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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on February 15, 2023
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Boston City Council Meeting on February 15, 2023
A
A
B
B
C
B
B
D
Thank
you,
Mr
President
today,
I
have
the
the
distinct
honor
of
bringing
to
Reverend
David
Searles
Reverend
Charles
has
has
been
a
pastor
at
Central
Assembly
of
God
Church
since
1993.
E
E
This
must
be
a
top
priority
of
our
leadership.
Every
week
we
see
the
evidence
of
Youth
violence
happening
in
our
streets
in
our
schools.
We
must
not
ignore
it.
Let
the
words
of
a
parent,
a
Boston
parrot,
Naomi
Hastings
ring
in
our
ears
and
in
our
hearts
people
it's
time
to
wake
up,
and
with
that,
let
us
pray
Lord.
We
are
in
a
school
safety
crisis
in
the
great
city
of
Boston
and
I
need
to
ask
how
long
O
Lord?
E
How
long
must
students
attend
schools
where
weapons
are
present?
How
long
must
our
students
attend
school
in
fear?
How
long
must
a
grandmother
weep
for
her
grandson,
who
was
violently
assaulted
in
the
bus
to
school?
How
long
must
a
father
grieve
for
his
son,
who
was
assaulted,
choked
and
beaten
until
he
lost
Consciousness
in
the
school
cafeteria?
E
How
long
must
our
students,
parents,
teachers,
bus
drivers,
bus
monitors
endure
in
the
midst
of
a
school
safety
crisis
in
Boston,
I
pray,
O,
Lord,
that
you
will
help
our
leaders
across
the
city
to
acknowledge
the
urgency
of
the
hour
in
our
schools,
I
pray
for
a
safety
plan
that
will
meet
the
needs
of
our
students,
our
parents,
our
teachers,
our
staff
in
Boston,
Schools
Lord.
May
you
give
this
great
city,
council,
the
wisdom
and
courage
to
address
our
school
safety
crisis.
E
D
E
B
B
At
this
time,
I
would
like
to
ask
my
city,
council
colleague,
Council
Coletta,
to
please
come
to
the
podium
for
a
special
presentation
before
before
Council
Coletta
speaks
I.
Do
want
to
acknowledge
the
some
of
the
men
and
women
from
the
plumbers
and
gas
Fitters
Local
Union
12
that
are
here
with
us
today.
Thank
you
for
the
tremendous
work
you
do
across
Greater
Boston
across
Massachusetts.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you.
Council
president
Flynn
today
is
a
very
very
special
day
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I
am
I'm
honored
to
have
up
here
on
the
podium
Rocco
Odessa,
who,
after
42
years
of
service
to
the
city
of
Boston
and
its
people,
will
be
retiring
today.
F
He
deserves
that
in
in
way,
more
you've
definitely
seen
him
in
City
Hall.
You
know
him,
you
love
him.
He
comes
to
his
job
every
single
day
with
a
positive
attitude
and
just
a
little
bit
about
him
before
we
present
him.
This
resolution
and
I
pass
it
over
to
my
colleague,
counselor
Frank
Baker,
who
has
a
special
relationship
with
him.
He
is
a
son
of
East
Boston.
He
grew
up
on
Saratoga
Street
in
Eagle,
Hill
he's
a
graduate
of
East
Boston
high
school,
and
you
know
directly
from
high
school.
F
He
came
over
to
the
city
he
didn't
want
to
do.
Anything
else
is
what
he
said.
He
wanted
to
serve
the
city
and
its
people.
He
started
in
in
Boston
in
1984,
which
means
that
he
served
under
six
Mayors
dating
all
the
way
back
to
Kevin
White,
mayor
Flynn,
Mayor,
Menino,
mayor
Walsh,
mayor
Janie,
and
now
mayor
Wu
Rocco
has
said
that
the
best
part
of
his
job
is
receiving
positive
feedback
from
his
superiors
and
that
that
is
what
drives
him
throughout
the
entirety
of
his
day
and
he
loves
saying
hi
to
the
mayor.
F
He
loves
saying
hi
to
all
the
elected
officials,
and
he
loves
saying
hi,
more
importantly,
or
most
importantly,
to
the
people
of
Boston.
Personally
Rocco
was
a
family
friend
of
mine,
I,
always
loved,
seeing
out
in
in
East
Boston
side
note
he
is
a
political
Bellwether,
if
he's
with
you
you're
in
good
hands.
You
know
that
that
bodes
well
for
you
and
your
political
career
he's
always
been
a
close
friend
to
me,
and
a
supporter
of
mine
and
I
am
just
truly
humbled
to
honor
him
in
this
way.
So
thank
you
for
everything.
D
Thank
you,
Rocco
for
your
service,
so
in
1986
I
started
walking
up
Tremont
Street
from
Don
Bosco
Tech
I
was
a
custodian
and
one
of
the
first
people
I
met
was
was
Rocco.
Showed
me
everything
showed
me
everything
he
knows,
but
we
had.
We
had
good
times.
He
actually
said
to
council
Coletta
that
I
was
crazy,
so
I
guess
he
did.
He
did
have
a
pretty
good
read
on
me
right
from
the
beginning,
but
you
know
we.
D
We
want
to
honor
our
people
that
do
the
work
that
allow
us
to
keep
the
lights
open,
to
allow
us
to
keep
the
doors,
the
doors,
open
and
lights
on
and
as
a
city
worker,
I'm,
I'm
I'm,
proud
to
call
you
my
friend
and
I.
Thank
you
for
your
for
your
time.
We
had
a
good
crew
back.
Then
we
were
reminiscing
about
basically
a
lot
of
people
that
aren't
with
us
now
that
that
that
helped
this
building
become
what
it
was
and
the
Department's
become
what
they
are.
The
evolution
of
those
departments.
D
G
All
right,
thanks
guys
thanks
I
used
to
work
with
him
and
my
counselor.
Well,
she
was
running
for
us
and
I
was
the
one
got
her
elected
for
me.
F
B
B
A
B
H
I
J
H
K
L
I'm
not
going
to
translate
everything
because
counselor
Anderson
did
a
great
job,
but
I
just
wanted
to
uplift
one.
A
few
things
about.
L
Every
every
when,
before
covet
hit,
I
had
an
opportunity
to
sit
with
edies
and
and
listen
to
her
story
and
listen
to
how
difficult
it
has
been
for
her
to
be
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
working
and
how
many
times
that
she
has
been
disregarded
and
disrespected.
But
she
still
shows
up
for
work
every
day
and
to
sit
there
and
listen
to
her
and
her
struggle.
It
reminds
of
it
reminds
me
of
the
work
that
I
was
brought
here.
L
H
Sorry,
the
final
sentence
misses
we
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
all
the
counselors.
Thank
you
for
everyone
in
the
city,
for
your
kindness
and
for
always
treating
her
with
respect.
If
you
guys
can,
please
join
us
for
our
picture
to
congratulate
Mercedes.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
Thank
you
for
your
patience.
This
one
is
also
a
really
special
one
for
myself
and
I
know
for
councilman
here
and
the
rest
of
my
Council
colleagues.
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
your
patience.
While
we
acknowledge
this
next
person,
Keon
sprinkle
is
not
only
a
friend,
but
a
very
good
friend
of
my
husband,
tanzarius
Anderson
and,
as
we
know
here
in
the
cultural
system,
is
much
need
of
much
reform
and
many
of
our
black
and
brown
men
disproportionately
get
wrongfully
convicted
of
crimes
that
they
did
not
commit.
H
So
as
a
friend
and
as
a
friend
of
my
family,
I
would
like
to
ask
you
to
please
congratulate
Mr
sprinkle
in
all
of
his
community
contributions
in
the
fight
for
our
community
towards
Criminal
Justice
Reform.
Thank
you.
M
Okay,
well
kind
of
caught
off
God
I
want
to
thank
all
of
y'all
for
having
me
here.
The
work
that
you
do
is
important.
I've
been
this
woman
I've
been
hearing
about
her
since
I
was
a
child
in
this
one
I'm,
so
proud
of
and
all
of
y'all
actually
and
the
work
never
has
to
end.
We
always
have
to
keep
going
forward.
M
I
know,
there's
a
lot
of
things
happening
with
the
youth
right
now,
a
lot
of
it
got
to
do
it
sometimes
just
needing
a
little
bit
more
attention
most
the
time
they're
not
irredeemable.
M
L
L
Thank
you.
Mr
President
and
I
know
we
have
a
long
agenda
and
want
to
be
super
mindful
that
we
are
here
to
to
celebrate
and
and
to
highlight
the
work
of
so
many
what
we're
calling
unsung
heroes.
These
are
people
who,
here
in
our
city
of
Boston,
who
give
so
much
of
themselves
every
day
and
oftentimes
are
never
seen
or
heard,
and
I
wanted
to
just
thank
president
Flynn
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
to
be
to
welcome
folks,
and
just
so
you
know,
I
know.
I
am
being
mindful
of
time.
L
We
had
a
pre-reception
where
our
nominees
were
able
to
speak,
so
we're
not
going
to
have
a
speaking
engagement
with
the
five
people
that
I'm
honoring
here
today,
just
to
keep
things
moving,
but
I
want
you
all
to
know
that
they
had
an
opportunity
to
be
fully
expressed
just
in
case
you're
wondering
so
I
want
to
bring
up
my
first
nominee.
L
This
is
someone
who
I
have
been
in
deep
Community,
with
working
in
the
trenches
in
the
Boston
public
schools,
with
a
32
years
of
experience
working
in
the
Boston
Public
Schools
as
a
parent,
a
BPS
graduate
a
grandparent,
an
administrator,
the
one,
and
only
Edith
Brazil,
who
is
always
holding
BPS
accountable
to
racial
equity
in
our
Boston
Public
Schools.
We
are
so
much
better
because
of
you
and
how
hard
you
work
for
all
of
our
students
Edith.
Thank
you.
Thank.
N
L
See
how
quickly
we're
moving
it
along
y'all,
good
job
cause
I'm
greedy
I
got
five,
so
let
me
keep
it
moving.
This
is
another
one.
I
want
to
ask
Devon
McNeil
to
make
his
way
here.
This
is
a
young
man
who
I
met
out
in
these
streets
as
I
always
do.
He
had
a
vision
after
spending
20
years
incarcerated
came
out
and
he
said
not
under
my
watch
created
a
program
dedicated
specifically
to
helping
support
black
and
brown
boys
do
better,
and
not
only
has
he
done
that
he
is
expanding.
L
When
we
talk
about
parent
advocacy-
and
we
talk
about
the
role
that
parents
play
in
helping
to
inform
the
conversation,
this
is
a
parent
Sylvia
cross
who
is
a
resident
of
Roxbury
and
the
parent
of
a
student
at
the
David
E
Alice
school
and
the
culture
of
the
parent
Council
and
a
member
of
the
RDM
Higher
Ground
parent
Coalition,
which
I
was
a
founding
member
of.
So
it's
so
good
to
see
you
rising
up
above.
P
I
just
want
to
say
thank
God
first
for
allowing
me
to
be
here.
I
also
want
to
thank
all
the
counselors
Higher
Ground
RDM
David,
a
Ellis
School,
everyone
I'm
in
so
much
I'm,
just
very,
very
honored,
and
grateful
to
be
here.
Thank
you.
L
All
right,
we
are
moving
on
to
the
next
Patricia
Odom,
who
I
met
at
a
fair,
an
artist
in
her
own
rights,
a
Powerhouse
someone
who
worked
in
the
Boston
public
schools
with
over
20
years
and
also
has
a
one
of
the
first
black
female
recruiters
from
the
Massachusetts
National
Guard,
the
first
woman
and
the
first
black
woman
to
serve
in
that
role.
So
here's
your
recognition
and
we
so
much
appreciate
you.
Q
Thank
you
very
much.
I
am
so
honored
to
to
have
this
time
and
thank
all
the
counselors
everyone.
That's
involved,
it's
a
great
response.
Thank
you.
So
much.
L
H
All
right,
this
one
is
a
very
special
one,
as
and
I've
acknowledged
him
here
before,
but
twice
three
times.
It's
never
enough.
H
So
Garrison
Trotta
is
the
longest
continuing
Community
Based
neighborhood
association
in
Boston
established
in
1978,
and
they
have
not
stopped
coordinating,
researching,
fighting
and
negotiating
on
behalf
of
the
residents
and
members
of
their
organization
from
block
watch
to
a
street
sign
to
education,
to
Housing
Development
to
Health
Equity
to
Public,
Safety
gtna
has
collaborated,
coordinated,
aligned
and
intertwined
its
programs
and
activities
with
Progressive
groups,
agencies,
voter
education
and
Civic
engagement
bodies
and
organizations
committed
to
Progressive
politics,
social
growth,
equity
and
opportunity.
L
R
R
We
could
not
be
here
without
the
work
of
Dan
Richardson,
Daniel,
Marlena,
Richardson,
I'm,
Lewis,
Matthew,
good
Ellen,
Jackson,
Alma,
Wright,
herb,
Jackson
call
nurse
and
and
Connie,
and
a
number
of
other
people
who
do
not
see
who
do
not
see
if
robbery
to
take
time
to
give
to
their
community
and
so
we're
fulfilling
a
commitment
that
we
heard
and
made
long
time
ago,
congresswoman
once
said,
Services
the
rent
you
pay
for
room
on
the
surface,
so
we're
trying
to
fulfill
our
room
paid
in
full.
Thank
you.
L
B
B
We
also
recognized
Rocco
we
this
month
this
morning,
myself
and
Council,
Fernandez
Anderson
and
our
colleagues
holiday
reception
for
the
municipal
police
officers.
But
what
but
what
we
saw
today
is
whether
people
work
for
the
city
or
or
work
in
the
community.
You
people
make
Boston
a
better
City
and
it's
about
working
together.
It's
about
treating
people
with
respect
and
that's
what
we've
seen
join
these
presentations,
but
thank
you
to
the
wonderful
work
these
Community
leaders
are
doing
in
their
neighborhoods
across
across
the
city.
B
The
first
order
of
business
is
the
approval
of
a
minute
seeing
and
hearing
no
discussion
on
the
matter.
The
chair
moves
to
approve
the
minutes
from
the
last
meeting.
All
those
in
favor
of
approving
the
minutes
from
the
hospital
say,
aye
all
opposed
San
Nate
the
eyes
have
it.
The
minutes
of
the
last
meeting
stand
is
approved
Communications
from
Huron
of
the
mayor,
Mr
clerk.
Can
you
please
re-doc
at
zero
four
zero.
C
B
C
B
C
B
O
I
want
to
begin
by
just
noting
that
this
matter
was
originally
filed
on
August
18th
2021st.
Since
then,
the
committee
on
government
operations
has
held
two
hearings:
one
on
December
4th
of
2021,
another
on
April
11th
of
2022,
as
well
as
three
working
sessions,
one
on
April
14th
of
2022,
one
on
January
24th
of
this
year
and
finally,
on
February
6th
of
this
year.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
my
original
co-sponsor
Julia
Mejia
on
this
matter,
my
Council
colleagues
for
attending
those
hearings
and
working
sessions.
O
Those
edits
and
those
changes
and
amendments
that
I
have
received
from
the
members
of
this
body
have
strengthened.
This
document.
I
also
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
our
Central
staff,
specifically
Christine
O'donnell,
for
her
help
in
making
sure
that
this
is
legally
sound
and
that
everything
that
we
do
was
given
the
appropriate
legal
review.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that.
O
Originally,
this
document,
as
filed,
created
three
phases
for
the
elected
school
committee
and
in
other
words,
we
would
phase
into
a
fully
elected
school
committee
in
three
separate
elections.
Three
separate
phases
since
then,
based
on
the
analysis
and
the
reviews
and
the
feedback
that
we
have
we've
reviewed
those
language
suggestions.
We've
discussed
those
suggestions.
Those
suggestions
include
a
more
streamlined
phasing
of
an
elected
school
committee,
the
body
structure,
term
limits
and
more
defined
language
around
vacancies.
O
The
amended
legislation
now
establishes
two
non-voting
members
to
be
selected
by
the
Boston
Public
Schools
through
a
vote
by
the
Boston
student
advisory
Council
and
includes
two
phases
phase
one
after
the
first
municipal
election.
Following
the
passage
of
this
act,
a
13-member
school
committee
will
be
composed
of
nine
District
school
committee
members
and
four
appointees
by
the
mayor
in
2027
or
whenever
the
next
preceding
municipal
election
would
be
for
at
large
school
committee.
Members
would
be
elected,
replacing
those
appointments
and
turning
the
body
into
a
fully
elected
body.
O
Lastly,
there's
two
new
sections
section,
9A
and
9B,
which
speak
on
what
and
how
the
school
committee
would
handle
vacancies,
specifically
the
special
election
process.
The
one
major
difference
here
is:
we
use
much
of
the
framework
of
what
we
do
here
on
the
city
council
regarding
District
seats
having
special
elections,
however,
with
the
at
large
vacancy,
whereas
on
the
city
council,
regardless
of
whether
you've
got
one
vote
or
ten
votes.
O
If
you're
the
fifth
person
in
line,
you
get
moved
up
when
a
city
councilor
at
large
moves
on
and
this
model,
we
modeled
it
off
of
other
municipalities
in
the
city
of
Boston,
where
you
need
at
least
20
percent
of
total
ballots
votes
cast
to
actually
be
considered
to
move
into
that
seat,
and
now
I
just
want
to
give
some
commentary
on
where
we
are
on
the
school
committee
and
my
personal
thoughts
on
this.
O
The
city
as
a
whole
spoke
overwhelmingly
and
resoundingly
in
support
of
an
elected
school
committee
when
this
was
on
a
non-binding
referendum
and
received
79
percent
of
the
vote
won
every
Precinct
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I
cannot
recall
any
issue
that
has
performed
that
well
on
the
ballot.
Specifically
I
see
this
as
in
line
with
the
will
of
our
constituents.
The
will
of
our
voters
to
have
control
of
our
school
committee
return
to
them.
O
O
But
I
simply
think
that
the
idea
that
in
a
city
where
we
have
a
strong
mayoral
system,
where
the
mayor
is
responsible
for
almost
every
facet
and
every
function
in
this
city,
the
idea
that
they
can
essentially
replace
a
school
committee
or
not
have
a
school
committee
as
a
check
from
the
people
and
do
that
in
a
in
a
working
format
has
been
proven
to
not
work
simply
by
the
model
that
we've
seen
over
time
and
so
I'm
grateful
both
to
The
Advocates,
who
have
pushed
for
an
elected
school
committee.
O
To
my
colleagues
who
have
stood
and
worked
to
make
this
a
better
document,
a
better
working
component.
The
way
that
this
would
currently
work
just
so
that
it's
perfectly
clear
is
that,
upon
passage,
this
home
rule
petition
would
require
the
signature
of
the
mayor.
It
would
then
have
to
go
through
the
legislature.
It
would
have
to
be
signed
by
the
governor
upon
signing
by
the
governor.
O
That
would
be
the
election
where
nine
District
Council
District
school
committee
members
would
be
appointed
selected
in
and
would
run
and
would
get
appointed
and
elected
in
that
year,
and
then
you
would
have
four
appointments
still
held
over,
so
there
would
still
be
four
appointments
that
next,
following
municipal
election,
would
then
be
the
one
where
four
at
large
school
committee
members
join
the
committee,
and
you
would
then
dissolve
those
appointed
seats.
So
in
other
words,
this
would
be
an
orderly
transition.
It
would
give
time
for
a
transition.
O
O
They
would
then
have
two
years
under
their
belt
as
District
school
committee
members,
and
there
would
be
an
election
for
those
two
for
those
four
at
large
seats
to
then
join
them,
and
then
it
would
be
fully
elected,
which
would
give
I
think
all
appropriate
folks
time
to
transition
in
an
orderly
way
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
destabilizing
our
system
to
make
sure
that
folks
have
time
to
know
that
these
are
now
elected
seats
and
for
people
to
mount
a
candidacy
or
to
tune
into
the
fact
that
there
are
a
tendency,
our
candidates
now
for
an
elected
school
committee,
and
so
the
phasing
in
approach
is
similar
to
what
was
done
in
Chicago.
O
They
did
a
phased
in
approach.
