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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on June 17, 2020
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Boston City Council Meeting on June 17, 2020
A
A
A
Is
that
you
lydia
okay,
I
can't
hear
you
all
right,
edwards,
so
yep,
that's
a
little
better
for
me.
I
can
see
you
so
brayden,
campbell
and
woo.
Are
you
here.
A
A
Carrie,
how
are
we
doing
on
the
on
the
technical
side
there
in
terms
of
connection.
E
F
A
Thank
you
for
the
update
kerry,
we'll
give
our
colleagues
a
couple
more
minutes
since
we're
shy
of
12
o'clock
see
if
they
join
us.
I
think
we're
still
waiting
on
braden
and
campbell.
I
think
everyone
else
is
here.
Yes,.
G
A
A
Thank
you
so
much.
I
think
that's
all
of
us,
then,
and
if
we're
good
on
your
end,
carrie-
and
I
think
we
are,
then
we
should
go
ahead
and
get
started.
Everyone
good.
Madam
clerk,
are
you
all
set?
I
am
adam.
You
wanna
have
their
water.
A
Okay,
why
don't
we
go
ahead
and
get
started?
Then
carrie
we're
good.
A
Madame
clerk,
would
you
please
call
the
roll
to
ascertain
the
presence
of
a
porn?
Thank
you.
B
B
A
Thank
you
so
much
I've
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
a
quorum
is
present
and
we
will
begin
with
our
invocation
and
then
we
will
go
into
our
pledge
of
allegiance
and
I
will
invite
counselor
edwards
up
to
welcome
our
clergy.
Counselor
edward.
You
have
the
floor.
D
Very
well,
thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity
to
introduce
father
claude.
He
was
born
in
the
north
end
and
he
began
to
feel
the
provocation
of
priesthood
when
he
was
quite
young.
He
was
moved
to
take
the
decision
at
the
age
of
15
actually
to
be
a
member
of
the
church.
D
He
was
ordained
as
a
franciscan
priest
in
1961
and
has
been
at
several
ministries
after
his
early
years
of
teaching
in
high
school
staffed
by
the
franciscans
and
then
over
in
andover
set
seminary.
He
moved
to
chaplain
state
and
parochial
ministry.
J
J
J
A
K
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
will
now
move
on
to
the
first
order
of
business,
which
is
the
approval
of
our
minutes.
If
there
are
no
corrections
to
be
made,
the
minutes
of
the
last
meeting
will
stand
as
approved.
Seeing
and
hearing
no
objections,
the
meetings
the
minutes
are
so
approved.
A
Now
we'll
move
on
to
communications
from
his
honor
the
mayor,
madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
doc
at
zero?
Seven,
nine!
Six
through
zero,
eight
zero
one.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
docket
number
0798
messaged
an
order
approving
an
appropriation
of
40
million
dollars
to
the
other
post-employment
benefits
known
as
opeb
liability
trust
fund
established
under
section
20
of
massachusetts,
general
laws,
chapter
32b,
filed
in
the
office
of
the
city
clerk
on
june
15,
2020,
docket,
number,
zero,
seven,
nine
nine
message
and
order
approving
an
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.
I
These
projects
are
aligned
with
the
goals
of
go
boston,
2030
the
city's
transportation
master
plan.
The
funds
will
be
credited
to
the
capital
grant
fund
for
the
pac
from
the
factory
meter
fund
filed
in
the
office
of
the
clerk
on
june
15
2020
bucket
number,
zero,
eight,
zero,
zero
message
and
order,
approving
an
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
or
any
other
public
purpose,
substantially
related
to
the
operation
of
transportation
network
services
in
the
city.
I
Such
funds
will
be
transferred
and
credited
to
the
capital
grant
fund
from
revenue
received
from
the
commonwealth,
transportation,
infrastructure
enhancement,
press
fund
file
in
the
office
of
city
clerk
on
june
15,
2020
and
docket
number
0801
message
and
order
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
ex
to
accept
the
use
of
various
goods
and
personal
properties
donated
by
various
businesses
and
individuals
for
the
use
of
the
city
to
respond
to
the
impacts
of
coronavis
grown-up
virus.
Cobit.
I
19
public
health,
emergency
goods
accepted
pursuant
to
disorder
may
be
utilized
by
the
city
to
support
its
ability
to
operate
safely
or
distributed
to
residents
and
organizations
within
the
community
to
support
or
to
support
them
as
they
face
the
consequences
of
the
public
health
emergency.
Consistent
with
the
intent
of
the
donors.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
clerk,
just
so
that
folks
understand
process.
These
are
the
dockets
related
to
the
budget.
I
will
call
upon
the
chair
to
kind
of
update
us
on
the
process
and
what
the
next
steps
are.
Counselors
will
certainly
have
the
opportunity
to
weigh
in
through
our
budget
process,
and
so
our
chair
will,
let
us
know
additional
opportunities
for
us
to
weigh
in
at
this
time
we're
going
to
hear
from
the
chair
and
then
we
will
assign
this
to
the
committee,
and
we
will
continue
to
move
forward
with
our
agenda.
M
Thank
you
so
much.
Madam
president.
Yes,
our
budget
process
is
continuing
with
a
huge
amount
of
public
interest
and
engagement,
which
I
really
appreciate,
and
I
think,
is
already
making
a
better
city
budget.
The
next
steps
in
the
process
is
what
I
want
to
be
clear
about
today,
so
tomorrow
morning,
we'll
be
having
a
meeting
of
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
which
will
just
be
a
counselor
conversation.
M
It'll
be
live,
streamed
members,
the
public
can
watch
and
it's
an
opportunity
for
counselors
to
come
and
discuss
questions
concerns
thoughts
about
the
budget
in
advance
of
our
formal
hearing
with
the
administration.
So
what
I
would
say
for
colleagues
as
I've
said
over
email
is
just
that.
I
think
of
this,
like
our
working
sessions
that
we've
had
earlier
in
the
process
where
it's
a
chance
for
us
to
kind
of
come
together,
understand
what
our
shared
concerns
are
and
raise
some
of
those
questions
so
that
we
have
a
more
fruitful
conversation
going
into
early
next
week.
M
Obviously,
the
dockets
are
just
coming
in
now,
so
the
soonest
that
we
can
do
a
formal
hearing
on
this
is
going
to
be
monday
morning.
M
First
thing:
so,
although
I
haven't
noticed
it
yet
people
can
expect
that
there
will
be
a
monday
hearing
on
on
the
budget
dockets
to
hear
from
the
administration
for
counselors
to
ask
their
questions
and
also
an
opportunity
for
ample
public
testimony
so
again,
counselors
talking
tomorrow
amongst
ourselves,
but
in
public
at
the
committee
meeting
in
the
morning
and
then
the
public
hearing
with
the
administration
and
members
of
the
public
joining
us
on
monday,
so
that
that
and
then
and
then
we'll
go
from
there.
M
Obviously,
we,
the
final
wednesday
council
meeting
of
the
year,
is
next
wednesday's
meeting
so
look
forward
to
continuing
the
process
at
that
time.
So,
madam
president,
thanks
so
much
and
we're
gonna
keep
this
going.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
This
is
clearly
one
of
the
biggest
items
that
is
before
us
during
this
time
and
when
we
don't
take
it
lightly
and
we
appreciate
additional
opportunities
to
weigh
in
and
not
just
for
us
as
counselors,
but
for
the
public.
So
thank
you
for
making
space
for
that
to
happen.
Doc,
it's
zero!
Seven!
Nine!
Six
through
zero,
eight
eight
zero,
eight
zero
one
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
ways
and
means,
and
now
we'll
move
on
to
docket
zero.
Eight
zero.
Two,
madam
clerk,
thank.
D
D
Yes,
so
I'm
gonna
apologize
for
technical
difficulties
that
I
see
is
happening,
but
I
will
please
just
you
know.
Last
year
the
city
council
passed
home
a
petition
to
create
a
program.
This
was
part
of
the
conversation
started
by
councilor
campbell
and
was
continued
on
and
essentially
finished
by
the
mayor
by
producing
this
very
historical
petition.
D
Last
year,
this
body
voted
for
it
to
go
on
and
I
believe
the
vote
was
twelve
to
one
with
one
of
the
counselors
not
voting
for
it.
This
is
a
historic
moment
and
the
opportunity
to
create
a
program
that
is
similar
to
the
police
academy
in
helping
us
to
diversify
and
increase
the
number
of
recruits
coming
into
the
boston
fire
department.
D
This
is
required
today.
We're
dealing
with
this
is
dealing
with
the
homo
petition
because,
as
it
was
written,
it
didn't
allow
for
direct
amendments
or
reasonable
amendments
by
the
house
or
by
the
senate
at
the
state
house.
So
they
sent
it
back
to
us
and
they
have
asked
and
we've
discussed,
and
the
administration
supports
two
amendments,
one
that
would
require
for
demographic
data
on
an
annual
basis,
explaining
what
the
recruits
and
what
the
cadet
program
looks
like,
and
the
other
would
create
a
four-year
sunset
clause.
D
Well,
I
believe
told
that
these
two
amendments
will
actually
help
make
sure
that
this
cadet
program
becomes
a
reality
just
to
let
folks
know
that
that
program
allows
for
people
to
would
allow,
for,
I
believe,
up
to
a
third
one,
33
recruits
in
the
cadet
program
to
be
treated
as
on
par
with
those
in
the
civil
service
in
a
civil
service
list,
which
means
that
they
would
be
able
to
pull
from
each
one.
Equally,
that
is
a
wonderful
one.
D
Service
is
the
only
way
in
which
we
recruit
firefighters.
Now
for
the
boston
fire
department,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
I
also
have
the
committee
for
report
from
last
year,
and
I
hope
that
and
I'm
asking
that
this
body
suspend
and
pass
this
rule
today
and
allow
this
to
happen.
The
house
get
it
back
up
to
them
as
soon
as
possible.
So
we
can
get
this
done.
A
Thank
you,
and
so
you
are
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
this
docket
to
be
clear,
chair,
edwards,
okay,
not
seeing
any
questions
on
the
floor,
we
will
go
ahead
and
call
for
that
vote.
So
counselor
edward,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
zero,
eight
zero.
Two
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
any
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
dock
at
zero.
G
M
I
F
K
L
I
G
A
I
Paul
bartlett
leonard
brown,
christopher
cass,
dagnagna,
gavin,
kesnogna,
rolfin,
carzoo,
freako
damas
mark
a
evolutionist
kimberly,
freeman
hodge,
colin
harrell
carl
jean-louis
michael
jones,
jet
stephen
jones,
anthony
keller,
arlene
lee
daniel
long
verdina,
malden
burton
melkowski,
paul
morelli,
jonas
morose,
matthew,
morrison,
sleems,
petite,
mitra,
phillips,
william
roach
rosslyn
torres
william
wellesley
williams
and
stephen
m
wilson.
Jr.
A
Thank
you,
madam
clark,
so
to
my
colleagues
and
and
to
those
watching.
If
you
recall
a
few
weeks
back,
the
council
confirmed
approving
constables
this
docket,
that
is
on
the
floor.
Right
now,
are
the
bonds
that
go
with
them
and
we
usually
pass
this
under
the
usual
terms
and
conditions.
That's
how
we
pass
this.
A
It
is
clear
to
me
that
this
is
not
the
time
for
usual
terms
and
conditions.
This
is
not
the
time
for
business
as
usual,
and
given
that
these
constables
are
so
tied
to
our
criminal
justice
system
and
law
enforcement,
this
requires
a
lot
more
conversation.
A
So
we
cannot
go
back
to
you
know
the
usual
terms
and
conditions
when
we
understand
that
usual
terms
and
conditions
are
hurting.
Many
folks
that
we're
trying
to
help
particularly
now
in
this
moment,
and
so
while
it
is
our
usual
standard
procedure
to
just
move
this
through.
A
I
think
this
is
worthy
of
some
conversation
and
perhaps
some
questions
that
we
may
all
have
about
this
process
and
what
we're
doing,
and
so,
rather
than
just
to
move
it
forward,
because
we
as
a
body
are
part
of
the
system
that
we
are
trying
to
change
and
these
systemic
inequities
that
many
of
us
raise
in
our
hearings
and
in
our
meetings
through
legislation
and
through
resolutions
and
hearing
orders.
A
You
know
all
of
that
is
tied
to
the
work
that
we're
doing,
and
so
we
can't
just
continue
to
pass
on
whether
it's
our
budget
or
whether
it's
these
types
of
things
without
greater
scrutiny,
and
that
is
what
I'm
asking
for,
is
just
greater
scrutiny
as
we.
So
we
take
a
moment
to
pause.
I
have
some
questions
answered.
A
If
my
colleagues
have
questions
we'll
have
the
opportunity
for
that,
so,
rather
than
moving
this
forward,
I
think
we
do
need
to
take
a
moment
to
pause
and
reflect
and
to
have
our
questions
answered
about
this
and
so,
rather
than
moving
it
through.
Today
we
will
refer
docket0803
to
the
committee
of
public
safety
and
criminal
justice
so
that
we
can
have
that
conversation.
A
I
You
thank
you
docket
zero
one,
zero
zero.
The
committee
on
government
operations
to
which
is
referred
on
january
29,
2020
docket
number
zero,
one,
zero,
zero
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
authorizing
additional
licenses
for
the
sale
of
alcoholic
beverages
to
be
drunk
on
the
premises
in
boston
to
miss
the
report
recommending
the
home
rule
petition
ought
to
pass
in
a
new
draft.
D
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you
back
at
zero,
two
eight
one.
The
committee
on
government
operations,
which
is
referred
on
january
29
2020
number
zero
to
eight
one
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
authorizing
additional
licenses
from
sale
of
alcohol,
bever
alcoholic
beverages
to
be
drunk
on
the
premises
in
boston
to
miss
a
report
recommending
homeworld
petition
ought
to
be
placed
on
file
great.
A
You
can
continue
now
counselor
edwards,
please.
N
D
And
I'll
have
to
keep
doing
that
I
apologize.
Madam
president,
I
will
start
with
the
the
first
docket
excuse
me
with
docket
zero,
two,
eight
one
as
sponsored
by
councillor
baker.
After
a
discussion
with
the
administration,
councillor,
baker
and
administration,
combined
into
docket
0
1,
0
0,
and
have
amendments
to
that,
and
so
as
due
to
councillor
baker's
request,
I
would,
and
I
would
support
putting
docket
0281
on
file.
A
Okay,
so
that's
with
docket
zero,
two
eight
one,
but
currently
we're
on
docket
zero.
So
do
you
want
us
to
handle
that
we
can
do
that
now,
but
we're
we
were
on
dock
at
zero.
One
hundred.
A
Want
to
move
sure
fine,
so
we
will
take
right
now.
I
want
to
be
clear
for
folks
we
are
just
dealing
with
docket
zero.
Two
eight
one,
okay,
I'm
you've
spoken,
certainly
will
allow
councillor
baker.
If
you
wanted
to
add
a
few
words
there
give
you
the
floor,
but
I
want
people
here
to
be
clear
that
that
is
the
only
daca
that
we're
talking
about.
Thank
you,
counselor
edwards,
councillor
baker.
Would
you
like
to
chime
in
with
a
brief
remark.
B
Yes,
I'd
just
like
to
to
thank
the
chair
for
her
work
on
this
she's
she's
really
done
done
a
lot
and-
and
in
our
conversations
I
think
we
came
up
with
the
mayor's
legislation-
was,
I
think,
offered
more
opportunities
for
us
to
get
into
more
neighborhoods
and
give
opportunities
to
you
know
people
that
maybe
may
not
get
opportunities
so
we'll
we'll
be
able
to
designate
some
of
these.
These
licenses,
as
as
a
minority
minority
license,
which
I
think
is
a
good
thing
to
in
also
being
able
to
go
into
different
neighborhoods.
B
I
know
there
was
some
concern
around
you
know
the
downtown
licenses
which
I
share
and
I
support
the
the
the
district
councils
that
are
in
those
those
districts.
I
just
think
that
all
in
all,
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
the
work
between
the
mayor's
office
concert,
the
the
chair
and
myself.
I
think
we
we
come
up
with
something
here.
B
A
K
Yeah
I'll
speak
to
this
one.
Madam
president,.
A
K
Ahead
so
obviously
I
just
want
to
thank
the
chair,
obviously,
and
thank
council
baker.
I've
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
the
space
over
the
last
several
years,
working
with
groups
and
obviously
led
the
effort
in
keeping
this
focused
on
what
it
was
initially
designed
to
do,
which
is
to
to
to
to
help
the
food
deserts
and
to
solve
the
inequities
around
the
licensing.
