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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
C
D
C
A
F
G
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.
G
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,
I
invite
you
to
enter
into
this
prayer
with
me
a
one
of
many
names,
and
no
name
was,
above
all
else,
love
and
justice.
G
D
A
E
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
privileged
position
in
power
and
not
just
as
councillors,
because
some
of
us
have
more
of
that
than
others.
A
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.
As
people
know,
mr.
Floyd
was
pinned
down
by
police
officers
neck
on
his
neck
by
police
officers,
me
I'm.
That
was
four
full
eight
minutes
and
46
seconds
as
he
pleaded
for
his
breath
and
cried
out
for
his
momma.
A
So
I
would
like
for
us
to
take
a
moment
to
reflect
and
to
reflect
on
how
we,
as
the
Boston
City
Council,
can
do
more
to
create
a
more
just
and
equitable
society.
So
I'm
gonna
ask
us
to
take
this
moment
right
now.
I
asked
anyone
who
is
watching
to
do
the
same
to
reflect
not
to
turn
away
not
to
run
away
and
get
something
to
eat,
really
quick,
but
to
really
take
this
moment
to
reflect
on
what
each
of
us
can
do
to
prevent
this
from
happening
again.
A
A
Thank
you,
I
would
ask
that
that
be
the
only
silence
that
we
take
in
moments
like
this,
because
what
we
really
need
is
we
need
everyone's
voice.
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.
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
Kovac,
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.
Thank
you
we'll
now
move
on
from
move
on
to
communications
from
his
honor,
the
mayor
and
madam
clerk.
B
A
B
0
7
3
0
message
and
honor
authorizing
City
of
Austin
to
accept
and
expend
an
amount
of
thirty
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
FY
19,
fair
housing
assistance
program.
What
about
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
to
processing
housing
discrimination,
complaints
received
by
the
Washington
Fair
Housing
and
equity
Commission.
B
A
B
Zero
seven
three
one
message:
an
order
authorizing
the
City
of
Austin
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount,
a
four
thousand
two
hundred
ninety
two
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant,
but
the
street
outreach
outreach
unit,
opioid
Colvin,
19
pilot
program
awarded
by
the
police,
assisted
addiction
and
recovery
initiative
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
the
purchase
and
disbursement
of
up
to
thirty
smartphones
for
high
uses
of
emergency
services,
known
as
hughes,
in
order
to
maintain
bi-weekly
contact
through
the
police,
assisted
addiction,
recovery
initiative.
B
A
I
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
Dockins
ero
731.
It
is
pretty
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
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
today,
so
those
folks
can
get
those
funds
immediately.
Thank
you.
G
A
A
B
A
A
B
You
Dawkins
era,
7:38
message
and
honor,
or
the
confirmation
of
the
reappointment
of
Nelson
Arroyo
as
a
member
of
the
Zoning
Commission
for
a
term
ending
May
1st
2022
docket
number
zero,
seven,
three:
nine,
that's
a
Janata
for
the
confirmation
of
the
reappointment
of
Jane
Copa
Brayton.
As
a
member
of
the
Zoning
Commission
for
term
ending
May
1st
2022
docket
number
zero,
seven,
four
zero
mr.
B
B
A
A
Thank
you,
docket
zero.
Seven,
four
four
will
be
referred
to
the
Committee
on
city
and
neighborhood
services.
We
will
now
move
on
to
reports
of
committees
for
those
that
are
watching
the
next
set
of
dockets
are
regarding
our
budget.
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.
A
B
Thank
you
duck
at
zero.
Five.
Eight
eight,
the
Committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
referred
on:
April
8,
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
five,
eight,
eight
message:
an
audit
for
annual
appropriation,
the
tax
order
for
FY
2021
submits
a
report
recommending
the
otter.
The
otter
ought
to
be
rejected
without
prejudice.
B
Docket
number:
zero;
five,
eight,
nine,
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means
to
which
is
he
fern
on
April
8,
2020,
docket,
number,
zero:
five,
eight
nine
message:
an
order
for
annual
appropriation
for
the
school
department
by
FY,
2021
submits
a
report
recommending
the
otter
ought
to
be
rejected
without
prejudice.
Docket
number:
zero:
five,
nine
zero.
The
committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
you
further
on
the
Fla
is
2020
docket
number,
zero,
five,
nine
zero
message
and
otter
approving
an
appropriation
of
forty
million
dollars
to
the
other
post-employment
benefits
known
as
open
liability.
B
Trust
fund
established
by
section
20
of
the
Massachusetts
General
Laws
chapter
32
B,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
otter
ought
to
be
rejected
without
prejudice.
Docket
number:
zero:
five,
nine
one.
The
committee
of
ways
means
to
which
is
referred
on:
April
8th,
2020,
docket
number,
zero.
Five:
nine
one
message:
an
order:
approving
appropriation
of
twenty
seven
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.
Five.
B
Nine
two,
the
Committee
on
ways
means
to
reduce
referred
on
April
8,
2020
docket,
number,
zero,
five,
nine
two
dozen
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
service
in
the
city
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
be
rejected
without
prejudice.
Thank.
A
You
Madame
clerk
and
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we're
gonna
take
each
docket
separately,
it'll
be
a
roll
call
vote
I
want
to
let
my
colleagues
know
so.
One
I'm
gonna
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
going
to
hear
from
the
chair
we're
going
to
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.
J
Thank
you
so
much.
Madam
president,
over
the
past
two
months,
though,
City
Council's
had
27
hearings
and
9
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.
J
J
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
process
with
both
public
input
and
City
Council
input
going,
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.
J
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,
slash
Council
FY
21
budget,
you
will
find
the
notices
related
to
all
the
hearings
and
attached
to
those
notices.
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.
J
We
be
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
it
makes
it
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,
I'm
also
the
City
Council
I,
really
I.
J
Think
one
thing
that
I've
heard
loud
and
clear
from
colleagues
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,
Kogan
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
gonna
have
to
continue
I.
J
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.
J
You
know
in
a
first
time
ever
city
rental,
voucher
program
in
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
Kovan,
19
and
I,
think
this
body
is
excited
about.
There
are
also
a
bunch
of
things
that
people-
you
know
that
I
think
are
part
of
meeting
that
moment
right.
J
D
E
A
Can
you
come
up
early,
so
I
understand
the
need
for
clarification
all
right.
So
here
we
go.
There's
nothing
else.
Bernie
we're
gonna
go
right
into
it.
First
up
is
docket
zero.
Five,
eight
eight
counselor
black
states,
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
recommends
that
the
council
reject
without
prejudice
docket
zero.
Five,
eight
eight,
madam
clerk,
would
you
please
call
the
roll
thank.
D
K
D
L
E
G
B
A
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
counselor
box
seats,
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
recommends
that
the
council
reject
without
prejudice
stockade
zero.
Five,
eight
nine,
madam
clerk,
could.
D
E
E
B
E
E
E
E
B
A
Thank
you.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
in
docket
zero.
Five,
eight
nine
has
been
rejected
without
prejudice.
Counselor
black
seeks
acceptance
of
committee
report
and
recommends
that
the
council
reject
without
prejudice
docket
zero,
five,
nine
zero.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
call
the
roll
Thank.
D
E
E
E
M
B
A
D
E
E
L
B
E
B
A
E
E
E
L
E
E
B
A
B
You,
madam
president,
doc
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
honor
authorizing
the
appropriation
of
$1,300,000
from
the
income
of
the
judge,
Francis
Parkman
fund,
so
mister
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
pass.
Thank.
A
J
You,
madam
president,
the
Parkman
fund
is
a
long
existing
fund
with
which
is
to
be
expended
under
the
direction,
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
in
the
common
in
the
heart
of
the
city.
So
these
funds,
it's
a
trust
fund.
J
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
horticultural
and
infrastructure
and
some
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
Thank.
B
E
A
A
N
A
B
Zero
five,
nine
eight,
the
committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
referred
on:
April
8,
2020,
docket,
number,
zero.
Five
messaging
are
affirming
the
appropriation
a
four
million
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
21st
century
fund,
also
known
as
the
public
educational
governmental
known
as
peg
access
and
cable
related
fun.
J
J
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
citizens
in
Boston
access
to
public
programming
and
then
access
to
you
know
the
internet,
which,
as
we
all
know,
is,
is
really
an
essential
utility
of
life
these
days.
So
my
recommendation
as
chair
is
that
today
this
item
ought
to
pass
Thank.
A
D
A
B
You
drunk
at
zero
five,
nine
nine,
the
Committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
referred
on:
a
belated
2020,
Dhaka
number,
zero,
five,
nine
message
and
honor
authorizing
the
law
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2021
to
purchase
goods
and
services
for
repairs
to
city
property,
submits
a
report
recommending
the
otter
ought
to
pen
docket.
Now
the
zero
six
zero
zero,
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means
to
which
was
referred
to,
which
was
referred.
B
I'm
sorry
to
Richman's,
referred
on
April
8,
2020,
docket
numbers
row,
six,
zero,
zero
message:
an
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
Mia's
Office
of
Tourism
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year,
2021
to
purchase
goods
and
services,
to
support
events
and
programming
on
and
around
City
Hall,
plaza
to
advance
tourism
to
promote
participation
and
public
celebrations,
civic
and
cultural
events
and
submits
a
report
recommending
the
otter
ought
to
pass
docket
number
zero,
six
zero
one
the
community
always
means
to
which
was
referred
on.
April
8th,
2020
docket
number,
zero.
Six.
B
B
Two,
the
Committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
referred
on:
April
8,
2020,
docket,
Noah's,
zero,
six,
zero,
two
message
and
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
mayor's
office
class
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,
the
Committee
on
ways
means
to
which
was
your
further.
B
In
April,
a
2020
docket
number
zero,
six
zero
three
message:
an
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
just
distributed,
distributed;
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.
B
The
Boston
Public
Schools
revolving
fund
for
fiscal
year
2021
to
submit
the
maintenance
and
repair
should
be
PS
facilities,
including
custodial
and
utility
costs
for
extended
building
time.
School
police
costs
associated
with
events,
floor,
refinishing,
landscaping
and
building
repairs
submits
a
report
recommending
the
order
on
to
pass
docket
number
zero,
six
zero.
Seven.
B
She
miss
her
report
recommending
the
otter
ought
to
the
past.
Docket
number:
zero,
six
one
zero,
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means
to
which
was
referred
on:
April
8th,
2020,
darken,
zero,
six,
one
zero
message
and
order
authorizing
a
limit
for
the
Boston
Police
Department
revolving
fund
from
fiscal
year
2021
to
support
the
canines
unit.
B
A
J
You
so
much,
madam
president,
and
thank
you,
madam
clerk,
for
reading
all
those
the
what
these
committee
reports
are
on.
Are
the
13
revolving
funds
that
we
have
scattered
across
city
and
departments.
So
for
folks,
just
understand:
revolving
funds
are
type
of
mechanism.
The
city
is
allowed
to
have
by
state
law
that
takes
in
funds
for
a
very
particular
reason
and
then
extends
funds
for
a
very
particular
related
purpose.
J
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
so
much
and
the
City
Council's
job
here
is
actually
not
to
approve
an
appropriation.
J
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,
we've
also
received
information
from
the
city
departments,
specific
information
in
a
particular
sort
standard
format
on
every
one
of
these
revolving
funds,
and
so
we've
scrutinized
them,
and
the
question
before
us
today
is
just
approving
their
maximum
limits
for
the
year
ahead.
A
L
A
E
A
G
A
Opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
the
committee
report
has
been
accepted.
Doctor
zero.
Six
there
one
has
been
passed.
Councillor
box,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
in
passage
of
docket
zero,
six
zero,
two,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
in
docket
zero.
Six
zero
two
has
been
passed.
Councillor
guac,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
in
passage
of
docket,
zero,
six,
zero.
A
Three,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
the
committee
report
has
been
accepted:
docket,
zero,
six,
zero
three
has
been
passed,
we'll
go
on
to
docket,
0
6
0
for
councillor
box
to
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passage
of
docket
0
6.
Therefore,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,.
G
A
F
E
A
D
A
G
A
N
A
Eyes
have
it
and
docket:
the
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
docket
zero.
Six
zero
nine
has
been
passed,
counselor
box,
six
acceptance
of
the
community
court
and
passage
of
docket
zero,
six
one
zero,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
any
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
docked
at
zero.
Six
one
zero
has
been
passed,
and
this
is
the
last
one
counselor
box,
six
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passage
of
docket
zero.
Six
one
one
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,.
A
B
Rockets,
zero
six
one:
two,
the
commune
always
needs
to
lose
refer
on:
April
8,
2020,
Dokic,
number,
zero,
six
one
two
message
and
order:
authorizes
City
of
Austin
to
enter
into
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
certain
entities
for
the
purpose
of
reporting
costs
and
receiving
title
for
each
every
student
succeed,
an
allowable
federal
reimbursement
for
said
costs
as
they
relate
to
transporting
eligible
children
from
the
basements
and
School
artists
submits
report.
Recommending
the
author
ought
to
pass.
J
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
president,
this
is
an
order
which
enables
basically
us
to
receive
reimbursement
for
the
transfer,
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,
so
I
I
mean
you
know,
I
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.
A
A
B
Docket,
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
honor
authorizing
appropriation
from
the
Boston
equity
fund:
to
create
a
special
revenue
project,
grant
to
support
revenue
project,
grant
to
support
equity
of
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.
J
Thank
you,
madam
president.
This
order
reflects
the
setting
up
of
the
funding
out
of
the
Boston
equity
fund,
which
was
set
up
by
yourself
and
and
many
other
members
this
council
to
to
help
make
our
cannabis
industry
our
nascent
cannabis
industry,
a
more
equitable
and
benefit
those
who
were
most
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs
over
the
past
few
decades.
J
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
dispenser,
which
was
the
first
of
its
kind
in
a
city
and
also
the
first
economic
empowerment
applicant
approved
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
As
everyone
knows,
you
know
we
had
been
hoping
that
we
would
see
much
more.
J
You
know
more
things,
opening
up
and
more
activity
fight
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
list
of
docket
to
the
I
recommend
that
to
the
full
council
that
this
matter
ought
to
pass.
Thanks.
D
A
A
B
Software.
The
computer
assists
assisted
integrated
financial
management
and
accounting
system
and
in
all,
incidentals
are
planted
to
the
above
described
projects
for
the
purpose
of
the
various
city
departments,
including
Boston's
enemies
and
families,
patients
of
the
environment
by
your
Neighborhood
Development,
Office
of
Arts
and
Culture
parks
and
recreation.
B
Departments,
public,
wonderful
question,
public
health
Commission's
mr.
report
recommending
the
honor
ought
to
pass
docket
number
zero,
five,
nine
four,
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means
to
which
was
referred
on:
April
8,
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
five,
nine
four
message
and
honor
approving
the
appropriation
of
seventy
three
million
nine
hundred.
B
Department
on
behalf
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools
submits
a
report
recommending
the
auditor
ought
to
receive
its
first
reading
and
assigned
for
further
action.
Docket
number
zero,
five,
nine
sections
of
committee
on
ways
he
means
to
which
was
your
names.
Please,
docket
number:
zero,
five,
nine
six
message:
an
order
authorizing
the
City
of
Boston
to
enter
into
one
or
more
leases
lease
purchase
or
instant
installment
sales
agreements
in
fiscal
year,
2021
in
in
the
mount
not
to
exceed
six
thirty,
six
million
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
B
These
funds
are
to
be
used
by
various
departments
for
the
acquisition
of
equipment
in
furtherance
of
their
respective
governmental
functions.
The
list
of
equipment
includes
computer
equipment,
hardware
and
software
Motor
Vehicles
trailers,
ambulance,
firefighting,
equipment
and
office
equipment,
telecommunication
equipment,
photocopying
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.
Knowing
will
the
report
recommending
the
order
ought
to
be
read
for
the
first
time
and
assigned
for
further
action.
A
J
J
This
is
a
time
in
which
our
a
robust
capital
budget
is
extremely
important
for
this
video
Boston.
As
we
as
we
face.
You
know
this
great
economic
uncertainty
because
of
the
city
is
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.
And
so
you
know
the
administration
has
proposed
a
very
substantial
capital
budget
this
year.
J
That
goes
right
up
to
the
7%
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.
You
know
work
to
make
our
schools
both
more
hospitable
to
our
students
and
also
from
a
public
health
perspective
safer.
J
There
is
a
you
know,
commitment
to
to
find
our
stations
to
all
kinds
of
street
work
pub.
You
know
Boston
and
Transportation
Department
projects
to
make
the
streets
safer
for
all
people.
10%
of
this
budget
is
committed
to
resiliency
and
climate
preparedness
related
projects.
1%
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
councillors
are
concerned
about,
and
it's
important
for
people
to
understand
that
when
we
vote
on,
these
orders
were
actually
we're.
J
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,
but
I.
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-cyclical
II
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,
the
public
will
count
on
for
generations.
E
J
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
flowing
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.
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and.
A
B
D
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E
B
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E
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B
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A
H
You
very
much
the
Committee
on
government.
Ops
first
received
this
matter
from
councilor
sabi
George,
who
was
the
lead
sponsor
on
March
11th.
The
Committee
held
a
hearing
on
May
22nd,
where
the
public
was
invited
to
have
some
comments
in
this
hearing.
This
hearing
specifically,
is
about
a
Home
Rule
petition
that
would
increase
the
accidental
disability
retirement
alone.
Allowance
payable
to
seven
officers
specifically
named
the
proposal.
H
At
the
hearing,
the
committee
reviewed
the
retirement
process,
the
history,
the
how
this
counsel
and
how
this
body
has
gone
through
and
assessed
these
matters
before
we
discussed
the
statutes
and
regulations
that
govern
accidental
disability
retirement
and
the
legal
standard
to
qualify
for
it.
The
standard
to
qualify
for
accidental
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.
H
We
discuss
these
factors
and
determine
to
discuss
these
factors
to
determine
whether
an
injury
is
permanent.
The
committee
reviewed
precedent
and-
and
that
excuse
me
review
precedents
and
and
findings
for
incapacity
impact
incapacity,
as
required
to
to
approve
the
increase
of
the
retirement
allowance.
Essentially
looking
at
the
process,
we
understood
that
we
needed
more
of
that.
We
needed
packets.
H
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.
In
short,
what
we
started
a
very
important
conversation.
H
We
got
a
lot
of
historical
knowledge
and
many
of
us
requested
from
our
colleague,
counselor
sabe
Jorge,
a
lot
of
data
that
we
feel
would
be
necessary
to
make
an
informed
decision
and,
as
a
result,
counselor
sabe,
Jorge
and
I
spoke
I
believe
last
week
about
taking
this
home
roll
partition
and
using
this
opportunity
to
reject
it
to
allow
for
a
counselor,
sabe
Jorge
to
bring
back
to
the
body
an
individual
basis.
Each
one
of
the
home
row
petitions
to
be
assessed
when
they
are
fully
retired
and
have
all
the
information
before
us.
A
A
Opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
committee
report
has
been
accepted
and
docket
zero.
Five
zero
five
has
been
rejected.
Without
prejudice
will
now
move
on
to
motions
orders
and
resolutions.
I've
been
informed
that
dock
at
zero
seven
four
five
has
been
withdrawn,
so
we
will
move
on
to
dock
at
zero.
Seven.
Four
six,
madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
that.
B
A
Braden
councillor
Braden
we're
having
a
very
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.
K
K
This
is
asking
my
colleagues
to
support
to
extend
support
for
legislation
written
regarding
occupational
presumption
of
exposure
took
over
nineteen
as
four
different
bills
that
are
passing
through
the
house
at
the
state
at
the
Statehouse.
At
this
time,
House
bill
four:
seven:
three:
nine
House
bill,
5
0,
5,
0
House
bill
four,
seven,
four,
nine
many
of
us
about
protecting
from
the
if
the
middling,
our
exposure
to
over
19.
But
first
these
bills
are.
H
K
A
L
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
President
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
abrading
for
including
me
in
this
resolution
for
her
a
long
time
work
in
in
this
field
as
well.
This
resolution
is
it
as
council
Brady
mentioned,
is
in
support
of
several
pieces
of
legislation
now
up
at
the
State
House.
That
would
help
address
the
issue
of
Occupational
presumption
for
many
in
our
health
care
fields.
I
will
workers
essential
workers.
L
This
will
bring.
This
will
bring
respect
and
dignity
to
all
workers
on
the
front
line,
saving
lives
every
day
for
residents
across
our
city
and
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.
J
A
Is
this
is
the
this
is
the
point
where
I'm
really
gonna
need
some
help,
folks
managing
other
speakers,
I'm
looking
at
the
participant
list
and
I
will
call
upon
speakers
if
I
see
a
blue
hand
for
brief
brief
remarks,
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.
A
A
So
why
don't
we
do
that?
If
people
could
show
blue
hands
for
signing
onto
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
sabe,
Jorge,
counselor,
Bob,
counselor,
Flaherty,
counselor,
Wu,
counselor,
O'malley,
counselor,
Edwards,
counselor
royal
and
please
also
add
the
chair
to
that
I
appreciate
you.
Counselors
Bradon
and
councilors
Flynn
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
an
adoption
of
docket
0
746.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye.
A
F
B
F
K
F
K
K
F
E
F
F
F
A
You
so
much
mr.
chair
and
I
I
will
be
brief.
I
I'm
having
technical
difficulties
but
I
I
want
to
say
that
I'm
grateful
for
the
partnership
of
councilor
Braden
and
for
councilor
Bach.
The
three
of
us
have
many
universities
and
colleges
in
our
districts.
We
know
here
in
Boston
we
have
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
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
to
so
I'm.
Just
really
grateful
to
be
able
to
join
in
this
effort
with
councillor
Brayden
and
councillor
Bach,
and
at
this
point
I
would
turn
it
over
to
our
third
co-sponsor,
if
that,
if
our
lead
co-sponsor,
if
our
lead
sponsor,
is
not
quite
ready,
Thank
You
mr.
chair
thank.
F
J
You
mister
I,
like
councillor
Janey
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.
You
know
the
faculty.
J
The
adjuncts
I
myself
as
folks
know,
teaches
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
a
vaccine
to
the
situation
right
so
system.
It's
a
it's.
J
The
operation
of
our
universities
and
colleges
is
totally
intertwined
with
the
healthy
operates
of
the
city,
and
so
it's
something
that
the
City
Council
needs
to
be
paying
attention
to
be
part
of
the
conversation
when
I
think
councillor
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
fiefdom,
and
that
needs
to
be
a
collective
conversation.
J
We're
having
and
also
thinking
just
about
how
to
support
how
to
support
the
students
and
workers
who
are
put
into
particularly
challenging
low-income
may
be
rendered
homeless.
They
lost
jobs,
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.
J
F
You
councillor
block
before
we
go
back
to
council
brain
if
any
councillors
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
hand.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
counts
from
Alston
bright
and
councillor
Braden.
You
have
the
floor.
Thank.
K
K
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.
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.
F
H
You
very
much
I
want
to
thank
all
of
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.
That
being
said,
I
want
to
include
in
this
conversation,
not
just
the
thing.
H
E
F
N
You
mr.
chair,
please
have
my
name.
Obviously
this
is
a
great
discussion
we
should
be
having,
as
mentioned
and
I've
said
it
at
nauseam.
You
know,
as
stated
by
the
council
president,
that
we
boast
of
the
best
colleges
and
universities
in
the
world
also
some
of
our
largest
employers,
and
they
were
in
the
great
partners
for
us
city.
N
If
there's
a
council,
that's
sitting
here
now
that
doesn't
know
a
president
of
one
of
our
colleges
and
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
peak
they
can
be
extremely
helpful
to
us
as
a
city,
but
also
as
we
service
our
constituents
in
our
various
communities
of
Boston.
So
that's
my
two
cents
I
look
forward
to
the
having
the
hearing
and
look
forward
to
the
continued
partnership
that
we
have
with
our
college
universities.
N
They
don't
pad
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
a
pilot
payment
in
lieu
of
taxes,
so
we've
had
our
fair
share
of
scraps
over
the
hist
with
our
schools
as
well.
But
that
said
just
for
everyone's
edification.
N
If
we
have
councils,
particularly
our
newer
members,
if
they
don't
know
the
folks
that
are
running
the
institution's
literally
in
their
backyard
indoor,
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
Thank.
F
You
councillor
Flaherty,
madam
clerk,
please
add
councillor
Flaherty's
names
original
co-sponsor
C.
Yes,
as
a
co-sponsor
excuse
me
seeing
no
more
discussion.
Would
any
councillors
wish
to
add
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hands.
Madam
clerk.
Please
add
the
district
councillor
from
South
Boston
councillor
Flynn,
please
add
the
at-large
council
from
Dorchester
councillor,
side-b
George.
Please
add
the
district
council
I
park
on
Sirois.
Oh,
please
I
be
at
large
concert
from
Dorchester
Kalmykia.
F
B
B
F
P
F
P
You
very
much
we
all
year-after-year
love
to
come
together
and
celebrate
the
diversity,
the
beauty
that
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.
P
A
Technical
difficulties,
thank
you
so
much
mr.
chair
I'm
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
partner
with
counsel
and
counsel
mejia
III
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
breakfast
--is
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.
A
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
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
and
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,
Bar
and
Grill,
there
are
just
so
many
many
flames,
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.
Thank.
F
M
You
thank
you
to
the
makers,
Thank
You,
councillor
ooh
and
president
council
janey
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
join
you
in
this
resolution
and
as
as
a
Dominican
who
came
to
this
country,
I
really
do
appreciate
celebrating
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.
M
It's
about
the
culture
and
the
way
we
navigate
in
the
businesses
that
we've
built
and
how
we
build
community
so
really
grateful
to
be
amplifying
celebrating
the
Caribbean
American
heritage
this
month
and
I
also
want
to
give
a
quick
little
shout
out
to
councillor
O'malley,
who
is
an
honorary
Dominican.
We
can't
we
can't.
We
can't
acknowledge
Caribbean
American
day
without
giving
you
councillor
O'malley
a
little
shout
out,
because
you
know
Dominicans
have
embraced
you
and.
F
You
thank
you
counselor
appreciate
that
if
any
councillors
would
like
to
speak
on
this,
please
again
raise
your
blue
hand.
Counselor.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
counsel
from
East
Boston
counselor
Edward
G
of
the
floor,
unless
that
was
from
the
earlier
that
may
have
been
from
the
early
okay.
Thank
you.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
councillor
from
Mattapan
councillor
Campbell
you
of
the
floor.
I
Can
you
see
me
awesome,
Thank,
You,
council
Malley,
and
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
the
resolution
I.
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.
I
So
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
the
resolution
and
I
just
realized.
I
have
Aiden'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
are
frontline
workers
are
essential
workers
and
have
been
doing
the
hard
work
every
single
day.
So
thank
you
to
them
as
well.
Thank
you.
Thank.
F
N
You
mr.
chair,
please
add
my
name.
The
Caribbean
community
is
a
great
community
in
our
city,
Lynn's
tremendous
value,
my
relationship
with
them
dates
back
to
my
first
meeting
with
that
Clarence
Cooper,
which
is
then
and
was
taken
over
by
beloved
shirley
shilling
in
hopes
of
the
Cultural
Caribbean
cultural
center.
N
The
work
they
do
with
the
food
pantry,
particularly
around
Thanksgiving
and
actually
all
all
year
round,
has
been
tremendous,
so
we're
blessed
to
have
so
many
great
Caribbeans
in
our
city
and
in
those
those
are
relationships
that
respect
that
I
trust
and
then
I,
cherish
and
so
looking
forward
to
celebrating
with
them.
I
know
that
so
the
parade
calendar
has
been
seems
to
be
on
hold
I
guess
for
now,
or
at
least
for
the
end
of
the
year.
N
F
J
J
Think
I
were
so
grateful
for
these
festivities
every
year
and
on
especially
on
the
Mission
Hill
part
of
my
district
there's
lots
of
folks
who
very
actively
participate
and
really
look
forward
to
them,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
add
my
name
to
the
the
shoutouts
and
ask
mr.
chairman
that
you
add
my
name
Thanks.
F
E
F
Seeing
no
further
discussion
would
any
councillors
wish
to
add
their
name.
Madam
chair,
please
add
the
district
to
city
counselor,
counselor
Flynn.
As
a
co-sponsor,
please
add
the
at-large
council
from
Dorchester
councillor
side,
B
George.
As
a
co-sponsor,
please
add
the
district
outs
from
the
front
I
park
crown.
Sir
Roy
was
a
co-sponsor.
Please
add
the
district
concert
from
Austin
Brighton
councillor.
Braden
is
a
co-sponsor.
Please
add
the
district
counts
from
East
Boston
councillor
Edwards.
F
As
a
co-sponsor,
please
add
the
chair
as
a
co-sponsor
councillors,
woo
Janey
and
Mejia
move
for
suspension
and
adoption
of
docket
zero,
seven.
Four,
eight,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed,
say:
90s
a
nadie
eyes
havethey.
The
Duquette
is
adopted,
madam
Clerk
I
neglected
to
assign
duckin
zero,
seven
four
seven
to
the
relevant
committee,
so
I
would
like
to
move
to
revisit
and
assign
duckin
zero.
Seven.
Four
seven:
two,
the
Committee
on
Public
Health.
B
F
B
F
M
Thank
You
chair
man,
O'malley
I,
would
like
to
suspend
the
rules
and
add
an
original
co-sponsor.
President
counsel,
Janey
and
I
would
also
like
to
thank
car
Solorio
for
their
voices
and
strength
during
this
time.
So
I
wanted
to
just
pause
and
see
whether
or
not
we
can
suspend
the
rules
in
that
president
council
gene
to
this
Thank.
F
M
M
So
often
during
this
ongoing
Kovach
19
pandemic,
we
hear
of
the
desire
he
turned
to
normal,
but
if
this
is
what
normal
looks
like,
we
have
no
business
going
back
there
in
the
first
place.
In
fact,
we
have
a
moral
obligation
as
elected
officials
to
ensure
that
not
only
do
we
refuse
to
return
to
that
level
of
normalcy,
but
that
we
build
a
better
future
for
our
friends,
our
family,
our
neighbors
in
our
community.
M
M
That
means
less
money
for
facial
recognition,
software
that
disproportionately
misidentifies
black
and
brown
people,
military
gear,
that
injured
peaceful
protesters,
that's
the
cold
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
from
and
for
each
other
will
lead
with
what
makes
us
strong.
M
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
suspend
the
rules
and
pass
and
pass
and
hope
that
all
of
my
colleagues
will
stand
with
us
on
this
critical
issue.
Thank
you.
F
C
C
My
mainly
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
I
speak
on
an
encounter
that
I
had
with
Massachusetts
State
Trooper.
What
some
of
you
may
not
have
known
is
at
that
time.
I
just
as
easily
could
have
recounted
encounters
that
I've
had
with
Boston
police
officers.
C
C
Systemic
racism
and
racial
inequality
are
tangible
things.
They
look
like
a
gang
database
that
classifies
them
for
life
and
that
you
can
be
added
to
without
ever
being
seen
or
a
lens
to
a.
They
did
a
crime,
a
gang
database
that
is
97%
people
of
color
and
well
over
70%
black
in
a
city
where
black
people
only
compromised
comprised
23%
of
the
population.
They
look
like
the
same
23
percent
of
the
city's
population,
accounting
for
70%
of
the
Boston
Police
Department's
field,
interrogation
and
observations.
C
They
look
like
the
Boston
Police
patrolman'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
a
school
week.
We
don't
have
recent
numbers,
but
from
2015
to
the
present
for
2015
to
the
president,
but
they
look
like
36
million
dollars
in
city
of
Boston
settlements
to
resolve
over
2,000
claims
against
BPD,
from
2005
to
2015
money
that
could
have
and
should
have
gone
to
our
communities.
C
They
look
like
black
and
brown
people
dying.
You
contracted
colvett
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.
There
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
responsibility
to
speak
truth.
C
You
have
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,
but
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.
Thank
you.
Thank.
F
A
You
mr.
chair
I
want
to
thank
my
co-sponsors,
the
we'd
calso
Mejia
and
council
Royal,
certainly
other
colleagues
for
their
work
reminded
what
counts
to
me.
He
has
said
what
I've
been
saying.
What
many
of
us
been
saying
is
that
we
don't
want
to
go
back
to
normal,
that
normal
has
been
killing
us
and
I
said
this
and
I
feel
as
this
people
recede
back
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
and
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
kovat,
between
having
to
constantly
fight
for
my
own
life,
having
the
weight
of
all
of
this
being
a
the
council
president
and
wanting
to
move
this
board
for
our
people.
I
wonder
how
much
time
is
being
shaved
off
my
own
life
right
now?
A
How
much
time
I'm
really
proud
to
sponsor
this.
As
I've
said
before,
this
is
a
critical
time
in
our
nation's
history
and
just
like
black
lives.
How
we
respond
in
Boston
matters
I
feel
incredibly
honored
to
be
the
president
of
the
most
diverse
council
in
Boston's
history
and
as
the
leader
of
this
council,
as
the
president
I'm
committed
to
pushing
an
agenda
that
promotes
and
protects
true
liberation
of
black
people
in
our
country,
I'm,
proud
to
work
in
support
legislation
and
orders
that
tackle
systems
meant
to
persecute
and
oppress
black
lives
on
the
council.
A
That's
our
ordinance
on
surveillance
oversight,
the
text
amendment
for
the
Boston
zoning
code,
it's
the
boss,
securement,
and
how
we
spend
our
money
and
making
sure
that
more
of
it
goes
into
black
and
brown
businesses
and
businesses
owned
by
in
so
many
other
ways
and
there's
a
lot
more
that
we
have
to
do.
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.
A
We
need
legislation
that
deals
with
our
overwhelming
and
persistent
opportunity
and
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
I
hope
we
recognize
how
we
got
here
with
that
wealth
gap
and
that
that
was
created
by
policy
I
know
that
this
system
will
not
crumble,
easily
dismantling
it
will
take
work,
it
will
take
political
will
and
it
will
take
all
of
us
everyone,
even
those
who
benefit
from
this
system.
A
We
need
to
solidarity
and
I'm,
hoping
that
all
of
us
will
we
commit
our
way,
our
ourselves
to
creating
a
more
just
and
equitable
world
for
those
who
live
in
our
city,
across
our
Commonwealth
and
in
our
country.
We
need
real
solidarity,
I
hope
that
all
of
my
colleagues
I
will
sign
on,
and
we
are
asking
for
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
So
much.
F
H
H
So
so
it's
a
unique
position
to
have
this
conversation
and
a
new
perspective
to
deal
with
the
kind
of
pain
I
want
to
address
the
folks.
In
my
district
or
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.
H
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,
your
damnedest
to
get
where
you
are.
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
asked
me
to
recognize
racism.
H
H
It
is
not
a
call
for
individual
acid
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.
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.
Then
you
I
can
I
can
name
several
people.
H
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.
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.
H
That
is
why
this
resolution-
and
that
is
why
the
call
for
systemic
change
in
the
police
in
our
da
system
in
our
criminal
justice
system
is
necessary.
I
hope
you
understand
the
parallel
less
than
1%
I'm
sure
police
officers
are
abusers,
are
creating
horrible
things
and
doing
horrible,
bigoted
things.
I
have
them
in
my
family
majority.
Them
are
good,
honest
people
who
wanted
to
be
superheroes
when
they
grow
up.
H
They
want
it
to
be
the
good
guys
they
wanted
to
fight
for
people,
but
it
is
because
of
the
system
that,
off
that
murderers
can
get
away
with
perpetuating
its
the
first
push
it's
the
violation
of
civil
rights.
It's
the
lying
on
the
reports
and
the
other
officers
that
allow
for
that
to
happen
due
to
their
own
fear
because
of
the
cistern
system
never
holds
that
one
person
accountable
who
the
hell
are
they,
as
a
young,
recruit
to
stand
up
to
them?
H
Who
are
they?
Where
are
they
gonna
go?
What
are
they
gonna
do
in
terms
of
facing
retribution,
so
that
is
why,
when
we
call
for
us
a
billion
review
board,
let
me
call
to
look
at
how
we
enforce
our
laws
when
we
call
for
how
we're
going
to
deal
with
that
actors.
We're
calling
for
systemic
response.
If
you
do
not
do
it
this
way,
then
it's
as
simple
as
just
moving
that
priest
to
another
church
and
I
say
that
as
a
Catholic
I
still
believe
in
my
church,
but
it
needs
a
systemic
response.
H
So
all
I
can
say
is
at
this
moment
I'm
in
pain.
So
many
people
are
in
pain.
Every
single
one
of
us,
the
city
councilors,
have
to
rise
to
the
occasion.
I,
don't
want
your
hashtags
I,
don't
want
your
prayers
and
thoughts.
I,
don't
want
your
butt
for
the
rioting
or
but
for
the
businesses.
I
want
you
to
vote
for
progressive
equitable
legislation
and,
if
you
don't
vote
for
it
know
that
you
are,
you
are
withholding
and
not
supporting
systemic
change.
F
P
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman,
thank
you
to
the
sponsors
of
this
councillors,
Makia
arroyo,
Dini
and,
of
course,
to
chrome,
Presley
for
and
meeting
in
historic
way
at
the
federal
level.
The
city,
please
add
my
name
8
minutes
and
40
seconds.
8
minutes
and
46
seconds
is
a
long
time
and
we
wouldn't
have
known
it
was
that
long.
P
He
cried
out
for
help
until
he
couldn't
cry
out
anymore.
He
cried
out
for
his
mama.
I.
Won't
forget
that
cry.
That's
right
for
Mama
is
the
sound
that
is
precious
and
sacred
for
any
mother.
It's
one
that
I
hear
dozens
of
times
a
day
when
work
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.
George,
Floyd's
mother
couldn't
go
to
him
because
she
passed
away.
P
Asian
American
woman
I
want
to
emphasize
that
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.
P
Police
brutality
is
the
direct
result
of
systemic
racism,
and
it's
one
of
many
violence's
inflicted
on
our
communities,
because
government
has
failed
to
act.
Our
housing
crisis,
climate,
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.
P
Now
that
failure
has
been
compounded
by
our
continued
outrageous
failure
to
stop
saint
state,
sanctioned
violence
produced
by
centuries
of
oppression,
I'm
done
with
complacent
failure
and
I
just
want
to
urge
anyone
who
is
watching
the
questions
for
elected
officials.
Should
it
mean
whether
we
can
point
to
some
work
that
we've
done
to
address
racism,
but
whether
we
are
taking
all
possible
action
within
our
power
to
implement
anti-racist
policies,
legislation,
budgets,
oversight.
P
This
is
the
moment
to
reshape
our
society
in
our
city
to
a
place
where
all
are
safe,
we're
all
children
of
we're
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
subpoena
power.
P
We
need
to
militarization
of
the
Boston
Police,
ending
the
gang
database,
passing
ordinances
already
filed
in
this
council
to
ban
face
surveillance
and
ensure
proper
oversight
of
all
surveillance
by
the
police
in
the
city.
A
deep
look
at
where
our
budget
dollars
are
going
and
acting
accordingly,
and
if
we're
serious
about
the
commitment
to
anti-racist
policy,
if
we're
serious
that
black
lives
matter,
then
this
council
must
dig
in
for
procurement
reform
in
Boston,
fair
housing
pass
councillor,
Edwardses
amendment
for
furthering
affirmatively,
furthering
fair
housing.
Closing
the
rush
wait.
P
F
N
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
the
justices
in
our.
N
In
country,
wherever
they
appear,
we're
part
of
the
council,
family
I,
don't
walk,
you
know
in
their
shoes,
but
I,
hear
and
feel
the
pain
in
their
voices
colleague,
council,
lady
redwoods,
just
speaking
a
few
moments
ago
and
counselor
before
me,
as
leaders
and
as
a
community.
We
need
to
take
advantage
of
this
moment
to
do
a
deeper
dive
and
show
up
for
one
another.
We
need
understanding
in
empathy
in
legislation
that
will
move
us
forward.
This
councillor.
N
Roy
alluded
to
it's
not
just
about
one
of
our
other
colleagues,
as
I
mentioned,
not
just
about
showing
up
at
rallies
and
giving
speeches.
It's
about
doing
the
work.
I
use
the
expression,
that'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.
I've
said
it.
If
I've
said
it
once
I've
said
it
multiple
times
on
our
cause.
N
E
N
Efforts
of
partnered
on
those
efforts
and
I've
been
an
ally
in
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
message
of
the
peaceful
protesters
you
know
be
lost
for
our
city,
for
our
state
and
for
our
country.
So
that
said
again,
please
have
my
name
as
I
mentioned:
I'm
an
ally
and
again
it's
not
just
about
showing
up
at
a
rally
or
giving
speeches.
N
Let's
roll
up
our
sleeves,
let's
do
a
deeper
dive
and
let's
connect
people
to
opportunities.
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
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
all
of
our
residents,
that
call
Boston
their
home
and
beyond.
Thank
you.
Miss
chim,
Thank.
F
O
O
Who
are
black?
Who
need
us
the
most
at
this
moment
in
time.
So
there
is
a
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.
F
K
Hardly
have
words
to
say
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.
The
Cova
19
crisis
had
brought
in
two
very
clear
and
painful
focus.
Three.
K
At
this
moment,
we
have
really
been
called
to
change
how
we
do
things
and
we,
as
white
people,
are
being
called
to
raise
our
awareness
of
all
the
advantages
that
we
have
because
of
the
color
of
our
skin.
We
need
to
raise
our
consciousness
of
all
the
ways
that
we
are
treated
differently,
a
traffic
stop
at
a
doctor
in
the
doctor's
office
in
the
store,
or
when
we
tried
to
buy
a
house.
K
We
need
to
acknowledge
the
systemic
racism
that
has
existed
in
this
country
for
centuries
and
it
is
baked
into
every
institution,
and
in
this
time
it's
really
important
to
bring
it
all
out
into
the
debt
light
of
day
and
to
own
it
to
own
the
systemic
racism.
To
say:
that's
there
just
to
recognize
it
and
to
begin
to
do
the
hard
work
of
doing
something
about
it.
It's
not
going
to
be
easy.
It's
it's
really
an
important
and
vital
that
we
do
this
work,
but
it
won't
call
it.
K
F
I
Thank
You
mr.
vice
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
bringing
forth
the
resolution.
Thank
you
too,
of
course,
congresswoman
Presley
for
her
leadership
and
continued
leadership,
especially
on
these
critical
issues.
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
I
to
council,
president
Janie
share
at
moments
the
stress
in
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.
They
are
triggering
and
making
sure
we
take
care
of
ourselves
is
critically
important,
and
why
is
that
important?
Because
we
have
hard
work
to
do
on
behalf
of
our
constituency.
I
represent
a
district
of
color
for
Donnelly
district
of
color.
We
know
all
across
the
city
of
Boston.
I
We
have
constituents,
obviously,
who
are
people
of
color
who
need
our
support
and
who
need
us
to
be
courageous,
to
be
bold
and
to
be
innovative
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.
I
All
we
do
know
is
that
he
died
while
in
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.
I
I
Why
would
he
do
that
and
for
folks
of
color
we
know
the
answer:
it's
race
and
racism,
it's
the
foundation
of
this
country,
and
so
what
we
need
is
our
allies,
our
accomplices.
Our
white
colleagues,
are
white
constituents,
those
to
begin
to
not
only
understand
the
pain,
not
only
to
say
you're
an
ally,
but
to
do
the
tough
work
are
really
understanding
what
we
mean
by
race
and
racism
and
what
counselor
Edwards
mentioned
white
privilege.
These
words
have
meaning-
and
most
are
most
of
the
folks
I
mean
I've,
been
engaging
once
the
last
few
weeks.
I
I
I
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.
I
Three
separate
hearings
on
this
issue
turn
the
co-op
board
into
a
civilian
review
board,
diversify
our
public
safety
agencies
AM
in
civil
service,
so
more
women
and
people
of
color
have
access
to
our
department.
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.
I
The
list
is
long
and
the
things
that
we
could
be
doing,
release
data
we
shouldn't
have
to
fight
to
get
FIO
data
and
other
relevant
data.
Transparency
is
key,
but
if
we're
serious,
we
need
to
push
for
greater
transparency
and
accountability.
I'm
willing
to
do
that
with
all
of
my
colleagues
with
advocates
with
my
residents
with
the
police
union,
you
name
it
I'm,
not
uncomfortable
talking
to
other
people
who
may
disagree,
but
this
is
a
time
to
press
forward
on
these
critical
issues.
And,
lastly,
I'll
say
it's
been
a
hard
week
as
I.
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.
Just
as
much
as
I.
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,
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.
I
F
J
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman
and
I
want
to
be
brief.
I
really
want
to
lift
up
in
this
moment
the
voices
of
my
colleagues
of
color
and
let
them
stand
in
their
witness
to
the
hard
work
that
we
have
to
do
and
the
work
that
is
so
overdue.
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.
J
We
have
a
police
budget
that
is
more
than
11%
of
our
overall
budget.
It's
15%
of
our
general
fund
allocation.
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.
J
It's
not
just
about
one
budget.
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
to
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.
I
mean
it's
about.
J
F
L
L
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
in
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
and
so
I
hope.
L
I
can
use
those
examples
in
in
become
a
better
City
Council,
but
I
also
listened
over
the
last
week
and
over
the
last
two
years
mostly.
L
But
the
mothers
on
the
council
also
want
the
same
for
their
children,
as
as,
as
my
mother
did,
or
as
any
other
mother
any
other
mother
did,
and
you
want
healthy
children.
You
want
successful,
happy,
happy
children
and
that's
another
lesson.
I
learned
is
the
the
important
role
that
the
woman
of
color
are
playing
in
our
city
on
our
council
in
our
government.
F
Thank
you
comes
a
clean,
I,
assume
you'd,
like
your
name
added
yeah.
Please
add
my
name.
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
Please
add
councillor.
Flynn
I
will,
as
a
co-sponsor
I
will
take
the
Vice
chairs
prerogative
and
just
briefly
add
that
you
know
when
we
talk
about
firming
black
lives,
mattering
and-
and
it's
it's
so
much
more
than
that.
F
So
many
of
you
have
said
that
and
where
it's
far
more
eloquent
than
my
own,
it's
not
just
a
tweet
or
social
media
post
or
showing
up
at
a
vigil,
although
important,
it's
not
just
calling
out
microaggressions
or
overt
racism
or
recognizing
systemic
racism
and
institutional
racism
that
that
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
it's.
F
What
I
have
to
do
and
it's
what
I'm
prepared
to
do.
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,
congressman
Presley,
whose
resolution
we
are
discussing
today
and
we'll
be
voting
on
shortly.
F
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
is
original
color
as
a
co-sponsor.
Excuse
me
to
Dawkins
zero,
seven,
four,
nine.
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.
F
M
M
Right
Boston
was
also
one
of
the
first
studies
to
have
a
police
president
I
believe
we
meet
there.
First
in
the
nation,
for
schools
were
the
first
time
lots
of
things.
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
I'm
during
this
public
hearing.
But
we
have
a
opportunity
and
a
responsibility
to
uplift.
M
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.
It
is
what
you
do
while
you
are
enlistee
and
everyone
is
looking
to
us
as
how
we're
going
to
move
this
work
forward
and
so
I'm
asking
my
colleagues
I'm
thanking
you
all
at
the
same
time
for
joining
us
in
this
conversation.
M
But
my
hope
is
is
that
you
all
will
take
the
lead
on
things
too,
so
that,
if
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.
I
said
here
today.
Today
was
a
big
deal
for
me
and
I'm
in
the
sea
where
congresswoman
Jana
Presley
once
static.
This
is
her
old
office
and
so
to
support
her
resolution
on
a
local
level
means
the
world
to
me.
M
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
then
I
will
be
holding
everyone
accountable,
including
myself,
to
making
sure
that
we
do
all
that
we
can
to
right
Wow-
and
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
F
A
You
mr.
chair
I
wanted
to
thank
councillor
Campbell
for
sharing
the
book
white
fragility.
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.
A
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.
There
is
no
neutrality,
there
is
none
either.
You
are
actively
fighting
to
dismantle
this
system
that
is
killing
black
people
or
you
are
part
of
the
problem.
A
There's
no
in-between,
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
Mellon,
ated
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
But
anti-racist
ideas
remain
difficult
to
comprehend
in
part
because
they
go
against
the
flow
of
this
country's
history.
As
our
Lord
said
in
1980,
we
have
all
been
programmed
to
respond
to
the
two
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
done
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
D
values
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
where
you're
not
solving
this
in
this
council
meeting.
We're
not
solving
this
with
this
resolution.
A
This
is
ongoing
work,
but
what
I
need
is
from
my
council,
my
colleagues
on
the
council
to
be
willing
to
do
the
work.
It
is
hard
work
and
it
is
uncomfortable
work.
You
have
to
be
willing
to
have
the
tough
conversations
you
have
to
be
willing
to
call
out
the
nonsense.
When
you
hear
it
again,
we
cannot
sit
on
the
sidelines
silence,
so
I
just
wanted
to
share
the
book.
Thank
You
mr.
chair,
thank.
F
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
resolution,
not
seeing
any
further
discussion:
council,
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
hi.
E
F
M
E
B
F
E
B
A
A
E
A
Counselor
flirty
six
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
dock
at
zero
751,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
any
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
dock
at
zero.
Seven
five
one
has
been
passed,
don't
believe
we
have
any
late
files,
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
A
A
N
Hey,
thank
you,
madam
president.
Just
want
to
work
a
journalist
on
behalf
of
Council
redwoods
and
I
did
charlestown
lost
a
legend
with
the
passing
of
Billy,
Boyle,
retired
Boston
firefighter,
but
also
known
as
one
of
the
creators
founders
of
along
with
the
German
band.
Peter
Lunia
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
Whelan
geodon
o
the
Charlestown
live.
Cable
TV
show
that
aired
regularly
for
many
many
years,
so
a
permanent
fixture.
N
N
He
was
the
guy
that
had
all
the
hot
dog
and
sausage
cuts
downtown
around
Fanueil
Hall,
so
died
tragically
in
a
motor
vehicle
accident
over
the
weekend
in
Georgia,
and
it
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
the
memory
too
neighborhood
people
all
nothing
replaced.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
Thank.
A
H
H
He
has
certainly
part
of
a
dying
breed
I
feel
folks
who
just
live
and
die
for
their
neighborhood
and
in
a
sense,
I,
don't
know,
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
what
Charlestown
does
been
or
any
neighborhood
does
and
they
lose
a
bit
of
oil.
I
think
well
looked
for
a
long
time,
but
he's
irreplaceable
and
from
the
day
I
started,
because
he
loves
anyone
who
loves
Charlestown
and
that's
something
that
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!
H
That
might
are
slowly
going
away
with
the
institutional
knowledge
of
the
understanding
he
was
a
veteran
been
through
Wars
fireman
he's
been
through
a
lot
and
I
think
I'm,
just
very
proud
to
have
known
him.
I
also
wanted
to
make
an
announcement
about
this
Saturday,
the
Task
Force
on
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing.
H
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
really
seen
that
report
that'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.
It
is
a
town
hall
and
when
I
get
the
link,
I
will
I
believe
it's
at
12
o'clock
and
I
will
send
it
to
my
colleagues.
M
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
I'm
in
marching
for
the
first
time
and
went
there
to
their
voices
heard
and
after
the
whole
situation
went
down
were
were
somewhat
to
strap
because
of
all
that
happened,
many
couldn't
get
home,
and
so,
but
they
still
persist
anymore.
M
A
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
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
movements.
So
thank
you
for
that.
The
chair
recognizes
councillor
Flynn.
D
L
You
yes,
thank
you,
madam
thank
you,
madam
president,
in
madam
president,
I
also
wanted
to
recognize
a
woman
that
that
passed
away
recently,
who
was
who
was
a
was
a
friend.
She
was
a.
She
was
a
wife.
She
was
a
mother,
a
grandmother.
Her
name
was
mrs.
Gann
choy
Lee.
She
was
a
grandmother.
She
was
an
expert
seamstress.
L
From
China
we
mourn
the
passing
of
her.
She
settled
coming
from
China
and
settled
in
Grove
hall,
with
her
with
her
family
and
established
herself
as
an
expert
seamstress
and
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.
L
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
in
so
many
to
Lydia,
but
her
daughter
is
Susanne
Lee,
who
was
the
principal
at
the
Josiah
Quincy
school,
so
I
just
want
to
say
our
condolences
to
the
to
the
leaf
family
on
the
passing
of
mrs.
Lee.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
A
A
Okay,
not
seeing
any
other
blue
hands
we're
not
seeing
any
convinced,
but
anyway,
for
me,
I
want
to
quickly
say
just
another
reminder
to
anyone
watching
to
please
fill
out
the
US
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.
Many
of
you
may
know
him.
A
He
was
a
longtime
bps
educator
and
a
district
seven
resident
one
of
the
things
that
I
appreciate
it
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.
We
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.
It
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
school
committee
meetings,
you
could
always
catch
him.
A
A
We
will
adjourn
today's
meeting
for
the
following
individuals
for
councillor
Baker
Benjamin,
tinkle,
Sarah,
Daugherty
and
Mary
Moloney
for
counselor
Braden,
Annie,
Linden,
James,
McGuire
and
Pompeyo
van
Shore
for
Campbell
Keith
love
for
councillor
Edwards,
marine
Baroni
and
Philomena
Romano
for
councillors,
Edwards
and
clarity.
Billy
boil
for
councillor
Flynn
miss
gang
toy
Li
for
the
chair,
James
Allen,
Lofton
senior
and
George
Cox,
and
on
behalf
of
the
entire
council,
Brianna
Taylor
and
George
Floyd
a
moment
of
silence.
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
12:00
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,
slash
city,
Council,
TV
I'll,
repeat
that
Boston
gov
/
city,
Council,
TV,
all
those
in
favor
of
adjournment,
please
say:
aye.