Residents meet to say NOto Roxbury Prep

The Bellevue Hill Neighborhood Association and the Greater Bellgrade Neighborhood Associationspoke out against Roxbury Prep during the meeting.

PHOTO BY MARY ELLEN GAMBON

MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter

Three Parkway neighbor-hood associations banded to-gether on April 25 at St. JohnChrysostom’s Parish Hall inWest Roxbury to voice theirconcerns about the latest pro-posal for the Roxbury Prepa-ratory Charter High School at361 Belgrade Ave. inRoslindale, drawing a crowdof more than 80 people.

“We have always been a bitof an issue-driven organiza-tion,” Ginny Gass of theBellevue Hill Improvement

Association (BHIA) said as sheopened the meeting. “But thismeeting is a bit different.”

Gass said that one of themain concerns about the pro-posed school would be the traf-fic in an area that is alreadycongested.

“The traffic proposeddoesn’t just affect Roslindale,but Dedham and West Roxbury,primarily on Centre St. andAvalon Ave.,” she said.

“I want to stress that I amnot opposed to schools, and notopposed to charter schools nec-essarily,” she added. “Just notin that location.”

In order to stop the charterschool and to make morepeople aware of its plans,Gass and two members of theBHIA started a petition driveon Tuesday against the school,collecting more than 200 sig-natures in three hours.

“A couple of peoplethought we were all racists,”Gass said. “Because they said,in West Roxbury, we are allracists. I have never lived in aplace where we are not color-blind.”

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Hyde Park comes out toclean the Neponset River

A few dozen residents came out on Saturday for the annual SpringCleanup of the Neponset River.

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Members of the NeponsetRiver Watershed Association,Keep Hyde Park Beautifuland concerned residents cameout to clean up along the riveron Saturday, April 27.

A few dozen residentsspread out along the river andTruman Highway and col-lected dozens of bags of trashthat included the usual sus-pects; bottles, cans and plas-tic, and some other not sousual items, like car doors,TVs and toilet seats.

Resident Edward Berrysaid he comes out withKHPB for most of the group’scleanup activities, and he saidit’s an ongoing battle to make

the group’s namesake a real-ity.

“Every little bit helps, eventhough it does seem like amonumental task some-times,” Berry said. “No mat-ter how much you pick up, it’salways back there in a coupleof months, but we just wantto keep the waterway clear.”

“The Neponset is just suchan untapped resource,” saidresident Scott Kriscenski. “Ifwe could just clean it up itwould be a boon to the neigh-borhood. If you go just a fewhundred yards that away inMilton and look at it, it’s pris-tine, there’s a bunch of wild-life and it’s just beautiful, butas soon as we round this bend

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Council looking formedical parking permits

Neighborhood reviews plansfor new Robert St. Bridge

Residents hear about how the MBTA wants to replace the 120-year-old bridge and what that could mean for traffic impacts in the area.

PHOTO BY MARY ELLEN GAMBON

MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter

More than 60 people at-tended a meeting on Monday,April 29 to hear plans to replacethe 120-year-old Robert StreetBridge, which conveys theNeedham Line commuter railtrain.

MBTA project managerMike Ryan led a slide presen-tation explaining the proposedconstruction project andtimeline. He then spent about40 minutes taking questionsfrom the audience.

The bridge had been reha-bilitated in 1985, but is gettingto the point where it can nolonger withstand the pressure ofthe train going to and from theRoslindale Village commuterrail station. Without reconstruc-tion, the decay will impact thestreet and walkway below.

“The bridge is due to be re-

placed,” Ryan said. “Sixty per-cent of the plans have beencompleted, and the plans willbe 100 percent complete byJune.”

Construction of the bridgewill begin in the winter, or

“even as early as November,”Ryan said, depending uponwhen the contract goes out tobid. It would take 13 months tocomplete, from design to com-

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Boston City Council meton April 24 and discussed fur-thering the plan to allow for asystem of parking permits formedical professionals takinghouse calls and also a chargeon resident parking permits.

District 8 City CouncilorJosh Zakim, District 5 CityCouncilor Tim McCarthy andAt-Large City CouncilorMichael Flaherty introduced themeasure last year. The idea isto reduce fines imposed onmedical professionals parking inresident-only parking spots.Zakim said in many districtsthere is almost no way for amedical professional to parkwithout incurring a fine, and thenature of the MBTA’s bus andsubway service does not allow

for medical visits to every neigh-borhood or guarantee a timelyarrival.

“Boston has made it a goalto be more age-friendly andwelcoming to people at allstages of life and we need tomake sure that when people doneed assistance in their home,that their aids are not being tick-eted or towed,” he said. “Par-ticularly, we’ve found manytimes where the patient or indi-vidual who is receiving care isforced to go into their ownpocket to pay for these ticketsto ensure this vital healthcare isbeing delivered.”

Flaherty said he’s heard fromall across the city on this issuefor home healthcare and thosein need of hospice, adding un-due burden to those families try-

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Thousands attend HealthyKids Day at YMCAs

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Thousands of parents, volun-teers, officials and, of course,youths, attended the annualHealthy Kids Day at YMCA’sacross the country.

In Boston, the YMCA’s ofHyde Park, the Parkway andAllston Brighton attracted thou-sands themselves on April 27.

The Parkway YMCA hasbeen hosting Healthy Kids Dayfor more than 30 years. The or-ganization promoted their sum-mer camps for kids during theevent: Bear Camp, The ParkwayYMCA Outdoor Explorers (anofficial partner camp of Hale),and Scamper Camp. For more in-formation on these summercamps, visit ymcaboston.org/daycamps.

Healthy food and drinksamples were available to thoseattending the event throughoutthe neighborhood.

The “Chubby Chickpea” foodtruck and “Fresh Truck” werealso at Billings field to providehealthy meals to hungry attend-ees. Those participating inHealthy Kids Day were givengift cards to spend at the FreshTruck, both in the Parkway andin Hyde Park.

Chickens, pigs, goats, andbunnies from the Animal AffairTraveling Petting Zoo also joinedin on the fun at the Parkway.Children and parents were ableto interact with the friendly barnanimals.

The Parkway Running Clubwas also present at the event. “Weare here to promote running anda healthy lifestyle,” explainedmember John Donnelly. “We’vehad lots of parents come by to-day to sign up.” The club has beenaround since 1994 and has beenassociated with the ParkwayYMCA. The club welcomesadult runners of all ages and abili-ties. For more information, visitparkwayrunningclub.org .

In the Parkway, a petting zoo was set up to let the children hang outand play.

