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Docket #0639 - Hearing to discuss increasing fines for large house
parties disturbing neighbors’ quality of life
C
C
My
name
is
ed
flynn
and
I'm
the
chair
of
the
city,
the
committee
on
city
and
neighborhood
services,
in
accordance
with
governor
baker's
march
12,
2020
executive
order
modifying
certain
requirements
of
the
open
meeting
law
in
relieving
public
bodies
of
certain
requirements,
including
the
requirement
that
public
parties
conduct
its
meeting
in
a
public
place
that
is
open
and
physically
accessible
to
the
public.
The
city
council
will
be
conducting
this
hearing.
C
Virtually
this
enables
the
city
council
to
carry
out
its
responsibilities
while
adhering
to
public
health
recommendations
and
ensuring
public
access
to
its
deliberations
through
adequate
alternative
means.
This
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
live
streamed
on
boston.gov
city
council
dash
tv
you'll
also
be
rebroadcast
at
a
later
time
on
xfinity
8,
rcn
82,
fios
964..
C
Anyone
that
would
like
to
testify
in
this
matter
please
email,
juan.lopez
boston.gov
for
the
zoom
length.
Today's
hearing
is
undocked
number
zero,
six,
three
nine.
In
order
for
a
hearing
to
discuss,
increasing
fines
for
large
house
parties,
disturbing
neighbors
quality
of
life.
This
matter
is
sponsored
by
myself
in
atlas
city
council,
michael
flaherty.
It
was
referred
to
the
committee
on
city
and
neighborhood
services
on
may
5th,
21.
C
We
filed
this
hearing
order
because
we
have
heard
we
have
seen
literally
hundreds
of
neighbors
that
are
outraged
over
these
huge
house
parties
in
south
boston
and
other
neighborhoods
across
the
city.
As
many
of
you
on
here
will
watch
and
recall
council
flaherty,
and
I
called
for
a
hearing
on
this
issue
in
the
fall.
At
that
time
we
tried
to
sound
the
arm
on
the
potential
for
covet
19
super
spreader
event,
as
public
health
officials
repeatedly
warned
that
young
people
were
driving
the
rise
in
culver
cases.
C
And
the
calls
that
were
coming
into
this
office's
radio
for
house
parties
was
non-stop.
I
went
with
her
to
many
house
parties.
She
was
an
outstanding
professional
officer,
but
the
calls
continued
and
continued
as
much
as
many
who
comment
online
are
hoping
that
reopening
our
bars
and
restaurants
to
full
capacity
will
solve
the
problem.
C
How
many
after
parties
or
late
night
parties
will
we
see
now
in
the
coming
months,
with
young
people
ready
to
break
out
from
the
pandemic?
It's
outrageous
young
people,
many
young
people,
I
should
say,
have
very
little
respect
for
our
seniors
for
persons
with
disabilities
for
young
families
that
are
trying
to
get
their
kids
to
sleep
so
that
they
can
be
productive
in
the
morning
for
school.
C
Very,
very,
very
selfish,
for
people
to
be
doing
that.
Hundreds
of
neighbors
on
zoom
phone
calls
emails,
whether
they
be
long
time
neighbors
or
young
families
that
have
moved
to
salty.
They
have
all
told
me
in
council,
flattery,
flaherty
that
they've
had
it
and
literally
dread
every
weekend
coming
due
to
the
huge
parties
of
40
50
people
all
day
in
night,
every
saturday,
public
urination
pizza
boxes,
beer
cans,
trash
all
over
their
streets
and
property.
This
lack
of
common
courtesy
is
indefensible.
C
Many
have
said
they
are
considering
leaving
boston
as
results
and
the
people
that
are
having
this
party.
They
might
be
from
new
york,
they
might
be
from
connecticut,
it
might
be
from
new
jersey.
They
wouldn't
they
wouldn't
do
this
at
their
parents
home,
but
they
come
to
my
neighborhood
and
act.
Disrespectful.
C
As
I
mentioned,
our
seniors
persons
with
disabilities,
the
neighbors
that
help
to
build
this
city
that
live
here
and
contribute
to
the
community
that
are
paying
increased
property
taxes
while
dealing
with
more
quality
of
life
issues
they've
had
enough
and
they
deserve
a
little
peace
and
quiet
and
to
be
treated
with
respect
and
dignity.
And,
let
me
add,
these
seniors
helped
build
our
city.
C
However,
despite
this
warning
and
public
health
going
guidelines,
we
know
that
large
house
parties
continue
all
over.
The
city.
Residents
have
been
advised
to
report
large
parties
to
the
boston
police
department
at
911.
over
recent
months.
It
had
helped
trigger
the
inspectional
service
department,
investigation
and
enforcement
team
to
collaborate
with
bpd
review
the
properties
and
potentially
place
them
on
the
city's
problem,
properties
list
and
tuition
and
tuition
a
500
fine
with
the
owner
of
the
property
required
to
address
these
violations.
C
I
want
to
thank
jessica,
thomas
fabio
de
viga,
thank
you
fabio
and
their
team
for
their
efforts.
Wanting
13
property
owners
at
the
time
in
salty,
but
500
is
not
enough.
Boston
should
also
look
to
issue
increasing
fines,
perhaps
at
a
thousand
dollars
the
first
offense
and
explore
two
thousand
dollars
for
a
second
offense
in
a
third,
the
third
for
three
thousand
dollars
for
those
that
repeatedly
repeatedly
violate
the
city
noise,
ordinance.
C
It's
critical
that
the
city
of
boston
get
a
handle
on
this
and
look
to
increase
the
fines
for
those
who
violate
state
and
city
regulation
so
that
we
can
keep
our
neighborhood
peaceful,
healthy
and
clean.
Again.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
their
work
on
a
difficult
issue,
but
we
also
need
to
have
more
resources
as
well
to
focus
solely
on
this.
C
I
can
assure
my
colleagues
there
will
be
no
shortage
of
work
across
the
city
on
this
issue.
I
want
to
thank
my
friend
and
neighbor
council
flaherty
for
his
leadership
on
this
issue.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
boston
police
department.
They've
done
a
very
good
job
as
have
inspectional
services.
Captain
boyle
has
done
a
very
good
job
in
his
team
at
c6.
C
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
well
said
I'd
like
to
begin
this
hearing
by
thanking
the
many
south
boston
residents
who
have
consistently
reached
out
to
my
office
via
phone
and
email
to
advocate
for
this
hearing
today
that
we're
having
to
those
residents.
I
want
you
to
know
that
we
hear
you
and
that
this
hearing
is
a
direct
result
of
your
dedicated
advocacy.
D
I
want
to
be
clear
that
I
recognize
this
problem
is
not
contained
to
south
boston
residents
in
other
neighborhoods,
like
mission
hill,
austin
brighton,
the
north
end,
just
to
name
a
few
in
in
others,
are
dealing
with.
Similarly,
out
of
control
parties,
the
solutions
discussed
today,
I
would
envision
being
applied
across
the
city
and
can
hopefully
help
residents
in
other
neighborhoods
as
well
to
restore
some
order,
peace
and
quiet
to
their
lives.
D
So
I
look
as
we
look
forward
to
the
the
summer
and
also
recognize
that
almost
all
statewide
coveted
19
restrictions
are
being
lifted
tomorrow.
We
also
have
the
celtics
and
the
bruins
are
in
the
playoffs,
and
the
stocks
are
back
up
and
running.
It
is
absolutely
critical
that
we
secure
a
transparent,
efficient,
impactful
and
accessible
strategy.
That
residents
can
trust,
will
temper
the
chaos
and
and
that
the
you
know
that
they're
forced
to
endure
almost
every
single
night
in
their
neighborhood.
D
So
I'm
going
to
be
on
as
long
as
I
can.
My
staff
will
be
on
for
the
duration,
but
I'll
reconvene,
obviously,
and
double
back
with
you
and
superintendent
goldar
can
chris
english
to
to
ascertain
next
steps,
but
just
want
to
let
my
neighbors
know
that
you
know
that
we
hear
you
loud
and
clear
and
we're
gonna
do
the
best.
D
C
E
Thank
you,
councillor
flynn,
and
thank
you
council
authority
for
for
having
me
here
at
this
this
hearing.
