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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on March 22, 2023
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Boston City Council Meeting on March 22, 2023
A
A
My
name
is
Ed
Flynn
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
my
colleagues
and
those
in
the
audience
to
please
silence
their
cell
phones
in
electronic
devices.
Thank
you.
Please
also
be
respectful
and
do
not
disrupt
the
meeting.
While
you
were
here.
If
you
are
disruptive
you'll
be
asked
to
leave,
if
you
feel
to
comply,
you
will
be
escorted
out.
A
A
A
C
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
It
is
my
pleasure.
It's
my
pleasure
today
to
introduce
Rabbi
Heim
destler
Tesla,
originally
from
Cleveland
Cleveland
Rabbi
heimdesler
is
married
to
a
third
generation
Bostonian
and
is
proud
to
be
raising
a
fourth
generation
of
his
family
in
Boston.
Rabbi
desler
is
one
of
the
rabbis
who
leads
the
vast
Jack
of
school
in
Boston,
the
only
all
girls
Jewish
High
School
in
the
city
bath
Yakov,
is
located
in
Brighton
and
provides
a
college
prep
curriculum
to
girls
in
grades
9
through
12.
Rabbi
destler,
serves
as
the
Director
of
development.
C
Advanced
Yakov
he's
frequently
collaborates
with
adua
aguda.
How
do
I
pronounce
that
gouda
Israel
and
local
synagogues
to
strengthen
and
grow
the
Jewish
community
in
Boston?
It's
my
honor
to
welcome
you
here
this
morning
this
afternoon,
Rabbi
destler
and
thank
you
for
coming
to
lead
us
in
prayer
today.
D
D
The
Story,
begins
in
true
sadness.
A
people
enslaved
by
an
oppressive
regime,
one
which
seeks
to
inflict
its
corrupt
will
on
an
innocent
and
helpless
people
with
almighty,
God,
providing
Moses
Direction
at
each
step.
Moses
confronts
the
oppressive
pharaoh
and
proclaims.
Let
my
people
go
only
to
be
furiously
turned
down.
D
Slaves,
no
more,
they
hastily
bake,
matzah
and
set
on
their
way
experiencing
countless
Miracles
along
the
way,
culminating
to
one
of
history's
most
remarkable
Miracles
and
events.
The
splitting
of
the
Red
Sea,
the
Jewish
people
crossed
the
sea
and
begin
to
gel
as
a
New
Foundation
born
out
of
Freedom
United
under
almighty,
God
Freedom,
a
spiritual
and
physical
Freedom,
a
social
or
emotional
freedom
to
observe
our
faith
and
to
live
and
to
live
our
lives
as
we
please.
D
D
D
This
is
a
Hallmark
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
and
this
is
a
Hallmark
of
this
great
city
of
Boston,
a
city
where
freedom
and
opportunity
lives
and
thrives
Master
of
the
world.
With
your
infinite
wisdom,
you
have
commandeer
of
the
universe
through
each
and
every
generation
through
times
of
Challenge
and
Times
of
blessing
times.
When
truth
and
Justice
and
Justice
was
hard
to
see
and
times
when
it
has
been
clear
and
apparent.
D
May
you
bestow
us
with
blessings
of
continuous
freedom,
freedom
for
all
of
humanity,
freedom
to
live
freedom
to
worship,
freedom,
to
educate
freedom,
to
raise
our
families
with
values?
Behold,
true,
freedom
from
hate,
freedom
from
division,
freedom
of
mind
and
freedom
of
spirit,
almighty,
God.
We
ask
you
to
bestow
your
Bounty
of
blessings
on
the
dedicated
public
servants
of
this
great
body
who
have
stood
up
to
carry
out
the
mission
of
service.
D
C
A
Mr
clerk
will
you
ensure
the
record
has
reflected
that
counselor
Coletta
Council
of
Fernandez
Anderson
in
Council
of
luigien
are
present,
we're
actually
the
first
order
of
business,
which
is
the
approval
of
the
minute.
Seeing
and
hearing
no
discussion
on
the
matter
that
she
had
moves
to
approve
the
minutes
from
the
last
meeting.
All
those
in
favor
of
approving
the
minutes
from
the
last
meeting
say
aye
opposed,
say.
Thank
you.
The
minutes
of
the
last
meeting
standards
approved
Communications
from
her
Ron
of
the
mayor.
Mr
clerk.
Can
you
please
read
document
zero.
B
A
B
Please
talking
number
zero,
six
zero,
seven
messaging
on
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
17
million
535
525
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
federal
fiscal
year,
23
Community
Development
block
grant
awarded
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
to
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office
of
housing.
The
grant
will
fund
housing,
Economic,
Development
and
Social
Services
programs.
B
The
award
amount
is
estimated
from
prior
years,
talking
number
zero,
six
zero
nine
message
and
Order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
three
million,
seven
hundred
and
thirty
four
thousand
five
hundred
thirty
three
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
federal
fiscal
year.
23
housing
for
persons
with
AIDS
hopwa
awarded
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
to
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office
of
housing.
The
grant
will
fund
services
for
income
eligible
individuals
and
families
affected
by
AIDS.
B
The
award
amount
is
estimated
from
prior
years
and
Doc
number
zero.
Six
one
zero
message
and
auto
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
one
million
five
hundred
seventeen
thousand
nine
hundred
sixty
six
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
federal
fiscal
year.
23
emergency
Solutions
Grant
awarded
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development,
to
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office
of
how
housing
the
grant
will
fund
the
street
Outreach
emergency,
shelter,
homelessness,
prevention,
rapid
re-housing
assistance
and
shelter
Services.
A
B
A
B
B
Please
talking
number
zero
six
one
four
communication
was
received
from
Maureen
Joyce
City
auditor
regarding
the
city
of
Boston's
fiscal
2022,
annual
comprehensive
financial
report,
docket
number
zero.
Six,
one
five
notice
was
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
appointment
of
Joseph
D
Feasta
Jr,
as
a
member
and
chairperson
of
the
task
force
on
the
study
on
city
of
Boston
reparations,
effective
immediately,
docket
number
zero,
six
one,
six
notice.
B
What
we
see
from
the
mayor,
the
appointment
of
Danielson
fan
as
a
member
of
the
task
force
on
the
study
on
city
of
Boston
reparations,
effective,
immediately,
docket
number
zero,
six
one:
seven
notice
a
receipt
for
the
mayor
of
the
appointment
of
La
Mercy
Frazier.
As
a
member
of
the
task
force
on
the
study
on
city
of
Boston
reparations,
effective
immediately,
knocking
numbers
zero
six
one,
eight
notice
it
was
received
from
the
mirror:
the
appointment
of
George
Greenwich
Jr.
B
As
a
member
of
the
task
laws
on
the
study
on
city
of
Boston
reparations,
effective
immediately
doctor
number
zero.
Six
one
nine
notice
was
received
from
the
mayor:
the
appointment
of
Dr
Kerry
Greenwich
as
a
member
of
the
task
force
on
the
study
on
city
of
Boston
reparations,
effective,
immediately,
Dr
number,
zero,
six,
two
zero
notice
or
received
from
the
mayor
the
appointment
of
Dr
David
Harris.
As
a
member
of
the
task
force
on
the
study
on
city
of
Boston
reparations,
effective
immediately,
docket
number
zero.
B
Six,
two
one
notice
we
received
from
the
mayor,
the
appointment
of
Dorothea
Jones
as
a
member
of
the
task
force
on
the
study
on
the
city
of
Boston
reparations,
effective
immediately,
talking
number
zero.
Six.
Two
two
notice
we
received
from
the
mayor
they're,
putting
the
Carrie
Mays
as
a
member
of
the
task
force
on
the
study
on
city
of
Boston
reparations,
effective
immediately
in
docket
number
zero.
B
Six,
two:
three
notice:
what
you
see
from
the
mirror,
the
appointment
of
Natisha
Mills,
is
a
member
of
the
task
force
on
the
study
in
city
of
Boston
reparations,
effective,
immediately
docking
number
zero.
Six
two
four
notice
was
received
from
the
mirror:
the
appointment
of
Damani
Williams
as
a
member
of
the
task
force
on
the
study
on
city
of
Boston
reparations
effective
immediately.
Thank.
A
B
Document
number
zero
one:
three
three:
the
committee
in
government
operations
to
which
was
referred
on,
January
11,
2023,
docket
number,
zero.
One:
three
three
home
rule
petition
authorizing
additional
restricted
liquor
licenses,
submits
a
report
recommending
that
the
whole
room
petition
ought
to
pass
in
a
new
draft.
A
E
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
The
committee
on
government
operations
held
a
working
session
on
March
9th
2023
on
docket0133
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
authorizing
additional
restricted
liquor
licenses
sponsored
by
counselors
Brian
will
see
Louis
Jan
and
myself.
I
would
like
to
thank
my
Council
colleagues
for
attending
council
president
Ed
Flynn
counselors
Aaron
Murphy
Brian
Worrell,
Lucy,
luigien,
councilman,
Michael,
Flaherty,
councilor,
Gabriella
Coletta.
