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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means FY22Budget Resubmittal
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Dockets #0801-0805, 0810, 0687, 0725 - FY22Budget resubmission and related matters, including grants from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund and COLA for retirees
Held on June 28, 2021
A
Great
thanks
so
much
terry
all
right.
I'm
calling
this
hearing
of
the
boston
city
council's
ways
and
means
committee
to
order
for
the
record.
My
name
is
kenzie
bach,
I'm
the
district
8
city
councillor
and
also
the
chair
of
the
ways
and
means
committee.
A
It's
part
of
the
council's
budget
review
process,
which
has
encompassed
a
combination
of
public
hearings
and
working
sessions,
working
sessions
being
conversations
amongst
counselors,
public
hearings
being
with
the
administration
and
the
public.
We
had
a
working
session
on
the
resubmitted
budget
on
friday,
and
this
is
now
the
hearing
with
the
administration
and
our
chance
to
hear
from
the
public.
A
If
you
want
to
testify
at
this
hearing,
we'll
be
taking
testimony
at
the
end
of
the
hearing
and
you
can
email
ccc.wm
boston.gov
to
sign
up,
there's
also
a
council
budget
review
website
where
you
can
sign
up
boss,
knockout
budget
testify
and-
and
we
just
asked
that
when
you
do
testify-
that
you
state
your
name,
affiliation
or
residence
and
just
limit
your
comments
to
a
couple
of
minutes.
So
we
can
get
everybody
in.
I
know
we've
got
folks
signed
up
to
testify.
Today.
A
You
can
also
informally
tweet
us
your
questions
using
the
hashtag
bossbudget,
the
os
budget
and
yeah,
and
then,
if
you
want
to
see
the
kind
of
whole
set
of
hearings
that
we've
had
and
more
information
about
the
council's
budget
process,
bosnica
council-budget
is
a
place
to
find
that
today's
hearing
is
on.
A
And
now
I
have
to
read
a
bunch
of
dockets
docket0801
message
in
order
for
annual
appropriation
and
tax
order
for
fy
2022
docket0802
message
and
order
for
annual
appropriation
for
the
school
department
for
fy,
2022,
docket
0803
message
and
order
approving
an
appropriation
of
40
million
dollars
to
the
other.
A
A
We've
got
jim
williamson,
the
interim
director
and
joanna
bernstein,
the
interim
deputy
director
and
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues,
counselor
anissa
isabe
george
at
large,
and
also
the
vice
chair
of
the
ways
and
means
committee
counselor,
liz,
braden,
district,
nine,
president
matt
o'malley,
our
president
pro
tempore,
and
also
the
district
council
for
district
six
councillor,
ed
flynn
of
district,
two
counselor
julia
mejia
at
large
and
councillor,
frank
baker
of
district
three.
So
thank
you
to
colleagues
for
joining.
A
We
will
first
hear
a
short
presentation
from
the
cfo
and
then
we'll
open
up
to
questions.
So,
mr
stark,
please
take
it
away.
C
C
Thank
you,
counselor
and
thank
you
counselors
for
being
here
and
allowing
us
the
opportunity
to
present
the
fy
22
resubmitted
budget,
really
appreciate
the
dialogue
and
conversation
over
the
past
36
hearings.
C
I
think
it
was
at
the
end
of
the
day
some
really
good
conversations,
both
in
the
hearings
themselves,
but
also
with
public
and
the
testimony
that
we've
received
so
really
appreciate
that
and
for
you
counselor
for
hosting
this
process,
which
I
think
in
in
your
second
year,
has
only
gotten
stronger
and
has
built
more
of
a
a
robust
apparatus
for
dialogue
and
meaningful
back
and
forth.
So
so
look
forward
to
getting
into
some
of
the
details
of
the
resubmission.
C
But
but
do
you
want
to
start
with
a
thank
you
for
you
and
your
team,
as
well
as
the
counselors
and
all
their
teams,
in
engaging
in
this
process
over
the
past
three
two
and
a
half
months.
C
So
without
further
ado,
I'm
gonna
go
through
a
pretty
quick
presentation
trying
to
leave
plenty
of
time
for
for
conversations,
but
there's
a
lot
in
here,
both
from
the
resubmission
point
of
view,
but
as
well
as
a
lot
of
the
moving
pieces
that
have
already
been
in
the
underlying
budget
as
well
as
I'll
touch
very
briefly
on
some
of
the
other
dockets
that
I
mentioned
today,
just
to
give
folks
a
little
bit
of
a
framing
around
how
these
fit
in
with
the
overall
city
budget.
C
C
That's
when
we
submitted
a
3.75
4
billion
operating
budget,
which
was
about
142
million
or
3.9
percent
above
the
fiscal
year,
2021
budget
that
new
funding
was
primarily
derived
from
two
sources:
one
property
taxes,
property
taxes
remain
very
stable
in
the
city,
both
from
a
baseline
two
and
a
half
percent
growth
perspective,
as
well
as
a
new
growth
perspective,
new
growth
being
new
properties
and
new
development
that
is
coming
into
the
city.
While
falling
short
of
some
of
the
historic
highs.
C
We
still
are
projecting
new
growth
for
next
year,
so
that's
certainly
good
for
the
city
and
good
for
our
long-term
health.
The
second
piece
of
new
funding
really
for
next
year,
was
the
introduction
and
there's
a
couple
orders
on
it
today
around
the
american
rescue
plan.
When
we
submitted
the
budget
back
in
april,
we
had
sort
of
an
outline
from
the
federal
government
and
one
about
the
rules
and
regulations
around
federal
funding.
Since
that
time,
we
have
received
updated
guidance
from
the
feds
in
may.
C
That
has
allowed
us
to
really
hone
in
on
what
the
amount
is
and
what
the
methodology
is
that
we
can
use
federal
funding
within
the
city's
operating
budget
for
next
year.
So
you'll
see,
there's
an
update
and
an
increase
in
the
amount
that
we're
projecting
for
fy22
and
then
the
since
april.
C
Obviously,
thanks
in
part
to
efforts
from
the
entire
city,
both
the
administration,
all
of
our
partners
in
the
community,
the
council,
around
covid,
we've
seen
sort
of
a
precipitous
decline
in
the
cases
of
kovid
and
an
inverse
increase
in
the
vaccination
rates
going
up
in
our
city
and
we're
very
happy
about
that
very
proud
about
that.
C
C
We're
very
proud
in
this
budget
that
this
budget
avoids
layoffs,
avoids
furloughs,
not
only
avoids
any
service
reduction,
but
actually
increases
services
and
staffing
in
many
many
departments
across
the
entire
city
in
the
school
department
that
we
are
super
proud
of,
and
and
we
know
that
the
council
supports
as
well
and
in
going
forward
as
we
come
out
of
covid
and
try
to
come
back
more
equitably
and
recover
more
equitably
going
forward.
So
really
happy
about
that.
C
We're
also
really
happy
about
the
fact
that
we're
able
to
fully
fund
our
long-term
liabilities
like
pensions,
debt,
service
and
opeb.
Those
are
both
important
for
our
current
day
services,
but
also
the
long-term
fiscal
health
of
the
city,
especially
on
the
pensions
and
opec
side,
and
then
on
debt
service
debt
service
is
vital.
Without
debt
service
we
are
not
able
to
have
a
capital
plan
so
well
we'll
talk
about
it
a
little
bit
later.
C
The
22
through
26
capital
plan
is
also
a
historic
high
amount,
and
that
is
supported
by
the
debt
service
that
we're
able
to
afford
as
part
of
the
3.765
million
operating
budget
so
very
happy.
We
are
able
to
fully
fund
those
long-term
liabilities
in
the
fy
22
budget
and
then
finally,
you
know
I
know,
we've
talked
a
lot
about
areas
for
additional
investment
and
all
the
opportunities
and
all
the
the
need
that
is
out
there.
C
I
think
we
should
all
be
very
proud
and
really
share
in
the
fact
that
we're
able
to
invest
really
heavily
in
a
lot
of
new
areas
in
this
budget
and
that's
not
true
for
a
lot
of
other
cities
and
and
states
around
the
country
who
are
sort
of
trying
to
backfill
cuts
that
they've
made
in
previous
over
the
previous
16
months.
C
When
it
comes
to
services
that
they
either
had
to
defer
or
lay
off
or
or
reduce
because
of
covid
and
the
effects
it
has
on
revenue,
we're
not
only
starting
from
where
we
were
last
year,
we're
able
to
build
on
those,
I
know
shared
priorities
between
the
the
city,
the
administration
and
the
council
on
making
it
really
important
investments,
as
we
come
out
of
covid,
so
really
happy
with
this.
With
this
submittal.
Obviously,
you
know
after
36
hearings
and
a
a
fair
amount
of
dialogue.
C
Obviously
with
the
council
and
the
public,
we
did
identify
some
areas
for
improvement.
We
want
to
thank
the
council
for
your
partnership
and
helping
us
to
to
bring
these
issues
to
light.
I'm
going
to
sort
of
run
through
these
at
a
very
high
level,
but
obviously
happy
to
take
questions
on
the
end
about
any
of
these
ones
in
particular,
but,
as
you
mentioned,
counselor
counselor
bach,
the
cola
base
increase
for
our
retired
employees,
increasing
it
from
fourteen
thousand
fifteen
thousand.
C
I
know
many
of
you
signaled
support
to
the
retirement
system
back
in
may
for
this
proposal
and
as
well
as
the
administration
to
support
our
long-term
employees,
who
have
also
been
impacted
by
covet,
and
certainly
we
need
to
support
long-term,
who
may
not
have
been
sort
of
the
beneficiaries
of
some
of
the
you
know
higher
salaries
in
recent
years,
so
that
increase
in
that
vote
and
that
sort
of
change
in
the
cola
base
required
a
five
million
dollar
increase
in
our
pension
liability
payment
for
fiscal
year
22.
C
So
we
were
happy.
We
were
able
to
support
that
we're
also
dedicating
a
million
dollars
to
create
and
seed
the
office
of
participatory
budgeting,
obviously
again
in
partnership
with
the
council
and
councilor
edwards
for
your
leadership
on
this
of
building
out
the
ballot
question
around
participatory
budgeting
and
and
the
charter
and
the
role
of
the
budget
looking
forward
to
that.
But
we
wanted
to
make
sure
we
identified
some
money
in
the
short
term.
C
Should
that
question
go
forward
to
create
this
office
and
then
really
see
work
with
the
council
and
work
with
the
public
on
creating
this
new
office
and
this
new
participatory
budget
structure
coming
up
in
the
in
the
coming
year,
we
have
about
a
quarter
three
quarters
of
millions
of
dollars,
765
000
for
new
health
and
building
inspectors
in
isd.
C
Obviously,
given
last
week's
earlier,
this
week's
horrendous
news
in
miami-
I
think
this
is
certainly
a
a
timely,
but
also
a
needed
investment
to
make
sure
that
our
buildings
and
our
and
our
our
our
businesses
are
operating
safely
for
our
residents
and
and
customers
and
businesses
so
happy.
We
were
able
to
make
an
investment
there,
as
well
as
new
dedicated
staff
and
and
you'll
see
a
little
bit
of
a
theme
in
both
the
operating
the
capital.
C
Investment
is
a
really
deep
investment,
and
I
know
many
of
the
council
have
advocated
for
this
directly
around
street
safety,
pedestrian
safety
and
traffic
calming
measures
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods.
So
we
have
about
a
500
thousand
dollar
investment
in
our
public
works
and
btd
teams,
boston
transportation,
department
teams
on
staffing
so
that
they
can
more
quickly
implement
some
of
the
really
important
capital
investments,
we're
making
around
slow
streets
and
neighborhood
slow
streets
and
safe
streets
throughout
our
city.
C
So
excited
we
were
able
to
add
both
on
the
operating
budget
side
about
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
then
two
million
dollars
on
the
capital
plan
to
implement
some
additional
safe
streets
and
traffic
calming
measures
throughout
the
city.
C
We
have
a
little
bit
more
than
five
hundred
sixty
thousand
dollars
for
some
additional
summer
activities.
This
is
both
funding
at
bcyf
to
help
support
their
summer
programming,
certainly
around
the
pools.
C
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
how
hot
it
is
outside
having
those
fully
staffed
is
super
important,
and
it's
been,
it's
been
a
challenge
to
get
that
that
up
and
running
so
we're
certainly
continuing
to
work
with
bcyf,
but
identify
a
need
for
some
additional
funding
to
make
sure
that
their
aquatics
program
is
up
and
running
for
the
summer
and
then
finally,
outdoor
dining.
C
This
is
a
dedicated
team
to
work
with
restaurants
and
neighborhoods
and
businesses
to
make
permanent
some
of
the
covet
19
changes
that
we
made
around
outdoor
dining,
both
in
permitting
but
also
infrastructure,
to
make
sure
that
they
know
how
to
how
to
be
licensed
and
and
create
really
good
opening
environments
for
folks
to
access
yeah
post
covet
19..
C
We
have
a
little
bit
shy
of
800
thousand
dollars
for
an
environment
and
healthy
place,
initiative
run
out
of
the
environment
department
to
help
address
heat
islands
and
obviously
the
the
tremendous
impact
that
has
certainly
and
disproportionately
in
different
neighborhoods
of
the
city,
so
working
with
chief
white
hammond
on
a
new
environment
and
healthy
places
initiative.
C
This
is
investments
around
new
cooling
stations
and
new
splash
paths
in
different
areas
throughout
the
city,
as
well
as
additional
funding
for
a
composting
pilot,
I
know
counts
of
pro
president
pro
tem
o'malley,
obviously
near
and
dear,
to
your
heart,
to
your
heart,
an
investment
in
the
composting
program
to
get
that
up
and
running
by
september.
So
excited
about
that
and
then
finally,
I
know
a
concern
and
for
all
all
councillors.
C
But
you
know,
certainly
you
counselor
rock,
around
historic
preservation
and
making
investments
to
help
support
that
work
as
we
bring
on
more
historic
districts
as
well,
as
you
know,
making
sure
we
get
through
the
backlog
of
existing
reviews
that
we
have
out
there.
C
Next,
we
have
about
500
000
for
a
study
of
municipal
broadband,
and
this
is
a
really
important
aspect.
There
is
a
lot
of
federal
money
coming
both
from
through
the
city
directly,
but
also
from
the
state
and
through
other
categories,
and
we
want
to
really
take
a
hard
look
at
municipal
broadband
and
how
we
might
be
able
to
provide
it
as
a
city,
but
in
order
to
sort
of
do
that,
we
need
to
make
sure
we
can
do
it
and
make
sure
we
have
the
infrastructure
in
place
to
support
it.
C
So
as
that
new
federal
funding-
and
we
both
the
administration
and
the
council,
think
about
how
to
make
investments
with
that
funding,
we
want
to
get.
We
want
to
get
moving
on
a
study
to
get
that
process
rolling,
as
well
as
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
jobs
for
young
adults
who
do
not
currently
fall
under
the
existing
youth
jobs
program
in
the
city,
and
I
know
councillor
mejia,
you
have
been
a
strong
advocate
for
that.
So
we're
excited
to
add
that
300
000
for
that
program
as
well.
C
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
to
fill
that
program
out.
Over
the
summer
we
have
a
little
bit
shy
of
500
000
for
additional
support
for
women's
advancement.
This
is
really
geared
towards
some
targeted
pay
parity
investments
both
on
the
employee
side,
but
also
the
employer
side.
C
It's
the
responsibility
of
not
only
the
employee,
but
also
the
the
employer
to
make
sure
that
they
understand
pay,
understand,
pay,
disparity
and
understand
how
to
recognize
it
and
adjust
it
within
their
own
private
businesses
or
other
nonprofits
and
then
finally,
a
super
super
important
investment
with
our
partners
in
moya.
The
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
around
the
immigrant
defense
fund
to
make
sure
that
that
has
funding
for
next
fiscal
year
about
150
000
for
that,
as
well
as
an
investment
in
the
temporary
protected
status
program.
C
As
many
of
you
know,
dubai
administration
thankful
thankful
to
my
administration
for
expending
tps
to
a
fair
amount
of
different
countries
and
with
the
expectation
that
they'll
be
doing
so
more
so
going
forward.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
moya
had
the
resources
to
work
with
our
nonprofit
and
community
partners
on
that
going
forward.
C
So
happy.
We
were
able
to
support
that
as
well,
and
this
is
just
on
the
operating
budget.
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
capital
plan
later,
but
before
I
do
so,
I
just
wanted
to
give
folks
a
little
bit
of
a
high
level
on
where
we
landed.
So
this
is
the
entire
revenue
budget
for
next
year.
So
this
is
about
3.765
billion
about
an
82
82
million
increase
in
property
taxes,
state
revenue
up
about
7
million,
departmental
revenue
relatively
down
slightly.
C
But
that's
really,
as
we
get
back
to
normal.
We
think
that
that'll,
hopefully
come
back
stronger
excise
taxes,
as
I
mentioned
up
a
bit
since
the
resubmission.
I'm
sorry
since
the
original
submission
thanks
to
opening
up
a
little
bit
earlier
in
the
city
and
then
finally,
that
non
recurring
revenue
that
55
million-
that
is
the
federal
arp
of
money
that
we
have
discussed
and
there's
a
separate
order
on
within
the
council
today.
C
This
is
the
final
spending
for
each
of
the
different
categories,
so
across
all
city
departments,
we're
up
about
35
million
dollars
about
2.3
percent
at
the
boston
public
health
commission,
we're
up
about
4
or
about
4.2
million
and
I'll
get
to
what
exactly
that
is
in
a
little
bit
public
education.
Obviously,
both
our
bps
and
charter
schools
up
about
four
and
a
half
percent,
or
about
65
million
and
then
finally
fixed
costs.
As
I
mentioned,
opeb
debt
service
and
pensions
super
important
that
we
keep
that.
C
Keep
that
investment
to
make
sure
that
we're
both
supporting
our
current
operations.
But
then
the
long-term
fiscal
health
of
the
city.
That
puts
us
at
just
shy
of
just
north
of
152
million
dollar
increase
for
next
year
of
about
4.2
percent
or
about
3.765
billion
total.
So
I'm
going
to
spend
the
next
couple
minutes
just
running
through
on
a
very
high
level,
the
major
categories
of
investment
and
what
the
different
things
are.
There's
a
lot
in
here
and
I
certainly
don't
expect
folks
to
memorize
it.
C
But
this
is
really
for
just
a
reminder
really
for
everyone
and
including
myself
about
all
the
good
investments
that
are
in
this
budget.
And
we
were
happy
to
partner
with
the
council
on
identifying
and
really
lifting
up,
both
both
your
advocacy
as
well
as
advocacy
of
the
public.
So,
starting
with
bphc
in
the
health
and
human
service
cabinet
up
about
14
million
or
about
9
over
fy21,
including
some
really
important,
targeted
investments,
a
million
dollars
to
strengthen
phc's
infectious
disease
infrastructure.
C
Obviously
the
long-term
effects
of
coven
are
still
with
us,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
preparing
for
the
next
covid
and
other
types
of
infectious
disease.
You
know
issues
that
may
pop
up
whether
it's
the
flu
or
anything
else.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
investing
in
the
core
infrastructure
that
is
phc's
infectious
disease
unit.
C
We
have
about
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
support
some
services
down
in
mass
and
cass,
including
the
community,
syringe
redemption
program,
as
well
as
some
additional
sanitation
services
in
the
area
about
330
000
for
some
additional
life,
life-saving
equipment
through
ems
and
their
services
that
they
provide
we're
adding
about
350
000
for
food
access.
So
this
is
within
the
hhs
department,
the
office
of
food
access.
So
obviously
food
access
continues
to
be
a
struggle
for
folks
and
certainly
has
been
exacerbated
by
coven
19.
C
So
we
we
sort
of
recognize
that
and
are
trying
to
address
the
long-term
infrastructure
by
investing
about
350
000
in
the
city
budget,
to
support
boston's
food
ecosystem,
as
well
as
the
safety
net
that
supports
families
and
individuals
across
the
city.
We
have
about
250
000
to
really
study
how
covet
19
impacted
city
services
and
city
departments
and
to
try
to
figure
out
additional
ways
we
can
prepare
for
both
future
public
health
emergencies,
but
also
emergencies
generally
in
the
city.
I
think
we
did.
C
I
think,
thanks
to
many
on
this
call,
but
also
many
across
the
city.
You
know
we
we
responded
really
effectively
throughout
the
pandemic.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
continuing
to
do
so
as
we
go
forward
and
then
finally,
some
additional
funding
for
age
strong,
certainly
an
issue
that
existed
before
covet
19,
but
hoarding
and
issues
that
may
create
around
safety
for
our
senior
residents.
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
investing
in
their
supports,
as
we
come
out
of
covin
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
run
into
any
issues.
C
There
are
able
to
support
individuals
there
on
the
capital
side
for
hhs
and
phd.
Obviously,
a
super
important
project
around
the
citywide
ems
system.
We
are
in
the
process
of
upgrading
all
of
our
public
safety
radio
systems,
which
is
vital
to
not
only
respond
to
calls,
but
also
ensure
the
safety
of
our
public
respon
public
safety
responders,
both
police,
fire
and
ems.
So
the
police
department
has
finished
their
radio
upgrade
ems
and
the
fire
department
are
working
on
theirs
right
now
or
in
year.
C
C
This
also
includes
a
new
dedicated
bay
to
serve
west
roxbury,
jp
hyde
park
and
roslindale,
so
really
excited
that
we
were
able
to
include
that
in
this
year's
budget
and
then
obviously,
two
projects
that
are
really
vital
for
the
mass
and
cass
for
mass
and
cass
are
the
engagement
center
in
woods
mullen,
both
of
which
are
under
construction
will
be
done
this
year,
so
just
highlighting
those
as
really
important
investments
in
the
budget
on
the
equity
inclusion
front.
C
So
the
first
is
about
3.6
million
for
city-wide
racial
equity
training.
This
is
to
train
all
18
000
city
employees
on
racial
equity,
so
definitely
something
that
is
going
to
go
for
the
next
year,
but
something
we've
actually
started
kicked
off
thanks
to
chief
nelson,
a
couple
weeks
ago,
we
had
our
some
of
our
first
initial
meetings
on
that
so
really
excited
to
see
that
work
going
forward.
C
I
mentioned
some
of
the
additional
investments
around
the
idf,
the
immigrant
defense
fund,
as
well
as
some
targeted
investments
that
were
in
the
original
submission
of
the
budget
around
immigrant
entrepreneurs
and
professional
services
and
trainings
that
we're
able
to
offer
to
folks
who
are
new
to
boston
again
at
the
bottom.
I'm
not
going
to
run
through
all
these,
but
1.75
million
for
hhs
the
bpd
and
stakeholders
to
work
on
alternative
policing
models
that
we
hope
to
roll
out
in
the
near
future.
I
mentioned
the
1.3
million
for
opat
1.2
million
for
digital
equity.
C
That's
both
a
near-term
grant
program,
as
well
as
the
200
000
for
the
municipal
broadband
study,
an
additional
250
000
for
equitable
procurement,
staffing
and
services.
Obviously,
as
we
continue
to
sort
of
unravel
the
onion,
that
is
procurement
in
the
city
to
make
sure
we
are
getting
targeted
investments
in
businesses
and
in
and
supporting
both
small
and
local
minority
owned
businesses.
It
requires
more
and
more
effort
and
investment
on
behalf
of
the
city.
C
So
this
is
additional
funding
for
both
the
procurement
office
and
the
a
f
office
to
do
that.
Additional
funding
in
bpl
around
equity
and
outreach
for
specific
coordinators
for
the
library,
as
well
as
targeted
librarians
and
librarian
services,
a
couple
different
branches
as
they
reopen
post
post
construction,
which
is
exciting.
C
A
new
new
investment
is
a
new
parks
department,
environmental
justice
program
manager
to
ensure
that
we
are
really
taking
environmental
justice
concerns
and
issues
into
account.
As
we
look
at
capital
projects
throughout
the
city,
we
want
to
understand
what
the
environmental
impacts
are
for
both
the
environment,
but
also
communities
and
neighborhoods,
as
we
think
about
our
capital
project
going
forward
our
capital
plan
going
forward.
C
I
should
say
so:
that's
a
a
really
exciting
new
position
and
then,
finally,
some
really
exciting
ones
that
I
know
folks
both
on
this
call,
but
throughout
the
city.
We're
excited
to
see
both
included
in
this
budget
as
both
waving
or
getting
rid
of
the
bcyf
membership
fees
for
individuals
and
families
at
different
locations
at
different
bcyf
centers
throughout
the
city,
as
well
as
eliminating
library,
late
fees
as
part
of
the
fy
22
budget.
C
So
really
excited
really
an
opportunity
to
get
folks
back,
engaged
and
excited
about
coming
back
to
visit
their
their
libraries,
their
bcyf
centers
and
engaging
in
those
services
that
have
been
dormant
or
have
been
moved
remotely
or
via
video
for
the
last
year
and
excited
to
see
that
as
they
as
they
reopen
those
buildings.
We're
able
to
get
more
folks
in
there.
C
This
includes
five
million
dollars
to
fully
fund
the
bha
city
funded
vouchers
program,
which
I
know
many
on
the
council
were
strong
advocates
for
last
year,
as
we
rolled
that
program
out
for
the
first
time
we
originally
rolled
it
out
as
a
two
and
a
half
million
dollar
pilot,
with
an
idea
to
expand
it
for
five
million
in
the
second
year.
Really
happy
really
proud.
We
were
able
to
maintain
that
five
million
dollar
investment
for
fy22.
C
We
have
about
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
to
support
post
coven
19
homelessness
services.
As
I'm
sure
many
of
you
are
aware,
we
had
to
adjust
and
both
dnd
and
phc
had
to
adjust
their
services
and
their
offerings
to
our
homeless
residents
around
covin
coven
19
to
ensure
de-densification
and
there
was
proper
distancing.
So
we
don't
want
to
go
back
to
normal.
C
We
want
to
continue
to
invest
in
those
services
to
make
sure
we're
providing
that
same
robust
level
of
care
that
we're
providing
during
covid
about
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
to
support
the
first
time
home
buyers
program,
as
well
as
the
one
plus
program,
and
then
a
million
dollars
to
support,
which
is
a
new
program.
Affordable
commercial
development
opportunities
throughout
the
city
to
try
to
partner
with
small
local
businesses.
C
Excuse
me
around
fy22
investments
opportunities
within
dnd
to
put
small
local
businesses
within
dnd
housing
developments,
as
they
come,
come
up
over
the
next
couple
years
and
then
very
quickly
on
the
capital
plan,
which
again,
which
is
a
new
category
for
the
capital
plan.
Starting
two
years
ago,
continuing
to
really
invest
heavily
in
bha
housing
developments
with
major
new
investments.
Obviously,
last
year's
in
charlestown
a
big
new
one
in
orient
heights.
C
Thank
you,
council,
edward,
through
advocacy
on
that
one,
as
well
as
10
million
support
rehab
of
existing
units,
both
senior
and
disabled
units
throughout
the
city
in
a
whole
bunch
of
different
neighborhoods
so
really
excited
we're
able
to
continue,
invest
in
bha
projects
and
bha
properties
throughout
the
city,
because
that's
a
vital
strategy
and
our
overall
plan.
Now,
I
think
we're
all
hopeful
that
the
the
federal
government
will,
you
know,
start
to
invest
more
in
bha
properties
and
more
in
public
housing.
C
Moving
on
to
economic
and
workforce
development
and
I'll
say
that
this
is
really
constrained
to
investments
within
the
city
budget,
as
as
you
are
all
aware,
and
as
many
folks
are
aware
of
on
the
other
order.
That's
in
today's
council
session
is
around
the
arp
community
and
emergency
funding
about
50
million
dollars.
A
lot
of
that
is
going
directly
to
support
small
businesses
with
rent
relief
with
their
expenses
with
a
whole
bunch
of
different
supports
for
small
businesses.
C
So
this
is
really
focusing
on
the
city
portion
and
there's
a
separate
pot
of
money
that
we
have
in
front
of
the
council
for
consideration
around
direct
grants
and
direct
funding
to
those
to
those
small
businesses
directly
so
excited
to
continue
to
partner
with
the
council
on
that
as
well,
but
within
the
city
budget.
We're
really
trying
to
focus
on
opportunities
to
make
targeted
investments
in
really
programs
and
services.
So
obviously
it
starts
first
and
foremost
with
our
5
000
summer
jobs
and
a
thousand
school
year.
C
Jobs
which
begin
in
about
a
week
so
really
excited
and
hopeful
to
get
that
program
up
and
up
and
running
next
week
with
a
four
million
dollar
investment.
C
We
have
about
a
million
dollars
in
green
jobs,
training
and
really
appreciate
the
advocacy
and
partnership
in
shaping
this
program,
as
we
think
about
the
long-term
transition
to
you
know
green
infrastructure
and
investing
in
green
jobs,
and
I
think
that
this
is
probably
the
first
of
many
investments
in
green
jobs,
but
really
want
to
start
this
process.
As
we
think
about
you
know
major
investments
going
forward
on
that
topic.
C
So
these
are
really
specific
jobs,
training
for
city
jobs
and
potential
public
sector
jobs
around
transportation,
mobility,
there's
certainly
a
tremendous
demand
and
need
to
respond
to
the
changing
way
that
people
get
to
and
from
work
to
and
from
their
school
to
and
from
just
their
day-to-day
lives,
so
really
getting
a
training
up
a
workforce
that
is
ready
to
respond
to.
That
is
super
important,
as
well
as
zero
waste
and
making
sure
that
we
can
support
a
long-term
city,
infrastructure
and
city
services
around
how
we
dispose
of
waste.
C
So
we're
really
excited
that
we
were
able
to
keep
to
invest
in
that
heavily
this
year
I
mentioned
the
you
know:
300
000,
to
expand
youth
jobs
to
young
adult
jobs,
so
excited
to
continue
to
work
with
that,
a
thousand
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
expand
operation
exit,
which
I
know
many
of
you
are
familiar
with,
and
then
I
mentioned
the
315
000
to
make
permanent
and
expand
the
outdoor
dining
program
going
forward.
C
Moving
on
to
the
environment
in
open
space,
obviously
again
a
big
investment
about
56
increase
or
about
1.8
million
dollars
over
last
year
in
the
environment
department.
So
a
relatively
large
investment
there.
That
includes,
obviously
the
350
000
for
healthy
places,
which
I
mentioned
as
well
as
260
000
for
historic
preservation
within
the
parks
department.
C
That's
about
a
four
percent
increase
about
a
million
dollars
over
fy22
that
includes
both
stable
funding
for
some
additional
funding
for
the
animal
control
unit,
new
positions
within
the
environmental
justice
efforts,
as
well
as
an
additional
arborist
in
the
city,
to
help
with
our
overall
tren
plan
to
increase
the
tree
canopy
in
boston,
as
well
as
some
additional
funding
this
summer
for
the
parks
department
to
offer
some
extra
programming
as
they're
re-engaging
safely
with
with
residents
and
kids
and
youth
around
summer
programming,
so
excited
that
we
were
able
to
put
all
that
together
and
then,
on
the
capital
plan
side,
we
have
about
a
38
million
dollar
or
nine
percent
increase
in
the
fy
22
through
26
capital
plan
for
the
parks
department.
C
That
includes
major
new
projects
like
copley
square
christopher
columbus
park,
moakley
park
harambe
and
malcolm
x
park,
all
of
which
got
new
funding
next
year,
so
excited
that
we're
able
to
do
so.
This
is
certainly
not
an
exhaustive
list.
C
There's
over
80
capital
projects
for
the
parks
department
within
the
capital
plan,
so
there
is
one
in
every
neighborhood
and
really
investing
heavily
in
our
are
really
vital
and
really
cherished
city
assets
that
were
so
vital
during
covent
to
get
people
outside
and
get
people
out
of
their
houses
and
a
place
to
go
safely
in
distance,
really
important
to
make
that
investment
going
forward
on
the
youth,
joy,
arts
and
culture
side.
C
So
this
is
a
whole
big
category
of
investments,
but
we
really
wanted
to
focus
on
a
million
dollars
for
the
art
artist
job
creation
program.
So
that
is
a
new
program.
Obviously,
under
chief
carl
elliot
ortega
around
investing
in
artist
programs
coming
out
of
covent,
especially
this
summer.
This
is
super
important
to
get
up
up
and
running
right
away.
C
Obviously,
the
artist
community
has
been
particularly
devastated
by
covet
19
given
they're,
obviously
many
times
an
in-person
or
a
face-to-face
business
oftentimes
in
close
proximity
so
really
excited
to
get
that
program
up
and
running
as
soon
as
possible
to
make
sure
it
gets
gets
to
the
folks
that
are
needed
about
500
000
for
some
additional
vcyf
summer
programming.
Again
as
we
reopen
bcyf
centers
as
we
re-engage
with
constituents
and
residents
and
kids
around
post
covent
19
activities,
we
want
to
get
them
excited.
C
We
want
to
be
able
to
offer
as
many
opportunities
to
folks
to
engage
with
their
beloved
sort
of
city
institutions,
whether
it's
libraries
or
bcyf
or
parks,
as
possible
same
with
our
age,
strong
community.
I
don't
think
anyone
can.
C
I,
I
don't
think,
there's
a
population
of
folks
who
have
been
more
impacted
by
covenant
19
than
our
seniors
and
our
age,
strong
communities
who
want
to
make
sure
that
they
are
coming
back
together
safely,
but
also
strongly
to
make
sure
that
they
can
reconnect
with
their
age
strong
services
so
excited
about
that
about
200
000
for
some
dedicated
programming,
as
at
the
strand,
theater,
obviously
a
beloved
city
institution.
C
They
have
obviously
been
impacted
by
kova
19
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
able
to
support
local
community
groups
that
want
to
access
that
space
safely
over
the
next
year
and
then
500
000
for
neighborhood
open
streets.
This
is
a
program
that
we
want
to
work
with
all
different
neighborhoods
throughout
the
city
to
do
block
parties
to
shut
down
different
parts
of
the
city
to
really
build
on
what
you
know.
C
What
is
a
sort
of,
I
think,
a
renewed
sense
to
get
together
safely,
but
outdoors
and
really
reinvigorate
some
of
our
downtown
streets
as
well
as
main
streets
throughout
the
city,
so
really
excited
about
that.
On
the
capitol
plan
side.
Certainly
big
investments
in
our
community
centers,
one
of
the
biggest
ones
going
on
right
now.
C
The
30
million
dollar
curly
center
in
south
boston
so
excited
about
that,
as
well
as
a
10
million
investment
in
the
mata
hunt
community
center,
which
we're
excited
about
as
well
and
then
finally,
some
additional
funding
for
the
percent
for
the
art
program,
which
dedicates
one
percent
of
the
city
capital
plan
to
arts,
funding,
public
art
funding
in
the
city
so
excited
about
that
on
the
streets
and
transportation
side,
we
have
about
a
5.8
million
dollar
four
percent
increase,
as
I
mentioned.
C
This
includes
that
500
000
for
the
the
additional
team
around
rapid
implementation
of
traffic
calming
measures
and
neighborhood
slow
streets
so
excited
we're
able
to
put
that
investment
in
there,
as
well
as
some
that
million
dollars
for
post
coven
mobility
jobs
as
well
as
500
000
for
both
the
future
of
waste
and
to
create
the
city's
first
centralized
zero
waste
drop-off
center.
So
we're
excited
about
launching
all
of
those
activities
this
summer,
obviously
pending
the
budget
vote
and
then
on
the
capital
side.
C
Again,
I
won't
read
through
all
these,
but
there's
a
couple
of
really
important
investments.
25
million
dollars
to
support
city-wide
ada
accessible
ramps
throughout
the
entire
city.
So
this
is
an
ambitious
goal
to
get
all
city
pedestrian
ramps
up
to
ada
compliance
over
the
next
five
to
ten
years,
really
by
2030,
and
that
is
going
to
require
tremendous
investment
on
behalf
of
the
city,
but
one
we
are
happy
and
proud
to
make
in
this
capital
plan
six
and
a
half
million
dollars
for
more
dedicated
bus
lanes
and
all
down
the
line.
C
I
won't
do
that.
The
I
will
certainly
call
out
the
additional
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
for
safe
and
reliable
streets.
You
know
certainly
advocated
by
all
counselors,
but
I
know
counselor
flynn.
You
highlighted
that
specifically
in
many
of
your
testimonies,
so
I'm
happy.
We
were
able
to
add
that
investment
as
part
of
the
resubmission.
C
So
that's
on
the
operating
budget
side,
I'm
going
to
talk
very
quickly
about
the
school's
budget
and
then
the
operating
and
then
I'm
obviously
happy
to
take
any
I'm
sorry,
the
capital
plan,
but
then
obviously
happy
to
take
any
questions
from
the
council.
So
on
the
fy
22
bps
operating
budget,
we
have
a
36
million
increase
over
fy22.
C
Should
this
funding
be
approved
for
the
september
start
date,
we
know
coming
out
of
cova
there's
going
to
be
a
tremendous
amount
of
need,
and
this
investment
is
vital
to
get
the
school
year
off
to
a
right
start
and
make
sure
we
have
these
positions
hired
and
trained
and
ready
to
go
for
september
when,
when
students
are
back
and
families
are,
are
sending
their
kids
back
to
school
for
for
the
fall.
C
So
this
includes
17
million
dollars
to
put
a
social
worker
and
family
liaison
in
every
school
includes
about
a
million
and
a
half
dollars
to
add
20
additional
daytime
custodians.
Obviously,
our
custodians
have
been
working
tirelessly
throughout
covet
19..
This
would
allow
additional
support
for
many
schools
to
have
more
daytime
coverage
of
custodians.
Some
were
just
having
some
at
night.
This
will
allow
custodians
to
go
throughout
the
entire
district
and
then
finally,
18
million
dollars
to
support
school
budgets
amid
enrollment
declines.
C
I
know
many
of
you
have
brought
up
and
have
discussed
the
what
has
been
a
drop
in
in
enrollment
in
bps,
certainly
more
acutely
this
past
year,
but
has
been
happening
over
the
last
couple
years.
The
fy
22
operating
budget
provides
about
19
million
to
sustain
many
school
budgets
from
seeing
cuts.
That
would
otherwise
have
happened
if
we
were
to
have
followed
wsf
and
enrollment
changes
that
are
happening
at
the
district
level.
C
It's
really
important
that
this
funding
gets
approved
because
otherwise
those
schools
will
have
to
we'll
have
to
make
reductions
at
some
of
those
schools
and,
at
this
point
in
the
year,
we'll
create
some
issues
for
making
sure
that
staff
and
teachers
and
support
staff
are
hired
in
time
for
september
return
to
school.
C
I
should
all
say
this
is
all
in
addition
to
the
nearly
400
million
dollars
of
esser
federal
funding
that
is
currently
obviously
working
through
the
school
committee,
as
well
as
the
superintendent
and
bps
around
investments
in
our
return
to
school,
both
from
wraparound
services,
but
also
our
buildings
and
infrastructure.
C
So
you
know
the
the
operating
budget
is
one
component
and
we're
actually,
you
know
again
not
just
not
to
not
to
sound
repetitive,
but
you
know
we're
really
happy
that
we're
able
to
maintain
our
existing
investment
in
bps
on
the
operating
budget,
which
means
that
the
esser
funding
really
doesn't
have
to
go
to
cover
holes
in
the
budget
that
were
cut
either
during
covet
or
or
because
we're
facing
fiscal
challenges
which
many
other
districts
throughout
the
entire
country
are
having
to
use
their
federal
funding
for
so
really
excited
to
see
that
federal
funding
go
forward
to
really
new
investments
and
one-time
investments
that
are
really
going
to
help
move
the
district
forward,
not
to
say
that
we
are
not
also
investing
very
heavily
in
the
capital
plan
for
bps
about
125
million
increase
or
about
20
over
last
year's
budget.
C
This
obviously
includes
you
know,
signature
projects
like
the
baa
and
jques,
but
also
district-wide
investments
in
bathroom
upgrades
drinking
water
upgrades
all
different
types
of
investments
in
our
hvac
systems.
Windows,
boilers,
roofs,
a
lot
of
the
nuts
and
bolts
stuff,
which
really
touches
a
lot
of
school.
But
really
it
helps
make
the
learning
environments
better
for
students,
so
the
last
thing
I
will
touch
on
is
the
capital
plan.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
3.26
billion
dollar
plan,
it's
about
367
million
dollars
greater
than
last
year,
really
includes
a
heavy
investment
in
our
transportation
infrastructure.
C
About
a
billion
dollars
of
the
plan
goes
towards
transportation
and
public
works
in
our
streets
about
a
little
little
bit.
Shy
of
a
quarter
goes
to
our
school
department
and
I
just
want
to
quickly
call
attention
to
some
of
the
investments
that
we
made
as
part
of
the
fy
22
resubmission.
C
Certainly,
as
I
mentioned,
the
safe
and
reliable
streets
program,
two
million
dollars
for
a
community
health
center
in
hyde
park,
a
million
and
a
half
for
eagle
square
in
east
boston,
a
million
for
mckinney.
I
know
council
braden
a
big
advocacy
on
that
one.
So
I
appreciate
your
work
on
that
and
then
finally,
some
additional
direct
funding
for
sidewalk,
brick
sidewalk
replacement
throughout
the
city
and
again,
thank
you,
councilor
bach,
for
your
advocacy
on
that
topic
again.
C
That
is
a
very
brief
and
unjust
snapshot
of
all
the
different
projects
throughout
the
city.
C
Would
really
encourage
folks
to
go
to
our
website
budget.boston.gov
to
see
the
capital
map
where
you
can
see
all
the
different
projects
that
are
going
on
and
what
stage
they're
at
and
how
much
money
is
going
towards
it
and
what
the
scope
is
throughout
the
city
as
well
as
visit
our
fy
22
website,
where
you
can
see
a
lot
of
this
information
that
I've
talked
about
today
in
both
excel
and
csv
files,
for
you
to
download
and
manipulate,
as
well
as
narrative
forms
to
really
get
a
sense
of
all
the
good
work.
C
That
is
in
the
budget
that
we
have
in
front
of
you
today.
So
with
that,
I
will
stop.
I
will
turn
over
the
council.
I
will
say
thank
you
again
for
your
really
advocacy
from
everyone
across
the
board.
C
There
has
been
a
lot
of
good
dialogue
over
the
past
36
hearings
and
we
really
appreciate
the
council's
efforts
and
and
pushing
and
prodding
us
on
different
areas
and
and
look
forward
to
starting
off
fy
22
in
a
really
successful
way,
because
we
know
now
now
more
than
ever,
it's
really
important
to
have
these
really
vital
investments
that
are
really
shared
priorities
for
everyone
in
place,
so
that
we
can
keep
the
city
moving
forward.
C
So
with
that,
I
will
stop
and
what
was
probably
a
brief
presentation
and
went
too
long.
I
will
turn
it
back
over
to
you,
council.
A
Thank
you,
chief
steroid
and
I'll
ask
some
of
my
questions
and
then
jump
to
council
colleagues.
A
I
guess
first
just
quick
thing
just
a
couple
clarifications
I
should
say
obviously
really
appreciate
the
funding
for
historic
preservation
and
and
the
safe
streets,
and-
and
I
I'm
really
glad
that
that
study
for
municipal
broadband
is
included,
because
I
know
it's
one
of
the
areas
that
we
can
use
arp
funds
for
on
the
capital
side,
and
we
can
do
that
capital
work
in
general
and
I'm
as
people
know
of
the
opinion
that
we
should
be
doing
that.
A
But
I
I
know
it's
like
a
billion
dollars
north,
like
kind
of
thing,
so
I
do
think
studying
it
makes
sense.
Do
you
have
a
sense
of
how
quickly
we
can
get
that
study
done
or
that
the
administration
is
comfortable
committing
to
that
being
done,
because
it
seems
to
me
we
would
ideally
want
to
know
that
in
advance
of
kind
of
the
next
capital
planning
season
in
the
winter.
C
Yeah,
I
know
it's
a
great
question.
I
think
we
could
certainly
get
the
study
started.
You
know
put
an
rfp
on
the
street
either
this
you
know
this
summer.
We
want
to
be.
We
want
to
partner.
Obviously
you
know
through
do
it
and
through
many
of
our
partner
organizations
that
are
already
doing
this
to
better
understand
sort
of
what
the
what
the
ask
is
that
we're
even
asking
to
study
you
know
I
think,
there's
a
big
question
of.
Are
we
building
infrastructure?
Are
we
buying
infrastructure?
C
You
know
what
does
that
even
look
like,
so
I
think
we
could
certainly
commit
to
starting
the
summer
study.
As
you
know,
I
think
we
can
start
working
on
it
as
soon
as
the
budget's
passed
and
I
think
get
something
on
the
street,
hopefully
in
in
short
time.
I
wouldn't
want
to
commit
to
an
end
date,
but
I
certainly
think
that,
as
we
think
about
federal
funding,
we
think
about
the
aarp
funding.
It's
going
to
be
vital.
C
It's
one
of
the
six
major
categories
that
that
is
eligible
for
investment,
so
the
goal
would
be
as
we're
thinking
about
future
federal
funding
authorizations
that
we
have
this
study
in
place
to
do
so.
I
think
so
I
think
we'd
want
to.
We
wouldn't
want
to
commit
to
a
date,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
doing
a
good
job
with
that
study,
but
we
certainly
share
the
share
the
interest
and
share
the
the
desire
to
get
something
done
in
advance
on
future
funding
rounds.
A
And
can
you
speak
a
little
bit
to
the
move
of
funds
from
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
funds
and
positions
that
move
from
oed
to
equity?
I
think
in
the
refiling-
and
I
know
some
people
were
saying
wait.
Why
is
this
getting
cut
dramatically
and
it's
just
because
it's
moving,
but
can
you
just
speak
to
that?
A
little
more.
C
Yeah
absolutely-
and
it's
it's
often
times
is
where
sort
of
creating
cabinets,
creating
departments
and
sort
of
shifting
how
we
talk
about
things
as
part
of
the
fy
22
resubmission.
We
are
shifting
the
equity
and
inclusion
unit,
which
was
part
of
the
office
of
economic
development
in
previous
fiscal
years,
out
of
the
office
of
economic
development
and
directly
under
chief
barrios
milner
over
in
the
office
of
equity
inclusion.
So
it's
not
a
cut.
C
It's
just
moving
positions,
in
fact:
there's
even
more
investment
sort
of
net
net
between
the
two
in
that
in
that
unit
going
forward.
So
you
know
happy
and
excited
that
we
were
able
to
do
that.
It
was
a
timing
thing
before,
as
we
continue
to
work
through
in
partnership
with
our
labor
and
hr
folks
around
just
the
process
of
doing
so.
We
we
weren't
quite
ready
to
do
it
for
the
original
submission,
but
but
now
are
we're
ready
to
move
forward.
A
Great
thank
you
and
on
on
the
child
care
entrepreneurship
fund.
I
think
I
saw
300
000
on
your
slides
in
my
head.
I
had
remembered
it
being
at
250
and
I
know
at
one
point
moa
I
think
in
their
presentation
says
there
was
3.75.
So
I
know
that
was
something
that
came
up
in
the
council's
working
session
on
friday,
but
what's
the
actual
number
currently
in
for
that
yep.
C
So
the
I'll
get
you
the
total
investment
I'll
have
someone
on
the
team.
Look
it
up,
but
it
was
250
000
for
the
direct
program
and
then
50
000
to
add
an
additional
staffer
within
moa
to
help
support
expanding
the
program.
Obviously,
as
you
are
doubling
the
size
of
it,
it
requires
additional
staffing
to
help
support
those
organizations
but
also
running
the
grant
program.
A
Got
it
and
then
I
guess
the
the
big
picture
question
from
me
is
you
know
it's
no
secret
from
last
week
that
you
know
there
are
a
number
of
counselors
who
feel
like
there
are
areas
where
we
could
and
should
be
committing
more
some,
some
things
that
this
budget
is
doing.
I
think
of
that
million
dollars
for
green
jobs
and
the
fact
that
to
really
build
out
a
multi-year
like
kind
of
serious
program,
we
know
we're
going
to
need
more.
A
We
talked
a
lot
about
the
acquisition
opportunity
program,
so
you
know,
I
think
that
the
the
council
on
on
friday
was
discussing
in
more
detail
potential
things
that
could
be
in
a
supplemental
appropriation.
You
know
as
a
piece
of
getting
to
yes
on
the
operating
budget
this
week
and-
and
I
I
I
just
wanted
to
you-
know-
ask
if
you're
open
to
that
approach
as
we
try
to
get
to
yes
here.
C
Yeah,
I
think
we
we
share
the
we
share
the
idea
that,
what's
in
the
budget,
is
not
perfect,
and
we
really
want
to
work
with
the
council
to
improve
and
expand
along
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we're
doing.
I
think
we
also
want
to
be
mindful
of
we
don't
want
to
sort
of
box
ourselves
into
major
investments.
C
You
know
before
we
really
have
the
the
kinks
worked
out
for
the
program,
so
I
think
we
could
certainly
you
know,
we'd
love
to
continue
the
dialogue
and
the
conversation
around
you
know
future
federal
funding
that
doesn't
have
to
wait
for
another
six
months.
So
I
think
we'd
be
happy
to
to
really
work
with
the
council
over
the
the
next
short
while
to
think
about
additional
investments,
we
might
be
able
to
make
using
some
of
that
arp
money.
A
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
justin
thanks
for
that
thorough
presentation.
This
morning
I
am
curious
about
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
focused
on
in
my
work,
especially
over
this
budget
cycle
has
been
the
social
workers
and
emotional,
emotional
and
social
supports
in
our
schools,
and
we
have
an
additional
investment
to
support
social
workers
and
family
liaisons.
D
I
am
really
I
I
really
want
to
impress
upon
the
administration
how
important
it
is
to
have
a
full-time
social
worker
or
a
mental
health
provider
licensed
individual
practitioner
in
every
one
of
our
schools.
Can
you
talk
about
where
we
are
with
making
sure
we
have
a
1.0,
fte
social
worker
or
mental
health
provider?
It
doesn't.
You
know,
I
think
that
we've
been
focused
on
social
workers,
but
a
clinical
provider
is
important
to
me
in
full
time
in
each
building.
C
Yeah,
no,
it's
a
great
question
and
I'll
I'll
take
one
step
back.
It's
actually
sort
of
fortuitous
and
sort
of
really
good
forward.
Thinking
on
behalf
of
both,
you
know
both
this
council
as
well.
As
you
know,
I
think,
the
superintendent
and
school
committee
that
this
has
been
a
topic
of
discussion.
I
think
for
the
last
couple
of
years,
even
before
kovid-
and
I
think
even
you
know-
started
with
nurses
in
every
school
and
I
think
the
social
emotional
side,
certainly
expanding
to
social
workers
and
family
liaisons
has
really
been.
C
I
think,
a
top
priority
before
covet4
for
a
lot
of
folks.
What
the
three-year
100
million
dollar
commitment
was
going
to
do
was
going
to
bring
a
social
worker
and
family
liaison
to
every
school,
what
the
school
department
and,
and
certainly
under
dr
cassellius's
leadership,
as
well
as
the
school
committee,
they've,
actually
front
loaded
the
investment
around
the
social
workers
and
family
liaisons
to
year
two
of
that
investment.
So
with
this
fy22
operating
budget,
we
can
get
to
a
social
worker
and
family
liaison
in
every
school
throughout
the
city.
C
What
we're
trying
to
do
is
make
sure
we
have
these
supports
in
place
as
soon
as
possible.
That
way
we
can
go
out
and
hire
them.
So
I
think
we'd
love
to
I'll,
certainly
circle
with
the
school
department
to
see
where
they
are
at
the
hiring
of
that.
But
the
goal
will
be
to
get
a
social
worker
and
get
a
family
liaison
front
loaded
into
year.
Two
of
this
investment
and
get
that
ready
for
this
fall.
D
So
my
understanding
is
this:
coming
school
year
is
in
very
many
ways,
part
two
of
having
providers
on
site
full-time,
and
I
am
really
stressing
the
full
time
my
understanding
is.
We
have
26
schools
in
our
portfolio
that
will
not
have
a
full-time
provider
come
september
and
similar
to
the
work
around
my
work
and
in
particular
around
nurses.
We
can't
have
you
know
we
can't
decide
when
it
a
child
may
become
ill.
We
can't
decide.
D
You
know
the
bumps
and
the
bruises
and
the
more
significant
issues
that
our
students
face
and
that's
why
it's
so
that
the
time
of
day
or
the
day
of
week
that's
why
it's
so
important
that
the
the
providers
are
on
site
and
full
time
and
the
same
holds
true
for
social
workers.
The
you
know,
the
next
crisis
in
front
of
us
will
be
a
mental
health
crisis
for
our
kids
they're.
D
In
the
midst
of
it
now
and
our
kids
will
be
back
in
the
classroom
full-time
come
september,
all
of
our
students
so
just
being
able
to
respond
to
their
needs
when
they
have.
That
need
is
really
important
to
me
and
and
if
it's
26
schools
it
means
we're
short
13
providers,
and
so
for
me
it's
you
know.
Instead
of
this,
like
sort
of
big
fluffy,
broad
ass,
that's
a
very
specific
ask
and
it's
making
sure
that
we
have
a
full-time
provider
in
all
of
our
buildings.
Come
september.
C
Yeah
I
appreciate
that
counselor
and
I'll
certainly
circle
on
the
the
distinction
between
halftime
and
full-time
ftes
with
the
school
department.
What
I
would
say,
though,
is
I
know
that
the
entire
sell.
Well,
all
the
cell
law
supports
that
we
provide
on
the
city
budget.
Certainly,
I
think,
will
be
supplemented
by
some
additional
sr
funding
as
well.
C
So
I
think
that
we
could
certainly
take
a
look
at
the
federal
funding
that
is
coming
down,
obviously
working
with
the
superintendent
and
school
committee
and
see
if
there
are
any
gaps
and
see
if
at
least
for
the
first
gap
year,
we
could
look
at
federal
funding
for
that.
But
why
don't
I
circle
in
the
school
department
and
get
back.
D
So
the
gap
is
there.
There's
these,
I
think
26
schools
and
the
sr
funding
we've
seen
from
you
know
some
very
specific
indications
from
the
state
department
of
ed
that
that
federal
money
may
get
hung
up,
especially
as
we're
making
those
decisions
to
hire
providers
for
our
schools
to
be
in
place
for
september,
and
you
know
to
rely
on
that.
D
Federal
money
is
fine,
that
federal
money
is
short-lived,
will
be
short-lived,
and,
although
I
do
believe
we
will
get
it,
we
may
not
get
it
right
away
in
in
order
to
hire
for
those
positions.
D
So
for
me
you
know,
there's
a
number
of
things
that
are
missing
from
this
budget,
but
that's
a
very
sort
of
concrete,
specific
piece
that
is
important
to
me
that
we
get
to
a
place
where
we've
got
funding
in
place
for
a
full-time
provider
in
every
one
of
our
schools
when
schools
open
in
september-
and
it
has
to
be
in
this
budget
so
that
that
that's
what
I'm
looking
for
in
addition
to
some
other
pieces,
I
know
many
colleagues
are
on,
so
I
can
ask
about
the
other
things
in
the
in
the
next
round.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
counselor
sabi
george
and
I
had
told
counselor
mejia
that
she
could
get
in
before
two
o'clock.
It's
a
little
bit
after
two
o'clock,
but
counselor
did
you
want
to
get
in
and
then
I'll
go
next
to
counselor,
braden.
E
Yeah,
thank
you
and
I
believe
my
internet
is
really
unstable.
So
if
you
have
any
issues,
please
let
me
know
so,
I'm
just
curious
in
this
resubmission.
We
still
have
some
questions
in
regards
to
the
new
19
to
24
year
old,
year-round
jobs.
It's
still
unclear
as
to
the
number
of
slots
number
of
weeks
number
of
hours
per
week
and
pay
rate
per
hour.
E
E
And
I'm
curious
who
will
have
oversight
over
the
municipal
broadband
study
and
how
do
we
ensure
that
the
study
is
being
done
in
collaboration
with
the
community?
Also
in
the
in
the
presentation
it
has
500
000
total
for
the
municipal,
broadband
and
youth
jobs,
but
when
we
met
with
the
administration,
we
were
led
to
believe
that
it
was
300
000
for
youth
jobs,
which
I'm
still
fighting.
E
I
don't
think
that
300
000
is
really
hitting
the
mark
for
what
the
need
is,
so
I'm
pushing
for
a
lot
more
than
300
000
and
then
250
for
the
study.
So
it
looks
like
that
number
now
is
50.
000
short,
so
I
need
to
understand
that
discrepancy
and
then
we
advocated
for
funding
to
help
maintain
outdoor
dining
permits
permanently
in
the
city.
E
Can
you
talk
about
where
that
funding
is
represented
and
what
it
will
go
towards
and
we've
been
working
with
the
administration
to
completely
eliminate
the
rfp
for
security
cameras,
and
we
have
been
told
that
there's
a
temporary
hold
on
that
rfp?
Do
we
have
any
further
developments
and
in
regards
to
the
million
dollar
seed
to
the
create
the
office
of
participatory
budgeting?
E
How
will
the
community
play
a
role
creating
this
office
so
that
it's
community
centered
and
from
the
ground
up
and
then
my
other
questions
have
to
do
with
things
that
we
don't
see?
We
still
don't
see
where
we
need
to
be
when
it
comes
to
public
safety
reforms.
We
have
two
cadet
classes,
30
new
police
officers
and
only
one
percent
of
reallocation
in
the
budget.
E
It's
going
to
be
hard
for
us,
knowing
what
the
community
has
been
asking
for,
and
we've
been
getting
calls
from
advocates
and
residents
with
a
lot
of
other
folks
who
are
pushing
for
these
changes.
So
I'm
just
curious
about
where,
where
we're
landing
with
that-
and
we
still
need
to
see
funding
for
a
lot
of
the
bps
programming
that
we
mentioned,
including
ethnic
studies,
community
hub
schools
and
the
family
parent
mentoring
program.
Where
can
we
expect
these
items
to
be
incorporated.
C
Thank
you,
counselor
and
now
I'll
try
to
take
them
in
the
order
that
they
came.
So
if
I
miss
anything,
obviously
feel
free
to
to
jump
back
in
so
on
the
on
the
the
the
youth
jobs.
I
think
very
much
thanks
to
your
advocacy
counselor.
We
we've
added
300
000
and
we
really
want
to
build
out
that
program
with
you.
That
is,
a
investment
under
the
hhs
cabinet.
So
chief
marty,
martinez,
that
is
where
the
the
youth
jobs
live.
C
So
I
certainly
don't
think
it
has
to
live
there,
but
I
think
that
that's
obviously
a
great
place
and
a
good
start
to
where
to
start
that
programming
and
if
it
ends
up
somewhere
else
in
the
future.
I
think
we'd
certainly
be
be
open
to
that.
I
think,
as
far
as
the
wages
go,
I
think
that's
all
something
we're
going
to
have
to
determine
both.
You
know
through
actually
standing
up
the
program
and
understanding
the
specifics.
C
So
this
was
what
we
felt
like
was
a
affordable
amount
of
money
that
we
could
add
to
get
the
program
up
and
running
and
really
get
it
started
so
slots
hours
dollar
amount
we're
we're
going
to
work
on
as
soon
as
the
budget's
passed.
C
We
also
can't
start
the
program
until
we
get
a
pass
budget,
so
I
think
we
will
certainly
be
happy
to
to
loop
you
into
the
development
process
and
loop
you
into
the
sort
of
the
program
side
of
things
once
we
once
we
get
a
budget,
the
the
200
000
for
the
municipal
broadband
study.
So
it's
sorry
to
have
another
question.
C
So
it's
awesome.
It's
always
been
200,
it's
in
the
department
of
I.t
and
I
think,
through
our
office
of
through
our
office
of
I.t
and
municipal
broadband
mike
lynch.
I
think
we
would
be
happy
to
work
with
community
partners
as
well
as
really
the
you
know.
The
community
at
large
obviously
there's
a
fair
amount
of
infrastructure
already
within
in
city,
roads
and
city
buildings
and
and
throughout
the
entire
city.
C
E
So
I
just
wanted
to
just
kind
of
underscore.
You
know
we've
been
spending
a
lot
of
time
and
you
know
now
we
have
this
amazing
opportunity
to
kind
of
go
back
and
forth,
and
I'm
really
hoping
that
the
line
item
for
youth
jobs
is
increased
justin
and
I
don't
see
I
mean
I
know
we.
We
had
time
on
friday
that
we
talked
about
all
the
things
that
we
wanted
to
see.
E
I
don't
see
any
of
those
things
that
we
talked
about
on
friday,
reflected
in
this
conversation,
so
in
regards
to
youth
jobs,
that's
definitely
as
counselor
asabi
george
is
very
adamant
about
what
she's
fighting
for
I'm
going
to
be
very
clear
that
I
don't
think
300
000
dollars
for
that
line
item
is
enough.
I'm
not
thinking.
I
don't
think
that
we're
going
as
as
hard
as
we
can
for
that.
C
Appreciate
that
appreciate
the
the
the
inside.
Thank
you.
I
think
there
was
a
couple
other
questions,
but
I'm
blanking
on
them
now.
C
Yup,
so
we
added
about
315
000
to
the
budget,
and
this
is
across
both
licensing
economic
development
and
public
works.
I
believe-
and
these
are
staff
to
help
support
the
long-term
implementation
of
the
program.
So
that's
both
around
licensing
for
those
outdoor
sites,
making
sure
that
we
can
obviously
get
them
licensed.
And
then
you
know,
staffing
around
economic
development
and
public
works
to
make
sure
that
they
can
cite
it
correctly,
that
it's
safe,
that
it's,
you
know
accessible
all
that
stuff
that
went
into
sort
of
the
development
of
the
program.
C
So
we
excuse
me
created
a
dedicated
team
of
folks
to
work
on
that
issue
going
forward,
because
we
know
it's
it's
something
that
the
community
and
residents
and
businesses
alike
all
are
advocating
for
and
want
us
to
keep
going
forward.
So.
E
C
Okay,
we'll
we'll
find
that
we'll
find
out
where
that
distinction
was
and
we'll
correct
it.
E
C
That's
that's
a
good
question.
I'm
gonna
have
to
get
you
a
follow-up
on
that.
I
am
not
up
to
speed
on
where
the
rfp
is,
but
that
is
certainly
something
we
can
get
to
you
as
soon
as
possible
before
wednesday.
We'll
get
you
an
update
on
that.
E
Okay,
I
like
that
answer
and
then,
in
regards
to
you,
know
the
this
whole
idea
of
additional
cadet
classes.
I
know
we
have
one
coming
up
in
july
and
I'm
just
curious:
where
are
we
landing
with
kind
of
the
rollout,
for
that?
Is
it
possible
to
for
some
cost
savings
to
have
the
class
roll
rollout
in
january?
E
C
That's
a
it's
an
interesting
proposal.
I
mean,
I
think
the
the
class
is
really
designed
around
two
things:
one
we're
seeing
a
tremendous
amount
of
attrition
out
of
the
police
force,
given
the
age
of
the
officers
as
well
as
burnout
that
they're
seeing
and
that's
driving
a
lot
of
the
overtime
that
we're
experiencing.
So
the
investment
is
both.
You
know
to
get.
You
know
to
get
more
officers
on
the
street,
but
also
to
decrease
the
overtime
number.
C
So
if
we
were
going
to
delay
the
overtime,
I'm
sorry
delay
the
class
that
would
certainly
put
less
officers
on
the
street
next
year,
as
well
as
lead
to
increases
in
overtime.
So
I
think
we'd
want
to
sort
of
understand
the
proposal
a
little
bit
more,
but
I
think
the
overall
timing,
around
investments
in
just
officers
themselves
is
really
geared
towards
both.
You
know
boosting
morale
and
decreasing
burnout
and
addressing
the
attrition,
but
as
well
as
helping
to
reduce
the
overtime
numbers
as
well.
A
Much
thank
you
for
letting
me
next
steps.
Counselor,
braden
counselors
should
have
the
order
and
I
neglected
to
note
we
were
going
long
ago
by
counselor,
andrea
campbell
and
counselor
michelle
wu.
So
thank
you
to
them
as
well.
For
being
here,
counselor
braden,
you
have
the
floor.
F
Thank
you
and
thank
you
justin
for
your
very
thorough
and
extensive
presentation.
F
It
seems,
like
we've
been
doing
this
for
months
and
months,
but
I
just
want
to
run
back
to
the
green
jobs
issue
and
I
I
I
really
feel
that
the
green
jobs
issue
are
sort
of
critical
to
our
ability
to
build
up
our
urban
tree
canopy
across
the
city
and
not
only
plant
trees,
but
actually
try
and
keep
them
alive,
and
so
they
actually
mature
into
into
trees.
F
It
will
provide
some
some
shade
and
is
there
a
way
that
we
can
sort
of
beef
up
that
that
program
and
and
make
it
give
it
some
legs
so
that
it
will
actually
deliver.
I
think
sometimes
we
can
be
sort
of
cautious
in
the
investment
and
then
not
that
that's
not
an
in
not
not
an
inc.
F
That's
a
significant
investment,
but
I
just
wonder
if
it's
in
the
context
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
terms
of
our
urban
tree
canopy
and
training
up
young
people
or
whomever
to
to
do
these
jobs.
That
will
will
we
be
able
to
to
get
where
we
want
to
go
with.
With
with
that
amount
of
money,
the
child
care
entrepreneurs,
fund,
money
and
300k,
I
really
feel
you
know
we
have.
F
You
know
a
co-op
child
care,
co-ops,
etc,
exploring
different
options,
because
the
the
center-based
child
care
option
is
often
too
expensive
for
many
of
our
working
families.
So
the
idea
of
creating
child
care
co-ops
with
with
mothers
or
our
parents,
have
been
involved,
which
would
be
a
great
way
to
get
some
more
mileage
out
of
them
out
of
our
child
care
system.
F
So
I'm
not
sure
that
300k
is
gonna
is
gonna
cut
it
mckinney
park
is
two
million
short
on
his
budget.
I
was
hoping
we
could
get
it
across.
The
finishing
line
I
was
hoping
I
didn't
go,
have
to
go
around
and
happen
hand
and
try
and
fundraise
to
get
it
across.
F
We've
already
had
a
generous
contribution
from
bc
for
that
program
for
that
park,
and
I
was
hoping
we
could
get
get
the
get
the
get
it
across
the
line,
but
the
million
leaves
us
slightly
short
and
then
the
the
other
issue
in
terms
of
the
bcyf.
F
F
It's
it's
still
an
unanswered
question,
and-
and
I
don't
want
to
have
us
standing
here
at
this
time
next
year,
without
a
plan
for
for
what
we're
going
to
do
for
the
jackson
man
community
center.
It's
the
only
community
center
in
our
district,
and
I
really
hope
that
we
can.
F
We
can
make
make
sure
that
that
would
really
have
have
a
a
an
alternative
location
and
a
good
plan
come
come
in
six
months
time,
not
a
year's
time,
and
I
hope
that
that
that
money
has
been
allocated
to
do
that
and
then
also
in
terms
of
the
acquisition
opportunity
program.
If
there's
federal
money
coming
in
one
of
the
great
challenges
we
have
in
the
city
is
the
speculative
investment
in
our
housing
stock
and
taking
our
formerly
affordable,
housing
or
reasonably
affordable
housing
into
into
being
bought
up
by
outside
investors.
F
And
so
I
think
we,
if
we
have
a
really
robust
acquisition
opportunity
program
with
with
lots
of
of
that
federal
money,
and
we
can
really
shift
the
needle
on
acquiring
and
taking
a
lot
more
housing
out
of
the
speculative
markets.
So
those
are
really
the
big
issues
that
I
I'm
concerned
about
at
this
point.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
counselor
I'll.
Try
to
take
him
in
I'll.
Take
him
in
reverse
order.
This
time
really
throw
everyone
for
a
curveball,
so
on
the
aop
side,
absolutely
happy
to
continue
that
conversation
around
the
federal
funding.
Aop
gets
cpa
money,
it
gets
city
dollars,
it
gets
idp
and
also
different
sorts
of
resources.
C
So
there
is
never
enough
that
we
can
put
into
aop
to
invest
in
the
program,
and
I
think
certainly
federal
funding
coming
out
of
covent
would
be
a
a
good
opportunity
for
that
on
the
child
care
side.
I
certainly
think
that
the
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
was
actually
you
know.
Certainly
you
can
always
do
more.
We
always
love
to
do
more.
I
think
we
really
wanted
to
create
a
really
strong
program
with
the
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement.
C
The
idea
is
really
to
work
with
those
families,
child
care
centers,
because
that's
really
what
this
funding
is
for
to
help
both
support
them,
but
also
build
out
long-term
sustainable
business
models
for
them
so
that
they
can
sort
of
you
know
be
long-term
and
and
exist
forever
in
in
a
sustainable
way.
So
I
think
appreciate
the
the
advocacy
around
additional
funding
for
that
and
then
on
the
green
jobs
again
same
thing.
C
I
I
totally
agree:
a
million
dollars
for
green
jobs
is
really
to
get
the
program
started
to
see
what
works,
what
doesn't
work,
what
are
really
opportunities
might
be
able
to
partner
with
either
outside
groups,
or,
if
we're
you
know,
doing,
city
services
what's
the
best
model
and
that
future
rounds
of
federal
funding,
I
think,
could
certainly
be
additive
with.
C
I
think
I
think
future
federal
rounds
of
federal
funding
certainly
could
be
additive
to
the
green
jobs
and
sort
of
long-term
investment
in
our
workforce
that
we
can
make,
but
I
think
the
million
dollars
in
the
first
year
is
really
sort
of
designed
to
sort
of
pilot
a
couple,
different
models
potentially
or
pilot
a
model
that
we
think
we
might
be
able
to
bring
to
scale
in
the
in
the
multi-million
dollar
range
that
I
think
you're
alluding
to
and
then
on
the
bcyf
jackson,
man,
side.
C
C
We
do
set
aside
money
within
the
bps
capital
plan
to
do
those
types
of
moves
or
do
those
types
of
relocations
if
needed,
we
don't
break
them
out
as
individual
projects
until
they
become
an
individual
project.
So
I
think
that
there
is
funding
available
within
the
bps
capital
plan
if
we
need
to
relocate
some
of
their
services
in
the
short
term,
it
just
may
not
show
up
as
a
standalone
project,
but
why
don't
I?
Why
don't
I
work
with
pcyf
and
and
bps
to
get
you
an
update
on
that
as
well?.
F
Thank
you,
yeah,
it's
it's
the
the
bcyf
center.
It's
it's
also
a
big
link
list
and
we
need
we
need
to
talk
to
election
department,
but
it's
it's
across
a
cross-departmental
challenge
to
relocate
the
the
things
that
happen
at
the
at
the
community
center.
So
I
I
value
that
that
input
and
and
hope
that
we
can
come
to
a
good
result,
this
time
that
we
will
be
there
this
time
next
year.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
counselor
brayden
next
up
is
sorry.
Everyone,
president
o'malley.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
good
afternoon
justin
and
joanna
and
jim
jim,
always
great,
seeing
you
supporting
our
local
businesses
at
the
farmers
market
in
roslindale
this
wednesday
and
thank
you
for
all
your
work.
It's
obviously
a
thankless
job,
an
incredibly
difficult
job,
but
I
appreciate
all
of
you
guys
being
here
and,
quite
frankly,
your
willingness
to
work
with
us
through
this
process.
I
think
that
it's
credit,
you
are
all
a
credit
to
the
city.
So
thank
you
for
your
work,
justin.
G
I
was
delighted
to
hear
about
the
ems
training
academy.
As
you
know,
I've
been
advocating
for
this
for
a
while
in
franklin
park
is
near.
The
old
chattack
hospital
is
the
the
geographic
center
of
the
city,
but
I'm
equally
delighted
to
hear
that
it
will
be
in
my
district.
So
where
are
you
thinking
in
western
oxford?
The.
C
This
is
going
into
the
the
river
more
facility
over
by
over
by
millennium
and
and
the
bay
will
be
located
there
as
well.
G
Fabulous
okay,
great
it's
I
mean,
that's
obviously,
what's
needed:
the
the
men
and
women
of
boss,
the
emts
and
paramedics
of
boston.
Ems
are
the
unsung
heroes
of
public
safety
in
the
city,
and
so
anything
we
can
do
to
get
them
there.
I
still
think
there's
an
opportunity
looking
at
more
geographic
centering
at
franklin
park,
but
this
is
this
is
a
very,
very
positive
step.
So
I'm
delighted
to
hear
it
and
clearly
hugely
supportive
of
that.
The
cooling
and
I'm
just
I
took
notes
during
the
the
presentation.
G
I
think
it
was
about
340
thousand
dollars
for
cooling,
centers
or
cooling
mitigation.
Can
you
speak
a
little
briefly
on
that?
What
what
exactly
would
that
translate
to,
and
I'm
particularly
cognizant
of
it
today
and
now
this
week,
when
we
could
certainly
use
it.
C
Absolutely
so
this
would
be
targeted
funding
within
the
environment
department.
I
think
it's
going
to
depend
a
little
bit
on
the
location.
Some
of
it
may
be
additional
ac.
C
Some
of
it
may
be
additional
cooling
instruments
in
specific,
either
neighborhoods
or
areas
depending
on
on
the
need,
but
I
would
also
want
to
defer
to
chief
white
hammond,
because
she's
going
to
be
the
entire
department
is
going
to
really
be
driving
what
the
community
is
on
that
investment,
so
I'd
be
happy
to
get
you
sort
of
a
an
exact
breakdown,
but
the
idea
being
that,
obviously,
today
is,
is
just
one
of
many,
I'm
sure,
90
90
plus
days
that
we'll
have
this
summer,
but
I'm
sort
of
getting
some
additional
investment
in
those
areas
is
vital.
C
G
As
you
know,
we've
had
we
averaged
four
90
plus
degree
days
from
1912
to
2000,
and
I
think
this
week
we'll
have
our
ninth
for
the
month
of
june
alone.
So
it
shows
it
shows
how
it's
needed.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit?
Obviously,
I
think
I'm
delighted
my
colleagues
are
and
a
refocus
on
efforts
as
it
relates
to
hhs
and
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
good
money.
There
are
good
target
investments,
but
you
know
I'm
curious
when
I
was
looking
through
the
spreadsheet.
G
It
talked
about
225
or
250
000
for
age,
strong
for
covid's,
I
guess
awareness
and
or
probably
more
so
vaccination
awareness
can
you
talk?
Is
there
money
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
too
specific?
But
as
we
talk
about
the
delta
variant,
as
we
talk
about
we're
in
a
pretty
good
place
in
terms
of
our
vaccination
rates,
we
could
always
be
better
until
we
get
to
100
but
we're
in
a
pretty
good
place.
G
C
Absolutely
it's
a
great
it's
a
great
question,
so
the
existing
city
budget
has
about
a
four
percent.
Four
million
dollar.
I
think
increase
total
for
bphc,
separate
than
that
which
supports
sort
of
the
general
infrastructure
of
our
bphd.
C
The
type
of
efforts
that
I
think
you're
outlining
are
actually
in
the
dedicated
50
million
dollars
that
we
put
forward
for
the
community
in
emergency
relief
funding,
which
is
actually
also
on
the
docket
for
today's
conversation,
but
that
was
sort
of
direct
continuing
the
direct
investment
in
both
community
vaccinations
and
testing
and
all
the
apparatus
that
we've
stood
up,
that
the
city
has
stood
up
over
the
last
16
months
going
forward
right.
That's
a
10
million
investment
that
that'll
keep
us
going
on
all
those
initiatives
for,
for
the
foreseeable
future.
G
That's
great
to
hear,
and
and
yeah
I
mean
obviously
I
know
we
all
support
that.
That's
that's!
I
don't
want
to
get
too
focused
on
that
as
we
prepare
for
the
budget
vote,
but
I
just
think
that
you
know
we've
learned
so
much
over
the
last
16
months
and
it
was
really
after
a
very
bumpy
start,
and
I
think
the
governor
would
be
the
first
to
admit
that
he
and
his
administration
had
a
bumpy
start.
G
I
think
that
we've
seen
such
a
remarkable
access
to
vaccination
and
it
was
free
and
it
was
easy-
and
particularly
there
were
some
seniors
who
were
homebound,
that
I
worked
with
the
public
health
commission
to
get
someone
to
administer
to
pick
them
up
so
so
anything
we
can
do
that.
That
should
never
be
a
budget
buster.
I'm
hopeful
that
for
the
foreseeable
future,
we'll
be
able
to
support
that
the
obviously
the
safe
streets
money
is
something
that
I'm
very
delighted
for
and
grateful
and
wanted
to
know
councillor
flynn
for
his
leadership
there
as
well.
G
I
know
there
is
no
one
here
from
bps,
and
so
perhaps
I
I
hope
they
are
watching
this,
because
in
one
of
the
line
items
talks
about
the
recent
middle
18
and
a
half
million
dollars
to
sustain
school
budgets
amid
enrollment
decline.
That's
needed
that's
important,
but
I
think
we're
burying
the
lead
a
bit
there
and
that's
that
we've
seen
such
dramatic
enrollment
decline
that
we're
talking
about
18.5
million
dollars
to
sort
of
offset
it
and
that's
for
those
watching
early
on.
G
In
my
counselorship,
we
switched
to
a
awaited
student
funding
formula
where
the
money
would
follow
the
students,
which
is
a
much
you
know
more
fair
and
equitable
system,
but
I
think
it
underscores
the
fact-
and
this
is
one
of
the
concerns
that
I
really
have
with
bps-
is
that
we
are
seeing
such
enrollment.
G
I
think
for
many
families
and
would
be
families
bps,
isn't
the
safe
or,
I
shouldn't
say,
safe,
isn't
the
doesn't
work
for
for
many
families
and
there's
a
lot
lack
of
confidence
in
bps,
and
I
think
you
know
that
speaks
volumes
to
what
we
need
to
see
over
the
next
two
days
from
the
superintendent.
From
her
team
to
make
sure
that
we
at
least
begin
a
process
encounter
sabi
george
talked
about
some
ways
we
could.
G
We
could
address
these
issues,
but
just
going
forward,
there's
a
lot
there's
a
lot
that
needs
to
be
discussed
as
it
relates
to
bps
going
forward.
So
I
think
I'll
close
simply
by
saying
again,
chair
bach,
I
think,
set
the
right
tone
at
this.
I
really
appreciated
friday's
opportunity
to
just
have
a
counselors
only,
although
I'm
sure
you
all
watched
it
was
streamed
as
it
should
be
working
session.
G
I
think
there's
an
opportunity
as
we
look
at
the
next
48
hours
to
perhaps
you
know
to
the
chairs
words,
look
at
a
supplemental
filing
as
it
relates
to
budgetary
as
it
relates
to
to
you
know
some
of
the
federal
funds
available
on
some
of
the
more
specific
initiatives
that
we
want
to
see.
G
I
am
delighted
and
want
to
recognize
that
there's
a
big
push
in
many
of
the
environmental
initiatives
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
but
there
could
be
more
as
it
relates
to
building
standards
as
it
relates
to
different
opportunities.
You
know
that
there
is
no
electricity
in
in
huge
swaths
of
portland
oregon,
where
my
sister-in-law
lives
right
now,
because
the
temperature
hit
112
113
degrees,
so
literally
some
of
the
electrical
wires
are
melting.
G
I
mean
this
is
my
long
way
of
saying
that
the
environment
is
infrastructure
as
well,
so
there's
an
opportunity,
I
think,
for
boston
to
once
again
lead
on
that.
That
is
all
for
this
round,
both
questions
and
a
statement,
but
thank
you
all
for
your
for
your
tireless
work.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Thank
you
so
much
president
o'malley.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this.
Next
up
is
counselor
ed
flynn.
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councillor
bark
and
thank
you,
council
block
and
president
o'malley
for
the
important
work
and
your
leadership.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
and
to
justin
and
the
the
budget
team.
Thank
you
as
well
for
your
positive
leadership
to
jim
and
joe
honor
and
everybody
that's
on
justin.
I
had
a
couple
questions.
We
had
a
meeting
in
south
boston
last
week
that
there
was
200
people
there.
H
We
unfortunately
had
a
death
in
the
community.
A
motorcyclist
was
hit
and
killed,
but
obviously
pedestrian
safety
is
still
the
issue.
I
focus
on
all
day
long
and
all
night
long
and
on
the
weekends
as
well
doesn't
seem
to
me
that
we
have
enough
money
in
the
budget
for
pedestrian
safety.
I
know
we're
putting
in
500
000
bucks
to
hire
more
staff,
which
is
critical,
but
but
then
the
the
other
money,
the
the
operation
money
to
implement
those
changes.
Is
that
actually
enough
to
make
major
significant
changes
that
that
are
needed
throughout
the
city.
C
No,
that's
a
good
question
and
I
think
the
additional
money
is
is
just
what
we've
added
since
obviously
partnering
with
you
counselor
on
advocating
for
it,
but
that's
just
what
we've
added
I'll
get
you
the
total
dollar
amount,
but
the
total
dollar
amount
we're
spending
on
all
transportation
infrastructure.
So
that's
roads,
bridges,
sidewalks!
You
know
street
lights
street
safety,
all
that
stuff
is
north
of
a
billion
dollars.
So
it
is
the
far
and
away
the
biggest
part
of
the
capital
plan.
C
Now
with
that
said,
there's
also
the
ability
to
implement
it
in
the
ability
to
sort
of
to
keep
traffic
moving
in
certain
areas.
So
we
it's
all
a
combination
of
getting
the
staff
we
have.
We
can
engage
the
community,
do
the
workplace
state
or
the
road,
roadway
safety
work
and
then
working
with
our
contractors
to
actually
implement
it.
You
know
it
is
a
billion-dollar
sort
of
overall
streets
plan.
Certainly
always
more
is
needed,
but
I
think
by
adding
the
two
million
dollars.
C
I
think
we
added
what
we
thought
we
could
sort
of
accomplish
in
the
next
year
without
putting
ourselves
out
there
for
work
that
we
didn't
think
we
were
gonna
do
so.
I
think
certainly
agree
that
there's
certainly
a
need
for
more,
but
we're
trying
to
be
realistic
with
what
we
can
accomplish
in
the
near
term.
H
C
It's
a
great
question
council.
I
want
to
circle
with
the
public
facilities,
division,
bpda
and
ems.
Before
I
gave
you
an
exact
answer,
but
we
could
do
that
before.
We
could
do
that
by
the
end
of
the
day.
Tomorrow,.
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
justin.
I'm
also,
I
know
we're
getting
a
lot
of
federal
money
and
as
well
hvac
for
students
in
the
bps
system.
Are
we
going
to
get
these
eight?
Will
we
get
the
improvements
to
hvac
air
conditioning
before
the
start
of
school
and
at
the
end
of
august?
As
you
know,
it
could
be
95
degrees
at
the
end
of
august,
when
kids
go
back
to
school
early
september,
are
the
kids
going
to
be
able
to
study
and
learn
in
in
in
a
new
news
classroom
with
hvac,
updated.
C
C
As
you
mentioned,
for
children
to
learn
and
creating
nurturing
and
welcoming
environments,
we
are
working
on
those
projects
all
all
the
time,
but
certainly
we
do
so,
especially
during
the
summer
with
that
said,
we
have
130-ish
buildings
in
the
city,
many
of
which
built
before
world
war
ii.
So
we
are
working
our
way
to
address
some
of
those
needs.
I
think
during
covid
we
certainly
addressed
a
lot
of
the
windows
needs
and
certainly
getting
those
in
a
better
place
than
they
were
pre-covered.
C
But
it
is
a
process
and
it
does
require
us
to
sort
of
tackle
it
in
a
in
a
in
a
stat
in
a
staggered
way,
because
we
can
only
be
in
the
buildings
to
really
during
the
summer,
and
we
have
so
many
of
them.
So
I
think
we're
working
our
way
through
it
and
it's
certainly
a
high
priority
for
us
where
we
continue
to
invest.
C
In
with
that
said,
I
also
think
that
the
certainly
the
bps
federal
money,
which
is
the
400
million
dollars
worth
of
esser,
could
be
an
opportunity
to
supercharge
some
of
our
efforts
that
we're
doing
on
the
capitol
plant
side,
because
it's
one
time
in
nature.
It's
really
covet
specific
or
it's
really
sort
of
health
and
safety
and
sort
of
environment
specific,
and
I
think,
would
be
a
good
opportunity
for
us
to
use
that
funding.
H
Thank
you
justin,
I'm
very
happy
about
the
significant
funding
for
ada
compliance
on
ramps.
Next
to
sidewalks.
That's
a
that's
a
major
investment.
H
So
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
human
rights
commission
that
was
established
by
mayor
fleming
84,
I
believe
over
85..
I
guess
my
final
question
justin.
On
going
back
to
pedestrian
safety,
we
only
can
do
pedestrian
safety
infrastructure
improvements,
improving
the
quality
of
life
for
residents
with
the
money
for
pedestrian
safety
infrastructure
improvements
and
having
police
on
the
street
enforcing
speeding
laws
having
police
on
the
street
enforcing
other
other
laws
as
well
motor
vehicle
laws.
H
I'm
I'm
happy
that
we
have
two
classes
going
in
including
a
cadet
program
as
well,
but
I
think
going
forward.
We
see
almost
100
police
officers
retire
every
every
year,
so
just
to
keep
up
with
that.
We
almost
have
to
hire
150
200
every
year.
But
what?
What
are
your
short-term
plans
and
long-term
plans
as
it
relates
to
hiring
police
officers?.
A
C
In
in
the
fy
22
budget,
we
have
two
classes
of
125
officers,
one
starting
in
in
a
few
short
weeks
and
one
starting,
obviously
six
months
after
that.
That
is
about
as
much
as
we
can
handle
from
an
infrastructure
point
of
view
because
of
the
size
of
the
facility,
because
of
obviously
the
time
it
takes
to
train
the
officers.
So
we've
sort
of
maxed
quote-unquote
maxed
out
how
many
we
can
add
in
the
existing
structure.
C
I
think
we
also
have
to
you
know
long
term,
think
creative
about
the
size
and
space
of
our
police
academy
as
well.
As
you
know,
potential
again
would
defer
to
the
police
department
on
the
exact
specifics,
lateral
moves
from
other
departments
across
the
city,
because
I
think
that
not
across
the
city
across
the
state,
because
I
think
that
that's
a
an
opportunity
to
fill
some
of
those
gaps
that
you
you
discuss.
But
I
would
certainly
want
to
let
the
experts
at
bpd
speak
more
to
their
long-term
goals.
H
Well,
thank
you
justin
and
your
team.
Thank
you,
council
block.
I
appreciate
giving
me
an
extra
minute
or
so
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
flynn.
Next,
that's
councilor
baker.
I
Thank
you
man.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
justin.
Thank
you
for
thank
you
for
all
your
work.
You've
done
here
today,
you
started
out.
You
started
out
with
you
know,
talking
about
the
good
things
we've
been
able
to
do
in
this
in
this
budget
here
because
of
the
stability
we
had
leaving
last
year's
budget,
we
wouldn't
have
been
there.
I
If
we
voted
last
year's
budget
down
would
probably
still
be
in
a
112
budget
would
be
looking
to
put
people
back
on
the
payroll
instead
of
adding
people
onto
our
payroll,
so
good
job
last
year,
justin
and
now
we're
going
to
this
year.
Can
you
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
consummate?
He
had
talked
about
the
camera
contract
maintenance
contract.
Can
you
tell
me
what
that
contract
is
where
it
is
and
and
what's
what's
the
issue
with
it.
C
I
thank
you
counselor
for
the
kind
words
I
think
on
the
camera.
I'd
have
to
circle
with
really
the
office
of
emergency
management.
It's
a
my
understanding
is
it's
part
of
the
uasi
program,
which
is
the
city.
Oh
sorry,
the
regional
federal
grant
program
that
we
run
for
the
city
that
we
run
on
behalf
of
the
region.
So
I'd
want
to
get
the
exact
specifics
before
I
I
answered,
but
I'm
happy
to
do
so
by
before
the
end
of
the
day
tomorrow,.
I
Yeah,
because
that's
very
important-
that's
not
just
us
justin,
that's
the
entire
region.
We
shouldn't
be
making
making
decisions
to
destabilize
the
region,
so
I'm
advocating
that
that
contract
gets
signed
and
that
contract
gets
gets
moved
forward.
Also,
can
you
tell
me
about
what's
going
to
happen
with
the
section
400
officers.
C
Again,
a
very
good
question
for
those,
maybe
watching
at
home,
so
this
was
a
a
change
to
the
I'm
sorry.
This
was
a
as
a
result
of
the
police
reform,
statewide
police
reform
bill.
They
made
an
adjustment
to
the
section
400
of
the
special
police
officers
within
the
entire
state,
but
especially
affects
boston.
In
a
few
of
our
different
areas.
We
are
working
closely
with
our
unions,
our
our
city
delegation,
sorry,
our
state
donation
to
try
to
find
solutions.
C
Unfortunately,
we
are
in
a
position
where
we
have
to
respond
to
the
law
and
that
is
sort
of
the
law
of
the
land.
Unfortunately,
so
I'd
be
happy
to
circle
back
with
you
counselor
on
some
specific
steps
we're
taking,
but
we
are,
are
trying
to
work
through
what
the
impact
will
be
and
then
in
the
short
term,
and
then
try
to
work
on
ways
to
reverse
it
in
the
long
term
or
fix
it
in
the
long
term.
A
A
Let
me
just
well
we're
gonna
we'll
get
him
back,
but
in
the
meantime,
why
don't
we
go
to
you
counselor
campbell
and
then
when
councilor
baker
comes
back,
he
can
finish
any
questions.
He's
got.
K
Sounds
great
and
thank
you
justin
jim
johanna,
of
course,
your
entire
team
for
the
hard
work
you
guys
are
indeed
working
very
hard.
So
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
I
also
I
mean
had
a
question
around
the
section
400
officers,
because,
as
you
can
imagine,
getting
a
lot
of
calls
and
emails-
I
do
think
what's
been
really.
Frustrating
is
just
the
lack
of
communication
between
the
administrative
side
and
the
council
side
on
this.
K
We
knew
there
was
a
new
law,
of
course,
coming
into
effect
and
that
there
would
be
some
changes
we
have
to
make
and
it's
new
for
everyone.
I
want
to
acknowledge
that,
but
obviously
the
counselors
here
want
to
support
want
to
be
helpful
in
making
sure
people
are
not
unnecessarily
losing
their
jobs.
So
justin,
please
keep
us
abreast
as
to
how
we
can
work
in
partnership
on
those
issues.
K
I
also
want
to
lift
up
what
councilman
he
has
said
when
it
comes
to
youth
jobs.
I
won't
belabor
the
points.
I
know
there
are
folks
waiting
for
public
testimony.
I
also
know
that
there
are
other
council
colleagues
who
want
to
speak,
but
I
wanted
to
express
my
concerns
or
just
lift
up
her
advocacy
because
I'm
in
total
agreement
with
her,
along
with
councillor
flynn
on
the
pedestrian
safety
piece
as
district
councillors,
we
get
them
all
day.
K
Even
though
they've
experienced
accidents
and
people,
of
course
dying
as
a
result
of
or
being
killed
frankly
as
a
result
of
an
accident
or
a
a
crash,
and
so
definitely
want
to
to
lift
that
up
and
echo
my
my
sentiments
of
counselor
flynn,
greater
investment
needed,
but
really
a
timeline
for
folks.
K
On
these
things,
one
neighborhood
was
asked,
of
course,
to
apply
for
slow
streets
again,
which
is
really
frustrating
because
they
were
asked
before
to
apply
and
they
didn't
get
slow
streets
and
now
they're
starting
all
over
again,
even
though
they
have
immediate
traffic
concerns.
For
themselves
and
their
families
and,
of
course,
the
kids
in
the
neighborhood
on
boston,
public
schools,
you
know
I
came
out
as
a
no
vote
initially
on
this
budget
because
of
boston,
public
schools,
mass
and
cass
and
the
police
department,
along
with
these
other
additional
pieces
too.
K
The
sarah
greenwood
school
in
my
district
is
at
the
top
of
the
list
as
well.
It's
a
school
that
is
just
experiencing
incredible
infrastructure
challenges.
I
know
the
department
has
been
in
touch
with
parents,
but
parents
are
beside
themselves.
They
want
a
swing
space.
They
want
a
timeline
with
respect
to
permanent
a
new
construction,
a
new
building
to
replace
that
school.
So
I
think
I
appreciated
you
talking
about
how
we
use
federal
dollars
to
accelerate
these
projects.
It's
frankly,
I
was
something
I
was
stressing
when
marty
was
still
here,
interest
rates
were
low.
K
This
was
an
opportunity
to
accelerate
capital
projects.
I
think
at
this
point
families
want
a
plan.
How
what
is
the
timeline
to
accelerate
these
projects?
What
is
the
timeline
to
make
sure
every
school
has
an
hvac,
an
ac
system,
particularly
look
at
the
weather
this
week
and
how
it
was.
You
know,
of
course,
when
folks
were
still
in
school.
What
is
the
timeline?
What
is
the?
How
will
they
be
engaged
in
that,
of
course,
how
will
we
be
held
accountable
to
that
timeline?
K
They
want
that
to
be
public
and
transparent
transportation
within
boston,
public
schools.
I
think
everyone
on
this
zoo
has
expressed
real
concerns
about
the
lack
of
sustainability
with
the
bps
transportation
budget
and
so
much
more
declining
enrollment
council
o'malley
mentioned
it.
That
is
a
major
concern
for
this
district
and
I
think
we
need
a
a
more
comprehensive
response.
I
know
there's
some
resources
we're
pouring
in
to
sort
of
close
the
gaps,
but
just
lifting
up.
I
don't
have
time
to
answer
I'll.
K
Ask
all
my
questions
so,
just
frankly
turning
them
into
comments
on
math
and
cass,
I
told
councillor
bach
in
the
previous
council
working
session
that
we
had.
It
wasn't
merely
about
investments
and
monetary
investments
in
this
budget
to
respond
to
that
public
health
and
public
safety
crisis
that
we're
seeing.
K
It
really
was
about
implementing
new
ideas,
whether
it's
the
chief
who's,
just
coordinating
and
dealing
with
this
issue,
I
called
the
madison
cast
chief,
a
responder
unit,
an
actual
meeting
with
folks
who've
been
doing
the
work.
I
have
heard
from
businesses,
stakeholders
residents,
you
name
it
all
working
really
hard
for
city
employees
too.
Everyone's
working
hard
they're
overwhelmed
requesting
a
meeting
with
the
acting
mayor
on
this
very
issue
on
how
we
work
in
partnership.
K
They
also
want
to
hear
what
the
administration's
ideas
are
to
respond
in
real
time.
Have
that
conversation
I've
been
in
touch
with
task
force,
members
who
are
also
very
frustrated
with
how
the
crisis
continues
to
get
worse,
and
so
just
wanted
to
lift
that
up
and
to
re-up
my
correspondence
with
the
administration
on
a
meeting
of
some
sort
happening
between
the
administration
acting
mayor
and
these
folks,
who
are
doing
the
work
on
maths
and
cast
and
then
my
last
piece
is
the
police
department
and
counselor
bach.
K
I
know
and
I
apologize
if
there's
a
fan,
I
have
a
fan
going
on,
so
this
might
be
occasionally.
I
hear
it
going
getting
louder,
but
I
know
we've
talked
quite
a
bit
on
the
police
department:
push
for
the
supplemental
conversation
to
include
the
police
department.
K
I
do
think
there
is
a
maybe
a
different
way
of
looking
at
how
to
bring
in
this
budget,
and
I
think
we
all
agree.
It
is
just
not
sustainable
going
forward.
I
do
think
there's
enough
officers
in
the
system.
We
have
a
new
class
coming
on
line,
which
is
wonderful
that
just
got
graduated.
K
I
think
there
needs
to
be
a
greater
push
at
shifting
a
culture
in
a
department
on
structural
changes
that
are
uncomfortable.
I
think,
for
a
whole
host
of
folks
and
that's
hard
work.
I
get
that
officers
are
working
really
hard.
This
is
about
systemic
reform,
to
create
greater
transparency
in
accountability
and
to
rein
in
a
budget
that
is
just
not
sustainable
going
forward
and
I've
looked
up.
K
The
same
concerns
with
budgets
of
other
departments
that
are
not
sustainable,
and
so
I
think
you
know
I'll
continue
to
work
through
councilor
bach
on
some
of
the
ideas,
including
ideas
that
are
coming
from
the
community
that
they
want
to
see
in
terms
of
changes
to
this
police
department
and
there's
a
real
frustration
that,
after
thousands
of
emails
and
calls
and
showing
up
at
our
hearings,
that
the
budget
as
presented,
looks
very
similar
to
the
budget
of
of
last
year.
And
so
just
wanting
to
lift
that
up.
K
What
is
what
is
that
going
towards?
What's
the
timeline
for
opat,
where
are
we
with
opat,
have
had
no
updates
so
just
curious,
where
we
are
in
terms
of
the
implementation
of
opat
the
setup
as
well
and
when
it
will
become
public
facing.
C
Thank
you
counselor
for
for
all
those
comments
and
appreciate
the
the
partnership
and
the
advocacy
on
all
those
areas
and
on
opad
specifically,
so
the
extra
300
000
will
bring
the
entire
oped
budget
up
to
1.3
million
that'll
fund
about
14
staff
and
sort
of
answered
costs,
whether
it's
supplies
and
materials
office,
space
and
the
like
to
to
get
the
office
up
and
running.
We
have
hired
the
executive
director
of
opet,
obviously,
but
in
order
to
start
taking
cases,
we
need
a
budget
to
pass
that
way.
C
We
can
get
it
up
and
running
for
july.
First,
I
think
you
know.
As
soon
as
we
get
a
budget
passed,
we
can
sort
of
start
to
hire
those
investigators
and
and
intake
workers
and
lawyers,
and
all
the
all
the
the
staff
that
will
go
around
with
opet
to
to
really
stand
up
the
office
and
and
start
taking
cases
is.
But
in
order
to
do
so,
we
need
the
appropriation
and
resources
to
do
that.
K
That's
helpful
and
I
agree
you
definitely
need
the
resources
and
for
me
one
of
the
things
that
was
always
an
interesting
conversation
with
folks
who
were
advocating
for
this
budget.
The
bpd
budget
to
be
sustainable
was,
as
you
create
more
entities
to
create
greater
accountability
and
transparency.
Well,
that's
going
to
cost
resources.
Opat
is
one
of
them.
I
pushed
for
it
because
I
knew
it
had
significant
potential
to
create
greater
accountability
and
transparency
for
our
police
department,
and
I
think
it's
a
great
thing,
but
obviously
we
still
have
a
budget.
K
That's
400
million
dollars.
You
know
70
million
dollars
over
time
and
there
needs
to
be
a
question
on
how
we
save
real
money
there,
for
particularly
from
the
overtime
budget
to
reallocate
for
things
like
opat,
but
also,
of
course,
to
the
root
causes
of
violence,
because,
like
I've
said-
and
I
think
officers
agree,
they
alone
will
never
be
able
to
eradicate
incidents
of
violence
in
the
city
of
boston.
K
There
needs
to
be
greater
investment
in
mental
health,
supports
trauma,
of
course,
our
educational
system,
moving
people
out
of
poverty
and
to
home
ownership
opportunities
and
other
economic
opportunities,
jobs,
creating
jobs
et
cetera
and
a
large
amount
of
those
resources.
Often
you
know
office
of
recovery,
think
about
what
they're
dealing
with
in
terms
of
substance
use
in
the
opioid
crisis.
K
A
Councillor
campbell,
yes,
we
are
now
going
to
try
to
go
back
to
councillor
baker,
whom
we
lost
councillor,
baker.
C
I
forgot
it.
No,
I
think
we
were
on
the
the
uasi
of
the
camera
and
the
the
special
police
officer,
so
we
will
get
you
an
answer
both
on
the
the
the
spos,
as
well
as
an
update
on
where
we
are
at
that
contract
by
the
end
of
the
day
tomorrow,.
I
Yeah
but
but
justin
I'd,
like
you,
know
something
about
what's
happening
with
these
with
these
400,
with
these
offices
of
the
section
400
I'd
like
to
get
it
on
to
the
public,
so
they
know
what's
going
on,
there's
there's
multiple
losses.
We
don't
know
if
they're
going
to
be
laid
off
if
they're
going
to
take
pay
cuts
which,
to
me
looks
like
looks
like
unfair
labor
practices,
but
if
you
can
answer
that
a
little
bit
yep.
C
Sorry,
I
I
I
did
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
That's
my
mistake
so
for
folks
in
the
public
or
folks
outside,
so
the
the
as
part
of
the
overall
police
reform
bill
at
the
state.
A
part
of
it
was
a
change
to
what
are
called
special
police
officers,
of
which
there
are.
There
are
some
in
boston
across
a
whole
host
of
different
departments,
but
one
of
the
things
that
it
does
is
it
sort
of
decertifies
them
effective
july,
one
counselor.
C
What
I
said
was
that
we
are
obviously
working
with
the
state
and
working
with
labor
to
understand
what
that
is,
and
you
know,
unfortunately,
we
are
sort
of
at
the
at
the
mercy
of
the
state,
but
both
both
you
and
councillor
campbell
brought
up.
You
know
we
want
to
stay
in
a
partnership
with
the
council
to
engage
the
state
on
on
what
our
options
are
and
then
certainly
bring
that
to
labor
to
discuss
our
option.
The
last
thing
we
want
to
do
is
lay
anyone
off.
C
So
I
think
we
will
sort
of
work
with
labor
to
do
so
to
manage
this
appropriately
and
agree
that
no
fault
of
the
officers
in
this
in
this
regard,
we
wanna
work
with
them
to
find
a
solution
that
works
for
everybody.
I
That
might
be
well,
but
that's
the
majority
of
them
well
july.
1St
is
next
week.
The
school
police
think
that
they're
potentially
either
losing
money
at
the
best
case
or
losing
their
job.
So
I
mean
it's
kind
and
I've
been
in
the
position
where
my
department
was
was
eliminated,
so
I
went
into
a
july
1st
with
no
job
11
years
ago.
So
I
I
don't,
I'm
not
very
happy
or
comfortable
that
that
that
these
men
and
women
are
going
through
this
here,
total
unsurety
in
their
lives.
I
It's
not
that
it's
not
fair
and
the
camera
plan.
I'd
like
I'd,
like
some
surety
on
that
that
tomorrow,
mass
and
cass
mass
and
cash,
we
have
money
for
the
for
the
to
engage,
probably
make
the
contract
larger
with
the
with
the
with
the
non-profit.
That's
collecting
the
needles
is
that
true,
500
000
is:
are
we
buying
them
infrastructure
we
buying
them
a
new
van,
or
what
are
we
doing
with?
What
is
that
400,
000
or
500
000
being
sure?
So
is
it
just.
C
Go
ahead,
so
it's
about
300
I'll,
get
you
the
exact
number.
I
think
it's
about
350
000
for
the
the
community
syringe
program
and
that's
directly
to
support
the
operations
and
that
the
actual
you
know
support
of
the
the
the
needle
pickup
and
pay
for
the
needle
pickup.
C
So
that's
really
an
expansion
of
a
of
a
pilot
that
started
that
will
sort
of
now
be
city,
funded,
there's
also
a
pot
of
money
within
there
about
200
000
for
sanitation
services
down
there,
whether
it's
partnering
with
some
of
the
nonprofits
and
some
of
the
groups
right
now
who
are
doing
cleanups
down
there
or
other
sanitary
services
or
potentially
looking
at
some
some
other
options
down
there,
but
again
defer
to
that
to
phd
and
the
task
force
on
on
sort
of
the
implementation
of
that
money.
C
Once
it
you
know
if
it
comes.
If
it
comes
to
fruition,.
I
I
C
I
Doing
and
and
again
justin
I'm
on
the
task
force,
I'm
on
the
task
force
treadmill.
We
don't
know
where
that
money
is.
We
haven't
heard
anything
about
a
command
center.
Well
again,
I'll
stop
calling
the
command
center,
but
someone
someplace
for
those
officers
that
come
down
and
do
all
that
work
to
go
and
put
their
bag
to
have
a
bathroom
too
I
mean
we.
We
talked
for
two
years
about
put
them
putting
bathrooms
somewhere
down
there.
We
have
been
unable
to
do
it,
so
the
task
force
is
in
the
dark
here.
I
I
think,
and
they
need
some
place
to
operate.
What
about
the
delta
car?
Has
a
delta
carbonate
reinstated
down
on
mass
and
cass.
C
I
wasn't
I'd
have
to
get
an
update
for
you,
counselor
the
in
addition
to
the
the
money
that's
in
the
city
budget.
We
do
also
have
about
two
million
dollars
worth
of
funding
directly
for
services
in
mass
and
cast
through
that
federal
pot
of
money
that
we
had
before
the
council.
So
I
think,
in
addition
to
some
of
the
city
dollars,
I
think
we're
we're
trying
to
put
as
many
resources
as
as
many
programs
into
into
place
down
there
to
you
know
start
to
address
some
of
the
issues.
C
Obviously
there
is
a
tremendous
need
down
there,
but
would
would
be
I'd
have
to
check
on
what
the
status
of
delta
car
is
down.
There.
I
And
again,
justin
more
money,
more
reese's
resources
jumped
in
there
to
something:
that's
not
working
we're
on
a
treadmill.
We
need
to
make
some
some
real
changes
down
there.
We
need
section,
35
programs,
section
12
programs,
drug
diversion
programs.
We
need
to
start
getting
aggressive
down
there,
otherwise
we're
not
ever
going
to
see
that
problem
get
any
better
at
all.
Okay,
I'll
get
on
to
the
next
top
topic
now
office
of
participatory
budget
budgeting.
Does
that
mean
that
your
side
of
the
hall
is
just
three
hands
up?
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you
counselor.
For
that
question.
I
think
we
are
preparing
for
so
the
the
way.
The
order
is
the
way
that
I'm
sorry,
the
valid
question
is
out.
There
is
potentially
to
have
it.
C
You
know,
set
up
in
a
couple
years
and
it
would
be
sort
of
I
think,
fy24
by
the
time
it
gets
fully
rolled
out
our
goal
by
standing
up
the
office
and
providing
it
some
seed
funding
is
that
if,
if
and
when
it
does
get
stood
up,
if
and
when
it
does
get
voted,
we
will
start
filling
out
a
staff
and
filling
out
a
structure
by
which
to
engage
the
community
and
start
to
think
about
what
the
sort
of
future
of
participatory
budgeting
looks
like
and
then
sort
of
will
have
that
funding
available
earlier
than
I
think
was
originally
intended
going
forward.
I
So
the
ballot
question
fails:
what's
with
that,
was
that
million
not
a
good
investment,
or
so
we're
going
to
start
spending
that
million
dollars
in
july
and
the
the
ballot
isn't
until
september
or
november
is.
C
So
I
think,
generally
speaking,
counselor
we're
sort
of
supportive
of
participatory
budgeting
and
I
think,
sort
of
regardless
of
of
the
structure.
It's
something
we
want
to
be
better
at
like
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
obm
really
working
about
how
to
engage
the
community,
how
to
better
access
community
input-
and
I
think
it's
generally
in
line
with
with
where
the
city
is
going
anyways.
C
I
think
the
ballot
question
will
set
out
a
sort
of
obviously
specific
office
with
specific
parameters
around
it,
that
that
will
sort
of
fall
in
line
with
this
new
office.
But
I
think
regardless
it's
it's
where
the
money
it's
where
we're
going
as
a
city
and
where
we
want
to
go
as
a
city
about
getting
more
community
engagement
in
the
budget
process.
So
I
don't
think
it
would
be
a
wasted
money.
C
It
may
look
a
little
bit
different
if
the
if
the
ballot
question
were
not
to
go
through,
but
it's
it's
sort
of
it's
the
it's
definitely
the
tenor
in
the
in
the
right
direction.
I
think
we
want
to
go
as
a
city.
I
So
no
no
participatory
budgeting
is
this
office
gonna
set
up
so
so
the
entire
budget
is
open
for
participatory
or
is
it
or
are
we
just
gonna
cut
a
piece.
C
No
exactly
so
this
the
idea.
The
idea
is
that
this
office
would
help
determine
what
the
size
and
scope
is
of
what
the
dollar
amount
is
that
they're
sort
of
budgeting
every
year
that
we're
engaging
the
community
and
every
year?
I
think,
obviously,
the
original
order
had
a
dollar
amount
or
a
percentage
amount
laid
out
for
how
much
was
was
to
be
set
aside.
C
That's
obviously
gone
away,
so
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
little
bit
of
a
partnership
between
obviously
this
new
office,
as
well
as
obm,
who
really
does,
and
the
men
and
women
of
obm
who
I
have
been
woefully
not
thanked
enough
for
for
today's
presentation,
who
do
all
the
hard
work
they're,
really
the
experts
when
it
comes
to
sort
of
figuring
out
how
much
money
we
have
figuring
out
how
much
whatever
fixed
costs
you
know,
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
keeping
the
overall
structure
of
the
city's
finances
in
a
good
light
and
positive
moving
forward.
C
No,
I
I
don't
think
they
have
a
particular
opinion
on
participatory
budgeting.
I
think
it's
one
of
those
things
that,
as
long
as
it
sort
of
the
the
conf,
the
sort
of
the
parameters
and
the
the
context
of
the
overall
city
budget
is
still
strong,
then
it's
definitely
something
that
I
don't
think
would
have
an
impact
one
way
or
the
other,
but
I
think
it's
there
aren't
a
lot
of
nation
nationwide.
There
aren't
a
lot
of
major
cities
that
do
participatory
budgeting
on
the
operating
side
at
a
at
a
scale
level.
C
So
I
think
this
will
be
an
interesting
test
case
for
the
future
and
they
typically
don't
comment
on
things
before
they
go
into
into
effect.
I
Okay
and
the
way
I
thought
we
should
go
into
participatory
budgeting
is
give
counselors
a
set
amount
of
money,
a
line
adding
for
their
office,
that
they
can
that
they
can
engage
with
their
districts,
their
communities
and
they
can
spend
that
money
the
way
they
want
it
it
I
I
am
opposed
to
participatory
budget
budgeting.
I
don't,
I
don't
think
we
we
necessarily
need
it.
I
I
think
the
reason
why
we're
in
such
a
good
such
a
good
shape
that
we're
in
now
is
because
decisions
that
have
been
made
by
professionals
like
yourself
that
are
paid
to
handle
our
municipal
finances,
and
I
think
I'm
going
to
leave
it
at
that.
Thank
you
for
what
you
did.
Can
you
talk
about
the
organics
a
little
bit?
Well,
that
where
is
that
going
to
be
the
drop-off
organics
which
I've
been
advocating
for
for
about
10
years
myself
too,
but
you
gave
where.
I
C
I
I
believe
it's
going
to
be
in
jamaica
plain,
but
I
will
I
will
circle
with
public
works
and
get
back
to
you
on
that.
I
Okay,
yeah,
I
think
I
think
in
in
the
public
works.
They
talked
about
a
little
bit,
but
I
I
didn't
quite
get
it
yeah,
and
the
last
thing
that
I
want
to
talk
about
is
the
school
a
bit.
Our
president
had
talked
about
lack
of
confidence
in
the
schools.
Matt
had
said
that
and
and
that
pretty
much
sums
it
up.
I
don't
really
feel
good
about
the
way
the
schools
are
going.
My
children
went
to
the
went
to
bps
for
the
first
five
years.
I
It
was
a
fabulous
experience,
but
I'm
not
sure
that
that
same
experience
is
there
advanced
work
being
taken
out
of
the
picture.
The
amount
of
time
that
we
spend
on
lap
academy
latin
latin
academy
in
o'brien
talking
about
those
schools
when
nearly
the
rest
of
the
schools
are
all
failing,
but
we'll
we'll
spend
all
that
time
on
latin
la
academy
and
o'brien.
I
I
just
think
it's
I
think
it's
not
a
good
place
for
in,
but
as
far
as
madison
park
is
concerned,
I
would
I
think
we
should
take
that
right
out
of
the
system.
All
together
make
it
a
regional
school
and
they
can.
They
can
control
their
own
destiny
there.
That's
my
last
thought.
I'm
gonna
leave
with
you
there
justin
and
justin.
Thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do.
This
is
a
difficult
job
and
I
appreciate.
A
Thank
you,
counselor
baker
and
counselors.
I
believe
I
again
let
everybody
go
on
a
little
bit
longer.
I
think
most
folks
are
set
with
with
that
round
of
questions,
but
if
you
wanted
a
second
round,
if
you
could
just
raise
your
hand
or
text
me
or
otherwise,
let
me
know
that
I
have
justin
just
a
couple
of
questions
to
ask
on
a
couple
counselors
behalf:
counselor
wu
had
to
jump
off,
but
she
did
want
to
know
whether
you
know
or
you
can
get
us
follow
up
on.
A
You
know
you
mentioned
the
federal
funds,
the
esser
funds
for
bps,
and
you
know
when
bps
first
came
out
with
its
timeline
for
community
consultation.
On
that
back
in
april
may
the
council
expressed
some
concern
about
the
fact
that
it
was
sort
of
set
to
do
its
recommendations,
draft
recommendations
on
thursday,
which
is
obviously
after
the
budget
vote-
and
I
know
you've
heard
today
from
counselors
about
some
things.
A
They
hope
vps
is
prioritizing
in
that
like
hvac,
so
I
just,
I
think
it
would
be
good
if
the
council
could
get
some
kind
of
advance.
You
know
information
about
where
those
recommendations
are
currently
going
on
thursday
and
then
counselor.
A
C
A
Okay,
great,
I
think
that's
important
for
us.
That's
another
piece
of
this
puzzle
and
then
counselor
wasabi
george
had
asked
at
the
working
session
on
friday.
If
you
could
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
the
impacts
of
a
112
would
be,
I
know
she
was
curious
whether
there
was
some
like
because
of
hiring
this
happened
late.
Maybe
we
had
like
vacant
positions
so
that
if
we
went
to
112,
we
wouldn't
have
to
do
layoffs
or
or
and
was
wondering
about,
the
ability
to
move
money
between
departments.
A
My
impression
is
that
that's
pretty
constrained
by
the
charter,
but
I
just
wondered
if,
since
you're
the
expert,
not
me
that
you
could
speak
to
that.
C
Certainly
not
an
expert
counselor,
so
112th
is,
is
basically
exactly
what
it
sounds
like
it's
basically
last
year's
budget,
but
at
1
12
for
a
monthly
basis.
What
that
means
is
that
all
new
investments,
all
new
things
that
we
have
in
the
budget,
basically
don't
have
funding
available
to
support
them
so
position
that
may
start
in
september.
You
know
we
really
can't
hire
for
it.
We
really
have
to
not
put
them
on
pause,
because
we
don't
have
the
funding
sort
of
set
aside
to
to
pay
for
it.
C
Now,
with
that
said,
I
think
to
answer
your
question
around
the
hiring
freeze
that
was
in
effect
last
year
was
lifted
in
january,
and
we
basically
caught
up
with
where
we
are
from
a
hiring
perspective.
So
we
are
sort
of
in
the
process
of
actively,
and
certainly
the
school
district
is
in
the
process
of
actively
hiring
for
the
fall,
because
they
have
to
have
positions
in
place
and
they
have
to
get
them
trained.
C
They
have
to
get
them
their
assignments
and
they
have
to
build
their
lesson
plans
and
all
that
stuff
that
I
know
folks
know
well
when
it
comes
to
getting
ready
for
a
school
year.
So
we're
really
in
a
position
that,
if
you
know
we're
not,
if
we're
in
a
one-twelfth
situation,
we
really
have
to
pause
on
a
lot
of
the
spending
and
a
lot
of
the
investments
that
we're
making
and
even
some
of
the
baseline
expenses.
Because
you
know,
contracts
are
still
going
to
go
up.
We
still
have
to
pay
our
pension.
C
We
still
have
to
pay
our
debt
service,
all
of
which
is
going
up
and
is
sort
of
what
we
call
a
required
cost.
Otherwise
we
would
default
on
our
bonds.
We
would
fall
out
of
our
pension
payments,
so
we
would
have
to
you
know
we
have
to
find
reductions
in
other
places
in
order
to
afford
that.
As
far
as
what
we
can
transfer
every
year,
we
are
limited
in
what
we
can
transfer
between
departments
and
it's
three
million
dollars,
and
typically
we
do
that
in
in
april
of
every
year.
C
So
we
would
be
sort
of
well
outside
of
our
normal
bounds
if
we
were
to
sort
of
move
forward
with
transferring
any
money
within
within
appropriations.
A
Thanks-
and
I
guess
I
mean
you
were
already
asked
to
opine
on
what
the
reading
agencies
think
about
the
the
participatory
budgeting,
and
I
agree
with
you
that
as
long
as
it's
within
the
context
of
an
overall
stable
fiscal
structure,
it
shouldn't
be
an
issue.
Do
you
know
the
history
of
when
the
city
of
boston
was
last
in
a
112.?
I
have
this
impression.
It
was
back
in
the
80s.
This
might
be
a
gym
question
and
kind
of
what
we
I
mean.
C
I
believe
it
was
the
90s
for
bps
and
I
think
it
was
the
80s
for
for
the
operating
budget.
It
was
funny.
I
was
actually
talking
to
our
city,
auditor,
maureen
joyce,
and
you
know
they.
They
have
challenges
where
you
know,
youth
jobs,
don't
start
or
lifeguards
don't
get
hired
and
it's
and
we
are
sort
of
in
a
similar
scenario
where
you
know
we
have.
C
You
know
up
to
5000,
kids
starting
summer
jobs
in
the
next
month
of
which,
if
there's
a
large
city
investment,
you
know
in
the
proposed
operating
budget
that
we'd
have
to
really
take
a
hard
look
at
potentially
pausing.
If
we
don't
have
a
budget,
because
that's
really
funding
that
starts
to
get
spent
next
week
and
yeah
next
week,
and
we
definitely
want
to
avoid
any
types
of
destruction,
especially
when
it
comes
to
the
summer
and
coming
out
of
covet
and
getting
those
really
valuable
opportunities
for
kids.
A
Great,
thank
you
counselor.
I
think.
Well
again
I'll
just
remind
my
council
colleagues,
I
do
want
to
get
to
public
testimony
in
a
minute.
So
just
if
you
have
any
burning
follow-up
questions
raise
your
hand.
Let
me
know
counselor
mejia.
E
A
Great
and
yeah
so
then
I'll
just
say
I
mean
thank
you,
justin
for
the
presentation
and
jim
and
joanna
and
the
whole
group.
I
mean
I'll,
say
what
I've
said
already,
which
is
that
you
know.
I
don't
think
it
would
be
good
for
the
city
for
us
to
go
to
a
112.
I
think
it
would
be
quite
bad
for
the
city
and
not
just
from
a
rating
agency
etc
perspective,
but
because
of
the
real
things
that
we've
discussed
today
that
are
in
the.
M
A
I
think
that
the
council
has
expressed
some
of
the
areas
where
we
really
want
to
see
more
and
kind
of
a
sense
of
urgency
to
meet
a
few
of
the
areas,
and
I
think
it's
great
to
hear
that
you
guys
are
open
to
sort
of
a
supplemental
filing,
and
I
know
that's
what
we'll
be
going
back
and
forth
on
in
the
next
48
hours
or
whatever.
It
is
maybe
maybe
36
hours
now
and
yeah,
and
that's
that's.
A
I
appreciate
the
collaborative
spirit
you've
brought
to
this
justin
and
I
think
that's
the
way
that
we're
going
to
get
collectively
to
yes,
recognizing
that
things
aren't
perfect
and
on
the
police
department
front,
because
a
couple
of
my
colleagues
raised
it.
I
think
people
know
that
I've
been
pretty
frustrated
by
the
police
budget
that
I
feel
like
from
this
year.
A
It's
been
very
hard
to
exercise
council
oversight
as
effective
in
constraining
that
budget
and
to
me
it's
fundamentally
really
a
leadership
issue.
I
do
think
that
if
colleagues
have
suggestions
for
things
that
we
can
command
a
majority
of
counselors
on
that
we
could
actually
you
know,
put
into
it
into
an
amended
budget
and
get
passed
like.
I
would
be
all
ears.
A
I
just
I,
as
I
mentioned
on
friday,
I've
heard
a
lot
of
different
viewpoints
from
counselors
and
I
think
we
heard
them
again
today,
but
I
just
I
think
that
there
there's
a
lot
there's
a
lot.
A
That's
good
in
this
budget
and
a
lot
that
the
council
sort
of
has
the
same
impatience
as
the
residents
of
boston
about
doing
more
on
and
so
looking
forward
to
partnering
with
you
guys
on
that
for
the
next
couple
days
to
get
to
yes-
and
I
now
do
want
to
go
to
public
testimony,
so
I
just
want
to
give
you
chiefster
a
chance
if
you
want
to
say
any
final
words
before
I
go
over
there.
C
Oh
just
just
thank
you,
chair
for
for
leading
a
great
process
thank
the
counselors
and
their
staffs
for
a
lot
of
work.
I
know
both
in
the
working
sessions
and
all
the
hearings
and
preparing
for
it.
I
know
it's
a
lot.
There
is
a
a
lot
of
good
stuff
in
here
and
and
a
lot
of
it
came
from
direct
conversations
with
counselors
so
appreciate
everyone's
advocacy.
C
Obviously,
thank
you
to
both
the
obm
staff
and
a
f
staff,
but
as
well
as
staff
for
all
city
departments
who
contribute
really
starting
in
earnest
back
in
january
in
december,
to
create
what
was
a
you
know,
a
six-month
process
to
get
to
get
to
where
we
are
today,
and-
and
thank
you,
everyone
for
your
work
and
appreciate
the
the
dialogue
today
and
look
forward
to
continuing
that
in
the
next
36
hours.
I
Thank
you
justin,
so
we
had
talked
about
participatory
budgeting
and
how
the
bond
agencies
would
look
at
that.
How
how
do
they
look
at?
How
would
they
look
at
a
112th
if
we
were
to
go
to
a
112?
This.
C
Year
again,
they
don't
speculate
on
things
that
haven't
happened
to
a
counselor
with
that
said,
one
of
the
things
that
the
city
gets
exceptionally
high
marks
for
is
fiscal
management,
and
that
is
a
sort
of
a
symbol
and
a
sort
of
a
direct
derivative
of
the
council
and
mayor
coming
together
to
pass
an
on-time
budget.
One
of
the
things
you
may
have
seen
up
at
the
state.
C
In
addition
to
other
reasons,
but
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
that
they
sort
of
got
dinged
on
a
couple
years
ago,
was
sort
of
consistently
late
budgets
and
surpluses
and
deficits
and
it's
sort
of
a
process
by
which
is
a
little
bit
a
little
bit
less
straightforward
and
a
little
bit
less
sort
of
collaborative,
I
think
than
than
what
we
have
in
the
city.
So
but
generally
they
look
highly
on
our
management
of
of
city
resources
and
that's
just
not
the
mayor
and
a
f.
C
That's
also
the
council,
in
their
sort
of
collaborative
spirit
of
trying
to
get
a
budget
done
on
time,
so
that
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
layoffs
and
112
budgets
and
all
that
stuff.
So
not
nothing
specific
on
this,
but
more
of
a
of
a
general
principle
when
it
comes
to
sort
of
consistency
and-
and
you
know,
a
lack
of
uncertainty
around
the
budget.
C
In
their
mouth,
but
they
give
us
high
marks
for
our
fiscal
management.
I
All
right
well
I'll,
say
it:
they
will
not
look
favorably
upon
a
112,
they
wouldn't
have
last
year,
and
they
certainly
won't
this
year.
Ada
ada
money
coming
from
the
feds.
Would
we
be
able
to
use
that
for
double
poles
that
restrict
that
restrict
sidewalks.
I
I
No,
no,
no
so
ada.
So
what
what?
What
the?
What
the,
what
the
utility
companies
come
in
and
do?
They'll
they'll
just
take
one
pole
out,
cut
it
and
and
transfer
all
the
wires
to
another
pole
and
leave
the
pole
in
place.
They're,
probably
not
leaving
them
in
place
in
in
richer
neighborhoods,
but
in
my
neighborhoods
they're
all
over
the
place.
So
so
and-
and
we
have-
we
have
sidewalks
that
are
unpassable
because
of
the
the
polls.
C
Actually
understand
so
the
ada
money
we
have
in
the
budget
is
really
designed
around
pedestrian
ramps
and
and
intersections
to
get
all
of
those
ada
compliant
with.
C
Oftentimes
working
on
larger
subsections
of
road
because
you
usually
just
don't,
go
in
and
put
a
ramp
and
you
usually
redo
the
whole
sidewalk,
I'm
sure
you
can
look
at
double
poles
in
those
area.
That's
also
a
small
piece
of
the
overall
city
high
when
it
comes
to
transportation,
investment
so
happy
to
happy
to
see
if
we
can
either
identify
a
specific
source
for
you
on
the
on
the
ada
side.
That's
already,
I'm
sorry
on
the
double
pole
side
or
if
it's
a
conversation
with
the
utilities
frankly
that
they
should
be
replacing
them.
A
E
I
love
democracy,
so
I'm
not
going
to
hold.
I
don't
want
to
be
the
person
that
gets
in
the
way
of
public
testimony,
but
I
am
curious,
justin.
You
know
last
year
the
energy
around
this
advocacy
I
mean,
I
just
remember
getting
eons
of
voice
messages
and
text
messages
from
city
employees
really
concerned
about
a
112
situation,
and
so
I,
if
had
what
changed
from
last
year
to
this
year,
are
those
threats
still
the
same
like?
C
Sorry
so
it's
the
same
process.
We
we
have,
I'm
still
hopeful
to
go
12,
nothing
on
the
vote
on
wednesday,
but
I
think
we
are
preparing
in
in
the
in
the
event
that
we
do
not
get
a
budget
passed
and
it
would
require
us
sorry.
I
see
I'm
not
sure
if
you're
talking
or
not.
A
C
So
we
are
preparing
in
the
eventuality
that
that
does
happen.
It
would
require
a
department
by
department
review,
it's
too
early
for
me
to
speculate
on
what
the
impacts
would
be.
But,
as
I
as
I
sort
of
alluded
to
earlier,
we
are
already
hiring
positions
that
are
funded
for
next
year
because
of
timing
or
because
of
of
really
a
need
to
get
them
started,
so
those
positions
would
be
frozen
or
would
be
paused
or
will
be
furloughed
until
we
do
have
sort
of
resources
in
place
to
do
so.
C
We,
we
do,
do
a
very
comprehensive
department
by
department
review
to
to
understand
that,
and
I
think
that
that's
something
that
we,
if
we
have
to
go
down
that
route,
that's
certainly
something
we
will.
We
will
do.
E
E
A
Counselor
media,
I
also
just
want
to
say,
I
think,
justin's
being
diplomatic,
but
I
think
my
understanding
from
what
he's
saying
is
that
the
new
hires
that
are
supposed
to
happen
in
july
for
bps
would
be
frozen
and
not
happen.
If
they
went
to
a
112.,
I
mean
but
justin.
I
know
you
didn't
say
it
that
way,
but
is
that
accurate.
C
So
so,
generally,
a
great
example
was
the
so
we
made
a
whole
bunch
of
investments
at
school,
specific
schools
and
in
central
office
or
district-wide
liaison
social
workers
cell
well
supports
those
are
all
funded
with
the
new
money
that
is
in
the
bps
budget,
for
instance,
if
the
bps
budget
we're
not
to
pass.
Although
again
I
I
am
still
very
optimistic
and
hopeful
that
we
get
a
we
can.
We
can
come
to
a
past
budget.
C
Those
would
no
longer
be
funded,
so
therefore
they
would
either
have
to
be
paused
or
they
would
have
to
be
removed
from
the
budget,
because
there
isn't
the
resources
available
to
them,
and
that
and
sort
of
part
of
the
presentation
today
was
to
sort
of
talk
about
all
of
the
new
stuff.
That's
in
the
budget,
whether
it's
positions
or
programs
or
services,
some
of
which
are
slated
to
start
as
early
as
next
week.
C
I
You
just
do
you
have
me:
yes,
hello,
okay,
so
last
year
we
had
multiple
contracts
that
were
that
were
over
that
needed
to
be
funded
in
the
new
year,
so
that
was
that
was
multiple
people,
multiple
departments,
that
that
would
have
been
unable
to
fund
their
contracts.
So
that's
why
the
layoffs
would
have
happened
last
year
and
on
top
of
that,
we're
going
into
an
economy
that
we
hadn't
seen
since
the
depression
very,
very
unstable.
So
that's
what's
really
different.
I
A
You
councillor
baker,
yes,
and
I
think
the
trouble-
and
I
think
that's
a
true
description,
but
obviously
the
arp
money.
Nothing
back
stops
the
budget
if
the
council
doesn't
appropriate
it.
So
I
think
it's
just
important
to
stress
that,
while
we're
in
a
different
fiscal
situation
this
year,
I
think
it's
incredibly
important
that
we
not
you
know
precipitate
a
crisis,
but
I
think
that
you
know
what
we
heard
from
the
council
last
week
is
people's
concern
that
we're
not
moving
urgently
enough
on
some
of
the
existing
crises.
A
I
think
about
the
fact
that
I
think
private
equity
is
very
prepared
to
snap
up
residential
and
commercial
properties
around
the
city,
and
the
city
has
a
real
interest
in
making
sure
those
are
still
accessible
to
local
residents
and
local
businesses.
That's
why
I
think
you've
heard
so
much
energy
around
aop.
A
Obviously,
we've
talked
about
mass
and
cass
green
jobs.
Today,
child
care
crisis,
the
youth
jobs
specifically
for
young
adults
like
counselor
mejia
mentioned
you
know,
thinking
about
how
we
expand
our
support
for
for
small
businesses
and
and
like
land
trusts
can
be
part
of
the
aop
stuff.
So
and
then
I
know
on
the
bpsi
we've
heard
about
social
workers,
madison
park,
peer
mentoring
and
lots
of
other
things,
and
so
I
I
will
say
that
you
know
one
thing
that
I,
as
the
chair
has
asked
of.
A
Both
the
administration
and
of
colleagues
over
the
over
the
past
week
is
for
us
to
be
oriented
together
to
getting
to
yes,
instead
of
just
sort
of
talking
about
sort
of
like
fears
of
a
no,
because
I
know
that
was
a
that
was
a
complaint
last
year
was
that
we
were
sort
of
just
talking
about
the
bad
side
of.
If
we
want
to
know-
and
I
think
we
want
to
be
focused
on
being
solution
oriented,
but
I
guess
counselor
mia
is
right
that
you
know
we
can't.
A
A
Thank
you
to
counselor
colleagues
for
that
now
delayed
and
with
my
apologies
to
the
folks
who've
been
waiting
patiently
in
the
queue
I
am
going
to
go
over
to
public
testimony,
so
thank
you,
chief
starrett,
and
to
the
budget
team
and
on
public
testimony
I'll,
be
calling
folks
in
the
order
I
have
on
my
sheets,
so
I'll
be
starting
with
gerald
gabot.
Then
it's
natalicia,
tracy
and
then
fatima
ahmed.
A
All
right.
Those
are
the
first
three.
A
And
I'll
just
remind
folks
again
that
when
it's
your
turn,
if
you
can
just
turn
on
your
mic
and
introduce
yourself
state
your
name
and
affiliation
or
residence
and
just
try
to
limit
your
comments
to
a
few
minutes
just
so
that
we
can
get
everybody
in
and
if
I,
if
I
mispronounce
your
name,
my
apologies
and
please
please
correct
me
so
giralde
or
or
something
else,
please
go
ahead.
O
O
I
live
in
boston
and
I
wanted
to
talk
today
about
the
budget,
especially
around
the
legal
services
for
immigrants
that
I
saw
on
the
line
item.
That
is
very,
very
critical,
especially
we
work
with
moya
the
office
of
immigrant
advancement
and
every
day
we
have
to
ask
for
support
on
legal
services.
So
I
do
appreciate
seeing
that.
But
currently
there
is
a
big
line
item
that
is
so
critical
for
us.
It's
around
the
tps.
As
you
know,
the
biden
administration.
O
Just
recently,
we
designated
haiti
for
temporary
protective
status
in
two
other
countries,
so
which
means
that
we
are
expecting
around
10
to
12
000
people
who
need
help.
You
know
filling
out
form
for
tps,
and
this
is
so
so
critical
that
this
year
this
budget
is
going
to
help
us
hire
the
people
that
we
need
to
fill
out
those
forms.
O
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
people
understand
that
the
tpsk
cpa,
the
the
people
who
are
going
to
apply
for
cps
recipients,
are
the
one
that
will
have
been
helping
to
cash,
assisted
food
distribution
housing
to
our
covet
19,
because
they
were
the
first
one
to
lose
their
job.
They
were
the
first
one
to
be
out,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
emphasize
on
the
need
for
for
moya
to
really
have
the
resources
that
they
need
to
support
organizations
like
us
around
legal
immigrant
and
also
on
tps.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
dr
gabo.
Next
up
is
natalia
tracy.
I
see
also
doctor
so
dr
tracy
on
the
floor.
P
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
here
today.
Thank
you
to
the
city
councilors,
for
the
incredible
amount
of
work
that's
being
done
throughout
the
years
and
the
pandemic,
especially
my
name
is
natalia
tracy.
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
brazilian
welcome
center.
I'm
also
co-founder
of
the
massachusetts
immigrant
collaborative
during
this
last
years.
P
In
addition,
as
part
of
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement,
a
massachusetts
immigrant
coalition
nine
organizations
serving
in
boston,
we
begin
our
first
ever
city-sponsored
program
for
dreamers,
immigrant
youth
in
our
city,
the
boston
dreamers,
youth,
fellowship
was
born
last
summer,
2020
and
three
organizations.
The
caribbean
youth
club
incentive
presented
in
brazilian
worker
center
would
pilot
that
program
with
the
support
of
the
city
of
boston.
The
three
pillars
were:
education,
civic
engagement,
leadership,
racial
justice
and
job
readiness.
P
This
summer,
this
spring
we
had
actually
last
summer
we
were
at
the
program
with
50
youth
for
six
weeks,
the
second
successful
pilot
we
ran
this
spring,
we
just
finished
and
we
had
a
hundred
youth
across
different
ethnic
communities
hosted
by
six
organizations,
including
the
brazilian
workers
center
again
and
most
programming
is
locally
designed
and
delivers
some
joint
session
taking
place
across
groups
via
zoom
this
summer
we
are
looking
forward
to
a
the
summer.
2021
we're
looking
forward
to
a
20.
P
A
full-fledged
program
will
begin
very
soon
as
early
as
mid-july,
in
which
you're
going
to
have
200
youth
assembled
by
nine
immigrant
organizations.
This
program
is
designed
particularly
to
support
undocumented
immigrant
youth
of
color.
It
is
the
first
of
its.
It
is
the
first
such
as
youth
leadership
program
of
this
type
in
the
city
of
boston.
P
We
are
very
grateful
and
proud
to
call
the
ceo
of
boston,
our
partner
and
to
welcome
so
many
organizations
like
us
to
work
with
our
community,
and
we
are
here
to
ask
you
to
please
vote
as
soon
as
possible
in
this
amazing
budget
that
you
have
proposed
in
front
of
you,
because
we
need
this
budget
to
move
the
programs
forward,
not
just
the
youth
program,
but
also
the
food
access
and
many
other
programs.
As
you
know,
that
depends
on
you
on
this
budget
to
move
forward.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
dr
tracy.
Next
up
will
be
fatima
ahmed
and
then,
after
fatima,
next
to
on
my
list
is
andy
gonzalez
and
then
claudia
greene
and
then
nikki
nezbeth,
so
I'll
start
letting
you
in
as
well.
I'm
fatima
you
have
the
floor.
Q
Yes,
this
is
fatima
sorry,
I
have
a
cough.
I
am
executive
director
of
muslim
justice
league.
I
live
in
dorchester,
I
also
work
downtown
in
chinatown,
and
I'm
here
you
know
speaking
not
just
for
myself
as
a
resident,
but
for
a
lot
of
community
folks
who
are
really
disappointed
in
how
nothing
has
changed
with
the
boston
police
budget
in
the
past
year.
So
I
just
want
to
share
what
I
know
about
what
has
not
changed
in
the
past
year,
which
is
one
the
police
budget
itself.
Q
You
know,
according
to
both
the
aclu,
according
to
I
think,
city
staff,
who
put
out
a
spreadsheet,
showing
that
the
numbers
have
not
changed.
You
know
we
know
that
the
budget
is
still
over
400
million
dollars.
We
also
know
that
overtime
has
not
been
rained
in
in
any
way,
there's
no
process
or
policies
that
are
changing
around
overtime,
and
so
we
expect
that
you
know.
Q
Not
only
will
we
go
over
in
this
current
fiscal
year,
but
I
imagine
with
the
upcoming
budget
as
well,
even
though
it
claims
to
have
a
significant
cut
to
overtime
that
it
will
still
continue
to
go
over.
Q
The
other
thing
that
has
not
changed
is
that
thousands
of
people
emailed
every
single
person
here
on
the
boston
city
council,
although
many
of
the
counselors
have
already
dropped
off
of
this
meeting,
which
is
unfortunate,
you
all
were
flooded
with
emails
and
calls
and
messages
and
protests
last
year,
and
while
those
people
could
not
continue
to
do
that,
you
know
this
budget
cycle.
I
think
they
all
expected
you
to
make
some
real
changes
and
those
messages
were
not
simply
about
overtime
spending
being
out
of
control.
It
was
about
racial
justice
right.
Q
We
know
that
racial
disparities
still
exist
in
fios
and
how
bpd
stops
people
and
who
they
police
and
surveil,
in
which
neighborhoods
get
policed
and
surveilled
in
the
gang
database,
in
so
many
of
the
day-to-day
practices
of
the
boston
police
department.
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
actually
recenter
that
when
we
talk
about
cutting
money
from
the
boston
police
department-
it's
not
just
about
you
know
some
fiscal
responsibility
issue
around
overtime,
which
is
also
still
an
issue,
but
again
it's
racial
justice.
Q
That
is
why
folks
spoke
out
and
protested
and
continue
to
be
disappointed
in
the
lack
of
change
from
the
city
council
and
from
the
mayor's
administration.
Q
I
do
think
the
one
thing
that
is
different
in
the
past
year
is
that
we've
seen
multiple
allegations
of
violence
against
women
and
children.
For
you
know,
leaders
in
the
boston
police
department,
as
well
as
their
colleagues,
apparently
you
know
covering
for
that.
We're
smoothing
that
over
and
so
it's
even
more
deeply
disappointing
and
kind
of
horrifying
that
we
would
continue
to
give
them
not
only
the
same
budget
but
actually
be
hiring
more
officers.
Q
As
far
as
I
know,
you
know
we
just
had
a
class
of
about
100
officers
graduate
last
week
and
you
all
are
thinking
about
hiring
two
additional
classes
this
year,
which
is
deeply
disappointing.
Q
So
we're
asking
for,
at
the
very
least
a
hiring
freeze
on
you
know
on
the
boston
police
department,
rather
than
increasing
the
number
of
officers
which,
again,
if
you
look
at
the
aclu's
data
and
other
people's
analysis,
increasing
officers
is
not
going
to
solve
the
overtime
problem.
I'm
not
sure
how
we
came
to
that
to
that
solution
or
where
the
justification
is
or
data
is
to
to
back
that
up.
Q
But
so
many
of
us
believe
that
we
need
a
hiring
freeze
and
need
to
actually
see
some
real
change
in
the
police
in
the
police
budget
this
year.
The
one
other
thing
that
I'll
say
has
been
different
is
that
cities
from
oakland
california
to
durham
north
carolina
have
actually
made
changes
in
their
police
budget,
have
actually
moved
money
towards
community-led
funding
and
community-led
initiatives,
and
yet
boston,
unfortunately,
remains
the
same
and
is
continuing
with
the
same
old
police
budget.
Q
So
again
just
voicing
really
deep
disappointment
and
frustration
from
myself
and
from
so
many
community
members
who
not
only
reached
out
to
you
all
last
year,
but
heard
from
many
of
you
that
you
believed
in
that
change
and
that
you
would
fight
for
it.
And
yet
we've
seen
most
of
the
city
council
be
completely
silent
or
even
just
completely
do
180
on
those
demands
this
year,
so
really
frustrated
and
hope
that
there's
something
that
can
change
this
time
around
thanks.
R
R
So
I
really
want
to
second
everything
that
fatima
just
talked
about,
so
she
made
so
many
excellent
points
about
the
budget
and
the
boston
police
department
and
the
ongoing
frustration
from
communities
who've
been
organizing
around
this,
and
so
I'm
just
going
to
share
two
really
brief
anecdotes
from
my
personal
experience
won
my
experience
working
with
someone
through
the
boston
immigration,
justice
accompaniment
network
that
I'm
part
of
which
was
a
few
years
ago.
R
But
now
her
kids
were
not
safe
because
her
son
was
in
jail
and
later
deported
because
he
was
put
on
a
gang
database
because
of
the
color
of
shirt
he
wore.
And
so
you
know
she
lost
her
son
because
of
the
resources
that
boston
puts
towards
racial
profiling.
And
that's
exactly
what
fatima
was
saying.
This
is
a
racial
justice
issue.
It's
an
immigration
justice
issue
and
I
just
want
to
be
really
clear
that
I
know
from
so
many
people.
I've
talked
to
police
do
not
make
our
immigrant
communities
feel
safer.
R
So
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
ask
that
we
freeze
the
police
classes
that
are
coming
in
at
the
minimum,
but
really
that
we
reinvest
the
120
million
dollars
organizers
have
been
pushing
for
into
the
community
out
of
the
police.
We
know
the
reforms,
don't
work.
We
need
to
put
the
money
into
our
communities
for
real
safety.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
reverend
next
up
is
claudia
green
and
then
it
will
be
nikki,
nesbith
and
then
murphy
now
and
then
kelly,
reddy,
claudia.
S
Okay,
thank
you
good
afternoon.
I
apologize
for
my
noisy
ac,
we're
both
running
on
low
here.
My
name
is
claudia
greene,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
english
for
new
bostonians.
S
Thank
you
all
for
providing
this
opportunity,
and
thank
you
all
for
those
you
know
to
many
of
you
have
been
sort
of
listening
to
our
message
over
you
know
these
last
months,
english
for
new
bostonians
was
spearheaded
by
the
mayor's
office
for
immigrant
advancement
20
years
ago
and
we're
now
an
independent
nonprofit
that
is
supported
in
part
by
moya,
as
well
as
the
neighborhood
jobs,
trust
under
the
workforce
under
the
office
of
workforce
development,
emb,
creates
opportunities
for
adult
immigrants
to
learn
english
and
to
pursue
their
goals
of
economic
advancement,
education
and
civic
participation.
S
S
To
give
you
a
sense
of
this
field
right
now,
last
week
we
had
a
convening
of
our
18
sites
that
we
support
and
to
hear
from
them
how
they
plan
to
go
forward
with
all
that
they've
learned
over
the
past
year,
the
current
reopening
and
the
labor
market
challenges,
and
I'm
here
to
say
that
the
pivot
is
not
over
and
esl
programs
and
adult
esl
programs
need
your
support
now,
so
they
can
be
prepared.
What
we
heard
is
that
this
fall,
some
classes
will
stay
remote
due
to
space
challenges.
S
For
example,
one
has
a
child
care,
that's
going
to
be
running
in
their
former
space
and
or
because
they
found
that
they
could
reach
new
people
remotely.
For
example,
domestic
workers,
for
whom
scheduling
is
consistently
is
always
challenging,
is
often
challenging.
Other
programs
will
offer
hybrid
and
still
others
will
go
totally
in
person,
but
will
continue
to
offer
online
options.
These
adaptations
continue
to
mean
increased
costs.
S
Emb
will
be
supporting
all
of
these
programs
with
planning
training,
professional
development
and
one-on-one
ta
this
summer,
through
the
and
through
the
fall
and
through
the
year.
We
are
also
expanding
our
options
for
immigrant
workers,
small
business
owners
and
co-op
owners,
so
they
can
maximize
their
options.
Esl
students
are
gaining
both
the
english
and
the
career
and
digital
literacy
skills
that
have
become
so
essential
and
at
an
esl
for
immigrant
entrepreneurs
class
graduation.
S
Last
week
I
heard
student
after
student
talking
in
english
about
their
newfound
confidence
websites
business
plans
as
a
result
of
that
class,
that
is,
recovery
and
renewal,
and
for
our
esl
for
parents
classes,
we
hope
to
secure
esser
funds
to
support
more
school
community
partnerships
and
more
immigrant
parents,
so
they
can
stay
informed
and
help
their
children
to
re-engage
and
catch
up.
The
work
is
now
and
we
need
a
full
budget
passed.
Thank
you
so
much
thanks
for
your
time.
T
Hi
good
afternoon
my
name
is
nikki
nesbeth
and
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
boston,
girls,
empowerment
network
and
the
caribbean
youth
club
and
also
one
of
the
founding
partners
of
the
dreamers
leadership
project
that
natalisi
alluded
to
earlier.
We
launched
a
project
that
initially
served
50
youth
went
on
to
serving
100
for
the
spring
and
we're
on
onslaught
slated
to
serve
200
for
this
summer.
T
So
I'm
just
really
here
I'm
going
to
keep
it
short
and
sweet
to
ask
my
elected
officials
to
pass
a
budget
and
move
forward
because
we
really
need
the
resources
we
already
have
so
many
kids
who
have
just
much
fewer
options
for
employment
and
engagement
during
the
summer,
but
they're
an
important
part
of
our
community.
So
I'm
asking
you
to
please
pass
that
budget.
We've
partnered
with
mark
moya
to
launch
this
project
and
honestly,
I'm
saying
this
because
it's
not
easy
to
often
say
about
the
city
in
which
you
live.
T
That
moya's
work
with
the
immigrant
community
has
completely
reframed
what
my
city
is
to
me.
A
city
always
feels
very
far
and
very
remote
and
very
big
and
really
often
very
indifferent
to
the
needs
of
the
immigrants
that
are
there,
but
through
working
with
moya,
to
launch
this
project
to
serve
undocumented
youth.
It
completely
reframed
my
city
for
the
first
time.
I
believe
that
the
city
of
boston
actually
cares
about
me
and
what
happens
to
the
youth
in
my
community.
T
So
that's
an
important
shift
and
that's
what
we
want
for
all
of
our
young
people
and
I'd
like
to
have
the
young
people
who
are
slated
to
work
this
summer.
To
can
say
the
exact
same
thing
that
my
city
cares
about
me
and
that
one,
even
when
I
came
here
as
an
undocumented
youth,
they
made
sure
that
I
had
some
kind
of
programming
where
I
was
safe,
where
I
was
engaged
and
where
they
made
sure
that
I
got
the
mentoring
and
support.
I
needed
to
keep
me
safe
in
my
community.
T
A
Thank
you
nikki,
and
I
should
have
noted
a
while
back
councillor
ricardo
arroyo's
been
here
for
the
duration
of
the
of
the
public
testimonies.
Thank
you,
counselor
arroyo,
next
up,
murphy,
kelly,
pam
and
then
it'll
be
renee,
reeves
murphy.
Now
you
have
a
floor.
U
Hi
yeah,
my
name
is
murphy.
Now
I
live
in
austin,
I'm
testifying
because
of
the
way
that
this
budget
adds
more
police
officers
and
only
cuts
the
police
budget
by
one
person.
Adding
two
new
classes
of
police
officers
is
only
going
to
increase
future
budgets
as
those
men
receive
training,
equipment,
benefits,
promotions
and
the
reason
for
this
that,
like
city
officials,
that
I
understand
is
that
hiring
new
officers
will
decrease
the
amount
of
overtime
spending
and
the
cool
thing
is.
U
We
have
a
lot
of
data
to
see
if
that's,
actually,
you
know
a
causal
link
and
if
we
go
back
in
the
historical
boston
city
budget
data,
there
actually
isn't
a
consistent
like
correlation
or
a
causation
at
all,
between
how
much
extra
hiring
and
how
much
the
overtime
costs
are.
So
some
very
specific
examples
of
that
in
2016
and
in
2018,
even
though
the
force
shrunk,
we
saw
lower
overtime
costs.
So
even
though
we
had
fewer
officers
around
the
officers
that
were
around
didn't
have
to
work
more
and
in
2014
and
2020.
U
If
the
boston
police
department
in
the
last
year
couldn't
actualize
a
20
million
or
sorry,
a
12
million
dollar
overtime
cut
went
during
a
year
when
there
weren't
sport,
when
sports
stadiums
were
empty,
when
almost
all
public
events
were
either
cancelled
or
went
virtual,
why
are
they
going
to
be
able
to
actualize
the
overtime
cuts
that
are
in
this
budget
bpd,
regularly
flaunts
the
authority
of
the
entire
council
and
the
hundreds
of
hours
of
work
that
all
of
the
counselors
put
into
these
budgets
by
continually
overspending?
U
They
do
this
by
using
the
city
charter
in
section
42,
which
allows
for
in
extreme
emergencies
like
the
city
can
overspend
with
impunity,
and
because
that
we
have
not
defined
what
an
extreme
emergency
involving
the
health
or
the
safety
of
the
people
in
their
property.
Is
they
run
rampant
over
the
budget?
U
In
fiscal
year,
19
they
overspent
by
10
million.
They
predicted
themselves
that
they
were
going
to
overspend
by
15
million.
Please
please
cut
back
the
budget
they're
going
to
spend
it
either
way.
So
please
define
what
an
extreme
emergency
is,
so
there
are
some
limitations
on
when
they
can
and
to
counselor
bleeding.
Thank
you
so
much
for
staying
and
listening
to
council
like
to
public
testimony
and
like
as
a
believer
in
alternative
responses
to
9-1-1
calls
and
mental
health
crisis
like
please
keep
fighting
for
those
we
like,
we
love
to
see
it.
U
A
You
murphy
next
up
kelly,
then
pam,
then
renee
kelly.
J
Thank
you
for
letting
me
speak.
I
I
just
want
to
agree
with
what's
been
said
by
all
the
other
people.
Who've
addressed
this
issue
of
the
police
budget.
The
amount
of
money
that's
going
to
the
police
really
does
should
be
reduced.
J
We've
seen
the
I'm
not
sure
how
many
of
you
are
familiar
with
the
program
at
in
cambridge
the
heart
program,
but
it
really
illustrates
how
important
it
is
to
separate
the
police
from
particularly
mental
health
calls,
but
I'm
sure
there's
others
that
it
could
be
done
with,
could
reduce
some
of
the
expenditures
in
the
budget
for
the
police
and-
and
I
don't
think
we
need
more
police
right
now.
The
the
idea
of
having
two
more
classes
of
police
just
seems
like
a
tremendous
expenditure
that
is
not
needed.
J
So
that's
my
main
point
that
I
want
to
make,
and
I
think
several
other
people
have
raised
issues
about
it,
much
more
articulately
than
I
have,
but
as
a
resident
of
dorchester,
I
would
like
my
counselor
to
vote
for
at
least
130
million
reduction
in
the
police
budget
and
cancelling
the
the
classes
that
are
coming,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
all
of
you
who
are
for
thinking
about
this
issue
because,
with
the
murders
of
of
black
men
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
we've
recognized
that
or
we
should
have
recognized
that
it's
not
a
question
of
training
police.
J
We
need
to
do
some,
some
really
restructuring
that
will
change
the
way
people
who
are
in
trouble
are
responded
to
it's
not
always
a
good
idea
to
send
somebody
with
a
gun
to
go,
see
somebody
and
p
and
police
who
are
being
you
know,
have
complaints
against
them
should
not
be
should
those
complaints
should
be
taken
care
taken
care
of
much
more
carefully.
They
should
be
investigated
much
more
strongly
and.
J
And
police
with
problems
like
that
should
be
taken
off
of
the
off
of
the
force,
but
it's
not
just
a
question
of
police.
It's
a
question
of
restructuring
the
police
and
eliminating
cutting
the
budget
and
taking
that
money
and
putting
in
places
where
it
can
really
make
a
good
serious
difference
is
is
important.
J
So
thank
you
very
much
for
listening
and
thank
you
for
your
work.
A
Thank
you
so
much
kelly
next
up
is
pam
coker
from
the
boss,
municipal
research
bureau,
then
it'll
be
rene
rives
and
then
colleek
pam.
Yes,.
V
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
pam
coker,
I'm
the
president
of
the
boston
municipal
research
bureau
and
I'm
also
a
city
resident.
I
just
wanted
to
contribute
my
comments
to
the
conversation
earlier
about
the
112th
budget
and
the
importance
of
the
city
council
and
the
administration
coming
to
a
budget
agreement
rather
than
have
to
continue
along
on.
What's
called
the
112th
budget,
1
12th
of
the
total
budget
of
the
previous
year,
only
being
available
to
meet
needs
that
have
been
identified
for
the
coming
fiscal
year.
V
A
Thank
you,
pam
next
up
is
renee,
then
colleek
and
then
it'll
be
evan.
George.
W
Renee
hi,
yes,
thank
you,
chair
bach,
thanks
for
getting
my
name
right
as
well,
appreciate
that
and
thank
you
to
the
city
councilors,
who
have
stuck
around
for
this
public
testimony
councilor
arroyo
and
whoever
else
is
on
my
I
live
in
jamaica
plain.
W
My
counselor
is
counselor
o'malley,
I'm
disappointed
he's
not
on,
and
I'm
also
disappointed
that
some
folks
I
wanted
to
shout
out
as
well
are
not
on
including
councillor
campbell
councillor
wu
and
counselor
mejia.
I
don't
think
that
they're
on,
but,
alas,
here
we
are,
and
I
wanted
to
also
add
to
the
chorus
of
voices
advocating
for
freezing
the
two
new
police
classes,
that
would
add
250
new
police
officers
to
boston
public
boston,
police
department
and
reinvest
120
million
dollars
from
boston
police
into
communities.
W
Counselor
campbell
alluded
to
this
earlier
about
following
the
the
data,
the
data
around
what
works
in
terms
of
violence
prevention,
police,
do
not
prevent
violence
and
often
sometimes
many
times
cause
more
harm,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
racial
profiling
and
also
just
looking
in
the
news
over
the
past
year,
like
the
amount
of
corruption
around
overtime
as
well.
As
you
know,
domestic
violence
and
violence
towards
children
and
kind
of
frankly,
the
cover-ups
that
have
happened-
it's
really
completely
tarnished
any
ounce
of
faith.
W
I've
had
in
boston
police,
and
I
think
that
money
would
be
much
better
spent.
Investing
in
youth
violence
programs
invent
investing
in
mental
health
programs,
investing
more
money
into
youth
jobs,
programs,
and
you
know,
agencies
and
community
workers
that
are
actually
interrupting
cycles
of
violence
versus
perpetuating
them
and
they
they
can
afford
it.
They
have
you
know
over
400
million
dollars
in
their
budget.
You
know
the
proposed
cuts
last
year,
which
I
I
provided
written
testimony
and
I've
made
phone
calls
to
all
of
the
counselors
and
the
mayor.
W
You
know
I
think
it
was
yeah.
It
was
only
a
one
percent
cut
last
year
and
a
3.5
cut
two
years
ago,
so
they
they.
They
are
well
resourced
and
it's
time
to
rethink
and
restructure
public
safety
and
how
to
really
get
at
the
root
of
crime,
which
is
poverty
and
and
look
at
it
in
a
more
systemic
way.
W
So
I'm
really
like
piggybacking
off
of
what
fatima
said,
what
murphy
and
kelly
and
and
the
reverend
said
and
just
wanted
to
add,
add
my
voice
in
there
in
terms
of
personal
stories,
a
friend
of
mine,
who
is
black,
caverdian
lived
in
around
dudley
square
or
nubian
square.
W
He
was
out
for
a
jog
just
trying
to
like
take
care
of
his
physical
and
mental
health
and
two
cruisers
pulled
up
police
boston,
police
cruisers
like
pulled
up
on
him
and
shouted
at
him
guns
drawn
because
there
had
been
a
crime
in
the
area
and
he
I
don't
know
if
he
fit
the
description
or
not,
but
it
was
an
incredibly
traumatizing
experience
for
him.
If
that
was
me
jogging,
as
a
white
man,
I
you
know
had
to
play
what,
if,
but
I
highly
doubt
that
I
would
have
had
the
same
experience.
W
And
I
think
I
think
that's
that's
all
I
wanted
to
say
for
now.
I
definitely
have
flooded
everyone's
voice
mails
to
this
similar
effect.
So
please
put
pressure
on
the
mayor
to
reallocate
120
million
dollars
from
bpd
and
freeze
those
two
classes.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
Thank
you,
renee
next
up,
colleek
and
then
it'll
be
evan
george
and
then
carolyn
chu
from
the
asian
american
resource
workshop
and
then
wahaj.
A
X
X
The
first
and
it
seems
like
the
big
divide-
is
about
the
allocation
of
police
funding
and
ultimately
it
comes
down
to
two
different
theories
on
crime,
the
first
being
that
crime
stems
from
a
group
of
individuals
who
are
just
born
evil
that
we
have
to
segregate
and
surveil
from
those
who
are
good
or
maybe
because
of
biological
factors.
Certain
populations
are
more
prone
to
crime
and
they
must
be
isolated
or
maybe
it's
cultural,
it's
type
of
music.
X
Those
theories
have
mostly
gone
off
the
wayside
and
I
don't
believe
anyone
on
the
city
council
still
holds
them
and
the
second
theory-
and
I
believe
it
was
council
campbell
who
expressed
it-
is
that
crime
comes
through
poverty,
normally
high
concentrations
of
poverty
of
unemployed
men
and
there's
a
lot
of
factors
for
that.
I
don't
think
we
have
the
time
for
me
to
discuss
them
now
and,
while
I
think
many
on
the
council,
if
not
everyone
would
agree
that
it
is
the
second
that
poverty
is
vastly
more
the
source
of
crime.
X
When
we
have
400
million
dollars
going
to
police
versus
350
000
towards
emergency
food
spending,
it
is
clear
that
for
the
city
council
there's
a
certain
group
of
population
that
need
to
be
surveilled,
they
need
to
be
detained,
pressed
and
engaged,
especially
when
you
consider
there
are
30
boston,
police
officers
that
make
9.6
million
dollars
a
year.
There
is
no
one
with
a
straight
face
that
can
tell
me
that
that
money
keeps
people
safe.
X
Everyone
wants
to
feel
safe
in
their
neighborhood,
and
that
is
why
the
effort
that
is
espoused
by
many
people
here
is
a
public
safety
metric.
It
is
meant
to
increase
public
safety.
If,
again,
you
believe
what
roughly
70
years
of
research
has
shown
us
that
posit
poverty
is
the
source.
The
second
thing
that
I
want
to
quickly
speak
to
is
there
are
a
lot
of
great
things
in
this
bill,
particularly
the
increased
funding
for
the
immigrant
defense
funds.
X
Tps
was
spoken
of
believe
it
was
around
490
thousand
dollars,
and
everyone
wants
to
see
that
in
the
bill,
and
it
is
true
that
forgive
me
budget.
It
is
true
that
if
this
budget
fails
on
wednesday,
though
they
will
not
be
included
for
the
112th.
X
Third
and
finally,
we
hear
a
lot
about
the
bond
rating
and
while
there
are
real
political
calculations
that
have
to
be
made
with
our
credit,
ultimately,
though,
for
our
elected
representatives,
the
voices
of
the
people
you
represent,
need
to
take
the
forefront
over
what
moody
and
standards
and
poor
and
wall
street
say
if
the
case
is
going
to
be
that
any
sort
of
policy
that
we
champion
here
will
be
dismissed,
because
a
group
from
wall
street
will
give
us
a
lower
rating.
Well,
then,
ultimately,
we
don't
need
to
deal
with
elections.
This
fall.
X
A
If
they
come,
we'll
definitely
recognize
them
straight
away.
But
in
the
meantime,
I'm
going
to
carolyn
from
the
asian
american
resource
workshop
and
minimally
warhage
and
then
carolyn.
Y
Y
I
am
a
dorchester
resident
and
work
at
the
asian
american
resource
workshop
and
just
wanted
to
share
today
that
you
know,
I
think
there,
as
folks
have
lifted
up,
there's
a
lot
of
important
things
in
this
budget,
particularly
for
immigrant
communities,
affordable
housing,
food
access
and
so
many
of
the
issues
that
we
see
every
day
that
lead
to
the
kind
of
displacement
that
we're
fighting
against
at
our
organization
every
day
and
also
we
know
that
more
police
do
not
keep
us
safe
and
do
not
keep
our
immigrant
communities
safe.
Y
They
instead
actually
create
more
crisis
and
more
potential
deportation
and
more
displacement
in
our
immigrant
communities,
and
so
you
know,
as
so
many
speakers
before
me
have
said.
I
think
it's
really
critical
that
in
a
moment
like
this,
we
do
not
increase
the
number
of
police
officers,
but
we
actually
reallocate
those
functions
to
other
parts
of
the
city
system
where
immigrants,
refugees,
people
of
color,
black
folks,
queer
and
trans
folks
feel
are
able
to
be
safe
and
get
their
needs
met.
Y
Y
And
so
you
know
I
ask
that
the
city
council
continue
to
push
for
a
budget
that
that
does
not
include
two
additional
classes
and
that
reduces
the
police
budget
by
120
million
to
reallocate
those
funds
into
the
kinds
of
services
and
supports
that
will
keep
all
of
our
people
safe
in
our
city
and
in
you
know
my
neighborhood
of
dorchester.
So
that's
all
I'll
say
today,
thanks
so
much.
A
Thank
you,
carolyn
is
my
audio
better
people
said
it
was
weird
a
second
ago,
no
still
strange,
okay,
well,
people
will
just
have
to
live
with
it,
you're
up
next
and
then
liza
and
then
maria.
It
sounds
clear,
great,
okay,
great.
Z
Z
Councillor
bach
tell
mayor
kim
jaini
to
cut
the
police
budget,
including
the
two
police
classes
and
as
ways
and
means
chair,
use
your
power
to
recommend
a
budget
that
promotes
racial
justice.
You
know
that
it's
wrong
to
include
two
police
classes
and
you
must
use
your
leadership
to
change
the
budget.
The
police
budget
has
only
cut
from
one
percent
from
last
year
and
three
for
3.5
percent
from
two
years
ago.
Nowhere
near
the
10
percent
cut
you
supported
last
year,
while
we
want
you
to
pass
a
reform
contract.
Z
Z
A
Thank
you
liza
and
then
it'll
be
maria
and
then
dana
liza.
AA
Hi,
thank
you
counselor
bach,
my
name
is
liza
barrett
and
I'm
a
homeowner
in
jamaica
plain.
I
work
at
a
lgbtq
rights
non-profit
in
boston
and
I'm
a
board
member
at
one
of
boston's,
oldest
jewish
institutions
as
a
white
queer
jewish
person
in
boston.
I
know
that
my
safety
is
intertwined
with
that
of
all
of
my
neighbors
and
we
need
investment
in
jobs,
housing
and
transport,
not
in
more
police
and
more
surveillance.
AA
The
city
must
freeze
the
two
police
classes,
which
would
add
250
new
police
and
reinvest
120
million
from
the
boston
police
into
communities,
mayor
kim,
janey
and
ways
and
means
chair.
Kenzie
bach
must
cut
the
police
budget,
including
those
two
police
classes,
and
I
want
my
district
councillor,
matt
o'malley
and
councillors,
mihio
wu,
isabe,
george
and
flaherty,
to
tell
mayor
jamie
and
chairpersonbach
to
make
those
changes.
AA
I
also
want
to
say:
please
do
not
sell
our
communities
short
with
this
sort
of
either
or
framing
in
last
year's
budget
debate.
I
heard
many
supposedly
progressive
counselors
say
that,
because
the
mayor's
budget
included
a
couple
bright
spots
such
as
investment
in
immigrant
services
or
housing,
that
they
were
not
willing
to
listen
to
the
community's
demands
for
a
more
visionary
values,
aligned
racial
justice
budget.
AA
So
I
I'm
really
happy
to
see
more
spending
in
a
couple
key
areas
such
as
immigrant
services
in
this
budget,
but
those
budget
lines
pale
in
comparison
to
our
police
spending
and
we
can
demand
so
much
more
from
our
tax
dollars.
So,
city
councilors,
please
do
not
settle
for
crumbs.
We
need
you
to
fight
for
us.
Thank
you.
M
M
I'm
asking
the
city
to
free
the
two
new
police
classes,
which
would
add
215
police
officers
and
in
february,
invest
120
million
dollars
from
the
boston
police
communities.
The
issue
of
police
transparency
has
been
not
been
effectively
addressed
and
it's
pretty
much
really
going
as
big
as
usual.
Spencer
arroyo.
L
The
police
budget
has
been
called
one
percent
last
year
and
three
point
five
percent
a
few
years
ago.
Nowhere
near
the
10
that
you
supported
last
year
and
hiring
your
police
officers
will
only
increase
future
budget.
The
police
have,
you
know,
have
given
no
justification
for
their
staffing
level.
Of
you
know:
beliefs,
council
royal,
you
said
issue
will
vote
yes
on
the
budget,
but
I
am
asking
you
to
call
for
cutting
the
police
classes
in
the
police
budget.
Keep
your
promise.
AB
So
this
is
maria,
cristina
blanco.
I
live
in
jamaica,
plain
where
I'm
a
homeowner
and
I
sit
on
the
governing
board
of
the
boston
community
leadership
academy
and
I
am
a
long
time
activist
for
many
social
justice
causes
and
you
know,
have
had
the
opportunity
to
to
meet
and
work
with
a
lot
of
you
folks
over
the
years.
I
I'm
also
here
to
echo
the
message
that
you
know
the
community
has
really
tried
to
get
across
through
through
protests
with
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
last
year
and
through
continued
engagement
this
year.
AB
You
know
through
calls
that
you've
all
referenced.
You
know
getting
calls
and
letters
and
emails
and
and
testimony
about
reducing
the
police
budget,
and
if
it
can't
happen
this
way,
I
don't
I
don't
know
you
know
how
we're
going
to
call
ourselves
a
a
democracy.
You
know
here
in
in
boston
in
massachusetts
we
like
to
sometimes
set
ourselves
aside
from
the
rest
of
the
country.
You
know
and
say
that
that
we're
you
know
we're
so
much
better,
but
we're
really
just
not
seeing
the
the
will
of
the
public.
AB
You
know,
and
what's
really
in
the
public
interest
being
able
to
to
be
expressed
here,
and
so
you
know,
but
I'm
I'm
here
to
say
that
that
we
still
want
to
see
the
police
budget
reduced.
You
know
more
than
just
one
percent
and
that
I
was
really
disappointed
to
hear
earlier,
the
liaison
from
the
administration.
You
know
parroting
that
line
about
we're
gonna
reduce
overtime
by
hiring
more
police.
AB
You
know
those
those
those
talking
points
just
really
have
no
place
in
this
discussion
from
you
know
the
police
and
their
unions-
and
my
experience
has
been
you
know
having
personally
seen
in
in
my
daughter's
school
with
with
one
of
her
classmates
or
with
you
know,
you
know
many
young
people,
but
directly
with
the
the
son
of
a
fellow
parent
council
member
that
I've
told
you
all
the
story.
AB
You
know
many
times
before,
I'm
sure
you're,
tired
of
it,
but
I've
seen
the
you
know
the
police,
the
school
to
deportation
in
school
to
prison
pipeline.
You
know
in
front
of
my
own
eyes
with
my
daughter's
classmates
and-
and
I
you
know
just
feel
my
responsibility
to
these
young
people
is
to
to
speak
out
that
we
need
to
move
money
away
from.
AB
You
know
the
police
budget
and
to
things
that
are
going
to
be
productive,
and
you
know
also
another
person
who
gave
testimony
here
today
and
talked
about
having
you
know,
experienced
police
brutality
and,
and
you
know
inappropriate,
over
policing
of
of
people
exercising
their
first
amendment
rights,
and
I
certainly
have
had
many
of
those
experiences
myself
and
in
you
know,
black
lives
matter,
protests
and
dating
back.
You
know
decades,
but
where
people
have
been
been
harmed
by
police
and
and
they've
really
exacerbated
the
problem.
AB
So
we
just
we
just
need
to
be
moving
money
away
from
from
you
know,
from
an
institution,
that's
gonna,
you
know
it's
gonna
escalate
the
problems
that
we
that
we
experience
in
our
city
into
institutions
that
that
know
how
to
de-escalate
and
how
to
solve
problems.
You
know
that's
what
we're
looking
to
see
that
that's
what
you
know,
counselor
campbell
was
recognizing
and
many
other
view
counselors
and
counselor
mejia,
who
I
really
appreciate.
I
wish
my
you
know:
city
councilor,
matt
o'malley
as
well.
AB
Would
you
know,
would
stand
up
and
say
we
just
we
just
have
to
draw
the
line
here
and
we
have
to
have
a
significant
reduction
in
police.
We
have
to
move
that
120
million
dollars
into
you,
know,
programs
that
that
are
needed
and
that
you
know
we've.
AB
We've
talked
about
councilor
mejia
needing
more
money
for
youth
jobs
and
so
on,
and
I
really
you
know
just
want
to
uplift
how
much
the
community
has
tried
to
put
this
message
across
and
the
young
man
that
spoke
two
speakers
before
me
that
whose
name
I'll
probably
pronounce
wrong
beginning
with
a
w,
but
you
know
I
met
him
on
saturday
he's
out
there.
For
you
know
hours
in
the
burning
sun
on
city
hall,
plaza
baking,
you
know
on
those
bricks,
you
know
with
signs.
AB
You
know
protesting
with
a
bunch
of
other
young
people
teens.
You
know
that
took
their
weekend
to
go
and
hold
a
message
in
front
ahead
of
this
hearing
in
front
of
of
city
hall,
and
so
I
I
really
am
looking
and
expecting
that
you
know
in
the
next
couple
of
days
as
we
negotiate
before
this
budget
is
heard
that
we'll
see
some
movement
on
this,
because
that
it's
just
it's
just
a
a
no-go.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
Maria
next
will
be
dana,
then
elizabeth
nguyen
then
mayor,
ivanka,
truman,
dana.
AC
Hey
bach
nice
to
meet
you,
my
name
is
dana
dipelto.
I
live
in
dorchester
for
those
I
am
part
of
the
ella
jay
baker,
violence,
prevention,
task
force.
We
meet
every
wednesday
at
nine
o'clock,
411
washington
street
right
across
from
mother's
day.
AC
Excuse
me
mother's
day,
mother's
rest
park
in
dorchester
on
washington
street,
come
to
the
meeting
and
hear
what
we're
hearing
and
you
know.
Madam
chair,
I'm
glad
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
a
couple
things.
I
don't
think
this
is
the
budget
to
be
making
any
changes
we're
coming
out
of
covid.
The
only
changes
I
would
be
wanting
to
see
is
an
increase
in
justin
starrett's
office.
He
only
has
four
employees
from
what
I
see
in
the
budget.
AC
I
think
the
budget
needs
to
be
shown
better
in
more
detail
to
the
public
actuals
being
provided
in
quarterly
fashion,
so
that
we're
not
getting
to
you
know
38
hours
before
the
budget
needs
to
be
passed
and
we're
still
squabbling
over
minor
details.
AC
AC
We're
looking
at
some
state
funding
being
pulled
because
our
bps
is
in
receivership
and
there's
some
issues
with
our
school
committee,
and
I
think
I
would
like
to
say
personally
thank
you
to
all
of
our
public
safety,
police,
firefighters,
emergency
services,
because
they've
done
an
incredible
job.
They
kept
us
alive
in
covid,
as
well
as
our
public
health
officials.
I
don't
think
we
should
be
looking
at
cutting
that
budget.
I
think
we
need
to
be
building
bridges
with
our
police
department
and
not
slashing
them.
AC
Thirdly,
I
would
like
to
comment
on
this
process
of
budgeting.
I
am
not
a
fan
of
participatory
budgeting.
I
don't
think
that's
a
good
idea.
I
will
definitely
be
standing
with
councillor
baker
to
make
sure
that
we
are
not
doing
a
participatory
budget,
because
we're
looking
at
the
circus
right
now
and
adding
the
entire
community
is
definitely
going
to
cause
a
lot
more
chaos.
This
is
the
mayor's
budget.
AC
You
have
had
all
year
to
talk
to
the
mayor
about
what
you
need
from
your
districts
at
large
as
well
and
as
a
as
a
fellow
democrat.
I
I
call
on
president
o'malley
to
make
sure
that
this
budget
gets
passed,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
work
ahead
of
us,
and
I
appreciate
your
time.
A
Thank
you
dana
next
up
elizabeth
nguyen,
then
miura
vega,
truman
and
then
janelle
from
yjpu
elizabeth.
AD
Hi
all
please,
let
me
know
if
you
can't
hear
me
I'm
having
some
internet
issues.
Thank
you,
city
counselors.
My
name
is
rev
elizabeth
nguyen
and
I
live
in
jamaica,
plain,
I'm
a
member
of
the
clergy
and
I'm
from
a
refugee
and
immigrant
family.
I
work
for
the
national
bail
fund
network
and
I'm
a
volunteer
with
a
local
immigration
bond
fund
and
anti-deportation
network.
AD
The
number
of
people
in
ice
detention
nationally
is
up
78
since
the
start
of
the
biden
administration,
which
has
not
really
punctured
the
mainstream
media.
That's
27
000
people,
including
many
boston
residents,
who
are
targeted
for
deportation
and
detention
by
the
information
sharing
that
occurs
between
the
boston
police
department
and
ice.
AD
AD
He
advocated
for
many
others
inside,
including
an
elder
gentleman
who
contracted
covid
while
detained,
I
think
of
oh
another,
long
time,
jamaica,
plain
resident
and
father
of
two,
a
community
college
who
was
also
in
ice
custody
during
the
pandemic
during
christmas
and
spent
that
time
helping
others
navigate.
The
for-profit
phone
system,
both
of
k
and
o,
were
caught
up
in
a
net
of
information,
sharing,
surveillance
and
collusion
between
bpd
and
ice.
AD
AD
I
also
want
to
share
that
when
these
hearings
come
up.
I
talk
with
people
who
are
boston
residents,
who've
been
impacted
by
ice
detention
and
often
they
want
to
testify,
but
they're
working
or
it's
short
notice,
and
sometimes
they
say
to
me
elizabeth.
You
know
nothing's
going
to
change,
they
say
the
politicians,
the
police,
they
say
they
care
about
us,
but
we
don't
see
it
and
as
a
member
of
the
clergy,
I
know
that
the
work
of
aligning
our
values
and
our
lives
is
lifelong.
AD
AD
So
please,
if
there's
any
way
to
find
a
space
to
push
further
for
the
freedom
and
safety
of
all
boston
residents
to
cut
funding
for
policing.
Thank
you
so
much.
AE
AE
AE
AE
This
is
the
time
to
act
on
your
convictions
and
keep
your
promises
even
without
changing
overtime
in
the
police
contract.
The
city
council
has
the
power
now
to
cut
budget
items,
including
police
classes,
keep
your
promise
to
cut
the
police
budget
and
invest
in
the
health
and
well-being
of
a
community
of
color.
A
AF
Hi,
my
name
is
elijah
patterson
I
live
in
roxbury
and
kim
jainia
is
my
mayor
and
city
councilor,
and
I
want
to
contribute
to
the
course
saying
that
boston
must
freeze
two
new
police
classes
and
reinvest
120
million
from
the
boston
police
into
communities.
This
body
has
the
power
to
make
this
happen
and
they
must
use
it.
Last
year
many
counselors
signed
a
letter
asking
for
10
cut
on
the
police
budget,
but
this
year
the
mayor's
proposed
budget
shaves
the
city's
investment
in
the
police
by
only
one
percent.
AF
AF
Adding
these
cadets
would
increase
the
budget
in
the
future.
If
overtime
is
a
concern,
for
you
do
not
pour
millions
into
it.
Cracking
down
on
the
abuse
of
overtime
will
cut
overtime,
as
will
the
city
council
vowing
to
use
its
power
to
stop,
rather
than
to
rubber
stamp
the
many
overtime
bills
that
come
across
his
desk,
chairperson,
counselors
brayden,
edwards,
mejia,
wu
campbell
and
arroyo.
Last
year,
when
you
received
10
000
emails
from
concerned
bostonians
over
the
course
of
the
weekend,
many
loudly
calling
for
the
defunding
of
the
police.
AF
You
promised
this
city
real
cuts
on
police
spending.
It
is
time
to
keep
that
promise.
You
cannot
accept
less
than
a
10
percent
cut
on
police
spending.
You
cannot
allow
a
single
new
cadet
class.
I
understand
that
the
112th
budget
presents
a
potential
crisis
so
chewed
as
mass
incarceration
fueled
by
policing.
It
is
time
for
us
to
treat
this
festering
sore
of
white
supremacy.
AF
AF
I
wish
that
council
president
o'malley
councillors,
asabi
george
flynn,
baker
and
flaherty
were
still
here.
I'm
disappointed
that
they
voted
last
year
to
fully
fund
the
police
and
have
indicated
their
intention
to
do
so.
The
same
I
would
like
to
vote,
invite
them
and
any
other
city
councillors
on
the
fence
to
come
to
the
right
side
of
history
by
opposing
the
current
budget.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
elijah
next
up
is
oh,
I
see,
we've
actually
got
janelle
back,
so
I'm
gonna
go
to
janelle
and
then
it'll
be
genevieve
and
then
david
janelle.
Are
you.
AG
There,
hello
everyone,
my
name
is
janelle
fenson
and
I
live
in
dorchester.
The
city
must
freeze
the
two
new
police
classes,
which
would
add
to
150
new
police
and
re-invest
into
the
120
million
from
the
boston
police
and
to
the
communities
mayor,
kim,
jamie
and
waze
and
means
chair.
Kenzie
vogt
must
cut
the
police
budget,
including
the
two
police
classes.
A
AH
AH
AH
AH
Therefore,
mayor
kim,
jeannie
and
ways
and
means
chair,
kenzie
bach
must
cut
the
police
budget,
including
the
two
police
classes.
I'm
asking
my
district
counselor,
andrea
campbell
and
councillors,
mejia
wu,
asabi,
george
and
flaherty,
to
tell
mayor
janie
and
terry
person
bach
to
make
these
changes.
Thank
you
so
much.
A
Thank
you
donovan
next
up's
david
and
then
it'll
be
nicole,
and
then
I
am
trying
neftar
to
get
you
in,
but
I
I'm
gonna
keep
trying
david
go
ahead.
AI
Hi,
my
name
is
david
weimer,
I'm
a
constituent,
laura
alston
thank
councilor
buck
for
another
long
long
budget
hearing
and
listening
to
all
of
us.
I,
like
maddie
before
me,
I'm
asking
my
counselors
to
freeze
hiring
in
the
of
officers
in
the
departments.
That's
the
two
new
police
classes,
as
well
as
the
cadets,
and
to
reinvest
120
million
from
from
the
police
into
community-led
programs
for
what
is
going
to
keep
our
or
help
our
communities
stay
safe
and
thrive.
AI
Hiring
new
officers
is
not
just
about
this
year's
budget,
but
about
the
budgets
for
decades
to
come.
The
city
is
seriously
looking
and
looking
into
ways
to
remove
responsibilities
from
the
police,
including
things
like
911
response
at
a
hearing.
There's
a
listening
session
this
week,
traffic
enforcement
and
violent
prevention.
So
why
would
the
city
increase
the
number
of
police?
At
the
same
time,
it
seeks
to
remove
roles
from
the
police.
AI
So
I
many
of
you
signed
letters
to
making
commitments
last
year
after
last
year's
last
year's
budget
vote
and
I'm
hoping
you'll
honor
those
commitments
and
and
freeze
hiring
in
the
department.
Thank
you.
A
A
N
Apologies
hi,
my
name
is
nicole
penny
and
I
live
at
laval
street
in
hyde
park
mass
and
I'm
asking
that
the
city
immediately
freeze
the
two
new
police
classes,
which
would
add
250
new
cleats
and
reinvest
120
million
from
the
boston
police
into
our
communities.
Council
arroyo
let
mayor
kim
jeannie
in
ways
and
means
chair,
kenzie
buck
to
cut
the
police
budget,
including
the
two
please
classes.
The
police
budget
has
only
been
cut
one
percent
from
last
year
and
3.5
percent
from
two
years
ago.
N
Nowhere
near
the
10
cut
you
supported
last
year
and
hiring
more
police
will
increase
future
budgets.
The
police
have
given
no
justification
for
their
staffing
levels
or
needing
more
police
council
arroyo.
You
said
you
will
vote
yes
on
the
budget,
but
I
am
asking
you
to
call
for
cutting
the
police
classes
and
please
budget,
keep
your
promise
to
cut
the
police
budget.
A
Thank
you,
nicole.
I'm
gonna,
try
to
see
I've
got
nephtar
to
derulis
here
and
derolus
and
I'm
not
been
able
to
promote
you.
So
I'm
just
gonna
see
if,
if
you
want
to
unmute
and
say
anything
nephtar,
if
not
we'll
be
going
to
kanaya
and
then
gerald.
AJ
My
name
is
neptune
berlis
and
I
live
in
a
high
park.
The
city
needs
to
freeze
the
two
new
police
classes,
which
would
have
250
new
police
and
vests
and
reinvest
the
120.
AJ
AJ
AJ
Council
aurora,
you
said
yes
on
the
budget
by
the
maxing
that
you
call
for
the
cutting
of
the
police
classes
and
the
police
budget.
Keep
your
promise.
I
believe,
we're
all
we're
all
calling
for
accountability
and
yeah.
Thank
you
and
enjoy
the
rest
of
your
day.
A
Thank
you,
nephtar
next
steps,
kanaya
then
gerald
and
kaz
kanaya.
A
AK
Hello,
my
name
is:
am
calling
to
demand
that
the
city
council
reduce
the
police
budget.
We
do
not
need
new
cadets.
We
do
not
need
new
cops.
We
do
not
need
more
money
spent
on
training.
These
are
not
things
which
have
been
shown
to
work
anywhere
else.
Elite
do
not
make
us
safe
if
we
took
a
day
where
the
police
were
not
roaming,
around
boston,
driving,
aimlessly,
occasionally
checking
license
plates,
hoping
that
arrest
warrants
popped
up
and
harassing
unhoused
people
you'd
have
a
day
where
everyone
felt
them
where
everyone
felt
like
they
were.
AK
Make
the
argument
that
there
should
be
more
police
and
more
new
hopes
are
engaging
in
either
disingenuous,
just
false
arguments
and
you
are
being
will
your
life
or,
if
you
are
utterly
oblivious
to
the
actual
effects
which
the
police
have
on
your
community?
I'm
looking
at
you
anissa
he's
ivy
george,
I'm
looking
at
you,
frank
baker,
clarity.
AK
I
know
you're
retiring
o'malley
you're,
my
counselor,
but
you
know
you're
been
the
same
way
and
we
haven't
had
strong
enough
push
on
this
with
anyone,
except
for
shout
out
to
counselor
mahia,
who
has
really
been
calling
for
this,
and
I
would
like
to
see
stronger
language
from
council
woo
on
exactly
how
much
she
wants
to
take
away
from
the
police.
As
for
campbell
and
edwards
and
the
rep
those
of
you
who
want
to
vote
for
this
budget,
you
should
not.
AK
You
should
not.
We
do
not
need
more
money
spent
on
police.
You
have
got
to
push
back
on
this.
That
department
needs
to
be
smaller.
It
does
not
need
any
more
money,
it
means
substantially
less
you've
got
to
fix
it.
You've
got
to
oppose
the
police,
the
police
union
get
it
done.
Otherwise,
we
will
find
people
and
you
can
and
we
will.
A
Thank
you
gerald
going
now
to
kaz
and
then
to
nada
kanaya.
If
you
are
there,
though,
I
just
want
to
check
back,
because
can
I
there
all
right?
Can
I,
if
you
let
me
know
happy
to
recognize
you
in
a
bit
caz
you're
up
next.
L
Hi
there,
my
name
is
chaz
novak.
I
use
the
pronouns.
I
currently
live
in
brooklyn,
but
I'm
moving
to
make
a
plan.
In
a
matter
of
weeks,
I'm
calling
to
say
that
I
believe
that
it
is
essential
that
the
bpd
budget
would
be
cut
by
million
dollars
that
has
been
reinvested
invested
into
our
communities.
American
jamie
and
the
white
minister
can
be
muscular
police
budget,
including
the
two
new
police
classes,
which
would
add
250
new
police
officers.
J
AL
Hampstead
road
in
jamaica
plain:
I'm
recording
this
testimony
to
demand
that
the
city
frees
the
two
new
police
classes,
which
would
add
250
new
police
officers
and
instead
reinvest
120
million
dollars
from
the
boston
police
department
into
communities
into
wellness
into
the
type
of
safety
that
our
communities
need.
Mayor,
kim,
janey
and
wayne's
in
means,
chair
of
kenzie
bach,
must
cut
the
police
budget,
including
the
two
police
classes.
AL
You
know
last
last
year,
amidst
the
uprisings,
many
of
the
city
councilors
made
commitments
to
racial
justice,
and
it
is
critical
that
in
this
moment
you
all
take
the
action
necessary
to
protect
our
communities
and
invest
in
them
and
invest
in
them
in
the
community
resources
that
they
need
to
thrive
and
that
they
need
to
be
well
and
be
safe.
AL
The
impacts
of
growing
the
police
force
will
have
disproportionate
impacts
on
black
brown,
muslim
trans,
queer,
immigrant
communities,
important
working
class
folks
in
boston,
and
if
we
are
to
change
the
city
and
transform
the
inequity
that
we
have
in
our
city,
we
must
defund
the
police
department
and
not
hire
these
two
new
classes
and
instead
invest
in
a
community,
and
that
looks
like
alternative
responses
to
9-1-1
and
mental
health
crisis.
AL
It
looks
like
community-led
safety
teams.
This
work
is
possible
and
it's
critical
right
now
so
again
calling
on
the
city
to
freeze
the
two
new
police
classes
and
instead
reinvest
120
million
dollars
into
a
community.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Thank
you,
nadas
elizabeth
rocker.
AM
My
name
is
elizabeth
rucker
and
I
was
at
31
juniper
street
in
roxbury.
The
city
must
free
the
200
police
classes,
which
would
add
200
percent
of
police
and
reinvest
120
million
dollars
from
the
boston
police
and
to
communities
mayor
kim,
janey
and
ways
and
means
chair.
Kenzie
bach
must
cut
the
police
budget,
including
the
two
police
classes.
AM
I
want
all
the
city
councilors
american,
jamie
and
the
chairperson
box
to
make
these
changes
here
in
roxbury.
I
see
all
the
police
harm
my
black
and
brown
neighbors
every
single
day.
Every
summer,
the
bpd
and
the
gang
unit
become
agents
of
racial
terror,
sweeping
up
young
black
and
brown
people
into
the
questions
of
our
depraved
incarceration
system.
They
also
see
how
the
bpd
routinely
offers
perception
and
coverage
over
at
white
supremacists
when
they
rally
and
spread
their
messages
of
hate
in
boston,
as
they
have
done
nearly
every
four
months
for
the
past
four
years.
AM
The
only
solution
for
us
this
budget
cycle
is
defunding
the
police
and
instituting
hiring
freeze.
We
must
also
reinvest
money
divested
from
policing
into
front-line
organizations
run
by
then.
Let's
direct
the
impact
of
people
in
boston
funding
these
jobs
and
providing
all
boston
residents
with
everything
they
need
to
thrive,
the
police
are
not
and
never
will
be
part
of
our
thriving.
The
way
forward
is
clear,
and
history
will
remember
what
the
boston
city
council
chooses
to
do
in
the
face
of
this
clear
moral
call
for
justice.
Thank
you
for
your.
AN
Hi,
my
name
is
florida
park
and
I
live
in
jamaica
plain.
Our
city
must
freeze
the
new
police
classes,
which
would
add
250
new
police
and
reinvest
120
million
from
the
boston
police
into
our
community
american
janie
and
wave
and
means
chair
kennedy.
Bach
must
cut
the
police
budget,
including
the
two
police
classes.
AN
AN
A
You
thank
you
loretta.
Next
up,
abigail.
AO
AO
AO
Since
last
year,
the
police
budget
has
only
been
cut
1
and
only
3.5
from
2
years
ago,
which
is
not
anywhere
near
the
ten
percent
cut
that
you
said
that
you
supported
at
the
time
hiring
more
police
will
increase
our
future
budgets
and
put
more
money
into
the
police
budget
and
take
it
away
from
our
communities
the
police
haven't.
Given
us
what
we
need
in
terms
of
a
justification
for
their
staffing
levels
or
needing
more
police.
A
Thank
you
abigail.
I
see
now
I've
got
the
reverend
joanna.
A
AM
My
name
is
reverend
johanna
murphy.
I
am
a
chaplain
in
the
boston
area
as
well
as
community
minister
and
I
live
at
188
washington
street
in
boston.
The
city
must
freeze
the
two
new
police
classes,
which
would
add
250
new
police,
and
we
invest
120
million
for
the
boston
place
in
the
communities
they're
king,
jamie
and
waze,
and
the
american
dubai
cut
the
police
budget,
including
the
two
police
classes.
I
want
my
district
councillor,
matt
o'malley
encounters
mejia,
wu,
baby,
george
and
flaherty
to
tell
mayor
jamie
and
chairperson
bach
to
make
these
changes.
AM
This
is
so
important
to
me
as
someone
who
works
within
the
community
in
terms
of
being
able
to
put
more
money
towards
mental
health
treatment
and
housing
and
schools.
Someone
who
works
in
this
community
on
those
issues.
I
know
that
the
funding
going
towards
the
police
will
be
better
suited
in
those
other
areas.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
B
Hi
my
name
is
park
and
today
I'm
testifying
for
the
city
to
freeze
the
two
new
police
classes,
which
would
add
250
to
police
officers
and
via
invest
120
million
dollars
from
the
police,
from
boston
police
and
into
our
communities.
Council
royals
tell
mayor
king
getty
and,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
including
the
two
police
classes.
The
police
budget
has
only
been
cut
one
percent
from
last
year's
2.5
from
two
years
ago.
Nowhere
near
the
10
percent
credit
supported
last
year
and
hiring
more
police
will
increase
future
budgets.
B
B
Foreign
overtime
budget.
B
B
We
have
a
budget
for
overtime
and
police
officers
continue
to
go
over
the
budget
every
single
year.
At
this
point
it
should
be
no
budget.
There
should
just
be
a
pool
of
money
that
police
officers
can
just
reach
into,
because
our
budget
signifies
the
fact
that
after
this
amount,
we
cannot
go
further,
but
after
this
every
year
we
continue
to
go
further
by
tens
of
millions
of
dollars.
B
There
should
be
a
contract
where
it
is
clearly
stated
that
we
have
x
amount
of
police
officers.
Y
amount
of
funds
y
divided
by
x
is
the
amount
of
hours
that
these
police
officers
can
do
for
the
year
for
overtime
and
if
police
officers
exceed
that
amount
of
time.
For
over
time,
then
anytime,
after
that,
you
see.
B
B
A
Thank
you,
nosika
eliana,
willis,.
AM
AN
AP
Hi
good
evening,
my
name
is
george
lee,
I'm
an
organizer
with
youth
justice
and
power
union,
and
I'm
joining
in
with
folks
from
all
the
organizations
and
defund
boss
cops
and
countless
residents
across
the
city
who
are
calling
for
cut
to
the
police
budget
and
a
cut
to
these
two
new
classes.
When
we
already
have
enough
police,
usually
they
do
one
class
a
year
and
they
don't
even
need
to
do
that.
But
to
do
two
is
adding
insult
to
injury.
AP
There
are
a
lot
of
good
investments
in
the
budget.
After
a
long
many
years
fight,
mayor,
janie
was
able
to
deliver
on
adding
more
youth
jobs
and
starting
to
expand
eligibility.
We
think
the
number's
still
short
in
terms
of
the
the
true
commitments
around
year-round
jobs,
but
it
is
a
major
step
forward.
AP
We
know
that
the
council
is
working
on
things
like
the
acquisition
opportunity
program
and
other
investments
to
supplement
the
budget,
but
y'all
shouldn't
be
satisfied.
Just
voting
on
the
budget
and
supplemental
budget.
You
should
also
cut
the
police
budget
and
cutting
the
police
budget
doesn't
mean
you
have
to
say
no
to
all
the
rest
of
the
investments.
Again,
the
city
council
has
the
power
it's
in
the
city
charter
to
cut
the
budget,
that's
something
I
know
that
chairperson
bach
knows
very
well.
AP
You
have
the
ability
to
shepherd
that
through
other
folks
as
well
could
help
make
that
happen
so
that
all
the
rhetoric
around
we
have
to
wait.
We
can't
do
it
right
now.
Let's
wait
for
the
new
mayor,
let's
cross
our
fingers
and
hope
the
police
are
suddenly
enlightened
and
will
cut
over
time.
Forget
all
that
nonsense.
Y'all
can
actually
cut
the
police
budget
and
cut
these
classes
now,
instead
of
adding
police
to
a
scandal
written
hungry,
greedy
and
destructive
and
racist
department,
they
also
still
haven't
told
us
how
much
these
classes
will
cost.
AP
Justin
starred
has
done
some
really
positive
things
before
under
marty
walsh.
He
helped
make
the
housing
voucher.
Subs
the
low
income
rental
subsidy
program
happen
within
a
matter
of
weeks
of
meeting
with
them.
So
we
know
he
has
more
of
an
eye
toward
what
the
community
needs
but
to
come
today
and
say:
oh
I'll,
get
your
answers
before
wednesday.
By
end
of
day
tomorrow,
the
administration
should
have
been
listening
on
friday
and
they
should
have
been
listening
when
the
questions
were
asked
at
the
working
session
and
the
hearing.
AP
So
we
need
to
know
how
much
these
classes
are
going
to
cost.
We
need
to
know
how
much
those
police
will
cost
in
the
years
going
forward,
because
the
budget's
going
to
go
up.
I
think
that's
something
that
I'm
hoping
my
counselor
and
drag
campbell
and
chairperson
bach
and
your
leadership
role
can
really
make
sure
we
get
from
the
police
department
tomorrow
like
we
need
to
know
how
much
that's
going
to
cost
so
that
when
you
are
voting
on
this
budget,
you
know
how
much
money
you're
going
to
be
spending.
AP
So
just
calling
on
you
all
to
really
be
leaders.
Fighting
for
racial
justice
is
never
a
popular
thing:
youth,
justice
and
power
union.
When
we
started
calling
for
cutting
the
police
budget
six
years
ago,
people
looked
at
us
like
we
had
three
heads
and
we're
from
another
planet.
All
of
a
sudden.
The
past
couple
years
folks
have
started
seeing
more
from
the
politician
side.
AP
Why
that's
important,
but
luckily
a
lot
of
folks
in
the
community
and
different
groups
had
our
back
and
we
worked
together,
but
it's
not
a
matter
of
just
seeing
what
seems
to
be
politically
easy.
Racial
justice
requires
leadership,
especially
frankly,
in
the
face
of
a
bunch
of
racist
city
councillors
who
are
very
pro-police
and
have
obstructed
justice
for
many
many
years.
AP
Those
of
you
who
have
a
conscience
and
want
to
actually
vote
and
push
for
racial
justice,
don't
get
bogged
down
by
your
conservative
counselors,
who
are
acting
like
adding
more
cops
as
a
solution.
You
know
they're,
not
so
you
need
to
make
that
right
choice
and
take
a
leadership
and
be
on
the
right
side
of
history.
Again,
there's
no
excuse!
You
have
the
power
to
cut
the
budget.
Young
people
have
been
fed
up
with
the
city
council
and
are
giving
up
hope
on
y'all.
AP
A
Thank
you,
george
kevin
williams,.
A
Testify
all
right
saying
none.
So
we've
come
to
the
end
of
folks
who
are
here
to
testify
publicly
and
there's
just.
I
think
one
person
on
my
list
who
hasn't
come
unspoken.
A
However,
it's
like
four
minutes
of
five
and
I
do
want
to
just
let
people
who
might
be
coming
right
at
five
o'clock
come
so
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna
hold
this
public
testimony
session
open
until
5
15.,
so
first
off
I'm
going
to
take
a
recess.
If
we
don't
have
anyone
else
who
joins,
I
I
will
adjourn
us
at
5
15.,
but
in
the
meantime
the
committee
will
stand
in.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
All
right,
seeing
as
it
is
5
15
and
we've
exhausted
public
testimony.
A
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
testifying
today
and
also
thank
counselors
of
the
administration
for
their
participation,
we'll
be
working
in
earnest
on
the
budget
with
the
administration
so
that
we
can
get
to
a
place
on
wednesday
and
where
the
council
can
take
an
affirmative
vote.
That's
certainly
my
hope
as
the
ways
and
means
chair
and
yeah.
Just
thank
you
all
and
with
that,
this
hearing
is.