTS AS WE HEARD EARLIER
ABOUT HALF OF WHICH ARE TO BE COMPLETED BY 2040 RANGED FROM ABOUT $2 BILLION TO $3.5 BILLION AS MORE DETAILED PLANS HAVE EMERGED FROM SOME OF THESE
AREAS. HOWEVER, THE COSTS HAVE GENERALLY INCREASED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY AS A AS YOU MENTIONED BUT IS HERE BUT IS ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS
OF CLIMATE READY BOSTON AND HE'S BEEN CLOSELY TRACKING THESE MORE RECENT ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES THAT THE TOTAL COST COULD EXCEED 4 BILLION WITH AN UPPER RANGE OF PERHAPS AS HIGH
AS 10 BILLION AS CHIEF SWETT SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY HARBOR CLEANUP SCALE AND WE NEED TO BE THINKING BIG ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD . AS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED,
THE BENEFITS OF THESE EXPENDITURES WILL BE ENORMOUS. THE 2016 CLIMATE READY BOSTON PLAN FOUND AS WAS REFERRED TO EARLIER IF WE DO NOTHING WE COULD SEE ANNUALIZED COSTS
OF DAMAGE FROM COASTAL FLOODING OF AROUND ONE AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS BY 2070 AND THAT WAS THE PROJECTION FROM 2016. SO THAT WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE MUCH HIGHER TODAY.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE COST BENEFIT RATIO THAT REALLY FAVORS EFFECTIVE AND DELIBERATE ACTION. WE NEED TO GET MOVING. SO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS FOR
PAYING FOR THE NECESSARY RESILIENCE? PAYING FOR RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE UNLIKE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INVESTMENTS THEY DO NOT GENERATE AN IMMEDIATE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
THERE'S NO REVENUE STREAM TO COVER BORROWING COSTS FOR BONDS OR OTHER FINANCING TOOLS. INSTEAD THEY PROTECT AGAINST FUTURE LOSSES. THEY AVOID FUTURE EXPENDITURES RELATED TO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION.
THEY SAVE LIVES BUT THEY DO NOT GENERATE CASH. SO WHAT COULD THE ROLE OF A CLIMATE BANK BE IN PAYING FOR FINANCING RESILIENCE AS WE'VE
HEARD EARLIER AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION CLIMATE BANKS ARE MISSION DRIVEN LENDERS FOCUSING ON FINANCING PROJECTS THAT REDUCE OR AVOID GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND REDUCE ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS FOR
ELECTRICITY, HEATING AND COOLING. THEY MAY OFFER MAY ALSO DELIVER OTHER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CO-BENEFITS SUCH AS ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND BETTER ALIGNING HOUSING AND
BUILDING DESIGN WITH CLIMATE GOALS WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS TO DATE THOUGH CLIMATE BANKS ARE NOT TYPICALLY FOCUSED ON FINANCING RESILIENCE PROJECTS BECAUSE RESILIENCE PROJECTS DO
NOT GENERATE A REVENUE STREAM THAT CAN BE USED TO REPAY THE LOANS. WE'VE HEARD ALREADY TODAY ABOUT THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY
CLIMATE BANK AND YOU KNOW THEIR PRODUCTS ARE DEBT INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE STRUCTURED AS LOANS WITH FAVORABLE TERMS WHICH ARE MEANT TO BE REPAID BY BUILDING OWNERS. SO FOR INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THE
WATERFRONT CLIMATE BANK COULD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION BY PROVIDING LOW INTEREST LOANS FOR IMPLEMENTING RESILIENCE OR FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES. BUT AGAIN THEY NEED TO QUALIFY FOR THE LOANS WITHOUT HAVING A NEW REVENUE STREAM OR
ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FROM THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD HELP TO PAY FOR TO REPAY THE LOAN. SO YOU KNOW, WE REALLY SEE THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING A CLIMATE
BANK THAT WOULD HELP WITH LOW INTEREST LOANS BUT IT NEEDS TO BE JUST ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. SO LET'S ZOOM OUT A BIT TO TALK ABOUT RESILIENCE FINANCING MORE BROADLY FOR COASTAL CITIES RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS ARE TIME
DEPENDENT. THEY NEED TO BE PUT ON A TIMELINE THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE TIMING OF KEY FLOOD RISKS OVER MULTIPLE DECADES. AFTER ALL THE LEVEL OF THE SEA THE HARBOR IS RISING AT AN
ACCELERATING PACE AND ISN'T GOING TO WAIT FOR A BANK BANKER OR A LENDING AUTHORITY TO SAY YES, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT OR NO, WE'RE NOT READY FOR THAT YET. TWO MAIN TYPES OF CAPACITY ARE
NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE CITY'S LONG TERM COASTAL RESILIENCE PROJECTS. WE NEED RELIABLE FUNDING SOURCES OF CASH AND REPEATABLE AND REPEATABLE FINANCING OR VEHICLES TO STRUCTURE FINANCIAL
INVESTMENTS AND THEN WE ALSO NEED THE CAPACITY TO DESIGN BUILD EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH PROCUREMENT MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RESILIENCE PROJECTS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MODELS THAT CAN ADDRESS THESE DIFFERENT NEEDS AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED EARLIER A RESILIENCE AUTHORITY COULD BE USED TO FUND
DESIGN AND BUILD AND OPERATE RESILIENCE PROJECTS A CP3 OR COMMUNITY PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP IS A PRIVATE ENTITY
THAT IS PROVIDED FUNDS AND COULD COLLECT FUNDS AND OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESILIENCE PROJECTS WHICH IS A DIFFERENT MODEL. WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TIPS AND DEATHS BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS SUCH AS THE ONE ALONG THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY COULD ALSO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION GIVEN THEIR SCALE THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT SUITED FOR THE AMOUNT OF RESILIENCE CAPITAL PROJECTS
THAT WE HAVE BUT THEY COULD DEFINITELY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ANNUAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. YOU KNOW AS AS WE HEARD EARLIER
,BOSTON HAS BEEN A REAL LEADER IN DEVELOPING PLANS FOR OUR COASTLINE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE LONG TERM FINANCING AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY NEEDED TO KEEP PACE WITH THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY
OVER THE COMING DECADES AT THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FUNDRAISING FOR A PROJECT THAT WILL ASSESS DIFFERENT WAYS TO PAY FOR COASTAL RESILIENCE AND SHORELINE PROTECTION IN BOSTON
WE PLAN TO TAKE TO PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE DETAILED PLANS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND CREATE A STRATEGY FOR PAYING FOR THE NECESSARY INTERVENTIONS. WE'VE IDENTIFIED BORDER STREET IN EAST BOSTON AND A SECTION
OF DOWNTOWN THE WHARF DISTRICT AND PART OF THE NORTH END AS OUR TWO FOCUS AREAS BY LOOKING AT TWO VERY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE BOTH EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE, WE
CAN TEST OUT DIFFERENT FUNDING AND FINANCING OPTIONS WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING A BROADER TOOLKIT THAT WILL BE USEFUL FOR THE REST OF THE BOSTON COASTLINE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD.
BOSTON'S EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, PARTICULARLY COASTAL FLOODING. INDEED, BACK IN 2018 WE SAW FLOODWATERS MOVE ACROSS THE GREENWAY AND START UP STATE
STREET. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR LONG TERM COMPETITIVENESS AS A CITY WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO INVEST IN SHORELINE PROTECTION. A RESILIENCE BANK OR CLIMATE BANK COULD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
BUT YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS DON'T GENERATE THE SAVINGS NEEDED TO PAY BACK LOANS AND THE SKILL INVESTMENTS ARE REQUIRED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO COLLABORATE WITH ALL OF YOU TO DEVELOP A MIX OF FUNDING AND
FINANCING MECHANISMS TO PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, REBECCA. AS SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTS BOTH BORDER STREET IN DOWNTOWN NORTH AND EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT AREAS I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THAT'S
WHERE YOU'RE ZEROING IN ON. OKAY, NINA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. YOUR NAME, YOUR TITLE AND YOUR ORGANIZATION AND JUST CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS YOUR
PRESENTATION. YES. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT THE SLIDES ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SO MY TESTIMONY DOESN'T QUITE MATCH THE SLIDES BUT I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SLIDES AFTER AS WELL.
OKAY, SOUNDS GREAT BUT THIS IS A GOOD ONE TO KEEP UP FOR SURE. I HELLO I AM NINA SCHLEGEL. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBAL CENTER FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE. WE'RE AN EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH HUB FOR THE CLIMATE
JUSTICE MOVEMENT PROVIDING RESOURCES TO THE MOVEMENT AND POLICYMAKERS ON THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS ALONG WITH MODELS FOR ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES.
SO I WANT TO THANK CHAIRWOMAN COLLETTE A ZAPATA AND COUNCILOR WEBER FOR HAVING ME SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TODAY AND REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE ON THIS PANEL WITH ALLIES WHO HAVE SPOKEN SO ELOQUENTLY ON THIS
TOPIC AS WELL AND ALSO AS A ROTHESAY RESIDENT I WILL SAY THAT THIS ISSUE IS PERSONAL BECAUSE AS MY NEIGHBOR AND COUNCILOR ENRIQUE PÉPIN BROUGHT UP, WE HAVE FLOODING IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT INCLUDES MY BACKYARD THAT FLOODS DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND WHERE WE'RE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN FINDING CREATIVE
WAYS TO SO THAT WE CAN FUND TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IN MY TESTIMONY TODAY I WILL SHARE SOME OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE MADE IN OUR INITIAL
RESEARCH INTO GREEN BANKS AS MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION. WE STARTED THIS RESEARCH BECAUSE AS A COALITION IT BECAME CLEAR TO US THAT NEW LONG TERM AND LARGE SCALE
FINANCING IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR BOLD VISIONS FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL HERE IN BOSTON. THIS CONVERSATION IS MADE EVEN MORE CRITICAL BY THE CRUEL PULLBACK OF SO MANY FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NOT LEAST
OF WHICH ARE MANY OF THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUNDS. SO LET ME BEGIN BY SHARING FIVE KEY REASONS WHY A GREEN BANK IS A GOOD IDEA GIVEN THE CURRENT FUNDING ENVIRONMENT, THERE IS
GOING TO BE A CRITICAL NEED TO FILL CLIMATE FUNDING GAPS AND GREEN BANKS ARE WELL-POSITIONED TO DO JUST THAT TOO. THEY RAISE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL AND HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAS DEMONSTRATED THREE CLIMATE INVESTMENTS SHOULDN'T JUST BE TOP DOWN AND GREEN BANKS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT IN THE INVESTING PROCESS FOR GREEN BANKS OFFER FLEXIBILITIES THAT A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM MAY NOT HAVE TO BROADEN THE SCOPE OF ITS INVESTMENT AND
MEET CURRENT NEEDS. AND FIVE GREEN BANKS HAVE STAYING POWER THEY ARE DESIGNED TO LAST DECADES AND BEYOND ANY ONE ELECTION CYCLE. I BELIEVE IT IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT ALSO TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR GREEN BANKS AS ONE PART OF AN OVERALL CLIMATE FINANCING LANDSCAPE AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SLIDE SPEAKS TO WITH MANY DIFFERENT FUNDING
MECHANISMS THAT CAN EACH HAVE THEIR STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS. THIS FINANCING LANDSCAPE INCLUDES CLIMATE BONDING OR RESILIENCE AUTHORITIES. THESE RESILIENCE AUTHORITIES EXIST IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND
AND FUND COASTAL RESILIENCE EROSION AND EXTREME HEAT PROJECTS. THERE IS ALSO THE INSTITUTION OF NEW LOCAL REVENUES AND FEES
SUCH AS EXIST IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER, BOULDER AND DENVER AND THEY ARE CREATED BY MANY DIFFERENT MECHANISM, MANY DIFFERENT MECHANISMS.
IN PORTLAND IT'S A TAX ON BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS WHICH HAS RAISED UPWARDS OF $250 MILLION A YEAR IN VANCOUVER IT'S A TAX ON VACANT
VACANT HOMES AND APARTMENTS IN PART TO SOLVE THEIR HOUSING CRISIS AND THEY'VE RAISED MANY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AS WELL. AND BOULDER AND DENVER THEY
HAVE A LOCAL CLIMATE TAX. THE LANDSCAPE ALSO INCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING EXISTING BOSTON RUN FUNDS INCLUDING BOURDEAUX AND THE BOSTON ACQUISITION FUND GROWING
THEM IN SCOPE WITHIN AN EXISTING EQUITY CENTERED GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE. GREEN BANKS HAVE ENORMOUS POTENTIAL TO ALSO INVEST UP TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN OUR CITY BY ATTRACTING PRIVATE CAPITAL TO AMPLIFY THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND GREEN BANKS ARE GAINING IN MOMENTUM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO WHY NOT BOSTON?
GREEN BANKS ARE A RELATIVELY NEW PHENOMENON IN THE U.S. WITH THE FIRST BEING CREATED IN CONNECTICUT IN 2011. WITH GROWING INTEREST THEY HAVE BLOSSOMED TO NEARLY 40 BANKS IN THIS COUNTRY AND THEY ARE
SUPPORTED NOW BY A NUMBER OF NATIONAL GREEN BANK NETWORKS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE THERE IS NO ONE MODEL HERE THERE IS EACH GREEN BANK
IS A UNIQUE ENTITY AND THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTE RULES THAT APPLY TO THEM ALL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A FEW SHARED CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING HOW THEY SUPPORT PROJECTS, WHO THEIR CLIENTS ARE, THEIR SEED
FINANCING AND THEIR LIMITATIONS . GREEN BANKS ARE FINANCED WITH AN INITIAL POOL OF PUBLIC FUNDS . THIS CAN BE FEDERAL DOLLARS LIKE ARPA DOLLARS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DOLLARS EPA FUNDS.
THEY CAN ALSO BE FINANCED WITH ONE TIME OR RECURRING EARMARKS FROM STATE OR LOCAL OPERATING FUNDS OR NEW FEES. A FEW STATE GREEN BANKS GET THEIR INITIAL U.S. INVESTMENT THROUGH BONDS.
THE INITIAL INVESTMENT IS NECESSARY TO THEN ATTRACT MUCH MORE IN PRIVATE CAPITAL WHICH ALLOWS THE BANK TO OPERATE AT SCALE. GREEN BANKS ARE ALSO VERY CREATIVE IN DETERMINING THEIR
INVESTMENT AREAS. WITH MOST FOCUSING ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND HOUSING, SOME HAVE BRANCHED OUT TO FINANCE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVEN
PROPERTY LEVEL STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS AMONG MANY OTHER PROJECTS. ANOTHER CRITICAL ASPECT TO CONSIDER WHEN FORMING A GREEN BANK IS THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND MORE SPECIFICALLY
HOW THAT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE WILL ADVANCE CLIMATE JUSTICE. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT JUST CLIMATE PROJECTS BUT ALSO HOW WE FUND THOSE PROJECTS THAT SHOULD
INCLUDE EXPERTISE AND INSIGHT FROM THE BOTTOM UP IN ORDER TO BE SEEN AS LEGITIMATE BY OUR COMMUNITIES. HOW THE GOVERNANCE OF ANY NEW CLIMATE FUND CAN BE MADE MORE EQUITABLE IS ONE OF THE KEY
QUESTIONS ARE OUR GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION HAS AND WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT GREEN BANKS CAN GIVE COMMUNITY MORE DECISION MAKING POWER. BUT THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARE THROUGH ENABLING
LEGISLATION AND THE CHARTER OF THE BANK. THE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE SET UP OF THE BANK ITSELF. SO FIRST IS THE ENABLING
LEGISLATION IN THE CHARTER. IT ALL BEGINS WITH WHAT IS SET OUT IN THE LEGISLATION FOR THE BANK OR ITS CHARTER IF IT'S A NONPROFIT AS THIS DEFINES THE MISSION OF THE BANK. THE MISSION DELINEATES THE
INVESTMENT AIMS OF THE BANK AND IT CAN ALSO DEFINE THE SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES IDENTIFIED FOR INVESTMENT. IT ALSO SETS HOW NARROW OR BROAD THE SCOPE OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS MAY BE AND LAYS OUT
WHAT INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE GOVERNANCE OF THE BANK. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SECONDLY WHICH IS OFTEN AROUND 11 MEMBERS ALTHOUGH THEY CAN BE SMALLER THAT CAN BE LARGER SETS
THE BALANCE OF POWER AND REPRESENTATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, FINANCIAL INVESTMENT EXPERTS AND FROM COMMUNITY. AND I'VE ALSO SEEN LABOR SIT ON THE BOARD AND INDIGENOUS AS
WELL HEAR INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION SO WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VOTING A NON-VOTING MEMBERSHIPS. SOME BANKS SPLIT IT AND HAVE THE MUNICIPAL FOLKS ON STAFF BE
NON-VOTING MEMBERS. SOME BANKS LIKE NEW YORK GREEN BANK AND MAINE'S GREEN BANK LEGISLATION HAVE CALLED FOR AN ADDITIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY FOR FINANCIAL EXPERTS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
ON THE BANK'S INVESTMENT STRATEGY. WHILE I HAVE NOT YET COME ACROSS A BANK WHERE MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE GOVERNANCE BOARD REPRESENTS COMMUNITY OR LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS, IT IS LIKELY BASED ON SEEKING A BALANCE IN REPRESENTATION FROM THE FUNDING ENTITY AND GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT EXPERTS IN THE COMMUNITIES BENEFITING. THE THIRD PIECE IS IN THE
CREATION OF THE GREEN BANK ITSELF AND WE OFTEN SEE THIS WITH STATE LEVEL GREEN BANKS. THE MOST RECENT AND REALLY EXCITING EXAMPLE IS MIN CFA MINNESOTA CLEAN INVESTMENT
FINANCE AUTHORITY. SO A LOT OF THE STATE GREEN BANKS HAVE IN THEIR STATUTORY LANGUAGE A THEY ARE REQUIRED TO
HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT IN THE CREATION OF THE BANK ITSELF. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF GREEN BANKS A PUBLIC BANK, A QUASI PUBLIC BANK AND A
NONPROFIT AND THEY ALSO EACH HAVE THEIR OWN STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS. GREEN BANKS THAT ARE STRUCTURED AS NON-PROFITS ACTUALLY OUTNUMBER THE PUBLIC AND QUASI
PUBLIC STRUCTURES IN THE U.S. WITH AN INITIAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT THEY ARE SET UP AS FULLY INDEPENDENT STRUCTURES WITH THEIR OWN GOVERNANCE AND DO NOT REQUIRE LEGISLATION. MOST OF THE TIME BROADLY THEY
BENEFIT FROM A FASTER TIME TO MARKET A REDUCED BURDEN ON GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO DRAW ON DIVERSE SOURCES OF CAPITAL SINCE THEY ARE NOT CONSTRAINED BY THE SAME REVENUE REGULATIONS.
NONPROFIT BANKS ALSO HAVE A GREATER INDEPENDENCE FROM GOVERNMENT SINCE THE BOARD IS INDEPENDENTLY CHOSEN WHEREAS IN PUBLIC MODEL BANKS THE BOARD IS OFTEN APPOINTED IN PUBLIC
STRUCTURES INCLUDING QUASI PUBLIC BANKS QUASI PUBLIC BANKS ARE INITIALLY SET UP WITH GOVERNMENT FINANCING AND LEGISLATION BUT THEN OPERATE AS SEPARATE ENTITIES. PUBLIC BANKS ON THE OTHER HAND,
OPERATE WITHIN A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND ALSO TEND TO REQUIRE EXISTING OR ENABLING LEGISLATION UNLESS THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. PUBLIC AND QUASI PUBLIC MODELS
ARE EXPOSED TO THE POLITICAL AND BUDGETARY PRESSURES OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT IS INVOLVED IN ITS FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION AND IF GIVEN THE EXPLICIT STATUTORY AUTHORITY A
PUBLIC OR QUASI PUBLIC GREEN BANK MAY ALSO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL POWER TO ISSUE GREEN BONDS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST. THERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS PRIMARILY AT THE STATE
LEVEL BUT CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK HAS BONDS FOR RESIDENTS THAT IT OFFERS FOR BETWEEN $101,000 THAT'S USED TO SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND FINANCE. NEW ORLEANS USES MUNICIPAL BONDS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT THEY ALSO OPERATE THEIR HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY SO THERE IS
NO MONEY BOX THAT GREEN BANKS FIT INTO NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL MODEL THEIR FINANCING STRUCTURE AND SCOPE OF INVESTMENTS ARE DESIGNED VERY SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE NEEDS OF EACH PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
AS A BOSTON RESIDENT AND A GREEN NEW DEAL RESEARCHER, I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE CONVERSATION THAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO BE HAVING IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR GREEN NEW DEAL VISION A REALITY. THE FINAL POINT THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO FEDERAL FUNDING, I THINK WE WILL FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER CITIES, MANY POLICY FOLKS AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS BOTH IN THIS CITY AND BEYOND THAT ARE
READY AND VERY WILLING TO BE OUR ALLIES IN THIS CRITICAL WORK. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, NINA. MY MY HEAD IS SPINNING IN ALL
OF THE BEST WAYS THAT WAS SO INFORMATIVE AND I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS IN PERSON. WE WILL MOVE TO LAURA FROM
MONTGOMERY COUNTY GREEN BANK WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND PROVIDE WHATEVER REMARKS YOU'D LIKE TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I FEEL HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS AMAZING GROUP OF EXPERTS AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO BRING THE MUHAMMAD KIND
OF GREEN BANK'S EXPERIENCE IN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE THE BEGINNING AND WHERE WE ARE STANDING TODAY.
I HOPE THIS IS FROM GREAT VALUE TOO TO ALL OF YOU IN THIS SUPER IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. I'M GLAD AND OPEN TO KEEP WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON
TO REALLY BEING ABLE TO BRING WHAT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. THIS IS A OF A TEAM EFFORT RIGHT SO SO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY GREEN BANK IT WAS GREAT. I THINK MY PRESENTATION IS
GOING TO I HAD A PRESENTATION BUT I HAVE DECIDED TO IMPROVISE BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF THE OUR PRESENTERS AND
QUESTIONS ETC. ETC. SO WE ARE A NONPROFIT FIVE WE WANT TO SEE THREE CHARTER BY BEAR COUNTY AND WE ARE INDEPENDENT SO WE WERE CHARTERED BY THE COUNTY
FOR FIRST CAPITALIZATION. WE YOU HEARD IT ALL FROM MY PREVIEWS ARE A PANELIST AND NOW
WE ARE ACT INDEPENDENTLY. HOWEVER WE USE CONSTANT A CONSTANT FUNDING SOURCE FROM THE ENERGY TAX FROM FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO LEVERAGE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. SO WE DO HAVE A BOARD A BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 15 MEMBERS AND WE
HAVE TWO OF THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OUR DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROTECTION THE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR AND AT DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FROM THE
COUNTY AND THE REST ARE EXTREMELY GREAT EXPERTS THAT REALLY ADVISE OUR OUR WORK IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT AND WHERE
WE'RE HEADING. I HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BACK IN 2016 WHEN WE WERE STARTED THE GOAL WAS TO SUPPORT THE
CLIMATE THE MCCLEARY COUNTY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THAT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS EXTREMELY AMBITIOUS, AMBITIOUS, GREAT. IT'S VERY FOCUSED ON THE
MITIGATION SIDE OF THE STORY. SO IT'S A LOT OF EMISSION REDUCTION AT NOT MUCH OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND IT
UPDATE OUR FOR OUR ROLE AT AROUND THE INVESTMENTS ON CLEAN ENERGY ACT RENEWABLE ENERGY ENERGY EFFICIENCY AROUND DIFFERENT SECTORS OF OUR
ECONOMY. WE'VE HAD THE PERFECT SCENARIO SO WE HAVE THE PERFECT POLICY. WE HAVE A BUILT IN ENERGY PERFORMANCE STANDARD AND WE HAVE A GREAT, GREAT SUPPORTIVE
SUPPORTIVE REGULATIONS FRAMEWORK THAT IS IS ENABLING THE GREEN BANK TO REALLY JUMP INTO THIS INVESTING PARTNER AND
REALLY LEVERAGE PRIVATE RESOURCES AND ASSET AS A TOOL FOR THE COUNTY TO REALLY REDUCE EMISSIONS AT THE AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY THEY COMMITTED THIS
PERFECT MIX OF REGULATION THEIR REGULATORY AND HAVING A GREEN BAG AS A TOOL I MUST MENTION THAT WE WERE THE FIRST COUNTY
BASED GREEN BANK IN THE COUNTRY AND IT IS REALLY HAVE FOUR SO WE REALLY HAVE AS TODAY AS A AS A UNIQUE PARTNER FOR THE FOR
THE COUNTY IN IN IN TERMS OF DECARBONIZATION WHEN IT COMES TO RESILIENCE AND MY MY TITLE IS DIRECTOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION SO I
CAME BACK I CAME LATER AND IN THE AND THE GREEN BANK'S THAT CREATION AND WHEN THE COUNTY DECIDED TO EXPAND OUR SCOPE
OF WORK AND WHICH MEANS AND PLEASED GREEN BANK STARTED DOING INVESTMENTS ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND THAT WAS A
LITTLE BLURRY BACK IN THE TIME I THINK BOSTON HAS HAS GREAT OPPORTUNITY AROUND THE COAST FOR US HE WAS NOT THAT CLEAR SO
WE STARTED TO TO DEEP DIVE INTO HOW THE GREEN BANK WAS GOING TO HAVE A ROLE AROUND BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION FOR OUR COUNTY AND
THAT CAME TO US INTO DIFFERENT SHAPE. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME RULE THAT WE HAVE AT THE AT THE CLEAN ENERGY WORKSTREAM
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE. WE HAVE A MORE A COORDINATE COURT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND RESILIENCE WITHIN OUR COUNTY.
THERE ARE PROGRAMS HERE AND THERE WE ARE CONNECTING DOTS AROUND THAT TO REALLY BE ABLE TO END UP ON INVESTMENTS ON
CLIMATE RESILIENCE. WHAT'S OUR ROLE RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY PROVIDING THIS FAST CATALYTIC CAPITAL AND TO PROVE CONCEPTS TO PROVE CONCEPTS WITH
DIFFERENT TYPES OF STAKEHOLDERS. SO I'VE HEARD FROM FROM OTHER PRESENTATIONS HERE AROUND FOR EXAMPLE DEVELOPER THE BUILDING
SECTOR AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE IS SUCH HYPER LOCAL IT'S SUCH A YOU NEED TO APPROACH IT IN SUCH HYPER LOCAL APPROACH BECAUSE
IT'S IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DEAL WITH LET'S SAY MULTIFAMILY ONLY AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GOING TO BUILD OWN AND MANAGE AND THEY
AND THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE SO THEY CARE ABOUT FUTURE CLIMATES IN AREAS THEY CARE ABOUT FUTURE FLOOD, THEY CARE ABOUT EXTREME
HEAT EXPOSURE SO YOU CAN WORK WITH THEM, YOU CAN WORK VERY EASILY WITH THEM IN PROVIDING AND STRUCTURING FINANCING
MECHANISMS THAT WILL FIT THEIR BUSINESS STRATEGY. ONE OF THE ARE VERY INNOVATIVE I SAY FINANCING STRUCTURE WE'RE
WORKING WITH DISRUPTIVE RIGHT NOW IS PACKAGING CLEAN ENERGY WITH CLIMATE RESILIENCE. YOU ALSO HEARD ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO UNDERWRITE FOR EXAMPLE A LOAN FOR TREE
KIND OF B OR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ETC. ETC. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE A FINANCING MECHANISM SO BASICALLY A FACILITY THAT IS
UNDERWRITING THE ENTITIES RATHER THAN THE PROJECTS AND THEN UNDER THE INVESTMENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WE ARE INCLUDING CLEAN ENERGY FOR
EXAMPLE A RETROFIT AROUND A MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY AND THEN HELPING THESE PLAYERS IDENTIFY REFI THIS PROACTIVE APPROACH
OF PROTECTING THEIR ASSETS. SO BEING ABLE TO JUMP FROM THIS REACTIVE APPROACH MY ROOF IS LEAKING TO BEING ABLE TO SAY OKAY, LET'S SEE THIS ROOF LEAK
AND THEN LET'S ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOLAR MORE OR LESS ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR A STRENGTHENING OUR ROOF SYSTEM THROUGH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AT A GREEN VEGETATED ROOF.
SO THOSE ARE EXAMPLES THAT FOR US ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF RE SUPPORTING OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
WE THOUGHT AT ONE POINT THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE DEVELOPERS KNOCKING ON THE GREEN BANKS DOOR SAYING HEY I WANT TO I WANT TO DO SOME GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE OR AND NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS THAT THAT WAS
FAR FROM HAPPENING. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A VERY STRONG CLEAN ENERGY WORKSTREAM HERE THE COUNTY LEVEL BUT AT SOME POINT IT'S THAT'S IT'S A LITTLE
BIT COUNTERPRODUCTIVE BECAUSE WE'RE COMPETING WITH THAT SO WE WANTED TO DEVELOP THIS APPROACH WHERE. WE ARE REALLY PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FOR THESE TYPES
OF STAKEHOLDERS SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN AMAZING FOR UNLOCKING THE MARKET HERE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT BASICALLY
MEANS WE ARE SUPPORT AND COVER A PORTION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDIES INCLUDES BENCHMARKING AND ENERGY AUDITS
BUT ALSO RIGHT NOW INCLUDES DESIGNS AND ON RESILIENCE AS STUDIES AROUND A PROPERTY OR A COMMUNITY AND THAT AND GIVEN
THIS KIND OF THIS TOOL TO PROJECT OWNERS THROUGH OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAS BEEN GAME CHANGING BECAUSE
IT KIND OF GIVES GIVES THEM THE OF SAYING OKAY I'M ADDING A COST RIGHT NOW TO MY PROJECT IS IT WORTH BUT NOW THE GREEN BANK COMES TO YOU SAYING OKAY LET'S
SAY YOUR PROJECT FOR EXAMPLE IS WHAT WE CALL HERE AN EQUITY EMPHASIS AREA SO THIS ADVANTAGE CAN BENEFITING DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. SO WE WILL COVER A BIGGER PORTION OF YOUR STUDY BASED ON
IMPACT THAT HAS BEEN AMAZING IN TERMS OF REALLY PUSHING AND GUIDING TO REALLY SUPPORTING PROJECT OWNERS IN TAKING STEPS
THAT OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T THEY WOULDN'T BE TAKING SO I WANTED TO BRING THOSE TWO DIFFERENT WORKS WORKSTREAM TO THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE MY
PRESENTATION WAS ALL ABOUT HOW WE RESTRUCTURE LIKE OUR CLEAN ENERGY KIND OF JOURNEY WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
HOWEVER OUR JOURNEY AT THE RESILIENCE ADAPTATION SIDE OF THE STORY HAS BEEN DIFFERENT. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IT'S JUST WE HAVE A
DIFFERENT TIMELINE FOR FOR US RIGHT NOW WHAT THE STRATEGY A NAME NOW WHICH IS ARE PROTECTING THE PATH TO NET ZERO
AND BEING ABLE TO STRUCTURED THIS STRATEGY IS BEING BASED ON REALLY BRINGING HIGH LEVEL SOPHISTICATED EXPERTISE TO THE
HYPER LOCAL LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO STRUCTURE HIGH LEVEL SOPHISTICATED PROJECT APPROACHES AND BE ABLE AT THE END TO REALLY IMPLEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO
BENEFIT THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, THE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SECTORS, ETC. ETC.. SO WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PILOTS RIGHT NOW HAPPENING.
WE HAVE AN AG RESERVE THAT IS MAINLY PRIVATELY OWNED SO WE DO HAVE CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE PILOT AND CONNECT SHOWCASING
THE COUNTY AND SHOWING THE BEAUTY AROUND RESILIENCE. I ALWAYS SAY THAT RESILIENCE IS GOING TO BE UGLY SISTER OF OF THE MITIGATION EVERYONE WANTS A
PICTURE NEXT TO THE HUGE SOLAR SYSTEM NO NOBODY WANTS A PICTURE NEXT TO THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RIGHT SO IT'S IT'S IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY OUR B
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS VAST CATALYTIC CAPITAL HAS BEEN GAME CHANGER FOR SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION FOR THE FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND CERTAINLY FOR THE ROLE DEFINING THE ROLE THAT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY GREEN ACT IS AND WE'LL BE PLAYING IN THAT SHORT, MEDIUM
AND LONG TERM FUTURE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M HERE AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, LAUREN
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK DOWN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF OUR OUR FRIENDS IN OTHER STATES AND IT REALLY IS A TEAM EFFORT AND PART OF THAT IS SHOWING UP AND BEING HERE TO PROVIDE YOUR
EXPERTISE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO. WE STILL HAVE JEREMY ON FROM THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT. YES. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF YOUR TITLE AND YOUR ORGANIZATION AND FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR WAITING SOMEONE WORSE AND WELL THANK YOU COUNSELOR CARLOTA ZAPATA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR HAVING MEJIA TODAY. MY NAME IS JEREMY LISKA AND I'M THE U.S. LEGISLATIVE MANAGER AT
THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT. CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT WAS CREATED BY FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE TO CATALYZE A GLOBAL SOLUTION TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS BY MAKING URGENT ACTION A NECESSITY ACROSS EVERY SECTOR
OF SOCIETY WE RECRUIT TRAIN AND MOBILIZE PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO WORK FOR JUST CLIMATE SOLUTIONS THAT SPEED ENERGY TRANSITION WORLDWIDE. IN MY CURRENT POSITION I LEAD
OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WORK AND SUPPORT THE ADVOCACY EFFORTS OF VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MY TESTIMONY TODAY REPLACEMENT VIEWS WHICH ARE BASED ON EXPERIENCE ADVOCATING FOR GREEN
BANKS AS A TOOL IN ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN 2021 AND 2022. THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT WORKED TO PASS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR GREEN BANK GREEN BANKS THROUGH THE GREENHOUSE
GAS REDUCTION FUND WHICH BECAME LAW AS PART OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IN 2023 AND 2024. WE WORKED WITH PARTNERS IN OUR NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS TO
ENCOURAGE STATES TO SET UP NEW GREEN BANKS THAT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INFLUX OF FEDERAL FUNDING AND THIS YEAR I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT FOCUSED ON HOW STATE GREEN BANKS CAN INCREASE
ADOPTION OF SOLAR ON K-12 SCHOOLS. THE BASIC CASE FOR A GREEN BANK IS SIMPLE THE SET OF PROJECTS NEEDED TO MEET THE SCALE AND SCOPE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS
REQUIRES PROACTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN'T OR WON'T PROVIDE ON ITS OWN EVEN WITH EXISTING POLICY INCENTIVES. THIS IS DUE TO A VARIETY
OF FACTORS BUT MANY CRUCIAL PROJECTS FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION AND RESILIENCE JUST DON'T OFFER A LARGE ENOUGH PROFIT MARGIN TO BE ATTRACTIVE FOR PRIVATE INVESTORS. GREEN BANKS ARE OFTEN FOCUSED
ON CHANGING THAT CALCULATION MAKING INVESTMENT AND INVESTMENTS IN CLIMATE PROJECTS MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR PRIVATE INVESTORS. THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN A SUCCESS WITH GREEN BANKS GENERALLY 3 TO
$8 IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT CROWDED IN FOR EVERY $1 SPENT BY THE GREEN BANK. THESE EFFORTS CAN MAKE MORE IMPORTANT PROJECTS VIABLE. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GREEN BANKS
GO A STEP FURTHER. THEY ACT AS PUBLIC DEVELOPERS. ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC ENTERPRISE, PUBLICLY SUPPORTED FINANCE HELPS REDUCE A PROJECT'S COST OF CAPITAL
WHILE PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT ENGAGES WITH ALL OF THE STEPS IN A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE FROM PLANNING PROJECTS TO RAISING CAPITAL TO OPERATING AND MAINTAINING ASSETS TO MARKETING THEIR OUTPUTS ALL THE
WHILE CULTIVATING TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE SO PUBLIC DEVELOPERS TAKE ON MORE RISK BUT ALSO HAVE A GREATER ABILITY TO CAPTURE THE VALUE OF THE ASSETS THAT THEY DEVELOP AND
PURSUE PROJECTS AND MARKET DYNAMICS IN LINE WITH PUBLIC SECTOR GOALS. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN PRIMARILY AT THE STATE LEVEL BUT THERE ARE LESSONS TO TAKE FOR MUNICIPAL GREEN BANKS TO
SAY GREEN BANKS I'VE INTERACTED WITH IN MY WORK COME TO MIND AS POTENTIAL MODELS TO LOOK TO. I WANT TO FOCUS A BIT CAPITAL AND CAPITALIZATION AND STRUCTURE WHICH ARE BOTH
IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO CONSIDER WHEN LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY CREATING A NEW ENTITY. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK WAS THE FIRST GREEN BANK CREATED IN THE
US AND IS LOOKED TO AS A MODEL AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR ITS CAPITALIZATION. INITIAL CAPITAL WAS PROVIDED BY THE STATE AND ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR ADDITIONAL ANNUAL REVENUE SOURCES HAVE COME FROM
UTILITY SURCHARGES AND AT THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE THIS COMBINATION OF INITIAL CAPITAL PAIRED WITH ONGOING REVENUE STREAMS HAS HELPED THE GREEN BANK GROW OVER TIME.
