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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on June 3, 2020
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Boston City Council Meeting on June 3, 2020
B
B
B
D
A
A
F
G
I
don't
see
his
screen
yet.
Madam
president,.
G
Matt
he's
joining
in
as
we
speak.
A
A
I
J
J
J
J
I
A
Attendance,
thank
you.
So
much
I've
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
a
quorum
is
present
and
we
will
begin
with
our
clergy
and
I'm
going
to
invite
counselor
o'malley
to
introduce
our
clergy.
This
morning,
councilor
o'malley.
G
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
good
afternoon,
colleagues,
I
am
honored
to
introduce
a
very
dear
friend
to
me,
a
neighbor
of
mine,
the
reverend
ben
perkins
who's,
the
associate
pastor
and
community
minister
for
hope,
central
congregational
church
in
jamaica,
plain
he's
ordained
with
the
ucc
and
disciples
of
christ,
in
addition
to
his
incredible
spiritual
work.
G
Ben's
also,
reverend
perkins
is
also
a
public
health
leader
working
for
the
american
heart
association,
where
he's
the
vice
president
of
multicultural
initiatives
and
health
equity
prior
to
that
reverend,
perkins
spent
about
15
years
at
fenway,
community
health
center
working
on
hiv,
in
other
cases
in
in
district,
eight
ben
and
his
family
live
in
west,
roxbury
and
they're,
just
just
wonderful,
dear
friends
to
catherine
and
me,
and
I'm
delighted
that
he's
been
able
to
join
us
again.
G
E
Hey
good
afternoon,
everyone
and
thanks
matt
for
the
kind
introduction
I'm
very
honored
to
be
here,
and
one
thing
I
was
thinking
about
is
this
week.
In
the
christian
faith
tradition,
we
commemorated
the
festival
of
pentecost,
which
some
people
consider
the
birth
of
the
church,
and
one
of
the
things
I
find
most
interesting
about
this
particular
celebration
is
that
the
idea
was
that
people
were
gathered.
They
spoke
different
languages
and
the
spirit
came
in
a
room
and
folks
were
able
to
understand
each
other.
E
It
wasn't
that
their
differences
were
eliminated,
but
they
actually
understood
each
other,
even
in
speaking
different
languages.
So
it's
in
that
spirit
that
I
want
to
offer
these
words
of
invocation,
so,
whether
you're,
religious
or
secular
or
whatever.
E
We
ask
that
you
bless
our
neighborhoods
and
families
that
animate
our
dear
city
bless
our
medical
staff,
service
workers,
mental
health
workers,
law
enforcement
officers,
emts
our
faith
leaders,
our
students
and
teachers,
a
loving
one.
Our
hearts
are
broken.
We
are
blind
with
weeping,
yet
we
rightly
intuit
that
we
are
capable
of
so
much
more,
a
birthright
of
love
and
equity,
and
so
we
ask
that
you
instill
and
all
gather
here,
a
renewed
resolve.
E
The
moral
and
ethical
will
and
imagination
to
do
the
work
of
peacemaking
bound
to
justice
so
that
all
may
bird
watch
jog
ask
for
help
play
loud.
Music,
sell
cds,
walk
to
the
corner,
store
sleep,
worship
without
terror
and,
most
of
all,
to
live
to
the
full
measure
of
their
years,
knowing
that
their
lives
had
incalculable
priceless
value,
and
we
ask
this
in
all
in
the
name
of
all
that
is
holy
and
just
and
true
for
love's
sake,
amen,.
A
F
A
Justice,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
wonderful
inspiring
word
and
as
we
close
out
as
we
begin
with
prayer
and
with
the
pledge
of
allegiance,
I'm
reminded
of
a
former
colleague
of
ours
or
for
many
of
us
during
my
first
year,
congresswoman
ayana
presley
served
on
the
council
and
she
would
always
end
the
pledge
of
allegiance
with
some
day
justice
for
all
some
day.
J
A
So
this
afternoon
I
would
like
for
us
to
reflect
on
our
role
in
this
moment.
I
would
like
for
us
to
sit
and
be
uncomfortable
as
we
reflect
what
it
was
like
for
mr
george
floyd,
and
as
we
do
that,
I
would
like
for
us
to
think
about
our
own
privilege
position
and
power,
and
not
just
as
counselors,
because
some
of
us
have
more
of
that
than
others
think
about
that
and
how
that
played
into
this
scenario
and
what
we
can
do
as
a
body
to
prevent
something
like
this
from
happening
again.
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
A
Folks
may
be
aware,
there
was
a
press
conference
yesterday
with
elected
officials
of
color
across
the
commonwealth,
and
I
said
yesterday
that
we
need
everyone
in
this
fight,
and
so
when
you
see
injustice
and
it's
all
around
us,
I
really
hope
that
people
speak
up
and
I'm
really
proud
of
the
ways
that
this
body
has
already
done,
that
this
council
has
done
amazing
work
in
my
first
term
on
the
body,
and
certainly
these
first
six
months
in
my
second
term,
and
I'm
really
proud
of
that,
and
I
ask
that
we
continue
to
do
that
work
and
we
remember
that
it
is
the
george
floyd's
in
boston
in
our
districts
that
we
are
fighting
for.
A
So
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing.
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
all
of
our
staff,
all
the
council
staff
and
the
central
staff
who
have
been
working
hard
these
past
six
months
under
really
difficult
conditions
with
covet
19
and
now
everything
else
that's
going
on.
So
thank
you
for
all
that
you're
doing,
and
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
as
well
now
on
to
the
first
order
of
business,
which
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes.
A
If
there
are
no
corrections
to
be
made
to
the
minutes
of
the
last
meeting,
they
will
stand
as
approved,
seeing
and
hearing
no
objections
and
I'm
looking
at
the
screen
here.
The
minutes
are
so
approved.
I
should
say
right
now
for
my
colleagues
and
anyone
that
is
watching,
I
am
having
technical
difficulties,
so
please
be
patient
with
me
as
I
try
to
navigate
the
zoom
meeting
from
my
cell
phone,
so
please
be
patient.
A
Thank
you
we'll
now
move
on
from
move
on
to
communications
from
his
honor,
the
mayor
and
madam
clerk.
If
you
could,
please
read
doc
at
zero,
seven,
two:
nine.
That
would
be
great.
H
Doc,
it's
zero
seven,
two:
nine!
I
would
like
to
bring
to
the
attention
of
the
council
that,
although
the
verbiage
does
say
ten
million
dollars,
the
numerix
say
ten
thousand
dollars
the
amount
is
ten
million
dollars,
docket
zero,
seven,
two
nine
message
and
order
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
reimbursements
up
to
the
amount
of
10
million
dollars
from
the
federal
emergency
management
agency
and
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
for
expenses
related
to
the
covet
19
pandemic.
A
H
Docket:
zero,
seven,
three
zero
message
and
auto
authorize
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
thirty
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy
19,
fair
housing
assistance
program
awarded
by
the
united
states,
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
to
be
administered
by
the
department
of
fair
housing
and
equity.
The
grant
will
fund
training
costs
related
to
processing
housing
discrimination,
complaints
received
by
the
boston,
fair
housing
and
equity
commission.
L
Very
much,
madam
president,
considering
the
amount
and
considering
that
it's
going
to
do
work
that
this
body
already
supports
and
it's
going
to
fair
housing.
I
am
hoping
that
we
would
go
ahead
today
and
suspend
the
rules
and
pass
and
allow
for
this
money
to
immediately
go
to
fair
housing
and
get
to
the
the
folks
there
to
do
their
good
work.
B
A
You
so
much
councillor
edwards,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
zero,
seven,
three
zero.
All
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
aye,
aye,.
F
A
H
At
zero,
seven,
three
one
message
and
auto
authorize
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
four
thousand
two
hundred.
Ninety
two
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
street
outreach
outreach
unit,
opioid,
covert,
19
pilot
program
awarded
by
the
police,
assisted
addiction
and
recovery
initiative
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
H
The
grant
will
fund
the
purchase
and
disbursement
of
up
to
30
smartphones
for
high
uses
of
emergency
services
known
as
hues,
in
order
to
maintain
bi-weekly
contact
through
the
police,
assisted
addiction,
recovery
initiative
hughes
will
also
receive
knock-in
training
and
training.
Along
with
a
list
of
virtual
support
groups.
The
phones
will
allow
collection
of
baseline
data
and
ensure
that
the
street
outreach
unit
can
maintain
contact
and
continue
building
rapport
with
their
clients
during
the
pandemic.
A
C
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
as
chair
of
the
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice
criminal
justice,
I
see
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
zero.
Seven,
three
one.
It
is
pretty
strel
self-explanatory,
it's
a
grant
for
our
street
outreach
unit
and
it
allows
them
to
purchase
smartphones
to
stay
in
contact
with
their
clients
during
the
pandemic.
I
see
suspension
of
the
rules
in
passage
today,
so
those
folks
can
get
those
funds
immediately.
Thank
you.
A
E
A
Any
opposed,
nay
the
eyes
have
it
docket
zero.
Seven
three
one
has
been
passed.
We
will
read
dot
zero,
seven,
three:
two
and
docket
zero,
seven,
three
three
together,
madam
clerk,
please
thank.
A
H
Thank
you
dock
at
zero.
Seven,
three:
four
message:
in
order
to
declare
surplus
owned:
former
public
works
department,
parcel
property
known
as
windsor
street
in
the
roxbury
district
ward,
nine
paso,
zero,
two
zero:
two:
five:
zero:
two:
zero
will
transfer
the
care,
custody,
management
and
control
of
said
property
to
the
public
facilities.
Commission.
A
A
A
A
A
This
is
obviously
one
of
the
most
important
things
that
we
do
as
a
boston
city
council,
and
we
all
know
that
our
budget
is
a
value
statement,
so
we
will
read
dockets
zero.
Five,
eight
eight
through
zero,
five,
nine
two
together.
This
is
the
first
of
a
vote
and
our
chair
will
kind
of
go
through
some
more
in
that
process.
So
we'll
read
these
dockets
and
then
we'll
call
upon
our
chair.
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
Thank.
H
You
doc
at
zero
five
eight
eight,
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
to
which
was
referred
on
april
8
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
five,
eight
eight
message:
in
order
for
annual
appropriation
and
tax
order
for
fy2021
submits
a
report
recommending
the
author.
The
order
ought
to
be
rejected
without
prejudice.
Docket
number:
zero:
five,
eight
nine,
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
to
which
is
referred
on
april,
8th
2020,
docket
number,
zero.
H
Docket
number:
zero:
five:
nine
zero:
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
which
was
referred
on
april:
2020:
number:
zero,
five,
nine
zero
message
and
order
approving
an
appropriation
of
40
million
dollars
to
the
other
post
employment
benefits
known
as
opeb
liability
trust
fund
established
by
section
20
of
the
massachusetts
general
laws.
Chapter
32b
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
be
rejected
without
prejudice.
H
Docket
number:
zero:
five,
nine
one.
The
committee
on
weights
means
two
which
is
referred
on
april:
8th
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
five,
nine
one
message
and
auto
approving
and
appropriation
of
27
million
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
city's
capital
grant
fund
in
order
to
provide
funding
for
various
transportation
and
public
realm
improvements
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
be
rejected
without
prejudice
and
docket
number
zero.
H
Five
nine
two:
the
committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
referred
on
april:
8
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
five,
nine
two
message
and
order:
approving
the
appropriation
of
seven
million
dollars
from
the
city's
capital
grant
fund
to
address
the
impact
of
transportation,
network
services
on
municipal
roads,
bridges
and
other
transportation
infrastructure
of
any
other
public
purpose,
substantially
related
to
the
operation
of
transportation.
Network
services
in
the
city
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
be
rejected
without
prejudice.
A
Thank
you,
madam
clerk,
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we're
going
to
take
each
docket
separately.
It'll
be
a
roll
call
vote.
I
want
to
let
my
colleagues
know
so
one
I'm
going
to
call
on
the
chair
and
my
my
my
goal
is
that
we
will
vote
right
after
we
hear
from
the
chair.
I
know
many
of
my
colleagues
are
doing
amazing
work
and
have
a
lot
of
strong
advocacy
as
it
relates
to
the
budget.
As
do
I,
and
I'm
going
to
ask
that,
we
all
continue
that
advocacy
in
our
hearings.
A
There
are
more
budget
hearings
that
are
happening
and
we
have
other
platforms
that
we
can
make
that
known
for
this
we're
gonna
hear
from
the
chair.
We're
gonna
take
the
vote
at
the
final
vote
at
the
end
of
the
month.
Obviously
we
will
all
have
lots
to
say
about
that,
and
so
that's
how
I'd
like
to
set
this
up.
So
with
that
said,
I
will
now
call
upon
the
chair
of
the
ways
and
means
committee
chair
bach.
You
have
the
floor.
D
Thank
you
so
much.
Madam
president,
over
the
past
two
months,
the
city
council's
had
27
hearings
and
nine
working
sessions
related
to
the
budget
and,
as
the
council
president
has
just
said,
the
budget
process
is
going
to
be
ongoing
for
the
coming
weeks.
I
want
to
give
folks
at
home
the
orientation
that
the
city
council
gets
budget
orders
from
the
mayor
in
the
second
week
of
april
and
and
needs
to
act
on
those
orders,
or
else
they
will
just
become
the
budget
by
the
second
wednesday
in
june.
D
We
also
need
to
act
on
some
of
these
orders,
which
are
called
60-day
orders
within
60
days
of
them
being
submitted,
or
else
again
they
pass
into
law
in
this
case
this
year.
The
second
wednesday
in
june
would
be,
after
the
60-year
the
60-day
order
deadline,
so
for
a
number
of
our
dockets,
including
capital,
and
some
transfer
dockets
related
to
operating
the
city
council
needs
to
act
today
in
order
to
keep
the
budget
process
with
both
public
input
and
city
council
input
going.
