##VIDEO ID:LIX36tS5XNI## FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS SHARON DURKIN, DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . TODAY'S SEPTEMBER 17, 2024. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED AT BOSTON.COM.  BACKSLASH CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON EXPANDED CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 BIOS CHANNEL 964 WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT DOT PLAN DEV AT BOSTON.COM AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS.  PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER OF WHICH THEY'VE SIGNED UP AND WE'LL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON SHANE PAC AT SHANE DOT PAC PAC AT BOSTON DOT GOV FOR THE LINK IN YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET AND I'M GOING TO READ THESE SO AND I ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF EMPATHY FOR THE CLERK BECAUSE HE HAS TO DO THIS AT OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS EVERY TIME . SO DOCKET 1108 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF 38,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MHC FY 24 SURVEY AND PLANNING GRANT PHASE TWO ORDERED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PASS THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORIC COMMISSION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THIS GRANT WILL FUND PHASE TWO OF THE EAST BOSTON SURVEY UPDATE THE AIM IS FOR PHASE TWO IS SUPER TO USE NEW AND UPDATED INVENTORY FORMS FOR THE PROPERTIES IN EAST BOSTON'S ORIENT HEIGHTS AREA SO I'LL BE THE FIRST DOCKET THAT WILL GO OVER. I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH THE REST OF THESE RIGHT NOW SO WE KNOW WHAT THIS HEARING IS ON BUT WE'LL RETURN TO THESE OTHER DOCKETS AFTER THIS PRESENTATION FROM FROM DOROTHY CLARK AND TYISHA ROGERS WHO ARE HERE FROM ENERGY I'M SORRY HER ENVIRONMENT OPEN SPACE CABINET . SO THE OTHER DOCKETS THAT WE'LL BE APPROACHING TODAY ARE DOCKETS 010 OR SORRY 0100 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,562,297 FROM THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND DOCKET 0101 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY DIVISION OF 7,000,501 ONE SORRY $7,501,200 TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT IS A PORTION OF THE DESIGN COST FOR THE SULLIVAN SQUARE RUTHERFORD AVENUE PROJECT AND DOCKET 1105 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $25 MILLION AND ANY INTEREST ACCRUED THEREON RECEIVED FROM AN ANNUAL $2,500,000 PAYMENTS AND HELD AN INTEREST BEARING ESCROW FUND UNTIL DESIGNATED FOR USE FOR THE CITY BY THE SULLIVAN SQUARE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AND DOCKET 1169 AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $539,000 AND $260 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MASS E VIP CHARGING STATIONS ORDERED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THIS GRANT WILL FUND 60 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCENTIVE PROGRAM CHARGING PROGRAM DOCKET 1275 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED GRANT FROM A PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $4,382,000 AND SORRY THESE ARE ALL WRITTEN DOWN SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO HARD TO READ THE VICTOR SIMPSON PARCEL 1501 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE 1397 THROUGH 1305 BLUE HILL AVENUE TO BE I'D SEEN IN NEW PATIENT BUILDING AND 1350 BOYLSTON STREET 76 STONY ROAD SEAPORT NORTHERN AVENUE BRIDGE FOUR 745 ATLANTIC AVENUE 372 380 HARRISON AVENUE BOSTON UNIVERSITY CENTER DENTAL SCHOOL BOSTON LANDING 780 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 289 WALK HILL STREET ALLSTON YARD BUILDING A 6183 BRAINTREE STREET AND BELVEDERE STREET STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT AND THEN THE LAST DOCKET DOCKET 1277 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $1,800,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES FIRM OF TRANSPORTATION. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE EXCESS ASSESSMENT OF THE FEASIBILITY OF RECONNECTING CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS BISECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF I-90.  THESE MINOR MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU . DOCKET 0100 WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST TEN, 2020 TO DOCKET 0101 WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 TO DOCKETS 1105 AND 1108 WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JULY TEN, 2020 FOR DOCKET 1169 WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST SEVEN, 2024 AND DOCKETS 1 TO 7 FIVE AND 1 TO 7 SEVEN WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 28, 2020 FOR THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING THIS HEARING ON THE VARIOUS GRANTS AFFORDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. THE FIRST GRANT WILL BE REVIEWING AS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR PASSAGE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORIC COMMISSION TO FUND PHASE TWO OF EAST BOSTON SURVEY UPDATE THE SECOND GRANT WILL BE REVIEWING IS YES FROM THE BPA FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS RESOURCES TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH AND NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING FROM OUR PANELISTS ON THE STATUS AND TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED WITH THIS FUNDING. THE THIRD GRANT IS FOR THE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS ADMINISTRATION THROUGH MASSDOT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY BTD AND BP WD TO FUND DESIGN FOR SULLIVAN SQUARE RUTHERFORD AND PROJECT.  THE FOURTH ORDER IS ABOUT FUNDS FROM WHEN WE ARE THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF ENCORE CASINO. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ON THE DETAILS OF THE SULLIVAN SQUARE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AND HOW IT WILL SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY. THE FIRST ORDER IS THE GRANT FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT FOR 60 EV CHARGING STATIONS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE STATIONS WILL BE PLACED AND HOW THEY WILL BE MAINTAINED AND THE PROCESS FOR USING TO IDENTIFY THESE LOCATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EVEN STRUCTURE IS A FUNDAMENTAL NECESSITY IF WE ARE TO MEET OUR NEEDS AND DECARBONIZE STATION GOALS. THE SEC'S ORDER IS A GRANT FROM THE EPA FOR A MULTITUDE OF PRODUCTS. I'M HEARTENED TO HEAR THAT WE'LL BE FUNDING IMPROVEMENTS OF BOYLSTON STREET IN THE FUN WAY AND LOOKING TO LEARN HOW THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR THE PROJECTS OUTLINED.  THE LAST GRANT IS FROM THE US DOT FROM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY BTD TO ASSESS THE RECONNECTING IN CHINATOWN THAT WAS SPLIT BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF I-90 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION CUTTING THROUGH THE CITY AND MANY TIMES HAVE LEFT SCARS IN OUR URBAN FABRIC.  SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HOW THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO ASSESS THAT POSSIBILITY OF RECONNECTING THESE COMMUNITIES. SO NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR PANELISTS TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION DOROTHY CLARK, TYISHA ROGERS AND RENEE GUPTA. DOROTHY CLARK AND TASHA ROGERS ARE FROM THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE CABINET AND THEY'LL BE HANDLING THE FIRST DOCKET THAT I DESCRIBED. AND RENEE GUPTA WILL BE SPEAKING TO THE REST OF THESE. I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL COUNCILOR AND FLYNN,  COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.  SO FIRST I WILL I WANT TO LET OUR PANELISTS INTRODUCE THE FIRST DOCKET AND I KNOW I READ THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY BUT DOCKET 118 AND THIS IS A GRANT FOR $38,000 FOR TO BE AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PASS THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORIC COMMISSION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. BUT BEFORE WE GO THERE, DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OPENING STATEMENTS? I'LL TAKE THOSE IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL. COUNSELOR ED FLYNN, YOU HAVE A MINUTE?  