BUT EVEN WITHOUT ANNUAL REVENUE STREAMS GREEN BANKS ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OR GROW THEIR BALANCE SHEET OVER TIME THEY CAN AT GREEN BANK CLAIMS ITS ACTIVITIES HAVE MOBILIZED CLOSE TO $3 BILLION INTO CLEAN ENERGY
INVESTMENT IN STATE POLITICAL SUSTAINABILITY IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE LONG TERM ABILITY OF A GREEN BANK TO CARRY OUT ITS MISSION. DESPITE THE PARTIZAN
POLARIZATION ON CLIMATE POLICY ,MANY GREEN BANKS HAVE ENJOYED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. THE CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK WAS CREATED VIA BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION IN 2011 AND ITS BOARD IS PARTIALLY APPOINTED BY
STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING BOTH THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY PARTY. THE BOARD IS ALSO MADE UP OF LEADERS WITH DIFFERENT AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND REPRESENTING DIFFERENT INTERESTS INCLUDING
SOMEONE REPRESENTING A LABOR ORGANIZATION OR STRUCTURES THAT FOSTER MULTI-AGENCY COORDINATION ARE ALSO CRUCIAL TO A GREEN BANK'S ABILITY TO MAXIMIZE IMPACT. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THE
CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK BLENDS PUBLIC FINANCING AND DEVELOPMENT IS ITS EFFORTS ON K-12 SOLAR SCHOOLS. THE GREEN BANK OFFERS A PROGRAM THAT TAKES THE ADMINISTRATIVE
BURDEN OFF OF SCHOOLS AND DOES THE WORK OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSE ON THE FINANCE SIDE, THE GREEN BANK HAS INNOVATED A PUBLIC OPTION FOR POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS ALLOWING
THEM TO OWN THE PROJECTS AND CAPTURE THE VALUE OF THE ASSETS FOR THE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. THIS PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED THEM TO FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF SOLAR ON 80 K-12 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE AND THESE
EFFORTS HAVE PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN MAKING CONNECTICUT THE NUMBER TWO STATE IN THE COUNTRY FOR K-12 SCHOOL SOLAR ADOPTION ALSO NAMECHECKED EARLIER THE MINNESOTA CLIMATE INNOVATION
FINANCE AUTHORITY OR MAINE CFA IS ONE OF THE NEWEST GREEN BANKS BUT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN TOUTED AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR HOW STATES CAN LEAD ON CLIMATE AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY.
THEN CFA WAS CREATED AND FUNDED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND IN 2023 PARTIALLY IN RESPONSE TO THE PASSAGE OF THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND AS PART OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT . I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME KEY
ASPECTS OF THE LEGISLATION WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD BE INFORMATIVE. THE LAW ASSIGNS POWERS AND DUTIES TO THE GREEN BANK DECIDING AND DECIDING ON THIS LIST OF AUTHORITIES IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EQUIPPING GREEN
BANKS WITH THE TOOLS IT NEEDS TO CARRY OUT ITS MISSION. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME GREEN BANKS ARE GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF THE LAW STATE LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STANDARDS
INTO THE MANDATE OF THE GREEN BANK AS WELL AS CONSUMER PROTECTIONS AND CFA IS ALSO REQUIRED TO CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN EVERY TWO YEARS AND THEY HAVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD IS A GOOD MODEL FOR DEMOCRATIC INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE THAT FOSTERS COLLABORATION ACROSS AGENCIES AND SECTORS. THERE ARE FIVE REPRESENT IDEAS
OF STATE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS KEY SECTORS COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, POLLUTION CONTROL, EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE STATE'S INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL. THERE ARE SEVEN APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR WITH GUIDELINES TO ENSURE REPRESENTATION FROM KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND RELEVANT EXPERTISE INCLUDING SOMEONE
REPRESENTING EITHER A MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY OR COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION SOMEONE REPRESENTING A LABOR UNION WITH EXPERIENCE ON CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS AND THAT CHOICE IS MADE IN CONSULTATION WITH WITH
LABOR UNIONS AND ONE MEMBER WITH EXPERTISE IN THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES ONE MEMBER WITH EXPERTISE IN FINANCING PROJECTS AT A COMMUNITY BANK
CREDIT UNION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ONE MEMBER WITH EXPERTISE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY CONSERVATION ONE MEMBER WITH
EXPERTISE IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ONE MEMBER WITH EXPERTISE AND INVESTMENT FUND MANAGEMENT OR FINANCING AND DEPLOYING CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. AND THERE'S ALSO A MANDATE FOR
THE BOARD TO REFLECT THE GEOGRAPHIC AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF THE STATE TO CLOSE. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF FEDERAL CLIMATE PROGRAMS BUT UNDER LAW THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND THE $27 BILLION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND IT ESTABLISHES TOGETHER REPRESENT TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO BOOST A
GROWING ECOSYSTEM OF GREEN FINANCING ENTITIES INCLUDING GREEN BANKS DIRECT PAY WHICH ALLOWS GOVERNMENTS TO ACCESS FEDERAL CLEAN ENERGY TAX CREDITS VIA VIA A DIRECT
PAYMENT FROM TREASURY IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. HAVING A GREEN BANK CAN ENABLE A CITY LIKE BOSTON TO DRAW DOWN ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN ACCESSED REGARDLESS OF THE
FUTURE OF THESE PROGRAMS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, GREEN BANKS HAVE EXISTING MODELS TO LEARN FROM AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD CAPACITY WITH OR WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT INJECTIONS OF NEW
CAPITAL. WHILE THANK YOU SO MUCH JEREMY FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR PRESENTATION I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT WAS SO INFORMATIVE AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY PANELISTS HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND YOUR THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED. THIS IS THIS IS THE SAD PART WHERE I SAY THAT I TALK ABOUT THIS FOREVER AND I WISH THAT WE
HAD ALL DAY BUT OUR INCREDIBLE CENTRAL STAFF HAS TO EAT LUNCH BEFORE OUR NEXT HEARING AT 2 P.M. AND I KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR TESTIMONY SO WHAT I'LL DO I DEFINITELY HAVE QUESTIONS AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE YOUR INDIVIDUAL
CONVERSATIONS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LOW INTEREST LOANS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING RESILIENCE FINANCING MORE BROADLY AND TRYING TO CLOSE SOME OF THOSE GAPS WOULD
LOVE TO TALK THROUGH THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE WITH YOU AND THEN LAURA HOW YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THAT WORKSTREAM WITH THE CLIMATE
RESILIENCE UMBRELLA OR WITHIN THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE UMBRELLA OF THE MY MONTGOMERY COUNTY GREEN BANK AND THEN JEREMY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING AT THE STATE LEVEL IN
MINNESOTA AND CONNECTICUT. SO WHILE I DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS I WILL SAY AND PROMISE THAT I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH ALL OF YOU JUST TO CONTINUE LEARNING FROM YOU AND BE EDUCATED MYSELF FOR
NOW I WILL GO TO COUNSELOR WEBER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND I WOULD SAY UTILIZE THIS AS QUESTIONS AND THEN ALSO CLOSING STATEMENT SO THAT WE COULD GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY BECAUSE I
KNOW FOLKS WAITING YEAH NO I'M NOT GOING TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YIELD MY TIME TO THE CHAIR BECAUSE YOU'VE REALLY PUT IN THE WORK ON THIS ISSUE. I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE
WITH THE STATE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MONTGOMERY MODEL MONTGOMERY COUNTY MODELS MORE OF LIKE A STATEMENT THEY'RE COLLECTING TAXES AND DOING THINGS THAT YOU
KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE SEC INVOLVED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR CONVERSATIONS ARE BUT JUST OVERALL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, HAVE
APPLIED FOR GREEN BONDS. I'M ASSUMING WE HAVEN'T APPLIED FOR IT. WE HAVEN'T ISSUED ANY BUT YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN PURSUE THAT AND SET UP THE BANK.
AND I JUST THANK THE CHAIR FOR SETTING THIS UP. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR WEBER OKAY. I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IS START WITH THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
AND I'LL GO DIRECTLY TO NINA. SO WE HAD STARTED TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE ALL OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD BEGIN TO UM,
SUSS THIS OUT AND HAVE A ROADMAP INTO SOMETHING THAT REALLY FITS THE NEED THE CRITICAL NEED HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS WE DO HAVE THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY CLIMATE BANK AS MENTIONED BEFORE THAT
IS MORE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GREEN ENERGY RETROFITS. THERE'S REALLY THIS THERE'S NO WORKSTREAM FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECTS AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL I GOT A CHANCE TO
TALK TO TWO FOLKS WHO WORK WITHIN WITHIN THAT ORGANIZATION AND THEY WERE SO THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE SOLELY FOCUSING IN ON GREEN ENERGY RETROFITS WHICH IS
VERY IMPORTANT NOBLE WORK THERE REALLY WAS NO MOVE AT THIS POINT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING TO HELP FINANCE CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECTS. THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO FASCINATING TO HEAR FROM LAURA ABOUT THEIR TRANSITION
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS A CRITICAL NEED DOWN DOWN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. BUT GIVEN THAT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON TO YOUR POINT JASON
IS GOING TO HAVE TO POTENTIALLY STEP UP AND LEAD IN THIS WAY TOO. NINA, MY QUESTION IS YOU HAD STARTED TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC VERSUS QUASI VERSUS PRIVATE AND I APPRECIATE
THE VERY DIPLOMATIC WAY IN WHICH YOU PRESENTED THAT INFORMATION TO ALL OF WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD UNDERSTANDING THE CONTOURS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SOME OF OUR VULNERABILITIES
. WOULD YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR JUST GENERAL THOUGHTS ON ON HOW WE SET UP THE GOVERNANCE? THANK YOU COUNCILOR. THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE QUESTION
AND ONE HONESTLY THAT I SHARE AND I THINK IS ONE PERSON IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER AND I THINK THERE IS SO MUCH INNOVATION HAPPENING AT
THE NONPROFIT GREEN BANKS LEVEL THAT THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO EXPLORE MORE IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC AND QUASI PUBLIC MODELS THAT THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN
LOOKING INTO. AND IN TERMS OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE MUNICIPAL EXAMPLES FOR, THEY ARE QUASI PUBLIC SO THAT'S
DC THAT'S FINANCE NEW ORLEANS SO GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THOSE FOLKS I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT FIRST STEP. IN ADDITION A LOT OF THE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
NONPROFIT AND THE PUBLIC MODELS DEPENDS ON WHAT IS THE SCALE OF INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, RIGHT? SO NONPROFIT MODELS ARE MORE
GEARED TOWARDS INVESTING AT THE PARTIAL LEVEL. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT HOMEOWNERS AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING OWNERS AND NONPROFITS,
OUR MUSEUMS ARE YOU UNIVERSITIES, INSTITUTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE NONPROFIT MODEL IS A VERY GOOD MODEL IF WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL
MUNICIPALLY LED OR MUNICIPALLY OWNED PROJECTS THEN WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT A QUASI PUBLIC OR A PUBLIC BANK STRUCTURE. SO IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHAT
ARE THE BUCKETS THAT THE GREEN BANK IS LOOKING TO ADDRESS IN ADDITION TO THE BROADER SCOPE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE? THANK YOU AND I HAVE ABOUT A MILLION MORE QUESTIONS SO I'M SORRY BUT YOU'LL BE GETTING AN EMAIL FROM ME. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. REBECCA YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT
THE THE LACK OF REVENUE THAT YOU GENERATED. CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? I WAS TYPING FAST BUT CAN YOU JUST REPEAT WHAT YOU HAD SAID? YEAH OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW SORT OF A SIMPLE ANALOGY IS THAT WITH DIFFERENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES USUALLY THE COST OF ELECTRICITY
GOES DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING MUCH MORE EFFICIENT SO THEN YOU CAN DIRECT SOME OF THAT SAVINGS TOWARD REPAYING THE LOAN THAT YOU HAD SECURED TO DO THE THE
RETROFITS AND WITH RESILIENCE THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE SAVINGS. IT'S JUST ONCE A DISASTER HAPPENS OR A FLOOD HITS THAT
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY OUT AS MUCH TO REBUILD. BUT EVEN THEN IT'S LIKE IT'S LESS BAD. IT'S NOT BETTER AND SO IT'S
REALLY HARD TO THERE ARE LOTS OF VERY SMART PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT IMPROVEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, LESS AWFUL BUT
THERE ISN'T REVENUE STREAM THAT IS CAN BE THEN DIVERTED TOWARDS PAYING BACK THE LOAN AND SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOME OTHER REVENUE STREAMS
WHETHER THAT'S YOU KNOW LIKE USING SOME OF THE FUNDS FROM A STORMWATER FEE OR HAVING SOME SORT OF A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OR YOU KNOW SALES TAX
PROPERTY TAX YOU KNOW LIKE TIFF OR TIFF OR JIM THERE'S YOU KNOW LOTS OF DIFFERENT MODELS THAT COULD BE USED BUT IN ORDER TO GO TO THE SCALE THAT IS
NECESSARY FOR THE RESILIENCE THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE CITY AND REALLY TO MAINTAIN OUR LONG TERM COMPETITIVENESS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO THE THE RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS UNFORTUNATELY DON'T
PAY FOR THEMSELVES. HMM. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO PRESUME THAT YOU SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE 40 CEO AND C-SUITE FOLKS THAT YOU DEAL WITH. BUT COULD YOU JUST GENERALLY
SAY WHETHER YES OR NO IF THEY UNDERSTAND LIKE THE THE RISKS IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING AND ARE THEY WILLING TO HELP IN THIS SORT OF INVESTMENT IN THAT WAY? LIKE WHAT ARE CONVERSATIONS
THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE GREEN ROOM A COMMISSION AT THIS POINT AND DO THEY UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY? YEAH. SO THERE'S DEFINITELY AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE URGENCY AND YOU KNOW, A REAL DESIRE TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF HOW CAN
WE ACTUALLY DO THIS AND WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO SO THAT ADDRESS BOTH THE BOTH THE EQUITY CONCERNS THAT ARE REAL
AND YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE CAPACITY TO PAY FOR THINGS IN VERY DIFFERENT WAYS IN BOSTON AND UNDERSTANDING YOU KNOW, AS CHIEF SWETT REFERRED TO EARLIER
THAT INTERVENTIONS ALONG THE COAST PROTECT PROPERTIES INLAND AND IN REALITY THE MASSACHUSETTS ECONOMY IS REALLY FUELED BY BOSTON AND ENSURING
OUR ECONOMIC VIABILITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE REGION. SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE COME TOGETHER WITH THIS COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM AND
THE PROJECT THAT I MENTIONED IS REALLY AIMED AT TRYING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND IDENTIFY WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS FORWARD, HOW
CAN WE BE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS AND AND DOING SO IN A WAY THAT REALLY IS TRANSPARENT, TRUSTED
,CLEAR AND OPEN SO THAT PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND THE VALUE THAT WE'RE GETTING BY PROTECTING THE CITY OF LONG
TERM. THANK YOU AND I AM GOING TO STOP MYSELF BECAUSE AGAIN I COULD GO ON FOREVER BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH THE PANELISTS. YOUR EXPERTISE IN YOUR WORK ON THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AND
IT'S NECESSARY AND THIS IS NOW THE 4 BILLION TO $10 BILLION QUESTION OF HOW DO WE FINANCE THIS AND I THINK WE'VE DEMONSTRATED ENOUGH THAT A CONCEPT LIKE THIS COULD BE ONE SOLUTION AND A SUITE
OF SOLUTIONS. BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO ACT FAST. WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS SUSTAINABLE THAT IS PROACTIVE AND HAS AN EQUITABLE APPROACH TO SOLVE THIS CLIMATE
RESILIENCE PROBLEM HERE IN BOSTON. AS THE CITY COUNCILOR THAT REPRESENTS I THINK I HAVE THE MOST WATERFRONT ADJACENT PROPERTY I COULD BE SECOND TO
COUNCILOR FLYNN WHERE HE HAS SOUTHIE AND THE SEAPORT. BUT I THINK I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE A HUMAN LENS TO THIS WORK WHERE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT. HAZAN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
THIS THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT THAT STAND TO BE DISPLACED WHO LIVE IN BASEMENT UNITS BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THAT THEY CAN AFFORD WHO WILL WHO COULD BE DISPLACED
BECAUSE OF THE NEXT STORM? WE WERE ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM I THINK IT WAS HURRICANE LEE OR IVAN. I FORGET EXACTLY WHICH ONE IT WAS BUT WE CAME THAT CLOSE AND THERE IS INCREDIBLE WORK THAT
IS HAPPENING ON BEHALF OF THE FOLKS HERE SITTING IN THE GALLEY. THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE CHIEF SWEAT FOLKS AT OEM. BUT NOW IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO
THE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCING IT AND MOVING IN A WAY THAT IS AS QUICKLY AND WILL ACTUALLY PROTECT FOLKS BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY'S TIME HERE TODAY. THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW SWITCH TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY SO WE CAN WRAP UP ON A ON A TIME THAT ALLOWS FOR OUR CENTRAL STAFF TO EAT LUNCH. THEIR FOLKS ARE HERE. YOU ALL CAN FEEL FREE TO GET UP. I APPRECIATE IT.
FOLKS ARE ONLINE. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JUMP OFF IF YOU WANT TO STICK AROUND FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY BUT JUST THANK YOU AND I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH BOTH OF YOU. I'M SORRY. APPRECIATE IT.
IF I COULD HAVE TIM HEBERT, I APOLOGIZE IF I SAID YOUR NAME WRONG COME TO THE MIC. YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL GO TO KELLY SHERMAN, MICHELLE BROOKS, NASIR
IBRAHIM AND KENDRA. TIM YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE TO THE MIC OVER THERE. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TEST IT OUT.
OKAY. OKAY. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE. I GUESS I'M NOT THE ORGANIZATION. YEAH, I GUESS I'M NOT GOING TO
BE ABLE TO USE MY SLIDE SO I'LL JUST WING IT. MY NAME IS TIMOTHY HEFFEL. I AM A BOSTON RESIDENT PRO FOR 30 YEARS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN JAMAICA PLAIN. I'VE ALSO A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC BANKING COALITION WHICH WAS A PROJECT INITIATED BY BILL KING BACK IN 2015. OUR GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC BANK IN MASSACHUSETTS
OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE STATE WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN ITS ECONOMY, ITS RESILIENCE AND ITS SOCIAL COHESION. I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU HOW I COULD ALSO HELP BOSTON ATTAIN
ITS CLIMATE GOALS DESPITE ONGOING FEDERAL INACTION. THE PROPOSED CLIMATE BANK WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT'S ACTUALLY LEGALLY NOT A BANK AT ALL.
IT IS RATHER A REVOLVING LOAN FUND THAT CAN LEND OUT ONLY THOSE FUNDS WHICH ARE INITIALLY ALLOCATED TO IT OR WHICH IT OBTAINS FROM ITS SPONSOR USUALLY A STATE OR CITY.
A PUBLIC BANK HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF LEVERAGE ITS INITIAL ALLOCATION WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WHEREVER IT MAY COME FROM SERVES AS ITS CAPITAL BASE AND THIS ENABLES IT AS A DEPOSITORY
INSTITUTION TO ACCEPT UP TO EIGHT TIMES MORE IN DEPOSITS THAN IT CAN ACTUALLY LEND OUT. THE DISADVANTAGE OF HAVING A REAL BANK OVER ALL THE GLOBE FUND IS THAT YOU'RE NOW SUBJECT TO BANK REGULATIONS WHICH MAKES
IT MUCH MORE COMPLICATED TO MANAGE AND RESTRICT IN MANY WAYS ITS FLEXIBILITY. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW I THINK
THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT HERE IS THAT THE STATE HAS ABOUT $7 BILLION RIGHT NOW PARKED AT AN ENTITY CALLED THE MASS MUNICIPAL DEPOSITORY TRUST ALONG WITH MANY MASSACHUSETTS
MUNICIPALITIES INCLUDING I SHOULD IMAGINE THE CITY OF BOSTON ITSELF THOUGH I DON'T KNOW THAT DEBT IS HOWEVER REALLY JUST AN ACCOUNT AT A WALL STREET INVESTMENT FIRM
PUBLICLY TRADED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE CALLED FEDERATED HERMES. THOSE FUNDS ARE INVESTED BY FEDERATED HERMES LARGELY OUT OF STATE AND THE CITY GETS A
RATHER MODEST OH EXCUSE ME THE STATE GETS A RATHER MODEST RATE OF RETURN ON THOSE FUNDS IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT. OUR PROPOSED $200 MILLION ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE WOULD
ALLOW ABOUT 1.5 BILLION OF THOSE OF ITS MDT FUND TO BE INVESTED IN ITS OWN LOCAL ECONOMY INSTEAD.
THOSE FUNDS COULD THEN BE USED TO DO SUCH THINGS AS FIND OUT FINANCE STARTUP BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY OWNED BY WOMEN AND MINORITIES TYPICALLY UNDERSERVED BY COMMERCIAL BANKS CAN ALSO BE USED TO FINANCE
OTHER UNDERSERVED BUSINESSES LIKE COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND TRADITION AND SIMILAR NONTRADITIONAL ENTERPRISES. IT COULD ALSO BE USED TO FINANCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN PLACES WHERE
CURRENT RESOURCES ARE NOT ADEQUATE BY THEMSELVES. ALTHOUGH AS WE ALL KNOW THERE'S CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES BEING DEVOTED AND THAT THAT DIRECTION NOW FINALLY COULD BE USED TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
IN SMALL MUNICIPALITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO THE BOND MARKETS. AND INDEED WHEN BILL KING FIRST PROPOSED THIS THAT WAS HER
INITIAL EMPHASIS A A BOSTON CLIMATE BANK SUCH AS WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT HERE TODAY WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO ACCESS BOND MARKETS AT COMPETITIVE RATES JUST GIVEN THAT BOSTON IS A LARGE MUNICIPALITY BUT MANY
OF THE SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES CANNOT. AND CLIMATE DISASTERS DO NOT RESPECT ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES. PARTNERSHIP BUNDLING LENDING I.E. BUNDLING LOANS FROM
MULTIPLE SOURCES IS A COMMON BANKING PRACTICE WHICH ENABLES LARGE SCALE PROJECT FINANCING. A MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC BANK WHICH FACILITATES AT STATE LEVEL COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS ON
CLIMATE RESILIENCE. TIM YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. OKAY, I'M DOING FINE. THIS IS WHY THE METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL HAS ENDORSED OUR IDEA OF A
MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC BANK HAS MAYOR WHO OUR BILL CURRENTLY UP ON BEACON HILL.
73681114 IT ACT TO ESTABLISH A MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC BANK IS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF THE CITY COUNCILORS HERE COULD
CONTACT THE CHAIR PAUL FEENEY IN THE SENATE AND JAMES MURPHY IN THE HOUSE OF THAT COMMITTEE AND TELL THEM THAT BOSTON SUPPORTS THIS BILL. THERE WAS AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING AS IT TURNS OUT TOMORROW AT 11 A.M. UP ON
BEACON HILL. ALSO LET YOUR OWN STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS AND THEN PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION AT THE WEBSITE MASS PUBLIC BANKING DOT ORG.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. THIS IS IMPRESSIVE. OKAY. NEXT UP WE HAVE KELLY SHERMAN.
HI, KELLY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. IF YOU'RE 3 MINUTES. HI. MY NAME'S KELLY SHERMAN. I'M THE MANAGER OF WATERFORD DESIGN AT BOSTON HARBOR NOW A
NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO INVITING PEOPLE TO BOSTON HARBOR AND PROTECTING THEM FROM IT AS SEA LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACCELERATES. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA FOR PULLING TOGETHER THIS FINANCING
CONVERSATION AND ALL OF THE CLIMATE FINANCING EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN BOTH PUBLICLY BY THE CITY AND STATE AND PRIVATE NONPROFITS LIKE THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION. I DO WANT TO STRESS THE
IMPORTANCE OF FINANCING KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENHANCES COMMUNITY ACCESS TO A WATERFRONT. COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMES WITH A HEFTY PRICE TAG. I THINK WE'VE HEARD ESTIMATES BETWEEN FOUR AND $10 BILLION
NEEDED TO PROTECT THE COASTLINE AND AS STRANGE AS IT SOUNDS BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS THE CITY TO FLOOD. WE NEED TO SELL THE COMMUNITY ON THE IDEA OF COASTAL FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE NEED COMMUNITY BUY IN TO MOVE
FORWARD AS WE TRANSITION FROM CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING FROM THE CITY. THE CLIMATE READY BASIN PLANS LED BY THE CITY TO THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS STUDY WHICH IS CO-LED BY THE CITY AND THE
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE IN THE ROOM CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS THAT CAN SUPPORT ACTIVATION AND CONNECTION TO THE WATERFRONT.
2028 IS PRETTY FAR AWAY BUT WE'LL BE MORE COMPETITIVE FOR FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IF WE HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSED IN THE STUDY. IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO CONTINUE EXPLORING FUNDING
MECHANISMS FOR PROJECTS IN MORE URGENT FLOOD PATHWAYS. I WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE MY APPRECIATION FOR THESE FINANCING CONVERSATIONS AND WE NEED TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC AS FUNDING IN ADDITION TO GOVERNANCE AND
REGULATORY ROADBLOCKS ARE SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BOTTLENECKS TO THE DELIVERY OF RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THANKS EVERYONE. THANK YOU, KELLY. SHOUT OUT TO BOSTON HARBOR NOW
FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK. MICHELLE BROOKS FROM THE BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION. YES, GOOD. I WAS GOING TO SAY GOOD MORNING BUT POW. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILORS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE CREATION OF A GREEN BANK IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. MY NAME IS MICHELLE BROOKS AND I AM THE SENIOR ORGANIZER AT
THE MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER OF THE SIERRA CLUB AS WELL AS A CO COORDINATOR OF THE BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION, THE SIERRA CLUB IS THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST AND LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION AND ON BEHALF
OF OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS IN BOSTON, WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS HERE TODAY. IN MY ROLE AS A COORDINATOR OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION ALONGSIDE HASAN FAROOQUI AND
OTHERS WHO HAVE TESTIFIED HERE TODAY, WE ARE AN INTERSECTIONAL CIVIC BODY OF APPROXIMATELY 50 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY WORKING TOGETHER TO ADVANCE OUR SHARED VISION FOR
CLIMATE JUSTICE. AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM HASSAN AND NINA, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO ORGANIZE A GREEN BANK AND OTHER CREATIVE WAYS TO PROCURE FUNDING FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND MITIGATION
MEASURES. OUR COALITION BEGAN RESEARCHING GREEN BANK MODELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A MECHANISM TO MEET THE CURRENT GAPS IN ACCESS TO FUNDING FOR OUR CITY'S VARIOUS NEEDS.
WE APPRECIATE THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY CLIMATE BANK'S EFFORTS TO ASSIST WITH AFFORDABLE DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS. THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR FUNDING THIS WORK.
HOWEVER, OUR COALITION HAS MANY OTHER PRIORITIES FOR FUNDING IN ADDITION TO THIS INCLUDING ACQUISITION OF GREEN SPACE FOR PRESERVATION, IMPLEMENTING GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR EXPANDING URBAN FORESTRY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE GREEN ECONOMY, PILOT AND COMMUNITY MICROGRIDS FOR RESILIENCE GEOTHERMAL MICRO DISTRICT PROJECTS COMMUNITY SOLAR
PROJECTS CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN BUS ELECTRIFICATION AND MORE. WE ARE UNIFIED IN OUR ADVOCACY FOR STRONG COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES TO BE EXPLORED IN THE GREEN BANK AND FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY VOICES TO BE PRIORITIZED IN THE PROCESS AT A TIME WHEN WE CONTINUE TO SEE ROLLBACKS OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS. IT'S MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER FOR
CITIES LIKE BOSTON TO CONTINUE TO LEAD AND PAVE THE WAY FOR ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS OF LOCAL INVESTMENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PARTNER WITH YOU AND FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE GREEN BANK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHELLE NASSER. I APOLOGIZE IF I SAID YOUR NAME WRONG. BRAHIM FROM MYSTIC RIVER
WATERSHED ASSOCIATION. I THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR. MY NAME IS NASSER IBRAHIM. I AM THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE DIRECTOR AT MYSTIC RIVER
WATERSHED ASSOCIATION. PRIOR TO THAT I WAS PROBABLY A CONSULTANT WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON AND MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL AS THE STATE. FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS OR SO I'VE WORKED ACROSS THE
NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY INCLUDING CLIMATE AT EAST BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN AND DORCHESTER AND BEACH MARCY BOULEVARD IN THE NORTH END
SINCE 2008 THE MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION IS HAS HELPED CONVENE 20 MUNICIPALITIES INCLUDING THE CITY OF BOSTON AS WELL AS STATE AGENCIES AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO FORM THE RESILIENT MYSTIC COLLABORATIVE
AND COLLECTIVELY WE'VE SECURED AROUND $90 MILLION FOR COASTAL FLOOD RESILIENCE INTERVENTIONS IN INCLUDING IN EAST BOSTON EXCUSE ME NORTH OF MOSTLY NORTH
OF DOWNTOWN. THE CITY HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS ON OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FROM THE CITY AND WE MEET REGULARLY TO
DISCUSS REGIONAL PRIORITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES. WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE FUNDING AND WE NEED CREATIVE PROJECT
FINANCING SOLUTIONS. AS THE WORK TRANSITIONS FROM A LOT OF PLANNING AND DESIGN TO CONSTRUCTION AND THEN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION I'M
NOT A GREEN BANK EXPERT BUT ALSO I WANT TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THE COMMENTS MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INCORPORATING IMPROVEMENTS OR ENHANCED WATERFRONT ACCESS
WHICH IS A CENTRAL PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION'S WORK AND IS OFTEN INTEGRATED ACTUALLY WITH COASTAL RESILIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE. I WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY FOR ITS FORWARD LOOKING AND
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THOSE WOULD BE CODIFIED INTO THE WAY THAT THE BANK DOES BUSINESS AS WELL IN THE PROJECTS THAT IT FUNDS.
I HEARD MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT KIND OF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LARGE MUNICIPAL PROJECTS. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL RETROFITS? I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CHOICE TO MAKE AND I
AGREE WITH THE CHIEF THAT THAT THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PATHWAYS. AND I GUESS WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT THERE ARE BILLS IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD ADVANCE THAT WOULD MAKE A CLIMATE BANK A GOOD PARTNER. RIGHT. THAT WOULD CREATE OTHER STRUCTURES THAT WOULD HELP IT BE MORE SUCCESSFUL DEPENDING ON WHICH ROUTE YOU ULTIMATELY
CHOOSE TO GO WITH. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A BILL TO CREATE A STATE OR REGIONAL FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY THAT WOULD BE A LARGER ENTITY THAT COULD RAISE REVENUE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE A CUSTOMER OF THE CLIMATE BANK FOR PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT IT COULD RAISE REVENUE TO HELP DESIGN CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN AND
OPERATE THE TYPE OF COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON TODAY. THERE'S ALSO FOR THE FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN COOLING
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND UTILITY PREVENTING UTILITY BILLS SHUTOFFS DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. SO THAT ADDRESSES SOME OF THE
OTHER CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED EARLIER. AND THEN FINALLY SENATOR EDWARDS CREATED A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO BASICALLY USE THE BETTERMENT
PROCESS WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY TO FINANCE ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY TAXES OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RETROFITS TO THEIR PROPERTIES INCLUDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
UPGRADES, FIXING THEIR ROOFS, RAISING THEIR THEIR HOME THAT'S YOU KNOW, EXPOSED TO FLOODING AND OTHERS AND THE CLIMATE BANK
OR CLIMATE FINANCE AUTHORITY COULD BE THE VEHICLE THAT ALLOWS THAT TO SORT OF OPERATE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT ITS DESTINY IS IN THE LEGISLATURE,
BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY WELL DRAFTED BILL. SO I KIND OF WONDER LIKE WHO HELPED HER WITH WRITING IT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GOOD IDEA. LET ME GUESS IS THAT YOU? IT WASN'T ME. IT WASN'T ME.
SOMEONE ELSE SMARTER THAN ME. FINALLY I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP. THE QUESTION OF REVENUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES AND I THINK LIKE ULTIMATELY WE KNOW WE NEED MORE MONEY TO DO
THIS TYPE OF WORK IN LONG TERM LIKE OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES IF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BEING BUILT BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR, THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR IT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THE WAY
MASSACHUSETTS LAWS ARE THAT IF IF THE CITY OR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WERE TO SET UP SOMETHING LIKE THAT A DISTRICT ESSENTIALLY A FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT THEN PEOPLE WOULD GET
A BILL IF THEY ARE PARTICULARLY BENEFITING FROM THAT FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT'S PROJECTS. THERE'S A BUNCH OF THE WORK THAT A FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WOULD DO THAT WOULD BE PUBLIC BENEFIT, RIGHT?
PROTECTING OUR ROADS, PROTECTING THE GENERALLY ECONOMY. AND SO TO AN EXTENT YOU CAN ACTUALLY CALCULATE THOSE THINGS USING, YOU KNOW, METHODOLOGIES THAT FEMA USES TO DECIDE
WHETHER A PROJECT IS COST EFFECTIVE AND YOU CAN APPORTION THE ESTIMATED BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS OR BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING IN THE AREA THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM FROM AN IMPROVEMENT.
THAT SAID, THE VAST MAJORITY OF A PROJECT THAT WOULD PROTECT SAY EAST BOSTON'S BORDER STREET IS GOING TO COME FROM PREVENTING THE TUNNELS FROM FLOODING. RIGHT. BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS THAT
GOES THROUGH THAT IS GOING TO BE SO DRAMATIC. SO THE STATE AND THE CITY HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN FINANCING THAT OUT OF OUR OWN RESOURCES OUT OF YOUR OWN COFFERS. BUT THERE'S ALSO INDIVIDUAL
PROPERTY OWNERS AND I THINK WITH PROPER SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT LOW INCOME RESIDENTS FROM, YOU KNOW, SUFFERING THE COSTS OF INCREASED TAXES ON
LACK AND EXACERBATING UNAFFORDABILITY, I THINK THAT THAT TYPE OF SOLUTION WOULD BE REALLY EFFECTIVE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE MASS GENERAL LAWS BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN
BUILD A COALITION OF FOLKS THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THAT TYPE OF CHANGE ENACTED. SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVOCACY.
KENDRA AND THEN ANYBODY ELSE AFTER THAT THAT WANTS TO TESTIFY PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU
MAKE YOUR PRESENCE KNOWN. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU. YOUR CHAIRWOMAN COLLETTE AS A PRODUCT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR HOSTING THIS HEARING.
MY NAME IS KENDRA AND I AM A DORCHESTER RESIDENT AND THE CLIMATE JUSTICE COORDINATOR FOR THE FAIRMONT INDIGO CDC COLLABORATIVE, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF THREE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS IN BOSTON THAT SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS UNITED BY THE FAIRMONT COMMUTER RAIL LINE INCLUDING DORCHESTER, ROXBURY, MATTAPAN AND HYDE PARK. WE ADVOCATE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
AND HEALTH EQUITY IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR SERVICE AREA THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND POLICY ADVOCACY ACROSS MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MY ORGANIZATION BUT ALSO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION. AS ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE COALITION'S TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY JUSTICE WORKING GROUP WHILE OUR WORKING GROUP HAS
PRIORITIES SPECIFIC TO THE MBTA AND SPECIFIC TO THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE, SOME OF OUR LOCAL CITY OF BOSTON PRIORITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FULL SCHOOL SCHOOL
BUS FLEET ELECTRIFICATION AND IMPROVED MICROMOBILITY ACCESS AND SAFETY A STRONG WORKFORCE EQUITY COMPONENT WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION EFFORTS OF THE CITY AND
ADVOCATING FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED PRIORITIES AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEASURES WITHIN BOSTON'S MAJOR ROADWAY RENEWALS. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT AS CITY OF BOSTON GREEN BANK CAN
AND SHOULD FUND MANY CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ACROSS A VARIETY OF ISSUE AREAS IN ADDITION TO COASTAL RESILIENCE FROM TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO INLAND CLIMATE
RESILIENCE JUST TO NAME A FEW. A CITY OF BOSTON GREEN BANK SHOULD BE CREATED WITH DEEP, SUSTAINED AND MEANINGFUL PUBLIC GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER ITS CREATION AND THE GREEN BANK SHOULD CARRY
OUT ITS WORK THROUGH THE LENSES OF ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE SINCE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE CONSISTENTLY THE MOST VULNERABLE TO AND IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
I AM EXCITED TO CONTINUE EXPLORING THE PROSPECT OF CREATING A GREEN BANK TOGETHER AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY JUSTICE WORKING GROUP AND THE
FAIRMONT INDIGO CDC COLLABORATIVE I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GREEN BANK FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND URGE THE COUNCIL TO WORK CLOSELY WITH ADVOCATES TO FUND AND IMPLEMENT A GREEN BANK IN TANDEM WITH
ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL GRANT MAKING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALIGN WITH STRONG GREEN NEW DEAL AND CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PRINCIPLES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KENDRA. I'M JUST CONFIRMING WITH MY
CENTRAL STAFF THAT THERE'S NOBODY ON HERE FOR PEOPLE O FOR PEOPLE. OKAY, I APOLOGIZE. OKAY, LOOK, I CANNOT. UH OH, I I SEE IT HERE. SO WE HAVE RON BACK FOR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY. WE ALSO HAVE ISABELLA AND BETH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE?
