ONE FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS FRANK BAKER, BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT THREE, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION. I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST LIVE ON XFINITY EIGHT RCN 82 AND PHILES NINE SIX FOUR AND STREAMED ON WWOR BOSTON DOTCOM'S CITY DASCH COUNCIL DASCH TV PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER DEVICES. WE WILL ALSO TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU SIGN IN OVER HERE. I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TESTIFY IN PERSON OUGHT TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE IF YOU WISH TO TESTIFY VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE PLEASE EMAIL MEGHAN MEGG AND CAVANAUGH K A V A AND A G.H. AT BOSTON DOT GOV TO SIGN UP WHEN YOU ARE CALLED PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION WITH YOUR RESIDENCE AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO NO MORE THAN TWO MINUTES TO ENSURE THAT ALL COMMENTS ARE HEARD. THAT'S FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONY. ADDITIONALLY. WELL WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SPANISH TRANSLATORS IN THE CHAMBER SO IF SOMEBODY SHOWS UP PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF BE KNOWN AND AS WELL I BELIEVE WE HAVE ARABIC ONLINE AND IF YOU NEED A TRANSLATOR VIA PLEASE CONTACT MEGHAN KILKIVAN AT BOSTON DOT GOV WHICH I JUST SPELLED OUT YOU MAY ALSO SUBMIT WRITTEN TESTIMONY BY EMAILING C.C.C. DAUDT PLAN DSV AT BOSTON DOT GOV. OK TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN TWO TWO THIS IS A MONTH. THIS IS A MATTER SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR COLLATERAL DISTRICT ONE AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION ON JUNE 8TH. TWENTY TWENTY DOCKET ZERO SEVEN TWO TWO IS IN ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT WIDE PLANNING PROCESS FOR BOSTON'S WATERFRONT. I'M JOINED BY THE MAKER COUNCIL COLLETTA AND THE ATLANTIC FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR AN OPEN STATEMENT TO COUNCIL COLLETTA AND WE'LL START THIS OFF TESTING TESTING. OK, GREAT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BAKER FOR CLEARING YOUR SCHEDULE AND BEING HERE TO CHAIR THIS HEARING. I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU COULD MAKE THIS WORK AFTER FIVE P.M. AND TO CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU TO CHIEF OF PLANNING ARTHUR JAMISON FOR BEING HERE. SPECIAL THANKS TO CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN BASE REVEREND MARIAMA DWIGHT HAMMOND. IT'S ALWAYS SO GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACCESSIBILITY AND BEING HERE AFTER FIVE P.M. SO THAT THE PUBLIC COULD LISTEN IN AND PARTICIPATE. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL. I WANT TO THANK THE ADVOCATES WHO ARE HERE WITH US FROM MANY INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO ENSURE A WATERFRONT IS RESILIENT, INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL PEOPLE THINK . I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC THOSE HERE AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AS WELL. WE RECEIVED MANY COMMENT LETTERS AND I LOOKED THROUGH SOME OF THEM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING ALL OF THEM IN THE SUBSEQUENT DAYS AND WEEKS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DREAMING BIG AND LISTENING AND LEARNING FROM YOU ALL WHAT YOUR VISION FOR THE WATERFRONT IS MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS THIS WAS MY FIRST ACT IN THE CITY COUNCIL . I CALLED FOR THIS HEARING AND I DID SO WITH URGENCY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE MOVING THE NEEDLE TOWARDS A FUTURE THAT PROTECTS THE RESILIENCY OF THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. SEA LEVEL RISE IN STORM SURGE DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS A DEFINING ISSUE OF OUR TIME. IT SEEKS TO DISPLACE MILLIONS GLOBALLY AND ACCORDING TO THE FIRST STREET FOUNDATION IT THREATENS FORTY FIVE PERCENT OF OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING HOSPITALS, AIRPORTS, POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS AND SCHOOLS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY ALONE JUST ONE IN PARTICULAR FACES UNIQUE PRESSURE AS CHARLESTOWN IS PASSING IN THE NORTH AND ARE ALL COASTAL COMMUNITIES WE FACE BEING HIT FIRST AND WORST BY COASTAL FLOOD FLOODING AND ALREADY SEE IT WITH EVERYTHING TIED A MAJOR STORM THAT ROLLS THROUGH EAST PAST THESE PAST POPULATION IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE AS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE A MAJORITY LOW INCOME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR BASED ON CENSUS TRACK DATA ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE DISPLACED FROM FLOODING WITH ASSUMPTIONS AT A NINE INCH INCREASE BY 20 30 21 INCHES BY 2050 AND 36 INCHES BY 2070. BOSTON'S WATERFRONT IS AN INCREDIBLE ASSET, AN ENVIRONMENTAL TREASURE WE HAVE A LONG MARITIME HISTORY THAT DATES BACK TO THE FOUNDING OF THIS GREAT CITY AND OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS CHANGED WITH THAT WITH THE HARBOR AND IT NEEDS TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY PROTECT OURSELVES AND WE MUST LOOK TO THE FUTURE. CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD ARE ACTIVELY PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE SEA IN A WAY THAT FORTIFIES THEIR COASTLINE, TAKES IN WATER ON PERMEABLE SPACES AND PROTECTS THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT PLACES LIKE ROTTERDAM AND COPENHAGEN ARE PUTTING SIGNIFICANT TIME, ENERGY AND SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS INTO COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS TO HELP MITIGATE THE IMPENDING FLOOD LEVELS. AS BOSTON PREPARES FOR SEA LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE, WE MUST PRIORITIZE THE SAME TYPE OF HOLISTIC WATERFRONT PLANNING THAT INCORPORATES A STRONG FRAMEWORK FOR RESILIENCE AND EQUITY. SO IN TERMS OF GOALS AND FRAMING FOR THIS HEARING AND WHY I PRODUCERS HERE IN ORDER I WANTED TO CONVENE AND START A PUBLIC DIALOG WHILE EXPLORING WHAT A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WATERFRONT PLANNING LOOKS LIKE HERE IN BOSTON SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO MY DISTRICT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES LIKE EAST BOSTON, I'M GRATEFUL OF COURSE TO MAYOR WU AND MEMBERS OF HER ADMINISTRATION FOR HER FOCUS ON THE NEW BOSTON MUNICIPAL HARBOR PLAN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING DEEPER INTO THAT CONVERSATION. I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THE RECENT DPA LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO SECRETARY CARD ASKING THE STATE TO LIFT INDUSTRIAL RESTRICTIONS ALONG AS BOSTON'S WATERFRONT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MORE RESILIENCY AND AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW UNDER THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, COASTLINE RESILIENCE OCCURS ON A PARCEL BY PARCEL BASIS. WE LARGELY DEPEND ON PRIVATE ACTORS AND THEIR RESOURCES TO ACCOMPLISH PROTECTION FROM SEA LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE. IT IS A REALITY THAT WE MUST WORK THROUGH AND WE HAVE AN ENDLESS NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS INCLUDING MASSPORT IN THE STATE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES IN VARYING LAND, VARYING LAND USE DESIGNATIONS A PORT. A POINT I WANT TO UNDERSCORE HERE IS THAT I AND MANY OTHERS BELIEVE THE CITY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN LEADING THIS CONVERSATION, SETTING A FRAMEWORK TO WHICH OTHERS FALL IN LINE WHILE WORKING WITH FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO IDENTIFY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO FORTIFY OUR WATERFRONT. AND I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. THE CITY HAS ALREADY TAKEN A LEADING ROLE IN IDENTIFYING OUR MOST VULNERABLE AREAS ALONG THE WATERFRONT AND STRATEGIES TO PROTECT US. TWO REPORTS WERE RECENTLY COMPLETED UNDER CLIMATE REDIS BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT AS WELL IN THE PRESENTATION. AND THE CITY ITSELF HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE RESILIENCY BY INVESTING IN ITS OWN PROPERTY. POPOLO AND LANGONE PARK IN THE NORTH END AS WELL AS LOCALLY PARK IN SOUTH BOSTON THESE PARKS ARE SHINING EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH ADEQUATE PLANNING AND THE RESOURCES PROVIDED. SO MY GOAL IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT COMES NEXT, HOW WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE EPA PUSHING THOSE WHO SEEK TO BUILD IN OUR CITY TO DO BETTER WHILE ALSO SETTING BOSTON UP FOR SUCCESS TO BE A NATIONAL LEADER IN THIS SPACE MUCH LIKE OUR SISTER CITIES IN EUROPE AND EVEN IN SEATTLE. SO IN THIS SPACE AND IN THAT SPIRIT I'M ASKING US TO BE BOLD TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT OURSELVES IN THE FUTURE. SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK TO CHAIR BAKER TO START THE PANEL . THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . IF YOU HAVE AN OPENING STATEMENT. THANK YOU CHAIR AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE AND CONGRATULATION IN COUNCIL OF CLUTTER. THIS WAS YOUR MAIDEN SPEECH AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE I PARTICIPATED IN THIS WITH YOU. I BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN DORCHESTER SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND GROWING UP IN ONE OF THE COASTAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY THAT IF IT'S A HIGH TIDE, A FULL MOON YOU CAN GET BLOCKED AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET DOWN MARCY BOULEVARD. IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A BIG STORM AND I KNOW WE HAVE SPOKEN I'M SURE ABOUT OUR COASTAL WATERFRONT WHERE YOU KNOW, WE LIVE ON THE WATER AND THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS WE HAVE TO DO NOT JUST TO PROTECT IT FROM CLIMATE BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS AND THE OCEAN AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL RESOURCES WE HAVE LIVING ALONG THE WATER ARE YOU KNOW, EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THOSE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND ADVOCATING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE SAVE OUR COASTAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT WE LISTEN. IT'S GREAT TO SEE. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP AFTER WORK TODAY. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE ADVOCATES AND THE EXPERTS WHO ARE ALREADY ADVOCATING AND KNOW A LOT TO SHARE WITH US THE COUNCIL SO WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. SO THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. NOT JUST LIKE TO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE JOHN ROGERS, STATE REP FROM NORWOOD, JOHN FROM NORWOOD IS HERE JOINING US TONIGHT AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE BUT PEOPLE AT HOME POTENTIALLY DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOUR TITLE IS AND YOU GUYS CAN GET RIGHT INTO YOUR PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REVEREND MORIYAMA WHITE HAMMOND. I AM THE CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME'S ARTHUR JEMISON. I'M THE CHIEF OF PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY . SO I'M GOING TO START BY SHARING A FEW SLIDES SO WE HAVE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF SORT OF WHAT WE'RE FACING. WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF SOME OF THESE CLIMATE READY PROCESSES BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SORT OF THAT COMMON UNDERSTANDING START FROM LET'S SEE IT SEEMED LIKE IT REGISTERED IT HAD ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THINK THE WAY IS IT'S SOMETHING NOW THERE WE GO THERE. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE AT THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT ARE LOOKING AT FOUR MAJOR IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE HEAT WHICH WE RELEASED A THIS YEAR AND IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND MOST DEADLY IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. WELL, THAT'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS. BUT I DO WANT TO RAISE IT BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT SOLUTIONS WE ARE LOOKING AS MANY SOLUTIONS AS POSSIBLE THAT ADDRESS ALL FOUR OF THESE ISSUES, NOT JUST ONE EXTREME PRECIPITATION, SEA LEVEL RISE AND COASTAL STORMS. SO I THINK MANY OF US LIVED THROUGH THE REALITY OF BOSTON IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN AND YOU CAN SEE HERE AND THE TOP LEFT CORNER FLOODING IN THE NORTH END TO THE TOP RIGHT FLOODING IN BOSTON DOWN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT. FLOODING IN CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD AND TO THE BOTTOM LEFT FLOODING AND LONG WALK IN DOWNTOWN. AND SO AS TOWNS LIKE COLLETTA SAID, THIS IS THE DISTRICT THAT HAS THE SORT OF LARGEST COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALL ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. NOW IT'S WORTH NOTING COUNCIL BACK I KNOW WE LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER. WE ALSO DO HAVE SOME FLOODING CHALLENGES. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SALMON HILL PITCHER IN THERE WITH THE I KNOW I KNOW. YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME NEXT STEP WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF DORCHESTER HERE AND SO REALLY WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT COASTAL FLOODING AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS RECOGNIZE THIS IS AND I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE CAN SEE BUT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING WITH THE RISK OF NINE INCHES OF SEA LEVEL RISE WHICH WE EXPECT TO BE COMING AS EARLY AS 20 30. AND SO WE DO NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE EVER BUILT ANYTHING, JUST ONE BUILDING CAN TAKE QUITE A WHILE TO MOVE THROUGH PERMITTING WE'RE THINKING MUCH LESS THE LEVEL OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO CLOSE THESE MAJOR FLOOD PATHWAYS. THIS IS WHAT EAST BOSTON LOOKS LIKE 40 INCHES OF SEA LEVEL RISE WHICH IS THE NEW PROJECTION FROM UMASS BY 2070. THIS IS WHAT CHARLESTOWN LOOKS LIKE BY 2030 AND BY 2017 AND THEN THE NORTH END AND DOWNTOWN YOU CAN SEE BOTH NEAR TERM AND LONG TERM ON THE SAME SLIDE AND SINCE IT'S MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD I THOUGHT I WOULD THROW IN DORCHESTER. I COULDN'T QUITE GET A LITTLE PENCIL. YOU CAN SEE MY HOUSE WHICH IS RIGHT ALONG THE FLOOD PLAIN AS WATER COMES DOWN COLUMBIA ROAD THERE CHALLENGING ROTARY RIGHT NEAR MOAKLEY PARK WILL ITS OWN RIVER AND IT WILL BRING WATER TO MY HOME. AND SO THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING I WORK ON AS MY JOB BUT SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT AS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MY OWN NEIGHBORS WHO ARE RIGHT THERE IN THE WAY THIS IS SALVORS AND WE WEREN'T GOING INTO IT AS MUCH. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE PARTICULARLY THE SEAPORT BUT A LOT OF SOUTH BOSTON AS A REALLY HIGH FLOOD RISK BOTH IN THE NEAR TERM AND LONG TERM. SO WE HAVE DONE A SERIES OF DIFFERENT PLANNING EFFORTS GOING BACK. OUR FIRST WAS RELEASED IN THE CLIMATE READY BOSTON FIRST SUMMARY I BELIEVE WAS RELEASED AT 2015 AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH EACH NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY DIGGING INTO WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC PATHWAYS WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE IMPACTED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO ABOUT IT? SO WE'VE DONE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL COASTAL RESILIENCE PLANNING WHICH MEANS REALLY WORKING WITH A COMBINATION OF RESIDENTS AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHERE THE FLOODING IS COMING AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ADDRESS IT. AS WAS MENTIONED, OUR FIRST REPORT WAS ABOUT BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN AND OUR FINAL REPORT FINISHED UP THE SECOND LAYER FOR EAST BOSTON AND IN CHARLESTOWN THESE THE SECOND REPORT IS ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IN THE LONGER TERM. THE FIRST REPORT REALLY DEALT WITH THOSE EARLY PATHWAYS THAT ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER. SO THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF PHASE ONE FOR EAST BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN AND IN SOME INSTANCES WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE. SO IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE'VE DONE IN TERMS OF RYAN PLAYGROUND AND THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT SPACE CAN BE PART OF RESILIENCE, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT IN THESE BOSTON TO SUPPORT RESILIENCE. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT FOR ALL OF THE PLANNING WE'VE THE REAL FOCUS NOW IS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND THE URGENCY OBVIOUSLY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME SEVEN YEARS BEFORE 2030 DOES NOT GIVE US LAW A LOT OF TIME TO REALLY BEGIN TO GET SHOVELS IN THE GROUND AND DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES. SO I WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE DONE SOME THINGS AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS LINGALA POPOLO UP IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AND FURTHER DOWN THE EAST BOSTON RESILIENT WATERFRONT PROJECT THAT WAS THE DESIGN WAS COMPLETED IN 2020 TO IT HAS NOT YET GONE TO CONSTRUCTION BUT WE HAVE BEEN MOVING ALONG SOME OF THESE PLANS AND THEN THIS IS THE RYAN PLAYGROUND VISION AND I'M SURE SOME FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS AND THE MACLEAY PARK VISION WHICH I LITERALLY CARRIED IN MY BACKPACK OR PURSE WHEREVER I GO IT'S BEEN TO GLASGOW. IT'S BEEN TO TANZANIA AS I WANT TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO START PUTTING SHOVELS IN THE GROUND. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS HEARING AND YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE LEANING TO THAT AS WE PASS IT OVER TO CHIEF JIMERSON TO TO SHARE HIS SURE WITH THANKS. GOOD EVENING. THERE'S A SLIDE THAT IF YOU COULD HELP ME BRING UP IF I THINK THE FIRST ONE WAS UP THERE BEFORE, I'LL USE THAT TO SPEAK TO AT THE END. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILOR BAKER. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILOR KOHALA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING TONIGHT. I'M ARTHUR JAMESON, YOUR CHIEF OF PLANNING AND DIRECTOR OF THE EPA. JUST A FEW COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD MAYOR ASKED ME TO TAKE THIS ROLE TO REALIGN THE CITY'S PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WORK TO TACKLE THE CITY'S GREATEST CHALLENGES. OUR RESILIENCY, AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY ARE THE THREE THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON. BOSTON'S WATERFRONT IS A PLACE WHERE THESE THREE PRIORITIES INTERSECT AND ARE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO US. TOMORROW MARKS FOUR MONTHS ON THE JOB HERE IN THIS FOUR MONTH I'VE INVESTED TIME AND ENERGY INTO UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE AND ENVISIONING THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE AHEAD MANY OF WHICH MY COLLEAGUE HAS IDENTIFIED IN THE IN THE PRESENTATION SHE SHOWED I'M RETURNING TO BOSTON AFTER WORKING FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS IN THE AT HUD IN MY ROLE WITH THE ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AMONG OTHER THINGS WE ALLOCATED THE 80 BILLION DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO AMERICAN COMMUNITIES WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM DISASTERS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS ARE A KEY PART OF THE RESOURCE ARRAY THAT COMMUNITIES USED TO RECOVER FROM DISASTERS. ALMOST ALL THOSE DISASTERS HAD A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND JUST TO GIVE A SENSE OF DIMENSION, 80 BILLION DOLLARS IS NOT ONLY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT MY ONE SECTION OF THE AGENCY HAD TO HELP COMMUNITIES RECOVERING FROM DISASTER 80 BILLION DOLLARS IS ALSO THE APPROXIMATE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE ENTIRE AGENCY. TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF JUST HOW URGENT THIS CRISIS IS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE RESILIENCY MEASURES ARE NOT TAKEN, THE PRICE YOU PAY CAN BE VERY HIGH AND REBUILDING AFTER DISASTERS IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE AT MESSIER THAN TAKING PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IN MY CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF PLANNING THE WATERFRONT'S CAPACITY TO HELP US PREVENT THESE DISASTERS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR PRIORITY. SO OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO WALK THE WATERFRONT WITH ADVOCATE STAKEHOLDERS' AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS AT PPTA. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH ENERGY EXPERTIZE AND KNOWLEDGE IN OUR CITY BOTH IN OUR DEPARTMENT, IN THE COMMUNITY AMONG ADVOCATES AND OTHER PLACES. WE'RE FAR AHEAD IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE THINKING PARTICULARLY THAT COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY THAT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT IN MY PRIOR CAPACITY, THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND SO FAR AS IS LEADING AND GROUNDBREAKING AND NOW WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO TURN IT INTO ACTION. THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO RAMP UP OUR EFFORTS TOGETHER IMPLEMENTATION AS MY COLLEAGUE SHARED. WE CAN'T APPROACH THIS EFFORT THE WAY WE APPROACH OUR SMALLER MITIGATION PROJECTS. ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IS SOME OF THE EXCELLENT AND BRILLIANT INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES TO INDIVIDUAL ISLAND PROJECTS ISSUES WITH RESILIENT. BUT WHAT'S NEEDED IS A MUCH GRANDER AND LARGER ATTACK ON THIS ISSUE. IT'S AN EFFORT IT'S GOING TO TAKE COORDINATION BETWEEN CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND ALSO IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT'S GOING TAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THE SAME WAY THAT HARBOR CLEANUP TOOK THAT KIND OF RESOURCE. AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE THE I'VE GOT SUCH CONFIDENCE IN OUR COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES, OUR REPRESENTATIVES, THE STATE AND THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WE CAN RESOURCE THOSE DOLLARS TOGETHER. BUT ONE THING I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US SAYING TO OURSELVES SOME OF US ARE FOCUSED ON PROGRAMING WATERFRONT. OTHERS US ARE FOCUSED ON SEAWALLS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THE MOST IMMINENT THREAT TO ALL OF US IS THE ABSENCE OF THE DOLLARS CORDON IN A COORDINATION REQUIRED AT IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES. THAT'S THE BIGGEST THREAT WE HAVE AND I'VE HEARD MANY STRONG FEELINGS ON MANY TOPICS IN MANY SPECIFIC PLACES ON OUR WATERFRONT, ESPECIALLY THE PLACES THAT EACH OF YOU REPRESENT. AND I ALSO KNOW BOSTONIANS WERE SPIRITED PEOPLE AND THEY'RE STRONG ADVOCATES BUT WITHOUT THE RESOURCE RAY PRESENT YOU KNOW OUR DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER A DOLLAR GOES TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE WATERFRONT OR A DOLLAR GOES TO CAPITALIZE NEW SIDEWALKS, WE NEED FAR MORE RESOURCE IS CURRENTLY IN THE SYSTEM. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS IS A OUR CITY HAS STRONG STRONG REVENUE BASE. IT HAS A TRIPLE-A CREDIT RATING AND THIS UNPRECEDENTED STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO ATTACK THESE EFFORTS. SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONVENING US BECAUSE THIS IS THE KIND OF CONVENING THAT I THINK BEGINS TO GET THE STORY OUT ABOUT THE RESOURCE ARRAY WE NEED. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AS PART OF THE GROUP OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE IS YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING US TAKING STEPS TO DEVELOP LOCAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANS ALL OVER THE CITY, CREATE FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE MULTIPLE BENEFITS, APPLY A NEW SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC WATERFRONT AREAS, DEPLOY PROACTIVE ZONING AND CREATE PREDICTABLE INTERNAL PROCESSES FOR GREATER PUBLIC BENEFIT. AS YOU ALL KNOW AND I THINK IN THE EXAMPLES OF USED WE'RE RELYING ON DEVELOPERS AND PRIVATE INTERESTS TO PROTECT THEIR PROJECT. IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THAT THAT'S A STRATEGY THAT'S WORKED FOR US HISTORICALLY. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S COMING, WE NEED MORE RESOURCES. WE'RE GOING TO CREATE NEW OPEN SPACES AS PART OF THIS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER. WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS DPAS WHETHER OR NOT SERVING COMMUNITY INTEREST SO THEY CAN BE ADAPTED FOR RESILIENCE MEASURES AND WE'RE GOING TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND OUR WATERFRONT HOUSING AND JOB CENTERS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO STRESS IS THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT PROTECTING LOW INCOME AND WORKING FAMILIES WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO THESE THREATS. EFFORTS ARE SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND INSTEAD CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LOCAL JOBS. GREEN COMMUNITY SPACES I CAN'T STRESS THAT POINT ENOUGH. SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO CLOSE WITH IS THE RESILIENT BOSTON HARBOR A REPORT THAT ENVISIONS GREEN AND ACCESSIBLE WATERFRONT PROTECTING BOSTON FROM COASTAL STORMS INCREASING ACCESSIBLE WATERFRONT OPEN SPACE YOU CAN SEE HERE IT SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE CHIEF RECOMMENDED THE COMMUNITY INFORMED OF THIS PROCESS BY PRESSING THE CITY TO THINK BOLDLY ABOUT HOW OUR WATERFRONT ADAPTS NOT WITH GREAT HARD INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH TRUE OPEN SPACE NETWORKS, THE CITY AND THE EPA CAN TURN THESE RISKS INTO DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES. COULD THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED HERE ARE NOT JUST PROTECT THE CITY BUT CREATE THE KIND OF WATERFRONT THAT REMINDS US OF OUR HOMES PARKS AROUND THE CITY? WE'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE CAN RISE TO THIS CHALLENGE. IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO DRIVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING AS WE ADAPT AND GROW. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL , THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE CABINET, OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MOMENT WE'RE IN TO ADDRESS RESILIENCY, AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY JUST IN CLOSING, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT AS WE'VE BEGUN TO WORK TOGETHER WE'VE BEGUN TO IDENTIFY PLACES IN WAYS THAT BPD IS UNIQUE ROLE IN ITS WORK IN THE CITY AND BRING SPECIFIC ASSETS POWERS ADD VALUE TO TO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FEMA, THE CITY, THE STATE AND VARIOUS CITY AGENCIES WITH IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY FROM THE DPW TO BPA DIRECTLY THROUGH THE DPAS WORK WITH ORGANIZATION AND THAT DO MITIGATION AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO NEED TO WORK IN TANDEM TO CREATE THE WATERFRONT DOESN'T JUST LOOK GREAT AND BECOME A CENTER OF THE CITY THE WAY IT ALREADY IS BUT PROTECT US FROM THE WORST EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU CHIEF. I JUST NEED TO MAKE A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE DO HAVE OUR OUR SPANISH INTERPRETER IF ANYBODY NEEDS IT TO MAKE ITSELF KNOWN WE HAVE A SECOND TIER WE HAVE OUR CHINESE INTERPRETER AND OUR ARABIC INTERPRETER ON ZOOME IF ANYBODY NEEDS HELP IT'S IT'S ETHAN ETTY AGE EIGHT AND VERA VAI ARE A THREE AT BOSTON GOV IF YOU NEED HELP WITH INTERPRETATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF, CHIEF AND CHIEF FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I THINK WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS IF THAT'S OK AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE ADVOCATE PANELS IF YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO HANG AROUND A LITTLE BIT FOR A WHILE THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO ARTHUR, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT ABSENCE OF DOLLARS AND COORDINATION. SO THAT'S THAT TO ME SOUNDS SO WE NEED TO BE HYPER FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING ON WHERE WE CAN DELIVER RESILING RESILIENCY SOLUTIONS. SO HOW IS THAT HOW IS THAT HAPPENING? IT'S LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE THAT ARE WORKING ON SO IF A PROJECT COMES IN AND YOU HAVE YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT. YOU HAVE YOU ARE YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE NEEDS. SO WHO AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH THIS ONE IN TERMS OF PLANNING UNDER YOUR UNDER YOUR ROOF IN YOUR SHOP WHEN A LARGE DEVELOPMENT OR EVEN A SMALL ON THE WANT OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS AND AND HOW WILL WE HOW ARE WE AS A CITY BECAUSE DEALING WITH DEVELOPMENTS THAT I HAVE THAT'S MULTIPRONGED AND AGENCIES ALL OVER THE PLACE, HOW DO WE KEEP ALL THAT CORRALLED AND HOW WILL YOU HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT IN YOUR IN THE PPTA IN YOUR ROLE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILOR . SO I THINK HAVE APPROXIMATELY SIX FULL TIME STAFF MEMBERS IN THE PLANNING SECTION WHO WORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE MATTERS AND SO THEIR WORK GOES FROM THE FULL GAMUT FROM PRODUCING PLANS THAT ARE PROACTIVE ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED RIGHT IN THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT BRING NEW CAPITAL IN TO REVIEWING PROJECTS LIKE DORCHESTER BAY CITY OR OTHERS THAT HAVE RESILIENCE COMPONENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM THE DEVELOPERS ARE CONSISTENT WITH SEGMENTS OF THE PLANNING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF DORCHESTER BAY CITY OR OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE PROPOSED TO IMPLEMENT RESILIENT SOLUTIONS OR EVEN IN CHARLESTOWN WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR COMPANY PROPOSING TO DO IMPLEMENT RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE GOT FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, REVIEWING IT, SENDING COMMENT TO THE DEVELOPER AND IN THE NEGOTIATION ABOUT MITIGATION. SO SO IF WE ARE TO SYSTEMATICALLY GO ALONG THE WATERFRONT STARTING FROM POINT A TO WHEREVER WE END UP BUT IT WOULD BE PRIVATELY OWNED, STATE OWNED, MAYBE A CITY SO PRIVATELY OWNED WOULD BE WE WOULD EXPECT THE DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH US AND THEN SO DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE SO AND HOW WE COORDINATING STATE CITY AND WHAT WOULD THOSE DOLLARS LOOK LIKE? ARE WE ABLE TO SORT OF CAST A WIDER NET WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING AND IN IS THERE ARE THERE SPECIFIC FUNDS AVAILABLE BECAUSE I MEAN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO HAPPEN JUST IN IN DISTRICT ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE A BILLION DOLLARS TO ME OR MORE OVER AND ABOVE THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT. SO HOW DO WE ENVISION THAT COMING TOGETHER SO WHAT YOU MIGHT DO FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD IS SAY HERE'S ALL THE POINTS OF INUNDATION THAT WE'RE AWARE OF AND HERE'S THE OF THE WAY THAT THE HERE'S IS THE WAY THAT THE WATERFRONT IS DIVIDED AMONG PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT ACTORS AND THEN YOU SAY OK, WELL IF WE NEED TO PROTECT THIS AREA OF INUNDATION THIS PARTS OF THE PUBLIC CAN ACT. WE CAN ASK PROPERTY OWNERS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND THEN WE CAN YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS WHERE AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS IS SUCH A CHALLENGING TOPIC IS NOT EVERY OWNER IS READY TO TODAY DO ONE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. NOT EVERY ANSWER TODAY HAS THE RESOURCES TO PROTECT THEIR PORTION OF THE WATERFRONT FROM INUNDATION. SO THERE MAY BE MOMENTS AND THIS IS WHERE THERE'S DISCUSSION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. HOW DO WE PROTECT A WATERFRONT THAT ISN'T ENTIRELY OWNED BY THE PUBLIC? WHAT ARE THE PUBLIC WHERE IS THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY SO TO SPEAK THAT ALLOWS US TO PROTECT THE ENTIRE AREA BECAUSE AGAIN SOME PLACES WILL GET IT FROM A PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTOR. SOME PLACES WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE EITHER USE EXISTING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR EXPAND THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROTECT THAT REGION BECAUSE AGAIN WHEN THE STORMS HIT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AREN'T THINKING ABOUT PROPERTY LINES AS MUCH. YEAH. SO I THINK THIS SLIDE MIGHT GIVE YOU A SENSE IT GIVES YOU THIS IS ALONG THE WATERFRONT DOWNTOWN. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING I THINK THERE ARE 16 DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO WORK IN CONCERT TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE FLOOD POINTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND SO THERE IS THE CHALLENGE OF DO YOU OPEN SIXTEEN DIFFERENT WELL UP UNTIL NOW I THINK TO SEE JEMISON'S WE'VE JUST WAITED FOR A DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN AND THEN WE OPEN THE CONVERSATION BUT BUT SOMETIMES YOU WAIT THEN THAT DEVELOPMENT MAY NOT BE AT THE MOST MAJOR FLOOD POINT IF THEY DO THAT AND THE PERSON NEXT TO THEM DOESN'T DO ANYTHING, WHAT THEY'RE DOING COULD BE FOR THAT. RIGHT. AND SO THERE IS A TENSION BETWEEN STRATEGIES ALONG THE WATERFRONT THAT WOULD REQUIRE EVERYONE TO WORK IN CONCERT OR DO WE DO STRATEGIES IN THE PUBLIC WAY WHERE WE CONTROL IT? BUT IT DOES MEAN WE WILL PROTECT EVERYONE BEHIND BUT WE WILL LEAVE EVERYBODY ON THE OTHER SIDE EXPOSED AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS AND YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING OH MY GOSH, THIS IS SERIOUS, WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT . ONE PERSON WHO SAYS I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES, ANOTHER PERSON SAYS LET'S PUT UP A HARBOR BARRIER. AND SO THERE'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RECOGNITION ABOUT THE THREAT. PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT ABILITIES FINANCIALLY TO ACT AND PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RISK. IF YOU JUST HAVE A WAREHOUSE YOU MAY NOT EXACTLY CARE ABOUT THE FLOODING QUITE AS MUCH AS IF THAT'S WHERE YOU LIVE. I THINK I MENTIONED THE HARBOR BEARS HI. MY ALSO KNOW IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO RAISE RESOURCES WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS MULTIPLE CHALLENGES AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY THINGS MENTIONED. THE HARBOR BRIDGE IS AN EXAMPLE A HARBOR BRIDGE COULD HELP WITH STORMS BUT IT WOULD DO NOTHING FOR SEA LEVEL RISE, NOTHING FOR HEAT OR RAIN WATER FLOODING. CAN YOU CAN YOU EXPOUND ON HARBOR BARRIER WHAT YOU MEAN ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL GATES? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT MATERIAL JUST BERM OR BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU SAY THAT AND WHERE ABOUTS YEAH. HOW ARE YOU TALKING THERE THERE HAS BEEN A PROPOSAL OUT THERE NOT JUST YOU KNOW I'VE HEARD IT IN COMMITTEE MEETING SO I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD PUT SOMETHING CLOSER TO THE MOUTH OF THE HARBOR SORT A LITTLE FURTHER OUT. THAT IS TRUE DURING STORMS WOULD COULD HELP US REDUCE WINDS OR COULD HELP REDUCE SOME OF STORM OF THE STORM SURGE. WE COULD CLOSE IT SORT KEEP SOME OF THAT STORM SURGE BACK. BUT YOU HAVE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT DO WE STILL WANT HARBOR TO BE A NAVIGABLE CHANNEL BECAUSE IT CAN'T DO THEN YOU'D HAVE TO LEAVE THAT OPEN MOST OF THE TIME AND THAT IT WOULD DO NOTHING FOR US ON SEA LEVEL RISE. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU KNOW THE OF THERE IS A NECESSITY FOR OUR CITY TO COLLECTIVELY COME TO SOME RECOGNITION ABOUT THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT THAT WE'RE IN. I THINK THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IF WE CAN FACE IT AND WE CAN FACE IT TOGETHER THEN WE COULD RISE TO THE OCCASION AND MAKE CHOICES TO GATHER. BUT WE ARE NOT YET AT THAT POINT AND I UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO FACE A PLACE THAT THEY HAVE INVESTED THEIR LIFE IN THAT THEY OFTEN PURCHASED OR GREW UP IN BEFORE WE EVEN KNEW CLIMATE CHANGE WAS AN ISSUE. BUT IT IS CHALLENGING WHEN PEOPLE ARE AT VARYING LEVELS OF ACCEPTANCE. I SEE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DENIAL AND GRIEF WHILE WE'RE IN THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT JUST SLIDES. THESE ARE REAL PLACES THAT PEOPLE LIVE AND LOVE AND WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS WE CAN'T GO PAST BY PARCEL WAITING FOR EACH PERSON TO GET IT WHEN 2030 IS JUST ROUND THE CORNER IT HAS TO BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE TO WORK ON THIS BUT WE ACTUALLY JUST AS MUCH NEED THE HELP OF THE COUNCIL AND OTHER FOLKS. HOW DO WE GET FOLKS TO HAVE A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE FACING AND THEN EMBRACE SOME SHARED SOLUTIONS THAT WILL COME THAT WILL REQUIRE SACRIFICE BY ALL OF US AND IN ADDITION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION DOLLARS THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED ,WE CANNOT USE THEM. HARTZELL BYPASS THAT WILL NOT WORK TO ADDRESS THE THREAT WE'RE FACING AND I DON'T THINK WE AS A CITY ARE THERE ON A HEART LEVEL AND READY TO LEAN INTO THOSE DECISIONS AS THINGS ARE. THANK YOU. YOU HAD MENTIONED A NUMBER OF PARCELS THAT WOULD KIND OF IDENTIFY WAS IT TWENTY FOUR HOW MANY? I THINK IT'S A LONG THIS WAS DOWNTOWN I BELIEVE DOWNTOWN AT SIXTEEN I CAN'T REMEMBER LIKE ON BOARD A STREET IN AN EAST BOSTON. YES. SO IF YOU HAVE A CHIMNEY IF YOU HAVE A SECTION OUT IT IS DOWNTOWN YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF AIR AND IT IN AND THOSE ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ONE MIGHT BE READY TO GO ONE MIGHT JUST HAVE THE WAREHOUSE. HE'S IN HIS 80S. HE KNOWS HE'S RIGHT DIES. OH MY SON YOU DON'T LIKE THAT PEOPLE JUST CAN BE A DIFFERENT PLACE. YEAH SO DISCUSSIONS WITH EVERYBODY. RIGHT AND AND SO I THINK I JUST WANT TO BE REAL IF WE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING. DO WE TAKE THE STRATEGY OF TRYING TO GET THE ALIGNMENT OF SIXTEEN PEOPLE OR DO WE TAKE SIX TAKE THE STRATEGY OF BUILDING BEHIND TO PROTECT THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE IMPACTED IF THEY CAN'T ALL GET INTO COLLETTE? DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I DO GO FOR IT. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN TAKING I MEAN YOU SHOULD MY NOTEPAD HERE JUST THE IDEAS THAT YOU'RE PUSHING OUT AND THINGS THAT I'M FEELING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT HEART LEVEL I LOOK AT THESE MAPS AND POEMS OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE IN THEM. I HAVE A VISCERAL REACTION TO IT IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME AND I KNOW IT IS TO YOU AS WELL. AND SO THAT IS WHY I'M BRINGING THIS URGENCY TO THIS SPACE AND I'M HAPPY ALSO TO HEAR CHIEF JAMISON THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED. I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE CLEANUP OF THE BOSTON HARBOR. I THINK THAT THIS IS BIG DIG LEVEL AND I THINK WE NEED TO START GETTING PEOPLE TO THAT POINT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TO COVER THIS AND TO DO THIS. AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE NEED A COLLECTIVE APPROACH AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF ALL OF THIS. SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP AS WELL. FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM THE BOTH OF YOU, IT REALLY IS IT'S TWO SEPARATE BUCKETS. IT'S PLANNING AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING EXERCISES. I HAVE ALL THESE PLANS IN MY DISTRICT PHASE ONE PHASE TWO NORTH AND DOWNTOWN WHICH IS TWENTY TWENTY AND THEN AND THEN CHARLESTOWN SO AND THEN FOR ME FOR IMPLEMENTATION I DO SEE THE BARRIERS OF IMPLEMENTATION BEING THESE THESE THE MONEY THAT WE NEED THESE DOLLARS. BUT BEFORE I GET TO THAT IN TERMS THE THE PLANNING ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MOVE FROM A PARCEL BY PARCEL BASIS YOU KNOW FOR ME I SEE THESE PLANS AND I THINK OF THEM AS A PUZZLE PIECE HOW ARE WE HOW ARE THEY INTERLOCKING WITH THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THEM TO FULLY PROTECTING FORTIFY OUR COASTLINE AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK FOR EVERYONE AT HOME YOU KNOW, I'VE REVIEWED THEM MYSELF BUT FOR FOLKS NOT IN THE DETAILS ARE THEY TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER? ARE WE ABLE TO FULLY PROTECT OUR COASTLINE WITH WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THESE PLANS? SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S ELEVATED HARBOR WALKS RIGHT. AND THERE'S OF FLOOD BARRIERS. RIGHT. SO MY FIRST QUESTION JUST TO TEE UP THE NEXT COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IS DO THESE PLANS TALK TO ONE ANOTHER? YES, WE HAVE DONE EACH OF THESE PLANS THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER. IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT SOME OF THESE FLOOD PATHWAYS ARE NOT EXACTLY CONNECTED. SO THERE ARE SOME PLACES ACTUALLY THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES SOUTH BOSTON BEING ONE AND THERE SOME PLACES IN IN ROXBURY IN THE SOUTH WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY VULNERABLE TO MULTIPLE FLOOD PATHWAYS OF THOSE PARTS OF EAST THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO BOTH FLOOD PATHWAYS. SO YES, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THEM BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S FORTY SEVEN MILES OF COASTLINE SO IF YOU LIVE AT MILE THREE YOU MIGHT NOT BE AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENS AT MILE ELEVEN. WE HAVE WHEREVER THERE IS SORT OF CONTIGUOUS COASTLINE WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT EACH OF THOSE PATHWAYS ESPECIALLY IF THEY END UP RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER AND AND YOU KNOW, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT AT SOME OF THE POINT. BUT THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT EVEN THE COASTLINE. THEY'RE FURTHER BACK BUT THEY BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF LOWER ELEVATION THEY WOULD SEE TWO PATHWAYS COMING INTO THEM IF WE DON'T CLOSE THEM BOTH AND THEN HOW DO THEY SO CLIMATE READY IS PASSING PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IN CHARLESTON PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. AS YOU KNOW, CHIEF, WE HAVE PLAN AND PLAN CHARLESTOWN CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. HOW DO THESE PLANS ALIGN WITH ONE ANOTHER AND HOW ARE THEY TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER? AND IF A DEVELOPER WERE TO COME TO YOU TODAY WITH A NEW PROPOSAL OR ANY EXISTING PROPOSAL IN THE PIPELINE, WHAT IS WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF THEM? WHAT ARE WE POINTING THEM TO? HOW ARE WE TELLING THEM TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY? WE'RE TELLING THEM TO LOOK TO THE PLANS. THAT IS AGAIN THE PLAN THAT CHIEF WHITE HAMMOND IS DESCRIBING AS A PLAN THAT ALL OF OUR PLANNERS FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE I MENTIONED IN ENVIRONMENT HAVE WORKED ON JOINTLY. SO WE'RE RAINN WILSON. ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROTECTION OF THE OF THE OF THE WATERFRONT ARE BASED ON WHAT'S IN THIS PLAN AND WHAT YOUR PROJECT PROPOSES TO DO? YOU KNOW, I THINK SINCE I KNOW THIS IS A SUBJECT YOU WANTED TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LIFTING THE REQUEST TO LIFT THE DPA, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS IF YOU WALK ALONG BORDER STREET YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENTS WHERE THERE'S SITES WHERE THERE'S BEEN A DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S OTHERS WHERE THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT OR THERE'S VACANT INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. AND SO PEOPLE LIFTING THE DPA MEANS THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO OWN THOSE PROPERTIES MIGHT SEE MORE VALUE IN THOSE PROPERTIES AND SAY LET ME TAKE AN ACTION. BUT THE WAY THAT OUR PLAN IS BOSTON EFFORT IS GOING TO WORK IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A COORDINATED DISCUSSION AND SAY WELL, THE VALUE HAS BEEN CREATED BUT FOR YOU TO REALIZE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO NOT JUST PROTECT THE CITY WITH SOME OF THE NEW VALUE YOU MAY BE REALIZING THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED TO PROTECT HELP US PROTECT AFFORDABILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY WORK BEHIND YOU WHO'LL BE AFFECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'RE ACTING IN CONCERT AND CONNECTING THE THE SORT OF PUBLIC SIDE TO THE PLANS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE PLANS AS WELL AND DIRECTING DEVELOPERS TO THE SAME RESOURCE AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE DPA. I DO IT CHAIR IF I COULD ASK ONE QUESTION ON THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE AUGMENTATION. THANK YOU. SO AS YOU MENTIONED, MAYOR WILL SUBMITTED A LETTER TO SECRETARY CARD ASKING TO LIFT THE DPA ALONG EAST ALONG EAST BOSTON'S WATERFRONT SHE PLEDGED TO CREATE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ZONE ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE AND MARIAMA, YOU ALSO MENTIONED JUST A SET OF MECHANISMS AND TOOLS THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO START TO DEVELOP. I THINK YOU WOULD MENTIONED THE PROTECTIVE ZONING AND INCENTIVIZING COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MITIGATION IN A CERTAIN WAY. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE TOOLS AND MECHANISMS? YOU ALREADY HAVE A LIST OF THAT OR AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SURE. SO WHEN YOU AGAIN GO BACK TO BOARD STREET AGAIN AND YOU SEE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ON DIFFERENT PROPERTIES SO THERE MIGHT BE A PERSON WHO OWNS A WAREHOUSE WHO WAS SAID WELL YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE EPA. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET SOME MARITIME'S AND MAYBE MY MARITIME TENANT LIST ISN'T VERY LONG AFTER THAT. CAN YOU START A SHORT BREAK AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO EPA TO BE SURE. SORRY . PARDON ME. APPRECIATE THAT. FOR ALL THOSE LISTENING THE DESIGNATED PORT AREA IS WHAT THE EPA STANDS FOR AND THAT DESIGNATION ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE THE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT WHICH IT BELIEVES PART OF DEEP HERE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY REGULATE THE USE OF SHORELINE AND IF YOU HAVE A DESIGNATED PORT AREA, WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT YOU'RE ONLY ABLE TO USE THAT FOR MARITIME USES. SO IF YOU WANT TO FIX OR IMPROVE BOATS, IF YOU WANT TO DO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE TO THE SEA, COULD IT BE A FISH PROCESSING THAT'S. SO MARITIME INDUSTRY. YES. SO THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COASTLINE WHERE THERE'S VERY ACTIVE MARITIME INDUSTRY AND THERE'S PARTS WHERE THE IT'S NOT ACTIVE ANYMORE AND SO MANY PLACES ON THESE BOSTON WATERFRONT HAVE THERE'S NOT ACTIVITY ANYMORE SO BUT YOUR PROPERTY THAT YOU MIGHT BE THE OWNER OF IS LIMITED BY THE DPA DESIGNATED PORT AREA REQUIREMENTS TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF USES. SO IF THERE'S NO MARKET FOR LOFSTROM OR OTHER THINGS, WHO MIGHT IT? PEOPLE MIGHT USE THAT SPACE. YOU'RE YOU'RE KIND OF YOU'RE SAYING TO YOURSELF WHY CAN'T WE GET VALUE OUT OF MY PROPERTY? SO MANY OF THOSE OWNERS HAVE SAID TO US WELL WE'D LOVE TO GET THE DPK LIFTED SO THAT WE CAN REALIZE A WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT. YOU COULD DO RESIDENTIAL OR ANY SORT OF COMMERCIAL WHEN THE DPA IS LIFTED AND SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING FOR US. I'M SORRY I CAN KEEP GOING A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I THINK IT GOES TO THE COUNCILORS QUESTION SO WHEN THAT DP IS LIFTED THERE'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN VALUE A PROPERTY THAT MIGHT BE A WAREHOUSE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF USE RIGHT NOW COULD BE TURNED INTO VERY VALUABLE RESIDENTIAL OR OTHER USES. SO THAT OWNER MIGHT SAY WELL HEY, I'VE MADE MY SHIP HAS COME IN SO TO SPEAK AND I'M GOING TO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BUILD I'M SORRY CAJAMARCA WE LIKE THAT WE'RE KEEPING IT LIGHT. SORRY . MOMENTS OF LEVITY EVEN HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER SO ANYWAY THEY MIGHT SAY I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE REALLY SIGNIFICANT VALUE AND SO LET ME GO SELL MY PROPERTY. I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS LIFT THAT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO IMPOSE ZONING OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT SUGGEST IF YOU TRY TO USE IN THAT DO ANOTHER USE YOU HAVE A VERY DETAILED AND EXTENSIVE REQUIREMENT TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE SIDE OF YOUR ON THE WATERFRONT THAT WILL PROTECT THAT PORTION OF THE OF THE WATERFRONT FROM INUNDATION AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S ONE PLANK AND THE OTHER FLANK WILL HAVE ZONING REQUIREMENTS OR MAYBE EVEN OTHERS WOULD BE TO SAY WELL YOU MAY BE DEVELOPING A VERY FANCY DEVELOPMENT AND THAT MIGHT BE OK. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL BEHIND YOU? HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE EXISTING THE EXISTING FABRIC BACK THERE THAT'S OWNED BY A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE AND OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF INCOMES. HOW DO WE KEEP THOSE FOLKS THERE SO THEY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE PROTECTION AND ANY OF THE OTHER CHANGES THAT MIGHT HAPPEN? SO THOSE ARE THE TWO KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT COULD BE MONEY, IT COULD BE ZONING, IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH THAT ARE REQUESTED OF THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE A VIRTUOUS CYCLE WHERE YOU GET YOU GET INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROTECTS THE CITY. YOU GET DEVELOPMENT THAT HELPS THE CITY'S INCOME AND YOU PROTECT PEOPLE WITHOUT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. WE BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH THE WITH THE DEEP AND SPECIFICALLY AND THAT'S GREAT. I LOVE THE IDEA OF TYING AFFORDABILITY. YOU WITH SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS TOO BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT GREEN GENTRIFICATION. RIGHT. AND WHAT I'VE HEARD A SOLUTION TO THAT IS ENSURING THAT WE'RE BUILDING PARKS BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY TYING THEM TOGETHER, MAKING SURE THAT THAT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ISN'T ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE. SO I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY LAST QUESTION I THINK WITH IMPLEMENTATION IS JUST THIS BARRIER TO TO THE DOLLARS AND HOW HOW BIG OF AN INVESTMENT IS IS GOING TO BE RIGHT. THE CITY COULD POTENTIALLY GIVE SOME MONEY. THE STATE COULD GIVE SOME MONEY TO THIS. I BRING THIS UP ALL THE TIME BUT IT USED TO BE THE BUILD BACK BETTER FEDERAL IT'S NOW THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. I THINK. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? OK, IT HAS A COASTLINE RESILIENCY LINE ITEM. AND SO MY QUESTION IS IS HOW DOES THE CITY GO AFTER THAT MONEY? HOW ARE WE COMPETITIVE? ARE WE BEING COMPETITIVE FOR THAT AND HOW DOES THAT TRICKLE DOWN TO THE CITY? WELL, I HOPE I'M NOT GETTING UP IN FRONT OF MYSELF. LOOK, WE'RE EXCITED THAT NEXT WEEK WE HAVE SOMEONE WILL BE COMING BACK AND I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OTHER BIGGER ANNOUNCEMENTS SO I'LL JUST KEEP IT. BUT WHO'S CORE FUNCTION WILL BE TO PULL US TOGETHER ON INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING? I THINK WE MULTIPLE AGENCIES INCLUDING BOTH OF OUR OWN AND OTHERS IN SEEING THE INFLATION PROTECTION. I FELT LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THERE AND WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOME COORDINATED EFFORTS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE ACCESS THOSE DOLLARS. WE'VE GOT ALL THESE PLANS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. WE'VE GOT THE LONG ISLAND BRIDGE. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BACKLOGGED AND THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE PUT BUSSES FOR FOOT FIRST AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THESE DOLLARS SO I'M REALLY EXCITED I WON'T MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS BUT I THINK WE'LL ALL BE I KNOW I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH THIS PERSON AND I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE LOOKING FOR CAN I ASK A QUICK QUICK SO THAT PERSON WILL GO AFTER GO AFTER THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS BUT ALSO HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING AND BE IN THE ROOMS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS IS BEING PLANNED ACROSS THE CITY. SO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND THEN THE ABILITY TO GO AFTER THEM AT A FEDERAL LEVEL. YES, I THAT'S GREAT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A DESIGNATED WATERFRONT PERSON BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. I PUT THAT OUT THERE MANY, MANY TIMES BUT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A LARGE ENDEAVOR, I REALLY WOULD LOVE SOMEBODY WHO IS FOCUSING ON THIS NUMBER FROM THE PPTA POTENTIALLY THEIR OWN SORT OF CABINET OR DEPARTMENT. SO I'LL GET PUT THAT ON RECORD AND I KNOW THAT NO ONE CAN REALLY SPEAK TO THAT QUITE YET. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS JUST LEAVE A SUGGESTION OUT THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT PULLING EVERYBODY TOGETHER THE 16 DIFFERENT ACTORS HAVE WE CONSIDERED DOING A WATERFRONT BID TO TRY TO GET FOLKS TO THE TABLE? SO I THINK THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. SO I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARTICIPATED IN SOME WAY IN THE CLIMATE READY CONVERSATION AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SAME LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE AND THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE DO THAT? SO WE'VE ACTUALLY TOSSED OUT A FEW DIFFERENT KINDS OF IDEAS A BIT AS ONE BUT ALSO LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THE WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL . WHAT LIKE WHAT WHAT IS THE RIGHT MODEL? AND I THINK IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO KNOW ARE MORE AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES ALREADY HAVE SUCH GROUPS WHERE WE HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ARCHITECT LIVING IN THE BUILDING AND THERE'S NOT YOU KNOW OH YEAH, WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND WE HAVE A YOU KNOW, LIKE OH THIS PERSON IS SO-AND-SO A DOT THAT'S GREAT. NONAKA WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD A LITTLE BIT SO THAT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LESS SORT OF RESOURCED IN CREDENTIALLED IN THIS PARTICULAR FIELD CAN SIT AT THE TABLE WITH JUST AS MUCH ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DECISION MAKING AND LEAD THE PROCESS. SO I THINK THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT MODELS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT. OUR TEAMS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIKE HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET THIS MOVING? HOW ARE WE DO WE PUT EVERYBODY IN A ROOM FOR LIKE SIX DAYS AND THEY COME BACK, YOU KNOW? SO WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE APPROACH IT? BUT I THINK WHAT I CAN SAY IS THERE'S A CLEAR SHARED SENSE OF URGENCY AND AN ALIGNMENT OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND SO NOW WE NEED TO JUST SORT OF LINE UP WITH THE MECHANISM THAT STARTS TO PUT ALL THE IDEAS ON THE TABLE, FIGURE OUT THE PROS AND CONS OF THEM AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW WE BEGIN TO START WALKING THAT BACK. I WAS GOING TO ADD ONE THING THAT I THINK IS KIND OF A DIMENSION OF THIS IS YOU KNOW, WHILE THERE ARE THINGS WE'RE THAT WHERE THE CITY'S PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO ACT WITH PRIVATE OWNERS ALONE IN THIS PLACE, WE WILL ACT TOGETHER WITH STATE IN THOSE PLACES WHERE THE FEDERAL FEDS AND STATE AND CITY WILL ACT TOGETHER JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE THE URGENCY OF THIS IS SUCH THAT THERE MAY BE SORT OF THE TIME TO COORDINATE. I DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PRIOR LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY HAD WORKED REALLY HARD AND THOUGHTFULLY TO BRING THE STATE TOGETHER. THE STATE HAD SORT OF A LITTLE BIT MORE OWNERSHIP OF SOME THINGS AND WE DID. BUT AT SOME POINT WE ALL HAD TO KIND OF JUST GET STARTED AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS BOTH BEING COORDINATED BUT ALSO HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACT AND SELF ACT AND SELF HELP WHEN NECESSARY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE FUN AND I THINK WE'LL FIND IS PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WORD TO USE BUT I'M WORKING ON IT'S GOING TO BE FUN BECAUSE WE'LL ALL BE WORKING TOGETHER ON A COMMON CAUSE. THAT'S WHAT I IT ON SOME OF OUR OWN PIECES OF LAND, YOU KNOW, AND WE THEN I THINK ONLY POPOLO AND WE'RE TALKING AND THE BPA HAS BEGUN THAT WORK ON ITS OWN WAY INTO THE RAYMOND L. FLYNN MARINE INDUSTRIAL PARK. WE ARE WE ARE UNDERTAKING SOME OF THIS WORK ON OUR OWN SO EVERYONE'S GOT TO DO THEIR PART AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE STARTING THANK YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST ONE QUICK ONE QUICK QUESTION AND I WANT TO JUST I HAVE TO READ SOMETHING HERE BUT SO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE SECTIONS OF YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN HOWEVER MANY PARCELS DO WE HAVE LIKE INDIVIDUALLY IN THOSE PARCELS? THIS IS WHAT WE'D WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE OR IS OR WE NEED A WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO MOVE WHETHER IT'S DEVELOPMENT OR OR IF IT'S A CITY ONLY AND LIKE DO WE KNOW EXACTLY WE WANT IN THOSE PLACES POSSIBLY PARCEL OR IS THAT LIKE YOU JUST KIND OF KNOW IF IT'S RAISE IT UP OR WHAT THE FIX WOULD BE THE LIKE HOW DETAILED IS IS SO OFTEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INTEGRATED APPROACH. SO FOR INSTANCE IN CHARLESTOWN AN ELEVATED HARBOR WALK THAT WOULD GO ACROSS MULTIPLE PROPERTIES. SO YES, IT REQUIRED DIFFERENT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO MAKE IN TERMS OF SOMETIMES RIGHT AWAY. SO AN EXAMPLE LIKE WE KNEW WE WANTED TO PUT A BERM IN A SEAPORT. SO BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE WERE NEW BUILDINGS, THERE WERE SORT OF SAVE THE PEOPLE. OK, YEAH, YOU OWN THIS PARCEL BUT WE NEED YOU TO LEAVE THIS AMOUNT FOR THE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THE BERM IS GOING TO GO IN HERE AND IF YOU BUILD ON IT YOU CAN PUT THE BOTTOM THERE. YEAH. SO I THINK SOMETIMES EVEN IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE YOU NEED TO DO X WE CAN SAY THINGS LIKE WELL DON'T BUILD UP TO HERE OR LEAVE THE SPACE OPEN FOR THE FUTURE PLAN THAT WE HAVE COMING BUT IT DEPENDS IT DEPENDS ON THE FLOOD PATHWAY IN MANY INSTANCES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AN INTERVENTION THAT NEEDS TO GO ACROSS MULTIPLE THINGS AND PEOPLE MAY STILL NEED TO RAISE THE ELEVATION OF THE BUILDINGS AND NOT PUT ELECTRICITY. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT PARKS AND PEOPLE WE'RE THINKING TEN YEARS AGO AND WHERE WE ARE NOW AND SORT OF WHAT KINDS HOW THERE'S BEEN AN EVOLUTION OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS THE DATA HAS GOTTEN CLEARER AS OUR UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS THAT CLEARER. BUT YEAH, THAT IN MANY CASES THERE ARE THERE IS A PRETTY CONCRETE PROJECT SOMETIMES CONNECTED SOMETIMES SORT OF A LITTLE BIT MORE SPOT ADDRESSING OF PARTICULAR OK, AND BEFORE I GO TO COUNCILOR MURPHY, I JUST WANT TO READ THIS LETTER FROM FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE COUNCIL BAKER AND COUNCILOR COLLETTA. PLEASE BE ADVISED I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S HEARING ON DOCKETED ZERO SEVEN TO DO IN ORDER FOR HERE REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT WIDE PLANNING PROCESS OF BOSTON'S WATERFRONT. I WILL REVIEW THE TAPE OF THE HEARING WHEN IT COMES AVAILABLE . THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER SINCERELY ED FLYNN, BOSTON CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MURPHY DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? JUST ONE AND IT MAY I THINK IT WILL COME UP WHEN THE COMMUNITY SPEAKS BUT IS THERE FEAR WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE INTEGRATED RESILIENCE STRATEGIES AND THERE'S THE ONE THAT DOESN'T EXCLUDE ANYONE GOES RIGHT TO THE EDGE AND THEN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IS THERE FEAR THAT THERE WILL BE OWNERS OR YOU KNOW, PRIVATE ENTITIES ALONG THE WATER THAT MAY JUST I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A WAREHOUSE, MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. BUT IS THERE FEAR THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HOLD OUT THINKING WELL WHY SHOULD I PAY UP FRONT IF WE THINK THE CITY WILL JUST GO TO THE EDGE ANYWAY TO I I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN PROJECT PEOPLE ARE THINKING I THINK I SHOULD THINK I GUESS WHERE WHERE IT'S CHALLENGE IS IF ONE OR TWO PEOPLE HOLD OUT SOMETIMES IT NEGATES MOST OF THE WORK OF EVERYONE ELSE. RIGHT. AND SO THEN THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE FAIR AND JUST THING TO DO DO WE SAY WE WILL UNLESS WE GOT EVERYBODY ELSE RIGHT. IT'S SO IT'S I MEAN YOU'RE GETTING THE HEART OF THE CHALLENGE. EXACTLY. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M FORESEEING AND I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS WHERE THEY DIDN'T JUST START. SO THAT FEAR IS GOING TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION OF WHO PAYS HOW IS THIS EQUITABLE AT THE SAME TIME LIKE YOU SAID, I COULD HEAR IT IN YOUR VOICE LIKE IT'S COMING SO WE CAN'T AVOID IT. SO WHAT DO WE DO AS A CITY? YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS ALONG THE COAST? YOU SEE THOSE HOUSES IN CALIFORNIA AND SOMEONE HOLDS OUT AND THEN MAYBE THE INSURANCE KEEPS PAYING OR THEY KEEP BUILDING ANOTHER WALL. SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THAT. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW THIS WORK WILL CONTINUE . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF JIMMERSON AND CHIEF HANNEMANN. SO NOW WE WERE GOING TO DO TWO ADVOCATE PANELS IS THERE'S EIGHT PEOPLE IN ONE PERSON I'M GOING TO CALL ALL PEOPLE DOWN. WE HAVE FOUR SEATS HERE AND YOU CAN GO TO AND TWO I THINK THAT WILL WILL FACILITATE A BETTER CONVERSATION IN IN I'M GOING CALL THE PEOPLE'S NAMES COME AND FILL IN WHATEVER SEATS YOU WANT. THAT'LL BE OUR SECOND PANEL, MARCOS LUNA. HE'S ON VIRTUAL CHERYL DEL GRECO, LATIFA ZYAD GABRIELA RAMIREZ, NORMAN MEISNER, ALICE BROWN, RICK MUSOMA SOIL. I HOPE YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, RICK. DR. PAUL CHRISTIAN THOUGHT OH GEORGE COME IN ALSO JOEL KRISTO AND NOT DR. PAUL AND ZACHARY CUTLER IF THOSE PEOPLE CAN COME DOWN AND IN THE MEANTIME IF WE CAN GO TO TO SENATOR EDWARDS ON ZOOME READY TO GO OK, HI. I'M JUST WAITING TO TRYING TO START MY CAMERA THAT'S ALL. BUT I'M YOU CAN HEAR ME I'M SURE RIGHT. YES OK I WILL JUST GO AHEAD THEN I DON'T KNOW KEEP TRYING TO START THE VIDEO THAT'S NOT HAPPENING IN ANY EVENT I THINK YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN CONVERSATIONS FIRST OF ALL TO MY FORMER COLLEAGUES I WANT TO SAY INCREDIBLE JOB AND INCREDIBLE HEARING SO FAR TO GABRIELLA KELADA. OF COURSE I'M JUST VERY HAPPY AND SO PROUD OF YOU AND WATCHING YOU DO THIS HEARING AND KILLING IT. I KNOW I SAW COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR BAKER AS WELL AND I APOLOGIZE IF I CAN'T SEE ON THE ZOOM ANYBODY ELSE BUT TO MY FORMER COLLEAGUES, GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. THIS IS THIS IS A A DESPERATELY NEEDED PLANNING CONVERSATION THAT I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM NOT JUST THOSE THAT WORK FOR THE CITY BUT THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. I MY MY TWO CENTS REALLY HONESTLY IN THIS NOW REPRESENTING A SENATE DISTRICT THAT HAS EVEN MORE WATERFRONT IS THAT WE NEED TO HOPEFULLY CHANGE OUR ZONING AND CHANGE THE WAY WE PLAN TO BE GROUNDED IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS BEFORE I LEFT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS PUTTING FORTH A ZONING AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE WAY IN WHICH WE JUDGED BUILDINGS AND ALSO HOW WE ASSESS THEM TO INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STANDARDS. AND I HOPE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WATERFRONT PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STANDARDS ARE AT THE CORE NOT JUST PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU PLAN WITH THOSE AS THE STANDARD WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE WITH RACIAL EQUITY WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING BUILDINGS AND TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ON LAND, WE MADE RACIAL JUSTICE PART OF THE STANDARDS FOR WHICH A BUILDING CAN BE APPROVED WITH AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING. SO I'M HOPING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WILL BE PART OF THE PLANS AND PLANNING APPROVAL PROCESS FOR OUR WATERFRONT AS WE GO FORWARD AND WHAT THAT ALSO INCLUDES THEN IS IN MARRYING OFF THE OTHER PROCESS IS LOOKING AT HOW WE INCLUDE COMMUNITY, HOW DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO NOT ONLY KNOW THE STANDARDS BUT COME UP WITH WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN HEAL AND WHICH YOU CAN INTEGRATE AND ALSO EQUITABLY AND JUSTLY BE TRUE STEWARDS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COAST. I THINK THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER WATERFRONT SACRIFICE ZONES WHICH ARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS OF EAST BOSTON OF COURSE AND THE NORTH AND CHARLESTOWN AND THOSE WHO HAVE WHO HAVE WATERFRONT BUT ALSO HAVE DISPLACEMENT CRISIS BUT ALSO HAVE INDUSTRY POLLUTING OUR AIR. I BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE FORMS OF SACRIFICE ZONES AND OTHER MEANS AND OTHER PROCESSES SACRIFICE ZONES ARE GIVEN SO SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY ATTENTION AND ALSO MADE SURE THAT THEY'RE TREATED WITH THE UTMOST CARE AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN THOSE AREAS I ALONG WITH COURSE INCLUDING LOOKING AT SACRIFICE ZONES, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THERE'S A COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE CREATED FOR AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING. I WOULD LIKE IF THERE'S POSSIBLE TO CREATE ANOTHER COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WHERE YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE ALL THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEPARTMENTS WHO COME IN AND JUDGE AND WHETHER A PROJECT OR PLAN SHOULD GO FORWARD DEPENDING ON HOW JUST IT IS AT THE END I'M PROBABLY SPEAKING MORE THAN I CAN'T READ THE ROOM BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE ANYBODY WHILE I'M TALKING. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUE TO LEAD ACTUALLY AS A CITY AND I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN CONGRATULATE COUNCILOR COLLETTA ON HER LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT YOU GUYS GOT THIS SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SENATOR WHO'S A STATE SENATOR. YEAH, I FORGOT I DREW A BLANK SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SENATOR. OK, SO NOW WHAT I'M WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO START FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE YOU FIRST SO YOU ANNOUNCE WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU'RE FROM, YOUR INTEREST IN AND JUST TELL YOUR STATEMENT AND THEN WOULD YOU RATHER ME GO RIGHT TO LEFT YOU OK? YEAH, YOU LOOK A LITTLE NERVOUS. SORRY . FIRST TIME HERE OK WE'RE NO BITE ON THE OK SO WE'RE GOING TO GO LEFT RIGHT LET YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WHAT ORGANIZATION OR WHERE YOU LIVE AND WE'LL HAVE EVERYONE SPEAK FIRST AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL DO THE SAME SORT OF THING. QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH SO THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. HI MY NAME IS KELLY SHERMAN. I'M THE MANAGER OF WATERFRONT DESIGN BOSTON HARBOR NOW THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE BOSTON WATERFRONT, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE CHALLENGES COASTAL COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY FACE ACROSS COUNCILOR CARLOTTA'S DISTRICT THERE HAVE BEEN NOT A DEARTH OF PLANNING BUT RATHER LAYERS OF PLANNING. FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES FOR SPECIFIC FORMAL PROCESSES BUT LACK COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION TO SERVE ALL RESIDENTS HOLISTICALLY. MUNICIPAL HARBOR PLANS ADDRESS WATERFRONT PARCELS OUTSIDE OF DESIGNATED PORT AREAS THAT ARE VACANT OR TARGETED FOR REDEVELOPMENT WITHOUT FULLY CONSIDERING ADJACENT WATERFRONT PARCELS THAT DO NOT MEET THAT CRITERIA. CLIMATE READY PLANS ALSO KNOWN AS THE COASTAL RESILIENCE SOLUTION PLANS ADDRESS FUTURE FLOOD HAZARDS FROM SEA LEVEL RISE AND EXTREME STORMS. ALTHOUGH THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN CONCEPT STRIVE TO UTILIZE GOOD URBAN DESIGN, WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON FLOOD CONTROL WITHOUT WEIGHING TRADEOFFS INVOLVING WATERFRONT ACCESS AND VISIBILITY OR FULLY ASSESSING THE TIMELINE FOR DRAMATICALLY ALTERING BUILDINGS AND ROADWAYS . NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS TEND TO LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND OPEN SPACE ISSUES WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS BUT DO NOT FULLY ADDRESS CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ENDEAVOR COASTAL ISSUES. WE'VE SEEN NUMEROUS PARKS AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS RESHAPE THE BOSTON WATERFRONT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES. IN THE MEANTIME, THE PLANNING STRATEGIES ACROSS MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HAVE NOT CHANGED TO MEET NEW CHALLENGES. CHAPTER NINETY ONE HAS CREATED WATERFRONT ACCESS AND SOME PUBLIC AMENITIES BUT THE BUILD IT AND WE WILL COME MENTALITY IS NO LONGER SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS PRESSING CRISES. NEW CRITERIA FOR EXCLUSIVITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE PREPAREDNESS ARE NEEDED. THIS IS WHY BOSTON HARBOR NOW USES A HARBOR LOCK 2.0 FRAMEWORK TO DEFINE OUR ASPIRATIONS FOR THE WATERFRONT A VISION FOR THE WORK AHEAD AND A FRAMEWORK FOR ENSURING THAT ALL WATERFRONT PARCELS PROVIDE CONNECTED COASTAL RESILIENCE FOR A VARIETY OF EFFECTIVE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONS IMPROVED ACCESS WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND DIVERSE ACTIVATION STRATEGIES THAT MAKE THE HARBOR WALK AN INVITING AND ENJOYABLE PLACE FOR ALL THE STUDENTS TO SPEND TIME AND EQUITABLE DESIGN AN OPERATION THAT DISMANTLES BARRIERS PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE WATERFRONT ALONG LINES OF RACE ,GENDER IDENTITY ABILITY, LANGUAGE AND MORE AND ENSURING PERMANENT FEATURES AND PROGRAMING THAT SERVE DIVERSE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. BOSTON HARBOR NOW IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING MUNICIPAL, STATE AND GRASSROOT PLANNING EFFORTS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE AND CONNECTED VISION FOR A WATERFRONT THAT MEETS THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND HAZARD PROTECTIONS NEEDS OF EVERY RESIDENT ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE IN EAST BOSTON, CHARLESTOWN, NORTH AND BEYOND. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ORGANIZING A COMMUNITY DESIGN PROCESS ALONG THE FOUR POINT AND WE'D LIKE TO EXPAND THIS MODEL TO OTHER AREAS AS APPROPRIATE. IN ADDITION TO PLANNING, WE ARE EAGER TO ENSURE THAT THESE VISIONS ARE FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND HAVE FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR MAINTENANCE AND PROGRAMING BEYOND INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION WE LOOK FORWARD TO REMAINING ENGAGED IN A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE WATERFRONT. THANK YOU KELLY. GOOD JOB COUNSELOR LETTER COUNCILOR BAKER, THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE. MY NAME JOE KRISTO, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE STONE LOVING WEB STONE ONE THAT WAS LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER OF TWENTY TWENTY TO EXPLORE RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATE HOW NATURE BASED APPROACHES TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE CAN HELP VULNERABLE COASTAL REGIONS OF NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND BECOME MORE RESILIENT, ESPECIALLY HERE IN BOSTON. THE LAB IS A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BOSTON HARBOR NOW THE UMASS BOSTON SCHOOL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT CITY OF BOSTON, THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION ,THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND THE NATIONAL PARKS OF BOSTON. MY COMMENTS TODAY MAY REFLECT COMMON PRIORITIES AMONG THE LAB'S PARTNERS BUT MY COMMENTS ARE NOT SHARED ON BEHALF OF ANY OF MUNICIPAL, STATE OR FEDERAL PARTNERS. SO NATURE BASED APPROACHES TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE STRATEGIES THAT CAN SERVE CREATE, RESTORE AND EMPLOY NATURAL RESOURCES TO ENHANCE CLIMATE TEMPTATION, RESILIENCE AND MITIGATION. THEY COMPLEMENT NATURAL PROCESSES AND CAN WORK IN TANDEM WITH MANMADE ENGINEERING APPROACHES TO ADDRESS CLIMATE THREATS LIKE SEA LEVEL RISE, COASTAL FLOODING, INLAND FLOODING EROSION, DROUGHT AND HEAT ISLANDS NATURE BASED APPROACHES TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE ALSO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE SUCH AS PROVIDING MORE GREEN SPACE AND NEIGHBORHOODS, ENHANCING BIODIVERSITY AND SEQUESTERING CARBON AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES WHILE BEING FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE. THESE CO BENEFITS ALSO PROMOTE EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY EXAMPLES OF NATURE BASED APPROACHES TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE INCLUDE SALT MARSHES, CONSTRUCTED COASTAL BERMS, LIVING SHORELINES, RESTORED WETLANDS, OYSTER REEFS, CORAL REEFS, COBBLE BERMS, FRESHWATER WETLANDS AND SEAGRASS BEDS. THE CITY OF BOSTON ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE BOSTON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAVE INCORPORATED NATURE BASED APPROACHES TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN THEIR CLIMATE READY BOSTON PLANS ITS CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION CONTINUES. IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THESE APPROACHES. AS MY COLLEAGUE KELLY FROM BOSTON HARBOR NOW STATED, WE LOOK FORWARD TO REMAINING ENGAGED WITH THIS WORK, ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE, ARE HERE AS A RESOURCE AND PARTNER AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE WATERFRONT AND TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE. THANK YOU. THANKS, JOE. AND WE'LL LET EVERYBODY GO AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER. OK, NOT HI I'M CHERYL DEL GRECO ,A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE NORTH END WATERFRONT AND PRESIDENT OF NEWERA THE NORTH END WATERFRONT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION. I ALSO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE RECENTLY FORMED NORTH END WATERFRONT CLIMATE ALLIANCE WHICH IS COMPRISED OF BUILDINGS IN THE NORTH END AND ALONG THE WATERFRONT. WE APPRECIATE YOU HOLDING THIS HEARING TONIGHT TO BRING TO LIGHT THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY ARE FACING WITH RISING TIDE AND STORM SURGES. OUR CLIMATE ALLIANCE GROUP IS MODELED AFTER OUR NEIGHBORS AT THE WHARF DISTRICT WHO JOINED TOGETHER TO BRING ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS IN TO STUDY THE EXISTING COASTLINE AND LOOK AT PROTECTING STRUCTURES AND UTILITIES, PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF RISING TIDES AND PROVIDE WATERFRONT ACCESS. THE GOAL OF OUR ALLIANCE IS MUCH THE SAME WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS ON REMEDIES THAT WILL PROVIDE A RESILIENT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MUCH-NEEDED OPEN ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT, WE'RE HOPING TO SECURE SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR ENGINEERING SUPPORT. AS YOU KNOW, MANY COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCED SEVERE FLOODING DURING THE DUAL WINTER STORMS OF TWENTY EIGHTEEN. WE SAW CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PARK FLOODED THE WATER PUSHED OUT ONTO ATLANTIC AND ONTO COMMERCIAL STREET. BASEMENTS WERE FLOODED WELL INTO THE NORTH AND NOT JUST ALONG THE WATERFRONT. MANY PEOPLE LOST HEAT AND ELECTRICITY. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 THE CITY OF BOSTON PRODUCED THE COASTAL RESILIENT SOLUTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN BOSTON IN THE NORTH END WHICH IDENTIFIED THE NORTH END WATERFRONT AS A SUBDISTRICT THAT CAN SERVE AS A USEFUL AREA FOR PLANNING PROTECTING THE SUBDISTRICT AND ITS DIVERSE PROPERTY INTERESTS FROM RISING WATER LEVELS AND INCREASINGLY FREQUENT STORM SURGES IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF FLOOD PROOFING THE ENTIRE NORTH A ADJACENT DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE SUCCESS IN THE NORTH END WATERFRONT CAN SERVE AS A MODEL FOR PROTECTING OTHER COMPLEX WATERFRONT NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOSTON AND BEYOND. WE ARE READY TO MEET WITH CITY OFFICIALS TO REVIEW CLIMATE RESILIENCY PLANNING ALREADY PROCESS DISCUSS APPROPRIATE NEXT STEPS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND LEARN ABOUT RESOURCES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO ASSIST OUR CLIMATE ALLIANCE WITH PLANNING. THE NORTH END WATERFRONT STANDS READY TO PARTICIPATE IN SUPPORT SOLUTIONS THAT WILL WELCOME EVERYONE TO ENJOY ALL OF BOSTON'S WATERFRONT HAS TO OFFER. CHIEF WHITE HAMMAN CHIEF JEMISON WE WOULD WELCOME A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU. SHOW. THANK YOU CHERYL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RICK MUSIAL. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS FOR THE NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM AND A RESIDENT OF EAST BOSTON. THANK YOU COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR BAKER FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. IT IS CERTAINLY A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE TO BE A PART OF THIS DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF CIVIC LEADERS AND I ALSO WANT TO ECHO OUR THANKS TO CHIEF MARY ELLEN HAMMOND AND CHIEF JEMISON FOR BEING AVAILABLE TO SO MANY OF US ON THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES . THE NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM IS A HALF CENTURY YEAR OLD OCEAN CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ENSURING A VITAL AND VIBRANT OCEAN FOR ALL AS AN INSTITUTION LOCATED ON CENTRAL WHARF IN THE HEART OF BOSTON'S WATERFRONT. WE WELCOME OVER ONE POINT THREE MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY WHO IN TURN SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS THAT MAKE UP OUR DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT IN 2019 OUR ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTED OVER 269 MILLION TO THE BOSTON AND MASSACHUSETT ECONOMIES AND GENERATED NEARLY TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS IN LOCAL AND STATE TAX REVENUES. WE WISH TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE BOSTON COMMUNITY WELL INTO THE FUTURE AND ENSURE THAT OUR PUBLIC SPACE AND THE SURROUNDING HISTORIC WATERFRONT REMAINS A TREASURED, INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE RESOURCE FOR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE IN ORDER FOR THIS VISION TO BE REALIZED, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HARBOR WIDE PLANNING FOR AN INCLUSIVE WATERFRONT BE IMPLEMENTED THAT PRIORITIZES CLIMATE RESILIENCY, ACCESSIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION FROM ALL OF BOSTON'S RESIDENTS KNOW A RECENTLY RELEASED ITS ANNUAL REPORT 2020 SEA LEVEL RISE TECHNICAL REPORT. THAT REPORT SHARED THAT THE NORTHEAST REGION OF THE UNITED STATES IS EXPECTED TO SEE 16 INCHES OF SEA LEVEL RISE BY 2050 COMPARED TO 2000 LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE THAT THIS NUMBER COULD INCREASE TO SIX POINT FOUR FEET FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON BY 2100 AND WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE THIS HARSH REALITY COME TO BEAR. THE BOSTON AREA CURRENTLY EXPERIENCES 11 11 TO 18 HIGH TIDE HIGH TIDE FLOOD DAYS ANNUALLY WHERE THE TIDES CAN REACH UP TO TWO FEET ABOVE THE DAILY AVERAGE IMPACTING SHORELINES, STREETS, BUSINESSES AND MORE. WE ALL REMEMBER THE 2018 STORM ALL TOO WELL SHUTTING DOWN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND BUSINESSES ALONG OUR WATERFRONT. WE WERE FORCED TO SHUTTER AS WELL DUE TO EXCESSIVE FLOODING ALONG OLD ATLANTIC AVE. STATE STREET AND MAIN STREET. RISING SEA LEVELS AREN'T ONLY A PROBLEM DURING STORMS. THE PHENOMENON OF BLUE SKY FLOODING OR SEAWATER FLOODS OUR STREETS DURING HIGH TIDES ON SUNNY DAYS IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY RENDERING TRANSIT STATIONS AND HIGHLY TRAFFIC THOROUGHFARES LIKE MERNISSI MORSI BOULEVARD AS COUNCILOR MURPHY ALLUDED TO EARLIER, LARGELY INACCESSIBLE ACCORDING TO THAT IN OUR REPORT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE THE OVERALL NUMBER NUMBER OF HIGH TIDE FLOOD DAYS INCREASE TO 50 TO 70 DAYS BY 2050 IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO PREPARE FOR THESE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND PROTECT BOTH PROPERTY AND LIFE, IT IS VITAL THAT ANY FUTURE WATERFRONT PLANNING PROCESS USE A HARBOR WIDE APPROACH AND THE BEST AVAILABLE CLIENT SCIENCE AND RESILIENCY PLANNING TO ENSURE THAT THE NATURAL AND BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE WATERFRONT CAN ADEQUATELY ADEQUATELY EXTEND THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE WHERE EXCITED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY TO CREATE A WATERFRONT THAT BECOMES A TRUE BEACON OF INCLUSIVE CITY ACCESSIBILITY AND RESILIENCY A DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT FOR ALL AND AS SOME HAVE ALLUDED TO EARLIER, BOSTON HAS DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS IN ITS PAST. WE CLEANED UP THE HARBOR. WE SUPPRESSED AN ARTERY. WE CREATED THE AMAZING ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY HARBOR WIDE RESILIENCY IS BOSTON'S NEXT BIG PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANKS JOE RICH JOE. HEY, I'M SORRY I'M A LITTLE UNDERPREPARED THIS EVENING. MY NAME ZACHARY CUTLER. I'M A SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATION ANTHROPOLOGY HOST AND FOUNDER OF A U.N. GLOBAL COMPACT COASTAL MITIGATION COMPANY. I'M ON THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS REGULATION COMMITTEE. I'M ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO NATION. EMBASSADOR, I'M A MEMBER OF THE FEMA RESILIENT NATION NATION PARTNERSHIP NETWORK AND I'M DIRECTOR OF ECO DESIGN URBAN DESIGN COMPANY. I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE STARTING TO DISCUSS A COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT WIDE PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION PROCESS FOR BOSTON'S CONTINUOUS WATERFRONT STRATEGIES. THE I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT ALL OF THE RISKS OF FLOOD BUT THE EMINENT LETHAL AND ECONOMIC VAST THREATS THAT WE HAVE KNOWN FOR GENERATION RECONFIRMED RECENTLY BY THE FIRST STREET FOUNDATION WORLD WIDE URBAN PLANNING UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND SIMPLE LOGIC DEMAND THE RESILIENT, EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE WATERFRONT PLANNING . THIS IS ALL A GIVEN I HAVE WORKED ON MANY HARBOR AND SHIPYARD RESILIENCE, URBAN RENEWAL STRATEGIES INCLUDING SEVERAL IN NEW YORK CITY INCLUDING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE BIG U. WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE MUNICIPALITIES BRING IN HIGH PROFILE ENGINEERING FIRMS TO ASCERTAIN THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM FLOOD ISSUES SECTIONS OF THE CITY WHERE CONTINUOUS COAST AND OFTEN SOLUTIONS WITHOUT A KNOWN BUDGET TO WORK WITH CITIES OFTEN LOOK FORWARD, LOOK TOWARD EUROPEAN MODELS LIKE HOLLAND USING MASSIVE GATES ALONG THE COAST PROTECTING ESTUARIES BUDGETS DON'T TYPICALLY CALL FOR THESE SOLUTIONS AND OFTEN TAKE GENERATIONS TO ACCOMPLISH USE OF LONG TERM ESTUARY GATES OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK WE SORRY THE A SECOND PRIVATE RIGHTISTS CAN NOT BANK ON SORRY SORRY. WELL I WENT TO THIS USAC EVENT IT WAS YEARS AGO AND THEY WERE PLANNING THE STEPS THIS ESTUARY AREAS OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK HARBOR AND THAT ONE CHARRETTE THAT WE WENT TO IT WAS LARGELY LARGE REGIONAL LONG TERM EXPANSION RESULTS FOR SOLUTIONS FOR THE CITY AND THERE WAS A POLITICAL CHANGE OF WIND, A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT EVENT AND IT WAS SET ASIDE FOR ANOTHER DECADE AND SO LARGE AND YOU KNOW, LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED AND DEFINITELY NEEDED YESTERDAY. BUT IT'S ALSO NOT SOMETHING THAT SMALL BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS CAN BANK ON INDIVIDUALLY AND IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE FLOOD INDUSTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME WHERE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE WAITING FOR MUNICIPAL ACTION AND DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY SHOULD BUDGET FOR THEIR OWN PROPERTY SHOULD THEY BUDGET FOR ONE YEAR AND ONE HARLETTE ONE HURRICANE SEASON AND GET SOME REMOVEABLE RAPID DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION OR DO THEY BUILD THEIR OWN SEAWALL AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS DOING? AND THIS ISN'T JUST IN BOSTON. THIS IS IN CITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND SO THAT GAP IS A BIG PROBLEM AND IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD ON GETTING A PUBLIC PRIVATE COLLABORATIVE WATERFRONT RESILIENCE. THAT ACTION CAN'T TAKE PLACE WITHOUT WORKING TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE INITIATIVES ON THE THAT'S ONE REGIONAL LONG TERM PROBLEM BUT NEAR TERM PRIVATE INTERIM SOLUTIONS ARE LIKE I SAID, DIFFICULT TO BUDGET WITHOUT MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION AND THIS IS YOU KNOW, COST A DECADES LONG DELAY IN IN CITIES AND LEAVES THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN LIMBO AND DELAYS ANY SORT OF DISTRICT WIDE OR TRANSIT PROPERTY LINE SOLUTIONS. AND ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE GAP AND IT PERPETUATES THAT GAP IS COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES AND IN BOSTON IT'S GONE BACK GENERATIONS AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN, THERE'S ALSO A LACK OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PROJECT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IN THE CITY WHICH I HAVE FOUND IN NEW YORK CITY AND OTHER CITIES HAVE AND IT SEEMS BOSTON IS MISSING THAT ENTITY FOR SOME AND THIS I THINK IS ANOTHER PART THAT PERPETUATES THE STATUS OF SPOT ZONING. AND ANOTHER THING THAT BOSTON IS MISSING AND IT RELATES TO THE SPOT ZONING AND THE BIG PICTURE AS WELL IS BOSTON IS MISSING THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM COORDINATOR WITH FEMA AND THIS AFFECTS THE MUNICIPAL INSURANCE AND ABILITY TO RESPOND TO DISASTERS. IT RELATES TO INSURANCE COSTS FOR THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC. BOSTON IS MISSING THAT IN ADDITION TO A PUBLIC PRIVATE PROJECT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE COVERAGE THAT THE OTHER THING THAT WAS MENTIONED I THINK IN THE HEARING LETTER WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS THE MUNICIPAL ROLE TO PROTECT OUR WATERFRONT WITHOUT DEPENDING ON INVESTMENTS FROM PRIVATE ENTITIES OR DEVELOPERS AND WHEN IT TAKES WHEN IT COMES TO REMEDIATE THE PARCEL BY PARCEL APPROACH VERSUS A DISTRICT WIDE SCALE ON AND THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE CAN SEE IN A LOT OF CASES WE'VE ALL JUST DISCUSSED THE PARCEL BY PARCEL ZONING AND SO ON. BUT ONE OF THE THE GREAT EXAMPLES AND A BEACON FOR THE REST OF BOSTON IS EAST BOSTON AND WHAT'S BEING ACHIEVED WITH THE VISION AND PROGRESS OF PIERCE PARK THREE THAT HAS ALL TAKEN AGAIN MUCH LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE AND NEEDS TO BE AND THAT IS INCLUDING THAT INVOLVES A STALWART, YOU KNOW, HUNDRED YEAR OLD ENTITY THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO PRESERVE LAND LIKE THAT. AND EAST BOSTON HAS BEEN STRUGGLING FOR YEARS TO TRY AND MAKE IT THIS FAR. CHARLESTOWN DOESN'T HAVE AN ENTITY LIKE THAT AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SOMEBODY TALKED ABOUT IS REDIRECTION WHEN ONE PROPERTY CAN AFFORD TO PROTECT ITS OWN PROPERTY LINES, THEN THERE'S REDIRECTION ON TO NEIGHBORS AND INTO OTHER CONDUITS AND THESE THESE SORT OF ISSUES ARE IN CHARLESTOWN. IT'S STRANGE BECAUSE THE THE PRIMARY TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO REALLY SEVERELY IMPACT THE POPULATION AND THEREFORE TRANSPORTATION IN CHARLESTOWN ARE THE SULLIVAN SQUARE DEVELOPMENT AND THE BUNKER HARBOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BOTH ARE GOING TO REALLY I THINK IT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM AND IT'S STRANGE THOSE TWO OF CHARLESTON'S BIGGEST PROJECTS ARE IN TWO OF THE MOST VULNERABLE FLOOD AREAS IN CHARLESTOWN AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER ALSO THE TERM OF SACRIFICIAL PROPERTY WHERE THE BUNKER HILL DEVELOPMENT IS NOW WAS ONCE KNOWN AS A SACRIFICIAL PROPERTY BY THE CITY. THE LEVENTHAL NAPED SAID THE LIBRARY CAN SHOW YOU THAT IT DOES THAT MEAN WELL, IT WAS USED AS AN INDUSTRIAL PIT AND IF YOU LOOK AT STUFF LIKE THAT, YEAH, DUMPING AND ALSO IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE WHERE A WELL RELATED A RIVER WENT LED DOWN TO A CANAL AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS THAT CONDUIT FROM THE HIGHWAY DOWN TO THE WATER IS A RISK FOR HEAT ISLAND. IT'S A HIGH RISK FOR STORM WATER. IT'S A HIGH RISK FOR SEA LEVEL RISE. IT BASICALLY FACES ALL THE RISKS POSSIBLE THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT HERE IS FACED BY THE BUNKER HILL DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. YES, YES. AND FOR SOME REASON IT'S BEING DONE WITHOUT MUCH CONSIDERATION AND FOR CAN IT BE OR FOR THOSE RISKS AND IT IT REALLY IT ALSO IS DISCONCERTING THAT THE PLAN REPORTS FOR BOTH EAST FAST AND AND FOR CHARLESTOWN THE CHARLESTOWN PLAN AND PRESENTATION RECENTLY SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC IT IT SHOWS BASICALLY THE WESTERN HALF OF CHARLESTON AND IT CUTS OFF THE EAST SIDE AND THE TRANSPORTATION STUDIES SHOW BIKE PATHS AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS AND THOSE PATHS SUGGESTED ARE PATHWAYS UP TO SULLIVAN SQUARE . LIKE I SAID, THE ENTIRE EAST SIDE OF CHARLESTOWN CUT OFF IN THESE PRESENTATIONS WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THAT I WAS TOLD THAT THEY RAN OUT OF PAPER AND THAT EAST SIDE OF COURSE HOLDS MOST OF THE VULNERABILITY FOR FLOODING ON THE HARBOR SIDE AND SO THAT WAS ABLE TO BE DISCUSSED AND WHEN WE STARTED DISCUSSING OPEN SPACE I WAS ASKING WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF TYPES OF OPEN SPACE? I WAS TOLD BY AN URBAN PLANNER OF THE BDA THAT IT'S ALL UNIVERSALLY CALLED TO OPEN SPACE AND AGAIN ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS THAT THE GAP AND THE PUBLIC PRIVATE RIFT BETWEEN A DISTRICT WIDE SOLUTION THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE MENTIONED. FOR INSTANCE, THE HARBOR WALK AND THAT IS ONE BENEFIT FOR GOING OVER THOSE THOSE PROPERTY LINES. BUT OF COURSE THAT WON'T WORK EVERYWHERE IN THE HARBOR. I'LL STOP NOW BUT I REALLY HOPE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS IN THE FUTURE. I THINK I HAVE A LOT OFFER. I HAVE TWO GENERATIONS WORTH OF STUDIES AND REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS AND ALL SORTS OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE CITY. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. THANK YOU. THANK THANK YOU ZACH. HI. MY NAME IS LATIFA AZERRAD AND I WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EAST BOSTON. I SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE. I WANT TO FIRST THANK THE LEADERSHIP AROUND THIS ISSUE. COUNCILOR MAYOR CHIEF HAMMOND, CHIEF JAMISON ALSO COUNCILOR BAKER AND OF COURSE COUNCILOR COLLETTA. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BEING HERE AS WELL AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT FLYN FOR SENNING HIS WORDS AND REMARKS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS. I'M MOST OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE I KNOW IN SOME CAPACITY FORM VERY INTIMATELY OFTEN DO WE TALK ABOUT WATER IN EAST BOSTON BUT I BET VERY FEW OF THEM MAYBE ONLY ONE PERSON PERHAPS IN THIS ROOM KNOWS ONE OF THE KEY REASONS I GOT INVOLVED IN WATERFRONT WORK AND RESILIENCE WORK IT WAS BECAUSE AS A YOUNG PERSON I HAD REOCCURRING NIGHTMARES ABOUT TSUNAMI AND SO VERY PASSIONATELY AND AS A RESILIENCY PERSON INSTEAD OF RUNNING AWAY I RAN TO THE WATER AND THUS EXPLAINS THE TRIALS OF MY OWN LIFE RUNNING INTO THINGS. BUT ONE OF THE KEY PIECES OF DOING COASTAL WORK THAT I FOUND OUT VERY QUICKLY WAS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AND DO THESE THINGS IN A COORDINATED EFFORT AS A COALITION I WORKED WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS MORE THAN A DECADE AND IN THAT WORK I REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP TO BE IN CONCERT WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR RESOURCES AS WELL AS BEST PRACTICES AND ALSO TO CONNECT REGIONALLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO BORDER RELYING ON THE WATER RIGHT. SO WE ALL SHARE IN THIS AND ALSO CONNECTING WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE THE DRIVING FORCE. I MEAN MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE FINANCING STATES IN THE UNITED STATES. SO IF WE REALLY ALLOCATED SOME OF OUR RESOURCES TOWARDS THIS AS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR YOU WOULD SEE A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED JUST EVEN IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP. I'M ALSO COALITION BUILDING WITH COLLEAGUES HERE. WE'RE PART OF THE WATERFRONT THE THE COALITION FOR RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE WATERFRONT THAT JUST HAD A WATERFRONT SUMMIT THIS WEEK AT ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PART THAT WAS ALSO THE STATEMENT THAT AS MUCH AS THERE ARE WATERFRONT COMMUNITIES IN BOSTON, IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS INLAND COMMUNITIES AS WELL. I TREK FROM DORCHESTER TO EAST BOSTON DAILY AND IN THAT TRACK YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IF YOU GO THROUGH FRANKLIN PARK, IF IT'S FLOODED YOU HAVE TO TURN AROUND OR DRIVE THROUGH MORRIS BOULEVARD AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER OR WHEN I WORKED OVER AT THE NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM I WOULD DRIVE TO EAST BOSTON AND I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THIS PARK GET ON THE BLUE LINE AND TAKE ONE STOP OVER AND THERE WERE DAYS THAT I COULDN'T GO BECAUSE IT WAS FLOODED AND IT WAS LIKE PLAYING RUSSIAN LED AND FOR ME HAVING SOME ECONOMIC BASE I COULD JUST JUMP IN MY CAR AND DRIVE BACK. BUT THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST STRANDED, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO AT THAT POINT I'M WORKING IN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . WE HAVE A UNIQUE INTEREST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALONG THE WATERFRONT BECAUSE THERE IS A STRONG NEED FOR HOUSING. IT WAS JUST MENTIONED THE BEECHEY HOUSING THAT IS IN EAST BOSTON AS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN BE REALLY CLOSE BUT MISS IT BECAUSE IN EAST BOSTON THE BEACH HOUSES THE WINDOWS FACE EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF FACING THE WATER. WHAT AN ATROCITY TO BE SO CLOSE TO THE WATER AND NOT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM IT. WE HAVE COLLEAGUES RIGHT ADJACENT TO US AND EAST BOSTON IN CHELSEA WHO DON'T HAVE A PORT TO COME OUT TO GO KAYAKING AND SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS POINT FOR WATER, FOR RECREATION YOU LOSE AND ARE DISCONNECTED FROM THE WATER AS WELL. I WANT TO PUSH FOR ASAR OF WATER. THERE'S NO WAY THAT ANY AGENCY CAN ON THE PERIPHERY BILL WITH SUCH A BIG AND IMPORTANT ISSUE AS WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE WATERFRONT RIGHT NOW AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DEAL WITH TRUE EQUITY ISSUES LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS AT LINKAGE WHERE YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO BUILD ON THE WATERFRONT AND PUT OTHER PEOPLE INLAND, THERE SHOULD BE MORE STRINGENT LOOKS AT HOW YOU HAVE ACCESS EVEN FROM A ISSUE OF JUST VISIBILITY AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE WATERFRONT NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF ECONOMIC BACKGROUND THEY COME FROM. AND THEN JUST LOOKING AT AS WELL LOOKING AT ISSUES OF PUBLIC PRIVATE ACCESS, THERE ARE MESSAGES THAT ARE SENT TO COMMUNITIES WHETHER YOU SAY YOU WANT TO HAVE INCLUSION OR NOT, IF THERE'S NO BATHROOMS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE ALONG THE WATERFRONT WALK OR IF THE FOOD PLACES THAT ARE IN PLACES LIKE SEA PORT HAD NO LOW HANGING OF FOOD SOURCES WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS FOOD IF THEY WANT TO DO RECREATION OUT THERE THEN IT'S A DETERRENT. SO WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO REALLY BE INVITING TO ALL OF BOSTON AND THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT THAT THIS IS ALSO A CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE THAT WHEN WE HAVE MODELS THAT WE IMPLEMENT TO JUDGE WHAT KIND OF ZONING WE'RE GOING TO USE, WHAT KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR BUILDING ALONG THE WATERFRONT IF WE IF WE USE MODELS THAT ARE NOT THE MIDDLE GROUND OR MORE AGGRESSIVE MODELS THEN WE MIGHT FIND OURSELVES CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE THOSE 100 YEAR FLOODS. I'M SORRY . I JUST WANT TO END ON THAT. THINK ABOUT EQUITY. YOU THINK ABOUT LEADERSHIP. THINK ABOUT FINANCING THIS BECAUSE THIS CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT MONEY. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR HOSTING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS VERY FORWARD THINKING AND SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARY. THANK BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS GABRIELLA RAMUTIS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN EAST BOSTON. MY PARENTS IMMIGRATED HERE FROM EL SALVADOR. I AM THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR THE TRUSTEES BOSTON WATERFRONT INITIATIVE WHICH ADVANCES A BOLD VISION FOR ICONIC PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ON THE BOSTON WATERFRONT. THE BOSTON WATERFRONT INITIATIVE SEEKS TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE, CLIMATE RESILIENT OPEN SPACE THAT SERVES DIVERSE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND BRINGS VALUABLE VALUE TO OUR VULNERABLE HARBOR CITY. AND WE ARE SO THRILLED TO HAVE OUR FIRST SITE BE CURE'S PARK THREE IN EAST BOSTON FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THE DESIGN OF THE PARK AND FUTURE PROGRAMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND PUBLIC DESIGN REVIEW MEETINGS WE HAVE FOCUSED ON MAKING THE PROJECT ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDED VARIOUS OPTIONS TO ENGAGE WITH US AND SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK. COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN MEET US AT PIERCE PARK FOR OUR REGULAR COMMUNITY EVENTS TEXAS. THE RESPONSES TO OUR QUESTIONS EMAIL US FILL OUT OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY OR SIMPLY SIT DOWN WITH OUR TEAM AND TALK ABOUT THEIR OPINIONS AND THEIR MEMORIES AND STORIES ON THE WATERFRONT WE'VE HEARD MANY STORIES AND MEMORIES FROM PEOPLE SUCH AS THE INTERNET OR PICTURES LIKE MINE . MANY KIDS HAVE FOND MEMORIES WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS AT THE PARK AND PARENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE OUTDOOR SPACE IN THEIR APARTMENTS HAVE SHARED THAT THEY SEEK OUTDOOR SPACE THAT THEY CAN CALL BEARS WHICH ARE OUR PARKS IN EAST BOSTON. AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE HOSTED COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WE'VE MET THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE. WE'VE GONE TO THE FARMER'S MARKET BLOCK PARTIES, PARKS, LOCAL FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, PEACE CIRCLES, CULTURE CELEBRATIONS TO TALK WITH THE COMMUNITY, LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE WATERFRONT MEANS TO THEM, HOW OUR WORK CAN HELP CAN HELP AMPLIFY THEIR STORIES AND MEMORIES AND HOW WE CAN MAKE PEARCE PARK THREE A WELCOMING SPACE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELCOMED AND CAN ENGAGE IN THE WATERFRONT BUT ALSO SERVES AS A CLIMATE RESILIENCE STRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITY AND WE CONTINUE TO SEEK COMMUNITY INPUT ON PART THREE AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND THAT PIERCE PARK THREE CAN BE A WELCOMING, CLIMATE RESILIENT SPACE THAT MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND EVERYONE IN EAST BOSTON CAN FEEL WELCOME TO TO THIS DAY WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH OVER 3500 PEOPLE AND WE CONTINUE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I WILL BE ALSO SHARING MY TESTIMONY IN SPANISH OLA AS GABRIELA RAMUTIS NASSE CHRISSIE'S BOSTON PROMISE BOTHER'S IMMIGRANT NEKESA SALVADOR SO LA COORDINADORA DEL CANTICLE MONITORING THE TRUSTEES BOSTON WATERFRONT INITIATIVE AND BOSTON WATERFRONT INITIATIVE BUSCA CREATIVE SPACES VATOS ACCESS SEEMLESS RESISTANCE'S COME CLEAN MATIKA GIG SACRIFICE VISION ASSISTANCES DELACOMBE REVAMP IREPORTER MALLORD AND MOST OF GRENOUILLE THAT SULABH ESTAMOS AUDIO SEGMENT THE CAN REMEMBER ACTRESS AND PARKINSON ACTRESS ANEES BOSTON SURANCE PART THREE DURANTE ROSATTI MODEL ZENO'S OSTRAVA LOW CARBOHYDRATE COMEDY THAT PART OF THIS RHIANNON DISINFO THAT BAQI IN THE FUTURA PROMISING ATROPOS INDUSTRIES IN QUESTERS BRICUSSE LOS SAMUELSEN VOKOUN I SAID PROYECTOS XIXI LIBERAL COMUNIDAD EVEN IN THE VARIOUS OPTIONS PARTICULARLY COMING UP WITH A CONSERVATIVE MONTAGUE'S LOST MEMBERS ARE COMING UP FROM MUSICAL NOSOTROS AND THEN AS SOON I SEE CNN EVENTERS AND BUSINESSWOMAN'S I HAVE IT TEXTILE CAREER ELECTRONICAL NON-MUSLIM QUESTACON GENITALIA OR SYNTACTICAL DISTRICT PEOPLE OF STORIES OPINIONS AND WHICH HAVE A MOOCHES HISTORIAS COMPLAINT THAT THE ELECTION OF COURSE THAT THE WOOLSTON COMMUNITY THOUGHT IS THAT AS MANY AS GIVING UP TOMATOES WITH PHOTOS DICKINSONIA US LAMYA WHICH IS AN INTERESTING ARTICLE OF CONSCIOUS AWARENESS YOU BARRIO'S PYLORUS CANNOT KILLING ESPACIO LIGHT AND EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE MINTO'S UNCONVERTED LOOK AT WILSON CRATON RESPONSE TO A 9/11 GAP WITHIN THE CBS DEO'S SPARKIES THAT USED BOSTON COMMON SENSE AND MOST ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS COMMUNITARIANS AN GLESS ESPANOL BUT A CONVERSATIONAL PROYECTO PROBLEMAS IMPORTANT OKEMOS EDGELL IS TO ADMINISTER A COMPANY AND EVEN MCCULLOGH THAT TOTUS AL-SADR'S BLOCK PARTIES ARE THOSE PAKIS AND AS DISPASSIONATE LOCALIST ELEMENTALIST SAILCLOTH THEY PASS YOU MUST LIBERATIONISTS PERANAKAN COMLEY THAT OPINION THEIR SOVEREIGN LOOKING SEFIKA LACOSTE APPARELS COMMUNIST SUTRO I HOPE WHEN THEY DO THAT YOUNG SOCIALIST ODESSEY LIKE WHERE THOSE ECOMIL FOR THE MOST PART CONSULTOR ESPACIO ON THE DOLE SAID S.M NEGROES WHEN I'M PASICOLAN OF COURSE THE MINTA SYSTEM WAS HACIENDO INFRASTRUCTURE OF SUPPORT UNDERSTANDINGLY THAT YOU SAY YOU MOLDABLE SCANDAL LOW OPINION THE LOCAL ME THAT SORT OF PAKISTANIS ITRA HUMMELS WANT OPENNESS TRUST COLLEAGUES FAMILY VALUES BUT I GUARANTEE SAKURABA TO SAY ADESINA THE THAT YOU CAN BARCHESTER TRESPASSER ESPACIO PARETO'S YOU RACIST INTEL COMMUNITY MACACO KIN MI FAMILIA AMIGOS BRASENOSE IT TOSING IS ALSO UNPLEASANT THAT CYNTHIA ESSAIBI MILLION EUROS I ESSAIBI I AM MOST EYEBROW LOCALIZER DRESS MILKMAIDS PERSONA'S SAME THING IN THIS CONVERSATION IS IMPORTANT THIS THANK GREASINESS THANK YOU YOU'RE GOOD. HI THANK YOU. MY NAME IS NORMAN MEISNER. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THE HARBOR TOWERS ONE CONDOMINIUM TRUST AND A MEMBER OF THE WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL CLIMATE READY TASK FORCE. THE TASK FORCE THAT CHIEF WHITE HAMMAN REFERRED TO IN HER REMARKS EARLIER HARBOR TOWERS AND THE WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL BOTH STRONGLY SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THIS HEARING AND THE WORK IN EAST BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN. IT'S GOING ON THE ABSENCE OF A COMPREHENSIVE WATERFRONT PLANNING PROCESS IN RECENT DECADES HAS LED TO A NUMBER OF UNFORTUNATE OUTCOMES INCLUDING MISGUIDED PARCEL BY PARCEL DECISION MAKING, A LACK OF FOCUS ON THE IMPENDING EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND A PERCEPTION THAT THE BOSTON WATERFRONT IS NOT A PLACE FOR EVERY RESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO ENJOY THE HISTORY OF THE DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT MUNICIPAL HARBOR PLAN SHOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE TO THE COUNCIL AND SETTING A PRODUCTIVE PATH FORWARD THAT MUNICIPAL HARBOR PROCESS HAD THE EARMARKS OF BEING DRIVEN BY THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF CERTAIN WATERFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS AND NOT BY COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC PLANNING GOALS. THE PLANNING GROUP DISCUSSIONS THAT OCCURRED CENTERED ON ACCOMMODATING THE DEVELOPERS PLANS AND DECIDING WHAT OFFSETS THE CITY COULD DEMAND FROM THEM BUT NOT FOR DEVELOPING A VISION FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR THE WATERFRONT FIRST AND THEN ASSESSING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS . THIS LED TO THE DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT MUNICIPAL HARBOR PLAN ULTIMATELY FOCUSING ON TWO PROPERTIES THE HARBOR GARAGE SITE AND THE HOOK SHOPS. THE PROPERTY WHICH TOGETHER COMPRISE A MERE TWO ACRES OF A 42 ACRE WATERFRONT DISTRICT. A NEW PROCESS SHOULD FOCUS ON CREATING A PUBLIC VISION OF THE WATERFRONT FIRST ONLY AFTER THE VISION IS SET IN THE STANDARDS FOR BRINGING IT ABOUT ARE PREPARED SHOULD THE CITY CONSIDER SPECIFIC PROPOSALS FROM DEVELOPERS. ANOTHER FAILING OF THAT PROCESS IN PART BECAUSE IT STARTED SO EARLY ON BEFORE CLIMATE CHANGE WAS A TOPIC IT IS TODAY WAS THE ABSENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION FROM THE DISCUSSION ACCORDING TO CLIMATE READY BOSTON REPORT FOR DOWNTOWN BOSTON, A MAJOR STORM IT CAUSED APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT FOUR BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND THAT'S BEFORE INFLATION. THE MAPS FOCUS ON FACILITATING TWO LARGE PROJECTS DID NOT ADDRESS A DISTRICT WIDE APPROACH TO MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE. FINALLY, THE P DRAFTERS FAILED TO INCORPORATE THE CONCERNS, COMMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF EITHER THE LOCAL OR BROADER COMMUNITY INTO THEIR EVENTUAL PLAN. THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS HEARD ABOUT DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS BUT LITTLE ABOUT THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND VERY LITTLE INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE WAS ACCEPTED. THERE WAS NO FINAL REPORT TO THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR REVIEW. THERE WAS A SIX MONTH GAP BETWEEN THE FINAL ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AND THE ISSUANCE OF A PROPOSED NHP. WE CAN BE DOING BETTER. THERE IS A CLEAR PATH BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO AVOID THESE MISTAKES. IT SHOULD HOLD TRUE TO THE CONCEPT THAT COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT WIDE PLANNING MUST PROCEED DEVELOPMENT. IT SHOULD RESPECT THE GREAT WORK DONE BY THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION IN ITS REVIEW OF THE SEAPORT REDEVELOPMENT. IT SHOULD RESPECT THE PRIOR WORK DONE BY PARTICIPANTS IN THE GREENWAY DISTRICT PLANNING STUDY WHICH SET REASONABLE DISTRICT WIDE LIMITS ON HEIGHT AND DENSITY ALONG THE PARK. IT SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL CLIMATE READY TASK FORCE WHICH HAS BEEN BRINGING TOGETHER THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS TO CREATE A CONCEPTUAL DISTRICT WIDE PROTECTION RESILIENCY PLAN. IT SHOULD ENSURE THAT THE PLANNING PROCESS GENUINELY INCORPORATES THE VIEWS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR AMENITIES PROGRAMING AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS THAT FOSTER A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE WATERFRONT. WITH THAT I'LL GO OFF SCRIPT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE CLIMATE REALLY TASK FORCE IS DOING. HOW MUCH OF SCRIPT IT 755 SO OH VERY LITTLE. OK VERY WELL IT IS A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED SOME SOME OF THE SIX PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED MONEY. THE STATE HAS CONTRIBUTED A GRANT AND WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING TEAM WORKING ON TAKING THE GOOD WORK THAT WAS DONE IN CLIMATE READY BOSTON AND APPLYING IT PROPERTY BY PROPERTY BUT ALSO IN BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES SO THAT NOTHING IS AN ISLAND AND YOU KNOW, SO WE THE CLIMATE RELATED TASK FORCE IS HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO HELP USE THIS MODEL FOR THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT NEED THE SAME KIND OF HELP. THANK THANK YOU NORMAN. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND STAYING LATE AND GIVING US YOUR TIME. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE COUPLE QUICK THINGS. JOE, YOU WOULD MENTIONED NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS AND THEN YOU HAD MENTIONED ESTUARY GATES IS AN ESTUARY GAIN A NATURAL LIKE A LIKE AS A GATE TO ME IS LIKE THE BIG IRON GATES THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT AN ESTUARY SAYS WHAT WHAT IS A ESTUARY GATE? THERE ARE CERTAINLY THESE ARE THE NATURAL IS A NATURAL SOLUTION. YES, THEY'RE THEY'RE DEFINITELY OVERLAPS WITH NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS. BUT THAT THAT ONE PARTICK EXAMPLE IS COMPARING THE ESTUARY GATES IN HOLLAND AND IT'S MORE OF A GEOENGINEERS PROJECT THAN THAN NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS. BUT IT DOES INTERRELATE IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS YOU ENJOY WHEN YOU SAY NICK JONES USED TO WORK IN CITY HALL, WHERE WERE YOU WAS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHEN I WAS AT THE OK, YOU LOOK FAMILIAR AND NOT THAT THAT MATTERS BUT SO WHEN YOU RODE THE ELEVATOR TOGETHER YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TALKING NATURE BASE, YOU KNOW AND AGAIN I'M I'M AT BURNS BERMS. I HAD A SISTER THAT LIVED IN HOLLAND FOR TEN OR FIFTEEN IS AN ARMY. THEY'VE GOT 20 FOOT BERMS AND IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE THE WAY AT ALL STITCHERS TOGETHER. WERE YOU JUST JUST BRIEFLY TALKING ABOUT NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS? YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT ON WITH HOW ARE YOU TALKING? I'M TALKING ABOUT THEM AND THERE IS JUST SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM DO INVOLVE SOME ENGINEERING. SOME OF THEM ARE JUST ENHANCING EXISTING ECOSYSTEM. YOU KNOW, AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE CLIMATE REALLY BOSSOM REPORTS ARE ALREADY INCORPORATING THEM INTO THEM. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO IT'S WHAT THE STONE LIVING LAB IS FOCUSING ON IS RESEARCHING HOW EFFECTIVE THESE CAN BE AND AND REALLY ESPECIALLY IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS AND HIGH ENERGY ENVIRONMENTS LIKE BOSTON HARBOR IN A STORM LIVING THAT IS OUT OF UMASS. DO YOU HAVE IS IT IS IT BASED OVER AT THE COLUMBIA POINT CAMPUS? IT'S A PARTNERSHIP ACTUALLY BETWEEN BOSTON HARBOR AND UMASS AND THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS I MENTIONED BEFORE. SO IT'S COLLABORATIVELY LED THE TWO PARTNERS ARE BOSTON HARBOR NOW IN CHARLESTOWN AND UMASS BOSTON OVER AT THE COLUMBIA POINT BECAUSE WHEN WE WHEN WE YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE SO WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT BERMS AND RESILIENCY MEASURES AND ALL I COULD THINK WAS HOLLAND EVERY BERM THAT YOU HAVE THERE'S BICYCLES ON TOP AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, SO YOU THERE'S WAYS TO GO AT MULTIPRONGED SOLUTIONS TO TO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY. SO YOU READ ON AND YOU JUST HIT ON ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE NATURE BASED APPROACHES ARE, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS FROM FLOODING TWO DAYS A YEAR THE OTHER 363 DAYS A YEAR, THEY CAN BE AN ASSET TO THE PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH, AND SO MY FOCUS IS NOT MY FOCUS. THIS IS OUR FOCUS HERE BUT WHERE I APPLY THIS IS IN ACQUISITIONAL CIRCLE MARCI BOULEVARD HALL CONNECTION IN LIKE BY MOAKLEY PARK. YOU LOOK AT A BERM THERE THAT'S A PERFECT SPOT FOR THE FOR THAT NATURAL BASE BERM WHERE WE PUT BIKES ON TOP THAT GET FROM JFK TO BROADWAY STATION AND WE STATION YOU KNOW AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE HAD HIM IN. AND CHIEF JEMISON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE THEY ARE INCORPORATING SO MANY NATURE BASED APPROACHES INTO MOAKLEY PARK. IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. YEAH. YEAH BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GATES AND THE AMOUNT OF ENGINEERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT NEED TO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IT'S MANMADE I THAT SCARES ME IF WE DECIDE ON THAT PATH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR GATES YOU'LL SEE GATES AND THAT SORT OF THING WHEN I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW POSTLE AND CONNECTING THEM TOGETHER IN A LOT OF IT IS IS NATURE BASED. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I THOUGHT YOU KNOW, SHE FOUGHT HIM AND ALSO SUMMARIZED YOU KNOW, PERFECTLY WHY THOSE GATES REALLY DON'T PROVIDE YEAH . THE BENEFITS THAT NATURE BASE IT'S ONLY IT'S MORE FOR A STORM SURGE AND THEN THAT A SEA LEVEL RISE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND COULD I ALSO MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION? I HEARD ONE OF MY CO PANELISTS HERE MENTIONED THAT THE EAST COAST RESILIENT SOLUTIONS FOR BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN WAS NOT COVERING ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S ACCURATE. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS REPORT COASTAL RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS FOR BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN PHASE ONE COVERED THAT PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN THE PHASE TWO REPORT THAT WAS RECENTLY RELEASED COMPLEMENTED THAT REPORT. SO IN TANDEM THEY COVER A SOLID TWO WITH THEM. THEY TWO OF THEM MAKE A COMEBACK A COMPLETE CORRECT OK IF WE CAN THIS OH JEEZ. YEAH OK. SORRY SORRY WE HAVE SOMEONE IT'S GOING TO TESTIFY AND WE'LL GET TO YOUR QUESTIONING AFTER I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. I APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE MICHAEL LIUNA ON VIRTUAL WE'RE READY TO GO DOWN LOW. YOU'RE HEARING FOR YOUR PATIENTS MR. LOUNA. HELLO. I CAN'T I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SEE MY VIDEO APPARENTLY SO I'LL JUST TALK. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING AND FOR MAKING THE TIME I'M MY NAME IS MARCOS LUNA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF EAST BOSTON AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF GREEN ROOFS OUR COMMUNITY LED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION WORKING RESIDENTS OF CHELSEA AND EAST BOSTON. AND TONIGHT I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF GREEN GROUPS. I WILL NOTE THAT GREENWOODS IS AN AUTHOR ON THE LETTER SUBMITTED BY THE BOSTON WATERFRONT PARTNERS WHICH SPEAKS IN MORE DETAIL AND HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS THAT WE SHARE AND HOW VARIOUS ONGOING PLANNING PROCESSES ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE CITY GENERALLY. BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME GREEN ROOTS SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THE EAST BOSTON PLANNING PROCESSES IN WHICH WE'VE ENGAGED BOSTON SPECIFIC ISSUES FOR CLIMATE PLANNING. SO REGARDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE CITY HAS MADE CLEAR THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PLANNING PROCESSES AND FOR ONE I APPRECIATE THAT THIS HEARING IS AVAILABLE IN PERSON AND ONLINE AND IN GENERAL I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY HAS MADE SOME STRIDES IN IMPROVING LANGUAGE ACCESS ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO NOTE I DON'T SEE INTERPRETATION OPERA TONIGHT BUT REGARDING THE ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON VARIOUS PLANNING PROCESSES AND DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO PROCEED, THERE'S STILL FOR THE MOST PART SOMEWHAT HARD TO PENETRATE FOR AVERAGE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF JARGON THAT GETS USED ABOUT REAL ESTATE OR TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OR HOUSING POLICIES AND ZONING INERTIA. SO I THINK THERE CAN STILL BE WORK IN MAKING THE PROCESSES MORE COMPREHENSIBLE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MEANINGFUL ENGAGE. AND AS A GOOD EXAMPLE I MIGHT ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE CHIEF JEMISON'S VERY CLEAR EXPLANATION OF DESIGNATED AREAS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGING THAT DESIGNATION. SO A GOOD EXAMPLE THERE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE ON THESE EFFORTS AT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN ORDER TO START MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE RESIDENTS. AS A RESIDENT OF THESE BOSTON I FREQUENTLY BEEN ASKED BY CITY PLANNERS AS WELL AS CONSULTANTS ABOUT OUR VISION FOR EXAMPLE FOR EAST BOSTON IN FIVE YEARS AND WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE. BUT FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS, MANY OF WHOM MOST ARE RENTERS IN PRECARIOUS POSITIONS THAT KIND OF QUESTION ISN'T VERY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT IMMEDIATE PRESSURES FOR DISPLACEMENT AND RISING RENTS. AND NOT EVERY GROUP IN EAST BOSTON HAS THE SAME CONCERNS OR WORRIES. SO ONE AT ONE KIND OF STRATEGY FOR GETTING BETTER ENGAGE WITH TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO CONNECT THOSE THINGS TO THOSE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS I'VE HEARD PLANNERS COMPLAIN OR LAMENT THAT THEY OFTEN ENCOUNTER A LOT OF CYNICISM FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DO ENGAGE IN THAT CYNICISM IS GROUNDED IN EXPERIENCE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T QUOTE BEING HEARD DURING PROCESSES THAT NEVERTHELESS RESULT IN THE SAME OUTCOMES WHICH DON'T SEEM TO REFLECT THAT INPUT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY RESIDENTS AND IT MAY BE BECAUSE THOSE DECISION PRIORITIES ARE DICTATED BY FINANCIAL POLITICAL REALITIES BUT IN ANY CASE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL THAT THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND ALSO THAT IF THEY CAN'T BE ACCOMMODATED BECAUSE OF THOSE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT BE STATED FRANKLY AND THAT THE PROCESSES ,THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE LEADING THOSE DECISIONS BE MADE CLEAR UP FRONT ON THE POINT OF DISPLACEMENT PARTICULARLY FOR LOW INCOME IMMIGRANT AND PEOPLE OF COLOR OR SENSE OF CITYWIDE CONCERN. AND IN EAST BOSTON WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COUNCILOR COLLETTA REFERRED TO GENTRIFICATION AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT IT'S TAKEN A FORM OF BUYING LUXURY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S APPARENTLY BEEN THE ONLY SOLUTION WE'RE INVESTING IN REALLY RESILIENCY OF OUR SHORELINE UP TO DATE AND WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE MAYOR WANTS TO SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRIORITIES AND PLANS IN BOSTON. HOWEVER, IF WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, WE NEED TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THE FACT THAT THE WATERFRONT MAY NOT BE THE MOST VIABLE SPACE FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND EVEN MORE SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOW INCOME PEOPLE WITH REDUCED ECONOMIC CAPACITY TO BOUNCE BACK FROM REPEATED FLOODS RETREATING FROM THE SHORE IS CERTAINLY NOT AN EASY CONVERSATION BUT IT MAY BE BETTER THAN A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH DISPLACED PEOPLE IN THE AFTERMATH OF A MAJOR STORM OR FLOOD EVENT OR A HURRICANE. AND FINALLY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE SOME MISSING PLAYERS IN THE GROUP FROM THE ROOM RATHER. EAST BOSTON HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE THREE TUNNELS, THE MAJOR STATE HIGHWAYS, THE PRIVATE SHIPPING TERMINALS, TRANSIT LINES AND THIS INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND USE BURDEN FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME. BUT IT'S ALSO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S AT GREAT RISK FROM CLIMATE RELATED DAMAGE WITH IMPACTS IT WOULD OF COURSE REVERBERATE THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SO THE QUESTION IS WHERE IS MASDAR AND RITA AND MASSPORT IN THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS PLANNING AND I'LL STOP THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARK WITH THAT COUNCIL AND I DO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THIS. I AM I'M LOOKING AT THE TIME I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO BE HERE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YOUR EXPERTIZE IS INVALUABLE AND BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU I AM HOPEFUL AS WE EMBARK ON THIS WORK TOGETHER AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL. I WILL HOLD MY QUESTIONING AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. OK, COUNSELOR, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS PANEL, NO DIRECT QUESTIONS. JUST THIS FEELING OF I KEPT THINKING THANK GOD YOU LIVE IN BOSTON AND CARE ABOUT THE WATERFRONT. THERE'S SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICES ARE HEARD IN ALL DIFFERENT ASPECTS FROM BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PARKS TO MAKING SURE I LOVED YOUR ANALOGY OF THE TSUNAMI AND THEN YOU'RE HERE FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT AWAY. SO GREAT PANELISTS. SO THANK TO THE CHAIR AND THE SPONSOR AND KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T GOING AND TONIGHT THAT THIS CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE AND I'LL BE PART OF IT SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO MURPHY AND WE DID A ONE THING THAT I HEARD THAT STUCK WITH ME AS A WATER CZAR SOMEONE WOULD BE THAT TO THAT PERSON THAT I THINK COULD BE OR SHOULD BE OR WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THIS LIKE THE ONE STOP SHOP FOR EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING HERE. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD WORK ON. SURE. YOU GUYS ARE EXCUSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY NOW MR. CALLED THE RALLY BET YOUR FIRST YOU CAN COME TO THIS STAND IN THE BACK SIDE THERE AND THEN ALSO I HAVE CHRIS MANCINI. CHRIS, YOU CAN COME UP AND COME TO THIS PODIUM HERE. THANK YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, SIR. WE HAD YOU WAITING SO LONG, SIR. AND THAT MEANS I'M NOT JUST TAKE TWO MINUTES. WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SPICE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME TO PLEASE JUST OH MY NAME IS CALLED THE RALEIGH DIY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. WE HAVE HAVE THE LONG HISTORY OF TRYING TO DEVELOP THE MARINE INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIES IN EAST BOSTON. I HAVE TO PUT MY GLASSES ON. WE INVESTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN BUSINESSES. CASHMAN MARINE WORKS NOW KNOWN AS BOSTON HARBOR SHIPYARD AND MARINA. WE ARE PRESENTLY GREAT NEWS BOSTON WITH BOSTON HARBOR TO EXPAND THEIR SHIP REPAIR OPERATIONS AS WELL AS CORVER ELECTRIC WHICH SUPPLIES REPAIRS TO THE DRAWBRIDGES THAT YOU SEE ALL AROUND US. HOWEVER, IT'S BECOME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THE MARINE INDUSTRY IS DISAPPEARING FROM VAST SECTIONS OF EAST BOSTON, ESPECIALLY THESE BOSTON WATERFRONT AND ALL EFFORTS TO INDUCE NEW MARINE BUSINESSES TO COME TO THIS PLACE AND HAVE FAILED. AND BELIEVE ME, WE'VE WORKED HARD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THIS HAS CREATED UNUSED AND DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES AND I SAW IN A DETRIMENT TO EWR THAT DESIGNATED PORT AREA HAS TO GO OVER ONE THIRD BE IS IN THE FLOOD ZONE AS YOU'VE BEEN POINTING OUT. AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE OVER 50 PERCENT BE IN THE FLOOD ZONE WATERFRONT CONSTRUCTION IS NEEDED TO CONFRONT THE RISING TIDES. HOWEVER, COUNCILOR QUESTION HAS TO BE STRICTLY MONITORED. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY SPOTS AND THE SAME MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE IN THE PAST WHERE MONSTROSITIES WERE BUILT ALL AROUND US THAT WERE BUILT IN A WAY THAT DROVE SO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE OF EAST BOSTON. EAST BOSTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WELCOMING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND IT WAS DONE SO BECAUSE OUR THREE DACUS WERE AFFORDABLE YOU COULD GO THERE AND LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. THAT'S HOW MY FAMILY CAME HERE. THAT'S OUR FAMILY AFTER FAMILY FROM DIFFERENT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES CAME TO VISIT BOSTON THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE. THERE IS NO REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT WAS SO AS WE GO FORWARD I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING ON THE WATERFRONT A BUILDING CALLED THAT STRICT AND EXCLUSIVE YOU DON'T WANT A BUILDING CODE LIKE WE HAD IN THE PAST WHERE ANY DEVELOPER WHO CAME IN WHO WANTED TO SEE A CHANGE JUST RAN TO THE ZONING CODE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN INSTEAD OF A FIVE STORY BUILDING IT WAS A 10 STOREY BUILDING THAT HAS TO STOP. THE OTHER THING THAT HAS TO STOP IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE MUCH MORE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO EACH OF THESE PROPERTIES WHETHER THEY'RE PRIVATE OR NOT . THERE'S NO REASON WE OWN PROPERTY ON THE WATERFRONT AND WHEN WE PLAN OUR DEVELOPMENT WE PLAN COMMUNITY ACCESS. SOMEONE MENTIONED KAYAK'S THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS ON IT THAT WE HAVE A SITE NEEDS FOR US AND WE WANT TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON IT. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH SOME DO IT'S ONE OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS TO LAUNCH THEIR KYATS FROM THE SITE. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE DO THE PREPARATION FOR FLOOD AND EVERYTHING ON THESE SITES NOW WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE HAVE TO STOP THE CHARADE OF CALLING THINGS AFFORDABLE OUT OF NOWHERE NEAR AFFORDABLE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO KEEP IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THE OLD DAYS AND ONE BEDROOM WAS THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. OH WOW. THAT'S AFFORDABLE. THAT COUNTED IN THE PAST. ADMINISTRATION HAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHAT DO WE SEE NOW THERE IN SEOUL AND THOSE HOUSES THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE SPOTS AND THE REAL TRYING GENTZEL TO GO THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND LEAVE WE NEED TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TWO AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND RAISE UP FAMILIES. THEY HAVE TO BE IN A ZONE A RESTRICTION ON WHAT IS AFFORDABLE THAT MUST BE BETWEEN THE 50 AND 60 PERCENT OF THE MEANING THAT WOULD RESULT IN ANYWHERE FROM 14 HUNDRED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FOUR APARTMENTS WHICH ALONE IS NOT THE LOWEST PRICE IN THE WORLD. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 80 90 PERCENT LIKE DOING NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER THREE THOUSAND FIVE A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT THAT'S GOT TO STOP. SO WE LOOK TO SEE BOSTON BUILT . WE LOOKED TO SEE BUT WE WANT TO SEE IT DONE IN A WAY THAT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY THEN RETURN TO WHAT WAS A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR FAMILIES FROM ANYWHERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER COUNTRY THEY COME FROM THAT THERE'S A PLACE AND A WELCOMING PLACE FOR THEM AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS THEN BE A WELCOMING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE COULD RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND GO ON FROM THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CALDERONE. AND CHRIS. I DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW THAT THOUGH. WELL, YOU HAVE TO THAT'S THE BREAKS YOU GET, CHRIS YEAH. CHRIS I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAVE THE HARBOR SAVE THE BAY AND I'M A LITTLE ANGRY BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE TOOK ALL MY TALKING POINTS SO I DON'T HAVE A TON TO ADD. BUT MY DAD USED TO SING THIS CHEESY COUNTRY SONG AND I WAS A KID. I'VE GOT SOME OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY IN ARIZONA. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST HILARIOUS AT SIX YEARS OLD BUT YOU I'M LOOKING AT THE MAPS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE LOOKING AT THEIR HOUSE GOING OH I JUST WAIT THIS OUT. I'M GOING TO HAVE OCEANFRONT PROPERTY. I'M NOT ONE OF THEM. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID TONIGHT. YOU THIS IS COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION. WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THIS. WE CAN'T WE'VE GOT TO RELY ON THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER MONEY. BUT YOU KNOW, RICK USED MY OTHER EXAMPLES. WE DID THE BIG DAY WE DID WE CLEANED UP THE HARBOR. WE CAN DO THESE BIG PROJECTS. WE NEED STRONG PUBLIC INVESTMENT. WE NEED CLEAR COORDINATION AND LEADERSHIP AND I THINK BROADENING YOU KNOW, THE WATERFRONT THERE'S UNIQUE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN ON THE WATERFRONT AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO I THINK I'M SORRY I FORGOT THE NAME BUT THE GENTLEMAN WHO JUST SPOKE YOU KNOW, POINTING OUT YOU CAN DO HOUSING AND WATERFRONT ACCESS, YOU CAN DO MULTIPLE THINGS SO WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THINGS THAT CAN ONLY BE DONE ON THE WATER IF YOU CAN MOVE SOMETHING ACROSS THE STREET THAT THAT COULD BE COULD BE PUT IN MULTIPLE PLACES. SO AS WE GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER SAVE THE HARBOR AN ASSET FOR OVER 30 YEARS WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY STARTING WITH THE BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP AND NOW, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE WATERFRONT FROM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NANTASKET AND WE RETAIN REALLY CLOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OVER 200 YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVING ORGANIZATIONS AND WE ALSO LEAD AND MANAGE METROPOLITAN BEACHES COMMISSION FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE. SENATOR EDWARDS IS A COMMISSIONER TO NAME ONE AND WE'VE GUIDED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OPERATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, ACCESS EQUITY AND INCLUSION WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PUBLIC SPACES ALONG THE WATER SINCE 2008 AND WE'RE ABOUT TO PUBLISH OUR REPORT ON RACE, DISABILITY AND LANGUAGE AND THE COMMISSION PLANS TO TURN THAT ATTENTION REALLY FOCUS TO CLIMATE RESILIENCY ON ALL OF THOSE AREAS. SO AGAIN, WE'RE HERE. I HOPE YOU'LL YOU'LL COUNT ON US AND YOU'RE JUST SEEING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE. YOU KNOW, SIXTEEN GROUPS I THINK I COUNTED REPRESENTED JUST IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT FOCUSED ON THE WATERFRONT. SO THERE'S THAT THAT GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT THERE ARE THAT MANY OF US THAT CARE ABOUT THIS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHRIS. AND AT THIS POINT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO DO ZOOME TESTIMONY. I'LL JUST CALL THE FIRST TWO AND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE IN LINE. JULIE I THINK IT'S WARM WARMER AND DAN JAFFEY, THANK YOU. AND JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW IT'LL BE READ ALARA MERIAL LYONS AND THEN SARAH MCCAMMON WHICHEVER WAY THEY COME TO THE CAMP, COME UP. YEAH, THAT'S OK. THAT'S A LONG TIME TO WAIT ON LINE TWENTY. IT'S NOT TOO BAD. I HATE HI MY NAME'S JULIE WORMSER. HI JULIE. HOW'S IT GOING. GOOD LONG EVENING SO I AM DELIGHTED TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION WHICH COVERS THE NORTH SIDE OF BOSTON HARBOR AND THE OLD PORT OF BOSTON IN THE LOWER MYSTIC RIVER AND CHELSEA CREEK AND WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO INCREASE CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY ACROSS THE WATERFRONT AND ARE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONVERSATION. I AGREE WITH SO MUCH THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID TO LOSING MY TESTIMONY SPECIFICALLY TO THE PORTION OF BOSTON'S WATERFRONT THAT'S LOCATED IN STATE ZONES DESIGNATED FOR AREAS EPA IS MAKE UP MUCH OF THE FLOOD PRONE WATERFRONT AROUND EAST BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN AND I WANT TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR FIXING THE REGULATIONS INSTEAD OF GETTING RID OF THEM. A LOT OF THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS WHICH ARE TOO RESTRICTED TO ALLOW BUSINESSES TO BE PROFITABLE AND ALSO MAXIMIZE PUBLIC BENEFITS SUCH AS EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND GREAT WATERFRONT PARKS FOR PEOPLE TO STAY COOL AND HOT SUMMERS. I ALSO WANT TO FLAG THAT A LOT OF THESE AREAS ARE HIGHLY FLOOD PRONE AND THEREFORE NOT GREAT AREAS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HARD TIME RECOVERING IF THEY ARE FLOODED . SO A COUPLE POINTS DESIGNATED PORT AREA REGULATIONS PROFOUND THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE ELIMINATED. THEY ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE IN 1978 IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC VALUES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE DISAPPEAR IF LEFT TO MARKET FORCES IN THE FOUR DECADES SINCE THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL ECONOMY HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN UNIMAGINABLE WAYS WITHOUT THE REGULATIONS CHANGING. FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU HEARD BEFORE, SEA LEVEL RISE AND EXTREME COASTAL STORMS THREATEN BOTH THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES AND MULTIPLE INLAND NEIGHBORHOODS LYING BEHIND THEM BY THE END OF THE CENTURY. THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD WITH SALTWATER AS OFTEN AS EVERY OTHER A SECOND THE MARITIME ECONOMY HAS RADICALLY CHANGED WHICH IS WHY SO MANY OF THESE AREAS ARE NOT PROFITABLE JUST AS TODAY'S GLOBAL ECONOMY AND THE INTERNET WAS UNIMAGINABLE IN THE LATE 1970S, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A SUCCESSFUL LATE 21ST CENTURY BOSTON WORKING WATERFRONT WOULD LOOK LIKE. EPA REGULATIONS NEED TO EXPAND THE RANGE OF VIABLE NONPOLLUTING BUT RESILIENT INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES ALLOWED IN ZONES AND THIRD SINCE DP'S WERE CREATED GREATER BOSTON HAS GROWN TO HAVE AMONG THE GREATEST INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH IS HISTORICALLY PROVIDED GOOD PAYING JOBS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE COLLEGE DEGREES. LOW INCOME RESIDENTS NEARBY ARE RAPIDLY BEING DISPLACED BY HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE. IF YOU DO MARKET BASED HOUSING ON THE WATERFRONT THAT CAUSES FURTHER ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT. THE DP THEMSELVES ACTS AS A DAMPENING EFFECT ON THAT. SO IF YOU UPDATE DESIGNATED PORT AREA REGULATIONS YOU COULD FOCUS ON CLEAN FLOOD RESILIENT INDUSTRIES THAT EMPLOY PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD COLLEGE. THERE IS TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON THE OLD PORT OF BOSTON TO BE CONVERTED FROM MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT. I'M WORRIED THAT IF THE EPA REGULATIONS ARE LIFTED WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE OUTCOME WE WANT IN TERMS OF EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WATERFRONT PARKS. WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE HIGH END CONDOS. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE BUSSES WORKING WATERFRONT DISMANTLED. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING FOR BOSTON'S WATERFRONT THAT PRIORITIZES EQUITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND GREAT OPEN SPACE AND WE THINK THAT SHOULD INVOLVE UPDATING RATHER THAN ELIMINATING GPS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE ANOTHER ANOTHER DAY SAID THANK DAN JAFFEY OR RITA LARA YES I'M HERE. OK DAN YOU CAN GO. FIRST OF ALL I SUPPORT A LOT OF THE ARGUMENTS I'VE SEEN PLAY SO FAR. MY NAME IS DAN JEFFIE. I'M A RESIDENT CHARLES DE NOW ALMOST 40 YEARS I'M VERY ACTIVE WITH THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR SMALL BASE OF OUR POPULATION. WE CAN MOVE ABOUT WITHOUT AS MUCH HARDSHIP AS WE DO TODAY. WE'RE ALMOST AN ISLAND IN A VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET IN AND OUT. I WAS INVOLVED IN THE KEEHNER PROJECT WHICH IS PROBABLY LONG SINCE OUT OF OUR MINDS THAT WAS THE PRECURSOR TO THE BIG DIG AND WE WORKED VERY HARD TO GET THE GILMOR THE COMMUNITY ORGANELLE ZIQING BRIDGE BUILT. THAT WAS A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET THAT HAPPEN. I WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE SPECTACLE ISLAND ON LAND TAKING TO PREPARE IT FOR CLEANING UP THE HARBOR FROM THE LEAKAGE FROM THE OLD JUNKYARD THAT USED TO EXIST THERE. SO NOW WE HAVE A VERY CLEAN HARBOR BECAUSE OF THAT. SO I WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS FOR US TODAY I COME TO YOU HOPEFULLY YOU SAID SET US ON A BETTER COURSE ONCE AGAIN LITTLE MR AREA HAS BEEN NEGLECTED WAY TOO LONG. IT'S TIME FOR IT TO SHINE FROM AN INDUSTRIAL BACKWATER SPACE TO A TRAILER PARK SPACE. OUR COMMUNITY REALLY MEANS WE'RE VERY LOW IN HAVING OPEN SPACE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE SPACES THAT WE COULD RECOVER AND MAKE INTO A PARK SPACE THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL OFFERING A NEW RECREATIONAL SPACE FOR SMALL BOATING IN SWIMMING YES SWIMMING THE CHANNEL SPACE IS CLEAN. IT CAN BE SPLENDID BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE WE NEED TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE CLIMATE RESILIENCY. SO TO KLEP TO DEAL WITH THAT. SO FAR WE'VE SEEN PHASE ONE DEALING WITH THE MBT GARAGE THINGS FROM SOMERVILLE'S DRAW SEVEN PARK DOWN OFF THE STREET AND OUT ALONG TO BRYANT PARK PLAYGROUND WHICH IS NOW IN THE FINAL DESIGN PHASES IS AND NOW WE HAVE THE FLATLEY GROUP FROM THE SHAFT CENTER IN ONTO THE FOR TWENTY FIVE MEMBERS FEET PROJECT DEALING THE SITUATION THERE BUT MISSING IS MASSPORT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THEY'RE DOING. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A CLUE SO WE NEED TO GET THEM BACK INTO THE DIALOG SOMEHOW IF WE HAVE TO CHAIN THEM UP AND DO IT DO IT ON IN ALL THIS SPACE BY THE WAY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE RIVERWALK SEGMENT THE UPPER RIVERWALK SEGMENT IT DOES NOT HARBOR WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THAT CONFUSED NOW IT WAS PART OF THE ESCAPE PLAN TO DEVELOP AS PART OF THE HARBOR PARK SPACE BUT THAT WAS NOT THE WALKWAY. IT WAS JUST THE DISTINCTION OF THE TWO KNOW LITTLE STICK CHANNEL LOWER RIVER WALK SEGMENTS WHICH WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW WITHIN PHASE TWO IS A MUCH HARDER AREA TO ADDRESS IS WE HAVE THE DESIGNATED PORT AREA ZONE, THE DPA WHICH WE NEED TO CHANGE. IT NEEDS TO CHANGE FROM WITHIN THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CHANNEL TO THE NORTHERN SIDE ON TERMINAL STREET SO THAT WE DO PROTECT THE MASSPORT PROPERTY FROM ANY DEVELOPMENTS THERE. I WANT TO PROTECT WHILE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE CHANNEL SPACE FOR REALLY WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR AND THAT IS A PARK SPACE, A WATER PARK SPACE. WE ALREADY HAVE THE SPROUT'S GARDEN. WE HAVE A DYING BOAT LAUNCH BECAUSE OF WATER ELEVATION. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE IT AGAIN. IT'S DEAD FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES WE HAVE A PARKING LOT THAT'S PART OF IT WHICH IS MOSTLY VACANT AND THEN ON THE OTHER END OF THIS STRIP OF LAND WE HAVE THE P.D.A TENANT WHICH IS USING PART OF IT WHAT WE CALL THE ANNEX THAT IS ALL CITY PROPERTY BY THE WAY, IT IS NOT PART OF MASSPORT. IT'S MISMARKED IN LITERATURE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SPACE IS ALL OF IT IS CITY OR PD OWNED AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE WE HAVE A NEW TOWN CO-OP WHICH ALONG THE CHANNEL THE TWO OPTIONS OPTIONS OFFERED SO FAR FOR THE CHANNELS PLEASE FAILED TO ADDRESS THE FLOOD RISK FULLY AND ALLOW SOME AREAS WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION AT ALL AS FOR EXAMPLE THE THE STRAUSS GARDEN WILL BE SALTED AND RUINED BECAUSE THERE'S NO PROTECTION THERE FROM ANY SALTWATER INTRUSION. THERE IS ALSO OTHER BUILDINGS LIKE THE CHARLESTOWN COMMERCE CENTER BUILDINGS WHICH WILL BE DAMAGED PERMANENTLY PROBABLY FROM ANOTHER FLOOD. SO THESE AREAS NEED TO BE PROTECTED AND NONE OF THESE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN EVEN TALKED ABOUT. THE OTHER THING WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS THAT THE OPTIONS WE'VE BEEN SEEING SO FAR IS FILLING IN A GOOD PORTION OF THE CHANNEL WITH PHIL WAS WE DON'T WANT WE WANT TO LEAVE IT AND IT'S NOW IN ITS CURRENT STATE OF STONE. YOU DON'T WANT ANY VILLAGE IN THERE. IT NEEDS TO STAY FULLY WATER AND THE DECK ON TOP OF IT IS REALLY NON-VENOMOUS. IT'S NOT REALLY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY BACKS UP TO IT WILL NOW HAVE PEEPING TOMS LOOKING INTO THEIR HOUSEHOLD. AND BESIDES THAT, THESE ARE NORTH FACING WINDOWS IN THESE BUILDINGS SO THEIR LIGHT IS ALREADY ON THE DEFICIT COMING INTO THEIR WINDOWS AND THERE ARE ONLY TWO SIDES NORTH AND SOUTH FOR THE WINDOWS. SO AGAIN THEY LOSE ALL THAT LIGHT SO WE CAN'T HAVE A SIX FOOT OR EIGHT FOOT BUILDING STRUCTURE IN FRONT OF THEM LIKE THIS. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THERE ARE OTHER BETTER SOLUTIONS HERE IN AND WE ALSO IS AGAIN HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE THE KEY ISSUE HERE. WE WANT TO HANG ON TO THAT WATER SPACE SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AS WELL AS LEVERAGE IT FOR COOLING PEOPLE BEING WALKING AROUND IT OR WITHIN IT SWIMMING OR BOATING THOSE ARE BETTER THINGS TO DO SO WE NEED TO SAVE IT. AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT EVEN MORE SO WELL IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT NOW WE HAVE 6000 TO 7000 MORE PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS AREA WITH NO HOUSING PROJECT REDEVELOPMENT. SO THIS THIS IS INSANITY TO BLOCK OFF FUTURES WE NEED FUTURES. WE DON'T WANT TO CUT OUR CORD TOO SHORT HERE AND WE ARE NOW THE DEEP ZONE DEMARCATION LINE AGAIN NEEDS TO SHIFT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHANNEL SPACE OF THE TERMINAL STREET ITSELF SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THIS SPACE MORE EFFECTIVELY AS A WATER PARK IN A PROPER WATER PARK PROTECTION CLAUSE INTO THE INTO THE CITY CHARTER CITY CHARTER WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO DO AS WELL HERE WHICH IS EASILY DONE ITS WORK. THERE'S PAPERWORK INVOLVED BUT IT CAN BE DONE NOW YOU KNOW THE LAUNCH SPACE AGAIN AS YOU SAID IS NOT VIABLE BECAUSE OF THE CHELSEA STREET BRIDGE LIMITS THAT'S UNDER IT. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE AN EMAIL THAT I SENT EARLIER WHICH DESCRIBES AND SHOWS PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WHY THESE ARE THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH OTHER DATA POINTS. SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? HOW DO WE GET EVERYTHING WE WANT AND THEN SOME SIMPLY PUT WE NEED A BERM SOLUTION AND IT IS ACTUALLY CHEAPER THAN WHAT WAS OFFERED SO FAR. SO THIS IS REALLY CRAZY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T GET THERE SO THE COASTAL RESILIENCY AND THE HURRICANE RAINS HAS ALSO NOT BEEN TALKED ABOUT. SO WE'LL HAVE A DELUGE OF RAIN FOR THE MASSPORT SPACE SPECIFICALLY AND WHERE IT GO BECAUSE IF THEY PUT A BERM AROUND THEIR PROPERTY ON THE RIVERSIDE THEN THEY CAN HAVE A GIANT TUB. SO THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER SOLUTION HERE TO GET RID OF RAINWATER. IT CAN'T BE PUSHED OVER THE WALL BECAUSE THERE'S WATER ALREADY THERE. YOU NEED TO DUMP IT SOMEWHERE. SO THE CHANNEL SPACE CAN BE A RESERVE SPACE TO PUT THAT THAT TORRENTIAL RAIN TO SHORE TEMPORARILY AND THAT'S JUST SIMPLY BY PUTTING THE DAM THERE WE DRAIN IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO NOW THE DRAINAGE OF THE OF THE DECK SPACE OF MASSPORT CAN DRAIN INTO THIS SPACE TO PROTECT THE PRODUCTS IT SIT THERE. THESE ARE EXPENSIVE CARS. THESE ARE EASIER TO BE SURE WE DON'T WANT THEM ALL FLOODED OUT BECAUSE ONCE THEY'RE FLOODED THEY'RE GONE. THEY'RE NOT SALVAGEABLE AND THAT'S AN EXPENSE. SO WE NEED TO DIGGING THAT FOR THEM AS WELL. WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS SPAULDING REHAB HOSPITAL. THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME WATER ACTIVITIES WHICH THEY DESPERATELY NEED TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO SHAPE AND THEY HAD A PROBLEM WHEN THEY WERE IN THE CHARLES THEY HAD A SPACE AND IT WAS QUITE NICE BECAUSE THEY WERE SMALL, CONTAINED SPACE. BUT THEN WHEN THEY MOVED INTO CHARLESTOWN THEY ONLY HAD THE FRONT END OF THE SPACE AND THEN THE RIVER ITSELF AND IT WAS TOO CHOPPY AND TOO BUSY WITH TRAFFIC SHIP TRAFFIC TO BE SAFE. SO THERE REALLY IT CAME TO AN END. SO THIS SPACE IF CONTAINED WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE FOR THEM TO UTILIZE IT AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN FOR NOT JUST THEM FOR US. SO BASICALLY THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THERE IS FUT. HERE IF WE DO THE RIGHT AND DON'T CUT THE CORD CORD TOO SHORT AND THESE TWO PLANS WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE TOO SHORT TERM. WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM TALKING TO PEOPLE THE COST TO DO THE RIGHT ANSWER HERE IS BETWEEN 140 AND 150 MILLION TO BUILD IS A SMALLER PROJECT. IT DOES DEAL WITH DAMAGING THE AREA WHERE THE BUILDING THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ARE. IT'S ON RIGHT ON THE HARBOR SIDE OF THE CHELSEA STREET BRIDGE AND IT ALSO PROTECTS THE BRIDGE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO REPLACE THAT IN TWENTY YEARS DOING BECAUSE OF BEING ROTTED OUT FROM ALL THE SEAWATER. DAN, YOU HAD TO LAND THIS PLANE NOW COME ON. I'M AT THE END AND LET'S PUSH OURSELVES TO GET THIS DONE CORRECTLY. PLEASE. WE NEED A HEALTHY SAMBO'S. SOMEBODY ELSE IS DEALING WITH THE CLIMATE PROTECTION AS WELL AS WHAT GIVES US A FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANKS TO YOU AND RITA LARA AND THEN MARIA LYONS AND SARAH MCCAMMON. THANK YOU, AMY. YES, HI. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I'M GOING TO KEEP IT REALLY BRIEF. SO MY NAME IS RITA LARIN. I'M WITH MAVERICK PLANNING COMMITTEE SERVICES IN EAST BOSTON WHERE ON A SLIVER OF A PENINSULA THAT'S BEEN HEAVILY GENTRIFYING SINCE AT LEAST 2012 WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GET IN AND AFFORD MY UNIT AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN COVID RESPONSE WORK OUR ORGANIZATION THE LAST FEW YEARS WHICH INCLUDES OUR HOUSING THE PENN STATION WITH A NUMBER OF PARTNERS SUCH AS MUTUAL AID AND OTHER PARTNERS AND WHAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'VE SEEN WHICH SOME PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO HERE IS YOU SAID A FAMILY OF SEVEN IN A SINGLE ROOM, PEOPLE TRYING TO STAY JUST GRIPPING ONTO WHATEVER HOUSING THEY HAVE. IT'S REALLY HORRIBLE. WE HAVE WE'RE ON A SLIVER OF A PENINSULA WITH NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'M LOCATED RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF A MIXED INCOME HOUSING COMMUNITY ABOUT 80 PERCENT AFFORDABLE OR 100 UNITS. A THOUSAND PEOPLE. WE NEED REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHT NOW OUR OUR NONPROFIT AND OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY HIGH END LUXURY UNITS RENTING FOR THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS A POP PER MONTH OR SELLING FOR UPWARDS OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS AND YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE WATERFRONT FROM WHERE ARE OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT'S SORT OF DESIGNED AND JUST SO THAT IT THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN AWAY. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO LAND IN A FEW KEY POINTS. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A HEALTHY COMMUNITY INCLUDES PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. IT INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO ARE TEACHERS, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS EVERY MONTH ON FAMILIES. THAT'S WHAT A HEALTHY COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE. WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHEN WE RELEASE LAND FROM THE EPA. WE NEED A REALLY THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY PROCESS. IT CAN'T JUST BE DEVELOPED INTO BUSINESSES OR WE HAVE PRECIOUS LITTLE LAND LEFT AND I LIKE TO THINK AND OF COURSE ABOUT UTMOST IMPORTANT WE DO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HERE IS REALLY, REALLY MITIGATING COASTAL FLOODING, MITIGATING DAMAGE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK THAT CAN BE DONE AND WE CAN BUILD REALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND STOP THE MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT THAT'S GOING ON IN EAST BOSTON RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RITA. AND I BELIEVE OUR LAST TESTIMONY TONIGHT WILL BE MARIA LYONS FROM DORCHESTER. MARIA, HOW ARE YOU? VERY GOOD. COUNCILOR BAKER, THANK YOU FOR NOT FORGETTING ME. IT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING AND I'VE ENJOYED LISTENING TO EVERYONE. SO MANY PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE WATERFRONT SO THAT'S COMFORTING. MY NAME IS MARIA LYONS. I'M FROM THE PORT NORFOLK NEPONSET DORCHESTER AREA. I SERVE AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHAIRPERSON FOR THE PORT NORFOLK CIVIC ASSOCIATION. I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE NEPONSET GREENWAY COUNCIL AND A SPONSORED WATERSHED ASSOCIATION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE HARBOURFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE AREA IT WAS IN DARK BLUE IN THE PICTURE WITH THE RAINBOW TANK TO THE SOUTH OF THE RAINBOW TANK WE HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. WE'VE HAD UP TO THREE FEET OF WATER ON OUR STREETS AND AROUND TINIAN BEACH IN NEPONSET CIRCLE DURING THOSE STORMS THAT WE MENTIONED BEFORE YOU COULD NOT GET IN AND OUT OF THE ENTIRE AREA. WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE COMPOUNDED EFFECTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE STORM SURGE BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE FLOOD WATER COMING DOWN THE NEPONSET RIVER FROM THE ENTIRE NEPONSET WATERSHED AND OFF THE HILLS OF DORCHESTER COMING DOWN TO THE SAME LOCATION. SO WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. HOWEVER, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS GOING ON. SOME HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED. SOME ARE IN PROGRESS. SOME ARE IN PLANNING OR TO BE PLAN NEPONSET OFF THE HONDA DEALERSHIP FREEPORT TAVERN, RAMADA INN COMFORT IN LAW IN THE COURTHOUSE DOOR INAPPROPRIATE DIGITAL BILLBOARD REQUESTS AND NOT TO MENTION THE BIG IMMORTALLY BOULEVARD ITSELF AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE NEXT TO THE NEPONSET RIVER AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT WILDLIFE RECREATIONAL AREA. NOW THE CITY STUDIES THE CLIMATE REALLY DORCHESTER AND THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER BOTH SAY THAT THE FLOODING IS GOING TO GET FAR WORSE IN THIS AREA. SO I'M VERY WORRIED THAT THE CURRENT REGULATIONS ABOUT CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND DEVELOPMENT ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THIS AREA. WE DO NOT HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE AREA. IT'S ALL PIECEMEAL WHEN WE ASK PPTA FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE WERE TOLD WE DON'T NEED ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE GOOD ZONING YET THE ZONING FOR THE AREA IS BEING IGNORED BY THE EPA AND THE ZBA MUCH OF OUR WATERFRONT WAS TAKEN BY THE TRAIN ROUTE NINETY THREE YEARS AGO THE ZONING WAS PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT WHAT IS LEFT. THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING SEPARATED FROM THE WATERFRONT BY WALLS OF BUILDINGS. THE ACTUAL ENVIRONMENT IS BEING CHANGED. THERE'S NO RESPECT TO THE ACTC OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS THAT WE WILL NEED FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCY. SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT WATER RETENTION AREAS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED HERE BEING BUILT. WHERE IS THE WATER GOING TO GO INTO THE ROADS ONTO THE BIKE, ONTO NEIGHBORS YARDS AND ONTO THE TRAIN RED LINE ALSO GOES THROUGH THIS AREA. ENJOYMENT OF THE RECREATION AREAS WILL BE DIMINISHED BY THE ENCROACHMENT OF WATER AND OF THE DEVELOPMENT. REMEMBER DORCHESTER IS ALSO AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AREA JUST AS IS BOSTON'S THE PORT NORFOLK NEIGHBORHOOD. THE TRANSIT AREA NEEDS CITY AND STATE AGENCIES TO WORK TOGETHER . IT'S THE CITY IT'S IT'S DCR, IT'S MASCOTTE. IT'S MULTIPLE AGENCIES TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE GOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. WE SEEM TO GET FORGOTTEN. PLEASE DON'T FORGET US. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND FOR HAVING THIS HEARING. THIS ISSUE IS JUST SO IMPORTANT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MARIA. OK, AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE INTO THE RECORD BUT I JUST STATE WHO IS SENDING THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY HOW BOOKKEEPER'S FROM EAST BOSTON HAS PUBLIC TESTIMONY WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE BOSTON WATERFRONT PARTNERS HIS TESTIMONY HERE, DIANE VALY FROM CHARLESTOWN HAS TESTIMONY HERE MUTUAL AID S.T. DIRECTOR LISA BERRY ENGLER HAS TESTIMONY HERE AND IS ALSO TESTIMONY FROM A ROSE-MARIE A MERCERO FROM OH TO ONE TO NINE IS NORTHEND CHARLESTOWN. THANK YOU. WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER FOR COUNCILOR COLLETTA SO SHE CAN WRAP THIS UP INTO A PACKAGE AND WILL WILL HAVE THE REST OF THE NIGHT TO OURSELVES . THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BAKER AGAIN JUST FOR BEING AVAILABLE AND DOING THIS IN THE EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR STILL BEING HERE. IT'S A LONG NIGHT. IT'S ALMOST NINE O'CLOCK. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP TONIGHT PEOPLE WHO SENT IN PUBLIC TESTIMONY. I MEAN THE RESPONSE TO THIS WAS OVERWHELMING AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS ENDEAVOR. I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK ISSUE. EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE PROBLEM. EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGE WE NEED TO COMPLETE BUY IN AND COOPERATION IN BOTH IN ENERGY AND RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE THE CITY OF BOSTON. YOU CAN'T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ON THEIR OWN. AND SO WHAT I HEARD IN TERMS OF CONSISTENT THEMES AND NEXT TAX IS THAT WE DO NEED MORE COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION. WE NEED STRONG PUBLIC INVESTMENT. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS WORK THROUGH THE LENS OF RESILIENCY AND EQUITY. I HEARD THE NEED TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH THROUGH FUNDING MORE FUNDING MECHANISMS, ZONING MECHANISMS TO INCENTIVIZE RESILIENCY STRATEGIES WHILE ALSO PROTECTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS ALMOST BEEN PRICED OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT RESONATES DEEPLY WITH ME A THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY PROCESS TO OVERSEE OUR PRECIOUS LAND. I HEARD THE NEED FOR WATERFRONT TSAS OR PUT AN EXTRA STAR ON THAT AND BUILD THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO PUSHING THAT AGENDA FORWARD AND OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS CENTERING IN COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THIS PROCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU CHAIR BAKER. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR STAYING THE ENTIRE TIME. THANK YOU. CONSECRATED COUNCILOR , DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY JUST THANK YOU CHAIR FOR HOSTING THIS IN THE EVENING. I DID SEE THE GREAT TURNOUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF ALWAYS FOR STAYING LATE. YES, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCILOR FROM EAST BOSTON FOR PUTTING THIS IN OUR RADAR HERE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN SOMETHING THAT WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY EVEN IF WE'RE OUTSIDE OF IT. I HAVE SOME WATERFRONT MYSELF AND MARIO IS ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS TALKING ABOUT IT THERE. SO I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT AND LEND A HELPING HAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMING OUT HERE TONIGHT AND EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND THIS HEARING IS ADJOURNED