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE PANEL FOR BEING HERE FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU WERE DOING IN THE CITY. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ALL THREE OF YOU IN THE PAST AND YOUR OUTSTANDING,  DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL CITY EMPLOYEES.  ONE ISSUE THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS RECONNECTING CHINATOWN AND THE SOUTH END AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT.  BUT AT ONE TIME THEY HAD THIS WARM CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REALLY DECLINED.  BUT I THINK THIS PROJECT CAN KIND OF BUILD ON THAT LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP CONNECTING OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS TO IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS GRANT AS WELL. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE THREE OUTSTANDING CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WITH US TODAY.  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY.  THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. ANYTIME WE CAN TALK ABOUT GETTING GRANTS YOU KNOW, MONEY, EXTRA MONEY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE WORK DONE. IT'S CRUCIAL. AND WHEN WHEN YOU SEE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SULLIVAN SQUARE, RUTHERFORD AVENUE, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING THERE WHICH HAS BEEN A REAL ISSUE. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND THAT AREA. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BEING ADDRESSED WITH THESE GRANTS.  ALSO THE EAST BOSTON SURVEY AND COUNCIL HAVE FLYNN TOUCHED ON IT BUT THE LONG OVERDUE RECONNECTION.  THE MASS PIKE CUTTING RIGHT THROUGH CHINATOWN IS SOMETHING I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AND KNOW THAT THAT COMMUNITY DESERVES.  NOT JUST CUTTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFF BUT ALL THE ASTHMA AND THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT HAVE COME ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, I-90 BEING RIGHT THERE. AND WE WERE JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AT THE RIBBON CUTTING ON A BEAUTIFUL NEW SCHOOL RIGHT THERE AND WE DESERVE TO ALSO I MEAN MANY PARTS I KNOW IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY ALSO HAVE DONE WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS TO BUILD OVER HIGHWAYS TOO LIKE WE'VE DONE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HERE AT THE EMERALD NECKLACE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION SUPPORTING THESE GRANTS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THANK YOU, CHAIR.  YEAH. HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR THE GRANTS THAT ARE HERE FOR EAST BOSTON CHARLESTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS THAT ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED.  BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO CALL OUT THE GRANTS FROM THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO GOING TO NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE CITY. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME MONEY GOING TO THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT FREEPORT ST MORRISSEY BOULEVARD IN MY DISTRICT SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF A IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND THERE LATELY AND IT'S JUST A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ERIN HALLQUIST AT THE BPD WHO DOES ALL OF THESE COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND HE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THE MONEY GETS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SO IS CONTINUED SUPPORT THERE IS APPRECIATED BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THE PANEL FOR BEING HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  AND I HAVE TO SECOND THOUGHT AARON HALLQUIST IS JUST SUCH A TREASURE AT THE EPA AND INCREDIBLE THAT HE'S BEEN DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB MANAGING SO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY AND HAD MY OWN, YOU KNOW, RUN INS WITH HIM. HE'S INCREDIBLE. SO THAT'S AWESOME. SO DOROTHY CLARKE AND TASHA ROGERS, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO 1108 AND GIVE US AN IDEA FIRST OF WHAT THIS GRANT WILL FIND AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. THANK YOU.  SO THIS GRANT THANKS IS ONE OF MANY THAT THE OFFICE HAS RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS AND IT IS A SURVEY OF THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THOSE SECTIONS.  SO WE'VE BEEN IN EAST BOSTON NOW WELL TWO YEARS. SO WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE FBI 23 GRANT CURRENTLY AND WE WERE ACCEPTED OR APPROVED TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING OR THE GRANT FOR FLIGHT 24 WILL BE FOCUSING ON ORIENT HEIGHTS. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING STOCK TAKING AN ACCOUNTING OF THE PROPERTIES THERE, PARTICULARLY THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES. SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT WE HAVE. SO THIS IS AN ONGOING WING PROCESS. IT'S AN ONGOING THING WHERE WE'RE JUST DOCUMENTING ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES IN CASE SOME ARE LOST. WE'VE GOT PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THEM IN CASE SOMEONE WANTS TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH ON THESE AREAS THAT IS ALL DOCUMENTED THERE AND THIS IS BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR DECADES NOW. SO IT'S WE'VE GOT LOTS OF FILES ON LOTS OF PROPERTIES, LOTS OF WHAT I WOULD CALL NOW HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH CAN BE INCREDIBLE TO LOOK AT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  AND CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE A LITTLE MORE HOW THE CITY OBTAINED THIS GRANT? WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE APPLIED FOR? YES, THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION GETS FEDERAL FUNDING ANNUALLY WHICH MUST BE SPENT ON PURPOSE SUCH AS THIS. BUT WE DO HAVE TO APPLY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES DO APPLY FOR IT AS WELL. SO IT IS A TYPE OF THING WHERE YOU MIGHT GET IT, YOU MIGHT NOT GET IT BUT WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THEM SO WE PUT TOGETHER ALL KINDS OF MATERIALS STATING WHY WE WANT TO DO THAT, WHY WE WANT TO GO INTO A PARTICULAR AREA THAT PERHAPS HASN'T BEEN DOCUMENTED OR WHERE UPDATING AREAS THAT HAD BEEN DOCUMENTED QUITE SOME TIME AGO. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE AN ONGOING THING. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE NEXT TEN ,12, 15 YEARS WE'LL BE READY TO REDO EAST BOSTON AND IT GOES THROUGH EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY SO WE APPLIED TO MASS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.  WE GIVE WE SUBMIT PEOPLE CONSULTANTS, EXPERTS, PROFESSIONALS WHO KNOW HOW TO SURVEY A NEIGHBORHOOD PHYSICALLY GO UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING IS THERE. TALKING ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THE HOUSES AND WHAT IS ON RECORD IN A VARIETY OF STATE AND CITY FILES PROPERTY RECORDS IN SOME CASES PROPERTY RECORDS A HOST OF THINGS SO THAT WE CAN GET CREATE THIS PICTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR BEN WEBER AND COUNCILOR BRIAN WHORL. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND I THINK I HAVE A BLINDSPOT OVER HERE SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY SURE WHEN THEY JOIN. SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING TODAY ALL I WILL OPEN THIS UP TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO BE DEEMED HISTORIC BUT NEED A SURVEY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL GO TO MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL. COUNCILOR MURPHY I'LL ASSUME THE ANSWER IS YES BUT ARE YOU WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHARLESTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DO WONDERFUL WORK THERE. YES, YES. NOT WITH THIS PARTICULAR GRANT RIGHT NOW IT'S EAST BOSTON BUT THEY'RE ON THE LIST AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES IN BOSTON THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT VERY CLOSELY. CHARLESTOWN WE HAVE TALKED WITH A LOT BUT HAVING THIS KIND OF FORMAL ASSESSMENT IT'S BEEN A WHILE. SO CHARLESTOWN IS DEFINITELY DUE FOR AN UPGRADE UPDATED NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEY OKAY, SO YOU'RE FOCUSING THERE WITH THE JUST ORIENT HEIGHTS PART OF EAST BOSTON THEN? YES, IT'S TWO AND IT'S TWO. YES, BUT BUT LIKE I SAID IN MY OPENING STATEMENT, VERY SUPPORTIVE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT COMES OUT OF IT SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WORK STARTED. SO THANK YOU.  YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, A CHAIR. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA IS ON HER HONEYMOON.  I'M SURE SHE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO DISCUSS THIS GRANT WITH YOU ALL BUT I WILL GO TO COUNCILOR MORALE NEXT.  THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BEING HERE.  CHAIR WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE GRANTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 118 WHICH IS PARTICULARLY ABOUT ORIENT HEIGHTS IS BOSTON. IT'S A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.  OKAY. YEAH, NO QUESTION REGARDING TALKING NUMBER ONE, WE WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER.  YEAH. THANK YOU. SO ALL THREE PANELISTS JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE ONE WE KNOW SO VINEET GUPTA'S HERE HER THE OTHER DOCKETS THAT ARE NEXT. OKAY. YEAH, I'LL HOLD MY QUESTIONS FOR LATER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS GRANT BUT HOPING THAT WE CAN GET SIMILAR ONES AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A SURVEY OF THE BOFFINS TRIANGLE BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE. IT'S NOT GERMANE TO THIS GRANT BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I THINK I'M ACTUALLY GOING ON MY OWN LITTLE WALK OF THE BOFFINS TRIANGLE WITH SOME NEIGHBORS AND THE HISTORIC COMMUNITY NEXT WEEKEND . SO SO I'M DOING MY OWN LITTLE SURVEY WITHOUT AS MUCH INFORMATION OR EXPERTISE AS THE FOLKS WHO WILL BE DOING THIS. BUT THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE BOTH RELIEVED AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO THE DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING TO SHARE? OH NO, EXCEPT THIS IS JUST VITAL TO THE CITY KNOWING ITSELF AND SHARING ITS HISTORY LIVING ITS PRESENT, MOVING INTO THE FUTURE THAT EVERYONE GETS TO KNOW THIS.  THANK YOU. AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION WE WERE AT THE STATE HOUSE TODAY CELEBRATING THE 250TH THE KICK OFF OF THE 250 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. SO I KNOW MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE AND AND SO WE GET TO KNOW OUR HISTORY THROUGH OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT. BUT ALSO THROUGH THE STORIES AND THE NARRATIVES AND THE ORAL HISTORY THAT WE STILL HAVE. SO SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PART OF THAT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. SO NEXT I VINEET GUPTA WILL BE TAKING ON THE REST OF THE DOCKET SO I WILL QUICKLY I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE SO WE'LL DO WHAT WE JUST DID WITH THIS ONE BUT FOR EACH DOCKET BUT WE HAVE ONE PANELIST THAT'LL BE HANDLING ALL OF THESE. SO I THINK THE FIRST DOCKET I THINK WE TOOK THE AMOUNT OF ORDERS ONCE I GOT THE FIRST DOCKET IS DOCKET 0100 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT TO EXTEND A GRANT AWARD NOT TO EXCEED $2,562,000 FROM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR AND THANK YOU ALL THE OTHER COUNCILORS ORDERED ATTENDANCE UP. I'M VINEET GUPTA AND DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING AT THE STREET'S CABINET. THAT'S THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.  SO THIS GRANT FROM WHAT'S NOT CALL THE PLANNING THE CITY'S PLANNING AGENCY AT THAT TIME THE BDA AND I THINK IT'S THE LAST ON THE DOCKET AS WELL THE LAST ONE ON THE DOCKET WHICH IS ALSO A GRANT FROM THE BDA.  OKAY. SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE THOSE TWO VERY SIMILAR ACTUALLY. YEAH, LET'S TAKE THOSE TOGETHER. SO DOCKET 0100 AND THEN DOCKET ONE ZERO I'M SORRY 1277 YEAH. SO IN BRIEF THESE ARE MONIES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY DEVELOPERS OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE CITY. OH SORRY . I NEED TO CORRECT THAT.  IT'S IT'S DOCKET 110500 SORRY . SORRY . OOPS IT'S DOCKET 0100 AND THEN DOCKET 12754 MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES RIGHT GO AHEAD FOR ME AND THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT 2.5 MILLION AND THE SECOND ONE IS ABOUT 4.3 MILLION. YES. SO I WAS EXPLAINING THESE ARE PAYMENTS MADE BY DEVELOPERS OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS PART OF THEIR MITIGATION AND A LOT OF THAT IS NEGOTIATED WITH THE DEVELOPER A LOT OF IT AS RECEIVED BY THE CITY AS PART OF A FORMULA WHEN NEW DEVELOPERS PROPOSE THEIR IMPROVEMENTS THE MONEYS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND TO IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TYPICALLY ON A PROJECT THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND IN SOME CASES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD . SO THAT I THINK A THE YOU GET OUT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL ON EACH BUT WE DO KEEP TRACK OF WHETHER THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY BEING SPENT ON IT. THANK YOU.  THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. AND I GUESS MY CORE QUESTION WHICH YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DEFER TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON IS WHETHER YOU SEE THE EPA WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE AGENCY THAT RECEIVES MONEY FOR MITIGATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THEN THIS WILL BE TRANSFERRED THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE IS IS THIS THE NORM OF WHAT WE SEE GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS? I CAN'T ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT EXACTLY BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING.  I THINK THE KEY HERE IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHO'S RECEIVING THE MONEY, WE WANT IT TO BE DONE IN AN EFFICIENT WAY SO THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT THAT IT WAS PROMISED FOR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IT WENT WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF THE MONEY SITTING IN A BANK AND NOT BEING USED.  SO WE WANT TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE STREETS CABINET WILL BE FOCUSED ON GOING TO DO FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.  AND ONE THING THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO MY DISTRICT IS A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE SEEING THE BUILDING BEING BUILT BUT THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS DON'T HAPPEN AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THESE TRUCKS AND THESE MACHINERY THAT ARE NEEDED TO BUILD PROJECTS ALSO CRACK ROADWAYS AND CREATE A LOT OF OVERUSE ON LIKE ASPHALT AND OTHER MATERIALS.  SO BUT OBVIOUSLY WHEN COMMUNITY DEALS WITH A PROJECT BEING BUILT THEY'RE OFTEN REALLY FRUSTRATED AND NOT IMMEDIATELY SEEING THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT COME WITH THAT.  SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND IT'S BEEN DEFINITELY A COMMITMENT TO ME AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE IS TO MOVE THE MONEY AS WE NEED IT THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THOSE TRANSPORTATION PERMITS ARE GOING IN LINE WITH THE WORK, YOU KNOW, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND BUT OBVIOUSLY FOR YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS THAT NEED REPRIEVE FROM CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE NOT SEEING THOSE BENEFITS.  I JUST CURIOUS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND HOW WE CAN WORK TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS. SO YEAH, THANK YOU. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SAYING ALL YOU HAVE A NEED TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU KNOW, TO DO THE TWO AGENCIES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE SPEECH CABINET TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT A LITTLE MORE EFFECTIVELY. WE HAVE BEEN USING A LOT OF THE MONEY THAT THAT'S IN THIS KIND OF IT'S ASSIGNED IN SOME CASES WE HAVE WE ARE READY TO SPEND IT IN THE IN TERMS OF THE TIMING TIME RESIDENTS GETTING A LITTLE IMPATIENT.  