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE ONLINE.
WHO NEEDS TO KNOW? BRONEK RAUNAK, YOU'RE UP. PERFECT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THANKS FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS RONA SATYANARAYANA,
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SPECIALIST AT CODMAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. I WAS THE MANAGER GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AT CHS IN D.C. AND A
LOT OF FOLKS HAVE SAID SOME PRETTY SIMILAR MATTERS TO WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY SO I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. BUT THE CREATION OF A CITY GREEN BANK WILL HELP PROVIDE CONSTANT FUNDING FOR LOCAL
COMMUNITY PROJECTS TO PROMOTE IMPACTFUL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW TO CREATE THESE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY IN FUNDING MANY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
OURS IN THIS SPACE ARE EXPERIENCING. SO YES AND DC IS NO DIFFERENT WITH THESE ISSUES AND HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING IMPACTS FROM UNCERTAINTY IN FUNDING. AND IN THIS EXAMPLE WHILE IT RELATES TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
OF ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD DUE TO FUNDING CHALLENGES AND THIS HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY FUND AND SUPPORT LOCALLY BASED CLIMATE
INITIATIVES IN EACH COMMUNITIES SUCH AS SUPPORT FOR OUR RESIDENT LED CLIMATE INITIATIVES THROUGH THE CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE AND MANY GRANTS TO SUPPORT PROJECTS LIKE CLEANUP EVENTS AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
THESE ARE LOCALLY BASED PROJECTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON SUSTAINABLE FUNDING TO BE ACHIEVED IN A GREEN BANK WOULD HELP SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
OURS PREVENT ISSUES LIKE THIS AND MOVE A STEP CLOSER TO SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESSING THE VARIETY OF IMPACTS THE CLIMATE CRISIS POSES FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK. WE LOVE CARBON SQUARE. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ISABELLA GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIR AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS. MY NAME IS ISABELLA GAMBLE AND I WORK AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE ENERGY AND RESILIENCE AT A BETTER SYDNEY WHERE WE REPRESENT ABOUT 130 MEMBER BUSINESSES AND
INSTITUTIONS WORKING ACROSS ECONOMIC SECTORS OF GREATER BOSTON MANY OF WHOM ARE EXPERTS BOTH IN DECARBONIZATION AND RESILIENCE IN ADDITION TO COASTAL RESILIENCE. MANY OF OUR EXPERTS ARE ALSO
INTERESTED IN THINKING ABOUT INTERVENTIONS AROUND EXTREME HEAT, STORMWATER FLOODING AND HIGH VELOCITY WIND. A BETTER CITY WAS ONE OF THE VOICES ADVOCATING FOR A STATE LEVEL CLIMATE BANK FOR MANY YEARS AND WE WERE PROUD TO
SERVE ON A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT LED TO THE 2023 FORMATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY CLIMATE BANK. INITIALLY FOCUSING ON DECARBONIZING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ALSO SIT ON THE STATE RESILIENT MASS FINANCE AND
INVESTMENT STRATEGY STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR EQUITABLE FUNDING SOLUTIONS AND WHEN NEEDED REGULATORY AND PERMITTING REFORM TO TRULY ENABLE INNOVATIVE CLIMATE RESILIENCE
PROJECTS. AS CLIMATE CHIEF HOFFER STATED IN HER 2023 REPORT, EVEN IF MASSACHUSETTS WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY SINGLE FEDERAL DOLLAR FOR CLIMATE THEN WE WOULD STILL HAVE A 70 TO 90%
FUNDING GAP. HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CLIMATE MECHANISMS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE UNLOCKING BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CAPITAL. PART OF WHY CLIMATE BANKS ARE SO TRANSFORMATIVE AS WE'VE
HEARD IS BECAUSE THEY SERVE AS BRIDGES BETWEEN CAPITAL AND OTHERWISE CHALLENGING CLIMATE INVESTMENT PROJECTS. EVERY PUBLIC DOLLAR INVESTED IN THESE BANKS RESULTS IN A VASTLY OUTSIZED AMOUNT OF PRIVATE FUNDING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY CLAIM THAT EVERY ONE PUBLIC DOLLAR INVESTED RESULTS IN AN ADDITIONAL $7 IN PRIVATE CAPITAL. THIS COULD BE TRULY
TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR BOSTON AND FILLING OUR EQUITABLE FUNDING GAP. ABC STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE EFFORT TO IDENTIFY FUNDING AND FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESILIENCE AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY LED CLIMATE BANK BE
COMPLEMENTARY TO AN ALIGNED WITH THE STATE LED MASS CHOOSE ITS CLIMATE BANK WHEN POSSIBLE. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY LEAD BANK INCENTIVIZED PROJECTS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE CO-BENEFITS ACROSS CLIMATE HAZARDS AS WELL
AS COMMUNITY BENEFITS LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES AND DECARBONIZED OCEAN CO-BENEFITS WHEN POSSIBLE THE BANK COULD INCENTIVIZE AND ENCOURAGE BUILDING OWNERS TO COMBINE MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR
HOLISTIC AND EQUITABLE CLIMATE INVESTMENT. FOR EXAMPLE A HYPOTHETICAL DEEP ENERGY RETROFIT PROJECT FOR A BERTO COVERED AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING COULD APPLY FIRST FOR FUNDING FROM THE
MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY CLIMATE BANK TO FINANCE DECARBONIZATION AS WELL AS FROM THE CITY BERTO EQUITABLE EMISSIONS INVESTMENT FUND WHILE FURTHER LEVERAGING A SOON TO COME HOPEFULLY BOSTON
CLIMATE BANK TO FINANCE THOSE RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS THROUGH SUCH A MODEL. THE BUILDINGS THAT WE DESIGN WILL BE MORE ADAPTIVE TO HAZARDS ACROSS DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESILIENCE WHILE ALSO UNLOCKING CRITICAL DECARBONIZATION AND ADDITIONAL
COMMUNITY CO-BENEFITS. FINALLY, AS OTHERS HAVE STATED, A BETTER CITY RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHING AN ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE BOSTON CLIMATE BANK TO HELP DEFINE AND DEFINE AND CO-CREATE THE BANK'S SCOPE AND
METHODOLOGY FOR PRIORITIZATION OF INVESTMENTS. SUCH AN ADVISORY BOARD WOULD BENEFIT FROM REPRESENTATION ACROSS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, NONPROFIT AND PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERSHIP AND CLIMATE AS WELL AS
REPRESENTATION FROM RELEVANT CITY AND STATE AGENCY PARTNERS INCLUDING THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY CLIMATE BANK AND THE RESILIENT MARS TEAM. A BETTER CITY WILL BE SUBMITTING ADDITIONAL WRITTEN COMMENTS IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND WE REALLY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR A BETTER CITY. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON ON
HERE? OKAY. BETH, JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE
UNMUTED. GOOD. AFTER NOON IT IS JUST REALLY
IMPORTANT. I REPRESENTING BOSTON A GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A CLIMATE BANK AND THAT WE ALSO
DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES AND OUR BIPOC RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AS WELL
AND IT'S JUST SO NECESSARY IT'S SO INSTRUMENTAL. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT SOME OF THE VULNERABLE AREAS ARE
WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR BIPOC RESIDENTS LIKE BY DORCHESTER BAY AND WE REALLY WANT THERE TO BE AN EQUITABLE AND FAIR PROCESS FOR
DISTRIBUTION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH BETH FOR FOR BEING HERE FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND YOUR PATIENCE.
I THINK WITH THAT WE HAVE OH, I APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE ALEX ON THE LINE. ALEX, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND ANY AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. YES. HELLO. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR, FOR
HOLDING THIS HEARING. MY NAME IS ALEX FOR POLICY AND DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL ECONOMIES AT THE AT THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY.
A COUPLE OF THINGS SO CDW'S A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON GREEN DEAL COALITION WE SUPPORT ALL THE ALL THE GOALS THAT BEEN LAID OUT SO FAR HERE THIS THE STATE
CLIMATE BANK IS IS NARROWLY FOCUSED ON HOUSING AND TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL THESE OTHER NEEDS. AND SO IF THE CITY IS GOING TO
BE FOCUSING NARROWLY ON COASTAL COASTAL RESILIENCE AND FLOODING AND THAT KIND OF THING TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL THE OTHER NEEDS IN THE CITY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REAL MISTAKE. JUST TO REITERATE WHAT MY
COLLEAGUE KENDRA SAID EARLIER, THERE'S A RANGE OF OTHER NEEDS AND INTERESTS THAT SHOULD BE REPRESENTED IN IN AN INVESTMENT OF THIS SCALE.
THE POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT ALL ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE AND DESPITE THE GOOD WORK OF THE ADMINISTRATION YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD ALL THIS GREAT STUFF FROM FROM CHIEF SWETT AND
DIRECTOR OSGOOD AND OTHERS. THERE'S A THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD THAT FUTURE ADMINISTRATION MAY NOT RESPECT THE INTERESTS
OF COMMUNITIES THE WAY THAT THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS. AND YOU KNOW AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS THIS BANK OR
THIS FINANCING AUTHORITY IS BUILT RIGHT FROM THE GROUND UP THAT THE COMMUNITIES HAVE DIRECT OVERSIGHT AND DECISION
MAKING POWER OVER WHERE THESE INVESTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHERE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME
IT'S NOT JUST MAYBE A COUPLE OF SEATS ON AN ADVISORY BOARD BUT REAL DECISION MAKING POWER AND ON ON THE DECISION MAKING BODY THAT DECIDES WHERE THE INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE MADE,
WHERE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ARE GOING TO ACCRUE. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT CAN'T BE LEFT TO THE WHIMS OF A FUTURE
ADMINISTRATION. SO YEAH, MAYBE JUST LEAVE IT THERE ON THAT POINT I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS INITIALLY BUT I JUST WANT A
NAME THAT WE'RE HEARING CHIEF SWETT TALK ABOUT OWNERSHIP AND MAYBE SHIFTING THAT OWNERSHIP FROM PRIVATE ENTITIES TO THE CITY.
IT JUST MAY BE QUESTION WHETHER DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE SHIFTING THE LIABILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, THESE MASSIVE COSTS
OF BASICALLY BAILING OUT IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT IN PLACES LIKE THE SEAPORT AT SEA LEVEL? YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING MASSIVE IT NEEDS TO TO MITIGATE FUTURE FLOODING.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE SHIFTING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO THE PUBLIC TAXPAYERS? I JUST I HOPE THE CITY CAN REASSURE ME ON THAT POINT.
AGAIN, I HAVEN'T YOU KNOW, I JUST JUST HEARING ABOUT THIS NOW AND I WONDER IF THAT'S IS THAT A RISK THAT WE ARE POTENTIALLY TAKING ON? OKAY. THANKS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
AND YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE HEARING MORE FROM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR YOUR TESTIMONY ADVOCACY. IT'S IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. AT THIS POINT I DON'T THINK WE
HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC THIS MORNING. OKAY. SO WE CAN WRAP. I THINK AT THIS POINT HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS WHICH IS FINE. I THINK THAT'S THE INDICATION OF A GOOD CONVERSATION FOR ME.
I'VE JUST WRITTEN SOME THINGS OUT TO PUT A PERIOD ON THIS DISCUSSION HOW DO WE STRUCTURE A GREEN BANK TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY DRIVEN DECISIONS AND EQUITABLE INVESTMENT? WHAT FINANCING TOOLS EITHER
GREEN BONDS, RESILIENT FEES, NEW TAXES SHOULD BOSTON EXPLORE? HOW CAN WE MAKE RESILIENCE PROJECTS MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT AND HOW DO WE BALANCE LONG TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY WITH IMMEDIATE FUNDING NEEDS?
I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO SOME CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT WHAT SORT OF WHAT SCALE AND PROJECT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WE WOULD WANT TO EXPLORE BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE DISCUSSION AND I FEEL VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THIS ROOM. PLEASE CONSIDER ME A HELPFUL HUMBLY HUMBLE WARRIOR IN THIS WORK WITH YOU.
I AM AN ALLY TO YOU AND I CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM ALL OF YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO WITH THAT I WILL SAY THAT THIS TALK IT WILL STAY IN COMMITTEE TO HAVE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AND THIS DOCKET
IS OFFICIALLY THIS HEARING ON
DOCKET 0169 IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE Part: 2
FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS SHARON DURKIN, CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. TODAY IS MARCH 31ST, 2025.
IT IS AT 205 AND THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON DOT GOV. BACKSLASH CITY. DASH COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON CHANNEL EIGHT RCN
CHANNEL 82 FIOS CHANNEL 964 WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT C C C DOT PLAN TV AT BOSTON.COM AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE PUBLIC
RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY'VE SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY AND WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET VIRTUALLY NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON SHANE PAC
AT SHANE C AT BOSTON.COM FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO SHANE. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 0311 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE DISPLACEMENT
OF BOSTONIANS AS A RESULT OF NEW AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS ENRIQUE PEPEN, JULIA MEJIA AND BRIAN WORRELL AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON MAY 11TH 2025.
TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL COUNCILOR PEPEN, OUR LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FLYNN OH SORRY. THIS IS OUT OF ORDER.
ARE YOU A COUNCILOR MURPHY? COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. OKAY.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, TODAY'S DOCKET SEEKS TO DISCUSS A NEW TOPIC OF DISPLACEMENT OF BOSTONIANS AS A RESULT OF NEW AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR PEPEN AND THE CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR
RECOGNIZING THAT DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY MUST GO HAND IN HAND WITH THOUGHTFUL, EQUITABLE PLANNING. DISPLACEMENT IS A DEEPLY COMPLEX ISSUE SO I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO THE PANELISTS
JUST TO BRIEFLY SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR POSITION. STARTING WITH CHIEF SHEILA DOLAN. GOOD AFTERNOON. SHEILA DILLON, CHIEF OF HOUSING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE
DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. HELLO CATHERINE LASKEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DEVIN BURKE, DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
SHAGUN EDA. FOR THE LAST 1183 DAYS SERVING AS THE CHIEF OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION. THANK YOU. WE ALL NEED A CLOCK LIKE THAT. SO I GUESS WE'LL GO TO MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL
FOR OPENING STATEMENTS STARTING WITH THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCIL PREPARED. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANKS TO THE PANELISTS FOR BEING HERE TODAY ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
BEFORE I BEGIN I JUST WANT TO WISH A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAUGHTER. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY PENELOPE. SO AS A CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT FIVE FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A FEW MONTHS I'VE HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE REZONING OF MULTIPLE OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SQUARES AND STREETS A LOT OF THAT HAS BROUGHT UP A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF TENANTS, LANDLORDS, HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS IN MY DISTRICT. SO THIS TOPIC IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR NOT ONLY TO ME BUT TO MY TO THE RESIDENTS IN MY
DISTRICT. THIS HAS BEEN PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC AT MY DESK. RIGHTFULLY SO BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, PRICES IN BOSTON HAVE
SKYROCKETED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. FAMILIES ARE MOVING OUT OF BOSTON. PRICES OF RENT ARE INCREASING THE PRICES OF HOME OF HOMES ARE INCREASING AND BUSINESS OWNERS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO STAY
HERE IN BOSTON. HENCE WHY I WANTED TO BE THE LEAD SPONSOR OF THIS HEARING SPECIFICALLY TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT STRATEGIES THE ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR EXISTING
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I WAS VERY PLEASED TO GET THE NEWS AT THE STATE OF THE CITY THAT YOU COME UP YOU CAME UP WITH AN AMAZING A VERY THOROUGH ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY TO
LOOK AT. MY TEAM DID SOME RESEARCH THIS IS PROBABLY A VERY UNIQUE ONE COMPARED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTRY. WE COULDN'T FIND SOMETHING THAT EMULATED THAT YOU KNOW IN THAT WAY.
SO I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW WE ARE PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT THAT GOING FORWARD ESPECIALLY AS PROGRAMS LIKE SQUARES AND STREETS HAPPEN IN MY DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE CITY. I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THE ECONOMIC INCLUSION, ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY CABINET. SORRY CHIEF. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR HOSTING THIS HEARING. I LOOK FORWARD TO ASKING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR PREPARED AND COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR FILING THIS. AND DOES PENNY PÉPIN HAVE A MIDDLE NAME THAT BEGINS WITH P AND I'LL PENNY PENELOPE THAT'S GOOD.
JUST CHECKING AND THEN I HAVE TO ASK DO YOU COUNT EVERY DAY BECAUSE AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER WE WOULD ALWAYS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE ON AND HOW MANY DAYS WERE LEFT TO GET TO 180.
BUT THE OC JUST BEFORE. IS THERE ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU KNEW THAT IT'S BETTER TO COUNT UP THAN COUNT DOWN? OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. THIS IS LIKE YOU SAID
COUNCIL PEPEN SOMETHING I KNOW WE ALL SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS BUT FOR ME AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF US FOR US AS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ALSO WE
KNOW MULTI-GENERATION WELL WITH MY KIDS WHO ARE HAVING KIDS AND MY MOM AND YOU KNOW 91 YEAR OLD DAD LIKE ALL THESE DIFFERENT SO IT'S NOT JUST OUR SENIORS WHICH I KNOW WE FOCUS A LOT ON MAKING
SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DISPLACING OUR SENIORS. IT'S OUR BUSINESS OWNERS WITH OUR PLANS AND THIS CONVERSATION MAKING SURE WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT ANY UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES WHEN WE HAVE GOOD IDEAS AND THEN MAYBE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT NEGATIVE EFFECT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER AND I'M GOING
TO LISTEN CLOSELY BUT MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY YOU KNOW, WITH THIS TOOL KIT TOOLBOX WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT I HOPE FROM THIS CONVERSATION I'LL BE ABLE TO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE REALLY
ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE HAVE PLANS, RIGHT, NOT JUST BUZZWORDS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND VISITORS KNOW THAT
WE'RE VALUING THE GENERATIONS. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR ONE WEEK OR FIVE GENERATIONS LIKE HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT YOU FEEL THAT WE CARE THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE
WELCOME AND THAT WE WANT YOU TO STAY AND THAT IT'S NOT DISPLACEMENT THAT ARE OUR POLICIES THAT ARE FORCING PEOPLE TO BE DISPLACED IS IMPORTANT. A CONVERSATION WE SHOULD HAVE.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT'S HERE.
MY DISTRICT DISTRICT TWO INCLUDES MAYBE ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN NEW ENGLAND WHICH IS THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT AREA AND ALSO
MAYBE ONE OF THE LOWEST INCOME AREAS IN THE CITY WHICH IS WHICH IS CHINATOWN. I SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME IN CHINATOWN ADVOCATING AND
FIGHTING FOR MY RESIDENTS AND MANY OF THEM JUST SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO PAY THESE HUGE RENTS THAT ARE
TAKING PLACE. AND FOR WHERE I PUT SHEILA ON ON MANY OF THESE ISSUES I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR LEADERSHIP. SHEILA AND HELPING ME FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS SUPPORTING
RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M WHERE I'M AT. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMS THERE ARE TO SUPPORT MY CONSTITUENTS ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. AND THEN THE OTHER THE OTHER ISSUE I HAD THAT I KNOW IT'S A HIGHLIGHT IS I JUST CAME BACK FROM A LUNCH AND ST ANTHONY'S
SHRINE AND THEY HAVE A MONTHLY LUNCH FOR HOMELESS VETERANS AND THEY LOOK A LOT OF THEM ARE LIVING AT THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR VETERANS AND A LOT
OF THEM ARE WORKING AND THEY'RE MAKING THE MAKING SOME MONEY THERE AND THEY'RE IN RECOVERY. THEY'RE IN JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS TO BUT THEY'RE ASKING
ME IS THERE IS THERE A PLACE IN BOSTON ANY LONGER FOR VETERANS HOMELESS VETERANS? THERE WERE A LOT OF WOMEN VETERANS SHEILA, AS WE AS WE DISCUSSED AS WELL, THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE OF HOMELESS VETERANS IN THE COUNTRY IS WOMEN VETERANS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I WANT TO ASK IS IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN VETERANS?
MANY OF THEM MIGHT BE HOMELESS BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO CALL BOSTON HOME AS WELL? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU ADMINISTRATION FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERED BUT LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. LET'S BE HONEST. OH GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. SO I KNOW THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO PRESENT AND
THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL GO TO COUNCILORS QUESTIONS OH, CAN YOU POP THE GREAT THANK YOU. I DID NOT THINK TO WEAR MY GLASSES TODAY BUT THANKFULLY I HAVE A HARD COPY IN FRONT OF ME AND IS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH
YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND SHARE WITH YOU THE STATUS OF THE WORK. AS I SAID BEFORE MY NAME IS CATHERINE LUSK. I SERVE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL. FOR FOLKS WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK OF THE PSC, WE ARE ACTUALLY A NINE MEMBER INTERNAL BODY COMPRISING MAYOR WAS BUILT ENVIRONMENT CABINET AS A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT
THAT REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT COLLABORATION THAT SPEARHEADED DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S FIRST CITYWIDE ANTI DISPLACEMENT ACTION PLAN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
AND INCLUSION. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE WORKER EMPOWERMENT AND ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE AND MANY OTHERS CAME TOGETHER TO PRODUCE THIS PLAN. I WANT TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE
WITH THE CABINET CHIEFS, THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THEIR STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE SHAPED THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT CERTAINLY IN RECENT MONTHS BUT ALSO FRANKLY OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. FOR MANY YEARS THE RESIDENTS
OF BOSTON HAVE SHARED CONCERNS OVER HISTORIC DISPLACEMENT AS WELL AS THE RISK OF FUTURE DISPLACEMENT. THEY WORRY FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR BELOVED NEIGHBORHOODS SMALL BUSINESSES.
THEY WORRY THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAY AND ROUTE HERE. HISTORICALLY HOUSING POLICIES, ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND GROWTH HAVE NOT SERVED COMMUNITIES EQUITABLY WITH NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR EXPERIENCING
DISPROPORTIONATE RISK AND REALITY OF DISPLACEMENT. IN RESPONSE TO THESE CONCERNS AND CONSTITUENT NEEDS, THE CITY HAS ADDED MANY TOOLS TO ITS STABILIZATION TOOLBOX OVER THE
YEARS FROM LAUNCHING LAUNCHING AN OFFICE OF HOUSING STABILITY TO CREATING NEW FINANCIAL SUPPORTS FOR DISPLACED OR AT RISK SMALL BUSINESSES AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO INVESTING DIRECTLY IN HOUSING SUPPLY.
NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS KDKA'S AND RESIDENTS HAVE ALSO CREATED THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS SUCH AS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST HOMEBUYER PROGRAMS AND MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATIONS AND TOGETHER WITH DEVELOPERS WE'VE WORKED TO
FOSTER GOOD GROWTH. GOOD GROWTH MEANS CREATING MORE HOMES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL INCOMES. IT MEANS ANCHORING BELOVED SMALL BUSINESSES AND NEW BUILDINGS AND OFFERING NEEDED NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES LIKE GROCERY STORES AND CHILD CARE
CENTERS. HOWEVER, ADDRESSING DISPLACEMENT IN A LASTING WAY REQUIRES AN EVEN MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED APPROACH. SO IN RESPONSE TO EXTENSIVE
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING OVER THE PAST YEAR TO DEVELOP THE CITY'S FIRST PLAN TO CONFRONT RESIDENTIAL SMALL BUSINESS AND CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT.
THE PLAN WHICH WE RELEASED ON MARCH 19TH IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING GAPS IN OUR TOOLBOX THOUGH IT ALSO LAYS OUT ALL THE ACTIONS IN ONE PLACE THAT THE CITY TAKES TO
PROTECT PEOPLE, PRESERVE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES, PRODUCE MORE HOUSING AND QUALITY COMMERCIAL SPACES AND HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS PROSPER. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH A
FEW SLIDES JUST ON THE ACTION PLAN AND THEN OF COURSE WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS. SO AS I SHARED THIS CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM
UNDERTOOK THE WORK TO DEVELOP OUR ACTION PLAN. IT SPANS SIX CABINETS AND FRANKLY MORE THAN 20 DEPARTMENTS. AND THROUGH THIS EFFORT WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUT THROUGH THIS
EFFORT WE'VE BEEN SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON MITIGATING RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT, RAISING AWARENESS OF THE MANY TOOLS THE CITY DEPLOYS ALREADY ADDRESSING GAPS IN OUR EXISTING TOOLKIT,
INTEGRATING CHANGES WHEREVER POSSIBLE AS PART OF OTHER EVOLVING PROCESSES INCLUDING ARTICLE 80 MODERNIZATION ANCHORING OUR EFFORTS TO STABILIZE PEOPLE AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALONGSIDE OUR WORK TO FOSTER GOOD GROWTH AND
ADDRESS CLIMATE AND SPECIFICALLY AND YOU'LL HEAR THIS MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY I'M SURE PRIORITIZING ACTIONS WITHIN OUR CONTROL PARTICULARLY
IN THIS MOMENT WE OFTEN LIKE TO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISPLACEMENT WE OFTEN LIKE TO JUST SORT OF HAVE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY DISPLACEMENT. GENERALLY DISPLACEMENT REFERS TO WHEN PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS DUE TO EXTERNAL PRESSURES. BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DISPLACEMENT. DIRECT DISPLACEMENT REFERS TO WHEN HOUSEHOLDS ARE FORCED TO MOVE OFTEN DUE TO AN ACUTE CRISIS LIKE AN EVICTION OR FORECLOSURE.
ECONOMIC ALSO KNOWN AS INDIRECT DISPLACEMENT REFERS YOU AND CURRENT RESIDENTS OF AN AREA CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE THERE. WE HEAR AND YOU HEAR CERTAINLY A LOT ABOUT THIS IN BOSTON THE
CLOSURE OR RELOCATION OF A BUSINESS OR CULTURAL ENTERPRISE CAN ALSO BE IMPACTED OR ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER DIRECTOR ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT AND IMPORTANTLY WHEN THE NATURE OF GOODS OR SERVICES IN A GIVEN AREA SHIFTS.
RESIDENTS THEMSELVES AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THIS CAN FEEL A SENSE OF LOSS OF IDENTITY OR DISLOCATION OR PERIPHERAL ASSOCIATION SORT OF DETACHMENT FROM THE PLACE THEY'VE CALLED HOME. I WOULD JUST SAY FOR THIS SLIDE
IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH TEXT SO SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS THIS IN FRONT OF THEM. OKAY. OKAY.
I'M HAPPY TO BRING ADDITIONAL COPIES DOWN IF FOLKS DON'T HAVE A COPY HANDY. OKAY. AND AND THEN FINALLY GENTRIFICATION DESCRIBES A PATTERN OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE OFTEN WHERE INVESTMENT CONTRIBUTES TO THE DISPLACEMENT
OF LOW INCOME RESIDENTS. IMPORTANTLY, WHILE GENTRIFICATION CAN LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT, NOT ALL DISPLACEMENT IS LINKED TO GENTRIFICATION. SO WE ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND NOW THAT MOST DIRECT DISPLACEMENT
PARTICULARLY EVICTIONS OCCURS IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT GENTRIFYING. THE ACTION PLAN IS WORKING TO ADDRESS BOTH ACUTE CHALLENGES INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE WE
TALKED ABOUT AS WELL AS PRICE PRESSURES FURIES ON THIS ONE. MADAM CHAIR, THE PLAN WE WANTED
TO JUST GIVE A QUICK RECAP ON THE STAGES OF THE PROCESS THAT HELPED US ARRIVE AT A PLAN SO THAT THE ACTION PLAN ITSELF WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 19TH A COUPLE LESS THAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
FOR A 45 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. BUT IMPORTANT FOUNDATIONAL WORK PRECEDED IT. SO IN DECEMBER WE RELEASED TWO REPORTS AS A RESULT OF OUR DISCOVERY PHASE. THE FIRST WAS A COMPREHENSIVE
UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. SO IT WAS AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS REPRESENTING CONSTITUENT CONCERNS AND PRIORITIES THAT HAD BEEN SHARED WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON OVER THE PRIOR TWO YEARS.
IN TOTAL WE ANALYZED MORE THAN 1400 PAGES OF LETTERS, SURVEYS, WORKSHOPS, COMMENT PERIODS A WIDE RANGE REPRESENTING MORE THAN 2300 BOSTONIANS AND SHARE
THAT BACK IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT COMMUNITY PRIORITIES REPORT TO SHARE BACK WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT WE HAD IN FACT ALREADY HEARD FROM THEM. THE SECOND REPORT WAS AN EXISTING TOOLKIT AND PROGRESS
REPORT. THIS WAS THE GAP ANALYSIS. THIS IS WHERE WE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER SAID WHAT ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT THE CITY DOES TODAY TO MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT AND HOW ARE THOSE TOOLS WORKING?
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MULTIPLE INPUTS INTO THE ACTION PLAN TO SAY WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT COULD WE BE DOING BETTER AND WHAT DO OTHER CITIES DO THAT WE MAY WANT TO BRING TO
BEAR IN THE CITY OF BOSTON? THOSE WERE BOTH INPUTS INTO THE ACTION PLAN SO THAT WAS RELEASED IN MARCH. IT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON NEW OR ROWBACK RECOMMENDED
IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR TOOLKIT AGAIN TO MITIGATE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT. ALONGSIDE THAT WE RELEASED BOSTON'S FIRST EVER RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT RISK MAP.
IT'S A NEW TOOL THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD AVAILABLE BEFORE TO UNDERSTAND AT THE CENSUS BLOCK GROUP LEVEL MEANING THE SUB NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL AT A FINE SCALE THE RISK THAT RESIDENTS
FACE OF DISPLACEMENT. WE DETAIL IN THE ACTION PLAN A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE PLAN TO USE IT INCLUDING A NUMBER OF PRIORITY USES. WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY ALREADY. WE ANTICIPATE THE ACTION PLAN
WILL BE ROLLED OUT OVER TWO YEARS AND IN THE DETAIL THAT WE PROVIDE PUBLICLY. WE ALSO SAY ESSENTIALLY WHERE ARE WE IN IMPLEMENTING ARE WE
IN THE EARLY STAGES IN SOME OF THESE TOOLS OR ARE WE ON THE LATE STAGES THE FINAL STEP TO GET THEM OVER THE FINISH LINE AND THROUGHOUT AND ALONGSIDE
ALL OF THIS WORK AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE WE'VE ABSOLUTELY BEEN LISTENING TO COMMUNITY DOING WORKSHOPS, SURVEYS, LISTENING AS PART OF MAJOR PLANNING INITIATIVES AND WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT TO
ENSURE THAT THE FINAL PLAN RECOMMENDS THE INTERESTS AND PRIORITIES OF THE CITY. I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO READ SOME OF THESE NEXT SLIDES WHICH
THE COUNCILORS WILL SEE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COPIES IN FRONT OF THEM HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL BUT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WAS THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK FOR HOW THE CITY OF BOSTON IS WORKING TO RESPOND TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS CONCERNS. SO WE USE A COMMONLY USED FRAMEWORK YOU'LL SEE IN A LOT OF CITIES INTO DISPLACEMENT PLANS CALLED THE THREE OR FOUR P'S. SO WE ARE WORKING TO PROTECT RESIDENTS, RENTERS AND LOW
INCOME HOMEOWNERS FROM DISPLACEMENT. THAT MEANS PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES TO FOLKS WHO ARE FACING AN ACUTE NEED OR CRISIS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON PHYSICAL SPACES. THAT MEANS THE PRESERVATION
OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTING IN OUR PUBLIC HOUSING AND IT MEANS CRITICALLY WE HAVE TO ALSO BE PRODUCING MORE HOUSING. WE CAN'T STATUS QUO OUR WAY OUT
OF THE CRISIS. WE DO HAVE TO BE BUILDING MORE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL INCOMES IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY. AND FINALLY, IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO SURVIVE. WE WANT TO HELP THEM THRIVE SO WE OF COURSE ARE FOCUSED ON
RESIDENT PROSPERITY. HOW ARE WE GIVING FOLKS ACCESS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT? WE USE THE SAME FRAMEWORK IN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE STABILIZE
SMALL BUSINESSES AND SMALL CULTURAL OPERATORS. AGAIN, WANTING TO PROTECT OUR ANCHOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND CULTURAL ENTERPRISES THOSE BELOVED INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS PRESERVING PHYSICAL SPACES AND
PLACES, PRODUCING MORE AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE COMMERCIAL CULTURAL SPACES IN PRIORITY AREAS. AND THEN FINALLY OF COURSE BUILDING WEALTH THROUGH OWNERSHIP AND CONTRACTING
OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE A HIGH LEVEL UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS NO
ONE TOOL OR LEVER THAT CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT. IT REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED APPROACH. SO WITHIN EACH OF THESE OVERALL GOALS THERE'S A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY
EMPLOYS AND THEN EVEN A LEVEL DEEPER THEIR SPECIFIC TOOLS, PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES AND STAFF THAT HELP US DELIVER ON THOSE STRATEGIES.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE SAME FOR OUR COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL STABILITY EFFORTS. AND THEN FINALLY I JUST WANT TO CLOSE BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS BY SAYING WE'RE NOT
DONE. WE RECOGNIZE WE'RE NOT DONE. WE HAVE TRIED TO MOVE WITH THE URGENCY THAT WE KNOW OUR CONSTITUENTS FEEL BUT WE AND WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD.
I THINK AT THIS POINT OVER 100 STAFF HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND THERE IS AS MUCH INVESTMENT FROM THE STAFF AS WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY TO PUT FORWARD A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT IS NOW PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S BEING SHARED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WIDE RANGING DEPARTMENTS AND ADDITIONAL LISTENING. LISTENING SESSIONS ARE BEING SCHEDULED NOW. THERE'S AN ONLINE SURVEY, A
DEDICATED EMAIL BUT IMPORTANTLY THE PLAN ALSO LAYS SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE CALL FOR A ONE YEAR REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REMAINING ON TARGET AND WE'RE MOVING AT THE PACE WE NEED TO
BE. AND THERE'S SPECIFIC PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT CONTINUAL ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND IMPORTANTLY IMPROVE ACCESS TO OUR EXISTING SERVICES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY IS THAT THERE IS
A LOT WE DO NOW AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT CONSTITUENTS KNOW THE WEALTH OF RESOURCES THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE TO THEM AND GET ACCESS ESPECIALLY AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILORS RAUL WEBER AND CLETA ZAPATA AND BEFORE WE
GET STARTED WITH QUESTIONS I WANT TO GO TO THE LEAD SPONSOR AND LET HIM ASK HIS QUESTIONS FIRST. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OH, AND I DID WANT TO JUST TELL
YOU ALL I AM GETTING COPIES FOR EVERY ONE OF THE ACTUAL ACTION PLAN SO I KNOW THOSE ARE COMING TO YOU SOON. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE PANELISTS FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, I'LL JUST TAKE MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT IN MY RESIDENCE BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE THERE IN THE ROOM WE HAVE KEN SCOTT, MARLIN AND LAURIE IN THE ROOM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. PROBABLY REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE AS I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WE WERE GOING AT IT SINCE I GOT INTO OFFICE SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING
HERE BUT I LIKE TO WORK IN SCENARIOS RIGHT. THIS IS THIS IS REALLY BUT IT'S IT'S BIG. YOU KNOW IT'S BIG AND IF YOU ARE A TENANT AND YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT, YOU MAY
NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. SO MY FIRST QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT SCENARIOS IF I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY I LIVE IN RASA MILL WHERE THE RENTS ARE STARTING TO GO UP
WHETHER THEY ARE NEW SHINIER BUILDINGS OR JUST AS A RESULT OF RISING RENTS. WHAT PROTECT ME FROM A SPIKE IN RENT INCREASE AND I'M GOING TO ASK I'M GOING TO ADD ONE MORE QUESTION TO THAT IS IF I OWN A
SMALL STORE OR SMALL BUSINESS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE ALL A LITTLE SQUARE CLEARY SQUARE THAT IS BEING RAPIDLY DEVELOPED. WHAT TOOLS EXIST TO PROTECT MY BUSINESS?
