. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BEN WEBER. I'M THE DISTRICT SIX CITY COUNCILOR AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
TODAY IS APRIL 14TH, 2026 AND THE EXACT TIME IS 2:03 P.M.. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED AT
BOSTON.GOV/CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT, RCN CHANNEL 82 AND FIOS CHANNEL 964. THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET REVIEW
PROCESS UH WILL ENCOMPASS A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEGINNING IN APRIL RUNNING THROUGH JUNE. UH MY MY READING IS ALL. OUT AGAINST OKAY.
UM, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS BY GIVING TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD. YOU CAN DO THIS IN SEVERAL WAYS ONE, YOU CAN ATTEND ONE OF OUR
HEARINGS, UH, IN PERSON AND GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THE END OF EACH DEPARTMENTAL HEARING AND ALSO AT TWO HEARINGS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC
TESTIMONY. UH, THE FULL HEARING SCHEDULE IS ON OUR WEBSITE AT BOSTON.GOV/COUNCIL-BUDGET. OUR SCHEDULED HEARINGS UH DEDICATED TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY
UH YOU KNOW, TWO CALL LISTENING SESSIONS ARE IN PERSON ON TUESDAY APRIL 28TH AT 6 P.M. AND HERE AGAIN AT CITY HALL ON
THURSDAY MAY 26TH AT 6 P.M.. YOU CAN GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. UH. >> EITHER IN PERSON HERE IN THE CHAMBER OR VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY. PLEASE COME TO THE CHAMBER AND
SIGN UP AT THE UH ON THE SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE. FOR VIRTUAL TESTIMONY YOU CAN SIGN UP USING OUR ONLINE FORM ON OUR COUNCIL BUDGET REVIEW
WEBSITE BY EMAILING THE COMMITTEE AT SQUIRM@BOSTON.GOV OR BY EMAILING UH KARISHMA JOHN
THAT'S CA OR I S H M A DOT KHOU H A N@BOSTON.GOV. WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO TESTIFY PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
UH YOUR RESIDENCE UH AND UH LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO A FEW MINUTES TO ENSURE ALL COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ARE HEARD. YOU CAN ALSO FILE WRITTEN
TESTIMONY WITH THE COMMITTEE BY EMAILING IT TO SEEK UH DWM@BOSTON.GOV. SUBMIT A TWO OR SORRY UH YOU CAN SUBMIT A TWO MINUTE VIDEO
OF YOUR TESTIMONY THROUGH THE FORM ON OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW TO TESTIFY, PLEASE VISIT THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET WEBSITE
AT BOSTON.GOV/COUNCIL-BUDGET. IN-PERSON PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT TO BE UH. UM LET'S SEE UH IN PERSON PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN.
UH FOLLOWING THE UH PANELIST PRESENTATION UM. UH UH UH IS THAT ACCURATE? NO, I'M DOING OKAY. WE'LL TAKE IT WILL TAKE
IN-PERSON TESTIMONY AFTER A FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. EACH PERSON HERE TO TESTIFY OR VIRTUALLY ONLINE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. AGAIN, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING VIRTUALLY, UH, YOU
CAN EMAIL UH. OKAY. KARISHMA CHOHAN, IT'S. I MARKED YOU HAND@BOSTON.GOV. UH FOR THE ZOOM LINK AND YOUR
NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING UH, THIS AFTERNOON'S HEARING IS ON UH DOCKET NUMBERS 073320740 FOR AN
OVERVIEW OF THE FY 27 CAPITAL BUDGET. UH, THIS IS. ONE IN A SERIES OF HEARINGS TO REVIEW UH, THE BUDGET. UH, AND. THESE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY
MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 8TH, 2026. WE, UH, HAVE BEEN JOINED BY, UH ,THREE OF MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL COUNCILOR FLYNN,
COUNCILOR PRESIDENT BREADON AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UM, I. BELIEVE WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR CLEVER ZAPATA. UH. >> SO I YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE
GENERALLY WAIVING OPENING STATEMENTS UH, FOR THESE HEARINGS. UH, THERE WILL BE MANY AND PEOPLE HAVE LOTS OF CHANCES TO SPEAK. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR UH, PRESENTATIONS. I JUST GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR PANELISTS. UH, WE'RE.
>> BEING JOINED AGAIN BY UH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ASHLEY GRAFF AND BURGER AND UH BUDGET DIRECTOR UH JIM WILLIAMSON. AND ALSO JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE CHIEF
OF OPERATIONS JOHN IRISH INTERIM CHIEF OF STREETS NICK GOVE, CHIEF CLIMATE OFFICER BRIAN SWETT UH SENIOR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS UH. >> FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
DOCTOR SAM DE PINA UH AND WE UH . I'M SORRY. WE'VE UH, KATHY BAKER ECLIPSE IS NOT. NOT HERE. OKAY. >> KATHY IS. >> OVER THERE. UM, OKAY. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T INTRODUCE EVERYONE.
TO YOU AGAIN. AND THEN, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR CAPITAL IAN DONNELLY. OKAY. UH. >> SO I GUESS IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE PARKS COMMISSIONER, SHE'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. UH. >> ON HAND. OKAY.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE YOU HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT ALL GOING TO SPEAK SIMULTANEOUSLY. UH. >> YOU HAVE SOME YOU KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO DO THIS? I CAN CALL ON PEOPLE. IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT. NO. >> UH, SO I'LL DO A OVERVIEW PRESENTATION AND THEN I, UM I
LIKE THIS HERE BECAUSE I GET TO BRING FRIENDS. UM, AND SO YOU CAN, UH, DIRECT QUESTIONS TO ANY OF US HERE. UM, SO I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS, UH, QUICKLY. UM, OKAY. SO THE FY 2027 THROUGH 2031
CAPITAL PLAN, UH, THAT WE'RE UH, PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY, UH, TOTALS $4.4 BILLION ACROSS 321 PROJECTS IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS MAKING
INVESTMENTS IN FACILITIES, LIBRARIES AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, SIDEWALKS, ROADWAYS AND OTHER STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROJECTS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. WE'VE SEEN SOME GREAT
IMPROVEMENTS COME ONLINE IN THE LAST YEAR UH, NOTABLY THE CARTER SCHOOL, PJ KENNEDY, ABOUT A DOZEN PARK AND PLAYGROUND RENOVATIONS, UH, DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS AT BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
THE COMPLETION OF THE BILL RUSSELL BRIDGE AMONG DOZENS OF OTHER STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROJECTS AT MUNICIPAL FACILITIES ALL ACROSS THE CITY . UH AND AS ALWAYS, THIS PLAN MAXIMIZES THE CITY'S TRIPLE A
BOND RATING WHILE MAINTAINING STRONG FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. UH, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW, UH, ON WHAT THE PLAN IS AND HOW WE USE IT. UH, SO THE CAPITAL PLAN IS
REALLY A ROADMAP FOR HOW WE INTEND TO IMPROVE OUR INVENTORY OF CAPITAL ASSETS HUNDREDS OF MILES OF ROADWAYS, DOZENS OF BRIDGES, PARKS, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS.
UH IT IS NOT A BUDGET BUT IT DOES ALIGN WITH REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND IS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS WITH PROGRAMS REPRESENTING ANNUAL OR RECURRING IMPROVEMENTS AT
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND PROJECTS ASSOCIATED UH WITH A DISCRETE IMPROVEMENT AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION. THE PROJECTED EXPENDITURES THAT ARE PRINTED IN THE PLAN MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR ADVANCEMENT, OR
MAY NEED INCREASING INVESTMENT TO ACTUALIZE THE FULL PROJECT. THE CITY USES A COMBINATION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, OTHER CITY FUNDS AND GRANTS SUCH AS FEDERAL, STATE AND
OTHER RESOURCES TO FINANCE THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS UM THAT SUPPORT REPAIRS OF EXISTING ASSETS AND THE
ACQUISITION OF NEW ASSETS. SO WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE FINANCE THE CAPITAL PLAN. SO THERE'S KIND OF THREE KEY
PHASES UM OF OF HOW WE UH DO CAPITAL PLANNING AND FUNDING HERE IN THE CITY. SO THE FIRST PHASE IS KIND OF WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS TODAY. IT'S THE CAPITAL PLAN.
IT'S OUR INTENTION UM, OF PLANNED PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND IT'S A PLAN IT'S FIVE YEARS BUT WE COME AND TALK ABOUT IT EVERY YEAR SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY UPDATING IT ON A ROLLING BASIS.
UM AND AGAIN LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER IT'S REALLY OUR ROADMAP FOR HOW WE INTEND TO UM ADDRESS FACILITIES AND OTHER CAPITAL
NEEDS IN THE CITY. UH THE NEXT CRITICAL PIECE IS UM WHAT ARE KNOWN AS LOAN ORDERS. SO THIS IS THE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO UM,
EXPEND AND FINANCE A PARTICULAR CAPITAL PROJECT. SO WE COME TO YOU ANNUALLY WITH A LOAN ORDER FOR THE CITY AND ONE FOR BOOKS AND THAT INCLUDES A LIST OF PROJECTS.
UM, AND WE GET APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL TO BEGIN WORK ON THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN WE HAVE THE FINANCING COMPONENT. AND SO ONCE A PROJECT HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED THROUGH A LOAN ORDER
,THE CITY IS ALLOWED TO EXPEND FUNDS AND ISSUE DEBTS TO FINANCE THE PROJECT UH CAPITAL PROJECT AND DESIGN UM CAPITAL PROJECT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
TYPICALLY HAPPENS AFTER RECEIVING LOAN AUTHORIZING LOAN AUTHORIZATION AND BEFORE WE, UH, SECURE FINANCING PROJECTS ARE COMMONLY AUTHORIZED OVER MULTIPLE LOAN ORDERS AND
MULTIPLE DEBT ISSUANCES. UH, SO AS I MENTIONED, NEARLY 80% OF THE PLAN IS SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OR G.O. BONDS FOR SHORT, WHICH THE
CITY SELLS ON A REGULAR BASIS DEPENDENT ON CASH NEEDS AND MARKET CONDITIONS. THESE BONDS ARE DIRECT GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT OF THE CITY AND ARE BACKED BY THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ARE REPAID ON AN APPROVED SCHEDULE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICIES. AN ANNUAL PAYMENT IS REFLECTED IN THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. THE CITY IS ALLOWED TO ISSUE
DEBT AGAINST CERTAIN PROJECTS BASED ON THE LOAN UH ORDERS AND APPROPRIATION ORDERS THAT UH THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZES AND THE MAYOR APPROVES. AND WE TAKE THIS APPROACH BECAUSE FINANCING CAPITAL
ASSETS OVER TIME, UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO DO MORE WORK THAN IF THE CITY PAID FOR CASH FOR PROJECTS UPFRONT. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS,
THE CITY ANTICIPATES ISSUING, UH, ABOUT 2.16 BILLION IN BONDS WITH UH OVER 380 MILLION IN PROCEEDS EXPECTED IN FY 26 TO
MEET THE CURRENT UH, THE NEEDS OF CURRENT PROJECTS UH, GOING FORWARD, ANNUAL BOND PROCEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE TO ALIGN WITH OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICIES.
THE CITY ACTIVELY MANAGES ITS DEBT OBLIGATIONS THROUGH ITS DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICY. THE DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICY STATES THAT DEBT SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED 7% OF THE OPERATING
BUDGET AND THAT THE PRINCIPAL OR THE AMOUNT WE ARE BORROWING IS REPAID RAPIDLY WITH 30% OF THE PRINCIPAL REPAID IN FIVE YEARS AND NO LESS THAN 55%
REPAID WITHIN TEN YEARS. WE ALSO HAVE A POLICY AROUND VARIABLE RATE DEBT UH, OF WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE NONE. THE REASON WE MAINTAIN THIS POLICY IS TO BOTH REINFORCE
STRONG FISCAL MANAGEMENT, LIMIT OUR OVERALL DEBT EXPOSURE AND THE IMPACT TO THE OPERATING BUDGET AND REALLY IT'S TO RECAPTURE BORROWING CAPACITY MORE QUICKLY ALLOWING US TO DO
MORE PROJECTS MORE OFTEN. THIS POLICY, ALONG WITH THE CITY'S CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING AND RESPONSIBLE FISCAL MANAGEMENT OF LONG TERM OBLIGATIONS, IS FREQUENTLY
CITED AS A UH IN OUR CREDIT RATING OPINIONS FROM MOODY'S AND S&P. UH, IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE EXPECT TO APPROACH THAT 7%
POLICY LIMIT THAT I JUST SPOKE OF. UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE 7% LIMIT IS NOT NECESSARILY A GOAL OR A TARGET. UM, AND THAT THERE ARE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES TO BEING
AT THAT LIMIT UH, ONE BEING IT LIMITS OUR FLEXIBILITY IN ACCOMMODATING PROJECTS AT THE MARGIN AND WE BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TO GROWTH IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, UH, INCREASING THE LIMIT ON DEBT
SERVICE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE CITY'S OVERALL CREDIT RATING, BUT THE CITY WOULD NEED TO EXPLAIN AND CONTEXTUALIZE THE SHIFT IN POLICY TO RATING AGENCIES AND THE INVESTMENT
COMMUNITY. UH, HOWEVER, INCREASING DEBT SERVICE AS A PERCENT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE OVERALL OPERATING BUDGET AND REDUCES FUNDS
AVAILABLE FOR OTHER COSTS SUCH AS SALARIES, UM PROGRAMS, GRANTS AND OTHER FIXED COSTS. UH AND OF COURSE THERE IS MORE NEED THAN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FINANCE UNDER THIS POLICY OR
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO. BUT THIS POLICY ALLOWS US TO STRIKE AN APPROPRIATE BALANCE.
UH, SO UH, RECENTLY THE CITY UM AND BP'S COMPLETED THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT WHICH PROVIDES DATA BACKED INFORMATION FOR ALL OF OUR CITY'S FACILITIES, UH, WHICH
ALLOWS US TO, UH, DO APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON ACROSS FACILITY TYPES AND USER DEPARTMENTS AND HELPS TO SUPPORT LONG TERM PLANNING EFFORTS FOR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR INVESTMENTS.
UM, AS PROJECTED REVENUE IS CONSTRAINED, THE CITY'S FOCUS ON CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCREASINGLY TURNS TO TARGETED STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROJECTS. UH, AND THIS FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT ALLOWS US
TO COMPARE UH, THOSE CHOICES. OKAY. WE'LL JUST QUICKLY ROLL THROUGH A COUPLE OF MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THINGS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS AND THEN UM, TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNCIL FOR
QUESTIONS. SO AS I MENTIONED, UM, IN THE UH LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE SEEN SUCCESSFUL COMPLETIONS OF SCHOOL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE PJ KENNEDY AND THE CARTER SCHOOL.
UH, WE HAVE WORK ONGOING AT THE FIELDS CORNER LIBRARY AND THE GROVE HALL COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED UM, WORK ON CLIFFORD PLAYGROUND AS WELL
AS CODMAN SQUARE PARK. UM, A KIND OF CONSTANT SOURCE OF WORK FOR US IS OUR ROADWAY RESURFACING AND RAMP CONSTRUCTION, UM, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN.
SO THAT WORK IS UH, ONGOING UM AND ALWAYS HAPPENING AND THEN UM, IMPROVEMENTS AT PLEASANT STREET FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND THEN JUST A FEW UH, WAYS IN
WHICH WE SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS UH, PUBLICLY. SO THE UM CAPITAL TEAM UP AT OBM, UH UPPER AIR MAINTAINS THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS
DASHBOARD WHICH ALLOWS UM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CLICK IN AND SEE UH PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY. UM, SO THAT'S AN INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD FOR UH FOLKS TO USE
AND THEN UH, RECENTLY THE UH PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL UM, DEVELOPED THE CITYWIDE PROJECT TRACKER WHICH PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECTS AND PROCESS UM, THEIR STATUS. IT ALSO INCLUDES UM ANY RELEVANT MATERIALS FROM COMMUNITY MEETINGS, DATES OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS. SO THERE'S UM A COUPLE
OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN UM, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC CAN INTERACT WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ON OUR WEBSITES. AND SO JUST TO QUICKLY WRAP UP, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A
VERY ROBUST PLAN AT 4.4 BILLION THAT IS SEEKING TO MAKE INVESTMENTS ACROSS ALL OF OUR ASSET TYPES ACROSS THE CITY. UM, IT BUILDS ON GREAT SUCCESS
FROM UM THE PAST TWO YEARS AND UM, THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT POSSIBLE IS A FUNCTION OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND WE CONTINUE TO MAXIMIZE OUR BOND RATING AND
OUR TOTAL BOND REVENUE AND WITH A FOCUS ON TARGETED STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROJECTS ALONG WITH SIGNATURE PROJECTS, THE CAPITAL PLAN DELIVERS A STRONG VISION AND ROADMAP TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CONSTITUENT HAS
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE HERE IN THE CITY. SO THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION AND WE ARE UH WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY. >> UH, JUST CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE SEVEN?
I JUST HAD A QUESTION I MIGHT. UM OR PAGE SEVEN. IT'S THE. THE THE GRAPH. OF UH YEARLY UM IT'S THE PAST AND PROJECTED BOND ISSUANCES.
YEAH. SO JUST IN TERMS OF IF THERE'S LIKE A DIP IN 2024, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE COMING DOWN UH FROM 2025 BUT IS THERE JUST DO YOU
HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR. THE 2025 NUMBER HIGHER THAN USUAL FOR SOME. REASON OR. YEAH. >> SO UM UH I'LL START AND THEN IAN CAN JUMP IN IF THERE'S ANYTHING I MISSED.
BUT UM, IN 2024 WE DID A SMALLER UH, ISSUANCE UM, IN THE FALL. UM, AND FOR YOU KNOW, REASONS, MARKET CONDITIONS, OTHER REASONS AND AT THE BEGINNING
OF 2024 I DID NOT GO OUT AND DO ANOTHER SALE. SO WE I THINK THAT WAS ONLY ABOUT 250 MILLION OF BORROWING IN 2024 SO THAT WE HAD CAPACITY
UM TO BORROW MORE IN 2025. SO YOU SEE IT'S KIND OF I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HISTORICALLY HIGH MAYBE IT IS HISTORICALLY HIGH BUT YOU SEE A A GREATER BORROWING IN 2025 AND
THEN IN THE FUTURE YEARS IT'S ALIGNING WITH BOTH OUR UH CASH NEEDS AS WELL AS OUR CAPACITY TO BORROW UM, GOING INTO THE FUTURE. OKAY. >> YEAH, I I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. UM, OKAY.
SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY VICE CHAIR UH, FITZGERALD AND COUNCILOR PEPEN. UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF IT'S. COUNSELOR FLYNN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON. COUNSELOR CULPEPER. FISCHER FITZGERALD.
COUNSELOR PIPPIN. UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH UH. SIX MINUTES AND. UH THEN WE WILL WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR SECOND. ROUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UH, MAYBE MORE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THIS IS. >> THE FIFTH BUDGET AS A CITY. COUNCILOR THAT I'VE VOTED ON, UM, WITH MAYOR WU UM AND ALL.
OF VOTES THAT I'VE TAKEN. I BELIEVE 12 OF THEM. 12 VOTES ARE OPERATING CAPITAL. >> AND BHP'S HAVE VOTED 12. TIMES TO SUPPORT, UH, THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, THE MAYOR'S BUDGET.
MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE SOUTH. >> END LIBRARY? IT WAS ON. >> THE ACCELERATED. UM. >> CONSTRUCTION PLAN. THERE'S NOTHING TAKING PLACE. IT'S BEEN SHUT. DOWN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO FLOODING.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS BETWEEN VILLA VICTORIA AND RUTH BERKELEY. PUBLIC HOUSING UM CATHEDRAL PUBLIC HOUSING DOWN THE ROAD
FROM ROXBURY. >> AND LENNOX. WHY IS THIS. TAKING SO LONG? WHAT IS THE STATUS? WHEN IS WHEN IS CONSTRUCTION. GOING TO. >> START WITH THE SOUTH END LIBRARY?
COUNCILOR FINN, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO THE COUNCIL THE SOUTH END LIBRARY IS NEAR COMPLETION OF DESIGN. WE'RE CURRENTLY JUST WORKING THROUGH SOME SOME CHALLENGES TO
ENSURE THAT WE CAN UM ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC WORKS ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, VIA THE ALLEY THAT UM ABUTS THE LIBRARY. SO WE'RE VERY NEAR COMPLETE
WITH THAT. UM AND SO WE EXPECT TO CONCLUDE THE DESIGN PHASE BY LATE SPRING. THANK YOU. DEON. DEANNA, IS IT. POSSIBLE TO, UM, HAVE A MEETING
WITH THE SOUTH END RESIDENTS WITH SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS? UM, AND TALK ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE LIBRARY. RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED THAT
NOTHING IS TAKING PLACE AND I'M CONFIDENT NOW WHEN I HEARD FROM YOU THAT IT'S SOMETHING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. BUT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO MEET WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH END LIBRARY AND SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
NEIGHBORS BECAUSE I WANT TO I WANT TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD. NO, ABSOLUTELY. AND IT WAS ALWAYS A PLAN THAT WHEN WE COMPLETED DESIGN THAT WE WOULD GO BACK AND ENGAGE
COMMUNITY TO UPDATE FOLKS ON SOME CHANGES THAT MAY WE MAY NEED TO MAKE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW PROJECT. SO YES. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. DEON. UM DO YOU ON ONE ANOTHER
PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON AS WELL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE CHINATOWN LIBRARY PLEASE.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UM, WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULE IS BEING PLANNED
ACTUALLY FOR ME TO UPDATE FOLKS ON THE INTERIOR DESIGN OF THE LIBRARY. SO THAT'S THE UPDATE THAT I HAVE AT THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU. >> I KNOW RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS, AS YOU
KNOW, SINCE WE'VE HAD A PERMANENT LIBRARY THAT TEMPORARY LIBRARY IS IS GOOD. THE THE WORKERS THERE ARE EXCEPTIONAL BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PERMANENT
LIBRARY AND ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY. UM DEON THERE WAS MONEY PLACED IN THE BUDGET FOR THE MEL KING
SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH END. FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS . UM MAYBE SAM, I DO WANT TO ANSWER THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON THAT, SAM? SURE. YES. UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, UM.
UH, EXTERIOR UPGRADES TO THAT SITE AND UH, WILL BE DOING, UH, WINDOW RENOVATION PROJECTS IS SOME BUILDING. ENVELOPE OF WORK. UH. >> IT'S ABOUT $500,000 THAT'S. ALLOCATED FOR THAT. OKAY.
THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL IS IS A PRIORITY FOR ALL OF US. I BELIEVE KIDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN'T OBVIOUSLY USE THE SWIMMING POOL ANY LONGER BECAUSE OF THE, UH,
CONDITION OF THE SCHOOL AND THE THE POOL IS BROKEN. IT WILL NOT BE FIXED UNLESS A NEW SCHOOL IS BUILT. I KNOW THERE'S MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL. WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT SIM? SURE.
>> SO, UM, AS AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BUDGET WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH. UM CLARIFYING. >> WHAT PROJECTS ARE IN DESIGN STUDY VERSUS WHERE THEY ARE IN THE ACTUAL PROJECT COMPLETION. UH, SO THE BLACKSTONE WE WILL MAKE $500,000.
FOR A STUDY. TO REALLY CONTINUE TO WORK. >> ON UM. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO APPROACH THAT WORK. SO THERE'S MONEY ALLOCATED FOR. THAT AND. >> WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO START SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW BY 28 OR SO.
UM SIMILARLY GOING ON. OKAY DIANE IS THERE A CHANCE OF A LIBRARY IN SOUTH BOSTON? I KNOW THERE'S MONEY THAT'S BEEN IN THE VERY INITIAL PHASE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
NOTHING HAS EVER MOVED. BUT WILL WE EVER GET A NEW LIBRARY IN SOUTH BOSTON? I THINK IT'S THE SECOND OLDEST NOW IN THE CITY.
I CAN'T SAY GIVE A SPECIFIC TIME NOW, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT, UM UH THAT LIBRARY IS UM IN RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE AND WE ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN MAINTAINING A STATE OF GOOD
REPAIR, UM, CONFIDENT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT WOULD LIKELY BE, UM, SUBJECT FOR A BIGGER PROJECT. BUT I JUST CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT NOW.
OKAY, MAYBE WE'LL SPEAK. UM, MAYBE NEXT WEEK. UM, OFFLINE. IS THAT OKAY, DIANE? ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN THEN I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND REVEREND CULPEPER
AND JOHN FITZGERALD ABOUT ARRANGING A MEETING ON THE SOUTH END LIBRARY. WHAT THE, UM, FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH END LIBRARY IF THAT WORKS AS WELL. UM, I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME.
SO MR CHAIR AND I DID TELL YOU AT THE BEGINNING UM, I. HAVE TO LEAVE AT. 315 FOR A COURSE I'M TAKING. SO, UM, I DO APOLOGIZE ABOUT LEAVING EARLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DID YOU HAVE ONE MORE FOLLOW UP? NO. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. UH. THANK YOU. UM. >> I BELIEVE, UH, SORRY. JUST FORGETTING MY ORDER HERE. UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. GOT A FULL TEAM THE FULL DECK HERE. UM, I THINK YOU PROBABLY ANTICIPATE WHAT I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT TODAY. I WANT TO TALK TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE JACKSON MOUND COMMUNITY CENTER AND WHY, UH, YET AGAIN IT SEEMS TO BE PUSHED
OFF, UM, AND NOT ANY, UM, CLEAR COMMITMENT WITH THE START TO FINISH TIMELINE FOR A FIVE YEAR, UH, CAPITAL PLAN FOR THE JACKSON MAN.
UM, IT'S A IT'S A VERY SAD AND TRAGIC REFLECTION OF HOW WE PLAN PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, I HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT GOES
BACK TO 1993 OF PROJECTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MAINTAIN STATE OF GOOD REPAIR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE JACKSON MOON UH, COMMUNITY CENTER AND SCHOOLS. UH, THAT BASICALLY NEVER
HAPPENED OVER SINCE 1993. WE'RE GOING BACK A LONG WAY 3030 SOMETHING YEARS AND UH, TO BE SCHEDULED TO BE SCHEDULED TO BE SCHEDULED AS USUAL.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW, UM, WE WERE UH THE BUILDING WAS CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE FOR ITS DESIGNATED USE AS IN 2016 BECAUSE OF THE THE CONSEQUENCES
OF THIS 30 YEAR NEGLECT AND UNDER AND UNDER BEEN UNDER MAINTAINED UM AND NO WE WANT AND WE NEED A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER. WE'VE BEEN PROMISED A NEW
COMMUNITY CENTER. UM THE JACKSON MAN SITE SERVES ALL OF THE DISTRICT, ALL OF US IN BRIGHTON AND WE ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 80,000 PEOPLE A 4.5MI2. AND WE HAVE ONE COMMUNITY CENTER IN A BUILDING THAT IS WAS DESIGNATED AS INAPPROPRIATE FOR A DESIGNATED USE TEN YEARS
AGO AND WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD. I KNOW THERE'S $10 MILLION BEING PUT IN THE LINE HERE, BUT MONEY SAYING THAT $10 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING IF WE DON'T SEE, UH, START TO FINISH WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE DOING? WE'VE HAD A PROGRAMING STUDY, WE'VE HAD A SITING STUDY, WE'VE HAD A LAND USE STUDY THAT
LOOKED AT ALL DIFFERENT TEST FIT FOR DIFFERENT USES THERE AND WE DESPERATELY NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER. WE THIS IS IT. WE HAVE ONE THAT'S BARELY ABLE TO FUNCTION THE PROGRAMING FOR
THE SUMMER BCF PROGRAMING FOR ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS ALL ACROSS THE CITY HAVE LONG LIST OF ACTIVITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS YOUNG PEOPLE AND THERE'S
NOTHING AT THE JACKSON MAN COMMUNITY CENTER AND THIS ISN'T AND THIS IS AN EQUITY ISSUE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 80,000 PEOPLE.
WE HAVE 33% OF THE POPULATION IS UNDER THE AGE OF 25. APPROXIMATELY 12.5% ARE AGED 60 OR OVER. 35% OF RESIDENTS AGE FIVE AND
OLDER SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME, WITH NEARLY 15% REPORTING LIMITED ENGLISH UM PROFICIENCY. ROUGHLY A 30% OF RESIDENTS ARE
FOREIGN BORN SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE CITY AVERAGE. OVER 40% IDENTIFY AS A RACE OR ETHNICITY OTHER THAN WHITE, AND MORE THAN 40% OF RESIDENTS ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, MAKING
A MAKING UP 11.7 OF BOSTON'S IMPOVERISHED POPULATION THE THIRD HIGHEST SHARE AFTER DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY. AND WE HAVE TO PRACTICALLY CRAWL ON OUR HANDS AND KNEES TO
GET THE CITY TO COMMIT TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND RIGHT NOW I WANT TO KNOW
WHY IT IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT PROGRESSING IN A PLAN TO BUILD A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER. THERE'S SOMETHING NOT RIGHT ABOUT THIS PICTURE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR TEN YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN RAISING THIS ISSUE SINCE I'VE BEEN AT WE HAD 300 ABOUT 300 PEOPLE TURNED OUT FOR A CITY COUNCIL HEARING OF THE JACKSON MAN IN 2424 LIKE WHAT
IS IT THAT WE JUST NOT CANNOT WHAT IS NOT HAPPENING? WHY IS IT NOT CONNECTING THAT WE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALLSTON BRIGHTON NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER? JUST ONE JUST ONE NOT BE IT
DISTRICT ONE HAS EIGHT COMMUNITY CENTERS INCLUDING TWO SWIMMING POOLS AND THEY'RE GETTING A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S BEEN BONDED FOR $110 MILLION. AND WE CANNOT GET A COMMITMENT
FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON TO REBUILD AS A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. I'M SCOLDING THEM. I'M REALLY NOT HAPPY.
AND THIS IS A VERY BASIC LEVEL LIKE WE ACTUALLY SHOULD BE ASKING FOR MORE THAN ONE COMMUNITY CENTER GIVEN GIVEN OUR NEEDS BUT IT'S REALLY
UNACCEPTABLE SO I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING . WHY ARE WE NOT MOVING AHEAD WITH A PLAN GIVEN THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SINCE 19 1993
AND A LITANY OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NEGLECT AND A FACILITY THAT IS THE HOME FOR OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, WE DESPERATELY NEED A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER OUR BASKETBALL
TEAMS HAVE TO GO TO TO TO MADISON PARK FOR COMPETITIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FULL SIZE BASKETBALL COURT. OUR ELDER VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM CAN'T AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON
FOR 50 YEARS. CAN'T GET INTO THE BUILDING ON SATURDAYS BECAUSE IT'S CONTROLLED BY BEEPS AND THEY WON'T OPEN THE BUILDING ON A SATURDAY. IT'S A COOLING CENTER AND WE
DON'T HAVE A HVAC SYSTEM THAT WORKS IN AN IN AN UNDOCUMENTED URBAN HEAT ISLAND IN ALLSTON. SO WHAT IS IT THAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? SO I DON'T KNOW CAN ANYBODY GIVE ME AN ANSWER LIKE WHY IS
IT YET AGAIN THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE END OF THE LINE? WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP IN TERMS OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN ALLSTON, BRIGHTON FOREVER BUT
ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST SIX YEARS WE'VE BEEN BOTTOM NUMBER EIGHT OR NUMBER NINE ON THE LIST AND WE'RE WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY AFTER DORCHESTER. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH
THAT PICTURE AND IT JUST IT ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDS ME THAT WE STILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR FIVE YEARS. CAN ANYBODY OFFER ANY ANY INSIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE FEELING BETRAYED AND NEGLECTED. WE MIGHT BE OUT THERE ON THE EDGE BECAUSE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE CITY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN GO ACROSS THE LINE FROM
WEST ROXBURY INTO INTO TO MAKE A PLAY AND GO TO A PROGRAM. YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE. YOU'D HAVE TO GO IF YOU'RE RELIANT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT, YOU HAVE TO GO INTO TOWN AND GO OUT OF TOWN AND TAKE YOU AN
HOUR AND A HALF ON PUBLIC TRANSIT TO GET WEST ROXBURY FROM FROM ALLSTON, BRIGHTON AND THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THE MOST APPROPRIATE SITE FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER. WE'VE DONE THE PROGRAMING
STUDY, WE'VE DONE THE TEST FITS FOR LAND USE AND HERE WE ARE FOR US 10 MILLION. DOESN'T MEAN A THING DOESN'T MEAN A THING IF WE DON'T HAVE A COMMITMENT TO GO START TO FINISH AND HAVE A PROGRAM A
FIVE YEAR PROGRAM TO BUILD A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER. AND I KNOW DIANE, YOU'VE HEARD THIS ALL BEFORE. I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOREVER. BUT WHY ARE WE HERE AGAIN YET
AGAIN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND THEN BANG STOP! PUT THE BRAKES ON NOT DOING ANYTHING. THIS IS NOT FAIR. GAME. >> RESPOND AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILOR. AND I REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR THIS AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ALSO THE ADMINISTRATION AGREES THAT AUSTIN BRATTON NEEDS A COMMUNITY CENTER.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE SEE MOVING NOW HAVE TAKEN FAR TOO LONG TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO THE CENTER. THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THE PLAN.
UM, AS YOU SAID, WE'VE DONE STUDIES WE WE'VE RECENTLY DONE A AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT THE SITE AS A WHOLE TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO TO
LEVERAGE UM CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TO TO HELP FUND IS WHERE AT THE NEAR CONCLUSION OF THAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE A REPORT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO AND BEGIN TO UM ENGAGE COMMITTEE ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING UM CONVERSATIONS WITH DPS WHO HAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM PLAN AND AND MAKE DECISIONS AND IN CONSULTATION WITH COMMUNITY
AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE SO YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE NOT MOVING AS FAST AS ANY OF US WOULD LIKE BUT THEY ARE MOVING AND AND THE COMMITMENT UM, IS STILL THERE. WHEN YOU'RE SLOW WALKING THIS. COUNCIL PROCESS.
>> THE PRICE OF BUILDING THE THING IS GOING TO DOUBLE IN THE TIME THAT'S TAKEN IT TO BUILD IT WE COULD BUILD IT FOR HALF THE PRICE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
MR CHAIRMAN. >> I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON, UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN'S QUESTION REGARDING THE SOUTHERN LIBRARY
RECONSTRUCTION AND WE KNOW IT'S IN THE DESIGN PHASE, BUT I NOTICE IT DIDN'T APPEAR IN THE FACILITIES LIBRARIES PROJECT LIST ALONGSIDE WITH OTHER
PROJECTS ON THE FACILITY FACILITIES DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. AND THIS PROJECT WAS INITIALLY FUNDED IN FISCAL YEAR 25. IT'S AND WE KNOW FROM YOUR
TESTIMONY AND FROM WHAT COUNCIL FLYNN SAID THAT IT'S STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE. CAN YOU PROVIDE MORE OF A STATUS UPDATE AND WHY IT WASN'T
ON THE UH, FACILITIES LIBRARIES PROJECT LIST ALONGSIDE? THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER BUDGETED OR IN THE THE
DESIGN PHASE? COUNSELOR, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT LIST YOU'RE REFERRING TO? UH, ON THE UM, FACILITIES
PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT WEBSITE THEY LIST THE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER BURGEONING OR IN DESIGN. WHEN WE LOOKED WE DIDN'T SEE
THE SOUTH END LIBRARY ON THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. AND I WAS WONDERING WHY IT WASN'T ON THE WEBSITE.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHEN WILL CONSTRUCTION BEGIN? AND WHETHER THERE HAVE BEEN ANY CHANGES ALONG WITH THAT DESIGN
TO THE SCOPE, THE TIMING OR THE FUNDING? I CAN TELL YOU I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION BUT THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY ON OUR DASHBOARD I
BELIEVE SO WE CAN IS YOUR. DASHBOARD THE. WEBSITE. >> THE PUBLIC FACILITIES WEBSITE? YES. >> IT'S NOT YEAH. SO WE CAN LOOK MORE DEEPLY INTO THAT BUT OKAY IT SHOULD BE UM.
AS I SAID WE'RE COMPLETING DESIGN UM THAT HAS NOT INCREASE UM SCOPE WE'RE NOT SCOPE UM BUDGET AND UM ARE AND MAKE SURE
OF THAT UM SO WE'RE CURRENTLY ON TRACK. AND WHEN WILL THE DESIGN BE COMPLETED? LAST SPRING AS I SAID, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP SOME
CHALLENGES THAT WE THAT WE DISCOVERED AROUND UM, TRASH REMOVAL THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING. FOR FOR THE LIBRARY. SO THE WAY THAT THE UM THE
LIBRARY AND FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA GET THE TRASH REMOVED IS THROUGH AN ALLEY THAT ABUTS THE LIBRARY BECAUSE WE HAVE INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE LIBRARY, WE'VE ENCOUNTERED SOME
CHALLENGES WITH TRUCKS BEING ABLE TO MANEUVER THE ALLEY. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR ARCHITECTS TO TO ADDRESS THOSE. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LIBRARY .
IT'S THE REAR ALLEY TO THE LIBRARY. YES THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY HAS CREATED THIS CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE NOW OKAY WE HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS FOR IT BUT WE'RE DOING WORKING THROUGH THOSE
OKAY. AND SO WITH REGARD TO YOUR SOLUTIONS WHAT ARE THEY. WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF LIKE PRESENTING THOSE WE NEED TO PRESENT THEM INTERNALLY
AND THEN ALSO MEET WITH ABUTTERS TO GO OVER WHAT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ARE. WHAT ABOUT A TIMELINE? I THINK WE'RE VERY CLOSE I THINK LATE SPRING I. >> KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT DO YOU. WANT ME TO GIVE YOU AN EXACT DATE? >> THIS IS A HISTORICAL DESIGN.
NO DESIGN. IT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN MOVING AT A NORMAL PACE. IF YOU LOOK AT I MEAN WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AS I'M SURE COUNCIL FINISHED
FLYNN IS GETTING THE QUESTIONS TO CAN WE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER UM A TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WOULD AT LEAST INCLUDE UH
,A GROUNDBREAKING AND CONSTRUCTION SOME KIND OF TIMELINE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ON BECAUSE IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE NOW AND THE
RESIDENTS UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE PRESSING UH, YOU BUT I KNOW THEY'RE PRESSING ME. ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS RUNNING. THAT'S ALL I HEARD THAT LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY. I'M GONNA EMAIL YOU THE
MESSAGE, ALL THE MESSAGES I GOT ON THIS SO YOU CAN SEE HOW SERIOUS THE FOLKS IN THE SOUTH END ARE TO. TRY TO GET THERE. YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATOR IN THE SOUTH AND DOES A REALLY GOOD
JOB AND ACTUALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY SO WE'RE WE'RE WILLING AND COMMITTED TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS. POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIMELINE. YES AROUND THE.
PROJECT AND IN THE MEETING WITH THE ABUTTERS WHY IS THE MEETING WITH THE ABUTTERS NECESSARY? IF WE MAKE CHANGES TO AS SAY
THE TRAFFIC UM PATTERNS IN THE ALLEY AND PARKING THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE REC BUT IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ENGAGING THEM ON THOSE OPTIONS. . >> OKAY. UM, WITH REGARD TO THE UH,
ORCHARD GARDEN ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN RAISED IN REGARD THE AUDITORIUM, I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE BUDGET AT ALL. AND DEPUTY SENATOR PENNY, YOU
MAY WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT. SURE. UM. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU BY THE WAY. LIKEWISE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSELOR. UM, SO THE WAY I WOULD ANSWER THAT IS THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE NORMALLY THE BIGGER PROJECTS IN SCALE IN UH, FOR A
PROJECT TO MAKE IT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET ROUND OUR TERMS WE PROBABLY DO LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL THE WHOLESALE, UM, RENOVATION OF THE ENTIRE AUDITORIUM WHERE THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WE CAN HANDLE MONETARILY
UM, AS WELL. BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, DO A COMPLETE AUDITORIUM REHAB OVERALL YOU GUYS, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, FOR FUTURE PLANNING. BUT FOR NOW, UM, I'M AWARE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE CHAIRS THAT ARE BROKEN AND WE'RE
WORKING ON THAT. BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN A FREEZE RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE, UM, UM, FIGURING OUT HOW BEST TO SPEND THE DOLLARS WE HAVE ON THAT PROJECT BUT IT IS ON OUR LIST TO LOOK AT AND REPAIR. UM, SO WE HAVE NOT FORGOT ABOUT IT.
>> SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF THE SEE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND MR CHAIR, I KNOW I'M, UH, GETTING CLOSE TO MY TIME. WELL YOU'RE OVER.
UH, IF YOU CAN ARTIFICIAL. YEAH. OR DO YOU WANT ME TO PICK IT UP ON THE SECOND ROUND? UH, I YOU IT'S YOUR CHOICE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO FINISH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, I'LL DO IT NOW. UH, SO WE KNOW HE TALKED ABOUT
MAKING IT AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE SEATS. CAN YOU FIND OUT? AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T
KNOW NOW WHEN THAT SAFETY, UH, ISSUE IS GOING TO BE RESOLVED WHEN THE SEATS ARE GOING TO BE AT. >> LEAST FIXED. SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED THEY CAN'T USE THEM RIGHT NOW IN THE AUDITORIUM. RIGHT. >> SO SO THE SEATS THAT ARE BROKEN WE DO.
UM UM AT ALL SCHOOLS WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE TYPICALLY TAKE THEM OFFLINE. YOU BURN THEM UP, WE REMOVE SOME OF THEM IF WE HAVE TO AND THEN YOU KNOW CORDON THEM OFF AS BEST POSSIBLE SO STUDENTS ARE NOT AND STAFF ARE NOT USING THEM AND THEN WE HAVE TO. >> WORK UH, ON.
UH DESIGNING A PLAN TO DO THOSE REPLACEMENTS AND REPAIR. SO WE LOOK AT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE. YOU WENT ON THAT CALL WHEN WE HAD DIANE AND CALLED ON THE CALL CALL AND SAID THAT BECAUSE
THAT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE THEY WERE GOING INTO THE EMERGENCY, UH, WORK TO GET. THEM COMPLETED. MY QUESTION IS CAN YOU FIND OUT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEM COMPLETED BECAUSE HE CONSIDERED
THEM A SAFETY EMERGENCY. TRUCK I CAN'T. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YEAH. UH, AND WE. CAN WORK ON THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. BY THE END OF TODAY. UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
YOU'RE. UH. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR. UH, I DID HAVE. QUESTIONS ON. >> THE SOUTH END LIBRARY, BUT I THINK COUNCILOR CULPEPPER HAD ONE FOR EVERY DAY HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE SO FAR. I DON'T KNOW WHERE SASHES, BUT
,UH UH, I JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE. THANKS, LIS. UM, I JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SOUTH END LIBRARY AS WELL. REPRESENTATIVE. THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I HEAR ALONG WITH THE OTHER UM SOUTH REPRESENTATIVES AND COUNCIL FUNDING
COUNCIL CULPEPER. SO THANK YOU. UM ALL RIGHT. KNOWING THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT UH, POSSIBLE IS A FUNCTION OF THE OPERATING BUDGET. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I READ IN
THE IN THE SLIDES HERE. DO WE KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CAPITAL PLAN COULD BE UNDER WAY GIVEN THIS YEAR'S OPERATING BUDGET IF IT'S YEAH, IF THE AMOUNT WE CAN DO IS
CORRELATED UH TO THE OPERATING BUDGET WE'VE GOT SOME CONSTRAINTS ON THE OPERATING BUDGET. SO IS THERE LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PLANS OR AT LEAST DO WE KNOW A PERCENTAGE OF HOW MUCH WE COULD BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR?
IT MIGHT OR AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS INCORRECTLY BECAUSE I WOULD PLEASE EXPLAIN IF I. KNOW I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW TO ANSWER IT. YEAH. >> FAIR ENOUGH. I'LL TAKE THAT AS A GOOD QUESTION BUT.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD QUESTION. I WOULD SAY IT'S IT'S MAYBE NOT THE EXACT RIGHT WAY TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE STRUCTURE THE PLAN AND HOW WE STRUCTURE PROJECTS. UM, AS ASHLEY MENTIONED, IT'S A
BECAUSE IT'S A FIVE YEAR ROLLING PLAN, RIGHT? SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN FINANCED. YOU KNOW, 90% OF IT HAS BEEN FINANCED AND ONLY 10% NEEDS TO
BE SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE OUT IN THE FOUR YEARS AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY EXISTING AUTHORIZATION. TIED TO THEM YET. SOME PROJECTS DON'T EVEN EXIST YET, RIGHT? IN THREE YEARS NEW THINGS WILL
COME UP THAT WE NEED TO RESPOND TO. SO I THINK IN GENERAL WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE ARE UH ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PLAN ARE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING AND
MOVING FORWARD ON UM, AND THE FINANCING MECHANISM OF SORT OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSE MATH IS IT BECOMES A VERY COMPLICATED EQUATION FOR US TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BREAK DOWN. YEP.
