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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on March 1, 2023
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Boston City Council Meeting on March 1, 2023
A
B
My
name
is
Ed
Flynn
and
I
am
the
city
council.
President
viewers
can
watch
the
city
council
meeting
Live
on
YouTube
by
visiting
boston.gov
city
council
Dash
TV
I'd
like
to
ask
all
my
colleagues
and
those
in
the
audience
to
P
to
please
silence
your
cell
phones
electronic
devices
at
this
time,
I'd
also
like
to
ask
everyone
here,
my
colleagues
in
the
public
to
be
respectful
of
each
other
do
not
disrupt
the
meeting.
While
you
are
here.
If
you
are
disruptive,
we
will
ask
that
you
yeah.
B
B
E
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
President,
it's
it's
my
pleasure
today
to
introduce
Pastor
Jamie
from
Tremont
Temple
Baptist
Church.
We
actually
the
council
recently
had
a
item
on
our
docket
to
make
Tremont
Temple
a
landmark.
So
it's
now
a
landmark
in
the
city
of
Boston,
a
recognition,
that's
long
overdue.
It's
a
Baptist
congregation,
that's
existed
since
the
19th
century
and
has
a
very
famous
building.
E
It's
been
host
to
many
many
great
speakers
over
the
years
and
also
just
a
vibrant
congregation
for
well
north
of
a
century
now
and
I
think
is
also
perhaps
on
the
docket
for
Community
preservation.
Act,
funding
so
really
like
one
of
those
kind
of
Treasures
of
the
city
architecturally,
but
Also,
spiritually,
and
so
we're
very
grateful
to
have
Pastor
Jamie.
Here
with
us.
E
The
church
is
affiliated
with
American
Baptist,
the
American
Baptist
Church,
and
also
the
Southern
Baptist
Church,
actually
hosts
send
relief
in
its
building,
an
organization
that
works
with
refugees
and
on
human
trafficking
issues,
and
the
congregation
itself
is
an
important
part
of
the
local
religious
tapestry.
E
So
Pastor
Jamie
he's
been
at
the
church
for
eight
years
before
that
was
serving
down
in
Providence
before
that
in
DC
did
a
masters
of
theology,
with
a
focus
on
preaching
from
the
Gordon
conwall
Theological
Seminary
and,
in
addition
to
ministering
to
his
congregation,
also
cares
for
his
family,
his
wife
Adriana,
and
they
have
four
children,
Mercy
Audrey,
Jack
and
Noah.
So
I
was
reaching
just
over
the
line
into
councilor
Flynn's
district
for
this
clergy
invitation.
E
F
You
are
the
Creator
and
sustainer
of
the
galaxies
Majestic
in
holiness,
Transcendence
and
set
apart
from
your
creation
and
yet
in
compassion,
you
have
moved
to
redeem
this
Fallen
World
as
the
Creator.
You
are
a
creation's
judge,
the
one
to
whom
everyone
must
give
in
accounts,
and
yet
you
are
a
tender
father
towards
those
who
trust
in
you.
Oh
Lord
I
approach,
your
throne
of
grace
and
prayer,
to
ask
for
wisdom
to
govern
in
these
times
of
trial.
F
F
You
are
a
God
who
is
near
to
the
Brokenhearted,
a
God
who
saves
the
crushed
in
spirit,
I
pray
that
you
would
be
near
to
them
to
provide
protect
and
comfort
them.
I
pray,
particularly
that
the
work
of
this
Council
would
be
a
display
of
your
own
compassion
and
care
for
the
least
of
these
May.
These
council
members
burn
with
passion
to
see
the
hurting
healed
and
the
wounded
made
whole
may
they
love
Justice
and
mercy
and
display
it
in
their
efforts
to
alleviate
suffering
in
the
city
of
Boston.
F
I
pray
also
that
each
member
of
the
council
will
be
marked
by
Integrity
by
a
disinterestedness
that
lends
to
the
care
of
others
that
the
flourishing
of
this
great
City
and
all
who
move
within
it
would
be
their
greatest
concern
so
that
Justice
would
roll
down
like
Waters
and
righteousness
like
an
ever-flowing
stream.
I
pray
that
you
would
guard
each
counselor
from
desires
and
temptations
for
dishonest
gain.
F
Give
each
one
an
aversion
to
corruption,
cause
them
to
be
the
same
people
in
the
darkness,
as
in
the
light
of
this
chamber,
that
the
reputation
of
this
Council
and
this
city
will
gleam
for
many
years
to
come.
I
pray
also
that
collectively,
as
the
legislative
body
over
the
city,
that
their
use
of
authority,
though
it
will
not
be
perfect,
will
reflect
your
very
own.
I
pray
now
for
the
city
of
Boston.
F
Among
the
members
of
this
Council.
Thank
you
for
sending
your
son
to
bear
in
his
own
body
the
guilt
for
sin
for
all
those
who
trust
in
You,
O,
Lord,
grant
to
this
Council
blessings
and
joy
as
they
serve
us.
And
may
your
name
be
glorified
among
the
members
of
this
body.
I
pray
this
all
in
the
strong
name
of
Jesus
Christ,
amen.
B
B
B
G
G
G
G
As
many
of
you
probably
know,
there
was
Diana's
husband
passed
away
suddenly,
and
so
many
of
her
co-workers
are
here,
and
we
wanted
to
take
a
moment
here
on
the
city
council
floor
to
just
acknowledge
you
and
how
wonderful
your
husband
was
so
Wong,
better
known
to
many
of
us
here
in
this
chamber,
as
Peter,
was
a
joy
to
his
wife,
Diana
co-workers,
who
we
see
many
here
in
the
chamber
today
in
the
city
of
Boston,
Peter
moved
from
Hong
Kong,
his
birthplace
to
Boston
in
1980,
where
he
attended
Elliott
elementary
school,
followed
by
Boston
Tech
by
18.
G
He
began
his
first
job
as
a
youth
counselor
with
Boston
Asian
youth,
essential
Services.
There
he
served
as
a
mentor
and
a
guide
for
many
children
in
the
city
after
that
Peter
took
up
yet
another
job,
with
the
focus
on
helping
people
this
time
in
City,
Hall
Peter
began
as
an
administrative
clerk
for
the
Department
of
the
licensing
board
and
moved
his
way
up
in
position
during
his
time
spent
there.
G
He
was
always
there
to
help
his
colleagues
whether
it
was
assisting
in
an
administrative
task
or
simply
cheering
them
up.
As
for
his
constituents,
he
was
kind
patient
and
always
willing
to
help
anyone
who
needed
assistance.
He
and
his
wife
Diane
were
inseparable.
She
loved
his
home,
cooked
meals
and
getting
to
travel
the
world
with
him.
This
year
would
have
been
their
25th
wedding
anniversary.
G
H
H
Thank
him
for
his
service,
and
this
is
just
a
small
thing
in
one
of
the
things
that
we
can
do
just
to
show
you
support
and
let
you
know
that
we're
here
with
you,
your
city,
fam,
Peters,
City
family.
Here
we
want
to
just
make
sure
that
you
feel
supported
and
make
sure
that
you're,
okay
and
that
and
that's
about
it.
H
Thank
you
and-
and
we
have
a
we
had
a
resolution
that
that
was
part
of
Peter's
Peter's
service.
Also
that
came
from
the
city
council
and
there's
no
words
that
we
have,
that
can
that
can
make
it
okay,
but
as
long
as
we
can
can
send
a
collective
prayer
for
Peter
that
that
he's
he's
in
a
better
place.
Now,
that's
what
we
believe
and
that's
that's
difficult
to
for
you
to
believe
now,
but
hopefully
you
can
and
time
will
time
does
heal
wounds.
So
thank
you
and
and
sorry
for
your
loss.
H
B
I
Thank
you
so
much
president
Flynn
and
thank
you
to
councilor,
Murphy
and
councilor
Baker.
For
that
beautiful
presentation.
Our
office
sends
its
condolences
to
Peter's
family
I,
am
here
today
and
really
honored
to
be
starting
women's
History
Month
by
celebrating
a
trail
blazing
woman
whose
leadership
and
impact
withstand
the
test
of
time.
Today,
I
have
Matthew
white,
Helen,
Walsh
and
Connor
White
on
behalf
of
Miss
Carol
white.
To
receive
this
citation.
I
I
In
her
many
years
in
the
field,
she
has
mentored
many
of
her
current
real
estate
brokers
in
West
Roxbury,
who
started
their
Journey
with
her.
A
clear
Testament
of
her
mentorship
is
the
success
of
the
women
that
she's
paved
the
way
for
it's
safe
to
say
that
in
the
landscape
of
West,
Roxbury
would
look
very,
very
different
if
it
not
for
Carol.
I
I
Carol
is
very
proud
of
her
five
children,
Brendan
Deidra
Sarah
Matthew
and
the
late
Timothy,
as
well
as
her
grandchildren,
Brendan
Taylor,
Mickey
and
Connor.
Her
passion,
love
and
kindness
have
been
known
over
many
generations
in
West,
Roxbury
and
I'm
honored
to
present
this
official
city
council
Citation
for
Miss
Carol
White.
J
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
very
much.
Council
Lara
I
also
want
to
mention
BJ,
who
was
very,
very
helpful
in
in
you
know,
getting
this
off
the
ground
with
Council
Larry's
office.
Thank
you
to
the
Boston
city
council,
the
president.
J
You
know
when
I
was
coming
in
here
this
morning,
I
happened
to
see
my
my
grandfather,
Joseph
C
white,
who
was
the
council
president
in
1954
as
well,
so
I
snapped
a
nice
picture
of
that,
but
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
my
family
Helen
Connor,
my
my
brother,
Brandon,
sister,
Deirdre,
Other,
Sister,
Sarah,
my
late
brother,
Timothy
and,
of
course,
for
my
mother
Carol
white,
who
was
a
an
institution
in
the
West
Roxbury
and
greater
West
Roxbury
area
in
Boston
area,
I'm
very
proud
of
her.
J
The
family
is
very
proud
of
her
for
all
of
her
accomplishments
and
what
she's
done
for
us
as
a
family
and
for
her
kids.
So
she
just
celebrated
her
90th
birthday
recently
in
early
January.
It
was
a
beautiful,
beautiful
event,
so
I
could
go
on
and
on,
but
I'm
very,
very
grateful
Council
Lara
and
to
to
everybody
to
express
just
my
gratitude
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
for
for
my
mom
on
behalf
of
everybody
she's,
a
beautiful
person
she's
watching
this.
J
A
K
A
B
B
L
L
Foreign,
thank
you
Mr
President
today,
I
would
like
to
honor
Dr
will
Flavel
is
Dr,
will
Flavel?
Where?
Where
do
you
go?
You
can
please
join
me
here.
Please.
L
L
Dr
wolflavel
is
an
indigenous
educated
politician
scholar
and
social
justice
Advocate
from
Auckland
New
Zealand
as
the
first
ever
Maori
member
to
be
elected
to
the
Auckland
Council
in
2013.,
serving
the
Henderson
Massey.
Thank
you
area
of
130
000
constituents
and
we're
complaining
right.
He
has
been
a
strong
advocate
for
the
Mari
Community
emphasizing
and
ensuring
the
community's
viewpoints
are
actively
involved
in
the
decision-making
and
resourcing
of
Maori
Arts
culture
and
history
to
be
more
visible
in
public
spaces.
L
With
a
background
in
secondary
school
education,
he
has
a
passion
for
helping
young
people
find
their
place
in
the
world
while
supporting
their
aspirations.
He
is
currently
a
Fulbright
scholar
working
with
indigenous
young
people
of
Massachusetts
as
part
of
his
fellowship
and
will
return
to
New
Zealand
in
April.
Please
help
me
honor
today,
Dr
will
Flavel.
M
N
Firstly,
I
acknowledge
the
indigenous
guardians
of
this
land,
the
Traditions
culture
and
languages;
I
acknowledge
chairman
Flynn
and
councilor
Anderson
for
the
invitation
and
the
councilors
here
in
the
chambers.
This
afternoon
my
name
is
Dr
Wolf
level,
I'm,
an
indigenous
educator,
social
Advocate
researcher
and
local
Auckland
City
politician,
my
tribes.
N
I'm
here
in
Boston
for
a
short
time
representing
my
indigenous
communities,
my
home
of
West
Auckland
and
my
country,
aotearoa
New
Zealand,
the
last
month
has
been
difficult
before
people
back
home
in
New.
Zealand
flooding
has
caused
widespread
Devastation,
impacting
the
daily
lives
of
many
families
and
communities.
As
a
result,
people
have
died.
N
Experiences
interviewing
young
people
in
school
visits
will
give
me
a
greater
understanding
of
indigenous
schooling
experiences
as
Maori
indigenous
people
of
aotearo
New
Zealand
It's
Our
obligation
that
we
support
indigenous
communities
around
the
world.
We
have
faced
similar
histories,
we're
slowly
improving
things
back
home
this
year.
Teaching
New
Zealand
history,
including
local
indigenous
stories,
is
now
a
core
compulsory
component
of
the
New
Zealand
education
system.
N
This
will
provide
a
more
inclusive
insight
into
all
our
Mysteries
good
and
bad
to
Children
back
home
people
must
know
the
past
in
order
to
understand
the
present
and
to
face
the
future.
Last
year
we
celebrated
a
new
public
holiday
matariki,
the
cluster
of
pleady
stars.
That
signal
signals
the
Maori
new
year.
It
is
important
time
for
the
year
for
us
to
honor
our
ancestors
celebrate
the
present
by
giving
thanks
and
plan
for
the
year
ahead.
What
is
particularly
special
about
this
public
holiday
is
that
each
year
is
a
different
day.
N
Depending
on
the
changing
lunar
calendar
system.
I
was
first
elected
to
Auckland
Council
in
2013..
For
the
last
year,
10
years,
I
have
straddled
the
life
of
a
local
politician
with
my
role
as
an
educator.
During
that
time,
we
have
seen
the
renaming
of
a
hundred
Parks
reserves
and
community
centers
with
Maori
names.
This
is
in
partnership
with
our
local
tribes.
They
are
resourced
to
give
the
community
meaningful
names
that
tell
their
local
stories.
N
We
now
have
announcements
on
our
public
transport
systems,
both
trains
and
buses
in
the
Maori
language.
This
ensures
that
we
increase
the
visibility
of
the
language
as
a
community
language
that
is
seen,
heard,
read
and
felt
diversity
only
exists
when
the
voices
of
indigenous
communities
are
heard.
There
has
been
success
in
supporting
our
people's
dreams
and
aspirations.
This
came
with
struggle,
protests,
marches,
Gatherings
and
petitions.
We
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
being
at
the
decision-making
table
means
ensuring
that
our
decisions
today
will
make
it
easier
for
the
Next
Generation.
N
N
L
N
C
B
O
Thank
you,
president
Flynn,
and
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
everyone
who
stopped
in
to
watch
a
screening
of
the
quiet
room
and,
if
you
weren't
able
to
make
it
to
the
screen
and
I,
encourage
you
to
go,
find
it
online.
It's
a
very
movement
field
that
just
brings
you
closer
to
the
realities
of
families
that
are
impacted
by
gun
violence.
O
With
the
understanding
that
the
stories
we
tell
shape
the
questions
we
ask
and
the
solutions
we
develop,
Emerson
University
MGH
and
the
Lewis
D
Brown
peace,
Institute
teamed
up
to
establish,
transforming
narratives
of
gun
violence
in
a
relatively
Short
History
TNG
has
been
willing
to
question
every
aspect
of
our
approach
to
gun
violence
from
what
we
talk
about,
how
we
talk
about
it,
to
whose
voices
are
emphasized
and
whose
leadership
we
follow
their
work
as
band
formats,
ranging
from
documentaries
and
Stage
performances
to
digital
and
virtual
reality.
O
All
centered
around
informing,
inspiring
and
building
community-
and
one
thing
I
do
like
about
TNG-
is
that
they
do
center
community
in
all
their
conversations
and
all
their
work.
Transforming
narratives
of
gun
violence
seeks
to
reframe
our
understanding
of
cyclical
violence
in
our
communities,
Shifting
the
story
to
highlight
not
just
weaknesses
but
also
assets,
highlighting
the
ongoing
resilience
and
determinations
of
communities
and
face
of
systemic
failures,
using
multi-disciplinary
media
projects,
Community
conversations
and
collaborative
leadership.
They
forward
anti-racist,
human-centered
collaborative
projects
to
break
through
political
boundaries
and
emphasize
the
strengths
of
our
diverse
communities.
O
Q
Deep
appreciation:
everybody
for
this.
This
acknowledgment
of
the
Lewis
D
Brown
peace,
Institute
and
those
that
we
work
in
partnership
with
many
of
those
Partnerships
come
from
direct
endorsement
and
funding
and
support
from
this
Council.
So
with
that,
I
share
deep
gratitude
on
behalf
of
Lewis
D,
Brown,
peace,
Institute
and
thankful
for
the
partnership
with
Mass
General
Hospital
Emerson
College
to
in
an
effort
to
transform
The
Narrative
of
gun
violence
and
the
way
that
we
do.
Q
That
is
we
uplift,
the
narratives
of
survivors,
those
that
are
closest
to
the
pain
being
closest
to
the
power
and
closest
to
that
narrative
and
the
Lewis
D
Brown
peace.
Institute
is
in
place.
It's
a
center
of
healing
teaching
and
learning
for
those
impacted
by
homicide
and
gun
violence,
and
it
is
a
space
where
that
narrative
is
encouraged
and
welcomed,
and
we
look
forward
to
continue
working
with
Partners,
both
at
City
Hall
and
across
the
city
and
across
the
state
to
make
more
spaces
conducive
to
the
stories
and
the
narratives
of
survivors
of
homicide
victims.
Q
And
this
is
a
beautiful
First
Step
working
with
Emerson
College.
So
again,
echoing
Council
Wells
invitation
to
watch
the
short
documentary.
Film,
quiet
rooms
is
20
minutes
long
and
if
you've
checked
your
your
mailbox,
I
left
a
flyer
there
that
has
a
QR
code
to
make
it
really
easy
for
you.
It's
a
20-minute
film,
uplifting,
Survivor
voices
in
this
city.
Your
constituents
and
bringing
their
narrative
to
this
building
has
been
a
really
privileged
a
great
privilege
today.
So
thank
you
for
this
acknowledge.
Thank
you.
A
D
B
Which
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes?
Seeing
and
hearing
no
discussion
on
the
matter?
The
chair
moves
to
approve
the
minutes
from
the
last
meeting,
all
those
in
favor
of
proving
the
many
minutes
from
the
last
meeting
say
aye
opposed
saying
near
the
eyes.
Have
it.
Thank
you.
The
many
minutes
of
the
last
meeting
standards
approved
Communications
from
her
Ron
of
the
mayor.
Mr
clerk.
Can
you
please
read
document
zero.
Four
four
five.
D
Please
document
number
zero.
Four
four
five
message
disapproving
a
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
enact
relative
to
the
reorganization
of
the
Boston
school
committee,
amending
chapter
108
of
the
acts
of
1991.
talking
number
zero,
one:
three:
five
passed
by
the
city
council,
February,
15,
2023.,.
B
I,
thank
you.
This
docket
will
be
placed
on
file
Mr
clerk,
the
next
dock,
at
zero,
four,
four:
six:
zero.
Four,
four
seven!
Please.
B
E
You
so
much
Mr
President,
seeing
as
this
is
just
a
fifty
thousand
dollar
appropriation.
I
am
going
to
ask
for
suspension
and
passage
of
these
two
dockets
today,
as
is
mentioned
in
the
docket.
It's
for
the
coordinators
and
assistant
coordinators
unit
at
the
phc.
