FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS BRIAN. WE'RE OUT DISTRICT FOR CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BASS CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. TODAY'S MAY SEVEN, 2024. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON DOT GOV BACKSLASH CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON EXPANDED CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 IN FILES CHANNEL NINE 6964 THE COUNCIL BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS WILL ENCOMPASS A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEGINNING IN APRIL AND RUNNING THROUGH JUNE. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS BY GIVING TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD YOU CAN DO THIS IN SEVERAL WAYS ONE ATTEND ONE OF OUR HEARINGS AND GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THE END OF EACH DEPARTMENTAL HEARING AND ALSO ADD TO HEAR IS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THE FULL HEARING SCHEDULE IS ON OUR WEBSITE AT BOSTON DOT BACKSLASH COUNCILOR DAS BUDGET I SHOW TWO HEARINGS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY ARE TUESDAY, MAY 28 AT 6 P.M. 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NUMBER TWO YOU CAN EMAIL YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO THE COMMITTEE AT C W M AT BOSTON.COM OR THREE SUBMIT A TWO MINUTE VIDEO OF YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE FORUM ON OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW TO TESTIFY, PLEASE VISIT THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET WEBSITE AT BOSTON.COM BACK GLASS COUNCIL DESK BUDGET TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET NUMBER 067020672 OR IT IS FOR THE FBI 25 OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO DOCKET NUMBER 067320675 OR IT IS FOR CAPITAL FUND TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS DOCKET NUMBER 067620678 ORDER FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDING LOAN ORDERS AND LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.  THESE MATTERS WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL TEN, 2020 FOR THE FOCUS OF THIS HEARING WILL BE DISCUSS THE FY 25 BUDGET FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL COUNCILOR COLETTA,  COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE BY CHAIR PAPIN COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BRADING AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE TODAY'S PANELISTS PANELISTS CONSIST OF ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION CHIEF OF PLANNING AND DIRECTOR BPA CHIEF JAMIESON DEPUTY CHIEF OF TRANSFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPUTY CHIEF KIRK AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE DIRECTOR MATHIS THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS.  THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION. WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY . JUST FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ARTHUR JEMISON.  I'M THE CHIEF OF PLANNING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. I'M JOINED BY DEVON QUIRK, MY DEPUTY CHIEF AND TIM MATHIS, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THIS IS OUR FIRST BUDGET PROPOSAL. SO I THINK IT'S A MILESTONE THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR WORK ON THE ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH TO THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR. WE'RE EXCITED TO GET STARTED AND CONTINUE TO BRING A NEW APPROACH TO THE WAY WE REGULATE AND SHAPE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN BOSTON. SO A QUICK AGENDA FOR TODAY'S CONVERSATION.  I'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE MISSION AND STAFF WHO CARRY IT OUT, NOT PASS IT ON TO TIM WHO WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE NUMBERS ALL THREE OF US WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE COMMITTEE'S REQUEST.  SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MISSION.  OUR VISION IS TO SHAPE GROWTH THAT SERVES ALL BOSTONIANS AND FOCUSES ON THE NEEDS AND WISHES OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS. OUR MISSION IS TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S GREATEST CHALLENGES WHICH WE'VE IDENTIFIED BROADLY AS ISSUES RELATED TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY. THIS NEW DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE REAL ESTATE ACTIONS THAT PRIORITIZE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT URBAN DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT FIRM THAT FURTHER SOLUTIONS ON THESE CHALLENGES WILL DO ALL THIS WHILE BUILDING TRUST WITHIN OUR WIDE RANGE OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES HONEST AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION AND PROCESSES THAT EMBRACE PREDICTABILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTORS AS WELL AS OUR CITIZENS. SINCE I STARTED IN THIS ROLE MY TEAM'S BEEN WORKING ON ACROSS THE CITY TO BEGIN A NEW ERA OF INCLUSIVE PLANNING, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY. WE BEGAN BY RESTRUCTURING THE BPA ELEVATED PLANNING AND DESIGN AND BEGAN THE PROCESS OF REFORMING OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.  WE'VE WRAPPED UP NUMEROUS PLANS AND LAUNCHED THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REZONING INITIATIVE IN DECADES. TODAY MARKS THE FIRST TIME COUNCIL TRULY AS I SAY OVER THE BUDGET OF THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT URBAN DESIGN, REAL ESTATE FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY WHICH HAVE LONG BEEN HOUSED UNDER THE BPA AS A SEPARATE ENTITY.  OUR BUDGET LARGELY CONSISTS OF STAFF THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE WORK TO PLAN B ZONE, EXAMINE PROJECTS AND MANAGE THE NYPD'S REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO. SO LOOK AT THE ORG CHART UP HERE THE DEPARTMENT IS BROKEN UP INTO SIX ROUGH LINES OF BUSINESS OUR CORE FUNCTIONS BEING PLANNING AND ZONING LED BY AMY CHAMBERS URBAN DESIGN LED BY DIANA FERNANDEZ REAL ESTATE LED BY REBECCA THOMAS OVER DEVELOPMENT REVIEW CO-LED BY K.C. HINES AND THE MADANI.  WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION THAT HOUSES MY OFFICE FINANCE LEGAL H.R AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTS.  LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL LED BY KATHERINE WEST WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING THE MANY DIFFERENT CABINETS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE CITY DIRECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OUR PLANS. SO IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION OF OUR WORK CHARTING A NEW COURSE FOR GROWTH IS A KEY ROLE OF OUR DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT 20 MANY STEPS WERE TAKEN TO REFORM THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH REGULATING AND BUILDING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS CHANGING HOW WE PLAN THROUGH CITYWIDE ZONING REFORMS.  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW DESIGN VISION US MODERNIZING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND THE CONTINUE TO TAKE REAL ESTATE ACTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL MAKE THE WORK WE DO RELATED TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT MORE TRANSPARENT AND EASIER TO ENGAGE WITH ALSO IS A FIRST STEP INTO TYING THAT WORKING TO CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS IS MORE EXPLICITLY SO THAT THINGS WE PLAN FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION TO BE CONSTRUCTED,  PLANTED OR CARED FOR IN THE WAY WE HAVE ALL ENVISIONED THIS CONNECTION IS AN IMPORTANT NEW PART OF OUR WORK AND WHY COMING TO THE CITY IS SO IMPORTANT. THROUGH ALL OF THIS WE'RE ESTABLISHING NEW MISSIONS INCLUDING CHANGING THE TOOLS OF THE EPA ABOLISHING URBAN RENEWAL AND STEERING THE CITY TOOLS AWAY FROM BLIGHT AND DECADENCE AND TOWARDS DELIVERY OF AFFORDABILITY, RESILIENCE AND EQUITY.  SO JUST A COUPLE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES TO DOUBLE CLICK ON THINGS.  WE'RE WORKING ON THE ZONING CODE EVEN WHILE WE'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK AT CHANGING THE BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURES, WE'VE HAD A HISTORICALLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN PLANNING WE'VE RATIFIED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED ZONING.  WHAT'S EXCITING TO ME IS THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED A LONG DESIRED CITYWIDE REZONING PROCESS WHEREBY THE SQUARES THE STREETS INITIATIVE WE'VE CODIFIED A MENU OF OPTIONS THAT COMMUNITIES CAN COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE TO ADOPT IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY. WE'VE LAUNCHED SMALL AREA PLANS IN ROSLINDALE SQUARE AND CLEARY SQUARE ON THE HORIZON OUR COGNITIVE CORNERS AS WELL AS FIELD CORNER IN DORCHESTER. WE'RE ALSO INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CENTERS. THROUGH THESE PLANNING STUDIES WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE SURE GROWTH IS PREDICTABLE AND ENSURING THAT EVEN WHILE WE ARE ADDING THOUSANDS OF UNITS OF HOUSING THAT WE ALL HOUSING WE NEED AS A REGION WE ARE PLANNING FOR A CENTRAL CITY SERVICES CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS, CREATING A CITYWIDE DESIGN VISION IS ALSO PART OF OUR WORK. OVER THE PAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITIES TO BEGIN TO ARTICULATE A DESIGN VISION FOR THE CITY. WE WILL CREATE A FUTURE FOR A BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL BOSTONIANS CREATE OPEN SPACE PLAN AND LAUNCH NEW HOUSING DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE NEW FAMILIES CAN BE PART OF OUR GROWING CITY. THIS PROCESS LIKE OTHERS WE'VE EMBARKED ON INCLUSIVE A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, DESIGNERS, BUILDERS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN FOCUSING ON MODERNIZING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. IN FY 25 WE'RE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING A NEW MODERNIZE OUR ARTICULATING PROCESS REFORMING THE COMPLEX, OUTDATED AND SOMETIMES INCONSISTENT PROCESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAY DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS WORK IN THE CITY.  IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REPLACE IT WITH A PROCESS THAT CODIFIES EFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT, CONSISTENT STANDARDS AND A COORDINATED REVIEW ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS TRYING TO SIMPLIFY AND DEMYSTIFY THE PROCESS FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND PROJECT PROPONENTS ENABLING THE CITY TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT ITS FUTURE IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER. TRANSFORMING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AS WIDE RANGING IMPLICATIONS.  IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET THIS RIGHT EXCITED TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS DURING THE COMING FISCAL YEAR TO BRING ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN THE WAY WE APPROVE PROJECTS. LAST COUPLE OF ITEMS COASTAL RESILIENCE IMPLEMENTATION YOU SEE IN THE NEWSPAPER YOU YOU DRIVE PAST AND TRY TO ON MORRISSEY BOULEVARD YOU SEE IT DOWNTOWN WE'VE GOT TO NOT ONLY REMAIN GOOD STEWARDS OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY IN THE PUBLIC REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE NEW ASSETS WHILE SUPPORTING OUR CLIMATE AND HOUSING GOALS. WE CREATED THE NATION'S FIRST TWO COASTAL RESILIENCE DELIVERY TEAMS SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE FANTASTIC PLANNING WORK WE'VE ALREADY DONE. THE TEAM'S FOCUS ON CLOSING THE 2030 FLIGHT PATH IN BOSTON BY COORDINATING PARTNERS ON THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. WE'RE DOING THIS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT SECTION. WE HAVE MANY CITYWIDE PROJECTS UNDERWAY MOST NOTABLY AT LONG WHARF 4.8 CHANNEL WATER STREET IN EAST BOSTON TO ME AND BEACH IN DORCHESTER AT THE NAVY YARD, CHARLESTOWN SO FINALLY COORDINATION AND PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION.  WE HAVE A NEW GROUP FOR AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS FOR THE CITY THAT WORKS WITH US CLOSELY LED BY CATHERINE WEST, THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL ADVISE SORT GUIDES COORDINATES PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN THE PUBLIC REALM AND WHOLE FACILITIES BY IMPLEMENTING THE GREAT PLANNING THE CITY'S ALREADY DONE OVER THE YEARS INTO IT INTO A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT COME TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IMPLEMENT THE PHYSICAL THINGS CALLED FOR BY THOSE PLANS.  THIS YEAR WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK OF THE FIRST YEAR BY COLLABORATING AND SHARING INFORMATION MORE WIDELY AND REGULARLY BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY CREATING ROBUST SYSTEMS TO IMPLEMENT PLANS. AND WE LAUNCHED THE FIRST ONE OF OUR FIRST STORYBOARDS ABOUT THE AUGMENTATION OF PLAN MATTAPAN IMPROVE CONSTITUENTS TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORTING ACROSS CABINET PRIORITIES. SO I THINK THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF MY COMMENTS TIM IS GOING TO SHARE A FEW SPECIFIC ITEMS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THEN WE'RE OPEN TO PASS IT BACK TO YOU. THE CHAIR BRIAN. MR COUNCILOR WORLD THANK YOU. JARED JEMISON GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILORS. MY NAME IS TIM MATHIS AND I'M SERVING AS INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY . FIRST I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE CITY'S FINANCE CABINET FOR WORKING WITH US OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS AS WE'VE BEEN TRANSITIONING TO THE CITY'S NEW BUDGET PROCESSES. SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE APPRECIATED THE GUIDANCE OF STAFF IN THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCUREMENT AND NAVIGATING THE TRANSFER OF CONTRACTING AND PURCHASING FUNCTIONS AND THE OFFICE OF FINANCE AND PROVIDING NUMEROUS NUMEROUS VIRTUAL AND HANDS ON TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE BPA STAFF AND THE CITY'S BASED FINANCIAL SYSTEM.  WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE EFFORTS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE WORKED TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION POSSIBLE.  OUR FY 25 RECOMMENDED OPERATING BUDGET TOTALS $32.7 MILLION SPREAD ACROSS FIVE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES PERSONNEL SERVICES REPRESENTS THREE QUARTERS OF THE AGENCY'S BUDGET AND WILL FULLY FUND THE TRANSITION OF BPA STAFF TO THE CITY THE REMAINING QUARTER ALLOCATED TO NON PERSONNEL SERVICES IS PRIMARILY ALLOCATED TO CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. THIS WILL ENABLE THE NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DELIVER ON THE PRIORITIES MENTIONED BY DIRECTOR JEFFERSON INCLUDING ARTICLE 18 MODERNIZATION AND COASTAL RESILIENCY AND ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING FOR ADVERTISING AND TRANSLATION SERVICES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.  THANK YOU. NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND ORDER ARRIVAL COUNSELOR SANTANA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN.  THANK YOU, CHIEF. AND FOR ADMINISTRATION FOR FOR BEING HERE AND ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS.  MY OH, I'LL GO RIGHT INTO IT. YOU KNOW, MY QUESTIONS ARE AROUND SQUARES IN THE STREETS AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT AND TRYING TO GET EDUCATED ON IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT AND WHAT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN. SO DO YOU HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT CATEGORIZES BASICALLY THE CURRENT STATE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS EXAMPLE A CURRENT STATE PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALL EXISTING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE DESIGNATED PLANNING AREA INCLUDING WHETHER THE OWNER QUALIFIES FOR OR HAS OBTAINED STATUS AS AND B I MEAN WE'VE CBRE OR PRE SHOP SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR TO COUNCILOR SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST SAYING WHICH WHICH BUSINESSES HAVE QUALIFIED BY MBIE OR WBE.  TO THE FIRST QUESTION I THINK WE DO HAVE I THINK WE ACTUALLY COULD YOU REPEAT THE FIRST QUESTION TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT SO IT WAS BASICALLY DO YOU HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOCUMENT THAT CATEGORIZES THE CURRENT STATE SO EVERY PROJECT THAT HAS FILED OR IS INTERESTED IN GOING FORWARD AS FILED WHY IS PRESENT ON OUR WEBSITE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE APPLICABLE DATES AND TIME FRAMES ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT THEY PROPOSED BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FIRST IN ORDER TO BE THERE.  THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY WE THAT'S THE WAY WE DO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. I THINK IT'S ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO BE SORTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD SO YOU CAN FIND OUT WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE WHICH PROJECTS. GREAT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THAT QUESTION, DO YOU ALL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE GOALS FOR EACH PLANNING AREA SUCH AS A GOAL FOR THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS CLASSIFIED AS RENTAL HOMEOWNERSHIP, NUMBER OF BEDROOMS IN THE GOALS UNITS AFFORDABILITY AS AFFORDABLE AS A FINDING THE IDP OR TRULY AFFORDABLE AND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE ETC. SO WHICH COUNCIL SANTANA SO WHAT WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE CREATED THESE SPECIFIC THESE SPECIFIC SIX DIFFERENT SORT OF HEIGHTENED DENSITY LEVELS WHICH FOR EACH OF THE SQUARES AND STREETS NEIGHBORHOODS AND THROUGH THAT WE'VE SORT OF IDENTIFIED THE SPECIFIC DENSITY BECAUSE THOSE WERE PUT ON PUT INTO THE CODE BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN MAPPED AND ARE SUBJECT TO NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT PROCESSES ABOUT WHAT WHAT SCALE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE. WE'VE NOT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO AVOID SETTING A SPECIFIC GOAL FOR THE NUMBER OF UNITS. NOW BY WAY OF CONTRAST JUST ABUNDANT HOUSING AND OTHERS HAVE DONE ANALYSIS THAT INDICATE SORT OF RANGES OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS.  I WILL SAY FROM MY OWN PERSONAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING EXPERIENCE ON THE PROJECT THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN A RANGE OF PEOPLE SAYING WE APPRECIATE YOU NOT TELLING US HOW MANY UNITS WERE SOLD TO HAVE AND THEN TELLING US WHAT OUR PLAN SHOULD BE. THAT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH TO OTHER PEOPLE SAYING YOU KNOW, I WISH YOU TELL US A NUMBER SO WE CAN GET THERE OR NOT GET THERE . I THINK WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO TAKE THE APPROACH THAT WE WANT HEAR FROM PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT SCALE THEY WANT.  HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. I APPRECIATE THAT AND RIGHT OFF THAT YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP ON THAT CAN YOU JUST SPEAK HONESTLY THE COMMUNITY APPROACH THAT YOU HAVE TO THIS RIGHT AND WHAT IS YOUR TEAM DOING ON THE GROUND TO EDUCATE, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR ORGANIZATIONS? I ALSO WANT TO KNOW JUST THE APPROACH TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT.  I THINK THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS DIFFERENTLY AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING AN APPROACH THERE AND THEN ALSO TO THAT POINT JUST ON LANGUAGE ACCESS, YOU KNOW HOW WE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS, HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED HERE.  AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OF MANY OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE ALSO GOING INCORPORATE, YOU KNOW, NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS. SO IF YOU USE SPEAK TO THAT GENERAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD APPROACH AND THEN THAT LANGUAGE ACTUALLY SPEAKS.  SURE. SO JUST BY JUST SORT OF THE PART THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING TO DO OUTREACH. SO WE'VE BEEN I THINK VERY SERIOUS ABOUT OUTREACH. WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THAT WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENGAGE. I THINK THERE'S HISTORICALLY BEEN AN APPROACH TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE CITY WHERE THERE'S A YOU KNOW, A MICROPHONE AND A P.A. SYSTEM IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYMNASIUM AND THAT'S LIKE HOW WE COMMUNICATE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT. BUT MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE AT THOSE MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT WAY.  SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHERE WE ARE WE HAVE TEAMS GOING TO THE BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE WORKING HOURS UNTIL WE'RE TALKING TO THE BUSINESSES AND WE'VE ALSO GOT PLANNING MEETINGS IN THERE BEING HOSTED IN SPANISH BY WAY OF EXAMPLE IN CLEARY SQUARE. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN SUPPORT OF THE CLEARY SQUARE PLAN.  WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING IN I THINK IT'S THE PAVé THE FRIEND FROM THE RESTAURANT IN THE RESTAURANTS IN MATTAPAN BY THE WAY. BUT WE ARE ARE HAVING A COUPLE OF MEETINGS HOSTED IN AN ASIAN CREOLE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED. I APPEARED ON A RADIO SHOW LAST WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THIS WITH TRANSLATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO A MUCH BROADER COMMUNITY SO WE'RE TAKING THAT VERY SERIOUSLY AND DOING THOSE KINDS OF THOSE KINDS OF APPEARANCES ON RADIO HAVING THE MEETINGS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CONGREGATES AT THE HOURS THAT THE COMMUNITY'S AVAILABLE IS IMPORTANT TO US AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING IT AS PART OF THE WORK. GREAT.  AND THEN TO THE PIECE OF IT, IS THERE ANY APPROACH DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD OR IS THERE GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT? ABSOLUTELY.  I THINK FROM THE CANVASING THAT THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE DOING INDIVIDUALLY WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT GROUPS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING. SO I WOULD EXPECT ROSLINDALE SQUARE WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC POPULATION FROM FROM CLEARY AND HIGH PARK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO LISTEN TO WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING ABOUT LANGUAGE GROUPS IN PARTICULAR THAT AREN'T HAVEN'T BEEN REACHED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO.  SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD.  GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A I THINK WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO IN TERMS OF JUST REALLY EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOUR SENSIBILITY. YOU KNOW, DEPUTY CHIEF KROKIDAS, YOU'VE BEEN VERY ACCESSIBLE AND YOU KNOW I ALSO WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD OF JUST YOU KNOW, JEFF THOMAS HAS JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS, INCREDIBLY ACCESSIBLE TO OUR TEAM AND I REALLY THINK FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ALONGSIDE WITH YOU DURING THIS PROCESS. PLEASE LOOP ME IN MY OFFICE AT IN TERMS OF YEARS YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN BE MORE SUPPORTIVE AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THE EDUCATION PIECE TO THE RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR IT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. YES, BIG, BIG SHOUT OUT TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM AND ESPECIALLY JEFF ALWAYS VERY RESPONSE OF VICE CHAIR PEPEN THE FLOOR IS YOURS . THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.  IT'S VERY IMPORTANT HEARING FOR ME AS WELL. I'LL JUST REITERATING SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA HAS BROUGHT UP.  YOU KNOW, SCARES THE STREETS IS NO SURPRISE SURPRISES GOING TO BE COMING TO MY DISTRICT. I REPRESENT BOTH VERRAZANO AND HIGH PARK, CLEAR SQUARE IN RUSSELL SQUARE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THAT AND I YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO THROUGH THE PROCESS I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS. UM, I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING HAVE YOU BEEN DOING WITH THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN SPECIFIC JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE VERY FEARFUL OF BEING DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF THIS COURSE OF STREETS INITIATIVES? MOSTLY I, I AM A BIG FAN OF JUST MORE DEVELOPMENT, MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT I ALSO WANT TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SOME FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THAT SPECIFIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN BOTH CLEARY SQUARE AND ROSLYN SQUARE. AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION COUNCILOR THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK TO THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THEN AND THE IMPORTANCE OF US MOVING TO CITY GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OUR WELL WE'RE DOING REALLY IMPORTANT PLANNING WORK FOR THAT AND THE FUTURE OF LAND USE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.  SO IT'S A WHOLE CITY EFFORT AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORTS ARE PART OF THAT AND SO WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION DAY GOING BACK TO INITIAL PLANNING FOR SQUARES AND STREETS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ONE OF THEIR FIRST POINTS WAS EXACTLY THIS ONE THE HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE AS WE GROW BOSTON GROW IT INCLUSIVELY AND SO WE'VE BEEN WE'VE HAD CHIEF GO AND HIS TEAM ALONGSIDE US FROM THE START AND I THINK SOME OF THE POINTS THAT ARTHUR JUST MADE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE DOING THE OUTREACH HOW WE'RE DOING THE OUTREACH, DOING MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, DOING IT AT ASIAN AND SPANISH RESTAURANTS IN THE SQUARES, THE STREETS OF AREAS TO INCLUDE THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS AND ATTRACT THOSE POPULATIONS. AND IT IS IT'S FRONT AND CENTER FOR US AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AS WE DO UP ZONING WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHO OWNS THE LEASES, WHO OWNS THE BUILDINGS AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MAY NOT OWN THEIR PROPERTY TO PARTICIPATE IN REDEVELOPMENT MAY MAYBE HAVE A PATHWAY TO REMAINING IN THE IN THE IF THERE IS A REDEVELOPMENT IN THE SPACE. SO THESE ARE ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING BOTH INTERNAL CITY HALL AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NOW. OKAY. AND THAT'S GOOD. I WOULD LOVE TO I'D LOVE TO SEE I KNOW THIS IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS IS MUCH MORE SPECIFIC BUT JUST THEIR THEIR INVOLVEMENT MORE IN COLLABORATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOUR I MEAN JUST A HUGE PROBLEM. CAITLIN COPPINGER FOR FOR FOR YOU DOING SUCH A DILIGENT JOB WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH BUT YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT SHE APPRECIATE A PARTNERSHIP FROM THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESSES WITH ONE OF THEIR ONE OF THEIR BUSINESS LIAISONS ON HAND AS WELL SO THERE COULD BE MORE OF A PARTNERSHIP THERE. I THINK NOT ONLY I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT TOO. THAT'S GREAT. WILL PASS ALONG THEN AND THEN THANKS TO CAITLIN AND I THINK DONALD RIGHT FROM FROM CHICAGO, HIS TEAM HAS BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED AS WELL. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE THAT UP AND LOVE YOUR SUPPORT ON IT AS WE GO AS WE SAW IF I COULD JUST ADD WE HAD A I THINK IN FACT YOU WERE THERE COUNSELOR.  WE WERE TOGETHER IN MATTAPAN SQUARE WHERE WE HAD A COMBINATION OF THE THE BUSINESS FOLKS IS THE OURSELVES ALL TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE MATTAPAN PLAN AND THE IN COMBINATION WITH SQUARES AND STREETS. SO I THINK WE WERE GOING TO DO MORE ON THAT AND MORE OF THAT KIND OF WORK AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO WORK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND I MEAN LOOKING AT THE SORT OF THE SUCCESS THAT CHIEF HAD ALWAYS HAD WITH THE WITH THOSE BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE FUNDING THAT AND SPACE GRANTS THAT AND HERITAGE BUSINESS IDENTIFICATION THAT'S CRUCIAL TO GIVING THESE SQUARES ALLOWING THEM TO RETAIN THE KIND OF CHARACTER THEY HAVE. SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON IT AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RESOURCES ALLOCATED. THANK YOU. YEAH, I LOVE THAT MEETING. I THINK THAT THAT MEETING SERVES AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT COMMUNITY MEETINGS SHOULD LOOK LIKE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I MEAN LIKE THAT AT LEAST ONE IN HIGH PARK AND ONE IN ROSLINDALE. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE OF THAT CALIBER YET IN BOTH HIGH PARK ARE RAISING THEM WITH I MEAN WITH YOURSELF THERE AND ICE-T AND MEMBERS OF THE SMALL BIZ DEPARTMENT SO I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE THAT AND THEN I KNOW THAT THE ZONING CONVERSATION HAS BASICALLY MOVED FORWARD.  WE'RE NOW IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PHASE OF OF SQUARES AND STREETS AND EVERYTHING. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE JUST TO AGAIN TO COUNCILOR SANTANA'S POINT VERY STRATEGIC OUTREACH TO DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE'S GETTING THEIR VOICES HEARD. I KNOW THAT AT ONE OF THE AT THE ZONING COMMISSION HEARING THERE WAS AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THE A LOT OF THE POINTS WERE VERY VALID AND NOT NOT EVERYONE WAS HEARD. BUT I THINK THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS CAN HAPPEN IN THE PLANNING CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD. SO I WOULD JUST LOVE THEIR TO BE FOR YOUR TEAM TO BE VERY,  VERY PURPOSEFUL ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS YOU'RE HAVING WITH WITH THE COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT SPECIFICALLY PROPOSALS AMENDMENTS BUT I JUST JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ALL PRIORITIZING THAT MOVING FORWARD AS THE NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT WE COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DO A COMMUNITY DRIVEN APPROACH TO PLANNING AND THAT MEANS REACHING PEOPLE WHETHER IT'S WHERE WE CONTINUE TO INVEST. COUNCILOR SANTANA'S POINT IN DOING BETTER AND STRONGER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, REACHING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND AND YOU KNOW THE WORK OF PLANNING IS NEVER DONE. IT'S A CONSTANT COMMUNITY CONVERSATION SO YES, WE DID TAKE ZONING LANGUAGE TO OUR BOARD FOR SQUARE SOME STREETS BUT IT HASN'T YET BEEN MAPPED AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CONSTANT PROCESS OF CONTINUING TO IMPROVE IT. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE YOU'RE HERE, WE'RE LISTENING AND WE WANT YOUR HELP IN THE REST OF THE COUNCIL'S HELP TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE LISTENING APPROPRIATELY AND TAKING THE RIGHT ACTION AND TO BE VERY EXPLICIT WE WERE COMMITTING TO DO THE KINDS OF MEETING YOU JUST DESCRIBED IN ROSLINDALE AND ALSO IN HYDE PARK AS PART OF THIS THE YOU KNOW AND WE DID RECEIVE THOSE COMMENTS AND SOME OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY INCORPORATED INTO WHAT WE DID. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE EVEN MORE PURPOSEFUL ABOUT ENGAGING THE SPECIFIC FOLKS WHO ARE BEHIND THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE PROCESS. THANK YOU.  SO 2 MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS.  MICHAEL THIS QUESTION IS MORE A GENERAL ABOUT THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT LESS SO ABOUT SQUARES AND STREETS. HOW ARE YOU ALL GOING TO BUILD OUT YOUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM? ARE YOU STILL ARE YOU STILL GOING TO USE THE DE LIAISON? ARE YOU STILL DOING THE PROJECT OF PROJECT MANAGERS?  HOW IS THAT NEW? IS THERE A NEW SET UP FOR THAT? IT IS HERE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SECTION WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT SHE'S INVOLVED WITH IS LED BY LACEY ROSE ON OUR TEAM. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT OUT THERE. THEIR ROLE WAS REALLY TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT ARE ONGOING AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SORT OF STAFF THAT TEAM UP. I THINK, YOU KNOW, PLACES THAT HAVE A LOT OF PLANNING WORK PEOPLE FOR EXAMPLE TO ARIEL FOR CHARLESTOWN IN EAST BOSTON WE GOT TO BIG NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS UNDERWAY. PEOPLE PROBABLY SAW HIM EVERY SINGLE PLACE THAT HE WAS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS OR WE HAVE LESS PLANNING HAPPENING.  I DON'T THINK PEOPLE SEE AS MUCH OF THOSE THOSE TEAMS. WE'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING THAT BY THINKING ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE ARE THEIR TIME IS ALLOCATED BUT WE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THE CDM APPROACH AND JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT WE RECENTLY HIRED THREE WEEKS AGO A SPANISH LANGUAGE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION MANAGER JUST AGAIN TO COUNCILOR SANTANA'S POINTS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE EXPRESSLY REACHING OUT IN BOSTON THE SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION WE MIGHT WANT TO BUILD THAT OUT FURTHER TO OTHER LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES AS WELL BUT I THINK IT UNDERSCORES OUR POINT AROUND WANTING TO REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND THEN IN CULTURALLY AUTHENTIC WAYS AND HE REALLY HEAR THEIR FEEDBACK NOT JUST IN THE THE USUAL WAYS OF ENGAGING IN THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO BUT ALSO MEET PEOPLE LOCALLY IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND INCORPORATE THEIR FEEDBACK INTO COMMUNITY PLANS. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S CRUCIAL TO THE FUTURE OF JUST THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.  I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC NEEDS IN MY DISTRICT OF WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE BIG COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE BUT ALSO SPECIFIC BUSINESSES CLEARLY SQUARE SPECIFICALLY THEY DON'T HAVE A SIT DOWN COFFEE SHOP.  FOLKS CAN DO WORK AND USE THEIR COMPUTER. THEY JUST THEY DON'T HAVE THAT. SO I WOULD LOVE THERE TO WHEN PLANNING IS HAPPENING TO INCORPORATE MY OFFICE AS WELL SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING OR HOW CAN WE PLUG IN RESIDENTS THAT REALLY HAVE A STRONG OPINION ABOUT SOMETHING SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR VOICES HEARD AND HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENTED?  THAT'S GREAT. BUT WITH THAT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK YOU DO.  I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY SO THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE FOR ALL YOU THE REST OF MY TIME. OH YEAH. RIGHT ON TIME. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, CHAIR AND THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR FOR COMING HERE TODAY. A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS AND THEN GOING TO THE BUDGET QUESTIONS I KNOW IT TO THIS ARTICLE 80 PREDICTABILITY RIGHT AS GOOD TO GO ALONG WITH THE ZONING THAT WILL CREATE PREDICTABILITY IN DEVELOPMENT WHAT IS THE ARTICLE 80 PREDICTABLE CITY LOOK LIKE THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE ZONING PREDICTABLE CITY PROVIDES IN TERMS OF I CAN IMAGINE IT'S THE TIMELINE OF THE ARTICLE 80 PROCESS ITSELF BUT IS THERE MORE PREDICTABILITY IT PROVIDES AND IF SO WHAT NOW? SURE. THANKS COUNCILOR CHERYL TO I THINK I'LL FOCUS ON TWO EXAMPLES SO AND I GUESS I MAY RELY ON THE FACT THAT BOTH YOU AND I ARE VETERANS OF THE AGENCY. SO YOU MAY REMEMBER AS I DO IN THE NINETIES THAT SOMEBODY WOULD COME TO YOUR DESK IF YOU HAD NOT MADE YOUR TIME TIMING MILESTONE FOR YOUR POINTS BEING COMPLETED. YOU YOU'RE SCOPING REPORTS THAT THOSE TIME LINES WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY AND IN ALL OF OUR CANVASING AND TALKING AND ENGAGING WITH THEM THEY NEED THOSE TIMELINES BACK.  NOW IN PART THAT'S CHANGED BECAUSE A THERE'S SO MANY MORE PROJECTS THANK GOODNESS WE'VE HAD SO MUCH INTEREST IN THE CITY AND TO BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN MUCH LARGER IN SCALE IT'S BEEN HARDER TO PREDICT HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO COMPLETE THOSE REVIEWS AND BECAUSE SO MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE INVOLVED. SO BRINGING THOSE DATES BACK AND THEN HAVING THE STAFF AND CHARGE WITH EXECUTING ON THOSE DATES AND MAKING SURE THAT MAYBE THEY'RE A LITTLE LONGER ARE PEOPLE CAN RELY ON 45 DAYS AFTER I SUBMIT THIS I'M GOING TO GET THIS YOU KNOW 90 DAYS AFTER GETTING THIS I'M GOING TO GET THIS THAT'S THE FIRST PART. AGAIN, THESE ARE NON ZONING CHANGES.  I'LL COME BACK TO ZONING IN A SECOND. A SECOND EXAMPLE IS WE ARE ALSO TALKING ACTIVELY ABOUT CAN WE MAKE MITIGATION MORE PREDICTABLE SO THAT THERE'S A BUDGET AND AN ALLOCATION AND A SET OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE MITIGATION RESOURCES GO TO. SO INSTEAD OF SAYING WELL YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IT, MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BIG, MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE MEDIA, MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE SMALL, THERE'S A STANDARD FOR EACH KIND OF SCALE OF PROJECT SO PEOPLE CAN SAY THERE'S A DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT THAT I'M GOING TO ALLOCATE. IT'S GOING TO GO TO PARKS AND OPEN SPACE IS GOING TO GO TRANSPORTATION AND THERE'S A MUCH MORE CERTAINTY ABOUT HOW MITIGATION IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED. SO I THINK THAT'S ALL CHANGES TO ARTICLE 80. I DO THINK THE ZONING CHANGES ARE ALSO IMPORTANT BEING ABLE TO HAVE ZONING THAT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE KIND OF GROWTH WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY WHICH IS MUCH THE THINGS WE'VE SORT OF ZONED IN MANY CASES BELOW WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT EVEN LOOK LIKE TODAY WE REALLY WANT TO TRY TO CREATE MORE PREDICTABILITY THERE TOO AND I THINK THAT'S EXCITING PROSPECT APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION ON WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FORMALIZING THE MITIGATION MAYBE JUST A RUMOR BUT I'VE HEARD IS THERE ALSO A BOX THAT THE CITY COUNCILOR OR DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR OF WHEREVER THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS GETS TO DECIDE WHERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY WOULD GO AS WELL OR IS THAT ALL GOING TO BE SPOKEN FROM FOR AND IF IT'S NOT I'D LIKE TO START THAT RULEMAKING.  SO I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE HONESTLY I UNDERSTAND RIGHT FROM MY POINT OF VIEW OUR JOB IS TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DIRECT RESOURCES AND IF THERE'S NOW A CODE FOR THAT THAT TAKES THAT OUT OF OUR ARSENAL OF HOW WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE AS COUNCILORS . UNDERSTOOD. SO I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT RUMOR BUT BUT IN TERMS OF AS AN IDEA I MEAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT I THINK WHAT WHAT I WOULD HOPE WOULD HAPPEN I DO THINK THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF MOST COUNCILORS I HOPE HAS BEEN THAT THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF A VERY LOUD VOICE WITH THE AGENCY AND THE BOARD ABOUT YOU KNOW, ABOUT DIFFERENT MATTERS.  BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT ONCE IT SORT OF THERE'S A SET OF EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT AMOUNT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOCATED THAT I WOULD EXPECT THAT WHETHER IT'S INFORMALLY OR FORMALLY THAT YOU HAVE A ROLE IN IDENTIFYING WHERE THE RESOURCES GO.  I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WORKING A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS NOW. BUT I THINK BEING ABLE TO SAY TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, HEY, YOU'RE MAKING THESE KIND OF ALLOCATIONS OF THESE KIND OF CATEGORIES THESE ARE MY GOALS FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.  IT SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE RIGHT TO SAY I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SO OVERLY SCRIPTED THAT WE COULD NOT MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS WAY AS IN STREETS THE COMMUNITY PROCESS TIMELINE I KNOW A COUPLE ARE GOING ON NOW AND I KNOW THE NEXT ONE IS COMING TO DISTRICT GREENFIELDS CORNER. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT WE LOOK AT? DO WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LONG WE ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS?  BECAUSE I REMEMBER IF I BELIEVE THIS QUIRK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT BACK IN FEBRUARY WAS LIKE OH WE HAVE A SIX MONTH PROCESS AFTERWARDS BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACTUALLY SIX MONTHS OR SIX WEEKS AT THIS POINT. SO THE GOAL IS 6 TO 9 MONTHS, RIGHT? HAVING BEEN ACTIVE AS I SAID EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE ZONING THAT'S ALREADY WRITTEN SO YOU HAVE CLEAR YOU HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT COULD BE APPLIED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.  WE DO COMMUNITY VISIONING. WE HEAR ABOUT GOALS, WE'VE TALKED IT WE DO THAT COMBINED EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE AND THEN WE DELIVER A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE DON'T FEEDBACK BACK ON. AND SO THE CONCEPT IS TO BE ABLE TO DO A REZONING IN A TACTICAL AREA IN 6 TO 9 MONTHS RATHER THAN FOUR YEARS OR PLAN CHARLESTOWN OR BY INNINGS BOSTON AND THEY HAVE A MUCH LARGER SCOPE. SO THE 6 TO 9 MONTHS WHICH IS BEGINNING TO END RIGHT FROM THE START OF THE COMMITTEE PROCESS TO ENACTING IT IN ZONING SHOULD TAKE A MAX OF SIX EIGHT MONTHS. OKAY. NOT JUST THAT THE COMMUNITY PROCESS IS NOT THAT LONG.  THE ENTIRE PROCESS THE ENTIRE PROCESS THE ENTIRE PROCESS IS MOSTLY IN COMMUNITY.  THERE'S LOTS OF FEEDBACK DURING THAT ENTIRE PROCESS NOW UNDERSTOOD. AND IT'S A THANK YOU INTO THE BUDGET QUICKLY I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING I WAS LOOKING AT CURRENT CHARGES I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT UNDER THE FY 25 OPERATING BUDGET YOU HAVE HERE FROM ZERO THAT GOES UP TO 650,000.  WHAT IS CURRENT CHARGES? CURRENT CHARGES INCLUDES IT SERVICES AND THAT THAT'S PRIMARILY IN SUBSCRIPTIONS MEMBER FEES, DUES AND A SMALLER AMOUNT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS FOR STAFF. SO IN THE FY 24 WHAT IS THAT MONEY FOR BECAUSE THIS PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOESN'T EXIST SO WHAT IS ABOUT TO EXIST? SO THE FAA 24 IS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE COME TO THE CITY SO FAR IT'S IN THE GO AHEAD TO THAT. IT'S THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL IS THE FAA IS THE EXISTING ALLOCATION IN THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR SUBSTITUTE THEN STAFF IN THEIR BUDGET IT'S OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND THEN ALL MOVES OF FUTURE OF THE FAA 25 SO EVERYTHING THAT'S MOVING FROM THE CTA TO THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION NO. SO THEN I'M SORRY TO SAY SO THE 451 126 DOES MATCH UP WITH THE FY 24 APPROPRIATION UNDER PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL AS WELL. SO I JUST SAID ON THIS IN THE FIRST PAGE THAT THAT'S ALL PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL AND IN THAT CASE THEN WHAT IS THE NEED FOR THE $250,000 INCREASE TO THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL FROM LAST FY 2014 FOR 2014? I HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL.  IT'S A GREAT QUESTION UNLESS YOU KNOW TEN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS I THINK THEY'RE GOING FROM 4 TO 2. I THINK THEY HAVE A FELLOW I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT THOUGH I ONLY ASK BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD IT AS WELL AND I'M HEARING IT OUT THERE WHAT DOES THIS PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL DO AND IF WE'RE GIVING THEM $250,000 AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHY, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT ONLY EXACERBATES THAT QUESTION. RIGHT. HAVE SORT OF SAYING WE HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THIS COUNCIL PRODUCES YET AND YET WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM 250 MORE. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW PLEASE WHERE THE 250 COMES FROM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  I THINK THE OPERATING BUDGET WAS THE SAME. YEAH, THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS. THANK YOU.  I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL COUNCILOR FINANCE ANDERSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAS JOINED US.  OKAY I, I, I WASN'T I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT AGAIN I FEEL LIKE I MISSED YOU. COUNCIL DURKAN THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR AND THANK YOU CHIEF JAMIESON THANK YOU DEVIN AND TIM FOR BEING HERE AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRODUCTIVE STEWARDSHIP OF THE CONVERSATION. CHAIR WE'RE ALL I THINK WE'RE ALL STILL WRAPPING OUR HEADS AROUND WHAT A PLANNING CITY CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES IN BOSTON AND I WANTED TO FOCUS MY FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS ON ZONING UPDATES AND THE DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS. I ALSO WANTED TO ADD OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OUR ZONING ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT IS INCREDIBLY OUTDATED. I THINK PULLING THIS UP RIGHT NOW BUT THERE'S A CALL OUT IN THE BACK BAYS ZONING TO DOMESTIC SERVANTS FOR INSTANCE SO IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW INCREDIBLY OUTDATED AND MEAN IT WAS FOR 80 YEARS WE LOVE TO USE BUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS A QUOTE I MEAN JUST SHOWS YOU HOW INCREDIBLY OUTDATED OUR ZONING IS. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS THERE ARE A LOT OF ZONING TAX AMENDMENTS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE THE BPA AND HAVE COME BEFORE THE BPA IN LAST YEAR AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A LOT OF TIME TO START SAYING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SO BEAR WITH ME . BUT DOES HOW DOES THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT FOR INSTANCE FOR CITYWIDE CHILD CARE IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE AND AN INCREASE CHILD CARE? I KNOW THAT THERE'S A CANNABIS AMENDMENT COMING UP AROUND REMOVING THE BUFFER ZONE BUT MAINTAINING THE SCHOOL BUFFER ZONE WHICH I AM IN SUPPORT OF AND YOU'LL SEE ME AT YOUR MEETING THIS WEEK YOU AND I ALSO SPOKEN FOR IN SUPPORT OF THE CHILDCARE TAX AMENDMENT AND I ALSO SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE SQUARE IN THE STREETS INITIATIVE. SO I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN ADVOCATING FOR SOME OF THESE THE ZONING REFORM CHANGES.  I'M JUST CURIOUS THERE OBVIOUSLY ARE OPEN SPACE I WANT TO BRING UP THIS ONE AS WELL ARE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT WHICH ARE WE ARE OFTEN IN AFFORDABLE CASES ASKING FOR THOSE REQUIREMENTS TO BE WAIVED. I'M JUST CURIOUS SORT OF SORRY TO SAY THIS ALL YOU KNOW IN IN ONE BIG BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE AND I JUST OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE CHANGES AND I'M JUST CURIOUS SORT OF HOW THIS ALL FITS INTO THE OVERALL VISION FOR THE CITY. AND I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE WHO WORKS FOR THE BPA CURRENTLY WILL WORK FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT KATHLEEN OANA FOR JUST SUCH A GREAT JOB AND HAS BEEN A REAL RESOURCE FOR ME ON ZONING SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT OVERALL VISION FOR ZONING AND CHANGES AN HAPPY START SO AND I THINK COUNCILOR YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF MAKING THE CASE FOR ZONING REFORM AND I THINK IN THE WORLD WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THIS AND SARAH BRUNNER WROTE HER REPORT ON HOW BOSTON'S ZONING CODE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX AND ULTIMATELY OUT OF DATE MOST DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE AND LEAST ENFORCED ZONING CODES IN AMERICA. AND WE'RE SETTING UP A PROCESS TO BE MORE PREDICTABLE IN THE WAY THAT WE ADMINISTER THIS ONLY TO MAKE IT EASIER TO NAVIGATE. BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PROPOSING DEVELOPMENT AND FOR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND IN PROVIDING FEEDBACK. SO THE COUPLE OF EXAMPLES YOU LISTED ARE GREAT EXAMPLES AND PROVIDING MUCH MORE FLAHERTY AND PREDICTABILITY AROUND WHERE CHILDCARE CONTRIBUTION IS REQUIRED. WHAT THAT DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT IS PROVIDES A VERY CLEAR EXPECTATION. IT'S NOT A NEGOTIATED ITEM,  IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IN BOSTON AND I FORGOT TO MENTION I ALSO TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AMENDMENT WHICH YOU KNOW ALLOWED FOR WAIVERS.  I KNOW NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, OR WEIGHED IN ON THOSE CHANGES. BUT I DO THINK THEY'RE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR CITY THAT WE BE ABLE TO TO SORT OF CONSIDER SOME OF THESE CHANGES.  BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M MORE ASKING NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU IS JUST MORE FOR LIKE THE OVERALL VISION FOR LIKE HOW HOW YOU'RE APPROACHING THESE CHANGES WHEN WE WHEN WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO AND I APPRECIATE SQUARES AND STREETS UNLOCKING SOME OF THAT BUT BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF MINUTIA HERE. YEAH ABSOLUTELY.  I MIGHT JUST OFFER A OVERALL STATEMENT THAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SORT OF CONSUME SOMETHING THIS LARGE ALL AT ONCE AND SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SAY WHAT WHAT'S THE MOST URGENT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW? IT'S IT'S HOUSING. IT'S CLOSE TO TRANSPORTATION.  AND SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NOT JUST FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS BUT SQUARES AND STREETS IS REALLY AN EFFORT TO SAY IN THE PLACES THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ABSORB MORE GROWTH AND IN THE PLACES THAT HAVE MAYBE POTENTIAL TO HAVE MORE HOUSING THAT'S CLOSE TO THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT MAKE LIVING IN BOSTON GREAT. BUT LET'S CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR GROWTH THERE AND THEN YOU ALSO SEEING US DO SORT OF SMALLER THINGS AROUND THE EDGES BUT BUT FOCUSING ON THE CORE ISSUE WHICH IS MAKING OUR SQUARES AND STREETS LIVABLE GREAT PLACES TO GREAT PLACES TO BE. I ALSO THINK YOU CAN ANTICIPATE MORE MORE OF A PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO THE REMAINDER OF THE ZONING REFORMS THAT WE NEED TO UNDERTAKE. BUT I THINK WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE AS A WAY TO GET TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH IN OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS FIRST BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A WAY OF GETTING THAT GROWTH TO HAPPEN. IT USES OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING IMPORTANT THE CHILD CARE ITEM YOU ASKED ABOUT YOU KNOW CHILD CARE IS CONDITIONAL WAS CONDITIONAL IN SOME PARTS OF THE DISTRICT AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE IT SO IT'S NOT IT'S ALLOWED EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT IT'S AN IMPORTANT LAND USE FOR FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CITIZENS.  I MEAN I THINK YOU ALSO NOTED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS OTHER PLACES THAT ZONING IS ACTUALLY CRUCIAL TO OUR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT OTHER THINGS. SO ADP ADP IS HISTORICALLY BEEN LIKE A POLICY AND NOW IT'S ZONING AND SO SO SO NOW WITH ZONING AND YOU KNOW WE'RE USING THE CODE TO DO WHAT TO DELIVER A WHAT ARE THE OTHER IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT THAT WE THINK BOSTONIANS ARE DEMANDING TO KNOW? I MEAN THE ONLY THING I'D ADD TO THAT IS THE BOSTON ZONING CODE WASN'T WRITTEN OVERNIGHT. IT'S RUNNING IT'S NOT BE AN OVERNIGHT PROCESS TO SET US ON THE RIGHT COURSE. BUT AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED IN AMY'S TEAM AND KATHLEEN ARE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD EVERY DAY IS TO SET US ON A PATH TOWARD A MUCH MORE CONSISTENT THE APPLIED AND APPLICABLE ZONING CODE AND OFFER MAYBE THAT A METRIC OF SUCCESS BEING ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL CASES AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL CASES ARE SOMEONE COMING BEFORE A JUDICIAL QUASI JUDICIAL BODY ASKING FOR AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. THERE'S A HUGE NUMBER OF CPA CASES BEING PROCESSED ON A ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I THINK ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE PREDICTABLE BY SENDING MUCH LESS CASES TO CBA SO THE WHOLE THIS WHOLE THIS TO THAT AS A METRIC OF SUCCESS AND NOW I WANT TO MOVE TO OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL. JOHN WILDER SUCH A GREAT JOB. HE'S A LIFE ALSO A LIFELONG BEACON HILL RESIDENT SO HONORED TO CALL HIM A CONSTITUENT.  I DO THINK WE COULD BE A LOT MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH OFFICE RESIDENTIAL IF WE DID MAKE HOUSING OR RESIDENTIAL USE AND ALLOWED USE IN A LOT OF OUR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING THE BOSTON TRIANGLE WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE ADVOCATED FOR.  SO JUST ADDING THAT TO THE LIST OF POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER TO SEE SUCCESS IN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT THAT WE THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AND THAT PEOPLE THINK ARE A GOOD IDEA AND COUNCIL WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH SEVERAL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN BOTH THE TRIANGLE AND YOU WERE THERE WHO ARE EXPRESSING EXACTLY THE SAME THING AND TO TIE IT BACK TO YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT ZONING REFORM, I MEAN WE EMPHATICALLY AGREE THAT THAT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR HOUSING TO BE SEPARATE AND NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S NOT TODAY. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HAVING THE TIME AND CAPACITY TO DO A THOUGHTFUL PLANNING STUDY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO LAUNCH ON TOMORROW. BUT WE'D LOVE TO DO IN THE RELATIVELY NEAR FUTURE. OKAY. AND THEN I'VE ASKED EVERYONE THIS QUESTION SO I'LL HAVE TO ASK IT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL.  WHAT IS YOU KNOW, I KNOW CURRENTLY LANDMARKS ARE SITTING UNDERNEATH OPEN SPACE AND ENVIRONMENT.  I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHERE IT SHOULD LIVE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE BEEN PARTY TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT JUST CURIOUS AS WE MOVE INTO, YOU KNOW, A NEW THE OBVIOUSLY HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS SO IMPORTANT TO MY DISTRICT REPRESENTING BACK BAY AND BEACON HILL BUT ALSO REPRESENTING THE BOSTON TRIANGLE ALSO REPRESENTING A LOT OF GREAT BUILDINGS IN MISSION HILL AND IN THE MISSION HILL TRIANGLE ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION AND THEN THE FENWAY AND I IF I DON'T SHOUT THEM ALL OUT THE BAY STATE ROAD YOU KNOW SO YEAH PEOPLE WILL NOTICE THAT I DIDN'T SHUT THEM ALL OUT BUT I THINK JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE A TAKE OR IF THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT . SO CURRENTLY LANDMARKS IS IN THE ENVIRONMENT ALL SORT OF SUBCABINET AND SO WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE NEW LEADER OF THAT IN CHIEF OF THAT AREA AND SO RIGHT NOW THE STATUS THAT'S INTENDED IS FOR IT TO REMAIN WHERE IT IS AND SO BUT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THEIR WORK. WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND WERE WATCHING AND PARTICIPATING IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. SO I THINK THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE INCOMING CHIEF OF CLIMATE BRIAN SWEAT HAVE GOT NOTIONS OF HOW TO HOW TO I DON'T KNOW SETTLE THINGS DOWN THERE SO THAT THINGS CONTINUE TO GO WHERE WE NEED THEM TO AND AND JUST ANYTHING I'D ADD TO ARTHUR JUST SAID IS IT JUST IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY ON THE RECORD THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS AN AREA WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE AS A CITY AND AS AS A PLANNING TEAM AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WHATEVER SORT OF WHERE THAT ENDS UP REPORTING IS IS LESS RELEVANT THAN OUR WORK TOGETHER AS WE BECOME THE CITY DEPARTMENT TO ENHANCE OUR COMMITMENT TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND AND AGAIN IT GOES BACK TO A COMMITMENT AROUND PREDICTABILITY. IT SHOULDN'T BE AN INVITE AN ARGUMENT OVER WHAT HISTORIC ASSETS SHOULD BE PRESERVED. THERE SHOULD BE A CLEAR PLAN AND A PROCESS FOR THAT AND WE CAN GET A LOT BETTER AT THAT AND WE ARE TO THAT. ON THAT NOTE WE ARE DOING HISTORIC SURVEYS IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND IN OUR OUR SQUARES AND STREETS DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE AND IDENTIFY THOSE PLACES AND SORRY I KNOW I'M OVER TIME I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE FORMALLY ADVOCATED FOR MORE MONEY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION BUT NOW I KNOW IT WON'T BE GOING TO THIS CABINET SO NOT RELEVANT TO THIS CONVERSATION BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND EXCUSE ME I HAVE TO STEP OUT TO GO TO AN EVENT IN THE FENWAY BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AS WELL. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DEREK AND COUNCILOR COLETTA THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU.  I APOLOGIZE THAT HAD TO RUN OUT BUT I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN AND JUST THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK INTEGRATING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT INTO THE CITY HAS DONE PLAYING AS BOSTON HAS DONE PLAYING CHARLESTOWN HAS DONE SO NO QUESTIONS. I'M JUST GETTING AN A IN A PERFECT WORLD THAT WOULD BE THE CASE BUT JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE IN THE PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO SO APPRECIATE THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT SQUARES AND STREETS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IMAGINE A ZONE OF JUST YOUR SQUARES AND STREETS BUT YOUR RESIDENTIAL YOUR INDUSTRIAL,  YOUR COMMERCIAL SPACES LIKE THAT IS WHAT EAST BOSTON IN CHARLESTOWN HAS GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST 4 TO 5 YEARS. AND SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS CODIFIED THESE NEW RULES THAT WE BUILT TOGETHER. AND THEN ALSO JUST TODAY THE ZBA UPHOLDING THAT ZONING. SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT.  MY FIRST QUESTION WE'LL START WITH THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL . I BROUGHT IT UP IN MULTIPLE HEARINGS BEFORE THIS BUT WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?  HOW IS THEIR WORK INFLUENCING THIS FISCAL YEARS OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET? HOW WOULD THEY IMPACT FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN OUR CITY AND ARE THERE DELIVERABLES THAT THEY'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO PRODUCE AND IF SO ON WHAT TIMELINE WE'LL START THERE NEXT.  SO I THINK I THINK WE'RE OVER THE SIX MONTH MARK NOW FOR PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL . I THINK THEY WERE NEVER REALLY GOT STARTED. THEY HAD THEIR FIRST MEETINGS LAST SUMMER FALL SO WHAT THE PLANNING COUNCIL IS AND MAYBE ANSWER SOME COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S QUESTIONS FROM EARLIER AND IT'S MORE OF AN INTERNAL COORDINATING BODY WE HAVE A SORT OF PRECURSOR TO OUR MOVE TO THE CITY IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT PLANNING IS ACROSS THE DISCIPLINARY FUNCTION THAT EXISTS IN MANY CABINETS IN THE CITY BOSTON UNDER MANY DIFFERENT LEADERS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALL WORKING IN COORDINATION TOWARD A SET OF COMMON GOALS AND ESTABLISHING THOSE GOALS, ESTABLISHING THAT THAT THAT CONVENING IS WHAT THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS HELPED US DO. I A COUPLE OF THEIR DELIVERABLES ARTHUR MENTIONED ONE THAT I WAS FOR DISPLAY AT AH ONE OF THE MAYOR'S RECENT COFFEE HOURS IN MATTAPAN WE COMPLETED PLANNING FOR PLAN MATTAPAN ALMOST A YEAR AGO AND GOT INTO ZONING PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL WAS TRACKING ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE PLANNING OBJECTIVES AND HAS CREATED A NICE PUBLICLY FIT PUBLIC FACING STORY MAP THAT THAT TELLS THAT STORY AND SEEKS FEEDBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS. ANOTHER THING THAT THEY'VE BEEN DIGGING INTO AND ONE OF MY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY'VE ASKED FOR THIS INCREASE IN THIS BUDGET IS TO DIG MORE THOROUGHLY INTO THE TOPIC OF PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE CITY AND LOOKING AT THAT'S A VERY CROSS DEPARTMENTAL TOPIC. YOU KNOW THIS DISPLACEMENT IS A IS AN ARTS AND CULTURAL ISSUE. IT'S A HOUSING ISSUE IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS ISSUE THIS COUNCILOR PEPEN MENTIONED SORT OF DIGGING INTO DOING RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES IN THE FIELD,  COMING BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, GATHERING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ALL THE CABINETS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND BRINGING THOSE FORWARD TO BOTH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S PLANNING WORK BUT ALSO THE IMPLEMENTATION OTHER CABINETS AS WELL. IS CATHERINE'S POSITION IS THAT FUNDED THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR IS THAT THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? I AM WE SHOULD CONFIRM THIS BUT I BELIEVE IN THE 24 BUDGET IT WAS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE EFFORT TO KNOW ACTUALLY SORRY THAT'S NOT TRUE IN THAT WAY 24 BUDGET IT WAS IN THE PLANNING CABINET BUT IT WAS THE ONLY ITEM IN THE PLANNING CABINET AND THEN I WILL BE CONTINUE TO BE IN THE PLANNING OKAY IS HER TEAM GOING TO GROW YEAH YES HOW MUCH TO POSITIONS I THINK.  ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. SAME QUESTION FOR THE COASTAL RESILIENCE TASK FORCE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? DO THEY HAVE DELIVERABLES? AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS REALLY ANSWERED THE LAST TIME LIKE ARE THEY GOING TO PRODUCE A REPORT THAT WE CAN THEN REVIEW?  SO ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE I DO BELIEVE WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE THEM POTENTIALLY IN FOR BOTH THAT THAT AND THE COASTAL RESILIENCE. OKAY. SO ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PSC WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON IT FOR THE COASTAL RESILIENCE TEAM. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A REPORT PLANNED BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PRODUCE ONE. I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT WORK DONE BY THAT GROUP. HAVE YOU JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND IF YOU HAD DO YOU FEEL IT WOULD BE WHAT THE GROUP DOES WELL ENOUGH YET OVER TO ME YES BUT IF YOU LOOK DO THAT HERE SO OBVIOUS OKAY SO 2030 IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING AND THERE ARE PLACES IN THE CITY THAT ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE LEVEL OF POTENTIAL FLOODING THAT WOULD EXIST AT THAT TIME PLACES LIKE TINIAN BEACH AND DORCHESTER, PLACES LIKE BORDER STREET IN EAST BOSTON.  WE'VE GOT WE HAVE THE PLANS. WE HAVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT THAT THAT NEED CAPITAL SO WHERE WE OWN THE LAND WE'RE WE'RE TAKING STEPS LIKE IN THE NAVY YARD AND WHAT WE DON'T WE ARE PARTNERING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO CREATE THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO INSTALL THE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE TO PROTECT THOSE PARTS OF THE CITY. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TAKEN A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT IS A COMBINATION OF PEOPLE AT THE PPD AS WELL AS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE IN THE ENVIRONMENT TO ADVANCE THE PLANS THAT ATTRACT THOSE THAT THOSE CAPITAL DOLLARS. I THINK THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILOR , IS THAT WE DON'T I THINK AT THIS TIME HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT PLAN FOR THAT GROUP. I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY COMMIT TO PRODUCING ONE AT CLIMATE READY. BOSTON HAS SOME REPORTS ONLINE AND I'VE SEEN GREAT REPORTS FROM THE TEAM ON A BI WEEKLY WITH THEM WHERE THEY TALK HERE ARE ALL THE HERE ARE HERE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY 2030 AND THE STATUS OF EACH TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT IS NOT PUBLIC AVAILABLE IS SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO WORK TO MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND CAN CONTINUE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. COULD I ALSO SAY ONE VERY SPECIFIC THING TO YOU COUNCILOR COLETTA THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE. I MEAN BEYOND THE WORK YOU DID ON THE PLANS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING SUCH A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON THE ORDINANCE WITH SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS AN APPROPRIATE DIALOG AND EVENTUALLY A CONSENSUS WAS BUILT.  THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CHIEF, YOUR YOUR CALL OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT IS LEADING ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION. SO THE MAYOR RECENTLY ANNOUNCED BRIAN SWEAT AS THE CHIEF CLIMATE OFFICER WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER POSITION THAT I HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS JUST GIVEN THE GIVEN THE CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION THAT'S NECESSARY BOTH WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR HIS LEADERSHIP BUT THAT HIS ROLE IS KIND OF REIMAGINED. I THINK HOW HOW WILL THE PARTNERSHIP BE DIFFERENT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS IS A NEW DEPARTMENT AND HE'S NOT JUST THE CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE HE'S THE CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD TO CONTINUE OR NOT CONTINUE GIVEN HIS APPOINTMENT AND SO SHARING YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT FOR BRIAN JOIN THE TEAM CHIEF. SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIM AND THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION IS A GREAT CHAMPION FOR ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND OPEN SPACE ISSUES.  I THINK HE'S BEEN EXCEPTIONAL IN A TO IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON TOGETHER THINGS LIKE NET ZERO CARBON ZONING HE'S HIS HIM AND HIS TEAM BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE TO THAT.  IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A CROSS CABINET ISSUE WHERE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY THROUGH ZONING TO ESTABLISH ZERO NET CARBON EMISSION AND EMISSIONS.  BUT SOME OF THE MUCH MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THAT IN TERMS OF EMBEDDED FOSSIL FUEL NOW EMBEDDED CARBON ANALYSIS AND CARBON OFFSET PAYMENTS I MEAN THOSE ARE REALLY NICHE AND IMPORTANT ENERGY POLICY ISSUES THAT I KNOW BRIAN AND STEVE KNOW A LOT ABOUT. SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP AND TRAVIS ANDERSON OUR TEAM ALSO IT'S QUITE A BIT ABOUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION DOES KIND OF THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AND I HAVE I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MY TIMING IS BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE CONTRACTED SERVICES LINE ITEM. I GOT A LITTLE IMPATIENT WITH THE ROLL OUT OF ARTICLE 80 AND WHAT THE WORK WAS BEING DONE LAST YEAR SO I FILED A HEARING ORDER IN JANUARY AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER THERE WAS A MORE PUBLIC FACING COMMUNICATION STRATEGY ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT BUT WONDERING ABOUT CONTRACTED SERVICES AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON MATTERS LIKE SQUARES AND STREETS AND ARTICLE 80 AND I APOLOGIZE THAT THIS QUESTION WAS ALREADY ASKED WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES LINE, THE EXISTING ARTICLE 80 CONTRACTS OF WHICH THERE ARE TWO WILL REMAIN ON THE BPA SIDE UNTIL THEY ARE FULLY SPENT DOWN THAT THERE IS A BUDGET FOR A CONTINUATION OF ARTICLE 80 THROUGH A PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S KIND OF PLAYED IN THIS BUDGET. AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES LINE IS ALSO WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADVERTISING AND TRANSLATION SERVICES EXPENSES.  OKAY. SO IT'S GOING TO REMAIN IN THE BEDSIDE FOR ARTICLE 80 SPECIFICALLY UNTIL IT GETS BOUGHT DOWN AND THEN THERE'S A NEW LINE ITEM FOR ADVERTISEMENT AND MARKETING THAT THAT THAT'S JUST REFLECTING THE TRANSFER TRANSITION OF THOSE EXPENSES TO THE CITY THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DIVISION ALSO HAS WITHIN THEIR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES SUFFICIENT FUNDING. THEY'RE CONTEMPLATING THE ADDITIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ARTICLE 80. OKAY. IT'S A IT'S A THIS IS A BIT OF A TRANSITION YEAR FOR US BEING OUR FIRST YEAR AS A CITY DEPARTMENT. SO THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PROCURED THAT HAVE CONTRACTS SPEND INTO FY 25 WE'RE NOT GOING TO RE PROCURE THEM TO BECOME CITY CONTRACTS, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THOSE CONTRACTS DOWN. BUT ANY NEW CONTRACT WHILE WE'RE GOING TO THAT WILL BE PROCURING AN AFTER 25 WE WILL PROCURE ON THE CITY SIDE FOR PLANNING AND ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU AND THAT'S MY TIME THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRAYTON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS JUST THINKING ABOUT COMPLIANCE MONITORING. I KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE TALK A WHOLE LOT ABOUT BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE'VE SORT OF UNCOVERED SOME THINGS IN THE CLOSET WHEN I THINK IT'S FROM YOUR CLEAR NOT CLEAR NOTES, SOME COVER AND SO FORTH AND WE'RE DISCOVERING MONEY AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WERE NOT DISPERSED IN A TIMELY WAY. I KNOW THERE WAS AN AUDIT WAY BACK OR A REPORT ON 2014 ABOUT AGREED UPON PROCEDURES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNAL POLICIES, PROCEDURES, PROTOCOL . YOU KNOW, WE'VE A HUGE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE MONITORING AND THERE'S A HUGE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS ATTACHED TO THOSE. AND I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE I SEE YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN YOUR IN YOUR LIFE AT YOUR PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED FOR COMPLIANCE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THAT THERE WAS AN IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCY TEN YEARS AGO AND HAVE YOU IMPROVED THAT IN THE MEANTIME?  BUT AND HOW IS THIS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD LIKE I THINK HAVING REALLY GOOD COMPLIANCE MONITORING ARE INCLUSION OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY PAYMENTS ,RELEASE EQUITY PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS AND THEN ALSO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND HAVING A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF EXPIRING USE AND THE SUNSETTING OF ADP UNITS AND ALSO EVEN JUST ENSURING THAT IBP UNITS THAT ARE AND OCCUPIED INITIALLY THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE OCCUPIED AND THAT THE TURNOVER KEEPS MOVING AND THAT THEY'RE NOT SITTING VACANT.  I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT FOR STARTERS. THANK YOU. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND IT REALLY ULTIMATELY IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE PROTECT THE TRUST THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS PLACE IN US TO ENFORCE THESE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE STRUCK WITH COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY EASIEST TO DESCRIBE OUR COMPLIANCE OPERATION TWO CATEGORIES HOUSING COMPLIANCE AND THEN THEN THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT HOUSING AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS. HOUSING COMPLIANCE FUNCTION IS ACTUALLY LEAVING THE PLANNING CABINET AND IN THIS BUDGET WILL BE FULLY REFLECTED IN THE HOUSING CAPTAIN AND SO THE STAFF OF THE BPA THAT IT PERFORMED ARE OUR HOUSING COMPLIANCE FUNCTION FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE TRANSITIONED INTO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AT THE END OF THE FALL. THEY'RE STILL BPA EMPLOYEES BUT AS THEY BECOME CITY COMPLIANCE IS THAT ON JULY 1ST THE MOVE TO BEING A MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING SUPERVISOR THE THE TEAM PERFORMING THE COMPLIANCE FOR HOUSING AND THE TEAM DOING THAT IN COMPLIANCE WITH INCLUSIONARY ZONING IS APPROPRIATELY THE HOUSING LEADERS FOR THAT CITY OF BOSTON . SO I'VE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH SHEILA AND BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS THERE BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLARIFYING WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING THAT BACK COMPLIANCE FUNCTION WHERE IT BELONGS AND THEY ALSO AWARD ALL THE FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ON THE NON HOUSING.  I THINK THERE'S THERE'S TWO PIECES TO THAT THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. ENSURING THAT WE COLLECT THE FUNDS IN A TIMELY THE BILLS ARE PAID AND THEN THAT THEY ARE QUICKLY PUT BACK OUT POOR COMMUNITIES AND A LOT OF THOSE SORT OF 2014 2015 REPORTS HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH LIKE WHERE ARE YOU GOING? ARE YOU EVEN SENDING THE BILLS? THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE AND I CREDIT TERESA EPONYMOUS AND ERIN HALLQUIST ON HER TEAM. YOU HAVE TO SPEND ENORMOUS TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS. ENSURING THAT THOSE BILLS AND COLLECTIONS ARE MADE WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE CONTRACTUALLY REQUIRED. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN TO TO YOUR POINT AND IT DOESN'T DO ANYONE ANY GOOD IF THOSE MONEY IS ARE SITTING IN A BPA BANK ACCOUNT. WHAT MATTERS IS DELIVERING FOR A COMMUNITY. SO TO AARON THERE'S THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS THE MONEY IS DELIVERED IN SOME IN SOME WAYS IT'S INTENDED TO GO DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITIES FACING NONPROFITS. AARON AND HIS TEAM RUN A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESSES FOR THOSE AND IN OTHER CASES IT IS ACTUALLY IN CONTEMPLATED ABUSE THAT HE COULD CONSTRUCTION AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ETC. SO OUR ROLE IS TO HAVE CREATED MLA WITH THE RECEIVING DEPARTMENT AND GET THAT MONEY OVER TO THAT DEPARTMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO PERFORM THE CONSTRUCTION AND WE'VE MADE MAKING STEADY MONTH BY MONTH PROGRESS BRINGING THAT THEN WE'D LOVE TO HAVE NO IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT SO THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THAT AND WE HAVE A HAPPY SURPRISE AND A LOT OF MONEY TURNS UP ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH THIS COME FROM.  THAT'S THE ONE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW WITH THESE COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS THAT IS IT SEEMS THAT YOU KNOW, WE MAKE A A A COMMUNITY AGREEMENT OR A COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH A DEVELOPER AND THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH BTD AND THEY'RE GOING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC REALM AND THEY'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE STREETS AND THEN THEY GO AWAY AND FORGET ABOUT DOING THEIR PROJECT FOR TEN YEARS AND WE ARE SITTING,  WAITING, WAITING, WAITING FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS TO HAPPEN THAT WE'RE ATTACHED TO THIS COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM A DEVELOPER THAT'S NOT MOVING AHEAD WITH THE PROJECT AND IT MEANS THAT WE'RE STUCK IN THIS SORT OF LIMBO AND I THINK IN BRIGHTON IN PARTICULAR WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS LIKE THAT AND WE HAVE PROJECTS AS WELL THAT WERE THE DEVELOPER COMES ALONG AND SAYS WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY IMPROVE THE LOOK OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE ALL THESE THESE BUILDINGS ARE UNDERUTILIZED AND THEY'RE A BLIGHT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FRANKLY THEY'RE STILL LAND VACANT AND THEY'RE JUST LOOKING LIKE BAD.  SO YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HOLD OFF? HOW DO WE KEEP THIS MOVING LIKE IT'S REALLY NOT ACCEPTABLE.  SO COUNCILOR , YOU YOU'VE BEEN VERY PERSISTENT ABOUT THIS QUESTION. I APPRECIATE IT SO I THINK LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT I THE I WAS SORT OF TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS IN ARTICLE 80 REFORM WHAT WE ARE BUT BUT IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT WE'VE ALSO BECOME CLEAR TO US THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POLICY ALREADY IN THE ON THE BOOKS THAT SAYS AFTER A DEVELOPER HASN'T PURSUED WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR FOR OVER THREE YEARS WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SORT OF WE HAVE SOME NEW LEVERAGE WITH THEM TO WHAT I'D LOVE TO DO MAYBE SEPARATE FROM THIS BECAUSE THIS IS MORE OF A POLICY QUESTION IS TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE PROJECTS WHERE YOU HAVE THAT CONCERN AND START IDENTIFYING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND USING THE LEVERAGE WE HAVE. BUT MORE BROADLY I THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS THIS IS IT'S BEEN A BIG CHALLENGE ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOOD.  WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPROVED PROJECTS THAT DON'T WHERE YOU HAVE IMPROVEMENT THAT HAVEN'T TAKEN PLACE. I THINK WE'RE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT THIS IN THE CLIMATE OF SORRY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CLIMATE IMPROVEMENTS WHERE THERE HAVE TO BE SOME TIMEFRAME WHERE THERE ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE BECAUSE EVEN IF THE DEVELOPMENT HASN'T GONE FORWARD AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO START WORKING ON THAT FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T JUST CLIMATE RELATED BECAUSE I, I VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.  PEOPLE WILL AGREE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS BUT THEY'RE PROJECT TO STALLED AND DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR YEARS WE KNOW TIME THAT CROSSWALK STILL HAS TO BE PAINTED AND OTHER THINGS HAVEN'T TAKEN PLACE SO I'M WITH YOU AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS IS THE FLIPPED THE PROJECT AND THEY'RE OFF INTO THE MOONLIGHT AND THE NEXT PERSON WHO BOUGHT THE PROJECT IS NOT NOT IN ANY HURRY TO DO ANYTHING. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS JUST LOOKING AT YOUR GAS AND YOUR DEMOGRAPHER AND YOUR RESEARCH AND THINKING ABOUT ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF THE BPA PRODUCED AND IN THE MENINO ADMINISTRATION INCREDIBLE VOLUME OF INCREDIBLE REPORTS THAT WERE VERY DETAILED AND GIVE US A GOOD INSIGHT INTO THE CITY AND WHO WAS HERE. AND SO SO I REALLY FEEL THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS ALL THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS IN HELPING WITH THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT CAPITAL INVESTMENT, ETC. SO HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT ALL FIT TOGETHER LIKE YOU'VE GOT I THINK YOU'VE GOT ONE GAS SOURCE, ONE PERSON, ONE PERSON, FOUR GUYS. I THINK WE HAVE TO MIGHT KNOW FOR SURE BUT I THINK YEAH, IT'S NOT A BIGGIE BUT I'M JUST THINKING THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF A PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN A CITY.  IN A CITY YOU'VE GOT ONE DEVELOPER APPS GAS ESCROW APPS DEVELOPER AND THEN YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DEMOGRAPHER COMING OVER WITH YOU AND THEN YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE COMPLIANCE ISSUE YOU'VE GOT TWO SPECIALISTS TO DO THAT. LIKE I'M JUST THINKING THERE'S SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ARE WE HAVE A ROBUST ENOUGH LIKE I'VE HARPED ON THIS BEFORE RIGHT DID SO I THINK ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO DRAW A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RESEARCH TEAM AND AS YOU ASKED HIM, THE RESEARCH TEAM WE AGREE WITH YOU THERE AND ALVARO HAS A VERY TALENTED TEAM OF HIGHLY TRAINED DEMOGRAPHERS AND ECONOMISTS WHO ARE IN FACT A RESOURCE TO ALL DEPARTMENTS.  THEY HAPPEN TO BE HOUSED IN THE PLANNING CABINET BUT THEY DO RESEARCH REPORTS ACROSS ALL OF CITY GOVERNMENT ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE GAS TEAM THE CITY ALSO HAS IT DO IT ALSO HAS AS YOU ASKED HIM ONE OF THE I THINK DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SHE ASKED HIM AND THE CITY CENTRAL HE ASKED HIM IS THAT PLENTY OF TIME AND SHE ASKED HIM THAT VERY FOCUSED ON PLANNING DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS BECAUSE SO MUCH OF OUR WORK ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS IS MAPPING AND GEOGRAPHIC BASE. SO THEY'RE DOING AN ANALYSIS FOR OUR PLANNERS, FOR OUR RESEARCHERS AND FOR OUR AND PRODUCING MAPS FOR DISCUSSION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THERE'S A REALLY IMPORTANT REASON WHY WE HAVE THIS IN-HOUSE CASE FUNCTION AND HAPPY TO MAKE OF COURSE ALL AND HER TEAM DO INCREDIBLE WORK AND ARE OFTEN CALLED INTO AND SUPPORT OTHER REQUESTS WHEN AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO DO IT BUT THEIR PRIMARY ROLE IS TO BE A SERVICE TO THE PLANNING FUNCTION BECAUSE MEAN DO IT FOR TIME. THAT WAS YOUR TIME. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE QUESTION. OH, THANK YOU IF TO KIND OF WAS ONE OF THE QUESTION NOW I'VE GOT MORE TIME IN MY BRAINSTORMED COASTAL RESILIENCE I KNOW THAT'S A REALLY BIG PRIORITY LIKE RISING SEA LEVELS ARE A REAL THING OUR WAY WHERE WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT INTERNAL INLAND FLOODING AND WE'RE ON THE CHARLES CHARLES RIVER FLOODPLAIN WHEN WE HAVE A WHEN WE HAVE A STORM THAT DROPS TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A COUPLE OF HOURS, IT REALLY WE'RE IN TROUBLE. BUT THAT'S THAT'S NOT EVEN THAT'S JUST A SMALL STORM LIKE IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HANGS OVER US AND DROPS TEN OR 15 INCHES AND IN IN 24 HOURS WE'RE REALLY IN DEEP TROUBLE AND I THERE ARE NO ARE THERE ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LAKE RESILIENCE NOT ONLY THE COASTAL LEVEL BUT FURTHER UPSTREAM LIKE YEAH AND WITH ALSO OUR UPSTREAM NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES AND OUT AND ABSOLUTELY I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR OUR PLANNERS WHO WORK IN THIS SPACE BRING UP ALL THE TIME THAT WE CAN DO THAT WHILE WE IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN IN THE AMBITIOUS TASK OF BUILDING COASTAL FLOOD RESILIENT MEASURES THAT DOESN'T PREVENT INLAND FLOODING OR STORM DRIVEN FLOODING. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES THAT ARE ADDRESSING THAT AS WELL AND THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO BOSTON WATER AND SEWER IN DOING THAT WORK. I THINK THE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CREATED THIS COASTAL FUNCTION SPECIFICALLY IS THERE'S A LARGE CONSTRUCTION COMPONENT TO THAT THAT IS PUBLIC SECTOR CONSTRUCTION THAT TIES IN TO THAT AND BPAS REAL ESTATE TOOLS AND FUNCTIONS SO KNOWING THAT THERE'S A THERE'S A A NEED TO SEEK FUNDING AND PERFORM PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION AND DO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND SPECIFICALLY THE COASTAL FUNCTION WE CREATE A TEAM THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THAT. BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN HIGHLIGHTING THAT THAT IS NOT THE FULL SCOPE OF RESILIENT EFFORT WHEN THE TWO THINGS INTERSECT IS AT THE DAM THEY'RE ON THEIR CHANNELS AND THEY'RE GOING INTO THE HARBOR LIKE AND THE AND THEN THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES WATER TUNNEL BECAUSE WE USED TO BE COASTAL WE USED TO BE TYING THE WHOLE WAY UP TO WATER TIME. SO THE THE DAM IS JUST THIS IS THE NEED FOR IS IT HIGH ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND CHALLENGES YOU KNOW THAT THOSE ARE ALL AND THOSE ARE THOSE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS QUESTIONS THOSE QUESTIONS. YES. AND CHRIS OSGOOD AND KATIE MILLER AND OTHERS I THINK ARE PROBABLY THE BEST PEOPLE TO ATTRACT THOSE QUESTIONS TO AS SOMEONE WHO WALKS ACROSS THAT DAM ON MY COMMUTE HOME ON A REGULAR BASIS, I OFTEN THINK OF THE SAME THING. I DON'T I KNOW THAT THERE IS A FLOOD PATH THAT INCLUDES THE DAM AND AT A CERTAIN POINT IT MAY BE 2070. THERE WILL NEED BE WORK DONE TO IMPROVE THE RESILIENCE OF THE DAM ITSELF BUT THE PRECISE STATUS OF THAT WORK I WOULD DEFER TO SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND I MY APOLOGIES.  I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ASKING SOME REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.  MY OFFICE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU, DEVON ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR HOW ACCESSIBLE YOU ARE AND HOW READY YOU ARE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS LIKE YOU KNOW,  OFTENTIMES WE'RE BROUGHT IN WHEN THERE'S BEEN ALREADY LAYERS OF DEVELOPMENT OR IN THINGS HAVE ALREADY YOU KNOW AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS REALLY ARE PROCEDURAL LIKE WHAT THE PROCEDURAL POSTURE IS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HOW ACCESSIBLE YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR OFFICE. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING BOTH PLAYING OUT OF PEN BUT ALSO AS WE'RE DOING THIS TRANSITION I WAS AT THE SOUTH END COFFEE HOUR YESTERDAY AND WAS APPROACHED BY A RESIDENT DR. SEAGO WHO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE ARTICLE 80 PROCESS RIGHT AND THAT WE ARE FINDING WAYS TO BRING IN COMMUNITY EVEN EARLIER NOT TO BE A BARRIER BUT TO HELP AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE REALLY DEVELOP THESE IDEAS ALONGSIDE DEVELOPERS ALONGSIDE THE CITY.  SO JUST WANTED TO I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD BRING IT UP AND SO I'M BRINGING IT UP BUT WOULD LOVE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO RESPOND TO THAT ABOUT HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BRINGING COMMUNITY IN REALLY AS ALLIES AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE ARTICLE PROCESS TO REALLY HELP BUILD THE VISION THAT WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NOW.  SO THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT SO WE ARE WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN DOING THAT AS WELL.  I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. SO TODAY THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED A LETTER OF INTENT PROCESS WHERE A DEVELOPER MIGHT PROPOSE I HAVE A DESIRE TO PROPOSE A PROJECT AND THEY USUALLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN A VERY INFORMAL SORT OF ALMOST INTELLIGENCE GATHERING OPERATION AND TRYING TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO THEY THINK ARE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE THEY FILE. AND IN HAWAII AND SO THE LETTER OF INTENT IS SORT OF A NEW WAS A NEW KIND OF INNOVATION A FEW YEARS BACK DESIGNED TO KIND OF CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THERE IS THROUGH THE ARTICLE 80 CHANGES WE'RE HOPING TO CREATE MORE FORMAL A FORM MORE FORMAL SYSTEM OF OF MAKING THE DEVELOPERS TALK TO SORT OF A MORE FORMALIZED SET OF COMMUNITY GROUPS BEFORE THEY FILE THEIR EMAIL WHY AND THEN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT SOME DESIGN ISSUES LIKE HOW PEOPLE OR WHERE PEOPLE OR CARS MIGHT ENTER A BUILDING IS SORT OF DETERMINED BEFORE IN ALLOWAY AS WELL BECAUSE THOSE ARE USUALLY FLASHPOINTS WHICH IF THEY'RE NOT RESOLVED THERE WE CAN BE VERY VERY DR. SIEGEL MADE IT A POINT TO SAY THAT LIKE BRINGING COMMUNITY BEFORE THE YELLOW EYE PROCESS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO MENTION IT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE I WAS A COUNCILOR ON THE COMMUNITY ADVOCACY SIDE WHEN IT CAME TO PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE ARTICLE 80 PROCESS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WE THINK WILL BE FAVORABLE TO THE PROJECT OR THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN SOME COMMUNITY BENEFIT.  IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO BRING IN ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE IDENTIFIABLE GROUPS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE GOING TO BE IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHAT HAPPENS WHAT WHAT I HAVE SEEN HAPPEN NOT TO SPEAK ABOUT OFTEN WHAT I HAVE SEEN HAPPEN IS YOU KNOW, IT WHAT IT COMES ACROSS IS LIKE BUYING THE SILENCE OF A COMMUNITY GROUP OR IT PREVENTS COALITION BUILDING AMONG COMMUNITY ADVOCATES BECAUSE ONE OR TWO GROUPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF WHILE THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE STILL IN OPPOSITION TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT THAT'S THAT'S FRONT OF MIND FOR US AS WELL. IT CAN'T JUST BE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT YOU.  IT'S GOT TO BE A WIDER RANGE. I'D ALSO SAY THAT AS WE WERE DOING NEW ZONING IN IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THE VOICE OF THE CITIZENS IS ALSO IMPORTANT THERE BECAUSE THAT CREATES THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE DEVELOPER IS BEGINS TO CONCEIVE PROJECTS SO INVITING EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THINGS LIKE SQUARES AND STREET AND OTHER PLANNING EFFORTS IS ANOTHER THING I WOULD WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. THANK YOU CHIEF. I REALLY LIKE I'M ON BOARD TOTALLY WITH YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF NEEDING TO REDO OUR ZONING.  INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN SCORES IN THE STREETS ACTUALLY ADDS PAGES TO OUR ZONING CODE . IS THAT CORRECT? EVEN EVEN EVEN EVEN WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO LIKE A FUNCTIONALLY FUNCTIONALLY IT ADDS BUT IT IS FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE INTENT IS TO SIMPLIFY. YES YEAH AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK THE CHAIR STATED THAT THERE WAS A NOT GIVEN TO TAKING BEEKEEPING OUT OF ZONING AND I THINK THERE'S MORE OF THAT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIKE WHAT ARE AND I KNOW THIS 4000 PAGES IT'S REALLY LONG WAYS YOU KNOW THE MORE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO FUNCTIONAL REDUCE THAT TO MAKE IT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DIGEST AS A CITY COUNCILOR IN MY SECOND TERM BUT STILL A RELATIVELY NEW CITY COUNCILOR AS A LAWYER IT'S JUST HARD TO DIGEST IT ALL. SO SIMPLICITY SHOULD BE THERE AND LIKE WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO THEM? WELL YOU KNOW THE ZONING CODE . THE ZONING CODE IT'S INTERESTING IT'S BASED ON SOMETHING FROM 1965 A BASE CODE AND THEN IT HAS ALL THESE ADDITIONAL ARTICLES WHICH ARE WERE FRANKLY NEGOTIATED IN DETAIL WITH NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES AND IN MANY CASES FOR A LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WASN'T EVEN THERE IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES.  IT CERTAINLY ISN'T THERE NOW AND SO THESE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOOD ARTICLES WERE A REALLY YOU KNOW THEY MIGHT HAVE I MEAN A FINE EXAMPLE IS ONE WHO MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF RETAIL THAN ANOTHER ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.  SO BECAUSE THEY WERE AGAIN INDIVIDUALLY NEGOTIATED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS EFFECTIVELY THEY DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF STANDARDIZATION AND THEY HAVE THAT CUSTOMIZED BENEFIT OF REFLECTING THE NEIGHBORHOODS VIEWS AT THAT TIME BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE SORT OF BENEFIT OF HAVING MORE STANDARDIZED APPROACHES OR EVEN ZONING THAT REFLECTS THE DENSITY THAT MIGHT EXIST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE IT MORE FUNCTIONAL AND AND AND CREATE A LITTLE BIT MORE STANDARDIZATION TRYING TO RETAIN THE UNIQUENESS OF PLACES WHILE ALSO MAKING IT EASIER TO THE EVENTUAL THING EASIER TO PUT TO USE. A QUESTION WAS ASKED EARLIER ABOUT THIS YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE STARTING HERE? I THINK THE NEED TO HAVE HOUSING IN PLACES THAT ARE ALREADY WELL USED BY NEIGHBORHOODS WAS THE GIST.  