CITY COUNCILOR RON, THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY AND PARKS. TODAY IS NOVEMBER 14TH AND IT
IS EXACTLY 10:03 A.M. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WITH CHAPTER TWO OF THE LAWS OF 2025 MODIFYING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF OPEN MEETING LAW AND RELIEVING PUBLIC BODIES OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC BODIES CONDUCT ITS MEETING IN A PUBLIC PLACE THAT IS OPEN AND PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE CONDUCTING THIS HEARING VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM.
THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED . IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON DARK OF FORD'S SANCTUARY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCASTED ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82
AND FIVE, CHANNEL 964. WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT TCC DOT E.J. AT BOSTON DOT GOV AND WILL
BE MADE A PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS . I THINK THAT EMAIL IS INCORRECT SO WE'LL CIRCLE BACK ON THAT AND I HAVE THE COMMITTEE FOR CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION
TECHNOLOGY IN FRONT OF ME SO I'LL CIRCLE BACK AND GET THE RIGHT ONE AND ALL COMMENTS WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY IF YOU WISH TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND HAVE NOT DONE SO PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON
RON COBB AT OUR END CEO OUWB AT BOSTON.COM FOR THE ZOOM LINK IN YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST AND WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO C C DOT EPI AT
BOSTON.COM JUST CORRECTING REAL. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 1850 IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CITY OF BOSTON 2030 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 22ND 2025. TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL. WE HAVE CITY COUNCILOR ED FLYNN
ON THE LINE WITH US AND JUST DOUBLE CHECKING WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND WE'LL GO INTO OPENING . COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THEN I'LL GO ON TO MY OPENING REMARKS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT IS HERE BESIDES GOOD BRIAN SWETT AND OTHERS AS WELL. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH BOTH FOR MANY YEARS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP ON THESE CRITICAL ISSUES. I'M HERE TO LEARN FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION AND FROM MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR BEING WITH US. AND JUST QUICKLY, AS A LEAD
SPONSOR OF THIS DOCKET, I'M JUST TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE TO EXPAND UPON AND ELABORATE AND EDUCATE US ABOUT THEIR WORK WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND RESIDENTS OF BOSTON WHO CONTINUE TO PUSH OUR CITY TOWARDS A MORE JUST RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. BOSTON HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL LEADER IN CLIMATE
ACTION BOTH FOR THE BREADTH OF OUR POLICIES AND FOR OUR INSISTENCE THAT CLIMATE JUSTICE HAS TO BE AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. AND OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES
THERE'S BEEN A STRONG FOUNDATION DEVELOPING LANDMARK POLICIES LIKE BOURDEAUX BACKED PRIMARILY BOSTON, BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE WITH THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE OFFICE AND YET WE
KNOW THAT THE PACE AND SCALE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS DEMANDS MORE OF ALL OF US. AND SO THIS PAST SUMMER THE ADMINISTRATION DRAFTED A 2030 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHICH IS A
ROADMAP THAT LAYS OUT THE CITY'S PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND SETS MEASURABLE INDICATORS ALIGNED WITH BOSTON'S GREEN NEW DEAL AND OUR COMMITMENT TO CARBON NEUTRALITY
BY 2050. REVIEW THE PLAN. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION HERE BUT PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW THIS PLAN EMBEDS CLIMATE JUSTICE
THROUGHOUT. SO HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE EAST BOSTON, SOUTH BOSTON AND DORCHESTER AND OTHERS COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LONG FACED DISPROPORTIONATE ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS ARE CENTERED AS BENEFICIARIES
OF CLIMATE INVESTMENTS? AND SO TODAY'S HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE THIS PLAN IN DETAIL, UNDERSTAND ITS IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND ENSURE THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE
COORDINATED, MEASURABLE, TRANSPARENT AND EQUITABLE. SO TODAY WE'LL HEAR FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES,
EXPERTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEIR EXPERTISE WILL HELP DEFINE HOW WE STRENGTHEN AND ACCELERATE THIS WORK TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THERE'S OTHER CITY COUNCILORS THAT HAVE
COME UP. WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IF YOU HAVE OPENING REMARKS PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND TO
EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. YOU'VE BEEN DOGGED ON MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS THINKING AND THAT WE ARE EXECUTING ON A COASTAL RESILIENCE PLAN AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
CONVERSATION AND HEARING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON WHERE THINGS STAND. THIS IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION THAT COMES UP QUITE A BIT IN COMMUNITY. I'M AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR AND SO PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT THIS SO I'M REALLY GLAD
THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FOLLOWING ALONG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE'VE ALSO BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HERE ON THE FLOOR FOR ANY OPENING
REMARKS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND APOLOGIZING OFF CAMERA IN TRANSIT AT THE MOMENT. BUT OBVIOUSLY THE WORD THE NUMBERS 2030 HAVE A LOT OF MEANING TO ME HAVING BEEN
INVOLVED IN IMAGINE BOSTON 20, 30 SEVERAL YEARS AGO UNDER THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THE SORT OF OFFSHOOTS OF PLANS THAT HAVE COME OFF OF THAT CLIMATE RESILIENCY GO BOSTON
2030 THINGS LIKE THAT. SO HAPPY TO SEE HOW FAR ALONG IT'S COME AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY MY QUESTIONS WILL PROBABLY BE MORE FOCUSED ON THE DORCHESTER COASTLINE SEVEN PLUS MILES AS WELL AS TREES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THOSE ARE MY TWO SONS CLIMATE ISSUES BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE OF THE WORK TO DO ONE BUT APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. SO I'LL NOW INTRODUCE TODAY'S PANELIST FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE BRIAN SWETT WHO'S THE CHIEF CLIMATE OFFICER. HAVE CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND OLIVER SELLERS GARCIA WHO IS
BOSTON'S GREEN NEW DEAL DIRECTOR. YOU ALL HAVE THE FLOOR. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE IT AWAY. AND JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES WE DID RECEIVE A SLIDE DECK THAT THEY'LL BE GOING THROUGH THAT'S WITHIN THE FOLDER WITHIN THE
EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT THIS MORNING BY RON. SO FEEL FREE TO TAKE IT AWAY, CHIEF. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIR FOR CONVENING WITH SOME FOR
PRESENTING THIS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THE CITY'S 2030 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN THE MIDST OF ITS DEVELOPMENT AND WE'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT WHERE IT'S GOING, WHERE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.
BUT TO ENGAGE WITH YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS AS YOU GUYS ARE LISTENING BOTH CRITICAL INPUTS INTO THIS PLAN AND CRITICAL CRITICAL CONDUITS TO THE CONSTITUENTS IN BOSTON ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT AND IS ENGAGING WITH IT OVER WHO'S PULLING UP THE DECK. I'LL BEGIN WITH A LITTLE BIT
OF THE TABLE SETTING. CAN YOU HEAR IT? YES, WE CAN. AND WE HAVE THE YEP. GREAT. THERE YOU GO. SO WE WANT TO JUMP TO THE NEXT
SLIDE THAT WILL LAY OUT THE AGENDA AND OVERVIEW. I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF TABLE SETTING ON THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO ALL OF OURSELVES. GARCIA TO WALK THROUGH THE THE DETAILS AND THE STRUCTURE
OF THE PLAN. YOU KNOW SOME OF OUR ENGAGEMENT TO DATE AND THEN CHRIS AND OLIVER AND I WILL TAG TEAM ON THE TOPICS THAT IT COVERS AND THE CONTENT AND THE TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS IN TERMS
OF ENGAGEMENT. SO FOR VERY BRIEF ITEMS I WANT TO COVER JUST A SORT OF TABLE SET HERE. FIRST IS AS I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR FIFTH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
SO THIS IS REALLY BUILDING ON A ROBUST SET OF PLANNING. AND BOSTON WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD TO DEFINE CLIMATE ACTION AS A CHALLENGE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AS AN
EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGE TO OUR CITY AND BEGIN PLANNING FOR IT AND BEGIN EMBEDDING IT IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. THE MOST RECENT FORMAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR THE CITY WAS
THE 2019 UPDATE. AND SO THIS IS REALLY BUILDING OFF OF THAT AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF FOCUS AREAS FOR THIS. FIRST AND FOREMOST THIS IS FOCUS ON 2030 AND WE'RE CALLING
IT A 2030 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BECAUSE WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE ARE REINFORCING BUT NOT CHANGING THE LONG TERM GOALS OF THE CITY TO BE NET CARBON NEUTRAL BY MID-CENTURY AND RESILIENT TO
OUR EXPECTED FUTURE CLIMATE. THIS PLAN IS REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT IS SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN 2030 ON OUR CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAMS. AND FOR US THAT MEANS BOTH OUR
PROGRESS ON MITIGATION SO ON REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE LARGELY FROM FOR BOSTON AND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT. AND ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND
YOU KNOW, AS MANAGER, YOU KNOW AND I'VE BEEN A CRITICAL SUPPORTER OF THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE CREATED AN OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE REALLY DEDICATED TO AND TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURES AROUND DELIVERING A CLIMATE RESILIENT BOSTON GOING FORWARD. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO REAL FOCUS AREAS OF THIS PLAN WITH FOUNDATIONALLY CLIMATE JUSTICE BEING OUR NORTH STAR IN
EVERYTHING WE DO. IT IS NOT A SEPARATE PILLAR IN THIS PLAN. IT IS FOUNDATIONAL AND THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, KPIS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGHOUT THIS PLAN BECAUSE WE
KNOW AS AN ADMINISTRATION IT'S NOT ONLY MORALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO BUT IT IS ALSO WHERE YOU SEE THE HIGHEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF HEALTH INDICATORS, IN TERMS
OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS, IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES IS ADDRESSING CLIMATE ACTION IN OUR CLIMATE JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES FIRST AND FOREMOST. AND SO IT JUST MAKES SENSE FROM
EVERY WAY WE LOOK AT IT AND THIS IS YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZING THOSE INVESTMENTS. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS A CLIMATE PLAN. THIS IS NOT A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. SO THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT THE CITY DOES UNDER THE
GENERAL RUBRIC OF SUSTAINABILITY THAT MAY GET REFERENCED IN THIS PLAN BUT ARE NOT EXPLICITLY CALLED OUT AND DON'T HAVE DEEP DIVES. SO YOU KNOW, MANY ON THIS CALL KNOW WE HAVE AN OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN THAT THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT WHICH SITS IN MY CABINET, YOU KNOW, LEAVES EVERY SEVERAL YEARS. THIS WILL NOT REPEAT THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS IN THE OPEN SPACE PLAN ABOUT PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION.
YOU'LL SEE ELEMENTS IN HERE ON TREES AND SHADE ABOUT CLIMATE RESILIENCE. BUT THIS IS NOT A REPEAT OF, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS PLAN. THIS IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE AROUND FOOD. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BROAD FOOD POLICY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THERE ARE ELEMENTS IN HERE ON FOOD JUSTICE AND RESILIENCE BUT THIS IS NOT SORT OF A REPEAT OF THAT PLAN WASTE REMOVAL, YOU KNOW, IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE RECYCLING PROGRAM THAT IS NOT ABOUT CLIMATE, THAT'S ABOUT
SUSTAINABILITY GIVEN WHERE OUR WASTE GOES. SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO NOT BE CONCERNED IF THEY DON'T SEE SOME SPECIFIC SUSTAINABILITY RELATED PROGRAMS OR DETAILS IN THIS PLAN THAT IS BY INTENT.
WE WANTED TO NARROWLY FOCUS THIS PARTICULAR PLAN ON WHAT IS SUCCESS OF LIKE ON GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION, ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ON CLIMATE JUSTICE IN 2030. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO
MENTION THE THIS IS NOT A CITY HALL PLAN. THIS IS A CITYWIDE PLAN. AND ONE OF THE EMPHASES YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO NEED PARTNERS IN THE
COMMUNITY TO DELIVER THIS. SO NOT ONLY WILL WE BE TO FILE IN WHICH ALL IS THE LEAD ON EACH OF THESE STRATEGIES WE WILL ALSO BE DEFINING KEY
CITYWIDE PARTNERS NONPROFITS, INSTITUTIONS, CORPORATES WHO WILL HELP CO-OWN DELIVERY OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THESE GOALS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I MAY HAVE JUMPED ALREADY TO THE NEXT SLIDE IN MY HEAD.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S SEE. SO YEAH, SO BUILDING ON THE 2019 PLAN, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION ACROSS THE INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY, WE REALLY DO WANT A PARTNER TO BE
EXCITED TO SEE KIND OF THE KIND OF THE IN THE OUTSIDE PANEL MANY OF THOSE FOLKS OF ENGAGE WITH OTHERS THROUGHOUT AND BE CRITICAL PARTNERS AND THAT IS A PIVOT. YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST I THINK THESE PLANS ARE BEING PERCEIVED AT THE CITY HALL PLANS AND WE
GET GREAT ENGAGEMENT ON DEFINING THE PLAN. WE WANT TO KEEP THAT ENGAGEMENT GOING WHEN THIS PLAN IS FORMALLY RELEASED IN APRIL TO ACTUALLY CODE DELIVER ON THE AMBITION HERE AROUND CLIMATE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OLIVER TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE DETAILS. GREAT. THANK YOU BRIAN AND I'M ALL OVER SOLAR GARCIA, THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL DIRECTOR. IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I JUST WANT TO PREFACE THE SLIDES THAT I'M GOING TO GO
THROUGH BY JUST THANKING THE CHAIR AND EVERYONE ON ON THE COMMITTEE FOR HAVING THIS MEETING. THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR FROM YOU THE CITY COUNCIL OF COURSE FROM THE PANEL AS WELL. BUT I WANT YOU TO PUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF BEFORE I GO INTO
THE DETAILS OF A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT THAT SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW THE BOSTON COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING AND THAT THIS IS
ALSO YOU KNOW, AGAIN YOUR YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THE DIFFERENT SORT OF SEQUENCE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. BUT I WANT TO NAME RIGHT FROM
THE START THAT THIS IS PARTWAY THROUGH OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING PROCESS AND IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT FROM HOW THE CITY HAS DONE THINGS IN THE PAST WHERE THERE'S YOU KNOW, A LOT
OF DISCUSSION AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN MUCH A LOT OF WORK IN BETWEEN AND THEN A PRESENTATION AT THE END. WE'RE REALLY AT A MIDWAY POINT RIGHT HERE WHICH IS DIFFERENT
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT BY DESIGN THERE'S THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETED. THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE'RE STILL COLLECTING BEARS INPUT SUCH AS WHAT YOU'LL GIVE US
TODAY THAT WILL MAKE IT INTO THE FINAL PLAN AND THAT IS A NEW WAY OF DOING IT THAT IS MORE TRANSPARENT AND ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT WE CAN SORT
OF WE CAN LEARN BY PUTTING THINGS FORWARD GOING BACK AND COMING BACK AGAIN. SO YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THAT A FEW MORE TIMES IN MORE DETAIL. SO WHAT I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALSO IS A BIT OF A HIGH
LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN. SO WE'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY TO GIVE AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE SPECIFIC SUBJECT MATTER.
SO AGAIN JUST A FRAME OF THIS PLAN REALLY IS AND HOW IT IS YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN CONCEIVE OF IT AS BEING DIFFERENT FROM PAST CLIMATE PLANS IS A MUCH
CLOSER END POINT TIMEFRAME TO 2030. OF COURSE WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP TO REACH OUR 2050 TARGETS BUT WE'RE PAST PLANS OF KIND OF KICKING THE CAN DOWN
THE ROAD. WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE HERE TO DO THEM TOGETHER. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE ARE
WORKING ON DEVELOPING METRICS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO TRACK OUR PROGRESS AT THAT SCALE OF ANNUAL OR EVEN MORE FREQUENT PROGRESS IN THINGS
THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND AND SEE. AND THE OTHER IS AS BRIAN MENTIONED, CLIMATE JUSTICE IS AT THE CENTER OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THIS PLAN IS THE
SPRINGBOARD TO CREATE MORE CLIMATE JUSTICE TOOLS THAT WILL BE USED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. SO IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE
SCOPE OF THIS PLAN. FOR THE FIRST TIME BOSTON IS DOING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT COMBINES GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS WITH CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
WE ALL LIVE IN THE WORLD THAT UNDERSTAND THAT THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER WHEN YOU ARE RETROFITTING A TRIPLE DECKER YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING TO PUT IN SOLAR PANELS AND MAKE IT EFFICIENT.
YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO THINK ABOUT THE LEAKY BASEMENT AND HOW TO KEEP THAT HOT AND COLD AND TEMPERATURE EXTREMES. OF COURSE THERE ARE STRATEGIES THAT ARE MUCH MORE ORIENTED
TOWARD ONE AND THE OTHER BUT THIS IS A RECOGNITION THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS TOGETHER AND WITH A FOCUS ON CLIMATE JUSTICE THAT DOES HAVE SOME SORT
OF EXPLICIT COMPONENTS IN THE PLAN THAT ARE CALLED OUT FOR EXAMPLE AS CLIMATE JUSTICE METRICS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT DRAFT. BUT FUNDAMENTALLY IT'S THE
UNDERLYING BASIS FOR A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING MAKING SURE THAT THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF CLIMATE ACTION ARE SHARED IN A WAY THAT RECOGNIZES
WHERE THERE HAS BEEN MORE BURDEN AND WHERE THERE IS MORE OPPORTUNITY ACROSS THE CITY AND THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL IN THE SHAPE OF A LOT OF THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN THIS PLAN.
SO I WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE WHICH IS VERY BUSY. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS MORE OF A TAKEAWAY SLIDE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT LATER AND REFER TO WHEN FOLKS THEN IN OUR COMMUNITY ASK
YOU ABOUT THE CLIMATE PLAN. BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT I WAS SHARING ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME AND HAVING A COUPLE OF DRAFTS BEFORE WE FINALIZE IT THAT GO
OUT THERE INTO THE PUBLIC. AND SO WHAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT IS THE GRAY BOXES IN THE MIDDLE AND THOSE ARE SORT OF LIKE THE BIG DELIVERABLES, THE THE
PRODUCTS OF THE PLAN. WHAT IS IN RED IS THE TECHNICAL INPUT FROM CITY STAFF AND SOME CONSULTANTS WHO'VE BEEN HELPING
OUT THE GREEN IS THE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT THAT FEEDS INTO THE DELIVERABLE ONCE IT'S SORT OF IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE COMPLETED.
AND IN BLUE WE HAVE A BIG ANALYTICAL PROCESS WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT IS. SO WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT THE DRAFT THAT YOU
HAVE SEEN THAT CAME OUT IN AUGUST IS DRAFT NUMBER ONE THAT RESULTED FROM A LOT OF INPUT FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND INDIVIDUALS.
I'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT PRIMARILY AROUND PRIORITIZATION AND A LOT OF INPUT FROM OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS INSIDE OF THE CITY. WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW
THAT'S WHERE THE STAR IS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND DRAFT AND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL THINGS IN IT. I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT MORE IN DETAIL. BUT WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IN
THE SEQUENCE IS THAT A ADDITION A SECOND ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT HAPPENED. IT'S NOW COMPLETE AND THAT THE RESULTS OF THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH FOR THIS DRAFT
TOO. AND THEN WE'LL PUT OUT A FINAL DRAFT WHERE THERE WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE .
SO THE WHAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN WE NORMALLY DO ABOUT WHAT THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE
OF EVERYONE HERE IN THE CITY. SO WE TRIED TO RECOGNIZE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS TO WORK AT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND SCALES AT WHICH FOLKS WANT
TO ENGAGE, PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND ALSO TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR DELIVERY OF THE PLAN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN INTERNAL STRUCTURE WHETHER THAT
INCLUDES OUR CLIMATE COUNCIL WHICH IS MADE UP OF CHIEFS ABOUT 13 CHIEFS AND DIRECTORS AROUND THE CITY AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SUBJECT MATTER AND DELIVERY TEAMS ACROSS THE CITY.
I THINK I'LL POINT YOUR ATTENTION MORE TO THE EXTERNAL PART OF IT ON THE RIGHT WHICH IS THAT WE CREATED DIFFERENT KINDS OF ACTIVITIES AND WAYS TO
PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND GIVE US IDEAS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOLKS IN THE CITY. SO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC SORT OF A TOTALLY WIDE OPEN WAY OF INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING
FEEDBACK COMING TO MEETINGS. WE ALSO HAVE CREATED A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO REPRESENT EITHER YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC
GEOGRAPHIES OR ISSUE AREAS AND WORK WITH THEM TO BOTH RECEIVE FEEDBACK BUT ALSO HAVE THEM BE OUR PARTNERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE PLAN AND SORT
OF BEING A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CONSTITUENTS THEY REPRESENT. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A SEPARATE GROUP ALTHOUGH THERE IS OF COURSE SOME OVERLAP ON KEY DELIVERY PARTNERS.
THESE ARE MORE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY IN IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE SOLUTIONS. SO THINK ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS IN
HEALTH CARE OR YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO A LOT OF FORMAL ADVOCACY ON ISSUES. THAT IS A DISTINCTION THERE. SO IF WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL
YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT DRAFTS SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND THE ENGAGEMENT THAT LED UP TO IT. SO AS I MENTIONED IN THE DRAFT THAT IS UP ON OUR WEBSITE THAT
WAS RELEASED IN AUGUST HAD A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS FOCUSED AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND A SURVEY THAT WAS OPEN TO
EVERYONE TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT PRIORITY AREAS ARE. WE ALSO HAD A BIG ROUNDTABLE WITH THOSE CBO PARTNERS THAT I
MENTIONED AND SO WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT FEEDBACK THAT YOU SEE REPRESENTED ALREADY IN THE DRAFT THAT WAS RELEASED IN AUGUST IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN A CLIMATE PLAN
THAT SHOWS THINGS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN A REALISTIC TIME FRAME AND THE FOCUS AREAS THAT WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT OF COURSE THERE'S MANY BUT HEAT RESILIENCE BUILDING
DECARBONIZATION ESPECIALLY WITH A FOCUS ON RENTERS AND SMALL BUILDINGS. AND ALSO WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS. THINK OF THIS IN THE CONTEXT
OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE ABOUT HOW DOES CLIMATE TOUCH YOUR LIFE AND WHAT MATTERS TO YOU. SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE . THIS IS THE THIS IS THE STEP THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE COMPLETED THE ENGAGEMENT THAT IS ON THE LEFT PART OF YOUR SCREEN HERE. AND WHAT THAT CONSISTED OF WAS A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS THAT WERE
ACTUALLY ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTCOMES ARE A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT GROUPS OF CONSTITUENTS SUCH AS YOUNG FOLKS, OLDER FOLKS, BUSINESSES AND ALSO A SURVEY
THAT WAS MUCH MORE YOU MAY HAVE SEEN EMBEDDED INTO THE DRAFT TO GET SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE CONTENT IN THERE ABOUT THE STRATEGIES AND ALSO CONTINUING THE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND DELIVERY
PARTNERS. SO WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT DRAFT THAT WE'RE I'M SORRY THAT ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING INTO OUR DRAFT RIGHT NOW IS
REALLY A FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING SOME OF THE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT I MENTIONED. BUT ALSO A BIT MORE REFINEMENT ON SOME ADDITIONAL AREAS TO
FOCUS ON PARTICULARLY TREE CANOPY BUILDING RETROFITS. AGAIN, WE'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT COOLING AND SORT OF MEDICAL COMPONENT ABOUT EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT AND A
REAL DESIRE TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT CONTINUE BEYOND THE COMPLETION OF THE PLAN. SO WE'RE GETTING A STRONG SIGNAL THAT IT'S NOT JUST PRODUCING A PLAN AND THEN MEASURING OUR PROGRESS BUT ALSO
CONTINUING ENGAGEMENT ON THAT. MOVING ON IN THE NEXT SLIDE THOUGH SO THIS IS NOW IN THE FUTURE THIS WILL BE THE DRAFT THAT WE PUT OUT IN FEBRUARY
READY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WILL BE A OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE FORMAL WRITTEN COMMENTS AND THE CLIMATE PLAN
WILL HAVE ALL OF THE COMPONENTS IN IT SUCH AS THE METRICS AND MANY OF OUR PARTNERS WHO WILL BE COORDINATING THE DELIVERY
OF SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES. SO WITH THAT I'LL MOVE TO THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE AND I HOPE THAT WHAT I JUST WENT OVER GAVE YOU A MORE IN-DEPTH SENSE OF WHAT
THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS HAVE BEEN LIKE WITH A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH AT DIFFERENT LEVELS SOME OF IT VIRTUAL, SOME OF IT IN PERSON AND THE SORT OF WEALTH
OF INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND HERE IS WHERE WE I COMPLETELY CANNOT DO JUSTICE TO FOLLOW ALL THE RICH MATERIAL IN HERE. BUT WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT IN
BETWEEN THE DRAFTS WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK AND WE FIGURED OUT WHAT WHAT WE CAN CONSOLIDATE WHAT MIGHT NOT BE AS HIGH A PRIORITY ANYMORE AND HAVE
RESTRUCTURED THE PLAN TO FIT INTO THESE CATEGORIES. BUT BY AND LARGE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IS YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THIS CLIMATE PLAN.