It's
comprised
of
about
85
supervisory
employees
who
work
in
the
homeless,
Services
Bureau
and
in
residential
programs
in
the
Bureau
of
Recovery
Services.
E
This
docket,
it's
it's
sort
of
part
of
the
old
wage
pattern.
So
it's
the
October
22
is
the
two
percent,
then
1.5
percent,
then
two
percent.
However,
it
also
makes
a
change
to
the
wage
scales
for
the
unit,
so
it
it's
going
to
eliminate
the
look,
current
lowest
step
and
add
a
new
Step
that
is
two
percent
higher
than
the
current
top
step,
which
increases
both
the
starting
and
maximum
salaries
for
bargaining
unit
positions.
E
It
also
formally
adds
Juneteenth
as
a
recognized
holiday,
as
we've
been
doing,
clarifies
existing
annual
useless
influenza
vaccination
requirement
to
improve
administrative
efficiency
and
it
replaced
obsolete
case
management,
titles
and
job
descriptions
with
updated
titles
and
descriptions
that
better
align
with
the
mission
of
the
homeless,
Services
Bureau
and
the
specific
functions
of
the
positions
so
yeah.
It's
85
employees
over
at
bphc,
obviously
they're
represented
by
SEIU
888,
as
are
many
workers
throughout
the
city
and
looking
to
get
this
ratified
today.
J
B
N
E
D
Councilor
back
yes,
Council
Braden;
yes,
councilor
Braden;
yes,
Council
Coletta;
yes,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council
Fernandez
and
yes,
Council
Flaherty,
councilor
Clarity;
yes,
Council
Flynn;
yes,
councilor
Flynn;
yes,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Lara;
yes,
Council
Louisiana;
yes,
Council
Louisiana;
yes,
Council,
Mejia,
Council
of
Murphy,
councilor
Murphy,
yes
and
Council.
Worrell.
P
B
D
Roll
call
voter
and
docket
zero:
four
four:
seven
councilor
Arroyo;
yes,
Council
Arroyo,
yes,
councilor
Baker,
aye,
Council,
Baker,
aye,
councilor,
aye,
councilor,
Buckeye,
Council,
Braden,
councilor
Braden;
yes,
Council,
Coletta,
Council,
Coletta;
yes,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council
of
Fernandez
Anderson;
yes,
Council,
Flaherty,
Council
of
clarity;
yes,
Council
Flynn;
yes,
councilor
Flynn;
yes,
Council,
Laro,
Council,
Lara,
yes,
Council,
Louisiana,
Council,
Louisiana,
Council,
Mejia,
councilor,
Murphy,
councilor,
Murphy,
yes
and
Council
we're
out
councilworld.
Yes,
document
number
0447
has
received
12
votes
in
the
affirmative.
B
D
Together,
please
document
number
zero,
four
four
eight
message:
transmitting
certain
information
under
7
section:
17,
F
relative
to
Chronic,
absentee
absenteeism
in
Boston,
public
schools
for
school
years,
2021
through
2022
and
2022
through
2023
docket
number
zero;
four
one:
nine
passed
by
the
Council
on
February
5th,
on
February
15,
2023.
document
number,
zero,
four,
four:
nine
message:
transmitting
certain
information
on
this
section:
17f
relative
to
Boston,
Public
Schools,
sexual
assault
and
misconduct;
data
for
school
year,
2021
through
2022
and
docket
and
school
year,
2022
through
2023
docket
number
zero.
D
Four:
two:
zero
passed
by
the
city
council
on
February
15,
2023.
document
number:
zero,
four,
five:
zero
message:
transmitting
certain
information
on
this
section:
17f
relative
to
bus,
drop-off
or
English
high
school
students;
docket
number
zero;
four:
four:
four
passed
by
the
Council
on
February
15
2023..
D
B
B
D
Six
together
document
number
zero
one
one:
seven,
the
committee
and
environmental
justice,
resiliency
and
parks
to
which
was
referred
on:
January
11,
2023,
docket
number,
zero,
one,
one,
seven
message
and
Order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
eight
hundred
seventy
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
climate
resiliency
for
climate
resilience
awarded
by
the
bar
Foundation
to
be
amended
by
the
environment.
Department
the
grant
will
fund
the
continued
implementation
of
climate-ready
Boston
initiatives.
D
One
six:
the
committee
environmental
justice
resiliency
in
Parks,
which
was
referred
on,
January
11,
2023
docket
number
zero,
one,
one
six
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
one
million
633
500
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
resilient
moakley
connectors
awarded
by
the
Federal
Emergency
Management
agency,
pass
through
the
Massachusetts
Emergency
Management
agency
to
be
immensely
by
the
environment.
Department.
D
The
grant
will
fund
pre-construction
planning
and
design
activities
in
the
northern
and
southern
areas
adjacent
to
mostly
Park
located
along
the
Waterfront
in
of
Dorchester
and
South
Boston
neighborhoods.
The
project
is
separate
but
complementary
to
the
flood
mitigation
project
within
moakley
Park
submits
a
report
recommending
that
the
docket
ought
to
pass.
I
You
president
Flynn,
the
committee
held
a
hearing
on
Thursday
February
23
2023
I
was
joined
by
counselor
at
large
Michael
Flaherty
and
received
a
letter
of
absence
from
counselor
at
large
Aaron
Murphy
Dr,
Allison
breezius,
the
commissioner
of
environment
and
Department
testified
on
behalf
of
the
administration.
During
this
hearing,
the
administration
testified
that
docket
number
0116
will
build
on
a
number
of
years
of
community
engagement
and
work
to
help
Austin
prepare
for
the
effects
of
climate
change.
I
It
was
confirmed
that
the
planning
and
design
process
will
be
done
not
only
in
collaboration
with
Community,
Partners
and
neighborhood
organizations,
but
also
with
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Conservation
and
Recreation,
and
the
Massachusetts
Water
Resource
Authority,
as
they
are
also
holders
of
critical
infrastructure.
That's
adjacent
to
moakley
park.
Ultimately,
docket
number
0116
is
a
grant
that
is
supplemental
to
the
34
million
dollar
project.
That's
already
happening
at
moakley
Park
and
will
ultimately
help
Implement
all
of
the
interventions
identified
by
climate
ready
Boston
in
the
surrounding
area.
I
While
the
project
at
moakley
Park
is
also
happening.
The
administration
testified
that
docket
number
0117
would
support
ongoing
efforts
to
increase
climate
resilience
across
the
city
through
funding,
increased
staff
capacity,
and
so
this
Grant
from
the
bar
Foundation
is
going
specifically
to
hire.
Project
managers
and
they'll
be
working
to
advance
and
Implement
a
number
of
resilience
priorities
across
the
city
that
were
also
identified
through
climate
ready
report,
including
Coastal
resilience,
heat
resilience,
energy
resilience
and
increasing
tree
canopy.
I
But
they
assured
us
that
they
would
continue
to
revisit
the
idea
while
carrying
out
other
projects
like
the
ones
funded
under
this
grant.
At
my
request,
the
administration
also
agreed
to
update
the
Council
on
community
engagement
initiatives
and
keep
the
district
counselors
specifically
involved
throughout
the
process.
I
was
very
glad
to
be
joined
by
councilor
Flaherty.
I
B
Thank
you,
Council
Laura,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
passage
of
docket
zero
one
one.
Six,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye
opo
the
ice
habit
doc
at
zero
one
one,
six
Council
Lara,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
passive
docket0117,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
aye
opposed
Saint
a
the
eyes.
Have
it
talk
at
zero
one?
One
seven
has
passed:
Mr
clerk,
please
red
doc
at
zero,
four
zero.
Seven!
Please.
D
Talking
number:
zero:
four
zero:
seven:
the
committee
on
city
services
and
innovation
technology
to
which
was
referred
on
February
15
2023
document,
was
zero.
Four
zero,
seven
message:
in
order
for
your
approval,
an
order
at
the
recommendation
of
the
chair
of
the
board
of
election
Commissioners
I
hereby
transmit
for
your
approval,
your
approval
of
your
honorable
body.
In
order
of
fixing
the
date
of
the
preliminary
election
for
this
Municipal
year
of
September,
12
2023
submits
a
report
recommending
that
the
order
ought
to
pass
in
a
new
draft.
B
E
You
so
much
Mr
President.
We
held
this
hearing
back
last
Friday
morning.
I
want
to
thank
commissioner
Anita
Tavares,
who
joined
us
along
with
Sabino
pimonte,
who
is
the
head
assistant,
Registrar
of
Voters
at
the
election
department
and
famous
tall
counselors.
E
E
The
basic
topic
of
this
order,
and
what
we
were
discussing
is
the
fact
that,
with
the
state
having
made
mail
and
voting
permanent
and
the
ability
to
offer
early
voting
permanent,
both
good
Innovations
for
voter
access
in
the
city
of
Boston,
the
kind
of
statutory
standard
timeline
where
the
primary
preliminary
in
the
preliminary
in
the
Municipal
elections
happened.
Six
weeks
before
the
general
really
no
longer
works
in
terms
of
ballot
printing
timelines,
when
you
want
to
actually
get
it
into
the
mail
and
two
people's
doors
and
then
back
to
us.
E
We
talked
about
the
fact
that,
obviously,
this
problem
isn't
going
to
go
away,
so
I
think
the
council
can
expect
in
the
near
term
that
elections
will
come
back
to
us
with
a
more
permanent
fix,
because
it
doesn't
make
sense
to
have
to
do
an
order
like
this,
every
municipal
election
from
now
until
eternity.
E
So
so
they
are
working
on
a
more
permanent
fix
to
bring
to
us,
and
that
would
take
the
form
of
a
home
rule
petition
because
it
would
be
a
change
to
the
to
the
Charter
and
we
would
and
would
probably
also
involve
the
streamlining
of
some
other
kind
of
outdated
details
about
how
the
forms
and
stuff
are
set
up
by
elections.
But
that's
not
what's
in
front
of
us
today.
What's
in
front
of
us
today
is
just
moving
the
prelim
to
September
12th,
which,
fortunately
is
you
know
it's
a
full
week.
E
The
the
way
in
which
the
order
was
amended
was
just
that
the
intention
of
the
elections
department
and
what
they
filed
was
to
say
we're
moving
the
prelim
date,
but
we're
not
moving
all
the
other
deadlines
for
potential
candidates.
So
there's
a
series
of
deadlines
laid
out
for
when
people
need
to
file
a
statement
of
candidacy
when
they
can
show
up
and
pick
up
nomination
papers
when
they
need
to
turn
nomination
papers
back
in
when
what's
the
deadline
for
folks
to
challenge.
E
What's
the
deadline
for
folks
who
drop
their
names
from
the
ballot,
all
that
kind
of
stuff,
and
so
but
none
of
that
is
as
closely
linked
to
the
printing
of
the
ballots
issue.
So
elections
intention
was
to
move
the
date
for
the
actual
prelimited
two
weeks
earlier,
but
not
to
also
move
all
those
other
dates
up
on
on
candidates
by
two
weeks,
because
it's
not
necessary.
We
just
changed
the
language
because
it
wasn't
totally
clear
from
the
original
order.
What
the
intent
was
because
it
said
like.
E
Oh,
these
dates
will
remain
unchanged,
but
the
way
these
dates
are
described
in
law
is
in
relationship
to
the
preliminary
election
by
a
number
of
weeks.
So
arguably
they
would
have
changed,
even
though
it
said
they
remained
unchanged,
since
they
were
never
set
in
the
first
place.
So
that's
that's
what
the
fix
in
the
language
is,
but
it's
really
to
just
do
what
the
elections
Department
had
intended,
which
was
to
keep
those
dates
this
spring,
as
though
the
prelim
election
were
on
September
26th,
but
to
move
the
actual
election
up
to
the
12th.
E
The
elections
department
has
told
us
that
they
are
ready
to
release
the
calendar
as
soon
as
they've
got
this
from
us.
I
think
people
can
expect
to
have
that
out
this
week
and
obviously
that's
a
a
big
agenda
of
theirs
is
to
just
make
sure
that
they
can
have
information
out
equitably
to
all
candidates
as
soon
as
possible,
since
the
first
of
those
deadlines
starts
to
hit
in
April.
So
with
that
Mr
chair
I
would
ask
that
this
docket
be
passed
in
a
new
draft,
that's
filed
in
the
committee
report.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
Council
buck,
Council
box.
Seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
thousands
of
the
dark
at
zero
four
zero,
seven
in
a
new
draft,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
all
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
talk
at
zero.
Four
zero
seven
has
passed
in
a
new
draft
matters
recently
heard
for
possible
action.
Mr
clerk,
please
read
docket0151.
B
R
Of
the
floor,
thank
you.
Mr
chair,
we
held
a
working
session.
The
community
of
public
safety
and
criminal
justice
did
yesterday,
and
we've
got
some
updates
from
the
administration
from
the
licensing
for
the
police
department.
We
also
we're
joined
by
state
senator
Paul
Feeney
who's,
taking
a
a
great
lead
on
this
Statewide
effort,
along
with
our
lead
sponsors,
Council
of
Coletta
Council
Louisiana
councilor
Bach
joined
by
several
of
my
my
colleagues.
R
A
couple
takeaways
obviously,
was
that
the
Boston
police
now
have
a
box
to
check
for
responding
offices
and
or
detectives,
there's
no
training
around
how
to
sort
of
identify
and
how
to
classify
that
and
that
update
in
the
way
that
they
handle.
Those
matters
has
resulted
in
14
incidents
being
reported
most
recently,
so
those
are
sort
of
the
positive
steps
that
have
been
taking
in
conjunction
with
listening
to
Advocates
around
how
to
strengthen
and
make
our
nightlife
restaurants
our
bars
safer
for
our
residents
and
visitors
alike.
We
heard
a
testimony
from
the
licensing
commissioner.
R
We
heard
testimony
from
Boston
police
detectives.
We
heard
support
and
testimony
from
Bach,
which
is
the
Boston
area,
Rape
Crisis
Center,
as
well
as
representatives
from
the
universities
through
bu's
staff,
so
that
said,
I'll
defer,
we
obviously
will
be
leaving
it
in
committee
will
be
deferred
to
the
lead
sponsor.
She
wants
to
add
anything,
but
she's
done
tremendous
lifting
on
this
again
working
in
partnership
with
our
colleagues
up
at
the
state
level
and
in
Partnership,
obviously
with
the
administration
and
the
police
department.
But
clearly
steps
are
being
made
in
the
right
direction.
R
You
know
the
concept
of
contaminated
drinks
or
also
known
as
drink
spiking,
or
also
known
as
being
roofied
or
Roofing
someone
all.
Those
are
very
serious
incidents
that
we
know
are
happening
in
our
city
in
our
establishments
and
so
the
fact
that
the
lead
sponsor
and
the
co-sponsors
have
brought
this
to
everyone's
attention
and
the
fact
that
it's
getting
the
much
needed
attention-
and
this
may
also
be
something
as
you
have
referenced-
Mr
President
during
yesterday's
hearing
as
we
head
into
the
budget
season.
R
Maybe
we
need
to
back
that
up
with
some
additional
resources,
so
everything
from
awareness
and
training
are
all
big
piece
of
it.
But
there's
also
the
part
that
when
it
happens
to
someone
they
don't
necessarily
want
to
come
forward
or
they're
reluctant
to
come
forward.
But
when
they
do
come
forward
there
ought
to
be
a
test
that
is
administered
if
they
so
choose
that
either
a
a
hospital
or
a
health
center.
So
insurance
companies
need
to
partner
with
us
testing
companies
need
to
so
this
is.
R
We
want
to
make
sure
that
if
it
happens
to
anybody
in
the
city
of
Austin
or
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
that
you
have
the
ability
you
have
the
right
to
go,
get
yourself
tested
for
one
of
those
substances
that
had
caused
you
to
to
to
to
be
under
the
influence
of
that
specific
drug
and
those
tests
should
be
readily
available,
if
not
in
the
establishments
themselves
or
in
an
area
hospital
or
Health
Center,
or
maybe
some
other
social
service
agency
that
is
equipped
and
license
to
handle.
R
B
S
S
We
did
see
some
progress
in
this
conversation
and
that's
exactly
what
you
want
to
see
in
a
working
session
following
our
hearing
that
took
place
in
October,
and
this
was
a
follow-up
conversation
to
move
the
ball
forward
and
you
know
there
have
been
even
though
there's
been
a
slight
decline
in
some
of
the
messages
that
I'm
getting
from
young
women
and
men
in
our
community.
S
45
or
excuse
me
Mark,
43
system,
and
this
way
we
can
track
patterns
of
behavior
and
be
able
to
better
identify
where
we
need
to
have
some
of
these
preventative
systems
and
Technical
technical
assistance
in
helping
restaurant
and
bars
put
in
maybe
cameras
or
having
Lids
available
in
restaurants,
and
so
I
just
want
to
thank
him
for
that.
In
addition
to
the
the
training
that
was
a
commitment
from
the
BPD,
the
licensing
board,
as
chair
Flaherty
mentioned,
also
came
with
additional
steps.
S
S
So
I
do
see
access
to
adequate
data,
setting
up
data
systems
for
collection,
breaking
down
barriers
for
access
to
toxicology
tests
within
that
short
window
as
necessary
next
step.
And
so
we
want
to
continue
this
conversation
and
I.
Do
appreciate
the
partnership
from
everybody
on
this,
including
my
co-sponsors
and
and
folks
who
had
showed
up
and
just
thank
you
and
we
will.
We
will
make
sure
that
our
patrons
feel
safe
to
go
out
whenever
they
do
please.
So.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
D
Number
zero
one
one
eight
message
and
not
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
297
200
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fiscal
year.
23
local
cultural
Council
program
awarded
by
the
Massachusetts
called
cultural
Council
to
be
administered
by
the
office
of
arts
and
culture.
The
grant
will
fund
Innovation,
Innovative,
Arts,
Humanities
and
interpretive
Sciences
programming
that
will
enhance
the
quality
of
life
in
our
city.
D
B
S
You,
president
s
mentioned
the
committee
on
Arts
culture
and
special
events
held
a
public
hearing
on
February
27
2023
here
in
the
ionella
chamber,
to
take
testimony
and
consider
docket0118
a
message
and
author
a
message
in
order
authorized
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
297
to
2
200
in
the
form
of
a
grant.
Those
in
attendance
well
before
I
go
to
that
letters
of
support
and
attendance
were
sent
for
the
record
by
council
president
Ed
Flynn
and
councilor
Aaron
Murphy.
S
Those
in
attendance
from
the
administration
was
chief
of
arts
and
culture
from
the
mayor's
office,
Kara
Elliott,
Ortega,
Nadia,
ferraria,
director
of
administration
and
finance,
and
then
also
fenny,
Mascari,
chief
of
staff
for
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture.
The
presentation
included
the
specific
use
of
these
funds
and
various
other
related
components.
The
background
history,
jurisdiction,
the
processes
of
Outreach
application,
selection
allocation
and
management
by
the
Boston
cultural
Council
and
the
mayor's
office
of
arts
and
culture.
S
This
money
will
be
allocated
largely
for
the
Operational
Support
of
arts
and
culture
organizations
across
the
city
of
Boston,
and
they
prioritized
the
smaller
organizations
with
budgets
budgets
under
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
which
I
certainly
appreciated.
I
also
had
additional
questions
about
taking
in
demographic
data,
just
to
ensure
that
what
we're
doing
now
and
and
how
we
move
forward
in
the
future
is
actually
funding
the
Arts
in
an
equitable
way
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
they
promised
to
come
back
with
some
data
on
that
point.
B
B
T
You
council,
president
Flynn,
the
coming
the
committee
on
government
operations
out
of
the
hearing
on
Monday
February
27th
on
docket0323
message
in
order
for
your
approval
proposed
a
proposed
act
to
improve
and
moderate
modernize
planning
and
Community
Development
in
the
city
of
Boston,
which
was
sponsored
by
mayor
Wu.
I'd
like
to
thank
my
colleagues.
We
had
almost
an
entirely
Full
House.
Thank
you
to
council
president
Flynn.
T
Thank
you
to
councilman
Murphy
councilor
Mejia,
councilor,
Lara,
councilor,
Flaherty,
councilor,
Anderson,
counselor,
Coletta,
councilor,
Braden,
councilor,
Bach
and
counselor
Baker
for
your
attendance
and
for
your
questions.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
members
of
the
administration
for
their
attendance,
Arthur
Jamerson,
the
chief
of
planning
and
director
of
the
bpda,
the
Boston
Planning
Development
agency,
Lisa,
Harrington,
general
counsel
for
the
bpda
and
Devin
Quirk,
deputy
chief
for
development
and
transportation
for
the
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
agency.
T
This
home
rule
petition
has
filed
formally
abolishes
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
or
bra,
and
the
economic
development
Industrial
Corporation
in
Boston
or
the
edic.
This
act
transfers
the
powers
and
duties
of
those
entities
to
an
agency
newly
created
by
this
act
and
formally
adopts
this
agency.
T
As
the
Boston
Planning
Development
agency,
during
this
hearing,
we
heard
from
the
administration
on
the
intent
of
this
home
rule
petition,
which
is
to
focus
on
urban
renewal,
specifically
sunsetting
urban
renewal
and
modernizing
the
language
of
the
statute
itself,
but
ensuring
this
is
done
by
protecting
communities
that
urban
renewal
currently
covers.
The
administration
also
stated
that
the
ACT
allows
for
the
transition
of
real
estate
tools,
which
could
be
used
for
a
new
purpose
while
ensuring
Equity,
affordability
and
resilience.
T
The
committee
on
government
operations
will
hold
a
working
session
on
this
matter,
virtually
on
Friday
March
3rd
at
10,
A.M,
so
I
hope
to
see
some
of
you
there
to
discuss
any
specific
language
amendments
to
this
docket
to
ensure
we
are
sending
the
best
possible
version
of
this
act
to
the
state
house.
As
chair
of
the
committee
on
government
operations,
I
recommend
this
matter
are
the
remaining
committee
so
that
we
can
hold
that
working
session.
B
D
E
You
so
much
Mr
President,
Mr
President,
suspend
rule
12
and
AD
councilor
luigien.
As
an
original
co-sponsor.
E
In
my
district
district,
8.
and
I
am
even
prouder
of
the
workers
who
make
it
run
as
of
February
13th.
As
it
says,
in
this
docket,
a
majority
of
Boston
University
residents,
life
workers
signed
authorization
cards
indicating
their
intent
to
unionize,
with
SEIU
509
folks
May
well,
remember
that
sciu
509
had
a
successful
organizing
Drive
recently
with
The
Graduate
workers
at
bu,
which
resulted
in
a
vote
of
14
14
to
28.
E
No,
that's,
not
a
typo
and
I
think
just
really
shows
how
workers
all
over
higher
education
and
really
all
over
the
country
are
recognizing
that
collective
bargaining
is
just
extremely
important
to
work
her
power
to
to
kind
of
evening
the
Dynamics
with
large
employers,
including
when
their
University
and
non-profit
employers.
E
You
know
I
think
that
our
Residence
Life
workers
are
in
a
kind
of
particularly
precarious
situation.
The
RAS
and
graduate
Ras
at
the
U,
rather
than
compensation,
receive
housing
and
I
know
that
that
you
know,
may
sound
to
people
like.
Well,
that's
an
unusual,
you
know
Arrangement
and
it's
not
necessarily
traditional
work.
It
actually.
You
know.
Obviously
it
is
it's.
E
It's
you'd
otherwise
be
spending
money
on
rent,
but
it
can
put
workers
in
a
really
awkward
situation
because,
for
instance,
there
are
not
clear
policies
around
if
a
worker
needs
to
take
leave
if
a
worker
like
is,
is
terminated,
there's
kind
of
no
clear
policy
set
and
the
problem
for
that,
of
course,
is
that
you
could
get
sick,
lose
your
job
and
lose
your
housing
all
at
once,
and
so
I
think
it's
super
important.
E
You
know
in
a
world
in
which
the
universities
really
rely
on
these
workers
at
Again,
The,
Graduate
and
undergraduate
level
that
that
there
be
like
clear
policies
and
expectations
and
and
that
workers
are
able
to
have
a
voice
in
those
which
is
so
important
to
kind
of
determining
their
lives.
So
you
know,
there's
been
recently
formed
res
life
unions
at
Wesleyan,
University,
Barnard
college
and
Tufts
University.
E
Some
success
at
UMass
Amherst
recently
as
well,
and-
and
we
really
are
excited
to
be
supporting
these
workers-
there's
a
group
of
them
here
with
us
today-
I
do
hope,
Mr
President.
We
might
have
a
brief
pause
for
a
photograph
in
a
minute
but
I.
E
The
resolution
before
you
today
really
just
states
that
the
council
supports
the
bu
Residence
Life
workers
union
and
calls
upon
Boston
University
to
ensure
a
fair
and
accessible
Union
election
process,
something
that
I
know
that
this
Council
has
been
consistently
in
favor
of
so
I'm,
really
grateful
for
my
colleagues,
councilor
Braden
and
counselor
Legion
for
joining
me
on
this
matter.
Obviously,
counselor
Braden
has
the
bits
of
view
that
I
don't
have
aside
from
the
Medical
Campus
and
yeah.
We're
just
really
excited
to
stand
with
these
workers.
E
B
M
You
Mr
President
and
thank
you
councilor
Bach
for
including
me
in
this
resolution.
Supporting
the
Boston
University
Resident,
Life,
Workers
Union,
as
culturebox
said,
I
I,
be
used,
seems
like
part
of
my
universe
out
there
in
Alston
Brighton,
and
we
have
so
many
students
from
bu
who
live
and
live
and
work
in
our
neighborhood.
The
resident
assistants
are
student,
leaners
and
Community
Builders
they're
responsible
for
addressing
resident
Hall
uses
rules,
they're,
often
the
first
University
workers
to
respond
to
student
conflict
and
crises,
24
7.
M
U
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
and
thank
you
to
councilor,
Bach
and
counselor
Braden
for
adding
me
to
this,
and
so
I
am
in
support
of
the
Residence
Life
worker.
So
thank
you
for
your
courage
in
organizing
and
and
standing
up
to
the
administration,
for
what
you
need.
Boston
is
a
Union
City
and
we
are
proud
to
support
you
in
your
unionization
efforts.
Me
and
my
colleagues
have
been
out
there
supporting
grad
workers
and
we
will
do
the
same
for
all
of
you.
U
What
students
are
asking
for
student
workers
are
asking
for
is
reasonable
compensation,
some
sort
of
accommodation
when
there
are
emergencies
that
happen
when
you're
dealing
and
grappling
with
emergency
issues
among
your
residents.
Many
of
us
know
who
those
of
us
who
have
gone
to
college
know
that
the
Ras
had
an
incredible
workload,
and
so
we
want
to
recognize
that
as
work
and
the
dignity
in
your
work,
and
so
I
am
happy
to
stand
with
you
in
your
organizing
efforts
as
councilor
Braden
and
Council
box
stated.
U
This
is
part
of
a
national
movement
and
we
are
happy
to
stand
with
you.
So
thank
you
for
your
courage
and
thank
you
to
my
counselor
colleagues
and
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
pass
this
resolution
today.
B
Mr
coroclesiad
Council
of
Royal
councilor
Baker,
Council,
Coretta,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council,
Flaherty,
councilor,
Murphy
Council,
we're
all
pleased
at
the
chair,
councilor
Bach,
Council
of
Braden
Council
Louisiana,
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
Adoption
of
dock
at
zero.
Four
six,
three,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
aye,
Oppo,
say
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
has
been
adopted
and
per
the
request
of
councilor
Bach.
She
is
requesting
a
group
photo.
H
K
B
And
I
think
councilor
block
is
out
of
any
more
presentations
going
forward.
B
Mr
Clark,
can
you
please
read
rocket
zero
four
five
two
and
before
we
do
that
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
I
I
did
want
to
take
one
out
of
out
of
order,
but
I'm
not
able
to
do
that
because
of
it's
a
late
file.
So
apologize
to
another
group,
that's
still
here,
but
Mr
Claire.
Can
you
please
read
dog.
M
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
This
is
a
refile
of
ordinances,
initially
filed
in
2021
and
in
2022
with
a
few
substantive
modifications
for
some
background.
Certain
provisions
of
the
state's
open
meeting
law
was
suspended
in
March
of
2020
at
the
outset
of
the
pandemic,
to
enable
public
bodies
such
as
our
boards
and
commissions
to
do
two
things:
the
whole
meetings
remotely
without
a
quorum
of
members
being
physically
present
at
the
meeting
location
and
to
provide
the
public
with
adequate
alternative
access
to
remote
meetings.
M
While
it's
great
that
ISD
and
the
zba
are
preparing
for
the
anticipated
expiration
in
30
days,
there
are
still
dozens
more
boards
and
com
and
commissions
in
the
city
recognizing
that
there
are
boards
and
commissions
of
varying
sizes
and
that
some
are
limited
and
administrative
and
Staffing
capacity
from
City
departments.
This
ordinance
would
require
a
body
that
regularly
meets
more
than
five
times
per
year
to
provide
the
public
with
remote
access,
while
making
it
optional
for
all
other
public
bodies.
M
This
is
about
setting
the
standard
for
how
we
continue
to
engage
people
with
disabilities,
seniors
people
with
limited
access
to
transportation
and
people
with
work
and
family
obligations,
who
otherwise
would
be
unable
to
attend
a
meeting
in
person,
regardless
of
what
advances
at
the
state
level.
I
hope
that
we
will
be
able
to
find
a
permanent
solution
to
a
maintain
remote
access
for
the
public
at
the
local
level.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
and
I
hope
that
we
can
make
this
a
more
permanent
fix
for
our
communities.
Thank
you.
Thank.
U
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
Thank
you
to
councilor
Braden
for
adding
me.
My
office
has
really
enjoyed
working
with
the
office
on
this
issue.
The
pandemic
obviously
wreak
havoc
and
continues
to
wreak
havoc
on
a
lot
of
our
communities,
but
we
did
learn
a
few
things
and
we
learned
that
we
can
bring
more
people
into
government.
Democracy
go
grows
on
the
light
of
transparency
and
accessibility.
We
are
a
better
City
when
every
resident
who
wants
to
can
participate
and
follow
the
deliberations
of
public
meetings.
U
As
I
said,
one
of
the
Silver
Linings
that
we
learned
from
the
pandemic
is
enabling
a
remote
participation
in
open
meetings.
We
have
seen
a
meaningful
increase
in
Resident
engagement
due
to
this
ability
to
hold
virtual
and
hybrid
meetings
during
the
pandemic.
U
We
know
that
many
residents,
as
counselor
Braden
stated,
cannot
attend
in-person
meetings
due
to
family
school
and
work
obligations
for
the
more
residents
with
disabilities,
face
particular
and
additional
challenges
with
accessing
in-person
meetings,
and
we
must
continue
to
make
it
easier
for
black
and
brown
residents
and
those
historically
excluded
from
government
and
public
meetings
by
calling
them
into
the
process.
Democratic
engagement
is
meaningfully
higher
when
our
residents
can
participate
in
open,
Meetings
online,
thus
making
government
more
effective
and
accessible
to
all
people.
U
We
don't
know,
although
they're
taking
some
action,
we
don't
know
exactly
what
the
state
house
is
going
to
do.
When
the
provisions
of
the
open
meeting
law
expire
officials
may
still
be
required
to
participate
in
person,
but
by
allowing
for
hybrid
hearings
with
the
public
can
participate
online,
we
would
be
offering
residents
meaningful
opportunities
to
stay
involved.
Besides
the
city
council,
in
our
hearings,
the
city
of
Boston
conducts
a
lot
of
public
meetings
for
licensing
permitting
historical
commission
Community
listening
sessions,
Etc.
U
I
think
that
is
part
of
the
discussion
for
many
of
us,
virtual
or
hybrid
hearings
has
made
our
work
easier,
but
for
residents
as
those
who
have
a
disability
or
those
working,
two
jobs
or
those
managing
a
family
or
those
who
have
been
excluded,
creating
a
hybrid
option
can
be
a
Lifeline
of
participation.
So
I
am
grateful
for
the
work
that
we've
done
on
this
ordinance
and
looking
forward
to
the
work
that
we
will
do
to
make
sure
that
we
can
continue
to
make
government
open
and
bring
in
some
sunlight.
Thank
you.
B
O
Where
are
you
of
the
fall?
Thank
you,
president
Flynn,
and
thank
you
councilor
block
and
Council
Louis
Jen
for
your
work
on
this
city
government.
O
As
stated
by
my
colleagues,
the
strongest
when
we
are
connected
to
the
voices
of
our
constituents
in
the
wake
of
the
pandemic,
we
implemented
measures
to
ensure
we
could
continue
to
be
responsive,
and
in
doing
so,
we
found
that
found
that
we
could
not
only
continue
business
as
usual,
but
you
can
also
expand
access
for
our
low-income
elderly,
disabled
and
working
residents.
I
hear
from
our
residents
far
too
often
are
the
barriers
of
our
current
format.
O
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Council
we're
all
anyone
else
like
to
speak
around
their
name.
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
clerk.
Please
add:
council
Arroyo,
councilor,
Fernandez,
Anderson
Council
of
Flaherty
councilor
Murphy
Council.
We're
all!
Please
add
that,
please
add
the
chair.
This
talk
at
zero.
Four
five
two
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
government
operations.
Mr
clerk,
please
read
docket0453.
E
You
so
much
Mr
President
and
thank
you
for
being
my
co-sponsor
on
this
as
I
think
is
well
known.
Bay
Village
is
in
councilor
Flynn's
District,
but
is
my
home
of
origin,
and
this
is
actually
a
very
small
change
to
their
historic
district
ordinance.
That's
been
already
negotiated
and
and
agreed
to
by
both
the
resident
organization
there,
the
Bay
Village
neighborhood
association,
which
formerly
endorsed
it
and
the
commissioners
of
the
historic
district
there's
some
when
the
historic
district
was
originally
set
up
in
I,
think
it
was
1983
it.
E
It
had
just
like
a
few
carve
outs.
So,
for
instance,
strangely
enough,
like
the
commission,
can
advise
on
the
color
of
paint
on
masonry,
but
not
on
wood,
and
so
it's
just
created
like
a
little
bit
of
weirdness
around
some
of
the
review,
Dynamics
and
so
I
think
everybody
felt
like
it's
been
confusing
to
applicants.
E
You
can
have
a
more
coherent
conversation
and
so
what
this,
what
this
legislation
does
is
it
just
actually
gets
rid
of
a
couple
of
the
exclusions
that
are
in
the
original
legislation
and
reduces
to
the
ones
that
kind
of
make
more
sense.
So,
like
I
said,
it's
been
broadly
agreed
kind
of
within
the
village
community.
Obviously
you
know
the
I'll
just
you
know
for
reference
for
folks
who
might
be
wondering.
E
Bay
Village,
and
why
is
it
a
historic
district?
It's
kind
of
sandwiched
between
the
South
End
Back
Bay
Chinatown.
E
It's
actually
one
of
the
very
first
neighborhoods
in
the
city
that
was
done
on
Phil,
so
the
hints
in
the
name
Bay
Village,
like
the
Back
Bay,
it
was
once
water
and
they
actually
filled
in
Bay
Village
and
built
these
houses,
mainly
for
an
artisan
community
in
the
1820s
and
1830s.
So
before
Back
Bay,
the
south
end,
the
Fenway
were
filled
in
and
a
lot
of
the
folks
who
lived
in
these
houses
originally
were
the
folks
who
were
working
on
the
bigger
Back,
Bay
Mansions.
E
It's
got
this
really
long,
Artisan
history
and
then
in
the
and
actually
both
like
Federal
houses,
a
Greek,
Revival
style
and
Victorian
style
in
the
1860s.
They
had
to
raise
the
entire
neighborhood
because
of
sewage
issues,
and
so
the
streets
and
the
houses
were
all
raised
up.
It
means
that
you
still
see
in
Bay
Village
houses
that
have
a
kind
of
window
peeking
out
from
the
basement,
but
it's
a
full
window
and
it
doesn't
make
much
sense,
except
that
it
used
to
be
the
ground
floor
window.
E
The
neighborhood
in
the
20th
century
actually
became
the
hub
for
Boston's
movie,
distribution,
industry
and
so
there's
still
quite
a
lot
of
like
cornerstones
and
stuff
belonging
to
Paramount,
Pictures
and
other
major
film
Distributors,
and
so
it's
how
to
kind
of
meet
artisanal
history
on
the
movie
side
as
well.
So,
like
I,
said
small
set
of
changes,
I
think
I'm
not
asking
for
a
suspension
in
passage
today
because
want
to
be
able
to
just
go
and
say
hey.
E
This
is
what
it
is
and
so
that
everyone
feels
comfortable
that
it's
been
agreed
to
by
the
community.
But
I
did
want
to
give
the
council
that
context
and
and
yeah
and
again
thank
Council
counselor
Flynn
for
being
my
co-sponsor
on
it.
So
thank
you.
Mr
President.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Council
block
I
was
going
to
speak
in
this
matter,
but
Council
block
took
all
my
thunder
here.
So.
B
R
R
Okay
yeah,
so
it's
obviously
an
avoid
an
issue.
So
we
as
a
city
whether
you're
in
a
historic
district
or
not,
we
have
a
responsibility,
privacy
to
keep
our
residents
safe
and
or
if
you
have
the
ability
to
have
that
type
of
security
system
for
your
home
or
your
business.
You
should
have
the
ability
to
do
that
and
also
to
be
able
to
participate
and
cooperate
with
our
local
Boston
Police
Department
when
they
knock
on
your
door
and
they'd
like
to
take
a
to
view.
R
B
B
D
T
You
Mr
President
I,
want
to
begin
by
thanking
the
food
law
and
policy
clinic
at
Harvard
Law
for
their
help
in
their
research
and
their
their
work
on
the
legal
aspects
of
the
ordinance.
That's
before
you
today.
I
also
want
to
thank
councilor
Coletta
for
her
partnership
in
this
Massachusetts
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
estimates
that,
in
Massachusetts
alone
about
a
million
tons
of
food
goes
to
waste
every
year
so
yearly
in
Massachusetts.
T
We
waste
about
a
million
tons
of
food
and
the
Massachusetts
state
legislature
in
2014,
due
to
the
environmental
issues
of
methane,
of
wasted
food
put
in
a
sort
of
recycling
compost
requirement
for
food
generators
or
food
waste
generators
in
there
in
November
of
2022.
They
enhanced
it
and
essentially
the
goal
of
that
legislation
was
to
get
food
waste
out
of
landfills
and
into
a
compost
recycling
program,
but
nothing
in
Massachusetts.
T
In
fact,
this
would
be
the
first
in
in
the
country,
for
a
municipality
requires
that
that
food
actually
go
to
its
highest
purpose,
which
is,
if
you
have
it
rather
than
compost
it,
rather
than
throw
it
into
a
landfill,
try
to
find
someone
who
can
actually
eat
it
and
I
just
want
to
get
into
sort
of
the
basis
of
the
backbone
for
why
we
did
this
when
I
was
first
sworn
in
in
2020
the
pandemic
hit
in
full
force
about
three
months
in
and
when
you
take
a
job
as
a
district,
counselor
you're
you're
very
aware
that
you're
going
to
get
phone
calls
about
potholes
you're,
going
to
get
phone
calls
about
electrical
grids
and,
and
my
powers
out
you're,
going
to
get
all
these
different
kind
of
community
related
constituent
service
related
calls.
