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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on February 24, 2021
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Boston City Council Meeting on February 24, 2021
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B
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G
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
president.
Today
I'm
pleased
to
introduce
reverend
rob
mark
and
reverend
joshua
lazard
from
the
church
of
the
covenant,
both
reverend
our
community
and
social
justice
leaders
incorporating
environmental
immigration,
education
and
racial
economic
justice
work
into
their
practice.
G
I
am
particularly
grateful
to
them
and
to
the
church
of
the
covenant
for
their
efforts
to
end
homelessness,
while
supporting
a
daytime
shelter
for
unhoused
or
housing,
unstable
women
through
the
women's
lunch
place.
Thank
you
both
of
you
reverend
mark
and
robert
lazard,
for
your
tireless
work
here
in
boston
and
thank
you
both
for
being
with
us
today
to
open
our
meeting
virtually.
H
Thank
you
again
for
the
invitation
and
thank
you
for
all
what
you
are
doing
to
serve
our
communities
in
these
days
in
these
pandemic
days,
extra
blessings
to
you,
counselors
and
decision
makers.
This
day
who
may
have
kids
homeschooling,
who
may
be
isolated
yourselves,
who
may
have
loved
ones
and
constituents
who
may
be
sick.
H
I
H
And
it
is
indeed,
as
has
been
mentioned,
our
profound
honor
at
our
church
at
newbury
and
birth
control
in
the
back
bay
to
house
the
incredible
souls
who
we
feel
reflect
god
and
so
to
so
many
of
us
at
women's
lunch
place.
So
on
behalf
of
them,
I
bring
their
greetings
as
well,
in
solidarity
and
accompaniment
with
those
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
are
cheap.
Our
church
is
also
deeply
committed
to
a
new
endeavor.
We
call
climate
jubilee,
the
sacred
movement
of
liberation
for
racial
and
eco-justice.
H
So
in
that
light
I
pray
that
your
collective
work
on
behalf
of
boston
be
blessed
in
its
resolve
to
honor
all
voices,
including
the
voice
of
the
earth
working
for
the
day,
where
all
can
truly
breathe
freely.
In
that
spirit,
reverend
joshua,
and
I
invite
you
now
into
a
brief
moment
of
finding
our
centers,
take
a
moment
to
inhale
and
exhale
together
and
in
humility.
I
invoke
that
which
is
holy,
that
which
is
mysterious
that
which
is
love
to
be
present
here
and
now.
H
May
the
blessings
of
all
that
has
life
be
felt
in
this
zoom
chamber.
For
these
next
hours
may
the
deliberations,
the
contemplations
the
determinations,
be
made
in
the
spirit
of
authenticity,
mutual
respect
and
honest
exchange
and
may
the
voices
the
cries,
the
truths
the
laments
and
the
hopes
of
all
the
people
be
heard
with
clarity
this
day.
I
May
the
ideals
of
democracy
abide
in
the
discussions
and
constitutionality.
In
the
conversations
on
behalf
of
the
voiceless,
we
pray
that
they
be
heard
for
those
that
cry
out
in
pain.
We
pray
that
their
pain
has
ended
for
those
seeking
truth.
We
pray
for
justice
for
those
that
lament.
We
pray
for
peace
for
those
that
hope
against
the
data
we
pray
that
righteousness
prevails.
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M
Pursuant
to
a
board
vote
to
approve
the
expenditure
on
february,
eleventh,
twenty
twenty
one.
The
purpose
of
the
grant
is
to
fund
a
staff
position
in
the
boston
transportation
department
for
three
years,
under
a
memorandum
of
agreement
to
assist
in
the
implementation
of
transportation
and
infrastructure
improvements
associated
with
bpda
and
boston
transportation.
Department
planning
initiatives
in
the
city's.
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M
Zero
three
four
eight
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston:
to
accept
and
expand
the
amount
of
245
900
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
fiscal
year.
21
local
culture
council
program
awarded
by
the
massachusetts
cultural
council
to
be
administered
by
the
office
of
arts
and
culture.
The
grant
will
fund
the
boston,
cultural
council,
subgrants.
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Number:
zero
three
four
nine
messaging
on
authorizing
the
city
of
boston,
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
sixty
two
thousand
eighty
two
dollars
and
seven
cents
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
help.
America
vote
act.
Election
security
funds
awarded
by
the
u.s
election
assistance
commission,
passed
through
the
secretary
of
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
to
be
administered
by
the
elections
department.
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N
Dr0349,
oh
yes,
thank
you
very
much.
This
is
the
election.
Yes,
madam
president,
I
would
like
to
send,
suspend
and
pass
this
docket
is
much-needed
money
and
it
does
help
us
with
election
assistance
and
the
commission
and
being
that
election
is
part
of
the
government
operations.
One
of
our
matters
that
we
consider
the
amount
is
very,
very
low
and
I
think
the
that
it
would
do
as
well
to
get
this
money
in
the
hands
that
is
necessary
as
soon
as
possible.
So
I'd
like
to
suspend
and
pass.
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M
Document
number:
zero:
three:
five
zero
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston,
to
expand
the
amount
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
fiscal
year.
Twenty
one:
first
responder
net
luxon
administration
grant
awarded
by
the
massachusetts
department
of
public
health
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
will
found
the
purchase
of
naxalon
and
related
supplies
for
use
by
the
boston
police
department.
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O
O
It's
a
relatively
small
grant
amount
and,
of
course,
from
the
state's
department
of
public
health
to
purchase
naloxone,
it's
a
medicine,
as
everyone
knows
that
rapidly
reverses
an
opioid
overdose
and,
of
course,
we
want
to
get
this
out
to
our
department
as
soon
as
possible,
along
with
the
related
supplies
that
it
comes
with
so
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
zero.
Three
five:
zero.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank.
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G
M
Document
number:
zero:
three
five
one
messaging
honor
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
extend
the
amount
of
five
walls
and
eight
hundred
eighty
five
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
from
a
charitable
donation
awarded
by
the
shaw
family
foundation
be
administered
by
the
office
for
food
access.
The
grant
will
fund
outreach
materials
translated
in
10
languages
to
promote
awareness
of
pandemic
ebt
benefits.
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N
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Okay,
seeing
and
hearing
no
objections
we
will
bring
up
doc
at
zero.
Three
five
five.
Mr
clark,
could
you
please
read
that
docket
into
the
record?
Yes
and
we
have
been
joined
by
madam
clerk,
who
we
will
test
out
in
just
a
moment
to
make
sure
that
your
your
internet
is
working
well,
but,
mr
clerk,
if
you
wouldn't
mind
please
reading
doc
at
zero,
three
five,
five.
N
Thank
you
very
much,
madame
president,
for
allowing
me
to
take
this
matter
out
this
resolution,
not
of
order
I'm
beyond
excited
about
the
civic
engagement
that
we
have
in
east
boston.
Ten
citizens
came
together,
registered
voters
of
the
city
of
boston
in
east
boston
and
they
put
forth
this
ballot
question.
That
specifically
asks
do
you
support
relocating
an
eversource
electric
substation,
now
proposed
at
400,
condor
street
in
east
boston,
away
from
nearby
homes,
parks,
flood
risk
areas
in
east
boston
to
an
alternative,
secure
location
such
as
within
logan
airport.
N
This
is
proposed
by
those
of
us
who've
been
fighting
against
this
substation
that
is
basically
being
shoved
down
our
throats
in
one
of
the
most
diverse
ethnically
diverse
areas
in
boston,
but
certainly
needs
boston
or
sixty.
Sixty
percent
of
the
people
are
people
of
color
and
fifty
percent
are
foreign
born
just
by
a
playground
and
much
to
our
complete
devastation.
N
The
efs
be
supported
in
full,
unanimous
support
to
allow
for
this
monstrosity
to
happen
in
our
neighborhood,
but
we
go
down
swinging
in
east
boston
and
I
think
we
go
down
swinging
in
every
single
neighborhood,
especially
for
our
future.
We've
said
from
the
beginning:
this
is
the
wrong
location,
the
wrong
energy
type,
the
wrong
process,
and
there
are
two
pending
civil
rights
lawsuits
against
eversource
in
the
efsb,
specifically
for
how
they
excluded
people
who
did
not
speak
english
in
this
entire
process.
N
It
is
not
only
a
slap
in
our
face,
but
it's
a
kick
in
the
gut
to
a
neighborhood,
that's
already
burdened
by
air
for
excuse
me
by
the
airport
pollution,
and
so
I'm
I'm
I'm
submitting
this
resolution
because
it's
time
for
us
as
a
city
to
say
no
more.
This
resolution
supports
the
non-binding
ballot
initiative
that
if
once
it's
gone
through
our
process
here
at
city
council
we'll
go
to
the
people
of
all
of
boston.
N
N
Not
only
will
you
all
sign
on
to
this
resolution,
but
as
we
work
work
into
the
fall
and
and
are
taking
to
the
ballot
ourselves,
I
hope
every
single
one
of
you
will
stand
up
with
east
boston,
because
if
any
one
of
our
neighborhoods
are
hurt
by
every
source
or
by
a
utility
company,
all
of
our
neighborhoods
are
hurt.
So
I'm
asking
for
solidarity
for
this
resolution,
but
ultimately,
when
this
hits
the
ballot,
I
hope
that
we
will
all
stand
together
and
vote.
It
is
non-binding.
That
is
true.
N
So
I'm
so
proud
about
this
resolution
and
I'm
so
incredibly
proud
of
the
folks
from
east
boston
who
stood
up
and
said
we
will
go
down
swinging
and
we
will
continue
to
fight
this
fight.
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
president,
for
allowing
me
to
speak
out
of
turn
on
this
resolution
and
thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity.
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J
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A
Thank
you
so
much
and
we
will
give
colleagues
the
opportunity
to
add
their
name
to
this
docket
by
a
show
of
physical
hands.
Mr
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add,
council,
mejia,
council
isabe
george
council
of
flynn,
councillor
brayden
councillor
wu
councillor
campbell
council,
o'malley
councillor
bach
councillor
arroyo.
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B
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A
S
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
president,
the
committee
on
city
and
neighborhood
services
held
a
hearing
on
february
17th
on
this
docket,
which
is
a
125
000
bar
foundation,
grant
awarded
to
the
office
of
new
urban
mechanics.
The
hearing
was
attended
by
councillors,
braden
and
council
block
and
panelists
included.
Nigel
jacob
and
chris
carter
co-chairs
of
the
mayor's
office
of
new
urban
mechanics
piano
spoke
about
the
work
that
their
office
is
doing
as
the
office
works
across
departments
in
communities
to
explore,
experiment
and
evaluate
new
approaches
to
government
in
civic
life.
S
The
office
was
formed
in
2010
as
the
mayor's
civic
research
and
design
team
to
explore
and
tackle
experiments
that
cover
a
range
of
topics.
This
includes
everything
from
the
future
of
mobility
to
city
infrastructure,
to
collective
well-being
in
currently
working
with
various
departments
on
efforts
around
education,
transportation,
anti-racism
food
and
security,
health
in
the
effective
responsive
dupont,
deployment
of
the
vaccine.
S
Specifically,
this
grant
would
assist
this
office
in
their
work.
It
would
fund
the
leadership
in
organizational
development
in
this
office.
I
took
this
opportunity
at
this
hearing
to
learn
more
about
the
office
of
urban
mechanics.
We
had
a
robust
discussion
about
what
they
do.
I
felt
it
was
timely
to
educate
the
public
about
about
this
department,
so
I
recommend
that
this
order
ought
to
pass,
and
I
hope
that
we
can
vote
on
this
today,
so
this
this
office
receives
this
funding.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
J
B
Councillor
baker;
yes,
councilor
book;
yes,
counselor
broadcast
counselor
braden;
yes,
counselor
braden;
yes,
counselor
campbell;
yes,
counselor
campbell;
yes,
councilor
edwards;
yes,
counselor
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
george,
yes,
councilors,
abby,
george,
yes,
council,
flaherty,
yes
and
flaherty;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
elsa
flynn;
yes,
councillor
jamie;
yes,
counselor
janie;
yes,
councillor,
mejia,
yes,
elsam!
Here;
yes,
councillor
o'malley;
yes,
dr
o'malley,
yes
and
counselor;
wu,
yes,
absolu!
Yes!
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B
Thank
you
back
at
zero
one,
seven
three:
the
committee
on
government
operations
to
which
is
referred
on
january
13,
2021
docket
number
zero,
one.
Seven
three
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
regarding
the
disability
pension
for
harry
dean,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
home
rule
petition.
After
passing,
a
new
draft
docket
number
zero
174.
A
N
Okay,
these
home
rule
petitions
will
increase
the
accidental
disability
retirement
allowance
payable
to
officers
named
individually
in
each
proposal.
Massachusetts
general
laws,
sec
chapter
32,
section
7,
governs
the
accidental
disability
retirement
allowance
and
currently
allows
for
a
yearly
amount
of
pension
equal
to
72
percent
of
the
annual
rate
of
their
regular
compensation.
N
This
proposal
would
increase
that
to
the
rate
of
compensation
compensation
that
the
officer
would
have
received
had
such
officer
continued
service
as
a
police
officer,
essentially
putting
them
back
where
they
would
have
been,
but
for
their
injury
that
amounts
to
a
28
percent
increase
and
that
28
percent
comes
from
the
city
of
boston.
The
other
72
percent
comes
from
the
state.
The
provisions
of
chapter
32,
section
91a
apply,
except
for
the
cap
on
earnings
that,
as
long
as
any
income
is
not
earned
performing
a
sworn
law
enforcement
function,
this
is
the
original
version.
N
And
this
was,
I
think,
a
very
good,
informative
conversation
that
was
necessary
and
we
wanted
to
also
make
sure
that
we
were
consistent
as
future
officers
come
to
us.
I
want
to
thank
counselor
bach,
especially
for
her
suggestion
and
redline
version
for
this
and
counselor
savvy
george,
for
for
accepting
much
of
those
amendments
and,
as
such
I'll
summarize
those
amendments
that
helped
us
come
to
consensus.
N
The
first
issue
was
around
the
cap,
as
it
initially
was
removed
allowing
the
officer
to
collect
100
of
his
his
or
her
retirement,
but
then
also
being
able
to
earn
unlimited
amounts
of
money
at
a
second
job.
Many
of
us
felt
very
uncomfortable
with
that.
At
the
same
time,
the
state
law's
cap
is
fifteen
thousand
dollars
and
if
you
do
some
basic
back
of
the
envelope,
math
that's
less
than
minimum
wage
for
anyone
to
get
a
subsequent
job,
so
that
didn't
make
sense.
N
We
felt
that
that
was
able
to
allow
the
person
to
earn
their
retirement
and
if
they
were
to
heal
and
be
able
to
move
on
with
their
life,
they
of
course,
still
have
to
be
checked
in.
They
still
have
to
confirm
that
their
disability
in
order
to
receive
it.
None
of
that
goes
away,
but
if
they
are
able
to
move
on
with
their
life
that
they
will
not
be
capped
if
they
happen
to
make
more
than
minimum
wage
as
a
crossing
guard
or
whatever.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
they
had
that
leeway.
N
We
also
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
put
the
term
firearm
related
in
the
homo
petition.
This
is
something
that
we
think
we
need
to
look
at
at
a
greater
conversation
that
those
who
are
shot
on
the
job
should
actually
shouldn't
have
to
go
through
this
much
that
there
should
be
something
that
is
specifically
put
through
in
state
law,
but
we
want
to
start
that
by
first
recognizing
what
kind
of
injury
we're
talking
about.
A
Yes,
now
it's
time
for
discussion
before
I
call
upon
colleagues
wanted
to
give
the
lead
sponsor
an
opportunity
if
she
wanted
to
weigh
in
the
chair,
recognizes
counselor
usabi
george,
who
is
the
sponsor
of
these
three
dockets.
As
I
mentioned,
we
will
be
taking
these
dockets
individually
for
vote,
but
at
this
time
the
chair
recognizes
council
savvy
george.
G
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
to
chair
of
government
office,
counselor
edwards
for
her
leadership
and
her
support
and
guidance
through
this.
What
was
a
long
process,
but
I
think,
a
very
thoughtful
and
constructive
process
from
start
to
finish,
myself
included.
A
number
of
us
learned
some
really
important
elements
to
this
process
and
to
the
work
that
needs
to
happen
when
we
proceed
with
these
petitions.
G
I'm
also
grateful
to
councillor
bach
for
her
suggestion
around
the
shift
to
the
hundred
thousand
dollar
cap
and
I'm
very
grateful
for
councillor
flaherty's
historical
knowledge,
institutional
knowledge
around
some
of
these
efforts,
and
certainly
his
legal
counsel
through
this
process.
I
am
it's
sort
of
conflicted
feelings
about
this.
I'm
pleased
that
we
are
at
the
finish
today
and
that
these
three
dockets
are
before
you.
G
I
still
feel
a
great
deal
of
sadness
for
the
three
officers
that
we
are
discussing
today,
harry
jean
terry
cotton
and
ryan
lennane,
as
that
they
they've
lost
their
ability
to
work
in
careers
that
they
thoroughly
enjoyed.
All
three
were
shot
in
the
line
of
duty.
All
three
have
both
physical
and
emotional
scars
that
they
will
have
to
live
with
for
the
rest
of
their
lives
so
because
of
their
commitment
to
our
city
because
of
their
service
to
their
this
city.
G
I
am
grateful
that
these
are
before
you
and
I
impress
upon
all
of
you
to
please
support
these
dockets
these
street
rockets,
as
they
are
presented
and
sort
of
in
in
respect
and
in
honor
of
these
three
men
in
particular
that
are
before
us
today
again.
Thank
you,
madam
president,
thank
you
to
the
chair
for
her
work
and
and
very
diligent
efforts
in
this
process.
Thank
you,
ma'am.
Madam
president,.
Q
Q
So
my
my
first
question
on
this
is
my
understanding
is
that
the
72
percent
that
they
currently
make
is
not
taxed
either
federally
or
by
the
state.
So
it's
tax,
free,
72
and
they're
allowed
to
make
up
the
difference
of
the
28,
at
least
in
the
letter
that
I
got
from
larry
calderon,
so
they
can
get
to
the
point
where
their
salary
is
not
just
a
72
tax
free,
but
they're
also
allowed
to
make
up
to
the
money
to
get
up
to
100
and
then,
after
that,
it's
capped
at
15
000..
Q
Q
No
I'm
aware
of
that.
It's
just
my
understanding
from
the
letter
I
received
from
larry
calderon
was
that
they're
actually
allowed
to
make
up
to
the
28
difference
that
would
get
that
salary
to
100.
In
other
words,
if
the
salary
was
100
of
it
was
100
000
and
they
were
getting
72
000,
they
could
actually
make
up
28
000
and
not
be
in
violation
if
they
were
working
somewhere
else,
they
could
get
to
100
of
what
their
salary
was.
N
No,
the
what
this
allows
for
is
the
72
percent
of
their
salary,
as
you
mentioned,
will
just
use
your
math
for
72
000,
and
then
this
allows
for
the
additional
up
to
the
28
percent
or
whatever
they're
100
percent.
So
it's
100
000
an
additional
28
that
comes
from
the
city
of
boston.
The
cap
at
issue
that
you're
discussing
is
regards
to
any
subsequent
income
that
they
make
at
another
job.
Q
So,
in
other
words,
they
get
a
hundred
percent
of
what
what
their
salary
is.
It's
time
to
any
future
salary
increases,
so
they
don't
get
100
of
what
it
was
in,
say,
2006
they
get
100
of
what
it
is
at
any
given
time
based
on
the
salary
of
the
contract,
tax,
credit,
no
federal,
no
state,
and
on
top
of
that,
what
the
state
has
done
is
a
cap
of
15
000
of
additional
income
on
top
of
that
income.
N
Q
Do
we
know?
I
guess
this
is
a
question
because
I
know
we
were
waiting
for
additional
information
is
the
spirit
of
that
fifteen
thousand
dollar
cap.
The
idea
that
when
you
get
a
hundred
percent
of
benefits,
which
is
rare,
thank
you
to
counselor
flaherty
for
for
talking
about
this,
and
talking
about
the
fact
that
I
think
we've
done
five
of
these
in
the
last
20
years,
and
we
now
have
three
of
them
before
us,
and
last
year
we
had
seven
before
us,
but
four
of
them,
hadn't,
retired.
Q
If,
when
you
pass
on
that
money,
without
taxes,
federal
or
state,
so
you're
not
losing
30
to
40
of
your
salary,
you
are
you're
not
taxed
on
that
so
you're
getting
it
in
full
that,
if
you're,
that
that,
if
you're
of
the
designation
that
we
are
giving
you
this,
that
the
belief
is
that
requires
a
kind
of
disability
where
you
wouldn't
necessarily
be
able
to
make
more
than
fifteen
thousand
dollars.
Is
that
why
they
created
that
cap
is
that?
Do
we
know
what
the
spirit
of
that
cap
was.
N
So
I
appreciate
you
bringing
this
up
because
I
do,
I
believe
other
people
are
as
well,
but
in
terms
of
the
spirit
that
we
discussed
as
a
city
council
was
what's
the
spirit
of
making
this
particular
individual
officer
whole.
That
was
the
spirit
that
we
came
from,
because
that's
what
we're
discussing,
not
necessarily
what
the
state
wrote,
but
what
we
are
going
to
do
or
what
we
can
do
as
a
city
council
and
for
us
making
that
person
whole
is
acknowledging
that
many
officers
do
make
a
hundred
percent
of
their.
You
know
they're
working.
N
They
make
100
percent
of
their
their
salary
plus
in
some
cases
they
make
more
than
that
in
overtime,
as
we've
discussed
as
well,
but
just
sticking
with
the
salary,
but
also
many
of
them
also
have
side
jobs
as
well.
So
this
is
not
uncommon
for
people
to
have
two
forms
of
excuse
me
to
come
two
forms
of
income
and
to
be
a
law
enforcement
person.
So
the
question
was
really
how
whole
the
real
debate
for
us
in
the
in
the
working
session
was
what
is
holding.
N
Is
this
whole
or
is
this
a
windfall-
and
I
was
not
comfortable
with
removing
the
cap,
as
some
of
my
colleagues
were,
but
I
also
went
again
the
back
of
the
mat
being
so
clear
that
fifteen
thousand
dollars-
I
don't
think
anyone's,
really
looked
at
that.
If
you
want
to
talk
about
state
intentions,
fifteen
thousand
dollars
for
any
subsequent
income
didn't
make
sense.
It's
not
even
minimum
wage.
It
didn't
even
keep
up
with
our
minimum
wage,
literally
which,
when
I
did
the
back
of
the
math.
N
I
think
it
was
based
off
of
maybe
the
seven
dollar
minimum
wage
that
we
had.
So
what
we
felt
made
sense
was
the
hundred
allowing
for
the
additional
28
percent
and
again,
the
tax-free
issue
is:
is
one
for
the
retirees
period?
That's
not
an
exception
to
the
rule
and
they're
saying
we
should.
You
know,
have
a
cap
but
raise
it.
Q
Yeah,
I
think
so
for
me
you're
exactly
right
that
my
concern
here
is
I
it's
not
the
100,
it's
not
getting
them
the
hundred
percent.
My
concern
here
is
we're
we're
giving
them
100
and
then
we're
saying
that
they
should-
and
this
is
the
precedent,
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong.
This
is
precedent,
we're
doing
this.
It's
the
first
time
this
has
been
done.
We're
saying
the
cap
that
the
state
has
at
15
000
in
additional
money
additional
money.
You
can't
now
we're
gonna
raise
that
to
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
additional
money.
N
I
believe
that
that
is
the
precedent
that
we
are
setting
that
the
cap,
and
I
want
to
be
very
clear:
it's
the
cap
that
doesn't
mean
that
the
person's
gonna
walk
into
a
job
and
make
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
day
one.
It
doesn't
mean
they're
gonna
be
getting
a
second
job
at
all
from
what
I
could
see
from
the
officers,
and
I
think
you
saw
the
videotape
from
some
of
them
they
can.
They
could
barely
sit
still
through
the
hearing
with
the
amount
of
emotional
trauma
that
they
have
been
through.
N
Q
Now
to
be
clear,
if
I
remember
correctly
from
the
second
hearing,
if
they
did
get
a
second
job,
if
they
were
able
to
do
that,
and
the
money
went
over
the
cap,
the
rule
was
all
they
had
to
do
is
not
accept.
So,
for
instance,
I
think
you
brought
up
if
they
wrote
like
a
national
bestseller
right
if
they
need
something
like
that,
if
they
did
that,
then
they
could
say.
I
don't
want
my
benefits
for
this.
One
single
year
receive
that
income
and
they
would
have
no
issue
with
a
cap
correct.
Q
N
If
I'm
not
encountering
royal,
if
I
may
counsel-
because
this
is
specific
to
these
homo
petitions-
and
I
understand
we
just
discussed
the
precedent-
we
may
have
a
different
cap
or
may
differ
a
different
conversation.
If
we
we
have
that
ability
as
a
body
if
it
comes
to
firefighters,
if
it
comes
to
teachers
or
somebody
else,
so
I
wouldn't
want
to
say
immediately
that
this
is
absolute.
I
think
this
is
something
that
we
should.
I
I
feel
comfortable
saying
it
is
about
a
precedent
when
it
comes
to
those.
Q
So
we're
basically
picking
and
choosing
so
I
just
understand
what
you're
saying
we're
gonna
be
able
to
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
say
you
get
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
cap,
but
we
determine
you,
don't
get
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
cap.
You
get
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
cap,
but
you
don't
is
that
essentially,
what
we're
we're
possibly
going
to
be
doing
in
the
future.
Q
A
Before
you
move
on
counselor
to
other
questions,
if
they're
I
see
some
hands
up
by
colleagues
if
they
wanted
to
address
specifically,
this
question
around
cap
wanted
to
give
them
the
opportunity
to
weigh
in
if
you
could
not
that's
what
you
want
to
jump
in
on.
I
will
certainly
call
upon
you
if
you
have
other
comments
to
make
or
have
other
questions
yourselves,
but
if
it's
around
the
cap,
I
want
you
to
jump
in
now.
Otherwise
I
want
you
to
hold.
So
is
it
regarding
the
cap?
G
Thank
you
man
and
president,
and
in
the
last
hearing
in
particular,
we
had
an
extensive
conversation
regarding
the
cap
and
the
dollar
amount.
That
included
a
lot
of
this
conversation
that
we're
having
today-
and
I
do
want
to
say
this
conversation
around
setting
a
precedent.
The
counselor
edwards
as
chair
of
the
committee
was
very
deliberate
and
intentional
in
making
sure
that
we
were
having
a
conversation
that
could
carry
over
to
future
petitions
very
sort
of
strictly.
A
T
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
to
say
I
mean
I
had
many
of
the
same
concerns
that
council
arroyo
is
articulating,
and
I
think
I
think
that
one
of
the
challenges
that
we
discussed
in
the
hearing
was
you
know
and,
and
I
think
we
want
to
not
get
too
deep
into
the
specific
officers.
But
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
we
heard
in
the
original
hearing
we're
dealing
in
these
cases
and
I
think
we
would
be
likely
to
be
dealing
in
firearm
related
cases.
T
You
know
historically
acknowledged
in
the
way
that
we're
trying
to
acknowledge
it
as
a
serious
injury
now
and
so
part
of
the
challenge
is
that
for
somebody
working
through
that
and
trying
to
sort
of
move
on
with
their
life
getting
a
different
kind
of
job,
something
that's
like
sets
you
into
a
completely
different
pattern
can
actually
be
a
really
important
part
of
healing,
and
but
it's
it.
It
would
be.
T
T
So
that
was
really
what
the
committee
was
wrestling
with
and
and
to
me
to
me
having
the
precedent
of
having
a
cap
and
also
the
being
specific
about
the
firearm
related
piece.
And
I
say
that
because
I
think
that
you
know
firearms
in
our
society
are
a
scourge
right
there,
a
scourge
on
our
neighborhoods
and-
and
they
also
leave
us
with
broken.
T
You
know
police
officers
in
cases
where
there's
been
a
firearm
involved
incident,
and
I
would
like
us
to
solve
that
on
a
broader
policy
level,
but
I
do
think
there's
something
different
and
significant
about
just
kind
of
the
fact
that
the
the
fact
that
we
send
people
on
behalf
of
the
city
into
into
this
firearm
sort
of
drenched
context
of
our
society.
And
I
think
we
really
have
to
worry
about
that
and
we
do
on
the
civilian
and
neighborhood
side
too.
T
But
I
think
it's
it's
a
piece
of
what
we
heard
in
the
original
hearing
from
the
officers
themselves.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
that,
like
I
think
this
is
it's
complicated
because
it's
a
whole
bunch
of
of
difficult
policy
issues,
and
then
it's
also
these
like
real
folks
and-
and
I
definitely
gone
back
and
forth
on
kind
of
the
different
aspects
of
it.
T
S
S
I
had
the
opportunity
also
to
meet
with
the
three
boston
police
officers
who
were
shot
in,
as
bach
highlighted,
they
will
be
dealing
with
ptsd
related
issues,
the
rest
of
their
life,
as
will
their
families.
Let
me
say
that
again
as
well
their
families,
so
we
put
our
boston
police
officers
in
harm's
way.
S
You
know
we
want.
We
have
to
also
make
sure
that
when
there
are
incidents
like
this,
that
we
have
their
back
and
we
are
respectful
to
them
and
their
families
as
well.
So
again,
I
just
want
to
highlight
the
good
discussion
shared
by
council
edwards
and
invite
counselor
sabe
george
and
our
colleagues
as
well.
A
Q
Well,
I
am
going
to
talk
about
the
cap
and
someone
just
talked
for
like
five
minutes,
not
about
the
cap,
so
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
cap,
so
so
I
I
think
we
should.
I
think
that
we
should
be
talking
about
precedent
here,
because
this
is
a
precedent.
I
think
we
should
change,
because
I
I've
known
people
that
have
retired
out
of
the
city
disabled
and
only
gotten
like
30
grand
and
then
and
then
we
tell
them
as
the
government
that
they
can
only
earn
15
000.
Q
On
top
of
that,
I
think
I
think
the
cap
is
wrong.
First
of
all,
if
someone
has
a
wherewithal
to
be
able
to
retrain
themselves
because
more
than
likely
they're
not
going
back
into,
I
mean
we're
talking
about
law
enforcement
here,
but
there's
laborers
that
have
have
retired
around
72
percent
and
only
made
30
000
in
their
retirement,
and
then
the
city
state
tells
them
they
can
only
make
an
additional
15
000.
So
we're
keeping
people
in
a
box
of
you
know.
Q
If,
if
you
go
down
to
the
lower
paid
workers,
we're
keeping
our
people
in
a
box
of
poverty
when
they
when
they
go
out
and
they're
retired
at
72
percent,
I've
seen
it
happen.
So
I
think
we
should
be
talking
about
this
campaign
when
it
should
be
precedent
setting
and
we
should
maybe
not
remove
it
all
together,
but
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
If
someone
has
the
wherewithal
to
go.
J
Q
Q
Q
A
L
Just
very
briefly,
madam
president,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
I
will
be
voting
an
affirmative
on
these
three
dockets.
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
the
leadership
of
the
at-large
council
from
dorchester,
as
well
as
the
chair
of
the
district
council
for
east
boston,
either
participated
in
the
hearing
or
reviewed
all
of
the
testimony
that
was
given.
This
is
obviously
something
that
wasn't
rushed
through.
L
This
was
a
very
slow
and
deliberate
pace,
as
it
should
have
been
to
talk
about
these
important
issues,
but
as
the
council
from
beacon
hills
said,
you
know
the
the
trauma
that
these
men
are
dealing
with
on
an
everyday
level
for
incredibly
dangerous
and
life-threatening
injuries
that
they
received,
while
working
as
public
servants
warrants
this.
I
think
thoughtful
and
and
strong
compromise
as
it
relates
to
these
three
dockets
and
I
will
be
voting
in
support
of
all
of
them.
Thank
you.
A
A
And
so
to
to
just
clarify,
if
I
hear
you
correctly,
there
is
a
cap.
The
cap
has
been
lifted
and
a
new
cap
is
in
place
correct,
not
impressive
in
the
amended
draft.
Thank
you
for
that
claire
clarifying
point.
If
there
are
no
other
comments
or
questions
or
discussion,
we
will
go
and
vote
on
these
dockets.
Q
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
I'm
going
to
use
my
comments
here.
These
aren't
questions.
For
me,
this
is
something
I
take
very
seriously.
My
grandfather
was
injured
on
the
job,
as
a
police
officer
was
actually
thrown
off
a
balcony
three
floors
and
had
a
catastrophic,
catastrophic
back
injury
and
didn't
receive
the
benefits
that
he
should
have
received.
So
I
take
this
incredibly
seriously
and
I
I
would
have
been
voting
yes
on
this.
Q
You
just
make
what
you
made
in
2006
2005,
whatever
that
is,
and
I
think
that
capping
that
is
a
problem,
and
I
think
we
should
look
at
that.
But
what
we're
talking
about
is
raising
taking
care
of
that
and
bringing
them
to
a
hundred
percent
of
their
salary
tied
into
all
the
future
of
order.
Point
of
order.
B
B
Thank
you,
council
baker.
Council
baker.
Yes,
councillor
bark,
yes,
council
broadcast
council
braden;
yes,
councillor,
brayden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor,
edwards;
yes,
councillor
edwards;
yes,
councilor,
sabi,
george,
yes,
councilor
sabi,
georgia's
council
flaherty;
yes,
that's
a
flaherty!
Yes,
council
flynn,
yes
elsa
flynn;
yes,
councilor
james,
dr
j
councillor,
jamie,
yes,
elsa
mejia,.
J
B
O'malley,
yes
and
council
of
wu,
yes,
absolutely
and
counselor
janie
you!
You
did
vote
boys,
yes
yeah.
I
thought
so.
I
just
wanted
to
be
sure.
Madam
president,
docket
number
zero
173
has
received
11
votes
and
the
affirmative
and
two
votes
in
the
negatives.
Should
I
go
on
to
docket
0174
0174
council
arroyo.
J
B
E
C
B
N
B
We
needed
that
humor,
that's
correct,
counselor
edwards!
Yes,
madam
president,
talking
number
zero
one.
Seven
four
has
received
eleven
votes
in
the
positive
eleven
votes
in
the
affirmative
and
two
votes
in
the
negative
docket
number:
zero
one.
Seven,
five
council,
no
council
arroyo
no
councillor
baker.
Yes,
councillor
baker;
yes,
council
block;
yes,
councillor
block;
yes,
council
braden;
yes,
councillor
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor,
edwards;
yes,
councillor
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
dord;
yes,
councillor,
sabby,
georgia's
council
flaherty;
yes,
now
it's
a
flaherty!
B
Yes
councillor
flynn;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
counselor
janie;
yes,
counselor
janey;
yes,
councillor,
mejia,
council,
mejia,
no
counselor!
Here
we
go
again:
nope
counselor
o'malley;
yes,
counselor
o'malley;
yes,
counselor
wu;
yes,
counselor
wu!
Yes,
madam
president,
docket
number
zero
one,
seven
five
received
eleven
votes
in
the
affirmative
and
two
votes
in
the
negative.
A
B
B
One
eight
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice,
which
was
referred
on
january
13,
2021
bucket
number
zero
one.
One
eight
message
in
order
authorizes
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
expanded
amount
of
one
hundred
and
twenty
three
thousand
three
hundred
and
six
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy20.
B
B
Two
one
message
and
auto
authorize
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
forty
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
ffy
2021
municipal
road
safety
program
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
transportation
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
public
safety
and
security
to
be
administered
by
the
boston
police
department,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
authorized
passenger
off
the
pass.
Docket
number
zero
one.
B
Mr
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass
docket
number
zero
one.
Nine
three:
the
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice,
which
was
referred
on
january
27,
2021
docket
number
zero.
One.
Nine
three
message
and
auto
authorizer
city
of
boston:
excuse
me
to
accept
an
expended
amount
of
three
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
four
hundred
fifty
seven
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy
20
burundi.
Justice
assistance,
local
allocation
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
justice
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department
to
miss
a
report
recommending
the
otorocha
cast.
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
asked
for
a
little
bit
of
indulgence
as
there
are
a
lot
of
dockets
and
thank
you,
madam
clerk,
for
reading
all
of
those
into
the
record
appreciate
it.
This
was
all
of
these
dockets
were
sponsored
by
mayor
walsh
and
referred
to
the
committee
on
january
13th
january
13
2021
of
this
year
and
docket
0191
and
0193
referred
on
january
27th.
Sorry,
I
said
all
so
somewhere
january
13th,
somewhere
january
27th,
a
public
hearing
on
all
of
these
dockets
were
held
on
thursday
february
18th.
O
We
had
several
folks
from
the
administration
come
and
testify
kathleen
judge
from
the
fire
department.
We
had
the
chief
of
office
of
emergency
management,
shimoon
bedford.
We
had
maria
cheevers,
who
runs
the
direct,
who
is
the
director
of
research
and
development
for
the
police
department.
We
had
jenna
savage,
who
is
the
deputy
director
of
that
same
department,
damon
mills
who
runs
the
department's
charles,
shannon
csi
project
manager
and
served
in
that
role,
and
then,
lastly,
we
had
the
chief
of
investigative
services,
superintendent,
paul
donovan,
all
come
and
testify.
O
Of
course,
at
the
hearing
share
with
all
council
colleagues,
after
the
hearing
first
docket
0116,
it
is
the
shannon
grant
and
it's
administered
by
the
police
department
and
demand
testified
that
this
is
the
15th
year
of
operation
under
the
shannon
grant
in
the
15th
year
that
the
city
has
been
receiving
these
funds
in
order
to
respond
to
a
whole
host
of
issues
with
respect
to
violence,
and
the
strategy
has
always
been
in
reducing
gun,
gang
and
youth
violence
in
the
city
of
boston
by
providing
services
and
interventions
to
at-risk
and
gang
affiliate.
Affiliated
youth.
O
Many
organizations
received
this
funding
and
that
list
was
also
sent
to
council
colleagues.
The
specific
organizations
damon
also
explained
that
the
city
uses
the
grant
to
build
successful
collaboration
with
a
whole
host
of
organizations,
the
city
of
course,
community
based
organizations,
faith
organizations,
social
service
organizations
and
other
law
enforcement
partnerships
in
2015.
O
O
O
The
next
docket
is
docket
0118.
This
grant
specifically,
is
to
help
reduce
injury
and
death
of
missing
individuals
who
have
dementia
and
developmental
disabilities.
Jenna
savage
explained
that
this
grant
funds
a
partnership
with
safety
net
which
provides
tracking
devices
for
people
who
have
dementia
or
developmental
disabilities.
O
The
funding
allows
the
police
department
to
provide
a
lifetime
service
of
tracking
for
215
individuals
and
40
bracelets.
For
folks,
this
has
been
a
request
that
the
department
I
think,
gets
from
many
individuals.
They
plan
to
work
in
partnership
with
commissioner
mikash
and
other
city
departments
to
make
sure
that
these
are
given
out
the
bracelets
are
given
out
on
a
first-come,
first-served
basis,
and
so
folks
on
the
council
are
specifically
interested
in
this.
O
O
It's
administered
by
the
fire
department,
and
kathleen
judge
testified
that
it
supports
increased
port-wide
risk
management
and
protects
critical
surface
transportation
infrastructure.
The
funding
will
be
used
for
a
marine
radiation
system,
that's
mounted
on
the
fire
department's
largest
marine
vessel,
and
it
helps
patrol
and
protect,
of
course,
the
harbor
from
radiation
or
other
particular
nuclear
threats.
She
explained
that
there
was
some
delay
in
the
manufacturing
of
this
system
due
to
the
pandemic,
but
of
course,
they
always
are
looking
forward
to
receiving
these
critical
resources.
O
Docket
zero
one.
Two
zero
is
a
grant
to
be
administered
by
the
emergency
management
department.
It
funds
increased
ability
to
effectively
provide
prompt
and
accurate
public
service
information
in
alerts.
Chief
beck
bedford
explained
that
this
is
a
pass
group
pass-through
grant
that
provides
flexibility
for
oem
to
respond
and
provide
services
on
behalf
of
constituents
as
they
support
the
public
safety
agencies.
All
of
them
he
also
noted
that
this
grant
is
historically
and
perpetually
funded
and
that
the
grant
is
primarily
used
for
vehicles
and
gear,
especially
in
the
midst
of
pandemic.
O
In
especially
in
the
midst
of
the
pandemic,
it's
used
for
more
of
the
gear
purposes
than
in
the
previous
years,
docket
zero.
One
two
one
is
a
grant
for
municipal
road
safety,
arminius
of
a
road
safety
program,
it's
also
administered
by
the
police
department.
It
funds,
high
visibility,
traffic
enforcement,
including,
but
not
limited,
to
speeding
and
aggressive
driving,
distracted,
driving,
impaired
driving
and
occupant
protection
achievers
testified
that
this
grant
much
of
it
will
be
used
for
the
actual
devices
and
the
speed
guns
that
the
department
needs
and
has
been
requesting.
O
Actually,
I
think
for
some
time,
and
so
they
actually
were
looking
forward
to
receiving
these
dollars
specifically
for
traffic
enforcement
measures
and
work.
And,
lastly,
I
think
actually
we
have
two
more
just
make
sure
my
number
is
right,
so
maria
testified
on
docket
zero
one,
two
one
zero
one.
Two
four
is
a
donation
from
the
simone
foundation,
relatively
small
amount.
It
supports
the
work
of
the
police
department's
homicide
unit
and
superintendent
donovan
explained
that
the
donation
would
be
used
to
advance
the
mission,
of
course,
of
the
homicide
unit
specialized
training.
O
Docket
0191
is
a
grant
for
the
urban
area
security
initiative
to
be
administered
by
oem.
The
grant
will
fund
continued
support
for
planning
exercises,
training
and
operations
to
build
regional
capacity.
Boston
works
with
neighboring
regions
on
this
to
prevent
respond
and
recover
from
threats
or
acts
of
terrorism,
chemical,
biological,
radio,
radiological
nuclear
or
explosive
incidents.
O
There
was
a
long
testimony
from
chief
bedford
about
this
grant,
which
has
been
received
for
over
20
years,
and
it
provides
oem
with
most
of
the
resources.
They
actually
only
get
a
small
percentage
from
the
city
of
boston's
operating
budget
to
do
their
work
and
the
city's
primary
primary
public
safety
disciplines,
of
course
include
making
sure
that
we
are
always
ready
for
any
potential
security
threats.
O
Docket
0193
is
a
grant
from
the
burn
justice
assistance
grant
local
allocation.
It
is
administered
also
by
the
police
department.
It
is
used
to
fund
domestic
violence,
a
domestic
violence
management
analysis
for
the
family,
justice
center,
which
is
critically
important,
also
a
hub
coordinator
and
a
technology
coordinator
for
various
data
collections.
Specifically
on
this
grant.
O
Other
state
agencies
residents
as
well
sitting
at
a
round
table
and
reviewing
cases
and
looking
at
patterns
to
try
to,
of
course,
reduce
incidents
of
violence,
substance
abuse,
homelessness
or
any
other
type
of
case
that
police
officers
have
to
deal
with
in
a
community.
That's
a
proven
model
of
success
that
started
in
chelsea
obviously
exists
in
the
city
of
boston
currently,
and
so
there
was
much
work
to
try
to
expand
that
model
to
other
parts
of
the
city
of
boston
and
one
way
to
do
that
was
to
actually
have
a
coordinator.
O
Who
would
be
able
to
do
that,
and
so
there
was
extensive
testimony
on
that
as
chair
of
the
pub
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice,
I'm
seeking
that
these
dockets
be,
of
course
removed
from
the
committee
to
the
full
council
and
I'm
recommending
that
all
dockets
ought
to
pass.
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
mike
to
my
council
colleagues
for
the
indulgence.
A
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
campbell
for
those
reports
we're
going
to
take
these
votes
separately,
madam
clerk
and
you're
still
on
mute.
So,
as
we've
heard,
counselor
campbell
would
seek
acceptance
of
all
of
the
committee
reports.
We
will
take
them
individually
and
matter,
quick,
I'm
just
going
to
ask
you
to
just
keep.
Certainly.
A
B
Baker?
Yes,
council
block.
Yes,
council
block;
yes,
council
braden;
yes,
elsa
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
mr
campbell,
yes,
councillor,
edwards,
counselor
edward;
yes,
yes,
councillor,
wasabi
george,
yes,
councillor
sabi,
yes,
councillor,
flaherty;
yes,
also
flaherty!
Yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
councillor
flynn;
yes,
councillor
danny;
yes,
councillor,
janie,
yes,
councilman!
Here.
B
B
E
B
Here,
yes,
councillor
o'malley,
yes,
councillor
o'malley,
yes,
councillor
wu;
yes,
councillor
wu!
Yes,
madame
president
docket
number
zero
one,
one
eight
has
received
the
unanimous
vote:
docket
zero,
one;
one;
nine
counselor
arroyo;
yes
arroyo;
yes,
council
baker;
yes,
councillor
baker;
yes,
council
block;
yes,
councillor
block;
yes,
councillor
raiden;
yes,
elsa
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
elsa
campbell;
yes,
councillor
edwards;
yes,
council
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
george,
yes,
councilor,
sabi,
giorgios,
council
flaherty;
yes,
council,
flaherty;
yes,
councillor
flynn,
yes
and
so
flynn;
yes,
councillor
janie;
yes,
councilor
janie,
yes,
councilman!
Here.
B
B
Docket
number
zero
one:
two
zero
councillor
arroyo;
yes,
councillor
arroyo;
yes,
councillor
baker;
yes,
councillor
baker;
yes,
councillor
bach!
Yes,
councillor,
broadcast
council
braden;
yes,
councillor
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
counselor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
edward
gs,
counselor,
sabi,
george;
yes,
dr
sabi,
georgia,
council,
flaherty;
yes,
council,
flaherty,
yes,
councillor
flynn,.
E
C
B
J
B
Yes,
councillor
braden!
Yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
edwards;
yes,
council
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
zobby,
george,
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
georgia,
council
flaherty!
Yes,
mr
flaherty,
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
councillor
jamie!
Yes,
dr
jamie,
yes,
council
me
here:
yes,.
C
B
Q
B
Baker,
yes,
councillor
block.
Yes,
council
block;
yes,
councillor
braden,
yes,
councilor
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
edwards,
yes,
council,
edward;
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
george;
yes,
I'm
sure
sabi,
georgia's
council
flaherty.
Yes,
council,
flaherty,
yes,
council,
slam.
E
C
B
E
B
B
Council
edwards,
yes
I'll,
say
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
sabi
george,
yes,
ultra
sabby,
george,
yes,
council
flaherty;
yes,
council,
flaherty;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
councilor
janey;
yes,
councillor
janie;
yes,
council,
mejia;
yes,
councilman;
yes,
councilor
o'malley;
yes,
council
o'malley,
as
in
council;
woe,
yes,
elsa
woo!
Yes!
Madam
president,
docket
number
zero
193
has
received
a
unanimous
vote.
B
A
A
G
G
A
G
B
B
Oh
here
it
is
in
the
committee
on
education,
docket
0170,
sponsored
by
councillor
sabi
dord.
In
order
for
hearing
regarding
the
work
of
the
boston
student
advisory
council
and
the
policy
agenda,
it
was
filed
on
january
13
2021
to
a
hearing
on
2
23
21..
I
don't
know
who
sent
that
to
us.
We
don't
we
just
yeah.
Sorry.
G
G
As
you
know,
earlier
this
year,
I
filed
a
home
rule
petition
to
do
just
that
and
we're
looking
forward
to
working
with
council
edwards
office
to
hold
this
hearing
in
march.
I
strongly
encourage
everyone
to
watch
this
robust,
robust
hearing
and
the
question
and
answer
section.
We
also
covered
efforts
to
improve
communication
and
engagement
with
students
and
families
across
the
district.
The
importance
of
ethnic
studies,
restorative
justice
practices
with
student
resource
officers,
reducing
language
barriers
across
the
district
and
normalizing
multilingual
practices.
G
Mental
health
resources,
school
budgets,
budget,
literacy
and
information
justice,
as
you
can
see,
it
was
a
robust
presentation
by
the
students
in
a
hearing.
I
deeply
hope
that
it
becomes
a
cultural
council
tradition
to
hold
a
bsac
policy
agenda
hearing
annually.
You
know,
as
many
of
you
know,
my
years
in
high
school
in
boston.
I
was
a
member
of
the
boston
student
advisory
council
and
they
really
do
amazing
work
and
so
grateful
for
their
presentation
to
us.
Yesterday.
A
A
Thank
you,
so
much.0170
remain
in
the
committee
of
education.
If
you
recall
the
first
stock
at
under
motions,
orders
and
resolutions,
we
have
already
adopted
that
that
was
a
resolution
from
councillor
edwards.
So
we
will
move
on
to
docket
zero.
Three
five
six,
madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
it
into
the
record.
K
Thank
you,
madam
presidents.
In
every
agency,
in
every
department,
in
the
city
of
boston,
we
have
a
responsibility
to
ensure
that
the
people
play
an
active
and
critical
role
in
decision
making.
People
aren't
obstacles
to
the
work
they're,
the
ones
who
should
be
collaborating
with
to
get
the
work
done.
When
mayor
menino
signed
the
executive
order
establishing
impact
advisory
groups
back
in
20
and
2000,
the
intention
was
to
collaborate
with
people
on
large
development
projects
21
years
down
the
line.
K
However,
we
found
that
we
need
to
shine
a
light
on
the
ie
iag
process
and
figure
out
how
civic
voice
is
actually
being
used.
We've
heard
directly
from
constituents
who
have
reported
that
iags
have
not
been
representative
of
their
neighborhood.
That
nominees
have
not
made
their
way
into
the
panel
and
that
the
entire
process
feels
fake,
like
their
concerns
are
being
are
not
being
taken
serious.
Our
office
has
partnered
closely
with
several
constituents
on
this
issue
to
make
sure
that
the
community
voice
is
prioritized
from
the
ground
up.
One
constituent,
jenna
told
our
office.
K
That
is
the
work
that
is
ahead
of
us,
and
I
look
forward
to
this
hearing
and
finding
meaningful
ways
that
we
can
all
do
a
better
job
of
bringing
the
people
into
our
work.
So
really
just
wanted
to
just
also
thank
my
director
of
policy,
jacob
divock
for
his
hard
work
on
this
issue
and
also
want
to
bring
to
light
that,
even
when,
as
a
counselor,
when
I
would
get
emails
about
recommendations
in
terms
of
who
I
want
to
nominate.
K
Even
that
whole
process
seems
to
be
a
little
bit.
I
think
we
could
do
a
better
job
at
communicating
the
amount
of
time
we're
asking
people
to
to
to
participate
in,
and
also,
if
we're
really
serious
about,
maybe
removing
barriers
that
I
think
that
we
also
need
to
be
super
mindful
of
resources
and
make
sure
that
translation
and
interpretation
are
not
a
barrier
to
engagement
and
child
care
all
that
stuff.
K
P
P
P
So
even
when
individuals
may
be
motivated
and
want
to
participate
in
that
process,
it's
very
difficult
to
get
times
at
work
and
and
very
often
they
decline.
The
invitation,
the
iag
composition,
has
been
a
point
of
contention,
particularly
in
the
large
scale
or
the
article
80
development
process,
community
members
and
advocates
neighborhood,
civic
associations,
residential
or
butters,
and
our
district
representatives
should
have
an
equal,
equitable
and
meaningful
access
to
the
nomination
and
selection
process
of
indep
of
iag
members.
Very
often,
we
don't
know
who
the
iag
members
are
until
the
first
meeting.
P
The
community
needs
to
be
fully
represented
and
it's
vitally
important
that
public
members
of
the
public
who
attend
iag
meetings
and
also
public
meetings,
are
able
to
fully
participate
in
the
discussion
and
have
their
have
their
views
heard
in
the
context
of
a
project
review
process
we
have.
We
are
seeing
particular
challenges
in
the
context
of
of
covid,
where
in
some
cases,
community
member
iag
members
don't
know
who
else
is
in
the
room.
Community
members
who
attend
the
meetings.
P
P
You
could
share
your
concerns
with
your
neighbors
and
in
these
meetings
in
the
context
of
colvin
on
zoom,
it's
really
really
difficult
to
get
a
full
sense
of
the
community
feeling
the
spirit
of
the
meeting
so
to
speak,
to
really
pin
to
hear
from
the
neighbors
to
hear
from
the
iag
members,
and
I
really
feel
that
I
welcome
this
discussion.
I
I
look
forward
to
participating
in
it
to
try
and
improve
the
iag
process.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
A
show
of
physical
hands
for
others
who
would
like
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
councillor
sabi
george
council
of
royal
councillor
campbell
council
of
wu
councillor
edwards
council
of
flaherty
councillor
bach,
did
I
get
everyone
who
would
like
to
add
their
name?
A
A
B
R
Thank
you,
madam
president.
First
I
would
like
to
make,
I
think,
two
motions
in
quick
succession
one
to
move
to.
Let's
see,
I
will
start
with
rule
15
to
be
able
to
add,
as
original
co-sponsors,
counselor,
lydia,
edwards
and
counselor
andrea
campbell,
and
then
therefore
move
to
substitute
the
language
with
a
revised
version
that
could
be
sent
with
those
sponsor
names
on
top
and
that's
campbell
and
it's
edwards
and
campbell.
F
R
U
Yeah,
okay,
just
a
sec,
you
don't
have
to
substitute
if
you're,
just
adding
the
names.
Excuse
me
it's
christine
hi
christine.
How
are
you
I'm
good?
You
do
not
need
to
substitute
if
you're,
just
adding
names,
you
just
need
to
suspend
the
rule
to
add
the
names
and
then
have
your
office,
give
it
to
us
on
central
staff
and
we'll
forward
it
to
the
clerk.
R
Got
it
all
right?
Thank
you
very
much,
so
I
think
we
have
it
all
sorted
out.
We
have
the
version
it
will
get
to
everyone
at
some
point
and
we
are
set
with
with
all
three
of
us
on
there
as
co-sponsors,
so
just
to
quickly
summarize
worker-owned
cooperatives
or
worker
co-ops.
Are
businesses
owned
and
managed
democratically
by
their
employees.
The
employees
are
sharing
directly
in
the
decision
making
and
profits
and
employee
stock
ownership
plans
can
also
allow
employees
to
become
owners
in
the
stock
of
the
company.
R
Those
that
offer
lower
wages
and
fewer
workplace
benefits
and
unpredictable
scheduling.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
stabilizing
and
creating
every
city.
Investment
in
worker
co-ops
for
food
service,
domestic
work,
early
education
and
child
care.
Boston
has
a
great
deal
of
expertise
on
this
front
through
local
organizations
like
the
center
for
cooperative
democracy
and
solidarity.
N
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you,
council
roof
for
including
me
in
this
wonderful
conversation.
As
you
stated,
I
have
done
a
great
deal
of
legal
research.
I
got
my
tax
law
degree,
my
master's
in
tax,
specifically
focusing
on
cooperatives
and
developing
them
to
make
sure
that
people
of
color
and
immigrants
actually
had
access
to
owning
their
own
businesses
in
a
creative
way.
N
To
put
it
frank,
there's
a
huge
tax
windfall.
If
you
sell
your
business
to
your
workers
and
a
lot
of
people,
small
businesses
don't
know
that,
and
that
would
actually
help
a
lot
of
our
neighborhood
businesses
stay
alive
as
if
you
could
keep
your
workers
there,
they
could
become
part
owner
and
in
some
cases
because
of
their
long-term
loyalty
to
their
former
employer.
They
hire
them
as
the
manager,
but
they
own
the
business.
N
It's
incredibly
exciting,
actually
a
huge
economy
that
could
be
growing
and
should
be
growing
actually
now,
but
we
aren't
really
investing
in
them
as
a
city.
Not
only
does
it
help
people
who
are
trying
to
leave
their
business,
but
maybe
their
kids
don't
want
it.
It
also
helps
people
start
a
business.
I
happen
to
be
one
of
the
customers
of
the
boston
cleaning
collective,
which
is
a
cooperative
owned
by
mixed
status.
N
Immigrant
women
who
clean
houses
in
east
boston
they
together
collectively,
came
to
own
that
business
to
make
sure
that
they
could
work
and
provide
for
their
families.
It's
one
of
the
cooperatives
that
I
helped
train
with
ccds
when
we
did
training
in
spanish,
specifically
on
how
funding
runs
through
cooperatives
and
allowing
people
to
set
up
their
small
businesses
ccds
graduates.
N
That's
a
center
for
cooperative
democracy
in
solidarity
in
east
boston,
graduate
classes
of
cooperatives,
people
starting
banks
together,
people
starting
restaurants,
together
people
starting
cleaning
cooperatives
together.
It
is
an
incredible
thing
to
see
people
come
together
to
say
we
can
grow
together
and
be
in
the
spirit
of
fujima,
which
is
another
incubator
for
cooperatives.
N
I
would
quickly
summarize
by
simply
saying
that
they
are
one
of
the
most
stable
entities
and
we
found
in
all
recessions
that
cooperatives
are
able
to
withstand
the
recession
in
that,
unlike
traditional
businesses,
where
investors
fire
the
workers
to
save
money
in
many
cases,
because
the
workers
own
the
business,
they
collectively
decide
on
a
pay
cut
to
save
the
business
and
ensure
that
everyone
keeps
their
job.
That's
what
worker
cooperatives
do
they
value
the
workers?
N
I
just
want
to
highlight
a
couple
again:
ccds
the
boston,
cleaning,
cooperative
democracy
brewing
and
several
others
throughout
ujima,
as
I
mentioned
before,
as
cooperatives
that
are
growing
the
economy
here
in
boston,
and
I
look
forward
to
figuring
out
ways
to
make
sure
that
we
can
continue
to
help
them
grow.
Thank
you.
F
O
For
all
the
reasons
that
my
you
know,
council
colleagues
have
already
expressed,
and
also
given
the
work
that
folks
are
doing
in
jackson
and
other
cities
across
the
country
in
new
york,
there's
actually
a
some
some
assistance
right
now
that
the
city
of
new
york
is
given
to
businesses
who
are
not
doing
well
in
the
pandemic,
helping
them
turn
it
into
a
co-op
and
so
some
of
the
creative
technical
assistance
we're
seeing
in
other
cities.
Of
course,
we
could
be
doing
in
the
city
of
boston.
O
This
is
a
proven
model
to
help
close
racial
wealth
gaps,
and
it
is
working
well,
and
there
are
great
examples
in
california
and
in
other
states
across
the
country.
The
city
of
boston,
at
some
point,
did
receive
some
resources
from
the
national
league
of
cities
to
do
some
work
here.
There
are
many
organizations
and
residents
in
the
city
of
boston
involved
with
this.
O
Then
I
think
the
conversations
didn't
necessarily
turn
in
into
anything
of
action,
so
I'm
really
excited
for
this
hearing
to
get
updates
from
the
administration
on
some
of
the
past
work,
but
also
where
we
can
take
it
from
here
and
really
grateful
for
the
partnership
with
councillor
wu
and
councillor
edwards.
So
thank
you
both
so
much
and
thank
you,
madam
president,.
A
A
F
O
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you,
madam
clerk.
It's
been
almost
a
full
year,
of
course,
since
most
boston,
public
schools
were
learning
in
their
classrooms,
and
we
know
the
vast
majority
of
students
have
suffered
academically
socially
and
emotionally
during
this
time,
with
students
with
special
needs
in
our
english
learners
facing
the
most
pronounced
learning
losses
and
as
we
get
more
reports,
we
definitely
are
seeing
that
there
will
be
an
incredible
academic
loss
and,
of
course,
this
isn't
just
having
an
effect
on
our
students.
O
It's
also
having
an
effect
on
our
teachers,
our
school
leaders
and
staff
as
well.
We
must
do
everything
in
our
power,
of
course,
to
ensure
that
schools
can
reopen
safely
this
year,
so
that
every
family
has
the
option
to
send
their
students
back
in
person,
but
we
also
have
to
make
sure
that
we
are
helping
our
students
make
up
for
this
lost
time
in
the
classroom.
O
Summer
learning
or
as
some
referred
to
as
the
fifth
quarter
always
has
served
students
who
need
supplemental
instruction
in
support,
and
so
the
question
is:
how
do
we
use
this
time
this
summer
to
expand
such
programming
to
get
students?
What
they
need
academic
instruction
and
tutoring
meals,
safe
and
structured,
safe
and
structured
physical
activities
and
other
opportunities
to
safely
engage
with
their
peers.
All
of
these
options
should
be
explored.
O
O
I
know
from
talking
to
educators
and
families
that
many
did
not
feel
that
the
district
used
the
summer
last
year
as
an
opportunity
to
adequately
prepare
for
the
year
ahead,
and
so
this
is
an
opportunity
to
do
something
different
this
summer.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
holding
a
hearing
really
quickly
to
begin
to,
of
course,
make
sure
that
every
student
and
family
has
access
to
whether
it's
tutoring
academic,
supports
or
other
opportunities
for
young
people
over
the
summer,
but
also
to
plan
ahead
to
use
those
summer
months
to
plan
for
the
fall.
O
K
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
want
to
commend
the
the
maker
of
this
hearing
and
add
my
name
and
support,
and
I
also
just
want
to
to
note
that
this
whole
idea
of
learning
loss.
We
already
know
that
most
of
our
students
were
already
behind
before
covet
and
as
a
result
of
covet.
We
have
seen
those
discrepancies
bubble
up
and
I
think
now,
more
than
ever,
we
need
to
be
hyper
focused
on
making
sure
that
our
kids,
we
can
close
that
gap.
I'll
just
speak
from
my
own
personal
experience.
K
T
Thank
you,
madam
president,
I'll
be
brief,
because
I
know
we
have
a
long
agenda.
I
just
want
to
also
thank
councillor
campbell
for
filing
this
and
say
that
you
know
in
my
office
we've
been
working
closely
with
particularly
students
at
the
tobin
elementary
middle
school
in
my
district
and
we've
really
been
seeing,
especially
when
it
comes
to
you
know
our
english
language
learners,
our
families
with
special
needs,
our
families.
T
You
know
we've
gotta,
we've
got
a
lot
of
homeless
students
at
the
tobin,
we're
really
and
we're
really
seeing
a
lot
of
challenges
and
and
a
lot
of
issues
with
internet
and
distractions
in
households.
So
I
think
this
is
really
something
that
we
haven't
really
even
begun
to
put
our
arms
around
what
the
impact
is
and-
and
I
think
it's
something
that
needs
a
lot
of
attention
from
us,
and
I
also
think
it's
something
where
we
really
need
to
be
focusing
on
our
community-based
organizations.
T
With
the
conversation
about
the
the
sort
of
special
federal
funds
that
have
come
to
the
district
to
help
deal
with
exactly
this
challenge,
because
I
think
we're
we
do
have
a
significant
pot
of
money
there
and
something
we
discussed
in
our
ways
and
means
hearing
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
Is
that
that's
something
that
the
council
does
need
to
have
budget
oversight
over?
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
conversation
and
thanks
to
the
maker-
and
please
add
my
name
thank.
G
Thank
you
very
much
man
president,
and
please
add
my
name
to
this
hearing
order.
I
think
it's
certainly
an
important
issue
and,
and
one
that
is
an
important
one
for
us
to
discuss
we
do
have,
and
through
the
chair
to
the
maker,
we
do
have
a
number
of
hearings
scheduled
in
the
coming
weeks
around
education,
in
particular
around
the
reopening
plan.
So
perhaps
we
could
work
in
cooperation
to
see
if
we
can
grab,
if
not
the
full
hearing
order
pieces
of
this.
G
For
that
session,
I
do
think
it's
incredibly
important
and
something
that
we
must
move
with
a
certain
urgency.
I
would
also
note
that
the
district
is
working
on
their
retention
plan,
which
involves,
at
least
from
my
perspective,
should
involve,
I
suppose
I
should
say
some
in
hope
in
the
district,
looking
towards
a
direction
that
discusses
summer,
an
extended
school
year,
opportunities
for
our
youth
as
there's
been
a
tremendous
amount
of
additional
learning
loss
to
counselor
mejia's
point
about
the
loss
that
exists
under
normal
circumstances,
never
mind
during
this
unfortunate
period
of
time.
G
A
Thank
you
so
much
seeing
no
other
zoomed
hands
hearing
no
other
discussion,
a
show
of
physical
hands
for
those
who
would
like
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
you
already
have
counselor
savvy
george
councillor
brayden
councillor
edwards
council
of
wu
council,
flaherty,
council,
royal
council,
o'malley
council
of
mahia,
and
I
believe
you
already
have
counselor
bach.
Please
also
add
the
chair.
Did
I
get
everyone
who
wants
to
add
their
name?
A
B
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
president,
as
I
switched
to
my
other
desk,
so
this
hearing
looking
forward
to
this
hearing
as
well.
We
already
know
that
early
education,
of
course,
and
child
care
are
absolutely
essential
to
setting
up
our
young
people
for
success
not
only
in
school
but
also
their
careers,
and
it's
also
essential,
of
course,
to
our
families
into
our
economy.
O
If
folks
didn't
know
it
before
and
needed
another
report.
Well,
it
was
you
know.
Early
ed
has
been
a
topic
of
discussion
for
for
generations,
not
just
in
the
context
of
child
development,
but
also
in
the
economy,
but
I
think
more
and
more
folks
in
the
midst
of
covet
are
seeing
just
how
critically
important
it
is
to
have
affordable
and
accessible
child
care
in
early
ed
in
the
city
of
boston.
O
Just
yesterday,
there
was
a
story
in
the
globe
about
how
the
city
had
failed
to
deliver
on
the
promise
of
delivering
universal
pre-k
for
four-year-olds,
only
increasing
access
from
forty
percent
to
fifty
percent
of
four-year-olds,
with
the
seat
since
2014.,
and
so
clearly
there's
much
more
work
to
be
done.
We
have
not
created,
I
think,
the
necessary
infrastructure
to
assist
our
diverse
families
in
navigating
all
of
the
available
options
and
systems
that
are
available
to
them
currently
to
provide
a
pre-k
pre-k
experience.
We
have
not
defined
pre-k
correctly.
O
Universal
pre-k
is
birthed
to
five
years
old.
It's
as
simple
as
that,
and
there
is
a
way
for
the
city
of
boston
to
lead
in
making
sure
that
every
single
family
has
access
to
programming
for
their
child
from
birth
to
five
years
old,
and
so
at
this
hearing
really
looking
forward
to
not
just
an
update
on
the
city's
pre-k
investment
and
the
expansion
of
seeds
for
our
four-year-olds,
but
also
opportunities
to
expand
access
to
high
quality
pre-k
seats.
R
Thank
you,
madam
president,
just
wanted
to
lift
up
the
leadership
and
say
thank
you
to
councillor
campbell
for
continuing
to
make
sure
the
council
is
having
these
discussions.
I
there's
not
too
much
else
to
add.
You
all
know
how
much
needing
to
figure
out
child
care
and
the
juggle
of
everything
I
mean
you
all
have
been
the
child
care
in
many
instances
over
the
years
as
my
boys
have
been
out
and
about
and
around.
R
This
is
now
at
the
point,
where
we're
beyond
urgency,
for
this
being
critical
infrastructure
and
to
make
sure
the
investments
are
happening,
not
just
to
reduce
costs
for
families,
but
really
to
create
those
pipelines
for
careers
for
our
child
care
providers,
often
disproportionately
women,
women
of
color
and
a
workforce
that
is
faced
and
with
increasing
de-civilization
from
the
pandemic
and
all
of
the
forces
across
our
city.
I
just
wanted
to
note
and
thank
as
well
the
partners
at
the
state
and
federal
level
that
are
making
this
really
the
moment
to
move
this
issue.
R
There
are
still
many
loopholes
that
need
to
be
closed
to
ensure
equity
in
the
delivery
of
all
of
these
pieces,
but
it
comes
to
the
city
level
to
weave
them
all
together
and
to
make
sure
that
we
are
implementing
things
and
delivering
that
funding
in
a
way
to
truly
change
the
underlying
infrastructure
and
not
just
put
band-aids
on
a
situation
that
has
become
very
dire.
So
I'm
eager
for
us
to
stand
our
stand
up
on
this
issue
and
to
keep
pushing
for
boston
to
remove
all
barriers
for
working
families
to
thrive.
Thank
you.
A
N
You
very
much,
and
I
want
to
again
just
congratulate
they
make
her
on
her
leadership
in
this
conversation,
and
I
I
think
I
would
just
congratulate
all
of
all
of
my
colleagues
who
have
balanced
having
children
and
being
a
city
councilor.
I
am
not
part
of
that
special
club,
children,
grandchildren,
little
ones
in
general,
have
been
part
of
the
culture
that
I
have
been
blessed
to
be
in
in
the
city
council,
and
it
has
a
lot
to
do
with
the
leadership
here.
N
So
thank
you
all
for
making
sure
that
it's
very
clear
that
our
families
are
welcome
here
and
our
children
in
any
form
they
come
in.
We
know
that
far
too
many
people,
men
and
women
do
not
have
that
culture
at
their
workplace
and
in
many
cases
it's
it
should
be
incumbent
upon
us
and
that's
why
I
really
think
the
leadership
to
have
that
conversation
for
them
and
to
say
what
are
we
doing
and
what
can
we
do
better
about
making
a
universal
child
our
pre-k
available?
N
N
Excuse
me
mayor
walsh's
plan,
but
our
zoning
code,
which
actually
did
require
that
for
buildings
over
100
000
square
feet,
we
were
supposed
to
build
child
care
facilities
for
years
in
certain
zone
parts
of
our
zoning
code
and
and
we
didn't,
and
so
my
question,
and
I
hope
that
when
we
have
this
conversation
is,
if
it's
already
part
of
our
conversation,
that
we
were
going
to
leverage
developer
dollars
and
develop
our
ability
to
build
to
also
get
us
child
care
facilities.
Let's
look
at
that
law.
N
Let's
expand
it
and
let's
make
sure
that,
as
we
continue
to
build
into
the
billions
of
dollars
worth
of
construction,
that
child
care
facilities
are
absolutely
part
of
that
conversation,
it
should
be
no
different
than
when
we
have
parking
requirements
and
when
we
look
at
height
requirements
or
we
look
at
lead
led
excuse
me
requirements
for
for
the
environment
as
well.
Why
aren't
we?
Why
isn't
this
part
of
the
understood
natural
thing
that
a
building
or
a
workplace
should
have
so
I'm
excited
about?
Having
this
conversation,
I
want
to
thank
you.
N
P
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
it's
a
hard
hard
to
follow
the
eloquent
proclamations
of
my
colleagues
and
the
importance
of
universal
child
care.
I
I
really
feel
that
we
have
in
the
middle
of
covet.
We
have
an
ex
an
exacerbation
of
the
crisis
of
child
care.
It's
been
a
a
long-standing
problem,
but
it's
got
been
made
worse
for
so
many
working
families.
P
I
I
want
to
echo
counselor
edward's
passionate
proclamation
about
the
importance
of
planning
and
when
we
build
housing
developments
with
thousands
of
units
here
in
austin
brighton,
when
you,
when
you
bring
up
the
issue
of
three-bedroom
family-sized
units
or
a
child
care
facility
in
a
in
a
in
a
building,
they
look
at
you
like
you're
from
another
planet.
So
I
really
feel
that
this
is
an
incredibly
important
issue
that
we
need
to
discuss.
We
need
to
think
outside
the
box.
We
need
to
think
about
cooperative
child
care
options.
P
F
A
K
So
I
think
those
things
are
out
of
our
council
control,
but
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
recognize
the
impact
of
having
access
to
early
childhood
care.
It's
not
just
for
building
a
solid
foundation,
but
it
also
provides
opportunities
for
parents,
particularly
single
parents,
to
be
able
to
to
earn
an
income
and
and
and
create
a
livable
wage
so
that
you
don't
have
to
worry
about
your
own
financial
concerns.
K
A
You,
I
think
that
concludes
our
discussion,
so
a
show
of
physical
hands
for
those
who
would
like
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
sabby
george
council
o'malley
council
flynn,
council
flaherty
council
of
voya,
also
bach
councilman,
councillor
edwards
councillor
braden.
A
A
O
O
Awesome,
thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
council
mejia
for
your
partnership.
I
know
these
issues
are
critically
important
to
you,
along
with,
of
course,
other
council
colleagues
as
well,
and
we
know
that
boston
public
schools
is
blessed.
We
witnessed
it
yesterday
in
our
conversation
with
bsac
in
those
incredible
young
people
that
boston
public
schools
has
an
incredibly
diverse
student
population
over
17
000
students.
Nearly
a
third
of
our
student
body
are
english
learners,
english
learner
students
coming
from
139
different
countries
and
who
speak
a
language
other
than
english
at
home.
O
We
know
that
our
english
learners
are
suffering
and
struggling
in
an
incredible
way
and
that
to
successfully
get
out
of
the
pandemic,
we
want
to,
of
course,
make
sure
that
we're
supporting
this
population
of
students,
but
this
is
also
an
opportunity
to
talk
about
the
future
in
a
different
way
and
to
reimagine
what
is
possible.
What
the
programs
and
initiatives
could
look
like
to
support
our
english
learner
students,
their
teachers,
their
staff,
their
school
leaders
and
those
families.
O
These
students,
of
course,
including
english
learner
students
who
have
special
needs,
tend
to
be
concentrated
in
what
some
consider
the
district's
lower
demand
in
lower
performing
schools,
but
they're
not
necessarily
low
quality
schools.
They
just
lack
the
appropriate
resources
and
staffing
to
meet
the
needs
of
their
students,
as
we
plan
our
school
reopening
and
have
conversations
about
giving
families
the
option
to
return
their
students
in
person.
O
For
years,
boston,
public
schools
has
had
plans
and
opportunities
to
improve
the
quality
of
education
for
english
learners,
including
with
the
passage
of
the
look
act
in
2017,
which
gave
school
districts
greater
flexibility
to
establish
a
range
of
programming
based
on
the
linguistic
and
educational
and
cultural
needs
of
our
english
learner
students.
But
we
have
seen
very
little
action,
and
this
continues
to
be
a
topic
of
discussion
in
many
circles,
with
many
advocates
and
with
many
families.
O
So
this
hearing
is,
of
course,
to
discuss
what
we
can
do
short
term
to
support
our
students
in
our
english
learners
and
their
families,
but
also
the
long-term
strategies
and
action
steps.
We
can
take
with
the
look
act
and
all
the
flexibility
that
it
gives
us
to
deliver:
a
greater
equitable,
a
greater
education
in
a
more
equitable
education
to
our
english
learner.
O
Students,
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
this
hearing,
have
had
a
whole
host
of
conversations
with
folks
informally,
but
really
looking
forward
to
bringing
folks
together,
because
this
is
the
time
to
reimagine,
of
course,
what
is
possible
and
so
excited
for
the
hearing
and
working
with
each
and
every
one
of
you.
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
councilmember.
A
K
Remote
learning
has
been
especially
hard
on
english
language
learners,
not
just
because
of
the
barriers
that
have
been
put
in
place
for
them,
but
because
their
support
network,
their
parents,
their
friends
and
family,
may
not
even
speak
english
either.
We
have
an
opportunity
to
expand
our
capacity
for
care
and
find
innovative
ways
to
support
ell
students
such
as
dual
language
programs
and
bilingual
programs.
We
look
forward
to
utilizing
this
hearing
to
learn
more
about
how
bps
plans
to
implement
these
programs
and
offer
support
and
feedback
where
possible.
K
Thank
you
again,
councilman
campbell
for
the
opportunity
to
co-sponsor
this
hearing
order
with
you.
As
you
all
know,
this
is
personal
and
professional
for
me,
so
I
am
deeply
committed
to
not
just
creating
the
space
for
us
to
have
this
conversation,
but
making
sure
that
we're
holding
ourselves
accountable
to
whatever
actionable
items
come
out
of
these
discussions
and
that
we're
putting
the
dollars
behind
the
lip
service
that
so
many
families
have
been
getting
for
far
too
long
when
it
comes
to
ells
so
looking
forward
for
all
of
it.
Q
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
president,
I'll
keep
this
brief.
Bilingual
education
is
incredibly
important
just
several
years
ago,
not
that
long
ago,
massachusetts
as
a
whole
ranked
49th
in
the
entire
country
on
bilingual
education,
which
led
to
eventually
the
passage
of
the
look
act
and
since
then
you
know
I
know
others
have
been
advocates.
Q
Certainly,
we
need
to
be
moving
forward
and
making
sure
that
we're
making
up
the
time
that
we've
lost
and
the
amount
of
losses
that
we've
had
in
the
bilingual
education
space
and
ensuring
that
we're
creating
a
stronger
future
for
children
who
are
coming
here
and
and
are
here
frankly
and
speak
multiple
languages,
and
so
this
is
something
that
I
hope
we
prioritize.
This
is
something
that
is
incredibly
important
to
me.
Q
This
is
something
I
brought
up
last
year
during
the
budget
process,
because
we
haven't
dedicated
the
resources
to
bilingual
education
that
we
need
to,
and
this
is
the
perfect
time
to
have
this
conversation.
So
thank
you
to
the
makers
and
thank
you
to
all
of
the
folks
on
this
council
who
have
been
advocates
for
this.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
bye,
my
name.
O
O
This
is
issues
near
and
dear
and
has
done
a
lot
of
work
in
this
space,
so
I
did
want
to
give
my
chief
of
staff
ellie,
who,
I
frankly
probably
don't
think
enough.
A
shout
out
on
this
particular
topic.
This
particular
hearing
order
and
these
particular
issues.
So
thank
you
and
thank
you.
Madam
president,.
A
Thank
you
seeing
no
other
discussion
a
show
of
physical
hands,
please
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
you
could
please
add
counselor
savvy
george
council
o'malley
councillor
braden
councillor
wu
councillor
bach
councillor
edwards
councillor
flynn.
Did
I
get
everyone
who
wants
to
add
their
name?
A
F
L
S
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
A
healthy
urban
tree
canopy
in
our
neighborhood
is
not
only
critical
in
terms
of
combating
climate
change,
pollution
pollution
in
reducing
heat
island
effect.
Our
trees
are
also
important
for
our
mental
health
and
quality
life
issues.
Even
more
so
now,
during
this
ongoing
pandemic,
many
of
us
have
taken
a
much-needed
walk.
S
A
breath
of
fresh
air
outdoors
residents
often
view
trees
as
a
critical
part
of
their
neighborhood
and
therefore
are
often
alarmed
and
concerned
when
they
are
a
request
to
remove
healthy
trees,
residents
love
their
trees
in
their
neighborhoods
and
they
become
part
of
the
fabric
of
the
community.
I
often
hear
from
residents
neighbors
in
the
south
end
south
bost
and
beacon
hill
bay
village
about
gas
leaks
that
have
harmed
their
trees
or
trees
that
were
cut
down
due
to
a
development
project.
S
Currently,
the
process
for
removing
a
healthy
tree
involves
a
public
hearing
to
gather
feedback.
Notification
of
the
public
hearing
is
posted
on
boston.gov
and
in
the
newspaper
in
the
notices
on
the
tree
itself
in
at
least
two
other
public
places.
However,
there
is
no
requirement
to
notify
the
abutters
so
often
so.
Residents
often
do
not
know
or
do
not
find
about
the
about
the
removal
until
close
to
the
date
or
even
after
the
hearing,
I
want
to
recognize
the
boston
parks
department
for
doing
very
good
work
on
a
very
difficult
subject.
S
We
need
to
ensure
that
there
is
a
robust
community
process
that
would
include
input
from
residents
in
about,
as
about
the
impact
of
tree
removal
and
plans
for
replanting.
That's
a
key
part
of
this
in
plans
for
replanting.
I
want
to
thank
council
braden
for
her
partnership
on
this
in
her
work
on
this
as
well.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
various
city
agencies,
the
parks
department,
on
this
hearing
order
again
and
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
the
parks
department
is
doing
on
a
difficult
subject.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
P
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
to
councillor
flynn
for
including
me
on
this.
This
order,
improving,
boston's
urban
tree
canopy,
helps
to
reduce
our
air
pollution
summer
peak
temperatures,
the
heat
island
effect
it
provides
wildlife,
habitat
and
improves
the
quality
of
life
and
and
social
ties
among
neighbors
and
community
members.
P
We
do
get
calls
pretty
frequently
from
residents
in
our
neighborhood
who
are
distraught
at
the
sound
of
chainsaws
in
the
neighborhood
and
a
tree
that
they've
grown
up
with
all
their
lives
has
been
been
failed
by
a
developer
or
for
whatever
reason,
it's
a
great.
It's
a
great
emotional
impact
on
our
neighbors
and
the
other
issue
really
is
that
we
need
an
intentional
planning
and
investment
in
a
robust
tree
canopy
to
benefit
benefit.
P
I
also
look
forward
to
the
conversation
where
we
can
engage
with
members
of
the
public
on
how
to
better,
be
informed
and
mean
meaningfully
notified
about
tree
removal
efforts
well
in
advance,
so
that
we
can.
We
can
see
if
it's
necessary
for
the
tree
to
come
down
and
how
the
if
the
tree
needs
to
be
removed,
how
we
can
mitigate
the
loss
of
that
tree.
So,
thank
you
so
much
and
I
look
forward
to
this
conversation.
P
L
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Madam
president,
I
wanted
to,
of
course
commend
the
makers,
the
district
council
from
south
boston
and
the
district
council
from
austin
brighton
for
their
leadership.
Ask
that
my
name
be
added.
This
is
something
that
this
body
has
certainly
made
a
difference
of
in
the
years
past.
L
I
remember
partnering
with
now
congresswoman
former
counselor
large
ayanna
presley
on
getting
a
tree
canopy
study,
which
really
helped
dictate
a
lot
of
our
work
through
that
and
through
the
support
of
virtually
everyone
on
this
body,
we
were
able
to
get
money
in
a
budget
two
years
ago
for
lidar
study
that
has
shown
what
we've
known
all
along
that
with
increased
development,
has
been
a
significant
decrease
in
trees.
Having
said
that,
boston
does
fare
better
than
most
comparably
sized
cities.
L
However,
that's
not
to
say
we
should
rest
on
our
laurels
and
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
that
we
have
to
look
through
the
equity
lens,
as
it
relates
to
our
trees
throughout
the
city
of
boston
as
well.
So
I
know
that's
something
we
are
all
committed
to
so
just
wanted
to
briefly.
We
have
a
lot
on
the
agenda,
but
thank
the
makers.
L
A
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
president.
This
hearing
order
will
give
us
an
opportunity
to
assess
our
existing
housing
stock.
What
our
real
housing
needs
are
across
the
city
and
what
efforts
we
can
undertake
to
more
effectively
meet
those
housing
needs.
We
all
know
that
we
need
more
family,
sized,
affordable
housing
or,
I
should
say
family
size,
affordable,
affordable
housing
in
the
city
to
stem
the
tide
of
family
homelessness,
but
it's
been
a
challenge
to
ascertain
what
family-sized
units
exist
and
where
we
need
new
units
to
be
built.
G
I
hope
that
this
will
be
a
data-rich
hearing
that
will
help
shed
light
on
where
we
are
and
what
kind
of
a
city
we
need
to
build
to
meet.
The
needs
of
our
residents
certainly
always
hesitate
to
ask
for
another
study,
but
we
truly
do
need
to
have
this
information
to
understand
what
work
is
left
undone.
Thank
you.
Madam
president,.
P
I
am
talking
a
lot
today.
Thank
you,
madam
thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
I
want
to
thank
councillors.
Abby
george,
for
bringing
this
hearing
request
forward
and
in
austin
brighton
we've
seen
a
tremendous
growth
in
development.
Over
the
last
10
years,
770
000
new
units
of
housing
have
been
approved
in
the
last
10
years.
66
of
it
are
studios
and
one
bedrooms
and
single
room
occupancy
units.
P
P
A
Thank
you
not
seeing
any
other
speakers
or
show
of
physical
hands
of
those
who
want
to
add
their
name
council
brain
assume.
You
want
to
add
your
name,
madam
clerk.
If
you
could
please
add:
council
o'malley
councillor
braden
council
of
royal
council
of
wu
councillor
edwards
councillor
bach
council
of
flynn,
council
mejia
councillor
campbell.
A
G
Thank
you
again,
madam
president,
as
we
often
hear
in
our
civic
groups,
upcoming
meetings
on
development
can
take
a
community
by
surprise.
Sometimes
it's
a
matter
of
information
overload
and
areas
experience
or
experiencing
a
lot
of
development.
Sometimes
it's
due
to
ineffective
practices,
and
sometimes
it's
a
language
barrier.
G
I
hope
that
this
hearing
will
give
us
an
opportunity
to
lift
up
all
of
those
issues
figure
what
rules
as
a
city
we
are
current
currently
following
and
how
those
rules
could
be
improved
and
what
we
need
our
developers
to
do
and
our
city
to
do
to
improve
the
notification
process.
I
look
forward
to
having
this
hearing
hearing
in
this
year.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Q
You,
madam
president,
I'll
keep
this
brief.
Thank
you
to
the
maker
on
this.
This
is
an
issue
that
comes
up
often,
we
all
want
robust
community
processes
and
the
first
step
to
that
is
making
sure
the
community
is
informed
and
actually
there
and
able
to
attend
and
present,
and
I
think
some
of
this
gets
passed
off.
Q
As
you
know,
an
unengaged
community
doesn't
know
about
an
event,
but
I
think
that
actually
shifts
the
blame
on
a
system
where
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
actually
engaging
in
doing
all
that
we
can
to
ensure
that
folks
are
being
informed
in
a
real
way
rather
than
just
saying.
Well,
if
you
wanted
to
care
about
this
or
if
you
knew
about
this
you'd
be
there,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
this
hearing,
I
look
forward
to
hearing
what
we're
doing
to
ensure
that
engagement.
P
I
want
to
thank
councillor
sabi
george,
once
again
for
for
this
hearing
order.
This
is
a
critically
important
issue
that
many
of
our
residents
are
are
extremely
concerned
about.
Very
often
they
don't
don't
realize
that
there
has
been
a
a
plan
to
develop
an
area
until
they
see
the
fence
being
put
around
or
the
building
demolished.
P
We
should
certainly
assess
whether
residents
and
community
members
and
neighborhood
civic
associations
are
provided
with
meaningfully
advanced
notice
and
access
to
participate
in
development
related
meetings
and,
generally
speaking,
I
must
say
that
our
neighborhood
liaison
doesn't
does
a
good
job.
One
of
these
one
of
the
challenges
I
feel
is
that
we
have,
unless
there's
an
owner
occupier
in
every
build
a
butters
within
300
feet
of
of
a
proposed
development
are
notified
by
by
mail
or
not
by
mail.
They're
they're
dropped
flyers
on
their
on
their
doorstep.
P
If
they
are
not
owner
occupiers
or
they
are
tenants
who
do
not
speak
english
or
if
they're,
an
absentee
landlord
who
doesn't
live
in
the
building,
they
very
often
they
don't
hear
about
these.
These
and
others
meetings
until
after
they've
happened,
or
maybe
they
don't
hear
about
them
at
all.
So
this
the
question
is
in
the
time
of
the
covert
pandemic,
as
well
as
in
the
advanced.
P
You
know
with
all
our
digital
social
media
there
there
should
be
other
ways
and
additional
ways
to
import
improve
communication
with
our
community
members
and
also
we
need
to
try
and
develop
ample
opportunities
to
be
aware
of
of
development
projects
in
our
institutions,
as
well
as
our
local
article,
80
projects
and
small
projects
in
the
neighborhood
what's
happening
in
our
universities
is
equally
important
to
be
aware
of
as
a
community.
Thank
you.
D
You,
madam
president,
please
add
my
name
and
it's
something
that
I've
of
called
for
the
bra
bpda
and
zba
to
to
do,
particularly
as
it
pertains
to
deferrals
anytime,
a
matter
gets
deferraled
gets
deferred
at
the
zoning
board
of
appeals.
There's
no
onus
on
the
city
on
the
bpda
on
zba
or
the
proponent
to
to
re-notice,
if
you
will
via
butters
at
the
very
least,
and
so
I've
often
called
for
that-
and
you
talk
about
when
folks
get
concerned,
that
the
that
the
fix
is
in
or
that
the
cake
is
baked.
D
Those
situations
occur
when
someone
gets
a
deferral
and
maybe
in
the
middle
of
the
summer
or
or
right
around
the
holidays
and
the
next
thing
you
know
it's
back
on
the
agenda
and
none
of
the
neighbors.
None
of
the
director
butters
have
any
notice
whatsoever,
and
so
time
has
come
for
that
to
be
sort
of
mandated
in
the
process
whereby,
if
someone
either
asks
for
a
deferral
or
gets
a
deferral
from
the
board,
the
onus
needs
to
be
on
someone.
D
I
would
argue
the
proponent
working
through
office
and
neighborhood
services
in
the
bpda
to
now
re-notice
any
and
all
future
hearing
dates,
and
therein
lies
a
huge
problem.
I
think
that
we
have
as
a
city
when
we
have
a
development
project
going
forward.
I
think
right
out
of
the
gate.
They
do
a
pretty
good
job,
I
think
ppda
when
things
are
filed
and
when
the
notices
go
out
and
when
ons
is
involved,
particularly
for
that
first
community
meeting
things
seem
to
be
working
okay,
and
there
is
participation.
D
I
think
where
we
get
into
the
gray
areas,
when
we
get
to
the
zoning
board
date
and
folks
either
defer
or
they
get
taken
off
the
board
and
they
get
rescheduled.
Therein
lies
where
some
of
the
quick
scene
lies.
So
I
appreciate
the
the
author's
efforts
please
add
my
name
and
look
forward
to
hearing
in
through
the
chair.
D
K
This,
is
to
think
about
the
accountability
for
these
developers
to
ensure
that
they're,
offering
translation
and
interpretation
and
all
the
materials
are
are
that
people
are
able
to
understand
what
it
is
that's
happening
in
their
immediate
neighborhoods.
I
think
that
there
needs
to
be
a
level
of
accountability
on
who
who's
responsible
for
that
oftentimes.
We
see
a
lot
of
this.
It's
this
they're,
the
ones
who
are
supposed
to
do
it
they're
the
ones
who
are
supposed
to
do
it,
and
then
people
are
left
without
the
information.
K
So
I
think
that
we
need
to,
as
we
have
this
hearing
I'd
like
to
hear
who
is
ultimately
responsible
and
who's
going
to
put
foot
that
bill
to
ensure
that
that
people
have
access
to
the
information
and
they're
participating,
and
I
also
want
to
know
how
many
people
who
actually
live
in
the
neighborhood
are
participating
in
the
civic
association
meetings.
There
are
a
lot
of
folks
who
come
to
these
meetings
that
don't
even
live
in
the
neighborhood
or
or
where
this
project
is
being
discussed.
K
A
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
president.
If
we
don't
laugh,
we
might
cry
so.
I
appreciate
a
little
bit
of
humor
there
for
a
moment.
This
hearing
order
aims
to
explore,
creating
and
creating
a
directory
of
developers
in
the
city
in
order
to
provide
more
information
to
our
residents
and
encourage
developers
to
engage
in
best
practices.
Often
information
about
developers,
their
partnerships
and
practices
is
not
very
clear
or
easily
available.
G
Having
a
directory,
I
hope
will
make
it
easier
for
our
community
members
to
work
with
developers
on
projects
in
in
the
neighborhood
and
make
it
possible
for
developers
to
learn
about
firms
in
the
city
who
can
help
them
meet
boston
residents,
job
policy
goals
even
for
smaller
scale
projects.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
A
Thank
you
not
seeing
any
other
discussion
a
show
of
physical
hands
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add,
council,
o'malley,
council
brayden
councillor
wu
councillor
bach
council,
royal
councilor,
edwards
council
of
flynn,
councillor
campbell
councillor
mejia,
did
I
get
everyone
who
would
like
to
add
their
name?
A
T
Thank
you,
madam
president.
This
is
a
refile
I
think
folks
know
I
filed
it
in
the
summertime
around
an
idea.
I
had
we
right
now.
The
boston
housing
authority
actually
has
federal
authority
to
add
back
2
500,
more
public
housing
units
than
we
have
today
and,
and
once
we
add
them,
the
federal
government
is
obligated
to
provide
us
with
the
monthly
rental
subsidy.
So
there's
a
there's,
a
lot
of
money
for
low-income
families
to
be
housed
in
our
city
on
the
table.
T
It
could
be
as
much
as
40
million
dollars
a
year.
The
rub
and
what's
kept
us
from
doing
it
in
the
past,
is
the
need
for
the
kind
of
upfront
capital
to
create
these
units
because
we
sort
of
have
a
sustainable
model
once
they're
there.
But
how
do
we
make
them?
But
I
think
that
a
bunch
of
stars
have
aligned
there's
a
federal
program.
That's
going
to
make
it
easier.
I
think
we're
in
a
position
where
the
biden
administration
may
come
to
the
table
with
capital
money
again,
but
even
if
they
don't.
T
It
could
be
a
situation
where
an
apartment
building's
going
up
for
foreclosure
and
as
part
of
the
aop
program
we
acquire
it
and
then
are
able
to
make
it
long-term,
affordable.
It
could
be
a
situation
like
I
said
where
we
bring
the
idp
affordability
down
or
where
existing,
affordable
housing
developers
look
to
make
their
units
more
affordable.
T
It's
the
fact
that
if
you
live
in
a
public
housing
federally
funded
unit,
you
know
that
if
you
lose
your
job
or
you
get
sick,
you're
not
going
to
lose
your
housing
and
that
kind
of
stability
is
so
key
to
a
really
humane
city
and
a
city
that
keeps
all
bostonians
here.
So
I
don't
think
we
need
to
wait
on
washington
on
this.
T
It'll
be
great
if
they
come
to
the
table,
but
I
think
there's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
start
adding
these
units
now
and
I've
been
really
pleased
to
work
with
administrator
bennett
and
chief
dylan
around
sort
of
next
steps
to
identify
places
that
we
could
do
this.
So
thank
you
so
much.
Madam
president,
thank.
D
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Please
add
my
name
as
a
co-sponsor
and
long
been
a
proponent
and
supporter
of
public
housing.
I
think
it
may
be
the
only
member
who
was
born
in
public
housing
of
the
old
hopper
housing
projects,
and
it
was
obviously
a
lifeline
at
the
time
for
my
grandmother
when
and
my
mom
and
her
brother
when
their
when
my
grandfather
died
at
a
very
young
age,
and
it
was
also
very
supportive
when
my
mom
and
dad
got
started
out.
D
So
it's
a
lifeline
for
a
lot
of
people,
oftentimes
and
obviously
boston
in
particular,
has
been
home
to
some
of
the
first
public
housing
developments
and
obviously
now
some
of
the
oldest
public
elevators
developments,
and
so
we
we
saw
sort
of
a
divestment
and
we
saw
washington
walk
away
from
them.
We've
seen
some
very
creative
partnerships
across
the
city
that
have
restored
a
lot
of
our
public
housing
and
have
upgraded
them
and
have
been
able
to
add
to
them
so
all
good
stuff,
particularly
if
you're
a
resident
of
public
housing.
D
N
Thank
you
very
much,
please
add
my
name.
I
also
want
to
congratulate
the
maker
on
this.
I
think
incredible
conversation
having
the
largest
housing
development
in
boston
or
in
new
england,
actually
and
in
charleston
and
being
watching
it
being
redeveloped
and
having
to
triple
the
size
in
order
to
pay
for
its
redevelopment
is
because
I
think
our
city
didn't
pursue
some
of
these
funds
or
these
innovative
ways.
N
I
I
know
councillor
bach
is
jealous
of
us
on
so
many
levels
because
she
has
the
least
amount
of
public
housing,
but
I
hope
that,
with
this
increase,
she's
going
to
lead
the
way
and
beacon
hill
will
start
to
have
more
public
housing
units,
and
I
know
that
she'll
be
able
to
combine
not
only
that
conversation
but
with
her
historic
preservation.
So
the
beacon
hill
will
be
historically
preserved
and
also
make
history
by
getting
some
public
housing
units
there.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
I
really
want
to
applaud
my
colleague
councillor
bach,
for
thinking
this
through
and
and
bringing
forward
this
initiative.
The
public
and
the
pub
availability
of
housing.
That's
affordable
for
working
families
is
critically
critically
important
and
I
feel
that
out
here
in
austin
brighton
are
our
cdc.
Has
a
waitlist
of
17
000,
the
the
we
all
know
that
the
bha
waitlists
are
excessive
to
to
say
you
know
excessive.
P
So
I
really
feel
that
creativity
and
public-private
partnerships
and
thinking
outside
the
box
to
see
what
we
can
bring
to
bear
to
increase,
affordable
housing,
public
housing,
mixed
income,
housing.
I
agree
with
my
colleague,
lydia
edwards
country
edwards.
We
we
do
not
want
to
concentrate
the
folks
who
are
low
low
income.
P
Folks,
all
in
one
area,
we
want
to
try
and
develop
mixed
income
housing
as
well,
so
that
we
can
get
a
diversity
of
people
living
together
in
community
and
I
think,
that's
to
the
to
the
to
the
for
a
healthy,
progressive
way
to
approach
housing.
So
I
I
really
look
forward
to
this
conversation.
Thank
you.
So
much,
please
add
my
name.
T
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
my
my
colleague,
counselor
edwards,
is
correct
in
many
ways.
An
objective
for
of
this,
for
me,
is
to
get
more
public
housing.
In
my
district,
I
represent
a
district
that
has
been
historically
exclusive
to
low-income
people,
although
with
the
exception
of
some
substantial
historic
preservation,
affordable
housing
that
was
done
40
50
years
ago,
and
some
big
school
buildings
in
beacon
hill.
T
I
just
want
to
underscore
for
people
when
we're
talking
about
how
we
get
2500
more
units,
that
we've
got
50
000
families
on
the
public,
housing
wait
list
and
that
actually
adding
2
500
units
would
mean
that
you
take
those
families
and
one
out
of
20
of
them
gets
a
unit,
and
that
would
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
space
still
to
go,
but
that
would
make
a
big
difference
for
a
lot
of
people,
so
I
think
we
should
be
trying
to
get
there.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
A
Thank
you
not
seeing
any
other
discussion
show
a
physical
hands
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
you
could
please
add
counselor
o'malley
councillor
braden
councillor
wu
councillor,
mejia
councillor,
edwards,
council
of
flaherty
councillor
campbell
council
arroyo,
councillor
sabi
george.
A
T
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
The
theme
of
my
hearing
orders
today
is
public
land
and
public
finance
for
public
good,
and
the
document
I
introduced
to
the
council
is
related
to
that
and
really
thinking
about
you
know
conceptually
an
umbrella
for
a
lot
of
the
things
that
I
think
this
council
is
pushing
and
that
need
to
be
frankly
conversations
in
our
mayoral
race.
As
we
look
for
to
the
future
of
the
city
and
to
me
in
this
moment.
T
The
you
know,
one
of
our
real
fears
is
that
we're
going
to
come
out
of
this
economic
recession
with
capital,
even
more
concentrated
in
the
hands
of
a
small
number
of
actors,
and
it's
going
to
drive
us
into
a
more
unequal
society,
and
I
think
one
of
the
best
ways
we
have
to
fight
back
about
that
against.
That
is
to
really
think
about
the
fact
that
we,
the
public,
are
also
one
of
those
deep
pocketed
entities.
T
We
have
really
valuable
assets
on
the
public,
land
and
public
finance
side,
and
if
we
really
think
about
those
assets
as
tools
for
the
public
good,
it's
part
of
how
we
can
kind
of
come
out
of
the
covet
moment
in
a
way
that
is
more
equitable,
that
you
know
secures
whether
it's
housing
or
climate
mitigation
or
all
kinds
of
things
for
the
long
term.
I
think
we
have
to
be
really
intentional
about
that
philosophy
of
things.
T
But
I,
as
I've,
been
sort
of
studying
them,
I've
been
and
thinking
about
the
things
I
would
like
to
see
us
do
as
a
more
kind
of
muscular
public
on
behalf
of
the
public
good
in
the
city.
What's
come
back
again
and
again
is
the
ways
in
which
those
tools
properly
employed
could
be
really
critical
to
that
work.
So,
for
example,
it
was
the
bpda's
urban
renewal
land
use
tools
that
were
used
to
assemble
the
dsni
community
land
trust
these
60
acres
in
the
80s
that
really,
that
was
really
a
model.
T
The
first
time
that
eminent
domain
had
been
used
on
behalf
of
a
non-profit
like
that
in
the
country,
and
I
think
now,
we've
got
a
community
land
trust
movement
with
a
bunch
of
land
trusts
set
up,
but
not
a
lot
of
land,
and
I
think
we
need
to
get
back
in
the
business
of
thinking
about
land
assembly
and
land
acquisition,
supporting
our
community
land
trust
and
using
these
tools.
I
think,
on
the
I
think
that,
on
the
climate
side,
we've
got
a
parcel
priority
program
at
parks.
T
I
also
am
really
interested
in
how
we
think
about
our
public
ground
leases
and
and
how
to
really
leverage
those
in
the
best
way.
I
did
a
lot
of
work
on
the
bhas
ground
leases
and
you
know,
historically,
on
the
bha
side
at
the
bpda,
we
have
a
bunch
of
ground
leases
that
were
written
at
times
when
the
city
was
economically
struggling
and
sometimes
in
the
interest
of
economic
redevelopment.
We
gave
really
good
deals
to
the
private
side
and
these
public
private
ground
leases,
and
sometimes
that
might
make
some
sense
in
the
early
term.
T
T
We
need
land
often
to
do
that,
and-
and
you
know
I,
when
I
dug
into
121b
the
basis
on
which
we
have
our
urban
renewal
powers,
there's
actually
a
line
from
the
original
text.
That
said
any
benefits
to
tenants
other
than
lower
moderate
income.
Tenants
provided
under
this
chapter
will
be
at
most
incidental
to
achieving
proper
housing
and
appropriate
surroundings
for
low-income
persons
and
families.
That
was
actually
the
purpose
of
121b,
as
it
was
originally
framed,
was
to
house
low-income
persons
and
families.
T
That
is
not
the
direction
that
it
went,
but
I
think
that
this
council,
in
this
city
and
whoever
is
mayor
next,
has
a
real
opportunity
to
use
these
tools
to
that
end.
So
I
would
like
us
to
be
having
a
robust
conversation
about
that
and
that's
why
I
filed
the
hearing
order.
So
thank
you,
madam
president.
A
Thank
you
not
seeing
any
other
hands
up
for
discussion,
show
physical
hands
to
add
your
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
sabi
george
councillor
o'malley
councillor,
braden
council
arroyo,
council
of
wu
councillor
edwards
council
of
flynn,
councilman
mejia
councillor
campbell
council
of
flaherty.
Do
I
have
everyone
who
would
like
to
add
their
name?
A
L
L
T
Thank
you,
councilor
o'malley.
This
is
a
hearing
order
related
to
our
home
ownership
programs.
Here
in
the
city
of
boston
and
as
people
know,
we
made
a
major
eight
million
dollar
investment
in
the
oneplus
boston
program.
This
in
this
budget
cycle,
but
also
with
our
community
preservation,
act
money,
and
that
was
something
that,
for
me,
was
a
very
big
deal,
because
I've
watched
it
kind
of
go
from
a
twinkle
in
the
eye
in
church
basements
in
2015
and
part
of
the
whole
reason
we
passed.
T
How
do
you
intentionally
reverse
that
dynamic
of
discrimination
and
its
kind
of
accumulated
wealth
gap
and
one
of
the
best
ways
to
do
that
is
first
generation
homeownership,
because
by
definition,
if
you're,
the
first
generation
in
your
family
to
own
a
home,
you
haven't
had
the
opportunity
for
that
intergenerational
wealth,
build
up
and
transfer
that
comes
through
home
ownership,
and
so
in
the
initial
cohort
that
maha
has
been
serving
even
before
the
city
of
boston
fund
supported
this.
Initially,
it
was
part
of
a
collaboration
with
boston.
T
Children's
hospital
stash
has
been
helping
a
whole
bunch
of
first
generation
families,
save
it's
a
match.
It's
a
a
savings
match
program
helps
people
get
to
a
down
payment
and
97
of
the
participants
have
been
people
of
color.
So
I
was
excited
to
see
the
city
talk
about
and
and
make
a
move
to,
invest
in
that.
T
So
I
feel,
like
this
year,
is
going
to
be
a
good
time
for
us
to
check
in
after
one
plus
boston
has
existed
for
a
year
and
with
this
launch
of
a
first
generation
program
to
make
sure
that
that
we're
providing
oversight
and
that
we're
able
to
celebrate
the
successes
and
and
build
the
budget
and
support
for
these
things,
where
appropriate
so
excited
about
that.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
L
N
Thank
you
very
much
being
very
brief.
I
echo
all
of
the
exciting
things
that
the
original
co-sponsor
councilor
bach
had
mentioned.
I
thank
you
councillor
bach,
for
inviting
me
to
be
part
of
this.
The
fact
the
matter
is
the
best
way
to
stop
displacement
in
any
community
is
to
make
more
people
owners,
whether
it's
through
cooperative
ownership
or
through
this,
this
program
of
down
payment
assistance,
more
people
need
to
own
property
and,
of
course,
as
councillor
bach
alluded
to
it,
helps
the
generational
wealth.
N
I
love
that
this
is
about
first
time
homeowners.
I
think
it's
vital
that
it
be
center
to
this
program,
but
again
you
know
just
knowing
counselor
box
dedication
also
to
cooperatives,
how
we
make
sure
that
there's
leverage
and
funding
and
money
as
well
available
to
folks
to
collectively
buy,
is
also
important
to
me
as
well.
So
thank
you
so
much.
I'm
excited
for
this
conversation.
T
L
P
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
thank
you
to
concert
bach
and
counter
edwards
for
your
leadership
on
this
effort
and
for
adding
my
name.
I
really
appreciate
it.
Home
ownership
is
a
vital
importance
in
my
district.
Brighton
has
23
percent
austin
is
hovering
around
10
percent.
It
is
a
an
essential
component
of
stabilizing
our
community
and
and
ensuring
that
folks
can
make
this
neighborhood
and
the
city
in
general
their
long-term
home,
and
they
won't
be
pushed
out.
20
years
ago
or
more.
P
I
took
my
first-time
homeownership
class
with
at
the
austin
brighton
cdc,
and
in
those
days
we
did
have
family
homes,
two
family
homes
that
were
considered
a
good
bet.
You
know
you,
you
buy
a
two
family,
you
can
rent
out
your
second
apartment
or
your
as
a
as
a
as
a
source
of
income,
and
you
can
stabilize
your
family
and
make
a
home
in
the
neighborhood.
P
Sadly,
in
the
in
the
housing
markets,
homeowners,
regular
working
families
have
to
compete
with
investors
who
come
in
with
bags
of
cash
to
buy
homes
at
above
market
rate,
and
that
has
been
very
detrimental
to
the
stability
of
our
neighborhoods.
So
I
really
welcome
this
initiative
and
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation
to
see
if
we
can
really
try
and
stabilize
more
more
home
ownership
in
our
neighborhoods
and
and
really
make
make
this
make
this
work
for
working
families.
Thank
you.
L
Q
Mr
vice
chair,
I
just
want
to
thank
the
makers
on
this.
I
also
want
to
thank
counselor
edwards
for
stating
many
of
the
things
that
that
I
was
going
to
actually
say
so.
I
appreciate
that,
in
terms
of
ensuring
that,
when
we're
talking
about
folks
buying
homes,
we're
talking
about
folks
buying
homes
in
boston
specifically-
and
I
and
I
do
just
want
to
note
one
of
the
concerns
that
we
have
when
it
comes
to
the
racial
wealth
gap
is-
we
do
have-
and
I
come
from
a
district
with
that.
Q
You
can
sell
the
assets
to
your
child
in
the
future,
but
that
we're
making
sure
that
as
we
stabilize
our
communities
and
as
we
make
homes
for
folks
of
color
in
these
in
these
communities
to
live
in,
we're
also
looking
at
a
holistic
approach
to
ensure
that
we're
creating
real
wealth
and
real
wealth
growth
beyond
just
the
stabilization
of
owning
a
home.
So
this
is
a
great
step
in
that
direction,
and
I
appreciate
the
makers
for
for
pushing
this.
Thank
you.
L
D
Not
a
problem
just
want
to
add
my
name,
obviously
as
a
co-sponsor,
and
let
folks
know,
obviously,
that
the
community
preservation
act
stepped
up
last
year
and
provided
four
million
in
funding
and
and
hopefully
obviously-
and
it's
been
recommended
again
for
five
million
this
year.
So
good
stuff
happening
in
the
space
and
happy
to
sign
on
as
a
co-sponsor.
L
Thank
you
very
much
councillor
flaherty,
madam
clark.
Please
add
the
at
large
counts
from
south
boston,
councilor
flaherty,
please
add
counselor
flynn,
please
add
counselor
wu,
please
add
counselor
sybi
george,
please
add
counselor
campbell,
please
add
the
chair's
name,
and
I
believe
that
is
everyone.
Docket
0367
shall
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
housing
and
community
development
and
clerk
please
place
before
the
body
docket
zero.
Three
six.
Eight.
Thank
you,
mr.
B
L
T
L
T
I
think
that's
great
and
really
important
and
amazing
works
been
done
by
bps
and
their
partners
around
creating
the
boston
saves
program.
But
a
real
concern
for
me
is
that,
as
we
all
know,
savings
accounts
don't
really
pay
interest
in
this
day
and
age
in
the
way
that
they
used
to
and
you've
got
a
dynamic.
T
If
you
don't
have
so
much
money
that
you
can
have
a
broker
and
all
that
is
confusing
and
such,
and
so
what
we
end
up
with
is
a
situation
where
wealthy
people
in
america
have
their
money
invested
and
lower
income.
People
have
their
money
in
savings
accounts,
but
one
of
these
is
producing
a
seven
percent
rate
of
return,
and
one
of
them
is
producing
effectively
zero,
and
so
what
that
kind
of
dynamic?
What
that
difference
does
is
it.
It
deepens
the
wealth
gap
right
it
drives
that
wedge.
T
I
think
that's
a
perfect
opportunity
for
us
to
be
not
just
holding
a
savings
account,
but
actually
investing
those
funds
on
behalf
of
our
families
and
that's
something
that
pennsylvania
is
already
doing
with
its
its
program.
This
it's
got
a
new
program
for
every
baby,
born
in
pennsylvania.
You
can
sign
up,
get
a
hundred
dollars
and
it
gets
infested
and-
and
I
think
that
much
as
the
boston
safes
program
is
designed
to
help
our
families
create
savings
accounts.
T
So
I
think
this
is
it's
it's
kind
of
a
small
thing,
but
I
think
it
could
make
a
a
big
difference
and
I
think
it
also
is
about
sort
of
the
direction
again
that
we're
pushing
public
finance
in
support
of
closing
that
wealth
gap
in
the
city,
so
we'd
love
to
explore
it
and
grateful
to
councillor
isabe,
george
and
o'malley
for
partnering
with
me
on
this.
Thank
you.
L
G
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
I'd
like
to
thank
council
brock
for
her
leadership
on
this
effort.
I'm
very
excited
to
be
a
co-sponsor.
We
should
look
at
every
avenue
to
explore
generating
wealth,
especially
for
our
bps
students
and
their
families.
This
will
definitely
be
a
step
towards
closing
the
atrocious
but
a
very
small
step
towards
closing
the
atrocious
wealth
gap
here
in
the
city
and
I'm
very
much
looking
forward
to
this
hearing.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
L
L
The
studies
are
absolutely
clear
if
you
have
just
five
hundred
dollars
in
savings
as
a
young
person
for
college,
just
five
hundred
dollars
when
we
know
the
cost
of
college
tuition
is,
is
multiples
and
multiples
of
that
you
are
three
times
more
likely
to
attend
a
two
or
four
year
university
and
four
times
more
likely
to
graduate
from
two
or
four
year
university.
I've
seen
some
great
work
happening
at
the
city
level.
State
treasurer,
deb
goldberg
to
her
credit,
has
done
some
great
work
at
the
state
level
as
well.
L
Well,
but
it's
vitally
important
that
we
recognize
the
fact
that
to
counselor
box
point
just
simply
having
money
in
a
savings
account
isn't
necessarily
going
to
pay
the
dividends
that
it
once
was
just
on
compound
interest
alone,
it's
essentially
non-existent.
So
looking
at
529,
looking
at
other
plans,
which
I
am
increasingly
becoming
more
and
more
aware
of
as
many
of
our
colleagues
are
now,
this
is
just
a
great
issue,
an
important
one.
I'm
delighted
to
partner
with
counselors
bach
and
asabi
george
on
this.
So
thank
you.
L
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Just
please
add
my
name,
it's
a
great
idea
and
through
the
cheer
to
the
maker
and
want
to
see,
if
there's
an
appetite
to
to
increase
it
beyond
50
dollars.
Given
that
the
class
side
of
k2,
we
probably
should
we
could
be
able
to
absorb,
maybe
a
larger
number
150
200,
but
just
want
to
leave
that
open
as
a
possibility.
L
Thank
you,
counselor
flaherty,
I'm
seeing
that
the
the
head's
nodding
in
agreement.
So
yes,
I'm
that
is
absolutely
on
the
table
and
should
be
discussed
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
up
that
point.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
michael
flaherty
as
a
co-sponsor,
any
other
counselor
is
wishing
to
discuss
this
issue
any
counselors
wishing
to
add
their
I'm
sorry,
counselor
braden.
Did
you
wish
to
discuss
this
or
just
add
your
name?
Please.
L
You
very
much,
madam
clark,
please
add
counselor
liz
braden,
please
add
counselor
michelle
wu,
please
add
counselor
julia
mejia,
please
add
counselor
ricardo
arroyo,
please
add
counselor
andrea
campbell,
please
add
counselor
ed
flynn,
please
add
counselor
lydia
edwards
and
seeing
and
hearing
no
further
additions.
We've
added
council
flaherty
docket
zero.
Three
six
eight
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
moving
right
along
madame
clerk.
Please
please,
before
the
body
dock
at
0369..
L
L
Q
Floor,
thank
you,
mr
vice
chair,
and
I
would
like
to
thank
my
co-sponsor
on
this
counselor
campbell
as
well
for
her
continued
out
because
see
this
was
passed
last
year,
eight
to
six.
It's
a
refile
we've
made
one
edit
to
that
refile
on
the
legal
point
around
determining
punishment,
but
the
basis
for
this
remains
the
same,
which
is
frankly
when
we're
talking
about
the
use
of
projectiles
and
ordinance
that
have
caused
death.
That
can
cause
serious
injury.
Q
I
know
when
this
was
up
last
year
there
was
a
call
for
a
complete
total
ban,
and
this
this
is
not
that,
but
what
this
does
do
is
create
a
framework
to
ensure
that
we're
doing
this
in
a
way
that
is
safe
as
safe
as
it
can
be,
and
that
is
orderly,
and
that
does
all
of
those
things,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
once
again
addressing
this
issue
this
year,
and
hopefully
this
year
it
becomes
real.
Thank
you.
L
O
Thank
you,
council
o'malley
and
thank
you
council
royal
for
the
continued
partnership
and
thank
you
to
my
council
colleagues
right
for
voting
this
through
last
council
term
and
thank
you
to
councillor
edwards
as
long
along
with
your
team
for
the
hearings,
the
working
chest
sessions.
All
of
that
to
get
this
done,
looking
forward
to
getting
it
done
again
and
getting
it
passed
and
signed,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
just
residents
and
constituents.
O
We
had
a
lot
of
folks
who
stepped
up
to
email
and
to
call
about
their
personal
experiences
with
these
with
these
weapons,
and
it
really
you
know
at
moments
was
quite
painful
to
listen
to
some
of
these
stories.
So
I
want
to
also
appreciate
the
residents
who
came
forward
and,
of
course,
the
incredible
advocacy
groups
as
well
for
the
work
they
did
to
support
us
in
all
of
the
hearings
and
conversations
we
had
so
looking
forward
to.
Finally
getting
this
done.
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president.
L
L
N
And
thank
you
very
much.
I
I
did
appreciate
the
robust
conversation
we
had
as
a
body
and
we
did
get
it
done
and
as
counselor
aurora
mentioned
a
vote
of
8
5..
That
being
said,
I
I
do
wonder
if,
if,
if
a
lot
of
people
are
just
simply
confused,
if
I
I
see
the
title,
maybe
it's
something
that
the
the
co-sponsors
might
want
to
consider.
It
seems
more
like
this
is.
N
N
This
is
not
a
ban,
and
this
again
is
to
counselor
not
even
asking
for
the
friend
I
just
reminding
people
what
this
actually
does,
and
it
seems
so
unnecessarily
controversial
in
as
much
as
we
are
asking
our
police
officers
to
enshrine
their
protocol
and
to
allow
people
to
have
a
warning
as
to
when
or
they're
about
to
use,
kinetic
weapons
and
rubber
bullets,
and
I
just
wanted
people
to
be
reminded
of
that.
I
intend
again,
I
will
work
with
the
co-sponsors
on
this
conversation
about
how
to
bring
this
back
through
the
body.
O
L
Well,
thank
you,
madam
clark.
Please
add
counselor
lydia
edwards
as
a
co-sponsor
seeing
and
hearing
no
further
discussion
on
the
matter.
Would
the
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name?
Madam
clark,
please
add
counselor
liz
braden,
please
add
counselor
julia
mejia,
please
add
counselor
michelle
wu
and
docket
zero.
Excuse
me
docket
zero.
Three,
six
nine
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
government
operations.
L
N
Thank
you
very
much.
I'm
excited
about
this
conversation.
It's
actually
a
refile
for
pilot
for
the
pilot
program.
It
actually
complements
what
counselors
counselor
bach
and
council
janie
filed
last
week,
speaking
of
which
my
apologies,
if
I
could
suspend
rule
12
and
include
counselor
janie
as
one
of
the
original
co-sponsors
I'll
start
there.
My
apologies.
N
Thank
you
this
this.
This
again
is
simply
a
refill
and
it
does
three
major
things.
It
codifies
a
pilot
task
force.
It
makes
sure
that
the
assessing
department
of
the
city
of
boston
is
actually
assessing
with
real
numbers
modern
day
numbers.
What
is
the
shortfall
and
what
is
the
exact
amount
of
money
that
the
actual
entities
should
be
paying
for
and
then
it
also
requires
the
entities
to
tell
us
what
they've
acquired
essentially
in
terms
of
tax-exempt
properties.
N
So
it's
about
clarification.
No,
we
cannot
simply
tax
them
directly
as
they
are
nonprofit
entities
and
we
would
have
to
change
state
and
federal
law
to
do
so.
But
we
do
think
that
in
as
much
as
we
have
any
program
that
is
based
off
the
assessment
of
their
taxes
of
the
property
taxes
that
they're
not
paying,
we
should
be
accurate
in
those
numbers
and
that's
all
this
does,
and
so
in
talking
with
the
chair
of
the
pilot
committee,
councilor
bach,
we're
really
excited
to
actually
have
a
comprehensive
conversation
wherein
they
can.
N
We
can
have
a
robust
outward
conversation
with
her
and
counselor
janie,
specifically
on
what
they
filed
last
week.
On
a
hearing
order
and
then
a
narrow
conversation
specifically
on
this
ordinance
and
what
we
could
do
again
to
just
be
accurate
about
the
numbers
to
be
regularly
informing
the
public
about
the
shortfalls,
but
also,
I
think,
in
general,
just
doing
our
job.
If
we're
going
to
have
a
program
that
has
based
on
property
tax
avoidance
and
not
having
to
pay
it,
then
we
should
be
clear
about
what
they're
not
having
to
pay.
L
G
You,
mr
vice
president,
I'd
like
to
thank
councillor
edwards
for
her
leadership
and
for
continuing
our
partnership
with
this
ordinance.
Modernizing
pilot,
codifying
its
process
and
getting
the
task
force
up
and
running
will
help
to
significantly
improve
the
program,
as
well
as
our
efficacy
in
generating
pilot
funds.
I
look
forward
to
continuing
this
discussion
in
partnership
with
our
non-profit
institutions.
G
L
Thank
you
very
much,
counselor
sabi
george.
Is
there
any
further
discussion
on
this
docket?
Seeing
no
physical
hands
raised?
Would
any
counselor
excuse
me
blue
hands
raised?
Would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name
as
co-sponsor
on
this?
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
braden,
counselor
bach
counselor,
fl
flynn,
councillor
mejia
councillor
arroyo,
councillor
campbell
councillor,
wu,
counselor
flaherty,
please
add
the
chair's
name
and
docket
0370
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
government
operations.
L
N
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
what
many
people
are
unaware
of,
and
what
we've
learned,
unfortunately
painfully
in
east
boston
is
how
much
control
and
how
much
public
utilities
like
eversource
or
national
grid
can
override
our
local
zoning.
It's
actually
part
of
our
state
laws
that
essentially
a
public
service
corporation
may
be
exempted
from
the
zoning
regulations
of
a
local
town
or
city
upon
petition
to
a
competition
to
a
state
department
and
after
a
public
notice
and
a
hearing
that
decides
that
they
can
basically
override
the
zoning.
N
The
issue
for
us
is
that
the
zoning
that
the
the
the
hearing
didn't
have
to
happen
in
the
city
of
boston-
it
just
needs
to
be
a
public
hearing.
So
the
first
thing
this
amendment's
going
to
do
is
require
the
hearing
to
be
in
the
city
where,
if
you're
going
to
override
our
zoning
laws,
we
think
we
actually
should
and
you're
petitioning
to
override
them.
You
should
have
the
hearing
here
when
it
came
to
east
boston
substation,
it
happened
in
chelsea.
N
N
This
will
not
change
the
ability
for
public
utilities
to
come
in
and
and
kind
of
run
somewhat
rough
shot,
but
it
does
certainly
allow
for
us
to
be
part
of
that
process
and
conversation
in
a
real
way.
These
are
small
changes,
but
they
would
have
made
a
big
difference
for
us
in
east
boston
and,
unfortunately,
we're
still
now
paying
for
that.
I
believe
the
commissioner
at
the
time
actually
waived
our
right
to
have
the
public
hearing
in
boston.
N
So
here
we
are,
we
can
do
better
by
our
neighborhoods
and
we
can
make
sure
our
zoning
actually
includes
us
in
the
process
without
without
countering
state
law.
So
that's
what
I'm
hoping
for
that.
You
would
allow
for
this
conversation
to
go
forward
and
we
make
sure
we
come
up
with
a
better
balanced
way
for
us
to
have
these
conversations
and
for
us
to
be
able
to
determine
whether
they
should
be
able
to
override
or
not.
Our
zoning.
L
Thank
you
very
much,
counselor
edwards,
seeing
any
further
discussion
on
this
docket
zero.
Three
seven
one
would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name
as
a
co-sponsor
madame
clark,
please
add
counselor
braden
counselor
assad,
george
councillor
wu
councillor
flynn,
council
bach,
councillor
mejia
councillor,
arroyo,
councillor
campbell,
please
add
the
chair's
name
as
well
as
counselor,
michael
flaherty
and
docket
zero.
Three
seven
one
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation
madison
clerk.
Please
proceed
with
docket
0372
docket.
L
N
N
Not
only
were
you
able
to
file
them,
but
you'd
be
able
to
follow
those
projects
and
sign
up
your
email,
so
you
can
get
regular
announcements
from
the
zba
if
there's
been
a
deferment,
we
all
just
discussed
this,
but
these
are
things
that
are
part
of
the
executive
order
that
the
mayor
had
filed.
That
came
from
the
homework
petition
I
had
filed.
This
is
an
exciting
thing
and
we're
in
the
middle
of
getting
some
of
these
things
done.
The
language
aspect
of
it
has
been
been
worked
on.
N
The
other
thing
that
was
really
important
and
again
it
is
in
line
with
what
counselor
savvy
george
has
filed
is
about
the
transparency.
We've
lowered
the
threshold
in
this
executive
order
for
disclosures
of
who
owns
what
and
who
has
what
ownership
interest
in
llcs
when
they
come
before
the
dba.
So
it
is
an
abc
llc
purchasing
it.
It's
really
councillor
braden
counselor
flynn
and
counselor
edwards,
who
actually
own
this,
and
literally
you
guys
were
just
the
only
ones
on
my
screen.
So
that's
yeah.
N
I
only
mentioned
you
guys.
For
those
reasons,
I
promise
we're
not
we're
not
a
secret
llc
buying
any
properties.
They
just
happen
to
be
on
my
screen
and
my
cell
phone.
But
the
fact
is,
these
are
part
of
the
executive
order,
and
so
this
hearing
is
a
check
in
on
that
executive
order,
we're
within
the
time
frame
of
it.
The
other
thing
that's
supposed
to
be
happening,
especially
financial,
disclosures
of
each
one
of
the
zba
members.
So
what
we're?
What
we're
doing
is
a
check-in
on
that
executive
order.
N
I
believe
it's
18
months
to
be
completed
this
february.
I
think
this
is
early
february
march
a
year,
so
that
puts
us
closer
to
august.
I
believe
for
this
entire
transparency
and
this
electronic
transformation
to
be
completed,
and
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
we
had
that
hearing
coming
up
soon
to
to
really
understand
how
far
we've
come.
I'm
excited
about
this.
These
are
good
things.
N
L
Thank
you,
counselor
edwards,
any
further
discussion
on
docket
zero,
three
seven,
two
seeing
none
would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name
to
docket0372.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselors
brayden
and
flynn,
the
f4
named
business
partners.
Please
add
counselor
bach,
please
add
counselor
sabi
george
councillor
wu
councillor,
mejia
councillor
arroyo
councillor
campbell
councillor
flaherty,
please
add
the
chair's
name
and
docket0372
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
planning,
development
and
transportation.
B
L
S
S
We
have
to
recognize
that
ethnic,
religious,
racial
or
national
hatred
can
result
in
extreme
violence
and
they
can
lead
to.
They
can
lead
to
terrible
situations.
Like
we've
seen
in
the
past,
we
also
have
to
ensure
that
our
students
recognize
the
horrors
of
genocide
in
that
they
speak
up
when
they
see
suffering
in
oppression
of
vulnerable
people.
S
L
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
braden
counselor
bach
counselor,
edwards,
counselor,
sybi,
george
councillor
wu,
councillor
baker,
councillor
mejia,
councillor,
arroyo,
councillor
campbell,
councillor
flaherty,
please
add
the
chair's
name:
counselor
flynn
now
moves
for
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
zero.
Three
seven,
three,
madam
clark,
would
you
be
so
kind
as
to
call
the
role?
Certainly.
J
J
J
E
C
B
L
Thank
you
very
much.
The
doctor
has
been
adopted,
congratulations,
counselor
flynn.
We
are
now
moving
on
to
late
files.
I
am
informed
by
the
clerk
that
there
is
one
lay
file
matter.
It
is
personnel
in
nature
from
counselor
arroyo
and
the
late
file
matter
is
being
sent
an
email
to
everyone
right
now,
so
please
check
your
emails
and
we
will
take
a
roll
call
vote
to
add
this
docket
to
the
agenda.
Madam
clerk,
would
you
please
call
the
role.
J
E
L
L
B
B
C
B
L
T
B
C
J
B
C
L
L
T
Well,
just
a
reminder
to
everyone
that
this
is
for
that
work
on
the
samuel
adams
and
the
patrick
kennedy
school,
both
in
east
boston.
This
is
an
msba
design
grant
and
then
it
should
be
followed
up
with
an
msba
grant
for
the
actual
work
and
as
it's
a
capital
docket.
It
needs
these
two
votes.
So
we
did
vote
back
on
february
10th
and
now
I'm
looking
for
the
second
vote
in
the
affirmative.
Thank
you.
L
B
B
B
B
L
N
A
B
J
C
B
B
N
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
president,
and
my
colleagues
for
your
indulgence,
as
we
have
thoroughly
vetted
this,
I'm
just
going
to
go
through
some
of
the
dates
and
conversation
and
then
promptly
turn
it
over
to
the
lead
sponsor
to
make
sure
that
if
there's
any
other
updates
that
she
would
like
to
make
before
we
bring
this
before
the
body
again,
this
is
a
refile
of
docket
zero.
Two
two
five.
This
is
an
ordinance
to
create
a
special
commission
on
ending
family
homelessness.
N
N
This
is
this
docket
would
establish
a
commission
to
develop
an
actionable
and
measurable
plan
to
end
family
homelessness
in
the
city
of
boston.
It
was
in
place
for
our
body
and
I
believe
now
we
are
asking
that
it
be
placed
again
before
the
body
in
a
small,
amended
draft,
but
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
lead,
sponsor
to
explain
the
procedures
and
thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity.
G
Thank
you,
madam
president,
thank
you
to
councillor
edwards
for
bringing
this
before
us
today.
This
was
resubmitted
a
few
weeks
ago.
We
are
pulling
it
today
from
the
green
sheets
to
once
again
pass
it.
This
docket
is
an
amended
version
of
the
special
commission
to
end
family
homelessness,
even
though
we
did
pass
it
at
the
end
of
the
year,
we
needed
to
adjust
some
of
the
language
regarding
the
appointments
and
membership
of
the
commission.
This
version
reflects
those
changes,
and
I
do
ask
that
we
pass
it
once
again
today.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
A
J
B
C
B
A
C
B
Councillor
block
is
council
braden,
yes,
councillor
braden,
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
mr
campbell,
here
councillor,
edward
yeah,
that
was
her
edwards;
yes,
councilor,
sabi
george,
yes,
councilors,
abby,
georgia,
council
of
flaherty;
yes,
also
flaherty.
Yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
elsa
flynn;
yes,
counselor
danny;
yes,
councillor,
janie,
yes,
councilman
here.
C
B
A
A
A
I
also
want
to
lift
up
the
family
of
ahmad.
Aubry
yesterday
was
the
one
year
anniversary
of
his
brutal
murder.
He
was
25
years
old
folks,
know
jogging
and
was
brutally
murdered
by
three
individuals
who
have
yet
to
be
brought
to
justice
also
want
to
just
lift
up
doors
plenty.
We
did
some
good
work
in
this
meeting.
I've
been
doing
good
work
around
housing
for
quite
some
time.
A
Doris
bunty
is
just
was
an
extraordinary
leader
in
so
many
ways
just
breaking
down
for
the
women
on
this
council
to
even
be
on
this
council.
She
was
the
first
black
woman
elected
to
the
state
house.
We
know
her
her
advocacy
and
work
around
housing
so
just
want
to
to
lift
her
up,
and
obviously
we
will
close
out
today's
council
meeting
in
her
honor.
A
T
Madam
president,
I
just
wanted
to
add
a
comment
to
your
remarks
about
doris
bunty.
I
had
the
the
pleasure
and
real
privilege
to
get
to
know
her
a
bit
when
I
was
at
the
boston
housing
authority
and
to
be
at
the
occasion
where
we
dedicated
a
senior
development
to
her,
and
you
know
I
think
she
was
a
trailblazer
in
so
many
respects
and
there's
been
a
lot
of
focus
in
the
press
on
on
her
role
as
an
elected
official
and
then
as
the
head
of
the
housing
authority.
T
But
I
really
want
to
lift
up
the
role
she
played
in
establishing
tenant
power
in
this
city.
You
know
I
I
worked
for
billy
mcgonagall
and
I
used
to
get
stories
all
the
time
about
doris
bunty.
You
know
being
named
as
the
first
tenant
to
the
to
the
board
of
the
bha
by
kevin
white
and
then
also
john
connolly,
who
we
recently
lost
a
couple
of
months
ago.
T
So
a
black
woman
and
a
white
man
both
both
folks
who
had
grown
up
and
and
lived
in
public
housing
and
between
them.
They
kind
of
organized
the
first
ever
tenant
majority
of
the
bha
board
and
the
powers
that
be
didn't
like
it
and
as
folks
famously
know,
she
kevin
white
removed
her
from
the
board
for
not
following
his
instructions,
and
then
the
supreme
judicial
court
reinstated
her,
and
I
think
it's
just
really
important
to
lift
up
that.
T
And
so
I
just
I
really
want
to
echo
you
that
we've
learned
so
much
from
her,
and
I
know
I
was
talking
to
counselor
flynn
earlier
today
about
about
some
of
his
memories
in
relation
to
this
era.
So
I
know
he
might
want
to
make
some
remarks
on
it
as
well,
but
I
just
I
didn't
want
to
let
the
moment
pass
without
without
honoring
her
and
saying
how
lucky
I
was
to
know
her
for
a
little
thank.
A
G
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
president.
I
want
to
know
that
this
friday
will
mark
the
last
day
of
service
for
emt
mel,
dr
reed,
and
he
very
specifically
went
by
doctor,
as
opposed
to
dr
reed,
his
start
date,
and
the
reason
why
I
want
to
pay
particular
note
to
his
last
day,
I'm
in
service
to
this
city.
His
first
day
was
february
25th
1970..
G
I
want
to
make
particular
note
when
mal
began
his
career
at
boston
ems,
the
average
price
of
a
home
was
25
dollars,
a
stamp
was
six
cents
and
a
gallon
of
gas
was
36
cents.
The
beatles
released
abby
road
and
richard
nixon
was
entering
his
first
term
as
president
overall
mel
served
under
10
different
u.s
presidents
and
four
mayors
of
this
great
city.
I
want
to
thank
mel
for
his
five
decades,
plus
years
of
service
and
his
certain
commitment,
without
doubt
to
the
city
and
to
the
people
of
boston.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
N
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair.
I
rise
to
recognize
the
loss
of
one
of
our
colleagues.
Mothers
as,
as
you
know,
counselor
la
martina
lost
his
mother,
dolores,
and
I
just
wanted
to
recognize
that
counselor
council
on
a
team
is
my
immediate
predecessor
and
had
this
seat,
and
there
is
something
special
about
us,
counselors
from
east
boston.
I
know
the
clerk
has
a
slight
bias
for
us.
She
can't
help
it
but
being
at
the
wake.
N
They
they
welcomed
me.
Dolores
was
wonderful,
and
so
you
know
sal
embraced
me
from
day
one
and
so
did
dolores,
and
so
when,
when
you
know,
when
one
of
us
hurts,
we
all
hurt,
and
so
sal
is
in
our
hearts.
So
we
wanted
you
to
know
that
you're
in
our
hearts,
and
so
so
is
your
mom.
So
I
just
wanted
to
recognize
that
that
loss,
I'm
one
of
our
former
colleagues.
S
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
to
council
block
for
highlighting
the
recent
passing
of
doris
fonte,
who
was
also
a
a
close
friend
and
someone
we
all
respected
and
admired
as
well.
She
was
bha
administrator
during
difficult
times
and
when
the
charlestown
public
housing
in
south
boston,
public
housing
was
integrated.
S
D
Yes,
thank
you.
Madam
president.
Wanna
adjourn
in
memory,
jim
donovan,
on
behalf
of
my
council
colleague,
council
flynn,
and
also
our
clerk
council
feeny
she's,
an
unsung
hero,
kelly
donovan.
It's
her
dad
works
up
in
the
clerk's
office
and
I
also
want
to
endure
in
memory
of
fred
rooney,
the
beloved
wife
of
han
rudy,
who
gave
birth
to
12
boys
in
south
boston,
and
I
adjourn
in
memory
of
fred
on
behalf
of
council
flynn,
council
baker
and
councillor
asabi,
george
and
just
remember,
han
and
all
the
rooneys.
D
At
this
time
he
was
a
permanent
fixture
down
at
the
hockey
rink
down
at
the
ball
fields
very
active
in
the
community
sports.
A
veteran
was
also
active
in
veteran
events,
but
there
wasn't
any
event
that
he
wasn't
part
of,
particularly
given
the
size
of
their
family,
so
that
ran
over
generations
and
also
he's
the
father
of
jim
rooney.
Who
we
all
know,
is
the
former
executive
director
of
the
convention
center,
as
well
as
the
chamber
of
commerce,
so
our
thoughts
and
prayers
are
with
the
rooneys.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
A
A
We're
going
to
adjourn
our
meeting
in
memory
of
the
following
individuals
for
counselor
arroyo
and
the
chair,
abel
perez
for
council
bach
and
the
chair,
susan
campbell
brownsberger
for
councillor
campbell,
emily
watts
for
councillors,
assabe
george
flaherty
flynn
and
the
chair,
frederick
and
marooney
for
councilor,
o'malley
and
murray
for
the
chair,
john
bowden,
triola,
kilgo
tom
bell,
brandon
d
williams,
margaret
singleton,
kevin
d,
johnson,
shirley,
marie
stratter
and
mark
anthony
morales
and
for
the
entire
boston
city
council,
doris
funty.
A
moment
of
silence.