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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on February 8, 2023
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Boston City Council Meeting on February 8, 2023
A
B
Good
afternoon
everyone,
my
name,
is
Ed
Flynn
I
am
the
city
council.
President
viewers
can
watch
a
city
council
meeting
Live
on
YouTube
by
visiting
yes
boston.gov,
slash
city
council,
Dash,
TV
I'd
like
to
ask
my
colleagues
and
those
in
the
audience
to
please
silence
your
cell
phones,
electronic
devices.
Thank
you.
Please
also
be
respectful
and
do
not
disrupt
the
meeting.
While
you
are
here,
if
you
are
disruptive
you'll
be
asked
to
leave,
if
you
fear
to
compile
you'll
be
escorted
out.
B
B
D
D
As
a
police
officer,
Joshua
has
served
in
the
street
Outreach
unit
I
believe
he
said
he
was
the
first
person
in
the
street
Outreach
unit
working
with
individuals
that
suffered
from
homelessness,
Mental,
Health
disorders
and
substance
abuse
disorders.
He
now
he
is
now
assigned
to
e13
station
and
Jamaica
Plain
neighborhood
serving
the
elderly
homeless
and
children
in
the
youth
with
programs.
E
God
bless
everyone.
Thank
you
for
having
me
here.
This
is
a
huge
privilege
for
me.
I
I,
I'm,
deeply
honored
I,
don't
feel
worthy
to
even
be
here
before
so
many
great
people,
I
I,
think
it
it's
a
special.
It
takes
a
special
person
to
do
the
job
you
guys
do
to
serve.
Take
a
job
in
working
for
the
interests
of
others
and
and
I
know
that
this
is
a
huge
privilege
for
me
to
even
stand
before
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
receiving
me
in
this
moment.
Thank
you
all.
E
E
E
If
you
could
all
just
bow
our
heads
and
let
us
pray
dear
heavenly
father,
we
come
before
you
understanding
and
recognizing
that
you
are
the
most
high
God,
the
Supreme
Being,
the
creator
of
Heaven
and
Earth
father.
Your
word
says
in
Psalms
127
verse,
1,
that
if,
unless
the
Lord
watches
over
this
city,
The
Watchmen
stand
guard
in
vain.
Therefore,
I
come
before
you
under
the
name.
That
authorizes
me
to
do
so.
The
name
of
Jesus
Christ,
dear
heavenly
father
for
the
purposes
of
praying
for
every
single
person
in
this
room.
E
Father
I,
understand
that
these
people
have
authority
that's
delegated
by
you
in
a
responsibility
to
serve
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Boston
heavenly
father.
There
are
differences
of
opinions
in
this
room,
their
difference,
different
ideologies,
there's
different
World
Views
in
this
different
cultural,
upbringings
father.
But
don't
let
that
be
a
hindrance
for
us
to
do
your
will
and
for
us
to
be
to
better
Serve
the
People
that
that
are
under
our
covering
dear
heavenly
father,
I
pray
for
the
unity,
the
love,
the
respect
for
each
other
father.
E
If
there's
any
disagreement,
May
that
never
be
interpreted
as
hate,
I,
pray
against
I
pray
against
hatred,
I
pray
against
this
Unity
I
pray
against
any
stubbornness,
any
idolizing
of
opinion.
Any
mindset
that
worries
on
who
gets
the
credit
father,
let
you
receive
the
credit,
let
you
receive
the
glory
and
honor
and
praise
for
everything,
heavenly
father,
father,
I,
pray
for
the
increases
of
the
finances.
E
I
pray
that
you
as
a
provider
you're
able
to
give
us
resources
resources
that
we
can
cater
to
every
single
class
or
particular
or
or
groups
in
our
society.
Father
I
pray
for
the
elderly,
father
I
pray
that
no
elderly
person
has
to
die
alone.
They
gave
so
much
input
in
this
life
for
them
to
be
alone
in
nursing
homes.
I
pray
that
the
resources
that
we
have
in
our
city
can
cater
to
them.
E
I
pray
for
our
you
heavenly
father,
I
pray
for
more
programs,
I
pray
that
no
parent
has
to
bury
another
13
year
old,
dear
heavenly
father,
I
pray
that
in
Jesus
name,
father,
I,
also
pray
for
the
homeless,
Community
I
pray
for
the
Immigrant,
Community
father,
those
that
are
fleeing
from
their
countries
and
they
land
on
our
streets.
Father.
If
we
were
in
their
positions,
we
would
also
do
the
same
thing.
E
E
The
helper
I
pray
that
you
helped
the
helper
I
pray
for
all
our
city,
employees,
heavenly
father,
that
you
may
give
them
the
the
the
the
rest
in
in
their
mental
health
I
pray
that
you
bring
healing
to
their
mental
health.
I
pray
for
their
marriages,
I
pray
for
their
families,
I
pray
for
their
children,
Heavenly
Father,
help
out
our
city.
E
Julia
Mejia
Aaron,
Murphy,
father
I,
lift
up
these
names,
I
lift
up
the
city,
councilors
I,
lift
up
Gabriella
Coletta
I,
lift
up
Frank
Baker
I,
lift
up
Ricardo
Arroyo
I,
lift
up
Brian
Worrell
I,
lift
up
Heavenly
Father
Kendra
Lara
I,
lift
up
right
now:
Tanya
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Kenzie
buck
and
Liz
Brady
in
the
name
of
Jesus,
bless
them
and
cover
them
continue
to
use
utilize
them
to
better
serve
our
community.
We
pray
that
under
the
name
that
is
above
all
names
the
name
of
Jesus.
Thank
you,
Lord
amen,
amen.
B
A
A
B
Er
of
business,
which
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes,
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
last
meeting
say
aye
opposed,
say,
nay.
Thank
you.
The
minutes
of
the
last
meeting
Sanders
approved
communication
from
her
honor,
the
mayor,
Mr
Claire.
Can
you
please
read
docket0369.
B
C
Stock
number,
zero,
three,
seven
zero
message
and
honor
for
your
approval
in
order
to
reduce
fiscal
year,
23
appropriation
for
the
reserve
for
collective
bargaining
by
one
million;
seventy
nine
thousand
seven
hundred
and
seventy
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
United
steelworkers
Local
2936
bus
monitors
docket
number
zero.
Three,
seven
one
message:
in
order
for
the
supplemental
appropriation
order
for
the
Boston
public
school
department
for
fiscal
year,
23.
C
in
the
amount
of
one
million,
seventy
nine
thousand
seven
hundred
and
seventy
dollars
to
cover
the
fiscal
year,
23
cost
contained
within
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
the
Boston
public
schools
and
the
United
Steel
Workers
Local
2936
bus
monitors.
The
terms
of
the
contract
are
July
1st
2020
through
June
30th
2025;
a
base
wage
increases
of
1.5
percent
in
September
2021
in
rate
adjustments
in
September
2022,
and
then
a
base
wage
of
two
percent
to
be
given
in
September
2023
and
September
and
2024.
C
B
C
Talking
number
zero:
three
seven
four
notice
was
received
from
the
city
clerk
in
accordance
with
chapter
six
of
the
ordinances
of
1979
relative
to
action
taken
by
the
mayor
on
papers
acted
upon
by
the
city
council,
its
meeting
of
January
25th
2023
docket
number
zero.
Three
seven
five
notice
was
received
from
the
city
clerk
in
accordance
of
chapter
six
of
the
ordinances
of
1979
relative
to
action
taken
by
the
mayor
and
papers
acted
upon
by
the
city
council
at
its
meeting
of
February
1st
2023
and
docket
number
zero.
B
A
B
B
F
The
committee
on
government
operations
held
the
hearing
on
Monday
January
30th
and
a
working
session
yesterday,
February
7th
on
docket
0-100
the
message
in
order
for
our
approval
on
mornings
establishing
the
Office
of
Support
budgeting
amending
the
city
of
Boston
code,
chapter
5,
which
was
sponsored
by
mayor
Wu,
I'd
like
to
thank
my
Council
colleagues
for
attending
yesterday's
working
session
council
president
Flynn
councilor
Mejia
councilor
Murphy,
councilor,
Bach,
counselor,
Flaherty,
councilor,
Laura,
councilor,
Braden
and
Council
Fernandez
Anderson,
also
to
counselor
Coletta
for
sending
her
amendments
to
the
committee,
even
though
she
could
not
attend
yesterday's
session
into
councilor
Jen
for
sending
in
her
thoughts
as
well.
F
I'd
like
to
thank
members
of
the
administration
for
attending
Ashley,
grafenberger
Chief,
Financial,
Officer
city
of
Boston
and
Claire
Kelly,
director
of
intergovernmental
relations.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
the
advocates
for
attending
Eliza
parad,
director
of
Municipal
democracy
of
the
center
for
economic
democracy,
christania
de
Leon,
the
co-executive
director
of
the
participatory
budgeting
project
in
Mallory
hanera,
the
executive
director
of
families
for
justice
is
healing
and
Aaron
Tanaka,
the
director
of
the
center
for
economic
democracy.
F
This
ordinance
will
establish
the
office
of
participatory
budgeting,
which
will
include
a
director
and
external
oversight
board
made
up
of
residents
and
leaders
from
across
the
city.
The
office,
in
partnership
with
the
external
oversight
board,
will
establish
and
manage
a
participatory
budgeting
process
for
residents
to
engage
with
the
city's
annual
budget
process
and
make
recommendations
for
projects
to
include
in
the
budget.
F
The
committee
also
made
recommendations
to
increase
the
external
oversight
board
here
in
your
final
version
to
11
from
nine,
and
so
the
size
of
the
board
that
we
are
proposing
here
is
11,
which
is
two
additional
seats,
where
the
mayor
will
appoint
five
individuals
from
a
publicly
solicited
group
of
applicants
and
then
an
additional
six
individuals
from
a
pool
of
up
to
26
applicants
provided
by
this
Boston
city.
Council.
Importantly,
this
ordinance
now
reflects
a
compensation
of
board
members.
F
It
specifically
reads
the
members
of
the
board
shall
receive
stipends,
as
determined
by
the
mayor,
commensurate
with
their
duties
commensurate
with
their
duties
and
shall
be
entitled
to
his
or
her
reasonable
expenses
actually
necessarily
incurred
in
the
performance
of
their
duties.
As
board
members
is
defined
by
the
rule
book.
These
expenditures
shall
be
paid
from
the
budget
of
the
office
of
the
participatory
budget.
F
The
goal
here
every
edit
and
referendum
and
sort
of
amendment
that
was
provided
was
run
by
our
legal
team,
not
all
of
the
edits
or
suggested
amendments
made
it
into
this
list.
Some
of
them
were
tweaked
whether
it
was
in
language
or
in
scope.
F
The
reasoning
behind
nearly
every
single
one
of
those
edits
and
or
tweaks
was
legal,
and
since
there
was
some
conversation
around
a
set
aside
percentage
of
the
budget
for
the
purchasatory
budget
to
know
every
year
going
in,
they
would
have
a
specific
percentage
of
the
budget
set
aside
that
they
would
then
organize
and
disperse
themselves.
That
technically
is
not
legal
for
us
to
do
that's
an
appropriation,
and
so
there
is
no
set
aside
amount
here.
F
That's
going
to
be
determined
by
the
mayor
on
a
yearly
basis,
as
the
mayor
has
final
Appropriations
the
compensation,
the
original
draft
did
not
include
compensation
in
any
form.
This
allows
compensation.
In
fact,
it
says
that
there
shall
be
compensation,
but
that
that
compensation
shall
be
determined
by
the
mayor
and
should
be
commensurate
with
the
work
and
the
abilities
and-
and
what's
done
on
this
board,
I
think
at
this
stage
to
ask
people
to
do
the
kind
of
work
that
we're
asking
them
to
do
in
this
committee.
F
Without
confidence,
sensation
would
be
unjust,
and
so
this
provides
a
path
to
compensation,
but
allows
the
mayor
and
the
administration
to
make
a
determination
as
to
what
that
should
be
in
terms
of
the
board
size.
I.
Think
11
from
nine
gives
us
a
better
chance
of
reflecting
the
diversity
of
the
pool
of
community
members
and
Advocates
that
we
want
in
the
participatory
budget
process
and
I
would
just
add
that,
as
this
goes,
this
is
the
first
crack
at
this,
as
this
goes
forward.
F
If
we
make
a
determination
that
this
would
work
better
with
more
people,
it's
always
within
our
powers
to
try
to
amend
this
through
an
ordinance
in
the
future
to
take
note
of
the
ways
in
which
this
has
run
the
first
time
through
and
where
we
can
improve
and
and
build
upon
this
model.
This
was
something
that
was
voted
upon,
that
that
we've
had
a
lot
of
work
has
gone
into
this
from
Advocates
from
the
city
Side
from
advocates
in
our
communities.
I
think
this
is
a
good
thing.
F
I
will
be
asking
that
this
goal
for
a
vote
in
that
pass
in
its
new
draft.
Thank
you.
Mr
President
for
the
Indulgence
of
the
time
to
sort
of
speak
to
the
edits
in
this
and
the
changes
in
this
there
were
some
edits
that
you
would
see
as
I
said
yesterday,
when
we're
going
through
the
working
session.
F
Not
everything
that
you
saw
on
that
screen
made
it
into
this
document
and
most
of
those
things
that
did
not
make
it
into
this
document
did
not
make
it
into
this
document,
because
they
were
flagged
as
possibly
a
legal
language
or
things
that
would
tie
the
mayor
to
things
that
we're
not
able
to
do.
Thank.
B
G
You
Mr
President
I
I,
just
want
to
thank
the
chair.
I
know
that
we're
in
a
little
bit
of
a
time
crunch
because
of
the
existing
thing,
that's
filed
by
the
mayor
being
a
60-day
order,
so
that
if
we
don't
take
action,
it
goes
into
effect
on
Friday.
For
me
I,
you
know
I.
G
Think
I
said
this
at
one
point
in
one
of
the
hearings,
but
for
me
it's
sort
of
like
respiratory
budgeting,
something
we've
been
talking
about
for
a
while
now,
and
it
was
actually,
you
know,
approved
by
the
voters
in
November
of
21,
and
so
now
that
we're
in
February
of
23
I
think
like
the
real
work
ahead,
is
kind
of
getting
into
what
the
document
describes
as
the
rule
book
and
really
like
starting
to
Institute
a
process
hire
staff
like
figure
this
out
and
there
will
be
a
trial
and
error
Dynamic
to
it.
G
So
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
ways
in
which
the
legislation
that
we're
voting
on
today,
really
just
like
set
some
pretty
rough
parameters,
is
for
a
process.
That's
going
to
be
worked
out
in
partnership
with
community
over
the
coming
months
and
I
think
that
that's
kind
of
the
appropriate
order
of
operations
here.
B
D
I
will
be
a
no
today.
I
was
a
no
with
the
ballot.
I
was
a
no
one
that
when
this
was
on
the
floor
here,
this
is
this
is
something
that
I
think
Waters
down
our
power
on
the
on
the
city
council.
The
budget
is
one
of
our
tragedies
to
get
into
I.
Think
if
The
Advocates
want
at
the
budget
table,
they
should
put
their
name
on
the
on
the
ballot
and
run
that's
how
you
should
do
it.
D
This
started
as
one
percent
of
the
city
budget,
which
will
be
around
three
hundred
three
three
million
dollars
cut
into
13,
would
be
about
225.
Each
I
would
be
on
board
if
that,
if
that
were
coming
into
the
city
city
councilor's
office,
and
then
we
could
run
our
own
budget
process.
This
is
like
a
Civic.
This
is
like
a
Civic
exercise.
We're
trying
to
do
here
with
the
public.
D
These
are
the
finances
of
the
city
of
Boston
I'm,
a
taxpayer
I've
been
a
taxpayer
in
the
city
of
Boston
homeowners,
since
I've
been
in
my
20s
I.
Don't
think
that
we
should
have
people
without
the
experience
that
don't
know
the
city
departments
that
don't
know
what
we
we
do
having
a
say
on
what
what
our
budget
is.
This
this
say
is
in
advocacy
in
our
net
in
our
offices.
They
call
us
and
tell
us
what
their
budget
asked,
how
the
power
should
stay
with
us
I'm.
A
no
on
that.
Thank
you.
Mr
President.
B
H
Thank
you,
council
president
I
I'm
a
no
today,
because
I
do
feel
like
we're.
Rushing
this
there's
too
many
moving.
Parts
still
I
was
at
the
working
session
yesterday
and
felt
that
we
had
more
questions
than
not
and
to
get
a
committee
report
at
12
20
on
the
same
day,
we're
expected
to
vote
on
it.
I
don't
feel
comfortable
with
it,
so
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
out
there.
Thank
you.
I
Part
of
the
reason
is
because
the
way
that
it
was
filed,
we
have
a
short
time
period,
and
so,
if
we
do
not
make
edit
to
this
it
will,
it
will
go
into
effect
as
filed
and
so
I
think
it
is
important
for
us
to
have
imprint
of
the
city
council
on
what
this
office
of
participatory
budgeting
looks
like
the
voters
voted
over
one
million,
for
it,
I
think
as
councilor
block
stated,
and
as
also
as
councilor
proxated,
there
is
going
to
be
a
trial
and
error
process,
but
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
really
expand
what
we
believe
and
what
we
think
about
when
we
are
thinking
about.
I
Who
has
a
say
and
what
our
budget
looks
like
so
I'm
excited
for
for
the
possibility
with
the
office
of
participating
office
of
participatory
budgeting
and
what
what
it
will
mean
to
bring
Community
into
these
spaces
to
really
help
us
make
these
decisions
about
how
we're
allocating
City
funds,
you
know
a
disappointment.
Is
that
we're
not
able
to
actually
allocate
a
set
amount?
That's
tied
to
the
budget,
so
I
look
forward
to
more
conversations
where
we
can
actually
do
that,
but
I
think
it's
really.
You
know.
Last
year
we
you
have
these
budget
listening
sessions.
I
What
great
opportunity
is
going
to
be
to
not
just
have
budget
listening
sessions
but
to
have
budget
input
sessions
where
people
can
actually
directly
say
this
is
what
I
want
at
the
budget.
This
is
what
I
haven't
experienced
and
for
too
long,
the
budget
conversations
have
only
been
limited
to
City
Hall
only
to
eighth
floor
and
I
think
it's
time
for
us
to
bring
City
Hall
out
of
City
Hall
by
actually
asking
people
and
having
them
have
a
direct
say
so
I'll
be
voting
in
favor
of
this.
I
It's
not
perfect
and
I
know,
there's
a
lot
more
work
to
do,
but
Community
Advocates
have
already
done
a
lot
of
work.
Senator
Edwards
was
a
big
proponent
of
this.
Has
done
a
lot
of
work
in
getting
us
to
this
point,
so
I'm
excited
to
continue
working
with
my
colleagues
to
really
to
really
get
this
out
there.
Thank
you,
foreign.
B
B
B
B
Some
of
some
of
them
were
discussed
already,
but
as
we
continue
to
move
from
our
recovery
from
a
three-year
pandemic
and
and
these
uncertain
Economic
Times
now
might
not
be
the
time
to
experiment
with
tax
paying
money
on
a
proposal
with
many
unanswered
questions
and
and
I
I
mentioned
that,
because
I
and
again
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
important
work
of
council
Royal,
but
I
received
this
report
a
few
minutes
ago
and
I
haven't
had
the
chance
to
read
it:
I,
don't
vote
on
documents
and
in
support
of
a
document
unless
I
study
it
and
ask
other
people
their
opinion
about
it.
B
So
I
I'm
not
comfortable
doing
that.
At
this
time,
I
know
the
important
role
residents
in
the
community
play
Civic
organizations
played
during
the
budget
process
and
Community,
including
activists
that
were
engaged
on
this
issue
over
the
last
five
years
on
the
council.
At
each
budget
session,
I
have
actively
engaged
with
residents
and
Civic
organizations
throughout
District,
2.
B
and
advocated
for
their
request
at
our
hearings
and
with
the
mayor's
office
as
well
to
some
of
the
organizations
that
I
I've
worked
with
Fort
Point
neighbor
Association
tenants
at
West,
Broadway
development,
City,
Point,
neighborhood
association,
Chinatown
residence,
Association,
Villa,
Victoria,
8th,
Street,
Saint
Patel,
dozens
more.
They.
B
B
I
acknowledge
that
in
the
compromise
makes
us
a
better
proposal,
but
I
just
can't
vote
on
a
document.
If
I
don't
read
the
document
again,
I
received
this
a
few
minutes
before
I
was
about
to
after
I
spoke,
so
I
I
need
to
I
need
to
review
it
unless
we're
able
to
put
it
off
for
next
week,
I
don't
feel
comfortable.
I,
don't
know
if
my
colleagues
are
comfortable
also
voting
on
something
that
we
haven't.
We
haven't
read,
but
thank
you.
Council
Braden.
B
K
You
president
Flynn
I,
didn't
anticipate
speaking
on
this
ordinance
today,
but
I
think
it's
important,
given
the
remarks
that
I've
heard
from
my
colleagues
and
kind
of
like
the
hesitations
that
that
we're
getting
to
right
now.
Participatory
budgeting
is
not
some
new
experimental
form
of
government
process.
It's
something
that
has
not
only
been
implemented
in
multiple
cities
across
the
country,
but
has
been
incredibly
incredibly
successful,
not
just
as
a
Civic
engagement
exercise,
but
a
way
to
really
nurture
a
more
direct
democracy.
K
Now
the
people
of
the
city
of
Boston,
just
like
they
elected
us
to
represent
them,
have
given
us
a
directive
through
the
ballot
to
move
this
forward.
I
understand
that
participatory
budgeting
for
a
lot
of
people
might
seem
far-fetched,
and
it
might
be
really
difficult
to
grasp.
Why
would
we
be
taking
City
resources
and
giving
power
to
the
people
who
are
also
homeowners
and
taxpayers
whose
money
it
is
to
make
decisions
about
where
that
money
should
go?
K
But
the
reality
is
that
what
the
people
of
the
city
of
Boston
are
showing
us
is
that
they
are
much
more
Innovative.
They
are
much
more
imaginative
and
that
they
can
Envision
a
world
where
we
have
a
stronger
democracy
in
our
city,
where
the
people
get
to
not
only
elect
us,
but
they
also
get
to
make
decisions
about
where
their
tax
dollars
go,
and
so
they
are
giving
us
this
incredible
Vision.
K
They
are
showing
us
the
examples
they
are
telling
us
exactly
where
we
need
to
go
and
how
we
need
to
get
there
and
as
elected
officials,
we
have
a
responsibility
to
listen
to
them.
Now
we
can
say:
hey,
we
haven't,
got
a
chance
to
read
it,
but
the
reality
is
that
most
of
us
were
there.
At
the
working
session
yesterday,
I
read
the
document
three
times
while
councilor
hero
was
giving
his
remarks.
K
Looking
for
a
specific
edit
that
I
made
to
make
sure
that
it
was
included
in
there,
so
that
I
would
be
prepared
to
vote
in
favor
of
this.
Today
we
all
have
the
right
and
the
ability
to
vote
as
we
choose
when
it
comes
to
ordinances
that
are
set
before
us,
but
we
also
have
a
responsibility
to
listen
to
the
people
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
we
have
a
responsibility
to
be
truthful
about
what
it
is
that
we're
doing
here.
This
is
not
some
Civic
experiment.
K
This
is
not
some
throwaway
of
City
resources
and
just
like
everybody
here
is
a
taxpayer
in
the
city
of
Boston.
All
of
the
people
who
overwhelmingly
voted
to
make
sure
that
this
happened
are
also
taxpayers
and
people
who
have
a
right
to
say
what
happens
with
the
money
that
they're
putting
into
the
city
of
Boston
and
so
they've
spoken
and
as
elected
officials.
K
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I.
Don't
want
to
be
labor
this
too
much,
but
it's
such
an
important
ordinance
process,
and
so
much
work
has
been
done.
I
want
to
acknowledge
counselor
Bach,
our
colleague
Senator
Lydia
Edwards,
as
well
as
Council
foreign,
who
has
worked
on
this
now
going
on
a
couple
of
years
with
the
efforts,
of
course,
in
the
courageous
efforts
from
The,
Advocates
and
community
and
volunteers.
The
campaign
that
it
took
in
all
of
the
hard
work,
sweat
and
tears
that
it
took
behind
this
effort.
L
I
mean
what
exactly
are
we
talking
about
here
then,
when
I
stand
up
we
get
sort
of
you
know.
It
follows
by
prayers
of
unity
and
how
we
disagree
and
you
know,
come
together.
Everybody
needs
to
come
together,
it's
not
as
contingent
as
that.
It's
just
that
we
disagree
on
policies
and
some
of
us
will
get
up
and
talk.
You
know
very
honestly
about
what
that
represents
in
terms
of
the
budget
process.
L
We
asked
for
18
actually
more
than
18
people
to
sit
members
to
sit
on
on
this
board,
and
then
we
asked
for
all
the
time
the
commission
or
the
task
force
we
asked
for
specifically
that
they
be
compensated.
Then
we
talked
to
the
administration
in
finance
and
we
said
hey:
do
you
think
that
poor
black
and
brown
people
should
be
paid?
Do
you
think
that
formerly
incarcerated
people
that
has
been
disenfranchised
or
systemically
oppressed
should
be
paid
compensated
for
these
efforts?
L
Do
you
think
that
the
disability
Community
or
the
people
that
are
most
vulnerable
in
our
society
that
should
be
involved
in
the
say
of
the
budget?
Do
you
think
that
they
should
be
respected
and
they
should
be
compensated?
And
then
the
administration
responded
yeah?
Of
course
we
don't
disagree
that
they
should
be
compensated.
Then
we
compared
it
with
other
boards.
We
compared
it
with
CBA
that
gets
paid
like
I.
Think
it's
like
a
thousand
dollars
a
month.
L
We
got
we
compared
it
to
the
OPAC
office
of
somebody
help
me
here:
police
accountability
and
they
get
paid
a
hundred
dollars
an
hour,
but
with
limitations
to
how
much
they
get
paid
per
year
right
and
so
then
we
compared
the
member
the
numbers
of
members.
There
was
there
was
no
research
or
no
argument
from
the
administration
actually
debunking
our
argument.
L
We
were
saying:
look:
the
community
needs
these
numbers
and
now
they're
at
there
they
reduced
it
to
nine
members,
and
then
we
said
well:
nine
per
district,
one
person
per
75
to
77
people.
Seventy
seven
thousand
people,
that's
not
fair!
That
sounds
inequitable,
that's
not
right,
and
then
we
said:
okay.
Well,
how
about
15
and
I
asked
for
that
Amendment
and
that
didn't
happen
now
they're,
reducing
it
to
11.,
so
even
in
language
in
terms
of
the
one
percent
that
we're
actually
we're
asking
it
to
be
discretionary
toward
the
PB
office.
L
That's
also
being
compromised
here,
so
we're
asking
the
administration
that
who
our
mayor
she
voted
on
this
and
she
believed
reason.
This
I
believe
that
she
believes
in
this,
but
in
doing
this
responsibly,
I
think
she's
trying
the
administration
is
trying
their
best
to
do
it
in
the
way
that
they
can
control
it
so
that
he
doesn't
get
out
of
hand
so
that
it's
manageable.
We
get
all
that,
but
there's
research
as
counselor
Lara
just
mentioned,
there's
research
to
back
this
up.
This
is
not
something
that
just
we're
pulling
out
of
a
hat.
L
We
have
best
practices.
We
have
research.
We
understand
that
this
is
the
way
for
this
city
to
be
transformative
for
this
city,
to
actually
make
true
change
and
to
create
some
real
true
Equity
Equitable
Solutions
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
the
budget,
and
then
you
have
you
know,
people
that
are
just
like.
Oh
we're
just
we're
mismanaging
this.
This
is
the
city's
Boston's
budget.
Well
yeah.
L
L
We
should
do
it
differently
and
I
re
I
respectfully
disagree
with
some
of
my
colleagues
I
just
respectfully
disagree
with
the
administration
and,
of
course,
I'm
on
the
side
of
The
Advocates
I
wish
that
we
could
have
done
better,
but
that's
okay
to
it's
just
a
conversation
today,
we'll
vote
and
it'll
go
to
the
original
filing
and
then
we'll
follow
the
amendment
and
we'll
organize
again
and
we'll
keep
doing
the
work.
Thank
you,
Mr
President
thank.
B
You
Council
Fernandez
Anderson
I'm,
going
to
go
to
council
Braden,
Council
flaring
and
the
last
speaker
will
be
Council
of
Royal
Council
Braden.
You
have
the
four
thank.
J
You
Mr,
President
and
and
I
will
be
voting
in
support
of
participatory
budgeting.
Today
you
know
I've
been
doing
I'm
really
fascinated
by
the
videos.
I've
been
looking
at
it
on
YouTube
Etc.
This
is
not
a
revolutionary
idea.
That's
happening
around
the
world.
It's
really
democratizing
and
increasing
civic
participation
in
the
budgetary
process,
and
also
I'd
like
to
remind
our
colleagues
and
those
watching
that
we've
been
doing
it
in
Boston,
since
participatory
budgeting
we've
been
doing
it
since
20
2013..
J
It
was
a
one
million
dollars
capital
budget
that
will
be
decided
by
a
youth,
lead,
Boston
and
just
want
to
just
reference
some
of
the
things
the
project
is
a
youth
led
by
teenagers
from
across
the
city
of
Boston,
supported
by
trained
youth
facilitators
goals
include
increasing
youth
power,
allowing
all
voices
to
be
heard,
building
stronger,
safer
and
healthier
communities
and
strengthening
residents,
sense
of
Pride
solidarity
and
equal
air
quality
across
throughout
the
city.
J
Examples
of
winning
projects
in
2019
to
2020
proposals
include
replacing
School
heating
systems
from
reproductive
learning,
environment,
enhancing
shelter
and
creating
comfortable
places
for
those
experiencing
homelessness,
planting
trees
and
plants
along
main
streets
and
sidewalks.
To
tackle
climate
change,
previous
winning
projects
include
solar
panels
on
city-owned
property,
youth,
Wi-Fi,
lounge
and
City
Hall
performing
and
Visual
Arts
Studio
water
bottle,
refill
stations
and
playground,
upgrades
and
art
walls.
This
is
not
a
threat
to
our
democracy.
It
is
not
a
threat
to
our
control
over
the
city,
our
influence
and
and
fiduciary
responsibility
to
oversee
the
city.
J
M
Flow,
thank
you.
Mr,
President
and
just
want
to
assure
folks
that
are
here
and
folks
that
are
watching
at
home
is
that
participatory
budgeting
passed
at
The,
Ballot,
Box
and
participatory
budging
will
be
implemented
here
with
respect
to
the
city's
budget.
It's
just
a
matter
of
which
version.
Do
you
want?
Do
you
want
the
council's
amended
version,
or
do
you
want
mayor
Wu's
version
that
has
come
over?
M
So
it's
a
simple
question
of
how
do
you
like
your
rigs,
you
like
them
over
easy
or
do
you
like
them
over
medium,
but
for
those
that
are
watching
at
home,
we
will
have
participatory
budgeting
taking
place
and
as
I
referenced
at
the
working
session
in
more
probably
my
law
school
training,
particularly
in
cases
of
first
impression.
My
experience
here
on
the
council
with
respect
to
new
ordinances
and
implementing
new
ordinances.
Is
that
to
keep
it
simple
and
and
then,
as
our
colleague,
councilor
Fernandez
Anderson
alluded
to
at
the
end
of
her
comments.
M
Is
that
and
then,
as
you
move
forward,
you
make
the
necessary
adjustments
and
tweaks
and
changes,
as
you
know,
as
we
as
elective
representatives
and
a
representative
government,
see
fit
to
make
sure
that
it
works
best,
but
in
order
to
sort
of
get
started
to
sort
of
get
this
up
and
running,
it
always
makes
sense
to
keep
it
simple
and
I'll
be
supporting.
Obviously
mayor
Wu's
proposal,
that's
before
us
and
again,
yes,
vote
is
you're
supported
as
amended.
M
F
Thank
you,
Mr
chair
I,
just
want
to
add
a
couple
small
things
on
on
timeline
for
folks
of
the
public,
who
don't
understand,
sort
of
the
timeline
that
we're
under
this
is
filed
under
a
60-day
order
by
the
mayor's
Administration
December
14th,
which
was
our
last
city
council
meeting,
which
meant
that
from
December
14th
until
about
January
11th,
we
were
out
of
session
January
in
January
we
held
the
hearing
on
this
we've
held
the
working
session
on
this.
The
ordinance
itself
is
six
pages
long.
F
F
The
Amendments
themselves
may
be
amount
to
in
those
five
pages,
maybe
a
little
bit
less
than
a
full
page,
not
including
those
definitions,
then
it
dropped
substantially.
Then
we're
talking
about
sentences.
The
major
compromises
here
are
really
on
the
size
of
the
external
oversight
board.
Councilor
Flaherty's
entirely
correct
effect.
If
we
did
not
vote
on
this
today,
if
we
did
not
take
action
on
this
amended
version
today,
then
the
council
would
really
have
no
voice
in
this
process.
It
would
simply
have
just
been
the
administration's
proposal
from
from
December
14th
taking
effect
on
Friday.
F
This
allows
the
council
to
add
their
assessments
to
bring
the
voices
of
their
constituencies
into
this
conversation
into
and
to
work
on
that
document,
as
it
was
presented.
Many
of
our
Council
colleagues,
some
of
them
who
are
not
here
today,
some
who
are
now
in
the
Senate,
have
been
working
on
these
issues
for
years
and
so
there's
a
number
of
sort
of
give
and
takes
that
happened
even
before
it
got
to
the
mayor's
desk
in
this
form,
in
the
form
that
she
presented
to
us.
F
The
two
major
pieces
here,
almost
all
of
the
language
that
has
been
added,
has
just
made
the
inclusivity
and
the
access
to
this
board
and
to
the
to
from
that
board
to
the
community
larger.
In
my
opinion
and
better,
in
my
opinion,
the
two
places
where
there
have
been
changes
that
I
think
we
would
say
are
substantive,
as
the
size
of
the
external
board
went
from
nine
under
the
mayor's
proposal
to
11.
F
In
this
proposal
we
had
we
added
two
seats
as
councilor
Finance
Anderson
has
made
clear
the
that's,
a
significant
compromise,
I
think
originally
prior
to
the
mayor,
presenting
hers,
Community
Advocates
were
seeking
over
20
seats.
They
went
down
to
at
the
beginning
of
this
process.
18
yesterday
it
was
15.
we're
now
at
11.,
there's
been
significant
compromise
on
the
size
of
that
board.
F
The
second
piece
was
the
mayor's
proposal
does
not
allow
it
allows
for
the
reimbursement
of
expenses
incurred,
but
the
language
itself
does
not
allow
for
compensation
of
members
serving
on
this
board.
The
Advocates
were
seeking
somewhere
around
a
thousand
a
month
with
language
in
there
tying
that
to
three-fourths
participation
in
all
committee
meetings,
all
of
the
things
that
were
required
by
this
board.
My
personal
stance
on
this
I
support
compensation.
That
is
why
compensation
language
is
in
here.
F
It
allows
the
mayor
to
determine
what
the
amount
of
that
compensation
is,
but
it
does
say
they
shall
be
compensated
and
the
reason
for
that
is.
As
chair
Flynn
president
Flynn
requested,
there's
a
focus
here
on
making
sure
that
folks
are
coming
from
BHA
housing
or
coming
from
underserved.
Underprivileged
communities
are
coming
from
different
backgrounds,
places
where,
if
you
are
taking
20
30
hours
a
week
or
100
hours
a
month
to
do
this
kind
of
work,
you
don't
have
the
privilege
of
doing
that.
Work
for
free
and
so
to
give
them.
F
F
Those
are
the
kinds
of
habits
we
have
it's
it's
about
five
pages.
If
you
take
the
definitions
out
six
with
the
definitions
and
if
it
takes
a
recess
for
folks
to
be
able
to
read
that
then
I
would
suggest
we
do
that,
but
I
think
it's
it's!
It's
well
reasoned
and
it's
a
significant
compromise
and
it
does
incorporate
pieces
of
what
I've
heard
from
almost
every
counselor
and
what
I've
heard
directly
from
the
administration
and
I
want
to
thank
the
administration
as
well
for
their
work
on
this.
F
F
Is
it
happening
under
the
version
that
the
city
council
has
amended
or
is
it
happening
under
the
version
that
the
mayor
has
presented,
but
it
is
happening
and
the
changes
in
the
differences,
I
think
have
been
sort
of
said
now
several
times
so
I
don't
think
it
has
to
be
repeated.
Thank
you.
Mr.
D
A
C
A
G
The
president,
just
a
point
of
inquiry
to
the
clerk
I,
like
my
understanding,
is
that
since
that-
and
maybe
we
should
just
explain
to
folks
with
rule
28
that
it's
because
the
council
needs
a
majority
of
the
body
not
of
the
members
present.
So
but
therefore
the
committee
report
failed.
So
could
you
just
clarify?
Does
that
mean
the
docket
remains
in
Committee
in
in
government
operations?
That
is
my
understanding,
but
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
because
we
didn't
since
it's
the
committee
report.
What's
the
committee
report
that
failed.
So
that's
what
I'm
asking.
A
B
C
Be
on
Duncan
number
zero
one:
zero
zero!
Since
the
there
was
no
majority
vote
on
the
amendments
to
the
original
ordinance
that
was
filed
by
the
mayor
that
did
not
pass,
but
the
original
ordinance
that
was
filed
by
the
mail
will
continue
to
remain
in
committee.
D
B
B
Thank
you,
Mr
clerk.
Could
you
read
into
the
record.
B
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I'd
like
to
suspend
the
rules.
If
you
will
please
and
add
council
president
Flynn
as
a
third
co-sponsor.
L
As
you
know,
I
am
someone
who
comes
from
the
poor
and
working
class
and
highly
prioritized
people
of
the
working
class
and
and
often
here,
advocating
that
we
pay
people
fairly
and
equitably.
I'm
excited
to
offer
this,
along
with
my
co-sponsor
Council
Flaherty
and
counselor
Flynn
before
I,
say
anymore.
L
I
want
to
thank
the
officers
I'm,
not
and
I'm,
not
sure
I
don't
want
to
put
anyone
on
the
spot,
but
you
know
who
you
guys
are
and
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
your
service
and
all
of
your
hard
work
for
the
city
of
Boston.
L
Throughout
our
work
on
this
issue,
we've
basically
furnished
a
stream
of
data
and
information
for
a
clarification
purposes.
I
must
say
that
the
pay
scale
here
for
the
municipal
officers
are
absolutely
unacceptable.
Our
Municipal
officers
do
vital
work.
They
keep
City,
Hall,
safe
and
secure,
and
because
of
them
our
building
functions
with
smooth
smoothness
and,
of
course,
to
be
admired,
and
yet
these
essential
workers
start
at
an
hourly
wage.
That
is
just
a
couple
of
dollars
above
the
state
minimum
wage
and
their
current
steps
ends
at
less
than
25
dollars.
L
An
hour
this
cannot
stand,
we
have
to
we,
we
can.
We
should,
and
we
can
do
something
about
it
and
the
second
most
expensive
city
in
the
country
after
New
York
City.
How
can
we
expect
people
to
pay
their
rent
and
support
their
families
and
they
are
when
they're
being
paid
such
mediocre
wages?
We
are
a
very
rich
city.
L
Why
do
we
insist
on
acting
as
if
we're
poor,
especially
when
it
comes
to
compensating
our
Vital
workers,
so
I'm
excited
for
by
this
message
and
hoping
that
we
can
hold
a
hearing
order
to
discuss
and
I'm
quite
sure
that
here,
my
all
of
my
colleagues
will
stand
in
support
of
this
matter,
and
hopefully
we
can
have
a
conversation
to
make
sense
out
of
it
and
pay
our
Municipal
officers
a
fair
wage.
Thank
you.
So
much
thank.
M
You
have
the
foil,
thank
you,
Mr
President,
and
thanks
to
the
lead
sponsor
for
asking
me
to
to
partner
on
this,
and
as
mentioned,
we've
got
a
great,
hard-working,
dedicated
Municipal,
Police
Force
that
they
operate
on.
What's
called
foreign
twos,
which
means
they
only
get
weekends
off
every
six
weeks.
M
Think
about
that
in
a
calendar
year
they
only
get
a
full
weekend
sad
day
and
a
Sunday
every
six
weeks,
and
so
they
keep
us
safe.
They
keep
visitors
here
to
City
to
the
City
Hall,
as
well
as
other
municipal
buildings
and
its
visitors.
Safe
they're,
an
equal
and
co-partner
in
public
safety
for
our
city
and
as
I
had
alluded
to
the
lead.
Sponsor
I
was
not
aware
of
arguably
the
sort
of
the
paltry
salary
that
that
they
currently
receive,
which
is
actually
200
percent
above
the
poverty
level.
M
So
I
I
think
that
that's
and
it
also
speaks
to
the
high
turnover
rate.
That's
compared
to
other
City
departments.
Very
much
like
as
Council
Brady
and
I've,
been
working
closely
with
the
administration
with
respect
to
our
9-1-1
operator.
M
Same
thing,
not
getting
weekends
off,
not
seeing
wage
increases,
not
seeing
Personnel
expand
when
you
don't
have
when
you
don't
keep
up
with
attrition
and
you
don't
replace
the
potting
Personnel
through
retirement
or
folks,
leaving
then
they're
ordered
in
which
means
that
they're
required
to
work,
which
means
they
have
to
give
up
personal
and
family
time
Etc.
M
M
We
have
a
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
you
know
our
partners
in
government
city
employees,
the
unsung
heroes,
people
that
help
make
the
city
the
great
City
that
it
is,
are
respected
and
are
treated
fairly
with
dignity
and
respect
and
and
also
can
get
a
living
wage
frankly,
so
that
they
could
continue
to
bring
their
talents
and
their
passion
to
city
government
as
opposed
to
having
to
flip
around
and
look
at.
You
know,
want
ads
and
find
out
who's,
hiring
and
who's
going
to
appreciate
their
talent
and
their
dedication.
M
B
I
wasn't
planning
to
speak
on
this.
My
colleagues
did
an
outstanding
job
talking
about
the
issues
that
these
municipal
offices
face
in
the
economic
challenges
that
they're
facing,
but
I
wanted
to
highlight
one
thing
in
city
employees,
this
Union
of
city
employees,
it's
the
most
diverse
Union
in
the
city
of
Boston
women,
people
of
color.
B
It's
also
one
of
the
lowest
paid
unions
in
the
city
of
Boston
they're,
here
protecting
us
and
we've
seen
the
challenges
we've
had
in
this
body
in
this
in
this
ionella
chamber,
in
City
Hall,
but
they're
protecting
us
they're,
protecting
the
mayor's
office
as
well
they're.
Protecting
the
public
and
I'm
I'll
be
honest
with
you
I'm
embarrassed
about
how
little
they
get
paid.
B
So
I
say
that,
because
if,
if
we,
if
we
Proclaim
to
say
with
the
most
liberal
city
in
the
country,
the
most
Progressive
city
in
the
country
and
we're
paying
our
workers
pennies
peanuts,
we're
paying
them
peanuts,
you
know,
let's,
let's
not,
have
that
title
of
being
the
most
Progressive
city
in
the
country.
If
we
don't,
if
we're
not
paying
people
of
color
Municipal
workers,
members
of
a
union,
we're
not
paying
them
a
few
fear
wage,
a
fear,
a
fair
salary.
B
B
We
all
know
how
much
it
costs
to
send
a
kid
to
school,
to
buy
school
clothes
or
milk,
and
bread
in
some
of
these
offices
have
told
me
I
talk
to
them
all
the
time
as
you
do.
They
go
to
the
store.
They
look
at
a
loaf
of
bread
and
sometimes
they
can't
buy
it.
They
have
to
put
that
loaf
of
bread
down.
They
look
at
a
gallon
of
milk.
They
look
at
the
price
on
the
gallon
of
milk.
They
have
to
put
it
down.
B
So,
as
you
can
tell
I'm
angry
about
this,
I'm
upset
about
this,
and
it's
about
time.
We
treat
them
with
respect.
We
treat
them
with
dignity,
because
when
they
come
to
this
office
every
day,
that's
that's
exactly
what
they
do
for
us
and
for
the
residents
of
Boston
they're,
always
there
for
us.
They
have
our
back,
especially
during
difficult
times
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
Council
colleagues,
Council
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council
Flaherty,
but
all
of
the
colleagues
here
that
support
these
wonderful
working
men
and
women
of
our
city.
B
F
Thank
you,
councilor
Flynn
I
want
to
just
say
that
I'm
in
full
support
of
this,
making
sure
that
we
pay
our
Municipal
officers.
A
living
wage
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
state
that
my
father
several
years
ago
went
into
cardiac
arrest
here
in
the
building
while
going
down
the
escalator
and
actually
because
the
cardiac
arrest
tumbled
down
the
elevator
cracked,
his
head
I
was
bleeding
and
it's
not
an
opinion.
F
It
is
a
fact
that
he
would
be
dead
today,
if
not
for
the
actions
of
Roman
cologne,
our
Municipal
officer
and
his
colleagues.
He
would
not
be
here
with
me
and
my
family
today.
This
was
a
situation
where
they
had
to
act
within
seconds
to
cardiac
arrest.
For
folks
who
don't
know
the
Buffalo
Bills
had
a
situation
that
went
National,
and
so
a
lot
of
people
know
about
Cardiac
Arrest
now,
but
it
stops
oxygen
to
the
brain
and
so
we're
talking
about
a
matter
of
seconds.
F
It
takes
about
30
30
to
90
seconds
of
no
oxygen
to
the
brain
for
someone
who
has
had
a
cardiac
arrest
to
actually
be
essentially
brain
dead
due
to
the
actions
of
Roman
cologne
through
the
actions
of
his
colleagues
getting
a
defibrillator
moving
as
quickly
as
they
did
to
mobilize
and
stabilize
him
a
situation
that
had
no
that
simply
relied
on
their
training,
their
expertise,
their
bravery,
their
courage
moving
within
seconds.
If
they
had
not
done
that,
if
he
had
not
done
that,
he
would
be
dead.
F
The
percentages
actually
had
it
at
about
10
percent
of
folks
who
have
Cardiac
Arrest
outside
of
a
hospital
setting
survive
when
they
receive
when
they
actually
make
it
to
a
hospital.
The
number
of
that
10
percent,
one
percent
walk
out
of
that
hospital,
and
the
only
reason
why
my
father
was
able
to
walk
out
of
that
hospital
and
had
a
chance
to
walk
out
of
that.
F
Hospital
is
because
Roma
cologne
and
the
work
of
the
municipal
officers
that
day
and
so
I
cannot
Advocate
more
or
in
a
more
vociferous
way
that
we
pay
them
living
wages.
F
This
is
actually
the
first
I've
seen
of
what
your
your
salaries
are.
The
starting
salary
here,
I
think
it's.
What
I
have
written
down
here
is
that
your
starting
salary
for
some
folks
is
as
low
as
35
000
I
used
to
have
a
joke.
When
I
went
to
law
school
in
Chicago
I
had
a
friend
who
was
looking
at
a
house
for
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
I
said
you
know,
200
000
in
Boston.
F
Get
you
three
roommates
I,
can't
imagine
what
trying
to
find
housing
on
thirty
five
thousand
dollars
is
when
I
first
became
a
public
defender,
I
started
at
forty
thousand
I
had,
in
fact
three
roommates,
and
so
my
hope
is
that
we
pay
our
Municipal
officers
what
they
deserve.
You
do
exemplary
work,
I
know
in
the
moments
of
any
kind
of
emergency
reaction.
F
I
have
full
faith
that
the
members
of
Municipal
officers
here
in
the
city
will
do
what's
necessary
to
protect
and
to
save
and
to
serve
the
folks
who
come
in
here,
and
so
you
know
I'm
internally
grateful
to
all
of
you
for
the
work
that
was
done
on
that
day
and
in
any
way.
In
which
I
can
continue
to
uplift
your
work
and
make
sure
that
you
are
receiving
the
salary
and
the
benefits
that
you
deserve
I'm
happy
to
do
that
and
I
believe
that
it's
the
right
thing
to
do.
F
Frankly,
nobody
in
the
city,
especially
with
our
residency
requirements,
should
be
making
that
that
kind
of
starting
salary.
So
thank
you,
counselor
Flynn,.
B
D
You
Mr
President
I,
seen
to
add
my
name
to
the
chorus
show,
support
for
the
for
the
good
men
and
women
of
the
Municipal
Police
Force
I
I
also
have
someone
that
that
is
here
with
37
years
of
service
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
know
that
if
departments
and
people
aren't
supported,
then
we
don't
get
the
best
out
of
them.
I
think
this
is
the
first
outfit
that
we
should
talk
about
not
percentage
raises.
D
We
got
to
look
at
the
grades
and
bump
them
all
up
from
the
initial
initial
grade
into
what
you
are
at
the
end.
I
had
worked
for
25
years
in
the
city
and
only
got
up
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
and
I
think
it
was
you
that
said
that
our
our
salary
is
a
good
salary.
It's
okay,
it's
good,
but
it's
still
difficult
in
Boston
on
our
salary.
So
imagine
what
it
is
for
for
these
men
and
women
over
here.
D
We
need
to
support
them
and
I
do
think
that
this
is
just
probably
the
first
group
that
we
should
deal
with.
We
have
a
whole
lot
of
people
that
are
in
this
building
here,
making
40
45
and
doing
a
lot
for
the
city,
but
I.
Think
in
this
discussion
we
should
talk
about
what's
happening
with
the
500
close
to
500
million
dollars.
We
we
passed
an
opera
and
different
funds
last
year.
How
do
we
get
city
employees,
those
men
and
women
up
there?
D
How
do
we
give
them
money
to
get
into
into
into
home
ownership?
How
do
we
work
with
them
specifically
to
get
into
home
ownership
and
the
other?
The
other
issue
is
I
would
like
to
have,
and
it
may
or
may
not
be
able
to
happen
in
this
discussion
is,
is
where
the
mou
is,
with
the
with
the
police
department
and
training
for
for
for
this
outfit
here.
So
I
think
it
should
be
a
catch-all
for
what
the
what
the
salaries
are
being
are
are
doing.
D
What
are
we
doing
for
our
city
employees
when
it
comes
to
home
ownership,
if
you're
paying
someone
50
Grand,
but
you're
gonna,
give
them
50
Grand
towards
it
towards
a
house
to
buy?
Maybe
it's
worth
getting
that
job
for
50
Grand.
You
know,
and
also
we
have
to
talk
about
the
mous
again
thrilled
that
this
is
happening.
Sign
me
on
and
and
thank
you
Mr
President
thank.
G
Thank
you
so
much
Mr,
President
I,
just
I'll,
be
brief.
I
want
to
add
my
thanks
to
our
Municipal
police
officers.
You're,
really,
the
ambassadors
for
the
building
and
the
whole
city.
Portfolio
and
I
mean
brighten
my
day
and
also
just
really
grateful
for
everything
that
you
guys
do
so
I
think
I
strongly
agree
with
what
everyone
said.
I
think
that
I,
you
know,
I
serve
on
the
residency
compliance,
commission
and
I.
G
Think
it's
really
been
a
consistent
theme
of
the
last
year
that
we
should
really
be
talking
about
the
people
who
make
the
leads
to
to
who
are
subject
to
residency
and
that's
really
where
the
city
should
be
focusing.
And
here
when
we
come
to
the
municipal
police
officers,
we
have
a
a
whole
category
of
folks
in
that
position.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
service
to
the
city
of
Boston.
G
We
really
really
appreciate
it
and,
as
your
Council
will
work
on
this,
and
thank
you
to
counselor,
Anderson
and
and
counselors
Clarity
and
Flynn
for
maintenance
forward.
Is
that
my
name.
B
K
You
president
Flynn
I
just
want
to
stand,
and
my
brevity
is
not
at
all
for
lack
of
support
and
gratitude
for
the
Municipal
Police,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
I
get
my
name
added.
I,
unfortunately
have
to
run
out
for
an
emergency,
but
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you.
You
know,
like
councilor
Buck
said
every
morning
you
kind
of
light
up
the
day.
K
It's
really
nice
to
walk
into
this
building
and
have
you
there
and
the
work
that
you
do
does
not
go
unnoticed,
especially
making
sure
that
we
are
safe
here
in
the
ayanella
chambers.
I
am
in
support
of
this
I
think
that
we
oftentimes
have
conversations
around
housing
and
people
being
able
to
afford
housing
and
I
think
the
best
way
to
make
sure
that
people
can
afford
to
live
there
is
by
giving
them
paying
them
more
money.
So
this
is
one
step
closer
to
that.
So
thank
you,
president
Flynn.
I
You
and
sorry,
if
I'm,
a
bit
Steffy
I'm
recovering
from
a
code
but
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
Fernandez
Anderson
for
filing
this.
As
everyone
has
stated,
Municipal
Employees
salaries
and
wages
have
failed
to
keep
up
with
the
with
the
pace
of
inflation
and
Rising
home
prices
and
rents,
along
with
the
increasingly
High
Cost
of
Living.
Again,
everyone
all
knows.
I
Everyone
knows
now
that
Boston's
the
second
most
expensive
place
to
rent
in
the
country,
historically
working
for
our
city
and
working
at
City
Hall,
whether
it
be
as
a
clerk
as
a
municipal
officer
custodial
staff,
admin
staff
has
long
been
a
pathway
towards
a
study
in
stable
income
and
employment.
And
historically
it's
been
a
stepping
stone
toward
Financial
Freedom.
But
we've
seen
that
really
not
be
the
case
anymore.
I
So
I
support
this
effort
to
get
Municipal
officers
more
money,
but
we
also
need
to
as
a
city,
do
a
comprehensive
review
of
all
city
hall
employees
to
make
sure
that
we
are
paying
them
increased
wages
and
that
our
lowest
wage
workers,
who
do
you,
know
their
lowest
wage
workers,
but
they
do
really
meaningful
work
that
that
meaningful
work
is
rewarded
with
dignity,
affirming
wages
because
oftentimes
you
show
someone
how
much
you
care
about
them.
I
How
much
you
value
them
by
how
much
you
pay
them,
and
so
because
we
value
and
because
we
say
all
the
incredible
work
that
you
do,
because
you
greet
us,
because
you
open
the
garage
doors
for
us
when
we
forget
our
Badges
and
the
like.
We
should
affirm
how
much
we
care
about
the
work
that
you
do
for
us
and
for
the
City
by
reflecting
that
in
your
paycheck.
That's
the
greatest
way
that
you
can
show
people
that
you
care
about
them.
I
B
H
Flynn
and
I'm
standing
in
support
and
I
do
just
want
to
say
one
lesson.
My
dad
taught
me
when
I
got
my
first
teaching
job
was
to
treat
the
custodian
the
same
way.
I
treated
the
principal
and
I
brought
that
lesson
with
me
15
months
ago,
when
I
came
in
here
to
City
Hall
to
make
sure
that
I
treat
all
of
you
the
same
way.
I
treat
the
mayor
and
everyone
else
who
is
in
this
building
so
I
do
want
to
thank
you
for
the
smile.
H
You
greet
me
with
every
morning
for
helping
me
get
in
my
office
when
I
forget
my
past.
The
conversations
we
have
I
do
feel
like
myself
and
others
in
my
office
have
made
strong
relationships
with
all
of
you
or
most
of
you.
H
I
I
recognize
all
of
your
faces
here
and
do
just
want
to
reiterate
and
push
back
a
little
on
the
residency
because,
yes,
the
resin
it
feels
as
though
we
could
fix
that
by
just
paying
you
more
and
you
wouldn't
have
to
leave
the
city
that
you
live
in,
and
many
of
you
probably
want
to
stay
here.
So
I
do
just
want
to
push
back
a
little
on
giving
waivers
to
residency
when
we
could
just
pay
people
a
living
wage.
H
So
that's
what
I'm
going
to
advocate
for
and
I
know
that
we've
been
working
since
last
spring
with
many
of
you
to
make
sure
that
this
contract
is
looked
at
and
that
we
look
at
the
studies
that
you
know
they
they've
had
and
the
some
departments
are
pushing
back
on
not
wanting
to
make
your
pay
you
more
or
privatize
your
department,
so
I'm
here
to
support
you.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do
and
just
stand
in
support
of
going
forward.
B
J
Every
day,
your
professionalism,
your
just
how
you
conduct
your
yourselves
and
how
you
do
your
work
and
keeping
us
safe
in
in
the
city
hall,
and
you
know
we're
having
this
ongoing
conversation
about
what
a
living
wage
is
for
our
Municipal,
Employees
and
I,
really
feel
that
your
situation
is
dire
in
a
sense,
it
is,
as
Council
Flynn
said,
it's
almost
an
embarrassment
that
we're
expecting
you
to
work
for
so
little.
So
I
really,
please
add
my
name
and
I'm
in
full
support
of
this
and
I
look
forward
to
the
hearing.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
L
You
Mr
President
I,
think
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
supporting
this
unan
honestly
here
today,
I
originally
I
was
going
to
file
it
as
a
resolution
because
I
felt
like
we
were
all
going
to
unanimously
vote
and
go
on
record
and
support,
but
I
think
that
this
warrants
a
conversation.
The
officers
are
actually
in
negotiation
period
with
the
administration
at
the
moment.
The
issue
is
that
they've
asked
for
a
certain
amount
and
it's
it's
very
reasonable
and
they
did
not
get
it
so
I
think
the
conversation.
L
Then
it's
looking
at
those
numbers
and
saying
you
know:
can
we
can
we
support
them
in
raising
it
to
the
numbers
that
they're
asking
for
I
believe
that
we'll
all
agree
to
that
counselor
Baker?
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
comments.
I
do
agree.
President
Flynn
yeah,
our
pay
is
kind
of
reasonable
and
I
just
want
to
re-emphasize
that,
like
it's
reasonable,
but
to
whom
right.
So,
some
of
us
for
some
of
us,
it's
really
really
hard,
especially
having
like
four
single
mothers
on
this
Council.
L
Imagine
what
it's
like
to
go
home
and
what
you
end
up
taking
home
to
for
your
living
wage.
So
if
I
take
after
taxes,
maybe
I
don't
know
70
80,
then
what
am
I
doing
with
as
a
single
parent
with
the
rents
in
Boston.
So
not
everybody's
situation
is
the
same
and
then,
if
I
imagine
that
I
put
myself
in
those
shoes,
I
think
about
my
budget
and
needs
and
then
I
think
about
the
officers
and
living
on
about
half
of
that.
So
we
cannot
keep
going
with
this,
and
I
won't
continue
to
belabor
it.
L
But
it's
super
important
that
here
we're
saying
that
we're
supportive,
but
it's
understanding
that
what
they're
asking
for
is
super
reasonable
and
not
even
close
to
what
most
people
make
in
the
city
and
then,
of
course,
with
Council
Louisiana's
comment
that
we
definitely
need
to
look
at
custodian.
We
need
to
look
at
parks.
We
need
to
look
at
all
of
these
departments.
That
we
say
are
super
diverse
and
have
people
of
color
are
the
Departments
that
have
people
at
the
very
bottom.
L
Especially
people
brought
black
and
brown
people
at
the
very
bottom
that
get
paid
very
low.
So
if
we
are,
if
we
respect
them-
and
we
say
hello-
and
they
make
us
feel
good,
but
their
job
is
way
more
than
that
right,
like
they
save
people's
lives,
they're
at
risk
they're
putting
their
their
lives
on
the
line
for
us,
and
then
we
are
having
conversations.
Let's
not
get.
You
know
cheap
about
what
is
right
for
people
to
live
on,
because
everybody's
life
needs
something
different
right.
It's
all
about
people's
individuals
needs
so
I.
L
Thank
you
and
for
being
open
and
supporting
this
and
I
look
forward
to
an
expedited
hearing
so
that
we
can
support
them
and
Mr
President.
If
we
can
do
a
picture,
I
know
it's
not
a
realization,
but
we've
got
no
picture
before
the
officers
leave.
I
really
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
Everyone
thank.
B
B
Oh
yeah,
it's
it's
probably
better
for
the
city
councils
to
go
back
there,
we're
in
brief
recess
for
a
photo.
A
B
A
F
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
the
committee
on
government
operations
held
a
working
session,
Monday
February
6th
on
docket
at
0135
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
relative
to
the
reorganization
of
the
Boston
school
committee,
which
was
sponsored
by
Consular
Mejia
and
myself,
I'd
like
to
thank
my
Council
colleagues
for
attending
councilor,
Mejia
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Cancer,
louisian,
councilor,
Braden,
counselor,
Murphy
and
council
president
Flynn,
not
sure,
but
I
think
Council
Flaherty
was
there,
but
he's
been
at
previous.
F
This
home
rule
petition
would
establish
a
transition
from
a
fully
appointed
school
committee
to
a
fully
elected
school
committee
in
the
city
of
Boston
is
currently
written.
The
legislation
takes
a
phased
and
approach
to
the
transition.
During
the
working
session.
This
committee
discussed
specific
language
suggestions
to
include
a
more
streamlined
phasing
of
the
elected
school
committee.
Importantly,
we
discussed
by
forgetting
the
process
so
that
the
home,
the
home
rule
petition
essentially
will
be
two
home
rule.
F
Petitions
two
separate
petitions
voted
on
separately,
one
for
an
elected
school
committee
and
then
a
secondary
one
on
having
Youth
Advocates
or
youth
BPS
students
vote
on
the
school
committee.
So
two
separate
one
for
an
elected
school
committee.
One
first
student
voting
members
as
chair
of
the
government
operations
I
ask
that
this
matter
remain
in
the
committee
as
we
finalize
all
the
language
suggestions.
However,
I
do
intend
to
move
this
matter
for
a
vote
at
the
next
council
meeting,
which
will
be
next
week.
F
February
15th
I'd
like
to
thank
my
Council
colleagues
again
for
their
input
on
specific
language
suggestions
and
on
the
purposes
for
bifurcation
we've
had
numerous
working
sessions
on
this
and
I
appreciate
everyone's
time
and
energies
on
moving
this
forward.
Those
those
changes
will
be
reflective
in
the
final
version
put
before
the
council.
Thank
you,
Mr
chair.
B
B
C
Zero
two
one
one
document:
zero:
two
one
one
message:
in
order
for
your
approval
and
order
appropriating
from
the
Ed
Edward
Ingersoll
Brown
fund,
the
sum
of
one
million
four
hundred.
Seventy
five
thousand
dollars
for
projects
described
in
the
attached
order.
The
Edward
Ingersoll
Brown
fund
Commissioners
met
on
December,
7th
2022
and
voted
to
approve
these
projects
and
to
establish
a
dedicated
repairs
and
restoration
fund
for
the
brass
for
the
brown
fund
projects.
B
G
You
so
much
Mr,
President
and
I
want
to
thank
the
represent
City's
Treasury
Department,
who
joined
us
on
Monday,
along
with
my
colleagues
and
councilor
Flaherty,
who
is
the
council
representative
on
the
brown
fund,
as
a
commissioner
counselor
at
Murphy
and
yourself,
Mr
President,
the
brown
fund
It's
a
Wonderful
fund
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
Boston
endowed
to
help
beautify
the
city
and
it
funds,
sort
of
public
art
and
beautification
projects,
and
then
actually
also
sends
out
somebody
to
check
every
year
on
the
condition
of
them
and-
and
it
sort
of
is,
you
know
committed
to
this
ever
growing
supply
of
your
catalog
of
great
little
installations,
all
over
the
city
and
various
different
respects
so
really
excited
about
this
year's
slate
of
projects.
G
G
Probably
the
one
sort
of
new
main
thing
that
that
is
included
in
this
order
is
a
half
a
million
dollar
appropriation
for
a
dedicated
repair
and
restoration
fund,
the
ground
fund
kind
of
piloted
having
the
recipients
of
monies,
assign
a
maintenance
agreement
to
kind
of
do
ongoing
maintenance
and
they
send
out
this
person
to
check
annually
on
the
projects.
G
But
there
are
situations
where
the
original
community
group
that
pushed
for
the
project
no
longer
exists
or
like
agreements,
have
lapsed
and
there's
some
really
great
installations
around
the
city
that
need
a
little
bit
more
TLC.
And
so,
while
the
fund
doesn't
want
to
spend
too
much
of
its
money
on
existing
projects
versus
funding
new
projects,
they've
kind
of
established
that
this
is
a
thing
that
they
want
to
be
able
to
do
it
to
some
degree.
And
so
there's
a
half
a
million
dollars.
Counselors
we'll
see
included
in
appropriation
for
that
purpose.
G
I
also
wanted
to
know
that
we
also
I
got
a
Folsom
absence
letter
from
counselor
Louis
Jen.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
yeah
and
then
I
thought
I
just
very
quickly
for
anybody.
Who's
watching
at
home
run
through
the
projects
that
are
funded
in
this
in
the
Slate
I
on
to
the
amounts,
but
generally,
if
it's
design,
it's
sort
of
25
50
000,
if
it's
actually
installing
something
it's
75.
100
125
is
kind
of
the
scale
here.
G
So
there's
money
going
to
lighting
for
chin,
Park
and
Chinatown
for
the
design
of
a
Chinatown
worker
statue
project
for
the
monument
and
Plaza
around
the
John
Foyle
O'reilly
monument
and
the
Back
Bay
fence
to
the
Frederick
Douglass
sculpture
committee
for
a
new
Frederick
Douglass
Memorial
to
the
Coconut
Grove
Memorial.
This
new,
long-awaited
Memorial
commemorating
this
huge
disaster
in
Boston
fires.
History
I
want
to
know
that
we
got
quite
a
lot
of
Correspondence
related
to
this
and
as
a
native
Bay
villager,
it's
close
to
my
heart.
G
G
There's
money
going
to
the
Friends
of
crite
Park
to
improve
there's
money
for
the
public,
access
to
the
green
space
at
First,
Church
Roxbury,
to
improve
Green
Space
in
Codman
Square
to
the
lighting
of
the
William
Lloyd
Garrison
memorial
statue
on
the
comf
mall
to
improve
Community
Gardens
in
Charlestown
to
the
Boys
and
Girls
Clubs
of
Dorchester,
the
accessible
space
connected
to
the
new
Dorchester
field
house
to
the
work
on
the
Memorial,
Hall
fence
and
Landscape
in
Charlestown,
and
then,
as
I
mentioned
again,
the
the
repair
and
restoration
fund,
so
I
would
be
grateful.
G
Mr
President,
if
councilor
clarity
as
I
said,
represents
us
on
the
fund,
could
be
afforded
a
chance
to
speak,
but
once
he
has
that
opportunity,
I
would
love
to
recommend
that
the
council
passed
this
appropriation.
Thank
you.
M
Fall,
thank
you
Mr
President
and
thanks
to
the
sponsor
our
colleague,
Council
Bart
for
explanating,
the
hearing
and
I
just
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
to
Really,
highlight
the
work
of
Margaret
Dyson
who's,
the
trust
manager.
She
runs
a
tight
ship,
to
say
the
least.
The
projects
obviously
speak
for
themselves.
They
take
place
all
across
the
city.
My
district
colleagues
should
take
great
comfort
in
the
brown
fund,
as
well
as
the
role
that
it
plays
in
in
beautification
and
giving
folks
the
resources
they
need
to
to
maintain
those
properties.
M
One
thing
that
I
want
to
highlight
in
Council
block
just
alluded
to
it
is
that
for
the
first
time
in
I
believe
the
brown
funds
history,
Margaret
in
her
wisdom,
came
up
with
something
I
think
that
we
should
consider
doing
for
CPA
down
the
road
which
is
to
have
a
dedicated
repair
and
restoration
fund
and
talk
about
you
know,
good
fiscal
stewardship
and
talk
about.
M
You
know
a
thoughtful
way
to
maintain
projects
that
they've
previously
supported
and
also
being
able
to
carry
out
and
and
really
kind
of,
highlight
the
legacy
of
the
Ingersoll
Brown
fund,
and
that's
something
that
mayor,
Wu
and
I
were
very
excited
about,
as
she
put
the
presentation
together
and
we
identified
some
projects,
the
ones
that
have
been
mentioned
and
and
the
amount
that
we're
putting
towards
them
and
then
to
have
another
discussion
about
hey.
M
You
know
come
up
with
this
idea
and
we
think
that
this
is
more
than
appropriate
way
to
you,
know
kind
of
maintain
existing
contributions
and
support
at
the
meantime,
to
not
reinvent
the
wheel.
So
I
just
thought
that
that
was
worth
highlighting
Margaret
as
the
trust
manager
does
a
phenomenal
job.
M
B
C
B
Thank
you,
Council
Braden,
Council
Braden.
This
is
a
brief
file.
I'll
be
very
brief,
glad
to
partner
with
councilor
Lara,
on
the
importance
of
ensuring
all
young
people,
students
and
BPS
receive
access
to
swimming
lessons,
especially
our
young
students,
students
of
color,
immigrant
immigrant
students,
but
I
know.
This
is
an
important
issue
for
all
of
my
colleagues.
B
B
B
B
L
You,
president
Flynn
I'm
excited
for
the
prospect
of
diffs
being
and
utilized
in
District
7..
The
district
increment
finance
will
allow
the
city
to
incorporate
a
portion
of
their
property
tax
revenues
within
a
specific
area,
in
this
case
district
7,
to
support
various
projects
in
the
community
diff
utilizes
tax
dollars
in
ways
that
better
assist
residents
that
are
dealing
with
problematic
socioeconomic
indicators.
Diff
captures
a
portion
of
tax
revenues
from
new
real
estate
development.
This
can
help
combat
the
Rampage
education
currently
at
work
in
the
community.
L
Additionally,
it
can
act
to
redirect
some
of
those
resources
back
to
the
citizens
of
the
community.
Being
impacted,
I
believe
that
this
can
also
function
as
an
engine
to
support
those
in
Realm
of
the
arts
and
culture
serve
as
well
as
Community
Center
folks
organizations
and
businesses
rooted
in
the
neighborhoods
that
the
diff
is
ascended
within
diffs
can
currently
or
are
currently
being
utilized
in
both
Somerville
and
Brockton.
L
In
Assembly
Square
in
Somerville,
the
diff
was
put
in
place
in
2010
in
an
area
of
66.5
acres
and
has
generated
around
25
million
dollars
in
Revenue
in
Brockton.
The
diff
was
instituted
in
2015
over
an
area
of
190
acres
and
has
generated
around
31
million
dollars
in
Revenue.
A
diff
is
put
in
place
for
30-year
term
which
allows
for
a
portion
of
the
property
tax,
thereby
raise
to
be
put
towards
new
development
and
for
increased
assessed
values
of
existing
properties
to
be
set
aside
for
projects
within
the
boundaries.
L
A
truly
impactful
diff
will
enforce
requirements
that
all
the
projects
hire
locally
and
support
local
businesses,
ensuring
economic
and
social
benefits
to
the
black
and
brown
and
working
class
communities
that
predominantly
into
surrounding
areas
of
the
diff.
Based
on
these
facts,
I
think
that
evidence
is
clear
that
a
property
utilizing
diff
could
be
a
productive
agent
of
economic
and
social
Improvement
and
empowerment
for
district
7..
I.
Look
forward
to
continuing
this
conversation
to
help
ensure
that
these
possibilities
becomes
a
reality.
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
to
my
co-sponsors.
B
I
The
Fall
thank
you,
president
Flynn,
and
thank
you
to
council
Fernandez
Anderson
for
adding
me
I'll,
be
brief.
District
increment
financing
can
be
really
economic,
powerful
economic
tool,
promoting
public,
private
Partnerships
and
channeling
tax
dollars
into
targeted
Redevelopment
districts.
From
my
first
hearing
order
on
municipal
bonds,
I
have
been
interested
in
thinking
about
and
finding
new
and
innovative
ways
to
help
Finance
the
Transformations
that
we
need
in
our
neighborhoods
underutilized
areas
lead
to
a
decrease
in
assessed
property
values,
further
corresponding
to
decreases
in
Municipal
Revenue.
I
Often
it's
difficult
to
attract
private
investment
in
these
areas,
they're
starting
a
downward
spiral.
So
a
diff
can
potentially
break
that
spiral
in
versus
Direction.
It
can
provide
an
Innovative
tool
for
Community
Investments.
It's
an
option
worth
exploring
and
I'm
excited
to
join
Council
Fernandez
Anderson
on
this
hearing
order
to
talk
about
it.
Thank
you.
B
D
You
Mr
chair
first
I'd
like
to
congratulate
the
district
7
City
councilor
and
please
add
my
name:
I,
actually
am
working
on
diff
legislation
specifically
for
the
Morrissey
Boulevard
Corridor.
You
know
the
UMass
the
globe,
building
the
Center
Court,
so
so
we've
come
up
with,
is
to
do
a
diff
defined
area
that
we
have
circled
and
in
this
area
and
you're
familiar
with
the
area.
Council
council
president,
the
tax.
Now
today,
every
year
to
the
city
of
Boston,
is
six
million
dollars.
D
The
projections
in
10
to
15
years
are
going
to
be
150
million
dollars
in
this
same
area
same
tax
base.
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
with
the
diff
in
District
3
that
defined
area
is
to
is,
to
first
get
a
diff
passed,
an
agreement
from
across
the
hall
and
from
the
the
assessing
Department
to
be
able
to
maybe
potentially
go
after
a
a
large
Bond.
Maybe
100
million
dollars
on
we
have
75
of
it
could
go
towards
the
transportation
needs
that
we
have
there
and
25
could
go
towards.
D
Job
training
and
also
I
would
like
to
be
able
to
put
some
of
the
money
into
the
field
house
down
at
Columbia
point
because
Columbia
point:
if
we
do
it
correctly
and
and
and
build
it
out
with
the
services
that
are
there
before
we
start
tricking
it
out
with
all
the
shiny
buildings.
So
if
we
have
a
field
house,
if
we
have
job
training
set
up,
if
we
have
those
sort
of
Pathways
into
into
those
shiny
buildings
than
the
shiny
buildings,
aren't
the
enemy.
So
thank
you
for
thank
you
for
your
work.
D
Please
sign
me
on
and
and
also
I
would
like
to
we'll
work
with
your
office.
We
could
probably
have
both
of
the
hearings
together.
First
pop
would
be
would
deal
with
what
a
diff
might
look
like
in
District,
Seven
and
then,
and
then
the
second
half
of
it
could
be
talk
specifically
about
my
area
that
I
have
identified.
We've
done
numbers
we
have.
We
have
buildings
in
different
projects,
all
identified
that
are
going
to
be
within
that
within
that
diff
area.
So
thank
you
for
your
work.
Thank
you.
Mr
President.
B
B
I
B
I
That
is
difficult
to
to
Really,
to
observe
and
that's
leading
to
a
lot
of
depression
and
anxiety
among
our
student
population.
Last
week
or
the
week
before.
I
Last
in
this
Chambers,
we
honored
the
guidance
counselor
of
the
year
Mrs
and
and
Cassio
Martin
over
at
Boston
Latin
School,
and
she
spoke
to
the
need
of
having
more
guidance
counselors
to
be
the
front
line
of
of
services
for
our
young
kids
when
they
come
to
the
doors
we
heard
that
last
year
for
those
of
us
who
were
at
deci
and
attended
the
Desi's
misguided
hearing
on
a
state
takeover.
They
also
honored
the
guys
pass
from
the
year
from
last
year,
and
she
too
said
when
they
asked.
I
What
do
we
need
to
do
to
make
sure
that
we
are
meeting
the
needs
of
our
students?
Is
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
decreasing
that
that
student
to
guidance,
counselor
ratio,
so
that
our
guidance
counselors
are
not
just
reacting
to
the
needs
of
our
students?
So
they
could
be
more
reactive
and
engaged
in
the
lives
of
our
in
the
student
in
our
young
people?
I
They
are
critical
not
only
to
showing
our
young
kids
the
career
opportunities.
It's
also
creates
an
environment
where
our
young
kids
have
trusting
adults
that
they
can
turn
to
and
look
to
to
help
solve
big
and
small
problems
to
know
that,
there's
someone
in
the
building
who
isn't
a
teacher,
someone
who
isn't
their
parent
and
they
can
build
a
relationship
with
and
build
trust
with,
I
think
it's
going
to
the
more
that
we
really
Center
our
guidance
classes.
I
In
the
conversation,
the
more
we'll
see
incredible
outcomes
in
our
young
people
I
had
the
distinct
pleasure
this
morning
of
going
to
Young
Achievers
K-8
in
Mattapan,
which
is
where
my
niece
goes,
which
is
a
school
that
has
also
been
struggling
with
a
number
of
issues
among
the
student
population
and
I
think.
I
The
way
that
we
meet
the
needs
of
our
young
students
is
by
making
sure
that
they
have
the
social
and
emotional
supports
they
need
for
to
succeed,
and
that
is
through
building
relationships
with
trusting
adults
and
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
all
of
the
incredible
staff
at
Young,
Achievers
doc,
from
the
head
of
school
Dr
Jody
to
all
of
the
support
staff
that
are
really
invested
in
the
success,
both
academically
of
the
kids
and
on
their
mental
health.
We
know
that
they
are
really
doing
great
work
in
terms
of
transparency.
I
We
know
about
some
of
the
difficult
issues
that
they're
facing
because
they
report
them,
and
so
it's
upon
us
to
meet
their
needs.
They
don't
have
a
guidance
counselor,
not
one
in
the
building,
and
that
is
part
of
the
problem,
and
so
I
am
committed
to
having
this
hearing
and
bringing
in
experts
who
have
been
really
working.
I
National
experts
who
have
been
talking
about
the
need
for
us
to
have
more
guidance
councils
in
our
school
buildings
so
that
we
can
really
build
trust
with
our
student
population
and
I'm
excited
to
have
this
conversation
as
we're
thinking
about
the
budget
as
we're
thinking
about
how
we
support
our
schools
with
the
resources
that
we
need
for
our
kids
to
succeed
and
we're
making
sure
that
they're
surrounded
by
loving
and
trusting
adults.
So
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
on
this
matter
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
it
hearing.
Thank
you.
B
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
Thank
you,
Council
regen
for
Adam
me
as
a
co-sponsor
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
on
this.
The
interesting
perspective
about
public
schools
is
that
most
of
the
people,
especially
like
in
and
I,
hear
this
mostly
and
I,
don't
want
to
categorize.
Like
political.
You
know,
compartmentalized
political
positions
of
people,
whether
liberal
or
Progressive
or
whatever,
because
people
are
people
right,
but
some
people
talk
about
this
public
schools
like
we
don't
need
we
don't.
We
don't
need
more
money,
for
example
in
these
services
or
deserves
the
problem.
L
Is
we
need
better
curriculums
or
we
need
to
reform
our
education
system?
The
pro
the
issue
with
that
is
as
a
young
mother
at
20
years
old,
when
I
had
my
son
I
immediately
at
while
I
was
expecting
I
immediately
signed
up
for
mecco
program,
and
so
my
son,
my
older
son
graduated
from
Weston
High
School,
and
you
know,
then
of
course
my
younger
son,
also
always
in
mecco
and
so
I
go
to
these
facilities.
I
go
to
these
schools
to
visit
and
I,
look
at
the
facilities
and
it's
state
of
the
art.
L
When
I
tell
you
that
it's
a
completely
different
environment,
it's
a
completely
different
environment,
they
have
state-of-the-art
facilities.
When
I
tell
you
CDL
facilities,
it
is
holistic,
it
is
clean.
Everything
works,
it's
efficient
and
it's
state
of
the
art,
and
so
yet
they
have
outdoor
spaces
exponential
learning
and
all
of
this
all
of
these
things
that
helps
you
with
again
other
ways
of
learning
that
complements
curriculums
are
available
and
resources
are
available
to
our
students,
sports
that
supports,
and
we
as
we
know
it
right.
L
L
You
know
quickly,
triage
a
problem
and
sometimes
sometimes
I,
think
or
I
guess
a
psychiatrists
would
diagnose
and
then
and
to
do
Services
we're
doing
it
wrong
and
we're
rushing
it
and
we're
sort
of
congesting
a
whole
bunch
of
clientele
in
one
social
work
and
we're
saying
two
social
workers
per
school:
that's
actually
inefficient
one
guidance
counselor
for
school
inefficient.
L
However,
while
we
don't
have
these
things,
while
we're
not
properly
investing
in
our
children's
social
determinants
of
Health
as
a
city,
we're
working
to
do
that,
while
while
we're
doing
all
of
that,
we
definitely
need
guidance,
counselors,
social
workers
or
counselors,
what
they
do
is
they
Implement
treatment
plans
and
goals,
and
then
they
leave
it
to
us
parents
to
go
home
to
follow
up
and
then
a
lot
of
the
parents.
Don't
have
the
resources
to
understand
a
child's
diagnosis
or
the
treatment
plan,
so
they
can't
complement
behavioral
modification
at
home.
L
What
they
do,
then,
is
left
to
structure
that
child
out
of
school
time
with
very
little
resources.
So
it's
not
that
we're
doing
it
backwards.
It's
that
we
are
not
actually
allocating
resources
in
facilities
or
again
in
those
lifestyle
type
of
resources
that
complements
a
child's
academic
success
as
well
as
we
don't
actually
have
enough
of
people
like
guidance
counselors.
Who
will
actually
take
you
to
sit
down
with
your
child
and
look
at
their
sort
of
executive
function,
habits
and
skills
that
they
can
teach
your
child
and
also
looking
at
their
curriculum?
L
Their
career
planning
right
so
I
want
us
to
be
very
open
to
this
conversation,
less
judgmental
as
to
what
the
resources
or
what
Solutions
will
work
and
not
work.
One
thing
is
for
certain:
we
definitely
really
need
more
guidance,
counselors
so
again,
of
course,
I
support
this
and
look
forward
to
the
work.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
F
B
Docker0380
we
refer
to
the
committee
on
education,
Mr
clerk
on
dock
at
zero.
Three,
seven:
nine.
Could
we
add
council
Arroyo
as
well
we're
entrepersonal
orders
Mr
clerk.
Please
read
dock
at
zero.
Three,
eight
one.
B
The
church,
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passive
dock
at
zero,
three
eight
one,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
I'll,
post,
say
nay
the
eyes
have
it
the
dark
at
his
past,
we're
on
to
late
files,
I'm
informed
by
the
clerk
that
there
are
five
additional
late
file
matters.
The
additional
late
file
matters
include
a
letter
of
absence
from
counselor
Mejia,
a
letter
of
absence
from
Council
Coletta,
a
letter
of
absence
from
Council
Rel
ordinance
from
Council
Fernandez
Anderson,
a
home
rule
petition
from
Council
Royal
these
late
mile.
B
B
B
C
Filed
from
Council
of
Julia
Mejia,
dear
council,
president
Flynn
I'm
going
to
inform
you
of
my
absence
today:
February
8,
2023
23
city
council
meeting.
Please
note
that
I'll
be
traveling
to
Washington
DC
with
15
Boston
residents
for
the
annual
Dominicans
on
the
hill
Conference
of
representative
from
my
staff
will
be
listening
in
and
following
up
with
me
and
I
will
thoroughly
review
the
video
in
meeting
minutes.
Thank
you
sincerely.
C
Councilman
Julia
Mejia,
like
file
number
two
from
counselor
Gabriella
Coletta,
dear
council,
president
Flynn
I
regret
to
inform
you
that
I
will
be
absent
from
our
weekly
council
meeting
on
February
8
2023,
due
to
a
previous
commitment.
That
I
must
attend
to
kindly
read
this
letter
into
the
record:
sincerely
councilor,
Coletta
and
Duncan,
and
the
third
late
file
doc
from
councilor
Brian
Worrell.
Dear
president,
Flynn,
please
be
advised
that
I
am
unable
to
attend
today's
council
meeting
due
to
a
familial
commitments.
C
B
Thank
you,
Mr
Clark,
these
three
late
file
matters
will
be
placed
on
file
Mr
Clark,
the
fourth
late
file.
Will
you
please
read
that
which
is
an
ordinance
from
City
councilor,
Tanya,
Fernandez
Anderson.
B
L
You
Mr
President
Mr
clerk.
When
you
read
that
part,
you
have
to
say
the
second
most
expensive
city
in
the
city
in
the
country
like
that
yeah
Mr
president.
Thank
you
so
much.
The
city
council
is
fortunate
enough
to
support
to
be
supported
by
our
staff
members,
who
work
hard
to
ensure
that
respective
districts
and
City
best
interests
are
always
the
focal
point
of
what
we
do.
L
Our
staff
deserve
to
get
paid
for
the
work
that
they
put
in
and
for
the
tasks
that
arise
for
them
to
fulfill
the
daily
base
on
a
daily
basis
from
being
on
the
phone
and
to
consoling
constituents
attending
meetings
across
the
district
or
city.
Our
staff
are
valuable
contributors
to
the
collective
Enterprise
and
comprises
of
local
government
many
put
a
long
hours
as
a
result.
We
end
up
having
short
nights,
just
make
sure
just
to
make
sure
that
people
that
we
serve
are
well
supported
because
they
work
so
hard
they
deserve
to.
L
They
deserve
a
pay
that
matches
their
job
descriptions,
and
that
is
because
constitutive
of
the
tasks
they
take
on
all
of
our
task.
Members
are
required
to
be
residents
of
Boston.
So
they
have
to
pay
rent
mortgage
Transportation,
just
like
the
rest
of
us,
many
of
course
with
families,
yet
staffers
get
paid
less
than
the
state
legislators,
even
though,
on
the
average
represent
most
twice
of
the
many
as
many
people.
L
How
do
we
expect
them
to
keep
up
with
the
rising
cost
of
housing
in
Boston,
where
the
Federal
Reserve
states
that
the
residents
of
Boston
needs
to
get
paid?
At
least
eighty
thousand
dollars
to
spend
28
percent
of
their
income
on
housing
rental
in
rent
in
Boston
on
average
is
two
thousand
dollars
or
above
and
that's
if
you're
lucky
to
get
a
tube,
maybe
I
don't
know.
L
Maybe
a
one
bedroom
at
this
point
with
the
vast
majority
of
Apartments
now
going
in
significantly
more
than
that,
according
to
a
harbor
study,
as
we
all
know
here,
residents
needs
a
salary
of
at
least
181
thousand
dollars,
not
a
hun,
not
a
hundred
and
three
thousand
dollars.
Eight
hundred
and
eighty
one
thousand
dollars
just
to
afford
a
home.
L
That's
why
I
am
promising
an
ordinance,
or
at
least
proposing
sorry,
an
ordinance
to
increase
city
council
staff
budget
to
three
hundred
ninety
thousand
dollars
for
counselors
and,
of
course,
in
my
brief
I've
explained,
I
broke
down
the
salaries
I've
compared
it
to
other
positions
that
are
similar
to
our
staff
and
just
to
be
very
clear.
We
talk
about
paying
people,
but
we
go
back
to
our
staff.
We
expect
them
to
do
everything.
Yes,
we
work
about
80
hours
easily
a
week.
L
Yes,
we
put
in
a
lot
of
hours,
but
we
do
expect
our
staff
to
do
all
of
it.
These
are
grown
adults
with
families.
These
are
people
that
we
say
we
respect
that.
We
treat
with
dignity
that
we
push
to
to
run
around
and
take
care
of
everything.
We
know
we
don't
even
have
enough
staff,
we
need
office
managers,
we
need
other
types
of
staffs,
but
we
don't
have
enough
money
to
be
able
to
increase
our
capacity.
L
So
what
we
do
is
we
take
now
up
to
315
000
dollars
and
we
split
that
up
and
then
we
say:
hey,
we
have
we
know
we.
We
say
we
have
a
staff
and
we
have
a
director
of
this-
a
policy
director
of
constituent
service
director
of
communications.
We
call
them
directors,
but
we
pay
them
less
than
seventy
five
thousand
dollars,
and
sometimes
we
give
them
bonuses.
This
is
all
public
information,
but
some
of
these
people,
some
of
our
staff
members,
start
at
forty
five
thousand
dollars.
Constituent
services
that
inquire.
L
That
requires
a
lot
of
trauma-induced
work,
that's
more
of
a
case
manager,
social
worker
level,
work,
and
so
when
we
are
paying
people
just
forty
five.
Fifty
thousand
dollars
to
stand
on
the
phone
to
get
yelled
at
to
receive
all
of
the
trauma
and
everything
that
poor
families
are
going
through
and
complaining
on
the
phone
or
sorry
reporting
on
the
phone.
Then
we
say
oh
yeah,
my
director
would-
and
we
proudly
announced
them,
and
we
know
that
we
all
agree
that
they
should
get
paid
more
so
in
instead
of
putting
it
all
on
the
council.
L
President
Mr
Flynn
Mr
President
I'd
like
to
thank
you
so
much
for
increasing
their
salaries
this
year
twice,
but
still
we're
still
not
at
the
amount
that
we
need
in
order
to
respectfully
pay
people.
So
I
suggest
that
we
compare
this
again
to
other
positions
in
our
admin
staff.
We
we
were
able
to
do
that.
We
were
able
to
raise
our
admin
staff
salary
because
we
believe
we
all
agree
that
they
deserve
better.
We
should
do
the
same
with
our
staff
as
well.
L
Thank
you
and
I
look
forward
to
my
Council
colleagues
to
standing
up
and
supporting
this
and
having
a
conversation
about
exactly
what
is
necessary
to
pay
people
respectful,
respectful
salaries
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Again,
if
we're
calling
them
directors-
and
the
same
goes
for
us
like
we
again,
our
salary
is
our-
is
a
political
conversation.
I
get
it,
you
know
the
public
might
say
we
get
paid
too
much,
and
so
we
start
saying
stuff
like
oh,
you
know,
if
maybe
maybe
some
counselors
are
okay
with
it,
but
it's
really
not.
L
It
doesn't
equate
to
what
we
need
for
Boston,
and
yet
everybody
else
in
our
positions
or
positional
leadership
gets
paid
like
about
150
000
and,
above
so
not
even
close
to
what
we
get
and
then
we're
called
like
counselors
and
it's
like
yeah
we're
counselors,
but
we
can
barely
afford
Boston
too
and
then
we're
paying
calling
people
directors,
but
yet
we
pay
them
under
75
000.
That's
not
fair!
It's
not
right.
We
got
to
change
that
immediately,
so
I
hope
that
you
guys
will
support
me
in
having
this
conversation.
Let's
do
the
right
thing.
B
H
Thank
you,
council
president
Flynn
I
did
just
want
to
stand.
Thank
you
for
bringing
this
forward.
I
know.
All
of
this
will
be
talked
about
and
worked
out
in
the
hearings,
but
the,
whereas,
where
you've
said
that
each
city
council
represents
75
around
75
000
residents,
I
do
want
to
stand
with
my
other
at-large
counselors
to
remind
you.
We
represent
700
000
residents
and
some
days
I
do
feel
like
and
I
know.
My
at-large
colleagues
would
agree
some
days.
H
Our
office
feels
like
we're
supposed
to
do
the
work
of
nine,
which
is
humanly
impossible.
We
cannot
be
nine
District,
councilors
and
so
I
do
know
that
that
will
be
part
of
the
conversation,
but
I
did
just
want
to
stand
and
say
that.
Thank
you.
B
I
Thank
you,
president
Flynn
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you.
Please
add
my
name,
counselor
Jameson.
Thank
you
for
bringing
this
conversation
to
the
floor.
I
I
wholeheartedly
agree
that
we
ask
our
staff
to
do
a
lot
and
just
like
everything,
the
courses
that
we're
having
we
got
to
match,
how
much
we
care
about
our
people
and
how
much
work
they
do
for
us
by
showing
them
how
much
we
truly
value
them
in
their
paychecks
and
that's
true
for
everyone
and
for
every
office.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
John
did
anyone
else
like
to
speak.
Did
she
recognizes
Council
Fernandez
Anderson.
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
I'm,
sorry,
guys,
councilor,
president
Finn
I
forgot
to
add
counselor
Julia
Mejia
as
a
co-sponsor.
B
Mr
Clark,
please
add
councilor
Arroyo
Council
Bar,
Council,
Braden,
Council,
Flaherty,
Council
Louisiana,
please
councilor
Murphy,
please
have
the
chair
and
let
me
briefly
state
that
I
want
to
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
Fernandez
Anderson.
This
is
an
important
discussion
and
I
know
during
the
last
budget
process.
B
An
increase
thanks
thanks
to
to
Mayor,
Wu
and
I.
Think
mayor
Wu
understands
the
important
role
that
the
city
council
and
the
staff
play
as
being
a
former
city
council.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
mayor's
Administration,
but
it's
also
important
to
continue
to
advocate
in
making
sure
we
get
the
resources
we
deserve.
We
we
need
so
our
our
staff
can
do
their
job
effectively.
Thank
you,
councilor
Fernandez
Anderson,
this
slate
filed
matter
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
rules
Administration,
since
it
is
related
to
city
council
Personnel
in
operations.
B
C
Record
profit
by
council
is
Arroyo
and
Mejia
home
rule
petition,
whereas
the
Boston
school
committee
is
governed
as
the
governing
body
of
the
Boston
public
schools
and
is
responsible
for
defining
the
vision,
mission
and
goals
of
BPS
the
annual
operating
budget,
hiring
managing
and
evaluating
the
superintendent
and
setting
and
reviewing
District
policies
and
practices.
A
petition
for
a
special
law
enact
establishing
student
voting
on
the
Boston
school
committee,
foreign.
B
F
You,
president
Flynn.
This
is
simply
the
bifurcation
that
I
spoke
about
taking
the
student
voting
members
and
making
that
its
own
home
rule
petition,
and
so
we
will
have
a
home
rule
petition
before
the
body
next
week
regarding
an
elected
school
committee
and
then
a
home
roll
petition
before
the
body
next
week.
Regarding
student
voting
members,
there
will
be
two
separate
votes
that
will
allow
people
to
express
their
opinions
on
both
of
those
things
separately,
while
also
allowing
the
mayor
and
the
legislature
to
make
determinations
on
both
of
those
things
separately.
F
So
there
will
be
a
elected
school
committee
vote
and
they
will
be
a
student
voting
member
vote,
and
this
will
allow
folks
to
express
their
opinions
on
both
but
not
feel
as
if
they
are
being
sort
of
forced
to
speak
on
one
while
trying
to
speak
on
another,
and
so
both
of
those
things
will
go
up
the
same
day.
But
they
will
the
decisions
on
what
and
how
you
vote
on.
F
Those
will
certainly
be
up
to
the
body
up
to
the
mayor
and
how
she
would
like
to
address
those
and
up
to
the
legislature
and
how
they
would
like
to
address
those,
but
this
will
separate
the
two
things
and
have
an
elected
school
committee
and
then
the
student
voting
member,
and
so
this
simply
would
take
the
process
that
we
already
use
for
our
student
voting
members.
So
election
through
bsac
appointment
through
bsac,
they
would
get
appointed
instead
of
one
student.
F
It
would
be
two
BPS
students
and
it
would
provide
an
alternate
seat
in
case
either.
One
of
those
two
needs
to
be
replaced
or
is
unable
to
continue
their
duties
during
that
year,
all
of
them
through
the
current
bsac
process
that
we
currently
use
to
select
our
student
member,
but
our
as
as
his
body
knows,
our
current
student
member
does
not
have
the
ability
to
vote
on
matters
before
the
school
committee.
This
would
change
that.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
Council
Royal
would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
in
this
matter?
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
Kirk,
please
add
councilor
Council
Braden
Council
Fernandez
Anderson
Council,
Flaherty
Council
Louisiana,
this
late
file
matter.
We
refer
to
the
community
of
government
operations
we're
on
to
green
sheets.
B
D
Mr
clerk
I
have
two
two
separate
sets,
so
we'll
go
through
the
first,
the
first
set
of
them
I'm
looking
to
pull
dockets
zero;
two
one:
three:
zero,
two
one:
four
from
page
nine
and
fourteen
in
the
green
sheets
and
zero.
Two
one,
five
on
page
10
of
14
in
the
green
sheets,.
D
A
D
C
Record
from
the
committee
on
Planning,
Development
and
transportation,
docket
number
zero,
two
one
three
message:
in
order
for
the
confirmation
of
the
appointment
of
curlis
kemeny
as
an
alternate
member
of
the
Beacon
Hill
architectural
commission
for
a
term
expiring
me
first
2026.
document
number
zero,
two
one
four
message:
in
order
for
the
confirmation
of
the
appointment
of
Maurice
Feingold
as
a
member
of
the
Beacon
Hill
architectural
commission
for
a
term
expiring,
May,
1st
2026.
C
B
D
You
Mr
President
I,
did
want
to
try
and
have
some
hearings
on
these
just
so
we
can
get
an
understanding
of
what
the
architectural
commissions
actually
do,
but
you've
probably
tried
to
look
at
the
chamber.
It's
booked
out
for
a
couple
of
months,
so
there's
some
moving
Parts
on
both
on
both
of
these
commissions
here
so
I
want
to
just
bring
them
forward
to
a
vote
and
and
and
have
them
confirmed
here
today.
Thank.
G
Thank
you
so
much
I
just
wanted
to
express
my
thanks
to
councilor
Baker
for
moving
these.
They
are
the
Back
Bay
architectural
commission
and
the
Beacon
Hill
architectural
commission,
and
we
have
several
members
who
are
currently
staying
on
because
they're
needed
for
Quorum,
but
they're
really
ready
to
retire
and
roll
off
and
so
they've
been
waiting
on
their
Replacements
and
just
really
appreciate
councilor
Baker
for
moving
us
forward.
I
also
wanted
to
use
the
moment
to
say
to
anybody
who
might
be
interested.
G
One
of
the
nominees
Thomas
high
is
responsible
for
this
website,
Back
Bay
houses.org,
which
has
exhaustive
history
of
every
house
in
Back
Bay.
So
if
you
are
ever,
you
know
looking
if
you're
ever
walking
through
the
Back
Bay
and
you
wonder
about
a
weird
architectural
feature:
Tom
has
probably
cataloged
it.
It's
a
really
neat
website.
So
back
bayhouses.org
and
thanks
again
to
counselor
Baker
for
my
babies,.
B
The
appointment
has
been
confirmed
for
docket
zero.
Two
one,
three
Council
Baker
moves
for
the
confirmation
of
docket
zero,
two
one,
four,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
all
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
appointment
has
been
confirmed
for
docket
zero,
two
one,
four
Council
Baker
who's
for
confirmation
of
docket
zero,
two
one,
five,
all
those
in
favor,
say
aye
folks,
say
nay.
The
eyes
have
at
the
appointment
has
been
confirmed
for
docket
zero.
B
Two
one:
five
councilor
Baker
moves
for
confirmation
of
docket
zero,
two
one,
nine
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
I'll,
post,
saying,
hey.
The
appointment
has
been
confirmed
for
dock
at
zero.
Two
one:
nine
Council
Baker
moves
the
confirmation
of
docket
zero,
two
two,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
our
post,
say,
nay,
the
ice
habit.
The
appointment
has
been
confirmed
for
docket
zero.
Two
two
Council
Abacus
moves
for
the
confirmation
of
docket
zero,
two
two
three,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
aye
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
B
M
Council
Flaherty,
thank
you,
Mr
President,
just
briefly,
just
and
under
the
hospice
of
announcements
just
want
to
recognize
our
our
firefighters,
Boston
fire
department,
specifically
our
commissioner,
his
Command
Staff,
the
men
and
women
of
the
fire
department
of
firefighters
and
fire
alarm
operators
who
managed
an
endless
stream
of
calls
over
48-hour
period
during
the
bitter
cold
temperatures
getting
as
low
as
minus
32
degrees
and
so
their
dedication.
M
Their
professionalism
that
you
know
we
as
council
is,
but
also
as
residents
in
the
city
can
be
very
proud
of.
So
I
know
that
Sam
Dillon,
president
of
718
and
Randy
Greeley,
the
legislative
rep
from
718,
is
here
and
if
he
could
just
bring
a
message
back
to
them
from
the
Boston
City
Council
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
we're
so
proud
and
we're
so
thankful
that
you
answered
each
and
every
call
and
for
those
that
are
interested
just
in
a
48-hour
period.
1872
runs
on
president.
M
They
made
history
and
as
soon
as
some
engines
came
back
and
a
lot
of
companies,
they
had
to
go
right
back
out
and
some
were
actually
on
the
way
back
to
their
house
and
had
to
come
back
dealing
with
fires,
frozen
pipes,
people
without
heat,
emergency
situations,
car
accidents,
you
name
it.
They
dealt
with
it
over
a
48-hour
period
and
they
handle
it,
as
I
mentioned,
with
dedication
and
professionals.
So
Round
of
Applause
from
all
of
us.
B
You
Council
Clarity
before
we
go
on
to
memorials,
would
anyone
else
like
to
offer
an
a
brief
announcement
at
this
time
teacher
recognizes
Council
of
Fernandez
Anderson
Council
of.
L
I
just
wanted
to
ask
everyone
to
pray
for
the
victims
of
the
our
great
I
know
that
it's
in
countries
abroad,
but
I've
I,
know
that
everyone
has
seen
the
videos
and
pictures
online
and
just
for
to
pray
for
all
the
the
mothers
fathers,
the
family
members
of
all
the
victims
of
the
earthquake.
And
we
have
you
in
our
prayers
and
we
wish
you
for
a
more
Prosper
or
a
better
future.
B
J
You
Mr
President
in
our
closing
remembrances
I'd
like
to
hold
up
the
name
of
David
Gerald
Foley.
He
proudly
served
his
country
in
the
United
States
Marine
Corps
and
was
a
former
worker
for
the
Boston
Water
insurer,
commission
and
he
resided
in
Brighton
among
his
fellow
fellow
veterans
at
Brighton.
Marine
David
was
a
good
friend,
a
loving
father,
son
and
brother,
and
it
is.
It
is
an
honor
to
offer
a
tribute
to
his
life.
J
It
had
to
end
so
soon
and
in
this
moment
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
and
and
great
appreciation
for
the
work
of
the
bright
Marine
for
all
our
great
work
to
support
our
veterans
through
housing
and
and
the
menu
of
really
Supportive
Services.
That
help
help
our
veterans
settle
back
into
civilian
life
again.
So
thank
you
to
Bright
marine
and
thanks
and
gratitude
issued
for
the
life
of
David,
Gerald
Foley.
G
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
President
I
just
wanted
to
recognize
Bill
Mackey,
who
was
a
long-term
member
of
my
church,
the
father
of
a
close
friend
who
I
grew
up
in
youth
group
with
and
for
40
years.
A
surgeon
at
Tufts
Medical
led
the
department
there
as
a
really
renowned
vascular
surgeon,
but
it
was
just
an
amazing
man
and
he
used
to
lead
regular
medical
trips
down
to
Honduras
and
just
yeah.
G
G
Mackie
families
obviously
grappling
with
this,
and
we
had
a
really
lovely
memorial
service
for
him
yesterday
at
Trinity
Church,
but
I
just
wanted
to
his
name
will
be
on
the
list,
but
to
mention
that
he's
somebody
who
meant
a
lot
to
me
and
my
growing,
and
just
remembering
him
and
and
thinking
of
his
family
this
week.
Thank
you.
B
D
You
Mr
President
just
wanted
to
recognize
Mary
George
Mrs
George.
She
was
anisra
Sabi
George's
mother-in-law
from
a
from
a
pillow
family
in
our
power
should
Saint
Margaret's
Steve
the
dad
coach,
CYO
baseball
coach
me
in
baseball
coach
me
in
hockey
not
hockey
basketball
up
the
little
house,
and
just
you
know,
we
lost
another
strong
matriarchal
figure
endorsement
stuff.
Thank.
B
L
Mr
president,
on
a
lighter
note,
my
son
is
a
U.S
Marina.
You
guys
all
know
that
he
just
made
Corporal
in
less
than
three
years.
So
congratulations.
L
You
know
it's
it's
a
big
deal,
I,
don't
know
how
many
people,
but
if
you
don't
know
about
it,
go
look
at
go!
Look
it
up.
This
does
not
happen
often
and
when
it
does,
I
am
super.
Proud.
I
can't
salute
them
on
here.
A
court
apparently
I
haven't
earned
the
rights
to
even
do
that,
but
hoorah
mom
is
so
proud
of
you.
Thank
you.
Everyone.
B
Well
that,
thank
you,
Council
Fernandez
Anderson,
that's
great
great
news,
and
you
know
when
a
when
a
veteran
serves
so
doesn't
the
family.
So
we
also
acknowledge
the
important
role
military
families
play
in
our
city
and
and
another
country
and
I'd
also
like
to
acknowledge
the
work
of
the
city
of
Boston,
Veterans
Services
Department,
commissioner
Santiago,
who
does
a
who
does
a
wonderful
job.
B
I
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
one
one
issue:
I'll.
Do
it
very
briefly
had
the
opportunity
to
join
several
colleagues
and
mayor
will
two
days
ago
for
the
groundbreaking
ceremony
for
the
firehouse
at
Meeting,
House
Hill,
but
that
without
important
work
was
really
done
by
our
colleague,
councilor
Baker
fighting
to
get
that
in
the
budget
working
with
working
with
mayor
Walsh
working
with
mayor
will,
but
just
want
to
acknowledge,
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
important
work
of
a
counselor,
Baker,
you're
welcome
and
then
my
final.
B
My
final
announcement
is
the
the
president
last
night
at
the
State
of
the
Union
Address
it
was.
It
was
great
to
hear
and
I
know
Council
Fernandez
Anderson
will
Shia
will
share
this
as
well.
Maybe
all
of
my
colleagues,
but
he
talked
a
lot
about
returning
veterans
in
making
sure
that
they
have
the
services
and
support
that
they
need
to
live
productive
lives.
Following
following
a
return
from
active
duty
service.
B
We
recently
did
the
homeless
count
with
councilor
Bach
and
mayor
will,
and
one
of
the
one
of
the
issues
I
worked
on
was
the
identifying
the
homeless
veterans,
but
we're
so
fortunate
to
have
a
wonderful
organization
across
the
street.
The
New
England
Center
for
homeless
veterans,
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
my
colleagues
that
support
our
veterans
and
military
families
as
well.
B
Today,
we're
going
to
a
journal
a
meeting
in
memory
of
the
following
individuals:
Council
Baker
Flaherty
Flynn,
Murphy,
Mary,
George,
Jacqueline,
Downey
Watts
for
counselor
Braden,
David,
Foley,
United,
States,
Marine
Corps
for
Council
overall
Fitzroy
Lynch
for
the
entire
city
council,
Tyler
Lawrence
a
moment
of
silence.
Please.
B
The
chair
moves
that
the
council
adjourns
today
in
memory
of
those
individuals
mentioned.
We
are
scheduled
to
meet
again
in
the
united
chamber
on
Wednesday
February
15th
at
12
noon.
Before
we
adjourn
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
clerk
and
the
clerk's
wonderful
staff.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
city
council,
Central
staff
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
city,
council,
colleagues
and
your
staff
as
well,
and
all
of
the
city
employees
that
make
a
difference
here
in
helping
helping
us
get
ready
for
this
Wednesday
meeting.