SO IT'S REALLY MORE A QUESTION OF ORGANIZATION AND I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A TINY TASTE OVER CATEGORIES THAT THIS IS AND WHICH IS VERY FAMILIAR. SO WE'VE CALLED OUT THE ITEMS
THAT THE CITY WILL LEAD ON SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR OPERATIONS AND THEN THERE'S A LOT ON BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY. SO BUILDINGS AND ENERGY IS
WHERE A LOT OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COME FROM AND THERE'S A BIG FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY AND HOW THESE THINGS CAN ACTUALLY BE DONE WITH NOT JUST CARE AND NOT JUST
STICKS BUT ALSO CARROTS AND RECOGNIZING THAT AREAS THAT WE CAN WORK IN WITH MOST IMPACT NOW GIVEN OUR OUR CONTEXT IN TRANSPORTATION A LOT OF OVERLAP
AND HIGHLIGHTING OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT HAVE SOME WORK GOING ON IN THE CITY BUT THAT REALLY HAVE A STRONG CLIMATE NEXUS AND SO I
WILL NOW TURN IT TO CHRIS WHO'S GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE OTHER SECTIONS. OLIVER THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND TO BRIAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE ON THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
AND REALLY APPRECIATE AS WELL THE PARTNERSHIP OF BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE PARTNERS IN THE FOLLOWING PANEL. AS BRIAN SAID THIS IS NOT A CITY HALL PLAN. THIS IS A CITYWIDE PLAN. IT IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US
TO BE ABLE TO TO REALLY DO THIS WORK GOING FORWARD. I'M GONNA TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE SECOND AND THIRD COLUMNS HERE. THE SECOND COLUMN IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE IS WHERE WE'RE MOST
LOOKING TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE RISKS IN FRONT OF OUR CITY ALL WITH A LENS TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT BOSTON REMAINS A GREAT CITY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO CALL HOME FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
THE THREE PRINCIPAL CLIMATE RISKS WE'RE FOCUSED ON ARE EXTREME HEAT, STORMWATER WATER FLOODING AND COASTAL FLOODING WHICH YOU SEE SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT CENTER COLUMN. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON OTHER THINGS THAT REALLY HELP US DO THAT DO WORK AT AN
ACCELERATED PACE ACROSS ALL OF THOSE RISKS. SO TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON HEAT AND STORMWATER AND COASTAL FLOODING HEAT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED
CAUSE OF DEATH IN OUR COUNTRY. AND FOR THE CITY WE ARE FOCUSED A LOT ON HOW WE SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS DURING HEAT EMERGENCIES. THOSE INTENSE HEAT WAVES THAT HAVE IMPACTED OUR CITY AND WILL
IMPACT OUR CITY AT INCREASING FREQUENCY GOING FORWARD AS WELL AS TRANSFORMATION OF BOTH INDOOR SPACES AND OUR OUTDOOR SPACES, OUR STREETS, PARKS ETC. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
CREATING A MORE COMFORTABLE CLIMATE FOR MORE PEOPLE. AND THEN A THIRD CATEGORY OF WORK WHICH IS REALLY AROUND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAILORING OUR PROGRAMS TO REALLY SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THIS WORK INCLUDING A LOT OF WORK BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO SHIFT FOR EXAMPLE WHERE THEY ARE DOING THEIR TREE PLANTING.
SO NOW 40% OF OUR TREE PLANTING IS HAPPENING IN 20 THE 20% OF BOSTON HAS LOWER CANOPY COVER PLACES LIKE SOUTH BOSTON ,BOSTON. WE'VE ALSO LAST YEAR
IMPLEMENTED THE LARGEST ROLL OUT OF GREEN ROOFS ON BUS SHELTERS ANYWHERE IN THE NATION IN THAT HEAT CATEGORY IN THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS OUR SET
OF STRATEGIES THAT EXPAND THE TOOLKIT OF INTERVENTIONS THAT WE CAN EXPLORE AND IMPLEMENT IN THE OUTDOOR SPACES ON OUR STREETS AND OUR PARKS WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN SUPPORT THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDOOR SPACES
AND NEW POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE WORKERS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE GREAT CREDIT TO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS RECENTLY PASSED VERY SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE
PROTECTION OF OF OUTDOOR WORKERS DURING THE COURSE OF HEAT EMERGENCIES. THE SECOND CATEGORY HERE IS AROUND STORMWATER FLOODING. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF SEVERE RAIN EVENTS AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS, THEIR PROPERTY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FROM INTENSE RAINSTORMS. A LOT OF THIS WORK IS ABOUT HOW WE BOTH MANAGE THE 600 MILES OF STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT WATER AND SEWER STEWARDS BENEATH OUR STREETS AS WELL AS HOW WE TRANSFORM PUBLIC PROPERTY ARE 800 MILES OF ROADWAY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY IN GENERAL ABOVEGROUND. AGAIN, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE
ALREADY THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT PROJECT PROGRESS BY BOTH OUR STREETS CABINET AND OUR BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING A NEW STORMWATER PROGRAM OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND CREATING A NEW OFFICE OF GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE TO THINK ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF OUR STREETS GOING FORWARD IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR A SET OF STRATEGIES THAT EXTEND THIS WORK REFINING THE STORMWATER
PROGRAM ITSELF EXTENDING THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR STREETS TO MORE OF OUR CITY OWNED ASSETS ACROSS THE CITY AND IMPORTANTLY ALSO UPDATING OUR OUR
STORMWATER MODEL SO THAT WE ARE MORE TAILORING OUR CAPITAL PLAN GOING FORWARD TO LOWER THE FLOOD RISK TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT MAY OCCUR DURING AN
INTENSE DOWNTOWN DOWNPOUR. THE THIRD CATEGORY IN THE IN MY TERM STRATEGIES AROUND RESILIENCE IS FOCUSED ON COASTAL FLOODING. THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A
PHENOMENAL PARTNER ON THIS WORK AND WAS MENTIONED BY A NUMBER OF YOU IN YOUR OPENING COMMENTS. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE A CITY THAT EXPERIENCES SUNNY DAY FLOODING IN IN PARTS OF BOSTON. WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 40
INCHES OF SEA LEVEL RISE BETWEEN THE START OF THE CENTURY AND 2070S. ALL OF US KNOW AND ALL OF US HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS REGULARLY THAT OUR TAKING ACTION ON THIS IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. AGAIN, THIS IS A PLACE WITH GREAT CREDIT TO THE
COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNCIL AND OUR MANY PARTNERS THAT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AROUND PREPAREDNESS AND AROUND INTERVENTIONS THROUGH THIS COUNCIL WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALLOCATE THE LARGEST
AMOUNT IN THE CITY'S HISTORY OF CAPITAL FUNDING TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT HAVE A COASTAL RESILIENCE COMPONENT. WE'VE COMPLETED PLANNING ACROSS ALL 47 MILES OF OUR COASTLINE AND ARE NOW FOCUSED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE
PROJECTS PROJECTS LIKE RYAN PLAYGROUND IN CHARLESTOWN THROUGH THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. WE ARE LOOKING AT A COMBINATION OF BOTH OUR CONTINUED FOCUS ON SOME OF THOSE LONG TERM
PROJECTS THAT HELP PROTECT BOSTON AND OUR COMMUNITIES CONSTITUENTS FROM THE BALANCE OF THE CENTURY SUCH AS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AS WELL AS ACCELERATING OUR NEAR-TERM WORK
AROUND THINGS LIKE DEPLOYABLE FLOOD BARRIERS AND SUPPORTING RESIDENTS WITH WITH RETROFITS FOR THEIR HOMES. THERE'S A FOURTH CATEGORY IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN OF CROSS
HAZARD CLIMATE RISK BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT REALLY SUPPORT WORK IN ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES IN ADDRESSING HEAT, STORMWATER AND COASTAL FLOODING.
THIS INCLUDES SOME WORK AROUND HOW WE COLLECT DATA BOTH FOR A REAL TIME UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY NEAR-TERM FORECASTING SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR WHAT EVENTS MAY HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE
FOLLOWING WEEK OR MONTHS AS WELL AS LONG TERM MODELING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN THE RIGHT LOCATIONS AND IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. AND THERE'S ALSO A SET OF STRATEGIES IN THERE THAT ARE
FOCUSED ON EXPANDING AND EXTENDING THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR OFFICE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS DOING AROUND PROVIDING RESILIENCE HUBS FOR OUR RESIDENTS SOMETHING WHICH WE
LOOK TO EXPAND FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WORK PERSPECTIVE OLIVER WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE THIRD CATEGORY AS WELL THAT YOU SEE ON THIS PAGE. JUST WANT TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON ALL THE WORK IN THAT MIDDLE
CATEGORY AROUND RESILIENCE IS WORK THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FROM SORT OF PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION. AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PUTS FORWARD AS KEY STRATEGIES
THAT WILL HELP US ACCELERATE THE PACE OF IMPLEMENTATION. THAT INCLUDES WORK AROUND DEVELOPING TOOLS TO SORT OF FINANCE THIS WORK. WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN ENGAGE AND
EMBRACE THE INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY OF INNOVATORS, ENTREPRENEURS AND RESEARCHERS IN THE BOSTON AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE INVEST WE'RE INVESTING IN THE MOST AFFORDABLE AND EFFECTIVE WAY
POSSIBLE. AND THEN SOME REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS AROUND WORKFORCE SO THAT AS WE ARE DOING THIS INVESTMENT WE ARE CREATING A GREAT PATHWAYS INTO INTO THE GREEN JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
NECESSARY TO DELIVER ON THE RISK REDUCING INVESTMENTS THAT WILL NOT ONLY HELP US ADDRESS THE RISKS OF HEAT AND STORMWATER AND COASTAL FLOODING BUT ALSO STRENGTHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS A RESULT.
SO I'LL PASS BACK TO OLIVER. AGAIN APPRECIATE ALL THE COLLABORATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT ON THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. THANK YOU CHRIS AND WE ONLY
HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES HERE SO YES, AS CHRIS MENTIONED FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR CLIMATE PLAN IS REALLY ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT ,YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADVANCE OUR
CLIMATE GOALS ALONG WITH WORKFORCE GOALS AND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE TWO AND ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO REALLY
BE WORKING ON THE HARDEST THINGS THAT ANY CITY CAN ACTUALLY WORK ON NOW IT'S NO LONGER JUST THE PLANNING BUT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION WE'VE WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE FUNDING
AND FINANCING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SORT OF PUSH OFF TO LATER. IT'S REALLY I'M FIGURING THAT OUT NOW. SO IN THAT I ONLY HAVE THREE MORE SLIDES AND THEY'RE JUST A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF READING THIS PLAN AND PREPARING YOU FOR THE NEXT DRAFTS THAT WILL BE COMING OUT. SO WE'VE ORGANIZED OUR PLAN AND
YOU KNOW OF COURSE THE THEMATIC DEGREES BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEED TO THINK OF THE DIFFERENT WORK STREAMS IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND SO IN THESE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES WE
HAVE ONE WHICH IS REALLY TAKING THE THINGS THAT WE ARE THAT ARE WE'VE ALREADY DONE BECAUSE AS BRIAN MENTIONED, WE'RE COMING OFF OF 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENT CLIMATE PLANNING AND LOTS OF IMPLEMENTATION ALREADY AND THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO GROW AND SCALE. SO THINK FOR EXAMPLE BOURDEAUX WHICH IS JUST SUCH A IT'S OUR SINGLE BIGGEST TOOL FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND THIS PLAN LETS US FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE
HOW MORE TO HELP DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO REACH THOSE BORDEAUX TARGETS THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO START IS ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT ARE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT
COMING OUT OF THE BLUE WE'VE KNOWN WE'VE NEEDED TO DO THEM. WE HAVE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE CALLING FOR THEM AND OR READY TO HELP US DO IT. AND THOSE ARE THEY WILL BE NEW
BUT THEY ARE ON OUR OUR RADAR AND SHOULDN'T BE MUCH OF A SURPRISE TO ANYONE IN BOSTON. AND THEN WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE WANT TO CONSTANTLY BE INNOVATING AND ARE A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE POINT OF KNOWING
EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING ON IT IN 2026. AND SO THOSE ARE IN THE EVALUATE AND EXPLORE CATEGORY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST STEP IS GOING TO BE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT FEW STEPS ARE AND THAT IS REALLY
THE SOME OF THE CUTTING EDGE IDEAS. SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'VE ALREADY PROBABLY BEEN ABLE TO INTUIT A LOT OF THIS BUT THIS IS ANOTHER TAKEAWAY SLIDE TO PUT IT ALL ON AN
ACTUAL CALENDAR. THE WERE WERE IN THE FALL OF 2025. RIGHT NOW WE'VE COMPLETED THE ENGAGEMENT AND WE'RE WORKING TO RELEASE IN FEBRUARY A SECOND DRAFT THAT HAS A LOT MORE IN
IT. IT HAS THE METRICS, IT HAS THE DELIVERY PARTNERS, IT HAS SOME MEASUREMENTS OF IMPACT ON SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE A VERY
CLEAR QUANTIFIABLE WAY TO MEASURE AND THEN THAT WILL BE OUT FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BEFORE THE PLAN IS COMPLETED IN THE SPRING.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD US ALL TALK ABOUT OH, SORRY. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU'VE HEARD US ALL TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT METRICS ARE AND THAT IS AGAIN SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YET.
IT'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET FEEDBACK ON IT BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE LIKE THESE ARE SUCH GREAT IDEAS. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO SUCCEED IN 2026 AND
2027 IN THESE STRATEGIES AND WE'LL BE WORKING OFF OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL DASHBOARD THAT HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL TO ORIENT OUR PROGRESS AND REVAMPING THAT TO ADD METRICS THAT ARE MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO THE
STRATEGIES IN THE PLAN AND THAT REALLY TARGET, YOU KNOW, METRICS THAT ARE USABLE AND INTUITIVE TO FOLKS BECAUSE YOU
KNOW, MAYBE WE ALL UNDERSTAND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BUT THAT'S NOT EXACTLY HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT. AND HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF METRICS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AND ALSO THERE ARE AS CHRIS AND BRIAN MENTIONED,
THERE WILL BE METRICS THAT MORE SORT OF ON A METAL LEVEL LOOK AT CLIMATE JUSTICE. SO FOR EXAMPLE SOME SORT OF HEALTH IMPACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT ALSO THAT MORE
SPECIFICALLY FOR EXAMPLE LOOK AT NEIGHBORHOODS OR PROGRESS ON CERTAIN TARGETS THAT HAVE BEEN SET WITH A CLIMATE JUSTICE PRIORITY. FOR EXAMPLE OUR BOSTON ENERGY SAVER TARGETS THAT HAVE A
SPECIFIC FOCUS ON SOME OF THE EQUITY COMMUNITIES OF MASS SAVE WHERE CLIMATE JUSTICE IS EMBEDDED IN THE STRATEGY. AND SO THE METRIC IS TRACKING HOW THAT IS BEING DELIVERED FOR
THOSE FOLKS SO THAT THAT IS THE END OF OUR SLIDES AND I WILL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A BIG PRESENTATION SORT OF HOVERING ABOVE THE SPECIFIC DETAIL AND IT IT ALMOST FEELS
FUNNY THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LEAVE IT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THESE ARE JUST SOME IN CASE WE NEED TO REFER TO THEM. SO WE REALLY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THAT. I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PANEL THAT IS COMING UP
NEXT. MANY OF THEM ARE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED DEEPLY IN THE CREATION OF THE PLAN AND WILL BE CO IMPLEMENTERS AND WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO BE REALLY ROLLING
UP OUR SLEEVES ON A PLAN THAT I THINK IS REALLY RIPE FOR THIS VERY CRITICAL MOMENT WHERE WE'RE FACING A LOT OF CRISES TOGETHER AND I THINK RECOGNIZING AS A CITY THAT CLIMATE UNDERLIES A LOT OF THE
THINGS THAT WE WANT TO WORK ON THAT IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR ECONOMY AND THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING OUR SERVE IN BOSTON'S LEADERSHIP ROLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FORWARD
TO MAKE SURE THAT CLIMATE LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT IS AMBITIOUS AND ACHIEVABLE. SO WITH THAT WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH REALLY CHIEF OLIVER AND CHRIS FOR SUCH A ROBUST AND INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. IT IS IT IS HIGH LEVEL AND OF COURSE I FIND MYSELF WANTING IN MY QUESTIONS TO GET
SPECIFICALLY INTO THE DETAILS BUT FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND FOR THE PANEL COMING UP I WILL RESERVE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE DRAFT WE'LL GET INTO SOME
OF THE METRICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES SO I DID HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THAT. I AM GOING TO TAKE ONCE I CAN JUST RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCILOR WEBER HAS JOINED US, OUR VICE CHAIR SO THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US. COUNCILOR WEBER I AM GOING TO TAKE PRIVILEGE AS CHAIR AND ALSO LEAD SPONSOR TO ASK QUESTIONS FIRST AND TO GIVE MYSELF 6 MINUTES AND THEN A TIME MYSELF AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS EQUAL AMONGST ALL OF OUR
ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES. I AM MORE CONCERNED MORE NOT MORE CONCERNED BUT I GUESS THAT TO START WITH MY QUESTIONS THEY'LL BE CENTERED MORE AROUND THE INTERNAL IMPLEMENTATION AND
THE INTERNAL PROCESSES AND THEN THE BUDGETING WHICH I KNOW COULD COME LATER ON. BUT THINKING ABOUT AND THERE WAS A ARE TALKED ABOUT THERE'S GOING TO BE INTERNAL ISSUES TO
THE LEFT HAND SIDE INTERNAL CITY STRUCTURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT BUT BECAUSE OF THIS EMPHASIZE A SUCH AN ALL OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH. CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH HOW THIS COORDINATION WILL
FUNCTION IN PRACTICE? I KNOW YOU HAVE THIS CAP DASHBOARD THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL DASHBOARD BUT SPECIFICALLY NOW WHAT MECHANISMS ARE YOU GOING
TO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT IF THAT'S YOU KNOW, FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO VARIOUS OFFICES EVEN WITHIN THE CABINET TO ESD TO PUBLIC HEALTH LIKE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ALIGNED AND
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ROLE IN MEETING SOME OF THE CLIMATE AND RESILIENCE GOALS OR I CAN TAKE A FIRST SWING AT THAT. I'M OLIVER CAN COME IN AS WELL
I THINK AS YOU KNOW COUNCILOR THE THE MAYOR SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024 TO CREATE THE CLIMATE COUNCIL WHICH IS A GROUP OF 13 CABINET CHIEFS INCLUDING SOME
THAT YOU'D MENTIONED THE CHIEF OF STREETS THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, THE CHIEF OF HOUSING, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND AND REALLY IT'S THE IT'S THE CRITICAL CABINETS INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTING THE
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND WE FORMED THIS GROUP, YOU KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING PROCESS PERMANENTLY WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS IS THE INTERNAL GROUP THAT IS MEETING NO LESS THAN ONCE
ONCE A MONTH TO GO THROUGH YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE PLANNING ON DOING, HOW IS IT GOING? WHAT ARE THE PAIN POINTS? HOW DO WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN IMPLEMENTATION? HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE OUR BUDGETS? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE, YOU
KNOW, COHESIVE ASKS SO THE ORG STRUCTURE YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TO SAY NOT ONLY HOW DO WE DEVELOP THE RIGHT PLAN BUT WHAT IS THAT IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE GOING FORWARD AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENGAGING
INTERNALLY ON QUESTIONS ON CREATING A CLIMATE BUDGET ON HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE AND IDENTIFY THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING, THAT WE'RE REALLY EMBEDDING CLIMATE THROUGHOUT EVERYBODY'S DECISION MAKING TO
MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT VIEWED OF SIMPLY AS OTHER DOLLARS GOING TO CLIMATE ACTION BUT EVERY BUDGET AND OPERATING CAPITAL DECISION WE'RE MAKING IS MOVING US TOWARDS A DECARBONIZED JUST RESILIENT AND
AFFORDABLE BOSTON FOR EVERYBODY RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT WAS A THAT WAS A CRITICAL ELEMENT WAS SETTING UP NETWORK STRUCTURE TO YOUR QUESTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DELIVER
AND EVERYBODY IS PADDLING TOGETHER IN THE SAME DIRECTION . THANK YOU. AND THAT I MEAN THAT THAT IS MY NEXT QUESTION WHICH WAS HOW WILL THIS INFORM THE CITY'S BUDGETING PROCESS? IT'S PRIMARILY THROUGH THE
CLIMATE COUNCIL AND BOTH THE ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS ARE GOING TO BE ALIGNED WITH WHAT IS COMING ABOUT OF THIS COUNCIL ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
. YES. AND I WOULD SAY I MEAN IN FULL CANDOR SOME OF THE STRATEGIES HAVE MORE OF A BUDGET PRIORITY AND IMPACT THAN OTHERS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE AROUND CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND AROUND SOME OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT HAS TO BE PURPOSE BUILT ON OUR SHORELINE. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO CERTAINLY EMBED IN PARKS AND EMBED IN PUBLIC ACCESS IN AN OPEN SPACE. BUT THOSE ARE NEW ITEMS RIGHT
IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN AND THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO BOSTON. YOU KNOW THE STATE RELEASED ITS MOST RESILIENT FINANCE STRATEGY EARLIER THIS WEEK IDENTIFYING AROUND $100 BILLION IN
INVESTMENTS NEEDED OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS ON THE EMISSIONS REDUCTION SIDE, MOST OF THIS IS POLICY AND SUPPORT MECHANISMS UTILIZING MASSIVE AND IT'S WHY I SAY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR DELIVERY OF PROGRAMS LIKE
BOSTON ENERGY SAVER WHERE WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR BUILDING OWNERS, OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR NEXT, YOU KNOW, HPC REPLACEMENT ABOUT THEIR NEXT WINDOW REPLACEMENT
ABOUT HOW DO THEY UPGRADE THEIR BUILDINGS OVER TIME TO BE BOTH MORE AFFORDABLE AND AND GREENER SO VARYING DEGREES OF SORT OF BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION. BUT IS THIS BODY THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, STEER US THROUGH THAT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A
PLAN THAT IS EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND REALLY TIES TOGETHER EACH YEAR IN ITS DELIVERY. OLIVER DO YOU WANT TO COME IN AND SHAPE IN MORE HONESTLY DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH MORE TO ADD AND I DON'T WANT TO USE UP FOR
6 MINUTES ON COMMENTARY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. SPEAKING OF BEING EFFICACIOUS, I MEAN IS THERE SO HOW YOU ALL WILL ENSURE THAT INFORMATION IS
BEING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND STREAMLINED AND CONSISTENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CAP DASHBOARD? CAN YOU JUST TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? IS THAT JUST IN MY PLANNING
STAGES RIGHT NOW HOW WILL IT BUILD OFF OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL DASHBOARD JUST SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT ALL EVERYTHING DATA AND PROGRESS UPDATES AND IMPLEMENTATION MILESTONES ARE ACCESSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT CITY
WIDE? YEAH I WILL COVER THAT ONE. SO I THINK THE THE GREEN NEW DEAL DASHBOARD TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WAS MAYOR WAS IDEA SHE WAS LIKE I WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE
WHAT IT MEANS TO MEASURE THIS IN THINGS THAT IN UNITS THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND SO THAT'S THE CORE OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE CLOSELY TIED TO BE HONEST.
THERE WILL BE MORE METRICS ON THERE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING MORE THINGS WITH THIS PLAN AND THE I THINK THE KEY THING THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT IS THAT THERE WILL BE A SEVERAL METRICS THAT ARE
ADDED THAT ARE REALLY MORE CLOSELY TIED TO PROGRESS ON SPECIFIC STRATEGIES WHEREAS THE GREEN NEW DEAL DASHBOARD IS REALLY MORE SORT OF LIKE YOU KNOW, IMAGINE TAKING THE TEMPERATURE TO DIFFERENT PARTS
OF A CAKE. THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE LIKE WELL IS IS THE CAKE READY? EAT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE METRICS AS WELL AND WE WILL BE USING THEM MUCH MORE CLOSELY BEHIND THE SCENES WITH
THE CLIMATE COUNCIL SO THAT THEY CAN ALIGN THEIR WORK IN THEIR CABINETS TOWARD THOSE GOALS. AND I AND I THINK THE REALISTIC EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY WILL
WILL PROBABLY HAVE AT A MINIMUM AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF WHAT THE METRICS ARE AND IF THEY ARE MEASURING THE RIGHT THINGS BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE SOME THAT ARE SO BROAD AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COVERING
THE RIGHT INDICATORS. I THINK IN ONE AREA LIKE HEALTH FOR EXAMPLE IS REALLY INTERESTING WHERE WE WANT TO KNOW HOW IT'S GOING BUT WE WANT TO KNOW THAT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS UNDER OUR CONTROL THAT WE'RE MEASURING USEFULLY THE PROGRESS OF THE
PLAN. GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY 6 MINUTES. I'LL BE RESPECTFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES BUT JUST WANT TO SAY AS AN AVID BAKER I APPRECIATE YOUR TEMPERATURE REFERENCE.
I'LL PASS IT TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCIL FOUR AND FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR SIX MONTHS AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. OKAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT IS HERE FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. AND CHRIS, MAYBE I'LL ASK YOU THIS QUESTION ONE OF THE ISSUES I'VE WORKED ON WITH YOU AND
YOUR TEAM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT AS IT RELATES TO TREE CANOPY AND THE IMPACT THERE HAVE BEEN ACROSS OUR CITY
CERTAINLY CRITICAL TO HAVE TREES IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WE ARE AS YOU KNOW, WHACKING MANY TREES LOW PERCENTAGE IN CHINATOWN. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU
STILL COMMITTED TO AND OR DO YOU HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION GOING FORWARD ON HOW WE CAN SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND TRY TO WORK WITH
MORE TREE CANOPY REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND ANSWER YOUR YOUR FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE I'LL GO WITH START RHYMEFEST FEEL FREE TO OBVIOUSLY ADD FROM HERE THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WITH
GREAT CREDIT TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE WE'RE FOCUSED ON. ONE IS ADJUSTING WHERE WE PLANT OUR STREET TREES THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE
URBAN FORESTRY PLAN A FEW YEARS AGO THE PARKS MOVEMENT HAS NOT ONLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF TREES IT'S PLANTING AND INCREASED THE MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE TREE TREES THAT IS PLANTING BUT TO YOUR POINT HAS SHIFTED WHERE THOSE TREES ARE
BEING PLANTED SO THAT TODAY MORE TREES ARE BEING PLANTED IN THOSE PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD FEWER STREET TREES. CHINATOWN IN SOUTH BOSTON AMONG AMONG OTHER.