>> NO. >> UNDERSTOOD. I GUESS I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAYBE A BETTER WAY TO ASK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET WOULD BE COMPLETED GIVEN THIS YEAR'S OPERATING BUDGET? LIKE WHICH ONES ARE WE GOING TO
SEE, YOU KNOW, GET FULLY FUNDED AND BE DONE THIS YEAR? AND I GUESS I COULD ASK THEM FOR WHAT YOU CAN START BUT AT A GIVEN THE TIME I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW WE CAN FOLLOW UP UM. A COUPLE.
>> I JUST TO PLUG I KNOW IT'S MORE OF A BP'S. THING BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL. SOME SCHOOLS, UM, THAT DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. I THINK THERE WAS LIKE FIVE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S A I COULD PROBABLY AS I SAID, A DIFFERENT HEARING.
BUT JUST WHILE YOU'RE HERE, UM ,DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON IF AND WHEN HOW MANY OF THOSE SCHOOLS COULD BE RETROFITTED TO TO HAVE AC? YEAH, WE'RE WORKING OFF A GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE, UM, TO DO SOME UPGRADES TO SOME
OF THOSE SCHOOLS. UM, SO I CAN GIVE YOU MORE OF AN UPDATE WHEN WE DO HAVE OUR HEARING FROM THE FACILITIES UPDATE. GREAT. >> THANK YOU. UM, AND THIS ONE IS IT BP'S COMMUNITY CENTER ONE. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING THINGS, UH,
CORRECTLY WHEN I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT AT THE MURPHY SCHOOL THE LADY HOLLERING UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK DONE THERE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE HAD TO MOVE PROGRAMING DOWN TO SELL THE I THINK TO THE PERRY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I HEARD SOMEONE SAY TO ME RECENTLY I'M JUST CHECKING IN THAT MORE WORK HAS TO BE DONE AND THOSE PROGRAMS WILL HAVE TO GO TO SOUTHIE AGAIN THIS SUMMER. IS THAT IS THAT, UM, SOMEONE GRAB YOU ON THE STREET ABOUT
THAT JUST ONE OF EITHER PUT IT TO BED OR ASK WHY IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. SO THERE'S NO WORK BEING DONE AT THE LEAHY HOLLERING FOR THE HVAC OR ANYTHING THIS CURRENT SUMMER THAT WOULD NECESSITATE MOVING ANY PROGRAMS.
GOT SOME MONEY AT THE END OF THE WEEK CONSULT UM DOUBLE CHECK. YEAH JUST DOUBLE DOUBLE CHECK THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE SOMEONE GRABBED ME AND I JUST WANT YOU TO TELL THEM THEY'RE. OR UM OR IF THEY'RE CORRECT AS TO WHY THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
UM, I GUESS UH, LASTLY, UM, IN THE DEBT SERVICING WE'RE APPROACHING UH, SO IN THE COMING YEARS BY 2030, 2031 WE'RE APPROACHING THAT 7% OF REPAYMENT.
UM, THAT KIND OF UH YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CONSEQUENCES TO THAT. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW FOR ON THAT TREND TO BE AT THAT 7% AND SORT
OF PAY SOME OF THOSE PENALTIES OR WHATEVER COMES WITH THAT. UM, AND AND WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO REVERSE THAT SORT OF LONG TERM NOT NOT FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR KIND OF LONG TERM BUDGETING. HOW DO WE AVOID COME BACK DOWN
FROM THAT 7% CEILING? UM YEAH. SO IT'S A IT'S A PROJECTION BASED ON UM AN ANTICIPATED LEVEL OF BUDGET GROWTH GOING FORWARD. THERE'S NO PENALTY NECESSARILY
FOR EXCEEDING THE 7%. IT IS OUR OWN INTERNAL POLICY LIMIT. UM BUT AGAIN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR FROM RATING AGENCIES AND OTHER INVESTORS THAT IT'S YOU KNOW, A
RESPONSIBLE POLICY LIKE THAT. SO I DON'T THINK WE WOULD WANT TO INTENTIONALLY VIOLATE OUR OWN POLICY. UM, AND SO IT MOVES EVERY YEAR BASED ON HOW MUCH THE BUDGET IS ACTUALLY GROWING.
SO IN A YEAR LIKE THIS WHERE THE BUDGET IS NOT GROWING BY AS MUCH, YOU'RE GOING TO TICK UP CLOSER TO THAT, YOU KNOW 7% LIMIT. BUT IF YOU KNOW IN A FUTURE YEAR IF IT GROWS MORE THAN WE'RE ANTICIPATING IT CREATES A LOT OF SPACE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE MONITOR OVER TIME AND WE STRUCTURE OUR EXPECTED BOND ISSUANCES SO SUCH THAT WE DO NOT VIOLATE THAT POLICY. YEP. GOTCHA. >> SO IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE ONLY WAY WE NEED TO SEE MORE
GROWTH TO HAVE THAT NUMBER SORT OF COME BACK DOWN AWAY FROM THE SEVEN WHICH WOULD AFFECT OUR BOND RATING IN THE FUTURE. MORE GROWTH OR YOU KNOW, LESS BORROWING YOU KNOW LIKE LET'S DASHBOARD RIGHT LIKE YOU'RE
PAYING OFF AT UM AND SO IT'S IT'S LESS OF A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR OVERALL OPERATING BUDGET. WOULD IT I'LL JUST AS THE LAST ONE WOULD WOULD MAKING A REDUCTION IN THE OVERALL. BUDGET AS IN LIKE CUTTING
SPENDING UH AND GOING BACK EVEN IF THERE IS GROWTH WOULD IT HELP THAT WOULD THAT SPEED THAT NUMBER UP TO BE LOW FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SEVEN TO DIP DOWN FROM THAT SEVEN UM. TO KEEP THAT SO.
IT WOULD LIKE IN A YEAR WHERE THE BUDGET'S LIKE NEGATIVE RATE THAT WOULD BE. I THINK THAT IF WE IF WE REDUCED OPERATING SPENDING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE US CLOSER TO THE CEILING BECAUSE THAT'S
7% OF OUR. OF THE OPERATING. BUDGET, RIGHT? >> SO WE WANT THE BUDGET TO BE AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT 7% THRESHOLD AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. LIKE ASHLEY SAID, WE COULD ALSO REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE
PLANNING TO BORROW AND THE AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT WE PLAN TO ISSUE WHICH WOULD ALSO BRING THE THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET ITSELF DOWN. GOTCHA. >> THAT'S A CATCH 22. UM, BECAUSE WE. DON'T WANT THE BUDGET AS LARGE
AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'D BE TAXING OUR PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. RIGHT? LIKE SO THERE IS THIS. YES FINE LINE. OKAY AS I UNDERSTAND UH, THANK YOU. >> FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE SEEING YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. JUST I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S
THAT IS LIKE THAT'S A WARNING LIGHT IN THIS THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS IF IF OUR IF OUR YOU KNOW, 7% OF THE ENTIRE OPERATING BUDGET AND THE
OPERATING BUDGET, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, OUR REVENUES ARE. SORT OF. >> CAPPED 2.5% OR YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN IT'S ALSO MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THINGS BECAUSE THE JUST YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THE COST
OF EVERYTHING IS KIND OF I MEAN I GUESS YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE JUST GOING TO BE BUILDING LESS IN THE FUTURE LIKE YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE. YOU SHOULD BE A DOLLAR BUYS. YOU LESS. UH.
>> SO IT'S SORT OF IN IN THE THE PERCENTAGES SORT OF LIKE A BENCHMARK OF LIKE YOUR DEBT BURDEN. IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S OFTEN THAT NOW USED TO LIKE PEOPLE'S OWN INDIVIDUAL DEBT BURDEN LIKE
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR INCOME GOES TO PLAN YOUR DEBT I KNOW YOU KNOW SO UH SO BUT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. PART OF THE PLANS UH, PLANS CONSTRAINT IS INFLATIONARY COST
OF CONSTRUCTION THAT MAKES BUYING LESS PRIVATE. AND I GUESS JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT LAST THING AND THEN. CANCER OF THE PEN IS UP. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE JUST DECIDE
TO SPEND LESS ON CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE INSTEAD OF YOU. >> KNOW. IF YOU JUST TAKE. OUT LESS MONEY OR PLAN LESS, WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON THE CITY? AND SO I MEAN I. MEAN IT'S.
>> YEAH I MEAN IT COULD LOOK LIKE DOING MORE SORT OF TARGETED STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROJECTS RATHER THAN MORE UH, YOU KNOW, LARGE SORT OF KEYSTONE PROJECTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO THERE'S SUBTLE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT TOO, RIGHT WHERE WE LOOK AT THE THE SPECIFIC AMENITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN A RENOVATION UM, OR A PROJECT.
ALSO I MEAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW LIBRARIES AND THINGS BUT IT ISN'T THE MAJORITY OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET SPENT ON MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING. SO THE THE MAJORITY OF THE CAPITAL PLANNED BY PROJECTS IS ON THOSE SORT OF SMALL STATE
OF GOOD REPAIR PROJECTS. THE MAJORITY OF THE CAPITAL PLAN SPENDING IS ON OUR LARGER PROJECTS BECAUSE A LARGE
PROJECT RIGHT A ONE $250 MILLION PROJECT COULD REPRESENT. I'M I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING. TO DO THE MATH RIGHT BUT YOU KNOW, 20 YOU KNOW, $20 MILLION PROJECTS OKAY OKAY.
THANK YOU I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES. SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR DURKAN, UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH. >> I HAVE COUNCILOR PREPEND. YOU'RE UP.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. >> AND IT'S. GOOD TO SEE A FULL BULLPEN HERE, UH, AS PANELISTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I VERY MUCH WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LOT
OF THE THINGS THAT THE RESIDENTS GET TO SEE TANGIBLY ARE PART OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND IT'S USUALLY WHAT WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON. UH, I HAD A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL. UM. >> VIRTUAL MEETING WITH COUNCIL RUBBER AND.
MOST OF THE. QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET. SO UM I DO HAVE A FEW OF THEM FOR YOU. I WANT TO START OFF WITH A BIGGER ONE THAT I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US TO
UNDERSTAND. THERE WAS A PROJECT ON RIVER STREET FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION BUILDING THAT HAD. TONS OF MONEY IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, AND THEN WE GOT AN
UPDATE THAT IT WAS COMPLETED FOR A LESSER AMOUNT. SO IT GOT THAT MONEY WAS REMOVED AWAY FROM MATTAPAN AND NOW WE DON'T SEE IT ANYMORE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. ONE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE
REMAINING AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WASN'T USED FOR THAT PROJECT? TO THE QUESTION THAT I GOT FROM THE RESIDENTS WAS HOW COME THAT MONEY DOESN'T REMAIN IN MATTAPAN FOR ANOTHER CAPITAL PROJECT AND WHO DECIDES LIKE
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO THE THE TO TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION, UM, WE TEND TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE CHOOSING UH INVESTMENTS TO MAKE PARTICULARLY IN THAT SORT
OF REALM OF A OF A SMALLER STATE OF REPAIR TYPE PROJECT WHICH IN THIS CASE WAS UH COMPLETED I BELIEVE BY BFSI JUST WITHIN THEIR OPERATING CAPACITY. UM, WE WE LOOK AT THOSE
INVESTMENTS NOT NECESSARILY ON A UH PICKING AND CHOOSING NEIGHBORHOODS. WE LOOK AT IT UH ON A FACILITY BASIS. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR FCA DOES THE FACILITY CONDITION .
ASSESSMENT UM. IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THAT. WE WE LOOK AT IT AS WHERE IS THERE SPECIFIC NEED WITHIN THE FACILITIES SO THAT WE CAN LOOK ACROSS THE CITY, WE CAN LOOK
ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND WE CAN LOOK ACROSS FACILITY TYPES SO THAT WE AREN'T ACCIDENTALLY INVESTING WAY MORE IN A CERTAIN TYPE OF FACILITY OR IN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT
WE CAN BE EQUITABLE AND FAIR ACROSS THE CITY AND BE INVESTING WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTED. UM, TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT MONEY UM, IT IT REMAINS IN OUR
UH WE CALL IT ARE AUTHORIZED BUT UNISSUED UM, SORT OF BUCKET OF OF FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL UM, BUT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT IT GOES INTO SORT OF A
RESERVE FOR US. UM, THOSE FUNDS MAY BE REALLOCATED THEY MAY BE REUSED IN THE FUTURE IF SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP AT RIVER STREET OR ANOTHER PROJECT IN A SIMILAR
LOAN ORDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. >> THAT'S VERY GOOD FLAHERTY AND I'M GLAD YOU BROKE IT DOWN LIKE THAT BECAUSE JUST IF I AM BRINGING IN THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS ARE JUST. >> LIKE WHAT HAPPENED? YEAH. >> YOU KNOW IN I WASN'T ABLE TO
EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT HAPPENED SO UM I WOULD LOVE THERE IF THERE EVER IS A WAY FOR. BUT IF IT'S THE RESIDENTS OR IF IT'S THE COUNCILORS TO ADVOCATE
FOR IT IF THAT PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYMORE SOME ARE A HUGE CHUNK OF THAT MONEY ISN'T GOING TO BE USED FOR THE AT LEAST IT REMAINS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE MATTAPAN WHERE THEY HAVE
THE GROUP THAT I MET WITH THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW LIKE THERE'S A LACK OF INVESTMENT BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS. IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS PITCHING THAT IN AND THANK YOU
FOR THE FLAHERTY AT LEAST UM CONTINUE WITH MATTAPAN THERE WAS 100 AND THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PLACE FOR A B-3 POLICE STATION UM, STUDY FOR A NEW STATION. AND SO THEY HAVE ONE OF THE
BIGGEST FORCES IN THE ENTIRE BPD BUT A VERY OLD AND SMALL POLICE OFFICER DOWN TO STATION. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT MONEY? I SAW THAT IT WAS GONE. IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE. YEAH. >> SO SIMILAR TYPE OF STORY
WHERE WE UH THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY WE TOOK A HARD LOOK AT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE CAPITAL PLAN UM, PARTICULARLY THINGS THAT ARE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS UM, WORKING WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AS WE WORK WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND DEVELOPING THE CAPITAL PLAN UM, WE DIDN'T HEAR THIS AS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE PARTICULARLY ASKING FOR, ESPECIALLY IN A YEAR OF UH, YOU
KNOW, THE STRONGER FISCAL CONSTRAINTS. WE ASKED DEPARTMENTS TO BE SORT OF TARGETED AND SPECIFIC FOR US. UM, SO WE WE ALSO THROUGH THE FCA WE I BELIEVE WE IDENTIFIED
A ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO START DOING SOME INITIAL STUDY ON. IT DOESN'T APPEAR IN THE PLAN JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO SCOPE IT OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL NEEDS ARE. DOES IT MAKE SENSE AS AN ACTUAL CAPITAL PROJECT?
DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR SOMETHING THAT BPD COULD HANDLE WITH THEIR OPERATING BUDGET? UM, BEFORE WE SORT OF MOVE FORWARD BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY STILL COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT UH THE STATION HAS AND ALL
STATIONS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. UM, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN SORT OF A REASONABLE AND TARGETED WAY. YEAH. >> TOTALLY HELPFUL JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO VISIT THEM AND THEY REALLY DO HAVE A LOT OF OFFICERS THERE AND IT'S A
PRETTY TIGHT SPACE. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROCESS IS THAT YOU GUYS DECIDE WHAT STATION YOU'RE GOING TO GET APPROVED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO ADVOCATE FOR P3. UM THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY GOOD RIGHT OVER THERE.
YEAH I THINK MY TIME'S RUNNING DOWN SO I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE JUST ASK MANY QUESTIONS AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER THEM. UM I WOULD LOVE AN ANSWER FOR THE OR AN UPDATE FOR A CHIEF IRISH ON THE HYDE PARK
MUNICIPAL BUILDING. I CAN SEE THAT FINALLY THE WITH THE MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IS NOW MOVING FORWARD TO AN IN CONSTRUCTION PHASE SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW UM WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THAT TO BE COMPLETED?
THE RESIDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT FOR COMMISSIONER GOLF UM THERE ARE TWO BIG PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT. ONE OF THEM THAT ALMOST COMPLETED THE COMMONS HIGHWAY PROJECT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW LIKE WHEN ARE WE EXPECTING TO SEE THAT COMPLETED?
UM FOR RESIDENTS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE WORKERS OUT OF THERE AND THEN UM THERE'S ONE THAT HASN'T STARTED YET WHICH IS STILL IN PLANNING IS THE WOOD AVENUE PROJECT. I WANT TO KNOW HOW WOULD THAT LOOK IN THE PLANNING PHASE?
AND THEN I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS BY THE WAY FOR THE SECOND. ROUND THAT'S. UH ALSO I MEAN I I JUST YOU HAVE YOUR SIX MINUTES UH AND I MEAN YOU ASKED PUT THOSE QUESTIONS ON THE RECORD I GUESS
YOU IF YOU CAN ANSWER THEM QUICKLY BUT I. THINK THOSE ARE PRETTY. YEAH. >> YES. >> AND I STOP TALKING AT THE SIX MINUTE MARK. YEAH, I KNOW WE DO. WE COULD HAVE THERE'S A POTENTIAL YEAH SPENT SIX MINUTES ASKING QUESTIONS THEY
COULD SPEND AN. HOUR THEN STARTING THEM. YOU DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO START THOUGH. OKAY. >> UM DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR . BCA OF HYDE PARK? WE HAVE RECENTLY ON BOARD THE DESIGNER AND THE SCOPE FOR
THEIR PROJECT INCLUDES THE ROOF SECURITY UPGRADES, SPLASH PAD AND A YOUTH LOUNGE. THANK YOU. >> VERY QUICKLY. UH, COMING SIDEWAYS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION THIS SUMMER. UH, AND WHAT I HAVE IS HOPEFULLY SCHEDULED TO START THIS SUMMER.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU . OKAY. >> YEAH. NO, I'M JUST, UH THAT WAS FINE. JUST TO MORNING TO MY COLLEAGUES. UH. UM, OKAY, SO WE HAVE COUNCILOR SANTANA AND DURKAN AND LOUIJEUNE AND MURPHY FOR
THE FIRST ROUND. UH, SO COUNCILOR SANTANA. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, AND GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. UM, I'M GOING TO START UH UM.
BP'S SO. UM, DOCTOR SANDER. PEANUT. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. UM, I WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT SWIMMING POOLS, UM, THAT ARE
OWNED BY BP. UH, ARE THERE ANY WAS I GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED THIS SUMMER? UM, OR ARE THERE ANY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OPENING UP BY SUMMER? THANK YOU FOR THIS.
YEAH. >> MOST OF OUR POOLS UP AND RUNNING UM RIGHT NOW EXCEPT THAT WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE DOWN. UM, THE MATTER HUNT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED. UM, WOULD GET SOME REPAIRS
DONE. UM, SPECIFICALLY THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE BEING BALANCED AND STEEL THAT ALLOWED US TO THE POOLS UNTIL WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW WITH THOSE THE THE
HENNIGAN WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR UM, UH, PARTS TO COME IN BUT. YEAH BUT MOST OF THEM WILL BE UP AND RUNNING BARRING ANY EMERGENCY THAT MAY ARISE THAT WE MAY NEED TO REPAIR.
SO UM SO AS OF NOW WE ONLY HAVE TWO THAT ARE DOWN BUT THEY SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING HOPEFULLY UH. HAVING IT IN NO MATTER. YES IT IS ANOTHER HAND AGAIN. >> ONE WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THE PART FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. UH DIFFERENT PARTS OF BROKEN
AND ORDER DIFFERENT PARTS SO IT'S NOT THE SAME PARK. OKAY. >> DOES THIS WANT TO ADD ON THAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE LIKE 75% OF OUR POOLS OPEN THE SUMMER, WHICH IS TREMENDOUS BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT YOU KNOW AND WE WEREN'T INVESTING ENOUGH IN THE PAST THAT AND WE ARE NOW IN THIS GREAT COORDINATION BETWEEN DPS AND BCF AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. SO VERY HAPPY AND WE'LL HOPE
THAT YOU KNOW WE CAN SHARE MORE AT A LATER DATE. YEAH AND SHE FIRES WHEN YOU SAY THAT 75% OF THAT. INCLUDES ALL POOLS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. YES OKAY GREAT. UM AWESOME. THANK YOU.
AND I THINK UM THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAD I DO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THEM AND I THINK CAPITAL FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS I THINK AS AN ADLER CITY COUNCILOR FOR ME IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT MY DISTRICT UM COLLEAGUES UM, AND THEIR PROJECTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM. >> AND I'VE BEEN VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT COUNCILOR BREADON UM AND ALSO BRIAN COMMUNITY AND I
DON'T WANT THIS TO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK COUNCILOR BREADON DID THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO GO AND SAY THAT WE DO NEED THAT COMMUNITY. AWESOME. BUT OUR COMMUNITY DOES NEED UM
UH, CENTER UM, THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR FOR MANY YEARS. UM AND AS COUNCILOR BREADON MENTIONED I THINK YEAH, LAST TIME LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET CYCLE I THINK WE WERE HITTING
MOMENTUM. YOU KNOW, WE HAD 300 PLUS PEOPLE AT THAT COMMUNITY HEARING UM AND IT FELL I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED LIKE IT WAS LIKE WE MOVE FORWARD AND THEN
NOW WE'RE MOVING BACKWARDS AGAIN. UM WHAT DO WE I MEAN WHAT DO WE SAY. TO THE AWESOME. BRIGHTON RESIDENTS? I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO A RALLY AFTER THIS HEARING. >> LATER ON TODAY LIKE I MEAN WHAT DO I COMMUNICATE.
TO AWESOME BRIGHTON. RESIDENTS WHO WHO. >> HAVE BEEN. DEMANDING THIS FOR MANY YEARS? UM, I'M KIND OF IN A LOSS OF WORDS HERE. FOR ANYONE. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TELL
YOU WHAT TO SAY. UH, IF YOU REALLY WANT ME TO I COULD SEND YOU SOME TALKING POINTS. BUT I THINK THE MAIN THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHARE YOUR COMMITMENT AND THAT'S WHAT THAT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD SHARE WITH THEM THAT
THAT THE MAYOR AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO COMMITTED AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. BUT THERE'S IS THERE A TIMELINE TO FINISH THAT WE CAN SHARE? WHAT TIME IS THERE? I WISH I COULD GIVE A TIMELINE FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT TO
SEND THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE CAN'T BUT WE'RE TAKING TANGIBLE STEPS . UM, COUNCILOR BREADON, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN MEETING ALMOST EVERY OTHER MONTH JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT,
UM, SHE'S UPDATED. WE'RE MEETING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS LATEST, UM, STUDY BE MADE PUBLIC SO WE CAN ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW, UM, THE
WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT. THANK YOU. >> CHIEF. UM, I THINK FOR ME IT'S LIKE AN I WANT TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES . I KNOW I'VE BEEN SITTING OUT THERE WITH AUSTIN BRIAN, I WANT
TO GO OUT TODAY AND, UM I WANT TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH AND I THINK WHETHER THAT'S AN OPERATING BUDGET OR. >> THE CAPITAL BUDGET, OUR YOUTH NEED TO FEEL SUPPORTED. >> AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO. ADVOCATE FOR THE AWESOME. RUNNING. >> UM, COMMUNITY. UM. THOSE ARE MY.
