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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on January 13, 2021
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Boston City Council Meeting on January 13, 2021
C
D
D
It
is
certainly
my
pleasure
to
have
reverend
rodrick
here
with
us
today,
as
he
has
become,
or
is
becoming
the
senior
pastor
leading
the
historic
12th
baptist
church,
which
is
my
family's
church.
My
home
church
had
a
wonderful
mlk
service.
This
past
sunday
celebrating
dr
king's
legacy,
along
with
other
elected
officials
attorney
maura
healey,
gave
an
amazing,
dynamic
keynote
reverend
broderick
has
been
a
a
friend
to
this
body.
D
E
Thank
you,
council
to
president
janie
and
thank
you
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
happy
new
year,
first
and
foremost
happy
new
year
to
each
and
every
person
who's
viewing
this
particular
meeting.
I
am
very
honored
to
be
here
and
I'm
glad
to
take
over
as
I
started
january
1
the
senior
pastor
of
the
historic
12th
baptist
church,
and
I
am
thankful
to
account
you
all
as
partners
in
the
work
of
justice,
I'm
honored
to
open
up
this
first
meeting
of
the
year
and
without
further
ado.
Let
us
go
to
god
in
prayer.
F
Most
gracious
and
wise
god.
We
gather
on
this
day
thanking
you
for
life,
health
and
strength,
and
we
come
to
you
into
this
new
year
with
a
heaviness
due
to
the
fact
that
we
are
facing
the
pandemic
that
has
ravaged
our
nation
and
our
city
and
god
we
recognize
the
vulnerabilities
of
our
system
in
the
ways
in
which
it
has
disproportionately
affected
our
black
and
brown
communities.
F
F
God
we
ask
that
your
blessings
be
upon
the
women
and
men
of
this
council
who
have
been
chosen
to
lead
this
city
at
this
appointed
time,
and
we
are
thankful
that
this
duly
elected
body
is
more
representative
of
the
diversity
of
this
great
city
god.
So
much
is
happening
in
boston
and
I
pray
that,
as
we
transition
into
this
new
era,
this
new
year
of
leadership,
that
this
council
continues
to
acknowledge
their
great
responsibility
to
serve
each
and
every
constituent
in
all
of
our
communities.
F
F
D
D
D
Our
mayor
has
been
nominated
for
a
u.s
secretary
and
I'm
sure
his
city
is
very
proud.
We're
all
very
proud
and,
on
behalf
of
the
entire
city
council,
want
to
thank
him
for
his
service
want
to
congratulate
him
on
that.
That
certainly
does
mean
there
will
be
some
movement
here
as
he
announced
yesterday.
D
If
you
could
amend
the
attendance
report
to
reflect
that
councilor
o'malley
has
joined
us
and
now
move
on
to
the
first
order
of
business,
which
is
the
approval
of
our
minute,
seeing
and
hearing
no
discussion,
but
we
didn't
have
the
last
meeting
but
from
last
year.
So
we
will
approve
that
there's
no
discussion
here.
J
I
B
D
B
D
B
Thank
you
doc
at
zero,
one,
one
four
message
and
order:
approving
a
supplemental
appropriation
of
one
million,
eight
hundred
and
fifty
seven
thousand
two
hundred
and
twenty
dollars
for
the
boston
public
schools
for
the
fy21
to
cover
the
cost
items
contained
within
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
the
boston
school
committee
and
the
boston.
Excuse
me,
association
of
school
administrators
and
supervisors,
known
as
basis
filed
in
the
office
of
the
city
clerk.
Would
you
like
me
to
read
the
next
one
also.
B
Thank
you.
That
would
be
great
rocket,
0115
message
in
order
to
reduce
the
appropriation
for
the
reserve
for
collective
bargaining
by
1
857
220,
to
provide
funding
in
the
boston
public
schools
of
the
fy21
cost
items
contained
within
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
the
boston
school
committee
and
the
boston
association
of
school
administrators
and
supervisors,
known
as
bases.
B
Bucket
zero
one
one
six
message
and
auto
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
extended
amount
of
one
million,
eight
hundred
and
one
thousand
four
hundred
and
six
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant.
Fy21
senator
charles
e
chan
and
dunya
community
safety
initiative
grant
awarded
by
the
mass
executive
office
of
public
safety
and
security
to
be
administered
by
the
boston
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
regional
and
multi-disciplinary
approaches
to
combat
to
combat
gang
islands
through
coordinated
prevention
and
intervention,
law
enforcement,
prosecution
and
reintegration
programs.
B
Docket
number
zero
one
one
seven
message
and
order
authorized
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
125
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
2019
bar
fellowship
awarded
by
the
bar
foundation
to
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office.
The
grant
will
fund
leadership
and
organizational
development
in
the
mia's
office
of
new
urban
mechanics.
D
B
You
dragon0118
mr
arthritis
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
expanded
amount
of
123
306
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy
20,
reducing
injury
and
death
of
missing
individuals
with
dementia
and
developmental
disabilities
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
justice
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
the
purchase
safety
net
tracking
subscriptions
for
225
families
of
individuals
that
tend
to
wander
due
to
dementor
or
developmental
disabilities.
B
Rocket
zero
one
nine
message
and
honor
authorized
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
extended
amount
of
114
737
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
2019
port
security
grant
awarded
by
the
federal
emergency
management
agency
to
be
administered
by
the
fire
department.
The
grant
will
support
increased
port,
wide
risk
management
and
protection,
critical
service
transportation,
infrastructure.
D
B
The
grant
will
fund
the
increased
ability
to
effectively
provide
prompt
and
accurate
public
information
and
alerts.
It
will
also
enhance
capacity
across
the
commonwealth
to
recover
from
acts
of
terrorism,
as
well
as
natural
technology,
technological
and
inter-intentional
hazards.
I'm
sorry
yeah
thank.
D
B
Thank
you,
docket
zero
one,
two
one
message
and
order:
authorize
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
amount
of
a
brand
in
the
amount
of
forty
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
ffy
2020
municipal
road
safety
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
transportation
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
public
safety
and
security
to
be
administered
by
the
boston
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
high
visibility,
traffic
enforcement
of
motor
vehicle
laws,
including,
but
not
limited,
to
speeding
and
aggressive
driving,
distracted,
driving,
impaired
driving
and
occupant
protection.
D
B
Thank
you
rocket
zero
one,
two
two
messaged
an
order
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
expanded
amount
of
29
526
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
by
the
boston,
children's
collaborative
for
community
health
awarded
by
the
boston
children's
hospital
to
be
administered
by
the
office
of
food
access.
The
grant
will
fund
the
boston
eats
program
to
improve
the
health
and
well-being
of
children
and
families
just
disproportionately
impacted
by
inequity
in
health
and
the
social
detriments
of
health.
K
D
B
B
B
Arroyo,
counselor
or
counselor
arroyo;
yes,
councillor
baker;
yes,
elsa
baker;
yes,
council!
Bach;
yes,
councillor,
broadcast
council
braden;
yes,
elsa
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councilor
edwards;
yes,
councillor
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
george,
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
georgia,
council,
flaherty;
yes,
now
so
flaherty!
Yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
councilor
janie;
yes,
councillor
janie;
yes,
councillor
mejia;
yes,
councillor
mejia;
yes,
councillor,
o'malley;
yes,
councilor,
o'malley,
yes
and
council
of
wu,
yes,
council
of
wu.
Yes,
madam
president
document
number
zero
one:
two
two
has
passed
unanimously.
D
B
Dr
sarah
123
message
an
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
extend
the
amount
of
ten
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
vp
fund
program
awarded
by
the
boston
foundation
to
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office.
The
grant
will
fund
resilience
and
racial
equity
for
truth
and
healing
narratives
and
conversations
about
the
integration
of
boston's
public
school
system.
D
A
Thank
you,
madam
president.
As
someone
who
grew
up
in
the
era
of
integration,
I'm
in
the
boston
public
school
system,
I
have
experienced
first
hand
the
need
for
truth
and
healing
restorative
actions
cannot
take
place
without
conversation
and
this
grant
for
10
000.
To
seeks
to
do
just
that.
This
grant
was
awarded
by
the
boston
foundation
and
would
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office,
and
I
hope
that
we
all
have
the
opportunity
to
take
part
in
this
program
by
calling
people
in
and
encouraging
them
to
share
their
stories.
A
D
B
I
I
B
B
B
Docket
zero
one,
two
four
message
and
auto
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
expanded
amount
of
ten
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant.
The
c
simoni
foundation
donation
awarded
by
frank,
r
and
elizabeth
simone
foundation,
inc
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
initiatives
to
support
training
activities
and
support
relating
to
work
of
the
boston
police
department,
homicide
unit.
D
B
D
L
B
D
B
B
D
D
D
B
B
D
B
Three
three
message:
in
order
for
the
confirmation
of
the
reappointment
of
nick
young
kim
as
a
member
of
the
boston,
civic
design,
commission
for
term
expiring
on
october
31st,
2023
and
then
docket
number
zero
one
three
four
message
and
order
for
the
confirmation
of
the
reappointment
of
kirk
sykes
as
a
member
of
the
boston,
civic
design,
commission
for
a
term
expiring
on
october
31st
2022,
and
I
believe
that,
although
this
does
not
say
I
think
they
were
filed
incorrectly,
I
could
be
wrong.
But.
D
M
B
L
I
N
N
A
N
N
B
Three
one
message
in
order
for
the
reappointment
of
deneen
crosby
is
a
member
of
the
boston,
civic
design.
Commission,
her
term
expiring,
on
october
31st,
2023
bucket
number
zero
one.
Three
two
notice
from
them
there
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
reappointment
of
eric
powler
as
a
member
of
the
boston
civic
design,
commission
for
term
expire
in
october,
31st
2022
docking
number
zero
one,
three
three
message:
in
order
for
the
reappointment
of
mick
young
kim
as
a
member
of
the
boston
civic
design,
commission.
For
a
term
expiring
october,
31st
2023
docket
number
zero
one.
B
B
On
october
31st,
2022
docket
number
zero
one,
three
seven
notices
message:
in
order
for
the
appointment
of
catherine
carter
reedus
as
a
member
of
the
boston,
civic
design,
commission
for
a
term
expiring
november,
31st
2022
docket
number
zero
one.
Three:
eight
messaged
an
order
for
the
appointment
of
mimi
garza
love
as
a
member
of
the
boston,
civic
design,
commission
for
term
expiring
october
thirty,
first,
twenty
twenty
one
docket
number
zero
one.
B
Three,
nine
notices
you
see
from
the
mayor
of
the
reappointment
of
alexander
mccloy
as
a
member
of
the
board
of
examiners
for
a
term
expiring
july,
1st
2023
docket
number
zero
one.
Four:
zero
notices
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
reappointment
of
nick
martin
as
chief
communications
officer,
effective
december
4th
2020
notices
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
app
of
his
absence
of
the
city
from
nine
o'clock
a.m,
until
5
p.m,
on
friday
january
8
2021,
and
thank
you
for
your
indulgence
and
patience.
Madam
president,.
D
B
D
D
D
I
understand
there
may
be
some
new
items
that
require
more
discussion
if
we
could
really
try
to
self-monitor
that
will
help
the
move.
The
meeting
move
more
smoothly,
and
hopefully
we
will
get
out
of
here
before
the
sun
sets.
So
with
that
being
said,
the
chair
now
recognizes
councillor
campbell
councillor
campbell.
You
have
the
floor.
O
So
thank
you,
madam
president,
and
congratulations
of
course,
looking
forward
to
continuing
to
work
in
partnership
with
you.
I
also
want
to
thank
council
royal
for
the
partnership
on
this
very
important
hearing.
This
is
a
refiled
docket
from
the
end
of
our
last
term
and
we
refiled
it
because
we
weren't
able,
of
course,
to
hold
a
hearing
last
year
before
the
end
of
the
last
session.
O
Now
more
than
ever,
we
need
to
prioritize
the
rollout
of
coven
19
vaccines,
as
they
are
a
critical
component
of
our
recovery
efforts
from
the
pandemic.
We
know
that
our
communities,
especially
communities
of
color
in
immigrant
communities,
including
those
who
are
undocumented,
are
questioning
whether
or
not
they
should
get
the
vaccine
they're
asking
certain
questions
that
I've
asked
myself.
What
is
the
racial
breakdown
of
those
who
participated
in
the
clinical
trial?
How
rigorous
was
the
process?
What
do
we
know
about
the
latest
mutation
of
the
virus,
and
will
the
vaccine
protect
us
against
it?
O
What
are
the
side
effects?
There
are
also
concerns
about
vaccine
distribution
so
far,
which
we
understand
have
been
messy
and
a
logistical
challenge
for
our
health
care
providers,
while
the
exact
timeline
for
disbursement
may
continue
to
shift,
it
is
critical
that
the
city
has
a
plan
to
distribute
the
vaccine
equitably
and
efficiently
and,
of
course,
that
it
be
free.
That
means
developing
strategies
not
only
with
our
health
care
providers,
but
also,
of
course,
with
communities
of
color
organizations
on
the
ground.
O
Those
who
have
trusted
relationships
in
our
most
hard
to
reach
communities,
and,
of
course,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
those
who
are
disproportionately
impacted
and
vulnerable
to
the
virus
have
priority
as
well
and
that
those
who
are
skeptical
of
the
vaccine
and
who
are
less
likely
to
get
it
not
only
proactively
get
information
but
have
contact
people
to
be
able
to
follow
up
with
to
be
able
to
get
their
questions
answered
on
ongoing
basis.
We
know
these
are
the
same
communities,
of
course,
that
are
still
struggling
with
access
to
covert
19
testing.
O
Q
Q
Process
is
incredibly
important
to
our
residents
and
making
sure
that
we're
doing
everything
we
can
as
a
city
to
create
a
stable
pipeline
and
a
stable
operation
for
the
distribution
of
that
vaccine
is
incredibly
important.
But
education
of
what
these
vaccines
do
is
also
incredibly
important
and
the
process
that
went
into
creating
them,
and
so
I'm
hoping
to
hold
this
hearing
relatively
soon,
so
that
we
can
start
that
process,
considering
the
the
state
of
emergency
that
we
are
in
and
considering
the
urgency
of
the
issue.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you
so
much
anyone
else
looking
to
to
speak
on
this
matter.
Anyone
looking
to
add
their
name
show
of
physical
hands.
Please,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
savvy
george
councillor
brayden
councillor
mejia
councillor,
wu
council,
o'malley,
councillor,
edwards,
councilman,
bob
council,
flaherty
counselor
flynn.
Please
also
add
the
chair.
D
B
O
I
think
my
computer
froze
for
a
minute.
Can
you
hear
me,
madam
president?
Yes,
okay,
perfect!
Thank
you.
This
too
is
a
refile,
and
I
and
I
thank
council
royal
for
the
partnership
on
this
as
well,
and
also
dozens
of
advocacy
organizations
who
have
been
mobilizing
residents
in
all
of
us
to
think
about
how
we
reimagine
our
policing
in
communities,
and
the
council
of
course
worked
really
hard
on
many
of
these
issues.
This
particular
one
is
critically
important.
O
This
has
been
an
ongoing
conversation
for
years
and
advocates
have
been
pushing
particularly
the
brick
and
others
in
the
police
department
to
have
a
more
thoughtful
conversation
on
the
gang
database
of
the
5
000
individuals
that
are
listed
in
that
gap
database
over
90
percent
of
them
are
black
in
latinx
and
labeled
gang
involved
or
affiliated
by
a
point
system
that
some
deemed
to
be
arbitrary.
So
this
is
an
opportunity
to
have
a
hearing
for
folks
to
one
learn
about
the
gang
database.
O
The
point
system
how
you
get
on
it,
how
you
get
removed
from
it
or
how
you
can
remove
yourself
from
it
the
challenge
there
and
then,
of
course,
to
talk
about
the
disparities
that
are
built
within
that
system.
So,
looking
forward
to
this
hearing
and,
of
course
all
of
my
colleagues,
I
hope
that
you
will
join
join
this
conversation.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
Q
Q
D
Thank
you
so
much.
I
don't
see
any
blue
zoom
hands
for
anyone
wanting
to
speak
so
a
show
of
physical
hands,
please
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
names.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
savvy
george
councillor
brayden
councillor
wu
councillor
bach,
councillor
campbell
council,
o'malley,
council,
mejia
and
council
flynn,
council
flaherty,
please
also
add
the
chair.
Did
I
miss
anyone?
D
I'm
so
sorry,
yes,
thank
you
for
please
also
add
counselor
edwards.
That's
why
I
double
checked
when
you
guys
turn
your
cameras
on
and
off
the
the
boxes
move
around.
So
I'm
sorry
if
I
missed
you,
docket
0143
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
criminal
justice
and
public
safety,
we'll
move
on
to
docket
0144,
please,
madam
clerk
you're
on
mute.
A
A
This
docket
is
refiled
and,
as
the
chair
of
the
committee
of
small
business
and
workforce
development,
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
explore
this
issue
into
the
new
year
to
learn
what
we
can
do
to
truly
make
our
city
accessible
to
every
business
in
boston.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
counselors
on
this
issue.
D
S
D
Not
seeing
any
other
speakers
a
show
of
physical
hands,
please
of
those
who
want
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
brayden
councillor
edwards
councillor
campbell
council
of
bach
and
the
chair,
docket
0144
will
be
assigned
to
the
committee
of
small
business
and
workforce.
Madam
president,.
D
D
D
A
Madam
president,
docket
zero
one,
four
five
there's
a
refund
regarding
an
issue
that
was
raised
during
last
year's
hearing
on
the
role
of
school
police
and
was
inspired
by
some
of
the
testimonies
we
heard
during
the
public
hearing
from
students
directly.
We
hope
to
hold
this
hearing
sometime
in
2021
to
learn
more
about
what
we
can
do
on
the
city.
Council
and
docket.
A
D
You
so
much
not
saying
additional
speakers.
We
will
take
doc
at
zero
one
four,
five
first
for
a
show
of
physical
hands.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
savvy
george
councillor
braden
councillor
wu
councillor,
edwards
councillor
bach,
councillor
campbell
council
of
flaherty
council
of
royal
council
o'malley,
anyone
else
looking
to
counselor
flynn,
please
also
add
the
chair
daca0145
will
be
assigned
to
the
committee
referred
to
the
committee
on
education
and
now
a
show
of
physical
hands
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
name
to
docket0146.
D
D
A
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
this
docket
is
a
refile
from
our
office's
first
hearing
order
and
we
held
a
hearing
on
it
in
december
and
have
been
working
with
an
amazing
team
of
advocates
ever
since,
and
we
plan
to
file
something
in
addition
to
this
in
the
near
future.
But
in
the
meantime
we
will
be
refiling.
This
docket.
D
Thank
you
so
much
not
seeing
any
blue
zoom
hands
for
speakers
a
show
of
physical
hands
for
those
who
would
like
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add:
counselor
sabi
george
councillor
braden
councillor
edwards
counselor
flynn,
councillor
o'malley,
council
of
bach
councillor
campbell
council
of
flaherty
council
of
wu
councillor
arroyo
and
please
also
add
the
chair
doc
at
zero.
One
four
seven
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
of
civil
rights
and
madam
clerk,
if
you
could,
please
read
the
next
two
documents
together.
That
would
be
great.
B
Talk
at
0148
councillor
mejia
offered
the
following
audit
for
hearing
on
expanding
access
for
minority
businesses,
business
enterprises
into
high
volume,
commercial,
centers
and
docket
number
zero.
One.
Four
nine
council
and
here
offer
the
following
order
for
hearing
on
racism
and
retail
stores
in
the
city
of
boston.
A
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Docket
0148
is
a
reef
file
and
one
that
was
brought
to
us
from
advocates
who
have
been
very
passionate
around
this
issue.
We
are
looking
forward
to
having
a
conversation
as
it
relates
specifically
to
the
small
businesses
that
are
in
high
commercial
areas,
but
have
very
little
presence
of
black
and
brown
businesses,
and
particularly
family
hall.
We
look
forward
to
having
some
conversation
around
how
to
make
space
for
minority
businesses
enterprises
in
some
of
boston's
highest
traffic
areas.
D
Thank
you
so
much.
We
will
again
treat
these
individually
for
people
to
sign
on
beginning
with
doc
at
zero
one
four
eight
a
show
of
physical
hands
for
those
who
would
like
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add,
counselor
savvy
george
councillor
braden
councillor
edwards
councillor
o'malley,
councillor
flynn,
councillor
bach,
councilor,
arroyo,
council
of
wu,
councillor
campbell
and
council
of
flaherty.
Please
also
add
the
chair
with
docket
0149,
a
show
of
physical
hands
again.
D
A
Okay,
sorry,
that
was
my
mistake.
I
will
own
it.
So
docket049
is
also
a
refile
and
was
inspired
by
a
boston
globe,
article
that
was
released
last
summer.
We
need
to
not
just
talk
about
how
to
make
spaces
safe
for
black
and
brown
entrepreneurs,
but
we
also
have
to
talk
about
how
we
can
make
retail
spaces
more
friendly
towards
people
of
color.
A
D
You
so
much
now
for
those
who
would
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
docket
a
show
of
physical
hands.
Madam
clerk,
if
we
could
please
add
counselor
braden
councillor,
edwards
counselor,
o'malley
councillor
bach
councillor,
wu
council
of
royal
councillor
flynn,
councillor
campbell,
please
also
add
the
chair.
Did
I
miss
anyone?
D
G
B
A
A
Thank
you,
the
stock,
it
is
a
refile.
We
held
a
hearing
on
the
subject
last
july,
but
there's
still
a
lot
of
action
that
we
need
to
take
on
this
issue.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
parents,
teachers,
students,
administrators
and
officers
and
everybody
to
find
ways
to
embrace
restorative
justice
in
our
schools.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
counselors,
jamie
and
campbell
on
this.
G
A
G
D
Thank
you
so
much
and
I
will
try
to
follow
suit.
I
am
super
proud
to
join
my
assistants
in
service
council
megha
and
councillor
campbell
on
this
docket.
Very
important
issue
takes
me
back
to
my
days
at
mass
advocates
for
children
and
the
work
that
we
did
there
around
school
discipline
and
and
making
sure
that
we
are
not
using
harsh
discipline
policies
and
keeping
students
out
of
the
classroom.
We
know
that
what
is
best
is
when
students
are
in
the
classroom.
D
G
O
Thank
you,
council,
o'malley,
and
thank
you,
of
course,
my
sisters
in
service
for
the
continued
partnership
on
this
incredible,
incredibly
important
issue
and
everything
they
said
I'll
just
flag.
You
know,
that's
how.
Madam
president,
I
met
early
on
was
doing
this
work
around
school
discipline
policies
so
appreciate
the
continued
partnership.
Thank
you
both.
G
Thank
you
concert
campbell.
Would
anyone
else
wish
to
speak
on
docket,
0150
sing
and
hearing
none
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name
as
a
co-sponsor
to
docket
zero
one,
five
zero?
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselors,
I
be
george
counselor
braden,
counselor
bach
counselor
arroyo,
counselor
wu.
Please
add
the
chair's
name
seeing
and
hearing
no
further
additions.
Madam
clerk,
would
you
please
refer
docket0150
to
the
committee
on
education
and,
madam
president,
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
madam
president,
this
docket
is
a
refile
and
was
an
another
hearing
order
that
was
written
by
one
of
our
summer:
youth
policy
team
members.
Last
monday,
our
office
held
a
town
hall
on
education
and
the
students
who
sat
in
repeatedly
said
that
they
felt
like
their
voices
were
not
being
heard
and
that
the
louder
they
shout
the
less
they
are
heard
between
covet
reopenings,
national
politics,
civil
rights
and
the
upcoming
election
in
the
in
the
elections
in
november.
We
need
to
be
really
mindful
and
intentional
about
centering
youth
voice.
D
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Madam
president,
this
docket
is
a
refile
one,
which
we
held
a
hearing
on
late
last
year.
We're
looking
to
continue
this
conversation
into
the
new
year,
especially
given
the
recent
news
around
the
proposed
mbta
cuts.
We
look
forward
to
working
alongside
councilman
wu
and
all
the
amazing
advocates
who
have
been
pushing
for
a
better
public
transit
station
in
our
city.
D
B
D
N
D
Wonderful,
so,
madam
clerk,
just
if
you
guys
could
raise
your
hands
again:
councillor
flynn,
council,
flaherty,
councilor,
edwards,
council,
royal,
councilor,
o'malley,
council
bot,
council,
brady
councillor
campbell
councillor,
sabi
george
councilor
edwards
arroyo.
Did
I
miss
anyone?
I
don't
know
if
you're
everyone
good
wonderful,
this
docket.
As
I
mentioned,
it's
referred
to
the
committee
of
planning,
development
and
transportation,
we'll
move
on
to
docket
zero
one.
Five
three
are.
A
D
Madam
clerk,
if
we
could
please
add
counselor
savvy
george
councillor
bach
council
o'malley
council
of
royal
council
of
flynn
council
of
wu
councillor
braden
councillor
campbell
council
of
royal,
I
think
I
said
you
twice.
Did
I
get
everyone
counselor
campbell?
Did
I
get
everyone?
Council
flaherty,
please
also
add
the
chair.
A
I
just
want
to
say,
for
the
record
that
I
have
said
short,
and
I
expect
all
of
my
colleagues
to
model
my
behavior
if
you
all
go
on
and
on
and
on
with
your
stuff,
imma
come
back
on
the
mic.
Okay,
okay!
So
thank
you.
Madam
president,
this
is
a
refile
from
last
year
and
is
a
conversation
that
we
definitely
need
to
have
not
just
during
covet
19
pandemic,
but
after
it
is
well
over.
D
Wonderful,
not
seeing
any
other
speakers
a
show
of
physical
hands
for
those
who
would
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
docket.
Madam
clerk,
if
we
could
please
add
counselor
asabi
george
councillor
flynn,
councillor
braden
council,
flaherty,
council
of
royal
council
o'malley
council
of
bach
councillor
wu
councillor
campbell,
did
I
get
everyone.
D
Yes,
please
add
the
chair.
I'd
like
to
go
through
my
colleagues
from
sorry.
I
got
everyone.
That's
okay,
please
also
add
the
chair
and
give
some
stock
at
zero
one,
five,
four
and
it
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
of
small
business
and
workforce
development,
madam
clerk,
if
we
could
go
to
the
next
docket,
which
is
dock
at
zero
one,
five,
five.
D
N
D
D
A
D
Q
Having
multiple
elections
for
the
office
of
mayor
in
the
same
year
in
the
midst
of
a
pandemic
is
a
serious
threat
to
the
health
of
our
residents
and
communities
will
contribute
to
the
disenfranchisement
of
people
of
color,
disabled
and
low-income
communities
would
be
a
wasteful
and
cost
expenditure
for
the
city
at
a
time
when
our
revenues
are
down,
and
so
many
critical
services
are
in
need
of
increased
funding,
I
want
to
make
clear
that
everything
this
petition
calls
for
would
happen
automatically
if
mayor
walsh
resigns
after
march
5th.
This
has
been
an
extraordinary
year.
Q
Q
There
are
also
concerns
of
the
spread
of
a
new,
more
contagious
strain
over
19
that
may
become
the
dominant
strain
in
the
united
states
this
year.
We
know
that
large-scale
vaccinations
will
take
the
greater
part
of
this
year,
if
not
longer,
to
reach
all
of
our
residents.
This
is
the
largest
crisis
facing
the
city
in
our
lifetimes.
Q
Under
these
conditions,
when
we
can
act
to
prevent
it,
we
should
beyond
the
added
instability
for
the
city
at
a
time
when
it
can
least
afford
it.
In-Person
voting
in
four
elections
would
require
residents
to
leave
their
homes
to
participate
in
our
electoral
process,
furthering
the
risking
spread
of
danger,
risk
of
spread
and
danger
to
the
health
of
residents,
city
workers
and
our
communities.
Q
Furthermore,
the
pandemic
has
highlighted
and
worsened
existing
inequities
in
the
city
of
boston
in
boston.
Black
and
latin
next
bostonians
have
borne
the
disproportionate
impact
of
this
virus
with
black
residents,
accounting
for
34
percent
of
cover,
19
deaths
and
latinx
residents
accounted
for
31
19
cases.
We
know
that
some
communities
have
traditionally
faced
higher
barriers
to
participating
in
our
elections
than
others.
Low-Income
immigrant,
disabled
and
communities
of
colors
continue
to
face
systemic
obstacles
when
trying
to
participate
in
our
political
system.
Q
The
ongoing
public
health
emergency
and
four
elections
for
the
same
office
in
the
same
year
only
increases
those
barriers
and
serves
to
limit
their
participation
and
would
disenfranchise
these
communities.
Finally,
cobin
19
has
had
significant
impact
on
the
fiscal
status
of
the
city
of
boston,
with
revenue
shortfalls
predicted
for
the
next
fiscal
year,
and
possibly
several
after.
In
addition
to
expected
revenue
shortfalls,
the
demand
for
essential
city
services
such
as
public
health,
food
access,
public
housing
and
more
will
remain
high
and
require
significant
investment.
Q
Moving
forward
spending
precious
funds
for
multiple
elections
for
the
same
office
in
the
same
year
is
not
fiscally
responsible.
There
is
a
precedent
for
this
action.
Lawrence
mass
facing
these
same
realities
passed
a
home
rule
petition
this
year,
which
did
precisely
what
this
home
rule
petition
seeks
to
do.
Q
That
includes
the
secretary
of
the
commonwealth,
william
galvin,
the
naacp,
boston,
meegenta,
boston,
right
to
the
city
votes,
the
black
economic
council
of
massachusetts
amplified
latinx,
the
asian
american
resource
workshop,
progressive
west
roxbury
roslindale,
the
chinese
progressive
association
and
the
new
england,
united
for
justice.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
G
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
a
recent
profile
of
me
noted,
among
other
things,
the
things
I'm
known
for
is
my
cheerful
adherence
to
the
rules.
So
I
hope
my
interpretation
of
the
rules
here
are
received
with
the
cheerfulness
intended.
I
want
to
begin
by
saying
this
very
well
may
be
a
moot
point.
I
think
that
the
mayor
has
said
publicly
and
privately
he's
not
sure
none
of
us
seem
to
know
what
exactly
the
timeline
will
be
for
cabinet
nominations.
G
I
anticipate,
I
think
most
of
us
do
that
he
should
and
will
be
confirmed
it
very
well
be
maybe
on
march
5th
or
after
march
5th,
in
which
case
this
would
be
an
irrelevant
act
or
it
may
be
before
march
5th.
In
fact,
it
may
be
march
4th,
in
which
case
this
is
triggered
now
the
march
5th
line
of
demarcation
as
it
were,
as
it
relates
to
whether
or
not
there
would
be
a
special
election.
It's
there
for
a
very,
very
good
reason.
Two
main
reasons.
G
In
fact
one
is,
of
course,
whomever
is
selected.
The
acting
mayor,
the
council
president
new,
madam
president,
will
have
enormous
power
invested
in
in
her
once
she
becomes
acting
mayor
so
by
having
a
special
election
that
this,
the
there
is,
the
decision
of
whether
or
not
to
have
a
special
election.
G
This
far
out
is
in
the
spirit
of
fairness,
foreign
open
race,
but
then
the
other
side
of
that
is
that
there
are
certain
powers
vested
in
an
elected
mayor
that
do
not
transfer
to
an
acting
mayor
and
having
an
acting
marry
for
for
a
longer
period
of
time
could
potentially
result
in
some
complications.
As
a
result
of
that,
it's
one
of
the
reasons
why
the
line
of
march
5th
is
sort
of
been
declared.
It's
not
an
arbitrary
date.
G
There's
some
thought
behind
it
now
I'll,
happily
concede
the
fact
that
it
is
likely
that
this
change
will
happen
on
or
around
that
date,
which
could
further
complicate
things
could
be
earlier,
could
be
later.
No
one
simply
knows
at
this
point,
so
I
I
do
you
know
understand
why
the
author
is
bringing
it
before
us
now.
G
Second
of
all,
if
we
look
at
some
precedent,
certainly
I
I
wasn't
elected.
I
certainly
remember
the
2007
rule.
I
think
that
was
the
mistake
of
the
council
to
get
rid
of
a
preliminary
election
after
the
fact,
because
that
certainly
would
benefit
players,
and
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
the
author
of
this
father,
the
first
counselor
arroyo
recused
himself
from
this
vote
from
that
vote,
because
it
was
seen
as
something
that
that
would
obviously
serve
in
his
self-interest.
G
That's
sort
of
the
bottom
line
of
the
concern
that
I
have
with
this
is
that
this
vote.
This
action
would
certainly
benefit
some,
and
in
a
time
when
there
is
such
cynicism
around
government
around
those
in
elective
office
around
those
seeking
elective
office,
I
would
hate
to
see
that
we're
putting
the
thumb
on
the
scale
for
anyone.
G
There
is
no
doubt
that
covid
that
the
pandemic,
that
barriers
to
voting
is
something
that
we
need
to
deal
with,
and
I
was
proud
to
have
been
one
of
the
first
elected
officials
in
the
state
to
call
for
vote
by
mail
last
year
and
virtually
all
of
you
supported
our
efforts
and
the
council.
While
we
don't
control
the
state
action,
we
played
a
large
role.
G
I
would
like
to
think
in
making
sure
that
we
had
as
robust
and
safe
and
addressed
every
barrier
to
voting
in
both
the
state's
primary
election
in
september
in
the
general
election
in
november,
and
we're
able
to
do
so
and
that's
something
that
we
ought
to
be
replicating,
whether
there's
a
special
election
or
not.
For
mayor,
whether
there's
an
open,
mayor's
seat
or
not.
That's
something
that
I
know
that
we're
all
committed
to
doing
going
into
and
there
will
be
a
significant
cost
associated
with
it.
G
But
I
would
argue
that,
as
we
talk
about
precious
funds,
precious
funds
to
spend
on
an
election
is
exactly
what
we
should
be.
Spending
money
on.
Democracy
costs
money
to
do
it
well
to
address
these
barriers
to
do
it
safely,
to
make
sure
that
we
have
early
vote
to
make
sure
that
we
vote
by
mail
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
allow
as
much
civic
input
in
this
important
important
election
is
is
what
we
ought
to
be
spending
our
money
on
and
and
so
I
am
committed
to
doing
that.
G
No
matter
what
the
outcome
of
this
is
or
no
matter
what
the
outcome
of
the
timeline
of
the
mayor
or
the
acting
mayor
or
anyone
else
seems
to
be
that's
something
that
we
have
to
be
doing.
So
I
want
to
remove
that
from
the
bucket,
because
I
think
we're
all
in
agreement
on
that,
but
I
would
just
close
by
saying
I
appreciate
you
letting
me
go
on
a
little
bit
is
that
I
have
some
concerns
about
this.
It's
concerns
about
changing
the
rule.
G
G
I
know
that's
something
we
all
share,
so
I
will
certainly
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
look
at
the
revised
language
or
to
see
what
the
difference
in
the
revised
language
which
we
just
received
with
the
original
language,
but
we'll
certainly
look
at
that
and
we'll
certainly
be
engaged
in
this
process,
but
I
didn't
want
this
opportunity
to
go
by
without
raising
some
of
my
real
concerns.
Thank
you.
Madam
president,.
M
M
Four
elections
in
a
year
seems
like
something
really
to
put
our
body
politic
through
the
ringer
and
and
then
I
think
I
I
also
that
was
sort
of
my
first
thought
and
my
second
thought
was
kind
of
along
the
lines
of
what
counselor
o'malley
just
said
that
even
when
something
is
inconvenient,
you
shouldn't
change
the
rules
in
the
middle
of
a
process.
It's
always
better
to
make
charter
and
constitutional
changes
outside
of
the
immediate
application.
M
I
think
that
this
week
I've
sort
of
ended
up
at
a
third
thought
as
it
as
it
were,
which
is
that
you
know.
I
think
I
think
where
we
really
get
stuck
here,
I
mean
counselor
o'malley
alluded
to
it
is
that
there
are
obvious
political
implications
for
folks
who
may
be
considering
running
for
mayor,
and
I
feel
like
someone
who
is
not
running
for
mayor.
M
I
can
say
you
know
that
if
you,
if
you're
in
a
position
where
you've
got
more
of
an
organization
and
more
money
pulled
together
already,
then
you're
likely
to
benefit
in
a
special
election
if
you're
somebody
thinking
about
running.
Also,
if
you
were
the
acting
mayor,
you
know
you'd
be
advantaged
by
cancelling
the
special
election,
and
I
think
we
all
know
that
those
political
realities
are
on
the
table
and
they
make
this
a
complicated
conversation.
M
The
fact
that
we
don't
have
coveted
election
procedures
yet
extended
by
the
legislature
through
the
period
of
the
election,
although
I
would
certainly
hope
our
friends
legislature-
would
do
that.
There
are
a
lot
of
complications
here.
I'm
inclined
to
agree
with
counselor
o'malley.
That
cost
should
not
be
an
object.
I
don't
think
that
cost
should
stand
in
the
way
of
good
democracy,
but
I
do
think
that
there
that
we
should
acknowledge.
M
I
I
also
want
to
just
flag
one
enduring
a
question
for
me
on
this
is
it
seems
to
me
that
there
are
a
lot
of
arguments
being
made
that
are
really
about
the
idea
that
perhaps
we
should
never
have
a
special
in
a
election
year.
The
idea
being
right
any
time
that
a
vacancy
like
this
were
to
occur
in
the
mayoral
election
year,
that
we
would
just
punt
it
to
the
regular
election.
M
And
I
I
think
that
if
that
is
the
main
set
of
arguments,
that's
underpinning
this,
that
we
should
be
looking
really
seriously
at
a
home
rule.
That
would
make
that
permanent
change
to
the
charter,
because
I
think
that
that
would
remove
the
argument
that
this
is
just
a
one-time
sort
of
for
one
particular
set
of
political
circumstances.
M
D
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I've
thought
about
this
a
lot.
I
don't
have
a
dog
in
this
in
this
in
this
race.
If
I
were
to
have
a
dog
in
this
race,
it
would
benefit
in
in
and
let's
be
frank,
that
people
looking
at
this.
How
is
it
going
to
benefit
them?
And
I
and
not
being
in
that
position
if
this
benefits
me
or
a
candidate
of
someone
that
I
can
get
behind
to
have
that
election
in
september?
H
That
being
said,
I'm
thrilled
that
my
colleague
is
finally
interested
in
city
finances
now,
considering
what
he
the
way
he
voted
this
this
past
summer.
But
it's
it's
good
to
see
someone
kind
of
grow
and
change.
I
think
it
obviously
sets
up
for
for
someone
to
be
in
the
driver's
seat
in
this
election.
I
I
have
so
many.
H
Are
people
going
to
be
able
to
be
fair
when
it
comes
to
dealing
with
advocates
or
the
advocates
kind
of
committed,
just
roll
over
the
mayor's
office?
I
think
that
there's
a
reason
why
people
right
now,
don't
like
politicians,
because
we're
doing
things
like
this,
where
we,
because
we
have
the
power
to
manipulate
elections,
are
not
going
to
manipulate
elections,
and
even
we,
even
though
we
say
it's
about
finance
and
it's
about
colvin,
and
it's
about
this.
It's
about.
H
M
H
Anybody
thought
about
the
state
house
on
this
here:
don't
they
find
it
strange
that
now
I've
been
on
the
body
from
well
I'm
in
my
10th
year
and
every
time
we
have
us,
we
have
a
home
rule
petition,
go
up
there
most
of
the
time
they
just
get
lost.
We
can't
find
out
what's
going
on
with
them,
we
can't
get
them
passed
now.
The
state
house
is
going
to
slam
this
through
in
a
matter
of
weeks.
For
us,
nobody
thinks
that
that
looks
unappropriate.
H
Nobody
thinks
that
the
state
house
has
their
own
dog
in
this
fight.
So
there's
a
whole
lot
of
things
that
that
I
think
about
in
this
one
another
one.
You
know
we
we're
handing
the
city
and-
and
you
know
no
disrespect
to
anybody-
we're
handing
the
city
over
to
someone
that
has
not
been
duly
elected
for
10
months,
not
been
duly
elected
to
make
decisions
for
the
entire
city
of
boston
for
10
months.
H
I
think
that
that's
a
problem.
I
think
that
this
this
mayor's
race
will
play
out
on
the
city
council
floor
and
we
run
the
risk.
This
party
here
runs
the
risk
of
of
looking
pretty
bad
this
summer
if
it
plays
out
the
way
the
way
it
I
may
think
it
plays
out.
So
I
have
a
I
have
a
lot
of
current
concerns.
My
gut,
my
heart
is
telling
me
the
rules
should
stay
the
same,
because
it
looks
inappropriate.
H
I
think
that's
just
my
sense
on
again,
I'm
saying
I
don't
have
a
dog
in
this
fight.
I'm
benefited
by
pushing
this
off
off
till
september,
because
in
that
way,
if
it's
me
that
is
going
to
run,
I
I'm
able
to
raise
money,
I'm
able
to
do
whatever
I
mean.
I
have
to
think
about
it
myself,
because
I
was
called
a
potato-faced
mealy
mouth
mfa
on
on
twitter
today,
so
I
I
must
incite
some
sort
of
emotion
in
the
city
of
boston.
H
So
those
are
my
thoughts.
My
my
my
heart
and
my
gut-
and
I
think
the
right
thing
to
do
here
is-
is
to
let's
play
by
the
rules
and
not
just
because
we
have
the
ability
to
change
an
election
doesn't
mean
we
should
necessarily
do
it.
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
congratulations
on
your
upcoming
appointment.
D
A
Thank
you,
sorry
about
that.
Little
mishap,
you
know,
I
I
think
it's
really
important
for
us
to
acknowledge
that
the
rules
have
never
been
created
for
folks
to
succeed.
Oftentimes
there's
some
people
who
benefit
more
from
the
current
constructs
and
that's
what
is
at
stake
right
now.
So
I
don't
think
that
we
can
in
good
conscious
move
with
four
elections
in
one
year
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
we've
done
so
much
adjusting
over
the
past
year,
we've
moved
the
council
online.
A
We
shifted
millions
of
cobit
resources,
all
in
the
name
of
the
service
of
the
people.
We
owe
it
to
the
people,
and
this
is
all
about
the
people,
because,
like
frank,
I
don't
have
any
dog
or
any
skin
in
this
game
either,
and
it's
really
about
making
sure
that
we
create
a
pathway
for
all
folks
to
be
able
to
have
a
successful
run.
A
A
We've
literally
have
made
history
this
year
right
and
we're
doing
things
and
figuring
things
out
as
we
go.
If
we
have
a
special
election
after
a
special
election,
we're
going
to
let
a
few
thousand
politically
active
people
decide
who
will
be
the
mayor
of
seven
hundred
and
thousand
people
for
the
next
four
years,
because
we
already
know:
what's
up,
don't
get
it
twisted
here.
We
know
who
comes
out
in
droves
in
special
elections.
A
It
is
not
those
who
are
mostly
impacted
by
the
decisions
that
are
being
made
every
single
day.
So,
let's
just
be
really
honest
about
who
is
really
here
to
benefit
from
whatever
happened.
So
I
wholeheartedly
support
moving
forward
so
that
we're
not
doing
business
as
usual
and
that
we
take
this
opportunity
to
bend
the
rules
in
support
of
the
people.
H
D
R
R
A
special
election
really
hurts
those
opportunities.
That's
those!
That's
that's
from
personal
experience.
That
being
said,
I'm
now
today
the
chair
of
government
ops
for
the
city
of
boston,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
people
understand
actually
what
we're
talking
about.
We
kind
of
walked
right
into
this
and
didn't
really
explain.
I
think
in
the
30
000
foot
view
what
is
before
us.
R
So
for
those
who
are
unfamiliar
this,
we
are
specifically
discussing
section
13
of
our
boston
city
charter,
our
city
constitution,
if
you
will
section
13,
does
not
provide
an
option
in
this
moment.
It
is
a
shall
provision
that
there
shall
be
a
special
election
if
the
mayor
lives
leaves
within
16
months
of
the
of
a
prior
municipal
election
for
those
who
are
unaware
that
would
make
it
march
5th
of
this
year.
R
That
special
election
must
happen
within
120
days
after
we
shall
produce
an
order
from
the
city
city
council.
I've
said
it
to
some
of
my
colleagues
and
I'll
say
this
publicly.
If
the
mayor
of
boston
leaves
vacates
before
march
5th,
I
will
write
and
introduce
the
order
to
the
city
council
for
a
special
election.
R
R
That
is
what
is
before
us.
I
appreciate
counselor,
bach
and
council
royale,
mentioning
their
private
conversations
with
the
secretary
of
state
and
with
the
elections
department,
but
let's
be
very
clear
as
government
ops,
this
is
a
public
conversation.
So
summaries
of
what
people
have
said
are
difficult,
isn't
sufficient.
It
is
not
transparent.
It's
not
how
we
do
things.
R
The
reason
why
I
hope
this
is
assigned
to
my
counsel
or
to
my
committee
is
because
we
will
have
a
transparent,
open
conversation
about
whether
this
makes
sense
for
us
right
now.
You
have
my
commitment-
and
I
have
said
this
many
times
to
my
colleagues
over
shorter
deadlines
introduced
by
other,
more
emergency
and
more
urgent.
Excuse
me
provisions
for
to
protect
our
housing.
I
can
get
it
done
like
by
that.
R
I
mean
get
the
conversation
going,
get
something
and
getting
us
to
consensus
and
then,
ultimately,
together,
getting
something
out
of
the
city
council
if
it
should
come
out
of
the
city
council,
so
I'm
telling
the
public
the
process
is
that
if
this
is
assigned
to
my
committee
at
government
ops,
we
will
then
have
a
hearing
during
that
hearing.
We
get
to
hear
then
all
these
perspectives
that
are
summarized
by
counselor,
bach
and
and
counselor
arroyo,
and
I
I
apologize
counselor
to
both
those
counselors.
That
is
not
just
your
summary.
R
Now
during
that
hearing,
we
also
can
entertain
edits
and
suggestions
and
language
to
this
home
role
petition
as
well.
This
is
this
is
a
public
conversation
that
we
have
been
called
to
do
and
it's
true
it's
a
difficult
time
to
have
it,
but
there
are
edits
on
the
table.
There's
opposition
on
the
table
there's
reasons
why
we
should
pass
this
all
on
the
table.
It's
a
conversation
that
will
happen
publicly
after
that
we
can
have
and
should
have
a
working
session.
R
I
am
saying
this
because
I
don't
want
people
to
think
I'm
playing
politics
with
the
timing
of
this.
I
do
this
I
this
is
how
I
do
things
you
have
seen
this
before.
Even
when
the
mayor
of
boston
wanted
me
to
suspend
and
pass,
I
still
said
I'm
going
to
have
a
hearing
and
a
working
session
for
my
colleagues
and
for
the
public
to
participate.
R
That
is
my
commitment
as
well.
To
this
moment
too.
I
do
not
have
a
dog
in
this
fight.
I
do
not
want
to
be
mayor,
boston
and
good
luck
to
those
who
really
want
to.
I
don't
know
why,
but
it's
your
dream,
your
life
yolo,
whatever
the
hell,
the
kids
say,
do
it,
but
in
this
moment
we're
going
to
maintain
the
order,
the
process,
the
transparency
that
this
moment
calls
for,
and
we
will
have
a
robust
hearing
on
this.
I
just
wanted
to
finally
conclude
to
let
people
know
the
way
the
process
works.
R
If
this
were
to
come
out
of
our
body,
which
requires
a
seven
vote,
seven
people
to
vote
for
it,
the
mayor
of
boston,
would
have
to
still
sign
it
after
he
signs
it.
It
would
then
have
to
go
to
the
state
house.
It
would
have
to
get
to
the
house
and
the
senate
and
then
still
pass
and
be
signed
by
the
governor.
R
This
is
a
process.
This
is
the
process
that
we
are
in,
so
I
just
want
people
to
be
transparent
about
that
and
how
I
expect
to
proceed
with
this
process.
What
I
will
do
if
the
mayor
does
lead
before
the
fifth
and
just
let
everyone
know
there
is
no
special
bending
working
around
and
trying
to
manipulate.
D
Q
I
didn't
hear
anything
saying
these
realities
that
I
expressed
about
disenfranchisement
about
colvin,
about
financial
resources,
going
where
they
really
don't
need
to
go
the
impracticality
of
organizing
and
scheduling
four
elections
for
the
same
seat
in
one
year.
Nobody
said
you're
wrong.
Nobody
said,
that's
not
true.
Nobody
said
that
won't
happen.
Q
What
I've
heard
is
speculation
about
whether
or
not
this
helps
one
potential
possible
candidate
or
whether
or
not
this
hurts
or
helps
one
other
potential
possible
candidate,
and
I
would
say
that
the
city
of
boston
and
its
presidents
aren't
served
by
that
they're
served
by
us
looking
at
the
realities
on
the
ground
and
how
this
affects
the
regular
residents
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
I
would
also
just
note
that
I
agree
with
having
a
hearing
on
this
and
having
the
election
department
come
and
speak
on
this.
I
want
that.
Q
I'm
not
seeking
a
vote
on
this
today.
I
want
that
kind
of
clarity
and
transparency,
and
I'm
seeking
that
and
I
and
I
applaud
councillor
edwards
for
ensuring
that
that
will
happen
in
a
robust
way.
But
I
will
also
note
that
we,
we
have
a
clock
and
it's
ticking
and
march
5th
is
not
that
far
away,
and
so
my
hope
is
that
when
we
can
do
the
work,
we
need
to
do
all
of
it.
No
no
slipping
or
sliding
on
any
of
the
rules
that
we
have
to
follow.
Q
This
will
go
by
the
letter
of
the
law.
We
will
do
this
in
the
way
we
have
to
do
this.
It
will
be
a
public
and
transparent
process
and
that
we
really
act,
because
we
know
that
these
realities
are
real.
Nobody
is
discounting
any
of
these
harms
that
we
follow
the
city
of
boston,
they're.
Simply
saying
that
they're
speculating
about
whether
or
not
it
helps
one
person
be
the
next
mayor.
If
it
hurts
some
other
person,
be
the
next
mayor
and,
frankly
to
me,
that's
all
wildly
irrelevant.
Q
D
Q
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Invest
in
boston
is
other
than
being
just
incredibly
timely
and
something
that
would
have
been
very
helpful
in
this
and
during
this
pandemic
in
the
financial
situation
we
find
ourselves
in
is
already
the
law.
It
was
an
ordinance
passed
in
2013
and
signed
by
well.
Actually,
it
was
a
vetoed
and
it
was
overridden.
The
issue
is,
it
doesn't
seem
to
have
been
implemented,
and
so
this
was
an
audit
called
to
ensure
the
implementation
of
invest
in
boston.
Q
It's
an
ordinance
near
and
dear
to
my
heart
as
it's
one
that
my
brother,
counselor
felix
arroyo
saw
through,
and
I
believe
folks
on
this
body
voted
for
frankly,
and
so
my
hope
is
that
we
can
get
update
on
how
this
will
be
implemented,
why
it
wasn't
implemented
and
how
quickly
we
can
see
it
implemented,
because
I
truly
do
believe
that
invest
in
boston
is
great
for
the
city.
Thank
you.
Ma'am.
N
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
couldn't
agree
more
with
the
previous
speaker.
Also,
we
had
something
years
ago
when
I
started
on
the
council
was
called
bank
on
boston
that
paid
great
dividends
where
we
had
all
the
lending
institutions
come
forward
in
partnership
with
the
city
in
an
effort
to
identify
their
practices,
and
we
made
it
clear
that
anyone
that
wanted
to
do
business
with
the
city
of
boston
that
their
banking
practices
had
to
take
into
consideration
our
concerns
across
the
city
in
every
neighborhood.
N
Some
of
the
thoughts
that
I
had
from
being
having
a
front
row
seat
with
bank
on
boston
and
let's
try
to
see
if
we
can
make
this
a
reality
for
what
we're
dealing
with
he
nailed
it
when
he
said
have
had
it
been
in
place,
would
be
seeing
an
opera
but
they'd
have
an
opportunity
to
dig
out
from
from
the
pandemic
a
lot
quicker,
so
that
said,
look
forward
to
working
with
them.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
M
The
floor,
thank
you
so
much.
Madam
president,
I
wanted
to
thank
council
arroyo
for
filing
this
and
and
just
say
I
you
know,
I
serve
on
the
board
of
maha
and
it's
an
interest
of
great
interest
to
sort
of
the
whole
community
of
groups
that
have
grown
up
thinking
about
the
long
history
of
bank
discrimination
in
the
city
and
how
we
really
reverse
that,
and
I
think,
invest
in
boston
was
designed
to
do
that.
M
I
know
that
when
I
dug
into
it
a
while
back,
it
seemed
like
the
city
was
doing
some
of
the
reporting
and
following
up
with
the
banks
that
the
ordinance
calls
for,
but
we
aren't
necessarily
broadcasting
it
in
the
ways
that
we
need
to
and
that
the
municipal
banking
commission
called
for
by
the
act
is
not
in
operation.
So
I
think
I'm
looking
forward
to
this
hearing.
M
I
think
the
good
news
is
that
I
think
we
have
been
on
some
of
the
banks
that
hold
deposits
for
the
city
to
really
follow
some
of
the
things
proposed
in
the
act,
but
I
think
obviously
it's
important
to
us
as
counselors,
in
our
oversight,
role
for
what
we're
doing
to
be
transparent
and
both
to
us
and
to
the
public.
So,
looking
forward
to
the
hearing-
and
please
add
my
name,
madam
clerk.
D
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
bach,
not
seeing
any
other
speakers
a
show
of
physical
hands
to
add
your
name,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add,
counsel,
o'malley
counselor
edwards
counselor
flynn,
councillor
campbell
councillor,
brayden,
counselor,
sabi,
george
councillor,
mejia
kasobu,
did
I
get
everyone
who
wants
to
be
added?
Please
also
add
the
chair.
K
K
As
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
strong
women,
families
and
communities,
I'm
committed
to
working
with
our
colleagues
to
better
understand
and
address
the
disparities
and
and
in
inequities
in
our
youth
juvenile
justice
system,
and
I
fully
support
raising
the
age
of
juvenile
justice
from
18
to
21,
and
I
really
look
forward
to
having
a
robust
conversation
about
this
issue
and
and
bringing
in
advocates
and
community
partners
so
that
we
can
raise
awareness
of
how
how
this
approach
will
improve
outcomes.
Thank
you.
Thank.
D
D
B
D
G
Despite
the
fact
that
the
correlation
is
about
25
of
the
city's
population,
what
gets
measured
gets
managed.
So
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
collect
the
data
for
policies
in
place
as
we
talk
about
reimagining
public
safety
going
forward.
This
is
a
crucial,
crucial
step,
so
thank
again
councillor
campbell
for
her
leadership
and
partnership
on
this
and
forward
to
continuing
the
work
in
the
new
year.
O
No
thank
you,
madam
president.
Obviously
I'm
grateful
for
the
partnership
with
council
o'malley.
Yes,
a
refile
looking
forward
to
having
this
hearing,
which
is
critically
important
as
we
talk
about
the
data
but
then,
most
importantly,
get
into
the
work
of
changing
policy
and
practice.
So
the
inequities
don't
continue
to
persist.
So
thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
council
o'malley.
D
Thank
you.
So
much.
Would
anyone
like
to
sign
on
to
this
docket
show
of
physical
hands?
Please,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
arroyo
councillor
flaherty
council
of
wu
councillor,
edwards
counselor
sabi,
george
council
mejia,
councillor
braden.
Did
I
get
everyone
councillor
flynn?
Anyone
else,
please
also
add
the
chair.
Docket
0158
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
of
public
safety
and
criminal
justice
moving
on
to
docket
0159.
D
O
I
would
hope
actually
that
we
can
try
to
schedule
in
such
a
way
that
we
can
get
all
colleagues
there,
because
it
is
a
major
issue
in
terms
of
disparities
that
people
are
seeing
and
we
learned
a
lot
from
this
hearing
the
ag's
office
as
well.
I
want
to
thank
them
for
the
partnership,
because
they've
been
doing
incredible
work
here,
to
help
our
residents
save
money,
given
the
inequities
and
outer
insurance
rates.
So
looking
forward
to
this
hearing,
thank
you,
madam
president.
D
Adam
clark,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
o'malley
counselor
flynn,
counselor
wu
councillor
edwards
council
of
brazen
councillor,
sabi
george
council,
mejia,
council
of
flaherty
anyone
else
looking
to
add
their
name.
Did
I
miss
you,
counselor
edwards
who's
that
at
counselor
edwards,
please
also
add
the
chair.
D
G
B
G
D
D
D
D
We
have
to
support
our
colleagues
in
government
in
washington
dc
in
the
call
for
the
removal
of
the
occupant,
and
so
I
will
end
there
but
ask
my
colleagues
to
sign
on
and
support
this
resolution
and
obviously
we'll
be
asking
for
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
So
much.
G
Q
Q
G
R
Thank
you
very
much
to
my
colleagues.
I
wanted
to
note
that
this
is
also
part
of
the
roles
that
are
allowed
at
the
federal
government
and
we're
simply
asking
that
the
government
federal
government
follow
its
rules.
It
seems
like
you,
will.
The
25th
amendment
may
not
be
an
option,
but
therefore
impeachment
proceedings
are
a
way
for
which
to
remove.
R
The
president
is
an
option,
and
I
this
is
reason
why
I'm
standing
up
before
this
resolution,
that
I
encourage
the
federal
government
to
impeach
and
to
ultimately
remove
donald
trump
from
the
office
of
the
presidency
of
the
united
states.
This
is
also
a
solidarity
move
for
our
former
sister
in
service
counselor
or
excuse
me,
congresswoman,
ayanna
presley,
who
I
believe
has
faced
a
ridiculous
amount
of
threats
to
her
personal
safety.
R
We,
as
a
nation
had
already
said
we
are
no
longer
going
to
continue
him
as
a
president.
He
has
decided
he
in
his
incredible
maturity.
Won't
even
attend
the
inauguration,
he
is
checked
out.
He
is
no
longer
wanting
to
do
the
job.
People
are
dying
of
covet,
he
is
no
longer
leading,
but,
most
importantly,
he
is
happily
enabling
the
destruction.
R
G
P
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president.
Mr
vice
president,
please
add
my
name
and
I
just
want
to
echo
what
my
colleagues
have
already
stated.
Maybe
one
one
point
I
I
would
like
to
add.
Mr
vice
president,
it
is
several
years
ago
when
trump
was
campaigning
for
president.
He
made
fun
of
a
gentleman
that
was
a
reporter
that
had
cerebral
palsy
on
he
made
fun
of
him
at
a
campaign
rally.
P
Finally,
mr
vice
president,
I
know
he's,
I
know,
he's
from
a
different
political
party
but
senator
mccain,
but
to
make
fun
of
his
or
to
degrade
his
military
service
after
being
shot
down
and
and
serving
as
a
prisoner
of
war
for
six
to
seven
years
to
make
fun
of
and
discredit
his
military
service,
especially
for
someone
that
never
served
in
the
military
is
disdainful
as
well
and
something
that
really
really
bothers
me.
So
please
add
my
name
and
thank
you
to
the
sponsors
for
for
this
resolution.
G
M
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
o'malley,
and
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
filing
this.
I
just
want
to
join
in
condemning
the
president's
actions
on
the
sixth
and
to
say
that
I
think
that
he
should
be
impeached
and
convicted
and
it
should
happen
today.
It
should
have
happened.
Last
week
I
mean
I
think
I
I
was
seized
by
fear
on
the
sixth
council.
Edwards
has
already
spoken
to
our
congresswoman
ayanna
pressley,
who
is
in
harm's
way
many
members
of
our
delegation.
M
M
There's
a
lot
of
people
who
are
janitors
in
that
building,
as
we
saw,
who
are
capital
police
officers
who
are
just
going
about
their
day,
trying
to
serve
this
country,
and
you
know
politics
is
the
way
that
we
handle
our
disagreements
instead
of
violence.
That's
that's
really.
The
whole
activity
here
is
that
we
know
we
don't
always
agree
on
things.
We've
got
big
decisions
to
make.
We've
got
big
challenges
to
face
and
we
figure
out
how
to
have
elections
and
debates
and
deliberations
to
deal
with.
M
How
we're
going
to
make
those
decisions
and
when
a
president
crosses
that
line
into
violence,
because
the
appropriate
procedures
and
systems
of
the
democracy
are
not
resulting
in
what
he
wants?
That
is
a
complete
undermining
of
of
every
aspect
of
our
institutions,
and
I
feel,
as
though
we
have.
We
have
found
ourselves
using
more
and
more
more
hyperbole
over
these
last
four
years
and
then
somehow
now
it's
like,
we
don't
even
have
the
words
to
say
as
strongly
as
we
need
how
completely
wrong.
M
But
I
think
it's
also
important
to
note
that
there's
a
deeper
problem,
even
which
is
that
there
is
no
way
for
our
democracy
to
be
safeguarded
completely
and
protected
by
adequate
security
measures.
Democracy
is
only
protected
by
the
norms
that
we
don't
attack,
each
other,
that
we
decide
we're
going
to
do
these
things
in
our
legislative
halls
and
not
with
weapons
and
not
through
physical
intimidation
and
threats
to
people's
lives.
M
G
G
Please
add
the
chair's
name,
madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
sybi
george's
name,
please
add
counselor
liz
braden,
please
add
counselor
julian
mejia,
please
add
council,
andrea
campbell,
please
add
counselor
michael
flaherty,
please
add
counselor
michelle
wu,
please
add
counselor,
frank
baker
and
obviously
we've
already
added
counselors
flynn
bach
and
the
three
sponsors
council,
president
council,
royal
councilor,
edwards
council
president
on
behalf
of
a
unified
council,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
duck
at
one
zero
six
zero.
Madam
clerk,
would
you
please
help
cut?
Please
call
the
roll.
B
Thank
you,
doc.
0160
councillor
arroyo.
Yes,
council
arroyo.
Yes,
council
baker;
yes,
councillor
baker;
yes,
counselor
block;
yes,
counselor
block;
yes,
counselor
braden;
yes,
counselor
brayden;
yes,
counselor
campbell;
yes,
counselor
campbell;
yes,
counselor
edwards;
yes,
counselor
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
george,
yes,
councilor
sabi,
georgia's
council
flaherty;
yes,
council
flaherty;
yes,
council
of
flynn;
yes,
I'm
so
flynn;
yes,
councillor
jamie!
Yes,
mr
janie!
Yes,
councillor,
mejia,
yes,
councilman
here;
yes,
councillor
o'malley;
yes,
I'm
sure
o'malley,
yes
and
counselor.
Woo.
I
P
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
Madam
president,
along
with
council
block,
we
filed
this
hearing
order
to
discuss
the
proliferation
of
electronic
billboards
in
our
city,
as
we
have
seen
an
increase
of
electronic
billboard
proposals
in
recent
years.
There
are
a
couple
of
big
concerns
about
electronic
billboards
that
we
have.
One
of
the
big
ones,
I
think,
is
the
distracted
driving
in
pedestrian
safety
studies
have
shown
a
link
between
billboards
and
accidents.
P
Electronic
billboards
also
cause
light
pollution
and
can
negatively
impact
nearby
residents
quality
of
life
in
their
ability
to
sleep
at
night.
We
had
electronic
billboard
proposals
in
chinatown
in
downtown
in
recent
years,
and
they
were
pro
opposed
by
the
residents
because
of
those
reasons
that
this
potential
distraction
for
drivers,
light
pollution
and
the
need
to
preserve
the
character
of
our
neighborhoods.
We
filed
this
hearing
to
discuss
this
matter,
to
control
electronic
billboards
in
the
city
of
boston
and
how
we
can
strengthen
the
zoning
code
in
response
to
the
increase
of
electronic
billboards.
P
For
some
reason,
my
neighborhood
in
chinatown.
Everyone
wants
to
put
a
billboard
up
in
chinatown
and
as
long
as
I'm
a
city
councilor,
I'm
going
to
continue
advocating
against
it,
but
the
issue
is
not
going
away,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
counselor
bach
for
joining
me.
This
is
an
important
issue
and
looking
forward
to
the
hearing,
thank
you
council
mark.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
M
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
to
my
colleague,
counselor
flynn,
for
his
leadership
on
this.
I'm
happy
to
be
a
partner
in
it
and
also,
I
think,
for
both
of
us
to
be
partners
with
the
association
of
downtown
community
organizations,
so
many
of
whom
have
been
pushing
to
really
take
a
look
at
this
and-
and
I
think
an
important
thing
to
address
here-
is
that,
as
so
many
of
us
experience
as
counselors,
you
know.
M
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
have
a
serious
conversation
in
a
hearing
about
what
we
want
for
the
city
of
boston
and
what
we
want
for
our
historic
neighborhoods.
Councilor
flynn
has
made
many
of
the
points
that
I
would
make.
They
do,
I
think,
denigrate
the
sort
of
aesthetic
experience
of
our
neighborhood
but,
more
importantly,
there's
just
a
lot
of
core
city
policy
goals
they
cut
against,
so
they
use
energy
at
a
time
that
we're
trying
to
reduce
that
they.
M
M
So
this
is
just
one
of
those
things
that
you
know
we
could
continue
to,
let
it
boil
along
as
a
kind
of
one
by
one
applications
issue,
or
we
could
elevate
it
as
we're
trying
to
do
with
this
hearing
to
be
more
of
a
policy
issue
about
what
we
want,
the
built
environment
of
the
city
to
look
like
and
really
reflect
our
constituents
concern.
So
thank
you
again
to
councillor
flynn
who's
really
been
the
leader
on
this.
I'm
happy
to
join
him
and
grateful
to
my
colleagues.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'd,
just
like
to
thank
you
know
the
district
three
and
the
district
eight
councillors
for
bringing
this
forward
billboards
are
something
I've
been
fighting
in
in
my
district,
my
entire
time
on
the
council
and
council
george
would
be
able
to
speak
to
this.
Also,
our
time
when
we're
at
columbia,
savan
hill
and
all
the
different
dorchester
groups.
Billboards
billboards
were
originally
placed
around
the
city
by
executives
that
looked
at
the
city
of
boston
as
a
decaying
place,
dorchester
matapan
roxbury.
H
They
they
advertise
alcohol
and
tobacco
to
our
children
for
years
and
years
and
years
and
now
they're
trying
to
pivot
and
switch
and
make
it
all
digital
and
more
in
chinatown,
more
in
town
and
downtown.
I
don't
think
we
want
to
look
for
the
I
mean,
there's
a
lot
that
manhattan,
I
think,
does
okay
and
does
does
good,
but
I
don't
think
that
we
necessarily
speaking
about
downtown,
want
to
have
a
time
square
type
thing
and
what's
happening
with
me.
H
Is
I
have
all
the
billboards
along
the
highway,
the
money
that
the
money
that
comes
into
the
billboard
companies
into
the
the
landlords
there
you're
talking
about
if
a
landlord
goes
from?
Maybe
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
for
for
for
a
paper,
billboard
they're
at
a
million
dollars
a
year
potentially
along
along
the
highway?
So
it's
big
big
money
and
dealing
with
these
billboard
companies
they're
not
willing
to
take
anything
down.
H
They'll
take
down
two
and
three
here:
I've
been
dealing
with
them
for
10
years
and
and
and
if
and
I
would
say
to
them,
if
you
want
billboards
in
district
3,
then
go
through
and
take
everything
off.
Dorchester
ave,
take
everything
off
columbia,
road,
take
everything
off,
boulden
street,
take
everything
off
blue
hill
and
then
maybe
the
city
of
boston
has
a
couple
of
them
on
the
highway
and
we
have
a
good.
We
have
a
good
mitigation
package
with
those
billboard
companies
they
all
play
games.
They
all
it's
huge,
huge
money.
H
K
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
want
to
echo
the
concerns
and
and
thank
my
colleagues,
councillor
flynn
and
councillor
back
for
raising
up
this
very
important
issue
like
councillor
baker,
the
the
mass
pike
cuts
through
the
center
of
our
neighborhood
in
austin,
brighton
and
there's
a
proliferation.
There
has
been
many
billboards
along
along
the
mass
pike
that
are
in
our
neighborhoods
that
cause
light
pollution
and
distraction,
and
I
really
feel
this
is
an
important
discussion
to
have.
I
would
love
to
see
it
that
it
is
a
forbidden
use.
K
N
N
I
don't
know
if
you've
noticed,
but
on
the
tops
of
buildings
you're
starting
to
see
like
the
names
of
companies,
the
indoor,
the
logo
fixed,
a
fixed
high
up
on
the
top
of
the
building
top
floor
top
few
floors.
So
I
think
that
ought
to
be
thrown
into
the
mix
as
well.
Obviously,
you
know
we're
starting
to
see
the
skyline
change
a
lot
of
buildings
out
of
the
ground
or
coming
out
of
the
ground,
but
I'm
not
quite
sure
what
the
rule
is
around
that.
N
N
So
I
just
think
that
warrants
a
knock
on
the
door
to
find
out
what
the
rules
are
and
who
gets
to
put
the
name
up
and
who
doesn't
and
whether
or
not
we
even
want
a
whole
skyline,
particularly
around
the
south
boston,
waterfront
indoor
and
around
the
downtown,
because,
like
once,
the
precedent
is
set,
who
gets
to
say
you
can
and
you
can't
anymore.
So
that
said,
I
look
forward
to
hearing
on
this
and
please
have
my
name
and
president.
D
D
B
P
D
P
N
Madam
president,
thank
you
thanks
to
the
lead
sponsor
for
including
me,
I
know
he's
done
great
work
in
the
space.
I
know
that
the
impacts
of
cover
19
will
continue
to
be
felt
for
months,
if
not
years
to
come,
and
I
think
this
registry,
although
a
significant
undertaking,
could
go
a
long
way
in
helping
demonstrate
that
we're
grateful
for
their
hard
work
and
dedication
during
this
extraordinary
difficult
time,
but
also
to
be
able
to
use
that
information
in
the
future.
N
They've
had
to
go
to
fmla
indoor
workers
comp
getting
only
a
certain
percentage
of
what
they
should
be
getting
in
their
regular
weekly
check
lots
of
moving
parts
here,
lots
of
issues
that
I
think
we
need
to
talk
to
the
budget
office
as
well
as
personnel
as
well,
to
get
some
some
more
information.
But
I
think
that
having
a
registry
would
be
a
great
start
to
to
drawing
attention
to
those
issues
as
well.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
D
Is
that
number
two
and
number
three
I
apologize
show
of
physical
hands
for
anyone
who
wants
to
add
their
name.
Please
add
counselor,
o'malley
and
margot.
Please
add
counselor
mojina,
counselor,
edwards,
counselor
braden,
please
add
counselor
arroyo,
councillor
wu
councillor
campbell,
please
add
counselor
asabi
george.
Did
I
get
everyone
who
would
like
to
add
their
name?
P
N
You,
madam
president,
like
to
again
thank
council
flynn
for
his
partnership
and
echo
those
comments.
In
addition,
we
also
have
residents
in
every
part
of
the
city
spending
hours
at
bpda
meetings
and
abutters
meetings,
evaluating
both
huge
development
projects
and
smaller
scale
projects
and
a
common
theme
that
is
discussed
at
each
and
every
one
of
those
meetings
is:
is
our
infrastructure
able
to
handle
the
increases
in
traffic
density
that
all
of
these
projects
will
be
bringing
to
those
respective
communities?
N
So
there
have
been
there's
been
a
ton
of
planning
initiatives
around
transit
improvements
hosted
by
the
bpda,
and
I
think
many
many
engaged
residents
that
call
and
email
all
of
us
regularly
with
respect
to
you
know
what
the
master
plan
is.
I
think
that
this
hearing
will
go
a
long
way
in
allowing
us
to
have
a
public
discussion
about
what
planning
initiatives
have
been
undertaken,
and
I
look
forward
to
hopefully
an
expedited
hearing
working
with
our
colleague
council
flynn,
but
this
is
really
important.
N
I
know
that
the
council,
baker
and
council
cyber
george
have
a
big
project
happening
literally
right
in
their
backyard,
all
of
us
president
and
others.
So
this
is
sort
of
an
all
hands
on
deck
master
traffic
plans
are
critical,
boston's
bones
if
you're,
not
our
infrastructure,
our
streets,
our
roads,
our
bridges,
they're
old,
and
we
continue
to
keep
adding
to
that
in
order
to
keep
up
with
those
improvements
in
that
investment.
N
D
B
P
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
president,
property
taxes
are
a
heavy
financial
burden
for
many
families,
especially
seniors
on
fixed
income.
Many
who
have
bought
their
homes
years
ago
when
the
house
housing
prices,
were
very
low
with
covet
19
pandemic.
Many
are
also
facing
additional
financial
difficulties
and
may
not
be
able
to
afford
paying
their
property
taxes.
P
The
city
of
boston
offers
a
number
of
property
tax
exemption
for
residents
who
qualify,
including
seniors,
who
meet
income
limits
and
residency
requirements.
I
was
proud
to
work
with
councillor
edwards
as
the
original
co-sponsor
to
pass
an
ordinance
in
the
city
council
to
allow
low-income
senior
homeowners,
who
will
back
taxes
to
establish
property
tax
agreements
and
get
interest
review
from
the
city.
P
D
Thank
you
so
much
show
of
hands
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
we
could
please
add
counselor
braden
councillor,
edwards
counselor
baker,
council,
blue
council,
o'malley,
council
of
royal
councillor
asavi
george
council,
mejia,
council,
counselor
campbell
council
flaherty,
did
I
get
everyone
who
wants
to
add
their
name?
Please
also
add
the
chair.
D
P
P
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
president,
this
is
a
refiling
hearing
order
to
discuss
the
ways
our
city
can
investigate
and
prevent
incidents
of
hate
crimes
and
discrimination
in
our
city
in
the
city
of
boston.
We
have
different
departments
that
interact
with
constituents
who
experience
discrimination,
incidents
or
violence,
in
particular
the
the
human
rights
commission,
which
was
established
in
1984
under
mayor
flynn,
to
guarantee
all
residents
are
given
fear
and
equal
treatment
under
the
law
and
also
to
investigate
in
report
on
complaints
related
to
discrimination.
P
It
was
inactive
for
a
period
of
time,
but
reactivated
under
mayor
walsh
in
2019,
I'm
looking
forward
to
having
a
hearing
on
ways.
We
can
continue
to
work
with
our
residents
but
to
make
sure
that
we
document
all
cases
of
discrimination
document
all
cases
of
hate
crimes
and
to
work
with
the
appropriate
city
authorities
to
make
sure
that
we
also
educate
residents
about
about
what
their
rights
are
as
it
relates
to
if
they
are
a
victim
of
hate
of
a
hate
crime
in
how
they
can
report
it
as
well.
O
O
R
You
very
much,
echoing
the
comments
of
my
of
my
colleagues.
I
just
wanted
to
also
note
that
this
is
something
that
we
need
to
make
sure
we
get
ahead
of
before
responding
to
something.
You
know
we
in
east
boston.
We
had
the
unfortunate
incident.
I
think
it
was
in
2019
where
and
some
individuals
thought
it
was
okay
to
put
up
a
lot
of
white
supremacist
posters
on
in
our
throughout
our
neighborhood
and
really
it
was.
It
was
meant
to
be
a
sign
of
intimidation.
R
Luckily,
you
know
this,
the
community
really
was
not.
It
only
brought
us
together.
I'm
happy
about
that.
The
same
thing
we
had
that
flash
mob
in
charlestown,
where
there
was
some
right
wing
kind
of
some
white
supremacist
groups
at
a
flash
mob
kind
of
protest
at
the
monument
and
so
again
we're
seeing
these
kind
of
sparks
and
flashes.
And
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
as
a
city
of
boston,
we're
so
far
ahead
of
this
and
so
able
to
respond
to
this.
R
Because
we
understand
what
these
moments
are
they're
trying
to
play
prey
on
our
differences,
trying
to
make
us
fear
each
other
and
instead
we
need
to
turn
them
on
their
head
and
come
together,
be
proud
of
the
diversity
that
we
have
and
stand
by
each
other.
And
we
need
to
make
sure
the
city
resources
are
there
and
ready
and
able,
and
more
than
in
many
many
languages
as
counselor
flynn
and
counselor
mejia
often
push
for,
but
also
to
make
sure
that
they're
also
culturally
sensitive
as
well.
But
thank
you.
D
Thank
you
so
much
physical
hands
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
names.
Please,
madam
clerk,
if
we
could
please
add
counselor
braden
councillor,
o'malley
council
wu
council,
flaherty
councillor
sabi
george
councilmember
councillor
bach,
did
I
get
everyone.
Please
also
add
the
chair.
This
is
docket.
Madame.
D
D
D
L
B
D
G
B
G
C
Thank
you.
On
december
11th,
I
had
a
wonderful
lunch
and
learn
conversation
with
kevin
mccaskill,
the
executive
director
of
madison
park,
technical
vocational
high
school.
We
learned
so
much
about
the
incredible
learning
opportunities
at
madison,
the
challenge
the
pandemic
has
created
for
the
school
and
the
really
wonderful
community
that
makes
madison
park.
So
great
madison
park
is
a
vocational
school,
unlike
any
other
one
in
the
commonwealth.
It
does
not
have
an
admissions
policy,
some
degree
of
financial
independence
or
a
high
quality
facility,
like
other
regional
vocational
schools
in
the
commonwealth.
C
G
S
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I'm
eager
to
continue
partnering
with
both
of
my
colleagues
on
this
we've
been
working
on
it
for
some
time
lifting
up
madison
park
as
the
jewel
of
our
district
and
all
the
many
ways
that
we
can
learn
from
so
many
resources
and
paths
already
tread
in
this
in
this
area,
from
schools
all
across
the
commonwealth
right
here
available
to
us
who
have
been
sharing
with
us
the
best
practices,
so
this
needs
to
be
a
priority
for
the
city
and
being
here
to
keep
working
on
it.
Thank
you.
Thank.
D
D
Madison
is
in
my
district
and
it's
a
it's
a
gym,
not
just
for
my
district
for
the
entire
city
and
it's
it's
my
belief
that
we
are
on
the
right
track
and
if
we
continue
to
support
and
continue
to
make
sure
that
madison
has
what
it
needs.
Madison
could
be
critically
important
to
our
economic
recovery
as
we
try
to
find
our
way
out
of
covet.
So
I
am
just
grateful
for
the
partnership
and
ask
my
colleagues
to
sign
on
and
support.
Thank
you,
mr
vice
chair.
G
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Seeing
no
further
blue
hands
would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name
to
this
docket.
Madam
clark,
please
add
counselor
liz,
braden,
counselor,
ed
flynn,
counselor,
julia
mahia,
counselor
ricardo
arroyo,
counselor,
andrea
campbell,
counselor,
lydia,
edwards,
councilor,
michael
flaherty,
councilor,
frank
baker,
counseling
counselor,
kenzie
bach,
please
add
the
chair's
name
and
docket
number
zero.
One.
Six
eight
she'll
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
education
in
school
matters.
G
G
C
Thank
you
again,
mr
vice
president,
and
thank
you
to
council
president
janie
for
joining
me
as
a
co-sponsor
on
this
hearing
order.
Again
we
had
a
very
successful
hearing
at
the
end
of
last
year.
I
want
to
do
all
that
we
can
to
ensure
that
the
ethnic
studies
pilot
program
is
a
success
and
can
be
responsibly
expanded
in
the
coming
years.
C
Because
of
the
nature
of
the
ethnic
studies
work,
it
is
critical
that,
as
a
as
the
program
expands
across
the
district,
it
does
so
with
educators
who
are
well
trained,
resources
that
make
it
worthwhile
and
robust
administrative
support.
Every
student
will
benefit
from
ethnic
studies
and
we
will
have
a
healthier
more
understanding
city
as
well.
G
D
Thank
you
so
much,
I'm
thrilled
to
once
again
partner
with
my
assistant
service,
counselor
sabi
george,
on
this
very
important
issue.
This
is
an
issue
clearly
that
we
need
to
continue
to
advance
and
in
hopes
that
we
will
all
learn
to
appreciate
and
respect
each
other
much
more
than
we
currently
do.
So
I'm
grateful
to
continue
this
conversation
and
want
to
thank
all
the
amazing
educators
who
have
been
working
on
this
issue
and
put
this
forward
so
grateful
to
continue
this
work.
G
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
president.
Seeing
no
further
discussion
on
this
docket
would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
liz
braden,
counselor,
julia
mejia,
counselor
ricardo
arroyo,
counselor,
andrea
campbell,
counselor,
lydia,
edwards
counselor,
michael
flaherty,
counselor,
michelle
wu,
counselor,
kenzie,
bach,
counselor,
ed
flynn.
Please
add
my
name
and
docket
0177
shall
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
education
in
school
matters.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
D
B
D
D
You
know
what
madam
clerk
listen,
counselor,
savvy
george.
I
would
suggest
to
you
if
we
take
docket,
169
and
167
and
169
out
of
order
that
way
the
rest
of
your
dockets
will
be
grouped
the
way
you
want
one.
Six,
nine
is
a
petition,
or
did
you
want
to
speak
to
that
petition
altogether
because
that's
being
assigned
to
a
different
committee.
D
C
C
In
years
past
we've
seen
rising
costs
due
to
the
number
of
students
being
transported
across
the
city
or
out
of
our
school
district
to
charter
schools,
as
well
as
to
parochial
schools.
This
pandemic
obviously
has
had
many
implications
for
bps
and
the
transportation
department
in
preparation
for
our
budget
cycle.
I
look
forward
to
holding
this
conversation
again
and
understanding
the
fiscal
challenges
that
pandemic
created.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
D
This
is
daca0167,
don't
see
anyone
who
wants
to
speak
to
it
to
show
a
physical
hands
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
councillor
braden,
council,
o'malley,
council,
abu
councillor,
mejia,
council
baker,
council
of
royal
council
campbell
councilor
edwards
councillor
bach
councilwood
flynn.
Councillor
flaherty
did
I
get
everyone
who
would
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
also
add
the
chair.
D
B
C
Thank
you,
madam
president.
As
you
all
know,
the
student
member
of
the
boston
school
committee
currently
does
not
have
the
right
to
vote,
even
though
the
member
is
as
engaged
in
the
proceedings
as
every
other
committee
member.
This
homo
petition
will
change
that
and
fully
enfranchise
the
student
member.
I'm
looking
forward
to
having
this
conversation
doing
this
work
and
passing
this
petition,
I'm
grateful
to
my
colleagues
who
have
already
expressed
their
support
of
this
docket
and
look
forward
to
the
work
ahead.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
C
D
D
D
D
B
Yes,
okay,
talk
at
zero
one:
seven,
six
counselor
sabby
george
offered
the
phone
hearing
ordering
order
for
a
hearing
regarding
the
review
of
curriculum
resources
and
standards
of
boston,
public
schools
and
docket
zero
one.
Seven,
eight
counselor
sabby
george
offered
the
following
water
for
a
hearing
regarding
the
libraries
and
library
staff
of
boston,
public
schools.
L
B
Rocket
zero
one,
seven,
nine
counselor
sabbath
office
following
order
for
hearing
regarding
ensuring
all
boston
public
schools,
have
full-time
mental
health
and
social
emotional
support
specialists
and
market
zero.
One.
Eight
zero,
counselor
sabbath
georgia
for
the
falling
letter
for
hearing
regarding
special
education
services
in
the
boston
public
schools,
and
if
I
can
just
confirm,
we
are
still
you're
going
to
speak
to
0166.
C
C
Oh
my
internet's
in
stability
or
asked
in
other
ways.
What
are
the
curriculum
resources,
our
students
and
educators
need
what
support
services
are
available?
Who
is
making
the
decisions
that
impact
the
daily
lives
of
our
students?
What
are
we
doing
to
ensure
that
every
student
has
what
they
need
to
succeed?
For
many
of
these
hearing
orders
we've
already
begun
the
work,
but
much
more
work
remains
to
be
done
and
we
can
always
dig
deeper.
Our
students
lives
and
their
futures
are
what's
at
stake.
I
look
forward
to
continuing
these
conversations
to
continuing
these.
C
This
work,
learning
from
our
students,
educators,
support
staff
and
the
administration
and
doing
the
work
that's
so
necessary,
so
that
in
every
neighborhood
across
our
district,
all
of
our
schools
are
providing
the
high
quality
education
that
meets
the
needs
that
exceeds
the
needs
of
our
students
and
helps
them
thrive.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
D
Thank
you
so
much
seeing
no
speakers
show
of
physical
hands
and
we're
going
to
take
each
docket
one
by
one.
This
is
docket
166
to
show
up
visible
hands.
Please,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
wu
councillor
mejia
councillor
o'malley
councillor
flynn,
councillor
campbell
councillor
bach
councilor,
edwards,
councillor,
braden,
council,
royal
and
councillor
baker,
council
flaherty
did
we
get
you?
Please
also
add
the
chair.
We'll
move
on
to
docket.
D
D
D
D
H
D
D
We're
on
docket
zero
one,
seven
one
show
of
physical
hands
people.
Thank
you,
a
adam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add:
council,
braden,
council
o'malley,
councillor
baker,
council
of
flaherty,
councillor
flynn,
councillor
edwards,
councilman,
mejia,
councillor
black
council
of
wu
councillor
flynn.
I
think
I
got
you.
Oh
his
screen
is
frozen
nevermind
councillor
campbell.
H
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
apologize
for
all
the
confusion
that
I've
caused
this
this
boston
school
committee.
The
structure
of
the
school
committee
is
something
that
I
filed
under
two
separate
mayors
under
menino
under
under
walsh.
I
do
think
I
just
want
to
get
the
get
it
out
there.
I
do
think
that
there's
an
opportunity
here
to
do
at
least
a
hybrid
version
of
this,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day
it
will
be
the
mayor's
the
mayor's
budget
here.
H
So
I
do
believe
that
the
mayor
should
still
control
the
the
the
school
committee
four
votes
or
three
votes
whatever.
That
is
we'll
keep
that
in
the
back
of
your
mind
and
that's
that's
a
consistent
position.
That's
been
through.
Well,
we
don't
know
who
the
next
mayor
is,
but
someone
potentially
on
this
call
is
going
to
be
the
next
mayor,
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
and
be
clear
that
my
position
will
remain
constant
through
menino
through
walsh,
through
the
nesting
administration.
Thank
you
and
please
sign
on
bye.
L
D
J
D
So
does
anyone
wanna
speak
just
so
that
we
okay
show
off
physical
hands?
This
is
docket
zero,
one,
seven
six,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
councillor
braden
council,
o'malley,
council
flynn,
council,
mejia,
council
wu
councillor
campbell
council,
flaherty
councillor
bach
councillor
edwards,
did
I
counsel
wario?
Did
I
get
everyone?
D
D
Everyone
clear
anyone
want
to
speak,
show
a
physical
hands
please
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
names.
This
is
dockett0178.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
braden
counsel,
o'malley
counselor,
edwards,
council
flynn,
council
royal
council,
flaherty,
council,
mejia,
council
wu
councillor
campbell
councillor
bach.
Did
I
get
everyone?
Please
also
add
the
chair.
D
Docket
0178
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
of
education.
We
are
on
docket
zero,
one,
seven,
nine
people,
anyone
wanted
to
speak,
show
of
physical
hands.
This
is
doc
at
zero.
One,
seven,
nine!
Madame
clerk,
would
you
please
add
counselor
braden
councillor
o'malley
counselor
flynn,
councillor
bach
councillor
edwards,
councillor
mejia.
D
D
D
Thank
you
show
of
physical
hands,
madam
clerk,
if
we
could
please
add
counselor
braden
councillor,
o'malley
council
flaherty
councillor
bach
councillor,
edwards
councillor
baker,
councillor
campbell
council,
wu,
councillor
flynn,
council
royal
councillor
mejia.
Did
I
miss
anyone.
Please
also
add
the
chair
docket
zero.
One.
Eight
zero
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
of
education.
D
C
Here
we
go.
I
first
apologize
for
all
of
that
earlier
confusion,
but
here
we
are
with
zero
one.
Seven
two
last
week
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
announced
that
the
mcas
exam
would
continue
this
year,
though
it
would
not
be
a
high
school
graduation
requirement
and
it
would
be
a
shorter
test,
while
standardized
testing
can
be
used
as
an
assessment
tool.
It
is
clear
to
me
that
holding
the
mcas
this
spring
would,
as
only
an
assessment
tool,
would
be
assessing
a
student's
privilege.
C
Even
though
the
test
is
shorter,
it
will
be
an
administrative
burden
and
will
take
away
critical
learning
time
from
our
students.
Mcas
will
tell
us
nothing
new.
We
know
our
students
are
struggling.
Our
teachers
know
what
our
students
need
to
work
on
and
what
barriers
they're
experiencing
every
day
in
their
learning.
There
is
more
wisdom
and
knowledge
in
a
classroom,
zoom
breakout
room
than
there
is
in
the
mcas.
I
urge
desi
or
the
state
legislature
to
once
again
cancel
the
test.
This
year,
I
asked
to
suspend
the
rules
and
pass
this
resolution.
D
B
I
N
J
B
K
B
D
Wonderful,
thank
you
so
much,
madam
cook,
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
read
the
next
three
dockets
together
and
I
will
let
you
know
what
they
are
since
we've
taken
a
lot
of
out
of
order.
These
are
dockets
zero,
one,
seven,
three
zero
one:
seven
four
and
zero
one,
seven
five!
If
you
could
read
those
together.
B
Dock
at
zero
one,
seven
three
counselor
savvy
dodge
offered
the
following
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
regarding
an
act.
I'm
sorry
regarding
an
act
regarding
the
disability
pension
for
harry
gene,
docket
number:
zero,
174,
savvy
george
offered
the
following
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
regarding
the
disability,
pension
for
ryan,
lennane
and
docket
number
zero.
175
doctor
savvy
george
offered
the
following
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
regarding
the
disability
pension
for
terry
cotton.
D
C
Thank
you,
madam
president.
These
dockets
are
refiled
from
last
year.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
council
edwards,
chair
of
the
government
office
committee,
to
ensure
a
swift
amendment
process
and
passage
of
these
homo
petitions.
Passing
these
dockets
will
go
a
long
way
to
help
three
retired
office
officers
who
are
seriously
injured
in
the
line
of
duty.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
R
R
It
is
about
the
precedent
that
we're
setting
these
are
individuals,
but
it's
about
the
precedent
that
we're
setting
initially,
there
were
seven
individuals
looking
to
retire
and
there
will
be
more
who
come
forward
as
we
set
the
precedent
as
to
whether
you
can
or
cannot
or
should
or
shouldn't
petition
the
city
council.
We
have
done
five
of
these
since
1995.
R
they
are
rare,
so,
as
more
are
coming,
I
think
we
as
a
body
need
to
have
a
collective
conversation
about
how
we're
going
to
assess
them,
because
I
do,
I
think,
one
we're
in
a
physical
moment
and
we're
looking
at
our
fiscal,
our
physical
health,
but
two.
These
are
lifetime
permanent
disability
benefits
that
can
go
with
the
person
for
the
rest
of
their
life
and
then
their
spouse
until
she
or
he
dies
or
remarries.
D
Thank
you,
counselor
edwards,
the
show
of
physical
hands
will
take
each
docket
individually,
I'm
beginning
with
docket
0173
show
of
physical
hands.
To
add
your
name,
madam
clerk,
if
you
would
please
add:
counselor
o'malley
counselor
baker,
counselor
by
counselor
flynn,
councillor
braden,
docket,
0173
and
council
of
flaherty,
please
add:
council,
flaherty,
docket
0173
is
being
referred
to
the
committee
of
government
operations.
We
will
now
move
on
to
daca
0174
show
of
physical
hands.
D
B
M
M
But
the
key
thing
is
that
for
the
pilings
not
to
rot
and
to
hold
up
these
buildings
that
we
treasure
they
need
to
be
submerged,
and
so,
as
a
result,
we
have
a
deep
civic,
collective
interest
in
our
groundwater
levels
across
boston.
And
I
know
this
is
something
you
know.
It's
a
it's
of
deep
concern
to
those
of
us
district
councilors
who
have
a
lot
of
this
in
our
districts.
M
Most
of
my
district
is
on
this
basis.
I
think
there's
lots
of
counselors
flynn
and
janie
and
edwards's
that
are
also
on
this
basis,
and
it's
you
know
it's
an
existential
thing
for
our
neighborhoods
that
these
groundwater
levels
be
well
stewarded
and,
to
that
end,
boston,
created
the
boston,
groundwater,
trust
which
has
really
done
amazing
work
to
steward
that
resource
and
to
make
sure
that
whenever
someone
is
building
in
boston
in
these
areas
that
they're
taking
appropriate
steps
to
make
sure
that
groundwater
is
recharged
and
and
everyone's
pilings
are
being
protected.
M
M
Important
zoning
amendments
that
the
groundwater
trust
wants
to
bring
forward.
And
there
is
a
formal
process
for
that
which
they're
going
to
go
through
at
the
zoning
commission.
But
this
is
also
an
issue
of
critical
importance
to
just
average
bostonians
who
live
in
these
neighborhoods.
And
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
good
public
forum
for
the
groundwater
trust
to
explain
the
proposed
amendments
and
how
they're
going
to
forward
this
stewardship
work
and
to
answer
people's
questions
and
take
people's
comments
and
concerns.
M
So
parallel
to
the
kind
of
formal
technical
zoning
amendment
process,
I'm
partnering
with
the
groundwater
trust
today
to
file
this
hearing
order.
So
that,
in
in
short
order
we
can
have
a
public
hearing
and
kind
of
get
that
conversation
going
because
the
groundwater
trust,
like
I
said,
they're
a
real
they're,
real
steward
of
a
common
asset
that
we
share
and
they
want
to
be
responsive
to
the
public
and
able
to
make
the
public
aware
of
some
of
the
amendments
that
they'd
like
to
propose
to
the
zoning.
M
So
I'm
really
grateful
to
christian
ciminelli,
the
executive
director
there,
and
I
know
that
councillor
edwards
brought
him
in
to
talk
to
most
of
us
counselors
at
a
lunch
last
year,
and
it's
an
issue
with
that.
A
lot
of
colleagues
are
concerned
about-
and
I
just
want
to
create
this
public
forum
so
that
anybody
who
lives
in
in
the
current
overlay
district
or
where
the
overlay
district
would
be
extended
to
has
an
opportunity
to
learn
about
this.
This
key
literally
underground
aspect
of
what
holds
our
city
up.
P
P
P
They
were
installing
a
well
in
one
of
the
streets
in
east
boston,
so
I'm
going
to
probably
set
up
a
tour
if
anyone
is
interested
on
the
council-
maybe
sometime
this
spring
or
in
the
summertime,
when
when
one
of
these
wells
are
installed
somewhere
in
boston,
maybe
we
can
go
on
a
tour
and
watch
it.
It's
very
interesting
and
very
uninformative.
So
thank
you,
council
bark
for
this
important
hearing
order.
H
D
Thank
you
so
much
seeing.
No
other
speakers
show
a
physical
hands
please
for
those
who
want
to
add
their
name.
Madame
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor,
braden
counsel,
o'malley
counselor
flynn,
council
wu
councillor
flaherty
councillor,
edwards,
councilman,
councillor,
wasabi
george
councillor
campbell,
did
I
get
everyone.
Please
also
add
the
chair,
counselor
baker
and
please
also
add
the
chair.
This
is
docket
0181
and
it
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
of
planning,
development
and
transportation.
B
M
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
everyone.
This
is
a
municipal
services
day
for
me,
but
as
everyone
remembers,
we
had
a
big
snowstorm
back
on
december
17th
and
I'm
sure
I
was
not
alone
amongst
counselors
and
hearing
from
people
about
places
where
the
snow
had
not
been
cleared
and
in
some
cases
had
not
been
cleared
four
or
five
days
later
and
one
of
the
and
you
know
for
me
actually
as
a
district
counselor.
M
This
was
my
first
snowstorm
as
a
district
counselor
and
so
after
after
getting
to
enjoy
cross-country
skiing
in
the
common.
I
then
got
to
appreciate
this
other
aspect
of
it,
which
is
the
question
of
what
we
do
with
the
snow,
and
you
know.
I
think
that
we
have
really
great
work
done
by
public
works
to
clear
the
roadways,
whether
that's
you
know
for
cars
for
bikes,
anything,
that's
the
roadway.
M
The
city
clears
it
and
does
an
excellent
job,
but
then
we've
got
the
sidewalks
and
the
sidewalk
clearing,
as
everyone
knows,
is
very
uneven
and
in
boston.
Every
property
owner
is
responsible
for
clearing
their
sidewalk
and
some
do
that
better
than
others,
and
I
think
the
city
has
tried
to
really
step
up
enforcement
in
recent
years.
M
And
so
we
end
up
with
a
situation
where
our
intersections
are
sort
of
blockaded
by
snow
that
has
been
pushed
on
by
the
plows.
Also
should
acknowledge
some
property
owners
might
clear
it,
and
then
it
gets
pushed
by
the
plows
right
and
recovered,
and
so
you
end
up
with
these
walls
at
a
lot
of
our
key
intersections
and
sometimes
little
goat
paths.
M
Right
of,
like
one
footprint,
that's
been
placed
over
them
and
you
know
that's
okay
for
some
agile
members
of
our
community,
but
it
can
literally
block
many
members
of
our
community
from
getting
around
in
the
days
after
a
snowstorm.
It's
a
disaster
if
you
have
a
stroller,
if
you
have
a
wheelchair,
if
you
have
even
just
a
cane
and
need
kind
of
that
more
full
space.
M
So
you
know
it's
one
of
those
things
where
the
the
capacity
for
city
resources
to
clear
all
sidewalks
at
the
same
level,
they
clear
all
roadways,
it
would
be
huge
and
the
reality
is.
I
do
think
it's
important
for
all
of
our
property
owners
to
do
their
part,
but
I
think
a
big
storm
like
what
we
saw
on
the
17th,
shows
the
limitations
of
that
approach
and
when
we
went
looking
about
and
credit
to,
you
know
constituents
lots
of
other
people
reached
out
about
this.
M
If
the
snow
level
is
above
a
certain
cut
off
so,
for
instance,
in
rochester,
it's
if
more
than
four
inches
of
snow
falls,
the
city
does
the
supplemental
clearance
and
they
do
it
for
like
800
and
something
miles
of
of
sidewalk,
and
they
just
run
a
bunch
of
site,
a
bunch
of
like
sidewalk
plowing
routes,
and
it
becomes
part
of
what
the
city
does
and
they
pay
for
it.
With
a
small
additional
assessment.
M
That's
very
modest
that
I
think
people
really
appreciate
the
service
for,
and
I
think
that
there
are
different
models.
As
we
looked
around
some
places,
do
it
kind
of
across
the
board
all
sidewalks
some
places
sort
of
designate
some
arterial
sidewalk
routes,
and
do
that?
I
think
that
there's
lots
of
things
for
us
to
discuss
and
I
do
think
whenever
you
talk
about
adding
something
to
the
plate
of
public
works.
You
have
to
think
about
how
you're
going
to
finance
it,
how
you're
going
to
staff
this?
Is
it
a
workforce,
development
opportunity
right?
M
Is
there
a
local
workforce
that
could
do
this,
but
it's
also
going
to
be
occasional.
So
how
do
you
think
about
that?
There's
lots
of
nuts
and
bolts
questions.
I
think
the
core
philosophical
commitment
for
me
is
that
it
is
just
important
for
pedestrians
to
be
able
to
get
around
our
city
in
the
wake
of
a
snowstorm.
As
for
vehicles
to
do
so-
and
I
don't
regard
the
latter
as
a
greater
public
purpose
than
the
former.
M
So
I
think
this
is
a
place
where
we
need
to
think
about
our
fundamental
infrastructure
in
the
city
and
what
we're
prioritizing
and
how
to
shift
so
that
we
are
also
prioritizing
pedestrians,
because
I
don't
think
any
of
our
constituents
should
be
functionally
trapped
in
their
homes
for
days
after
a
storm,
because
it's
not
safe
for
them
to
get
around.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
having
a
hearing
order
about
this
and
thinking
about
how
to
work
with
our
public
works
department
and
our
city
budget
to
come
up
with
something
workable.
M
N
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Please
add
my
name.
It's
an
interesting
idea.
It
was
also
interesting
to
see
our
colleague
take
a
municipal
service
issue
and
weave
it
into
a
great
policy
issue.
So
sign
me
up.
I
get
a
lot
of
phone
calls
regularly
with
respect
to
sidewalks
not
being
clearly
passable,
particularly
around
our
train
stations,
particularly
around
our
schools,
etc.
So
it's
a
great
concept
of
just
reading
a
little
bit
more
about
what
they're
doing
in
rochester.
So
we're
happy
to
would
be
happy
to
partner
with
her
in
that
effort
and
again
municipal
services.
N
It's
the
basic
city
services,
said
gritty
as
council
bakerifer
non-sexy
stuff.
That's
what
people
expect
us
to
do
as
their
city
council
is
both
district
and
at
large,
so
we're
where
the
rubber
meets
the
road
with
a
municipal
branch
of
city
government
and
while
we're
doing
things
around
policy,
we
can
never
to
take
for
granted
the
role
that
we
play
in
making
sure
that
our
streets
are
safe
and
clean
and
that
the
trash
gets
removed
and
that
snow
gets
removed,
etc.
N
D
G
G
But
I
think
this
is
a
fabulous
idea
in
a
really
important
one,
as
the
previous
speaker
just
said,
to
talk
about
some
of
the
issues
that
we
can
really
play
an
impactful
role
on
several
I'm
bringing
up
this
point
that
several
times
several
years
ago,
I
introduced
a
hearing
order
on
jurisdiction
over
snow
removal
rather
than
reintroducing
it
this
year.
I
think
this
would
dovetail
nicely
in
this
hearing
order,
because
of
course,
we
have
sections
of
sidewalks
that
are
either
sit:
private,
proper
or
city
property,
state,
dcr,
dot,
mbta.
G
Obviously
the
bus
stops
is
one
one
thing:
I've
been
proud
to
do
in
my
10,
not
all
10
years.
Probably
I
think
we
started
five
or
six
years
ago,
which
is
the
the
gift
cards
for
kids,
who
shovel
out
fire
hydrants
we've
done,
including
the
children
of
several
members
of
this
body,
who
I'm
proud
to
happy
to
send
a
five
dollar
gift
card
when
they
do
a
nice
little
civic
service
of
shoveling
out
their
their
fire.
Hydrants.
G
We've
done
hundreds
and
hundreds,
if
not
over
a
thousand
gift
cards
and
I'll
continue
to
do
so.
As
long
as
I
can,
but
it's
a
great
opportunity
when
there's
not
snow
on
the
ground,
to
sort
of
convene
all
stakeholders
figure
out
ways
that
we
could
implement
this
jurisdiction
is
a
key
piece
of
it,
but
I'm
delighted
to
learn
more
and
support
counselor
bach
in
this
endeavor.
So
please
add
my
name.
P
P
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
public
works
city
workers
as
well,
and
the
parks
department
they're
doing
a
terrific
job
of
snow
removal
in
our
city.
So
I
want
to
highlight
our
dedicated
city
workers
who
often
go
unnoticed,
but
but
we
see
them
out
there
in
the
blizzards
and
they're
working
hard
and
they're
very
dedicated
and
very
professional.
So
I
want
to
acknowledge
our
city
workers
for
always
being
there
for
the
residents
of
boston.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge.
P
P
We
didn't
do
it
this
year
because
of
the
the
pandemic,
but
I
also
know
that
council
edwards
worked
with
the
group
as
well
in
east
boston,
on
helping
people,
especially
our
seniors
and
persons
with
disabilities,
but
it
really
takes
everybody's
effort
during
a
snowstorm
to
help
our
seniors
help
our
persons
with
disabilities
and
as
councilor
o'malley
pointed
out.
You
know
it's
great
to
see
so
many,
so
many
people
doing
great
work
out
there,
especially
for
those
people
in
in
need.
P
P
D
H
H
D
K
And
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
I
also
want
to
commend
my
colleague,
counselor
box
for
her
leadership
on
this.
My
background
is
a
as
a
physical
therapist.
I
I
there's
no
hazards
that
that
are
folks
with
disability
or
impaired
mobility
face
in
the
in
this
in
the
aftermath
of
a
snowstorm
are
significant.
Recently,
I
observed,
I
think
it
was
the
same
snowstorm
that
we're
talking
about.
K
I
observed
a
gentleman
with
a
a
a
a
walking
assistive
device,
a
walker
trying
to
get
across
a
a
a
side,
a
pedestrian
crossing
when
he
got
across
the
road.
There
was
a.
There
was
a
mound
of
snow
that
blocked
his
way.
He'd
know
where
to
go
and
again
this
is
commonplace
and
I
think
it
impacts
our
folks
with
disabilities
and
our
elders
greatly,
and
I
really
welcome
the
conversation
and
hope
that
we
can
come
up
with
some
really
workable
solutions.
Thank
you
and
please
add
my
name.
D
D
C
O
You,
madam
president,
I
couldn't
raise
my
hand,
that's
a
disaster,
so
I
apologize,
but
I
just
want
to
thank
council
bach
for
your
leadership
on
this.
This
is
a
critical
issue.
We
fielded
a
whole
bunch
of
calls
in
our
last
storm
with
respect
to
this
very
issue.
So
thank
you.
I
also
want
to
applaud
and
thank
councillor
baker
for
his
leadership
on
this
issue,
too,
he's
been
pushing
it
for
a
long
time
and
those
creative
ideas
in
response.
So
thank
you
and,
thank
you,
add
my
name
and
thank
you.
Madam
president.
Thank.
D
You
now,
if
there
are
no
other
speakers
or
show
physical
hands,
please,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
wu
councillor
baker,
counselor
edwards,
councillor,
mejia,
councillor,
braden,
councillor,
sabi,
george
council
flaherty,
I
have
you
counselor
edwards,
please
add
the
chair.
Did
I
get
everyone
who
wanted
to
see.
D
D
J
I
C
B
I
D
D
D
J
J
B
B
D
D
J
B
Baker?
Yes,
council
block.
Yes,
council
block;
yes,
council
braden;
yes,
I'm
so
brave;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
edwards;
yes,
councillor
edwards;
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
george,
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
dorje,
council
of
flaherty;
yes,
council
flaherty;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes
elsa
flynn;
yes,
councillor
janie,.
J
B
D
B
Thank
you.
The
letter
is
from
ava
calendar
concepcion
and
it
is
addressed
to
mayor
martin,
j
walsh
regarding
boston,
public
school
committee,
reassign
resignation,
dear
mayor
walsh,
please
accept
this
letter
as
formal
notification
of
my
resignation
from
the
boston
public
school
committee,
effective
immediately.
It
has
been
an
absolute
pleasure
working
with
you
and
your
team.
Over
the
last
several
weeks.
Regrettably,
I
received
an
offer
from
the
attorney
general
that
conflicts
with
my
role
on
the
school
committee
and
after
careful
consideration,
I
realized
that
this
opportunity
is
too
promising
to
decline.
B
D
J
I
A
B
D
G
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
know
it's
been
a
very
long
afternoon,
but
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
note
that
after
many
many
years
next
month,
community
choice,
energy
or
community
choice,
electricity
will
be
the
default
here
in
our
city,
and
this
came
about
through
the
leadership
of
counselor
wu
and
myself,
with
the
support
of
many
members
of
this
body,
everyone
who
was
serving
at
the
time
which
was
about
half
of
you.
G
It
is
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
most
proud
of
that
we
were
able
to
help
to
do
and,
through
the
obvious
support
on
leadership
of
mayor
walsh
and
chief
cook
and
others.
It
is
now
a
reality.
Now.
I
am
very
grateful
to
the
chief
cook's
team
for
doing
a
really
robust
community
process.
The
plan
all
along
was
to
do
community
meetings
to
go
out
into
the
neighborhood
to
you
know,
do
as
as
robust
a
process
as
humanly
possible
pre-pandemic.
G
Of
course,
we
were
able
to
then
be
nimble
and
do
as
good
of
a
job
in
terms
of
having
culturally
competent
materials
and
outreach
to
people
and
and
every
week,
through
next
month,
twice
a
week
actually
tuesdays
and
thursdays.
There
are
virtual
office
hours
explaining
this
as
well
as
materials
sent
in
many
many
different
languages
to
all
ratepayers.
G
I
bring
this
up
to
say
that
all
of
you
have
heard
me
say
ad
nauseam
that
every
fiscal
conservative
ought
to
be
an
environmentalist,
because
quite
often
good
sound
environmental
policy
is
also
going
to
save
cities.
Money
save
ratepayers
money,
and
that
is
certainly
being
borne
out
here.
So
if
you
have
done
nothing,
your
your
electricity
bill
next
month
will
be
on
average
about
three
bucks
cheaper
than
it
would
be,
and
your
renewable
energy
standards
will
grow
by
10.
G
G
What
could
be
better
than
that?
So
thank
you,
councillor,
wu
for
your
partnership
on
this.
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
who
supported
it.
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
seeing
the
implementation
the
success
of
this
really
really
innovative,
important
and
potentially
planned
saving
program.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
P
P
P
A
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
wanted
to
just
make
a
few
remarks
on
behalf
of
irene
golson,
who
many
of
you
may
know
passed
away
on
december,
the
29th
2020.
it's
hard
losing
someone
like
irene,
because
I
know
that
we
didn't
just
lose
a
fierce
advocate,
a
mental
wellness,
a
guru,
a
champion
of
community,
and
we
already
know
that
she
was
always
a
champion
for
community
health.
A
A
A
M
M
And
just
I
know,
a
host
of
things
that
john
conley
did.
Fingerprints
all
over
the
city
also
very
involved
in
the
beautification
of
post
office
square,
which,
if
you
walk
through
downtown,
you
see
hundreds
of
people
enjoying
any
nice
day
of
the
year.
So
you
know
there's
a
lot
more.
That
can
be
said
about
him.
M
K
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
just
want
to
remember
two
community
members
who
passed
on
recently.
First,
mrs
jeannie
woods
who's
a
lifelong
resident
of
oak
square,
a
community
activist
she
actually
ran
for
state
rep
at
one
stage,
saying
that
the
house
needed
a
woman.
A
woman
in
the
house
was
needed,
so
she
ran
on.
That
was
her.
That
was
her
slogan
that
she
ran
for
for
us
for
a
state
rep.
K
K
The
other
person
I'd
like
to
remember
today
is
sandy
felgate
sandy
was
a
native
of
vermont
and
she
moved
to
boston
and
made
austin
brighton
her
home.
She
was
a
long-time
member
and
treasurer
of
the
friends
of
nathaniel
branch
library.
The
friends
of
the
faneuil
branch
library
are
a
fierce
bunch
of
men
and
women,
women
and
men.
K
They
saved
the
the
branch
library
from
closure
and,
and
sandy
was
always
there-
a
quiet
but
ever-present
person
in
in
who
served
our
our
neighborhood
for
many
many
years
and
sadly
passed
away
due
to
culvert
recently.
So
I
I'd
like
to
remember
those
two
very,
very
strong
and
wonderful
women
in
our
remembrances
today.
Thank
you.
K
M
D
D
In
addition
to
those
we
will
mention
today
so
today
we
will
adjourn
our
meeting
in
memory
of
the
following
for
council
bach,
bob
matson
nancy
bush
ellis
john
p,
connolly
for
councillor
braden,
sandra
filgate,
jane
woods
for
councillor
campbell,
william
coughlin
jr
for
councillors,
campbell
flynn
and
wu
felicity
lingle
for
councillor
edwards
anna
mourinho
for
councillor
asabi,
george,
francis
l,
frank
walsh,
for
the
chair,
julius
fleming
and
on
behalf
of
the
entire
city
council,
ravine,
goldson,
hermann,
hemingway
and
bruce
sales.
A
moment
of
silence.
Please.
D
D
We
are
scheduled
to
meet
again
on
wednesday
january
27th,
so
we're
skipping
next
week
because
of
the
mlk
holiday,
and
we
will
meet
again
on
wednesday
january
27th
at
noon,
for
the
safety
of
the
general
public
and
all
those
involved.
This
meeting
will
be
held
virtually
and
posted
online
viewers
can
watch
the
council
meeting
live
on
youtube
by
visiting
boston.gov
city
dash
council
dash
tv.