SO CERTAINLY THERE IS THERE IS A FOCUS ON STREET TREE PLANTING BY OUR PARKS IN PLACES THAT HAVE BECOME SECOND THERE IS A WORK THAT IS BEING LED IN COLLABORATION WITH MASS AUDUBON
CALLED THE BOSTON TREE ALLIANCE WHICH ARE ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON TREE PLANTING NOT ON PUBLIC STREETS BUT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE LOWER TREE CANOPY COVER.
SO THE BALSAM TREE LINES PROGRAMS FOR BE A THIRD SECOND PART OF THIS THIRD QUICK THING WHICH WE'RE DOING VERY SPECIFICALLY IN CHINATOWN AS YOU KNOW IS THINKING ABOUT ARE THERE PLACES THAT WE CAN ADD
TREES ON THE STREET IN SORT OF LARGE SCALE PLANTERS THAT WHERE PERHAPS SOME OF THE SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF UTILITY LINES, ETC. THEY MAKE IT HARD
TO PLANT STREET TREES. SO WE DO EXPECT TO BE DOING SOME PILOTS AROUND THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY IN CHINA. CHINATOWN ON HARRISON HAVE ARE COMING UP AGAIN WITH GREAT LEADERSHIP IN OUR PARKS FROM BUT RIGHT ENOUGH AS OTHER
THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO COVER OR CORRECT NO I MARRIAGE IS AS GOOD OF A REPRESENTATION FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WERE PLANTED BETWEEN 1802 THOUSAND STREET TREES A YEAR WE
HAVE ABOUT JUST NORTH OF 40,000 STREET TREES IN BOSTON SO WE'RE PLANTING ABOUT 5% EACH YEAR. SOME OF THOSE ARE REPLACEMENTS. OBVIOUSLY WE DO LOSE TREES YOU KNOW OVER TIME TO BOTH AGE AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BUT WE
HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON INCREASING CANOPY COVERAGE IN THE PUBLIC REALM AND OF COURSE MENTIONED THE PRIVATE REALM AS A BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE AND
THEN I WOULD UNDERLINE THE SO ONE WE ARE PRIORITIZING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LOW CANOPY COVERAGE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO ABOUT 40% OF THOSE THREE TREES ARE BEING PLANTED IN THE 20% OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE DEFINED AS CLIMATE JUSTICE AND
BALSAM. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES CANCER FLAT IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF IS IN CHINATOWN. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BELOW GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ALONG
THE SIDEWALK AND SAYING LIKE WHY CAN'T THERE BE A STREET TREE HERE OFTENTIMES THE CHALLENGE IS WHAT'S BELOW THE SIDEWALK? AND SO AS CHRIS MENTIONED, WE ARE PILOTING A MUCH LARGER
MOBILE TREE PLANTERS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO HAS TO BE ACCESSIBLE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE OVER A STEAM PIPE, IF YOU'RE OVER GAS LINE, YOU KNOW THE UTILITIES WANT TO COME THERE.
WE DON'T WANT TO THEN BE SORT OF RIPPING UP A PERMANENT TREE PLANTER AND HOW DO WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE TREES THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE IN CHINATOWN GIVEN THE UNIQUE CONSTRAINTS BECAUSE OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING BELOW GRADE SO THAT
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO NATURE AND WE'RE THINKING BROADLY ABOUT NATURE IS NOT JUST TREES AND CANOPY COVERAGE. WE'RE PRIORITIZING THAT BUT AS OTHER ELEMENTS ARE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, OTHER SHADE STRUCTURES, WATER FEATURES YOU
KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE ENHANCE THE PARKS EXPERIENCE IN CHINATOWN? THANK YOU, BRIAN. THANK YOU, CHRIS. LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION.
MAYBE TRY TO GET TWO MORE QUESTIONS AND ONE QUESTION AS AS A RESULT OF CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESPECIALLY ON SOME INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
FOR THE FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE OR THE WORK DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT AREA. CHRIS WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE SHORT TERM PLAN AND THE LONG TERM PLAN?
AND I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO MEET UP WITH YOU SOME TIME SOME SOMETIME HOPEFULLY BEFORE THANKSGIVING BUT WE CAN TALK
MORE ABOUT IT LATER BUT JUST WANT TO SEE IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE IF YOU HAVE A BRIEF THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THIS SO ALONG THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS WITH LEADERSHIP OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT WOULD REDUCE FLOOD RISK PER SECTION OF THE FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILOR OR AS YOU REFERENCED
RECENTLY ABOUT $10 MILLION OF THAT FROM A FEDERAL FUNDING NO LONGER BECAME AVAILABLE. SO THE CITY WITH ITS FUNDING THROUGH FUNDING WHICH THIS COUNCIL HAS HAS AFFIRMED OUR
CAPITAL PLAN WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN USE THE MONEY THAT THE CITY HAS TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A SORT OF CITY FUNDED CITY LED IMPLEMENTATION THAT CAN HAPPEN
ON A FASTER TIMELINE. SO HAPPY TO DIVE IN MORE DEEPLY WITH YOU ON THAT ABOUT SPECIFICS OF IT BUT IT'S A WAY IN WHICH WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING A SET OF RESIDENTS IN A COMMUNITY THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS EXPERIENCED
FLOODING IN 2015 AND EVEN MORE RECENTLY. BUT YET THANK YOU CHRIS AND I MET WITH TOM BREADON AND OTHERS LAST WEEK AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING AND TALKING TO YOU. SO MY FINAL QUESTION, CHRIS OR BRIAN AND I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF I REPRESENT ALSO THE SALT AND
THE RUTH BERKELEY VHA DEVELOPMENT THE OLD CATHEDRAL PUBLIC HOUSING AS YOU KNOW I WANT TO SEE HOW WE'RE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THOSE RESIDENTS WHAT WITH THE A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT, A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO LIVE IN. BUT IS THERE ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN TERMS OF HOW
WE CAN SUPPORT RESIDENTS LIVING THE BERKELEY DEVELOPMENT AS RELATES TO PROVIDING A HEALTHIER OVERALL EXPERIENCE
FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTSIDE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS? IS THERE ANY ANYTHING YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE ANY ADVICE ON?
LET ME GIVE SOME GENERAL BEGIN TO BACK YOU SPECIFICALLY ON OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE ALL OF OUR CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR OUR WORK WITH VHA. BUT THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY DID A PHENOMENAL PARTNER OF OURS AND THE MAYOR
MADE A MASSIVELY AND POSITIVELY AMBITIOUS COMMITMENT TO GET OUR PUBLIC HOUSING OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS BY 2030 IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. AND PART OF THE REASON WE'RE
DOING THAT IS NOT ONLY THAT IF WE CAN DO IT THERE, WE CAN DO IT EVERYWHERE BUT IT'S THAT THOSE RESIDENTS BENEFIT SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE INCREASES IN IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND HEALTH. AND SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I'LL
MENTION THAT WE'RE PILOTING THAT I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF WE CAN DO A NEXT STAGE OF THE YOU MENTIONED IS REPLACING GAS FIRED COOKTOPS
WITH ELECTRIC INDUCTION RANGES AND DOING THAT IN A WAY THAT YOU KNOW THAT NOT ONLY HAS THE BENEFIT OF BETTER ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUT IT'S THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND HAVING YOU KNOW OPEN LINES
OF GAS AND KITCHENS IS DEFINITELY ASSOCIATED WITH ASTHMA IN PARTICULAR WITH THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY CHALLENGES. SO HOW DO WE MAKE THAT INDOOR ENVIRONMENT CLEANER AND HEALTHIER FOR FOLKS?
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PILOT INSTALLING 100 OF THESE RANGES IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT IF SUCCESSFUL AND THEN APPROVED UP FOR INCENTIVES STATEWIDE WE'RE GOING TO BRING ELSEWHERE. BUT I REALLY WANT TO COMMENT ON SOME OF THE WORK WITH JOEL AND
KENZIE ON THE AJ YEAH, I'LL I'LL JUST REPEAT WHAT BRIAN SAID THAT I THINK THE FOSSIL FUEL GOAL BY 2030 THAT BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS SAID IS INCREDIBLY AMBITIOUS BUT DIRECTION SETTING AND A LOT
OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH THEM SO BRIAN MENTIONED THE GAS STOVE REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN SOME CODMAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HOUSING
AS WELL AS VHA PROPERTIES OF FRANKLIN FIELD WHICH IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK OUT THE NUTS AND BOLTS BOTH FROM A RESIDENTS
STANDPOINT AND A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT TO GET GAS OUT OF HOUSING BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES MAKE AN ENORMOUS AIR QUALITY DIFFERENCE. THEY ARE VHA IS ALSO YOU MAY
HAVE SEEN RECENTLY PILOTING SORT OF THE FIRST IN THE STATE USE OF WINDOW AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP FOR COOLING WHICH HAS A DRAMATIC EFFECT BOTH IN TERMS OF AIR QUALITY ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND COMFORT INSIDE HOMES. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED PARTICULARLY ON THE OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS AND I THINK VHA
HAS REALLY LED THE WAY IN TERMS OF BEING A EMPLOYER AND COLLABORATOR WITH POWER CORPS TO SEE HOW SORT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT THE NATURAL
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT BOND PROPERTIES CAN BE SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO ENTER A GREEN WORKFORCE ALSO DO. SO ALL THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER BUT I REALLY THINK THAT THE INDOOR EXPERIENCE JUST
IN TERMS OF AIR QUALITY AND COMFORT HAS AN ENORMOUS IS ONE OF THE LEADING THINGS THAT OUR VHA COMMUNITY HAS HAS TO LOOK
FORWARD TO. YEAH I JUST WANT TO IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE BERKELEY DEVELOPMENTS IN MY OPINION IT IS STRUGGLING. I NEED TO DO EVERYTHING I
POSSIBLY CAN TO HELP THEM MAYBE CHRIS IF YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO JOIN ME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR MAYBE DOING A TOUR AND A MEETING THERE SOME TIME IN
DECEMBER BUT THE IT HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM SO MAYBE MY OFFICE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. OKAY, GREAT.
OKAY MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN EXTRA MINUTE OR TWO. I APPRECIATE IT. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, IT SEEMS LIKE I WISH I HAD A JOB. NEXT UP IS COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
. GREAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE I KNOW A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT
SORT OF THE EMISSION ASPECT OF THINGS. MY QUESTION IS WITH THE GOAL OF 2030 IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THOSE INITIATIVES FOR EMISSIONS ARE
IN IN A LOT OF FOR NEW BUILD I FEEL I KNOW WE'RE RETROFITTING VHA AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT BEING BUILT AT THE MOMENT RIGHT? SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE
PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS I THINK MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME ANSWER WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT LIKE WELL WE'RE NOT BUILDING NOW SO NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THAT PLANNING BUT ARE ALSO
TELLING FOLKS THAT THE GOAL WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY 2030 OR WE'LL HAVE I MEAN I FEEL LIKE 2030 WILL BE LIKE WHEN WE CAN START IMPLEMENTING CORRECT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SORT
OF YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN BUT MORE WHEN THE ECONOMY PICKS BACK UP AND MORE THINGS ARE BUILT, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL REALLY DO THESE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE EMISSION REDUCING OR DECARBONIZATION
STUFF. UM BRIAN, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD YOU KNOW OUR FRIEND IS A LITTLE BIT AND YOU CAN FILL IN SO GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON HIGHLIGHT ONE THE MAYOR PASS
COMING UP ON A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AND ZERO CARBON ZONING WHICH MEANS THAT EVERY NEW DEVELOPMENT EVERY NEW MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN BOSTON WILL BE OPERATIONALLY EMISSIONS FREE FROM THE DAY THEY OPEN.
SO TO YOUR POINT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW WE CAN DO BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE ANYTHING ENGINEERING IS THERE IS BUILD VERY GREEN BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE WRONG BUILDING, RIGHT? SO YOU BUILD THE RIGHT
EMISSIONS FREE LARGELY ELECTRIC BUILDING FROM THE GET GO THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS JOURNEY BUT TO YOUR POINT YEAH BETWEEN 85 AND 90% OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO
DEAL WITH IN 2050 ARE ALREADY WITH US RIGHT. YOU KNOW AND SO REALLY THE CHALLENGING PART IS HOW DO WE MAKE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT IN OUR EXISTING BUILDING STOCK AND OUR EXISTING HOMES AND OUR
EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SO THAT THE PROGRAM THAT THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED IN HIS STATE OF THE CITY IN THE SPRING AND WE JUST LAUNCHED LAST MONTH BOSTON ENERGY SAVER IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT ON THE NON
BOURDEAUX BUILDINGS BOURDEAUX COVERS THE LARGEST BUILDINGS IT'S 40% OF THE CITY'S EMISSIONS. THEY KNOW THE TRAJECTORIES. IT'S THE BIG OWNERS THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION. THE SMALLER BUILDINGS ARE THE
ONES WHERE IT'S LARGELY ACCURATE. RIGHT? WE'RE PUTTING OUT SAYING WHEN YOU'RE CHANGING OUT YOUR HEATING SYSTEM CONSIDER GOING WITH ELECTRIC HEAT PUMPS. THERE ARE INCENTIVES TO DO THAT NOW THERE IS A DIFFERENT HEAT PUMP RATE AND THE WINTERTIME
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN BOSTON. SO FOLKS GET A LOWER RATE IF THEIR OWN HEAT PUMP. SO HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS AS THEY'RE CHANGING UP THEIR SYSTEMS OVER TIME TO MAKE THE RIGHT ENERGY EFFICIENT DECISION ?
THOSE ARE NOT DETERMINED BY BUILDING PERMITS IN SORT OF THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY. THAT'S USUALLY, YOU KNOW, MY SYSTEMS ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR IT TO BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER TIME. I'M TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME
ACTION. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS REALLY FOCUS THERE IN THE AGGREGATE THE CURRENT PROGRAMS WE HAD ON THE BOOKS BEFORE THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GOT US TO
ABOUT A 41% REDUCTION BY 2050 SORRY ABOUT 2030 OUR GOAL FOR 2030 WAS 50%. SO PART OF THE GOAL OF THIS OVERALL PLAN WAS TO FIND ONE MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TRACK TO
DELIVER THOSE EXISTING PROGRAMS BETWEEN NOW AND 2030 AND THEN FIND ANOTHER 9%. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES ARE ABOUT. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE FOCUSED THESE NEXT FIVE YEARS ON THE EXISTING BUILDING STOCK BECAUSE
I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF NEWBUILDS THAT WE HAD FROM LIKE 2015 TO 2020. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ANTICIPATED FROM 2025 2.0. RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU.
I ASKED THAT ONE FIRST BECAUSE I'M MORE FOCUSED ON THE COASTAL FLOODING AND EVERYTHING BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TOUCHED UPON THE EMISSIONS BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS MORE OF A HEAVY LIFT IN THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS. BUT ON THE COASTAL RESILIENCY WORK, SEVEN PLUS MILES OF COASTLINE THAT DORCHESTER HAS DOWN IN SOUTH BOSTON, WHERE
ARE WE IN TERMS OF I MEAN I KNOW WITH MR OSGOOD WE WERE ON THE MORRISSEY COMMISSION AND BRYAN YOU'RE INVOLVED IN AS WELL AND LOOKING AT THE TRANSFORMATION OF MORRISSEY BOULEVARD HAD TO ADD THE BERM
BUT I ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT COST AND THE REALITY OF THESE THINGS AND AND HOW FAR ARE WE BEHIND BECAUSE? I THINK WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND. I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS WILLING TO BET THAT JUST IN TERMS
OF HISTORICALLY WE SHOULD BE MORE AHEAD OF STUFF. BUT HOW FAR ARE WE BEHIND AND WHAT DO WE THINK IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL STABILITY OF GETTING SOME OF THIS STUFF DONE BY 2030 AND OR 2050 IN THE
LONG TERM? SO REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND OBVIOUSLY ALSO YOUR COLLABORATION ADVOCACY ON THIS MAP. YOU GET SOME THOUGHTS FROM RACHEL FOR TO ADD I THINK
SPECIFIC TO SORT OF YOUR DISTRICT, A LOT OF THE AREAS OF THE NEAREST TERM FLOOD PATHS ARE LOCATIONS WHERE IMPLEMENTATION IS GOING TO REQUIRE COLLABORATION WITH THE
STATE. TONY BEACH RESPONSE AT MORRISSEY THE HARBOR WALK ANOTHER POINT ALL OF WHICH ARE STATE ASSETS WE'VE GOT A VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH
WITH THE STATE THERE IS A I THINK IMPORTANT WINDOW WHICH IS IN FRONT OF US WHICH IS THAT THE STATES ENVIRONMENTAL BOND BILL IS GOING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING FROM THAT BOND BILL TO HELP INVEST IN STATE OWNED PROPERTIES SO NOT ONLY ENHANCE THOSE THOSE ASSETS PARKS AND TRANSPORTATION ASSETS
BUT ALSO HELP PROTECT THE DORCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SORT OF FOLLOW UP ON THAT BUT WITH GREAT CREDIT TO THE STATE, THIS IS THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL BOND BILL IN ITS HISTORY. A LOT OF IT IS FOCUSED ALREADY
ON RESILIENCE. SO I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE A SET OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE TOP OF MIND. SO MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND AN UNDERLINE IS A GREAT
QUESTION. I THINK WE ALL SHARE YOUR OF URGENCY, RIGHT? WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT AHEAD. I WOULD EMPHASIZE I'M REALLY
PROUD OF WHERE BOSTON IS AT AND THE BIG PICTURE SHORT OF HAVING BEEN IMPACTED BY A MAJOR STORM. RIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY LUCKY. BUT YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A MAJOR STORM THAT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DETRIMENTAL TO
LIFE AND LIMB. WE HAVE DONE MORE PLANNING AND TAKING MORE ACTION I WOULD PUT FORWARD THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT HASN'T HAD A MASSIVE CATACLYSMIC STORM. RIGHT BECAUSE OF THAT NEAR-MISS OF SANDY REALLY CAUGHT OUR
ATTENTION AND WE WHERE WE NEED TO GO. I WOULD UNDERLYING PART OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH WHAT WE DIRECTLY CONTROL THAT IS ONLY
16% OF BOSTON'S SHORELINE 50% IS OWNED BY THE STATE AND 30% IS OWNED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SO PART OF THIS CHALLENGE IS HOW DO WE GET PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO MOVE WITH THAT
SENSE OF URGENCY TO DELIVER THE PROJECTS IN OUR PLANS, YOU KNOW, IN ENOUGH TIME. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU AND WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND STATE
AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR OWNERS TO REALLY SAY, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS PARCEL OR WE NEED TO PROACTIVELY COME UP WITH A REASON WHY WE NEED TO INVEST IN THIS LOCATION YOU TO SOLVE THESE SOLUTIONS NOW THANK
YOU, SIR. I ASKED YOU BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT MORE IS HE I SEE AS SORT OF THE NEXT POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BOOM FOR THE CITY AS SORT OF THE STEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND SORT OF CREEP
THAT MORRISSEY AND WILL CONTINUE AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPEN SPACE CAR DEALERSHIPS ETC. THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING ELSE. SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC BOOM THAT COULD COME FROM THIS
AREA BUT THE FLOODING IS THE REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE PEOPLE HESITANT TO INVEST IN THE AREA. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, REALLY
LONG TERM THINKING LIKE HOW DO WE THIS IS A BOOM FOR THE ECONOMY AND A BOOM FOR THE CITIES TAX BASE TO PROTECT THAT AS WELL. SO HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND
HOWEVER I CAN HELP ON THE PUBLIC PUBLIC OR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND INCLUDE ME BECAUSE I'D HAPPY TO SELL WHY THAT THIS THIS AREA IS VERY IMPORTANT
INVEST IN FOR THE CITY. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK GUYS DO. I THINK NO ONE IS THE NO ONE WOULD ARGUE THE FACT THAT THIS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT GOING
FORWARD IN THE CITY BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER STUFF DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CITY DOES NOT IS NOT THERE. RIGHT. SO APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS DO. JEFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.
THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILOR WEBER . THANK YOU. YOU CAN HEAR ME. I GUESS JUST READING IN THE
NEWS THIS WEEK ABOUT THE PROJECTED INCREASE AND OUR TO GLOBAL TEMPERATURES SINCE THE 1800S. I THINK LOOK, THE U.N. HAD A GOAL OF 1.5 DEGREES CELSIUS, AN
INCREASE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 1.3 AND NOW THEY'RE PROJECTING, YOU KNOW, 2.6 DEGREE INCREASE EVEN
IF WE MAKE GOOD ON ALL OF OUR PROMISES TO SCALE BACK AND DO THESE THINGS AGAIN AND MAYBE YOU SAID THIS UP TOP I APOLOGIZE I WAS LATE BUT I WILL
IN A 2.6 DEGREE INCREASE IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURES LIKE WHAT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN BOSTON? YOU KNOW, IF WE IF WE DO NOTHING. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I MEAN I THINK WE'VE BEEN SCENARIO PLANNING FOR A LONG TIME AND THE STANDARD DEVIATION OF THE SCENARIOS KEEPS MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. RIGHT. AND SO THE REALITY IS, YOU
KNOW, IF WE ARE ABOVE TWO DEGREES EVEN YOU START TO COME UP INTO THESE REINFORCING CYCLES, RIGHT WHERE YOU KNOW, THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE STARTS TO SNOWBALL, WE START MOVING
FASTER TOWARDS SUMMERS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 90 DEGREES. THAT'S NOT AN ABERRATION IN BOSTON IT'S 90 DAYS ABOVE 90 DEGREES TOWARDS THE END OF THE CENTURY WE START TO TALK ABOUT
SEA LEVEL RISE BEING YOU KNOW, AT THE HIGHER ENDS OF WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING. SO IS IT NOW IS IT 4 TO 6 FEET AT THE END OF THE CENTURY AND THEN HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE ADAPTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, CHANGES
OVER TIME? TO FURTHER PROTECT BOSTON, I AM STILL OPTIMISTIC THAT HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE CANARY IN THE MINE SHAFT MOMENT OF THE YOU KNOW, WE NEED
TO TAKE ALL AVAILABLE ACTION WHICH IS WHY WE AS A CITY ARE SO SET ON LEADING BY EXAMPLE TO REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS AND SHOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE WHILE PLANNING FOR YOU KNOW, VARIOUS
SCENARIOS ON ON ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE IN TERMS OF PROTECTING AGAINST THE SHORELINE EXTREME PRECIPITATION AND EXTREME HEAT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE AND YOU'LL HEAR US TALK ABOUT BEING PRECAUTIONARY SO WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE AND
CHRIS IS LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS THE SOLUTIONS THAT PROTECT US IN THE NEAR TERM THAT ARE ALSO ADAPTABLE TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT LATER IN THE CENTURY IN A COST EFFECTIVE AND REASONABLE WAY TO CONTINUE TO
PROTECT, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN BOSTON. YEAH, AND I GUESS I MEAN I'M SORT OF I, I DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF OPTIMISM OVER THE PLANET'S ABILITY TO SORT OF COME TOGETHER AND FIND A WAY TO DO THIS AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, RANGING FROM DECARBONIZING THE
ATMOSPHERE JUST LIKE PRODUCE MORE MORE EMISSIONS THAN THEY THAN THEY SO LIKE WE JUST WE'RE NOT THERE AND SO IN A WORLD
WHERE THERE'S A SIX FOOT SEA LEVEL RISE, HOW DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE TO BUILD A 12 FOOT WALL LIKE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE
IF IF ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY TO PROTECT IT, WE CAN DO THESE OTHER MEASURES BUT YOU KNOW, IF IF IF THE REST OF THE WORLD ISN'T DOING THE SAME, THEN I THINK WE'RE STILL GOING TO FACE THESE SAME ISSUES.
LIKE WHAT? LIKE YOU KNOW, IN THE WORST REASONABLE WORST CASE HIGH PROJECTION THE IMPACTS LIKE YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE WILL WE NEED
HERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE? YEAH, I'LL TEE IT UP AND THEN CHRISTIAN COME IN ON THIS. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TOUCHING ON IN TERMS OF WEATHER WHICH IS FUNDAMENTAL IS REDUCING EMISSIONS AND GETTING ON A STEADY STATE IS A COLLECTIVE
ACTION PROBLEM. BUT BOSTON CONTROLS ITS OWN DESTINY WHEN IT COMES TO HOW RESILIENT WE ARE TO A CHANGE IN CLIMATE. RIGHT. AND I THINK AS YOU START TO TALK ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISES THAT
ARE FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX FEET, YOU START TO TALK ABOUT DISTRICT SCALE SOLUTIONS. THESE ARE NOT BUILDING BY BUILDING SOLUTIONS. THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, SEA WALLS. THESE ARE YOU KNOW, DAMS.
