SO LARGE. MICHAEL FLAHERTY, THE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FILLING IN FOR BOTH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TODAY AND WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN SIX A MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED NINETY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF GRANT ACCELERATING CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL THAT IS AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS CLEAN ENERGY CENTER TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE LAUNCH OF THE E CARGO BIKE DELIVERY PILOT WHICH WILL INCLUDE SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES TO JOIN THE PROGRAM. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR WU AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ON MARCH 16TH. TWENTY TWENTY TWO THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST LIVE ON XFINITY EIGHT OUR EIGHTY TWO IN FAYOSE NINE SIXTY FOUR AND STREAMED ON W-W AT BOSTON DOT GOV CITY COUNCIL TV IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY YOU CAN SIGN IN AND TESTIFY TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE START OF YOUR TESTIMONY PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND ANY AFFILIATION. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VISITING WISHING ALSO TO TEST WISHING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY IN VISITING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE YOU SHOULD EMAIL JUAN DAUDT LOPEZ AT BOSTON DOT GOV THAT'S JIEGU AND DOT LOPEZ LOPEZ AT BOSTON DOT GOV FOR THE LINK AND INSTRUCTIONS TO DO SO. WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY ALSO BE SENT TO JUAN AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD AND MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IS WITH US TODAY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE VINEET GUPTA WHO IS THE BTD DIRECTOR OF PLANNING BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE HARPREET MILLS WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. BOSTON DELIVERS IS AS I WAS TOLD THAT'S THE NAME OF THIS PROGRAM BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATION, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUE, MY ATLANTA COLLEAGUE CITY COUNCIL ROOTSY LEEGIN IF SHE HAS OPENING COMMENTS, SHE'S WELCOME TO DO THAT NOW WHERE WE CAN GET RIGHT INTO IT, GET RIGHT INTO WAIVING COMMENTS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO A TRIVENI AND A HAPPY IF YOU CAN JUST SORT OF INTRODUCE YOURSELVES IN WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, WHY THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE APPROVING THIS GRANT AND WE'LL TRY TO GET YOU HERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. GOOD THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU VERY ONCE AGAIN FOR COMING TO ONE OF OUR RELATED HEARINGS. I'M VANITA GUPTA AND DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING AT THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND JOINING ME MY NAME IS HARPER MILLS AND I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR BOSTON DELIVERS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CARGO BIKE DELIVERY PILOT. THANK YOU. WE'LL MAKE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF IT AND ARE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. BUT FUNDAMENTALLY THIS PROGRAM IS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES AND TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES IN A WAY THAT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND INVOLVES VEHICLES THAT ARE ABOVE ZERO EMISSION. AND SO IT'S REALLY A PUTTING TOGETHER OF LOOKING AT SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASPEN WRITING SITE THE AUSTIN VILLAGE PROGRAM AND WE'RE GOING TO PAIR THEM WITH A VENDOR WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE OUR BIKES. THE FUNDING IS DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS. WE HAVE A SET ASIDE OF TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND WHICH WILL BE USED OF WHICH ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIES TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AUSTIN MAIN RETAIL DISTRICT AND TO OTHER PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE REMAINING OF WHICH WOULD BE GIVEN TO A VENDOR WHO WOULD BE HIRING TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE A SET ASIDE TO GIVE TO HIM ABC WHICH IS IN THE TUNE OF ABOUT SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH US DOING STUDIES EVALUATING A PROGRAM AND RECOMMENDING WAYS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM OUTSIDE THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CITYWIDE AND EVEN INTO CAMBRIDGE WRAPS IT UP. THERE IS A SET ASIDE AS WELL TO