QUESTIONS THAT I HAD I THINK A FEW OTHERS WERE ANSWERED UM PRIOR TO ME. SO I'LL GO BACK TO MY TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE UM THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. I KNOW THE WORD UH, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT UM, HERE BUT I THINK
YOU KNOW, FOR US OUR JOB IS. TO ADVOCATE AND. ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO, YOU KNOW. EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.
UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR. UM, AND THANK YOU TO OUR ESTEEMED PANEL. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A LOT OF STUFF IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THIS IS MY CHANCE TO FLEX THAT. I HAVE FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND
THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS. SO I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. UM, PERSONALLY, UM IT IS JUST SUCH A DEEP HONOR TO GET TO
REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I REPRESENT, UM AND HAVE CONSTITUENTS COME TO ME WITH THEIR ISSUES. UM, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DAN MURPHY WHO'S ON YOUR TEAM UM, THIS MORNING.
UM, AND UH, IT'S I JUST WANT TO SHOUT HIM OUT BECAUSE, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER UH, CHIEF GOVE UM BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE LIKE THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING PROJECTS
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING DEEPLY WITH CONSTITUENTS. UM, SO MY TEAM DID AN AUDIT OF ALL THE BACK BAY ALLEYS. UM, AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE AUDITED A BUNCH OF THINGS UM,
INCLUDING THE BRICKS ON CHARLES STREET, THE BRICKS ON THE NORTH . UM, I HAVE A LOT OF UH WHICH AN AUDIT FOR ME MEANS TAKING A PICTURE OF THE CONDITIONS UM,
OF OF OUR STREETS AND OUR SIDEWALKS. UM, AT FIRST I THINK THE STREETS CABINET FOUND IT ANNOYING, BUT NOW I THINK I THINK EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS I'M JUST KIND OF OBSESSED WITH THIS STUFF.
SO, UM, THE BACK BAY ALLEYS. I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING ,UM, AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE PRIORITIZED. I WANT TO KEEP WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM ON THAT. UM, WE ARE WORKING TO GET THE THOROUGH PATH REPAVED. I DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR
FOR HER WORK. UM, SHE HAS BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED. UM, I AM HEARTENED TO SEE THAT THE INTERSECTION OF OVER HERE IN HUNTINGTON, WHICH NEEDS TO BE REPAVED IS IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO, UH, GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND THE THOROUGH PATH IN THE WEST END. UM, WE ARE UM I DID SEE THAT CITYWIDE THERE ARE SOME WORK HAPPENING REGARDING SIGNAL TIMING.
I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR BOYLSTON AND KILMARNOCK AND THAT AREA BEING PRIORITIZED IN THAT PROCESS. UM, I KNOW THAT SIGNAL TIMING IS EXPENSIVE. UM, IT'S THE TOP THING I HEAR FROM EVERYONE WHO LIVES ON
BOYLSTON STREET IN THE FENWAY. UM, I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE SEEN WITHIN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. I THINK IT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO.
UM, DIANE WE WERE AT THE WE WERE IN THE TOBIN JAM TALKING ABOUT AC. I'M PROUD TO SEE THAT IT'S HERE . UM I KNOW THAT JOHN JACKSON UM, IS YOU KNOW, HE, UH, IS
POTENTIALLY NEARING THE END OF HIS TIME WITH THE CITY. HE'S AN INCREDIBLE LEADER. UM, I WANT TO SEE THE AC GO IN BEFORE HE LEAVES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AND
OBVIOUSLY THE TOBIN GEM IS USED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST A HUGE, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IT'S A HISTORIC GEM. A LOT OF AMAZING ATHLETES HAVE
COME OUT OF THAT GEM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AC IS BEING PRIORITIZED. UM I SEE THAT THE SPEED HOME PROGRAM IS ALSO IN THE CITYWIDE STUFF. I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR SPEED HUMPS ON WEST CEDAR
STREET AND WALNUT STREET. UM THERE ARE ALSO SOME HISTORIC UM SPEED HUMPS THAT WERE ON PINCKNEY STREET THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED UM UH PINCKNEY STREET IN PARTICULAR RIGHT AFTER THE
SPEED HUMPS WERE REMOVED FOR BOSTON WATER AND SEWER WORK A CAR FLIPPED OVER ON PARK NEW STREET. SO UM AND THEN WEST CEDAR UM AND UH, WE ARE JUST I
CONSTANTLY AM SEEING SPEEDING ON THAT STREET. SO UH, THE OTHER PROJECT THAT I SEE THAT'S MISSING FROM THE CAPITAL BUDGET IN THE BACK BAY TRIANGLE AS SOME OF US CALL IT,
UM, WHICH IS ON SAINT GERMAIN STREET IS THE BRICKS UM ON THAT STREET THERE WAS A PLAN AND A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO UH, TALKING YOU KNOW, TO THERE WAS
ACTUALLY ONLY ONE PROPERTY OWNER IN THAT STREET AND IT IS AN AREA OF ALL RENTERS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PUT INTO THE MIX OF SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT. UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER
THEMSELVES HAVE PATCHED THE PROBLEM AREAS AND THE MAKE SAVES AND IT USED TO BE AN IDEAL STREET. THERE'S ALSO SOME UM THERE'S ALSO SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES. ALL OF THE TREES ARE DYING ON
THAT STREET AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IT USED TO BE AN IDEAL STREET. WE STILL LOVE IT. IT'S STILL BEAUTIFUL BUT WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO ON THAT STREET. SO UM MISSION HILL I GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY FROM A
CONSTITUENT. THERE ARE SO MANY SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IN TOTAL DISREPAIR. LAST YEAR I ADVOCATED FOR A CITY SORRY A FENWAY AND MISSION HILL SIDEWALK CONTRACTOR.
I DIDN'T GET AN UPDATE OF WHAT WAS FIXED AND THE THINGS THAT I SENT IN WERE NOT GETTING FIXED QUICKLY. SO IN THIS PROCESS I DO WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND IF WE HAVE A SIDEWALK
CONTRACTOR FOR THOSE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS AGAIN THIS YEAR UM, OR IF THAT CONTRACT EVEN WENT OUT BECAUSE UM IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN MISSION HILL
AND BECAUSE IT HAS THE LOWEST HOMEOWNERSHIP, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO IN BRIGHTON AND THEN MISSION, I FEEL LIKE THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE NOT BEING PRIORITIZED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
HEARING ON 311 FROM HOMEOWNERS. UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BIAS AND 311 REPORTING UM THAT PLACES WITH HOMEOWNERS UM ARE REPORTED MORE SO UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M GOING TO
SEND A LIST OF SIDEWALKS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE LOOKED AT. I KNOW THAT SOME OF THIS IS CAPITAL AND SOME OF IT IS UM, YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF IT'S OPERATING UM BUT UM
SPECIFICALLY OUTSIDE OF UM MISSION MAIN AND MISSION PARK UM THOSE ARE AREAS WITH A LOT OF SENIORS UM A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH UM, YOU KNOW, DIVERSE DISABILITY NEEDS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SIDEWALKS THERE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. UM, AND THEN UH, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BLUE BIKES UM, PROGRAM WHICH I WILL ASK AT A LATER DATE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE TOP BLUE BIKES UM, USERS ARE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. I KNOW I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME . UM, I I'M REALLY THRILLED TO SEE ALL THE, UM, INVESTMENTS
IN, UH, THE BOSTON COMMON AND THE PUBLIC GARDEN. UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY FOR BEACON HILL IS GOING. UM, THERE IS A STAIR UM AND I
KNOW DAN MURPHY WILL GET ON THIS AS SOON AS WE COULD. UM, THERE IS A STAIR THAT HAS HAD SOME ISSUES BECAUSE THERE WAS A CRASH WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THERE WERE SPEED HUMPS ON WALNUT STREET
SAYING UM UH THERE WAS A CRASH THAT HAPPENED WHERE A CAR WENT INTO THE BOSTON COMMON UM THAT IS BEING FIXED. THAT STAIRWAY IS BEING FIXED. UM I AM PARTICULARLY UM
INTERESTED IN IN THAT GETTING FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT'S DEFINITELY A CORE ENTRY WAY TO THE BOSTON COMMON IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER GREAT WORK THAT IS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN. UM, AND I KNOW I'M OUT OF TIME.
I WANT TO THANK UM AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAD AN ISSUE LAST YEAR WHERE A BUNCH OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD STUFF WAS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, THAT DID HAPPEN ONCE AGAIN THE THOROUGH PATH IS BEING PUT
IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AREA. THE THIRD PATH IS IN THE WEST END SO I WOULD LIKE THAT CORRECTED. UM THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR. AND I KNOW I JUST TALKED TO YOU BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE BUDGET SEASON SO I'M THRILLED TO GET TO WORK ON ALL THIS STUFF WITH
ALL OF YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. UH, THANK YOU, UM, SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. UM.
MY FIRST QUESTION WILL BE A BIG ONE AND IT WILL BE ON LIKE THE STATUS OF THE SHOT. TAYLOR. TOUR. >> UM, SO WE ARE PROGRESSING ALONG THROUGH THE UM MSBA PROJECT PHASE. UM, AND WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS WITH THAT.
IF THERE'S AN UPDATE YOU NEED. TO KNOW. >> YEAH. HAVE WE UM HAS THERE BEEN A SITE LOCATION? I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S STILL IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING OUT WITH THE MSBA SO THAT'S STILL ONGOING. OKAY. ONCE WE DO HAVE THE OPTION WE WILL BE.
ARE THERE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? UH YES WE'RE LOOKING AT UM THE CURRENT SPACE WE'RE LOOKING. >> AT THE CURRENT SPACE OF THE TAYLOR. YEAH. >> AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT ALL THE SITES IN THAT AREA IN THE MAXWELL BUILDING OVER UM WE'RE THINKING AS WELL SO WE'RE
LOOKING AT A FEW OF THESE. YES. OKAY. >> BUT NOT. THIS ONE. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. AS SOON AS ANYTHING IS FINALIZED. WOULD LOVE TO I WOULD LOVE TO. KNOW BECAUSE. WE'VE BEEN HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND
I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING SO I CAN UM, ADEQUATELY GOD GIVEN OFFER INFORMATION. SO UM NEXT QUESTION I THINK MY
MY COLLEAGUES AND I ALSO WANTED TO STATE AS COUNCILOR SANTANA STATED THAT AS AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SUPPORT AND ELEVATE, UM, WHAT MY DISTRICT COUNCILORS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR AND HEARING ABOUT.
UM I OBVIOUSLY HAVE AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN HYDE PARK, I HAVE BEEN CARE ABOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. UH, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT UM I ELEVATE COUNCIL COUNCIL PRESIDENT
BRADEN'S, UM, REQUEST AND REQUEST FROM COMMUNITY FOR ALICE AND BRIAN. UM, WE GET AHEAD OF CRITICISM OF, YOU KNOW, TREATING NOT BEING TREATED LIKE ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN WE ARE
INVESTING IN A IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE, I, I NEVER WANT A NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE LIKE YOU'RE GIVING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD EVERYTHING WE SHOULD ALL BE AND ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
UM, AND IT'S HARDER WHEN PEOPLE VISIBLY SEE THAT THEIR OWN INVESTMENTS HAPPENING. SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU ALL HELP US PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING BY INVESTING IN NEIGHBORHOODS,
INVESTING IN OUR LIBRARIES. UM, I KNOW THIS IDEA IN COMMUNITY SINCE I STARTED UM HAS BEEN REALLY KEEN TO SEE US GET THEM A NEW LIBRARY AND TO WANTED TO JUST SUPPORT THAT
ADVOCACY. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW, UH, ROSS FIELD I BELIEVE WAS ON HERE IN HYDE PARK CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG, CHIEF SWETT UM, WAS ON HERE LAST YEAR UH, IN STUDY ROSS PLAYGROUND AND I DON'T SEE IT ON HERE NOW AT ALL FOR HYDE PARK. IS MY PHONE A FRIEND THE.
YOU WANT TO UH. AND I COULD BE CONFUSING I KNOW I I'VE I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING HEAVILY I BELIEVE LAST YEAR IT WAS IN STUDY AND I DON'T SEE IT HERE THIS YEAR. OKAY.
>> THIS ONE WORKING OKAY. UH, I'M KATHY BAKER ECLIPSE. INTERIM COMMISSIONER FOR PARKS. UM, WE DID NOT HAVE A STUDY FOR ROSS, BUT WE ARE DOING THE, UH ,THE BASKETBALL COURT RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE DOING THE BASKETBALL
COURT THE THE STREET HOCKEY COURT WHICH IS BEING CONVERTED INTO A BIKE TOWN WITH UH WITH MOANA AND THE EARLY OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. UM, SO WE'RE DOING THE BASKETBALL AND TENNIS AND THE
STREET HOCKEY COURT THIS SPRING. SO THAT WILL BE DONE BY BY MID-JUNE. IT SHOULD. >> BE DONE BY MID-JUNE. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE I THINK IN THE LONG TERM GOAL THAT'S NOT IN THE IN THE CAPITAL PLAN RIGHT NOW ROSS IS
ON THE LIST OF LIKE WHAT DO WE WHAT'S THE LONG TERM PLAN FOR. >> THAT AND WHY ISN'T ROSS ON HERE RIGHT NOW THEN IF THERE IS JUST LIKE BECAUSE WE'RE USING JUST OPERATING DOLLARS TO DO THAT WORK. THE THE. COURTS ARE BEING PAID FOR FROM
THE VARIOUS COURTS LINE. SO THERE'S A PROJECT THAT'S CITY COURT CITY AND THE COST OF THAT THAT FUNDING IS PAYING FOR THAT AND I THINK THERE'S NO I DON'T THINK THE GRANT FUNDING WORKED OUT. I WAS HOPING THERE MIGHT BE
SOME GRANT FUNDING BUT SO THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AS PART OF A CITYWIDE COURT ASSESSMENT UM AND WORKING WITH THE WITH THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD TO BRING IN A BIKE TOWN TO THE STREET HOCKEY COURT.
AS WELL LIKE THE ONE THAT LIKE THE ONE THAT'S IN LOCALLY. YES. >> LOOK LIKE THE ONE THAT'S I'M LOCALLY. YEAH OKAY. SO I THINK LONG TERM WE KNOW THAT ROSS IS A PROBLEM BUT IT'S NOT IN THE PLAN AT THIS POINT YET. OKAY YEAH IT'S A GOOD FLIER. IT'S SIMILAR TO.
>> SORT OF THE UM. RAMP REPAIRS LIKE. WE HAVE SOME. CAPITAL PROGRAMS WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO CALL OUT NECESSARILY IN. >> THE. PLAN SPECIFIC PARTS BUT FOR. COURTS FOR. TENNIS COURTS. UM, FOR UH SOME OF THE FIELD RENOVATIONS FOR SOME OF THE
LIGHTING. WORK WHERE IT'S A DISCREET. INTERVENTION. >> YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF SORT OF A FULL BLOWN SEPARATE. CAPITAL PROJECT. YEAH. BUT IT DOES. YES. I UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. IT JUST BECOMES A PROFILE.
IT'S PRETTY LOW AND SO I DO IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT AND SO IF YOU DISAGGREGATED AND ACTUALLY GIVE THEM THAT YOU KNOW FIND WAYS IT COULD IT COULD BE HELPFUL BUT I UNDERSTAND UM WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROSS
UH FIELD UM AND YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AND YOU KNOW, WITH GETTING WARM WEATHER PARK MAINTENANCE, TRASH MAINTENANCE, UH, MUSIC MAINTENANCE IF YOU CAN JUST TRY
TO BE ON TOP OF THAT. YEAH. >> WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS. MUCH AS POSSIBLE. GREAT. >> YEAH. SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE LEAGUES. THIS IS NOT CAPITAL BUDGET RELATED BUT UM BUT WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE LEAGUES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE RULES ARE,
WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE, HOW TO CONTACT US IF THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH THE FIELDS, WITH PERMITS FOR THE LIGHTS, WITH ANY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO TO UM
MONITOR OVER THE SUMMER SO THAT UH SO THAT ISSUES DON'T RISE TO THE TO THE LEVEL. UM, AND WE'RE ALSO SHIFTING THE HOURS OF UM OVER THE WEEKENDS TO BE PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP BY 6 P.M..
AND WHAT WILL ENFORCEMENT LOOK LIKE FOR THAT? I THINK WORKING CLOSELY WITH BPD ON THAT. UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE IN IN THE FIELD ENFORCING THE RULES FOR US. GREAT.
>> UM COUNCIL THANK YOU. THOSE THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS ON ROSS FIELD. UM, AND GREAT TO KNOW THAT UH BY THE END OF JUNE WE SHOULD SEE UPDATES OR END OF THE SUMMER. AND END OF JUNE. END OF JUNE. GREAT. >> THANK YOU.
UM, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR SET MY TIME. YES. >> MY COUNT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR DURKAN UPLIFTED THE NEED FOR, UH, SPEED BUMPS AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT HERE AGAIN. I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, IN MISSION HILL SPEED
BUMPS UP AND DOWN SMITH STREET ESPECIALLY AROUND PAULINE BENNETT WAY. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO ELEVATE THAT COMMISSIONER GOFF UM AND THEN AND THAT'S COMING FROM MRS. WILLIE PEARL CLARK UM REALLY BEEN SOMETHING SHE'S
BEEN ADVOCATING FOR. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE ONE MORE ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE BUT MY TIME IS OUT. OH, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SERVICE. UM I WILL WAIT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I'M SORRY. COULD I ASK YOU YOUR NAME? YOU'RE NOT ON THE LIST. MY NAME IS. >> UH MY NAME IS IAN DONNELLY. UM, I'M THE DEPUTY BUDGET
DIRECTOR FOR CAPITAL PLANNING. WELL, I'M VERY IMPRESSED YOU'VE BEEN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. GREAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. UM, YOU'RE AN ASSET TO THE TEAM, I CAN TELL, SO THANK YOU.
UM, KATHY. SORRY YOU WALKED AWAY, BUT IT REMINDED ME IF, UM, WE COULD JUST GET AN UPDATE. UM, ON WALSH PARK FLOODING I
KNOW WE ALL LOVE WHEN WE PUT THESE INVESTMENTS IN, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S YOU KNOW, I CALLED YOU ON THIS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WHEN LIKE THE CURLEY COMMUNITY CENTER AND OTHERS THAT WHEN WE
NEED TO GO BACK AND FIX THINGS THAT WE PRIORITIZE THAT BEFORE WE. >> START NEW PROJECTS. YEAH. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR WHO PERFORMED THE WORK TO FIX THE WORK UH, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT NOW THAT THE WEATHER THE GROUND IS WARM WE. >> CAN GET WE DID FIND OUT THAT IT WASN'T INSTALLED CORRECTLY. I THINK. >> THERE'S SOME THERE WERE MAYBE SOME FIELD CHANGES THAT WERE MADE I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF IT BUT THERE WERE SOME SOME CHANGES THAT WERE MADE OR IT'S NOT PERFORMING TO
THE LEVEL THAT WE NEED IT TO. SO THAT IS A REMEDY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CONTRACT THAT WE CAN GO BACK. >> TO THE FUNDING THINGS READY TO GO FOR THEM TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW MUCH OF IT IS COVERED AS PART OF A WARRANTY. YEAH YEAH. SO OKAY THANK YOU.
YEAH LIKE I SAID WHEN I SENT YOU PICTURES THAT MORNING WHEN I WAS WALKING MY DOGS AND THE NEIGHBORS LOVED THE NEW PARK AND IT IS A GREAT ASSET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ESPECIALLY IN SOFTBALL SEASON STARTS AND ALL
THAT. YEAH, IT'S IT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. UM, THE CENTER STREET, WALTER STREET TRAFFIC CONES THERE.
WHERE ARE WE THERE THERE SEEM TO A LOT OF NEIGHBORS CALL ABOUT THAT AND FEEL LIKE IT WAS PAUSED FOR A LONG TIME OR IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS THE CITY. CENTER AND WALTER. STREET PROJECT. YEAH, WELL THE ONE THAT'S BECAUSE IS IT ALL CITY WHERE IT'S IN FRONT OF THE HEBREW LIFE CENTER? YEAH, THE CENTER STREET THERE. >> THE ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER.
CONSTRUCTION THAT IS A. DCR PROJECT AND I THINK. THEY THINK THEY'RE ON SCHEDULE. FOR COMPLETION LATER THIS YEAR THAT. WHERE THEY TURN OFF INTO THE PARK SITE IS IT ALL DCR.
THEY'RE THE THE ONE THAT'S ACTIVE. ON CENTER AT. THE AT THE TOP OF THAT YES THAT ONE IS ALL OF THESE YEAH WE DO HAVE A FUTURE PROJECT IN PLANNING FOR WALTER STREET SIGNS.
YEAH GOING INTO ROSEN OKAY. THANK YOU. . SO I MEAN I. LOOKED UP YOU KNOW, LIKE I DO EVERY YEAR THERE SEEMS TO BE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS ACROSS
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW THAT AS DISTRICT COUNSELORS WE WE DEFINITELY GO DEEPER AND LOOK YOU KNOW INTO IS THERE ENOUGH I KNOW
COUNCILOR BREADON KNOWS WHERE I STAND ON THE BRIGHTON PROJECT JUST OVERALL MAKING SURE THAT ALL OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS IF IT'S SMALL PARTS TO MAKE SURE THE POOLS ARE OPEN, IF IT'S MAJOR RENOVATIONS I THINK WE
ALWAYS SHOULD INVEST IN THAT. UM, BUT WE KNOW WE'RE JUST OPERATING ON A TIGHTER BUDGET. WE HAD THE HEARING THIS MORNING. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S LESS MONEY AND IT COSTS MORE TO BUILD
WHICH PROJECT AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS FLUID IN A SENSE. RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A WISH LIST. IT'S FIVE YEARS WHERE INVESTING MONEY WHICH PROJECTS.