THESE ARE DEVICES YOU KNOW, A AN OUTER BOSTON HARBOR SOLUTION STARTS TO LOOK MORE VIABLE AS YOU START TALKING ABOUT THAT LEVEL OF SEA LEVEL RISE INCREASE. AND SO I THINK WE START TO
THINK BIGGER IN SCALE, RIGHT, BECAUSE ASSET PROTECTION OR NEED TO A BIGGER IN SCALE CLIMATE CRISIS IN TERMS OF SEA LEVEL RISE BECAUSE WELL THIS PLAN OF LIKE ADDRESS THOSE
SCENARIOS I GUESS THAT'S MY YOU KNOW FOR WHAT WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF YOU JUST EVERY TIME I READ A STORY IT'S LIKE WELL WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO YOU KNOW LIKE HAVE THIS
AVALANCHE EFFECT THIS THIS THIS GLACIER WE THOUGHT WOULD BE AROUND FOR ANOTHER TEN YEARS. IT'S NOW WE'RE SHOCKED. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN'T
WE CAN'T FEIGN SURPRISE ANYMORE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING. BUT IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT, CHRIS HAPPY TO ADD SORT OF I THINK THREE QUICK THINGS THAT ARE IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT ARE REALLY
FOCUSED ON THIS ONE OF WHICH THE FIRST PRIORITY MENTIONED IS SORT OF FUNDAMENTAL TO THIS WHICH IS WHETHER IT'S FOR HEAT OR FOR STORM WATER OR FOR COASTAL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD WE ARE
LOOKING TO BUILD SO THAT IT DOES ADAPT. WE ARE NOT THINKING THAT TIMELINES LIKE 2050 OR 2070 ARE THE FINISH LINE. THEY ARE SORT OF MILESTONES WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE PUTTING IN
PLACE CAN MEET FUTURE RISK REDUCING NEEDS TO START SECOND AS PART OF THAT A LOT OF WHAT'S IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IMPORTANTLY IS NOT ABOUT SORT
OF JUST THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WE NEED TO DELIVER BUT THE ACTUAL A BIT TO COUNCIL CLUB AS A POLICY QUESTION IS GETTING LIKE WAS WHAT ARE THE STRUCTURES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, WHAT ARE THE POLICIES WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE, WHAT ARE THE TOOLS WE NEED TO HAVE BE ABLE TO BUILD
OR BUILD MORE QUICKLY OR TO BE ABLE TO AS COUNCILOR AS YOU'VE LED PUT IN PROGRAMS IN PLACE THAT ARE REALLY GEARED TOWARDS THE PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES OF REDUCING THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS FOR RESIDENTS AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS A BIT TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S QUESTION AS WELL THAT ARE NOT SOLELY ABOUT BUILDING SOMETHING NEW BUT GIVING US THE CAPACITY TO BE AS A COMMUNITY ABLE TO
ADDRESS THE RISKS AS THEY AS THEY MAY CHANGE IN FRONT OF US. THE THIRD QUICK THING I WOULD JUST MENTION IS THAT AND ALSO TO YOUR POINT IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT
OF OPPORTUNITY AS WE DO MORE OF THIS WORK TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE GENERATE THE NEXT SET OF SOLUTIONS, HOW WE ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT WAYS WE CAN DELIVER
THE THINGS THAT HELP US RETROFIT BUILDINGS OR TRANSFORM OUR COASTLINE OR CHANGE OUR STREETS AT A PRICE POINT THAT IS LOWER AND A IN A DESIGN THAT IS MORE EFFICACIOUS THAT IS YOU
KNOW, A MEANS THAT IS MORE LONG LASTING. AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK WHICH IS CALLED FOR IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE WITH OUR RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND OUR INNOVATION COMMUNITY SO THAT WE ARE
CREATING SOLUTIONS THAT IMPACT BOSTON IN OUR REGION AND ALSO THAT SORT OF ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO BE A GLOBAL LEADER IN THIS WORK GOING FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT HELPS US BE
MORE NIMBLE AS TO YOUR POINT OF PROJECTIONS MAY MAY CHANGE OVER TIME. BUT I I KNOW WE'RE OUT OF TIME BUT I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN BE ALL
ON THE CITY COUNCIL SPOKESPEOPLE FOR WHAT THIS PLAN IS. I WANT YOU TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM US WHICH IS THAT THIS PLAN IS VERY MUCH ORIENTED TOWARD
SOME OF THE BIG QUALITY OF LIFE AFFORDABILITY AND SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE ARE NOW ACTUALLY IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE PRIOR PLANS HAVE BEEN ABOUT SORT OF THOSE
BIG PICTURE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE'D BE HOW WE'D GET THERE. SO WHETHER IT IS CLOSER WORK WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION OR WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING, YES, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BUILDING THE GIANT COASTAL BARRIER BUT THE RISKS THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVE MUCH MORE
IMMEDIATE MANIFESTATIONS IN HOUSING INSTABILITY OR BEING ABLE TO PAY YOUR UTILITY BILL AND THAT IS ACTUALLY A WHOLE NEW PORTFOLIO OF WORK THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD IN THIS
PLAN THAT MIGHT SEEM DISCONNECTED FROM THESE TRIAD SCENARIOS. BUT OUR WORK DEMONSTRATES THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY HOW MANY PEOPLE FEEL AT FIRST AND THAT IS A BIG WAY TO ADDRESS THE
CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT IT IS IN OUR CURRENT TIME HORIZON AND WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OUR RESOURCES. OKAY. THANKS A LOT. AND JUST JUST A COMMENT.
CHAIR YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WE NOW CAN'T BECAUSE OF LOSS IN FEDERAL FUNDING AND CANCELLATION OF DIFFERENT VOTES
TO EXTEND YOU YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE NOTES LIKE WELL WE WISH WE HAD PLANNED ON DOING X, Y AND Z AND YOU KNOW, THESE WERE ALL STRIPPED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT AREAS YOU WOULD HAVE YOU WOULD HAVE WE WOULD ALREADY BE PROTECTING IF WE THE FUNDING HAD COME THROUGH AS WE EXPECTED BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL AND NOT A HOAX AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO ANYWAY, JUST A NOTE FOR ME. THANKS CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA TIME. THANK YOU VICE CHAIR JUST
MAKING SURE WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE. I ONLY HAVE TWO LAST QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO TRANSITION TO OUR NEXT PANEL BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SO PATIENT BUT JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR MY MY COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT TOOLS THE
ADMINISTRATION IS CONSIDERING TO ENSURE THE FUNDING OF LONG TERM LARGE SCALE RESILIENCE PROJECTS ACROSS OUR ALL 47 MILES OF OUR COASTLINE.
AND I JUST HAVE TO GIVE REAL KUDOS AND UPS TO THOSE THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY REALLY AND TRULY HAVE MOVED SO QUICKLY AND WITH URGENCY THAT THIS CITY DESERVES. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU,
CHIEF. THANK YOU, CHRIS AND THANK YOU ALL OF OUR FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP TOO. IT'S BEEN REALLY AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. MY LAST QUESTION IS AROUND JUST
HOW THE COUNCIL WILL BE KEPT INFORMED. I GUESS IN ADDITION TO THIS PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD THAT WE WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHECKING OURSELVES AND ALL
OF THAT BUT ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AS WE LOOK DOWN TOWARDS YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL DIFFICULT TIMES. SO HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT
THESE CLIMATE CONSIDERATIONS ARE MEANINGFULLY INTEGRATED INTO OUR BUDGET DECISIONS AND HOW WILL THAT EBB AND FLOW WITH SOME OF THE FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE THAT WE'LL BE SEEING IN THE
NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS AND HOW WILL THE COUNCIL BE ABLE TO HELP INFORM THOSE BUDGET DECISIONS IN ADDITION TO THE THE CLIMATE COUNCIL IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I'M CERTAINLY RIGHT ACROSS ALL OF OUR WEIGH IN AS WELL. I THINK A COUPLE OF INITIAL THOUGHTS. ONE, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY MANAGER TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO YOUR COMMITTEE OR ANY OTHER
COMMITTEE SO YOU KNOW, DON'T HESITATE IF YOU WANT AN UPDATE ON ANYTHING YOU KNOW WE ARE WE'RE AVAILABLE ON DEMAND I WOULD SAY YOU WILL START TO SEE AS WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING A CLIMATE BUDGET FOR THE CITY
OF BOSTON. MUCH MORE COMMUNICATION AROUND THIS AS PART OF OUR BUDGETING PROCESS THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF SLICING THE SAME DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE'RE REORGANIZING LIKE DEPARTMENT BUDGETING BUT
PULLING TOGETHER THAT STORY TO SAY WHICH OF THESE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE ALSO INVESTMENTS IN EMISSIONS REDUCTION WHICH ARE THESE ARE INVESTMENTS IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE SO THAT THERE IS MORE TRANSPARENCY AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DIALOG
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT IS THIS THE RIGHT SCALE OF INVESTMENT, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS WE'RE GETTING FROM IT? SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IN ADDITION TO YOU KNOW, ON DEMAND MEETINGS, YOU KNOW AND
THEN I'D ADD THAT THE THERE WILL BE TO TIE IT TO YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION THERE'LL BE SOME REALLY BIG DECISIONS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO IDENTIFY HOW DO WE COME TOGETHER AT OUR LEVEL
OF GOVERNMENT AND THEN WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE RIGHT REVENUE STREAMS THAT RECOGNIZE THE VALUE THAT'S IN RISK AND PROTECTION? RIGHT.
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC VALUE THAT'S AT RISK IN THE DO NOTHING SCENARIO THAT WE NEED TO FIND WAYS OF, YOU KNOW, NEW REVENUE STREAMS TO TIE IN TO PROTECTING THAT
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SHORT OF THE MORAL REASONS THAT WE WANT TO BE PROTECTING, YOU KNOW, THOSE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS . BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE ARE WE ARE READY TO MAKE THOSE ECONOMIC ARGUMENTS AND TO
DEVELOP THE CREATIVE APPROACHES FOR SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT, AS OLIVER IS MENTIONING ARE CATEGORIZED IN THE START AND EXPLORE AND EVALUATE. THOSE ARE DECISIONS WILL BE MAKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ABOUT HOW DO WE SET
OURSELVES UP FOR SOME OF THESE MID TO LONG TERM INVESTMENTS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE REALLY CREATIVE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO GET WHERE WE ALL KNOW WE NEED TO GO ? GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS DRAFT PLAN. I KNOW THAT THIS IS THAT THE TIMELINE IS GOING OUT UNTIL NEXT YEAR AND I DO APPRECIATE
THE PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION AND JUST EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. SO JUST GRATITUDE ALL AROUND TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT CENTRAL STAFF NOW ELEVATE OUR COMMUNITY
PANELISTS WE HAVE LYNDSAY BUTLER WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION, ALSO REBECCA HURST WHO'S THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RESILIENCE FOR THE GREEN
RIBBON COMMISSION. WE HAVE TATIANA GAULT I APOLOGIZE IF I SAID YOUR LAST NAME WRONG THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COALITION FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH WHO'S HERE TO
TALK ABOUT GREEN AND BLUE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT? WE HAVE FORMER CITY COUNCILOR AND FRIEND MATT O'MALLEY WHO IS THE CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
OF VICINITY ENERGY HASSAN FAROOQUI WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK AND WITH HIM IS EMMANUELLE DE BARROS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR ACE OR
ALTERNATIVES FOUR FOR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS JASON RANDOLPH WHO IS THE SENIOR MANAGER FOR HARBOR WALK ACCESS AND RESILIENCE AT THE BOSTON HARBOR NOW.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO PROVIDE YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR TESTIMONY. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH FORMALITIES FIRST SEEING THAT HE'S A FORMER CITY
COUNCILOR I'M GOING TO GO TO NOT O'MALLEY FIRST FOR OPENING REMARKS AND THEN I'LL GO TO LINDSAY, REBECCA, TATIANA AND THEN HASAN EMANUEL AND JASON, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT IS SO GREAT TO BE BACK. GREAT TO SEE SO MANY DEAR COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS AND ALLOW ME A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO CONGRATULATE YOU
ON SOME WONDERFUL PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK THAT WE ARE WE WERE SO FORTUNATE TO TO READ. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MATT O'MALLEY. I'M THE CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER AT VICINITY ENERGY.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE MASSACHUSETTS ITS ACTION FUND AND I ALSO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD MEMBER OF THE BPA. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO
BE BACK WITH YOU TODAY. MY WORK WITH THIS COUNCIL SPANNED MORE THAN 15 YEARS AND IN THAT TIME I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF PARTNERING WITH THREE DIFFERENT MAYORS MAYOR MENINO, MAYOR WALSH AND NOW
MAYOR WU, EACH OF WHOM ADVANCED BOSTON'S CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND MEANINGFUL AND LASTING WAYS. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A STRETCH TO SAY MAYOR WU HAS REALLY THROUGH HER VISION AND
PRACTICE ESTABLISH HERSELF AS THE LEADING SUSTAINABILITY VOICE AMONG MAYORS ACROSS EVERY CITY IN AMERICA AND BEYOND. I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE PLAYED A SMALL ROLE IN HELPING TO SHAPE
THOSE EFFORTS FROM THE EARLIEST CLIMATE ACTIONS PLANS TO TODAY'S BOLD DECARBONIZATION COMMITMENTS. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY NOTE HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO HEAR CHIEFS OSGOOD AND SWETT AS
WELL AS OLIVER SELLERS GARCIA WHOM I DIDN'T WORK WITH BUT WORKED WITH CHRIS AND BRIAN GOING BACK TO MY FIRST DAYS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN THEY WERE PART OF THE MENINO ADMINISTRATION
THEY HELPED LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD ON NOW. I AM EXTRAORDINARILY LUCKY TO HAVE GONE FROM WRITING POLICY AS A CITY COUNCILOR TO NOW IMPLEMENTING THOSE VERY
SOLUTIONS ON THE GROUND DURING MY ROLE ADVERSITY THE ENERGY WHICH IS A PROUD DELIVERY PARTNER OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN VICINITY IS THE NATION'S LARGEST OWNER AND OPERATOR OF DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEMS.
WE RUN 19 SYSTEMS ACROSS 12 U.S. CITIES SERVING MORE THAN 260 MILLION SQUARE FEET. OUR MISSION IS STRAIGHTFORWARD DECARBONIZE, SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES AND DELIVER CARBON FREE STEAM IN
BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE WE HAVE 29 MILES OF UNDERGROUND PIPE THAT DELIVER EDIBLE OIL THERMAL ENERGY TO 260 BUILDINGS AND OVER 70 MILLION SQUARE FEET. OUR CUSTOMERS ARE HOSPITALS,
RESEARCH LABS, UNIVERSITIES, BUSINESSES, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND BOSTON CITY HALL. OUR STEAM AND HOT WATER KEEP BUILDINGS HEATED AND COOLED, STERILE AND HUMIDIFIED AND OUR RELIABILITY IS ESSENTIAL AS WE
PUSH TOWARD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE ACHIEVING NET ZERO BY 2050 ACROSS OUR ENTIRE COMPANY ISN'T JUST A PLEDGE FOR US IT'S THE WORK WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IN CAMBRIDGE WE OPERATE THE LARGEST ELECTRIC BOILER IN THE
COUNTRY 42 MEGAWATTS AND WE'VE BROKEN GROUND ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE HEAT PUMP THAT WILL TURN THE CHARLES RIVER INTO A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE. TRULY THIS IS WHAT BROUGHT ME TO THE COMPANY.
I HAD A LUNCH WITH OUR FORMER CEO BUILD ACROSS WHO TALKED ABOUT THE LEVERAGING ENERGY FROM THE CHARLES RIVER AS THEY DO IN COUNTLESS CITIES ALL OVER EUROPE TO HELP RUN THEIR DISTRICT UNITY SYSTEM AND WE ALL KNOW THE ICONIC BOSTON
ANTHEM DIRTY WATER BY THE STANDARDS THAT WILL SOON BE DELIVERING CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY TO MILLIONS OF SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND BUSINESSES AND HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS THROUGHOUT GREATER BOSTON. AND WE'RE ACTIVELY EXPLORING
THE NEXT STEP WHICH WOULD BE A SEAWATER HEAT PUMP IN BOSTON HARBOR, LEVERAGING THE CITY'S NATURAL ASSETS TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE AND CARBON FREE HEAT AT SCALE WITH CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP FROM THE CITY, THESE PROJECTS CAN MOVE FROM
VISION TO REALITY. TOGETHER WE CAN EXPAND ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE THERMAL ENERGY AND DRIVE REAL MEASURABLE PROGRESS TOWARD THE CARBON FREE BOSTON WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S RECOGNITION OF DISTRICT
ENERGY'S CRITICAL ROLE IN THE 2030 ACTION PLAN DRAFT AND I THANK YOU CHAIR COLETTE AS A PART FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN WITH YOU TODAY. I THINK IT IS SO CRUCIAL THAT CITIES CONTINUE TO LEAD IN THIS
SPACE AS WE'VE SEEN AN ABSOLUTE ROLLBACK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OF THESE IMPORTANT HARD FOUGHT ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE. WHAT KEEPS ME HOPEFUL ABOUT THE
THE ABSOLUTE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS THAT CITIES AND STATES CAN TRULY LEAD AND NONE HAVE LED WITH AS MUCH PASSION AND VIGOR AND MEASURABLE SUCCESS AS OUR CITY
OF BOSTON. GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME OUT OF TURN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND DATING ALL THE WAY BACK. I'M NOT GOD I'M NOT GOING TO PUT A A YEAR ON IT BUT THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK FROM ALL THE YEARS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW WITH VICINITY. I'LL GO TO LINDSAY BUTLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION AND THEN REBECCA HIRSCH. IF YOUR TESTIMONIES ARE
DIFFERENT YOU'RE COMING FROM THE SAME ORGANIZATION. APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME BUT I'LL GO TO LINDSAY FIRST AND THEN REBECCA THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIR. I THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME OF THE
COUNSELORS IN THE ADMINISTRATION TODAY. I'M DR. LINDSAY BUTLER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION. AND I'M JOINED BY REBECCA HURST, OUR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
FOR ANYONE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE COMMISSION, WE WERE FORMED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LATE GREAT MAYOR THOMAS MENINO AND PHILANTHROPIST AMOS HOSTETTER
TO BRING TOGETHER THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION WORK AND THE JRC HAS BEEN PROUD TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT ROBUST CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING THAT
THE TEAM LAID OUT EARLIER ON THE CALL CURRENTLY WE THE GRC IS ABOUT 41 OFFICIAL MEMBERS AN ADDITIONAL 60 INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE WITH THE GRC THROUGH OUR
SIX WORKING GROUPS. THOSE WORKING GROUPS ARE FOR SORT OF IDENTITY BASED WORKING GROUPS AND TO PROBLEM FOCUSED WORKING GROUPS THEY ARE HEALTH CARE, HIGHER EDUCATION AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS,
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, COASTAL RESILIENCE AND GREATER MODERNIZATION. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE FOUR SORT OF IDENTITY GROUPS THEY MAKE UP A HUGE AMOUNT
OF OUR CITY SQUARE FOOTAGE, OUR MOST VULNERABLE INSTITUTIONS AND OUR MOST CRITICAL SERVICES AND SO WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEM TOGETHER AND HELP THEM ENGAGE IN THE CLIMATE
ACTION PLANNING PROCESS. HOW IT WORKED FOR THIS FIRST DRAFT WAS WE HAD ALL OF THOSE SIX WORKING GROUPS REVIEW THE ENTIRE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND
EACH OF THE WORKING GROUPS CONTRIBUTED THEIR OWN FEEDBACK AND WE COMPILED ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK TO THE CITY EARLIER THIS FALL AND WE CONTINUE TO SORT OF ITERATE ON WHAT
PORTIONS OF THE GRC AND WHAT PORTIONS OF THE CAP EXCUSE ME THE GRC I CAN REALLY LEAD ON AS WAS MENTIONED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR IN THE CITY OF BOSTON DRAFTS OUR CAP IN
COLLABORATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS BUT IT'S REALLY ON ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS STUFF IMPLEMENTED. WE'RE VERY EXCITED AT THE GRC TO BE WORKING ON KEY PROJECTS LIKE EXAMINING THE FEASIBILITY
OF A THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK EXCELLENT TECHNOLOGY THAT PREVIOUS COUNCILOR MATT O'MALLEY BROUGHT UP PROUD TO PARTNER WITH VICINITY, A GRC MEMBER AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO
BE EXAMINING SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF FUNDING AND FINANCING OUR COASTAL RESILIENCE WORK THAT WAS BROUGHT UP PREVIOUSLY ON THIS CALL AS WELL.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR REBECCA HURST WHO WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE DOING ON COASTAL RESILIENCE. BUT FIRST I JUST WANT TO VERY QUICKLY AGAIN THANK THE
ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYONE. IT'S BEEN VERY UNIQUE TO HAVE SO MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO EARLY IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FOR THAT AND I
THINK THIS DEEP LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO GET US TO A BETTER PRODUCT FOR OUR CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR WORK AND PASS IT OVER TO YOU. REBECCA GREAT, THANKS. LINDSEY.
HI EVERYONE. AS WE SAID, MY NAME IS REBECCA HURST AND I'M ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR RESILIENCE AT THE BOSTON GREEN URBAN COMMISSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INVITATION TO JOIN YOU TODAY AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
IMPORTANT ISSUE AS MADAM CHAIR SO AS LINDSAY SHARED, WE PARTNER CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ON ADVANCING BOSTON'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT THIS LOOKS WITH REGARDS TO THE RESILIENCE
WORK. ONE KEY FACTOR IS THAT WE ARE CONVENING A COASTAL RESILIENCE WORKING GROUP THAT BRINGS TOGETHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT SECTOR TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES, PROVIDE
FEEDBACK AND ADVANCE RESILIENCE AND WE PARTNER WITH BOSTON HARBOR NOW AND JASON WHO'S ON THE CALL WITH THAT AS WELL. SO THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS BEEN A NATIONALLY LEADER ON COASTAL RESILIENCE WORK AS WE JUST
HEARD AND WE'RE PROUD OF THE ROLE WE'VE PLAYED IN HELPING TO SUPPORT THAT WORK. AFTER SUPERSTORM SANDY, THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION'S COASTAL RESILIENCE WORKING GROUP HELPED INITIATE, FUNDRAISE AND PARTNER ON THE
FIRST CLIMATE READY BOSTON PLAN . AND BUILDING ON THAT WORK I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE UP TO NOW SO WE IN THE COMING WEEKS THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION IS
GOING TO RELEASE AN RFP TO DEVELOP A FUNDING AND FINANCING BLUEPRINT THAT WILL HELP US ACCELERATE THE MOVEMENT FROM PLANNING TO ACTION AND GET MORE SHOVELS INTO THE GROUND TO PROTECT OUR CITY FROM SEA LEVEL
RISE AND COASTAL FLOODING. WE ESTIMATE THAT IT WILL COST BETWEEN FOUR AND $10 BILLION TO PROTECT THE CITY OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES FROM COASTAL FLOODING. BUT CLIMATE READY BOSTON IN 2026 FOUND THAT THESE
INVESTMENTS WILL PREVENT AN ESTIMATED OF 1.4 BILLION IN LOSSES FROM PROPERTY DAMAGE AND BUSINESS INTERRUPTION PER YEAR BY THE 2070S. SO THIS IS REALLY AN INVESTMENT
WORTH MAKING THANKS TO THE GREAT LEADERSHIP OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE PLANS. WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO BUT
PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF FEDERAL ROLLBACK AND JUST IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE. WE DON'T HAVE A STRATEGY TO PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS. THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT WORK THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING.
THE MAYOR HAS INVESTED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THIS WORK BUT TO GET TO THE SCALE THAT WE NEED, WE NEED A BROADER STRATEGY. SO THAT'S WHERE OUR FUNDING AND FINANCING BLUEPRINT COMES IN.
SO OUR GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH ANYBODY ABOUT THIS WORK AS WELL PLEASE REACH OUT BUT WE WANT TO COMPILE AND AGGREGATE THE COSTS
AND BENEFITS UPDATED TO 2026 NUMBERS OF SHORELINE PROTECTION . SO REALLY UNDERSTANDING YOU KNOW THE VALUE THAT THIS WILL PROVIDE AND AND THE COST THAT
IS NECESSARY. WE WANT TO DEVELOP A BROAD CONSENSUS AMONG LEADERS IN THE BUSINESS AND CIVIC COMMUNITIES ON THE NEED FOR PRIORITIZING RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS AND THEN DEVELOP THIS BLUEPRINT THAT
WILL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE PAY FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN TWO PHASES ONE THAT IS MORE NEAR-TERM AND THEN LONGER TERM AND WE'RE SETTING
THIS UP WITH THE HOPE AND ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LONG TERM WITH THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. BUT IF THAT DOES NOT COME TO FRUITION, WE WANT TO HAVE A
STRATEGY REGARDLESS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON THE PAST WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED TO DATE ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS BOTH ALONG THE COAST AND BEYOND CLARIFY AND MEASURE BENEFITS
LIKE AVOIDED PROPERTY LOSS, BUSINESS CONTINUITY, ENHANCED MARKET VALUE TAX BASE PRESERVATION, PUBLIC ACCESS, AVOIDED COST OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE WHERE TO WEAR AND TEAR
ON INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCESS TO INSURANCE AND MORE AFFORDABLE INSURANCE. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PROTECTING OUR CITY MANY DIFFERENT VALUES THAT PROTECTING OUR CITY RESULTS IN
AND THEN WILL DEVELOP THIS FINANCIAL BLUEPRINT LOOKING AT CITIES, STATE, FEDERAL AND PRIVATE REVENUE SOURCES AND DEVELOP GOVERNANCE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD ON MAKING THIS HAPPEN. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE COME
TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR CITY FROM THE POTENTIAL FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE THAT WE'RE FACING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, REBECCA AND DR.
LINDSAY BUTLER. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE ABOUT THE RESILIENCE FINANCING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IS
TATIANA FROM ASHUTOSH ON BY CHANCE I DON'T THINK I SEE HER . OKAY WE'LL GO TO HASSAN AND THEN EMMANUEL AND THEN JASON.