THAT WAS THE GIST OF IT AND THE REASON WE STARTED THERE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ALSO USING THE CODE TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS LIKE IP TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS LIKE REDUCING EMISSIONS IN BUILDINGS THROUGH THAT CAR AND NET ZERO CARBON ZONING. SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO LATER THIS YEAR IS WAY OUT A BROADER MORE PROGRAMMATIC SCHEDULE FOR TAKING DOWN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CODE THAT ARE MAKING IT MORE COMPLICATED. BUT WE FELT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO START ON WAS HOW DO WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH IN HOUSING IN PLACES THAT ARE WELL USED BY PEOPLE? YEAH, AND THAT WASN'T THAT I THINK I THINK SQUARES AND STREETS I THINK IS A SMART APPROACH. I THINK IF YOU TALK IF YOU GO TO EVERY SQUARE AND YOU TALK TO INTERNALLY THE BAKERY THE OWNER AND TALK TO JOE AND HE WANTS MORE FOOT TRAFFIC I THINK AND YOU GET MORE YOU GET MORE FOOT TRAFFIC IN THE IN OUR SQUARES AND I THINK THAT I'M NOT SO I THINK SQUARES AND STREETS IS THE RIGHT WAY. I'M JUST SAYING LIKE THE ZONING IS COMPLICATED AND HOW IT IS LIKE IN ONE WAY IT'S LIKE SIMPLIFIED GIVE IT ANOTHER WAY FUNCTIONALLY IT IS MADE ZONING LONGER. I JUST WANT TO ELEVATE PLAN MATTAPAN I DO I THINK I HEARD YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER SUPPORTED A CLAIM OUT OF PENN AND THE VISION THAT IT HAS FOR FOR REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT THE FUTURE IS FOR MATTAPAN WILL ALSO PROTECTING THE HOMEOWNERSHIP THAT EXISTS IN MATTAPAN THE BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP ESPECIALLY AND I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF OF OF OF US MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANNED MATTAPAN CHIEF JEMISON WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RESUME AND I AND I AND I I'M SAYING IT HERE SO THAT WE CAN RESUME IT WITH TALKING TO THE BUSINESS OWNER, THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN MATTAPAN SQUARE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING. IMANI'S BEEN SQUARE IN TERMS OF LIKE BUILDING HOUSING OR BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN MATTAPAN SQUARE WHO AREN'T THE ONES WHO ARE RUNNING THE BUSINESSES WHO TEND TO BE THE LAND OWNERS TEND TO BE A BIT MORE RETICENT ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO AS A CITY AND I JUST THINK IT'S CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT EVEN THOUGH I HAVE WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STEP OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO REALLY SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE SQUARE LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THE CITY COULD HELP WHETHER IT'S BUILDING UP OR CHANGING THE COMMERCIAL LOOK OF OF OF THE SQUARE. SO JUST PUTTING THAT TO YOU AND I WANT YOU TO RESPOND IN ANY WAY. SURE. SO IF I RECALL CORRECTLY IN EARLY MARCH I THINK WE HAD A MEETING AT THE HEALTH CENTER THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THIS EXACT ISSUE WEIGHING OUT THE THE BOTH THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN PLAN MATTAPAN AND THE THE NEW ZONING THAT WAS COMING AND SORT OF HIGHLIGHTING SITES WHERE THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT WE JUST WENT LIVE WITH SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE PMC THAT SORT OF A STORY MAP OF THE OF PLANNED MATTAPAN AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED. IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THAT WITH ONE OF OUR PLANS OVERALL IMPLEMENTING AND I THINK WE HAD IF I'M IF I'M NOT INCORRECT I BELIEVE LAST WEEK WE HAD A MEETING WITH CHIEF THOSE GROUP ABOUT SPECIFIC SITES THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY FOR FOR HOUSING GROWTH IN THE SQUARE. SO WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SESSION. THEY JUST MADE A COMMITMENT TO OUR PER PEN ABOUT DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR BECAUSE HE SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR WHERE WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE SITES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TALK TO OWNERS EXPLICITLY ABOUT THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW ZONING.  YEAH I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT FOR IN THAT MEETING AT THE HEALTH CENTER WITH OUR PROPERTY OWNERS PRESENT. YES. OKAY SO I IF THERE IS ANOTHER ITERATION OF THAT I THINK THAT'S WHERE I AND WHEN WE LOOK AT PLAN MATTAPAN I THINK THAT'S WHERE WHERE IT WAS GOING ALSO PLAYING MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALSO TALKED ABOUT ARE SENIOR HOMEOWNERS AND TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS TO THEY PRESENTED US WITH SOME INNOVATIVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW COMMUNITY LAND TRUST COULD HELP OUR SENIORS AGE IN PLACE WHEN THEY'RE STARING DOWN PROPERTY TAXES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE THEY WOULD THEY'D SELL THEIR PROPERTY WHICH WOULD OPEN UP THE POSSIBILITIES OF VACATION OR CHANGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.  HAS THERE BEEN MORE WORK DONE ON THAT FRONT?  SO ONE THING WE HAVE CHARGED OUR TEAM MEMBERS AT THE PMC WITH IS HELPING US TACKLE THIS QUESTION ABOUT ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT POLICY. WE'VE I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD START ON THE SPECIFIC WAYS TO ADVANCE THAT BOTH IN ARTICLE 80 AND TO SOME EXTENT IN ZONING AS WELL. SO I MEAN I'M EXPECTING THAT DURING THE PROCESS OF YOU KNOW THE COMPLETED LAUNCH OF THE FIRST PLAN THAT YOU WILL BEGIN TO START TALKING ABOUT THAT MORE EXPLICITLY. BUT IT'S WE'VE GOT OUR LEGAL TEAM WORKING ON IT. WE HAVE BOTH THE TEAMS IN ARTICULATED AND IN PLANNING WORKING ON IT AND I THINK IT'S COMING TOGETHER. OKAY. THANK YOU.  I THINK THAT'S MY TIME SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THANK YOU MR CHAIR FOR ALLOWING ME TO THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FINANCE ANDERSON THE FIRST QUESTION THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  I'LL JUST START WITH SOME STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTIONS AND THEN GO INTO MORE PROGRAMMATIC QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS BP PLANNING TO DO WITH ESCROW FUNDS CURRENTLY SITTING IN ITS ACCOUNTS AND SIMILAR TO COUNCILOR BRITTON'S QUESTION ABOUT THIS EARLIER WE SHOULDN'T IF WE HAVE THE FUNDS IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT, OUR PRIORITY IS TO SPEND THEM FOR THE REASONS THAT THEY'RE THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THEY GENERALLY END UP INTO EACH YEAH EACH COLLECTION OF FUNDS THAT GO INTO ESCROW HAVE TO HAVE A AGREEMENT IN PLACE AS TO WHY THE FUNDS ARE BEING COLLECTED THAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH THE COMMUNITY DURING THE ARTICLE PROCESS. SO IF IT'S FOR A PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENT THAT WE NEED TO GET THAT MONEY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE OVER TO THE STREETS CABINET TO PERFORM THE WORK. MEANWHILE, IF IT'S FOR AWARDS TO LOCAL NONPROFITS WE NEED TO RUN THAT RFP AND GET THAT INTO THE HANDS OF NONPROFITS.  THANK YOU. HAS A REPURPOSE ANY OF THE FUNDING FOR ANY FOR THEIR OWN PROJECT?  NO. WE DO NOT SPEND COMMUNITY BENEFITS FUNDS ON OUR OWN EFFORTS AND SO OF THE RESERVES OR THE BP THE RESERVES HOW ARE YOU DETERMINING WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TAP INTO THAT AND TO THAT SO I CAN START IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN THE IT'S A IN GENERAL WE RUN A BALANCED BUDGET AND IF WE THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT FOR SOME OF THE EARLIER QUESTIONS WE TRANSITION HERE AS WE MOVE ON OUR MAJOR EXPENSE AREAS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUT ON THE BPA SIDE TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS EVER ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE GENERALLY ALLOCATED OF THAT TO THE THE EPA CAPITAL BUDGET AND WE HAVE ABOUT $400 MILLION CAPITAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT'S FUNDED ONLY MAYBE GENERALLY NOT FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY, GENERALLY FUNDED ONLY THROUGH BPA REVENUES. SO WE SET IT ASIDE AND DO THOSE IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.  HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THOSE BUDGET THOSE THOSE PROJECTS?  AND IT'S A COUPLE OF METRICS THE TEAM USES PUBLIC SAFETY IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT, RIGHT? WILL IT PREVENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS? YEAH, NEIGHBOR BENEFITS. AND THEN THE FINAL IS RETURN ON INVESTMENT, RIGHT WITH THIS MAKING THIS IMPROVEMENT PREVENT OTHER EXPENDITURES, THAT TYPE OF THING.  IS THIS TRANSPARENT AT ALL? DO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY ACCESS THE IN A LOT OF A LOT OF OUR CAP OUR CAPITAL BUDGET IS SPENT ON OUR OWN REAL ESTATE AND WE DO DO IN PLACES LIKE THE MARINE PARK AND THAT WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION ON PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY HAVE A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION AND MARITIME CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THEY WANT US TO RUN FOR ENHANCING COMMUNICATION WITH THAT WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL NEEDS IN ANY INFRASTRUCTURE ANY IN THESE SEVEN THERE AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECT NEED ON THE PROPERTY WE OWN AND THIS IS ONLY FOR BPA PROPERTY THE PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN 87 ARE GENERALLY AS YOU KNOW VERY WELL VACANT LOTS AND OUR PRIORITY IS TO WORK WITH YOU AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PUT THOSE INTO ACTIVE USE THROUGH DISPOSITION AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A CAPITAL BUDGET ITEM.  THAT'S WHAT WE CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY BENEFIT TO MITIGATE LIKE WHATEVER TOXINS THE LAND HAS AND PREP IT FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AT THAT PARCEL THREE AND WHERE WE'VE PERFORMED THAT EXPENDITURE I'M NOT AWARE OF A LOT OF OTHER YEAR THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO BE THREE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW TEN ON TOP OF I WANT TO SAY IT WAS JUST UNDER $1,000,000 BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THINGS SO WE'RE AWARE OF LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THEY THEY DO NOT SIT ON YOUR BALANCE SHEETS . THESE FUNDS ARE SPECIFIC FOR PROJECTS THAT IMPACT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. SO WHAT ARE THE PLANS TO INCORPORATE THESE MONEYS INTO YOUR BUDGET SINCE WE DON'T SEE THE MONEY LISTED HERE?  I'LL START AND YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT IT AND JEFF, PLEASE JUMP IN AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND IS A FUND THAT IS RECYCLED DOLLARS FROM A PARTICULAR FEDERAL PROGRAM FROM THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES AND THEN IT'S THOSE AS THAT AS THE INVESTMENTS THAT WERE MADE ARE REPAID BACK. IT GOES INTO THIS FUND THAT IS JOINTLY MANAGED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THE EPA. SO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY LEFT IN THAT ACCOUNT RIGHT.  I'D HAVE TO GET YOU THE CURRENT BALANCE FOR THAT BUT I CAN SEND THAT TO YOU.  THANK YOU SO MUCH AND FOR HOUSING RESTRICTED REVENUE TIM IF YOU CAN HELP OUT I'M AWARE OF A PROJECT FOR 100 I THINK IT'S 100 SHAMAR DAVE THAT BROUGHT IN $15 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN SITTING ON YOUR BOOKS FOR THE SAME TIME. IS THAT REVENUE INCLUDED IN YOUR BUDGET? IS IT PASS THROUGH? DO YOU ALL GET A PERCENTAGE OF THAT OR HAS INTEREST BEEN EARNED FROM ON THAT AMOUNT? THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.  IT'S FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT BUT CORRECT THAT THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE CURRENTLY RESTRICTED ON OUR BALANCE SHEET AND BUT I CAN GET YOU ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ON MORE DETAIL SO OKAY COULD YOU THROUGH THE CHAIR COULD YOU SEND ME THE REST OF THE QUESTION AS WELL?  AND SO IN WHICH FISCAL YEAR DO YOU PLAN TO RELEASING THE FUNDS FROM RESTRICTION WHICH FUNDS THE THE FUNDS SPECIFIC IS DO YOU HAVE TO GET BACK TO ME ON THE TO DATE FOR ONE COMMENT OR I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOU I DON'T I'M NOT DEEPLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. HOW MUCH WILL BE SPENT IN DESIGNATING HISTORIC MONUMENT AREAS WOULD THAT I'D HAVE TO GET THAT DESIGNATION BUT IF THAT'S INCLUDING THE CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND AND THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD BUT I CAN GET YOU A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS BY DOLLAR AMOUNT AND IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE LEASES THAT WE COLLECT REVENUE FROM AND THAT HISTORIC MONUMENT AREA IN THE CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD NEED TO BE RECYCLED BACK INTO HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE NAVY YARD. SO FOR EXAMPLE RUNNING A $2 MILLION HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECT ON THAT FENCE OUTSKIRTS OF THE NAVY YARD IT'S A PRIORITY PROJECT ON THE BPA SIDE THIS YEAR AS AN EXAMPLE THANK YOU TO THE REVENUES OF THESE PROPERTIES BREAK EVEN OR THE I DON'T THE RIGHT VENUES EXCEED THE EXPENSES FOR IN GENERAL THE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER FOR THE HISTORIC MONUMENT AREA SPECIFICALLY BUT SO I CAN ANSWER MORE WISE TO THE NAVY YARD IN AND OF ITSELF YES THAT THEN THE REVENUES FROM THE NAVY YARD EXCEED THE COSTS OF OPERATING THE NAVY YARD AND THE REVENUES FROM THE MARINE PARK GREATLY EXCEED THE COST OF OPERATING THE MARINE THE MARINE PARK THAT'S WHERE WE GET ALL THE DOLLARS TO TO THAT $50 MILLION PLUS THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WORK ACROSS ALL OF BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS.  OKAY. THANK YOU. IS INTEREST EARNED FROM RESTRICTED FUNDS BP COLLECTS FROM DEVELOPERS?  I HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.  AND I GUESS IS THAT THE SORRY THE SECOND PART TO THAT QUESTION IS THAT INTEREST ACCOUNTED FOR AS NEW REVENUE IN YOUR BUDGET AND ARE THERE RESTRICTIONS ON THE INTEREST WHEN ALLOCATING IN YOUR BUDGET ? AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. WE WE'VE SEEN SIMILAR TO THE CITY GREATER REVENUES AND INTEREST THIS YEAR GREAT BUT I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO ANY SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE DOLLARS THANK YOU. HOW MUCH INTEREST IS EARNED ANNUALLY JUST FROM YOUR INVESTMENTS SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'RE AT $2 MILLION BUT THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN IN PRIOR YEARS. WE HAVE A 2019 WE OUR BOARD ADOPTED A CASH INVESTMENT POLICY THAT WAS MODELED AFTER THE CITY'S PEOPLE. WE INVEST VERY CONSERVATIVELY IN TREASURY BONDS, CDS AND PLAN TO CONTINUE THAT THAT CONSERVATIVE APPROACH GOING FORWARD.  THANK YOU. I'LL BE INTERESTED IN THOSE INVESTMENTS.  I'M JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS I CAN HAVE LIKE A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT YOU GUYS WORK WITH. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US HOW YOU BUDGET FOR YOUR CAPITAL RESERVE AND GIVEN SO THAT WE WHEN WHEN THE BPD HAS EXPERIENCED SURPLUSES IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE HAVE DEDICATED THAT TOWARDS OUR CAPITAL RESERVE.  RIGHT NOW THE BALANCE IS $16.5 MILLION AND THAT HELPS SUPPORT OUR ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECTS.  WHAT PERCENT DID YOU USE TO INCREASE REVENUE OVER THE YEARS OR I MEAN YOUR NEW RATE AND SO WHAT KIND OF BUT I CAN PROBABLY THINGS LIKE THAT QUESTION SET THAT SORRY I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ONE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THE $6 MILLION IN CONTEXT SO WE HAVE A WE DID A CAPITAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR BP OWNED ASSETS THAT THAT CAPITAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT CAME BACK AROUND $400 MILLION ABOUT 150 OF THAT IS COASTAL RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS ON THE NAVY YARD AND LONG WHARF AND IN THE MARINE PARK THE REMAINDER ARE PROPERTIES THAT THAT WE OWN AND OPERATE AND SO WE NEED TO THROUGH YOU KNOW THOUGHTFUL SAVING AND BORROWING ON THE EPA SIDE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT CAP THOSE CAPITAL NEEDS ARE MET OVER TIME. IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE $60 MILLION IN A BANK ACCOUNT READY TO GO AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE'RE ACTIVELY RUNNING BUT THAT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL $400 MILLION, SAYS CHINATOWN.  AND I MEAN CHINATOWN IS GETTING A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF LIKE THIS CLIMATE RESILIENCY STUFF. BUT I THINK THE NEXT PRIORITIES LOWER ROXBURY DO YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN DOING CLIMATE RESILIENCY PROJECTS IN ROXBURY? YES, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK AND A BIG PART OF OUR PLANNING TEAMS WORK AND BE PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT TEAMS WORK LOCAL HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND THE DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT NOT JUST COASTAL POPULATIONS AS A BIG AND IT'S A BIG ISSUE IN ROXBURY SO IT'S IT'S PART OF IT'S PART OF IT'S BEEN PART OF LOCAL PLANNING WE'VE BEEN DOING IT'S PART OF THE RESILIENT BOSTON EFFORTS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND BUT IT'S MADE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE TANGENTIAL FROM THE CAPITAL CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN A LOT OF PROPERTY WITH WHAT WE HAVE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN ROXBURY THERE'S LIKE PART TWO AND THREE, RIGHT COMING?  YES.  I'LL GIVE YOU TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  DID YOU ACCOUNT FOR VARIABLES AND YOUR EXPENSES MEAN CAN YOU ELABORATE IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF SO MAYBE THE NEXT QUESTION CAN HELP IF A BID COMES OVER TO FOR WORK RELATED PROJECTS FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT APPROACH DO YOU TAKE IN TERMS OF LIKE FIGURING OUT THE VARIABLES?  I THINK THAT THAT THAT HAPPENS NOT INFREQUENTLY. WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO TALK TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM AND POTENTIALLY REVIEW THE SCOPE SHIFT TIMING OF PROJECTS IS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT. OKAY. I THINK NO I, I RESPECT MY CHAIR.  THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU CHAIR LET'S SEE SO YOU MAY HAVE COVERED THIS AT THE BEGINNING BUT CHIEF JEFFERSON OUI, OUI, OUI.  WE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT EMERGING PLANNING INTO THE CITY AND WE HEARD ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE'LL FINALLY HAVE SOME INSIGHT INTO THE PRIORITIES OF THE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE BUDGET. SO I GUESS FIRST, YOU KNOW, AS IT'S LAID OUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MONEY ALLOCATED TO ADMINISTRATION PLANNING AND ZONING DESIGN, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, HOW DOES THAT REFLECT YOUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE INTERPRETING FROM FROM THIS THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS TO THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ASPECTS OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SO THROUGH THE CHAIR I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT THIS REALLY REFLECTS THE HARD WORK OF THE STAFF WHO WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE FORWARD ALL THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WORK IN THE AGENCY AND THE VENDORS CONTRACTOR VENDORS WHO HELP THEM WITH THE WORK. YOU KNOW, IT REALLY REFLECTS IN IT TO A GREAT DEGREE THIS IS A FULLY STAFFED PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT'S PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT THE PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT THE INITIATIVES THAT WE WENT THROUGH EARLIER. I THINK WE'RE WE'RE ALMOST AT A STAGE WHERE WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF STAFF THAT WE NEED TO DO IT. SO I THINK IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HOW OUR VALUES ARE IN THE BUDGET, I THINK WE HAVE I'M THINKING ABOUT OTHER PLANNING DEPARTMENT OFTEN THERE'S A LITTLE MORE RELIANCE ON VENDORS THAN STAFF. I THINK WE'VE REALLY SAID BOSTON RESIDENT STAFF IS MAINTAINING AND SUPPORTING THE BOSTON RESIDENT STAFF IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO PLAN AND DEVELOP THE CITY.  OKAY. YEAH. LOOKING AT A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AT 3.9 MILLION I, I THINK I EXPECT THAT TO BE HIGHER BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS THAT'S THAT'S HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE BPD AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT NUMBER IS LOWER THAN OTHER NUMBERS OR WHY IT'S AT THAT LEVEL AS AS DEVIN MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS REPRESENTS YEAR ONE OF OUR TRANSITION OUR EXISTING ACTIVE CONTRACT WILL REMAIN AND CONTINUE TO SPEND DOWN ON THE BPD SIDE SO THE CONTRACT NUMBER ON ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SIDE REFLECTS THAT TRANSITION PROCESS OVER TIME WE EXPECT THAT TO GROW AS PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES SHIFT. SO CHIEF TODAY POST READ SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE YOU TALKING ABOUT OUR PART THE ALLOCATION OF DOLLARS TO DIFFERENT DIVISIONS I'M LOOKING HERE YEAH FOR YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR PRESENTATION I'M LOOKING I'M LOOKING AT THE F F Y 25 RECOMMENDED NUMBER THAT THAT SO WHEN I LOOK AT OUR NON PERSONNEL WELL I'M JUST AS SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE AND I WAS LOOKING AT IT THE DIFFERENT DETAIL OKAY SO YES WELL I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY COMMENT EARLIER YOU KNOW WE IF WE WANT TO HAVE PLANNING AND THE SORT OF ZONING THAT RESULTS FROM PLANNING BEGIN TO TAKE A STRONGER ROLE IN THE WAY THAT WE GROW THE CITY WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY OUR INTENT.  YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE PLANNING STAFF IF WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT CODE WE TALKED ABOUT ADVANCE THE STREET SQUARES.  THE STREETS WERE EASY TO USE. THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE GOT WE GOT TO BOLSTER THE PLANNING STAFF AND SO I THINK WE'VE ADDED SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE POWER TO THAT SECTION AND WE'RE EXPECTING DO I DO I DO WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT D.R. THOUGH? NO, I'M LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, THIS BODY'S ABILITY TO INFLUENCE HOW DPD OR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO APPROACH ISSUES. WE HAVE IN THE CITY. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS JUST SORT OF FROM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW, YOU KNOW, HOW I SHOULD INTERPRET THAT TO YOU KNOW AS WHAT YOUR AND I THINK YOU'RE ALLUDING TO IT LOOK, WE NEED TO BOOST PLANNING AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S MONEY IN THERE. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY CAN I ADD JUST ONE MORE SENTENCE? I THINK YOU'RE ASKING A GREAT QUESTION SO YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS WORKED VERY MUCH IN KIND OF A AND I SAY THIS WITHOUT ANY, YOU KNOW, PREJUDGING PREJUDGMENT SORT OF ALL BIT MORE OF A BESPOKE INDIVIDUALLY NEGOTIATED BOUTIQUE APPROACH TO EVERY DEVELOPMENT AND SOME OF THAT'S GREAT AND WE NEED TO RETAIN IT . BUT I THINK THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WE HAVE BETTER ZONING THAT'S MORE REFLECTIVE OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE THE THE FOCUS AND ENERGY OF OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. CAN BE ON THOSE REALLY SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES TO UNLOCK REALLY HUGE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE AND CASH RESOURCES FOR THE CITY AND THE SORT OF DAY TO DAY DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING CAN BE SIMPLIFIED AND HAVE LESS COMPLICATION I THINK TRYING TO ACHIEVE THAT BALANCE AND SO I TO ACHIEVE THAT BALANCE WE NEED A LOT MORE PLANNING. OKAY YEAH.  