E
I
would
also
like
to
thank
members
of
the
administration
for
their
participation,
should,
chief
of
Economic
Opportunity
and
inclusion
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
Danny
Green
executive
secretary
for
the
licensing
board
for
the
city
of
Boston,
as
well
as
Leslie
Hawkins
partner
for
Prince
LaBelle
for
her
input
and
legal
analysis.
Lastly,
I'd
like
to
thank
the
Boston
black
Hospitality
Coalition
and
Nick
corn,
president
of
sorry
principal
of
off-site
for
their
work
and
advocacy
on
this
matter.
E
This
home
rule
petition
has
filed
would
authorize
the
licensing
board
for
the
city
of
Boston
to
Grant
up
to
three
all
alcohol
liquor
licenses
and
two
Malton
wine
licenses
for
specific
neighborhoods
by
ZIP
code.
These
licenses
would
be
rolled
out
over
a
period
of
five
years.
The
licenses
would
be
non-transferable
and
restricted
to
those
zip
codes.
E
During
the
working
session.
The
committee
made
language
changes
to
ensure
consistency
with
state
law,
and
we
also
discussed
language
changes
to
clarify
when
the
licenses
will
start
to
be
given
out
and
the
intent
of
this
leg
is
the
and
the
intent
of
this
legislation
so
that
all
of
the
licenses
will
be
distributed
and
carried
over
and
not
lost,
if
not
granted
in
a
particular
year.
In
other
words,
the
licenses
roll
over
if
there's
five
issued
in
one
year,
but
only
three
are
selected,
then
that
next
year,
that
zip
code
would
have
seven
available
to
it.
E
During
the
working
session,
the
committee
made
language
changes
to
ensure
consistency
with
state
law,
and
we
also
discussed
language
changes
to
clarify
when
the
licenses
will
start
to
be
given
out
and
the
intent
of
this
legislation
so
that
all
licenses
will
be
distributed
and
carried
over
and
not
lost,
if
not
granted.
E
In
a
particular
year,
passage
of
this
legislation
and
its
amended
draft
provides
Clarity
and
will
ensure
that
the
intent
of
the
legislation
is
met
and
will
provide
Economic
Opportunity
to
potential
restaurant
owners
and
Equity
among
neighborhoods
that
are
lacking
establishments
with
alcohol
or
beer
and
wine
licenses
by
tying
the
licenses
to
specific
zip
codes.
Having
such
establishments
is
important
to
the
economic
Vitality
of
the
neighborhoods
and
contributes
in
up
to
a
positive
quality
of
life
for
the
residents
by
promoting
providing
places
to
gather
and
socialize
with
family
and
neighbors.
E
The
I
believe
2017
Boston
Public
Health
commission
study
on
the
health
of
Boston
actually
saw
that
one
of
the
Butterfly
Effects
to
poor
health
was
the
lack
of
liquor
licenses
in
the
neighborhood
leading
to
a
lack
of
sit-down
restaurants
in
a
neighborhood
in
a
different
qual,
quality
and
level
of
food
available
to
those
neighborhoods,
as
the
businesses
in
those
neighborhoods
cater
to
a
fast
food
sort
of
Fair,
rather
than
a
sit-down
restaurant
atmosphere
and
so
there's
an
actual
butterfly
effect
to
liquor
licenses
and
Community
Health.
E
A
F
You,
president,
Flynn
and
I
want
to
thank
my
co-sponsors,
Council
Louis
Jen,
councilor
Arroyo
and
Advocates
like
the
Boston
black
Hospitality
Coalition,
Nick
Cohen
from
off
site,
Leslie,
Hawkins,
Steve,
Miller
and
Dennis
quilty
I'm,
an
administrative
Representatives
like
that
Danny
Green,
Kathleen,
Joyce
and
chief
ederwoo
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
this
work
builds
off
of
the
legacy
of
our
congresswoman
Ayanna
Presley,
and
the
leadership
on
liquor
licenses
during
a
Time
on
the
council
and
I
know.
Council
Baker
also
did
some
work
on
liquor
license
as
well.
F
We
are
working
within
the
guardrails
of
the
Antiquated
system
that
is
systemically
limited
black
and
brown
communities
to
accumulate
assets
and
wealth,
and
this
is
why
this
Homewood
petition
is
so
crucial,
as
it
will
start
providing
the
tools.
Our
black
and
brown.
Restaurant
owners
need
to
create
vibing
business
districts
and
neighborhoods
that
have
been
left
out
for
two.
For
far
too
long,
Mattapan
has
only
eight
out
of
the
total
1090
on-premise
liquor
licenses
and
blue
hill
lab
wants
a
thriving
commercial
District.
F
An
historic
home
of
Boston's
black
community
and
immigrant
population
has
only
six
when
you
compare
that
to
other
neighborhoods
that
have
80
like
Back
Bay.
The
disparity
sent
a
clear
message
and
we
look
at
the
profit
generated
by
those
liquor
licenses,
two-time
the
profit
and
further
deepens
the
gaps
and
opportunities
and
wealth.
Our
communities
already
feel,
although
this
isn't
the
overall,
we
are
all
looking
for.
This
Home
Group
petition
is
the
first
step.
F
It
gets
Mr
Eddie,
who
has
only
done
take
out
in
Dorchester
and
Hyde
Park
for
19
years,
the
opportunity
to
start
to
provide
sit-down
services
and
getting
Stout
with
some
oxtail
and
curry
goat.
It
gives
dad's
restaurant
in
Hyde
Park,
who
is
loved
by
so
many
here
in
Boston,
to
now
be
able
to
serve
the
Don
Julio
resposado
neat,
my
favorite
in
their
establishment
and
also
gives
me
and
my
neighbors.
The
ability
to
now
spend
more
money
in
our
community.
F
Creating
a
pipeline
operators
who
will
start
reinvesting
in
their
own
neighborhoods
Boston
has
long
advertised
itself
as
a
city
of
neighborhoods
and
it's
time
that
we
break
down
the
barriers
that
prevent
residents
from
Eagle
Hill
to
Blue
Hill
from
developing
into
destinations
for
tourists
and
residents
alike.
This
is
the
step
in
ensuring
we
have
more
liquor
licenses
in
the
hands
of
black
and
brown
businesses
and
I
asked
my
colleagues
for
their
vote.
Thank
you.
Thank.
G
Thank
you.
You
Mr
President
and
I'd
like
to
thank
counciloral
for
his
leadership
on
this
issue
as
well.
He
said
a
lot,
but
many
of
our
neighborhoods,
as
we
know
too
often
are
black
and
brown
neighborhoods
have
suffered
from
Decades
of
structural
disinvestment.
We
also
know
that
the
city
of
Boston
holds
the
power
to
give
licenses
for
certain
economic
activity
such
as
running
a
restaurant
or
bar,
and
you
can
have
a
successful
restaurant
or
bar
has
largely
depended
on
who
has
political
connections
of
Social
Capital
Financial
Capital
to
get
a
liquor
license.
G
Last
year
we
filed
a
home
rule
petition
that
was
successful
to
get
liquor
licenses
for
the
bowling
building
at
the
Strand
Theater,
and
this
is
another
piece
of
the
puzzle.
This
home
rule
petition
is
about
creating
more
business
of
color.
It's
about
creating
a
local,
thriving
economy
in
our
neighborhoods,
where
my
colleague,
where
my
Council
colleague
councilworrell,
could
get
his
Don
Julio
raposado
neat
without
having
to
go
downtown.
It's
about
one
piece
of
the
puzzle
to
fix
historic
Injustice.
G
The
ability
to
serve
alcohol
can
be
a
spurred
for
economic
success,
of
not
only
a
restaurant,
but
also
for
an
entire
Community.
We
see
how
that's
happened
in
Hyde
Park
with
part
54..
One
coffee
shop
can
turn
into
one
more
restaurant
can
turn
into
One
More
Bar.
It
can
turn
into
a
thriving
Main.
Street
can
turn
into
a
hub
of
economic
activity
an
attractive
place
for
businesses
to
invest
from
Mattapan
to
East,
Boston
and
everywhere
in
between
so
I
also
encourage
my
colleagues
to
join
me
in
passing
this
home
repetition.
Thank
you.
A
B
Roll
roll
call
vote
on
document
number
zero,
one:
three
three
councilor
Arroyo
councilor
Arroyo;
yes,
councilor,
Baker,
councilor,
Bach,
councilor
Buck;
yes,
Council,
Braden,
councilor,
Braden;
yes,
Council,
Coletta,
Council,
Coletta;
yes,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council,
Fernando,
Sanderson;
yes,
Council,
Flaherty,
Council,
Flynn;
yes,
Council
of
Flynn;
yes,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Lara;
yes,
Council,
Louisiana,
Council,
Louisiana;
yes,
Council,
Mejia,
councilman;
here;
yes,
councilor,
Murphy,
councilor,
Murphy,
yes
and
Council;
Worrell,
yes,
councilor
or
L.
Yes,
doctor
number0133
has
received
a
unanimous
vote
in
the
affirmative.
