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Boston City Council Meeting on February 5, 2020
B
C
A
You
so
much
I've
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
a
quorum
is
present
at
this
time.
I
would
ask
that
all
councillors
and
all
guests
to
please
rise
councillor
Flynn
will
introduce
our
clergy
today
and
after
the
invocation
is
delivered.
I
ask
that
you
remain
standing
so
that
we
can
recite
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
together.
Thank
you
so
much
councillor,
Flynn.
D
Thank
you,
madam
president,
I'd
like
to
introduce
sister
Louis
for
being
here
today
to
give
the
opening
prayer
sister
Louis
is
a
sister
of
st.
Joseph's
in
Boston
she's
a
registered
nurse
in
a
long
time
career
in
nursing.
She
served
at
Bethany,
Healthcare,
Center,
Boston,
City
Hospital
in
a
pine
tree
and
nurses,
clinic
also
from
her
nurse
and
health
care
and
public
health
system.
D
Os
keeps
active
in
many
organizations
throughout
Greater
Boston,
especially
helping
our
veterans
in
persons
with
disabilities
by
the
opportunity
to
travel
with
sister
Louis
several
years
ago
to
washington
DC
to
visit
the
world
war
ii.
Memorial
with
some
of
the
veterans
of
Greater
Boston
and
sister
Lois
and
sister
Florence
provided
exceptional
care
to
older
veterans.
So
we
want
to
say
thank
you
to
sister
Louis
and
it's
an
honor
for
us
to
welcome
you.
City
Hall.
E
So
settle
our
hats
for
just
a
moment
in
prayer
holy
one
known
by
many
names
and
beyond
all
names,
spirit
of
life,
spirit,
of
love,
spirit
of
community
spirit
of
justice.
We
ask
blessings
on
this
session
of
City
Council
members
as
they
deliberate
on
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
Boston,
help
them
as
leaders
to
not
ask
first.
How
do
we
fix
this?
But
what
do
we
need
to
learn?
A
A
Superintendent
Noir
Basten
from
the
Boston
Police
Department
is
with
us.
Thank
you
for
being
here
and
mr.
Woodhouse
is
among
our
many
distinguished
guests
today.
Thank
you,
sir,
for
your
service,
thank
you
for
being
here
so
today,
being
our
first
meeting
of
Black,
History
Month
I'm
really
pleased
that
we
have
a
special
presentation
from
Paige
Academy,
which
is
in
my
district
and
before
I,
say
a
few
words
about
Paige
I'm.
Just
gonna.
A
Ask
our
amazing
young
people,
who
are
here
with
us
today
to
open
up
our
council
meeting
with
a
drumming
circle,
an
African
drumming
circle.
This
is
how
Paige
Academy
opens
up
many
of
their
events,
celebratory
events,
and
so
we're
just
going
to
take
just
a
few
minutes
to
hear
from
the
children
from
Paige
Academy.
If
that's,
okay,
that
all
right,
wonderful,
brother
Joe.
Thank
you.
A
A
Gather
round
wonderful,
so
I
am
particularly
honored
today
to
invite
Paige
Academy
to
be
with
us
as
we
kick
off.
Black
History,
Month,
Paige,
Paige
Academy
has
just
celebrated
50
years
of
educating
our
children,
and
you
saw
a
wonderful
example
of
how
they
opened
up
their
their
time
together
their
space
to
call
upon
the
ancestors
and
all
that
we
believed
in
to
give
us
strength,
and
so
I'm
really
grateful
for
the
work
that
you've
done
over
the
last
50
years.
I'm
also
very
proud
to
welcome
you
here.
As
someone.
A
A
A
strong
foundation
so
that
you
grow
up
to
become
amazing,
productive
adults
I
want
to
invite
sister,
Angela
or
brother
Cooke,
just
to
say
a
few
words
about
why
Paige
Academy
is
so
important
and
beloved
in
our
community
and
to
encourage
and
inform
folks
on
how
they
can
support
your
good
work.
So
sister
Angela.
B
We
first
want
to
thank
the
City
Council
and
especially
President
Janey
Kim
Janey,
who
is
from
my
district
and
is
very
visible
to
us
and
say
that
we
really
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
share
our
culture
with
you.
Paige
Academy
really
is
a
culturally
resonant
school
that
speaks
to
the
culture
of
all
the
children
who
attend
no
matter
what
their
culture
is.
That's
important
for
us
to
teach
from
that
culture
and
we're
a
nursery
and
elementary
school.
So
we
have
children
from
birth
through
the
sixth
grade,
which
is
12
years.
This
is
our
elementary
school.
B
These
are
our
elementary
school
children,
so
we
we
really
have
a
lot
of
academics
and
music
and
theater
and
art
and
dance
and
yoga,
as
well
as
stem
programs
and
computer
labs,
that
we
go
to
northeastern
new
years,
so
we're
kind
of
a
school
without
walls
where
we
use
all
the
resources
of
the
city,
and
this
is
one
that
we
want
our
children
to
feel
comfortable
in.
So
we
really
want
to
thank
you
again,
and
we
are
so
happy
that
you've
invited
us
to
open
your
session.
Wonderful.
A
F
It
makes
me
smile
watch.
All
of
these
young
women
come
up
to
the
podium
because
it
reminds
me
and
should
remind
all
of
you
how
strong
our
young
women
are
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
I'm,
incredibly
excited
to
present
today's
resolution,
recognizing
national
girls
and
women
in
sports
day
and
I'm,
proud
to
do
that
with
this
amazing
group
of
athletes
behind
me,
I'm
also
happy
to
be
joined
by
an
athlete
in
her
own
right:
superintendent,
kuselias,
superintendent,
Nora
bass,
Don.
F
And
a
few
graduates
of
bps
who
have
also
joined
us
today
this
year
marks
the
34th
annual
girls
and
women
in
sports
day,
a
national
observance
celebrating
the
extraordinary
achievement
of
girls
and
women
and
sports.
It's
themed
leaned.
Her
forward
is
a
continuing
continuation
from
last
year
and
I
hope
that
the
athletes
here
that
have
joined
us
will
be
leading
each
other
and
others
forward.
Today
we
recognize
how
sports
and
power
strengthen
and
give
confidence
to
girls
and
women
in
sports
to
become
leaders
and
champions
for
other
women.
F
Today,
I'm
reminded
of
my
own
time
playing
softball
when
I
was
in
high
school
a
little
bit
in
college
and
then
when
I
was
coaching
at
East
Boston
high
as
I.
Remember,
my
former
student
athletes
I'm
also
reminded
of
how
crucial
it
is
to
protect
title
9
and
advance
gender
equity
and
sports.
When
we
talk
about
female
athletes,
we
need
to
be
at
a
point
where
girls
and
women
who
play
sports
are
simply
considered.
F
Athletes
I'd
also
like
to
thank
for
joining
us
today,
Jessica
Sheeran,
who
is
a
public
health
advisor
for
the
US
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
making
today
possible
I'd
like
to
introduce-
and
we
were
in
the
currently
earlier
this
morning.
Talking
about
the
field
of
play,
we
referenced
the
softball
field,
direct
reference,
the
basketball
court.
We
also
have
among
us
two
young
women
who
have
played
football
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
from
East
Boston
hi
I
have
got
a
special
place
in
my
heart
from
East
Boston
high.
G
Good
morning
my
name
is
Madison
Parnell
and
I
am
a
senior
at
East
Boston
high
school.
During
my
time
at
East
Boston
high
sports
have
been
very
important
to
me.
The
sports
that
I
play
helped
identify
me
as
me.
The
sport
I
am
most
proud
of.
Is
football
I'm
a
defensive
and
offensive
tackle
and
I
have
played
some
three
back.
G
The
reason
why
it
is
so
important
to
me
is
because
I
have
done
what
no
other
female
at
East
Boston
High
has.
You
know
done,
and
there
was
also
so
many
people
rooting
against
me
and
no
matter
what
I
still
push
through
it
and
that's
why
I'm
very
proud
football
has
also
made
me
realize
how
strong
I
am
me
as
a
regular
person
I'm.
Very,
not
confident
and
I
second-guess
myself
a
lot,
but
when
I
step
onto
the
football
field,
the
track
field
or
even
in
the
shop
plate,
cage
I
feel
confident.
G
F
It's
just
been
really
great
to
have
everyone
here,
and
one
of
the
lessons
we
learned
this
morning
was
a
female
athletes
or
athletes
need
to
learn
to
brag
more
about
their
accomplishments
and
those
early
morning,
practices.
My
biggest
takeaway
is
when
you
have
those
early
morning,
practices
you
get
to
see
the
morning
first
and
I.
Think
that's
a
really
just
special
message
to
share
I'd
love
colleagues
to
join
us
for
a
photo.
A
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could,
please
amend
the
attendance
report
to
include
councillor
Campbell
and
councillor
Edwards.
Thank
you
now
on
to
the
first
order
of
business
the
approval
of
the
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.
C
H
You
know,
income
inequality
too
often
we're
making
good
incremental
changes,
but
not
necessarily
moving
on
the
trajectory
you
need
when
a
problem
becomes
existential.
When
the
question
is
whether
you're
going
to
take
bold,
imaginative,
transformative
action
or
or
miss
the
jump
but
I'm
a
historian
by
trade
and
what
I
found
so
encouraging
about
Boston's
history
as
I
was
running
for
this
office
was
just
the
number
of
times
in
our
civic
history
that
we
have
made
that
kind
of
transformative
change
that
we
have
instituted
new
policy.
That's
really
shifted
the
field.
H
Further
back
still,
we
invented
new
ways
for
us
and
for
America
of
thinking
about
the
public
good
by
founding
the
first
public
school,
the
first
public
library,
both
radical
statements
about
what
kind
of
education
we
thought
needed
to
be
free
to
all,
and
but
when
we
faced
a
transportation
crisis.
A
century
ago,
we
dug
out
beneath
the
Boston
Common,
which
is
Austin's
original
public
good
and
made
the
first
public
subway
in
America,
which
then
formed
the
basis
of
a
new
system.
That
could
be
the
way
that
we
tackle
our
traffic
challenges
a
century
later.
H
If
we
could
see
our
way
to
making
it
more
extensive,
reliable
and
free
in
in
housing.
One
of
the
proud
Bostonian
traditions
which
encouraged
me
most
as
I
was
knocking
doors.
All
over
district
8
was
the
cooperative
housing
that
dots
the
landscape
of
my
district.
Over
the
last
60
years,
we've
found
again
and
again
opportunities
to
form
these
mixed
income
self-governing
communities
that
now
anchor
many
of
their
respective
neighborhoods
after
knocking
down
the
West
End,
for
example,
in
building
largely
luxury
housing.
H
Housing
cooperative
that
called
fence
gate,
which
is
now
one
of
the
most
tight-knit
communities
I
know,
and
in
1960
we
took
a
piece
of
BR
a
land
and
built
a
276
unit
tower
called
Charles
Bank,
which
has
now
been
filled
for
decades
by
people
who
enliven
and
helped
organize
every
event
in
Mission
Hill.
Several
of
them
are
in
the
audience:
Tony
comps,
for
instance,
over
there
organizes
the
monthly
Mission
Hill
crime
watch
meetings,
but
every
party
every
occasion
and
Charles
Bank
is
this
community
24
stories
high?
H
H
H
It's
been
home
ownership,
but
lately
the
scale
is
tipping
far
too
much
in
that
direction,
to
housing
as
capital,
to
the
point
that
we're
hollowing
out
that
first
and
primary
purpose,
which
is
that
housing
is
meant
to
house
people
limited
equity
cooperatives,
which
many
of
the
ones
that
I've
mentioned
here
today
are
are
particularly
special
I.
Think
on
this
front,
because
perhaps
better
than
any
other
type
of
housing,
they
resolve
that
tension.
H
Another
co-op
in
my
neighborhood
and
over
dinner
we
passed
around
the
signature
she
and
twenty
people
signed
as
we
talked
about
the
life
of
the
city,
I
think
there's
something
about
cooperatives
and
their
practices.
These
practices
of
self-government
that
instill
in
residents
that
pride
of
self-governance,
the
knowledge
that
each
of
us
can
join
with
others
to
shape
the
environment
we
live
in,
but
without
the
hubristic
myth
of
self-sufficiency
right
self-governance,
but
no
idea
of
self-sufficiency,
because
we
know
that
we're
doing
it
all
together.
I
can't
think
of
a
better
way.
H
To
summarize
the
ethos
that
we
need
in
this
day
and
age,
for
a
healthy
civic
life
as
buried
to
me
who's.
Also
here
from
Charles
Bank
always
says
there
should
be
10
Charles
banks
and
I
say
maybe
20
our
successful
large-scale
housing
cooperatives
are
much
too
well
kept
a
secret,
so
I'm
calling
for
a
hearing
to
explore
the
conditions
for
their
success
and
to
ask
the
question
of
how,
as
a
city,
we
can
support
the
creation
of
more
cooperative
housing
at
a
greater
scale.
Cooperative
housing
is
far
from
the
only
solution
to
our
housing
crisis.
H
We
also
need
many
more
deeply
subsidized
units
and
other
measures,
but
in
housing,
cooperatives
we
have
a
proven
tactic.
We
have
a
transformative
imaginative
thing
that
we
have
done
before
for
keeping
Bostonians
from
all
walks
of
life
in
our
city,
and
we
need
to
double
down
on
it.
We
can
create
more
cooperative
housing
through
uses
of
public
land.
Dnd
is
doing
a
23
unit,
limited
equity,
co-op
new
in
the
Highland
Park
neighborhood.
H
We
need
to
do
more
of
that
or
parcel
assembly,
or
maybe
a
revolving
line
of
credit
city
credit
that
helps
our
tenants,
make
the
original
purchase
their
building.
All
those
are
things
I'd
like
us
to
explore.
There's
a
piece
of
legislation
called
the
tonight
opportunity
to
purchase
act
up
at
the
State
House
right
now,
which
maybe
just
got
reported
out
this
morning,
not
unconfirmed
but
I'm,
supporting
it.
The
Walsh
administration
is
supporting
it.
H
That
would
give
us
a
great
new
tool
to
help
tenants
that
want
to
buy
their
multifamily
buildings
upon
sale
and
if
that
passes,
we
could
create
a
really
robust
city
program
to
support
them
on
that
front.
But
in
the
meantime
we
can't
afford
to
wait.
We've
got
to
think
about
how
we
chart
the
course
for
the
future
of
cooperative
housing
in
Boston.
Now
that
future
is
also
about
preserving
our
past,
because
cooperatives
steward
our
living
history.
Some
of
our
cooperatives
are
homes
for
some
of
our
greatest
citizens.
H
So
today,
I
wanted
to
end
by
highlighting
Enoch,
Woodhouse
or
woody
a
resident
of
the
Charles
Bank
Cooperative,
who
recently
turned
93
just
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
and
is
here
with
us
today,
because
I
think
here
at
the
launch
of
Black
History
Month
in
2020,
we
can
learn
a
lot
from
someone
from
the
1920s.
We
still
still
give
so
much
to
this
community
and
has
this
whole
life.
H
Woody
grew
up
here
in
Boston
raised
in
the
Roxbury
housing
projects.
After
he,
graduated
English
high
in
1944
and
Liston
served
as
a
Tuskegee
Airmen
part
of
the
community
that
shamed
President
Truman
into
integrating
the
armed
forces
by
defending
our
nation
in
uniform,
even
when
it
didn't
see
fit
to
treat
them
as
equal
citizens.
H
H
I've
heard
him
use
once
about
why
that
experience
didn't
in
bitter
him,
why
it
instead
stoked
his
resolve
to
break
down
barriers,
their
resolve
the
he
shows
all
the
time.
I
think
it's
because
I
think
it's,
because
what
he
was
raised
with
so
much
love
and
faith
that
he
knows
for
sure
that
his
dignity
is
his
phone
and
can't
be
threatened.
He
wears
it
with
the
confidence
that
he
wears
his
skin
and
I.
Think
it
allows
him
and
has
always
allowed
him
to
reach
out
a
hand
secure
in
that
dignity
and
I.
H
Think
all
of
us
who
interact
with
with
him
feel
that
what
he
went
to
Officer,
Candidate
School
became
who
tennant
Colonel
Woodhouse
then
went
to
Yale,
then
to
bu
law
school
served
in
jag
practice.
Law
in
the
city
worked
for
the
State.
Department
was
at
one
point
the
assistant
Corporation
Counsel,
for
this
city.
He
has,
at
every
step
in
his
life,
been
a
path
breaker
and
woody
was
involved
in
1960
when
Charles
Bank
was
first
built,
not
without
a
as
a
limited
equity
co-op
of
276
units
stretching
24
stories
tall.
H
H
Now,
60
years
later,
it
has
housed
literally
thousands
of
people
from
all
walks
of
life,
and
it's
absolutely
one
of
the
most
vibrant
residential
communities
that
I
know
and
woody
is
its
most
treasured
resident
content.
To
mostly
sit
back
and
let
others
run
the
meetings
these
days,
not
always
mostly,
but
always
there.
If
you
need
historical
context
or
warning
about
the
little
course,
corrections
required
to
keep
a
diverse,
equitable
self-governing
community
on
track.
I
H
It
should
go
without
saying,
but
I'm
gonna
say
it.
Boston
has
to
be
a
place
where
people
can
live
their
whole
lives
a
place
with
homes
for
our
elders
to
share
their
wisdom
with
us
and
homes
for
our
little
ones,
to
the
other
end
of
the
age
spectrum
that,
as
we've
seen
this
week,
is
being
driven
out
of
the
city
when
market
logic
takes
over.
You
get
a
city
that
only
has
homes
for
current
high
wage
earners,
not
the
two
ends
of
every
life,
where
we
most
feel
our
dependence
on
one
another.
H
To
do
that
to
squeeze
our
elders
and
our
children
out
of
our
community
is
a
community
destroying
insanity
and
I.
Think
we
just
have
to
recognize
that
those
are
parameters
we
can
allow
to
take
hold
people
might
look
at
Charles
Bank,
where
woody
lives
right
on
Huntington
Ave
and
see
a
very
tall
tower.
It
looms
so
high
that
you
might
be
very
unlikely
to
call
it
human
scale.
H
Human-Scale
is
relational,
it's
community,
and
so,
when
you
build
a
building
that
creates
a
home
for
community,
that's
human
scale
and
it's
also
temporal
the
human
scale
of
time
is
a
lifetime.
So
cooperatives
are
really
housing
on
a
human
scale.
The
right
economic
scale
to
allow
ordinary
people
to
build
equity.
The
right
temporal
scale
to
house
someone
for
a
lifetime,
the
right
civic
scale,
to
nurture
the
seeds
of
democracy.
That's
why
I'm
filing
this
hearing
order
to
look
at
how
we
can
support
them
and
expand
this
form
of
housing.
H
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
Bach
is
anyone
else.
Looking
to
speaker,
add
their
name
on
this
docket:
okay,
Madame
clerk.
If
you
could
please
add
councillor
Arroyo
councillor,
Baker
councillor,
Braden
councillor,
Campbell,
councillor,
Edwards,
councillor,
asabi,
George,
council,
clarity,
councillor
Flynn,
councillor,
Mejia,
councillor,
O'malley,
councillor
woo
and
please
also
add
the
chair,
docket
zero.
Three
two
two
will
be
referred
to
the
Committee
of
Housing
and
Community
Development.
A
C
You,
madam
president,
dock
at
zero
one,
nine
one
message:
an
otter
extending
extending
the
city's
acceptance
of
mass
general
law.
Chapter
32,
B,
section
19
to
be
effective
until
June
30
is
2025
upon
my
approval
and
execution
of
a
written
agreement
with
the
public
employee
committee,
known
as
PEC.
The
PEC
will
continue
to
be
the
exclusive
bargaining
representative
for
the
coalition
of
public
employees,
bargaining
units
and
retirees
of
the
city
of
Boston
with
respect
to
health
insurance
coverage
until
June
30
of
2025.
C
A
H
You,
madam
president,
longer
maiden
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means
held
a
public
hearing
on
this
docket.
This
past
Monday
February
3rd,
at
1:00
p.m.
we
heard
from
the
city
administration,
so
I'm
a
handi,
the
chief
financial
officer
and
Murray
Noonan,
then
from
Elissa
cadelec,
who
represents
the
who's,
the
chair
of
the
P
EC
and
represents
labour
and
then
also
from
Pam
co-chair
of
the
Boston
Municipal
Research
Bureau.
The
issue
that
the
docket
concerns
is
we
have
this
system
we've
had
since
2011
of
having
all
of
our
public
employee
unions
jointly
negotiate
around
health
care.
H
We've
twice
reached
five
year
agreements,
we've
now
just
reached
a
third
five-year
agreement,
and
so
the
question
before
the
council
is
whether
to
extend
the
authorization
to
do
healthcare
bargaining
this
way
and
allow
that
agreement
for
the
next
five
years
to
come
into
effect.
All
parties
who
spoke
to
us
on
Monday
recommended
passage
of
the
docket
and
I
I.
H
Think,
having
looked
at
it,
you
know
it's
a
challenge
that
we're
constantly
balancing
healthcare
costs
can,
just,
as
we
saw
sort
of
a
decade
ago,
really
spiral
to
a
point
where
they're
to
eating
more
and
more
of
our
city
budget
and
that
limits
all
the
other
things
that
we
want
to
fund,
including
housing
everything
else.
On
the
flip
side,
it's
really
important
that
our
public
workers
have
good
health
care
and
not
suffered
from
crippling
costs
themselves
right.
H
So
that's
the
balance
that
we're
trying
to
strike
the
state
took
a
more
draconian
approach
by
moving
to
the
group
insurance
Commission,
which
achieves
more
dramatic
savings,
but
at
greater
cost
to
workers.
We've
instead
take
in
this
middle
way,
I,
as
the
chair
found,
the
testimony
in
favor
of
an
extension
of
the
PSE
convincing,
and
so
I
am
recommending
that
this
docket
ought
to
pass.
Thank.
C
A
F
You,
madam
president,
I
asked
for
I,
think
suspension
and
passage
of
this
resolution
today,
as
this
sunday
is
winter
walk
day
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
had
a
similar
resolution
last
year
and
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
of
the
winter
walk
organization
and
all
the
community
members
that
join
them
and
join
us
for
the
day.
I
hope
that
all
of
you
will
consider
attending
it's
a
quick
breast
early
Sunday
morning
walk
and
it's
a
great
way
to
start
the
day.
Thank.
A
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
councillor
Arroyo
councillor
Baker
councillor,
Bob,
councillor,
Braden,
councillor,
Campbell,
councillor,
Edwards,
councillor,
Flaherty,
councillor,
Flynn,
councillor,
Mejia,
councillor,
O'malley,
councillor
Wu
and
please
also
add
the
chair.
Councillor
asabi
George
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
an
adoption
of
duck
at
zero.
Three
two
one,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
all
those
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes.
Have
it
duck
at
zero.
Three
two
one
has
been
adopted.
Moving
on
to
dock
at
zero,
three
two
three,
madam
clerk,
docket.
C
A
J
You,
madam
president,
this
hearing
is
a
refil
we've
moved
in
2018
with
the
report
I
released
in
January
of
2019
I've
attached
that
report
to
the
hearing
order
and
if
it's
not
attached,
so
we
can
make
sure
that
everyone
gets
a
copy
of
it.
But,
as
we
all
know,
bossing
is
increasingly
diverse,
multilingual
monthly
multicultural,
and
we
know
that
diversity,
public
service
jobs,
allows
government
in
our
leaders
to
better
serve
our
residents
specifically
in
our
public
safety
agencies.
It
builds
trust
between
community
and
public
safety
officials.
J
It
creates
more
inclusive
cultures
in
our
department
and
lastly,
but
probably
just
as
important
or
more
important,
it
offers
our
residents
access
to
good
high-paying
jobs.
Currently,
the
city
of
Boston's
residents
are
forty
four
point:
nine
percent
white,
twenty
two
twenty
two
point:
seven
percent
black
nineteen
point:
four
percent,
Hispanic
and
nine
point:
four
percent
Asian
over
55
percent
of
Bostonians
are
people
of
color.
Almost
52
percent
are
female
in
almost
38%
speak
a
language
other
than
English
at
home.
Yet
our
departments
are
overwhelmingly
our
public
safety
departments
are
overwhelmingly
white,
male
and
english-speaking.
J
I
went
ahead
and
listed
the
2018
figures
in
the
hearing
order,
but
an
initial
review
of
the
updated
figures
I
just
received
have
left
me
concerned
because,
despite
the
hard
work
of
individuals
in
these
various
departments,
including
folks
in
the
administration
and
the
office
of
workforce
development,
the
figures
I'm
about
to
list
from
the
2018
have
not
changed
in
the
last
two
years.
So
literally
at
most
one
or
two
percent
it's
gone
up,
but
for
the
most
part
that
figures
from
2018
or
what
we're
still
working
with.
J
This
is
why
I
absolutely
think
that,
when
working
to
increase
the
number
of
women
and
people
of
color
at
EMS
at
our
fire
department
at
our
Police
Department,
we
need
a
comprehensive
approach.
One
tool
will
not
do
it
and
2018.
These
were
the
figures
and,
like
I
said
they
have
not
drastically
changed
of
the
2700
of
the
2,073
BPD
officers.
67
percent
were
white.
22%
were
black
9%
hispanic,
2%
Asian
13%
female
of
the
1,500,
almost
1,500
Boston
firefighters,
72
percent
white
19%,
were
black.
J
8
percent
were
Hispanic
in
less
than
1%
were
Asian
and
about
1
percent
were
female.
This
was
back
in
2018
that
hasn't
drastically
changed
of
the
372
EMS
technicians,
68
percent
white
13
percent,
black
7%
Hispanic
1%
Asian,
32
percent
female.
All
of
these
departments
obviously
drastically
different
than
the
demographics
of
the
city
of
Boston.
J
It
gets
even
worse
as
you
go
to
the
top
tier
rankings
of
the
police
department,
the
fire
department
and
EMS
of
the
121
Police
Department
lieutenants
captains
and
superintendents
86
percent
or
white
12
percent,
or
black
2
percent
Hispanic
1
percent
Asian
7
percent
female
Fire
Department.
As
you
go
up
to
the
deputy
level
district
Chiefs,
the
captain's
lieutenants
83
percent
white
12
percent,
black
5%
Hispanic,
0
or
Asian,
and
less
than
1%
of
female
EMS.
J
Gonna
need
a
comprehensive
approach
in
the
report
I
put
out
in
January
2019
and,
while
I'm,
why
I'm,
bringing
it
back
is
because
much
of
the
things
articulated
in
that
report
have
yet
to
be
adopted
or
moved
on
either
by
the
administration
or
folks
within
their
respective
departments.
So
I
think
this
is
an
opportune
time
to
bring
it
back,
because
this
issue
still
remains
an
issue
and
what
did
I
release?
There
was
10
recommendations
and
all
of
the
recommendations
were
practical.
J
I
even
spelled
out
in
the
report
where
the
city
of
Boston
had
the
power
to
execute
on
that
recommendation
and
then,
where
we
had
to
go
to
the
state
for
them
to
exit
you
on
a
recommendation.
But
the
first
started
was
just
being
transparent
about
the
problem,
making
the
data
accessible
to
the
pop
to
the
public.
In
the
hearing
we
held
last
year,
I
was
shocked
to
learn
that
these
numbers
that
I
just
cited
are
not
readily
available
to
the
public.
J
You
cannot
go
on
the
website
or
in
our
city
of
Boston
dashboard
to
find
them.
In
order
for
me
to
get
these
numbers
I
had
to
track
down
various
folks
at
the
respective
departments
to
get
to
get
the
data
to
then
bring
it
to
the
hearing
to
bring
it
to
the
public.
If
we're
serious
about
solving
an
issue,
we
have
to
name
the
problem
and
to
do
that.
Folks
need
the
data
and
we
should
make
it
readily
available.
That
was
recommendation
number
one,
and
it
still
is
something
we
have
to
do.
J
The
second
was
establishing
a
consistent
definition
of
diversity
for
all
of
our
public
safety
departments,
including,
of
course,
it
means
more
women,
more
people
of
color.
Both
you
pull
it
apart.
What
else
does
it
mean?
It
was
surprising
to
me
that
each
department
had
a
different
definition
or
working
definition,
how
they
define
diversity
and
when
you
go
out
of
the
Public
Safety
realm,
other
departments
either
had
a
different
definition
or
no
definition
at
all.
Another
recommendation
was
adequately
resourcing
a
diversity
officers.
J
It
is
great
that
the
police
department
and
the
fire
department
have
diversity
officers,
but
they
have
no
staff.
They
have
no
budget
if
we're
serious
about
them.
Effectuating
change
with
respect
to
these
numbers.
They
need
a
budget
and
they
need
staff.
The
cadet
program
to
the
mayor
to
give
the
mayor
in
the
administration
credit
this
body
working
with
the
administration,
passed
legislation
to
create
a
cadet
program
for
the
fire
department
that
is
sitting
at
the
Statehouse.
We're
gonna
have
to
push
and
push
for
that
to
happen
again.
J
But
what
I
remind
the
administration
of
is
that
cadet
program
that
piece
of
legislation
that
alone
will
not
solve
the
issue?
The
other
issue
that
we
have
to
talk
about
and
that
many
are
unwilling
to
talk
about
is
civil
service
civil
service,
the
process
by
which
we
hire
and
promote
folks
within
our
public
safety
agencies.
Many
folks
want
to
say
civil
service
is
about
taking
away
jobs
from
our
veterans.
I
do
not
agree
with
that
assessment.
J
If
we
were
serious
about
changing
the
numbers
in
terms
of
women
in
people
of
color,
we
have
to
talk
about
the
elephant
in
the
room,
and
the
elephant
in
the
room
is
a
civil
service
and
in
the
report,
I,
don't
say,
do
away
with
it.
What
I
do
say
is
we
should
study
it?
We
should
hire
someone
to
do
an
objective
study
on
the
pros
and
cons
of
civil
service.
I
think
that's
low-hanging
fruit.
That
recommendation
has
yet
to
be
moved
on
and
I
hope
and
working
with
the
administration
in
our
departments.
J
That
is
something
we
can
do,
and
the
hope
is
that
when
we
get
a
report
that
looks
at
the
pros
and
cons
of
civil
service,
we
might
then
have
recommendations
about
how
we
change
that
process
to
allow
for
more
women
in
people
of
color
to
actually
join
the
department
and
I'll.
Give
you
an
example:
the
State
Police,
for
example.
They
don't
give
absolute
preference
to
veterans,
they
use
a
point
system
and
even
they
are
still
struggling
to
have
adequate
women
in
people
of
color.
J
Some
municipalities
across
the
Commonwealth
have
actually
got
opted
out
of
civil
service
because
they
wanted
more
flexibility
in
their
hiring
to
be
able
to
hire
more
women
in
people
of
color.
We
had
a
minimum
in
the
city
of
Boston
should
study
it.
Look
at
the
pros
and
cons
that
was
one
recommendation,
other
recommendations
included
of
the
lawsuits.
We
need
to
stop
challenging
in
appealing
every
lawsuit.
That
literally
makes
it
harder
for
this
city
to
hire
women
in
people
of
color
and
I
want
to.
J
Thank
you,
madam
president,
for
the
partnership
when
it
came
to
the
hereto
hair
test,
for
example,
that
we've
been
talking
about
for
years
and
other
colleagues
that
signed
on
to
say
the
hair
test
doesn't
work.
It
discriminates,
stop
using
it
do
something
else.
There
are
other
policies
and
things
in
place
that
are
prohibitive,
or
at
least
don't
allow
for
folks,
like
women
and
people
of
color
to
be
hired,
and
we
appeal
these
rather
than
sitting
at
the
table
and
saying
we
can
do
better.
J
And,
lastly,
one
recommendation
where
the
report
ends
is
talking
about
the
culture
of
the
department
itself:
I,
don't
care
how
many
women
of
women
and
people
of
color
you
get
into
a
space
if
we
do
not
change
and
shift
the
culture
of
a
space
to
be
welcoming
inclusive
for
folks
to
create
space
to
have
sometimes
very
uncomfortable
conversations,
none
of
it
will
matter,
and
so
in
the
report
I
talked
about
it's
not
enough
to
just
have
implicit
bias,
training.
We
did
a
racial
equity
training.
J
That's
one
piece:
we
need
to
actually
do
a
lot
more
than
that,
and
there
are
creative
tools
that
we
can
policies
and
practices
that
we
can
adopt
to
shift
culture
in
departments
and
so
I
end
with
that
recommendation
in
the
report
and
the
report
builds
on
the
advocacy
of
other
electeds
who've
been
doing
work
in
this
space
for
a
long
time
stay
in
local
electives,
as
well
as
folks
in
the
advocacy
space
lawyers
for
lawyers
Committee
for
civil
rights,
the
vulcans
man.
Well,
however,
you
feel
about
these
groups.
J
They
have
been
pushing
on
these
issues
probably
decades.
We
celebrate,
for
example,
the
recent
passing
of
g
k--
jones,
someone
who
has
been
an
advocate
wasn't
advocate
for
every
person
in
the
city
of
boston
to
take
their
rightful
place
and
what
he
meant
by
that
is
that
people
of
color
black
and
brown
people,
in
particular
in
the
city
of
boston,
that
they
be
afforded
the
same
opportunity
in
access
in
this
report.
I
think,
does
a
really
good
job
and
not
to
sort
of
pat
myself
on
the
back,
but
I
think,
does
a
really
good
job.
J
After
extensive
conversations
with
a
wide
stakeholder
of
people
to
put
forth
concrete
recommendations
to
move
us
in
a
better
direction,
with
respect
to
affording
opportunity
and
access
to
women
in
people
of
color
for
these
jobs,
so
I
look
forward
to
having
the
hearing
and
expediting
it
hopefully
quickly
with
the
administration.
All
of
you
joining
in
this
effort
to
hopefully
put
us
on
the
path
that
increases
the
number
of
women
in
people
of
color
in
these
departments.
J
A
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
campbell
anyone
else
looking
to
speak
on
this
or
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
councillor
royo,
councillor
Baker
councillor
Bob
councillor,
Braden,
councillor,
Edwards,
councillor,
asabi,
George,
councillor,
clarity,
councillor
Flynn,
councilman,
here,
council,
O'malley,
councillor,
woo
and
please
also
add
the
chair.
Docket
0-3
to
3
will
be
referred
to
the
Committee
of
Public
Safety
and
criminal
justice
now
moving
on
to
duck
at
zero.
Three
two
four,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could,
please
read
the
docket.
C
A
You
so
much
so
we
heard
from
counselor
sabe
George
earlier
in
the
meeting
during
the
special
presentation,
but
I
did
want
to
give
anyone
else
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
that
resolution
or
add
their
name.
Anyone
looking
to
speaker
add
their
name:
counselor
Arroyo,
counselor,
Baker,
counselor,
Bock,
counselor,
Brayden,
counselor,
Campbell,
counselor,
Edwards,
counselor,
flower,
T,
obviously
counselor
sorry,
George,
counselor,
flan,
counselor,
Mejia,
counselor,
O'malley,
counsel
away
and
please
also
add
the
chair,
counselor
sorry
George
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
doc
at
zero.
A
A
A
You
counsel,
Mejia,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
DOC
at
zero.
Three
to
six,
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
all
those
opposed,
nay
the
eyes
have
it
doc
at
zero,
three
to
six
has
been
passed.
Moving
on
to
late
files
and
I've
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
there
are
none.
Thank
you.
Everyone
gets
a
gold
star
again
two
weeks
in
a
row,
wonderful
now,
moving
on
to
the
green
sheets.
Anyone
wishing
to
remove
a
matter
from
the
green
sheets
may
do
so
at
this
time.
A
Okay,
no
one
does
so.
We
will
move
on
to
the
next
part
of
the
agenda,
which
is
the
consent
agenda.
I've
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
there
our
two
additions
to
the
consent
agenda.
Seeing
and
hearing
no
objections,
those
items
have
been
moved.
Chair
moves
for
adoption
of
the
consent
agenda,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
all
those
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
consent
agenda
has
been
adopted.
D
D
I've
been
working
closely
with
chief
ma
T
Martinez
almost
every
day
on
this
issue.
I
know
why
obviously
I
represent
a
large
Chinese
population,
guys
does
council
a
bar
council
abraded
in
council
edwards
as
well.
This
is
a
public
health
concern.
It's
also
a
language
access
concern.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
provide
the
most
updated
and
accurate
information
to
the
Chinese
community
in
their
language.
D
So
that's
a
critical
part
of
Public
Health
as
his
language
access
in
communication
and
finally
Madam
President
I
wanted
to
add
that
across
the
country
we
have
seen
a
lot
of
anti-chinese
sentiment
taking
place.
I've
noticed
it
not
just
over
this.
Current
public
health
issue
would
have
noticed
it
over
the
years
we
saw
hundred
years
ago
when
the
Chinese
and
the
Irish
actually
built
a
China,
the
Transcontinental
Railroad
built
by
the
Chinese
community,
and
what
happened
after
that,
the
United
States
pretty
much
excluded
Chinese
from
coming
into
our
country.
D
The
council
abort
was
talking
about
our
good
friend,
lieutenant
colonel
Woodhouse,
who
was
a
Tuskegee
Airmen
and
the
same.
The
same
thing
happened
really
with
our
Chinese
community
as
well.
They
serve
in
our
country
in
the
armed
forces
in
World
War,
one
in
World
War
two
and
we
didn't
treat
them
well
after
they
came
back.
So
there
is
a
anti-chinese
sentiment.
D
That's
that's
here
in
the
United
States
and
it's
important
for
us
to
come
together
as
a
city,
but
as
a
country,
especially
and
make
sure
that
any
type
of
discrimination
does
not
take
place,
and
we
must
stand
up
for
everybody
to
make
sure
everybody's
treated
with
respect
and
dignity.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank.
A
D
A
A
Jeep
was
an
amazing
public
servant
to
the
city
of
Boston
as
a
whole,
served
as
a
deputy
mayor,
proud,
Roxbury
resident
has
given
so
much
to
the
city,
and
so
not
just
for
his
commitment
to
our
city,
but
all
that
he
has
done
beyond
his
service
when
he
was
deputy
mayor
I
think
it's
just
important
that
we
continue
to
lift
him
up.
Lift
up
his
family,
keep
them
in
prayer,
and
he
is
certainly
one
of
the
names
that
we
will
close
out
this
meeting
with
I'm.
A
We
will
adjourn
today's
a
meeting
in
memory
of
the
following
individuals
for
councilor
Arroyo,
Maggie
Elizabeth
Hill
for
councillor
Bok,
Benjamin,
Peter
shabonneau
for
councillor
Braden,
Timothy,
Norton,
Francis,
Donaghy
and
Dorothy
Creon
Walsh
for
counselor
O'malley
baba
Shanahan
for
Council
of
woo
Bennie
Lee
Evans
for
the
chair,
Cynthia
violet,
and
for
the
entire
council,
Jimmy
Don
Donnelly
and
Clarence
chief
Jones.
A
moment
of
silence.
A
The
chair
moves
that
when
the
council
adjourns
today's
meeting,
it
does
so
in
the
memory
of
the
aforementioned
individuals.
Our
next
meeting
is
scheduled
for
Wednesday
February
12
at
12:00
noon
in
the
aya
nella
chamber
right
here
at
City
Hall,
all
those
in
favor
of
a
German,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes
have
it.
This
meeting
is
now
adjourned.