SOME OF THESE MONEYS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THAT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED. SO THERE'S A CONDITION BY THE DEVELOPER THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE WRITING THE CHECK THAT RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS AFTER CONSTRUCTION IS FINISHED AND TENANTS ARE OUR NEW OWNERS ARE READY TO MOVE IN AND I KNOW FOR SOME BIGGER PROJECTS AND I'LL GET TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES BUT I KNOW FOR SOME BIGGER PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN ABLE WITH INSTITUTIONS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FRONTLOAD THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN FRONT OF EVEN THE PROJECTS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR INSTANCE LIKE YOU KNOW HOSPITALS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES A LOT OF WHICH ARE LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT. SO I HAVE SEEN THERE WOULD BE A TRACK RECORD I WOULD JUST ADVOCATE FOR BTD TO BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATIONS TRYING TO YOU KNOW, ASK FOR THE MONEY UPFRONT WHEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS SEE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN LINE WITH THE WOES AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH HAVING TO LIVE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NEED AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR 0100 AND 0275 WHICH ARE MITIGATION FUNDS FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. I'LL START WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY.  I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.  THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. THANKS COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET INTO THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL OR NOT BUT I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ONES FOR THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS FROM THE B.U. MEDICAL CENTER. THEY GAVE 60,000 TO THE BPA FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ALBANY STREET CORRIDOR AND THE INCLUSION OF THE PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON ALBANY STREET IS THE BOSTON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN OBVIOUSLY COMING IN THERE FOR SERVICE FROM ALL OVER AND THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A CROSSWALK ON ALBANY.  OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT WE AND CHIEF FRANKLIN HODGES IS AWARE OF THIS AS WELL AND I KNOW IT I BELIEVE IT GOT ROLLED INTO A LARGER IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THIS FALL BUT THEN THEY SAID OH, IT'S GOING TO GET ROLLED INTO A LARGER THING WHICH I THINK MAYBE THIS BUT IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN TRY AND GET IN THE MEANTIME BECAUSE ALBANY BEING SUCH A WIDE STREET THE PARKING IS ONLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET SO YOU TYPICALLY IT'S A MOTHER WITH A SICK KID TRYING TO CROSS ALBANY AND AS YOU KNOW ONCE YOU GET PAST THE HOSPITALS ON ALBANY AND YOU SEE THAT WIDE STREET IN FRONT OF YOU PEOPLE HIT THE GAS LIKE THANK GOD I'M OUT OF THAT STUFF AND THEY JUST GO AND SO IT'S RIGHT WHERE HER PEDIATRIC CENTER IS. AND SO I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO I WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW THIS UP AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW I'M TAKING NOTES. YEAH. FRANKLY I MEAN IF IT'S JUST A CROSSWALK WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR THE 60,000. WE CAN FIND OUT THAT THAT THAT WAS MY HOPE AT LEAST LET'S TRY AND GET A CROSSWALK IN THERE BEFORE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE MORE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WE LOOK FORWARD TO AND THANK YOU FOR AS WELL. THANK THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THAT, SIR. AND I SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD ON HIS PREVIOUS ROLE PROBABLY HAD WITH SOME OF THESE THERE ARE SOME OF MY OLD PROJECTS ON THIS IT'S IT'S KIND OF WILD TO SEE. YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, JIM.  THANKS, COUNSELOR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADMIT TO WHICH ONES ARE YOURS SO I'LL LET YOU I'LL I'LL I'LL LET YOU OFF THE HOOK ON THAT ONE. COUNSELOR. COUNSELOR.  WELL, YOU'RE NEXT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VINNIE FOR THAT. YOU DO? AND I WAS BEING SO RESPONSIVE.  BLUE LAB IN WELLINGTON HEALTH STREET JUST SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, FOR ME AND I COULD GO BACK AND SHARE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CIVIC GROUPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN RESIDENCE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.  CAN YOU PROVIDE I MEAN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION NOW YOU CAN SHOOT IT OFF IN AN EMAIL. JUST MORE DETAILS ON WHAT SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE AND HOW THESE CHANGES WILL ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY OR SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF THE $50,000 ALLOCATED FOR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS SLOW STREETS PROGRAM BACK TO 89 WALK HILL STREET CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT TYPE WHAT TYPE OF STREET COMMON MEASURES ARE BEING CONSIDERED? OKAY. AGAIN, I'LL HAVE TO GET TO THE SPECIFICS. I'M HAPPY TO BUT RESPOND TO THOSE. I'LL JUST TALK WITH THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND GET EXACTLY BUT ONE THING I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN YOU BRING THEM A BIT CLOSER I'M SORRY . YES.  SO IN MANY INSTANCES BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE HAVE ALL THE MEETING MITIGATION MONEY COMBINED, RIGHT. IN SOME INSTANCES THERE MIGHT BE A BIGGER PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY IN PLAY IN THAT PARTICULAR AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION OR AT THAT ON THAT PARTICULAR STREET AND THAT OTHER THAN TRY TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PAPERWORK CONTACT 50,000 AND THEN TRY AND APPLY IT DIRECTLY WE GO AHEAD AND ON THE FRONT END SPEND THE MONEY ANYWAYS FOR THE CITY'S CAPITAL BUDGET AND THEN JUST USE THIS AMOUNT TO REIMBURSE LATER ON. OKAY BUT WE JUST DON'T WANT TO DO THIS SMART, SMART, SMART, SMART PRODUCT $50,000 ON THERE. SO IN MANY INSTANCES WE JUST TRY TO FIND A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO IMPLEMENT THE PRECISE IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO THAT PARTICULAR DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE. AND SO I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BE WE TEXT AND HOW WE DO THIS BUT FOR SURE I CAN GET YOU BACK ON THE DETAILS FOR THE BLUE HILL AVENUE INTERSECTION. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW SENT BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE BIGGER PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING THERE BUT I'LL FIND THAT OUT.  OKAY. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR . WELL, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOUR NEXT YEAH, THANKS. JUST A COUPLE OF GENERAL QUESTIONS AND YOU MAY HAVE IN YOUR DISCUSSION WITH THE CHAIR GOING OVER THIS BUT JUST IN GENERAL IF SOME IF THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT COME UP WITH THE MONEY, HOW DO WE ENFORCE THIS AGREEMENT HAS YEAH SO TYPICALLY THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE PART OF THE AS THEIR PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE BUT WHAT WOULD THEN HAVE BEEN THE BDA SO THERE IS A POWER AGREEMENT THAT IS SIGNED WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT LISTS ALL THE MITIGATIONS AND THE TECHNICALLY THE ESD CANNOT ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNTIL ALL THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET.  