Communication, referred on September 29, 2021, Docket #1023 received from Susan L. Sullivan Executive Director, Newmarket Business Association regarding the proposed petition for a Newmarket Business Improvement District, the committee submitted a report recommending the communication ought to pass.
Thank you. Docket 1023 Communication was received from Susan El Sullivan, executive director of the Newmarket Business Association, regarding the proposed petition for the New Market Business Improvement District. Thank you. And dock at 1023 will be referred to the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation. I'm sorry. Oh, I do apologize. Of course, before I remand that to the committee, I will acknowledge the district councilor from Dorchester. Apologies. I did not see your light. But, Councilor Baker, the floor is yours. I apologize. It's. You know, that season where the phone is constantly ringing, the ones that we need to get. I know you understand. I apologize again. And we're on the bid here, correct? We are 1023. So ten years ago, we went through the redistricting process. You were there with me. I ended up with a precinct that had two jails, one jail, two methadone clinics, and all the all the services for pretty much the entire city in at mass in cash. We're all familiar with it. And I one of the things that I noticed was the need for services we had. We as the city will never be able to give the services down there that are needed. And this was eight years ago. It's far worse now. The Business Improvement District is is a program that I've been working on for at least seven years. It's a program in which property and business owners elect to make contributions and add supplemental services to the area for maintenance, development and promotion of the commercial district. There are currently bids in almost a thousand towns and cities in the US and we actually just had it been a little while ago. I don't know if people remember, if they're familiar. For a number of years, new market has been negatively impacted by many issues that make it difficult to conduct business, live or work in the district. That there will be supplemental resources on top of what the city of Boston already has for funds and services in the area. Services like an augmented Newmark Newmarket shuttle services that will run 24 hours a day so people can be able to get to their jobs without being harassed down there. Basically what's happening, we're using the be you in the South Bay BMC shuttles. They're all going to come in under one one shuttle system now. Comprehensive traffic plan, safety and security, clean streets. This is one of the best parts of it. One of the things that I saw when I went to San Francisco. Excuse me, Mr. Mayor. Mr.. Excuse me, Mr. President. I'm a little bit out of breath. All right. Quite all right. Take your time. Concentrate on one of the things that I thought they did right in San Francisco was they started to set up a series of bids all around the city, especially in the Tenderloin. Look at this. Look at the Tenderloin. People that aren't familiar with it, they have ambassadors on the street. The bid downtown might point you to Paul Revere or another landmark, Fenway Park. Fenway Park. These ambassadors will be there to help clean up needles. They'll be there to direct people to services. So almost be cross trained in eyes and ears of our public health people, our business people, but be able to have resources available to them to direct people into services. I think that's the best one of the best parts of it. And the bid is also financed by annual fees collected from property owners based on their assessed values. I have to really thank Sue Sullivan and all the rest of the businesses down there. First of all, to agree to do this. We've been talking about it for so long, but Sue actually got the plan together and went around and got everybody's signature. You need a percentage of property owners to buy in to be able to agree to do this. And then it has to come through city council because the city acts as a fiscal agent. Our assessing department assesses what the business will, will pay and will pay, and then we disperse the funds to the bid. They all work pretty much the same in Manhattan, Times Square. That's a bit down there. You can model a bid. In whatever way is going to help that area. And this area, like people know, is really different. And. I think that we'll be able to do some will be able to help the situation down. As we saw as I was coming in here today, Doris Wong from the Higher Food Package Express 120 Southampton Street was literally in a stand off with people at her loading dock. The police came, they cleaned it, they moved it to the side so her loading dock could accept a £50,000 trailer truck of flour. That's a big part of her business. £50,000. She couldn't accept she couldn't accept the delivery. So there was a standoff down there today. Police involved people that were on the street involved Doris losing her mind. Rightfully so, I think so. We'll have a hearing. We'll have a hearing on this bid. I know I've had some feedback, but people are horrified by the bid. They should go walk down an Atkinson Street if they really want to be horrified. So thank you, Mr. President. I'm sorry for the mix up there. Not at all. Thank you, Councilor Baker. Any further discussion on Docket 1023? Seeing none. Docket 1023 will be referred to the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation Matters recently heard for possible action. Docket number 0860 Counsel Arroyo are for the following order for hearing to discuss redistricting process in the city of Boston.