SO HASSAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND WELCOME. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIR AND MR VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME SAYS ON FOUR AGREE ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK OR BEACON OR
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION AND OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO WE'VE ENGAGED OVER A THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN THIS PLAN AND THE INITIATIVES WITHIN IT THROUGH MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, A WALKING
TOUR THROUGH DORCHESTER AS WELL AS THROUGH A FEW DIFFERENT SURVEYS AND THROUGH THAT WE'VE HEARD LOUDLY AND CLEARLY THAT RESIDENTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT CLIMATE ACTION AND PARTICULARLY CLIMATE ACTION THAT PEOPLE CAN
AFFORD AND PEOPLE REALLY LOVE PROGRAMS LIKE BOSTON COMMUNITY CHOICE ELECTRICITY PROGRAMS LIKE OUR FAIR FREE BUS PILOTS. ONE SURVEY WE DID IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TUFTS, FOR
EXAMPLE, FOUND THAT OF ALMOST 900 FOLKS WHO WE SURVEYED, 73% WERE MORE LIKELY TO TAKE BUSSES MORE OFTEN WHEN FARES ARE FREE. AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT FROM A CLIMATE STANDPOINT
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THOSE MEASURES AS THIS PLAN IDENTIFIES. WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY ALREADY ON THE BOSTON ENERGY SAVER PROGRAM WHICH WE'RE A DELIVERY PARTNER
FOR BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY WHERE THE PEDAL HITS THE METAL IF WE CAN'T GET OUR BUILDINGS DECARBONIZED FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE NO HOPE OF ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE BUT SECOND
OF ALL WE ALSO AREN'T ABLE TO ADDRESS THE VERY PRESSING CHALLENGES THAT RESIDENTS FACE EVERY DAY ENERGY BILLS THAT ARE HIGH, BOMBS THAT DON'T STAY WARM IN THE WINTER, HOMES THAT DON'T STAY COOL IN THE SUMMER
AND PROGRAMS LIKE MASSIVE CAN DO A LOT TO FIX THAT. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ACTUALLY GET ACCESS TO THOSE PROGRAMS AND GET SUPPORT WITH THE MANY CHALLENGES THEY FACE SOMETIMES IN USING THEM AND PART AND
PARCEL WITH ALL OF THIS OF COURSE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM FINANCIALLY TO ENSURE THAT THESE INITIATIVES GET COMPLETED WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ADDRESSING THAT. AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT
WHAT THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION IS DOING WITH THEIR STUDY THAT DOVETAILS WELL WITH THE GLOBAL CENTER FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE LED STUDY WITH THE BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION AND THESE ARE EXACTLY THE KINDS
OF THINGS WE SHOULD BE EXPLORING AS THIS AS THESE INITIATIVES GET UNDERWAY. AND FINALLY, I THINK ON THE TOPIC OF RESILIENCE, WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR MEMBERS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THINGS LIKE EXPAND GREEN
SPACE TO PROTECT AGAINST EXTREME HEAT AS WELL AS TO PROTECT AGAINST FLOODING AND THAT MEANS YES, MACRO LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE KINDS OF WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION TESTIFIED TO BUT ALSO THE VERY
IMPORTANT BUILDING LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT OUR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN BASEMENT APARTMENT UNITS FROM HAVING THEIR APARTMENTS FLOODED. THIS IS A PRESSING CHALLENGE
AND IT ONLY WILL BECOME MORE SO THE CASE DOESN'T JUST LEAD TO FINANCIAL DEVASTATION FOR FAMILIES WHO SEE THEIR SAVINGS WIPED AWAY AS THEIR BASEMENT APARTMENTS FLOOD BUT ALSO CAN LITERALLY PUT OUR RESIDENTS
LIVES AT RISK AS WE'VE SEEN IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND YEARS WHERE RESIDENTS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN BASEMENT UNITS WHEN THOSE UNITS WERE FLOODED. AND THIS DEMANDS OUR URGENT ATTENTION IN RETROFITTING THESE
BUILDINGS JUST AS WE'RE RETROFITTING TO EXPAND INSULATION AND HEAT PUMPS. AND FINALLY I'LL ITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR THE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION WHICH
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS CO-COORDINATOR OF AND I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL TESTIFY TO THAT AS WELL. WE'LL SUBMIT ALL OF THESE IN WRITING AND I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY OVERALL WE SEE A
REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO USE ALL OF THE MANY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY COUNCILS TO CONTINUE FURTHERING THE WORK OF THIS PLAN AND FEEL
DEEPLY THESE SHOULD BE ORIENTED BY WHAT OUR RESIDENTS PRIORITIES ARE. THE BERTO REVIEW BOARD IS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THIS AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON THIS BOARD ALONGSIDE YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING AS WE IMPLEMENT THESE SOLUTIONS. SO IN CLOSING I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE COUNCIL AT OUR PARTNERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION WHO HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY COLLABORATIVE AND WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH IN THIS
PROCESS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE FOLKS ON THIS CALL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL YOUR BACK. THANK YOU AGAIN, HASAN, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL. EMANUEL I KNOW THAT WE HAD JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT YOU COULD BE HERE AND SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU CAN. WOULD YOU ALSO LIKE TO PROVIDE OPENING REMARKS? YES.
AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ME ON MAKING ME SPEAK TODAY. OH MY NAME IS MELINDA BARROS WITH EHS. I TURN TO ME ENVIRONMENT.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I'M REALLY A THE AND I'M WELL AND THEN I'M LOST BY IT FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS I'M ALSO WE
ADVOCATE FOR BETTER MENTAL JUSTICE ON MOSTLY ON TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WORK AND MOSTLY WE RESIDE IN OUR NUBIAN SQUARE AND ROXBURY FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS BUT FOR A LONG TIME
WE'VE BEEN PARTNERS AND ADVOCATES ON TARGET ON THE WORLD CITY ORDINANCE ALBERTA OIL AND ARROW WAS REALLY TACKLING ON BUILDING AND DIESEL
EMISSIONS AND THE CITY BY HOW I'M TESTIFYING WITH EHS BUT ALSO I'M PART OF THE BOSTON GREEN OAKDALE COALITION AS ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE TRANSIT MOBILITY JUSTICE WORKING GROUP
BUT ALSO AS HASSAN MENTIONED ON THE COALITION ALSO WILL BE SOME IN LARGE GROUP ON LETTER WITH YOU GUYS BUT ALSO A TREMENDOUS
OPENNESS TO BY AISD ALSO HAVE ALL MY YOUTH GO CALL WE BOMB OUR LAST PRIORITY ENVIRONMENTAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT WHICH IS A YOUTH GROUP THAT I GO TO MANY OF THEIR YOUTH LED CAMPAIGNS.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO BODIES JULIAN WOULD TACKLE THE TRANSIT JUSTICE INTERIOR BOSTON AND OTHER STATEWIDE COALITION SPACES THAT WE ARE PART OF BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE REGION WHICH
IS THOSE ARE MY METRO JUSTICE SISTERS WORK BUT THAT'S MOSTLY A STATEWIDE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO HELP PRO-BONO BY METRO JUSTICE CONCERNS THAT
IT'S A HOUSEHOLD OR A GROUP CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR GROUP. BUT I'M HERE MOSTLY TO TALK ABOUT MOSTLY PARTNERSHIPS AND METRICS THAT WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT IS ALWAYS MENTIONED HOW
BOSTON HAS THE WORST CONGESTION IN THE CITY COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES THAN OTHER TOWNS ALL OVER. BUT TO ADDRESS THIS EMISSIONS WE CAN LOOK AT MORE
RELATIONSHIP CLOSELY WITH NASDAQ AND MTA ON THE MISS THE GAP WILL BE MOSTLY CONNECTING WORD PARTNERS AND COALITION GROUPS TO OUR WORKING ON TRANSPORTATION AND JUSTICE NOT
JUST IN BOSTON BUT STATEWIDE SO WE CAN CLOSE THE GAP ON THAT POLICY AND ALSO FUNDING THAT WE ALL LOOKING AT ON. WE CAN LOOK AT EXAMPLES SUCH AS THE BUS REDESIGN AND ALSO I SEE
STREET PLANNING AND COORDINATION. WE'RE ALSO WHERE POLICY THERE'S A LOT OF SAYING THAT MASSACHUSETTS IS DEAD OF RANK ON LIES WHEN IT COMES TO BILL
PASSING BUT I LIKE TO ADMIRE SOME OF THE COUNSELORS AND STATE AND CITY STAFF THAT COME TO SUPPORT SOME OF THESE BILLS AND MOST OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS
ARE REALLY INVALUABLE WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH CARE, ENERGY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HEALTHY HOUSING. WHILE SO MANY A POLICY THAT RELATES TO ALL OF US THAT CAN
ALSO LOOK INTO THE GREEN SPACES IN OUR WORKFORCE BUT ALONG WITH THESE PARTNERSHIP ARE JUST LOOKING OUT MOSTLY OUR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND HEALTH CARE PARTNERS AND THIS
IS ALL TALKING FROM EXPERIENCE AS MYSELF AND AS REFERENCE TO MANY OPPONENTS I SHARE THAT WE HAVE LOCALLY AND STATEWIDE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MOSTLY RESIDENTS OF THE CAP AND BUT
ONE OF THE METRICS WE LOOK AT FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TABLE WHICH IS E.J. ON COALITION GROUP ON THE WORK ON A LOT OF E.J. POLICY WELL THIS YEAR
THE HOUSE WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY PASS NOT PASS PARTIALLY REPORTED OUR OUTDOOR BILL FAVOR THIS BY THE 10TH LIGHT REALLY
THE REALLY SO BY THIS FOUR YEAR CAMPAIGN THIS IS REALLY SO MUCH PROGRESS WE GOT REALLY WITH THIS OWN BILL AND I'M REALLY ON THAT SHOWS MOSTLY FROM MANY
OF OUR GOALS AND LOOKING AT AIR QUALITY REPORTING SO AS DID A REPORT AND ROSS VERY ALSO UPON AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY REPORT AND IN CHELSEA BOTH AS WE ALSO
DID OUR PARTNER WITH OBERLIN COLLEGE ON AIR PARTNERS AND WE INSTALLED SOME CENTER IN BOSTON IRVING REALLY FROM THIS REPORT WE DID AN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR REPORT STUDY AND IT'S REALLY
HELPED WITH OUR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR BILLS FOR THE STATE AND THIS IS HOW WE WAS ABLE TO GET ON BOTH OF THOSE BILLS A LITTLE FURTHER THAN BEFORE. AND WITH THOSE RESULTS WE WERE SEEING HOW THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION GUIDELINES WERE LOOKING AT NOX AND OXIDE INSTEAD OF OTHER THINGS AND AND THAT'S TRUE IN THE CITY. MANY OF OUR TRANSPORTATION HUBS
ARE VERY HIGH DUE TO THEIR P M LEVELS BUT ALSO NITRIC OXIDE LEVELS. SO I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT LEVELS OF THAT AROUND THE CITY ALSO INVEST AND PROJECT STYLE
LOOKING INTO THAT WITH OUR ACE MISSION VISION AND ALSO WE KNOW THAT CITY CAN ALSO PURSUE THIS IS ALSO LOOKING INTO THE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ON TECH AND ALSO
FINANCING BUT MOSTLY HOW WE FINANCE ON NEW DEVELOPING ON THE FUNDING SOURCES BE LOOKING AT FEDERALLY AND INTERNALLY BUT MOSTLY THE ENERGY AND FINANCE
MERGER ALL WHEN WE LOOK AT HOME ON OUR CAUSE AND TRYING TO TRANSFER ALL THE MANY OF THE THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE COST OF FOSSIL FUELS ALSO LOOKING THAT MANY THINGS
STARTED TRICKLING ON THE SOURCE OF POWER WHICH IS LIKE SITING AND PERMITTING DATA SOURCING ALSO OTHER FACILITIES THAT THIS IS THE SUBSTATION AND CHARGE ON
TRANSFER STATION AS THAT REFERRED TO ALL WAYS TO BUY MOSTLY WELL SUSTAINABLE WAS ONLY INVESTMENT INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ON WITH THAT SECOND
FUNDING AS I MENTIONED THERE'S NEW TECH WHEN IT COMES TO AIR QUALITY MONITORING HEAT ISLAND STUDY OF EFFECTS BUT ALSO HOW WE LOOK AT OUR STREET DESIGNS AS I SEE THE CITY ALSO ALWAYS
EXPLORING NEW WAYS THAT WE LOOK AT OUR BUFFERS AND OUR GREENERY IN THE CITY BUT ALSO NEW ON FLOODING ABATEMENTS AND WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BOTH OF WHICH
ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WORKFORCE DOES MOSTLY YEAH THERE'S FUNDING AND INVESTMENT IN MOSTLY PROGRAMS THAT ARE INTO THAT BUT LOOKING INTO OUR
GROUP IN THE CITY OR TO OUR HAVE QUARRIES BY YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE ONE EXAMPLE I LIKE TO SAY THE REC AND ALL HAVE AND I REALLY RECOMMEND MANY FOLKS WITH THAT TO EXPLORE
AND INVEST IN MORE WILL BE AT THE POWERCORE PROGRAM WHERE MANY BOMB THERE'S GUIDANCE THAT CAN COME FROM WHAT I MENTIONED CAN COME FROM MANY OF THE STATE
OFFICES WHICH IS THE EPA. SO THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT WHICH HAD AFFAIRS BUT ALSO THE ENERGY FACILITIES. SIMON BOURNE AS THEY ALL
LOOKING AT MANY OF THEIR CURRENT THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO SITING AND CUMULATIVE IMPACT AND MOSTLY YEAH WAS ONE MENTION ABOUT WHERE WE WE CAN LOOK AT
METRICS AND PARTNERSHIPS ON BUT MOST OF I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS I'M SORRY TO MAKE ME TALK AND I REALLY LOVE THE PODCAST WE GOT SO FAR AND I'M REALLY I THINK
ONE STEP FORWARD ON THAT ON THAT CAME FROM THE CITY RECENTLY AS THE BOSTON ENERGY SAVING PROGRAMS. SO THE DIVESTMENT I'M HAVING PROGRAMS LIKE THAT I BELIEVE
DOES KEEP ON DOING THINGS THAT DOING THE WORK LIKE THAT ALSO GIVING A HAND TO HOMEOWNERS AND PEOPLE THE CITY TO TAKE A HAND TO TAKE THAT CHANGE AND YEAH
THANK YOU AND I URGE EVERYONE TO DO AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING ME TALK. THANK YOU. THANK SO MUCH EMMANUEL IT'S ALWAYS INCREDIBLE TO HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING AT ACE. I HAVE SUCH DEEP RESPECT AND
ADMIRATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS IT RELATES TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE AND INTEGRATING ALL PERSPECTIVES SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT WE HAVE JASON WHO AS IS
ALSO A LATE ADDITION TO THE PANEL. JASON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE OPENING REMARKS OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO JUST GO INTO QUESTIONING THEM AND GO FROM THERE. IT'S UP TO YOU. I'LL GO REALLY QUICK.
THANK YOU. COUNSELOR CLOUD AS A PILOT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE BRINGING US TOGETHER, IT'S IT'S SO NECESSARY AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR FROM THE CITY TEAM AND THE OTHER COUNSELORS. MY NAME IS JASON RANDALL. I'M REPRESENTING BOSTON HARBOR
NOW IN THE STONE LIVING LAB AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS WORKING GROUP FOR THE BOSTON GREEN DEAL COALITION. BOSTON HARBOR NOW IS A REGIONAL
ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON COASTAL RESILIENCE AS WELL AS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OUR HARBOR HARBOR ISLANDS AND THE HARBOR WALK. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE
OF OVERSEEING THE BOSTON HARBOR WALK WHICH MAKES UP 43 OUT OF THE 47 MILES OF OUR COASTLINE AND WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON STREAMLINING THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR NATURE
BASED SOLUTIONS. THE STONE LIVING LAB IS AN INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY STATE UMASS BOSTON AND BOSTON HARBOR.
NOW IN ORDER TO SCALE UP AND RESEARCH NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS IN OUR HARBOR AND ON OUR COASTLINE AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE FOLKS HERE TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING MECHANISMS NEEDED FOR THESE NEAR-TERM FLOOD PATHWAYS TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND PARTICULARLY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES.
AND SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THE CONVERSATION AND I'LL STOP THERE EVEN THOUGH I'M SURE I COULD GO ON. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND WE APPRECIATE IT AND ALWAYS AGAIN APPRECIATE THE
WORK OF BOSTON HARBOR NOW AND STRONG LIVING LAB TOO. SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS. SO STAY WITH US IF YOU CAN. I WILL PASS IT TO MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THEY HAVE STAYED ON AND
I WANT TO BE SURE TO CENTER THEIR QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN I'LL GO INTO MINE BECAUSE I HAVE A BUNCH AND WE'LL DO THAT IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL STARTING WITH COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD .
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW EACH OF YOU AND YOU'RE ALL ALL OF YOUR RESPECTIVE FIELDS. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO HELP SORT OF COAGULATE THE GREATER GOOD
OF TRYING TO KEEP THE CITY ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, KEEPING IT CLEAN I GUESS YOU KNOW WITH THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME I'LL HAVE TO
I'LL ASK A HIGHER LEVEL QUESTION BUT IN THE PRIORITY BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE SORT OF YOUR CERTAIN SECTORS YOU'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS THE GOOD BUT DO WE AGREE ACROSS ALL OF YOU IF WE WERE TO RANK SORT OF THE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
ISSUES WHETHER IT'S EMISSIONS RESILIENCY, GAS STILL PROBABLY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ALL THE LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE DO WE AGREE THERE'S A TOP THREE
BECAUSE FROM A GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT THE REASON I ASK THIS IS TYPICALLY IT'S LIKE WELL WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TO GO AROUND WE CAN ONLY SUPPORT SO MUCH WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT BUT SOME
OF THEM ARE OBVIOUSLY HUGE TICKET ITEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S LIKE DO WE DO WE TAKE THE BIG GAMBLE WITH THAT ONE? SHOULD WE FOCUS ON MULTIPLE SMALLER ONES?
YOU JUST WANT TO DO THIS THING RIGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SPREAD ANYONE TOO THIN, RIGHT? AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WELL JOIN WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REALLY ADVANCE ANY OF OUR INITIATIVES TO THE POINT WE WANT TO DO AND
THEREFORE SEE NOTHING HAPPENED. SO I DON'T WANT HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL SIX OF YOU THEN THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE BUT DO WE THINK I'LL START WITH COUNCILOR MATT O'MALLEY JUST BECAUSE I KNOW I'LL GIVE HIM
THE RESPECT OF BEING A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL AND STANDING MY JOB WHERE DO WE RANK THESE DO YOU THINK? AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU AS WELL. YEAH, IT'S A IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILOR.
I WILL ANSWER IT. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF SO OTHERS CAN CHIME IN BUT BUT BEFORE I DID I NEGLECTED TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE RON COBB WHO WHEN I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO CHAIR THIS COMMITTEE WAS MY RIGHT HAND. SO THANK YOU.
GREAT TO SEE YOU VIRTUALLY FOR YOUR JUST JUST EXTRAORDINARY WORK. I MEAN IT'S A GREAT QUESTION IF I HAD TO RANK THEM I'M GOING TO RANK THEM THREE WAYS.
FIRST, EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ACCOUNT FOR 70% OF BUILDINGS ACCOUNT FOR 70% OF ALL EMISSIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. NOW NATIONWIDE THE NUMBER IS 32%. BUT WHEN YOU GET TO CITIES IT'S
A LOT DENSER AND THEREFORE IT'S A LOT HIGHER BUILDINGS. YOU KNOW IF WE WANT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT EMISSION REDUCTION IT HAS TO BE BUILDING. THAT'S WHY WE DID BOURDEAUX ONE WHICH WAS BENCHMARKING UNDER MAYOR MENINO AND THEN TOO WHICH
IS WE KNOW IS IS THE BUILDING STANDARDS THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND I MIGHT NOTE OTHER CITIES ARE EMULATING I GET TO TRAVEL A LOT IN MY JOB AND IT'S BEEN VERY GRATIFYING
TO SEE SO THE BUILDING SECTOR AND WHAT PART OF WHAT I DO AT VICINITY THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON IT HAS TO BE ABOUT RESILIENCY. WE ARE A COASTAL CITY. YOU'RE AT YOUR DISTRICT.
WE ALL KNOW MORRISSEY BOULEVARD AFTER A MAJOR RAINSTORM AND WHAT THAT CAN DO CHIEF SWETT TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN HE WAS DISCUSSING SUPERSTORM SANDY. THAT WAS WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL HAD IT OCCURRED 4 HOURS
EARLIER OR LATER. IT WOULD HAVE COINCIDED WITH HIGH TIDE. YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN SOUTH BOSTON, EAST BOSTON, PARTS OF DORCHESTER UNDERWATER. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AS BAD AS IT WAS IN THE JERSEY SHORE.
THE THIRD THING I'M GOING TO COVER A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL LIST I THINK WE'VE SEEN WE'VE JUST SEEN A SEA CHANGE IN SORT OF HOW THESE ISSUES RESONATE WITH PEOPLE.
A LOT OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS I THINK HAVE HAVE DONE HAVE HELPED IT FOCUS PEOPLE ON THE URGENCY OF ACTION THAT'S NEEDED. BUT WE CAN'T GIVE THAT UP AND I
WOULD SAY AT VIRTUALLY EVERY HEARING THAT I WOULD HOLD WHEN I WAS A MEMBER AND THIS COMMITTEE IS THAT EVERY FISCAL CONSERVATIVE HAS TO BE AN ENVIRONMENTALIST BECAUSE ALMOST ALWAYS THE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION
IS GOING TO SAVE YOU MONEY KEEP MY WIFE AND I WENT TO HEAT PUMPS. WE NO LONGER PAY GAS. I GOT MY EVERSOURCE BILL YESTERDAY AND IT WAS THE FIRST HEAT PUMP RATE. I'M SAVING MONEY THERE. LOW FLOW TOILETS ARE GOING TO
SAVE OUR WATER ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHT BULBS THAT THE SMALL CARS AS THEY ADD UP AND WE DID BOURDEAUX 1.0 WHICH WAS A VERY CONTROVERSIAL BILL IT ONLY PASSED BY A VOTE OF I THINK 9
TO 4 WHICH IS WE KNOW YOU KNOW MANY VOTES ON THE COUNCIL ARE UNANIMOUS. THIS ONE WASN'T JUST BENCHMARK AND SHOWED HOW WE MADE THE ECONOMIC CASE. SO I THINK AS ENVIRONMENTALISTS WE NEED TO DO THAT SO WE CAN
CONTINUE MOMENTUM AND ACTUALLY GET MEASURABLE ACTION. I WOULD AGREE. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU'RE ON MUTE. NOPE.
SORRY. I THOUGHT I CUT OFF. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY AS I SAID ARE YOU ALLOWED TO TALK? SO PLEASE. YEAH. AND ANYONE ELSE IF YOU THINK THAT IF THE ORDERED IS DIFFERENT BUT SO FAR IT SEEMS TO BE EMISSIONS RESILIENCY AND
THEN THE THIRD FOR COUNCIL NOW SO IF ANYONE ELSE YEAH I THINK COUNCILOR O'MALLEY SAID IT PERFECTLY I THINK WITHIN BUILDINGS SPECIFICALLY YOU KNOW 40 TO 50% OF OUR EMISSIONS WITHIN THE WHOLE CITY COME FROM
LARGE BUILDINGS SPECIFICALLY AND SO BOURDEAUX REALLY IS SO CRITICAL, YOU KNOW AND THANKS TO COUNCILOR O'MALLEY'S LEADERSHIP WE HAVE THIS TOOL THAT GETS ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS ON THE ROAD MAP.
I THINK FROM A YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STILL MANY BIG CHALLENGES THAT THESE BUILDINGS FACE EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE LAW AND FUNDING AND FINANCING CONTINUES TO BE THE BIGGEST ONE THAT I HEAR FROM BUILDING OWNERS WHEN THEY COME TO BEFORE
THE BOARD WHEN YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS CAN BE COVERED THROUGH MASSIVE AND SOME OF THESE OTHER ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES BUT I TRULY FEEL WE CANNOT DO ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR BUILDING OWNERS BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IN A
DIFFICULT FINANCIAL POSITION AS IT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEAN YOU KNOW DEVELOPERS FOR EXAMPLE IN DOING THOSE KINDS OF RETROFITS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THEN I WOULD SAY SECONDARY TO THAT WOULD BE THE
SMALL RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WHERE BOSTON ENERGY SAVER IS REALLY FEELING THAT KIND OF A GAP. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A STARTING POINT BUT THERE'S A BOSTON FOUNDATION REPORT THAT SHOWS THERE'S STILL ABOUT A 5
TO $7 BILLION GAP IN FUNDING TO DECARBONIZE ALL OF THE SMALL BUILDINGS IN BOSTON. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING. AND THEN THIS IS AFTER GOVERNMENT UTILITY INCENTIVES, RIGHT? SO MASSIVE WAS INCLUDED IN THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO I
THINK IN THAT REGARD. BUT YOU JUST VERY QUICKLY ADD SO I LOVE THE WAY YOU FROM THE QUESTION COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AROUND LIKE WHAT ARE THE THREE AND I THINK ONE OF THE CENTRAL
CHALLENGES OF THE CLIMATE SPACE RIGHT NOW IS HOW WE BALANCE MITIGATION INVESTMENT VERSUS ADAPTATION INVESTMENT. IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE EVEN IF WE ARE TO LOWER EMISSIONS 2 TO
0 TOMORROW IN THE DREAM SCENARIO THE ATMOSPHERE WOULD STILL BE ON A TRAJECTORY WHERE A CITY LIKE BOSTON WOULD STILL SUFFER FROM CHALLENGES AROUND FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE
JUST BECAUSE OF HOW WARM THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME BECOME. I DO WANT TO JUST LIFT UP OUR CONCERNS THAT ABOUT BUILDING EMISSIONS. SO AS WE KNOW HERE IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON, BUILDINGS REPRESENT 70% OF OUR EMISSIONS AND THAT'S WHY LEGISLATION LIKE BOURDEAUX IS VERY CRITICAL AND THERE'S ALSO COST SAVINGS TO BE FOUND IN THOSE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
WHICH MEANS IF WE IF WE EMPHASIZE THOSE LARGE BUILDING D CARB ACTIONS WE CAN ACTUALLY FIND SAVINGS THAT WE CAN PUT TOWARDS OTHER ELEMENTS OF OUR CLIMATE WORK.