SO THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THE SIMILARLY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS WHAT WE CALL A TRANSPORTATION ACCESS PLAN AGREEMENT WHICH IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT COMMITS THE DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE OR IN SOME CASES PAY AND NOT DIRECTLY BUILD THE MITIGATION THAT IS ASKED OF THEM AT A CERTAIN TIME DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS.  OKAY. AND THEN THE THE THE OFFICE OF STREETS IS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THE MITIGATIONS. OKAY.  UH UM OKAY WE HAVE THAT THAT HELPS. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE.  BUT THEN MY TEAM THERE'S A TYPE IS FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDINGS. YEAH, OKAY. YEAH, WE WERE I MEAN THERE'S NOT MUCH SMALLER SCALE. WE'VE HAVE AN ISSUE IN DISTRICTS SIX 1400 CENTER STREET WHERE THE BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED AND THE MITIGATIONS WERE NOT UM YEAH YOU KNOW PERFORMED AND TRYING TO WORK WITH THE CHIEF TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET GET THOSE GET THOSE DONE PEOPLE COULD USE THE SIDEWALK IN A MAJOR INTERSECTION WELDON CENTER AND HOPE TO GET THAT DONE BUT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. SURE.  BUT BACK TO YOU CHAIR THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR AND I THINK THAT REALLY SORT OF CLOSES ON. AN IMPORTANT POINT IS ALL OF THIS IS ALL OF THESE YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT I RECOGNIZED IN MY DISTRICT AND AND THE OTHER THE OTHER ONES THAT WERE DESCRIBED OF BY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM COUNCILOR WEBER ARE AND THEN PILING ON TOP OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE SOMETIMES YOU AREN'T SEEING SORT OF THESE ROADWAYS BE DONE QUICK ENOUGH.  ONE THING THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED TOO IS JUST THE WAITING FOR A DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN ON A SPECIFIC STRETCH OF ROADWAY IN ORDER FOR OTHER THINGS TO HAPPEN LIKE IT'LL OFTEN BE LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CRUMBLING SIDEWALK AND THEY'RE LIKE WELL SOMETHING WILL BE BUILT HERE SOON AND I THINK ON ON MY END IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE BE PROACTIVE AND POTENTIALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNERS OF NEARBY BUILDINGS THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE PLANS ABOUT WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THIS FEW BLOCKS OF ROADWAY BECAUSE PARTICULARLY IN MISSION HILL WE HAVE CRUMBLING SIDEWALKS AND WITH NO AND YOU KNOW NO END IN SIGHT OF YOU KNOW AND WITH A LOT OF COORDINATION NEEDING TO HAPPEN WITH THE TEAM AND A LOT OF COORDINATION NEEDING TO HAPPEN AND SO NOT TO PUT THIS ALL ON YOU IF ANY BUT YOU CARRY SO MUCH AND AND WE'RE REALLY YOU KNOW, YOUR LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY IS SO IMPORTANT OVER SO MANY YEARS BUT I THINK IT'S WE FEEL THIS DEEP URGENCY BECAUSE WE HEAR WE'RE ALL CITY DISTRICTS, CITY COUNCILORS THAT ARE LEFT HERE BECAUSE BECAUSE WE WE FEEL SUCH URGENCY AROUND OUR PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THE STREETSCAPE LOOKS LIKE SO SO YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTERTWINED.  IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TO THE THANK YOU HEARING ORDER FOR ANOTHER DAY BUT SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT DOCKET WHICH IS DOCKET 0101 WHICH IS A MESSAGING ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY DIVISION $7.5 MILLION ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.  THIS IS A GRANT FOR A PORTION OF THE DESIGN COST FOR SULLIVAN'S SQUARE RUTHERFORD AV PROJECT AND THEN DOCKET 1105 WHICH IS $25 MILLION AND ANY INTEREST ACCRUED IN AN INTEREST BEARING ESCROW ACCOUNT UNTIL DESIGNATED FOR USE BY THE CITY FOR THE SULLIVAN SQUARE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.  SO COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT AND YEAH, THOSE TWO DOCKETS YES, THANK YOU BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR ALL THE COUNCILORS ARE WITH RUTHERFORD AVENUE BUT IT GOES FROM SULLIVAN SQUARE IN JOHNSTOWN DOWN TO CITY SQUARE AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE STATE OF DISREPAIR AND IS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH STATE FUNDS. SO THE 7 MILLION REFERENCE IS TO A IS A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO TAKE THE PROJECT FROM CONCEPT DESIGN TO FINAL DESIGN.  SO THAT'S ABOUT 7 TO 8 MILLION AND SO BUT CURRENTLY THE PROJECT STANDS THAT KIND OF A CONCEPT DESIGN AND WILL BE ADVANCING IT TO A FINAL DESIGN IN THE NEXT STARTING HOPEFULLY LATE THIS YEAR BUT DEFINITELY INTO NEXT YEAR AND INTO 2026. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'VE JUST BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROSIE LOUIJEUNE BECAUSE BEFORE SHE JOINED WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE WHO REPRESENTS CHARLESTOWN. SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY,  REALLY IMPORTANT BUT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE DESIGN PIECES OF THIS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER THINGS PROPOSED NEARBY THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTS ON TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC AND OTHER THINGS IN THE AREA.  SO NOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY BUT DID WAS WATCHING THAT THIS PROJECT WAS MORE DESIGNED AND WENT BACK TO 25% DESIGN GIVEN THAT THERE WERE SOME SORT OF CHANGES OR CHANGE OF I GUESS CHANGE OF DIRECTION IN THE PROJECTS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE MORE TO THAT JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE SOME CONTEXT?  SURE. SO THIS PROJECT HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL DESIGN CHANGES OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS TEN MAYBE MORE NOW WHERE THE AT ISSUE HAS BEEN BUT BUT IF YOU DRIVE A LOT OF IT AVENUE BY AND THERE ARE TWO UNDERPASSES ONE OF THEM AT COST UNDER AUSTIN STREET WHETHER WHETHER YOU'RE NOT ROXBURY BUT BY THE GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THEN THERE'S AN UNDER ANOTHER UNDERPASS THAT IS AT SULLIVAN SQUARE THE SULLIVAN SQUARE UNDERPASS IS ACTUALLY CLOSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF IT. IT WAS JUST FALLING APART AND OVER THE LAST SIX, SEVEN YEARS WE'VE FOUND THAT IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE UNDERPASSES AND SO ALL THE DESIGN THAT THAT MAINTAINED THE UNDERPASSES WAS WAS PUT ASIDE AND WE STARTED ON A NEW DESIGN THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE UNDERPASSES SO EVERYTHING WOULD BE ON SURFACE AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET INTO THE PROBLEM OF FLOODING OF OF THE UNDERPASS YOU KNOW DETERIORATING OVER THE YEARS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN IT BRINGING EVERYTHING TO THE SURFACE AND THIS NEW DESIGN ALSO CREATES A MORE COMMUNITY FRIENDLY BOULEVARD TO THE GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE AN UNDERPASS YOU NEED LONG RAMPS THAT GO DOWN ALL THAT AND IT LOOKS LIKE A HIGH RATE ENVIRONMENT AND IF WE GET EVERYTHING TO THE SURFACE WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS YOU'RE CREATING WHILE STILL A MAJOR ARTERIAL YOU'RE CREATING A MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY STREET. SO FOR THOSE REASONS AND WE HAVE WE ARE REDOING THE DESIGN AND GETTING EVERYTHING BACK TO SURFACE AND AS THE OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION I TRIED TO UPDATE AND READ A LOT ABOUT THIS PROJECT.  THERE WAS SO MUCH DEBATE ONLINE ABOUT THE DIRECTION TO GO BUT SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD SORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. VINEET I WANT TO FOR A SECOND GIVE A CHANCE FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT RUSSI LOUIJEUNE DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRIOR DOCKETS FOR VINEET WE'VE GONE OVER WE'VE WE'VE GONE OVER A COUPLE OF THE DOCKETS INCLUDING THE BPA DOCKETS WHICH ARE A100 AND 0275 BUT AND THEN ALSO NOW TALKING ABOUT RUTHERFORD AND THEN SULLIVAN SQUARE THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND THANK YOU TO VINEET FOR BEING HERE.  I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TARDINESS BUT I DO DID WE ALREADY TALK ABOUT THE CHARGING STATIONS? NOT YET.  