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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on April 6, 2022
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Boston City Council Meeting on April 6, 2022
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A
A
A
Thank
you.
I've
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
a
quorum
is
present.
Introduction
of
the
clergy.
This
week's
clergy
is
muhammad,
who
was
invited
by
council
of
fernandez
anderson
council
fernandez
anderson.
If
you
would
like
to
come
up
to
the
podium
with
with
muhammad
he's,
with
iknow
relief
and
I'm
honored
to
have
muhammad
join
us.
C
I
wanted
to
introduce
muhammad
abdullahim
today
he
is
a
muslim
that
grew
up
in
the
city
of
boston
and
became
engaged
in
informing
people
about
the
wonders
and
beauty
of
islam
and
the
islamic
way
of
life.
He
currently
teaches
islamic
studies
at
the
isbcc
and
he
also
works
at
the
national
muslim
service
organization
named
ichna
relief.
C
D
D
Ramadan
is
a
blessed
month
that
the
quran
was
revealed
to
us
in
that
month.
Allah
chose
the
quran
to
be
revealed
in
this
month
of
all
of
the
months,
so
it
is
a
very
special
time
for
us
as
muslims,
and
we
welcome
it
with
open
hands.
We
actually
have
from
the
tradition
of
our
prophet
peace,
be
upon
him
for
the
six
months
after
ramadan
in
the
six
months
preceding
ramadan.
He
is
in
prayer
asking
allah
that
we
reach
the
month
of
ramadan
just
to
reach
the
blessings
of
allah.
D
It's
the
same
thing
as
saying
creator
of
the
universe,
so
we
would
like
allah
to
purify
our
intentions,
because
that
is
one
thing
that
we
all
know
that
gets
out
of
hand
a
lot
of
times
and
we
have
to
keep
that
in
check
and
it's
actually
from
the
tradition
of
the
muslim
to
continuously
purify
their
intentions.
So
may
allah
purify
our
intentions.
I
ask
all
of
you
today
to
keep
in
mind
that
we
are
here
in
unison.
D
We
are
here
to
see
how
we
can
better
this
world
together,
muslim
and
non-muslim
just
mankind
in
general.
We
are
here
to
better
our
society,
and
especially
here
the
the
city
of
boston,
because
that's
where
we
all
reside
in
so
may,
allah
make
this
a
fruitful
discussion
today,
a
fruitful
meeting.
Thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
me
to
come
and
speak
and
introduce
myself
and
introduce
this
month
of
ramadan.
D
Okay,
great,
so
if
you
guys
don't
mind,
standing
and
joining
us
in
this
prayer,
so
we
ask
allah,
subhanahu,
wa
ta'ala,
the
creator
of
the
universe,
to
allow
allow
this
to
be
a
great
discussion
where
we
discuss
the
things
that
we
all
need
and
that
the
city
of
boston
needs
and
may
allah
grant
us
the
ability
to
see
the
right
from
the
wrong
just
like
in
the
ayah
in
the
quran.
It
says.
D
A
Now,
on
to
the
first
order
of
business,
which
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes,
seeing
and
hearing
no
discussion
on
the
matter,
the
chair
moves
to
approve
the
minute
minutes
from
the
last
meeting
as
presented
all
those
in
favor
of
approving
the
minutes
from
the
last
meeting
say
aye
all
opposed
saying
the
eyes
have
it.
Thank
you.
The
meeting
of
the
last
minute
stand
as
approved
communication
from
her
honor
the
mayor,
mr
clerk.
Please
read
docket
zero.
Four
six.
B
A
B
Four
doctor
number
zero
four
six
four
message
and
order
for
your
approval:
a
revised
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
submit
to
the
massachusetts
school
building
authority,
msba
statement
of
interest
for
its
accelerated
repair
program
for
the
following
schools:
haley
pilot
school
curly
k
through
8
school,
lower
building,
burke,
high
school
henderson
k
through
12
inclusion,
school
upper
campus
rmberger
school
and
english
high
school.
Thank
you,
dr.
A
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
The
committee
on
government
operations
held
a
working
session
on
monday
april,
4th
on
docket
0321
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
securing
environmental
justice
in
the
city
of
boston,
which
was
sponsored
by
council
lydia
edwards.
I'd
like
to
thank
my
council
colleagues
for
attending
councillor
flynn.
Councillor
lara
councillor,
mejia
councillor,
murphy,
council,
flaherty,
councilor,
bach
and
council
warrell.
This
home
rule
petition
would
declare
that
a
state
of
emergency
exists
in
the
city
of
boston
with
regards
to
environmental
injustice
and
climate
change.
E
If
passed,
this
legislation
would
amend
the
bpda's
enabling
acts
and
remove
public
services
corporation's
ability
to
seek
an
exemption
to
all
boston
zoning
laws
by
petitioning
the
state
department
of
public
utilities.
Instead,
this
legislation
will
give
the
building
commissioner,
the
authority
to
enforce
environmental
justice
standards.
If
the
commissioner
determines
that
a
use
or
proposed
use
of
a
building
structure
or
land
in
the
city
would
negatively
impact
environmental
rights
afforded
to
residents
by
state
law.
E
The
building,
commissioner,
would
have
the
authority
to
issue
a
stock
work
order
or
suspend
any
issued
permits
licenses
or
authorizations
associated
with
the
use
or
proposed
use.
At
the
working
session,
the
committee
heard
from
several
environmental
justice
advocates
about
the
urgency
of
securing
environmental
justice
in
boston
and
protecting
local
communities.