THOSE TWO I'M GONNA START WITH THOSE TWO YOU GUYS ANSWER AND THEN I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS TO DRIVE THROUGH SO I CAN CERTAINLY START ON THE ON THE RESIDENTIAL SCENARIO THAT
YOU'VE OUTLINED WHICH IS ONE THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE RENT STABILIZATION DIDN'T PASS AT THE STATE HOUSE EVEN THOUGH
MAYOR WU VERY COURAGEOUSLY FILED THAT LEGISLATION, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RENT STABILIZATION OR RENT CONTROL IN THE CITY UNLIKE OTHER CITIES. HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT THINGS THAT WE CAN
CERTAINLY DO SO RESIDENTS THAT ARE FACING RENT INCREASES FIRST AND FOREMOST NEED PROTECTIONS, LEGAL PROTECTIONS AND THEY CAN CERTAINLY CALL THE OFFICE OF HOUSING STABILITY AND THIS
COUNCIL BODY ESPECIALLY COUNCILOR WEBER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION SO THEY SHOULD BE REPRESENTED IN COURT REPRESENTED OR EVEN PRIOR TO
THAT REPRESENTED TALKING TO THEIR LANDLORD AND SEEING IF SOMETHING CAN BE WORKED OUT THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH. IF IT'S CLEAR THAT A FAMILY OR
A SENIOR WHICH IS THE CASES THAT WE GET CANNOT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO STAY THEN THEY THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY NEED TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE AND WE DO BUILD A LOT
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ONE THING THAT THE PLAN DOES HIGHLIGHT AND ONE THING THAT I THINK I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS NEW HOUSING THAT'S COMING OUT, NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCOME
RESTRICTED HOUSING THAT'S COMING COMING THAT'S BEING BUILT AND MADE AVAILABLE. WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING ASIDE WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING ASIDE SOME OF THOSE UNITS FOR
FAMILIES AND SENIORS THAT ARE ARE FIND THEMSELVES INCOME BURDENED AND WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE AND REALLY THAT CAME OUT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH THE PUBLIC LIKE HOW DO
THEY ACCESS IN A IN A IN A MORE INTENTIONAL WAY NEW HOUSING ESPECIALLY HOUSING THAT'S CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW AND CLOSE TO THEIR SCHOOLS. HOW DO YOU FIND THOSE FAMILIES? WHAT'S THAT? HOW DO YOU FIND THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE INCOME BURDENED SO
WHEN THEY WOULD THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE LET'S PROVIDE YOU MEDIATION OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION NOW LET'S WORK WITH YOU AND SOMETIMES WE PICK UP THE PHONE AND TRY TO WORK
OUT SOMETHING WITH THE LANDLORD BUT THEN IN THE LONG RUN IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK WE NEED TO GET YOU INTO A HOME THAT YOU CAN AFFORD. AND SO PART OF IT'S HOUSING SEARCH AND WE DO A LOT OF HOUSING SEARCH INTERNALLY
AND BOTH WITH OUR HOUSING PARTNERS BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MAKE THESE CHANGES IN OUR LOTTERY PREFERENCES NOT PROVIDING 100% OF THE LOTTERY UNITS BUT A GOODLY PERCENTAGE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE
THAT FIND THEMSELVES AT RISK. OKAY. AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A GREAT EXAMPLE IN MATTAPAN WITH THE FAIRLAWN APARTMENTS. OH, THIS IS PROBABLY SOME OF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AS OFTEN BUT SHOULD HAPPEN.
WELL I THINK YOU'RE RAISING A GOOD QUESTION OUR GOOD A GOOD POINT WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UNITS EXISTING UNITS OUT OF THE SPECULATIVE MARKET AND GET THEM INTO NONPROFIT HANDS OR GET THEM INTO A FOR PROFIT THAT'S
WILLING TO TAKE ON THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT'S A WIN WIN. WE END UP WITH NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE END UP WITH TENANTS THAT ARE STABILIZED AND THAT WAS YOU KNOW, THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET EXCITED.
IT'S NOT MAGIC. SOMEONE HAS TO RUN IT BARIGA I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL MAGIC. COUNCILOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE QUESTION. HOW DO WE FIND THESE PEOPLE?
AND I THINK MAYBE AS I ANSWER THAT ONE THING TO SAY AT THE BEGINNING IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A COMPREHENSIVE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO THIS IS EVOLVING WORK AND I WANT TO THANK CATHERINE FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND FOR EVERYONE'S SUPPORT IN GETTING US HERE AND
WE'RE CONSTANTLY WILL BE EVOLVING FROM HERE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THE PLAN PLANNING THE ACTION PLAN LOOKS FORWARD TO THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PRODUCE. THE TOOLKIT LOOKS BACKWARDS THE THINGS WE ALREADY HAVE.
ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS WE WANT TO INTRODUCE AS PART OF OUR RELATED REFORM EFFORTS IS ANSWERING PRECISELY THAT QUESTION FINDING THE TENANTS WHETHER THEY BE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL THAT
ARE AT RISK OF BEING DISPLACED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT. PART OF OUR NEW BERKELEY IMPROVEMENT EFFORT WILL REQUIRED HELPERS TO DISCLOSE
THE TENANCIES OF BOTH RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON ANY REDEVELOPMENT SITE SO THAT WE CAN WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPER AND MOST BY A STRONG FORWARD THINKING DEVELOPERS ALREADY DO THIS WORK
OF WORKING WITH EXISTING TENANTS BUT WE HAVE WE'LL HAVE THE DATA, WE'LL HAVE THE CONNECTIONS WITH THE ABILITY TO INTERVENE NOW. AND SO JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT,
FIRST OF ALL I'M GRATEFUL THAT PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE COUNCIL IS HERE. I THINK KIND OF BUILDING ON YOUR POINT EARLIER OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS TOPIC IS AND WE'LL ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO MY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE IN THE
BUILDING. SO YOU KNOW, AS OF MARCH 31ST, 2025, THE WAY WE HAVE DEALT WITH THAT PARTICULAR EXAMPLE IS A MEMBER OF THIS BODY WOULD REACH OUT OR WE'LL GET AN EMAIL FROM A CONSTITUENT AND
UNFORTUNATELY IT'S BEEN KIND OF A CASE BY CASE. YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK WITH THE LANDLORD, WE'LL TALK WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER, TRY TO NEGOTIATE IN SOME WAY TO KEEP THEM THERE AND IF NOT WE TRY TO
FIND THEM ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE GENERAL VICINITY. BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR FUTURE AND FORWARD LOOKING NATURE OF THIS PLAN THERE'S THE ARTICLE 80 DISCLOSURE THAT IS SUGGESTED SO THAT THE DEVELOPER SLASH PLAN
WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION FROM THE BEGINNING IN ORDER FOR THE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. SO YOU KNOW RIGHT OF RIGHT OF REFUSAL OR FIRST YOU KNOW RIGHT OF RETURN OR RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE BUT ALSO OUR CAP PROGRAM WHICH I MENTIONED ANECDOTALLY IN SEVERAL HEARINGS BEFORE THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT OUR TEAM HAS FINALLY
DEVELOPED A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE NOW FUNDRAISING FOR BUT A PROGRAM LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D WANT THE LIKE WE WANT I WANT SMALL BUSINESSES TO OWN THEIR PROPERTY LIKE HERE I WANT PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY TO OWN THEIR PROPERTY THE BUILDING TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF DISPLACEMENT AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PIECES THAT ARE WITHIN THE PLAN THAT WE WOULD HOPE WILL HELP MITIGATE ANY ISSUES OF DISPLACEMENT IN THE
FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR GIVEN I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY THE SECOND CO-SPONSOR JULIA MEJIA. JULIA DO YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO
GIVE AN OPENING STATEMENT FIND OUT YOU'RE UTILIZING YOUR LATINO ROOTS COLLEEN JULIA OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SAY HELLO AND WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR CHAMBER YET AGAIN AS THE CO-SPONSOR OF TODAY'S HEARING, I WANT TO BEGIN BY GROUNDING US IN WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE REALITY THAT SO MANY BOSTONIANS ARE FACING AND THIS JUST ISN'T
A HOUSING CRISIS. IT'S A CRISIS OF BELONGING TO MANY LONGTIME RESIDENTS ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY HELPED US BUILD LOSING NOT ONLY THEIR
HOMES BUT ALSO THEIR CONNECTIONS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND A SENSE OF PLACE. EVERYONE HAS A STORY OF A NEIGHBOR WHO HAS TO LEAVE AND I KNOW MANY OF THE PARENTS THAT I WORKED WITH BACK IN THE DAY
BEFORE I CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER WERE A PARENT ORGANIZERS AND THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGHT FOR EQUITY IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MANY WERE AFRAID TO
DO SO BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT ONCE OUR SCHOOLS GOT BETTER THEN THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE DISPLACED WHICH WAS AN SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.
IS THAT WHAT THEY SAY IN AMERICA? BECAUSE THOSE PARENTS WHO FOUGHT TO STAY HERE NOW LIVE IN BROCKTON STOUGHTON AND RANDOLPH
AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND SO THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME CORRELATION THERE HAPPENING. NOT SURE WHAT IT IS BUT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND JUST LAST WEEK
OUR OFFICE HEARD FROM AN ELDER LEE WOMAN WHO SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE IN BOSTON AND NOW SHE AND HER SON WHO IS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND RECOVERING FROM ADDICTION ARE SLEEPING ON A
FRIEND'S COUCH AND SHE WANTS TO COME HOME BUT BOSTON IS NO LONGER AFFORDABLE TO HER. AND SO I LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS HEARING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BE
PRESENTING OR PROBABLY WILL DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO IT WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS AROUND THE THE RECENTLY RELEASED ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN AND YOU KNOW I'M TO LISTEN AND TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND I'M ALSO PARTICULARLY CURIOUS AROUND THE DISPLACEMENT NOT JUST OF FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO LIVE HERE BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO TRYING TO DO BUSINESS HERE. I THINK THOSE ALL OF THOSE
THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED AND I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU, CHIEF HERE . THESE ARE ALL THINGS IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY YOUR RENT YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO BRING IN THE INCOME YOU'RE
GOING TO BE DISPLACED. SO I THINK ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING IN DEEPER. THANK YOU CHAIR, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO BRIAN
MORRELL WHO'S THERE JUST FOR AN OPENING STATEMENT. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BEING HERE. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I'LL GET TO BUT I'M JUST LOOKING TO DIVE INTO THIS
CONVERSATION. THIS CONVERSATION IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF YOU ON THIS PANEL ON YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE AFFORDABILITY SIDE OF IT BUT
ALSO THE INVENTORY. I THINK THAT THE PRODUCTION OF HOUSING ALSO WHO STAYS RIGHT, WHETHER IT'S A STUDIO, A
ONE BEDROOM, A TWO BEDROOM OR A THREE BEDROOM, YOU KNOW THE DATA SHOWS WHO'S MORE RELIANT ON THAT TYPE OF HOUSING AND MY QUESTIONS WILL BE CENTERED
AROUND HOW WE BUILD IN NOT ONLY FAMILY STYLE HOUSING BUT ALSO THE AFFORDABILITY SIDE FOR, YOU
KNOW, ALL WORKING CLASS PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN MY DISTRICT
AND IT'S IT'S 50,000. RIGHT. AND IT'S LIKE HOW MANY OF RIGHT THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT GOING UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ARE THOSE
PEOPLE THAT MAKE $50,000 A YEAR? ARE THEY ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, RENT ANY OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING UP IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD?
SO MY QUESTION QUESTION BE CENTERED AROUND THAT. BUT AS HAS BEEN MY ADVOCACY EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL IS FAMILY STYLE HOUSING HOW WE'RE DOING THAT AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFORDABILITY
PIECE OF IT THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR EARL. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY HEARTENED TO SEE SUCH GREAT ATTENDANCE TODAY. I KNOW THIS ISSUE IS SO IMPORTANT TO BOSTON AND I KNOW THE DISPLACEMENT IS BOTH A
SYMPTOM AND A RESULT OF MULTIPLE OVERLAPPING DYNAMICS CONSTRUCTED OF HOUSING SUPPLY MIXED WITH INCREASED DEMAND WHICH OFTEN LEADS TO RISING RENTS, PROPERTY VALUES
AND THEREBY CHANGING THE NATURE OF NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS EXPERIENCE DIFFERENTLY ACROSS BOSTON BUT ITS IMPACT IS FELT WIDELY FAMILIES FORCED TO RELOCATE SMALL BUSINESSES PRICED OUT AND COMMUNITIES
FACING CULTURAL AND SOCIAL EROSION. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE KNOW THAT GROWTH AND NEW DEVELOPMENT ARE NECESSARY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A CITY THAT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT RESIDENTS AND JOBS.
THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US IS NOT WHETHER WE GROW BUT HOW WE GROW . I'M HEARTENED TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION'S NEW ANTI DISPLACEMENT ACTION PLAN WHICH OFFERS A VALUABLE ROAD MAP BUT OFTEN I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING
I THINK THE FOUR PS DESCRIBED IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROTECT PRESERVE AND PRODUCE SORRY PROTECT PRESERVE I THINK I THINK PRODUCES A THIRD ONE
PRODUCE AND PROSPER PROSPER OC SO ALL THE P IS THE FOUR PIECE WE KNOW THAT THEY OFTEN COME IN TENSION WITH EACH OTHER AND THE BELT AND PHYSICAL WORLD HOW DOES THE ADMINISTRATION SEEK TO
PRIORITIZE GOALS WITHIN THESE PS AND NOT TO SUCCUMB TO EVERYTHING BAGEL LIBERALISM WHICH IS BASICALLY PURSUING ONE SOMETIMES IN YOUR PURSUING ONE
GOOD IT OBVIOUSLY MEANS LESS GOOD OF ANOTHER THING AND WE HAVE TO DESCRIBE TRADEOFFS AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO WAY TO PLEASE ALL
OF THOSE PS AT THE SAME TIME AND HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY SORT OF GET AT THIS? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DIFFICULT THING AND A DIFFICULT NEEDLE TO THREAD. I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS
WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF DISPLACEMENT FROM STUDENTS FROM STUDENTS MOVING TO MISSION HILL AND THE FENWAY THAT IS FORCING PEOPLE OUT NOT IN A VERY DIRECT WAY BUT IN SORT
OF AN INDIRECT WAY. AND I REMEMBER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF SOMEONE DURING MY CAMPAIGN AND LEARNING THAT THEY PAID MORE TO LIVE IN MISSION HILL THAN I DO ON BEACON HILL
AND REALIZING THAT I ACTUALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN MISSION HILL IF I WANTED TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF INFLATED HOUSING MARKET IT'S JUST WE'RE
WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF THESE TRADE OFFS, A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO HEAR AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION OF LIKE HOW DO WE DO IT ALL WHEN WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO
IT ALL AND I CAN CERTAINLY START AND TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR FURTHER RESPONSE. BUT I THINK I'D SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST AND THIS THIS IS THE JOB OF GOOD COMMUNITY FARM PLANNING, RIGHT?
WE SHOULD BE GOING OUT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND TALKING ABOUT TRADEOFFS AND TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES AND THEN WORKING TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH A REGULATORY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR GROWTH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT CENTERS WHAT WE HEARD THROUGH COMMUNITY VOICE AND CENTERS THAT THE FOUR PIECE WE TALKED ABOUT IT'S WHAT KATHRYN AND HER TEAM IN CREATING THIS PLAN DID RIGHT HEARING FROM CONSTITUENTS OVER THE PAST TWO
YEARS I LOOK AT OUR SQUARES AND STREETS EFFORT AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. I MEAN SQUARES AND STREETS ULTIMATELY IS A PLAN FOR PREDICTABILITY OF GROWTH AND IT ALLOWS FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF DENSITY AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GROWTH THAT CAN THEN BE APPLIED TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH A COMMUNITY PROCESS. SO THERE IS NO I THINK JUST TO SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU JUST SAID
THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET. THERE IS NO THERE IS NO POLICY SOLUTION WITHOUT THERE IS NOT ANY ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO THAT WILL PREVENT I DISPLACEMENT AND CREATE MORE AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY. INSTEAD WE'VE GOT A 63 PAGE
PLAN OF NEW THINGS WE WANT TO DO AND A WHOLE LOT OF WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR GENERATIONS. BOSTON'S GOT A 20% OF ITS HOUSING STOCK IS INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S MORE THAN OTHER COMMUNITY IN THE NATION AT OUR
SCALE THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A STRENGTH OF OUR CITY BUT IT'S ALSO NOT GOOD ENOUGH. RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, SO MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE FACING DISPLACEMENT DESPITE ALL THAT HARD WORK.
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING. THANK YOU. AND I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS I THINK IN EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY THERE IS THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT TRADEOFFS.
AND I HAVE FOUND THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DISPLACEMENT ARE ALSO NOT INTERESTED IN BUILDING NEW UNITS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DO NEED TO CREATE THIS MARRIAGE
OF PRIORITIES WHERE REALIZING THAT ONE HAS AN IMPACT ON ANOTHER. IT'S NOT JUST THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT CREATES DISPLACEMENT IT'S THE LACK OF DEVELOPMENT ALSO CREATES DISPLACEMENT. SO AND I THINK THAT THE PLAN
ABSOLUTELY GETS AT THAT BUT IT'S JUST I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING THAT OUT INTO THE OPEN AND STATICALLY HERE IF YOU COUNT. SO THAT'S WHY PRODUCING NEW HOUSING, PRODUCING NEW SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IS A
CORE ONE OF THE FOUR CORE COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN. I THINK WE KNOW THAT IF IF BOSTON DID NOT GROW AT ALL THAT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE IS A RECIPE FOR RAPID DISPLACEMENT OF OUR RESIDENTS.
ALSO ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, IF WE GROW COMPLETELY UNCHECKED WITHOUT ANY REGULATION THAT'S ALSO A RECIPE FOR DISPLACING OUR RESIDENTS. WHAT OUR COLLECTIVE JOB HERE IS
TO STRIKE A BALANCE IN THE MIDDLE WHILE WE'RE GROWING THE CITY, MAKING SURE WE'RE GROWING ADEQUATELY FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NEXT WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR MURPHY.
THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID IN MY OPENING STATEMENT, IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LENGTHY I GUESS IF IT WAS PRINTED OUT IN COLOR IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY BUT I'LL GET
YOUR COLOR IF EACH OF YOU BECAUSE I ASSUME YOU WERE ALL AT THE TABLE AND YOUR TEAMS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU WHAT YOU THINK YOU
KNOW, WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTED TO THIS OR WHAT YOU THINK IS YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU REALLY THINK IS GOING TO HELP US MAYBE IT'S ALL THE SAME THING BUT MAYBE IT'S DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THAT WOULD HELP ME WHEN I GO BACK AND KIND OF LOOK AT THIS CLOSER TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS OF WHY IT WOULD THEN GIVE THE END RESULT . WE KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
OVERALL DISPLACEMENT FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE EITHER NEW WANTING TO COME IN THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BUSINESS OWNERS AND ALL THE ALIKE HOWEVER YOU
WANT TO START WELL COUNCILOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND OF COURSE I THINK EVERYTHING ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THINGS IS IMPORTANT AND SO AND I HAVE
TO GIVE CREDIT TO MY TEAM AND WORKING WITH KATHRYN, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR SHAPING A LOT OF WHAT'S IN THE THE COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT PORTION OF THE DOCUMENT I'LL LIST OF THE
TOPICS I WON'T DIVE IN UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON IT BUT I MENTIONED THE ARTICLE 80 DISPLACEMENT PIECE THE TAX THAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR BUSINESSES TRIPLE NET LEASES
AND SO YOU KNOW THESE TAXES A LOT OF THAT'S BEING PASSED ON TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS. SO I THINK PROVIDING WAYS TO SUPPORT THEM IS IMPORTANT. PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION LIFTING THAT CAP FROM 10 TO 30000 WE WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON
OUR SPACE PROGRAM. WE ARE AN ACT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BOTH EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM BUT ALSO GETTING NEW MONEY FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND THANKS TO THIS COUNCIL WE GOT 10 MILLION FOR THE FIRST
ROUND OUR SITE FINDING OPPORTUNITIES SO A LOT OF YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO US BUSINESSES THAT EITHER YOU KNOW MIGHT BE MIGHT BE GETTING DISPLACED OR ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A SPACE AND OUR SMALL
BUSINESS TEAM HAS UTILIZED A TOOL THAT WE ADOPTED FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE FIND WHERE THEY SHOULD GO IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THAT IS WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING WHERE YOU KNOW, GOT TO CALL ME. YOU CAN GO ON BOSTON DARK DOVE
AND SEE THAT YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO OPEN UP A BARBERSHOP YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T DO IT ON BODEN STREET BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THREE OF THEM RIGHT THERE. SO BUT YOU SHOULD BE ON SOME OTHER STREET BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THAT MANY. OUR CAT PROGRAM I MENTIONED AND THE INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE SO YOU KNOW THOSE ARE SEVEN THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THIS REPORT THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON AND AS DEVIN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW THE
FACT AND CATHERINE THAT SAYS IT IN THE INTRODUCTION THAT THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS SOMERVILLE JUST LAST WEEK RELEASED THEIR SMALL ENTERPRISE DISPLACEMENT PLAN. THERE ARE PROBABLY THINGS IN
THERE THAT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT ADDING TO THIS SO I WISH I COULD SAY ONE BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN AS DAVID MENTIONED, THERE'S NO SILVER BULLET AND ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR ADDRESSING DISPLACEMENT. THANK YOU.
NEXT BY I GUESS MY GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO THIS WAS RECRUITING KATHRYN TO JOIN THE TEAM AND ACTUALLY CREATING HELPING CREATE A PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THIS ISSUE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE IS YOU HAD TEAMS THAT ARE THINK ABOUT THE DISPLACEMENT ISSUE MYOPICALLY WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL SPACE OR IN THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SPACE OR THE PRODUCTION SPACE OR THE SMALL BUSINESS SPACE. WE DIDN'T WE DID NOT BRING THAT WORK TOGETHER COMPREHENSIVELY AS A CITY AND DESCRIBE TO EVERYONE THESE ARE OUR SUITE OF TOOLS AND THIS IS HOW WE NEED TO ADVANCE THAT WORK TOGETHER.
SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM'S WORK. I THINK LIKE I SAID IN THE OPENING THIS IS THE CITY HAS NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE. IT IS CERTAINLY AN EVOLVING PROCESS. IT'S NOT PERFECT.
IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PEOPLE'S COMMENTS BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE IT REPRESENTS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD AND I THINK PART OF THE PROMISE OF HAVING A CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT IS PART OF THE CITY IS THAT WE
DO THIS WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND NOT SEPARATE OUR SEPARATE SILOS. I'LL ADD TO THAT POINT WITH DEVIN THAT I THINK WHEN WE TALK WITH OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND WE SAID WE REALLY HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY WANTED US TO BE DOING A PLAN TO MITIGATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT. OTHER CITIES SAID WE WISH WE HAD DONE IT THAT WAY AND IT WAS
THE RECOGNITION THAT FOLKS REALLY DID FEEL A LOSS WHEN THEY LOST THEIR SMALL BUSINESS. THEY LOST THEIR FAITH COMMUNITY ,THEY LOST A GATHERING SPACE THAT WAS REALLY CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE BROUGHT INTO THIS PLAN AS DEVIN NOTED AND THAT YOU SEE HERE ABSENT ONLY OUR BOTH
INTERIM CHIEF OF ARTS AND CULTURAL KEN KENNY GARY BUT ALSO JOSEPH HENRY, OUR DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL PLANNING WHO WAS CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE WORK. AND THEN THE SECOND THING I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO
COUNCILOR IS TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION . IT'S EASY SOMETIMES TO DO A LAUNDRY LIST OF SORT OF PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES BUT REALLY THINKING WE REALLY TRIED TO TAKE THE OTHER STEP AND SAY
HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO EXISTING SERVICES IS AND THINKING ABOUT THAT IN OUR IMPLEMENTATION HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE REVISIT THE PLAN? AND I LIKEN IT SOMETIMES TO A
CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING YOU KNOW TEN YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A BASELINE AND NOW WE'RE ON OUR SECOND AND THIRD ITERATION SO WE CAN ONLY BUILD IF WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION AND SO WE NEEDED TO CREATE THAT
IN THE PROCESS AND AND SO WE TRIED TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN THAT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS WHEN THE PLAN IS PUBLISHED IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE DONE. IT MEANS THAT WE'RE EQUIPPING
OUR OWN STAFF TO ENGAGE THOUGHTFULLY AND RESPECTFULLY ON THIS TOPIC THROUGH PLANNING INITIATIVES WHETHER IT'S ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, ON TRANSPORTATION OR ON
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TOGETHER WITH COMMUNITY THINKING. AND I DO LOVE THAT. I DO LOVE THAT DEVON'S GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS HIRING A WOMAN THAT FEELS VERY FEMINIST ICON.
SO MAYBE DEVON MIGHT BE OUR FEMINIST ICON OF THE DAY. CHIEF DAWN DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER ANSWER AND A ADD THAT I THINK WHAT I FIND PROBABLY MOST
IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS PLAN IS THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD TODAY, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S IT SPEAKS TO EXISTING RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN A UNIT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW AND
ARE FEELING THREATENED. SO IT'S LIKE NEW TOOLS AND I THINK OF A CONDO AN UPDATED CONDO CONVERSION ORDINANCE ACCESS TO COUNCIL THAT WE MENTIONED THE AOP PROGRAM LIKE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT
PEOPLE'S LIVES LIKE RIGHT NOW. BUT THEN I THINK THE PLAN ALSO TALKS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GROW AND I THINK DEVIN MENTIONED IT HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO LARGE SCALE SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS IN SUCH A WAY THAT
DISPLACEMENT IS FRONT AND CENTER LIKE A REVIEW IN THE ARTICLE 80 PROCESS HOMEOWNERSHIP CODE PURCHASING MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, NEW
DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE A HOUSING ACCELERATOR OR FUND AND MAKING SURE THAT THE HOUSING THE NEW HOUSING IS BUILT AND UNLOCKED THROUGH THAT HAVE HAS REALLY GOOD AFFORDABILITY BUILT IN SO IT'S
IT'S BOTH TAKING CARE OF WHAT IS AND THEN DOING NEW DIFFERENTLY SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT RESONATES FOR ME THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR MURPHY
COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE YET TO READ THE THIS REPORT THE ENTIRE
DISPLACEMENT REPORT. I WILL READ THAT TODAY AND TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. IS THERE A IS THERE AN AMOUNT THAT THE CITY HAS COMMITTED
COMMITTED TO SPENDING TO TO SUPPORT ALL THE INITIATIVES IN THAT PLAN TO THAT IS IT OH, IT'S A GREAT AND IMPORTANT QUESTION. COUNCILOR THE MAJORITY OF ITEMS OUTLINED IN THE PLAN BECAUSE
OF THE MOMENT WE'RE IN AND THE NEED TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE PLAN OVERWHELMINGLY DO NOT REQUIRE NEW RESOURCES ON THE PART OF THE CITY.
THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL'S ALREADY AWARE OF INCLUDING A $110 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND WHICH WOULD BOTH YIELD MORE HOUSING
AND MORE INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING. AND THEN THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE BUT THEY'RE FAIRLY MODEST AND
HELPING TO LAY A REALLY IMPORTANT FOUNDATION. SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE BASEMENT UNIT PROTECTION. SO UNDERSTANDING WHERE THERE IS DIRECT DISPLACEMENT RISK FROM
FLOODING AND BEGINNING TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION STARTING WITH THESE BOSTON BEGINNING TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE THOSE UNITS ARE SO THAT WE CAN ACTIVELY INTERVENE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESIDENTS ARE
PROTECTED. BUT FOR THE MOST PART OVERWHELMINGLY WHAT'S IN HERE IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S BUDGET OR HAS ALREADY BEEN SHARED AND COMMITTED. THANK YOU.
WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT THAT WOULD HELP DISABLED VETERANS THAT WOULD HELP MILITARY FAMILIES STAY IN THEIR HOMES? WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS IN THERE
THAT CAN HELP OUR VETERANS? SO AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, KATHRYN, BUT I DON'T THINK VETERANS ARE ARE CALLED OUT AS A CATEGORY. BUT THAT'S GOOD INPUT FOR US TO
TAKE BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMON PERIOD ON THIS PLAN TOO. IT HASN'T BEEN THE INK IS NOT DRY AND WE'RE CERTAINLY INTERESTED YOUR COMMENTS CERTAINLY ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS ON OUR EXISTING
TENANTS BUT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE GOING TO ENHANCE FOR FOLKS AS WE DEVELOP AND AS WE HELP HOMEOWNERS AND AS WE DEVELOP MORE SPECIALIZED HOUSING.
SO IT'S I THINK THERE IS NEW TOOLS THAT HELP LIKE I SAID EXISTING RENTERS EXISTING EXISTING RESIDENTS BUT ALSO ADDITIONAL AFFORDABILITY PROTECTIONS AS WE DEVELOP NEW
BUT IF IF YOU DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S THINGS AFTER YOU READ IT COUNCILOR THAT YOU KNOW VERY ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO A POPULATION THAT YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THEN THAT THAT IS THE INPUT THAT WE WOULD THAT WOULD
WE WOULD REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATE YEAH THANK YOU SHEILA I, I DO KNOW OFTENTIMES VETERANS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN PROTECTED CATEGORY IS BUT BUT
BY LAW THEY THEY ARE INCLUDED IN PROTECTED CATEGORIES I FOLLOW THAT CLOSELY AND I GO TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO TESTIFY IN OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN
VETERANS. BUT I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE FOR US GOING FORWARD TO INCLUDE VETERANS IN EVERYTHING WE DO IN
TERMS OF PROTECTED CATEGORIES. I THINK IT'S THE LAW. I THINK AND I ALSO THINK OUR VETERANS HAVE HAVE EARNED THAT ESPECIALLY DURING DIFFICULT TIMES SUPPORTING DISABLED
VETERANS SUPPORTING WOMEN VETERANS SUPPORTING HOMELESS VETERANS OF THE HIGHEST GROWTH THE HIGHEST GROUP OF HOMELESS
VETERANS IS WOMEN VETERANS. SO I FEEL LIKE WE ALL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT WOMEN VETERANS. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A PRIORITY
OF MINE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION GOING FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES ARE INCLUDED IN PROTECTED
CATEGORIES. MY SECOND POINT I THINK COUNCILOR HERE MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT AT THE AT THE BEGINNING OF HER OPENING STATEMENTS BUT I HAVE ALSO
HEARD FROM LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF THE CITY THAT MAY HAVE BOUGHT THEIR HOME 5060 YEARS AGO AND MAYBE THE HOME NOW IS
WORTH $800,000, MAYBE IT'S WORTH $900,000. THEY MIGHT BE LIVING ON A PENSION OF $40,000 A YEAR. THEY ARE THE PROPERTY TAXES CONTINUE TO GO TO GO UP THERE
ON A FIXED INCOME AND THEY'RE BARELY MAKING IT TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS. I I, I SEE THEM AT THE VARIOUS STORES IN SOUTH BOSTON LOOKING
AT SOUP AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY CAN BUY A CAN OF CAMPBELL'S SOUP A NIGHT BASED ON BASED ON THE MONEY THEY HAVE IN THEIR POCKET BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING SPECIFICALLY FOR LONG TIME RESIDENTS THAT
HAVE BOUGHT THEIR HOME A LONG TIME AGO THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOME THAT ARE HAVING DIFFICULT TIME PAYING THEIR BILLS AND STAYING IN THEIR
PLACE SO YOU RAISE YOU I MEAN SENIORS ARE VERY, VERY MUCH A FOCUS IN THIS PLAN AND WE'RE SEEING 2 TO 2 TO TWO CATEGORIES
OF SENIORS THAT ARE AT RISK AND YOU MENTIONED HOMEOWNERS AND CERTAINLY WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THE RESIDENTIAL TAX LEGISLATION PASSING THAT WOULD
ALLOW THEM TO TO HAVE A LOWER RESIDENTIAL BILL. BUT EVEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE WORKING NOW WITH SOME NONPROFITS TO SEE IF WE CAN'T BUILD MORE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE
THAT ARE READY TO SELL THEIR HOMES AND IN DOWNSIZE. SO WE'RE WE'RE VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN THAT AS A MODEL. IT REALLY IS A CONTINUUM.
I WILL WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH AN UNFORTUNATE NUMBER OF SENIORS THAT HAVE LIVED IN THE SAME RENTAL UNIT AND ARE MANY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DECADES NOT EVEN YEARS BUT
DECADES. AND WORKING WITH EMILY SHEA, THE COMMISSIONER AND IT'S ALSO IN THE PLAN THAT WE START MEETING WITH SENIORS EARLY ON. OFTENTIMES THEY THINK THAT THE
SITUATION BECAUSE THEY'VE LIVED THERE FOR 20, 30, 40 YEARS THAT IT'S GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME AND THEN THE BUILDING IS SOLD AND THEN THEY END UP IN A VERY UNFORTUNATE POSITION. SO REALLY STARTING TO MEET WITH
SENIORS ACROSS THE CITY AND HAVE THEM START PLANNING FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND GETTING THEIR NAMES ON SENIOR YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE SENIOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING LISTS EARLY DOING FINANCIAL PLANNING EARLY IF THEY WANT TO SELL THEIR HOME THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THEY'LL WAIT AND THEN WE HAVE A CRISIS VERSUS
REALLY WORKING WITH THEM EARLY ON WHICH IS WHAT THEY DESERVE. SO THERE IS A CALL OUT IN THE PLAN FOR A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR SENIORS. IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU THINK THAT WE'VE MISSED, PLEASE
,PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. BUT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONSTITUENCY AND AS YOU KNOW OFTENTIMES VERY MUCH AT RISK. THANK YOU, SHEILA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I'M LOOKING AT THE 26 NEW TOOLS AND I KNOW THAT THE SUMS WITH SOME OF THEM HAVE THE GASTRIC ON IT.
THAT'S JUST THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE HOME RULE PETITION I IMAGINE. RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE NOT YET PART OF IT BUT MAYBE WILL BE ONE DAY OUT
OF THE OTHER ONES THE HAS PROPOSED 26 NEW OR IMPROVED POLICIES. HOW MANY OF THE OTHER I GUESS 21 I BELIEVE THIS FIVE ASTERIX HOW MUCH OF THE OTHER 21 ARE NEW VERSUS JUST TWEAKS TO
CURRENTLY I'M SORT OF JUST CURIOUS REALLY I CAN COUNT FOR YOU COUNCILOR HOW MANY OF THEM ARE NEW VERSUS EXISTING VERSUS IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING?
YEAH I JUST I'M SURE I WAS JUST CURIOUS IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW I'LL TRY AND GIVE YOU SOME FILLER TIME HERE. I'M JUST CURIOUS IS THE FACT OF LIKE HOW MANY OF THESE ARE LIKE OKAY, WE'VE GOT TO REALLY
LIKE WRAP HEAD AROUND THIS NEW ONE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF IT LIKE WHAT ARE SOME THE SECONDARY TERTIARY IMPACTS OR NEGATIVES THAT MIGHT EVEN COME OF THIS AND WHAT ONES HAVE LIKE WE'VE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THEY DO
AND WE'VE THOUGHT IT OUT AND WE'RE JUST TWEAKING TO ADAPT TO TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT. SURE ABOUT 16 OR 17 OF THE RESIDENTIAL TOOLS ARE I WOULD SAY NET NEW VERSUS LIKE AN
EXAMPLE OF AN IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE THE CONDO CONVERSION ORDINANCE THAT ALREADY EXISTS. WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL TO IMPROVE THAT AND SO THE MAJORITY
OF THEM ARE NEW PRIORITIES THAT HAVE EMERGED THROUGH THE PRIORITIZED PROCESS OF ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES THAT WERE EXPRESSLY ASKED FOR AND
HIGHLIGHTED BY COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE FAIR HOUSING ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2022. SO AGAIN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A LONG TIME AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO BE PUBLIC ABOUT STATE
BOTH MAKING PROGRESS AGAINST THEM AND THEN ALSO HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR DELIVERING ON THEM GREAT. THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF I KNOW A LOT
OF THIS STUFF IS RIGHT IT'S ALWAYS LIKE INCOME BASED BUT IN TERMS OF WHO WE'RE HELPING, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S SPECIFICALLY AROUND FAMILIES? I KNOW FAMILIES CAN BE INCLUDED IN A LOT OF THESE THINGS BUT
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS FAMILIES SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE IS SORT OF THE WE'RE LOSING THE MOST OF IN THIS CITY. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ACCESS TO COUNCIL?