HIRE A PROGRAM MANAGER. SO WE WILL OFFICIALLY PUT OUT A PUBLIC POSTING FOR A EIGHTEEN MONTH JOB TO MANAGE THIS PROGRAM, THIS PILOT PROGRAM. AND SO THAT'S ABOUT THE MONEY IS DIVIDED UP AND I CAN HAND IT OVER TO HOPPER WHO CAN GIVE A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR DOCTORAL PROGRAM IS THANK YOU VINNIE HARPER FOR SO BOSTON DELIVERS IS A DELIVERY SERVICE THAT WILL PROVIDE DELIVERY TO AND FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES IN AUSTIN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND DELIVERIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON ELECTRIC CARGO BIKES. WE'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERING CONTRACTING WITH THE THIRD PARTY OPERATOR OR VENDOR WHO WILL OPERATE SORT OF END TO END THIS PROGRAM SO THEY WILL PROVIDE THE ELECTRIC BIKES. THEY'LL ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE THREE DELIVERIES AND MANAGE THE DELIVERY LOGISTICS AS WELL. AND AS PART OF THE FUNDING THERE'S ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR DELIVERY SUBSIDY THAT WILL GO TOWARDS COVERING THE COST OF DELIVERY TO PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES. SO THIS WILL BE A FREE DELIVERY SERVICE FOR THE PARTICIPATING LOCAL BUSINESSES OF AUSTIN AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH CLOSELY WITH THE AUSTIN ADMINISTRATES GROUP TO TO RECRUIT AND ENGAGE AND ON BOARD A SORT OF COHORT OF BUSINESSES. THAT'S WHAT THERE VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST TWO QUICK HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS LETTERS FROM COLLEAGUES . ONE IS FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT ED FLYNN DHEA PLEASE BE ADVISED I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S HEARING ON DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN SIX. I WILL REVIEW THE TAPE OF THE HEARING WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE MATTER. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE TO MOVE THE ACCELERATING CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL FORWARD AND THE OTHER ONE WAS FROM MY COLLEAGUE CITY COUNCIL THIS BREADON FROM DISTRICT SIX D CHAIR I REGRET I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS MORNING'S COMMUNITY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION HERE REGARDING DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN SIX. I WISH TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THIS DOCKET TO EXPAND ACCELERATING CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS CLEAN ENERGY CENTER THE ICHIGO BIKE DELIVERY THAT WILL SERVE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN AUSTIN, A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POPULATIONS. THE CITY WILL WORK WITH THE METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL TO EXPAND LEARNINGS FROM THIS PROGRAM TO MUNICIPALITIES OUTSIDE OF BOSTON AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AUSTIN, HER DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE. I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE COMMITTEE TO ISSUE A FAVORABLE REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MY STAFF WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE HEARING TAKING NOTES AND LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE COMMITTEE REPORT. THANK YOU SINCERELY WAS BRAINWASHED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE AUSTIN BRIGHTON AND IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE THE HOW ARE WE HOW HOW WILL WE AS FAR AS THE PILOT PROGRAM, HOW DO WE WEIGH ROAD SAFETY CONCERNS IN AREAS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT OUT FOR SORT OF THE CARGO CYCLE PROGRAM? WE ARE HOPING THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THE E KALABI TO USE OUR BIKE LANES. THERE WILL ALSO BE IN GENERAL TRAFFIC WHERE THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES ON SOME STREETS AND WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THAT WOULD NOT HINDER SAFETY IN ANY BUT SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT TO THE EXTENT THEY MAY COME IN. YOU KNOW, DURING ONE DECLARING AN INTERSECTION IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT SAFETY WILL NOT BE COMPROMISED AND WILL THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMERCIAL LOADING ZONES THAT YOU SORT OF TYPICALLY SEE FOR THE YES. THAT WOULD BE FREE FOR THEM THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BUT SO THAT IS AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO PULL UP TO THE CURB IF THERE ARE METERS THEY CAN THEY CAN PULL UP FOR FREE. THE IDEA IS TO GIVE THEM UP ENOUGH INCENTIVE TO DO THE DELIVERIES IN AN EFFICIENT AND SAFELY AND THEN HARPUR WITH THIRD PARTY OPERATOR OR OPERATORS ARE WE LOOKING AT TO BE THE CARGO