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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on April 13, 2022
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Boston City Council Meeting on April 13, 2022
A
A
I'd
like
to
ask
my
colleagues
in
those
in
attendance
to
please
silence
your
cell
phones,
electronic
devices.
Thank
you.
I.
I
would
also
ask
everyone
to
be
respectful
of
each
other
and
do
not
disrupt
the
meeting
this
public
meeting.
While
you
are
here,
if
you
are
disruptive,
you
will
be
asked
to
leave
and
if
you
fail
to
comply,
you
will
be
escorted
out
again.
We
ask
for
your
patience
and
for
respect
of
this
body.
A
C
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
councillor
flynn.
I'm
really
excited
to
present
our
clergy.
For
this
afternoon,
reverend
kenneth
sims
was
born
and
raised
in
boston
massachusetts
and
for
the
past
32
years
he
has
been
married
to
the
lovely
charlene
monique
sims
from
this
union
was
born,
one
son,
three
daughters,
and
he
is
also
blessed
with
two
precious
granddaughters
reverend
sims
was
licensed
to
preach
the
gospel
in
2003
by
new
england
hope
baptist
church
boston.
C
D
Thank
you,
councilor
maha.
Thank
you
for
this
wonderful
opportunity
to
come
and
pray
with
you
to
our
city
council
of
president
to
the
city
councilors,
to
the
community,
to
everyone
that
is
present
good
morning
to
you.
We
I
bring
you
greetings
from
new
hope,
baptist
church
high
park
massachusetts,
where
I
have
the
privilege
to
serve
as
their
senior
pastor.
As
many
know,
this
week
is
the
most
important
week,
I
believe
in
the
christian
church.
D
I
usually
host
a
new
day
prayer
at
new
hope
on
wednesdays,
and
I
very
seldom
not
do
that,
but
I
thought
it
was
equally
important
that
I
be
here
to
pray
for
and
with
our
city,
counselors
and
the
community
and
all
the
work
that
you're
doing.
I
really
appreciate
your
service
and
we're
going
to
pray,
god's
continued
blessings
upon
you
and
the
peace
and
prosperity
of
this
great
city
called
boston
with
that,
let's
pray,
oh
lord,
our
lord!
D
How
excellent
is
thy
name
in
all
the
earth
father
we
come
this
morning,
thanking
you
for
this
beautiful
day
that
you
have
given
us
god.
We
ask
for
your
presence
and
your
blessings
to
be
upon
this
all-important,
boston,
city,
council,
meeting
and
hearing
on
today.
We
thank
you
for
our
city,
counselors
god.
We
thank
you
for
their
service.
We
thank
you
for
their
heart.
D
I
just
pray
that
god
you
would
continue
to
grant
them
wisdom
that
they
might
make
decisions
that
first
represent
and
please
you
and
then
would
be
for
the
benefit,
blessing
and
and
benefit
of
this
great
city
called
boston.
So
god
we
invite
your
presence
and
I
pray
that
you
would
guard
every
heart.
I
pray
that
you
would
guard
every
mind.
I
pray
for
our
city
councillors,
god
I
pray
for
your
protection
upon
them,
bless
them
their
families,
all
that
they
endeavor
to
do.
I
pray
that
you
would
keep
them
in
your
prayer.
D
In
your
care,
let
us
sense
your
presence
in
this
session
this
afternoon,
god
we
pray
again
for
your
peace
and
for
your
blessings
bless
everything.
That's
going
to
be
discussed
bless
this
agenda
on
this
afternoon.
God
we
pray
that
your
will
would
be
done
on
earth
just
as
it
is
in
heaven,
so
god
we
thank
you
today
we
give
your
awesome
name
praise
and
we
pray
this
blessing
in
the
name
of
your
wonderful
son.
Jesus
christ,
amen,
amen.
A
A
A
A
B
Dr
number:
zero
four
eight
four
message
and
honor
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
enter
into
one
or
more
leases
lease
purchase
or
installment
sales
agreements
in
fiscal
year,
2023
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
36
million
dollars.
These
funds
are
to
be
used
by
various
city
departments
for
the
acquisition
of
equipment
and
furtherance
of
their
respective
governmental
functions.
B
Boston
public
schools
will
be
the
only
unit
authorized
to
expend
from
the
fund,
and
these
expenditures
shall
not
exceed
two
million
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
doctor
number
zero.
Four
eight
eight
message
and
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
boston
public
schools,
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2023
for
boston,
public
schools,
transportation
costs,
including
bus
and
public
transportation
costs.
B
Docker
number:
zero:
four:
eight
nine
messaging
auto
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
boston
public
schools,
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2023
to
repair
and
purchase
boston,
public
schools,
computer
technology,
including
computers,
mobile
devices
and
instructional
software.
This
revolving
fund
shall
be
credited
with
any
and
all
receipts
from
equipment,
sales
and
repair
fees.
For
boston,
public
school
technology
receipts
and
resulting
expenditures
from
this
fund
shall
not
exceed
two
million
dollars.
B
The
special
operating
division
will
charge
tuition
and
other
fees
to
outside
law
enforcement
agencies
for
the
k-9
unit.
The
tuition
and
other
fees
by
outside
agencies
will
be
used
to
purchase
training
equipment,
certify
instructors,
update
facilities
and
provide
funds
for
other
training
needs
not
otherwise
budgeted
the
special
operations
division
will
be.
The
only
unit
authorized
to
expend
from
the
fund
and
such
expenditures
shall
be
capped
at
125
000
dollars.
B
Two
minute
break
docking
number,
zero,
four,
nine
one
message
and
honor
authorizing
the
limit
for
the
boston
police
department,
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2023
to
pay
salaries
and
benefits
of
employees
and
to
purchase
supplies
and
equipment
necessary
to
operate
the
police
department.
Fitness
center
revenue
from
this
fund
is
derived
from
monthly
membership
fees.
Receipts
and
resulting
expenditures
from
this
fund
shall
not
exceed
125
000,
docket
number
0492
message
and
honor
authorizing
and
limit
for
the
boston
centers
for
youth
and
families.
B
Bcyf
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year
2023
to
pay
salaries
and
benefits
of
employees
and
to
purchase
supplies
and
equipment
necessary
to
operate
the
city
hall.
Child
care.
This
revolving
fund
shall
be
credited
with
any
and
all
receipts
from
tuition
paid
from
parents
or
guardians
for
children
enrolled
at
the
center
receipts
and
resulting
expenditures
from
this
fund
shall
not
exceed
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars.
B
Talking
number
zero:
four
nine
three
message
and
auto
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2023
to
purchase
goods
and
services
to
support
the
operation
of
the
strand
theater.
The
revolving
fund
shall
be
funded
by
receipts
from
rental
fees,
for
the
use
of
the
stream
theater.
The
mayor's
office
of
culture
and
arts
and
culture
will
be
the
only
unit
authorized
to
expend
from
the
fund,
and
such
expenditures
shall
be
capped
at
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
B
This
revolving
fund
shall
be
funded
by
receipts
from
easements
within
a
public
way
granted
by
the
public
improvement
commission.
The
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture
will
be
the
only
unit
authorized
to
expend
from
the
fund,
and
such
expenditures
shall
be
capped
at
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars.
Dr
number:
zero.
B
That's
docking
number
zero,
four,
nine
six
message:
in
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
law
department
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2023
to
purchase
goods
and
services
for
repairs
to
city
property,
the
revolving
fund
shall
be
the
revolving
fund
shall
be
funded
by
receipts
from
recoveries
from
damages
to
city
property
caused
by
third
parties.
The
law
department
will
be
the
only
unit
authorized
to
expend
from
the
fund,
and
such
expenditures
shall
be
capped
at
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
B
The
revolving
fund
shall
be
credited
with
any
nod
receipts
from
the
sale
of
renewable
and
alternative
energy
certificates
and
demand
response
program.
Revenues
produced
by
combined
heat
and
power
units
located
at
boston,
public
school
sites
and
solar,
renewable
energy
certificates
produced
by
the
city's
photovoltaic
arrays
receipts
and
resulting
expenditures
from
this
fund
shall
not
exceed
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
B
Docker
number
zero.
Four.
Nine
eight
messaging
order
authorizing
limit
for
the
environment,
commission,
environment
conservation,
commission
involved
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year
2023
for
the
purpose
of
securing
outside
consultants,
including
engineers,
wetland
specialists,
wildlife,
biologists
and
other
experts.
In
order
to
aid
in
the
review
of
proposed
projects
to
the
commission
for
the
city's
ordinance,
protecting
local
wetland
and
promoting
climate
change
adaptation.
B
B
Doctor
number
zero:
four:
nine
nine
messaging
auto
approving
an
appropriation
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
city's
boston
equity
fund
to
create
a
special
revenue
project
grant
in
order
to
support
equity
applicants
and
licensees,
as
defined
by
the
equity
program,
and
to
establish
and
operate
a
cannabis
business
in
the
city
of
boston.
The
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
special
revenue
grant
fund
from
the
boston
equity
fund
established
pursuant
to
city
at
boston,
ordinance,
ordinances,
chapter
8,
section
13,
establishing
the
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
the
city
of
boston.
B
Cable
related
grant
for
cable
related
purposes
consistent
with
the
franchise
agreeing
between
the
cable
operator
and
the
city,
including,
but
not
limited
to
supporting
public
educational
or
governmental
access,
cable,
tv
services,
monitoring
compliance
of
cable
operator
with
the
franchise
agreement
or
preparation
of
renewal
of
the
franchise
license
and
docker
number
50501
message.
In
order
authorizing
the
appropriation
of
one
million
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
income
of
the
george
francis
parkman
fund.
B
A
B
Please
document
zero
five
zero,
two
messaging
honor
approving
an
appropriation
of
one
million
four
hundred
twenty
three
thousand
three
hundred
and
eighty
six
dollars
for
the
administrative
and
operating
expenses
of
the
city
of
boston.
Community
preservation
committee,
also
known
as
cpc
for
the
fiscal
year
2023
and
a
further
appropriation
order
in
the
amount
of
38
861
894
from
the
community
preservation
fund,
estimated
annual
revenues
for
fiscal
year,
2023
to
be
appropriated
and
reserved
for
future
appropriations.
A
B
Talking
number:
zero:
five,
zero
three
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
expect
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
394
million
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
treasury
to
be
administered
by
the
city
of
boston's.
Chief
financial
officer
collector
treasurer.
B
This
grant
payment
is
made
from
the
corona
virus
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
from
fund
sl
frf
in
the
treasury
of
the
united
states,
established
by
section
9901
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act
of
2021,
a
rpa
pursuant
to
the
requirements
of
the
arpa.
The
grant
payment
would
fund,
covert,
19
response
and
recovery
efforts
and
accelerate
a
green
new
deal
for
boston.
B
The
once
in
a
generation
transformative,
investments
that
address
the
systemic
health
and
economic
challenges
in
the
areas
of
affordable
housing,
economic
opportunity
and
inclusion,
behavioral
health,
climate
and
mobility,
arts
and
culture,
and
early
childhood
in
early
childhood.
Doctor
number
zero.
Five,
zero.
Four
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
forty
million
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
the
treasury.
To
be
administered
by
the
city
of
boston's,
chief
financial
officer
collect
a
treasurer.
B
The
grant
payment
will
fund
provision
of
government
services
to
the
extent
of
the
reduction
in
revenue
of
such
state
territory
or
tribal
government.
Due
to
the
cover
19
public
health
emergency
relative
to
revenues
collected
in
the
most
fiscal
in
the
most
recent
full
fiscal
year
of
the
state
territory
or
tribal
government
prior
to
the
emergency.
A
B
A
B
Talking
number
zero:
five
zero
six
notice
was
received
from
the
city
clerk
in
accordance
with
chapter
six
of
the
ordinances
of
1979
relative
to
action
taken
by
the
mayor.
A
papers
acted
upon
by
the
city
council.
At
its
meeting
on
march
9
2022
docker
number
0507
notice
was
received
from
the
city
clerk
in
accordance
with
chapter
6
of
the
ordinances
of
1979.
B
relative
to
action
taken
by
the
mayor
on
papers
acted
upon
by
the
city
council.
At
its
meeting
on
march,
16
2022
docker
number
zero.
Five
zero
eight
notice
was
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
reappointment
of
meenakar
as
chairperson
to
the
boston
housing
authority
monitoring
committee
for
a
term
expiring
february,
28
2024
in
docket
number
zero,
five,
zero
nine
communication
was
communication
from
shami
benford
chief
emergency
management
regarding
the
metro,
boston,
homeland
security
region
b,
m
bhsr,
contract
renewal.
A
B
Document:
zero,
three
one:
three:
the
committee
and
community
on
the
community
preservation
act,
which
was
referred
on
march,
2nd
2022,
daca
number,
zero;
three
one:
three
message:
in
order
for
an
appropriation
amount
in
the
amount
of
twenty
seven
million
two
hundred
and
five
thousand
eight
hundred
fifty
four
dollars
from
fiscal
year.
2022
community
preservation
fund
revenues
for
community
preservation
projects
at
the
recommendation
of
the
city
of
boston,
community
preservation
committee,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass.
A
E
This
week,
so
congratulations
to
them
in
the
other
recipients
of
many
and
much
needed
causes,
and
this
is
also
a
call
to
other
organizations
and
groups
and
churches
out
there
to
take
a
long
hard
look
at
cpa,
get
the
word
out
there
also
to
my
district
and
at
large
colleagues.