ARE FAR ENOUGH ALONG THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING WE'RE GOING TO SEE THEM THROUGH COMPLETION AND WHICH ONES DO WE FAIL OR WHY DON'T WE JUST START THAT IF WE KNOW CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT ARE DEFINITELY
GOING. >> TO. BE SEEN. THROUGH AT LEAST AS OF TODAY, WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT THESE WON'T. >> BE PAUSED. I WOULD SAY ANYTHING THAT'S IN CONSTRUCTION WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENTLY ABOUT UM THAT'S NOT
A FULL ANSWER. UM, I THINK OUR INTENTION IN GENERAL WITH THE CAPITAL PLAN IS THAT ANYTHING THAT IS IN HERE IS MORE THAN JUST A THAT IT THAT THE CAPITAL PLAN REPRESENTS MORE THAN JUST A
LIST OF FACILITIES. IT REPRESENTS A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FULL INTENTION TO MOVE FORWARD ON. UM. >> IN GENERAL YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN SAY TOO IS THAT THE THE THINGS THAT ARE FARTHER ALONG,
THE THINGS THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION WE'RE ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO THOSE EVEN THINGS THAT ARE FAR ALONG IN DESIGN AND WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE COMMITTED TO PROCEEDING WITH THOSE PROJECTS SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY IN YEARS LIKE THIS WHERE
THERE'S FINANCIAL CHALLENGES YOU HAVE TO SORT OF MAKE THOSE CHALLENGING CHOICES AROUND TIMING. BUT I THINK THAT WHERE WE HAVE TO DO THAT IT IS IT IS IN THAT REALM.
IT'S A IT'S A TIMING QUESTION NOT ON A DO IT OR NOT DO IT. QUESTION OKAY. AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR YOU DIANE BUT IF PAUSES OR CHANGES HAPPEN
HOW WILL THAT BE COMMUNICATED TO US AS ON THE. COUNCIL OR IS THAT NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ANYWAY? IS THERE SOME SORT OF COMMITMENT THAT IF CHANGES
ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR WHERE WE COULD PROBABLY EXPECT THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO AND START A WHOLE LOT OF NEW PROJECTS IF WE'RE GOING TO NEED MONEY ELSEWHERE? YEAH. >> UM, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILOR.
UM, YOU CAN UM BE ASSURED THAT ANY CHANGES ON TIMING OR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO A PROJECT WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY, THAT'S THE. COMMUNITY ALSO RULES NOW. >> YES. OKAY. UM. >> ARE WE SUBMITTING AN SBA MSBA CORE PROGRAM APPLICATION THE DEADLINES COMING UP ANY DAY
NOW HAVE WE ALREADY. YES, WE'RE SUBMITTING THE MILKING ACADEMY UM FOR THE FOR THIS ROUND UM SO MILKING. TIME IS THAT THE ONLY ONE ON THE LIST? YES. >> OKAY. UM. >> I THINK THAT'S.
I'LL GIVE MY 10S TO. >> YOU. WHERE HAS BEEN CALLED THAT. BUT YOU'RE NOT READY FAR RIGHT. YOU'RE KIND OF FALLEN ASLEEP OVER THERE SO WE'LL GO BACK TO ROUND TWO. THE EXCHANGE IS DOWN. UM. >> I KNOW. IT'S ALL OF INTEREST.
I DO THINK WE'RE WE'RE HAVING A HEARING TOMORROW AT 930 ON THE MSBA FOR, UH, MILKING SO WE CAN VOTE ON IT UH, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW. UM, I JUST I JUST HAD A COUPLE
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO. WE'RE GOING TO GO. DO WE HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY? UM, IF WE HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY IT'LL BE THAT AFTER MY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE START A SECOND ROUND.
UM, SO JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE WHEN WE VOTE ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE APPROVE THAT THEN LIKE WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP THAT THIS WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS THAT THE CITY TAKES?
YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS ON YOUR END. BECAUSE YEAH SO WHEN WHEN YOU VOTE ON THE UH THE DOCKET BEFORE YOU UM YOU'RE VOTING ON
THE AN ORDER THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING FOR A NEW SET OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR A NEW SET OF PROJECTS. UM, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE IN THE PLAN AND HAVE EXISTING AUTHORIZATION. SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE BRAND
NEW PROJECTS. UM, ONCE WE GET UH YOUR YOUR TWO VOTES, UM, THEN THE AUTHORIZATION GETS SET UP IN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND GIVES US THE AUTHORIZATION TO BEGIN
EXPANDING AGAINST THOSE PRODUCTS OR USING THAT AUTHORIZATION TO START EXPENDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS. UM, SO SOME OF IT SOME OF THE AUTHORIZATION THAT'S BEFORE YOU
IS INTENDED FOR FUTURE YEARS. UM, SOME OF IT WILL BE SOME PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE IN THE PLAN ARE GOING TO BE. DEPENDENT UPON THAT VOTE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. >> AND SO IS THERE ARE THERE
FUNDS THAT ARE ATTACHED LIKE AT WHAT POINT TO THE FUNDS ATTACHED TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT? SO THE THE LOAN ORDER ITSELF LISTS OUT A LIST OF PROJECTS UM
SPECIFIC PROJECTS. UM THE LEGALLY WE CANNOT USE THE LOAN OR FUNDING FOR ANY PROJECT OR SUB PROJECT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THAT LOAN ORDER. SO IT'S AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
UM, SO THAT IS THAT'S PART OF WHY WE COME BACK EVERY YEAR TO TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS UM, IS SO THAT WE CAN DO THE NEW THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO IN THE FUTURE. OKAY.
>> AND THEN JUST DO COUNCILOR PEPEN I THINK WAS TALKING ABOUT RESERVE. UH RESERVE FUND AND FOR WHAT? SO IF WE'VE SORT OF ATTACHED
THE FUNDS TO A PROJECT BUT YOU DON'T SPEND THAT MONEY, YOU. CAN JUST WHERE DOES THE WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? IT EXISTS IN THE CITY'S
AUTHORIZED BUT UNISSUED UH, FUNDING UM, THAT WE CAN THERE'S NO THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT ON THE ON THE DEBT AUTHORIZATION THE LOAN ORDER AUTHORIZATIONS.
SO IT'S IT'S AUTHORIZATION THAT EXISTS THAT WE CAN USE IN THE FUTURE IF WE WOULD LIKE TO UM IT'S SORT OF IT'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ETHEREAL, UH, IF YOU WILL. IF IT'S. >> NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORTED BY.
CASH FROM A. FINANCING TRANSACTION. RIGHT I THINK YEAH. AUTHORIZATION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM. ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, BOND PROCEEDS. ATTACHED TO IT. THERE IS A TIME CLOCK ON BOND PROCEEDS.
WE HAVE I THINK. 18 MONTHS TO UH TO UTILIZE IT. SO UH. AUTHORIZATION CAN LAST UNLIMITED. BUT WHEN. WE ACTUALLY BOND FOR SOMETHING WE HAVE A SHORT WINDOW FOR. >> WHICH WE CAN. >> USE THE FUNDS.
THIS IS WHY IN THE PRESENTATION UH, THAT ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH EARLIER WHICH YOU MENTIONED ON THAT SLIDE THAT THE THREE TRIANGLES RIGHT. WE GET THE LOAN ORDER AUTHORIZATION AND THEN AFTER THAT IS WHEN WE FINANCE THE
PROJECT WE TYPICALLY FINANCE RETROSPECTIVELY ON PROJECTS STARTING CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE OF THAT TIME LIMIT THAT IRS RULES AND REGULATIONS PUT UPON
UH BOND PROCEEDS OKAY. SO I GUESS AGAIN LIKE IF THE IF THIS THE BECAUSE THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT BUT LET'S SAY WE JUST NEVER MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROJECT WHAT HAPPENS THEN.
SO WITH THE LOAN ORDER. SPECIFICALLY AND THE AUTHORIZATION WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO START EXPENDING. FUNDS UH FOR THOSE PARTICULAR. PROJECTS DETAILED IN THE LOAN. ORDER SO. >> THOSE. PROJECTS WOULD NOT HAPPEN.
OKAY. >> AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE. THE DOLLARS. I DON'T KNOW. >> THERE THERE ARE NO DOLLARS NECESSARILY ATTACHED TO IT BECAUSE WE WILL WE GET THE AUTHORIZATION WE START SPENDING
AND THEN WE FINANCE. OKAY UM AND I GUESS IN TERMS OF LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE PRESSURES IN OF UH YOU KNOW, ON
HOW TO STRETCH MONEY, YOU KNOW AND IT'S IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO DO WE HAVE ONLY A LITTLE BIT MORE IN COSTS ARE GOING UP IS THAT TREND
IMPACTING LIKE OUR LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN OR SPENDING AND. UM WE'RE. BUDGETING AS BEST POSSIBLE WITH WITH THE DOLLARS WE DO HAVE I MEAN FOR FY 26 WE'RE SPENDING
ABOUT $48 MILLION IN THAT FY 27 WILL BE SPENT SPENDING ABOUT 179 MILLION. SO WE'RE LIKE WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH THE TEAM TO YOU KNOW, WORK ON THE PROJECTS, IDENTIFY THE TEA PARTIES AND AREAS AND WE DO SEE THE FUNDING
SOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. WE JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE WE HAVE WE WANT MORE MONEY. SURE WE'D LOVE TO HAVE MORE MONEY AND DO A LOT OF INVESTMENT BUT WE JUST YOU KNOW, TIED TO WHAT WE HAVE AND IF WE GET THE. MOST OF. >> IT OKAY. AND THEN UM FOR UH CHIEF GOVE I
GUESS WHAT IS BEING BUDGETED. FOR UM I GUESS YOU KNOW, FOR SPEED HUMPS FOR POTHOLES, UH, FOR ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
AND THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY IF NOTHING IS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE UH AND IS THERE A PLAN TO MOVE ON FROM THE 30 DAY REVIEW?
OKAY SURE. SO YOU KNOW OUR OUR FY 27 TO 31 UM, RECOMMENDED CAPITAL PLAN, YOU KNOW IT WAS VALUED AT $1.42 BILLION.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, 70% OF OUR CAPITAL FUNDING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS GONE INTO MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF ROADS ,SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES, ETC. AND ALL OF. >> THE. PROGRAMS THAT YOU MENTIONED. UM.
>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT IN FY 27 WITH THE PLANNED ALMOST $29 MILLION IN CAPITAL FUNDING, UM, THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE RESOURCES UH FOR
RESURFACING SPEED HUMPS. ,UM. >> SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS ETC.. BUT I GET IT IT IS ARE THOSE PROJECTS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD?
YEAH WE ARE WE ARE WE HAVE A FIRST ROUND OF SPEED HUMPS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW FOR THE FOR THE SPRING UH OF THIS YEAR WE HOPE TO HAVE OUR RESURFACING UH SCHEDULE OUT SOON FOR THE
YEAR. SO YES ALL OF ALL OF THAT IS IN PROCESS. OKAY. >> UH THANK YOU. UH. SO HAVE MORE. CONVERSATIONS ON THAT. I THINK WE JUST SCHEDULED A HEARING IN COUNCILOR DURKIN'S
COMMITTEE ON, UH, THE 30 DAY REVIEW AND, UH, BUNCH OF OTHER ISSUES, UH, RELATED TO THAT. UM, OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A SECOND ROUND BUT BEFORE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE UH, SIGNED
UP HERE. UM, I. KNOW UH ONLINE SO I HAVE THE EVENT UH FIRST YES.
UH AND THEN UH UH I THINK IT'S SMART, MARLENE. OKAY. NIEHAUS IS THAT, UH, CLOSE ENOUGH AND THEN, UH, GREGORY MAYNARD THIRD. SO YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST TELL
US, UH, YOUR NAME WHAT YOU'RE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE IF YOU'RE WITH AN ORGANIZATION. WHAT ORGANIZATION? YOU GET TWO MINUTES. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS IVETTE JARROW AND I'M. THE LEADER OF. >> THE FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH AND
LIBRARY AND, UM, I LIVE IN THE SOUTH END. UM, AND I'M FIRST OF ALL GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.
AND COUNCILORS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS HEARING. UM. I'VE REVIEWED CAREFULLY AS I CAN WITH WHAT I KNOW THE
BUDGET, THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND WHERE THE LINE ITEM IS FOR THE SOUTH END LIBRARY. AND WHAT I NOTICE IS WHAT'S BEEN SPENT ALREADY AND THE FACT
THAT THERE'S A 750,000 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, A MILLION PLANNED EXCUSE ME FOR
NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND 29.8 MILLION FOR YEARS 2 TO 5 WHICH I CALCULATE TO BE SOMETIME.
EITHER JUNE FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 28TH OR LATER. UM AND I GUESS WHAT I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW DOES THIS CAPITAL PLAN IMPACT THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR BUILDING? WHEN IS OUR BUILDING GOING TO
START CONSTRUCTION? UM AND UM. HAS THE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.
BEEN ISSUED OUT FOR BIDDING? UM. >> WHAT'S THE TARGET DATE FOR DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING? UM, WHEN WILL CONSTRUCTION BEGIN AND WHEN WILL THE LIBRARY BE COMPLETED?
AND I'M GOING TO THEN STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND SAY WOW, WE'VE NOT HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING FOR ANY DISCUSSION OF THE PROJECT ITSELF WHICH I SEE ON THE
WEBSITE IS ABOUT 92% THROUGH DESIGN. UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMMUNICATION SINCE MAY 28TH,
2025 SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT HAPPY AND THE FRIENDS ARE NOT HAPPY AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ALSO HOW DOES THIS AND WHEN
DOES THIS RELEASE OF FUNDS FOR OUR PROJECT HAPPENS SO THAT SOME OF THIS OTHER STUFF CAN CAN GO ON? SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE BEING LISTENED TO
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH YEAH I MEAN WE DON'T DO QUESTION TO ANSWER DURING THIS PERIOD AS I'M SURE. YOU DISTRICT. COUNSELOR CAN CAN FOLLOW UP AND IF WE WILL GET ANSWERS BY THE
END OF TODAY I THINK. UH, SORRY. >> MARK MARLEY. YEAH.
HELLO, EVERYONE. UM, I AM MARLEY NIEHAUS. I AM THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH END LIBRARY AND THE SOUTH END THE
LIBRARY AND I AM EXTREMELY WE ARE ALL EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE EVENT WHO TOOK MY PLACE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO. >> SHE HAS BEEN. OUTSTANDING A PASSIONATE.
ADVOCATE FOR THE LIBRARY UM 20 YEARS AGO I FOUNDED THE FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH END LIBRARY TO GET A RENOVATION AND AN EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING WHICH HAD ONLY
7000 USABLE SQUARE FEET OF SPACE FOR A POPULATION OF SOME 28,000 IN THE SOUTH THAT UM THAT YEAR, UH, THERE
WAS WE ORGANIZED A MEETING AT THE LIBRARY UH, WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ME AND MENINO WHO WE HAD MET WITH SEVERAL TIMES THE PARKS COMMISSIONER BECAUSE WE HAVE A
PARK NEXT TO THE LIBRARY AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, BERNIE MARGOLIS. WE ALSO HAD AN ARCHITECT FRIEND VOLUNTEER WHO PROPOSED A
CERTAIN DESIGN THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THIS LIBRARY. IT ALL WENT VERY WELL AT THE END OF THE MEETING BERNIE MARGOLIS CAME UP TO ME AND HE
SAID, MARLENE, UM VERY NICE PRESENTATION. TAKE A TICKET AND STAND IN LINE FOR 20 YEARS. AND I SAID BUT THEN I'LL. BE 80.
WELL, I'M 78 SO YOU HAVE TWO MORE YEARS TO GO AND YOU'LL MISS THE DEADLINE BECAUSE THE MONEY HAS NOT THE OBVIOUSLY THE DESIGN IS NOT YET DONE.
IT WILL TAKE SIX MONTHS AT LEAST FOR THE BIDDING PROCESS, TWO YEARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND ANOTHER SIX MONTHS TO LOAD
THE LIBRARY WITH EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE AND BOOKS. I URGE YOU I IMPLORE YOU TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO SPEED UP
THIS PROCESS AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A LIBRARY FOR FOUR YEARS IN MAY WILL START THE FIFTH YEAR AND BY THE END OF THIS WILL
PROBABLY NOT HAVE HAD A LIBRARY FOR EIGHT YEARS IF NOT NINE. I THINK EVERYONE UM COUNCILORS CULPEPER UM FLYNN ALSO UH
COUNCILOR MURPHY UM FOR SPEAKING UP ON BEHALF OF OUR LIBRARY PLEASE KEEP US IN LINE AND ALSO COUNSELOR OF COURSE FITZGERALD KEEP US IN MIND AND
DO THE BEST YOU CAN TO PLUG THIS HOLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MR MAYNARD. I HAVE. A STATEMENT THAT, UH. YEAH. >> UH, I THINK YOU JUST COME
AROUND HERE. HELLO. >> MY NAME IS. >> GREGORY MAYNARD. I AM THE CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. OF THE BOSTON POLICY INSTITUTE . UM. >> THERE'S A MAJOR ISSUE THAT WAS TOUCHED ON IN THIS HEARING THAT NEEDS ITS OWN STANDALONE HEARING. THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS LONG
TERM FACILITIES PLAN. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT HELD A PUBLIC STANDALONE HEARING ON THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN IN YEARS. THIS IS PART OF A MORE GENERAL TREND. THE COUNCIL DID NOT HOLD A
HEARING ON SCHOOL CLOSURES AND MERGERS IN 2025, DESPITE THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE ACTING TO CLOSE, MERGE OR RECONFIGURE 11 SCHOOLS IN TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND VOTES ONE IN
MARCH 2025 AND ONE IN DECEMBER 2025. NOW BP'S IS FACING A CAPITAL BUDGET THAT'S CHANGED ENORMOUSLY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. DPS IS PLANNING TO SPEND 16%
LESS IN FY 27 THAN THE PLAN TO SPEND IN FY 26. AT THE SAME TIME, DPS IS PLANNING TO SPEND 50% MORE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAN IN THE VERSION OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET
WE SAW LAST YEAR HAS DECLINED IN FY 27 SPENDING AND RISE IN FY 28 TO 31 SPENDING IS BEST CAPTURED THROUGH THREE PROJECTS THE TWO SCHOOL NEW SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE MSBA HAVE SEEN THEIR FUNDING SLASHED. THE ALSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESIGN IS BUDGETED AT 500 K IN IN FY 27 COMPARED TO $10.2
MILLION LAST YEAR, AND THE BLACKSTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS BUDGETED FOR $500,000 FOR THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 20 MILLION IN THE FY 26 CAPITAL BUDGET. AT THE SAME TIME, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LONG TERM
FACILITIES PLAN AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS HAS GROWN MORE THAN FIVE ACTS FROM A TOTAL OF $124 MILLION LAST YEAR TO $665 MILLION THIS YEAR. REVIEWING THE LONG TERM
FACILITIES PLAN DOCUMENTS ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR WHAT THAT $665 MILLION IS BEING SPENT ON. BOSTON NEEDS ANSWERS ON BP'S LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN, AND THIS HEARING IS CLEARLY NOT
GOING TO ANSWER THEM. IF THIS ISSUE IS A PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL, THEN IT MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT BY HOLDING A STANDALONE HEARING. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU.
UH WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS. UM DO LET'S SEE. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ORDER. >> IS HERE. UH. >> SOMEBODY WHISPERING CULPEPPER. UM OKAY.
COUNSELOR. UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON IS IN FRONT OF YOU. WE DO FOUR MINUTES UH, FOR THE SECOND ROUND HERE. PRETTY GOOD. >> THANK YOU. UM. UH. >> SO WE.
GOT. >> UM, $1 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDING TO HELP ADOPT AND SET OUT A LOCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WHEREVER IT WOULD LAND BECAUSE. >> WE. INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING
TO LAND IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT NOW IT'S DONE AT THE AT THE FORMER AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER HORACE MANN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WAS THAT MONEY SPENT?
UH WAS IT SPENT BY BP'S OR WAS IT SPENT. >> BY BCF? UM, I DON'T THINK WE SPENT $1 MILLION BECAUSE WE TOOK DOWN A FEW WALLS AND WE PUT SOME PAINT ON THE WALLS. UM, AND WE PUT IN SOME FIRM
FURNITURE. WE DIDN'T REFINISH THE GYMNASIUM. WE DIDN'T REFINISH THE DANCE STUDIO. SO WHAT EXACTLY DID THE MILLION DOLLARS GO TO? JUST ANYONE KNOW?
THE OTHER STUFF IS THAT IT WENT TOWARDS UM, SOME OF THE UTILITY COSTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE STAFF AND COSTUME THAT GOES ALONG WITH HIS WORK. THE STAFF DID DO SOME PROJECTS AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THAT'S THE HIGH LEVEL WAS HOW I DESCRIBE IT AS WELL. YEAH. >> I'LL JUST ADD ON TO THAT THAT THERE WAS SOME LIKE CRITICAL REPAIRS TO THE PROGRAM THAT UM WAS MADE WITH THAT FUNDING AS WELL. SO WE STILL HAVE A HOLE IN THE
ROOF WITH WATER ON THE GYM FLOOR. UH, IT'S $1 MILLION. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I'M REALLY. YEAH. ANYWAY THAT'S FINE. YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE
WHO WHICH ENTITY CONTROLS THE SITES AT AT THE JACKSON MEN? UH, THERE'S THE BACK BUILDING AND WARMINGTON STREET. WHO WHO CONTROLS THAT?
AND THEN THE FRONT BUILDING WHICH IS A FORMER COMMUNITY CENTER. WHO CONTROLS THAT? DO WE DO WE KNOW WHO WHO HAS SITE CONTROL? THAT'S ALL DPS. IT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PUBLIC FACILITIES ALREADY
CONTROL THE FRONT BUILDING. UM UH MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS. PROPERTY YEAH, PROBABLY PUBLIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IS SUPPORTING BCF BUT THIS BUILDING IS BEING MAINTAINED
AND MANAGED BY BP'S. I THINK SOMEWHERE IN THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS IT SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UM, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT CLOSELY. BUT IT WAS.
TRANSFERRED PUBLIC FACILITIES AND 87. IF YOU COULD SHARE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE CALL. YEAH I HAVEN'T SEEN THE I JUST I JUST GOT A COMMUNICATION THAT THAT WAS.
I WOULD SAY COUNSELOR BECAUSE I HEAR OFTEN FOLKS THINK THAT PROPERTY BELONGS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES. THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMISSION VOTES ON TRANSFER OF PROPERTIES BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HOLD POSSESSION IN
CUSTODY OF ANY PROPERTY. NEITHER DOES THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S TYPICALLY LIKE A BCA FOR SOME OF THE CITY DEPARTMENT THAT ACTUALLY HAS KEY IN CUSTODY OF PROPERTY OKAY.
DESPITE OUR OWNERSHIP OKAY. UM THEN THIS IS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BREAK. UM I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE PLANS TO CONTINUE THE SAFETY SURGE AND ALSO IN
BRIGHTON I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR NICK. I KNOW WE'VE GOT SEVEN SPEED BUMPS ALONG FANEUIL STREET WHERE THE KID WAS HIT BY A CAR ON A CROSSWALK. UM, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO
EXPAND AND CONTINUE THAT AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? YEP. >> COUNCIL YES, WE WILL BE CONTINUING THE SAFETY SURGE WORK. UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE AN INITIAL. UH.