SURE. WHAT ACCOUNTS ARE WHATEVER JUST LEFT BUT CERTAINLY ACCESS TO COUNCIL IS RESOURCES AT THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE AVAILABLE SPECIFICALLY FOR LEGAL
REPRESENTATION FOR FAMILIES AND BEEPS RIGHT I WOULD ASSUME COUNCILOR THINGS LIKE CODE PURCHASING TOO. YES TWO SISTERS COULD BE BUYING BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE EXTENDED FAMILIES.
WE GET BACK TO SOME OF THE CALLS WE'RE GETTING EARLY ON INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM VERY MUCH FAMILY BASED. SO I THINK THERE ARE EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT SAYING FOR FAMILIES ONLY MOST OF THESE I
THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF FAMILIES COME FORWARD AND USE THE NEW PROGRAMS IN POLICIES AND I THINK PROBABLY THE ADU WHICH IS NOT NOT NEW NEWS BUT THE OBVIOUSLY THE
CITY'S EFFORT THROUGH MLH IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THE INVESTMENT IN 80 IS ALSO PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO WELCOME A FAMILY MEMBER ONTO THEIR PROPERTY AND HELP MY MOVE IN NOW THAT'S GREAT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE EVEN EVEN IF IT WAS CALLED OUT AS A FAMILY SPECIFIC IN ANY FUTURE TOOL I THINK THAT SORT OF IF IT GETS THOSE FOLKS TO THE EARS PERK UP WHEN THEY GO OH THIS IS YOU
KNOW FOR ME RATHER THAN JUST THE MORE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF IT THE ARTICLE 80 DIRECT DISPLACEMENT STUFF THAT IS IF YOU ARE I CAN ONLY IMAGINE LIKE
LITERALLY YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD WHERE THERE IS A SOMEONE IS LIVING CURRENTLY IT IS NOT THE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY CORRECT THAT'S ACCURATE DIRECT DISPLACEMENT OF AN EITHER COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL TENANT.
GOTCHA. THANK YOU. AND FINALLY THIS IS SORT OF I DON'T REALLY EXPECT IT'S MORE OF A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION BUT THE WAY WE ARE SET UP RIGHT IS
THAT WHEN YOU MAKE IT YOU HAVE TO WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR HOUSING, WANT TO IMPROVE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES BUT INHERENTLY THAT COMES WITH A CONTINUED HIGHER
COST HIGHER RATE. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THESE TWO WE CAN COME BACK WE CAN HAVE 26 NEW WAYS TO COME AT THIS BUT IS IT MORE INHERENTLY THE SYSTEM
THAT MIGHT BE BROKEN IN TERMS OF THAT WE CAN HOW DO WE ACTUALLY IMPROVE WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT? IT SORT OF SEEMS AT THE BASIS THAT THAT IS THE NATURAL
OCCURRENCE OF THINGS AND WE TRY TO BEAT IT BACK AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN AS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT WITH THAT STILL AS THE CRUX OF IT ALL IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW WE
WE RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND A LITTLE BIT HERE WE ARE RIGHT WE'RE WE'RE RUNNING WE'RE RUNNING WITH THE WIND PERHAPS I, I, I DO THINK THAT THE MORE
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE TOOLS LIKE RENT STABILIZATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT I DO THINK THE MORE HOUSING WE BUILD THAT HAS INCOME RESTRICTIONS RIGHT BEAUTIFUL NEW HOUSING
OFTENTIMES IN AREAS OR LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, REALLY YOU WOULD YOU WOULD DESCRIBE AS DISINVESTMENT THEN THEN WE GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS RIGHT? WE GET IMPROVEMENTS IN
NEIGHBORHOODS USUALLY FIRST FOR RETAIL OR COMMUNITY SPACE AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO WELCOME RESIDENTS THAT WERE AT RISK. TO ME THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S PERFECT. RIGHT. BUT I DO THINK IF WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE MARKET FORCES, WHAT WE'VE PUT IN THIS PLAN MAKES SENSE THAT IF A DEVELOPER IS COMING IN AND SAYS HEY, I'M GOING TO TEAR DOWN THIS I DON'T KNOW AUTO BODY SHOP RIGHT OR
I'M GOING TO TAKE DOWN THIS OLDER VERY OBSOLETE NON HISTORIC YOU KNOW, TWO FAMILY HOME AND I'M GOING TO BUILD 30 NEW UNITS WE'RE SAYING NOW AND
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL SAY WELL WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THOSE TWO FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THE IN THE TWO FAMILY HOME AND YOU'VE GOT A VERY AGGRESSIVE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND
WE'RE GOING TO DO GOOD DESIGN AND SO I WELL, WHILE IT'S IMPERFECT AND IT'S FEELS LIKE A PUZZLE SOMETIMES I THINK BUILDING MORE INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING AND BUSINESSES THAT OWN
THEIR OWN PROPERTIES PERFECT AND THEN NEW DEVELOPMENT HOLDING DEVELOPERS MORE ACCOUNTABLE. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE TRILLION DOLLAR
QUESTION, RIGHT? CAN YOU DEVELOP A COMMUNITY WITHOUT DISPLACING THE FOLKS WHO MADE IT WHAT IT WHAT IT IS ? AND I THINK WHAT THIS PLAN IS SEEKING TO DO I MEAN THE CHIEF IS IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND I
THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HERE ARE WORKING TO MAKE BOSTON THE FIRST CITY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS YES YOU CAN AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR MEJIA SAYS ALL THE TIME IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING RESOURCE RICH BUT COORDINATION POOR.
THE PLAN FIRST OF ALL BRINGS ALL THOSE RESOURCES TOGETHER AS YOU'VE HEARD CATHERINE AND OTHERS SAY. BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER TOOLS THAT WE CAN ADD TO THE TOOLBOX AND THEN THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE ADMINISTRATION, THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE NOT TALKED ABOUT HERE.
I MEAN PART OF IT IS WHAT TYPES OF JOBS DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR RENT IS GOING UP OR WE CONNECTING FOLKS TO, YOU KNOW, CAREER PATHWAYS ETC., ETC., SCHOOLS, ETC. RIGHT. THINGS THAT WON'T NECESSARILY
BE IN THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN BUT ARE PART OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK. SO YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS DOCUMENT AS ITERATIVE AS IT IS AS AS OPEN AND LIVE AS IT
IS WILL ADD MORE TOOLS THAT THAT ALLOW US AGAIN TO BE THE FIRST CITY TO SAY YES AND TO PROVE IT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING VERY HARD QUESTIONS. VERY WELL, GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE OFTEN REPLICATED NEVER DUPLICATED. I YEAH. I FEEL LIKE SHE'S THE MOST QUOTABLE CITY COUNCILOR AND IN TERMS OF LIKE ALL THE SORT OF SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A GREAT
CALL OUT I DID WANT TO JUST LET YOU KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT CHIEF IDOWU IS HAS TO RUN TO SOMETHING ELSE BUT HE'S GOING TO TRY TO MAKE HIS WAY BACK IF
WE'RE STILL IN QUESTION AND ANSWER HE HAS A MEETING RIGHT NOW BUT HE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. I MEAN HE'S NOT MOVING TOO QUICKLY SO BUT OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
COUNCILOR. WE'RE I'LL THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, WE'VE BEEN READY FOR MY TIME TOWARDS YEAH, YEAH YOU CAN
GO LATER. YEAH. OKAY. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES I KNOW. YEAH. OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR I GUESS CHIEF DELANEY WE TALKED ABOUT ACCESS TO COUNCIL AND YEAH I THINK WE WERE I WAS GOING THROUGH THE GREEN NEW DEAL. I THINK THE MAYOR WHEN SHE WAS A CITY COUNCILOR WROTE ABOUT
ACCESS TO COUNCIL IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT THERE. I DON'T THINK THE PROGRAM WOULD HAVE EXIST TODAY WITHOUT YOUR ADVOCACY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IN TERMS OF THAT, YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S A PILOT WE'RE PROVIDING IT FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN SCHOOL HERE IN BOSTON. IS THERE ANY LOOK TO EXPAND IT?
WHO SHOULD YOU KNOW GENERALLY THESE KINDS OF PILOTS THEY EXPAND INCLUDE SENIORS OR THEY INCLUDE PEOPLE AT A CERTAIN INCOME THRESHOLD. ANY ANY THOUGHTS ON EXPANSION
AND WHERE WE SHOULD LOOK? SURE. SO I AM I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE STARTING THEM WITH BPC FAMILIES . I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD CALL FROM YOUR OFFICE TO DO THAT. I THINK SENIORS ALSO NEED A
PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S A COURT CAN BE A VERY SCARY PLACE LEGAL PROCESS CAN BE A VERY SCARY PLACE. SO I WOULD WELCOME THAT WE ARE MEETING WITH WE ARE WE ARE
VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT THE STATE'S GOING TO DO IN THEIR BUDGET SESSION. WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH SPEAKER MICHAEL WITZ SPEAKING. MY GOD.
OH YOU'RE JUST SPEAKING SPEAKING PREEMPTIVELY. NO, I'M SO SORRY I'VE IT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH. I SAID THAT'S NOT RIGHT, MICHAEL. IT'S IF IT'S RIGHT IT'S JUST
NOT NICE IF HE'S WATCHING ANYWAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH HIM SOON TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE BUDGET LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION. SO IT'D BE WONDERFUL IF IF THE STATE ACTUALLY PUT ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES IN FOR ACCESS TO COUNCILOR. SO I THINK WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW THE OUR BOSTON PILOT GOES AND CAN WE EXPAND IT IF THE RESOURCES WERE
THERE AND THEN LOOKING AT THE STATE TO SEE BECAUSE WHEN THE STATE ALLOCATES RESOURCES BOSTON DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF ACCESSING THOSE RESOURCES AND SPENDING THOSE RESOURCES. WE HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE STATE. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AND OR YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE JUST LOOKING TO IT FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ALLOCATION HERE AT THE CITY AND
ALSO AT THE STATE LEVEL. I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE FEDS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. YEAH, I WOULDN'T EITHER I GUESS. YEAH, I THINK CHAIR DURKIN
BROUGHT THIS UP AND SOMETIMES IT AND I GUESS PART OF IT IS LOOKING AT THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT THE MAP CAMERA WHAT IT'S CALLED BUT YOU KNOW I
LIVE IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND IT'S IT'S IT'S A LOW DISPLACEMENT RISK IS THAT BECAUSE EVERYONE'S ALREADY BEEN DISPLACED AND THEN PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. EXACTLY AND THEN SO SO PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT THEIR SAY WELL IF YOU ALLOW MORE DEVELOPMENT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DRIVE UP THE COST. BUT YOU KNOW, MY SENSE IS YOU YOU NEED TO BUILD YOU KNOW IT'S
GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE MORE SPACE AND IT'S YOU INCREASE SUPPLY IS CAN REDUCE DEMAND YOU KNOW WHATEVER BASIC 10TH GRADE ECONOMICS THAT I
HAVE BUT HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO YOU KNOW THE THE SORT OF PUSHBACK I CERTAINLY SEE IN MY DISTRICT WHICH IS WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST BRING IN MARKET
RATE HOUSING LIKE THAT'S GOING TO RAISE THE COST OF HOUSING OVERALL ALL BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST ADDING IN PEOPLE WHO CAN PAY THAT MUCH. I I GUESS DEB, DO YOU WANT US TO I'M HAPPY TO START AND I'M
SURE FEELING IT. CATHERINE, I WANT TO JUMP IN. I THINK I THINK THIS THE THEME OF THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION THIS IS THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCE TO THIS. THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET THERE
IS NO ABSOLUTIST POSITION. I MEAN IT'S JUST I THINK I ALREADY SAID THIS BUT JUST SAY IT AGAIN. I THINK IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT IF WE DIDN'T GROW AT ALL THAT IS A RECIPE FOR CREATING A
MASSIVE HOUSING SHORTAGE AND DISPLACING MOST OF BOSTON'S LOW INCOME FAMILIES EITHER HAND. IF WE GO THE OTHER WAY WE WOULD HAVE A COMPLETELY DEREGULATED ENVIRONMENT WE GROW.
WE DON'T TRY TO SHAPE GROWTH TO BENEFIT THOSE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT AND THAT IS ALSO GOING TO LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT. SO WE NEED TO BALANCE THESE THINGS AND IN THE END THAT IS A
CONVERSATION WE NEED TO BE HAVING WITH COMMUNITIES AND WE NEED TO BE HAVING IT AT THE CITY WIDE LEVEL AND WE NEED TO BE HAVING IT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL SO A LOT OF THE THE THE DOCUMENT THAT PART THAT THE
DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE IS A CITYWIDE PLAN AND THEN WE WANT TO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES TO APPLY IT LOCALLY AND I THINK YOU CAN USE THAT THAT THE DISPLACED DISPLACEMENT RISK TOOL TO THINK ABOUT PRIORITIES
DURING REZONING PROCESS OR ARTICLE REVIEW PROCESS WHERE WHERE DO WE WANT TO WANT MITIGATION TO GO? WHAT TYPES OF USES DO WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR MAIN STREET DISTRICTS?
WHAT TYPES OF FIVE OVERALL DENSITY? WE CAN USE THAT AS AN INPUT TO A TOOL TO GUIDE A CONVERSATION. IT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT WHAT THE WHAT THE ABSOLUTE
OUTCOME SHOULD BE BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK THERE IS A CLEAR ANSWER TO THIS. IT'S A BALANCED ANSWER I THINK AS A COUNCILOR WU KNOWS EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS BOSTONIANS LOVE THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY ARE INVESTED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WHETHER THEY LIVE THERE NOW OR WHETHER THEY LIVE THERE BEFORE AND THEY WANT TO COME BACK. AND I THINK WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR THROUGH THE PLAN AND
SO AND AND ONE OF THE MOST AND YET ONE OF THE MOST FINITE RESOURCES WE HAVE IN ADDITION TO OUR PEOPLE IS LAND. WE HAVE A LOT OF WATER AND NOT A LOT OF LAND IN THE CITY AND
SO TO MAKE WE HAVE AS EVAN SAID, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A NEED TO GROW AND ADDING HOUSING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BOTH CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A
MOM WHO MIGHT BE READY TO SELL FOR YOUR KIDS WHO MIGHT WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO HOME OR FOR SOMEONE WHO WHO NO LONGER LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WANTS TO GET BACK TO THEIR NEIGHBORS
ONCE THEY GET BACK TO THE SERVICES AND RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAD TO LEAVE. AND I THINK INCLUSIONARY ZONING IS AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL TOOL THAT IS NOT RELEGATED TO ANY
ONE PART OF THE CITY. IT'S A CITY WIDE ZONING TOOL. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT AS WE GROW WE CAN BE ADDING SUPPLY FOR FOLKS OF ALL INCOMES AND I THINK YOU KNOW, FOR THE
RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE NOW YOU KNOW IMPORTANTLY SOMETHING LIKE THE CO-OP PURCHASING PROGRAM THAT SHEILA IS ADVANCING CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO POOL RESOURCES AND TOGETHER OR BUY A
HOME. IT ALSO BECOMES A TOOL TO COUNTER SPECULATORS. AND WE SAY THAT IN THE PLAN WHERE BECAUSE OUR TRIPLE DECKERS AND OUR TWO FAMILIES ARE SORT OF AT A PRICE POINT
WHERE THEY ARE OUT OF REACH OF A SORT OF AN AVERAGE INCOME HOUSEHOLD IF THEY CAN POOL THEIR RESOURCES THEN THEY BECOME A CREDIBLE RESPONSE TO
SPECULATORS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO BUY THAT TRIPLE DECKER IN A WAY THAT FAMILIES CERTAINLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN ROSLINDALE I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT LIVE ON A GROUND FLOOR AND A TRIPLE DECKER AND BOUGHT THOSE PROPERTIES AT A TIME WHETHER
THEY'RE 90 OR THEY YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT FAMILY WITH KIDS THEY BOUGHT THOSE PROPERTIES AT A TIME WHEN THEY COULD AFFORD TO BUY THAT ON ONE INCOME. AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, COUNCILOR, IS THAT THE ARTICLE 80 DISPLACEMENT DISCLOSURE WE SEE AS A REALLY
IT'S IT'S NEW IT'S IT FILLS A REALLY SPECIFIC GAP BUT WE SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A PROPONENT AND AS THE CITY TO BE AT THE
TABLE TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS IF THEY ARE GETTING DISPLACED BOTH HAVE PREDICTABILITY. THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND THEN ALSO AGAIN IN PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY HAVE POTENTIALLY AN OPTION TO RETURN
TO THE NEW UNITS THAT ARE BUILT ON SITE WHETHER THEIR INCOME ELIGIBLE FOR INCOME RESTRICTED OR THEY HAVE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR MARKET RATE UNITS AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD IS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE AS
WE HAVE GOTTEN INPUT ON THAT NEW TOOL. YEAH, JUST ONE COMMENT. I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION CHAIR IN TERMS OF THE MAP, YOU KNOW I REPRESENT WEST ROXBURY AND THAT
ACCESS TO COUNCIL STARTED WITH A SENIOR WHO CALLED ME. YOU SAID SHE COULD NOT AFFORD HER RENT ANYMORE. I THINK EVEN THOUGH IT'S DESIGNATED AS LOW RISK I SEE THAT AS MORE OF THE MEDIAN
INCOME MAY BE HIGHER BUT PLENTY OF PEOPLE ARE AT RISK FOR, YOU KNOW, SENIORS, YOUNG FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT CAN'T AFFORD THE RENT. SO I WOULD LOOK AT THAT JUST
LASTLY FROM THIS MORNING AND THIS IS JUST A COMMENT WE TALKED ABOUT RISING INSURANCE COSTS BECAUSE OF RATES RAISED THE RISING SEA LEVELS THIS AND
SO I ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT MIGHT DISPLACE PEOPLE I THINK INCREASINGLY ARE GOING TO BE IN YOU KNOW THESE ARE FOR HOMEOWNERS BUT MIGHT ALSO INCREASE RENT I DON'T KNOW WHAT
WE CAN DO TO TO MITIGATE THOSE NO QUESTIONS NO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO PERIOD. I'M NOT NOT A QUESTION MARK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. I THINK YOU AND I DO WELL, ON
HIS LAST POINT JUST TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE PLAN TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO COUNCIL RUBBER IS THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM AND THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM MY COLLEAGUES IN ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY AND OPEN
SPACE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR AND WE HAVE TO DETAIL HOW WE ARE PROACTIVELY INVESTING IN CLOSING FLOOD PATHWAYS AND THAT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON PARTICULARLY
ON INSURANCE FLOODING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO OUR COASTAL RESILIENCE COUNCILOR SO COUNCILOR CLOUD, AS A FATHER, GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO AND THE GREAT QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. I'M GOING TO ZERO IN ON WELL BEFORE I GET TO THAT JUST SETTING THE STAGE AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PROVIDE AN
OPENING STATEMENT BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THESE BOSTON HOME. IT'S HOME VALUES HAVE SOARED 227% SINCE 2011, THE MOST OUT OF ANY NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS THAT
HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. THEY NOW LIVE IN SAUGUS AND I MEAN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT IS BOSTON I CAN SAY KIND
OF DEFINITIVELY IS IS GROUND ZERO FOR DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION ALTHOUGH I WAS ON THIS INCREDIBLE NEW TOOL THE INTERACTIVE MAP AND COUNCIL WORRELL AND I WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE
IMPACT ON BOTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE PURPLE HERE I THINK THE SCALE GOES FROM 0 TO 6.8 AND THERE ARE PLACES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT IS AT 6.8
THE DISPLACEMENT RISK AND IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S INSANE. AND I KNOW THAT MY MY COLLEAGUE HAS THE SAME SORT OF IMPACTS HAPPENING IN HIS COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO ZERO IN ON HOW THIS
DOES OR DOES NOT SUPPLEMENT AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IT IN HERE ON PAGE FOUR AND I WAS TRYING TO READ THROUGH IT.
BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW IN 2021 THE CITY WAS THE FIRST CITY TO PASS OR TO ADD FOR HOUSING REQUIREMENTS TO A
ZONING CODE AND SO BASED ON THE ARTICLE 80 PROCESS DEVELOPERS HAD TO CHOOSE AMONG A VARIETY OF FOR HOUSING INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS BUILDING A GREATER SHARE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, BUILDING MORE FAMILY UNITS OR
PROVIDING MORE UNITS TO RESIDENTS WITH HOUSING VOUCHERS . THE GOAL OF THE FAIR HOUSING ZONING REQUIREMENT WAS TO WAS FOR PROPOSED PROJECTS TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTIONS TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT AND PROVIDE
FURTHER ACCESS TO HOUSING IN A WAY THAT IS CLEAR, CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE AND FAIR. WE HAD DEVELOPED THIS ARTICLE 80 UM DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT
THAT THE I THINK IS IT THE 50 REVIEWS YOU HAD JUST MENTIONED SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF AN ARTICLE 80 DISPLACEMENT DISCLOSURE HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT? HOW IS IT THE SAME AND HOW
WOULD THEY WORK TOGETHER? SO IT STARTED THAT MACRO QUESTION I FIRMLY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING SO THAT LIKE YOU SAID WE'RE THE FIRST CITY IN THE NATION TO ADOPT THAT INJURY ZONING CODE AND I THINK WE CAN SEE THE RISK MAP HELPING US
ADVANCE THAT WORK IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCALES MORE TARGETED TO PROJECT LEVEL SCALE CERTAINLY DURING AN IAG CONVERSATION OR COMMUNITY
CONVERSATION ABOUT MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT OR ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY BENEFITS, HAVING THAT DATA AND KNOWING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT RISK CAN HELP INFORM THAT CONVERSATION AND INFORM AND CAN BE PART OF OUR TRAINING
PROGRAMS FOR FUTURE AGES THAT IAG MEMBERS KNOW ABOUT DISPLACEMENT RISK AN EMPIRICAL WAY IN THEIR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU CAN ALSO
HELP US TO TARGET WE ARE USING THE DISCLOSURES TARGET ACTUAL MITIGATION TO THE INDIVIDUALS BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS BEING DISPLACED.
SO AGAIN IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT THE BEST DEVELOPERS IN TOWN ALREADY DO AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGES THINKING ABOUT HOW TO RELOCATE THE EXISTING
CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON AN ON SITE. BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO EXPECT FROM ALL OF OUR DEVELOPERS. LET'S START THERE. I I IT'S A GREAT QUESTION COUNCILOR.
IT'S SOMETHING WE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THE AND I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE TO SHOW YOU HOW ALL THESE DIFFERENT PUZZLE PIECES FIT TOGETHER BUT WE DO HAVE IT AND THAT'S THE CITY HAS THREE
REALLY POWERFUL TOOLS THAT FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE DEVELOPMENTS. SO WE HAVE INCLUSIONARY ZONING WHICH AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS THE MAYOR RECENTLY EXPANDED TO
BUILDINGS WITH SEVEN OR MORE UNITS AND THAT APPLIES TO ALL PROJECTS. WE HAVE LINKAGE FEES WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LABS AND AND LARGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS WHICH CREATES THE RESOURCES
THAT WE NEED TO THEN BE ABLE TO INVEST IN ADDITIONAL HOUSING PARTICULARLY ADDITIONAL INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING. AND THEN WE HAVE AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING WHICH IN THE ZONING CODE PRESENTLY APPLIES TO LARGE RESIDENTIAL
PROJECTS. WHAT WE HAVEN'T HAD IS AND AS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED FAIR HOUSING WAS BOTH BOTH MEANT TO COMBAT ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT AND DISCRIMINATE AND SO THE DECK IS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS
TO LARGE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS TO COMBAT THOSE TWO PARTICULAR FORCES. AND WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AND WHAT THE DIRECT DISPLACEMENT DISCLOSURE IS IS THE GAP THAT
IS MEANT TO FILL IS FOR AND LET SPEAK OF MY COLLEAGUES IN PLANNING SMALL PROJECTS LARGE PROJECTS IMPEDES REALLY HELP US UNDERSTAND DIRECT DISPLACEMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES
OF RESIDENTIAL TENANTS ASSOCIATED WITH A SPECIFIC PROJECT SO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE SO THAT WE AND THE PROPONENT AND THE CITY CAN ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE DO RIGHT BY
THOSE FOLKS. AND SO IN THE PLAN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN RESPONSE IN REGARDS TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING ZONING AND THE BEST ACT
IN PARTICULAR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TWO THE DIRECT DISPLACEMENT DISCLOSURE AND THE AFFILIATE PROCESS WORK TOGETHER IN TANDEM SO THAT THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT ARE
SUBJECT TO THAT ADDITIONAL PROCESS IN THE ZONING CODE ARE REALLY DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN BOTH TO COMBAT DISPLACEMENT AND ENSURE ACCESS TO THOSE
UNITS AND SOME OF THE EXACT EXAMPLES THAT YOU SHARED AND THEN THAT THAT COMPLEMENT IS COMPLEMENTED BY THE DIRECT DISPLACEMENT DISCLOSURE I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THAT WAS A
VERY IT'S A IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS EASY TO DIAGRAM AND HARD TO EXPLAIN WITH WORDS I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL HOW WE THINK ABOUT THESE PIECES TOGETHER.
IT IS A COMPLIMENT. THANK YOU. AND JOE, JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND JUST TO CLARIFY AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WAS BEING PUSHED FOR SO IT SAYS THE TEC WILL EXPLORE NEW SFH
ZONING INTERVENTIONS AND PRACTICES TO POSITION PROPONENTS TO TO CHOOSE TO BETTER ADDRESS ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT IN HIGH RISK PROJECT AREAS. AND SO MY QUESTION WAS MORE LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO
SUBSTITUTE THE HARD WORK THAT WE DID IN 2020 AND 2021 IS GOING TO COMPLEMENT IT AT THE END OF THE DAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
PULLIAM HERE. I KNOW YOU KNOW YOU WAITED PATIENTLY SO AND YOU'RE THE SECOND OR THE FIRST CO-SPONSOR SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AND COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU'VE ALWAYS CALLED ME JULIA MEJIA. SO I'M CURIOUS HAVE YOU BEEN HANGING OUT WITH LATINOS THIS WEEKEND? WELL, MY MOM'S NATIVE NAME IS
LITERALLY JUANITA. OKAY, SO LIKE IT'S BEEN WEIRD TO HEAR YOU CALL ME JULIA. I'VE NEVER HEARD YOU SAY THAT. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK. I WAS A MISSION. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. OKAY, SOMETHING MUST HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU CAME BACK ALL LATINO.
OKAY, I'M TEASING. ALL RIGHT? SO I YEAH, I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY USUALLY INVOKES MY SPIRIT IN THIS CHAMBER.
I'M GOING TO BE THE THE GHOST THAT HAUNTS YOU GUYS FOREVER. BUT ANYWAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST FOR CONSIDERATION ADD A FEW PIECES THAT ARE MISSING TO
YOUR ACTION PLAN THAT OKAY, ARE WE TAKING NOTES AND TAKING FEEDBACK? ALL RIGHT. SO I'D LIKE TO ADD PEOPLE AND THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN
THESE PROCESSES AND I LIKE TO ADD ADD PROCESS AND HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING BUSINESS AND I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY OUTLINED
HERE BUT WITHIN A FRAMEWORK AROUND DEFINING WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE WANT TO SHOW UP. I THINK ADDING A P FOR PEOPLE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE
CENTERING THEM AND THEIR VOICES AND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND HOW WE MOVE IN THIS WAY WOULD BE REALLY COMFORTING. AND THEN THE OTHER P IS FOR
PROCESS BECAUSE I OFTENTIMES HEAR THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE TO US WITHOUT US AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY GET THESE PROCESSES RIGHT AND I
THINK THAT WE SHOULD ADD THAT AS A PILLAR OF THE PIECE I DON'T KNOW WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT WITH DEBATING?
NO, I MEAN I THINK THEY'RE EXCELLENT POINTS, COUNSELOR AND I THINK THE THE PRIORITIES OF CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY AT THE CENTER FROM
THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS AND THAT THE EVEN WE SAY IN THE PLAN THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT DROVE WHAT WAS IN IT. IS THERE A KNOWN GAP? IS IT A PRIORITY FOR COMMUNITY AND CAN WE DO IT?
AND SO AND THEN I THINK IN THAT CAN WE DO IT? THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE TRY TO CENTER PROCESS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES INCLUDING INTERNAL TRAINING AND INTERNAL UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
LAY OUT AS PART OF THIS PLAN THAT'S REALLY INTEGRAL TO DOING THIS WORK SUCCESSFULLY. SO FOR ME A LOT OF THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS CHAMBER IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE I'M STILL
VERY MUCH EVEN THOUGH I'M HERE AND I'M A POLITICIAN I STILL FEEL VERY MUCH CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD RIGHT? AND SO FOR ME THAT'S THE VOICE THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING IN HERE AND I FEEL LIKE PROCESSES EVEN
ACCESS TO LANGUAGE AND HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING THESE THINGS FEEL SO FAR REMOVED FROM PEOPLE'S REALITIES AND A 26 PAGE PAPER I DON'T KNOW HOW
LONG IT IS BUT I'VE GOT TO READ IT TO LIKE COUNCILOR FLYNN I HAVEN'T DONE MY HOMEWORK BUT I THINK IT BECOMES OVERWHELMING AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS I THINK THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO MAKE IT EASIER, MORE DIGESTIBLE FOR FOLKS TO KIND OF LIKE WHAT IS THE FINAL WHAT'S THE FINAL NUMBER HERE LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE GOING TO KEEP FROM BEING DISPLACED AS A
RESULT OF THIS LIKE THOSE TANGIBLES WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL AT LEAST WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS, RIGHT? INTENTION VERSUS IMPACT AND I'M
ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THE CITY WILL ENSURE COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND AVOID DUPLICATIONS OR DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTING THE 40 PLUS TOOLS. JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE AND I'M CURIOUS HOW THE CITY IS RECONCILING WITH THE DUAL IDENTITY AS BOTH AS A DEVELOPER AND A REGULATOR IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IS THERE
SIMULTANEOUSLY OF ZONING, SELLING PUBLIC LAND AND WANTING TO ADDRESS THIS PLACEMENT? HERE'S THE CONCERN THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH IS THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE ABOLISHED
THE BPA WHICH IS NOW INSIDE CITY PLANNING, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE COORDINATED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS AT LEAST FROM FOLKS AROUND KIND OF THE DECISION
MAKING PROCESS THESE HOW YOU ALL ARE NOW THE PLANNER, THE DEVELOPER, THE REGULATOR AND OFTENTIMES EVEN SOMETIMES A FINANCIAL DECISION MAKER WHEN YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MASS HOUSING RIGHT WITH THE HUNDRED AND 10 MILLION ACCELERATE.
RIGHT. SO THERE'S ALL OF THESE THINGS INTERCONNECTED. SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CENSORING PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES
AND EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE . I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MUCH FUNDING IS ALREADY COMMITTED VERSUS SPENDING PENDING. I THINK THERE'S THERE'S LIKE
WILL OPERA REPLACEMENTS LIKE C PAY LINCOLN TREES OR OTHER NEW REVENUE SOURCES TRANSFER FEES? HOW WILL THEY BE USED? I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER QUESTIONS AND I'LL WAIT FOR MY
SECOND ROUND. BUT FOR NOW LET'S START WITH THOSE. SO I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO THINK WHERE TO START. COUNCILOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE THE QUESTIONS AND AND
ENCOURAGEMENT FRANKLY BECAUSE THIS WORK IS ONLY POSSIBLE ALL AS A CROSS CABINET INITIATIVE SO I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL THE PR AS WE CALL IT IS
A NINE MEMBER CABINET IS CHAIRED BY THE CHIEF OF PLANNING BUT INCLUDES BOTH THE CHIEFS AT THE TABLE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER CHIEFS WHO WERE BOTH PART OF THE PLAN AND WHO ARE PART OF THE SUPPORT BETTER
CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION COLLABORATION AND SO IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US TO DELIVER ON THE PLAN WE HAVE BUT DETAILED IN THE PLAN BOTH SHIFTING TO A
FORMAL WORKING GROUP. WE'VE HAD AN INFORMAL WORKING GROUP PULLING TOGETHER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WORK AND SHIFTING INTO A DELIVERY MODE WITH THAT GROUP
AS WE GET THROUGH THE COMMENT PERIOD WE HAVE WE'RE ANTICIPATING A YEAR ONE REPORT BACK TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND SAY HERE'S HOW WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND THAT THE PLAN ITSELF WILL BE A TWO YEAR ROLL
OUT PERIOD. NOW THERE'S PIECES IN THE PLAN THAT WE KNOW FOLKS WANT US TO MOVE ON FASTER THE DISPLACEMENT DISCLOSURE ASSOCIATE WITH ARTICLE 80 IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND THEN THERE'S WE'VE SHARED PUBLICLY THE STATUS
OF EACH ITEM WHERE WE ARE FARTHER ALONG IN THE STAGES AND WHEN WE'RE WHERE WE'RE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES AND IF I CAN JUST SAY THE PMC HAS HAS THREE OBJECTIVES IMPROVE CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION
AND COLLABORATION, ACCELERATE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE PUBLIC AGNOSTIC OF PLANS BUT CERTAINLY WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN AND SO YOU
CAN HOLD US TO ACCOUNT THAT I HOPE YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH THIS WORK AND WE ARE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW WE WILL DELIVER ON THAT. SO IS ANYONE GOING TO ANSWER MY
QUESTION REGARDING THE OF ZONING SELLING PUBLIC LAND THAT YOU KNOW THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW HOW WE ARE BOTH GOING TO BE THE PLANNER, THE
DEVELOPER, THE ACCOUNTABILITY OVERSIGHT PARTNER LIKE WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT ONE. I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THAT IT'S THE RESPONSE TO THAT CRITICISM THAT LED TO THE MAYOR PROPOSING THIS COUNCIL ADOPTING
THE MOVE TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR 70 YEARS OF BOSTON'S HISTORY. THE PLANNING WAS DONE THROUGH A QUASI GOVERNMENTAL BOARD THAT WAS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT EXISTED OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC OVERSIGHT OUTSIDE
OF THIS GOVERNMENT, OUTSIDE OF THIS BODY HAS OVERSIGHT AND WAS ACCOUNTABLE TO IT. A FIVE MEMBER BOARD WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH CREATING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS MOVE TO THAT FUNCTION INTO CITY
GOVERNMENT. ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES NOW WORK FOR YOU THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF BOSTON, THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON . WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMING HERE AND REPORTING ON OUR ACTIVITIES THERE STILL THERE STILL ISN'T A REAL ESTATE
DEVELOPMENT ENTITY THAT'S I THINK IMPORTANT AND MOST OF THESE HAVE THAT. BUT THAT BUT THE STAFF OF THAT AGENCY WORKS FOR THE CITY NOT FOR THAT REDEVELOPMENT ENTITY
AND WHERE WE ARE BRINGING THEM THROUGH KATHRYN'S WORK AND OTHERS THAT ARE OTHER DISCIPLINES OF PLANNING TO ADD TO THE TABLE NOT FOCUS MYOPICALLY SO NOT I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE LEVELS OF TRUST IN
OUR COMMUNITIES OVERNIGHT. TRUST IS BUILT OVER TIME THROUGH OUR ACTIONS BUT THAT GOVERNANCE CHANGE TO CREATE A PLANNING DEPARTMENT DECENTRALIZE IS THAT POWER AND IT GIVES IT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY
OF BOSTON AND TO THE PEOPLE. RIGHT? IS THAT WITH A COUNCIL YOUR ADVISORY COUNCIL THIS IS WHERE THEY FIT IN WITH THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON? YEAH. LIKE WHO LIKE WHERE'S WHERE ARE
THE PEOPLE IN THAT PIECE. I WOULD I MEAN I WOULD SAY THE RESIDENTS OF US IN OUR ARE AT THE TABLE THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND AND AN IT DISPLACEMENT PLAN IS ONE TYPE OF PLAN THAT IS REFLECTIVE
OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY OVER MANY MONTHS AND YEARS AND THROUGH THE SPECIFICALLY IN RELATION TO THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK AND EQUIPPING OUR PLANNERS AND
THAT'S PLANNERS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. BUT WE'VE GOT PLANNERS AND TRANSPORTATION, WE'VE GOT PLANNERS IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SO EQUIPPING AND ALL OF OUR PLANNERS WITH THE TOOLS AND UNDERSTANDING AND METHODS TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY AROUND
DISPLACEMENT AND HAVE PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY AT THE TABLE I'M GOING TO WE I KNOW MY TIME IS UP AND I DO APPRECIATE THE GRACE. I'LL WAIT FOR MY SECOND ROUND.