If
there
are
things
in
your
district,
if
you're
driving
by
something
and
you
think
it
could
be
a
good
fit,
that's
kind
of
how
this
thing
works.
E
It's
you
get
introduce
folks
to
cpa
and
introduce
the
cpa
to
the
different
organizations
around
the
city
and,
as
mentioned
through
the
chair,
it's
an
opportunity
to
kind
of
bring
people
and
organizations
together.
So
with
that,
as
the
chair,
I
recommend
docket
zero.
Three
one
three
ought
to
pass
and
that
will
be.
The
full
owner
will
be
27
million
205
854
from
fiscal
year
2022..
A
C
Thank
you,
councillor
flynn,
and
thank
you
to
the
chair.
I
just
I'm
really
excited
to
see
all
of
these
investments.
The
only
thing
that
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
in
the
affordable
housing
line,
most
of
those
projects
are
just
earmarked
to
dorchester
roxbury
on
jamaica
plain,
which
is
great,
I'm
glad
to
see
more
affordable
housing.
But
I
think,
as
we
continue
to
move
through
these
conversations
in
the
future
we'd
love
to
see
affordable
housing
being
spread
across
the
entire
city,
so
that
we're
looking
at
affordability
across
other
spaces
and
places.
C
F
G
E
F
If
you
go
on
the
cpa
website,
there's
actually
a
whole
bunch
of
info
sessions
coming
up
in
april
and
may,
and
I
think
the
deadline
for
actually
filing
is
all
the
way
in
august
and
then
through
the
fall,
they
work
with
projects
around
like
viability
and
and
making
you
know
qualifying
for
cpa,
and
then
it's
really
the
winter,
where
we
get
this
slate
of
projects
and
then
end
up
voting
in
the
spring,
so
it's
kind
of
a
year-long
process.
Thank
you.
A
H
A
I
I
guess
just
piggybacking
off
from
my
colleague,
sister
lujan.
I
think
that
you
know
it's
it's
it's.
They
did
an
amazing
work
presenting
thank
you
to
the
chair
and
counselor
box,
presentation,
presentation
and
questions
as
well
engagement.
It
really.
I
learned
a
lot
from
the
presentation
I
think
piggybacking
off
of
counselor
louis
jean.
I
So
if
we
continue
that
way
in
this
city
that
we
continue
to
rehabilitate
and
fix
and
put
capital
funds
or
preservation,
funds
into
projects
that
stakeholders
or
activists
or
people
are
of
affluent
communities,
even
with
the
budget
at
the
presbytery
budget
process
with
the
community,
we
noticed
that
it
was
about
70
percent,
white
and
affluent
communities,
therefore,
empowerment,
therefore
knowledge
and
navigating
of
resources.
So
if
we
continue
in
this
way,
I
would
like
to
set
precedence
at
least
to
be
if
this
is
a
educational
moment,
an
aha
moment.
I
Whatever,
like,
let's
get
to
the
point
where
we
actually
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
and
actually
start
changing
this
thing,
because
I
heard
one
comment
in
there
that
was
very
offensive,
extremely
offensive
and
to
just
like
to
even
today
I
can
I'm
still
emotional
about
it
about
and
I'm
not
going
to
call
out
names
or
anything
like
that,
but
it
was
about.
It
was
a
public
thing.
I
guess
I
can
talk
about
it.
I
It
was
about
roxbury,
dorchester
mattapan,
not
wanting
or
not
caring
about
fancy
stuff,
and
so
what
the
hell
does
that
mean
we
do
care?
We
do
want
that
stuff.
The
thing
is:
is
that
we're
so
poor?
We
want
to
eat
we're
just
so
busy
we're
just
so
poor
that
we
are
so
busy
to
just
advocate
on
getting
housing
and
food.
So
of
course
we're
not.
Our
first
focus
is
not
get
beautifying
and
fancy
stuff.
A
J
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
also
want
to
this
is
a
great
program.
We're
still
hiring
ironing
out.
Some
of
the
kinks
is
fairly
new.
It's
it's
putting
a
huge
amount
of
money
into
projects
that
wouldn't
necessarily
be
funded.
Otherwise
I
do
share
my
colleagues
concerned
about
the
geographic
spread
of
of
the
allocation
across
the
city,
but
part
of
that
is,
I
know
from
my
experience,
nelson
brighton,
that
we,
I
have
a
list
of
the
back
of
my
paper
here,
of
things
that
possibly
would
be
eligible
for
some
cpa
money.
J
But
very
often
it
is
you
need
community
groups,
you
need
people
who
are
volunteers,
your
historic
society
or
your
neighborhood
groups
to
really
dig
in
and
do
the
work
to
prepare
these
presentations.
So
I
hope
that
we
can
ensure
that
community
groups
all
across
the
city
or
our
neighborhoods,
that
need
support
technical
support
and
guidance.
I
know
that
the
cpa
has
that
technical
support
and
guidance
to
help,
but
that
people
will
be
emboldened
to
sort
of
think
about
their
neighborhood
and
and
ask
for
help
to
prepare
a
presentation
for
cpa
funds
going
forward.
J
A
A
Those
three
were
really
instrumental
in
bringing
cpa
to
to
boston,
so
I
want
to
recognize
council
blah
council
flaherty
and
count
former
council
campbell
bringing
this
to
bringing
this
to
the
city.
It's
an
incredible
program,
as
everybody
mentioned,
just
just
as
just
as
a
follow-up
to
council
braden's
comment
in
my
district.
I
host
a
list.
I
host
a
a
session
with
each
each
neighborhood
in
my
district
on
cpa
itself,
just
trying
to
encourage
neighborhood
associations
to
attend
and
to
complete
the
application.
A
So
there's
a
important
role
for
for
us
to
play
as
well
in
the
cpa
staff
will
attend
a
meeting
if
we
do
ask
them
to
attend.
So,
let's
all
try
to
work
together
in
bringing
this
program
throughout
the
entire
city,
but
let's
also
use
our
district
city
councillors
as
well,
because
they
have
great
contacts
with
neighborhood
associations.
Community
leaders
and
in
the
cpa
will
will
gladly
assist
us
in
some
of
these
outreach
information
sessions.
So
just
wanted
to
mention
that
in
case
it's
it's
helpful.
A
Anybody
else
like
to
speak
on
this
matter,
so
thank
you,
council
of
flaherty,
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
community
preservation,
acts
council
of
flaherty,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
passage
of
dawkin
0313,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
all
those
opposed
say,
navy
eyes.
Have
it
the
darkest
past.
A
K
No
thank
you
so
much
president
flynn,
and
I
don't
think
that
this
will
impact
the
the
vote
at
all.
I
unfortunately
missed
this
hearing,
and
so
I
wasn't
there
for
the
process,
but
I
because
I
missed
the
hearing.
I
set
up
a
one-on-one
meeting
with
they
dean
to
ask
these
these
questions.
Ultimately,
and
so
our
office
is
hoping
to
look
over
the
eligibility
and
create
a
list
of
eligible
organizations
and
schools
that
didn't
have
access
to
these
resources
so
that
we
can
send
a
written
letter
to
those
offices.
K
But
our
hope
is
that,
by
sending
kind
of
like
a
mail-in
letter
and
maybe
doing
some
phone
banking
to
like
make
calls
to
people
to
just
let
them
know
and
having
some
of
the
community
meetings
that
you've
just
mentioned,
that
it
would
increase
access
and
just
knowledge
around
the
cpa
program.
I
know
that
there's
still
going
to
be
barriers
because
it
is
a
grant
and
although
you
don't
have
to
be
a
grant
writer
to
write
it,
you
still
have
to
have
like
some
sort
of
knowledge,
like
counselor
brendan
said,
to
put
it
together.
K
C
A
A
C
Thank
you.
Mr
president.
On
monday
the
committee
on
education
held
a
hearing
on
docket
0199,
an
order
for
a
hearing
on
the
state
receivership
for
boston,
public
schools.
We
were
joined
by
my
colleagues,
counselor
flynn,
murphy,
lara
louisian
and
breden
from
the
administration
we
were
joined
by
bps,
deputy
superintendent
of
academics
drew
elslin
and
bps
deputy
chief
academic
officer,
farah
azarija
and
bps
senior
director
of
data
and
accountability.
C
E
deci
board
member
and
bps
parent
to
hey
scala,
a
parent
at
the
hurley
school
and
ruby
reyes
executive
director
of
the
boston
education
alliance.
The
hearing
itself
was
brought
about
as
a
result
of
recent
events
where
members
of
the
board
of
elementary
secondary
education
have
begun
to
bring
receivership
up
as
a
possibility
in
bps
future.
C
It
was
also
brought
up
based
on
the
desire
from
counselors
to
learn
more
about
the
receivership
process
and
what
it
could
mean
for
our
school
district.
During
the
hearing
we
heard
from
members
of
the
administration
advocates
and
members
of
the
public
alike
that
receivership
is
not
a
viable
option
for
boston
public
schools.
Hareen,
who
herself
was
a
desi
board.
Member
admitted
that
the
vote
to
take
lawrence
into
receivership
was
the
wrong
one.
I'm
given
by
dusty's
poor
track
record
of
improving
schools
districts
placed
under
receivership.
C
Several
members
of
the
public
also
came
forward
to
voice
their
opposition
and
to
many
to
any
proposed
state
receivership
of
bps.
Given
the
overwhelming
opposition,
it
seems
crucial
that
we
as
elected
officials,
listen
to
the
voices
of
the
people
and
take
a
stand
on
receivership,
especially
as
we
undergo
a
superintendent
change.
I
look
forward
to
taking
further
action
on
this
issue,
but
for
the
time
being
we're
going
to
keep
the
stocking
committee.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
was
unable
to
make
the
hearing
on
monday
it
and
I'm
I'm
torn
with
receivership.
I
I
don't
think
the
busing
contract
works.
We
spend
150
million
a
year
that
contract
could
be
cut
up
into
150
million
dollar
contracts
and
spread
around
the
city.
I'm
I'm
concerned
about
madison
park.
I
think
madison
park
should
be
a
a
regional
school
where
they
can
control
their
old
own
destiny,
because
vocational
education,
I
believe,
is
different
from
your
regular,
your
regular
gen
ed.
G
I
lived
through
the
devil
when
the
devil
went
in
to
turn
around
status
and
they
and
when
they
had
the
the
supports
there,
they
really
thrived.
But
then
the
state
took
it
all
from
them
after
five
years,
when
it
wasn't
really
enough
time
for
them
to
do
what
they
were
trying
to
do
so
again.
I
I
labor
over
the
fact
that
we're
spending
all
this
money
every
year
and
it's
not
going
to
get
any
better.
G
It's
going
to
be
40
50
million
dollars
every
single
year,
25
000
per
student
each
year
I
mean,
I
think,
as
a
parent.
I
would
rather
that
as
a
voucher.
So
I
could
send
my
kids
someplace,
but
those
are
just
some
of
my
thoughts.
I
I
I
am
concerned
about
receivership,
but
are
we
going
to
continue
down
this
path
of
of,
I
believe,
not
really
giving
our
kids,
the
kids
in
the
city
of
boston,
the
best
of
what
they
deserve?
I
believe
we're
failing
them.
G
The
schools
are
unsafe,
the
schools
are
having
difficult
times
and
maybe
in
a
year
a
year
and
a
half
they'll
become
more
safe
as
we
get
further
away
from
the
covet
and
all
of
and
all
of
the
mental
health
issues
that
every
family
in
the
city
is
going
through.
So
just
some
thoughts
on
that,
mr
president,
that
I
was
unable
to
voice
during
the
monday
hearing.
So
thank
you
for
allowing
me.
A
K
Thank
you,
president
flynn.
I
just
want
to
make
a
comment,
particularly
around
what
happened
at
the
hearing.
I
think
it
was
made
very
obvious
to
myself
and
my
colleagues
that
deci
has
shown
an
abysmal
track
record
in
the
district
that
it's
already
taken
over,
all
of
which
are
smaller
than
bps
and
currently
still
underperforming.
In
fact,
bps
is
currently
over
performing
every
single
one
of
the
districts
that
are
ran
that
are
under
deci
receivership.
K
I
share
concerns
around
the
timing
of
the
review.
We
have
an
outgoing
superintendent,
we
have
a
new
mayor,
we're
changing
to
a
more
democratic
process
and
also
the
review
was
happening
a
year
earlier
than
the
mou
stated
that
the
mou
between
bps
and
desi
indicated-
and
we
didn't
receive
any
updates
from
desi
about
how
they
were
upholding
the
agreements
in
the
mou
their
end
of
the
agreements
on
the
mou
and
during
the
hearing
it
was
really
made
clear
that
receivership
has
has
been
ineffective.
K
At
least
here
it's
a
racist
policy,
it's
undemocratic
and
I
don't
think
that
that's
an
option
for
bps
and
frankly,
I
don't
think
it
should
be
an
option
for
anyone.
Boston
is
generally
moving
towards
a
more
democratically
run
school
system,
and
I
think
that
we
should
continue
in
that
direction.
I
think
all
of
my
council
colleagues,
like
councillor
baker,
share
concern
over
bps.
K
I
think
that
we
have
questions
about
what
we're
doing,
how
we're
doing
it,
how
we
can
be
more
effective
how
we
can
better
serve
our
students
and
the
answer
to
all
of
those
questions.
I
don't
think
that
the
answer
to
any
of
those
questions
is
state
receivership,
and
so
I'm
grateful
for
chair
mejia
for
holding
that
hearing,
but
I
think
that
we
need
to
make
a
commitment,
a
collective
commitment
as
a
city
council,
to
fight
the
possibility
of
this
happening
to
our
schools.