OKAY. THAT AND I DON'T EVEN REALLY HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. I JUST WOULD LOVE TO KNOW AS SPECIFICALLY WHERE THOSE ARE HAPPENING. WE AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR I HEAR IN ENOUGH NEIGHBORHOODS PEOPLE WHO ARE WANT THE CHARGING STATIONS ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE AS WE'RE TRYING TO MEET OUR CLIMATE GOALS. SO WOULD LOVE TO SORT OF HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE IT IS AND JUST WHAT WAS GREAT. BUT TO HEAR ABOUT THE PROJECT IN CHARLESTOWN IN RUTHERFORD I KNOW THAT THERE ARE FOLKS WHO WILL BE VERY GRATEFUL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IF SINCE YOU HAVEN'T SINCE WE HAVE THE DOCKET I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT ELECTRIC CHARGING.  YEAH, WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT ONE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT.  ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD OH, OKAY.  COUNCILOR WEBER, JUST A COMMENT . YOU KNOW IN IN JAMAICA PLAIN WE DEALT WITH KC OVERPASS AND I KNOW I'M SURE IT WAS HIGHLY DEBATED BEFORE WHETHER REMOVE THE OVERPASS AND HAVE STREET LEVEL YOU KNOW STREET LEVEL INTERSECTION AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REMOVE THE OVERPASS I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE AN OPEN SPACE AND I THINK IT'S MUCH SAFER KNOW TO NAVIGATE THAT FROM THE CITY STREETS SO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION OR HELP, I THINK YOU CAN POINT TO CASES YEAH, I WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT PROJECT AS WELL. IN FACT BOTH PROJECTS STARTED AT THE SAME TIME AND I FEEL ABOUT THIS DONE EARLIER BUT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH BOARD THEN IT'S THE TRANSFORMATION IN JAMAICA PLAIN. IT'S AMAZING.  YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILOR AND I, I DID WANT TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW REPRESENTING CAUSEWAY STREET WHICH I NEVER GOT TO WITNESS IN ITS OLD FORM BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR CITY THAT WE KIND OF TAKE FOR GRANTED WHEN WHEN I WAS IN CHICAGO FOR THE DNC IT WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT JUST TO SEE ALL THEIR SUB LAYERS AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH YOUR AND HOW HOW UNFRIENDLY IT IS TO PEDESTRIANS TO HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF YOU KNOW WALKING AND UNDERGROUND AND ABOVE GROUND AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE BUT APPRECIATE HOW DIFFICULT THESE DECISIONS ARE AND HOW DIFFICULT LIKE CHOOSING A DIRECTION TO GO AND TRYING TO FIND CONSENSUS. SO JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE THE BIGGEST ONES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE MORE OF AN IDEA OF WHAT THE TIMELINE WILL LOOK LIKE BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY TOO, I'M HAPPY TO SUBMIT THOSE. THANK YOU.  THIS IS ONE OF OUR ONE OF THE BIGGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS INVOLVED WITH RIGHT NOW. SO I WAS MENTIONING WE ARE AT WHAT WE CALL CONCEPT DESIGN. SO WE HAVE A LAYOUT OF THE SORT OF THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS THAT'S GOING TO BE A A BUS LANE. THERE IS A OFF ROAD BIKE LANE AND WALKING PATHS SIMILAR TO THE SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR ALL THE WAY FROM CITY SQUARED OF SULLIVAN SQUARE. SO ALL OF THAT IS AND THE CONCEPT STARTING IN THIS FALL WE WILL TAKE THAT REENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND TAKE THAT WELL TO BE QUITE 25% DESIGN. SO WE'RE NOT YET AT 25% DESIGN . OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BECAUSE I THINK I SAID WE WERE AT 25%. SO YOU'RE WORKING TO 25%. YES, BUT VERY CLOSE TO IT AT 25% ALL THE MAJOR DECISIONS ARE TAKEN AND IT'S NO LONGER I GUESS THIS IS THE GENERAL LAYOUT.  IT'S YOU KNOW, THREE FEET HERE, A HALF A FOOT THERE, ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE FIGURED OUT AT 25% TO ONE SHOULD GET 25%. IT TAKES ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF TO GET TO 100% IF I SUCH A BIG PROJECT. SO WE'RE TALKING ONGOING DESIGN WORK UNTIL 2026 IF NOT BEYOND THE EARLIEST CONSTRUCTION WOULD START THIS 2028 THERE MAY BE PHASES THAT WE CAN DO EARLIER BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE. RIGHT? IT'S A VERY LONG CORRIDOR SO THERE'LL BE SOME PHASING INVOLVED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. THE ENGINEERS WILL DECIDE THAT BASED ON THEIR EVALUATION AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GO AND WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY FOLKS AT THE TABLE AND WHO ARE THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WITH MASSDOT AND ALL OF THE OTHER ARE AT THE TABLE. SO PRACTICALLY EVERY STATE AGENCY IS INVOLVED. THE STUDY MASSDOT THE GAMING COMMISSION WE ARE WORKING SO WE'VE HELD COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE PAST WITH WITH THE GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AT LARGE BUT WE HAVE ALSO MET PARTICULARLY WITH GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL THAT THERE ARE KIND OF A GO TO GROUP AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WELL YEAH ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE URBAN RENEWAL ZONE THEY YEAH THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE ONE OF THE ONLY COMMUNITY GROUPS CREATED BY AN URBAN RENEWAL ZONE. YEAH AND THEY HAVE LIKE A COLLECTION EXCEPT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN IT IS BUT YEAH SO AND THEN THERE ARE IMMEDIATE ABUTTERS THAT WE OBVIOUSLY TALK WITH WHETHER IT'S THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHETHER IT'S DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE PROPOSED NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PARCELS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE CORRIDOR THEN AT SULLIVAN SQUARE WE THE CITY OF BUT THE CITY OF EVERETT IS AS A VERY IMPORTANT PLAYER BECAUSE WE ARE RECONSTRUCTING THE ALPHA STREET BRIDGE WHICH CONNECTS EVERETT TO BOSTON AND THAT THE EXPECTED EXPANSION OF THE CASINO AND POTENTIALLY POTENTIALLY A NEW STADIUM THAT WHOLE CONNECTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT BUT AS PLANNERS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ACCOMMODATED THOSE POSSIBILITIES VERY CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF EVERETT SIMILARLY VERY CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF SOLOMON BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROJECTS ON THEIR SIDE THAT FEED INTO SULLIVAN SQUARE.  SO ALL OF THAT AND I FORGOT TO MENTION GIVEN THESE FUNDS THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE A FULL TIME PLANNER WHO WILL BE WORKING ON ON THIS PROJECT TO MANAGE ALL THE COMPLEXITIES AND WORK WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT POSITIONED ALREADY POSTED PEOPLE RECEIVING SOME RESUMES AND I'LL BE HIRING SOMEBODY IN THE NEXT MONTH. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. ARE THERE ANY FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THESE DOCKETS SEEING NONE I GUESS WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH VINNY FOR THAT DETAILED DESCRIPTION.  AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THESE LARGER PROJECTS ARE SOMETHING THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, WEREN'T FURTHER DISCUSSION AT OTHER HEARINGS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO DOCKET 1169 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $539,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MASS EVAP CHARGING STATIONS AWARDED BY THE AMA EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND 60 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRICAL VEHICLE INCENTIVE PROGRAM PUBLIC ASSETS CHARGING PROGRAM . CAN YOU SPEAK TO THIS GRANT AND THEN COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE IF YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTION OR YES. SO THIS IS THE IT'S A STATE GRANT WHICH IS FUNDING OUR FIRST PHASE OF THE LOOK OF THE INSTALLATION OF HEAVY CHARGERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ANTICIPATION OF THIS GRANT WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS EXTENSIVELY AND FOR EACH OF THE PROPOSED LOCATIONS WE HAVE MET GRID WITH LOCAL CIVIC GROUPS IN THE KIND OF THE BRIEF THEM ON THESE ON THESE INSTALLATIONS AND GET THEIR OPINIONS I HAVE WITH ME ACTUALLY A LIST OF JOB YOU KNOW IF THE COST DOESN'T CRESTED I CAN THROUGH EMAIL A SHARE OF EACH AND EVERY LOCATION WHERE THESE PERFECT YEAH IF YOU SHARE WITH ME TOO I CAN SHARE YEAH EVERYONE YEAH SO HAPPY TO DO THAT AS YOU MENTIONED COSTCO THEY ARE ALL OVER THE CITY. IT'S OUR FIRST PHASE AND THEY AS AND I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER I SHOWED BUT THAT'S JUST ESCAPING ME . THERE ARE MANY CHARGER THAT ALREADY INSTALLED AND MISS BILOXI THESE CHARGES ARE A COMBINATION OF MUNICIPAL LOTS AS WELL AS ON STREET CHARGERS HERE. SO BILL, YOU KNOW LET'S SAY YOU LIVE IN A IN A CUTTING UNIT WHERE THERE'S NO SPACE BUT YOU HAVE NO GARAGE TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE YOUR CAR, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT ONTO THE STREET AND CHARGE UP OUT AREA.  