THANK YOU. OF COURSE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY SO WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO AND I'LL LET DO YOU WANT ARE YOU READY TO GO COUNCILOR WORRELL SO WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR RAHALL HE'LL HAVE
5 MINUTES AND THEN COUNCILOR PIPPEN HE SAW SOME OF HIS CONSTITUENTS HERE. HE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO WAIT ANY LONGER. SO WE ARE GOING TO DO PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THEN WE'RE GOING GET BACK TO QUESTIONS IF THAT
WORKS FOR THE PANEL. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCILOR, I'LL GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE DISPLACEMENT MAP,
YOU KNOW, AS COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER HAS MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT HAS TWO AREAS THAT ARE PURPLE AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HEAR IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE MODERNIZING OR TRYING TO STREAMLINE OR MAKE PRODUCTION OF HOUSING A LOT FASTER AND HAVEN'T SOLVE FOR
DISPLACEMENT YET IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY OR FAMILY HOUSING, THEN WE WILL CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, DOWN THAT TREND OF OF
OF DISPLACEMENT. SO IN TERMS OF THE BE BPAS ROLE IN ENGAGING DEVELOPERS ON THE ARTICLE 88, HOW DO WE ENGAGE DIFFERENTLY IN THESE AREAS?
YOU KNOW, ARE WE USING AMI LEVELS AND ENCOURAGING DEVELOPERS TO, YOU KNOW, BE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABILITY? ARE WE ENCOURAGING THEM, YOU
KNOW, TO BUILD MORE FAMILY STYLE HOUSING IN THESE AREAS WHERE YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE DATA WE SEE SEE THAT IT'S NEEDED AS EVERYONE KNOWS I AM A
BIG ADVOCATE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CREATE PREDICTABLE AND STABLE PAYMENTS BECAUSE EVEN YOU KNOW, WITH THE RENTAL
STABILIZATION BILL THAT THIS COUNCIL PASSED, YOU KNOW, WE WERE STILL ALLOWING FOR YEAR OVER YEAR I BELIEVE IT WAS 6% INCREASE SIX PLUS 6% PLUS CPI
AND YOU KNOW, THE MOST EXPENSIVE REAL ESTATE MARKET IN THE COUNTRY. RIGHT. THAT PEOPLE CAN ALREADY AFFORD. AND THEN ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO PUSHING DEVELOPERS, ARE WE
ENSURING THAT THERE ARE RETAIL OPTION OPTIONS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE? YES, I THINK OUR GREAT QUESTIONS THE ANSWER IS YES UNTIL ALL OF THEM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON SUPPORTIVE
AND SUPPORTIVE HOMEOWNERSHIP ACROSS BOSTON AND SUPPORTIVE OF SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH. THIS IS SO THE WAYS IN WHICH WE SAY YES TO THOSE QUESTIONS CENTRAL THAT IS DEFINITELY
FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING WORK WHERE WE LOOK AT THE DISPLACEMENT RISK AND THE NEED FOR MORE FAMILY SIZED UNITS. WE BRING THAT TO A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPER AND WE ALSO PUSH FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AND
YOU'VE DONE THAT VERY EFFECTIVELY IN YOUR DISTRICT. I THINK THIS REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF IRONCLAD SOLUTIONS THAT PREVENT DISPLACEMENT IF IF
A BUSINESS OWNS THEIR THEIR THEIR UNIT THEIR THEIR LAND THEY'RE PROTECTED FROM DISPLACEMENT OF A HOME. IF A HOMEOWNER OWNS THEIR HOME, THE IMPACT FROM DISPLACEMENT OR IF THEY LIVE IN INCOME IF A
RENTER LIVES AN INCOME RESTRICTED THAT EXISTS OUTSIDE OF THE MARKET WHERE RENTS ARE TIED TO INCOMES NOT TO NOT TO THE MARKET THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT PREVENT THOSE
INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES AND AND AND RESIDENTS FROM DISPLACEMENT. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF TOOLS THAT ARE IN THIS PLAN AND IN THE TOOLKIT THAT ADVANCE AND THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
OF OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND OWNERSHIP OF OF RESIDENTS AND ADVANCE CREATING MORE INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING AND WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE MARKET TO
WE HAVE TO REGULATE AS AS POSSIBLE USING ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO GROW THE CITY BECAUSE I THINK WE KEEP COMING BACK TO WE CAN'T WE CAN'T NOT GROW. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A RECIPE FOR
DISPLACEMENT BUT WE HAVE TO GROW IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS ALL BOSTONIANS AND TO THAT POINT ARE WE ABLE TO SEE HOW MANY STUDIOS ONE BEDROOMS, TWO
BEDROOMS, THREE BEDROOMS HAS BEEN APPROVED? YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR LAST YEAR WE HAD A BREAKDOWN OF THAT. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THAT DATA. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME BUT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WAS KIND OF GETTING AN IDEA OF LIKE HOW HAS PRODUCTION IMPACTED RENT IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES, RIGHT.
OR UNIT LIKE ARE WE SEEING AN INCREASE MORE IN RENT FOR THREE BEDROOMS RIGHT. YEAH AND LESS OF AN INCREASE IN STUDIOS AND ONE BEDROOMS.
DO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION? I MIGHT DEFER TO SHEILA TO SEE WHAT SHE'S SEEING IN THE MARKET . I THINK AT A AT A MACRO LEVEL
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT LACK OF HOUSING SUPPLY LEADS TO RENT GROWTH IN HOME AND SALES PRICE GROWTH. THIS BASIC SUPPLY AND DEMAND IF IF MASSACHUSETTS ADDS NO NEW
HOUSING AND PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP MOVING HERE, WE KEEP GROWING OUR FAMILIES THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASING LACK OF SUPPLYING AND PRICES WILL GO UP AT A A VERY LOCAL LEVEL
ADDED AT THAT SORT OF LIKE BLOCK OR NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. THE DATA IS MIXED ON WHETHER AN INCREASE IN SUPPLY GENERATES RENT GROWTH OR MODERATE RENTS
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF A LOT OF FACTORS GO INTO THAT AND THE DISPLACEMENT RESPECT CAN HELP US THAT BUT FOR SHEILA AND I DO WE WE ARE JUST UPDATING THE RENTAL DATA AND WE DO HAVE IT BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I BELIEVE
WE'VE GOT IT BY UNIT TYPE AND SIZE. SO LET ME CHECK WITH STAFF. I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON UPDATING IT RIGHT NOW AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILOR ERROL. SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HEAD TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND I'LL JUST READ THE ORDER IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BUT IF EACH OF YOU CAN LINE UP SCOTT BEATTY, LAURIE RADWAN AND KEN
FIELDS SORRY I DON'T KNOW IF I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. MARLON SOLOMON IF YOU GUYS CAN LINE UP IN THAT ORDER STARTING WITH SCOTT BEATTY AND YOU'LL
EACH GET 2 MINUTES I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE DRILL IS AND YOU CAN EITHER MICROPHONE OR
SOMETHING LIKE A FILE TO OKAY SCOTT YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU I THOUGHT I HAD THREE BUT THAT'S ALL TALK FAST. MY NAME IS SCOTT BEATTY AND I'M A 35 YEAR RESIDENT IN HIGH PARK
. VERY INVOLVED MY COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS AND I'VE BEEN PART OF A LOCAL CITIZENS GROUP THAT FILED A CITIZEN'S PETITION WITH THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO THE SQUARES AND STREETS INITIATIVE
IN MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HAVING ME SPEAK TODAY PARTICULARLY COUNCIL PEOPLE AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE. AND ANYWAY WE RECOGNIZE THE RECENT RELEASE OF THE CITY'S
ANTI DISPLACEMENT ACTION PLAN DONE THROUGH THE LENS NOT DONE THROUGH THE LENS OF SQUARES AND STREETS INITIATIVE BUT OUR REACTION IS REALLY FOCUSED THROUGH THAT LENS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE READ THROUGH THE PLAN WE RECOGNIZE AS OBVIOUSLY VERY HIGH QUALITY, WELL CONCEIVED CONTAINING COMPREHENSIVE ACTIONS THAT CLEARLY AS STATED BY MAYOR WOON, THIS SUMMARY
WORKING TO HELP OUR POPULATION THRIVE AND GROW AND MAKE BOSTON A HOME FOR EVERYONE FROM JUMP WE'VE SAID WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE WE KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS A HOUSING CRISIS.
WE'VE ASKED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT WE WORK AT THE SPEED OF TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND FINDING THOSE SOLUTIONS AND WE STILL STATE THAT WE FEEL OUR BELOVED QUERY
LOGAN SQUARE IN HIGH PARK HAS SOME UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS VERY HIGH PROPORTION OF FIRST GENERATION BIPOC BUSINESSES IN OUR DISTRICT WHILE AT FIRST BLUSH THAT MIGHT NOT BE UNIQUE
TO THE CITY BUT WE HAVE A VERY HIGH CONCENTRATION OF OWNERS ONLY THREE OR FOUR OWNERS CONTROL ABOUT 40% OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE INQUIRY SQUARE SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT
OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE SWEPT OUT OF THE SQUARE. WE HAVE THE LOWEST COST PER SQUARE FOOT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WE FEEL THAT WITHOUT SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
PROTECTIONS THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISPLACED THE DISPLACEMENT RISK MAP IS SHOWS US AS VERY HIGH RISK. MY GOOD FRIEND MARLON SOLOMON IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT MAP
. WE FEEL THAT THE TOOLS ARE THERE SOME TOOLS THERE THAT ARE BENEFICIAL BUT WE FEEL THAT UNLESS OUR BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE ABLE TO PURCHASE THEIR BUILDINGS THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUR PEDRO ALREADY MIGUEL AND JOSEPH IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY. FINALLY WE JUST ASK THAT THAT
WE WORK. WE'RE ASKING THAT THE CITY USE THEIR TWO YEAR TIME FRAME TO IMPLEMENT THIS DISPLACEMENT PLAN. BUT WE'RE ASKING THAT FURTHER ZONING MODIFICATIONS CEASE
UNTIL THAT PLAN IS WORKED WITH THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS, OWNERS AND BUSINESSES IS TO COME UP WITH A MECHANISM TO ASSURE THAT WE'RE
NOT GOING TO CREATE A PERFECT STORM WITH THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WE FEAR THAT THE FOUR PILLARS THAT ARE TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS INTO DISPLACEMENT THAT AS THE PROPOSED SJH PLAN IS CURRENTLY THAT THAT WOULD ACCELERATE
DISPLACEMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND JUST FLAGGING THAT IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS AND YOU RUN OUT OF TIME YOU CAN ALSO SEND THEM TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL IF HELPFUL AND I CAN MAKE THEM PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. NEXT WE'LL GO TO LAURIE RADWAN. GOOD TO SEE YOU. ACTUALLY PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A COPY HARD COPY OF MY GUYS
TOMORROW AS WELL SO I WILL BE FAST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE ADDED DISPLACEMENT PLAN. IT HAS MANY NEEDED INTERVENTIONS AND WE THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO ADDRESS A PAGE THAT CAME UP.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILORS IF YOU CAN SPEAK INTO THE MIC. YES, I CAN. THANK YOU AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW ZONING INITIATIVES RELATED TO FH.
A BLUE RIBBON GROUP LOOKED AT SQUARES AND STREETS AND FH AND THEY DECIDED THAT THE SQUARES AND STREETS HAS A POTENTIAL FOR PARTICULAR HARM TO FAIR.
WHY DO THEY SAY SO? FOR ONE SQUARES AND STREETS AIMS SPEED UP THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOUSING BY CREATING STANDARD AS OF RIGHT ZONING. HOWEVER THE SQUARES AND STREET ZONING DOES NOT DETAIL THE
IMPACT OF ITS ZONING ON NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NOR DOES THE NEW ZONING PROVIDE THAT PROTECTED CLASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY EMPOWERED TO LIVE IN THIS NEW HOUSING.
THERE ARE NO PROVISIONS IN SQUARES AND STREETS THAT WILL FURTHER GOALS OF EQUITY OR DECREASE SEGREGATION OR HOUSING INSTABILITY. THE MOBILITY CHALLENGES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND ELDERS BOTH PROTECTED
CLASSES ARE NOT CONSIDERED IN SQUARES AND STREETS. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING AND YET THERE'S A FAILURE TO EXAMINE THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ELDER AND DISABLED MEMBERS RELIANCE
ON CARS AND NEED FOR PARKING SQUARES AND STREETS AS OF RIGHT DEVELOPMENTS COULD ACTUALLY CONSUME ACRES OF LAND FOR MARKET RATE OR LUXURY HOUSING THAT COULD OTHER WAYS BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AGAIN, THIS CAME FROM A BLUE
RIBBON PANEL. I CAN'T COUNT CREDIT FOR THESE . THEY SAW SQUARES AND STREETS AS A THREAT TO FH AND WHAT THEY CONCLUDED WAS THAT AN
INDEPENDENT EXPERT FAIR HOUSING AUDIT WOULD BE NECESSARY BEFORE MOVING THE SQUARES AND STREET ZONING FORWARD AND SO WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT BOTH
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND ASSURE THAT THAT FAIR HOUSING IS COMPLETED BEFORE SQUARES AND STREET ZONING IS AND YOU CAN
HAVE MY 3 SECONDS. THANK YOU, LAURIE. AND IF YOU WOULDN'T SENDING THAT REPORT JUST SO IT CAN BE PART OF THE RECORD. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, I'LL CHECK. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
IT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I BELIEVE IT'S JUST THERE. YEAH, JUST JUST AS PART OF THIS HEARING. THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THANK YOU. KEN FIELDS. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PATTON
FOR HAVING US. I WAS NOT NECESSARILY COMING HERE TO SPEAK BUT I CAME IN SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES. I DO WANT TO ECHO SOME THINGS. SQUARES IN THE STREETS I THINK
WAS MEETING A VERY IMPORTANT GOAL BUT DONE IN TUNNEL VISION. AND DURING THE EARLY PARTS OF THAT PROCESS MOST OF OUR CONCERNS WERE COMPLETELY DISMISSED BY WHAT BOSTON
PLANNING BUT BY PDA WHATEVER THE ENTITY IS. STAFF COMPLETELY DISMISSED AND IT LIKE THERE'S SOME PROGRESS BEING MADE BUT AGAIN SPEED OF TRUST IS WHAT WE'VE ASKED
FOR AND WE HAVEN'T FELT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IT. AND THE LOCATION OF OUR SQUARES AND STREETS PLAN IS VERY SIMILAR TO LOCATION OF THESE
AREAS THAT ARE AT MOST RISK FOR DISPLACED MEN. I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME TO A MUCH MORE ELOQUENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WON'T COMMENT ON YOUR ELOQUENCE BUT WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR YIELDING OUR TIME. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD TIME YIELDED TO ME.
I THINK IT VERY NICELY. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HAVING THIS MEETING HERE TODAY AND ALSO JUST THANK YOU TO ALL THE HARD WORK I SAW I WENT THROUGH TO DOCUMENT AND EVERYTHING AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK BEING PUT
TOWARDS THAT SO I JUST WANT TO SAY SINCERE THANK YOU FOR PUTTING A LOT OF OUR CONCERNS I THINK THAT WERE COLLECTED OVER THE SQUARES IN THE STREETS BEING INTO THAT AND I ACTUALLY
SAW THAT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE IS MOSTLY AROUND THE HISTORY THE HISTORY OF BOSTON INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU KNOW THE HISTORIC TIES TO REDLINING AND THE BOSTON BANK URBAN RENEWAL
GROUP AREA AND SO JUST A LITTLE PUSHBACK ON SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID EARLIER ABOUT BUILDING HOUSING CAUSING THE WITHOUT IF YOU NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING IN ORDER TO STOP DISPLACEMENT.
I THINK THAT COMMENT IS PROBABLY MORE RELEVANT IN A LIKE IN A COMMUNITY HASN'T BEEN DISINVESTED FROM ONCE YOU HAVE A THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN JUST AS INVESTED.
AND ANOTHER THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS THAT LET ME JUST SAY THAT THE WORDS DISINVESTMENT IS NOT REALLY WHAT HAVING A COMMUNITY WAS. I IDENTIFIED AND INFRASTRUCTURE
WAS CUT OFF TO THAT COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW. AND YOUR DISPLACEMENT MAP IF I WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS LIKE I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY GAVE ME THIS BECAUSE IT LITERALLY JUST
THERE'S ALMOST NO DIFFERENCE IN THE 1938 MAP TO NOW THIS THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE PLACES ARE. ANY DIFFERENCE IS JUST THAT THEY'VE BEEN GENTRIFIED SINCE
THAT TIME. SO I WANTED TO JUST YES, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT NOW I CAN SEE THE CITY GOING ALONG THE OLD TROLLEY LINES AND TRYING TO REINVEST IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
BUT THESE AREAS NO LONGER THE SAME AS THEY WERE BACK THEN. THESE AREAS ARE HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED SO THEY'RE HYPERSENSITIVE TO ANY SMALL
INVESTMENT YOU PUT INTO THE AREA BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I GOT TO SAY FRANKLIN PARK IT'S NOT SUPPOSED THAT'S MY FIRST 2 MINUTES THEREFORE I CAN KEEP GOING. YEAH. YEAH. SO I MEAN SO FRANKLIN PARK,
RIGHT, IS HISTORICALLY A LANDMARK. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIGH FOR IT TO BE LOW AROUND THAT AREA IS BECAUSE OF THE REMOVAL OF THE TROLLEYS AND EVERYTHING AROUND THIS AREA. SO JUST HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL
WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING ANYTHING INTO THAT AREA. EVEN THE CURRENT CONNECTION I MEAN THE MATTAPAN ACTION PLAN DOWN TO THE HILL HAVE THAT'S AN ISSUE YOU'RE GOING TO JUST
BASICALLY WELL AT LEAST IF YOU DON'T CONNECT IT BACK TO DUDLEY IT NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED BACK TO DUDLEY NOW THE SQUARES AND THE STREETS I'VE LOOKED AT ALL THE MAPS, ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS LITERALLY THE AREAS
IDENTIFIED BY THE SQUARE THE STREETS IS EXACTLY AT HIGHEST AREAS THAT I BUY THE MAP RISK FOR DISPLACEMENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK BECAUSE LITERALLY THE
MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE LIVE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THAT'S THE AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED. ROSLINDALE SQUARE IS GOING TO BE THERE. THEY'VE THEY'VE PUT OUT THE SMALL ACTION PLAN UP TO 12
FLOORS AND ONE AREA RIGHT BY THE PARKING LOT THAT'S GOING TO I MEAN IF YOU'RE NOT IF YOU'RE A SMALL COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS MONEY, YOU CANNOT JUST NOT GOING TO THAT'S GOING TO JUST BASICALLY THE ECONOMIC
DISPLACEMENT. AND I THEN ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING HOUSING BUILDING HOUSING THAT HOUSING IS FOR I MEAN ARE WE DESIGNING THE VERY
COMMUNITIES THAT I COME FROM OUT OF THE PROCESS MY COMMUNITIES NEED FOUR OR FIVE BEDROOM HOUSES. THEY ALL NEED TWO THREE BEDROOMS, ONE A STUDIO. SO ONCE YOU ARE DOING THAT YOU ARE LITERALLY DESIGNING US OUT BEFORE.
WE GET THERE. AND THEN FINALLY THE SUCCESS METRICS I YOU KNOW, I'M VERY YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW I WAS I MAKE THIS JOKE, YOU KNOW, NO NO OFFENSE BUT I THINK PEOPLE ALWAYS FORGET THE METRICS WHEN
WHEN IT'S TIME TO DELIVER. YOU KNOW, ENGINEERS I DON'T LIKE NUMBERS BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WHAT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED? HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE SAVED
FROM DISPLACEMENT DUE TO THIS PLAN? THOSE ARE THE KIND OF NUMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE US KNOW WHETHER WE'RE JUST RUNNING IN PLACE OR WE'RE JUST YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW OR WE'RE DOING IT.
YOU KNOW, JUST RANDOMLY. SO I THINK THAT'S ALL THE TIME I HAVE. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT EVERYBODY'S PUT IN AND I WE'RE ALL PARTNERS AND WE WANT ALL BOSTONIANS, EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE LEAVING WE WANT RIGHT
TO RETURN BECAUSE ONCE YOU A BUNCH OF BOSTONIAN ALWAYS BOSTONIANS THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH MARLON YOU'VE GIVEN US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT EVEN THROUGH JUST SORT OF THE
LIKE REMOVING OF A CASE BY CASE SITUATION INDIVIDUAL PROJECT LIKE DOES THAT HELP CREATE INVESTMENT, LACK OF INVESTMENT IF SOMETHING IS NOT CASE BY CASE AND THEN THERE'S SORT
OF NOT THAT CONVERSATION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL BUT VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, I LIVE I'M THE
CLOSEST COUNSELOR TO CITY HALL JUST IN TERMS OF DISTANCE AND I KNOW HOW MUCH IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, TO GET COMMUNITY LEADERS HERE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING TO BE
HERE AND JUST WANT TO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO COUNCILORS QUESTIONS ONE PERSON OH YEAH, THEY CAN GO AHEAD IF THAT'S SORRY I JUST COULDN'T
SEE THEM AND THEY WEREN'T ON THE LIST. OKAY.
ANDREW ARE YOU READY TO SPEAK? YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU.
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? I JUST GOT PROMOTED TO PANELIST PERFECT. OKAY, YOU CAN SPEAK NOW. 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU. ANDREW MURRAY I'M ALSO AN COUNSELOR. KEVIN'S DISTRICT.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOUSING COSTS AND DISPLACEMENT ARE A TOP CONCERN AND ROSLINDALE JUST LIKE THEY ARE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN BOSTON AND IN THE REGION SINCE WE PASSED OUR CURRENT ZONING CODE 15 YEARS AGO WHICH IS
ESSENTIALLY BLOCKED ALL NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT RENTS HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED BECAUSE THE ZONING CODE IS BLOCKING MOST NEEDED HOUSING AND THIS IS ACTIVELY DISPLACING OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE NEED BOTH MARKET RATE AND SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. THIS IS NOT A EITHER OR EQUATION OR CHOICE RATHER THAN ALL RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THIS VERY WELL. THAT'S WHY WE ARE VOICING SUPPORT FOR SQUARES AND STREETS
BY A 2 TO 1 MARGIN OF THOSE IN FAVOR VERSUS THOSE OPPOSED. WE DO STILL HAVE SOME WELL-INTENTIONED BUT I WOULD SAY MISGUIDED ACTIVISTS THAT WANT TO STOP THIS WORD IN THE STREETS FROM BEING VOTED IN ON
ROSLINDALE AND ADOPTING THE MAP AND THAT'S GOING TO DO REAL HARM AND CONTINUE THE DISPLACEMENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY HOUSING IT IS ESSENTIAL GOOD WE'VE MADE IT ARTIFICIALLY SCARCE.
BOSTON'S VACANCY RATE IS DANGEROUSLY LOW PUSHING MORE PEOPLE OUT INTO HOMELESSNESS, FORCING MORE PEOPLE TO MOVE TO OUTLYING TOWNS IN THE SUBURBS. WE HAVE TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTIVE ZONING BARRIERS
THAT ARE PREVENTING LOCAL BUILDER BUILDERS FROM PROVIDING ESSENTIAL HOMES. IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY DISPLACEMENT POLICY I FULLY SUPPORT POLICIES THAT HELP VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD.
I THINK THE POLICIES THAT TAX HOUSING PRODUCTION ARE BAD. YOU WOULDN'T TAX A CHICKEN FARMER. DEERING YOU WOULDN'T TAX A CHICKEN FARMER TO SOLVE AN EGG SHORTAGE. SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY WE
ARE TAXING THE PEOPLE BUILDING HOMES. LASTLY, I THINK THE TOPIC OF ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE FROM THE PLAN ENTIRELY WE'VE SEEN IN
CAMBRIDGE AND OTHER CITIES HOW THESE POLICIES BLOCK DESPERATELY NEEDED MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING AND ACTUALLY WORSEN DISPLACEMENT INSTEAD OF PREVENTING IT WHICH I THINK
IS THE ACTUAL GOAL HERE. SO AGAIN IT'S TIME TO FIX OUR ZONING AND ROSLINDALE AND IN ALL BOSTON AND THE WHOLE REGION SO WE CAN KEEP OUR COMMUNITY GROWING AND KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS INTACT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDREW OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES. WE'RE GOING TO GO IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL.
SO COUNCILOR PREPARED YOUR FIRST AND YOU HAVE WELL I THINK I'M GOING TO DO 4 MINUTES JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE SECOND ROUND. YEAH. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS FOR ALWAYS SHOWING UP . I'M GENERALLY ACTUALLY VERY
PROUD BUT SO MANY OF YOU ARE HERE SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATIONS AND LISTEN TO MY COLLEAGUES I ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED AND HE WAS ABOUT IT
WAS ABOUT THE MONEY AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THINGS HAVE TO DO WITH MONEY AND I KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OPTIONS THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER BUILD
HOUSING OR THEY GIVE MONEY TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THERE'S WIGGLE ROOM FOR US TO BE CREATIVE AND SAY SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL BE USED TO ASSIST PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE GETTING
DISPLACED OR NOT JUST FOR NEW HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS OR I'M ASKING YOU LIKE IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO USE THAT BUT SIMILAR TO HOW WE WERE USING OUR WE ARE USING THE
BOSTON ACQUISITION FUND SO RIGHT NOW INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND BEFORE IT IS ALLOWED FOR A DEVELOPER TO MEET THEIR
OBLIGATIONS ON SITE OFF SITE OR TO CASH OUT AND WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO USE THE CASH IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE THING THAT WE ARE SEEING WE'VE HAD A FEW EXAMPLES RECENTLY WHERE A DEVELOPER AND A NONPROFIT HAVE COME TOGETHER AND SAID WE'D LIKE TO MEET OUR OBLIGATION OFF SITE BECAUSE WE
REALLY NEED TO JUMPSTART OUR MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT BUT WE'D LIKE TO HELP THE NONPROFIT ACTUALLY PURCHASE EXISTING TENANTED HOUSING AND IF THE HOUSING IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE,
IF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS COMPARABLE IF IF IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN INTRIGUED WE'VE BEEN INTRIGUED WITH BY THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE HELPING EXISTING TENANTS. TO YOUR POINT THEN YOU KNOW,
CREATE OR MAKE THEIR UNIT PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE AND TO STOP DISPLACEMENT. SO THAT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING AND INTERESTING IDEA AND STAYING WITHIN THE EXISTING ZONING WHAT WE DON'T
DO THOUGH IS GET RESOURCES FROM A DEVELOPER AND THEN USE IT FOR BACK RENT OR FIRST AND LAST BECAUSE IT REALLY IN YOUR EYES IS REALLY ABOUT PRODUCTION
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NOT SO MUCH ABOUT TENANT STABILIZATION AND RELIEF. WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES FOR THAT NOT ENOUGH BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH BETWEEN THE STATE
PROGRAMS AND CITY PROGRAMS TO TO TO TAKE CARE OF MOST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT CALL IN NEED SO SO I THINK IT'S I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT OFFSITE BEING EXISTING
HOUSING BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE IT JUST IN SUBSIDIZING EXISTING RESIDENTS. RIGHT JUST AN IDEA OF BEING CREATIVE WITH WHAT MONEY WE ALREADY HAVE COMING IN AND ANOTHER IDEA THAT I'VE HEARD
ARE LIKE DIF DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FINANCING THAT'S USED IN OTHER PARTS OF DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. THAT'S AN IDEA THAT'S BEEN THROWN OUT IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL SORT OF. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE
CONSIDERED BUT I DO WANT TO SHIFT OVER AND ONLY HAVE 4 MINUTES. I WANT TO SHIFT OVER TO A BUSINESS QUESTION FOR CHIEF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SO IN HIGH PARK. WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING A DEVELOPMENT WITH BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT OVER ONE RIVER
STREET. IT'S A SENIOR FRIENDLY HOUSING 55 PLUS ALL AFFORDABLE BUT IT CAME AT THE COST OF LOSING THREE BUSINESS FRONTS STOREFRONTS IN TILLERY SQUARE
TO THE POINT OF SCOTT BEATTY. HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW LUCKILY WE ARE GETTING ONE COMMERCIAL SPACE BACK BUT HOW CAN WE ASSURE THAT IN THE FUTURE FOR ANY FUTURE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLEAR SQUARE
OR ANY SQUARE IN OUR CITY WE CAN TRY TO THAT OR TO LEVEL UP OR HEY, THERE'S THREE BUSINESSES HERE. HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE BRING THOSE BACK NOW? WELL, I MEAN FIRST OF ALL AS A
AS A YOU'VE GOT SIX MEMBERS OF DISTRICT FIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE CHAMBER AND I SOME OF THAT WAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM CLEARY SQUARE. I REMEMBER WHEN THIS PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED IN 2022 ON THE
ADVOCACY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE AROUND HOW WE SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES ALTHOUGH IT'S BRINGING NEEDED SENIOR HOUSING INTO THE DISTRICT. THE ARTICLE 80 DISCLOSURE THAT
I THINK WAS MENTIONED BY BY DEVIN AND THAT YOU FIND IN THE REPORT WOULD BE ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE HELP TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT THE DISPLACEMENT IS GOING TO BE AND THEN YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT'S OUTLINED SO YOU KNOW
ENSURING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO KEEP THEM THERE. RIGHT. THE RIGHT TO REMAIN BUT IF NOT POSSIBLE THEN THEY ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION OF FINDING OTHER SPACES FOR THEM TO BE IN
IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. AND YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION TODAY ON WHAT DO WE DO NOW BEFORE THIS IS PUT INTO ACTION YOU KNOW, OFFLINE WE ARE ALWAYS
NEGOTIATING WITH DEVELOPERS AND LANDLORDS TO BE HELPFUL IN THAT PROCESS. THANK AND I KNOW MY TIME IS UP BUT I JUST DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS DOES. I DO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT
OUT TO SIMPSON WHO IS THE SHE IS THE HEAD OF THE HEIGHT OF HYDE PARK MAIN STREETS AND JUST TO DO AMAZING JOB OUT THERE. WE HAVE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILOR PREVENCAO COUNCILOR MURPHY AND THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS DIRECTLY AND I KNOW MANY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN EMAILING AND CALLING SO I'M
ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGED. A QUESTION FOR YOU SO GOING WE DO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS LIKE WITH THE LIBRARIES AND TALKING
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT SOME OF OUR RENOVATIONS OR NEW BUILDS HAVING HOUSING ABOVE LIBRARIES AND OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS WHEN WE'RE APPROVING PROJECTS I MEAN THOSE ARE
OBVIOUSLY CITY OWNED ASSETS. HAVE THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAYBE BUILD UP AND BUILD HOUSING, IF THERE
WOULD BE SOME INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS OWNERS TO DO THAT STREETS PLAN MIGHT BE THE AVENUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ON TOP OF COMMERCIAL
PROPERTIES AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING WITH I MEAN ANECDOTALLY THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, ONE STORY BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE PURELY COMMERCIAL AND SOME OF THE
FOLKS WHO COME TO US AND SAY HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT AND WE WANT TO OWN THE BUILDING BECAUSE IN MOST MOST OF THESE BUILD PROPERTIES ARE NOT OWNED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND WE WANT THEM TO OWN IT AND I ENCOURAGE THEM ALL THE TIME TO THINK
ABOUT BUILDING HOUSING ON TOP OF THOSE SPACES AND THEN BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SPEAKING WITH WITH HOUSING AND DIRECTING THEM THAT WAY AS WAYS TO MAKE THE HILLS AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHAT WAS A
GREENHILLS AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD GOT THAT APPROVED WHERE IT'S A ONE STORY BAKERY. WE WANT TO PUT HOUSING ABOVE RIGHT? I MEAN MIXED EMOTIONS OBVIOUSLY IT ALWAYS IS AND THIS
CONVERSATION BUT DO YOU SEE OTHERS THAT AREN'T PART OF A SQUARES AND STREET NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ARE ASKING FOR THOSE TYPES OF APPROVALS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ZONING BOARD? WELL, FIRST I WOULD SAY I WOULD
LOVE TO LIVE ON TOP OF A BAKERY TO WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND JUST TO SAY BUT YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE. SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT RIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED ON LIKE I WANT TO
OWN THIS THING THAT I MIGHT BE IN OR THAT THAT I KNOW IS OVER THERE WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. I'M LIKE, WELL THERE'S ONLY ONE OR TWO STORIES WOULD YOU BUILD UP AND THEN FUNNELING THEM
TOWARDS HOUSING SO. SO I THINK FOR ME IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION ALL VERY LONG WAYS TO SAY THAT YES THERE HAVE BEEN FOLKS THAT REACH OUT BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE IT'S GETTING PEOPLE TO THINK OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. RIGHT? RIGHT.
MM HMM. AWESOME. THANK YOU. NO OTHER QUESTIONS JUST NOW THIS CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILOR MURPHY NEXT FOR HIM TO GO TO COUNCIL EARL THANK YOU, CHAIR AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME AND
TESTIFIED. I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION FOR DEVIN. I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIND YOUR TITLE BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT IN TIME.
DEPUTY CHIEF DEPUTY CHIEF QUIRK WE CONSTANTLY HEAR ABOUT YOU KNOW, BOSTON DOESN'T PRODUCE ENOUGH HOUSING. WHERE DO WE WHERE DO WE RANK IN TERMS OF HOUSING PRODUCTION
LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME A COMPARATIVE STATISTICS. OKAY. ARE THERE OTHER CITIES? BUT I'VE SEEN THE NATIONAL
TRENDS IN TERMS OF HOUSING PRODUCTION AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW AND I THINK MANY IN THE AUDIENCE NOW. HOUSING PRODUCTION IS DOWN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES RIGHT
SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN FROM A HIGH IN 2020 2022 THAT SAME TREND EXISTS IN BOSTON. WE'VE PEAKED IN OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION AROUND 20 TO AROUND 2020 TWO THIRDS OF UNITS COMING
ONLINE AND FALLEN OFF SINCE AND HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND INTEREST RATES AND RETURNS AND CAPITAL INCREASING.
SO OUR OVERALL PRODUCTION WHILE WE ARE STILL PRODUCING HOUSING WE STILL PRODUCED OVER 2000 UNITS MARGARET HOUSING LAST YEAR. IT'S NOT WHAT IT ONCE WAS. YEAH I DID NOT FEEL LIKE FOR A
MINUTE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU STARTED IT OVER JUST DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND THEN GOING BACK TO SQUARES AND STREETS IN
ARTICLE 80 YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THESE IN NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE MAP ARE SHOWING A HIGH RATE OF DISPLACEMENT.
ARE WE THINKING OF A ANOTHER LAYER? RIGHT. BECAUSE THE IDEA IS TO MAKE EVERYTHING AS OF RIGHT AND WE KNOW THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE PROJECTS.
ARE WE THINKING OF ANOTHER LAYER KNOWING THAT IT'S IN A HIGH DISPLACEMENT AREA?
YEAH, THAT I WAS STRUCK BY MARLON'S COMMENTS ABOUT HAD HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES THROUGH AND THROUGH INTENTIONALLY RACIST POLICIES
THAT BROUGHT INVESTMENT AWAY FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE DO AS A COMMUNITY AS WE WANT TO REINVEST IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? BECAUSE I THINK DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION AND WE'RE ALL HERE AND CONCERNED ABOUT
DISPLACEMENT NOT BECAUSE WE JUST THINK IT'S A FORWARD LOOKING THING BUT BECAUSE IT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES ALREADY AND IS ALREADY HAPPENED. SO DOING NOTHING IS CERTAINLY NOT RIGHT AND AND PART OF WHAT
SQUARES AND STREETS AND ALL OF OUR REZONING EFFORTS REPRESENT IS PREDICTABILITY FOR THE FUTURE. SO I THINK JUST TO TAKE AN OPTION OFF THE TABLE WE WOULDN'T WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS SAY OH, IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DISPLACEMENT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO REZONING OR NOT THAT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T GET A QUALITY ZONING CODE. THEY GET IT. THEY NEED TO REMAIN IN THE
UNENFORCEABLE UNPREDICTABLE ZONING CODE WE HAVE TODAY. THAT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER. SO WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THESE TRADEOFFS SOLUTIONS AND WE AND
WE KNOW THAT BOSTON NEEDS TO GROW SO THERE NEEDS SUPPLY AND PRODUCTION NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE ANSWER. ALONG WITH ALL THAT OUTSIDE THE MARKET SOLUTIONS THAT THIS REPORT REPRESENTS ALONG WITH AN
INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON DISPLACEMENT RISK SO THERE THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET SOLUTION TO THAT. THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE ZONING AND AROUND
EACH PROJECT AND PRIORITIZING. I THAT THE MITIGATION COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT COME FROM IT BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH IT IF WE IF WE STOP IT WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM RIGHT BUT
WHICH WITH THE BPD TO BE OPEN TO ANOTHER LAYER KNOWING THAT YOU KNOW THESE AREAS HAVE HIGH DISPLACEMENT AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT WILL HELP
BOSTONIANS, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THEY EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY STAY THERE. WE ARE OPEN FOR DOING THAT. WE'RE OPEN TO EXPLORING. THAT'S WHAT THIS RAPAPORT REPORT REPRESENTS AND AT THE SAME TIME WE REMAIN VERY COMMITTED TO GROWING THE CITY
SO YET AGAIN WE JUST HAVE TO BALANCE THESE TWO THESE TWO CONCERNS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. AND I MARLENE WAS ON POINT RIGHT? A LOT OF THE POLICIES, YOU
KNOW, DEFINITELY WERE TARGETED AND HAVE HARMED CERTAIN COMMUNITIES AND I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING TO BE TARGETED AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING COMMUNITIES ALONG IN THIS CONVERSATION OPPOSED TO CONTINUING RIGHT THAT HARM THAT
THAT IS DONE. I THINK MY LAST QUESTION IS YOU KNOW, MY TEAM HAD ONE QUESTION THEY WANTED ME TO ASK AND THIS
IS FOR CHIEF DOLAN. CAN YOU CLARIFY THE NUMBER AND STATUS OF VACANT LAND PARCELS THAT IS THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY OWNS? YEAH, I CAN I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME BUT I'LL GET IT TO
YOU. IT'S IT'S HOVERS IT'S HOVERED AROUND A THOUSAND BUT IT ALWAYS BEARS OR I NEED TO SAY AGAIN THAT INCLUDES LIKE 250 IN THE
GROVE IN WEST ROXBURY. IT INCLUDES A LOT OF SMALL PARCELS IN HIGHLAND PARK, INCLUDES LOTS AND LOTS OF PARCELS THAT ARE LIKE YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF A POSTAGE STAMP NEXT TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE.