D
We
I
do
just
want
to
say,
we've
had
amazing
participation
from
my
colleagues.
I,
as
chair,
have
been
very
grateful.
The
working
sessions
generated
a
ton
of
questions
that
enabled
us
to
have
a
more
productive
conversation
with
the
administration.
We've
also
gotten
a
large
amount
of
public
testimony,
both
written
and
delivered
in
person,
and
if
you
are
watching
at
home
and
you
go
to
boston.gov
council
dash
fy21
budget,
you
will
find
the
notices
related
to
all
the
hearings
and
attached
to
those
notices.
D
You'll
see
you
can
see
the
public
testimony,
you
can
see
the
responses
to
information
submitted
by
the
administration,
there's
a
lot
of
information
there
and
and
that
process
again
is
ongoing.
So
I
would
encourage
folks
who
want
to
testify
and
make
their
voices
heard
on
the
budget
to
continue
doing
that
over
the
coming
weeks.
D
We
the
today
with
these
dockets
that
we
have
before
us
I'm
recommending
that
we
reject
without
prejudice
this
series
of
dockets
related
to
the
operating
budget.
So
there's
the
general
operating
budget
there's
also
the
school's
operating
budget
and
a
few
other
items
mixed
in
there
there's
a
couple
of
reasons
to
take
this
rejection
vote
today.
One
is
that,
as
I
said,
we
need
to
do
so.
You
know
in
order
to
keep
the
conversation
going,
also
the
city
council,
you
know-
really.
D
I
think
one
thing
that
I've
heard
loud
and
clear
from
colleagues
and
I'll
speak
on
behalf
of
the
body
today.
Is
you
know
that
this?
The
budget
that
we
pass
at
the
end
of
this
month
needs
to
be
a
budget
that
meets
this
moment?
Of
course,
19
and
also
of
the
you
know,
the
police
brutality
and
the
other,
the
other
serious
issues
of
systemic
racism
that
our
society
is
grappling
with,
and
so
that
conversation
is
going
to
have
to
continue.
I
I
it's.
D
It's
also
important
for
folks
to
folks
to
understand
that,
because
of
covet
19
and
the
current
economic
crisis,
this
is
unfortunately
going
to
be
the
first
first
budget
in
a
decade
where
the
resubmission
will
be
lower
in
and
in
size
than
the
submission
that
we
had
in
april.
D
So
the
city
budget
is
partly
supported
by
excise
taxes
and
which
are
based
on
things
like
hotels
and
restaurants,
and
supported
also
through
state
aid,
which
comes
obviously
from
the
state
budget,
and
so
there
needs
to
be
a
serious,
ongoing
conversation
about
how
to
how
to
adjust
for
the
economic
situation
that
we
find
ourselves
in,
even
as
the
needs
that
we
face
are
greater
than
ever
so
so
that
is.
That
is
the
context
in
which
we
find
ourselves
today.
D
I
I
do
want
to
just
flag
that
one
of
the
like
that,
throughout
this
process,
there's
been
a
lot
in
this
budget
that
the
city
council
is
really
excited
about.
There's
a
commitment
to
a
urban
forestry
plan
and
more
arborists
and
looking
at
getting
more
trees
planted
around
our
city
and
getting
them
planted
in
an
equitable
way.
There's
you
know
a
bunch
of
new
supports
for
students
in
our
public
schools,
including
family
liaisons
and
social
workers,
there's
more
money
for
affordable
housing.
D
You
know
in
a
first
time
ever
city
rental,
voucher
program
in
a
funding
to
create
more
affordable
housing
and
to
support
family
homelessness.
There's
a
lot
of
things
in
this
budget
that,
though
it
was
proposed
prior
to
copenhagen.
I
think
this
body
is
excited
about.
D
There
are
also
a
bunch
of
things
that
people-
you
know
that
I
think
are
part
of
meeting
that
moment
right.
There's
issues
around
how
the
city
is
expanding,
its
commitments
to
food
access
to
language,
access
to
youth
jobs
this
summer,
to
all
the
supports
we
need
to
take
care
of
our
kids
in
this
moment
of
drama
and
learning
loss
to
you
know:
support
for
our
small
businesses
and
building
an
equitable
economic
recovery
and
questions
also
about
our
safety.
Our
public
safety
budget
are
the
size
of
our
overtime
commitments.
D
So
those
are
that
I
I
say
those
things
on
behalf
of
the
body
to
say
we're
going
to
be
having,
as
the
president
alluded
to
a
conversation
in
the
coming
weeks,
but
in
order
for
us
to
consider
a
resubmitted
budget
and
hold
our
hearings
on
it
and
discuss
it,
and
we
need
to
take
a
vote
today
to
reject
without
prejudice
dockets
zero,
five,
eight,
eight
zero,
five,
eight,
nine
zero,
five,
nine
o
zero,
five,
nine
one
and
zero.
Five.
D
Nine
two,
the
one
technical
note
I'll
make
for
colleagues
a
couple
of
those
are
transfer,
dockets
and
so
they're
related
to
operating
dollars,
but
they're.
They
also
take
the
form
of
60-day
orders
and
that's
part
of
the
reason
why
we're
taking
the
vote
this
week
rather
than
next
week.
So
so.
Madam
president,
I
I
I'd
like
to
respectfully
recommend
a
vote
to
reject
without
prejudice
on
those
five
dockets.
A
J
And
if
there's
nothing
point
of
clarity,
madam
chair,
so
so
just
to
be
clear,
kenzie
a
yes
vote
is
for
is
to
reject
these
moving
forward
correct.
Yes,
yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
sorry,
to
break
in
like
that.
No
worries.
A
You
come
up
early,
so
I
understand
the
need
for
clarification
all
right,
so
here
we
go.
If
there's
nothing
else,
burning
we're
going
to
go
right
into
it.
First
up
is
docket
zero.
Five,
eight
eight
counselor
box
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
recommends
that
the
council
reject
without
prejudice
dr0588.
I
N
K
E
H
A
Thank
you.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
docket
zero.
Five
eight
eight
has
been
rejected
without
prejudice.
Next
up
is
docket
zero.
Five,
eight
nine
council
box
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
recommends
that
the
council
reject
without
prejudice
stockade0589.
I
J
K
H
K
K
K
K
H
A
Vote.
Thank
you.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
docked
at
zero.
Five,
eight
nine
has
been
rejected
without
prejudice.
Counselor
box
seeks
acceptance
of
committee
report
and
recommends
that
the
council
reject,
without
prejudice
stock
at
zero
five
nine
zero.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
call
the
rule.
J
K
M
K
N
O
J
H
A
Thank
you.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
docket
zero.
Five
nine
zero
has
been
rejected
without
prejudice.
Counselor
bach
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
recommends
that
the
council
reject
without
prejudice
docket
0591.
Madam
clark,
please
call
the
roll.
I
J
K
K
H
P
N
H
A
A
I
K
K
K
K
K
N
K
J
A
H
You,
madam
president,
dock
at
zero,
five,
nine
seven.
The
committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
referred
on
april:
8,
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
five,
nine
seven
message
and
order
authorizing
the
appropriation
of
one
million.
Three
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
income
of
the
george
francis
parkman
fund,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
The
chair
recognizes
councillor
bach
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
council
black.
You
have
the
floor.
D
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
The
parkman
fund
is
a
long
existing
fund
with
which
is
to
be
expended
under
the
direction
of
the
commissioner
of
parks
and
rec
for
the
maintenance
and
improvement
of
boston,
common
parks
in
existence
since
1887.
So
it's
basically
a
legacy
fund
that
helped
funds,
maintenance
and
improvements
to
parks
like
the
public
garden
and
the
common
in
the
heart
of
the
city.
So
these
funds,
it's
a
trust
fund.
D
These
funds
have
to
be
used
for
this
purpose,
and
the
appropriation
this
year
would
authorize
1.3
million
dollars,
which
would
go
to
a
mix
of
general
care
of
the
park
specialized
maintenance
of
the
horticulture
and
infrastructure
and
some
new
park
equipment
and
repairs.
This
is
the
money
for
which
this
the
the
purpose
versus
money
is
intended,
and
my
recommendation,
madam
president,
is
that
this
matter
ought
to
pass.
A
Counselor
black
seeks
acceptance
of
of
no
wait.
What
docket
are
we
on.
A
Counselor
box
seeks
acceptance;
no,
no.
You
want
this.
A
Yes,
counselor
box
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
in
passage
and
I
want
to
make
sure
I
get
the
the
docket
right
this
we're
on
docket
zero,
five,
nine,
eight,
no.
A
P
A
Opposed
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Five
nine
seven
has
been
passed
at
we're
on
now.0598.
H
Thank
you
doc.
At
0598,
the
committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
referred
on
april,
8th
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
five
message:
an
order
approving
the
appropriation
of
four
million
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
21st
century
fund,
also
known
as
the
public,
educational
and
governmental
known
as
pig
access
and
cable
related
fund.
A
D
Thank
you,
madam
president.
So
this
order
is
for
the
peg,
the
21st
century
access
fund.
We
heard
in
our
hearing
from
glenn
williams,
from
the
boston
neighborhood
network
and
also
from
theodora
hanna
from
teco's
home.
These
are
the
two
main
entities
that
we
fund
with
this
money.
To
do
things
like
provide
access
to
across
the
digital
divide.
D
To
I
think
tech
goes
home,
has
distributed
14,
500
new
computers
and
helped
22
000
people
navigate
online
resources
over
the
last
five
years
and
actually
has
really
ramped
up
their
work
during
the
pandemic
and
bnn,
as
we
all
know,
actually
helps,
helps
carry
awesome
city,
council,
tv,
which
we
are
appearing
on
now,
and
a
large
number
of
other
excellent
programs.
D
We
did
discuss
with
doit
the
fact
that,
because
this
is
paid
for
through
cable
access
fees
and
there's
been
a
decline
in
recent
years
in
those,
this
fund
may
become
more
limited
as
a
source
in
the
future
in
future
fiscal
years,
and
we
may
need
to
work
as
a
council
to
think
about
how
we
support
these
important
things
through
other
mechanisms.
D
But
for
this
year
the
trust
fund
is
adequately
capitalized
to
support
this
appropriation
and,
as
we
heard
in
the
hearing,
it's
really
important
work
to
give
our
our
citizens
in
boston,
access
to
public
programming
and
then
access
to
you
know
the
internet,
which,
as
we
all
know,
is,
is
really
a
an
essential
utility
of
life
these
days.
So
my
recommendation
as
chair
is
that
today
this
item
ought
to
pass.
A
F
A
H
You,
madam
president,
back
at
zero
five,
nine
nine.
The
committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
referred
on
april:
8,
2020,
doc,
number,
zero,
599
message
and
order
authorizing
the
law
department
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2021
to
purchase
goods
and
services
for
repairs
to
city
property,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
occupants.
H
The
committee
on
ways
means
which
was
referred
on
april:
8
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
six,
zero
one
message
and
auto
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
mia's
office
of
arts
and
culture
revolving
fund
from
fiscal
year,
2021
to
purchase
goods
and
services
to
support
operation
of
the
strand
theater.
To
miss
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass
docket
number
zero
six
zero.
H
Two,
the
committee
on
waves
means
to
which
was
referred
on
april
8
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
six,
zero,
two
message
and
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
nia's
office
of
arts
and
culture
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2021
to
purchase
goods
and
services
to
support
public
art
to
enhance
the
public
realm
throughout
the
city
of
boston,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass
docket
number
zero
six
zero.
Three.
H
Energy
resources,
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2021
to
facilitate
the
purchase
of
offsets
of
green,
get
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
which
shall
be
associated
with
a
portion
of
the
electricity
consumed
by
the
city
annually
and
to
operate,
maintain
and
monitor
and
expand.
The
city's
existing
solar,
arrays
and
boston
public
schools,
combined
heat
and
power
facilities
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass
docket
number
zero
six
zero.
Four.
The
committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
referred
on
april:
8th
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
six,
zero,
four
message
and
auto
authorizing.
H
School
police
costs
associated
with
events,
floor,
refinishing,
landscaping
and
building
repairs
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass
docket
number
zero,
six
zero
seven,
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
to
which
is
referred
on
april
8
2020
docket
number,
zero,
six,
zero,
seven
message
and
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
boston
public
schools,
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year
to
repair
and
purchase
boston,
public
schools,
computer
technology,
including
computers,
mobile
devices
and
instructional
software
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass
docket
number
zero
six
zero.
Eight.
H
Excuse
me
to
purchase
supplies
and
equipment
necessary
to
operate.
The
police
department's
fitness
center
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
up
to,
and
I
think
I'm
reading
the
next
two
also.
A
And
I
think
you
just
finished
that
yeah.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
The
chair
recognizes
counselor
black,
who
is
our
chair
on
the
ways
and
means
committee
counselor
bach.
You
have
the
floor.
D
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
president,
and
thank
you,
madam
clerk,
for
reading
all
those
the
what
what
these
committee
reports
are
on
are
the
13
revolving
funds
that
we
have
scattered
across
city
departments,
so
for
folks,
just
to
understand,
revolving
funds
are
a
type
of
mechanism.
The
city
is
allowed
to
have
by
state
law
that
takes
in
funds
for
a
very
particular
reason
and
then
expense
funds
for
a
very
particular
related
purpose.
D
So,
for
instance,
one
of
them
is
that
at
schools,
if
someone
rents
our
school
buildings
and
they
pay
us
some
money
for
the
rental,
then
we
spend
some
of
that
money
on
the
kind
of
cleanup
and
staffing
that
you
need
to
support
that
rental
right.
So
the
in
state
law,
these
have
to
be
very
tightly
connected
purposes
and
they
and
they
can't
be
sort
of
used
to
fund
general
personnel
and
such
and
the
city
council's
job
here
is
actually
not
to
approve
an
appropriation.