Thank
you.
A
I
wanted
to
weigh
in
in
I'm
also
against
the
receivership
of
the
boston
public
schools.
For
many
of
the
reasons
councillor
lara
mentioned,
I
I
don't
want
to
see
a
state
official
coming
to
boston
that
has
very
limited
knowledge
about
our
school
system
and
neighborhoods
running
a
major,
a
major
system.
A
I'm
confident
that
we
have
people
here
in
boston
that
are
able
to
do
it.
We
have
a
mayor
that
just
started
five
or
six
months
ago,
and
I
think
it's
important
to
give
the
mayor
an
opportunity
in
the
new
superintendent,
whoever
that
might
be
an
opportunity
to
make
changes,
make
structural
changes
improvements
to
to
bps.
C
Yes,
thank
you
sorry
counselor
flynn,
but
I
just
want
to
thank
council
aladda
for
her
leadership
and
really
and
for
your
support
and
for
speaking
up,
and
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
counselor
baker
and
his
concerns,
because
I
think
they
are
real.
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
during
this
budget
cycle
to
really
hold
ourselves
accountable
when
bps
comes
with
their
powerpoint.
Presentations.
C
Right
is
dollar
for
dollar.
What's
our
return
on
investment
right,
and
I
think
that
this
is
this
level
of
accountability
is
what
we
are
going
to
be
put
to
task
for,
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
that
conversation,
because
what
I
have
seen
is
that
we
have
just
started
to
implement
more
guidance
counselors
in
our
schools.
A
lot
of
the
things
that
we've
been
fighting
for
have
just
been
implemented
this
year.
C
So
we
need
time
to
see
how
the
return
on
those
investments
are
looking
before
we
give
jesse,
and
I
actually
was
in
holyoke
fighting
against
the
state
receivership.
Then
in
2015-
and
I
saw
the
debacle
that
that
that
had
on
the
community
and
also
that's
one
of
the
lowest
performing
schools
and
even
though
it's
still
under
state
receivership,
so
I
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
stand
together
as
a
council
and
push
back.
So
thank
you
to
my
colleagues.
C
H
H
So
I
think,
especially
as
this
budget
conversation
is
coming
about
how
we're
spending
per
pupil
and
if
we
do
actually
want
to
bring
in
other
suburbs
and
the
things
that
they
have
and
what
we
don't
have.
The
answer
is
to
more
investment
and
deeper
investment
into
our
public
schools
as
a
public
resource,
rather
than
thinking
about
taking
it
away.
I
will
also
say
that
obviously,
bps
has
a
lot
of
problems,
but
one
of
the
bps's
biggest
problems,
I
think,
is
they
don't
communicate
the
good
things
that
are
being
done
in
our
schools.
A
A
L
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
The
committee
on
government
operations
held
the
hearing
on
monday
april
11th
on
docket
number
0187
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
relative
to
recognization
reorganization
of
the
boston
school
committee,
which
was
sponsored
by
myself
and
counselor
julia
mejia,
I'd
like
to
thank
my
council
colleagues
for
attending
council
braden
councilor
louis
jen,
councillor
flynn,
councillor
murphy,
council
of
flaherty
and
councillor
rarel.
L
This
homeworld
petition
would
establish
a
transition
from
a
fully
appointed
school
committee
to
a
fully
elected
school
committee
in
the
city
of
boston.
As
it's
currently
written.
The
legislation
takes
in
takes
a
phased-in
approach
to
that
transition.
Doing
it
over
time,
so
not
the
all.
The
elections
are
not
at
the
same.
All
those
seats
are
not
filled
by
election.
At
the
same
time
in
the
future
they
would
be
on
the
ballot
at
the
same
time,
but
it
phases
in
that
approach.
L
This
hearing
was
an
opportunity
for
councillors
to
refresh
their
memories
of
the
hearing
held
last
year
and
for
new
counselors
to
hear
from
residents
and
advocates
and
share
their
thoughts.
At
the
hearing,
the
committee
heard
from
parents,
teachers
and
students
at
boston,
public
schools
who
voiced
their
concerns
about
the
current
state
of
the
appointed
school
committee
committee,
also
heard
from
several
advocates
who
outlined
the
history
of
boston's
decision
to
establish
an
appointed
school
committee
highlighting
the
deep
inequities
this
created.
L
There
was
also
a
conversation
about
national
models
of
school
committees
where
they've
been
either
hybrid
or
appointed
and
or
elected.
There
was
further
discussion
on
the
proposed
phase
in
approach
and
process,
as
well
as
how
this
would
play
out
with
the
current
superintendent
search
and
potential
state
receivership.
L
I
consider
it
a
good
initial
conversation,
I'm
going
to
recommend
that
this
docket
remain
in
committee
for
a
series
of
working
sessions,
the
first
of
which
will
be
tomorrow
and
it'd,
be
great
for
counselors.
If
you
do
attend
to
come
sort
of
with
your
ideas
for
what
this
could
look
like
or
what
it
should
look
like.
L
The
goal
here
is
to
have
multiple
working
sessions,
the
first
one
to
sort
of
collect
from
counselors
what
they
would
like
this
to
look
like,
ideally
and
then
to
work,
to
find
a
collaborative
sort
of
way
to
to
get
this
done
in
a
way
that
helps
everybody
see
what
they
want
to
see
out
of
this
as
much
as
possible.
So
that's
tomorrow,
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
folks
there.
Thank
you
thank.
A
C
Thank
you
to
my
co-sponsor
council
arrogo.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
amazing
advocates
who
helped
us
get
here
to
this
historic
point:
the
yes
on
three
coalition,
the
boston
education,
equity
coalition,
former
elected
school
committee,
members,
students,
teachers
and
families,
and
so
many
others.
You
all
helped
to
ensure
that
this
hearing
was
not
only
productive,
but
it
also
centered
community
expertise.
C
As
I
said
during
the
hearing,
we
received
a
mandate
from
the
people
to
return
to
an
elected
school
committee
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
there
will
be
times
in
the
future
to
discuss
specifically
how
that
would
work,
but
this
hearing
was
meant
for
us
to
focus
on
the.
Why,
and
I
think
our
panelists
and
members
did
do
that
perfectly
in
terms
of
identifying
what
our.
C
Why
is,
so
I
just
wanted
to
thank
council
arroyo
for
his
leadership
and
the
entire
crew
that
worked
alongside
our
office
hosting
a
series
of
community
conversations
in
native
languages.
It's
important
for
people
to
understand
what's
at
stake,
so
our
office,
alongside
council
arroyo
and
the
coalition
hosted
a
series
of
community
conversations
and
thank
you
to
council
louisiana
for
co-hosting
with
us.
C
A
I
I
am
concerned
about
the
timing
of
this,
and
I'm
I've
mentioned
this
at
the
the
hearing,
the
working
session.
So
I
guess
my
question
may
be
to
council
royal.
One
of
the
things
I
highlighted
is
what
impact
this
would
have
on
the
search
for
the
superintendent
of
the
boston
public
school
system.
I
know
we
discussed
this
at
length,
but
are
we
able
to
get
a
sense
of
what
this?
A
What
the
search
committee
thinks
of
this
this
proposal
at
this
time,
if
it
has
any
effect
at
all
on
how
we
select
or
who
was
selecting
as
a
superintendent?
I
just
I
am
curious
about
that.
So
if
you
have
any
comments,
I'm
not
to
put
you
on
the
spot
council
royale,
but
just
wanted
to
ask
you
that
question.
L
Happy
to
answer
that
I
have
not
spoken
with
the
search
committee
on
the
superintendent
search.
I
recognize
sort
of
the
fact
that
we
are
in
the
beginning
of
a
new
mayor's
term,
even
though
this
process
is
about
30
years
in
the
works
and
is
something
that
has
happened
even
or
started
under
the
previous
administration
or
maybe
two
administrations
ago,
depending
on
how
you
keep
track
of
it.
L
So
I
would
just
say
that
part
of
my
consideration
and
the
way
that
the
doctor
was
originally
written
is
the
fact
that
this
is
phased
in,
so
that
we
don't
immediately
just
take
everybody
who's
on
the
school
committee
and
say
out
with
all
of
you
and
move
forward
in
that
way.
It
phases
in
the
elected
approach
so
that
you're
not
looking
at
a
fully
elected
school
committee
until
2026
and
it's
working
in
stages
to
get
to
there.
So
you
get
some
new
elected
seats,
every
municipal
election
up
until
the
2025
municipal
election.
L
Obviously
all
of
these
things
can
be
discussed
in
a
working
session
and
sort
of
ironed
out
with
folks.
But
the
idea
here
was:
how
do
we
do
this
in
a
responsible
way?
You
know
voters
haven't
voted
for
a
school
committee
in
30
years,
so
you
have
to
get
the
education
that
that's
actually
a
thing
on
the
ballot.
L
Then
you
have
to
have
all
these
sort
of
races
planned
out
in
terms
of
making
sure
that
all
the
the
actual
infrastructural
things
are
ready
to
go,
and
so
all
of
those
things
I
think
we
should
take
into
account
all
those
things.
I
think
we
should
talk
about
in
a
working
session
to
directly
answer
whether
or
not
I've
been
told
that
makes
any
difference
in
the
current
superintendent
search.
L
A
A
L
Thank
you.
We
have
the
hearing
mister.
Thank
you,
mr
chip.
The
committee
on
government
operations
held
a
working
session
on
tuesday
april
12th
on
docket
0-259,
an
ordinance
amending
city
of
boston
code,
ordinances,
chapter
15,
section
10,
and
establishing
the
boston
fair
chance
act,
which
was
sponsored
by
councillor
julie,
mcgee
and
myself.
I'd
like
to
thank
my
council
colleagues
for
attending
councillor,
julia
mahia,
council,
russia,
louis
gen,
councillor,
kendra,
lara
councillor,
kenzie
bach
and
counselor
ed
flynn.
L
I'd
also
like
to
thank
chief
solace,
rivera,
chair
mckenna
and
the
human
rights
commission
and
get
in
the
advocates
for
the
persuasion
and
counselor
flatty.
Were
you
that
remember?
There
was
one
we
had
a
tech,
no
okay.
This
ordinance
would
amend
the
existing
language
in
the
boston
city
code
and
establish
a
chief
diversity
officer
who
would
provide
oversight
over
the
city's
nondiscrimination
equal
opportunity
and
affirmative
action
policies.
L
This
ordinance
would
also
require
regular
updates
on
progress
made
regarding
diverse
hiring
and
promotions
and
require
that
the
chief
diversity
officer
work
with
offices
to
make
sure
that
there
are
fair
hiring
practices
in
place
for
family
members
of
current
employees.
During
the
working
session.
The
committee
heard
language
suggestions
on
sections
speaking
to
collective
bargaining
agreements,
which
would
not
be
subject
to
this
ordinance.
L
All
collective
bargaining
agreements
supersede
this.
There
was
further
discussion
regarding
the
duties
of
the
chief
diversity
officer
and
the
language
suggestions
on
how
covered
employees
would
receive
a
promotion
upgrade
or
reclassification.
The
committee
is
working
to
get
information
on
the
city's
current
job
posting
policies.
While
we
wait
to
receive
those
specific
language
amendments
from
from
multiple
parties
that
we
discuss
at
the
working
session,
I'm
going
to
recommend
that
this
remains
in
committee.
C
A
F
Thank
you
so
much.
Mr
president,
last
night
we
had
a
great
hearing
on
the
potential
of
utilizing
arpa
funds
to
support
the
dorchester
field
house.
This
was
sponsored
by
councillor
baker,
and
I
want
to
thank
colleagues
for
joining
councillors,
murphy,
flaherty,
luigi
lujan
flynn,
warrell,
edwards
and
fernandez
anderson
and
also
to
councilmember
for
sending
a
letter
in
support.
F
So
I
think
that
was
a
real
highlight
for
us
hearing
from
the
youth
advisory
board
panel,
as
well
as
being
joined
by
the
martin,
richard
mr8
foundation
and
the
boys
and
girls
club
of
dorchester.
So
we
heard
extensive
presentations
from
bob's
canal
dot,
joyce,
kevin
deebler
and
then,
as
I
mentioned,
the
youth
advisory
board
and
also
heard
from
mr
bill
richard
and
a
large
number
of
community
testifiers.
F
So
the
boys
and
girls
club
of
dorchester,
in
partnership
with
the
martin
richard
foundation,
is
proposing
a
field
house
that
is
designed
to
be
adjacent
to
the
mccormick
bcla
merge
school.
It's
on
a
ground
lease
from
bps
land.
One
of
the
subjects
of
the
of
the
conversation
was
about
making
it
deeply
accessible
to
bps
students.
F
So
they've
been
working
on
an
moa
to
make
sure
that
both
every
week
yet
student,
there
gets
access
as
a
member
of
the
club
and
also
that
during
the
day
it
could
actually
be
used
as
an
extension
of
the
school
facilities.
So
I
think
we
had
a
really
robust,
exciting
conversation,
and
I
also
just
want
to
as
chair
say
that
you
know
what
counselor
baker
was
modeling
last
night
is
that
if
counselors
have
proposals
that
they
want
to
have
considered
vis-a-vis
the
american
rescue
plan
funds
sort
of
in
concert
with
us.