>> GROUP OF UM, SPEED HUMPS THAT WILL BE ROLLING OUT IN THE SPRING. AND THAT WILL. BE ALONG. WITH OUR ANNUAL RESURFACING PROGRAM SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION. UM. >> ALL OF. >> ALL OF THAT. WORK AND ARE WE GETTING IN THE
FRONT OF THE QUEUE THIS TIME BECAUSE WE ONLY GOT OUR SPEED BUMPS LAST AUGUST SO IT'S LIKE WE'VE HAD THEM FOR A FEW MONTHS. ARE WE IN THE FRONT OF THE QUEUE OR WHERE ARE WE AT IN THE LINE UP? WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON ON SCHEDULE.
FOR WHERE WHERE AND WHEN AND BRIAN. VERY GOOD THANK YOU. UM I THINK MY TIME'S UP. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. UH, UM, SO COUNCILOR CULPEPPER LEFT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
COUNCILOR CULPEPPER IS HERE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UH. >> ONE FINAL QUESTION ON. >> THE. SOUTH END LIBRARY. I KNOW THERE. WAS $32 MILLION IN THE BUDGET. FOR THE LIBRARY BIKEWAY.
I THINK IT. >> I. THINK IT WAS $32. >> MILLION. KNOWING THAT IT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET. FOR THREE YEARS. I ASSUME THAT THE COST. OF THE REBUILDING IS GOING TO
INCREASE. I ADDED $3 MILLION TO I REQUESTED I WISH I COULD ADD IT, BUT I REQUESTED THAT $3 MILLION BE ADDED TO THAT 32
MILLION SO THAT. THE COST THAT'S. INCREASING OVER THE 2 OR 3 YEARS WOULD BE COVERED BY AT LEAST $3 MILLION MORE. UH, HOW CAN WE ACCOMPLISH.
GETTING ANOTHER $3 MILLION TO THAT $32 MILLION KNOWING THAT OVER THE THREE YEARS THE COSTS HAVE INCREASED? DURING THAT I. >> UH UH. >> WELL, YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME.
BECAUSE I MY TIME. >> IS RUNNING OUT SO SO. VERY QUICKLY WHAT I WOULD SAY AND DIANE, PLEASE JUMP IN IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO UH WHEN WHEN WE COME UP WITH COST ESTIMATES, UM, EARLY IN THE
DESIGN PROCESS FOR BUILDINGS UM THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENTS UH, CAN USUALLY COME UP WITH RELATIVELY ACCURATE COST PRETTY FAR AND AHEAD UM.
WE BUILD IN UH, YOU KNOW, INFLATIONARY COSTS WE BUILD IN OTHER CONTINGENCIES SO THAT BY THE TIME THAT WE ARE READY TO CONSTRUCT THE THE THE BIDS THAT WE GET BACK ARE USUALLY IN LINE
WITH THE ESTIMATES THAT WE'VE HAD EVEN FOR YEARS AND IN PREVIOUSLY. UM, SO I THINK WE REMAIN CONFIDENT THAT THE COST UH THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED WILL BE THE COST THAT WE FORESEE FOR
CONSTRUCTION. AND IF IT'S NOT. IF IT'S NOT, UM THEN WE WILL LOOK TO UH, OTHER FLEXIBILITY AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN PLACE IN ORDER
TO UH, BACKFILL THAT GAP. >> SO. UH, SO YOU'RE TELLING ME I DON'T HAVE TO ADD. ANYTHING ELSE? YOU GOT IT? YES. >> THANK YOU. UH, AND ANOTHER QUESTION. UH, THEN THIS IS PUBLIC
FACILITIES REGARDING THE GROVE HALL COMMUNITY AND I'M SO GLAD IT FINALLY GOT. FINALLY GOT STARTED. BUT ONE OF THE REQUEST TO THE FOLKS THE SENIORS HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR THE IS FOR A STEAM ROOM FOR THE GROVE HALL COMMUNITY CENTER AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN OR WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT CAN YOU CHECK AND
SEE BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUESTED EARLY ON. THERE'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH BEFORE I BECAME A COUNSELOR. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE IT BECAUSE OF THE MAINTENANCE.
>> ISSUE. AND I JUST SAID WE ARE NOT. FORECLOSE THE POSSIBILITY OF A STEAM ROOM BECAUSE THERE'S A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. WE JUST HAVE TO DO BETTER AT
KEEPING THE ROOMS CLAIM THAT WE HAD THE BATHROOMS AND POOL AREA CLEAN AND SO CAN YOU CHECK ON THAT IN TERMS OF THE STEAM ROOM BECAUSE THEY'RE DIGGING. NOW AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE
INCLUDED I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM SOME GOOD NEWS IN THE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY AREA. CAN I. RESPOND YOU'VE GOT 15 SECONDS SO. BE QUICK WHEN NO BUT THANKS FOR
THAT QUESTION. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WAS ASKED FOR SINCE THE 90S. SO THAT. IS FINALLY HAPPENING. I CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THE STEAM ROOM IS NOT IN THE CURRENT DESIGN. WE WENT TO AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
WITH SENIORS, WITH YOUTH, WITH EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT SHOULD BE IN IN THE PROJECT. THAT WAS PART OF THE REQUEST I THINK THAT WAS. >> IN THE CONVERSATION. BUT IT WAS YEAH, BUT YOU SAID
NO. MY POINT IS CAN WE. GET THAT IN THE CONVERSATION AND POSSIBLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT ? YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT
NOW I ONLY GOT SECONDS SEVEN SECONDS AND ONE MORE QUESTION I DO WANT TO PICK ON UH, COUNCILOR DURKIN'S LETTER THAT'S GOING IN REGARDING THOSE SIDEWALKS IN THE SOUTH END
BECAUSE THE CLAREMONT UH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHEN WE WERE ON THE CALL SEVERAL NIGHTS AGO MADE THE REQUEST THAT THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE JUST IN SUCH TOUGH SHAPE WE'D RATHER
TRY AND GET SOMETHING DONE SO THAT FOLKS AREN'T TRIPPING WHICH WOULD LEAD TO OTHER KIND OF CLAIMS. SO I'LL SUBMIT A LETTER ON THE HEELS OF SENATOR DURKIN'S WITH THE STREETS THAT WE NEED TO GET
DONE IN THE SOUTH IN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. SURE THAT SHE WILL ALLOW YOU. OKAY. >> THIS ONE'S UH. >> SO I WAS I WAS CORRECT EARLY ABOUT THE WHAT YOUR GARDEN CHAIRS. WE DID SECURE THEM TO MAKE THEM
SAFE. A VENDOR HAS BEEN OUT TO ASSESS THEM AND WE'RE WAITING ON THE PRICE AND QUOTES TO SEE WHAT WAS NEEDED. SO WE, UH, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN UP. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER . WE CAN COME BACK IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR. THANK YOU. CHAIR. UM A COUPLE QUESTIONS. COMMENTS UH. ONE UH CORNER LIBRARY. I KNOW THAT IS ONE. THAT IS. UH. >> IN DESIGN AND THAT.
UM. >> IS ALSO A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. UH, DO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PRIVATE PART OF IT? BECAUSE I CAN IMAGINE WE CAN'T JUST DO MOVE AHEAD WITH OUR CAPITAL PIECE IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TOP HALF OF THE
BUILDING IS GOING TO BE. UM, IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THAT AS TO WHERE THEY MIGHT BE? LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE IT LOOKS LIKE SO THE INTERIOR LIBRARY DESIGN IS ON SCHEDULE
I. BELIEVE WE. ARE STILL WAITING ON UM THINGS TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PRIVATE SIDE OF THIS PROJECT. YES THAT SO WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET BUT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE AN UPDATE. GOTCHA.
UM. >> UH, HARRISON ALBANY REDESIGN THAT'S IN THE SOUTH END. I KNOW THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS IT WAS HOT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A WHILE WE REALIZED THAT THINGS WERE GOING TO BE
UNDERWAY AND GOING. BUT THEN THERE WAS UH I KNOW THERE WERE TALKS ABOUT IT HAVING TO BE DELAYED FURTHER. DUE TO SOME OF THE OTHER ADDITIONS THAT WANT TO GO IN AND I THINK WE WE CHATTED ABOUT
THE SOUTH AND JUST SAYING JUST GIVE US THE COOKIE CUTTER JUST JUST FINISHED PAVING THE STREET . WE DON'T NEED ANY FANCY OTHER STUFF THAT MIGHT COST MORE MONEY OR DELAY IT ANY EXTRA. UM TO BE QUITE HONEST I JUST
FORGET WHERE WE SETTLED ON IF IT'S JUST THE I THINK THEY ONLY WANTED LIKE SOME PLANTERS AND ESTHETICS AND NOT LIKE. THE CRAZY CURB CUTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT UM WHAT'S THE
LATEST FROM THERE SIR? THANK YOU COUNCIL. YEAH THE THE HARRISON PROJECT IS WILL. WE'LL MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMER. IN THE SUMMER AND YOU KNOW WHICH IS IS IT UH WHERE DID WE
END UP SORT OF THE. MORE COOKIE CUTTER APPROACH OR IS IT THE UH YOU KNOW, LOTS. OF, UH, FRILLS SLIGHT MODIFICATION TO THE ORIGINAL TO WHAT WAS PROJECT. OKAY.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. UM. THERE IS A LIST. >> THE SPEED BUMPS. >> I'VE HAD OUT THERE FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW. UM, AND UH, HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AT LENGTH AROUND THESE I HAVE ABOUT 10 TO
12. STREETS. >> UH, THAT WERE PROMISED TO ME. UH, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE PRIORITIZED AND I CAN GET YOU WITH THE LIST TOO IF YOU NEED AS WELL. AND THEN, UH, FOUNTAINS.
BIG FAN OF FOUNTAINS. GUYS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT ABOUT ME. UM, I THINK THE BEAUTIFUL I THINK THEY HELP THE ESTHETIC AND, UH, IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE SOME GOING. I KNOW THERE'S ONE THE COPPINS SQUARE FOUNTAIN, UH, IN
MEETINGHOUSE HILL. UH, I CAN IMAGINE MUCH LIKE POOLS. UH, FOUNTAINS IS PROBABLY A YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE AND CARE AND BUILDING IT IS JUST LIKE A, UH, BURNS A HOLE
IN THE POCKET. UM AND I CAN SURMISE THAT THAT'S WHY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. I THINK. >> IT'S 1520. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME THE COPPIN SQUARE FOUNTAIN WAS ACTUALLY UP AND RUNNING.
UM, BUT UH, JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT REALLY UH, IS A COMMUNITY BUILDER AND UM, MUCH LIKE A POOL IT'S THAT IS MONEY BUT IT IS ALSO UH, A BEAUTIFUL
ESTHETIC AND A PLACE THAT WILL BRING PEOPLE TO THE OPEN SPACE IN THAT COMMUNITY. SO UM, JUST WANT TO. PUT A PLUG IN FOR THAT AS WELL. UM, YEAH. >> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. UM, YOU SO I THINK WE ARE VERY
CLOSE TO PUTTING OUT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THAT PUTTING OUT A BID SET FOR THAT. UM, IT HAD BEEN ON THE TABLE FOR A LONG TIME. WE WERE ADVANCING IT THROUGH THE DESIGN WORK. UM, AND JUST RECENTLY WE WERE
ABLE TO DUST IT OFF WITH A COMMITMENT FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE FRIENDS OF COPPIN SQUARE TO HELP MAINTAIN THAT THAT FOUNTAIN WHICH IS THE MAJOR OBSTACLE TO US BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT BEAUTIFICATION. UM.
SO WE HAVE THAT COMMITMENT FROM THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HELP WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF IT. SO WE'RE DUSTING OFF RECORDING WITH STREETS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME UPDATES TO SOME OF THE UM SOME OF THE APPROACHES FROM WHEN WE WE
FINISHED THE DOCUMENTS. SO NOW WE'RE WE'RE JUST PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON THAT AND HOPE TO PUT IT OUT I THINK SPRING SUMMER FOR BID. GREAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM I'M AWESOME. MR CHAIR. IF I COULD ASK TO GIVE HIM A
QUICK UPDATE IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE. UH, SORRY I WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM WE DO HAVE SOME OPERATING PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE MURPHY AS WELL AS OUR NEW BOSTON TRUST PROJECT TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP THERE. SO YES, THEY WILL BE RELOCATING
TO THE PERRY AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER RIVERA AND HER TEAM ON THAT. THEY'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THEY'VE MOVED THE SO. JUST UM. SO THERE WAS THE WATER PUMP THAT WAS NOT WHAT WAS WHERE
PREVIOUSLY WAS THE HVAC FROM RIGHT THAT WE WERE DOING. >> TWO YEARS AGO. THAT WAS SOME DIFFERENT. YEAH. THIS IS THE WATER PUMP WITH THE BOTTOM A NEW TRUSS AND SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAPPENED BUT. OKAY THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. . >> COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YOU CHECK OUT KANSAS CITY THE CITY FOUNTAINS.
YEAH IT'S. KNOWN AS THERE'S LIKE 200 SOMETHING. ALISON IF WE WEREN'T. IN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'RE UNDER I'D SAY WE NEED MORE DOWNTOWN. DO YOU PUT ONE BACK? THERE WAS ONE THERE IN THE PLAZA ORIGINALLY RIGHT YEARS AGO. YEAH. >> THE DO WE.
DO RIGHT. WE'RE GETTING RID OF. IN THE GARAGE. OKAY. UH, YEAH. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UH, BATTLE. UM, OKAY. COUNCILOR PENCE. THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FOUNTAIN DISTRICT FIVE UNFORTUNATELY. UM. >> YEAH, BUT. >> YOU. KNOW. >> IT'S YOU. KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY IS THAT IF. WE DO. ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PUT PENNIES AND QUARTERS INTO THE FOUNTAIN SO WE CAN COLLECT THEM FOR MORE BUDGET MONEY.
JUST KIDDING. UM. >> I JUST HAVE MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. FOR SOME PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME UPDATES ON THE UM I
RECENTLY VISITED THE HYDE PARK LIBRARY AND I PLEASANTLY SEE THAT THEY'RE STILL $500,000 IN THERE FOR UPGRADES TO. THE THE ROOF. FACILITIES ETC. UM THEIR ROOF
IS CHIPPING AT THE MOMENT AND IT'S LIKE IT LOOKS BEEN REALLY TERRIBLE SHAPE AND WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC ROOM IS THAT IT'S IT'S THE HYDE PARK HISTORICAL. SOCIETY ROOM. SO THERE'S LIKE.
100 YEAR OLDS UM, MEMORABILIA FROM WHEN HYDE PARK WAS NOT. >> PART OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW UM, WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON GETTING THAT, UM. FIXED UP THERE? YEAH. >> SO WE WE'VE HAD THIS PROJECT IN THE PLAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS
AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN. WE WANT TO LOOK INTO WHAT IS A PROJECT THERE LOOK LIKE RIGHT AT THE THING THAT HAPPENS WITH FACILITIES ALL THE TIME IS THAT WE SEE THAT THE ROOF IS
CHIPPING AND THEN WE START MUCKING AROUND WITH STUFF AND THEN IT TURNS OUT THAT IT DOES AND OTHER THINGS ARE ALSO WRONG. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN UH, STILL DELIVER ON THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED WITHOUT ACCIDENTALLY TURNING IT
INTO A MULTI YEAR, YOU KNOW, UNAFFORDABLE PROJECT. UM, SO I THINK THAT WE'RE UH DEFINITELY THIS YEAR LOOKING PLANNING ON LOOKING INTO UH, GETTING SOME SORT OF SCOPING STUDY, FIGURING OUT WHAT WE CAN
DO, MAKING SURE THAT THE FACILITY CONTINUES TO WORK. UM, MY WIFE WORKS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION. SO I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA WITH THE SENTIMENT. YES. >> NO, I. >> APPRECIATE THAT. >> AND THAT ROOM ALWAYS BLOWS MY MIND AWAY BECAUSE IT FEELS
LIKE YOU'RE WALKING BACK IN TIME. BUT I LOOKED UP AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS NEEDS SOME HELP. SO I WOULD JUST PUT IN SOME ADVOCACY BEHIND THEM FOR THIS WORK TO BE DONE. SO THANK YOU.
UM FOR. BHP'S THERE IS. A THERE ARE TWO AUDITORIUMS THAT ALWAYS CATCH MY ATTENTION. IT'S THE NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S OUTDATED.
THE SOUND SYSTEM IS OUTDATED. UM, IT'S A NEW MISSION CONTINUES TO JUST BE AN OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR CITY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO ADVOCATE FOR WHEN THERE ARE, UM, PLANS TO UPGRADE ANY AUDITORIUMS AT NEW
MISSION HIGH SCHOOL IS CONSIDERED. AND THEN THERE'S ONE. RIGHT NOW. >> THAT I WAS ABLE TO. VISIT FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING WHICH WAS THE MILDRED AND THE MILDRED SCHOOLS AUDITORIUM. SOME OF THEIR SEATS HAVE BEEN
THERE JUST. LIKE DESTROYED AND SO THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE. SO ADVOCATING FOR NEW SEATS AT THE NOTRE. SCHOOLS AUDITORIUM. THANK YOU. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO NEW
MISSION HIGH SCHOOL AND KATHY YOU DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME SPEAK BUT I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. ROSS PLAYGROUND IS THE CLOSEST PLAYGROUND. TO NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL AND
NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL HAS GREAT SPORTS, BUT. THEY'VE NEVER HAD A DEDICATED FIELD. FOR THEM. >> AND I SEE. >> A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR A PARTNERSHIP. BETWEEN NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL . AND ROSS PLAYGROUND SO THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE.
BASEBALL DIAMONDS COULD BE. DEDICATED TO THEIR TEAM. OR THEIR UM AND ALSO I KNOW THE SOCCER COACH OF THE MISSION HIGH SCHOOL HAD REACHED OUT ADVOCATING FOR UM NETS. >> OR SOMETHING.
TO BE AT GRASS PLAYGROUND SO THAT THAT WOULD BE HUGE FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN. IT'S VERY HARD FOR. ME TO IGNORE THE. FACT THAT. ROSSDALE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
IS. SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER COMPARED TO OTHER. NEIGHBORHOODS OTHER. THAN THE SARAH ROBERTS. SCHOOL, WHICH. >> I MEAN BUT IT'S OPEN. >> BY NOW. AND IT'S JUST. I'M JUST SAYING WELL WHAT. LIKE WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
BUT THEN I WENT OVER TO. THE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD. SECTION AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S INVESTMENTS. >> THERE FOR ROSS AND NOW. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR ME AS. >> A COUNSELOR TO SAY HOW CAN I ENSURE. THAT SOME OF THESE
TRANSPORTATION GRANTS, SOME OF THESE. FACILITY GRANTS, SOME OF THESE. RANDOM ALLOCATIONS THAT ARE BEING USED FOR PROJECTS? HOW CAN I MAKE SURE THAT I'M ADVOCATING. >> FOR. THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT.
I REPRESENT THAT ARE GETTING AS MUCH. CAPITAL SPECIFICALLY. CAPITAL BUDGET INVESTMENTS? YEAH, I THINK I THINK IN SOME CHAIR DO YOU MIND IF I REPLY YES. I MEAN UH.
NO I DON'T. I'LL TAKE THAT AS THAT I CAN REPLY. UM I THINK THIS IS THIS IS ONE PLACE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON IF YOU NOTICE THAT THE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS UM, ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE STUFF BAKED IN THERE
THAT AFFECT MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, THE THE CITYWIDE INVESTMENTS ALSO. RIGHT. THAT IS A THAT IS OUR LARGEST NEIGHBORHOOD OF INVESTMENT BUT OBVIOUSLY CITYWIDE INVESTMENTS
TOUCH EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ? I'M THINKING OF OUR ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION. I'M THINKING OF OUR SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. WE CLASSIFY THOSE AS CITYWIDE INVESTMENTS. BUT WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS
ACTUALLY HAPPEN IS IN THE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT GETS UH, BEACH STREET REPAVED IN ROSLINDALE, RIGHT? WE DON'T REFLECT THAT AND WE DON'T WE DON'T CAPTURE THAT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON. UM, SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW WHAT WORK IS HAPPENING SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN KNOW WHAT WORK IS GOING TO HAPPEN SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL BETTER INFORMED BY THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE GOING
TO MAKE. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS JUST LIKE THAT. THAT RIGHT THERE IS AN. EXAMPLE OF LIKE HOW EVEN US AS COMMUNICATORS TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE CAN SHOW THEM THAT
THERE IS IN FACT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DESPITE THEM NOT BEING PART. >> OF THE. THE THE THE BOOK THAT WE GOT AT THE BREAKFAST THIS. PAST WEEK. SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT AND IF THERE'S EVER I KNOW THAT
SOMETIMES WE GET UPDATES FROM IGER WHO DOES A GREAT. JOB OF LETTING US KNOW WHEN LIKE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICTS. WE I CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THAT THAT IT'S. VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH OUR RESIDENTS TOO. YEAH ABSOLUTELY.
TOM THANK YOU. DID PIPPIN GET A BOOK BECAUSE I. >> DIDN'T GET ONE. FOR THAT FOLDER. THAT ONE. >> OH THAT YEAH. SO YEAH WE DID HAVE A FOLDER. UM OKAY GREAT. UM. COUNCILOR JERKINS YOU HAD FOUR MINUTES.
FOR OH MY GOD. OKAY OKAY I HAVE I HAVE I'M HEARING YOU WANT THREE. NO IT'S OKAY. CHAIR I RESPECT TO YOU UM SO I I REALLY THINK THE ONLY WAY TO GET ANYTHING DONE IN THE CITY
IS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP. UM, AND AND THAT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HIGHEST ON THE TOTEM POLE, THE LOWEST ON THE TOTEM POLE. AND AGAIN ALL OF OUR CITY WORKERS ARE AMAZING.
SO I AM GRATEFUL, UM, FOR THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE KENMORE BLOCK OF THE COMP MALL. UM, IT IS OBVIOUSLY PART OF LIKE THE CROWN JEWEL OF ALL
OF OUR PARK SPACES. UM, WE DEFINITELY UM, DELAYED. UM, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T PUT UP A TREE THIS YEAR. WE DIDN'T DO OUR NORMAL STUFF IN KENMORE SQUARE. UM, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET STARTED
. I JUST WAS CURIOUS IF THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON EXACT TIMELINE FOR THE KENMORE BLOCK OF THE CAR PARK MALL, WHICH I KNOW IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN.
I THINK WE'RE WEEKS AWAY WEEKS OR DAYS AWAY FROM PUTTING UP CONSTRUCTION FENCES THERE. WE'RE JUST DOING THE FINAL COORDINATION WITH THE MBTA BECAUSE THAT THAT BLOCK IS DIRECTLY OVER THERE THE UH T TUNNEL.
SO WE'RE JUST GETTING THE FINAL SIGN OFFS FROM THEM AND THEN CONSTRUCTION FENCES SHOULD GO UP VERY SHORTLY. PERFECT. >> PEOPLE ARE REALLY EAGER SO I'M GREAT. GREAT TO HEAR THAT. UM, SO AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S FULLY FUNDED. YES.
>> MOMENT. OKAY, PERFECT. UM, SO I ALSO WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT BLOSSOM STREET. UM, PART OF THIS MONEY CAME FROM THE REAGAN BUILDING WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE REAGAN BUILDING HAS COME UP AND IT'S IT'S
BASICALLY BUILT ITS UP DOWN CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE STILL YEARS AWAY FROM THAT BEING OPEN. UH, BUT ONE CORE PIECE OF THAT WAS UH OF THEIR MITIGATION WAS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BLOSSOM STREET.
COULD WE TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT AND TIMELINE? THANKS, COUNCIL. WE WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE AT THE MOMENT BUT YES, THAT THAT THAT PROJECT STILL IS IN THE IN
THE PLANNING PHASE. AS YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS A PRIVATE CONTRIBUTION FOR THAT. SO THAT IS STILL IN OUR IN OUR. FIVE YEAR. >> AND I KNOW THERE IS SOME SPECIFIC TIMING SO I THINK WE CAN TALK OFFLINE BUT THERE'S SPECIFIC TIMING THAT NEEDS TO
TAKE PLACE IN ORDER FOR THERE'S OTHER CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING IN THE AREA THAT LIKE THERE'S THERE IS A TIGHT TIMELINE IN A WAY. SO WE DO NEED TO HAVE A PLAN AND I JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR
THERE TO BE A PLAN UM SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AND I KNOW I'VE SEEN ONE VERSION OF A PLAN. UM, SO, UM, THE THOREAU PATH AGAIN. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR HER PRIORITIZATION OF THIS
PROJECT. UM, PEOPLE, IT'S A LEVEL ONE ARBORETUM AND IT'S REALLY THE ONLY EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A PARK, IT'S REALLY THE ONLY PARK SPACE IN THE WEST END THAT, UM, THAT PEOPLE ENJOY
. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE MAYOR FOR PRIORITIZING THAT PROJECT. UM, THERE IS SOME STAIRS UM, IN
UH, BEEN UH, MISSION THAT NEED ON ALONG FISHER AVE THAT NEED UM AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME WORK BEING DONE AND I CAN SEE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT THERE ARE SOME CITYWIDE IT'S
PART OF A CITYWIDE PROGRAM TO FIX STAIRS THERE SPECIFICALLY ON FISHER AVE THERE IS A MISSING UM THERE IS A MISSING UM RAIL AND IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS AND I'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT IT FOR YEARS SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS PRIORITIZED WITHIN UM WITHIN THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. UM AND THEN UM, THERE I HAVE
BEEN ADVOCATING FOR YEARS FOR A MID-BLOCK CROSS AT THE ROXBURY CROSSING T STATION UNFORTUNATELY, UM, OTHER AND UM THEIR UH, CHILD LOST THEIR LIVES THERE AND I KNOW IT'S
NEEDED TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IT IS TECHNICALLY IN DISTRICT SEVEN BUT IT'S USED BY A LOT OF DISTRICT EIGHT RESIDENTS AND IT'S LIKE RIGHT ON THE LINE I THINK I THINK THE WHERE I WANT THE CROSSWALK IS THE LINE OF THE DISTRICT AND I
FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THINGS ALONG THE EDGE UM DON'T GET PRIORITIZED. UM, THAT'S GOT TO BE PRIORITIZED THIS YEAR. UM I JUST I REALLY SCARED
OF SOMETHING HAPPENING THERE AND I, I UM AND I I I FEEL HORRIBLY THAT I CANNOT REMEMBER THE WOMAN'S NAME WHO PASSED AWAY BUT UM, I WILL UM, MAKE
SURE THAT, UM MAKE SURE THAT I ADVOCATE IN HER MEMORY AND HER CHILD'S MEMORY FOR FOR THAT TO BE FACTS BECAUSE IT IT IT'S JUST, UM, THE MOST VULNERABLE
FOLKS IN OUR CITY UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, NEED ACCESS TO A IT'S IT'S THE DESIRE LINE. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I'VE ALSO ADVOCATED IN THE MALL FOR THERE TO BE CROSSWALKS UH,
MID-BLOCK. I UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S A CONCERN BUT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE IT THAT WAY AND THAT'S THE WAY THE PARK SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED. SO EVEN JUST SOME PAINT ON THE ROAD DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
EXPENSIVE. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE DETAILS THAT ARE NOT SUPER EXPENSIVE AND IN THIS TOUGH FINANCIAL TIME WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE DETAILS THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FOR QUALITY OF LIFE . UM, AND THOSE THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, OR ARE EXPENSIVE BUT COULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, DELIVER ON SOMETHING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO UM I TRY TO BE REASONABLE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE I REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, ONE NINTH OF THE CITY. UM, BUT SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY THESE PLACES WHERE WE'VE HAD
MULTIPLE UH, INSTANCES OF LIKE REALLY HORRIBLE THINGS HAPPENING UM, WE NEED TO LEAD WITH DATA AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THOSE PLACES AND SPACES.
SO, UM, I I JUST THE ROXBURY CROSSING, UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT MID-BLOCK CROSS OUTSIDE OF THE STATION IS GOING TO BE PRIORITIZED. UM, SO I JUST LOVE A TIMELINE ON THAT AND THEN I'M
SORRY CHAIR I WENT OVER. WE WILL GET YOU AN UPDATE. OKAY TIMELINE FOR THAT MID-BLOCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. OKAY. >> I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE GO FOR A THIRD ROUND. UM, JUST WEST ROXBURY HIGH SCHOOL. UH, IT WAS GONE FROM UH OF LIKE 16 MILLION TO SOME, YOU KNOW,
NUMBER. YEAH, 16 MILLION TO 500,000 IS A WHAT SHOULD I BE TELLING MY CONSTITUENTS? SURE. SO I. THINK UM THE BROADER MESSAGE IS UM, WE'VE GOTTEN REAL CLEAR ON
OUR, UM, BUDGET LINES, YOU KNOW, TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT'S A PLACEHOLDER FOR POTENTIAL PROJECTS TO ACTUALLY ALIGNING IT TO WHERE IT IS IN THE PROJECT PHASE. SO EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT THREE PHASES. WEST ROXBURY IS IN THE STUDY
PHASE. SO WE ARE ALLOCATING ALL PROJECTS THAT STUDY PHASE $500,000. OKAY UM SO IS THERE GOING TO BE A STUDY DONE. YEAH EVENTUALLY YEAH WELL
EVENTUALLY BUT RIGHT NOW UM WE WERE PUTTING A PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT MONEY UM UM, SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME DESIGN THINKING WE DO HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GOING OVER THERE, BUT UM, WE'RE GOING TO FOLD THAT IN THE BROADER LONG TERM
FACILITIES PLAN CONVERSATION. OKAY. >> UH UH UH KATHY BAKER ECLIPSE OKAY COME ON DOWN I FEEL LIKE WHAT IS THIS PRICE IS RIGHT, I CAN'T REMEMBER, UH.
UM I KNOW COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE IS THE GAME SHOW THINGS. I HAVE MY GREAT GAME SHOW. UH, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UM, SO, UH, JAMAICA POND
BOATHOUSE IT'S BEEN MOVED UP FROM TO BE SCHEDULED TO STUDY UNDERWAY AND I THINK THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT. UH, ABOUT THAT. SO I MEAN, WHAT CAN PEOPLE
EXPECT WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE BOATHOUSE. SO THAT, UH, MEETING. >> AND THAT PROJECT IS IS BEING RUN BY THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS THE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE PROJECT IN THIS MEETING. UM AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO WHAT WHAT THE SITE WOULD NEED IN TERMS OF BRINGING IT UP TO CODE OR WHAT THE BUILDINGS
WOULD NEED IN TERMS OF BRINGING THEM UP TO CODE. UM, AND AND WHAT THEIR WHAT POSSIBLE USES THERE WOULD BE THERE COULD BE. OKAY AND THEN SO AT WHAT POINT LIKE CAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE
YOU KNOW PROVIDE THEIR INPUT FOR THE BUILDING? I MEAN IS THAT STARTING TOMORROW? YEAH, TOMORROW NIGHT THERE SHOULD BE UM OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND WITH THE WITH THE CITY. OKAY.
>> AND SO WHERE SHOULD WE BE A YEAR FROM NOW? UH UM I THINK WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED THE STUDY AND THEN FIGURING OUT WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS TO PRIORITIZE
IN TERMS OF THE THE FACILITY, UM, AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO STABILIZE THE FACILITY. OKAY. >> AND THIS OF THE STUDY SHOULD BE SHOULD BE DONE I THINK YEAH. I BELIEVE SO YEAH I THINK THE TIMELINE I THINK THEY'LL GO
OVER THE TIMELINE TOMORROW BUT I BELIEVE IT IS UM WRAPPING UP IT'S A IT'S NOT A LONG TERM STUDY. >> IT'S OKAY IN 2027 2027 WHAT. IS WHEN THE STUDY IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE? OKAY. >> UM AND WHILE I HAVE YOU UP
HERE, UH, MILLENNIUM PARK RESTROOMS THAT I, UH THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WEST IN WEST ROXBURY. UH, I THINK IT'S STILL IN THE I
THINK IN THE DESIGN PHASE. I MEAN THESE ARE JUST BATHROOMS OUTSIDE ANYWAY. SO WHERE WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR FOR. THOSE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO
DEFINITE TIMELINE. UM, IT'S A FACILITY THAT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. UM, THERE'S SOME A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ADVANCE IT. UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE FOR IT THAT WOULD ALSO
PROBABLY BE MAYBE WE HAVEN'T HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH FOR TO TO REALLY DETERMINE WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROJECT THAT'S LED ENTIRELY BY PFG OR WHETHER IT'S SMALL ENOUGH THAT OUR DEPARTMENT COULD LEAD IT. UH, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT LEVEL. AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY TRYING
TO PRIORITIZE TAKING CARE OF THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT RATHER THAN ADDING NEW ASSETS THAT DON'T NEED TO HAVE, UM, WOULD HAVE OPERATING IMPACTS FOR US TO MAINTAIN MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. >> AND THEN JUST IS IS THERE
ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH I MEAN I THINK THE THESE WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE LANDFILL ESSENTIALLY CAN WE BUILD BATHROOMS? YEAH IT WAS ENVISIONED IN THE. 2000 YOU KNOW AROUND RIGHT
AROUND 2000 THAT THERE WOULD BE A RESTROOM FACILITY IN THIS LOCATION. UM, SO THERE ARE UTILITIES STUB TO THAT LOCATION. UM, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT IS WHAT DOES THE FINAL FACILITY LOOK LIKE, HOW BIG IT
IS? HOW ARE WE MAINTAINING IT? HOW ARE WE, UM, OPERATING IT SO THAT IT'S SAFE FOR FOR EVERYBODY? UM, SO THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT THAT WE GO INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF WORK.
OKAY. >> AND THEN I JUST LIKE TO ADVOCATE IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT BUT UH GG SOCCER USES PICKLE FIELD UH AND THE THE ORGANIZATION RENTS LIGHTS TO
MAKE IT USE SO KIDS CAN PRACTICE DURING THE THE WEEK AND THEY SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE AND IT'S LIKE GAS POWERED LIGHTS. I JUST I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD
BE A GOOD SPACE FOR JUST HAVING PERMANENT LIGHTS AND ALSO THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER UH, BECAUSE UH WE'VE SEEN AT MURPHY FIELD, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS LIGHT UP THE FIELD AND NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND IT AND WE
WOULD HAVE TO USE GAS TO UH TO POWER THEM AND YEAH. HOW DO WE ADVOCATE FOR LIGHTS OF PEOPLE? >> I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD SOME SOME QUICK INVESTIGATIONS OF IT WOULD BE VERY DISRUPTIVE TO INSTALL THE
LIGHTS TO TRENCH THROUGH THE THAT SITE WHICH IS RATHER NARROW UM TO TRENCH THROUGH THAT SITE UM TO PUT IN THE LIGHTS AND WE JUST REDID THE FIELD LESS THAN FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO I THINK WE WANT TO UM IN AN IDEAL WORLD WE DO A MUCH LARGER RENOVATION TO ADD LIGHTS IF POSSIBLE REDO THE FIELD AND AND MAKE SOME OTHER UM CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS ALL AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT THE LIGHTS GO IN AND THEN THE FIELD GETS RENOVATED. >> OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS, UH, FOR THAT. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, DID YOU
HAVE, UH, A SECOND ROUND, UH. ROOM FOUR MINUTES? YES. >> OKAY. >> CAN I HAVE TEN MINUTES? YOU CAN BUY MY SECOND AND MY THIRD FOR YOU. >> IT'S THREE. YEAH. UH. >> UH. >> DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION. UM, I. MEAN, THIS IS I THINK BOTH OF MY QUESTIONS WILL BE MORE FOR THE FIRST PANEL FOR THE EARLIER ONE. UM. JUST WANTED TO I KNOW AND I.
>> KNOW THAT WE'RE IT'S A LOTS OF TRADE OFFS. UM, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS SORT. OF A LITTLE. >> BIT OF DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE CUT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, ESPECIALLY IN A YEAR WHERE WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON.
UM, AND TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF UH, ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY. UM. HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT EVEN WITH THOSE CUTS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON THE PROGRAMING THAT WE WANT TO SEE?
UM. THAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR THE SUMMER WHEN IT COMES TO UH THE 250 WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIFA WORLD CUP WHEN IT COMES TO TALL SHIPS UM AND THAT WE'RE NOT
SORT OF SCALING BACK ON OUR COMMITMENTS TO DOING THE WORK OF UM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION. MHM. >> UM. >> I THINK IN MANY. CASES WE'RE ABLE TO. LEVERAGE UM EXTERNAL FUNDS. AND OTHER.
RESOURCES TO. CONTINUE WITH THAT PROGRAMING. I THINK A LOT OF THAT PROGRAMING PARTICULARLY AROUND THE TWO 50TH. UM IS EXTERNALLY. FUNDED AS WELL. UM AND THEN. SINCE YOU KNOW.
PARTICULARLY FOR WORLD CUP THE BULK OF THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. UM, SO LEVERAGING RESOURCES THAT. MAY STILL EXIST. >> IN FY 26 TO HELP WITH THAT PROGRAMING, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIT OF A PATCHWORK
OF FUNDING. UM, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY UH, EXPECTATION THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PLANNED BECAUSE OF THE UH, OPERATING BUDGET WE'VE PUT FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HAVE THE GRANTS COME OUT REGARDING THE, UH. FIFA WORLD CUP THAT ARE GOING TO COME FROM UM, OFFICE OF ARTS, UH, THE CULTURAL GRANTS AND FROM THE UH THE CULTURE GRANTS WE DID I DID
MENTION THAT IF THEY'RE INSUFFICIENT, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, IN FISCAL YEAR 27 TO HAVE SOME ALLOCATION BECAUSE THESE EVENTS WILL BE GOING ON AT THE CURRENT . UM CURRENTLY BASED ON WHAT THE
BUDGET LOOKS LIKE. UM, THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE LIKE A PROMISING AVENUE. SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT IT'S GOING TO BE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HAVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES PARTICIPATE. YOU REALLY DID GIVE ME THREE MINUTES, UM.
TO HAVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES PARTICIPATE AND UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS. UM, AND THEN I THINK MY QUESTIONS WERE. ABOUT UM, THE. DEBT MY MY OTHER. >> QUESTION WERE ABOUT DEBT SERVICE.
SO IT SAYS BOND. ISSUANCE BECOMES. MORE SENSITIVE TO THE ANNUAL. GROWTH RATE OF THE OPERATING BUDGET. SO I TAKE. >> THAT TO MEAN SORT OF THE IF THE GROWTH IF IT LIKE LESS GROWTH IS THAT THE DEBT SERVICE.
IS TAKING. UP MORE OF THE EXACTLY. YEAH EXACTLY. SO IS OUR BUDGET UH, IF IT'S GROWING LESS, YOUR OVERALL DEBT SERVICE REPRESENTS A GREATER SHARE OF THE OVERALL BUDGET.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I COULD, YOU KNOW, GET YOU CLOSER TO THAT 7% . BUT UNLESS. LIKE I MEAN. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS A. POLICY CHOICE. UM WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE. POLICY TOWARD THE POLITICIANS
THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT IT IS. SO PEGGED TO THE IDEA OF US UM ,TO STRONG FISCAL POLICY? I'LL JUST SAY THAT. MEANING WHAT I GUESS WHY IS
HAVING THAT 7% LIMIT SO IMPORTANT? SO IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR UH, A LONG TIME. UM, SO WE'VE HAD THIS POLICY IN PLACE FOR A WHILE AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT STRIKING THAT
BALANCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO DO PROJECTS WHILE ALSO CONTINUING TO DELIVER ON THE OPERATING BUDGET AND TRYING TO JUST KEEP IT AS CONSTRAINED AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IF WE INCREASE THE LIMIT WE ISSUE MORE DEBT.
THAT'S JUST LESS MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR GRANT PROGRAMS OR OTHER THINGS. RIGHT? SO IT'S A IT'S A BALANCE THAT'S SERVED US WELL. UM AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE WITH IT.
BUT ALSO IN THIS YEAR WE DO SEE IT IS IT RIGHT THAT IT'S AT 5.9% RIGHT. THAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT WE'RE AT. UH IS ALREADY YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. >> WHICH IS LESS THAN. 6.4 WHICH FREES US UP WHICH IT
SHOULD FREE UP A. >> BIT MORE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR OTHER LINE ITEMS. AND I THINK THAT THE UH IN THE IN THE OPERATING UH BUDGET. DECK UM EARLIER TODAY THERE'S A
REDUCTION IN THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET. THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT I THINK THE OPERATING BUDGET IS IS HELPING TO SEE THOSE SAVINGS THIS YEAR AND MITIGATE OTHER HARMS IN OTHER PLACES SO THAT
REDUCTION IN DEBT SERVICE THIS YEAR IS SORT OF A TEMPORARY DECREASE IN THE FUTURE. WE EXPECT TO SEE IT CONTINUING TO GO BACK UP. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT WE'VE. THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THE UH. OR HAVE WE. >> DONE THAT BEFORE. SO THE THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET IT CAN SORT OF BOUNCE UP AND DOWN OR THE PERCENTAGE. I GUESS. CAN BOUNCE. UP AND DOWN. >> IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
INCREASE LINEARLY. UM, SO IT IT DEPENDS I'M NOT SURE THE MOST RECENT OTHER TIME THAT WE'VE SORT OF MADE AN INTENTIONAL CHOICE. UM TO. DECREASE IT. >> AS WE CAN YOU KNOW, UH, TIGHT FISCAL TIMES THAT THAT IS
ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO REDUCE THE BORROWING. IT'S IT'S HARD TO. SAY THAT AGAIN, IN. >> TIGHT FISCAL TIMES. YOU WOULD REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR BORROWING. SO THE BORROWING 250 MILLION YOU BORROW 250 MILLION AND THAT
SAVES YOU WHEN YOUR OPERATING DOLLARS. LIKE IT JUST TO UH YOU. CAN ASK A FOLLOW UP BUT UM SO IN TERMS OF THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET GOING DOWN, HOW MUCH
OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE. SORT OF UH. STRETCHING OUT THE TIME WHERE WE'RE PAYING OFF THE DEBT. . >> IT'S MOSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REFUNDING WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IN THE SPRING.
AND UM. I THINK RIGHT. AND MAYBE A TIMING A TIMING ON UM, ONE OF OUR DEBT PAYMENTS SO IT'S NOT THE SAVINGS YOU'RE
SEEING IN FY 27 AREN'T NECESSARILY ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLICY CHANGES I SPOKE OF EARLIER. YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THOSE IN FUTURE YEARS. UM, BUT IT'S THE SAVINGS IN FY
27 ARE MOSTLY UH RELATED TO THE REFUNDING AND THE RESTRUCTURING THAT WE SPOKE OF. AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RESTRUCTURING? I JUST I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND SO YES.
SO UM WE ISSUED A TEN YEAR WE DID A TEN YEAR BORROWING IN 2024. >> AND YOUR AMORTIZING IT NOW OVER 20 YEARS. WE YES SO WE'RE GOING TO REFUND IT AND AMORTIZE IT. OVER WHAT IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED
LIKE HAD IT BEEN OUR ON OUR LIKE REGULAR GEO SCHEDULE. WHICH IS. >> A LONGER. PERIOD OF TIME. JUST 1 OR 2 YEARS. YEAH BUT. >> THAT TO ME THEN THAT TO ME THEN IS THEN WE WILL SEE IN 27. A CHANGE AS A RESULT OF A POLICY CHANGE THAT WE'VE MADE.
A SAVINGS AS A RESULT OF THE POLICY CHANGE. YES. >> AND WE ARE SEEING THAT THAT'S AT I THINK $13 MILLION RIGHT. BUT LIKE THE THE CHANGE WE TALKED ABOUT THE RATE OF THE PRINCIPAL RETIREMENT RATE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT SAVINGS
REFLECTED YET IN THE 27 BUDGET. >> AND WHAT IS IT AGAIN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. >> WITH THE PRINCIPAL RETIRE WHAT. WE UM I MEAN JUST PULL IT UP. WE HAVE EASED THE UH RAPIDITY
OF THE REPAYMENT. SO PREVIOUSLY OUR POLICY SAID THAT 35 TO 40% OF DEBT IS RETIRED WITHIN FIVE YEARS, 65 TO 70% IS RETIRED WITHIN TEN.
UH WE'VE MODIFIED WE'VE KIND OF SET A NEW FLOOR TO SAY THAT NO LESS THAN 30% OF THE DEBT BE RETIRED WITHIN FIVE YEARS AND NO LESS THAN 55% OF THE DEBT BE RETIRED WITHIN TEN.
SO IT. >> JUST GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. I THINK IT'S. BUT BUT THAT'S A THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO AND YOU SAID THAT THAT'S NOT WE'RE NOT SEEING THE IMPACT OF THAT. NOT FOR 2027 BUT THAT'S.