They
did
not
do
a
rip.
The
Band-Aid
off
everybody's
off
approach,
I
think
that's
a
responsible
decision
simply
because
it
maintains
some
continuity
in
the
in
the
transitionary
period.
Secondly,
we
do
have
a
separate
home
rule
petition
I'll
be
going
for
for
elected
members.
Not
Elected
rather
appointed
voting
members
students
and
we'll
get
into
that,
but
this
this
one,
this
one
does
include
students
in
the
same
form
in
which
they
are
currently
there.
O
O
I
just
want
to
finish
with
the
belief
that
passes
this
act
in
the
cemented
form
is
consistent
with
the
will
of
Boston
voters
who,
in
2021,
overwhelmingly
voted
to
restore
an
elected
school
committee
and,
as
chair
of
government
operations,
I
ask
that
this
docket
ought
to
pass
in
a
new
draft
and
at
this
time,
I'd
also
like
to
ask
the
clerk
if
we
can
substitute
and
the
president,
if
we
could
substitute
docket0406
petition
for
a
special
law
relative
to
an
act
established
in
student
voting
on
the
Boston
school
committee.
O
From
page
nine
of
the
green
sheets,
six
down
from
the
top
of
the
page,
the
amended
docket
will
hopefully
be
properly
before
the
body
so
that
we
can
vote
on
both
simultaneously.
A
B
L
For
allowing
me
to
speak
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
my
colleague
for
his
leadership
in
this
space
and
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
yes
on
three
Advocates
who
worked
so
hard
at
getting
us
this
to
this
point.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
all
the
door,
knocking
all
the
phone
Banking
and
all
of
the
organizing
that
we
had
to
do
to
help
parents
understand
what
was
at
stake
and
hold
hosting
Community
conversations
in
multiple
languages
in
their
native
languages.
So
people
could
understand
what
we
were
trying
to
do
so.
L
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
all
for
your
leadership
and
working
alongside
our
office
to
amplify.
Why
this
moment
was
so
important
and
so
as
a
BPS
graduate
as
a
BPS
parent
and
as
a
BPS
advocate
I,
see
this
as
one
of
the
biggest
voting
rights
issues
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
because
it's
about
an
opportunity
to
restore
the
Trust
In.
What
democracy
looks
like
it's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
give
the
people
back
the
power
in
our
Boston
Public
Schools.
L
B
B
S
S
And
happy
to
speak
on
it,
Mr
President,
while
folks
are
getting
an
opportunity
to
read
it.
C
Through
a
vote
of
the
Boston
student
advisory
Council,
the
students
will
be
seated
with
the
school
committee
and
allowed
to
participate
in
discussion
and
voting
B.
The
school
committee
shall
remain
as
constituted
aside
from
the
addition
of
the
two
student
members
until
the
municipal
election
outlined
in
section
2,
subsection
c,
as
outlined
below,
is
held
and
certified
see
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
following
the
second
municipal
election
year.
Immediately
falling
passage
of
this
act,
a
five-member
school
committee
comprised
of
five
at
large
members
elected
in
November
of
the
previous
year,
shall
be
seated.
S
Flaherty
of
the
fourth
English
president,
again
respecting
the
work
of
our
colleague
and
chair,
as
well
as
the
co-sponsor
and
all
of
our
colleagues.
Who've
had
input
I've
been
a
long
time
supportive
and
on
record
of
supporting
a
return
to
an
elected
school
committee.
Our
school
committee
members
should
be
held
accountable
to
our
school
system's
end
users,
which
are
our
school
children
and
their
parents
and
Guardians.
S
While
a
hybrid
committee
May
appeal
to
some
as
a
compromise,
I
believe
the
voters
of
Boston
can
and
should
be
trusted
to
exercise
good
judgment
in
the
best
interest
of
children
and
grandchildren.
Here
in
the
city,
go
to
my
beliefs
and
those
matters.
It's
about
improving
our
Boston
public
school
system
and
creating
greater
autonomy,
which
means
greater
accountability
to
parents
and
grandparents,
which
is
why
I'm
proposing
this
amendment
for
a
smaller,
more
accountable
results,
driven
elected
body.
S
The
voters
have
spoken
on
this
issue
via
a
non-binding
ballot
initiative
which,
quite
frankly,
I'd
preferred
to
have
been
binding,
but
they
signaled
the
city
for
accountability
and
for
results.
They
in
my
opinion,
they
did
not
vote
for
another
bureaucratic
entity.
They
did
not
vote
for
a
return
of
the
old
school
committee.
They
didn't
vote
for
something
that
was
too
big
and
too
unwieldy
with
all
kinds
of
moving
Parts,
which
has
sort
of
been
sort
of
part
and
parcel
to
to
this
debate.
They
voted
for
immediate
action.
They
voted
for
results,
they've
had
it.
S
We
boast
the
best
colleges
and
universities
in
the
world
when
it
comes
to
our
Boston
Public
School
System
we're
not
so
boastful.
We've
got
bright
spots.
We've
made
some
progress
here,
some
progress
there,
but
it
hasn't
been
a
rising
tide
and
too
many
of
our
kids
are
being
left
behind
we're
in
a
global
economy.
S
Just
take
a
look
at
the
South
Boston
Waterfront
with
stem
all
the
companies,
the
CEOs
that
are
moving
their
companies
here,
looking
to
tap
into
our
intellectual
capital,
the
fact
that
we
were
a
livable
and
walkable
and
relatively
safe,
City
to
cities
our
size
are
bigger.
S
We've
got
a
lot
of
great
things
going
for
us,
unfortunately,
that
Economic
Opportunity
those
job
opportunities
on
trickling
out
throughout
the
neighborhoods
to
the
children,
particularly
those
that
go
to
the
Boston
Public
Schools,
not
enough
of
our
Boston
Public
School
Kids,
getting
into
these
great
schools
and
sadly
the
ones
that
do
are
usually
home
after
the
first
semester,
not
able
to
to
cut
the
academic
rigor.
So
the
focus
is
now
on
us
and
we
want
to
have
a
truly
autonomous
thing
and
accountable
school
committee.
S
I
think
we
need
to
be
at
the
seven
member
level,
five
elected
at
large
two
student
voting
members
for
a
total
of
seven
members.
Let's,
as
you've
heard
me,
I
sound
like
a
broken
record
lately,
let's
keep
it
simple:
let's
keep
it
moving
forward
and
let
it
be
about
results
so
that
we
can
finally
put
together
and
put
forward
the
Boston
public
school
system
for
our
children.
S
That
mirrors
the
colleges
and
universities
that
we
host
here
in
the
city,
where
tens
of
thousands
hundreds
of
thousands
of
students
come
here
from
all
around
the
country
in
the
world
to
get
a
great
education.
Our
Boston
Public
School
System,
should
be
Myriad.
After
that
we
should
be
partnering.
We
should
have
Pathways
to
all
of
those
great
schools
that
all
call
Boston
their
home.
We
can
do
that.
S
Clearly,
we
as
Boston
city
council
have
a
role
in
that,
but
I
also
think
that,
if
we're
going
to
return
to
an
elected
school
committee,
we
want
to
make
sure
we
don't
repeat
the
the
problems
of
the
past,
and
one
way
to
do
that
is
to
keep
it
simple.
Keep
it
from
being
unwieldy,
I,
believe
a
13-member
body
is
unwieldy.
I
do
not
believe
that
the
vote
is
voted
for
that
the
vote
is
wanted
accountability.
The
vote
is
want
an
autonomy.
S
They
vote
as
voters
wanted
results,
but
I
completely
disagree
that
they
wanted
a
13-member,
unwieldy
body.
I
think
they
wanted
us
to
keep
it
simple.
Get
an
elected
school
committee
up
and
running,
hold
them
accountable
working
with
our
mayor
and
our
new
school
superintendent,
who
I
know,
are
committed
to
what
I've
just
talked
about
making
our
schools
the
best
schools
that
they
can
be.
We
can
do
it
if
we
keep
it
simple
and
we
keep
it
focused
on
accountability
and
results.
S
We
get
unwieldy
and
it
becomes
about
sort
of
politics
and
personalities,
and
we
we
turn
the
clock
back
to
the
school
committee.
That
was
not
productive,
then,
a
few
years
from
now
we'll
have
another
ballot
question
returning
it
back
to
appoint
it,
don't
want
to
be
in
that
position.
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
here
to
put
something
forward.
That
makes
sense
that
answers
what
the
vote
has
wanted,
but
that
we
can
truly
hold
accountable
working
with
this
body
working
with
the
administration
and
our
school
superintendent.
S
So
again,
I
know
you've
had
an
opportunity
you're
just
getting
because
of
our
in
full
disclosure,
Mr
President
because
of
open
meeting
law
rules.
I
don't
have
the
ability
to
circulate
this
in
advance.
I
can't
chit
chat
with
folks
in
the
hallway
and
sort
of
start
to
to
to
whip
if
you
will
and
to
get
folks
on
board.
So,
unfortunately,
the
amendment
is
coming
at
this
point
because
of
the
council
rules
and
because
Robbins
rules,
the
board,
is
so
hopefully
no
one
is
offended
with
just
learning
about
this.
S
For
the
first
time,
it's
real
simple,
it's
saying:
Mike
Flaherty
supports
an
elected
school
committee,
but
not
to
the
tune
of
13
members
where
you
can't
get
a
lot
of
business
done
and
where
the
people
of
Boston,
particularly
the
consumers,
the
students,
the
parents,
grandparents
and
Guardians,
have
waited
too
long
for
accountability
from
our
school
committee.
We
on
this
body
have
the
ability
ability
to
do
that.
We
have
the
ability
to
put
forth
something
that
will
be
accountability
and
results
driven.
Keep
it
tight,
keep
it
simple,
move
it
forward.
S
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
look
forward
to
debate
on
it
or
call
for
a
vote
at
the
appropriate
time
and
and
through
the
clerk
we
obviously
have.
We
have
an
active
and
open
Amendment
on
the
floor
to
my
colleagues
that
the
any
vote
that
gets
taken,
the
amendment
gets
taken
first
for
passage
or
for
for
or
for
reversion
back
to
zero
one.
S
Three,
five
and
again
I
say
that,
with
all
due
respect
to
all
of
my
colleagues
and
their
opinions
on
this
issue,
the
work
that
the
chair
has
done,
the
work
that
the
co-sponsors
have
done,
the
work
that
The
Advocates
have
done
I
say
a
little
bit
differently.
I
see
that
the
voters
want
something
very
specific.
They
were
clear,
they
want
accountability,
they
want
results,
they
wanted
them
yesterday
and
I,
just
don't
think
going
to
a
bureaucratic
entity
with
13
members
is
going
to
get
us
there.
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
Thank
you.
My
colleagues.
B
That
is
an
important
part
of
this
body
in
making
sure
we're
in
full
compliance.
I
I,
do
want
to
remind
colleagues.
I
was
still
not
able
to
we're
not
able
to
text
with
each
other.
If
there
is
an
emergency
that
you
have
to
deal
with,
especially
if
in
a
family
emergency
I
would
recommend
that
you
take
that
call
or
text
outside
of
this
office.
B
O
Thank
you,
council,
president
Flynn,
and
to
councilor
Flaherty
no
offense
taken
on
the
on
the
notice.
Just
trying
to
abide
by
rules
make
sense.
I
would
also
just
say
that
we
are
probably
like
95
in
agreement
on
what
what
you're
putting
out
here
the
issue
that
I
found.
We
did
a
number
of
community
listening
sessions
in
the
last
year.
Oh
I
believe
almost
all
of
them
virtual
multiple
languages.
We
had
one
in
Mandarin,
one
in
Spanish,
one
in
English,
one
in
Haitian
Creole.
O
We
had
counselors
join
us
for
these
one
of
the
things
that
came
up
often
and
if
folks
want
to
pull
my
record
in
Google.
My
stances
on
this
I
when
I
first
ran,
was
consistently
for
either
a
hybrid
or
an
elected
based
on
what
I
believe,
voters
and
constituents
wanted.
I
was
open
to
both
forms
of
governance.
What
I
wasn't
open
to
was
a
continuation
of
a
fully
appointed
school
committee
and
over
the
course
of
this
work
over
the
last
18
months
at
this
has
been
filed.
O
They've
had
many
conversations
with
constituents
with
Advocates
with
folks
who
were
both
opposed
to
any
version
of
an
elected
school
committee
and
in
support
of
a
fully
elected
school
committee,
and
what
came
up
over
and
over
and
over
again
was
the
idea
of
having
a
direct
representative
for
their
district
for
their
communities
and
that
the
at-large
seats,
though
they
serve
a
role.
They
felt
a
personal
connection
to
the
idea
of
a
district
school
Committee
Member
being
part
of
that
mix
that
it
was
an
essential
part
of
that
mix.
O
I
too,
was
thinking
about
what
is
the
right
mixer
number.
Currently,
our
school
committee
is
not
13
members.
It
was
at
one
time
13
members,
I
think
at
other
times
it's
actually
been
even
higher
similar
to
this
body.
This
body
I
think
at
one
point
had
over
100
members,
and
so
the
reality
is
that
there's
a
number
of
different
ways
to
look
at
this
I
personally
just
want
to
go
on
record
I.
Think
13
person
bodies
do
a
pretty
good
job.
O
That
would
be
also
important
for
us
to,
because
we
didn't
want
to
leave
out
some
districts
that
wouldn't
make
any
sense
or
we
would
have
to
make
brand
new
maps,
which
also
wouldn't
make
a
lot
of
sense,
and
so
we
kept
the
nine
and
then
we
went
with
that
large
portion
of
that
I
think
almost
everything
else
that
you
are
speaking
on
about
the
the
fact
that
voters
want
this
people
want
this,
that
we
trust
voters
to
make
decisions
for
their
own
benefit
and
for
what
they
believe
to
be
right
and
I.
O
I,
don't
always
agree
with
voters
and
I.
Sometimes
I
do
and
I
just
think
that
the
reality
is.
That
is
what
makes
this
country
great.
That's.
What
makes
this
democracy
great
is
that
we
have
that
kind
of
representation
and
I
think
that,
regardless
of
you
know,
if
the
body
the
school
committee
itself
is
not
functional,
though
I
think
it
will
be
and
I
think
it
can
be
I
think
voters
will
sort
that
out
and
so
I
fully
support,
maintaining
what
we
have
for
that
reason.
I
be
voting
against
your
Amendment,
but
I.
O
O
But
from
what
I've
heard
from
other
folks
in
community
there
was
a
strong
push
for
for
a
community
sort
of
District
school
Committee,
Member
I
know
my
other
District
counselors
will
sort
of
Express
the
feelings
that
they
get
from
Representatives,
who
have
at
large
representation
but
very
much
enjoy
and
require
sort
of
us
as
District
councilors
to
be
there,
and
so
I
think
this
is
an
effective
measure
to
make
sure
that
all
of
the
city
has
a
voice
guaranteed,
and
then
we
have
an
at-large
system
where
people
get
to
vote
all
over
the
city.
O
For
that
so
I'm
grateful
to
you
for
for
your
participation.
You
have
attended
working
sessions.
You
have
been
an
advocate
for
an
elected
school
committee
from
before
for
from
the
start,
and
so
I
appreciate
your
efforts
on
this
and
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
I,
don't
no
offense
taken
on
this
I.
Just
simply
have
a
difference
in
opinion
on
what
this
structure
should
look
like
and
I
actually
look
like,
and
for
that
reason
I'll
be
voting
no,
but
I.
O
B
D
President,
11
years
ago,
when
Menino
was
still
in
I
filed
for
a
hybrid
school
committee,
he
was
at
the
tail
end
of
I,
think
it
was
about
870
votes
straight,
where
he
had
gotten
unanimous
votes
over
800
votes.
D
So
that
was
my
the
reason
why
I
wanted
something
different
and
I
saw
it
in
the
hybrid
model
that
was
still
would
give
across
the
hall
who's
ever
in
there
there's
been
three
people
since
Menino
whoever's
across
the
hall
I
think
the
buck
should
stop
with
them
I'm
at
a
I'm
at
a
four
person
appointed
three-person
at
large
hybrid.
That's
what
I
would
vote
for
my
good
calling
from
South
Boston
talked
about
the
bureaucracy.
D
Let's
talk
about
the
inconsistencies
that
are
happening
in
in
the
school
department
now,
with
all
different
meas,
changing
we've
all
just
been
through
the
different
changes
in
in
transitions.
It's
difficult!
It's
difficult
on
the
city,
it's
difficult
on
a
system
they've
had
multiple
different
superintendents.
Now
we
want
to
put
them
through
five
years
of
Elections
and
those
elections
are
going
to
be
running
concurrent
with
our
elections.
D
D
Yes
on
the
amendments,
although
I'm
not
totally
there
with
with
him
either
I
find
that
more
simplified.
If
we
are
moving
in
in
a
direction,
it
should
be
as
simple
as
possible
for
the
kids
in
the
schools.
You
know
we
talk
about,
everybody
wants
to
sign,
wants
to
sound
off
and
they
want
it.
They
want
a
seat
at
the
table.
Everybody
shouldn't
have
a
seat
at
the
table.
That's
why
we
paid
people.
That's
why
we
have
committees
commissions
people
in
charge
to
make
those
decisions.
D
My
problem
12
years
ago,
was
the
amount
of
calls
that
I
got
from
just
School
parents
looking
for
help
simple
help
in
the
schools.
That's
why
I
said
why
am
I
answering
all
these
Cool
School
calls
when
I
don't
have
an
entrance
into
the
school,
because
you
can't
call
the
school
committee
because
they're
in
the
tank
with
Menino
they're,
not
doing
anything
for
you.
D
So
that's
why
I
think
there
can
be
people
that
are
in
the
school
committee
doesn't
need
to
be
13
people,
I,
think
three
or
four
people
that
are
available
to
people
that
are
going
to
need
the
sort
of
services
that
we
provide
in
a
city
council
District.
Someone
calls
us
for
heating
for
help
with
food
for
help
with
whatever
it
is
we're
a
constituent
service.
Quite
a
bit
of
it
is
there's
no
constituent
service
happening
in
the
school
department
and
that's
what
I
think
is
an
important
role
in
this
school
committee.
D
B
B
We're
going
to
move
for
a
vote,
Mr
Kirk.
Could
we
do
a
roll
call
vote.
D
B
D
B
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Mr
Clerk
does
anyone
else,
have
any
amendments
or
we'll
go
back
to
council
Arroyo's
talking.
T
Thank
you,
president.
Flynn
I
just
want
to
rise
to
share
that
I'm,
going
to
be
voting
in
support
of
the
committee
report
put
forth
by
the
chair
of
government
operations.
I
think
the
I
don't
want
to
belabor.
The
point.
I
think
that
councilor
Arroyo
has
really
shared
much
of
why
this
is
important
and
the
vision
that
the
people
of
the
city
of
Boston
have
set
forth
for
us.
But
I
also
wanted
to
really
anchor
my
vote
in
the
historical
context
of
the
school
committee.
T
Specifically
for
Latino
communities
who
make
up
the
majority
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools
students,
but
it's
also
an
issue
of
equity
and
it's
an
issue
of
empowering
our
parents
and
the
people
of
the
city
of
Boston
to
really
have
people
that
they
can
hold
accountable.
I'm
in
full
agreement
with
my
colleague,
councilor
Baker,
to
what
constituent,
Services
looks
like
inside
of
BPS
and
I.
T
Think
that
that's
the
reason
why
the
model
with
the
representatives
from
each
district
and
the
at-large
counselors
is
going
to
be
impactful,
because
there's
always
going
to
be
someone
who
you
can
go
to
to
talk
about
not
only
your
child's
direct
needs,
but
the
needs
of
your
school
and
the
school
community.
So
I
am
really
excited
to
vote
in
favor
and
I
really
urge
my
colleagues
to
move
this
forward
today.
Thank
you.
B
F
You
council,
president
Flynn
I
Rise
to
also
share
that
I
will
be
voting
in
support
of
this
proposal.
I
do
want
to
commend
chair
Arroyo
for
his
leadership
in
students
proposal
through
the
government
operations
committee,
as
well
as
councilor
Mejia
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you.
So
much
I
also
want
to
thank
The
Advocates,
who
worked
on
the
ballot
initiative
that
showed
that
a
majority
of
Voters
want
an
elected
school
committee
to
represent
them
and
I
have
also
been
transparent,
with
the
fact
that
I
have
gone
on
record.
F
That
I
shared
reservations
about
an
allelected
school
committee,
but
I've
since
then
changed
my
tune
because
I
believe
that
this
is
a
solid
proposal.
We
live
in
a
very
different
political
reality
in
2023
than
the
1970s
and
1980s
systems,
and
structures
that
historically
marginalized
power
in
Boston's
neighborhoods
are
breaking
down.
F
F
So
after
analyzing,
the
school
committee
structures
across
cities
and
towns
fully
understanding
how
this
model
empowers
communities
and
trusts
them
I
think
that's
an
important
word
here.
We
will
trust
the
voters
to
make
the
right
decisions
for
the
children,
education
and
defining
the
legal
framework
for
what
works
best
for
Boston
I
think
that
this
is
a
solid
Way
Forward.
So,
for
these
reasons,
I
will
be
voting
to
pass
this
piece
of
legislation
today
and
I
urge
my
colleagues
as
well.
Thank
you.
B
U
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I'm
going
to
be
casting
my.
What
I
think
is
the
first
present
vote
that
I've
casted
in
this
body,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
explain
to
the
body
why
Council
Arroyo
alluded
to
sort
of
where
we
all
were
in
Prior
elections.
I
was
certainly
clear
about
my
support
for
a
hybrid
I
kind
of
share
the
view
that
what
we
currently
have
I,
don't
think
is
accountable
enough
for
a
lot
of
reasons.
U
U
I
want
the
special
ed
voice,
I've
heard
increasingly
I
want
the
English
language
learner
voice,
one
of
the
things
we've
actually
talked
about
in
participatory
budgeting
right
and
is
how
do
you
make
sure
that
representatives
are
kind
of
representative
of
the
key
stakeholders
that
you're
trying
to
elevate,
and
one
of
the
reasons
I
just
voted
against
counselor
Flaherty's
amendment
is
that
I
think
that
I
I
between
elected
would
favor
actually
more
District
rather
than
at
large,
because
I
think
that
you
know
at
large.
U
The
the
concern
is
that
if
you're
the
lowest
information
election
on
a
down
ballot,
then
you
just
worry
that
name.
Recognition,
Etc
becomes
the
focus
point
and
I
think
the
more
that
people
are
able
to
talk
directly
to
constituents
right,
the
more
that
that
isn't
the
dynamic.
But,
to
me
the
ideal
like
districts
would
not
be
our
districts.
They
would
have
more
to
do
with
these,
like
with
the
various
kind
of
like
key
stakeholder
groups
of
the
schools.
U
That's
like
where
I
am
on
this,
but
also
there
was
a
question
three
on
the
ballot
last
year.
I
didn't
endorse
it,
but
it
has
been
mentioned
repeatedly.
It's
passed
overwhelmingly
non-binding
again:
I've
had
conversations
with
constituents
who
are
like
yeah
I
voted
for
that
I
really,
but
like
I
want
a
hybrid,
so
I
mean
people,
I
think
had
a
lot
of
different
views,
but
I
think.
U
Obviously
the
plain
language
of
the
of
the
question
heads
in
an
elected,
Direction
and
I
understand
what
councilor
Arroyo,
as
the
chair
is
trying
to
do
here,
which
is
to
have
the
council
codify
that
that,
like
desire,
that
was
expressed
in
the
in
the
ballot
question.
U
At
the
same
time,
I
will
just
say
that
I
am
hesitant
for
the
council
to
pursue
the
home
rule
petition
process
in
a
way
that
sort
of
doesn't
acknowledge
the
fact
that,
whereas
regular
ordinances
can
be
passed
over
the
mayor's
objection
with
a
two-thirds
majority
home
rule,
petitions
cannot,
which
means
that
a
home
repetition
that
doesn't
have
the
consent
of
the
mayor,
no
matter
how
many
votes
it
gets
in
this
Council
will
not
proceed
to
the
legislature.
I
think
we
should
be
like
straightforward
with
constituents
about
that.
U
We've
got
a
number
of
home
rule,
petitions
that
are
coming
down
the
pike
and,
when
I
think
about
legislative
time,
I
think
that
we
need
to
start
our
engagement
on
home
rule
petitions.
From
the
perspective
of
how
do
we,
the
council
and
the
mayor,
get
to
yes
together
because
I
think
otherwise
we
risk
both
confusing
constituents
about
what
has
actually
passed
and
like
what's
moving
forward
and
also
kind
of,
like
you
know,
making
people
feel
as
though
we've
sort
of
frustrated
them
in
terms
of
the
time
that
we're
spending
legislatively
on
things.
U
But
the
reason
I'm
voting
presidents
I,
don't
know
is
because
I
acknowledge
the
really
like
that
that
strong
argument
for
the
fact
that
there
was
overwhelming
support
for
the
ballot
question
and
that
that
deserves
expression
by
this
body.
So
that's
where
I
am
I
will
be
voting.
U
If,
if
we
do
go
forward
with
the
petition,
I
I
do
think
that
any
student
member
who
gives
up
their
Wednesday
nights
should
get
to
have
a
vote
after
listening
to
all
the
presentations
and
digging
in
so
I'll
be
voting
as
a
separate
docket,
but
in
support
of
that,
but
I
just
wanted
to
explain:
Mr
President
how
I'll
be
voting
today.
Thank
you.
B
P
Think
a
favor
of
this,
the
homo
petition,
ask
why
wear
unicorn?
Why
are
we
the
only
municipality
in
the
Commonwealth
that
doesn't
have
an
elected
school
committee,
especially
when
Boston
voters
in
every
Precinct
and
every
Ward
sent
a
resounding
message
with
79
in
support
of
question
three
and
so
I
think
that
it
is
important
that
we
do
the
work
of
the
people.
P
Elected
School
committees
place
the
power
of
community
representation,
representation
back
into
communities,
allowing
the
people
from
diverse
backgrounds
to
have
their
voices
heard
and
for
those
in
power
to
be
held
accountable
and
so
I'm.
On
record,
with
a
lot
of
what
my
colleagues
have
already
stated,
I
I,
don't
think
an
elected
school
committee
is
going
to
be
it's
the
Magic
Bullet
to
the
problems
that
we
Face
here
in
BPS,
but
I
think
it
adds
to
the
accountability
that
folks
are
asking
for.
P
I
really
rise
because
of
the
student
voters.
The
students
on
the
students
on
school
committee,
I
well,
I,
didn't
agree
with
your
Amendment
Council
Flaherty
I.
Do
really
appreciate
that
you
included
in
there
that
there
would
be
two
voting
student
members
like
Council
Bach
just
stated.
We
should
not
Force
these
kids
right
to
give
up
their
time
on
a
Wednesday
evening
and
not
allow
them
to
vote.
It's
tokenizing
their
vote.
P
It's
marginalizing
their
voice
and
we
should,
if
we
really
want
to
have
a
student
on
the
on
the
school
committee,
we
should
honor
that
by
giving
them
the
right
to
vote
on
the
school
committee,
it
can't
just
be
symbolic.
It
has
to
be
meaningful
and
one
student
alone
on
the
school
committee
can
be
a
very
isolating
experience.
It
can
be
very
condescending.
There
can
be
a
lot
of
sense
of
of
isolation
and
so
having
another
student.
P
P
So
I
want
to
thank
the
chair
for
his
work
here
and
for
accommodating
some
some
language
changes
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
everything
we
can
to
maximize
giving
rights
to
our
students
on
school
committee
to
vote
we're
talking
about
their
future,
we're
talking
about
a
school,
our
Boston
Public
Schools,
the
majority
of
black
and
brown.
If
we're
having
students
spend
their
time
on
school
committee,
it
should
be
meaningful.
Thank
you.
B
H
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
I
Echo,
what
my
colleagues
are
saying
and
to
the
chair.
Thank
you.
So
much
again,
echoing
my
colleagues
comment,
thank
you
again
for
your
leadership.
I'm,
really
impressed
by
how
you've
handled
this
thus
far,
and
thank
you
to
my
Council
colleague,
Mike
Flaherty,
for
your
proposal.
H
I
do
disagree
with
the
numbers,
but
so
I
didn't
vote
in
favor,
of
course,
but
here
we
saw
the
vote,
go
against
the
office
of
precipatory
budget
last
week
about
in
in
terms
of
siding
with
the
community
and
what
The
Advocates
were
asking
for,
and
here
we
are
again
with
politics
talking
about
rationalizing
our
way
out
of
a
vote
and
I
think
that
you
know
either
we're
voting
no
and
we're
we're
doing
that
and
we're
saying
like
this
doesn't
make
any
sense
but
to
do
to
in
order
for
us
to
say
you
know.
H
Oh,
the
mayor
is
not
going
to
support
us
anyway,
so
we're
not
going
to
go
to
the
state.
Look.
We
would,
if
you
vote
so
I,
think
that
today
we
can
see
how
how
these
votes
are
citing
and
how
they're
shifting
and
how
they
and
who
here
is
align
aligning
themselves
a
certain
way
and
that's
fine
I
guess
not
personal.
But
meanwhile
the
people
of
Boston
and
the
children
of
Boston
are
will
continue
to
suffer
and
lack
representation.
Yeah,
it's
not
a
silver
bullet.
It
won't
fix
our
problems.
I
agree
with
con
solution.
H
However,
it
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction,
so
we
do
the
work
and
we
talk
about
this
and
we
hold
hearings
and
working
sessions
and
then
politics
happen,
and
then
we
do
not
succeed
with
these
votes.
So
we'll
continue
to
fight
on
and
see
how
we
can
have
these
conversations
more
transparently,
the
people
of
Boston.
We
owe
it
to
the
people
of
Boston,
and
hopefully
we
can
be
able
to
be
courageous
in
standing
for
what
is
right
as
as
opposed
to
playing
politics.
Thank
you.
Mr
President.
B
L
And
I
think
my
colleagues
kind
of
have
said
it
all
I.
There
was
just
something
that
I
wanted
to
bring
into
the
chambers
is
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
were
all
elected,
including
the
mayor
to
represent
the
people
and
I
think
this
is
a
really
important
part
for
us
to
recognize
that
those
who
put
us
in
office
expect
us
to
do
the
work,
and
you
know
this
is
not
a
moment
to
cop
out.
L
L
So
this
is
just
one
step
in
that
direction,
and
the
work
that
we're
going
to
have
to
do
is
the
next
step
right.
So
I,
just
I
just
want
to
continue
to
remind
people
that
the
real
power
lies
with
the
people,
and
we
can't
continue
to
think
that
you
are
powerless.
So,
if
we're
really
serious
about
amplifying
your
voice,
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
show
what
that
looks
like.
B
B
If,
after
reasonable
amount
of
time,
we
feel
that
there
needs
to
be
a
change
in
school
governance.
I
would
favor
some
combination
of
appointed
and
elected
school
committee
members
I
think
Council
of
Flaherty
that
are
reasonable
proposal.
I
supported
Council
Flaherty's
proposal,
because
I
thought
it
was
I
thought
it
was
reasonable.
I
didn't
think
I
didn't
agree
with
everything
on
it,
but
he
came
to
the
table
and
offered
something
as
a
solution
or
as
a
compromise,
and
just
want
to
thank
my
my
colleague
as
well.
B
B
C
We
do
a
roll
call
vote.
Please
roll
call
vote
on
docket
number
zero,
one:
three:
five
Council
Arroyo;
yes,
Council
Arroyo,
yes,
councilor,
Baker,
Council
of
Baker,
no
councilor,
Buck,
councilor
Bach,
president
Council
Braden,
councilor
Braden;
yes,
councilor,
Coletta,
councilor,
Coletta;
yes,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson;
yes,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
yes,
Council,
Flaherty,
Council,
Flaherty,
no
council,
Flynn,.
B
C
B
G
C
B
O
Councilor
Flynn
this
allowed
separating
these
two
into
two
separate
home
rule.
Petitions
allows
this
body
to
consider
these
two
separate
questions.
Essentially,
the
first
question
was
the
moving
in
the
direction
of
an
elected
school
committee.
The
second
question
is
whether
or
not
the
appointed
members
of
that
student
of
that
school
committee.
The
student
members
should
have
a
right
to
vote
on
top
of
that.
O
This
doubles
the
amount
of
student
membership
based
on
feedback
that
we
receive
during
the
working
session,
specifically
councilor
gen,
who
I
think
rightfully
pointed
out
that
just
having
a
solitary
single
voice
of
a
student
is
an
isolating
experience,
and
so
what
this
would
do
with
this
home
rule
petition
does
is
it
creates
two
voting
student
members
who
would
join
the
school
committee
in
its
elected
form.
It
gives
them
the
right
to
vote
I
had
members
of
this
Council
essentially
state
that
they
believe
that
one
of
these
issues
had
sort
of
been
vetted
by
voters.
O
O
On
their
merits,
you
can
be
for
a
elected
school
committee
but
opposed
to
students
having
the
right
to
vote
on
a
school
committee,
and
so
this
is
a
separate
question
that
would
essentially
create
two
student
members
with
an
alternate
student
who
would
take
the
place
of
either
of
those
student
members
on
moments
or
occasions
or
on
times,
when
they're
not
there,
to
serve
or
unable
to
serve,
they
would
give
them
a
one-year
term,
in
other
words,
from
June
first
until
the
end
of
that
school
year,
so
they
would
have
one-year
terms,
and
this
would
do
the
work
of
creating
a
homo
petition
that
we
would
then
send
up
to
add
two
additional
voting
members
on
the
home
rule
petition
that
we
just
addressed
that
did
up
the
number
of
student
representation,
but
did
not
Empower
them
to
vote.
O
If
this
gets
passed
along
with
that,
then
this
would
supplement
that.
Essentially,
this
would
replace
those
two
student
voting
members,
those
two
student
non-voting
members
with
these
two
student
voting
members-
it's
not
in
addition
to
it
would
replace
them.
With
these
two
voting
members,
everything
else
stays
the
same:
the
method
of
their
selection,
the
amount
of
time
on
their
terms,
the
alternate
everything
else
is
identical.
O
The
only
thing
that
would
change
is
that,
if
this
passes
along
with
that
elected
school
committee,
then
what
ends
up
happening
is
that
those
non-voting
students
are
replaced
by
voting
students,
but
it
could
be
the
same
exact
students.
They
would
just
be
given
voting
powers,
and
so
it's
very
straightforward.
This
is
a
vote
to
make
it
so
that
the
student
members
on
the
school
committee
are
both
doubled
right
now,
it's
one
to
two
and
that
they
both
have
the
right
to
vote.
B
B
B
C
23
costs
contained
within
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
the
Boston
Schools
and
the
New
England
police,
beloved
Association,
Local,
160,
Boston,
School,
Police,
patrolman's,
Association,
the
terms
of
the
contract
as
September
1st
2020
through
August
31st
2024.
The
major
provisions
of
the
contracts
include
base
wage
increases
of
two
percent.
C
23
costs
contained
within
the
collective
bargaining
ingredients
between
the
Boston
public
schools
and
the
United
Steel
Workers
Local
2936
bus
monitors,
the
terms
of
the
contracts
July
1st
2020
through
June
30th
2025.,
a
base
wage
increase
of
1.5
percent
in
September
2021
and
rage
and
rate
adjustments
in
September
2022,
and
then
a
base
wage
of
two
percent
to
be
given
in
September
2023
and
2024..
C
Dr
number
zero.
Three:
seven:
two
message:
in
order
for
your
approval:
in
order
to
reduce
the
fiscal
year,
23
appropriation
for
the
reserve
for
collective
bargaining
by
seven
hundred
and
three
thousand
nine
hundred
thirty
nine
dollars
to
provide
funding
for
the
Boston
public
schools
for
the
fiscal
year.
23
increases
contained
within
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
the
Boston
public
schools
and
the
administrative
Guild
SEIU
Local
880.
in
doctor
number
0373
message.
C
In
order
for
the
supplemental
appropriation
for
the
Boston
Public
Schools
department
for
fiscal
year,
23
in
the
amount
of
seven
hundred
and
three
thousand
nine
hundred
thirty
nine
dollars
to
cover
the
fiscal
year,
23
cost
items
contained
within
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
the
Boston
public
schools
and
the
administrative
Guild
SEIU
Local
888.
The
terms
of
the
contracts
are
September
1st
2020
through
August
31st
2024..
C
B
U
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
President
and
thank
you
to
the
clerk
for
reading
all
eight
of
those
dockets
per
usual.
There
are
two
dockets
each
for
resolved
collective
bargaining
agreements.
In
this
case
all
workers
who
work
for
the
Boston
Public
Schools
we've
got
clerical
workers,
our
school
safety
workers,
our
custodians
and
our
bus
monitors.
So
it's
quite
a
lot
of
the
support
staff
of
the
schools
and
we're
grateful
to
have
David
Bloom
and
Jeremiah
Hassan
from
BPS,
and
then
Jim
Williamson
from
the
budget
office
join
us
I'm.
U
At
this
hearing
on
Monday
morning.
Also,
thank
you
to
my
colleague,
councilor
Murphy
for
coming
and
councilman.
Presenting
an
absence.
Letter
I
actually
would
really
commend
to
people
our
Central
staffer,
Megan
Cavanaugh's,
excellent,
transcribing
of
the
various
terms
of
all
four
of
these
contracts,
because
it's
set
forth
pretty
clearly
in
the
committee
report
on
your
desk,
so
I
will
I
will
speak
to
them,
but
I
just
want
to
commend
Megan
for
making
a
very
complicated
thing,
pretty
clear,
basically,
most
of
these
contract.
U
Well,
all
of
these
contracts
are
reaching
back
to
September
2020,
which
means
that
even
that
the
numbers,
the
pattern-
that's
sort
of
been
set
in
BPS
on
the
for
the
custodians,
the
school
safety
officers
and
the
clerical
workers
of
two
percent.
Two
point:
five
percent
two
point:
five
percent
and
2.5
percent
over
four
years.
Those
are
three
of
those
four
years
are
already
retroactive
and
the
fourth
one
is
sort
of
in
progress.
U
Now
what
that
means
is
that
when
you
compound
those
four
numbers
but
like
in
September
of
by
September
of
this
year,
the
all
of
these
workers,
their
salaries,
will
be
9.8
percent
up
from
where
their
salaries
are
today.
So
it
does
represent
a
pretty
substantial
increase
that
reflects
kind
of
the
inflation.
Obviously,
that
everybody's
been
experiencing
and,
of
course,
also
reaches
back
and
applies
in
those
staggered
year.
Ways
to
retroactive
pay,
the
I'm,
Gonna
Leave
firm,
so
well,
I'll
speak
to
each
of
them.
So
that's
the
broad
pattern.
U
You'll
notice
that
the
custodians
contract
runs
two
years
longer.
That's
because
there
was
Collective
Agreement
around
the
table,
that
they're
pretty
happy
with
the
contract
and
so
chose
to
extend
it
out
for
another
two
years
at
two
percent,
two
percent.
So
that's
the
one
that
runs
through
September
25.
U
you'll,
see
in
your
committee
report
a
reference
to
a
covid
market
adjustment
for
the
bus
monitors.
The
bus
monitors
are
the
one
of
these
for
where
the
administration
recognized
that
the
just
the
overall
pay
for
bus
monitors
is
just
way
out
of
whack
with
the
market.
And
it's
a
big
part
of
the
reason
why
we're
seeing
us
not
have
enough
bus
monitors
and
folks
not
showing
up
and
then
both
our
kids
with
IEPs
don't
get
to
school.
Often
a
whole
bus
gets
delayed.
U
It's
like
a
major
system-wide
problem
and
you
know,
there's
even
a
temporary
residency
waiver
in
place
for
the
bus
monitors
right
now
until
they
get
the
hiring
up
to
at
least
85
percent
of
the
spots.
But
we're
well
shy
of
that.
U
So
the
idea
here
is
that,
besides
just
the
sort
of
Step
increases
that
there's
a
significant
adjustment
upwards
for
wages,
robust
monitors
and
that
also
what
will
be
achieved
this
year
is
a
shift
for
bus
monitors
from
being
paid
per
run
to
being
paid
an
hourly
rate,
which
is
also
going
to
make
it
more
competitive.
So,
since
I
think
everyone
on
the
council
has
dealt
directly
with
constituent
challenges
related
to
the
bus,
monitor
shortage,
I
think
that's
definitely
good
news.
U
There
is
the
thousand
dollar
lump
sum
payment.
That's
been
going
to
unionize
city
workers
who
were
with
us
during
covid
for
the
for
the
clerkle
workers,
custodians
and
the
one
other
I
think
that's
most
of
the
notes
on
all
of
these
oh
yeah
well,
and
for
the
school
safety
officer.
So
all
the
full-time
employees,
the
bus
monitors
are
obviously
not
full-time
employees
of
the
district,
and
then
there
were
a
few
other
little
things.
U
So
I
think
the
council's
gotten
used
to
seeing
that
Juneteenth
gets
codified
as
a
holiday
in
the
case
of
the
custodians
there's
a
particular
system
for
kind
of
like
big
buildings
that
are
sort
of
labeled
challenge.
Buildings,
buildings
with
like
a
lot
of
old
infrastructure
Etc,
we
have
a
multitude
of
custodians.
U
Although
it's
not
full-time
work
for
the
city,
there
was
some
paid
time
off
added
for
the
monitors
during
winter
break
and
a
choice
of
either
February
or
April,
break
and
I.
Think
that's
really
in
recognition
of
the
fact
that,
even
though
it's
not
full-time
work,
we're
competing
with
other
full-time
opportunities
and
so
well
often
our
bus
monitors
are
combining
this
with
other
aspects
of
their
life.
It
obviously
needs
to
be
competitive
and
needs
to
give
them
some
time
off,
which
everyone
deserves.
U
So
I
think
that
those
are
the
main
Provisions
I
will
say
that
I
stressed
on
behalf
of
the
committee.
Should
the
council
support
my
recommendation
that
we
ought
to
pass
these
dockets
today
that
we
really
need
to
see
this
pay
actually
go
out
to
our
to
our
workers,
as
was
discussed
at
the
council
meeting
last
week,
and
that
the
committee
is
requesting
kind
of
interim
reports
on
how
close
we
are
to
that
when
we've
actually
gotten
that
money
out
into
people's
pay
packets?
U
Because
again,
a
lot
of
these
are
our
lower
paid
workers
in
BPS
and
SO
waiting
on
the
city
to
to
pay
them.
What
we've
agreed
that
their
owed
is
not
something
that
we
want
to
see
happen
so
with
that
Mr
president,
certainly
I
would
be
happy
to
if
you
were
willing
to
hear
from
councilor
Murphy.
Who
is
the
counselor
to
joined
me
at
the
hearing,
but
I
would
ask
for
passage
of
all
eight
of
these
dacas
today.
Thank
you.
Thank.
W
W
So
I
just
wanted
to
rise
to
repeat
it
today
that
I
feel
like
we're
in
this
Loop
and
we
stand
up
in
this
chamber,
or
we
show
up
on
picket
lines
when
we
tell
our
lower
paid
and
union
workers
that
we
want
to
advocate
for
them
to
get
more
pay,
and
we
talk
about
how
it's
a
very
expensive
city,
maybe
the
most
expensive
city
to
live
in
in
the
country
and
we've
given
three
over
370
residency
waivers,
because
it's
very
hard
for
our
lower
paid
employees
to
live
in
the
city.
W
But
then
we
keep
rubber,
stamping
and
approving
these
one
and
a
half
two
percent
pay
increases.
So
I
just
want
to
say
I
hope
that
this
body,
without
maybe
we
say
no
one
of
these
times,
because
what
we're
being
told
by
the
budget
office
at
these
hearings
is
well
it's
what
the
last
nine
or
ten
were.
So,
let's
just
keep
like.
W
Why
would
it
be
different
if
we
approve
something
higher
for
this
Union
Others
May
can
come
back
so
just
hoping
that
at
one
of
these
hearings
we
say
enough
and
I
did
Echo
what
you
say
at
that
hearing
that
if
you
were
there,
I
can
hear
you
say
it
can't
we
do
better.
Do
we're
a
rich
city
is
one
and
a
half
percent
pay
increase
when
we
know
we're
already
not
paying
them
enough
to
live
here
in
the
city,
pay
rent
and
have
a
livable
wage.
So
I
just
wanted
to
stand
to
say
that.
B
Thank
you,
Council
Murphy.
Anyone
else
looking
to
speak
on
this
matter.
Let
me
let
me
speak
very
briefly
and
then
I'll
I'll
send
it
over
to
Council.
Bluff
I
certainly
support
this.
Thank
you
for
the
important
work
you
did
on
this
Council
Block
in
your
important
leadership.
I
have
one
question:
do
we
know
as
we're
discussing
BPS
related
issues?
Do
we
know
if
those
School
teachers
receive
their
pay?
That
was
not
clarified,
not
not
processed.
Several
weeks
ago,
I
know
that
was
a
major
major
concern
that
she
recognizes
Council
a
book.
U
Giving
us
the
updated
schedule
for
how
these
would
go
out.
I
also
know,
obviously
that
councilor
Murphy
called
for
a
whole
hearing
on
that
topic,
so
wouldn't
look
to
usurp
that,
but
we
just
we
did
ask
that
question
in
the
hearing.
The
one
other
thing
I
just
wanted
to
say
to
councilman
Murphy's
point,
because
I
do
think
it's
important
and
it's
something
that
I've
been
thinking
about.
U
As
the
chair
of
this
committee
is
just
to
make
the
distinction
the
pattern
that
we
were
talking
about
over
like
the
last
year
that
had
mainly
been
established
here
for
city
workers
kind
of
in
again
those
mostly
retroactive
contracts.
U
The
two
1.52
pattern:
if
you
compound
that
what
you
get
is
5.6,
and
so,
when
we're
talking
here
with
BPS
to
2.5
2.5
2.5,
what
you
get
when
you
compound
that
is
9.8
percent,
so
I
do
just
want
to
stress
for
counselors,
because
sometimes
the
difference
between
1.5
and
2
or
2.5
like
it
doesn't
seem
like
that.
Much.
U
That
pattern,
I
think
was
too
low
and
we
expressed
the
council's
feeling
on
that
and
it
reflected
the
fact
that
it
was
kind
of
begun
to
be
dark
bargained
at
a
time
when
the
economy
was
tanking
and
everyone
was
kind
of
worried
about
what
was
viable.
So
I
do
just
want
to
reflect
on
behalf
of
the
committee.
U
I
take
Council,
Murphy's,
point
and
I
think
it's
an
important
thing
for
the
council
to
like
always
be
focused
on,
but
I
do
think
that
in
this
case,
that
four-year
pattern
is
almost
doubling
the
reality
of
the
three-year
pattern
that
we've
been
talking
about.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
distinction
for
the
body.
Thank
you,
Mr
President
thank.
B
P
P
Madam
chairs
is
trying
to
have
it
back
to
make
it
to
this
to
this
hearing,
but
was
not
able
to
I
just
want
to
elevate
some
of
the
janitors
that
my
office
has
has
been
meeting
with,
who
are
really
at
a
point
of
having
to
work
too
many
jobs
to
make
it
to
make
working
for
the
city
feasible,
so
I
just
rise
to
thank
them
for
their
advocacy
and
their
work
and
to
support
you
know
the
compounding
that
the
councilor
back
is
talking
about
is
great
I.
P
Think
part
of
that
compounding
is
happening
because
of
the
retroactive
nature
of
the
pay,
if
I'm,
yeah,
so
I
think
going
forward.
I
thinking
looking
at
I
understand
the
compounding
and
the
effect
that
it
will
have
because
of
raises
that
they
were
sort
of
owed
and
not
given,
and
so
I
I.
Take
that
point,
but
I
also
think
that
in
the
future
we
do
need
to
look
at
increases
in
what
we're
asking
people
to
live
off
of
so
I
just
want
to
shout
out
to
the
custodians
we've
been
working
with.
Thank.
B
L
You
Mr,
President
and
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
Edie's,
who
we
recognized
here
today
and
along
others
who
are
working
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
not
only
deserve
our
advocacy.
But
you
know
we
can't
keep
having
the
same
conversation
and
expecting
different
results
at
some
point.
L
We're
going
to
have
to
start
taking
responsibility
for
how
we
really
support
folks,
who
are
juggling
two
to
three
jobs,
just
to
stay
here
in
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
I
just
want
to
rise
in
support
and
continue
to
sound
the
alarm
for
how
unjust
this
city
is.
B
Yeah
Council
block,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
in
passage
of
docket
zero.
Three
six,
two,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
I'll,
post,
say
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
is
passed.
Council
block,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passage
of
docket
zero.
Three
six,
three,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
all
post
saying
the
eyes
have
it:
the
docket
has
passed
Council
box.
B
Seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
passage
of
docket
zero,
three
six,
four,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
aye,
I'll,
post,
say
Navy
eyes
have
at
the
dock
of
this
past
Council
block.
Seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
passage
of
Rocket
zero,
three
six,
five,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
aye,
Oppo
say
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
has
passed.
Council
block,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passive
dock
at
zero.
Three
seven
zero,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
all
those
opposing
eight.
B
The
eyes
have
at
the
dock
of
his
past
Council
box,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
to
report
and
passive
dock
at
zero.
Three
seven
one,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
all
pose
the
eyes.
Have
it.
The
docket
has
passed
Council
box.
Seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
in
passage
of
Rocket
zero,
three
seven,
two,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
aye
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
has
passed
console
box,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passive
docket
zero.
B
B
D
Floor,
thank
you.
Mr
President,
the
committee
on
Planning,
Development
and
transportation
held
the
public
hearing
on
February
13
2023
Monday,
to
take
testimony.
Consider
the
same
council's
president
were
myself
Council
Flynn.
Thank
you,
Council
block,
Council
Murphy,
councilor
Louisiana
and
consulate
Fernandez
Anderson.
There
are
also
letters
of
attendance
that
were
read
into
record
from
Consular
Coletta
and
council
lularo
president
Veronica
Jemison
from
the
bpda
Chris
preen
Reuben
Cantor,
and
there
was
another
person
there.
I
don't
have
the
name
written
down.
I
apologize.
D
The
proposed
order
request
for
a
two-year
extension
of
the
remaining
urban
renewal
plans
in
alignment
with
the
timeline
for
legislation,
considered
consideration
of
the
home
rule
petition,
which
is
currently
assigned
to
the
Boston
City
council's
committee
on
government
operations.
The
mayor
has
requested
that
the
extension
be
granted
for
the
shorter
of
either
a
two
two
or
additional
years
or
passage
of
the
of
the
legislation
at
the
bpda
legislation
on
April
on
in
April
2016,
the
city
council
granted
approval
of
six
of
a
six-year
extension
for
the
urban
annual
plans.
D
14
urban
renewal
plans,
which
are
subsequently
approved
in
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Community
Development
on
March
20
2022,
the
bpda
council
and
dhcd
sunset.
Two
additional
urban
renewal
plans,
an
expiration
of
the
12
active
urban
renewal
plans
before
the
home
petition
is
adopted
with
protections
for
transferring
existing
land
use
protections
would
risk
dissolution
of
affordable
housing,
open
space
and
other
community
oriented
land
use
restrictions,
restrictions
currently
enforced
under
the
plan.
D
In
seeking
this
temporary
extension,
the
bpda
shall
Focus
its
urban
renewal,
related
efforts
solely
on
enforcing
existing
land
use
restrictions
that
protect
Community,
Values
examples,
income
restrictions,
elderly
preferences,
open
space
and
other
community
event
uses
by
advancing
the
resiliency,
affordable
and
Equity
goals
of
the
city
based
on
the
documentation
and
further
presentation
at
the
hearings
having
considered
the
same
I
respectfully,
men
recommend
that
a
roll
call
vote
be
taken
in
this
matter
ought
to
pass.
D
So,
basically,
we
are
extending
the
urban
renewal
plans
because,
within
those
plans,
sits
all
the
LDA,
the
the
Lynn
disposition
agreements
which
govern
which
are
covenants
that
govern
government,
affordable
housing
in
multiple
buildings
around
the
city,
open
space
elderly
uses
parking
uses.
These
are
the
agreements
that,
when
we
met
with
them
last
year,
we
asked
them
to
get
a
handle
on
all
your
ldas,
because
last
year,
when
we
said
well
how
many
ldas
you
have
they
didn't.
D
Even
they
didn't
even
know
they've
since
and
given
us
the
given
us
the
documentation,
they've
established
how
many
ldas
there
are
where
they
are,
what
they
are
so
this.
So
we
don't
lose
these
ldas,
because
if,
if
the
urban
renewal
Powers
went
away,
the
ldas
would
go
away
and
we
would
run
the
risk
of
losing
a
whole
lot
of
whole
lot
of
benefits
and
again,
I
think
that
this
bra
bpda
is
not
the
urban
renewal
bpda
that
went
into
the
West
End
in
the
50s
and
went
through
trying
to
put
I-95
to
our
neighborhood.
W
You
just
quickly
councilor
Baker
referenced
that
last
year,
in
the
spring,
we
had
asked
them
to
do
a
deeper
dive
into
these
ldas
and
I
just
wanted
to
shout
out
Chris
Breen
and
his
team
for
their
wonderful
presentation
that
I
know
we
also
all
got
into
our
emails,
and
the
links
to
all
of
the
information
was
very
informative.
It
will
help
us
moving
forward
to
make
better
decisions
and
Development
Across
the
city
so
just
wanted
to
shout
on
him
and
his
team.
Thank
you.
D
B
C
Call
vote
on
Doc
at
zero:
three
two
four
console:
Arroyo
Council
Arroyo:
yes,
councilor,
Baker,
aye,
councilor,
Baker,
aye,
councilor,
Buck,
aye,
councilor,
Buckeye,
Council
Braden;
yes,
councilor
Braden;
yes,
Council
Coletta;
yes,
Council
Coletta;
yes,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council,
Fernandez
Anderson;
yes,
Council
Flaherty;
yes,
Council
Flaherty;
yes,
Council
Flynn;
yes,
counselor
Flynn;
yes,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Lara;
yes,
Council
Louisiana;
yes,
Council
Louisiana;
yes,
Council,
Mejia,
Council
me
here;
yes,
councilor,
Murphy,
councilor,
Murphy,
yes
and
councilworrell;
yes,
councilorell!
Yes,
doctor
number,
zero.
Three
two
four
has
received
a
unanimous
vote.
C
B
C
Doctor
number
zero
two
one:
zero
message
and
Order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
extend
the
amount
of
one
million;
six
hundred
forty
two
thousand
seven
hundred
twenty
three
dollars
and
ten
cents
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fiscal
year.
23
Senator
Charles
Shannon
Jr
Community
safety
initiative
awarded
by
the
mass
Executive
Office
of
Public,
Safety
and
Security
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
C
The
grant
will
fund
decontamination,
equipment,
vehicle
and
maintenance
expenses
for
the
hazard
response
team
at
the
Boston
fire
department
and
Doctor
number
0326
message
and
not
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
local
fire
department
project
and
grants
for
the
fiscal
year.
23
state
budget
line
item
824-0050
awarded
by
Massachusetts
Department
of
fire
services
to
be
administered
by
the
Boston
fire
department.
B
S
With
respect
to
dark
at
zero,
two
one
zero
demand
bills
was
in
here,
as
he's
been
in
years
past
as
sort
of
coordinator
for
the
senator
Charles
E
Shannon
Jr
Community
safety
initiative
awarded
by
the
mass
Executive
Office
of
Public,
Safety
and
Security,
and
this
particular
Grant
would
fund
Regional
and
multi-disciplinary
approaches
to
combat
gang
violence
throughout
coordinated
prevention
and
intervention,
law
enforcement,
prosecution
and
reintegration
programs.
It
was
funded
by
the
Executive
offices,
mentioned
it's
modeled.
S
Actually,
after
the
office
of
Juvenile
Justice
and
delinquency
prevention,
comprehensive
game
model,
each
Community
receiving
the
Shannon
Grant
funds
demonstrates
the
presence
of
risk
factors
for
Youth
and
gang
violence,
and
participants
must
be
the
between
the
ages
of
10
and
24
years.
Historically,
many
of
the
organizations
funded
provide
service
through
positive
Youth,
Development
trauma-informed
and
mental
health
focused
lens.
We
heard
public
testimony
from
Michael
cruzo
from
Project
right
as
well
as
Erica
from
the
Boston
centers
for
Youth
and
Family
and
they're
in
full
support.
S
We
learn
from
demand
that,
on
average,
are
about
50
organizations
that
compete
and
apply
for
these
funds.
Where,
in
this
particular
instance,
the
funding
will
support
19
of
those
Civic
and
non-profit
organizations,
including
BMC
bcyf,
bphc,
Suffolk,
DA's
office
project,
right
mothers
for
justice
and
equality,
just
to
name
a
few
of
the
19th,
so
a
good
program,
we
pushed
them
a
little
bit
on
what
and
find
out
what
the
metrics
were.
It's
the
number
of
folks
they
service
it's
their
hours
of
operation,
making
sure
that
nights
and
weekends
are
sort
of
part
of
that
program.
S
So
obviously
the
hearing
was
attended
by
several
of
our
colleagues,
who
also
had
some
great
questions
so
with
respect
to
dark
at
zero.
Two
one:
zero
as
chair
moving
for
passage
with
respect
to
dockets
zero,
three,
two
five
and
zero.
Three,
two
six.
We
had
our
fire
commissioner,
commissioner
Burke
Paul
Burke
was
here
here,
and
it
was
prior
to
a
very
moving
event
yesterday
over
it
engine
33
in
Atlanta
15
over
at
Boylston
Street,
where
the
last
call
foundation
in
firefighter
Kennedy's
mom.
S
Was
there
present
and
put
forward
a
very
strong
and
compelling
argument,
as
well
as
the
city
of
Boston,
is
going
to
be
beneficiaries
of
more
flame
retardant
hoses
which,
as
folks
remember,
Believe,
It
or
Not
nine
years
ago,
with
playoff
Kennedy
and
Lieutenant
Walsh
were
killed
while
waiting
for
the
their
hose
to
be
charged,
they
called
off
a
Charged
a
line
multiple
times
before
it
may
day
and
unfortunately,
the
fire
was
so
the
building
was
engulfed
in
the
fire
and
the
wind.
S
The
factors
there
caused
the
hose
to
burn
through,
so
they
never
got
water
and
sadly,
they
perished
so
firefighter.
Kennedy's
mom
was
there
as
well
as
Lieutenant
Walsh's
family,
very
moving
ceremony
that
many
of
us
attended,
but
in
the
spirit
of
that
making
sure
that
this
body
continues
to
support
our
firefighters,
making
sure
they
have
the
equipment
necessary
to
protect
life
and
property
and
make
sure
that
they
get
to
return
back
to
the
Firehouse.
S
After
a
call,
and
this
1.7
million
seven
1.7,
122,
764
020
set
grant
will
be
for
decontamination,
equipment,
vehicle
maintenance
expenses.
What
has
response
team
as
well
as
training
the
vehicles
on
order?
It's
been
delayed,
so
additional
grant
money
in
the
future
will
I
think
pick
up
the
tab
for
that
vehicle,
but
the
commission
explained
in
detail
how
it
works
and
the
level
of
contaminants,
chemicals
Etc
that
the
men
and
women
of
the
fire
department
are
exposed
to
when
they
respond
to
calls.
S
So
anything
we
can
do
to
make
their
health
and
wellness
and
safety
better,
and
this
grant
will
go
towards
that
that
stock
at
zero,
three,
two
five
and
then
zark
at
zero,
three,
two
six
which
I
and
it's
in
probably
Council
Coletta's
District
I
like
in
that
fire
station
through
sort
of
a
community
policing
model.
Every
time
you
go
by
that
firehouse
on
Hanover
Street
doors
are
open.
S
Community
members
are
in
in
the
kitchen
with
the
with
the
firefighters
residents,
tourists
it's
a
very
popular
spot
and
because
of
the
health
and
wealth
studies
that
have
been
done
with
the
kitchen.
On
the
first
floor,
with
with
the
diesel
fumes
with
the
engine
and
Ladder
companies
departing
or
coming
back,
as
well
as
the
bunker
gear
and
all
those
things
that
are
stored
on
the
first
level.
This
is
an
opportunity,
like
other
firehouses,
where
they're
moving
sort
of
the
meeting
quarters
the
cafeteria
carry
the
kitchen
and
the
living
quarters
they're.
S
Moving
that
up
to
a
floor,
that's
not
on
the
floor
where
the
fire
apparatuses,
which
again,
is
a
move
to
improve
their
health
and
wellness
along
firefighters.
So
this
grant
is
a
300
000
grant
that
will
go
to
make
necessary
Renovations
in
engine
8
and
latter,
one
in
the
North
End.
So
again,
as
the
commissioner
had
described
a
very
important
function
with
their
charge
with
and
it's
our
hope
is
chia
that
we're
passage
of
we're
passing
exactly
zero.
S
B
Thank
you,
Council
Flaherty
account
Council
Flaherty,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
passage
of
darken
zero,
two
one
zero,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye
aye
opposing
a
the
eyes.
Have
it
the
docket
is
passed.
Council
Flaherty,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
the
asset
of
docket
zero,
three
two
five,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
aye,
Oppo,
say
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
has
passed
Council
Flaherty,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
passage
of
docket
zero.
Three
two
six,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
aye
opposed,
say
Nate.
B
L
So
the
committee
I
was
under
the
oppression.
This
was
on
the
committee
of
Education,
okay,
okay,
I
have
two
committees,
so,
whichever
one
you
said,
but
on
my
notes,
according
to
Central
staff,
it
was
the
committee
on
education.
So
we
just
need
to
get
some
clarity
on
that
President
Flynn,
so
I
just
wanted
to
thank
Council,
counselor,
luigien
and
councilor
president
Flynn
for
participating
in
the
hearing.
L
Yesterday
we
had
letters
of
support
and
attendance
who
were
sent
and
read
into
the
record
by
councilor
Lada
councilor
Aaron
Murphy
in
councilor
Arroyo
I
want
to
thank
the
administration
officials,
Megan
Costello
senior
advisor
BPS,
Dr
Sanchez
MD,
medical
director
of
infectious
disease,
Bureau
of
Boston
Public
Health,
commission
Dr,
Dungy,
Lopes
senior,
director
of
office
of
Health
Services
Brian,
Ford,
executive,
director
of
facilities,
management
and
Mr
ostasa
Ahmed,
who
is
the
special
project
manager
for
the
office
of
health
services
for
attending
the
hearing
and
making
a
presentation
and
responding
to
questions
from
our
Council
colleagues,
the
presentation
included:
covid-19
updates,
BPS
Health
Services
mitigation
strategies
daily
BPS
and
Boston
Public
Health
commission
meetings
to
review
cases
and
cluster
data
wide
and
free
Entergy
test.
L
1.5
million
rapid
tests
provided
99
on-site
covid-19
and
flu
clinics
and
BPS
schools.
Five
community
events,
clinics
at
BPS
bus
yards,
basically
Boston,
Public,
Schools,
really
kind
of
gave
us
a
thorough
analysis
of
the
work
that
they
have
been
doing
to
try
to
help
support
students
as
they
transition
back
to
school
in
between
holiday
breaks.
What
we
heard
from
our
community
panel
is
that
we
need
to
do
a
better
job.
We
had
the
community
panelists
for
suleika
Soto
Mary
dibinga,
Al
Vega.
L
Stakeholder
participation
in
in
public
decision
making
should
be
the
norm
in
Boston.
In
any
case,
however,
in
light
of
parents
and
other
mistrust
of
the
BPS
Administration
built
over
the
years
because
of
the
secrecy
and
broken
promises,
it
is
especially
important
that
this
process
be
transparent
and
participatory.
Additionally,
parents
and
students
and
School
staff
and
neighbors
know
that
schools
and,
while
not
technically
experts,
they
are
capable
not
only
of
visioning
but
also
of
offering
useful
perspectives
and
about
alternate
Solutions.
Another
quote
an
adequate
covet
safety
precautions,
policies
and
practices
are
our
racial
Equity
issues.
L
What
I'm
hoping
for
is
that
we
clearly
need
to
work
in
Partnership
on
these
issues
and
I
believe
that
we
have
the
collective
talent
and
willingness
to
effectively
deal
with
these
issues
and
make
positive
changes
for
our
children.
Our
families
and
our
city,
Mr
President,
I'm,
requesting
that
this
matter
remained
in
committee
on
education
for
further
action
or
the
committee
of
government
accountability,
transplant.
B
V
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
moved
to
suspend
the
rules
and
add
councilor
Bach.
As
an
original
co-sponsor.
V
V
V
nearly
3
35
years
ago,
in
2005,
nearly
20
years
ago,
the
city
sent
a
home
rule
petition
to
amend
the
maximum
fine
to
one
thousand
dollars,
but
it
never
passed
in
this
in
the
State
House.
To
put
all
of
this
in
perspective,
a
fifty
dollar
fine
in
1854
is
equivalent
to
Seventeen
hundred
dollars.
Today,
a
two
hundred
dollar
fine
in
1976
is
equivalent
to
a
thousand
dollars
today
and
the
current
maximum
three
hundred
dollar
maximum
fine
has
set
in
1989
is
equivalent
to
700.
V
Today,
the
max
the
one
thousand
dollar
maximum
the
city
tried
to
set
in
2005
is
equivalent
to
fourteen
hundred
dollars.
Today,
another
General
law
authorizes
Municipal
charge
charges
liens
on
the
property
for
unpaid
charges
or
fees
of
the
owners.
Some
of
the
Lowell
and
Framingham
each
got
home.
Rule
petitions
passed
to
amend
the
words
to
include
unpaired
charges
or
fees
to
unpaired
charges,
fees
or
fines.
V
The
general
law
for
all
cities
and
towns
was
almost
demanded
as
part
of
a
larger
Municipal.
Moderate
modernization
act
bill
in
2016
to
add
the
words
or
fines
to
all
Massachusetts
cities
and
towns,
but
the
language
was
approved,
approved
by
the
house
and
not
the
Senate
and
was
not
included
in
the
version
that
was
signed
by
Governor
Baker.
This
home
rule
petition
would
do
two.
Two
main
things
increase
the
maximum.
V
These
are
small
but
important
steps
to
give
the
city
power
and
tools
necessary
to
both
keep
up
with
the
times
and
add
chronic
offenders
over
and
hold
chronic
offenders
of
our
City's
ordinances
accountable.
As
we
heard
in
recent
conversations
by
the
hearing
we
had
on
on
trash
disposal
and
rodent
control,
Etc
our
folk,
our
colleagues
in
ISD
said
very
often
these
fines
are
are
not
are
paired.
These
small
fines
are
paired
as
just
the
cost
of
doing
business
and
nothing
actually
ever
improves.
P
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
and
thank
you
councilor
Braden,
for
your
work
and
your
advocacy
here.
We
know
that
there
are
many
large
Property
Owners
developers
and
corporations
that
remain
undeterred
by
the
minor
fines
they
pay
them
as
part
of
the
standard
operating
cost
of
doing
business
as
a
counselor
just
stated,
or
allow
fines
to
accumulate
for
months
or
years
without
taking
action
to
remedy
the
violation.
Meanwhile,
our
neighborhoods
suffer
from
a
neglect
and
absentee
landlords.
P
It
also
means
that
Boston
residents
have
to
continue
to
endure
the
impact
of
these
violations,
including
problem
properties
and
derelict
landlords.
The
low
dollar
amount
for
fines
also
reduces
the
efficacy
of
important
tenant
protections,
laws
and
regulations,
including
in
the
case
of
a
condo
conversion,
where
a
building
owner
is
fined
for
not
informing
current
tenants
of
a
conversion
in
their
rights.
P
This
will
not
increase
or
change
any
of
the
current
fines
or
would
not
result
in
a
change
to
current
find
schedules,
and
we
can
make
sure
that
we're
taking
different
audiences
into
account
and
the
different
amounts
and
different
ordinances.
But
rather
this
would
give
us
the
opportunity
to
propose
meaningful
and
specific
fines
to
hold
corporations
and
landlords
and
developers
accountable.
P
These
habitual
violators
don't
feel
any
sort
of
pain.
This
money
is
negligible
to
them
and
we've
heard
also
from
the
counselor
that
it
really
doesn't
affect
their
bottom
line
and
we've
been
we've
been
asking
for
this
change
for
quite
some
time.
So
I
am
looking
forward
to
doing
the
work
here
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
people
know
that
the
city
of
Boston
isn't
joking
when
we're
talking
about
complying
with
our
ordinances
around
everything,
from
trash
pickup
to
dumpster
maintenance
that
we
want
to
take
that
seriously.
So
thank
you.
U
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
Braden
provided
so
much
of
the
history
and
upgrade
them
as
a
co-sponsor
here.
I
will
just
say:
I
think
there
are
a
few
things
that
are
more
frustrating
to
constituents
than
problem
properties.
That
landlords
do
not
maintain
that
are
consistently
getting
fines
from
the
city
and
that
just
don't
pay
them
and
not
only
don't
pay
them,
but
don't
take
any
corrective
action
right
and
I.
Think
that's
the
reality
is
that
it's
not
it's
not
even
just
that.
We
want
these
larger
amounts
of
money.
U
Seeking
and
I
I
certainly
have
a
number
of
these
properties
in
my
district
and
it's
incredibly
frustrating
that
you
know
as
cost
of
living
has
gone
up
on
just
you
know,
regular
folks
in
the
city
of
Boston,
that
the
one
thing
that
we
don't
have
indexed
in
any
way
over
now,
like
you
know
centuries,
is
the
cost
for
these,
like
major
land
holders,
when
they're
not
holding
up
their
end
of
their
responsibility.
So
I
just
I
think
that
this
is
long
overdue.
U
Council,
Braden
and
counselor
gen
explained
why
and
it
would
give
us
a
combined
combined
frankly
with
A
Renewed
effectiveness
of
turning
these
vines
into
liens
on
properties,
which
is
another
issue.
That's
more
of
a
law.
Department
resolution
like
those
two
things
together,
I
think
would
really
help
us
get
people
to
clean
up
their
act
and
it's
not.
U
It's
not
rocket
science
what's
happening.
Unfortunately,
I
would
like
to
think
that
our
landlords
are
thinking
about
how
to
be
a
positive
member
of
the
community,
but
when
you're
talking
about
problem
properties,
what
you're
talking
about
is
somebody
doing
a
cost-benefit
analysis
where
they
say
it's
going
to
cost
me
less
to
just
ignore
these
fines
or
occasionally
pay
a
little
bit
of
them
off
and
get
the
rest
written
down.
U
Then
it's
going
to
cost
me
to
do
the
right
thing
and
we
just
have
to
flip
that
cost
benefit
analysis
on
its
head
and
I
know
that
all
the
property
owners
in
the
city
who
do
help
hold
up
their
end
of
the
bargain,
who
do
keep
their
properties
clean
and
and
take
remedial
action
when
they
need
to
would
also
appreciate
this.
So
thank
you.
Mr
President.
F
Thank
you,
president
Flynn,
and
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
yield
my
time
to
the
sponsors.
I
would
love
to
add
my
name
and
I
want
to
thank
them
for
their
work
and
holding
Bad
actors
accountable
and
provide
us
with
higher
authority
and
greater
authority
to
lever
our
power
as
a
municipality
simply
put
this
enforcement
that
we
have
now
lacks
teeth
and
I
can't
think
of
a
better
example
than
loftel
Hotel
in
East
Boston.
F
It's
something
that's
been
brought
up
on
this
floor
before,
but
it's
an
industrial
building
that
has
sat
vacant
for
about
10
years.
It's
gone
through
the
permitting
process
with
the
bpda.
It
was
then
sold
to
owners
who
own
multiple
properties
across
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and
in
that
time,
because
it
has
sat
just
without
any
activity,
there
has
been
debris
that
has
fallen
off.
The
roof
has
fallen
on
the
Mary
Ellen
Walsh
Greenway.
They
refused
to
pick
up
trash,
they
refused
to
shovel
their
sidewalks.
F
So
in
a
snowy
winter
we
all
know
how
annoying
that
is,
trying
to
Traverse
our
streets,
and
so
after
many
failure,
many
failures
to
get
them
to
the
table
to
even
respond
to
our
emails
and
get
them
to
act
right.
We
worked
with
the
former
Administration
to
put
them
on
the
problem
property
list
and
they
saw
the
300
fine
as
it's
been
referenced
as
a
drop
in
the
bucket
based
on
the
amount
of
money
that
they
typically
make
per
year,
and
so
I
certainly
welcome
this
proposal.
F
B
Thank
you,
Council
quota
I
will
speak
briefly
on
this
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
sponsors.
This
is
an
important
issue.
These
quality
life
issues,
neighborhood
service
issues,
are
really
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
city
government
and,
if
there's
probably
not
an
issue,
I've
spent
more
time
on
than
clean
streets,
and
that
includes
working
with
Council
Braden,
on
pest
control
and
in
trash
removal
and
illegal
dumping
is
something
I
see
frequently
in
in
Chinatown
and
I.
B
Just
want
to
be
sure
when
we
do
have
the
working
session
in
government
Ops
that
a
lot
of
people
when
they
do
illegal
dumping
or
they
do
put
trash
out,
it
is
not
necessarily
the
owner
of
the
building.
Sometimes
it's
people
walking
by
sometimes
it's
tourists.
Sometimes
it's
people
that
are
just
being
lazy.
Other
times
it's
illegal
dumping,
putting
their
their
trash
or
construction
debris
in
front
of
someone's
apartment.
I
see
it
frequently
in
Chinatown.
B
Many
of
you
know:
I
I
tell
this
story
frequently.
There
was
a
construction
guy
that
took
his
construction
material
on
on
Tyler
Street
and
just
dumped
it
there
in
front
of
someone's
house
someone's
house
I
chased
the
guy
up
Tyler
Street.
He
was
in
a
pickup
truck.
He
took
a
left
on
Beach,
Street
I
took
left
on
Beach
Street
I
was
running,
he
took,
he
took
another
right
and
he
escaped
down
towards
West
Street
Tremont
Street,
but
if
I
wasn't
there
chasing
this
guy,
the
owner
of
the
landlord
would
have
been
paying
for
that
fee.
B
B
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
matter?
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
Cora.
Please
add
council
of
Arroyo
Council
Coletta
Council
Flaherty
Council,
our
Council
Mejia
Council,
Murphy,
Council
Burrell.
Please
add
the
chair
this
stock
at
zero.
Four
one
zero
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
government
operations.
B
B
This
is
a
resolution
in
support
of
designating
wound
and
new
year
as
an
official
city
of
Boston
holiday
S,
one
of
the
most
important
holidays
for
our
aapi
community
here
in
Boston
and
across
the
country,
and
it
begins
on
the
second
new
moon
after
winter
Solas
in
Boston.
We
certainly
have
a
large
number
of
aapi
residents
who
celebrate
Moon
and
New
Year
every
year
with
numerous
lion,
dances,
Banquets,
other
events
to
celebrate
their
proud
history.
B
There
is
now
an
effort
with
Asian
American
organizations
in
Boston
and
surrounding
areas
to
advocate
for
Hunan
nuya
to
be
an
official
holiday
in
Boston.
The
person
that
brought
this
to
my
attention
is
Gary.
You
sitting
here
to
my
left,
who's
a
leader
in
the
aapi
community
throughout
Greater
Boston.
Thank
you
Gary,
for
bringing
this
to
my
attention.
B
Designating
on
a
new
year
as
an
official
holiday
in
the
city
of
Boston
would
be
an
appropriate
way
to
recognize
the
positive
impacts
made
by
our
aapi
neighbors
I,
understand
also
that
designating
a
new
official
holiday
may
involve
Logistics
or
adjusting
calendars
and
even
contract
negotiations,
but
I
wanted
to
send
an
important
message
of
support
to
the
aapi
community
on
this
issue.
I
hope
he
can
suspend
and
pass
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
V
P
Thank
you,
councilor
Braden,
and
thank
you,
president
Flynn,
for
adding
me.
This
is
an
important
way
to
stand
in
solidarity
with
our
aapi
community.
I
am
also
in
favor
of
days
of
rest
and
celebration,
and
that's
what
this
would
be
for
something
that
is
so
important
for
our
aapi
community.
Recognizing
the
new
lunar
year
and
I've
had
the
privilege
of
of
standing
with
you
Gary
and
with
other
members
of
our
community
and
celebrating
it.
P
The
centrality
of
the
Lunar
New
Year
to
our
API
community,
and
so
recognizing
an
official
holiday
is
a
way
to
make
people
feel
seen
in
our
city
is
a
way
to
make
people
feel
included
oftentimes.
We
know
communities
of
color
tend
to
exist,
unfortunately,
on
the
margins
and
a
way
to
bring
folks
in
and
to
make
them
feel
like.
This,
too,
is
your
city
and
we
celebrate
you
and
we
see
you
is
by
making
it
an
official
holiday.
P
So
I
am
very
happy
and
proud
to
stand
with
you,
president
Flynn,
and
to
stand
with
our
API
Community
Gary.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
in
making
sure
that
we
all
can
celebrate
the
Lunar,
New,
Year
and
so
I
look
forward
to
supporting
this
into
continuing
to
stand
with
our
API
Community.
Thank
you.
W
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
council,
president
Flynn
for
adding
me
and
thank
you
Gary
for
always,
including
me,
and
the
other
counselors,
and
all
of
the
things
you
do
standing
up
for
the
aapi
community
in
the
city.
Part
of
Boston's
richness
is
its
ability
of
so
many
communities
to
retain
their
ties
to
an
affection
for
their
ancestry
or
lands
they
were
born.
We
are
a
city
of
immigrants
and
those
who
welcome
immigrants
in
the
aapi
community
has
been
such
a
vibrant
part
of
our
City's
fabric
for
so
long.
W
W
Our
city
not
only
supports
the
aapi
community,
but
benefit
from
you
also
so
I
believe
that
recognizing
Lunar
New
Year
as
an
official
holiday
in
Boston
would
further
demonstrate
the
city's
support
for
your
community
and,
like
I've,
said
at
many
of
the
Chinatown
events
and
celebrations
that
one
of
the
ways
that
I've
been
able
to
connect
and
learn
more
about
your
culture
is
by
immersing
myself
in
all
of
your
wonderful
celebrations.
So
thank
you
for
always,
including
me
and
I'm,
in
support
of
on
making
this
an
official
holiday
and
recognizing
in
past
due.
V
Thank
you
councilman
here,
counselor
Bach,
you
have
the
floor.
U
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
I,
just
wanted
to
say
to
our
community
and
just
have
to
say,
I'm
definitely
excited
to
support
this
today.
U
I
also
have
a
counselor
Flynn
alluded
to
sort
of
the
complexities
of,
obviously
both
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
and
then
the
fact
that
the
state
has
historically
objected
to
Boston
as
a
sort
of
10
15
years
ago,
Boston
having
separate
official
holidays
from
the
state,
so
I'm
excited
that
there's
like
communities
in
other
in
other,
like
jurisdictions
that
are
excited
about
this,
because
I
think
the
opportunity
to
have
that
conversation
with
the
state
is
important.
U
I
also
just
wanted
to
flag
for
counselors,
because
something
that
I've
been
thinking
about
for
a
while
that
it
also
feels
like
with
the
Multicultural
multiplicity
of
Boston,
like
trying
to
have
a
conversation
about
like.
Is
there
some
space
between
the
official
holiday,
where
city
offices
are
closed
and
a
regular
day,
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is
like
I
think
our
schools
have
started
moving
towards
like
making
sure
that
people
can
take
their
holidays
without
having
to
get
special
permission.
U
I
sometimes
wonder
if,
like
one
of
the
ways
the
council
could
start
recognizing
holidays,
even
if
they're
not
closed
for
business,
is
that
we're
not
going
to
have
a
public
hearing
on
a
holiday
where
we
know
a
lot
of
people
in
the
community
are
going
to
be
at
services
or
celebrations
like,
and
so
maybe
there
are
also
ways
to
think
about
in
the
interim.
How
do
we
kind
of
like
start
living
out
that
sense
of
celebration
of
these
things?
U
Even
if
we
don't
have
the
kind
of
the
agreement
with
the
state
on
the
legal
jurisdiction
so
just
wanted
to
flag
that
at
something
that
I
had
been
thinking
about?
But
thank
you
councilor
Flynn
for
filing
this,
and
thank
you
to
Gary
and
everyone
for
being
here
and
please
add
my
name
thanks.
L
I
just
also
wanted
to
rise
and
and
offer
my
support
and
thank
my
colleagues
for
bringing
forth
this
resolution.
I.
Remember
when
counselor,
then
Ken,
Janie
and
I
believe
it
was
counselor
Campbell
and
myself
pushed
forth
to
declare
Juneteenth
a
a
holiday
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
that
really
set
the
presidents
in
terms
of
what
we
can
and
cannot
do
so.
L
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
moving
this
forward
in
in
a
way
that
is
going
to
celebrate
and
acknowledge
your
contribution
as
a
fellow
immigrant
I
know
how
important
it
is
to
be
seen
to
really
be
seen,
not
just
through
gestures,
but
to
really
honor
who
we
are
and
how
we
show
up
so
really
looking
forward
to
supporting
this
and
moving
it
along
through
the
council.
Thank.
V
Would
anyone
else
like
to
add
their
name?
Cancer,
Royal
cancer,
Baker
counselor,
Bach,
counselor
and
Coletta
councilor
Flaherty,
councilor
Lara
comes
from
here,
counselor
Rail
and
please
have
my
name,
cancel
flight
and
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
Adoption
of
docket0411,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
all
opposing
a
the
eyes.
Have
it
this
docket
has
been
adopted.
Thank
you.
B
C
T
Thank
you,
president.
Flynn.
All
of
the
transformative
housing
policy,
both
Federal
and
Municipal,
has
come
as
a
direct
response
to
the
people
on
the
ground,
getting
organized
and
demanding
what
they
deserve
from
their
government.
The
Chicago
open
housing
movement
inspired
the
1968
Fair
Housing
Act,
the
work
of
Dorothy
May
Richardson
and
the
black
founders
of
Cash
in
Pittsburgh,
predated
the
community
reinvestment
act
and
inspired
the
creation
of
neighborworks
America.
T
More
recently,
the
new
tenant
movements
for
housing
Justice
are
challenging
the
notion
that
housing
is
a
commodity
with
demands
that
frame
housing
as
a
fundamental
human
right
in
need
of
protection
and
investment.
They've
won,
rent
control
and
increased
renter
Protections
in
cities
all
across
the
country.
The
White
House
blueprint
for
a
renter's
Bill
of
Rights.
This
hearing
order
and
mayor
Wu's
home
rule
petition
are
all
the
latest.
In
a
long
list
of
government
responses
to
Grassroots
organizing
establishing
a
renter's
Bill
of
Rights
is
Central
to
building
an
inclusive,
Equitable
housing
system.
T
T
T
T
B
F
Thank
you,
president
Flynn
I
rise
today
to
thank
the
sponsor.
First,
as
a
renter
myself,
there
aren't
too
many
renters
that
come
through
this
body,
extremely
proud
of
that
and
I
want
to
give
shout
out
to
my
lovely
small
landlord,
who
is
just
so
wonderful
and
responsive,
so
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
record,
but
also
as
a
counselor
representing
a
district
that
sits
higher
than
the
city
average
of
renter
occupied
units.
Due
to
the
exponential
growth
growth
of
District
1
and
the
rising
rents
that
accompany
gentrification.
F
Many
individuals
have
faced
inhumane
practices
by
landlords
that
are
exploitative
and
largely
impact
immigrant
communities
unfamiliar
with
our
laws
and
those
who
do
not
speak
English
as
their
first
language.
There
are
ample
resources
online
and
organizations
like
City
lifeview
verbana
that
Advocate
on
behalf
of
tenants,
however,
I
believe
it
is
a
good
idea
to
codify
these
protections
through
a
renter's
Bill
of
Rights.
We
should
also
move
to
educate
and
Empower
renters
through
this
process,
which
will
ultimately
create
stable,
safe
and
healthy
neighborhoods
across
Boston,
so
wanted
to
get
up
and
say.
B
B
L
Where
is
thank
you
thank
you,
president
Flynn,
and
thank
you
to
the
lead,
sponsor
I'm,
incredibly
encouraged
and
I
Rise,
to
not
only
offer
my
support
but
I'm
very
enthusiastic
about
what
is
possible
in
2021.
L
Our
office
work
in
deep
Community,
with
residents
across
the
city
of
Boston,
convening
folks
around
issues
of
Housing,
and
there
was
an
Express
desire
to
really
identify
ways
that
we
can
support.
Renters
and
I
think
that
oftentimes,
the
power
imbalances
between
landlords
and
renters
are
always
at
constant
odds.
So
I
think
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
really
lean
in
and
support
our
renters.
L
As
someone
who
was
a
renter
for
most
of
my
life,
I
just
became
a
homeowner
not
too
long
ago,
and
you
know
my
mom
lives
on
one
side
and
my
brother
and
I
share
the
other
side,
and
so
when
we
think
about
how
we
can
not
only
just
make
things
more
financially
sustainable
for
folks
who
are
struggling
to
make
their
ends
meet.
There's
just
so
many
things.
You
know
I
think
about
renters,
who
are
afraid
to
speak
their
mind.
L
I
I
get
calls
from
renters
who
who
are
complaining
about
the
conditions
of
their
homes,
but
because
they
don't
feel
like
they
have
any
protections,
really
can't
speak
up
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
not
only
supporting
this
hearing
but
really
creating
a
Bill
of
Rights
that
is
going
to
support
our
renters.
So
thank
you,
councilor
Lada
for
your
leadership
and
your
Relentless
convictions
towards
really
uplifting
the
power
of
the
people.
Thank
you.
B
P
You
president,
Flynn,
and
I
too,
want
to
thank
the
maker.
It's
really
important,
that
we
make
sure
that
tenants
know
what
their
rights
are
as
an
attorney
working
alongside
City
Life
I
spent
I've
spent
countless
hours
in
Housing
Court,
trying
to
convince
tenants
that
they
have
rights
and
that
they
can
make
counter
claims
and
that
they
too
can
push
back
against
landlords.
P
Courts
are
not
a
place
that
are
friendly
to
tenants
right,
there's,
an
information,
asymmetry,
there's
a
power,
asymmetry
and
so
everything
that
we
can
do
to
make
sure
that
tenants
have
that
protection,
both
Bill
of
Rights.
We
need
to
have
a
right
to
counsel
here
in
the
Commonwealth
everything
we
can
to
protect
tenants
in
a
system
that
has
so
much
inequality
baked
into
it.
So
thank
you
and
I
look
forward
to
working
on
this
alongside
the
maker.
V
For
bringing
this
issue
forward
and
rise
in
support
of
establishing
a
renter's
Bill
of
Rights
Olson,
Brighton,
District
9
has
about
80
percent
of
our
population
are
renters
long-term
and
short-term
renters,
and
our
office
deals
with
complaints.
Every
week
we
hear
complaints.
V
Many
of
the
issues
stem
from
unresponsive
management
companies
in
the
in
the
recent
big
freeze.
We
had
people
recalling
about
the
fact
that
their
homes,
their
Apartments,
were
flooded
and
the
management
company's
office
wasn't
even
returning
their
calls.
So
these
are
ongoing
and
persistent
and
very
serious
matters
and
I
really
look
forward
to
working
you
with
you
all
on
this
Bill
of
Rights
for
inventors.
Thank.
B
U
You
so
much
Mr
President.
Thank
you
to
the
maker.
Please
add
my
name,
there's
a
particular
thing
that
I
would
love
to
see
us
kind
of
explore
as
an
offshoot
or
in
parallel
to
this
and
I.
Think.
It's
always
good
in
the
council
up
and
kind
of
combine
efforts.
U
We
also
had
folks
register
if
they
had
sort
of
non-tip
Provisions
in
their
because
most
people
are
signing
leases
without
the
aid
of
a
lawyer
and
I
would
say
that,
whereas
in
most
countries
like
the
types
of
things
that
can
be
in
a
lease
are
kind
of
regulated
here,
it's
very
kind
of
wild
west
and
it
can
put
people.
You
know,
especially
when
we're
at
this
incredibly
low
vacancy
rate
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
that
if
people
can
secure
a
department,
they
basically
feel
like
they
have
to
sign.
The
document.
U
That's
put
in
front
of
them.
I
think
that
those
like
non-standard
leases
and
some
of
the
provisions
that
people
slip
in
are
based
on
our
offices
experience
a
significant
piece
of
kind
of
people
having
a
hard
time
pursuing
like
their
rights
as
renters,
so
just
wanted
to
flag
that
as
a
potential
like
kind
of
parallel
direction.
As
we
talk
about
renters
rights,
sort
of
making
them
real
and
also
helping
the
city
really
have
more
visibility
on
what's
happening
in
in
those
like
two-party
contracts.
So
thank
you
to
the
maker
and
thanks
Mr
President.
O
The
full
thank
you
Mr,
President,
I,
Rise
and
support.
Please
add
my
name
Mr
clerk
to
this.
It's
well
overdue
that
we
have
this
kind
of
a
document
coming
from
the
city
vast
majority
of
our
residents,
especially
our
residents
of
color,
our
renters
in
the
city
of
Boston.
There
was
a
study
done
by
MIT
in
City
Life
Vida
Urbana
in
2020.
Regarding
evictions
in
Boston.
The
title
is
evictions
in
Boston.
O
Civil
rights
issue,
where
we
are
trying
to
make
sure
that
residents
who
are
renting,
who
are
living
in
the
city
and,
frankly
renting
in
the
city
of
Boston,
is
precarious
to
begin
with,
simply
because
of
the
cost
of
the
housing
that
they
are
also
very
aware
of
all
the
rights
entitled
to
them
as
somebody
who's
rented
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
has
sort
of
relied
on
organizations
that
have
put
something
similar
forward
but
I
think
having
something
official
come
from.
O
The
city
of
Boston
will
go
a
long
way
towards
making
sure
that
people
know
that
a
notice
to
quit
is
not
an
eviction
and
ensuring
that
folks
have
a
full
understanding
of
what
they're
entitled
to
when
things
happen
in
the
places
that
they
are
renting,
who
those
responsibilities
fall
to
what
their
rights
are,
who
they
can
appeal
to
who
they
can
speak
to
to
address
those
issues,
and
so
I
Rise
and
support
I
will
be
adding
my
name
to
this.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
B
D
The
area
from
kazusco
Circle
through
Morrissey
Boulevard,
not
just
corridors
poised
to
be
completely
remade,
not
just
this
possible,
but
also
the
bank
of
Boston
apostle.
The
Beasley
building
parcel
Channel
56,
which
is
the
old
wlvi.
The
McCormick
Housing
Development,
are
all
Apostles
that
are
that
are
going
to
be
redeveloped
within
the
next
10
to
15
years.
Whatever
whatever
it
is,
a
diff
can
be
helpful
with
financial
burdens
and
projects,
including
infrastructure
such
as
side
rocks
roads,
buildings,
Renovations
and
soft
costs,
such
as
planning
studies
in
Workforce
training.
D
Many
soft
costs
are
not
eligible
for
bonds,
making
diff
revenues
a
source
to
fund
to
cover
costs.
It's
one
of
the
reasons
the
diff
would
would
make
the
city
have
some
skin
in
the
game
when
it
comes
to
planting
Marcy,
Boulevard,
Marcy,
Boulevard
and
kazuzco
circle
you're
very
familiar
with
the
Mr
President.
It's
a
sort
of
a
hornet's
nest
here
and
the
city
needs
to
be
at
this
table.
This
would
bring
the
city
to
the
table
for
for
a
planning
initiative,
gross
taxes,
valued
in
this
area.
D
D
The
current
gross
tax
value
in
the
area
are
valid,
valued
in
around
6.2
million
dollars,
currently
for
all
that
land
that
I,
just
that
I
just
discussed
project
rates
on
the
new
taxes
at
at
total
buildup
will
be
anywhere
from
130
to
close
to
150
million.
That's
the
projections
and
what
the
diff
looks
to
do
is
to
take
10
out
of
there.
That
will
go
for
future
needs
for
the
surrounding
communities.
D
I,
look
at
those
needs
as
Workforce
training
connecting
the
neighborhoods
along
environmental
things,
but
also
big
planning
studies
like
the
kazoo,
like
kazuzco,
Circle,
again
10
of
future
revenues
that
would
be
able
to
stay
and
remain
in
in
the
community.
That
would
that
would
add,
benefit
to
your
community.
My
community,
further
down
the
line
into
Dorchester
right
up
into
Mattapan
this.
D
This
whole
part
of
the
city
I'm,
looking
forward
for
new
creative
ways
to
create
a
funding
stream
that
is
linked
and
derived
from
development
in
addition
to
benefiting
surrounding
communities,
in
addition
to
benefiting
the
surrounding
communities
impacted
by
the
developments
and
and
like
I
had
mentioned
last
week,
Council
Anderson
had
filed
something
for
district
seven
I
would
like
to
when
I
would
work
this
out
with
her
to
see
if
we
could
have
a
joint
have
both
dockets
heard
at
the
same
time.
D
First
part
of
the
of
the
of
the
meeting
would
be
what
a
diff
is,
what
you
need
to
do
to
position
yourself
and
then
the
second
part
would
be
what
it.
What
a
diff
could
look
like
would
be
my
actual
diff
that
I
want
to
file
as
legislation,
and
this
is
buying
from
the
city.
This
is
literally
assessing
saying
yes,
we
like
that
we'll
set
up
a
diff
for
you.
D
Ten
percent
of
the
of
the
taxes
in
10
to
15
years
will
come
in
will
be
used
for
some
sort
of
community
community
use,
whether
that's
through
an
upfront,
Bond
or
I,
haven't
been
able
to
figure
out
what
what
the
other
Pathways
will
be,
but
we're
in
the
middle
of
talks
with
the
budget
and
bpda
to
see
what
that
could
potentially
look
like.
Thank
you.
Mr
President.
B
S
You
Mr
President
I,
actually
grew
up
on
the
other
side
of
those
tracks
that
he
grew
up
on
so
as
being
born
on
the
old
Harbor
projects.
I'll
say
that
Kosciusko
Circle,
it's
it's
outlived
its
usefulness.
It's
dangerous
leads
to
multiple
accidents,
probably
daily.
It's
probably
the
reason
why
I
saw
Boston
and
Dorchester
car
insurance
rates
are
through
the
roof
from
all
those
Suburban
commuters
that
are
cutting
through
that,
don't
know
how
to
navigate
navigate
to
skusco
Circle.
So
it's
an
interesting
concept.
S
P
You
Mr
President,
please
add
my
name.
Last
week,
councilor
Finance
Anderson
proposed
this
as
councilor
Baker
stated
for
district
seven
I'm,
also
supportive
of
District
increment
financing,
seeing
here
for
a
Kosciusko,
Circle
and
thinking
about
Morrissey
Boulevard,
especially
as
we're
thinking
about
flood
protections.
That
often
are
a
problem.
There
I
think
District
incrementing,
a
district
increment
financing
is
an
important
tool
that
cities
are
leveraging
enough
to
really
for
public-private
Partnerships
and
to
think
about
ways
that
we
can
realize
the
tax
benefits
today
from
from
future
projects.
P
So
councilor
Baker
look
forward
to
working
with
you
on
the
stiff
and
with
Council
Finance
Anderson
to
see
how
we
can
get
more
money
into
our
communities
for
improvements.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
I
would
just
like
to
add
thank
you
to
council
Baker
for
his
important
leadership
on
on
this
issue,
but
especially
on
Transportation
issues
in
and
around
that
critical
area.
It
is
dangerous
with
myself
and
Council
Baker
share
that
District
share
that
area,
but
councilor
baker
has
really
provided
tremendous
leadership
on
Transportation
issues
in
Council
Baker.
Recently,
you've
worked
with
Congressman
Lynch
in
getting
a
three
million
dollar
funding
for
the
UMass
Boston
for
their
nursing
program.
B
That'll
play
a
critical
role
in
helping
so
many
people
get
into
into
the
nursing
program
so
that
they
can
work
at
one
of
these
great
great
hospitals
here
in
Boston.
Thank
you,
Council
Baker.
Would
anyone
like
to
add
the
name?
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
clerk,
please
add
counselor
Arroyo
Council,
Braden,
Council,
Flaherty,
Council,
Colorado
Council,
our
Council
Louisiana,
Council,
Mejia
consulate,
Murphy,
Council
or
I'll.
Please
add
the
chair.
B
V
At
the
time
the
city
identified
priorities
for
how
pilate
participating
institutions
could
help
meet
long-term
policy
based
goals
in
areas
of
need
identified
by
the
city
at
that
time.
These
included
closing
the
achievement:
Gap
producing
violent
crime,
increasing
Workforce
housing,
improving
city
services,
creating
new
jobs,
narrowing
Health
disparities,
increasing
diversity
in
government
and
growing
Revenue,
no
10
years
into
the
pilot
program.
The
community
benefits
provided
across
institutions
tends
to
vary
drastically
and
there's
room
for
improvement
and
standardization.
V
This
hearing
will
focus
on
how
the
current
structure
of
the
program
is
working
out
and
look
ahead
towards
establishing
a
fair
and
transparent
methodology
framework
to
Define,
consistent
deliverable
and
quantifiable
Community
benefits,
as
our
councilor
Flaherty
frequently
references.
The
fact
that
we
have
all
these
wonderful
institutions
and
that
we
should
be
leveraging
benefits
from
them
to
help
raise
the
achievement
gaps
in
our
schools
and
decrease
the
decrease.
The
achievement
gaps
in
our
schools
and
many
other
many
other
benefits
that
we
would
have
through
developing
Partnerships
with
these
institutions.
V
U
Council
session-
and
you
know,
I
think
it
was
a
somewhat
frustrating
experience
in
that
I
got
first
mayor,
Welsh
and
then
mayor
Janie,
to
commit
to
a
pilot
task
force
and
then
because
of
the
sort
of
Transitions
and
Leadership,
we
haven't
actually
had
a
renewal
of
the
task
force
that
councilor
Braden
just
described.
We
also
did
get
us
the
assessing
Department
to
agree
to
do
updated
valuations
going
back.
U
You
know
to
those
valuations
that
are
a
decade
old
now
and
actually
looking
at
what's
on
the
land,
what
the
improvements
are
today,
which
I
think
was
a
really
important,
win
and
really
pushed
by
the
pilot
action
groups.
I
want
to
give
them
credit
and
thanks
I
I,
really
would
Echo
counselor
Braden's
comments.
U
I,
obviously
have
a
huge
number
of
the
institutions
in
my
district
and
they're
very
valuable,
they're,
valuable
to
the
knowledge
economy
of
not
just
the
city,
the
state,
but
the
world
they're
employers
of
many
of
our
folks,
but
they
are
also
they
need
to
be
partners
in
the
city
of
Boston.
They
need
to
be
partners
with
city
services,
with
provisions
of
things
like
excellent
public
education.
U
I.
Think
that
I
think
that,
at
the
time
that
pilot
was
originally
discussed,
there
was
this
kind
of
conception
that
the
piece
of
the
puzzle
that
the
institution
should
support
was
fire
police
and
snow.
The
idea
being
that,
like
that,
was
what
they
used
and
I
think
the
conversations
come
a
long
way
in
the
last
10
years.
I
think
everybody
recognizes
that,
in
fact,
our
institutions
are
also
built
on
the
question
of
whether
there's
great
education,
for
our
students,
like
the
question
of
like
you
know,
are
the
quality
of
our
streets.
U
The
safety
for
pedestrians
and
bicyclists
right,
like
a
million
things
that
our
our
city
works
on
are
things
that
our
institutions
also
benefit
from
and
that
we
need
them
as
partners
in,
and
we
really
saw
what
real
partnership
with
institutions
can
look
like
around
some
of
the
Partnerships
in
covid,
some
of
the
like
housing
and
Health
Care
Partnerships
were
tightly
coordinated.
It
was
not
a
case
of
committee
somewhere
dreaming
up
what
people
might
need.
It
was
a
case
of
real
coordinated
like
okay.
U
What
do
we
need
and
how
can
everybody
pitch
in
the
hospital
effort
to
coordinate
benefits?
That's
been
coordinated
through
the
Attorney
General's
office
in
recent
years
has
really
like
kind
of
helped
to
model
this,
and
the
fact
that
they
both
have
that
in
the
hospitals
are
paying
100
of
their
requested
pilot
is
huge
and
I.
Think
we
really
do
want
to
shift
to
the
university
sector
into
that
mode.
P
You
Mr
President
I'm,
very
excited
to
be
working
on
this
with
councilor
Braden
and
councilor
box.
Thank
you.
P
One
of
the
first
questions
when
we
talked
to
when
my
office
is
engaging
with
universities
with
hospitals
is
actually
around
this
very
question
because
you
know
we
know
that
pilate
went
into
effect
in
2012,
but
since
then,
participation
in
compliance
has
really
attributed
and
it
really
takes
us
doing
our
job
to
hold
them
accountable
and
oftentimes
can
sometimes
Community
benefits
can
be
used
as
a
smoke
screen
for
compliance,
and
so
one
of
the
questions
I
I
get
into
is
what
is
the
meat
of
that
community
of
those
Community
benefits
and
are
those
Community
benefits
that
should
be
provided
by
these
institutions
anyways
because
they're
integral
to
the
identity
of
the
institution?
P
The
pilot
Action
Group
released
a
report,
Boston's
payment
and
lieu
of
taxes
programs
a
few,
your
a
fair
deal
for
Boston
residents,
question
mark
and
we
aren't
seeing
a
fair
deal
from
some
of
our
largest
institutions,
and
so
I'm
excited
to
hold
this
hearing
with
the
co-sponsors
and
the
maker
so
that
we
can
think
about
what
it
looks
like
to
standardize,
Community
Community
benefits,
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
our
residents
are
really
benefiting
that
institutions
that
should
be
providing
Community
benefits
are
doing
it
anyways,
regardless
of
pilot,
and
that
we're
not
giving
them
an
excuse
to
say.
P
Oh
instead
of
giving
you
cash
we're
doing
this
community
benefit.
But
it's
a
community
benefit
that
you
know
as
a
non-profit
institution,
whether
it's
higher
education
or
in
health
that
we
hope
that
they
would
be
doing
regardless
of
pilot.
So
I
look
forward
to
this
conversation
to
see
that
make
sure
that
we're
extracting
what
we
should
under
pilot.
As
a
co-sponsor
stated,
we
rely
so
heavily
on
property
taxes.
This
non-profit
status
allows
very,
very
wealthy
institutions
with
large
endowments
to
to
get
away
with
not
giving
or
paying
their
fair
share.
B
Thank
you,
Council
Louisiana.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
in
this
matter
or
sign
on
to
it?
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
clerk.
Please
add:
council
Arroyo,
councilor,
Coletta,
Council,
Clarity,
Council
Lara,
please
add
the
chair
Council,
please
add
councilmania
as
well.
This
talk
at
zero.
Four
one
four
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
pilot
agreements,
institutional
and
intergovernmental
relations.
Mr
Clerk,
please
read
doc
at
zero.
Four
one
five!
Please.
W
You
council,
president
Flynn,
and
also
thank
you
to
my
co-sponsor
councilor
Baker.
So
last
week
it
was
brought
to
my
attention
that
several
of
our
bcyf
summer
camps
will
be
closed.
This
summer
facility
repairs
are
needed
at
many
of
our
Boston
public
schools
and
there
are
tentative
plans
underway
to
do
HVAC
remediation
work
at
Several
of
these
schools
that
are
connected
to
our
bcyf
centers.
W
As
we
all
know,
our
community
center
support
children,
youth
individuals,
seniors
and
families
through
the
wide
range
of
programming
and
services
they
provide.
They
offer
affordable
opportunities
to
encourage
healthy
habits,
promote
physical
fitness
and
give
people
an
opportunity
to
learn
to
swim
exercise
in
the
gyms
participate
in
activities
of
all
ages
and
register
for
summer
camp.
W
If
all
of
these
locations
are
closed
this
summer,
there
will
be
hundreds
of
families
displaced
across
the
city
who
plan
on
who
have
for
several
years,
sign
their
children
up
for
summer
camp
and
also
many
of
the
youth
in
our
neighborhoods
work
at
these
summer
camps
and
just
as
a
note,
the
orenberger
community
center
is
the
community
center
in
our
city
that
hosts
Camp
Joy,
which
is
the
program
that
provides
the
summer
camp
for
our
special
needs.
Children
on
ages,
3
to
15..
W
For
me,
this
is
having
departments
work
together.
It's
making
sure
that
everyone
who
will
be
affected
by
these
changes
are
at
the
table
and
that
the
communication
is
in
place
so
that
nobody
feels
as
though
something
is
happening
to
them
without
them
being
part
of
that
conversation,
we
know
that
and
I'm
in
very
big
support
of
making
sure
that
needed
repairs
at
all
of
our
schools
across
the
city
happen
and
are
completed
in
a
timely
manner.
W
W
Since
I
heard
of
this
last
week
and
have
talked
to
some
people
in
different
departments,
they
have
been
scrambling
and
trying
to
get
things
in
place.
The
list
of
closures
has
maybe
smaller
now,
but
there
is
still
a
lot
of
conversations
that
need
to
have
last.
We
heard
the
Murphy
Leahy
holler
and
summer
camp
would
be
closed
for
two
summers,
but
they
would
maybe,
if
licensing
and
permanent
Could
Happen
offer
the
Perry
School.
W
W
So
there
is
conversation
that
maybe
it
will
just
be
the
time
in
this
summer
and
the
cond
in
the
next
so
that
they
could
use
swing
space
at
the
Walsh
Center,
so
I
do
appreciate
and
know
that
there
are
people
working
hard
to
get
answers
and
to
make
sure
that
things
are
somewhat
okay,
but
asking
families
in
Dorchester
District
3
to
go
to
South
Boston
for
a
summer
camp
which
is
3.8
miles
away.
When
I
did
the
measurement,
it
would
be
like
asking
the
Neighbors
in
many
of
the
children.
W
You
know,
council
president
Flynn
and
Council
of
Flaherty
at
the
Condon,
our
residents
of
the
D
Street
projects.
That
would
be
asking
them
because
3.8
miles
from
the
condent
is
the
Elliott
School
in
the
North
End,
and
we
do
know
Council
of
Coletta
when
we
had
conversations
around
the
clarity
pool
that
people
in
different
neighborhoods
want
to
make
sure
that
they
can
stay
in
their
neighborhood
and
that
their
neighborhood
has
services
that
they
need.
So
it's
definitely
going
to
be
a
bigger
conversation.
W
We
do
know
and
appreciate
that
work
needs
to
be
done,
but
we
don't
want
to
be
scrambling
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
who
will
be
affected,
including
the
young
children,
who
are
looking
forward
to
working
many
of
them
finally
old
enough
to
be
Camp
counselors
at
these
different
sites,
no
one
in
Advanced
so
that
they
can
prepare
for
their
summer,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
our
families
know
well
in
advance
if
that
isn't
an
option
for
them.
So
thank
you.
Council
president
Flynn
I
look
forward
to
the
hearing.
B
D
You
Mr
President,
thank
you,
councilman
Murphy,
for
allowing
me
to
join
you
on
this.
Here
we
received
word
last
week.
The
Leahy
holler
and
Community
Center
in
the
Murphy
School
would
close
for
two
summers
for
upgrades
and
there
are
others
in
the
plan
across
the
city
also,
while
they
appreciate
the
investment
in
our
schools
and
community
centers.
There's
also
been
little
to
no
communication
and
transparency
with
us
in
the
school
community
and
the
in
the
administrators.
D
During
the
summer,
the
Murphy
and
the
Leahy
Hall
in
our
home
to
summer
jobs,
camps,
daycare
and
extended
school
year
learning
programs,
so
students
with
disabilities,
including
those
in
wheelchairs
as
it
stands,
there's
no
real
plan
to
accommodate
these
programs,
and
it's
only
fear
that
we
hold
a
hearing
to
hear
from
the
appropriate
panels
on
how
the
program
will
not
completely
disrupt
for
two
years
and
again,
not
that
we
don't
want
to
go
to
South
Boston.
D
But
if
we
do
go
to
South
Boston,
how
do
the
people
that
normally
walk
down
the
hill
and
go
to
the
Murphy?
How
are
they
going
to
get
over
there?
Are
we
going
to
provide
buses
we're
looking
for
information
on
what
to
expect
for
these
new
two
years?
But
for
me
this
is
a
glaring.
This
shows
a
glaring
need
in
Dorchester
in
District
3
for
our
community
center,
one
that
we
had
talked
before
in
the
past.
We
have.
D
We
could
go
to
the
field
house
at
at
at
Town
field,
but
guess
what
that's
in
severe
disrepair
that
can
barely
take
the
kids
in
there
that
go
there
every
day
for
their
program.
So
we
don't
have
anything
else.
D
B
Thank
you,
Council
Baker.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this
matter?
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
of
council
Murphy
in
highlighting
especially
the
Condon
school
as
everyone.
As
many
know,
it's
in
the
middle
of
the
West
Broadway
development,
one
of
the
most
diverse
areas
of
the
city,
is
the
West
Broadway
public
housing
developments,
Council
Murphy
during
this
hearing.
Could
we
also
include
the
role
of
BHA
and
what
impact
that
would
have
on
BHA
residents
as
well.
B
Well,
would
you
please
raise
your
hand
to
to
sign
on
Mr
clerk?
Please
add:
council
Arroyo,
Council,
Council,
Brave
and
Council
Colorado
Council
of
clarity,
Council
of
Laura
Council,
Louisiana
councilmania.
Please
have
the
chair
of
this
talk
at
zero.
Four
one,
five
we'll
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
strong
women
families,
communities,
Mr
clerk.
Can
you
please
read
dr0416.
C
U
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
chair.
This
is
obviously
we've
been
very
excited.
We've
talked
about
in
the
council
about
the
composting
rollout.
That's
going.
The
city
pilot
we've
started
with
10
000
people,
There's
7
000
on
a
waitlist
there's
another
ten
thousand
to
come
another
ten
thousand,
and
we
also,
as
a
council,
supported
funding
some
permanent
Municipal
composting
infrastructure
as
part
of
arpa.
There's
a
kind
of
missing
piece
of
this
puzzle,
though,
which
is
that
the
current
composting
pilot
is
only
for
buildings
with
units.
U
The
six
units
are
fewer
and
the
reasons
for
that
are
logistical.
If
you
think
about,
like
you,
know,
30
of
those
green
bins
out
front
of
a
big
building,
it
just
wouldn't
make
any
sense,
but
it
reflects
the
fact
that
we
really
need
our
big
buildings
in
Boston
to
have
a
plan
for
dealing
with
organic
waste.
It's
critical
for
the
zero
waste
goals
of
the
city,
and
it's
also
critical
from
the
kind
of
pest
control
perspective
to
really
like
manage
that
organic
waste.
Well,
and
so
you
know,
this
is
really
We've.
U
We've
had
the
composting
conversation
before
with
our
fantastic
team
from
the
Department
of
Public
Works,
but
they
don't
have
any
jurisdiction
over
what
we're
asking
folks
to
do
when
they
build
new
construction.
Large
buildings
over
at
the
bpda
and
I
have
found
as
a
counselor
when
I'm
talking
specifically
to
buildings
in
my
district,
that
you
know
amidst
the
host
of
Smart
Utilities
requirements
and
stuff
that
we
have.
U
My
hope
is
that
the
city
is
building
infrastructure
such
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
have
folks
from
surrounding
municipalities
and
from
private,
like
side
pay
us
for
the
privilege
of
turning
their
waste
into
compost
like
I.
Think,
but
that's
a
kind
of
Hub
service
that
the
city
of
Boston
should
provide
and
I
think
could,
as
as
we've
discussed.
Also
councilor
Baker,
like
could
actually
like
make
money
out
of,
could
have
good
city
jobs
backing,
but
we
need
internal
infrastructure
in
these
buildings,
and
so
this
is
a
slightly
different
hearing
order
in
that
it's.
U
Actually
it
is
it's
inviting
the
public
work
folks,
but
it's
also
inviting
the
bpda
folks
and
it's
really
trying
to
put
us
on
a
path
to
figuring
out.
What
do
we
have
to
do
as
we
build
the
buildings
of
the
future
buildings
that
we
have?
You
know
we're
analyzing
on
a
Green
Building
Code
like
on
a
host
of
fronts.
How
do
we
actually
make
this
kind
of
part
of
it,
because
it's
very
hard
to
build
the
infrastructure
handling
compost
in
retrospectively,
which
is
going
to
be
a
challenge
for
our
existing
large
buildings?
U
B
V
You
Mr
President
and
thank
you
to
councilor
Bach
for
including
me
as
an
original
co-sponsor
we're
seeing
a
huge
amount
of
new
development
in
on
our
district
and
this
issue.
We
have
impact
advisory
groups
and
public
meetings,
and
this
issue
comes
up
a
lot
with
regard
to
Disposal
trash
management
and
composting,
and
even
in
the
existing
older
buildings
that
we
have
large
multi-family
units
we're
getting
calls
frequently
from
our
residents
saying
you
know
how
do
how
can
they
participate
in
our
composting
program,
but
I
think
as
we
build
so
much
new
housing
in
the
city.
V
You
know
our
food,
how
we
dispose
of
our
food
and
our
waste
in
our
in
our
buildings
is
directly
linked
to
the
problems
we're
having
with
Road
management,
so
I
I,
look
forward
to
this
conversation.
I
hope
we
can
be
come
up
with
some
innovative
ideas
and
that
will
get
buy-in
from
our
colleagues
in
the
development
Community
to
try
and
come
up
with
some
really
good
solutions
to
this
problem.
Thank.
B
T
You
president
Flynn,
and
thank
you
to
councilor
blocking
councilor
Braden,
for
including
me
and
for
being
co-sponsors
on
this
hearing
order.
I,
love,
compost
and
I
love
composting
and
I
think
that
the
pilot
that
we
have
seen
in
the
city
has
been
incredibly
incredibly
successful,
and
you
can
see
that,
based
on
the
long
long
wait
list
that
we
have
I
was
really
excited
to
be
a
part
of
the
pilot,
but
because
I
live
in
one
of
these
larger
buildings.
T
I
did
not
have
access
to
it
and
have
kind
of
always
cringed,
as
somebody
who
cooks
a
lot
and
spends
a
lot
of
time.
In
the
kitchen,
add
the
amount
of
food
waste
that
I
was
kind
of
wasting,
because
my
building
wasn't
able
to
participate,
and
so
I
think
that
our
increase
in
these
new
developments
should
go
hand
in
hand
with
increase
in
our
composting
capacity
and
because
we
don't
currently
have
any
regulations
or
requirements
for
new
buildings.
T
B
Mr
clerk?
Can
you
please
add
councilor
Royale
Council,
Flaherty,
Council,
Louisiana,
Council,
Mejia,
Council
Murphy.
Please
have
the
chair
and
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
to
the
office
of
this
resolution.
This
hearing
order,
my
wife
and
I-
do
participate
in
the
pilot
program
for
composting
and
I
certainly
agree
with
you
Council
Braden.
B
If
we
had
a
robust
composting
plan,
it
would
be
tremendous
in
as
as
we
deal
with
the
crisis
of
pest
control,
navigated
issues
across
the
city,
I
think
we
talked
about
a
recent
New
York
Times
article
about
Pest
Control,
related
issues
in
in
New
York
City
in
this
spending.
Significant
amounts
of
money
on
dealing
with
pest
control,
which
is
a
major
problem
in
almost
every
city
across
the
country,
but
having
a
robust
composting
program
would
certainly
help
us
as
we
deal
with
this
Pest
Control
crisis
as
well.
U
U
You
president
Flynn
and
I'm
thrilled
that
our
transvert
of
you
me
and
councilmania
can
get
the
band
back
together
again
because
we
have
been
working
on
pushing
digital
Equity
issues
together
for
a
number
of
years
now
dating
back
to
the
last
session.
U
And
you
know
this
is
just
such
a
critical
issue
for
the
residents
of
Boston
I
like
to
say
that
I
really
feel,
like
you
know,
internet
and
access
to
fast
internet,
the
kind
of
Internet
that
lets
you
access,
school
work
opportunities,
information,
Civic
Gatherings
has
really
become
like
a
sort
of
utility
that
people
need
access
to
for
just
their
daily
lives,
and
yet
it's
still
provided
in
this
country
in
the
form
of
kind
of
an
amenity
where
you
can
just
get
priced
out
of
having
access
to
it.
U
We
saw
that
issue
in
the
pandemic
really
rear
its
head
and
I'm
really
grateful
for
the
series
of
steps
that
the
city
has
taken,
and
this
Council
has
supported
to
kind
of
push
back
against
that.
So
obviously,
as
part
of
Arco,
we
sent
some
additional
money
to
techo's
home
two
million
dollars.
G
U
Work
with
the
collective
bar
with
the
community-based
organizations
around
the
city
to
get
as
many
bostonians
as
possible,
signed
up
for
the
affordable
connectivity
program
ACP,
which
is
the
program
that
the
federal
government
created
to
basically
give
the
vast
majority
of
low-income
people
and
Country
access
to
30
bucks
a
month
for
internet
access
and
then
also
to
require
the
providers
to
have
a
plan
that
you
can
pay
for
with
that.
So
that's
a
benefit
that
we
are.
U
We
already
know,
there's
still
a
lot
of
bostonians
who
are
not
signed
up
for
and
they
should
be
signed
up
for
it
and
so
really
pushing
that
information
out
into
our
communities
in
every
language
is
super
critical,
but
I
think
we
also
have
to
ask
about
infrastructure
and
what
is
the
quality
of
Internet
infrastructure
that
we
have
going
to
all
parts
of
the
city?
It's
a
huge
deal
that
in
Boston
we
do
have
a
fiber
Network
that
it
runs
to
all
the
VHA
developments
and
all
of
our
Public
Schools.
U
So
you
know,
one
of
the
points
of
this
hearing
is
to
have
invite,
do
it
and
discuss
the
findings
of
that
report
and
really
discuss
next
step
forward
and
for
me
in
particular,
this
question
of
I
think
there's
one
question
talking
about
kind
of
Municipal
Broadband
for
everyone
city-wide,
it's
a
slightly
different
question
to
say
how
could
we
maybe
prioritize
getting
that
to
our
households
in
affordable
developments
and
not
just
the
city-owned
ones,
but
the
non-city-owned
ones,
and
really
tackle
the
problem
that
way
so
I
think
you
know,
we've
been
pushing
this
and
thank
you
to
both
my
co-sponsors
for
being
such
great
leaders
on
it
and
recognizing
the
Nexus
with
racial
equity
and
with
language
Justice
in
this
issue
and
I
think
that
it's
like
time
to
take
another
step
forward
on
this
front.
B
L
L
It
was
a
third
year
touring
right
now,
president
Flynn,
but
no
I'm
really
excited
to
not
just
continue
the
conversation,
because
I
think
that
you
know
when
we
think
about
what's
the
next
step,
I
I
think
that
it's
really
an
opportunity
for
us
to
go
beyond
the
conversation,
so
I'm,
hoping
that
that
now
that
we
secured
the
funding
to
be
able
to
do
the
study
now
that
we
have
the
results,
how
do
we
dive
in
deeper
to
then
figure
out
when
we
know
better?
L
B
S
The
flow
thank
you
Mr
President,
please
add
my
name
and
just
through
the
lead
sponsor
just
an
offer
of
suggestion.
As
we
reach
out
to
the
existing
Broadband
companies,
they
actually
partner
with
the
city,
they're,
always
willing
to
do
more
oftentimes,
we
sort
of
like
to
throw
them
in
a
headlock
or
they
feel
that
it's
enough
versus
them,
but
they
are
great
partners
and
some
of
our
City's
biggest
employers.
S
We
host
them
in
a
lot
of
our
neighborhoods,
and
so
they
would
love
to
be
part
of
the
solution
and
it
doesn't
need
to
be
a
you
know
whether
it's
a
Comcast
versus
Verizon
or
this
company
versus
that
company
that
all
be
willing,
I
think
to
to
come
forward
in
an
effort
to
try
to
help
us
solve
sort
of
the
digital
divide,
to
provide
broad
Broadband
access
across
the
board.
They
recognize
it's
important,
it's
obviously
a
good
business
for
them.
S
But
more
importantly,
it's
a
service
that
they're
willing
to
provide,
and
they
currently
do
that
now
oftentimes
off
the
radar,
not
looking
for
any
recognition
whatsoever,
in
fact,
as
they
continue
to
make
their
own
technological
upgrades
and
as
they
compete
with
one
another
Boston's,
the
beneficiary
of
that
and
as
we're
seeing
more
buildings
coming
online.
S
It's
largely
driven
by
the
fact
that
they've
done
that
and
they've
they've
improved
their
own
infrastructure,
but
it'd
be
great
to
you,
know,
call
them
in
and
have
a
conversation
and
put
an
ask
in
and
I'd
venture
to
say
that
there'd
probably
be
more
than
receptive
and
willing
to
partner
with
that
city,
as
we
continue
to
deal
with
this
issue.
Thank
Mr
President.
Please.
B
V
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
I
I
want
to
thank
the
makers
for
this
important
hearing
order.
I
have
a
particular
interest
in
in
thinking
about
these
services
for
our
elders
in
our
senior
housing
and
so
much
of
what
we
do
now
with
in
interacting
with
our
health
care
providers
is,
is
you
know,
being
able
to
go
on
a
portal
and
make
a
doctor's
appointment
or
get
feedback
or
communicate
with
your
primary
care,
even
have
having
virtual
telemedicine
appointments?
V
All
of
that
in
that
is,
has
evolved
dramatically
and
fast
and
during
the
during
the
pandemic
and
I
think
it's
increasingly
important
to
recognize
that
this
is
not
a
luxury,
but
this
is
a
necessity
for
so
many
of
our
residents,
the
city
so
I
look
forward
to
weighing
in
on
this
conversation
and
I
look
forward
to
advocating
for,
and
you
know,
improving
these
Services
across
the
city.
Thank.
B
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hand.
Mr
coroclesiad
Council
of
Royal
Council,
Baker,
Council,
Braden,
councilor,
Anderson,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council,
Clarity,
Council,
Louisiana,
councilman
Murphy,
please
add
the
chair
and
just
want
to
Echo
what
my
colleagues
have
mentioned.
B
Techo's
home
plays
a
critical
role.
Thank
you
to
council,
bock
and
Mahi
Council
Mejia
and
our
colleagues
are
working
with
techo's
home,
but
also
there's
a
wonderful
organization
in
my
district.
That
does
tremendous
work
on
this
issue
and
that's
the
castle.
Square
attendance
Association
right
on
the
border
of
the
south
end
in
Chinatown,
wonderful
Community,
but
that's
one
of
their
top
issues
is
advocating
for
digital
Equity,
not
just
in
their
neighborhood
but
across
the
across
the
city.
B
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
castle,
Square
tenants
for
their
important
work
and
Leadership
on
this
issue.
Docket0417
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
city
services,
innovation,
technology,
Mr
clerk.
The
next
docket
is
zero.
Four
one,
eight
talking.
C
B
H
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
have
filed
17
enough
to
acquire
some
information
about
expenditures,
but
also
whether
or
not
we
are
doing
this
equitably
in
terms
of
the
contracts
but
also
the
employees
and
I
think
it's
self-explanatory.
I'm
I
filed
a
hearing
order
for
equity
on
the
budget
and
in
preparation
to
that
I
will
need
some
information
to
moving
forward.
H
I
thought
that
doing
this
ahead
of
the
hearing
would
be
prove
most
productive,
I
to
the
administration
I'm
asking
that
they
actually
respond
to
every
to
every
question
and
actually
provide
information
on
what
why,
if
they
can't
provide
information
in
response
to
give
their
reasons
why
they
can't
the
last
17
apps
that
I
filed,
you
will
see
that
I'll
have
to
file
again,
because
the
information
that
I
received
was
come.
What
were
complete
really
were
incomplete
and
I
am
seeking
that
information
again.
B
C
Zero,
please
document
zero.
Four
one:
nine
councilman
Murphy
offered
the
following
order:
requesting
certain
information
on
the
section
17f
regarding
chronic
absenteeism
in
Boston,
public
schools
for
school
years,
2021
through
2022
and
2022
through
2023
and
dock
number
zero.
Four,
two
zero
Council
Murphy
out
for
the
following
order
requesting
certain
information
under
Section
17f
regarding
Boston
Public,
Schools,
sexual
assault
and
misconduct,
data
for
school
year,
2021-2022
and
2022
through
2023.
B
B
W
Thank
you,
council
president,
and
thank
you.
Counselor
Fernandez,
Anderson
I
share
in
your
frustration
and
that's
why
I'm
again
using
this
tool,
we
have
on
the
council
and
hoping
that
I
get
the
answers
we
requested.
So
the
first
one
is
on
The
Chronic
absenteeism
in
our
Boston
Public
Schools
I
do
just
want
to
go
on
record
to
state
that
this
is
not,
unfortunately,
just
a
Fallout
from
the
pandemic.
W
W
That
would
be
18
school
days
because
Boston
and
other
school
districts,
but
if
we're
only
here
to
talk
about
Boston,
many
of
them
are
even
more
than
20
that
they've
made
a
second
column
on
the
deci
website,
so
that
you
can
see
how
many
are
more
than
20
percent.
In
the
majority,
we
have
a
40
percent,
chronic
absenteeism
here
in
the
city
of
Austin,
so
I'm
requesting
this
data
to
help
support
and
move
forward
with
some
policy
to
support
the
students
in
the
Boston
Public
Schools.
W
The
second
17f
follows
up
on
a
hearing
Council
I'm
here
and
I
had
last
year,
where
this
BPS
did
give
us
numbers
on
sexual
assault.
Misconduct
in
other
discipline
that
are
that
the
data
is
recorded
on
so
I
am
just
asking
again
because
I've
been
trying
for
a
while
with
conversations
with
the
administration
to
get
the
breakdown
of
what
the
actual
misconducts
were
and
I've
listed
in
the
17
F.
W
That
went
along
obviously
to
the
administration
that
it's
clear
on
the
eqt-3
superintendent
circular
that
there's
a
long
list
of
different
types
of
misconduct,
and
it
would
be
helpful
to
me
to
know
where
what
what
types
of
misconduct
we
see
across
the
city.
So
thank
you
for
that.
So
I
hope
that
my
colleagues
support
my
17fs.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Council
Murphy
Council
Murphy
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
in
passage
of
docket
zero,
four
one,
nine
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
all
opposed,
say
Navy
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
has
passed,
Council
Murphy,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket0420,
all
those
in
favor,
say
aye,
I
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have.
The
docket
has
passed,
we're
onto
personalities,
Mr
clerk,
please
read:
Dr
0421.
B
B
B
B
B
C
U
U
U
We
talked
about
containerization
and
just
the
challenges,
and
particularly
some
of
the
downtown
neighborhoods,
where
the
standard
thing
is
to
put
a
bag
on
the
on
the
curb,
because
there's
nowhere
for
a
container
either
in
people's
homes
or
really
on
the
sidewalk.
And
obviously
we
know
that
when
those
bags
are
out
overnight,
it's
a
huge
driver
of
rodents
and
also
just
like
unclean
unsanitary
streets.
U
U
We've
talked
about
and
hopefully
give
people
in
our
neighborhoods
like
much
more
targeted
service
at
some
of
these
issues,
and
so
I'll
say,
for
example,
because
in
parts
of
my
district
you
have
to
just
put
it
out
in
bags
for
most
households
like
I
would
love
to
see
us
have
a
tighter
time
window
for
pickup
on
that,
so
that
people
and
it's
not
reasonable
for
a
tight
time
winner
to
start
at
6
a.m.
U
Right
because
but
like
having
a
window
that
doesn't
of
trash
bags
overnight
that
it's
like
you
gotta
hit
this,
but
then
they
get
picked
up.
I
think
would
make
the
entire
neighborhood
way
happier.
I
think
there's
stuff
like
that
that
if
we
could
customize
it
so
that
every
neighborhood
is
getting
service
that
matches
its
build
form,
it
would
make
a
big
difference
for
the
quality
of
life
for
our
constituents.
So
we're
excited
to
talk
about
this
and
it's
very
much
a
kind
of
partnership
with
public
works.
U
P
You
Mr
President,
we
have
to
customize
trash
contracts
to
better
represent
the
variety
and
diversity
of
each
of
Boston's.
Different
neighborhoods
breaking
up
these
contracts
can
also
give
more
opportunity
for
businesses
that
are
owned
by
women
and
people
of
color
to
make
sure
that
we
are
meeting
our
Equity
goals.
P
So
my
office
has
had
the
incredible
pleasure
of
working
in
partnership
with
public
works
and
their
incredible
team
shout
out
to
Dennis
roach.
We've
visited
many
dumpster
sites
across
the
city
from
Mattapan
to
Charlestown.
To
address
these
concerns,
it's
resulted
in
multiple
properties,
relocating,
dumpsters,
sorry,
building,
Corrals
to
maintain
waste
and
scheduling
multiple
pickups
to
reduce
overflowing.
The
work
is
tireless
and
requires
immense
hand
holding
of
problem
property
owners
having
to
visit
multiple
times
follow
up,
and,
secondly,
with
emails
and
phone
calls
simply
to
have
dignified
living
conditions
for
our
residents.
P
Well,
this
problem
is
pervasive
throughout
the
city,
it
mostly
really
impacts
I'm
emotional,
but
it's
not
I'm,
not
crying
it,
and
while
this
problem
is
pervasive
throughout
the
city,
it
both
severely
impacts.
Those
who
live
in
our
low-income
and
black
and
brown
neighborhoods.
So
I
look
forward
to
the
work
with
councilor
Bach
and
Council
Flaherty.
Thank
you.
B
S
You
Mr
President,
thank
you
for
the
response
for
including
me
and
look
forward
to
an
expedited
hearing
and
also
look
forward
to
hearing
from
our
Teamsters.
If
there's
anyone
that
knows,
Transportation,
Logistics,
timely
pickups
and
drop-offs
and
trained
professionals
that
have
commercial
driver's
license
and
are
able
to
operate
that
heavy
equipment
in
stem.
They
do
this
across
the
Commonwealth
and
Beyond
and
I
bet
that
they've
probably
never
been
asked
to
have
a
seat
at
the
table
to
help
the
city
sort
of
draft
again.
S
Programming
and
Logistics
around
trash
pickup,
clearly
they're
instrumental
in
in
doing
the
work,
but
I'd
eventually
say
that
they've
probably
never
been
asked
to
offer
suggestions
and
advice
as
to
how
to
do
it
and
how
to
do
it
better.
So
this
is
obviously
an
order
for
hearing
to
discuss
how
our
neighborhoods
are
different
pickup
times
and
what
have
you,
if
there's
anyone
that
has
more
experience
than
that?
It's
our
Teamsters,
so
look
forward
to
working
with
the
co-sponsors
and
my
colleagues.
B
Thank
you,
Council
Flaherty,
the
chair
recognizes
councilman
Murphy
Council
Murphy
of
the
Fall
I'm.
Sorry.
Would
anyone
like
to
sign
out
to
this
matter?
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
clerk.
Please
add:
council
Braden
Council
caught
up
Council
Fernandez
Anderson
Council
fire
Council,
fire
Council,
Mejia,
Council
Murphy,
please
add
the
chair
and
I
will
speak
briefly
on
this.
A
very
important
topic
these,
as
I
said
earlier.
These
Neighborhood
Services
nuts
and
bolts
of
city
government
are
critical.
B
That's
what
people
send
us
here
to
the
Boston
city
council
for
is
is
to
deal
with
these
neighborhood
concerns
and
there
there
are
many
of
them,
but
let's
continue
working
together.
We
have
the
best
city
employees
of
any
city
in
the
country,
but
we
need
to
work
better.
We
need
to
work
samada
and,
as
we
go
into
the
budget
season,
we
really
need
to
advocate
for
funding
for
quality
of
life
issues
for
Neighborhood
Services.
This
late
file
matter
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
city
services,
innovation,
technology,
Mr,
correct,
the
final
late
file,
metal.
C
W
You
and
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
letting
me
have
another
late
file.
This
information
I've
been
trying
to
get
I
did
not
get
after
Monday
at
10,
so
I'm
filing
the
late
file
now
I've
been
advocating
for
over
four
months
now
to
address
the
special
needs
and
wheelchair
Bus
drop
off
and
pickup
site
at
English.
W
High
I've
had
just
been
having
a
little
difficulty
getting
the
information
from
BPS,
and
this
information
is
critical
for
me
to
properly
advocate
for
the
high
school
student
who
came
here
that
day,
counselor
council
president
Flynn
Council
or
Flaherty
and
mayor
Wu,
and
commissioner
makosh
were
here
in
the
chamber
back
in
October
on
Civic
engagement
day
when
our
high
school
special
needs
students
came
with
their
teachers,
and
this
chamber
was
full
and
there
was
a
student
who
spoke
up
via
his
iPad,
and
he
was
in
a
wheelchair
and
I
made
sure
his
microphone
was
adjusted
and
asked
why
at
English
high
do
the
wheelchair
special
needs?
W
Students
have
to
get
dropped
off
on
the
side
of
the
building.
Sorry,
I
get
emotional
about
this
next
to
the
trash
barrel
and
this
teachers
have
to
lift
up
over
a
ledge
and
the
sign
on
the
door
says
you
know,
food
delivery
and
it's
where
the
trash
pickup
is
so
to
me.
It's
a
equity
issue.
It's
a
civil
rights
issue,
it's
an
inclusion
issue
and
for
me
the
information
needed
here
would
just
help
me.
Advocate
stronger
for
this
student,
like
I,
told
the
administration
there's
certain
Hills
you're
willing
to
die
on.
W
This
is
one
of
them.
Even
if
the
answer
comes
back
that
they're
not
going
to
move
it
because
of
the
convenience.
At
some
point
somewhere,
a
team,
a
school
leader,
decided
that
the
front
entrance
of
the
school
wasn't
convenient
for
the
buses,
so
I'm
doing
a
little
history
into
that.
But
I
do
feel
and
as
a
special
need
inclusion
teacher
for
many
years
and
as
we
pour
more
funding,
which
I
think
is
very
necessary
into
BPS
to
make
sure
all
of
our
schools
are
more
inclusive.
B
B
H
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
that
would
be
correct.
I
would
like
to
pull
docket011
on
page
two
of
the
green
sheets.
H
B
H
Thank
you
as
a
reminder
again,
this
is
appropriation
in
the
amount
of
21
million
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
cover
the
cost
of
design
and
construction
associated
with
the
replacement
of
windows
and
doors,
with
the
Boston
Dan,
even
Academy,
and
in
Roxbury
partial
boiler
replacement
in
Henderson
for
school,
in
Dorchester
replacement
of
school
of
windows
and
doors
at
the
Rafael
Hernandez
School
in
Roxbury,
and
a
boiler
replacement
at
the
William
E
Russell
School
in
Dorchester.
H
B
B
C
Record
from
the
Committee
on
Public,
Health,
homelessness
and
Recovery
doctor
number
zero.
Three
one,
seven
message:
in
order
for
the
confirmation
of
the
reappointment
of
Rebecca
Gutman
is
a
member
of
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission's
Board
of
Health
for
a
term
experience.
January
24th
2024
in
doctor
number
zero
three
one,
eight
message:
in
order
for
the
confirmation
of
the
appointment
of
Dr
Elsie
Tavares
as
a
member
of
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission's
Board
of
Health
for
a
term
expiring,
January,
20th,
2026.,.
W
W
So
I'd
would
like
to
thank
PJ
McCann
from
the
Public
Health
commission,
who
sent
those
Corrections
over
after
this
meeting
started,
and
also
thank
attorney.
Goldberg
and
city
council
Master
rod
and
Cobb
for
getting
all
that
paperwork
around
and
handed
out
to
everyone.
So
they
are
in
an
amended
version
to
reflect
the
correct
terms.
C
B
B
V
W
W
B
On
to
the
well,
anyone
else
want
to
check
anything
out
of
the
green
sheets,
we're
on
to
the
consent.
Agenda.
I
have
been
informed
by
the
correct
that
there
are
no
additions
to
the
consent
agenda.
The
Chia
moves
for
adoption
of
the
consent
agenda
has
presented
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye.
Thank
you.
The
consent
agenda
has
been
adopted
memorials
today.
B
U
You
so
much
Mr
President
I
wanted
to
speak
today
to
Tom
McGuire,
who
is
on
the
list.
Long-Standing
clerk
at
the
West
End
civic
association.
Tom
was
born,
November,
11,
1956
and
passed
away
on
December
7th
2022
at
Massachusetts,
General
Hospital
in
the
company
of
family
and
friends
he's
being
reunited
with
his
parents,
his
stepmother
Virginia
and
his
partner
of
24
years
James
Pfeiffer.
There's
a
Short
Line
in
Tom's
obituary
that
honors
him
very
succinctly
with
his
kind
soul
and
quick
laugh.
He
made
friends
easily.
U
He
really
was
like
the
life
of
the
party
wherever
he
was
and
we
we
honored
him
at
the
last
like
weka
Community
Gathering,
but
he
was
really
very
beloved
in
the
West
End
by
and
also
by
his
nephews,
nieces,
siblings,
his
two
cats
happy
and
Benny,
and
he
was
known
for
hosting,
get
to
know
your
neighbors
parties
in
the
West
End
and
just
was
really
generous
and
compassionate
and
caring
neighbor,
and
also
a
dedicated
volunteer
arborist
for
the
West
Ends
trees.
So
I'm
really
gonna,
miss
Tom
and
I.
U
I
want
to
thank
Father
Joe
White
from
the
West
End,
for
some
prayers
listed
up
with
that
Community,
but
just
wanted
to
recognize
him
in
this
space
as
well.
Thank
you,
Mr
President
thank.
S
B
L
You
Mr,
President
and
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
this
is
the
third
year
anniversary
of
Hilton
Clark,
who
was
killed.
He
was
my
niece's
boyfriend
and
she
has
been
raising
their
only
son
together
and
it
has
been
really
traumatic
for
the
family,
so
I
just
wanted
to
uplift
his
name
when
we
think
about
the
violence.
That's
happening
in
our
streets.
L
These
things
are
deeply
personal
to
many
of
us
who
are
living
these
realities,
so
I
just
wanted
to
uplift
his
name
and
keep
his
family
in
our
hearts
and
prayers
and
thoughts
as
they
celebrate
this
passing
anniversary
and
then
at
the
same
time,
I
also
want
to
just
acknowledge
that
tomorrow
will
be
my
daughter's
13th
birthday
and
I.
Think
about
that
young
man
that
was
13.
L
that
was
also
murdered
in
Mattapan
and
just
really
holding
our
community
together,
as
we
deal
with
all
of
this
trauma
that
we
all
experience
in
our
streets
and
so
I
want
to
wish
my
daughter,
a
happy
birthday
who
has
sacrificed.
So
much
of
me
and
time
with
me,
so
I
can
serve
this
great
City
and
she
does
so
with
so
much
Grace.
For
me,
so
I
just
wanted
to
uplift
Analise
and
wish
you
a
very
happy
birthday.
B
B
So
that
she
had
moves
today
that
when
the
council
adjourns
we
do
so
in
memory
of
those
mentioned,
we
are
now
scheduled
to
meet
again
in
the
ayanola
chamber
on
Wednesday
March,
for
us
at
12
noon.
Before
we
depart
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
cork,
the
clerks
team,
my
city,
council
colleagues
and
their
staff
city
council,
Central
staff,
as
well
all
in
favor
of
a
German,
please
say
aye
and
and
the
council
stenographer.
Thank
you
to
the
council
sonographer.
The
council
is
adjourned.