City Services on October 23, 2026
2026-10-23

[0:30] UM.
[0:31] GOOD MORNING.
[0:37] FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ED
[0:39] FLYNN, DISTRICT TWO CITY
[0:41] COUNCIL CHAIR OF THE BOSTON
[0:42] CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON CITY
[0:44] SERVICES.
[0:45] TODAY IS OCTOBER 23RD, 2026.
[0:48] THE EXACT TIME IS TEN.
[0:53] OH TWO.
[0:54] THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED
[0:56] .
[0:57] IT IS BEING LIVE
[0:59] STREAMED@BOSTON.GOV.
[0:59] CITY COUNCIL TV AND BROADCAST
[1:04] ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN
[1:08] CHANNEL 82 FILES CHANNEL 964.
[1:13] WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO
[1:15] THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT C C C
[1:18] DOT C S CITY@BOSTON.GOV.
[1:23] AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE
[1:25] RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL
[1:26] CITY COUNCILORS.
[1:30] PUBLIC PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE
[1:32] TAKEN THROUGHOUT THE HEARING.
[1:35] INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON
[1:37] IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
[1:39] SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE TWO
[1:41] MINUTES TO TESTIFY.
[1:42] I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS PEOPLE ON
[1:44] ZOOM VIRTUALLY DON'T WANT TO
[1:46] TESTIFY AS WELL.
[1:48] IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
[1:49] TESTIFYING IN PERSON, PLEASE
[1:52] ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP
[1:53] SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE
[1:55] I AND OUR CHAMBER AS YOU WALK
[1:57] IN.
[1:58] IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY
[2:00] VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CITY
[2:03] COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON
[2:05] MEGAN AT MTA GARDEN DOT C O R U
[2:13] G D UH MA TIN@BOSTON.GOV.
[2:19] LET ME REPEAT THAT EMAIL AGAIN.
[2:25] MEAGAN DODD C O R U G E D O M A
[2:36] MARTIN@BOSTON.GOV.
[2:37] FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL
[2:40] BE ADDED TO THE LIST.
[2:43] TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 18
[2:45] ZERO FOUR.
[2:46] IT'S AN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO
[2:47] DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE
[2:48] BOSTON ROAD IN ACTION PLAN.
[2:50] THE MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY
[2:52] COUNCILORS BREADON,
[2:54] COUNCILOR AND FLYNN AND WAS
[2:56] REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
[3:01] SEPTEMBER.
[3:01] 23RD 2026.
[3:03] I AM JOINED BY CITY COUNCILORS
[3:06] IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL, CITY
[3:09] COUNCIL PRESIDENT LIZ BREADON.
[3:15] I'M GOING TO GIVE AN
[3:16] OPPORTUNITY FOR UM
[3:19] COUNCIL OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[3:20] BREADON TO SPEAK.
[3:24] UM I WILL GIVE A OPENING
[3:26] STATEMENT AS WELL AFTER THE
[3:27] COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[3:29] I WILL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
[3:31] THE INVITED PANEL TO PROVIDE AN
[3:34] OPENING STATEMENT.
[3:35] AND THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM
[3:36] THAT IS PRESENT INCLUDES JOHN
[3:39] O'ROURKE, ASSISTANT
[3:40] COMMISSIONER, ENVIRONMENTAL
[3:42] SANITATION INSPECTIONAL SERVICE
[3:44] DEPARTMENT LUKE HINES,
[3:46] CO-CHAIR, BOSTON ROAD AN ACTION
[3:47] PLAN.
[3:49] JOSH OFFSPRING, THE CHIEF
[3:52] OF MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTIONS
[3:53] AT THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
[3:55] .
[3:55] AND JEFF KAPLAN WHO'S AT THE DO
[3:59] A TEAM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
[4:02] CITY OF BOSTON.
[4:05] UM BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE
[4:07] COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON AN
[4:09] OPPORTUNITY.
[4:12] UM AND THEN I'LL THEN I'LL
[4:13] SPEAK AFTER COUNCIL BREADON.
[4:15] UM, COUNCIL BREADON, YOU HAVE
[4:17] THE FLOOR.
[4:21] THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
[4:22] FLYNN.
[4:23] UM, THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING
[4:24] WITH ME ON THIS HEARING.
[4:25] AND THANK YOU TO THE PANELISTS
[4:27] FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
[4:29] UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL
[4:31] THE BOSTON RESIDENTS WHO HAVE
[4:32] QUITE A FEW FOLKS WHO HAVE
[4:33] ACTUALLY TAKEN THE TIME TO COME
[4:34] IN TO PARTICIPATE OR LISTEN OR
[4:37] GIVE TESTIMONY IN THAT TODAY'S
[4:38] HEARING.
[4:39] UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
[4:42] TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW UP.
[4:43] UH, SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS OR IF
[4:45] YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE.
[4:47] A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE FOLKS IN
[4:48] ALLSTON BRIGHTON WERE CHECKING
[4:50] AND LISTENING IN AT HOME.
[4:52] RODENT ACTIVITY REMAINS TO BE
[4:54] ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT
[4:55] CONCERNS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT UH,
[4:57] FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.
[4:59] THE BOSTON RODENT ACTION PLAN
[5:00] WAS RELEASED IN 2024 AS AN
[5:03] INITIATIVE INTENDED TO
[5:05] STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE THE
[5:06] CITY'S RODENT CONTROL EFFORTS.
[5:08] IT CALLED FOR STRONGER
[5:10] INSPECTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT,
[5:12] BETTER WASTE MANAGEMENT
[5:13] PRACTICES, IMPROVED DATA
[5:15] COLLECTION AND COORDINATION
[5:17] ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS.
[5:18] THE REPORT ALSO OUTLINED
[5:21] PRIORITY ACTION NEIGHBORHOODS
[5:23] PLANS WHERE RODENT CONTROL
[5:25] EFFORTS WERE TO BE TARGETED.
[5:27] MY DISTRICT OF ALLSTON BRIGHTON
[5:29] IS THE SECOND HIGHEST PRIORITY
[5:31] PAN IN THE BOSTON UM RODENT
[5:34] ACTION PLAN.
[5:36] ALLSTON BRIGHTON IS STILL
[5:37] WAITING.
[5:39] UM I ON BOSTON UH TWO YEARS
[5:42] LATER WE HAVE WE'RE STILL
[5:44] WAITING FOR UH.
[5:46] UM WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A
[5:47] PUBLIC UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC
[5:49] RODENT ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS
[5:50] REALLY IMPORTANT.
[5:51] WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME A
[5:53] REALLY GOOD UPDATE ON ON THE
[5:55] ROAD ACTION PLAN THIS MORNING.
[5:57] ALLSTON BRIGHTON IS WAITING FOR
[5:58] TARGETED INTERVENTIONS PROMISED
[6:00] .
[6:01] THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
[6:02] RODENT RESISTANT TRASH CANS FOR
[6:04] ALLSTON VILLAGE, BUT WE'RE
[6:05] STILL WAITING FOR THOSE TO BE
[6:07] INSTALLED.
[6:08] LAST MONTH BOSTON HOSTED THE
[6:10] NATIONAL URBAN SUMMIT LEAGUE
[6:12] BRINGING TOGETHER RESEARCHERS,
[6:14] PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND
[6:16] MUNICIPAL LEADERS TO DISCUSS
[6:17] NEW APPROACHES TO OUR RODENT
[6:20] CONTROL.
[6:21] THIS HEARING IS THE
[6:22] COUNCIL REQUESTING AN UPDATE ON
[6:24] THE STATUS OF THE WALDEN ACTION
[6:25] PLAN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
[6:27] HEARING FROM INSPECTIONAL
[6:28] SERVICES AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS
[6:30] INVOLVED IN BOP ABOUT THE
[6:31] PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE,
[6:33] CURRENT GAPS AND WHAT CAN BE
[6:35] DONE TO CURB RODENT ACTIVITY IN
[6:36] ALLSTON, BRIGHTON AND ACROSS
[6:38] THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON.
[6:40] UH THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
[6:41] THIS MORNING.
[6:42] I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
[6:43] CONVERSATION AND UH, THANK YOU
[6:45] .
[6:45] UM, CHAIR FLYNN.
[6:47] THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[6:48] I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF ON MY
[6:50] OPENING STATEMENT AT THIS TIME.
[6:51] I MAY DO IT LATER, BUT I WANT
[6:53] TO GO RIGHT TO THE
[6:54] ADMINISTRATION FOR OPENING
[6:55] STATEMENT.
[6:56] UM.
[7:00] SO OF OF THE FOUR OF YOU WHAT
[7:01] ARE YOU DO I WANT TO SPEAK OR.
[7:04] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[7:05] UM.
[7:06] WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
[7:06] PRESENTATION.
[7:07] THAT WE SUBMITTED TO CENTRAL
[7:08] STAFF.
[7:08] UH, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN
[7:11] PULL THAT PRESENTATION UP AND
[7:12] DO THAT FOR OUR OPENING
[7:12] STATEMENT?
[7:13] SURE.
[7:14] UM, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE NEED
[7:15] FOR THAT?
[7:16] I THINK WE CAN.
[7:17] GET THROUGH IN ABOUT, UH, 12
[7:18] MINUTES.
[7:19] OKAY.
[7:21] I'LL GIVE YOU A 12 MINUTES.
[7:26] JUST GIVE ME JUST GIVE ME A
[7:28] SECOND.
[7:29] NO WORRIES.
[7:29] YEAH.
[7:42] AFTER THE AFTER THE 12 MINUTES.
[7:45] UM, INSTEAD OF US GOING INTO
[7:48] QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO TAKE AN
[7:50] OPPORTUNITY.
[7:51] TO THERE'S.
[7:52] A THERE'S 3 OR 4 PEOPLE ON
[7:53] ZOOM.
[7:54] I MAY TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY.
[7:56] TO ASK THEM TO TESTIFY.
[7:58] UM, THEY INCLUDE BONNIE KELLY.
[8:04] UM, VALENE SMITH AND SOMEONE
[8:09] WITH THE INITIAL D SO I MAY
[8:12] TAKE THOSE FOR AFTER, UM, YOU
[8:15] GIVE YOUR OPENING STATEMENT.
[8:23] SO FOR THOSE FOUR PEOPLE I
[8:25] MENTIONED.
[8:27] UM, ON ZOOM, I'LL BE CALLING ON
[8:30] YOU SHORTLY AFTER THIS.
[8:33] UM.
[8:36] AFTER THE TESTIMONY IT SEEMS
[8:38] LIKE THE LIVE STREAM IS DOWN.
[8:41] LET US TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.
[8:52] TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT
[8:53] UNTIL IT ISN'T.
[10:57] WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD.
[10:59] UM, THE THE THERE MIGHT STILL
[11:01] BE A TECHNOLOGY ISSUE, BUT I
[11:04] WOULD ASK IF PEOPLE WOULD GO TO
[11:08] YOUTUBE.COM SLASH BOSTON CITY
[11:13] COUNCIL TV.
[11:15] UM, AND IF I GET ANOTHER UPDATE
[11:18] I WILL PASS IT ALONG.
[11:19] UM BUT WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME
[11:21] .
[11:23] TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES WITH UM
[11:27] WITH GETTING THIS INFORMATION
[11:28] OUT.
[11:30] UM, HAVING SAID THAT I WANT TO
[11:33] GO DIRECTLY TO JOHN ELRICK.
[11:35] UM.
[11:39] FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[11:41] GREAT.
[11:42] THANK YOU CHAIR.
[11:43] THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
[11:46] UM, SO AS COUNCILOR BREADON
[11:47] MENTIONED, WE'RE REALLY
[11:48] GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY TO
[11:50] PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS
[11:51] OF THE BOSTON ACTION PLAN.
[11:53] UM, IF YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT
[11:54] SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO START
[11:55] WITH A QUICK AGENDA OF OF WHAT
[11:56] WE PLAN TO COVER HERE TODAY.
[11:59] SO UM, WE'RE GOING TO START
[12:00] JUST GIVING FOLKS AN OVERVIEW
[12:02] OF WHAT IS THE ACTION PLAN.
[12:03] UH, WHO'S INVOLVED IN IN AND
[12:05] KIND OF SOME OF THE KEY FOCUS
[12:07] AREAS THAT UH COUNCILOR BRITTON
[12:09] OUTLINED IN HER OPENING REMARKS
[12:10] .
[12:10] UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION
[12:11] INTO TALKING A LITTLE BIT
[12:13] AROUND THE RESPONSE EFFORTS TO
[12:15] SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT
[12:16] WE'VE UH, RECEIVED OVER THE
[12:18] LAST, UH, MANY MONTHS AND THEN
[12:20] TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE END
[12:21] ABOUT SOME OF THE
[12:22] CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMS AND
[12:23] INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE
[12:24] UNDERWAY AND THAT ARE UPCOMING,
[12:26] UH, AND PLANNED OVER THE NEXT
[12:27] COUPLE OF MONTHS.
[12:29] SO AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE
[12:30] NEXT SLIDE HERE, UM, REALLY
[12:31] JUST WANT TO GIVE FOLKS UH, AN
[12:33] OVERVIEW AND UNDERSTANDING
[12:34] OF WHAT THE BOSTON ROAD IN
[12:35] ACTION PLAN IS.
[12:36] SO AS COUNCILOR BENTON
[12:38] MENTIONED A LITTLE OVER TWO AND
[12:39] A HALF YEARS AGO UNDER MAYOR
[12:40] MICHELLE WU'S LEADERSHIP, WE
[12:42] LAUNCHED THE BOSTON ROAD IN
[12:43] ACTION PLAN.
[12:44] IT IS A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL
[12:46] COORDINATED EFFORT AND DOCTOR
[12:48] BOBBY CORRIGAN, UH, ONE OF THE
[12:50] WORLD'S LEADING ROAD ONTOLOGIES
[12:50] CAME TO THE CITY TO DO AN
[12:53] ANALYSIS AROUND SOME OF THE
[12:54] CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE FACING,
[12:55] UH, AND PUT TOGETHER SOME
[12:56] RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WE FOLLOW
[12:57] TO HELP KIND OF INFLUENCE OUR
[12:59] PLAN AND ALSO HELP US REDUCE
[13:00] RODENT ACTIVITY HERE IN THE
[13:02] CITY.
[13:02] AND SO SOME OF THESE PRIORITY
[13:04] AREAS, AS THE
[13:04] COUNCILOR MENTIONED, IS REALLY
[13:05] TAKING THIS CITYWIDE
[13:06] COORDINATED APPROACH USING
[13:09] UTILIZING NEW TECHNOLOGY UM,
[13:11] REALLY TRYING TO GET A BETTER
[13:12] SENSE USING DATA OF KIND
[13:14] OF WHAT ARE THE UM KIND
[13:16] OF DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS THAT
[13:17] ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
[13:18] EDUCATING RESIDENTS AS
[13:20] RESIDENTS PLAY A REALLY BIG
[13:21] ROLE IN HELPING US TO REDUCE
[13:23] RODENT POPULATION HERE IN THE
[13:24] CITY AND FOCUSING ON SOME
[13:25] OF THE ROOT DRIVERS OF UH,
[13:27] RODENT POPULATION WHICH IS UH
[13:29] TRASH COLLECTION.
[13:30] AND SO OUR GOAL OF BRAF IS TO
[13:33] REDUCE RODENT POPULATIONS AND
[13:35] REALLY TRY TO IMPROVE THE
[13:36] QUALITY OF LIFE BY IMPROVING
[13:37] BASIC CITY SERVICES ACROSS ALL
[13:40] NEIGHBORHOODS.
[13:40] AND SO JUST QUICKLY
[13:42] HIGHLIGHTING UM WHO IS INVOLVED
[13:43] IN BRAP BRAP IS A CITYWIDE
[13:46] DEPARTMENT WIDE EFFORT.
[13:47] WE HAVE OVER 18 DEPARTMENTS
[13:49] THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS
[13:50] INITIATIVE.
[13:50] IT'S LED OUT OF THE MAYOR'S
[13:52] OFFICE, UH, OUT OF CHIEF DIANE
[13:54] IRISH'S CABINET.
[13:55] UH AND WE CO-CHAIR IT ALONGSIDE
[13:57] MYSELF AND JOHN BUT MANY OF THE
[13:58] DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
[13:59] JOINED ALONGSIDE MEJIA TODAY.
[14:01] UH, AND THAT YOU SEE LISTED ON
[14:02] THE SCREEN AND THIS MAP JUST ON
[14:04] THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN
[14:05] HIGHLIGHTS MANY OF THE
[14:06] DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS AND
[14:08] PILOT PROGRAMS THAT DIFFERENT
[14:09] DEPARTMENTS HAVE TAKEN ON, UH,
[14:10] AND ARE MOVING FORWARD UH, OVER
[14:12] THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND GOING
[14:13] FORWARD.
[14:14] SO HIGHLIGHTING OUR SEWER TRAPS
[14:16] ,OUR SURFACE TRAPS, DIFFERENT
[14:17] SENSORS, THE BARREL TOPPERS AND
[14:19] NEW ROAD RESISTANT BINS WE HAVE
[14:21] IN PARKS TALKING A LITTLE BIT
[14:22] AROUND.
[14:22] THE TREE PIT WORK THAT WE'VE
[14:24] DONE UH, AND HIGHLIGHTING SOME
[14:26] OF THE OTHER UH, MITIGATION
[14:27] EFFORTS THAT WE DO TO REDUCE
[14:29] RODENT POPULATION HERE IN THE
[14:30] CITY.
[14:31] AND SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO
[14:32] PASS IT OVER TO JOHN TO TALK A
[14:34] LITTLE BIT AROUND THE WORK THAT
[14:34] HIS TEAM DOES TO ADDRESS SOME
[14:36] OF THESE COMPLAINTS.
[14:37] THANKS, LUKE.
[14:38] UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE
[14:40] NUMBERS SINCE JANUARY 1ST.
[14:42] SO MY TEAM UH WE HAVE 1314
[14:45] LICENSED INSPECTORS.
[14:47] UH, BUT ONE OF THOSE IS THE
[14:48] CHIEF INSPECTOR AND A DIRECTOR.
[14:51] UM, AND UH, WE ARE AN
[14:53] ENFORCEMENT UM TEAM.
[14:54] OUR MAIN FUNCTION IS THE
[14:56] ENFORCEMENT OF THE STATE
[14:57] SANITARY CODE.
[14:58] UM, AND WE RESPOND TO 311
[15:00] COMPLAINTS.
[15:02] SO SINCE JANUARY 1ST WE'VE
[15:04] RESPONDED TO 6018 RODENT
[15:07] COMPLAINTS.
[15:08] UM, WE'VE CONDUCTED 750 RODENT
[15:11] TREATMENTS.
[15:12] UM, A LOT OF THAT IS, UH,
[15:14] BAITING SEWERS OR USING
[15:17] CARBON MONOXIDE AND
[15:18] CARBON DIOXIDE.
[15:19] UM, WE'VE ISSUED 785
[15:22] VIOLATIONS.
[15:23] AND SO WHEN WE ISSUE A
[15:25] VIOLATION, THEY, UH, SERVED
[15:27] EITHER BY PRIORITY MEAL OR UH,
[15:31] BY CONSTABLE AND THEN UH, WHEN
[15:33] YOU RECEIVE A VIOLATION FROM
[15:34] THE DATE OF SERVICE, YOU HAVE
[15:35] SEVEN DAYS TO CORRECT THAT
[15:37] VIOLATION.
[15:37] UM, IF YOU DON'T CORRECT
[15:39] VIOLATION IN THAT TIME YOU SENT
[15:41] TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
[15:43] UM, TO GIVE ANOTHER, UH,
[15:45] OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THE
[15:46] VIOLATION IF IT'S NOT CORRECTED
[15:48] IN THAT TIME YOU SENT TO, UH,
[15:51] HOUSING COURT.
[15:52] WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED 3000
[15:55] DUMPSTER INSPECTIONS.
[15:56] THIS IS OUR SITE CLEANLINESS
[15:57] PROGRAM.
[15:58] SO, UH, EVERY LICENSED, UH,
[16:01] DUMPSTER GETS A ANNUAL
[16:03] INSPECTION TO MAKE SURE IT'S
[16:04] FUNCTIONING AND THAT IT'S
[16:06] CONTAINING TRASH PROPERLY.
[16:08] UM, 210 CONSTRUCTION SANITATION
[16:12] INSPECTIONS.
[16:13] THAT IS OUR COMMUNITY
[16:14] SANITATION PROGRAM.
[16:15] ANY KIND OF PERMIT THAT YOU
[16:17] PULL WHETHER IT'S DEMOLITION,
[16:19] UM, OR ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION
[16:21] THAT MAY DISPERSE OR AFFECT
[16:24] RODENT POPULATION IF THEY'RE ON
[16:26] THE THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE
[16:27] REQUIRED TO HAVE PEST CONTROL
[16:29] AND AN INSPECTION BY A LICENSED
[16:30] PEST CONTROL TECHNICIAN.
[16:32] UM, THEN WE INSPECT THE
[16:34] PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THAT
[16:35] HAPPENED.
[16:36] UM, AND THEN WE'VE CONDUCTED 25
[16:38] COMMUNITY WALKTHROUGHS.
[16:39] SO IF AN AREA HAS MULTIPLE UH
[16:42] COMPLAINTS AND UM AND THEY UM
[16:46] THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE
[16:47] ATTENTION.
[16:48] WE WORK WITH THE OFFICE
[16:49] OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND
[16:50] OUR OWN CONSTITUENT SERVICES TO
[16:53] CONDUCT NEIGHBORHOOD
[16:54] WALKTHROUGHS TO UH, DO
[16:57] EDUCATION, UM AND ENFORCEMENT.
[17:01] NEXT SLIDE.
[17:04] UH, THIS IS JUST A SLIDE TO
[17:07] TALK ABOUT THE COORDINATED
[17:08] RESPONSE WITHIN UH ESD.
[17:11] UM, SO WE HAVE 14 INSPECTORS
[17:14] THAT ARE LICENSED TO DO PEST
[17:16] CONTROL AND DEAL UH, PRIMARILY
[17:18] WITH RATS.
[17:20] BUT WITHIN ESD WE HAVE ALMOST
[17:24] 60 INSPECTORS THAT CAN DEAL
[17:25] WITH RAT RELATED COMPLAINTS.
[17:27] WE HAVE HOUSING INSPECTORS THAT
[17:28] DEAL WITH THE INTERIOR
[17:29] OF BUILDINGS, UH, AND RENTAL
[17:31] UNITS.
[17:32] WE ALSO HAVE HEALTH INSPECTORS
[17:33] THAT DEAL WITH UM PERMITTED UH,
[17:37] FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.
[17:38] AND SO THIS CASE, UH, WAS A
[17:42] COMPLICATED CASE A LARGE
[17:43] BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON
[17:46] WHERE, UH, IT HAD 12 STORIES
[17:48] AND A LOT OF RODENT PRESSURE.
[17:49] THEY HAD COMMERCIAL, UH, CONDOS
[17:52] ON THE THE FIRST FLOOR AND, UM
[17:55] ,THE SITUATION WAS PRETTY BAD.
[17:57] SO WE, UH ALONG WITH THE
[17:59] HOUSING DIVISION AND THE HEALTH
[18:01] DIVISION.
[18:02] UM, WE SHOWED UP AND DID A
[18:04] COORDINATED INSPECTION.
[18:06] UM, WE THEN SET UP WEEKLY
[18:08] MEETINGS WITH THE MANAGEMENT
[18:10] TEAM.
[18:10] WE MADE A LIST
[18:12] OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
[18:12] ONE WAS THAT THEY HIRED A
[18:16] CONSULTANT TO DEAL WITH THE, UH
[18:18] ,SPECIFIC SPECIFIC
[18:20] VULNERABILITIES OF THAT
[18:21] BUILDING, WHICH THEY DID.
[18:23] UM, AND THEY CONDUCTED A
[18:27] REPORT.
[18:28] WE THEN, UH, MET WITH THEM
[18:29] EVERY WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT
[18:31] THE VIOLATIONS WERE BEING
[18:33] ADDRESSED BOTH BY HEALTH,
[18:35] HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
[18:37] SERVICES.
[18:37] UM, AND WALK THEM THROUGH IT
[18:40] UNTIL ALL THE CONCERNS WERE
[18:43] WERE ADDRESSED AND SO ALL THE
[18:45] COMMERCIAL UNITS AND EVERY UH,
[18:49] RESIDENTIAL BUILDING EVERY
[18:50] RESIDENTIAL UNIT WAS OFFERED AN
[18:53] INSPECTION.
[18:54] UM AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE
[18:56] THE VIOLATIONS.
[18:59] NEXT SLIDE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
[19:01] JEFF TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
[19:03] THE DATA.
[19:04] GOOD MORNING.
[19:05] UM, I'M JEFF KAPLAN.
[19:06] I'M FROM THE CITY'S ANALYTICS
[19:07] TEAM.
[19:07] UM, AND YEAH, I'M GOING TO TALK
[19:09] A.
[19:09] LITTLE.
[19:09] BIT ABOUT.
[19:10] HOW DATA HAS SUPPORTED THE
[19:11] PROGRAM THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE.
[19:13] UM.
[19:14] SO WE'VE PRIMARILY USED DATA
[19:15] IN TWO AREAS.
[19:17] UM, THE FIRST IS BASICALLY TO
[19:19] EVALUATE WHETHER INTERVENTIONS
[19:20] HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE.
[19:21] AND THEN THE SECOND IS TO
[19:23] SUPPORT TEAMS LIKE JOHN'S TEAM
[19:25] WITH DATA FOR PROACTIVE
[19:26] MITIGATION STRATEGIES.
[19:28] SO WE'LL START BY TALKING ABOUT
[19:29] SOME OF THE DATA COLLECTION
[19:30] TOOLS THAT WE USED.
[19:31] AND JUST GENERALLY LIKE THE
[19:33] PROCESS OF HOW WE'RE THINKING
[19:34] ABOUT UM HOW TO USE DATA TO
[19:36] EVALUATE.
[19:37] SO GENERALLY OUR PROCESS HAS
[19:39] BEEN TO START BY TAKING A
[19:40] BASELINE MEASUREMENTS.
[19:41] UM SO THAT'S LIKE GETTING THERE
[19:43] BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING JUST
[19:44] SEEING WHAT'S THE LEVEL
[19:45] OF RODENT ACTIVITY IS THEN
[19:47] MAKING AN INTERVENTION.
[19:48] AND THEN AFTER THE INTERVENTION
[19:51] USING CONTROL SITES TO COMPARE
[19:53] AGAINST AND SAY OKAY DO WE
[19:55] THINK THAT THIS INTERVENTION
[19:56] WAS ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE AT
[19:57] REDUCING RODENT ACTIVITY?
[19:59] UM, SO TWO OF THE PROGRAMS THAT
[20:01] WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT HERE
[20:02] UM, HAVE BEEN OUR GROUND SENSOR
[20:04] PROGRAM.
[20:04] SO THOSE ARE THE CHARTS THAT
[20:05] YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HERE.
[20:07] UM BASICALLY THESE ARE LITTLE
[20:08] TINY SENSORS ABOUT THE SIZE
[20:09] OF AN AIRPOD CASE THAT GO IN
[20:10] BAIT BOXES WITH NONTOXIC BAIT.
[20:13] AND EVERY TIME A RODENT COMES
[20:14] INTO THAT BOX IT.
[20:16] DETECTS THEM.
[20:16] AND MEASURES THEIR PRESENCE.
[20:18] UM, SO WE USE THAT PROGRAM TO
[20:19] TRY TO MEASURE SOME THINGS LIKE
[20:20] TRASH HOPPER UM, IMPROVEMENTS
[20:23] AROUND PARKS.
[20:24] UM, THE OTHER UH, TECHNOLOGY
[20:26] WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT HERE
[20:28] IS SOME CAMERA SENSOR
[20:29] TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WORKED WITH
[20:30] .
[20:30] UM, EXTRA SENSE WAS A COMPANY
[20:32] WE WORKED WITH ON THIS AND THE
[20:34] IDEA HERE IS THAT THE CAMERA
[20:35] USES AN ALGORITHM TO DETECT THE
[20:37] PRESENCE OF RODENTS.
[20:38] UM, IN THE CAMERA FOOTAGE.
[20:40] AND THEN EACH TIME IT DETECTS
[20:41] THAT RODENT IT TAKES A SNIPPET
[20:43] OF THAT UM, VIDEO BASICALLY AND
[20:46] SAVES THAT VIDEO AND THEN UM,
[20:48] RECORDS THAT THERE WAS A RODENT
[20:50] PRESENT THERE.
[20:50] SO UM, SORT OF LIKE AA2
[20:53] DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE WERE
[20:54] USING BASICALLY TO COLLECT THIS
[20:55] DATA.
[20:56] BUT IN BOTH CASES IT WAS TRYING
[20:57] TO SEE YOU KNOW, ARE THE
[20:59] INTERVENTIONS THAT WE HAVE
[21:00] EFFECTIVE.
[21:01] UM NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
[21:02] AND THEN UM IN TERMS
[21:04] OF PROACTIVE MITIGATION UM
[21:05] WE'VE BEEN WORKING UM WE'VE
[21:07] BEEN TRYING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
[21:08] THINGS TO WORK WITH JOHNS TEAM
[21:10] TO TRY TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS
[21:12] TO HAVE A BETTER AND MORE
[21:13] PROACTIVE APPROACH TO
[21:14] MITIGATION.
[21:15] UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE
[21:16] LANDED ON AND WE'RE HOPING TO
[21:17] SORT OF LAUNCH AND PILOT WITH
[21:19] THIS TEAM THIS FALL IN WINTER.
[21:20] UM, WE CALL IT OUR HOTSPOT
[21:21] MODEL.
[21:22] SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY'RE
[21:24] KIND OF THREE AREAS THAT THIS
[21:25] IS TRYING TO TARGET.
[21:26] UM, ONE IS PLACES WITH UNUSUAL
[21:29] SPIKES AND VIOLATIONS IN THE
[21:30] LAST TWO WEEKS.
[21:31] SO SOME AREAS MAY HAVE MORE
[21:32] VIOLATIONS IN OTHERS BUT THIS
[21:34] IS TRYING TO SAY LIKE HEY YOU
[21:35] KNOW THIS IS NOT THE BASELINE
[21:36] LEVEL.
[21:37] THIS IS A AN ELEVATED LEVEL
[21:39] OF VIOLATIONS IN THIS AREA.
[21:41] UM ANOTHER IS THROUGH ONLINE
[21:42] COMPLAINT CLUSTERS.
[21:44] UM AND SPECIFICALLY AREAS WHERE
[21:46] THERE HAVEN'T BEEN TOO MANY
[21:47] VIOLATIONS OR INSPECTIONS IN
[21:48] THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS BUT WE
[21:49] ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN THREE
[21:50] AND ONE CASES.
[21:51] UM, AND THEN THE LAST IS A
[21:53] BLOCK GROUP WITH THE LONGEST
[21:54] TIME SINCE ISD HAS DONE AN
[21:56] INSPECTION.
[21:56] UM, SO THIS JUST KEEPS PLACES
[21:58] WITH FEWER THREE AND ONE
[21:59] COMPLAINTS AND VIOLATIONS IN
[22:00] MIND AS WELL.
[22:01] AND ALL OF THIS IS JUST BEING A
[22:02] WAY TO SORT OF LIKE MAKES THE
[22:04] DATA LEGIBLE FOR JOHNS TEAM
[22:06] EASIER FOR THEM TO ACCESS AND
[22:07] USE IN THEIR DAY TO DAY WORK.
[22:10] UH NEXT SLIDE.
[22:11] AND THEN LASTLY UM SORT OF THE
[22:14] NEXT PHASE OF THIS UM WE'RE
[22:15] DOING A ANOTHER PILOT UM IN
[22:19] PARTNERSHIP WITH A RESEARCH
[22:20] INSTITUTE CALLED BASIS AI.
[22:22] UM AND THEY ARE A GROUP
[22:23] OF RODENT BEHAVIORAL
[22:25] RESEARCHERS.
[22:25] UM AND SO THEY'RE USING AUDIO
[22:27] TO DETECT RODENT PRESENCE AND
[22:29] SORT OF USE IT AS LIKE AN
[22:31] ULTRASONIC LEVEL.
[22:31] SO OUTSIDE OF THE RANGE
[22:32] OF HUMAN HEARING.
[22:33] UM, AND ESSENTIALLY WE'VE BEEN
[22:35] WORKING WITH THEM SO FAR ON SIX
[22:37] SITES.
[22:37] UM, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF REALLY
[22:39] GOOD PRELIMINARY SUCCESS ON
[22:40] THIS OF THEM USING THIS
[22:42] TECHNOLOGY TO MEASURE RODENT
[22:43] ACTIVITY IN SORT OF LIKE A MORE
[22:45] RELIABLE WAY THAN WHAT WE'VE
[22:46] BEEN ABLE TO SO FAR.
[22:47] AND THEY'RE REALLY GREAT TEAM
[22:49] WITH A LOT OF REALLY USEFUL
[22:51] EXPERIENCE FOR THIS.
[22:52] SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER
[22:53] WITH THEM MOVING FORWARD.
[22:57] AND I'LL PASS BACK TO LUKE I.
[22:58] THINK I CAN TAKE THIS.
[23:02] UM SO THE NEXT IS UH
[23:05] CONTAINERIZATION OF OF TRASH.
[23:06] SO UH WITH PREP WE UH LOOKING
[23:10] TO CONTAINERIZE TRASH WHERE WE
[23:11] CAN.
[23:12] UM, WE'RE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING
[23:14] STREET BARRELS AND PARK LITTER
[23:17] BASKETS.
[23:17] UM, AND SO OUR NEW RODENT
[23:20] RESISTANT BARRELS WE STARTED IN
[23:22] THE BOSTON COMMONS UM, WITH THE
[23:26] UM WITH THE NEW VICTOR STANLEY
[23:27] WATER RESISTANT BARREL.
[23:29] WE ALSO INSTALLED, UH, THE THE
[23:32] VICTOR STANLEY ON SOME OF THE
[23:33] STREET IN THE NORTH END.
[23:35] UM, RECENTLY WE'VE REPLACED ALL
[23:37] THE STREET BARRELS IN CHINATOWN
[23:40] IN MATTAPAN SQUARE.
[23:41] UM, AND EVERY NEW PARK WILL
[23:45] HAVE THESE NEW RODENT RESISTANT
[23:47] BARRELS.
[23:48] UM, IN THEIR IN THEIR SPECS THE
[23:51] UH, BARREL TYPE IS IS A LESS
[23:54] EXPENSIVE UM OPTION THAT WE'RE
[23:58] TRYING WHERE WE CAN COVER UH,
[24:01] 55 GALLON DRUMS TO, UH, FULLY
[24:04] ENCLOSED THE, UM.
[24:06] ENCLOSED THE TRASH.
[24:07] UM, AS JEFF SAID, WE'RE.
[24:09] ALSO TRYING TO MEASURE THE
[24:11] IMPACT OF THAT ON THE ROAD.
[24:13] UM, THE RODENT PRESSURE AROUND
[24:17] THE THE BARRELS.
[24:21] NEXT SLIDE.
[24:29] SO, UH, WE ALSO WANT TO THINK
[24:31] ABOUT RATS.
[24:32] UH, WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING PARKS
[24:34] AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
[24:36] BUILDING, UM, THIS SLIDE UH,
[24:39] BELOW THE PITCHES, UH, OF A
[24:41] PARK IN THE NORTH END WILLOW
[24:43] PARK.
[24:44] SO THE PARK WAS DESIGNED AND
[24:47] HAD SOME ISSUES, UM, WHERE
[24:50] THERE WAS SOME INITIAL RODENT
[24:54] RESISTANCE, UH, THOUGHT INTO
[24:56] THE DESIGN.
[24:56] BUT RATS ARE REALLY CLEVER AND
[24:59] ,UH, FOUND SOME SOME REAL
[25:01] VULNERABILITIES WITH THIS.
[25:02] AND SO, UM, WE HAD TO GO BACK
[25:05] AND THINK ABOUT THE DESIGN AND
[25:06] HOW WE COULD KEEP RATS OUT.
[25:09] AND SO WE WENT BACK REMOVED THE
[25:11] DECKING.
[25:12] UH, THERE WAS A VOID BETWEEN
[25:13] THE DECKING IN THE GROUND WHERE
[25:14] RATS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF AND SO
[25:17] AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON SOME
[25:19] OF THE PICTURES IN THE BELOW,
[25:21] UM, THE TREE PITS, UH, USE THIS
[25:23] UH, RESIN UH, PRODUCT WHERE
[25:26] WATER CAN GET THROUGH IT
[25:27] DOESN'T AFFECT THE UH, TREES.
[25:29] UM, WE ALSO FILLED THE VOID
[25:31] BENEATH THE DECKING.
[25:33] UM, MOVING FORWARD, WE, UH I
[25:36] MYSELF MEET WITH THE PARKS TEAM
[25:38] AS THEY DESIGN PARKS.
[25:39] THERE WAS ONE RECENTLY IN EAST
[25:42] BOSTON WHERE WE LOOK AT THE
[25:43] DESIGN AND UH, IF WE THINK
[25:45] ABOUT RATS IN IN THE DESIGN
[25:49] PHASE IT REALLY DOESN'T ADD UM
[25:52] ANY COST UM OR SIGNIFICANT COST
[25:54] TO THE TO THE PRODUCT.
[25:56] SO UM WE ALSO UH, WORK WITH
[25:59] PUBLIC FACILITIES TO ADD RODENT
[26:02] UM RECOMMENDATIONS RODENT
[26:03] RESISTANCE IN THE DESIGN
[26:05] STANDARDS.
[26:06] UH, ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT
[26:08] UM ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS
[26:09] THAT THAT RECEIVED THOSE UM
[26:12] CHANGES WAS THE LIBRARY IN
[26:14] EGGLESTON SQUARE.
[26:16] UM, AND MOVING FORWARD WE'RE
[26:17] GOING TO WORK ON A DOCUMENT FOR
[26:20] UM FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES THE
[26:22] PARKS AND SEWER DESIGN.
[26:24] UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT RODENT
[26:27] RESISTANCE IS BUILT INTO THE
[26:29] DESIGN STANDARDS.
[26:31] OKAY.
[26:31] I'M GOING TO TURN IT.
[26:32] OVER TO JOSH TO, UH, TALK
[26:34] ABOUT HOUSING.
[26:35] GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.
[26:36] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
[26:38] TO SPEAK, UH, ABOUT THE
[26:41] BUTCHER'S ENTHUSIASTIC
[26:42] PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRAP UH,
[26:44] ALONG WITH OTHER 20 PLUS SISTER
[26:47] AGENCIES.
[26:48] UH, THE BOSTON HOUSING
[26:49] AUTHORITY, FOR ITS PART, HAS
[26:52] DEDICATED A RODENT REDUCTION
[26:53] TEAM, UH.
[26:54] FULL TIME TO THE TREATMENT OF,
[26:56] UH, RATS AND OTHER ROAD AND
[26:58] PESTS.
[26:59] UH, THAT'S NOW FOUR FULL TIME
[27:01] STAFF WHO WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK.
[27:04] UM, TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE
[27:05] RATS HOUSE, SO TO SPEAK.
[27:07] UH, IDENTIFYING BURROWS AND,
[27:11] UM, FULL TIME TREATMENT
[27:13] BASICALLY 365 DAYS A YEAR.
[27:15] THIS IS, UM, REALLY ENHANCED
[27:18] SERVICE DELIVERY.
[27:19] MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH,
[27:20] PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD RELY ON OUR
[27:23] IPM, UM, PEST CONTROL PARTNERS
[27:25] TO TO SORT OF HANDLE THE JOB
[27:27] FOR US.
[27:28] AND NOW IF WE GET A RESIDENT
[27:30] COMPLAIN TO 311 COMPLAINT OR
[27:34] ANY FORM REALLY A COMPLAINT
[27:35] COMES IN ABOUT BURROWS OR RAT
[27:37] SIGHTINGS.
[27:38] UH, WE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM
[27:40] THAT GOES OUT THERE AND AGAIN
[27:41] TAKES THE FIGHT TO THEM.
[27:43] UH, ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK UH, IN
[27:46] THE LAST BARGAINING CONTRACT
[27:47] WITH THE LABORERS OFFERED AN
[27:50] ENHANCED SALARY UM, FOR ANYONE
[27:52] WHO GETS THEIR PESTICIDE
[27:54] LICENSE.
[27:54] UH, AND THAT'S WHETHER OR NOT
[27:56] YOU USE THE LICENSE.
[27:57] SO THE BAR IS ENCOURAGING ALL
[27:59] OF ITS STAFF TO BECOME EDUCATED
[28:01] AND EXPERIENCED IN, UM IN ROAD
[28:04] REDUCTION AS WELL.
[28:05] AND UM, YOU KNOW, ON NEXT SLIDE
[28:08] I THINK AND UH, SOME UH SOME
[28:12] OF THE SORT OF UH MODERN THINGS
[28:15] WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND I KNOW
[28:16] THAT UM THAT THROUGH THE UH.
[28:19] WHAT WAS IT THE UH,
[28:22] PARTICIPATORY BUDGET IN YOUR
[28:23] DISTRICT COUNCIL OF BREED AND
[28:25] WE ARE, UM, WORKING ON A VERY
[28:28] NEW PILOT PROGRAM AT OUR
[28:30] COMMONWEALTH SITE.
[28:31] THAT'S REALLY A HOLISTIC
[28:33] APPROACH TO IT.
[28:34] UH, INVOLVES CONTAINERIZATION,
[28:37] EDUCATION OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE
[28:38] DEFINITELY PARTNERS IN THIS
[28:39] FIGHT AND, UH, SORT OF MORE
[28:42] PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT.
[28:44] UM.
[28:45] WITH RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE WE
[28:47] CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND FROM OUR
[28:49] PARTICIPATION IN THE RAP THAT
[28:51] WE CAN'T EXTERMINATE THIS
[28:52] PROBLEM AWAY AND THAT WE HAVE
[28:54] TO WE HAVE TO TAKE A SORT OF A
[28:57] AGAIN, A HOLISTIC APPROACH
[28:58] AROUND THAT AND THAT'S WHAT
[28:59] WE'RE DOING.
[29:00] UM, WE STARTED WITH NEW
[29:02] CONTAINERS THAT ARE RODENT
[29:06] PROOF TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT'S
[29:08] POSSIBLE.
[29:10] UM, COMMERCIAL LEVEL HAULING TO
[29:12] BASICALLY KEEP THE PADS AND
[29:14] AREAS CLEAN UM IN BETWEEN
[29:17] PICKUPS AND ALSO WHERE WE'RE
[29:20] ROLLING OUT UH, COMPOST PROGRAM
[29:21] TO TRY AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
[29:24] NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THERE IS
[29:25] INTEREST IN THAT.
[29:26] BUT AS IT RELATES TO RODENTS,
[29:28] IF YOU TAKE THE FOOD AWAY FROM
[29:29] THE WASTE STREAM, OF COURSE
[29:31] THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A DRAMATIC
[29:32] IMPACT.
[29:33] THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
[29:34] SHARE.
[29:35] I'LL TURN.
[29:35] IT BACK TO LUKE.
[29:36] THANK YOU.
[29:37] COUNCIL WE JUST.
[29:37] HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES IF
[29:38] THAT'S OKAY.
[29:39] WE'LL BE VERY QUICK.
[29:40] I PROMISE.
[29:41] UM, SO JUST WANT TO.
[29:42] HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE.
[29:43] BIT OF THE WORK OF BOSTON
[29:44] WATER AND SEWER BECAUSE THEY'RE
[29:45] ANOTHER CRITICAL PARTNER UM, TO
[29:46] US IN THIS WORK.
[29:47] AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
[29:48] BOSTON WATER AND SEWER HAS BEEN
[29:49] PILOTING IS, UM, REALLY BETTER
[29:52] UNDERSTANDING WHAT SUBSURFACE
[29:53] RODENT POPULATION IS.
[29:54] AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
[29:56] THEM ON DEPLOYING UH, SEWER
[29:57] TRAPS AS WELL AS SEWER SENSORS
[29:59] ACROSS VARIOUS RAT VULNERABLE
[30:01] SEWERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE
[30:03] CITY.
[30:04] AND SO A RAT VULNERABLE SEWER
[30:05] IS A SEWER THAT IS 14FT IN
[30:07] DIAMETER, LOW FLOW AND MADE
[30:09] OF BRICK.
[30:10] UH, AND SO WE HAVE SOME
[30:11] OF THESE SEWER SYSTEMS IN KEY
[30:12] AREAS SUCH AS THE NORTH END
[30:14] CHINATOWN, SOUTH BOSTON AREAS
[30:16] OF THE CITY WITH OLDER
[30:17] INFRASTRUCTURE.
[30:18] AND SO WE'VE DEPLOYED UH OVER
[30:20] 25 SEWER TRAPS IN THE NORTH END
[30:21] AND IN THE BACK BAY WHICH
[30:23] HELPED US NOT ONLY MITIGATE
[30:24] RATS BUT ALSO COLLECT VALUABLE
[30:26] DATA POINTS AROUND WHERE WE'RE
[30:27] SEEING THESE HIGH POPULATIONS
[30:29] TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND
[30:30] SOME OF THE DIFFERENT FINDINGS
[30:31] AROUND THOSE RAT VULNERABLE
[30:33] SEWERS AND HOW POPULATIONS
[30:34] THRIVE THERE.
[30:35] AND SO IN THE COMING WEEKS, UH,
[30:36] IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE
[30:37] SEWER TRAPS AND SENSORS WE
[30:39] ALREADY HAVE DEPLOYED, WE'RE
[30:40] WORKING WITH BASIS AI, AS JEFF
[30:42] MENTIONED TO DEPLOY SOME
[30:43] OF THEIR AUDIO DEVICES IN KEY
[30:45] AREAS SUCH AS THE NORTH END AND
[30:47] IN SOUTH BOSTON WHERE WE HAVE
[30:49] SOME OF THESE RAT VULNERABLE
[30:50] SEWERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
[30:51] THAT RODENT POPULATION AND HELP
[30:53] US ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW RODENT
[30:55] POPULATION CHANGES WITH THE
[30:57] VARYING SEASONS.
[30:57] RIGHT.
[30:58] SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE
[30:59] COLDER MONTHS WE THINK RODENT
[31:01] POPULATIONS GO SUBSURFACE WHERE
[31:02] IT'S A LITTLE BIT WARMER.
[31:03] AND SO WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS
[31:04] DEVICE TO HELP US KIND
[31:05] OF BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT
[31:06] HYPOTHESES THAT WE HAVE.
[31:07] THANK YOU.
[31:08] AND UM FINALLY JUST WANT TO
[31:09] HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT
[31:11] COUNCILOR BREADON MENTIONED
[31:11] AROUND THE NATIONAL UH, URBAN
[31:13] RAT SUMMIT.
[31:13] SO WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL THAT
[31:15] UH, MANY OF THE WORLD LEADERS,
[31:17] UH, IN THIS INDUSTRY LOOK TO
[31:18] BOSTON, UM, TO HOST THE
[31:20] NATIONAL RAT SUMMIT BECAUSE
[31:21] OF THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'VE
[31:22] BEEN DOING HERE.
[31:22] AND SO WHAT HAPPENED AT THE
[31:24] NATIONAL RAT SUMMIT WAS UH, ON
[31:26] THE 23RD AND 24TH OF SEPTEMBER
[31:28] WE HAD OVER 100 DIFFERENT UH,
[31:30] ACADEMICS CITIES, PEST
[31:32] PROFESSIONALS COME TO BOSTON
[31:33] AND REALLY SHARE SOME OF THE
[31:35] DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND
[31:36] SOLUTIONS THAT ARE NEW AND UP
[31:37] AND COMING.
[31:38] UH, AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
[31:39] FOR US TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE BEEN
[31:40] DOING AND ALSO LEARN AS WE
[31:41] CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT
[31:43] PHASE.
[31:43] SO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE
[31:45] AND I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE
[31:46] JUST TO SOME OF THE KEY
[31:47] TAKEAWAYS OF THE THINGS THAT WE
[31:48] WANT TO FOCUS ON FROM THE
[31:50] THINGS THAT WE HEARD AT THE
[31:51] SUMMIT.
[31:52] AND JUST FINALLY THE LAST SLIDE
[31:53] HERE IS UM, LETTING FOLKS KNOW
[31:55] THAT, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION AND
[31:57] MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS KNOW
[31:58] HOW THEY CAN HELP US PREVENT
[31:59] RODENT ACTIVITY IS REALLY
[32:00] IMPORTANT.
[32:01] SO WE HAVE ALL OF THESE
[32:02] DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND
[32:03] SOLUTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE
[32:06] BOSTON.GOV/RATS.
[32:06] WE ALSO HAVE AN EMAIL WHICH IS
[32:09] RATS@BOSTON.GOV.
[32:09] WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REACH
[32:10] OUT TO US.
[32:11] WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM
[32:13] PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME
[32:14] SOLUTIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS
[32:15] SLIDE FOR HOW THEY CAN PREVENT
[32:16] RODENT ACTIVITY IN THEIR THEIR
[32:18] YARD OR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
[32:20] UH AND IF YOU SEE RODENT
[32:21] ACTIVITY WE JUST ENCOURAGE
[32:22] RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT THIS TO
[32:24] 311.
[32:24] JOHN AND HIS TEAM HAVE A
[32:25] RESPONSE RATE OF 24 TO 48
[32:27] HOURS.
[32:27] AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
[32:28] THAT WE'RE RESPONSIVE EDUCATING
[32:30] RESIDENTS AND REALLY TRYING TO
[32:31] ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE GOAL
[32:31] OF BRAP, WHICH IS TO DRIVE DOWN
[32:33] RODENT POPULATION AND IMPROVE.
[32:34] THE.
[32:35] QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL
[32:36] RESIDENTS.
[32:37] THANK YOU.
[32:37] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
[32:38] AND THANK YOU.
[32:40] YOU REQUESTED 12 MINUTES
[32:42] INITIALLY I LET YOU GO OVER
[32:45] SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER.
[32:46] UM.
[32:49] I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO YOU
[32:52] BUT I'M THE CHAIR OF THE
[32:53] COMMITTEE.
[32:54] WE APPRECIATE THE EXTRA TIME.
[32:57] I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO TO
[32:59] PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON ZOOM.
[33:03] LET ME START WITH AND I DON'T
[33:05] LIKE TO CUT PEOPLE OFF.
[33:08] UH, WE'RE ALSO UM, JOINED BY
[33:11] CITY COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[33:13] WE'RE JOINED BY CITY
[33:15] COUNCILOR MURPHY.
[33:16] UM.
[33:20] OH, I WANT TO GO TO BONNIE AND
[33:24] GIVE BONNIE AN OPPORTUNITY TO,
[33:27] UM, PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
[33:33] UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE.
[33:35] EACH PERSON THAT TESTIFIES TWO
[33:37] MINUTES, BUT I DON'T LIKE TO
[33:38] CUT PEOPLE OFF WHETHER IT'S THE
[33:42] PUBLIC OR MY CITY
[33:43] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES OR THE
[33:45] ADMINISTRATION.
[33:46] UM, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A GRACE
[33:47] PERIOD BUT UM, PLEASE TRY TO
[33:50] RESPECT THE TWO MINUTES.
[33:51] UH, BONNIE YOU'RE UP PLEASE.
[33:53] YES.
[33:54] HELLO?
[33:54] CAN YOU HEAR ME?
[33:55] YES WE CAN.
[33:56] BONNIE.
[33:56] WELCOME.
[33:56] YES.
[33:57] YEAH.
[33:58] THANK YOU.
[33:58] UM, COUNCILOR I MET TWO TWO
[33:59] NIGHTS AGO.
[34:00] UM, ON THE WALK ON COME OUT
[34:02] OF UM.
[34:02] SO I'M BONNIE WEISS, UM,
[34:04] PROPERTY OWNER, UH, AT 58
[34:07] COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND MY
[34:08] HUSBAND AND I OWNED THE
[34:09] BROWNSTONE.
[34:10] UM, SO AFTER 15 YEARS OF LIVING
[34:14] HERE, MY MY HUMBLE OBSERVATIONS
[34:15] ARE THAT AS LONG AS THE TRASH
[34:19] COLLECTION REMAINS THE SAME, WE
[34:21] WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE RATS.
[34:22] UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUT ALL
[34:25] OF OUR GARBAGE OUT IN PLASTIC
[34:27] BAGS.
[34:28] THE, UM THE BAGS GET RIPPED.
[34:30] THEY FALL INTO THE, UH ONTO THE
[34:33] DRIVE AREA.
[34:33] CARS RUN OVER THEM.
[34:35] THERE'S SHARDS OF GLASS.
[34:37] UM, AND IT HAPPENS EVERY WEEK.
[34:40] UM, SO ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE
[34:41] THAT HAPPENS ON THE OPPOSITE
[34:43] SIDE WHICH IS THE REAR OF THE
[34:45] NEW OF NEWBURY STREET.
[34:47] UM, BETWEEN BERKELEY AND
[34:49] CLARENDON STREETS.
[34:49] FLOOD OF UM FOOD UM COMMERCIAL
[34:53] IT'S UM BUSINESSES THERE.
[34:56] PLUS THERE'S THE CHURCH OF THE
[34:57] COVENANT WE'RE AT DIRECTLY
[34:59] BEHIND IT AND WE HAVE ROSIE'S
[35:00] PLACE THE VEST, THE UM
[35:05] CONTAINERS THAT THEY USE ARE
[35:06] OFTEN OVERFLOWING.
[35:08] ONE ACTUALLY FELL INTO THE ROAD
[35:09] THE OTHER DAY AS I WAS DRIVING
[35:11] AND A LOT OF FOOD SPILLED OUT
[35:13] AND I SAID TO THE PERSON FROM
[35:15] THE UM AND THE RESTAURANT I
[35:17] SAID, ARE YOU GOING TO PICK
[35:18] THIS UP?
[35:19] I NEED TO DRIVE BY.
[35:20] AND HE HE KIND OF LAUGHED AND
[35:21] THEN HE PUSHED IT BACK INTO
[35:23] PLACE.
[35:23] UM, SO IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A
[35:26] CHRONIC PROBLEM BECAUSE AS LONG
[35:28] AS UM THE PLASTIC BAGS ARE OUT
[35:30] THERE AND THE RATS CAN CHEW
[35:32] INTO THEM.
[35:33] WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO LOOK
[35:35] FOR CANS AND THEY SOMETIMES
[35:36] DISRUPT THE BAGS AND DON'T PUT
[35:38] THEM BACK WHERE THEY NEED TO
[35:39] BE.
[35:39] THERE'S WHEN THERE'S VEHICLES
[35:41] IT'S JUST A CHRONIC PROBLEM.
[35:43] I SAY RODENTS DURING THE DAY
[35:46] AND IT'S VERY TROUBLING.
[35:48] SO THAT'S MY THAT'S MY UH
[35:50] TESTIMONY.
[35:52] BONNIE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
[35:53] TESTIMONY.
[35:54] VERY HELPFUL.
[35:54] WE APPRECIATE IT.
[35:56] COULD I GO.
[35:57] TO UM THE INITIAL DE THAT IS
[36:02] TESTIFYING?
[36:07] DE.
[36:10] OKAY.
[36:12] DE EUROPE.
[36:13] GOOD MORNING SIR.
[36:15] CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
[36:16] YES WE CAN.
[36:17] OKAY.
[36:18] UH, ONE.
[36:19] THING THAT I'VE HEARD
[36:20] THROUGHOUT THIS TESTIMONY IS
[36:21] THAT IT'S.
[36:21] TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY OWNERS,
[36:22] BUT YET THE CITY, UM, HAS
[36:24] PROPERTY THAT IS IT MAINTAINED.
[36:26] UH, EITHER DIRECTLY THAT THEY
[36:28] OWN OR UM, THINGS THAT THEY
[36:31] SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTACT WHO
[36:32] OWNS THEM.
[36:33] UH.
[36:34] ONE MAJOR ISSUE IS BAYSWATER
[36:35] RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE CITY
[36:37] OF BOSTON SENIOR CENTER.
[36:38] UM, FOUR MONTHS AGO I OPENED UP
[36:40] TWO CASES.
[36:40] THE FIRST ONE WAS CLOSED OUT
[36:41] AND THE TRANSITIONS.
[36:42] THE SECOND ONE, WHICH I OPENED
[36:44] A WEEK LATER WAS NOTED AS
[36:46] DUPLICATES DUPLICATED.
[36:47] WHEN I OPENED UP CASES TWO
[36:49] WEEKS TWO MONTHS AGO AGAIN FOR
[36:51] THE SAME LOCATION, THE FIRST
[36:52] ONE WAS LABELED AS.
[36:54] TRANSITIONED AND NOT CITY
[36:55] PROPERTY.
[36:56] THE SECOND ONE WAS THEN
[36:58] TRANSITIONED AND CALLED JOE
[36:59] RIDGE AREA.
[37:00] GEORGE ARAUJO IS A PRIVATE
[37:02] INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNS A FUNERAL
[37:03] HOME AROUND THE CORNER.
[37:04] THIS IS THE HEROES SQUARE UH AT
[37:08] BAYSWATER AND SARATOGA WHICH
[37:09] WAS LEFT ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING
[37:12] RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE SENIOR
[37:13] CENTER.
[37:14] SO UM, OUR CITY COUNCILOR WAS
[37:16] THERE SO ALL THE TRASH PILED
[37:18] PUBLIC WORKS IS DRIVING BY IT.
[37:20] YOU KNOW, IT'S A CITY PROPERTY
[37:21] AND THERE'S THIS TRASH PILE
[37:23] ACROSS THE STREET AND IT SAT
[37:24] THERE FOR A MONTH.
[37:27] UM, ALSO AT THE SAME TIME ON
[37:29] THE END OF UH, BAYSWATER AND A
[37:32] BOY ON AUGUST 4TH THERE WAS A
[37:33] BODY FOUND IN THE WATER.
[37:35] UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
[37:36] NEWS PHOTOS YOU WILL SEE THE
[37:38] TRASH PILE THERE ON AUGUST 5TH.
[37:40] COUNCILOR COLLETTA UH, ZAPATA
[37:42] DID HER ROAD WALK THROUGH
[37:43] PHOTOGRAPHS THAT SAME PILE TWO
[37:46] WEEKS LATER I OPENED UP A CASE.
[37:48] IT SAID CLOSED WHILE IT WAS
[37:50] STILL THERE.
[37:52] I OPENED UP ANOTHER CASE AND
[37:54] THAT CASE IS STILL OPEN AFTER
[37:57] TWO MONTHS.
[37:58] I SAT THERE AND TOOK IT UPON
[38:00] MYSELF AND CALLED MASSPORT AND
[38:01] GOT IT REMOVED WITHIN 45
[38:03] MINUTES.
[38:03] BUT TWO WEEKS AFTER OUR
[38:05] COUNCILOR DID A WALK THROUGH
[38:06] PHOTOGRAPH THAT TRASH PILE IT
[38:08] WAS STILL SITTING AND IN
[38:10] GENERAL BAYSWATER IS A PLACE
[38:12] WHERE PEOPLE COME, DRINK, THROW
[38:15] THEIR BOTTLES, THEY GET FAST
[38:17] FOOD, THROW THEIR TRASH IN THE
[38:19] BUSHES AND IT SITS THERE.
[38:20] THERE WAS RECENTLY A CLEAN UP
[38:22] BY BANK OF AMERICA AND I THINK
[38:23] THAT'S FOR AT LEAST TWO DOZEN
[38:24] TRASH BAGS.
[38:26] SO NOT ONLY ARE THESE PEOPLE A
[38:28] OPEN CONTAINER BE PROBABLY
[38:30] DRINKING AND DRIVING, BUT
[38:31] THEY'RE LITTERING AND CAUSING
[38:32] THE RODENT PROBLEM.
[38:33] AND THE CITY YOU KNOW CITY
[38:35] DEPARTMENTS ARE SAYING
[38:37] TRANSITION NOT OUR PROBLEM.
[38:38] YOU KNOW POINT THE OTHER WAY
[38:40] BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE
[38:41] THEN THE CITY OF SPENDING MONEY
[38:44] ON RODENT CONTROL INSTEAD
[38:44] OF ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THE
[38:45] ISSUES.
[38:49] UM D WHY DON'T YOU FINISH UP
[38:50] YOUR COMMENT PLEASE?
[38:52] UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS
[38:54] IT'S YOU KNOW, THIS AREA IS A
[38:56] CONSTANT PROBLEM AND OUR CITY
[38:57] COUNCILOR CAME OUT HERE AND
[38:58] SAID SHE WAS GOING TO DO
[38:59] SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
[39:00] YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE AND
[39:02] THIS IS ALL JUST TRASH RIGHT
[39:04] OUT IN THE OPEN AND AT THE SAME
[39:06] TIME I'VE SEEN IS THE TICKET
[39:07] THE DUMPSTER ACROSS THE STREET
[39:09] FROM THAT TRASH PILE MULTIPLE
[39:11] TIMES WITHOUT ACTUALLY PICKING
[39:12] UP THAT TRASH PILE.
[39:13] AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS
[39:14] I'D LIKE TO ADD TO IS THAT ONE
[39:16] TIME WE HAD A DEAD RODENT
[39:17] DEAD UH, RABBIT.
[39:18] SO FROM DPW PICKED IT UP I
[39:20] ASKED HIM I SAID WHO'S IN
[39:21] CHARGE OF THE SQUARE UP THERE?
[39:22] HE'S LIKE, OH I SAW IT RIGHT AT
[39:24] THE END.
[39:24] HE'S LIKE THAT'S PARK IS PARKS
[39:25] AND REC.
[39:26] I'LL GO TAKE CARE OF IT.
[39:27] HE DRIVES BACK AROUND FIVE
[39:29] MINUTES LATER AND WAS.
[39:30] TOLD TOLD US THAT HIS
[39:31] SUPERVISOR AT DPW TOLD HIM NOT
[39:34] TO PICK UP THAT TRASH EVEN
[39:36] THOUGH IT HAD BEEN THERE FOR
[39:37] WEEKS.
[39:38] I UNDERSTAND.
[39:39] UH.
[39:39] THANK YOU'D.
[39:40] THANK YOU.
[39:43] I'M GOING TO.
[39:44] CONTINUE WITH, UM.
[39:47] I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE CAN
[39:50] BRING IN, UM, LYDIA LOWE UM, ON
[39:53] ON ZOOM.
[39:54] LYDIA, YOU'RE UP.
[40:04] GOOD MORNING.
[40:04] LYDIA.
[40:09] YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE, BUT GOOD
[40:11] MORNING LYDIA.
[40:13] SORRY.
[40:14] YEAH.
[40:15] WE CAN HEAR YOU.
[40:15] GO AHEAD.
[40:16] LYDIA.
[40:16] OKAY.
[40:17] GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
[40:18] FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING.
[40:19] THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE
[40:21] .
[40:22] UM, I'M LYDIA LOWE FROM THE,
[40:25] UM, CHINATOWN COMMUNITY LAND
[40:27] TRUST AND, UM, THE, UH THE
[40:32] RODENT PROBLEM IS VERY SERIOUS
[40:34] IN CHINATOWN.
[40:35] UM, I PERSONALLY WAS PART
[40:38] OF THAT METROPOLITAN BUILDING,
[40:41] UM, INFESTATION, YOU KNOW, THAT
[40:43] REALLY WENT ON FOR MORE THAN A
[40:46] YEAR.
[40:47] I WAS VERY, YOU KNOW, UH,
[40:49] REALLY UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS AND
[40:51] I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE USE
[40:53] OF, UM, NEW TECHNOLOGY AND, YOU
[40:57] KNOW, OTHER GOOD PRACTICES TO
[40:58] TACKLE THE PROBLEM.
[40:59] I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT,
[41:01] UM, THE RAT PROBLEM.
[41:03] IT'S VERY CLOSELY LINKED TO
[41:05] OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS.
[41:07] AND YOU KNOW, ONE ISSUE THAT'S
[41:10] I THINK IMPORTANT IN CHINATOWN
[41:13] IS THAT WE HAVE VERY OLD
[41:15] INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DATES BACK
[41:17] TO THE EARLY 1800S.
[41:19] UM, SO THERE WERE LIKE YOU
[41:20] KNOW, THERE WERE STREETS AND
[41:21] ALLEYS THAT ARE PRIVATE WAYS
[41:23] THAT HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY BEEN
[41:25] SERVED BY THE CITY AND UM, YOU
[41:29] KNOW AND THAT INCLUDES SOME
[41:31] OF THESE YOU KNOW, THERE IS
[41:32] SOME PRIVATE WAYS THAT ARE SO
[41:34] SMALL THAT UM, UH THE YOU KNOW,
[41:38] THERE'S NO TRASH PICK UP ON THE
[41:41] STREET BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DRIVE
[41:43] A TRUCK THE TRUCK DOWN THERE.
[41:45] UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, TRASH
[41:47] WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT TO THE
[41:48] NEXT STREET OVER, YOU KNOW, AND
[41:50] WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT, YOU
[41:52] KNOW, TO, UM, GET PEOPLE TO DO
[41:55] AND THEN WE HAVE SMALL, UM,
[41:58] THESE SMALL OLDER HOMES, UH,
[42:01] THE ROW HOUSES WHERE THERE
[42:03] ISN'T REALLY A COMMON SPACE TO
[42:05] STORE A TRASH CONTAINER.
[42:07] SO WE WHAT WE END UP IS A LOT
[42:09] OF TENANTS IN CHINATOWN LEAVING
[42:11] TRASH BAGS DIRECTLY ON THE
[42:13] STREET THAT ARE NOT
[42:14] CONTAINERIZED AND, UM, YOU
[42:17] KNOW, EDUCATION IS REALLY
[42:19] IMPORTANT BUT ALSO, UM, THERE'S
[42:22] A LIMIT TO WHAT EDUCATION IS
[42:24] GOING TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE IF
[42:25] THE TENANTS DON'T HAVE A TRASH
[42:27] BIN UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NO
[42:29] PLACE IN THEIR BUILDING, YOU
[42:31] KNOW, FOR THEIR LANDLORD TO
[42:33] PROVIDE IT, THEN THEY'RE GOING
[42:34] TO JUST KEEP LEAVING IT ON THE
[42:35] STREET.
[42:36] SO I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THESE
[42:37] ISSUES NEED LIKE BIGGER
[42:40] SOLUTIONS LIKE THE TRASH, YOU
[42:41] KNOW, THINKING ABOUT TRASH
[42:43] CONTAINERIZATION.
[42:44] YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE CITY NEEDS
[42:46] TO PLAY A ROLE IN PARTICULAR
[42:48] NEIGHBORHOODS OR SPOTS LIKE
[42:50] CHINATOWN WHERE YOU KNOW YOU
[42:51] HAVE TRASH CONTAINERS THAT
[42:53] COULD BE OWNED BY THE CITY THAT
[42:55] ARE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS TO
[42:57] PUT.
[42:58] THEIR TRASH INTO.
[42:59] UM, OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WE
[43:01] CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
[43:03] OUR PROPERTY ONE OF OUR
[43:04] PROPERTIES IS SORT OF LIKE.
[43:06] THE.
[43:06] TRASH DUMPING AREA.
[43:07] UM, FOR OUR PART OF THE
[43:09] NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU KNOW, THE
[43:12] OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO
[43:13] RAISE IS THAT I THINK WE ALSO
[43:14] NEED TO CRACK DOWN ON ABANDONED
[43:17] BUILDINGS BECAUSE THERE ARE
[43:18] THESE BUILDINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW
[43:21] ,OWNERS ARE JUST SITTING ON
[43:23] THEM.
[43:24] UM, AND YOU KNOW, NOT DOING
[43:26] ANYTHING WITH THE PROPERTY FOR
[43:28] LIKE TEN YEARS, 20 YEARS AND
[43:32] THE RODENTS RUN FREE AND THEY
[43:33] MAKE THEIR NESTS IN THESE
[43:35] YARDS.
[43:36] SO I FEEL LIKE IF THE CITY CAN
[43:38] CRACK DOWN ON THESE, YOU KNOW,
[43:40] ABSENTEE LANDLORDS WHO ARE
[43:41] DOING NOTHING BUT SITTING ON
[43:43] THEIR PROPERTY FOR SPECULATIVE
[43:45] REASONS, UM, THAT WOULD HELP
[43:47] THE SITUATION ALSO.
[43:48] THANK YOU.
[43:49] THANK YOU LYDIA.
[43:50] THANK YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT
[43:51] WORK YOU ARE DOING IN CHINATOWN
[43:53] .
[43:54] UM GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
[43:56] AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE AN
[43:58] ABANDONED BUILDING RIGHT NEXT
[44:00] TO THE CHINATOWN GATE.
[44:02] UM, THAT IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR
[44:05] ALL OF US.
[44:06] THANK YOU.
[44:07] LYDIA.
[44:07] I'M GOING TO GO TO ONE MORE
[44:09] PUBLIC.
[44:09] I'M GOING TO GO TO ONE MORE,
[44:11] UM, VIRTUAL TESTIMONY AND I'M
[44:13] GOING TO THEN I'M GOING TO TRY
[44:14] TO DO SOME IN-PERSON TESTIMONY
[44:16] .
[44:16] I'M GOING TO TRY TO BALANCE IT
[44:18] A LITTLE BIT.
[44:18] UM, KERRY ON ZOOM YOU'RE UP.
[44:23] GOOD MORNING HARRY.
[45:06] AND IN THE MEANTIME I'M GOING
[45:07] TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE START
[45:09] COMING DOWN TO THE, UM TO THE
[45:13] MICROPHONE.
[45:13] UM.
[45:15] HARRY, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT,
[45:17] UM.
[45:18] TO BE PROMOTED TO THE PANEL
[45:21] PLEASE.
[45:22] BUT IN THE MEANTIME, COULD I
[45:23] ASK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE TO
[45:25] COME DOWN, MAYBE LINE UP IN
[45:27] BOTH MICROPHONES?
[45:30] I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE
[45:31] RECORD I CONSIDER TO THE.
[45:35] COUNCILOR JULIAN HERE UM IS
[45:37] PRESENT.
[45:39] COULD SUSAN PLEASE.
[45:42] COME DOWN?
[45:42] DAVID.
[45:45] FRANK.
[45:46] JOSE AND ALLIE MAYBE TO TO ON
[45:50] EACH SIDE.
[45:51] HARRY GO AHEAD PLEASE.
[45:58] YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE BUT GO
[46:00] AHEAD HARRY.
[46:14] WELL IN THE MEANTIME SUSAN, WHY
[46:15] DON'T YOU GO AHEAD PLEASE?
[46:17] GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
[46:18] MY NAME IS SUSAN BUTA I LIVE AT
[46:21] NINE KNOX STREET IN BOSTON AND
[46:23] I HOLD THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS
[46:25] SEAT AT THE BAY VILLAGE
[46:26] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
[46:28] FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK
[46:30] COUNCILOR FLYNN AND ALL THE
[46:31] CITY COUNCILORS THAT ARE HERE.
[46:32] WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
[46:33] ATTENDANCE AND ESPECIALLY TO
[46:35] CITY SERVICES UM, WHO REALLY DO
[46:37] TRY AND SEEM GENERALLY
[46:39] CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
[46:40] WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO
[46:42] THOUGH.
[46:43] SO BAY VILLAGE IS OLD.
[46:44] WE DON'T HAVE ALLEYS.
[46:46] WE DON'T HAVE OUTDOOR STORAGE.
[46:47] OUR TRASH IS PUT ON THE STREETS
[46:50] AND WE SEE RATS SCURRYING EVERY
[46:52] DAY.
[46:53] IT WAS EVEN FUNNY.
[46:54] AT OUR BLOCK PARTY WE SAW RATS
[46:56] OUT AND THERE WERE 120 PEOPLE
[46:58] ON THE STREET AND YET THEY WERE
[46:59] STILL BOLD ENOUGH TO COME OUT.
[47:01] IT'S A PROBLEM VISITORS NOTICE
[47:03] IN THE CITY.
[47:04] MATTER OF FACT LAST NIGHT
[47:06] SOMEBODY NOTICED WHO WAS A
[47:08] VISITOR FROM CHICAGO AND SAID
[47:10] OH WE SAW A RAT.
[47:11] I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING TO THIS
[47:12] HEARING.
[47:13] THE ONLY ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM
[47:16] IS TO REDUCE AND CUT THE FOOD
[47:18] SOURCE AS WE'VE HEARD.
[47:21] UM, EXCEPT FOR WE HAVE TO PUT
[47:25] OUT OUR OUR TRASH THE NIGHT
[47:28] BEFORE AT 5 P.M. GARBAGE CAN GO
[47:30] OUT UNTIL 6 A.M. THE TO THE
[47:34] NEXT MORNING SO THE BRATS HAVE
[47:37] AN ENTIRE NIGHT TO FEAST.
[47:39] NOW WHY DON'T WE PUT OUR TRASH
[47:41] OUT IN THE MORNING?
[47:41] IT'S BECAUSE OUR TRASH HAS TO
[47:43] BE UP BY 6 A.M. IN THE PREVIOUS
[47:47] CONTRACT THAT WAS WASTE
[47:48] MANAGEMENT.
[47:48] WE HAD TO PUT OUT OUR TRASH AT
[47:52] 7 A.M. AND THAT MADE A
[47:53] DIFFERENCE.
[47:54] PEOPLE WERE UP.
[47:54] THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK.
[47:56] THEY PUT THEIR TRASH OUT IN THE
[47:57] MORNING.
[47:58] IT DIDN'T STOP THE WHOLE
[47:59] PROBLEM, BUT THERE'S A HECK
[48:00] OF A LOT MORE TRASH WITH THE 6
[48:02] A.M. PICKUP BECAUSE PEOPLE
[48:04] AREN'T GOING TO GET UP AT 5
[48:05] A.M. TO PUT THEIR TRASH OUT.
[48:07] WE ALSO HAVE VANDALISM.
[48:08] YES, CANS AND BOTTLES ARE CUT
[48:10] OFF AND UH PUT IN THEIR TRASH
[48:13] INSTEAD OF RECYCLING.
[48:15] AND HONESTLY THAT'S ON US AS A
[48:16] NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO TO DO A LOT
[48:18] MORE EDUCATION AND WE ARE
[48:19] COMMITTED TO THAT.
[48:20] BUT WHAT ABOUT THE VANDALS THAT
[48:23] WENT DOWN FAYETTE STREET LAST
[48:25] WEEK AND OPENED EVERY BIT
[48:27] OF TRASH AND STARTED DUMPING IT
[48:28] OUT?
[48:29] HOW DO WE FIGHT THAT?
[48:32] UM THE THE NEXT THING THE THIRD
[48:34] THING I'D LIKE TO BRING OUT IS
[48:36] THE GARBAGE TO GARDEN
[48:38] EXPANSION.
[48:39] IT IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA.
[48:42] I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN GARBAGE
[48:43] TO GARDEN SINCE I GOT ONE
[48:45] OF THE FIRST BINS, AND I HAVE
[48:47] BEEN RELIGIOUS ABOUT PUTTING
[48:48] ALL MY FOOD SCRAPS OUT THERE.
[48:51] UM THE EXPANSION IS A GREAT
[48:53] IDEA BUT IT IS MISPLACED RIGHT
[48:54] NOW.
[48:55] OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD NOT
[48:57] HAVE TO BEAR THE STREET TRASH
[48:59] PICKUP AND REDUCED FOOD
[49:01] EXPANSION PICKUP.
[49:03] SO RIGHT NOW WELL WE USED TO
[49:05] HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST BIWEEKLY
[49:07] PICKUP.
[49:08] I MEAN I'M SORRY WEEKLY PICKUP
[49:10] NOW IT IS CHANGED TO EVERY TWO
[49:13] WEEKS.
[49:13] THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM
[49:16] AND WILL ENHANCE RAT AND UM,
[49:18] UH, RABBIT INFESTATION BECAUSE
[49:20] I CAN'T MISS A PICKUP.
[49:23] IF I MISS ONE THEN IT'S A MONTH
[49:26] BEFORE MY TRASH IS PICKED UP
[49:30] EVEN IN THE SUMMER, EVEN
[49:32] MISSING ONE WEEKLY PICKUP MEANT
[49:35] THAT I HAD TO REMOVE HUNDREDS
[49:36] OF FRUIT FLY LARVAE FROM MY
[49:38] BIN.
[49:39] YOU KNOW THE LITTLE EGG CASES
[49:40] AND STUFF THEY WEREN'T QUITE
[49:41] HATCH BUT IF I MISS ONE IT'S A
[49:44] PROBLEM.
[49:45] IF I HAD IF I MISSED ONE OF THE
[49:48] EVERY OTHER WEEK PICKUPS.
[49:50] NOW WE'RE TALKING THAT I HAVE A
[49:52] FULL INFESTATION AND THAT'S I'M
[49:54] NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
[49:55] TOLERATE THAT OR I KNOW I CAN
[49:58] PAY FOR ONE MORE PICKUP BUT I
[49:59] PAY TENS OF THOUSANDS
[50:01] OF DOLLARS IN TAXES.
[50:03] I'M DOING MY PART TO REDUCE MY
[50:05] TRASH.
[50:06] I AM RECYCLING VIGOROUSLY.
[50:08] I AM DOING THE FOOD PROGRAM AND
[50:10] NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY
[50:11] MORE.
[50:12] UH, IN A PLACE WHERE I HAVE TO
[50:14] PUT MY FOOD ON THE STREET.
[50:16] I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD
[50:17] IDEA.
[50:20] SO WE DO NEED TO EXPAND
[50:22] STRATEGICALLY, ESPECIALLY IN
[50:23] THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE TO
[50:24] PUT THEIR TRASH ON THE STREET.
[50:26] WE WANT TO KEEP THIS GOING.
[50:28] WE ARE COMMITTED.
[50:29] BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST I CAN'T
[50:33] LEAVE THAT FOOD FOR A MONTH IN
[50:35] MY BINS AND UM MY NEIGHBORS
[50:37] DOES SING GREETINGS UM TO YOU
[50:39] ALL.
[50:39] UM, FOR OUR CURRENT RODENT
[50:42] PRACTICES WHICH ALTHOUGH
[50:43] THEY'RE TRYING IT'S NOT GOOD
[50:45] ENOUGH.
[50:45] HE HAD A LOVELY TIME CLEANING
[50:47] OUT IN 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES A
[50:49] DEAD RAT FROM HIS BACKYARD AND
[50:51] DIDN'T REALLY THINK HE THOUGHT
[50:52] YOU SHOULD KNOW.
[50:53] ALL RIGHT.
[50:54] THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I
[50:56] APPRECIATE EVERYBODY.
[50:57] THANK YOU SUSAN.
[50:58] I DO WANT TO GO TO HARRY ONE
[51:00] LAST TIME.
[51:00] UM, BEFORE.
[51:01] WE CONTINUE WITH, UM, IN PERSON
[51:03] TESTIMONY.
[51:04] HARRY.
[51:05] OKAY.
[51:06] THANK YOU.
[51:07] CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
[51:08] YES WE CAN.
[51:08] GOOD MORNING.
[51:09] THANK YOU.
[51:10] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[51:11] I'LL BE QUICK BECAUSE I THINK A
[51:13] MAJOR PROBLEM I SEE IN THIS
[51:15] NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIKE THE
[51:16] PREVIOUS ONE AND SPOKE ABOUT
[51:18] PUTTING THE TRASH OUT THE NIGHT
[51:19] BEFORE.
[51:20] THEY HAVE A BANQUET THERE THE
[51:22] NIGHT BEFORE AND I GO BY NIGHT
[51:24] AND I SEE THE RATS JUST GOING
[51:26] INTO ALL THE TRASH CONTAINERS.
[51:28] WHY CAN'T WE GO BACK TO PICKING
[51:30] UP LEAVE TO TELLING PEOPLE TO
[51:33] PUT THE TRASH OUT TO HAVE A
[51:34] CITY CHANGE THAT POLICY TO PUT
[51:36] THE TRASH UP THE MORNING OR
[51:38] BECAUSE I TRASH GETS PICKED UP
[51:42] AT 1030 TO 11:00 SOMETIMES 2:00
[51:43] IN THE AFTERNOON.
[51:44] SO IT'S IT'S SO IT SOUNDS LIKE
[51:47] A EASY FIX.
[51:49] UH SO THAT'S MY BIG ISSUE AND
[51:51] UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
[51:53] HELP ON THIS ISSUE.
[51:54] THANK YOU.
[51:57] HARRY, THANK YOU FOR.
[51:58] YOUR CRITICAL LEADERSHIP AND.
[52:00] UM, THE SOUTH END AND
[52:01] THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL.
[52:03] I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE
[52:04] PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THEN I'M
[52:05] GOING TO GO BACK TO, UM TO
[52:08] BEGIN THE QUESTIONING FROM MY
[52:09] COLLEAGUES.
[52:10] UM, DAVID.
[52:11] GOOD MORNING DAVID.
[52:12] THANKS, COUNSELOR.
[52:13] AND FIRST OF ALL, I RECOGNIZE
[52:15] THAT THIS ISSUE IS AS OLD AS
[52:17] THE BOSTON HILLS, BUT I WANT
[52:19] TO, UH, GIVE A LITTLE BIT
[52:21] OF PERSPECTIVE IN.
[52:25] DECEMBER 8TH 2022 THERE WAS A
[52:26] HEARING IN THIS CHAMBER ON THIS
[52:28] SUBJECT AND THE WHEREAS CLAUSES
[52:30] IN THE ORDER FOR THAT MEETING
[52:32] ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE
[52:33] WHEREAS CLAUSES TODAY.
[52:35] SO WE'RE HERE FOUR YEARS LATER
[52:37] TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES
[52:38] IN THE SAME WAY.
[52:39] IN THE INTERIM I APPRECIATE THE
[52:41] WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY THE
[52:43] ACTION COMMITTEE, BUT I HAVE
[52:45] TWO SUGGESTIONS TWO SIMPLE
[52:47] SUGGESTIONS.
[52:48] ONE IS THAT AND THIS WAS NOT
[52:50] INCORPORATED IN THE ACTION
[52:51] COMMITTEE.
[52:53] I BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE A A
[52:55] RAT CZAR.
[52:56] SOMEBODY NEEDS TO OWN THIS
[52:58] PROBLEM.
[52:58] IT HAS TO BE THE NAME AND FACE
[53:00] OF THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM
[53:02] WITH 20 COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES
[53:04] AND DEPARTMENTS IT'S VERY
[53:06] DIFFICULT AND I APPRECIATE THE
[53:07] THE CHALLENGE OF COORDINATING
[53:10] THE EFFORT.
[53:11] I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO OWN
[53:12] IT.
[53:12] IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T OWN IT IT
[53:14] DOESN'T GET DONE.
[53:15] THE SECOND SUGGESTION IS WE
[53:17] HAVE ADEQUATE UH OR AT LEAST
[53:20] SOMEWHAT ADEQUATE UH, CODE UH
[53:24] REGULATIONS IN THE CODE TODAY.
[53:26] BUT ENFORCEMENT IS A PROBLEM
[53:28] PARTICULARLY IN AREAS WHERE
[53:30] CONTAINERIZATION IS NOT
[53:31] POSSIBLE.
[53:32] ALL WE NEED TO DO IS ENFORCE
[53:34] THE TIMING WHETHER IT'S THE
[53:36] NIGHT BEFORE OR THE DAY OF.
[53:39] THERE'S STILL, UM, A LOT
[53:42] OF TRANSGRESSIONS OF THAT
[53:43] ISSUE.
[53:44] AND THEN THE SECOND ISSUE AN
[53:45] EXAMPLE OF OF A CODE THAT IS
[53:47] NOT ENFORCED IS SIMPLY THE
[53:49] THICKNESS OF THE PLASTIC BAGS.
[53:51] PEOPLE ARE USING PAPER BAGS AND
[53:53] KITCHEN BAGS THAT IS EXPLICITLY
[53:55] PROHIBITED IN THE CODE AND YET
[53:58] UM THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT
[53:59] OF THAT PROBLEM AND WHEN
[54:01] THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT THERE
[54:02] ISN'T SUFFICIENT COMPLIANCE.
[54:04] THANKS VERY MUCH.
[54:05] THAT.
[54:06] THANK YOU.
[54:07] DAVID.
[54:08] UM.
[54:11] I DO WANT TO RESPOND TO.
[54:13] THE THE RATS UH, COMMENT YOU
[54:15] MADE BUT OUT OF RESPECT TO, UH
[54:17] ,THE PUBLIC I'LL RESPOND
[54:19] LATER.
[54:20] UM.
[54:21] BUT, UM, I RESPECT THAT YOUR
[54:23] COMMENTS.
[54:24] AND AGREE.
[54:25] WITH YOU.
[54:25] UM.
[54:28] FRANK SOUCY YES.
[54:29] YEAH.
[54:30] GOOD MORNING.
[54:30] IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH.
[54:31] YOU.
[54:31] AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ALL
[54:33] YOUR EFFORTS, WHICH I APPLAUD.
[54:35] I THINK.
[54:35] THAT THERE WAS ALL THIS VERY.
[54:37] SOPHISTICATED METHODS NECESSARY
[54:39] BUT AT THE SAME TIME AND I'M
[54:41] HERE ON A VERY PERSONAL AND NON
[54:43] CONCERNED CITIZEN BECAUSE I DO
[54:44] NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM
[54:45] PERSONALLY BUT UH BY THE SAME
[54:48] TOKEN UH.
[54:49] YOU SEE A LOT OF UH FILTH
[54:53] THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I'M NOT
[54:54] TALKING ABOUT THE TRASH
[54:55] CONTAINERS TALKING ABOUT
[54:57] SIDEWALKS THESE RESTAURANTS
[54:59] THAT HAVE SET UP THEIR.
[55:01] LITTLE CAFES ON THE SIDEWALKS
[55:03] JUST THE CAMBRIDGE STREET RIGHT
[55:06] NEAR HERE.
[55:07] UH, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO WALK
[55:09] ON CAMBRIDGE STREET BECAUSE
[55:10] SITTING RIGHT ACROSS FROM A
[55:12] MAJOR, UH, WORLD RENOWNED
[55:15] HOSPITAL YOU HAVE THIS FILTH
[55:17] AND NO NO OFFENSE, BUT YOU I
[55:20] WALKED INTO CITY HALL TODAY FOR
[55:22] THE FIRST TIME.
[55:22] THE WELCOMING CARPET OUTSIDE.
[55:25] ITSELF IS FILTHY.
[55:28] SO WE HAVE TO TEACH AND I THINK
[55:30] CLOROX I MEAN, AT HOME I'M
[55:31] CALLED MRS. CLOROX.
[55:33] BUT I THINK THAT, UH, IN.
[55:35] OTHER COUNTRIES YOU CLEAN
[55:36] SIDEWALKS WITH CLOROX ALMOST ON
[55:38] A DAILY BASIS AND ELIMINATE THE
[55:41] GREASE ACCUMULATION.
[55:43] AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE.
[55:44] ALSO ONE OF THE METHODS.
[55:46] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[55:48] THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
[55:49] WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY CITY
[55:51] COUNCIL I WOULD SAY LOUIJEUNE.
[55:54] UM AND FINALLY UM ALI GOOD
[55:56] MORNING ALI.
[55:57] GOOD MORNING.
[55:57] THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS UH,
[56:00] IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.
[56:02] I TOO WAS AND PRESENT AT THE
[56:05] 2022, UH, PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
[56:07] I'VE ALSO COLLABORATED VERY
[56:09] CLOSELY WITH LUKE AND JOHN
[56:11] ULRICH.
[56:11] UM, AND THE BOSTON RED ACTION
[56:14] UM TEAM.
[56:15] UM, SO WROTE AN ACTION PLAN
[56:18] TEAM.
[56:18] SO, UM, I ALSO SIT ON A
[56:20] NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD IN BACK BAY.
[56:21] ALTHOUGH MY OPINIONS HERE
[56:25] EXPLICITLY UM, AS A RESIDENT
[56:27] PERSPECTIVE UM AND I'M HAPPY TO
[56:29] HEAR UM I SEE A COUPLE OF THE
[56:32] REMOTE PEOPLE WERE UM TESTIMONY
[56:35] FROM MY AREA.
[56:36] THEY ARE BLOCK CAPTAINS.
[56:38] WE RUN A VERY LARGE BLOCK
[56:40] CAPTAIN PROGRAM IN BACK BAY,
[56:41] PROBABLY THE LARGEST IN THE
[56:43] CITY AND ONE OF THE LARGEST ON
[56:45] THE EAST COAST.
[56:47] UM, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT
[56:49] HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO MY
[56:50] ATTENTION, UM, ARE DAMAGES TO
[56:54] AUTOMOBILES.
[56:55] WE ARE HAVING AN INCREASED
[56:56] AMOUNT OF CAR WIRING BEING
[56:59] EATEN CHEWED THROUGH BY RATS
[57:01] AND WE'VE DONE A LOT
[57:02] OF EDUCATION TO GET PEOPLE TO
[57:04] MOVE THEIR CARS MORE REGULARLY
[57:06] UM, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT SITTING
[57:07] STAGNANT AND EXPERIENCING THOSE
[57:10] CATASTROPHIC UH, DAMAGES.
[57:12] SO AND UPWARDS OF THIS WEEK,
[57:14] UH, ONE OF THE BLOCK CAPTAINS
[57:16] THEMSELVES HAD $6,000
[57:18] OF DAMAGES TO THEIR VEHICLE AND
[57:21] NOT ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE
[57:22] COVERING FOR THE REPAIRS
[57:24] OF THIS.
[57:25] I DO ADVOCATE AND I WOULD
[57:27] IMPLORE THE BOSTON RAT ROAD
[57:29] RODENT ACTION COMMITTEE TO
[57:32] REALLY LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET
[57:34] TO SAME DAY PUT OUT OF GARBAGE
[57:37] .
[57:38] UM I HAVE READ AND SEEN
[57:40] SUCCESSES IN NEW YORK AND LA
[57:43] AND ARIZONA.
[57:45] WHEN YOU MOVE THE TRASH
[57:46] PLACEMENT TIME TO THE SAME DAY
[57:49] OF PICK UP THE RAT POPULATION
[57:52] DRAMATICALLY DECREASES.
[57:53] I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME
[57:55] CONSTRAINTS WITH THAT BUT IF WE
[57:56] CAN GET TO THAT.
[57:57] GREAT.
[57:58] ON THE SUBJECT
[57:58] OF CONTAINERIZATION AND THE
[57:59] LAST GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE I
[58:01] HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN PHOTOS WHEN
[58:04] YOU PLACED THE WHITE KITCHEN
[58:06] TRASH BAG AT THE CURBSIDE
[58:08] VERSUS THE BLACK CONTRACTOR
[58:10] BAG.
[58:11] THERE SEEMS TO BE A DRAMATIC
[58:14] DIFFERENCE IN THE CHEW THROUGH
[58:15] RATE ON THE WHITE KITCHEN TRASH
[58:17] BAG.
[58:18] UM IT IS VERY PERMEABLE, EASILY
[58:20] PENETRATED BY THE RATS AND I
[58:22] WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE BOSTON
[58:24] RODENT ACTION TEAM MAYBE RUN A
[58:27] PILOT.
[58:28] MAYBE WE RUN IT IN BACK BAY.
[58:29] I DID NOTICE ON THE HEAT MAP WE
[58:31] WERE THE REDDEST AREA FOR
[58:34] RODENT ACTIVITY IN THE CITY.
[58:36] SO WHY DON'T WE START WHERE THE
[58:38] ACTION IS HOT AND I WOULD BE
[58:41] SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND CAN GET
[58:42] SOME RESOURCES TO PILOT PUTTING
[58:45] ALL CURBSIDE TRASH INTO BLACK
[58:49] CONTRACTOR BAGS AND LET'S
[58:51] MEASURE THE DIFFERENCE WE CAN
[58:52] WE CAN DO A PILOT TWO BLOCKS
[58:54] THREE BLOCKS SQUARE RADIUS.
[58:56] I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
[58:57] IS DOABLE AND MIGHT HAVE A
[58:59] SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
[59:01] CONTAINERIZATION HAS GOT TO BE
[59:02] ENFORCED.
[59:04] I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO
[59:05] PRESSURE THAT.
[59:07] UM AND YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU
[59:08] KNOW, THE WOMAN THAT SPOKE
[59:10] EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED
[59:11] THAT WE PUT THE TRASH OUT
[59:13] CURRENTLY AT 5 P.M. AND WE HAVE
[59:15] THE OVERNIGHT THAT OCCURS BUT
[59:17] BECAUSE OF THE TRASH ROTATIONS
[59:20] THAT TRASH SITS OUT AT THE CURB
[59:23] FOR A NET 22 HOURS IN ANY GIVEN
[59:27] NEIGHBORHOOD BASED ON THE
[59:29] ROTATION OF THE OF THE TRASH
[59:31] PICKUP TIMES.
[59:33] SO IF THE TRASH GOES OUT AT
[59:35] FIVE SOMETIMES THE PICKUPS ARE
[59:38] 3 P.M. THE NEXT DAY THAT'S A
[59:40] NET 22 HOURS BUFFET FOR THESE
[59:44] RATS AND WE NEED TO CLOSE THE
[59:46] BUFFET FOR THE RATS.
[59:48] SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE MY
[59:50] PRIMARY POINT TO YOU FOLKS.
[59:52] AND IF WE CAN'T GET TO SAME DAY
[59:54] PUT OUT I'M I'M REALLY WILLING
[59:56] TO WORK WITH THE CITY.
[59:58] CAN WE MOVE THE TRASH PLACEMENT
[1:00:01] TIME FROM 5 P.M. TO MAYBE 8
[1:00:04] P.M. AND I THINK THAT MIGHT
[1:00:06] HAVE A DRAMATIC, UH, DECREASE
[1:00:08] IN RODENT ACTIVITY FOR AT LEAST
[1:00:10] THREE WARMER HOURS OF THE DAY
[1:00:13] WHERE THE THE SMELLS EMULATE
[1:00:15] FROM THE BAGS EMANATE FROM THE
[1:00:17] BAGS.
[1:00:18] UM, THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY
[1:00:20] SOMETHING WE COULD TRY TO PILOT
[1:00:21] .
[1:00:23] SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND I
[1:00:24] APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
[1:00:25] WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET ACTION
[1:00:28] ON THIS PLAN AND SOMETHING TO
[1:00:31] GET TO CONTAINERIZATION
[1:00:32] IMPLEMENTED CITYWIDE AND MOVE
[1:00:34] THAT PLACEMENT TIME OUT.
[1:00:37] THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
[1:00:38] THANK YOU.
[1:00:39] THANK YOU ALI AND IT'S GOOD
[1:00:41] TO BE WITH YOU THE OTHER NIGHT
[1:00:42] AND UH, THE BACKPACK.
[1:00:46] WE STILL HAVE MORE PUBLIC
[1:00:47] TESTIMONY IN PERSON AND
[1:00:50] VIRTUAL.
[1:00:51] UM, BUT AT THIS TIME I AM GOING
[1:00:54] TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY
[1:00:57] WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO
[1:00:58] THE PANELIST HERE.
[1:01:00] I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY
[1:01:02] FIVE MINUTES EACH CITY
[1:01:03] COUNCIL FIVE MINUTES.
[1:01:06] UM I DON'T INTERRUPT MY CITY
[1:01:08] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHEN THEY'RE
[1:01:09] SPEAKING WHETHER I AGREE WITH
[1:01:10] THE QUESTION OR NOT AND IF THEY
[1:01:12] GO OVER THE FIVE MINUTES UM,
[1:01:14] YOU KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO CUT
[1:01:15] THEM OFF EITHER.
[1:01:16] I DO WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO
[1:01:18] THEM.
[1:01:19] UM, HAVING SAID THAT, LET
[1:01:21] ME START WITH THE CITY
[1:01:22] COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[1:01:23] COUNCIL BREADON.
[1:01:24] THANK YOU.
[1:01:27] UM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY
[1:01:28] COMPREHENSIVE UM, UPDATE ON ON
[1:01:30] THE BARB UM THE THE THE BARB
[1:01:34] DETERMINED THAT ENFORCEMENT CAN
[1:01:35] BE RENDERED QUITE CHALLENGING
[1:01:37] UM, AS PER CITY OF BOSTON
[1:01:40] NEEDING ACCESS AND PERMISSION
[1:01:41] TO STEP ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY.
[1:01:43] UM, IS THERE ANY WAY ANY DESIRE
[1:01:46] TO EXPLORE WAYS THAT WE CAN
[1:01:48] MAKE THAT LEGAL UM TO ALLOW ESD
[1:01:51] TO CARRY OUT ENFORCEMENT ON
[1:01:52] PRIVATE PROPERTY?
[1:01:53] I KNOW CAMBRIDGE DOES THAT, BUT
[1:01:55] CAMBRIDGE DOES A LOT OF THINGS
[1:01:56] AS WE DO.
[1:01:57] SO UM ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?
[1:01:59] UM, JOHN.
[1:02:01] SO WE WE DO THE BEST WE CAN.
[1:02:04] UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE INSPECTORS
[1:02:06] SHOULD BE RINGING DOORBELLS.
[1:02:08] UM, IF IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
[1:02:10] THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, IT
[1:02:11] COULD BE A TENANT THAT GIVES US
[1:02:13] PERMISSION.
[1:02:14] WE ALSO, UM, IF WE'RE ON A
[1:02:16] NEIGHBORING PROPERTY AND WE
[1:02:18] HAVE PERMISSION, WE CAN LOOK
[1:02:19] OVER THE FENCE.
[1:02:20] UM, AND SO INSPECTORS SHOULD BE
[1:02:22] MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO ACCESS
[1:02:24] AND SEE, UH, WHAT THEY CAN.
[1:02:27] UM, BUT I CAN, UM, TALK TO
[1:02:30] LEGAL ABOUT, UH, EFFORTS
[1:02:32] ESPECIALLY IF IF YOU SAY
[1:02:33] CAMBRIDGE UH, THEY WERE ALLOWED
[1:02:35] TO TO WALK ON THE PROPERTY AND
[1:02:36] SEE IF THERE'S UH IF THERE'S
[1:02:38] SOME EFFORTS TO EXPAND THAT,
[1:02:40] UH, CAPABILITY.
[1:02:41] UM, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IN
[1:02:43] YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT, UH,
[1:02:46] THE BAR INFORMING PARK
[1:02:48] CONSTRUCTION I KNOW THERE'S
[1:02:49] HAVE BEEN THERE'S BEEN A BIG
[1:02:50] ISSUE AT RINGER PARK.
[1:02:52] UM, UH, HAS IS THERE ANY WAY
[1:02:55] HOW DOES RODENT CONTROL GET
[1:02:57] INTEGRATED INTO PROJECTS AT THE
[1:02:59] PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I
[1:03:00] THINK YOU KNOW RIGHT.
[1:03:01] AND COMMON IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE
[1:03:02] THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE
[1:03:04] STAGE WITH DECKING AND UM, THE
[1:03:07] THE HAVE A LITTLE COLONY
[1:03:09] OF RATS IN UNDER THAT.
[1:03:10] SO HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH
[1:03:12] PARKS DEPARTMENT TO SORT OF HAD
[1:03:13] THIS OFF.
[1:03:14] SO SO NOW WHEN THERE'S A NEW
[1:03:16] PARK WE WE MEET UH GO OVER THE
[1:03:19] DESIGN WE CAN BE ON SITE.
[1:03:20] WE DID IT FOR UM COPLEY WE DID.
[1:03:24] UM, NOW THE THE PARK THEY'RE
[1:03:25] WORKING ON IS UH, THE GREENWAY
[1:03:27] IN EAST BOSTON AND CAN TELL OH,
[1:03:30] WE WERE UM YOU KNOW, WE
[1:03:32] PARTNERED WITH THEM.
[1:03:33] UM, THEY DESIGN THE PARK HAD
[1:03:36] SOME RODENT PREVENTION IN
[1:03:37] THERE, BUT RATS ARE JUST REALLY
[1:03:39] SMART AND SO THEY FIND
[1:03:41] VULNERABILITIES, YOU KNOW THAT
[1:03:42] THAT WE DIDN'T THINK OF.
[1:03:44] UM, AND SO THE THINGS THAT WE
[1:03:46] LEARNED THERE, UM, WHERE WE'RE
[1:03:48] GOING TO INCLUDE MOVING FORWARD
[1:03:50] BUT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A
[1:03:52] DOCUMENT UM OF DESIGN STANDARDS
[1:03:54] FOR BOTH PARKS, UH, BOSTON
[1:03:57] WATER AND SEWER.
[1:03:59] UM AND WE HAVE ALREADY WORKED
[1:04:00] IT INTO THE DESIGN STANDARDS
[1:04:02] OF PUBLIC FACILITIES.
[1:04:03] I COULD UM I KNOW THERE'S
[1:04:05] BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, UM,
[1:04:06] RODENT, UH, BIRTH CONTROL.
[1:04:08] UM, IS THIS IS THIS BEEN PROVEN
[1:04:11] TO BE IN A MANAGEMENT AN
[1:04:13] EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT TOOL OR
[1:04:13] WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT?
[1:04:15] WE HAVEN'T SEEN UM, FOR THE
[1:04:18] FOLKS THAT HAVE INVESTED IN IT
[1:04:20] .
[1:04:21] UM MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS.
[1:04:23] UH, BUT WE'RE STILL YOU KNOW,
[1:04:24] WE'RE STILL LOOKING AND UM, YOU
[1:04:27] KNOW, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION
[1:04:29] IN UH, NEW YORK UM, AT THE THE
[1:04:32] SUMMIT.
[1:04:33] UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ANY
[1:04:37] PROOF THAT THERE'S BEEN A
[1:04:39] MEASURABLE REDUCTION.
[1:04:41] UM, AND A WAY THAT WE COULD
[1:04:43] INCORPORATE IT AT THIS POINT.
[1:04:45] UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE
[1:04:47] CONSTANTLY OPEN TO IT AND IF
[1:04:49] THERE COMES A POINT WHERE WE
[1:04:50] CAN FIND A PRODUCT THAT WORKS,
[1:04:52] UM, YOU KNOW, WE SAY WE'LL TRY
[1:04:54] IT.
[1:04:54] YEAH.
[1:04:55] AND NO RODENT ACTIVITIES.
[1:04:57] UM, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WE'VE
[1:04:58] HAD A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION.
[1:04:59] VERY OFTEN NEIGHBORS SAY THAT
[1:05:01] RODENT ACTIVITY IS VERY
[1:05:03] DIRECTLY RELATED TO
[1:05:04] CONSTRUCTION.
[1:05:04] UM, ARE THERE ANY
[1:05:07] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BARB TO
[1:05:08] PLACE THE ONUS ON DEVELOPERS
[1:05:09] AND CONTRACTORS TO HELP ADDRESS
[1:05:12] THAT ISSUE?
[1:05:13] AH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT THE
[1:05:14] JURY'S OUT SORT OF ON ON
[1:05:15] WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A REAL
[1:05:17] FACTOR.
[1:05:18] SO THE RATS HAVE TO BE THERE
[1:05:20] OBVIOUSLY UH, FOR IT TO TO BE
[1:05:22] AN ISSUE WITH CONSTRUCTION.
[1:05:24] SO UH, COMMUNITY SANITATION UH
[1:05:27] PROGRAM IS IF THE UM DOES IN
[1:05:31] THE DESIGN REVIEW THE PLANS
[1:05:34] EXAMINER WILL ASSIGN THE
[1:05:35] COMMUNITY SANITATION SIGN OFF,
[1:05:37] WHICH MEANS THEY CAN'T GET A
[1:05:39] PERMIT FROM I-S-D UNLESS THEY
[1:05:42] PRODUCE A, UH, REPORT FROM A
[1:05:44] LICENSED PEST CONTROL
[1:05:45] TECHNICIAN THAT SAYS THE, UM
[1:05:48] THE PROPERTY IS RODENT FREE AND
[1:05:50] THAT MONITORING STATIONS HAVE
[1:05:52] BEEN PLACED AROUND THE
[1:05:53] PERIMETER.
[1:05:53] ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE GET THAT
[1:05:56] REPORT, WE GIVE THEM A SIGN OFF
[1:05:57] AND THEN WE DISPATCH A AND
[1:05:59] INSPECT THE SO WE DID.
[1:06:01] I THINK IT'S A IT'S AROUND TWO
[1:06:04] 210 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS
[1:06:06] SINCE JANUARY 1ST.
[1:06:09] UM AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAN.
[1:06:11] THERE ARE UH WAYS THAT YOU CAN
[1:06:14] HOLD UH CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
[1:06:17] RESPONSIBLE IF WE CAN PROVE
[1:06:18] THAT THAT THEY WERE
[1:06:20] RESPONSIBLE.
[1:06:20] FOR IT.
[1:06:21] UM, WHICH SOMETIMES THAT CAN
[1:06:22] BE DIFFICULT.
[1:06:23] BUT, UH, WE DO OUR BEST AT THE
[1:06:25] BEGINNING OF THE CONSTRUCTION
[1:06:26] TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO RATS.
[1:06:28] VERY GOOD.
[1:06:28] THANK YOU.
[1:06:29] I'LL COME BACK FOR A SECOND
[1:06:30] ROUND, BUT THANK YOU.
[1:06:30] THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR.
[1:06:32] AND THANK YOU,
[1:06:33] COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[1:06:37] COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU'RE UP.
[1:06:39] WHICH I MEAN I'M SORRY,
[1:06:41] COUNCILOR DURKAN.
[1:06:42] THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
[1:06:43] UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
[1:06:45] ON THIS ISSUE.
[1:06:45] UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD
[1:06:47] MANY HEARINGS ON THIS ISSUE.
[1:06:49] I THINK, UM, COUNCILOR FLOOD
[1:06:51] AND I BOTH FILED A TON
[1:06:53] OF FILINGS ON THIS AND I KNOW
[1:06:54] LAST YEAR WE HAD A HEARING
[1:06:56] EXPLORING SAME DAY PUT OUT AND
[1:06:58] PICK UP FOR A NON CONTAINERIZED
[1:06:59] A WASTE WHICH I AUTHORED.
[1:07:02] UM ACTUALLY THANKS TO MY UM MY
[1:07:04] FRIEND AND MY CONSTITUENT HARRY
[1:07:06] COLLINGS WHO I KNOW JUST
[1:07:07] TESTIFIED VIRTUALLY.
[1:07:09] UM, A GREAT UH, GUY WHO WORKS
[1:07:11] FOR MAYOR AND YOU KNOW, AND UM,
[1:07:13] NOW DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN
[1:07:14] OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:07:15] UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS.
[1:07:18] UM, SORT OF WHERE WE ARE
[1:07:20] BECAUSE I THINK, UH A LOT
[1:07:22] OF WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT
[1:07:24] HEARING WAS THAT, YOU KNOW,
[1:07:25] WHAT NEW YORK WAS DOING WASN'T
[1:07:27] WORKING.
[1:07:27] PEOPLE WERE ABUSING THOSE
[1:07:28] CONTAINERIZED TRASH CANS.
[1:07:29] NOW THEY HAVE MAXIMUM DONNIE.
[1:07:31] HE'S ACTUALLY EXPANDING SORT
[1:07:33] OF THOSE UH THOSE UH, YOU KNOW,
[1:07:36] SMALLER, UM CONTAINERIZED
[1:07:38] TOTES.
[1:07:38] I KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THEY ARE.
[1:07:40] I ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, EVEN WITH
[1:07:42] THE, YOU KNOW, RAT PROOF TRASH
[1:07:44] CANS, WE AREN'T GETTING 100%,
[1:07:46] YOU KNOW, RAT PROOF.
[1:07:47] AND SO EVEN WITH WHAT WE'RE
[1:07:49] TRYING TO INNOVATE, UM, YOU
[1:07:51] KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
[1:07:53] DO.
[1:07:53] UM, I THINK GETTING, UM,
[1:07:55] GETTING TRASH OFF OF OUR
[1:07:57] STREETS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
[1:07:58] PART OF THAT.
[1:07:59] UM, AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OUR
[1:08:01] BASEMENTS WHICH USED TO BE USED
[1:08:03] FOR TRASH ARE NOW APARTMENTS.
[1:08:05] SO SO HOW DO WE DO THIS?
[1:08:07] AND UM AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S
[1:08:09] TRADE OFFS WITH PARKING AND
[1:08:10] OTHER THINGS BUT WHAT IS THE
[1:08:12] CITY THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS
[1:08:14] OF CONTAINERIZATION AND ALSO
[1:08:15] POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE POLICY
[1:08:17] UM FOR SAME DAY PUT OUT PICK UP
[1:08:19] AND PUT OUT WHICH I KNOW IS A
[1:08:21] HUGE CHARGE FOR THE BACK BAY
[1:08:22] AND BEACON HILL UH, WHICH ARE
[1:08:24] DEALING WITH UM YOU KNOW, THE
[1:08:26] NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES OF OF
[1:08:28] NOT HAVING SPACE FOR TRASH
[1:08:30] ROOMS.
[1:08:31] THANKS, COUNCIL.
[1:08:32] I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
[1:08:34] UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S
[1:08:35] VERY UNIQUE AND I THINK EACH
[1:08:37] NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THEIR OWN
[1:08:38] UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES.
[1:08:40] SOME ARE MORE DENSE THAN
[1:08:41] OTHERS.
[1:08:41] UM, WHICH MAKES IT CHALLENGING
[1:08:43] FOR CONTAINERIZATION IN EVERY
[1:08:44] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:08:45] UH, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE A
[1:08:46] COUPLE OF DIFFERENT UM, KIND
[1:08:48] OF METHODS OF HOW WE COLLECT
[1:08:49] TRASH ACROSS THE CITY.
[1:08:50] UM, AS YOU AS YOU KNOW, OVER
[1:08:52] THE LAST, YOU KNOW, YEAR WE'VE
[1:08:53] BEEN WORKING WITH DIFFERENT UH,
[1:08:55] UNIVERSITY PARTNERS AS WELL AS
[1:08:57] COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BETTER
[1:08:58] UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE
[1:08:59] DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT ARE
[1:09:01] AVAILABLE TO US, UM, TO KIND
[1:09:02] OF MAKE REFORMS TO SOME
[1:09:03] OF THESE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES
[1:09:04] THAT YOU'RE TALKING THROUGH AND
[1:09:06] WHAT WOULD SOME OF THOSE WHAT
[1:09:07] ARE SOME OF THOSE REFORMS THAT
[1:09:09] COMMUNITY WOULD BE IN FAVOR
[1:09:10] OF SUPPORTING?
[1:09:11] UM, I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY
[1:09:13] TO THE EXACT KIND OF UH,
[1:09:14] THINKING OF PUBLIC WORKS UM, AS
[1:09:17] TO KIND OF THE LONG TERM
[1:09:18] SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES.
[1:09:19] BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN
[1:09:20] COORDINATION WITH THE STREETS
[1:09:21] TEAM, UH, IS IDENTIFYING THOSE
[1:09:23] DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
[1:09:24] WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
[1:09:25] TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY
[1:09:27] WOULD SUPPORT AND THEN KIND
[1:09:28] OF WORKING WITH THE UM, TRASH
[1:09:30] CONTRACTORS TO SEE WHAT WOULD
[1:09:31] BE UH, FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO
[1:09:33] OPERATIONALIZE.
[1:09:33] UH, AND.
[1:09:34] THEN YOU KNOW.
[1:09:34] HOPEFULLY UH, IN COLLABORATION
[1:09:35] WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UM, THEY'LL
[1:09:37] KIND OF ROLL OUT A LONG TERM
[1:09:38] STRATEGY BUT AGAIN, THEY WOULD
[1:09:39] BE BEST TO KIND OF ANSWER SOME
[1:09:40] OF THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT
[1:09:42] THEY'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE.
[1:09:43] WELL, I THINK THAT UM WE USED
[1:09:45] TO HAVE UM THAT YOU COULD BUY
[1:09:47] CITY OF BOSTON RECYCLING BAGS
[1:09:49] AT WHOLE FOODS.
[1:09:50] THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT UM AND
[1:09:51] I DON'T KNOW, THEY HAD
[1:09:52] LITERALLY THE CITY OF BOSTON
[1:09:53] LOGO ON THEM.
[1:09:54] I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS SELLING
[1:09:55] THEM OR WHY AND IF THE CITY WAS
[1:09:57] ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THAT.
[1:09:59] UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY
[1:10:00] IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A
[1:10:01] STANDARD IF WE ARE GOING TO DO
[1:10:03] NON CONTAINERIZED WASTE THAT WE
[1:10:04] HAVE A STANDARD MINIMUM UM
[1:10:07] TRASH BAG THAT PEOPLE CAN USE.
[1:10:09] UM IT'S NOT I KNOW IN MY
[1:10:11] NEIGHBORHOOD YOU CAN'T FIND THE
[1:10:13] TYPE OF TRASH BAG THAT YOU
[1:10:14] SHOULD USE AT ANY OF THE LOCAL
[1:10:16] STORES.
[1:10:16] SO EVEN DOING A CAMPAIGN WITH
[1:10:18] ALL THE LOCAL STORES AND
[1:10:19] GETTING THEM TO SELL THE RIGHT
[1:10:21] TYPE AND WEIGHT OF TRASH BAG I
[1:10:23] THINK WOULD BE HUGE.
[1:10:25] UM I I THINK THAT A HUGE PART
[1:10:27] OF THIS IS EDUCATION BUT IF YOU
[1:10:28] CAN'T EVEN FIND IN YOUR LOCAL
[1:10:30] STORE WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
[1:10:32] BE USING, IT'S WE'RE GOING TO
[1:10:33] CONTINUE TO USE KITCHEN TRASH
[1:10:35] BAGS AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE
[1:10:37] THEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND
[1:10:38] THEY ARE EASILY AS WE KNOW UM A
[1:10:42] BUFFET AND A FEAST FOR RATS.
[1:10:44] UM, WHEN UM AND I KNOW THAT WE
[1:10:46] ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
[1:10:48] EXPAND PROJECT OSCAR WHICH IS I
[1:10:50] THINK HAS BEEN A HUGE UM YOU
[1:10:52] KNOW, IT HAS BEEN REALLY,
[1:10:53] REALLY HELPFUL TO GET AS MUCH
[1:10:55] OF THE WASTE, UM, THE FOOD
[1:10:57] WASTE AS WE CAN OUT OF THE
[1:10:58] TRASH BAGS.
[1:10:59] UM, BUT THERE'S MORE WORK TO
[1:11:01] DO.
[1:11:01] UM, I KNOW HOLLY WANTED ME TO
[1:11:03] GET ON THIS ON THE RECORD.
[1:11:05] APPARENTLY THERE'S A CASE STUDY
[1:11:07] ON CONTAINERIZATION.
[1:11:08] WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
[1:11:09] UM, SO IF, UM, IF THAT CAN BE
[1:11:12] PROVIDED TO OUR OFFICE, WE
[1:11:13] WOULD PREFER, UM, TO FIGURE
[1:11:16] THIS OUT.
[1:11:17] I THINK WE WE I THINK AS A CITY
[1:11:19] COUNCIL COULD REALLY UNITE
[1:11:20] AROUND CONTAINERIZATION.
[1:11:22] I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE.
[1:11:23] UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S, UH, YOU
[1:11:25] KNOW, DIFFERENT UH, FACTORS IN
[1:11:27] DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
[1:11:28] I KNOW COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA
[1:11:29] AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
[1:11:30] YOU KNOW, THE NORTH END MIGHT
[1:11:32] BE DIFFERENT THAN BEACON HILL
[1:11:32] BUT WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR
[1:11:33] CHALLENGES.
[1:11:34] UM, SO I'M, YOU KNOW, FROM WEST
[1:11:37] END TO MISSION HILL, LOTS
[1:11:39] OF DIFFERENT ISSUES.
[1:11:40] UM, CAN YOU JUST TELL ME VERY
[1:11:42] BRIEFLY.
[1:11:43] UM, WHEN SOMEONE SEES AN INFLUX
[1:11:45] OF RATS WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED
[1:11:47] TO DO AND SORT OF WHAT THOSE
[1:11:48] NEXT STEPS ARE?
[1:11:49] UM, BECAUSE I, I OFTEN FIND
[1:11:51] THAT NEIGHBORS ARE UM, YOU
[1:11:54] KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T
[1:11:55] ALWAYS DIAL THROUGH ON ONE.
[1:11:57] THEY DON'T ALWAYS UM THEY DON'T
[1:11:59] ALWAYS KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD
[1:12:00] REPORT TO THE CITY WHEN THEY
[1:12:01] SEE TEN RATS IN A ROW AND WHEN
[1:12:03] THEY SEE INCREASED RAT ACTIVITY
[1:12:05] WHAT CAN WHAT SHOULD AND UH,
[1:12:07] RESIDENTS BE DOING WHEN THEY
[1:12:08] SEE RATS?
[1:12:09] YEAH HAPPY TO START AND THEN
[1:12:10] DOCTOR CHIME IN AS WELL.
[1:12:12] BUT UM WE REALLY ENCOURAGE OUR
[1:12:13] RESIDENTS TO ANYTIME YOU SEE
[1:12:15] RODENT ACTIVITY TO SUBMIT THAT
[1:12:17] UH 311 JOHN AND HIS TEAM CAN
[1:12:19] RESPOND WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.
[1:12:21] BUT ALSO WE'VE SET UP A
[1:12:23] DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS WHICH
[1:12:26] IS RATS@BOSTON.GOV.
[1:12:26] SINCE WE LAUNCHED THAT OVER A
[1:12:28] YEAR AGO.
[1:12:28] I THINK THAT'S BEEN A REALLY
[1:12:29] GREAT UM, PLATFORM FOR FOLKS TO
[1:12:31] SUBMIT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
[1:12:33] THEY CAN HELP PREVENT RODENT
[1:12:34] ACTIVITY BUT ALSO LET US KNOW
[1:12:35] ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
[1:12:36] THEY'RE FACING AND WE UTILIZE
[1:12:38] THAT PLATFORM TO JUST UM, SEND
[1:12:39] OUT INSPECTORS TO HELP KIND
[1:12:41] OF REDUCE THE RODENT CHALLENGES
[1:12:42] THAT THEY'RE SEEING AND ADDRESS
[1:12:43] SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
[1:12:44] UM, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
[1:12:46] THAT YOUR POINT AROUND
[1:12:47] EDUCATION IS IS REALLY
[1:12:48] IMPORTANT.
[1:12:49] UM, I THINK SOME OF THE WORK
[1:12:50] THAT ALLIE AND HER NEIGHBORHOOD
[1:12:52] ASSOCIATION DO IS IS REALLY A
[1:12:53] GREAT KIND OF STANDARD THAT
[1:12:55] OTHER UM, NEIGHBORHOODS COULD
[1:12:56] FOLLOW AROUND HELPING YOUR
[1:12:59] FELLOW RESIDENTS KNOW AROUND
[1:13:00] THE RIGHT PRACTICE.
[1:13:00] I KNOW WE.
[1:13:01] SHOULD SHOUT OUT ABOUT BEACON
[1:13:02] HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION AS WELL
[1:13:04] BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GETTING
[1:13:05] GOING WITH THEIR BLOCK CAPTAINS
[1:13:07] PROGRAM AND UM, A LOT OF WORK
[1:13:09] TO DO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
[1:13:10] YEAH.
[1:13:10] AND SO ALL OF THESE
[1:13:11] EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT
[1:13:12] THEY'RE SUBMITTING ARE
[1:13:14] AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AS
[1:13:15] WELL.
[1:13:15] UM, AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE
[1:13:16] PRACTICES RESIDENTS SHOULD
[1:13:17] FOLLOW TO HELP PREVENT RATS.
[1:13:18] THANK YOU.
[1:13:20] UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE
[1:13:22] YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
[1:13:23] YOU'RE UP.
[1:13:24] THANK YOU.
[1:13:24] CHAIR.
[1:13:25] AND THANK YOU FOR CONVENING US.
[1:13:27] THANK YOU FOR THE PANEL AND
[1:13:30] ESPECIALLY TO THE RESIDENTS WHO
[1:13:31] CAME IN PERSON AND ON ZOOM AND
[1:13:35] I JUST LOOKING AROUND I SEE
[1:13:36] PEOPLE FROM CHINATOWN, BACK
[1:13:39] BAY, YOU KNOW, BAY VILLAGE BACK
[1:13:41] HOME IN DORCHESTER, EAST BOSTON
[1:13:42] .
[1:13:42] IT'S IT'S A CITYWIDE ISSUE.
[1:13:45] WE KNOW THAT.
[1:13:46] AND WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE
[1:13:48] COUNCIL WE WOULD SOMETIMES JOKE
[1:13:50] THAT WHEN WE WOULD HAVE RAT
[1:13:51] HEARINGS WE'D.
[1:13:52] GET LIKE.
[1:13:52] ALL THE.
[1:13:53] COUNCIL TO.
[1:13:53] SHOW UP LIKE THAT.
[1:13:54] IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
[1:13:56] DEFINITELY DEAL WITH AND GET A
[1:13:57] LOT OF CALLS FOR, BUT I'M GOING
[1:14:00] TO KIND OF SHIFT WHAT MY
[1:14:01] QUESTIONS WERE BASED ON WHAT I
[1:14:02] HEARD FROM SOME OF THE
[1:14:04] RESIDENTS.
[1:14:04] UM, AND I DO THINK IT'S TIED
[1:14:08] CLOSELY TO THE OTHER
[1:14:10] DEPARTMENTS WHICH WAS SAID
[1:14:11] ABOUT TRASH AND STUFF.
[1:14:12] WE RECENTLY HAD A HEARING ON
[1:14:14] TRASH PICKUP AND ALSO THE
[1:14:18] CHANGE TO PICK UP THE GREEN
[1:14:20] BUCKETS LIKE EVERY OTHER WEEK
[1:14:22] NOW WHICH I HEAR IS A CONCERN
[1:14:24] PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED IS GOING
[1:14:26] TO AFFECT BUT UM ONE MAN I'M
[1:14:29] SORRY I FORGOT YOUR NAME BUT
[1:14:30] YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CODE AND
[1:14:32] HOW IT ALREADY IS STATING THE
[1:14:33] THICKNESS OF THE BAG BECAUSE I
[1:14:35] OFTEN TALK ABOUT MY STREET JOHN
[1:14:37] I KNOW WE'VE DONE SEVERAL WALKS
[1:14:39] ON MAN SENIOR LIGHT AND WEIGHT
[1:14:41] AND SEVERAL OF THE APARTMENT
[1:14:43] BUILDINGS DO PUT OUT THE BAGS
[1:14:45] AND THE AMOUNT NO LIGHT IS LIKE
[1:14:47] AS BIG AS THIS AND IT IS
[1:14:49] SMALLER THAN KITCHEN BAGS.
[1:14:52] I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT
[1:14:54] WHEN YOU STORE IT DURING THE
[1:14:56] WEEK IT HAS TO BE IN
[1:14:57] CARBON BARRELS BUT ONCE THE
[1:14:59] TIME OPENS UP TO BRING TO THE
[1:15:01] STREET TO THE SIDEWALK IT CAN
[1:15:03] BE KIND OF IN ANYTHING.
[1:15:05] IS IT TRUE OR IS IT SUPPOSED TO
[1:15:09] BE IN LIKE THICKER TYPE BAGS?
[1:15:11] YEAH.
[1:15:12] SO IT'S IN.
[1:15:13] PROPER STORAGE OF TRASH IF IT'S
[1:15:14] NOT CONTAINERIZED UP TO 5:00
[1:15:18] TONIGHT BEFORE TRASH PICKUP AND
[1:15:20] THEN ONCE TRASH PICKUP IS
[1:15:22] ALLOWED TO GO OUT THEY'RE
[1:15:23] ALLOWED TO PUT IT IN BAGS WHAT
[1:15:24] THEY SHOULD BE AND I BELIEVE IN
[1:15:27] THE CODE IT SAYS TWO PLY.
[1:15:29] WHICH IS.
[1:15:31] IS A CHECK.
[1:15:33] UH NO IT'S THERE YEAH IT SHOULD
[1:15:35] BE A THICKER UH PLASTIC THAN A
[1:15:39] LIKE A REGULAR BAG.
[1:15:40] YEAH.
[1:15:41] SO WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT?
[1:15:44] BECAUSE I KNOW JUST DONE.
[1:15:46] LIKE MY.
[1:15:47] ON.
[1:15:47] THE.
[1:15:48] STREET I GUESS I.
[1:15:48] SHOULD CALL IT THAT NOW.
[1:15:49] UM, IT'S.
[1:15:51] UM IT'S JUST REGULAR KITCHEN
[1:15:53] BAGS THAT ARE OPENING UP
[1:15:54] WITHOUT EVEN ANY RODENTS OR
[1:15:56] PEOPLE WALKING BY TRYING TO SEE
[1:15:59] IF THEY CAN FIND OTHER YOU
[1:16:00] KNOW.
[1:16:01] YEAH.
[1:16:02] SO, UH, WELL FOR
[1:16:05] ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WE DO
[1:16:06] THE EDUCATION.
[1:16:08] I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR
[1:16:09] CODE ENFORCEMENT.
[1:16:10] I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY ENFORCE
[1:16:12] UM THAT UM BUT WE DO SPEND A
[1:16:15] LOT OF EDUCATION ON TRYING TO
[1:16:17] GET FOLKS NOT ONLY TO
[1:16:19] CONTAINERIZE IF THEY CAN BUT
[1:16:21] LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME EVEN
[1:16:23] IF YOU CAN PUT TRASH OUT AT
[1:16:26] 5:00 THE NIGHT BEFORE THE LEAST
[1:16:28] AMOUNT OF TIME THE TRASH SITS
[1:16:30] ON THE SIDEWALK REDUCES THE
[1:16:32] CHANCE IT'S GOING TO BE A FOOD
[1:16:33] SOURCE.
[1:16:33] OKAY, UM ALSO LEARNED YESTERDAY
[1:16:38] THAT OUR NEW 311 SYSTEM HAS
[1:16:40] GONE INTO EFFECT WITH THE WAY
[1:16:42] THEY'RE COLLECTING INFORMATION
[1:16:43] .
[1:16:43] WE HAD A HEARING ON SIDEWALK
[1:16:46] BLOCKING BIKE LANES AND
[1:16:47] CROSSINGS.
[1:16:48] WHAT TYPE OF NEW INFORMATION
[1:16:50] HAVE YOU LEARNED YOU'LL BE
[1:16:52] GETTING FROM THE NEW 311 SYSTEM
[1:16:54] BASED ON THESE TYPES OF CALLS
[1:16:55] THAT COME IN?
[1:16:57] SO WE'VE HAD UH A COUPLE
[1:16:59] TRAININGS I THINK UH.
[1:17:02] ,NOVEMBER 4TH IS THE FULL
[1:17:03] SWITCHOVER FOR FOR.
[1:17:04] MY TEAM.
[1:17:06] UM I THINK THAT THERE IS SOME
[1:17:08] SIMILARITIES BETWEEN YOU KNOW,
[1:17:10] OUR INSPECTORS CURRENTLY USE
[1:17:11] CITY WORKER THEY'LL HAVE A VERY
[1:17:14] SIMILAR UH, PROCESS WOULD
[1:17:16] CREATE SHOW AND BEING.
[1:17:18] UM BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE OPTIONS.
[1:17:21] UM, THE THE VIEWS, THE MAPS UM
[1:17:24] WE'LL HAVE MORE VISIBILITY ON
[1:17:26] ON THE DIFFERENT KINDS
[1:17:27] OF COMPLAINTS AND FOR ME AS THE
[1:17:29] UM THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
[1:17:31] I'LL HAVE MORE VISIBILITY ON ON
[1:17:33] CLOSED COMPLAINTS AND THINGS
[1:17:34] LIKE THAT.
[1:17:35] OKAY.
[1:17:36] THANK YOU.
[1:17:37] UM, AND I'M JUST GOING TO
[1:17:39] ASSUME BECAUSE YOU SAID IT IN
[1:17:41] YOUR STATEMENTS TO THAT THAT'S
[1:17:42] WHERE THEN YOU'LL.
[1:17:44] BE.
[1:17:44] PUTTING MORE RESOURCES IF WE
[1:17:45] SEE THAT THERE'S HOTSPOTS THAT
[1:17:47] ARE CONTINUING.
[1:17:48] YEAH WITH THE HOT HOTSPOT MAP
[1:17:51] IS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
[1:17:52] GOING TO WORK INTO OUR WORKFLOW
[1:17:54] SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE
[1:17:55] PROACTIVE IN IDENTIFYING
[1:17:56] THROUGH THE DATA IN THE HOTSPOT
[1:17:58] MAP.
[1:17:59] AND I KNOW THAT TRACK TIME.
[1:18:01] PICK UP AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT
[1:18:02] UNDER ANYONE HERE PARTICULARLY
[1:18:05] BUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD I KNOW
[1:18:08] WISHES THAT THEY COULD GET YOU
[1:18:10] KNOW THE FIRST PICK UP IN THE
[1:18:12] MORNING AND TWICE A WEEK YOU
[1:18:14] KNOW WOULD BE GREAT.
[1:18:15] IT'S JUST EXPENSIVE.
[1:18:17] ANY ANY JUST UNDERSTANDING ON
[1:18:20] THAT WHEN RESIDENTS SAY LIKE
[1:18:22] HOW COME WE CAN I MEAN I KNOW
[1:18:25] IT'S ALWAYS USUALLY COMES DOWN
[1:18:26] TO MONEY BUT.
[1:18:27] YEAH I THINK IT'S A GREAT
[1:18:29] QUESTION.
[1:18:29] AND UM AS JOHN MENTIONED, YOU
[1:18:31] KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE
[1:18:32] THAT RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THE
[1:18:33] CLOSURE THEY PUT THAT TRASH OUT
[1:18:35] TO THE TIME OF COLLECTION UM
[1:18:36] THE BETTER.
[1:18:37] UM BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
[1:18:38] IDENTIFIED USING SOME OF THE
[1:18:39] DATA TOOLS AND JUST EXPERIENCE
[1:18:42] THAT, YOU KNOW, RODENT ACTIVITY
[1:18:44] IS MOST PREVALENT UM, BETWEEN
[1:18:46] THE HOURS OF AROUND, YOU KNOW,
[1:18:49] 8 P.M. TO 5 A.M. UH, AND SO
[1:18:50] USING THAT INFORMATION I THINK
[1:18:52] THAT'S INFORMING SOME OF THESE
[1:18:53] CHANGES THAT WE'RE CONTINUING
[1:18:54] TO UH, LOOK AT WITH THE PUBLIC
[1:18:56] WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, TAKING
[1:18:57] INTO SOME OF THE FEEDBACK
[1:18:58] AROUND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS THAT
[1:19:00] ALIGN WITH THE OPERATIONAL AND
[1:19:01] FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE
[1:19:02] FACING HERE IN THE CITY.
[1:19:03] OKAY.
[1:19:04] THANK YOU COUNCIL FLYNN I
[1:19:05] JUST DID WANT TO NOT A QUESTION
[1:19:06] BUT THANK YOU JOSH FOR BEING
[1:19:08] HERE AND ALL YOU DO FOR THE BAY
[1:19:10] AND I'LL REACH OUT PERSONALLY
[1:19:11] IF.
[1:19:12] THERE'S ANYTHING CONCERNS I'M
[1:19:13] HEARING FROM RESIDENTS DIRECTLY
[1:19:15] THANK YOU.
[1:19:15] THANK YOU COUNCIL.
[1:19:16] THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR.
[1:19:18] THANK YOU COUNCIL MURPHY
[1:19:20] COUNCIL ME HERE YOU'RE UP.
[1:19:21] THANK YOU.
[1:19:22] CHAIR AND I JUST.
[1:19:23] WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
[1:19:24] UH YOUR WORK.
[1:19:25] IN THIS SPACE.
[1:19:26] AND YOUR ADVOCACY FOR.
[1:19:28] RATS ARE.
[1:19:29] UM, FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND.
[1:19:32] YOU'LL.
[1:19:32] TALK MORE ABOUT.
[1:19:33] IT.
[1:19:33] DURING HIS TIME.
[1:19:34] BUT FOR NOW.
[1:19:36] UM.
[1:19:37] I AM CURIOUS.
[1:19:38] AND I REALLY DO.
[1:19:39] APPRECIATE THE CLOROX UM.
[1:19:41] COMMENT BEING AN IMMIGRANT
[1:19:43] MYSELF.
[1:19:44] UM.
[1:19:45] CLEANING IS AN EVERYDAY
[1:19:46] THING AND WE USE ALL TYPES
[1:19:48] OF MATERIALS AND CLOROX.
[1:19:50] IS.
[1:19:50] DEFINITELY AND VICKS VICKS
[1:19:52] FIXES EVERYTHING BUT UM I'M
[1:19:55] JUST CURIOUS WHEN YOU.
[1:19:56] HEAR SOME OF THE
[1:19:58] RECOMMENDATIONS THAT UH.
[1:19:59] YOU KNOW, THE THE FOLKS WHO ARE
[1:20:01] HERE FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY UM,
[1:20:03] TALKED ABOUT SAME DAY SO HAVE
[1:20:05] WE TRIED THAT PUTTING THE THE
[1:20:08] GARBAGE OUT THE SAME DAY.
[1:20:09] WE HAVEN'T.
[1:20:10] MADE ANY OF THE CHANGES.
[1:20:12] UH.
[1:20:13] BASED ON ANY OF THE
[1:20:13] RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
[1:20:14] SAID TODAY, COUNSELOR, NO
[1:20:16] CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
[1:20:17] BUT I.
[1:20:17] HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I'M
[1:20:19] GOING TO ASSUME THAT'S NOT THE
[1:20:20] FIRST TIME YOU HEARD ABOUT
[1:20:21] THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
[1:20:23] SO IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS
[1:20:24] OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, THOSE
[1:20:27] RECOMMENDATIONS I'M GOING TO
[1:20:28] ASSUME WERE MADE AND I'M
[1:20:30] CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
[1:20:32] THOSE WERE CONSIDERED AND IF
[1:20:34] NOT WHY?
[1:20:36] OH SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO UM,
[1:20:38] MISUNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST
[1:20:39] QUESTION BUT YES, ALL OF THE
[1:20:40] RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE
[1:20:41] HEARD TODAY HAVE BEEN PART OF A
[1:20:43] ROBUST COMMUNITY PROCESS THAT
[1:20:44] WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
[1:20:45] UM, FOLKS LIKE ALLIE FOLEY,
[1:20:47] OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE
[1:20:48] GIVEN US A LOT OF REALLY GREAT
[1:20:50] FEEDBACK, UH, AND WE'RE
[1:20:51] ANALYZING MUCH OF THAT FEEDBACK
[1:20:53] AND WORKING ON KIND
[1:20:55] OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE
[1:20:56] OPERATIONAL AND.
[1:20:56] FINANCIAL UH, FEASIBILITY FOR
[1:20:58] US TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE
[1:21:00] CHANGES.
[1:21:00] BUT AS I MENTIONED TO
[1:21:01] COUNCILOR DURKAN, UM, PUBLIC
[1:21:02] WORKS WOULD BE BETTER FIT TO
[1:21:04] KIND OF EXPLAIN SOME OF THOSE
[1:21:05] LONG TERM STRATEGIES THAT
[1:21:06] THEY'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE
[1:21:07] BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT
[1:21:08] WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
[1:21:09] YEAH, I ALWAYS SAY THIS IS THAT
[1:21:11] BOSTON IS.
[1:21:12] RESOURCE RICH BUT COORDINATION
[1:21:14] POOR.
[1:21:14] AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE
[1:21:18] DEFERRING TO PUBLIC WORKS HAVE
[1:21:19] YOU BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH
[1:21:21] THEM?
[1:21:21] DO YOU GET UPDATES FROM THEM
[1:21:24] LIKE DO YOU HAVE ANY STATUS
[1:21:27] UPDATES THAT YOU CAN SHARE
[1:21:28] ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OUTCOMES?
[1:21:30] MOST DEFINITELY YEAH.
[1:21:31] SO UM PUBLIC WORKS THE STREETS
[1:21:34] CABINET UM IS A CRITICAL MEMBER
[1:21:35] OF THE BOSTON ROAD AND ACTION
[1:21:36] PLAN TEAM.
[1:21:37] UH, THEY'RE PART OF THE
[1:21:38] LEADERSHIP TEAM AND WE HAVE
[1:21:39] FREQUENT CONVERSATIONS WITH
[1:21:40] THEM AROUND UM, THESE CHANGES
[1:21:42] AS WELL AS OTHER PILOT PROGRAMS
[1:21:43] THAT WE CAN UH, WORK ON.
[1:21:45] UM, AS I MENTIONED THAT YOU
[1:21:46] KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT TO
[1:21:48] SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT
[1:21:48] DEPARTMENT FOR THE ROBUST
[1:21:49] CHANGES THEY WANT TO MAKE AND.
[1:21:51] HOW MANY CHANGES HAVE YOU
[1:21:52] PILOTED ALREADY SINCE YOU'VE
[1:21:54] INITIATED THIS?
[1:21:56] UM, AS IT COMES TO TRASH, WE'VE
[1:21:57] REALLY TAKEN TWO MAIN PILOT
[1:21:59] APPROACHES ONE BEING THE WORK
[1:22:01] AT THE FACILITY AS IT PERTAINS
[1:22:03] TO RESIDENTIAL DUMPSTERS AND
[1:22:04] CHANGING FROM UH, CITY PICKUP
[1:22:06] TO COMMERCIAL LEVEL PICKUP.
[1:22:07] WE'RE MEASURING THE IMPACTS
[1:22:09] USING DATA COLLECTION TO SEE
[1:22:10] WHAT THE IMPACT ACTUALLY IS
[1:22:12] OF CHANGING THOSE
[1:22:14] CONTAINERIZATION AT THE
[1:22:15] COMMONWEALTH.
[1:22:16] SIMILARLY, UM CONTAINERIZATION
[1:22:17] OF TRASH IS IMPORTANT ACROSS
[1:22:19] THE BOARD SMALLER BAG AND SO
[1:22:20] WE'RE FOCUSING ON UH STREET
[1:22:22] BARRELS AND PARKS BARRELS AND
[1:22:24] CONTAINERIZED TRASH IN THOSE
[1:22:25] LOCATIONS AS WELL AND MEASURING
[1:22:26] THE IMPACT OF THAT.
[1:22:27] UM, BECAUSE I THINK THOSE TWO
[1:22:29] PILOT PROGRAMS AND THE RESULTS
[1:22:30] OF THOSE WILL HELP INFORM SOME
[1:22:31] OF THE LONG TERM STRATEGIES YOU
[1:22:33] WANT TO FUND.
[1:22:33] OKAY.
[1:22:34] SO I'M CURIOUS.
[1:22:36] A NEW YORK HAS THIS NEW KILLING
[1:22:39] MACHINE.
[1:22:40] I JUST READ IT ON THE NEW YORK
[1:22:41] TIMES.
[1:22:41] IT'S CALLED BOROUGH RCS.
[1:22:43] HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT?
[1:22:44] THEY TOOK IT FROM LAST YEAR.
[1:22:46] ARE WE.
[1:22:46] USING IT?
[1:22:48] WE HAVE FOR FOR MANY YEARS NOW
[1:22:50] UM WHEN WE ALSO HAD STRUGGLES
[1:22:53] WITH THE DRY ICE AND GETTING
[1:22:55] THE DRY ICE WE.
[1:22:56] HERE I I'M THINKING I'M
[1:22:58] BRINGING SOME I'M LIKE BUT.
[1:23:00] IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE MACHINE.
[1:23:02] IT'S ALLOWED US TO.
[1:23:03] REDUCE OUR RELIANCE ON
[1:23:04] RODENTICIDE.
[1:23:05] UM AND ARE.
[1:23:06] WE STILL USING IT?
[1:23:07] WE YES WE HAVE UH MULTIPLE
[1:23:09] TEAMS.
[1:23:09] WE ALSO WORKED WITH BJA TO
[1:23:11] TRAIN THEIR STAFF ON THE
[1:23:12] BOROUGH DIRECTION.
[1:23:14] WE ALSO HAVE A CARBON DIOXIDE
[1:23:16] TANK THAT WE ALSO.
[1:23:17] SO CAN WE SEND IT TO BAY
[1:23:19] VILLAGE.
[1:23:19] COULD WE SEND IT TO SOME
[1:23:20] OF THEM.
[1:23:20] CAN WE SEND IT TO SOME OF THE
[1:23:21] SPACES AND PLACES THAT HAVE
[1:23:23] BEEN HERE?
[1:23:23] YEAH WE'RE ALL OVER THE.
[1:23:25] CITY UH USING THAT MACHINE.
[1:23:26] ALL RIGHT.
[1:23:27] I LIKE TO GO WITH YOU WHEN
[1:23:29] YOU BRING THE MACHINE TO THE
[1:23:30] TOWN.
[1:23:31] UM.
[1:23:31] ALL RIGHT.
[1:23:33] SO ALL RIGHT, SO DO WE, UH.
[1:23:35] SO ALI I BELIEVE SO.
[1:23:36] RIGHT.
[1:23:37] ALI, UM, TALKED ABOUT
[1:23:38] THERE'S A HEAT MAP.
[1:23:40] IS IT CITY?
[1:23:41] UM, DO YOU.
[1:23:43] GUYS RUN THIS BECAUSE I JUST.
[1:23:45] GOOGLED IT AND I COULD NOT FIND
[1:23:46] IT.
[1:23:47] I'M NOT EXACTLY.
[1:23:49] SURE WHAT MAP SHE WAS
[1:23:50] REFERENCING.
[1:23:51] WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
[1:23:52] MAPS.
[1:23:52] ONE OF THEM IS THE PAN
[1:23:53] NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH IS IN THE
[1:23:54] BOSTON AN ACTION PLAN WHICH
[1:23:56] COUNCILOR BRATTON REFERENCED.
[1:23:57] WE ALSO HAVE THE HOTSPOT MODEL
[1:23:58] WHICH SHOWS DIFFERENT MAPS
[1:24:00] OF THROUGH ON ONE COMPLAINTS.
[1:24:01] OKAY SO HERE'S.
[1:24:02] MY QUESTION BECAUSE I'M GOING
[1:24:03] TO.
[1:24:03] COME.
[1:24:04] BACK FOR A SECOND ROUND.
[1:24:05] I AM.
[1:24:05] CURIOUS ABOUT.
[1:24:06] HOW WE ARE.
[1:24:07] TRACKING THE OUTCOMES HERE.
[1:24:09] HERE'S WHAT HERE ARE THE
[1:24:10] INPUTS.
[1:24:10] HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
[1:24:11] HOW ARE WE MEASURING SUCCESS?
[1:24:14] AND I LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY PUTS
[1:24:16] IN A COMPLAINT HOW DO WE TRACK
[1:24:18] THAT.
[1:24:19] DO YOU KNOW THE INSPECTOR GOES
[1:24:21] WHERE'S THE REPORT WHERE'S THE
[1:24:23] TRANSPARENCY PIECE AROUND KIND
[1:24:24] OF LIKE HOW WE CAN HOLD
[1:24:25] OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT
[1:24:27] WE'RE LEARNING.
[1:24:27] WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON
[1:24:29] YOUR END?
[1:24:29] SO I THINK I WOULD I'M HAPPY TO
[1:24:31] ANSWER THE FIRST.
[1:24:31] PART AND LET JOHN SPEAK TO
[1:24:33] THE UM INSPECTION PIECE.
[1:24:34] SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS
[1:24:36] OF KIND OF MEASURING IMPACTS
[1:24:37] OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PILOT
[1:24:38] PROGRAMS IS THAT'S WHY WE'RE
[1:24:40] WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH
[1:24:41] ANALYTICS TO USE DIFFERENT DATA
[1:24:43] .
[1:24:43] COLLECTION TOOLS.
[1:24:44] WHAT WE DO IS WE COLLECT A
[1:24:46] BASELINE AT A SITE SO BASELINE
[1:24:47] ROAD AND POPULATION THEN WE
[1:24:49] DEPLOY A MITIGATION TOOL
[1:24:51] WHETHER THAT BE A BARREL TOPPER
[1:24:53] OR A NEW DUMPSTER AT THE
[1:24:55] COMMONWEALTH SITE OR WHETHER IT
[1:24:57] BE USING THE BOROUGH RECS
[1:24:58] MACHINE.
[1:24:58] AND THEN AFTER WE DO.
[1:25:00] THAT INTERVENTION AND DEPLOY.
[1:25:01] THAT INTERVENTION, WE CONTINUE
[1:25:02] TO COLLECT.
[1:25:03] DATA AND MEASURE THE.
[1:25:04] IMPACT OF THE SUCCESSFUL NESS
[1:25:05] OF THAT DIFFERENT STRATEGY THAT
[1:25:07] WILL HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND
[1:25:09] WHICH TOOL AND WHICH SOLUTION
[1:25:10] IS MOST EFFECTIVE.
[1:25:11] IS THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION.
[1:25:13] SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE CONTINUING.
[1:25:15] TO COLLECT THE DATA ON ALL
[1:25:16] OF THESE DIFFERENT TOOLS.
[1:25:17] OUR GOAL IS TO PUT TOGETHER A
[1:25:19] COMPREHENSIVE REPORT THAT WOULD
[1:25:20] BE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE
[1:25:21] SHOWING KIND OF THE IMPACT
[1:25:22] OF SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT
[1:25:23] TOOLS AND STRATEGIES THAT
[1:25:24] WOULD.
[1:25:24] BE REALLY HELP.
[1:25:25] AND JOHN CAN SPEAK TO.
[1:25:25] ENFORCEMENT AND THEN.
[1:25:26] WHEN WE GET A COMPLAINT.
[1:25:28] IT COMES THROUGH THE 311
[1:25:30] SYSTEM.
[1:25:30] UM THEY GET A RESPONSE ON THE
[1:25:33] INSPECTION.
[1:25:34] SO IF YOU'RE WELL IF YOU USE
[1:25:35] THE APP IF YOU CALL YOU SHOULD
[1:25:37] SAVE THE CASE NUMBER.
[1:25:38] SO YOU CALL BACK AND GET A
[1:25:40] RESPONSE ON WHAT THE.
[1:25:42] NOTES WERE.
[1:25:42] FROM THE INSPECTOR.
[1:25:43] SO THAT GOES BACK.
[1:25:44] BUT IF A VIOLATION IS WRITTEN A
[1:25:46] CASE IS CREATED.
[1:25:47] IT'S A WRITTEN.
[1:25:48] VIOLATION SERVED BY A
[1:25:50] CONSTABLE.
[1:25:51] THERE IS A PREMISE REPORT.
[1:25:53] SO EVERY TIME AN INSPECTOR DOES
[1:25:55] AN INSPECTION HE WRITES A UH
[1:25:57] PREMISE REPORT.
[1:25:58] OF.
[1:25:58] WHAT IT'S FINDING AND.
[1:25:59] HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE CHARGING
[1:26:00] FOLKS?
[1:26:01] WE DON'T WE?
[1:26:02] IT'S NOT A FINE.
[1:26:03] IT'S A.
[1:26:03] REMEDIAL.
[1:26:04] UH.
[1:26:04] WE NEED TO.
[1:26:05] START FINDING PEOPLE.
[1:26:06] SO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS THE
[1:26:08] PUNITIVE UH, SIDE SO WE WORK
[1:26:11] CLOSELY WITH THEM IF THERE IS
[1:26:12] UH, AN ISSUE THAT UH SOMETIMES
[1:26:15] USING.
[1:26:16] BOTH SO.
[1:26:17] THE IMMEDIATE PUNITIVE.
[1:26:18] FINE AND THEN THE REMEDIAL.
[1:26:20] VIOLATION UH VIOLATIONS END UP
[1:26:22] IN HOUSING COURT.
[1:26:23] SO IT'S NOT.
[1:26:24] JUST A TICKET WE WRITE A.
[1:26:25] VIOLATION WE.
[1:26:25] SERVED BY A CONSTABLE.
[1:26:27] UM, AND THEN IF IT'S NOT
[1:26:29] CORRECTED AFTER.
[1:26:30] THE MULTIPLE TIMES.
[1:26:31] WE GIVE A CHANCE.
[1:26:32] AFTER RE INSPECTIONS.
[1:26:34] IT'S SENT TO.
[1:26:35] HOUSING COURT.
[1:26:36] TO, UH, GET A RESOLUTION.
[1:26:38] AND THAT TIME AS A THANK.
[1:26:39] YOU THAT CAN.
[1:26:40] UM NEXT UP, UH,
[1:26:43] COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL YOU
[1:26:44] HAVE THE FLOOR.
[1:26:45] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[1:26:46] AND I JUST LIKE TO NOTE MOST
[1:26:47] OF.
[1:26:47] THE THINGS THAT NEW YORK
[1:26:48] DOES.
[1:26:48] THEY COPY FROM US.
[1:26:49] OKAY.
[1:26:50] UM AND SO I WANT.
[1:26:52] TO THANK THIS PANEL.
[1:26:53] FOR BEING HERE.
[1:26:54] UM.
[1:26:55] I WANT TO THANK.
[1:26:57] UH WE.
[1:26:58] SO I'M GONNA.
[1:26:59] WE JUST.
[1:27:00] HOSTED, UH, RAP SUMMIT AND I
[1:27:02] LOVE THIS IS A SECOND MATT
[1:27:03] SUMMIT THAT EVER HAS HAPPENED.
[1:27:05] THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE
[1:27:06] HOSTED IN BOSTON.
[1:27:08] I I KNOW THAT I MISSED THE, UH,
[1:27:10] BEGINNING OF THIS AND SO I
[1:27:12] WOULD LOVE TO KNOW TOP LINES
[1:27:16] WHAT WE LEARNED LIKE WHAT WERE
[1:27:18] THE TOP LINE FROM THAT?
[1:27:20] SORRY IF I MISSED THAT.
[1:27:20] I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
[1:27:21] ADVOCATES AND EVERYONE FOR
[1:27:22] COMING OUT.
[1:27:22] THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH WORK DONE
[1:27:24] BY MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL IN
[1:27:25] TERMS OF LIKE HOW ARE WE
[1:27:27] DEALING WITH THIS VERY
[1:27:28] IMPORTANT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE
[1:27:29] THAT WE GET FROM ALL OF OUR
[1:27:31] RESIDENTS?
[1:27:32] UH MY BIRTHDAY WE WERE HERE A
[1:27:33] FEW YEARS AGO TALKING ABOUT
[1:27:35] SOMETHING LIKE BIRTH CONTROL.
[1:27:36] WHICH WE.
[1:27:37] WORKED WITH A LOCAL
[1:27:38] NONPROFIT AND WE DID A PILOT IN
[1:27:40] UH JAMAICA PLAIN AND SORT
[1:27:42] OF FOLLOWED THAT AND HUNTED
[1:27:43] THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SEE
[1:27:45] THAT THE RESULTS WERE NOT WHERE
[1:27:47] WE WANTED THEM TO BE, BUT WE'RE
[1:27:48] PART OF IT.
[1:27:49] I KNOW WHEN I WAS UH BEFORE THE
[1:27:51] BEACON HEALTH CIVIC ASSOCIATION
[1:27:53] ,ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
[1:27:54] HEARD THERE WAS MIC LACED TRASH
[1:27:56] CANS AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE
[1:27:57] SORT OF DONE ANY WORK EXPLORING
[1:27:59] LOOKING INTO THAT.
[1:28:00] UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS IT
[1:28:03] IS CARBON MONOXIDE AND SO OUR
[1:28:04] INCREASED USAGE OF THAT UM.
[1:28:07] THIS COUNCIL HAS THOUGHT A LOT
[1:28:09] ABOUT CONTAINERIZATION AND WHAT
[1:28:10] THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
[1:28:12] WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COLLAPSIBLE
[1:28:13] BINS.
[1:28:13] WHERE DO WE STAND WITH
[1:28:15] COLLAPSIBLE BINS?
[1:28:17] UM AND ALSO I'D LOVE TO KNOW IF
[1:28:19] OUR UH COMPOST BINS CURRENTLY
[1:28:23] IF THEY ARE RODENT RESISTANT.
[1:28:25] UM ARE THEY VERSION RESISTANT?
[1:28:28] YES THEY I HAVEN'T GOT A REPORT
[1:28:30] THAT A RAT UM SINCE THE
[1:28:31] BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM.
[1:28:33] YOU KNOW WE WE MET AT THE
[1:28:34] BEGINNING OF IT TO LOOK AT THE
[1:28:36] BARREL AND AND WE THOUGHT IT
[1:28:37] WAS A.
[1:28:38] GOOD UM A GOOD BARREL TO.
[1:28:40] TO STORE FOOD IN.
[1:28:41] AND I HAVEN'T HAD ONE REPORT
[1:28:43] OF OF A RECKONING AND INSIDE.
[1:28:45] OKAY.
[1:28:46] THANK YOU I THINK EXPANSION
[1:28:47] OF THAT OF OUR COMPOSTING WOULD
[1:28:49] HELP TO ALSO REDUCE THE RAT
[1:28:51] LIKE IT WHEN DONE CORRECTLY
[1:28:53] WOULD HELP TO REDUCE OUR LEVEL
[1:28:55] OF RODENT ACTIVITY.
[1:28:56] UM WE ALSO HAD A HEARING A FEW
[1:28:58] WEEKS AGO WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT
[1:28:59] PROJECT OSCAR UM AND WE SAW
[1:29:01] WHERE THERE WERE PROJECT OSCAR
[1:29:02] THERE IT WAS NOTICEABLE THAT IN
[1:29:04] MATTAPAN UH A NEIGHBORHOOD I
[1:29:05] THINK HAS BEEN HE WAS TALKING
[1:29:07] ABOUT IT WHERE A LOT OF THE
[1:29:08] COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING IN
[1:29:10] COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY BLACK
[1:29:11] COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY
[1:29:11] IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY
[1:29:12] HAPPENS NATURALLY.
[1:29:14] SO THERE'S GOOD SYNERGY THERE.
[1:29:15] I THINK FOR US TO REALLY MAKE
[1:29:17] SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING A
[1:29:18] PROJECT OSCAR IN A PLACE IN
[1:29:19] MATTAPAN THAT PEOPLE CAN USE.
[1:29:21] SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
[1:29:22] THAT YOU'RE TALKING WITH CHIEF
[1:29:24] OSCAR AND WE'VE BEEN EMAILING
[1:29:25] EMAILING ABOUT IT BUT JUST
[1:29:26] WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT AS WELL.
[1:29:28] UM, AND I JUST ALSO JUST WANT
[1:29:30] TO GIVE A.
[1:29:30] HUGE.
[1:29:31] HUGE SHOUT OUT TO JOHN YORK
[1:29:33] AND YOUR TEAM LIKE WE CALL YOU
[1:29:36] NEIGHBORS CALL YOU LIKE WE DID
[1:29:38] A RAP.
[1:29:38] WE WERE OUT IN HYDE PARK FOR A
[1:29:40] RAP WALK ON MONDAY.
[1:29:41] UM WE DID ONE TWO WEEKS AGO.
[1:29:43] SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
[1:29:45] YOUR RESPONSIVENESS WHENEVER WE
[1:29:46] DO HAVE UH, RODENT ISSUES.
[1:29:47] UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
[1:29:49] ANY RESIDENTS THAT DO HAVE AN
[1:29:50] AREA A CONCENTRATION WITH A LOT
[1:29:51] OF RODENT ACTIVITY.
[1:29:52] WE'D BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE DOING
[1:29:54] RAT WALKS.
[1:29:55] EMILY.
[1:29:55] IN MY OFFICE WE WE DO THEM ALL
[1:29:57] THE TIME ALONGSIDE YOUR OFFICE.
[1:29:58] SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
[1:30:00] THAT AND I GUESS THE THE MAIN
[1:30:02] QUESTION IS WHAT IS IT THAT WE
[1:30:04] LEARNED FROM THE FROM THE RAT
[1:30:05] SUMMIT AND ARE THERE CITIES
[1:30:07] THAT ARE DOING INNOVATIVE WORK
[1:30:08] THAT WE AREN'T DOING THAT WE
[1:30:10] SHOULD BE DOING?
[1:30:11] YEAH.
[1:30:11] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE
[1:30:13] QUESTIONS AND I'LL GET ON THE
[1:30:14] RAT SUMMIT PIECE BUT JUST WANT
[1:30:15] TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROJECT OSCAR
[1:30:16] PIECE.
[1:30:17] SO IN ADDITION TO REPLACING ALL
[1:30:18] OF THE BARRELS UH IN MATTAPAN
[1:30:20] SQUARE WITH RODENT RESISTANT
[1:30:21] BINS UM I KNOW YOU AND CHIEF
[1:30:23] OUTGOING HAVE BEEN TALKING
[1:30:23] ABOUT THIS, BUT WE'RE ALSO
[1:30:24] WORKING ON A NEW PROJECT OSCAR
[1:30:26] SITE FOR MATTAPAN AS WELL.
[1:30:27] UM, SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
[1:30:28] THAT FIRST BUT UH, AS YOU
[1:30:30] MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE REASON
[1:30:31] THAT BOSTON WAS SELECTED AS THE
[1:30:33] SECOND, YOU KNOW, LOCATION FOR
[1:30:35] THE NATIONAL RAT SUMMIT IS
[1:30:36] BECAUSE A LOT OF THE INNOVATIVE
[1:30:38] WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN
[1:30:39] THE CITY AND A LOT OF THE
[1:30:40] PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS
[1:30:42] IT COMPARES TO MANY OF OUR
[1:30:43] OTHER CITIES NATIONWIDE.
[1:30:44] AND SO WHAT HAPPENED, UH, ON
[1:30:46] THE 23RD AND 24TH OF SEPTEMBER
[1:30:48] WAS OVER 100 DIFFERENT ACADEMIC
[1:30:50] CITIES.
[1:30:51] UH, RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS CAME
[1:30:52] TO BOSTON AND THE GOAL WAS
[1:30:53] REALLY SHARE AND EDUCATE.
[1:30:55] UM, SO WE HAD A LOT
[1:30:57] OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
[1:30:57] AND THINGS WE TOOK AWAY, BUT WE
[1:30:59] ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[1:31:00] SHARE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT
[1:31:01] WE'RE DOING.
[1:31:01] UH, AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
[1:31:03] TO ALSO MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
[1:31:04] CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER CITIES
[1:31:05] THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK TO
[1:31:07] SUCH AS SEATTLE, UM, FOLKS IN
[1:31:08] CALIFORNIA ABOUT WORK THAT
[1:31:10] THEY'RE DOING THAT WE CAN
[1:31:11] IMPLEMENT HERE IN THE CITY
[1:31:12] OF BOSTON.
[1:31:13] SOME OF.
[1:31:13] THE KEY TAKEAWAYS TO GET
[1:31:14] DIRECTLY TO YOUR QUESTION IS
[1:31:16] THAT, YOU KNOW, CITIES ARE
[1:31:17] CITIES.
[1:31:17] CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY FACE
[1:31:18] A SIMILAR CHALLENGE.
[1:31:19] UM.
[1:31:20] YOU KNOW, OLD INFRASTRUCTURE,
[1:31:22] ABUNDANCE OF FOOD, PLACES FOR
[1:31:23] RATS TO HIDE.
[1:31:24] UH, AND WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS
[1:31:25] ON THOSE THREE AREAS TO HELP
[1:31:27] REDUCE RODENT POPULATION.
[1:31:28] UM, WE'VE HEARD THAT RATS ARE
[1:31:30] CONTINUING TO BE A PUBLIC
[1:31:31] HEALTH ISSUE AND WHY IT'S
[1:31:32] REALLY IMPORTANT FOR CITIES TO
[1:31:34] TAKE THIS PROACTIVE APPROACH TO
[1:31:36] ADDRESS, UM, RODENT.
[1:31:37] POPULATIONS BUT ALSO FOCUS ON
[1:31:39] SANITATION AS MANY OF THE
[1:31:40] COMMUNITY RESIDENTS HAVE SAID
[1:31:41] HERE TODAY.
[1:31:42] UM, AND.
[1:31:42] I THINK ANOTHER REALLY.
[1:31:43] BIG FOCUS UH, WAS THAT YOU
[1:31:45] KNOW, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON RAT
[1:31:47] POPULATIONS NOT ONLY ON THE
[1:31:48] SURFACE BUT ALSO IN SUBSURFACE
[1:31:49] POPULATIONS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE
[1:31:51] REALLY FOCUSED NEXT KIND OF SIX
[1:31:53] MONTHS ON, UM, HOW DO WE
[1:31:54] ADDRESS RODENT POPULATIONS IN
[1:31:55] THE SEWER SYSTEM AND BETTER
[1:31:57] UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THOSE
[1:31:58] CHALLENGES?
[1:31:59] AND JUST LASTLY, I THINK THE
[1:32:00] MAIN THING WE TOOK AWAY FROM
[1:32:01] FROM THE SUMMIT WAS A LOT
[1:32:03] OF THE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AND
[1:32:04] STRATEGIES AND TOOLS THAT WERE
[1:32:05] DISCUSSED WHERE A LOT OF THE
[1:32:07] THINGS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE
[1:32:08] HERE IN PLACE UH, AND THAT
[1:32:10] WE'RE WORKING ON EXPANDING UH,
[1:32:11] AND SO I THINK IT WAS A REALLY
[1:32:12] GOOD REFLECTION MOMENT FOR US
[1:32:13] TO SHARE OUT UM, BUT ALSO LEARN
[1:32:15] KIND OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD
[1:32:16] CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON GOING
[1:32:17] FORWARD.
[1:32:17] THANK YOU.
[1:32:18] AND AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
[1:32:19] SMART TO HAVE IT AS A DATA
[1:32:20] DRIVEN I KNOW THERE'S MORE
[1:32:21] CAMERAS.
[1:32:22] THANK YOU JOE FOR THE WORK THAT
[1:32:23] YOU'RE DOING.
[1:32:23] THANK YOU TO BJ FOR THE WORK
[1:32:24] YOU'RE DOING.
[1:32:25] I THINK IT'S REALLY UH THE
[1:32:26] CAMERAS HOPEFULLY WILL BE
[1:32:27] HELPFUL THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE
[1:32:29] MIDDLE EAST AND THAT'S.
[1:32:31] SO WE HAVE IT.
[1:32:32] THE ONLY.
[1:32:32] THING THAT.
[1:32:33] I KNOW I'VE WE'VE TALKED
[1:32:33] ABOUT THIS AND YOU'RE NOT YOU
[1:32:34] DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS I.
[1:32:36] WE HAVEN'T.
[1:32:36] SEEN IT WORK.
[1:32:37] UM YEAH YEAH AND.
[1:32:39] I TALKED TO DOCTOR.
[1:32:40] CORRIGAN AND SOME OF THE OTHER.
[1:32:41] UH, PROFESSIONALS.
[1:32:42] UM IT IS.
[1:32:43] IT IS WIDELY.
[1:32:45] MARKETED AS AS A TOOL.
[1:32:47] THE ONLY.
[1:32:47] THING THAT WE'VE.
[1:32:48] SEEN THAT WORKS ON BARRELS IS
[1:32:50] USING, UH, 10% BLEACH AND WATER
[1:32:53] AND SPRITZING THE BARRELS, UH,
[1:32:56] SPRITZING TRASH BAGS.
[1:32:58] THAT'S THE BEST DETERRENT.
[1:33:00] UM, RATS REALLY DON'T LIKE IT
[1:33:01] BUT.
[1:33:02] MEANT.
[1:33:03] UM, YOU KNOW, THERE.
[1:33:04] WAS A STUDY DONE.
[1:33:06] UM, AND UH, THE FOLKS THAT I
[1:33:09] HAVE TALKED TO UH, NOT REALLY
[1:33:10] IMPRESSED AND HAVEN'T SEEN IT
[1:33:12] WORK.
[1:33:12] THANK YOU.
[1:33:13] THANK YOU JOHN.
[1:33:14] THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM
[1:33:14] AND FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO
[1:33:15] APPRECIATE THANK.
[1:33:15] YOU.
[1:33:16] THANK YOU.
[1:33:17] UH, NEXT UP IS UM WE'RE ALSO
[1:33:20] UM, HAVE BEEN JOINED BY CITY
[1:33:23] COUNCIL BRIAN.
[1:33:23] WORLD BRIAN WORLD EUROPE.
[1:33:25] UH THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK
[1:33:27] YOU FOR.
[1:33:28] HOLDING THIS HEARING AND YOUR
[1:33:29] LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER.
[1:33:30] AND I KNOW A LOT OF MY OTHER
[1:33:31] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE UH,
[1:33:33] DOVE INTO UM, UM, THIS MATTER
[1:33:36] AS WELL.
[1:33:37] SO JUST THANK YOU TO ALL MY
[1:33:38] COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
[1:33:39] UM.
[1:33:40] WHEN IT COMES TO.
[1:33:41] FIRST I WANT TO SHOUT OUT JOHN
[1:33:42] YOUR OWN ENTIRE TEAM BOBBY IS A
[1:33:45] ROCK STAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
[1:33:47] UM, WOULD.
[1:33:49] HOW I.
[1:33:50] AND I WOULD LOVE TO ADVOCATE
[1:33:53] FOR, YOU KNOW, US TO KEEP OUR
[1:33:55] TECHNICIANS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
[1:33:56] FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME
[1:33:58] BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS
[1:33:59] THAT DO THEY ROTATE?
[1:34:01] YES.
[1:34:02] OKAY.
[1:34:02] YEAH.
[1:34:03] YEAH, THE WARDS ROTATE.
[1:34:05] UM IT'S NOT ON A SPECIFIC.
[1:34:06] SCHEDULE BUT IT'S USUALLY
[1:34:08] YEARLY OKAY.
[1:34:09] THEY THEY MOVE AROUND SOME
[1:34:10] INSPECT TO STAY UM, BUT UH
[1:34:13] SOMETIMES.
[1:34:14] JUST STAFFING NEEDS AND YOU
[1:34:16] KNOW, PEOPLE GO OUT UM SO IT'S
[1:34:18] JUST THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT.
[1:34:20] IT IS.
[1:34:20] GOT IT.
[1:34:21] UM.
[1:34:22] WE WANT TO ADVOCATE TO KEEP
[1:34:24] BOBBY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST
[1:34:25] BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
[1:34:26] STRATEGIES THAT ARE, UM,
[1:34:28] WORKING RIGHT.
[1:34:30] AND WHEN THE STRATEGIES ARE
[1:34:31] WORKING WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A
[1:34:32] NEW TECHNICIAN COME IN AND
[1:34:34] IMPLEMENT A NEW STRATEGY AND
[1:34:35] NOT KNOW.
[1:34:36] UM, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY PASS
[1:34:38] NOTES BUT UM, I THINK WHEN
[1:34:39] WE'RE KEEPING IT CONSISTENT
[1:34:41] WITH ONE TECHNICIAN UH, THAT
[1:34:43] STRATEGY CAN, YOU KNOW,
[1:34:44] CONTINUE TO WORK AND NOT TRY TO
[1:34:46] DEVIATE FROM IT.
[1:34:47] UM, WHEN.
[1:34:48] WHEN THERE'S RAT PROBLEMS ARE
[1:34:50] ANY OF THESE AREAS DO THEY
[1:34:53] TRANSITION OVER TO THE PROBLEM
[1:34:54] PROPERTY TASK FORCE OR IS
[1:34:57] PUBLIC PROPERTY JUST SOLELY
[1:34:59] LIKE NOISE COMPLAINTS POLICE
[1:35:01] COMPLAINTS OR DOES IT INCLUDE,
[1:35:02] YOU KNOW, RAT ISSUES AS WELL?
[1:35:04] I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK A LITTLE
[1:35:05] BIT.
[1:35:06] TO THIS.
[1:35:06] SO THE.
[1:35:07] PROBLEM PROPERTIES.
[1:35:07] TASK FORCE IS UM.
[1:35:09] A COMPREHENSIVE ORGANIZATION
[1:35:10] THAT FOCUSES ON ALL.
[1:35:12] QUALITY OF LIFE.
[1:35:12] CHALLENGES UM LOUD PARTIES OR
[1:35:15] RAT COMPLAINTS.
[1:35:16] AND SO JOHN AND.
[1:35:17] HIS TEAM AS WELL AS MYSELF WE.
[1:35:19] SIT ON THE MONTHLY PROBLEM
[1:35:20] PROPERTIES TASK FORCE MEETINGS
[1:35:21] AND ANY PROPERTY THAT HAS.
[1:35:23] A, YOU KNOW, PROLONGED.
[1:35:25] RODENT CHALLENGE THAT WE COULD
[1:35:26] USE SOME ASSISTANCE FROM THE.
[1:35:27] OPERATIONS TEAM ON.
[1:35:28] WE UPLIFT THAT ADDRESS AND
[1:35:30] THEN.
[1:35:30] WORK TOGETHER.
[1:35:31] WITH THE OTHER DIVISIONS
[1:35:31] THERE TO ADDRESS THAT
[1:35:32] CHALLENGE.
[1:35:33] AWESOME.
[1:35:33] AND WHEN IT COMES I KNOW A
[1:35:35] LOT OF OUR RAT ISSUES ARE ON
[1:35:37] THE EXTERIOR.
[1:35:38] UM, AND SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WHEN
[1:35:40] I'M TALKING HOMES OR YOU KNOW,
[1:35:41] PROPERTIES WHERE UH BOBBY YOU
[1:35:44] COULD SEE LIKE AN INFESTATION,
[1:35:47] RIGHT?
[1:35:48] WHAT WHAT WARRANT US TO THEN
[1:35:50] DECIDE TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT
[1:35:52] THE INSIDE.
[1:35:54] SO WE WE WOULD NEED PERMISSION.
[1:35:56] EITHER BY A TENANT OR THE OWNER
[1:35:59] TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY.
[1:36:00] UM, IF WE.
[1:36:01] BELIEVE THAT THE RODENT
[1:36:03] PROBLEMS ARE INSIDE THE
[1:36:05] BUILDING, WE WOULD REFER
[1:36:07] REFERRED TO, UH, ENFORCEMENT
[1:36:09] INVESTIGATION TEAM AT I AND
[1:36:10] STEVE FLAVIO.
[1:36:11] UM, AND THEY WOULD TRY TO GAIN
[1:36:14] ACCESS THE UH ENFORCEMENT AN
[1:36:16] INVESTIGATION TEAM HAS A
[1:36:17] BUILDING INSPECTOR, A HOUSING
[1:36:19] INSPECTOR, AN ENVIRONMENTAL
[1:36:20] INSPECTOR.
[1:36:21] UM, FLAVIO WAS THE THE DIRECTOR
[1:36:23] AND SO THEY WORK.
[1:36:24] ON COMPLICATED ISSUES, UM,
[1:36:26] ACCESSING PROPERTY BORDERS AND
[1:36:29] STUFF LIKE THAT.
[1:36:30] SO WE WOULD REFER TO.
[1:36:31] THAT TEAM TO SEE IF WE COULD
[1:36:33] GET ACCESS TO TO THE INSIDE.
[1:36:34] AWESOME.
[1:36:35] AND THEN UH, ANOTHER PROGRAM
[1:36:37] UM THAT I'M A BIG FAN OF IS
[1:36:39] GRAFFITI BUSTERS.
[1:36:40] UM, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO UH,
[1:36:42] WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY UH,
[1:36:44] WHERE MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE
[1:36:46] NOT.
[1:36:47] ABLE TO DO WORK ON PRIVATE
[1:36:48] PROPERTY.
[1:36:49] WE PASSED THAT RESPONSIBILITY
[1:36:51] OFF TO THE, UH, LANDLORD.
[1:36:53] HOW DO WE GAIN THAT SAME, UM,
[1:36:56] ACCESS OR THE SAME UM.
[1:37:00] SO THE THE CHALLENGE IS.
[1:37:02] THAT, UM.
[1:37:03] WHAT WE ARE.
[1:37:05] ABLE TO DO.
[1:37:07] WE IT TAKES MORE.
[1:37:09] THAN, UH, DOING PRIVATE
[1:37:11] PROPERTIES FOR PEST CONTROL.
[1:37:13] SO.
[1:37:14] UM, IN AN ISSUE.
[1:37:15] WHERE IT'S, UH, A SAFETY.
[1:37:17] ISSUE.
[1:37:18] WE MIGHT BE.
[1:37:19] ABLE TO.
[1:37:20] DO A.
[1:37:20] TREATMENT ONCE.
[1:37:21] OKAY.
[1:37:21] UM, BUT WHAT THEY WOULD.
[1:37:23] STILL NEED PEST CONTROL.
[1:37:25] BECAUSE IT TAKES MULTIPLE AND
[1:37:26] THEY REALLY NEED A, UH, LICENSE
[1:37:29] TAG TO MANAGE IT.
[1:37:30] GOT IT.
[1:37:31] UM, AND.
[1:37:33] UM, I KNOW EVERY BUILDING OR
[1:37:36] EVERY THAT THERE WAS A TRASH
[1:37:38] PLANT ORDINANCE FOR.
[1:37:40] UM.
[1:37:41] I CAN'T REMEMBER.
[1:37:42] I THINK IT WAS LIKE LARGE
[1:37:43] COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
[1:37:44] IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE LIKE A
[1:37:45] TRASH PLAN.
[1:37:45] UH.
[1:37:46] DO WE KNOW IF LIKE WE AT IN
[1:37:49] TERMS OF DOES EVERY BUILDING
[1:37:51] HAVE A TRASH TRASH PLAN?
[1:37:54] SO I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH
[1:37:56] THE THE CHANCELLOR BUT I THINK
[1:37:57] WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON.
[1:37:58] THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION.
[1:37:59] ALL RIGHT.
[1:37:59] AND UH.
[1:38:01] UH AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS
[1:38:03] UH, LUKE, YOU SPOKE.
[1:38:05] ON UM, A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT
[1:38:06] THAT'S GOING TO BE UPLOADED
[1:38:08] ONLINE.
[1:38:08] WELL, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE?
[1:38:09] YEAH.
[1:38:10] GREAT QUESTION.
[1:38:11] SO UM, RIGHT NOW.
[1:38:12] WE'RE TRYING TO.
[1:38:13] KIND OF MEASURE.
[1:38:14] SEASONALITY IMPACTS.
[1:38:16] AND SO RIGHT NOW OVER THE.
[1:38:17] WINTER WE'RE GOING TO BE
[1:38:18] GETTING DATA ON UM.
[1:38:19] SUBSURFACE POPULATIONS IN THE
[1:38:21] SEWERS.
[1:38:21] WE'RE INSTALLING.
[1:38:22] AUDIO DEVICES AND DATA
[1:38:23] COLLECTION.
[1:38:23] TOOLS IN THE NORTH END IN THE
[1:38:25] SOUTH AND SOUTH BOSTON IN THE
[1:38:26] COMING WEEKS.
[1:38:27] UM.
[1:38:27] AND THEN AS THE TEMPERATURES
[1:38:28] .
[1:38:29] RISE UH, IN THE SPRING PROBABLY
[1:38:31] LIKE UM LATE MARCH, EARLY APRIL
[1:38:33] WILL.
[1:38:34] DEPLOY ANOTHER ROUND OF THE
[1:38:35] SURFACE SENSORS TO MEASURE.
[1:38:37] THE IMPACTS AT THE
[1:38:38] COMMONWEALTH.
[1:38:38] UH, AND THEN.
[1:38:39] AFTER THAT DATA COLLECTION AND
[1:38:41] ANALYSIS WILL PRODUCE.
[1:38:42] A REPORT UM, SOMETIME
[1:38:43] HOPEFULLY BY THE SUMMER OF NEXT
[1:38:45] YEAR.
[1:38:45] ALL RIGHT.
[1:38:46] THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL
[1:38:48] FOR ALWAYS BEING SUPER
[1:38:49] RESPONSIVE AND SHOUT OUT TO
[1:38:51] EACH OF YOUR TEAMS AND UH ALSO
[1:38:53] SHOUT OUT TO MY GUY BOBBY.
[1:38:56] THANK YOU THANK.
[1:38:57] YOU.
[1:38:58] THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL.
[1:39:00] UM I'M ALSO GOING TO TAKE FIVE
[1:39:02] MINUTES I'LL MAKE SURE I KEEP
[1:39:04] MYSELF UM UNDER THAT TIME AS
[1:39:06] WELL.
[1:39:13] I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
[1:39:14] ADMINISTRATION PANEL FOR BEING
[1:39:15] HERE.
[1:39:16] I ESPECIALLY WANT TO SAY THANK
[1:39:17] YOU TO THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE
[1:39:19] TESTIFIED IN PERSON AND IN ZOOM
[1:39:22] AS WELL.
[1:39:23] LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC
[1:39:24] TESTIMONY MAKES IT A BETTER
[1:39:26] HEARING BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND
[1:39:28] EXACTLY THE CONCERNS FROM
[1:39:30] RESIDENTS.
[1:39:31] I ALSO RECEIVED PROBABLY 30 UH
[1:39:34] ,PIECES OF TESTIMONY FROM UH
[1:39:37] RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
[1:39:38] I'M NOT GOING TO READ THAT INTO
[1:39:40] THE RECORD BUT I MIGHT I MIGHT
[1:39:42] HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS LATER
[1:39:43] .
[1:39:44] UM, PEST CONTROL IS CRITICAL TO
[1:39:47] OUR RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE
[1:39:49] AS RATS AND RODENTS ARE NOT
[1:39:51] ONLY A NUISANCE BUT THEY ALSO
[1:39:53] IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH,
[1:39:56] SANITIZATION OF OUR
[1:39:56] NEIGHBORHOODS, MAINTENANCE
[1:39:57] OF OUR PROPERTIES, PUBLIC
[1:39:59] SAFETY JUST YESTERDAY I
[1:40:01] RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A
[1:40:03] NEIGHBOR IN SOUTH BOSTON WHO
[1:40:04] WAS COMING HOME FROM A WALK AND
[1:40:06] TOLD ME THAT A RAT JUMPED INTO
[1:40:08] HIS SON'S STROLLER.
[1:40:13] UNACCEPTABLE.
[1:40:18] FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S RELEASE
[1:40:20] OF THE CITY'S BOSTON ROAD AN
[1:40:21] ACTION PLAN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
[1:40:24] REVIEW THE INITIATIVES IN
[1:40:25] DELIVERING RESULTS.
[1:40:26] FOR YEARS I HAVE ASKED US TO
[1:40:29] PRIORITIZE ISSUES OF TRASH
[1:40:32] CONTAINERIZATION ACROSS THE
[1:40:33] CITY AND CLOSE RODENT RESISTANT
[1:40:35] PUBLIC TRASH BARRELS, PEST
[1:40:37] CONTROL AROUND SEWERS AND
[1:40:39] NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS.
[1:40:41] I BELIEVE IT'S ALSO CRITICAL
[1:40:43] THAT WE LAUNCH A MASSIVE PUBLIC
[1:40:45] AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING
[1:40:47] IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
[1:40:49] AS WELL THAT INCLUDES LANGUAGE
[1:40:51] ACCESS, TRANSLATION UM, SO THAT
[1:40:54] ALL RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THEIR
[1:40:56] RESPONSIBILITIES TO WORK
[1:40:57] TOGETHER ON A PROBLEM THAT HAS
[1:40:59] NOW LEFT US RATED THE TOP TEN
[1:41:02] MOST RODENT INFESTED CITIES IN
[1:41:05] AMERICA.
[1:41:08] I'D ALSO LIKE TO US TO REVISIT
[1:41:11] THE RECOMMENDATION OF BOTH THE
[1:41:13] STUDY'S OWN AUTHOR DOCTOR
[1:41:15] CORRIGAN AND MYSELF FOR THE
[1:41:18] CREATION OF A DEDICATED
[1:41:19] POSITION OF RATS.
[1:41:20] UM, WE RECEIVED PUBLIC
[1:41:23] TESTIMONY ALREADY, UH, FROM
[1:41:25] DAVID IN THE SOUTH END
[1:41:28] RECOMMENDING THE SAME.
[1:41:31] BACK WHEN I WAS CITY
[1:41:33] COUNCIL PRESIDENT I SPOKE WITH
[1:41:34] THE NEW YORK CITY RATS.
[1:41:36] UH, KATHLEEN KARATE AT THAT
[1:41:39] TIME ON THIS ISSUE WE LEARNED A
[1:41:41] LOT FROM HER AND FROM THAT
[1:41:43] CONVERSATION AND FROM MY
[1:41:46] EXPERIENCE WORKING ON THIS
[1:41:47] ISSUE WITH COUNCILOR BRATTON
[1:41:49] WITH SO MANY OTHER CITY
[1:41:50] COUNCILORS.
[1:41:51] UM, I PUSHED THE CITY TO
[1:41:55] ESTABLISH THE WROTE AN ACTION
[1:41:56] PLAN THAT I WAS ACTIVELY
[1:41:57] INVOLVED IN.
[1:41:58] BUT THE THE ONE RECOMMENDATION
[1:42:00] THAT WAS NOT UM INCLUDED WAS
[1:42:03] THE RATS UH, BASICALLY A
[1:42:07] STANDALONE CITY DEPARTMENT THAT
[1:42:09] WOULD COORDINATE ALL ACTIVITIES
[1:42:11] AS IT RELATES TO PEST CONTROL
[1:42:13] THAT IS CRITICALLY NEEDED.
[1:42:16] WE NEED TO HAVE CONCRETE
[1:42:18] MEASURES IN PLACE TO ADEQUATELY
[1:42:20] TACKLE THE RISE IN RODENT
[1:42:22] ACTIVITIES, THE SPREAD
[1:42:23] OF POTENTIAL DISEASES.
[1:42:24] IT'S PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL UM,
[1:42:27] INCLUDING MORE INSPECTIONS,
[1:42:28] WORKING ON THE WEEKENDS, PUBLIC
[1:42:30] AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, PUBLIC
[1:42:32] OUTREACH WE NEED TO GET THIS
[1:42:34] RIGHT SO THE PEOPLE CONTINUED
[1:42:35] TO STAY IN THE CITY CALL BOSTON
[1:42:38] HOME.
[1:42:39] IT'S THAT SERIOUS WHEN A RAT IS
[1:42:41] IN A CHILD'S CRIB OR STROLLER
[1:42:46] WE CAN'T IGNORE IT.
[1:42:52] SOME PUBLIC TESTIMONY TESTIMONY
[1:42:55] ALREADY INCLUDED UH, PHRASES
[1:42:57] SUCH AS WE HAVE A SERIOUS
[1:42:59] PROBLEM TRASH DUMPING.
[1:43:04] THE THE WAY WE UM COMPOST IS
[1:43:07] NOW BEING REDUCED FROM WEEKLY
[1:43:11] TO BIWEEKLY.
[1:43:12] UH, NEED MORE LICE INSPECT
[1:43:15] LICENSED INSPECTORS.
[1:43:16] UH, THE SOMEONE MENTIONS THE
[1:43:18] CITY NOT MAINTAINING THEIR OWN
[1:43:20] PROPERTY A CHRONIC PROBLEM.
[1:43:22] THERE'S SOME.
[1:43:23] THERE'S SOME DISCONNECT BETWEEN
[1:43:26] UM, WHAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED, LUKE
[1:43:28] UM, ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING
[1:43:30] WELL AND WHAT RESIDENTS ARE
[1:43:32] EXPERIENCING IN THEIR OWN
[1:43:33] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:43:34] UM, WHEN RESIDENTS TELL ME THAT
[1:43:36] THERE ARE RATS IN THE BABY'S
[1:43:39] CRIB OR IN THEIR STROLLER AND I
[1:43:42] SEE THEM ON MY STREET IN SOUTH
[1:43:43] BOSTON ON GOLD STREET WITH
[1:43:45] FLOODED WITH RATS.
[1:43:49] IT HAS NOT IMPROVED.
[1:43:51] IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.
[1:43:53] IT'S A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH
[1:43:56] PUBLIC SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE
[1:43:58] ISSUE.
[1:44:00] WE NEED TO STREAMLINE THE
[1:44:02] PROCESS AND PROVIDE EXECUTIVE
[1:44:07] LEADERSHIP, POSITIVE LEADERSHIP
[1:44:08] AND JOHN OLIVER EXTOLLING THE
[1:44:09] BEST HE CAN UNDER CHALLENGING
[1:44:12] CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE RESPECT FOR
[1:44:13] JOHN BUT THE THE GOAL OF PEST
[1:44:16] CONTROL NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED.
[1:44:19] UM I DO WANT TO KEEP MYSELF TO
[1:44:21] THE FIVE MINUTES UM THAT'S
[1:44:25] CHAIR I DON'T I DON'T TAKE THE
[1:44:26] OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO
[1:44:27] SPEAK.
[1:44:29] UM SO I'M GOING TO STOP THERE.
[1:44:31] I DO WANT TO CONTINUE WITH
[1:44:33] PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND AFTER
[1:44:35] PUBLIC TESTIMONY I DO WANT TO
[1:44:37] GO BACK TO CITY COUNCIL'S UM
[1:44:39] BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
[1:44:40] TO ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE
[1:44:43] ALREADY TESTIFIED FROM THE BAY
[1:44:45] VILLAGE CHINATOWN, SOUTH AND
[1:44:47] SOUTH BOSTON, BACK BAY MANY IN
[1:44:51] MY MANY IN MY UM IN DISTRICT
[1:44:53] TWO.
[1:44:57] SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WITH
[1:44:58] PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
[1:45:00] UM I'M GOING TO DO A COUPLE
[1:45:01] VIRTUAL AND THEN I'M GOING TO
[1:45:03] DO A COUPLE UM IN PERSON.
[1:45:07] SO LET ME ASK.
[1:45:12] I MAY HAVE MISSED HER ALREADY
[1:45:14] BECAUSE JILL HAD A JILL TOLD
[1:45:18] ME SHE WAS LEAVING AT 1115.
[1:45:20] I MAY HAVE MISSED HER AND IF I
[1:45:23] DID I APOLOGIZE BUT IS JILL
[1:45:25] STILL WITH US?
[1:45:25] I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET HER,
[1:45:27] UM, TO TESTIFY IF SHE'S STILL
[1:45:30] ON WITH US.
[1:45:34] JILL.
[1:45:41] OKAY.
[1:45:47] IN THE MEANTIME, CAN I GO TO
[1:45:51] RANDY GLEN FOR A PLEASE?
[1:45:58] JUST GO.
[1:46:01] OKAY.
[1:46:01] JILL IS OFF.
[1:46:02] UM, LET'S GO TO RANDY, PLEASE.
[1:46:06] I BELIEVE RANDY'S IN THE SAINT
[1:46:08] P-12 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
[1:46:09] IN THE, UH.
[1:46:10] IN THE IN THE BACK BAY.
[1:46:12] SOUTH END AREA.
[1:46:14] RANDY.
[1:46:14] GOOD TO BE WITH RANDY.
[1:46:15] GOOD TO BE.
[1:46:16] WITH YOU.
[1:46:18] YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE.
[1:46:20] RANDY.
[1:46:28] RANDY, ARE YOU WITH US?
[1:46:37] RANDY, YOU'RE UP NEXT.
[1:46:45] YOU MIGHT BE MUTED.
[1:46:46] RANDY IN THE MEANTIME LET'S GO
[1:46:50] TO KEVIN CONROY.
[1:46:53] UM AND WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK TO
[1:46:56] RANDY KEVIN CONROY.
[1:47:08] WHAT'S.
[1:47:10] WE NOT BE OTHER TECHNICAL
[1:47:13] ISSUE SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH
[1:47:14] PUBLIC TESTIMONY HERE WE GO.
[1:47:15] AND HOW DO YOU THERE AND HERE I
[1:47:18] AM KEVIN COREY.
[1:47:19] KEVIN CONROY YUP YOU'RE UP
[1:47:20] NEXT.
[1:47:21] THANK YOU.
[1:47:23] UM I DID SUBMIT UM WRITTEN
[1:47:26] TESTIMONY BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE
[1:47:28] TO KIND OF REITERATE WHAT I UH
[1:47:30] ,HAD PUT INTO THAT WIFE AND I,
[1:47:34] A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY
[1:47:36] OF.
[1:47:36] BOSTON WE'VE LIVED IN SOUTH
[1:47:37] BOSTON MAJORITY OF TIMES BUT UH
[1:47:39] ,FEW YEARS IN SAVIN.
[1:47:41] HILL.
[1:47:42] WE'VE MOVED INTO THE WHITE
[1:47:44] HOUSE.
[1:47:45] UH, WE NOW LIVE IN IN 1997 AND
[1:47:49] UP UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO, UH,
[1:47:51] THINGS WERE FINE.
[1:47:53] UH, ROUGHLY TWO YEARS AGO I
[1:47:55] DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT ALL OF A
[1:47:56] SUDDEN IT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
[1:47:58] JUST OVERRUN RATS.
[1:48:00] UH, WE CAN'T USE OUR YARD.
[1:48:02] BEEN UNABLE TO USE OF WILL HAVE
[1:48:04] PEOPLE OVER.
[1:48:05] IT'S JUST WE'VE HIRED, UH UH, A
[1:48:10] PROFESSIONAL PEST CONTROL
[1:48:12] COMPANY.
[1:48:12] WE'VE BEEN USING THEM REGULARLY
[1:48:15] PROBABLY FOR THE PAST THREE
[1:48:17] YEARS.
[1:48:19] AND, UH, OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE
[1:48:20] TO CALL THEM FOR EXTRA, UH,
[1:48:22] VISITS.
[1:48:22] IT'S JUST, UH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
[1:48:25] IN ITSELF IS JUST IT'S JUST
[1:48:26] IT'S DISGUSTING.
[1:48:28] UM, THERE IS A NEED FOR SOME
[1:48:30] SORT OF CENTRAL, UH, AUTHORITY
[1:48:35] THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
[1:48:38] AN OVERALL STRATEGY AS OPPOSED
[1:48:40] TO JUST USING DIFFERENT
[1:48:42] DEPARTMENTS WHAT THEIR WHAT
[1:48:43] THEIR PLANS.
[1:48:45] UH, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS BY
[1:48:48] ESD AND THE THE, UH, PRESIDENT
[1:48:51] TO CONTROL PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE
[1:48:53] DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.
[1:48:54] AS YOU SAID, THEY WERE REALLY
[1:48:55] UNDER VERY CHALLENGING
[1:48:57] CIRCUMSTANCES.
[1:48:58] UM, ONE THING I'VE NOTICED AND
[1:49:01] I THINK IT'S A BIG PROBLEM EVEN
[1:49:03] SPEAKING WITH THE PEST CONTROL
[1:49:04] GUY THAT THAT COMES HERE.
[1:49:07] IS THE IMPROPER DISPOSAL
[1:49:10] OF HOUSEHOLD TRASH GARBAGE.
[1:49:11] UH, AROUND HERE THIS
[1:49:14] NEIGHBORHOOD WE LIVE DOWN THE
[1:49:15] LOWER END LIVED ON WEST.
[1:49:16] WE LIVE ON WEST STREET.
[1:49:18] WE HAVE IT IN THE GENERAL
[1:49:20] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:49:21] UH, A GREAT DEAL OF PROPERTY IS
[1:49:23] ABSENTEE LANDLORDS OR LLCS.
[1:49:26] AND IN THE END THESE THE.
[1:49:28] RESIDENTS BY AND LARGE WHEN
[1:49:29] PEOPLE BUT YOU HAVE A FAIR
[1:49:31] AMOUNT OF UM I CALL THEM
[1:49:33] INDIFFERENT AND THE WAY THEY
[1:49:34] HANDLE TRASH OR DISPOSE OF IT I
[1:49:37] YEAH IT'S JUST IT'S JUST MIND
[1:49:40] BOGGLING SOMETIMES WHAT I SEE
[1:49:42] IS PROBLEMS WITH THESE UH MAYBE
[1:49:44] YOU KNOW WITH THESE ABILITY
[1:49:45] WHERE ONCE THEY HAVE A PROPERTY
[1:49:46] MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR I DON'T
[1:49:48] KNOW HOW THEIR TRASH IS PUT OUT
[1:49:50] OR NOT PUT OUT, I'VE CALLED 311
[1:49:52] NUMBER TIMES UH, BUT UH,
[1:49:56] HOUSEHOLD TRASH IT DOESN'T GET
[1:49:57] PUT OUT FOR A WEEK.
[1:49:58] TWO WEEKS.
[1:50:00] UH AT THE TIMES THE BARRELS ARE
[1:50:01] JUST LEFT OUT AND NOBODY BRINGS
[1:50:02] THEM BACK IN.
[1:50:03] BIG UH, HOUSEHOLD, YOU KNOW,
[1:50:06] LIKE KITCHEN BAGS PUT OUT ON
[1:50:08] THE SIDEWALK.
[1:50:09] YOU SEE THEM RIPPED OPEN TRASH
[1:50:11] GARBAGE OUT ON THE STREET FROM
[1:50:13] RODENTS AND OTHER CRITTERS
[1:50:14] GETTING INTO THEM.
[1:50:15] IT'S JUST A LIST.
[1:50:16] IT'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT
[1:50:17] THINGS.
[1:50:18] I THINK ONE THING FINES NEED TO
[1:50:20] BE UPPED.
[1:50:21] I DON'T THINK THAT UM OBVIOUSLY
[1:50:22] THEY'RE NOT UH, GETTING THE
[1:50:25] MESSAGE THROUGH UH UH, MONEY IS
[1:50:26] SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
[1:50:28] UNDERSTAND AND THEY HAVE TO
[1:50:29] START PULLING IT OUT OF THEIR
[1:50:30] OWN POCKET.
[1:50:30] THEY'RE GOING TO STOP PAYING
[1:50:32] ATTENTION.
[1:50:33] SO I.
[1:50:33] THINK THE CITY SHOULD.
[1:50:34] YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT UH, LOOK
[1:50:36] AT UPPING THE FINES AND UH, YOU
[1:50:39] KNOW, INCREASING ENFORCEMENT.
[1:50:41] IT JUST IT'S.
[1:50:42] THE ONLY THING THAT PEOPLE
[1:50:43] UNDERSTAND.
[1:50:44] I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THAT'S IT
[1:50:45] .
[1:50:46] UM.
[1:50:49] I UH OTHER THAN.
[1:50:49] THAT, I GUESS I'LL JUST.
[1:50:50] CLOSE WITH, UH, JUST SAY THAT I
[1:50:52] APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT
[1:50:53] PEOPLE ARE DOING.
[1:50:54] ED, YOU WAS ESPECIALLY LEADING
[1:50:55] THIS AND, UH, I'LL END THERE.
[1:50:59] THANK YOU.
[1:51:00] KEVIN.
[1:51:05] IS RANDY UM, AVAILABLE.
[1:51:07] TO ADD THIS BOB LATER.
[1:51:09] CAN YOU HEAR ME?
[1:51:10] OH.
[1:51:10] HEY, BOB.
[1:51:11] UM, YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU, BOB.
[1:51:13] GO AHEAD.
[1:51:13] OKAY.
[1:51:14] YEAH, RIGHT.
[1:51:15] RANDY STEPPED OUT TO GET A
[1:51:16] COVID SHOT BUT SHE SAID HOLD ON
[1:51:18] IF YOU CAN GET ON SO SO THANK
[1:51:19] YOU FOR HAVING US.
[1:51:21] UM, I'LL BE BRIEF.
[1:51:22] AND FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO
[1:51:24] COMMEND YOU TREMENDOUSLY.
[1:51:26] I REMEMBER I'M GOING TO I'M
[1:51:27] GOING TO TURN TO TALK ABOUT A
[1:51:29] SUCCESSFUL SITUATION THAT WE
[1:51:31] HAD IN OUR AREA.
[1:51:32] YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS ABOUT A
[1:51:33] YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND AT THAT
[1:51:35] TIME I THINK EVEN EARLIER YOU
[1:51:36] WERE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO
[1:51:38] GET AND WE ALL TALKED ABOUT
[1:51:39] IT'D BE GREAT TO GET A RAT CZAR
[1:51:41] BECAUSE I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY
[1:51:43] IS SOME PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT OUT
[1:51:44] IS A BIG ISSUE.
[1:51:46] COORDINATING OF RESOURCES IS A
[1:51:47] BIG ISSUE AND SOMEONE HAS TO BE
[1:51:49] AT THE TOP TO STAY ON THIS.
[1:51:51] BUT ANYWAY WE LIVE UH IN THIS
[1:51:55] UH SAINT PETERSBURG
[1:51:56] NEIGHBORHOOD AREA WE HAVE A
[1:51:58] CONDO ON UM IT'S UH THE BACK
[1:52:01] OF OUR BUILDING IS UH, JUST
[1:52:03] WITH THE COLONNADE HOTEL.
[1:52:05] THE COLONNADE HOTEL HAS ITS
[1:52:08] TRASH ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT
[1:52:10] BUILDING.
[1:52:11] UH, TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD A
[1:52:14] PHENOMENAL RAT PROBLEM IN THE
[1:52:16] BACK OF THAT ALLEYWAY.
[1:52:17] I MEAN, IT WAS NOT ONLY RATS.
[1:52:19] IT WAS A COMMUNITY OF RATS AND
[1:52:20] THERE WERE NESTS UNDERNEATH
[1:52:22] SOME OF THE BUILDING THERE FROM
[1:52:24] FOOD SOURCE IS THE MOST
[1:52:26] CRITICAL CONTAINMENT OF THAT IS
[1:52:27] THE MOST CRITICAL THING YOU CAN
[1:52:29] DO.
[1:52:31] WE GOT TOGETHER WITH ALL THE
[1:52:32] NEIGHBORS IN OUR AREA.
[1:52:33] WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE
[1:52:35] AT THE COLONNADE HOTEL WHO I
[1:52:37] WANT TO RESPECT AND SAY BECAUSE
[1:52:38] THEY STEPPED FORWARD THEY
[1:52:40] BECAUSE THEY HAD BARRELS OUT,
[1:52:42] THEY WERE CONTAINED BUT THEY
[1:52:43] WEREN'T FULLY CONTAINED.
[1:52:44] THEY EVEN WENT TO METALIZED
[1:52:46] THINGS AND ONCE THIS WAS DONE
[1:52:48] AND THE NEIGHBORS SAYING WE
[1:52:49] DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM NOW TO
[1:52:50] THE LEVEL THAT WE HAD AND AND
[1:52:52] AND IT WAS A GRASSROOTS LEVEL
[1:52:55] THAT THAT RANDY WORKED ON WITH
[1:52:57] THE SAINT BITOF NEIGHBORHOOD
[1:52:59] ASSOCIATION WITH ALL THE
[1:53:00] NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA AS WELL
[1:53:02] GETTING TOGETHER AS WELL AS
[1:53:04] WITH UM THE HOTEL BECAUSE THAT
[1:53:07] FOOD SOURCE IS WHERE YOU'RE
[1:53:08] GOING TO GET AT AND I WANT TO
[1:53:09] THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WE WORK
[1:53:11] WITH WE NOW HAVE IT CONTAINED.
[1:53:14] IT'S NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY.
[1:53:15] BUT I REMEMBER MY SON BEING OUT
[1:53:16] ON OUR DECK AT NIGHT LOOKING
[1:53:18] OUT AT TWO IN THE MORNING AND
[1:53:20] HE WOULD SEE NOT ONLY SINGLE
[1:53:22] RATS HE WOULD HAVE FAMILIES
[1:53:24] COMMUNITIES OF RATS.
[1:53:25] SO IT'S AMAZING WHAT COMES OUT
[1:53:27] AT NIGHT YOU TALK ABOUT DURING
[1:53:28] THE DAY.
[1:53:29] I MEAN IF YOU DON'T CONTAIN THE
[1:53:30] FOOD SOURCE THEY'RE GOING TO
[1:53:32] COME FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
[1:53:34] THE OTHER THING SOMEONE SAID
[1:53:35] THAT I AGREE ON IS AND THAT
[1:53:37] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLY HERE
[1:53:39] ABOUT CLOROX OR BLEACH UM IF IF
[1:53:42] YOU PUT SOME OF THAT ON IT THEY
[1:53:44] SMELL IT AND THEY STAY AWAY.
[1:53:46] SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COULD
[1:53:49] TEMPORARILY BE INTRODUCED BUT
[1:53:50] IT IS EFFECTIVE BUT AND THE
[1:53:53] OTHER THING I THINK YOU GOT TO
[1:53:54] ADDRESS IT WAS I DIDN'T HEAR
[1:53:56] HEAR BECAUSE OF THE
[1:53:57] NEIGHBORHOOD WE LIVE IN THERE
[1:53:58] ARE A LOT OF UM PROPERTIES
[1:54:01] WHERE THERE'S A TURNOVER
[1:54:03] OF TOURISTS COMING IN AND
[1:54:04] RENTERS AND WHATEVER AND THEY
[1:54:05] ALWAYS PUT THEIR TRASH OUT.
[1:54:07] WE HAVE A HORRIBLE PROBLEM IN
[1:54:08] ALLEYWAY 402 BEHIND US AT THE
[1:54:11] CORNER AND THEY'RE PUTTING OUT
[1:54:12] THE BAGS AND THEY'RE ALWAYS
[1:54:14] OPENED UP AND WHATEVER.
[1:54:16] UM WE FINALLY HAD TO WORK WITH
[1:54:18] UH THE REALTORS, THE PROPERTY
[1:54:21] MANAGERS AND WE EVEN HAD PEOPLE
[1:54:23] OPENING UP AND LOOKING AT THE
[1:54:25] BAG OF WHAT WHAT WHAT ACTUALLY
[1:54:27] BUILDINGS THEY WERE IN
[1:54:28] GRASSROOTS UP TO GET
[1:54:30] ENFORCEMENT TO FIND AND
[1:54:32] WHATEVER BECAUSE IT'S A
[1:54:33] HORRIBLE ISSUE.
[1:54:34] BUT UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
[1:54:36] WASN'T BROUGHT UP TODAY I THINK
[1:54:37] NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT IS
[1:54:39] PROPERTY MANAGERS BECAUSE YOU
[1:54:40] HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT ONLY
[1:54:42] RESIDENTS BUT PEOPLE COMING
[1:54:45] INTO AREAS THAT COME AND GO
[1:54:46] RENT PUT THE TRASH OUT THAT GO
[1:54:49] ON THEY COULD CARE LESS
[1:54:50] WHATEVER AND THERE'S GOT TO BE
[1:54:52] SOME ACCOUNTABILITY BACK TO THE
[1:54:53] PROPERTY MANAGER.
[1:54:54] BUT NUMBER ONE AND FINALLY IT'S
[1:54:55] IT'S THE FOOD SOURCE.
[1:54:57] IF YOU SHUT IT DOWN YOU CLOSE
[1:54:58] IT UP AS THE COLONY DID AND WE
[1:55:00] WORK WITH YOU'RE GOING TO
[1:55:03] YOU'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE LIKE
[1:55:04] 99% OF THE PROBLEM AND I WAS
[1:55:06] MENTIONED EARLIER WE ALSO HAVE
[1:55:08] A SITUATION WE WERE FORTUNATE
[1:55:09] WE HAVE AN INTERNAL
[1:55:12] CONTAINERIZATION.
[1:55:13] WE HAVE A WE PAID TO HAVE IT
[1:55:14] PUT OUT FIRST THING IN THE
[1:55:15] MORNING AND IT'S IMMEDIATELY
[1:55:16] PICKED UP.
[1:55:17] THAT HELPS WHERE WE ARE.
[1:55:18] BUT AT THE CORNER WHERE THE
[1:55:19] PEOPLE THAT RENT AND COME IN
[1:55:21] AND COULD CARE LESS ARE PUTTING
[1:55:23] OUT THE CHEAP BAGS.
[1:55:24] THEY'RE OPENED UP IN THE
[1:55:25] MORNING AND THE TRASH IS ALWAYS
[1:55:27] DOWN OUR ALLEYWAY.
[1:55:28] SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
[1:55:30] SUGGESTIONS.
[1:55:30] BUT EDDIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
[1:55:32] FOR ORGANIZING THIS.
[1:55:33] YOU WERE THE SPEARHEAD OF THIS
[1:55:34] THING.
[1:55:35] I DO THINK WE NEED A RAT CZAR
[1:55:39] BECAUSE YOU KNOW FORGET ALL THE
[1:55:40] ANALYSIS WHATEVER WE NEED
[1:55:41] ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE ISSUES.
[1:55:43] THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.
[1:55:44] THANK YOU.
[1:55:45] THANK YOU BOB I DO WANT TO GO
[1:55:48] BACK TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC
[1:55:50] TESTIMONY.
[1:55:53] IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME.
[1:55:54] IF.
[1:55:54] YOU JUST COME TO EITHER OF THE
[1:55:56] MICROPHONES.
[1:55:57] JOHN.
[1:56:00] HEATHER.
[1:56:05] ALICIA.
[1:56:08] JANET.
[1:56:13] UM.
[1:56:17] BECAUSE THEY WERE JANE ALSO UM.
[1:56:24] BUZZ KOSKI.
[1:56:25] THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING TO FOR
[1:56:28] COVID TEST THOUGH.
[1:56:29] OKAY.
[1:56:29] AND IF LEXI IS HERE, UM, DOES
[1:56:31] LEXI WANT TO COME DOWN?
[1:56:34] UM.
[1:56:37] SO I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE,
[1:56:38] UM, TWO MINUTES IF YOU WANT TO
[1:56:40] GIVE YOUR NAME AND MAYBE.
[1:56:42] THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:56:43] YOU'RE FROM AND UM, TAKE THE
[1:56:47] TWO MINUTES TO UM, STATE YOUR
[1:56:48] POSITION.
[1:56:50] UM YES, SIR.
[1:56:52] I, UM.
[1:56:53] MY NAME IS I PUT A STATEMENT.
[1:56:55] HERE, UM.
[1:56:56] REVIEWING WHAT I'M GOING TO
[1:56:57] READ AND I'VE GOT SOME I'M
[1:56:58] GOING TO, UM.
[1:57:00] EMAIL YOUR OFFICES ONE MORE
[1:57:01] DETAIL.
[1:57:02] SO MY NAME IS JOHN PACHECO SKI.
[1:57:04] I'M A RESIDENT AND OWNER AT 12
[1:57:05] ACADIA STREET IN SOUTH BOSTON.
[1:57:07] I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AT THAT
[1:57:08] ADDRESS FOR THE PAST 23 YEARS.
[1:57:11] UM, THE PAST THREE YEARS WE'VE
[1:57:12] SEEN A MAJOR UPTICKS IN RATS ON
[1:57:14] ACADIA STREET.
[1:57:15] THE INITIAL WAVE SEEMED TO
[1:57:17] COINCIDE WITH THE DEMOLITION
[1:57:18] OF THE OLD L STREET POWER
[1:57:20] STATION AND A SECOND WAVE WITH
[1:57:21] THE RENOVATION OF THE
[1:57:22] CHRISTOPHER LEE PLAYGROUND BALL
[1:57:24] FIELD LAST YEAR.
[1:57:25] RARE NIGHT YOU DON'T SEE
[1:57:26] SEVERAL RATS RUNNING AROUND.
[1:57:29] UM, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THEY
[1:57:30] STARTED INVADING OUR YARD AND
[1:57:32] THAT OF OUR NEIGHBOR AL ROACH
[1:57:33] BREWING THIS UNDER SHEDS AND
[1:57:35] RAISED GARDEN BEDS.
[1:57:36] WE SMOKE BOMBED THEM.
[1:57:37] WE FILLED IN THEIR BARRELS.
[1:57:39] WE LINED THERE ARE GARDENS AND
[1:57:40] FENCES WITH, UH, BURIED WIRE
[1:57:42] STONE AND METAL MESH.
[1:57:43] UH, WE PRETTY MUCH SUCCEEDED IN
[1:57:46] KEEPING THEM FROM MAKING HOMES
[1:57:47] IN THEIR YARDS, BUT THEY'RE
[1:57:49] CONTINUING TO USE, UM, OUR
[1:57:51] YARDS AS ALMOST A A HIGHWAY TO
[1:57:55] REACH OTHER NEIGHBORS YARDS.
[1:57:56] IT'S LIKE A RED HIGHWAY.
[1:57:58] UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE I CAN
[1:57:59] DO IT FOR MY END.
[1:58:01] UH, I ALSO LIKE DO HAVE I PUT
[1:58:03] WRIGLEY PUT A RAT TRAP SPREAD
[1:58:05] ACROSS MY PROPERTY?
[1:58:06] THIS YEAR I'VE KILLED SO MANY
[1:58:07] RATS I'VE LOST COUNT ALMOST
[1:58:09] 4050 RATS IN THE PAST TEN DAYS
[1:58:11] ALONE I'VE KILLED EIGHT.
[1:58:12] THAT NUMBER IS STAGGERING.
[1:58:15] UM, NOW THIS IS A MORE CRITICAL
[1:58:17] ISSUE.
[1:58:18] EARLIER THIS FALL MY SON
[1:58:20] CONTRACTED LESS LEPTOSPIROSIS.
[1:58:23] IT'S A RAT BORNE BACTERIAL
[1:58:25] INFECTION SPREAD VIA CONTACT
[1:58:27] WITH RAT FECES AND URINE.
[1:58:28] HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO
[1:58:30] WEEKS IN ICU FOR A WEEK AND
[1:58:32] SUFFERED SERIOUS LIVER AND
[1:58:33] KIDNEY INJURIES.
[1:58:36] UH, WE'LL NEVER KNOW IF HE
[1:58:38] CONTACT CONTRACTED IT FROM OUR
[1:58:39] YARD OR FROM, UH, THE TRASH
[1:58:42] BINS AT JP LUKE'S WHERE HE
[1:58:43] WORKS AT HIS PART TIME JOB.
[1:58:45] THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
[1:58:45] THE ISSUE WHICH WE HAVE TO TALK
[1:58:47] ABOUT THIS AT ALL.
[1:58:49] IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.
[1:58:50] I APPRECIATE.
[1:58:51] THE CITY'S EFFORTS, WHAT
[1:58:52] THEY'RE SAYING, BUT IT'S BEEN
[1:58:53] MY EXPERIENCE HAVEN'T BEEN
[1:58:55] PARTICULARLY USEFUL.
[1:58:56] UM.
[1:58:57] OVER THE YEARS AFTER
[1:58:58] COMPLAINTS TO MR FLYNN'S OFFICE
[1:59:00] AND THE THREE ONE LINE 311 LINE
[1:59:02] INSPECTORS VISITED US 2 OR 3
[1:59:04] TIMES AND GAVE US THE SAME
[1:59:05] SUGGESTIONS.
[1:59:06] IT'S KIND OF THE SAME OLD
[1:59:07] STORY.
[1:59:07] WE FOLLOWED THEIR
[1:59:08] RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GET GO
[1:59:09] BUT THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED AND
[1:59:11] SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE.
[1:59:14] UM I UNDERSTAND THIS NOTION
[1:59:16] OF CITATIONS IF PEOPLE AREN'T
[1:59:19] GETTING FINED.
[1:59:20] NO ONE'S GOING TO DO ANYTHING.
[1:59:22] UM.
[1:59:22] WE NEED TO BE MORE
[1:59:24] AGGRESSIVE ON THAT.
[1:59:25] UH MONEY TALKS RIGHT?
[1:59:26] AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
[1:59:28] OF BAGS.
[1:59:28] I'M NOT SURE HOW BAGS ARE
[1:59:29] REALLY.
[1:59:29] UH, THEIR STYLE BAGS ARE USEFUL
[1:59:31] .
[1:59:31] THE RATS ARE LITERALLY CHEWING
[1:59:32] THROUGH THE TRASH BINS IN OUR
[1:59:34] NEIGHBORHOOD.
[1:59:34] THERE'S BIG HOLES IN THE TOP
[1:59:35] OF THE TRASH BINS.
[1:59:37] UM, I KNOW SOMETHING IS JUST
[1:59:39] ONE.
[1:59:40] NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY.
[1:59:40] THIS IS A CITYWIDE ISSUE.
[1:59:42] I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AT
[1:59:43] THIS POINT, BUT THE PROOF IS IN
[1:59:44] THE PUDDING.
[1:59:45] THIS IS A SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUE
[1:59:47] THAT CAN HAVE FATAL
[1:59:48] CONSEQUENCES.
[1:59:49] UH, THE TIME FOR RESEARCH
[1:59:50] STUDIES IS WELL OVER.
[1:59:51] STOP TIME TO STOP PLAYING THIS
[1:59:53] BUREAUCRATIC HOT POTATO, GET
[1:59:54] OUR BUTTS IN GEAR AND REALLY DO
[1:59:56] SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
[1:59:57] UM.
[1:59:58] YOU CAN TELL I'M VERY
[1:59:59] FRUSTRATED BY THIS AND I THINK
[2:00:01] A GOOD FIRST STEP IS TO POINT
[2:00:03] OUT RATS ARE UH.
[2:00:04] THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
[2:00:05] THANK YOU.
[2:00:07] JOHN.
[2:00:08] UM, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO
[2:00:11] RESPOND VERY, VERY BRIEFLY TO
[2:00:12] WHAT JOHN SAID.
[2:00:14] UM I SAID THIS WAS A PUBLIC
[2:00:16] HEALTH ISSUE.
[2:00:17] I BELIEVE IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH
[2:00:18] ISSUE.
[2:00:20] UM, I BROUGHT THIS TO THE
[2:00:22] ATTENTION OF CITY OFFICIALS
[2:00:23] INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH
[2:00:24] COMMISSION.
[2:00:26] UM, LAST YEAR A TUFTS
[2:00:28] UNIVERSITY STUDY IN BOSTON
[2:00:30] URBAN RAT POPULATION FOUND THAT
[2:00:32] MOST MANY RAT POPULATIONS IN
[2:00:35] BOSTON ARE CARRYING AND
[2:00:36] SPREADING LEPTOSPIROSIS.
[2:00:39] AS JOHN MENTIONED, UH,
[2:00:41] BACTERIAL DISEASE THAT IMPACTS
[2:00:42] BOTH HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS.
[2:00:45] LEPTOSPIROSIS IS SPREAD BY THE
[2:00:47] URINE OF INFECTED ANIMALS
[2:00:48] THROUGH CONTACT WITH INFECTED
[2:00:50] SOIL AND WATER.
[2:00:52] THESE ARE CONCERNS ON HOW THIS
[2:00:55] MAY HAVE IMPACT VULNERABLE
[2:00:57] POPULATIONS.
[2:01:00] UM INCLUDING THE HOMELESS BUT
[2:01:02] ALSO INCLUDING HEALTH WORKERS
[2:01:04] AS WELL.
[2:01:05] UM BUT THE.
[2:01:06] CITY PUSHED BACK ON ME AND SAID
[2:01:08] THAT THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY A
[2:01:11] MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
[2:01:13] UM.
[2:01:16] WE KNOW IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH
[2:01:17] ISSUE NOW AFTER LISTENING TO
[2:01:19] JOHN'S TESTIMONY.
[2:01:22] YES, MA'AM.
[2:01:24] UM, HI AND THANKS FOR HAVING
[2:01:25] ME.
[2:01:25] I'M HEATHER O'BRIEN.
[2:01:27] I'M FROM DORCHESTER.
[2:01:28] I LIVE IN EAST BOSTON.
[2:01:29] I WORK IN SOUTH BOSTON AND I
[2:01:31] DID SEE THE FEISTY RATS ON WALL
[2:01:33] STREET YESTERDAY WHEN I WALKED
[2:01:34] FROM THE GYM TO GO DO AN
[2:01:35] ERRAND.
[2:01:36] IT'S BAD.
[2:01:37] THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
[2:01:39] WE ARE DEALING WITH
[2:01:41] ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
[2:01:42] COMMUNITIES WHO ARE ALREADY
[2:01:43] VULNERABLE.
[2:01:44] WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE
[2:01:46] CHILDREN HAVE HIGHER RATES
[2:01:48] OF ASTHMA THAN OTHER PLACES IN
[2:01:49] OUR COMMONWEALTH.
[2:01:51] WE HAVE ADULT POPULATIONS UM,
[2:01:54] WITH KIDNEY DISEASES, UH WITH
[2:01:59] UM DIABETES AND THINGS THAT
[2:02:00] MAKE THEM MORE VULNERABLE.
[2:02:02] UM, THE RATS MAKE THEIR WAY
[2:02:05] AROUND BY DROPPING URINE AND
[2:02:08] THEY SMELL THAT THE URINE
[2:02:10] CONTAINS SALMONELLA.
[2:02:11] THE URINE CONTAINS LEPTO.
[2:02:12] THE URINE CONTAINS HUNT VIRUS.
[2:02:15] UH, PEOPLE CAN GET LUNG
[2:02:16] DISEASES AND KIDNEY DISEASES
[2:02:17] FROM THIS.
[2:02:18] IT'S NOT IF IT'S GOING TO
[2:02:20] HAPPEN, IT IS HAPPENING.
[2:02:22] UM, SO I THINK THAT THIS IS
[2:02:23] VERY IMPORTANT.
[2:02:24] IT'S NOT JUST A NUISANCE.
[2:02:25] OH, WE SEE RATS AND WE DON'T
[2:02:26] LIKE IT.
[2:02:26] IT'S ICK.
[2:02:27] IT'S HORRENDOUS.
[2:02:29] UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I
[2:02:31] WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO IS
[2:02:32] LOOK TO OTHER CITIES AND NOT
[2:02:34] JUST TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT IT
[2:02:35] WAS TO HAVE THE RAT CONVENTION
[2:02:37] AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO THINGS
[2:02:38] WELL, WE'RE LOOKING INTO
[2:02:40] THINGS.
[2:02:40] THESE RATS ARE PROLIFICALLY
[2:02:43] REPOPULATING.
[2:02:44] THERE'S MORE AND MORE OF THEM
[2:02:45] EVERY DAY YOU KILL ONE AND
[2:02:47] THERE'S LIKE A LITTER OF 17
[2:02:48] BORN THE NEXT MINUTE.
[2:02:50] UM, IT NEEDS TO BE A MORE
[2:02:52] HOLISTIC APPROACH.
[2:02:53] THE TRASH CONTAINMENT THAT I
[2:02:55] HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN WORK IN
[2:02:58] EUROPEAN CITIES IS NOT THAT
[2:03:00] HARD.
[2:03:00] PEOPLE GET USED TO IT.
[2:03:01] WE LIVE IN DENSELY POPULATED.
[2:03:03] WE'VE GOT MORE DENSE HOUSING IN
[2:03:05] BOSTON THAN WE'VE EVER HAD
[2:03:07] BEFORE AND WE NEED TO HAVE A
[2:03:09] WAY TO KEEP THIS.
[2:03:10] PEOPLE WILL GET USED TO
[2:03:11] BRINGING THEIR TRASH TO THE
[2:03:12] CORNER TO THE METAL BIN IN NEW
[2:03:14] YORK WHERE THEY'VE DONE IT IN
[2:03:15] HARLEM.
[2:03:16] THEY'VE HAD A REDUCTION
[2:03:17] OF ALMOST 40% RODENT SIGHTING
[2:03:21] WHERE THEY DID THAT.
[2:03:22] THAT PILOT PROGRAM IT'S REALLY
[2:03:24] GREAT.
[2:03:25] I WANT TO JUST GIVE MY
[2:03:28] ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE
[2:03:29] RIGHT NOW I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO
[2:03:31] RAT DISNEYLAND.
[2:03:33] UM IT'S LIKE IT WOULD BE FUNNY
[2:03:35] IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PAST THREE
[2:03:38] YEARS I'VE SUBMITTED 247 311
[2:03:42] REPORTS.
[2:03:43] I CLEAN THE TRASH FROM THE
[2:03:45] STREET ON MY BLOCK TWICE A WEEK
[2:03:47] .
[2:03:48] I WASH THE SIDEWALK WITH CLOROX
[2:03:50] .
[2:03:50] I WASH MY TRASH BINS WITH
[2:03:51] CLOROX.
[2:03:53] NEXT DOOR TO ME A DEVELOPER WHO
[2:03:55] GOT PLANNING PERMISSION WHO GOT
[2:03:58] ZBA RELIEF FOR THEIR HARDSHIP
[2:04:01] BUILT LUXURY HOUSING, NEVER
[2:04:04] FINISHED THE PROJECT.
[2:04:06] HALF OF THE THINGS ARE NOT
[2:04:08] DONE.
[2:04:08] IT'S FULL OF RAT TUNNELS.
[2:04:11] HE'S BEEN CITED FOR WITH ONE
[2:04:14] OF THOSE $25 TICKETS FROM
[2:04:16] CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR IMPROPER
[2:04:18] TRASH, BUT HE'S BEEN GETTING
[2:04:20] THOSE SINCE I REPORTED THE
[2:04:22] INITIAL, UM, DUMPSTER THAT HE
[2:04:24] PUT ON THE SITE WITH NO LID AND
[2:04:26] KEPT BRINGING HOUSEHOLD TRASH
[2:04:28] TO AND THAT'S WHEN THE RAT
[2:04:29] STARTED.
[2:04:30] SO FOR THREE YEARS THESE RATS
[2:04:32] HAVE MOVED IN NEXT DOOR.
[2:04:34] WE'VE GOT LIKE UM THERE'S
[2:04:35] ANOTHER BLIGHT PROPERTY AND
[2:04:37] THEN THERE'S LIKE A LOCAL
[2:04:38] RESTAURANT THAT WORKS REALLY
[2:04:40] HARD TO KEEP THINGS CLEAN AND
[2:04:41] DOES THINGS THE RIGHT WAY BUT
[2:04:43] HAS AN EXTERMINATOR ONCE A WEEK
[2:04:44] BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID THE RATS
[2:04:45] ARE GOING TO COME THERE.
[2:04:46] I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD TO BUY
[2:04:48] RAT BAIT BOXES AND RAT POISON
[2:04:51] TO KILL MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S
[2:04:53] RATS.
[2:04:55] THIS IS MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
[2:04:58] THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES THAT
[2:04:59] THEY HAVE.
[2:05:00] THESE ARE THE ZBA REQUESTS THAT
[2:05:02] THEY HAVE TO DEVELOP MORE
[2:05:03] PROPERTIES.
[2:05:05] PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROBLEM
[2:05:07] PROPERTIES LOW AND HIGH
[2:05:09] NONCOMPLIANCE WITH EITHER THE
[2:05:11] RUBBISH OR THE RATS AND IT'S
[2:05:13] NOT BEEN MITIGATED SHOULD NOT
[2:05:16] GET PERMISSION TO DO MORE.
[2:05:19] WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS MANY
[2:05:20] FROM SOMEONE LIKE THAT.
[2:05:22] THIS IS ATROCIOUS.
[2:05:24] THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
[2:05:25] THEY DO NOT CARE ONE BIT ABOUT
[2:05:27] THAT $25 TICKET.
[2:05:29] THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO GET
[2:05:32] RID OF THE RATS.
[2:05:33] NOT ONE THING AND I FEEL LIKE I
[2:05:35] CAN KEEP SENDING THESE 311
[2:05:37] REPORTS AT THE ADDRESS.
[2:05:38] LIKE I ASKED ME TO AND THEY'RE
[2:05:43] IN NONCOMPLIANCE AND THERE'S
[2:05:44] NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND LIKE
[2:05:45] EVEN ISD SAID HE'S A LAWYER.
[2:05:47] HE'S JUST GOING TO FIGHT US.
[2:05:49] I THINK THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO
[2:05:51] COME DOWN HARDER ON THE BIG
[2:05:53] PROBLEMS LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT
[2:05:55] DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I DO IF
[2:05:58] THIS IS STILL GOING ON.
[2:06:00] UM THE OTHER THING I THE THE
[2:06:02] RAT BAIT BOXES UM I DID ASK IF
[2:06:05] THE ABUTTING NEIGHBORS COULD
[2:06:06] GET THEM FROM THE CITY AND AND
[2:06:08] THE ANSWER IS NO.
[2:06:09] THE CITY OF REVERE HAS A
[2:06:11] PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE HIRED
[2:06:12] AN EXTERMINATOR.
[2:06:13] SO PEOPLE AT ABUTTING
[2:06:14] PROPERTIES, IF THEY'VE SEEN
[2:06:15] RATS COME ONTO THEIR PROPERTY,
[2:06:17] THEY CAN GET THEM.
[2:06:18] THE CITY JUST HAS THE
[2:06:19] EXTERMINATOR COME OUT AND PUT
[2:06:21] THEM IN FOR THE PEOPLE.
[2:06:22] UM, I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO
[2:06:24] MORE TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS
[2:06:26] INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING WHEN YOU
[2:06:27] BRING THE TRASH OUT IF THE
[2:06:29] TRASH IS IN THE ALLEYWAY OR THE
[2:06:30] TRASH IS ON THE CURB, THE RATS
[2:06:32] ARE STILL GETTING ACCESS TO
[2:06:33] THAT TRASH AND WE NEED TO STOP
[2:06:35] PUTTING UM, THE BURDEN ON OUR
[2:06:40] NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING
[2:06:42] EVERYTHING THEY CAN FOR THE
[2:06:43] MOST PART.
[2:06:43] THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING
[2:06:45] A LOT OF GOOD.
[2:06:45] I THINK THAT THE BIG PLAYERS
[2:06:47] THE BIG DEVELOPERS, THE THE
[2:06:50] ELKS WHO PAY NO ATTENTION, WHO
[2:06:52] DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
[2:06:54] NEIGHBORS THEY'RE IN THERE TO
[2:06:55] MAKE THEIR MONEY.
[2:06:55] THEY DON'T CARE IF THERE'S
[2:06:57] RATS.
[2:06:57] WE NEED TO BE HARDER ON THEM.
[2:06:59] THANK YOU.
[2:07:01] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:07:04] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
[2:07:06] IT'S.
[2:07:09] HI.
[2:07:10] YOU'RE UP NEXT.
[2:07:11] OKAY.
[2:07:12] HI.
[2:07:12] I'M ALICIA.
[2:07:13] MANNING AND I LIVE ON BEACON
[2:07:15] HILL AND I'VE BEEN THERE.
[2:07:17] OVER 30 YEARS.
[2:07:19] AND THE RATS HAVE DEFINITELY
[2:07:22] GOTTEN MUCH WORSE THERE.
[2:07:24] UM, I TO ECHO THAT WE NEED A
[2:07:28] RATS ARE RIGHT.
[2:07:29] UM, AND FOR ALL THE REASONS
[2:07:31] THAT I JUST HEARD IN THE TWO
[2:07:33] PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, IT REALLY
[2:07:35] COMES BACK TO ACCOUNTABILITY.
[2:07:38] NOBODY IS RUNNING THE SHOW
[2:07:40] HERE.
[2:07:40] I'VE LISTENED TO THE PANEL AND
[2:07:43] THE PANEL IS DOING A GOOD JOB
[2:07:45] WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE,
[2:07:48] BUT NOBODY'S RUNNING THE SHOW.
[2:07:50] EVERYBODY'S COLLECTING DATA OR
[2:07:53] TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM
[2:07:56] WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY
[2:07:57] HAVE, BUT NOBODY'S SORT
[2:07:59] OF DEALING WITH THE BIG BEAR IN
[2:08:00] THE ROOM WHICH TO ME SEEMS TO
[2:08:02] BE PUBLIC WORKS AND GETTING
[2:08:04] THEM AT THE TABLE AND GETTING
[2:08:07] THEM TO HELP THE RESIDENTS DEAL
[2:08:09] WITH THE ISSUE, WHICH IS NOT
[2:08:12] PUTTING THE FOOD OUT BETWEEN 8
[2:08:14] P.M. AND 5 A.M. WHICH YOU'VE
[2:08:18] GOT THE DATA YOU KNOW THAT
[2:08:20] THAT'S WHEN THE RATS ARE OUT
[2:08:21] THERE EATING.
[2:08:24] SO WHY ARE WE PUTTING FOOD OUT
[2:08:27] THERE FOR THEM?
[2:08:28] IT'S ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
[2:08:31] SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
[2:08:33] JUST DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM AND
[2:08:35] STOP DEALING WITH THE SYMPTOMS
[2:08:38] .
[2:08:39] COMING UP WITH FANCIER
[2:08:40] CONTAINERS.
[2:08:42] CATCH THINGS AND SEWERS UH,
[2:08:45] MORE GAS.
[2:08:46] I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL PROBLEMS
[2:08:48] TO DEAL WITH THE SYMPTOMS AND I
[2:08:51] UNDERSTAND THAT I'VE I'VE HAD
[2:08:52] THOSE SOLUTIONS COME INTO MY
[2:08:54] NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE HAVE
[2:08:55] BEEN PROBLEMS.
[2:08:56] BUT THE ISSUE IS TO REALLY DEAL
[2:08:59] WITH THE ROOT CAUSE AND THE
[2:09:01] CAUSE IS THE FOOD AND WE'VE GOT
[2:09:04] TO STOP PUTTING IT OUT.
[2:09:06] SO THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY.
[2:09:08] THANK YOU.
[2:09:09] THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMPORTANT
[2:09:10] TESTIMONY.
[2:09:10] GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
[2:09:15] GOOD MORNING.
[2:09:17] HI.
[2:09:17] GOOD AFTERNOON.
[2:09:18] MY NAME IS LEXI GROSS.
[2:09:20] I LIVE AT 41 HASKELL IN
[2:09:22] ALLSTON.
[2:09:23] I'M SORT OF SURPRISED I'M THE
[2:09:24] ONLY ONE HERE FROM ALLSTON.
[2:09:26] FIRST.
[2:09:27] JOHN, I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT YOUR
[2:09:29] SON.
[2:09:30] MY DOG HAD LEPTOSPIROSIS AND I
[2:09:32] CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT IT
[2:09:33] WOULD BE LIKE FOR YOUR OWN
[2:09:34] CHILD.
[2:09:35] I'M REALLY SORRY, BUT YOU LOOK
[2:09:36] PRETTY GOOD, MAN.
[2:09:37] KEEP IT UP, KEEP IT UP.
[2:09:40] ALL RIGHT.
[2:09:41] UM, ONE QUICK NOTE HERE.
[2:09:45] SIX BITES PER SECOND AT 7000FT2
[2:09:50] .
[2:09:50] THAT'S WHAT WE LEARNED AT THE
[2:09:51] RAT SUMMIT.
[2:09:52] HOW MUCH A BITE OF A RAT GOES
[2:09:54] THROUGH.
[2:09:55] SO OUR OUR LITTLE HEFTY TRASH
[2:09:57] BAGS ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY
[2:09:58] ROUGH.
[2:09:59] SO, UM, MY THANK YOU,
[2:10:01] COUNCILOR FLYNN.
[2:10:02] THANK YOU, LIZ BREADON, FOR,
[2:10:03] UH, CO-CHAIRING THIS.
[2:10:06] I'VE LIVED IN BOSTON LITERALLY
[2:10:08] LIVED IN THE CITY FOR 25 YEARS
[2:10:11] 16 AS A HOMEOWNER IN KENMORE
[2:10:12] SQUARE THE PAST SIX IN ALLSTON
[2:10:14] ,BRIGHTON.
[2:10:15] I'VE WORKED WITH IAG'S
[2:10:17] NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEES,
[2:10:18] PARTICULARLY AROUND THE THE
[2:10:19] DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT
[2:10:22] OF DEVELOPMENT ON OUR
[2:10:23] NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SPECIFICALLY
[2:10:25] WITH THE RATS.
[2:10:26] I'M ALSO AN APPOINTED MEMBER
[2:10:28] OF THE HEALTH AND HARVARD TASK
[2:10:29] FORCE, AND I'VE WORKED WITH THE
[2:10:31] UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS THE RAT
[2:10:34] RANGERS ON RODENT MITIGATION.
[2:10:36] I HOLD A MASTER'S IN POLITICAL
[2:10:38] COMMUNICATION AND FOR OVER 20
[2:10:39] YEARS MY WORK HAS INCLUDED
[2:10:41] PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND
[2:10:43] COMMUNITY MANAGED COMMUNITY
[2:10:44] MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION.
[2:10:46] ONE THING I'VE LEARNED IS THAT
[2:10:47] THE BEST COMMUNICATION
[2:10:49] SORRY THE BEST PUBLIC
[2:10:50] INITIATIVES CANNOT SUCCEED
[2:10:51] WITHOUT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
[2:10:53] AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
[2:10:55] I RECENTLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE.
[2:10:56] THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN
[2:10:58] THE SECOND ANNUAL RAT URBAN
[2:11:00] SUMMIT.
[2:11:01] I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW
[2:11:03] IMPRESSED I WAS BY WHAT BOSTON
[2:11:06] IS DOING YOU GUYS.
[2:11:07] THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED I WITH
[2:11:08] WITH SEE IF SHE WERE HERE.
[2:11:11] WE I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE
[2:11:12] WHAT MAYOR WU WAS DOING.
[2:11:14] JOHN YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE
[2:11:16] PHENOMENAL WHAT YOU GUYS ARE
[2:11:18] DOING.
[2:11:18] WE ARE LEADING ACTUALLY QUITE
[2:11:21] EXTRAORDINARILY IN THE WORLD.
[2:11:23] YOU GUYS ARE SOME OF THE MOST
[2:11:25] INCREDIBLE RAT MITIGATION
[2:11:27] PROCESSES.
[2:11:29] I YOU KNOW, THE INTERNET AND
[2:11:30] INTER DEPARTMENTAL
[2:11:32] COLLABORATION EXPERTISE
[2:11:34] INNOVATION AND THE COMMITMENT
[2:11:35] TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
[2:11:36] THIS IS A MODEL THAT PEOPLE
[2:11:37] FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE
[2:11:39] WORLD ARE LEARNING FROM.
[2:11:41] WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
[2:11:43] BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER
[2:11:45] FOR RODENT RESEARCH, INCLUDING
[2:11:47] THE WHOLE AI COMMUNICATION
[2:11:49] GOING ON AND THE DEVELOPING
[2:11:51] OF SAFER ALTERNATIVES TO
[2:11:53] RODENTICIDE.
[2:11:54] WE'VE ALSO BECOME REALLY,
[2:11:56] REALLY IMPORTANT WITH OUR
[2:11:57] ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND
[2:11:58] OUR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AS WE
[2:12:00] LEARNED THAT OUR YOU KNOW,
[2:12:02] BIRDS ARE RAPTOR BIRDS ARE
[2:12:04] ALMOST 80% INFECTED NOW WITH
[2:12:06] RODENTICIDES.
[2:12:07] BUT YOU KNOW, RATS DON'T
[2:12:09] RESPECT PROPERTY LINES
[2:12:11] NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES OR OUR
[2:12:12] MISCIBLE BORDERS.
[2:12:13] THIS SIMPLY ISN'T A RAT CITY
[2:12:16] PROBLEM WHICH BY THE WAY I HAVE
[2:12:18] A PROBLEM WITH TOO.
[2:12:19] IT'S A GREATER BOSTON PROBLEM.
[2:12:21] PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENT THAT
[2:12:22] WERE WAS REALLY NEEDS ACROSS.
[2:12:29] THE STATE HOLISTIC REGIONAL
[2:12:32] APPROACH.
[2:12:33] WE HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES ONE
[2:12:34] WE NEED THE PUBLIC HEALTH
[2:12:36] COMMUNICATION GUYS WE ALREADY
[2:12:37] HAVE THE TOOLS 311 HEAT MAPS
[2:12:39] NEIGHBORHOOD DATA TRACKING BUT
[2:12:41] THE DATA WON'T CHANGE OUR
[2:12:43] BEHAVIOR.
[2:12:43] WE NEED A COORDINATED
[2:12:45] MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITY
[2:12:47] COMMUNICATION STRATEGY REACHING
[2:12:48] THE LANDLORDS, THE TENANTS,
[2:12:50] STUDENTS, UNIVERSITIES,
[2:12:52] RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES AND
[2:12:53] NOT JUST BOSTON REGIONALLY,
[2:12:56] CAMBRIDGE WANTS TO WORK WITH
[2:12:57] US.
[2:12:57] BROOKLINE WANTS TO WORK WITH
[2:12:58] US.
[2:12:58] THERE WAS SO MUCH GOODWILL OUT
[2:13:00] THERE.
[2:13:01] WELLESLEY WANTS TO WORK WITH US
[2:13:02] WHERE I GREW UP WITH A HUGE RAT
[2:13:04] PROBLEM THERE.
[2:13:05] MY MOM WAS HEAD OF NATURAL
[2:13:06] RESOURCES FOR A WHILE.
[2:13:08] SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE
[2:13:09] PERSONAL EXAMPLE AND I'M GOING
[2:13:11] TO BE DONE.
[2:13:11] BUT I HAVE TO CALL OUT THE
[2:13:13] WOMAN WHO JUST SPOKE.
[2:13:14] I DIDN'T MEAN TO LAUGH BUT I'VE
[2:13:16] GOT DISNEY WORLD BEHIND MY
[2:13:17] HOUSE.
[2:13:18] OKAY.
[2:13:19] I WOULDN'T SAY OUR NEIGHBOR
[2:13:20] JUST BOUGHT A THREE WHAT USED
[2:13:22] TO BE SIX PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE
[2:13:23] NOW THERE'S 12.
[2:13:24] THEY HAVE NOT MANY TRASH CANS.
[2:13:27] BASICALLY I'VE COMMUNICATED
[2:13:29] MANY TIMES.
[2:13:30] THANK YOU.
[2:13:32] CAN CAN YOU WRAP IT UP?
[2:13:34] YES.
[2:13:35] WE NEED TO HAVE THESE
[2:13:36] LANDLORDS THESE ABSENTEE
[2:13:37] LANDLORDS BE ACCOUNTABLE NOT
[2:13:38] GIVEN ANY MORE YOU KNOW
[2:13:41] CONSTRUCTION PERMITS UNTIL THEY
[2:13:43] CLEAN UP.
[2:13:43] HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU TICKET
[2:13:45] SOMEONE 25 BUCKS THEY'RE GOING
[2:13:46] TO STOP IT.
[2:13:47] I HAVE RATS COMING INTO MY
[2:13:49] CHILDREN'S BIKES INTO THEIR
[2:13:51] ROOMS.
[2:13:51] OUR WHOLE ENTIRE HOUSE IS
[2:13:53] INFESTED AND IT IS NOT GOING TO
[2:13:54] STOP UNTIL YOU GUYS TOLD THOSE
[2:13:57] LANDLORDS ACCOUNTABLE.
[2:13:59] THANK YOU.
[2:14:04] MY DOG KILLS THEM.
[2:14:07] OKAY.
[2:14:10] I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE THREE
[2:14:13] PEOPLE ON THE ZOOM THAT WANT TO
[2:14:17] TESTIFY.
[2:14:17] AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO TO ONE
[2:14:19] FINAL ROUND WITH UM THE
[2:14:20] REMAINING CITY
[2:14:22] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
[2:14:24] UM BUT IS VALERIE STILL WITH US
[2:14:27] ON ZOOM?
[2:14:37] MA'AM, DID YOU MENTIONED RATS
[2:14:39] WERE COMING INTO YOU INTO THE
[2:14:40] ROOM?
[2:14:41] JUST COMING ALL THE WAY BACK.
[2:14:43] INTO THE HOUSE.
[2:14:44] ON THE SECOND FLOOR LOOKING FOR
[2:14:46] A BETTER OKAY.
[2:14:48] THE COMING INTO YOUR HOUSE.
[2:14:50] FOR US.
[2:14:50] WE.
[2:14:53] OKAY?
[2:15:00] OKAY, OKAY.
[2:15:02] UM, COULD WE ASK TRACY IF SHE'D
[2:15:04] LIKE TO TESTIFY?
[2:15:08] GOOD AFTERNOON.
[2:15:08] TRACY.
[2:15:29] UM.
[2:15:30] TRACY, I THINK YOU MIGHT
[2:15:31] HAVE TO ACCEPT AS A PANELIST
[2:15:33] AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE MUTED
[2:15:35] IF YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF, BUT
[2:15:37] YOU'RE UP NEXT.
[2:15:38] TRACY.
[2:15:39] ACCEPT AS A PANELIST.
[2:15:51] HI, TRACY.
[2:15:56] TRACY, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
[2:15:57] YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE.
[2:16:06] HEY, TRACY, WE.
[2:16:07] CAN'T HEAR YOU.
[2:16:07] YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE.
[2:16:23] UH.
[2:16:24] TRACY.
[2:16:40] WELL IN THE MEANTIME WE'LL
[2:16:41] GO WE'LL GO TO CITY
[2:16:42] COUNCIL TESTIMONY.
[2:16:43] UM, FINISH WITH THE QUESTIONS.
[2:16:45] UM.
[2:16:50] OKAY.
[2:16:50] SHE'S NOT ABLE TO UNMUTE.
[2:16:55] OKAY, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO.
[2:16:57] TRACY I DON'T THINK WE WERE
[2:16:59] ABLE TO GET TO YOU.
[2:17:00] UH, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A
[2:17:02] TECHNOLOGY ISSUE.
[2:17:03] UM, IS VALERIE THERE OR KELLY?
[2:17:11] VALERIE OR KELLY?
[2:17:18] ACCEPT AS A PANELIST AND
[2:17:20] UNMUTE.
[2:17:28] HI, KELLY.
[2:17:29] I'M HERE.
[2:17:30] HI, KELLY.
[2:17:30] YOU'RE UP.
[2:17:32] THANK YOU.
[2:17:33] I WANT.
[2:17:34] TO THANK.
[2:17:34] EVERYONE FOR.
[2:17:35] LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.
[2:17:37] UM, MY.
[2:17:37] NAME IS.
[2:17:38] KELLY MCGRATH AND.
[2:17:39] I'M THE.
[2:17:39] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF.
[2:17:41] BRIGHT MAIN STREETS.
[2:17:42] UM, IN AUSTIN.
[2:17:42] RIGHT.
[2:17:43] AND BRIGHTON.
[2:17:44] I'M SORRY.
[2:17:45] I'M HERE.
[2:17:45] BECAUSE RATS ARE A BUSINESS
[2:17:47] CARD.
[2:17:47] ISSUE, NOT JUST A.
[2:17:48] RESIDENTIAL ONE.
[2:17:49] UH, SMALL BUSINESSES,
[2:17:51] ESPECIALLY FOOD BUSINESSES LIVE
[2:17:52] WITH THE CONSEQUENCES EVERY DAY
[2:17:55] OVERFLOWING DUMPSTERS.
[2:17:56] TRASH OUT SET OUT OVERNIGHT AND
[2:17:58] BURROWS ALONG THE COMMERCIAL
[2:17:59] BLOCKS.
[2:18:00] AND BRIGHTON.
[2:18:02] IS CONSISTENTLY AMONG THE
[2:18:03] NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE HIGHEST
[2:18:04] 311 RAT COMPLAINTS IN THE CITY
[2:18:06] AND I CARD FAILED TO PRESSURE
[2:18:08] DIRECTLY.
[2:18:08] I'LL INCLUDE AUSTIN IN THAT AS
[2:18:10] WELL.
[2:18:11] RIGHT MAIN STREETS IS TRYING BY
[2:18:13] BRINGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM
[2:18:15] TO THE DISTRICT FOR WALKS WHICH
[2:18:16] WE'VE DONE MANY TIMES.
[2:18:18] UM WE HAVE USED THE 311 SYSTEM
[2:18:21] AS WELL AND WE ALWAYS DO GET
[2:18:23] GREAT RESPONSES AND WE'RE
[2:18:24] APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND WE'RE
[2:18:26] ALSO TRYING TO BUILD A
[2:18:27] REPORTING CULTURE ON THE
[2:18:28] CORRIDOR.
[2:18:30] UM BUT WE ALL KNOW IT ONLY
[2:18:32] WORKS IF YOU KNOW THE RESPONSE
[2:18:33] WE KEPT AT PACE.
[2:18:36] AS YOU.
[2:18:37] AS WE REVIEW THE STATUS OF THE
[2:18:38] ROAD AN ACTION PLAN WE HOPE
[2:18:39] ENFORCEMENT AND FOLLOW THROUGH
[2:18:41] REACH THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS
[2:18:42] WITH THE SAME URGENCY AS
[2:18:44] RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS AND KEEP
[2:18:45] REPORTING BACK TO THE DISTRICTS
[2:18:47] ON WHAT THE DATA SHOWS.
[2:18:48] UH BUSINESSES WILL DO THEIR
[2:18:50] PART ON SANITATION, BUT WE NEED
[2:18:52] A PLAN TO MEET US THERE.
[2:18:55] WE REPRESENT THE SMALL
[2:18:56] BUSINESSES OF AUSTIN BRIGHTON'S
[2:18:57] COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
[2:18:58] WE ASK THE COMMITTEE TO ENSURE
[2:18:59] THE ROAD AND ACTION PLANS
[2:19:01] ENFORCEMENT AND FOLLOW THROUGH
[2:19:02] REACH COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS WITH
[2:19:04] THE SAME URGENCY AS THE
[2:19:06] RESIDENTS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO
[2:19:10] HELP BY DOING THE WALKS DURING
[2:19:12] THE 311 REPORTING AND HOPEFULLY
[2:19:15] BE ABLE TO PILOT SOME PROGRAMS
[2:19:17] WITH THESE NEW TRASH BARRELS
[2:19:18] AND THOSE DUMPSTERS THAT I'VE
[2:19:20] SEEN AT COMMONWEALTH FIDELIS
[2:19:21] AND I'M SO IMPRESSED BY.
[2:19:23] THANK YOU.
[2:19:24] THANK YOU KELLY.
[2:19:25] THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
[2:19:27] TESTIMONY.
[2:19:27] GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
[2:19:35] I THINK I THINK TRACY MIGHT BE
[2:19:38] ON WITH US.
[2:19:52] TRACY.
[2:19:53] JUST ONCE.
[2:19:54] OKAY.
[2:19:54] WE LOST TRACY.
[2:19:56] ELLEN.
[2:19:58] ELLEN, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO
[2:20:00] ACCEPT AS A PANELIST AND UNMUTE
[2:20:02] PLEASE.
[2:20:05] AND I THINK THAT WILL BE IT FOR
[2:20:07] PUBLIC TESTIMONY AFTER ELLEN.
[2:20:26] OH, ELLEN.
[2:20:30] OKAY.
[2:20:30] WE'LL GET A WE'RE GOING TO
[2:20:31] GO RIGHT TO CITY COUNCIL.
[2:20:33] UM FINAL ROUND OF QUESTIONING.
[2:20:35] UH, DO APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE
[2:20:39] TECHNOLOGY MIX UP HERE.
[2:20:41] UH, WE HAD SOME TECHNOLOGY, UH
[2:20:43] ,CHALLENGES AT THE VERY
[2:20:44] BEGINNING.
[2:20:45] THE CITY SITE WAS DOWN AND IT
[2:20:48] IMPACTED US AS WELL.
[2:20:50] BUT LET ME GO TO, UM
[2:20:52] COUNCILOR BREADON, UM, FOR A
[2:20:55] FINAL ROUND OF QUESTIONING.
[2:20:57] I'M GOING TO GIVE EACH CITY
[2:20:59] COUNCIL A THREE MINUTES, BUT I
[2:21:00] AM NOT GOING TO CUT OFF THE, UM
[2:21:02] ,THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE, UH
[2:21:05] PERSON UH UM ANSWERING THE
[2:21:08] QUESTION.
[2:21:08] COUNCIL?
[2:21:08] BREADON, YOU'RE UP NEXT.
[2:21:10] UM THANK YOU.
[2:21:11] COUNCILOR FLYNN AND.
[2:21:12] THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS
[2:21:13] WHO'VE TAKEN TIME TO TESTIFY
[2:21:15] THIS MORNING.
[2:21:16] UM.
[2:21:17] AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON.
[2:21:18] YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE
[2:21:19] HOTSPOTS.
[2:21:20] UM, ALLSTON VILLAGE UH, ONE
[2:21:22] QUESTION WAS, UH, THE RULE AND
[2:21:24] PROOF TRASHCANS WE WERE
[2:21:26] PROMISED THEM LAST YEAR.
[2:21:27] ASKED ABOUT IT THIS YEAR.
[2:21:28] STILL NOT COMING?
[2:21:30] UM, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT
[2:21:31] PUT IT PUT IT OUT.
[2:21:32] YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE
[2:21:34] CONSISTENT IF IT'S A PRIORITY
[2:21:35] FOR ALLISON BRIGHTON, UM, THEN
[2:21:38] WE SHOULD BE GETTING A ROAD AND
[2:21:39] PRICE TAG OF TIME.
[2:21:40] UH, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE I'VE
[2:21:41] GOT WE'VE GOT THREE MINUTES, SO
[2:21:43] I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT
[2:21:44] THERE.
[2:21:44] UH, IN TERMS OF THE COMPOSTING
[2:21:46] ,THE FOOD, THE CURBSIDE
[2:21:48] COMPOSTING IS INCREDIBLY
[2:21:50] POPULAR.
[2:21:51] UH, I KNOW THERE'S A CHANGE IN
[2:21:52] THE IN THE PROTOCOL RIGHT NOW
[2:21:54] IT'S GOING TO GO TO EVERY OTHER
[2:21:55] WEEK.
[2:21:55] ARE WE GOING TO DO SOME LIKE
[2:21:57] GET SOME DATA ON.
[2:21:59] UH LIKE I'M ANTICIPATING
[2:22:00] THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE FOOD
[2:22:02] IN THE TRASH AGAIN AND WE'RE
[2:22:03] GOING TO SEE MORE RODENTS.
[2:22:04] UM ARE WE GOING TO TRY AND DO A
[2:22:06] LITTLE PILOT STUDY AND JUST TO
[2:22:07] FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
[2:22:08] WITH THAT?
[2:22:09] I THINK IT'S.
[2:22:09] A GREAT SUGGESTION.
[2:22:10] UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
[2:22:11] WORKING.
[2:22:11] ON WITH.
[2:22:12] UH, PUBLIC.
[2:22:12] WORKS TO EXPLORE A LITTLE BIT
[2:22:13] FURTHER.
[2:22:14] UM, TO YOUR POINT AROUND UM.
[2:22:15] KIND OF A LOT OF PEOPLE
[2:22:16] INTERESTED.
[2:22:17] IN THIS PROGRAM, ONE OF THE
[2:22:18] REASONS WE WENT TO BIWEEKLY WAS
[2:22:20] TO EXPAND THE NUMBER
[2:22:21] OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.
[2:22:22] SO DOING THAT ALLOWED US TO
[2:22:24] ACTUALLY EXPAND, UH.
[2:22:25] AND INCORPORATE ANOTHER 1100 UH
[2:22:27] RESIDENTS INTO THAT PILOT
[2:22:28] PROGRAM.
[2:22:28] THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH ROOM FOR
[2:22:30] ROOM IN THE FREEZER.
[2:22:31] NO TO KEEP THE FOOD TO THE NEXT
[2:22:33] WEEK.
[2:22:34] UM.
[2:22:34] ONE OF OUR TEST ONE OF OUR, UH
[2:22:38] ,CONSTITUENTS TALKED ABOUT BAD
[2:22:39] LANDLORDS AND, UH, THE FACT
[2:22:42] THAT THESE LANDLORDS ARE
[2:22:43] PERPETUAL OFFENDERS AND THAT
[2:22:45] THEY KEEP COMING BACK AND GET
[2:22:47] ZONING RELIEF.
[2:22:48] UM, OUR OFFICE IS JUST I'VE
[2:22:50] JUST FILED A BAD LANDLORDS
[2:22:52] ORDINANCE AND ONE OF THE, UH,
[2:22:54] TEETH IN THE ORDINANCE IS THAT
[2:22:56] IF YOU'RE A CHRONIC OFFENDER, A
[2:22:57] BAD LANDLORD THAT ARE IS UH, IS
[2:23:01] CONSTANTLY, UH, NOT COMPLYING
[2:23:02] WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT RULES
[2:23:05] ETC. THAT IF YOU COME BACK TO
[2:23:07] THE ZONING BOARD THAT WILL SAY
[2:23:08] EXCUSE ME NO GO AWAY, FIX UP
[2:23:11] YOUR ISSUES AND COME BACK AND
[2:23:13] WE'LL TALK TO YOU.
[2:23:14] BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE
[2:23:16] SOME REALLY, REALLY TEETH IN
[2:23:17] THERE AND I THINK THAT'S ONE
[2:23:18] OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
[2:23:19] MISSING HERE IN TERMS OF WE
[2:23:21] HAVE CHRONIC OFFENDERS THAT ARE
[2:23:22] JUST NOT UM DELIVERING IN TERMS
[2:23:25] OF QUALITY SERVICE, UM AND NOT
[2:23:27] COMPLYING WITH OUR
[2:23:29] CODE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY
[2:23:30] JUST GET A FREE PASS.
[2:23:32] AND THEN ALSO JOHN, I KNOW
[2:23:34] WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS
[2:23:35] CONVERSATION YEARLY I THIS IS
[2:23:37] MY SEVENTH YEAR I THINK A
[2:23:38] PRINTER HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS IN
[2:23:40] THE EARLY TALKS WE TALKED ABOUT
[2:23:43] FINES AND YOU SAID THE FINES
[2:23:45] ALSO KNOWN THAT'S JUST THE COST
[2:23:46] OF DOING BUSINESS.
[2:23:47] WELL ONE AS A CONSEQUENCE
[2:23:49] OF THOSE COMMENTS FROM YOU AND
[2:23:50] OTHERS WE WENT AND GOT A FORMAL
[2:23:53] PETITION PASSED AT THE STATE
[2:23:55] HOUSE TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM FINE
[2:23:57] TO $2,000 AND FOR CHRONIC
[2:23:59] OFFENDERS PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT
[2:24:01] DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
[2:24:02] ARE WE ENFORCING THE RULES AND
[2:24:04] WE CHANGE THE FINES AND ARE
[2:24:06] REINFORCING THAT NEW STRUCTURE?
[2:24:08] SO I WE DO NOT ISSUE FINES OUR
[2:24:12] UH VIOLATIONS ENFORCING IT'S
[2:24:14] CODE ENFORCEMENT.
[2:24:14] AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE
[2:24:16] THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT WITH THE
[2:24:18] THE ORDINANCE AND THE CHANGE
[2:24:20] OF OF THE COST OF OF FINES THEY
[2:24:24] ENFORCE VERY SIMILAR CODES.
[2:24:26] AND SO TOGETHER WITH THE UM THE
[2:24:29] ISSUE OF THE FINE IN WITH UH
[2:24:31] VIOLATIONS UH WHEN IT INVOLVES
[2:24:33] RODENTS.
[2:24:35] UM THAT CASE MOVING FORWARD TO
[2:24:37] HOUSING COURT IS REALLY THE
[2:24:38] BEST WAY TO RESOLVE IT.
[2:24:40] UM, YEAH.
[2:24:42] SO I'LL I'LL FOLLOW.
[2:24:44] UP ON THAT.
[2:24:45] I THOUGHT YEAH.
[2:24:45] I CAN YEAH PLEASE.
[2:24:46] BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT TOOK US
[2:24:48] TWO YEARS TO GET THAT HOME RULE
[2:24:49] PETITION PASSED.
[2:24:50] IT'S NO SMALL THING.
[2:24:51] UM, I WOULD WOULD LIKE TO SEE
[2:24:53] ACTUALLY SOME RETURN ON THE IN
[2:24:55] THE EFFORT.
[2:24:57] UM, AND THEN ONE LAST THING IN
[2:24:58] TERMS OF ALLSTON IT'S IS ONE
[2:25:01] OF THOSE UH UM WHEN WILL THERE
[2:25:03] BE A REASSESSMENT OF ITS
[2:25:05] PRIORITY AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AREA
[2:25:07] THAT NEEDS ATTENTION AND WHAT
[2:25:08] SORT OF METRICS WILL WE HAVE TO
[2:25:11] SAY THAT OKAY, WE'VE WE'VE GOT
[2:25:13] THE PROBLEM SORTED.
[2:25:15] UH, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
[2:25:17] UM, ONE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED
[2:25:19] IN GREAT DETAIL WITH DOCTOR
[2:25:20] CORRIGAN WHEN HE WAS HERE FOR
[2:25:21] THE NATIONAL RAT SUMMIT WAS
[2:25:22] ACTUALLY WORKING TOGETHER WITH
[2:25:24] NEW YORK OVER THE NEXT MANY
[2:25:25] MONTHS UM, PROBABLY THE NEXT
[2:25:27] YEAR TO REALLY, UH, BETTER
[2:25:28] UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE TEN,
[2:25:29] UH, FACTORS THAT LEAD TO
[2:25:31] INCREASED RODENT POPULATION AND
[2:25:33] RAT HABITATS?
[2:25:34] UH, AND I THINK AFTER WE KIND
[2:25:35] OF WORKED TOGETHER, UM, BETWEEN
[2:25:37] SITES IN NEW YORK AND SITES
[2:25:38] HERE IN BOSTON WHERE WE'RE
[2:25:39] EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES AND
[2:25:40] COMPARE FINDINGS, I THINK THOSE
[2:25:42] FACTORS WILL HELP US KIND
[2:25:43] OF REASSESS SOME OF THESE PAN
[2:25:44] NEIGHBORHOODS AS YOU'RE
[2:25:45] MENTIONING.
[2:25:46] UM, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
[2:25:47] BROUGHT UP EARLIER WAS THE WORK
[2:25:48] AT RINGER PARK.
[2:25:49] RINGER PARK IS ONE EXAMPLE
[2:25:51] OF KIND OF OUR EFFORTS UH,
[2:25:52] ALLSTON BRIGHTON WIDE.
[2:25:54] UM WE'RE DEPLOYING OUR OUR OUR
[2:25:55] MACHINE THERE UH REGULARLY AS
[2:25:58] WELL AS MEASURING THE IMPACT
[2:25:59] OF THAT MACHINE USING THE BASIC
[2:26:01] AI TOOLS AND I THINK SITES LIKE
[2:26:03] THAT WILL KIND OF HELP US MAKE
[2:26:04] A LONG TERM ANALYSIS OF WHERE
[2:26:06] WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DEVOTE
[2:26:08] RESOURCES AND THEN WHERE WE CAN
[2:26:09] REALLOCATE RESOURCES DEPENDING
[2:26:10] ON THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM
[2:26:11] .
[2:26:12] I THINK RINGER PARK IS A CASE
[2:26:14] IN POINT RIGHT ACROSS THE FENCE
[2:26:15] FROM RINGER PARK WAS THERE ON A
[2:26:17] WALK RECENTLY.
[2:26:18] THERE ARE UM THERE'S THERE'S
[2:26:21] BUILDINGS UM IN WHICH THE
[2:26:23] MANAGEMENT COMPANIES ARE NOT
[2:26:25] DISPOSING OF THEIR TRASH
[2:26:26] APPROPRIATELY.
[2:26:27] SO THERE'S A BUFFET RIGHT
[2:26:28] ACROSS THE FENCE AND THEN YOU
[2:26:30] HAVE A NICE WOODED AREA WITH
[2:26:31] PROVIDES LOTS OF COVER UH, FOR
[2:26:33] FOR RODENTS TO LIVE AND I THINK
[2:26:36] .
[2:26:37] WE NEED WE NEED TO START HAVING
[2:26:39] OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND
[2:26:40] OUR LANDLORDS DO THEIR FAIR
[2:26:42] SHARE TO HELP MAKE IT ADDRESS
[2:26:44] THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE, UH, WE
[2:26:46] CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEIR
[2:26:47] COOPERATION AND IF WE HAVE TO
[2:26:49] FORCE THEM TO DO IT, THEN WE'RE
[2:26:50] GOING TO HAVE TO FORCE THEM TO
[2:26:51] DO IT.
[2:26:51] BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS IS AS
[2:26:53] SOMEBODY SAID, A REALLY SERIOUS
[2:26:55] PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
[2:26:57] UH, IF ANIMALS, PETS AND AND
[2:27:01] INDIVIDUALS ADULTS, HUMAN
[2:27:02] BEINGS ARE GETTING UP TO
[2:27:04] LEPTOSPIROSIS AND UH IT'S A
[2:27:07] QUALITY OF ISSUE QUALITY
[2:27:08] OF LIFE ISSUE BUT IT'S ALSO A
[2:27:09] PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
[2:27:10] YEAH SO RIGGER PARK UM I THINK
[2:27:13] THERE'S THREE PROPERTY
[2:27:15] MANAGEMENT COMPANIES ON THE
[2:27:16] OTHER SIDE OF THAT FENCE.
[2:27:17] YEAH.
[2:27:18] WHICH UH I BELIEVE WE HAVE OPEN
[2:27:19] CASES FOR ALL THREE OF THEM
[2:27:21] WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE
[2:27:23] CASE OPEN SOME THE CHALLENGE
[2:27:25] WOULD TRASH IS THAT THE
[2:27:28] VIOLATION?
[2:27:28] THEY CAN CLEAN UP THE TRASH.
[2:27:30] UM, BUT BECAUSE IT'S AN ONGOING
[2:27:32] ISSUE, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE
[2:27:34] CASE OPEN, HAVE THEM ALL COME
[2:27:36] IN FOR A HEARING.
[2:27:37] THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS ALSO
[2:27:38] INVESTING MONEY INTO THE URBAN
[2:27:40] WILDS TO CLEAR OUT SOME OF THE
[2:27:42] DEBRIS TO GIVE MY TEAM ACCESS
[2:27:44] TO THE BURROWS SO WE CAN USE
[2:27:46] THE MACHINE.
[2:27:47] AND THEN WE'RE MEASURING WITH
[2:27:49] THE TOOLS OF BASIS AI TO SEE
[2:27:52] THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING
[2:27:54] WITH THAT MACHINE.
[2:27:55] SO HOPEFULLY WE SEE A HUGE
[2:27:57] IMPROVEMENT UH VERY SOON.
[2:27:59] THANK YOU.
[2:28:00] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[2:28:00] THANK YOU.
[2:28:01] THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[2:28:02] .
[2:28:02] UM, I'M GOING TO COUNCIL.
[2:28:04] I'M HERE.
[2:28:04] COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
[2:28:05] YOU'RE UP.
[2:28:06] THANK YOU.
[2:28:07] UM, SO.
[2:28:09] I'M CURIOUS UH.
[2:28:11] I HEARD ABOUT.
[2:28:12] UM.
[2:28:13] THE SITUATION WITH THE.
[2:28:15] WITH THE YOUNG UM WITH THE.
[2:28:17] WITH THE CHILD.
[2:28:19] WELL.
[2:28:19] THE YOUNG PERSON, NOT A CHILD.
[2:28:22] UM, AND I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY
[2:28:25] MEDICAL, UH, SITUATIONS HAVE
[2:28:27] THE HAVE YOU KNOWN ABOUT?
[2:28:30] YES.
[2:28:31] I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, UM.
[2:28:32] DIRECTLY FROM THE BOSTON.
[2:28:33] PUBLIC UH.
[2:28:34] HEALTH COMMISSION, BUT WHAT I
[2:28:36] WOULD SAY IS THAT, UH, IN
[2:28:37] COLLABORATION WITH DOCTOR
[2:28:38] HAMMERSTEIN WHO'S THE CHIEF
[2:28:39] INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT AT
[2:28:42] FCPS, UM, SHE'S LET US KNOW
[2:28:43] THAT THE CASE NUMBERS ARE
[2:28:45] RELATIVELY LOW.
[2:28:46] UM, AND TO KIND OF.
[2:28:48] HELP PREVENT.
[2:28:49] LEPTOSPIROSIS OR OTHER PUBLIC
[2:28:50] HEALTH ASSOCIATED DISEASES, THE
[2:28:51] BEST WAY IS FOCUSING ON
[2:28:53] SANITATION AND THE OTHER
[2:28:54] EFFORTS WE'RE DEPLOYING TO
[2:28:55] MITIGATE RATS.
[2:28:56] NO FILIBUSTERED CAUSE.
[2:28:57] I GOT TWO MORE MINUTES LEFT.
[2:28:59] UH.
[2:28:59] HOLD UP.
[2:29:00] I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
[2:29:01] STAY WITH ME OUT OF THESE
[2:29:05] MEDICAL EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A
[2:29:07] LOW HUM.
[2:29:07] UM, HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN PAYING
[2:29:09] THE MEDICAL BILLS AND TAKING
[2:29:11] CARE OF FOLKS WHO, YOU KNOW,
[2:29:14] HAVE HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF OR
[2:29:16] LIKE WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE IN
[2:29:17] TERMS OF OUR OWN
[2:29:18] ACCOUNTABILITY?
[2:29:18] ARE WE FEELING THE FINANCIAL
[2:29:20] IMPACT ON THAT?
[2:29:21] I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION,
[2:29:23] COUNSELOR.
[2:29:23] YEAH BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING A
[2:29:25] LOT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND I
[2:29:26] REALLY DO THINK THAT ONCE WE
[2:29:28] START FILLING IT IN OUR OWN
[2:29:29] POCKETS, THEN WE START REALLY
[2:29:30] THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT
[2:29:31] IT HAS ON OUR CONSTITUENTS AND
[2:29:32] NOT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO
[2:29:34] BE PAYING PEOPLE'S MEDICAL
[2:29:35] BILLS, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A
[2:29:37] ROLE THAT WE PLAY IN HAVING TO,
[2:29:40] YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THESE
[2:29:43] CONCERNS.
[2:29:44] SO I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THE
[2:29:45] ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE HERE.
[2:29:47] UM, RESTAURANTS LANDLORDS AND
[2:29:49] RESIDENTS ARE KIND OF LIKE THE
[2:29:50] THREE BUCKETS THAT I SEE IN
[2:29:51] TERMS OF LIKE WHAT THIS LOOKS
[2:29:53] LIKE UM FEES, FINES ENFORCEMENT
[2:29:58] WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR
[2:30:00] RESTAURANTS?
[2:30:01] WHO'S TRACKING THAT AND HOW
[2:30:03] MUCH MONEY ARE WE MAKING TO
[2:30:04] HELP SUPPORT THE PREVENTION AND
[2:30:07] EDUCATION EFFORTS AS A RESULT.
[2:30:09] OF THIS?
[2:30:10] SO VIOLATIONS.
[2:30:11] UM, IF IF TRASH IS A VIOLATION
[2:30:14] WITH RESTAURANT
[2:30:16] CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES THE
[2:30:18] PUNITIVE FINED BY IS THE UH
[2:30:20] FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS LICENSED
[2:30:22] FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS UH OVERSEEN
[2:30:24] BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT UH DAN
[2:30:27] PRENDERGAST HIS TEAM AND THEY
[2:30:30] ARE INSPECTED REGULARLY UM THEY
[2:30:32] HAVE A LICENSE AND UM THEY CAN
[2:30:35] WRITE VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE THEY
[2:30:37] HAVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM.
[2:30:39] WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT.
[2:30:41] NOT KNOW LIKE FINANCIAL
[2:30:43] VIOLATIONS OR JUST LIKE.
[2:30:45] SO I'M TALKING ABOUT MONEY.
[2:30:46] I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE I THINK
[2:30:48] THAT PEOPLE RESPOND WHEN THEY
[2:30:49] START FEELING THE IMPACT IN
[2:30:51] THEIR POCKETS.
[2:30:52] AND SO MY QUESTION IS WHETHER
[2:30:54] OR NOT RESTAURANTS ARE BEING
[2:30:57] FINED FINANCIALLY.
[2:31:00] FOR THE HARM THAT THEY ARE
[2:31:02] CAUSING THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE
[2:31:04] IN AND AROUND THEIR
[2:31:05] ESTABLISHMENT.
[2:31:06] SO I CAN ADD TO JOHN'S RESPONSE
[2:31:09] .
[2:31:09] SO EVERY RESTAURANT THAT STORES
[2:31:11] TRASH HAS TO APPLY BY THE SITE
[2:31:13] COMMUNIST UH PROGRAM AN
[2:31:14] ORDINANCE THAT JOHN AND HIS
[2:31:15] TEAM UH OVERSEE UH IF A
[2:31:17] RESTAURANT DOESN'T HAVE A SITE
[2:31:19] CLEANLINESS LICENSE, UH, AND
[2:31:21] CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES OUT AND
[2:31:22] SEES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT
[2:31:23] LICENSE, THEY WILL ISSUE A
[2:31:25] $1,000 FINE.
[2:31:26] UM.
[2:31:26] AND.
[2:31:26] HOW MANY DOLLARS HAVE WE HAVE?
[2:31:28] UH, LIKE I.
[2:31:30] THINK WE'D HAVE TO GET BACK
[2:31:30] TO YOU ON THE ANALYSIS OF HOW
[2:31:31] MANY FINES THAT IT ISSUED AND
[2:31:32] ADD UP THAT MATH FOR.
[2:31:33] YEAH, BECAUSE.
[2:31:33] I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO THE
[2:31:35] POINT OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE TRYING
[2:31:35] TO DO IN TERMS OF INTERVENTION
[2:31:37] AND EDUCATION AND PREVENTION
[2:31:39] LIKE WE SHOULDN'T ALL JUST COME
[2:31:41] FROM THE CITY LIKE THE FOLKS
[2:31:43] WHO ARE DOING BUSINESS IN THE
[2:31:44] CITY SHOULD PLAY A ROLE IN
[2:31:47] HELPING TO SUPPORT THE
[2:31:48] RESIDENTS AND THIS ISSUE I'M
[2:31:50] JUST GIVING YOU ALL SOMETHING
[2:31:52] TO THINK ABOUT.
[2:31:53] SAME UH, WITH THE LANDLORDS UM
[2:31:56] AND RESIDENTS TOO.
[2:31:57] I KNOW THAT IF YOUR GARBAGE IS
[2:31:59] OVERFLOWING YOU GET A VIOLATION
[2:32:01] AND RESIDENTS HAVE TO PAY IT.
[2:32:06] SO CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, IS THE
[2:32:07] ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT WOULD
[2:32:08] DEAL WITH RESIDENTIAL.
[2:32:09] SO RESIDENTIAL FOLKS ARE.
[2:32:11] PAYING UM BUT AND LANDLORDS I
[2:32:13] KNOW THAT COUNCILOR AND MY TIME
[2:32:16] IS UP AND I'M JUST I HAVE SO
[2:32:18] MANY MORE QUESTIONS BUT THIS IS
[2:32:20] NOT AN ISSUE AND I'LL BE HONEST
[2:32:21] WITH YOU MOST OF THE
[2:32:22] CONSTITUENTS THAT I SERVE ARE
[2:32:25] DEALING WITH ISSUES AROUND
[2:32:26] VIOLENCE AND A LOT OF OTHER
[2:32:27] ISSUES.
[2:32:28] SO THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE
[2:32:29] TOPICS THAT I HAVE FOCUSED A
[2:32:31] LOT OF MY ENERGY ON.
[2:32:32] BUT I WILL SAY I'M GLAD THAT I
[2:32:34] CAME TO THIS HEARING BECAUSE
[2:32:36] SOME OF THE INFESTATION ARE IN
[2:32:38] PEOPLE'S HOMES.
[2:32:39] THEY MAY NOT BE BIG OLE RATS
[2:32:41] BUT THEY'RE LITTLE MICE.
[2:32:42] I KNOW THAT THAT ALSO IS AN
[2:32:44] ISSUE AND I THINK THAT THE BIG
[2:32:46] RATS HAVE BABIES AND EVERYONE
[2:32:49] IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.
[2:32:50] SO I THINK THAT THE NEXT TIME
[2:32:51] WE DO THIS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
[2:32:53] YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FOLKS
[2:32:54] FROM THE HOUSING UM DORCHESTER
[2:32:56] ,ROXBURY.
[2:32:57] MATTAPAN.
[2:32:58] UH, FOLKS COMING HERE TO
[2:33:00] TESTIFY AND HAVING THIS AS A
[2:33:02] COLLECTIVE CONVERSATION BECAUSE
[2:33:04] WHETHER THEY'RE BIG RATS OR
[2:33:06] MICE IS STILL AN INFESTATION IS
[2:33:08] AN INFAMOUS UM, INFESTATION.
[2:33:09] AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN
[2:33:12] OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH,
[2:33:13] ORGANIZE ACROSS, YOU KNOW, OUR
[2:33:16] NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THIS ISSUE
[2:33:17] AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AT LEAST
[2:33:19] BEING A PART OF THAT
[2:33:20] CONVERSATION AND HELPFUL IN ANY
[2:33:21] KIND OF WAY.
[2:33:22] AND MY TIME IS UP.
[2:33:24] SO Y'ALL LUCKY THAT I DON'T I
[2:33:26] CAN'T.
[2:33:26] GET AT.
[2:33:27] YOU OFFER SOME.
[2:33:27] MORE QUESTIONS.
[2:33:28] THANK THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
[2:33:30] HERE.
[2:33:32] I ALSO TAKE UH THREE MINUTES
[2:33:35] AND.
[2:33:37] WHAT I FOUND MOST VALUABLE
[2:33:39] ABOUT THIS HEARING IS THE
[2:33:41] PUBLIC TESTIMONY FROM RESIDENTS
[2:33:43] .
[2:33:45] BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A
[2:33:46] MAJOR DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT
[2:33:49] RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED.
[2:33:50] TODAY AND WHAT THE
[2:33:54] ADMINISTRATION HAS EXPRESSED
[2:33:55] TODAY.
[2:33:56] RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED TO
[2:33:59] ME AND TO CITY
[2:33:59] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THIS IS A
[2:34:01] MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC
[2:34:03] SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.
[2:34:05] I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING
[2:34:06] ON THIS ISSUE FOR NINE YEARS.
[2:34:09] THE ISSUE IS NOT GETTING
[2:34:11] BETTER.
[2:34:11] IN FACT IT'S GETTING WORSE.
[2:34:14] WE CAN'T SAY THINGS ARE GETTING
[2:34:15] BETTER AND TELL RESIDENTS THEY
[2:34:18] ARE GETTING BETTER WHEN WHEN A
[2:34:20] RAT JUMPS ON SOME BABIES, SOME
[2:34:22] BABY.
[2:34:22] CARRIAGE WHEN WHEN A YOUNG
[2:34:25] PERSON UM IS EXPOSED TO A RAT
[2:34:28] AND GETS LEPTOSPIROSIS.
[2:34:33] THOSE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES.
[2:34:35] THAT'S PUBLIC HEALTH.
[2:34:37] THAT'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
[2:34:38] THAT'S PUBLIC SAFETY SOMEWHAT
[2:34:40] OF SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT THE
[2:34:42] RATS EATING THROUGH THEIR
[2:34:44] UNDERNEATH THEIR CAR PROBABLY
[2:34:46] IMPACTING MAYBE THE STEERING,
[2:34:48] MAYBE THE BRAKES.
[2:34:51] UM RESIDENTS ARE USING THEIR
[2:34:53] OWN MONEY TO DEAL WITH PEST
[2:34:55] CONTROL HIRING A PEST CONTROL
[2:34:58] SPECIALIST.
[2:35:00] EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PAYING HUGE
[2:35:01] PROPERTY TAXES.
[2:35:05] WHAT I ALSO UNDERSTAND AND I
[2:35:09] KNEW THIS FOR YEARS IS THE
[2:35:13] PEOPLE HERE ARE DOING THE BEST
[2:35:14] JOB THEY CAN UNDER VERY
[2:35:16] DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
[2:35:18] IT'S NOT ENOUGH RESIDENTS
[2:35:21] UNACCEPTING THAT ANY LONGER.
[2:35:25] RESIDENTS WANT US TO OVERHAUL
[2:35:26] THE ENTIRE OPERATION AND HAVE A
[2:35:30] CITY DEPARTMENT OF RATS UH,
[2:35:33] THAT CAN COORDINATE ALL ASPECTS
[2:35:35] OF PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY
[2:35:37] RIGHT NOW IT'S SPREAD OUT TO
[2:35:40] MANY DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS
[2:35:43] AND EVERYONE HAS A HAND IN IT
[2:35:45] WHEN EVERYONE IS PARTICIPATING
[2:35:47] AND IN MAKING DECISIONS THAT
[2:35:49] MEANS THERE'S NO
[2:35:50] ACCOUNTABILITY.
[2:35:51] THERE NEEDS TO BE ONE
[2:35:52] DESIGNATED PERSON OVERALL
[2:35:55] RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEST CONTROL
[2:35:57] IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT HAS
[2:35:58] THE AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT THE
[2:36:02] OPERATIONS HERE.
[2:36:03] SHE SEES FIT TO IMPROVE, UH,
[2:36:07] QUALITY OF LIFE CONDITIONS IN
[2:36:08] THE CITY AND DEAL WITH PEST
[2:36:10] CONTROL.
[2:36:10] WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
[2:36:11] UM, AGAIN, I'M CALLING FOR A
[2:36:14] DESIGNATED RATS ARE IN THE CITY
[2:36:16] OF BOSTON.
[2:36:16] ELEVATE THE DEPARTMENT.
[2:36:19] ELEVATE ELEVATE IT TO A CITY
[2:36:21] DEPARTMENT.
[2:36:21] I THINK IT'S THAT SERIOUS OF AN
[2:36:23] ISSUE THAT IT NEEDS ITS OWN
[2:36:25] STANDALONE CITY DEPARTMENT.
[2:36:27] AND DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS
[2:36:28] I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR THAT
[2:36:30] BECAUSE RESIDENTS WANT
[2:36:33] ME FIGHTING FOR THESE QUALITY
[2:36:35] OF LIFE ISSUES, PUBLIC SAFETY
[2:36:37] CHALLENGES.
[2:36:38] THEY MIGHT NOT BE SEXY, THEY
[2:36:40] MIGHT NOT BE GLAMOROUS.
[2:36:41] BUT THAT'S WHAT RESIDENTS PUT
[2:36:43] ME IN OFFICE FOR IS TO TACKLE
[2:36:46] THESE ISSUES QUALITY OF LIFE
[2:36:47] ISSUES, PUBLIC SAFETY, PEST
[2:36:51] CONTROL WHEN A RAT IS IN
[2:36:54] SOMEONE'S HOME THAT'S A
[2:36:56] SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR THAT
[2:36:58] FAMILY.
[2:37:00] THEY HAVE TO DECIDE IF THEY'RE
[2:37:02] GOING TO STAY IN THE CITY.
[2:37:04] THEY HAVE TO DECIDE.
[2:37:05] IF THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEIR
[2:37:06] HOUSE ON THE MARKET.
[2:37:07] THAT'S HOW SERIOUS IT IS.
[2:37:09] THAT'S WHAT RESIDENTS ARE
[2:37:11] EXPRESSING TO ME.
[2:37:13] THEY WANT US TO MOVE WITH THAT
[2:37:15] SENSE OF URGENCY AS IF A RAT IS
[2:37:18] IN YOUR OWN HOUSE AND WHAT ARE
[2:37:20] YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
[2:37:21] YOU NEED TO PUT THAT DETERMINED
[2:37:23] LEADERSHIP INTO THIS ISSUE TO
[2:37:25] IMPROVE PEST CONTROL OPERATIONS
[2:37:28] IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:37:33] AGAIN, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
[2:37:36] TO THE PANEL FOR BEING HERE.
[2:37:38] SAY THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC FOR
[2:37:41] TESTIFYING.
[2:37:42] I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[2:37:43] COUNCIL BRADEN'S IMPORTANT WORK
[2:37:44] THAT SHE'S DONE FOR FOR A LONG
[2:37:46] PERIOD OF TIME AND AS THE
[2:37:48] ORIGINAL SPONSOR WITH ME, UM, I
[2:37:52] WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CITY
[2:37:53] COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF FOR
[2:37:55] WORKING WITH ME ON THIS.
[2:37:57] UM, I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS IN
[2:38:00] COMMITTEE.
[2:38:00] I MIGHT HAVE A HEARING ON THIS
[2:38:02] AT SOME TIME, UM, IN THE NEAR
[2:38:05] FUTURE TO GET ANOTHER UPDATE
[2:38:07] BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS NOT GOING
[2:38:08] AWAY AND NEITHER ARE THE CITY
[2:38:11] COUNCIL'S DOCKET 1804 ORDER.
[2:38:13] FOR A HEARING.
[2:38:15] TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE
[2:38:16] BOSTON RODENT ACTION PLAN IS
[2:38:20] OVER.