SO THERE'S THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BUILDABLE PARCELS LEFT IN AND CERTAINLY WORKING WITH YOU AND OTHERS IN THIS ROOM WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF THE REMAINING
DECENT PARCELS OUT BUT I'LL GET YOU A FULL REPORT ON ON THAT COUNCILOR AND THIS IS THE LAST ONE. SORRY CHAD WE SAW IN THE IN THE
CITY CODE CHAPTER TEN DESK SEVEN IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT COMMISSION. WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS AND STRUCTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IMPACT COMMISSION? I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT ONE COUNCILOR I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE OFFHAND. ENOUGH YOU ARE SHEILA SHEEHAN BUT I WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR RAUL NEXT WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR MEJIA WHO IS THE SECOND SPONSOR AND JUST WANTED TO SAY I THINK USUALLY I DON'T
LIKE USING THE TIMER. THE TIMER IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF LIKE HOW LONG YOU'RE GOING. I REALLY DO WANT EVERYONE TO FLUSH OUT THEIR COMMENTS SO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND WE
WILL ALLOW FOR A THIRD ROUND IF ANYONE WANTS ONE. OKAY GO AHEAD COUNCILOR HERE. THANK YOU CHAIR SO I AM CURIOUS AS YOU KNOW I'VE REALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS HOUSING
CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN AND YOU KNOW, I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON I BOUNCED FROM PLACE TO PLACE BECAUSE MY MOM AND I COULD NOT STAY IN ONE PLACE LONG ENOUGH
TO MAKE FRIENDS BECAUSE WE JUST COULDN'T. AND THAT HAS A IMPACT ALSO ON HOW I SHOWED UP IN SCHOOL. RIGHT. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
INTERCONNECTED, RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS I'M I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING BACK TO THE WHOLE CHILD, TO THE WHOLE PERSON TO THE WHOLE SPECTRUM HERE. LIKE I THINK I'D LIKE TO ADD HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IN
THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO YOUR CHIEF OF COORDINATED SERVICES BECAUSE THEY ALSO ARE PROBABLY GOING TO INTERFACE WITH FOLKS WHO ARE FEARING THEIR LIVES IN FEAR
OF DISPLACEMENT. SO MAYBE YOU ALL NEED SOME THERAPY AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO BRING THEM ON INTO THIS CONVERSATION. BUT GOING BACK TO THIS WHOLE AND I GREW UP HERE DURING THE
HEIGHT OF THE BUSSING ERA WHEN A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS WERE BURNING DOWN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO LIVE HERE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT GENTRIFICATION OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING. SO I JUST REALLY WANT FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS CONVERSATION IT'S REALLY
HELPFUL FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE TUNING IN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE HERE WITH THIS ACTION PLAN AND KIND OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO REPAIR SOME OF THAT HARM. SO JUST KIND OF GIVE PEOPLE A
LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW AROUND THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CONTINUE TO FIND MYSELF ASKING IS AFFORDABLE TO WHO WHO ARE WE BUILDING FOR?
RIGHT. SO THIS ALWAYS GETS LOST IN THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ARMY WHICH IS SET BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? CHIEF DILLON YES, THAT IS
CORRECT. BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE BOLDER AND BIGGER AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT APPETITE, IF ANY EXISTS FOR US TO CONSIDER
REGIONAL? AM I YOU KNOW, THRESHOLDS LIKE FOR INSTANCE IF YOU LIVE IN MATTAPAN OR DORCHESTER THE AREA
MEDIAN INCOME IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU LIVE IN THE BACK BAY OR BEACON HILL OR NOW EVEN MISSION HILL AT THIS POINT CONSIDERING WHAT COUNCILOR DURKAN RECENTLY JUST SHARED.
AND SO EVEN LOOKING AT IT FROM BOSTON EVEN THAT IS NOT EQUITABLE. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW ARE WE REALLY GRAPPLING WITH THAT AND IS THAT HERE IN THE ACTION
PLAN IT'S LIKE ACTUALLY IT'S IT'S A AFFORDABLE TO WHOM IS IS LIKE THE QUESTION WE HEAR MOST FROM WE GO OUT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
AND WHAT'S THE MOST TROUBLING ABOUT OUR AM-I POINTS OR AM I LEVELS IS THAT IT REALLY PICKS UP A LOT OF THE VERY WEALTHY, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN TOWNS THAT
ARE ADJACENT TO BOSTON. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO NOT HAVE EVERYTHING PEGGED TO 60, 80, 100 AND REALLY WHEN PROJECTS
COME IN WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PROVIDE US A RANGE OF OF ARMS OR RENT LEVELS AND THOSE THAT ARE ALSO MUCH LOWER RECENTLY TO
WE DECREASE THE AMMO SIZE FOR INCLUSIONARY ZONING AS YOU KNOW AND THERE'S NOW AN AVERAGE OF 60 VERSUS 70. SO WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZING THAT A LOT OF BOSTON RESIDENTS
CAN'T AFFORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SO THAT THAT SITS WITH US WE WOULD BE BOLDER OR TO YOUR TO YOUR TO USE YOUR PHRASE IF
THERE WERE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT COSTS SO MUCH TO OPERATE A UNIT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHT. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND
$15,000 A YEAR PER UNIT THE RENTS THEN HAVE TO THE RENTS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A PROJECT BASED SUBSIDY JUST A LOT OF IT'S JUST REAL ESTATE FINANCE. SO WE FIND OURSELVES SOMETIMES
PUSHING THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AS LOW AS THEY CAN GO AND STILL BE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. THAT ISN'T AN IN AND INADEQUATE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION AND TO
WHAT WE WANT TO DO SOMETIMES IS JUST A FINANCIAL NECESSITY GIVEN THE LACK OF RESOURCES FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HAVING VOUCHERS THAT WE CAN PUT INTO THESE DEVELOPMENTS. BUT YOUR POINT IS VERY WELL
TAKEN AND WE HAVE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO DRIVE THEM DOWN OR HAVE A RANGE OF INCOMES PER PER AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT CAN SPEAK TO FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NOW IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
YEAH. SO DEVIN, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. I HEAR YOU SAY SOMETHING. IS THAT OKAY? CHAIR YES, YES. I THINK I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE JUST THAT I JUST WANTED TO ADD IN ONE MORE POINT THAT I THINK
SOMETIMES GETS LOST NEAR MY CONVERSATION. SO I THINK SHEILA VERY APPROPRIATELY POINTED OUT THAT WHEN WE TAKE THIS REALLY BROAD VIEW OF BOSTON SUITES AND ALL THESE WEALTHY SUBURBS AND MAKES THE ARGUMENT I AM I
ARTIFICIALLY HIGH AND THEN THERE IF YOU LOOK AT A HYPERLOCAL WAY OF CALCULATING AND WHY YOU MIGHT GET THE WRONG RESULT AS WELL THERE ARE CENSUS TRACTS IN SOUTH BOSTON WHERE THE AMOUNT IS EXTREMELY LOW.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE HOUSING IS SO AFFORDABLE IN SOUTH BOSTON IT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CENSUS TRACTS THAT ARE 100% PUBLIC HOUSING AND BY DEFINITION THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE UNITS
ARE LOWER INCOME. SO THAT THAT AMY, IS NOT THAT REALLY HELPFUL TO YOU EITHER WHEN YOU'RE PRESCRIBING TARGETS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE ACTUALLY THOSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN PUBLIC
HOUSING ARE ALREADY HOUSED IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S SAFE FROM DISPLACEMENT AT LEAST FROM ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT. SO I'M JUST SAYING WE SHOULD BUILD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AM I IS PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH EITHER
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR HOW MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXISTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE ROXBURY HAS 50% AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE LIVING IN INCOME
RESTRICTED UNITS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE MARKET AND A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE ROXBURY MIGHT HAVE IT MIGHT AS MUCH HIGHER A MIGHT WHICH PROBABLY MORE ACCURATE TO THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DATA INPUTS INTO THIS THEN THAT CAN CONFOUND THAT VARIABLE TO THAT TO THAT EXTENT I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK SHEILA HAS THE RIGHT ANSWER. IT'S NOT AM I IS NOT WHAT WE
SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THAT KIND OF LEADS PEOPLE ASTRAY. WE'RE HAVING THE WRONG DEBATE. WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT RENT LEVELS WE WANT TO SEE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND HOW IS
THAT DIFFERENT BECAUSE I THINK THE RENT IS TIED TO THE RIGHT. THAT'S WHY AT LEAST MADE A FORMULA BEHIND THE SCENES BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT MAKING UP SCENARIOS IN MY HEAD ISN'T THAT'S HOW YOU ALL DETERMINE
WHAT THE RENTS ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT BASED ON THE AM I RIGHT I THINK YOU CAN ALSO DO IT THE OTHER WAY. YOU CAN SAY DO YOU WANT IT THE OTHER WAY IF YOU WANT IT IF YOU WANTED TO SAY WE WANTED TO TARGET A $2,000 RENT FOR THIS
INCOME RESTRICTED UNIT YOU CAN THEN BACK INTO WHAT AM I LEVEL THAT IS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THE THE THE EDUCATION.
I'M CURIOUS AND WE RECENTLY PASSED THROUGH THIS COUNCIL THE 110 MILLION ACCELERATOR FUND TO REMEMBER THAT AND I WAS REALLY
CURIOUS ABOUT THE EQUITY PIECE OF IT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF THIS MONEY AND WE ARE INVESTING IN BUILDING AND ALL OF THIS.
BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS EVEN WE I HAVE SEEN IN THIS ITERATION OF THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE UTILIZED FUNDING IN WAYS TO OFFSET OR TO DO CREATIVE
THINGS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT THE $110 MILLION MAYBE SOME SET ASIDES COULD HAVE BEEN PUT ASIDE TO STABILIZE THE RENT FOR SOME FOLKS WHO ARE RENT
BURDENED RIGHT OR NO BECAUSE IT WAS AN APPROPRIATION. CORRECT. $50 MILLION OF IT IS GOING TO THE VHA FOR THE ONE CHARLESTOWN REDEVELOPMENT. YES, THAT I KNOW BUT I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT OTHER STUFF RIGHT ?
YEAH. THE THE NATURE OF THAT THAT TOOL IS THAT IS A EQUITY INVESTMENT INTO OUT INTO MERCURY HOUSING PRODUCTION. BUT I TAKE YOUR POINT DOUG
TISSUE THIS POINT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO MONEY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT IT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO MONEY AND WHERE WE INVEST AND HOW WE DECIDE TO UTILIZE OUR DOLLARS IF WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ANTI DISPLACEMENT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE SPACE TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN BE UTILIZING OUR FREE CASH TO HELP SUPPORT FOLKS WHO ARE RENT BURDENED BECAUSE
WE'VE DONE IT FOR DEVELOPMENT. WHY CAN'T WE DO IT TO KEEP PEOPLE HERE IS MY QUESTION. I WELL I GUESS I HAVE TWO ANSWERS TO THAT.
ONE IS THAT THE PROGRAM ITSELF BY ADDRESSING HOUSING PRODUCTION I DO THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT PRODUCTION IS ONE OF THE NEED FOR PS AND THE REPORT TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT
WE WANT TO SERVE SO WE SO IT IS ADDRESSING KEEPING PEOPLE HERE BY BY CREATING HOUSING THAT IS NOT GOING TO OTHERWISE BE CREATED AND THAT HAS AN INCLUSIONARY COMPONENT AND THEN ALSO SECOND ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS OF COURSE THE
BUDGET SEASON IS COMING UP AND I'M SURE SHEILA AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE WILL HAVE NUMEROUS PROPOSALS AROUND HOW WE CAN EXPAND SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND I AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THIS BUDGET SEASON IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL TIME IN OUR
LIVES HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF GREAT DEBATE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE FINANCIAL CRISES THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE AS A RESULT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE
NATIONAL LANDSCAPE. AND SO I WANT TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT LEAST YOU KNOW, HAVING SURVIVED THE LAST ROUND WHEN THAT ADMINISTRATION WAS
HERE AND DOING A LOT OF COVID RESPONSE CRISIS RESPONSE WORK IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, I ALREADY HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE AND BECAUSE
OF THAT I ALSO KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OUR FUNDING AND BLESSINGS SENT OUR WAY. IN FACT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET CURSES AND SO WITH THAT
RIGHT, I REALLY WANT US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. I KNOW WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUTSIDE DISPLACEMENT IN THIS ACTION PLAN, BUT IF WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN
SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS, I THINK THAT THERE IS A REAL CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE AROUND SUBSIDIZING AND SUPPORTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE OUR MOST RESILIENT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT VULNERABLE.
WE'RE RESILIENT BECAUSE GOD KNOWS THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SURVIVED BUT HERE WE ARE STILL STANDING. AND SO SHEILA, I'M LOOKING TO YOU IN PARTICULAR, RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S A TAX ON
IMMIGRATION, TRANS HOUSING. I MEAN THERE'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE ALSO LIVING
IN CRISIS RIGHT NOW AND SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND AND TALK TO DISPLACEMENT? SURE. SO I, I TOO AM WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS HOLD
FOR BOSTON AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES AND I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY AND SMART AND IN A VERY SMART WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS, OUR MOST
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS DON'T SUFFER ANY MORE THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND WHAT WE'RE
BUILDING AND ALL OF IT THERE THERE ARE A LOT OF BECAUSE OF ALL OF OUR WORK THERE IS A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY AFFORDABLE DEFINED INCOME RESTRICTED I SHOULD SAY INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING AND PEOPLE ARE LIVING FULL AND
PRODUCTIVE LIVES IN THOSE HOUSING UNITS AND THEN THERE'S HOMEOWNERS AND THEN THERE'S STUDENTS AND THEN THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE HIGH INCOMES THAT CAN AFFORD THE MARKET RATE AND THEN THERE'S A SUBSET
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LOW INCOME AND ARE VERY, VERY MUCH AT RISK. AND I THINK WE NEED TO WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT POPULATION. BUT I THAT'S WHERE I THINK OUR ENERGY ESPECIALLY OVER THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS REALLY HAS TO GO LIKE THOSE FOLKS ARE IN A VERY PRECARIOUS SITUATION AND THEIR INCOMES ARE NOT WHAT THEY NEED TO BE TO SURVIVE IN BOSTON AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WE ARE WE'RE TARGETING THEM AND IF THE RESOURCES GET SCARCE OR SCARCER THAN THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE OKAY. RIGHT. BECAUSE WHAT I TO YOUR MIND ONE MORE GO AHEAD.
OKAY. THANK YOU BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY TIME INSIDE THIS SITUATION IS THAT WE HAVE LOST
A LOT OF RESIDENTS. I BELIEVE THERE WAS 28% OF BLACK FOLKS WHO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NUMBER WAS YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER WAS. I DON'T I DO REMEMBER THE STATISTIC THE GLOBE HAD A STORY
ON IT ABOUT AND IT WAS A LOT. YES. YEAH. AND SO THERE IS THIS ILLUSION I'LL JUST SAY I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT.
I CAN'T CONFIRM WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT IS NOT THESE DAYS BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS LIKE IT JUST FEELS LIKE LOW INCOME PEOPLE PARTICULARLY PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE BEING DISPLACED AT AN
ALARMING RATE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND IT'S BECOME A CITY OF HAVES AND HAVE NOTS. RIGHT. AND IT'S JUST BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AS NO RESULT OF THIS PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATION AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
IT HAS JUST BEEN THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES THAT WE ARE OPERATING IN. AND SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. RIGHT. SO DON'T GET IT ANYBODY TWISTED. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS JUST THE THE ATTACKS ON PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR AND AS
HISTORICALLY WE ARE THE ONES THAT ALWAYS HAVE TO PACK UP AND GO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO STAY BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MONEY CAN LIVE ANYWHERE THAT THEY WANT.
THERE'S A PRIVILEGE THERE AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ANTI DISPLACEMENT ACTION PLANS AND ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A DISCONNECT HERE AND I JUST
I CAN NEVER NAME IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M STRUGGLING BETWEEN THESE TWO WORLDS NOW THAT I FIND MYSELF IN BECAUSE BUT THERE IS A REAL LAYER
OF LIKE THE MIDDLE CLASS. IT'S JUST WE'RE JUST PERPETUATING THAT EVEN FURTHER AND AND I THINK THAT AT SOME POINT AND I'VE SAID THIS IN OTHER SPACES IS THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IF THERE WAS A
DISPLACEMENT TAX RATE FOR EVERY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DISPLACE X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, THEN THAT TAX VERY SIMILAR TO LINKAGE GETS
PUT ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING THE MONEY FOR BUILDING TO LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BUILD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THERE ARE FOLKS THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY TARGET AND HOLD
ACCOUNTABLE WHO ARE DISPLACING US AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SOMEBODY HAS TO ASSUME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS. WE CAN'T YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT NORTHEASTERN, I LOOK AT B YOU I
LOOK AT HARVARD, I LOOK AT MIT, I LOOK AT ALL OF THESE I LOOK AT FIDELITY. I LOOK AT YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO CALL OUT SOME YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES. I MEAN I LOOK AT ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE WHO ARE BENEFITING OFF OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE LITTLE GUYS AND GIRLS AND WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT
ANTI DISPLACEMENT BUT WE'RE IN THIS TOOL KIT IS THAT ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR? WHO ARE THOSE FOLKS BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM? WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT CAN WE DO
TO ENGAGE THEM IN THIS CONVERSATION? ARE THEY LISTED HERE? ARE THEY HERE? WHO WHO DO I HAVE TO GO TALK TO BECAUSE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DISPLACING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN MAPQUEST OUR WAY
THERE. WHO IS IT, COUNCILOR? MEJIA. WAS THAT RHETORICAL? NO, THAT IS A SIR I NEED TO KNOW WHO I NEED TO TALK TO.
NO, BECAUSE IT ALSO SOUNDED GOOD RHETORICALLY TO THE RHETORICAL QUESTION THAT I HAVE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGITIMATE. A QUESTION IS NOW I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S THAT WELL, I COULD SAY IT ANOTHER WAY I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHO I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO IT. THANK YOU. THE THE FIRST IS WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL DEVELOPMENTS DIRECTLY
DISPLACING ACTUAL COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS AND AND RESIDENTS DEAD DISPLACEMENT DISCLOSURE WILL PUT INTO PLACE IN ARTICLE
80 WILL GIVE YOU THAT DATA AROUND WHO THOSE DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY ARE, WHO THOSE OWNERS ACTUALLY ARE. SO THAT COULD THAT THAT IS EMPIRICAL DATA WE WILL DEVELOP AS A RESULT OF THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET NOW
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF LLC AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY LET ALONE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE BUYING UP BLOCKS AND SO THERE IS LOOK I FEEL LIKE THERE THERE THERE IS
SOMEONE BENEFITING HERE AND SO THAT'S IT. SO DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE LLC THESE THESE FOLKS WHO ARE OPERATING UNDER MULTIPLE LICENSES AND CORPORATIONS AND
BUYING UP THE BLOCK, WHO ARE THEY? AND WE HAVE DONE SOME INITIAL RESEARCH INTO THIS DISPLACEMENT AS A RESULT OF ARTICLE 80 PROJECTS IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO WE HAVE SOME SOME OF OUR
DATA TO BRING TO THE TABLE. AS IT TURNS OUT, A LOT OF THE LARGER SCALE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT THE MOST DIRECTLY RESPONSIVE FOR DIRECT DISPLACEMENT. IT TENDS TO BE MORE THAT
SMALLER INFILL DEVELOPMENT. THOSE FOLKS ARE BUYING A FENWAY AND BUYING UP BLOCKS AND RENT IN THOSE APARTMENTS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS. NOT THAT I HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH
COLLEGE STUDENTS. I WANT TO SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD THEY ALL NEED A PLACE TO LIVE TOO. BUT THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BUILDERS AND I'M TALKING ABOUT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF THE DISPLACEMENT
BECAUSE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN ALLSTON AND BRIGHTON, THEIR FAMILIES THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE CITY TOO. BUT WHEN LLC ARE BUYING UP BLOCKS AND THEN RENTING
APARTMENTS FOR $4,000 THEY'RE DRIVING UP RENTS FOR EVERYBODY WHO LIVES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO THAT IS PART OF THE ANTITHESIS PLACEMENT CONVERSATION AND I'M CURIOUS IF IT'S OUTLINED IN THIS DOCUMENT
OR THIS ONE I HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WHICH IS TO SAY THAT IN TERMS OF WHO TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE, WE'RE PUTTING OUT THIS PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE TO IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN WE HAVE HISTORIC THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE CITY HAS EVER HAD AN ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE I JOINED CITY 15 YEARS AGO. IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE TIME WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY HAD A FULL
THROATED RESPONSE. THIS IS THIS IS WHAT THE CITY IS GOING TO DO COLLECTIVELY ACROSS CABINETS AND THIS REPRESENTS OUR ADMINISTRATION SAYING WE ARE GOING TO ALL WORK ON THIS TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A WE HAVE A PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD. SO IN TERMS OF WHO TO ACCRUE TO CALL DOWN AND ASK HOW IS THIS GOING? IT'S US AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING. AND WHO ARE YOU CALLING? COUNCILOR MAGGIE I HAD A COUPLE
QUESTIONS. ARE YOU GETTING MY THOUGHTS? COULD I JUST SAY ONE THING? SO I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS A VERY GOOD ONE AND YOU'RE RIGHT THERE'S A LOT OF SMALLER LARGER
THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES RIGHT NOW BUYING EXISTING RENTAL HOUSING STOCK IN THE CITY AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON ESPECIALLY FOR THE LAST FIVE FIVE OR SO YEARS AND THEY'VE BECOME EVEN NOT SOME OF THEM ARE LOCAL AND SOME OF THE
RENOWNED VERY NATIONAL IT'S HAPPENING IN EVERY CITY WE TRACK EVICTION DATA BUT SO WE WE KNOW WHO'S BRINGING EVICTION ACTION BECAUSE WE'RE REACHING
OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING EVICTED. SO WE HAVE THAT DATA AND WE COLLECT IT NOW IN A IN A VERY GOOD WAY A VERY SOLID WAY WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE COUNCILOR IS IF
AS TO SENIORS ARE LIVING IN A TO FAMILY IN NEW NAME IT MATTAPAN AND THEY GET A NOTICE FROM A NEW OWNER THAT THEIR RENT IS BEING DOUBLED AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOT TO LEAVE
AND THEY PROBABLY DO EVENTUALLY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. THERE IS NO WAY AND IT DRIVES US CRAZY TOO. THERE'S NO WAY OF GETTING THAT DATA TO KNOW THAT COMPANY X OR
LLC HAS DOUBLED THE RENT OF TWO TWO SENIORS AND NOW THEY OWN THIS PROPERTY AND THEY'RE GOING TO DOUBLE THE RENT. THAT DATA SET DOESN'T EXIST BECAUSE THERE'S NO RECORDING OF IT ANYWHERE SO I JUST WANT
TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. I THINK THAT'S A SCENARIO THAT YOU FEEL THAT I FEEL IT'S A CALLS WE GET BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT. THERE'S NO DATA SOURCE FOR THAT SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THAT RIGHT IT THERE'S NO WAY TO
COLLECT IT BECAUSE THEY LEAVE THEY JUST LEAVE THEY LEAVE THE CITY THEY THEY GO TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE CITY. WE DON'T GET THAT DATA. SO I TO I JUST WANT TO SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT AND MEET WITH THEM AND NOW IF WE HEAR SOMETHING AND WE START SEEING A TREND WE'RE ON IT RIGHT? WE REALLY ARE ON IT. WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE IF WE KNOW ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
I DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO MY THIRD ONE THING NO HONESTLY SO MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WERE JUST LIKE MAKING ME REALIZE EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS THIS HAS COME TO ME FROM PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH YOUTH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUTH YOUTH
WORKERS THAT WORK FOR THE CITY. THE MAYOR HAS EXPANDED THAT PROGRAM SO THAT LIKE EVERY YOU KNOW, IT'S A JOBS GUARANTEE. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY'VE GOTTEN A
LETTER AFTER THEIR CHILD HAS MADE 1500 DOLLARS THAT THEY NEED TO RECERTIFY AND THAT THEIR HOUSING BECAUSE OF SECTION EIGHT AND THEIR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE HAVE THERE IT'S SHOWN THAT THERE'S A NEW PERSON MAKING INCOME IN THERE AND THAT HAS TERRIFIED THE FAMILIES AND WE HAVE A
SITUATION WHERE KIDS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM DOING YOUTH JOBS IN THE SUMMER ARE REFUSING TOGETHER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER REFUSING TO GET PAID. THEY WANT THE EXPERIENCE BUT THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THE PAY. I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH WE
CAN DO ON THE SECTION EIGHT PART OF THIS BUT DO YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO EXPLORE AS A CITY COUNCIL MAKING SURE THAT AT LEAST FOR BPA AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THAT WE ARE EXEMPTING MINOR OR SORRY SORRY EXEMPTING YOUTH MINORS FROM FROM BEING THEIR INCOME BEING COUNTED
TOWARDS THE FAMILIES RENT SHARE OR SORRY LIKE LIKE BECAUSE BASICALLY LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS BECAUSE THEY PUT THOSE THERE'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND THERE'S A NOTIFICATION TO
SOMEONE THAT THAT THERE IS NEW INCOME IN THE HOUSEHOLD. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT I HAVE THIS IDEA I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS YOU GET REALLY ANXIOUS AROUND WHEN THEY HAVE TO RECERTIFY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND I DO THINK THAT'S LEADING TO SOME DISPLACEMENT. PEOPLE DON'T FILL OUT THEIR PAPERWORK AND OBVIOUSLY OFTENTIMES THEY HAVE TO FILL IT OUT WITH THE CITY AND THEY HAVE TO FILL IT OUT WITH SECTION
EIGHT. AND SO THERE'S MULTIPLE LAYERS TO THIS AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T FIX THINGS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD THE CITY CONSIDER MAKING THAT EVERY TWO YEARS AND NOT EVERY YEAR FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO I WHEN YOU WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE PIECE ABOUT YOUTH I SOMETHING WAS AND I WISH KENZIE WAS HERE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND SAYING IT WASN'T THAT IF YOU'RE UNDER 18 YOUR INCOME WAS NOT PART OF THE HOUSEHOLD
CALCULATION AND MY AIR OVERVIEW IS SAYING THE SAME THING BUT I WANT TO GET IT I WANT TO GIVE YOU CHAPTER AND VERSE ON THAT. I THINK THAT IS THE CASE BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND THIS IS COMING FROM JOHN JACKSON WHO
HAS BEEN AT THE TOBIN FOR 37 YEARS. HE'S ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF FAMILIES LIKE REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE AND IF IF I'M IF I'M CORRECT AND I DO WANT TO DO
SOME RESEARCH ON IT, IT MAY JUST BE MISINFORMATION TOO OR THEY GET A NOTICE AND THEY NEED TO EXPLAIN IT WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A DRAGON OF ITSELF. BUT I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND IF I'M
ACCURATE THEN WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO FAMILIES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND I GUESS THE FACT THAT JOHN JACKSON WHO DOES SUCH GREAT WORK AT THE TOBIN WOULD EVEN BE CONCERNED ABOUT AND SPEND TIME
WRITING LETTERS TO SAY THIS PERSON NO LONGER WORKS HERE HE'S HAVING TO EVERY YEAR WRITE LETTERS TO SAY THAT PERSON NO LONGER WORKS HERE. SO I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT SO BUT
AGAIN IT'S LIKE A WORRY THAT HAS COME TO ME WITH FAMILIES YOU YOU ARE RAISING OFTENTIMES YOU'RE WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES THAT ARE GETTING EVICTED BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T
DONE THEIR INCOME CERTIFICATIONS AND IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING THERE REALLY AND I'M PROBABLY WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT TOO, ESPECIALLY AS PEOPLE ARE GIVING OVER INFORMATION AND THEY'RE
SCARED OF GOVERNMENT. I MEAN THE MAYOR TALKS ABOUT THIS A LOT. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE AND YOU SHOULD FEEL SAFE COMING FORWARD. BUT PEOPLE ARE BECOMING FEELING LESS AND LESS SAFE. SO IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA TO
MAYBE HAVE THE VHA AND METRO HOUSING COME AND TALK ABOUT CERTIFICATIONS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO TO EASE THE PAIN WITH THEM. YEAH, AND NOT EVEN I YOU KNOW I'M NOT SAYING THIS IN ANY
NEGATIVE BUT I, I MOVED HERE AND I WAS MAKING $47,000 WHEN I MOVED HERE AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS ACCESSIBLE TO ME AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES YOU YOU
KNOW, THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE STORIES ABOUT THIS BUT IT ENDS UP BEING LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE KNOW PROVIDING ALL THE RIGHT DOCUMENTS, KNOWING HOW IT ALL WORKS.
AND THIS IS NOT THAT WE AREN'T DOING ENOUGH FOR METRO HOUSING ISN'T DOING ENOUGH BUT I DO THINK THE CITY COULD DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POOL OF PEOPLE APPLYING TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ACTUALLY
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POPULATION BECAUSE IT YOU KNOW IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN WHERE. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THIS BUILDING LIVING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE AND THAT'S FINE. THEY'RE MAKING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEY. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTIFIED. THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE PEOPLE OFTENTIMES TO CERTIFY
THAT YOU ARE MAKING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT TOGETHER. YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO PROVIDE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. YOU'VE GOT TO DO ALL OF THESE STEPS AND SO I GET THAT THAT REQUIRES A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF TOGETHERNESS THAT OFTEN PEOPLE WHO ACCESS IT HAVE A JOB KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE ALL THIS STUFF. BUT I DO THINK WE COULD BE DOING MORE AND WHETHER THAT'S TUTORIALS OR MEETINGS OR JUST
SORT OF GETTING PEOPLE IN THE KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN I MADE $47,000 I DID NOT KNOW I WAS ELIGIBLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK SOMETIMES THE THE THE
FOLKS THAT ARE MOST REPRESENTED IN OUR LOTTERIES ARE FOLKS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW SECURELY HOUSED AND THEY HAVE THEIR PAPERWORK, THEY HAVE A JOB. THEY HAVE ACTUALLY TIME ON THE
WEEKENDS ARE NOT WORKING TWO AND THREE JOBS THEY HAVE TIME ON THE WEEKENDS TO ACTUALLY PUT THE APPLICATIONS TOGETHER, ETC. I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT IN THE PLAN THERE WE ARE REALLY
EXPLORING AND VERY CLOSE TO DOING SETTING ASIDE UNITS IN THE LOTTERY FOR FOLKS THAT ARE THE MOST RENT BURDENED VERSUS SOMEONE WHO MAY BE LIVING WITH WITH THEIR PARENTS IN THEIR OC
RIGHT NOW BUT REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT FOLKS THAT ARE THE MOST IN NEED REALLY DO NEED A PERCENTAGE OF THESE UNITS AS THEY COME ONLINE. BUT I ALSO WE'RE DOING MORE WORKSHOPS ABOUT HOW TO APPLY
FOR HOUSING THROUGHOUT CITY WHAT'S AVAILABLE METRO LISTS DEMYSTIFY, BUYING LOTTERIES AND REALLY BEING OUT THERE MORE AND MORE AND THE TEAM AT MY AGE IS
DOING A GOOD JOB AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD BUT ALWAYS MORE TO DO ABSOLUTELY AND AND I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH IN GOVERNMENT IS PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY CONNECTED KNOW
WHEN GRANT MONEY IS APPEARING THEY KNOW WHEN THE HOW WHEN HOUSING LOTTERIES AND HOW TO GET THROUGH IT AND WE DO NEED TO BE DOING MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS ACCESS TO THE SAME TOOLS AND
THAT MEANS ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON POPULATIONS THAT DON'T USUALLY WE DON'T HAVE THEIR EMAIL AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT LIKE SORT OF GRASSROOTS WAYS TO GET INVOLVED. I DID WANT TO BRING UP THE
INCLUSIONARY ZONING REQUIREMENTS. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A CONVERSATION HAPPENING ABOUT ABOUT WHETHER OUR IDP PERCENTAGE IS TOO HIGH.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN A CONVERSATION HAPPENING ABOUT WHETHER YOU KNOW WHY HOUSING ISN'T GETTING BUILT RIGHT NOW AND I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE INTEREST RATES ARE HIGH, THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION IS HIGH, THE COST OF MATERIALS IS HIGH, THE COST OF LABOR IS HIGH AND THE COST OF THE PLOT OF LAND IS
ALSO HIGH. SO BUT THERE IS AN ANALYSIS FROM UCLA FROM APRIL 2024 THAT SHOWS THAT OVERLY AGGRESSIVE
EASY REQUIREMENTS LOW HOUSING PRODUCTION, A LOT OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN BELTS WE KNOW WERE 12% 13%, 15%, 17% NOT
ACTUALLY 20% WHERE WE ARE NOW BUT I GUESS JUST SORT OF CURIOUS IF THERE HAS BEEN WHAT THE CONVERSATION AT THE CITY IS AT THIS MOMENT AND
OBVIOUSLY HAVE THIS IDEA THAT I HAVE BROUGHT TO KYRA'S SHOWING AT OUR LAST HEARING ABOUT STREAMLINING 121 A AGREEMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL APPROVALS OVER
100 UNITS AND OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT 121 AGREEMENTS ARE SPECIAL TAX AGREEMENTS SO I'M NOT SETTING WHAT THAT SPECIAL TAX AGREEMENT IS BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE OMBUDSMAN IS WORKING ON WHICH I KNOW HE DOES A GREAT
JOB BUT I THINK THAT FOR ME THE GOAL OF YOU KNOW THERE'S EIGHT PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROVED IN DISTRICT EIGHT OVER 100 UNITS OF HOUSING APPROVED THAT WOULD EQUAL 1500 UNITS OF HOUSING IF
WE COULD GET THEM BELLS. OBVIOUSLY THOSE EXAMPLES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WERE APPROVED AT A MYRIAD OF INCLUSIONARY ZONING PERCENTAGES.