Thank.
A
A
E
Four,
five
three
is
an
amendment
to
the
ordinance
establishing
the
Bay
Village
historic
district
and
makes
two
minor
updates
to
exemptions
from
the
authority
of
the
district's
commission,
based
on
recommendations
from
the
historic
district
commission
and
the
neighborhood
association
in
order
to
ensure
a
more
cohesive
review
of
matters
regarding
historical
and
Architectural
developments
in
the
district.
Docket
number0516
is
a
home
rule.
E
Petition
that
relates
to
providing
an
extension
of
the
Beacon
Hill
district
to
include
several
areas
not
initially
included
in
the
enabling
act,
specifically
extending
the
Beacon
Hill
district
down
to
down
the
North
Slope
of
Beacon
Hill
to
Cambridge
Street.
This
extension
would
bring
the
historic
buildings
to
on
the
North
Slope
under
the
architectural
protections
afforded
by
the
historic
district.
E
The
petition
would
also
give
the
Beacon
Hill
architectural
commission
the
specific
authority
to
Levy
fines
for
violations
of
the
historic
preservation
rules
and
closes
a
loophole
exempting
additional
reconstruction
after
Exempted
reconstruction
due
to
a
public
safety
need.
Following
the
discussion
at
the
hearing,
the
committee
made
the
following
changes
to
docket
number
50516,
which
expands
the
amendment
in
section
three
by
striking
replacing
section
9
of
chapter
616
of
the
acts
of
1955
in
full,
in
order
to
include
an
exemption
for
the
sidewalks
on
the
south
side
of
Cambridge
Street.
E
This
amendment
would
remove
any
unintentional
barriers
for
the
city
in
the
case
of
necessary
Street
redesign.
These
two
pieces
of
legislation
will
update
the
authority
of
the
historic
district
Commissions
in
Bay,
Village
and
Beacon
Hill,
to
address
concerns
and
suggestions
of
the
commission,
members,
City
officials
and
residents
that
reflect
the
balance
and
the
need
for
ongoing
preservation,
City
Planning
and
Public
Safety
in
the
historic
districts.
As
chair
of
the
committee
on
government
operations,
I
recommend
that
docket0453
ought
to
pass
and
recommend
that
docket0516
ought
to
pass
in
an
amended
draft.
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
H
Thank
you
so
much
Mr,
President
and
I'll.
Be
brief.
I
just
want
to
thank
councilor
Royo
for
holding
this
hearing
and
for
his
recommendations
today
and
thank
folks
from
Beacon
Hill
and
Bay
Village,
both
on
the
commit
on
the
historic
commission
side
on
the
neighborhood
association
side
and
everybody
who
showed
up
and
testified
at
the
hearing
on
Monday
I.
Think
that,
as
mentioned,
the
Bay
Village
changes
are
very
small,
related
to
design
Authority
and
then
the
Beacon
Hill
ones.
H
If
you
look
at
the
current
map,
as
I
discussed
with
the
chair,
it
kind
of
it
looks
like
an
error.
The
way
that
it
cuts
off
to
not
cover
the
last
40
feet
of
the
block
up
to
Cambridge,
Street
and
so
I
think
the
modification
that
was
made
by
the
chair
just
to
ensure
that
in
getting
us
down
to
that
Cambridge
Street
line,
we
don't
create
an
issue
with
you
know
when
we
get
the
red,
blue,
connector
and
kind
of
thinking
about
how
to
have
the
street
be
maximally.
H
Well
redesigned
and
cohesive
and
accessible
is
a
is
a
good
exclusion
that
got
added
in
so
really
cheerful
about
both
these
moving.
Today,
and
and
thank
you
also
Mr
President
to
you
for
co-sponsoring
these
with
me
thanks.
A
Thank
you,
Council
block
and
thank
you
Council
block
for
your
important
leadership
on
both
of
these
dockets
as
as
well
as
counselor
Arroyo
as
well.
The
only
thing
I'll
add
to
what
you
said:
Council
block
is
I'm
proud
to
represent
the
Bay
Village
in
parts
of
the
Beacon
Hill
Neighborhood
as
well.
Wonderful
people,
wonderful
constituents,
Council
Arroyo,
seeks
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
passage
of
docket
zero,
four
five:
three,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
aye
opposane
the
eyes:
have
it
dark
at
zero.
A
B
Roll
call
vote
on
dark
at
50516
console
Arroyo,
yes,
Council
Arroyo,
yes,
councilor
Baker,
Council
of
yes
councilor
Buck;
yes,
Council
Braden,
yes,
Council
of
Braden;
yes,
Council,
Coletta,
Council
Coletta,
yes,
Council,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council,
Fernanda
sings
and
yes,
Council,
Flaherty,
Council
Flynn;
yes,
Council
of
Flynn;
yes,
Council,
Lara,
Council
Lara;
yes,
Council,
Louisiana,
Council,
Louisiana,
yes,
Council,
Mejia,
councilor
me
here;
yes,
Council,
Murphy,
councilor,
Murphy,
yes
and
Council,
we're
out
yes
Council
world!
Yes,
doctor
number
zero.
Five
one
six
has
received
a
unanimous
vote
in
the
affirmative.
A
H
A
Okay,
thank
you
thank
thank
you
Council
buck
and
again
thank
you.
Council
Royal,
Mr
clerk,
please
red
docket,
zero,
one,
three,
eight
zero
one.
Three.
B
A
E
Today,
the
committee
on
government
operations
held
the
hearing
on
Monday
March
20th
on
docket
number,
0138,
ordinance
regulation
and
enforcement
of
keeping
honeybees
and
docket0139
text
Amendment
to
the
Boston
zoning
code,
with
respect
to
honeybees
sponsored
by
counselors
luigien
Bach
and
myself,
I'd
like
to
thank
my
Council
colleagues
for
attending
Council
Erin
Murphy
council
president
Ed
Flynn
and
councilor
Gabriella
Coletta
I'd,
also
like
to
thank
members
of
the
administration
for
their
attendance
Chris
English,
who
is
the
chief
of
staff
at
the
inspectional
services
department
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
shiny
shiny
Fletcher
director
of
grow
Boston
for
the
city
of
Boston.
E
I
would
also
like
to
thank
the
advocates
for
their
participation
as
well
Val
mile
of
Val
Mayo,
rather
vice
president
of
the
Boston
area,
beekeepers,
Bill
Perkins,
owner
of
the
Agricultural
Hall
Noah
Wilson
Rich,
president
of
best
bees
and
Larry
vandeventer
board,
member
of
the
Boston
area,
beekeepers
and
Jim
kerker.
A
beekeeper
in
my
district
docket
number
0138
seeks
to
create
a
new
ordinance
under
chapter
16.
Section
127
of
the
city
of
Boston
code
for
the
regular
relation
enforcement
of
keeping
honeybees.
E
This
ordinance
specifies
the
maximum
number
of
hives
on
a
given
lot
or
roof
for
personal
consumption
of
Honey
products
or
honeybee
products
rather,
and
details
the
amount
of
feet
a
hive
can
be
placed
from
a
butter,
sidewalk
and
or
roof.
This
ordinance
also
gives
authority
to
the
inspectional
services
department
and
animal
in
control
to
enforce
all
violations
or
exceptions.
E
Docket0139
is
a
text
Amendment
and
acts
as
a
counterpart
to
docket0138.
This
matter
would
remove
b
regulations
from
the
city
of
Boston
zoning
code
and
place
them
in
a
municipal
ordinance.
Both
of
these
matters
would
Grant
the
city
of
Boston
the
authority
to
lift
beekeeping
bans
in
every
neighborhood,
while
maintaining
rules
for
beekeepers
to
abide
by
this
hearing
was
productive,
as
it
gave
the
community
an
opportunity
to
hear
from
the
administration
on
the
feasibility
of
this
ordinance,
as
well
as
the
steps
for
its
implementation.
E
The
committee
also
heard
from
Advocates
on
their
invaluable
experience,
working
with
bees
and
they're
working
and
move
this
and
their
work
in
moving
this
policy
forward
in
previous
years.
As
chair
of
the
committee
of
government
operations,
I
recommend
keeping
this
matter
in
committee
as
we
await
further
language
suggestions
and
recommendations
from
both
the
administration
and
Advocates.
Thank
you,
Mr
president
president
Flynn.
Thank
you.
Council.
G
Fall
just
quickly
go
because
councilor
Arroyo
summed
it
up.
I
just
wanted
to
give
credit
to
this.
The
reason
how
this
issue
came
before
us
was
because
the
state
representative,
Rob
consalvo,
former
member
of
this
body,
so
I,
want
to
give
him
a
heads
up
a
thank
you
alongside
the
Hyde
Park
Advocates,
because
this
would
not
this
would
not
have
been
here
but
for
straight
robkins
office.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
A
A
I
First,
sponsored
by
councilor
Kendra
Lara
and
referred
to
the
committee
on
February
1st
2023.
I'm
grateful
for
the
counselors
and
attendance
lead,
sponsor
councilor
Lara
council
president
Ed
Flynn
counselor
at
large
Aaron
Murphy
and
counselor
Kenzie
Bach.