YEAH. OH, SORRY . COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU SO MUCH VINNY FOR THAT FOR FOR THAT EXPLANATION AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT'S NEW. WHAT? I STILL LOVE TO SEE THE LIST. YEAH. SO IF DO THE CHAIR MAKE THAT I THINK YOU'VE ANY QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT YOU SO YOU SAID THIS IS A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN ANTICIPATION OF THESE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGERS BOTH IN MUNICIPAL LOTS AND ON THE STREET I IN THE LAST AND I'D LOVE IT FOR THE LAST YOU KNOW THIS IS MY SECOND TERM I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AROUND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING GRANTS COME THROUGH. HAS THAT BEEN PRIMARILY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT NOT THE CHARGERS THEMSELVES PRIOR ITERATIONS OF GRANTS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED? YEAH. SO BUT AS USUAL IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED SO OKAY THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY BUILT BY THE UTILITY SO THEY HAVE A SEPARATE STATE GRANT AND WHO IS IT THAT'S DOING THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO OKAY, THERE'S TWO OTHER VENDORS I KNOW THAT. YEAH BUT BUT THE PERSON WHO'S IN CHARGE OF OUR AID PROGRAM HE'S OUT ON A CONFERENCE THIS WEEK OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE.  HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE. OKAY, IT'S FINE. IT'S OKAY.  THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILOR WEBER. YEAH. THANK YOU.  IF I COULD ALSO SEE WHERE THE CHARGER IS GOING TO BE LOCATED . I AGREE WITH YOU. YEAH? YEAH. AND THEN YOU GIVE THEM ALL WEST END. WELL, I CERTAINLY AN ISSUE IN JAMAICA PLAIN WHERE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW MORE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE BUYING OR NOT BUYING ELECTRIC CARS BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO CHARGE THEM, YOU KNOW AND SO I GUESS WE HAD HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT CHARGERS BEING PUT IN IN CURBS IN FRONT OF HOUSES WHERE YEAH IS THAT ARE YOU THIS IS NOT THAT AND IT HAS THAT PROJECT GOING IT'S A COMBINATION SO THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE IN SMALL BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TO BECAUSE IT CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME PLAY OUT BY A CAR TO CHARGE. WE DON'T WANT TO OCCUPY A SPACE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SMALL BUSINESS DISTRICT WHERE THE CAR IS SITTING THERE FOR SO LONG AND THERE'S NO TUNNEL AREA SO WE'VE BEEN VERY KIND OF CAREFUL ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE CURBSIDE PARKING A CAR OF CHARGING IT GIVEN THE IMPACT ON PARKING.  AND SO IN TERMS OF THE LOCATION ,YOU KNOW, IS DENSITY GOING TO PLAY A ROLE IN WHERE THEY'RE GOING OR IS YOU JUST LOOKING AT EVERY COUPLE OF SQUARE MILES OF THE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RATIONALE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHARGERS ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS AND THE FINAL OUTCOME IS THAT ON EVERY HOUSEHOLD AND IN BOSTON TO BE WITHIN A 10 TO 15 MINUTE WALK OF A CHARGING STATION AND REMEMBER THAT THIS IS THE FIRST OF OUR EV CHARGING GRANTS THAT WE'RE GETTING.  SO IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT IT'S A 60 CHARGERS BUT WE WILL COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL BUT THE NEXT GRANT THAT'S $50 MILLION THAT WE'VE GOT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TRANSFORM OUR SUBSTANTIALLY EXPAND THE EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY. OKAY. JUST TWO MORE QUICK QUESTIONS. SO WHEN IF IF WE APPROVE THIS I FEEL LIKE THAT WILL HAPPEN. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO PUT IN THE CHARGING STATIONS WILL BE STARTING THIS FALL. OKAY. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHARGING STATIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RANGE OF LIKE FAST CHARGING.  YEAH, YEAH. SO THERE ARE A FEW FAST CHARGING BUT VERY FEW OF THE OF THE FAST CHARGERS THERE BUT THEY REQUIRE MORE COORDINATION BUT THE PERMIT WITH THE LOCAL UTILITY GIVEN THE CAPACITY OF THE GRID BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF POWER AND SO WE HAVE TO THINK THROUGH THAT BUT IT'S AN AREA WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING TO PLUG BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND THEN SO LAST QUESTION IF SOMEBODY WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS KIND OF ABOUT SPEED HUMPS, IF SOMEBODY WANTS A CHARGING STATION, CAN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS OR DO YOU WANT TO HEAR YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM YOU WON'T HEAR FROM THEM FROM ME . ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YEAH. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME AGREEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY RELATIVE TO WHERE THE CHARGERS BEING INSTALLED BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING WELL YOU'RE TAKING UP A PARKING SPACE AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?  OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR AND I APPRECIATE VINNY YOU SAYING THAT AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY ARE TRADE OFFS AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND HOW WE WANT TO USE CURBSIDE SPACE AND WHERE IS THE BEST LOCATION AND WHAT BUILDINGS DO THE MAJORITY OF YOU KNOW, OWNERS THAT HAVE EV CARS WHERE DO THEY LIVE?  ONE ISSUE THAT'S COME UP PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT EIGHT IS THE FACT THAT OFTEN WHEN THESE CONDO ASSOCIATIONS ARE GOING TO GET AN EV CHARGER, SOMETIMES IT'S FOR ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THEY'RE OFTEN MANDATED TO GET COMMERCIAL GRADE CHARGERS WHICH WHICH ONE REQUIRE MORE ENERGY AND TWO ARE JUST MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. SO OFTENTIMES THE CONDO ASSOCIATION IS SORT OF , YOU KNOW, NOT WANTING TO SPEND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON ONE CONDO OWNER WHO OWNS AN EV CHARGER OR WHO OWNS ONLY BE A CHARGING CAR. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE LOOK INTO THIS WE'RE ALSO MAKING WAY FOR INDIVIDUAL CONDO ASSOCIATIONS AND BUILDINGS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EASE OF BUILDING THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE BGC HAS ANY SPECIFIC POSITION ON THAT BUT THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THAT. ONE IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WHICH IS THAT THERE'S AN EXISTING CONDO BUILDING OWNER DECIDES TO GET A CAR AND THAT HE HAS THE BUILDING ON IT TO INSTALL A CHARGER IN THEIR GARAGE AND THE THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT WOULD ASSIST THEM IN DOING THAT. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PROGRAMS WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING TO TO ADD THAT CHARGER.  SO THAT'S ONE SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE HAS NEW BUILDINGS SO ANTICIPATING THIS AND ACTUALLY NOW IT'S MORE THAN FIVE YEARS WE REQUIRE EVERY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A GARAGE TO SET ASIDE NOT SET ASIDE TO INSTALL EVEN CHARGERS BUT 25% OF ALL THEIR PARKING SPACES IT AND TO PROVIDE LIGHTING SO THAT IN THE FUTURE IF MORE CHARGERS HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED OR INSTALLED RATHER THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE COMING YEARS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOST DEVELOPERS HAVE EMBRACED BUT NOT WITHOUT COMPLAINING TOO MUCH.  WOW THAT'S SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW THE CITY WAS DOING AND THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IT DOES. BUT AGAIN NEW BUILDINGS ARE ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BUILDING STOCK SO IT'S ONLY SO MUCH BUT OVER THE YEARS IT WILL BEGIN TO HAVE AN IMPACT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT VIGNETTE AND I JUST WANT TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL CHARGER AND A COMMERCIAL CHARGER BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE. SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN KEEP UNDER YOUR CAP FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. I MEAN ALL THE CHARGER THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT WE ARE INSTALLING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YEAH.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE HAVE ONE LAST DOCKET DOCKET 1 TO 7 SEVEN WHICH IS MESSAGING ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND $1,800,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE ASSESSMENT OF FEASIBILITY OF RECONNECTING THE CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS BISECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF I-90. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO EXCITING. SO CAN YOU GIVE US A BRIEF UPDATE ON ON WHAT HOW YOU KNOW THE CITY'S POSITION, WHAT HOW EXCITED WE ARE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING? YES.  SO THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. IT IS WE'VE GOT FEDERAL WITH THE CITY MUCH TO BOB SO THE CITY IS GOING TO MATCH THIS ALL THE LOT NOT 50% BUT LIKE I THINK IT'S 15% DOWN OR 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES. THAT'S A TYPICAL REQUIREMENT OF ALL FEDERAL GRANTS UP.  THIS WOULD BE A PROJECT WHERE WE WOULD DO A TWO THINGS ONE A PLANNING STUDY TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THAT DONE BY BETWEEN CHINATOWN AND THE SOL END JUST ONE PARCEL AND BUILD A PARKING BUILD OPEN SPACE SO SO A PART A PARK GREEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE. YEAH. AND SO THE FACT THIS IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE NEW SCHOOL. YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE THING . AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS THAT THE FIRST PIECE WOULD INCLUDE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE COST AS WELL SO WHAT KIND OF CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE REQUIRED.  SO THAT'S ONE PIECE. THE SECOND PIECE IS THAT AS PART OF THIS WILL BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS DO EXIST TO KIND OF THE INTERSECTIONS IN THAT IN THAT AREA AND YOU TRY TO WALK ACROSS FROM CHINATOWN INTO THE SOUTH AND OVER THE TURNPIKE IT'S IT'S IT'S A DESOLATE YOU KNOW, IT'S NO CRAZE THAT'S JUST THE CROSSINGS ARE FOR PEDESTRIANS ETC. SO THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT DOING SHORTER TERM IMPROVEMENTS ON THE STREETSCAPE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE WITHOUT BUILDING A DECK AND PUTTING A PARK ON IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN A FEW YEARS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT THERE AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE JUST HAVE A REPORT THAT'S SITTING ON A SHELF. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD GET SOME GREENERY AT THE VERY LEAST.  AND IN THAT SECTION OF CHINATOWN YOU A THIS PROJECT IS WE HAVE A CONSULTANT TEAM WE ARE WAITING WE'RE ACTUALLY WAITING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO SIGN THIS THE MOMENT YOU SIGN IT WE HAVEN'T STOPPED WORK. WELL YEAH, I'M HOPING TO MOVE THESE BOTH FOR ALL OF THESE DOCKETS FORWARD TOMORROW AT TOMORROW'S COUNCIL HEARING AND PULL THESE OFF OF THE GREEN SHEETS AND HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES.  SO BUT COUNCILOR WEBER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS?  I MEAN, SURE IT'S AT MY DISTRICT BUT I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN LONG TERM DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO BRIDGE THE GAP OVER OVER I-90 AND I JUST STRUCTURALLY LIKE HOW HARD IS IT TO PUT SOMETHING SO I MEAN I'M NOT A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER BUT I CAN SAY THAT IT'S EASIER THAN WHAT IT USED TO BE. IT HAS TECHNOLOGY NOW THERE ARE COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO ARE DOING THIS AND WE'RE NOT PUTTING UP, YOU KNOW, A TALL BUILDING ON TOP OF THE TURNPIKE. IT'S JUST A BARGAIN AND SO THE WAIT LOADS ARE FAR LESS SUBSTANTIAL. YOU KNOW THE RATE OF SKYLIGHTS UP IT BUT IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD IF YOU'RE NOT PUTTING A BUILDING ON TOP OF A TANK. THE COMPLEXITIES ARE YOUNGER. IT'S YOU'RE GOING OVER A HIGHWAY, YOU'RE GOING OVER AMTRAK, YOU'RE GOING OVER THE COMMUTER RAIL AND GOING OVER THE FINISH TIME. THAT'S WHERE THE COMPLEXITY IS JUST MAKE SURE. BUT ALL THOSE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO YOU KNOW, BE KIND OF STOPPED BY THE AMTRAK PROJECTED AND WHO WHO WOULD PAY DO YOU THINK IS THIS A STATE CITY EVENTUALLY IT'LL HAVE TO BE BUT IT'LL BE THE KIND OF FUNDING THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES THE CITY WOULD NOT BE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THE I DON'T WANT TO GUESS HOW MUCH IT WAS I WAS JUST I MEAN I KNOW NEW YORK AS THE HIGH LINE PROVIDENCE HAS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.  I MEAN IF IT'S CHEAPER THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE LIKE A YEAH PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WITH THAT WITH PLANTINGS . YEAH. YOU KNOW THERE MAY BE I MEAN WE KIND OF WE'RE TALKING TOO MUCH WE SHOULDN'T GET TOO BOGGED DOWN BY IT HAS TO BE THIS PARTIALLY THERE WILL BE CREATIVE WAYS TO DO THIS WITH LESS MONEY.  YEAH WELL THANK THANKS FOR I MEAN YEAH THE LEGACY OF ROBERT MOSES OR YOU KNOW IN NEW YORK AND THESE HIGHWAYS THAT BISECT CITIES I WISH WE COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND TELL THEM NOT TO DO IT BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR THANK YOU, COUNSELOR YEAH, I DO WISH ALL OF US COULD BE TIME TRAVELERS BUT IF I DID TIME TRAVEL BACK I'D HAVE TO SAY THERE ARE SOME THINGS I WOULD SAY THANK YOU.  FORMER CITY LEADERSHIP OF MAKING DECISIONS ON AND I APPRECIATE THAT AT LEAST OVER THE LAST YOU KNOW, TEN PLUS YEARS YOU'VE BEEN HERE OF A NEED TO BE YOU KNOW HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN AT THE CITY OF I'D LIKE TO SAY MORE THAN TEN YEARS. YEAH. NO, I KNOW I'VE BEEN WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR 20 PLUS. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF SO MANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS SO ON THIS GRANT 1277I AM SO EXCITED. I THINK CHINATOWN BEING AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY THAT DEALS WITH THE WORST AIR POLLUTION IN THE ENTIRE CITY THERE'S BEEN MANY REPORTS TO THAT EFFECT. THIS WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE CREATING GREEN SPACE AND CREATING I ALWAYS SAY LIKE OUR PARKS ARE OUR LUNGS AND CREATING SOME MORE LUNGS OVER THERE WOULD BE INCREDIBLE FOR THE CITY SO THANK YOU VINEET FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS AND WE NEED TO REMAIN STEADFAST IN FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND PUSHING FOR THIS FEDERAL FUNDING. BUT THAT MEANS WE NEED LEADERSHIP OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FUND THIS AND BUT WE'RE TAKING A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH FUNDING THIS GRANT. SO EXCITED TO SEE IT COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND EXCITED TO MOVE IT TOMORROW SO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE GRANTS THAT WE WERE HOPING TO GO THROUGH TODAY.  IS THERE ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY? OKAY SO VINNY, YOU ARE RELIEVED. DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST THINGS YOU WANT TO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN TO MOVE THESE GRANTS QUICKLY BECAUSE WE CAN NOW BUT GO AHEAD AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT OUR RESIDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, VINEET.  YOU ARE RELIEVED AND SINCE WE HAVE NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY THE HEARING ON DOCKETS 0100010101105110811691275 AND 1277 IS ADJOURNED