SO I DON'T THINK THE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING THINGS BUILT IS NECESSARILY THE EASY PERCENTAGE BUT BECAUSE THERE IS THIS CONVERSATION HAPPENING AT THE CITY WIDE. THERE'S A DISCOURSE GOING ON.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS SORT OF WHAT EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS ARE ABOUT THAT. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT COUNCILOR. SO THERE AND JUST TO REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THERE ARE OVER 20,000 UNITS OF HOUSING
THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THE BPA FOR THAT MEANS THEIR HOUSING THAT WE WANT TO SEE BUILD IT'S EARNED OUR STAMP OF APPROVAL THAT ARE NOT YET IN CONSTRUCTION. THEY RANGE AND ALL THE FULL
GAMUT OF AFFORDABILITY FROM 13% AND BELOW. THERE'S SOME OF THEM AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO 17% PLUS THE VOUCHER REQUIREMENT WE HAVE TODAY. SO IT IS NOT IN THE
INCLUSIONARY ZONING REQUIREMENT THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT IS PREVENTING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN BOSTON BECAUSE IF SO THOSE UNITS WOULD BE GOING INTO SO THE 13% RATE INCLUSIONARY ZONING ONE WOULD BE BUILT RIGHT
NOW. YEAH SO THAT BUT THAT SAID EVERY PROJECT HAS UNIQUE FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO REPEAT SOMETHING THAT CHIEFS SHEYENNE SAID IN A CITY
COUNCIL HEARING LAST WEEK WE ARE ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER ABOUT THE OBSTACLES THAT THEY'RE FACING AND WHAT TOOLS EXIST IN THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO TO MOVE
HOUSING AHEAD. I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN THE FISCAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE A MASSIVE TAX EXPENDITURE OF TEN TO TO INCENTIVIZE HOUSING BUT IF
THERE'S A MODERATE TAX EXPENDITURE FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT AND GET INTO THAT'S A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING AND IF WE CAN HAVE A A BROADER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT I DON'T KNOW WOULD IT BE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY IF I INVITED THE EIGHT
DEVELOPERS FROM THESE EIGHT PROJECTS THAT COULD BUILD 1500 UNITS OF HOUSING TO A ZOOM CALL WITH CHIEF SEAN AND THE OMBUDSMAN AND WE JUST GOT EVERYONE TO THE TABLE AND SAID ANYONE WANT TO MOVE ON ANY
OF THESE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW I THINK YOU'D FIND THAT YOU'D HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ACROSS AS A PROJECTS AND SO AND SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE THINGS THAT WE COULD SOLVE AND SOME OF THOSE WOULD BE THINGS WE COULDN'T. SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BETTER
TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF THEM BUT IT'S CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING. I THINK I'VE JUST COMING FOR THE OMBUDSMAN JOB SO APOLOGIZE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
OKAY. SO I DO WANT TO JUST CHIEF I DO PROGRAM SUCH AS THE SPACE GRANT PROGRAM HAVE BEEN PROMISING TOOLS ON BUILDING SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUSIVE PRACTICES WITHIN
THE CITY THAT REALLY TRY TO EXPAND. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A MODEL. I KNOW CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY SHARED THAT THIS IS A MODEL AND ONE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ABOUT HOW ARPA MONEY COULD BE SPENT ALSO THE CHAIR
OF COVID 19 RECOVERY. IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING TO SEE SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND ALSO BUSINESSES THAT REALLY YOU
KNOW, LIKE DANNY'S CAREER BAR AND THE HAMMER SHOP AND PLACES THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'D BE OPEN OR BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THAT PROGRAM. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW
THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ARPA MONEY NOW THAT IT FEELS LIKE JUST SORT OF THERE'S NO HAIL MARY COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO EXPAND OR EVEN JUST KEEP PACE WITH WHAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING IS THERE ANY SORT OF INTERESTING MODELING OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM? ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. ONE IS THAT WE'RE IN A PERIOD
OF REEVALUATION SO I MEAN WE KNOW THE TOP LINE STATISTICS 91 BUSINESSES SUPPORTED, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY AND BY THE END OF THEM ARE OPENING 800 NEW OR EXISTING JOBS THAT ARE BEING
ADDED TO OUR ECONOMY AND THEY SPREAD OUT ALL ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH IS GREAT. AS YOU MENTIONED, YOUR DISTRICT THE DOWNTOWN SEAPORT EXCUSE ME, I'M BACK BAY, YOU KNOW, ROXBURY MATTAPAN.
HOWEVER, WE WANT TO KIND OF DIG DEEPER AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT IMPACT IS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING MOST OF THEM HAVE OPENED THEIR SPACES. OTHERS HAVE NOT. SO WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES
TIME TO EVALUATE THAT THAT TRUE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM BEYOND THE TOP LINE STATISTICS. AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE TALKING WITH FOLKS WHO WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE FINANCIALLY AND SO IT'S JUST ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT
THOSE SPECIFICS ARE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ETC. BUT AGAIN LIKE RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU KNOW, WORK WITH HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL AND A COUPLE OF OTHER FIRMS IN THE CITY TO DO A DEEPER ANALYSIS SO
THAT WHEN WE GO OUT FULLY TO FUNDRAISE, YOU KNOW, AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL WE'RE PROVIDING WHATEVER DATA FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO I KNOW I'M
OUT OF TIME. WE'RE OUT OF TIME AND I KNOW COUNCILOR RAVEN NEEDS TO GO AND THEN I KNOW COUNCILMAN HAS SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS DO WE NEED TO BAN ALGORITHM LIKE PRICE
SETTING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON? I HAVE DEVELOPER OWNER IN OUR DISTRICT THAT'S USING IT. THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S BEING USED AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE
SETTING YOUR FIRST RENT BASED ON THE PROPERTIES NEARBY AND THEN ONCE YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN AFFORD THIS RENT YOU'RE AT 20 $300 BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE OH MY GOSH, WHAT A STEAL.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THIS BUILDING. BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE JUST SETTING THEIR PRICES COMPETITIVE WITH THE NEARBY AND THEN NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU'VE ALL MOVED IN ALL YOUR PICTURE FRAMES ARE HUNG UP YOUR
TV IS MOUNTED, YOU LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE. YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR KNOW LAUNDRY . YOU LOVE IT SO MUCH $500 RENT INCREASE IT'S DISGUSTING. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVEN'T
DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT YET. I DID FILE A HEARING ORDER BOTH YEARS BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO. DOES THE CITY HAVE AN OFFICIAL POSITION ON ALGORITHMIC PRICE SETTING? YEAH, I MEAN AND FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MADE SO FIRST TO SAY THE SPACE PROGRAM DID MORE THAN JUST GIVE A CHECK RIGHT TO A $2,000. EVERYONE WANTS IT BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST DO THAT AND THEN LEAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE BY THEMSELVES.
SO ALL THE TIME THAT WE PROVIDED OR ONE OF THE THINGS WE INCLUDED WAS NEGOTIATION WITH THE LANDLORD BECAUSE WHAT I WHAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS
SAY HERE BUSINESS $200,000 CHECK TO YOU KNOW, BUILD OUT COSTS AND PAYING RENT AND THE LANDLORD GOES OH YOU HAVE A CHECK FOR $200,000, YOUR RENT IS $200,000 OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS OF YOUR LEASE.
AND SO SO EXACTLY THAT. I MEAN I'D LOVE TO TALK MORE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ALGO HOW FOLKS ARE USING THAT AND I THINK IT'S MOSTLY NOT FOR COMMERCIAL, IT'S FOR RESIDENTIAL. IT COULD COME TO COMMERCIAL
SPACES, IT MAY EXIST IN COMMERCIAL SPACES AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YET. WELL TO YOUR POINT, YEAH NO WE ALSO SEE I MEAN CHIEF DOLAN TALKED EARLIER ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MAYOR HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR IN RENT STABILIZATION AND
HOW THAT WILL BE IMPACTFUL FOR RESIDENTS. BUT WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO COMMERCIAL TENANTS RIGHT NOW. I MEAN YOU READ ABOUT IT IN COUNCILOR GRAVES DISTRICT TEN DONUTS WHERE THE LANDLORD JUST RANDOMLY OVER THE LAST YEAR
INCREASED THE RENT BY X AMOUNT. SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT ON BOTH ENDS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST IMPACTING RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES IMPACTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND I DO WANT TO JUST THANK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
SHE IS ON A LAWSUIT ABOUT THIS AND AND I KNOW THAT EQUITY RESIDENTIAL WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT IS LISTED AS PART OF THAT LAWSUIT WHICH IS WHAT TIPPED ME OFF. BUT A CONSTITUENT ACTUALLY CAME TO ME THINKING THAT THEY WERE
THE VICTIM OF ALGORITHM PRICE SETTING BECAUSE THEY CHOSE THEIR RENT AT A CERTAIN RATE AND THEN SUDDENLY IT WAS ABOUT WHAT EVERYTHING NEARBY WAS, YOU KNOW, SO. CHIEF DOLAN NO, JUST THAT I WAS
ACTUALLY I SAID WAIT A MINUTE. WHO? I THOUGHT THERE WAS A STATE LEGISLATION THAT WAS FILED BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS THE AG JOINING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN SUING . SO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS WITH THAT. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRACTICE THAT YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED IN THE CITY OR THE STATE. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS LAWSUIT AND WE SHOULD FOLLOW IT VERY
CLOSELY. AND DO YOU THINK IT'S LEGALLY POSSIBLE FOR US TO BAN IT LIKE WE HAVE WITH FACIAL SURVEILLANCE? I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, I KNOW I'M ASKING A BUNCH
OF YOU KNOW BUT YOU'RE A LAWYER. ARE YOU? HE SEEMS LIKE A LAWYER SOMETIMES. OKAY, SO NEXT WE'LL GO TO
COUNCILOR PEPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PROMISE I HAVE ONLY TWO MORE QUESTIONS. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS TRIGGERED BY JUST SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND IT IS ABOUT VACANT UNITS THAT CURRENTLY
EXIST IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I YOU KNOW, I WENT ON SOME DOING SOME RESEARCH MYSELF TALKING TO SOME PROPERTY OWNERS OF BIGGER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY THAT HAVE MULTIPLE NUMEROUS UNITS THAT ARE VACANT
SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT PROGRAMS ARE IN PLACE TO KIND OF INCENTIVIZE OBVIOUSLY MAYBE MORE EXPENSIVE UNITS TO BECOME AVAILABLE TO MAYBE SOME WORKING
CLASS FAMILIES TO SEE WHAT PROGRAMS ARE OUT THERE TO HELP WITH THAT. AND THEN I'LL JUST ASK MY MY SECOND QUESTION NOW SO I GET IT OUT OF THE WAY. A LOT OF BUSINESS IN THIS CITY
ARE TIED TO CULTURE, TO CERTAIN CULTURES JUST YOU KNOW, I GOING TO JAMAICA PLAY WITH MY FAMILY'S ON A STREET WAS DOMINICAN CENTER AND RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME AS IT DID 20 YEARS AGO.
I'M FACING THE SAME THING RIGHT NOW IN MATTAPAN IN HYDE PARK WHERE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LARGE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY WHERE A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE OWNED BY
FOLKS FROM THOSE PARTS OF THE WORLD BUT THEY COULD COME TO THE CASE WHERE A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS OR THE NEXT DECADE OR TWO. SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS THE
CITY FORESEE THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE CULTURAL ECONOMIC DISTRICTS. MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR FOR A CHIEF HERE SO THAT NOT ONLY OUR CULTURAL DISTRICTS ARE THRIVING BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE IDENTIFY OF THAT CULTURE CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO CALL THOSE PLACES HOME. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT SO I CAN JUST COMMENT ABOUT THE VACANT UNITS SO WE WE ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN AND WORKING WITH ANY LANDLORD THAT HAS VACANT UNITS THAT MAY WANT TO RENT TO FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE VOUCHERS EITHER FEDERAL VOUCHERS, STATE VOUCHERS, CITY
VOUCHERS AND WE DO WORK WITH MANY A PRIVATE LANDLORDS BUT USUALLY THERE ARE SMALLER LANDLORDS THAT OWN PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS NOT NECESSARILY THE THE THE OWNERS
OF DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES. BUT IF IF YOU COME ACROSS ANY OWNERS THAT MIGHT WANT TO TALK I MEAN THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE WE OFTEN HAVE PEOPLE REALLY GOOD YOU KNOW, REALLY
GOOD CREDIT, GOOD YOU KNOW GOOD LANDLORD HISTORY WITH THE VOUCHER THAT WANT TO LIVE IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL THERE OR THERE OR THERE, YOU KNOW THEY'RE THERE, THEIR
CONNECTIONS ARE THERE SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT THAT PARTICULAR LANDLORD I, I CAN'T IMAGINE IF A LANDLORD HAS A LOT
OF VACANCIES TO ME MAYBE THEIR RENT IS TOO HIGH AND THEY NEED TO BRING THEIR RENT DOWN AND THAT I WOULD ALWAYS SUGGEST THAT RIGHT BECAUSE WE THAT'S THE IDEA YOU BUILD HOUSING YOU
GET A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH OF A VACANCY AND RENTS COME DOWN. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE THERE'S SOME CITIES BUT THE ONLY CITY I KNOW REALLY OF IS IN VANCOUVER THAT HAS FEES OR
FINES I SHOULD SAY IF A LANDLORD HAS VACANT UNITS THEY'RE VERY HARD TO MANAGE BECAUSE YOU KNOW IN BOSTON OF 300,000 UNITS AND YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO HAVE LANDLORDS CERTIFY EVERY SINGLE
YEAR THAT THEY'RE THAT THEIR UNIT IS BEING OCCUPIED AND THEN AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SET A FINE ETC. SO VERY, VERY COMPLICATED PROGRAMS. I WOULD RATHER INSTEAD JUST
WORK WITH THEM TO GET THOSE UNITS BUILT BUT WE ALREADY DO HAVE YOU ALREADY HAVE TO PAY A FINE I'M SORRY A FEE WHEN YOU'RE REOCCUPYING LIKE A UNIT EVERY YEAR I THINK STUDENTS
IT'S ON SEPTEMBER ONE BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME OF YEAR AND THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. SO MAYBE WE COULD JUST TACK SOMETHING ON TO THAT. I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT
TOUCHING THAT SO THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING IN TERMS OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT QUESTION I DON'T KNOW ALL THAT GOES INTO CREATING CULTURAL DISTRICTS BUT
WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO I MEAN FOR US AS MATTAPAN SHOULD YOU KNOW THERE SHOULD BE SOME CULTURAL DESIGNATION THERE JUST GIVEN THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE. SO HAPPY TO EXPLORE THAT I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH OUR INTERIM
CHIEF KIND OF AT A FINE ARTS AND CULTURE ON WHAT THAT TAKES. I KNOW THERE'S A SEPARATE CONVERSATION BEING BY YVONNE WITH LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ABOUT THESE BOSTON YOU KNOW, GOING AFTER OUR CULTURAL
DISTRICT AND WE ARE FULLY BEHIND THAT AND WITH HIM AND THE GROUP AND I'LL JUST SAY THE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IS WE CARE A LOT ABOUT LOCAL TOURISM NOW WE HAVEN'T CHASED AFTER THIS
JUST YET BECAUSE I WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO WORD IT AND EVEN I'M SAYING THIS NOW ON THE RECORD NOT TRYING TO SCARE ANYONE WHO'S HERE BUT LIKE FOR INSTANCE THERE SHOULD BE A A
LODGING SPACE IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I USED TO SAY HOTEL BUT THEN THAT FREAKED EVERYBODY OUT AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT HILTON IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT JUST TO SAY THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF PLACE THAT TOURISTS ARE ABLE TO STAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GUARANTEES
THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE FOOT TRAFFIC OUT THERE RIGHT. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR ACP. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WAS SAYING OH, WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE GO TO MATTAPAN BUT NOPE. I MEAN YOU'VE BEEN TO CONFERENCES NOBODY IS GETTING
IN A CAR TO TRAVEL 45 MINUTES NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD JUST TO CHECK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT IF YOU'VE GOT TO IF YOU'VE GOT A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY AND THERE ARE THINGS THERE FOR PEOPLE TO DO, THEY'LL GO OUT THERE. SO JUST SAY CULTURAL DESIGNATION HELPS WITH THAT IN
TERMS OF HOW WE HELP PEOPLE STAY THOUGH TOO, YOU KNOW THERE'S THE MARKETING THAT WE NEED TO DO OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE AT THE END ALL THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES IT'S ABOUT FOOT
TRAFFIC, IT'S ABOUT CONSUMER SPENDING DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY GRANTS YOU PUT OUT THERE, HOW MUCH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WE PROVIDE IF PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE BUSINESS YOU'RE NOT GENERATING REVENUE YOU CAN'T STICK AROUND. RIGHT? SO OUR WHOLE FOCUS IS HOW DO WE
HELP THEM MAKE MORE MONEY THROUGH PEOPLE SUPPORTING THEM IN PERSON AND THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES HAVE BEEN GEARED TOWARD HYDE PARK MATTAPAN WE MAKE SURE LANGUAGE APPROPRIATE SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED. ALISHA AND TEAM HAVE BEEN POURING RESOURCES EDUCATING PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY TO THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE KNOW ARE THE ONES WHO PARTICIPATE.
WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND SO THAT'S WHY I RESTORE PROJECTS ARE FINALLY GOING THROUGH WHY GRANTS WHEN WE'RE HERE FOR THE BUDGET WE SHOW HOW IT'S NOT DOWNTOWN THAT'S GETTING THEM.
IT'S NORTH END, IT'S MATTAPAN, ROXBURY EAST JP BECAUSE WE'RE OUT THERE YOU KNOW, DELIVERING THIS INFORMATION SO WAY JUST TO SAY GREAT QUESTION WE'RE WITH YOU AND I WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE PROCESS FOR CULTURAL DISTRICTS BECAUSE THERE THERE SHOULD BE MANY MORE OF THEM ACROSS THE CITY ALTHOUGH I'M NOT STANDING IN THE WAY OF ANYONE BY SAYING THAT BUT WELL I'LL JUST ADD THAT THE LAST CULTURAL DISTRICT THAT WAS CREATED WAS LITTLE SAIGON AND
THAT WAS ACTUALLY PUSHING FROM THEN COUNCILOR MICHELLE WU. SO IT'S JUST INTERESTING AND THAT WAS REALLY A COMMUNITY COALITION OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY DID THE WORK AND IT WAS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE
ASKING FOR IT AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY JUST SO POWERFUL THAT A COMMUNITY CAN STEP FORWARD AND SAY LIKE THIS IS WHO WE ARE AND WE WANT TO HONOR THAT. AND THAT'S YEAH, I JUST I PERSONALLY LOVE VISITING LITTLE
SAIGON EVEN BEFORE IT HAD THAT TITLE. IT'S JUST LIKE THE BEST FOOD, THE BEST CULTURE IN THE WORLD KIND OF AND I CAN'T SAY I GUESS IN THE WORLD BECAUSE I REPRESENT DISTRICT EIGHT BUT
IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE PLACE AND I THINK ANYONE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, GO VISIT LITTLE SAIGON. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THOSE SPACES SO ARE YOU FINISHED, COUNCILOR KEVIN YES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PRAVEEN WE'RE GOING TO TO COUNCILOR MCGEE. YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES AND THEN WE'RE WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE LEFT TO TESTIFY. SO THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN CLOSE OUT THE HEARING AFTER THAT.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE UNTIL TOMORROW, SO USE MY MY TIME. I WORK REALLY HARD TO GET IN THIS SEAT. ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING A KIND OF I I'M GOING TO ASK A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS HERE. ONE IS REALLY AROUND THE THRESHOLD OF ENGAGE MENT LIKE HOW WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESSES. SO WE'D LOVE TO KNOW YOUR METRICS LIKE HOW MANY ABUTTERS HOW MANY OF THEM ARE RENTERS? HOW MANY OF THEM ARE HOMEOWNERS
? HOW MANY OF THEM ARE ENGLISH SPEAKERS? HOW MANY OF THEM ARE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS? BLACK YOU KNOW AGE DEMO WHATEVER YOU HAVE I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE ARE MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE BEING THOUGHTFUL AROUND OUR THRESHOLD OF ENGAGEMENT BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION. SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION. YOU KNOW WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT BUILDING AND I THINK THAT
THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION BUT I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT EXISTING STOCK. YOU KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMES LIKE TWO FAMILY HOMES AND I KNOW THE DWELLING UNITS
IS A PART OF THE CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF HOUSING. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF VICTORIAN HOMES THAT EXIST AND I MEAN I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT
BUILD OURSELVES OUT OF THIS CRISIS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH GRANDMA AND GRANDPA AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE MAKE COMMUNAL HOUSING FOR FOLKS WHO ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF FOSTER CARE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE A
PLACE TO LIVE. WHAT ARE WE DOING AROUND BEING MORE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT CREATING THAT MATCHMAKING SERVICE? RIGHT LIKE THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER
PATHWAY TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS BECAUSE I CAN POINT TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ELDERS WHO ARE LIVING IN A BIG TO FAMILY AND SOME OF THEM
DON'T WANT TO RENT OUT THE NEXT UNIT BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID BUT THEY HAVE SPACE TO DO SO. SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE ACTION PLAN WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT KIND OF LIKE
WHAT THAT EXISTING STOCK LOOKS LIKE AND IF YOU ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THAT, KUDOS TO YOU ALL. I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT CONVERSATION AND I KNOW COUNCIL EXCUSE ME I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU COUNSELOR AND FIND
OUT ARE YOU GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE FEEL YOU HAD A WE A HEARING LAST JUNE IN REGARDS TO CONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON SMALL BUSINESSES
AND OF THOSE BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW ARE FEELING THE CRUNCH AND THEY ARE STILL DOING CONSTRUCTION ON BLUE HILL LAB. MANY ARE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THEIR BUSINESS
AND SO AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BUILDING THE CITY, I THINK OF SANTIS BAKERY ON WASHINGTON STREET IN EGGLESTON SQUARE OR MAYBE FURTHER DOWN EGGLESTON
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER FROM MICHELSON SQUARE. BUT ON WASHINGTON STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW THEY'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT
PARTICULAR BUSINESS AND BECAUSE OF THAT THEY'RE OUT THEY'RE LOSING BUSINESS. RIGHT? SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR KIND OF HOW THE CITY IS GRAPPLING WITH MAKING SURE THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES CAN KEEP THEIR DOORS
OPEN AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO ASSUME ANY TYPE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT. THESE ARE FOLKS WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR LIGHT BILL RIGHT NOW, THEIR ELECTRICITY. THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME EVEN PAYING THEIR RENT BECAUSE
OF ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING. AND SO KIND OF LIKE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF DISPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST DISPLACING TENANTS. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT
DISPLACING SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE TRYING TO STAY AND KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT AND AND WHAT PROTECTIONS LOOK LIKE FOR
THEM. AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION THAT DID THAT WENT UNANSWERED AND IT WAS IN REGARDS TO THE NOW THAT
WE HAVE FUNDING, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT FUNDING IS ALREADY COMMITTED VERSUS SPENT ENDING LIKE WELL THE OP OR DOLLARS WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE GAME PLAN THERE? WHAT ARE WE DOING AROUND CPA
LINKAGE FEES OR OTHER NEW REVENUE RESOURCES TRANSFER FEES WILL BE USED LIKE HOW ARE WE GRAPPLING WITH THIS FINANCIAL DEFICIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE OURSELVES HAVING TO CONTEND
WITH? I LOVE TO HEAR THAT AND I DO HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. SO LET'S JUST START WITH THOSE AND I'M HAPPY TO START AT THE TOP IF THAT'S HELPFUL. TAKE THE QUESTION ON ENGAGEMENT SO THE APPROACH TO ENGAGEMENT
IN DEVELOPING THE PLAN AND NOTING THAT DEVELOPING THE PLAN IS IT'S A DOCUMENT BUT IT'S A IT'S A PROCESS AND IT NEEDS TO BE AN ONGOING PROCESS OF LISTENING AND THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK WE DID WAS
REALLY TO LISTEN WHERE PEOPLE ARE TALKING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE HAD ALREADY SAID. SO OVER MULTIPLE YEARS AND THROUGH MULTIPLE PLANNING PROCESSES CONSTITUENTS HAD TOLD
US WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM IN RELATION TO DISPLACEMENT AND SO THE FIRST REPORT WE PUBLISHED WE CALLED IT THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES REPORT AND WE ANALYZED MORE THAN 1400 PAGES OF QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK THAT CONSTITUENTS HAD ALREADY
SHARED WITH US. THAT COULD BE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING SURVEY COMMENTS PROVIDED AS PART OF BLUE HILL AVENUE ENGAGEMENT INPUT FROM EAST BOSTON ARE ALSO IN WRITING
PLANNING PROCESSES AND SQUARES AND STREETS COMMENTS ARTICLE 80 MODERNIZATION REALLY ANYWHERE THAT PEOPLE HAD TALKED TO US ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND EXPRESSED BOTH THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND
SHARED SPECIFIC CONCERNS AND WE ANALYZED THAT IT REPRESENTED MORE THAN 2300 BOSTONIANS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE CITY AND THAT'S FOUNDATIONAL, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT THE END
OF LISTENING. IT'S THE BEGINNING OF LISTENING DIFFERENTLY. AND SO AS A COMPLEMENT TO THAT WE ARE ALSO DOING ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE SQUARES AND STREETS PROCESS. WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES AND IN PLANNING AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING, LISTENING TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN SMALL BUSINESS TO HEAR WHAT THEY LEARN FROM SMALL BUSINESSES AS AN ONGOING PROCESS AND WE HAVE
SURVEYS THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD AND THE SURVEYS THAT WE'RE FIELDING ARE WHERE WE CAN ASK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS COUNCILOR, THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AS BEING IMPORTANT. WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS DO PEOPLE LIVE IN?
ARE THEY RENTERS OR HOMEOWNERS? WE HAVE BOTH A SURVEY THAT'S BEEN OUT IN THE FIELD AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW TO BE CONTINUING TO GET FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS AND I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK WHEN WE HAVE ALL THAT MORE
RECENT INTEL GATHERED AND SHARE SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS WITH YOU. I LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE DEMOGRAPHIC IN CASE YOU DON'T HAVE IT ALREADY BUT I LIKE TO KNOW KIND OF LIKE THE INCOME
BRACKET OF FOLKS, RIGHT? I THINK THAT THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT OF UNDERSTANDING WHO IT IS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO BECAUSE WHAT I KEEP LEARNING IN MY WORLD HERE IS THAT I'M GOING
TO KEEP GOING BACK TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PRIVILEGE THAT MANY OF US HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO WI-FI, WE HAVE ACCESS TO LAPTOPS, WE HAVE ACCESS TO A SMART PHONES THAT ARE NOT SO
SMART AT ALL TIMES. RIGHT. AND SO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS GREAT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GATHER BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS THE TOOLS OR THE KNOW HOW TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH US TO TO THINK ABOUT THAT DEFICIT. ABSOLUTELY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE SMALL
BUSINESS. I'VE GOT TO UH I TOOK AWAY TWO THINGS AND ONE OTHER THING IN ADDITION TO THE IMPACTS. SO I START AT THE BOTTOM FIRST BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN D.C. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR NEW REVENUE ITEMS? I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE PLUG THAT YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED AT THE STATE OF THE CITY WAS THE BUSINESS RECRUITMENT OFFICE WHICH IS GOING TO WIND UP
LIVING UNDER MY CABINET AND THE WHOLE FOCUS IS ON BRINGING NEW COMPANIES AND BUSINESS TO THE AREA PARTICULARLY TO FILL UP THE DOWNTOWN VACANCIES TO ADD TO THE TAX BASE. SO JUST TO SAY THAT THAT'S ONE EFFORT WE'RE UNDERTAKING TO ADD
MORE TO THE POT HERE IN ADDITION TO ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS THINKING ABOUT FOR OTHER REVENUE ITEMS FOR CONSTRUCTION, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT AS A MISSING ELEMENT OF THAT RIGHT NOW THIS TAKES
INTO ACCOUNT THE PLAN, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE . BUT I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER AMY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS THE AIR AREA MEDIUM IMPACT OF PROJECTS.
YOU SEE A QUICK QUICK WITTED AND WHAT WHAT IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A
FEEDBACK ITEM FOR FOR THIS PLAN AND OTHERS I DON'T LIKE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRUPTIVE BUT I LOVE THAT AREA MEDIA IMPACT THAT YOU COINED THAT
BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE USING THE SAME SHE SAID THAT BUT BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. LIKE IF WE'RE IN THIS MOMENT OF LIGHT AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE
YOU'VE SEEN ME LIKE I JUST WANT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, RIGHT? LIKE I DON'T WANT TO BE DIFFICULT WHICH I AM AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BUT THAT'S MY JOB. MY JOB IS TO ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS BECAUSE THESE ARE THE
QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ASK ME OUT IN THE STREETS AND I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO. SO I NEED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEM HERE AND THEN BRING THEM BACK OUT INTO THE STREET SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE HERE. RIGHT.
SO JUST I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THAT IS ALWAYS MY POSTURE WHEN I ASK QUESTIONS AND WHAT YOU SAW WHEN YOU WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS.
I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH MY VOICE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE, MY JOB IS TO SHOW UP AND ASK THESE QUESTIONS AND SO THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED EARLIER IT'S NOT ABOUT THE
ADMINISTRATION. IT REALLY IS ABOUT THE CONTEXT AND THE CONTENT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE ON THE INSIDE YOU'RE EXPERIENCING ME VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU WERE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THIS PLACE.
RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I STILL SEE YOU AND I STILL RESPECT YOU AND I STILL VALUE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN HERE AND I'D LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THIS CONVERSATION
AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE AREA MEDIUM IMPACT ON BUSINESSES AS YOUR DISPLACEMENT ACTION PLAN.
I THINK WHAT NOBODY'S TAKEN THOSE ANYTHING NOBODY WRITE THAT DOWN YOU GOT TO WRITE THAT DOWN CUZ I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU. I WANT THAT IN THIS PLAN I KEEP
PUT THIS PLAN HERE THE 30,000 PAGE PLAN I WANT IT HERE. I BELIEVE THAT CONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION IS
DISPLACING SMALL BUSINESSES IN PARTICULAR IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME RELIEF FOR THOSE
FOLKS SO WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT WE WANT TO DO? I WILL SAY EVEN THAT YOU'RE HOSTING THE HERE AND THIS IS THE HEARING IS WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT TOO WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT GRANTS ETC. BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THAT POINT. YEAH. AT THE BOLIN BUILDING, YOU KNOW AND I WILL SAY AS A RESIDUAL EFFECT OF THAT CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW THERE IS NOW A A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TIGHTER
COLLABORATION BETWEEN MY TEAM AND TRANSPORTATION WHERE EVEN JUST AS AN ANECDOTAL REFERENCE ON OUTDOOR DINING THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE MANAGING THAT YOU KNOW I MEAN JUST THIS MORNING I
SAW A THREAD ABOUT HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF, YOU KNOW I CAN REMEMBER WHAT COMPANY NOW EVERSOURCE MADE EVERSOURCE DO AN A PROJECT
AND WHAT IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES ON THE STREET WHO WILL HAVE A A FINE APPLICATION TO DO OUTDOOR DINING BUT WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL BE AND IT WAS A WHOLE THING ABOUT LIKE WELL OKAY, YOU
KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS THIS WAY AND YOU KNOW, RUN THE LINES THIS WAY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY CAN KEEP THEIR OUTLINE ETC. SO LIKE THAT WASN'T HAPPENING BEFORE AND NOW AS A RESULT OF, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU AND OTHER
COLLEAGUES HOSTED, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CONVERSATION JUST TO SAY AS A AS AN IMPACT OF I THINK I JUST WANT YOU KNOW I MAKE I HAVE AN AREA MEDIUM IMPACT TOO.
I DO THINGS BUT I'M CURIOUS BUT IS THERE A WAY TO RETROFIT RETRO GRADE VIRTUAL HISTORY LIKE CAN WE DO SOMETHING PROACTIVELY? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE
SOMETHING FOR ALIVE AND WELL SO I DON'T WANT TO THE ONLY REASON I'M GOING TO PUNT ON THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ALISHA AND TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF NOT JUST CONVERSATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE WHAT ARE SPECIFIC WAYS TO HELP SPECIFIC
BUSINESSES LIKE MAUREEN GASE AND OTHERS I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHERE THAT IS RIGHT NOW BUT I DO KNOW THEY I NEED THEM TO COME HELP ME BECAUSE THOSE BUSINESSES ARE STILL UP IN ARMS AND OH, I'M
VERY SURE I MEAN I CAN'T OUR GOAL IS NOT TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE PAST BUT RATHER TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE HELP HELP THEM
IN THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT. I DON'T WANT TO BE HAPPY. OH YEAH. WELL THAT'S MY POINT IS I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL UPSET BUT OUR OUR THING IS LIKE WE STILL WE WANT TO BE HELPFUL. YEAH, WE DO. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE
FEELING ABOUT IT. WE WANT TO YOU KNOW BUT THAT'S THAT'S AGAIN ONE ONE THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT WE WANT TO IN ADDITION TO ALL THE SUPPORT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, GRANTS OR LOANS OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
THE GOAL FOR ME IS I WANT TO DRIVE PEOPLE TO THESE PLACES TO SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY ON A REGULAR BASIS NOT JUST THROUGH MARKETING CAMPAIGN, ETC. I WANT IT TO BE A DESTINATION BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE LONG PAST
WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, SO NO ONE'S TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT HARBOR LINKAGE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THAT? SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL COUPLE OF YEARS
HAVING A VERY LARGE ADDITIONAL RESOURCE AND I THINK MAYOR WU FOR MAKING IT AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHERE MANY, MANY CITIES DID NOT AS YOU KNOW WE'VE WORKED REALLY
HARD TO TRY TO PASS TRANSFER FEE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NATURAL SUBSTITUTE FOR ARPA BY BY OUR ESTIMATES WE'D BE
LOOKING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE WOULD HAVE GOT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 60 AND $100 MILLION PER YEAR FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO IT'S TRAGIC THAT IT DIDN'T
PASS AND ONCE AGAIN WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING THAT BOSTON NEEDED THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE. THERE IS ANOTHER HOME AND IT'S NOT ACTUALLY NOT HOME RAIL PETITION BUT ENABLING PIECE
OF LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN FILED THAT WE WILL BE SUPPORTING AND CERTAINLY WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD UP THERE AS WELL. BUT I THINK THERE ARE MANY CITIES AND TOWNS RIGHT NOW THAT
ABSOLUTELY NEED THIS TO PASS AND THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR IT AND THERE REALLY WAS A HANDFUL AT THE END THAT DIDN'T AGREE. BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
REALLY MAKE A GO OF IT AGAIN. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THE BUZZER IS NOT GOING TO GO OFF BUT I'M GOING TO GO OFF MYSELF. BUT I KNOW YOU DIDN'T SET IT BUT BUT I DO LOOK AT THE END
OF THE DAY I JUST I AND I KNOW SHEILA, YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN AMAZING WITH OUR OFFICE. I MEAN THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE CASE THAT WE SENT YOU AWAY THAT YOU DID NOT LIKE PICK UP THE
CALL AND RESOLVE IT SOMETIMES EVEN AT 11:00 ON A SATURDAY NIGHT LIKE I'M WORKING YOU'RE WORKING YOUR ENTIRE TEAM IS WORKING FOR THE CITY SO KNOW THAT THESE QUESTIONS ARE NOT
LIKE A REFLECTION OF KIND OF LIKE BECAUSE THE MORE I KNOW THE BETTER I CAN ADVOCATE FOR YOU WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU FOR ME TO ASK FOR THAT MONEY, I KNOW WHAT TO ASK. ALL RIGHT? WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. THAT'S RIGHT.
EXACTLY. AND YOU KNOW THAT AND THE SAME WITH YOU TV TOO. AND ARE WE GETTING TO KNOW YOU KNOW YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SITUATION ARE YOU PROUD THAT YOU'RE PART OF THE FAMILY
NOW BUT GETTING USED TO YOU BUT BUT I LOOK AT THE END OF THE DAY I JUST THINK THAT IF WE CAN REALLY MODEL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY LIKE I'M YOUR TRANSLATOR, THIS IS
WHAT I SAY TO EVERYBODY. WHATEVER YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT DO THEY SAY? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF IT BECAUSE IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE WHO RELY ON US DON'T UNDERSTAND IT EITHER, RIGHT?
SO FOR ME IT'S REALLY SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND SO THAT I CAN BETTER ADVOCATE FOR THE THINGS THAT THIS MOMENT IS REQUIRED. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF BEING DIFFICULT. SO I JUST I IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT I HOPE THAT THAT'S HOW
I'M ALWAYS EMBRACED AND AT LEAST FROM YOU ALL HERE I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUES THINK ABOUT ME BUT THAT'S OKAY. BUT I'M STILL HERE. NO, I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE A COUNSELOR. MEJIA.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I WAS IN MISSION AND THIS WOMAN CAME UP TO ME AND SHE SAID IN SPANISH MY FRIENDS TRULY I'M HERE, YOU KNOW? AND IT WAS JUST LIKE THE
SWEETEST THING EVER AND I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HERE TO REPRESENT I MEAN I KNOW I REPRESENT MY DISTRICT BUT WE'RE ALL HERE TO REPRESENT EVERYONE. WE'RE ALL HERE TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER.
DISPLACEMENT IS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION HOW WE CAN PREVENT IT HOUSING AS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE REALLY DID MAKE A DENT JUST IN
LIKE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TALKING ABOUT IT IN A PUBLIC WAY. AND I THINK NOW THAT THERE'S THIS PLAN I'M HOPING THAT IT GETS I KNOW IT'S DERIVED FROM PUBLIC INPUT BUT NOW I'M HOPING
IT KIND OF COMES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND TO CREATE REALLY JUST LIKE THE ROAD MAP OF HOW WE DEAL WITH
THESE ISSUES AND ALSO HOW WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRADE OFFS IN EVERY SINGLE SITUATION WHICH WE NEED TO DO SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR PEPEN
COUNCILOR HERE AND COUNCILOR EARL FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK WE HAD A REALLY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. IT'S ONE THAT I WOULD HONESTLY FEEL INTERESTED IN CONTINUING IF THERE'S SORT OF SOME UPDATE
LATER IN THE YEAR. SO BUT AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO THE DOCKET ON 0311 WE ARE
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR