On the message and order, referred on March 2, 2022, Docket #0313, for an appropriation order in the amount of Twenty Seven Million Two Hundred and Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Four Dollars ($27,205,854.00) from Fiscal Year 2022 community preservation fund revenues for community preservation projects at the recommendation of the City of Boston Community Preservation Committee, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.
0295.0313 message in order for an appropriation or in the amount of $27,205,854 from fiscal year 2022. Community Preservation Fund Revenues for Community Preservation Projects at the Recommendation of the City of Boston Community Preservation Committee. Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilor Slattery, chair of the Committee and Community Preservation Act Council, for clarity of the floor. Thank you, Mr. President. And last night we held a great hearing on docket 0313, the appropriation for the 27 plus billion for the CPC. I want to thank my colleagues that would join me in obviously a special thank you to the Vice Chair of Council Kinsey by click on finish of the hearing with the Zoom testimony as well as central staff who worked late to accommodate the evening hearing. As someone who led the efforts on this body to help get CPA passed, along with some of my colleagues and many, many constituents and advocates and voters across the city, this hearing is my favorite hearing. Each year, it's the opportunity for us to see a great program evolve and continue to grow and you see more folks get excited about it. I think you referenced it last night after you had left other folks that spoke and referenced your comments about talking about something that just brings people and brings communities together. It's it's the CPA, as I believe, envisioned. With that said that we heard following testimony from a Maureen guy. So we heard from Chief Dillon, Deputy Director Jessica Boatwright, Chief Merriam Hammond, Ryan Woods, the Commissioner of Parks Courtney Whalen, and Jillian Lang from Historic Preservation. And last but not least, is dating Brown, deputy director of the Community Preservation. And she did. She does a phenomenal job is referenced. And also the folks that testified talked about how they need makes them feel like they're the only applicant. And she goes to great lengths to make sure that they have all the information and ducks in line and in that whatever is missing or her outreach as well. Can we do better always? We can always do better. But if any program in the city is working and is reaching out as best they can, it's this group and they'll continue to do so as referenced by our colleagues questions last night. Now the breakdown is as follows 27 million and change will go 14 million, 660,000 hundred $59 will go to affordable housing projects. 6 million hundred $41,357 will go to historic preservation projects and 6,404,338 in recreational use in open space project. So that to date that over 92 million has been awarded to 198 projects spanning across the city. And with the approval of this appropriation, we'll be awarding 119 million over 2 to 250 projects since the funding began in 2018 . So during the course of the hearing, we had robust public testimony in favor of the of the proposed project, although the very deserving, including testimony from some of our youngest residents in the city advocating for projects that impacted their school, their community and others. As chair of the committee like this matter remaining committee just to allow for some further public comment given that the hearing went late. And we want to make sure that folks at one of the opportunities to advocate on behalf of these free these three buckets of affordable housing, historic preservation and open space have the opportunity to do so. In which case I look forward to putting a committee report together for this body to consider to vote on next Wednesday. And if any of my other colleagues from the Chair would like to speak have been happy to accommodate that. And we'll have this thing turned around by next Wednesday. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, counsel, for any of our colleagues like to speak on this matter. Just want to say thank you to counsel, clarity and counsel involved and central staff. The mayor's office that was here last night working late. We appreciate everything and your leadership on this important issue. As counsel clarity highlighted, the Community Preservation Act is an opportunity for neighbors to come together, work with city officials, learn about city government, and also improve. The quality of life of their neighborhood. So it's a tremendous program. Thank you, counsel. Clarity Docket 0313 will remain in committee. We're moving on to. Counsel Fernandez innocent. Mr. Clerk, can you please read docket 0295, please? Duncan number 0295. Order for a hearing to explore municipal bonds and other fiscal options to increase affordable housing and community investments.