DELIVERY OPERATOR FOR THIS PILOT AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY PRIORITIES THAT ARE IN THIS RFP? SURE. SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR RFP PROCESS TO SELECT A VENDOR I WOULD SAY AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE SELECTED THAT VENDOR BY MAY 16TH. OH SORRY MY SELECTION IS HAPPENING MAY TWENTY THIRD RESPONSE THERE DUE THE SIXTEENTH AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPERATORS THAT HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT SIMILAR PILOTS IN CITIES LIKE NEW YORK AND SEATTLE AND YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN OPERATOR THAT HAS EXPERIENCE THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, A A YOU KNOW, TESTED SAFE FLEET OF E CARGO BIKES AND ALSO HAS SORT OF LOGISTICS AND OPERATION IN PLACE THAT WOULD MAKE, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATING THE SERVICE INTO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THEIR OPERATIONS REALLY EASY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WANT THIS TO TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES. WE WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE AN EXTRA SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A VENDOR THAT WILL BE THAT WILL BE FLEXIBLE AND BE ABLE TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT KIND OF ORDERING OPERATIONS IN PLACE . AND WE'RE ALSO ASKING OF COURSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE OPERATOR TO YOU KNOW, ON LANGUAGE ACCESS NEEDS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE MATERIALS AND SOME OF THE TARGET LANGUAGES AND OLSTEN AND THEN SINCE THIS IS A GRANT, OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL IS THAT WE HAVE THE PILOT PROGRAM AND IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SUSTAINABLE FOR THE SORT THE PILOT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND IT. WHAT METRICS ARE WE LOOKING FOR TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL AND SHOULD BE FUNDED OUR OPERATING MOVING FORWARD UNLESS THIS WILL BE A ANNUAL GRANT TYPE OF SITUATION? I DIDN'T I WASN'T HEARING THAT FROM THE INTRODUCTION THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ANNUAL SO THIS IS SORT OF A ONE TIME GRANT USE FOR A PILOT PROGRAM KIND OF KICK THE TIRES IF YOU WILL. AND NOW I IS BASED ON WHATEVER METRICS WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL WE NEED TO NOW MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT IT'S A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. WE WANT TO GET IT INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET CLEARLY TO SUSTAIN THE EXISTING PILOT PROGRAM WHICH WOULD BE IN AUSTIN AND THEN HAVE THE BROADER CONVERSATION AS TO HOW WE SORT OF TAKE THIS ON THE ROAD AND GET IT INTO OTHER AND EVENTUALLY ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. SO WHAT METRICS WOULD WE BE LOOKING AT TO DETERMINE SORT OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS CAN IS TO USE THIS GRANT THAT SEED MONEY SO THAT THE VENDOR CAN ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AND THEN BE ABLE TO OPERATE WITH THEIR OWN FUNDING INDEPENDENTLY OF THE BAND? THAT'S IDEAL. THAT WOULD BE THE IDEA. THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM AND SO THE SUBSIDY WORKS TO HELP ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AND BE UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL COMMITMENT FOR THEM TO GET THEIR BIKES INTO A BOSTON AREA AND BE CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BUSINESS WALK AROUND AFTER THAT INITIAL PERIOD. WE ARE ENCOURAGING THEM TO START ESTABLISHING THEIR NETWORK AND MAKE THAT CONTACT SO THAT AFTER EIGHTEEN MONTHS THEY CAN SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN AND LOCALLY. HOW MANY THERE WAS FOR THE OTHER QUESTION WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A PARTICULAR VENDOR BUT HOW MANY SO THE CARGO COMPANIES ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND CAN COMPETE FOR THIS GRANT. SURE YEAH. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL VENDORS THAT KIND OF ACCOMPLISH PIECES OF THIS PROGRAM. SO THERE ARE DOZENS OF E CARGO BIKE MANUFACTURERS, DOZENS OF LOGISTICS COMPANIES BUT I WOULD SAY A HANDFUL SEVERAL THAT THAT REALLY OFFER YOU KNOW, THE THE FULL PACKAGE. YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF A LOT OF INTEREST FROM YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THOSE VENDORS THAT DO OFFER THAT FULL PACKAGE AND WE'RE ALSO ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN VENDORS THAT YOU KNOW, EACH EACH VENDOR CAN KIND OF WORK TOGETHER TO TO PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES THAT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. YOU KNOW, WE'VE RECEIVED YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A SESSION WITH ABOUT 20 VENDORS ON IT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST AND WE'RE EXCITED TO TO SEE WHAT THE RESPONSES ARE AND THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. THE OUTREACH HAS BEEN SENSITIVE TO SORT OF THE LANGUAGES AND YOU KNOW, THE ETHNICITIES AND CULTURES OF OUR CITY. SURE. YEAH. SO I SORT OF CONSULTED WITH OUR LCA OFFICE AND A LOT OF THE THE OUTREACH HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, TARGETED TO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ALL VILLAGE MEAN STREETS ALSO BRIGHTON HEALTH COLLABORATIVE AND AND THEN YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT THE WHAT ILESHA ENCOURAGED US TO DO BECAUSE A LOT OF THE OUTREACH IS KIND OF PRELIMINARY RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF GAUGING INTEREST SEEING HOW THIS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE DEVELOPED SO THAT YOU KNOW, IT IS ACTUALLY HELPFUL TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND SO OUR MAIN DOCUMENT WHICH IS IN FACT DOCUMENT ON OUR WEB PAGE INCLUDES A BLURB IN THE TARGET LANGUAGES THAT SAYS IF YOU REQUIRE LANGUAGE ACCESS, YOU KNOW, PLEASE REACH OUT AND THAT IT WILL BE SORT OF OUR WAY OF GAUGING WHAT WHAT LANGUAGE NEEDS EXIST WITH WITH THIS WITH THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. WE WERE JOINED A FEW MINUTES AGO BY MY COLLEAGUE CITY COUNCIL JULIE MHERE CHAIR AT THIS TIME RECOGNIZES MY COLLEAGUE LUISA. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. I THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. IS THAT CORRECT? BETHAN HARPER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIES BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR AUSTIN. JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD JUST WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE WANTING TO BE SENSITIVE TO LANGUAGE GROUPS IN DIFFERENT IMMIGRANT GROUPS. IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO WORK OUT AND WE GET TO PRISON WORKERS CENTER. THEY DO A LOT OF WORK IN AND BRIGHTON AREA AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A STRONG BRAZILIAN COMMUNITY THERE. SO JUST SOMETHING EXCITING TO THINK ABOUT HOW LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN PARTICIPATE AND AND BENEFIT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE OUTREACH IS LOOK LIKE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES OF COLOR? SURE YEAH. SO A LOT OF THE OUTREACH THAT IS TAKEN PLACE HAS BEEN THROUGH YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE OLSSEN VILLAGE MAIN STREET GROUP WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF BUSINESS BLOCKS JUST YOU KNOW, WALKING UP AND DOWN HARVAT OF KOMAROV AND YOU KNOW, HANDING OUT INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND SPEAKING WITH WORKERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT THAT ARE THERE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS SORT OF IN TERMS OF OUR OUTREACH THE GOAL OF OUR OUTREACH RIGHT NOW IS TO KIND OF GAUGE INTEREST FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND HAVE AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT KIND OF NEEDS AND LIMITATIONS WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN SORT OF FINALIZING THE DESIGN OF THIS PROGRAM. AND THEN IT'S LIKE SELECTING OUR VENDOR WHO WILL ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, FINALIZE WHAT THIS YOU KNOW, PROGRAM WILL ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS THAT FOLLOWING THE SELECTION OF A VENDOR WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WORK CLOSELY AND AND YOU KNOW, HOLD A NUMBER OF INFO SESSIONS AND POP UP EVENTS AND BOTH, YOU KNOW, ON OUR OWN AND ALSO IN COLLABORATION WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE REALLY DEEP TIES TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND ALSO IN YEAH AND I THINK SO I THINK A LOT OF THE KIND OF DEEPER OUTREACH WILL TAKE PLACE ONCE WE KIND OF HAVE ESTABLISHED LIKE THE FINAL DETAILS OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM WILL WILL LOOK LIKE OLD OUTREACH TO SPECIFIC BUSINESSES IN IN THE AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT PARTICULARLY THE SMALLER BUSINESSES DON'T WANT THIS TO BENEFIT CBS. OK, WE WANT TO BENEFIT THE SMALLEST OF SMALL BUSINESSES BUSINESSES THAT DO NOT TYPICALLY HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL OR ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BANK TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE STANDARD DELIVERY SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND SO WE WILL IN A VERY DELIBERATE WAY MAKE CONTACT ONCE AGAIN SELECTED BECAUSE THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN A VERY DELIBERATE WAY. WE WILL REACH OUT TO SPECIFIC BUSINESSES THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WITH THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY AT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE THE BENEFICIARIES SO NOT BUSINESS WILL GET A SUBSIDY DOLLAR BILL THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY BUT WE WANT THE SUBSIDY MONEY TO GO TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. YEAH, I THINK THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AND I AM EXCITED FOR BUSINESSES THAT OFTEN DON'T HAVE CAPACITY AND THE ABILITY TO DO THIS ON THEIR OWN ESPECIALLY IN THE TECHNOLOGY. SO I MEAN EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPS. I'LL JUST MAKE MY OWN SELFISH PLUG THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT E CARGO AND YOU THINK ABOUT EBANKS THAT WE KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT SCOOTERS BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE REALLY GREAT WAYS OF DELIVERY AND INNOVATIVE WAY OF TRANSPORT. SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS GRANT ALLOWS FOR YOU TO THINK THAT WAY BUT I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT ON THE TABLE. I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT. WE ARE EXPECTING THE PRIMARY FLEET TO CONSIST OF CARGO BIKES. BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO ADD EBANKS OR OTHER SCOOTERS, THEY CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, GAS POWERED VEHICLES. YEAH, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE CLEAN VEHICLES. THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY REQUIREMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL CHAIR RECOGNIZES CITY COUNCIL JULIE HERE JULIA JULIA MAKIA. THAT'S RIGHT. I'M JUST TEASING JULIA AS GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH REALLY ENCOURAGED AND EXCITED ABOUT YOU BEING HERE IN PARTICULAR. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO MY COLLEAGUES ASK MOST OF MY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO JUST ACCESS. I ALWAYS YOU KNOW, I THINK SINCE THE MOMENT I STEPPED FOOT IN HERE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR ACCESS SO MUCH SO THAT WE CREATED A COMMITTEE AROUND ACCESSIBILITY RATES THAT I'M JUST TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY WHO HAS ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND WHAT CAN THE CITY DO MORE OF TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO PROSPER SO I'M ENCOURAGED BY A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST OFFER AS WE START THINKING ABOUT JUST ROLL OUT IS I ALWAYS MORE SO NOW AM I TWENTY NINE MONTHS HERE I'VE REALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT RETURN ON INVESTMENTS RIGHT. SO THESE ARE REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY MEASURE YOUR YOUR THE SUCCESS AND YOU KNOW DO YOU HAVE LIKE A SIX MONTH KIND OF LIKE CHECKING IN AND IN A SURVEY OR LIKE JUST TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO JUST THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS KIND OF CHECK IN AND SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING, HOW THE PROGRAM IS ROLLING OUT MSNBC PLAY THE MODULE. YEAH. SO GREAT QUESTION AND I THINK SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVALUATION PROCESSES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. ONE IS MEP C IS WORKING WITH US TO WORK ON EVALUATING THE PILOT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF HOW IT CAN BE SCALED TO YOU KNOW, TO TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN WE ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING OUR OWN EVALUATION PLAN THAT LOOKS AT, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN REPLACED BY ELECTRIC CARGO BIKES LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS THIS IS IN THE WORKS. BUT YOU KNOW, MEASURING IMPACTS ON ON TRAFFIC SAFETY, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CITATIONS THAT HAVE HOPEFULLY DECREASED AS AS A RESULT BECAUSE OF COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF DOUBLE PARKING AND PARKING IN THE BUS LANE AS A RESULT OF A LOT OF THESE DELIVERY VEHICLES AND OLSZTYN. SO AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY'RE REALLY SHARING A LOT OF THEIR DATA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT OF MILES TRAVELED. YOU KNOW, HOW HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? HOW MANY MILES DOES IT TAKE TO DELIVER A PACKAGE AND IS THAT LESS OR MORE THAN THE MILES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELED IN A DELIVERY VEHICLE AND AS PART OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MAZDA SC THEY REQUIRE THAT WE'LL BE SUBMITTING QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THEM