T
The
thing
that
was
overwhelming
was
the
amount
of
phone
calls
we
received
from
people
who
were
hungry
from
people
who
needed
access
to
food
who
needed
access
to
food
programs
and
what
was
particular
really
heartbreaking
during
that
process
was
having
the
inability
to
necessarily
refer
people
to
places.
We
were
referring
to
them
too,
because
we
would
get
word
back
from
those
organizations-
hey.
T
We
don't
have
enough
supply
for
this,
and
so
we
we
can't
be
a
referral
space
for
you
in
this
case,
because
we've
sort
of
reached
capacity
and
to
give
people
a
sort
of
snapshot
of
what
we're
talking
about
just
in
2020
calls
to
project
Bread's
food
source
Hotline
in
Boston
increased
by
262
percent,
the
Greater
Boston
Food
Bank
saw
an
increase
of
2
554
in
distribution
requests.
That's
very
large
we
are
talking
about.
The
estimate
is
about
one
in
five
residents
in
Massachusetts
suffer
from
food
insecurity.
T
So
every
day
you
are
likely
passing
people
who
are
suffering
from
food
food
insecurity,
and
so
we
really
wanted
to
get
a
solution
to
this,
that
we
thought
was
manageable
and
that
would
work
and
that
everybody
would
sort
of
buy
into.
And
so
we
started
looking
at
food
generators,
food
waste
generators
and
how
we
could
make
them
play
a
role
in
this
process,
and
we
saw
that
New
York,
Washington
state,
New,
York,
State
and
California
state
had
created
sort
of
a
template
for
this
to
move
forward.
T
It's
something
that
in
Europe,
they've
been
doing
for
quite
some
time,
which
is
requiring
these
food
generators
to
actually
take
it
upon
themselves
to
create
agreements
with
non-profits
and
agencies
that
distribute
food
directly
to
people.
So,
in
other
words,
if
you
have
something
that
has
to
be
eaten
within
48
72
hours,
then
you
can
get
it
picked
up
and
brought
to
and
delivered
to
food,
pantry
or
soup,
kitchen
or
somewhere,
where
that
food
will
not
go
to
waste
so
excellent
implementation.
T
In
other
places,
it
has
worked
really
well
to
give
people
a
sense
of
what
we're
talking
about
here.
The
food
recycling
program
in
Boston
would
be
organized
and
conducted
through
the
office
of
food
justice,
so
this
home,
this
ordinance
would
actually
formally
codify
the
office
of
food
Justice,
which
already
exists,
and
it
would
give
them
certain
responsibilities.
T
The
folks
that
were
talking
about
having
to
apply
this
ordinance
to
their
business
are
what
we
would
call
tier
one:
commercial,
edible
food
generators,
their
supermarkets,
grocery
stores
with
a
total
facility
size
equal
to
or
greater
than
ten
thousand
square
feet.
Food
service
providers
and
food
distributors,
Whole
Food,
Wholesale,
Food,
vendors.
T
T
If
this
would
be
an
undue
economic
hardship
for
you,
what
this
would
do
and
the
way
we
would
enforce
this,
because
these
are
sort
of
common
questions.
You
know
we're
not
going
to
be
doing
inspections
on
every
restaurant
Hotel
Supermarket.
The
way
that
this
is
enforced
in
other
states.
That
I
think
we
can
do
here
is
it
requires
those
tier
one
operators
to
enter
into
agreements
with
not-for-profits
that
donate
food
that
provide
food.
T
Just
how
much
food
they
are
getting
and
generating
from
these
tier
one
operators
and
providing
and
I
want
to
just
give
a
shout
out
to
organizations
that
do
this
work,
loving
spoonfuls
as
the
largest
in
New
England,
and
they
pick
food
up
and
deliver
it
directly
to
doors,
food
link,
mass
and
the
Greater
Boston
Food
Bank
are
the
kinds
of
organizations
we're
talking
about
here.
The
other
thing
I
just
want
to
point
out.
Some
people
have
raised
this
concern
about
liability
for
organizations
and
opening
them
up
to
liability.
T
There's
a
federal
law
which
is
called
the
bill.
Emerson
Good,
Samaritan,
Food
donation
act,
which
Shields
food
donors
from
Criminal
and
civil
liability,
but
Massachusetts
actually
built
upon
that
in
2014
and
protect
eligible
food
donors
that
donate
food
to
recovery,
organizations
that
distribute
apparently
wholesome
food
to
individuals,
and
so
this
wouldn't
open
up
businesses
or
supermarkets
or
anyone
to
any
undue
legal
complications.
T
This
would
simply
be
a
way
for
us
to
ensure
that
edible,
wholesome
food
that
otherwise
could
be
eaten
is
actually
getting
to
families
that
need
that
food
rather
than
going
to
a
landfill
or
into
a
composting
process.
I'm.
Incredibly
excited
to
get
this
started,
we
would
be
a
first
in
the
country
to
Pilot
this
and
to
do
this
correctly.
At
a
municipal
level,
there
are
three
states,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
United
States
that
are
starting
this
out.
T
All
of
those
laws
essentially
went
into
effect
in
2022
or
there's
abouts,
and
so
it's
a
relatively
new
idea,
but
I
do
believe
that
we
have
the
capacity
and
ability
to
have
our
our
businesses
and
our
front
line.
Stakeholders
buy
into
this
process
and
the
feedback
so
far
has
been
really
great,
so
I'm
really
excited
about
providing
meals
to
people
who
need
them.
Thank
you.
C
B
S
You
president,
Flynn
and
I
do
just
want
to
thank
the
lead,
sponsor
councilor
Royo
on
this,
who
has
done
incredible.
Work
working
in
partnership
with
the
Harvard
Law
School,
food
law
and
policy.
Clinic
Boston
could
be
a
model
of
municipality
and
we
would
be
the
first
to
adopt
this
sort
of
food
recovery
program
which
would
require
some
of
these
larger
grocery
stores,
restaurants
and
hotels,
to
donate
underscore
safe
to
consume
leftover
food.
S
This
ordinance
also
formally
establishes
the
office
of
food
Justice,
which
we
all
know
is
already
assisting
some
of
our
wonderful
non-profits
on
the
ground
and
are
already
feeding
our
most
vulnerable.
Hunger
is
silent,
but
a
stigmatized
issue.
We
largely
know
somebody
or
probably
know
somebody
who
is
going
hungry
right
now.
This
is
our
our
family,
our
friends
and
our
neighbors.
S
According
to
project
bread,
food
insecurity,
Massachusetts
doubled
during
the
pandemic,
increasing
from
eight
percent
to
almost
20
percent
I've
personally
seen
hundreds
of
folks
lining
the
corners
in
the
streets
of
East
Boston
at
the
East
Boston
soup
kitchen
at
hovers
on
the
vine
in
Charlestown
waiting
to
get
their
meals
for
the
week
through
groceries,
and
so
their
organizations
already
doing
an
incredible
work
and
I
think
the
city
of
Boston
can
go
above
and
beyond
through
this
program
to
to
provide
food
for
our
most
vulnerable,
and
the
goal
at
the
end
of
the
day
is
to
provide
whole
nutritious
food
for
for
those
residents,
and
so,
as
mentioned,
this
order
would
compel
first
larger
and
then
smaller
food
generators
to
compile
their
edible
leftovers.
S
I
think
the
timeline
that
we
have
lined
laid
out
is
reasonable.
Obviously,
there's
going
to
be
more
conversations
to
be
had,
but
we
welcome
folks
to
the
table
to
make
this
the
best
possible
program
that
we
that
we
can
in
order
to
feed
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
again,
thank
you
to
the
lead,
co-sponsor
and
partners
like
love
and
spoonfuls,
who
have
already
helped
us
out
with
this
proposal
and
I
do
look
forward
to
the
conversations
ahead.
Thank
you.
B
M
This
effort,
I
know
from
my
experience,
volunteering
at
the
food
pantry
in
in
Austin
Brighton,
that
loving
spoonfuls
in
the
Greater
Boston
food,
pantry
food
bank
and
all
of
those
folks
who
are
working
on
food
rescue,
there's
so
much
really
good,
edible
food
being
thrown
in
the
trash
and
in
the
in
the
in
the
landfill
when
there's
so
many
thousands
and
thousands
of
folks
in
our
community
and
across
the
Commonwealth
who
who
go
to
bed
hungry
at
night.
So
I
really
applaud
this
I.
M
Think
Boston
should
be
a
leader
in
this
space
and
please
add
my
name.
Thank.
I
You
president,
Flynn
and
I
just
want
to
thank
the
sponsors
of
this
ordinance
for
putting
this
on
the
floor.
I
think
that
this
is
an
issue
that
folks
have
been
having
a
conversation
about
not
just
in
the
city
but
all
across
the
country,
for
an
incredible
amount
of
time.
I
have
been
aware
of
this
issue.
I
Remember
that
that's
the
first
time
that
I
became
aware
of
the
fact
that
you
cannot
that
you're
not
allowed
to
give
food
that
other
people
would
eat
away
to
people
who
would
benefit
from
it,
and
so
I
think
that
this
is
incredibly
overdue.
I'm
excited
to
move
this
work
forward
and
I
would
like
to
sign
my
name
on.
Please.
B
R
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
20
years
ago,
I
actually
sat
and
served
with
councilor
Ricardo
Arroyo's,
dad
Council
Felix
wrote
and
he
actually
proposed
vegetable
oil
in
Greece
as
part
of
a
biofuel
for
diesel
engines,
which,
at
that
time,
I
thought
was.
He
was
way
ahead
of
his
time,
but
I
have
to
think
that
this
is
I
have
to
say.
R
This
is
something
that,
as
this
its
time
has
come,
all
of
us
have
gone
into
an
establishment
later
in
the
evening
on
the
way
home
and
saw
and
have
seen
a
whole
Rack
or
tray
of
food
right
before
closing,
and
you
naturally
just
ask
hey
what
are
you
going
to
do
with
that
and
they
say
well,
there's
nothing
we
can
do
and
we
have
to
throw
it
away.
It's
it
could
be
pizzas,
it
could
be
Bakery
items,
it's
you
name
it
as
councilor
Braden
had
just
mentioned
it's
it's
good
in
its
edible
food.
R
That,
unfortunately,
goes
right
in
so
this
is
an
idea
that
it's
time
has
come
not
only
here
in
Boston
but
across
the
state
across
the
country.
Please
add
my
name
look
forward
to
an
expedited
hearing
and
let's
try
to
get
a
pilot
program
at
least
or
a
model
on
the
books,
so
that
our
local
establishments,
who,
by
the
way
it
pains
them
to
have
to
do
this
too,
when
you're
literally
dumping
a
tray
of
whatever
chicken
Palm
eggplant
Pizza,
whatever
it
is,
is
going
right
in
the
trash.
R
It
just
sends
a
horrendous
message
to
those
that
are
food,
insecure
and
or
to
our
local
food
pantries.
We
all
know
I'm
not
going
to
out
anyone
council
president,
but
we
know
establishments
in
our
own
neighborhood
that
don't
play
by
these
rules.
They
actually
deliver
food
to
some
of
our
more
vulnerable
residents.
They
work
with
our
halfway
houses,
our
treatment
houses,
kind
of
off
the
radar,
but
in
in
lieu
of
them
throwing
their
food
away.
R
Oftentimes
they'll
call
our
office
they'll
go
to
the
fire
station,
they'll
go
to
the
police
station
so
again,
there's
that
effort
is
underway
not
just
in
our
neighborhood
but
across
the
city.
Would
it
be
great
to
have
that
codified?
Wouldn't
it
be
great
to
have
a
pilot
program
that
we
could
model
so
again,
an
idea
I
believe
that's.
That's
time
has
come
and
look
forward
to
participating.
Thank
you.
Mr.
B
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
and
thank
you
to
the
lead,
co-spound,
the
lead
sponsors
and
the
co-sponsors
on
this
I
think
it's
an
exceptionally
important
and
high
time
for
us
to
do
this,
but
I
also
would
like
to
add
that
we
ask
for
the
program
to
also
include
recipes
to
everything.
L
That's
going
to
be
given
away
so
when
you're
collecting
icy
to
collect
from
Panera
as
a
nonprofit
to
give
away
in
like
different
ways
and
programs
and
I
would
have
to
ask
them
like
each
recipe
for
everything
that
they
were
baking
or
giving
away,
especially
if
we're
going
to
include
Cheesecake,
Factory
I'm,
going
to
need
all
of
their
recipes
every
single
one.
P
B
D
D
B
B
B
in
2021
of
the
Firearms
recovered
at
scenes
that
were
traced
using
the
national
integrated
ballistic
information.
Only
10
percent
were
purchased
in
Massachusetts,
while
the
rest
were
brought
into
our
state
from
18
other
states.
So
most
of
the
Firearms
at
crime
scenes
are
outside
of
Massachusetts,
but
what
this
ordinance
would
do?
It
would
be
a
comprehensive
study
in
review
of
the
flow
of
firearms
into
the
city
of
Boston.
B
B
M
Thank
you,
councilman
is
anyone
else
looking
to
speak
on
this
matter
concert
world.
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
to
president
for
including
me
in
this
work
and
bringing
this
before
us
and
as
we
work
to
address
gun
violence
through
our
city,
it
is
critical
that
we
are
gathering
data
to
best
understand
the
issues
we
Face.
Massachusetts
has
strong
gun
laws,
but,
as
we
heard
from
president
Flynn
is
majority
of
those
guns
that
are
coming
into
Massachusetts
are
not
from
our
state,
and
in
order
to
address
this,
we
will
need
to
build
out
our
data
collection
and
now
and
Analysis
tools
to
ensure
that
silos
are
broken
down.
O
I
Thank
you,
counselor
Braden,
and
thank
you
to
councilor,
Flynn
and
counselor
for
putting
this
incredibly
important
issue
on
the
floor.
When
I
was
a
street
worker,
I
worked
with
an
organization
called
citizens
for
safety,
on
a
program
that
they
had
called
operation,
lipstick
and
Nancy
Robinson,
and
the
women
who
work
for
operation,
lipstick
and
citizens
for
safety
have,
for
a
long
time
been
ringing
the
alarm
about
trafficking,
specifically
straw
purchases,
that
oftentimes
are
made
by
Partners
or
family
members
of
the
folks
who
are
trafficking
guns
into
the
city
of
Boston.
I
M
Thank
you
anyone
else.
Anyone
else
wish
to
add
their
their
name:
counselor
or
Royal
councilor
Baker,
counselor,
Bach,
counselor,
Coletta,
Consular,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
councilor,
Flaherty,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Louisiana,
Murphy,
counselor
and
please
add
my
name.
D
B
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
as
we
know,
Boston
is
one
of
the
most
expensive
cities
to
rent
or
own
property.
Boston
is
the
only
other
city
other
than
New
York
City,
which
is
in
the
process
of
Banning
these
with
broker's
fees
for
tenants
and
prices
that
have
gone
up
significantly
in
the
past
couple
of
years,
which
is
why
the
conversation
is
prevalent
now.
L
This
has
been
an
ongoing
issue
for
some
time
now
and
now,
residents,
particularly
Brock
Brown
residents
of
Boston,
are
facing
anti-discipline
facing
displacement
and
eviction.
Many
have
already
been
displaced
due
to
Rising
rental
fees
and
restricting
the
up
for
upfront
costs
for
sir,
that
can
serve
as
a
temporary
solution
before
we
permanently
alleviate
the
issue
of
up
rental
costs
and
upfront
rate,
rental
costs
and
broker's
fees.
Boston
should
be
leading
by
example
in
caring
for
our
residents,
especially
considering
our
overwhelming
homelessness
crisis.
L
We
have
lost
about
10
000
black
residents
in
the
last
two
decades
because
of
the
increasing
and
accessibility
of
housing
in
our
city,
some
of
which
are
owned
by
private
corporations
and
only
play
a
larger
role
in
a
systemically
racist
and
disproportionately
displacement
and
disenfranchisement
community
supported
by
the
city
I'm
asking
for
us
to
basically
hold
a
hearing
and
have
a
conversation
about
the
up
upfront,
rental
costs
and
take
the
unbearable
weight
of
decades-old
practices
off
the
tenants
of
Boston.
Thank
you.
B
U
U
The
folks
are
often
asked
for
first
months
last
months,
security,
deposit
and
if
they
have
to
pay
a
broker's
fee,
if
your
rent
is
two
thousand
dollars,
you're
often
asked
to
pay
upwards
of
eight
thousand
dollars,
just
as
an
upfront
cost
and
at
that
point
a
lot
of
our
residents
can't
afford
to
live
in
this
city.
So
Miles
has
been
doing
research
and
and
that's
and
there's
a
groundbreaking
study
in
2020
that
called
qualified
renters
need
not
apply.
U
That
show
that
race
in
class
played
a
major
role
in
how
one
is
treated
when
seeking
housing,
and
not
only
that.
The
same
study
demonstrated
that
real
estate
brokers
play
an
outsized
role
in
discrimination
in
the
rental
housing
market
of
the
200
testers
in
the
study,
182
had
conducted
exclusive,
had
contact
exclusively
with
real
estate
brokers,
and
we
know
that
not
all
real
estate
brokers
are
bad.
U
That
we
have
some
that
are
great
and
some
even
on
the
council,
but
we
know
that
passing
on
these
fees
to
our
attendance
can
be
really
big
barriers
as
a
second
most
expensive
city
to
rent.
We
really
need
to
get
at
that.
I
know
in
councilor,
Braden's
district,
for
example.
We
we
have
talked
about
how
Brokers
fees
often
are
a
really
big
barrier
to
residents
in
your
District,
especially
to
our
young
people,
especially
to
our
artists,
especially
to
black
and
brown
folks.
So
I'm
excited
to
continue
this
conversation.
U
It's
not
new
for
the
city
of
Boston.
Actually,
former
mayor
Walsh,
former
secretary
Walsh,
actually
commissioned
a
study
and
a
group
to
really
look
at
broker's
fees
and
and
look
at
into
eliminating
them.
This
is
continuing
that
work
and
so
I'm
happy
to
be
doing
that
work
and
to
really
you
know,
be
responding
to
the
constituents
who
ask
us
to
look
into
this
all
the
time
and
to
reduce
the
barriers
to
housing.
So
thank
you
and
I
look
forward
to
the
work.
Thank.
I
I
Let
them
know
ultimately
that
they
couldn't
charge
that
kind
of
fee,
and
so
what
we're
seeing
is
that
not
only
just
upfront
costs
but
frivolous
charges
for
renters
are
just
increasing
and
making
it
impossible
for
people
to
be
able
to
secure
a
rental
apartment
right
now.
The
housing
crisis
is
really
requiring
that
we
Implement
every
possible
intervention
so
that
we
can
lower
these
costs
and
stabilize
tenant
and
upfront
fees
for
renters
have
always
been
prohibitive,
just
because
of
the
amount
and
especially
they're
especially
prohibited
for
four
and
working
class.
I
People
who
are
not
only
more
prone
to
displacement
but
also
have
higher
rates
of
of
eviction.
I
think
that
there
are
limits
to
what
landlords
can
consider
moving
cost,
but
most
tenants
don't
know
what
it
is.
What
is
or
isn't
allowable,
which
is
underscoring
for
me
again:
the
need
for
a
renter's
Bill
of
Rights
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I
We
have
programs
that
are
for
that
support,
first-time
home
buyers
and
meeting
their
closing
costs
or
their
down
payments,
but
we
don't
have
as
much
support
for
existing
for
renters
to
pay
for
their
upfront
cost
here
in
the
city
or
anywhere
in
the
country.
Really
so,
I'm
excited
to
move
this
conversation
forward
with
the
co-sponsors
and
I
look
forward
to
implementing
more
protections
for
renters
in
the
city
of
Boston,
then.
E
Thank
you
so
much
Mr,
President
and
I'll.
Be
brief.
I
I
wanted
to
thank
council
president
Anderson
for
filing
this,
and
definitely
please
add
my
name.
The
one
additional
Dimension
that
I
wanted
to
add
is
you
know.
As
folks
know,
we
have
a
log
and
source
of
income
discrimination
here
in
Massachusetts,
meaning
that
you
can't
prevent
somebody
from
renting
because
they
would
use
a
voucher,
but
the
reality
is
that
these
upfront
costs
are
often
one
of
the
ways
in
which
people
informally
discriminate
against
voucher
holders.
E
It's
actually
something
that
the
Boston
Housing
Authorities
spent
quite
a
lot
of
energy
on
and
has
sort
of
like
tried
to
create
some
programs
so
that
it
can
kind
of
help
get
its
renters
into
these
situations.
But
it's
a
real
barrier
and
you
know
there
are
plenty
of
ways,
even
even
if
you
say
hey
like
the
landlord
needs
to
be
able
to
hold
the
security
deposit,
you
can
prorate
the
way
that
that's
going
to
be
paid
like.
E
There
are
ways
to
like
to
deal
with
that
without
creating
a
what
counselor
Legion
referred
to
as
kind
of
like
upfront
burden
of
you
know,
eight
thousand
dollars,
maybe
sometimes
ten
thousand
dollars,
because
it
just
it
really
does
serve
as
another
source
of
informal
source
of
income
discrimination
in
the
state.
So
I
just
wanted
to
add
my
sense
that
it's
it's
long
past
time
for
a
change
on
that
front.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
M
The
the
barriers
to
folks
who
have
vouchers
and
and
the
additional
cost
of
of
these
extra
fees
have
I've
heard
from
folks
that
this
is
a
significant
barrier
to
their
participation
in
getting
even
been
to
even
be
considered
for
a
rental
apartment.
If
their
source
of
income
is
the
way
to
pay,
is
as
a
voucher
and
the
other
I
I've
had
a
conversation
with
a
a
a
constituent
recently
who
was
relocating
back
to
Boston
from
DC.
She
had
a
friend
look
at
the
go
to
look
at
the
apartment.
M
The
the
broker
never
appeared.
She
never
got
to
see
the
apartment
ahead
of
time.
She
didn't
you
know
she
was
and
then,
at
the
end
of
it,
she
was
charged
A
month's
rent
for
this
brokerage
services.
That
never
happened
so
I.
Think
there's
as
Council
Louisiana
said.
There's
some
excellent
Brokers
there's
some
good
practice,
but
there
are
also
some
practices
that
are
blatantly
predatory
and
take
advantage
of
a
situation
and
I.
Think
it's
long
past
time
that
we
try
and
amend
it.
Thank.
B
You
thank
you
Council
Braden.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
in
this
matter
or
add
your
name?
Please
raise
your
hand.
Mr
crook.
Please
add:
council
Arroyo,
councilor
Braden
Council
of
Coletta
Council
of
council
Coletta
Council
Murphy
Council
Morrell
this
stock
at
zero.
Four
five
six
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
in
Housing
and
Community
Development
Mr
Kirk,
we're
on
to
dock
at
zero.
Four
five:
seven,
please
document.
C
T
You,
president
Flynn,
this
was
an
issue.
The
lack
of
kosher,
Halal
or
plant-based
meals
in
Boston,
Public
Schools
was
actually
an
issue
brought
to
me
by
some
parents
who
were
seeking
those
meals
for
their
children
in
BPS,
which
was
surprising
to
me
because
I
was
a
public
defender
before
I.
Did
this
work
in
our
incarceration?
T
Our
Our
House
of
Corrections
are
required
by
law
to
provide
these
meals
because
we
understand
the
importance
of
people's
religious
accommodations,
but
Boston
Public
Schools
do
not
provide
these
meals
to
our
students,
and
so
we
are
seeking
a
hearing
to
have
a
conversation
about
how
we
can
go
about
ensuring
that
Halal,
kosher
and
plant-based
meals
are
made
available
to
children
in
BPS
who
have
those
specific
dietary
restrictions.
T
It's
important
that
we
teach
the
whole
child
and
part
of
teaching
a
child
or
teaching
anyone
is
making
sure
that
they
are
fed,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
everything
we
can
as
a
city
to
provide
for
those
families.
I
was
actually
surprised.
You
could
put
this
one
in
the
I
didn't
know.
We
didn't
do
that
Catlett
category,
because
this
seems
very
much
like
something
that
should
have
already
been
happening.
T
I
know
that
Michelle
Wu
mayor
Michelle,
Wu,
announced
I
believe
it
was
last
year,
a
new
contract
with
City,
Fresh,
Foods
and
so
I
think
that
that
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction
and
I'd
like
to
have
a
hearing
to
have
a
conversation
about
how
we
go
about
ensuring
that
the
families
who
this
applies
to
which
are
probably
several
thousand,
that
they
are
receiving
the
what
they
need
on
a
day-to-day
basis
to
to
meet
their
dietary
needs.
T
And
so
this
is
one
of
those
things
where
I
thought
we
were
already
doing
it.
We're
not
and
I'm
seeking
to
make
sure
that
we
do
New
York
is
State.
Legislature
has
started
work
on
doing
the
exact
same
thing
in
New
York,
but
we're
overdue
on
this
grateful
and
appreciative
of
the
parents
who
brought
this
to
my
attention
and
I
look
forward
to
having
this
hearing
and
I
also
want
to
thank
Tanya,
Fernandez
Anderson
councilor
Anderson
for
her
partnership.
B
L
You
Mr
President
and
thank
you
to
original
calls.
I
mean
original,
sponsor
Council
Arroyo
for
part
of
for
adding
me
as
a
partner
in
this
conversation.
I.
L
Think
that
we're
all
we
all
we're
all
talking
about
inclusivity,
but
I
think
that
you
know
we
often
not
very
intentional
in
terms
of
how
what
or
what
that
looks
like,
and
we
are
what
we
eat
right
so
in
religious
practices,
at
least
for
me,
as
a
Muslim
woman,
what
we
eat
is
based
on
our
state
of
mind,
our
health
and
basically
our
way
of
life
and
even
how
we
eat
or
where
we
or
with
what
we
eat
is
a
thing.
L
So
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation
without
going
any
further
about
what
Halal
means
or
the
difference
between
kosher
or
Halal
or
vegan,
and
vegetarian
pescetarian.
There
are
so
many
diverse
ways
of
practicing
your
way
of
life
and
I'm
very
happy
to
be
a
part
of
this
conversation
and
looking
forward
to
hopefully
implementing
some
change
in
BPS.
Thank
you.
B
M
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
and
thank
you
again
to
the
makers,
I
I
think
and
I've
had
some
conversations,
it's
not
in
the
in
the
in
the
Boston
Public
School
space,
but
more
in
relation
to
our
Jewish
Community
in
an
Austin
Brighton
thinking
about
kosher
meals
for
school
schools
generally,
including
Boston
Public
Schools.
But
one
issue
that
seemed
to
have
come
up
is
that
in
terms
of
Supply
suppliers
that
there
has
to
be
sort
of
a
critical
mass
to
make
it
an
an
economically
favorable
situation.
M
So
I
think
you
know
by
by
working
together
with
with
schools
that
are
in
the
independent
sector
in
the
private
sector,
the
the
we
may
be
able
to
get
to
that
critical
mass
so
that
it
actually
supports
small
businesses
to
to
be
direct
suppliers.
I
think
that's
one
of
the
issues
with
regard
to
finding
vendors
to
well
from
Boston
Public
Schools,
maybe
that
the
that
they
haven't
been
able
to
identify
suppliers
so
I'm
I'm
hopeful
that
we
can
explore
that
and
see
if
we
can
find
a
solution.
I
You
president
Flynn
I,
just
want
to
rise
as
a
possible
beneficiary
of
this
policy
as
someone
who
is
vegan
and
is
trying
to
transition
my
kid
who
is
mostly
vegan
Sans
a
chicken
nugget
here
and
there.
So
if
any
parents
are
watching
and
they
have
a
good
vegan
chicken
nugget
that
their
kid
will
eat,
please
send
me
recommendations
in
any
case.
I
typically
have
to
wake
up
or
earlier
in
the
morning
to
prepare
zaire's
lunch
to
go
to
school,
because
there
are
not
plant-based
food
options
for
him.
I
So,
as
he
gets,
older
I
would
really
love.
It
would
be
really
nice
for
him
to
be
able
to
eat
with
his
classmates
in
the
cafeteria
and
I
think
that
this
is
not
only
respectful
of
people's
religious
practices
but
of
people's
decisions,
whether
it
be
environment-based
or
focused
on
care
and
love
for
animals
that
they
have
food
that
they
can
eat.
I
So
please
add
my
name
and
I
would
love
to
have
more
conversations
around
possible
vendors
for
plant-based
food
at
Boston,
public
schools,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
incredible
restaurants,
not
only
in
the
city
but
in
the
district
who
I
think
would
be
willing
and
able
to
provide
that
service.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this
matter
or
add
your
name?
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
clerk,
please
add
counselor
counselor
Braden
Council
Coletta,
Council,
Flaherty,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Louisiana,
councilor,
Murphy
Council.
Please
add
the
chair
this
stock
at
zero.
Four
five
seven
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
education,
Mr
Clark,
please
red
doc
at
zero.
Four
five,
eight,
please
Dr.
O
Have
the
full
thank
you,
president
Flynn
and
I'd
like
to
suspend
Route,
12
and
add
councilman
Anderson
and
councilor
Murphy.
B
O
Boston
is
home
to
world-class
institutions
and
Community
groups
that
are
working
to
address
violence
throughout
our
city.
These
folks
are
called
upon
by
cities
across
the
globe
to
address
their
issues,
yet
a
frequently
neglected
in
their
own
City.
These
groups
provide
invaluable
services
that
have
kept
hundreds
of
bostonians
alive,
have
helped
to
prepare
communities
and
work
to
heal,
individual
traumas
and
wounds.
It
is
time
that
our
city
government
steps
up
and
supports
these
groups,
as
they
have
supported
us.
O
The
issues
that
feed
violence
are
complex
as
their
Solutions
part
of
the
complexity
that
we
must
work
through
is
a
question
of
coordination
and
collaboration
and
facing
similar
challenges.
The
city
of
Hartford
has
worked
to
build
a
comprehensive
intervention
effort,
bringing
together
hospitals
and
Community
Partners.
O
They
aim
to
work
side
by
sides
to
make
sure
we
seize
that
moment
of
opportunity
when
someone
becomes
a
victim
of
violence
or
gun
violence,
to
connect
them
to
resources
and
support
services
that
will
last
long
after
the
physical
wounds
are
filled.
The
city
of
Boston
can
learn
from
our
neighbors
and
it's
time
that
we
we
look
at
formalizing
collaborative
structures,
ensuring
coordination
and
making
sure
that
organizations
doing
the
work
have
the
resources
they
need
to
do
so.
O
Boston
is
an
asset
Rich,
it's
time
to
us
to
build
these
resources
and
enable
them
to
be
effective,
and
this
is
just
a
continuation
on
the
gun,
violence
and
violence
work
that
our
office
is
doing
and
we
feel
like
formalizing
all
the
work
that
all
hospitals
are
doing
in
all
Community
Partners
are
doing
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
reap
a
lot
of
benefits
when
it
comes
to
combating.
B
L
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
President.
Thank
you
to
lead
sponsor
on
this
hearing
order.
L
I
look
forward
to
the
conversations
I
think
this
is
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
really
talk
about
what
does
intervention
and
prevention
looks
like
and
also
holding
private
institutions
and,
of
course,
nonprofits
such
as
hospitals
and
universities,
accountable
for
the
communities
that
are
they're
thriving
from
I
think
there
are
already
some
services
in
our
communities
that
are
considerable
interventive
programs,
but
I
think,
obviously
you
felt
that
they
could
do
more
or
that
we
could
create
this
sort
of
ecosystem
of
services
and
I
really
appreciate
that.
L
I
also
wanted
to
bring
to
light
that
my
office
has
been
working
with
blackmail,
advancement
and
I
know
that
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
partner
with
you
in
terms
of
mentorship
programs
or
sponsorship,
programs
that
private
institutions
can
support
black
and
brown
boys
in
our
communities
to
continue
to
invest
in
their
lives
in
a
preventative
way.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
thinking
being
so
such
a
Ford
thinker
on
this
and
I
look
forward
to
the
work.
G
Thank
you,
president
plan
and
thank
you
councilman
warrell,
for
including
me
when
I
read
through
your
hearing
order
on
Monday
in
the,
whereas
Clause
that
said,
intervening
in
disrupting
and
ending
cycles
of
violence
requires
collaborative
coordinated,
community-based
action
when
I
call
to
say
I
absolutely
agree
with
you
and,
as
we
know,
our
community
centers
are
welcoming
places
where
many
of
our
immigrants
and
underserved
communities
access
because
of
their
Language
and
Cultural
welcomeness,
also
places
expanded
violence,
prevention
and
intervention
programs,
if
we're
putting
in
them
in
those
spaces
where
community
members
feel
safe
to
go
and
those
closest
to
the
violence
are
accessing
these
faces.
G
B
B
D
T
You
Mr
President.
This
is
a
hearing
order
asking
us
to
discuss
the
challenges.
Latino-Owned
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
are
facing
with
accessing
government
and
corporate
contracts.
T
Here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we
know
that
the
2020
disparity
study
that
took
the
numbers
from
2014
to
2019
showed
that
out
of
2.1
billion
contracts
that
the
city
awarded,
only
18.2
million
or
0.8
percent
of
those
contracts
were
awarded
to
Latino
owned
businesses,
and
there
was
a
recent
study
that
was
publicized,
I
believe
two
almost
one
say
three
four
days
ago
by
either
wgbr
gbh
or
WBUR,
discussing
specifically
that
nationally.
T
This
is
a
trend
in
that
it
and
what
I
would
sort
of
remind
folks
who
are
listening
to
this
and
say
well,
maybe
they're,
just
not
eligible
but
but
generally
is
is
happening.
T
Here
in
the
State,
it's
usually
a
systemic
issue
that
is
keeping
us
from
getting
to
that
to
that
solution
and
is
creating
that
inequity,
and
so
the
goal
of
this
hearing
is
simply
to
figure
out
what
we
are
doing
to
help
them
access
government
contracts
and
create
competitive
bids
or
bids
that
we
are
accepting
for
government
contracts
and
then
making
sure
that
we
are
creating
best
practices
which
may
go
beyond
just
the
Latino
businesses,
but
all
businesses
and
making
sure
that
we
are
telling
them.
You
know
if
you
applied
for
a
contract.
T
This
is
why
we
did
not
select
you.
These
are
the
ways
which
you
can
present
better
or
perform
better
when
you
are
asking
for
these
contracts,
I
think
we
should
have
a
feedback
system
so
that
we
are
creating
a
competitive
market
for
these
contracts
and
that
those
contracts
are
then
getting
to
all
people,
frankly
it
with
equal
access
and
opportunity,
and
that
we
are
addressing
gaps
like
this,
so
I
look
forward
to
holding
that
hearing.
Thank
you.
Mr,
chair.
B
S
Thank
you
so
much
president
Flynn
I
just
want
to
thank
the
maker
Council
Arroyo
for
his
leadership
on
this.
That's
the
statistic
is
jarring
and
it's
completely
unacceptable.
It's
the
first
time
that
I've
seen
it
and
so
I
really
appreciate
the
approach.
S
With
this
hearing
order,
I
had
the
pleasure
of
attending
a
Veronica
robolis
entrepreneurship
Showcase
in
East
Boston
just
recently,
and
seeing
some
of
the
faces
of
these
young
adults
I'm
not
going
to
call
them
kids,
they
were
young
adults,
they
were
so
excited
to
get
into
the
field
and
sector
of
Entrepreneurship,
and
so,
if
we
could
work
with
Community
Partners
like
Veronica,
doing
incredible
work
in
in
the
community
and
just
letting
folks
know
that
this
is
an
option
that
government
contracts
are
an
option.
S
B
E
Thank
you,
Mr
President
and
please
also
add
my
name
I.
Think
that
there's
a
huge
opportunity
here,
I
was
just
chatting
with
a
major
hospital
system
in
my
district,
and
you
know
I
think
in
a
lot
of
ways.
The
next
step
from
our
disparities
study
is
recognizing
that
a
lot
of
the
types
of
things
that
keep
contractors
from
like
diverse
contractors
from
successfully
competing
for
a
lot
of
the
things
that
city
of
Boston
needs.
They
it's
the
same
for
all
of
our
large
corporations
and
so
I.
E
Think
that,
like
you
know,
and
in
fact
many
of
the
disparities
studies
studied
sectors
are
exactly
the
same
and
so
I
think
really
challenging.
You
know
we're
obviously
in
a
lot
of
institutional
Master
planning
processes
in
my
district
with
our
largest
buyers,
our
our
EDS
and
meds,
you
know
I
think
challenging
those
folks
to
kind
of
Come
Along
on
this
journey
that
the
city
of
Boston
is
also
on,
so
that
it's
not
it's
not
that
we're
just
telling
them
to
do
it.
It's
actually
something
that
we
are
also
working
on
but
saying
like
hey.
E
If,
if
everybody
is
trying
to
you
know
Source
more
diverse
food
contractors
or
other
contracts
like
let's
do
that
together,
so
I
just
wanted
to
voice
that
that's
something
that
has
been
coming
up
in
my
conversations
with
these
large
entities
in
my
district
and
I
think
there's
like
a
real
opportunity
here
for
a
for
Synergy
between
the
city
and
those
sectors
as
well.
Thank
you,
Mr
President
thank.
B
B
B
L
L
My
office
has
been
partnering
with
several
institutions,
but
in
particularly
with
Northeastern
to
do
an
anti-displacement
project
and
in
that
project
we
began
with
a
year
ago,
with
asset
mapping,
sort
of
a
strength
based
approach
to
look
at
what
are
the
deficits
and,
of
course,
Assets
in
Roxbury
D7
as
a
whole.
But
we
try
to
focus
on
neighborhood
by
neighborhood,
so
in
Roxbury
we
realize
that
it's
it's
a
place
where
we
have
a
wealth
of
resources
and,
of
course,
historic
landmarks
and
beautiful
culture,
arts
and
culture.
L
However,
we
have
not
properly
taken
care
of
our
seniors.
This
resolution,
in
particular,
is
asking
you,
my
colleagues
today
to
support
me
in
at
least
looking
at
a
study
to
implement
or
to
develop
a
center,
a
Holistic
Center
that
we
can
actually
begin
to
take
care
of
our
seniors.
Yes,
we
have
some
nursing
homes
or
we
have
senior
homes,
but
we
do
not
have
actual
holistic
recreational
center
where
seniors
can
go
and
work
out
and
play
and
do
whatever
exercises
and
functions
that
they
want.
L
They'd
have
to
go
to
different
locations
to
get
each
component,
and
we
we
think
that
seniors,
of
course,
in
Roxbury,
deserve
more
if
there
is
a
place
where
it's
more
focused
on
again
whole
holistic
health
and
a
place
specifically
for
seniors
that
where
they
cannot
also
bring
their
families
or
men,
maybe
Mentor
a
young
person
in
district,
7
or
otherwise
in
Boston
would
be
a
wonderful
thing.
So
today,
I'm
asking
that
we
suspend
the
rules
and
pass
this
resolution
again
to
look
into
a
study
that
would
create
a
recreational
Holistic
Center
for
seniors
in
Roxbury.
B
You
Council
Fernandez
Anderson.
Would
anyone
like
to
speak
in
this
matter
or
add
the
name?
Please
raise
your
hand:
Mr
coracoisad
Council
of
Royal
Council
Baker
Council
ball,
Council
Braden,
Council,
Colorado,
Council,
Flaherty,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Louisiana,
councilor,
Murphy
Council.
Overall,
please
add
the
chair.
B
B
D
Roll
call
vote
on
docking
number
zero:
four
six:
zero
Council
Arroyo
councilor
Arroyo;
yes,
councilor
Baker,
aye,
Council,
Baker,
aye,
Council,
Bach,
councilor,
Buck,
aye,
Council,
Braden,
aye,
Council,
Braden,
I,
Council,
Coletta,
councilor
Coletta;
yes,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council
Fernandez;
and
yes,
Council
Flaherty;
yes,
Council
Clarity;
yes,
Council
Flynn;
yes,
councilor
Flynn;
yes,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Larry;
yes,
Council
Louisiana;
yes,
Council,
Mejia,
councilor,
Murphy,
councilor,
Murphy,
yes
and
Council.
Worrell.
P
B
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
Looking
at
the
history
of
Boston,
we
have
seen
many
notable
historical
figures
come
and
go
from
what
W.E.B
Du
Bois
and
to
Bill
Russell
from
malnia
cast
to
Malcolm
X.
We
have
been
a
city
that
has
benefited
tremendously
from
the
contributions
of
African
Americans.
Despite
the
history
of
our
city,
Reverend
Marcus,
the
King
Jr
and
his
wife
Coretta
Scott
King
share
a
beautiful,
though
not
perfect,
love
story
that
started
here
in
Boston,
Dr
King
came
to
Boston
in
1951
to
attend
Boston
University's
grad
school
expecting
to
just
be
educated.
L
Not
one
could
have
prepared
him
for
what
he
would
learn
to
inexperience
outside
the
classroom
in
the
streets
of
our
city.
Thanks
to
the
diligence
of
Clinton
l
king,
we
have
a
list
of
20
addresses
where
the
Kings
share
their
story
and
experience
Boston.
We
know
that
Dr
King
was
a
regular
at
the
Western
lunch
box
on
417
Mass
Ave
and
met
Mrs
King
at
New
England
Observatory.
He
extended
12
Baptist
Church
on
680
Shaman
Ave,
where
he
became
an
assistant,
Minister
Mrs
King
herself
attended
New,
England,
Conservatory,
studying
Opera.
L
She
worked
on
the
Urban
League
of
greater
Boston
on
22
Whittier
Street.
The
couple's
first
home
together
was
on
396
North
Hampton
Street
Dr
King
returned
to
Boston
and
led
March,
a
March
of
22
000
people
from
Roxbury
to
the
Boston
Commons
with
the
Embrace
sculpture
is
erected,
and
he
then
said
the
words.
Now
is
the
time
to
make
real.
The
promise
of
democracy
now
is
the
time
to
make
Brotherhood.
L
B
O
Floor,
thank
you,
council
president
Flynn,
and
thank
you
for
counseling
Anderson
for
including
me
in
this
on
this
work.
As
you
heard
from
Council
Anderson
is
Boston
is
famous
for
his
history.
We
have
memorials
markers
trails
and
tributes,
guided
throughout
the
downtown
neighborhoods
commemorate
and
turning
points
in
American
history.
Boston
also
has
a
long
been
home
to
Black
activism,
civil
rights,
leadership
and
revolutions
and
race
race
relations.
O
Sadly,
this
history
is
often
unknown
even
by
our
own
resident
and
emphasizing
this
history
or
help
build
Community
Pride
or
help
teach
our
children
that
Boston's
Rich.
History
is
not
simply
that
of
segregation
and
disinvestment,
but
one
of
resilience
and
resistance,
and
in
doing
so
we
will
help
to
open
neighborhoods
to
Residents
and
tourists
alike,
supporting
black
owned
businesses
throughout
the
city.
Thank
you.
B
U
Thank
you
Mr
president,
and
thank
you
councilor
Fernando,
Anderson
I
am
so
excited
by
this
resolution.
I
was
a
tour
guide
as
my
first
job
when
I
was
14,
giving
walking
tours
of
lower
Roxbury
and
the
South
End.
You
know
with
through
my
town,
the
brainchild
of
Dr
Carolyn
Crockett,
advised
by
the
great
Mel
King,
and
so
one
of
the
stops
on
the
tour
is
MLK's
home
on
Mass
Avenue,
and
it
is
one
of
the
ways
that
we
start.
The
tour,
although
I
gave
this
to
when
I
was
younger.
U
I
can
I
could
still
give
the
tour
I
gave
the
tour
two
years
ago,
and
it's
just
really
great
that
we
can
tell
the
story
of
Dr,
King
and
Coretta
of
their
love
story
here.
I
mean
how
and
I
also
love
how
that's
been
folded
into
the
Embrace
Mass
Design
Group,
the
Architecture
Firm
behind
the
Embrace
who's
actually
LED
and
started,
which
was
the
black
architect
behind
the
Embrace.
U
They
actually
have
a
mapping
out
of
all
of
these
significant
places,
so
I
think
there's
going
to
be
a
really
great
partnership
and
building
out
what
this
Trail
looks
like
as
Council
Worrell
stated,
there's
so
much
rich
black
history
in
this
city,
and
we
have
so
many
oral
historians.
We
have
so
many
grios.
U
We
have
so
many
people
living
people
in
their
70s
and
also
younger
people
who
are
giving
these
walking
tours
still
of
our
neighborhoods
that
we
deserve
to
elevate,
and
this
can
be
a
walking
tour
that
we
offer
here
in
the
city
and
that
should
be
have
the
proper
markers.
Recently.
My
staff
and
our
and
our
families
went
on
the
black
Heritage
Trail
in
Beacon
Hill
shout
out
to
the
National
Park
Service.
They
have
a
great
self-guided
virtual
tour
of
the
black
Heritage
Trail.
U
That
is
an
amazing,
empowering
tour
that
tells
the
story
of
those
who
really
fought
to
make
sure
that
black
folks
in
Boston,
black
folks
coming
to
Boston
could
really
experience
and
realize
Freedom,
even
in
light
of
the
Fugitive
Slave
Act
and
all
the
other
barriers
to
to
True,
Freedom
and
councilor
block
joined
us
on
that
tour
and
I
called
her
and
said
we're
right
outside
of
your
house
in
Beacon
Hill
on
this
tour,
and
she
added
some
really
great
Rich
history.
U
So
I'm
excited
about
this
and
about
really
shining
a
light
on
the
rich
history
of
Dr,
King
and
Coretta,
but
also
of
the
great
black
history
that
we
have
throughout
the
city.
That
really
deserves
to
be
told
and
celebrated.
So
thank
you.
Counselor
Renee,
Anderson
and
I
look
forward
to
working
on
this
with
you.
Thank.
E
Thank
you
so
much
Mr,
President,
yes,
I,
am
also
enthusiastic.
Please
add
my
name.
Sponsor
of
this.
I
immediately
went
to
check
the
list
to
make
sure
one
Chestnut
Street
was
on
it.
The
house
that
Coretta
Scott
King
lived
in
on
Beacon,
Hill
I
think
it's
long
bothered
me
that
there
isn't
like
a
marker
there
and
I,
think
that
you
know
Boston
actually
piloted
in
the
Freedom
Trail
kind
of
the
use
of
a
trail
as
a
way
to
really
drive
like
economic
spending.
E
Tourist
attention,
Etc
and
honestly,
like
people
around
the
world,
have
copied
us
and
the
thing
that
we
created
with
the
Freedom
Trail.
E
But
the
challenge
really
now,
if
you
think
about
the
Freedom
Trails
coming
in
around
the
bicentennial,
the
challenge
Now
50
years
on,
is
how
do
you
like
push
that
kind
of
Engagement
with
history
out
into
our
neighborhoods
and
really
make
it
city-wide
and
the
King's
Story
is
such
an
important
story
for
us
locally
here
and
for
the
whole
country
and
absolutely
should
be
something
that
people
are
coming
to
Boston
to
like
walk
in
the
footsteps
of
so
really
excited
about
this
and
I
think
that
these
kinds
of
efforts
can
actually
really
help
like
pull
the
threads
together
and
drive
attention
and
resources,
and
and
also
just
be
a
great
day
out
in
America's
walking
city
as
we
enjoyed
with
the
black
Heritage
Trail
a
couple
weekends
ago
with
Casper
luigien.
I
You
president
Flint
I
will
be
brief,
because
I
don't
want
to
belabor
the
point.
I
think
everybody
has
talked
about
the
importance
of
this
Trail,
but
tomorrow
morning,
at
10,
A.M,
the
environmental
justice
resiliency
and
Parks
committee
is
having
a
meeting
about
making
the
walking
City
Trail
an
official
Trail
of
the
city
of
Boston.
I
And
although
we
are
going
to
be
talking
about
that,
specific
Trail
and
signage
part
of
the
hearing,
order
is
to
attempt
to
create
a
program
and
an
office
that
would
be
focused
on
specifically
creating
Urban
trails
and
unifying
Urban
Trails
through
a
Civic
engagement
process
all
across
the
city
and
so
to
see
the
birth
of
new
trails
in
the
city.
That
will
ultimately
add
to
the
trails
that
already
exist
like
the
harbor
walk
the
black
Heritage
Trail.
I
It
is
really
affirming
for
me
that
we're
kind
of
moving
in
that
direction
where
people
in
the
city
of
Boston
can
decide
what
are
the
important
places
in
their
Community.
What
are
the?
How
do
they
want
to
highlight
these
places
and
that
we
can
have
infrastructure
in
the
city
to
really
make
that
happen?
And
so
I'm
really
excited
to
see
this,
and
my
hope
is
that
we
can
see
the
upcoming
and
the
popping
up
of
multiple
Urban
trails
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I.
Think.
B
Thank
you,
Council
Lara
I
will
speak
on
this
as
well.
I
I
also
wanted
to
highlight
one
of
my
colleagues
who
mentioned
representative
Mel
King
and
just
recently
myself
and
councilor.
Fernandez
Anderson
and
my
colleagues
here
on
the
city
council
supported
a
resolution
to
rename
a
public
school
after
representative,
Mel
King
as
well,
and
that
will
be
taking
place
shortly
is
actually
going
to
be
this
week.
B
I
referenced
that
also
because
of
the
important
role
the
historic
12th
Baptist
Church
plays
in
our
city,
where
Dr
Martin
Luther
King
preached
when
he
was
when
he
was
here
in
Boston
in
another
remarkable
Pastor
was
Reverend
Michael
Haynes
that
many
of
us
here
have
met,
and
we
know
Reverend
Michael
haynes's
commitment
as
well.
So
during
these
difficult
times,
we're
also
wanted
to
know
that
ret
Mel
Canyon
in
Reverend
Haynes
played
a
critical
part
in
bringing
the
city
city
together.
Let
me
recognize
councilor
Fernandez
Anderson
Council,
Fernandez
Anderson.
You
have
the
fall.
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
just
wanted
to
shout
out
to
the
Alpha
Phi
Alpha
fraternity
Inc,
who
which
Dr
King
was
a
proud
member
of
by
way
of
Sigma
chapter
as
well
as
sister
Coretta,
Scott
King
was
a
proud
member
of
Alpha,
Kappa,
Alpha,
sorority
Inc,
so
shout
out
to
those
sororities
and
fraternities
and
again
asking
to
suspend
the
rules
and
pass
this
resolution
today.
Thank
you.
B
Please
raise
your
hand
to
sign
on
Mr
Clark.
Please
add:
council
Royal,
Council,
Baker,
Council
ball,
Council,
Braden,
Council,
Council,
Clarity,
Council,
Lara,
councilor
Murphy,
please
add
the
chair.
Councilor
Fernandez
Anderson
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
Adoption
of
docket
zero.
Four
six
one,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
all
opposed
Saint,
nay,
the
eyes
have
at
the
docket
has
been
adopted.
D
Roll
call
vote
on
docket
zero,
four
six
one
console
Arroyo;
yes,
Council
Arroyo,
yes,
councilor,
Baker,
aye,
councilor,
Baker,
aye,
councilor,
Buck,
councilor,
Buckeye,
Council,
Braden,
Council,
Braden,
Council,
colletta,
Council
Coletta;
yes,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson;
yes,
Council
Flaherty;
yes,
Council
Clarity;
yes,
Council
Flynn;
yes,
Council
of
flenius
council
Lara,
Council
Lara;
yes,
Council,
Louisiana;
yes,
Council,
Mejia,
councilor,
Murphy,
councilor,
Murphy,
yes
and
Council.
Worrell.
P
B
G
G
Thank
you.
Over
the
last
two
centuries,
Irish
immigrants
have
made
great
contributions
to
our
city
and
country,
while
generations
of
Irish
American
residents
have
enriched
all
aspects
of
our
city
in
our
nation's
history
and
during
this
month,
which
started
today.
March
1st,
we
celebrate
and
honor
the
remarkable
achievements
and
contributions
of
Irish
Americans,
their
resiliency
and
perseverance,
commitment
to
Social
and
economic
Justice,
strong
sense
of
community
and
proud
immigrant
Heritage
have
helped
shape
our
city
and
our
nation's
identity
and
made
us
a
stronger
people.
G
So
we're
asking
that
the
Boston
city
council
recognizes
March
as
irish-american
Heritage
Month
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
pays
tribute
to
the
wonderful
contributions
of
the
irish-american
community
in
recognition
of
irish-american
Heritage
Month,
the
Boston
city
council
orders
seems
like
a
strong
word,
so
I'd
like
to
say
just
asks
nicely
to
the
property
management
department
to
raise
the
flag
on
March
17
2023.
Thank
you,
council
president
Flynn.
B
R
The
following
Mr
President
thank
the
lead
sponsor
for
including
the
obviously
the
contributions
are
immeasurable,
despite
many
difficult
circumstances,
as
our
ancestors
coming
over
here,
and
we're
met
also
with
the
prejudice
and
discrimination
and
no
Irish
need
apply,
and
so
for
a
very
resilient
group
and
persevered
through
tough
times
and
again
have
made
great
contributions
to
the
city
and
to
our
country
into
our
world.
So
that's
I,
look
forward
to
celebrating
with
all
of
my
colleagues
that
we're
all
Irish
for
the
month
of
March.
Just
so
you
know
so
we're
plenty
of
green.
B
M
You
Mr
President
I,
do
come
from
the
island
of
Ireland
and
very
proudly
so
I
want
to
thank
councilman,
Murphy
and
councilor
Flynn
for
offering
this
resolution
to
recognize
Irish
American,
Heritage
Month.
You
know
it's
interesting.
We
have
a
long
and
storied
history
in
Boston
I
think
it
predates
the
1840s.
M
The
charitable
Irish
Society
of
Boston
was
founded
in
1737
and
is
the
oldest
Irish
organization
in
North
America,
its
early
charitable
efforts
focused
around
temporary
loans
and
assistance
for
finding
work
for
an
Irish
immigrants
very
much
similar
to
the
organizations
that
are
supporting
other
immigrants
from
other
countries,
finding
a
foothold
in
Boston
getting
them
started
and
getting
them
established.
I
know
this
is
a
tradition
in
the
Haitian
community
and
others.
M
The
Irish
immigrants
have
landed
in
these
Shores
for
centuries
and
forced
to
leave
their
homelands.
The
Homeland
for
economic
deprivation,
political
persecution
and,
and
just
this
in
just
seeking
a
better
life
in
a
new
country
I
want
to
recognize
the
spiritual
support
provided
by
the
Irish
pastoral
Center
for
seniors
who
emigrated
from
Ireland
in
the
1950s
and
60s
many
when
you
go
and
have
tea
with
them
and
talk
with
them,
they
came
here.
Many
of
them
came
to
work
in
the
health
as
Healthcare
assistance,
Personal,
Care
assistants
and
and
LPNs.
M
Many
of
them
came
from
the
west
of
Ireland.
English
was
not
their
first
language
and
they
made
an
unimmeasurable
contribution
to
our
communities
here
in
Boston,
and
they
also
want
to
recognize
the
work
in
a
more
contemporary
context
of
the
Irish
International
Immigration
Center,
formerly
the
Irish
immigrant
Center
that
offers
job
training,
immigrant
legal
assistance
on
English
language
classes,
to
immigrants
from
all
over
the
world
and
I'm
we're
very
excited
and
proud
to
celebrate
Irish
heritage
month
in
Boston,
and
also
a
little
bit
of
trivia
for
you.
I
have
the
Irish
flag
in
our
office.
M
Actually,
if
you
need
a
flag
to
run
up
the
poll,
it's
Matt
O'malley
gave
it
to
me
as
he
walked
out
the
door,
so
the
Irish
trickler,
the
tri-color
as
it's
called
green
white
and
orange,
was
first
made
in
1848.
M
It
represents
the
green
represents
Catholics.
The
orange
represents
Irish
Protestants
and
the
white
color
stands
for
the
Harmony
and
Conquer
conquered
Concord
that
both
these
both
parties
were
hoping
to
achieve
in
1848,
so
I
hope
we
have
a
grand
time
celebrating
and
blessing
the
Shamrock
and
having
a
glass
of
the
black
stuff
and
happy
Saint
Patrick's
Day.
We
will
celebrate
that
in
two
weeks
time,
but
Happy
Irish
American
heritage
month.
Thank.
B
S
You
president
Flynn
I,
just
want
to
rise
to
thank
the
makers
for
bringing
this
forward.
Charlestown
is
the
oldest
neighborhood
in
Boston.
It's
largely
forgotten
about
as
being
a
major
Enclave
of
Irish
Americans
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I,
have
to
thank
all
of
them
for
welcoming
The
Cece
girl
over
over
the
bridge
over
the
Charlestown
bridge
is
what
I'll
call
it
today
as
as
I'm
giving
my
remarks,
but
just
have
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
Donovan's,
the
Colliers,
the
callahans,
the
fitzpatricks.
S
The
Walsh
is
the
Kelly's
all
incredible
families
who
have
really
made
their
Mark
in
this
city
and
who
have
lifted
each
other
up
without
the
the
help
of
other
neighborhoods
and
in
their
minds,
largely
without
help
of
the
city
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
rise
and
lend
my
support
and
look
forward
to
celebrating
St
Patrick's
Day
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
with
everybody,
and
especially
those
here
in
Charlestown.
Thank
you.
B
L
L
Everyone
in
America,
whether
born
here
or
abroad,
here
by
the
central
Heritage
that
shape
who
they
are
today
and
their
identity.
Recognizing
struggles
stories.
Successes
in
the
best
way
is,
is
the
best
way
to
honor
a
Heritage,
and
each
story
should
even
be
taught
in
schools.
Moreover,
it's
our
duties
as
Irish
Americans,
italian-americans,
German,
Americans,
Scottish,
Americans,
British,
Americans
or
All
European,
Americans
and
African-Americans
for
us
to
uplift
each
other
and
continue
to
honor
each
other
in
our
heritage.
Boston
has
a
strong
irish-american
community
and
they
should
be
celebrated
in
their
Heritage,
be
recognized.
U
Thank
you
and
thank
you
to
the
makers.
I
Rise,
just
also
to
celebrate
Irish
American
Heritage
Month
Council
Flaherty
I've
saved
all
my
greens,
so
looking
forward
to
it.
U
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
connectedness
between
the
struggles
of
Irish
immigrants,
obviously
and
black
immigrants
when
they
came-
and
you
can
see
that
now
with
that
Council
Braden,
alluded
to
or
mentioned
the
rhianne
center,
which
has
been
as
aggressive
on
fighting
title
42
and
that
by
Administration
and
the
racism
and
the
xenophobia
embedded
in
our
immigration
policy.
So
there's
a
lot
of
camaraderie
and
a
lot
of
synergy
there
in
our
fights
and
in
realizing
that
we
are
stronger
when
we
work
together.
U
I've
had
other
pressure.
Of
course,
I
grew
up
in
Boston
of
having
a
number
of
of
friends
teaching
me
about
Irish
history
and
culture
and
I've,
had
the
pleasure
of
traveling
to
Ireland
and
I
look
forward
to
going
back
to
to
learning
so
much
more
I
accounted
a
credit
to
the
city
that
we
have
such
diversity
and
that
our
neighborhoods
often
tell
the
story
of
our
our
changing
demographics.
U
But
of
you
know,
this
was
a
place
where
the
Irish
lived
and
that's
where
the
Jewish
communities
came
and
the
black
communities
came
and
those
neighborhoods
still
carrying
those
stories.
So
I
look
forward
to
being
able
to
be
in
shared
spaces
more
where
we
find
those
shared
stories
of
solidarity
and
continue
to
think
about
how
we
can
work
together,
whether
it's
on
immigration
issues
or
on
housing
issues
or
on
the
issues
that
that
face
all
of
our
communities
and
the
things
that
bring
us
together.
Thank
you
that.
B
I
Thank
you,
president
Flynn
I'm
excited
to
stand
in
support
of
this.
Please
add
my
name
and
to
councilor.
Flaherty's
invitation
have
absolutely
no
qualms
with
being
Irish
in
the
month
of
March,
because
the
Irish
people,
Irish
immigrants
and
people
in
Ireland
have
been
a
very
big
part
of
my
own
political
development
and
my
own
work
in
social
justice.
They
have
taught
me
a
lot.
I
It
was
actually
one
of
the
Irish
centers
here
in
Boston
that
hosted
myself
and
Bob
Moses
when
I
was
very
young
to
have
a
conversation
about
racial
Justice
in
Boston,
public
schools
and
I
got
to
have
a
talk
with
one
of
my
heroes.
Thanks
to
the
work,
the
social
justice
work
of
the
Irish
Center
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Obviously
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention
Ireland's
socialist
history
and
a
lot
of
the
work
that
they've
done
and
for
me,
I've
learned.
A
lot
from
socialists.
I
Feminist
movements
in
Ireland
and
Ireland
I
was
also
welcomed.
Frederick
Douglass
there
and
a
lot
of
other
black
leaders
to
really
have
conversations
around
not
only
the
abolition
of
slavery
but
black
liberation,
the
United
States
and
how
they
could
be
supportive
and
so
I
think
to
councilor
lugen's
point.
We
have
a
long
history
of
working
together,
particularly
for
Black
Liberation
and
The
Liberation
and
Justice
of
Irish
people.
B
And
thank
you
Council
or
Laura.
Let
me
let
me
also
add
I'm
honored
to
be
part
of
this
resolution
in
proclaiming
March
in
honor
of
the
Irish
Community
here
in
Boston,
but
also
when
I
think
of
the
Irish
Community
in
in
the
United
States
I.
Think
my
first
thought
is
with
the
famine
that
happened
150
and
50
years
ago
we
celebrated.
B
Think
that's
where
the
Irish
really
are
champions
of
Social
and
economic
Justice
in
those
without
food,
those
without
those
without
water,
those
without
a
house,
and
that
that
goes
all
the
way
back
to
the
famine
time.
So
thank
you
for
all.
Thank
you
to
all
my
colleagues
for
the
incredible
work
they're
doing
in
in
representing
the
rights
of
of
all
immigrants,
really
foreign.
B
B
D
G
Thank
you,
council
president
Flynn
I
have
to
start
by
saying
I,
never
thought
I
would
be
filing
so
many
17
F's
on
the
council.
It
hurts
a
little,
but
after
advocating
for
several
families
who
are
struggling
with
different
issues
in
BPS,
I
got
a
call
from
the
mayor's
office.
A
couple
weeks
ago
telling
me
I
should
call
the
state
ethics
commission
to
ensure
I'm,
not
violating
section
23..
G
G
I
do
just
want
to
add
providing
constituent.
Services
has
always
been
part
of
what
elected
politicians
are
supposed
to
do.
The
city
of
Boston,
Charter
States,
the
city
council,
serves
as
a
link
between
the
citizens
of
Boston
and
their
municipal
government
counselors
help
constituents
by
connecting
them
to
resources
services
in
City
departments.
They
serve
as
advocates
for
all
bostonians
through
their
work.
City
councilors
make
sure
Boston
continues
to
be
a
great
place
to
live
work
and
play
so
making
sure
I
am
doing
my
job.
I
am
asking
for
this
information
again.
G
We
are
aware
that
on-time
am
Bus
arrival
data
that
BPS
submits
to
deci
omits
a
large
portion
of
data
for
Planned
arrival
routes.
25
of
our
roots
are
missing.
Data
I
am
requesting
that
75
percent
of
the
data
that
BPS
does
share.
We
request
the
following
information,
which
was
based
on
my
previous
17f
that
I'm
still
trying
to
get
some
more
clarification
on
the
number
of
students
each
day
that
did
not
get
picked
up
by
their
assigned
School
Bus,
the
number
of
times
a
backup
bus
was
needed
to
be
sent
out.
G
We
calculated
that
on
average
51.7
students
are
on
our
on
uncovered
buses
each
day
and
an
average
of
5.6
students
per
day
have
a
backup
bus
sent
to
them.
This
means
the
Boston
Public
Schools
does
not
pick
up
46.1
students
per
day
via
the
bus
that
is
assigned
to
transport
them
to
school
safely
and
on
time.
Many
of
these
students
arrive
very
late
or
not
make
it
to
school.
At
all.
A
high
percentage
of
students
assigned
to
school
buses
are
on
IEPs,
which
means
many
of
our
special
education.
G
Students
are
missing,
critical
specialized
services
and
Therapies
we
are
still
waiting
on.
My
office
is
still
waiting
on
responses
to
the
following
questions
and
despite
BPS
telling
us
that
they
do
not
have
data
on
bus
student
arrival
times
available
by
student
or
by
school.
We
know
that
BPS
utilizes
Aspen,
which
is
the
district's
student,
Information,
Tracking
System,
and
each
school
is
required
to
record
absences
in
time
of
tardies
for
each
student
each
day.
G
I
know
this
firsthand
also
for
over
20
years,
I
took
attendance
every
morning
and
anytime,
a
student
arrived
past
the
morning
attendance
time.
You
did
have
to
record
exactly
what
time
they
arrived
at
school,
so
the
two
questions
are
one
the
actual
time
the
student
arrived
at
school
if
their
bus
was
late,
a
backup
bus
was
sent
or
if
the
bus
did
not
pick
them
up
at
all
the
number
of
students
across
the
system.
This
happens
to
on
a
daily
basis
since
September
9
2022
and
the
number
of
students
by
school.
G
This
happens
to
on
a
daily
basis,
so
by
school
and
by
system,
and
the
second
question
is
how
many
of
these
students
miss
an
entire
day
of
school
because
of
their
unreliable
bus
system
and
I
would
like
the
numbers
for
students
across
the
system
since
the
first
day
of
school
this
year
and
the
number
of
students
by
school,
so
I'm,
requesting
that
the
Boston
Public
School
through
the
mayor
provide
any
and
all
information
that
is
available
regarding
this
matter.
Thank
you,
council
president
Flynn.
B
B
B
B
B
I'm,
sorry,
can
you
repeat
the
question.
B
B
D
B
B
I
think
there
are
10
additional
late
file
matters.
The
additional
late
file
matters
include
two
appointment:
letters
from
the
mayor,
the
absent
letter
from
Council
Mejia,
at
least
four
Personnel
orders,
a
resolution
for
myself
and
counselor
Fernandez
Anderson
Mr,
Mr
Clark.
There
were
so
there's
one.
B
A
B
B
Now
does
everybody
have
the
proper
documents
before
them
I'm
getting
a
couple
Thumb
Thumbs
Up,
which
I
take
as
as
a
yes
we'll,
we'll
take
a
vote
to
add
these
items
into
the
formal
agenda.
All
those
in
favor
of
adding
all
of
these
late
file
matters
into
the
agenda
say:
aye
aye!
Thank
you.
These
late
file
matters
have
been
added
to
the
agenda
Mr
Clark
in
the
interest
of
time.
M
Seeing
and
hearing
no
objection,
country
Louisiana
is
added.
B
B
This
resolution
is
in
support
the
Boston
firefighters,
Local
718,
while
working
with
the
Massachusetts
Civil
Service
Human
Resources
Division
on
this
issue
of
civil
service
promotional
exams,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
important
work
of
council.
Fernandez
Anderson,
the
firefighters,
promotional
exam
has
long
been
used
for
promotion
of
firefighters
in
selection
of
leadership
within
the
fire
department.
B
The
Boston
firefighters
are
now
having
issues
working
with
the
Civil
Service
human
resource
division
out
of
the
state
and
is
hoping
that
they
will
work
with
them
in
good
faith.
This
resolution
asks
for
the
city
council
to
support
our
firefighters
in
urge
the
Civil
Service
Human
Resources
Division,
to
work
with
them
as
well.
B
In
good
faith,
I
did
recognize
my
Council
Council
colleagues,
Council
Fernandez
Anderson
and
Council
Louisiana,
but
all
of
you
have
been
very
helpful
in
support
of
this,
but
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
councilor
flairy
as
well
for
the
important
work
you
have
done.
Council
Clarity,
but
I
hope
we
can
suspend
and
adopt
this
today
and
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
hearing
from
my
colleagues
as
well,
thank
you
Council
Braden.
M
Thank
you,
president
Flynn
councilor
Fernandez
Anderson.
You
have
the
floor.
L
Thank
you,
Madam,
chair,
councilor,
president
Flynn.
Thank
you
so
much
for
adding
me
as
a
co-sponsor
I
find
that
this
is
exceptionally
important.
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
go
on
record
in
support
of
our
firefighters
in
terms
of
how
they're
taking
their
exams-
and
here
you
see
that
this
resolution
definitely
addresses
that
the
changes
already
addressed
the
issues
with
increasing
diversity
in
the
fire
department,
as
well
as
just
a
racially
disparate
treatment
of
the
firefighters
of
black
and
brown
firefighters.
L
So
I
am
in,
of
course,
full
support
and
again
grateful
for
being
added
as
a
co-sponsor
and
look
forward
to
your
vote
today
for
us
to
support
our
fibers.
Thank
you.
So
much.
U
Thank
you,
councilor
Braden,
and
thank
you
to
counselors
Flynn
Kellen,
so
president
Flynn
and
councilor,
financially,
Anderson,
I,
Rise
and
support
and
acknowledgment
of
the
incredible
work
of
our
firefighters,
a
lot
who
have
been
in
limbo
because
of
the
actions
and
the
inactions
of
the
state.
That
has
really
showed
confusion.
There's
a
legal
decision
Tatum
that
really
addressed
what
we
know
is
the
racially
disparate
treatment
of
a
lot
of
folks
in
the
civil
service
process.
U
This
is,
and-
and
this
is
to
combat
not
that
it
is
to
support
the
Tatum
decision
and
its
call
to
really
acknowledge
and
dismantle
a
lot
of
the
racial
discrimination
that
folks
face
in
the
process.
But
this
is
about
making
sure
that
the
questions
within
the
new
format
are
Boston
specific,
which
I
think
is
a
reasonable
ask
from
our
firefighters
to
also
bake
some
certainty
in
the
process.
U
Folks,
who
are
have
been
preparing
and
are
ready
to
move
up
in
the
department
deserve
to
have
questions
that
are
pertained
to
Boston
and
Boston
experiences,
and
not
other
states
or
scenarios
that
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
city
or
what
it
is
like
to
be
a
firefighter
in
the
city,
a
city
which
a
lot
of
the
questions
right
now
would
it
be
relevant
to
what
it's
actually
like
or
what
the
materials
are
or
what
what
a
fire
truck
is
equipped
with.
U
A
lot
of
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
what
Boston
firefighters
actually
have,
and
so
this
is
a
reasonable
request
and
I
think
the
state
really
needs
to
do
a
job
of
providing
some
predictability
for
our
firefighters
and
so
I'm
in
support
of
this
resolution
and
the
work
that
we
can
do
on
the
council
to
really
what
I
think
should
be
a
pretty
simple
fix
that
we
can
get
us
there
and
help
get
them
there.
So
thank
you.
M
Thank
you
constellation
anything
else.
We
should
speak
on
this
matter:
cancer,
Royal
and
then
councilor,
Baker,
Council
Arroyo.
First
thank.
T
You,
madam
chair
I,
just
want
to
also
note
that
it's
not
just
a
matter
of
the
subject
matter
not
being
related
to
the
way
that
Boston
firefighters
do
their
job,
but
that's
some
of
the
answers
that
would
be
considered
correct
with
this
new
format
are
actually
wrong
in
Boston.
T
So
to
get
the
answer
correct
on
this
promotional
exam,
you
would
actually
have
to
put
the
wrong
answer
in
for
Boston
and
I
think
that
by
itself
sort
of
speaks
for
itself,
we
shouldn't
be
creating
a
promotional
exam
in
which
you
get
extra
credit
points,
or
you
get
the
right
answer,
because
you
got
the
actual
wrong
answer
in
practice,
and
so
hopefully
the
state
does
something
on
this.
T
I
know
that
we're
coming
up
on
a
deadline
in
March,
and
so
this
has
my
full
support
and
I
hope
to
see
the
state
take
action
on
this.
Thank
you.
Thank.
H
Thank
you,
madam
Tria.
As
we
all
know
on
the
Boston
fire
department
is
I,
believe
the
first
and
the
best
in
the
nation
and
what
make
makes
them
different.
One
of
the
one
of
the
one
of
the
glaring
differences
is
the
fact
that
we
they
proactively
fight
because
we're
in
a
dense
area,
if
you're
in
Pittsfield
or
Rehoboth
or
someplace,
like
that
you're
fighting
a
fire.
H
That's
a
farmhouse
they're
just
going
to
fight
from
from
the
outside,
and
let
the
building
burn
down
we're
unable
to
do
that
here,
because
the
densely
packed
buildings
that
we
have
and
if
you
just
let
it
go,
then
then
more
buildings
will
catch
on
fire
in
Bellflower.
Street
comes
comes
to
mind
for
me:
Bellflower
streets
in
the
Polish
triangle
in
my
neighborhood
I
think
in
it
was
a
60
68
69.
They
were
something
like
eight
to
ten
three
decades
that
went
on
fire.
H
We
lost
almost
half
the
street
in
that
in
that
one
fire
and
that's
why
a
Boston
fire
department,
when,
when
there
is
a
fire
they
proactively
fight,
they
try
and
stop
that
fire
in
the
building
to
contain,
instead
of
just
being
having
the
convenience
to
stay
outside
and
fight
it
from
the
outside.
So
that's
one
big
difference.
H
M
You
counselor
Lara,
you
have
the
floor.
M
I
Thank
you
so
much
councilor,
Brady
and
I
just
want
to
join
the
course
of
support
for
this
resolution.
I
want
to
start
off
by
commending
the
incredible
work
and
advocacy
of
the
718
new
president
Sam
Dylan
in
his
short
time
in
leadership.
I
think
that
this
is
exactly
the
kind
of
work
that
we
want
to
support
if
we
want
to
advocate
for
our
fires
and
firefighters
in
the
city.
Please
add
my
name
and
I'm
happy
to
vote
in
support
of
this
resolution
today.
S
Thank
you
so
much
Council
councilor
Braden
I
Rise,
to
lend
my
formal
support
to
our
firefighters,
as
I
said
that
I
would
and
happily
do
if
you've
ever
been
on
the
scene
at
a
fire.
You
understand
and
see
firsthand
just
How,
brave
and
courageous.
S
These
individuals
are
these
men
and
women
really
are
the
superheroes
among
us,
and
so
of
course
we
welcome
the
changes
from
the
Tatum
decision,
although,
as
councilor
Royal
mentioned,
it
is
incredibly
confusing
to
have
a
question
on
an
exam
that
is
incorrect
for
Boston
and
so
I
joined
the
course
and
just
calling
for
some
predictability
and
some
clarity
from
the
state.
So
please
add
my
name
to
this
resolution
and
always
standing
with
our
firefighters.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
you,
okay
I
would
like
to
add
their
names.
Counselor
Royal
contribute.
Sorry
I
should
have
put
my
glasses
on
because
counselor
Flaherty,
you
have
the.
R
Floor.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Just
to
be
brief.
That's
the
Akin!
What
we're
looking
at
is
changing
the
rules
in
the
middle
of
the
game.
Boston
firefighters
signed
up
to
take
the
test
after
working
hard
paid,
a
fee
studied
extremely
hard,
and
now
you
know,
States
HR
is
trying
to
I
guess
change
the
rules
on
the
middle
game,
so
we're
looking
for
an
expedited
process
and
have
that
test
as
scheduled.
R
I
believe
it's
the
end
of
the
month,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
March
25th
have
that
exam
held
on
March
25th
and
for
those
that
don't
know
how
that
works.
Those
that
have
already
signed
up
for
the
exam
the
longer
that
the
exam
is
put
off.
It
allows
others
that
right
now
do
not
qualify
for
the
exam
because
of
their
relatively
new
on
the
job,
then
they'll
be
able
to
qualify
for
the
next
test,
which
expands
the
pool,
which
is
not
fair
to
those
that
are
currently
on
the
job.
R
They've
got
experience
and
they've
studied
for
the
exam,
and
so
you
got
all
these
moving
parts
that
are
just
not
fair
and
frankly
will
subject
the
state
to
multiple
lawsuits.
For
those
that
are
currently
in
the
queue
to
take
the
test
to
continue
to
Prejudice
them,
we'll
will
just
cause
more
litigation.
It
won't
solve
the
problem.
What
we're
looking
to
do,
which
is
we
want
to
put
a
test?
R
That's
fair,
that's
balanced,
but
also
understands
the
city,
the
rules
of
the
city
and
also
brings
in,
and
fosters
the
diversity
that
we
need
on
the
department,
so
they're
accomplishing
Nothing
by
delaying
this
exam
and
by
not
giving
the
members
of
718
a
seat
at
the
table
to
at
least
Advance
the
Boston
questions.
Thank
you,
madam
thank.
M
You
Flaherty,
okay,
we
would
like
to
add
the
name:
counselor
Arroyo
Consular,
Baker,
counselor,
Bach
cancer,
Coletta
Consular,
Flaherty,
Consular,
Lara,
Council,
Murphy
and
please
add
my
name
counselor
president
Flynn
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
this.
D
Roll
call
vote
on
resolution
regarding
civil
service
exams,
counselor
Felix
Arroyo
I
mean
sorry
Council.
B
D
B
Do
you
want
to
go
through
the
late?
Do
you
want
to
go
through
the
personal
orders?
Now
we
okay,
Mr
Kerr.
Can
you
read
the
late
file
matter
into
the
record
regarding
a
letter
from
councilman.
D
Here
from
the
office
of
City
councilor,
Julia
Mejia,
the
council
president
Flynn
I,
am
writing
to
inform
you
of
my
absence
today
at
the
city
council,
meeting
and
representative
from
my
staff
will
be
listening
in
and
following
up
with
me,
I
will
thoroughly
review
the
video
in
meeting
minutes.
I
asked
you
that
you
please
read
this
man
into
the
public
record.
Thank
you.
Councilor
Mejia.
B
D
And
the
second
appointment
letter
in
accordance
with
provisions
of
section
5-5.10,
the
city
of
Boston,
Municipal,
Code
I,
hereby
appoint
John
borders,
Roslindale
as
director
of
Tourism
sports
and
entertainment
for
the
city
of
Boston,
effective
January,
23,
2023.,.
B
B
B
B
B
D
Mr
clerk,
the
second
17
F
offered
by
councilor
Aaron
Murphy.
We
got
a
breakdown
of
data
collected
through
the
Boston
Public
Schools
office
of
equity,
okay,.
G
You
and
I
just
want
to
apologize
to
my
colleagues
for
these
late
files,
but
I
was
waiting
on
this
information
and
still
haven't
received
it
after
10
on
Monday.
So
I
will
be
brief.
I
filed
hearing
order
docket
zero.
Three
four
one
on
February
1st
to
address
concerns
that
many
of
our
BTU
members
were
still
waiting
on
retropay.
That
was
changes
made
to
the
contract,
so
they
were
still
waiting
on
that
pay.
And
then
two
weeks
later,
I
started
getting
calls
from
several
BTU
members
concerned
because
an
email
they
received
received
on
216..
G
So
the
same
teachers
who
were
waiting
for
back
pay
then
received
an
email
that
they
owed
money
back
so
on
February
21st,
2023,
I,
put
in
an
email
I
had
made
a
few
calls
before
that
and
had
spoken
also
to
Jessica
Tang
at
the
btu,
but
on
February
21st
2023
nine
days
ago,
I
emailed
Claire,
Kelly
and
igr
asking
specific
questions.
So
I
could
have
clarification
and
support
the
teachers
and
other
BTU
members
that
had
reached
out
concerned.
G
These
questions
have
still
not
been
answered,
so
I'm
filing
a
17
F
to
help
ensure
that
I
receive
the
information.
So
I
can
prompt
police
support
our
teachers.
Those
questions
are
how
many
BTU
members
received
the
email
I
copied
below
the
email,
States
subject.
Elt
memo
elt
is
an
acronym
for
Extended,
Learning,
Time,
hello.
All
this
email
is
to
inform
you
of
an
overpayment
due
to
a
system
processing
error.
You
were
overpaid
on
elt
on
this
check
issue,
2
3,
2023
payroll
has
corrected.
G
The
discrepancy
and
communication
will
be
sent
out
to
each
employee
detailing
the
overpayment
amount
in
options
you
have
for
repayment.
So
my
questions
are
how
many
BTU
members
received
the
email,
how
many
BTU
members
were
overpaid
and
now
need
to
pay
back
the
difference?
What
payback
options
are
being
offered
to
those
affected
by
this
error
in
what
is
the
total
dollar
amount
of
overpayment
made
by
BPS?
G
So
that
is
my
first
17f.
My
second
17f
I've
requested
on
several
occasions
a
breakdown
of
the
data
collected
through
the
BPS
office
of
equity,
which
investigates
allegations
of
possible
violations
of
eqt-3,
which
defines
sexual
misconduct
broadly
as
any
sexual,
inappropriate
comments
and
or
behaviors
of
any
kind.
G
Sexual
violence
may
include
criminal
acts
such
as
indecent
assault
and
battery
rape,
abuse
or
assault
with
intent
to
rape.
Any
acts
that
may
be
criminal
will
be
referred
to
law
enforcement.
The
examples
that
BPS
uses
in
this
circular
are
unwelcoming
sexual,
touching
non-consecutual
sexual
conduct
that
occurs
during
school
or
non-school
hours
on
or
off
school
grounds,
including
Dating
Violence,
recruiting
transporting
obtaining
or
providing
a
student
of
any
gender
for
the
purpose
of
sex.
G
G
I
took
the
time
to
read
all
of
them
which
we
can
all
access.
If
we
go
on
to
the
superintendent
circular
eqt-3,
because
I
do
think,
it's
important
to
know
that
for
any
teacher,
School
administrator
nurse
any
mandated
reporter,
which
I
was
and
continue
to
be,
to
feel
that
any
Behavior
has
risen
to
the
level
that
they
needed
to
fill
out
this
specific
form.
That
is
it's
disturbing
to
me,
because
many
I
feel
are
disregarding
the
severity
of
any
of
these
types
of
misbehavior
to
our
students
or
other
colleagues.
G
G
I'm
requesting
again
the
breakdown
of
these
allegations,
not
just
the
total
number
I've
attached
the
chart
that
I
believe
should
help
clear
up.
Any
misunderstandings.
Bps
has
on
the
data.
I
am
requesting
breakdown
of
data
on
the
superintendent
circular
for
this
both
school
years
for
those
Define,
a
sexual
violence
not
considered
sexual
misconduct
and
also
those
for
both
school
years
defined
as
sexual
misconduct
not
considered
sexual
violence
and
I
have
attached
the
chart
to
make
sure
it's
important
I
think
to
me
to
make
sure
they
are
saying
that
they
just
have
a
total
number.
G
But
for
any
description
you
have
to
write
up
a
report.
You
have
to
say
what
happened
and
when
you're
saying
what
happened
and
you're,
accusing
a
student
of
doing
it
or
a
student
is
coming
to
you
because
they
feel
like
they've,
been
the
victim.
We
have
to
make
sure
we're
keeping
both
safe
in
this
situation
so
I'm
requesting
that
this
data
is
broken
down.
So
we
can
really
see
what
types
of
sexual
misconducts
are
happening
in
our
schools.
The
number
to
me
is
alarming.
G
It
may
not
be
to
everyone
in
the
city,
but
to
me
I
think
it's
important
also
to
get
the
information
correct.
So
there's
no
allegations
of
trying
to
make
this
bigger
than
it
is
to
me.
It's
a
big
deal.
I'll
continue
to
Advocate
to
make
sure
all
of
our
students
are
safe
in
school
or
at
any
school
activity.
So
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
allowing
me
to
file
these
late.
B
B
A
P
B
U
B
D
Record
from
the
committee
on
civil
rights
and
immigrant
advancement
doctor
number
zero
one,
two
zero
message:
you're,
not
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
160
000
in
the
form
of
a
grant
from
The
Immigrant
advancement
fund
awarded
by
the
donor
group
to
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement.
The
grant
will
fund
programs
initiatives,
events
and
small
grants
that
enable
immigrants
to
play
an
active
role
in
the
economic
Civic,
social
and
cultural
life
of
the
city
of
Boston.
B
U
You
Mr
President.
Thank
you
Mr
cleric.
This
grant
would
fund
programs
initiatives,
events
and
offer
mini
grants
from
Moya
the
Marie's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
to
help
our
immigrant
communities
play
an
active
role
in
economic
Civic,
social
and
cultural
life
in
our
city.
Specifically,
it
will
enable
funding
to
support
the
mental
health
and
wellness
of
our
immigrant
communities,
such
as
initiatives
for
family
wealth
and
health
and
wellness
and
Community
cultural
events
during
immigrant
Heritage
Month
in
June.
U
We
continue
to
hear
from
our
immigrant
communities
our
new
arrivals
and
immigrant
long-established
immigrant
communities
about
a
lot
of
the
mental
health
challenges
and
the
trauma
that
many
of
our
immigrant
communities
are
facing
in
so
I'm
excited
to
get
this
money
to
moyer,
for
them
to
think
strategically
about
how
to
support
our
immigrant
communities
and
with
integration
and
also
with
addressing
the
mental
health
needs
of
our
immigrants,
especially
our
young
people.
So
I
might
ask
for
us
to
pass
this.
Thank.
B
U
B
H
You
Mr
President
I
rise
today
to
see
if
you
can
turn
the
heat
up
just
kidding
just
kidding,
I
have
a
I
have
a
missed.
It.
H
H
D
docket
number
zero,
two
one,
seven
message:
in
order
for
the
confirmation:
the
appointment
of
Andrew
Shelbourne
as
a
member
of
the
Highland
Park
architectural
Conservation,
District
commission
for
a
term
expiring
on
June
30th,
2026.
document
number
zero,
two
one,
eight
message:
in
order
for
the
confirmation
of
the
appointment
of
Ernest
custom
as
a
member
of
the
Highland
Park
architectural
Conservation,
District
commission
for
a
term
expiring
on
June
30th,
2024.
D
docket
number
zero,
two:
two
zero
message:
in
order
for
the
confirmation:
the
appointment
of
Suleiman
gajiri
as
a
member
of
the
Highland
Park
architectural
Conservation,
District
commission
for
a
term
expiring
on
June
30th
2024
in
docket
number
zero.
Two:
two
one
message:
in
order
for
the
confirmation:
the
appointment
of
Dr
Angela
page
cook
as
a
member
of
the
Highland
Park
architectural
Conservation,
District
commission
for
a
term
expiring
on
June
30th
2025..
D
B
B
H
You
Mr
President
I,
decided
to
move
these
forward.
The
the
the
chamber
has
been
filled
up
with
with
many
important
important
hearings,
so
I
believe
these
are
very
much
neighborhood-centric.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
is
in
Brighton
and
Highland.
Highland
Park
is
a
new,
a
newly
formed
District
in
Roxbury
I
believe,
and
we
want
to
allow
these
commissions
to
be
able
to
do
their
business,
so
so
we're
gonna
just
move
them
forward
today.
If
this
party
sees
to.
C
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Council
Baker,
we'll
do
each
docket
individually,
Council
Baker
moves
for
a
confirmation
of
docket
zero,
two
one.
Six,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
all
opposed,
say,
nay.
The
eyes
have
at
this
appointment
has
been
confirmed
for
a
dog
at
zero.
Two
one,
six
Council
Baker
moves
for
confirmation
of
docket
zero,
two
one,
seven,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
aye,
I'll,
post,
say
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
The
appointment
has
been
confirmed
for
docket
zero.
B
Two
one,
seven
Council
Baker
moves
for
confirmation
of
docket
zero,
two
one,
eight,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
all
right,
I'll,
post
saying
a
the
eyes
have
it.
The
appointment
has
been
confirmed
for
docket
zero.
Two
one,
eight
councilor
Baker
moves
the
confirmation
of
docket
zero,
two
two
zero,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,.
B
B
Thank
you,
Council
Baker,
we're
on
to
the
consent
agenda.
I'm,
sorry,
the
chair
recognizes
the
chair
recognizes
Council,
we're
all
Council
world.
You
have
the
floor.
P
Thank
you
and
I
was
just
wanted
to
see
if
it
could
be
added
as
a
yes
for
the
fire
resolution.
Please.
B
B
B
At
this
time,
we're
going
to
do
memorials
and
I
would
welcome
my
colleagues
if
they
would
like
to
talk
individually
about
a
particular
person,
a
loved
one,
a
friend
a
family
member,
a
constituent
just
hit.
You
hit
your
light
now
calling
you,
but
today
we
will
adjourn
our
meeting
in
memory
of
the
following
individuals.
B
For
Council
of
Coletta
Carmen
patella
and
Danny
Fester
for
counselor
luigiant,
Carol
Lawrence,
the
grandmother,
the
grandmother
of
the
late
Tyler
warrants
mother
of
Remy
Lawrence,
the
governed
wife
of
Stan
Lawrence
for
Council
of
Laura
and
Council
Flynn
Reverend
Rodney
Daly
for
Council
Murphy,
Carol,
Ian,
Moore,
full
Council,
Ralph
Diva.
Are
you
so.
B
B
T
Thank
you
and
I'll
just
brief
on
this
medium
Torres
was
a
teacher
in
BPS,
but
also
was
a
neighbor
and
when
I
was
growing
up
was
the
neighbor
who
watched
after
me,
when
my
parents
were
busy
doing
all
the
things
my
parents
were
doing
in
much
of
my
early
memories
involved
being
at
her
home
and
having
her
cooking
meals
or
take
care
of
me
as
a
young
kid,
and
so
she
was
suffering
from
Alzheimer's
late
in
her
life
and
has
passed.
T
B
H
Thank
you,
Mr
chair,
a
couple.
People
Peter
Wong
of
course,
was
a
year
younger
than
me
and
Ryan
Rhodes
a
year
older
than
me
just
to
make
sure
that
we
know
and
understand
how
precious
life
is,
but
I
also
stand
to
recognize.
March
3rd
is
my
brother
Ricky's
30th
Anniversary.
He
died
of
a
heroin
overdose
on
March
3rd.
It
definitely
changed.
My
life
and
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention
the
two
gentlemen
that
that
died.
H
Andrew
Andrew
McDonough
was
killed
on
L
Street
that
that
June,
that
June
June
13th
malzo
Michael
Mullen,
was
one
of
my
childhood
friends.
He
shot
himself
on
December,
7th
and
then
I
lost
my
brother
Ricky,
which
he
actually
called
me
on
the
phone
and
shot
himself
on
the
phone
to
me.
It
was
quite
traumatic
and
then
I
lost
my
brother
Ricky
three
three
months
later
on
March
3rd.
H
Those
three
deaths
are
together
for
me,
etched
on
my
heart:
I
actually
wear
them
on
a
chain
that
I
wear
and
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
bring
my
brother
Ricky
into
the
chamber
here
today
in
Andrew
and
mausole.
So
thank
you.
S
You
president
Flynn
I
Rise,
to
give
my
condolences
to
two
families
in
East
Boston
today,
first
of
which
being
Carmen
pescurello
patella.
She
was
a
beloved
administrator
at
East,
Boston
high
school,
a
really
good
friend
of
my
mother.
My
heart
goes
out
to
her
two
daughters
who
I
played
softball
with
she
was
a
Mainstay
on
the
sidelines
at
Noyes,
Park
and
so
I
just
wish
them
my
thoughts
and
prayers
during
this
difficult
time
and
then
the
second
is
gaitano
Danny
Festa.
S
He
was
an
incredible
human
being
that
lived
down
the
street
from
me
on
Princeton
Street
I
had
the
honor
of
taking
part
in
a
sign
unveiling
recently
this
past
summer,
with
commissioner
Rob
Santiago,
while
he
was
still
with
us
and
I'm
incredibly
grateful
for
that
opportunity.
But
he
is
a
World
War
II
veteran.
He
married
the
love
of
his
life
in
1949
and
Mary,
and
settled
on
Princeton
Street
in
East
Boston.
That's
where
a
large
part
of
his
family
still
reside
and
everybody
that
knows.
Danny
knows
him
as
somebody
with
a
big
heart.
S
B
L
You
Mr
President
today,
I'd
like
to
I,
guess,
honor
the
life
of
brother
Rasheed,
who
passed
away
just
three
days
ago
in
the
Islamic
custom.
We
do
a
janaza
which
is
a
funeral
and
it
took
place
today
and
I
am
deeply
sorry
to
for
the
that
I
was
not
able
to
attend
to
a
good
friend
of
mine,
his
sister
Sister
Latifah
in
Islam.
We
say
from
God
we
come
to
God.
L
B
R
English
president
would
be
remiss
if
we
don't
mention
Marie,
Butler,
Ian,
Elaine,
Wallace,
two
pillars:
two
wonderful
women
from
South
Boston
Neighborhood
won't
be
the
same
without
both
of
them
in
the
town,
but
wanted
to
note
that
their
legacy
is
that
they
both
raised
great
kids
both
sets
of
family.
All
those
kids
have
made
tremendous
contributions
to
the
community
to
our
city
and
Beyond,
and
so
they
have
you
know
they've.
R
They
did
an
amazing
job
and
anyone
that
you
know-
and
you
bump
into
that
knows
the
butler's
Ian
knows
the
Wallace's
first
thing
they'll
say,
is
how
wonderful
their
mother
is,
but
they'll
also
note
that
how
well
their
mothers
and
their
parents
did
it,
raising
those
kids
and
obviously
grandkids
and
and
Marie's
case
great
grandkers,
and
maybe
even
great
great
grandkids,
but
two
great
families,
tremendous
loss
to
the
community
until
the
Butlers
and
the
wallaces.
Thank
you,
Mr
President
thank.
I
You,
president
Flynn
I,
often
talk
about
my
work
as
a
member
as
a
street
worker.
As
a
member
of
Street,
safe,
Boston,
doing
gang
intervention
and
violence
intervention
work.
It
is
some
of
the
most
rewarding
work
that
I've
done.
I
I
And
so
I
just
wanted
to
want
to
affirm
their
work,
to
make
sure
that
we're
supporting
black
and
brown
men
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
that
they
can
age
and
grow
old
and
care
for
themselves
and
their
health
and
really
lift
up
the
names
of
these
three
men
who
I
had
the
honor
of
really
working
in
the
trenches
with
to
support.
So
many
young
people
to
move
their
lives
in
a
different
direction.
So
thank
you.
U
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
A
lot
of
you
know
that
last
November
and
I
wrote
this,
because
I
knew
this
would
be
hard
last
November
my
grandmother
passed
away
and
for
the
safety
of
my
family.
We've
not
talked
about
it,
but
now
I'm,
okay,
to
talk
about
it.
She
passed
away
for
health
reasons
at
the
age
of
91.
U
U
U
She
came
to
this
cold
City
when
I
was
younger
to
help
raise
my
sisters
and
me,
while
my
parents
grinded
it
out
in
around
the
clock
jobs,
she
looked,
she
took
No
Nonsense.
She
shared
with
us
her
wisdom
and
love
the
way.
Only
a
grandma
can
life
was
hard
for
her.
She
never
went
to
school.
She
didn't
know
how
to
read
or
write
half
of
the
children
she
carried.
She
lost
either
during
childbirth
or
really
young.
U
She
suffered
the
injustices
that
face
women
in
Haiti,
but
you're
like
so
many
black
women.
She
still
made
lemonade.
She
smothered
a
village,
her
biological
children,
kids,
not
biologically
her
own
nieces,
nephews,
kids
from
the
Block
kids
from
church.
She
was
a
queen
of
her
castle
and
her
neighborhood.
She
was
so
giving
she
taught
me.
U
So
much
was
a
giant
I
think
of
her
today,
first
day
of
women's
history
month,
because
she
was
the
greatest
woman
I've
known,
because
grief
is
continual
and
messy,
because
during
Black
History
Month
we
honor
the
ancestors
and
I've
tried
to
honor
her,
because
our
community
and
people
I
know
are
also
mourning
the
loss
of
grandmothers
who
are
pillars
of
our
families
and
our
neighborhoods,
such
as
Carol
Lawrence.
Why
pray
is
reunited
with
her
grandson
and
is
at
peace
when
I
graduated
from
Harvard
Law
School
I
really
wanted
my
grandmother
to
be
there.
U
That
degree
was
for
her
and
for
all
of
those
who've
come
before
me,
but
by
that
point
she
was
done
with
this
cold
City
and
Country,
and
her
health
preferred.
The
stability
and
consistency
of
the
Sun
I
saw
her
last
in
2020
right
before
the
pandemic.
On
my
last
trip
to
Haiti,
I
must
now
learn
a
Haiti
without
her,
which
will
be
hard.
She
was
the
only
grandmother,
I've
known
and
I,
miss
her
I
hope
to
always
hear
her
laugh
and
I
hope
to
always
make
her
proud.
B
K
Conference
in
in
D.C
in
the
Staggering
number
of
veterans
committing
suicide
at
one
time
was
25
a
day
and
now
it's
down
to
now
it's
21
or
20.,
but
I
also
want
to
recognize
I,
want
to
think
about
and
recommit
ourselves
to
supporting
our
veterans,
who.
B
The
chair
moves
that
when
the
city
council
adjourns
today
it
does
so
in
memory
of
the
above
mentioned
individuals,
and
we
are
now
scheduled
to
meet
again
in
the
ionella
chamber
on
Wednesday
March,
8th
at
12
noon.
Before
we
adjourn
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
city
clerk
and
the
quirks
team.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
city,
council,
colleagues
and
your
staff,
the
city
council,
Central
staff
and,
of
course,
our
lovely
stenographer,
as
well.