I'LL JUST LIFT UP ONE EXAMPLE FROM ONE OF OUR GRC MEMBERS BEACON CAPITAL COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MEMBER THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK INSTALLING SOLAR SMART TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR
BUILDINGS THAT HAS HELPED THEM TO REDUCE THEIR EMISSIONS IN LINE WITH THEIR BOURDEAUX REGULATIONS AND THEY FOUND A $3 RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT FOR EVERY $1 INVESTED. SO THAT'S MONEY THAT WE CAN
THEN REALLOCATE TOWARDS RESILIENCE PROJECTS TOWARDS THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO TO OPTIMIZE OUR GRID RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO LIFT
UP ON THE GRID WE THAT IN ORDER TO MEET THE ELECTRICITY NEEDS OF OUR CITY BOTH BECAUSE WE'RE ELECTRIFYING OUR BUILDINGS AND BECAUSE OF MORE DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION GROWTH WE KNOW THAT
WE TO OPTIMIZE OUR GRID AND WE WILL NEED SUBSTATIONS TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING I WANT TO LIFT UP THAT I THINK IS REALLY CRITICAL IS JUST TAKING CARE OF THAT GRID AND MAKING SURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE CAN
SUPPORT OUR CITY'S ENERGY NEEDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER QUESTION OR NOT BUT I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.
WITH REGARD TO THAT I'M THINKING OF BEING MORE ELECTRIC AND THE TALK OF THERE IS I KNOW EVEN IN MY PAST JOBS THERE'S BEEN TALKS OF MICROGRIDS BEING PUT BEING PILOTED IN THE MARINE
INDUSTRIAL PARK. THE RAYMOND FLYNN INDUSTRIAL PARK CLOSED AND AND AND THEN THE THE BEST THESE BATTERY SYSTEMS LIKE ARE THEY ARE WE A
IS THIS THE WAY TO GO. DO THE POSITIVES OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVES ON SOME OF THESE AND I KNOW THEY'RE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS BUT BETWEEN MICROGRIDS AND THE BEST STUFF IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WANT TO
PRIORITIZE THAT COULD BE FOR ANYBODY SORRY, GO AHEAD. NO, YOU CAN YOU CAN GO FIRST.
I JUST I FEEL LIKE I TOUCHED A NERVE WITH THAT. MAYBE MAYBE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I JUST ASKED. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THE GREAT QUESTION I WOULD I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FABRIC OF SOLUTIONS LIKE IT ESPECIALLY ON THE GRID. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FABRIC OF SOLUTIONS. PERSONALLY I THINK MICROGRIDS AND BATTERY STORAGE ARE GOING
TO BE A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF THAT AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE SITING AND PERMITTING REFORMS COMING DOWN THE TRACKS AT THE STATE LEVEL WILL HELP MAKE THOSE THINGS MORE POSSIBLE FOR US. BUT YES I, I WOULD SAY BOTH
OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE KEY PARTS OF SORT OF THE FABRIC OF SOLUTION TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE OPTIMAL GRID FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS I YEAH I WOULD AGREE I THINK THE
MICROGRIDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FROM A RESILIENCE STANDPOINT AND THEY'RE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR, YOU KNOW, HIGH ENERGY USERS. I THINK ABOUT THE LONGWOOD MEDICAL AREA FOR EXAMPLE. THE BATTERIES ARE A CRITICAL PIECE OF THAT THOUGH BECAUSE WE
WANT IDEALLY TO HAVE MICROGRIDS THAT ARE POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY AND FOR THAT TO WORK WHETHER IT'S SOLAR OR WHETHER IT'S IN SOME CASES GEOTHERMAL HAVING THE BATTERIES TO BACKUP
THE SYSTEM IS IS ALSO IMPORTANT I THINK YOU KNOW WITH SPECIFIC REGARD TO WHAT'S IN THIS PLAN. I KNOW PLANT IS MAKING SOME STRIDES TO STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING OF BATTERY STORAGE ESPECIALLY TO THE EXTENT THAT
WE CAN DO THAT IN EXISTING BUILDINGS TO HAVE THAT ONSITE AND TO STILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH FIRE CODES AND FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. THERE ARE A SMALL NUMBER OF STANDALONE BATTERY STORAGE
FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BUT LARGELY IN A CITY LIKE BOSTON IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE BUILDING SO WE MAKE THAT EASY AND POSSIBLE AND PARTICULARLY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS WHO ARE IN THE LONGWOOD MEDICAL AREA, THE BIG HOSPITALS WHO
HAVE TO DO CARBONIZED BATTERIES ARE ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS THAT THEY REDUCE THEIR RELIANCE ON THE MEDICAL AREA TOTAL ENERGY PLANT WHICH IS ITS OWN KIND
OF DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEM. SO I THINK THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE KINDS OF THINGS WE WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT. YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD THE SO THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY YES. WE SHOULD BE EXPLORING EVERYTHING.
MICROGRIDS ARE GREAT, BATTERIES ARE GREAT. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THERMAL STORAGE. SO IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE LITHIUM ION THIS IS SUBSTRATE THIS IS HOT HOT ROCKS, HOT CERAMICS AND WHAT'S
EXCITING ABOUT STORAGE IS THAT IT REALLY WILL HELP CREATE MORE RENEWABLE INFRASTRUCTURE. LET'S TAKE OFFSHORE WIND FOR EXAMPLE. OFFSHORE WIND WE ARE THE SAUDI
ARABIA OF WIND AND NEW ENGLAND AND WIND BLOWS THE HEAVIEST PROBABLY FROM 10 P.M. TO ABOUT 2 A.M. WHICH IS NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF GRID DEMAND. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
REPLACING OFFSHORE WIND. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN SOME DELAYS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BUT IT WILL ALLOW US TO PROCURE THOSE ELECTRONS, THOSE RENEWABLE ELECTRONS AT A VERY, VERY COST COMPETITIVE PRICE.
WE'RE ALREADY SEEING IT WITH OUR BOILER. WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH SOLAR CONTRACTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF THEY CALL THEM SURPLUS SOLAR EVENTS. IT'S EXTRA SOLAR THAT'S BEEN GENERATED OUTSIDE OF ISOS DIRECTIVE ETS THAT'S REALLY
INEXPENSIVE. YOU KNOW CLASS ONE REC GREEN POWER SO THIS IS TO MY EARLIER POINT OF WE NEED TO MAKE THE ECONOMIC CASE ON WHY SUSTAINABILITY IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND BATTERY IS IT
BATTERY STORAGE IS AN ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL PIECE OF THAT. THANK YOU COUNSELOR CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EXTRA TIME. I APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THOSE GREAT QUESTIONS AND EVERYBODY FOR THEIR REALLY, REALLY INFORMATIVE ANSWERS. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR AND
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE I THINK IF IF YOU HAD TO HAVE A PROTOTYPICAL DISTRICT SIX CITY COUNCILOR PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT'S MATT O'MALLEY THEY WOULD DRAW A PICTURE ABOUT O'MALLEY
AND HIS EFFECT IN MY DISTRICT IS IT IS PROFOUND AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH HIS ADVOCACY AROUND THE ENVIRONMENT AND HIS CONTINUED AND IT'S NO
SURPRISE THAT HE'S CONTINUED TO DO THAT. I GUESS COUNCILOR O'MALLEY YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF I YOU KNOW
WHAT I KNOW WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE VICINITY FACILITY LIKE YOU KNOW AND THE I GUESS YOUR IS IS THAT THE BOILER YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YEAH.
AND SO NOW YOU HAVE THAT LIKE WHAT? I DON'T KNOW LIKE WHAT IN TERMS OF DEED LIKE WHAT THAT SAVING IN TERMS OF EMISSIONS IN THE AREA YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY
CAMBRIDGE AND BOSTON ARE TIGHTLY WOUND TOGETHER CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A SENSE OF LIKE WHAT THAT CHANGE MEANS OUR AREA? YEAH, NO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THOSE EXCEEDINGLY
KIND WORDS COUNCILOR WHATEVER AND THE MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY I AM SO GRATEFUL TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND AND LUCKY TO CALL YOU MY COUNCIL. YOU'RE DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AND AS EVIDENCED BY YOUR NEAR
RECORD BREAKING REELECTION EARLIER THIS MONTH. YEAH, I MEAN IT'S YOU KNOW, THE LARGER ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS AND WHY I LOVE WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH VICINITY
IS THAT IN MANY WAYS IT'S BEEN SHAPED BY POLICIES AT THE CITY AND AT THE STATE LEVEL AND IT IS CRUCIAL FOR GOVERNMENT TO WORK WITH UTILITIES AND ALSO TO PUSH THEM AS HARD AS THEY CAN GO. SO BY PUTTING IN NEW RENEWABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS OUR E BOILER WHICH IS 40 OR 35 MEGAWATTS, THE TOTAL EMISSION REDUCTION IS CONSIDERABLE. IT WILL OBVIOUSLY RAMP UP AS MORE AND MORE CUSTOMERS OPT FOR
A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF STEAM ONCE THE HEAT PUMP COMES ON. I MEAN THAT AND THE BOILER ALONE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO 50% OF OUR LOAD AND THAT'S BY THE END OF THIS DECADE AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW,
RATCHET UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY AS AS WE GET INTO 2035 AND SUBSEQUENT HEAT PUMPS ARE INSTALLED AND USED THE OTHER
THING IS IS THAT THE F THE COPY WHICH IS THE COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE OF A HEAT PUMP ESSENTIALLY IT'S EFFICIENCY IS NORTH OF TWO AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS FOR EVERY UNIT OF ENERGY THAT WE USE TO RUN IT
WE'RE GETTING TWO MORE UNITS OF ENERGY OF THERMAL ENERGY OUT . SO IT'S IT'S A SMART PLAY. HEAT PUMPS ON HOMES HAVE A HIGHER COPY THEY'RE A LOT SMALLER THIS IS THE SIZE OF A HOUSE BUT THE POINT IS THE IMPACT ON EMISSIONS REDUCTION
IS CONSIDERABLE. SO WE ARE COMMITTED YOU KNOW IT WILL BE NET ZERO FAR BEYOND 2050 PROBABLY CLOSER TO 2045 OR 2040 IN BOSTON, IN CAMBRIDGE
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE REDUCTION YOU KNOW HAS ALREADY GONE DOWN X PERCENTAGE I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OF TONS REDUCED YOU KNOW AS OF 2025 BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT TO YOU.
AND ANOTHER REASON WHY BIRDS ARE SO GREAT AS YOU CAN SEE ON OUR ANNUAL REPORT JUST HOW THAT THE REDUCTION CONTINUES TO DROP. IT'S SUCH A IT'S SUCH A DRAMATIC PACE. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. THANKS.
I JUST I MEAN THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE SO WE'RE WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON I THINK AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS.
BERTO YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT VICINITY IS DOING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A DUAL GOAL. ONE IS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS BUT TWO IS TO MAKE OUR ENERGY
SOURCES RESILIENT IN THE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE EVEN IF WE CAN'T STOP, YOU KNOW, THE CHINA YOU KNOW BRAZIL, FLORIDA YOU KNOW
FROM FROM GETTING OFF OF THESE YOU LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES FROM GETTING OFF FOSSIL FUELS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY IT BUT WE'RE GOING TO STILL
NEED ENERGY SOURCES AND SOLAR WIND BUT I GUESS I DON'T KNOW FOR FOR THE REST OF YOU ON THE PANEL LIKE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP ON THIS FIGHT
BUT I HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT WHETHER OUR ENERGY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN A FUTURE WHERE I MEAN WE'RE PROJECTING WAY ABOVE THE GOALS, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW OF THE WHOLE DEGREE CELSIUS PLUS AND WARMING OVER THE 1.5 GOAL WHICH YOU KNOW SEEM SO I YOU KNOW WHAT SHOULD
WE BE THINKING LIKE YOU KNOW ARE ARE ARE YOU THINKING OKAY LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS FLOODING WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR IT OR ARE WE STILL IN THIS ZONE
OF LIKE WELL LET'S JUST MAYBE WE CAN REACHED 1.5 OR YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FUTURE AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT?
IT'S JUST A SMALL QUESTION PIECE OF CAKE. SO BUT I MEAN IF IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THAT SO IF I KNOW I CAN I CAN ANSWER AND
ALSO WELL I'LL JUST MENTION THAT I'M A AN ENTHUSIASTIC DISTRICT CIGARET SIX RESIDENT SO THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. YEAH I MEAN I THINK THE REALITY IS IS THAT BOSTON IS GOING TO
LOOK REALLY DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE AND SO YOU KNOW WITH THINGS LIKE THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE PURSUING
,THE GOAL IS THAT WE CAN CREATE A BOSTON THAT ADDRESSES PAST HARMS AND THAT INVESTS IN A FUTURE THAT REALLY WORKS FOR
ALL RESIDENTS. BUT IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE AND WE'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S REAL TRADEOFFS. THERE'S REAL YOU KNOW, WE NEED
TO DO MANY THINGS ALL AT ONCE. BUT I THINK REALLY FOCUSING, YOU KNOW, SORT OF TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S QUESTION ON, YOU KNOW, LOWERING EMISSIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
AND THEN PROTECTING AND TRYING TO RESPOND TO THE IMPACTS AND RESILIENCE AND RESILIENCE AS MUCH AS WE CAN IS ESSENTIAL. AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, ONE POINT IT'S NOT LIKE 1.5 IF WE ARE BELOW THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE GREAT AND IF WE'RE LIKE SLIGHTLY ABOVE IT EVERYTHING IS HORRIBLE LIKE IT'S ALL A GRADIENT.
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO REDUCES HARM AND REDUCES SUFFERING AND JUST TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT OF LIKE WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE
THINGS LESS BAD AND ALSO AS WE'RE DOING SO MAKE THINGS BETTER LIKE THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON WELL IT'S A BIG QUESTION BUT I JUST YOU KNOW
YOU KNOW I SAW A GRAPH RECENTLY ABOUT LIKE YOU KNOW YES, WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE BUT BUSINESS AS USUAL FROM BEFORE WAS LIKE WAY, WAY HIGHER, YOU
KNOW, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE MADE A HUGE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS AND SO THERE'S MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO. THERE'S WAY MORE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN AND WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE BUT WE HAVE
MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND THERE'S MORE TO DO. WELL YEAH, SO I GUESS IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT LIKE JUST SPECIFICALLY WE
HAD A GEOTHERMAL PILOT AT THE JFK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW IT IT I AGAIN IT SOUNDS GREAT. WE SPENT SO MUCH ENERGY
DRILLING THE WHOLE YOU KNOW THERE WAS LIKE 30 TO BOARDS AND THEY STILL HAVE TO I'M TOLD ON OTHER PROJECTS THEY HAVE TO RUN DEHUMIDIFIERS 24 HOURS A DAY
LIKE YOU KNOW WHILE THEY'RE IN SOME OF THESE LARGER BUILDINGS IN OTHER OTHER TOWNS. I MEAN DO YOU THINK THAT THAT IS IN THE END GOING TO REDUCE
IT BECAUSE I JUST WE HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF EMISSIONS JUST TO JUST TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, I HEAR SIMILAR THINGS ABOUT SOME ELECTRIC CARS LIKE WHERE YOU KNOW AND IF WE'RE
EMPOWERING THEM WITH GAS PLANT LIKE DO YOU WE JUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN LIKE WE CAN OR IS THERE SOME THINKING HERE ABOUT YOU KNOW, JUST YOU KNOW, TRYING TO IS THERE SOME FOCUS
ON IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE RIGHT THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT WE YOU THINK AREN'T THE BEST IDEA? I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROCESS ALL THIS INFORMATION. SO I'M LOOKING TO THE EXPERTS
WATCHING THE THE JFK PILOT OVER THE LAST COUPLE SUMMERS I WAS LIKE WELL, WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS THING FOR A LONG TIME FOR IT TO SORT OF BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT.
BUT YEAH, I THINK I CAN TAKE SOME OF THAT. COUNCILMEMBER YOU'RE ASKING GREAT QUESTIONS AND YOU KNOW FOR ALL TYPES OF ENERGY WE THINK ABOUT THIS RATIO OF ENERGY INPUT IN TO EXTRACT
THE ENERGY AND THEN THE ENERGY OUTPUT WE GET IN EXCHANGE AND ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE RENEWABLE SIDE THERMAL OFFSHORE WIND,
SOLAR THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ENERGY OUT THAN ENERGY AND COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTION. SO YET IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT
THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT GOES INTO BUILDING A THERMAL NETWORK BUT THEN MOVING FORWARD YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE ENTIRE LIFECYCLE OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET CARBON FREE ENERGY.
SO THAT IS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I ALSO WANT TO LIFT UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE BECCA SAID THAT THIS IS A GRADIENT. IT'S NOT WE MEET THE 1.5 DEGREE MARKER OR WE DON'T AND THAT'S IT FOR US IT'S THERE IS
SOMETHING TO BE GAINED FROM EVERY BIT OF EMISSIONS REDUCTION THAT WE UNDERTAKE AND FOR BOSTON IN PARTICULAR AS REBECCA SAID LIKE WE KNOW IT'S
GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF SOME OF OUR COASTAL ISSUES. BUT I THINK JUST YOU KNOW IT'S I'LL MAYBE LIKE ANSWER YOUR VERY HIGH LEVEL BIG QUESTION BY
LOOKING DOWN MORE GRANULARLY AT OUR WORK IN THE CITY I THINK RIGHT NOW WITH THE FEDERAL ECO SYSTEM WITH INTERNATIONAL DATA ON CLIMATE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO LIKE LOOK AT THAT BIG
PICTURE AND GET VERY DISCOURAGED AND FEEL VERY CHAOTIC AND YOU KNOW, SORT OF LIKE WHY SHOULD WE EVEN BE DOING THAT? SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK DOWN ON THE GAINS WE ARE MAKING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
AND THOSE ARE REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND THOSE WILL BE A BEACON FOR OTHER CITIES THAT YOU CAN DO THIS WORK, YOU CAN REDUCE EMISSIONS WHILE ALSO ENHANCING YOUR COASTAL RESILIENCE. SO I THINK LIKE YES, THESE BIG
PICTURE THINGS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ARE CONCERNING OF COURSE BUT WHEN WE LOOK DOWN WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING IN THE WORLD AND WE'RE NOW STARTING TO LOOK AT
FEASIBILITY AND FINANCING MECHANISMS FOR SHOVELS IN THE GROUND ON ALL OF THIS PLANNING THAT WE'RE DOING. SO I TRY TO IT'S HELPFUL FOR ME TO LIKE STOP LOOKING AT THE
BIG PICTURE THAT CAN BE VERY CONCERNING AND REALLY JUST KIND OF FOCUS ON THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE ADVANCING IN THE CITY. YEAH, I MEAN I GUESS PART OF THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT I THINK IT WAS LIKE NEIL DEGRASSE
TYSON TALKED ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS AND HOW THAT YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE BEING CHARGED WITH GAS PLANTS BUT LIKE IF EVERYONE HAD ELECTRIC CARS THAT WOULD GIVE US WHAT IF WE COULD GIVE US THE
ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT ONCE WE BOOST THE RENEWABLE RESOURCE ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN A WAY THAT
SO I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK LIKE WHAT WE'RE SAVING TODAY IT'S SO IF YES ANYWAY SO MY MY LAST QUESTION JUST SO MAYBE YOU
CAN ANSWER THIS IS AND I THINK WHEN I WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED WE TALKED ABOUT BERTO MAYBE THIS IS FOR COUNCILOR O'MALLEY THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH LIKE NOT HAVING MONITORS IN PLACE
FOR THE BUILDINGS TO MAKE SURE WE WERE MEETING THE EMISSIONS TARGETS. HAVE WE HAVE WE MET THAT DO WE HAVE THE MONITORS OR MAY REMEMBERING THAT INCORRECTLY?
WAS THERE AN ISSUE ABOUT THAT AND WHAT HAVE WE DONE? YEAH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER YEAH, I DO REMEMBER THAT EXCHANGE THE BIGGEST WAY THAT WE WERE
TRACKING WHETHER OR NOT BUILDINGS ARE MEETING THE BERTO THRESHOLD OR NOT IS THAT EACH OF THEM ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE CITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO CALCULATE EMISSIONS EVEN WITHOUT THE USE
OF AIR QUALITY MONITORS. BUT MORE SO BY LOOKING AT THEIR ELECTRIC USAGE AND GAS USAGE AND ANY OTHER KIND OF FUELS. AND THEN WE HAVE EMISSIONS
FACTORS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE FUEL TYPES THAT CAN THEN BE USED TO CALCULATE THE TOTAL EMISSIONS OF THAT BUILDING. AND THANKS TO BERTO 2.0 AND
COUNCILOR O'MALLEY'S LEADERSHIP EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO BE VERIFIED BY A THIRD PARTY. SO WE HAVE YOU KNOW, SOME DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THOSE BUILDING OWNERS ARE JUST BUT THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE
REPORTING ARE THE ONES IN FACT THAT ARE ACCURATE NOW I THINK CERTAINLY YOU KNOW AND I THINK THANKS TO ACS WORK THERE'S THERE ARE ADDITIONAL AIR QUALITY MONITORS AROUND THE CITY THAT COULD HELP TO BETTER
TEST IF THOSE WHAT THE ACTUAL LOCAL AIR POLLUTION IS ALTHOUGH OF COURSE THAT'S YOU KNOW DETERMINED BY A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FACTORS IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND I DID
ALSO WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON THE OTHER GREAT QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED A LITTLE BIT AGO WHICH TOUCHES ON TWO BIG THINGS WHICH ARE EMBODIED CARBON AND THEN THE BROADER ELECTRIC SECTOR EMISSIONS AND SPECIFIC TO THIS
PLAN TODAY THE LARGEST BUILDINGS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REPORTS ON EMBODIED CARBON WHEN THEY'RE IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS. SO THIS IS THE CARBON EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EVERY PART
OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. AND YOU KNOW YOUR POINT ABOUT THE GEOTHERMAL JFK IS WELL TAKEN BECAUSE YEAH, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO THEN JUST CREATE SO MANY OTHER EMISSIONS ON SOME OTHER PART OF THE PROCESS AND SO BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT IN
THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS STARTING TO HAPPEN FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOW ENTERING THE PROJECT PIPELINE AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN PLACE REAL, YOU KNOW, STANDARDS TO HELP START
TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM EMBODIED CARBON OVER TIME AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW THE LAST POINT REALLY A FAVORITE TOPIC OF MINE SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP AS WELL.
BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE ENERGY THAT WE'RE USING IN BOSTON IS NOT GENERATED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE EVEN WHEN WE START ACCELERATING THE PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLES AND GEOTHERMAL AND OTHER THINGS SOLAR ETC..
SO I THINK BOSTON COMMUNITY CHOICE ELECTRICITY ENDS UP BEING A REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL FOR HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY INVEST IN RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT'S GENERATED IN NEW ENGLAND CERTAINLY BUT NOT NECESSARILY
DIRECTLY IN THE CITY. AND THIS PLAN IDENTIFIES A REALLY GREAT WAY THAT WE CAN FIRST LIFT THE CAP TO MAKE SURE MORE BUILDINGS CAN BUY IN TO BERKELEY AS WELL AS TO PILOT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR LARGER
BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXCLUDED FROM DCC TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO COMBINE THEIR PURCHASING POWER AND INVEST IN RENEWABLE ENERGY AND AND THERE'S REALLY A MISSING MIDDLE IN THAT MARKET BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES AND
RESIDENTS ARE WELL SERVED BY PCC. LARGE INSTITUTIONS HAVE A LOT OF MARKET POWER. THEY CAN NEGOTIATE REALLY GOOD RATES FOR THEMSELVES AND OFTEN DO ONSITE RENEWABLE GENERATION .
EVERYONE ELSE IN THE MIDDLE IS NOT WELL SERVED AND I THINK THIS PLAN IS STARTING TO GET AT THAT WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING TO ME. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER FOR YOUR GREAT QUESTIONS.
CAN WE JUST ELEVATE LINDSAY AGAIN? I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN ACCIDENTALLY KICKED OFF AND THAT'S BECAUSE I A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS MY FIRST QUESTIONS ARE CENTERED AROUND AND I HAVE
QUESTIONS FOR EVERYBODY SO THANK YOU. MY QUESTIONS ARE STARTING OFF AS IT RELATES TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE. SO I GUESS WHILE WE'RE ELEVATING LINDSAY, I'LL ASK FIRST REBECCA AND THEN JASON
JUST AROUND AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MY DISTRICT. I REPRESENT THE DISTRICT WITH THE MOST IF NOT THEN THE SECOND
MOST MILEAGE ALONG THE COASTLINE AND SO WE ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL FLOODING AND STORM SURGE. AND I'VE THIS HAS BEEN MY TOP
ISSUE ON THE COUNCIL AND REALLY GRATEFUL FOR HOW MUCH WE HAVE ADVANCED THIS WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND THE NEXT TASK REALLY COMES DOWN TO
AS CHRIS HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, THE ANALYSIS INTO ADVANCED IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN TAKING A CUE FROM MY GREAT COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT THREE ALWAYS
TRYING TO OPERATE WITHIN THE REALITY OF WHAT THINGS COST AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND THEM AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK OF REBECCA AND THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION AND
LINDSAY AND FOR REBECCA IN PARTICULAR FOR HOW CAN WE I UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS VULNERABLE AREAS AND
EACH FACES ITS OWN ACCELERATED CLIMATE THREAT FROM YOUR RESILIENCE WORK, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THE CITY HAS TO
PRIORITIZE TO PROTECT RESIDENTS IN THE HIGHEST RISK AREAS AND HOW CAN WE USE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT THE GREEN RIVER COMMISSION FROM A FINANCING
PERSPECTIVE TO INFORM THAT THAT WORK? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND YOU KNOW A COMPLICATED ONE OBVIOUSLY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY PLANNING TO DO WITH THIS STUDY IS DEVELOP A STRATEGY SO THAT
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE NECESSARY IN THEM AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW ARE BENEFITS
SHARED, WHO GETS THE VALUE OF DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS AND HOW DO WE THEN PAY FOR THESE
THE COST OF THESE PROJECTS WITH THE VALUE THAT IS GENERATED FROM THE PROJECTS IN MIND AND ALSO WITH EQUITY CONCERNS IN MIND. SO IF WE LOOK AT EAST BOSTON
FOR EXAMPLE, A HUGE AMOUNT OF THE VALUE THE LIKE FINANCIAL VALUE AS HAS BEEN CALCULATED OF DOING THE INVESTMENTS ON
WATER STREET REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE METER AND THE TUNNELS AND STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BEING PROTECTED AND SO YOU KNOW THE WHOLE STATE BENEFITS FROM THAT.
SO HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT WHAT THE ROLE OF THE STATE IS IN HELPING TO SUPPORT THOSE INVESTMENTS? WHAT'S THE ROLE OF THE CITY? WHAT'S THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT
PROPERTY OWNERS AND AND THEN ALSO HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THE THE CHALLENGE OF YOU KNOW, LIKE ALREADY BUDGETS ARE REALLY TIGHT EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW, AT
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, AT SMALL BUSINESS LEVEL, YOU KNOW, EVEN LIKE THE YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRY IS LIKE GROUND TO A HALT RIGHT NOW LIKE EVERYWHERE THINGS ARE TIGHT AND SO FIGURING OUT HOW TO BALANCE THE
DIFFERENT NEEDS MAKE THESE DECISIONS COLLECTIVELY BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A COLLECTIVE ACTION CHALLENGE AND DO SO IN A TRANSPARENT WAY AND IN A WAY WHERE WE'RE REALLY HAVING A
CITYWIDE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND ABOUT OUR VALUES IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER AND THERE'S SO SO MANY
REASONS TO DO SO. BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE LIKE THOSE DECISIONS ARE BEYOND THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION. THEY'RE BEYOND BEACON AND A
SERBIAN AND BOSTON HARBOR AND LIKE WE NEED TO BE HAVING A MUCH BROADER CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN TOGETHER FIGURE OUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE AND HOW WE PAY FOR WHAT'S NECESSARY.
YEAH AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S IN A PLACE TO ANSWER TO HIM OR MAYBE YOU. REBECCA I JUST THINK THE ROLE THAT REGIONAL COLLABORATION CAN PLAY IN BRINGING IN LARGE
INSTITUTIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ALIGN THEIR RESILIENCE INVESTMENT AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S GREAT WORK HAPPENING BETWEEN BOSTON AND REVERE FOR THROUGH THE MVP GRANT THE MUNICIPAL
VULNERABILITY PREPAREDNESS GRANT THAT IS TAKING SHAPE NOW AND EVEN NOW WITH THE VARIOUS BUREAUCRACIES THERE'S PERMITTING AND ZONING ISSUES AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ON BOARD WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. SO IT'S DIFFICULT. BUT WHAT ROLE CAN REGIONAL COLLABORATION PLAY PARTICULARLY THOSE WITHIN THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION IN ACCELERATING OUR
RESILIENCE EFFORTS THAT MAYBE WOULD GO BEYOND MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES? YEAH, I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL AND YOU KNOW THE BOSTON GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION IS VERY
FOCUSED ON BOSTON BUT MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE FOOTPRINTS THAT GO BEYOND THE CITY OBVIOUSLY PARTICULARLY OUR HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS BUT ALSO OUR HIGHER ALSO OUR HIGHER
ED'S AND A LOT OF OUR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MEMBERS AS WELL HAVE PROPERTIES THAT GO BEYOND THAT ARE SITUATED BEYOND
BOSTON AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALLY SEEN IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR MEMBERS IS THAT THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT TIMELINES THAT THEY'RE THINKING
ABOUT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME INSTITUTIONS LIKE HARVARD THAT ARE THINKING ON A 200 YEAR TIMELINE AND OTHER YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS THAT MIGHT HAVE A
SEVEN OR TEN YEAR HOLDING TIMELINE. AND SO PART OF WHAT IS NECESSARY IS TRYING TO ALIGN DIFFERENT LAYERS OF RISK
TOLERANCE, DIFFERENT LAYERS OF, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TIME HORIZONS OF HOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS
THAT THEY'RE MAKING AND AND RECOGNIZING THE VALUE THAT BOSTON GENERATES FOR THE WHOLE STATE AND FOR THE WHOLE REGION
AND UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU KNOW, WE LIKE FOR FOR THE REGIONAL ECONOMY TO BE CONTINUE TO BE AS VIBRANT AS IT IS, WE
NEED TO FIND WAYS TO INVEST IN SHORELINE PROTECTION AND THE BENEFIT THAT WE GET IS NOT JUST FOR THE SHORELINE PROPERTY OWNERS. IT GOES MUCH BROADER AND SO
IT'S THAT YOU KNOW, CONNECTING AT A REGIONAL SCALE IS REALLY A CHALLENGE IN MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE OF HOME RULE AND FINDING WAYS TO CONNECT ACROSS
MUNICIPALITIES. YOU KNOW, THE MVP PROGRAM AS YOU MENTIONED HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE SOME OF THAT. I THINK THERE'S MORE THAT CAN BE DONE AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S
ALSO BECAUSE OF HOME RULE IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TO FOR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO FIGURE OUT ABOUT THEIR OWN YOU KNOW,
REVENUE GENERATION OPTIONS OPTIONS ARE REALLY LIMITED AND SO WE NEED TO BE RETHINKING SOME OF OUR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES TO INCENTIVIZE MORE REGIONAL COLLABORATION BEYOND
MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, WATER DOES NOT RESPECT MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND IT FLOWS AND SO WE NEED TO BE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE
STRUCTURES THAT WE RELY ON THAT HELPED GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY ARE A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED. AND SO AS WE'RE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESHAPE OUR
GOVERNANCE AND OUR DECISION MAKING TO ALLOW FOR THE TYPES OF CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR OUR NEXT PHASES. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
WORK ON THIS AND I THINK JUST TRANSITIONING JUST GIVEN TIME I'M GOING TO TRANSITION TO TWO JASON ESPECIALLY WITHIN THIS PLAN AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
HAVE TO APPRECIATE AND IMPLEMENT BOTH NATURE BASED AND LIKE HARD INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS LIKE HOW CAN WE BALANCE THROUGH THIS PLAN THE
NECESSARY COASTAL PROTECTIONS WHILE TRYING TO BUILD IN AS MANY NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS AS WE CAN ARE STRATEGIES AND WHILE PRESERVING EQUITABLE WATERFRONT ACCESS?
THAT WAS A HUGE ISSUE THAT I RAN ON HAVING GROWN UP IN EAST BOSTON AND LOOKING AT THE SKYLINE THROUGH A MASS PORT GATE AND NOT REALLY HAVING ACCESS UNTIL RECENT YEARS AND
EVEN THAT ACCESS HAS COME WITH AN ASTERISK WHILE WE LOVE THE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S THERE IT TRULY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IT'S AFFORDABILITY. SO HOW CAN WE PRESERVE ALL
OF THIS AND AND HOW CAN WE BALANCE I KNOW IT'S A MAJOR QUESTION BUT I CAN TRY TO BALANCE THE NECESSARY COST PROTECTIONS WITH WITHIN LIMITS WHILE STILL INTEGRATING NATURE
BASED SOLUTIONS AND EQUITABLE ACCESS. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND IT'S IT'S USEFUL TO THINK ABOUT HOW A LOT OF THE THE BOSTON WATER'S EDGE IS
REALLY BUILT UP RIGHT UP INTO THE WATER. RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY RESTORING A MARSH OR WETLAND TO WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE 500 YEARS AGO BUT HOW ARE WE BUILDING ON
THIS HARD EDGE IN A WAY THAT INCREASES THE HABITAT AVAILABLE THERE AND CREATES, YOU KNOW, OPEN SPACES THAT PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC
ACCESS? I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THINGS LIKE THE LIVING SEAWALLS THAT IS STILL IN LIVING LAB IS WORKING
ON CAN BOTH ENHANCE AND EXTEND THE LONGEVITY OF OUR HARDEN INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE ALSO CREATING A MORE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE NEED FOR OUR WATER'S EDGE IS SIMILAR
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT WE'VE SEEN CREATED FOR OUR STREETS AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME INNOVATIVE MODELS OF HOW WE COMBINE, YOU KNOW, NEEDED
INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONTS WITH PUBLIC ACCESS. I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT THE WATERFRONT EDGE DESIGN GUIDELINES COMING OUT OF THE
FRONT LINES IN NEW YORK AS WAYS THAT WE CAN BOTH CREATE RESILIENT SHORELINES WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING PUBLIC ACCESS AND SO HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP OFFLINE ABOUT MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND SOMETHING THAT I'M GLAD CHRIS OSGOOD BROUGHT UP THE MAPS READY ACT AS THE YOU KNOW, A STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL BOND BILL THAT'S
GOING TO PLAY A BIG ROLE IN ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO KIND OF MAKE THESE DISTRICT WIDE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THE
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LANDOWNERS THAT WE HAVE ESPECIALLY IN EAST BOSTON THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PRIVATE PARCELS THERE, WE'VE HEARD FROM LANDOWNERS THERE THEY'D LIKE TO DO THINGS THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE MOST COST EFFECTIVE FOR THEM
AND THE REGULATIONS ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM KIND OF DIVING INTO THIS. AND SO I THINK AS WE STREAMLINE THOSE PERMITTING PROCESSES WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY FIND SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE KIND OF THE CO-BENEFITS THAT WE WANT TO SEE. THANK YOU. AND I REALLY DO SEE THIS AS IT'S TWO SEPARATE PROBLEMS. I MEAN THERE'S SO MANY AS IT
RELATES TO THIS BUT THE THE FUNDING AND FINANCING IT'S 4 TO $10 BILLION THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE AND I FORGET EXACTLY
WHICH INSTITUTION BUT YOU KNOW OF HOW MANY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AREAS LIKE AIRPORTS, HOSPITALS, POLICE, FIRE LIKE SCHOOLS ALL OF THAT
ARE GOING TO BE UNDERWATER IF WE DON'T ACT AND THE CORRESPONDING DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS 4 TO $10 BILLION. I THINK THAT WAS CHRIS OSGOOD THAT SAID THAT AT A FORMER HEARING AND SO NOW THE CHALLENGE IS TRYING TO FIND
THAT AND THEN ALSO THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND PATHWAY. REBECCA I SEE YOUR HAND IS UP. I AM GOING TO I I'M GOING TO GO
JUST TO HASTEN AND AND I PROMISE I'LL HAVE AN OPEN DIALOG FOLLOWING THIS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE SOME OF THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY TOO. SO I WANT TO RESPECT THEM. I'VE GOT TO HASTEN AND JUST ASK
HOW HOW DO YOU FEEL GENERALLY BEING A PART OF THIS PROCESS WITH THE 2030 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, HOW IT ALIGNS WITH COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS AROUND
EQUITY ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE PACE OF DECARBONIZATION? YOU KNOW, I HEAR THAT THERE'S ALREADY SOME FRUSTRATIONS IN 2030 AND MAYBE ACTUALLY BE 2040 OR 20 2045 BUT HOW HAVE YOU
FOUND IT WITHIN YOUR OWN NETWORK AND AT LEAST FROM COMMUNITY CONCERNS WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THIS CLIMATE PLAN ALIGNS WITH THEIR EXPECTATIONS ?
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I THINK THERE ARE LIKE 66 PAGES IN THERE PROBABLY 66 DIFFERENT ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION. OTHER THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES I THINK OVERALL YOU KNOW CERTAINLY OUR MEMBERS OF BEACON
ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PLAN AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF WHAT'S IN THE PLAN WHICH IS WHAT THE CITY'S ALREADY DOING AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW THE TIMELINE
AND THE SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS WELL AS HOW THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT IN THE YEARS TO COME.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, HAVE REGULAR REPORTS IN SOME WAY OF THE PROGRESS AS WELL AS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE IMPLEMENTATION HAPPENS THAT RESIDENTS VOICES ARE REALLY CENTERED ON THE PROCESS. I'D MENTIONED IN MY TESTIMONY
YOU KNOW, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROVIDE A REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND THAT'S AN EXISTING TOOL THAT ALREADY IS BEING USED IN SOME CASES VERY SUCCESSFULLY TO THIS END.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A PLACE FOR US TO FOCUS MORE CERTAINLY AS ORGANIZATIONS AND AS A COALITION AND I THINK THE PACE OF DECARBONIZATION I MEAN IT'S
I'M NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY THIS BUT CERTAINLY THE ATTACKS ON THE OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY HAVE SET US BACK TREMENDOUSLY AND I HEAR SO MUCH FRUSTRATION FROM OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT HOW THAT MAKES IT SO MUCH HARDER
FOR MASSACHUSETTS TO DECARBONIZE OUR ELECTRIC GRID AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY WITHIN CITY LIMITS, PARTICULARLY GEOTHERMAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS PROBABLY I WOULD SAY THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IN TERMS OF ENERGY SOURCES GROUND SOURCE, WATER SOURCE, HEAT PUMPS THOSE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU KNOW, WE VERY
MUCH THINK CLEAN ENERGY NEEDS TO BE BUILT. OF COURSE WHERE AND HOW IT'S BUILT MATTERS AND BUT WE ALSO HAVE SEEN AND WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN A PROCESS RIGHT NOW IN DORCHESTER TO THIS END THAT WHEN WE CAN BRING IN
RESIDENTS PRIORITIES UPFRONT AND THEN WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE DEVELOPER WHETHER IT BE THE UTILITIES OR A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS GO A LOT MORE SMOOTHLY AND WE AVOID SOME OF THE PITFALLS OF COURSE THAT YOU
WILL REMEMBER. MADAM CHAIR, IN THE EAST BOSTON SUBSTATION WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS MORE QUICKLY AND WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OF OUR WORKERS AND THAT'S WHAT
OUR MEMBERS ARE REALLY EXCITED TO DO. OKAY. SORRY I COULDN'T FIND MY NAME EVEN FOR A SECOND THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT ANSWER AND TRANSITIONING TO A MANUAL IS AGAIN UNDER DWAYNE'S LEADERSHIP AND OTHERS JUST HAS
A REALLY STRONG TRACK RECORD OF COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION AND THAT'S ALWAYS AT THE CENTER OF YOU KNOW WHAT OF HOW I
APPROACH POLICYMAKING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THEIR INPUT IS INVALUABLE AND IT IS THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO CREATE POLICY AROUND.
AND SO TO FROM FROM YOUR EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA, HOW CAN THE CITY ENGAGE RESIDENTS MORE DEEPLY IN DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS LIKE WHAT SORT OF TOOLS
OR COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES WOULD YOU RECOMMEND BASED ON YOUR EXISTING WORK? YEAH, YOU KNOW THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO MOSTLY WE AT I THINK PART
OF THE CITY HAPPENED THERE A BIRD OR SUMMIT ON THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT AND THE ACCESS TO THE FOLKS IN A ROOM BUT ALSO WHEN THEY CAME SO MOST OF THE POLICY AND ALL THAT
Y'ALL LOOKING FOR FOLKS TO FOCUS ON THE POLICY LEVEL OF STAFF MAINLY OF THE STATE IS LOOKING INTO LIKE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ON SITING AND PERMITTING BUT LOOKING AT THEIR
GUIDANCE FOR OVERSEEING THESE THE CARBON PLANS FOR STAFF IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND ONE I WOULD SAY TWO SPACES THAT ARE LOOKING AT THAT WOULD BE AT THE
TABLE WHICH IS THE STATEWIDE GOAL IS SET AND FROM THAT THE TRANSPORTATION FOR MASSACHUSETTS ANYONE THINKING ABOUT LIKE ON TRANSPORTATION STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO EMISSIONS AS WE KNOW LOOKING AT
FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION THOSE ARE THE TWO EMISSION CONTRIBUTORS AND THE STATE AND THOSE ARE ON TO RECOMMENDED POLICIES SPACES THAT TACKLE IT.
BUT REALLY THE YEAH, THE EPA. BEVERLY ARE THE PORTS AND HOW THEY WILL LOOK AND THE GUIDANCE THE STATE ON THIS EARLIER JUST HAPPENED THAT WHEN ASIAN DROP
BEEN DOWN YOU'RE ALSO OPEN COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ALL WORK ON IT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND ALL ALL THEY TIED THIS IN A ROOM AND BEGIN IN JUST NOT
HAVING THE 1 TO 1 FOUNDATION BEFORE PLANES ARE READY TO SET UP MAKING SURE THE PLANNING AND PROCESSES EVERYONE'S IN A ROOM IN THE BEGINNING AND NOT TO START REALLY AND I WOULD GET
BACK EVERYONE TO FOLLOW UP IN THE GAPS THAT ARE PARTNERS AND CITY FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT ON BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE FOLKS ALL WORKING ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY OR WORKFORCE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH CARE,
TRANSPORTATION, NEW THING WORKFORCE AND HOUSING THEY SEE IN DIFFERENT THINGS DIFFERENTLY . SO JUST HAVING THOSE DIFFERENT PARTNERS ALL WORKING AND JUST NOT IN LOCAL IN BOSTON THEY
ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THEIR VISION OF NEW ENGLAND AND STATEWIDE. SO I THINK ALSO CONTINUE GAMING BY PUSHING OUR ACCESS TO A LOT
FOLKS BUT ALSO WELCOMING YOUR COMMUNITY FOLKS AND YOUR PARTNERS EFFORTS LIKE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND MORE ON BETTER SERVES IN SORT OF RUN TOGETHER ON YOU ALL AND
THEN DROPPING THESE THINGS BUT ALSO TO HELP YOU MAKE A CONFIRM IMPLEMENT INTO THE SYSTEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN ANSWER AND THEN TO CLOSE THIS
OUT FOR COUNCILOR MATT O'MALLEY, YOU DID YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR VICINITIES AND YOU KNOW EFFORTS INTO THERMAL AND ALL OF THAT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD ABOUT HOW YOU ALL PREPARING TO TRANSITION YOUR SYSTEM TOWARDS LOW OR NO CARBON ENERGY SOLUTION SOURCES AND WHAT SORT OF SUPPORT OR
REGULATORY FLAHERTY WOULD HELP TO SPEED UP THAT TRANSITION? GREAT QUESTION AND AGAIN, GREAT LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME REALLY INSPIRATIONAL FELLOW PANELISTS. SO I KNOW I'VE LEARNED A LOT. YEAH. WHERE I MEAN WE ARE WE ARE TRANSITIONING, WE'RE LEADING WE'RE LEADING IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE BEAUTY ABOUT THE DISTRICT ENERGY BUSINESS IS THERE'S NO PLACE ON EARTH WHERE THEIR ARRIVAL DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEM SO CON ED WHICH OPERATES THE NEW YORK MANHATTAN SYSTEM HAS BEEN UP TO OUR PLAN SEVERAL
TIMES. AS I MENTIONED DURING NINE US CITIES WE'VE HAD WE'VE LITERALLY WE HAD FOLKS FROM GOVERNOR SHAPIRO'S TEAM DOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA AT KENDALL SQUARE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE SAME HEAT UP ON THE SCHOOL
COAL RIVER DOWN IN PHILADELPHIA . SO IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TOO WE'RE NOT AT NUMBER ONE WE ARE PROUDLY AND SHAMELESSLY COPYING
WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO SOME GREAT SUCCESS AND LEADING SUSTAINABILITY CITIES AROUND THE WORLD. COPENHAGEN MALABO DRUM IN NORWAY GLASGOW, SCOTLAND AS
BURG AS BURG DENMARK WHERE I GOT TO SEE THAT THE HEAT PUMP SEAWATER HEAT PUMP IN ACTION WITH A GREAT DELEGATION OF SOME SOME GREAT BOSTON AND STATE
OFFICIALS LAST MAY SO WE WERE COPYING WHAT IS BEING DONE AND WE'RE JUST THE FIRST TO DO IT IN THE U.S. BUT IT'S PROUD TO SAY I WISH IT WERE IN BOSTON TECHNICALLY IN CAMBRIDGE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR MAIN
PLAN IS. BUT THE LARGEST ELECTRIC BOILER IN THE COUNTRY IS RIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE LARGEST HEAT PUMP IN THE COUNTRY WILL SOON BE RIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROUD POINT IN BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE AND THE
REGION. SO THE SECOND PART IN TERMS OF REGULATORY OVERSIGHT, IT'S AGAIN PUSHING PUSHING US, PUSHING UTILITIES, ALSO HAVING
SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S BUY IN AND I THINK THAT'S CRUCIAL. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO DRIVERS WE HAVE FOUND IN OUR CUSTOMER BASE AND IT'S A VERY DIVERSE CUSTOMER BASE WHEN YOU
INCORPORATE ALL OF THE CITIES THAT WE SERVE, SOME HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNAL ESG GOALS. WE SERVE A NUMBER OF COLLEGES UNIVERSITY LABS THAT ARE OFTEN OWNED BY EUROPEAN DRUG COMPANIES WHO HAVE VERY STRICT
AND AGGRESSIVE ESG GOALS. AND THIS IS ONE WAY WE CAN SERVE BUT THE OTHER IS LOCAL ORDINANCES LOCAL LAWS. BOURDEAUX THE BUREAU OVER IN CAMBRIDGE, THE STRETCH ENERGY CODE NET ZERO CARBON ZONING
DOWN IN MARYLAND THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED THE BEPS WHICH IS THE BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE STANDARD OF COURSE IS LOCAL LAW 97 IN NEW YORK CITY. SO WORKING WITH UTILITIES AND I
THINK WE DID THIS AND CONTINUE TO DO THIS WELL I KNOW MAYOR WU HAS BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON GETTING BY AND IT'S IT'S EASY TO SORT OF SET ASPIRATIONAL GOALS BUT IF YOU NOT WORKING
WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET THERE, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT. SO IT'S IT'S ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND IT'S ABOUT SOME NIMBLENESS.
THE TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING SO QUICKLY WE ARE SEEING SETBACKS IN THE BECAUSE OF SORT OF SOME FEDERAL DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO BUT IT WILL NOT DETER US. THE OTHER THING THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, HELPFUL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OWNED BY A COMPANY THAT IS COMMITTED TO DOING THIS
AND SO IT'S IT'S IT'S YOU KNOW, FROM MY UTILITY HAD IT'S AN INCUMBENT UPON US AND THE UTILITY BUSINESS TO MEET THIS MOMENT AND IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO
SAY NO IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO PUSH BACK BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE. AND I THINK YOU KNOW, TO BE CANDID WE TRY TO MAKE AND I'LL BE REPETITIVE YOU KNOW, MAKE THE ECONOMIC CASE THAT WE CAN
SERVE OUR TWO GREENS CUSTOMERS DON'T MIND YOU KNOW, PAYING A LITTLE MORE FOR A SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT NOT ALWAYS AND THE GULF CAN'T BE WIDE ENOUGH BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW
THERE'S THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU'RE AND I SAY THIS YOU KNOW WHERE YOU KNOW IN MY HEAD WITH THE BPA, YOU KNOW IF THE BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE A ME PASSIVE HOUSE STANDARDS THERE ARE CUSTOMERS AND TENANTS WHO ARE GOING TO SEEK
SPECIFICALLY THAT PLACE A COLLEGE UNIVERSITY THAT HAS A PROFOUND AND REAL COMMITMENT TO DECARBONIZING THEIR STUDENTS THAT WILL PARTLY BASE THEIR DECISION ON WHERE TO GO ON
THAT. SO IT'S MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE FROM A UTILITY POINT OF VIEW BUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE STATE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL AND I KNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE AND I
THINK I SAID THIS EARLIER AND IT'S WORTH REPEATING OTHER CITIES ARE WATCHING BOSTON AND THAT'S THAT'S YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF MAYOR LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES WE'VE
PUT IN PLACE. SO THAT'S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE AND JUST INCLUDING OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER AND BE A LITTLE NIMBLE IF SITUATIONS WARRANT IT LIKE WHAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN NOW
WITHOUT EVER GIVING UP THAT AMBITIOUS AND AGGRESSIVE AGENDA BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACHIEVABLE. SO REALLY SOLVING FOR ALL OF THOSE EXCELLENT WORKS. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND JUST TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO TO EVERYBODY HERE THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION BUS HARBOR NOW BEACON OBVIOUSLY
LISTEN TO THE ENERGY AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WERE PART OF SHAPING THE FIRST DRAFT. WE DO HAVE NO LONG WAY TO GO BUT THERE'S STILL TIME TO GET
INVOLVED NOT JUST THROUGH OF THESE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS BUT FOR ALL RESIDENTS THAT ARE LISTENING IN ARE WATCHING AFTER THIS. BUT JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THE FACT THAT
YOU PUSHED THE CITY FORWARD AND ENSURING THAT CLIMATE ACTION IS ALWAYS ROOTED IN EQUITY AND JUSTICE INCLUSION AND PRODUCING REAL OUTCOMES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST.
SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY I LOOK FORWARD TO AS WE GO INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THIS PLAN JUST THE YOU KNOW, THE CONTINUED COLLABORATION AND TRANSPARENCY AND SHARED PROBLEMS SOLVING.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT'S ALWAYS A BUSY TIME SO JUST APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND BEING HERE. I'M GOING TO TRANSITION NOW TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST IN THE ORDER IN WHICH FOLKS HAVE SIGNED. I'LL JUST I JUST NEED TO GET THIS FIRST.
THAT WAS WONDERFULLY CREATED BY CENTRAL STAFF AND THEN GIVE AGAIN TO RON AND ETHAN AND EVERYBODY. FIRST UP WE HAVE RYAN KRIEGMAN WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON FOOD FORCE
COALITION. IF HE'S ON WRONG, DO WE SEE HIM ? YES.
OKAY. OR OR RYAN, ONCE YOU'RE A PANELIST, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MEET YOURSELF AND YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND LOCATION FOR US
AGAIN. OH, I ACTUALLY DON'T SEE HIM IN THE ATTENDEES ANYMORE SO I'M
GOING TO GO TO ZACH CUTLER WHO IS HERE TO ELEVATE ZACH. ZACH, YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES IF YOU
WANT TO JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HELLO. MY NAME'S ZACHARY CUTLER. I'M AN ADAPTATION ANTHROPOLOGIST AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MAPPING.