We
were
joined
by
members
of
the
administration,
including
Amy
Mahler,
who
is
an
applied
policy.
Fellow
from
the
mayor's
office
of
new
Urban
mechanics,
commissioner
Ryan
Woods
from
Parks
and
Recreation
director
Alicia
porcina
from
the
small
business
office
director
John
borders,
IV
from
the
mayor's
office
of
of
Tourism
sports
and
entertainment.
I
So
looking
at
the
months
of
January,
February
and
March
sure
would
mentioned
the
ideas
of
holiday
lights,
with
climate
change,
the
weather
being
completely
unpredictable
and
not
really
knowing
whether
or
not
we'll
have
or
will
be
able
to
have
an
ice
rink
that
won't
melt
or
we
won't
be
able
to
have
activities
directly
dealing
with
snow
because
of
the
fact
that
we've
been
dealing
with
such
mild
much
mild
weather.
I
There
was
also
conversation
about
leveraging
Community,
Partnerships
and
existing
infrastructure
to
create
activity
throughout
all
the
seasons,
prioritizing
Equitable
access
to
our
winter
activities
that
support
communities
and
really
connect
folks
across
all
racial
and
socioeconomic
groups.
I
would
like
to
seed
my
time
to
the
lead
sponsor
if
she
would
like
to
add
anything
else,
but
as
chair
of
this
Committee
of
arts
and
culture,
I
recommend
that
at
this
time
this
matter
remaining
committee
for
a
future
conversation
with
Public
Works
in
the
arts
and
culture
department
and
transportation
present.
Thank
you.
J
Thank
you,
president
Flynn,
and
thank
you
so
much
to
councilor
Coletta
for
chairing
that
hearing
into
all
of
my
Council
colleagues
for
attending
I.
Think
what
was
made
very
clear
to
me
during
the
hearing
is
that
we
have
good
bones
and
a
good
foundation
to
really
be
able
to
take
the
steps
that
we
need
to
make
Boston
a
winter.
City
I'm.
Definitely
looking
forward
to
having
a
couple
of
more
hearings
with
other
stakeholders
at
the
administration
and
some
community
members.
J
So
we
can
figure
out
what
is
the
best
way
to
move
forward,
but
I
think
that
we,
as
you
know,
a
Northeastern
City,
can
really
take
leadership
from
other
cities,
not
just
in
this
country,
but
in
Canada,
who
have
really
taken
winter
place,
making
by
the
horns
and
made
it
happen
for
their
constituents.
Thank
you.
A
B
A
K
2023.
I
want
to
thank
the
counselors
who
participated:
councilor,
Murphy,
councilor,
Coletta
counselor,
president
Ed
Flynn,
counselor,
Anderson
and
councilor
luigien
I
want
to
also
thank
the
administration
officials,
Joe
Carter
who's,
the
senior
executive
director
of
the
BPS
office
of
Health
and
Wellness
Cheryl
Tedesco,
the
director
of
health
education
in
the
office
of
Health
and
Wellness.
K
Who
is
the
director
of
student
support
at
the
BPS
division
of
student
supports
and
Dr
Simon
who's?
The
chief
Behavioral
Health
officer
from
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission
for
attending
the
hearing
and
making
a
presentation
and
responding
to
questions
from
counselors
I
want
to
thank
the
community
and
institutional
Advocates
that
presented
as
panelists
Dr
Gail
krumswaby,
president
of
New
Generation
and
Associates
Dr
Jackman.
K
Founder
of
you
know,
psych
Incorporated
and
John
Reardon,
who
is
with
the
Boston
Children's
Hospital
and
Carla
Haynes?
Who
is
the
coordinator
for
the
mental
health
ambassadors
program
at
the
Boston
project?
Ministries
I
also
want
to
uplift
and
thank
our
young
people
who
participated
in
the
hearing,
Maya
Maya,
McNeil,
Westland,
Gonzalez
and
Cheryl
depina.
We
had
an
opportunity
to
discuss
how
schools
and
can
Implement
mental
health
practices
that
are
free
of
costs
to
BPS,
as
well
as
the
need
for
expanding
access
to
counselors
in
our
schools.
K
We
also
talked
about
the
importance
of
understanding
that,
when
we're
trying
to
create
change
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
change
is
difficult
to
make,
and
we
understand
that
we
have
Destiny
to
contend
with
and
other
bureaucracy
areas
of
of
point
of
tension
for
us
to
move
the
work
forward.
However,
given
the
fact
that
so
many
of
our
young
people
are
suffering
in
silence,
I
think
it's
really
important
for
the
Boston
Public
Schools
to
be
able
to
seize
this
moment
and
make
some
deep
investments
in
mental
health
and
wellness
I.
K
Don't
think
it
should
just
be
in
some
schools
or
in
some
classrooms
or
at
some
times
I
think
it
needs
to
be
something
that
we
make
a
commitment,
K-12,
no
matter
where
our
students
are
at
that
there
is
an
investment
in
the
mental
health
and
wellness
of
our
children.
You
know
we
tend
to
slide
with
the
social
and
emotional
learning
I
understand
that
that
is
also
part
of
the
conversation.
K
But
if
we're
really
serious
about
mental
health,
then
we're
going
to
need
to
name
it
as
such
mental
health
and
create
a
culture
that
it
is
okay
to
not
be.
Okay,
and
so
with
that
I'd
like
to
keep
this
hearing
in
in
committee
and
look
forward
to
doing
the
good
work.
K
A
B
C
You
Mr
President
I,
moved
to
to
add
councilor
barkers
and
a
co-sponsor.
Please.
C
Proposed
ordinance
builds
off
a
hearing,
I
sponsored
with
counselor
Bach
and
then
councilor
Edwards
in
November
of
2021
to
review
rental
unit,
condition,
standards
and
inspections.
At
that
time,
we
discussed
processes
for
tenants
to
report
their
living
conditions
that
are
out
of
compliance
and
systems
to
track
owners
who
simply
choose
to
pay
fines
while
chronically
neglecting
to
improve
living
conditions
for
their
tenants
or
invent
our
invited
panelists
at
that
time
included
the
deputy
Building
Commissioner
for
the
city
of
Chicago,
who
discussed
their
building
code
Staff
Law
list.
C
All
tenants
have
the
right
to
a
decent,
safe
and
sanitary
housing
conditions,
and
it
is
not
only
our
responsibility
as
a
city
to
ensure
Property
Owners
regularly
demonstrate
compliance,
but
to
take
to
task
those
who
openly
and
willingly
flight
regulations
simply
because
their
business
model
May
view
fines
as
the
cost
of
doing
business
in
our
city.
In
order
to
strengthen
public
confidence
in
our
code
enforcement
activities,
the
city
must
call
attention
to
a
scoff
law,
property
owner's
record
and
compel
compliance.
C
This
ordinance
would
add
weight
to
our
enforcement
of
the
sanctuary,
State
Sanctuary
code,
the
building
code
and
fire
code
by
publishing
an
annual
list
of
scarf
law.
Property
owners
who
are
involved
with
active
code
enforcement
proceedings
in
the
housing
court,
have
racked
up
six
or
more
code
violations
in
a
year
and
have
their
properties
designated
as
problem
properties
under
the
existing
City
program.
C
C
They
would
still
be
eligible
for
assistance
to
rehab
a
rental
unit
to
fix
outstanding
violations
and
the
exemptions
from
the
rental
inspection
ordinance
would
also
apply.
I
look
forward
to
bringing
the
city
bringing
the
city
to
lead
by
example
in
our
code
enforcement
and
accountability
of
scaffler
property
owners.
Thank
you.
Mr
President.
G
You
Mr
President
and
thank
you
to
councilor
Braden
for
her
leadership
on
this
issue.
Negligent
landlords
and
owners
who
refuse
to
clean
up
their
properties
have
been
getting
nothing
more
than
a
slap
on
the
wrist
for
too
long.
G
My
office
has
been
working
a
lot
on
dumpster
issues
and
throughout
our
neighborhoods
and
they're
really
hard
to
work
on,
because
landlords
do
not
feel
the
pressure
from
the
city
to
have
to
do
to
to
really
have
to
maintain
the
dumpsters
and
are
not
afraid
of
the
fines
that
that
they're,
given
housing
codes,
building
codes,
sanitation
codes
were
all
created
to
keep
residents
healthy
and
safe.
If
you
violate
one
of
those
codes,
you
might
get
a
ticket
similar
to
when
someone's
driving
If
a
driver
is
going
too
fast.
That
driver
gets
a
ticket.
G
However,
that
driver
keeps
on
getting
those
speeding
tickets.
Specifically
three
within
three
months.
The
RMV
will
take
away
that
license.
Those
individuals
who
routinely
and
habitually
receive
code
violations
for
their
property
might
need
to
have
their
license
or
ability
to
do
business
with
the
city
taken
away,
at
least
until
they
fix
the
problems.
We
know
that
most
property
owners
are
good
owners
and
do
the
right
thing.