The
utility
company
representative
stated
that
they
believe
that
existing
state
regulations
provided
sufficient
environmental
justice
protections.
The
sponsor
clarified
that
the
legislation
would
grant
extra
authority
to
the
building
commissioner
and
that
more
specific
building
standards
can
be
crafted
by
the
zoning
commission
and
the
building.
E
Commissioner.
If
the
state
passes
this,
there
was
a
suggestion
on
language
be
added
specifying
that
the
process
of
deciding
those
building
standards
shall
be
guided
by
the
needs
of
community
through
a
civic
engagement
process.
So
while
we
wait
to
receive
specific
language
amendments
that
were
discussed
at
the
working
session,
we're
recommending
that
this
remains
in
committee.
A
A
B
Docker
number
0-3-1-3
message
in
order
for
an
appropriation
order
in
the
amount
of
20
27
million
two
hundred
and
five
thousand
eight
hundred
and
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.
B
A
F
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
who
join
me
and
obviously
a
special
thank
you
to
the
vice
chair,
counselor
kenzie
bach,
who
helped
finish
out
the
hearing
with
the
zoom
testimony,
as
well
as
central
staff
who
worked
late
to
accommodate
the
evening
hearing
as
someone
who
led
the
efforts
on
this
body
to
help
get
cpa
passed
along
with
some
of
my
colleagues
and
many
many
constituents
and
advocates
and
voters
across
the
city.
This
hearing
is
my
favorite
hearing
each
year.
F
It's
the
opportunity
for
us
to
see
a
great
program
evolve
and
continue
to
grow,
and
you
see
more
folks
get
excited
about
it.
I
think
you
referenced
it
last
night
and
after
you
had
left
other
folks
that
spoke.
I
referenced
your
comments
about
talking
about
something
that
just
brings
people
and
brings
communities
together.
It's
it's
the
cpa,
as
I
believe
in
vision
with
that
said,
we
heard
following
testimony
from
maureen
garcia.
We
heard
from
chief
dillon
deputy
director
jessica,
boatwright
chief,
miriam
hammond
ryan
woods.
F
The
commissioner
of
parks,
courtney,
whalen
and
julian
lang
from
historic
preservation
and,
last
but
not
least,
is
dating
brown
deputy
director
of
the
community
preservation
and
she
did.
She
does
a
phenomenal
job
as
referenced,
and
also
folks
that
testified
talked
about
how
they
dean
makes
them
feel
like
they're
the
only
applicant,
and
she
goes
to
great
lanes
to
make
sure
that
they
have
all
their
information
in
ducks
in
line
and
in
that
whatever
is
missing
or
her
outreach
as
well.
F
Can
we
do
better
always
we
can
always
do
better,
but
if
any
program
in
the
city
is
working
and
is
reaching
out
as
best
they
can
it's,
this
group
and
they'll
continue
to
do
so
as
referenced
by
our
colleagues
questions
last
night.
Now
the
breakdown
is
as
follows:
27
million
in
change,
we'll
go
14
million.
660
1559
dollars
will
go
to
affordable
housing
projects.
F
So,
during
the
course
of
the
hearing,
we
had
robust
public
testimony
in
favor
of
the
of
the
proposed
project,
so
all
of
them
very
deserving,
including
testimony
from
some
of
our
youngest
residents
in
the
city
advocating
for
projects
that
impacted
their
school,
their
community
and
others.
As
chair
of
the
community.
F
In
which
case,
I
look
forward
to
putting
a
committee
report
together
for
this
party
to
consider
to
vote
on
next
wednesday,
and
if
any
of
my
other
colleagues
who
the
chair
would
like
to
speak,
they
happen
happy
to
accommodate
that
and
we'll
have
this
thing
turned
around
by
next
wednesday.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Thank.
A
Just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
councillor
flaherty
and
council
of
bark
and
central
staff,
the
mayor's
office
that
was
here
last
night
working
late.
We
appreciate
everything
in
your
leadership
on
this
important
issue.
As
council
flaherty
highlighted
the
community
preservation
act
is
an
opportunity
for
neighbors
to
come
together.
A
B
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
president.
The
chair,
the
committee
on
ways
of
means
held
a
hearing
to
explore
a
prospect
of
opportunities
for
more
housing
or
creating
more
affordable
housing
by
way
of
bonds,
and
we
I'd
like
to
thank
the
administration
I'd
like
to
thank
my
lead,
the
lead
co-sponsor
or
the
lead
sponsor,
and
my
lead.
My
co-sponsor
on
this
hearing
and
it
will
remain
in
basically
will
remain
in
committee,
and
we
just
basically
had
a
robust
conversation
about
the
possibilities
administration
broke
down.
C
G
Conversation
yesterday
around
bonds,
I
want
to
thank
the
administration,
justice,
starrett,
maureen,
garcia
and
jim
williamson.
We
came
and
we
talked
about
bonds.
We
talked
about
our
our
about
our
general
debt
policy,
but
also
about
you
know.
What
would
it
look
like
to
increase
to
increase
our
debt
service
or
to
actually
change
our
our
repayment
schedule
so
that
our
bond
repayments
are
a
smaller
fraction
of
our
overall
budget,
which
would
give
us
flexibility
to
do
a
lot
more?
G
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
participated
in
that
conversation.