Obviously
this
is
a
huge
concern
for
the
community
and
it's
a
concern
for
the
police
as
well,
because
it's
extraordinarily
taxing
on
our
resources.
As
you
mentioned
councillor
flynn,
a
recent
weekend
there
were,
there
were
several
hundred
calls
just
in
south
boston
for
fallout
parties.
E
I
mean
we
were
embarking
on
the
the
unofficial
beginning
of
summer
this
weekend
and
so
far
year
to
date,
we
have
over
ten
thousand
disturbance
calls
citywide
over
almost
4
200
of
those
were
related
to
loud
music
and
about
2400
were
related
to
loud
parties,
and,
as
I
said,
it's
you
know
memorial
day
weekend
hasn't
even
arrived
yet
so
so
that
doesn't
bode
well.
For
you
know,
for
this
coming
summer,
obviously
last
summer
was
was
a
huge
issue
with
the
disturbance
calls
and
fireworks
you
know.
E
You
know
no
one's
trying
to
stop
people
from
having
fun,
but
the
reality
is
especially
when
you
get
to
the
late
night
hours.
We
need
to
respect
each
other
and
and
unfortunately,
when
that
becomes
a
police
problem.
It's
it's
challenging.
I
mean
we,
we
don't
want
to
be.
You
know
we
don't
want
to
be
seen
as,
as
you
know,
trying
to
instill.
E
You
know
some
some
sort
of
some
sort
of
restrictive
process
on
people.
We
don't
want
to
be
finding
people
who
certainly
don't
want
to
be
arrested.
People
are
criminally
charging
people
just
because
they
get
carried
away
for
a
night
with
the
party,
but
the
reality
is
that
that
residents
all
around
them
are
demanding
action
and
and
it's
our
responsibility
to
respond
to
what
the
residents
want
and
to
apply
the
law
as
best
we
can.
E
I
think
you're
you're
correct
that
some
of
the
fines
may
not
be
sufficient
for
for
people
to
take
this
seriously,
especially
repeat
offenders.
I
mean,
if
you,
anyone
can
ever
party
get
out
of
control
once
you
know
and
then
realize
they
shouldn't
have
done
that.
But
when
people
are
repeat
problem,
properties
or
repeat
places
where
parties
go
on
and
people
don't
seem
to
care,
obviously,
the
the
relatively
small
fines,
whether
it's
for
the
city,
ordinance
or
the
state
laws
and
disturbing
the
peace
are,
are
apparently
not
doing
the
job.
E
So
so
I
I
think
you
know,
I
think
that
the
city
council's
initiatives
are
are
well
targeted
to
the
problem,
and
you
know
I
hope,
for
the
for
the
city
and
for
the
for
the
officers
that
are
out
there
that
are
just
overwhelmed
with
some
of
these
calls,
which
it's
not
that
we're
not
that
the
officers
are
are
working
too
hard.
It's
that
they're
not
they're,
not
doing
other
things
that
the
community
might
see
as
more
valuable.
E
If
we,
if
we
reduce
some
of
these
calls-
and
we
reduce
some
of
these
responses
to
disturbances-
and
you
know
it's
not
just
south
boston-
obviously
you
know
around
franklin
fields-
franklin
park.
We
have
a
lot
of
parties
outside
that
we
try
to
address.
We've
had
a
pretty
a
pretty
well
established
plan
already
this
year
to
try
to
address
some
of
the
the
neighbors
concerns
of
loud
music.
E
We,
you
know
that
the
people
in
those
neighborhoods
that
that
call
and
and
report
on
a
regular
basis
that
they
can't
sleep
they
have
to
get
out
there.
You
know
there's
a
lot
of
hard-working
people
in
the
city
who,
even
if
it's
a
saturday
or
getting
up
at
them
in
the
morning
and
going
to
work,
this
is
having
an
impact
on
that
quality
of
life
and
and
they
shouldn't
have
to
tolerate
it,
and-
and
I
think
other
tools
that
that
might
help
us
be
more
effective,
would
would
probably
be
beneficial.
E
Through
you
know,
withholding
security,
deposit
funds
or
whatever,
I
think,
probably
puts
the
onus
on
both
of
them.
You
know
there's
obviously,
some
provisions
within
the
ordinance
that
once
they
start
legal
proceedings,
then
some
of
these
penalties
are
told
against
the
the
property
owners
and
I
think,
that's
useful,
but
but
maybe
some
kind
of
expedited
process
for
people
that
just
won't,
listen
and
won't
conform
to
community
standards.
Perhaps
an
expedited
means
of
getting
them
out
of
that
property
might
be
appropriate
as
well.
C
F
Sure
thank
you
counselor
and
counselor
flaherty
and
counselor
edwards
and
the
rest
of
the
council
for
having
me
here.
I
just
want
to
give
a
brief
statement
just
to
say
you
know,
the
inspectional
services
department
enforces
the
state's
building
and
sanitary
codes,
which
cover
anything
from
conditions
inside
of
property
to
the
way
it's
built
or
the
way
it's
being
used.
F
We
work
really
closely
with
the
boston
police
department
to
investigate
complaints
related
to
buildings
and
how
they're
being
occupied
our
investigation
and
enforcement
team
is
comprised
of
building
and
housing
inspectors,
as
well
as
our
constituent
services
division
with
liaisons
from
the
boston
police
department,
the
fire
department
and
the
boston
public
health
commission
over
the
past
year,
particularly
during
covid,
when
there
were
additional
powers
granted
to
municipal
authorities
to
enforce
gathering
orders.
Our
investigation
and
enforcement
team
was
out
across
the
city
responding
to
complaints
about
large
gatherings.
F
We
investigated
nearly
100
incidents
over
that
time
period
and
issued
a
variety
of
enforcement
measures
from
warning
letters
to
formal
notices
of
violations
to
fines
which
are
effective
in
in
some
respects.
But
you
know,
as
we
see
you
know,
as
you've
highlighted
parties
continue
to
be
a
problem
in
south
boston
and
across
the
city.
F
I
think
there's
you
know
a
lot
of
work
that
that
can
be
done
to
address
issues
at
the
tenant
level
and
when,
as
the
primary
responding
agency
for
issues
the
boston
police
department
when
responding
to
parties.
If
there
are
issues
identified
that
may
be
a
violation
of
the
building
of
the
housing
code,
they
will
call
our
24-hour
on-call
inspectors
to
come
out
and
investigate
and
we
have
which
have
resulted
in
fines
and
violation
of
violations
being
written
for
for
building
issues
or
sanitary
code
issues.
F
So
but
we're
we
are
more
than
happy
to
continue
working
with
the
council,
the
police
department
and
our
other
colleagues
in
the
fire
department
and
the
public
health
commission
to
address
the
issues
that
we're
we're
open
to
creative
solutions.
Happy
to
to
hear
your
thoughts
and
and
see
how
we
can
move
forward
thanks.
C
G
Thank
you
very
much
counselor
fund
and
I
want
to
thank
again
the
co-sponsors.
The
lead
sponsors
excuse
me,
councillor
flynn
and
I
believe,
counselor
flaherty,
for
this.
For
this
hearing
in
this
really
important
conversation,
I
actually
just
had
a
great
conversation
with
rep
homes
and
he
also
is
concerned
about
the
amount
of
parties
that
are
going
on
and
how
loud
they
are.
I
I
understand
we
live
in
a
city,
but
we
live
in
communities.
First,
we
live
in
neighborhoods.
G
First
and
people
are,
you
know
you
you're
allowed
to
have
a
certain
amount
of
liberty
and
freedom
within
your
own
home,
but
when
your
noise
impacts,
my
quality
of
life,
the
cleanliness
of
the
streets
and
your
concentration,
you
know
those
are
that's
when
you
know.
Unfortunately,
we
have
to
come
in
and
talk
about
these
things
so,
along
with
the
looking
at
the
increase
in
fines
which
do
go
to
the
property
owners
right
in
many
cases,
that's
the
tenants
who
are
doing
this.
G
I
also
think
we
should
look
at
how
we're
measuring
noise-
and
honestly
I
mean
this.
This
is
coming
from
a
constituent,
but
he's
wondering
if
the
noise
ordinance
as
it
stands,
which
I
think
is
7
a.m
to
11
p.m,
whether
the
whether
that
we
should
be
allowing
certain
decibels
that
late
his
suggestion
is.
G
Couldn't
we
consider
a
9
p.m,
cut
off
for
certain
decibel
levels
versus
the
11
pm
one,
and
I
I
told
him
I
bring
it
up
and
honestly,
I
wonder
if
that
makes
sense
because
he's
you
know
in
his
mind,
11
p.m
is
really
saying
midnight,
let's
be
honest
and
9
p.m
is
probably
really
saying
closer
to
10
or
11
anyway.
So
maybe
we
should
consider
an
enforcement.
I
don't
I
don't
know,
I
know
with
fines.
G
We
might
have
to
go
to
the
state
house,
but
in
terms
of
the
time
we
might
be
able
to
do
that
in
our
house.
That's
one
thing
and
then
I
think
you
know
for
him.
He
was
just
I
well
for
him
and
for
some
people
they
were
a
little
irate
because
it's
70
decibels.
I
think
it
is
for
you
know
if
it
goes
over
70
or
50,
and
and
how
is
the
average
person
supposed
to
measure
what
the
heck
that
means
you
don't
really
know
right.
You
just
know
it's
so
loud.
G
You
can't
sleep,
and
so
how
are
we
really,
and
I
appreciate
I
went
to
the
website
and
there
were
some
real
life
examples.
Lawn
mowers,
construction,
construction
hours
are
really
good
too.
I
think
they
might
want
to.
You
might
want
to
consider
maybe
shortening
them,
but
those
are
things
that
I
think
we
can
do
in-house.
G
G
I
enjoy
a
good
gathering.
I
enjoy
coming
together
and
having
a
good
time.
So
no
one's
saying
you
can't
have
your
fun
until
the
wee
hours
of
the
morning.
What
we're
saying
is
when
your
fun
is
so
loud
that
impacts
my
ability
to
sleep
and
then
and
when
we
you
know
you
may
have
to
close
your
windows,
you
may
have
to
lower
the
the
volume
of
of
of
your.
You
know
your
music.
That's
all
that's
what
I
came
here
to
say.
I
think
that's
what
you
counselor
flynn
and
flaherty
are
also
saying
too.
G
C
Thank
you,
councillor
edwards,
and
you
know
this
issue.
You
know.
District
councillors
really
understand
this
issue,
because
these
are
the
issues
we
focus
on,
because
our
constituents
call
us
and
they
email
us
and
they
text
us.
They
have
our
cell
phone
numbers
and
they
we're
active
in
the
neighborhood.
We
can't
duck
these
issues.
The
buck
stops
with
us
at
the
district
level.
C
So
we
we
need
a
solution
to
this,
and
if
this
doesn't
work
for
the
residents
of
boston
that
they
can't
sleep
at
night,
then
nothing
works
for
them
and
then
they
make
a
decision
or
that
they
debate
about
a
decision
with
their
family,
about
leaving
the
city.
If
we're
not
able
to
solve
this.
So
this
is.
This
is
an
important
issue
and
we
need
to
get
a
comprehensive
plan
that
works
of
residence.
C
D
D
Well,
I
ideally
would
love
to
have.
You
know
super
gentlemen.
Golder
again
the
bpd
walk
us
through
sort
of
exactly
what
the
process
is
when
a
residence
calls
bpd
into
a
3-1-1
with
respect
to
a
loud
party,
as
evidenced
by
our
conversations
recently
with
captain
boyle
they're,
just
inundated
down
in
six,
and
obviously
we
would
argue
and
would
like
to
maybe
superintendent
mcgolder
can
could
assist
in
getting
us
more
offices
to
six
to
sort
of
handle
this
issue.
D
C
E
Thank
you
yeah.
So,
basically,
the
you
know
the
911
or
or
the
the
call
to
the
party
line
gets
a
response
kind
of
in
order
and
one's
probably
the
most
common
way
that
we
get
these
calls
and-
and
you
know
generally,
if
it's
a
you
know,
if
it's
a
party
call
a
disturbance,
call
it's
all
given
the
same
priority,
so
it's
basically
taken
essentially
in
an
order
of
arrival
at
the
dispatch
center,
we
do
have
a
finite
number
of
offices
working.
E
You
know
last
the
last
half
of
you
know
the
after
midnight
shift
as
the
lightest,
but
we
do
get
a
lot
of
these
calls
at
the
towards
the
end
of
the
the
first
half
shift
up
to
11
45.
So
you
know
we
generally
have
a
pretty
reasonable
response.
Obviously,
when
we
have
a
very
busy
weekend,
it
does
does
overwhelm
us
and
cause
our
response
to
particular
addresses
to
be
delayed,
but
the
reality
is,
you
know
we
do
the
best
we
can
and
we
find
a
pretty
fair
amount
of
compliance.
E
We
do
find
people
that
just
don't
care
and
and
will
as
much
and
stop
the
party
right
right
back
up
as
soon
as
the
police
leave
and
that's
when
we
go
back
and
we
you
know,
make
people
leave
the
house
when
we
find
people
or
we
take
out
criminal
complaints,
which
we
did
last
weekend
to
to
a
number
of
addresses.
So
so
that's
that's
pretty
much.
The
process
311
is
not
is
not
as
much
of
a
real-time
solution.
E
That's
more
of
a
you
know
you
caught
you,
you
send
an
email
into
311
and
we
kind
of
track
that
as
it's
a
problem
that
keeps
coming
up,
but
it's
that
the
real
time
issue
is
basically
dispatched
from
our
operations
center
through
911.
So
across
the
city.
It's
it's
a
challenge
to
keep
up
with
on
busy
weekends.
You
know
regarding
getting
some
more
offices
out
there.
We
we
do
have
a
class
coming
out
of
94
officers,
so
we
will
plus
up
a
little
bit
that
you
know
they.
E
When
you
look
at
you,
look
at
the
various
districts
and
the
various
shifts,
it
doesn't
doesn't
add:
94
94
officers
gets
gets
absorbed
pretty
quickly
and
into
the
into
the
department
without
a
huge
noticeable
increase.
But
it's
still
something
so
so
we'll
we'll
definitely
have
a
few
more
people
in
south
boston,
a
few
more
people
and
b2
and
b3
to
respond
to
these
kind
of
calls.
But
but
yeah,
that's
that's!
E
Basically
the
process
we
go
out
there
and
you
know
if,
if
a
warning
seems
to
clear
everything
out,
then
then
that's
great.
But
if
it's
a
problem
that
we've
been
back
to
this
address
a
number
of
times
or
it's
every
other
weekend
or
or
the
offices,
you
know
get
the
impression
that
that
people
aren't
going
to
take
it
seriously.
F
F
So
if
there's
party
activity
happening
and
we
need
a
real-time
response,
9-1-1
will
be
the
way
to
go
with
the
boston
police
to
report
conditions,
whether
it's
it's
overcrowding
or
unsafe
conditions.
Possibly
you
know
illegal
conditions
at
the
property.
311
is
the
way
to
go
to
for
isd.
Unless
the
police
ask
us
to
come
out
sort
of
in
the
field
at
the
time,
311
would
be
the
way
to
go.
F
We
have
a
24-hour
on-call
staff
that
can
respond,
but
all
those
calls
are
tracked
through
the
311
system
and
dispatched
that
way
and,
generally
speaking,
conditions
of
poor
conditions
of
property
or
unsafe
conditions
of
property
generally
are
there
in
the
daytime
too.
So
we
we
do
respond
in
the
overnight
hours,
but
we
also
go
out
and
investigate
and
inspect
during
the
day.
C
C
H
Hold
on
hi
ed,
I'm
here
yeah,
I
sent
a
letter
to
juan.
There
are
a
couple
of
properties.
I've
called
on
and
and
and
things
branch
out
from
the
parties
saturday
afternoon
on
broadway
is
like
the
vegas
strip
this.
This
is
a
community.
As
council
edwards
said,
this
is
a
community.
This
is
a
neighborhood,
it's
not
a
college
campus,
it's
not
a
frat
house,
it's
not
a
resort
and
it's
just
out
of
control,
and
I
love
the
idea
of
making
the
ordinance
9
pm.
If
that
can
be
done.
H
I
really
love
that
idea.
I
also
think
finding
the
tenants,
as
well
as
the
landlords,
and
definitely
we
do
need
to
go
after
these
landlords.
They
they
buy
a
property.
They
rent
it
out,
they're,
not
even
from
south
boston
or
boston.
They
live
in
newton
and
middleton
and
wherever
and
they
sleep
at
night
and
I'm
dealing
with
their
people
so-
and
I-
and
I
really
strongly
feel
500
is
not
enough.
H
I
think
a
thousand
dollars
the
first
loud
party,
2
000
3,
000,
4
000,
the
tenants
get
kicked
out,
there's
a
lien
on
the
property,
just
whatever
you
can
do.
I
I
think
we
really
need
to
strike
hard,
and
this
isn't
just
from
coven
I
I
grew
up
here.
This
has
been
going
on
the
last
five
six
seven
years.
These
people
have
absolutely
no
respect,
there's
trash
everywhere.
H
There's
dog
poop
everywhere
I
don't
know
where
they
grew
up
and,
like
you
said,
and
they
don't
do
this
in
connecticut
or
schenectady
or
even
southboro
westboro,
whatever
borrow
out
in
western
mass,
they
don't
do
that
there.
So
why
are
you
doing
it
in
my
neighborhood
and
thank
you
all
for
listening
and
thank
you
for
bringing
this
about,
because
it's
time
and
not
just
here,
I
know
the
folks
in
franklin
park
are
having
issues
I
know
eastie.
H
C
Thank
you
ellie.
I
think
your
comments
are
excellent.
You're
right.
This
has
been
going
on
for
seven
years
in
this
town.
Yeah,
it's
been,
it's
been
going
on
across
the
city
for
a
long
period
of
time
and
people
have
had
it
and
you
are
right
it,
these
young
people
that
are
living
in
south
boston.
They
want
to
do
it
in
in
new
york.
They
want
to
do
it
in
connecticut.
Their
parents
wouldn't
wouldn't
tolerate
it,
but
they
can
come
here.
C
Drink
alcohol,
throw
cans
around,
throw
pizza
boxes
on
the
ground
and
show
a
complete
disregard
for
the
residents
in
in
in
in
the
city,
and
it's
it's
unfair
and
and
it's
and
it's
selfish,
to
be
honest
with
you
selfish
behavior.
Now
let
me
let
me
go
to
the
next
person
that
that
is
providing
public
testimony
and
and
if
you've
raised
a
hand.
I
J
J
J
J
J
The
tenant
came
over
and
started
screaming
at
a
63-year-old
woman,
and
my
fear
is
someone's
gonna
end
up
getting
hurt
if
things
don't
change,
because
this
behavior
and
this
attitude
they
have
is
just
something
I've
never
seen
before.
I've
lived
here
for
all
my
32
years
and
I've
honestly
never
seen
anything
like
it.
The
disrespect
for
you
know
our
senior
citizens,
our
disabled,
our
veterans,
the
people
who
have
built
this
community
they've
made
this
community
and
they
want
to
move
they
want
to
leave.
J
They
don't
want
to
do
it
anymore,
they're
calling
me
crying
they're,
literally
crying
because
there's
some
of
them
on
hospice.
Some
of
them
are
sick.
Some
of
them
are
dying,
they
can't
sleep
and
it
completely
breaks
my
heart
because
I
want
to
stay
here.
I
want
to
raise
my
daughter
here,
but
it's
become
extremely
difficult
for
all
of
us
to
have
a
good
quality
of
life
here,
and
we
don't
want
that.
We
we
want
to
stay.
We
really
do
and
I
just
hope.
J
J
So
I
don't
think
handing
them
a
fine
is
effective
because
I
think
they'd
probably
laugh
and
throw
it
away
because
they're
not
going
to
be
there
long.
I
think
hitting
the
landlords
where
it
hurts
is
where
we're
gonna
see
effective
change,
because
then
they
may
say.
Oh
maybe
I
should
put
in
my
lease
agreement
that
they
there's
no
partying
and
if
there's
partying,
then
they're
gonna
be
evicted.
J
C
K
K
We
understand,
there's
possibly
more
issues
that
are
taking
place
throughout
the
city,
because
I'm
over
in
fort
hill
highland
park
area,
and
so
I've
called
numerous
times
and
my
neighbors
have
called
multiple
times
on
the
same
seven
fraternity,
houses
officers
have
been
out,
inspectional
services
have
been
out.
Part
of
the
other
problem
is
northeastern
university.
These
are
their
students.
Northeastern
has
taken
a
pretty
pathetic
head
in
the
sand
attitude
and
said
we're
not
going
to
do
anything
about
these
students.
We
can't
touch
these
students
et
cetera,
et
cetera
and
it
pre.
K
It
creates
a
bigger
headache
because
the
students
realize
we're
not
going
to
get
in
trouble
with
the
schools.
So
therefore,
what
do
we
care?
I
look
at
and
say
you
know
you
could
increase
the
fines
to
a
thousand
five
thousand
ten
thousand
dollars.
However,
if
the
police
are
coming
out
and
they're,
not
taking
reports
which
leads
to
how
these
fines
get
issued,
then
we're
sitting
there
saying
well
we're
just
calling
the
police.
K
What
can
we
get
the
officers
to
do
to
actually
file
these
reports
so
that
these
issues
can
be
visually?
Seen
by
someone
I
are
up
to
say
this
is
a
problem
property
because
that's
that's!
That's
one
of
the
the
main
concerns
I've
had,
literally
with
the
with
the
tenants
next
door
to
me
and
throughout
my
neighborhood.
C
E
Yeah,
so
I
I
think
if,
if
it's
a
a
frequent
problem,
I'd
be
surprised
if
there
aren't
reports
being
taken-
and
you
know,
particularly
if
it's
a
northeastern,
if
the
northeastern
students
that
are
there,
we
usually
have
a
pretty
good
relationship
with
the
northeastern
administration
and
the
police
department.
We've
even
had
joint
patrols
during
you
know,
particularly
high.
You
know
high
volume
party
instances
in
in
mission
hill,
so
I'd
be
surprised
if
there
aren't
reports
being
taken.
E
As
far
as
the
the
delayed
response
you
know,
there's,
unfortunately,
party
calls
aren't
going
to
be
the
top
priority.
If
there
are
you
know,
crime,
scenes
and
and
other
violence
taking
place
which
unfortunately
does
occur
from
time
to
time.
So
yeah
that
the
party
calls
won't
be
the
top
priority
you
know
for
for
overwhelmed,
call
wise.
It
will
take
some
time
to
get
there.
You
know
ideally
we'd,
get
there
quickly
enough
for
people
to
be
able
to.
You
know,
see
some
see
some
improvement
and
get
to
sleep.
E
E
Take
a
look
I'll
reach
out
to
the
community
service
officer
which,
if
you,
if
you
haven't
engaged
with
the
the
b2
community
service
officer,
I
would
definitely
do
that
and
put
that
on
his
radar
as
well,
because,
in
addition
to
taking
reports
for
ongoing
incidents,
they
can
engage
with
northeastern
university
and
with
these
fraternities
directly
and
let
them
know
exactly
what
the
ramifications
are.
And
you
know
I
agree.
E
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
superintendent.
Let
me
go
to
mark
mcunis,
we'll
be
up
next
and
before
before
marcos.
I
just
want.
I
received
a
text
from
a
friend
he
passed
along
to
me
that
the
city
of
hoboken,
new
jersey,
which
many
of
us
know
pretty
well
they
hand
out
tickets,
to
tenants
by
noise
control
offices
which
are
civilian
positions,
and
it
has
a
immediate
impact.
C
L
Hey,
thank
you.
Eddie
just
want
to
say
thank
you
guys
for
everything
you're
doing
right
now.
I
feel
like
I'm
seeing
a
little
bit
of
changes
and
my
neighbors
are
starting
to
cut
back.
You
know
around
11
o'clock,
not
they're,
getting
quieter,
but
they're
still
partying,
but
I
do
know.
Other
areas
of
the
neighborhood
are
getting
pretty
bad.
L
I
kind
of
want
to
piggyback
on
what
the
other
council
was
saying
about
cutting
time
back
to
ten
to
nine
o'clock.
I
do
think
you
know
that
is
kind
of
I
mean
that
that's
nine
o'clock
is
a
good
hour.
Maybe
ten
kind
of
meet
him
in
the
middle
man
because
it
still
gives
them
their
time
to
have
their
good
time.
Everybody
wants
to
relax
on
a
friday
after
work,
so
I
kind
of
see
both
sides,
but
there's
got
to
be
a
cutoff.
You
know.
L
11
o'clock
is
late
because
it
goes
into
midnight,
but
10
o'clock
would
be
about
an
11
o'clock
shut
off
time.
Also,
you
know
it's
like
real
situations.
Eddie.
You
live
up
there
near
my
mother.
These
people
don't
have
any
respect.
You
know
my
mother
was
battling
cancer
last
year
and
when
the
new
tenants
had
moved
in
last
summer
and
they
started
partying,
my
mother
walked
over
there.
You
know
you
could
see
it
in
her
face.
What
she's
dealing
with
it's
expressed.
L
You
know
her
health
issues
to
them
and
requested
that
they,
you
know
kind
of
keep
it
down
after
a
certain
hour
and
they
completely
ignored
her.
She
reached
out
to
that
landlord.
He
owns
two
units
right
there
on
that
street.
She
reached
out
to
him.
My
brother
and
myself
have
reached
out
to
him
on
multiple
occasions
during
that
time,
and
they
just
didn't
really
care.
L
You
know,
so
I
think
giving
them
a
hefty
fine
is
for
the
landlord
is
a
great
idea,
but
I
also
think
that
the
tenants
or
the
person
who's
renting
that
airbnb
or
renting
that
room
they
need
to
be
hit
as
well,
because
if
you're
just
hitting
the
tents
they're
taking
off
in
a
couple
of
months,
anyways
they
don't
care,
but
then
the
landlords
don't
care.
Just
as
much
like
I
said
you
know,
we
had
tried
speaking
to
him
in
a
civil
manner
and
came
to
the
point
where
cops
were
getting
called.
L
Almost
every
night
c6
is
getting
taxed.
You
know,
they've
only
got
so
many
offices
to
deal
with
so
many
problems,
so
you
know
some
parties
they
don't
get
to
until,
like
the
gentleman
said
three
hours
later.
So
I
don't
know
if
we
need
to
discuss
something
as
a
city
to
find
some
kind
of
other
enforcement
agency
to
step
out.
I
know
you
know
back
in
the
90s
early
90s
we
had
the
boss,
municipal
police,
we
had
all
cut,
you
know
other
types
of
police
departments
that
worked
on
specific
issues.
L
If
we
can
bring
something
like
that
back,
you
know
so
c6
isn't
just
dealing
with
you
know
house
parties
all
weekend,
they're
actually
dealing
with
other
shootings,
that's
going
on
the
south
in
southeast
stabbings
and
can
actually
deal
with
the
real
crime.
So
you
have
an
enforcement
working
on.
You
know
taking
care
of
these
house
bodies.
L
So
if
there's
anything
we
can
do
about
that.
That
would
be
great
or
something
we
can
think
about
in
the
near
future.
Other
than
that
eddie,
you
got
you're
doing
a
great
job.
You
know
I'm
very
vocal
about
how
I
feel
about
things
being
done,
and
I
really
appreciate
it
appreciate
the
effort
you
and
the
isd
and
everybody
you're
doing
for
our
city,
so
keep
up
the
good
work
guys.
C
M
You
hear
me
now
yeah,
we
can
hear
you
amazing,
okay,
great
hi
yeah.
I
just
have
a.
I
just
want
to
speak
because
I
live
on
west
3rd
street
between
f
and
dorchester
street
and,
as
you
know,
the
four
bars
that
are
surrounding
that
block.
As
I
said,
we
have
new
neighbors
next
door
to
us.
They've
been
here
about
a
year
and
numerous
police
calls
to
them
and
they
just
don't
care.
They
have
a
garage
and
they
park
on
the
sidewalk.
M
I've
called
the
police
about
that,
because
people
are
walking
up
the
street,
they
have
to
go
out
into
the
street
and
at
the
end
of
march
they
had
a
big
party
and
went
from
thursday
night
to
sunday
and
when
I
called
the
police
about
the
car
parking
and
we
we
called
them
over
the
parties,
but
they
have
like
a
nest
on
their
door,
so
they
don't
have
a
bell.
So
when
the
police
come,
they
can't
gain
access
to
their
house
because
they
they
have
it
like.
M
They
have
like
a
gate
now
and
there's
no
way
that
that
they
can
get
into
the
property.
I've
had
the
police
come
into.
My
yard
and
look
up
and
see
the
group
there,
but
it's
just
it
is
it's
just
nothing
that
they
can
do.
They
say
and
the
one
time
that
the
gentleman
I
think
his
parents
own
the
house
or
he's
the
owner
it's
kind
of
they
don't
really
tell
you
the
truth.
M
He
came
down
and
he
said
well,
it
was
my
birthday
and
he
said,
tell
the
mayor
to
open
the
bars
and
I
said
well:
the
bars
are
open,
but
they're
not
open
until
4
00
a.m.
When
your
parties
are
continuing
and
he
just
turned
around
there's
a
the
police
officer
was
right
there.
He
turned
around
and
said
just
give
me
a
fine
and
slam
the
door,
so
there's
no
no
use
talking
to
him,
but
also
I
mean
I'm
grateful
for
this.
M
These
meetings
taking
place
and
also
the
noise
level
that
that
comes
from
these
four
bars
the
foot
traffic
in
on
west
third
street.
You
know
they
leave
the
bars
at
night.
They
go
into
the
parking
lot
if
they
don't
have
the
ubers
blocking
off
the
street.
They
continue
to
party
in
the
parking
lot
and
it's
just
it's
just
out
of
control,
and
you
know
you're
home
for
the
weekend
and
come
thursday
afternoon
you're
getting
nauseous
because
you're
saying
all
right.
What
time
am
I
going
to
get
to
bed
tonight?
M
You
know
you
should
probably
go
to
bed
at
like
six
in
the
morning
or
something,
but
I
just
as
I
said
I
just
the
noise
level
on
this
block
is
out
of
control
from
the
foot
traffic
for
all
the
bars
and
they
don't
have
any
respect
for
anybody.
They
don't
respect
their
own
property.
The
weekend
trash
I
mean
the
trash
is
all
over
the
street
white
claws
boxes.
I
mean
they
just
when
they
have
the
trash.
They
don't
even
put
it
in
a
barrel.
M
M
And
what
do
you
do
when
they
can't
get
access
to
the
house
I
mean:
can
they
put
the
blue
lights
on
I
mean
years
ago,
when
you
know
you'd
see
the
blue
lights
you'd
run
because
you
knew
the
police
were
coming,
but
now
I
don't
know
if
they
can
put
the
blue
lights
on.
Can
they
not
bang
on
the
door,
like
you
know,
like
my
brother's
gone
over
there
a
couple
of
times
and
banged
on
the
door
and
the
kid
came
out,
and
he
said
you
know
he
wanted
to
show
him.
M
He
said
this
is
my
bedroom
hear
that
noise,
you
know,
but
it's
like
every
weekend,
there's
two
units
and
then
there's
four
other
houses
that
right
side
by
side.
So
if
it's
not
one
party,
it's
the
next
one
and,
like
you
know,
as
I
said
I've
just
about
had
it
like
you
said
you
don't
want
to
say
that
word.
We
used
to
always
call
it
beautiful
worlds,
but
not
so
much
anymore,
but
thank
you
counselors
for
listening
the
police
and
the
isd
just
trying
to
address
the
problem.
I
appreciate
it.
C
N
Okay,
great,
I
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
for
hosting
this
meeting
counselor
flynn,
along
with
flaherty
and
the
other
members
of
the
city
council.
We
in
south
boston
at
this
point
are
in
a
crisis
situation
for
many
issues,
but
this
being
a
main
issue.
So
with
that
being
said,
I'd
also
like
to
bring
up
that
when
you
have
absentee
landlords
that
are
renting
out
all
three
floors
of
a
triple
decker.
All
three
of
those
floors
are
co-joining
and
having
one
big
massive
party
and
that's
an
issue
as
well.
N
So
last
weekend,
for
instance,
I
called
the
police
on
four
different
properties
just
within
my
street
and
that's
not
okay.
The
decibel
level
is
a
good
idea,
but
we
were
also
told
that
there
is
no
cut
off
time.
If
there
is
a
decibel
level.
You
know
at
four
o'clock
in
the
afternoon,
then
it's
okay
to
call
the
police
at
that
time
as
well.
I'd
like
to
see
those
signs
increased,
and
I
do
believe
that
hitting
the
tenants
is
not
effective.
N
It's
got
to
be
the
homeowners,
and
if
the
homeowners
cannot
keep
control
of
their
rental
property,
then
they
deserve
to
be
hit.
They
need
to
keep
control
of
their
house,
they
need
to
make
sure
it
does
not
become
a
disorderly
house.
So
if
that's
one
thousand
two
thousand
three
thousand
five
thousand
whatever
it
is,
it
needs
to
hit
them
hard
in
their
pocket.
So
I've
heard
a
couple
of
comments
saying:
well,
you
know
it's
not
really
fair
to
the
landlords.
N
They
can't
afford
those
fines,
that's
the
point:
either
pay
the
fine
or,
if
you
can't
afford
the
fine,
then
keep
your
house
in
order
with.
That
being
said,
there
are
many
seniors
that
are
being
verbally
abused,
that
I
know
of
we're
being
told
as
kristin
said,
to
move.
If
you
don't
like
it,
go
in
your
house
and
close
your
windows
and
what
seems
to
be
getting
lost
here
is
that
we
are
in
fact
a
community.
N
We
have
seniors,
we
have
schools,
we
have
churches,
we
have
a
quality
of
life
up
until
about
five
seven
years
ago.
So
with
that
being
said,
we
kind
of
need
to
look
at
the
police
response
as
well.
Captain
boyle
at
c6
and
his
team
are,
in
my
opinion,
the
best
host
in
in
in
the
city
that
I've
seen
in
a
long
time.
They
are
in
fact
responsive,
but
again
their
hands
are
being
tied
in
so
far
as
what
they're
able
to
do
to
break
up
these
parties
and
to
address
the
issues.
N
So
why
can't
we
have
a
dedicated
party
car
from
friday
through
sunday
and
it
can
start
at.
You
know
six
at
night
till
six
in
the
morning
we
need
to
kind
of
look
outside
the
box,
but
that
does
in
fact
have
to
be
funded.
So
where
is
that
money
going
to
come
from?
We
need
to
find
it
within
the
budget.
As
I've
said
a
million
times.
South
boston
is
the
cash
cow
of
the
city
of
boston,
but
we
don't
have
services.
N
So
I
think
that
that
would
be
a
great
idea
if
we
could
look
into
that,
because
laws
need
to
be
enforced.
We
can
put
anything
we
want
on
the
books,
but
until
there's
enforcement
nothing's
going
to
happen.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
end
with
one
final
statement:
how
did
south
boston
get
the
way
for
this
issue?
We
need
to
go
back
and
look
at
zoning.
N
Look
at
bedroom
counts
because
that's
what
developers
are
looking
at
just
bedroom
counts
and
insofar
as
raising
the
fines,
I
don't
believe
we
need
to
go
to
the
state
house
to
do
it.
We
raised
parking
fines
without
going
to
the
state
house.
I
believe
it
should
be
within
the
city's
power
to
increase
those
fines
on
their
own,
but
thank
you
very
much
councillor
flynn,
flaherty
and
the
members
of
the
city
council.
B
Hi,
thank
you
so
much
to
all
the
elected
officials
and
the
public
servants
who
have
been
working
on
this
problem.
The
problems
that
we're
discussing
today
are
have
been
amplified
since
the
pandemic,
but
it's
happened
not
happening
exclusively
in
south
boston.
It's
happening
all
over
the
city
of
boston,
of
the
extreme
noise
disturbances
stemming
from
the
house,
houses
and
backyard
patios.
B
I
believe,
but
from
a
regular
person's
perspective,
we
don't.
We
can't
tell
if
the
landlords
have
been
spoken
with
we
we.
We
know
that
there's
been
serious,
increased
communication
councils
flynn
and
flaherty
boston,
police
department,
isd,
many
many
concerned
constituents
have
been
working
trying
to
get
this
crisis
under
control.
B
B
B
Very
just
very
disturbing
events
and
the
police
were
able
to
become
directly
involved,
speak
with
the
landlord.
They
were
able
to
get
community
service
to
give
out
warnings,
and
that
has
stopped
thank
god,
but
it
went
up
until
april
of
this
year.
Public
health
violations,
the
trash
maintenance
on
disposal
had
several
of
these
properties,
has
been
non-existent.
B
These
tenants
don't
seem
to
think
that
it's
their
job
to
take
the
trash
out
or
to
at
what
we
say
in
our
house
bend
at
the
waist
to
pick
up
trash
when
they
drop
it.
Rats
have
been
increased
in
this
particular
neighborhood.
I'm
treating
the
this
property
as
much
as
I
can,
but
they
seem
to
be
feeding
them
in
other
pro
nearby
properties,
which
the
problem
will
continue
to
escalate.
Out
of
control.
B
Isd
has
come
in,
thank
god
for
isd
and
the
boston
police
they've
come
in
and
given
violations
and
one
house,
the
violation
was
blowing
up
the
street
and
a
local
neighbor
one
got
it
and
brought
it
back
to
the
house.
So
I
I
echo
the
fact
that
the
tenants
don't
seem
to
care.
They
have
a
lack
of
respect.
B
They
don't
seem
to
feel
that
there
are
any
consequences.
The
behavior
has
been
normalized
in
this
neighborhood
that,
and
that
is,
is
part
of
the
problem.
They're
not
they're
contemptuous
of
the
laws
and
the
regulations
that
are
in
place.
They
don't
seem
to
apply
to
them
in
their
own
minds.
We've
had
problems
with
fire.
B
B
They're
renting
out
these
properties
for
huge
amounts
of
money.
Obviously
their
bottom
line
is
very
important
to
them.
The
tenants
don't
seem
to
care
what
happens
to
to
most
of
the
property,
and
I
think
that
the
noise
levels
the
decibel
levels,
especially
when
you
do
have
a
whole
house,
all
three
floors
going
at
the
same
time.
It's
just
totally
unacceptable.
The
foot
traffic
is
very
loud.
B
We
we
had
problems
with
the
neighbor
next
door.
He
thought
we
called
on
him
last
halloween
we
actually
didn't.
We
could
hear
the
police
sirens
racing
back
and
forth.
We
were
not
going
to
add
to
the
already
heavy
workload,
so
we
didn't
call
the
police,
but
this
this
tenant
banged
on
our
door
at
11
15
at
night,
with
his
acquaintance
and
started
with
us
about
why
we
called
the
police
and
he
advanced
up
the
stairs.
My
husband
was
there.
We
we
in
no
mass
is
in
the
middle
of
covet.
B
B
I
don't
want
these
people
to
to
to
come
bang
on
my
door
again,
so
increasing
the
fines
and
I'd
also
say
maybe
there's
a
way
to
pass
on
the
administrative
fees
for
the
police
who
do
have
to
respond
if
there
is
another
car
or
another
unit.
That's
that
is
set
up
to
respond.
Maybe
they
get
the
fine
and
they
get
the
administrative
fees.
B
If
you,
if
you
pull
a
fire
alarm
in
one
of
the
smaller
towns
around
here
and
it's
there's
no
fire
that
cost
gets
passed
on
to
you,
I
I
don't
see
why
we
couldn't
figure
out
a
way
to
pass
the
the
police
response
time
onto
some
of
these
landlords.
So
thank
you
very
much.
I
really
appreciate
everything:
you've
done:
council
flynn,
council
flaherty,
the
police
department
has
been
really
outstanding
and
I
they
they
respond
when
they
can
and
we
we
all
understand
that.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
C
You
know
these
are
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
in
basic
city
services,
but
this
is
what
city
government
is
all
about.
Everybody
can
be
a
big
thinker
in
this
city
if
they
want
to
be,
but
we
need
elected
officials
that
want
to
address
the
quality
of
life
issues
that
are
impacting
residents
in
the
neighborhoods
of
boston
natalie
mentioned.
C
You
know
some
of
the
older
people
being
harassed
for
calling
9-1-1.
I
know
that's
true.
There
was
an
older
gentleman
who
was
actually
a
korean
war
veteran
who
is
disabled
from
his
service
serving
overseas
for
our
country
in
the
u.s
army
he
called
he
called
the
police
and
the
the
young,
the
young
people
down
down
the
in
his
apartment
above
him
I'll
be
going.
C
You
know
bang
on
his
door
the
same
thing
that
they
did
to
you
natalie
and
here's
a
guy
88
years
old,
almost
90
years
old,
serving
in
one
of
the
worst
wars
that
we've
ever
been
in
lucky
to
come
back
and-
and
we
have
a
young
young
punks,
not
from
south
boston,
giving
giving
him
a
hard
time.
It's
outrageous.
O
We
are
now
in
the
fifth
year,
maybe
seventh
year
into
the
problem
of
party
houses
in
south
boston
and
three
years
of
meetings
and
discussions.
Meanwhile,
the
chaos
continues
in
our
community.
The
trucking
behavior
of
20
to
30
something
year
olds
is
increasing
and
menacing,
as
you
have
heard,
through
what
five
or
six
people
witnessing
now
threatening
our
elders
and
wreaking
havoc
throughout
our
community.
O
O
O
However,
it's
not
enough
of
an
impact
to
change
the
situation,
because
when
one
group
moves
out
another
moves
in
and
it's
the
same
old
same
old,
the
parties
start
on
thursday
night
and
roll
into
monday
morning,
saturday
and
sunday
afternoons
are
subjected
to.
We
are
all
subjected
to
backyards
full
of
sloppy
loud
out-of-control
drunks
and
where
the
decibel
level
is
way
beyond
70..
O
O
Unfortunately,
boston
housing
codes
have
not
kept
up.
Loopholes
in
the
codes
need
to
be
closed
up,
for
example,
landlords
are
allowed
to
rent
a
five-room
apartment
as
a
five-bedroom
apartment
charging
5000
on
up
a
month.
This.
This
is
coded
as
a
rooming
house
and
illegal
in
residential
sections
in
most
of
massachusetts,
but
not
in
boston.
O
O
When
we
first
suggested
this
council
flynn
very
thoughtfully
was
hesitant
because
his
concerns
were
the
other
parts
of
the
city
couldn't
afford
it
and
he's
right
he's
right.
I
agree.
Hence
we
recommended
the
creation
of
a
pilot
program
in
the
o2127
area,
because
these
landlords
can
afford
a
hefty
fine
and
they
won't
like
it,
but
I
guarantee
party
houses
will
drop
significantly
in
2015
charlestown,
created
a
pilot
program
for
parking
on
street
cleaning
days
and
raised
the
tickets
to
ninety
dollars.
O
These
kids
are
rolling
in
they're
getting
residential
parking,
so
you've
got
a
five-room
apartment,
that's
five,
more
cars,
it
really
that
needs
to
be
dealt
with
and
it
needs
to
be
changed
well.
I
agree
totally
with
counselor
edwards
the
noise
ordnance
that
has
to
be
changed
as
we
looked
at
it
has
to
be
changed.
O
So
in
conclusion,
counselors
these
landlords
and
partiers.
You
know
they're,
not
your
constituents
and
they
don't
vote
everyone
here
today
and
the
neighbors
we
represent
are
your
constituents
and
we
all
vote.
I
thank
you.
I
thank
you.
Councillor
flynn,
you're,
doing
a
great
job
council
of
flaherty
also-
and
I
really
thank
you
for
your
time.
C
C
That's
up
to
you
as
as
residents
to
tell
them
what
your
priorities
are.
Not
to.
Let
them
tell
you
what
their
priorities
are.
You
need
to
ask
them
what
their
position
is
on
quality
life
issues,
pest
control,
water
and
sewer,
clean
streets,
house
parties,
litter
trash,
fixed
sidewalks,
that's
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
city
government.
If
those
don't
work
for
residents,
nothing
works
for
residents.
C
C
Having
said
that,
I
mentioned
in
my
opening
statement
that
I
and
I
want
to
ask
chris
english
this
question
this
question.
I
didn't
take
an
opportunity
to
ask
questions,
but
chris
I'm
advocating
for
the
creation
of
a
specific
point
person
with
the
city
to
act
as
a
liaison
with
the
boston
police,
inspectional
services,
office
of
neighborhood
services,
the
problem
prop
property
task
force
and
elected
officials,
and
I
envision
this
position.
C
C
F
I
think
it's
a
a
great
idea.
I
I
would
say
that
the
problem
properties
task
force
as
it
stands
has
all
of
those
agencies
that
you
just
mentioned
sitting
on
it
and
meeting
regularly
isd
the
police
department,
neighborhood
services,
311
the
fire
department.
We
have
our
legal
team,
we
have
our
neighborhood
development
team.
We
have
code
enforcement,
that's
sitting
on
it.
It
is
really
the
the
centralized
group
that
deals
specifically
with
with
these
issues.
I
think
it
you
know
we
we
have
that
infrastructure
there
to
sort
of
coordinate
our
response.
F
C
Yeah
that
would
be
helpful
chris.
This
is
budget
season.
Is
that
plan?
Does
it
have
the
necessary
funding
if
it
doesn't
have
the
necessary
funding?
I
want
to
see
money
in
the
budget
to
deal
with
that
and
if
it's
not
in
there,
I
may
not
vote.
I
may
not
vote
for
the
budget,
but
I
want
to
know:
do
you
have
enough
money
in
the
budget
to
accomplish
that
task?
C
F
C
Thank
you,
sheila
sheila
mentioned
in
her
in
her
comments.
The
basically
talking
about
another
issue
that
we
really
haven't
even
discussed
is
the
jurisdiction
of
c6
and
she's.
Exactly
right.
It
goes
basically
in
the
joe
moakley
courthouse
at
the
south
boston
waterfront.
It
goes
up
to
south
boston
fort
point.
It
hits
mass
ave
albany
street
south
hampton
street
area.
It
goes
to
columbia.
Point
harbour
point
I
should
say
andrew
square
where
we're
having
a
lot
of
challenges.
C
E
Council,
we
really
haven't
had
an
opportunity
to
to
add
officers
at
the
pace
that
that
the
district
has
has
grown,
as
you
mentioned,
you
know,
with
the
seaport
in
particular,
and
obviously
some
of
the
attention
that
that
the
mass
ave
corridor
has
has
has
needed
over
over
the
years
and
and
the
expansion
of
the
the
south
bay
mall
that
there's
a
lot
of
activity,
which
I
think
is
a
great
thing
for
the
city.
Everyone
wants
to
see
economic
development
and
everyone
wants
to
see
a
city.
E
That's
doing
well,
but
we
just
don't
have
the
people
to
add
to
the
districts,
and
you
know,
and
depending
on
on
which
you
know
which
groups
you
you
listen
to.
You
know
some
people
think
we
have
too
many
officers
and
they
they
want
to
defund.
The
police
they've
heard
abolish
the
police.
I've
heard
a
lot
of
different
things,
but
it's
been
generally
static,
give
or
take
100
or
so
officers.
E
So
you
know
we
do,
as
I
mentioned,
have
an
academy
class
coming
out
early
next
month,
but
the
reality
is
we're
barely
if
even
keeping
pace
with
the
offices
we're
losing.
We
are
losing
offices
at
a
at
an
elevated
pace
due
to
a
variety
of
factors,
not
the
least
of
which
is
that
the
environment
relative
to
policing.
So
so
that's
the
challenges
we're
gonna
face.
E
We
do
have
plans
for
a
couple
of
academy
classes
to
at
least
keep
pace,
but
that
remains
to
be
seen,
but
you
know
to
illustrate
your
point.
We
have
72
police
officers
assigned
to
c6
which
might
sound
adequate
until
you
factor
in
that
it's
three
shifts
there
are
days
off,
so
there
are
various
squads.
So
by
by
the
time
you
figure
out
how
many
offices
are
working
on
a
given
shift.
It's
it's
pretty
thin.
We
do
you
know,
I
don't
know,
I
don't
know
if
we
get,
we
get
credit
for
it.
E
It's
the
extent
that
we
should,
but
we
do
a
lot
with
what
we
have.
We
have
some
really
hard
working
police
officers.
We
have
some
bosses
that
are
out
there,
making
sure
that
that
things
are
getting
done
to
the
best
of
our
ability,
we're
not
perfect
by
any
means.
No
do
we
claim
to
be,
but
the
reality
is.
E
C
Yeah
thank
thank
you,
superintendent.
I
agree
with
you.
The
the
professionalism
of
the
c6
team
is
exceptional
and
their
their
response
to
the
the
residents,
especially
during
this
difficult
year,
has
been
very,
very
professional.
So
I
want
to
acknowledge
captain
boyle's
team
and
I
have
the
opportunity,
probably
speaking,
to
captain
boyle
at
least
three
or
four
times
a
week,
and
I
talked
to
captain
sweeney
who's
in
the
south
end
which
I
represent,
and
I
speak
to
captain
giovo
siolo
at
a1,
who
represents
downtown
boston
and
chinatown
area.
C
G
Sorry
about
that,
that's,
okay!
Thank
you.
My
final
thoughts
are
simply
that
I
am
you
know.
I
really
appreciate
the
back
and
forth
the
suggestions
from
the
community
about
what
we
can
do
are
huge,
and
I
hope
you
have
a
working
session.
Counselor
flynn,
counselor
flaherty
literally
on
city
ordinance,
reform
that
we
can
have.
G
G
I
do
think
I
mean
I've
heard
enough
people
and
I'm
really
happy.
I
just
proposed
the
nine
o'clock
it
looked
like
that
was
kind
of
a
suggested
conversation.
I
don't
know
if
chris
can
confirm,
or
someone
can
confirm
that
that's
something
we
can
do
unilaterally.
We
don't
really
need
to
go
to
the
state
house.
I
don't
think
so
for
that
and
then
and
but
increasing
the
fines,
especially
if
it's
over
300,
you
probably
do
have
to
go
to
the
state
okay.
G
G
The
issue
of
parking
enforcement
is,
is,
is
becoming
quite
prevalent
and
the
north
end,
especially
we're
looking
for
the
weekend
enforcement
and
night
enforcement
as
well,
because
I
think
it's
it's
really
important
that
the
city
can
demonstrate
it
can
handle
infrastructure.
If
we're
going
to
have
outdoor
dining,
we
need
to
show
that
we
can
still
like
we
have
the
enforcement
infrastructure
to
meet
the
the
growing
needs.
So
I
just
appreciate
this
conversation.
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
flynn,
counselor
flaherty,
thank
you
chris
and
I
think
it
was
superintendent.
G
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
council
edwards.
Your
comments
were
very
good.
You
provided
great
great
updates
and
great
leadership
on
this
issue
and
just
for
the
residents
councilor
edwards
is
the
chair
of
government
operations
where,
if,
if
something,
if
we
did
propose
something
it
would,
it
would
go
to
her
committee,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
edwards
for
her
important
work
on
quality
life
issues.
C
P
P
I
don't
you
know
some
of
these
property
owners
are
making
quite
a
pretty
penny
on
it,
and
I
don't
know
if
you
know
a
certain
amount
is
enough
to
really
hit
their
wallet
in
their
fiscal
year,
but
maybe
something
along
the
lines
of
you
know
a
a
fine,
that's
relative
to
the
amount
of
money.
They're
making
would
be
enough,
I'm
not
really
sure,
but
again,
I
think,
hitting
the
tenants
which,
as
we've
seen,
are
either
completely
disrespectful
to
what's
going
on
or
can
afford
the
fines
right
now
it.
P
C
C
You
know
we
we
lose
superintendent.
Mcgoldrick
would
know
the
stats
better
than
I
do,
but
we
we
lose
about
a
hundred
police
officers
a
year
for
retirement,
maybe
more.
We
need
to
aggressively
hire
two
three
hundred.
We
need
to
put
two
three
hundred
police
officers
on
the
street
every
year.
Just
to
catch
up.
C
We
need
to
do
that
consistently
for
the
next
four
or
five
years.
Boston
police
play
a
critical
role
in
our
city,
they're
professional.
They
work
hard.
They
understand
the
neighbors
they
live
here
and
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
their
professionalism,
especially
over
the
last
last
couple
of
years,
difficult
years,
but
they
play
an
important
role
in
our
city
and
you
see
the
response
that
they
are
doing.
Sometimes
500
calls
in
south
boston
a
weekend
they're
responding
to,
while
being
on
south
hampton
street
and
mass
ave
albany
street
dealing
dealing
with
other
other
major
issues.
C
So
there's
a
role
for
boston
police
is
a
important
role
for
inspectional
service.
There's,
a
role
for
residents
to
play
and
and
what's
important,
is
we
continue
to
work
together
during
these
difficult
times.
I
acknowledge
the
difficult
times
and
they
might
not
get
better
immediately.
We
might
be
in
for
a
rocky
road,
but
what's
important
is
I'm
going
to
be
here?
C
I
don't
go
away
during
the
summer
I'm
going
to
be
at
my
house
in
south
boston,
responding
to
constituent
calls
working
with
the
police
working
with
inspectional
services,
working
with
my
neighbors
talking
to
my
neighbors
trying
to
get
things
done
so
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
residents
in
south
boston,
especially,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
of
flaherty
and
his
team.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
superintendent
mcgoldrick
and
the
boston
police
and
captain
boyle
and
c6
chris
english
and
all
the
professional
workers
at
inspectional
services.
C
F
F
You
know
both
on
a
policy
and
a
legislative
front,
but
also
sort
of
just
operationally
out
in
in
the
neighborhoods
to
make
sure
that
you
know
residents
feel
heard
and
we're
addressing
the
issues
as
they
arise
and
we'll
continue
working
really
closely
with
our
great
colleagues
over
at
bpd
to
make
sure
that
this
summer
is
enjoyable
for
everyone.
Thank
you.
C
E
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this
counselor
and
it
is,
you
know,
obviously,
that
the
police
are
never
gonna,
be
the
solution
to
any
of
these
problems
all
by
ourselves.
It's
community
events
like
this
and
getting
people
engaged
that
I
think,
will
allow
us
to
become
part
of
the
solution
in
a
more
effective
way,
but
but
we
really
do
need
the
community's
help.
You
know
just
to
raise
one
one
issue,
just
so
people
aren't
concerned
about
calling
the
police.
E
There
are
there's
another
statute
that
it's
only
a
fifty
dollar
fine,
but
that
that
can
be
used
before
11
pm.
If,
if
something's
over
70
decibels
before
11
pm,
we
can
give
them
a
50
dollar,
fine
that
the
larger
fines
you
do
have
to
wait
until
11,
but
don't
feel
like
you
have
to
wait
till
11
pm
to
call
the
police.
We
we
have
a
lesser
fine,
a
lesser
ordinance
that
we
can
use.
So
so
we
will
respond
you're,
not
you
know.
E
I
hope
people
feel
like,
even
though
we
may
have
called
stacked
up,
and
it
may
take
us
some
time.
We
recognize
what
this
means
the
community.
We
don't
feel
like
this
is
this
is
a
waste
of
our
time,
our
policing,
that
we
don't
need
to
do.
We
recognize
if
it's
important
to
the
community,
it's
important
to
us.
So
so
we
do
have
that
additional
tool.
E
Again,
it's
only
a
50
fine,
but
sometimes
that's
an
eye
opener
for
people,
and
it
also
that
particular
ordinance
where
it
is
a
little
bit
of
a
lesser
ordinance
does
not
require
us
to
have
a
decibel
monitor
or
anything
like
that.
We
can.
We
can,
if
it's
audible
to
us
from,
I
think
it's
a
100
100
yards
away
of
300
feet.
E
C
You
thank
you,
superintendent.
Thank
you,
chris
english,
and
thank
you
to
my
south
boston
neighbors.
I
wanted
to
wish
everybody
a
safe
and
healthy
weekend.
It's
memorial
day
weekend.
It's
it's
a
time
that
we
remember
the
fallen
men
and
women
that
gave
their
life
to
our
country
and
we
remember
our
gold
star
families.
C
We
acknowledge
their
pain
and
suffering
and
we
want
to
say
a
prayer
to
ourselves
for
their
family
for
their
sacrifice
and
their
service.
This
isn't
a
weekend
about
partying
and
cookouts
and
drinking
beer,
it's
about
remembering
our
fallen
men
and
women
that
gave
their
life
for
our
country.
Thank
you,
everybody
and
thanks
for
joining
this
meeting,.