It's
a
small
percentage
of
bad
property
owners
who
have
an
outsized
negative
impact
on
our
neighborhoods.
G
Every
neighborhood,
from
Mattapan
to
Beacon,
Hill
High
Park
to
Back
Bay
deserve
strong
compliance
and
enforcement
of
these
codes
because
it
is
critically
important
that
all
residents,
especially
in
our
black
and
brown
neighborhoods,
that
have
often
been
ignored,
it's
important
that
they
have
a
safe
sanitary
and
healthy
place
to
live
so
I
look
forward
to
working
with
my
Council
colleagues
in
pushing
this
ordinance
forward.
Thank
you.
A
H
You
so
much
Mr
President
and
thank
you
to
counselor,
Braden
and
Luigi,
and
my
co-sponsors
on
this
I'm
very
excited
for
us
to
be
moving
the
next
step
toward
an
ordinance
because,
as
Council
Brandon
mentioned,
we
have
been
talking
about
this
since
2021
and
before
and
really
you
know,
I
think.
The
key
thing
here
is
that
what
we
learned
whenever
we've
talked
to
ISD
is
like
yes,
enforcement
is
critical
and
we
need
to
increase
resources
for
enforcement
and
evenness
of
enforcement
Etc.
H
But
the
reality
is
that
for
the
people
who,
as
councilor
Louie
gen
said,
are
allowing
their
properties
to
be
blights
on
our
neighborhood
of
negatively
affecting
all
the
good
Property
Owners.
We
need
to
put
the
lever
of
reputational
risk
into
the
mix
as
well,
because
it's
just
not
acceptable
what
folks
are
doing,
and
the
reality
is
that
people
on
the
ground
know
who
these
Bad
actors
are,
and
we
all
know,
I
think
in
our
offices
who
these
Bad
actors
are.
H
But
it
needs
to
be
something
that
is
part
of
the
public
conversation
and
is
something
that
folks
are
seeing
when
they're
thinking
about
where
to
rent
and
and
who
to
do
business
with,
and
the
reality
is
that
we
have
lots
of
Public,
Safety
and
hygiene
standards.
When
we
talk
about,
you
know,
restaurants
and
a
whole
host
of
other
things
and
and
your
rent
is
the
biggest
expense
for
almost
every
Bostonian,
and
so
the
idea
there's
an
important
government
role
in
making
sure
that
there
are
minimum
quality
standards.
H
Maybe
more
than
half
your
income
every
month
on
is
a
key
role
for
government
and,
and
the
thing
is
that
the
reality
right
now
and
we've
talked
about
this
in
other
contexts
here
in
this
chamber
recently-
is
that
because
vacancy
rates
are
so
low,
it
shifts
all
the
power
into
the
hands
of
these
Bad
actors,
because
they
know
that
people
can't
there
can't
be
a
flight
to
Quality,
which
is
the
other
way
that
you
solve
bad
quality
properties
right
would
be
people
just
being
able
to
vote
with
their
feed
and
go
somewhere
else,
except
that
there's
no
vacancies
in
the
city
of
Boston.
H
So
in
that
context
it's
really
important
for
us
to
be
saying.
As
a
city
hey,
there
are
minimum
standards
and
when
you
violate
them,
you
don't
just
continue
to
build
up
an
endless
pile
of
unpaid
tickets
and
then,
as
Council
Braden
said
at
some
point,
pay
them
is
something
we're
going
to
hold
you
accountable
for
and
and
I'll
say
that
in
my
in
my
district,
we
see
this
in
particular
with
some
of
the
large
landlords
who
run
to
our
students
in
places
like
Fenway
and
Mission
Hill.
H
You
know
recently
we
had
a
citizen
version
of
this
in
Mission
Hill,
where
somebody
came
with
a
new
project
that
they
wanted
to
do
and
they
went
to
meet
with
the
civic
association
and
the
first
thing
the
civic
association
said
was
hey
what
about
these
forty
thousand
dollars
of
tickets
from
the
existing
properties
that
you
own
right
now
right
and
you
know
what
those
folks
went
and
paid
those
tickets
and
cleaned
it
up,
because
they
wanted
to
be
able
to
develop
the
next
property.
H
I
think
that's
the
kind
of
conversation
that
we
have
to
be
able
to
have,
and
that's
what
I
mean
when
I
say
you
know
folks,
who
are
a
bad
actors
shouldn't
be
able
to
get
away
with
it
and
there
should
be
a
real
reputational
risk
and
other
places
as
are
referenced
in
the
ordinance.
You
know
both
Chicago
but
also
actually
Toronto
came
in
in
2021
and
they
have
a
really
great
rating
system
and
it
really
is
helping
to
inform
renters
and
it's
something
that
you
know
once
once.
You
measure
landlords
on
reaching
these
standards.
H
A
A
C
You
Mr
President
before
I,
make
my
remarks
I'd
like
to
thank
the
MSPCA
and
the
Animal
Rescue
League
for
their
advocacy
and
welcome
Carol,
Holmquist
and
Allison
LeBlanc.
Here
this
afternoon.
C
They
have
been
working
with
our
office
to
bring
this
this
issue
to
light
and
helping
us
with
this,
bringing
us
to
light
and
working
on
us
to
develop
this
ordinance
Amendment
today,
at
the
request
of
the
mspc
MSPCA
I
am
pleased
to
introduce
an
amendment
to
an
existing
ordinance
related
to
the
sale
of
animals,
which
are
was
sponsored
by
a
counselor,
Matt
O'malley
and
passed
unanimously.
Seven
years
ago,
in
March
of
2016.,
the
ordinance
prohibited,
the
sale
of
dogs,
cats
and
rabbits
from
petstock
pet
shops
in
the
city,
docket0626
would
add.
C
C
The
MSPCA
recently
brought
brought
to
our
attention
that
shelters,
rescue
organizations
and
animal
control
agencies
are
seeing
an
uptick
in
the
number
of
guinea
pigs
being
surrendered,
being
surrendered
or
found.
A
stress.
The
MSPCA,
for
example,
has
seen
a
sharp
increase
in
the
number
of
guinea
pigs
surrendered
in
their
adoption
center
in
JP
at
37
increase.
Since
the
pandemic
began,
guinea
pigs
remain
in
their
in
their
shelters
nearly
twice
as
long
as
cats
and
dogs
and
the
average
length
of
stay
at
the
MSPCA
for
a
guinea.
C
Pig
in
2022
was
29
days
compared
to
just
13
days
for
cats.
As
a
result,
cages
of
the
MSPCA
and
other
local
shelters
are
consistently
full
making
it
challenging
challenging
to
readily
accept
additional
guinea
pigs.
Throughout
the
year,
the
MSPCA
informed
our
office
that
over
60
percent
of
the
guinea
pigs
surrendered
were
originally
purchased
in
Pet
Shops
3-1-1
case
data
published
by
the
city
cities.
C
My
office
reached
out
to
the
Boston
Animal
Control
care
and
control,
and
their
team
shared
intake
statistics
confirming
significant
increases
year
over
year
since
2020.
in
the
fall
of
2022.
The
New
York
City
Council
also
considered
a
proposed
ban
on
guinea
pig
sales
and
Pet
Shops
with
media
Outlets,
referring
to
a
pandemic
era.
Guinea
pig
crisis,
New
York,
was
unable
to
take
action
before
the
end
of
the
year
and
I'm,
confident
that
Boston
will
again
lead
the
way
on
this
issue.
C
Lastly,
I
think
the
timing
is
appropriate,
as
March
is
Adopt
A
rescued
guinea
pig
month
and
I
look
forward
to
reviewing
this
ordinance.
So
we
can
call
can
all
learn
more
about
this
growing
issue
and
do
our
part
to
improve
the
Animal
Welfare
by
addressing
the
rise
in
surrendered
guinea
pigs
purchased
from
Pet
Shops.
Thank
you,
Mr
President
thank.
A
You
Council
Braden.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this
matter?
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
clerk.
Please
add:
council
Arroyo,
Council
Coletta,
councilor
Fernandez
Anderson
Council
of
Laura
Council
Louisiana
Council
of
Mejia
Council
Murphy.
Please
have
the
chair.
Please
head
counselor
Worrell,
please
add
council
of
docket
zero.
Six
two
six
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
government
operations.
Mr
Cora.
Can
you
please
read
doc
at
zero.
Six,
two
seven.
A
L
You
Mr
President
I,
filed
this
ordinance
in
order
to
be
able
to
make
our
web
web
pages
on
the
city
website
more
accessible
and
also
encourage
Civic
engagement,
as
well
as
updating
our
constituents
of
how
we're
filing
what
we're
filing
how
we're
filing
and,
of
course,
how
we're
voting.
L
Just
I
did
have
a
meeting
with
one
of
the
members
from
our
Dua
department
and
discussed
several
tools
that
are
already
in
place.
Did
you
guys
know
that
there
are
actually
tools
that
you
can
add
drop
down
menus
to
the
webs
to
the
current
webpage
as
well?
As
you
know,
multiple,
a
variety
of
features
that
you
can
add
to
your
web
page,
so
I,
I,
I
and
also
we
have
evote
which
we're
not
taking
advantage
of.
L
So
it
would
record
our
votes
here
and
also
give
sort
of
visualization
data
on
the
website
as
to
recording
exactly
how
Progressive
are
we
really
in
the
city
of
Boston
city
council,
so
I'm
proposing,
of
course,
a
list
of
different
suggestions.
Of
course,
looking
forward
to
the
chair
to
hold
a
hearing,
have
a
conversation
and
discuss
what
would
be
reasonable
to
be
able
to
record.
L
Obviously,
this
may
take
possible
adding
an
FTE
in
order
to
upkeep
this
to
for
for
maintenance
that
is
and
I
think
that
that's
also
a
conversation
that
we
should
be
open
to.
So
just
to
list
a
few.
The
our
web
page
should
list
City
councilors
they
their
Boston
email
address.
Of
course.
L
Whatever
is
there
already
your
name,
your
general
biography
may
be
shortened,
so
it
doesn't
take
up
the
whole
page
and
you
can
drop
down
also
your
staff
and
their
role
and
the
feature
to
be
able
to
click
on
your
staff's
email
in
order
to
access
services
for
your
office
as
well
as
City
councilors
filings,
Council
organized
by
filing
type
vote,
our
votes,
as
I
mentioned
already
our
committees,
but
also
the
schedule
for
hearings
or
working
sessions
or
public
testimony
ahead
of
time.
Since
we
have
them,
we
should
post
them
as
well
as
any
projects.
L
Any
types
of
related
Council
work
that
we
believe
that
our
constituents
should
be
purview
to
should
have
purview
too.
So
I
look
forward
to
this
conversation
and
I
hope
that
my
Council
colleagues
will
agree
that
transparency
is
best
the
best
way
to
perform
this
political
work
and
look
forward
to
the
hearing.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank.
A
K
K
Just
want
to
uplift
that
you
know
and
I
want
to
reiterate
that
everybody
knows
how
to
read
and
write
even
in
their
native
language
and
as
we
continue
to
do
this
work,
let's
check
our
own
privilege
and
making
sure
that
we're
really
thinking
about
folks
who
who
may
need
audio
and
visual
as
a
way
to
to
be
able
to
have
accessibility
to
city
government
services
and
issues
like
that.
K
So
I
just
wanted
to
uplift
that
and
Advocate
that,
as
we
continue
to
have
this
conversation,
accessibility
is
key
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
in
mind
those
folks
who
may
not
know
how
to
read
write
even
in
their
own
native
language.
So
I
really
do
applaud
counselor
Anderson
for
her
Relentless
efforts
to
making
sure
that
we
are
meeting
this
moment
and
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation
into
supporting
you
in
this
effort.
Thank
you,
foreign.
A
A
F
One
of
my
priorities
is
to
have
our
students
and
families
on
a
path
aimed
towards
success,
with
support
from
Cradle
to
Career
simply
put
access
to
highly
high
quality
education
as
one
of
the
best
investments
we
can
make
helping
to
support
better
incomes
and
health,
stronger
families
and
communities
and
is
safe
for
more
competitive
City
right
now.
Educational
access
and
completion
is
directly
linked
to
race
and
skin
color
among
students,
a
road
in
four-year
public
institution.
F
Only
45.9
percent
of
black
students
complete
their
degree
in
six
years,
the
lowest
rate
compared
to
other
races
and
ethnicities.
Black
men
in
particular,
have
the
lowest
rate
of
completion
at
40
percent.
This
High
dropout
rate
is
partially
due
to
the
fact
that
65
percent
of
African-American
college
students
are
independent,
balancing
pursuing
their
degree
with
full-time
work
and
family
responsibilities,
high
cost
and
low
fun
times.
Don't
just
delay
educational
progress
and
reduce
graduation
rates.
They
lead
to
real
harm
to
long-term
health
and
well-being.
F
According
to
the
Greater
Boston
Food
Bank,
half
of
our
black
brown
lgbtq
students
are
food
insecure
compared
to
an
already,
far
to
high
average,
a
30
37
percent
of
all
students.
These
are
not
just
statistics.
There
are
limitations
at
best
and
outright
walls
at
worst.
What
made
my
college
a
reality
for
me
was
a
tuition-based
scholarship
from
Balfour
Academy.
Other
students
in
similar
situations
have
to
string
together
funds
from
a
mix
of
scholarship
jobs
and
Loans.
All
too
often,
these
pressures
become
too
much
faced
with
tuition
tuition
fees,
complex
work
schedules,
food
and
housing
insecurity.
F
Many
students
drop
out
a
full
40
percent
of
people
with
student
loans.
Do
not
have
the
degree
that
would
justify
the
investment.
Most
of
these
people
are
black
black
brown
and
low
income.
These
students
try
to
do
the
right
things.
We're
not
adequately
supported
on
our
left,
submit
quickly
in
a
work
position.
Other
cities,
states
and
countries
are
recognizing
the
value
of
a
complete
education
for
all
residents
until
our
state
and
federal
government
provide
provide
the
resources
necessary
to
provide
universal
access
to
Advanced
education.
F
Boston
must
work
to
ensure
that
our
most
vulnerable
students
have
the
opportunity
to
chew
their
paths,
whether
that
is
an
associate's
degree,
a
bachelor's
degree
or
career
in
the
crafts
and
trades
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
city,
corporate
partners,
philanthropies
and
academic
institutions
to
build
a
program
just
to
do
that.
Thank
you.
Thank.
K
You
Mr,
President
and
I
want
to
thank
Council
Burrell
for
his
leadership
in
this
space
and
adding
me
as
a
co-sponsor.
I
was
really
excited
to
see
this
filed
as
a
first
generation
college
student
and
the
first
person
in
my
family
to
graduate
high
school
I
wasn't
even
thinking
about
going
to
college.
It
just
felt
like
it
was
not
something
that
I
was
going
to
be
able
to
do.
K
Think
that
as
a
city,
because
we
are
so
rich
and
resources,
we
have
an
opportunity
and
a
responsibility
with
all
of
these
higher
ed
institutions,
who
are
literally
profiting
off
of
the
backs
of
the
kids
who
live
here.
K
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
to
lean
into
that
conversation
in
terms
of
accountability,
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
that
conversation
and
then
the
last
piece
that
I'd
like
to
highlight
is
that
our
office
throughout
tapping
into
our
own
personal
Network
have
had
to
work
with
so
many
students
who
were
short
a
few
thousand
dollars
here
and
there
to
be
able
to
re-register
for
the
second
semester.
K
So
I
think
that
this
is
something
that
we
as
a
city
not
only
have
an
opportunity,
but
we
also
have
a
responsibility
and,
as
the
chair
of
Workforce
Development
really
looking
to
have
this
conversation
that
looks
at
side
not
just
in
terms
of
education,
but
also.
How
do
we
hold
our
business
partners?
And
how
do
we
not
so
much
call
them
out?
K
A
H
H
In
my
district,
and
you
know,
I
I
have
often
said
that
one
of
the
things
that
gives
me
the
most
encouragement
is
when
we
actually
see
our
Boston
BPS
graduate
kids
going
to
these
universities
and
getting
scholarships
and-
and
you
know
a
number
of
times,
I've
been
at
events
in
particular,
there's
a
set
of
scholarships,
the
Menino
and
the
community
service
scholarships
at
bu
that
are
serving
hundreds
of
our
Boston
public
school
graduates
and
and
that's
really
exciting,
but
I've
also
had
lots
of
conversations
with
our
universities
about
scholarships
that
exist
on
paper,
but
our
students
are
not
actually
getting
them,
and
so
you
know
it's
it's
great
if
we
in
theory
have
an
opportunity,
but
what
we
really
want
is
to
make
sure
that
our
BPS
students
like
Council
Royal,
is
saying
you
know
if
they,
if
they
clear
a
certain
bar,
that
they
are
going
to
actually
get
these
opportunities
and
that
they're
not
something
that's
kind
of
staying
on
paper.
H
So
to
me
this
is
one
of
the
most
substantial
ways
in
which
the
universities
and
the
city
can
work
together
for
the
future
of
our
young
people.
And
you
know
it's
I,
think
one
thing
and
an
important
piece
for
us
to
kind
of
pursue
this
conversation
with
each
of
our
institutional
partners
and
it's
something
that
happens
in
the
pilot
conversations
and
it's
something
that
happens
in
the
institutional
master
plan
conversations.
H
But
it
really
makes
sense
for
us
to
have
a
kind
of
overall
Citywide
strategy
on
this,
and
it's
certainly
one
of
the
areas
where
you
know
it
remains
disappointing
and
shameful
in
some
sense,
that
Boston
is
literally
recognized
globally
as
a
higher
education
hub
for
the
world,
and
we
can't
match
enough
of
our
students
with
these
opportunities,
so
really
excited
to
see
this
be
filed
and
looking
forward
to
the
conversation,
please
add
my
name.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Council
mark.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
in
this
matter?
Would
anyone
like
to
add
the
name?
Please
raise
your
hand.