You,
president
flynn
councillors,
mejia
and
obviously
my
co-sponsors,
councilor,
bach
and
and
custer
fernand
and
anderson,
both
of
whom
have
presented
really
great
ideas
around
housing
and
how
we
can
use
combine
our
cities,
fiscal
strength
with
whether
it's
what
we
need
to
do
under
the
fair
cloth
amendment
to
get
more
social
housing
bills
or
rental
home
options.
G
I
think
this
really
does
present
us
with
a
really
great
opportunity
to
pay
for
and
do
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
in
community
to
address
the
urgency
of
the
crises
that
we're
facing
here
as
a
city.
So
it's
just
the
beginning
of
a
conversation
and
I
think
the
chair
holding
it
and
everyone
who
leaned
into
it,
because
I
know
it
can
seem
pretty
dry
like
bond
policy,
but
it
is
really
important.
It's
how
we
pay
for
a
lot
of
things
that
we
need
to
get
done.
G
A
H
You
so
much,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
also
to
my
co-sponsors,
counselor
fernandez,
anderson
and
councillor
louis
jen,
the
lead
sponsor
this
was
a
great
hearing
to
have.
I
won't
summarize
it
because
they've
both
done
so
so
well,
but
it's
just
exciting
to
me.
You
know
the
last
time
we
were
having
a
version
of
this
conversation.
H
A
I
All
right,
thank
you,
president
flynn,
and
thank
you
to
my
co-sponsors
council,
louis
jen
and
councillor
arroyo.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
that
congresswoman
presley
has
done
on
liquor
licenses
here
in
the
city
of
boston
out
of
the
1400
liquor
licenses
in
the
city.
Only
two
restaurants
have
liquor
licenses
in
matapan,
and
only
six
on
blue
hill
live
in
this
home
petition.
We
are
being
intentional
by
creating
liquor
licenses
for
those
established
restaurants
in
the
neighborhoods
of
dorchester,
hyde
park
and
mattapan,
because
we
must
do
more
and
create
equity
and
liquor
licensing.
I
I
must
admit
this
home
repetition
is
a
little
selfish
of
me
because,
like
many
of
our
other
residents,
I
too
want
to
be
able
to
eat,
watch
the
game
and
enjoy
a
don
julio
responsado
knee
in
my
own
neighborhood
liquor.
License
in
these
areas
will
help
our
small
locally
owned.
Restaurants
re-establish
themselves
after
coming
through
a
negative
impacts
of
cover
19..
This
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
use
our
powers
to
help
create
local
revenue
and
local
jobs
and
create
a
clear
pathway
to
small
business
owners
to
recover
through
the
creation
of
capacity-sized
liquor
licenses.
I
We
will
help
the
small
restaurants
establish
financial
sufficiency,
generating
the
revenue
to
expand
and
the
ability
to
create
more
jobs
in
our
neighborhoods.
This
is
why
we
must
make
sure
we
increase
all
liquor
licenses
each
year.
It's
about
the
economic
health
of
all
of
our
neighborhoods,
I'm
looking
forward
to
discussion
and
on
the
discussion
around
what
is
the
correct
amount
of
liquor
license
needed.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you.
Mr
president.
I
just
want
to
thank
council
morale
for
introducing
this
home
rule
petition.
It's
really
important
that
we
do
everything
we
can
like
light
council
overall.
I
would
also
like
to
have
more
restaurants
in
my
neighborhood,
where
I
can
just
hang
out
have
a
good
time
with
my
friends
and
obviously
in
our
neighborhoods,
like
matapan,
like
high
parks
or
parts
of
dorchester.
G
Those
are
hard
to
come
by
and
we
know
that
it's
been
really
difficult
and
as
as
councilwoman
stated
now,
congresswoman
ayanna
preston
really
led
the
charge
here
and
there's
still
a
lot
more
work
to
do
to
get
liquor
licenses
into
our
neighborhoods.
Obviously
that's
hard
when
we
have
to
go
to
the
state
each
time
I've
been
following
on
the
work
that
we
did
last
week
trying
to
get
restricted
liquor
licenses,
along
with
my
co-sponsor
counselor
mejia
in
roxbury.
G
This
is
continuing
part
of
that
same
dialogue
and
I
think
counselor
wore
out
for
his
creativity
on
ways
that
we
can
address
that
for
our
entrepreneurs
and
our
startup
restaurants
and
businesses,
and
to
think
creatively
about
how
we
can
automize
automate
having
an
increase
in
these
licenses.
In
the
future,
so
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
on
this.
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
councilworld
and
council
louisiana
for
moving
this
forward.
As
many
counselors.
No,
I
don't
actually
drink,
but
I
recognize
the
competitive
disadvantage
that
restaurants
without
liquor
licenses
find
themselves
at
in
the
city
when
it
comes
to
surviving
as
a
business
in
the
city.
E
We
know
that
there's
also
a
difference
in
the
quality
of
food
at
restaurants
that
have
liquor
licenses
in
terms
of
the
ability
to
offer
sit-down
services
as
opposed
to
take
out
services
and
when
they
did
a
study
at
the
boston
public
health
commission
on
sort
of
the
butterfly
effect
of
things
like
this.
What
ended
up
being
found
was
due
to
the
lack
of
liquor
licenses
in
some
way
in
a
place
like
matapan.
E
There's
a
smart,
small
business,
keeping
dollars
local
reason
to
do
this,
and
there's
also
distinct
health
impacts
and
benefits
of
doing
something
like
this
in
neighborhoods
that
have
not
seen
the
kind
of
liquor
license.
Access
like
high
park
like
matapan,
like
dorchester,
that
other
places
specifically
downtown
and
other
places
have
seen,
and
you
know
this
is
something
that
I
hope
we
continue
to
do.
E
I
hope
that
there's
an
automated
way
to
continue
to
increase
those
numbers,
because,
frankly,
the
liquor
license
process
is
a
little
arcane
and
I
don't
really
believe
beneficial
to
business
in
the
city
period.
Other
cities
that
have
different
liquor
license
processes
have
healthier.
Restaurant
industries
have
healthier
bar
industries,
have
healthier
sort
of
hospitality
industries,
and
I
think
you
know.
A
A
B
E
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I'm
very
excited
to
introduce
municipal
identification
or
an
ordinance
to
create
municipal
identification
for
the
city
of
boston.
This
has
been
a
long
time
coming.
There
was
a
study
done
in
2018,
exploring
the
feasibility
of
this
and
what
services
residents
would
want,
but
other
major
cities
like
new
york,
los
angeles
chicago,
have
already
successfully
done
municipal
identification
programs
and
the
great
part
about
the
musical
identification
program
is.
E
It
gives
boston
residents
sort
of
a
one
card
fits
all
situation,
so
in
chicago,
for
instance,
their
municipal
residence
id
cards
allow
them
to
access
the
mbta
it
serves
as
what
our
charlie
cards
would
serve
as
their
venture
card,
so
their
identification
actually
works
as
their
t
card.
It
also
works
as
their
boston,
their
chicago
public
library
card.
So
the
goal
here
is
to
create
a
municipal
id
that
sort
of
centers
city
services
on
one
card,
but
also
does
things
like
new
york's
card,
which
new
york's
card
gives
you
benefits
to
cultural
institutions.
E
It
gives
you
sales
and
discounts
to
tickets,
to
the
museums
and
to
the
to
their
zoos
into
their
different
city
institutions,
and
so
it
gives
this
one
sort
of
resource-rich
card
access.
The
wonderful
part
about
municipal
identification
is
that
it
allows
us
to
be
more
inclusive
in
the
city
and
who
has
id's.
We
need
ids
for
many
different
things,
and
some
standards
for
ids
are
are
very
difficult
for
folks
who
are
here
with
proper
documentation
or
without
proper
documentation
to
attain.
E
This
would
allow
folks,
under
a
very
strenuous
list
of
requirements
to
preside
identification
of
who
they
are
to
the
agency
that
will
issue
these,
but
also
that
they
live
here.
This
gives
the
opportunity
to
create
a
very
inclusive
city
and
to
send
a
message
that
boston
is
a
gateway.
City
is
a
city
that
is
looking
to
be
as
inclusive
and
welcoming
to
all
who
who
call
boston
home,
and
so
I
am
excited
to
move
forward
with
this.
We
have
very
workable
examples
that
now
exist
in
other
cities.
E
This
is
no
longer
a
new
idea.
This
has
already
sort
of
started
to
take
root
and
has
been
in
place
for
several
years
and
other
municipalities,
so
we're
we're
sort
of
following
up
on
that.
But
this
is
something
that
really
should
exist
and
really
will
go
a
long
way
to
improving
the
lives
and
residents
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
introducing
this
into
moving
this
through.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Thank
you,
council,
royale.
A
Would
anyone
else
like
to
would
anyone
else
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hand,
mr
clerk.
Please
add
counselor
bach
council
braden
councillor,
edwards,
council
fernandez,
anderson
council,
flaherty,
council,
lara
councillor,
gen
council
at
mejia,
council
murphy,
council
royale.
Please
add
the
chair.
B
E
A
A
It's
a
public
health
situation,
it's
a
public
safety
situation
and
it's
a
quality
of
life
concern
for
me
and
for
residents
of
the
city
when
discussing
rodent
control,
we
also
need
to
talk
about
illegal
dumping.
That's
happening
across
our
city,
but
also
talking
about
the
proper
way
to
take
out
a
trash
barrel,
and
part
of
that
has
to
be
an
educational
component
to
residents
on
the
effective
improper
way
of
taking
out
a
barrel
and
how
to
store
it
and
how
to
clean
it.
It
seems
simple,
but
these
quality
life
issues
are
critical.
A
So
again,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
my
colleagues
to
mayor
will
and
her
team.
I've
been
on
several
walk:
walk
arounds
on
various
neighborhoods
with
with
public
works,
with
code
enforcement
with
inspectional
services,
especially
in
the
south
end
about
this
issue.
So
again
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
dedicated
city
employees
that
work
in
this
issue
on
this
issue,
but
they
need
more
support
from
from
us
as
well.
J
Pest
control
and
pest
and
rodent
infestations
are
certainly
a
big
issue
all
across
our
city
and
in
neighboring
municipalities,
as
we
hear
in
the
news
about
other
newton
and
somerville
and
cambridge
all
have
the
same.
Similar
problems
but
also
brighton
has
alston
has
achieved
the
dubious
honor
of
being
named
rat
city.
J
The
other
concern
we
have
is
we
just
heard
in
a
recent
hearing
that
we're
no
longer
going
to
be
able
to
put
mattresses
into
into
on
trash
day,
put
them
out
on
trash
day.
It's
a
big
concern
that,
as
we
change
these
rules
about
mattress
disposal,
beginning
in
november,
that
we
will,
we
can
anticipate
an
increase
instance
of
illegal
dumping
and
inappropriate
disposal
that
would
further
increase
rat
infestations
across
our
city.
So
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation.
I
hope
that
this
is
a
perennial
conversation.
J
This
is
not
just
a
a
problem
with
the
rodents
themselves,
but
also
with
human
behaviors
and
how
we
dispose
how
we
live
in
an
urban
setting
and
try
and
try
and
limit
the
opportunities
for
rodent
infestations.
It's
not
rocket
science
rodents
have
a
hierarchy
of
needs,
water,
food
and
shelter,
and
if
we
can
educate
our
residents
about
appropriate
trash
disposal,
etc,
hopefully
we
can
move
move
the
dial
on
on
some
of
these
issues.
Thank
you.
K
K
Like
council
of
flynn
said
this
is
a
quality
of
life
and
a
public
health
issue,
and
my
office
gets
calls
and
emails
all
the
time,
not
just
from
austin
brighton,
which
I
know
most
of
the
calls
do
come
from,
but
from
neighborhoods
across
you
know
every
neighborhood
in
the
city.
So
I
look
forward
to
the
work
ahead.
Thank
you.
E
L
Yep,
thank
you
to
the
makers
really
excited
to
have
this
conversation
just
want
to
point
out
a
few
things,
one
in
terms
of
accountability.
We
also
need
to
lean
into
developers
right
in
terms
of
how
they
do
business
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
because
when
development
happens
in
our
city
we
see
a
high
influx
of
of
rodents,
and
I
think
that's
something
that
we
need
to
lean
into
in
terms
of
who
needs
to
be
on
our
target
list.
And
then
I
also
want
to
uplift
landlords.
L
Right
landlords
also
have
a
role
to
play
in
this.
So
I
think
that
it's
great
that
we
are
including
them,
and
then
it's
also
important
for
us
as
a
city
to
look
at
bha
and
management
companies.
There
are
a
lot
of
folks,
the
cdcs
that
get
money
to
support
and
be
property
managers,
but
I
get
calls
all
the
time
from
parents
and
families
who
are
dodging
literally
rats
every
single
day
and-
and
you
know,
don't
see
themselves
really
being
heard.
L
So
I
think
that,
in
terms
of
accountability,
we
need
to
ensure
that
we're
bringing
the
management
companies
into
these
conversations,
because
they
also
have
a
role
to
play
in
how
we
deal
with
this
situation,
and
I
think
you
know
I
always
think
back
about
during
remote
learning.
There
were
a
lot
of
young
people
who
were
afraid
to
turn
on
their
cameras,
because
they
were
afraid
that
their
their
classmates
would
see.
L
M
E
F
F
So
it
now
requires
our
road
and
control
division
when
they
want
to
administer
this,
which
is
the
safest
and
most
humane
way
to
address
the
issue.
They
have
to
get
in
a
vehicle
drive
up
to
woburn
and
get
what's
called
a
label
which
is
basically
a
permit.
They
then
have
to
turn
around
and
then
go
down
to
rockland
and
pick
up
the
dry
ice
and
then
come
back
to
the
city
of
boston
colossal
waste
of
time.
F
You
know
that
the
baiting
and
the
traps
only
go
so
far,
but
also
when
you
have
experts
in
here
which
we've
had
experts
in
this
chamber,
they
talk
about.
They've
almost
become
immune
to
some
of
the
the
the
pesticides.
The
bait
that
we're
using
in
fact,
they've
built
up
such
a
tolerance
that
you
know
in
the
old
days.
You
would
only
take
a
little
bait
would
work
now.
F
You
literally
have
to
put
a
basically
a
pound
of
bait
to
be
able
to
sort
of
just
to
be
able
to
maintain
some
sense
of
catching
up.
Dry
ice
eliminates
all
that,
and
so
you
think
about
the
rats
that
have
borrowed
in
the
common
and
or
all
of
our
parks
or
around
our
bha
developments
walk
along
the
bha
developments.
When
you
take
tours
in
your
district
and
see
all
the
rat
holes
along
sides
of
the
building
dry
ice
will
solve
that
problem
almost
instantaneously
so
again
through
the
maker.
F
A
Thank
you,
council
royale,
and
I
I
certainly
agree
with
my
colleague
council
flaherty.
We
will
have
that
discussion
here
about
dry
ice.
We
will
have
the
appropriate
city
agencies,
and
that
is
our
plan
is
to
try
to
come
up
with
the
solution
where
we
have
easy
access.
City
city
officials
have
easy
access
to
dry
ice
because
that's
a
huge,
that's
a
huge
asset
for
us
in
dealing
with
dealing
with
this
issue.
A
I
was
in
the
south
end
in
one
of
the
public
alleys
a
lot
two
weeks
ago
and
the
amount
of
rodents
and
rats
in
that
area.
The
only
way
they
could
kill
them
is
through
through
dry
ice,
but
the
the
other
aspect
I
feel
to
mention
that
I
want
to
mention
now,
since
I
have
the
opportunity,
the
city
is
coming
out
with
the
composting
city-wide.
A
So
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
when
the
city
of
boston
comes
out
with
the
composting
plan
that
there's
a
huge
educational
aspect
to
it,
it's
not
as
simple
as
just
disposing
of
the
of
the
food
waste.
There's
a
there's
a
process
to
it
that
residents
need
to
be
educated.
The
the
other
aspect
is,
we
also
need
to
educate
our
residents
that
don't
speak
english
and
we
have
to
have
a
a
campaign
around
around
the
city
in
various
languages
so
that
we
can
educate
people
in
different
languages
about
this
quality
of
life.
A
This
public
health-
I
call
it
emergency
really.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
council
flaherty
and
when
I
do
when
we
do
have
this
committee
hearing,
my
goal
is
to
keep
it
in
keep
it
open
so
that
we
can
meet
on
it
every
every
month
or
so
with
various
experts
continue
to
learn
about
it
and
continue
to
make
progress
on
it.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
talk
to
the
city
of
newton
last
month.
A
The
city
of
new
york
has
an
excellent
rodent
pest
control
program,
but
a
lot
of
good
cities
are
doing
great
work
on
this
on
this
issue.
It's
about
also
about
working
together.
So
again,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
their
interest
and
their
work
on
this
issue
for
for
a
long
period
of
time.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
joe.
H
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
dovetail
on
that
to
say
that,
as
the
chair
of
city
services,
I
I
very
much
think
this
is
like
the.
It
is
like
the
ultimate
in
like
basic
city
services
and
like
what
does
it
mean
to
have
a
clean
and
sanitary
city
and
so
definitely
look
forward
to
working
with
the
president
and
the
co-sponsors
around
both
holding
that
hearing
and
as
he
suggested,
keeping
it
open,
making
sure
that
that's
an
ongoing
conversation
throughout
the
term
so
looking
forward
to
it.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Thank.
E
Please
add
mr
clark,
please
add
counselor
bach,
please
add
counselor
edwards,
please
add
counselor
fernandez
anderson,
please
add
counselor
flaherty,
please
have
counselor
lara,
please
add
counselor
louis
jen,
please
add
counselor
mejia,
please
add
council
warrell
and
please
add
my
name
seeing
no
further
docket0467
will
be
assigned
to
the
committee
on
city
services
and
innovation
technology.
Thank
you,
mr
clerk.
B
L
L
Every
day,
students
are
being
asked
to
leave
their
backpacks
full
of
trauma
at
the
door
so
that
they
can
focus
on
their
studies.
And
recently
we
have
seen
how
that
untreated
trauma
has
spilled
over
in
our
schools
out
into
these
streets,
from
the
shooting
outside
of
tech,
boston
academy
to
the
loaded
gun
found
at
young
achievers
of
science
and
math
and
school
to
several
tombstones
of
our
lost
young
loved
ones
being
defaced
and
even
stolen.
L
L
But
we
do
not
do
what
we
do
not
do
is
give
them
the
tools
and
resources
to
unpack
their
trauma
in
a
non-violent
and
productive
way.
This
is
why
we're
filing
this
hearing
order
in
terms
of
the
data.
The
numbers
are
pretty
clear.
According
to
the
federal
centers
of
disease
control
and
prevention,
emergency
departments
visits
for
suspected
suicide
attempts
among
adolescents
jumped
31
in
2020
compared
to
2019.
L
L
L
Our
success
as
legislators
is
measured
by
the
quality
of
the
world
we
leave
behind
for
the
next
generation
and
we
need
to
ensure
that
we
have
all
the
resources
they
need
to
be
set
up
for
success
and
that
very
much
includes
mental
health
and
wellness.
Thank
you
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
really
quickly,
because
you
know
me.
L
Understand
that
it's
okay,
not
to
be
okay,
and
that
they
need
to
be
able
to
seek
the
support
services
that
they
need,
and
I
think
that
this
conversation
it's
not
just
about
a
moment
of
of
political
theater.
It
really
is
looking
at
the
violence
that's
spilling
over
into
our
streets.
There
is
a
deep
connection
here
and
we
need
to
center
mental
health
and
wellness
as
part
of
that
conversation,
otherwise
we're
not
getting
to
the
root.
L
A
K
K
K
A
C
It's
an
issue,
it's
an
issue,
so
we
all
talk
about
it,
but
the
way
that
I've
seen
yourself
and
counselor
murphy
can
guide
us
through
this,
or
at
least
the
way
I've
watched
you
do
it.
I
really.
I
just
really
appreciate
you
for
that
in
terms
of
what
you
file
today,
I
really
look
forward
to
the
work.
I
would
love
to.
Please
add
my
name,
mr
president.
I
would
love
to
work
with
you
on
it.
I
think
that
one
of
the
issues
is
not
just
you
know
the
pro.
C
The
problem
is
not
adding
one
social
worker
per
school
or,
as
you
say,
bringing
the
home
school
connection
or
creating
that
platform.
The
cbhi
behavior
cphi,
so
children,
behavioral
health
initiative
through
mass
health,
covers
only
medical
necessities.
So
this
means
that
the
service,
the
clinician,
will
then
go
in
and
have
to
diagnose
in
order
for
the
service
to
be
rendered.
The
issue
with
that
is
fifa
service,
then
perpetuates
the
cyclical
effect
of
prison
pipeline
because
you
have
to
diagnose,
or
sometimes
misdiagnose
or
harshly
diagnose
a
child.
C
So
I
question-
and
I
really
want
us
to
talk
about
how
are
we
diagnosing
our
black
and
brown
children
and
how
many
feet,
how
many
fees
do
you
have
to
take
in
order
to
render
that
service?
Sometimes
the
issues
are,
as
you
are
putting
it
in
your
here
in
your
request
for
the
hearing
in
the
order.
Is
that
you
sometimes
the
issue
is
circumstantial,
it's
situational,
so
it
deserves
a
temporary
nos
just
to
get
that
three-month
service
to
figure
out.
Why
that
kid
is
in
the
shelter
or
why
that
kid's
acting
up
or
why?
C
What's
the
problem
circumstantially
temporarily
for
that
moment,
but
what
happens
is
once
they
get
the
diagnosis.
It
follows
them
throughout
their
lives
and
then
they
end
up
going.
You
know
not
getting
a
job
or
not
or
whatever.
You
know
how
to
cookie
crumbles,
but
I
I
can't
say
enough
how
passionate
I
am
about
it.
I
am
a
strong
advocate
and
I
look
forward
to
the
work
with
you.
Thank
you.
A
A
Would
anyone
else
like
to
would
anyone
else
like
to
add
the
name?
Mr
clark,
please
yeah
counselor
arroyo,
council
bar
council,
braden
councillor,
edwards,
council,
fernandez,
anderson
council,
flaherty,
council,
lara
council
of
jain
council
rollin.
Please
add
the
cheer
docket
zero.
Four
six
eight
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
education.
I
Thank
you,
president
flynn,
and
thank
you
to
my
co-sponsor
council
mejia
for
her
work
around
small
businesses
here
in
the
city.
The
institute
of
just
for
justice
recently
released
a
report
called
barriers
to
business
to
study
how
regulatory
birdies
impact
entrepreneurs
across
20
cities,
including
boston.
I
To
start
a
restaurant
versus
port
scores,
boston,
one
out
of
five
in
a
one-stop
shop
analysis,
reporting
that
the
city's
website
does
not
effectively
centralize
information
for
entrepreneurs
in
an
intuitive
and
organized
way.
The
report
also
reveals
the
extremely
complex
process
for
starting
a
business,
stating
restaurants
must
complete
92
steps
and
barbershops
81
steps.
There
are
also
addition
additional
barriers
in
boston,
and
this
is
something
that
council
anderson
always
brings
up,
is
the
clean
hands
requirement.
I
That
means
applicants
for
permits
or
licenses
can
be
denied,
even
if
they
owe
a
small
amount
of
fines
or
fees
to
the
city.
These
burdensome
requirements,
especially
impact
low-income
mwbe
entrepreneurs,
and
we
need
to
do
everything
possible
to
streamline
processes
and
explore
costs
associated
with
starting
a
business.
We
must
do
better
to
ensure
that
we
support
small
business
growth
to
allow
our
main
streets
to
flourish
and
contribute
to
our
city.
Thank
you.
A
L
L
We
worked
to
try
to
eliminate
these
barriers
to
business
ownership,
including
passing
the
language
access
ordinance
and
as
well
as
establishing
the
retail
residence
residential
kitchens
ordinance,
I'm
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
but
we
know
that
there
is
a
lot
there's,
not
one
policy
that
can
be
implemented.
That's
going
to
lift
the
decades
of
policy
decisions
that
have
been
contributing
to
the
equities
that
we
are
seeing
today,
as
we
as
retail
spaces,
become
more
expensive.
L
As
you
know,
you
can't
even
afford
a
bathroom
these
days
to
set
up
shop
because
everything
is
so
expensive
in
the
city,
no
matter
who
you
are,
I
think
that
the
process
of
obtaining
licenses
remain
as
confusing
as
ever
and
we
need
to.
We
need
to
act
to
ensure
that
our
city
is
a
model
for
entrepreneurs
and
small
businesses,
and
I
look
forward
to
this
hearing
and
to
working
alongside
councillor
morel
and
the
whole
council
on
reducing
these
barriers
to
businesses.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
councilman
here.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this
matter?
Would
anyone
else
like
to
sponsor
sponsored?
Please
raise
your
hand.
Mr
clark,
please
add
counselor
arroyo,
council
block
council
of
braden
council,
edwards,
council
fernandez,
anderson
council,
flaherty
council
lara
councillor
jean
councillor,
murphy
and
please
add
the
chair.
B
A
A
A
A
Suspension
of
the
rules
pass
it
to
the
docket,
zero
four,
seven,
three,
all
those
in
favor,
say
aye
all
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
is
passed,
we're
on
chelate
files,
I'm
I'm
informed
by
the
clerk
that
there
are.
There
are
four
late
file
matters.
The
late
file
matters
include
a
resolution
from
counselor
braden,
two
personnel
orders
a
letter
of
absence
from
council
baker.
B
April
6
2022
dear
president
flynn,
please
be
advised
that
I
will
not
be
in
attendance
at
the
boston
city
council
meeting
on
wednesday
april
6
2022.
Please
ask
the
city
clerk
to
read
this
and
to
read
this
matter
into
the
public
record.
Thank
you.
Sincerely.
Boston
city,
council,
frank
baker,
district
3..
Thank
you.
A
Mr
clerk,
I
should
have,
I
should
have
said
that
the
late
file
should
be
on
everyone's
desk.
We'll
take
a
vote
to
add
these
fi.
These
items
onto
the
agenda,
all
those
in
favor
of
adding
the
late
fire
matters
into
the
agenda
say
aye
all
opposed.
Thank
you.
The
late
file
matters
have
been
added
to
the
agenda.
A
A
A
B
Resolution
offered
by
city,
councilor,
braden
resolution
and
support
of
the
massachusetts
state
house,
employee
union,
whereas
since
the
summer
of
2020
formation
of
beacon,
l-b-l-o-c
building
leaders
of
color
led
by
a
collective
of
black
staffers
of
the
massachusetts
state
house,
legislative
staff
have
organized
for
necessary
reforms
to
advance
workplace
equity
and
be
it
resolved
that
the
boston
city
council
meeting
assembled.
Go
on
record,
supporting
the
unionization
efforts
of
legislative
staff
and
urges
voluntary
recognition
of
the
massachusetts
state
house.
Employee
union,
as
the
second
state
legislative
union
nationwide.
J
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
for
entertaining
this
late
file.
Over
the
past
several
years,
there's
been
an
effort
spearheaded
by
black
legislative
staff
at
the
massachusetts
state
house,
who
have
been
organizing
for
reforms
to
advance
workplace
equity,
they've
spoken
up
on
issues
of
discrimination
and
sexual
harassment,
pay
disparities
and
immense,
and
the
immense
workload
that
has
ever
increased
throughout
the
pandemic.
J
J
Every
worker
deserves
a
union
and
a
union
of
led
state
legislative
staff
would
help
create
a
workplace
and
and
a
massachusetts
people's
house
where
employees
are
valued
and
properly
concept
compensated
for
their
work.
Staff
are
calling
for
consistent
pay
grades
across
offices,
measures
to
recruit,
support
and
retain
a
diverse
workforce
of
talented
staff,
clearly
defined
job
roles
and
responsibilities
and,
most
importantly,
the
right
to
collective
bargaining
to
provide
staff,
a
voice
and
matters
concerning
their
work
workplace
as
elective
as
elected
officials.
J
I
offer
this
resolution
today
urging
our
state
house
colleagues
to
recognize
the
state
house,
employee
union,
urge
my
colleagues
to
join
me
in
valuing
the
work
of
all
legislative
staff
and
senator
well
wishes
to
the
starbuck
workers
as
they
unionize
their
as
in
their
unionizing
campaign.
I
I
respectfully
ask
to
suspend
and
pass
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
A
J
A
A
We're
moving
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,
all
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
Thank
you.
The
consent
agenda
has
been
adopted.
A
F
You,
mr
just
want
to
bring
to
everyone's
attention
the
issue:
that's
impacting
abcd
right
now
with
the
potential
to
lose
their
title,
10
funds
which
they've
been
receiving
for
almost
50
years
and
I
think
47
to
be
exact.
So
this
is
one
of
those
things
that
I
think
that
bob
cord
would
be
rolling
around
in
his
grave
and
being
observant.
So
we
all
have
representatives
some
of
us
attend
ourselves.
Others
have
representers.
F
F
They
impact
over
a
thousand
thousand
households
in
the
boston
area.
They
receive
resources
and
they
support
efforts,
including
food
housing,
fuel
assistance,
job
training,
skills,
esol,
youth
services,
head
start
and
more
and
with
specific
funding,
we
learned
that
their
application
was
accepted
and
approved,
but
they're
saying
that
there's
no
funding
to
support
that.
A
M
Thank
you,
president
flynn.
I,
as
most
of
us
know
april,
is
autism
acceptance
month.
All
of
my
colleagues
know
that
I
have
a
five-year-old
autistic
son,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
one
name,
and
I
wanted
to
offer
my
support
if
your
office
is
planning
on
doing
any
communications
or
hosting
any
events
for
autism
acceptance
months,
please
reach
out.
There
is
a
lot
of
language
that
is
oftentimes
offensive
to
autistic
people
and
there's
a
lot
of
shifting
of
the
narrative
that
we're
trying
to
do
so.
M
If
you
want
any
support,
my
communications
manager
is
going
to
be
putting
together
kind
of
like
a
sheet
to
make
suggestions
around
how
to
speak
about
autism
and
how
to
speak
around
autistic
people,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
offer
myself
as
a
resource.
If
any
of
my
colleagues
are
planning
on
doing
something.
A
I
She
worked
under
six
governors
secretary
and
treasurer
of
lower
mills
for
decades
ward
17
committee
member
award
in
the
laura
mills
voting
precinct
board
member
of
the
dorchest
historical
society,
a
board
member
of
the
friends
of
shattuck
hospital,
chairperson
of
the
walter
baker
relighting,
and
she
used
to
knit
hats
and
scarves
to
the
homeless,
so
just
wanted
to
bring
that
to
everyone's
attention
and
my
prayers
go
out
to
her
and
her
family.
Thank
you.
A
I
would
also
like
to
echo
what
council
lara
mentioned
about
autism
awareness
month.
Thank
you
for
the
incredible
work
that
you're
doing
council
lara
on
this
important
issue.
My
my
sister
has
a
boy:
that's
a
special
needs.
Special
needs
boy
that
doesn't
doesn't
is
non-verbal
and
he
spends
several
days
a
week
with
my
parents.
A
So
it's
also
important
for
us
to
recognize
that
our
special
needs
children
are
an
important
part
of
our
society
and
as
a
government,
it's
important
to
also
support
them,
but
also
to
support
the
parents
and
the
grandparents,
because
a
lot
of
the
grandparents
are
supporting
the
special
needs.
Children
as
well
so
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
lara
for
bringing
that
forward.
A
A
The
chair
moves
that
when
the
council
adjourns
today
does
so
in
memory
of
those
individuals
mentioned
here,
we
are
scheduled
to
meet
again
in
the
ayanella
chamber
on
wednesday
april
13th
at
12
noon.
Call
in
favor
of
a
german,
please
say:
aye
aye,
the
counselor
is
adjourned,
thank
you
to
city
council,
central
staff
and
to
the
clerk's
office
as
well.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.