K
The
overall
issue,
the
fact
that
we
actually
have
to
go
hat
in
hand
up
to
the
legislature
is
a
whole
other
issue
that
needs
to
be
addressed
once
and
for
all
that
we
can't
control
our
own
destiny
when
it
comes
to
issuing
licenses
and
or
helping
businesses
get
started
or
helping
communities
that
are
looking
for
a
specific
food
venue
in
their
neighborhood,
so
that
one
still
continues
to
defy
logic.
You
had
spoken
about
it
a
couple
weeks
ago,
so
just
want
to
thank
the
chair.
Thank
council
baker.
K
His
efforts
in
instituting
discussions
around
a
compromise,
I
think,
was
pivotal
in
getting
this
thing.
To
turn,
for
the
simple
reason
is
that
everyone
continued
to
pile
on
wanting
more
licenses
and
we
didn't
want
to
run
the
risk
of
sort
of
what
we
saw
with
with
uber
and
taxi
medallions,
where
they
completely
devalued,
but
we
needed
to
address
the
food
deserts
we
needed
to
address
the
inequities.
K
I
think
that
this
is
a
common
sense
approach
to
it
and
obviously
we'll
see
as
as
the
details
roll
out
in
our
hope
is
that
the
legislator
will
take
it
up
and
grant
us
the
ability
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
for
our
residents
for
our
communities
and
constituents
and
and
hopefully
the
broader
conversation
down
the
line
is
to.
Hopefully
we
don't
have
to
continue
to
do
this
in
the
future.
So
thank
you
and
look
forward
to
supporting
it.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
flaherty,
thank
you
all
councillor,
flaherty
baker
and
edwards.
At
the
recommendation
of
our
gov
ops,
chair,
councilor,
edwards,
docket,
zero.
Two
eight
one
will
be
placed
on
file
at
this
time,
we're
going
to
go
back
to
docket,
0
100,
and
just
because
we
had
this
little
blip
here.
Madam
clerk,
I
would
ask
you
to
please
read
it
into
the
record
again
and
then
I
will
turn
it
over
to
you
counselor
edwards,
madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
the
docket.
I
Certainly,
target
zero
one
zero
zero.
The
committee
on
government
operations
to
which
was
referred
on
january
29
2020
market
number,
zero
one,
zero,
zero
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
authorizing
additional
licenses
for
the
sale
of
alcoholic
beverages
to
be
drunk
on
premises
in
boston.
A
D
D
Thank
you
very
much
to
my
fellow
counselors
docket
zero,
a
petition
for
special
law
and
act
authorizing
additional
licenses
for
the
sale
of
alcoholic
beverages
to
be
drunk
on
premises.
D
This
would
establish
additional
licenses
for
the
sale
of
alcohol
beverages
in
the
city
of
boston
and
the
licenses
authorized
under
this
proposals
would
be
non-transferable
and
would
revert
back
to
the
city
of
boston
between
between
the
owners
it
is
initially
filed,
as
initially
filed,
would
authorize
the
licensing
board
for
the
city
of
boston
to
grant
184
non-transferable
liquor
licenses
for
the
sale
of
alcoholic
beverages.
D
Initially,
it
also
created
umbrella
licenses.
At
the
hearing,
the
committee
heard
testimony
from
john
barros
chief
executive
development
of
chief
of
economic
development.
Excuse
me
and
kathleen
joyce
chairwoman
of
the
boston
licensing
board
chairwoman,
joyce
described
the
role
of
the
board
and
its
process
for
granting
bigger
licenses
and
chief
barros
explained
that
the
current
liquor
license
quota
is
not
sufficient
for
all.
Neighborhoods
chief
barrows
explained
that
the
docket
will
provide
a
balanced
approach
to
assist
new
businesses
while
providing
equity
to
neighborhoods
that
lack
liquor
licenses.
D
The
committee
discussed
concerns
with
the
amount
and
the
umbrella
license
and
the
impact
on
new
licenses
on
the
current
restaurants,
who
are
very
much
struggling,
and
I
do
believe
everyone
in
this
body
has
acknowledged
that
struggle
of
restaurants.
The
committee
discussed
the
need
to
identify,
look
at
food
deserts
and
to
assess
assist
underserved
neighborhoods.
D
We've
subsequently
had
a
working
session
and
we
reviewed
the
new
draft.
If,
if
you
will
the
compromise
draft
between
councillor
baker
and
the
administration,
the
amended
proposal
consisted
of
183
total
liquor
licenses
to
be
phased
in
over
three
years
throughout
the
neighborhoods
as
follows:
city
what
five
city-wide?
D
We
then,
subsequently
that
was
presented
at
the
working
session
and
based
off
of
conversations
with
the
administration,
with
my
fellow
district
councillor,
councillor
bach
and
with
council
baker.
The
following
the
docket
was
amended
and
is
presented
to
my
colleagues
as
follows:
the
three
to
two
ratio
of
all
alcohol
to
malt
and
wine
was
reversed
or
two
all
alcohol
and
three
malt
and
wine.
D
This
is
based
off
of
the
direct
requests
and
concerns
of
many
of
the
restaurateurs
who
who
are
less
concerned
about
the
beer
and
wine
licenses
and
more
concerned
about
the
free
all
alcohol
licenses.
D
M
N
A
A
Why
don't
you
go
ahead
and
make
do
that?
So
I
think
we
have
to
give
folks,
though,
an
opportunity
to
see
the
language
so
for
folks
following
along.
Thank
you
for
your
patience.
It
is
not
easy
doing
these
meetings
remotely
when
you
add
all
of
the
challenges
doing
remote
work
on
top
of
the
technical
difficulties
that
we're
having
so
counselor
edwards
has
substitution
language
that
she
wants
to
introduce.
So
that's
it.
We
have
to
get
it
before
the
body
behind
the
scenes.
You
should
be
getting
an
email
in
your
inboxes.
A
So,
madam
clerk,
if
you
would
do
the
honors,
while
people
share
their
email,
if
there's
something
for
you
to
read,
do
you
have
that
subject
or
a
reference
for
them
like
the
first?
Where
or
I
don't
want
you
to
read
the
whole
thing,
but
I
don't
know
if
there's
anything
that
we
need
to
read
into
the
record.
I
I
I
think
it's
in
one
way
to
have
the
counselor
explain
the
changes,
because
substantively
it's
the
same
petition
and
it's
the
numbers,
and
it's
almost,
I
think,
once
people
explain
it,
it
will
help
the
public
to
understand.
I
know
it
is
sort
of
unusual
to
not
move
for
substitution,
but
I
think
under
these
circumstances,
because
it's
rather
technical,
it
might
be
helpful
to
hear
that
then
move
if
people
accept
the
substitution.
If,
if
everyone's
comfortable
with
that.
A
D
I
am
happy
to
finish
the
there's
three
minor
changes
to
explain
that
to
my
colleagues
and
then
for
them
to
see
those
changes
and
accept
the
committee
report,
which
includes
those
changes
and
the
amended
draft,
and
to
my
colleagues
that
would
mean
only
that
it
starts
with
the
debate.
D
Well,
thank
you.
The
amended
committee
report
and
draft
does
the
following,
as
I
was
stating
it:
it
switches
the
three
to
two
ratio
to
two
all
alcohol
and
three
molten,
one
in
direct
response
to
the
industry.
Concerns
that
all
free.
Can
you
hear
me.
D
Very
well
and
then
it
also
allows
it
returns
back
to
the
original
language
filed
by
the
administration
and
confirmed
by
councillor
baker.
That
makes
it
amendable
at
the
state
house
and
finally
based
off
of
conversation
with
the
district
city
councilor
with
the
folks,
the
district
city
council,
council,
bach,
councillor
baker,
we
reduced
the
number
of
15
all
15
licenses
for
the
north
end
back
bay,
beacon
hill
to
no
more
than
one
a
year
over
the
next
three
years.
So,
as
a
result,
we're
reducing.
D
We
felt
that
the
15
was
not
necessary
for
those
particular
neighborhoods.
That's
the
major
reductions
or
changes
in
the
proposed
legislation
before
this
body.
B
A
A
A
I
So
what
we
would
do
is,
madam
president,
you
would
call
the
question
of
moving
for
substitution
if
people
accept
the
substitution
to
the
actual
passage
in
the
new
draft,
but
just
the
substitute
language,
the
substitution
language
that
reverses
some
of
the
numbers
and
areas
that
they
would
be
issued.
Yeah.
A
A
Is
everyone
back
with
us,
so
we
want
to
be
clear
what
where
what
is
being
asked
what
our
chair
is
putting
before
us
is
the
substituted
language.
You
guys
have
that
in
your
inboxes.
That
is
what
we
are
voting
on
before
we
can
even
get
to
accepting
the
committee
report.
We've
got
to
put
before
the
substituted
language
okay,
so
that
is
what
we're
going
to
add.
H
A
I
appreciate
that
and
I
will
reach
out
so
I
just
want
to
be
clear
on
what
that
is.
Councilman
here.
Are
you
with
us,
okay,
I'll
reach
out?
While
we
try
to
rejoin
her?
Are
people
clear?
A
Okay,
do
you
want
to
wrap
anything
else
up,
counselor
edward,
so
that
and
mejia
is
back
with
us
great.
So
what
we
are
being
asked
to
vote
on
what
is
before
the
body
is
the
substituted
language.
Once
we
approve
the
subject,
once
we
vote
on
the
substituted
language,
we
can
then
move
to
the
report
itself.
Okay,
great
so
with
that
said,
I'm
gonna
ask
for
just
a
voice.
Call
that
well
no,
we
have
it
before
us.
Do
we
need
to
pull
this
committee?
I
Right,
I'm
very
sorry
about
that.
So
I'm
sorry
and
what
was
your
question,
madam
president,
we.
B
A
The
eyes
have
it
and
the
substituted
language
has
been
approved.
Now
I
will
turn
it
back
to
our
chair,
because
now
what
we
need
to
do
is
approve
the
committee
report,
counselor
edwards.
If
you
have
just
to
wrap
up
to
some
and
then
I
will
certainly
take
a
show
of
hands
because
I
see
some
hands
popping
up
wonderful
did
you
want
to
sum
anything
up
before
I
move
on
to
blue
hands,
counselor
edwards
as
the
chair?
A
D
So,
just
in
summary,
thank
you
for
substituting
the
report.
The
report
does
reflect
slight
differences,
but
the
overall
goal-
and
the
overall
mission
to
assure
that
we
have
a
robust
licensing
program
in
the
city
of
boston,
is
very
much
the
same.
I,
after
having
gone
through
the
different
parties
and
discussed
with
different
counselors
and
also
have
have
heard
from
the
lead
sponsor
in
the
state
house
that
he
needs
something
done,
I'm
recommending,
ultimately,
that
we
vote
to
pass
and
let
this
homeworld
petition
move
on
to
the
state
house.
A
K
Just
a
point
of
clarification
through
the
chair
to
the
to
the
to
the
president
to
the
chair
just
on
the
amendable
verse,
unamendable
language,
because
there
was
a
point
of
contention
in
our
hearing,
so
I
guess
what
is
the
rationale
that
the
legislature
needs
it
to
be
amendable
when
we,
as
council
legislators,
have
have
vetted
this
fully
with
our
constituents,
community
leaders
etc
and
have
identified
where
the
needs
are
particularly
our
food
deserts
and
the
inequities?
K
My
only
concern
is
if
it
goes
up
as
amendable,
they
could
add
a
couple
hundred
and
then
we're
going
to
completely
decimate
the
industry,
so
I've
got
serious
concerns
about
it
being
amendable
versus
other
mental,
which
you
know
we
explain
in
detail
during
the
hearing.
So
I'm
just
curious
to
see
what
you
know.
What
was
the
impetus,
I
guess
behind
them,
needing
it
to
be
amendable
so
that
they
can
probably
add
all
kinds
of
licenses
across
which
kind
of
defeats
the
purpose
that
we've
been
working
on.
A
D
Hear
me
first,
I
want
to
know
counselor
baker
does
have
a
question
as
well.
You
can't
find
the
blue
hands.
Okay,.
D
Very
well
to
answer
the
direct
question
the
lead
sponsor,
and
I
believe
folks
at
the
state
house
felt
that
this
conversation
has
failed,
because
what
we
have
sent
up
to
them
is
unamendable
legislation
on
a
topic-
that
is
very
frank,
is
not
that
simple
and
they
want
to,
I
believe,
have
impact
and
the
ability
to
have
a
voice
in
this.
I
don't
believe-
and
I
you
could
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong-
that
we've
ever
as
a
city
council
sent
something
up
to
the
state
and
they've,
given
us
more
than
what
we've
asked
for.
D
I
think,
if
there's
less
worries
about
the
state
house,
giving
us
more
liquor
licenses,
which
is
something
a
lot
of
people
would
prefer,
I
am
more
concerned
about
them,
saying,
there's
nothing
we
can
do
with
this.
We
cannot
change
it.
We
cannot
impact
it
in
any
way
and
therefore
it's
very
easy
to
shoot
down
this
homeworld
petition.
So
I'm
saying-
and
I
think
the
rationale
for
the
administration
as
they
originally
filed
it
and
the
sponsor
in
the
state
house.
D
I
also
believe
and
frank
baker
can
speak
to
this,
give
them
something
that
they
work
with.
So
we
can
get
something
in
the.
A
B
Hello,
can
you
I'm
having
problems
with
my
speaker
also
a
couple
of
points
through
you
to
the
to
the
chair.
I
would
like
to
know
if,
if,
if
these
licenses
that
year
ends,
will
they
go
back
on
the
shelf
to
us
like
stay
on
the
shelf
for
the
city
to
use
in
subsequent
years?
B
So
in
three
years,
if
we
have
a
hundred
licenses,
left
will
be,
will
they
still
be
there
and
available
to
us
to
use
that's
one
question
and
then,
and
and
you
can
we
can
answer
that
offline
if
it
needs
to
be
or
or
but
that's
just
something
I
have
in
my
head,
but
also
if
dorchester
doesn't
use
their
five
licenses
this
year.
Does
that
mean
there'll
be
seven
available
less
next
year?
That's
that's
one
question
and
I
have
to
agree
and
speaking
to
counselor
flaherty's
point
about
about.
B
You
know
people
possibly
going
in
there
and
piling
on
and
and
I
and
from
conversations
that
I've
had
with
different
people
at
the
state
house.
They
much
prefer
it
amendable,
and
I
don't
think
that
that
that
people
will
amend
up
council
flaherty.
I
I
I
happen
to
agree
with
council,
but
I
think
men
down
and
I
guess
we
can
hopefully
be
involved
in
those
conversations.
It'll
be
it'll,
be
in
calling
the
the
people
that
represent
the
downtown
neighborhoods.
B
A
D
Wanted
to
to
answer
councilman
this
question
mm-hmm
both
of
them.
Essentially,
the
legislation
allows
up
to
15.
So
if
it's
not
used
in
a
particular
year
or
time
that
neighborhood
keeps
its
licenses,
that
was
the
goal.
B
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
seeing
no
other
discussion,
councillor
edwards,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passage
of
the
new
draft
of
docket
zero
one
zero,
zero.
All
in
favor
say
I
I.
E
A
D
A
So
we
already
just
a
reminder:
we
already
dealt
with
docket
zero,
two
eight
one,
so
we
will
now
skip
down
to
docket
zero
one,
nine
two.
Yes,
madam
clerk.
I
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Dockett0192
the
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice,
which
was
referred
on
january
29,
2020
docket
number
zero.
One.
Nine
two
excuse
me
message
and
order
authorized
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
expanded
amount
of
one
million,
seven
hundred
ninety
four
thousand
six
hundred
and
eighty
three
dollars
and
forty
seven
cents
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy.
Twenty
senator
charles
e,
shannon
jr
community
safety
initiative
grant
awarded
by
the
mass
executive
office
of
public
safety
and
security
to
be
administered
by
the
boston
police
department.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
Madam
clerk,
the
chair
recognizes
councillor
campbell,
who
is
a
chair
of
public
safety
and
criminal
justice.
Councilor
campbell.
You
have
the
floor.
O
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you,
madam
clerk
and,
of
course
thank
you
to
all
of
my
colleagues
who
attended
the
hearing
with
respect
to
this
docket,
which
was
held
on
june,
4th.
It
accompanied
two
other
dockets,
the
other
two
dacas,
which
had
to
do
with
the
brick
and
also
some
funding
with
respect
to
cameras.
O
There
are
still
some
outstanding
questions
that
the
brick
needed
to
answer
with
respect
to
those
dockets,
and
so
those
are
going
to
remain
in
committee
until
we
were
able
to
schedule
that
hearing
with
the
brick
which
I
know
the
administration
is
working
on,
specifically
with
respect
to
this
particular
docket
in
the
amount
of
one
million
seven
hundred
and
ninety
four
thousand
six
hundred
eighty
three
dollars
and
forty
seven
cents,
it's
a
shannon
grant
and
sometimes
referred
to
as
the
shannon
community
safety
initiative.
O
It's
a
grant
that
the
city
has
received
for
years.
This
is
an
annual
process,
an
annual
grant.
I
know
that
have
they're
in
in
the
midst
of
calls
to
defund
the
police
department
to
push
for
reforms
with
respect
to
our
policing.
Given
the
context
in
this
country,
not
just,
of
course,
the
murder
of
george
floyd,
but
so
many
others,
there
are
a
lot
of
creative
ideas
on
the
table.
Specifically
with
respect
to
this
grant.
O
O
This
grant
actually
goes
to
fund
community-based
organizations
that
do
work
to
prevent
violence,
to
interrupt
violence
or
to
work
with
those
who
have
been
criminally
criminally
involved
for
a
long
period
of
time.
Those
organizations
include-
and
I
will
read
them-
because
many
of
us
of
course
work
with
them
closely:
teen,
empowerment,
mothers
for
justice
and
equality,
the
peace
institute,
refuge
the
refugee
immigrant
immigrant
center
abcd
sportsman,
tennis,
the
chica
project
becoming
a
man,
friends
of
the
children,
the
suffolk
county
district,
attorney's
office,
three-point
foundation
and
in
so
many
more
organizations
as
well.
O
There
was
a
question
in
the
hearing
with
respect
to
if
we
could
just
pass
one
piece
of
this
docket
the
money
that
goes,
for
example,
to
these
community-based
organizations
and
reject
the
other
pieces
of
the
grant
that
go
to
the
human
capital
in
the
department
that
helps
to
maintain
these.
We
cannot,
if
folks,
want
to
do
that,
they
have
to
go
to
the
state
they
have
to
advocate
to
the
executive
office
of
public
safety,
which
oversees
this
grant
the
power
to
pull
this
apart
and
sell.
O
O
Mute
while
you
finish
no
problem,
let
us
know
if
you
need
us
to
send
someone
over
there
love
you,
and
so
obviously
we
have
to
go
to
eops
in
the
state
to
have
a
conversation
around
not
only
severing
a
grant
like
this,
so
that
there
are
more
resources
for
the
community-based
organizations
that
are
getting
at
the
root
causes
of
violence.
O
But
if
we
also
wanted
this
grant
to
not
live
in
the
police
department's
grants,
division
or
say
the
health
commission,
those
conversations
as
well
have
to
be
addressed
and
directed
to
the
state
and
they're
legitimate
conversations
to
have.
But
today's
docket
is
specifically
on
approving
the
funding
that
is
available
to
these
community-based
organizations.
O
Each
of
you
have
the
breakdown
which
was
sent
via
email
from
the
police
department
as
to
which
organizations
in
the
community
will
be
receiving
these
funds
and
in
addition,
I
just
wanted
to
flag
one
last
thing.
In
addition,
it's
important,
of
course,
to
always
be
looking
at
data
right,
we're
investing
money
in
community-based
organizations.
The
question
is:
are
they
having
an
impact
and
right
now,
based
on
some
recent
data?
O
O
A
Thank
you
so
much.
I
think
it's
quiet
on
my
end,
I
can.
I
can
unmute,
I
do
see
a
hand
before
we
go
on
councilman
here.
Are
you
okay?
We
just
heard
from
the
chair
on
her
committee
report
yeah.
L
L
First,
madam
president,
permission
to
speak
and
then
yes,
I
would.
I
do
have
a
question
for
the
committee
chair.
Yes,
please
you
have
the
floor
council
me
here.
Yes,
thank
you,
so
I
do
appreciate
the
restrictions
that
we
have
in
regards
to
the
way
the
infrastructure
has
been
built
for
this
particular
grant.
I'm
just
wondering
what,
if
any
opportunities
we
have
as
a
council
to
be
able
to
be
a
little
bit
more
involved
in
kind
of
the
accountability
piece,
and
what
we'll
do
you
know?
L
If
any,
do
we
have
to
hear
from
the
bpd
about
what
their
criteria
is
about
who's
getting
these
dollars?
I'm
just
curious
about
the
additional
change
that's
left
over.
I
still
believe
that
there's
some
accountability
that
needs
to
be
discussed
there.
So
you
know
I'm
struggling
with
with
with
this,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
the
nonprofit
organizations
that
were
named.
That
will
are
doing
amazing
work.
I'm
just
just
really
curious
about
the
process
and
what,
if
any
opportunities
exist
for
us
to
really
kind
of
re-examine
this.
A
O
Floor,
thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
council
mejia.
So,
yes,
obviously,
these
organizations
that
have
been
picked
went
through
a
robust
selection
process.
O
Unlike
some
of
the
other
grants,
I
have
to
give
kudos
to
damond,
who
is
in
the
police
department,
who
established
a
process
actually
separate
from
all
the
other
grants
where
he
put
together
a
committee
of
objective
folks
of
community-based
folks
to
actually
go
through
a
process
to
determine
in
a
sort
of
a
point
system
to
determine
which
organization
should
get
funding,
thereby
trying
to
reduce
favoritism
or
subjectivity
in
the
process.
O
I
can't
say
that's
true,
though,
for
every
other
grant,
and
so
there's
definitely
work
to
be
done
to
ensure
that
there
are
processes
that
allow
more
organizations
to
apply
more
organizations
to
receive
money
and
then,
of
course,
a
process
whereby
we,
as
a
city,
hold
folks
accountable
with
specific
metrics
in
terms
of
if
you
are
reducing
violence,
for
example,
in
the
city
of
boston.
What
does
that
look
like,
and
there
should
be
a
shared
understanding
of
what
our
expectations
are.
O
I
believe
in
matapan
on
this
very
issue:
it's
a
it's
a
hearing,
we're
going
to
refile
at
some
point
again
and
that's
a
separate
conversation,
but
we
can
talk
separately
around
refiling
that
because
there
are
still
a
lot
of
outstanding
questions
with
respect
to
process
for
a
lot
of
our
grants,
but
specifically
for
shannon
definitely
want
to
give
credit
to
demand
for
the
work
he's
done
to
establish
a
process
specifically
for
this,
to
create
accountability,
more
robust
process
in
a
more
objective
process
to
get
at
more
community-based
organizations
to
get
funding
and
not
just
the
same
ones,
for
example.
O
So
there's
a
lot
more
to
do
there,
but
this
specific
docket
recommending
it
pass.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank.
A
A
C
Can
I
put
forward
a
motion
to
reconsider
on
docket
801,
which
I
had
to
do
with
ppe?
I
believe
it
got
sensitive
ways
and
means,
but
I
do
believe
it's
more
appropriate
to
send
that
to
public
health
and
I'd
like
to
suspend
and
pass
it.
A
In
our
agenda,
I'm
not
going
to
take
time
to
go
back
and
look
at
that
right
now.
If
it
was
part
of
the
package
of
the
resubmittals
it's
going
to
stay
in
ways,
it
means
I'm
not
sure
if
it
was,
but
if
it
was
it's
going
to
stay
in
in
ways
and
means.
M
It
wasn't
I'll
just
say
I
wouldn't
object
to
the
move.
It
wasn't
part
of
the
the
budget
resubmission.
A
Okay,
wonderful,
let
me
take
a
closer
look
at
that
and
come
back
to
council
royal,
but
right
now
I'll
move
through
some
of
these
emotions,
orders
and
resolutions
we'll
get
to
it
before
we
end.
Thank
you,
okay,
great!
So
now
we
will
begin
with
the
docket.
I
believe
it
was
zero.
Eight
zero.
A
You,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
read
that
and
I'm
mindful
that
I
know
some
of
these
dockets
counselor
braden
is
on
and
I
see
that
she's
been
popping
in
and
out,
counselor
braden.
Are
you
okay
with
your
internet
connection?
I.
A
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
president,
may
I
suspend
rule
12
and
add
counselor
mejia
as
the
third
original
co-sponsor.
G
G
G
G
G
The
four
seasons
use
covert
19
as
a
reason
for
laying
off
its
workers,
and
it's
likely
that
this
may
be
the
first
shoe
to
drop
with
many
more
instances
like
this
in
the
coming
months.
Now
more
than
ever,
we
must
continue
to
stand
with
our
working
families
in
pursuit
of
social
and
economic
justice.
G
We
cannot
allow
billion
dollar
companies
to
exploit
covert
19
as
a
reason
for
massive
layoffs
with
little
severance
for
working
families.
We
must
stand
up
for
them
and
support
a
right
to
recall
to
maintain
hospital
hospitality
jobs
as
a
path
to
the
middle
class.
So
the
resolution
also
calls
for
the
council
to
support
the
four
seasons
workers
in
demanding
a
better
severance
package
and
also
calls
for
statewide
right
to
recall
legislation
that
would
allow
for
workers
to
be
recalled
their
jobs
within
a
two-year
period
of
being
laid
off.
G
M
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
to
counselor
flynn
our
lead
sponsor,
I'm
thrilled
to
be
co-sponsoring
this
with
him
and
counselor
mejia.
M
Folks
may
remember
that
when
I
gave
my
maiden
speech
back
in
february,
it
was
on
cooperative
housing
and
there's
a
co-op
in
my
district
charles
bank,
that
I
talked
about
that
has
enabled
a
lot
of
folks
in
the
middle
class
to
stay
in
the
city
for
many
decades,
and
the
reason
that
I
bring
that
up
is
because
one
of
the
people
who
lives
in
charles
bank
who's
lived
there
for
20
years
has
worked
for
27
years
for
the
four
seasons
as
a
server
and
has
made
that
kind
of
middle-class
wage
that
allows
in
combination
with
cooperative
housing,
staying
and
building
a
life
in
the
city,
and
that's
really
the
kind
of
economy
that
we
have
to
fight
for
right.
M
It's
an
economy
with
good
jobs
and
with
housing
opportunities
that
keep
keep
our
people
here
and
on
may
12th.
He
was
summarily
laid
off
with
pennies
on
a
dollar
on
the
severance
that
he's
been
promised
and
the
severance
has
been
promised
again
over
decades
right
and
that
have
been
part
of
as
I've
heard
from
many
constituents.
M
A
big
part
of
what
draws
people
to
the
four
seasons
is
its
exceptional
staff
and
and
the
longevity
of
the
staff
right,
and
so
all
of
that
and
you
get
laid
off
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic
and
suddenly
those
commitments
mean
nothing.
M
I
don't
think
that
that's
a
a
fair
and
just
way
for
a
business
to
act
and
the
four
seasons
is
an
international
corporation,
but
it
lands
right
here
in
boston
on
the
edge
of
our
park,
and
you
know,
and
as
I
said,
I
have
constituents
who
work
there
and
constituents
who
go
there
and
spend
their
dollars,
and
I
think
everyone
has
agreed
that
this
is
not.
This
is
not
the
kind
of
move
that
we
can
countenance.
So
I'm
really
proud.
M
I'm
proud
of
the
workers
there
for
standing
up
and
I'm
proud
of
united
here
local
26
and
the
hotel
worker
community,
which,
which
is
a
community
that
is
coming
to
their
support,
even
though
four
seasons
is
not
a
unionized
hotel
and
really
recognizing
that
we.
You
know
that
in
many
ways,
what
we
need
more
of
in
this
country
is
sectional
bargaining
and
an
acknowledgement
that
you
know.
It's
really
that
workers
fates
rise
and
sync
together
and
and
actually
in
many
ways
in
boston.
M
So
when
you
say
oh
now,
I'm
ready
to
hire
back
some
dishwashers,
I'm
ready
to
hire
back
housekeepers
that
you
bring
back
the
people
in
the
order
right
that
you
got
rid
of
them
so
that
you're,
so
that
you're,
not
it
doesn't
become
a
moment
where
inadvertently
or
intentionally
this
really
diverse
workforce.
With
a
lot
of
people
who
have
put
in
this
hard
work
for
a
long
time
get
skewed
in
the
way
that
you
bring
them
back
and
right
now
that
exists
in
the
union
hotel
contracts
around
the
city.
For
a
year.
M
This
you
know,
given
the
length
that
we
unfortunately
may
have
to
expect
the
covid
situation,
to
continue
it's
much
safer
for
workers
to
talk
about
a
two-year
right
to
recall
and
that
conversation
at
the
state
house
has
already
has
already
kicked
off,
and
I
think
it's
something
really
important
for
the
council
to
support
in
this
moment.
So
I
just
really
want
to
point
to
the
fact
that
there's
there's
two
issues
at
play
here.
M
To
get
out
of
that,
I
think
is
just
in
bad
faith
and
then
one
is
this
larger
question
about
how
how
we're
going
to
help
people
get
back
on
their
feet
in
this
economy
and
how
we're
really
going
to
keep
keep
our
commitment
to
keeping,
as
I
said,
a
very
diverse
community
of
workers
able
to
live
and
raise
their
families
and
build
lives
here
in
the
city,
and
so
as
somebody
with
lots
of
constituents
who
who
patronize
the
four
seasons
or
have
up
until
now,
and
also,
as
I
said,
with
a
constituent.
M
A
L
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
to
my
office,
neighbors
counselor
flynn
and
bach
for
the
advocacy
in
the
space.
You
know
I
have
been
outspoken
about
the
fact
that
growing
up
in
boston,
a
job
literally
saved
my
life,
and
this
is
the
first
time
ever,
where
I'm
only
working
one
job
so
as
the
first
person
in
my
family
to
buy
a
house
and
to
get
my
mom
out
of
section
eight.
L
In
order
to
do
so,
I
had
to
drain
my
entire
full
401k
when
it
comes
to
building
gener
generational
wealth
for
black
and
brown
families
in
boston.
This
issue
is
personal
and
professional.
To
me,
we
all
know
that
the
average
net
worth
of
black
families
in
boston
is
only
eight
dollars
and
kovac
19
is
no
excuse
for
the
system
to
dismantle
the
wealth
that
black
and
brown
families
have
built.
L
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselors
flynn,
bach
and
mejia.
Well,
let
me
first
ask
before
we
move
on,
if
any
other
folks
want
to
make
brief
comments
or
sign
on
these
for
comments
or
sign
on
blue
hands,
first
speaking,
real
hands
for
sign
on
all
right.
So
for
madame
clark,
if
you
could,
please
add,
council
arroyo
councillor
campbell
council,
o'malley
councillor
sabi
george
councillor
braden
councillor,
edwards,
council
flaherty,
councillor
wu.
Please
also
add
the
chair
councillors,
flynn
bach
and
mejia
seek
a
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
zero,
eight
zero.
K
A
I
A
You
so
much
the
chair
recognizes
counselor,
wait
a
second!
I
lost
my
my
place
on
the
agenda
right
yep.
This
is
eight
zero.
Five,
the
chair
recognizes
council
braden.
You
have
the
floor.
P
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
thank
you.
Madam
president.
P
I
am
optimistic
yet
saddened
to
present
to
the
council
of
resolution
in
support
of
acts
relative
to
saving
black
lives
and
transforming
public
safety,
hd,
5128
and
sd
2968
filed
in
the
legislature
by
representative
liz
miranda
and
senator
cynthia
crean,
I'm
optimistic
because,
in
the
pursuit
of
protecting
lives
and
dismantling
systems
of
oppression
that
have
existed
for
hundreds
of
years,
we
are
we're
and
putting
in
place
measures
of
for
police
accountability.
P
This
contradiction
between
feeling
of
optimism
and
also
a
recognition
of
the
deep
sadness
and
despair
of
the
systematic
abuse
and
killing
of
black
people
is,
is
a
very
strange
emotion
to
hold
in
your
in
your
heart.
This
resolution
acts
asks
us
to
support
the
proposed
legislation.
The
state
legislature
calling
for
from
the
removal
of
weapons
not
even
used
in
war
and
to
take
them
out
of
the
hands
of
local
law
enforcement.
P
P
P
Legislation
sponsored
by
a
woman
whose
name
I
share
liz
in
the
state
house.
Liz
miranda
she
and
I
are-
are
very
much
different
with
different
experience.
Different
life
experiences,
my
co-sponsor
counselor
campbell,
has
different
experiences.
Also,
I
will
support
them,
not
as
a
basic
ally
because
but
but
as
an
accomplice,
to
bring
true
strategic
and
tangible
change.
P
O
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
of
course
thank
you
to
councillor
braden
for
your
leadership,
your
compassion,
your
empathy,
it's
remarkable
frankly,
and
it's
as
I
think
often
say,
it's
a
true
honor
to
work
in
partnership
with
you
and
for
you
to
be
on
this
body
and,
of
course
thank
you
to
our
state
house.
Colleagues,
representative,
liz
miranda,
of
course,
who
is
doing
incredible
work
and
has
for
a
long
time
and
senator
cynthia
cream
for
their
leadership
on
these
critical
issues.
O
It's
critically
important
that
at
every
level
of
government,
we
send
the
message
that
we
expect
our
officers
to
de-escalate
and
exhaust
all
alternatives
before
using
or
increasing
force,
and
if
used,
we
should
immediately.
It
should
immediately
be
reported
by
the
officers.
An
important
piece
to
this
is
also
training.
We
need
to
also
make
sure
officers
are
trained.
We
need
to
define
use
of
force
and
update
our
policies
to
specify
regulations
around
use
of
force
and
training
for
our
officers.
O
Transparency
and
accountability
are
also
key
pieces
of
this
legislation
and
they
are
essential
in
transforming
our
police
department
and
reducing
the
use
of
excessive
force.
This
is
especially
important
with
regard
to
police
involved
shootings,
which
we
know
are
often
swept
under
the
rug
and
one
of
the
murders
that
you
know.
We
obviously
say
her
name,
but
we
don't
necessarily.
She
doesn't
necessarily
get
the
same
media
attention
as
george
floyd
as
brianna
taylor.
O
O
Even
reporting
quote
no
injuries
and
when
pressed
the
department
blame
this
on
a
technical
error
in
the
reporting
system,
and
so
while
most
of
these
high-profile
cases
have
happened
elsewhere
in
the
country,
we
know,
of
course,
boston
and
the
commonwealth
isn't
immune
the
very
race
and
biases
and
prejudices
that
inform
what
has
happened
in
other
parts
of
the
country
exist
here
as
well.
O
So
this
is
an
opportunity
to
work
at
all
levels
of
government
to
push
for
reforms
really
honored
to
support,
not
only
this
resolution
and
partnership
with
you,
council
braden,
but
also
our
support
to
support
our
state
colleagues
who
have
been
doing
the
work
for
a
long
time
and
to
lend
our
voice
to
this
particular
legislation.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
to
this
matter
by
show
of
blue
hands,
seeing
no
blue
hands?
If
you
would
like
to
add
your
name,
please
indicate
with
your
real
hand,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add,
counselor,
edward
counselor,
bach
counselor
flynn,
counselor
wu,
council,
royal
council,
o'malley
council,
mejia,
councillor
sabi
george
councillor
flaherty,
please
also
add
the
chair,
so
counselors
braden
and
campbell
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
zero.
Eight
zero.
A
Five,
all
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
I
I
I
any
opposed,
may
the
eyes
have
it
dock
it
zero
eight
zero
five
has
been
adopted,
we'll
now
move
on
to
docket,
zero,
eight
zero,
six.
Madam
clerk.
Thank
you.
You're.
I
P
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
also
to
con
counselor
sabi
george
for
co-sponsoring
this
resolution.
Sorry,
my
phone
is
ringing.
Get
off
june.
20Th
is
international
refugee
day
a
day
to
pause
and
attend
to
the
plight
of
refugees
everywhere
in
the
world,
but
most
particularly
at
our
borders
and
in
our
communities.
P
The
pilgrims
who
came
to
the
shores
of
massachusetts
and
founded
the
city
of
boston
were
refugees
from
religious
persecution
in
1847,
at
the
height
of
the
irish
famine,
men,
women
and
children
fled
hunger,
disease
and
government
indifference
to
their
plight,
to
come
to
america
just
to
try
and
survive
chinese
vietnamese
cambodians.
Ethiopians
persians,
iraqis,
chileans,
russians
to
name
but
a
few
fled
their
native
lands
to
seek
refuge
from
political
and
religious
persecution,
natural
disasters,
famine
and
wars.
P
P
South
for
a
hope
for
a
better
life
in
the
north
refugees
demonstrate
incredible
courage,
determination
and
ingenuity
to
come
to
america.
They
have
great
hope
and
faith
that
the
united
states
of
america
is
the
home
of
the
free,
a
land
of
liberty
and
justice
for
all.
Let
us
continue
to
support
and
protect
the
human
rights
of
refugees.
P
A
So
much
councillor
braden,
the
chair,
recognizes
councillor
sabi
george.
You
have
the
floor.
H
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
to
council
braden
for
including
me
on
this
resolution.
You
may
know
the
story
of
my
mother,
but
I'll
share
just
a
brief
snippet
of
her
experience.
My
grandmother
at
the
age
of
14
was
taken
from
her
home
in
poland
to
work
in
a
labor
camp
in
germany.
My
grandfather,
who
was
a
member
of
the
polish
army,
was
held
as
a
pow
in
a
war
camp.
My
mother
was
born
in
a
displacence
person
displaced
persons
camp
in
germany.
H
They
came
to
the
states
as
post-war
immigrants
when
my
mother
was
just
a
child.
As
a
country,
we
have
seen
the
many
changing
attitudes
towards
refugees
in
our
domestic
and
international
policies
throughout
our
history.
This
day,
particularly
during
this
pandemic,
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
seriously
consider
the
hardships
and
danger
that
would
lead
to
people
becoming
refugees.
H
And
you
know
during
these
days
and
during
these
times
it's
it's
a
wonderful
opportunity
for
me
to
remember
how
my
mom
came
here
and
how
she
came
to
be
and
how
I
eventually
came
to
be
and
to
appreciate
her
struggles
and
to
to
appreciate
her
reality
and
the
reality,
especially
of
her
parents,
during
what
must
have
been
an
incredibly
difficult
time
as
young
people,
my
grandmother
as
a
child
again
at
the
age
of
14,
taken
from
her
home,
which
is
the
same
age
as
my
triplets
who,
right
now
their
greatest
worry,
is
how
many
friends
can
they
have
over
to
play
in
the
yard
and
to
think
about
the
differences
in
their
life's
experiences
of
someone
who
they
have
the
opportunity
to
spend
time
with
is
amazes
me
and
continues
to
amaze
me.
H
So
I'm
happy
to
sign
on
to
this
I'm
happy
to
bring
attention
to
this
and
to
celebrate
the
many
different
routes
that
all
of
our
residents
here
in
the
city
of
boston
have
come
to
come
to
call
this
place
home,
but
in
particular
on
this
day
that
we
think
and
thank
and
appreciate
our
refugees
in
particular,
and
how
special
they
have
made
our
city
in
our
home.
Thank
you,
council,
braden
again
for
including
me.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Thank
you
both
for
this
important
resolution.
Seeing
no
blue
hands
will
move
right
into
sign
on
madame
clerk.
If
you
could,
please
add
counselor
flynn,
councillor
arroyo,
councillor
wu
councillor,
o'malley
council
of
flaherty,
councillor
campbell
councillor
bach,
councillor,
edwards
and
please
add
the
chair.
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselors,
braden
and
asabi
george
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
zero,
eight
zero,
six,
all
those
in
favor.
Please
say
I
I
I
I
the
eyes:
have
it
and
docket
zero?
Eight
zero
six
has
been
adopted,
we'll
move
on
to
docket
zero,
eight
zero,
seven.
A
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
flynn,
you
have
the
floor.
G
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
president,
may
I
add
council
flaherty
as
an
original
co-sponsor
to
this
hearing
order.
G
Thank
you,
madam
thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
president,
with
the
long-term
health
impacts
currently
unknown
to
both
health
professionals
and
the
general
public,
a
health
registry
would
allow
for
city
public
health
officials
to
track
the
data
and
monitor
long-term
effects
of
covert
19,
as
well
as
providing
appropriate
resources
for
those
affected
by
the
virus.
G
There
are
various
examples
of
health
registries
for
different
events
and
disasters
such
as
the
world
trade
center
health
registry
or
the
gulf
war
registry
for
veterans
who
may
have
experienced
long-term
health
issues
related
to
environmental
exposure
exposure,
while
in
the
persian
gulf.
I'm
a
member
of
that
registry,
a
health
registry
can
conduct
surveys
in
research
on
those
who
are
enrolled
in
would
allow
public
health
officials
and
stakeholders
to
better
understand
and
assess
direct
and
indirect
impacts
of
the
virus
and
more
effectively
respond
to
potential
future
health
complications
as
well.
G
A
covert
19
health
registry
would
allow
our
experts
to
track
this
data
over
the
long
term
and
better
respond
to
their
future
needs.
I
think
this
would
be
very
useful
and
I
hope
that
we
can
have
a
discussion
on
whether
we
can
create
a
covert
19
health
registry
for
our
frontline
workers.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
anyone
exposed
to
covert
19
in
service
to
our
city
in
service
to
the
public
gets
the
needed
medical
care
and
making
sure
that
that
is
documented
as
well.
G
A
K
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
Obviously
I
want
to
thank
the
lead
sponsor
council
flynn
for
including
me,
we
both
have
a
lot
of
friends
family
that
were
front
line
responders
for
cover
19..
So
I
I
share
and
echo
a
lot
of
the
comments
the
council
flynn
stated
and
agree
that
creating
a
registry
that
helps
us
understand
and
respond
and
to
track
the
immediate
and
as
well
as
the
long-term
impacts
of
covert
19,
that
will
enable
us
to
better
support
our
first
responders
and
frontline
workers.
K
I
I
know
that
creating
a
registry
of
this
type
is
a
huge
undertaking.
Council
flynn
alluded
to
the
one
that
that
he
is
on
and
participates,
know
that
we've
had
one
for
9
11..
I
know
that,
particularly
as
we
track
the
health
and
welfare
of
our
boston,
firefighters,
that
they're
doing
it
as
well.
K
So
I
I
think
that
we
at
a
minimum
should
have
this
conversation
about
how
we
plan
to
track
the
data
around
people
who
were
our
front
line,
covert
19
responders,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
you
know
you
know
they
were
there
for
us,
and
I
think
you
know
we
need
to
step
forward
and
let
them
know
that
we
will
be
there
for
them.
So
the
impacts
of
covert
19
will
continue
to
be
felt
for
months
years,
possibly
longer.
K
This
registry
clearly
will
be
one
of
the
many
ways
we
can
demonstrate
that
we
are
grateful
for
their
hard
work
and
dedication
during
this
extraordinarily
difficult
time
for
our
city
and,
let's
hope
to
god
that
it
doesn't
happen
again
or
doesn't
come
back
again
in
the
fall.
So
with
that,
look
forward
to
that
conversation
and
encourage
my
colleagues
to
sign
on
as
well.
Thank
you,
mr
president,.
A
E
Thank
you,
madam
president,
just
rise
to
commend
the
two
makers
for
their
work
asked,
obviously
that
my
name
be
added.
Obviously,
what
gets
measured
gets
managed.
This
is
a
really
important
step,
looking
particularly
for
our
first
responders
and
our
police
fire
ems,
as
well
as
our
public
health
professionals.
E
Our
clerical
works,
none
of
whom
are
a
few
of
whom
were
able
to
socially
distance
and
work
from
home.
E
I
know
we've
been
obviously
this
body's
been
on
the
record
of
supporting
those
who
have
really
been
our
front
lines
during
the
during
the
pandemic,
and
I
would
simply
say
that,
as
we
begin
slowly
opening
up
and
we're
seeing
some
other
states
that
have
seen
some
some
huge
spikes
collecting
that
data
now
and
continuing
to
collect
the
data
is
going
to
help
us
sort
of
weather,
the
duration
of
this
pandemic,
and
indeed
subsequent
waves
of
it,
and
I
would
just
close
in
my
remarks
here-
I
was
going
to
mention
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
but
it
seems
apropos
that
there
are
50
pop-up
testing
sites
throughout
the
commonwealth
and
today
and
tomorrow,
specifically
they're
urging
individuals
to
go
and
get
tested.
E
If
you
participate
in
a
vigil
or
other
large-scale
gathering,
I
went
yesterday
at
brookside
health
center
in
jamaica
plain,
it
is
as
seamless
and
easy
a
process
and
I
encourage
everyone
to
not
only
go
themselves
but
obviously
spread
the
word
to
constituents,
family
and
friends
as
well.
So
thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank
you
to
the
makers.
Please
add
my
name.
H
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank
you
to
councillor
flynn
and
councillor
flaherty
for
this
hearing
order.
I
think
it's
a
great
idea,
and
I
think
that
we
should
make
every
effort
that
we
can
to
track
the
long-term
impacts
of
covid19,
especially
for
our
front-line
workers.
As
we
reopen.
We
need
to
create
mechanisms
to
track
the
health
and
well-being
of
our
city,
frontline
workers.
Mental
health
is
a
major
concern
of
mine
as
well
as
they
have
been
witness
to
the
great
devastation
caused
by
covid19.
H
We
need
to
understand
the
physical
and
mental
health
implications
of
everyone
exposed
to
this
virus
or
has
or
who
have
been
at
risk
at
contracting
covid19.
It's
why
earlier
maybe
last
month
I
called
for
a
helpline
for
workers
as
we
reopened
and
asked
3-1-1
during
some
of
our
budget
hearings
to
look
into
collecting
this
information.
There
are
so
many
covid19
related
unknowns,
and
we
need
to
use
every
avenue
possible
to
get
a
handle
on
it
so
that
we
know
what
to
do
now.
H
A
Thank
you,
counselor
sabi
george,
the
chair
recognizes
counselor
edwards,
counselor
edward.
You
have
the
floor.
D
Just
confirming
you
can
hear
me
yes,
very
well.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
commend
the
makers,
counselor
flynn
and
counselor
flaherty
for
your
leadership.
I
think
this
is
incredibly
thoughtful
and
also
it's
it's
going
to
shape
how
we
respond
to
any
other
pandemic
going
forward
honestly-
and
I
think
it's
wonderful-
I
do.
I
do
have
a
question
as
to
how
are
you
defining
frontline
workers
and
also
why
essential
workers,
or
that
broader
category
isn't
part
of
the
tracking.
D
I
only
ask
because
a
lot
of
our
frontline
workers,
if
they're
defined
as
what
I
think
they
just
our
safety
workers,
ems,
fire,
police
and
folks
who
work
in
hospital.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
are
on
the
front
lines
as
essential
workers,
and
I
think
it's
worth
studying
them
as
well.
Some
of
them
are
low-wage
workers.
Many
of
them
are
immigrants.
D
Many
of
them
are
people
of
color
who
have
had
to
do
double
shifts
in
this
time,
and
I
think
it's
really
important,
especially
as
we
have
now
the
mayor
calling
echoing
and
calling
for
racism
to
be
a
public
health
crisis
that
when
we
go
to
study,
we
don't
create
mechanisms
that
could
exclude
people.
But
again
I
could
be
incorrect
in
my
dep
in
your
definition,
so
I'm
really
more
asking
about
frontline
workers.
The
definition
if
essential
workers
could
be
also
studied
or
be
part
of
this
health
registry.
D
I've
seen
the
as
counselor
asabi
george
discussed,
not
only
the
mental
health
impact,
but
the
actual
abuse
people
have
been
so
incredibly
rude
to
essential
workers
who
work
in
grocery
stores
coughing
on
them.
As
a
you
know,
anger
attack
being
angry
at
them
for
requiring
the
mask,
treating
them
with
such
disrespect,
and
I
do
believe
that
it
has
reverberating
effect
on
a
person
emotionally
and
mentally
and
having
to
deal
with
that,
plus
the
other
sense
of
pressure
that
they're
out
there
at
risk
just
to
make
in
many
cases
minimum
wage.
D
A
G
G
They
were,
they
were
on
the
front
lines
of
this
pandemic
and
they
helped
save
lives,
doing
difficult
jobs,
often
not
making
much
money
limited
health
care,
so
they
they
are
as
part
of
the
cit,
our
city
and
the
future
of
our
city.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
services
are
available
to
them
as
well.
So
I
will,
I
will
include
them
and
would
love
to
have
council
edwards.
You
know
when
we
do
call
for
a
hearing.
I
I
will
reach
out
to
council.
I
would
get
her
ideas
as
well.
G
So
thank
you,
council,
edwards.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
clarification,
counselor
flynn,
seeing
no
other
discussion,
councillor
flynn
and
councillor
flaherty.
This
hearing
order
will
be
assigned
to
the
committee
on
public
health.
Oh
wait!
Excuse
me.
I'm
sorry
sign
on.
Excuse
me,
my
deep
apologies
to
the
lead
and
co-sponsor
you've
heard
from
some
of
the
speakers,
their
intent
to
sign
on
and
by
a
show
of
hands,
we'll
get
everyone.
Thank
you
for
that.
A
A
H
Thank
you
again,
madam
president,
I'm
so
pleased
to
file
this
resolution
commending
the
incredible
evelyn
reyes.
She
has
served
on
the
boston
school
committee
as
the
lone
student
member,
while
being
a
student
at
the
o'bryant,
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
announce
that
evelyn
will
be
one
of
the
panelists
at
the
b
sac
town
hall
on
june
25th
at
4
pm.
She
has
a
lot
to
share
about
her
time
on
the
school
committee
and
what
it
means
to
be
a
student
voice.
H
There
evelyn
is
a
leader,
an
advocate,
an
activist
and
a
truly
kind
person
who
is
unafraid
to
voice
her
opinion
and
speak
out
for
a
more
just
school
system
and
city
she
has
officially
stepped
down.
After
serving
on
the
committee
for
two
years,
evelyn
will
be
attending
columbia
university
in
the
fall
evelyn.
I
know
you're
watching
at
home,
so
on
behalf
of
the
whole
city
council,
we
thank
you
for
your
service
and
commitment
to
our
city.
H
A
You
so
much
the
chair
recognizes
councilor
roya,
councillor
royal.
You
have
the
floor.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
councillor.
Sabi
george,
for
recognizing
miss
reyes.
Miss
freyas
had
the
honor
privilege
of
being
covered
by
the
schoolyard
news
just
two
days
ago,
and
I
think
it's
worth
reading
out
loud
her
comments,
because
I
think
it
goes
to
illustrate
just
the
kind
of
leadership
and
just
vision
that
we
have
from
folks
like
miss
reyes
and
also
bps,
and
so
she
was
asked
like
many
of
us,
how
she
felt
about
defunding,
the
police
and
her
answer
began
with
I'll
begin
by
saying
absolutely
100.
C
We
need
to
defund
the
police
and
that
money
needs
to
go
to
building
up
communities
in
terms
of
what
schools
can
do
with
the
money
we
can
finally
put
in
ethnic
studies.
We
can
make
classes
smaller
so
that
students
can
get
more
one-on-one
attention
from
their
teachers.
We
can
upgrade
our
facilities.
We
can
stop
using
textbooks
that
have
outdated
information.
C
We
could
put
in
a
climate
curriculum
that
the
boston
student
advisory
council,
of
which
reyes
is
a
member
designed
or
any
other
climate
curriculum,
because
we
don't
have
that
we
could
expand
class
opportunities
and
actually
make
the
city
our
classroom
and
send
people
out
to
learn
things.
We
could
get
rid
of
exam
schools
with
more
funding,
because
when
people
then
would
realize
and
recognize-
and
I'm
not
saying
that
right
now,
other
schools
aren't
as
good
option,
because
a
lot
of
schools
are
good
options.
C
But
people
recognize
the
exam
schools
as
better
options
because
they
have
more
money.
We
could
get
guidance,
counselors,
there's
a
whole
list.
Ms
reyes,
I
cannot
wait
to
see
what
you
do
next,
because
that
is
one
of
the
best
summaries
of
the
things
that
we
could
do
for
bps
that
I've
seen
or
heard
from
any
adult
from
any
person,
and
so
I
just
want
to
say,
if
you're
at
home,
watching
this
I'm
very
proud
of
you.
Your
parents
should
be
very
proud
of
you
and
please
keep
using
your
voice.
C
It's
powerful
it
matters
and
just
thank
you
so
much
for
an
excellent
summation
of
of
the
world
we
want
to
see
and
the
world
we
want
to
live
in
and
I
have
no
doubt
you'll
help
us
get
there.
So
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
arroyo.
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
resolution?
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could,
please
add,
council
arroyo
councillor
flynn,
councillor
flaherty
councillor
o'malley,
councillor,
edwards,
councilor,
bach,
councillor,
brayden,
councillor
campbell
councillor,
wu,
councillor
mejia.
Please
also
add
the
chair
councillor
usabi
george,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
0808,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Eight
zero
eight
has
been
adopted,
we'll
now
move
on
to
the
next
docket.
Madam
clerk.
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
put
this
forward
as
chair
of
the
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice,
but
just
one
of
course
acknowledged
that
all
of
my
electeds
of
color
on
this
body
have
stood
with
our
state
counterparts,
whether
in
a
press
conference
or
in
other
conversations
to
support
this
legislation.
So
all
of
your
names
are
on
here
as
co-sponsors.
O
So
I
just
wanted
to
flag
that
piece,
because
that
has
been
public.
That
has
also
been
in
many
meetings.
We've
had
as
electeds
of
color.
This
resolution
is
simple.
It
is
designed
to
are
not
designed.
It
is
to
support
current
legislation
by
representative
russell
holmes,
as
well
as
david
vieira,
for
their
extended
leadership
and
not
just
after
george
floyd,
but
for
years
they
have
been
pushing
for
a
system
that
says
we
not
should
hold
officers
accountable
for
wrongdoing.
O
We
should
have
a
system
in
place
that
says
you
are
de-certified
if
you
do
not
follow
the
rules
and
if
you
do
something
terribly
wrong,
and
so
right
now,
actually,
while
we
were
having
this
meeting
got
word
that
governor
baker
also
has
seen
the
value
in
this
legislation
and
has
supported
it
has
put
forth
legislation
to
say.
Not
only
should
we
create
a
certification
process
for
our
police
officers
that
must
be
renewed
every
three
years.
We
should
create
a
database
for
certified
officers.
O
Of
course,
we
should
do
dc
escalation
training
and
we
should
have
a
process
for
decertifying
police
who
use
choke,
holds
or
fail
to
intervene
if
they
witness
another
officer
violating
standards
so
kudos
to
the
governor
and
his
team
for
us
not
only
supporting
this
important
legislation,
but
also
for
pushing
to
have
this
sort
of
bit
done
in
a
timely
manner.
So
I
did
want
to
flag
that,
of
course,
other
state
electeds,
including
our
state
senators,
including
senator
shonia,
sonia
chang
diaz,
is
also
extremely
supportive
of
this.
O
This
is
an
opportunity
for
all
of
us,
as
a
body,
to
go
on
record
to
support
this
important
legislation
for
every
other
profession,
and
many
of
us
are
lawyers
on
this
body.
For
example,
we
go
through
a
process
where
we
have
to
get
certified
in
some
way
to
practice
our
profession,
and
if
we
do
something
terribly
wrong,
there
is
then
a
process
to
just
borrow
us,
for
example,
or
to
take
away
our
license.
O
We
do
not
see
this
in
the
context
of
policing
so
for
years,
folks,
who
have
been
following
these
police
brutality
cases
or
other
cases
where
officers
have
performed
reckless
or
just
egregious
towards
civilians
or
towards
other
officers.
There
have
yet
to
be
a
way
in
which
to
say
you
should
no
longer
be
a
police
officer.
O
This
system
would
establish
specific
criteria
to
allow
for
that
certification,
just
like
we
do
for
other
other
professions,
and
so
I
asked
everyone
to
consider
signing
on
to
this,
of
course,
invite
other
colleagues
to
speak
to
this
particular
piece
of
legislation.
But
it's
our
opportunity
just
in
a
formal
way,
to
add
our
voice
to
the
advocacy
of
our
state
colleagues
and
a
special
shout
out
to
representative
russell
holmes.
We
share
a
district.
He
lives
in
matapan
with
me.
He
has
been
working
on
this
for
a
long
time.
O
I
remember
when
I
joined
the
council
in
my
very
first
week,
not
even
here
first
week
as
chair
of
public
safety,
I
spoke
to
him
as
well
as
some
of
the
advocates
from
across
the
country
with
respect
to
post
those
conversations
didn't
really
go
anywhere
and,
of
course,
it's
sad
that
they're
moving
now
in
the
face
of
such
tragedy.
So
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
his
incredible
work
and
leadership
with
respect
to
this
piece
of
legislation
which
is
critical
to
the
reforming
police,
policing
system
conversation.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
I'm
gonna
first
allow
for
discussion
and
then
sign
on
councillor
o'malley.
You
have
the
floor.
E
Thank
you,
madam
president,
just
very
very
briefly
wanted
to
commend
the
maker.
My
dear
colleague
and
friend,
the
chair
of
the
council's
committee
on
public
safety,
ask
that
my
name
be
added
also
wanted
to
acknowledge
state
representative
russell
holmes
for
his
leadership
on
this.
We
share
a
tiny
pit
of
of
our
district
as
well
in
parts
of
jamaica
plain,
but
this
is
something
that's
important.
E
It's
exciting
to
see
the
momentum
at
the
state
level
for
this
and-
and
I
just
wanted
to
sort
of
uplift-
the
voices
you
know
where,
as
we
sort
of
think
about
policies
as
we
think
about
the
concrete,
important
actions
to
take
something
as
important
and
profound
as
this
having
standards
having
trainings.
I
think
that
this
this
will
actually
help
not
only
build
confidence
and
build
better
trust,
but
also
build
better,
better
police
departments
around
the
commonwealth.
E
This
is
something
that's
obviously
statewide
and
it's
important
to
look
at
this
approach.
Statewide,
you
know,
I
will
say:
I've
had
a
number
of
conversations
with
all
of
my
constituents
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
as
we
all
have
into
a
person.
Every
police
officer,
boston,
police
officer.
I've
spoken
with,
has
talked
about
the
need
for
something
like
this,
as
it
relates
to
training
and
standards.
So
I
think
that
this
is
a
very,
very
important
step.
E
A
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
o'malley,
the
chair,
recognizes
counselor
wu,
who
looks
like
she's
in
my
district.
Are
you
at
the
big
head
museum?
Yes,
yes,
excellent.
N
Wonderful
plea
forward
to
juneteenth
and
thinking
about
that,
so
I
just
want
to
thank
the
the
author
of
this
and
add
my
shout
outs
to
those
who
have
been
at
this
for
a
very
long
time,
say:
representative,
russell
holmes
for
making
sure
that
we
are.
We
have
known
about
this
issue
and
we're
basically
shovel
ready
with
it,
because
so
much
work
has
happened.
I
also
wanted
to
add
a
shout
out
to
community
activist
jamal
crawford.
N
This
has
been
his
issue
for
a
long
long
time
as
well,
and
making
sure
that
massachusetts
and
boston
is
having
that
conversation.
Just
to
note
that
there
are
only
six
states
in
the
country
that
do
not
have
this
type
of
licensing
and
decertification
mechanism
for
law
enforcement.
Massachusetts
is
one
minnesota
was
another.
So
it's
it's
something
that
we
are
behind
in
and
and
glad
to
stand
in
support
and
with
this
body,
I'm
eager
to
see
some
of
this
finally
move
again
after
much
advocacy
for
many
years.
A
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add,
counselor
royal
counselor,
o'malley
counselor
wu
councillor,
braden,
councillor
flynn,
councillor
sabi,
george
councillor
bach,
councilor,
edwards,
council,
mejia,
council
of
flaherty,
and
please
also
add
the
chair,
and
I
would
just
chime
in
my
deep
appreciation
for
our
colleagues
at
the
state,
particularly
our
representative
holmes,
for
his
tireless
advocacy
on
this
issue
for
a
number
of
years,
as
well
as
activists
like
jamal
crawford
who
live
in
district
7..
A
So
thank
you
for
that
and
it's
important
that
the
council
continue
to
work
in
partnership
with
our
state
colleagues,
and
this
is
another
good
example
of
how
we
can
support
some
good
work.
So
I
want
to
thank
you,
councillor,
campbell
as
chair
of
public
safety
and
criminal
justice
for
for
bringing
this
before
us.
Our
counselor
campbell
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption.
A
I
don't
see
councillor
baker.
Is
he
in
here
he'll
have
to
indicate
that
himself
campbell?
I'm
sorry.
I
think
you
just
heard
them.
Oh
okay,
there
you
are.
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
campbell,
madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
baker,
wonderful.
I
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I'd
just
like
to
also
thank
counselor
braden
for
her
partnership
on
this
issue.
It's
well
known
that
young
adults
all
the
data,
all
the
science
shows
that
young
adults
is
brains
in
the
way
in
which
they
comprehend
risk
and
different
issues
are
different,
they're
still
developing,
and
we
see
that
reflected
in
the
way
in
which,
if
anybody's
had
somebody
who
recently
came
of
age
and
can
have
a
car,
we
see
it
in
the
way
that
insurance
applies
their
rates.
C
They
apply
them
differently
based
on
age.
The
young
adult
brain
is
still
developing.
It
makes
them
highly
amenable
to
rehabilitation.
This
development
is
influenced
positively.
C
By
the
environment,
which
they're
in
the
recidivism
recidivism
rate
among
teens
and
young
adults
incarcerated
in
massachusetts,
as
adult
correctional
facilities
is
55,
the
data
would
also
further
show
that
when
youth
are
incarcerated,
they
actually
tend
to
it's
such
a
destabilizing
force
that
they
have
higher
and
longer
so
they
have
higher
recidivism
and
they
have
longer
connections
with
the
prison
system.
That's
compared
to
a
22
percent
rate
for
their
counterparts
in
the
department
of
youth
services.
C
Shifting
18
to
20
year
olds
into
the
juvenile
system,
where
they
would
must
attend
school
and
participate
in
rehabilitative
program
with
lower
recidivism
and
since
2013.
When
massachusetts
ended
the
practice
of
automatically
prosecuting
17
year
olds
as
adults,
juvenile
crime
has
declined
by
38,
with
faster
declines
in
violent
and
property
crime
rates
than
the
national
average.
It's
important
that
the
boston
city
council
have
this
conversation
regarding
the
changing
of
the
age,
because
action
is
pending
on
senate
bill,
825
and
house
bill
3420,
and
this
matter
will
directly
impact
the
city
of
boston.
Thank
you.
A
P
P
P
Advocates
have
been
working
around
the
country
to
raise
the
age
of
juvenile
detention
and
in
2013
massachusetts
raised
the
age
to
18,
and
we
saw
an
enormous
decrease
in
justice
involving
you
in
in
youth.
Our
juvenile
justice
system
has
the
capacity
to
take
on
18
and
19
and
20
year
olds.
Due
to
this
drop
mind
you
I'm
not
advocating
for
more
assisted,
more
more
system
involved.
Youth,
I'm
advocating
for
better
pathways
for
rehabilitation
department
of
youth
services
continues
to
prove
that
they
are
better
equipped
at
rehabilitation
than
the
adult
adult
system.
P
The
department
of
justice
counterparts,
doj
counterparts,
I'm
very
aware
that
this
is
a
statewide
issue,
but,
like
all
discussions
and
all
politics,
it
needs
to
start
at
the
local
level.
We
need
it
as
accounts.
We
need,
as
a
council,
to
bring
in
experts
young
people,
parents
and
system
leaders
to
discuss
how
viable
this
proposal
is
to
raise
the
age.
If
boston
is
going
to
be
a
leader
in
systemic
change,
proposing
changes
to
the
way
we
treat
our
young
people,
especially
our
young
people
of
color,
who
are
disproportionately
involved,
is
an
important
step.
P
This
is
a
complex
issue
that
merits
further
examination
as
it
impacts
policy
in
the
field
of
education,
law
enforcement
and
criminal
justice.
I
asked
for
my
colleagues
my
white
colleagues
in
particular
not
to
debate
the
merits
of
this
conversation,
but
to
allow
it
to
happen
so
that
we
can
get
a
better
understand.
We
can
be
better
educated
about
this
issue
and
to
move
move
change
in
a
positive
direction.
Thank
you.
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I'll
be
I'll
be
brief.
I
want
to
just,
of
course
thank
council
arroyo
and
council
braden
for
their
leadership
on
this
important
issue,
not
only
sort
of
as
counselors,
but
also,
of
course,
before
becoming
counselors.
I,
along
with
many
others,
many
others
stood
in
support
of
the
criminal
justice
reform
legislation
back
in
2017,
but
one
place
it
did
not
go
far
enough
is
to
reduce
the
age
and
council
royals,
summed
it
up.
O
Well,
there
are
numerous
reports
not
only
from
scientific
data,
but
on
the
public
safety
side
that
have
proven
that
when
our
juveniles
are
in
the
juvenile
system,
getting
the
resources
and
supports
they
need
based
on
their
brain
development,
based
on
what
they
respond
to
crime
goes
down.
Everyone
is
safer
and
those
young
people
in
particular
are
more
successful
in
life.
O
The
thing
that
I
think
doesn't
get
stressed
enough
that
we
understand
particularly
electeds
of
color,
is
that
there
are
stark
racial
disparities
with
respect
to
how
our
juveniles
are
treated
in
the
juvenile
system,
as
well
as
how
young
people
are
treated
in
an
adult
system.
O
As
a
former
education
attorney,
who
was
housed
in
the
youth
development
in
the
youth
advocacy
developments
office,
which
oversees
our
juveniles
and
are
the
lawyers
for
our
juveniles,
it
was
surprising
to
me
the
level
of
punishment
that
brown
and
black
juveniles
would
receive.
O
Even
though
data
supported
and
explicit
data
said
that
our
black
and
brown
young
people
are
doing
far
less
crime
than
their
white
counterparts,
but
are
being
punished
more,
and
so
there
has
to
be
a
robust
conversation
on
the
racial
disparities
here,
as
well,
looking
forward
to
the
hearing
looking
forward
to
lending
my
voice,
but
that
piece
is
critical,
because
folks
often
want
to
point
to
individual
responsibility.
You
do
something
wrong.
You
get
locked
up
if
that
were
true.
O
That
should
be
fair
across
the
board,
for
every
demographic
in
this
city
and
in
this
commonwealth,
and
that's
just
not
the
case,
I'm
so
looking
forward
to
this
hearing.
Thank
you
guys
again
for
your
leadership.
Of
course,
thank
you
to
the
advocates.
Who've
been
pushing
for
this
for
decades.
I
stand
in
partnership
with
them
as
well.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
M
Thank
you,
president
janey.
Please
also
add
my
name.
M
I
just
want
to
commend
the
makers
and
say
I
think
that
I
was
also
before
being
a
counselor
part
of
advocacy
through
the
greater
boston
interfaith
organization
and
as
councilor
campbell
alludes
to
this
was
one
of
the
pieces
that
we
pushed
for
unsuccessfully
in
that
criminal
justice
bill,
and
I
think
that
I
think
that
you
know
with
young
people,
especially
of
the
age
range
that
we're
talking
about,
there's
a
big
shift
in
how
people
think
about
the
people
in
that
age
range
in
their
life.
M
You
know
who
are
still
you
know
who
feel
like
folks,
who
are
still
spreading
their
wings
and
flying
and
figuring
things
out
and
making
mistakes
and
then
how
those
people
get
treated
when
you
think
about
them
as
folks
over
there
right,
and
I
think
that
I
think
there's
a
huge
racial
dynamic
to
the
way
that
our
that
our
state
thinks
about
young
people
of
color
in
this
age,
demographic-
and
I
think
it's
part
of
the
reason
it's
so
important
for
us
to
have
this
conversation
in
the
city,
because
even
though
this
decision
is
ultimately
going
to
get
made
at
the
state
level,
one
of
the
things
that
I
saw
as
an
advocate
when
we
were
having
that
conversation
as
a
state
level
was
that
too
many
of
the
folks
at
that
level
from
other
parts
of
our
state
are
not
thinking
about
it
like
the
18
year
old
who
lives
in
their
house
right
like
there
and-
and
I
think
we
as
the
city
for
us.
M
We
know
these
are
our
young
people
and
I
think
we
have
to
help
change
the
conversation
and
I'm
just
so
encouraged
today
by
so
many
of
the
the
issues
that
folks
have
brought
to
the
to
the
fore
in
resolutions
and
hearing
orders,
and
I
in
respect
to
the
president
haven't
spoken
on
them
all.
But
I
think
that
you
know
when
it
comes
to
things
like
use
of
force
when
it
comes
to
the
certification
we're
dealing
with
a
nest
of
issues
here
that
some
are
at
our
level.
M
The
city
level
and
some
are
at
the
state
level.
And
what
we
have
to
do
is
get
past
the
sort
of
passing
the
buck
and
instead
being
like
no,
we
all
have
to
work
together
because
we
can't
let
that
fracturing
of
the
system
at
different
government
levels
be
a
reason
that
nothing
moves.
M
A
G
A
G
Thank
you,
council
president
janie
council.
President
jenny,
please
add
my
name.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
counselor
braden
for
her
work
on
this
important
issue.
I
don't
know
much
about
it,
but
I'm
looking
forward
to
learning
more
about
the
issue
and
studying
it
and
learning
from
my
colleagues
and
others
as
well.
A
Okay,
for
is
that
a
speak
michelle
I'm
a
counselor
wu,
okay,
we're
gonna,
do
the
no
one
else
seen
no
other
discussion,
we
will
do
the
sign-ons
and
I
know
you've
captured
some
of
them,
madame
clerk,
but
a
show
of
hands,
and
I
will
call
out
these
counselors
counselor
o'malley
counselor
bach
councillor
edwards
councillor
wu
councillor,
sabi,
george
council
mejia,
council
of
flaherty.
A
Please
also
add
the
chair
really
important
issue,
really
grateful
to
councillor
arroyo
and
councillor
braden
for
bringing
this
forth.
This
is
a
a
daca
four
hearing
order,
so
it
will
be
assigned
to
a
committee
docket
zero.
Eight
one
zero
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice
and
we'll
now
move
on
to
docket
zero.
Eight
one
one.
I
C
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I'd
like
to
thank
councillor
campbell
for
her
partnership
in
this
work.
Well,
chemical
crowd,
control
agents
and
kinetic
impact.
Projectiles
are
thought
to
be
less
dangerous
to
their
targets
than
firearms.
In
fact,
all
of
them
entail
significant
risks
of
causing
serious
bodily
harm
and
chemicals
in
crowd.
C
The
use
of
these
types
of
chemicals
in
warfare
is
specifically
prohibited
by
the
geneva
protocol
of
1925,
but
is
not
currently
prohibited
for
use
by
law
enforcement
agencies
on
u.s
citizens.
Kinetic
impact
weapons
like
rubber
bullets,
bean
bag
rounds
and
plastic
bullets
are
specifically
designed
to
cause
trauma
and
encounter
incapacitate
individuals
and
can
cause
serious
injury
or
disability
if
they
hit
particularly
vulnerable
areas
of
the
body
such
as
the
head.
What
which
is
what
happened
here
in
boston
in
2004
when
victoria
snellgrove
rest
in
peace
was
tragically
killed
by
a
pepper
spray
bullet?
C
This
ordinance
would
require
that
the
supervisor
at
the
rank
of
deputy
superintendent
are
higher
to
issue
at
least
two
separate
warnings
over
a
loudspeaker
system,
at
least
two
minutes
apart
and
then
another
two
minutes
after
the
second
warning
has
been
issued
before
either
the
kinetic
impact,
projectiles
and
or
chemical
crowd,
control
agents
could
be
used.
Thank
you.
A
O
Sorry,
a
few
technical
difficulties.
First
of
all,
thank
you,
madam
president
of
the
court,
and
of
course
thank
you
to
council
royal
for
the
partnership
here
and
and
moving
quickly
on
this.
Obviously,
this
is
the
time
to
to
push
for
many
police
reforms
that
will
make
our
system
more
transparent,
accountable,
racially
just
and
diverse,
and
one
critical
piece
of
course,
is
demilitarizing.
O
Our
police
department
we've
all
heard
from
numerous
residents
with
respect
to
tear
gas,
use,
rubber
bullets
being
used
during
peaceful
demonstrations
and
them
being
injured
with
respect
by
these
tools
and
by
our
officers,
and
so
this
is
not
a
question
around
taking
away
tools
that
will
make
our
officers
less
safe.
We
know
that
there
are
other
tools
or
other
ways
that
we
can
get
at
protecting
our
officers,
and
so
the
ordinance
is
very
thoughtful
in
that
we're
putting
forth
restrictions
but
leaving
a
narrow,
narrow
space.
O
In
a
topic
of
discussion
for
those
officers
that
see
or
superintendent,
I
should
say,
or
higher
level
that
see
an
actual
act
of
violence
going
on.
That
is
threatening
the
safety
of
everybody
to
be
able
to
contemplate
using
this.
But
we
think
to
start,
we
should
not
start
with
using
these
tools
that
are
prohibited
not
only
by
international
law
but
also
in
the
context
of
warfare,
particularly
what's
been
coming
up
in
many
conversations
with,
residents
is
cobra
19
and
the
effect
that
covert
19
are
using.
O
Tear
gas
can
have
on
folks
being
more
susceptible
to
getting
covert
19,
which
is
of
course,
the
last
thing
we
want.
And
lastly,
I'll
just
say
that
this
is
an
opportunity
to
bring
everyone
to
the
table,
to
have
a
robust
conversation
about
this
ordinance
and
we
were.
We
were
attempting
to
be
as
creative
as
possible
in
crafting
it.
So
thank
you,
council
royal,
for
that.
I
won't
go
into
the
details.
O
He
just
did,
and
it
really
is
about,
of
course,
ensuring
our
officers
are
safe,
but
looking
at
other
ways,
we
can
do
policing
in
the
city
of
boston
to
ensure
that
our
residents
aren't
unnecessarily
being
injured.
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
hearing
looking
forward
to
working
with
all
of
my
colleagues
on
getting
this
passed.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
again.
Council
royal
for
the
partnership.
A
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
campbell,
seeing
no
discussion,
no
one
looking
to
discuss
great
show
of
hands
if
people
want
to
sign
on
to
this
ordinance.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor,
o'malley
counselor
bach
counselor,
asabi
george
councillor
braden,
councillor
wu,
councillor
mejia
and
please
also
add
the
chair.
A
I
C
Thank
you,
madam
president,
in
march,
when
I
called
for
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis,
an
aspect
of
that
was
systems
and
how
systems
operate
and
one
of
the
ways
in
which
systems
operate
and
create
racist
outcomes
is
by
limiting
who
is
part
of
the
conversation
who
is
at
the
table.
C
This
is
just
a
way
to
figure
out
a
comprehensive
list
of
all
the
city
of
boston
boards
and
commissions,
whose
members
are
appointed
by
the
mayor
and
it's
a
comprehensive
breakdown
of
all
current
board
and
commission
members
that
were
appointed
during
the
tenure
of
marty,
walsh
by
name
gender,
race
and
ethnicity,
so
that
we
can
get
a
better
idea
of
what
what
communities
are
represented
at
these
tables
and
what
work
we
can
do
to
better
increase
representation
and
also
probably
a
perspective
and
lens.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
so
counselor
royal
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
zero.
Eight
one,
two,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
any
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Eight
one
two
has
been
passed,
we'll
now
move
on
to
go
ahead.
Madam
clerk.
I
C
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
Data
is
available
for
the
settlements
from
2005
to
2015
when
the
boston
globe
did
an
analysis
and
found
that
we
had
spent
somewhere
around
36
million
dollars
in
these
settlements,
which
was
considered
incredibly
high
for
in
comparison
to
other
cities
from
2015
to
the
present.
M
C
Data
is
not
available,
and
so
we're
seeking
that
data
just
to
see
whether
or
not
there
was
a
course
correction,
whether
or
not
we've
seen
a
decrease
both
in
the
number
of
settlements
brought
forward
to
fruition
to
a
payment,
but
also
in
the
number
of
claims,
and
so
this
is
simply
a
way
to
ensure
that
we're
tracking,
whether
or
not
there's
been
improvement
on
that.
A
And
so
I
I
see,
counselor
edwards
has
a
hand
raise
we
don't
tend
to
for
17
f's.
We
tend
to
you
know
just
move
on.
Did
you
is
there
some
clarification?
You
need.
A
So
great,
thank
you
counselor
arroyo.
Could
you
please
clarify.
C
Yeah,
it's
the
total
number
in
dollar
amounts
of
boston
police
department,
lawsuit
settlements
from
2015
to
the
present,
in
a
breakdown
of
the
total
number
and
dollar
amounts
of
boston
police
department,
lawsuits
settlements
by
the
following
categories:
wrongful
convictions
and
police
misconduct.
It's
those
two
things.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
so
much
counselor
arroyo
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
up
docket,
zero,
eight
one,
three,
all
those
in
favor.
Please
say
I,
I
I
any
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes:
have
it
and
docket
zero.
Eight
one
three
has
been
passed
at
this
time.
There
is
one
more
docket
and
because
I
am
the
lead
on
this,
I
am
going
to
turn
the
chair
over
to
the
vice
chair
and
call
upon
counselor
o'malley
counselor
mal.
You
have
the
floor.
I
E
A
Thank
you
so
much
mr
chair.
Before
I
move
on,
I
would
like
to
ask
for
a
suspension
of
the
rules
to
please
add
counselors,
mejia
and
councillors,
campbell
as
original
co-sponsors
to
this
resolution.
E
Hearing
no
objections,
counselors,
mahia
and
campbell
are
hereby
added
as
original
co-sponsors
to
docket
number
zero.
Eight
one
four.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
So
let
me
begin
by
by
thanking
my
sisters
in
service
for
joining
me
on
this
resolution.
I'm
really
proud
to
offer
it
juneteenth
has
been
a
big
part
of
my
life
growing
up
a
big
celebration,
I'm
incredibly
sad
that
some
of
the
events
have
to
be
modified
and
changed,
particularly
the
roxbury
homecoming
in
franklin
park,
which
is
always
celebrated
in
june
the
weekend
of
juneteenth.
A
This
was
a
particularly
big
deal
for
my
family,
because
this
was
the
time
that
my
father
would
come
and
and
visit.
You
know
when
he
was
living
in
dc
visit.
You
know
coming
home,
the
roxbury,
homecoming
and
we'd
walk
the
park
together
and
we'd
see
all
of
his
old
friends
from
latin
school
and
northeastern
and
bu,
and
it
was
just
an
amazing
time
and
for
for
any
of
us
who
have
grown
up
in
the
the
experience
of
what
it
means
to
go
to
a
black
family
reunion
or
a
black
cookout.
It
is
this.
A
This
wonderful
big
celebration:
it's
like
having
a
million
family
reunions
happening
all
at
once
with
his
recognition
that
we
truly
are
one
family.
So
I'm
sad
about
those
events,
but
I
know
that
the
importance
of
the
day
and
the
spirit
of
community
and
protest
is
still
with
us
when
I
think
about
juneteenth
really
being
a
celebration
of
black
lives,
it's
also
a
celebration
and
more
important
of
black
liberation.
A
So
for
folks
who
don't
know
the
history,
you
know
when
folks
when
slavery
was
officially
ended,
there
were
some
folks
in
texas
who
did
not
get
the
word
until
june
19th,
and
so
that
is
why
we
celebrate
june
19th
as
being
kind
of
a
an
independence
day,
if
you
will
in
the
black
community
and
so
in
boston.
A
We
are
very
fortunate
that
we
have
a
very
activist
community
and
many
community
leaders
who
put
on
amazing
events-
and
I
I
just
want
to
highlight-
because
here
we
are
at
this
critical
time
in
our
nation's
history.
A
All
of
this
is
critically
important,
and
we
know
that
there
are
lots
of
states
that
recognize
juneteen
differently
and
we're
calling
for
official
recognition
here
in
in
boston
with
this
resolution,
and
so
I
I
ask
all
of
my
colleagues
to
not
join
just
in
signing
on
to
this
resolution.
A
You
know
lifting
up
and
celebrating
the
liberation
of
black
people,
but
really
signing
on
to
the
work
that
is
tied
to
it,
so
that
we
can
all
truly
be
free.
So
I'm
asking
folks
to
sign
on,
and
I
will
end
my
comments
there
so
that
we
can
hear
from
my
sisters
in
service.
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
chair.
E
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
the
chair
now
calls
on
the
at
large
council
from
dorchester
council
mejia.
You
have
the
floor.
L
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president.
Thank
you,
councilman
campbell
and
thank
you
council,
president
jamie
for
having
me
as
a
co-sponsor.
The
title
of
this
resolution
says
that
we
recognize
june
19th
as
juneteenth,
and
I
think
recognized
quote
unquote
is
the
key
word
there.
This
isn't
just
a
celebration,
especially
in
times
like
this.
This
is
a
time.
This
is
a
time
to
be
reminded
of
how
far
we
have
come,
but
also
how
much
work
we
have
to
do
to
become
truly
free.
L
Are
we
free
when
the
average
net
worth
of
a
black
family
in
boston
is
only
eight
dollars?
Are
we
free
when
there
is
a
30-year
gap
in
life
expectancy
based
on
the
zip
code
that
you
live
in?
Are
we
free
when
black
and
brown
people
more
than
ever
twice
are
twice
as
likely
to
be
shot
and
killed
by
the
police
more
than
their
white
counterparts?
L
Juneteenth
is
a
time
to
celebrate,
but
it's
also
a
call
to
action.
We
are
closer
than
ever
to
achieving
big
changes
to
our
system
and
holding
the
people
in
power
accountable
to
that
of
what
they
deserve.
We
need
to
all
work
together
in
order
to
make
sure
we
dismantle
the
racism
in
every
system
of
government
from
deep
colonizing
our
education
system
to
ending
the
over
policing
of
public
health
and
safety.
L
Thank
you
to
counselor
president
jamie
counselor
campbell
and
thank
you
to
all
the
people
out
there,
making
your
voices
heard
and
fighting
for
change,
and
I
am
just
incredibly
grateful
to
you
kim
for
your
ongoing
representation
of
district
7
and
no
matter.
You
can't
even
step
a
toe
into
roxbury
without
being
told
that
you
are
in
your
district.
The
way
you
wear
black
pride
and
how
hard
you
fight
for
our
people
is
deeply.
L
Alongside
you
on
this
resolution,
thank
you.
E
O
Thank
you
alexander.
So,
first
of
all,
thank
you,
madam
president,
for
your
leadership,
of
course,
putting
forth
the
resolution
and
acknowledging
this
important
and
critical
point
in
our
history.
Thank
you,
of
course,
council
mejia,
as
well
for
the
partnership
here.
O
I
know
this
is
a
resolution
that
is
simply
acknowledging
the
importance
of
friday's
date
and
what
it
means
to
us
as
a
woman
of
color,
what
it
means
to
residents
of
color,
but
also
what
it
means
to
many
others
in
the
in
the
country
and
so,
of
course,
pushing
all
colleagues
to
sign
on.
But
you
know
we
have
talked
about,
and
we
will
bring
this
topic
back
to
the
council
to
say
it
shouldn't
just
be
a
resolution.
It
should
be
an
official
holiday
in
the
city
of
boston.
O
We
are
at
a
moment
in
this
country,
where
we're
at
a
reckoning
right.
We
are
literally
talking
about
the
persistent
and
consistent
injustices
that
communities
of
color,
especially
black
residents,
have
faced
and
as
our
and
as
in
are
a
direct
result
in
the
end
product
and
the
outcomes
of
a
society
that
started
with
slavery
and
this.
O
This
idea
that
black
people
in
particular
are
inferior
and
less
human,
and
so
we
are
seeing
that
foundation
and
the
byproducts
of
all
that
show
up
in
every
system
in
this
city
and
in
this
country,
policing,
criminal
justice,
health
disparities,
all
the
things
where
educational
disparities,
all
the
things
we're
talking
about,
and
I
know
currently
there
are
folks
in
the
community
who
are
starting
to
look
at.
O
Why
not
make
this
an
official
holiday
in
the
city
of
boston,
not
just
a
day
where
we
can
come
and
talk
about
the
importance,
but
also
a
day
for
other
folks,
namely
folks
who
don't
understand
june
18th
what
it
means,
but
also
to
use
it
as
an
opportunity
to
continue
to
educate
folks
about
our
ugly
history
and
our
ugly
past.
But,
more
importantly,
to
also
talk
about.
O
How
do
we
put
forth
solutions
to
dismantling
systems
that
continue
to
marginalize
and
oppress
residents
of
color,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
that
subsequent
conversation
to
really
highlight
the
importance
of
making
this
an
official
citywide
holiday
if
we
can
do
it
for
patriots
day
and
other
historical
moments
that
other
people
deem
important.
O
This
one,
I
think,
is
very
reasonable
to
consider
for
residents
of
color
in
particular
and
I'll
just
add,
on
the
roxbury
homecoming
piece
I
got
goosebumps
frankly,
madam
president,
as
you
were
talking,
I
remember
going
to
the
very
first
one,
and
at
that
time
my
father
was
still
alive
and
everyone
you
know
knows
he
was
born
in
boston
in
roxbury.
O
But
I
remember
going
back
on
that
day
with
him
and
other
family
members,
many
folks
hadn't
seen
each
other
in
years,
many
folks
actually
thought
he
had
died
or
that
he
was
still
incarcerated,
and
so
it
was
a
beautiful
moment
in
that
space
to
celebrate
everyone's
story,
to
do
so
without
judgment
to
stand
together
in
solidarity
and
in
love
and
to
talk
about
what
do
we
do
for
the
next
generation
and
the
generations
to
come
so
that
they
don't
have
similar
experiences
as
our
parents
and
our
grandparents
had
growing
up
in
the
city
of
boston
and
particularly
in
roxbury
and
folks,
often
comment,
it
was
really
hard
being
a
black
man
or
a
black
woman,
growing
up
in
roxbury
back
in
the
30s,
40s
and
50s,
and
so
we
have
an
opportunity
to
shift
that
proud
to
serve
on
this
body.
O
Of
course,
the
most
diverse
body
I
mean
under
your
leadership,
but
roxbury
homecoming
is
one
event.
How
do
we
celebrate
this
whole
this
event,
in
a
way
that
is
citywide
and
recognized
by
all
of
us
and
gives
us
all
the
opportunity
to
really
take
a
moment
to
reflect
on
what
this
critical
date
means
and
then
to
do
something
about
it
in
terms
of
dismantling
systems
that
continue
to
oppress?
O
E
Thank
you,
councillor
campbell.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
at-large
concert
from
south
boston,
councilor
flaherty.
You
have
the
floor.
K
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Please
add
my
name
as
the
lead
sponsor
indicated
I've.
It's
been
it's
a
great
event.
Obviously
you
get
to
see
the
families,
the
generation
of
families
and
I've
never
missed
one
obviously
weather
permitting
so
sad.
That
sort
of
the
show
won't
go
on
this
year,
but
juneteenth
is
a
great
event
to
recognize.
K
K
E
C
You
and
I'll
keep
my
comments
short.
Please
add
my
name.
Thank
you
to
the
makers.
I
think
it's
also
important
to
note
that
june
19
1865
is
when
we're
talking
about,
even
though
the
emancipation
proclamation
was
in
1863,
and
so
the
reality
is
that
these
these
issues
and
delays
and
receiving
the
promise
of
america
continue
to
this
day.
C
I'm
an
advocate
for
making
this
both
a
federal
holiday,
a
local
holiday
state
holiday,
every
kind
of
holiday,
and
in
that
spirit
of
leading
by
example,
I've
given
my
staff,
the
option
of
taking
that
day
off,
and
so
you
know
as
we
move
forward.
I
I
just
think
that
the
advocacy
for
this
day,
as
a
day
of
reflection
of
where
we've
been
how
we
got
here
and
the
work
we
still
have
to
do
is
incredibly
important,
and
so
thank
you
again
to
the
makers.
C
Thank
you
to
my
my
brothers
and
sisters
in
service
who,
every
day,
work
to
to
make
differences
in
folks
lives,
specifically
black
folks
lives
in
the
ways
in
which
our
systems
hold
that
back,
and
so
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
that.
E
D
Confirming
you
can
hear
me:
okay,
I
just
want
to
echo
first
my
thanks
to
the
makers
and
their
leadership,
but
also
to
really
amplify
that
this
is
not
only
a
celebration
on
black
history.
This
is
not
only
a
time
to
remember
how
black
americans
got
their
freedom.
D
This
is
a
national
day
of
recognition
that
we
ended
actually
slavery
in
the
united
states
after
a
gruesome
civil
war.
This
is
a
national
celebration.
We
need
to
embrace
it
as
such.
We
were
not
truly
free
until
june
19th
of
1865,
and
that,
for
me,
is
the
national
push
for
why
it
should
be
a
national
holiday.
We
had
war,
we
introduced
three
civil
rights
amendments
into
our
constitution.
D
I
recognize
it
is
the
to
me
it's
the
beginning
of
the
birth
of
the
nation,
for
many
white
immigrants
who
came
after
1865
and
the
civil
rights
amendments
and
humanitarian
history.
The
13th
was
to
angus
labor.
The
14th
gave
birth
right
citizenship
that
was
necessary
because
horrible
decisions
from
the
supreme
court.
That
basically
said
black
people
were
not
citizens
of
the
united
states,
so
they
were
basically
saying
if
you're
born
here
you
become
a
citizen.
How
many
generations
of
all
colors
of
immigrants
became
americans
because
they
were
born
on
this?
D
It
was
a
result
of
that
civil
rights
amendment
in
the
1860s,
specifically
dealing
with
black
slavery
and
the
liberation
of
black
americans.
Here
it
is
all
connected.
It
is
a
national
moment
to
celebrate
that
we
have
we
moved
forward
at
one
point:
do
we
absolutely
do
we
still
need
to
deal
with
the
messages
of
slavery?
Absolutely,
but
I
I
want
to
take
this
conversation
beyond
this
moment
for
black
liberation
and
celebration
dude.
D
E
H
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
First,
please
add
my
name
and
I
had
a
lot
to
say,
but
so
much
has
been
said.
I
I
wish
that
there
was
a
procedure
to
take
and
approve
this
resolution
today
and
also
have
it
be
a
hearing
order
so
that
we
could
move
towards
officially
recognizing
jute
day
as
a
city
holiday.
H
I
think
that's
something
that
we
can
do,
I'm
not
sure
of
the
procedural
requirements
to
make
that
happen,
but
please
add
my
name
count
this,
certainly
as
a
vigorous
support,
but
also
vigorous
support
for
a
city
holiday.
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president.
E
Thank
you
counselor,
madam
clerk.
Please
add
counselor
sybi
george.
As
a
co-sponsor.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
council
from
south
boston,
councilor
flynn.
You
have
the
floor.
G
G
I
I
highlight
the
oftentimes,
the
veterans,
african-american
veterans,
that
served
in
the
american
revolution
or
the
civil
war,
how
they
fought
for
our
country,
how
they
died
for
our
country,
and
they
came
back
back
to
the
united
states
and
continued
not
to
enjoy
the
same
civil
rights
as
other
people.
G
I
also
had
a
friend
many
of
you
know.
Him
was
willis
saunders.
A
member
of
the
tuskegee
yemen
was
also
a
boston
police
superintendent.
This
black
aviation
group
during
world
war
ii,
same
thing
fought
for
our
country
in
world
war
ii
and
came
back
again.
Didn't
didn't,
enjoy
the
same
rights
as
other
people,
so
I
always
highlight
the
sacrifices
and
contributions
of
a
lot
of
people
that
really
fought
for
our
country
and
then
came
back
and
didn't
enjoy
the
same
rights
as
other
people.
G
E
N
I
want
to
thank
the
sponsor
and
and
this
entire
council
for
making
sure
that
we
are
affirming
the
need
to
be
loud,
be
loving
and
to
continue
celebrating
homecoming
for
our
african-american
community
and
for
so
many
families
in
boston
who
look
forward
to
this
as
a
statement
of
our
city's
role
in
history,
as
well
as
the
the
marking,
the
continued
need
to
lift
up
our
history
and
the
lessons
that
we
we
need
to
still
learn
from
it
to
to
truly
reach
liberation
for
all.
Thank
you
so
much.
E
M
Thank
you,
councilor
o'malley
I'll,
be
brief.
I
just
please
add
my
name
as
a
as
a
historian.
M
I
think
the
history
that's
been
shared
by
my
colleagues
is
so
important
and
it's
not
history
that
enough
of
our
students
from
all
backgrounds
know,
and
I
think,
a
lot
about
how
how
we
can
push
in
this
historical
city,
where
we
tell
the
story
of
the
american
revolution
a
lot
to
the
many
things
that
have
come
after
to
make
those
promises
of
freedom,
real
and
real
for
all
americans,
and
I
think
you
know
as
we
move
towards,
we
celebrated
the
250th
anniversary
of
the
boston
massacre
this
year.
M
A
few
months
ago,
when
we
know
christmas
addicts,
one
of
the
folks
who
was
killed
in
that
was
an
african-american,
and
I
think
that
you
know
we're
going
to
be
going
into
a
lot
of
250
moments
around
that
revolutionary
history,
and
I
I
was
so
moved
to
see
our
black
and
brown
colleagues
announced
their
legislative
plan
last
week
coming
from
the
african-american
history,
museum
and
the
and
that
abolition
trail,
and
so
I
really
I
really
want
to
support
this
today.
M
I
want
to
support
us,
making
it
a
permanent
holiday
in
boston
and
nationally
and,
as
counselor
royal
said
at
every
level,
but
also
thinking
about
how
we
use
that
moment
to
tell
this
history
because,
as
we
think
about
sharing
our
city
more
equitably
in
the
present
moment,
a
piece
of
that
is
is
sharing
our
collective
shifting.
The
way
that
our
whole
collective
imagination
works
about
our
history
and
where
we've
come
from
and
the
story
of
emancipation
is
so
totally
central
to
that
and
continues.
So.
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president.
E
Thank
you,
counselor.
Madame
clark,
please
add
counselor
bach
as
a
co-sponsor,
madam
clerk,
please
also
add
counselor,
frank
baker.
As
a
co-sponsor
and
madam
clerk,
please
add
the
chair
as
a
co-sponsor.
I
would
associate
myself
with
everything
said.
This
is
an
important
important
act,
we're
taking
today
and
certainly
would
echo
my
full
support
to
a
full
holiday
city
holiday
and
get
a
great.
It
should
be
a
federal
holiday.
So
look
forward
to
the
makers
continuing
that
work
and
supporting
them
in
those
efforts.
E
Unless
the
makers
had
any
concluding
remarks
on
docket0814.
Oh,
I
do
apologize,
I'm
so
sorry,
counselor
brayden.
Would
you
like
to
add
your
name
or
speak.
E
Thank
you.
Apologies,
madam
clark.
Please
add
the
district
counselor
from
austin
brighton
council,
brave,
sponsor
apologies
for
that
any
other
counselors
wishing
to
speak
hearing
and
seeing
none
council
president
janie
councillor
mejia
councillor
campbell
on
behalf
of
all
councillors,
move
for
the
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
0814.
E
A
Thank
you
so
much.
I
will
come
back
to
the
dais
and
we
before
we
move
on
on
our
agenda
to
the
late
files.
I
want
to
come
back
to
docket0801
for
reconsideration.
I
Thank
you,
docket
zero,
eight
zero
one
message
and
audit
are
authorized
in
the
city
of
austin
to
accept
use
of
various
goods
and
personal
property
donated
by
various
businesses
and
individuals
for
the
use
of
the
city
to
respond
to
the
impacts
of
corona
virus
covered
19
public
health
emergency
goods
accepted
pursuant
to
this
order
may
easily
be
utilized
by
the
city
to
support
its
ability
to
operate
safely
or
distributed
to
residents
and
organizations
within
the
community
to
support
them
as
they
face
the
consequences
of
this
public
health.
Emergency
consistent
with
the
intent
of
the
donors.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
reading
that
into
the
to
the
record
again
earlier.
In
our
meeting
there
was
an
ask
for
reconsideration
hearing
that
brief
discussion
in
our
meeting
and
hearing
from
the
chair
of
public
health
and
the
chair
of
ways
and
means
docket
0801
is
now
assigned
to
the
committee
on
public
health.
A
A
These
are
personnel
orders
and
the
absence
of
eject
objection.
They
will
be
added
to
our
agenda.
Seeing
and
hearing
no
objections.
These
late
file
matters
have
been
added
to
our
agenda.
A
Okay,
great
these,
both
late
file
matters
are
personnel,
orders
of,
as
I
said
before,
and
they
are
offered
by
councillor
braden,
madame
clerk,
if
you
could,
please
read
the
first
late
file
matter,
certainly.
A
A
A
A
A
Madam
clerk,
so
so
is
there
someone
who
likes
to
I
see
I'm
going
to
see
what
we
have
here.
The
chair
recognizes
counselor,
who
counsel
would
you
like
to
pull
matters
from
the
green
sheets.
A
Yep
and
so
we're
going
to
need
you
to
read
that
officially,
madam
clerk,
to
get
it
before
this
is
docket
zero,
seven,
five,
nine
and
it
can
be
found
in
the
green
sheets
on
page
11
of
21.
I
believe,
okay
and
our
counselors
should
be
receiving
an
email
so
that
they
have
the
full
matter
before
them.
But,
madam
clerk,
I'm
going
to
turn
to
you
to
make
sure
it's
profitable
before
the
body
by.
I
A
I
Okay
resolution
urging
the
mbta
to
protect
free
movement
and
peaceful
assembly
with
reliable
public
transit
services
during
public
demonstrations.
It
was
filed
on
dunes
june
10th
2020.
A
Thank
you
and
before
we
call
upon
you,
counselor
boo,
to
speak,
madam
clerk,
I'm
going
to
ask
you
just
to
pull
the
committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation.
I'm
sorry,
madam
clerk.
Okay,
I
I
was
just.
I
Sorry
not
to
worry,
not
to
worry
here
we
are
so
on
the
committee
planning.
Oh
my
gosh.
Here
it
is
counselor
wu.
I
B
I
Hear
me:
yes,
I
can.
Madam
president,
the
committee
on
planning,
development
and
transportation
has
been
pulled
and
is
available
to
be
placed
for
the
body.
Wonderful.
A
Now
that
this
item
is
properly
before
the
body,
I
will
call
upon
the
lead
sponsor
counselor,
who
accounts
and
the
chair
of
the
committee
council
will.
N
Thank
you,
madam
president.
So
first
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
substitute,
amended
language,
which
is,
I
believe,
in
everybody's
inboxes,
thanks
to
christine
o'donnell.
At
this
point,.
A
Okay,
so
everyone
just
we're
going
to
take
a
quick
pause.
Everyone's
getting
get
get
this
email
with
the
amended
language
so
that
we
can
have
that
before
the
the
floor,
and
so
I'm
gonna
just
check
in
for
with
the
colleagues
hearing
and
seeing
no
objections.
We're
gonna
have
this
amended
language
before
the
body
you
have
it
before
you.
N
Thank
you
and
I'll
just
explain
quickly
the
the
updated
version
so
first,
of
course
it
includes
the
third
co-sponsor's
name,
which
was
you
know,
given
rule
12,
etc.
So
counselor
kenzie
bach
is
on
there,
along
with
counselor,
mejia
myself
and
then
after
further
thoughtful
conversations
with
colleagues.
I
want
to
thank
councillor
flaherty
for
just
really
digging
in
and
leaning
in
on
the
what
was
at
the
crux
of
last
week's
conversation
and
where
I
think
we
all
wanted
to
be
on
the
same
page.
N
But
there
was
some
just
not
enough
time
on
the
floor
to
have
the
full
discussion
about
where
the
disagreement
was.
We
are
keeping
the
third
the
last,
be
it
further
resolved
clause
about
delegating
command
of
transit
employees
and
and
requesting
that
the
mbta
not
delegate
command
to
law
enforcement,
but
making
a
note
that
we
are
not
intending
for
that
to
hamper
response
to
emergency
situations
or
mass
casualty
events.
So
just
keeping
the
claws
in,
but
adding
that
little
note,
as
suggested
by
my
friend
and
colleague,
counselor
michael
flaherty.
N
A
Wonderful,
I
the
are
the
co-sponsors.
Do
you
guys
want
to
offer
a
brief
remark
about
the
amendment
and
I
apologize?
I
don't.
I
believe
it
was
counselor
bach.
I
remember
you
spoke
to
this,
but
I
think
it
was
a
third
and
I
don't
remember
who
it
was.
A
Okay.
The
chair
recognizes
the
co-sponsors.
If
you'd
like
to
speak
just
indicate
by
letting
me
know,
I
I
couldn't
hear
you,
okay,
wonderful.
I
was
just
giving
the
co-sponsors
a
chance
to
to
add
anything.
So
what
we're
gonna
do
is
we're
going
to
vote
on
the
amendment
and
then
we
will
vote
on
the
full,
amended
resolution.
Okay,
just
so
folks
that
are
clear.
L
A
Okay,
great,
so
there
is
an
amendment
before
the
body
I'm
going
to
ask
if
people
are
in
favor
of
this
by
indicating
by
saying
I.
E
G
G
Madam
president,
I
had
a
a
comment
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
wu
for
making
making
those
making
that
change.
He
also
mentioned
that
in
the
resolution
that
the
mbta,
I
believe,
already
agreed
upon
an
issue
if
she
could
clarify
it
about
transporting
public
safety
officials
to
and
from
a
certain
area.
G
I
know
that
is
now
not
part
of
the
resolution.
I
just
wanted
to
ask
council
wolf.
That's
if
that's
accurate.
N
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
councilor
flynn.
Yes,
as
as
you
noted
the
in
some
ways,
I
mean
just
to
emphasize
this
whole
thing
is
a
resolution,
so
we
are
sending
up
the
will
of
the
council,
the
last,
whereas
that
touches
on
the
use
of
public
transit
facilities
and
resources
for
law
enforcement
is
effectively
moot,
as
it
comes
to
the
current
moment
that
we
are
in
because
the
fiscal
and
management
control
board
did
take
a
vote
to
take
the
exact
stance
that
this
resolution
takes,
and
the
mbta
has
confirmed
that
they
will
honor
that.
N
So
I
see
you
know
and
again
would
defer
to
co-sponsors
to
weigh
in
as
well,
but
I
see
this
more
as
the
will
of
the
council
as
it
comes
to
all
future
public
demonstrations
and
events
as
well.
Thank
you.
G
Okay
yeah.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
counselor.
Well,
thank
you,
council.
President
janie.
I
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
that
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
make
sure
that
anyone
that
is
demonstrating
is
treated
is
treated
fairly
but
in
and
is
safe,
but
I
also
want
to
make
sure
that
our
public
safety
personnel
are
also
safe
as
well.
So
I
think
this
that
addresses
it,
but
that's
something
I
just
wanted
to
highlight,
but
thank
you.
A
L
A
No,
that's!
Okay.
There
are
a
lot
of
folks
unmuted,
so
I'm
just
trying
to
go
through
and
mute
right.
This
is
a
roll
call
vote
people.
So
if
you're
on
mute
when
your
name's
coming
up
in
alphabetical
order,
so
you
know
when
you're
next,
please
get
ready
to
unmute
we're
just
trying
to
manage
the
background
noise
here.
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
clark,
could
you
please
call
the
roll.
B
G
G
I
D
I
Counselor
edwards,
yes,
councillor
o'malley,.
C
I
A
Wonderful,
thank
you.
So
this
resolution
has
passed
in
its
amended
form.
We
will
now
move
on
to
announcements
show
of
hands.
For
those
I
know
councilor
sabi
george
would
like
to
make
an
announcement.
Counselor
sabi
george.
You
have
the
floor,
show
of
blue
hands
for
other
counselors
looking
to
make
announcements
please.
Thank
you.
Councilors
thank.
H
You,
madam
president,
and
today,
when
we
close
we'll
be
closing
also
in
memory
of
aubry
estes.
Aubry
many
of
us
know,
if
not
all
of
us
know.
As
a
staunch
advocate
for
those
experiencing
homelessness
and
dealing
with
substance
use
disorders,
I
got
to
know
her
over
the
last
four
and
a
half
years
or
so
through
my
work
on
the
former
committee
on
homelessness,
mental
health
and
recovery
and
her
advocacy
was
tireless
and
she
was
exhausting
in
the
amount
of
work
that
she
put
into
her
efforts.
H
I
want
to
read
a
few
excerpts
from
her
obituary
that
was
posted
in
the
boston
globe,
just
because
I
think
it
says
it
well.
Miss
estes
esther
has
encouraged
those
outside
her
work
to
look
at
drug
users
with
more
empathy
and
less
judgment
and
to
treat
them
with
common
sense
rather
than
senseless
punishment.
H
I
want
to
say
that
she
dealt
with
her
own
recovery
issues
and
was
quoted
as
surviving
and
through
recovery
began,
assisting
others
as
a
peer-to-peer
harm,
reductionist,
keeping
with
herself
all
times
narcan
a
medication
designed
to
reverse
opioid
overdoses,
while
they
were
recur
while
they
were
occurring.
She
was
a
member
of
the
harm
reduction
commission
at
the
state
level,
which
was
formed
to
advise
the
state
legislature.
H
She
was
also
a
founder
of
safe
injection
massachusetts
now
or
sigma
now,
an
organization
which
advocates
for
supervised
injection
sites
and
facilities
here
in
massachusetts,
when
a
number
of
us
traveled
over
the
years
to
visit
us
and
some
different
localities
that
were
using
or
looking
to
utilize,
safe
injection
sites.
Aubrey
was
someone
that
I
connected
with
to
understand
who
the
the
players
were
in
those
other
places
who
we
should
be
connected
with,
because
she
was
ever
immersed
in
this
work.
H
So,
although
we
didn't
always
agree
on
the
work
at
hand,
aubry
brought
before
the
council,
in
particular
her
experience
very
clearly
and
very
concisely
and
very
forwardly,
and
certainly
informed
me
on
the
work
that
remained
and
still
today
in
many
ways
remains.
Undone,
especially
for
those
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
and
dealing
with
substance
use
disorders.
I
look
forward
to
closing
this
meeting
today
when
we
do
in
her
memory.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
A
L
D
Okay
couple
things
one:
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
captain
fong,
who
is
an
amazing
work,
peace
officer
for
33
years,
is
retiring
this
friday
and
he
will
be
deeply
missed.
Not
just
my
district,
I
rep.
He
is
the
captain
for
a1,
and
that
is
downtown.
That
is
includes
the
charlestown
and
the
north
end,
and
he
has
has
come
to
all.
The
community
meetings
has
been
readily
available
has
been
a
true
guiding
light
officer's
officer.
D
He
has
been
my
rock
in
many
cases
when
I
need
to
turn
to
a
captain
and
to
get
some
just
real
honest
opinion
like
what
the
heck
just
happened
in
the
district
and
he's
always
picked
up
his
cell
phone.
There
have
been
times
where
I
literally
asked.
What
can
I
say
about
this
when
the
woman
was
captured,
for
example,
or
kidnapped
or
taken
off
to
charlestown?
I
I
turned
to
captain
fong.
I
turned
to
him
before
I
turned
anybody
else.
D
What
is
going
on
and
what
am
I
supposed
to
say,
and
he
has
always
been
there
like
a
lighthouse
honestly
in
situations
and
mind
you
a1
gets
it
all
all
the
parades
all
the
time.
All
the
things
happen
in
a1,
and
so
he
has
he's
been
there.
I
don't
know,
and-
and
I
told
him
I
disagree
and
I
was
going
to
file
a
resolution
to
stop
him,
but
I
I
legally
can't
do
that
so
he's
going
to
retire
and
I
just
need
to
acknowledge
that
we're
going
to
lose
him.
D
Another
note
I
just
want
to
congratulate
the
graduate
students
of
harvard
the
student
union
has
entered
into
a
contract
with
harvard
I've
been
supporting
them
since
2015
in
organizing
our
councilor
baker
actually
helped
to
organize
the
historic
and
largest
hearing
order
on
graduate
student
unions,
and
so
I
have
to
thank
him.
That
was,
and
he
basically
put
it
to
them
and
noted
the
hypocrisy
by
some
of
these
institutions
who
talk
about
social
justice
and
genuine
workers.
D
A
decent
wage
bunker
hill
day
is
today
it's
the
245th
anniversary,
and
I
had
the
pleasure
of
speaking
very
briefly
and
laying
down
the
reef
on
bunker
hill
at
the
monument
which
is
a
massive
graveyard
of
men
and
women,
patriots
of
all
colors,
who
are
fighting
not
just
for
systemic
change
but
outright
revolution
and
the
birth
of
a
new
nation
that
they
never
got
to
see.
D
So
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
today,
two
days
before
dune,
we're
also
commemorating
that
massive
battle
and
what
it
means
to
toss
down
to
this
day
and
for
for
the
for
the
city
of
boston.
Finally,
I
need
to
conclude
and
take
the
time
to
acknowledge
the
loss
of
a
of
an
incredible
man
on
tuesday,
the
city
of
boston,
the
state
of
massachusetts
in
the
united
states
lost
gerard
dougherty,
gerard
dougherty.
D
I
know
madam
clerk,
it
was.
It
was
a
surprise
to
a
lot
of
us.
He
went
peacefully
in
his
sleep.
He
is
a
giant
to
the
folks
in
charlestown.
He
was
a
friend
to
many
of
us.
He
was
a
gatekeeper
of
history
advocate
for
the
town.
He
served
the
massachusetts
house
of
representatives
from
1957
to
1965
and
was
chairman
of
the
mass
attempt
massachusetts
democratic
party.
He
wrote
a
book
called.
D
D
He
went
on
to
still
be
a
great
advisor
to
ted
and
he
even
helped
run
the
state
of
massachusetts
or
excuse
me
of
new
york
for
jimmy
carter.
This
man
quietly
is
so
unassuming.
If
you
ever
met
him
into
his
90s
was
working
and
going
to
work
until
last
week.
He
was
I
just
it's
it's
it's
that
kind
of
person
when
they
when
they
go.
It's
just
I
don't
know,
I
don't
know
what
to
say.
I'm
choked
up.
He
was
a
man.
D
He
was
a
huge
benefactor
supporter
of
malden,
krakow
and
and
quietly
paid
for
the
scholarships
of
many
many
men
and
women
in
charlestown,
and
it's
it.
He
did
it
did
it
so
much.
It
was
understood
that
he
would,
if
you
ask,
you,
would
be
able
to
get
the
resources
you
needed
to
make
your
life
survived
by
his
wife,
the
honorable,
regina
quinlan,
a
judge,
a
retired
judge
that
I
actually
got
to
clerk
for
when
I
was
a
baby
attorney.
D
A
L
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
my
colleagues
who
joined
us
last
week
for
the
fireworks
town
hall.
It
was
well
attended
and
what
I'm
hearing
and
still
I'm
experiencing
here
throughout
the
city
is
the
the
it's
the
trauma
that
the
loud
noises
are
making
on
folks
who
have
lost
loved
ones
to
gun
violence,
veterans,
people
who
have
post
post,
traumatic,
stress,
disorder,
elders.
L
So
I
wanted
to
just
give
a
shout
out
to
all
the
folks
who
participated
in
the
conversation
to
james
hills
from
drive
the
nonprofit
organization
that
has
been
partnering
with
us
to
help
raise
awareness
and
to
my
district
colleagues
who
I've
reached
out
to
in
various
different
spaces,
so
that
we
can
figure
out
what
we
can
all
do.
But
what
we
know
is
that
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
this
is
something
that
the
state
also
needs
to
roll
up.
L
Their
sleeves
and
put
a
little
bit
of
muscle
behind
this
situation,
I
don't
think
there's
something
that
is
just
going
to
be
here
on
the
city
level
and
it's
going
to
take
all
of
us
to
address
this
and
here's
one
thing
I
will
say
is
just
because
july
4th
is
across
the
street
and
down
the
corner.
Do
not
think
that
these
fireworks
are
going
to
go
away.
This
issue
has
been
before
normal
times
when
you
hear
it,
and
I
get
a
feeling
that
it's
going
to
go
on
way
before
that.
L
So
just
want
us
to
brace
for
what
that
looks
like
and
looking
forward
to
working
in
partnership
with
the
district
counselors
and
my
colleagues
to
address
this
issue
and
thank
everyone
who
participated,
and
I
also
want
to
just
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
all
the
young
people
out
here
protesting
and
making
their
voices
heard
and
fighting
for
the
things
that
they
want.
We
hear
you,
we
see
you,
we
love
you
and
we
appreciate
you.
Thank
you
all.
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Council
president
janie
council
president.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
that
attended
a
mass
for
racial
justice
and
healing
on
saturday
at
castle,
island
in
south
boston
celebrated
by
cardinal
sean
in
comments
from
reverend
dickerson
from
the
greater
tabernacle
church.
It
was
a
mass
for
healing.
We
had
a
tremendous,
it
was
a
beautiful
day,
but
we
had
a
tremendous
message
of
racial
justice
in
trying
to
treat
each
other
with
respect
and
dignity.
G
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleague,
counselor
edwards,
who
did
a
reading.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleague,
counselor
flaherty,
who
did
a
lot
of
work
behind
the
scenes
as
well.
Again,
thanks
to
all
my
colleagues
that
came-
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
also
from
south
boston,
senator
collins,
representative,
beal
and
congressman
lynch
for
their
work
in
making
it
happen.
So
thank
you,
madam
president,
for
giving
me
a
couple
of
minutes.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
and
I
heard
it
was
wonderful.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership
in
organizing
that
councilor
flynn
and
council
of
flaherty
I
mentioned
earlier.
The
chair
recognizes
council
arroyo,
council
royal,
you
have
the
floor.
C
Thank
you,
madam
president,
aye,
madam
president
and
madame
clark,
I
seem
to
have
missed
a
vote
when
I
stepped
up
to
the
bathroom
on
zero.
Seven,
five,
nine
and
I'd
just
like
to
go
on
record
as
a
yes.
C
C
A
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I'll.
Keep
it
very
brief.
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
and
give
a
big
shout
out
to
the
supreme
court
decision
this
week
that
ruled
that
it
is
illegal
to
discriminate
against
gay,
lesbian,
bisexual,
transgender
and
people
are
in
employment.
It's
a
huge
step
forward
and
it's
very
heartening
to
see
that
it
was
a
majority
decision
and
a
significant
step
in
protecting
and
protecting
our
rights
and
much
to
be
celebrated
and
something
to
be
hopeful
about.
Thank
you.
A
A
Okay,
saying
no
other
announcements.
Today
we
will
close
our
meeting
with
our
memorials
as
we
always
do,
and
we
will
adjourn
our
meeting
for
the
following
individuals
for
councillor
braden,
virginia
tulos
and
paula
marie
smith,
gletzer
for
councillors,
asabi
george
and
campbell
aubry
esters
for
counselor
edwards,
gerard
doherty.
A
Thank
you.
The
chair
moves
that
when
the
council
adjourns
today
it
does
so
in
the
memory
of
the
aforementioned
individuals,
we
are
scheduled
to
meet
again
on
june
24th.
As
you
all
know,
at
12
noon.
We
are
trying
to
get
back
to
the
building,
but
I
was
in
city
hall
last
week
and
our
seats
are
very
close
together
and
we
have
mics
on
our
desks.
We
have
to
do
a
lot
more
work
to
make
the
chamber
safe.
One
of
the
things
that
I
want
to
do
is
make
sure
we
have
that
conversation.
A
A
Good,
I
brought
this.
It's
not
like.
I
don't
know
what
this
one
says,
president.
So
this
one
is
the
one
that's
in
my.