THE 27 THAT NO THE 27 IMPACT. >> IS THAT 10 TO 20 YEAH AND AMORTIZATION AND THEN THE LONGER TERM IS SECTORS LIKE THE SCALE. YEAH I MEAN. IT'S INTERESTING. THAT UH THIS IS MY END OF MY QUESTION I'M TRYING TO IN MY
HEAD THINK ABOUT WHETHER IT MAKES I MEAN WE'RE DOING IT NOW BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE. WHAT THESE CHANGES WOULD LOOK LIKE IN A TIME. >> OF JUST NOT MAYBE NOT EVEN
PROSPERITY BUT IN NORMAL TIMES. TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO MORE LONG TERM BECAUSE I THINK THAT WITHOUT IT IMPACTING SORT OF OUR TRIPLE-A BOND RATING BECAUSE I DO THINK A LOT OF OTHER CITIES DO DO A 30 YEAR RIGHT.
AND LIKE I THINK ABOUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. THAT MAKE. OUR UH THAT MAKE BOSTON FISCALLY STRONG. AND IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE GOOD. >> TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO HAVE UM
ISOLATE. LIKE WHAT WHAT REALLY IS HAVING AN IMPACT. UM. BUT WE HAVE PROPERTY RIGHT? LIKE IF. >> WE BECOME. LIKE OTHER CITIES. A LOT. >> OF THOSE. >> OTHER CITIES DON'T HAVE
TRIPLE-A BOND RATINGS. BUT AS I AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ANOTHER STRENGTH OF OURS. IS PROPERTY TAXES COMPARED TO THOSE CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE A TRIPLE-A I THINK. >> IS WHAT. >> THEY HAVE UM. AND PAY. REPAIR ON 30 YEAR SCHEDULE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WHAT IF THESE POLICY CHANGES SHOULD BE LARGER STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET THE DATA FROM TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN IN UH IN IN UH CHALLENGING TIME THAT THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW. >> IF THERE'S ANY OPINIONS OR THOUGHTS ON THAT, BUT. UM. >> CHIME IN ON. I MEAN THE ONLY THING I MIGHT MENTION IS THAT, UH, RIGHT WHEN WE HAVE OUR POLICY OF RAPID
REPAYMENT OF DEBT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN WE BORROW IN THE SHORT TERM WE'RE PAYING BACK A LOT OF IT VERY QUICKLY. AND THAT MEANS THAT IN THE LONG TERM OUR COST OF CAPITAL THE
AMOUNT THAT WE ARE PAYING AS A CITY IN TOTALITY OVER THAT 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION IS RELATIVELY. LOW BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING BACK SO MUCH OF IT SO FAST THE INTEREST RATE IS RELATIVE OR THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST IS RELATIVELY LOW.
IF WE RELAX THE POLICY AND WE PAY BACK LESS DEBT IN THE SHORT TERM WE WILL WE CAN SEE SHORT TERM GAINS BUT IN THE LONG TERM
WE WILL END UP PAYING SUBSTANTIALLY MORE. SO YOU KNOW YOU CAN LOOK AT IT IN LIKE A IN A FIVE YEAR WINDOW. IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WE CAN BORROW SO MUCH MORE BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT OVER A 20 YEAR
PERIOD ACTUALLY THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BORROW HAS DECREASED IN TOTALITY BECAUSE OF OUR DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. YEAH IT GETS BUT ISN'T THERE A
PRO TO. BUILDING MORE LIKE IF WE JUST SPENT MORE THAN IF WE WENT OVER THE 7% AND WE BUILD MORE? IT'S NOT JUST ALL MONEY WE'RE SPENDING THERE.
THINGS ARE YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WE'RE GETTING MORE IN TAX REVENUE BECAUSE UH THINGS ARE WORTH MORE I DON'T YOU KNOW HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT DETERMINATION
WHETHER TO GO OVER 7%. I COULD I I THINK IT IS THAT THAT BALANCE THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS SORT OF UH I THINK I THINK YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES CAPITAL CAN BE VIEWED
AS SORT OF A STIMULUS TO TO ECONOMIC UM, IN FACT THERE USED TO BE A RECURRING THING YOU SAY HOW MANY LIKE SHORT TERM CONSTRUCTION JOBS ARE CREATED? HOW MANY LONG TERM JOBS? UH, BUT IT'S THE IMPLICATIONS
FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET IS SORT OF HOW DIFFERENT ARE YOU COMING BY BY ADDING THESE I MEAN THEY HAVE TO BE MUNICIPAL ASSETS. THAT'S IT. THAT'S THAT'S THE TAX EXEMPT COMPONENT OF IT. UH OKAY.
AND MY COLLEAGUES ARE STICKING AROUND SO UH, COUNCILOR BREADON UM. A BRIEF BECAUSE I. HAVE TO LEAVE BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PARKS. UM, AND, UH, KATHY BAKER CLIPS AND HER TEAM.
UM. >> WE. HAVE HAD. MANY PARKS IN OUR LIST FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. SOME OF THEM FOR, UH, MCKINNEY PARK. UM, I'D LOVE TO, UH, KATHY, IF
YOU'RE STILL GOT A SEVERE DO YOU STILL. YEAH. GOOD. UM, WE'VE HAD MANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD WITH WITH MCKINNEY, BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING GETTING
. STARTED ON THE WORK. UM, WITH MCKINNEY. WE'RE GOING TO BE BIDDING. >> AT THE END OF THIS MONTH END OF THIS MONTH. SO PROBABLY JULY 1ST JULY. UH, OKAY. AND THEN RINGER UM, REALLY
IMPORTANT ONE FOR US BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAT ISLAND. UM, HOW IS THE PROGRESS GOING ON THAT I KNOW IT STARTED LAST YEAR THE YEAH. WHO WE STARTED LAST YEAR. >> WE.
ADDED SOME. SCOPE SO WE ARE WORKING FURIOUSLY TO TRY TO GET IT DONE THIS SUMMER. YEAH. >> AND THEN UH CHANDLER POND UM PHASE TWO IS IT'S YEAH. SO THERE WAS THERE WAS UH SOME
FUNDING ADDED TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS AND SOME OTHER FUNDING THAT WE WERE WE WERE HOPING FOR. SO THAT IS IN THE BUDGET. UM AND THEN IN A WAY OF OTHER BITS AND BOBS IN THE IN THE MIX
BUT I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS TOGETHER IN THE IN THE WE'VE HAD STATE FUNDING, WE'VE HAD CITY FUNDING. WE GO BEAT THE BUSHES FOR DEVELOPERS TO GET MONEY.
WE UH PUSH TO GET MONEY OUT OF IT INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANS UM DEVELOPERS UH TO REALLY HELP SUPPORT OUR PARKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO UM IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IT'S, UM IT'S EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THESE PARTS, ESPECIALLY MCKINNEY. IT WAS JUST ONCE THE START THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GARDENS IS GOING TO BE A HAVEN FOR ALL
THOSE KIDS THAT NEED A NEED A RESPITE FROM CONSTRUCTION. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. >> WE'LL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE IN SOME PARKS THIS SUMMER I THINK. EXCELLENT. >> YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. UM, I JUST, UH, BEFORE WE GO TO
COUNSELOR CULPEPPER. UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, APRIL 6TH I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVED THE TO, UH, APPROPRIATION ORDERS. UH, I THINK BP'S AND NON BP'S
AND THEY'RE THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THOSE THAT SO THE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY LISTED, THERE'S MONEY AUTHORIZED. UH AND AGAIN MY VOCABULARY IS PROBABLY OFF BUT WHAT WHAT DO
WE TAKE WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOMETHING BEING LISTED THERE . SO A FEW A FEW THINGS ONE UM. NOT TO. TO TAG ON THE VOCABULARY UH AND MAYBE THIS IS THE SORT
OF ANSWER OF THE BACK AND FORTH WE WERE HAVING BEFORE ON THOSE LOAN ORDERS. WE ARE THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO SPEND IT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATION ORDER . SO I THINK THAT'S THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHEN YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHEN. WHEN MONEY IS THERE BUT IT'S NOT SPENT WHERE IS IT? IT'S NOT ACTUALLY APPROPRIATED . SO MONEY HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN. MOVED ANYWHERE.
UM, IT'S JUST BEEN AUTHORIZED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPEND. UM SPECIFICALLY THOUGH IF YOU LOOK IN THE BUDGET BOOK UM ON THE PROJECT PROFILES, UM,
THERE'S A UH IN THE AUTHORIZATIONS TAB AND I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT SPECIFIC BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THERE UH, IN THE AUTHORIZATIONS TAB IT WILL SAY EXISTING MONEY FY 27 AND
FUTURE AND THAT FY 27 NUMBER THAT WILL TOTAL TO THE SAME AMOUNT THAT IS ON THE LOAN ORDERS IN TOTALITY. UM SO THAT'S WHAT WHAT IT REPRESENTS IN THE LOAN ORDERS
THEMSELVES WE DON'T BREAK OUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS ALLOCATED TO EACH PROJECT. UM JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO THAT UM FOR THE LEGAL PURPOSES OF WHAT
THE LAW AND ORDER IS. UM, BUT IN THE BUDGET BOOK YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE ARE ALLOCATING TO EACH PROJECT FROM WITHIN THAT LOAN ORDER IN THAT FY 27 AUTHORIZATION AMOUNT. OKAY. >> AND SO WHERE THAT THAT
NUMBER IS ZERO OR THERE WAS LIKE EXISTING AND THEN THERE FY 27 NUMBER ZERO WHAT. >> DOES THAT MEAN. SO IF THE FY 27 NUMBER IS ZERO THAT MEANS THAT THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY NEW AUTHORIZATION THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER THAT EXISTING NUMBER REPRESENTS AUTHORIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED IN THE IN THE PAST AND SO THAT IS AUTHORIZATION THAT EXISTS THAT WE ARE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US
THE APPROVAL TO SPEND ON. SO THAT'S WHY THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE UM YOU KNOW, FIELDS CORNER LIBRARY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS. I THINK THERE IS $32 MILLION
OF EXISTING AUTHORIZATION. THAT PROJECT IS ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY NEW MONEY BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. OKAY. >> AND THEN WHEN IT'S
AUTHORIZED DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC DOLLAR FIGURE FOR THE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT? SO WE WE ALLOCATE IT UM WHEN WE PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER UM AND
THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET BOOK REPRESENTS UM WHERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT EXISTS TO MOVE BETWEEN PROJECTS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. UM BUT WE. WE DON'T WE TRY TO DO THAT AS
MINIMALLY AS POSSIBLE. DO YOU HAVE THE DATA? I'M SORRY, COUNSELOR CULPEPER. YOU'RE RIGHT. UH, DO YOU HAVE THE DATA FOR, UM YOU KNOW, THE HISTORICAL
BREAKDOWN OF THE DATA? UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, AUTHORIZED YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING DATA. WE PIECE THAT TOGETHER FOR LIKE TEN YEARS GOING BACK FOR
PROJECTS, UH, YOU KNOW THAT I GUESS I GOT ON THAT LONG, BUT. UM, I I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WORKING MORE WITH. OKAY. YEAH. >> WE CAN. >> TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSELOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES UH, FOR THANK YOU. FINAL ROUND. MR CHAIR. YEAH. SO I WANTED. TO ASK ABOUT A PROJECT FOR
TRYING TO PARK SO IN THE, UM, CAPITAL BUDGET THERE IS $165,000 FOR THE PLAYGROUND FOR THE SCHOOL PARK.
WE ALSO PUT IN A REQUEST FOR WORK TO BE DONE ON THE TORONTO PARK PARK ITSELF THAT WE DIDN'T SEE APPEAR IN THE BUDGET.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET THE COMMUNITY AND MYSELF THINK IS CRITICAL BECAUSE YOU'RE NOW GOING TO
HAVE THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. IT'S GOING TO BE REDONE. THE PARK'S NOT GOING TO BE REDONE. THE LAST TIME. THEY DID THE. PARK TRY TO PARK THEY TOOK THE
TENNIS COURT OUT RIGHT AND PUT TWO BASKETBALL COURTS THERE WHEN THE COMMUNITY SAID JUST THE OPPOSITE LEAVE THE TENNIS COURT THERE. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO IN DAY SEVEN TO GET SOMETHING DONE
THAT WE'VE ASKED THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS LIKE TO REDO TRY TO PARK. I REMEMBER MAN MAY REST IN PEACE, MAYOR MENINO SAID DON'T WORRY WE'VE GOT THAT COVERED.
IT'S PEOPLE WILL GO TAKE CARE OF TORONTO PARK MAYOR WALSH SAID THE SAME THING HIS PEOPLE DON'T WORRY WE GOT IT COVERED NOW AS CITY COUNCIL I PUT IT IN WE STILL DIDN'T GET
ANYTHING FURTHER. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? SO SOMEBODY TELL ME. WELL SO WHAT I THINK WHAT I'LL SAY AND THEN KATHY PLEASE UH, CORRECT EVERYTHING. >> THAT I SAY. UM.
>> IS THAT THE THE 160 K UM THAT WE HAVE IN THE PLAN RIGHT NOW THAT REPRESENTS JUST THE INITIAL DESIGN UH, AND STUDY MONEY TO USE IT. FOR THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.
FOR THE UH. SO I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A COUPLE SORRY. AND UM, THERE'S THE. THERE'S THE. PLAYGROUND IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, THERE'S A PLAYGROUND BEHIND THE SCHOOL AND THERE'S A
PLAYGROUND TO THE SIDE OF THE. SCREEN THAT'S THE. PARK, RIGHT? >> THE PLAYGROUND TO THE SIDE OF THE SCHOOL IS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THE ONES IN FRONT AND BEHIND ARE UH I THINK THE ONE BEHIND WAS DONE THROUGH CPA
FUNDING AND THE ONE THROUGH UH ON THE FRONT IS IN THE CURRENT BATCH OF CPA FUNDING REQUESTS FOR OPEN SPACE. SO THOSE. SO THE ONE IN THE BACK STAND THE ONE IN THE IN THE FRONT WILL BE DONE UH WITH CPA
FUNDING AND THE ONE ON THE SIDE IS THE 165 FOR IF THERE IS A PLAYGROUND THERE THERE'S A COURT THERE, THERE'S A SPLASH PAD, THERE'S A PLAZA AND THERE'S SOME TREES AND THAT LOVELY FENCING WITH THE THE
WAVY. UH SO IT WAS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT KEPT SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REDO TRY TO PARK ITSELF. YES. IT NEVER HAPPENED. SO WHAT DO. >> WE HAVE TO DO YOU JUST FOR
BP FOR THE SCHOOLS RIGHT. SO I'M I'M THE PARKS COMMISSIONER. OH GREAT. SO SO YES SO THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL TALK AFTER THIS. YES HAPPY TO TALK. TO MORE. >> BUT WE ARE BEGINNING DESIGN PROCESS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE OKAY IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S UM HAPPY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE TENNIS BASKETBALL WHAT THE PLAYGROUND LOOKS LIKE, WHETHER IT'S SPLASH PAD. >> I GOT IT SO. THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION
FUNDING YET BUT BUT UH WE DO HAVE MONEY FOR TO ADVANCE SO I'M. >> GOING TO COME SEE YOU BECAUSE WE GOT A BUDGET NEXT EVERYBODY NEXT TIME COME SEE THE OTHER THING DIANE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, WHAT DO
WE HAVE TO DO? SO I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS FOR GROWTH OUR COMMUNITY CENTER I UNDERSTAND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STEAM ROOM.
IN FACT, WE EVEN SAT WITH I THINK THE COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME AND LOOKED AT WHERE A STEAM ROOM CAN GO AND GROWTH HALL COME IN. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET A
STEAM ROOM? I MEAN CAN'T WE GET SOMETHING WE ASKED FOR THE MEN AND THE SENIOR WOMEN CAN'T THEY?
I MEAN LOOK THE COMMUNITY PARCEL THREE WELL SAY THEM CENTER BUS LANE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE THE FIVE WE CAN'T WE AT LEAST HAVE A STEAM ROOM
AFTER ALL THESE FIGHTS TO GO SOMEPLACE TO SIT AND RELAX AND TALK ABOUT VICTORIES. I MEAN WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET A STEAM? BECAUSE I THOUGHT WHEN THOSE MEN SAID WE WANT A STEAM ROOM, I THOUGHT IT WAS CRITICAL THAT
WE TRY AND DELIVER SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISINVESTMENT AND D7. SO THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, COUNSELOR. UH. AND I'M. >> GLAD THAT YOU YOU. ALSO BROUGHT UP OTHER PROJECTS
THAT HAVE. >> BEEN. LONG ASKED FOR LIKE WHITE STADIUM, UM, MADISON PARK GROVE COMMUNITY CENTER I YOU CAN. WE CAN KEEP GOING TO WE'RE GLAD THAT WE'RE ACTING ON THEM NOW
UH HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. I THINK WE'VE DONE SOME ANALYSIS, UH, AS TO WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, UM, WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT TO THE PROJECT IT WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO CHANGE COURSE NOW THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND SHOW YOU
WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. UH, DO KNOW THERE WAS ROBUST ENGAGEMENT ON IT THAT I PERSONALLY WASN'T IN ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS BUT UH, I WILL, YOU KNOW, RESEARCHED IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND LIKE I SAID HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP TO SHOW
YOU WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO GET A STEAM THERE. YEAH. >> AND I'M A PART OF THAT GROUP US AND BASED EVERYONE OF US MIGHT HAVE PROTESTS BECAUSE I
THINK AT SOME POINT WE GOT TO SAY THIS SO BRING SOME GOOD NEWS TO FOLKS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING UM BEING GOOD RESIDENTS AND LOOKING FOR
SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPEN I LOOK I AGREE WITH YOU ON WHITE STADIUM AND THE SOCCER TEAM. I AGREE TEN YEARS FROM NOW EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE SAYING THAT DM WAS BRILLIANT TO FIGHT
FOR THAT WHITE STADIUM MAYBE NOT NOW BUT AT SOME POINT THEY WILL BUT BUT I DO THINK THAT IN THE MEANTIME THAT WE NEED TO TRY AND BRING SOMETHING TO
FOLKS THAT THEY CAN CHEER AND BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT THE CITY HEARD THEM AND NOT ONLY HEARD THEM BUT DELIVER. FOR HERE LOCALLY. AND COUNCILOR, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAY FOR THE RECORD
THAT THERE'S A LOT IN THAT COMMUNITY CENTER COMMUNITY. AS FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAPPY ABOUT BUT WE'RE WILLING TO REVISIT THIS ON A CONVERSATION WITH. THANK YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU DIANE I MEAN THANK YOU MISS IRIS. YEAH. >> LOOK.
,I APPRECIATE COMING BACK WITH THAT ANSWER. UH, IT MEANS A LOT TO FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT. I THINK EVERYTHING WE CAN GET. DOES AND, UH, IN FACT, THE
NOTEBOOK'S NO BALL WAS REALLY HARD ON THOSE. SO I CAN GO BACK NOW AND TELL THEM THAT, UH, US DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SAM DEPARTMENT DELIVERED FOR THEM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, JIM.
THANK ALL OF YOU. AND IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE. RESULTS COME OUT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WOULD NEVER COME OUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM.
AND SO I JUST THANK ALL OF YOU ON THE PANEL. THANK YOU. >> PUBLIC WORKS. >> UH THANK YOU. WE OKAY. I THINK WE GOT I THINK WE GOT THE GIST.
UH UM UH I DID JUST UH YOU KNOW, UM WAS THERE AN ANSWER. FOR WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO START ON THE SOUTH END LIBRARY AND WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY PROCESS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE, DIANE? IS THAT YET? >> NO, SIR. THE ANSWER IS THE SAME. UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE, UM, DESIGN AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH UM, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATOR TO SET UP A
COMMUNITY MEETING SO WE CAN MEET WITH WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. TO TALK ABOUT THE ANSWER IS TBD IS. TBD BUT BUT NOT BUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE LIKE I JUST DON'T HAVE A DATE RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, WELL, THAT MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW IT'S AN ANSWER. UH, OKAY. >> I WASN'T GONNA ASK. >> THEM FOR. MEETINGS FOR THE SOUTH END LIBRARY. REALLY WON'T BE. ABOUT THE SOUTH END LIBRARY.
THERE REALLY BE ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE THAT ALLEY PASSABLE FOR TRUCKS AND DIFFERENT VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING UP THE ALLEY BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
THAT DESIGN IS DONE RIGHT. YEAH. >> BUT YOU KNOW WE DON'T INTEND TO COME AND JUST TALK ABOUT BUT JUST THE ALLEYWAY SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A FULL CONVERSATION. BUT THE ALLEY WAY IS THE REASON
WHY IT'S NOT MOVING. INTO THE. >> CONSTRUCTION PHASE. NO I MEAN BEFORE THE ALLEY WE WE ALWAYS, UM, COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE BE COMING BACK THE FOR CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'D BE MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN NO I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I'M SAYING THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW THAT'S HOLDING UP ANY FURTHER MOVEMENT IS RESOLVING THE. ALLEYWAY ISSUE. YEAH, WE'RE COMPLETING DESIGN. OKAY.
>> AND WHEN WILL THAT BE COMPLETED. FOR THE ALLEYWAY? MR CHAIR, THIS IS THE ALLEYWAY. NOW THAT. >> YOU. OPENED UP. >> YEAH. WHEN WILL THE DESIGN FOR. THE ALLEYWAY. >> BE COMPLETED? SO YOU CAN THEN BE BECAUSE I
THINK THE COMMUNITY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE TO THE ISSUE. WHICH IS THE ALLEYWAY. >> AND SO. YEAH NO NO I THINK SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WELL AWARE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.
SO I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH CHIEF GOVE AND HIS TEAM. UM WE'VE GONE OUT THERE AND DONE TEST RUNS WITH DIFFERENT VEHICLES. WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME WE'VE ASKED OUR DESIGN TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE
NOW LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE. TO OKAY OKAY. OKAY SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE SAME ANSWER. UH DIFFERENT QUESTION I. KNOW DESIGN THAT OUT OF THE
FACTORY IS COMPLETED RIGHT? NO BECAUSE UM THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOES AFFECT THE OVERALL LIBRARY DESIGN RIGHT? OH OKAY. SO THE LIBRARY MAYBE. >> NOT NECESSARILY THE BUILDING BUT THE UM THE PROPERTY.
RIGHT THE REAR. AND YEAH, THE PARK EXPLORE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. OKAY COOL. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. YOUR QUESTIONS WERE WERE GREAT .
UH UH BUT WE DO WE ARE CONTRACTED BY TIME AND UH I KNOW UM I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR. FOR BEING HERE. ESPECIALLY UH, YOU KNOW, ASHLEY GRAFTON BURGER AND JIM WILLIAMSON HAVE BEEN HERE ALL
DAY. UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AND I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, AND UH UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE ANSWERS AND
UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING CLOSER TO THE TO THE VOTE IN JUNE. UM, OKAY. SO THIS HEARING ON OH NO. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE OKAY. UH, THIS HEARING ON DOCKETS UH
,NUMBERS UM, 073320740 IS NOW ADJOURNED. TO JUST. >>