PHOTO BY ARIANE KOMYATI

In Allston Brighton, the funwas all indoors at the Oak SquareYMCA. Dancing was a key ex-ercise for all involved, and theplaylist included the crowdpleaser, YMCA, by the VillagePeople.

Oak Square Executive Direc-tor Tom Myers said he’s been par-ticipating in the event for 15 years.

“I think it’s so amazing howmany wonderful people we havethis year, and the more connectedwe get in the neighborhood themore people want to be part ofthis event,” he said. “This is justa big resource for families. Wehave about 10 to 12 partners to-day bringing health and wellnessresources to families, and so it’sall about making sure people havea great summer. It’s wonderful,we have kids from one day to 18years and we have a lot of teamsvolunteering to help out.”

Resident Jennifer Rizk saidshe always comes to HealthyKids Day.

“My son does all the sportshere and we all do swimming hereand it’s just a great place to be.The people who come here arenice people,” she said.

Resident Melissa Wardwellsaid she just moved to the neigh-borhood last year and loves com-ing to see what the community

has to offer.“And I’ve tried all the lolli-

pops,” she said.At the Menino YMCA in

Hyde Park, Executive DirectorSteve Nilson said he just barelybeat Myers’ record for atten-dance at Healthy Kids day, 16years participating.

“I started working here whenI was 18 and we’ve been run-ning this before that,” he said,adding he loved to see the eventevolve over the years.

Resident Emmanuel Edouardsaid they weren’t planning oncoming to this particular event,but some enticements are toogood for some kids to pass up.

“We just left a swimming les-son and we saw a bouncy house.The kids really enjoy it,” he said.“It’s a kid magnet. I think it’s im-portant too to get kids active.Today’s kids, they love theirphone, they love all the digitaldevices, but it’s good to be activelike we were when we werekids.”

To advertise, call (617) 361-8400

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MONEY, MONEY, MONEYEditorial Notre Dame Cathedral Versus

Three American Churches

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Having never been over-sees; I have not seen NotreDame Cathedral in person. The recent fire that devas-tated much of the French edi-fice seems to have broughtthe world together. Not as-cribed to any arsonist or ter-rorist organization, the fireseems to have gutted muchof the church except for thevery front, the subject ofcountless photographs.

Just as Londoners lookedto St. Paul’s Cathedral for in-spiration during the rocketattacks on that city duringWorld War II, so too did Pa-risians view their iconicchurch during the period ofoccupation during the samewar.

Indeed a mecca for tour-ists, the Cathedral outdrawsvisitors to the Eiffel Tower. Built more than 800 yearsago—and taking more than100 years to complete—theCathedral housed numerousart treasures as well as price-less windows, some of whichhave been tragically lost inthe conflagration.

It is easy to feel for Pari-sians: their loss could becompared—should any simi-lar tragedy befall us—to theloss of our Fanueil Hall orOld North Church, or theStatue of Liberty, all sym-bolic and historical monu-ments. And these places,the two in Boston or the onebearing the poignant poem byEmma Lazarus are not evenhalf as old as the fictitiousvenue for Victor Hugo’shunchback.

When the Old Man of theMountain in NewHampshire’s White Moun-tains lost much of his recog-nizable silhouette due tonatural causes, not just in-habitants of the Granite Statefelt disappointment: the mo-rose feeling was shared byresidents of the five otherNew England s ta tes . I fMount Rushmore ever suc-cumbs to seismic activity,South Dakotans will not bethe only ones feeling theloss: most of America willfeel the sorrow. I f theParthenon ever suddenlygrumbles, it will not be onlythe Greeks who mourn: itwill be the world and so toois the feeling of sadness en-compassing the inferno inParis.

The 30,000 tourists whodaily visited the Paris Cathe-dral were not there to pray. And this, it must be remem-bered, is the purpose of anychurch—a place where acommunity assemblesweekly, if not more often, toreverence their Creator.

The real church tragedyduring the past weeks wasnot the one in France; it washere in the United States inand around Opelousas, Loui-siana. The three small blackchurches that were torcheddown to the ground by a pre-sumably racist arsonist weresimple buildings where pa-rishioners gathered to pray asa community, not to gawk atsteeples or flying buttresses. It was here that their faith ina r ighteous Creator was

taught and nurtured. Thoughtheir churches’ history wasminimal compared to that ofNotre Dame, it was here alsothat social needs were alsomet.

Collections for the resto-ration of Notre Dame willcome probably from theFrench government, theVatican, art preservationists,nostalgic tourists , andthoughtful peasants. Morethan a billion dollars has al-ready been volunteered bywealthy, generous Frenchbenefactors. The Vaticanhas a tough choice if it wantsto contribute: it has to decideif restoring the majesty of aCathedral is what Jesus’ con-cern for the poor is all about. In any case it is doubtful thatthe money donated for therestoration of the black ruralchurches will be a fraction ofthat collected to refurbish theonce awe-inspiring NotreDame.

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The funny thing about spending municipal and public funds is howdoing so can inspire both joy and controversy.

Let’s start with the former, the largesse doled out in April by BostonMayor Marty Walsh.

More than $11 million in Community Preservation Act funding wasawarded to 35 historic preservation projects. “In Boston, we are proudto be a city of history,” Walsh said at a public event to make the an-nouncement. “When people around the world read about Americanhistory, they read about Boston,” said Mayor Walsh. “Preserving his-tory is not shutting it away somewhere, it’s investing in the heart of acommunity.”

The fund is capitalized primarily by a one percent property tax-based surcharge on residential and business property tax bills that be-gan in July 2017. Now, of course, there are many who would preferthat the City keep its “powder dry” and pare back its generosity. It ishard to argue, however, with some of the chosen projects, amongthem:

BRIGHTON$200,000 for a restoration project that will turn the Charles River

Speedway buildings into a gathering space with dining facilities, retailshops, an outdoor plaza, and historic features;

DORCHESTER$500,000 to renovate the Pierce Building at Uphams Corner, a cor-

nerstone of the new arts district;DOWNTOWN$350,000 to help with major repairs to HVAC and other systems at

the Old State House;HYDE PARK$350,000 to repair the roof and exterior masonry features to stop

water damage for the First Congregational Church of Hyde Park, nowthe Hyde Park Seventh-day Adventist Church;

MISSION HILL$850,000 to Sociedad Latina to restore exterior features, bay win-

dows, masonry, and roof for 1912 townhouse serving thousands ofLatino youth;

SOUTH BOSTON$307,000 to restore the gates and fence of St. Augustine’s Cem-

etery; andWEST END$43,522 to restore the front stairs, entryway, and facade features

of the first Otis House.More controversial, perhaps, as an artifact of current politics, is

Walsh’s FY20 Budget proposal. It includes $50,000 in City funds dedi-cated to the Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund. It is a public-private partnership that works to increase education and access to legalservices to defend its many immigrant communities and refugees.