A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT SQUARES AND STREETS.  HOW DO YOU VIEW THE IMPACT OF THERE'S MORE AS OF RIGHT BUILDING IF SQUARES AND STREETS ACHIEVES ITS GOALS HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT YOU KNOW OR INTERACT WITH THE ADP? YOU KNOW OUR ABILITY TO GET YOU KNOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILT? SURE SO MY QUICK ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE THAT TODAY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUILD FOUR STOREY YOU KNOW APARTMENT HOUSE YOU KNOW IN IN ONE OF OUR GREAT SQUARES OR CORNERS IN THE CITY YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ALL THE REGULAR CHALLENGES OF THE ECONOMICS OF THE PROJECT ACQUIRING PROPERTY AND FINDING WAYS TO RETAIN THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IMPORTANT THERE. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ZONING IS GOING TO MEAN THAT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO DO THAT AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SERIES OF HEARINGS TO SORT OF GET APPROVAL TO DO IT. I THINK OUR HOPE IS THAT WHEN SQUARE RETREATS IS DONE AND IT HAS A RIGHT TO HAVE A FOUR STOREY OR THREE STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN A SQUARE NOT THE RESOURCES AND TIME THAT GO INTO ALL THE ADDITIONAL HEARINGS BEYOND THE BPR AND OTHER HEARINGS YOU HAVE TO HAVE CAN BE SPENT ON ON ON MAKING IT PUBLIC FASTER DELIVERY OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ADP CALLS FOR WHEN IT GOES INTO FULL EFFECT LATER THIS YEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE TRADE OFF IS HOPEFULLY MORE HOUSING DELIVERED MORE QUICKLY AND WHEN MARKET HOUSING IS DELIVERED MORE QUICKLY IT HELPS IT HELPS CONTROL PRICE. OKAY. AND THEN SO THE THE SQUARES THE STREETS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN ROSLINDALE SQUARE AND HYDE PARK AND WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED SO FAR, YOU KNOW OR IS HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SORT OF GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS YOU GET TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY? I THINK GREAT NEWS . I THINK WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT.  I THINK THAT IF THERE'S ONE THING WE'VE ABSORBED IT'S THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OR MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF A WIDER RANGE OF PEOPLE IN WORKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, MEETING THE MEETINGS I'VE ATTENDED THEY'VE BEEN THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FIRST THE THING IS A LOT OF SORT OF POLICY SUSPICION AND CONCERN BUT I THINK IT'S TURNED INTO CURIOSITY AND DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE. I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT WHEN THE ZONING WAS DONE BEFORE THERE WAS A VERY SORT OF SPECIFIC KIND OF APPROACH TO ENGAGEMENT AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO WIDEN THAT.  AND SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING BOTH BY WIDENING IT TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE. WE WE CAN'T GO TO A NIGHT MEETING AT 6 P.M. AND AND SEE AN OFFER OF A MICROPHONE BUT ALSO HAVING THE OLD STYLE COMMUNITY MEETING TO OR EXPERIMENTING WITH WAYS TO TO DO IT BOTH TO GET BOTH AUDIENCES SOMEHOW HAVE THEIR VOICE REGISTERED I THINK TO ADD NOW SO MUCH AND OKAY AND SORRY WE I GUESS WHAT'S THE PLAN I HAD WHAT DO I TELL PEOPLE IN DISTRICT SIX FOR? DO YOU HAVE ANY BETTER IDEA OF WHEN SQUARES THE STREET IS GOING TO BE COMING TO EGGLESTON JAMAICA PLAIN, WEST ROXBURY?  SO TODAY I THINK WE'VE GOT THREE NEIGHBORHOODS AHEAD OF YOU IF I INCLUDE FOUR ACTUALLY I'VE GOT HYDE PARK SO I'VE GOT CLEARY, WE'VE GOT ROSLINDALE SQUARE FOUR, WE'VE GOT FOUR CORNERS AND CODMAN WE'VE GOT A FIELD QUARTER COMING UP. I THINK THE SORT OF I THINK I ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO STOP AND SAY I THINK YOU'RE REALLY SOON BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET IT WRONG.  CONSEQUENCES OF GETTING IT WRONG ARE VERY SEVERE.  OKAY AND LET'S SEE SORRY I GUESS IN OUR DURING THE THE IN RESPONSE TO OUR 17 F REQUESTS WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE TWO SIX VACANCIES AT BPA OR IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SO I GUESS IN THE HOUSE THERE'S STILL 26 VACANCIES. ARE THERE MORE AND WHAT AREAS HAVE YOU TAKE THAT ONE? AND SO YOU WERE PROBABLY BUT ACTUALLY BEFORE I GET TO VACANCIES MAYBE ONE QUESTION IT GOES BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION ABOUT VALUES IN THE BUDGET. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD AND AGAIN KIND OF A TRANSITION YEAR NOT ALL THAT AS WE'VE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN OUR ORDINANCE HEARINGS AND THERE ARE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WILL REMAIN ON THE BPA SIDE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIRE ANYONE NEW ON THE BPA CYBER FOR THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. SO YOU'LL SEE IT'S PERSONNEL EXPENDITURE WELL THAT THREE QUARTERS OF OUR STAFF WILL NOW BE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. YOU'LL SEE THE PLANT PERSONNEL EXPENDITURE CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS VACANCIES ARE CREATED THROUGH ATTRITION THEY'LL MOVE TO PLANNING DEPARTMENT SO THE FULL BUDGET IS NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTED IN YOUR PACKET OF ALL THE EXPENDITURE WE'RE SPENDING ON PERSONNEL JUST WHAT'S ON THE CITY SIDE. SO THAT'S IT. QUESTION ABOUT VACANCY I THINK A PLACE IMPORTANT PLACE TO START IS THAT UNDER THE CHIEF'S LEADERSHIP WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF PLANNING POSITIONS IN PLANNING DEVELOPMENT POSITIONS AND THE AGENCY WE STARTED WITH IN OVER 40 VACANCIES WHEN OUR AFTER STARTED TWO YEARS AGO AND ABOUT 180 STAFFERS. SO WE'RE NOW AT 220 STAFF AND 20 VACANCIES. SOME OF THE VACANCIES SUGGESTED IN THE BUDGET ARE INCLUSIVE OF NEW POSITIONS THAT WE WANT TO ADD STARTING JULY FIRST AND WE'RE STARTING TO CONSIDER RECRUITING FOR AGAIN ALL OR NOT I GUESS WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THIS HEARING BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ALL THE MONEYS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPENDITURE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ARE ANTICIPATED TO COME FROM PEOPLE REAL ESTATE REVENUE. SO WE THINK WE CAN EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT STAFF BY THOSE ADDITIONAL HEADCOUNT WITHOUT ASKING FOR ANY CITY EXPENDITURE AS A DOLLAR EXPENDITURE NO NO TRADE OFFS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS THINK WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I THINK SO AFTER I'LL THINK ABOUT IT BACK TO YOU CHAIR YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER SHOT AT THE NO NO I'LL HELP YOU OF SO THERE WAS A VERY LONG VERSION ON WHAT ARE THE VACANCIES I'M SORRY TO YEAH I GUESS WHEN THE 26 NUMBER WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THAT INCLUDING HOPEFUL POSITIONS TO FILL.  OKAY YEAH THANKS A LOT THAT TEACHER.  THANK YOU. CASPER IN THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, CHIEF AND TIM FOR BEING HERE FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU'RE DOING.  AND ONE OF THE ISSUES YOU AND I HAVE WORKED ON FOR MANY YEARS IS THE CHINA TRADE BUILDING. HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THE RESIDENTS IN CHINATOWN. IT'S A BUILDING I LOVE URBAN COLLEGES THERE. THERE'S ALSO SOME SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE AS WELL AS THE TEMPORARY PUBLIC LIBRARY. WHAT ARE THE SHORT TERM PLANS AND THE LONG TERM PLANS FOR THAT BUILDING?  YEAH, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU COUNCILOR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. IT'S SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS YOU CAN DO WITHIN A IN A BUILDING THAT I THINK THE LONG TERM PLAN IS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE BUILDING AS IT EXISTS TODAY WITH THEN A COUPLE OF TOP FLOOR USES THAT SUPPORT.  THERE'S A MARKET RATE TENANT AT THE TOP. I'M I COMMUNITY FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL USES IN FLOORS 245 AND THEN COMMUNITY ORIENTED USES ON THE RETAIL FLOORS AND THE FIRST FLOOR AND THEN AT THE BASEMENT AND THAT'S OUR GOAL THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO OPERATE THAT BUILDING WITH A VERY SPECIFIC FOCUS ON CHINATOWN. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT SHORT TERM PLANS INCLUDE JUST CONTINUING TO DO GOOD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AT THE PROPERTY. THERE'S A NEED TO DO WINDOW REPLACEMENTS SO THAT'S IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. I'M GOING SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE REALLY DID A LOT OF WORK TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC REALM IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, CREATED THE LIBRARY PLAZA THERE AS ONCE THE NEW HOME THE PERMANENT HOME FOR THE CHINATOWN BRANCH LIBRARY IS CREATED WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILL THAT VACANCY IN THE BAY IN THE BASEMENT THAT WOULD BE EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU AND CHINATOWN STAKEHOLDERS AND HOW TO DO THAT WHEN THAT OPPORTUNITY ARISES.  THANK YOU. AND I THINK AND ALSO THE HISTORICAL GROUP IS THERE THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN URBAN COLLEGE. I'VE BEEN TO THE COUPLE OF THEIR CLASSES AND COMMENCEMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO I THINK ABOUT 85% OF THEIR STUDENTS ARE WOMEN OF COLOR AND THEY'RE INVOLVED IN CHILD CARE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, CRITICAL FIELD THEY'RE WORKING HARD BUT THEY ALSO DESERVE OUR SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE AS WELL. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I ADVOCATE FOR THOSE IN THAT COLLEGE DOESN'T HAVE A BRAND NAME, IT DOESN'T HAVE A PRESTIGIOUS NAME BUT THEY PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT TO HARDWORKING RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.  THANK YOU.  I ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON THE RAYMOND OF FLYNN MARINE PARK. WHAT ARE THE SHORT TERM PLANS AND LONG TERM PLANS THERE AS WELL?  THE PORT OF BOSTON PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE ALSO IN THE ECONOMY OF NEW ENGLAND. THE CRUISE CRUISE SHIPS THAT HAVE COME IN TO THE CITY OF BOSTON BRINGING TOURISTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS A BIG IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMY AS WELL. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE ARE SUCCESSFUL AND ALSO IT'S A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES BUT ALSO MARITIME RELATED BUSINESSES THERE AS WELL. SO AT THE FLYNN MARINE PARK UNIQUE AND SPECIAL PLACE NOT ANYTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO AND WE'RE LUCKY TO BE THE LANDOWNER AND STEWARD OF IT AND AS I KNOW YOU'RE WELL AWARE COUNCILOR BUT JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THE YEARS OF WORK WE PUT IN TOGETHER ON CREATING THAT MASTER PLAN AND THE UPDATE MASTER PLAN FOR THE MARINE PARK WHICH WAS FINALLY IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS RATIFIED BY THE STATE AND HAS BECOME THE NEW WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE COURSES ON MANAGEMENT TO GET THAT APPROVED AND ONE OF THE CORE PIECES OF THAT PLAN IS PRESERVING THE LAND USE IN THE MARINE PARK AT 67% MARITIME INDUSTRIAL MARITIME USES AND THEN MAJORITY OF THE REMAINDER ARE INDUSTRIAL USES WHICH COULD INCLUDE SOME UP AND COMING LIFE SCIENCE AND ROBOTICS INDUSTRY USE BUT ALSO CLASSIC MANUFACTURING USES.  WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SUPPORTING RE RETAIL USE BUT REALLY IT'S IT'S A IT'S A UNIQUE HOME THAT'S MEANT TO PROTECT, INCUBATE AND GROW AND MARITIME ECONOMY IN BOSTON AND ENSURE THAT THAT IT CONTINUES TO EXIST FOR THE LONG HAUL SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PLAN WE'VE GOT A NICE WEBSITE DEDICATED TO THAT PLANNING DOCUMENT WE'VE CREATED THROUGH OTHER FINANCE TEAMS HELP I'M A MARITIME CAPITAL RESERVE FUND TO HELP WITH INVESTING IN ANY SURPLUS REVENUE FOR THE MARINE PARK BACK INTO THE MARINE PARK AND THAT IS FOCUSED ON MARITIME USES AND OUR AS WE'RE LUCKY TO BENEFIT FROM LIFE SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF MARITIME USES AS WELL.  THANK YOU DEVON LET ME GO ON TO THE STAFF AT THE BPA.  DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT SPEAKS CANTONESE AND I'M NOT 100% SURE WE HAVE A LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR AND WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF THAT YOU KNOW ARCTIC YOU KNOW SO WE WHENEVER WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING OR WE HAVE AVAILABLE CANTONESE TRANSLATION I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A STAFF PERSON WHO SPEAKS CANTONESE FOR CERTAIN BUT I CAN CONFIRM THAT . THANK YOU CHIEF I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRY TO RECRUIT SOMEONE ON THE TEAM THAT DOES SPEAK CANTONESE.  IT'S THE PREDOMINANT LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN CHINATOWN ESPECIALLY BY THE LONG TIME ELDERLY RESIDENTS ALSO IT'S SPOKEN IN PARTS OF THE BACK BAY AND THE CHINESE COMMUNITY WITH A LARGE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTH END AS WELL THAT SPEAKS PREDOMINANTLY CANTONESE AS WELL . SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE OF TRYING TO BRING SOMEONE ON THAT DOES SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE TOO AND WE'VE HISTORICALLY HOSTED MEETINGS IN CHINATOWN THAT ARE PRIMARILY CANTONESE MEETINGS THAT ARE THEN TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH TO REALLY SUPPORT AND CAN BE SPEAKERS IN PARTICIPATING IN OUR WORKSHOPS AND PLANNING BUT A GREAT DEAL MORE THE BETTER WE CAN DO WITH INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE ACCESS THE BETTER OFF WILL BE. THANK YOU. I DO KNOW THAT AROUND SIX SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN MR BREEN WAS THERE I WORKED WITH HIM ON ENSURING THAT THE BE READY BDA DID HAVE ACCESS TO SOMEONE THAT SPOKE CANTONESE FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS SO AT ONE TIME THERE WASN'T ANYONE THAT AT ONE TIME THERE WEREN'T ANY MEETINGS IN CHINATOWN WHERE CANTONESE WAS SPOKEN. BUT WORKING WITH MR SWEET MR BRAIN WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. NOW IT'S A PRIORITY FOR BPA SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE COOPERATION AND IMPORTANT WORK THAT HE HAS PROVIDED AS WELL.  THE SOUTH END WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BETTER COORDINATE CITY SERVICES CITY DEPARTMENTS WHEN THERE'S AN ONGOING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT?  HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE WATER AND SEWER?  THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE AS YOU KNOW IN THE SOUTH AND OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE PUBLIC WORKS PARKS HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE PROCESS AS WE'RE DOING DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AS WELL IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR NEED FOR THEM TO BE ENGAGED IN A PROJECT WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN TWO WAYS. THERE'S WELL THERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY AND THEN IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE AND WE'D LOVE YOUR INPUT ON BOTH THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY AND WHEN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS PROPOSED WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS AND DEPARTMENTAL LEADERS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON INVITE THEM TO A SCOPING SESSION AND INVITE THEM TO FACILITATE TO INCLUDE THEIR FEEDBACK AS WE SHAPE THAT DEVELOPMENT WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER I THINK TWO CATEGORIES ONE I THINK I THINK A COMMON THEME ACROSS MAYBE ALL OF OUR COMMENTARY TODAY IS THAT THE MORE A STRONG PLANNING WE DO UPFRONT THE BETTER THE PREDICTABLE OUTCOMES ARE AND PLANNING EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD INCLUDE OUR SISTER AGENCIES IN THE ARTICLE 80 PROCESS ITSELF WORK AND AN IMPROVEMENT EFFORT IN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE RIGHT MOMENTS TO INCORPORATE WHAT FEEDBACK FROM WHICH DEPARTMENTS AND IN SOME CASES WE ARE CONSIDERING MOVING SOME BOATS OF APPROVALS FROM OTHER BODIES THAT HAPPEN AFTER BPA BOARD VOTE AND TALKING TO THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED ABOUT WHETHER THAT SHOULD MAYBE COME BEFORE TEN AND BETTER CAPTURE THEIR INPUT AND NOT NOT PRESUME THAT THAT APPROVAL IS A FAIT ACCOMPLI AND ALSO NOT CAUSE DEVELOPMENTS TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A NOTICE OF PROJECT CHANGE IF THEY HAVE ENCOUNTER A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR APPROVING BODY. SO AND THERE'S A LOT WE CAN DO. THERE'S A LOT WHERE IT'S A LOT OF EFFORT BEING PUT INTO BEING COORDINATED AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL AND IMPROVING DEVELOPMENT A LOT MORE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO AS WE REFORM OUR SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES.  THANK YOU CHIEF. WHAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE FACE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS IT RELATES TO REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT? NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . INTEREST RATES AND THE CHALLENGE OF BUILDING HOUSING IN THAT DEREGULATING THE PRODUCTION OF HOUSING THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I THINK ABOUT THAT LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING INTEREST RATES ARE MAKING IT VERY CHALLENGING FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY TO BUILD.  THEY'RE USED TO HAVING MUCH LOWER INTEREST RATES AND THE MARKET HAS NOT QUITE ADJUSTED TO IN TERMS OF COST ETC. TO THE CHANGES AND THEN I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S EVERY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE CITY STRUGGLES WITH HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN PARTICULAR I STRUGGLE WITH THE NEED TO UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW IN MANY CASES GO TO THE CBA TO GET RELIEF WHICH IS AN INDICATION THE ZONING NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. THERE'S OTHER THINGS THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR PROCESS ETC. BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE TOP TWO. WELL CHIEF, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL AND HARDWORKING AND DETERMINED SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE CITY. THANK MR CHAIR. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS BUT THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU TO THE PANEL AGAIN DISTRICT FOUR I SEE IT AS A PLACE THAT HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH ESPECIALLY FOR GROWTH FOR MORE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE. WE'VE IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT GROWTH.  SO JUST LIKE THAT MATTAPAN DISCUSSION WE'D LOVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHETHER IT'S IN COMMERCE SQUARE, AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY ,GROVE HALL, BOWDOIN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE CONVENING ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GROWTH. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.  BUT SPEAKING ABOUT SQUARES AND STREET, THE COMMON SQUARE I KNOW WE POSTPONED THAT CONVERSATION.  THERE'S A PLAN THAT WAS I BELIEVE I BELIEVE THE BPD WAS PART OF THAT PLAN TO CODE CO-DESIGN CO LED MODEL I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR IT AND WANT TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT CO-DESIGN CO-LED PROCESS A PART OF SQUARES AND STREETS. I KNOW LAST TIME YOU GUYS WERE IN FRONT OF US FOR THE ORDINANCE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS CHAMPIONED WAS TO BUILD TRUST, RIGHT TO BUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.  THIS IS ONE THING THAT THEY'RE PUSHING AND I DO BELIEVE THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE BUILD TRUST WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.  SO CHAIR IT'S WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION THE IT HAS TO DO WITH ABOUT HAVING A CURATORSHIP OF THE PLANNING PROCESS IN THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS SO THEY HAVE PRESENTED A WHOLE PROPOSAL ON HOW THEY WOULD LIKE ENGAGEMENT TO BE ROLLED OUT AND WHAT ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THIS PROCESS OF SQUARES AND STREETS CAN BE COMMUNICATED OR HAVE COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND ACTUALLY LIKE WORK WITH THAT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BEFORE GOING ON TO THE ZONING CONVERSATION. GOT IT. SO HAD A COMMITMENT BY OUR BY OUR HAS BEEN IN DIALOG WITH THE GROUP THAT'S PROPOSED THAT BASICALLY SAY THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO DESIGN THE OUTREACH PLAN SO THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH. WE HAVE SORT OF TAILOR IT TO THE THINGS THAT THEY THINK ARE NEEDED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK THE ANSWER JUST NEEDS TO BE YES, RIGHT? WE WANT ABSOLUTELY WE WANT TO MEET COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE ENGAGED WITH THEM AND CREATED A SHARED VISION OF THE FUTURE. AND IT'S WELL, I KNOW IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL IN SOME COMMUNITIES TO BRING THE SQUARES AND STREETS ZONING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL BEFORE WE MAPPED IT ANYWHERE. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID IT SO THAT WE CAN SAY WE CAN POINT TO ZONING THAT EXISTS THAT IS REAL AND ON PAPER AND THERE ARE OPTIONS IN THAT ZONING AROUND WHAT LEVELS OF DENSITY WE THINK ARE MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE OR NOT. WE THINK WHAT THE COMMITTEE MIGHT THINK IS APPROPRIATE AND WE CAN HAVE A VERY FRUITFUL AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO APPLY THAT. AND THEN THE SAME TIME I THINK YOU'RE ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO MENTION THE DESIGN AND DESIGN WORK AND THE DESIGN VISION PROCESS WE'VE BEEN LEADING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE THE ZONING MIGHT LOOK VERY SIMILAR FROM CODMAN SQUARE TO CLEARLY SQUARE THE THE ACTUAL DESIGN ELEMENTS AND THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT THE SAME DIFFERENT DESIGN VISION THAT'S AUTHENTIC AND TO TO THAT COMMUNITY.  SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT COME FROM THOSE COMMUNITY DIALOGS. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO DO. AWESOME. GREAT TO HEAR ON PAGE 11 OF THE RFI ABOUT CONTRACTING DIVERSITY. YOU MENTIONED CREATING A SITE TO SUPPLY DIVERSITY DEPARTMENT UNDER PROCUREMENT.  IS THIS STILL SITTING UNDER THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT?  IS THIS ENOUGH? IS THIS UNDER YOUR WHY?  BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE A SUPPLY DIVERSITY AS WELL AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER OR NOT. YEAH YEAH CREATING THE SAME THING CORRECT THIS THIS TEAM IS MOVING OVER JUST AS AT THE SAME AS AS OTHER STAFF TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE'VE ALREADY INITIATED CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND BUT BECAUSE THERE WILL BE STILL PROCUREMENTS OCCURRING ON THE BPA SIDE FOR A CAPITAL BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE THEIR EFFORTS THEY'RE GOING TO BE FACILITATING THAT BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO START ADAPTING CITY PROCESSES LIKE INCLUSIONARY QUOTE CONTRACTS POTENTIALLY OR SHELTERED MARKET PROGRAM THAT I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GAIN THROUGH OUR EFFORTS AND BUILD UPON OUR EQUITABLE PROCUREMENT PLAN THAT OUR AGENCY HAD ADOPTED SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR. OKAY.  