F
Looking
at
the
proposals
that
are
coming
across
the
transom
today
from
the
mayor
that
I'd
encourage
folks
to
file
a
docket
and
then
my
intention
is
to
hold
hearings
on
kind
of
some
of
the
subject
matter,
areas
that
the
mayor's
made
proposals
on
and
to
co-notice
that
with
dockets
from
counselors
that
are
related
to
the
subject
areas.
So
I
think
you
know
this
has
to
be
for
us
to
spend
these
one-time
funds
in
the
best
possible
way.
F
It
has
to
be
a
collective
conversation
between
the
council
and
the
mayor,
and
I
think
we
had
a
very
good
go
at
that
last
night.
So
I
just
I
really
want
to
thank
everybody
who
testified.
We
were
here
until
8
pm,
but
it
was
just
about
the
most
cheerful
till
8
pm
hearing
I've
been
a
part
of,
and
I
think
the
students
were
here
in
the
chamber
taking
photos
and
investigating
the
space
after
8
pm
and
yeah,
and
I
think
some
of
them
are
probably
coming
for
our
seats
before
too
long.
F
A
G
My
concern
with
the
opera
money
is
that
we
are
going
to
spend
it
all
and
not
have
anything
to
show
for
it.
I
mean
we
were
in
our
budget
initial
discussion
today
and
basically,
there
was
350
million
there
that
that
they're,
looking
to
just
send
around
third
see
later
gone.
I
don't
know
about
anybody
else,
but
I
haven't
been
asked
my
opinion
of
where
I
think
the
money
should
be
spent.
This
was
a
way
for
me
to
get
my
opinion
on
record
here
and
and
for
a
little
bit
of
history
on
it.
G
Columbia
point
was
formerly
the
city
dump
and
it
was
a
columbia
point
housing
project
which
was
probably
the
most
overlooked,
one
of
the
worst
in
in
the
country,
but
one
of
one
of
the
first
also
they
sent
in
the
I
believe
it
was
early
fifties.
They
sent
five
thousand
families
over
on
the
on
the
peninsula.
One
way
in
one
way
out
no
stores,
no
amenities,
no
playgrounds,
nothing.
G
G
That
will
connect
on
to
umass,
and
we
have
this
project
right
here
in
a
time
where
we
have
not
just
kids,
but
all
of
our
families
are
suffering
to
some
degree
with
what
just
happened
to
us
in
in
covet
and
just
being
shut
in
and
trying
to
figure
out
how
we,
how
we
get
on
with
life
and
how
we
heal
as
a
city
as
communities,
and
I
believe
in
my
heart
that
this
building
here
will
go
a
long
way
at
doing
that,
and
10
million
dollars
is
a
lot
of
money.
It's
a
big
ass.
G
G
G
Sorry
we
will
have
performance
spaces.
We
will
have
spaces
that
that
will
will
be
dedicated
to
kids
with
disabilities.
That
may
have
sensory
issues
will
will
will
allow
the
challenger
leagues
to
come
in,
and
the
challenger
leagues
are
set
up
for
kids
that
have
disabilities
that
are
in
wheelchairs,
so
they
can
experience.
Sport
there'll
be
a
test
kitchen
in
there.
G
Basically,
this
this
project.
If
we
do
end
up
coming
for
a
vote,
we're
kind
of
figuring
out
how
we
end
up
doing
the
vote,
isn't
for
me
it
isn't
my
vote.
The
vote
was
for
the
kids
that
were
here
last
night
that
totally
amazed
a
lot
of
people
that
I
think
were
in
the
audience,
and
it's
this
sort
of
investment
in
our
future
in
our
kids,
that's
going
to
allow
them
to
be
successful
into
the
future,
we're
a
different
city
now
than
we
were
in
1980
in
1980.
G
When
I
was
growing
up,
our
fields
were
all
terrible.
I
mean
the
best
baseball
I
played
was
on
a
was
on
a
hard
parking
lot
that
it
shouldn't
be
the
case
anymore.
We
have
technology,
we
have
really
really
good
building
systems
where
this
building
will
be
teaching
and
training
and
healing,
not
just
kids
but
families
for
generations
and
part
of
the
larger
picture.
G
This
will
be
infrastructure
that
will
be
community
infrastructure
before
we
have
a
whole
lot
more
development
over
there
in
the
next
10
to
15
years,
akin
to
the
seaport
not
necessarily
to
that
scale.
But
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
building
that
happens
over
there
and
one
of
the
criticisms
on
the
seaport
is:
there's
no
space
for
families
or
kids
to
run
to
play
to
to
have
community,
and
this
would
be
in
their
first
and
a
10
million
dollar.
G
Investment
with
from
the
city
of
boston
would
allow
us
to
to
really
position
the
large
foundations
in
in
the
city
to
say.
Okay,
the
city's
committed
the
state
will
shouldn't
say
will,
but
I
feel
confident
the
state's
going
to
come
up
with
a
good,
a
good
bit
of
money
also
and
the
whole
peninsula,
the
whole
columbia
point
peninsula.
G
And
when
I
look
at
the
columbia
point
peninsula,
I
I
do
it
from
standing
with
the
with
the
globe
in
front
of
me.
The
globe
is
now
going
to
be,
is,
is
the
beat
it's
going
to
be
700
000
square
feet
of
lab
space,
research
and
development,
which
is
part
of
excuse
me
for
going
on
so
long?
But
I
need
to
get
this
out,
which
is
part
of
the
whole.
G
New
industry,
that's
coming
to
boston,
it's
it's
biotech,
it's
high-tech
manufacturing,
we
don't
know
the
jobs.
None
of
us
here
know
the
jobs.
You
know
what
plumbers
are
we
know
what
cop
and
desire
we
don't
know.
Well,
I
don't
know-
maybe
I'm
maybe
I'm
being
some
making
assumptions,
but
we
don't
know
what
the
people
in
those
labs
are
doing.
G
training
and
development
of
young
minds,
and
this
is
the
first
step
of
it
right
here
and
it's
an
amazing
amazing
building
concept,
and
I
think
that
when
it
gets
built
regardless,
if
the
city
gives
us
10
million
or
not
this
thing's
going
to
get
built,
it
helps
us
a
lot
if
the
city
is
committed.
But
when
this
thing
gets
built,
we're
all
going
to
be
able
to
look
at
it
and
point
that
I
see
I
want
one
of
those
in
my
district
and
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
that.
G
We're
going
to
be
able
to
take
that
model
and
replicate
it
because
it's
not
just
like
when
I
was
growing
up,
it
was
all
sports.
It
was.
That
was
the
only
outlet
you
had
we
weren't
thinking
about.
We
weren't
thinking
of
singing
we
weren't
thinking
of
poetry.
It's
all
different
here
now,
there's
so
many
different
ways
to
form
the
child.
G
The
community
and
the
most
important
thing
that
I
heard
last
night
was
from
a
young
kid.
That
said,
we
want
to
add
to
the
good
in
the
world.
This
is
going
to
add
to
the
good
in
the
world
and
that's
why
it's
a
formal
request
for
10
million
dollars
across
the
hall
to
say:
look
at
it
pay
attention
to
it.
This
is
the
way
we
should
be
spending
our
upper
dollars,
and
I
don't
you
know
I
don't
want
to
poo
poo
on
any
other
way
that
we're
spending
half
a
dollars.
G
I
don't
necessarily
agree
with
a
lot
of
it,
because
I
think
it's
going
to
feel
like
a
vegas
weekend
when
we're
done
our
pockets
are
empty.
We
got
nothing
to
show
for
it
right.
I
want
to
be
able
to
point
to
it.
Look
at
this
thing
right
here:
10
million
dollars.
You
know
we
won
in
vegas,
we
hit
craps,
I'm
bringing
a
hundred
thousand
home
or
whatever
you
know
what
I'm
saying
making
the
analogy.
I
don't
want
to
feel
like
we
went
to
vegas
and
it's
all
gone.
A
C
C
So
I
just
wanted
to
to
name
that
and-
and
while
I
appreciate
you
know
the
whole
vision
of
what
the
city
could
look
like
10
years
from
now,
I
also
want
to
be
100
that
the
city,
what
it's
going
to
look
like
10
years
from
now.
It's
not
going
to
be
a
lot
of
us
being
able
to
go
to
this
beautiful
community
center
that
that
we're
fighting
for,
because
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
afford
to
live
here
in
this
city.
C
So
I
think
that,
while
it's
really
beautiful
and
I'm
excited
to
to
support
this
initiative,
I
think
it's
also
important
for
me
to
uplift.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is:
is
that
every
day
the
city
changes
and
the
the
beautiful
the
beautiful
things
that
we're
fighting
for
most
likely
most
of
our
people
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
benefit
from.
So
while
I
support
this
project,
I
want
to
do
so
with
naming
that.
Thank
you.
M
Following
thank
you,
so
it
was
a
very
inspiring
hearing
and
I
just
want
to
thank
my
d3
city
council
of
frank
baker
for
advocating
so
strongly
for
this
project,
but
always
showing
up
in
the
district
and
advocating
for
your
constituents.
So
as
one
of
your
constituents,
I
did
just
want
to
take
this
time
to
say.
Thank
you.
H
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
want
to
thank
councillor
bach
and
council
baker
for
holding
this
hearing
last
night.
Those
students
were
extremely
impressive.
I
have
obviously
a
bias
for
some
of
the
students.
I'm
a
mccormick
kid
myself
and
a
lot
of
the
mccormack
kids
were
here.
I
played
basketball
track
and
field
at
mccormick
because
we
didn't
have
a
good
track.
H
We
didn't
have
our
own
track
at
mccormack,
we
had
to
use
bc,
high's
track
right,
a
private
school,
and
but
we
also
use
the
outdoor
area
for
recess,
and
I
think
that
it's
important
as
we
look
at
this
project,
to
also
think
about
the
outdoor
space
and
how
we
can
maintain
as
much
outdoor
space
as
possible
for
the
mccormick
kids
there's.
Also,
the
issue
of
mccormick
is
merging
with
bcla.
That's
going
to
add
a
lot
more
students
to
the
campus
students
who
should
be
able
to
access
the
outdoors
pretty
freely.
H
I'm
also
really
encouraged
by
a
memorandum
of
agreement
that
will
exist
between
the
project
and
the
school,
so
that
we
make
sure
that
our
students
in
the
area
are
both
from
the
developer.
The
mccormick
bc
and
mccormick
bcla
are
able
to
access
the
site
in
a
welcoming
and
and
fully
accessible
way.
So
I
look
forward
to
further
discussions
about
this
project
and
also
to
honoring
the
voices
of
those
who
live
in
columbia
point.
H
They
also
presented
a
letter
before
the
bpda
announcing
some
of
their
concerns,
which
I
think
that
we
just
need
to
take
into
account
when
we're
considering
this
project.
I
also
think
council
baker,
because
last
night,
one
of
the
things
that
he
mentioned
was
that
this
project
is,
it
could
be
a
really
great
project
in
response
to
the
reckoning
that
we
are
having
and
experiencing
here
in
our
city
and
in
the
country
trying
to
find
spaces
where
we
can
find
common
ground.
H
I
think
this
project,
especially
with
the
use
of
arpa
funds,
would
really
create
a
precedent,
and
I
think
that
is
a
precedent
that
I'd
like
to
see
a
lot
of
our
communities,
especially
communities
of
color,
use,
how
we're
sending
supporting
private
initiatives.
Even
though
it's
a
non-profit,
it's
not
it's,
it's
not
a
public
initiative
and,
and
then
yeah.
I
think
something
else
that
was
said
was.
H
We
should
be
creating
beautiful
buildings
as
a
city.
We
can
do
that.
We
have
the
capacity
to
do
that
and
I'd
like
to
see
us
build
more
beautiful
buildings
that
really
honor
and
affirm
the
dignity
of
all
of
our
young
ones.
We
as
a
city
have
the
capacity
and
ability
to
do
that
with
the
land
that
is
in
within
our
purview,
and
so
I
want
us.
I
want
to
see
us
doing
more
of
that.
Thank
you.
A
E
President
just
want
to
go
on
record
and
support
strong
support
of
this,
and
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
both
of
these
organizations
have
a
stellar
track
record
in
delivery,
real
deliverables
to
to
children
and
to
families
in
dorchester.
I
reference
that
the
hearing
it's
a
it's
a
it's,
a
gem
of
a
location,
you
think
about
the
columbia
point
housing
project
across
the
street,
depending
on
who's
golfing.
It's
a
five
iron
from
the
marielle
mccormack,
where
I
was
born.
E
E
It's
absolutely
amazing
and
to
think
about
the
pipelines
that
are
coming
from
these
schools
to
those
other
institutions
to
those
jobs,
particularly
in
the
stem
field
we'll
be
servicing
these
kids
and
the
sort
of
the
first
two
priorities
will
be
the
harbor
point.
Housing
development
in
just
on
the
other
side
of
kosciuszko
circle
will
be
kids
from
the
maryland
mccomic.
I
mean
sky
is
the
limit
not
not
hard
to
get
excited
about
this?
E
So
I
think
this
will
be
it's
a
modest
request
frankly,
particularly
given
that
the
matches
that
are
lined
up
to
make
this
a
reality
for
the
folks
over
there
on
mount
vernon
street
and
for
futures
to
come.
You
know
the
track
record
of
these
organizations
not
fly
by
nights,
not
trying
to
come.
Lately's,
not
mediocre,
kicking
butt
in
their
respective
fields
and
it's
about
children
and
families,
and
they
will
be
servicing
our
most
vulnerable
residents
in
the
city.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
A
I
Thank
you,
council
baker.
Thank
you
so
much
for
actually
filing
this
and
before
I
go
in
to
talk
about
why
I
support
the
project.
I
go
back
to
my
point
about
you
know
it's
it's
so
it's
one
thing
to
actually
know
that.
There's
a
disparity
in
certain
areas,
but
it's
another
then
to
have
to
get
people
on
technicalities
or
bureaucratic
processes
before
you
can
have
access.
I
I
We
know
exactly
everything
that
roxbury
needs
by
now,
because
we've
been
doing
the
study
for
the
last
four
months
actually
before
I
even
got
inaugurated,
but
then
there's
the
other
thing
that
in
2022
boston,
understands
deficits
and
yet
only
provides
to
those
who
have
access,
that's
odd,
and
so
then
the
question
is
it's
like
you're
slapping
me
twice.
You
know
the
problem,
you
don't
fix
the
problem,
but
then,
when
you
fix
the
problem,
you
give
the
other
side
double
the
money
of
what
you
could
give
me
or
what
you
end
up
giving
me.
I
So
we
are
going
to
be
looking
at
those
things
to
see
if
any
of
what
I'm
saying
makes
sense,
but
I
learned
a
lot
from
the
presentation
yesterday.
Oh
my
god,
like
you,
have
the
resources
or
boys
and
girls
club.
Does
I
connected
to
everything
there?
The
three
girls
that
were
here
they
were
all
west
african
right.
I
You
pulled
on
my
heartstrings,
the
burtons
you
had
bpd
like
it
was
such
a
thorough
and
such
an
influential
presentation.
How
could
I
not
it
was
holistic,
it
was
impressive.
We
want
one
at
every
bps.
We
want
bps
to
look
like
that
right,
so
I
agree
with
consolidate
if
we
are
to
set.
If
we're
it's
just
what
we're
doing
this
is
a
new
culture
y'all
we're
setting
precedence.
This
is
what
we're
doing.
What
we
can
do
is
actually
access
money.
This
is
what
this
government
says.
I
We
can
access
money
and
if
you
don't
have
access
you
counselor
lara
will
help
us
with
technicalities
and
if
you
don't
know
how
to
present
council
baker
will
help
with
that,
and
if
you
see
disparity
councilor
mejia
will
help
you
advocate,
we
have
what
it
takes.
We
have
the
money
and
we
have
all
of
that.
Yet
I'm
I'm,
I
guess
I'm
just
spilling
over,
because
I'm
looking
at
all
of
the
projects
that's
already
proposed
and
I'm
looking
at
what's
happening,
and
now
I'm
learning
little
by
little.
Oh
snap,
I'm
a
rookie.
I
I
don't
know
jack,
that's
why
it's
just
bypassing
me
so
fast
and
meanwhile,
people
are
like
suffering.
So
I
support
you.
It
doesn't
take
away
from
your
project
or
their
project
it
doesn't
take
away.
Right
is
right.
Wrong
is
wrong.
If
it's
a
good
project,
let's
support
it
and
let's
keep
it
moving.
Let's
do
the
same
for
other
communities.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
fernandez,
anderson
and
before
I
call
council
baker.
I
just
wanted
to
weigh
in.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
attend
last
night's
meeting
as
well
and
just
listening
to
the
young
young
children
there
from
from
the
mccomic
school
talk
about
how
important
this
this
facility
would
be
to
them.
They
don't
they
don't
have
money,
they
don't
have
any
influence
a
lot
of
them.
A
lot
of
them
actually
live
in
public
housing
developments
but
they're.
A
I
said
that
they
should
have
a
state-of-the-art
facility,
that's
as
nice,
as
anyone
in
the
city
or
nice,
as
anyone
in
lincoln
or
wellesley.
Those
kids
certainly
deserve
it.
Council
flaherty
mentioned
that
it's
it's
walking
distance
and,
as
did
council
baker
from
the
mary
ellen
mccormick
public
housing
development
which
council
council
baker
represents,
but
it's
probably
the
most
difficult
and
challenging
environment
living
environment
in
the
in
the
city.
A
G
G
G
Mccormick
will
be
looking
out
over
the
fencing
look
what's
going
on
over
there
for
them
bc
high
had
one
benefactor
that
gave
them
the
49
million
dollars,
we're
asking
for
10
to
go
towards
us
and,
and
some
things
happened
in
the
redesign
about
the
open
space,
because
if
before
the
kids
were
totally
involved,
it
was
more
like
a
large
one
story.
Kind
of
took
up
a
lot
of
it
took
up
a
lot
a
lot
through
the
student
council.
G
They
pulled
the
building
in
and
went
vertical
with
it.
So
it's
it's!
It's
on
it's
on
floors,
which
provides
an
open
lawn
on
the
on
the
front
on
mount
vernon
street,
which
would
be
the
only
lawn
on
front
on
on
mount
vernon
street
there'll
be
outdoor
basketball,
courts
there'll
be
a
lot
of
outdoor
space
here,
that's
that
wasn't
there
in
the
original
design
and
that
came
from
involving
the
involving
the
teens
there's
three
housing
developments
to
speak
to
10
years
down
the
line.
There's
three
housing
developments
like
you,
you
mentioned
within
walking
distance.
G
The
the
the
harbour
point.
Of
course,
mary
allen,
mccormick
and
old
colony
old
quality
might
be,
you
know,
might
be
a
little
more
than
a
walk,
but
certainly
if
you
have
something
to
walk
towards,
you
just
go
towards
it
and
that's,
I
think,
in
those
three
developments
is
almost
2
000
2,
000,
kids
under
the
age
of
21.,
so
I
mean-
and
those
are
those
are
units
that
are
going
to
be
deeply
affordable
for
all
of
our
lifetimes
in
those
in
those
housing
developments.
G
So
in
zero,
two
one,
two
zero
two
one,
two
five,
which
is
where
this
sits,
which
is
part
of
my
district,
which
is
where
I
grew
up,
has
been
identified
as
the
most
diverse
district,
the
most
diverse
zip
code
in
the
entire
country.
So
that
means
all
people
are
congregating
in
zero.
Two
one,
two
five
and
this
is
gonna-
be
in
zero.
Two
one,
two
five,
but
it's
not
just
gonna,
be
for
zero.
Two
one,
two
five,
it's
gonna
be
for
mattapan.
G
If
they,
if
they
can
get
there,
it's
gonna
be
for
south
boston,
it's
gonna
be
for
whoever
wants
to
get
there.
I
I
envision
city
wide
track
mates
there,
city-wide
basketball
tournaments.
So
I
I
think
I
understand
the
the
the
tension,
the
initial
tension,
that
was
about
saving
green
space,
but
I
challenge
anybody
to
go.
Look
at
the
green
space
is
a
green
space.
Is
it
green?
Space
is
brown
grass
green
space
is
a
cracked
parking
lot
with
some
paint
on
it?
Is
that
green
space?
G
A
L
A
A
Thank
you,
council
royal.
This
is
also
being
filed
with
council
council
murphy
as
well.
This
is
this
is
about
a
boston
police
officer
named
kurt
stoken
joe,
who
grew
up
in
in
my
neighborhood.
He
entered
the
police
academy
in
2006,
started
in
the
boston
police
department,
2007
the
dedicated
police
officer
for
19
years
on
january
8
2016.
A
He
responded
to
a
call
and
he
was
shot.
This
left
curt
permanently
disabled
from
any
further
service.
As
a
police
officer,
he
is
married.
He
has
two
children
with
seven
and
four.
At
the
time
of
this
of
the
tragedy,
his
wife,
who
is
currently
in
remission
from
cancer,
has
been
working
full-time
as
a
nurse
throughout
covert.
A
B
A
M
L
Thank
you,
council
murphy.
The
chair
now
recognizes
council
flaherty.
No
no
comment.
Does
anyone
else
want
to
speak
on
this
matter?
Seeing
no
one
would
anyone
else
like
to
add
their
name?
Mr
clerk?
Please
add
counselor
baker,
please
add
counselor
bach,
please
add
counselor
brayden,
please
add
counselor
fernandez
anderson,
please
add
counselor
lara,
please
add
counselor
louis
jen,
please
add
counselor
mejia,
please
add
council
rally,
please
add
my
name
as
well.
Docket
number
510
will
be
assigned
to
the
committee
on
government
operations.
L
A
L
A
A
But
I
also
filed
it
to
recognize
that
when
they
came
home
from
service
in
the
military,
they've
had
many
challenges,
obviously,
as
as
someone
that's
almost
completely
paralyzed,
they
need
support.
They
need
services
right
now.
There's
a
major
debate
going
across
the
country
of
how
our
airplane
airplanes
treat
anyone.
That's
in
a
wheelchair,
as
they're
traveling,
traveling
or
traveling
on
an
airplane
and
many
people
that
work
at
an
airport
unfortunately
take
the
the
wheelchair
and
just
kind
of
sometimes
just
throw
it
in
the
in
the
in
the
plane.
Without
any
regard.
A
Their
family
has
also
served
has
also
sacrificed,
and
during
during
this
time
I
wanted
to
just
say
thank
you
to
the
to
this
organization
to
let
them
know
that
there
are
people
that
recognize
them
for
their
service,
but
also
that
this
body
stands
with
them
in
support
of
of
all
persons
with
disabilities
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
access
to
services
that
they
need.
That's
why
I
think
the
americans
with
disabilities
act,
which
was
which
is
a
federal
act.
A
I
think
it's
probably
the
most
significant
federal
federal
legislation
that
was
ever
written,
but
here
in
boston.
I
want
to
work
with
my
colleagues
and
I
I
know
you
do
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
on
assisting
persons
with
disabilities,
but
this
body
has
always
stood
for
persons
with
disabilities
across
the
city.
So
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
joining
me
and
supporting
this
important
resolution.
L
M
Thank
you,
and
as
the
chair
of
veterans,
military
families
and
military
affairs,
I'm
proud
to
support
this
resolution
with
president
flynn.
My
father
was
a
proud
navy
veteran
who
served
during
the
cuban
missile
missile
crisis
and
my
stepfather
papa
jack
had
an
impressive
career
in
the
united
states
marines.
He
grew
up
in
a
single
family
household,
with
very
limited
resources
in
mission
hill
and
went
on
to
be
a
pilot
for
marine
one,
which
is
the
u.s
marine
corps
aircraft
carrying
the
president
of
the
united
states.
M
He
was
flying
vice
president
johnson
on
november
22
1963
when
president
kennedy
was
assassinated
and
it
was
on
his
flight
that
johnson
was
sworn
in
as
our
36th
president
of
the
united
states
of
america,
I
have
always
respected
the
sacrifices
that
our
military
and
their
families
make,
and
the
paralyzed
veterans
of
america
is
a
great
organization
that
advocates
and
supports
our
veterans
that
suffer
from
spinal
cord
injuries
and
diseases
such
as
ms
and
als,
and
I
feel
it's
very
important
that
we
recognize
and
celebrate
their
75th
anniversary.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you,
council,
murphy
and,
and
you
and
council
flynn,
for
your
continued
support
for
the
disabled
community.
My
oldest
brother
was
blind
and,
and
my
uncle
don
donald
vincent
baker
came
back
from
vietnam
in
1968
paralyzed
from
the
neck
down
no
resources
any
place.
The
doctors
basically
told
his
family,
my
father
and,
and
you
know,
grandmother
and
everything
that
he
probably
wouldn't
make
the
year
he
ended
up
living
until
he
was
83
and
had
a
great
life
because
he
had
supports
that
were
his
community,
the
dorchester
community
surrounded
around
him.
G
L
Thank
you,
councilor
baker.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this?
Seeing
no
one
would
anyone
else
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
add,
I
believe
counselor
baker
asked
for
his
name
to
be
on,
but
just
be
sure,
counselor
baker.
Please
add
counselor
bach,
please
add
counselor
braden,
please
add
counsellor
of
tania
fernandez
anderson.
L
Please
add
counselor
flaherty,
please
add
counselor
lara,
please
add
counselor
louis
jen,
please
add
councillor
mejia,
please
add
councilwoman,
please
add
my
name,
mr
seeing
council
flynn
and
council
murphy
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
0514,
all
those
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye,
all
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
Docket0514
has
been
adopted.
F
F
I
talked
today
in
the
budget
breakfast
about
sort
of
the
types
of
criteria
that
I
think
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
when
we
think
about
the
arpa
funds
right,
so
is
it
addressing
something
urgent?
Are
we
are
we
being
a
part
of
a
systemic
solution
and
then
you
know?
Are
we
creating
anything
permanent?
Is
this
kind
of
taking
on
something
that
the
public
can
manage?
F
Folks,
who
came
to
our
waste
management
hearing
a
few
weeks
ago,
will
have
heard
the
exciting
news
that
the
city
is
launching
a
10
000
person,
composting
pilot
citywide
and
obviously
our
ambition
is
that
the
city
will
eventually
compost
citywide
for
all
in
the
way
that
seattle
and
a
number
of
other
cities
do.
But
the
reality
is
that
scaling
up
to
do.
That
is
something
that
is
like
very
costly.
It's
a
long-term
investment
in
like
in
sort
of
growing
city
services,
profile
right
and
currently,
our
approach
to
that
has
been
one
of
contracting.
F
But
when
you
kind
of
imagine
growing
that
contract
the
city
scale,
it's
potentially
very
expensive
over
the
long
term
and
the
people
of
boston
are
never
going
to
stop
generating
compost
eligible
food
waste.
So
you
know
it's
a
sort
of
long-term
thing
and
I
think
that
counselor
baker
has
really
led
the
way
and
I'll.
Let
him
speak
about
it
more
in
emphasizing
the
fact
that
you
know
if
we,
as
a
city
invested
in
municipal
compost,
infrastructure.
F
This
is
something
where
we
could
grow
good
city
jobs
to
be
more
efficient
over
the
long
term
than
contracting
this
out.
It's
an
area
I
mean
frankly,
I
think
that
when
you
think
about
waste
management
and
the
places
where
the
city
could
build
the
infrastructure
in
an
ideal
world,
we
would
then
become
the
hub
even
for
neighboring
municipalities.
Folks,
who
are
too
small
to
plausibly
do
this
themselves
would
say:
oh
but
boston's,
running
that
composting
infrastructure
and
could
pay
in
in
order
for
us
to
handle
it.
F
So
I
think
kind
of
we're
at
this
juncture
where
we
know
this
is
a
direction,
we're
traveling,
it's
essential
for
our
climate
plans
and
the
question
is:
are
we
going
to
travel
this
direction
via
private
contracting
and
sort
of
end
up
stuck
there,
or
are
we
going
to
do
some
upfront,
investment
infrastructure
and
kind
of
pave
the
way
for
real
good
city,
public
jobs?
That
will
do
this
critical
thing
that
are
that
our
folks
want
to
see
done,
and
that,
frankly,
are
our
food.
F
F
As
we
talk
about
the
growth
of
e-waste
and
a
bunch
of
these
other
things
in
the
city,
people
I'm
sure
have
heard
about
the
hazardous
waste
days
and
the
long
long
lines
and
it's
another
kind
of
unsustainable
thing
that
we
do
so
really
excited
to
put
this
in
conversation
with
the
other
filings
from
the
administration
on
the
american
rescue
plan
funds.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
you
know.
Our
plan
in
the
coming
months
will
be
to
have
hearings
on
their
proposals
in
kind
of
topic
areas
and
then
also
mix
in
the
council
proposals.
F
A
G
G
I
don't
know,
but
if
you
equate
this
with
what
we
spend
in
tipping
costs,
which
is
which
is
how
they
refer
to
what
it
costs
us
to
dump
our
trash
and
also
our
recycling
over
the
years
every
year,
that's
going
to
go
up
by
millions
of
dollars
and
there's
no
way
that
we
will
ever
be
able
to
control
that
we're
at
the
beginning
of
something
that's
actually
not
new.
We
used
to
collect
compost
back.
G
I
wouldn't
even
put
a
date
on
it
because
it
was
before
my
time.
You
know
this
is
something
we
can
do
if
we
build
the
infrastructure-
and
I
don't
want
to
make
the
vegas
analogy
again,
but
we
need
to
be
able
to
build
something
that
we
can
point
to
with
this
money
here,
like
we
don't
wanna
in
two
years,
say:
okay,
800
million
gone.
What
do
we
have?
What
did
we
do?
We
didn't
do
anything
so
kenzie.
Thank
you
again
for
bringing
this
up.
G
G
Fact
we
bought
a
a
a
web
press
that
at
one
point
we
printed
all
of
it
was
just
one
job
we
did
on
it.
We
printed
all
the
the
tickets
for
the
parking
tickets
for
the
city
of
boston,
but
also
11
surrounding
communities.
I
see
the
same
sort
of
thing
happening
here,
we're
actually
generating.
I
think
we
could
probably
generate
money
with
this,
so
I'm
so
excited
about
this
right
here
and
I'm
so
excited
about
people
really
thinking
about
composting
in
a
real
way,
not
just
okay,
it's
in
the
bucket
and
it's
out
there.
G
A
K
Thank
you,
president
flynn,
and
thank
you
to
my
co-sponsors,
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
working
on
this
issue
together.
I
don't
think
anybody
on
the
city,
council
or
watching
us
from
home
is
unfamiliar
with
councillor
baker's,
impassioned
speeches
and
I'm
very
happy
to
be
on
the
agreeable
end
of
both
of
them
today.
K
I
think
that
the
covenant
pandemic
has
offered
us
a
unique
opportunity
to
access
capital,
the
and
capital
funding.
That's
going
to
be
necessary
for
us
to
create
more
locally
run
infrastructure.
For
me,
the
city's
composting
program
is
just
the
beginning
of
that.
I
think
that
if
we
commit
to
building
more
city-run
infrastructure,
it's
going
to
mean
more
community
control.
K
The
program
really
ultimately
will
serve
and
will
be
owned
by
the
city.
That's
going
to
be
operating
it.
This
is
going
to
make
sure
that
we're
putting
our
tax
dollars
to
good
use
by
putting
servicing
our
constituents
over
profit
making
and
ensuring
that
our
focus
is
particularly
on
meeting
the
community's
needs.
I'm
sure
that
the
companies
that
we
contract
with
do
good
work,
but
the
city
council
is
responsible
for
operating
in
the
public
interest.
K
Local
control
is
going
to
be
local
presence,
it's
going
to
mean
local
regulations,
it's
going
to
be
local
jobs
and,
as
the
chair
of
the
environmental
justice,
resiliency
and
parks
committee,
I
see
this
locally
run
infrastructure
and
utilities,
as
well
as
one
path,
that's
going
to
get
us
closer
to
being
a
climate
resilient
city,
and
so
I'm
happy
to
co-sponsor
this.
Thank
you.
A
I
I
would
all
I
would
like
to
add,
as
as
we
have
this
discussion
also
part
of
it
should
also
include.
I
I
hate
to
bring
this
up
again.
The
pest
control.
It's
it's
a
major,
it's
a
major
problem
in
in
our
city,
in
every
neighborhood
of
boston.
But
when
we're
doing
composting,
we
also
have
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
public
awareness
campaign
of
of
educating
people
of
exactly
what
you
need
to
do
same
thing
with
recycling
same
thing
with
taking
out
the
barrel.
A
A
So
public
awareness
has
to
be
a
critical
part
of
it
and
I
think,
as
we
move
forward
in
the
budget
process,
we
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
funding
in
place
for
code
enforcement
for
inspectional
services
for
public
works
when
they're
dealing
with
these
quality
of
life,
nuts
and
bolts
issues.
So
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues.
Council.
Council
baker
and
council
of
lara
would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this
or
would
anyone
else
like
to
get
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hand.
Mr
cork.
N
N
Role,
thank
you
and
thank
you
to
my
co-sponsors
council,
flaherty
and
council
block.
As
the
african
thought
leader
once
said,
people
are
not
fighting
for
ideas
for
things
in
anyone's
heads.
They
are
fighting
to
win
material
benefits,
to
live
better
and
in
peace
to
see
their
lives
go
forward
to
guarantee
the
future
of
their
children.
N
We
have
watched
thousands
of
long-time
residents
leave
boston
because
of
the
rising
cost
of
housing.
Our
neighbors,
who
have
called
boston
home
for
decades,
cannot
afford
to
purchase
a
home
in
their
hometown
and
struggle
to
keep
up
with
the
rising
cost
of
rent.
Through
the
federal
section,
8
voucher
program
we
are
able
to
subsidize.
Rent
and
voucher
holders
are
able
to
use
their
vouchers
to
purchase
a
home.
In
addition
to
expanding
section,
8
vouchers
we
as
a
city
can
create
our
own
voucher
program.
N
This
is
an
opportunity
to
bring
much
needed
housing
assistance
to
long-term
bossa
residents
who
are
stuck
in
the
middle.
I've
come
across
many
of
our
neighbors
who
make
too
much
to
qualify
for
housing
assistance,
but
do
not
earn
enough
to
purchase
a
home
by
layering
relief.
We
will
provide
our
neighbors
with
a
clear
path
to
the
middle
class.
As
interest
rates
go
up,
borrowing
requirements
will
become
more
strict
to
increase
home
buyers
buying
power.
N
It
would
take
more
than
just
down
payment
assistance
if
we
are
serious
about
home
ownership,
let's
put
bostonians
in
the
best
positions
to
purchase
and
make
boston
the
permanent
home
and
to
continue
on
with
councillor
baker's
analogy.
Imagine
imagine
going
to
vegas
rolling
the
dice
and
be
able
to
buy
everyone
in
the
city
of
boston
at
home.
Thank
you.
A
E
Mr
president,
that
sounds
like
a
chicken
in
every
pot.
That's
right,
but
I
also
obviously
want
to
thank
the
the
the
lead
sponsors,
leadership
and
partnership.
We've
been
back
and
forth
on
on
this
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
just
trying
to
pull
things
together,
and
I
I
just
think
it's
important
to
note
that
our
rental
and
home
ownership
markets
are
extremely
competitive
and
are
among
the
the
most
expensive
in
the
united
states,
and
parallel
to
that
is
the
cost
of
living
in
boston
has
increased
steeply.
E
Over
the
last
decade,
everybody
in
this
room
has
heard
from
a
constituent,
a
friend,
a
neighbor
on
this
issue
and
all
of
us
know
long-term
residents
and
families
that
are
being
forced
out
of
the
city,
a
city
that
they
know
they
love
a
neighborhood.
They
love
and
grow
up
with,
because
they
can't
meet
that.
That's
that
financial
crunch,
and
so
I
know
it's
a
serious
problem-
we're
quickly
becoming
the
city
of
the
very
rich
and
the
very
poor
and
interesting
to
note.
E
E
Whether
that's
a
cash
flow
to
help
with
the
closing
cost
that
could
be
cash
to
bridge
alone
will
make
the
difference
between
someone
getting
in
a
home
and
or
not
getting
in
a
home,
and
so
I
think,
that's
sort
of
the
spirit
of
what
we're
looking
to
do
here.
I
look
forward
to
a
robust
discussion
about
this,
welcome
any
additional
ideas
and
feedback,
but
we
talked
at
length
about
the
section
8
voucher
and
is
there
another
opportunity?
E
F
We've
got
to
make
sure
that
it's
actually
hitting
the
right
people
like
that.
The
programs
are
actually
that
the
folks
who
we
all
talk
to
who
we
know
need
them
that,
especially
like
our
first
time
home
buyers
of
color,
first
generation
home
bar
that
these
are
actually
the
programs
that
serve
that
group
and
and
fit
that
middle.
And
so
I
think,
there's
been
a
bunch
of
interesting
of
like
suggestions
proposed
on
the
affordable
home
ownership
front
by
councillors.
Counselor
royal's
proposal
of
vouchers
is
the
one
that's
before
us
today.
F
I
think
the
idea
of
really
putting
those
side
by
side
with
what
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
is
thinking
and
really
drilling
down
and
making
sure
that
home
ownership
money
is
well
targeted
to
hit
that
missing
middle
and
keep
folks
in
the
cities
a
really
important
role
for
this
council.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
being
able
to
have
this
conversation
side
by
side
about
that
funding
allocation.
So
thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
J
You,
mr
president,
I
I
want
to
also
thank
councillor
warrell
for
taking
this
initiative
for
bringing
this
forward
homeownership
someone
mentioned
recently,
it's
the
most
reliable
way
to
control
your
rent,
because
you
have
a
pr.
If
you
have
a
30-year
mortgage,
you
can
predict
your
outgoings
on
your
housing
costs.
J
Folks,
group,
together,
young
professionals
or
students,
can
group
together
and
pay
that,
but
this
is
a
totally
unsustainable
way
to
go
for
our
housing
going
forward.
So
not
only
do
we
need
to
think
about
this
type
of
a
voucher
program
to
help
put
homeowners
folks
get
into
the
home
ownership
and
and
have
a
have
a
home
to
build
generational
wealth,
but
I
also
think
we
need
to
really
seriously
look
at
the
mechanisms
to
try
and
disincentivize
the
speculative
investment
that
is
driving
families
out
of
our
city.
Thank
you.
A
I
I
think
this
is
an
amazing
idea
right,
especially
since
I
filed
something
extremely
similar
to
it,
so
I'm
wondering
and
how
we
can
work
together
to
merge
the
two
so
that
we
can
make
it
work.
I
think
there's
room
for
us
to
do
work
together,
and
so,
if
I
file
something-
and
this
looks
super
similar,
then
we
should
work
together
and
I'm
wondering
then,
if
how
how
we
create
the
space
to
do
that
same
points
using
using
alternative
ways
to
create
homeownership,
especially
with
low
amis,
qualifying
them
through
different
vouchers.
I
A
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this
matter
or
add
their
name?
If
you
please
raise
your
raise
your
hand.
Mr
cora,
please
add:
council
arroyo,
councillor
baker,
council,
braden,
council
fernandez,
anderson
council,
lara
councillor,
jean
councillor,
mejia
counts
in
the
chair,
docket
zero
five
one
one
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
in
boston's
covet
19
recovery.
C
C
The
new
center
for
disease
control
and
prevention
reports,
showing
that
between
2019
and
2020
home
birth
rates,
rose,
47
percent
in
massachusetts
alone
out
of
birth
births,
either
at
home
or
in
birth.
Centers
are
safe
and
beneficial
and
a
valid
reproductive
choice
that
is
currently
denied
to
most
birthing
people
here
in
massachusetts
because
of
certified
professional
midwives
who
attend
low-risk
births
in
homes
and
birth.
Centers
are
not
licensed
in
massachusetts,
despite
being
licensed
in
37
states,
and
so
had
I
had
the
option
to
have
a
home
birth.
Probably
my
situation
would
have
looked
very
different.
C
Fortunately,
there's
legislation
in
the
state
house,
titled,
the
out
of
birth
hospital,
birth
access
and
safety
act
has
been
filed
which
seeks
to
establish
within
the
department
of
public
health,
a
licensing
process
for
professional
midwives
and
add
them
as
medical
slash.
Mass
health
providers
passing
this
legislation
is
crucial
for
supporting
birthing
people,
closing
the
crucial
safety
gaps
and
expanding
access
to
out-of-hospital
birthing
options,
meeting
people
where
they
are
and
accommodating
the
needs
of
birthing
persons
to
ensure
that
they
feel
comfortable,
safe
and
well
taken
care
of.
C
C
C
A
K
Thank
you,
president
flynn,
and
thank
you
councillor
mejia
for
including
me
as
your
co-sponsor
on
this
resolution.
I
am
very
happy
to
hear
nashira
barrel's
name
invoked
in
the
city
hall
chambers,
as
deshira
was
my
boss
at
the
boston
public
health
commission.
When
I
worked
there
and
she
taught
me
pretty
much
everything
I
know
about
home
birthing
and
I
I
think
that
the
city
of
boston
is
incredibly
lucky
to
have
her
working
to
open
the
first
freestanding
birth
center
in
the
city
and
ran
by
a
black
woman.
K
Nonetheless,
I'm
excited
that
the
boston
city
council
has
an
opportunity
to
publicly
support
the
out
of
hospital
birth
access
and
safety
act
and
to
recognize
black
maternal
health
week.
This
is
an
issue
that's
very
near
and
dear
to
my
heart
as
a
mother,
when
it
came
time
to
make
a
decision
about
my
birthing
plan,
I
was
bombarded
with
research
and
data
that
made
it
very
clear
to
me
that
the
decision
to
have
a
child,
especially
as
a
black
woman,
was
a
dangerous
one.
K
When
I
decided
to
have
a
home
birth
and
to
give
birth
at
home,
I
did
it
because
I
knew
it
would
be
the
safest,
most
affordable
option.
For
me,
my
midwives
and
my
doula
were
essential
in
ensuring
that
I
had
a
joyous
birthing
experience
and
our
current
laws
in
the
state
of
massachusetts
make
it
so
that
experience
is
not
accessible
to
everyone.
A
L
Thank
you
to
councilman
and
counselor
lara
for
sponsoring
this
and
bringing
this
forward
and
for
all
the
advocates
who
have
been
doing
work
on
this.
When
I
did
the
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis,
I
dug
into
a
lot
of
different
health
metrics
and
things
that
impact
health
and
one
of
the
most
striking,
disappointing
and
painful
ones,
was
the
inequities
that
we
see
in
black
maternal
health,
even
in
boston
where
our
hospitals
are
considered
world
renowned.
L
We
have
these
wide
gaps
in
inequities
and
these
unnecessary
deaths
and,
frankly,
it's
it's
painful
to
know
that
our
children
and
their
parents
are
experiencing
outcomes
largely
due
to
the
fact
that
they
are
black,
and
so
we
need
to
get
to
a
place
where
we
prioritize
this,
where
we
speak
on
this
and
we
move
on
this
in
a
way
that
effectively
addresses
a
very
real
issue.
I
hope
to
see
real
action
on
this,
because
these
numbers
are
are
scary.
L
H
You,
mr
president,
I
just
rise
in
support
of
this
resolution.
It
is,
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
the
numbers
are
scary,
that
black
women
are
dying
at
rates
that
are,
should
make
us
really
jolt
and
the
number
of
stories
from
people
in
my
own
family.
The
number
of
time
that
I
have
had
to
exercise
you
know
my
strength
as
a
lawyer
to
make
sure
that
hospitals
aren't
discriminating
against
not
only
black
women
in
the
maternal
health
space,
but
in
hospitals
in
general.
H
So
we
have
deep,
deep
health
disparities
where
that
we
need
to
address
and
there's
so
much
work
being
done
at
the
city
level
at
the
state
level.
Great
advocates,
which
is
why
it's
really
important
to
have
black
women
in
spaces
and
legislative
bodies
really
pushing
for
a
black
woman
in
our
health,
so
just
want
to
rise
in
support
of
this
and
rise
in
recognition
of
black
maternal
health
week.
So
thank
you
to
the
sponsors.
A
Thank
you,
council
zhan.
Anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this
matter,
the
the
first,
the
first
hearing
I
had
as
a
city
councilor
four
years
ago.
I
I
sponsored
a
hearing
with
with
mayor
janey
council
janie,
and
we
had
this
discussion
on
the
health
care
of
african-american
women
and
as
we
as
we
recognized
black
maternal
month
this
month.
A
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
the
sponsors,
the
in
the
tremendous
work
that
you're
doing
on
this
subject
and
to
our
our
city
officials
as
well,
for
the
focus
that
they're
that
they're
doing
as
well.
But
this
is
an
important
issue
and
we
we
we
need
to
work
together
to
make
sure
that
the
health
care
and
services
are
available
to
everybody
equally,
especially
especially
women
in
need
women
of
color
as
well.
So
thank
you
to
the
sponsors.
A
If
anyone
else
would
like
to
sponsor
this
raise
your
hand,
please
please
add:
counselor,
bake
up
council
bach,
council,
braden,
council
fernandez,
anderson
council,
flaherty,
council
of
zhang
council
murphy
council
overall,
please
add
the
chair
and
talk
at
zero.
Five
one
one
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
in
boston's.
A
A
K
Thank
you,
president
flynn.
I
am
very
much
wearing
my
mama
hat
today
on
the
city
council
floor.
I
want
to
start
my
remarks
by
quoting
an
article
that
was
written
by
by
nbc
news
and
highlighting
the
experience
of
a
former
student
at
the
judge.
Rodenberg
center
quote
rico
torres
was
just
ate
the
first
time
school,
staffers,
strapped
electrodes
to
his
legs
and
shocked
him.
K
Under
his
treatment
plan,
taurus
could
be
shocked
for
threatening
to
hit
another
student
running
away,
swearing
or
screaming,
refusing
to
follow
directions
or
quote
inappropriate,
urination
one
employee,
he
said
used
to
shock
him
in
his
sleep
because
I
didn't
wake
up.
She
shocked
me
recalled
torres
now
24..
Then
I
ended
up
peeing
the
bed.
So
she
shocked
me
again.
K
The
electrodes
stayed
on
his
skin
for
24
hours
a
day
for
most
of
a
decade
until
he
turned
18..
This
device
is
called
a
graduated
electronic
decelerator
and
is
a
part
of
his
treatment
at
the
judge.
Rohrenberg
educational
center.
In
canton
massachusetts,
the
judge
rotenberg
center
is
believed
to
be
the
only
place
in
the
world
where
geds
or
graduated
electronic
decelerators
are
used,
and
to
give
you
a
point
of
reference.
K
K
K
Three
students
had
died
at
the
school
between
1985
and
1990,
including
one
who
died
while
restraint
in
2002
resident.
Andre
mccollins
was
tied
to
a
restraint
board
for
seven
hours
and
was
shocked
31
times
after
he
didn't
take
his
jacket
off.
When
told
this
is
happening
in
our
backyard,
the
passage
of
bill
h-225
is
going
to
ensure
that
no
program,
agency
or
facili
facility
that
is
funded,
operated,
licensed
or
approved
by
any
agency
or
subdivision
of
the
commonwealth
shall
administer
or
cause
to
be
administered
to
any
person
with
a
physical,
intellectual
or
developmental
disability.
K
Today
during
autism
acceptance
month
on
behalf
of
my
son
and
all
other
children
and
adults
who
have
intellectual
disabilities
developmental
disabilities
and
are
autistic,
I
respectfully
ask
to
suspend
the
rules
so
that
we
may
take
a
vote
on
this
resolution
today,
and
I
ask
that
my
colleagues
join
me
in
supporting
it.
Thank
you.
A
Would
anyone
else?
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hand.
Mr
cork.
Please
add:
council
arroyo,
councillor
baker,
council,
bar
council,
braden,
council,
fernandez,
anderson
council,
flaherty,
council
of
gen
council,
mejia,
council,
murphy,
council
rel.
Please
add
the
chair
council
council
lara
is
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules,
adoption
of
dock
at
zero,
five
one
five,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
aye,
aye,
all
all
opposed,
saying,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
has
been
adopted.
E
President,
as
chair
of
public
safety,
I
just
want
to
recognize
national
public
safety
telecommunication
week.
Our
boston
police
department
operations
division
serves
as
the
city's
public
safety
answering
point
and
acts
as
the
connection
point
between
emergency
services
and
those
in
need
in
2021,
which
is
the
latest
stats
that
we
have
bpd
operations
fielded
a
total
of
618
925
calls.
Let
me
just
get
a
hold
of
that.
Six
hundred
and
eighteen
thousand
nine
hundred
twenty
five
nine
one.
One
calls
for
the
city
of
boston
alone.
That's
over
fifty
one
thousand
calls
a
month.
E
Each
of
those
calls
represents
a
resident
in
need,
looking
to
speak
to
a
calm,
helpful
person,
extremely
stressful,
frightening
or
life-threatening
or
altering
situation.
The
calls
range
from
motor
vehicle
accidents,
medical
emergencies,
shootings
fires,
domestic
disturbances
to
mental
health
crisis
and
the
very
rare,
but
the
very
good
ones,
birth
and
deliveries.
E
So
again,
a
big
thank
you
to
our
911
dispatchers
for
all
the
work
that
you
do
on
behalf
of
our
city
and
its
residents,
and
I'm
asking
that
the
rules
be
suspended,
that
the
council
passed
this
resolution
today
and
urged
my
colleagues
to
sign
on
and
let's
send
a
big
warm
hearty,
thank
you
and
and
an
appreciation
for
the
great
work
that
they
do
long
hours,
stressful
conditions
and
situations
overworked
undermanned
the
list
is
endless,
but
our
911
operators
are
truly
the
unsung
heroes
when
that
phone
rings.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
A
C
C
So
I
just
rise
to
say
thank
you
to
counselor
flaherty
for
uplifting
this,
but
I
think
I
just
want
to
add
that,
in
order
for
us
to
really
understand
the
magnitude
of
the
the
trauma
that
a
lot
of
our
operators
are
under
is
is
crazy,
like
you
get
a
call
and
you
have
to
facilitate
and
rise
to
the
occasion
and
and
sometimes
you
go
home
and
you're
triggered
and
you're
carrying
that
with
you.
So
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
we
could
be
doing
in
that
space.
C
A
J
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
want
to
thank
the
lead
sponsor
for
this
resolution.
I
think
when
we
think
about
first
responders
and
emergency
services,
the
folks,
the
first
people
to
respond
are
the
folks
who
answer
that
call,
and
it
is
a
as
country.
Mejia
has
already
mentioned
it's
incredibly
stressful
and
I
think
we
need
to
sort
of
work.
J
Look
at
recognizing
the
work
that
these
these
workers
are
doing,
as
they
are
first
responders
and
they
may
not
be
getting
in
an
ambulance
or
a
police,
car
and
racing
to
the
scene
of
a
crime
or
an
accident,
but
they
are
the
first
responders
who
very
often
are
helping
reassure
people
in
crisis,
connect
them
with
them
with
emergency
services
and
really
take
care
of
a
situation.
It
takes
a
lot
of
presence
of
mind
and
professionalism
and
groundedness
to
be
able
to
do
that
in
a
calm
and
efficient
and
efficient
way.
J
A
A
A
H
H
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
president.
I'd
also
like
to
give
a
hat
tilt
also
to
counselor
aaron
murphy.
If
I
could
add
a
fourth
co
sponsor,
I
would
add
her
the
reason
being.
As
a
council
flaherty
mentioned
last
week,
abcd
lost
its
title,
10
funding,
and
I
appreciate
him
for
bringing
that
to
all
of
our
attention,
especially
because
all
of
the
at-large
city
councilors,
we
sit
as
board
members
on
abcd.
H
So
this
was
an
issue
that
really
affected
us
and
we
were
all
really
trying
to
figure
out
what
we
could
do.
As
some
of
you
may
know,
abcd
stands
for
action
for
boston.
Community
development
was
established
in
1962
by
the
first
lady
of
roxbury,
melania
cass,
who
was
a
leader
in
so
many
ways
in
our
city
and
centering.
The
needs
of
those
who
are
often
forgotten
of
voting
rights,
of
just
a
number
of
issues
that
were
important
to
bostonians,
particularly
low-income
bostonians.
H
Regarding
and
abcd
works
on,
job
training,
child
care,
heating
assistance,
you
name
it
number
of
folks.
Constituents
and
family
members
have
relied
on
abcd
over
the
years.
They've
participated
in
title
10
program
for
nearly
50
years
and
they
use
that
to
really
help
empower
folks
and
equip
them
with
the
tools
to
overcome
poverty
through
a
comprehensive
and
holistic
approach
to
a
range
of
health
and
racial
barriers
faced
by
households
in
poverty.
H
The
cultural,
linguistic
and
economic
distinctions
in
communities
and
neighborhoods
create
pockets
of
extreme
poverty,
exacerbated
by
histories
by
decades
of
neglect
and
abcd
works
integrally
in
those
spaces
to
really
help
empower
those
communities,
and
so
with
two
days
notice.
They
lost
2.8
million
dollars
in
grant
funding
and
it
provides
substantial
resources
to
all
the
communities
that
I
already
mentioned.
So
it
was
a
very
big
hit
to
its
family
planning
services.
H
So
members
of
the
city
council
and
our
representatives,
who
all
serve
on
the
abcd
board,
have
been
working
with
our
city
with
our
state
and
federal
partners,
here
the
boston
delegation
in
congress
to
really
talk
to
secretary
becerra
and
hopefully
reinstitute
this
to
a
2.8
million
dollars
in
funding
which
is
so
critical
to
family
planning
across
our
city.
And
so
I
just
thank
my
co-sponsors
here
for
your
work
in
supporting
this
resolution.
Also
in
our
work
together
on
the
board
of
abcd,
either
personally
or
through
our
representatives,
so
thank
you.
A
E
E
C
C
C
M
M
H
I
just
want
to
call.
Thank
you
sorry.
I
just
wanted
to
add
for
the
record
that
the
majority
of
title
10
funding
is
goes
to
mattapan,
roxbury
dorchester,
and
so
when
we're
in
an
era
of
trying
to
make
sure
that
these
neighborhoods
are
getting
maximum
resources,
we
shouldn't
be
taking
it
away.
Just
wanted
to
add
that
for
the
record.
Thank
you
thank.
A
A
For
their
work
on
this
important
issue,
council
flaherty
received
a
call
on
a
cell
phone,
I
believe
from
john
drew,
who
is
the
the
executive
director
there
talking
about
how
how
this
impact
would
hurt
families
in
need.
So
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
the
role
the
city
council
played
in
advocating
for
families
in
need.
Abcd
plays
a
critical
role
in
our
city.
A
A
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hand,
please
add:
council,
royal
council
baker,
council
bloc,
council,
braden,
councillor
fernandez,
anderson
council
lara,
please
add
the
chair
councillors,
lugen
flaherty
mejia
seek
suspension
the
rules,
adoption
of
dark
zero,
five
one,
seven,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
all
opposed,
say:
nate
the
eyes
have
it.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
Third,
late
file
offered
by
councilors
wareland
baker,
a
resolution
to
declare
april
13th
lewis
d
brown
day,
whereas
louis
d
brown
was
born
on
april
13
1978
and
grew
to
be
a
15
year.
Old
sophomore,
who
was
an
avid
reader
motivated
to
pursue
a
phd
in
one
day,
be
the
first
black
president
of
the
united
states
and
whereas
louis
d,
brown's
legacy
continues
to
inspire
the
next
generation
of
peace
advocates
in
the
city
of
boston
and
beyond.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolve
that
the
boston
city
council
declares
april
13th
lewis
d
brown
day.
A
G
We
we
have
to
recognize
louis
d
brown
on
today,
which
would
be
his
44th
birthday.
He
for
lack
of
a
better
term.
He
gave
his
life
his
life
to
the
city
of
boston
in
his
death,
the
peace
institute
was
birthed
and
we
all,
I
think,
know
the
peace
institute,
no
teen
or
know
the
good
work
that
that
they've
done
over
the
years
and
and
through
tina's
grief
and
their
family's
grief,
they've
helped
thousands
of
families.
Since
then
we
actually
had
them
in
here
today
to
to
talk
to
us
about.
G
You
know
what
they're
doing
and
what
the
future
may
look
like
and-
and
you
know
have
some
ask
for
us
that
we'll
be
putting
together
in
the
in
the
budget
budget
season,
but
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
stood
up
and
and
and
didn't
didn't
let
this
go
by
without
you
know,
recognizing
it.
So
thank
you,
mr
president,
on
behalf
of
myself
and
counselor.
A
A
A
A
We're
on
to
the
consent
agenda.
I
have
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
there
are
no
additions
to
the
consent
agenda.
The
chair
moves
for
adoption
of
the
consent
agenda
as
presented
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye.
Thank
you.
The
consent
agenda
has
been
adopted.
We're
on
two
announcements.
Do
any
of
my
colleagues
have
any
announcements
at
this
time.
M
His
he
leaves
behind
he's
the
loving
husband
of
courtney
whalen,
who
is
the
historic
preservation
consultant
in
our
community
prison
patient
act
department
and
also
leaves
behind
a
young
son
nolan.
I
want
to
express
my
considerate
condolences
and
offer
any
support
the
family
may
need
at
this
time.
Thank
you.
E
Courtney
was
here
offering
her
time
and
talents
on
the
historic
preservation
side
sat
here.
Obviously,
through
the
hearing
went
home
and
woke
up
the
next
morning,
she
woke
up
her
husband,
unfortunately
did
not
so
we
just
want
to
in
the
spirit
of
that
and
obviously
for
courtney's
great
work
in
the
cpa,
space
we're
gonna.
Let
him
know
that
we
obviously
we're
past.
E
E
E
So
I've
put
together
copies
of
from
2018
to
present
of
all
the
pro
funds,
the
projects
that
have
been
funded
for,
particularly
for
our
newest
colleagues,
in
their
ratification.
As
to
what
has
transpired
over
the
last
few
years,
as
well
as
a
summary
of
the
2018-2021
program
accomplishments,
it
also
includes
a
percentage
of
those
that
were
by
neighborhood
population,
as
well
as
their
representation.
E
There's
a
breakdown
if
you're
more
of
a
visual
learner,
there's
also
a
heat
map
that
has
been
included
as
part
of
that
presentation
from
cpa
they
dean
and
her
team
do
a
great
job
to
the
best.
Their
ability
we
heard
person
after
person
at
the
person
group
after
group
after
group
testified
that
they
felt
that
they
were
the
only
applicant,
that's
how
special
they
get
treated
when
they
go
through
the
process.
E
I
think
a
big
part
of
it's
also
our
job
as
district
and
at
large
colleagues
to
connect
folks
to
those
resources
we're
out
there
we're
across
my
instance,
I'm
across
the
city
district
colleagues
and
at
large
colleagues
combined.
We
can
be
those
and
we
can
be
the
ambassadors
to
the
different
groups
and
organizations
and
making
sure
that
cpa
is
doing
their
part
and
and
the
the
materials
being
presented
and
it's
to
people
where
they're
at
in
in
in
the
appropriate
and
proper
languages
that
are
spoken
here
in
boston.
E
I've
also
included
the
total
number
of
applications
broken
down
by
neighborhood
cpa
category,
as
well
as
their
status
awarded
unfunded
withdrawn
or
ineligible.
This
information
was
sent
along
yesterday
in
advance
of
today's
vote.
As
council
bark
has
referenced
the
fiscal
year,
23
funding
round
is
now
open.
All
of
my
district
and
atlantic
college.
You
should
be
getting
that
information
out
there
do
a
blast.
E
Do
a
mailing
go
do
an
arc
in
whatever
way
you
can
get
that
information
to
your
constituents
into
those
very
important
and
worthy
community
organizations
and
projects
is
great
and
also
there's
a
community
preservation.
Virtual
community
meeting
coming
up
next
wednesday
april
27th
at
6
p.m.
So
same
thing,
blast
that
information
out
and
obviously
continue
to
work
with
a
dean
and
her
team
so
great
opportunity.
E
We
obviously
can
always
do
better
in
connecting
dots,
but
I
just
want
to
let
folks
know,
as
the
chair
of
that
committee
and
as
a
city-wide
counselor,
I'm
sort
of
targeted
making
sure
that
we're
spreading
that
across
the
city
in
in
it's
demonstrated
with
these
categories
of
maps
that
were
broken
down
by
my
team.
So
thank
you,
mr
president.
A
L
Mr
president,
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
yasmine
radassi
who's
from
my
office
has
been
with
me.
Pretty
much
from
the
start
was
actually
hired
in
march
of
2020,
and
so
you
know
what
that
month
was
and
has
been
with
me
through
all
of
it.
Every
policy
thing
that
I've
done
has
only
been
better
because
she
has
helped
mold
it
or
shape.
It
has
been
a
wonderful
person
to
have
in
offices
and
rooms.
L
So
I'm
glad
that
she's
still
going
to
be
participating
in
that
way.
It's
a
major
loss
for
my
office,
but
a
major
gain
for
the
city
as
you
move
up,
and
so
I'm
very
grateful
for
her
service
and
if
you
see
her,
wish
her
well,
she
has
been
a
service
to
the
city
of
boston.
So
thank
you.
Yasmine
for
everything
you
do
and
farooq
has
big
big
shoes
to
fill
as
our
new
policy
guy.
So
thank
you
for
the
indulgence
for
for
having
a
moment
to
properly
send
off
yasmine.
So
thank
you.
Yes,
me.
A
G
A
F
You
so
much
president
flynn,
I
rise
because
we've
got
three
people
who
have
served
the
city
in
senior
leadership
capacities
on
cabinet,
whose
last
day
is
friday,
and
so
we've
got
resolutions
signed
by
the
whole
council
for
all
three
of
them
here
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
quick
word
about
each
of
them
in
order
of
their
years
of
service
for
the
city.
So
the
one
I
know
best
is
the
one
who's
been
here
for
five
years:
justin
starrett
our
cfo.
F
That
is
not
necessarily
something
to
take
for
granted,
and
I
just
think
that
in
both
these
roles
of
budget
director
and
then
taking
on
this
wider
fiscal
stewardship
of
the
city-
it's
not
just
about
you
know.
You
hear
a
lot
about
the
aaa
bond
rating,
which
is
super
important
and
our
the
fact
that
we're
going
to
pay
down
our
pension
liability.
F
These
are
like
core
super
important
things,
but
I
think
at
every
department
of
the
city
has
justin's
fingerprints
on
it
and,
and
that's
also
true,
even
outside
of
the
city
department's
bha,
where
I
was
working,
he's
really
been
an
architect
of
getting
support
for
housing
into
the
city
capital
budget
for
the
first
time
over
his
tenure.
So
I
just
as
having
served
in
ways
and
means
and
worked
with
him
on
budget
stuff.
Just
really
want
to
thank
him
for
all
that
work
and
say
that
we're
going
to
miss
him
a
lot.
F
Secondly,
selena
barrios-milner
has
served
the
city
for
seven
years,
doing
tons
of
work
in
equity
in
economic
development
and
then
became
the
chief
of
equity
under
mayor
janie.
I
think
you
know
some
of
the
greatest
accomplishments
that
she's
had
in
her
tenure
are
actually
getting
that
disparity
study.
That
was
so
long
looked
for
and
hoped
for
across
the
finish
line,
not
just
getting
it
done,
but
getting
it
done
well
and
with
community
stakeholders
and
then
being
in
the
position
to
start
implementing
a
really.
F
You
know
more
robust
and
with
better
teeth,
bg
bjrp,
and
I
just
think
that
that
is
work.
It's
funny.
How
all
the
stuff
that
we
talk
about
in
these
big
picture.
Conceptual
ways
on
the
council,
like
they
often
come
down
to
like
really
in
the
trenches
technical,
complicated,
bureaucratic
work,
especially
something
like
that
where
the
city
was
trying
to
make
a
real
legal
room
to
be
more
equitable.
And
I
just
think
that
in
this
work
a
lot
of
times,
you
sort
of
pass
the
baton
and
we're
going
to
be
finding
that
for
many
years.
F
The
only
negative
thing
I've
ever
heard
said
about
chris.
Is
that
he's
too
kind,
which
tells
you
there's
really
a
problem
with
the
rest
of
us
not
with
him,
and
you
know.
I
just
think
that
chris
has
reinvented
himself
within
the
city.
Many
times
obviously
went
from
chief
of
streets
to
chief
of
staff
most
recently,
but
and
has
worked.
I
mean
countless
hours.
We,
the
city,
owe
his
family
a
very
substantial
debt.
F
At
this
point
I
would
say,
but
just
the
fact
that
he
has
been
such
a
core
dependable
part
of
a
city
under
nino
under
walsh,
under
janie
under
wu.
I
just
I
I
think
for
someone
who,
whose
fingerprints
are
all
over
the
operations
of
a
lot
of
our
city
departments.
Chris,
is
really
up
there,
and-
and
I
just
I
I'm
as
somebody
who
I
go
to-
would
just
like
wait.
How
does
this
work
or
what
was
the
history
of
this
or
whatever?
F
A
J
You,
mr
president,
I
I
rise
to
give
mention
to
two
individuals,
I'll
start
with
lydia
edwards,
not
not
lydia,
edwards
lydia,
robert
sorry,
wrong
wrong
name.
Lydia
is
an
owner
of
a
one
of
our.
What
we
call
our
legacy:
businesses
in
austin,
brighton
and
bright
center
she's
run
a
hair
salon
there
for
55
years
and
is
retiring
and
thankfully
her
it's
a
woman-owned
business.
J
The
other
person
I
want
to
mention
this
afternoon
is
jason
desrocher,
who
is
the
community
organizer
at
the
austin
brighton
cdc?
Many
of
you
are
familiar
with
jason
he's
a
frequent
flyer
here
in
the
in
the
hall
when
he
comes
to
advocate
for
affordable
housing
and
equity
and
and
just
to
really
push
the
envelope
in
terms
to
advocating
for
more
affordable
housing
in
austin,
brighton
and
across
our
city.
J
One
of
the
things
he's
been
instrumental
in
doing
has
been
holding
boot
camp
workshops
for
residents
of
olsen
brighton.
To
prepare
them
to
participate
in
the
article
80
process
and
to
be
strong
voices
for
a
more
inclusive
and
equitable
development
in
our
neighborhood.
So
it's
with
great
gratitude
that
I
I
wish
jason
all
the
best
he's
been
at
the
cdc
for
seven
and
a
half
years
and
we're
going
to
miss
him.