D
We
are
merely
approving
the
maximum
limit
for
each
of
these
revolving
funds.
So
the
council
has
considered
over
the
course
of
its
27
hearings,
these
revolving
funds,
as
part
of
those
departmental
hearings
and
we've
also
received
information
from
the
city
department,
specific
information
in
a
particular
sort
of
standard
format
on
every
one
of
these
revolving
funds.
So
we've
scrutinized
them,
and
the
question
before
us
today
is
just
approving
their
maximum
limits
for
the
year
ahead.
A
Thank
you
so
much
and
we'll
do
a
voice
vote
on
these
dockets
and
we'll
take
them
separately
and
so
we'll
start
with
docket
zero.
Five,
nine
nine
councillor
black,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
community
report
and
passage
of
daca
zero,
five,
nine,
nine,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Five.
Nine
nine
has
been
passed,
we'll
now
move
on
to
daca,
zero,
six,
zero,
zero
counselor
box.
E
A
F
A
The
eyes
have
it:
the
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
docket
0602
has
been
passed.
Counselor
black,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passage
of
docket
0603,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
aye,
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
the
committee
report
has
been
accepted.0603
has
been
passed.
A
A
G
A
P
A
G
A
A
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
daca0609
has
been
passed.
Counselor
box
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passage
of
docket
0610,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
docket
zero.
Six
one
zero
has
been
passed,
and
this
is
the
last
one.
A
G
A
H
Docket,
zero
six
one
two,
the
committee
on
ways
means
to
which
is
referred
on
april:
8,
2020.,
docking,
number,
zero,
612
message
and
auto
authorizes
the
city
of
boston
to
enter
into
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
certain
entities
for
the
purpose
of
re
reporting
costs
and
receiving
title
for
e.
Every
student
succeeded
at
allowable
federal
reimbursement
for
said
costs
as
they
relate
to
transporting
eligible
children
from
private
placements
and
schools.
Supported
report
recommending
the
autorod
to.
D
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
president,
this
is
an
order
which
enables
basically
us
to
receive
reimbursement
for
the
transportation
of
foster
kids
so
that
they
can
have
continuity
in
the
school
that
they're
attending
and
we
can
get
support
through
the
federal
and
state
government
for
for
that
transportation.
D
So
I
I
mean
you
know,
think
that's
a
it's
a
very
important
cause
and
again
this
is
it's
not
an
appropriation
by
us.
It's
a
it's!
It's
authorizing
this
mou
so
that
we
can
get
the
reimbursement.
So
my
recommendation
as
chair
is
that
this
matter
ought
to
pass.
A
A
The
eyes
have
it
and
the
committee
report
has
been
accepted.
No
no
committee
report,
it's
been
accepted.0612
has
been
passed.
Madam
clerk,
could
we
go
on
to
zero
six
one?
Three.
H
Dog:
zero
six
one
three,
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
to
which
is
deferred.
On
april
8,
2020
docket
number
zero,
six
one
three
message
and
auto
authorizing
an
appropriation
from
the
boston
equity
fund
to
create
a
special
revenue
project,
grant
to
support
revenue
project,
grant
to
support
equity
applicants
and
licenses
to
establish
and
operate
a
cannabis
business
in
the
city
of
boston.
Pursuant
to
the
city
of
boston's
ordinances,
chapter
8,
section
13,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass.
D
Thank
you,
madam
president.
This
order
reflects
the
setting
up
of
the
the
funding
out
of
the
boston
equity
fund,
which
was
set
up
by
yourself
and
and
many
other
members
of
this
council
to
to
help
make
our
cannabis
industry
our
nascent
cannabis
industry
more
equitable
and
benefit
those
who
are
most
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs
over
the
past
few
decades.
D
So
this
is
a
mechanism
which
enables
a
transfer
from
that
equity
fund
into
this
special
grant
program
in
order
to
support,
provide
technical
assistance
for
equity
applicants
and
licensees
to
establish
and
operate
cannabis
businesses
in
the
city
of
boston,
as
folks
boston
is
currently
home
to
two
medical
marijuana
dispensaries
and
a
newly
opened
recreational
dispensary,
which
was
the
first
of
its
kind
in
the
city
and
also
the
first
economic
empowerment
applicant
approved
in
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts.
D
As
as
everyone
knows
you
know,
we
had
been
hoping
that
we
would
see
much
more.
You
know
more
things,
opening
up
and
more
activity
economic
activity
on
this
front
in
the
coming
year,
but
it's
really
important
for
us
to
have
this
mechanism
so
that,
as
that,
as
that
industry
grows,
it
grows
in
an
equitable
way
supported
by
the
city.
So,
as
chair
of
the
committee
on
ways
and
means,
I
recommend
moving
the
listed
docket
to.
I
recommend
that
to
the
full
council
that
this
matter
ought
to
pass
thanks.
A
Thank
you.
So
much
council
fox
seeks
acceptance
of
this
report
and
recommends
that
this
order
ought
to
pass.
This
is
docket
zero,
six
one,
three,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye.
J
A
Opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted.
Accepted.0613
has
been
passed,
madam
clerk.
We
will
take
docket
zero
five,
nine
three
through
zero,
five,
nine
six
together.
Please
thank
you.
H
Software.
The
computer
assists
assisted
integrated
financial
management
and
accounting
systems
and
any
and
all
incidental
or
related
to
the
above
described
projects
for
the
purpose
of
the
various
city
departments,
including
boston
center
for
using
families,
nation
and
technology,
environment,
fire,
neighborhood
development,
office
of
arts
and
culture
parks
and
recreation.
H
Software
and
computer
assisted
integrated
financial
management
and
accounting
systems
and
any
and
all
costs
incidental
are
related
to
the
above
described.
Projects
for
the
purpose
of
the
boston.
Public
schools
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
receive
the
first
reading
and
assigned
for
further
action.
H
H
To
enter
into
one
or
more
leases
lease
purchase
or
installment
sales
agreements
in
fiscal
year,
2021
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
36
million
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
These
funds
are
to
be
used
by
various
departments
for
the
acquisition
of
equipment
and
furtherance
of
their
respective
governmental
functions.
H
The
list
of
equipment
includes
computer
com,
equipment,
hardware
and
software
motor
vehicles,
trailers,
ambulance,
firefighting,
equipment,
office
equipment,
telecommunication
equipment,
photo
copying,
equipment,
medical
equipment,
school
and
educational
equipment,
school
buses,
parking
meters,
street
lights
installations,
traffic
signal
equipment
and
equipment,
functionally
related
to
and
components
of
foreign
recommending.
The
order
ought
to
be
read
for
the
first
time
and
assigned
for
further
action.
A
D
This
is
the
last
report
for
me
I
so
for
for
folks's
orientation
at
home
when
the
city
council
votes
on
a
thing
like
the
capital
budget
that
that
indebts,
the
city
right,
it
commits
the
city
to
borrowing
on
behalf
of
public
purposes,
there's
a
law
again,
a
state
regulation
that
we
need
to
vote
on
such
a
matter
twice
with
a
two-thirds
majority,
and
it
needs
to
those
two
votes
have
to
take
place
at
least
two
weeks
apart
and
that's
designed
to
make
sure
that
legislative
bodies,
you
know,
think
about
the
think
seriously
about
taking
on
debt
for
the
city.
D
This
is
a
time
in
which
our
a
robust
capital
budget
is
extremely
important
for
the
city
of
boston
as
we
as
we
face.
You
know
this
great
economic
uncertainty
because
of
the
city's
strong
bond
rating,
there's
really
an
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
you
know
as
we're
as
we're
facing
challenges
on
the
operating
budget
side
that
on
a
capital
budget,
we
really
invest
in
infrastructure,
that's
good
for
the
whole
city,
and
that
creates
jobs.
D
And
so
you
know
the
administration
has
proposed
a
very
substantial
capital
budget
this
year.
That
goes
right
up
to
the
seven
percent
policy
limit,
which
is
a
question
of
how
much
how
much
debt
we
take
on,
while
still
making
sure
it's
a
responsible
amount
that
we
can
service
in
the
years
ahead.
The
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
excitement
on
the
council
about
lots
of
things
that
are
in
this
budget.
I
already
mentioned
there's
a
doubling
of
tree
planting.
There
is
there's
lots
of
great.
D
You
know
work
to
make
our
schools
both
more
hospitable
to
our
students
and
also
from
a
public
health
perspective
safer.
There
is
a
you
know,
commitment
to
to
fire
stations
to
all
kinds
of
street
work
pub.
You
know
boston
and
transportation
department
projects
to
make
the
streets
safer
for
all
people.
D
Ten
percent
of
this
budget
is
committed
to
resiliency
and
climate
preparedness-related
projects.
One
percent
of
it
is
committed
to
the
arts.
There
are
ongoing
conversations
still
about
you,
know
specific
projects
and
their
timing.
I
know
that
district
by
district,
there
are
particular
things
that
counselors
are
concerned
about,
and
it's
important
for
people
to
understand
that
when
we
vote
on
these
orders,
we're
actually
we're
voting
on
taking
on
the
indebtedness
and
appropriating
the
scale
of
capital
budget,
there's
still
the
opportunity
to
have
those
back
and
forth
about
the
exact
programming
of
that
funding.
D
But
you
know
at
a
time
when,
frankly,
the
the
level
of
government
that
can
really
move
the
needle
on
rescuing
our
economy
and
spending
counter-cyclically
is
the
federal
government
and
after
them
the
state.
The
capital
budget
is
really
the
one
place
where
the
city
can
try
to
make
a
contribution
on
that
front,
while
also
building
infrastructure
that
the
public
will
count
on
for
generations.
D
I
would
be
remiss
not
to
mention,
because
it
has
its
own
order
in
here,
that
the
completion
of
the
boston
arts
academy,
which
is
in
my
district,
would
also
be
a
huge,
a
huge
benefit
to
students
from
around
the
city
and
would
mean
really
having
a.
K
D
I
think
you
know
we
hope
the
most
state-of-the-art
performing
arts
academy
in
the
country-
and
so
my
recommendation
today
is
that
is
that
we
we
take
this
vote
to
designate
this
capital
budget.
These
series
of
loan
orders
and
capital
appropriation
orders
as
read
for
the
first
time
and
assigned
for
further
action,
which
is
a
way
it's
a
way
of
making
reference
to
that
need
for
us
later
in
the
month
to
vote
on
this
matter
again
in
order
for
it
to
pass.
So.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
B
A
You
so
much
so
we'll
do
a
roll
call
vote
and
we'll
take
each
docket
separately
and
we'll
start
with
docket
zero.
Five.
Nine.
Three,
madam
clark,
could
you
please
call
the
roll
thank.
J
K
K
K
K
J
H
A
H
Mean
call
the
roll
thank
you,
doc.
Counselor
arroyo.
J
K
H
J
K
K
K
A
I
J
K
H
K
K
H
A
I
K
K
H
N
J
H
A
H
You
docket0505
the
committee
on
government
operations
to
which
is
referred
march.
11
2020
docket
number
zero,
five,
zero,
five
order,
approving
a
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
regarding
the
disability
pension
for
scott
o'brien
ryan
lennane
harry
jean
terry
cotton,
curt
duckinger,
matthew
morris,
richard
centolo,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
home
rule
petition
ought
to
be
rejected
without
prejudice.
A
L
Thank
you
very
much.
The
committee
on
government
ops
first
received
this
matter
from
counselor
sabi
george,
who
is
the
lead
sponsor
on
march
11th,
the
committee
held
a
hearing
on
may
22nd,
where
the
public
was
invited
to
to
have
some
comments
in
this
hearing.
This
hearing
specifically,
is
about
a
home
rule
petition
that
would
increase
the
accidental
disability
retirement
allowance
allowance
payable
to
seven
officers
specifically
name
the
proposal.
L
L
At
the
hearing,
the
committee
reviewed
the
retirement
process,
the
history,
the
how
this
council
and
how
this
body
has
gone
through
and
assessed
these
matters
before
we
discuss
the
statutes
and
regulations
that
govern
accidental
disability
retirement
and
the
legal
standard
to
qualify
for
it.
L
The
standard
to
qualify
for
accident
disability
is
defined
as
follows:
physically
unable
to
perform
the
essential
duties
and
responsibilities
of
the
job
and
that
such
inability
is
likely
or
deemed
to
be
permanent
by
reason
of
a
personal
injury
or
violent
act,
injury
sustained,
while
in
the
performance
of
official
duties.
We
discuss
these
factors
and
determine
to
do.
We
discuss
these
factors
and
to
determine
whether
an
injury
is
permanent.
L
Essentially,
looking
at
the
process,
we
understood
that
we
needed
more
data.
We
needed
packets.
We
needed
to
understand,
first
and
foremost,
that
all
of
the
officers
had
been
retired,
which
they
have
not,
and
then
we
needed
them
to
come
with
all
of
their
evidence
or
packets
prepared
by
the
retirement
committee
in
order
for
us
to
assess
them.
L
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
edward,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
recommends
that
the
council
reject
without
prejudice
docket
zero,
five
zero.
Five,
all
those
in
favor,
aye,
aye.
A
The
eyes
have
it:
the
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
daca0505
has
been
rejected.
Without
prejudice,
we'll
now
move
on
to
motions,
orders
and
resolutions,
I've
been
informed
that
docket
zero
seven
four
five
has
been
withdrawn,
so
we
will
move
on
to
docket
zero,
seven,
four
six,
madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
that
thank.
A
H
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you,
colleagues
on
may
27th
the
committee
on
small
business
and
workforce
development
held
a
hearing
on
occupational
presumption,
presumption
for
essential
workers,
and
we
heard
from
many
representatives
of
our
unions.
A
Difficult
time
hearing
you
I'm
going
to
ask
that
perhaps
you
modify
your
remarks
and
cut
it
short
or,
if
you'd
like,
we
can
maybe
call
upon
your
co-sponsor.
While
you
see
if
there's
something
you
can
do
on
your
internet,
whatever
your
preference
is,
would.
M
You
like
to
continue,
I
try
and
keep
my
my
my
marks
short
and
counselor
flynn
can
expand
on
it.
If
I'm
cutting
out,
we
had
a
hearing
on
the
27th
discuss
occupation,
presumption
of
exposure
to
19
for
our
essential
workers.
M
This
is
asking
my
colleagues
to
support
to
to
extend
support
for
legislation
regarding
occupational
presumption
of
exposure
to
covet
19
as
for
different
bills
that
are
passing
through
the
house
at
the
state
at
the
state
house.
At
this
time
house
bill
4739
house
bill
5050
house
bill
4749.
M
These
bills
are
the
actions
of
occupational
health
benefits
if
they
have
suffer
if
they've
been
exposed
and
become
ill
from
covert
19.
I
urge
you
to
support
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
braden.
We
couldn't
make
all
of
that
out,
but
I'm
I'm
confident
that
you
had
really
good
remarks
on
this.
The
chair
recognizes
counselor
flynn.
N
Thank
thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
president,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
councillor
braden
for
including
me
in
this
resolution
for
her
long
time.
Work
in
in
this
field
as
well.
This
resolution
is,
as
council
braden
mentioned,
is
in
support
of
several
pieces
of
legislation
now
up
at
the
state
house.
N
That
would
help
address
the
issue
of
occupational
presumption
for
many
in
our
health
care
fields.
Our
workers,
essential
workers.
This
will
bring.
This
will
bring
some
respect
and
dignity
to
our
workers
on
the
front
line,
saving
lives
every
day
for
residents
across
our
city
and
out
and
across
our
state.
This
body
has
always
stood
with
working
men
and
women
to
make
sure
that
they're
treated
with
respect
and
dignity
and
including
in
the
workforce.
N
This
is
just
another
example
of
our
our
bodies
standing
once
again
in
support
of
working
women
working
men
across
our
city
and
across
our
state,
and
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues,
for
always
being
there
in
support
of
working
families
that
work
every
day
struggle
every
day,
paying
paying
bills
and
educating
our
children
so
again
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
all
of
my
colleagues,
for
always
being
there
for
working
men
and
women
in
our
city.
B
A
A
I'm
not
seeing
anyone
so
at
this
time
I'm
going
to
ask
if
people
want
to
sign
on
and
again
I'm
going
to
need
some
help
here,
because
I
can't
see
you
guys
so,
oh
the
blue
hands
are
great.
I
can
see
blue
hands
so
if
you'd
like
are
these
for
speaking,
let
me
see
who
has
a
blue
hand
I'm
going
to
call
upon
councillor
mejia.
Would
you
like
to
speak,
or
are
you
raising
your
hand
to
sign
on.
A
Wonderful,
so
why
don't
we
do
that?
If
people
could
show
blue
hands
for
signing
on
to
this
important
resolution,
I
will
just
read
the
list
of
blue
hands
so
far.
I
see
six,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
record
counselor,
mejia
counselor
sabi
george
councillor
bach
council,
flaherty,
counselor,
wu,
counselor,
o'malley,
counselor,
edwards,
counselor
arroyo,
and
please
also
add
the
chair
to
that.
A
I
I
appreciate
you.
Counselors
braden
and
counselors
flynn
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
an
adoption
of
docket
zero.
Seven,
four
six,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye.
G
A
Zero
seven
four
six
has
been
adopted.
I'm
now
gonna
turn.
A
Of
well
just
please
add
counselor
campbell
to
that,
thank
you
and
if
those
some
of
us
are
not
on
mute,
if
you
could
mute
some
of
the
background
noises
picking
up
on
the
microphones
there.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
I
am
now
going
to
turn
the
gavel
over
to
the
vice
chair,
counselor
o'malley,
who
will
call
upon
the
clerk
to
read
the
next
three
dockets
council
o'malley.
G
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
into
the
record
docket
number
0747.
H
G
M
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
mr.
I
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
would
like
to
use
article
12
to
add
a
counselor
block
as
a
co-sponsor.
G
Hearing
no
objection
to
the
invocation
of
rule
12
counselor
bach
is
so
added
as
a
third
original
co-sponsor.
M
We
have
experienced
an
incredible
disruption
in
in
life
in
the
city,
and
so
much
of
activity
in
the
city
is
related
to
the
universities
and
colleges.
M
M
G
I'm
sorry,
I'm
sorry
to
interrupt
hearing.
I'm
sorry
councilman
just
interrupt
briefly.
You
may
want
to
try
stopping
your
video
that
may
improve
the
quality
of
the
audio.
Thank
you.
Let.
M
G
It's
still
pretty
choppy.
Would
you
like
me
to
come
back
to
you?
Maybe
if
you
were
to,
I
think
you
can
go
through
a
phone
audio
which
may
be
better
and
turning
off
when
you
click
on
audio
settings
at
the
bottom
right
hand,
side
of
your
computer.
G
G
Thank
you
very
much
the
chair.
Now
we
will
get
back
to
the
the
lead
sponsor
upon
addressing
some
technical
difficulties.
Now
we
will
go
to
the
first
co-sponsor
because
we
I
now
call
on
the
council
president
and
district
seven
councillor,
councillor
janie
you
of
the
floor.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
chair,
and
I
I
will
be
brief.
I
too
am
having
technical
difficulties,
but
I
I
I
want
to
say
that
I'm
grateful
for
the
partnership
of
councillor
braden
and
for
councillor
bach.
The
three
of
us
have
many
universities
and
colleges
in
our
districts.
We
know
here
in
boston.
We
have
some
of
the
best
colleges
and
universities
in
our
nation
and
quite
frankly
in
the
world,
and
they
provide
an
important
service
in
terms
of
educating
young
people
from
all
over
the
world
and
and
that's
wonderful.
A
They
responded
very
early
in
the
crisis
by
shutting
down
their
campuses,
which
was
the
responsible
thing
to
do.
There
were
some
unintended
consequences
in
that
decision
in
having
to
figure
out
what
are
we
doing
with
all
of
these
students
as
we
prepare
for
the
fall.
I
think
that
same
question
is
before
us
and
at
this
point
it's
unclear
whether
or
not
students
will
be
returning
to
a
campus,
whether
the
campuses
will
be
closed
and
they're
forced
to
find
housing
in
our
districts.
A
All
that
being
said,
there
are
a
lot
of
unanswered
questions
that
I
think
we
need
some
answers
too.
So
I'm
just
really
grateful
to
be
able
to
join
in
this
effort
with
councillor
braden
and
councillor
bach,
and
at
this
point
I
would
turn
it
over
to
our
third
co-sponsor,
if
that,
if
our
lead
co-spon,
if
our
lead
sponsor,
is
not
quite
ready.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
G
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
council
from
beacon
hill
district,
a
counselor
counselor
bach.
You
have
the
floor.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
like
counselor,
janie
and
councillor
braden,
represent
a
district
with
a
large
number
of
colleges
and
universities,
and
it's
really
important
that,
as
we
plan
for
students
to
return,
we
ensure
that
we
prioritize
the
well-being
and
health
not
only
of
our
students,
but
also
of
the
entire
ecosystem
around
those
schools.
So
you
know
that's
thinking
about
dining
worker
staff.
That's
thinking
about
janitorial
staff.
D
You
know
the
faculty,
the
adjuncts
I
myself
as
folks
know
teach
as
an
adjunct
at
a
university,
and
you
know
this
is
it's
a
really
important
set
of
residential
communities
in
our
city
and
also
a
set
of
you
know
flourishing
businesses,
along
with,
along
with
being
you
know,
the
research
hubs
where
we
hope
we'll
find
the
vaccine
to
the
situation
right.
So
it's
just
it's
a
it's.
D
I
think
councilor
braden
when
she
went
out
referenced
the
fact
that,
to
some
extent,
colleges
and
universities
sometimes
make
these
decisions
kind
of
very
much
in
isolation
or
as
as
their
own
sort
of
separate
fiefdoms,
and
that
that
needs
to
be
a
collective
conversation,
we're
having
and
also
thinking
just
about
how
to
support,
how
to
support
the
students
and
workers
who
are
put
into
particularly
challenging
services.
D
Whether
because
they're
low
income
they've
been
rendered
homeless,
they
lost
jobs
that
they
were
counting
on
for
summer
income.
I
mean
it's
just
there's
a
lot,
there's
a
lot
for
us
to
look
at,
and
I
think
I've
been
so
grateful
for
the
many
ways
in
which
our
colleges
and
universities
have
been
partners
in
responding
over
the
last
few
months
and
and
we
need
to
really
like
keep
and
and
continue
that
partnership
and
also
make
sure
that
our
colleges
and
universities
are
able
to
come
back
on
the
other
side
of
this.
D
Because
I
think
you
know
we
have
a
large
number
of
institutions
in
the
city
that
have
existed
for
a
long
time,
but
for
whom
an
uncertain
semester
ahead
is
a
really
challenging
thing.
Fiscally
so
so
it's
an
important
conversation
and
it's
one-
this
council
needs
to
be
involved
in,
and
so
I'm
very
grateful
to
councillor
braden
and
president
janie
for
allowing
me
to
join
as
a
co-sponsor
of
this
matter.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
G
Thank
you,
counselor
bach,
before
we
go
back
to
counselor
brain,
if
any
counselors
would
like
to
speak
on
this
particular
issue,
please
click
the
participant
tab
at
the
bottom
left
of
your
screen
or
on
your
phone.
If
you
touch
the
bottom
and
raise
your
blue
hand,
will
then
takes
co-sponsors
through
a
physical
raise
of
the
hand.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
council
from
austin
brighton,
councilor
braden.
You
have
the
floor.
M
Thank
you,
council
o'malley.
Do
you
hear
me.
M
Oh
good,
thank
you.
Sorry
for
the
technical
difficulties.
My
colleagues,
counselor
bach
and
and
president
ginny
have
spoken
to
many
of
the
issues
and
concerns
that
I
wanted
to
address.
The
universities
are
such
an
integral
part
of
our
life
here
in
the
city,
and
we
look
forward
to
welcoming
our
students
back
on
campus,
but
it's
really
important
that
we
do
so
in
an
orderly
fashion
and
well
coordinated
and
well
coordinated
and
managed
returned
to
campus
so
that
we
we
can
avoid
a
future
surge
in
infections
in
the
city.
M
So
I
look
forward
to
this
hearing
order
and
I'm
very
grateful
to
my
colleagues
for
their
co-sponsoring
this.
This
hearing
order
and
thank
you.
G
Thank
you
very
much
councillor
braden
and
thank
you
for
for
coming
back.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
council
from
east
boston,
councilor
edwards.
You
have
the
floor.
L
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
original
sponsors.
I
think-
and
I
wanted
to
just
to
thank
them
also
for
for
their
leadership
and
really
pushing
this
conversation
so
early,
because
it's
not
just
going
to
be.
We
don't
want
to
be
confronting
this
in
the
fall.
L
That
being
said,
I
want
to
include
in
this
conversation
not
just
to
thank
thank
yous
to
the
universities,
but
also
the
acknowledgement
that
they
have
a
role
to
play
in
how
the
entire
city
is
going
to
recover
from
coded
and
if
they
choose
any
kind
of
you
know,
campus
life
or
limited
campus
life
that
they
should
be
considering
how
they
allow
the
rest
of
the
community
to
use
their
facilities,
whether
it's
to
socially
distance
in
our
high
schools
and
education
facilities
to
help
us
have
access
to
some
of
the
amenities
to
allow
for
our
city
to
continue.
L
So
I'm
excited
about
this
hearing.
I'm
excited
about
talking
about
how
the
universities
are
going
to
be
doing
better
and
making
sure
we're
all
healthy,
and
I
again
want
to
thank
the
coast.
Are
the
original
sponsors
of
the
of
the
of
this
matter?.
K
G
Madam
clark,
please
add
counselor
edwards
as
a
co-sponsor.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
at-large
counselor
from
south
boston
council
of
flaherty.
You
have
the
floor.
P
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Please
add
my
name.
Obviously
this
is
a
great
discussion
we
should
be
having,
as
mentioned,
and
I've
said
it
ad
nauseam.
You
know,
as
stated
by
the
council
president,
that
we
boast
of
the
best
colleges
and
universities
in
the
world
they're
also
some
of
our
largest
employers
and
they're
in
their
great
partners
for
our
city
they're.
P
The
reason
why
thousands
of
students
come
here
and
many
actually
stay
here
after
they
get
their
education,
so
they're
great
economic
generators,
they're,
also
great
for
drawing
in
the
world's
brain
power
right
here
in
boston,
so
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we
being
very
respectful
of
the
role
that
they
play
in
our
city
and
also
encourage
all
of
my
colleagues
for
those
that
haven't
done
so
to
to
reach
out
to
all
of
our
college
and
university
presidents
in
in
their
heads
of
government
affairs
and
and
have
that
dialogue.
P
If
there's
a
council,
that's
sitting
here
now
that
doesn't
know
a
president
of
one
of
our
colleges
or
universities
and
or
someone
from
government
affairs,
then
that's
on
us.
That's
on
us
to
pick
up
the
phone
and
reach
out
and
introduce
yourself
and
create
that
dialogue.
They
they
can
be
extremely
helpful
to
us
as
a
city,
but
also
as
we
service
our
constituents
in
our
various
communities
in
boston.
P
So
that's
my
two
cents
look
forward
to
having
the
hearing
and
look
forward
to
the
continued
partnership
that
we
have
with
our
college:
universities.
They
don't
bat
a
thousand.
We
know
that
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
issues
around
our
schools,
how
they
impact.
You
know
our
our
housing
crisis,
how
they
impact
the
quality
of
life
around
the
schools.
You
know
and
obviously
pilot
payment,
the
law
of
taxes,
so
we've
had
our
fair
share
of
of
scraps
over
the
years
with
our
schools
as
well.
P
But
that
said,
I
just
for
everyone's
certification.
If
we
have
councils,
particularly
our
newer
members,
if
they
don't
know
the
folks
that
are
running
the
institutions,
literally
in
their
backyard
and
or
even
just
across
the
city
and
I'd
make
the
same
argument
for
our
hospitals
in
our
health
centers,
you
know
as
well.
So
that
said,
look
forward
to
the
hearing.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
G
Thank
you,
counselor
flaherty,
madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor.
Flaherty's
name
is
original
co-sponsor.
Yes,
as
as
a
co-sponsor
excuse
me,
seeing
no
more
discussion
would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name.
Please
raise
your
hand.
Madam
clerk.
Please
add
the
district
counselor
from
south
boston,
councilor
flynn.
Please
add
the
at-large
council
from
dorchester
councillor
side
b,
george,
please
add
the
district
council
from
hyde
park.
Council
arroyo.
Please
add
the
at-large
council
from
dorchester
council
mejia.
G
Thank
you,
madam
clerk,
would
you
know
please
read
docket0748
into
the
record.
G
R
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
and
add
councillor
mejia
as
an
original
co-sponsor.
R
Thank
you
very
much.
We
all
year
after
year,
love
to
come
together
and
celebrate
the
diversity,
the
beauty,
the
strength,
all
the
incredible
contributions
of
our
caribbean
american
community
in
boston
this
year,
as
with
many
other
things,
it's
a
little
bit
different
so
proud
to
offer
this
resolution
with
the
boston
city,
council
and
and
just
assure
the
community
that
we
are
standing
with
them.
Even
though
many
of
the
festivities
and
large
gatherings
won't
be
possible.
I
know
there
was
an
event
yesterday.
R
G
F
A
A
I
I
really
love
how
this
body
connects
with
the
caribbean
american
community
here,
there's
so
much
joy
and
it's
one
of
the
things
I
really
love
the
different
breakfasts
and
the
different
flag.
Raisings
celebrating
that
that
experience.
For
me
as
a
black
woman,
my
experience
is
very
much
rooted
in
the
african-american
experience.
My
ancestors
come
from
the
south,
and
so
this
by
celebrating
caribbean
americans
and
their
contributions
in
our
city
has
really
forced
me
to
tap
into
my
own
caribbean
roots.
My
great-grandparents.
A
I
have
a
set
of
great-grandparents
that
are
from
guyana,
and
it
really
makes
me
reflect
particularly
with
everything
that
is
going
on
in
our
world,
the
connectivity
of
us
all
and
thinking
of
myself,
as
a
daughter
of
the
diaspora
and
how
we
are
all
connected
here
and
though
I
my
experience,
is
very
much
rooted
in
the
african-american
tradition.
A
I
am
still
very
much
connected
to
my
brothers
and
sisters
in
the
caribbean,
and
so
I'm
grateful
to
be
reminded
of
that.
I'm
grateful
for
all
of
the
ways
the
many
individuals
like
malcolm
x,
roxbury
resident,
so
many
others
have
contributed
to
our
society.
I
think
of
all
of
the
ways
that
our
culture
is
enriched:
the
different
businesses,
the
art,
the
restaurants.
A
In
my
district,
like
merengue,
fort
hill,
barn
grill,
there
are
just
so
many
many
aflames,
so
many
great
ways
that
we
celebrate
caribbean
culture
and
I'm
just
reminded
of
how
important
that
is,
because
I
find
so
much
joy
in
that
and
I
miss
it.
So
I'm
grateful
to
celebrate
today.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
at-large
council
from
dorchester
councilor
mejia.
You
have
the
floor.
O
Thank
you.
So
thank
you
to
the
makers.
Thank
you,
counselor
wu
and
president
council
jamie
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
join
you
in
this
resolution
and
as
as
as
a
dominican
who
came
to
this
country,
I
really
do
appreciate
celebrating
our
our
roots
and
our
journey
here
to
to
the
states.
I
always
say
that
caribbeans,
it's
not
just
about
the
spice
and
the
flavor
of
our
food,
it's
about
the
culture
and
the
way
we
navigate
in
the
businesses
that
we've
built
and
how
we
build
community.
O
I'm
so
really
grateful
to
be
amplifying
and
celebrating
the
caribbean
american
heritage
this
month,
and
I
also
want
to
give
a
quick
little
shout
out
to
counselor
o'malley,
who
is
an
honorary
dominican.
We
can't
we
can't.
We
can't
acknowledge
caribbean
american
day
without
giving
you
counselor
o'malley
a
little
shout
out,
because
you
know
dominicans
have
embraced
you
as
one
of
them,
and
you
know
everybody
knows
that
council
president
jamie's
also
laughing
so
yes
celebrating
all
of
our
people
and
really
grateful
to
to
do
so.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Counselor
appreciate
that
if
any
counselors
would
like
to
speak
on
this,
please
again
raise
your
blue
hand.
Counselor.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
council
from
east
boston,
councilor
edwards
of
the
floor.
G
Unless
that
was
from
the
earlier,
that
may
have
been
from
the
earlier
okay.
Thank
you.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
councillor
from
matapan
council
campbell.
You
have
the
floor.
C
C
I
too
am
you
know,
we've
been
celebrating
virtually
but
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
acknowledge
all
of
the
incredible
folks
in
my
community
representing
many
caribbean
countries,
and
you
know
my
family
comes
from
jamaica.
My
grandfather
is
from
there.
So
there's
a
lot
of
cultural
traditions
to
celebrate,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
add
my
voice
to
say,
although
we're
doing
it
virtually,
we
still
are
obviously
taking
the
time.
So
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
the
resolution
and
I
just
realized.
C
I
have
aidan's
clock
on
me
still.
So
thank
you
to
all
the
mothers
out
there
and
essentially
you
know
many
of
these
folks
who
come
from
this
immigrant
background.
Our
frontline
workers
are
essential
workers
and
have
been
doing
the
hard
work
every
single
day.
So
thank
you
to
them
as
well.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you
counselor.
Would
you
like
to,
I
assume
you'd
like
to
add
your
name
concert
campbell.
G
P
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
please
add
my
name.
The
caribbean
community
is
a
great
community
in
our
city.
Lends
tremendous
value,
my
relationship
with
them
dates
back
to
my
first
meeting
with
clarence
cooper,
which
has
then
been
was
taken
over
by
a
beloved,
shirley,
schillingford
and
folks
over
the
cultural,
caribbean,
cultural
center.
The
work
they
do
with
the
food
pantry,
particularly
around
thanksgiving
and
actually
all
year
round,
has
been
tremendous,
so
we're
blessed
to
have
so
many
great
caribbeans
in
our
city
and.
P
And
those
those
are
relationships
that
I
I
respect,
that
I
trust
and
that
I
cherish
and
so
looking
forward
to
celebrating
with
them.
I
know
that
sort
of
the
parade
calendar
is
has
been
seems
to
be
on
hold,
I
guess
for
now,
or
at
least
for
the
end
of
the
year,
but
that
said,
hopefully
we'll
have
an
opportunity
to
celebrate
the
national
caribbean
american
heritage
month
with
our
caribbean
friends.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
G
Thank
you,
councillor,
flaherty
appreciate
it.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
eight
city
council
from
beacon
hill
council
bach.
You
have
the
floor.
D
Thank
you
I'll
keep
it
very
brief.
I
just
wanted
to
echo
counselor
flaherty's
shout
out
to
shirley
schillingford
who
lives
in
my
district.
It's
a
fond
memory
of
mine,
knocking
doors
last
summer,
walking
by
and
chatting
with
her
from
her
porch
and
yeah
just
wanted
to
say
that
you
know.
D
I
think
I
we're
so
grateful
for
these
festivities
every
year
and
on
especially
on
the
mission
hill
part
of
my
district
there's
lots
of
folks
who
I
very
actively
participate
and
really
look
forward
to
them,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
add
my
name
to
the
the
shout
outs
and
ask
mr
chairman
that
you
add
my
name
thanks.
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Counselor
bach,
every
every
person
should
be
lucky
enough
to
know
shirley
shilling
ferdinand.
How
how
lucky
are
we
to
count
her
in
our
lives?
So
thank
you
for
that
and
council
flaherty
and
others
for
bringing
her
wonderful.
G
Seeing
no
further
discussion
would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name.
Madam
chair,
please
add
the
district
two
city
council
counselor
flynn.
As
a
co-sponsor
please
add
the
at-large
council
from
dorchester
councillor.
Syraby
george,
is
a
co-sponsor.
Please
add
the
district
accounts
from
from
hyde
park.
Council
arroyo
is
a
co-sponsor.
G
Please
add
the
district
concert
from
austin
brighton
councilor.
Braden
is
a
co-sponsor.
Please
add
the
district
council
from
east
boston.
Councilor
edwards
is
a
co-sponsor.
Please
add
the
chair
as
a
co-sponsor
counselors
wu,
janey
and
mejia
move
for
suspension
and
adoption
of
docket
zero,
seven,
four,
eight,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
I
I
all
those
opposed
saying
neither
say,
nay
the
eyes
have
it
the
the
docket
is
adopted.
G
H
G
Recording
okay,
thank
you
and
apologies
for
that.
Madam
clerk,
would
you
now
please
read
docket
number
zero.
Seven,
four
nine
into
the
record.
G
Thank
you.
Madam
clerk.
Chair
now
recognizes
the
at-large
council
from
dorchester
councillor
mejia.
You
have
the
floor.
O
Thank
you,
chair
man,
o'malley.
I
would
like
to
suspend
the
rules
and
add
our
an
original
co-sponsor
president
council
janie,
and
I
would
also
like
to
thank
counselor
arroyo
for
their
voices
and
strength
during
this
time.
So
I
wanted
to
just
pause
and
see
whether
or
not
we
could
suspend
the
rules
and
add
president
council,
jane
to
this.
G
O
O
O
That
means
less
money
for
facial
recognition,
software
that
disproportionately
misidentifies
black
and
brown
people,
military
gear,
that
injured
peaceful
protesters,
that
so-called
and
that
so-called
gang
database
and
yes
over
time
as
well
as
grim
as
traumatic
as
the
past
few
weeks
may
have
been.
We
still
stand
again
and
continue
our
fight
for
justice,
for
civil
rights,
for
mental
health
and
for
each
other.
O
We
will
lead
with
what
makes
us
strong.
We
are
not
in
christ,
we
are
not
in
crisis
or
at
risk
or
vulnerable.
We
are
resilient
and
determined.
This
is
a
call
for
accountability
and
a
call
for
all
of
us
to
commit
to
what
the
work
is
that
lies
ahead.
The
work
begins
with
passing
this
resolution,
I'm
asking
to
send
the
rules
and
pass
and
pass
and
hope
that
all
of
my
colleagues
will
stand
with
us
on
this
critical
issue.
Thank
you.
G
I
Thank
you
like
so
many
of
you.
This
has
been
a
difficult
time,
it's
an
emotional
time,
but
in
the
interest
of
speaking
truth,
even
when
it
makes
my
voice
shake
I'd
like
to
say
that
racism
is
not
new.
Racial
inequity
is
here
in
boston.
Systemic
racism
is
here
in
boston
in
march.
I
My
main
speech
was
on
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis
in
boston.
The
data
showed
it
was
true.
Then
it
overwhelmingly
shows
it's
true
now
these
are
not
new
issues.
Yesterday,
some
of
you
may
have
seen
me
spoke
speak
on
an
encounter
that
I
had
with
a
massachusetts
state
trooper.
I
I
Systemic
racism
and
racial
inequality
are
tangible
things.
They
look
like
a
gang
database
that
classifies
you
for
life
and
that
you
can
be
added
to
without
ever
being
seen
or
alleged,
to
have
committed
a
crime,
a
gang
database
that
is
97
people
of
color
and
well
over
70
percent
black
in
a
city
where
black
people
only
compromise
comprise
23
of
the
population.
I
They
look
like
the
same
23
percent
of
the
city's
population,
accounting
for
70
percent
of
the
boston
police
department's
field,
interrogation
and
observations.
They
look
like
the
boston
police,
patrolmen's
association,
declaring
a
written
letter
just
three
months
ago
during
black
history
month.
No
less
that
boston,
public
schools
should
not
participate
in
black
lives
matter
at
school
week.
I
I
They
look
like
black
and
brown
people
dying
and
contracting
kovit
at
disproportionate
rates
and
reopening
society
without
all
of
the
necessary
safeguards
required
for
their
protection.
I
could
go
on
and
on,
but
systems
are
creation.
They
are
creations
with
real
offices.
Our
offices
are
at
one
system's
headquarters.
We
have
a
responsibility
to
hold
it
accountable
and
to
speak
and
act
on
these
deep
inequities.
Every
day
we
have
a
responsibility
to
speak
truth.
I
We
have
a
responsibility
to
ensure
that
government
bodies,
especially
our
municipal
government,
headed
by
the
mayor,
a
position,
that's
endowed
with
substantial
power
that
those
government
bodies
demonstrate,
through
their
actions
and
policy
that
they
are
doing
all
they
can
to
care
for
black
and
brown
bodies.
What
are
you
personally
willing
to
do
to
disrupt
these
systems
that
do
not
serve
us
and
please
let
it
be
more
than
words?
G
A
I
want
to
thank
my
co-sponsors.
The
lead
councillor,
mejia
and
council
arroyo,
certainly
other
colleagues
for
their
work
reminded
what
councilman
he
has
said.
What
I've
been
saying,
what
many
of
us
have
been
saying
is
that
we
don't
want
to
go
back
to
normal,
that
normal
has
been
killing
us,
and
I've
said
this,
and
I
feel
as
if
people
receive
that
as
an
exaggeration
grandstanding,
but
it's
not,
and
so,
whether
we're
dying
in
the
street
after
eight
minutes
and
46
seconds,
or
whether
it's
a
long,
slow,
painful
death.
A
That
is
what
is
happening
in
black
and
brown
communities
all
across
america.
I
think
of
my
father
in
seemingly
perfect
health,
very
successful,
not
immune
to
racism
in
this
country
dying
at
73
years
old,
and
I
wonder
how
much
of
all
of
this,
between
covid,
between
having
to
constantly
fight
for
my
own
life,
having
the
weight
of
all
of
this
being
the
council
president
and
and
wanting
to
move
this
board
for
our
people.
A
A
That's
our
ordinance
on
surveillance
oversight,
the
tax
amendment
for
the
boston
zoning
code,
it's
the
boston
procurement
and
how
we
spend
our
money
and
making
sure
that
more
of
it
goes
into
black
and
brown
businesses
and
businesses
owned
by
women
and
so
many
other
ways
and
there's
a
lot
more
that
we
have
to
do.
A
Our
fight
involves
more
than
just
putting
an
end
to
police
brutality,
and
I
said
that
yesterday
because
we
need
legislation
that
lifts
up
the
people
who
have
been
left
behind.
We
need
legislation
that
tackles
discriminatory
housing.
We
need
legislation
that
deals
with
our
overwhelming
and
persistent
opportunity
in
achievement
gaps
in
our
schools.
We
need
the
strategies
to
deal
with
the
health
disparities
and
we
all
know
about
the
wealth
gap
in
boston,
and
I
think
we
know
I
think
we
recognize.
A
A
G
L
I
honestly,
I
have
a
lot
to
say,
and
so,
if
you'll
indulge
me
as
as
an
african-american
that
represents
a
district
that
is
not
very
diverse
in
terms
of
african-americans
as
the
first
black
person
to
represent
district
one
first
person
of
color
in
this
time
I
am
at
many
different
tables
and
actually
more
than
one
language
and
in
these
tables
I
hear
some
so
many
things
about
hurt
and
pain
and
anger
and
then
a
lot
of
butt
force
and
if
they
weren't
rioting
and
if
they
weren't
dealing
with
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
L
L
I
think
I'm
the
only
person
only
district
city
councilor
that
doesn't
represent
that
that
is
a
minority
in
their
own
district
I'll,
say
it
that
way.
L
So
so
it's
a
unique
position
to
have
this
conversation
in
a
new
perspective
to
deal
with
the
kind
of
pain
I
want
to
address
the
folks
in
my
district
and
throughout
boston,
and
maybe
even
the
country
who
cringe
at
the
words
white
privilege,
because
they
feel
that
it
says
that
their
life
wasn't
easy.
Let
me
let
me
let
me
disconnect
those
two
words.
When
someone
says
a
person
has
white
privilege,
it
is
not
saying
your
life
was
easy.
L
It
is
not
saying
that
you
didn't
grow
up
in
the
projects
on
government
cheese
that
you
weren't
beaten
up,
that
you
weren't
made
fun
of
that
you
weren't
sexually
or
assaulted
that
you
weren't
dealing
with
alcoholism.
It
doesn't
say
any
of
those
things.
It
doesn't
say
you
didn't
work,
you're,
damned
as
to
get
where
you
are.
L
It
is
saying
that
one
burden
you
didn't
have
was
the
color
of
your
skin,
and
so
when
I
say
I
don't
have
that.
That
is
not
saying
that.
Therefore,
you
had
it
easier
or
when
I
ask
you
to
recognize
racism,
I'm
asking
you
to
see
a
burden
that
I
have
that
you
may
not,
and
it's
important
that
people
understand
the
separation.
L
Less
than
one
percent
of
the
catholic
priests
were
child
molesters
and
abusers
less
than
10,
and
this
is
what's
important
for
all
of
you
to
understand
and
why
this
resolution
is
so
important.
It
is
not
a
call
for
individual
acts;
it
is
a
call
for
a
systemic
overhaul,
which
is
what
we
had
to
do
as
catholics
when
we
were
challenged
for
the
first
in
a
systemic
way,
it
was
not
the
individual
priests
who
were
bad
actors
that
caused
the
problem.
L
It
was
the
fact
that
the
system
moved
them
from
church
to
church
covered,
for
them
prevented
them
from
being
held
accountable,
prevented
them
from
being
arrested
that
you
I
can,
I
can
name
several
people.
I
know
many
people
on
this
council
can
name
people
who
were
abused
raped
by
these
men,
and
it
was
the
system
that
enhanced
their
abuse.
L
This
officer,
who
murdered
george
floyd,
had
18
complaints
against
him.
This
is
a
buildup.
It's
a
slight
touch
that
they
get
away
with.
For
the
first
time,
it's
the
quiet
conversation
that
they
whisper
in
the
child's
ear.
It's
the
way
they
isolate
them
and
groom
them.
That
only
happens
when
the
system
allows
for
you
to
perpetuate
evil.
L
That
is
why
this
resolution-
and
that
is
why
the
call
for
systemic
change
in
the
police
in
our
d.a
system
in
our
criminal
justice
system
is
necessary.
I
hope
you
understand
the
parallel
less
than
one
percent.
I'm
sure
police
officers
are
abusers
are
creating
horrible
things
and
doing
horrible,
bigoted
things
I
have
them
in
my
family.
Majority
of
them
are
good
honest
people
who
wanted
to
be
superheroes
when
they
grew
up.
L
L
G
Thank
you,
counselor
edwards.
I
assume
you'd,
like
your
name
added.
Is
this
co-sponsor?
Absolutely?
Madam
clerk?
Please
add
the
name
with
the
district
one
city
councilor,
lydia
edwards.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
at-large
council
from
roslindale
councillor
wu.
You
have
the
floor.
R
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
to
the
the
sponsors
of
this
councillors.
Mejia
arroyo,
our
council
president,
jamie
and,
of
course,
to
congresswoman
presley
for
looking
at
this
issue
and
and
leading
in
a
historic
way
at
the
federal
level.
On
behalf
of
the
city.
R
Please
add
my
name.
Eight
minutes
and
40
seconds.
Eight
minutes
and
46
seconds
is
a
long
time
and
we
wouldn't
have
known
it
was
that
long
unless
that
courageous
civilian
had
decided
to
record
it
and
make
sure
that
the
world
couldn't
turn
away,
and
you
know
even
in
this
meeting
and
at
many
meetings
recently,
we've
been
observing
eight
minutes
and
46
seconds
of
silence
in
reflection
and
in
mourning,
but
george
floyd
was
not
silent
for
that
whole
time.
R
I
won't
forget
that
cry
that
cry
for
mama
is
a
sound
that
is
precious
and
sacred
for
any
mother.
It's
one
that
I
hear
dozens
of
times
a
day
when
we're
here
at
working
from
home
and
when
you
hear
it,
you're
ready
to
act,
you're
ready
to
run
over
and
do
anything
for
your
child.
R
As
an
asian
american
woman,
I
want
to
emphasize
that
we
we
need
collective
action
for
advocacy
towards
racial
equity
and
justice,
but
for
this
meeting
I
want
to
be
really
clear
about
where
the
power
and
responsibility
lies
to
change,
that
it
is
in
the
hands
of
elected
and
appointed
officials.
It
is
in
our
hands.
R
Police
brutality
is
the
direct
result
of
systemic
racism,
and
it's
one
of
many
violences
inflicted
on
our
communities,
because
government
has
failed
to
act.
Our
housing
crisis,
climate
change,
mass
incarceration,
hunger,
food
insecurity,
lack
of
transit
access
in
the
midst
of
a
pandemic,
people
are
protesting
and
rallying
right
now
because
of
government's
failure
to
protect
black
lives
from
the
coronavirus.
R
This
is
the
moment
to
reshape
our
society
and
our
city
to
a
place
where
all
are
safe,
we're
all
children
of
where
children
of
color
aren't
left
behind
because
of
inequities
in
our
school
system,
where
black
families
are
valued
for
their
sacred
value,
not
at
a
median
net
worth
of
eight
dollars,
and
that
work
is
on
us
at
the
city
level
who
have
the
power
and
the
tools
to
get
this
done.
We
need
a
civilian
review
board
with
subpoena
power.
R
G
P
Sorry
again,
mr
chair
technical
difficulties,
I'd
like
to
have
my
name
added
in
support
of
the
resolution,
as
our
colleagues
of
color
spoke
yesterday
during
the
press
conference
and
again
this
morning
on
our
daily
call,
we
have
a
responsibility
as
elected
leaders,
to
address
racism,
inequities
and
injustices
in
our.
G
P
State
in
country,
wherever
they
appear,
we're
part
of
the
council
family.
I
I
don't
walk
you
know
in
their
shoes,
but
I
hear
and
and
feel
the
pain
in
their
voices
in
those
evidence
with
our
colleague
council
lady
redwoods,
just
speaking
a
few
moments
ago
and
council
rule
before
me,
as
leaders
and
as
a
community,
we
need
to
take
advantage
of
this
moment
to
do
a
deeper
dive
in
and
show
up
for
one
another.
P
We
need
understanding
and
empathy
in
legislation
that
will
move
us
forward,
as
council
arroyo
alluded
to
it's
not
just
about,
or
one
of
our
other
colleagues
might
mention
not
just
about
showing
up
at
rallies
and
giving
speeches.
It's
about
doing
the
work.
I
use
the
expression
it's
running
out
the
ground
wall.
It's
it's
connecting
someone
to
a
job
opportunity,
it's
finding
housing
for
someone,
it's
improving
our
schools,
it's
helping
a
kid
get
into
college,
it's
all
of
those
things!
It's
it's
getting
during
this
pandemic.
P
P
P
Efforts,
I've
partnered
on
those
efforts
and
I've
been
an
ally
and
a
team
player
on
those
efforts,
and
just
here,
as
a
member
of
this
council
family
reaching
out
to
colleagues
with
understanding
and
wanting
folks
to
know
that
prepared
to
work
with
you
and,
let's
not
let
the
the
message
of
the
peaceful
protesters
you
know
be
lost
for
our
city,
for
our
state
and
for
our
country.
P
So
that
said
again,
please
add
my
name
as
I
mentioned,
I'm
an
ally
and
again
it's
not
just
about
showing
up
at
a
rally
or
giving
a
speeches.
Let's
roll
up
our
sleeves:
let's
do
a
deeper
dive
and
let's
connect
people
to
opportunities.
P
Let's
put
people
to
work,
let's
put
people
at
homes,
let's
put
them
in
primary
care
physicians,
hands.
Let's
do
all
of
those
things
that
we
need
to
do
to
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
all
of
our
residents
that
call
boston
their
home
and
beyond.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
councillor
flaherty,
madam
clerk.
Please
add
council
flaherty
as
a
co-sponsor.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
at-large
accounts
from
dorchester
councillors.
Tybee
george,
you
have
the
floor.
Q
Q
I
hope
that
as
a
city
and
as
a
country
that
we
can
get
to
a
better
place
where
we
are
all
able
to
say
that
black
lives
matter,
that
we
are
able
to
to
do
this
work
in
partnership
and
to
do
the
meaningful
work
and
partnership
that
it
is
more
than
just
supporting
this
resolution,
which
of
course,
I'm
proud
to
sign
on
today
to
support
the
work
of
our
former
colleague,
congresswoman
presley
and
her
efforts
at
in
the
congress
and
to
support
the
work
of
our
colleagues
who
have
put
this
here
before
us
today
in
this
idea
of
being
present
for
one
another
is
really
critically
important
during
this
time,
especially
for
our
residents
across
the
city,
who
are
african
american,
who
are
black,
who
need
us
the
most
at
this
moment
in
time.
Q
So
there
is
countless
opportunities
for
what
the
work
is
that
lies
ahead,
and
although
this
is
a
resolution
that
I
wholeheartedly
support,
it
is
certainly
not
about
the
resolution.
It
is
about
the
work
that
lays
before
us
that
is
left
undone.
So
please
add
my
name.
Thank
you
to
the
lead
sponsors
for
bringing
this
before
us
and
thank
you,
mr
chair.
G
Thank
you,
counselor
savvy
george,
madam
clerk.
Please
add
council
for
siby
george.
As
a
co-sponsor.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
accounts
from
austin
brighton
councillor
braden.
You
have
the
floor.
M
I
I
hardly
have
words
to
say
to
to
to
really
express
the
emotions,
I'm
feeling
I'm
very
deeply
saddened
and
angered
by
all
that
has
happened,
and
I
really
want
to
extend
my
my
solidarity
and
support
of
all
my
colleagues
on
the
city
council
who
are
struggling
with
this
incredibly
difficult
situation.
M
The
covet
19
crisis
brought
into
very
clear
and
painful
focus.
The
racial
inaccuracies
in
housing,
education,
health
and
access
to
healthcare,
food
security
and
economic
opportunity
in
the
disproportionate
impact
of
covet
19
on
our
black
and
brown
neighbors
and
friends,
is
emblematic
of
how
long
of
a
long
and
long-standing
systemic
racism
that
has
real
and
frightening
consequences.
M
I
think
the
horror
of
seeing
a
white
police
officer
kneeling
on
the
neck
of
george
floyd
until
he
died,
was
just
another
example
of
how,
as
a
society,
we
devalue
abuse
and
kill
our
fellow
citizens
because
of
the
color
of
their
skin
african-americans.
M
It's
not
going
to
be
easy.
It's
it's
really
important
and
vital
that
we
do
this
work,
but
it
will
cause.
It
takes
a
lot
of
reflection
and
a
deep,
deep
reflection
on,
and
courage
and
determination
to
step
forward
and
make
sure
that
we
are
going
to
go
forward
from
this
and
they
were
not
going
to
go
back.
So
I
please
add
my
name
to
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
councillor
braden,
madame
clerk,
please
add
counselor
liz
braden.
As
a
co-sponsor.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
council
from
district
four
from
matapan
council
campbell
you
of
the
floor.
C
Thank
you,
mr
vice
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
bringing
forth
the
resolution.
Thank
you
to,
of
course,
congresswoman
presley
for
her
leadership
and
continued
leadership,
especially
on
these
critical
issues.
C
I
also
want
to
thank
my
colleagues,
and
particularly
my
colleagues
of
color,
who
have
so
courageously
shared
their
stories,
whether
it
was
in
the
last
few
days
or
years
before
this.
Thank
you
for
your
vulnerability.
Thank
you
for
your
courage.
I
too
counsel
president
janie
share
at
moments
the
stress
and
the
pain,
and
I
have
been
reflecting
on
that
stress
and
how
it
kills
people,
especially
people
of
color,
so
to
those
who
might
be
watching
this.
Please
pay
attention
to
these
moments.
C
C
C
When
I
think
of
george
floyd
and
many
others
who
have
been
brutally
and
painfully
murdered
by
police
or
other
systems,
I
cannot
help
but
think
about
my
twin
brother.
So
it
is
triggering
for
me
on
many
levels,
and
the
accountability
or
lack
of
accountability
is
also
real.
For
me
to
this
day,
my
family
still
does
not
know
how
my
twin
brother,
passed
away.
C
All
we
do
know
is
that
he
died
while
the
custody
of
the
department
of
correction
which
oversees
our
prisons
and
that
he
was
a
pre-trial
detainee
that
he
had
a
disease
called
scleroderma
that
and
as
a
result
of
receiving
inadequate
health
care
he
passed
away.
While
in
that
system
the
details
are
still
unknown.
C
So
I
feel
the
pain
of
those
families
who
wait
for
our
government
and
our
institutions
to
call
them
to
be
not
only
more
transparent,
but
to
do
something
with
respect
to
their
loved
ones
loss,
especially
especially
when
it's
captured
on
video
and
made
plain
that
it
is
murder
right
now
we
have
an
opportunity,
not
only
in
the
city
but
in
this
country,
to
start
to
ask
the
tough
questions
we
are
focusing
on
the
wrong
ones,
we're
focusing
on.
Why
are
they
so
angry?
C
C
These
words
have
meaning,
and
most
are
most
of
the
folks.
I
mean
I've
been
engaging
with
the
last
few
weeks.
Don't
have
a
clue
as
to
really
what
they
are,
and
so,
if
you
really
want
some
guidance
one,
you
could
complete
a
racial
equity
training
and
do
it
fully
and
not
leave
when
it
gets
uncomfortable.
C
C
C
Thank
you
for
indulging
me.
It's
always
nice.
I
guess
to
have
a
laughter
when
you're
talking
about
serious
stuff,
but
when
it
comes
to
policing
in
particular,
we
have
an
opportunity
to
do
some
meaningful
and
significant
things
and,
frankly,
things
that
needed
to
be
done
a
long
time
ago
before
people
continued
to
die,
these
inequities
within
our
policing
system
have
existed
for
a
long
time,
and
so
I
think
absolutely
this
is
time
for
a
civilian
review
board.
We
have
a
co-op
board.
We
filed
hearings
on
this
council
or
I
filed
hearings
before
this
council.
C
Right
now
in
the
police
department,
our
top
bureaus,
which
are
overseeing
gang
units,
the
major
bureaus
most
of
the
most
significant
ones
with
the
most
power
are
run
by
all
white
men.
We
need
to
fix
that
body
cameras
every
unit
should
have
it.
The
policy
that
informs
body
cameras
should
be
informed
by
the
people.
C
C
And,
lastly,
I'll
say
it's
been
a
hard
week
as
I
look
at
my
two
sons
who
are
both
black
boys,
a
two-year-old
and
a
five-month-old,
as
I
think
and
reflect
on
this
city
that
I
love
so
much
in
how
we
are
so
unwilling,
sometimes
to
have
those
tough
conversations
I
get
pained.
It
is
stressful.
It
is
hard-
and
I
look
at
my
boys-
and
I
want
them
to
have
more
opportunity
than
I
did
and
for
that
to
happen
and
for
other
folks
to
value
their
life.
C
Just
as
much
as
I
do,
I
encourage
all
my
colleagues
to
have
the
tough
conversations
to
get
uncomfortable.
That's
what's
gonna.
That's
what
it's
gonna
require
and
for
all
of
our
constituents
to
do
the
same.
Our
colleagues.
Are
our
constituents
follow
our
lead,
so
I
hope
that
you
continue
to
think
about
what
you
can
do,
I'm
an
ally
to
you
call
anytime,
and
I
look
forward
to
working
in
partnership
with
all
of
you.
Thank
you
again
to
the
makers.
C
G
D
D
I
just
want
to
say
in
my
capacity
as
the
chair
of
ways
and
means,
because
I
think
one
of
the
things
folks
have
lifted
up
right
is
that
this
this
needs
to
turn
into
concrete
action.
You
know,
I
think
we
we
have
a
police
budget
that
is
more
than
11
of
our
overall
budget.
It's
15
of
our
general
fund
allocation.
D
We
don't,
as
a
council,
have
adequate
line
item
information
about
that
budget.
I
requested
that
in
our
bpd
hearing
and
the
response
I
got
was
a
photocopy
of
the
not
detailed
page
that
we
already
have
in
the
budget
book.
I
think
that
you
know
what
what
it
looks
like
for
us
to
own
collectively,
our
collective
responsibility
for
for
what
public
safety
looks
like
and
whether
it
means
actual
safety
for
people
of
all
skin
colors
or
if
it
actually
means
danger.
D
For
many
of
our
fellow
citizens
like
that,
it
is,
as
councillor
rue
said,
a
political
decision
and
it's
a
political
set
of
decisions
that
this
council
needs
to
exercise,
oversight
and-
and
I,
in
my
capacity
as
ways
and
means
chair,
I'm
going
to
be
pushing
for
the
information
that
we
need
to
to
do
that
and
and
hope
to
be
a
an
ally
in
that
work,
and
I
think
we
have
to
acknowledge
that.
That's
a
long
road,
it's
not
just
about
one
budget.
D
It's
about
the
way
that
we
negotiate
our
collective
bargaining
agreements
as
a
city.
It's
a
whole
tangle
of
things.
It's
about
what
people
to
a
point
that
a
council
president
has
made
this
week,
it's
about
what
people
think
they're
doing
when
they
call
the
police
to
to
solve
a
problem
that
they
perceive
right.
D
I
mean
it's
about
it's
about
a
whole
set
of
things
messed
up
together,
but
I
think
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
are
here
again
and
again
is
that
actually
most
of
the
authority
over
law
enforcement
sits
at
the
local
level
in
this
country,
and
so
we
have
historically,
you
know
been
unable
to
figure
out
how
to
solve
it
at
a
national
level,
partly
because
it
is
the
hard
work
that
we
have
to
do
community
by
community
and-
and
I
I
hope
and
intend
to
be,
an
ally
in
that
work,
and
I
just
I
I
wanna
I,
I
wanna
lift
up
the
voices
of
all
my
colleagues
and
then
thank
them
for
speaking
today.
G
N
Floor,
thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
to
my
colleagues
on
the
on
the
city
council
that
spoke
so
eloquently
on
on
this
issue.
I
hope
hope
I
can
be
an
ally
with
our
colleagues
on
on
these
important
issues,
critical
issues
and
I
hope
I
was
a
good
ally
over
the
last
two
years,
working
closely
with
our
colleagues
on
the
city
council.
N
I
thought
when
I
first
came
to
the
council,
I
thought
I
knew
about
the
city
and
I
thought
I
knew
about
race
relations
and
I
probably
didn't
know
a
fraction
of
what
I
thought
and
I
learned
really
about
our
city
and
its
people
from
listening,
listening
and
talking,
but
mostly
listening
to
the
woman
on
the
city
council
in
their
stories,
not
about
politics
but
about
their
life
and
about
their
their
struggles.
N
N
N
G
Thank
you,
councillor
flynn.
I
assume
you'd,
like
your
name
added
yeah.
Please
add
my
name.
Thank
you,
madam
clark.
Please
add
counselor
flynn,
I
will
as
a
co-sponsor.
I
will
take
the
vice
chair's
prerogative
and
just
briefly
add
that
you
know
when
we
we
talk
about
affirming
black
lives,
mattering
and
and
it's
it's
so
much
more
than
that.
So
many
of
you
have
said
that
words
far
more
eloquent
than
my
own.
G
It's
not
just
a
tweet
or
a
social
media
post
you're
showing
up
in
a
vigil,
although
important,
it's
not
just
calling
out
microaggressions
or
overt
racism
or
recognizing
systemic
racism
and
institutional
racism
that
that
permeates
every
aspect
of
our
society.
It's
about
doing
the
work,
it's
about
confronting
the
hard
truths
and
the
uncomfortableness
that
comes
with
that,
and
I
you
know
if
I
truly
want
to
be
not
just
an
ally
but
an
accomplice.
It's
what
I
have
to
do
and
it's
what
I'm
prepared
to
do.
G
I
said
this
morning
privately
to
all
of
you,
and
I
will
repeat
it
publicly.
How
proud
I
was
of
all
members
of
this
body,
particularly
the
members
of
color,
particularly
the
black
and
brown
members,
who
spoke
at
a
press
conference
yesterday
and
outlined
some
really
important
ideas
to
hear
from
our
former
colleague
and
my
seatmate
for
many
many
years,
congresswoman
presley
whose
resolution
we
are
discussing
today
and
we'll
be
voting
on
shortly.
G
You
know,
as
has
been
mentioned,
she
would
conclude
the
pledge
of
allegiance
with
the
were
two
words
someday,
and
it
is
obviously
beyond
clear
to
everyone
on
the
planet
that
we
are
far
away
from
someday
from
achieving
liberty
and
justice
for
all.
But
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
we
have
a
lot
of
uncomfortable
truths
to
discuss
and
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
work
together
and
that's
obviously
what
I'm
prepared
to
do.
I
know
we
all
are
so.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
my
name
as
original
as
a
co-sponsor.
G
Excuse
me
to
dock
it
0-749.
We
will
be
voting
on
it
shortly,
but
I
know
the
one
of
the
original
co-sponsors
has
asked
for
an
opportunity
to
speak
again.
If
any
of
the
other
original
co-sponsors
would
like
a
concluding
word,
of
course,
we'll
we'd
be
happy
to
allow
that
so
counselor
mejia.
You
now
have
the
floor.
O
Yeah,
thank
you,
so
I
I'm
not
sure
if
anyone
has
been
paying
attention,
but
we
just.
I
just
learned
that
all
four
have
been
arrested
for
the
death
of
george
floyd.
So
that
is
great
news.
O
I
think
it's
important
when
we
think
about
these
little
small,
wins
and
and
celebrate
those
and
acknowledge
them,
but
I
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
to
my
colleagues
here,
having
grown
up
in
boston,
who
everybody
knows
is
historically
known
to
be
one
of
the
we
have
the
bad
fame
of
being
one
of
the
most
racist
cities
is
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
really
set
the
stage
for
what
real
reform
is
going
to
look
like
around
this
issue.
O
Right
boston
was
also
one
of
the
first
cities
to
have
a
police
presence.
I
believe
we
were
the
first
in
the
nation
for
schools
we're
the
first
on
lots
of
things.
O
We
cannot
be
the
last
to
get
this
right,
and
so
I
just
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
who
are
standing
up
and
showing
up
and
know
that
this
is
not
just
about
a
quick
little
sound
bite
during
this
public
hearing,
but
we
have
a
opportunity
and
a
responsibility
to
uplift
the
voices
of
the
people
who
put
us
in
this
seat
and
it's
not
what
you
do
while
you're
politicking
during
election
time.
O
It
is
what
you
do
while
you
are
in
the
sea,
and
everyone
is
looking
to
us
as
how
we're
going
to
move
this
work
forward,
and
so
I'm
asking
my
colleagues
and
thanking
you
all
at
the
same
time
for
joining
us
in
this
conversation.
But
my
hope
is
is
that
you
all
will
take
the
lead
on
things
too,
so
that
it's
not
always
us
speaking
upon
these
issues,
but
that
we
create
an
opportunity
where
we're
supporting
legislation
and
ordinances
that
speak
to
our
plight,
and
I'm
encouraging
you
to
do
that.
O
O
You
know
I
wore
the
dress
that
I
wore
when
I
gave
my
maiden
speech,
because
this
day,
for
me,
was
one
of
those
days
that
I
never
wanted
to
forget,
and
I'm
sharing
this
with
you
all,
because
I
love
and
appreciate
every
single
one
of
you
and
I
am
grateful
to
be
sitting
alongside
you
on
this
journey,
but
trust
that
I
will
be
holding
everyone
accountable,
including
myself,
to
making
sure
that
we
do
all
that
we
can
to
right
the
wrong,
and
thank
you
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
G
Okay,
thank
you.
Councillor
mejia.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
council
president
councillor
jaini
of
the
floor.
A
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
wanted
to
thank
counselor
campbell
for
sharing
the
book
white
fragility.
A
I
keep
it
on
my
desk
back
at
the
office
in
hopes
of
starting
conversations
with
some
of
the
people
that
I
meet
with
every
day,
and
I
wanted
to
share
another
book
because
I
think
it's
an
important
tool.
I
don't
want
to
just
come
and
say
you
guys
do
better.
I
want
to
try
to
give
you
a
tool
to
do
better,
so
I
hope
people
would
take
this
book
as
well
and
it's
it's
called
how
to
be
an
anti-racist,
because
that's
what
we
really
need
here.
People
I
want
to
be
clear.
A
If
you're
not
actively
trying
to
dismantle
it,
then
you
are
perpetuating
that
pain
and
that
hurt
that
we
have
all
been
expressing
today
and
so
this
book,
how
to
be
an
anti-racist,
is
by
kinsey,
and
I
thought
it
would
really
be
helpful
to
my
colleagues,
particularly
I
mean
all
of
us,
but
particularly
those
who
are
non-melanated,
and
I
will
read
a
short
excerpt
and
it
says-
and
I
quote,
racist
ideas
have
defined
our
society
since
its
beginning
and
can
feel
so
natural
and
obvious
as
to
be
banal.
A
As
audra
lorde
said
in
1980,
we
have
all
been
programmed
to
respond
to
the
to
human
differences
between
us
with
fear
and
loathing
and
to
handle
that
difference
in
one
of
three
ways:
one
to
ignore
it
and
if
that's
not
possible
copy
it.
If
we
think
it's
dominant
and
we
can
think
of
hip-hop
culture
and
I'm
ad-libbing
here
or
destroy
it
if
we
think
it's
subordinate,
but
we
have
no
patterns
for
relating
across
human
differences
as
equals.
A
There
is
no
model
for
that.
We
have
to
create
it,
I'm
ad-libbing
again
we
have
to
create
that
people
and
so
oftentimes.
What
I
find
is
when
people
are
fighting
for
their
humanity,
others
will
say
but
or
wait
and
not
really
understanding
that
we
have
to
move
forward
together
to
dismantle
this,
and
so
I
wanted
to
share
this
excerpt
because
we
have
no
patterns
for
relating
across
human
differences
as
equals.
A
It's
our
job
to
create
that,
and
we
cannot
create
that,
on
top
of
the
current
foundation
that
we
have
the
foundation
that
we
have
is
a
system
that
devalues
black
lives.
We
have
to
tear
that
down
and
create
a
new
system
where
we
can
relate
as
human
beings
as
equals.
So
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
book
because
I
hope
it
will
be
helpful
as
we
continue
to
have
these
conversations,
because
this
is
ongoing
work.
This
is
not
we're
not
solving
this
in
this
council
meeting
we're
not
solving
this
with
this
resolution.
A
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
president,
hearing
no
further
discussion
unless
anyone
else
would
like
to
speak
again
for
the
second
round.
Madam
clerk,
I
believe
you've
added
everyone
on
this
call.
As
a
as
a
co-sponsor,
everyone
has
expressed
an
interest
in
supporting
the
resolution,
not
seeing
any
further
discussion,
counselors,
mejia
arroyo
and
council
president
janie
now
move
for
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
number
zero,
seven.
Four,
nine,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
all
those
opposed,
nay
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
is
adopted.
G
G
The
vote,
I
would
like
a
little
call.
Thank
you,
council
royal.
Madam
clerk,
would
you
please
read
the
role
call
to
ascertain
the
vote
reading?
Would
you
please
record
the
a's
and
nays.
I
K
K
H
Council
campbell,
yes,
council,
councilor,
edwards,
yes,
councillor
edwards,
yes,
councillors,
hobby
george,
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
georgia's
council
flaherty;
yes,
council,
flaherty;
yes,
councillor
flynn;
yes,
councillor
flynn;
yes,
councillor
janie;
yes,
sponsor
janie;
yes,
councillor,
mejia,
yes,
councilman!
Yes,
councillor
o'malley,.
G
H
Councilor
o'malley
yes
and
counselor
wu,
yes,
counselor
will?
Yes,
madame
president
docket
number
zero.
Seven,
four
nine
has
received
the
12
to
zero
vote
on
docket
number
zero.
Seven,
four,
nine.
A
I
will
assume
the
chair
back
from
the
vice
chair
and
we'll
now
move
on
to
personnel
orders.
Madam
clerk,
will
you
please
read
docket
I
mean
don't
read
the
document.
A
A
A
I
don't
believe
anyone
wants
to
remove
anything
from
the
green
sheets,
so
we
will
keep
moving
on
and
we'll
go
on
to
announcements.
A
I
will
ask
my
colleagues
to
show
blue
hands
if
they'd
like
to
make
an
announcement,
and
please
be
patient
with
me.
If
I
don't
get
you
right
away,
anyone
like
to
make.
I
see
councillor
braden,
the
chair
recognizes
councillor
braden.
M
A
I
B
A
Thank
you,
councillor
flaherty.
You
have
the
floor.
P
Thank
you,
madam
president,
just
want
to
would
adjourn
this
on
behalf
of
council
redwoods
and
I
did
charlestown
lost
a
legend
with
the
passing
of
billy
boyle,
a
retired
boston
firefighter,
but
also
known
as
one
of
the
creators
founders
of
along
with
the
gentleman
peter
looney
of
chad.
Charlestown
against
drugs
did
tremendous
work
in
that
community,
helping
young
men
and
women
who
were
struggling
with
substance,
abuse,
drug
addiction
and
also
founded
along
with
cookie
whalen
giodano.
P
The
the
charlestown
live,
cable
tv
show
that
aired
regularly
for
many
many
years,
so
a
permanent
fixture.
He
was
involved
in
everything
in
charlestown.
He
was
involved
in
everything
for
all
of
the
right
reasons,
cared
deeply
about
that
town
cared
about
all
the
families
and
the
kids
and
tremendous
loss
going
to
be
felt
by
charles
down
a
true
legend
that
has
walked
the
streets
of
charlestown
and
has
been
a
partner.
P
Also
remiss
if
I
didn't
talk
about
a
different
of
mine
from
east
boston,
also
on
behalf
of
council
redwoods,
and
I
johnny
two
dogs,
roberto
beloved
in
east
boston
and
a
lot
of
folks
know
him
growing
up.
P
He
was
the
guy
that
had
all
the
hot
dog
and
sausage
carts
downtown
around
faneuil
hall,
so
died
tragically
in
a
motor
vehicle
accident
over
the
weekend
in
georgia
and
was
a
tremendous
supporter
of
mine
for
many
years
and
is
one
of
the
reasons
I
do
so
well
in
east
boston
is
because
of
johnny
two
dogs
roberto.
So
I
want
to
adjourn
in
their
memory
two
neighborhood
people
that
will
will
not
be
replaced.
A
A
I'm
sorry,
I
can't
I'm
so
sorry
again,
I'm
on
the
phone
here
the
chair
recognizes
counselor
edwards.
You
have
the
floor.
L
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
councillor
flaherty,
he
has
a
longer
longer
relationship
and
his
family
does
with
the
boyle
family.
I
would
be
remiss
not
to
also
just
in
the
in
the
time
that
I
got
to
know
him
as
a
city
counselor
to
say
that
he
is
nothing
short
of
a
gentleman,
a
kind
heart
and
a
generous
soul.
He
is
certainly
part
of
a
dying
breed.
I
feel
of
folks
who
just
live
and
die
for
their
neighborhood
and
in
a
sense
I
don't
know
I
don't.
L
I
don't
know
what
charlestown
does
when
or
any
neighborhood
does
when
they
lose
a
billy
boyle.
I
think
we'll
look
for
a
long
time,
but
he's
irreplaceable
and
from
the
day
I
started
he
just
he
loves
anyone
who
loves
charlestown
and
that's
something
that
I
I
find
it's
it's
beautiful
to
see
and
something
when
you
grew
up
in
the
military.
You
move
around
a
lot.
It's
it's!
It's!
L
It's
rare
to
you
right
because
you're
you're
prepared
to
always
move
around
and
change,
but
when
you
find
people
who
live
and
die
for
the
neighborhood
and
and
and
welcome
anyone
as
long
as
they
love
the
neighborhood,
it
is
just
something
that
is
rare
and
with
all
the
change
that
were
happening,
he
was
one
of
the
again,
as
I
mentioned
it
before
the
great
oaks
that
might
are
slowly
going
away
with
the
institutional
knowledge,
with
the
understanding
he's
a
veteran
been
through
wars.
L
I
also
wanted
to
make
an
announcement
that
this
saturday,
the
task
force
on
affirmatively
furthering
for
housing
after
three
years
of
working
with
the
city
of
boston,
trying
to
work
with
the
city
of
boston
and
trying
to
come
up
with
a
comprehensive
report
on
how
the
city
of
boston
can
push
equity
they're
going
to
be
releasing
that
report,
there's
been
back
and
forth,
but
it's
just
going
to
happen.
I'm
proud
of
them
for
releasing
their
this
report
this
saturday,
and
I
will
be
there.
O
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
and
just
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
all
of
the
young
people
who
organized
on
sunday
the
the
protest,
the
march
the
peaceful
march
from
nubian
square
to
the
state
house.
O
These
young
people
took
to
the
streets
to
have
their
voices
heard
and
did
so
in
a
very
fashionably,
orderly
fashion.
And
I
just
you
know
many
many
are
were
organizing
and
marching
for
the
first
time
and
went
there
to
to
have
their
voices
heard
and
where,
after
the
the
whole
situation
went
down,
were,
were
somewhat
distraught.
Because
of
all
that
happened,
many
couldn't
get
home,
and
so,
but
they
still
persisted,
and
I
saw
them
again
on
tuesday
at
monica
cannon's,
amazing
visual,
where
10
000
people
showed
up.
O
So
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
all
the
folks
out
here,
celebrating
their
voices
and
being
heard
and
the
ability
to
do
so
and
just
just
wanted
to
just
give
them
a
big
shout
out
and
and
keeping
them
in
my
thoughts
and
in
my
revolutionary
prayers,
as
we
continue
to
fight
that
good
fight,
always
recognizing
that
we
need
to
have
an
inside
outside
strategy
when
it
comes
to
trying
to
make
anything
change
and
so
having
these
folks
out
in
these
streets,
putin
and
hollering,
and
we're
listening
on
the
inside
to
move
it.
O
I
think
this
is
what
these
times
require
and
so
really
grateful
to
all
of
the
activists
out
there
and
just
a
word
of
warning
to
those
who
are
coming
into
our
neighborhoods
thinking
that
they're
gonna
come
destroy
us.
Let
you
know
that
this
is
our
town,
and
so
this
is
a
nice
little
gentle
reminder
don't
come
here,
thinking
that
you're
gonna
burn
us
down,
because
we
ain't
gonna,
let
you
so
lots
of
love
to
all
of
those
who
are
raising
their
voices
and
being
heard,
stay
safe,
love!
You
all.
B
A
Appreciate
you
lifting
up
the
protesters,
councillor
mejia,
I'm
very
proud
of
how
boston
has
responded
and
I'm
particularly
proud
of
the
young
people
who
are
marching
and
I'm
thinking
about
my
very
first
protest.
I
was
probably
I
don't
know:
12
13
14
years
old
and
ironically,
it
was
on
police
brutality
in
the
south
end.
A
I
don't
know
if
mel
king
had
organized
it,
but
it
was
there,
and
I
just
would
make
the
point
that
young
people
are
always
at
the
forefront
of
our
our
movements.
So
thank
you
for
that.
The
chair
recognizes
counselor
flynn.
N
Thank
you.
Yes,
thank
you.
Man.
Thank
you,
madam
president
and,
madam
president,
I
also
wanted
to
recognize
a
woman
that
that
passed
away
recently,
who
was
who
was
a
who
was
a
friend.
She
was
a.
N
N
She
settled
coming
from
china
and
settled
in
grove
hall
with
her
with
her
family
and
established
herself
as
an
expert
seamstress
in
the
historic
garment
district
in
boston
chinatown,
and
she
really
helped
build
this
city
and
helped
build
this
country
working
hard
as
an
immigrant
that
we
we
see
often
in
our
city,
is
they
dedicate
their
life
for
their
children
by
working
working
so
hard,
often
in
difficult
jobs
and
difficult
in
low
wages.
N
So
I
had
a
lot
of
respect
for
her
and
many
of
you
know
her
daughter,
who's,
also,
a
friend
of
mine
and
many
of
the
city
councilors
michelle
and
michael
and
and
so
many
lydia,
that
her
daughter
is
suzanne
lee,
who
was
the
principal
at
the
josiah
quincy
school.
So
I
just
want
to
say
our
condolences
to
the
to
the
lee
family
on
the
passing
of
of
of
of
mrs
lee.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
edwards.
Thank
you
for
sharing
that
I
will
reach
out
to
suzanne.
Would
any
other
colleagues
like
to
make
an
announcement
as
we
wrap
up.
A
Okay,
not
seeing
any
other
blue
hands,
we're
not
seeing
anything
hands
but
anyway.
For
me,
I
want
to
quickly
say
just
another
reminder
to
anyone
watching
to
please
fill
out
the
u.s
census.
It
is
directly
connected
to
our
representation
and
the
resources
that
we
desperately
need
in
our
community,
and
I
also
want
to
remind
people
to
register
to
vote,
and
I
will
also
share
it's
with
sadness
that
I
shared
news
of
the
passing
of
george
cox.
A
Many
of
you
may
know
him.
He
was
a
long
time,
bps
educator
and
a
district
7
resident
one
of
the
things
that
I
appreciated
most
about
george,
and
I
worked
with
him
for
probably
20
years
now,
and
I
really
appreciated
his
commitment
to
teacher
development,
whether
it
was
on
intel
prep.
He
were
in
the
intel
prep
program,
his
support
of
paraprofessionals.
A
He
really
invested
in
teachers
and
that
investment
could
be
felt
in
the
classroom.
He
was
also
very
active
in
being
the
black
educators
alliance
of
massachusetts.
He
was
a
staunch
advocate
for
teacher
diversity
and
the
elimination
of
the
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps
and
if
you
didn't
catch
george
at
one
of
the
several
meetings
or
hearings
or
school
committee
meetings,
you
could
always
catch
him.
A
A
A
The
chair
moves
when
the
council
adjourns
today
it
does
so
in
memory
of
the
aforementioned
individuals
and
it
is
scheduled
to
meet
again
on
wednesday
june
10th
at
12
noon,
for
the
safety
of
the
general
public
and
all
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,
I'll
repeat
that
boston,
dot,
gov,
slash
city
dash,
council
dash
tv,
all
those
in
favor
of
enjoyment,
please
say
aye
the
eyes
have
it
and
the
council
meeting
is
adjourned.