AND THEY'VE HISTORICALLY WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT TEAM AND THEN ALSO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION . MAYBE I'D LIKE TO SORT OF POSITION IT AS AS AS WE WOULD A CITY DEPARTMENT WHERE EACH DEPARTMENT HAS A THAT IS DECIDED TO INVEST IN A SPECIALIZED RESOURCE TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE DOING SO WITH DEDICATED RESOURCES TO ADVANCE MWD SPENDING THAT'S A MODEL THAT MAYBE COULD BE REPLICATED IN OTHER PLACES AND SOME IN SOME CASES MAY ACTUALLY EXIST IN SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRACTICING WHAT WE PREACH AND I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS WILL KEEP YOUR TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. YEAH.  AND WHAT EXTERNAL FUNDS ARE GOING TO STAY WITH EDC AND WHAT EXTERNAL FUNDS ARE COMING TO THE CITY CITY EITHER THROUGH PLANNING OR THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.  SO WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THERE ARE ABOUT $19 MILLION PROJECTED TO REMAIN WITH BPA NEXT YEAR. THOSE HAVE REASONS.  FOR EXAMPLE THE CITY IN 90 MILLION OUT OF OH I'M SORRY I BELIEVE ABOUT 40 MILLION IS IN STATE FEDERAL AND THEN CITY FUNDS ARE TRANSFERRING OR WILL SIMPLY REMAIN WITH THE CITY IN FY 25. SO THOSE WILL GO THROUGH THE EXTERNAL FUNDS PROCESS AND THEN 19 WILL STAY WITH THE BPA, CORRECT. THAT INCLUDES ARPA MONEY THAT THAT INCLUDES CORONAVIRUS,  LOCAL FISCAL RELIEF FUNDS, FUNDS THAT WERE SUP GRANTED TO THE FDIC TO DO EITHER DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON OR DUE TO A TIMING ISSUE SUCH AS YOUTH WORKS BECAUSE THAT IS TYPICALLY PRIMARILY TAKES PLACE OVER THE SUMMER THAT WELL THERE'S MOST LOGICAL TRANSFER NEXT YEAR TO THE CITY SO THINGS AND THEN I CONSTANTLY HEAR FROM YOU KNOW DEVELOPER YOU MAY MENTION TO THIS EARLIER WAS WHEN WE STREAM LIKE ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S STREAMLINED RIGHT SO AND JUST FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU KNOW WE DO COME YOU KNOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ARTICLE 80 PROCESS KNOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO DEVELOPERS LIKE WHAT WHAT IS THE COST SAVINGS THAT THEY WILL EXPECT AND OFF OF A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO ENSURE RIGHT THAT THAT COST SAVINGS GETS PASSED BACK DOWN TO THE RESIDENTS SO I THINK THE FIRST COST SAVINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE IS IF THEY'RE DEVELOPING IN A PLACE LIKE EAST BOSTON OR A PLACE LIKE OR PLACE LIKE CHARLESTOWN OR MATTAPAN OR ANY PLACE THAT HAD A RECENT REZONING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP A REASONABLE PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO AND SEEK ALL THE POTENTIAL AND GO THROUGH ALL THE POTENTIAL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH WITH THEM WITH GOING TO THE ZBA BECAUSE THE RECENTLY RE ZONED RECENTLY BEEN RE ZONED AND SO PRODUCING A PRODUCT THAT CAN PROBABLY MEET DEMAND AND ALSO BE SIMPLER TO DEVELOP THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE ZONING CHANGES WE'VE ALREADY MADE AND THE ONES WE ARE INTENDING TO MAKE. AND THEN IN ARTICLE 80 BECAUSE OF THAT SORT OF SET UP PROPERLY BECAUSE THAT ZONING THERE'LL BE WEST HOPEFULLY WEST TO TO NEGOTIATE ABOUT THERE'LL BE A VERY SPECIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF OF HOW MANY DAYS THEY CAN EXPECT BECAUSE YOU KNOW ONE THING THAT DEVELOPERS WILL SAY OFTEN IS CONTROLLING LAND OR HOLDING ON TO LAND THAT CAN BE EXPENSIVE. SO IF A PROCESS GOES FROM ONE YEAR TO TWO YEARS IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? SO KNOWING HOW FAST WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO WHAT THEY SUBMIT WILL BE HELPFUL AS WELL AS KNOWING AT THE OUTSET YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE MITIGATION REQUEST GOING TO BE PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS? MY MY QUESTION IS MORE LIKE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF COST IS THAT TO THE DEVELOPER? RIGHT. LIKE HOW MUCH WOULD THEY BE SAVING BECAUSE OF THOSE STREAMLINED EFFORTS? IS IT 5%, 10%, 50%? IT'S GOING TO BE CASE BY CASE. I KNOW CASE BY CASE.  BUT I WOULD JUST SAY CATEGORICALLY IT'S INCREMENTAL COST OF YOU KNOW, OF INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH HOLDING ON THE LAND THAT THEY BOUGHT.  AND THE SECOND THING WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO PAY ARCHITECTS, RIGHT TO DESIGN ARCHITECTS TO DESIGN THE PROJECT ONCE IN THE CONCEPT OR SCHEMATIC BASIS PAY THEM DESIGN AT THREE TIMES BASED ON THE CHANGES THAT CAME OUT OF A ZBA MEETING OR THE CHANGES THAT CAME OUT OF A ARTICLE 80 MEETING IT'S SAVING THEM A LOT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A REAL PERCENTAGE LATER. SORRY FOR THE LONG ANSWER. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.  NOW WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. WE DO HAVE ONE VIA ZOOM WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED PLEASE COME ON PLEASE COME DOWN TO THE ONE OF THE TWO PODIUM TO STATE YOUR NAME NEIGHBORHOOD AND OR ORGANIZATION AFFILIATION.  PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENT TO 2 MINUTES AS SOON AS THE DIANE YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.  OKAY NOW JUST TO MR COMMISSIONERS.  OKAY, DIANE, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE YOU OVER TO THE MAIN ROOM IF YOU COULD CLICK YES WE COULD PROMOTE YOU TO TESTIFY.  OKAY.  TO GET MOVED OVER DIANE IF YOU DID, PLEASE CLICK YES, KIND OF . OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. WE'LL MOVE BACK TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FOR A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS STARTING WITH COUNCILOR COLETTA. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, CHAIR.  I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS VERY QUICK AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON ALL OF THAT AND SHOUT OUT TO THE HOUSING MANAGER WHO IS WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON THAT.  I HAD ASKED ABOUT THE SHIFT BACK TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING EQUITY AND GETTING THAT RIGHT. OH MY GOODNESS AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO STAFF IT AND THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DEFINITELY SOME WORK TO TRY TO GET FOLKS TO ATTEND IT I GUESS HOW IS IT GOING ON THE BPA SIDE AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT IS LIVING UP TO THE SPIRIT OF WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WHICH WAS TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR ONGOING OF COMMITMENTS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICIALS?  SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE OUR POLICY DIRECTOR REUBEN KANTER IS NOW STAFFING THEM DEAF DECREE THAT YOU KNOW AS YOU KNOW WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO MOVE THAT LEADERSHIP ON THE HOUSING FUNCTION FIRMLY IN UNDER AND SHEILA SHEILA DYLAN SHARP CHIEF OF HOUSING AND SO I WOULD DEFER TO THAT AND THE POLICY TO THAT CHOP. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND MAYOR'S OFFICE HOUSING TO ADVANCE FAIR HOUSING.  UM A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE 2020 WHEN REALLY FAIR FIRST AND FAIR HOUSING WAS PUT INTO THE ZONING CODE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND GREAT GREAT LEADERSHIP BUT THINGS LIKE I THINK FOR A REALLY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THEN IS PUT INCLUSIONARY HOUSING INTO THE ZONING CODE RIGHT? SO THE DEGREE TO WHICH AND INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT A NEGOTIABLE ITEM. WE'VE REALLY KIND OF CLOSED THAT NEGOTIATION.  IT SHOULD BE DONE MUCH MORE AS WE AS INCLUSIONARY ZONING IS IMPLEMENTED MUCH MORE PREDICTABLY GOING FORWARD ADVANCING FAIR HOUSING BUT LESS NEGOTIATION SO LESS NEED FOR A AN APPROVAL OF EVERY SINGLE INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.  THE ANALYSIS IN MANY CASES HAS CERTAINLY LED TO BETTER ADVOCACY AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR PROJECTS YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE LARGER BEDROOM SIZES AND SOME DEVELOPMENTS.  BUT THINGS LIKE THE PUSHING FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE TO CHANGE I THINK THAT'S REALLY COVERED BY INCLUSIONARY ZONING. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT GROUP AND A LOT THAT IS NOW BEING APPLIED INTO OUR ONGOING EFFORTS THROUGH EITHER ARTICULATED WITH OTHER INCLUSIONARY ZONING OR ZONING CODE CHANGES AND WE SHOULD COME BACK AND LOOK AT AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING FROM THAT SORT OF LIKE WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THEN LENS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR FOR LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT THAT AND BEING SO CANDID WITH YOUR RESPONSE.  AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS THERE WAS A LOT THAT WAS PUT INTO AFFIRMATIVELY SORT OF FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING SAY THAT FIVE TIMES FAST BESIDES JUST THE IDP. LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO TO PROACTIVELY BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO ALLOW FOR FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE BUILT TO THE INCLUSION OF FOLKS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE HISTORICALLY WHO ARE HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS.  SO WITH UP TO TOUCH BASE MAYBE OFF AND TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS GOING AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO I DON'T KNOW RETHINK IT IF WE NEED TO AND A LOT OF IT'S DISCLOSURE BASED AND AND WHAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARD IS MAKING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE QUESTIONS AND DISCLOSURES AND IDEAS OF DISCUSSION IN AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AND MAKING THEM REQUIREMENTS.  YEAH. WHICH MAKES IT EASIER TO ADMINISTER A MORE PREDICTABLE AND PROBABLY BETTER OUTCOMES TOOL.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST YOU THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FORGET ABOUT THIS CHIEF BUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR EAST BOSTON.  HOW IS THAT GOING AND WILL WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT OF IT COMPLETED BY THIS YEAR? SO I KNOW THAT SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS IT'S GOING OKAY. ONE OF OUR KEY LEADERS AS I THINK YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HER, AMY CHAMBERS HAD SOME SOME HAD SOME BEREAVEMENT LEAVE AND SO WE'RE BUT SHE'S BACK ON IT AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE STANDARD THAT YOU WAIT OUT FOR US ABOUT THIS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO DO IT AND IT MAY BE IT MAY HAVE BEEN MAY HAVE BEEN ALL THE WAY FROM WHEN WE WERE HOPING TO BE DONE. BUT AMY REACHED OUT TO YOU AT OUR AT MY REQUEST AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE GOOD ON OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING ABOUT DIRECTOR CHAMBERS BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN SO, SO WONDERFUL. YOU CAN TELL THAT SHE KNOWS HER STUFF. SHE'S VERY INTELLIGENT AND SO MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH HER AND JUST WANT TO CALL IT THE FACT THAT I THINK EVEN JUST 4 TO 5 YEARS AGO THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSH FOR MORE WOMEN TO BE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.  SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR CHANGE WITH THAT AND INDICATIVE BY DIRECTOR CHAMBERS. SO YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY SHE SHE AND DIANE ARE AMONG A NUMBER OF OTHER WOMEN LEADERS LIKE TERESA BOHEMIANS AND OTHERS ARE DOING A GREAT, GREAT WORK IN OUR ORGANIZATION RFP OR WHAT IS IT BEING ADVERTISED AGAIN IN JUNE JUST SO YOU KNOW? OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY . LAST QUESTION.  THE MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE UTILIZED FOR FIXES IN THE NAVY ARTS I'M THINKING THE HARBOR WALK AND PIER FIVE IS THAT THAT'S COMING FROM THE CAPITAL FUNDS FROM THE PPA OR YES DO AT LEAST AS WE CONTINUE DOWN THOSE ASSETS IT WILL BE THE OBLIGATION OF EPA TO PAY FOR THIS I THINK IN FUTURE YEARS AND WE'LL HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THE COUNCIL IF WE WANT TO TRANSFER ANY OF THOSE ASSETS TO THE CITY FOR ANY GIVEN REASON THEN THEY MIGHT BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR CITY CAPITAL DOLLARS BUT THAT'S A SORT OF A PROPERTY BY PROPERTY CONVERSATION. SO THE ANSWER FOR RIGHT NOW IS YES, THOSE ARE PPA RESPONSIBILITIES. OKAY.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON DISCLOSURES SORRY COUNCILOR.  I HAVE A CHILD CARE PICK UP OBLIGATION IN 5 MINUTES FROM NOW AND MY COLLEAGUES CAN CERTAINLY STAY OKAY. IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL THEY'RE NOT TO THE DOGS PLEASE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEVIN SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENT WITH BP, WITH THE B THE BP. DO YOU SLUDGE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS LEGAL COUNCILOR ? LIKE ARE YOU BRINGING YOUR OWN LAWYERS OVER WITH YOU AND HOW DOES YOUR TEAM INTERACT WITH LIKE OUR CORPORATION COUNCIL ? WILL THEY BE SUPPLEMENTING YOUR YOUR LIKE WITH THEY SUPPORT OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY?  WILL THEY BE SUPPORTING YOURS AND AND ARE THEY UP TO YOU KNOW, USUALLY AS A PARTICULARLY SPECIALIZED AREA OF LAW LIKE HOW WILL THAT WORK OUT? WILL THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE BASE AND THE BE PREPARED ENOUGH TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE FOR YOU KNOW FOR ALL THE COMPLEX DOCUMENTS THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH? SO THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THE ANSWER DO YOU WANT TO DO THE FIRST PART? TIM OR I CAN DO IT. SURE. SO OUR OUR LEGAL TEAM IS IS TRANSFERRING OVER TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR OUR NEW CONTRACTS THAT WILL BE CONTRACTED THROUGH THE CITY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY'S CENTRAL LEGAL DEPARTMENT WILL BE REVIEWING THOSE SOLICITATIONS AND CONTRACTS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. OUR EXISTING LEGAL TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT HERE IN LEASES AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENTS IN OUR PROCUREMENT ON THE PDA SIDE AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF SO SO I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT THAT AS PART OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GOING TO GUIDE THE FUTURE OF THIS RELATIONSHIP, WE'RE GOING TO BE OUTLINING VERY SPECIFICALLY HOW THAT WORKS. OUR GENERAL COUNCILOR LISA HARRINGTON OF THE ONE OF THE GREAT LEADERS IN OUR ORGANIZATION IS IS HAS A REALLY UNIQUE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND AND IS IT REALLY ESSENTIAL TO THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO THE THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO GET THE BEST VALUE SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A SPECIFIC MLA ARRANGEMENT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON BECAUSE HERE WE CAN ONLY BE ONE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY SO I'M ALWAYS GOING TO DEFINE THAT. OKAY GOOD. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IN THE BUDGET BOOK THERE'S A THERE'S A UNION B M UNION STAMP PERSONNEL CODE LIKE WHAT IS B XM? WHAT'S WHAT'S THAT? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE AND THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.  YES, I SEE THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT NECESSARILY . IT COULD BE A STARTER FOR TEN. YES.  OKAY, GOOD. NOT TO WORRY. AND THEN THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL HOW OFTEN DO THEY MEET? EVERY 90 DAYS OR SO. I WAS WORKING.  THEY MEET EVERY 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS, EVERY 30 DAYS AND WE'VE HAD A PRESENTATION EVERY MONTH AND AND SORT OF COORDINATION OF PLANS EVERY MONTH THE FIRST SORT OF PUBLIC FACING THING YOU CAN SEE IS SORT OF THE THE MATTAPAN PLAN STORYBOARDS ARE UP NOW I CAN FORWARD T TO TO THIS TO THIS COMMITTEE AND TO YOU THE THE WINK TO SEE THAT BUT IT'S BASICALLY SHOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN MATTAPAN WORK YEAH I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT PROCUREMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL PLANNING SERVICES. I KNOW YOU DO A LOT OF THAT. YEAH I KNOW YOU BRING IN A LOT OF CONSULTING FOLKS TO TO DO THAT AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB WELL THOSE PROCUREMENT WILL GO THROUGH CITY PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.  WILL YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT? WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO DO THAT.  WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS TRAINED ON THE BASED FINANCIAL SYSTEM ON EVERY ASPECT FROM INITIATING A PURCHASE ORDER AND HOSTING A BID EVENT AND ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT. SO OUR OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM IN THE FINANCE SECTION WILL WILL STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AND ANSWER THE QUESTION BIG CAN PARK YARDS IT'S SUCH A HUGE SPACE AND A LOT OF IT IS LIKE WE'RE THINKING 2030 YEARS AHEAD. IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR HEADS AROUND THIS. SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR BIG IDEAS FOR BIG YARDS SORT OF CONVERSATIONS AND I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DRAWINGS IT'S LIKE LOOKS LIKE A HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE TO ME AND I WANT IT TO BE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT IN TERMS OF A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MIXED INCOME A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL MIXED INCOME CLIMATE RESILIENT SYSTEM, WATER MANAGEMENT ALL OF THAT LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW HOW'S THAT GOING AND HOW FRUITFUL AND EXERCISE IS IT AT THIS TIME WHEN WE'RE SO WHEN THERE'S SO MANY UNCERTAIN BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT I MEAN I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO PLAN ESPECIALLY BEING CAN PARK YARDS THERE'S THIS YOU KNOW THE THE SORT OF ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ISSUES THERE FROM THE JUST CREATING THE SITE WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT COULD HAPPEN IS IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND SO ANY PLANNING AND PRIORITY SETTING THAT CAN EXIST EVEN IF IT'S VERY BROAD BRUSH IS GOING TO HAVE VERY HIGH VALUE FOR THE FUTURE. SO I'M I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT PLANS THAT ARE FACT THAT ARE GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW AS I'M SURE YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT MAY BE WORN OUT BUT ALL OF THEM ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO CREATING THAT LIST OF PRIORITIES THAT REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S INTEREST AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN OUR NEGOTIATION WITH HARVARD TOGETHER YOU WANT I THINK IN TERMS OF THE TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE IT'LL BE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY IF WE DON'T INVEST IN MASS TRANSIT AND GET PEOPLE OFF THE HIGHWAY.  THE NOTION THAT YOU'D CUT DOWN THE HIGHWAY FOR TEN YEARS FOR A BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THEN YOU WOULD EXPAND THE HIGHWAY IN TEN YEARS TIME IT SORT OF DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. SO YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT AHEAD OF US WITH INCREDIBLE CLIMATE CHALLENGES AND ALL THE REST OF IT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANKS COUNCILOR . THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ANDERSON THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  SO MY MY FINAL QUESTIONS HERE ARE HOW DOES THE INITIAL TRANSFER OF THE SEED MONEY THAT YOU'RE SENDING TO THE CITY HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE AGENCY OVERALL CASH FLOW?  YOU CAN GO FIRST. SO THE IT WE ARE WE IS IT IS IT LIKE THE SAME AMOUNT IN PLANNING NOW OR ARE YOU JUST SHIFTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SAY WE ARE GOT THE SAME AMOUNT OF EXPENSE THE CASH FLOW IS RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.  WHERE ARE THE PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS IS TO MAKE THE FINANCIAL TRANSFERS TO THE CITY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.  MEANWHILE THE REVENUE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCRUE TO THE BPA. SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING AND PLANNING FOR THAT BIG INITIAL TRANSFER ON JULY 1ST AND THAT'S ALREADY IN OUR PROJECTIONS AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING . SO COUNCILOR , MAYBE THAT DEFINITELY A PART OF THE ANSWER. I THINK THE OTHER PART OF THE ANSWER IS IT'S BASICALLY TAKING THE SORT OF STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL FEES AND MOVING IT OVER TO THE CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU.  CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN AND IDENTIFY HOW YOU PLAN TO RECONCILE BETWEEN EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE MONEY SPENT BEFOREHAND SO SENT TO THE CITY. SO IF THERE IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCES WOULD YOU NEED TO SUPPLEMENT IN THE AMOUNT? OKAY.  SO YOU TIM, I THINK YOU HAVE THE BEST TO HANDLE ON THIS BUT BASICALLY AS YOU WERE SAYING AS A QUARTERLY OPPORTUNITY TO TRUE UP TO TRUE UP THE COST. GOT IT. SO YOUR CHECKS AND BALANCES ARE HAPPENING REGULARLY QUARTERLY AND THAT GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT WHAT WILL BE YOUR PROCESS I GUESS ACCURATELY LIKE REPRESENTING CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED COSTS IT WILL TAKE TO RUN AN EXTERNAL AGENCY LIKE DO YOU FORESEE SPENDING OUT OF ANY OTHER ACCOUNTS?  NO. THIS IS OUR GENERAL GENERAL FUND.  THANK YOU. AND HOW WILL YOU TRACK WHAT GETS PAID BY THE VERY BANK ACCOUNT VERSUS THE FDIC?  THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. PRIMARILY THAT IS DUE TO WHERE THE PROPERTY WHICH AGENCY ACTUALLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AND OWNS THE PROPERTY UNDER IT'S WITHIN THAT AGENCY WITH RESPECT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT.  OKAY. THANK YOU.  AND WHAT WHAT IS THE GENERAL ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE FOR THIS TYPE OF TRANSFER RIGHT . WE'RE WE'RE DESIGNATING THIS TRANSFER AS A GRANT OR A CONTRACTUAL EXPENSE AND THAT'S DUE TO THE RELATIONSHIP AS DEFINED AS BY THE MLA WITH THE CITY. ANY DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP REQUIRED THE THE MLA JUST AND I KNOW SOME OF THIS WE WENT THROUGH IN THE ORDINANCE PROCESS BUT HEARINGS BUT JUST YOU KNOW THIS NOW IS THE TIME THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HEARING WHERE WE GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A FRESHEN ON MY DOCUMENTS SO I GUESS SORRY UM SORRY ABOUT THAT. MY CHILDREN ARE EMERGENCY SORRY THEY RANG NO MATTER WHAT. SORRY . SO IF I GUESS IF THE HOME RULE PETITION DOESN'T GET VOTED ON AND CONTINUES TO GET DELAYED RIGHT. WHAT IS THE LONG TERM IMPACT AND HOW WILL PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL BE TRANSFERRING FUNDS BETWEEN CITY AND BPA AND WILL THAT JUST CONTINUE BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE A BOARD IN ESSENTIALLY BPA WILL STILL BE PERMITTING OR NOT PERMITTING PROJECTS. WHAT IS HOW DO YOU FORESEE THE LONG TERM IMPACT AND IF HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT PROCESSES TO SORT OF MITIGATE OR COMMUNICATE BETWEEN THE PLANNING AND THE BOARD TRUTH SO THERE'S PROBABLY A FINANCE ANSWER IN THERE THAT CAN GIVE A BROADER AGENCY ANSWER FROM A FINANCE PERSPECTIVE THERE SHOULD BE REALLY NO EFFECT ON OUR FINANCES. WE WILL TRANSFER WE WOULD SIMPLY TRANSFER THAT PROPORTIONATE TO THE ABILITIES OF THE BPA OR THE EDC HISTORICALLY THE FDIC HAS PROVIDED A INTER-GOVERNMENTAL GRANT ANNUALLY TO THE BOROUGH TO SUPPORT OUR COSTS SO THAT TRANSACTION WOULD STILL OCCUR AND BUT THE BULK OF THE REVENUES HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FDIC BUT THE THE BROADER ANSWER WOULD JUST BE THAT ONE. SO THE URBAN RENEWAL, THE SORT OF ENDING OF URBAN RENEWAL AND THE SORT OF PERMANENT CODIFICATION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESTRICTIONS AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON OPEN SPACE WOULD NEED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS BODY TO BE EXTENDED. I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ONLY GOOD THROUGH I THINK SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.  