I THINK IN 2020 I DID AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STUDY OF THE BUNKER HILL REDEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND
I'M TRYING TO UPDATE IT NOW AND DO A PROJECTION SCOPE OF CURRENT POPULATION AND SO ON WITH THE PROJECTS KIND OF THE
BUILD UP AND I'M FINDING ON THE STATE AND CITY DATA SOURCES THAT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOOD IS MADE UP OF TWO
GROUPS AND FIVE PARCELS AND ONLY ONE OF THOSE PARCELS HAS DATA AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND IT ON ANY STATE OR CITY DATA SOURCE.
SO I'M WONDERING WHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND THAT. AND ANOTHER MAPPING RELATED QUESTION OR COMMENT IN TERMS OF QUANTIFYING ENVIRONMENT AND
TO JUSTICE FACTORS OF COURSE PRECISE NUMBERS AND THINGS ARE ARE IMPORTANT AND IN A LOT OF THE CITY AND STATE MAPS THE
GREEN IS USED FOR OPEN SPACE IN GENERAL AND IT REALLY CREATES AN AREA FOR PROJECTS TO FUDGE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPEN
SPACE AND NON PERMEABLE OLD AND PERMEABLE GROUND AND SAYS HOPING THAT MAYBE WE COULD CREATE A NEW KEY AND MAKE A NEW DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPEN SPACE
THAT'S NON PERMEABLE AND ACTUAL GREEN SPACE OR PERMEABLE SURFACES BUT JUST TO MAPPING QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK.
GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO I DON'T HAVE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ACCURATE ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND JUST JUST FIND THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. I BELIEVE WE HAVE YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE'LL BE SURE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THOSE ANSWERS SHORTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.
NEXT UP WE HAVE MICHELLE BROOKS MICHELLE ON RIGHT MICHELLE'S
HAND IS RAISED. PLEASE ELEVATE HER TO PANELIST
WELCOME, MICHELLE. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TO SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION, YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES. THEY THANK YOU. YES. OH, MY NAME IS MICHELLE BROOKS
. THANK YOU. SHE HER PRONOUNS I'M A SENIOR ORGANIZER WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS SIERRA CLUB AND A CO COORDINATOR OF THE BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION. UM, JUST WANT TO REITERATE
THANKS AGAIN TO YOU CHAIR AS A PARTNER AND TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN HERE AND PROVIDED EXCELLENT COMMENTS ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
AND ALL OF OUR EXPERT PANELISTS FOR YOUR GREAT TESTIMONY. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF OUR COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR NAACP JUSTICE WORKING GROUP FROM THE
BOSTON GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION AND ONCE AGAIN THESE WILL BE SHARED IN WRITTEN FORMAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBMITTING
THEM UM ON THE RECORD IN JUST A MOMENT HERE I'M GOING SO JUST TO GIVE A SUMMARY SOME OF THIS
HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY BUT IN OUR REVIEW OF THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE PLAN, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED RELATED TO
GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY IS WANTING TO SEE FLAHERTY AND PUBLISH ABOLISHMENT OF THE CITY'S ROLE AND ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURE FOR EACH OF THE
STRATEGIES WITHIN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IDENTIFYING PEOPLE OR OFFICES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CUSTOMER PROTECTIONS AGAINST PREDATORY PRACTICES IS
LIKE UH THIRD PARTY ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS AND SOME OF THE PREDATORY PRACTICES WITHIN THE SOLAR INDUSTRY THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT UM, THROUGH MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS WE WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO SEE THAT UM STUDIES INCLUDE IMPLEMENTABLE METRICS AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THOSE SAMPLE METRICS TODAY. UM I REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING
ABOUT THAT IN THE CITY PANEL TESTIMONY FROM UM DIRECTOR SELLERS GARCIA WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED ON SAMPLE METRICS FOR ECONOMICS
LIKE HOUSEHOLD ENERGY COST SAVINGS, JOB CREATION UM WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION, MUNICIPAL COST SAVINGS UH AND
MORE HEALTH METRICS RELATED TO REDUCTIONS IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS, HEAT EXPOSURE REDUCTIONS, ASTHMA INCIDENCE RATES, HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS UM THINGS OF THAT
NATURE ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE AND MORE AS LEVEL REDUCTION UM DIFFERENT IDEAS ON EMISSIONS REDUCTION METRICS AND PROCESS AND EQUITY METRICS AS WELL RELATED TO COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION RATES ACROSS DEMOGRAPHICS AND NEIGHBORHOODS UM TRANSLATED OUTREACH MATERIALS AND PUBLIC DATA AVAILABLE UM AS WELL AS
CO-DESIGN WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. UM, WE ALSO WOULD FIND IT
REALLY HELPFUL TO BE ASSIGNED ESTIMATED BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR THOSE STRATEGIES AND FUNDING SOURCES WHERE POSSIBLE AND THEN THAT'S ALSO BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION TODAY
THAT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL UM ON IMPLEMENTATION METRICS WE REALLY WANT TO SEE LIKE MOVING BEYOND STUDIES AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF UM
STUDIES AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY UM BOTH AS THE SIERRA CLUB AND MEMBERS OF OUR GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
THROUGH THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PUBLISHED DATA ON TRACKING PROGRESS. SO YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT THE NEW DASHBOARD IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL DASHBOARD.
WE'RE REALLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE CRITERIA PUBLISHED ON WHAT KINDS OF TECHNOLOGIES SELECTION ARE BEING USED FOR THE HOLISTIC
ENERGY PLAN WHICH IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES IN THE CAP AND IDENTIFICATION OF GRID CONSTRAINED AREAS THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES WHICH WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT. LASTLY RELATED TO EQUITY AND ENERGY JUSTICE ARE FIVE HOSPITAL LEADERS IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION HAVE SET A
GOAL THAT WE LIKE TO SEE UM FUNDING RELATED TO CLIMATE FROM THE CITY WITH A COMMITMENT OF AT LEAST 60% OR BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES AND WE WOULD ADDITIONALLY LIKE TO SEE INTEGRATION OF STAKEHOLDER MAPPING WITH TRUSTED COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THESE STRATEGIES
SO LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S PAST FEW MINUTES THEY DO SO MUCH. MICHELLE IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AND I ALWAYS AS ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS. AND NEXT WE HAVE HAYDEN SEAGER TO ELEVATE HER TO OUR PANEL AND THEN AFTER THAT LIBBY
MCLAUGHLIN FROM SAVE THE HARBOR . LIBBY IS RAISING HER HAND.
OH, BUT FIRST WE HAVE SARAH HAYDEN SENIOR. SHE ELEVATED ALTHOUGH THIS MAY
I APOLOGIZE HAYDEN EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND HIM AND THEN YOUR AFFILIATION. THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M HAYDEN SEAGER. I'M A BOSTON RESIDENT, SO JUST
A CONCERNED RESIDENT REALLY. BUT I, I I READ THIS, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ACTUALLY READ IT. IT'S ONLY LIKE 60 PATRONS.
YOU CAN READ IT PRETTY QUICKLY BUT AS FAR AS LIKE THE DATA SHOWS SPECIFICALLY LIKE SLIDE
OR PAGE 17 OF THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IT LOOKS LIKE IF WE DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING IT'S
SUGGESTING THAT WE'LL HAVE A 23% REDUCTION IN OUR EMISSIONS FROM THE YEAR 2005 WHICH IF YOU DO LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF QUICK MATH THAT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN
1% A YEAR WHICH IS YOU KNOW OF COURSE WE'RE TRYING TO LIKE AIM FOR AS MUCH AS WE CAN BUT BASED ON THIS DOCUMENT IT'S
SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM 23% TO 44% IF WE IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BASICALLY FIVE X ARE PREVIOUS EMISSION
STANDARDS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WHICH I MEAN YES OF COURSE WE'RE LIKE SHOOTING FOR THIS BUT IN MY OPINION I THINK ALSO IN THE DATA AS OPINION IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO DO
MORE AND THAT'S REALLY LIKE WHAT I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL AND KIND
OF ALSO THE PEOPLE IN THE ZOOM CURRENTLY THAT IT COSTS $0 TO OBTAIN A PARKING PERMIT A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT AND THE CITY OF BOSTON IS YOU KNOW
THERE IS NOT A $0 IMPACT ON OWNING A CAR IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN BERKELEY. I COULD BUY A CAR TOMORROW AND I LIVE IN LIKE THE MOST WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALL
TIME AND YOU KNOW THERE'S ZERO COST TO THE CITY IS RECOUPING IT RECOUPING ANY OF THAT THAT OH YEAH LOOK AT NEW YORK YOU
LOOK AT LONDON OR PARIS OR EVEN LIKE SINGAPORE YOU KNOW IT COSTS $100,000 TO GET A CAR IN SINGAPORE BUT REALLY IT SHOULDN'T BE $0. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE
SHOULD HAVE $100,000 BUT YEAH, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT REALLY JUST LIKE A ECONOMIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO LIKE DISINCENTIVIZE PARTICULAR BEHAVIORS AND YOU DO THAT BY
CHARGING MONEY FOR THESE ACTIVITIES AND THEN USING THAT REVENUE TO FUND THINGS THAT YOU WANT BOTH TO DO. SO IN THIS CASE IN THE REPORT
IT'S SAYING THAT THE BUS ROUTES 23, 28 AND 29 ARE CURRENTLY FREE WHICH IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND I FULLY SUPPORT BUT THEY'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUNDING YOU KNOW WHERE DOES THIS MONEY COME FROM?
I THINK ALL OF HER IN THE PANEL EARLIER HE SAID FUNDING IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN PUSH OFF UNTIL LATER. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW. SO I MEAN YOU CAN JUST DO THIS . OF COURSE IT'S NOT POPULAR
AMONG THE CONSTITUENTS, RIGHT? NO ONE WANTS TO PAY $25 OR $50 FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY ALREADY ARE, YOU KNOW, PAYING $0 FOR. SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING, YOU
KNOW, HAVING $10,000 FOR A PARKING SPACE BUT YOU KNOW, IN CAMBRIDGE IT'S $30 A YEAR, IN SOMERVILLE IT'S $40 A YEAR. THIS IS MONEY THAT WE'RE LEAVING ON THE TABLE AND PEOPLE WOULD BE THEY'D BE WILLING TO
PAY OR YOU CAN YOU CAN MARKET IT IN A WAY THAT YOU KNOW, PAY 30 WOULD YOU PAY $30 TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION BY 10%? I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD PICK IT UP. YOU KNOW SOMETHING A GOOD IDEA
AND REALLY LIKE YOU DON'T NEED TO STUDY THESE THINGS. THERE IS DATA OUT THERE I MEAN JUST LOOK AT NEW YORK CONGESTION PRICING. LOOK AT THE LONDON LOW
EMISSIONS ZONE. I MEAN YEAH, YOU CAN JUST LOOK THE STUFF UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IT'S TIME YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT
QUESTION. YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY YOU KNOW AND THEN USE THIS MONEY TO INCENTIVIZE PROGRAMS LIKE EVERY SENIOR CITIZEN OVER THE AGE OF 75 IF THEY GIVE UP THEIR
CAR, GIVE THEM A FREE PASS FOR LIFE, YOU KNOW, DO POSITIVE THINGS WITH MONEY THAT YOU COLLECT FROM THE KIND OF LIKE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH HAYDEN AND
YOU BE IN I'M MAX HAPPY AND LIBBY AND THEN SARAH EVERYONE MY NAME IS LIBBY MCLAUGHLIN. I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MANAGER FOR SAVE THE HARBOR OR SAVE THE BAY.
GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES TODAY. SAVE LOVERS REALLY EXCITED AND GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY HAS AND THE BOSTON CLIMATE TEAM HAS PRIORITIZED COMBATING COASTAL
FLOODING PARKS AND HAS GIVEN THIS ITS OWN DEDICATED SECTION OF THE CAP AND WE'RE PARTICULARLY IN SUPPORT OF STRATEGIES FOR WHICH WOULD IMPLEMENT HISTORICAL DEPLOYABLE
FLOOD STRATEGIES INCLUDING PROJECTS FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN C-5 TO PROTECT AND EXPAND EXISTING COASTAL PROJECTS BY ADVOCATING WITH A SHARED GOVERNMENT APPROACH.
WE'RE ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON GREEN DEAL COALITION WHICH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS CALL ARE AND I JUST WANTED TO BOOST SOME OF THE REMARKS FROM JASON AND MICHELLE AND
OTHER COALITION MEMBERS AND ADD TO OUR SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COALITION WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING. I PARTICULARLY WANTED TO FLAG RECOMMENDATION 20 FROM THE
COALITION'S NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS WORKING GROUP WHICH IS THAT THE NEXT DRAFT SHOULD IDENTIFY AT RISK NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE 47 MILES OF THE COASTLINE AND EVALUATE
MANAGE RETREAT AND LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGIES AS A POSSIBLE COMPONENT FOR ADDRESSING COASTAL COASTAL RISK . AND THEN FINALLY IN REGARD TO THE EARLIER CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE STATE ON COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECTS, SAVE THE HARBOR DEFINITELY RECOMMENDS YOU KNOW THE CONSIDERATION OF THE RECENTLY RELEASED RESILIENT COASTS INITIATIVE THAT WAS
RELEASED BY CC ON NOVEMBER SIX. SO LAST FRIDAY AND IT ACTUALLY INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE BEACHES WHICH IS
IDENTIFIED IN APPENDIX THESE I RECOMMEND LOOKING AT THAT AND THE METROPOLITAN BEACHES COMMISSION WHICH IS A LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION AT THE STATE HOUSE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON IDENTIFY AND
STRATEGIES TO PROTECT THOSE SPECIFIC VULNERABLE AREAS WHICH INCLUDES SOME AREAS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HOW TO SORT OF ALLOCATE FUNDS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOND BILLS TOWARDS THOSE COASTAL
PROTECTION. SO SAVE THE HARBOR. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY IN OUR ROLE AS A FACILITATOR OF THAT COMMISSION TO FIND WAYS TO COLLABORATE. YEAH, AND THAT'S ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH LIBBY AND WITH APOLOGIES TO SARA I ACCIDENTALLY SKIPPED OVER AN INDIVIDUAL WHO I HAVE DEEP RESPECT ADMIRATION FOR AND JUST APOLOGIZE. LYDIA LOWE FROM THE CHARLESTOWN
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST IF WE CAN ELEVATE LYDIA AND THEN WE'LL GO TO TO SARA. BUT YOU'RE WELCOME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M LYDIA. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR TAKING A STRONG, PROACTIVE AND ALL
GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO ADDRESSING CLIMATE ACTION ON THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND I PARTICULARLY SUPPORT THE FOCUS ON RACIAL ECONOMIC AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON A FEW AREAS OF WORK THAT CHINATOWN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST IS ENGAGED IN. FIRST OF ALL, HEAT RESILIENCE IS A CORE FOCUS FOR CHINATOWN.
MANY OF OUR CLIMATE JUSTICE PROJECTS REALLY RELATE BACK TO THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT IN CHINATOWN AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT COOLING RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE NEEDED NOT
ONLY DURING THE DAYTIME BUT ALSO AT NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES IN CHINATOWN REMAIN HOT. WELL INTO THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. AND I'M ALSO GLAD TO SEE IN THE
PLAN AN IDEA THAT TENANTS AND WORKERS IN CHINATOWN HAVE SAID MANY TIMES WHO OFTEN LIVE AND WORK IN REALLY INHUMANE CONDITIONS THAT STATE REGULATIONS HAVE A MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE BUT NO MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ADVOCACY AROUND THAT IS PART OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN TERMS OF SMALL BUILDING
DECARBONIZATION, OUR ORGANIZATION IS PAVING WAY FOR THIS WORK IN CHINATOWN BY IMPLEMENTING A VARIETY OF HEAT MITIGATION, DECARBONIZATION AND
RESILIENCE MEASURES ON OLDER SMALL MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES WHICH WE HAVE PRESERVED AS PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY CONTROLLED HOUSING.
WE'VE PUT IN THE FIRST COOL ROOF IN THE CITY AND WE'RE DOING BUILDING ENVELOPE IMPROVEMENTS, ELECTRIC SERVICE UPGRADES, AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP INSTALLATION FOR EFFICIENT
HEATING AND COOLING INDUCTION STOVE INSTALLATION AND PLANNING A SMALL SOLAR AND BATTERY INSTALLATION ON ONE OF OUR PROPERTIES. SO WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE
CITIES PARTICIPATE IN THE MASSIVE COMMUNITY FIRST PARTNERSHIP TO EXPAND THIS WORK IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES LIKE CHINATOWN.
WE HOPE THAT PARTNERSHIP CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMPLICATIONS AND DELAYS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN OUR WORK IN WORKING WITH VERY DIFFICULT
TO NAVIGATE SYSTEMS WITH MASSIVE EVEN THE UTILITIES AND I THINK AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THERE IS OFTEN WE FIND THAT YOU KNOW, PROJECTS MIGHT FALL
THERE'S A LOT OF SILOS ON PROJECTS MIGHT FALL BETWEEN SILOS LIKE SMALL MIXED USE BUILDINGS OR THREE OR FOUR RENT YOU KNOW WITH HAVE THREE OR FOUR RENTAL APARTMENTS WITH A
COMMERCIAL SPACE OR BUILDINGS THAT ARE FOUR UNITS WHICH SOMEHOW FALL IN THIS GAP BETWEEN WHAT'S CONSIDERED HOME OWNERSHIP AND WHAT'S CONSIDERED MULTI-FAMILY.
THE OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE KNOW THE CITY'S AWARE OF BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE BUILDING OWNERS TO MAKE THESE UPGRADES BUT ALSO TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT
OF TENANTS ON THE SOLAR TOPIC CHINATOWN IS PART OF EVERSOURCE IS DOWNTOWN AREA NETWORK WHICH HAS VERY STRICT REGULATIONS THAT LIMIT THE SIZE OF SOLAR
INSTALLATIONS AND ALSO PREVENT FEEDING ENERGY BACK TO THE GRID. THIS IS A KEY REASON WHY CHINATOWN HAS NOT BENEFITED FROM SOLAR TECHNOLOGY SO WE THINK THE CITY CAN PLAY AN
IMPORTANT ADVOCACY ROLE IN CALLING FOR UPDATED REGULATIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA NETWORK AND WE'D ALSO AND SO WE'D URGE THE CITY TO WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY ON ON THAT AND ALSO TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY SOLAR AND UTILIZE CITY OWNED PROPERTY FOR THAT PURPOSE. WE THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
EXPLORE CITY PROPERTY LIKE THE CITY TOLL LOT FOR EXAMPLE COULD BE INSTALLED WITH SOLAR CANOPIES AND THEN THOSE SOLAR CREDITS COULD BE ASSIGNED TO LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS IN
NEARBY CHINATOWN AND THE SOUTH END OR AS PART OF THE PILOT NEGOTIATION WITH LARGE INSTITUTIONS ROOFTOP SOLAR ON THESE INSTITUTIONS COULD BE
USED TO BENEFIT HOST COMMUNITIES. FINALLY ON OPEN SPACE, CHINATOWN IS ONE OF THE CITY'S WORST HIT ISLANDS WITH SUMMERTIME TEMPERATURES OFTEN
AS MUCH AS TEN DEGREES HOTTER THAN ELSEWHERE. AND SO THAT'S A CORE REASON. A CORE REASON FOR THAT IS THE LACK OF PERMEABLE SURFACES, GREEN SPACE AND TREE CANOPY AND
WE HOPE THAT CHINATOWN WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ON PLANTING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENT WE'VE BEEN RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING
AROUND OPEN SPACE ISSUES A LOT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND OFTEN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF IS REALLY LEADING THIS WORK. FOR INSTANCE, OUR ORGANIZATION IS WORKING WITH THE FRIENDS
OF REGGIE WONG PARK TO TRANSFORM THE NEIGHBORHOODS ONLY RECREATIONAL PORT SPACE INTO AN INTERGENERATIONAL AND CLIMATE RESILIENT PARK. WE'RE SIMILARLY PARTNERED WITH
THE FRIENDS OF THE CHINATOWN LIBRARY TO TRY AND FIND WAYS TO CONVERT A PRIVATELY OWNED SURFACE PARKING LOT INTO A GREEN SPACE NEXT TO WHAT WILL
SOON BE THE NEW BRANCH LIBRARY . SO WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO SEE LAND ACQUISITION CALLED OUT AS A STRATEGY AND WE HOPE THAT THE CITY CAN WORK FLEXIBLY AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY
GROUPS LIKE OURS WHICH HAVE TAKEN INITIATIVE ALREADY AND TRY TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES THAT CAN SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LORI.
I APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL THE WORK THAT THE CHINATOWN TO DO LAND TRUST AS I THINK I SAID CHARLESTOWN EARLIER I'M ALWAYS ON BRAND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. NEXT UP WE HAVE SARAH MCCAMMON
BUT TO ELEVATE HER TO BEING A PANELIST ALREADY. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO SARAH
FRIEDMAN AFTER HER. WELCOME, SARAH TO STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION. YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU.
ARCHULETA ZAPATA FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN THE CABINET OF ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND URBAN SPACE AND OUR SECOND PANEL OF EXPERTS FOR THIS MORNING'S HEARING. MY NAME IS SARAH MCCAMMON AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HARBOURFRONT
NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. THE ALLIANCE BRINGS TOGETHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ALONG THE HARBOR TO ENSURE RESIDENT VOICES GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND RESILIENCE OF AN ACCESSIBLE AND
EQUITABLE BOSTON WATERFRONT. WE ARE STRONG ADVOCATES OF COASTAL RESILIENCE AND SPECIFICALLY FLOOD PROTECTION FROM SEA LEVEL RISE AND RAINFALL INUNDATION AT THE WATER'S EDGE TO CLOSING FLOOD
PATHWAYS IN THE INLAND NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCREASING MANAGEMENT. WE SUPPORT INCREASED TREE CANOPY SHADE STRUCTURES AND COOLING FEATURES IN OUR PUBLIC REALM. WE ENCOURAGE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND NATURE BASED
SOLUTIONS THAT BE INCORPORATED IN RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTING THEIR RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY TO CERTIFY WITH PARTICIPATION IN
THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM AS THE CANCELLATION OF FEMA GRANT PROGRAMS AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE
OF FEDERAL FUNDING AND STATE FUNDING CONSTRAINTS, BUDGETARY AND FUNDING FEASIBILITY IS CRITICAL IN PART AS COASTAL RESILIENT PROJECTS WITHOUT PITTING NEIGHBORHOODS AGAINST EACH OTHER AND BEING ABLE TO
IMPLEMENT DISTRICT AND REGION WIDE PROTECTIONS. WE'D LIKE TO UNDERLINE THE URGENCY OF THIS WORK FOR 2030 AND BEYOND 2017 ALONG WITH ACCESSIBLE EVACUATION AND THE
NO RETREAT, THE ALLIANCE LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE CITY COUNCIL AND PARTNERS ON THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS WELL AS INTEGRATING RESOURCES AND OTHER PROGRAMS
SUCH AS STRATEGIES FROM MASS RESILIENT COASTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SARAH. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE SARAH FRIEDMAN. WELCOME TO STATE YOUR NAME AFFILIATION AND YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES. HI EVERYONE. SARAH FREEMAN, J.P. RESIDENT
AND MEMBER OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION AS MANY HAVE STATED REPRESENTING THE WHITE COALITION.
SO REAL FAST BECAUSE THE ONLY THING HOLDING YOU HERE NOW. A APPRECIATE ALL THAT THE CITY IS DOING. I WANTED TO COMMENT ON A
STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE AT THE VERY BEGINNING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE NOT DOING OR WHAT THEY'RE NOT HIGHLIGHTING BY
CYLINDER RAISING THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN. IT FEELS A LITTLE SECONDARY AND IT'S ONLY UPDATED EVERY FIVE
SOMETIMES STRETCHED TO SIX OR SEVEN YEARS. ONE OF THE FINAL SLIDES SHOWS THE CITY WAS LEADING THERE BY
EXAMPLE. THEN THEY LISTED BUILDINGS, TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN SAY SEE THE
OPEN SPACE AND RECREATE AND PLAN FOR THE GREEN ELEMENTS. I DO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT
WHAT LYDIA LO SAID AT THE END ABOUT PRIORITIZING OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION. THERE'S SO MUCH WE CAN DO BUT
JUST PUTTING IN A PLEA TO NOT ONLY FOCUS ON THE MORE INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT CERTAINLY BUT DON'T FORGET THE GREEN.
PLEASE. THAT'S ALL FROM ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SARAH. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TESTIMONY AND STAYING
ON UNTIL THE VERY END. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALSO STAYED ON COUNCIL WEBER IN COUNCIL FITZGERALD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THAT WRAPS THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING STATEMENTS, COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
BUT YEAH, I DON'T JUST THANK YOU FOR FOR DOING THIS AND IT'S NICE TO SEE SARAH FRIEDMAN HERE AND THERE AND I'M GLAD WE CAN
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S IT'S A MUCH LONGER TERM CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL BE HAVING. AND YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD MINDS IN
BOSTON WHO ARE TRYING TO TACKLE THIS AND AND HELP PEOPLE. THANK YOU CHAIR FOR FOR FOR DOING THIS. NOW THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
NOW TO GIVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS SEEING AND HEARING NONE. I'LL JUST WRAP BY SAYING THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS, OUR PARTNERS AND ADVOCATES WHO JOINED US TODAY.
JUST IT REALLY HAS BEEN GREAT TO LISTEN TO YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE TO HELP SHAPE THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS CONVERSATION AND WHAT IT MEANS
TO TRULY MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND BUILD A MORE GREENER, SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT CITY . AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ,YOUR TESTIMONY AND YOUR
ONGOING COMMITMENT TO TO THIS WORK. THIS HEARING ON DOCKET PROGRAMS 1850 IS NOW ADJOURNED.
THANKS EVERYONE. THANK YOU, RON. THANK YOU, CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU