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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on August 19, 2020
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Boston City Council Meeting on August 19, 2020
C
D
E
B
F
Thank
you,
counselor,
jamie
and
for
hosting
and
yeah.
I'm
very
excited
to
be
introducing
today's
invocation
speaker.
I
I
met
bishop
borders
last
year
while
on
the
campaign
trail.
Actually,
a
year
ago
this
week
I
was
in
his
church
morningstar
baptist
church,
when
the
mattapan
neighborhood
council
hosted
a
hearing
and
I'm
not
hearing
a
candidate
for
him.
There
was
like
15
of
us
and
he
came
up
to
me
and
told
me.
F
I
did
a
great
job,
but
he
pulled
me
to
the
side
and
told
me
to
sit
up
straight
to
to
stand
firm
in
in
my
conviction
and
to
and
to
walk
in
my
power
and
to
work
on
my
posture.
You
know
I
I
sometimes-
and
I
know
council
jamie
always
tells
me
the
same
thing,
and
so
I
was
really
touched
by
the
fact
that
you
know
having
someone
who
didn't
know
me
that
well
to
give
me
such
valuable
feedback.
F
I
was
really
touched
by
that,
but
then
I
started
going
to
his
church
and
being
part
of
the
community
and
every
time
I
would
go
there.
I
would
cry,
and
it
was
because
my
spirit
was
filled
and
I
struggled
with
you
know,
going
to
churches
during
the
campaign.
Trouble
because
I
didn't
want
things
to
be
transactional.
But
when
you
find
a
space
where
you're
completely
embraced
and
you
feel
like
you're
home,
it
was.
F
I
called
him
as
soon
as
you
told
me,
it
was
my
turn
and
like
within
20
minutes.
I
was
like,
oh
my
god.
I
have
to
do
this.
Can
you
do
this
and
he
said
yes-
and
here
we
are
today,
so
just
want
to
thank
mr
borders
for
all
that
you
have
done
in
the
city
of
boston
and
your
mentoring,
and
thank
you
for
for
for
blessing
us
today.
G
Councilwoman
president
jd,
I
honor
you
councilwoman
mahir,
god
bless
you.
You
are
a
great
soul
with
a
great
future
and
boston
politics
and
madam
chair
city
council,
all
the
individual
members
of
the
city
council,
who
I
know
and
honor
and
admire
and
love.
Please
join
me
in
prayer
to
god,
lord
god,
almighty,
you
who,
through
wisdom,
made
the
earth
and
the
universe
stands
according
to
the
council
of
your
will.
G
G
G
G
B
B
Now
we'll
move
on
to
the
first
order
of
business,
which
is
the
approval
of
our
minutes.
If
there
are
no
corrections
to
be
made,
the
minutes
of
the
last
meeting
will
stand
as
approved.
Seeing
and
hearing
no
objections.
The
minutes
are
so
approved,
we'll
now
move
on
to
communications
from
his
honor,
the
mayor
and
we'll
start
with
docket
0909.
A
B
B
A
Dock
at
zero
nine
one
one
message
and
auto
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
extended
amount
of
250
000
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
corona
virus,
aid
relief
and
economic
security
known,
as
cares
act
awarded
by
the
national
endowment
for
the
arts
to
be
administered
by
the
office
of
arts
and
culture.
The
grant
will
fund
sub
awards
to
help
save
jobs
in
the
arts
sector
and
keep
doors
open
to
our
organizations.
I
Thank
you,
madam
president.
This
is,
this
is
a
larger
award
than
I
think
we
would
normally
want
a
suspended
pass,
but
I
asked
my
colleagues
if
they
will
help
me
to
suspend
and
pass
it's
like.
Like
the
like,
the
clerk
said
it's
250
000
from
the
cares
act
award
awarded
by
the
national
endowment
for
the
yacht
to
be
administrated
by
arts,
arts
and
culture,
and
this
grant
would
fund
saab
awards.
That
would
help
save
jobs
and
organizations
keeps
their
doors
open.
So
I
would
like
to
suspend
and
pass
this.
Madam
president,.
B
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
baker
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
zero.
Nine
one
one
all
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
hi
any
opposed
name,
the
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero
nine
one
one
has
been
passed.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
zero
nine
one?
Two.
Thank
you.
A
Message
and
honor
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
end,
an
amount
of
one
hundred
and
six
thousand
seven
one
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant.
With
fy21
co-response
awarded
by
the
massachusetts
department
of
mental
health
to
be
administered
by
the
western
police
department,
the
grant
will
fund
a
full-time
master's
level,
mental
health
clinician.
B
J
B
A
Zero
nine
one
three
message
and
auto
authorize
the
city
of
boston,
accept
and
expend
an
amount
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
from
the
harvard
business
school
leadership.
Fellow
program
awarded
by
the
harvard
business
school
to
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office.
The
grant
will
fund
a
fellow
for
a
one
year
term,
with
an
annualized
salary
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
B
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
wish
to
suspend
and
defend
the
suspend
the
rules
and
pass
this
stock
at
one
z,
zero,
nine
one,
four,
this
sum
of
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
in
a
grant
from
harvard
university
will
support
our
youth
enrichment
and
community-based
organizations
work
working
with
youth
at
this
very
important
time.
Thank
you.
B
A
Docket,
zero,
nine
one
five
message
and
auto
arthritis:
boston
to
accept
an
extended
amount.
Twenty
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy
twenty
artworks
awarded
by
the
national
endowment
of
the
arts
be
administered
by
the
office
of
boston
culture.
The
grant
will
fund
technical
assistance
for
community
arts
and
cultural
events
and
projects.
I
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and,
and
this
is
just
short
money
he
had
twenty
thousand
dollars
artwork
awarded
to
buy
the
national
endowment
for
the
ask,
be
administered
again
by
the
office
of
arts
and
culture.
It
will
give
technical
assistance
to
community
arts
and
cultural
events
and
projects.
I
would
like
to
suspend
and
pass.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank.
B
A
Dock
at
zero,
nine
one
six
message
and
auto
authorize
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
expanded
amount.
Fifteen
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
boston
properties
donation
awarded
by
the
donors
group
to
be
administered
by
the
office
of
arts
and
culture.
The
grant
will
fund
repairs
and
maintenance
of
the
quest,
eternal
stature.
I
Thank
you,
madam.
Madam
president,
this
15
000
will
help
go
to
restore
and
repair.
I
don't
know
if
people
remember
the
quest
statue
outside
of
the
prudential,
it
was
the
guy
with
one
outstretched
hand,
pretty
pretty
interesting
statue
we've
had
we
had.
We
had
some
some
meetings
on
this
before
and
the
sculpture
is
set
to
move
over
into
liz's
liz's
district
into
auto
council
braden's
district
into
the
smith
playground
in
austin.
So
this
will
help
help.
I
B
B
Councillor
baker
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
zero,
nine
one,
six,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
opposed,
may
the
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Nine
one
six
has
been
passed.
Madam,
if
you
could
please
read
doc:
it's
zero,
nine
one,
seven,
three,
zero!
Nine,
two
one
we'll
read
those
together!
A
Darkest
zero
nine
one,
seven
messaged
an
order
for
the
confirmation
of
the
appointment
of
dean
panato
as
an
alternate
member
of
the
zoning
board
of
appeals,
her
term
ending
july
1st
2021,
docket
0918
message
and
order,
or
the
confirmation
and
reappointment
of
diana
parkhand
as
an
alternate
member
of
the
boston
landmark
execution
for
a
term
expiring
june.
30Th
2023.
A
As
a
member
of
the
boston
landmarks
commission
for
a
term
expiring
on
june
30th,
2023
docket,
2092,
thorough
message
in
order
for
the
confirmation
of
the
reappointment
of
dawn
amadio
as
an
alternate
member
of
the
boston
landmarks
commission
for
a
term
expiring
june,
30th
2021
docket
number
zero,
nine,
two
one
messaged
an
auto
confirmation
of
the
reappointment
of
felicia
jack.
As
a
member
of
the
boston
landmarks
commission
for
a
term
expiring
june,
30th
2023.
B
A
Dock
at
zero,
nine
two
two
notice
to
see
from
the
mirror
of
his
absence
in
the
city
from
nine
am
on
monday
august:
third,
twenty
twenty!
Until
eight
pm
on
friday
august,
seven,
twenty
twenty
bucket
zero
nine
two
you
see
from
the
auditing
department
providing
the
fiscal
year,
2021
payroll,
allotment
schedule
for
all
city
departments,.
B
B
Thank
you,
madam
clerk,
and
just
to
be
brief
before
this
docket
gets
assigned
wanted
to
just
given
a
brief
update.
This
docket
is
referring
to
the
five-page
letter
that
was
sent
to
the
mayor
two
months
ago
on
june
19th,
which
is
months
later,
and
the
intent
behind
this
letter,
which
was
a
starting
point
in
terms
of
black
and
brown
agenda.
B
If
people
want
to
check
in
and
see
where
we
are
on
those
items,
there'll
be
links
attached
design.
I
just
wanted
to
give
a
brief
update
on
on
those
items,
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
my
colleagues
for
all
of
your
work
in
terms
of
this
black
and
brown
agenda
and
the
things
that
we
are
pushing
to
make
sure
that
boston
truly
is
more
just
an
equitable
city.
So
with
that
being
said.0924
will
be
placed
on
file
as
well.
Could
you
please
read
doc
at
zero?
A
Docket
zero
nine
two
five
communication
was
received
from
the
mayor
designating
robert
arkanelli
distant
corporation
council
of
the
city
of
boston's
law
to
execute
host
community
agreements
and
letters
of
support
or
non-opposition,
as
may
be
required
by
mass
general
laws.
Chapter
94
g
and
the
regulation
of
the
cannabis
control
commission,
effective
august
17,
2020.
A
C
B
A
Docket
zero
nine
two
eight
possible
bonds
of
the
following
have
been
newly
approved
by
the
collected
treasurer,
were
received:
baron
brown,
marcio,
fonseca,
derrick,
hughes,
melvin,
johnson,
tonya,
marshall,
cynthia
martinez
evangeline,
maxwell,
davids,
sharia,
mclaughlin,
alexa,
mcneil,
donna,
moore
gris,
maldi,
nova,
erica
dora
and
israel.
Timberlake.
B
B
B
J
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
president,
at
this
time
and
I'll
talk
about
the
the
constables
that
were
recently
in
a
committee
for
hearing,
but
these
folks
go
through
an
extensive
process
to
be
approved
a
background,
a
lengthy
background
check
from
the
police
department
and,
as
our
clerk
knows,
they
have
to
post
a
bond.
Her
office
is
intimately
involved
as
well.
All
these
folks
have
satisfied
those
conditions,
and
so
at
this
time
seeking
approval
of
docket
0928
under
the
usual
terms
and
conditions.
B
B
A
B
C
C
These
are
projects
that
would
be
done
under
the
direction
of
our
public
facilities
department
and
you
know,
have
been
planned
in
consultation
with
the
boston
public
schools
and,
as
the
council
has
discussed
before
in
recent
years,
the
administration
has
really
accelerated
the
number
of
projects
that
we
have
asked
the
msba
to
help
support.
So
this
is
an
opportunity
for
them
to
fund.
You
know
to
have
the
cost
of
the
project
and
and
it's
a
way
to
accelerate
our
school
building,
repair
and
capital
improvements
pipeline.
C
So
you
know
we
submit
each
year
a
number
of
projects
to
them.
I
think
in
the
last
round
we
submitted
six
and
they
picked
these
three.
The
committee
discussed
the
fact
that,
ironically,
the
the
msba
decided
to
prior
to
the
outbreak
of
kovid
decided
not
to
accept
any
window
projects
in
this
round,
so
the
the
only
ones
that
they're
funding
this
year
are
all
roof
and
boilers,
no
windows
which,
as
we
all
know,
you
know
the
really
serious
concerns
with
ventilation.
C
We
discussed
that
that
was
unfortunate,
but
that
the
school
department
is
going
to
be
accelerating.
You
know
window
improvements
across
our
stock
with
our
own
capital
money
and
that
will
continue
to
aggressively
apply
for
this
funding
from
the
msba.
There
is
some
concern
about
the
msba's
funding
pipeline
over
the
next
few
years,
dwindling
just
because
it's
based
off
of
sales
tax,
and
so
as
long
as
we're
in
a
recession.
That's
a
concern.
C
However,
these
projects
are
already
fully
funded
and
approved
on
their
end,
and
so,
and
so
this
order
today
is
for
us
to
us
to
front
the
money
on
the
city
side
to
get
these
projects
going
and
then
we'll
get
that
reimbursement
from
the
state.
We
were
joined
by
both
brian
mclaughlin,
the
director
of
capital
planning
from
bps
and
nate
cooter,
their
cfo,
and
also
on
the
pfd
side,
carlton
jones,
the
assistant
director
of
operations.
C
We
discussed
procurement
and
the
importance
of
building
at
more
of
a
pipeline
of
minority
women
owned
business
contractors
to
do
these
types
of
projects
and
strategies
for
that,
and
I'm
grateful
to
councillors,
flynn,
savvy
george
flaherty,
mejia
and
braden,
who
joined
me
for
the
hearing.
It's
my
recommendation
at
this
time
that
this,
as
this
matter
comes
before
the
full
council
that
it
be
read
for
the
first
time
and
assigned
for
further
action,
given
the
fact
that
it's
technically
a
capital
docket,
it
needs
that
double
vote.
C
B
C
N
B
A
Market
number:
zero:
two
five
one:
the
committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation
to
which
was
referred
on
january,
29,
2020
bucket
zero,
two
five
one
message
and
order
for
the
proclamation
of
the
appointment
of
constancious
libras.
As
a
member
of
the
zoning
board
of
appeals
for
a
term
expiring,
first
22
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
be
denied
without
prejudice
and
docket
number
zero.
B
O
O
That
change
was
spearheaded
by
council,
lady
edwards,
and
she
deserves
huge
kudos
for
steering
that
process
over
nearly
a
year
of
public
meetings
and
and
working
sessions.
The
changes
that
we
voted
on
and
that
the
mayor
signed
would
modernize
the
board,
promote
transparency
and
introduce
structural
changes
to
the
expertise
reflected
on
the
board,
specifically
adding
a
requirement
for
expertise
in
climate
change
and
environmental
environmental
protection,
as
well
as
in
urban
planning.
O
So
first,
I
wanted
to
thank
all
vba
members
who
are
sitting
on
the
board
now
and
everyone
who
has
been
willing
to
put
themselves
forward
to
sit
on
the
board.
They
don't
do
it
for
the
pay.
They
don't
do
it
for
the
glamour.
They
do
extremely
extremely
important
work
and
the
very
you
know,
minimal
stipend
that
they
receive
doesn't
come
close
to
covering
the
number
of
hours
that
I
know
they
spend
thinking
about
these
cases
and
weighing
in
their
job
has
been
made
more
difficult.
O
Four
of
each
category,
four
board
members
and
four
alternates
are
nominated
by
nominating
organizations
and
three
of
each
are
picked
at
large
by
the
mayor.
Currently,
there
are
four
board
members
and
three
alternates
seated,
so
seven
people
total
and
five
are
required
for
quorum.
So
that
means
that
at
this
moment
there
are
three
new
nominations
before
us:
three
new
people
being
nominated
and
then
four
completely
open
vacancies
that
the
council
has
not
received
any
nominations.
O
For
today,
I'm
asking
the
council
to
think
not
about
evaluating
each
individual
nominee,
but
the
structure
of
the
zba
and
its
connection
to
the
underlying
issues.
We
see
across
the
city
issues
of
inequity
of
disparities
that
our
development
process
has
been
exacerbating,
and
today
I
ask
us
to
exercise
our
oversight
authority
as
the
council,
as
outlined
in
state
statute,
to
move
in
the
direction
of
the
important
structural
changes
passed
last
week
in
a
swift
timeline.
O
So
I
want
to
emphasize
that
since
our
committee
meeting
last
thursday,
I've
spoken
with
both
nominating
organizations
involved
in
this
batch
of
nominees.
Both
are
familiar
with
the
timeline.
Both
are
well
briefed
on
what
is
happening.
We've
received
letters
from
both
of
them
to
the
entire
council.
The
greater
boston
real
estate
board
does
not
wish
to
alter
their
nominee
as
worried
about
setting
precedence
of
extra
requirements
and
worried
about
the
council
asking
additional
questions.
O
O
Our
next
meeting
as
a
council
is
september
16th.
During
that
time,
the
zba
only
meets
one
time
because
they're
also
on
a
reduced
summer
schedule.
So
I
commit
as
community
chair,
to
keep
working
with
these
organizations
and
particularly
the
bsa
who,
who
are
committed
to
going
through
a
process
of
seeking
new
nominees
that
match
the
types
of
expertise.
O
We're
seeking
have
a
meeting
of
the
committee
in
between
now
and
september,
16th
to
allow
all
of
us
to
vet
the
potential
new
nominees
and
then
be
prepared
to
suspend
and
pass
on
the
september
16th
city
council
meeting.
So
three
things
about
what
we're
voting
on
today.
First,
I'm
asking
all
of
us
to
reject
without
prejudice.
O
O
That
one
is
the
reappointment
that
is
before
the
council-
and
you
know
the
when,
when
a
term
expires,
that
person
continues
to
serve
and
hold
over
status
so
that
member
continues
to
be
on
the
zba
continues
to
take
votes,
so
we're
keeping
that
one
in
committee
as
opposed
to
rejecting
that
without
prejudice
and
third,
just
to
emphasize
why
I
keep
saying:
there's
three
new
seats
but
we're
voting
on
four
people
today
of
these
four
before
us.
One
has
withdrawn
from
not
wishing
to
be
nominated
anymore,
so
again
just
clearing
the
docket
there.
O
So
I
didn't
get
into
individual
names,
because
this
is
not
about
the
individuals.
These
are
all
extremely
dedicated,
boston
residents,
hard-working
people
who
would
add
a
lot
to
the
zba.
This
is
about
the
larger
structural
issues
in
this
moment
that
we're
in
given
the
recent
history
on
the
board.
So
I
recommend
adopting
the
committee
report,
which
would
mean
that
a
yes
vote
would
be
to
adopt
the
community
report
and
reject
without
prejudice
of
each
nominee.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
I
P
P
P
B
Thank
you
so
much
and
just
to
clarify
councillor
wu.
You
said
there
are
four
dockets
before
us
right
and
three
of
the
four
you
want
to
reject
without
president
prejudice
and
one
you
wanted
to
do.
If
you
could
just
clarify
which
document
you
were
doing,
what
on
that
would
be
helpful
so
on
on
the
agenda,
the
first
dock,
it
is
zero
one,
zero
four.
What
is
this.
O
O
B
Everyone
good
for
the
votes,
we're
going
to
take
the
docket
separately
and
we're
going
to
start
with
docket0104
councillor
wu.
Seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
recommending
that
the
order
ought
to
be
denied
without
prejudice
all
those
in
favor
say
I
I
I
oppose.
Nay,
hey,
hey,
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
call
the
roll.
Thank
you.
Man.
A
Q
B
Thank
you,
madam
clerk,
so
docket
0104
has
passed.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
exactly
so.
We
will
now
do
the
same
thing
for
docket
zero.
One,
zero
five
council
boost
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
recommending
that
the
order
ought
to
be
denied
without
prejudice,
and
I
will
we'll
just
do
roll
call
votes.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
would
thank.
A
Yes,
yes,
council
arroyo;
yes,
councillor,
baker,
no
also,
baker;
no
council
blog!
Yes,
council
bach;
yes,
council
braden;
yes,
councillor
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell,
councillor
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
edwards,
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
george,
no
counselor,
savvy,
george,
no
council,
flaherty;
also
flaherty,
no
council
clinton;
no
councillor
flynn;
no
councilor
janie.
Yes,
answer
janie!
Yes,
councillor
mejia!
Q
B
E
Q
A
B
Thank
you
so
much.
Madam
clerk
dock.
At
zero,
two
five
one
has
been
passed.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted,
we'll
move
on
to
docket
zero.
Two
five,
three
councilor,
who
sticks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report,
recommending
that
the
order
ought
to
be
denied
without
prejudice
all
those.
Well,
no
we're
not
going
to
do
the
voice,
we're
going
to
do
the
roll
call.
Madam
clerk.
M
N
A
B
A
Docket
number
zero,
eight:
three:
six:
the
constable
bonds
of
ron,
cobb,
helen
borgela,
mieka
brown,
william
joyce,
william
joyce,
norman
lowe,
arthur
montgomery
and
anselm
newankwa,
I'm
sorry,
no
wonk
whoa
have
been
duly
approved
and
the
collective
treasurer
received
and
approved
under
the
usual
terms
and
conditions,
and
that
is
not
a.
We
do
have
two
names
that
are
the
same:
it's
father
and
son.
Just
so
you
don't
think
it
was
a
typo.
J
This
was
the
matters
were
actually
the
matters
were
sponsored
by
mayor
walsh
and
referred
to
the
committee
on
june
17th
june
24th
in
july
respectfully,
and
a
public
hearing
was
held
on
monday
august
17th
and
we
had
neil
jamwiskey,
who
is
from
the
inspectional
services
department.
Isd
testify
on
behalf
of
the
administration
and
in
terms
of
I'll,
do
a
quick
summary
of
what
took
place.
J
So
all
three
dockets
are
surety:
bonds
received
from
and
paid
by,
the
constables
and,
like
I
said
earlier,
all
of
these
folks
go
through
a
process
by
which
they
are
reviewed
by
a
police
department.
They
go
through
a
background
check
and
they
have
to,
of
course
pass
that
they
then
have
to
pay
five
thousand
dollars
in
a
bond,
which
is
a
statutory
requirement
codified
by
the
city
of
boston's
code
2-7.2
as
part
of
their
appointment
process,
constables,
request
applications
from
the
police
department.
They
must
include
at
least
five
character.
J
References,
including
one
from
an
attorney
at
law
and
applications,
are
typically
accepted
through
february
15
of
each
calendar
year,
following
the
clearance
of
a
background
check
performed
by
the
police
department.
The
constable
is
then
responsible
for
obtaining
a
surety
bond
constable
serves
civil
process
in
the
city
of
boston.
I
know
it
came
up
whether
or
not
they
can
do
criminal
matters.
They
cannot
and
they
also
work
for
our
city
department.
O
B
The
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Eight
zero
three
has
been
passed,
we'll
move
on
to
docket
zero.
Eight
one,
eight
council
campbell
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
recommending
that
docket
zero.
Eight
one
eight
ought
to
be
approved
under
the
usual
terms
and
conditions.
All
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
aye,
aye
and
docket
zero.
Eight
one
has
been
passed,
counselor
campbell,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
recommending
that
docket
0836
ought
to
be
approved
under
the
usual
terms
and
conditions.
A
Thank
you,
doctor
0858
message
and
otter
authorizes
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
three
million,
eight
hundred
and
twenty
eight
thousand
three
hundred
and
seventeen
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant.
The
fy
21
public
safety
answering
point.
Support
and
incentive
grant
awarded
by
the
mass
executive
office
of
public
safety
and
security,
be
administered
by
the
police
department,
will
fund
costs
associated
with
providing
enhanced
911
services.
B
J
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
This
docket
was
originally
referred
to
the
council.
In
the
committee
on
july
29th,
a
public
hearing
was
held
on
monday
august
17th
and
deputy
superintendent
carmen
carmen
curry
and
christopher
marcunes,
who
is
the
director
of
quality
assurance,
testified
on
behalf
of
the
administration,
docket
zero,
eight
five,
eight,
it's
an
annual
formula
grant
we
get
this
every
year
and
it
is
specifically
for
the
911
public
safety
answering
points
from
the
city
of
boston.
J
It's
a
pass-through
grant,
so
it
is
awarded
to
the
state's
9-1-1
department
and
to
all
municipalities
who
maintain
a
9-1-1
center.
The
state
actually
increased
our
allotment
given
the
the
busy
activity
of
the
department
this
year
by
500
thousand
dollars,
with
the
purpose
of
helping
to
create
the
cost
of
providing
enhanced
9-1-1
services
in
the
city
of
boston.
J
They
spoke
to
this
grant
in
detail,
but
they
also
specifically
talked
about
it,
how
it
funds
a
salary
positions
and
reimbursements
for
employees
in
our
911
operations
center,
as
well
as
equipment,
and
now,
of
course,
other
cleaning
and
contra
contractual
services
that
we
maintain
with
not
only
through
the
boston
police
headquarters,
but
through
our
fire
alarm
system
and
our
ems
9-1-1
center
system.
At
this
time,
as
chair
of
the
safety
and
criminal
justice,
I
recommend
that
we
that
they
could
that
we
accept
the
committee
report
and
pass
docket
zero.
J
B
Thank
you,
so
much
concert
campbell
councillor
campbell,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
report
and
passage
of
docket
zero.
Eight
five,
eight,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
the
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Eight
five
eight
has
been
passed.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
doc?
It's
zero
two
one:
eight
through
and
zero
five,
eight
seven.
A
Thank
you,
madam
president,
doc
at
zero.
Two
one:
eight
order
for
hearing
to
death,
ways
to
support
tenants
facing
eviction
and
displacement;
docket:
zero:
five,
eight
seven
water
for
hearing
regarding
the
creation
of
temporary
rental
assistance
to
support
residents
impacted
by
cobit
nineteen
and
document
zero.
Eight,
four
zero.
B
E
Thank
you
very
much.
Madam
president,
we
had
a
hearing
on
august
18th
the
actual
day
that
the
eviction
moratorium
was
set
to
expire,
luckily
that
it
has
not
has
been
extended
to
august.
Excuse
me
october
17th
that
hearing
we
wanted
to
get
some
updates
on
how
the
rental
program
was
going
and
what
preparations
the
city
was
making
in
the
hopefully
unlikely
event
that
the
eviction
moratorium
is
not
extended.
E
E
E
We're
going
to
be
walked
through
a
lot
of
resources,
and
I
committed
to
my
colleagues
to
gather
every
single
resource
discussed,
including
resources
for
homeowners,
including
legal
clinic
schedules
all
to
be
gathered
into
one
email.
I'm
still
waiting
on
a
couple
responses
to
give
out
to
all
of
us,
so
that
we
in
turn
can
organize
within
our
districts
and,
of
course,
at
large
to
make
sure
every
single
person
living
in
boston
has
knows
that
their
city
is
working
extremely
hard
for
them.
B
C
C
B
A
M
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
would
note
that
this
is
offered
in
the
with
full
knowledge
of
making
degrees
in
this
country,
racial
discrimination
in
housing,
redlining
or
blockbusting,
and
now
gentrification
in
june
on
june
27
2020
of
this
year,
the
housing
discrimination
testing
program
at
suffolk,
university
law,
school,
the
analysis
group
and
the
boston
foundation
released
a
study
that
was
called
qualified.
Mentors
need
not
apply.
M
That
study
found
that
86
86
of
testers
that
use
the
voucher
face.
Discrimination
and
48
of
black
renters
were
only
able
to
visit
an
apartment
compared
to
80
for
their
white
counterparts.
Real
estate
professionals
are
key
gatekeepers
and
are
actively
perpetuating
discrimination
in
the
housing
market.
M
B
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
arroyo
at
this
time.
If
there
are
folks
who
want
to
speak
happy
to
recognize
blue
hands-
and
I
see
you
counselor
edwards-
just
want
to
remind
folks
that
we
do
have
a
council
lunch
scheduled
after
this
meeting
and
I'm
asking
all
of
us
to
keep
our
remarks
very
brief.
The
chair
recognizes
counselor
edwards
counselor
edward.
You
have
report.
E
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair.
This
is,
and
indeed
an
important
issue.
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
point
of
clarification
and,
through
you
to
the
to
the
sponsor,
there
were
two
hearing
orders
both
assigned
to
the
committee
on
housing
that
I
chair,
one
that
dealt
with
the
discrimination
and
potentially
coming
up
with
an
alternative
testing
plan
for
the
city
of
boston
and
the
other
dealing
with
section,
8
and
discrimination,
and
in
both
citing
the
the
studies
that
you
just
cited
so
curious
cancer
already.
M
Certainly
so
I'm
aware
of
one
of
those
which
I
think
is
the
one
that
has
council
o'malley
councillor
bach
and
I
believe,
councillor
scotty
george,
I
believe,
is
the
third
lead
sponsor
on
that,
one
that
one,
I
believe,
deals
with
income
discrimination
it
doesn't.
It
doesn't
actually
cite
at
any
point
within
the
actual
docket
that
I
saw
the
hearing
order
that
I
saw
racial
discrimination,
but
I'm
not
aware
of
the
other
one,
and
so
I'm
not
certain
whether
or
not
that
includes
racial
discrimination
regardless
I'm
not.
E
B
P
I
think
the
two
of
us
were
hoping
to
have
our
two
hearings
at
the
same
time,
because
they
were
similar
slightly
different,
but
similar
council
arroyo's
third
hearing
order
is,
I
think,
a
combination
of
those
of
the
two
that
were
previously
filed.
I'd
also
ask
if
I
could
that
everyone
just
mute
themselves,
because
there's
been
a
tremendous
amount
of
feedback
over
the
course
of
today's
hearing
meeting.
Thank
you,
ma'am
chair.
B
Q
B
Yes,
and
thank
you
for
that
and
to
clarify
with
my
colleagues
that
was
at
the
last
meeting,
I
recall
it
was
right
after
that
report
came
out.
Yes,
I
remember
having
discussion
wonderful,
just
important
moving
forward
to
make
sure
that
we
are
coordinating
more
on
the
front
end,
so
that
we're
not
taking
time
in
the
meetings
to
have
this
discussion
to
make
sure
if
there
is
an
existing
hearing
order
that
we
can
address
the
issues
in
that
existing
hearing
order
and
not
create
a
new
one,
great
discussion
here.
B
It
sounds
like
we
need
to
plan
and
make
sure
that
these
hearings
are
happening,
if
not
all
together,
certainly
back
to
back
daca
0929
is
being
referred
to
the
committee
on
housing
and
community
development
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
that
happens.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
docket
zero,
nine.
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Just
to
be
brief,
I
am
grateful
to
the
many
organizations
and
advocates
and
activists
who
have
helped
give
feedback
over
the
last
almost
year
and
a
half
into,
of
course,
a
49-page
plan
around
a
boston,
green
new
deal
and
just
recovery.
The
idea
is
that,
even
just
at
the
municipal
level,
there's
so
much
that
can
be
done.
We
have
to
focus
on
city
power
and
also
think
about
how
intersectional
the
issue
of
climate
justice
is
it's
housing,
justice,
it's
transportation,
it's
small
business.
O
It
is
storm,
water,
resiliency
and
on
and
on
and
on,
and
so
this
is
most
fundamentally
about
the
fact
that
no
particular
policy
program
or
office
or
individual
can
do
this.
It's
really
about
a
mass
public
conversation
and
community
mobilization
and
prioritization
of
what
projects
should
happen
where,
when
what
the
details
are
so
looking
forward
to
kicking
off
the
legislative
side
with
this
hearing
order,
thank
you
very
much.
B
B
We
are
on
docket,
zero,
nine,
three
zero
and
if
you
could
please
add
councillor
bach
council
of
flaherty
councillor
flynn,
councillor
edwards,
councillor
braden,
councillor,
mejia,
councillor,
sabi,
george
councillor,
o'malley,
councillor
campbell,
councillor
arroyo
and
please
add
the
chair,
and
that
is
docket
zero,
nine
three
zero.
It
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
environment,
resiliency
and
parks.
B
I
would
like
for
us
to
go
back
to
docket
zero,
nine,
two
nine.
This
is
not
to
discuss,
but
just
a
show
of
hands
of
who
would
like
to
add
their
name.
This
is
the
hearing
order
that
we
were
just
discussing
on
discrimination
in
the
housing
market
show
of
hands.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
councillor
flaherty
councillor
flynn,
counselor
wu
councillor
braden
counts:
wasabi
george
councillor
o'malley,
councilor,
mejia,
councillor
campbell
councillor
edwards.
Please
also
add
the
chair,
counselor
bach.
B
B
Q
B
Thank
you
so
much
counselor,
o'malley
and
all
my
colleagues.
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
my
colleague
and
friend,
counselor
arroyo
for
joining
me
joining
me
on
this
hearing
order
he's
the
chair
of
public
health,
and
this
certainly
is
a
as
a
public
health
crisis
in
our
city
and
across
our
our
nation,
and
that's
looking
at
the
the
opioid
crisis,
specifically
with
this
hearing
order.
B
B
In
terms
of
what
we
see
visibly
in
terms
of
quality
of
life
issues,
we
know,
though,
that
addiction
knows
no
neighborhood
bounds
and
that
people
all
across
our
city
are
struggling
with
substance
abuse
disorder
and
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
our
response
is
is
equitable,
that
it
is
empathetic
and
that
we
are
ensuring
that
people
who
need
treatment
and
shelter
are
getting.
That.
B
This
is
especially
true
in
nubian
square,
an
area
that
is
already
vulnerable.
You
know
it's
largely
community
of
color
and
already
vulnerable,
so
we
must
move
with
a
sense
of
urgency.
We've
got
to
address
these
issues
and
we
can't
afford
to
continue
to
compound
the
trauma
by
not
dealing
with
this.
So
it's
important
that
we
have
a
timely
hearing
and
I
just
want
to
again
thank
my
colleagues
councillor
flynn
for
leading
the
walk
in
the
south
end
last
week.
I
know
that
councilor
baker
was
there
councilmakia.
B
Q
M
Thank
you
so
much
and
I'll
keep
it
short,
because
I
believe
president
janey
already
said
much
of
what
I
was
going
to
say.
The
reality
is
that
this
has
been
an
entrepreneur
for
the
city
of
boston.
Colgan
19
has
clearly
made
it
worse
in
terms
of
the
ability
to
reach
out
with
programs
to
have
programming
that
is
still
accessible
and
available
working
with
music
working.
M
I'm
in
deep
hope
that
we
can
reach
out
in
a
way
that's
going
to
be
rooted
in
their
community,
criminalizing
their
poverty
or
their
illness
and
ensuring
that
we're
creating
pathways
to
stability
for
them
as
individuals
moving
forward,
because
these
are
folks
that
are
hurting
and
in
these
times,
hurting
even
more
than
they
were
previously.
So
I
look
forward
to
this
hearing
and
I
look
forward
to
coming
together
to
create
solutions
to
a
very
hard
and
difficult
problem
for
the
city.
Q
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thanks
to
the
makers,
I
look
forward
to
having
a
discussion
on
the
plan
and
afford
members
of
the
public
the
opportunity
to
hear
the
update
from
from
city
officials,
particularly
the
residents
that
live
in
the
area,
as
well
as
the
the
business
owners,
so
they
can
share
their
concerns,
their
questions
and
their
experiences.
During
the
hearing,
my
team
receives
a
phone
little
calls
and
emails
from
this
area
from
both
residency
and
businesses
and
even
from
non-residents.
D
I
know
that
council
flynn
and
council
baker
have
organized
many
walking
tours
over
the
years
on
behalf
of
the
council,
with
our
colleagues
residents,
members
of
isd
and
the
police
department,
so
that
we
could
in
public
health.
So
we
can
hear
directly
from
the
residents
as
to
what
they're
experiencing
and
also
from
those
that
are,
you
know,
are
occupying
the
space
in
the
streets
and
the
alleyways
and
behind
the
buildings
to
find
out
what
it
is
that
we
can
do
to
help
them
with
their
addiction
needs.
D
As
part
of
the
hearing,
I'm
also
interested
in
learning
status
about
the
long
island
bridge,
specifically
as
well
as
progress
towards
the
steps
that
are
outlined
in
the
2.0
plan.
So
a
place
is
a
disaster
in
this
neighborhood
in
particular,
has
endured
a
lot
over
the
years,
and
we
need
to
bring
some
relief
to
the
residents
and
the
businesses
over
there.
We
also
need
to
identify
the
root
of
these
issues,
but
also
provide
a
very
necessary
treatment
and
recovery
for
these
individuals.
So
thank
you
and
look
forward
to
the
hearing.
Q
P
P
We
certainly
need
to
continue
building
a
humane
public,
public
health,
centric
and
equitable
approach
to
this
work
and
realize
that
there
are
a
number
of
components
at
play
here,
not
just
homelessness,
which
we
see
an
increase
of
individuals
on
our
streets
by
several
hundred.
We've
got
about
four
to
six
hundred
additional
individuals
who
are
staying
on
this
on
the
street
and
unsheltered
during
this
time,
because
it's
the
warmer
months
and
the
impacts
that
the
pandemic
and
covid19
have
had
on
our
ability
and
an
individual's
ability
to
access
shelter.
P
The
impact
on
the
quality
of
life
no
doubt
is
on
our
residences
on
our
business
owners
is
on
the
employees
of
the
many
institutions
that
are
in
the
mass
and
cass
area
and
the
and
the
neighborhoods
that
surround
into
dorchester
into
roxbury
into
south
boston
into
downtown,
so
for
sure,
a
lot
of
work
to
do
look
forward
to
being
a
partner
in
that
work,
and
please
add
my
name,
mr
vice
president.
Thank
you.
Q
N
I
visited
there,
as
I
mentioned
at
least
once
a
week,
and
I
I
wasn't
surprised
about
you
know
that
that
it
didn't
fall
into
the
ocean,
that's
how
bad
the
bridge
was,
but
that
was
a
huge
setback.
I
know
it's
in
litigation
right
now
between
boston
and
the
city
of
quincy,
but
once
that
bridge
is
rebuilt,
I
think
we'll
get
some
relief.
But
in
the
meantime
this
is
also
about
the
quality
of
life
for
residents
in
and
around
the
south
end
area,
roxbury
dorchester,
south
boston.
N
What
happens
on
mass
massachusetts,
al
avenue,
albany
street
south
hampton
street
has
an
impact
on
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
boston,
whether
you're
in
west,
roxbury
or
or
beacon,
hill
or
back
bay.
It's
having
a
devastating
impact
throughout
the
downtown
bost
downtown
boston
area
as
well.
But
what
I
also
know
is
that
the
people
that
are
working
on
this
plan
are
doing
the
best
job
that
they
possibly
can.
N
They
are
working
hard,
they're,
dedicated,
they're,
compassionate
and
they
know
we
have
a
serious
problem
there,
but
they
are
dedicated
to
continuing
to
work
with
residents
and
I
think
in
with
city
residents,
but
also
with
elected
officials.
I
think
we
all,
as
a
group,
have
to
be
more
involved
in
in
this
in
what
goes
on
in
mass
ave,
even
if
we
don't
necessarily
represent
the
represent
the
neighborhood.
It's
about
the
city
and
I
know
we'll
come
together
to
make
progress
in
this
area,
but
it
takes
everybody
working
together.
N
This
isn't
a
political
decision,
but
it's
a
decision
about
working
together,
making
sure
the
residents
that
their
quality
of
life
is
respected
and
also
the
police
play
a
critical
role
in
this
neighborhood
as
well
walking
along
massachusetts
avenue
with
the
residents
of
worcester
square
or
blackstone
square
blackstone
franklin
peters
park.
I
see
the
level
of
respect
that
the
south
end
residents
have
for
the
boston
police.
They
know
that
the
police
are
a
partner
and
play
a
critical
role
in
what
happens
in
boston's
neighborhoods,
on
quality
of
life
issues
and
on
public
safety
issues.
N
Q
Thank
you
councilman,
madam
clerk.
Please
add
councillor
flynn
as
a
co-sponsor.
Any
colleagues
would
wish
to
continue
any
discussion.
Please
indicate
by
raising
your
blue
hand,
not
seeing
any
if
you
would
like
to
add
your
name
as
a
co-sponsor.
Please
raise
your
physical
hand.
Madam
clerk.
Please
add
counselor
braden
counselor
wu
councillor
campbell
councillor
mejia
councillor
bach,
please
add
the
chair
as
a
co-sponsor
as
well
and
counselor
edwards
as
well
and
see
docket
number
0931
shall
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
public
health.
A
Q
B
B
Many
of
you
may
be
aware
that
there
was
a
big
uproar
over
the
demolition
of
a
building
that
was
slated
for
demolition,
but
on
this
building
there
was
a
mural,
the
roxbury
love
mural
with
nelson
mandela,
and
this
mural
means
a
lot
to
me
not
just
because
I'm
the
district
7
city
councilor,
but
that
mural
is
literally
around
the
corner
from
where
I
live.
That
mural
was
at
the
bus.
B
Stop
that
I
have
to
wait
at
every
morning,
and
so
I
share
the
the
concerns
that
people
have
raised
around
that
mural
now
being
gone,
and
what
that
mural
meant.
Symbolically,
it
was
a
mural
of
nelson
mandela
and
it
had
the
words
roxbury
love
and
the
colors
red
black
and
green
and
yellow-
and
you
know
it
was
symbolic-
it
was
always
meant
to
be
a
temporary
mural.
It
was
put
on
a
building
that
was
falling
down.
It
was
slated
for
demolition
and
to
be
rebuilt,
but
I
think
there
was
an
opportunity
that
was
missed.
B
This
particular
building
was
a
city-owned
building
and
it
the
the
the
team
that
got
this
project
is
the
black
dome
team
with
deep
roots
in
the
community
and
lots
of
good
strong
relationships.
But
there
was
still
a
missed
opportunity
in
terms
of
how
we
communicate
what
was
happening
with
with
this
mural.
B
In
this
building,
there
was
a
missed
opportunity
in
terms
of
of
residents
being
able
to
come
and
say
goodbye
to
the
mural,
take
pictures
of
the
mural,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
that
I
was
thinking
about
doing
last
year
when
I
was
chair
of
the
arts
committee
and
had
great
conversations
with
the
commissioner
and
others
in
the
city
about
how
we
preserve
our
public
art,
particularly
our
murals.
We're
very
fortunate
in
this
time,
right
now
to
see
a
resurgence
of
public
art,
particularly
in
in
the
mural
space.
B
People
may
be
familiar
with
the
brief
live
series
that
pro-black
rob
gibbs
has
been
doing
and
largely
in
roxbury
and
dorchester.
Really
all
over
the
city.
The
the
latest
is
the
little
girl
with
the
afro
puffs
at
madison
park,
high
school
with
the
the
basketball
jersey
that
says,
roxbury
and-
and
we
see
these
beautiful
murals
coming
up
breathing
life
at
a
time
when
many
of
us
can't
breathe.
B
But
how
do
we
preserve
them
for
the
future?
If
we're
just
putting
up
murals
and
maybe
they'll
be
here
10
years,
maybe
they
won't?
How
do
we
really
preserve,
so
this
hearing
order
is
asking
that
we
come
together
to
build
upon
the
city's
existing
art,
preservation
and
and
figure
out
a
real
plan
for
mural
preservation
and
other
public
art,
I'm
hoping
that
we
can
have
a
hearing
in
the
near
future
and
that
my
colleagues
will
join
for
this
really
important
conversation.
B
I
think
it's
a
particularly
important
as
we
continue
to
struggle
around
mental
health
and
how
we
respond
to
covid
and
the
national
awakening,
awakening
and
reckoning
around
race
in
our
country
that
we
find
the
joy
and
create
the
joy
whenever
we
can,
and
I
see
that
in
public
art-
and
I
want
us
to
be
more
intentional
around
how
we
preserve
that
public
art.
So
I'm
hoping
that
we
can
have
a
hearing
in
the
near
future
and
that
folks
will
join
that
conversation.
Thank
you.
Q
K
Thank
you
vice
chair.
Vice
president,
sorry
o'malley,
I'd
like
to
add
my
name
in
support
of
this
hearing
order.
I
come
from
austin
brighton
and
we
have
a
rich
heritage
of
public
art
in
the
form
of
murals
across
our
district.
Sadly,
as
in
roxbury,
we
are
seeing
the
disappearance
of
some
of
that
public
art
as
due
to
development
in
our
neighborhood.
K
When
I
travel
to
philadelphia
or
san
francisco,
I
love
walking
around
and
looking
at
the
public
art,
and
it
really
is
such
a
wonderful,
vibrant
expression
of
the
community
that
lives
in
that
place.
So
I
really
support.
Transfer
president
ginny's
hearing
order
on
this
and
hope
that
we
can
preserve
and
and
encourage
the
development
of
more
public
art
in
our
city
across
all
of
our
neighborhoods.
Thank
you.
Q
F
Q
Thank
you,
counselor
mejia,
madam
clerk.
Please
add
counselor
mejia
as
a
co-sponsor
any
further
discussion
on
docket
0932,
seeing
none
if
any
other
counselors
would
wish
to
add
their
name.
Please
indicate
by
raising
their
hand
madam
clerk.
Please
add
counselor
flynn,
please
add
counselor
wu,
please
add
counselor
flaherty,
please
add
counselors.
Ivy
george,
please
add
counselor
edwards,
please
add
counselor
arroyo,
please
add
counselor
campbell,
please
add
counselor
bach,
please
add
the
chair's
name
and
doc
is
saying
no
further
councilman.
Here
we
got
you
earlier,
please
make
sure
councilman.
He
is
on
it.
B
There
was
a
lot
of
engagement
and
the
team
crews
did
commit
at
that
time
to
preserving
the
mural
and
reincorporating
it
into
the
design
and
they
they
have
identified
the
the
original
artist
and
are
going
to
work
with
the
original
artist
on
that
new
site.
I
forgot
to
mention
that
and
many
people
don't
know
that,
because
again
there
was
no
process.
So
thank
you
again.
We
will
now
move
on
to
docket
0932.
E
Thank
you
very
much.
I
I
wanted
to
thank
my
co-sponsor,
especially
council
flaherty,
for
his
historical
knowledge
and
understanding
and-
and
I
just
had
to
bring
that
up,
because
we
both
have
been
approached
by
a
constituent
at
different
times
who,
whose
child
was
targeted.
I
should
say
by
a
community
member
and
recently
that
community
that
that
perpetrator
was
taken
from
a
level
two
to
a
level
one
and
it
really
retriggered
a
lot
of
the
trauma
she
had
as
a
mother
and
as
we
were,
trying
to
figure
out
together.
E
And
so
this
hearing
is
not
to
talk
about
what's
wrong,
but
talk
about
collectively
the
resources
the
city
of
boston
has
or
collective
healing
when
that
kind
of
mistrust
happens
by
a
community
leader.
I'd
love
to
know
how
do
we
gather
people
together
in
this
instant?
With
my
my
constituent,
there
was
a
huge
meeting.
Menino
was
there,
it
was
a
huge
big
deal,
but
how
do
you
deal
after
that
big
meeting?
E
E
You
could
be
a
level
three,
you
could
be
level
two,
you
could
be
level
one
and
you
can
petition
yourself
to
the
court
to
ask
to
be
demoted
in
your
level
because
you
have
demonstrated
whatever
there's
a
process
for
them
to
move
on,
and
I
want
to
know
what
our
process
is
for
for
our
survivors
to
be
able
to
move
on
and
for
communities
to
be
able
to
continue
to
heal.
That's
what
this
hearing
order
is
about.
B
D
A
child
sexual
abuse
is
a
serious
issue
in
our
city
and
in
our
commonwealth,
and
it's
enormously
important
that
victims
of
child
sexual
abuse
receive
appropriate
resources
and
care,
and
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
support
services
available
to
victims,
their
families
and
the
community
at
large
and
many
community
organizations
that
provide
incredible
services
for
victims.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
that's
those
services
are
continuous.
D
As
mentioned
in
the
hearing
order,
there
is
a
process
by
which
sex
offenders
can
petition
the
courts
to
change
their
level
on
the
sex
offender
registry
and
that's
through
paying
their
debts
to
society
and
not
reoffending.
So
going
into
this
discussion
with
our
eyes
wide
open.
You
know,
however,
the
trauma
that
the
victims
of
sexual
abuse
in
and
sexual
abuse
more
broadly
is,
is
long-lasting
and
severe.
D
D
So
this
body
has
led
on
the
issues
related
to
child
sex
abuse
as
well
as
treatment
in
the
past.
I
look
forward
to
partnering
with
council
redwoods
and
all
of
you
to
have
a
robust
discussion
about
the
services
available
to
our
victims
and
a
continuous
service,
quite
frankly,
continuous
service
to
our
victims
and
how
we,
as
as
a
city
council,
can
play
a
role
in
advancing
and
improving
these
services
moving
forward.
So
I
appreciate
the
partnership
and
I
look
forward
for
an
experience
here.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
B
J
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
I
want
to
thank
councillors,
edwards
and
flaherty
for
your
leadership
here,
councillor
flynn
and
I,
of
course
have
been
focusing
on
the
issue
of
sexual
assault,
domestic
violence
and
child
abuse,
and
specifically
the
child
abuse.
Child
abuse
piece
has
been
really
difficult
and
extremely
challenging
to
to
discuss,
particularly
because
of
the
data
and
information
out
there
that
suggest
how
how
awful
it
may
be
in
certain
communities,
and
it's
often
on
it's
often
not
talked
about,
and
so
when
we
held
our
hearing
on
this
issue.
J
People
are
really
happy
that
we
included
that
topic,
because
typically
it's
sexual
assault,
domestic
violence
and
not
the
child
abuse
piece.
But
one
of
the
things
we
are
not
focusing
on.
Why
I'm
so
excited
and
really
happy
for
you
guys
are
grateful
to
you
guys
for
including
it
here
is
the
healing
piece
that
you
just
mentioned:
counselor,
edwards
and
counselor
flaherty.
We
are
focusing
on
the
process
itself
what
you
have
to
do
or
what
it
takes
in
order
to
seek
justice
and
and
and
how
you
navigate
that
often
being
re-traumatized
by
the
system.
J
P
Thank
you,
madam
president,
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
putting
this
before
us.
I
look
forward
to
the
hearing
I
do
want
to
know,
and
uplift
just
form,
perhaps
part
of
the
conversation
as
it's
something
I'm
doing
around.
My
work
in
education
is
because
all
of
our
young
people
now
many
of
our
you
know
if
you're
of
school
age,
you
now
have
access
to
technology
we've
given
thirty
thousand
chromebooks
out
kids
are
on
devices.
P
Young
people
are
on
devices
and
often
not
monitored,
and
it
has
increased
both
the
opportunity
for
sexual
abuse
and
sexual
exploitation.
It
has
increased
and
created
greater
access.
Technology
has
increased
greater
access
to
re-victimize,
a
perpetrator
to
re-victimize
a
victim
to
seek
out
victims,
so
technology
certainly
plays
a
significant
role,
especially
as
as
our
world
has
changed,
as
we
now
interact
with
one
another
in
very
different
ways.
P
But
the
impact
and
the
injury
to
community
at
large
is
is
a
truly
important
one
to
note
and
the
way
that
we
best
help
victims
heal
is
that
we
recognize
it
as
a
community
as
a
larger
community
and
support
one
another
through
it.
So
please
add
my
name.
I
endorse
this
wholeheartedly
and
hope
to
be
a
part
of
of
the
conversation
in
the
meeting.
B
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
savvy
george
anyone
else
looking
to
add
their
name
show
of
physical
hands.
Please,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
council
brady
council
arroyo,
you
already
have
counselor
sabi
george
councillor
o'malley
councillor
mejia
councillor
bach
councillor
campbell.
Please
also
add
the
chair,
docket
zero.
Nine
three
three
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
strong
women,
families
and
communities.
B
E
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
president.
I'm
very
excited
to
introduce
this.
It's
one
of
the
great
examples
of
constituents
bringing
issues
to
their
counselor
and
then
us
amplifying
it
here
in
our
in
city
hall,
via
zoom,
but
still
in
city
hall.
This
is
something
that,
if
you
live
in
east
boston,
one
of
the
biggest
frustrations
is
that
if
you
own
a
bike,
you
can't
bike
to
work.
E
This
is
a
response
to
that
saying
we
can
do
better
at
the
end
of
the
day.
This
is
we're
asking
to
for
a
pilot
program
that
would
allow
for
one
car
on
the
blue
line
to
be
dedicated
to
bikes,
we'd
like
to
see
how
that
could
work
for
a
temporary
amount
of
time
and
allow
for
folks
to
commute
and
stay
in
that
car.
We
don't.
I
don't
expect
it
to
be
a
huge
infrastructure.
E
E
E
You
know
at
the
end
of
the
day,
this
is
a
frustration
I've
heard
from
more
than
one
constituent,
and
I
think
this
is
a
practical
response,
so
I'm
excited
about
having
the
hearing
with
the
mbta
to
discuss
how
we
can
do
this.
I
also
wanted
to
note
suffolk
downs,
which
will
be
the
single
largest
private
development
in
boston's.
E
O
Thank
you,
madam
president,
just
want
to
thank
councillor
edwards
for
her
leadership.
I
have
been
frustrated
by
this
very
issue
many
times.
The
t
does
not
allow
bikes
on
the
subway
trains
during
rush
hour
at
all,
and
so,
even
when
the
cars
are
completely
empty.
During
certain
times
of
the
day,
it's
impossible
to
as
comfortable
saying
have
that
connection,
especially
in
east
boston
or
geography,
is
that
barrier,
but
all
throughout
the
city.
O
So
the
last
mile
problem
as
transportation
planners
call
it
in
terms
of
how
to
get
from
wherever
the
subway
or
or
public
transit
stop
ends
back
to
your
home
or
your
job
or
where
you're
trying
to
go.
That
can
be
the
hold
up
hold
up
for
increasing
ridership,
so
this
will
really
unlock
the
ability
for
our
public
transit
system
to
truly
be
a
public
good
for
everyone.
Thank
you.
B
N
N
So
I'm
filing
this
hearing
order
today
with
councillor
braden,
to
discuss
ways
that
the
city
can
adequately
handle
these
issues,
including
increasing
enforcement.
More
public
awareness
outreach
about
proper
ways
of
disposing
trash
and
preventing
rodent
activities.
It's
important
that
we
discuss
measures
for
effective
pest
control
in
keeping
our
streets
clean.
I
look
forward
to
this
discussion.
K
K
K
B
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
brayden.
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
docket?
Madam
clerk?
If
you
could
please
add
counselor
arroyo,
councillor
mejia,
council,
o'malley,
councillor
bach
councillor
campbell
for
edwards
council
of
flaherty
and
please
also
add
the
chair.
Docket
0935
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
city
and
neighborhood
services,
we'll
now
move
on
to
docket
zero,
nine,
three
six,
madam
clerk.
B
N
N
N
N
Moreover,
there
are
private
alleys
and
sewers
in
the
city
where
property
owners
are
responsible
for
the
maintenance
in
repairs
of
pipes,
which
can
be
costly
in
adding
difficulty
to
the
maintenance
of
our
water
and
source
system.
I
believe
these
are
important
quality
of
life
issues
that
impact
the
public,
health
and
safety
of
our
neighborhoods.
N
We
had
a
pipe
rupture
recently
in
the
south
end
at
the
height
of
this
pandemic,
and
it
caused
a
lot
of
hardship
for
residents
in
businesses
in
the
area.
We
should
do
what
we
can
to
prevent
that
from
happening
again.
I
hope
this
hearing
will
be
a
good
discussion
on
the
measures
that
we
can
take
to
ensure
the
safety
and
maintenance
of
our
water
and
sewer
pipes,
and
I'd
also
like
to
highlight
the
incredible
work
that
our
boston,
water
and
sewer
employees
do
every
day
and
every
night
for
us.
N
B
O
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
commend
the
maker
and
ask
that
my
name
be
added
to
this
very
important
issue.
I've
been
grateful
to
work
alongside
him
on
this.
I
also
wanted
to
know
I
was
having
video
issues
on
the
last
docket
zero.
Nine
three
five
so
at
the
appropriate
time,
would
love
to
move
for
reconsideration
to
add
my
name
as
a
co-sponsor
as
well
to
that
one.
Thank
you.
B
E
Thank
you
very
much.
I
wanted
to
commend
the
maker
and
your
leadership
counselor
flynn.
I
also
echo
your
praise
of
the
boston,
water
and
sewage
what
they've
done,
especially
an
immense
we're
in
a
hundred
years,
project
in
east
boston,
and
that
has
both
drummed
up
a
lot
of
frustration
with
the
way
the
roads
at
every
every
single
turn
there
seems
to
be.
You
know,
someone
digging
someplace
and
then
also
with
the
with
the
rats
as
well.
E
I
got
blocked
and
so
on
both
ends
of
the
street.
I
came
down,
I
couldn't
get
out
and
they
were
just
due
to
lack
of
coordination,
so
I
think
that
we
could.
We
can
make
sure
that
we
have
that
to
be
part
of
the
conversation.
I
also
want
to
bring
up
the
groundwater
trust,
councilor
flynn
and
your
incredible
work
there.
They
too
are
also
part
of
this
infrastructure
and
making
sure
that
our
literally
our
city
stays
afloat.
So
I
wanted
to
also,
I
hope
that
they're
also
part
of
this
conversation.
Thank
you
very.
P
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
just
want
to
commend
the
maker
on
this
add
my
name
also
commend,
I
think,
councilor
braden
as
the
co-sponsor
for
bringing
this
before
us.
I
also
would
ask,
as
mr
councillor
wu
did,
for
reconsideration,
to
amend
the
record
and
to
add
my
name
to
docket
number:
zero,
nine,
three
five,
so
if
you
would
add
to
both,
that
would
be
great.
Thank
you
appreciate.
It.
D
Thank
you,
madam
president,
would
like
to
have
my
name,
obviously
recognizing
that
that
boston
has
an
aging
infrastructure
folks
over
at
boston
water,
and
so
they
do
a
tremendous
job,
particularly
henry
vitale
and
his
team.
Over
there.
I
find
him
to
be
one
of
the
most
responsive
public
servants
in
my
time
as
a
member
of
the
city
council.
So
any
day
of
the
week,
any
hour
of
the
day,
you
have
a
water
sore
issue,
henry
and
or
someone
on
his
team.
D
It's
back
to
you
immediately,
which
allows
us
to
get
right
back
to
our
constituents
with
sort
of
real-time
data
and
updating
as
to
what's
going
on
in
their
street
or
in
their
neighborhood
so
invaluable
to
have
someone
like
henry
running
the
boston,
water
and
store.
So
please
have
a
name
look
forward
to
the
hearing
and
appreciate.
J
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I'll
be
brief.
Thank
you.
Councillor
flynn
just
wanted
to
echo
councillor
edwards
points
on
coordination.
We
see
the
same
thing
in
the
district,
but
also
I
have
a
many
boston,
water
and
sewer
employees
that
live
in
my
district,
who
do
incredible
work
and
one
of
the
things
I
think
is
often
overlooked.
J
Is
their
health
there's
been
some
incredible
and
sudden
losses
within
that
department
that
often
probably
don't
get
any
attention
whatsoever,
so
they
absolutely
work
incredibly
hard
and
maybe
at
some
point
counselor
flynn.
We
could
add
that
to
this
conversation,
not
only,
of
course,
the
importance
of
infrastructure,
but
the
work
they
do
and
some
just
some
severe
concerns
around
around
their
health.
So
please
do
add
my
name,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
again
councillor
flynn
for
bringing
forward
the
hearing
order.
B
Thank
you
so
much
at
this
time
we
will
add
names,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
mahia
councillor
o'malley
and
counselor
bach
councillor,
edwards
council
of
flaherty
councillor
campbell
councillor,
braden,
wonderful,
and
this
is
docket
0936,
which
is
being
referred
to
the
committee
on
city
and
neighborhood
services.
Do.
B
Oh
yes,
thank
you
so
much
I
I
really
do
want
to
be
at
it.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
councillor
flynn,
for
this.
This
is
really
important
if
we
could
just
take
a
moment
to
go
back
to
doc
at
zero
nine.
Three
five,
madam
clerk,
I'd
like
to
add
council
of
wu
and
counselor
asabi
george
to
dock
at
zero,
nine,
three,
five
great
all
right
now
we
will
move
on
to
docket
zero
0937.
A
P
Thank
you,
madam
president,
while
we're
a
long
way
from
having
bps
students
in
a
typical
library
class,
it
is
still
incredibly
important
that
we
continue
to
think
about
the
long-term
needs
of
our
schools
and
our
students.
Our
librarians
in
library,
paris,
have
been
active
members
of
our
school
communities
during
this
pandemic,
delivering
books
to
our
students
in
creating
virtual
reading
groups
and
story
times.
Our
library
staff
have
been
doing
incredible
work,
often
with
few
resources
or
resources
they
create
themselves.
P
Currently,
not
even
half
of
our
schools
have
access
to
an
in-school,
library
or
library
staff,
and
there
is
a
huge
discrepancy
between
library
resources
within
the
schools
that
do
have
them.
We
need
to
fix
this
like
we
needed
to
have
a
school
nurse
in
every
building.
One
of
the
major
fallouts
from
this
pandemic
will
be
learning
loss,
particularly
for
our
youngest
students,
who
are
learning
to
read
now
and
developing
their
foundation
for
formal
lifelong
learning.
We
need
to
provide
significantly
more
resources
to
our
libraries
and
library
staff
so
that
our
students
are
literate.
P
Our
library
staff
do
incredible
work
with
our
teachers
to
ensure
that
library,
lessons
and
classroom
curriculum
are
connected
to
each
other.
We
need
to
see
our
library,
staff
and
libraries
as
a
critical
as
the
critical
resource
they
are.
I
look
forward
to
holding
this
hearing
and
helping
bps
to
determine
what
they
need
from
the
city
and
the
city
council
to
make
sure
that
our
students
have
access
to
libraries.
P
D
B
C
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
commend
the
maker.
I
remember
that
when
I
worked
for
the
maker
back
in
the
day,
I
was
astonished
to
find
in
my
first
budget
cycle
just
how
uneven
our
library
resources
are
across
our
schools
and
as
a
kid
who
certainly
spent
a
bunch
of
time
in
the
library
in
my
school.
C
I
think
that
I
think
that
space
for
imagination
and
for
kind
of
self-directed
and
semi-staff
directed
right
like
a
librarian
kind
of
nudging,
you
towards
a
particular
bookshelf
or
whatever
that
type
of
intellectual
exploration,
is
really
important
for
kids.
I
also
when
I
used
to
help
out
at
the
josiah
quincy
middle
school.
You
know
there
was
a
little
book
room
and
that
was
where,
when
a
kid
was
gonna
have
reading
help
where
they'd
come
and
do
it.
I
just
think
there's
a
there's
something
really
important
about
that.
C
F
Yes,
thank
you,
president
council,
jamie
and
counselor
sabi
george
for
bringing
this
to
the
forefront.
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
you
know
for
far
too
long
in
the
boston,
public
schools,
we've
continued
to
strip
away
our
classes
in
schools
of
librarians,
and
so,
while
I
understand
you
know
how
important
it
is
to
have
this
conversation,
I
also
just
want
to
be
really
clear
that
I
would
love
to
see
this
more
of
a
long-term
conversation
where
we're
really
looking
at.
How
do
we
restore
the
live?
You
know
our
librarians
into
our
public
schools.
F
I
think
that's
a
very
important
part
of
the
conversation,
and
I
also
think
that
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
be
innovative
during
this
time
and
that
there
are
a
lot
of
librarians
who
are
unassigned
at
this
point,
because
they've
lost
their
jobs
through
the
boston,
public
schools
and
there's
been
lots
of
layoffs,
and
I
think
that
that
we
can
you
seize
this
moment
outside
of
this
public
hearing,
but
just
in
general.
So
how
do
we?
How
do
we
create
opportunities
to
bring
librarians
back
into
into
the
space?
B
Thank
you
so
much
at
this
time.
If
anyone
would
like
to
add
their
name,
they
can
please
indicate
by
physical
hand.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
councilman
mejia
councillor
o'malley
counselor,
councillor
wu
councillor
arroyo.
I
think
you
have
counselor
bach
council
flaherty
councillor
campbell,
please
also
add
the
chair
is
that
counselor
ed
wait,
counselor,
edwards
yeah
all
right!
Thank
you
so
much
and
very
important
issues.
So
thank
you
to
the
maker
shout
out
tomorrow
too,
at
the
mather
school
I've.
P
B
A
F
Madam
president,
and
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
miss
o'toole,
she
is
definitely
out
there
in
the
trenches
taking
care
of
our
kids
out
in
the
mathers.
So
thank
you,
madam
president.
I'm
really
excited
to
present
this
hearing
order
today,
because
it's
one
of
two
that
were
written
by
entirely
by
our
you
think
civic
engagement
fellows
this
summer.
F
L
B
P
B
F
As
a
city
council.
We
know
our
limitations,
we
sometimes
don't
have
as
much
power
as
we'd
like,
but,
as
I
have
said
in
other
speeches,
there's
only
one
place
where
we
will
always
have
an
unlimited,
a
power,
and
that
is
the
voices
of
the
people
and
among
those
voices
are
the
youth.
Youth
voices
have
gone
unheard
for
pharah
long
enough.
F
They
are
an
important
factor
in
our
community's
need
for
change,
especially
along
the
lines
of
police
reform.
I
have
always
believed
that
young
people
are
the
ones
that
are
going
to
lead
our
community
into
a
better
future,
but
how
will
they
do
that?
If
they're?
Never
if
they're
never
given
a
chance-
and
I
think
right
now
is
the
best
time
to
include
them
in
this
important
conversation.
F
F
We
are
incredibly
proud
of
jada
and
her
accomplishments,
and
we
cannot
wait
to
have
this
hearing
order,
specifically
addressing
the
need
to
include
young
people
in
all
discussions
that
deal
with
police
reform,
so
big
ups
to
jada.
For
writing
this
hearing
order
and
we're
looking
forward
to
getting
it
assigned
and
being
led
by
young
people.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name
show
of
physical
hands?
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn
councillor
arroyo,
councillor
o'malley
councillor
sabi
george
councillor
bach
councillor,
braden
councillor
wu
councillor
campbell
councillor
edwards.
Please
also
add
the
chair.
F
F
This
one
was
actually
written
by
sam
who
this
is
from
his
own
lived
experiences.
Sam
talked
about
how
he
never
eats
food,
that's
provided
at
his
school.
He
normally
would
pop
over
to
the
pizza
shop
down
the
street
and
spend
his
money
there.
What
stood
out
to
us
is
that
it's
not
just
about
how
sam
talked
about
the
food
provided
to
him,
but
how
he
connected
to
how
he
feels
in
class,
and
so
I
wanted
to
read
a
little
bit
about
his
speech
that
he
prepared
for
me
today.
F
So
this
is
so
incredible
because
these
are
young
people
who
are
living
the
realities
and
they
wrote
these
speeches
for
me
and
I'm
so
incredibly
humble
to
be
able
to
to
utilize
my
platform
to
uplift,
their
voices.
So,
as
the
mother
of
a
10
year
old,
I
think
it's
inappropriate
it's
appropriate
to
say
that
I
understand
the
struggle
that
parents
face
not
just
within
boston
but
within
the
united
states
as
a
whole.
F
F
Sam
has
been
fanta
and
a
fantastic
addition
to
our
team
this
summer
and
has
done
an
amazing
work
in
keeping
us
engaged
in
what
is
going
on
when
it
comes
to
school
lunches.
We
are
so
proud
of
all
the
young
people
that
worked
with
us
this
summer
and
we
cannot
wait
to
see
what
they
will
do
when
they
move
on,
and
so
this
particular
hearing
order
hopes
to
look
at
the
intersection
of
food
insecurity.
F
Even
when
we're
being
fed
oftentimes,
the
food
that
is
accessible,
the
lunch
is
usually
is
for
those
folks
who
went
to
the
boston
public
schools.
You
know
the
lunch
is
is
not
something
that
those
people,
young
people
would
eat,
and
so
we
end
up
spending
a
lot
of
our
money
outside
just
to
be
able
to
nourish
ourselves.
F
So
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
to
look
at
the
connection
of
food
and
the
achievement
gap,
because
if
young
people
are
not
fully
nourished
they're
not
going
to
be
able
to
participate
and
fully
access
the
the
curriculum,
so
we're
hoping
that
this
hearing
order
will
look
at
the
intersection
of
these
two.
Thank
you
so
much
thank.
B
B
F
F
F
F
F
One
thing
that
she
pointed
out
was
that
I
want
that.
I
want
to
uplift
is
that
the
assault
is
the
assault
to
prison
pipeline
too
often,
survivors
of
sexual
assault
are
punished
for
not
showing
up
to
school
or
for
doing
poorly
in
class
after
a
while,
their
academics,
punishment
becomes
criminal
punishment.
F
B
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name
show
of
hands?
Madame
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
councillor
flynn,
councillor
arroyo,
councillor
o'malley,
councillor
blue
councillor,
usabi
george
councillor,
braydon,
campbell
council
of
flaherty,
and
please
also
add
the
chair
and
the
chair
council
bach:
did
you
were
you
adding
your
name?
Okay,
counselor
edwards?
B
C
But
from
a
long-term
perspective.
What
we
need
is
more
deeply
affordable,
housing
throughout
the
city
and
and
boston
sometimes
can
suffer
from
the
same
challenge
that
we
see
all
over
the
state
and,
frankly,
in
communities
around
the
country.
Where
affordable
housing
gets
held
up,
delayed
and
sometimes
mixed
entirely
through
the
zoning
process,
and
I
think
philosophically
the
important
thing
to
understand
here
is
that
what
can
be
a
real
imbalance
in
our
in
our
processes.
C
Around
developments
like
this
is
that
is
that
when
you
have
a
place
that
people
have
been
excluded
from,
then
they're
not
there
at
the
table
to
be
part
of
a
conversation
about
why
they
need
a
home
in
that
community.
And
so
our
good
faith.
Efforts
to
include
the
people
who
are
most
proximate
doesn't
actually
include
the
people,
sometimes
who
are
most
proximate
to
the
problem,
which
is
their
lack
of
housing.
C
And
so
I
think
that's
something
structural
and
fundamental,
and
it's
the
reason
why
I've
been
so
glad
to
be
working
with
councillor
edwards
on
a
zoning
amendment
to
and
with
the
marriage
team,
on
a
zoning
amendment
to
affirmatively
further
fair
housing.
This
proposal
here
today
was
sort
of
spurred
by
a
specific
project
in
jp,
which
I
want
to
allow
my
colleague
counselor
o'malley,
to
speak
to
in
greater
depth.
But
I
will
just
say
that
I
think
actually,
that
project
is
a
great
example
of
the
community
really
coming
to
support
a
project.
C
Level
is
if
we
make
it
a
little
bit
easier
for
us
to
get
these
projects
that
provide
these
critical
homes
to
people
going
and
approved,
and
so
you
know
a
number
of
different
cities
around
the
country,
including
cambridge,
just
across
the
river,
have
looked
at
different
ways
to
doing
this,
and
so
I
think
there
are
some
good
models
to
learn
from
and
build
off
of,
and
I
think
it's
time
for
boston
to
have
this
conversation.
So
I'm
grateful
to
my
co-sponsor,
counselor,
o'malley
and
looking
forward
to
having
a
hearing.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
Q
Thank
you,
madam
president,
on
first
off
it
goes
without
saying
my
deep
appreciation
for
the
leadership
and
partnership
with
councillor
bach
in
in
partnering
on
this
there's
no
surprise,
or
ought
not
to
be
a
surprise
to
anybody
that
we're
at
the
point
where
half
of
renters
in
boston
are
classified
as
rent
burdened
spending,
more
than
30
percent
of
their
income
on
housing
costs,
and
we
also
are
know
far
too
well
that
the
economic
impacts
of
the
global
pandemic
have
worsened.
Housing
stability
as
thousands
of
boston
residents
are
right
now
at
risk.
Q
We
all
know
that
there's
more
than
50
000
into
families,
waiting
on
bha
housing
and
specific
thousands
upon
thousands
of
those
on
waitlists
for
cdc,
housings
throughout
the
city,
and
also
brighton
and
east
boston,
madison
park
and
on
and
on
and
on,
and
we
all
know
that
it's
imperative
that
we
vastly
and
quickly
increase
our
stock
of
deeply
affordable
housing
units.
But
in
order
for
us
to
get
there,
we
need
strategic,
comprehensive
zoning
relief
so
that
it's
easier
to
build
deeply
this
kind
of
housing.
Q
Many
of
the
approaches
that
are
being
piloted
in
other
cities
across
the
country
attempt
to
provide
carrots
rather
than
sticks,
and
the
goal
here
is
to
make
affordable
development
easy
and
attractive
to
developers,
as
well
as
standardizing
standardizing
the
process,
so
that
there's
less
friction
and
less
reinventing
of
the
wheel
in
duplicative
processes.
Over
and
over
again,
we
need
not
only
dramatically
increase
our
supply
to
realign
our
housing
market,
but
we
can
also
do
affordability
more
intelligently
by
incorporating
mixed
income
developments.
Q
Urban
design,
best
practices
prioritizing
to
transit,
oriented
development
and
on
and
on
and
on
the
purpose
of
this
hearing
is
to
explore
further
many
of
these
ideas
that
are
currently
being
put
into
practice
throughout
the
united
states,
but
more
than
that,
it's
to
have
a
conversation
about
why
we're
in
this
situation,
to
begin
with
the
kind
of
preceding
speaker
the
lead
sponsor
on
this
counselor
bach
mentioned
that
there
is
an
issue
in
my
district.
It's
it's.
Q
I
was
gobsmacked,
although
perhaps
I
shouldn't
have
been
when
there
was
a
lawsuit
filed
against
a
project
that
was
as
positive
a
development
project
as
I've
seen
in
my
nearly
10
years.
In
office
this
is
pine
street
in
a
national
leader,
certainly
a
a
a
a
a
institution
in
boston
that
has
done
yeoman's
work
for
generations
is
seeking
to
build
a
large-scale
development
to
offer
housing
to
formerly
unhoused
individuals.
Q
They
put
forward
one
of
the
most
comprehensive
and
open
and
aggressive
community
processes
I
have
witnessed
it
was
supported
across
the
board.
Of
course,
there
were
one
or
two
voices,
but
even
even
those
were
brought
on
board
eventually
and
because
of
the
way
that
our
system
works.
There
was
one
individual
who,
I
don't
believe,
lives
in
the
neighborhood,
but
certainly
owns
a
building
in
the
neighborhood
that
bugs
this
project,
that's
able
to
grind
the
entire
project
to
a
halt.
Q
It
is
going
to
exacerbate
the
problem
of
housing
that
we've
been
dealing
with
and
will
only
get
worse,
as
we
god
willing
recover
from
this
pandemic.
So
this
hearing
is
incredibly
timely.
It's
incredibly
important
I've
had
many
conversations
with
councillor
bach
and
counselor
edwards,
and
so
many
other
housing
experts
on
this
body.
Q
So
I
really
think
there's
an
opportunity
here
for
us
to
lead
and
to
put
some
meaningful
and
effective
legislation
policies
in
place
to
deal
with
the
fact
that
that
we
need
to
be
more
nimble
and
more
aggressive
as
it
relates
to
building
and
supporting
deeply
affordable
housing.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
B
Thank
you.
So
much
would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name,
madame
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
counselor
braden
councillor
mejia,
councillor
royal
councillor
david
george
council
of
flaherty,
councillor
campbell
council
of
wu
councillor
edwards
and
please
also
add
the
chair,
docket
zero.
Nine
four
one
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation,
we'll
now
move
on
to
docket,
zero,
nine
four
two.
A
A
Docket:
zero
nine
four
two
offered
by
councillor
wasabi
george
offered
the
following
order
for
approving
a
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
regarding
the
disability,
pension
of
ryan,
lennan,
docket
number:
zero,
nine:
four:
three
council
wasabi
georgia
offered
the
following
order:
approving
a
participant
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
regarding
the
disability,
pension
of
harry
dean
and
docket
number
zero.
Nine
four
four
councillor
savvy
george
offered
the
following
order:
approving
a
petition
for
special
law
regarding
an
act
regarding
the
disability
pension
for
terry
cotton.
P
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Back
in
may
we
had
a
hearing
on
a
related
docket
and
because
of
that
hearing
we
learned
that
the
previously
filed
homo
petition
needed
to
be
separated
into
several
dockets
and
re-filed,
so
that
we
could
have
a
proper
hearing
to
discuss
the
retirement
status
of
several
boston
police
officers
shot
in
the
line
of
duty
working
to
protect
our
residents
in
our
city.
P
These
officers
are
ryan,
linnane,
terry
cotton
and
harry
jean
I'd
like
to
thank
councilor
edwards
for
her
work
during
the
hearing
and
since
assisting
me
in
preparing
for
this
proper
refile,
as
well
as
counselor
flaherty
for
the
added
information
and
education
around
around
proper
procedure.
I
look
forward
to
moving
on
with
these
dockets
soon
and
appreciate
everyone's
indulgence.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
B
Campbell
mejia
o'malley,
wonderful,
madame
clark
for
it
for
the
and
you
guys
just
to
clarify
these
are
three
dockets
right,
they're
all
similar
in
nature,
different
individuals,
you
guys
are
comfortable
with
your
names
on
all
three
dockets
for
these
three
doc.
I'm
sorry,
I
yes
councilor
mejia!
You
have
the
floor.
B
B
These
are
dockets:
zero,
nine,
four,
two:
zero,
nine,
four:
three:
zero,
nine
four
four
they're
all
related
but
they're,
separate
because
they're,
individual
police
officer,
they're
separate
police
officers
and
we're
looking
at
their
their
status,
their
retirement
status.
These
are
officers
that
were
shot
remember
earlier
in
the
year
counselor
stabby
george
just
explained
we
had
a
hearing.
We
had
to
separate
them
out
so
now
these
dockets
are
separated
out
they're
three
dockets.
What
we're
doing
now
is
to
see
who
wants
to
add
their
names
to
these
three
dockets.
B
Okay,
everyone
good
with
where
we
are,
and
since
there
was
that
confusion,
we'll
start
again
with
the
show
of
physical
hands.
To
add
your
name
to
these
three
dockets.
Okay,
madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
flynn,
please
at
council,
o'malley,
council
bach,
councillor
campbell
council,
flaherty,
councillor
brayden,.
B
Q
A
Q
J
There
were
two
changes
that
we
made
in
the
original
version
that
was
filed
and
everyone
should
have
received
it
in
their
email
from
central
staff.
It
includes
an
edited
first
paragraph.
The
purpose
is
still
the
same.
It's
just
some
language
changes
and
it
also
included
some
additional,
an
additional
note
at
the
bottom
of
the
definition
section,
and
so
we
just
wanted
to
to
flag
those
and
ask
formally
for
substitution
of
language.
Q
J
J
Credit
checks
have
proven
to
be
a
barrier
to
employment,
for
an
individual's
burden
with
student
loans,
medical
bills
or
those
who
have
been
involved
in
the
criminal
justice
system.
This
legislation
would
make
it
unlawful
in
a
discriminatory
and
unlawful,
discriminatory
practice
for
an
employer
to
seek
procure
or
use
credit
information
regarding
an
employee
or
an
applicant
in
connection
with
hiring
discharge,
promotion,
discipline
or
any
other
condition
of
employment.
J
This
is
indeed
an
issue
of
economic,
empowerment
and
opportunity.
There
is
no
evidence
that
one's
credit
history
is
determinative
of
one's
success.
As
an
employee,
however,
credit
history
can
be
a
significant
barrier
to
someone
obtaining
a
job,
especially
for
black
and
latino
people,
who
are
more
likely
to
report
bad
credit,
which
they
often
attribute
a
tribute
to
debt
from
medical
bills.
By
eliminating
this
barrier,
this
legislation
makes
access
to
employment
opportunities
more
equitable
and
seeks
to
close
the
profound
racial
gap
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
J
11
states
have
passed
similar
laws
restricting
the
use
of
credit
checks
and
employment
practices
at
the
state
level,
including
california,
connecticut
and
colorado,
and
large
cities
like
new
york,
chicago
and
philadelphia
have
passed
similar
laws
at
the
municipal
level,
where
their
states
have
yet
to
do
so.
A
2016
harvard
kennedy
school
study
found
that
low
credit
score
census,
tracts
in
states
that
did
ban
credit
checks
and
employment
practices
experienced
a
two
to
three
percent:
greater
experience,
two
to
three
percent:
greater
employment
after
implementing
the
ban
compared
to
low
credit
tracks
in
states.
J
J
thousands
of
bostonians
have
lost
their
jobs
or
had
to
leave
to
take
care
of
loved
ones,
have
fallen
behind
on
rent
and
mortgage
payments
are
burdened
with
emergency
medical
bills,
and
the
list
goes
on
all
things
that
will
hurts
ones
that
will
hurt
one's
credit,
but
should
not
hurt
one's
ability
to
get
a
job.
I
look
forward
to
holding
a
hearing
on
this
ordinance
very
soon
and,
of
course,
working
with
all
of
you
to
earn
your
support
of
this
ordinance.
Thank
you
again
and
thank
you
again
to
my
co-sponsor
counselor
genie.
Q
B
It's
important
that
we
ban
employers
from
using
credit
checks
it's
more
important
than
ever
before,
as
people
return
to
work
as
we
are
digging
out
of
our
our
own
kind
of
economic
downturn
and
there's
more
downturn
to
come.
The
more
that
we
can
get
people
back
to
work
the
better
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
they
can
do
so
without
being
discriminated
against
because
of
bad
credit,
and
so
just
to
keep
the
the
comments
brief.
B
I'm
I'm
hopeful
that
we
will
have
a
hearing
soon
and
that
we
will
be
able
to
move
forward
on
this,
because
it
is
very
much
tied
to
our
agenda
of
creating
a
more
equitable
boston
for
the
residents
here
in
our
great
city.
So,
thank
you
again
and
thank
you
for
your
partnership,
counselor
campbell,
looking
forward
to
having
this
important
discussion
and
moving
this.
Q
Forward,
thank
you,
madam
president.
Would
anyone
else
wish
to
speak
on
this
docket
not
seeing
any
blue
hands?
Would
any
other
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name
as
a
co-sponsor,
madam
clerk,
please
add
counselors
brayden
counselors
bach
counselor
flynn,
councillor
wu,
counselor,
flaherty,
council,
councilor,
edwards,
counselor,
savvy
george
councillor
mejia,
please
add
the
chair's
name.
Would
anyone
else
wish
to
add
their
name?
Okay,
docket
0945
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
government
operations.
B
M
M
The
u.s
census
bureau
recently
declared
that
the
deadline
to
complete
field
data
collection
and
self-response
submission
is
september.
30Th
2020,
despite
their
indication
in
april
that
they
would
need
until
october
31st
2020
to
ensure
every
person
in
the
u.s
was
counted
as
a
result
of
the
major
setbacks
of
the
copen
pandemic.
M
The
ongoing
colbin
pandemic
has
created
serious
delays
in
field
data
collection,
which
is
an
essential
tool
for
the
census
bureau
to
count
hard
to
count.
Populations
which
boston
has
many
of
the
new
2020
census
deadline
increases
the
risk
of
leaving
out
many
people
of
color
immigrants,
homeless,
individuals
and
other
historically
unaccounted
groups
denying
us
and
them
the
funding
they
need
for
essential
services,
especially
during
the
ongoing
pandemic.
M
There's
really
no
way
in
which
moving
account
proposal
from
october
31st
to
september
30
30th
serves
the
purposes
that
the
u.s
census
bureau
should
be
actually
intending
to
keep.
And
so
that's
what
this
resolution
is,
and
I
ask
for
your
support
in
a
unanimous,
hopefully
decision,
private
council
to
support
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
B
N
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I'd
like
to
have
my
name
added
also,
madam
president,
on
the
census,
2020
census,
the
role
of
sebastian
zavatta
who's,
mayor,
walsh's,
liaison
on
the
census.
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
them,
probably
at
least
10
or
11
different
forms
over
the
last
several
months,
but
he's
very
informative
and
knows
the
topic
well
and
would
be
would
be
glad
to
work
with
any
of
our
colleagues
if
they
wanted
to
host
a
meeting
with
various
neighborhood
or
civic
organizations.
N
I
do
find
that
it's
very
effective
to
engage
the
neighborhood
organizations
so
that
they
can
educate
and
let
their
residents
know
as
well.
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
the
role
of
sebastian
in
the
work.
He
is
doing
to
make
sure
that
every
person
is
counted
in
the
2020
census.
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
again
I
please
add
my
name.
B
Thank
you.
So
much.
Would
anyone
like
to
anyone
else
like
to
add
their
name?
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
sabi
george
councillor
braden
councillor,
mejia
council,
o'malley,
councillor
bach
councillor
campbell
councillor,
edwards
council
of
wu.
Please
also
add
the
chain
council
flaherty.
Please
also
add
the
chair
and
docket
0946.
B
P
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank
you,
council
arroyo
for
co-sponsoring
this.
As
a
nation,
we
have
a
constitutional
obligation
to
provide
for
free
postal
service.
The
usps
has
been
a
critical
way.
We
have
furthered
democracy
and
the
incomplete
project
that
is
the
united
states.
Despite
the
daily
and
historical
importance
of
the
agency,
the
usps
has
come
under
continuous
privatization
efforts
for
decades
now
we
have
also
experienced
the
president
and
postmaster
general
attempting
to
further
dismantle
the
united
states
postal
service
ahead
of
the
election
because
of
the
outcry.
P
This
summer,
in
support
of
the
usps,
the
postmaster
general
has
stopped
removing
the
high-capacity
mail
sorting
machines.
Their
continued
removal
would
have
been
disastrous
for
the
daily
work
of
the
usps
and
for
ensuring
a
fair
election.
While
this
is
a
critical
policy
reversal,
the
underlying
issues
at
the
usps
still
remain.
Congress
needs
to
find
a
way
to
fully
fund
the
usps
and
correct
the
legislative
barriers
that
have
hamstrung
the
postal
service's
effort
to
be
financially
solvent
and
free
from
administrative
political
pressure.
P
P
B
Oh,
I
am
so
sorry
I
am.
I
really
apologize
before
we
add
names
the
chair
recognizes
counselor
arroyo.
Do
you
see
I'm
trying
to
move
us
along?
We
only
have
two
hours
left
on
in
this
meeting.
Don't
worry
we'll
get
to
the
lunch
soon.
Otherwise
our
lives
will
be
tomorrow,
we'll
get
to
the
lunch
soon.
Just
two
more
hours.
Two
more.
You
know
five
more
pages
of
agenda.
The
check
recognizes
counselor
royal.
I
apologize.
M
I'll
make
it
short,
thank
you
so
much
counselor
sally
george
for
for
really
seizing
this
and
moving
forward
with
this
and
your
leadership
on
this.
I
would
just
say
that
we
trust
the
usps
with
some
of
our
most
important
documents,
whether
it's
paperwork
like
passport
social
security's,
medicines
for
our
family,
just
all
kinds
of
things
they
deliver
them
rain
or
shine,
snow
or
pandemic.
They
go
above
and
beyond
every
day,
since
2010
congress
failed
to
provide
the
legislative
regulatory
changes
requested
by
each
of
the
three
postmaster
generals.
M
So
this
is
a
long-standing
issue.
It's
only
become
worse
now,
and
you
know
I
hope
my
colleagues
join
us
in
passing
this
resolution
in
support
of
them
receiving
the
critical
supports
that
they
need,
as
well
as
the
appreciation
that
they
deserve
as
truly
essential
workers
who
have
made
sure
that
our
country
continued
to
operate
at
some
level
of
normalcy
during
very
early
shutdowns.
M
B
N
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
will
I
will
be
brief.
Madam
president,
I
also
wanted
to
highlight
what
council
arroyo
mentioned
is
the
all
the
medicine
now
from
the
va
is
mailed
directly
to
the
patients
via
the
us
postal
service.
They
play
a
critical
role
in
making
sure
our
veterans
have
the
medicine
that
they
are
entitled
to,
and
it's
it's
critic,
it's
critical
that
the
post
office
continues
to
play
an
important
role
in
our
society.
Please
add
my
name.
N
B
Thank
you
so
much
now
at
this
time
I
am
looking
for
those
who
would
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
resolution.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
bach
counselor
wu
council,
o'malley,
councilman
mejia
councillor
braden,
councillor
campbell
councillor,
edwards
council
of
flaherty,
please,
and
I
think
you
have
counselor
flynn.
Please
also
add
the
chair.
Counselors
wasabi,
george
and
arroyo
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
0947,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
a
the
eyes.
Have
it
and
docket
zero.
P
Thank
you
again.
Madam
president.
The
state
legislature
rightly
moved
to
cancel
the
mcas
this
spring
due
to
the
covid19
pandemic,
because
we
are
still
in
the
midst
of
this
pandemic.
We
need
to
give
our
students,
teachers
and
whole
communities
school
communities,
peace
of
mind
and
cancel
the
mcas
again
for
this
coming
school
year.
I
asked
to
spend
the
rules
and
pass
this
resolution
in
in
favor
of
canceling
the
mcas
next
spring
this
year.
Mcas
will
not
be
a
learning,
useful
learning
assessment
for
our
students
and
will
have
devastating
impacts
on
our
public
schools.
P
B
Thank
you
so
much
looking
for
folks
who
would
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
resolution
at
this
time
show
a
physical
hands.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
councillor
campbell
councillor,
o'malley,
councillor,
braden,
councillor,
flaherty,
councillor
wu,
please
also
and
counselor
royal,
and
please
also
add
the
chair
and
counselor
edwards.
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
edwards
did
I
get
everyone
who
wants
to
be
at
this
resolution
and
counselor
mejia
councillor
bach
councillor
baker?
Are
you
good?
Are
you.
B
This
time,
counselor
osabee
george,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
zero,
nine
four
eight,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
goku
zero.
Nine
four
eight
has
been
adopted
before
we
move
on
to
daca
0949.
The
chair
recognizes
councilor
baker,
comfort
baker.
Did
you
want
to
reconsider.
I
P
Thank
you
again,
madam
president,
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
honor
the
work
that
our
community
health
centers
across
boston
and
across
the
nation
do
to
keep
us
all
healthy
and
thriving.
Last
week
was
the
national
community
health
center
week
and,
as
many
of
you
know,
I
deeply
care
for
community
health
centers,
I'm
on
the
board
of
directors
at
the
dot
house
and
have
brought
representatives
from
the
community
health
centers
to
the
council.
P
This
past
february,
the
11
community,
health
centers
in
boston
do
incredible
work,
providing
preventative
and
primary
care,
and
now
covent
testing
our
community
health
centers
are
always
on
the
front
lines
ensuring
that
everyone
has
access
to
health
care,
no
matter
their
background.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
staff
at
community
health
centers
who
keep
them
running.
We
as
a
city
are
indebted
to
you.
I
ask
today
that
we
suspend
the
rules
and
pass
this
resolution.
B
J
Yes,
yes,
I'll,
be
really
brief.
First
of
all,
thank
you.
Counselor
sabi
george,
for
bringing
this
forward
without
community
health
centers
many
folks
within
my
district
would
not
have
access
to
quality
health
care.
I
have
codman
square
bowden
in
geneva,
harvard
street
health
center
dot
house
matapan
health
centers
and,
if
they're,
not
in
my
district,
they're
directly
outside
critical,
especially
during
covert
19.
J
B
Thank
you
so
much
anyone
else
looking
to
speak,
okay,
who
would
like
to
add
their
name
show
of
physical
hands.
Please,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
councillor
arroyo,
councillor
brayden,
councilman,
mejia,
council,
o'malley,
councillor
campbell
council
of
flaherty,
councillor
edwards,
councillor
bach,
councillor,
wu,
councillor
baker
and
please
also
add
the
chair,
counselor
asabi
george,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
zero,
nine,
four
nine,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposing
the
eyes.
J
This
month
also
marks
the
100th
anniversary
of
the
19th
amendment
for
hundreds
for
women's
suffrage,
which
we,
which
we
know
did
not
guarantee
universal
access
for
one
woman
to
vote,
especially
black
men.
The
fight
for
civil
rights
and
racial
justice
is
alive
and
well
today,
in
the
50s
and
60s
it
was
equal
rights.
J
So
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
all
the
folks
who
took
time
to
plan
events
around
this
important
occasion
and
obviously
we're
a
little
late
on
the
council
side,
but
really
happy
to
still
introduce
the
resolution
and
seek
this
formal
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
by
all
colleagues.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
B
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
councilor
arroyo,
counselor
sabi,
george
council
of
wu
councillor
braden,
councillor
o'malley,
council
of
bach
councillor,
baker,
council,
flaherty,
council,
megha,
I'm
not
sure.
What's
what
you're
doing
okay
council
mejia
councillor
edwards,
please
also
add
the
chair
counselor
campbell
councillor,
I'm
so
sorry
that
I
missed
okay,
please
add
counselor,
but
I
don't
even
see.
Oh
there
you
are
counselor
bach,
please
add
counselor
bach
councillor
campbell's
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
zero,
nine
five
zero.
B
A
M
B
J
J
For
the
event
he
hosted
not
only
to
recognize
jamaican
independence
day,
but
also
all
the
work
he
does
with
respect
to
the
various
countries
that
represent
our
caribbean
community
and
the
advocacy
he
does
at
the
local
and
state
level
on
their
behalf,
I'm
proud
to
join
our
jamaican
brothers
and
sisters
to
celebrate
this.
Obviously
it's
a
little
delayed
and
my
grandfather
came
from
jamaica
to
roxbury,
so
this
is
near
and
dear
to
me
as
well.
B
You
both
would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
counselor
asabi
george
councillor
mejia,
council
of
wu
council
of
flaherty
councillor
o'malley
councilor
baker.
Councillor
bach,
please
also
add
the
chair.
Did
I
get
every
end,
counselor
edwards?
Thank
you.
Counselor
edwards
did
I
get
everyone.
B
Q
A
F
F
There
are
more
elected
of
color
serving
on
the
city
council
now
than
there's
ever
been
before.
Boston
is
home
to
one
of
the
country's
longest
running
public
service
affairs
program
focusing
on
people
of
color.
Black
basic
has
been
airing
since
1968
boston's
black
nativity
program
has
been
running
every
year
since
1970.
F
george
walker,
the
first
black
man
to
win
the
pulitzer
prize
in
music
premiered,
his
award-winning
work
with
the
boston
symphony
orchestra
through
covet
19.
We
have
found
ways
to
continue
to
spread
joy
from
uplifting
messages
to
dancing
with
friends
and
family.
We
found
a
quote
that
we
feel
sums
up
what
we're
trying
to
get
at,
and
this
is
a
quote
that
I
think
we
hope
that
will
live
in
your
hearts
is
joy
is
not
found
in
the
absence
of
pain
and
suffering
it
exists
through
it.
H
B
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
resolution
show
of
physical
hands?
Please,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
counselor
arroyo,
council,
sabe,
george
council,
o'malley,
council,
braden,
counselor
bach
council
of
wu
councillor
edwards
councillor
flaherty
councillor
campbell.
Did
I
get
you
counselor
campbell?
So
when
you
turn
your
cameras
on
the
box
is
shipped
around.
So
that's
what
happens?
I
can't
I
can't.
B
I
think
I
have
everyone
did.
I
have
everyone.
Certainly,
please
add
the
chair.
I
would
just
like
to
co-sign
on
the
importance
of
black
joy
day
in
boston
and
september
12th.
My
granddaughter's
birthday
so
indeed
will
be
lots
of
joy
and
lots
to
celebrate.
Then
council
mejia
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
zero.
Nine
five
one.
All
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
aye
hi.
L
B
Excuse
me,
this
is
docket
zero,
nine
five
two!
You
said
that
okay,
so
councilman
mejia
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
zero,
nine
five,
two
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye,
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Nine
five
two
has
been
adopted,
we'll
now
move
on
to
personnel
orders.
I
I
B
B
B
B
B
B
K
B
B
A
This
grant
will
fund
federal,
fy
20,
title
iii.
Ash
c2
cares
act.
It
would
refer
to
committee
on
may
20th
2020,
also
on
page
20
of
22
in
the
committee
on
strong
women,
families
and
communities,
market
number,
zero,
seven,
zero,
four
sponsored
by
the
mayor
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
expended
amount
of
one
million,
fifty
six
thousand
eight
hundred
and
forty
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy
twenty
council
and
aging
formula
grant
awarded
by
the
mass
executive
office
of
elder
affairs.
A
This
grant
will
fund
fy20
families.
First
corona
response
act,
title
3,
th,
it
was
fire.
It
was
referred
to
committee
on
may
20th
2020.,
also
on
page
20
of
22
in
the
committee
on
strong
women,
families
and
communities,
docket
number
zero,
seven,
zero,
six
at
the
near
message
and
auto
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
amount
of
three
hundred
twenty
four
thousand
eight
hundred
sixty
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
federal
fy.
A
Twenty
title:
three
3b
supportive
services
covered
19
cares
act
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
health
and
human
services
asked
to
the
mass
executive
office
of
elder
affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
elderly
commission.
The
grant
will
fund
additional
services
such
as
homemaker
and
healthy
to
seniors
in
boston
filed.
A
refer
to
the
committee,
I'm
sorry
in
2020
I,
on
page
21
of
22
in
the
committee
on
strong
women,
families
and
community
docket
number
zero,
seven,
zero,
seven
sponsored
by
the
man,
master
generator
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
extent,
an
amount
of
274
437
dollars,
and
the
farmer
we're
in
for
additional
caregiver
services
to
seniors
awarded
by
the
united
states,
department
of
health
and
human
services
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
elder
affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
elderly
commission.
The
grants
will
fund
the
fy
title
iii.
E
goldman
19
cares
act.
A
A
P
B
K
K
K
20,
yes,
here
we
are
so
the
first
one
is
authorizing
to
expand
one
million
five
hundred
five
hundred
four
forty
one
thousand
four
hundred
and
forty
six
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
additional
home
delivery
meals
for
seniors
awarded
by
the
united
states,
department
of
health
and
human
services
pass
through
massachusetts,
executive
of
the
energy
and
administered
by
the
elderly
commission.
This
is
sort
of
it
speaks
for
itself.
B
K
This
is
to
fund
the
continuing
operations
of
the
commission's
health
and
housing
units
and
and
we
need
the
services
again.
As
we
heard
earlier
in
our
deliberations
today.
Housing
for
affordable
housing,
deeply,
affordable
housing
for
many
of
our
residents
is
set
is
really
important
and
I
think
this
money
would
be
put
to
good
use
very
quickly
in
the
office
of
elder
affairs
to
support
housing
and
health
units.
K
The
next
one
is
docket
number:
zero,
seven,
zero,
five,
an
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
500
67,
260,
16
and
25
cents
in
the
form
of
an
initial
and
a
grant
for
additional
senior
means
and
administrative
costs.
It
will
be
passed
through
the
massachusetts
executive
office
of
energy
and
environmental
affairs
for
the
and
administered
by
our
elderly
commission.
K
K
K
Seven
docket
zero,
seven,
zero.
Seven
again
is
another
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston,
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
two
hundred
seventy
four
thousand
four
hundred
and
thirty
seven
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
additional
caregivers
and
services
for
our
seniors
in
boston
awarded
from
the
united
states,
department
of
health
and
human
services
passed
through
the
executive
office
of
elder
affairs
and
administered
by
our
elderly
commission.
K
K
B
K
B
B
The
eyes
have
it.0703
has
been
passed:
counselor
braden,
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
zero,
seven
zero,
four,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye,
aye,
aye,
aye
opposed
all
right.
The
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Seven
zero
four
has
been
packed:
councilman
braden,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
classes;
you've
got
zero,
seven
zero.
Five.
All
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
aye.
H
B
H
B
B
B
Wonderful,
so
I
will
just
take
just
a
moment
to
to
reflect
that.
We
are
as
a
country,
doing
something
really
important
tonight,
and
I'm
reminded
of
that.
You
know
with
the
resolutions
that
we
passed
earlier,
celebrating
jamaicans
jamaican
independence
and
celebrating
the
voting
rights
act.
So
for
the
first
time
we
will
have
a
black
woman
on
the
major
ticket
for
vp
and
that
happens
tonight.
B
I
know
this
is
a
non-partisan
body,
we're
not
talking
politics,
one
side
of
the
other,
but
it
is
important
that
we
acknowledge
what
we
are
about
to
do
in
this
country,
and
I
just
point
that
out,
because
I'm
really
proud
of
the
work
that
all
of
that
all
of
us
are
doing
at
the
local
level.
So
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
and
want
to
quickly
thank
central
staff
again
you
make
us
look.
B
Good,
certainly
want
to
thank
my
own
team
and
my
summer
team
in
particular,
because
at
our
night
our
next
meeting
they
will
not
be
here
so
certainly
wanted
to
thank
the
folks
that
have
been
helping
out
on
team
janie
over
the
summer.
So
that's
danny
latia,
that's
angel!
That's
kamiya!
We've
had
an
amazing
run
and
looking
forward
to
continuing
this
work.
I
also
want
to
continue
to
remind
folks
about
the
census.
B
There
was
a
resolution
we
are
having
having
a
hearing
on
friday,
it's
so
important
that
we
continue
to
make
sure
that
folks
have
the
information
that
they
need
to
really
fill
out.
The
forms
get
them
back
in
get
them
counted
so
that
we
can
get
the
resources
we
needed
and
then
finally,
we
are
having
a
council
lunch
today.
I
am
really
excited
to
get
together
with
all
of
you
guys.
It's
been
a
while.
B
This
is
an
opportunity
for
us
not
to
just
talk
about
some
important
topics
in
terms
of
the
subject,
but
really
to
connect
socially.
So
I'm
excited
about
that
and
just
wanted
to
remind
folks
that
30
minutes
after
this
meeting,
we
will
be
moving
toward
the
lunch.
So
if
there
are
no
other
announcements,
we
will
move
on
great.
B
B
Thank
you.
The
chair
moves
that
when
the
council
adjourns
today
it
does
so
in
memory
of
the
four
mentioned
individuals
and
is
scheduled
to
meet
again
on
wednesday
september
16th
at
12
noon,
for
the
safety
of
the
general
public
and
all
those
involved.
This
meeting
will
be
held
virtually
and
posted
online
viewers
can
watch
the
council
meeting
live
on
youtube
by
visiting
boston,
dot,
gov,
slash
city
dash,
council
dash
tv,
all
those
in
favor
of
adjournment,
please
say
aye
the
eyes
have
it
and
this
council
meeting
is
adjourned.