Mr
cork.
Please
add
councilor
Royal
councilor
counselor
Braden
Council
quarter,
Council
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council,
alhara,
Council,
Louisiana
consulate.
Murphy,
please
add
the
chair.
Originally
this
was
going
to
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
education,
but
after
listening
to
councilman
here
we're
going
to
place
it
in
the
labor
workforce
and
economic
development
committee
prayer
request.
F
Thank
you,
president
Flynn
and
I
like
to
suspend
the
rules
and
add
Council
Luigi
and
Council
Coletta
as
original
co-sponsors.
F
Thank
you,
president
Flynn,
and
we
Rely
Upon
Our
Civic
associations
to
organize
our
neighborhoods
Drive
Outreach
and
engagement
and
help
shape
our
City's
Future.
These
organ
organizations
are
often
all
volunteer,
non-profits
working
with
thin
budgets
and
limited
techno,
Technical
Resources,
and
we
know
that
they
work
24,
7
Around,
the
Clock,
the
many
things
that
we
have
come
to
rely
upon
our
Civic
associations
for
require
costly,
Support,
Services
web
design,
translation
services
and
Logistics
that
are
either
Out,
Of,
Reach
or
inhibit
spending
on
other
activities.
F
Our
office
was
able
to
hire
Christina
Glover,
a
local
graphic
designer
Who,
provided
these
exact
supports
to
our
Civic
associations.
She
built
our
Civics
websites,
assisted
in
graphic
design,
work,
help
develop
social
media
and
Outreach
strategies
and
trained
Our
member,
our
trained
our
Civic
members
to
use
and
maintain
these
systems
independently.
This
small
moved
helps
Civics
operate
more
effectively
and
done
at
scale.
We
believe
this
could
help
our
Civic
to
meaningfully
access
and
engage
with
more
of
our
community
members
in
our
city.
F
A
G
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
want
to
thank
counciloral
for
leading
on
this
issue.
This
is
an
issue
that
a
lot
of
my
office
and
my
staff
when
we're
interacting
with
Civic
associations.
We
realized
how
much
more
work
and
how
much
more
integrated
in
our
communities
they
could
be
if
they
had
more
technical
assistance
and
were
more
keyed
into
things
happening
here.
G
They're
often
a
lifeblood
of
community
engagement
for
residents,
where
they're
able
to
voice
concerns
their
volunteer
organizations
run
by
people
who
are
passionate
about
their
neighborhoods,
but
it
takes
really
hard
work
to
run
them
and
they
deserve
and
need
our
support.
We
do
technical
assistance
for
businesses.
We
do
technical
assistance
for
for
housing.
The
thing
that
often
connects
our
businesses,
our
houses,
our
seniors-
is
often
civic
association.
G
We
can
help
each
other
and
give
our
Civic
organizations
help
with
what
they
need,
and
so
I'm
excited
to
work
with
my
Council
colleagues
on
on
this
and
seeing
how
we,
the
city,
can
show
up
for
our
Civic
associations,
which
will
also
help
to
further
democratize
Civic
associations
and
make
them
more
open
to
younger
generations
and
people
who
traditionally
aren't
you
know
present
for
civic
association
meetings.
So
thank
you.
A
I
You
president
Flynn
I'm,
proud
and
delighted
to
be
at
it
as
a
co-sponsor
from
the
lead
sponsor
my
esteem
colleague
from
District
4,
as
well
as
Council
luigien
throughout
my
time
as
well.
First,
even
before
I
was
an
aide.
I
I
know
that
some
neighborhood
groups
in
my
district
have
been
calling
for
this
and
I
really
see
it
as
a
way
to
expand
participation,
expand
democracy,
especially
as
it
relates
to
translation
services,
where
a
large
part
of
the
folks
who
do
attend
our
civic
association
meetings
come
from
one
specific
socioeconomic
class
or
is
a
homogeneous
class.
Usually
homeowners,
so
I
really
see
this
as
a
way
to
to
expand
access
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
I
want
to
thank
you
again
for
putting
this
forward.
Thank
you.
A
K
You
Mr
President
and
thank
you
to
council
Burrell
I
just
want
to
uplift
counselor,
then
Campbell
was
so
incredibly
adamant
about
supporting
Civic
associations
and
so
I
really
want
to
just
bring
her
name
into
this
chamber,
because
I
remember
when
I
was
her
constituent
in
2016
2017
around
my
neighborhood,
there
was
an
illegal
boarding
house
with
13
level,
three
sex
offenders
and
as
a
result
of
that
work,
myself
and
one
of
my
neighbors
decided
to
create
a
civic
association,
and
we
didn't
know
what
we
were
getting
into.
K
All
we
knew
is
that
we
wanted
to
stop
this
from
happening
and
we
learned
a
lot
about
this
work
and
you
are
absolutely
right.
It
is
work
that
we
do
because
it
is
our
responsibility
to
take
care
of
ourselves
when
we
think
that
government
is
supposed
to
do
that.
For
us
and
civic
association
leaders
are
the
ones
who
are
stepping
up
to
the
plate:
organizing
printing
out
materials
do
door,
locking
trying
to
get
people
activated
and
oftentimes.
They
go
unseen
and
unheard.
K
Also
want
to
say,
when
you
snooze,
you
lose
because
I
will
hit
you
up
to
put
me
on
this
as
one
of
your
original
co-sponsors,
because
we,
since
a
few
years
ago,
we
have
been
working
with
mutual
Aid
groups
to
help
build
their
capacity
and
in
fact,
some
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
right
now
with
our
mutual
Aid
groups,
is
around
training
and
development
and
even
providing
them
with
ways
for
them
to
be
able
to
have
access
to
funding
so
that
they
can
continue
to
do
their
work.
K
So
I
would
look
forward
to
partnering
with
you
all
to
help
you
make
this
happen,
because
I'm
deeply
committed
to
to
this
work
and
then
the
other
pieces
that
we've
been
working
with
Civic
associations,
just
the
heads
of
these
organizations
to
help
support
them
so
I'm
going
to
let
them
know
that
if
we're
you
have
been
doing
this
in
District,
Four
and
I
have
I
mentioned
this
to
them
in
one
of
our
meetings.
K
But
I
would
love
to
see
this
as
a
Citywide
effort,
because
we
have
such
an
amazing
opportunity
to
lean
in
I.
Think
it's
incredibly
I,
don't
know
what
the
right
word
is.
I
just
think.
K
It's
I
think
when
I
hear
from
Civic
associations
that
they're
coming
out
of
their
own
pocket
to
print
when
we
have
a
city
printer
downstairs,
I
think
that
we
already
had
access
to
so
many
tools
and
all
we
need
to
do
is
open
up
the
shop
so
that
we
can
make
it
easier
for
these
Civic
associations
to
actually
do
their
work
and
I
also
know
that
my
colleague
counselor
Anderson
way
before
she
even
came
on
here,
was
working
in
deep
community.
K
A
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President
yeah,
no
pressure
at
all
I
wanted
to
thank
my
Council
colleague
counciloral.
This
is
a
brilliant
idea.
Of
course,
I
was
like.
Why
didn't
you
put
me
on
it
saying
this
counselor
over
here,
but
I
really
I
want
to
offer
our
model
in
District
Seven,
of
course,
to
allude
to
customer
here's
point
about
consolidating
community
and
working
with
the
leaders.
That's
some
sort
of
Roundtable
or
some
sort
of
council
or
Coalition
of
all
these
Civic
associations
would
really
consolidate
the
efforts
as
well.
L
As
you
know,
we
understand
we.
We,
the
counselors,
have
a
lot
on
our
schedules,
as
is,
but
to
be
able
to
meet
all
of
the
chairs
or
all
of
the
leaders
in
one
platform,
maybe
on
a
monthly
basis,
would
really
streamline
processes.
So
adding
this
component
of
technical
assistance
is
crucial
because
we're
talking
about
Civic
associations
that
again
are
inundated
with
a
lot
of
community
efforts,
but
then
they
go
into
campaigning
on
issues
that
they
care
about.
They
may
need
to
my
sister
Lara
who's.
L
If
we're
looking
into
budgets
to
supporting
what
I've
done
in
district
7
is
actually
consolidate
or
partner,
universities,
resources
and
fellows
or
interns
we
with
different,
depending
on,
of
course,
the
interest
or
the
goal
with
different
classrooms
from
different
universities
and
in
order
to
be
able
to
execute
some
of
this
work.
So
we
have
a
data
visualization.
We
have
one
on
website.
A
A
B
E
Thank
you,
Mr,
President
or
singles.
Well,
there's
some
historical
issues
with
the
word
nips,
so
everyone
has
seen
on
a
day-to-day
basis
if
you're
walking
around
your
neighborhood,
if
you're
driving
into
work,
I
saw
it
today
on
my
drive
into
work,
the
Miniatures
or
the
singles
Strone
on
the
roadway
strong
on
the
side
of
the
road
I
didn't
realize
immediately
just
how
major
of
an
issue
that
was
I
took
office
in
2020
and
about
a
year
after
that.