THE OTHER THING THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN IS YOU KNOW, BPA STAFF WHO WHO WANT TO SORT OF BECOME SORT OF FORMER STAFF OR MOVING OVER WHO WOULD WANT TO BECOME PART OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT UNLESS THE HORMEL PETITION PASSES. SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED IF WE DIDN'T. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A BPA BOARD THAT ACTS AS THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY AND VOTES ON THE APPROVAL OF PROJECTS.  OKAY.  THANK YOU.  THERE'S AT LEAST THREE DEVELOPMENTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP ON AND THEY'RE JUST NOT GOOD PLAYERS.  RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES YOU RUN INTO THESE PEOPLE THAT IT'S THIS IS I THINK THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN ASKED BUT 556 COLUMBUS HAVE NORTHAMPTON STREET RESIDENTS AT 597 TO 599, COLUMBUS FIVE AND 715 TO 725 TREMONT STREET ALSO SLASH I GUESS IN THE CORNER 115 WORCESTER STREET THAT WILL PROMISE COMMUNITY BENEFITS BUT WILL NOT DELIVER.  ARE THERE ANY CONSEQUENCES TO THIS?  IS THERE IF IF THEY'VE ACTUALLY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH BPA SO THERE SHOULD BE SO ON EACH OF THESE FOUR THREE PROJECTS YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'VE THEY'VE GONE FORWARD AND STARTED AND THEY HAVE NOT DELIVER THEIR COMMITMENTS OR THEY HAVE YET BEEN APPROVED AND HAVEN'T STARTED AND GIVEN THAT THEY HAVE STARTED IN SOME ONE HAS COMPLETED THEY HAVE NOT DELIVERED ON THEIR COMMITMENT OR HAVE ONLY GIVEN PART OF WHAT THEY PROMISED.  SO WE CAN WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF LEVERAGE OVER THEM BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN SEND A DEMAND LETTER AND WE CAN I MEAN WE COULD HOLD A MEETING BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE THEY ANYONE WHO STARTED A PROJECT AND WANTS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FROM THE CITY?  I MEAN WE'VE GOT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK INTO WHAT'S GOING ON AND GET SOME ANSWERS. HAVE YOU RAISED THESE I MEAN I'M VERY CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. WHO'VE YOU RAISE THESE ISSUES WITH AT THE AT THE AGENCY?  WE'LL TALK OFFLINE BECAUSE YOU KNOW OUR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION IS REQUIRED TYPICALLY FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE OCCUPANCY.  SO AGAIN IT'S A I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CASE BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU WE CAN TALK OFFLINE PLEASE.  I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OF THESE PROJECTS AND TRACK DOWN WHAT THEY'RE NOT DOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE THAT AS WELL. IN TERMS OF YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS, I NOTICE YOU SENT THE TOP TEN BUT WE DIDN'T GET A BREAKDOWN OF YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC AND I KNOW THAT WHO WHO IS YOUR SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PERSON WHO'S THAT NOW ROBERT ROBERT SPRINGER. ROBERT SPRINGER ASPIRE DIVERSITY MANAGER ROBERT SPRINGER SUPPLIER DIVERSITY MANAGER WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CHIEF YOU'RE REALLY BIG ON THIS AND SINCE YOUR APPOINTMENT YOU'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED DIVERSITY. BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE TODAY FROM YEARS PAST TRUE.  WE SHOULD LISTEN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT I THINK CERTAINLY OUR TOP TEN LEADERS REALLY REFLECT TO A GREATER DEGREE THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY. I'M CONFIDENT YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE GET IN I'M HAPPY TO GET YOU MORE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHOLE AGENCY.  I THINK THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT TOO.  BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE A.  AM I RIGHT THAT YOU ALSO LIKE TO SEE BESIDES THAT MATRIX I KIND OF HAVE A COMPARISON OF HOW MAYBE YEARS AGO AND TODAY YES, PLEASE. OKAY.  INCLUDING SEX DIFFERENTIAL LIKE WHAT COMPARISONS MALE FEMALE PAY AND THEN BREAK DOWN DEMOGRAPHICS AND PAY.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THIS IS ALL IMPORTANT, RAY LIKE WITH ALL OF THE LIKE HISTORIC PRACTICES PRIOR TO YOU GUYS BEING HERE AND HOW WE'RE WORKING AS A CITY TO, YOU KNOW, WORK ON DIVERSITY INCLUSION I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT LIKE YOU KNOW THAT WE THAT THAT I FILED TO CREATE A DEV FOR TO EXPLORE THE CONVERSATION ON A DIF WHAT IS THE PROCESS AND I KNOW THIS IS A THIS IS TECHNICALLY LEGALLY OR ABIDING BY THE STATE BUT HOW WOULD COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR NONPROFIT WOULD BE OR WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A DIF WITH THE BPA SO THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FINANCING IN MY RIGHT YES. OKAY.  SO I HAVE TO BE CANDID THAT MY MY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS IS PRIMARILY ABOUT A TIFF PROGRAM HERE I HAVE NOT DONE THE DIFF I MIGHT ASK TIM HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH DOING ONE OF THEM HERE? BUT NO I THAT OKAY IF IT IS IF IT'S A C PROGRAM I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A SORT OF THE CITY APPLICATION PROCESS IF IT'S LIKE THE OTHER TIFF THAT I'M AWARE OF WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY THERE'D HAVE TO BE THE CFO WOULD NEED TO SIGN OFF ON IT AND THEN IT WOULD NEED TO BE APPROVED HERE AND THEN APPROVED AT THE STATE. IT'S THOSE ARE TYPICALLY THE THE PROCESSES INVOLVED IN APPROVING INCREMENTAL FINANCING LIKE THAT. YES.  OKAY. I DID FIND A PACKAGE WITH THE STATE. I HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT. IT WAS A LOT OF PAGES.  ONE OF MY ADDING TO READ LIST BUT I CAN GO THROUGH IT AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A NONPROFIT CURRENTLY THAT RECEIVED SEED MONEY FROM THE BOSTON FOUNDATION AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ROXBURY CREATING ONE AND AFTER THE HEARING THEY GAINED SOME MOMENTUM AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, GO FORWARD AND OR AT LEAST ASSIST THEM IN UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS SO I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AS WELL. THE FOUR SQUARES AND STREETS NEIGHBORHOODS BEING CURRENTLY LAUNCHED, DO YOU HAVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOCUMENT THAT CATEGORIZES CURRENT STATE SUCH AS ALL EXISTING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE DESIGNATED PLANNING AREA INCLUDING WHETHER THE OWNER QUALIFIES FOR AN BWB EVP OR P B AND TYPE OF BUSINESSES SQUARE FOOTAGE TENURE IN PLANNING AREA SO BASICALLY OVERALL LIKE ARE WE ARE WE BEING INTENTIONAL IN TERMS OF LIKE ACTUALLY CREATING LIKE WHETHER DASHBOARDS OR SOME SORT OF LIKE TRANSPARENT LIST OF FIGURING OUT YOU KNOW, THE BUCKET TO PULL FROM IT SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE ARE INCREASING DIVERSITY?  OKAY. SO I THINK WHAT WE DO HAVE AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF CHIEF YOU KNOW IS WE DO HAVE OR ARE GATHERING IN EACH OF THESE PLANNING AREAS THAT KIND OF IN PERMIT THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION.  OH ARE WE OH I TRACKS THAT AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT AS WE SORT OF GET DEEPER INTO OUR PLANNING PROCESSES. THEY'LL HAVE THAT DATA TO RELY ON IN THE PLANNING DIALOG. OH THAT'S EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.  COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PLANNING DEPARTMENT EFFORTS TO REVISE ZONING CODE ? SO WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE AND CREATING GREATER COHESION BETWEEN VARIOUS DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS?  SO I THINK THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS A LOT OF THE ROADS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WE DO ZONING SO BY WAY OF EXAMPLE WHEN WE COME UP WITH THE FINAL ARTICLE 80 CHANGES YOU KNOW THEY'LL BE PART THAT WE CODIFY IT THROUGH THE ZONING CODE WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH SQUARES AND STREETS YOU KNOW IT'LL BE THE ZONING CODE WILL BE WHERE THOSE CHANGES HAPPEN.  SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE THE MAXIMUM IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO TO SORT OF CREATE GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS AND FOR EXAMPLE CREATING HOUSING IN SQUARES AND STREETS NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU KNOW, IDP YOU KNOW, GNC, THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WE'RE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THOSE BUT WE ARE ALSO WAY THIS YEAR I BELIEVE GOING TO BE OUTLINING A MORE PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IMMEDIATELY BUT WE BUT THE OVERALL PROCESS OF CLEANING UP THE CODE AND MAKING IT MORE LEGIBLE, SIMPLER ETC. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE MORE STEPS. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW REALLY YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S 80 USE OR PLAN MATTAPAN IS LIKE THE PROCESS OF MAKING GOOD ON OUR COMMITMENT TO THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS TO COMPLETE THEIR PLANNING PROCESSES AND TO START THE THINGS THAT ARE THE MOST IMMEDIATE IMPACT. BUT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT MORE AND MORE OF A PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THE SORT OF BROADER CLEANUP OF THE CODE THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU.  SO I GUESS I SAW SOMETHING HERE ABOUT HOW YOU WERE WHEREAS MY PAGE I'M SORRY I'M SORRY WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SENT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOVES INCREASING OF UP TO 14% SO THE INCREASE BEING 6% IN 2020 2FFY 22 RATHER I GUESS I WAS MISSING THE INFORMATION FOR BETWEEN 23 AND 24 AND HOW WE DID THERE IF THERE WERE ANY IMPROVE RENTS AT ALL IF YOU COULD SUBMIT THEM JUST TO CLARIFY THIS IS OUR CONTRACT SPEND. YES. OH SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  SO I THINK WE'VE GOT A ADDITIONAL PACKAGE OF INFORMATION THAT SORT OF WE'RE PLANNING TO PROVIDE AS PART OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKED. SO I THINK WE CAN INCLUDE THAT DATA IF WE HAVE IT AS PART OF THAT THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. AND SO THIS PART RIGHT HERE THROUGH THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL I THINK THE CHAIR MENTIONED THIS DEVELOPER COORDINATED ENTITIES PLACEMENT STRATEGY FOCUS ON ADDRESSING GAPS IN SERVICE AND CLEAR COMMUNICATION TO RESIDENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.  AND YOU KNOW IN EXPANDING ON THIS LIKE SO THE DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL AS YOU KNOW IS A COALITION OF CIVIC ASSOCIATION LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN DISTRICT SEVEN THAT COME TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE POLICIES OR PAIN POINTS THAT INFORM OUR POLICIES PROJECTS AND BUDGET IN DISTRICT SEVEN. AND SO WE WE CREATED OR THE COMMUNITY CREATED A NONPROFIT TO MITIGATE AND THEN THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED AND THEN BOSTON FOUNDATION GAVE THEM SOME SEED MONEY THAT WHEN THEY WERE READY TO BEGIN THE COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR MASTER PLANNING IN TERMS OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT THAT THEY WOULD USE THIS $150,000 TO ACTUALLY PROCURE A CONSULTANT TO EXECUTE OR FACILITATE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND YOU KNOW AND THEY'RE THERE IT BECOMES A MASTER PLAN, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T CALL IT THAT IF IT HAS AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND SO THE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE CREATED AND I SEE HERE AS YOU'VE MENTIONED IN TERMS OF ENHANCING OR ADVANCING INSTITUTION MASTER PLANS YOU HAVE YOU YOU LISTED HARVARD AND YOU AND WE DID THE SAME OUR OFFICE AND INVITED THE DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS AND THIS ADVISORY COUNCIL PARTNERED WITH NORTHEASTERN THE ARCHITECT STUDENTS THEIR ANTI DISPLACEMENT STUDIO WITH ALONG WITH B.U. WHO DID A LOT OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ALONG WITH MIT WHO IS GOING TO BE DOING SPATIAL MAPPING AND I MEAN IT TAKES SO MUCH RESOURCES TO BRING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AND HARVARD IN THEIR OWN PIECE IN TERMS OF EQUITY STUDIES AND WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A COMPILATION OF ALL OF THESE EQUITY STUDIES BETWEEN BOSTON FOUNDATION AND EMBRACE RIGHT BACK MY IS WORKING ON SMALL BUSINESS AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN LIKE RESILIENCY CORRIDORS AND THE ARC CORRIDOR AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE CALLING IT THE ARTERY THAT ROXBURY IS THE HEART OF BOSTON. IT SHOULD THRIVE. IT SHOULD REVITALIZE ARTERY SO THAT IT COULD PUMP HEALTH RIGHT AND LIFE INTO BOSTON. AND SO WITH THAT IDEA IN MIND, IT'S BOOSTING ITS ECONOMY. IT'S FIGHTING CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT, COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT AND HOUSING DISPLACEMENT AND HOW WE LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY THAT INCREASES AMENITIES TO ACTUALLY INVEST IN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.  THEREFORE FIGHTING, YOU KNOW, RACIST STRUCTURES OR PRACTICES OR WHATEVER OR BUT BUT SUPPORTING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN DISTRICT SEVEN HOPEFULLY FIGHTING DISPLACEMENT ON ALL THREE LEVELS THAT I MENTIONED AND SO THAT IN A NUTSHELL IS SORT OF THE PLANNING PIECE WHERE HOW TO ADDRESS THESE INEQUITIES HEALTH YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL HOUSING ECONOMY LIKE ECONOMIC INEQUITIES BUT AND AND ALSO LIKE THIS FULL COMPILATION OF ALL OF THESE STUDIES BRINGING IT TOGETHER AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR ROXBURY AND SO I AM HOPING THAT I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY OFFICE WE'VE PARTNERED AND WE'VE DONE ALL OF THIS WORK SO THE COMMUNITY HAS A PLAN AND THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, CHIEF WE SAT HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND YOU SAID I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SLOW DOWN PROCESS TO BE INTENTIONAL CONNECTING LAND THAT WAS TAKING, YOU KNOW BY HISTORIC FARMS TO REPARATIONS OR OTHER RIGHT METHODS THAT REDRESS HARMS.  BUT WHAT DO WE DO? WE CAN'T JUST SIT AND DO NOTHING WE HAVE TO DEVELOP AND THRIVE AS A CITY AND I AGREED WITH YOU AND SO WE WENT TO WORK AND SO I AM PUTTING OUT THIS ON HERE AND THIS PLATFORM TO SAY THE ROXBURY IS DEEPLY CONCERNED AND ABOUT DISPLACEMENT ON ALL THOSE LEVELS AND THEY'VE PUT IN SO MUCH SWEAT AND TEARS INTO PRESERVING AND FUNNY ENOUGH SOMEBODY JUST POINTING OUT THIS WORK TO ME TODAY DOCTORS CRACK UP PEOPLE'S HIGHWAYS AND I AND I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT BECAUSE I JUST OPENING IT A FEW PAGES THERE'S POINTS IN THERE ABOUT YOU KNOW, IN PLANNING AND HOW LIKE IN POLITICS AND HOW THAT CAN LIKE REALLY THERE'S A WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT PROPERLY WITH COMMUNITY.  SO I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE WITH THAT TO SAY WE'VE PUT OUT WE'VE WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK AND I KNOW IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS IT SOUNDED FRAGMENTED RIGHT WHEN I WOULD COME TO YOU I WOULD SAY HEY PLACEMAKING HEY OUR CORRIDOR LIKE HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE REVITALIZE BUSINESS CORRIDORS AND NOW IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP IF YOU IF YOU ALLOW ME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THIS ANTI DISPLACEMENT MASTERPLAN.  OKAY, THAT IT DOES SOUND VERY ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. WHAT SORT OF NEXT STEPS SHOULD WE BE TAKING?  I THINK THE NEXT STEPS HERE IS WE CAN I CAN PRESENT TO YOU EXACTLY WE ARE WE HAVE WE HAVE SEVERAL DECKS THAT CAN SHOW YOU THE UPDATED VERSION OF THE WORK AND I CAN SHOW YOU SORT OF LIKE THE RUBRIC OF LIKE NEXT STEPS WHERE WHERE WHAT WE THINK IN A TIMELINE OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT AND HOW MUCH TIME THIS WILL TAKE FOR US TO GET TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. BUT I THINK IT HAS TO BE A COLLABORATION IF THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY PLANNED AND BEEN WORKING ON THIS THEN IT'S FOR US TO PARTNER AND SAY IT'S THE COMMITTEE STUFF THAT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT. YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU WHEN PEOPLE ARE CAMPAIGNING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY GOES WHAT'S YOUR BLACK AGENDA? WHAT'S YOUR BLACK PLAN? YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE ASK THAT OF MAYORS OFTEN WELL IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S A IT'S SHAME REALLY BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS CHASING THE AGENDA OR THE CARROT. RIGHT. IF YOU'RE DISENFRANCHIZED AND INUNDATED WITH STRESSORS AND YOUR LIFE AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND ALL THE DISINVESTMENT YOU'RE ALWAYS BEHIND THE AGENDA AND SO ASKING WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO TO ADDRESS INEQUITY IN MY COMMUNITY IS IS IN ITSELF COUNTER-INTUITIVE OR RIGHT AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS WORKED BECAUSE THEY HAD ALTERNATIVES. THEY HAD OBJECTIVES AND THEY HAD CLEAR IDEAS OF WHAT THE COULD BE. AND SO IF THE CITY IS SAYING HAPPY TO HAPPY TO PARTNER AS LONG AS THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT THEY WANT OR THEY HAVE BEEN IN PLANNING, HAVE BEEN IN ORGANIZING, HAVE BEEN IN MEETINGS AND THEY'RE THEREFORE WE CAN INVEST IN SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN ALREADY WORK AND STUDIES BEHIND IT. WELL, THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE THAT AND I THINK IN A FEW MONTHS WE'LL BE READY TO DELIVER A FULL PRESENTATION TO YOU.  BUT THE IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP FOR YOU AND I THINK I CAN PRESENT TO YOU EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE SO THAT YOU ARE COMPLETELY UP TO DATE.  WELCOME. I'M EXCITED TO DO THAT. OKAY, AWESOME.  THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR NANCY ANDERSON WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL ME HERE. I'M JUST GOING TO READ THESE QUESTIONS INTO THE RECORD AND THEN SUBMIT THEM TO YOU FOR ANSWERS IN WRITING. DEAR CHAIR, I'M WRITING TO FORMALLY REQUEST YOUR ASSISTANCE IN RECORDING MY QUESTIONS FOR THE MAY 7:02 P.M. BUDGET HEARING FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.  QUESTION NUMBER ONE FOR THE SQUARES IN THE STREETS NEIGHBORHOODS IN DEVELOPMENT DOES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVE COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTS DETAILING THE CURRENT STATUS INCLUDING DETAILS LIKE IS THIS BUSINESSES CLASSIFIED AS AND BW AND B WB VB OR PBA TYPE OF BUSINESS SQUARE FOOTAGE TENURE IN THE AREA ETC. AND NUMBER TWO DOES A PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVE SPECIFIC GOALS ESTABLISH FOR EACH PLAN AN AREA FOR EXAMPLE GOES TO THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS CATEGORIZED AS RENTAL OR OWNERSHIP AND AFFORDABLE LEVELS. NUMBER THREE WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ON THE RECORD COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING DOCUMENT VERRAZZANO SQUARE CLEARY SQUARE COMMERCE GRANT CORNER AND BEFORE GIVEN THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FORMALLY BPA WILL BE UNDER THE CITY OF BOSTON, WILL THERE BE ANY NEW METRICS OF SUCCESS? HOW WILL WE ENSURE A GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY? AND BESIDE GIVING THE FEEDBACK OF THE COMMUNITY FEELINGS OF BEING UNSEEN UNHEARD EXPRESSED IN THE HEARING OFFICE HOSTED HOSTED HAVE OFFICE HOSTED THE AUDIT PLANNING INITIATIVES ACROSS BOSTON IN OCTOBER 2023 WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY OPPORTUNITIES PROCEDURES WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT LOOK TO IMPLEMENT AND HAVE ASKED WHAT ARE THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO HOLD THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE?  IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT A LITTLE QUICKLY BUT IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND OR YOU COULD DEFINITELY RESPOND IN WRITING TO THAT, FEEL FREE TO BE THANK THE COUNCILOR FOR HER QUESTIONS. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THEM IN WRITING AS PART OF OUR SUBMITTAL.  THANK YOU. AND AND TWO THINGS TO SAY ONE WHEN IT COMES TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING DO WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE CITY OF BOSTON, WHAT THEY'RE PURCHASING, WHAT THEY'RE ACQUIRING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON TO KIND OF BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE THOSE REPORTS IT SPEAKS TO THE NEED OF ONE BEDROOM STUDIOS,  TWO BEDROOMS. BUT ARE PEOPLE LEAVING TO PURCHASE THOSE THAT TYPE OF HOUSING STOCK? RIGHT. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO KEEP PEOPLE HERE OPPOSED TO THAT? CAN WE USING THAT DATA POINT IN THAT IN THAT DATA?  SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC THING THEY'RE GOING TO BUT I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY I THINK IT'S SOMETHING OUR RESEARCH DEPARTMENT CAN TELL US. YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE MOVING TO CHARLOTTE, YOU KNOW, CHARLOTTE HAS THESE KINDS OF THIS IS THE KIND OF THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE KIND OF HOUSING IT'S ON SALE THERE. THIS IS A LITTLE ABOUT THE RENTAL RATES THERE SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE WHAT THEY'RE MOVING TO AND WHAT THEY'RE MOVING FROM. YEAH, THEY'LL BE HELPFUL FOR ME AND I THINK OTHER CITY COUNCILORS WHEN WE'RE ADVOCATING TO DEVELOPERS ON WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT HOUSING INVENTORY THAT WE NEED IN A AND INSIDE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF STOP THAT DISPLACEMENT FROM HAPPENING. LASTLY I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT A FEW PEOPLE CAITLIN NOISE. AMY MARK TALIA. CAMILLE QUINN CHRISTINE ROBERT BELL AND I GOT A SHOUT OUT. JEFF ONE MORE TIME ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RIGHT RESPONSIVE, COLLABORATIVE, RESPECTFUL GREAT TEAM THAT HAVE OVER THERE CHIEF WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM ON THIS SIDE AS WELL. JUST ALSO WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT CENTRAL STAFF BPD MY COLLEAGUES, MY TEAM FOR ALWAYS WORKING HARD AND MAKING THESE HEARINGS WORK. AND WITH THAT SAID THE HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER IS ACTUALLY I HAVE THIS MEMORIZED BY NOW 067020678 IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO