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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on February 9th, 2022
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Boston City Council Meeting on February 9th, 2022
B
In
accordance
with
chapter
20
of
acts,
2021
modifying
certain
requirements
of
the
open
meeting
law,
the
boston
city
council
will
be
conducting
this
meeting.
Virtually
viewers
can
watch
the
council
meeting
live
on
youtube
by
visiting
boston.gov
backslash
city
council
dash
tv
roll
call.
Mr
clerk,
will
you
please
call
the
roll
to
ascertain
the
presence
of
a
quorum?
Please.
E
F
E
C
B
He
has
studied
and
taught
in
italy
for
over
24
years
at
the
pontifical
irish
college
in
rome
as
well
in
september
2014.
He
was
named
professor
at
boston
college
and
has
been
a
visiting
professor
there
now
for
over
three
years
as
well.
Monsignor
bergen
is
a
native
of
ireland
and
he
is
a
great
community
member
to
our
neighborhood
here
in
south
boston,
he's
also
the
parish,
priests
of
both
myself
and
councillor
michael
flaherty,
and
we
had
monsignor
liam
here
with
us
last
year
and
we
in
recognition
of
the
150th
anniversary
of
the
great
irish
famine.
B
G
Unlike
patrick
bridget,
was
actually
born
in
ireland
in
the
middle
of
the
sixth
century
and
as
of
next
year.
The
irish
government
has
decreed
that
the
first
monday
of
february
will
be
a
national
holiday
in
honor
of
bridget.
There
are
not
many
holidays
that
honor
women,
perhaps
it's
time
to
insert
more
on
our
calendars.
G
G
May
bridget's
example
help
us
to
appreciate
the
rich
tradition
we
inherit,
while
remaining
open
to
the
myriad
possibilities
that
the
future
presents,
and
perhaps
the
greatest
legend
about
brigid
tells
how
she
tried
to
get
land
from
the
local
king
to
build
a
church
and
a
hospice
for
the
poor.
The
king
wasn't
particularly
generous
and
refused
bridget's
request.
G
G
My
cloak
is
about
to
cover
your
whole
province,
with
the
compassion
of
god
and
god's
generosity
to
the
poor.
Bridget
said
to
the
king.
I
will
give
you
a
decent
plot
of
ground
to
build
your
church
and
the
hospice
for
the
poor.
The
king
replied,
and
I
will
be
more
charitable
in
the
future
in
a
time
of
difficulty
and
need
bridget's
action
heralded
a
different
vision
of
reality,
where
generosity
overcame
miserliness,
her
compassion,
overcame
indifference
and
where
all
women
and
men
were
covered
with
the
expansive
cloak
of
the
generosity
of
god.
G
B
We
want
to
welcome
you
to
stay
on
this
meeting,
but
we
also
know
that
you're
very
busy,
so
we
want
to
say
thank
you
for
opening
the
city
council
session
with
the
prayer,
and
I
just
want
to
let
my
colleagues
know
mount
sinai.
Liam
went
down
to
see
my
mother
and
father
over
the
weekend
to
present
them
whole
week
communion
because
they
weren't
feeling
well,
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
also
monsignor
liam
for
your
kindness
and
generosity
not
just
to
my
parents,
but
to
so
many
seniors
throughout
the
neighborhood
as
well.
C
I
B
B
B
C
C
K
C
B
C
Document
number
zero
one:
five,
eight
message:
in
order
for
your
approval
and
order
authorizing
the
issuance
of
refunding
bonds
in
the
principal
mark
come
out
not
to
exceed
200
million
dollars.
The
current
conditions
in
the
municipal
bond
market
appears
to
be
favorable
for
the
city
to
potentially
realize
significant
savings
in
debt
service
costs
by
refunding
certain
of
its
outstanding
general
obligation,
bonds.
B
J
Thank
you,
council
clinton.
In
case
it
needs
to
be
said.
This
is
not
my
maiden
speech.
You
should
all
have
the
committee
report
in
your
inbox,
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
held
a
public
hearing
on
monday
february,
7th
and
heard
testimony
from
city,
ceo,
justin,
starrett
and
maureen
grissol
and
richard
d
piano
from
treasury.
This
order
requests
refunding
authorization
of
200
million
dollars
which
will
cover
an
upcoming
anticipated
refunding
transaction
and
future
potential
transactions.
J
Refunding
transactions
are
transactions
in
which
new
bonds
are
issued
at
more
favorable
rates
than
previously
issued
bonds,
similar
to
the
refinancing
of
an
individual's
home
mortgage
as
of
an
assessment.
One
month
ago,
the
city
has
approximately
60
million
dollars
in
bonds.
That
could
be
refunded,
which
would
save
the
city
3.5
million
in
debt
service
over
the
next
10
years.
The
refunding
transactions
will
be
credit,
neutral
credit
neutral
and
will
not
push
the
current
debt
out.
J
The
council
last
granted
refunding
authorization
in
2019,
which
has
since
run
out
granting
additional
authorization
to
total,
allows
the
city
the
flexibility,
to
move
quickly
to
take
advantage
of
refunding
transaction
opportunities
when
market
conditions
are
most
favorable.
I
recommend
that
this
matter
ought
to
pass.
B
K
C
B
Thank
you,
mr
clerk
docket
zero
one,
five
eight
has
passed
in
in
councilor
fernandez.
Anderson
is
exactly
right.
That
was
not
her
maiden
speech,
but
we
are
looking
forward
to
it
in
a
couple
weeks.
So
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
that
reminder,
council
of
fernandez
anderson.
Thank
you
we're
on
to
motions
orders
and
resolutions.
L
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
to
councilor
arroyo
and
his
staff
for
co-sponsoring
this
docket.
Alongside
of
our
office,
the
city
of
boston
employs
nearly
20
000
people
to
do
all
sorts
of
jobs
from
parking
attendants
to
ems
workers,
to
sewer
workers
and
more.
There
are
a
few
things
in
our
city
that
aren't
made
better
by
the
work
of
our
city,
employees.
We
saw
during
the
last
storm
how
essential
our
boston
public
works.
Employees
really
are,
and
for
many
of
them
this
isn't
just
about
collecting
a
paycheck.
L
L
According
to
the
demographics
dashboard,
as
of
january
2022,
while
white
employees
made
up
48.9
percent
of
the
total
workforce,
they
disproportionately
represented
61.6
of
employees,
making
over
80
000
a
year,
even
in
departments
with
large
percentages
of
employees
of
color.
The
top
earners
are
predominantly
white,
such
as
the
department
of
public
works,
where
black
and
brown
employees
make
up
nearly
half
of
the
total
of
the
workforce,
but
only
10
percent
of
the
top
10
earners.
L
We
have
also
heard
from
qualified
city
employees
who
sought
to
seek
higher
levels
of
employment,
only
to
be
passed
over
for
a
buddy
or
a
relative
of
a
hiring
manager
in
hearings.
We
have
asked
questions
to
numerous
departments
as
to
why
they
do
not
have
a
more
diverse
workforce.
Each
time
we
ask
this
question.
L
We
hear
a
similar
response
that
the
talent
just
isn't
there
after
meeting
with
countless
workers
of
color,
each
of
whom
have
demonstrated
their
expertise,
their
passion
and
their
commitment
to
the
city.
It
is
clear
that
the
talent
is
there,
but
we're
just
not
utilizing
it.
This
is
why
we
are
filing
the
box
and
fair
chance
act.
L
I
look
forward
to
this
conversation
and
to
strengthening
this
ordinance
alongside
my
colleagues,
and
you
know
I
just
have
to
say
in
being
in
deep
community
with
a
lot
of
our
city
employees,
many
of
which
were
even
afraid
to
speak
up.
It
just
goes
to
show
the
the
volume
of
importance
that
this
particular
conversation
has
in
this
moment
in
time
to
ensure
that
we're
moving
the
needle
when
it
comes
to
ensuring
that
all
people
have
the
opportunity
to
rise
up.
Thank
you.
B
A
B
B
A
B
B
We
know
that
different
communities
have
different
needs
and
that
there
are
many
different
ethnic
subgroups
within
a
large
racial
group
right
now.
State
agencies
are
not
required
to
collect
this.
Data
on
race
and
ethnicity
in
demographic
data
often
do
not
reflect
the
diversity
within
a
racial
group,
for
example
our
aapi
residents
oftentimes,
don't
have
the
option
to
fill
out
which
ethnicity
they
are,
whether
they
are
vietnamese,
chinese,
indian
or
other
ethnic
subgroup,
and
that
data
gets
slumped
together
under
one
racial
group.
Despite
the
diversity
within
the
aapi
community.
B
B
However,
the
bill
also
clarifies
that
individuals
are
not
required
to
fill
out
this
information
and
mandate
that
people
cannot
be
denied
services
for
not
choosing
to
participate.
Any
personal
information
is
kept
confidential
and
protected
by
state
and
federal
privacy
act.
Data
that
discusses
ethnic
subgroups
would
allow
us
to
better
understand
the
different
needs
between
ethnic
groups
and
without
that,
the
needs
of
our
most
undeserved.
B
Underserved
groups
are
often
invisible
with
the
rise
of
hate
crimes
against
aapi
community
due
to
the
pandemic.
It
is
critical
that
we
change
policies
and
continue
to
render
our
minority
communities
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
engaged
they're
active
in
their
heard.
This
bill
would
be
a
meaningful
step
in
creating
better
visibility,
insight
understanding
into
their
lived
experiences.
B
Just
as
an
example,
the
in
in
chinatown,
the
chinese
community
has
the
highest
rate
of
asthma
of
any
ethnic
group
in
in
new
england
really,
but
there's
a
difference
between
the
chinese
community
and
other
asian
communities,
maybe
in
in
the
south
end
or
in
charlestown,
or
the
vietnamese
community
in
boston.
So
it's
important
for
us
to
dig
deeper
and
learn
about
the
data.
A
Thank
you,
councilor
flynn.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
that
no
hands?
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Mr
clerk?
Please
add
counselor
murphy,
please
add
counselor
braden,
please
add
counselor
edwards,
please
add
counselor
baker.
Please
add
counselor
mejia,
please
add
counselor
bach,
please
add
counselor
clarity,
please
add
counselor
louis
jen,
please
add
counselor
warrell
and
please
add
counselor
lara
and
counselor
fernandez,
anderson
and
please
add
my
name
as
well:
counselor
flynn
you're
asking
for
a
suspension
and
pass
right.
Yes,
that's
correct!
Council.
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C
B
C
B
F
B
H
Thank
you,
mr
president.
This
hearing
order
is
a
refile
from
september
2020
at
the
original
filing.
I
talked
about
how
our
boston
public
schools
have
been
through
an
enormous
amount
of
upheaval,
change
and
uncertainty
as
a
result
of
covert
19..
Here
we
are
a
little
over
a
year
later
and
bps
has
gone
through
even
more
changes
and,
unfortunately,
more
instability
as
a
result,
decline
in
student,
enrollment
and
bps
accelerated
during
the
pandemic
and,
unfortunately
hasn't
stopped,
and
it's
declined.
H
H
Chief
of
which
is
that
the
weighted
student
formula
helps
determine
funding
levels
for
our
schools,
and
the
declining
enrollment
may
have
will
have
a
detrimental
effect
on
our
funding
levels
for
schools
this
year.
So
I
I
want
to
ensure
that
we
as
a
city
are
being
proactive
about
identifying
key
factors
that
are
driving
enrollment
decline.
Implementing
changes
that
will
help
address
these
factors
and
discussing
how
the
declines
in
enrollment
will
impact
capital
plans
made
through
build
bps.
H
So
all
of
our
students
deserve
access
to
high
quality
public
education
in
boston,
and
for
that
reason,
I'm
looking
forward
to
an
expedited
hearing
to
discuss
this
issue
and
through
the
chair,
obviously
recognize
the
co-sponsor
and
and
recognize
that
we've
had
a
frontline
teacher.
That
is
now
a
colleague
of
ours
that
has
tremendous
experience
in
the
space
and
and
has
seen
things
firsthand
that
I'm
sure
she'll
she
can
opine
about.
But
I
look
forward
to
an
expedited
hearing
and
appreciate
everyone's
time
and
attention
and
encourage
folks
to
sign
on
and
get
involved.
B
E
We
know
this
is
the
time
in
january,
when
principals
are
submitting
their
school
budgets
for
staffing
and
if
we're
looking
at
almost
you
know,
4
500
students,
that's
lots
of
teachers
where
they're
going
to
have
to
be
closing
classrooms
where
we
already
started
the
year
with
700
positions
vacant
in
bps.
So
we
already
have
a
staffing
crisis
throughout
colburn
right
now
and
the
weighted
student
funding
the
dollars
follow
the
students.
E
B
D
D
D
B
B
I
will
speak
very
briefly.
I
I
worked
on,
I
believe,
with
council
flaherty
as
well
on
getting
our
hvac
systems
in
our
schools
fixed,
updated,
making
sure
our
students
can
learn
in
a
healthy
environment
where
the
heat
is
on
in
the
in
the
summer
time
in
the
spring
and
fall
the
ac
is
working
as
well,
so
council
flaherty,
I
guess
to
the
to
you-
will
we
also
be
discussing
the
infrastructure
of
some
of
these
schools
that
do
need
some
support
in
terms
of
infrastructure
updates
and
investments?
B
H
Mr
president,
we
will
bring
the
bp
build
bps
folks
in
as
well,
because
that's
going
to
be
a
factor
here.
If
these
trends
continue
with
declining
enrollment,
then
clearly
decisions
will
be
made
as
to
whether
or
not
schools
need
to
be
closed
and
or
what
they
call
mothballed,
and
whether
or
not
those
much
needed
and
long
overdue
repairs
they
also
potentially
could
be
put
on
hold
as
well.
So
that
will
be,
mr
president,
part
and
parcel
of
this
discussion.
B
Yeah,
thank
you,
council
flaherty.
That's
that's
important.
Thank
you
very
much.
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name
to
to
this?
I
see
council
at
baker.
Please
have
council
baker,
please
that
council
of
royal,
please
add:
council
bach
councillor,
mejia
council
morale,
oh
counselor,
legend,
counselor,
edwards,
council,
lara,
councillor,
fernandez,
anderson.
H
You,
mr
president,
as
everybody
on
this
body
knows
particularly
the
district
councils
that
have
been
covering
this,
the
residents
and
business
owners
in
the
new
market
in
mass
and
cass
area
have
experienced
deteriorating
and
at
times
horrific
conditions
over
the
last
several
years.
That
includes
decline
in
public
safety
decline
in
public
health
overall
cleanliness
in
general
decrease
in
their
quality
of
life
that
are
not
necessarily
reflected
in
property
valuations
in
this
area.
H
As
an
at-large
council,
I've
done
numerous
walk-throughs
with
residents
and
business
owners
and
advocates,
along
with
neighborhood
groups,
city
department
leaders
and
despite
those
efforts
to
increase
city
services
and
to
better
coordinate
efforts
across
departments
to
meet
the
increased
need
in
the
area,
and
that
includes
expedited
needle
clean
up
sidewalk
cleaning,
mental
health,
outreach
and
street
workers,
etc.
We've
still
fallen
short
on
our
standards,
so
much
so
that
the
new
market
businesses
have
created
a
new
market
bid
and
are
going
around
collecting
fees
from
their
members
to
finance
supplemental
services.
H
H
Let's
talk
about
what
area
it
would
encompass
and
whether
or
not
it
makes
sense
for
the
city
to
offer
them
something,
even
while
the
the
bid
is
ramping
up,
maybe
that's
something
that
we
can
offer
them
in.
In
addition
to
we're
going
to
be
going
at
those
businesses
to
to
increase
their
contribution
and
or
to
make
payments
to
the
bid,
maybe
we
can
offer
them
something
in
the
short
term
that
takes
a
little
bit
of
the
bite
out
of
getting
the
bid
going.
H
B
A
H
They
continued
to
reach
out
to
the
city,
to
public
works,
to
everyone
that
would
listen
and
again
they
felt
that
it
fell
on
deffy,
as
just
given
the
complexity
of
the
situation
and
all
the
issues
that
were
involved
with
it
and
trying
to
deal
with
it
in
a
in
both
balancing
sort
of
the
public
safety
and
the
public
health
needs,
and
sometimes
they
were
on
the
same
page.
Sometimes
they
weren't
so
the
the
home
owners,
the
residents
and
some
of
them.
H
B
B
I
Thank
you,
mr
president,
for
for
allowing
me
the
floor.
I
filed
this
hearing
because
we've
been
in
a
state
in
emergency
and
this
isn't
a
secret
to
anybody.
We've
been
a
state
and
state
of
emergency
for
over
two
years
and,
along
with
that,
state
of
emergency
came
just
recently
came
with
the
suspension
of
collection.
Collective
bargaining
rights
came
with
the
suspension
of
business
rights
and
individual
rights.
In
my
opinion,
there's
been
no
discussion
with
the
boston
public
health
board.
I
If
we
look
at
the
last
couple
of
months,
they
haven't
even
met.
The
administration
says
that
this
is
based
on.
You
know:
discussions
with
public
health,
health
officials.
Maybe
it
is,
we
don't
know
previous
administration
going
back
to
the
wallace
administration
when
this
first
started
happening.
We
had,
I
think,
six
months
worth
of
daily
meetings,
so
we
knew
what
the
matrix
were.
We
knew
what
five
percent
positivity
rate
meant.
We
knew
what
hospital
bed
surges,
where
we
knew
and
were
totally
informed
on
what
we're
doing,
and
why
we're
doing
what
we're
doing
this?
I
The
way
that
this
was
rolled
out
in
a
in
a
press
conference
where
we
got
literally
a
half
an
hour
heads
up
on
it,
looked
more
like
a
campaign
rally
than
it
did:
a
public
health,
emergency
declaration,
cities
and
towns
all
around
all
around
boston
are
dropping
their
mandates
and
one
thing
one
thing:
that's
interesting:
that's
happening,
they're,
dropping
those
mandates
based
on
votes
from
either
selectmen
or
councils
or
their
or
their
boards
of
health.
Just
this
morning,
jesse
lifted
will
lift
at
the
end
of
this
month.
I
I
I
I
mean
that
in
a
in
a
transparency
and
accountability
way,
we
need
to
hold
people
accountable
for
their
decisions
that
are
being
made,
so
we've
made
decisions
based
on
council
clarity,
just
talked
about
what's
going
on
down
at
mass
and
cass,
and
we've
made
decisions
on
on
how
we're
housing
homeless.
Now,
through
this
declaration,
we've
made
decisions
where
we've
taken,
where
we
we
totally
ignore
agreements
that
we
have
with
our
collect,
with
our
with
our
our
unions,
we've
made
decisions
to
show
to
show
ids
at
at
at
restaurants.
I
mean
god
forbid.
I
If
we
have
a
show
to
show
to
an
id
when
we're
voting,
what
would
people
do?
What
would
most
of
this
council
do?
If
we,
if
we
ask
for
that,
but
yet
going
into
vote
going
into
a
restaurant,
we
need
to
show
our
id's.
I
think
that
we
need
to
really
get
serious
about
this
and
have
the
discussions,
and
if
we
don't
want,
if
this
administration
does
not
want
this
hearing
next
week,
does
not
want
to
discuss
this,
then
drop
drop
the
mandates.
I
B
E
Thank
you,
president
flynn,
and
thank
you
councilor
baker.
So,
as
we
all
know,
governor
baker
declared
a
state
of
emergency
back
on
march,
10
2020
took
us
out
of
the
state
of
emergency
on
june
15
2021
and
we
as
a
city
did
stay
in
that
emergency.
Based
on
our
rates
and
our
concerns
that
the
administration
had
in
june,
we
had
a
big
surge
after
the
holiday
we
knew
omicron
was
coming,
but
because
now
we
have
a
much
higher
percentage
of
our
residents
vaccinated.
E
We
didn't
have
as
many
people
getting
sick
in
january
10th.
We
did
see
the
biggest
spike
where
we
had
3729
new
cases
on
february,
8th
of
just
the
other
day,
we
had
336
new
cases.
So
if
you
look
at
the
matrix
and
the
data,
we
are
seeing
a
huge
drop
in
the
cases
and
also
looking
at
the
wastewater
numbers
are
going
down.
So
we're
definitely
not
just
maybe
trending
towards
a
safer
place,
but
we're
definitely
in
it
going
into
a
good
place.
E
Also,
I'm
wondering:
does
our
board
of
health
meet
regularly
and
vote
on
these
issues?
I
I
did
see
that
there
are
members
and
that
they
have
had
some
meetings,
but
I'm
not
sure
if
they're
voting
and
sharing
that
out
with
us
so
also
are
all
of
the
seats,
because
I
know
that
the
boston
public
health
commission
board
office
was
created
by
the
health
act
of
95
1995
and
of
the
six
members.
Two
shelby
neighborhood
health
center
directors
and
others
can
be
on
the
other.
E
If
anyone
clicks
on
the
health
commission
website,
the
dashboard
hasn't
been
updated
since
september,
30th
2021
also
the
yeah
that
was
the
last
week
ending
and
if
you
click
on
covid
cases
and
you
scroll
through
it
will
give
you
the
502
bad
gateway
error.
So
it's
not
opening
to
link.
So
we
can't
really
get
updated
information
when
it
comes
to
metrics
and
dashboard
data.
So
would
really
like
to
have
you
know,
transparency
and
reporting.
E
That
is
in
real
time,
because
if
you
look
at
the
numbers,
if
we
went
from
3729
new
cases
four
weeks
ago
to
336
today,
things
are
changing
rapidly.
It
could
be
even
lower
today
right,
so
things
are
changing
so
quickly
that
we
really
need
access
to
not
just
us
as
a
council,
even
though
I
think
it's
important,
we
have
it,
but
the
public
should
have
access
to
that
real-time
data.
E
B
F
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
councillor
baker
and
councillor
murphy
for
your
leadership
on
this.
I
think
this
is
consistent
with
a
lot
of
conversations
we've
had
as
the
council,
and
this
is
when
the
council
is
doing
its
top
the
best.
It's
asking
the
right
questions.
It's
inviting
people
to
come
to
the
table,
and
I
really
see
this
for
as
what
it
is.
F
This
is
not
a
confrontational
invitation.
This
is
one
for
us
to
come
together
to
see
how
we're
going
to
get
through
this
moment
and
that's
why
it's
important
that
we
have
all
the
stakeholders
here.
What
we
want
is
consistent
real
data
and
consistent
real
measurements,
and
I
do
want
to
actually
commend
the
administration
for
giving
some
recent
amendments
or
excuse
me,
data
marks
and
goals
in
order
for
us
to
remove
the
vaccine
and
mandate.
F
I
think
that
we'd
like
to
consider
continue
to
have
that
conversation
and
make
very
clear
to
people
that
this
is
something
I
personally
am
interested
in
and
having
more
questions
answered
and
more
transparency
about
this
particular
moment.
We
do
this
all
the
time
when
it
comes
to
race
when
it
comes
to
gender
when
it
comes
to
holding
our
city
accountable
for
the
discriminatory
act.
That's
taken
for
years.
We
do
this
now
in
our
housing,
our
housing
policy
with
affh,
we
hold
the
mirror
up.
F
We
ask
the
difficult
questions
and
we
demand
that
the
city
rise
to
the
occasion.
This
is
exactly
part
of
that,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
part
of
this
conversation.
Is
we
when
we're
holding
this
up?
This
isn't
what
went
wrong.
This
is
also
in.
What's
going
right,
the
fact
the
matter
is
majority
vast
majority
into
the
90s
of
city
workers
are
getting
vaccinated.
I
think
that
has
a
lot
to
do
with
the
vaccine
mandate.
I
think
great
deal
the
fact
that
our
rates
are
going
down.
F
I
don't
want
that
disconnect
to
be
ignored.
Could
it
be
that,
because
we
are
doing
these
things,
that
the
rates
of
cobit
and
is
going
down,
I
I
I
don't
want
it
to
be
seen
as
two
different
worlds
or
two
different
disconnects.
There
could
be
a
causal
effect
that
actually
having
these
mandates
is
helpful
and
healthy.
F
F
I'm
really
disheartened
by
how
how
cruel
people
have
been
to
each
other
because
they
disagree
about
a
mask.
I
am
disheartened
by
how
this
moment
has
torn
us
apart,
and
I
don't
want
this
hearing
to
be
part
of
that
tearing
us
apart.
I
also
while
I
appreciate
that
the
hearing
may
be
in
person.
I
do
I'm
pushing,
and
I
hope
that
there's
a
hybrid
option
that
some
people
can
participate,
at
least,
if
we're
having
it
in
the
chamber.
F
They
can
participate
from
home
on
their
screens,
one
because
I
think
that's
part
of
the
infrastructure
and
the
new
culture
that
we're
going
to
have
at
the
city
of
boston.
Where
we're
going
to
have
hearings
that
are
hybrid
models.
We
have
legislation
pushing
for
that
where
we
will
have
essentially
people
participating
in
hearings.
So
I
think
that's
part
of
just
continuing
that.
F
It's
the
safer
option
for
some
people
who
really
are
concerned
about
contracting
this
disease,
and
you
know
what,
because
of
testing
there
are
some
people
who
would
have
may
have
covered
that
day
and
don't
want
to
expose
other
people,
even
though
they
may
ac
may
be
asymptomatic.
So
I
would
encourage
the
the
maker
and
the
the
hearing
holder
to
have
a
hybrid
model.
F
B
H
Thank
you,
mr
president,
would
like
to
expand
on
the
previous
speaker.
We
are
the
legislative
branch
of
city
government
and
we
should
not
be
abdicating
our
responsibility
in
this
space.
Anything
pertaining
to
public
health,
public
safety,
public
schools,
public
transportation,
small
local
businesses.
That's
our
purview!
That's
what
we
do.
We
were
elected
by
the
people
of
boston.
H
We
don't
have
to
ask
to
be
put
into
the
game
we're
in
the
game
and
in
these
decisions,
however,
big
or,
however
small
deserve
to
come
before
this
body
and
particularly
for
the
new
members.
This
is
where
the
rubber
meets
the
road
and
new
members.
What
what
better
training
than
to
be
to
be
put
right
into
the
into
the
mix
here
and
to
be
part
of
this
process.
So
I
would.
H
I
would
concur
with
the
three
previous
speakers
clearly
that
we
have
a
role
to
play
here
as
the
legislative
branch
of
city
government,
the
people
of
boston,
particularly
I'm
elected
city-wide.
We
have
district
councillors
as
well.
Folks
in
your
district
people
across
the
city
have
elected.
You
they've
entrusted
you
to
be
at
the
table
to
be
making
the
decisions
for
them.
We're
not
at
the
table
making
any
of
these
decisions.
The
decisions
are
being
made
and
not
within
consultation
of
the
boston
city
council.
H
B
B
In
january,
twenty
20
yeah
january
2020.,
we
actually
had
the
first
public
meeting
in
the
country
at
the
josiah
quincy
school
that
we
organized.
I
helped
organize
it
with
chief
marty
martinez,
and
this
is
really
before
anyone
knew
anything
about
about
covert
covert
19
and
we
had
a
an
excellent
meeting
at
the
school.
B
So
this
this
council
has
a
history
of
of
being
on
the
forefront
of
issues.
But
let
me
let
me
just
say
the
the
most
meaningful
comment
that
night
of
the
meeting
is
we
were
talking
about.
The
impact
covet
will
have,
even
though
it
really
hadn't
hadn't
arrived
yet
into
boston,
but
there
was
a
young
student.
I
believe
she
was
either
at
boston,
latin
or
boston
latin
academy,
and
she
was
taking
the
train
on
the,
I
believe,
she's
on
the
orange
line,
and
she
told
us
during
the
meeting
when
she
got
on
the
train.
B
B
We've
seen
hate
crimes,
we've
seen
anti-asian
discrimination
and
violence,
but
what
this
city
in
this
country,
I
hope
will
do,
is
continue
to
work
together,
listen
to
each
other,
be
respectful
and
understand
each
other,
and
you
know
it's
about
listening
and
working
together
and
treating
each
other
with
respect
and
dignity.
So
I
just
want
to
highlight
those
brief
comments.
If
anyone
else
would
like
to
speak
on
the
matter
or
or
raise
your
hand
if
you
would
like
to
add
your
name,
please.
L
L
We
then
partnered
with
councillor
president
flynn
and
councillor
rorell
to
design
an
application
process
in
the
hopes
of
getting
a
wide
variety
of
people
interested
in
applying
in
the
commission.
Starting
today,
people
interested
in
applying
can
go
to
boston,
dot,
gov,
slash,
join
dash.
The
dash
commission
dash
on
dash
black
dash
men
dash
and
dash
boys
and
submit
an
application
to
be
on
the
council's
14
nominees.
L
Our
our
office
will
send
out
a
link
to
the
application
to
each
of
your
offices
following
the
meeting.
Applications
will
be
open
from
today
february,
9th
through
february.
23Rd
applicants
will
be
asked
to
share
their
professional
and
personal
interests
in
regards
to
uplifting
black
men
and
and
voices.
Once
we
receive
our
applications,
we
will
hold
a
working
session
so
that
we
can
come
to
a
consensus
on
our
nominations.
L
I
strongly
encourage
my
council
colleagues
to
share
the
application
to
as
many
interested
individuals
and
groups
as
possible.
We
have
an
obligation
to
ensure
that
our
commission
on
black
men
and
boys
represents
the
diverse,
lived
experience
and
world
views
so
that
it
is
truly
a
commission
for
all
black
men
and
boys.
L
I
want
to
again
thank
president
flynn
and
his
office
for
their
quick
turnaround
and
authorizing
this
process,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
council
burrell
and
his
team
for
playing
a
vital
role
in
ensuring
that
the
application
process
meets
this
moment
and,
of
course,
I
want
to
show
my
appreciation
and
deep
gratitude
for
kerry
jordan
for
working
to
get
our
application
up
and
running.
This
has
been
a
team
process
from
the
beginning
to
the
end
and
we
are
setting
the
tone
for
how
we
hope
the
commission
will
operate.
A
B
Council
royal,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
royal,
but
also
councilman
here
for
your
work
on
this
important
on
this
important
subject.
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council,
council
brian
morrell
for
his
important
work
as
well.
His
leadership
council
me
his
leadership.
As
council
mejia
mentioned,
the
city
council
will
be
able
to
nominate
candidates
to
be
on
the
commission
of
on
black
men
and
boys.
B
So
with
this
order,
we
are
setting
up
a
process
to
review
applications
to
beyond,
to
be
on
the
commission
to
get
feedback
from
our
colleagues.
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
mayor
wu
and
her
administration.
This
will
be
similar
to
the
process
that
council
of
campbell
had
for
nominations
to
the
civilian
review
board.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
everyone
on
the
nomination
process.
A
A
Please
add
my
name.
Please
add
counselor
fernandez,
anderson,
please
add
counselor
lara
and
please
counselor
louis
jen.
Did
I
miss
anyone
else?
No
okay,
and
with
that
docket
number
zero.
Two
six
four
will
be
assigned
to
the
committee
on
civil
rights
and
immigrant
advancements
back
to
you.
Mr
president,.
B
I
Thus
far
has
come
down
from
the
mayor.
The
pathway
has
come
down
from
the
mayor
asking
us
for
approvals.
I
would
like
to
change
that
and
and
have
an
ask
from
a
district
city
councilor
and
have
it
go
up
again.
It
doesn't
necessarily
need
to
be
asked
opera
money,
but
this
is
a
an
official
asked
for
10
million
to
go
towards
this
field
house.
So
the
city
would
signal
to
the
state,
because
the
state
has
already
made
commitments
towards
this
field
house.
I
I
believe
I
believe,
if
we
can
help
with
some
funding,
we
can
create
a
community
that
can
stay
on
the
peninsula
from
a
young
age
through
college,
at
umass
and
potentially
right
into
a
job
as
well
as
receive
the
support
they
need.
This
would
be
a
hub
school
model
where
children
and
adults
alike
have
a
safe
place
from
before
before
school
through
dinner
time.
This
will
also
be
a
facility
that
will
be
fully
accessible
and
inclusive
to
all
and
a
great
benefit
to
the
school
committee
community.
I
On
on
columbia
point
we
have
an
amazing
opportunity
here
to
use
the
funds
to
be
able
to
point
to
a
tangible
structure
that
would
be
built
successfully
in
this
time
of
of
opera
money
and
again
to
re
to
to
restate
what
I've
been
stating
since
the
beginning.
When
we
were
talking
about
all
the
opera
money.
I
My
concern
is
that,
if
we're
not
in
line
with
projects
to
to
build
with
the
the
money
coming
down
from
the
feds,
we're
going
to
look
back
in
five
years
and
and
and
look
at
a
whole
lot
of
debt
coming
down
on
the
federal
government
and
have
no
assets,
no
assets
that
we've
actually
built
infrastructure,
meaning
failed
houses,
meaning
housing,
meaning
libraries,
meaning
parks.
We
need
to
be
building
things
with
money
and,
yes,
thank
you.
I
Building,
building
things
with
this
money,
so
we'll
be
able
to
point
to
things
that
we've
able
then
able
to
build
with
this
money
from
the
feds
again.
This
is
more
of
a
a
waste,
so
I
can
have
my
colleagues
in
a
hearing
and
view
this
structure
and
and
view
what
the
whole
plan
is
over
here
on
columbia
point
it's
part
of
a
lot
of
minds
that
are
that
are
that
are
together
on
the
point
talking
about
education
that
will
start
at
k,
zero
and
end
in
at
umass,
and
also
job
opportunities.
I
B
E
This
support
from
us
would
just
really
make
the
difference
and
also
agree
what
council
baker
said
that
this
once
in
a
generation
lifetime
money
coming
from
the
federal
government,
housing
and
all
of
these
other
issues
are
very
important,
but
if
we
can
invest
and
make
sure
we're
investing
in
lasting
infrastructure
that
our
grandchildren
can
look
back
and
see.
You
know
that
it's
not
things
that
we're
not
going
to
even
remember
what
we
put
into,
because
this
will
be
generation.
Thousands
of
children
benefiting
from
this
and
with
love
like
baker,
said
counselor.
E
Baker
said
that
when
we
have
this
hearing
having
mr8
and
the
boys
and
girls
club
come
to
us
as
the
council
and
really
share
with
us,
the
work
they've
been
doing
and
their
vision
for
this
amazing
clubhouse.
And
you
know
it's
an
empty
parking
lot.
Anyone
who's
been
in
that
area
or
have
you
lived
in
dorchester
like
myself
for
the
last
decades?
E
Struggling
to
you
know
be
successful.
It
would
be
a
really
great
support
for
the
students
and
staff
there
and
they
have
openly
and
made
sure
they're
committed
to
be
having
the
school
use
that
as
a
gym
in
that
clubhouse
all
day
during
the
school
day,
is
something
that
really
mattered
to
me
and
when
I
knew
they
were
committed
to
that.
That
really
makes
a
difference.
E
So,
thank
you,
council
baker
for
bringing
this
up,
and
I
hope
also
that
other
district
counselors
who
know
their
neighborhoods
best
come
forward
to
this
council
with
their
ideas
of
what
they
know
that
they
need
in
their
neighborhoods
that
we
can
use
this
money
for
that's
going
to
help
our,
and
I
think
it
ties
closely
into
the
order
I
filed
last
week
about
mental
health
and
making
sure
that
we
have
spaces
safe
spaces
that
are
programmed
in
this
wonderful
way
for
our
students
for
our
children.
For
our
you
know
our
young
adults.
B
I
B
M
K
Thank
you
so
much.
Mr
president,
I
just
wanted
to
say-
and
this
really
follows
up
on
a
comment
that
counselor
murphy
just
made-
that
you
know
just
to
all
counselors
that
I'm
definitely
as
the
chair
of
the
covert
recovery
committee
happy
to
hold
hearings
in
order
to
create
a
public
forum
for
counselors
to
present
ideas.
They
have
about
arpa
funds,
and
so
I
would
just
say-
and
although
councillor
baker
framed
this
one
in
the
form
of
an
appropriation
order,
it
would
also
be
fine
if
somebody
writes
something
more
informal.
K
It's
sort
of
a
hearing
order,
normally
just
as
long
as
it's
clear
that
you're
expressing
an
interest
in
the
arpa
dollar
conversation,
because
I
know
that
we
talked
about
you
know.
We
have
a
hearing
that
we're
currently
scheduling
right
now
for
talking
about
the
arc
of
dollars
more
holistically,
and
I
think
that
holistic
conversation
is
really
important.
But
I
just
want
to
stress,
as
the
chair
that
that
I'm
very
happy
to
create
a
forum
for
folks
to
raise
ideas.
K
B
B
B
I
L
K
D
B
B
Memorials
today,
we
will
adjourn
our
meeting
in
memory
of
the
following
individuals
for
councillor
mark
john
madigan
for
councillor
braden,
robert
kiley
for
councillor
mejia,
dolores
richardson,
lauren
sampson
for
councillor
warrell
and
the
entire
council
state
representative,
ray
jordan
alberto
miranda
perez
the
father
of
representative
liz
miranda
a
moment
of
silence.
Please.