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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on April 15, 2020
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Boston City Council Meeting on April 15, 2020
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Spirit
of
life
and
love
which
moves
us
through
us
which
moves
through
us
and
through
all
of
the
world
may
we
this
day
be
grateful
for
the
gift
of
life,
which
is
ours
remembering
today,
and
always
that
the
life
we
have
and
hold
is
to
us
a
mystery
and
a
precious
and
precious
may.
We
this
day
be
reminded
of
the
responsibilities
we
carry
not
so
that
we
are
intimidated
or
overwhelmed,
but
so
that
we
may
be
true
to
them
and
that
we
may
be
faithful
and
carrying
them
forward.
H
May
we
this
day
maintain
a
sense
of
perspective,
remembering
who
we
are
engaging,
the
tasks
at
hand,
but
understanding
our
limitations,
understanding
even
our
own
shot,
companies,
forgiving
ourselves
and
others?
If
we
fall
short
of
perfection,
may
we
this
day
be
inspired,
be
filled
with
new
breath,
be
filled
with
new
enthusiasm,
be
ready
to
see
fresh
opportunities
and
new
perspectives,
unnoticed
avenues
for
action
and
resolution,
and
may
we
this
day
remember
these
virtues
that
bless
our
lives
and
bless
the
lives
of
others.
H
The
virtues
of
caring
and
concern
virtues
of
honesty
and
respect,
the
virtues
of
charity,
industry
and
patience,
and
may
the
members
of
this
Boston
City
Council
maintain
a
hands
of
their
calling,
remembering
that
they
are
invested
here
with
honor
and
called
to
a
wider
vision
of
the
world.
A
world
made
more
fair,
more
just
more
equitable
by
their
efforts,
amen,
amen,.
B
Thank
you
so
much
I'm,
madam
clerk,
for
that
very
inspiring
and
timely
message
before
we
dive
in
I
want
to
recognize
that
today,
Abelson
pink
is
one
Boston
day
when
Boston
Day
was
established
by
Mayor
Walsh
on
the
first
anniversary
of
the
Marathon
bombing,
and
it
serves
as
a
timely
reminder
for
all
of
us
to
stand
united
during
this
very
difficult
time.
I
also
want
to
take
a
moment
just
to
lift
up
our
medical
personnel
and
our
low-wage
workers,
our
our
first
responders,
our
elderly,
our
families
who
have
lost
loved
ones.
During
this
pandemic.
B
We
see
you
we
support.
You.
I
also
want
to
highlight
that
it's
been
a
hundred
days
since
the
beginning
of
our
new
term
and
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
give
a
shout
out
to
our
newest
members,
councillor
royal
councillor,
bot,
council,
Braden
and
council
mejia.
You
guys
have
been
amazing
additions
to
this
to
this
body
and
I'm
really
grateful
for
your
leadership.
B
I
know
this
is
new
territory
for
all
of
us,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
all
of
my
colleagues,
not
just
the
newbies,
but
all
of
us
all
of
you
for
your
leadership
during
this
difficult
time.
So,
thank
you,
and
now
we
will
move
on
to
the
first
order
of
business,
which
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes,
and
if
there
are
no
corrections
to
be
made,
the
minutes
of
the
last
meeting
will
stand
as
approved.
B
H
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Docket
0
6
to
8
message
in
order
authorizing
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
17
million
437
636
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
federal
FY
20
communities,
development
block,
grant
known
as
CDBG
awarded
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development,
to
be
administered
by
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development.
The
grant
will
fund
housing,
economic
development,
fear,
housing
and
Human.
H
Services
programs,
docket
number
0,
62
9
message:
an
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
ten
million,
two
hundred
and
fifty
seven
thousand
nine
hundred
and
forty-eight
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant.
The
CDBG
twenty
Kerr's
awarded
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
to
be
administered
by
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development.
The
grant
would
find
programs
to
help
alleviate
housing
and
economic
crisis
missions
caused
by
covert
1906
three
to
zero
message.
H
An
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
an
expanded
amount
of
five
million.
Eight
hundred
and
seventy
one
thousand
five
hundred
and
seventy
four
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant.
The
for
the
FY
2010
types,
a
water
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development,
to
be
administered
by
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development.
H
The
grant
would
fund
special
activities
to
prevent,
prepare
for
and
respond
to,
the
corona
virus
pandemic
among
individuals
and
families
who
are
homeless
in
receiving
homeless
assistance
and
docket
number
zero
632
message:
an
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
three
million.
Eighty
nine
thousand
one
hundred
and
sixty
seven
dollars
in
form
of
a
grant
for
the
federal
FY
20,000
for
persons
with
AIDS,
known
as
HOPWA
awarded
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development,
to
be
administered
by
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development.
B
H
You
jacket,
zero,
six,
three
three
message
and
order
authorizes
the
city
of
Boston
to
extend
and
accept
an
amount
of
2
million,
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
FY
2015
e
water
v,
Massachusetts
Department
of
Fire
Services
to
be
administered
by
the
fire
department.
The
grant
would
fund
the
Boston,
Fire,
Training
and
Academy
activities.
Thank.
B
K
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
madam
clerk
I'm
seeking
suspect
I
was
about
to
say
I'm,
rising,
to
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
I'm
sitting
and
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
zero
633
I
know
it's
a
rather
large
grant.
It's
a
state
grant
that
we've
received
on
several
occasions
before
it
goes
to
the
fire
department
to
be
used
specifically
for
training
in
academy
activities.
K
It's
an
annual
annual
grant.
The
fire
department
is
currently
actually
has
an
academy
going
on
right
now,
so
they
can
use
these
resources.
Obviously,
if
we
were
not
in
the
midst
of
covert
19,
we
would
probably
have
a
hearing
on
this,
but
because
we
are
I'm
asking
that
we
seek
the
suspension
of
the
rules
or
suspend
the
rules
and
pass
its
docket
today,
so
that
they
can
get
those
funds
straight
away
for
the
session.
That
is
currently
happening
right
now.
K
B
E
B
H
Eights
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
to
be
administered
by
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development.
The
grants
would
fund
housing
programs
and
services.
Docket
number
zero,
six:
three
five
message:
an
order,
authorize
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
four
hundred
and
forty
nine
thousand
five
hundred
and
sixty
two
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
a
20
cares:
water
privatization,
Fryman
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development,
to
be
administered
by
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development.
H
H
Docket
number
0
6,
3,
6
message
and
honor
arthritis
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
two
hundred
and
eighty
six
thousand
eight
hundred
and
sixty
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
senior
Companion
program,
known
as
SCP
three
and
Burris
for
travel
and
meals,
plus
stipends
awarded
by
the
corporation
of
for
National
and
Community
Service,
to
be
administered
by
the
elderly.
Commission.
H
L
You
madam
chair
I,
asked
this
is
a
very
helpful
it
funds
to
be
used
as
soon
as
possible
in
this
crisis,
because
we
have
so
many
of
our
elders,
never
isolated
at
home,
and
the
services
of
the
elder
Commission
are
greatly
needed
at
this
time.
So
I
would
ask
for
suspension
of
the
rules
to
pass
this,
to
accept
this
grant
and
put
it
to
use
as
soon
as
possible.
L
B
B
H
At
zero
six
three
seven
message:
an
order
authorizing
city
of
Boston
should
accept
and
extend
an
amount
of
two
hundred
and
thirty
seven
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
FY
19
date,
hazmat
water
by
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Fire
Services,
to
be
administered
by
the
fire
department.
The
grant
would
fund
additional
supplementary
goods
and
services
for
the
fire
department's
hazmat
division.
Thank.
K
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
in
passage
of
docket
0
637.
It's
a
state
grant
again.
We've
received
this
in
the
past,
but
due
to
Coba
19,
we
obviously
want
to
get
this
money
in
the
hands
of
our
public
safety
agencies
as
soon
as
possible.
In
this
particular
instance,
the
fire
department,
it's
a
grant
for
the
hazmat
division,
which
is
obviously
absolutely
relevant
right
now.
K
E
B
H
Thank
you,
madam
president,
dark
at
zero.
Five,
eight
eight
through
zero,
five,
nine,
zero
audits
for
the
FY
21
operating
budget,
including
annual
appropriations
for
department
operations
for
the
school
department
and
other
post-employment
benefits
known
as
open,
docket,
zero.
Five,
nine
one
through
zero;
five,
nine,
two
otter,
otters
for
capital
fund
transfer
appropriations
and
docket
number
zero:
five:
nine
three
through
zero,
five,
nine
six
orders
to
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements.
B
C
You,
madam
president,
YES
on
Monday
and
Tuesday
of
this
week.
We
held
our
introductory
hearings
on
the
mayor's
proposed
FY
21
budget
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
council
for
attending
both
on
Monday
and
Tuesday.
So
on
Monday
we
heard
an
introductory
overview
from
administration
and
Finance
and
we
delved
into
revenue,
particularly
on
the
property
tax
ID
with
the
assessing
department
and
then
yesterday,
on
Tuesday,
we
had
an
overview
from
Boston,
Public,
Schools,
Superintendent,
kuselias
and
her
staff
and
then
talked
specifically
about
the
funding
of
school
budgets.
C
So
you
know
I
think,
as
we've
said
a
few
times
in
the
past
week,
and
obviously
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
public
health
emergency
with
a
huge
number
of
unknowns
that
are
going
to
affect
the
budget
both
in
terms
of
revenues
and
in
terms
of
the
things
we
need
to
spend
those
revenues
on.
Nonetheless,
you
know
it's
all
the
more
important,
but
the
city
continue
to
function
and
for
that
we
need.
C
We
need
to
go
through
a
budget
process
so
really
glad
to
have
the
whole
council
engaged
in
that
and
grateful
to
the
administration
for
coming
to
the
hearings.
Over
the
last
two
days,
we
I'm
going
to
recommend
that
these
items
stay
in
committee
and
actually
our
scrutiny
will
continue
tomorrow
morning,
we'll
be
having
a
working
session,
which
is
just
for
councilors
to
talk
about
our
questions
on
the
capital
side
of
the
budget,
which
will
have
a
hearing
on
the
following
week
and
then
tomorrow
evening,
at
6
p.m.
C
we'll
be
running
a
dedicated
public
testimony
hearing
for
anybody
who
has
questions
concerns
they
want
to
raise
about
the
budget
so
that
we
can
hear
those
from
the
public
early
in
this
process
and
they
can
inform
the
council
scrutiny
so
again.
Just
want
to
thank
all
my
colleagues
and
recommend
that
these
items
stay
in
committee.
B
H
B
G
G
Right
so
April
7,
the
Department
of
Public
Health,
released
rationing
guidelines
for
life-saving
ventilators
and
ICU
beds.
The
voluntary
state
guidelines
advise
hospitals
to
adopt
a
scoring
system
for
patients,
one
that
ranks
patients
lower
on
the
list
for
ventilators,
based
on
their
likelihood
of
short-term
survival
in
the
presence
of
certain
underlying
conditions.
It's
up
to
individual
hospitals
to
decide
which
conditions
will
lower
patient's
rankings,
but
hospitals
have
begun
considering
conditions
that
are
disproportionately
found
among
people
of
color.
Those
are
issues
like
diabetes,
kidney
disease
and
heart
disease.
On
April
7th,
the
globe
reported
that
data.
G
She
appears
to
show
that
the
pandemic
is
having
a
disproportionate
impact
on
music
lured,
several
of
which
are
recording
infection
rates
that
outpace
their
populations,
and
that
continues
to
be
true.
Dr.
Anthony
Fauci,
the
director
of
the
National
Institute
of
Allergy
Allergy
and
Infectious
Diseases,
said
the
medical
community
has
known
for
a
very
long
time
that
diseases
like
diabetes,
hypertension,
obesity
and
as
harm
provailen
in
communities
of
color
and
then
Cova
19.
Patients
with
those
very
underlying
conditions,
often
require
ventilators
and
intensive
care
and
have
the
highest
likelihood
of
death
due
to
the
cold.
G
At
19
we
know
that
in
Boston
the
Boston
Public,
Health,
Commission
and
all
of
the
data
we
have
supports
that
racism
is
the
driving
force
behind
health
inequities
in
Boston
people
of
color,
most
especially
blacks
and
Latinos,
at
the
highest
rates
of
diabetes,
heart
disease
and
hypertension.
If
we
deny
ventilators
and
ICU
beds,
based
on
pre-existing
conditions
caused
in
part
or
in
whole
by
racism,
it'll
impact
people
of
color
disproportionately
and
would
be
a
continuation
of
systemic
racism
directly
leading
to
worse
health
outcomes
for
people
of
color.
G
Therefore,
I
am
calling
for
a
hearing
in
the
appropriate
committee,
the
Boston
City
Council,
to
discuss
these
proposed
guidelines
that
recommend
how
ventilators
or
intensive
care
beds
are
rationed
in
the
event
of
the
shortage
to
ensure
that
racism
does
not
play
an
intentional
or
unintentional
role
in
deciding
who
gets
medical
care
during
the
coab
in
nineteen
pandemic,
because
we
understand
that
the
surge
is
coming
now
and
frankly,
and
in
the
next
coming
weeks
we
will
move
argent
Leon.
That
hearing,
because
we
understand
time
is
of
the
essence.
Thank
you.
Thank.
K
You,
madam
president,
and
Thank
You
councillor
royal
for
the
partnership,
but
also
for
your
continued
leadership
on
these
conversations,
particularly
conversations
having
to
do
with
race.
They're,
not
easy,
so
thank
you
and
I
also
appreciate
the
partnership,
given
the
fact
that
we
share
Mattapan
and
district
for
district
five.
Of
course,
our
neighboring
communities
that
are
seeing,
sadly,
their
unfunded.
B
K
The
general
population.
Boston
blacks,
are
only
a
quarter
of
the
city's
population,
but
we're
already
seeing
that
they
are
over
40
percent
of
the
Cova
19
cases,
and
because
this
data
is
not
limited,
I
am
sure
it
is
worse.
When
we
get
complete
data
and
I
just
have
to
add.
You
know
the
health
disparities
that
have
long
existed
in
communities
of
color,
including
higher
rates
of
asthma,
diabetes,
heart
disease.
Autoimmune
diseases
did
not
happen
by
accident.
K
They
are
the
result
of
race
and
racism,
including
periods
of
time
when
residents
were
explicitly
told
that,
because
of
your
skin
color,
you
could
not
live
in
a
certain
neighborhood.
You
could
not
get
a
certain
job.
You
could
not
attend
a
particular
school
as
a
result
of
this
marginalization,
oppression
and
exclusion.
These
communities
have
suffered
tremendous
devastation,
including
economic
hardship,
poverty
and
health
disorders,
health
diseases
and,
of
course,
death.
These
pre-existing
conditions
not
only
make
people
of
color
more
likely
to
contract
the
virus,
but
they're
more
likely
to
require
these
life-saving
ICU
beds
and
ventilators.
K
So
as
we
look
to
address
and
eradicate
these
inequities,
we
cannot
then
say
we
are
color
blind
that
will
not
work
and
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
we've
been
hearing
with
respect
to
these
guidelines
is
that
we're
not
taking
race
into
consideration.
That's
a
total
mistake
as
uncomfortable
as
it
might
be
for
those
in
power
and
government
to
incorporate
race
into
these
conversations.
We
must
do
so.
We
must
use
a
racial
equity
and
resiliency
lens.
We
use
it
for
a
period
of
time
to
exclude
people.
K
We
need
to
now
use
it
to
offer
up
solutions
to
eradicate
and
address
that
exclusion,
and
this
hearing,
while
I'm
excited
to
have
with
you
councilor
oil,
is
an
opportunity
for
the
public
to
hear
more
about
these
guidelines
to
ask
who
inform
them,
who
was
at
the
table
and
governor
Baker
and
his
administration
keeps
saying
that
they
are
just
recommendations
to
hospitals
within
the
hospitals
also
need
to
share.
What
are
you
going
to
do
with
these
guidelines?
K
What
are
your
individual
protocols
and
policies
with
respect
to
ventilators
and
ICU
beds,
especially
if
we
get
to
the
point
where
we
do
have
limited
supply
so
looking
forward
to
having
this
hearing
in
short
order
with
you,
counselor
royal
and,
of
course,
all
of
my
other
colleagues
who've,
been
fighting
the
fight
with
respect
to
these
issues.
Thank
you
and
thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank.
B
You
so
much
councillor
Campbell,
happy
to
call
on
other
speakers.
I,
see,
counsel,
who
has
their
hand
raised
before
I
acknowledge
other
speakers.
I
will
just
ask
my
colleagues
to
please
be
brief
in
all
of
your
comments.
I
know
that
we
are
all
passionate
and
cared
deeply
about
these
issues,
and
that
is
a
very
important
issue.
So
I'm
really
grateful
that
councillor,
Roy
and
councillor
Campbell
are
bringing
it
forth,
but
I
am
gonna.
B
J
You,
madam
president,
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
thank
the
the
sponsors
of
this
and
make
sure
that
we
are
highlighting
the
ways
in
which
every
pre-existing
inequity,
every
issue
that
we
were
fighting
for
and
to
address
prior
to
koban,
has
now
been
made
more
intense,
life-or-death
stakes
by
this
pandemic.
And
certainly
we
see
that
when
it
comes
to
health
disparities
and
the
housing,
stability,
disparities,
and
so
many
more
so,
please
have
my
name
to
this.
J
B
I
I
So
I
think
that
if
we
can
come
to
a
really
good
place
with
this
hearing
in
it
and
help
put
people's
minds
at
ease
and
know
that
we
have
their
best
interests
in
mind,
I
think
that
this
would
be
a
good
result
of
that,
so
that
people
can
have
a
little
bit
more
confidence
in
us
as
government,
as
well
as
the
institutions
that
protect
us.
Thank
you
thank.
A
You,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
to
the
makers
of
this
hearing
order.
I
would
like
you
know
it's
been
fascinating
to
learn
over
the
last
few
weeks
how
these
decisions
are
made
and
how
these
prescriptions
for
the
decisions
are
made.
It's
really
been
a
fascinating
and
eye-opening
and
revealing
process
for
sure.
B
B
You
so
much
as
anyone
else
looking
to
speak.
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Madam
Clerk?
If
you
could
please
add
councilor
buck
council
Flynn,
Council,
O'malley,
councillor,
Braden
I,
think
you
have
council
O'flaherty
councillor,
Edwards
I,
believe
you
have
councilor
savvy
George
and
councillor
Mejia.
Please
also
add:
council
Wu
and
the
chair
docket
zero.
Six
three
eight
will
be
referred
to
the
Committee
on
Public
Health
and
we
will
now
move
on
to
docket
0
6
3,
9
0.
N
B
N
You,
madam
president,
Madam
President.
We
filed
this
resolution
in
support
of
our
immigrant
neighbors
during
this
endemic
because
our
immigrant
residents,
one
of
the
most
impacted
populations
by
covert
19
pandemic,
many
of
our
immigrant
neighbors
work
and
industries
deeply
affected
by
the
pandemic,
such
as
hotels,
restaurants,
retail
in
have
experienced
significant
losses
to
the
income
or
jobs.
Because
of
this
crisis,
many
emigrants
work
in
jobs
that
are
on
the
frontline
of
the
pandemic,
not
only
in
hospitals,
but
also
in
our
grocery
stores
or
doing
custodial
work
that
can
expose
them
as
well
to
the
virus.
N
There
are
also
existing
health
disparities
that
make
our
immigrant
more
at
risk
to
suffer
from
this
virus.
Many
of
our
immigrant
neighbors
are
in
low-income
communities
who
are
a
members
of
communities
of
color,
which
data
has
shown
to
contain
the
highest
rates
of
conditions
such
as
diabetes
or
asthma,
making
them
more
likely
to
suffer
from
covert
19.
In
fact,
emergency
doctors
have
reported
an
influx
of
Latin
X,
spanish-speaking
patients
who
are
critically
ill.
N
Adding
to
all
of
this
immigrants
can
face
higher
barriers
of
access
when
they
try
to
get
help.
Many
immigrants
may
not
qualify
for
assistance
due
to
their
immigration
status.
In
addition,
because
of
the
recent
public
charged
rule
that
makes
immigrants
who
receive
benefits
such
as
Medicare
and
snap,
potentially
ineligible,.
N
Lastly,
lastly,
madam
Madam
President
I
wanted
this
council
as
we
have
in
the
past.
This
council
has
always
been
in
the
corner
of
our
immigrant
communities,
so
immigrant
neighbors,
this
administration
has
always
supported
our
immigrant
neighbors
as
well.
So
this
would
be
a
resolution
to
let
our
immigrant
neighbors
know
that
they're
treated
with
respect
and
dignity
in
empathy,
especially
during
this
difficult
period
of
time.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank.
B
O
You
very
much
and
again
thank
you
to
my
colleague,
councillor
Flynn,
for
his
leadership
and
and
and
also
in
inviting
me
to
be
part
of
this.
This
resolution,
I
am
proudly
representing
East
Boston,
which,
as
many
people
know,
was
second
to
only
Ellis
Island
and
the
amount
of
immigrants
received
into
the
United
States.
So
I
am
proud
to
represent
I
think
the
beginning
of
a
lot
of
American
stories
that
area
and
it
has
gone
through
so
many
iterations
of
who
has
emigrated.
O
But
what
has
stayed
the
same
and
what
has
become
our
strength
is
the
fact
that
you
can
come
to
not
just
East
Boston,
not
just
the
city
of
Boston,
but
this
country
as
an
immigrant
and
become
something
that
your
answer.
You
become
your
ancestors
wildest
dreams,
and
that
is
something
that
we
need
to
hold
to
and
remind
ourselves
to.
O
Many
of
the
narratives
around
immigrants
are
negative,
they're
blaming
their
scapegoating
them,
and
today's
resolution
is
uplifting
and
in
reminding
us
of
who
we
are
as
a
nation
that
we
are
proudly
proudly
from
the
roots
of
many
many
countries
and
proudly
a
country
that
should
and
continue
to
welcome
immigrants.
You
know
at
the
end
of
the
day,
so
many
people
who
are
dedicating
their
lives
to
the
American
dream,
so
their
children
have
better
lives
than
they
ever
thought.
They
could
we'll
never
see
the
fruits
of
their
labor.
O
Many
of
those
people
who
are
filing
taxes
have
been
to
the
billions
of
dollars
by
the
way
with
ITIN
numbers,
even
if
they
don't
have
Social
Security
numbers.
I
know
for
a
fact:
I
help
people
pay
their
taxes
who
are
undocumented.
That
was
my
job
also
at
legal
services,
so
they
will
never
receive
that
money
back
and
it's
a
shame
that
the
concept
that
the
federal
government
went
out
of
their
way
to
make
sure
that
those
people
who
have
ITIN
numbers
that
means
I
pay
taxes
would
be
excluded
from
the
stimulus
check.
O
So
we're
here
today
to
not
talk
about
all
of
the
negative
things
that
are
happening
to
immigrants,
but
to
remind
ourselves
that
if
supporting
immigrants
is
supporting
the
American
Dream
is
it's
truly
patriotic?
It's
the
right
thing
to
do,
and
at
the
very
minimum
we
can
say
it
out
loud
and
proudly.
We
are.
We
are
pro
immigrant.
We
are
probably
made
of
immigrants
and
we
stand
strong
in
their
corner.
As
my
colleague
said,.
B
L
Thank
you
Mike.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
really
applaud
councillor
Flynn
and
councillor
Edwards
for
this
resolution.
As
an
immigrant
myself,
I
I
came
to
this
country
in
1995.
I
have
a
lot
of
privilege.
Coming
years
in
immigrant
I.
Had
the
profession,
I
was
able
to
get
a
good-paying
job
and
make
make
a
new
life
for
myself
here.
It
is
not
like
that,
for
so
many
many
people
who
come
here
to
make
a
new
life.
L
Our
immigrant
population
in
this
city
and
in
this
country,
are
essential
to
our
well-being
or
economic
prosperity,
and
they
need
to
be
treated
equally
and
and
honored
and
respected
for
the
contribution
that
they're
making
to
this
country
into
this
city.
So
I'm
very
happy
to
add
my
name
for
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
I
You,
madam
chair,
I,
too,
would
like
to
thank
both
the
makers
for
this
resolution
as
an
immigrant
myself
and
someone
who
grew
up
with
a
mom
who
was
undocumented
for
a
period
of
time.
This
resolution
speaks
volumes
to
the
commitment
that
we
as
a
council
have
to
those
who
are
most
vulnerable
and
right
now,
during
this
Cove
at
19,
we
we
are
seeing
how
deeply
rooted
immigrants
are
in
this
community
and
the
impact
of
Cova
19
on
our
financial
well-being
as
well.
I
So
thank
you
so
much
for
uplifting
our
immigrant
community
and
being
such
a
strong
voice
in
a
champion.
Councillor
Flynn
I,
always
I'm
glad
that
we're
colleagues
and
that
you
are
my
next-door
neighbor
in
the
office
you
always
represent,
even
though
it
may
not
be
your
own
personal
lived
experience.
But
the
fact
that
you
are
so
deeply
committed
to
the
immigrant
experience
here
is
something
that
warms
my
heart
and
I
and
I'm
so
grateful
to
you
in
your
leadership
the
same
for
councillor
Edwards.
I
You
know
you
and
your
multilingual
I
know
I'm
gonna,
keep
it
brief
hold
on
Kim
like
we
thought
the
language
is
that
she
speaks
and
I
just
I,
just
I'm,
so
grateful
to
you
I'm
councillor
Edwards
for
your
commitment
community
and
how
hard
you
fight
for
us
all.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
this
and
I
am
all
in.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you.
So
much
would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
resolution?
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
councillor
bak
council,
Mally,
council,
Braeden,
council,
Royal,
Council
clarity,
counselor
sabe,
George,
council,
mejia,
councillor
campbell
counselor
will
please
also
add
the
chair.
Councillor
Flynn
and
councillor
Edwards
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
Dokken
0
6
3
9,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
Navy
ice
habit
and
docket
0
6
3
9
has
been
adopted.
H
I
I
It
was
a
necessity
because
I
was
responsible
for
translating
for
my
mom
and
the
entire
community.
I
was
that
kid
that
everybody
brought
with
them
everywhere,
and
that
is
the
case
when
what
we're
seeing
here
during
Kovach
19
is
that
there
are
a
lot
of
people
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
who
are
not
getting
the
information
that
they
need
in
a
timely
manner
and
when
information
does
come
out
in
regards
to
any
relief
fund
or
any
resource.
I
It
usually
rolls
out
first
in
English,
which
I
understand
and
then
a
few
days
later,
it
rolls
out
in
different
languages.
But
the
problem
is:
is
that
oftentimes
by
the
time
people
get
the
information
either
it's
too
late
for
them
to
apply,
or
they
need
to
work
a
little
bit
harder
to
find
people
to
help
them
translate.
I
So
what
we're
proposing
in
this
hearing
is
to
do
a
deeper
dive
in
the
language,
access
and
information
parity
here
during
covert
19
access
to
information
during
times
like
this
is
crucial
to
ensure
that
our
residents
remain
safe
and
healthy.
Boston
is
an
incredibly
diverse
City,
where
over
a
hundred
and
forty
languages
are
spoken.
Some
of
our
most
language,
diverse
neighborhoods,
like
Dorchester
Roxbury,
Mattapan
East
Boston,
are
also
the
neighborhoods
that
we're
seeing
the
highest
percentage
of
infected
residents.
I
Today,
there
are
over
11,000,
oh
no
11,
I'm
English
is
my
second
language,
one
one
one:
zero
zero!
A
hundred
one
hundred
eleven
thousand
excuse
me
Bostonians,
who
speak
English
less
than
very
well,
with
many
resources
being
given
out
on
the
first
come
in
first
served
basis.
This
puts
non-english
speaking
residents
at
a
disadvantage.
This
is
dangerous
for
the
health
of
our
residents,
who
don't
speak
English,
but
the
health
of
all
Bostonians.
This
is
an
opportunity
to
uplift
the
voices
of
those
who
are
being
most
impacted
socially
physically
by
the
call
with
19
outbreak.
I
We
need
to
be
mindful
about
how
people
are
responding
to
this
crisis.
Asian
Americans
are
targeted
with
vicious
hate
crimes
and
our
neighbors,
who
don't
speak
English
deserve
access
to
the
conversation
about
their
health
and
safety
too.
I
look
forward
to
a
productive
conversation
in
this
matter.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
B
N
B
N
I
am
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
counsel
Mejia
for
her
work
on
this
issue.
I
also
want
to
thank
my
City
Council
colleagues
for
their
tremendous
work
on
this
issue
as
well.
Mayor
Walsh
and
his
team
have
also
worked
hard
on
language
access
in
language
access
issues.
It's
critical
that
we
continue
to
communicate
our
message
in
languages
other
than
English
English,
tea
and
other
languages
as
well.
I
represent
a
large
immigrant
community.
N
Many
of
them
don't
speak
English,
many
of
them
speak
Cantonese
or
Mandarin
or
Spanish
and
I
try
to,
for
my
staff,
am
lucky
to
have
people
on
my
staff
that
do
speak,
Spanish,
Cantonese
and
Mandarin,
and
we
have
worked
closely
with
the
mayor's
office
in
trying
to
translate,
especially
on
social
media,
translate
documents
or
messages
so
that
our
Cantonese
or
our
Mandarin
or
our
spanish-speaking
population
can
understand.
But
progress
has
been
made,
but
there's
more
work
that
we
need
to
do
when
you
communicate
in
languages
other
than
English.
N
It
does
show
respect
to
people
that
don't
speak
the
language.
It
means
that
they're
included
that
they're
important,
that
they
are
counted,
and
so
this
is
probably
the
issue
I've
focused
mostly
on
or
the
most
most
time
on
and
I
should
say
as
a
city
councillors,
language
access
and
again
I
want
to
say.
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
their
tremendous
work
on
this
issue
in
Council.
Wu
has
also
been
a
strong
supporter
of
this
as
well
looking
forward
to
working
with
council
Mejia
in
my
colleagues
on
language
access
issues,
Thank
You
Madame,
president
excuse.
B
N
B
C
We
will
get
that
translated
for
the
whole
council.
So
obviously
it's
not
you
know
it
still.
People
can
bring
a
friend
if
they
want
to
make
simultaneous
translation
happen.
It's
not
yet
the
resources
of
simultaneously
translation
for
everyone
all
the
time.
But
it's
really
important
to
me
as
the
chair
of
ways
and
means
to
commit
to
the
fact
that
if
someone
wants
to
comment
on
our
city
budget
in
their
own
language,
they
can
do
that
and
we
will
make
it
available
to
the
council.
C
B
J
Thank
you,
madam
president,
I
had
pressed
my
blue
hand
before
so
I
was
afraid
that
you
always
give
this
disclaimer
right
before
I'm
about
to
speak.
Okay,
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
sponsors
and
also
that
I
have
heard
each
of
them
say
again
and
again,
and
what
I
hope
we
continue
to
recognize
through
this,
which
is
that
it's
not
just
enough
even
to
provide
the
direct
translation
and
interpretation.
J
L
I
just
like
to
have
my
name
to
this
resident,
this
hearing
order
and
command
the
makers
for
this
initiative.
It's
extremely
important
to
have
improved
language
and
access,
we're,
seeing
the
the
limitations
of
what
we're
doing
right
now
in
the
midst
of
this
crisis,
but
we
as
a
call
to
action
to
improve
the
situation.
Thank.
B
You
thank
you
at
this
time
we
will
see
who
would
like
to
add
their
name
by
a
show
of
hands.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
councillor,
balk
council,
O'malley,
council
Braeden,
councillor
sabe
George,
councillor,
Edwards,
Council
of
lera
T,
councillor
woo,
councillor
campbell
and
please
also
add
the
chair,
docket
zero.
Six
four
zero
will
be
referred
to
the
Committee
on
civil
rights.
We
will
now
move
on
to
dock
at
zero
641.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
read
that
into.
H
A
Although
I
think
after
the
census,
we
may
have
a
better
number
to
reference
I'd
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
our
Boston's
arab-american
community
members
do
fill
out
their
census
so
that
we
can
all
be
counted.
I
know
that
for
many
arab
american
families,
the
census
is
not
so
straightforward.
According
to
current
the
current
census,
Arab
Americans
have
a
different
race
depending
on
their
families,
national
nation
of
origin,
with
Lebanese
and
Egyptian
Americans
listed
under.
A
Why,
while
Somali
Americans
are
listed
under
black
or
african-american,
these
categories
do
not
capture
the
full
range
of
the
racial
and
ethnic
diversity
of
Arab
Americans,
whose
families
are
from
all
over
the
MENA
region,
meaning
the
Middle,
East
or
North
Africa,
including
Tunisia,
which
you
all
know
is
where
my
father
is
originally
from.
Didn't
want
an
insignificant
issue.
There
was
a
Supreme
Court
case
in
1925
that
debated
whether
or
not
a
person
from
what
was
then
the
Turkish
Empire
and
was
ethnically
Armenian
could
be
naturalized
as
a
free
white
person
in
other
case
law.
A
Since
continuing
this
to
be
as
a
result,
the
census
has
not
entirely
caught
up
to
the
ethnic
and
racial
diversity
and
heritage
of
the
Arab,
American
people
or
most
people
for
that
matter.
The
arab-american
Institute
has
a
campaign
called
yahwah
count
me
in
and
has
recommendations
for,
Arab
Americans
on
how
to
fill
out
the
census.
I
urge
every
Eric
of
Arab
American
to
not
only
check
out
the
arab-american
Institute
in
their
campaign,
but
to
fill
out
the
census,
as
we
celebrate
our
whole
diverse
community
this
month.
Thank
you.
B
So
much
is
anyone
looking
to
speak
to
this
matter
or
add
their
name
show
of
hands
if
you'd
like
to
add
your
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
at
counsel
Bach
councillor
Flynn
councillor,
O'malley,
council,
Braden,
councillor,
Edwards,
council,
O'flaherty,
councillor,
Arroyo,
council,
woo,
councillor
Campbell,
councillor
Mejia
and
please
also
add
the
chair,
the
councillor
asabi
George,
SIG's,
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
AB
docket
zero,
six,
four
one,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
we
oppose,
nay
the
eyes
habit
and
duck
at
zero.
641
has
been
adopted.
B
H
M
You
Madame
clerk
will
of
course
begin
with
the
lead
sponsor,
but
for
other
counselors
would
like
to
speak
on
this
matter.
I
invite
you
to
hit
the
participants
the
participants
button
at
the
bottom
of
your
screen
and
raise
your
hand.
We
will
begin,
of
course,
with
the
lead
sponsor.
The
chair
recognizes
the
council
president
councillor
Janey,
you
have
the
floor.
Thank.
B
B
This
year,
thank
you.
It
has
been
just
over
a
month
since
governor
Baker
issued
a
state
of
an
emergency
order
and
response
to
the
Cova
19
outbreak
in
the
weeks
since
our
city's
residents
and
institutions
have
had
to
re-examine
ways
in
which
they
carry
out
basic
everyday
activities
and
operations.
The
current
circumstances
have
forced
residents
to
be
creative,
innovative
and
flexible
in
order
to
both
access
and
provide
critical
resources
and
services.
B
Unfortunately,
our
federal
partners
have
not
adequately
stepped
up
to
meet
the
challenges
associated
with
this
crisis
and
when
I
say
federal
partners,
I
want
to
be
really
clear.
I'm
talking
about
the
White
House
I'm,
not
our
amazing
senators
or
congressional
leaders,
policymakers
and
public
health
officials
have
urged
everyone
to
stay
at
home
to
avoid
spreading
or
exposing
themselves
to
the
virus.
A
number
of
us
have
been
able
to
safely
maintain
our
access
to
food
with
delivery
services
such
as
Peapod
and
GrubHub,
among
others.
I
am
fully
aware
of
my
privilege
in
the
situation.
B
My
biggest
challenge
to
food
access
was
waiting,
2
and
1/2.
Thanks
for
a
food
delivery,
after
spending
a
couple
of
weeks
chasing
delivery
times,
that
would
disappear
before
I
could
book
them,
but,
like
many
of
the
residents
that
I
represent
I,
also
experienced
food
insecurity.
Growing
up,
my
mother
was
on
food
stamps.
B
She
still
is
I
received
free
breakfast
and
lunch
in
school
and
at
home
our
food
included
a
mix
of
boxed
and
canned
easy
to
prepare
food,
including
lots
of
cereal
in
neighborhood
takeout,
like
pizza
from
Joe's
and
subs,
from
ideal,
trying,
day
after
day
to
order
food
online
before
finally,
securing
a
delivery
was
certainly
an
inconvenience
and
even
a
little
worrisome,
given
how
little
food
I
actually
had
in
my
house,
but
I
knew
that
I
would
be
good
because
I
have
options.
I
have
a
choice
even
though
I
don't
own.
B
A
car
I
have
greater
access
to
food,
because
I
can
purchase
food
online.
However,
for
many
of
those
who
rely
on
SNAP
benefits
here
in
Massachusetts,
these
apps
and
websites
are
not
an
option
for
them,
while
EBT
online
purchasing
programs
currently
exist
in
six
other
states.
Massachusetts
is
not
one
of
them.
Eleven
percent,
or
nearly
seven
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
Massachusetts
residents,
received
SNAP
benefits
and
in
Suffolk
County.
That
percentage
is
almost
twice
as
much
with
19
percent
of
residents
receiving
SNAP
benefits.
B
We
cannot
underestimate
the
importance
of
snap
when
it
comes
to
providing
food
for
our
residents
for
every
meal
provided
by
charities
like
a
food
bank,
snap
provides
12
meals
by
forcing
those
who
rely
on
snap
to
physically
go
to
the
grocery
store
to
use
SNAP
benefits.
Our
federal
partners
are
exacerbating
the
racial
and
socio-economic
disparities
evident
with
this
crisis
and
the
subsequent
response.
B
It
is
imperative
that
our
federal
partners
work
with
our
state
agencies
to
implement
the
EBT
online
purchasing
program
here
in
Massachusetts,
so
that
families
who
rely
on
snap
can
use
their
EBT
cards
to
make
online
purchases.
If
they
do
not,
we
run
the
risk
of
not
only
spreading
the
virus,
but
also
placing
the
brunt
of
the
Cova
19
impacts
on
Boston's
marginalized
communities
in
closing,
I
want
to
continue
to
lift
up
those
on
the
front
lines
working
to
ensure
that
families
have
access
to
food,
including
those
distributing
meals
to
our
students
and
our
seniors.
B
M
C
C
Think
one
of
the
first
things
that
we
saw
with
this
crisis
even
before
the
wave
of
initial
economic
impact,
was
that
the
informal
systems
that
we
have
in
our
communities
for
helping
people
to
feed
themselves
week
to
week
things
like
fair
foods
in
mind
and
sort
of
informal
food,
pantries
and
community
supper
programs
with
our
churches
went
away
and
those
things
created
a
real
gap.
And
then
you
add
on
to
that
the
fact
that
typically,
the
state
sees
about
6,000
new
snap
applicants.
C
In
a
week
in
the
first
week
of
April,
it
was
22,000,
which
is
a
level
we've
never
seen
before.
So
we
just
know
we
already
had
this
enormous
food
need
and
it's
growing,
and
then
you
add,
on
top
of
that,
the
health
concern
that
people
have
about
leaving
their
homes
and
the
and
specifically
the
guidance
we've
given
to
people
and
especially
seniors
to
really
try
to
minimize
those
trips
and
I
just
wanted
to
lift
up
the
work
of
some
of
our
state.
C
Think
it's
really
important
that
this
body
add
its
voice
to
say
that
we
need
to
speed
it
up.
We
need
dtea
to
be
acting
faster
on
that
request.
There's
a
third-party
provider
called
con
doin
that
has
to
do
with
systems
upgrade
in
order
for
us
to
use
this
technology.
That's
operating
these
other
states
and
I
really
think
that
it's
something
where
the
council
can
use
its
voice
to
raise
the
political
pressure
and
say
we
need
this
to
happen
as
soon
as
possible.
C
It
could
make
a
difference
in
this
stop
and
filling
in,
but
I
I
also
want
to
say,
on
the
other
end
of
my
district
representative,
Nikola
Gardo
has
sent
a
letter
to
the
federal
delegation
asking
both
for
this
to
go
into
the
next
piece
of
federal
legislation.
To
say
that
we
must
use
should
be
in
the
pilot
instead
of
us
having
to
petition
the
USDA
to
be
in
it
and
also
calling
on
the
federal
government
to
fully
fund
the
implementation
of
the
systems
upgrade.
C
We
need
for
this,
so
I
list
all
those
things
to
say
that
I
think
this
is
really
a
city
state
and
federal
joint
effort,
and
it
needs
to
be,
and
also
that
they're
a
bunch
of
very
specific
asks,
they're,
very
specific
technical
things
that
we
need
people
to
be
doing
with
all
speed
right
now
and
as
the
council
president
alluded
to
you
know,
people's
food
security
is
on
the
line
here.
So
I
just
really
want
to
thank
her
for
raising
this
issue
and
encourage
my
colleagues
all
to
vote
for
the
passage
of
this
resolution
today.
M
A
You,
mr.
vice
president,
and
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
this
ordinance
or
this,
this
effort
today
around
food
access,
and
that's
really
what
it's
about.
Yesterday,
I
was
able
to
coordinator
me
with
a
number
of
family
shelter
providers
with
the
mayor
to
talk
about
some
of
the
issues
that
are
impacting
the
families
in
our
city
experiencing
homelessness,
and
the
number
one
point
that
they
wanted
to
impress
upon
the
mayor
was
the
inadequate
and
unreliable
access
to
food
that
our
families
experiencing
homelessness
have,
and
certainly
he
was
responsive
and
appreciated.
A
The
needs
of
our
families,
but
families
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
are
also
experiencing
hunger.
Hunger
is
something,
and
a
lack
of
appropriate
access
to
food
is
something
they
were
experiencing
long
before
they
became
homeless.
So
this
effort,
this
awareness
and
the
need
to
create
better
access
to
food
is
critically
important.
So
I
applaud
this
effort.
Please
count
me
as
a
vigorous
supporter
and
add
my
name
to
this.
Thank
you.
Thank.
M
J
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I
just
wanted
to
very
briefly
thank
my
colleagues
and
sponsors
of
this
and
reiterate
that
we
know
this
isn't
where
we
have
the
responsibility
to
deal
with
immediate
triage,
but
also
the
opportunity
to
really
establish
and
transform
the
structures
and
support
systems
for
everyone
going
forward
as
well,
and
certainly
food
acts
thus
is
a
pillar
and
foundation
for
that.
So
I
want
to
thank
becomes
a
president
and
dr.
Bob
for
lifting
this
up
and
getting
the
council
active
and
leading
on
this
issue.
Thank
you.
Thank.
J
M
K
Thank
You
mr.
vice
president,
and
thank
you
to
the
makers,
President
Cheney
and
councillor
Bach,
and
you
know,
I,
think
councillor
rockin
and
councillor
and
president
Janey
summed
it
up.
This
is
a
long-standing
issue
in
terms
of
food
insecurity
and
in
in
equities
with
respect
to
to
food,
but
I
wanted
to
just
add
the
public
safety
lens
here,
my
husband
and
I.
We
recognize
our
privilege.
You
know
he
went
to
the
grocery
store
was
shocked
by
the
lack
of
physical
distancing.
K
There
were
customers
that
were
just
upset
with
one
another,
because
some
customers
were
not
physically
distancing.
So
there
were
arguments
at
one
point:
it
was
a
very
stressful
experience
and
we
know
during
this
time.
That's
the
last
thing.
We
want
our
residents
to
experience
while
trying
to
get
something.
They
absolutely
need
in
their
lives,
of
course,
which
is
food,
and
so
for
me
this
is
absolutely
a
public
safety
concern.
K
There
are
ways
in
which
we
should
we
can
and
should
be
expanding
delivery.
Food
delivery
services-
curbside,
like
you
said,
is
definitely
another
option
that
people
are
using
you
order
through
an
app
your
laptop.
You
drive
up.
They
put
in
your
trunk,
you
go
home.
These
options
should
absolutely
be
available
to
everyone
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but,
most
importantly,
I
want
us
to
also
begin
to
think
about
intentionality
with
respect
to
community
these
neighborhoods
and
populations
of
folks
that
are
already
more
susceptible
based
on
data
that
we're
seeing
to
get
in
Cobra
19.
K
So
how
might
we
be
even
targeted
in
certain
neighborhoods
to
start
where
we
know
the
correlation
between
those
communities
and
snap
benefits?
There
is
a
correlation
there,
so
I
appreciate
the
makers
for
raising
up
this
issue.
Had
my
name
in
any
way,
I
can
support
post.
The
passage
of
this
do,
let
me
know
how
and
Thank
You
president
Jania
Thank
You
Telstra
bot,
Thank.
M
I
You
thanks
president
O'malley
and
thank
you
to
both
President
Cheney
and
councillor
buck.
I
think
that
what
I'm
really
excited
about
is
in
this
time.
What
we're
seeing
is
that
the
issues
that
are
impacting
our
poorest
of
the
poor
in
the
city
of
Boston
are
being
elevated
and
highlighted,
and
so
I
think
that
cocoa
19
continues
to
shed
a
light
on
those
who
are
struggling
to
make
their
ends
meet
and
anything
that
we
can
do
as
a
council
to
help
alleviate
that
stress
because
we
know
being
poor
I.
I
M
N
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
mr.
vice
president
Thank
You,
mr.
vice
president.
Mr.
vice
president,
please
add
my
name.
I
spoke
recently
at
a
census
forum.
Encouraging
people
to
complete
the
census
in
I
talked
mostly
about
the
best
most
effective
federal
program.
There
is,
in
my
opinion,
is
the
SNAP
program,
but
it's
those
types
of
programs
such
as
the
SNAP
program
that
are
the
first
to
be
cut
by
the
federal
government.
If
we
don't
have
an
accurate
count
for
the
census,
so
it
ties
in
somewhat.
N
We
need
to
make
sure
we,
everyone
completes
the
census
so
that
we
can
have
the
necessary
funds
for
an
exceptional
program
like
the
SNAP
program
that
does
exceptional
work
in
our
city
and
in
our
country,
especially
for
those
most
in
need.
So
thank
you,
mr.
vice
president,
for
giving
me
the
chance
to
speak
and
thank
you
to
the
makers
as
well.
Thank.
M
You
counselor
Madame
clerk,
please
add
the
name
of
councillor
Flynn.
Any
further
discussion
would
any
other
councillors
wish
to
add
their
name
to
dock
at
zero.
Six.
Four
two,
madam
clerk,
please
add
the
district
counts
from
Austin
Brighton
councillor
Brayden
is
that
the
district
councillor
from
Hyde
Park
Roosevelt's
our
royal,
please,
madam
clerk,
please
add
the
at-large
council
from
South
Boston
councillor
clarity,
madam
clerk,
please
add
the
chairs
name.
Please
add
the
district
counts
from
East
Boston
and
the
North
End
in
Charles
Town,
councillor
Edwards,
the
council
president.
M
B
B
M
It
was
unconscionable,
in
my
opinion
that,
despite
the
fact
that
the
governor
of
the
state
asked
to
move
and
postpone
the
election
legislative
leaders
suit
successfully
in
court
to
allow
the
election
to
proceed,
it
was
dangerous.
It
was
wrong.
It
was
abhorrent,
in
my
opinion.
As
a
result,
you
had
people
lining
up
queuing
up
to
vote
waiting
for
an
hour
or
more
clustered
together.
We
all
saw
the
images
it's
haunting
these
days.
M
The
City
of
Milwaukee,
which
is
slightly
smaller
than
Boston,
but
usually
boasts
about
a
hundred
and
fifty
polling
locations,
could
only
staff
five
of
them
now
I'm,
not
sure
what
the
exact
number
of
polling
locations
we
have
in
Boston.
We
have
255
precincts,
you
probably
have
around
the
same,
maybe
130
140,
perhaps
150
voting
locations,
and
so
many
are
double
or
triple
precincts
to
own
to
try
to
operate
an
election
with
only
five
open.
It's
just
dangerous
and
wrong.
Now
I
want
to
be
clear.
M
The
city
of
Boston
doesn't
dictate
its
own
election
policies
and
procedures
that,
of
course,
is
done
by
the
state,
but
today
I'm
calling
for
a
hearing
to
discuss
preparation
of
both
our
September
first
primary
election
as
well
as
our
November
3rd
general
election
in
the
months
of
het
ahead.
Now
Massachusetts
is
one
of
the
few
states
that
does
not
currently
have
no
excuse
absentee
balloting.
M
What
that
means,
as
many
of
us
know,
and
many
folks
watching
know,
that
in
order
to
obtain
an
absentee
ballot,
you
have
to
have
some
excuse,
you
could
have
a
work
conflict,
you
could
have
a
health
issue,
you
could
be
out
of
town
traveling
and
that's
typically,
the
only
way
that
you
were
allowed
to
receive
an
absentee
ballot.
Now
to
their
credit,
the
Massachusetts
state
legislature
and
the
Secretary
of
State's
office
have
allowed
for
kovat
19
safety
measures
to
agree
to
be
and
agreed
upon,
excuse
for
getting
an
absentee
ballot.
M
That's
a
very
good
thing
and
we're
already
seeing
some
special
elections
or
town
elections
and
other
municipalities
across
the
Commonwealth,
but
that
will
no
doubt
mean
a
flood
of
absentee
applications
for
the
city.
This
fall.
It
also
will
mean
likely
that
we
could
have
staffing
issues.
So
the
purpose
that
of
this
hair
I'm
calling
for
today
is
both
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
everything
humanly
possible.
We've
done
some
great
things
in
this
city.
We've
done
some
great
things
in
this
state
as
it
relates
to
election
reform
and
making
it
easier
for
folks
to
vote.
M
In
fact,
it
was
about
six
weeks
ago
yesterday
that
we
had
our
state
primary
election
and
in
the
week
leading
up
to
that
or
the
week
and
a
half
leading
up
to
that.
We
had
early
voting
location
and
most
of
Boston's
neighborhoods.
That's
a
very
good
thing
to
do
to
again
make
it
easier
for
folks
to
to
vote
and
to
minimize
the
impact
of
folks
queuing
up
in
line.
But
I
also
think
it's
time
that
we
have
a
conversation
about
a
total
vote-by-mail
election
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
M
At
least
three
other
states
currently
do
that
Colorado
Washington
Oregon.
These
states
are
slightly
smaller
than
the
Commonwealth,
or
this
are
approximately
the
same
size
of
the
Commonwealth
or
even
larger
than
the
Commonwealth
in
terms
of
population.
We
need
to
be
having
a
conversation
about
doing
an
all
vote-by-mail
in
Massachusetts.
Now,
what
would
that
entail?
What
would
that
extra
demands?
Would
that
put
on
obviously
our
incredibly
talented
and
dedicated
election
officials?
So
there's
a
lot
of
conversations
we
should
be
having
now.
M
It's
obviously
crucial
that
we
have
state
folks
here
and
obviously
folks
from
the
Secretary
of
State's
office,
but
also
we
include
our
own
elections,
officials
and,
let's
see
what
we
need
to
do,
to
make
sure
that
we
are
adequately
prepared.
What
to
do
to
make
sure
that
we
can
offer
and
guarantee
the
highest
levels
of
safety,
for
our
voters
and
for
our
residents
and
for
our
clerks
here
in
Boston,
and
let's
have
a
real
conversation
about
doing
a
statewide
vote
by
mail
election.
M
What
that
would
entail
what
preparations
we
need
to
make
now,
how
we
could
do
that
and
what
it
would
take
appreciate
this
opportunity.
Obviously
this
is
a
very,
very
important
issue
and
I
think
it
again
underscores
how
so
much
of
what
we're
doing
as
it
relates
to
safety,
housing,
education,
the
economy
does
have
ramifications
in
order
to
make
sure
that
we
can
protect
our
residents
with
it.
M
B
A
You
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
want
to
commend
the
maker
on
this
hearing
order.
It
is
crucial
that
we
maintain
democracy
as
much
as
possible,
even
during
a
time
of
crisis
at
councilor
O'malley
mentioned
Oregon
as
the
first
state
in
the
nation
to
conduct
all
statewide
elections
entirely
by
mail
in
the
late
90s
and
there
you
don't
have
to
ask
for
a
ballot.
It
just
arrives
in
your
mailbox
for
the
2016
general
election.
80
percent
of
the
state's
voters
turned
out
compared
to
65
percent
of
Massachusetts
and
in
the
19
2016
primary
election.
A
50
percent
of
Oregon
voters
turned
out
compared
to
43
percent.
Here
Oregon
is
approximately
10
to
20
percent.
More
has
10
to
20
percent,
more
voter
participation
in
any
election
compared
to
what
we
have
here
in
Massachusetts
and
to
use
this
as
the
example.
We
know
that
there's
also
a
higher
rate
of
registration
registered
voters,
34
and
unders.
A
I
I
I'd
also
would
like
to
lend
my
support
and
and
sign
on
to
this
hearing,
and
would
also
like
for
us
to
think
about,
as
we
proceed
is
to
ensure
that
the
ease
of
this
is
also
accessibility
in
terms
of
language
and
that
people
traditionally
aren't
voters
also
that
we
make
an
extra
effort
to
ensure
that
they're
engaged
in
in
the
process
as
well.
Thank
you
thank.
L
L
This
is
going
to
be
probably
one
of
the
most
important
elections
in
our
lifetime.
There
are
some
very
important
issues
at
stake,
and
it's
really
important
to
ensure
that
all
those
eligible
to
vote
have
easy
access
to
the
ballot
box.
It
is
absolutely
essential
and
in
the
context
of
the
korone
of
this
kovin
epic
crisis,
it's
really
a
timely,
an
important
thing
to
do.
To
look
at
how
we're
going
to
vote.
L
K
I
think
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
to
the
maker
for
bringing
forth
this
critical
issue
and
also
speaking
to
what
happened
in
Wisconsin,
which
was
extremely
distressing
and
depressing
frankly
that
they
that
folks,
would
choose
partisanship
over
the
health
of
their
residents.
So
I'm
excited
to
add
my
name
to
this
and
also
to
participate
in
the
conversation
and
I
also
think
it's
important
to
recognize
that
these
suppression
efforts
are
targeted
to
certain
communities
in
Amalie
communities
of
color
to
urban
areas.
K
Urban
centers
to
reduce
the
turnout
in
those
areas,
and
so
what
happened
in
Wisconsin
is
a
reflection
of
that
of
efforts
that
have
been
going
on
for
some
time,
particularly
in
in
some
of
our
southern
states.
So
I
think
it's
important
to
also
highlight
that
in
the
in
these
conversations,
because
these
suppression
efforts
aren't
just
happening,
they
are
organized
their
strategic
and
sadly,
they
are
looking
to
suppress
the
vote
of
folks
who
return,
who
would
turn
out
and
change
the
leadership
down
in
Washington
DC.
K
O
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
first
commend
the
maker
I,
can't
think
of
a
more
prevalent
conversation
to
be
having
right
now
as
an
elected
person
as
an
elected
body,
and
also
looking
at
one
of
the
most
I
think
consequential
elections
that
are
going
to
happen
in
our
lifetime
is
so
incredibly
refreshing
to
see
your
leadership
and
pushing
this
conversation
forward.
O
This
is
a
wonderful
time
to
sit
back
and
analyze
all
ways
in
which
we
touch
operate
as
a
city
of
Boston
and
all
aspects,
as
my
colleague
said,
I've
mentioned
in
other
ways
that
need
to
be
improved
that
need
to
be
revamped
and
need
to
move
in
a
more
efficient
way.
So
I
look
forward
to
this
conversation.
I
think
this
is
exactly
the
conversation
looking
at
not
just
elections,
but
how
we
communicate
speak
to
and
promote
the
elections
as
well.
All
of
those
things
are
in
need
of
a
revamp,
I
believe
and
I.
C
You,
madam
president,
I
again
want
to
commend
the
maker
and
just
say
that
you
know,
as
we've
discussed
on
other
issues
like
this,
is
raising
something
that
already
existed
as
a
problem.
We
already
were
not
designing
elections
in
this
country
or,
frankly,
in
this
state
in
a
way
designed
to
maximize
participation
and
I.
C
So
I
definitely
think
that
this
is
this
public
health
emergency,
which
is
ravaging
us
in
so
many
ways,
does
provide
an
opportunity
to
at
least
set
right,
something
that
has
been
wrong,
which
is
that
our
elections
are
not
set
up
to
maximize
the
franchise
and
they
should
be
very
much
commend
the
maker
and
would
like
that.
My
name
added.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
You
if
there
are
no
other
speakers,
let
me
also
commend
the
maker
for
this
very
important
hearing
order.
If
there
are
no
other
speakers
like
to
get
a
sense
of
who
would
like
to
add
their
name.
Madam
Clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
councillor
Flynn
councillor,
asabi
George,
council,
mejia,
councillor,
Edwards,
councillor,
Campbell,
council,
Flaherty,
council,
a
royal
concert
whoo
and
please
also
add
the
chair,
docket
zero.
Six
four
three
will
be
referred
to
the
Committee
of
government
operations
and
we
will
now
move
on
to
dock
at
zero.
Six
four
four
rockets.
B
K
B
H
P
P
You,
madam
president,
as
we
all
know,
child
abuse
and
neglect
are
serious
issues
that
affect
each
and
every
one
of
our
communities
and
our
neighborhoods
as
a
father
of
four.
It
pains
me
to
think
that
any
child
has
to
endure
any
type
of
abuse
or
neglect
and
April
is
a
National
Child,
Abuse
Prevention
Month,
and
while
this
April
much
of
our
efforts
and
energies
I
focused
on
the
köppen
19
response.
P
I've
seen
many
disturbing
cases
of
child
abuse
and
neglect,
and
can
speak
firsthand
to
the
importance
of
the
partnerships
right
here
in
the
city
with
our
city,
their
agencies,
community,
in
our
faith-based
organizations,
law
enforcement,
of
course,
as
well
as
our
educational
organization.
So,
as
a
body,
we
have
both
access
to
our
constituents
and
these
partnerships
and
have
a
responsibility
to
continue
to
keep
this
issue
on
the
forefront
and
work
together
to
increase
awareness
about
child
abuse,
neglect
and
preventative
measures
that
we
can
take
to
avoid
it.
P
So,
as
a
body
I'm
offering
this
resolution
as
a
way
to
come
together
to
recognize
April
as
National
Child,
Abuse,
Prevention
Month
and
use
our
platform
to
be
particularly
vigilant
about
the
well-being
of
our
children
and
families
during
the
Cova
19
pandemic,
and
it
recognized
that
I'm
not
alone
in
this
space
and
working
in
the
space.
Like
that's.
Why
I've
reached
reached
out
to
include
our
colleagues
as
well
as
those
our
other
colleagues
that
have
in
their
own
individual
way,
have
lend
a
hand
to
to
this
issue.
B
K
They're
difficult
issues
to
talk
about
whether
its
domestic
violence,
sexual
assault
or
child
abuse
and
councillor
Flynn
and
I,
obviously
partnered
last
year
on
a
hearing
order
to
address
these
issues,
and
the
good
thing
about
this
work
is
that
we
have
a
lot
of
providers
on
the
ground.
Who've
been
doing
this
work
for
decades
meeting
the
needs
of
many
of
our
folks
in
their
most
trying
and
challenging
times.
K
There
are
reports,
particularly
in
the
child
abuse
space,
not
the
domestic
violence,
space
which
is
going
up,
but
in
the
child
abuse
space
saying
that
things
are
going
down
and
I
think
all
the
folks
who've
been
following
this
work,
who
pay
attention
to
these
issues,
know
that
that's
probably
because
our
young
people,
our
children,
are
not
in
spaces
where
they
would
be
reporting
this
or
speaking
up
and
then
folks
who
are
mandated
to
report.
This
would
be
reporting
this
to
the
appropriate
authorities.
So
we
have
to
be
very
mindful
and
careful
about
these
issues.
K
I
think
it's
a
unique
opportunity
to
support
the
providers
on
the
ground
who
are
doing
this
work
and
to
think
and
to
think
creatively
about
what
else
we
can
do
in
this
space.
This
resolution
is
one
step
in
that
direction,
so
thank
you,
councillor,
Flaherty,
for
continuing
your
work
in
this
space.
Thank
you
for
raising
up
the
issue
and
thanking
for
the
allowing
councillor,
Flynn
and
I
to
participate
in
this
conversation
and
also
in
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
President
cheney.
Thank.
N
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
Authority
for
his
work
as
an
assistant
district
attorney
in
working
in
the
criminal
justice
system
on
this
important
issues,
and
also
to
recognize
council
Authority
ICM,
often
at
the
sports
programs
in
South,
Boston,
mentoring,
young
young
kids
as
well,
so
he's
a
great
role
model
to
our
town
in
our
city.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
Authority
into
Council
Campbell.
We
continue
to
work
on
on
this
issue
in
domestic
violence
issues,
I'm
learning
a
lot
about
listening
to
various
providers
and
survivors.
N
B
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
add
councillor
Bach
a
councillor
O'malley
council,
braiding,
councillor,
sabe,
George,
councillor,
mejia,
councillor
royal
councillor,
Edwards,
council
room
and
please
also
add
the
chair
councillors,
flirty
campbell
in
Flint
six
suspension
of
the
rules,
an
adoption
of
docket
zero,
six,
four
five,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
habit:
andhaka
zero.
Six
four
five
has
been
adopted.
B
H
K
B
K
Dana
before
and
thank
you
for
your
hard
work
on
these
issues,
particularly
going
back
to
your
advocacy
days
at
Mac
when
we
were
partnering
in
the
work,
so
I
appreciate
the
partnership
here
and,
as
we
know,
I'm
shirring
every
child
in
the
City
of
Boston
has
access
to
a
high-quality.
Education
is
important,
of
course,
to
all
of
us
whether
we
are
in
a
time
of
crisis
or
not
because
of
Cobra
19
Boston
Public
Schools
has
closed
and
been
closed
since
March
17,
relying
on
a
remote
learning
experience
to
me,
the
educational
needs
of
our
families.
K
We
heard
from
the
superintendent
in
her
teen
just
yesterday
during
our
bps
budget
hearings
about
the
district's
efforts
to
support
families,
students
and
our
teachers
during
these
unprecedented
times
and
I
want
to
thank
them
again
for
their
hard
work
in
this
space
and
also
in
these
on
in
this
crisis,
as
we
have
all
acknowledged,
the
lack
of
universal
access
to
technology
and
broadband
internet
in
the
city
of
Boston.
There
is
a
lack,
but
especially
amongst
communities
of
color
and
low-income
residents.
K
So
this
means,
of
course,
that
some
students
have
limited
access
to
remote
learning
or
none
at
all,
I've
heard
from
parents
who
have
kids
in
bps,
private
schools,
charter
schools
and
their
reports
of
how
the
kids
are
receiving
education
varies
drastically
and
I
know.
Parents
are
wondering
two
things,
I
think
two
things
are
at
issue
here:
one
is:
how
do
we
ensure
that
all
of
our
students
have
access
to
remote
learning?
That
means
the
technology,
the
Wi-Fi
connection,
the
software,
but
how
do
we
also
ensure
that
that
high
of
that
remote
learning
is
high-quality?
K
The
attendance
rates
in
remote
classrooms
at
each
Boston,
Public
School
and
the
assignment
completion
rates
at
Boston
public
school
I
know
that
the
district
in
the
mayor's
office
has
been
working
incredibly
hard
to
get
out.
Chromebooks.
Many
folks
in
my
district
have
been
recipients
of
that
and
I
want
to
applaud
those
efforts.
Of
course,
we
want
to
applaud
the
efforts
around
the
food
distribution
as
well.
K
What
we
also
know,
though,
is
that
there
is
not
a
citywide
standard
for
high
quality,
remote
learning,
access
to
educators
and
materials
varies
by
school,
and
even
within
schools,
with
some
students
reporting
several
virtual
sessions
per
week
with
the
teacher
and
some
reporting
one
or
none
access
also
varies
by
the
students
housing
situation.
How
are
we
meeting
the
needs
of
our
homeless
students,
those
who
are
living
in
foster
care
or
group
home?
How
are
we
meeting
the
students
who
are
on
IEP
s?
Individual
education
plans,
our
special
needs?
Students
are
English
language
learners.
K
These
were
challenges
for
us
as
a
district
before
Kover
19.
Those
have
not
gone
away.
How
do
we
do
this?
While
we
still
don't
have
an
agreement
with
the
btu
I
know,
there
was
some
conversation
that
that
was
supposed
to
be
resolved
this
week.
Clearly,
that's
still
ongoing,
but
that
too
informs
how
we
deliver
our
remote
learning
experience
and
how
we
support
our
teachers,
who
need
supports
around
the
technological
piece
students
are
already
struggling
in.
K
Schools,
of
course,
are
likely
to
be
more
impacted
by
this
trauma,
and
mental
health
continues
to
be
an
issue
for
our
students.
This
does
not
get
at
all
of
that,
but
I
raise
it
up
because
it
is
important
and
also
what
worries
me
without
equitable
access
to
a
quality,
remote
learning
experience,
most
of
our
vulnerable
students
will
fall
behind
and,
of
course,
achievement
gaps
will
deepen.
I,
don't
ask
for
these
data
and
metrics
to
create
unnecessary
work
for
the
district
or,
frankly,
to
blast
them
for
not
being
perfect.
K
K
This
is
about
ensuring
that
this
data,
which
is
I,
think
important,
can
be
delivered
not
only
to
us
council,
but
also
to
the
public,
so
that
they
can
also
support
our
efforts
and
ensure
that
every
student
has
a
high-quality,
remote
learning
experience,
Thank
You
president
Janie
for
the
partnership
and
Thank
You.
Mr.
vice
president,
Oh
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
thank.
M
B
You
so
much
I'm
delighted
as
I
mentioned
proud
to
offer
this
resolution
alongside
my
colleague,
councillor
Campbell,
as
we
know,
as
she's
already
mentioned,
and
I'll
keep
my
comments
brief.
There
are
deep
and
equities
in
our
education
system
and
has
a
long
time
education,
education
activist
as
the
child
advocate.
As
someone
who
comes
from
a
family
of
educators
and
has
dedicated
much
of
my
career
to
Education
Policy
parent
engagement
and
education
advocacy.
B
You
know
my
focus
has
always
been
on
implementing
policies,
programs
and
practices
that
will
increase
access
and
opportunity
and
equity
for
every
bps
student,
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
In
yesterday's
hearing-
and
many
of
you
have
also
mentioned-
Koba
19
has
and
will
continue
to
exacerbate
already
existing
challenges
within
our
school.
Our
school
system,
namely
the
opportunity
and
achievement
gap,
and,
as
we
have
transitioned
to
remote
learning,
I'm
deeply
concerned
that
black
latino
students,
as
well
as
our
English
language,
learners
and
students
with
disabilities,
are
at
a
disadvantage.
B
B
Some
of
our
students
live
in
crowded
apartments,
with
lots
of
people,
and
so
assuming
that
our
young
people
even
have
a
Chromebook
and
I
believe
we
heard
yesterday
that
only
43%
students
have
the
Chromebooks,
assuming
that
you
even
have
one
your
experience
in
terms
of
your
learning
environment
at
home
might
be
really
difficult
and
and
not
necessarily
conducive
to
learning.
I
know
how
hard
our
educators
are
working.
I
know
how
hard
our
parents
are
working,
trying
to
navigate
this
new
reality.
I
know
that
they
are
doing
everything
that
they
can
some
of
our
students.
B
If
they
have
a
Chromebook,
they
still
may
not
even
have
internet
connection.
So
we
know
that,
despite
the
best
efforts,
we
need
to
do
more
to
ensure
that
our
young
people
are
able
to
continue
with
their
learning
and
that
they
able
have
the
tools
that
they
need,
so
that
we
are
in
fact
dealing
with
the
existing
gaps
are
not
creating
new
gaps
through
the
Cova
19
pandemic.
B
So,
despite
how
difficult
things
are,
I
think
it
is
really
important,
proud
to
join
counselor
Campbell
in
calling
for
this
important
data.
This
information
that
we
need
to
ensure
that
our
young
people
are
in
fact
learning
during
this
time
and
that
they
have
the
services
that
they
need,
and
this
is
especially
true
for
young
people
who
are
vulnerable
counselor
Campbell
already
highlighted
you
know
young
people
who
are
on
IEP
s
and
who
may
not
be
getting
the
services
that
they
need.
B
M
M
I
I
I
During
these
virtual
zoom
classroom
conversations,
and
so
I
think
that
equity,
it's
not
just
about
access
to
resources
and
materials
I'm
in
time,
but
it's
also
how
our
kids
are
being
in,
even
if
it's
remote
learning
so
I
want
to
ensure
that,
as
we
talk
about
this
conversation,
that
that
is
also
part
of
the
social
and
emotional
well-being
of
our
students,
and
that
is
a
racial
disparity
because
oftentimes,
it's
our
kids
of
color,
who
are
being
penalized
more
harshly.
So
I
just
want
to
uplift
that
and
include
that
into
the
conversation.
Thank
you.
Thank.
M
J
J
Certainly,
we
know
that
we're
in
what
was
an
unexpected
time,
but
now
that
we
have
a
sense
that
this
will
be
the
new
normal
for
a
while.
Yet
it's
important
to
really
buckle
in
and
understand
the
detailed
plans
for
what
we
will
be
doing
with
that
data
and
how
we
will
make
decisions
moving
forward.
There
is
some
opportunity
in
the
current
situation,
in
being
able
to
supplement
standard
classroom
learning.
You
know
now
forever
in
the
future,
with
this
framework
and
being
able
to
provide
resources
to
students
from
wherever,
wherever
they
may
physically
be
located.
J
But
let's
have
some
clarity
on
what
elements
of
this
are
intended
to
be
just
while
schools
are
closed.
What
elements
are
intended
to
be
strengthened
to
supplement
learning
when
we
return
more
to
an
in-person
time
and
most
of
all,
how
this
will
continue
to
close
some
of
the
gaps
that
have
been
documented
across
our
district
for
many
many
years
now.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
M
You
councillor
rule
Madame
clerk.
Please
add
the
name
of
the
at-large
council
from
Rosendale.
Is
there
any
further
discussion?
Would
any
councillors
wish
to
add
their
name
to
this
resolution?
Madame
clerk?
Please
add
the
name
of
the
at-large
council
from
South
Boston
Council,
councillor
flower
tea.
Please
add
the
name
of
the
district
council
district
councillor
from
South
Boston
councillor
Flynn,
please
add
the
name
of
the
at-large
counts
from
Dorchester
councillor
Andy
set
aside
be
George,
please
that
the
name
of
the
district
comes
from
Austin
Brighton
Council
is
Braden.
M
Please
add
the
name
of
the
district
counts
from
Beacon
Hill
councillor
Kenzie
Bach,
please
add
the
name
of
the
district
counts
from
East
Boston
councillor
Edwards
comes
from
a
he
I
believe
we've
added
your
name
already
anyone
else
wishing
to
add
their
name.
Seeing
hearing
none
at
this
point
be
a
chair
or
the
excuse
may
be
council
president,
the
District
Council
for
Matapan
and,
most
importantly,
Aiden
move
for
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
one
to
nine
years.
Oh
six
for
four
awesome,
all
those
in
favor
of
suspension
of
the
rules.
B
H
L
You,
madam
president,
our
essential
service
workers
are
continuing
to
provide
critically
necessary
services
during
this
corona
virus
pandemic,
including
our
health
care
professionals,
our
first
responders
grocery
store
workers,
pharmacy
technicians,
waste
management,
transit
workers
and
educators
and
many
others.
They
want
to
especially
uplift
and
acknowledge
the
emergency
day
care
operators
who
are
caring
for
the
children
and
dependents
of
our
essential
workforce,
so
that
they
can
continue
to
provide
critical
services
with
peace
of
mind,
or
at
least
one
last
worry
about
childcare
options.
L
However,
we
must
make
note
of
the
increasing
childcare
costs
and
barriers
to
operating
in
industry
across
the
system
throughout
Massachusetts.
Even
before
the
corona
virus
pandemic,
not
only
have
childcare,
subsidy
vouchers
become
increasingly
difficult
for
parents
to
obtain,
but
those
running
running
daycares
have
been
increasingly
subject
to
displacement
by
property
owners.
It
is
my
hope
that,
with
this
resolution,
the
future
and
future
action
by
this
body
following
the
pandemic,
we
will
we
wait.
We
may
work
to
address
systemic
barriers
to
the
operation
of
child
care
programs
and
uplift
the
work
of
our
child
care
providers.
J
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
so
much
to
the
lead
sponsor
for
her
partnership
on
this
and
for
her
continued
leadership
to
lift
up
the
stories
and
the
struggles
and
inspiration
from
within
her
district
in
across
the
city
of
those
who
are
right
at
the
front
lines.
It's
sad
but
clarifying
that
so
many
of
the
workers
who
have
been
struggling
for
generations
now
to
receive
the
respect,
fair
pay,
access
to
benefits
basic
decency
are
when
it
comes
down
to
it
essential
to
our
safety
and
our
economy.
J
In
so
many
ways
we're
seeing
that
really
highlighted
in
this
crisis,
with
the
sharp
divergence
between
those
who
are,
you
know,
certainly
stressed,
but
largely
just
inconvenienced
by
the
shutdowns.
We're
able
to
continue
working
from
home
were
able
to
now.
You
know,
go
on
video
conferences
and
do
their
work
remotely
compared
to
those
who
continue
to
risk
daily
exposure
to
the
virus,
while
they
are
serving
every
single
one
of
us
and
making
it
possible
for
our
families
to
continue
to
survive
and
thrive
and
be
safe
right
now.
J
Now
so,
I
look
forward
to
taking
up
this
issue
as
council
brain
inside
matches.
In
the
context
of
the
immediate
pandemic,
but
over
the
long
term,
we
really
recognize
the
value
they're
worth
and
the
importance
of
child
care
and
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
our
part
to
make
that
accessible
to
everyone,
but
also
support
the
workers
and
the
incredible
work
force
that
that
do
that
day
in
and
day
out.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
You
so
much
I
invite
colleagues
who
wish
to
speak
to
raise
their
blue
hand
calling
upon
speakers
at
this
time.
If
anyone
would
like
to
add
their
name,
you
are
free
to
do
so
at
this
time
and
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
councillor
Bob
Council
of
Flynn
councillor
O'malley
councillor
Edwards,
councillor,
sabe,
George,
councillor,
mejia,
councillor
Campbell,
Council
of
Flaherty,
please
also
add
the
chair:
councillor
Brighton
and
council
Lucic
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
Dakin
zero.
B
H
B
B
B
And
take
a
moment
to
pause
right
now.
Okay,
so
at
this
time
we're
gonna
have
the
clerk
read
the
docket
and
I'm
going
while
she's
doing
that.
I'm
gonna
encourage
you
guys
to
look
at
your
email,
so
this
item
is
being
sent
to
you
via
email
right
now.
Thank
you.
So,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could,
please
read
docket
0
for
5
to
8
a
record.
H
O
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair
I'll.
Be
brief
as
it
is
we're
ending
the
end
or
nearing
the
end
of
our
meeting.
This
is
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollar
grant
to
go
to
help
aid.
The
city
of
Boston's,
fair
housing
office
in
fighting
against
housing
discrimination
and
I
would
like
to
pull
it
out
to
be
approved
by
my
colleagues
today.
B
B
A
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
I.
It
just
happened
yesterday,
so
I
didn't
have
a
chance
to
email
it
into
you.
But
my
I
say
my
grandmother's
last
friend,
because
when
my
grandmother
passed
away,
Miss
Rita
their
rich
honey
honey,
their
rich.
When
my
grandmother
died,
she
said
my
last
friend
has
died,
so
I
want
to
know
and
ask
that
you
keep
her
in
your
prayers.
A
E
M
You
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
tonight.
Obviously
I
know
that
we'll
be
journeying
in
honor
of
those
whom
we
lost
seven
years
ago
on
the
marathon
and
then
subsequent
days
after,
but
tonight
to
recognize
one
Boston
day
at
7:30
p.m.
the
Boston
Police
will
lead
a
cavalcade
to
commemorate
the
anniversary
of
the
Marathon
bombing.
Mobile
Ops
patrol
will
lead
and
the
group
will
consist
of
Boston
Police
Boston
Fire,
Boston
EMS
and
it's
being
it's
a
drive
to
commemorate
our
health
care
workers
and
frontline
medical
personnel.
M
So
the
group
will
convene
in
rota
Plaza
and
then
drive
by
Boston
Medical
Center
Tufts
MGH,
st.
Elizabeth's,
Beth
Israel
Deaconess,
Children's
Brigham's,
as
well
as
the
Kearney.
Obviously
we
won't
be
there
and
I
know
those
watching
won't
be
there,
but
I
know
we
and
our
love
support
and
eternal
gratitude,
not
only
to
our
first
responders
but
to
our
frontline
medical
personnel
and
those
who
are
doing
so
much
to
keep
us
safe
and
to
keep
us
healthy.
M
B
O
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
we're
all
rooting
for
our
colleagues,
mother
Gabriella
that
she
pulls
through.
We
know
that
she
is
struggling
right
now
and
with
kovat
virus,
but
we
we're
standing
collectively
together
with
her.
She
announced
this
by
the
way
on
Facebook,
so
I
didn't
I'm,
not
outing,
my
Chiefs
its
situation,
but
it
was
announced
in
all
of
we
just
want
to
like
a
Brielle
and
her
mother
need
to
know.
All
of
our
thoughts
are
with
her
right
now.
We
are
certainly
praying.
O
Unfortunately,
on
the
other
side,
my
brother-in-law
lost
his
uncle
to
this
virus
and,
in
this
moment
so
again
extending
our
thoughts
and,
of
course,
prayers
and
also
just
just
standing
with
people
in
solidarity.
In
this
moment,
as
councilor
Braden
mentioned
before
it's
one
of
the
hardest
times
to
say
goodbye
to
somebody
when
you
really
can't
say
goodbye
to
them.
So
thank.
I
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
and
I'm
think
and
thank
you
for
acknowledging
that
we've
hit
our
first
hundred
days,
councillor
Bach,
let's
bring
in
counsel,
Brayden
and
Ricardo
early
on
and
I
really
do
appreciate
the
warm
embrace
that
we
received
from
our
colleagues.
You
know
in
many
ways
I'm
learning
how
to
do
this
job,
while
I'm
on
the
job
and
I'm
having
the
support
of
those
who
have
been
in
office
a
lot
longer.
I
You
know
I'm
deeply
grateful
for
your
your
guidance
and
your
leadership,
and
during
these
times
in
particular,
when
we're
all
being
asked
to
step
up
in
ways
that
we
will
probably
never
Ewan
prepared
for
I'm,
just
really
grateful
to
the
council
for
the
issues
that
we
are
tackling
in
the
way
that
we're
looking
at
how
we
can
continue
to
drive
a
conversation
around
equity
and
one
thing
that
I
will
say
is
that
I
don't
want
to
go
back
to
the
way
things
used
to
be.
Everybody
keeps
saying
they
want
to
go
back
to
the
wait.
I
No
I
want
us
to
really
utilize
this
opportunity
to
move
forward
and
to
and
to
push
ourselves
to
rethink
how
we
do
policy
and
to
be
really
intentional
about
recognizing
at
this
moment
in
time,
has
been
created
for
us
to
recognize
that
we
continue
to
do
business
as
usual
and
how
we've
been
able
to
transition
to
a
virtual
world
right
and
now
we're
holding
these
public.
These
hearings
be
a
zoo
and
having
conversations
around
language
access.
I
All
of
these
things
are
really
helping
us
build
the
type
of
foundation
that
is
going
to
ensure
that
everyone
who
is
deeply
impacted
by
the
decisions
that
we
make
every
single
day
have
a
pathway
to
be
able
to
be
heard.
So
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you,
I
want
to
thank
that
the
City
Council
I'm
central
staff
for
doing
an
amazing
job
at
keeping
us
connected
during
these
times,
and
to
thank
my
colleagues
on
the
council
for
for
helping
us
acclimate
in
our
first
hundred
days
in
representing
the
city.
So
so
thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
You
so
much,
and-
and
thank
you
I
think
many
of
us
are
mentioning
the
importance
that
that
we
don't
go
back,
that
this
crisis
is
magnifying
and
shining
a
light
on
many
of
the
inequities
and
that's
not
something.
We
want
to
go
back
to
I've
been
saying:
I,
don't
want
to
go
back,
I
want
to
go
better.
So
that's
what
we
need
to
continue
to
push
for,
as
as
all
of
you
know,
and
maybe
some
of
those
who
are
watching
may
have
heard.
Unfortunately,
we
have
lost
a
Boston
police
officer
took
Ovid.
B
So
if
that
being
said,
we
will
now
move
to
adjourn
our
meeting
and
when
we
do,
we
will
do
so
in
memory
of
the
following
individuals
for
councillor
Campbell
Robert
Dunn
for
council,
Brayden,
Donna,
L,
Coletti
Cox
for
councillor
Baker,
clarity
in
Flynn,
Stephen,
buddy,
Norton
and
Steve
Allen
for
counselors
Flaherty
and
Flynn
Larry
McCarthy,
and
on
behalf
of
the
entire
council,
Boston
police
officer.
Jose
Fontana's
a
moment
of
silence.
B
B
B
You
the
chair,
moves
that
when
the
council
adjourns
today
it
just
does
so
in
the
memory
of
the
aforementioned
individuals
and
it
is
scheduled
to
meet
again
on
Wednesday
April
29th
at
12:00
noon.
Yes,
April,
29th,
12:00
noon.
We
get
a
break
for
the
safety
of
the
general
public
and
all
involved.
This
meeting
will
be
held
remotely
via
zoom
and
posted
online
viewers
can
watch
the
council
meeting
live
on
YouTube
by
visiting
Boston
gov,
slash,
City,
Council
TV
again,
that
is
Boston
gov,
slash,
City,
Council
TV.