TO MEASURE A LOT OF THESE METRICS AND YOU KNOW, SO SO WE'LL BE STAYING ON ON TOP ON TOP OF THIS YOU KNOW, ON A MONTHLY BASIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, YOU KNOW, AND MEASURING THE THE IMPACTS AND WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING SOME SURVEYS FOR BUSINESSES AND ALSO FOR, YOU KNOW, THE END CUSTOMER SO THAT WE CAN MEASURE, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND THE CUSTOMERS THAT ACTUALLY RECEIVE THESE THESE PACKAGES. I LOVE THAT WALL AROUND IT LIKE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE BUSINESSES BUT IT'S ALSO THE CONSUMER. SO THAT'S A REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND WELL PLANNED OUT. I'M JUST REALLY SUPER EXCITED. FLORIDA JUST GO ON THE RECORD THAT I'M SUPER SUPPORTIVE US AND LET'S GO. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. HERE ONE QUESTION WE DID HAVE IS PHARMACIES, FOOD MARKETS, BODEGAS AND EVEN SORT OF BIGGER SORT OF THE BOX STORE TYPES. ARE THEY ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM? YES, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BUT BE WELL, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON OUR EVALUATION OF THEIR YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A SMALL MOM AND POP STAR WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SUBSIDIZE THERE. BUT THE DELIVERY SYSTEM BUT OUR LARGER PHARMACY, ET CETERA, THAT'S PART OF A CHAIN THERE HAS LESS CHANCE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE THE SUBSIDY THAT WE THINK THEY CAN DO THAT ON THEIR OWN ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE, YES. PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THEY WOULD GET FREE DELIVERY RIGHT. PERFECT. AND THAT WAS THE SORT OF TIME FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WISHING TO OFFER PUBLIC TESTIMONY MAY DO SO NOW OR FOREVER. HOLD YOUR PEACE ONE IS THE COMMITTEE LIAISON ANYTHING VIA EMAIL OR ZOOME VERY GOOD. UM, SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HEARING THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION WITH RESPECT TO DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN SIX MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING CITY BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED AMOUNT OF 490 TO 2286 DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT ACCELERATING CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL THAT WAS SPONSORED BY NATURE WILL AND REFER IT TO THE COMMITTEE ON MARCH THE SIXTEENTH WITHOUT ANY FOR THE TESTIMONY OF CLOSING COMMENTS. WE CAN WRAP THIS UP IN. I'LL BE SPEAKING TO BOTH CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TRYING TO GET A COMMITTEE REPORT TURNED AROUND QUICKLY SO WE CAN MAYBE HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON WEDNESDAY GIVEN I THINK HARPER HAD MENTIONED THERE WAS MORE ABOUT THE TIME SENSITIVITY I BELIEVE HE SAID MAY OR MAY. TWENTY THIRD IS WHEN THE VENDOR THAT'LL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT GIVEN THAT WE'RE ALREADY INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY SO LET'S TRY TO COMMIT TO GETTING SOMETHING TURNED AROUND AND VOTED ON SO THAT THE MAYOR CAN SIGN IT AND GET IT TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND. AND I KNOW AND I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUE LIZ BRADIN WHO IS EXTREMELY IS VERY EXCITED OBVIOUSLY TO HAVE ONE THIS PROGRAM AND PARTICULARLY THAT IT'S GOING TO KICK OFF THE PILOT WILL BE IN HER DISTRICT. SO SHE'S EXCITED TO TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS IN HER COMMUNITY AS REFERENCED ALSO WITH THE AUSTIN VILLAGE FOLKS. SO SO LIZ IS EXTREMELY HAPPY AND SHE'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THIS COMMITTEE REPORT TURNED AROUND AND SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB OVER THERE AND IN DISTRICT NINE. SO IT'S FORTUNATE SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE DUE TO A SCHEDULING CONFLICT BUT SHE DID AND THAT LET HER IN AND SHE'S EXCITED TO GET THIS THING TURNED AROUND AND AND AND AND PARTICIPATE IN AND HAVE IT BE A SUCCESS THE PILOT BE A SUCCESS IN HER DISTRICT AND THEN HOPEFULLY IT CAN BECOME SORT OF A PERMANENT THING WHERE WE CAN THEN EXPAND IT. BUT AND BUT SHE'LL HAVE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP BEING THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR IN THE AREA WHERE IT KICKED OFF SO SO FLOOZIES TUNING IN AND I KNOW SHE'LL WATCH THE TAPE. I KNOW SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIR TO GET THIS THING TURNED AROUND. WE APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION WITH RESPECT TO DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN IS ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. THANK YOU. THANK