“Immigrants deserve to have access to information about their rightsand to legal services,” Walsh said.

The Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund was launched in 2017by the Mayor, the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation, andthe Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.

“We applaud efforts to support our areas’ diversity, protect the rightsof refugees,” and “creating an inclusive and welcoming city for all,”

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Robert St. Bridge continued from page 1pleting the construction. Theproject will cost $11 million.

Ryan explained that he hadmet with state officials aboutthe project on April 24, and hewill continue to be “very pro-active” in reaching out to thecommunity via email and witha community meeting.

He added that Robert St.will only be closed completelyon two weekends during con-struction. One lane would beopen during the project, but thetraffic would alternate.

The dates have not beenspecified as yet.

Neighbors had a number ofconcerns, particularly includingthe impact on the trees liningthe bridge, the walkway, futurebridge construction and traffic.

“I want to make sure that thetrees there are protected,” CityCouncil at Large candidateMarty Keough said. “You can’tjust plant new ones, becausesome of them are historic.”

He added that he was im-pressed overall with the presen-tation about the structure of thebridge.

“You answered almost ev-ery question I wanted to askbefore I asked it,” Keough said.

Ryan said he has decades ofexperience in the field, includ-ing the recent project atLaGrange St.

Several people were wor-ried about the impact on thehillside that abuts the bridge,where many of the trees aremaintained by residents andmembers of GreeningRozzie.

“Many people have made alot of effort keeping those treesalive,” David Holtzman said.

“The stairway there wouldgo, but it would be put back,”Ryan said. “As far as the hill-side goes, the slope is too steepto work on anyways.”

When asked about wherethe staging placement would be,Ryan said, “A lot of this is goingto depend on the contractor’smeans and methods. The stag-ing areas are all on MBTAproperty.”

Another resident asked fora walk-through tour of the treearea to make sure the MBTAunderstood the significance oftrees that were planted inpeople’s memories and the ef-forts the community has takenin maintaining them.

Ryan said he would beagreeable to that and to “namea day.”

Justin Murad, a District Fivecandidate for City Council, saidhe was concerned about thevehicular and pedestrian trafficcoming from Belgrade to SouthStreet.

Ryan said there will be po-lice on duty to monitor traffic.There will also be “a clear lineof communication” betweenthe MBTA, police, fire, EMSand the Boston Public Schools

to coordinate scheduling.A few abutters raised con-

cerns about noise and vibra-tions, to which Ryan repliedthere would be a pre-construc-tion survey.

“During construction, theywill follow the Boston citynoise ordinance,” he said.

Hillary Sullivan, the DesignCommittee co-chair ofRoslindale Village MainStreets, asked if, as part of amitigation package, thatAlexander the Great Park couldbe beautified. She also asked ifsignage could be placed on thebridge to welcome people intoRoslindale.

“We see that area as an en-try point, and we want to makeit dynamic and robust,” shesaid.

Ryan said that signage is notallowed on the bridge, and thatthe park is on MBTA property.He did not know what, if any-thing could be done for thepark.

A member of St. NectariosChurch, which is close to thebridge and would be impactedby the construction, asked whenthey would be notified aboutthe two weekends of street clo-sure.

“Apart from our regular ser-vices, we have weddings andbaptisms that are planned outmonths in advance,” he said.

Ryan said the dates wouldbe released 90 days after theNotice to Proceed (NTP) goesout. They could occur anytimefrom that point until the projectis complete.

He added that he alreadyspoke to the church about thefestival on Columbus Dayweekend, and said that thescheduling would work aroundit.

Another key point residentsstressed is keeping the graniteat the bridge’s sides, which is ahistoric element.

The bridge will have a steelplated floor and a ballast ofcrushed stone. It will be slopedeastward, so that the drainagewill flow into a gutter that willdrain into the station.

Due to community demand,Ryan said he will schedule afollow-up meeting.

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As proposals multiply, SNA forms Affordability SubcommitteeRicharRicharRicharRicharRichard Heathd Heathd Heathd Heathd Heath

Staff Reporter

A proposed small project oftwo adjacent triple-deckers onRossmore Road has the newsteering committee of theStonybrook Neighborhood As-sociation concerned aboutaffordability.

It formed an affordabilitysubcommittee at its April 8meeting.

It may be too late. Since2013 SNA has debated and ap-proved–usually just a vote notto oppose – six housing devel-opments, all either completed orunder construction, from101Brookley Road to MetroMark,The Vita and 76 StonelyRd.

Metro Mark and The Vitaare among the largest and mostexpensive residential develop-ments in Jamaica Plain.

In the wake of the hotly-con-tested 50 Stedman-which re-ceived zoning approval on April9-comes 34-36 Rossmore Rd.

Liam Lydon is from theneighborhood; born and raisedon Rossmore Road and today adeveloper-builder of high-endhomes. He’s made his mark onhis neighborhood at 41Rossmore and the renovation at88 Rossmore and now he wantsto build two, new three-familyhouses at 34-36 Rossmore.

Lydon and his architectElaine Scales of JamaicaPlain,who worked with him at41 Rossmore and 67 South St.among other JP projects, planto replace an existing two fam-

ily house at 34 Rossmore andcombine it with a adjacent va-cant lot for two new homes.

Lydon gave a well-receivedinformation-only meeting at theApril 8 SNA meeting. Many inthe SNA favor three-familyhouses.

Lydon and Scales build withcareful design, attention to de-tail and quality materials. Hesaid he would do the same at34-36 Rossmore.

“I’m prepared to take downnumber 34,” Lydon said. “It’sin poor condition. The challengeis it’s very close to the lot line. Ihave no elevations to show, thisis just for information.”

“I’d like to combine the lotsand build two new, three-fam-ily houses with more detail. Itwill have a shared driveway.”

People like the work ofLydon and Scales.

Wyliey Proctor of BrookleyRoad is a member of the newSNA steering committee.

“I love 41 Rossmore,” shesaid, “It’s absolutely gorgeous.Liam is listening to the commu-nity. He formed a partnershipand came here earlier than anyother developer.”

But something else was hap-pening in the room.

Brad Cohen lives onRossmore Road and he favoredsaving the existing building.

“I would question what hemight do in scaling back the de-tail,” he said. “Forty One is amasterpiece, but do we needanother masterpiece?”

Jon McCurdy of RossmoreRd.,the co-chair of the new

steering committee, said hebought the building he lives inat 47 Rossmore from Lydon.

“He has a successful trackrecord.” McCurdy said. “Hebuilds beautiful homes. He’ssuccessful because he buildsgood relationships.”

Another SNA memberasked about affordability.

“ Can one or two units beaffordable?” he asked.

“I didn’t buy them to not befinancially feasible,” Lydon said.

Alan Ihrer pushed back.“You have 12 units in the

neighborhood,” he said.“Affordability is an important is-sue. You’re not creating aneighborhood. You’regentrifying it.”

“I will buy these lots inabout two weeks,” Lydon said.“It’s owner–occupied rentalnow.

“It comes down to dollarsand cents,” he said. “I can makea contribution to the neighbor-hood or I can reduce the detail-ing or something to bring downthe cost.”

Lydon said the sales pricefor a two bedroom unit is$600,000 and up.

“I have a budget to make,”he said. “Forty one Rossmorewas the most expensive build-ing I’ve ever done. The windowsalone cost $2,000 apiece. It’snice if you can preserve a build-ing but the cost amount is crazy.I’m grateful to be working in theneighborhood again.

“But I can’t add up all theunits I’ve built and addaffordability,” he went on.

“People ask City Realty to dothat, but they own on a largerscale; blocks of buildings. Ican’t do that.”

In its customaryfashion,SNA formed a subcom-mittee for 34-36 Rossmore andfour people signed up.

SNA holds open, advertisedpublic meetings.They candidlydiscuss projects after the devel-opment teams leave the room;they did this after Lydon left.

McCurdy brought it back toaffordability.

“Affordability is a hugequestion, It keeps comingback,” he said. “The cost ofhousing. It has to be paid forsomewhere. The whole solu-tion goes to the developer.”

SNA subcommittees areknown for holding housing de-velopments at bay for a yearor more. The latest is 7 KentonRd. Scott Johnson proposes a37-unit condominium buildingwith 20 percent of them afford-able. In January, he was hitwith a five-page letter of com-plaints from the SNA subcom-mittee and has not filed a SmallProject Review with theBPDA; he made his first pre-sentation in August 2018.

Seventy six Stonley Road,now well under construction,and 50 Stedman St. were de-bated for two years. Com-bined, both buildings have nineaffordable units, but are farfrom being leased out.

McCurdy is correct aboutthe cost of housing. The basicconstruction cost is $162 asquare foot. In the last five

years, building costs have risen25 percent; other estimatesgive the figure at 1.7 percentincrease a year depending onthe contractor.

SNA has historically put itsemphasis not on affordabilitybut community benefits-safestreets, solar panels, sidewalks,lighting, bike racks and setbacks; at The Vita they want amural and a community gar-den. They argue these pointsto the bitter end as they didwith 50 Stedman.

But the new steering com-mittee seems to be confront-ing affordability.

“What can lower the costof building?” asked one SNAmember who lives on WilliamsStreet. “Can we build with lessdetail? Don’t ask for sidewalksor bike racks. Develop hous-ing that is more affordable bybuilding less amenities.”

McCurdy had to agreeabout building housing that’smore affordable.

“Affordability keeps com-ing up,” said. “We’ve tried totalk to Urban Edge to acquireproperties here, but the scaleis too small for them,they say.”

“I’m feeling pretty help-less,” he said. “This comes upat all meetings.”

He recommended anAffordability Subcommitteeand five people signed up in-cluding MCurdy and Cohen.This subcommittee will likelybump into the 7 Kenton Roadand 34-36 Rossmore Rd. sub-committees.

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Public Meeting

@BostonPlansBostonPlans.org

Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary

5 Mildred Avenue

Mildred Avenue Community Center

Mattapan, MA 02126

Tuesday, May 7

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

IDP Update Information Session

Project Description:

housing developments with ten or more units and in need of zoning relief support the creation of income-restricted housing. Over the life of the program, developers have directly created 2,599 income-restricted units, and IDP funds have created 1,414 income restricted units.

The Boston Planning & Development Agency (“BPDA”) is currently reviewing the policy and will be

implemented.

If you cannot attend this event, you can submit comments to the BPDA. Go to www.bostonplans.org/planning/planning-initiatives/inclusionary-development-policy-2019-update for more information.

mail to: Tim Davis

Boston Planning & Development Agency

Boston, MA 02201

phone: 617.918.4302

email: tim.davis@boston.gov

Calendar ALLSTON / BRIGHTON

THE POLAR VORTEXENSEMBLE

Polar Vortex is a 7 piece instru-mental ensemble playing musicranging from classic swing to souland R&B. Join us for an afternoonof lively and delightful sound!

Saturday May 4th at 2 pmBrighton Library, 40 Academy HillRoad/ (617) 782-6032.

This program is brought to youby Music Maker Studios directedby Bob Brenner. All are welcome

THE TRUTH BE DAMNEDJanet Uhlar: Juror in the

Whitey Bulger Trial and author ofThe Truth Be Damned. She inter-viewed Whitey Bulger/ThursdayMay 9th at 6:30 pm/ Brighton Li-

brary/40 Academy Hill Road/(617) 782-6032.

JAMAICA PLAIN

BLESSED MOTHERBREAKFAST BUFFET

Mrs. Joanne Carter is hosting aBreakfast Buffet Sunday May 5that 12:30 pm at the Cushing Center.There will be a valuable raffle prizesand many surprises. Donations: $25per adult and $15 per child. For res-ervations call the parish office orJoanne at 617-640-2963. All break-fast Buffet expenses are donated byJoanne. Thank you for your gener-osity. Our Lady of the cedars ofLebanon church, 61 RockwoodStreet, Jamaica Plain, MA

HYDE PARK

BOSTON WARD 18 TOELECT DELEGATES TODEMOCRATIC STATECONVENTION

Registered Democrats inBoston’s Ward 18 will hold a cau-cus on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at10:00am at the Hyde Park Munici-pal Building, 1179 River Street,Hyde Park, MA to elect delegatesand alternates to the 2019 Massa-chusetts Democratic State Conven-tion.

The caucus is open to all regis-tered and pre-registered Democratsin Boston’s Ward 18. Pre-registeredDemocrats who will be 16 by May11, 2019 will be allowed to partici-pate and run as a delegate or alter-nate. Boston’s Ward 18 can elect53 delegates and 8 alternates to theConvention.

Those interested in getting in-volved with Boston’s Ward 18Democratic Town Committeeshould contact Rob Consalvo,Ward Committee Chair,ward18boston@gmail.com.

WEST ROXBURY /ROSLINDALE

SOUNDS OF SPRINGCONCERT

The Sly Voxes Present Soundsof Spring Concert featuring musi-cal guests Tarciso Alves and ForroRoots. Boston’s popular all-malevocal group is joined by traditionalBrazilian folk musicians for onenight only.

Thursday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m.The Roxbury Latin School, 101 St.Theresa Ave., West Roxbury. Allare welcome! Parking & admissionare free.

WARD 20DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

Boston’s Ward 20 Democratic

Caucus will be Saturday, May 11th,at the Irish Social Club. 119 ParkStreet, West Roxbury. Doors for thecaucus open at 8:30 AM, the cau-cus starts at 9:30 AM

The purpose for the caucus isto elect delegates to the DemocraticState Convention on September14th in Springfield

The caucus is open to all regis-tered Democratic residing in Ward20

TASTE OF WEST ROXBURYOur 8th Annual Taste of West

Roxbury will be on Thursday, May16th 2019 from 6-9pm at the IrishSocial Club.

Buy Tickets - $30 each (Opensnew window). Actually, why notbuy a whole table! - $240 for Tableof 8 (Also opens a new window).Sign Up for Free Childcare at theParkway YMCA (Available 6-9pmon May 16th; must show ticket orpayment receipt).

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Meet your neighbors and localbusiness owners for a night of deli-cious food from over 20 local res-taurants as well as cocktails, raffles,music, and dancing. It’s the eventof the year!

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LOVE YOUR BLOCK - SIGNUP TO VOLUNTEER

This year’s Love Your Blockspring cleanup in West Roxburywill be held on Friday, May 3rd, forcorporate groups and Saturday,May 11th, for residents.

ROSLINDALE PARADEANNUAL FUNDRAISER

The Roslindale Parade Com-mittee is hosting its annualfundraiser for the time-honoredtradition. This Friday, May 3from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Theevent will be held at the St.Nectarios Hall at 39 BelgradeAve. in Roslindale, and will fea-ture dinner from ParadeMarshalls Delfino Restaurant.There will be music with DJGlenn Williams, a performancefrom the Dance Academy, ashow fro Comedy Sportz and thetriumphant return of theRoslindolls. Tickets can befound at RoslindaleParade.comor checks can be mailed toRoslindale Day Parade Commit-tee, Inc.P.O. Box 324,Roslindale, MA 02131.

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here and come close to anyroadway, it’s just littered witheverything, there’ no regardfor nature.”

Kriscenski said most ofwhat they find is plastic,glass, Styrofoam, but the big-gest problem is fast food andconvenience store packaging.

“That’s the worst,” hesaid. “It’s everywhere. It’s alot of waste and it all ends upin the waterway and ulti-mately in the ocean so everylittle bit we can do to pushthings back in the right direc-tion is a good move. KHPBis pushing to educate peopletoo about trash cans andwe’re trying to push the De-partment of Conservation andRecreation to be a little moreproactive around here be-cause if you look at otherstate parks and stuff aroundBoston or Massachusetts,there seems to be a lot moreactive maintenance and atten-tion. Here we have a lot ofnatural resources, and the up-keep is just not really there,so I guess in a way, HydeParkers have to take it uponthemselves if we want it cleanand usable and a place to takeour kids.”

Resident Ronnie Whitesaid she started with KHPBlast year and she wants tohelp the organization to grow,but she added she wished shehad a bit more briar protec-tion.

“This is my secondcleanup and I think I came outbecause I’m motivated by thepolitical climate of the UnitedStates,” she said. “I feel likethere’s only certain ways tocounteract a lot of the nega-tive things coming out of ourgovernment right now andone of them is to be locally-minded. I’ve always been in-terested in litter cleanup; Imean you get sick of it driv-ing by looking at it all the timeso I guess there’s some per-sonal and selfish reasons forit too. I want things to lookbetter and do some goodthings for the community.”

White added her strangesthaul of the day was a fullfledged vacuum cleaner.

Residents Joanne andAdam Sines said they wantedto try to stem the flow of plas-tic into the oceans.

“I came across this eventon social media after I hadwatched Plastic Ocean and I

started researching for thingsto do like this,” said Joanne.“We live down the street soit seemed like a great oppor-tunity. We’re looking to get in-volved with KHPB in the fu-ture.”

Resident Brian Collinssaid he lives near the StonyBrook Reservation on theHyde Park, Roslindale andWest Roxbury border, and hesaid he got involved withKHPB because of an inquiryhe made to DCR regardingthe state of the dock over atStony Brook.

“It’s detached a bit andlisting, so I called up DCR andasked who cleans up thearea?” he said. “They said Ishould get in touch with theMayor, and the Mayor told meI should get in touch with thisorganization, KHPB, and I’vebeen involved for about a yearand it’s made me want to dosomething about it.

Resident KathrynMacDonald said she came outbecause she helps out withthe park cleanup on FactoryHill and thought this would bea nice change of pace.

“I see the trash there andwe need to mitigate that asbest we can, everywhere,”she said. “I think there’s acore group with KHPB andwe volunteer for everything,but we’d like to do more toget the kids involved too.”

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DeathsBARRY

Arlene F. Of Hyde Park,passed on April 17, at the age of60. Cherished daughter of the lateLeo and Helen Barry. Loving sis-ter of Christine Lydon and herhusband Fred of West Roxbury,Denise Collinson of Framingham,John Barry and his wife Maryannof Milton, Michael Barry and hiswife Dianne of Wrentham, KevinBarry of Hyde Park, and the lateStephen Barry. Also survived bymany loving aunts, uncles, nieces,nephews, cousins and friends. AFuneral by a Mass of ChristianBurial at Most Precious BloodChurch, Hyde Park on Tuesday,April 23.. Interment at FairviewCemetery, Hyde Park. Forguestbook please visitwww.thomasfuneralhomes.com

BUCKLEYJoseph G. Of West Roxbury,

April 23, 2019. Beloved husbandof Joyce (Bevilacqua) Loving fa-ther of Lisa and her husband BrianMaloney of Roslindale. Cher-ished Papa Joe of Katelyn andAlexander Maloney. Devotedbrother of Joan Hanley, MichaelBuckley and his wife Patricia,William Buckley, Rev. JohnBuckley and the late SheilaShruhan, Mary Austin, Thomas,Timothy, and Patrick Buckley.Also survived by numerous niecesand nephews and great-nieces andgreat-nephews. United StatesArmy Veteran with the 101st Air-borne Division, Vietnam and a re-cipient of the Bronze Star. Joe hada 38-year career with NationalGrid, Union 12003 Steel Work-ers. Joe’s family would like tothank all the wonderful Doctors,Nurses and heath care workers atthe West Roxbury and JamaicaPlain VA Hospitals for all theirloving care and kindness. A Massof Christian Burial was celebratedon Monday, April 29 in St.Theresa of Avila church at10:00am. Relatives and friendsare invited to attend. Intermentwith Military Honors in St. JosephCemetery, West Roxbury. In lieuof flowers donations may be madein Joe’s name to Fisher HouseBoston, PO Box 230, SouthWalpole, MA 02071 Lawler andCrosby Funeral Home. 617-323-5600

DEVANEY

Paul R. Age 57, of WestRoxbury, passed away on April25, 2019. Beloved husband ofRutchada “Cherry” Devaney.

Loving father of Junior Tamvajar.Brother of John, Carol, Ralph,Philip, Rita, Thomas, Sheila,Sandra, Martha, Brian, and Phyllis“Sissy”. Also survived by manynieces and nephews. VisitingHours at the P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home, 2000 Cen-tre St., WEST ROXBURY, onSunday, April 28th from 2-6pm.A Funeral Mass was held on Mon-day, April 29th at Holy NameChurch. Interment St. JosephCemetery. For guestbookpemurrayfuneral.com P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins George F.Doherty & Sons West Roxbury617 325 2000

FERREIRAALVARO T., 89, formerly of

Hanover, MA died April 20, 2019in North Fort Myers, FL. Affec-tionately known as Papa, Alvarowas born in Hyde Park, MA andwas an employee of the railroadfor over 40 years working at bothAmtrak & Penn Central. He wasa veteran of the US Army. He en-joyed playing bingo & was anavid fisherman & hunter while liv-ing in MA. Alvaro is predeceasedby his wife of 46 years Joanne G.(Marques) Ferreira. He alsoleaves his daughers ViennaBlinstrub, her husband Paul.Venetia Venuti, her husband Ben& son Joseph Ferreira; as well asgrandchildren Mason Blinstrub &Vienna Dwyer, her husband Jer-emy & son Raiden, Papa’s onlygreat-grandson. Per Alvaro’s re-quest, there are no services. CoralRidge Funeral Home, Cape CoralFL 3399

JANKELLEAlan Of Roslindale, unexpect-

edly on April 26, 2019. Belovedson of the late Harry and Jennie(Shultz) Jankelle. Devoted brotherof Deborah Salant and her hus-band David and the late MichaelJankelle. Loving uncle of Jacob,Rebecca, Ilana, and Max. Servicesin the Moses Mendelsohn sectionof Lindwood Memorial Park, 490North St., Randolph were held onTuesday, April 30, 2019. Fol-lowed by a Service at Newbridgeon the Charles. In lieu of flowers,donations may be made to HonorFlight New England, 193Londonderry Turnpike Unit 4,Hooksett, NH 03106.

MADDENJean L. Of Jamaica Plain, for-

merly of the South End, April 25,2019. Beloved daughter of the lateWilliam and Ann (Gorman) Mad-den. Loving sister of BarbaraFraser of West Roxbury, MaryBeth O’Connell of the South Endand the late William Madden ofJamaica Plain. Aunt of Kim Fraserof West Roxbury and AndreaMealey of Wellesley. A Mass ofCristian Burial was celebrated onTuesday, April 30th in Our Lady

of Lourdes Church, Jamaica Plain.Interment private. Lawler andCrosby Funeral Home. 617-323-5600

MILLSHenry James Jr. Of West

Roxbury, MA, passed away aftera short illness on April 25, 2019,at the age of 79. Beloved husbandof Mary Ellen (McCool) for 48years and was the loving father ofMelissa Garrahy and her husbandPatrick of Mansfield, TimothyMills and his wife Michelle(Loewen) of Readville, and Jen-nifer Alves and her husband Wil-liam of Dedham. Brother ofElaine Mills of Quincy. ProudPapa of Emma, Daniel and KatieGarrahy, Kevin, Timothy andOwen Mills and Will, James andColin Alves. Brother-in-law ofRobert and Patricia McCool ofNew Hampshire and Florida, Annand Frederick Sweeney ofRoslindale and the late JamesMcCool and his wife Bernadetteof Plymouth. Also survived bymany cherished nieces and neph-ews. Retired from the MBTA af-ter 31 years of service. A FuneralMass was held on Tuesday, April30th at St. Theresa of AvilaChurch, 2078 Centre Street, WestRoxbury. Interment to be private.In lieu of flowers, gifts may bemade in the memory of HenryMills to The Fisher House of WestRoxbury, 1400 VFW Parkway,West Roxbury, MA 02132 orCrohn’s and Colitis Foundationcrohnscolitisfoundation.org Forguestbook gormleyfuneral.comWilliam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600

PENMANRobert R. Of Swansea, MA.,

more recently of The SophiaSnow House, West Roxbury,passed away on April 23, 2019.Beloved husband of the late Jean(Gordon) Penman. Devoted fatherof Marjorie Nolan of MS., NancyPenman-Honsa of NJ., GordonPenman of Boston, and JeanetteFariborz of Brookline. Lovinggrandfather of Alyson, James,Andrew, Jay, Margaret, Jill, Pari,and Lily and great-grandfather ofRosa. Robert was WWII ArmyVeteran. He received his bach-elors and masters degrees fromRolla School of Mines. He was alongtime executive with Texas In-struments. Robert was a patentholder and inventor of fuel re-forming technology. Expressionsof sympathy may be made inRobert’s memory to The StratfordStreet United Church, 77 StratfordSt. West Roxbury, MA 02132. Ar-rangements by P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons.

SMITHMadeline (McLean) Passed

away on April 28, 2019, sur-rounded by her family. Belovedwife of Joseph Smith (deceased),she was the loving mother of Lynn

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Smith of Brockton, Joanne Kinchof Dedham, Joe Smith (de-ceased) of Kentucky, CatherineSmith of West Roxbury, BrianSmith of Nevada, and GregorySmith of New Hampshire. Shewelcomed Kevin Kinch, WendyMiddleton Smith, Michele Bara,and Michael Graham (deceased)into the extended Smith family.Her grandchildren brought herimmense joy, Carly Kinch andJames Kinch; Shannon, Rachel,and Joseph Smith; ConstanceHoffman, Sally and StephanieSmith; and her great-grandchil-dren, Hudson and ScarlettHoffman were a special blessing.Madeline, also known as Maddieto her friends, was born in Bos-ton in 1930.

She was a proud graduate ofthe Boston Teachers College.Maddie actively supported theschool and was instrumental inraising scholarship money tocontinue the legacy of BostonTeachers College within the Col-lege of Education and HumanDevelopment at UMass Boston.She looked forward every yearto the annual scholarship lun-cheon and spent hours research-ing a theme and then preparingand practicing her address to thealums. She loved her summersspent at the Bobolink Cottage inMonponsett, Massachusetts, andit was there that she met her hus-band, Joe. After a brief time inFlorida, they moved toRoslindale, Massachusetts, andthen lived in West Roxbury, Mas-sachusetts, where they raisedtheir six children. Mrs. Smith (toher students), was a kindergartenteacher for twenty-three years,first at the Sophia Ripley School,and then at the Edward EverettSchool, both in Boston. She puther musical talent at the piano togood use during her classes, andwas known to play and entertainat many a social function.Madeline was also a proud andactive member of the BostonTeachers Union.

She was extremely devoted tothe Faulkner Hospital - now partof Brigham and Women’s - whereshe volunteered in the gift shopfor twenty-two years. Daughterof the late Walter L. andMadeline (Goodale) McLean,who resided in Dorchester, Mas-sachusetts, she is also the sisterto Dr. Walter L. McLean ofFalmouth, Robert McLean ofNew Hampshire, and the late Jo-seph and Margaret McLean. Sheis also survived by her muchloved sisters-in-law, FrancesMcLean, Elaine McLean, andCarol McLean, as well asbrother-in-law, Rod Smith andhis wife Carol of Hingham, alongwith many cherished nieces,nephews, cousins, fellow teach-ers and dear friends. Family andfriends are invited to celebrateMadeline’s life during

Visiting Hours from 4 pm to8 pm on Thursday, May 2, at the

Robert J. Lawler and Crosby Fu-neral Home, 1803 Centre Streetin WEST ROXBURY, Massa-chusetts. A Mass of ChristianBurial will be celebrated on Fri-day, May 3, at 11:30 am, in theHoly Name Church, 1689 Cen-tre Street in West Roxbury, Mas-sachusetts. Interment will followat the New Calvary Cemetery inBoston. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions can be made to the BostonTeachers Scholarship Fund, c/oUMass Boston, 100 MorrisseyBlvd., Boston, MA 02125.www.lawlerfuneralhome.comLawler & Crosby Funeral Home.617-323-5600

TOBINRita Ann Of West Roxbury,

April 28, 2019. Beloved daugh-ter of the late John & Mary(Twomey) Tobin. Devoted sis-ter of Eileen Martin & her latehusband Edmond of WestRoxbury, James Tobin & his latewife Helena of Brighton, Will-

iam Tobin & his late wife Patriciaof Greer, SC, Richard Tobin &his wife Sandra of Bellingham,and the late Mary Pagano, andJohn Tobin. Sister-in-law ofKatherine Tobin of WestRoxbury and Paul Pagano ofRoslindale. Also survived bymany loving nieces and neph-ews. Visiting in the Lehman,Reen, & McNamara FuneralHome, 63 Chestnut Hill Ave. (nr.Brighton Courthouse),BRIGHTON, Thursday, May 2,from 9:30 - 10:30am. Followedby a Funeral Mass in HolyName Church, 1689 CentreSt., West Roxbury at 11:30am.Relatives and friends are kindlyinvited to attend. Interment St.Joseph Cemetery, WestRoxbury. Funeral HomeHandicapped Accessible. Fordirections and guestbookplease visitw w w . l e h m a n r e e n . c o mLehman Reen McNamaraBrighton 617 782 1000

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the Greater Belgrade AvenueNeighborhood Association(GBANA), described the nearlythree-year process, when theoriginal proposal from the de-velopment team and the BostonPlanning and DevelopmentAuthority (BPDA) wasdownsized from a school thatwould house 862 to 562 stu-dents.

“I would start walking downthe street and say we are sched-uling a meeting about RoxburyPrep,” he said. “One personwould say it’s dead. Anotherwould say it’s a done deal. Athird would say, ‘What is it?’”

A series of meetings beganwith “a group of hand-pickedpeople at the Pleasant Café in2016,” according to Levesque,followed by another meeting

with the development team andrepresentatives from the schoolat the Area E 5 police stationon October 16, 2018.

Three meetings followed in2017, including one on Octo-ber 17 which included “a pre-sentation with easels and teach-ers.”

“A meeting full of support-ers of the school was held at theAnnunciation Church,”Levesque added, noting thatstudents met with the attendees.

Despite the meeting withsupporters, Levesque said hebelieves the community as awhole is against that site for theschool.

“The development teamneeds to come to grips withthis,” Levesque said, noting thatthe school is managed by a com-

pany called UnCommonSchools.

Marty Keough, the presidentof the West Roxbury Civic andImprovement Association(WRCIA) and an at-large can-didate for City Council, said hewas “proud to stand in solidar-ity with the other organizations.”

“We do want schools inWest Roxbury,” he said. “Wedo want to support RoxburyPrep. It’s just a bad, bad, bad,bad spot.”

He noted that he has spent25 years in Bellevue Hill and theprevious 25 in Hyde Park, andboth are besieged by traffic andparking problems.

“Hyde Park is having troublenow with the Fr. Hart bridge andthe development in Readville,”he said. “And the school willhave traffic and 220 parkingspaces. So we will be gettingtheir traffic, and they will be get-ting ours. It’s crazy.”

Keough and Gass added thatGBANA was invited to all ofthe meetings because they arein Roslindale, while the WestRoxbury groups impacted bythe traffic and close to theschool were not.

“Cooperation is nil, but du-plicity has been abundant,”Keough said.

He noted that the WestRoxbury Education Complex isbeing shut down, so there arefew options for Parkway stu-dents.

Athena Yerganian, vicepresident of the BHIA, gave apresentation on the leadershipstructure of Roxbury Prep.

In a packet she presented,Yergenian noted that the schoolis being managed byUnCommon Schools, a com-pany based in New York.

“The train going there doesnot even stop at the BellevueStation at the times when schoolis scheduled to start and end,”Yergenian said. “It is not aneasy feat to make a train stop.There is only one track.”

She also noted that thereseemed to be more of a corpo-rate structure than that of a typi-cal public school.

“We don’t really know whois in charge,” she said. “We arejust looking for clarity.”

Access to the nearby com-muter rail station, as well ascrossing nearby West RoxburyParkway and Centre St., werered flags against the project foraudience members.

Members suggested that itwould be a better site for se-nior housing, seeing that it is nextto a rehabilitation center.

“It is worth discussing againin a public forum before it goesforward,” Levesque said.

He noted that the admis-sions process is by lottery, butthat the current number of stu-dents is already over 500.

“Are these kids going tohave to cross in front of thetrain tracks to get on thetrain?” asked resident andBHIA member Susan

Donnelly. “I don’t see howthey can do it.”

She added that the proposalsaid 90 percent of the studentswill take the bus or commuterrail.

“Are we going to have 400kids piling onto the train at rushhour?,” Donnelly asked? “Howwill that work?”

Tony Bakas complainedabout the traffic at 6:30 a.m.now from Washington St. toWest Roxbury Parkway.

“It took me 20 minutes justto get from the Burger King tothe Parkway,” he said. “Whatare we going to do when wehave all those kids? And wehave the Hyde Park people andthe Dedham people, too.”

“I think it comes down tothe safety of the kids,” SuzanneEnglert said. “They are com-ing out after school to threebuses. And what happens whenthey can’t get the train, andthey figure out that the quick-est way to Forest Hills is walk-ing on the train tracks? Onedeath is too many.”

She added that the VisionZero plan is discussed all thetime, but there is never a plantalked about student safety.

“I would like to see a Stu-dent Safety Committeeformed,” Englert said.

Although the BPDA com-ment period ended on March29, all neighborhood leaderssaid they should keep submit-ting their leaders, while Gasssaid she will continue to collectpetition signatures.

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ing to access these services.“We can do better than that asa city,” he said. “The technol-ogy is there for us to be able toidentify some type of placardprogram where we continue toget good quality healthcare op-portunities for our residents andfamilies. Otherwise , what’s go-ing to happen is those greathealthcare professionals, whoare doing it now, they’re justgoing to go to other locations.They’re going to choose othermunicipalities to conduct theirprofessional craft and whatwe’ll be left with is the inexpe-rienced... The talent is going togo to other locations, so I thinkthis is a no-brainer from a num-ber of different perspectives.”

“It is something we can tech-nically charge for too, and it’ssomething I think would makesense, Id rather charge the out-of-towner versus the personwho’s already here paying ex-cise tax and other taxes andthings of that nature so if there’sa way to have this program upand running, our healthcare pro-viders will come here and pro-vide great healthcare for ourresidents,” he said.

McCarthy said they werevery close to coming to a solu-tion to the problem after manyworking sessions in the CityCouncil, but Zakim and Flahertyactually alluded to a measurefrom At-Large City CouncilorMichelle Wu, who has put forthan ordinance to charge resi-dents $25 a year for their resi-dent parking stickers. Wu alsoadded several exemptions,

which include healthcare works,as well as seniors, low-incomeresidents receiving means-tested benefits, Boston PublicSchools staff visiting students,and other groups as needed.

Wu said she’s open to op-tions, like charging no fee forthe first car and $25 for a sec-ond or third vehicle, but she saidthe charge would allow Bostonto have more control on itsparking availability and conges-tion.

“We need to hav a conver-sation just about commercialparking as the administrationhas been doing really well andwith great success, but we needto talk about our neighborhoodstoo,” she said. “Quality of lifeis being impacted and peopleare feeling it and we don’t haveto be trapped in this situationwhere some neighborhoods justhave to deal with it and you’rejust going to have to circle andcause traffic and pollution.”

McCarthy said while hedoesn’t have a lot of residentparking in his district, he be-lieves he has heard from thosein Roslindale and Hyde Parkwho do have a resident parkingpermit.

“Everyone who does hascalled me about this, I believe,”he said. “They’re not thrilled atall... I do believe this hurtsmiddle class families. Growingup here I needed a car, Ineeded to get to little league, Ineeded to get to football prac-tice, the buses don’t always goby all the fields, rinks and hoopcourts my kids played at. The

25 buck? I could swing it, butother people aren’t luckyenough to swing it. Govern-ment in general however, wemissed the ball. We swung andmissed, whatever cliche youwant, we missed it.”

McCarthy discussed his re-cent meeting with Uber andLyft and how they had“bragged” about 50,000 ve-hicles driving around the city.

He said people possibly takingUbers and Lyfts for unneces-sary short trips should be sur-charged and charged first be-fore they start looking at charg-ing residents.

“Those are the people com-ing in from Westwood andDedham and Needham and ev-erywhere else; those are notthe people living in the City ofBoston,” he said. “I’d like to

rip open the bandaid on Uberand Lyft already. If you have50,000 cars driving around thecity, you whack them forsurges of $5 during 7 a.m. to 7p.m., I can’t do the math fastenough. You could raise a tonof money and capital for Bos-ton, for the T, for the state with-out putting it on the backs ofthe middle class people whoneed cars.”

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Help WantedDedham Community House is still accepting applications for SummerDay Camp Counselors and Lifeguards. Must be 16+. Application isonline at www.dedhamcommunityhouse.org.

Classif ieds Editorialcontinued from page 4Walsh emphasized.

The timing, however, runs therisk of being cast in a broader,harsher argument about immigra-tion.

Through the Defense Fund, $1million was awarded in Decem-ber 2017 to five legal services pro-viders and six non-profit commu-nity partners to further build thecapacity to support and defend im-migrant rights in the Greater Bos-ton area. In many detention pro-ceedings having an attorney is criti-cal, as the detained individual witha lawyer is 10.5 times more likelyto be granted some form of relief,according to the National Study ofAccess to Counsel.

Set aside the mood in Wash-ington and our President, such le-gal matters have hit home in somecontroversial ways.

In April, Gov. Charlie Bakermoved to defend U.S. Attorney An-drew Lelling’s decision to pros-ecute District Court Judge ShelleyRichmond Joseph for allegedlyhelping an illegal immigrant escapearrest.

In Baker’s view, the move wasnot political, although it should en-courage the State Legislature tocraft a statutory detainer policy.

Critics, like Attorney GeneralMaura Healey, instead painted theincident as “a radical and politicallymotivated attack on… the indepen-dence of our courts.”

The point is underscored: evena simple, well-meaning expendi-ture can suffer from timing and fitwithin an unfortunate rubric of de-bate. It is a sad, but unavoidable,sign of the times.

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