E
A
neighborhood
group
keep
Hyde
Park
beautiful,
a
group
that
I
have
volunteered
with,
and
my
staff
has
volunteered
with,
which
is
largely
made
up
of
about
12
people
give
or
take
at
any
given
time
who
volunteer
their
time
to
clean
up
our
neighborhoods
in
the
globe
covered
it
because
it
was
so
significant
and
what
ended
up
coming
out
of
it
was
Gardner
Massachusetts.
E
There
was
a
liquor
store
that
offered
five
cents
back
for
every
bottle
that
was
brought
to
them
and
so
in
Gardner
Massachusetts
in
two
years
they
collected
a
hundred
thousand
Miniatures
or
singles
off
the
streets
of
Gardner,
and
so
inspired
by
that
keep
High.
Park
beautiful
did
a
similar
request
of
a
local
liquor
store
and
they
were
offered
500
by
that
liquor
store
and
another
500
by
an
anonymous
donor.
E
If
they
could
get
to
10
000
singles
or
Miniatures,
they
thought
that
would
take
them
a
year,
they're
only
a
group
of
about
12
people.
It
took
them
two
months
and
so
12
people
Hyde
Park,
two
months,
10
000
of
these
just
off
of
the
street,
and
so
that
was
my
first
sort
of
on
my
radar
that
this
is
an
issue.
I
might
want
to
look
at
when
I
was
when
I
was
running
for
office.
E
I
had
conversations
with
Chelsea
and
Chelsea,
specifically
Chelsea
city
council
president
rabbit
genetta,
who
had
moved
for
this
in
2018
and
what
he
had
told
me
was.
They
had
had
a
hearing
at
the
Chelsea
city
council
about
opiate
addiction,
because
opiate
addiction
is
a
very
serious
issue
and
overdoses
at
that
time.
E
They
wanted
to
get
a
sense
of
how
many
people
were
overdosing
and
at
that
time
was
brought
to
his
attention
that
they
actually
had
received
about
four
times
the
amount
of
calls
for
alcohol
related
emergencies,
almost
a
thousand
of
those
and
so
Chelsea
moved
forward
in
2018,
with
a
city-wide
band
of
the
Miniatures
or
the
singles,
and
in
a
year's
time
that
number
had
dropped
by
more
than
half,
and
so
you
get
two
sort
of
prongs
to
this
issue.
E
There's
an
environmental
issue,
I'll
dive
a
little
bit
more
into
that
there's
a
medical
sort
of
related
issue,
I'll
dive
a
little
bit
more
into
that,
but
in
Chelsea,
which
did
this
in
2018.
They
were
recently
asked
about
this
because
I
presented
this
and
the
police
chief
there
Chief
Holden,
called
it
a
game.
Changer
said
that
the
impact
in
Chelsea
was
noticeable
significant
and
that
medical
emergencies
had
dropped
by
almost
half.
E
In
that
time
never
mind
just
the
beautification
of
Chelsea
and
the
neighborhoods
in
the
streets,
because
they
don't
have
these
littered
everywhere
in
the
same
way
in
Boston.
This
is
an
issue
that
has
come
up
before
I
actually
had
my
staff.
Look
it
up.
So
we
have
a
2015
licensing
board
decision
for
Roxbury
in
2015
they
had
determined
that
a
transfer
of
a
license
there
was
a
liquor
store
in
Roxbury
that
had
a
poor
reputation.
They
sold
the
license
to
someone
else
when
that
person
was
coming
in
for
the
transfer
license.
E
The
commission
responsibly
and
I
think
doing
their
job.
Listening
to
constituents
imposed
a
singles
or
Miniatures
ban.
I
was
in
2015..
This
was
a
new
owner,
hadn't
owned
the
property,
and
so
they
challenged
that
decision
and
said.
Look.
This
wasn't
us.
This
was
the
owner
before
us.
That
challenge
was
denied.
Essentially,
they
came
back
that
the
city
has
the
power
to
change
and
exclude
the
purchase
and
sale
of
Miniatures
and
singles,
and
in
fact
we
looked
that
up
through
analyze
Boston
and
we
got
back
these
numbers
analyze.
E
Boston
is
not
a
perfect
system,
and
so
this
is
more
of
a
floor
than
a
ceiling.
There's
likely
more
places
that
have
had
these
banned
or
or
told
that
they
could
not
sell
these
then
analyze
Boston
has
caught,
but
we
have
at
least
70
businesses
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
are
not
allowed
to
sell
singles
or
Miniatures
Alston
has
three
Back
Bay
has
three
Chinatown
has
four
downtown?
E
Has
seven
Fenway
has
seven
Hyde
Park
has
won
the
North,
End
has
one
the
seaport
has
five
Brighton
has
two
Charlestown
has
two
Dorchester
has
six
East
Boston
has
seven
Jamaica
Plain
has
two
matapan
has
just
one
Mission
Hill
has
just
won,
Roslindale
has
four
Roxbury.
Has
ten
in
South?
Boston
has
three,
so
those
are
over
70
businesses
that
can't
sell
singles
or
Miniatures
today
already
they
just
can't
do
it,
and
the
reasoning
for
that
which
was
illuminated
in
this
2015
decision
is
because
the
harms
of
singles
and
Miniatures
are
well
known.
E
They
end
up
on
the
streets,
they
are
often
in
passing.
This.
It
has
been
I
have
been
open
in
public
about
issues
in
my
own
family
with
addiction,
and
so
I
was
aware
of
this
from
an
answer.
E
We
had
some
folks
who
say
said
you
know
if
you
ban
signals
or
Miniatures
people
just
purchase
larger
containers
of
alcohol,
but
the
emergency
numbers
from
Chelsea
don't
bear
that
out.
If
individuals
were
actually
buying
larger
containers
of
alcohol
and
consuming
those
bottles
of
alcohol
at
the
same
level
or
more,
you
would
have
seen
more
emergency
calls.
You
would
have
seen
more
medical
emergencies
and
we
haven't
seen
that
Newton
did
this
last
year,
one
of
their
city,
councilors,
was
asked
about
it
and
they
remarked
that
they
have
noticed
a
significant
and
noticeable
change
there.
E
What
neither
of
these
cities
have
noticed
is
any
of
their
liquor
stores
going
out
of
business,
and
so
the
only
argument
that
has
been
made
to
me
about
why
we
need
to
not
do
this
is
that
it
would
harm
liquor,
store
profit
margins
and
that
it
might
drive
them
out
of
business.
However,
in
Chelsea
and
Newton
in
the
other
instances
and
places
where
this
has
happened,
that
has
not
actually
occurred.
E
We
have
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
70,
at
least
liquor
stores
that
can't
sell
Miniatures
and
singles
as
we
speak,
and
so
this
is
not
a
situation
that
I
took
lightly.
I.
Think
Banning
things
is
sort
of
a
last
resort
issue.
However
miniature
bottles
back
to
that
environmental,
prong
they're,
not
part
of
the
bottle
bill.
You
don't
get
any
change
back
when
you
return
them
and
even
if
they
were
part
of
the
bottle
bill
which
there's
a
bill
that
has
stalled.
E
That
I
think
there's
two
bills
that
have
stalled
out
at
the
State
House
on
adding
them
to
the
bottle
Bill,
even
if
they
were
part
of
the
bottle
Bill,
the
bottles
are
so
small
that
they
actually
don't
function
in
the
recycling
machines.
They
would
actually
break
and
clog
those
machines
up.
So,
even
if
you
added
a
five
cent
return,
the
machines
we
currently
have
in
this
state
could
not
handle
them,
and
so
this
is
this
instance.
E
Where,
for
the
public,
good
I
think
we
should
be
Banning
these
universally
just
all
across
the
city
level,
the
playing
field,
there's
70
plus
licenses
out
there
right
now
that
already
have
this
restriction,
we
should
level
it
out.
Everyone
should
have
that
restriction
and
the
board
has
the
ability
to
do
that
restriction
immediately.
E
The
way
that
would
work
is
liquor,
licenses
get
renewed
annually,
and
so,
as
people
come
forward
for
the
renewal,
they
would
have
this
restriction
added
to
them
and
all
new
all
new
liquor
licenses
for
retail
store
package
store
sales
would
have
to
go
through
this
process
and
would
have
this
already.
As
part
of
that,
there
has
been
sort
of
overwhelming
support
to
my
office
on
this
from
both
environmental
concerns
across
the
state.
E
It
was
brought
to
my
attention
that
in
Rhode,
Island
they've
actually
tried
to
move
forward
with
a
ban
in
Maine
under
Governor
LePage.
There
was
an
attempt
to
move
forward
with
a
ban.
Instead,
they
added
it
to
the
bottle
bill.
This
is
not
a
new
idea.
It
has
been
done
in
other
places.
I
think
we
would
be
one
of
the
more
significant
cities
in
New
England
to
do
it,
however
Chicago,
which
is
actually
about
three
times
the
size
of
Boston
has
also
already
done
this.
So
This
Is,
Not,
A,
New
Concept.
E
It's
not
a
new
idea.
It's
not
going
to
close
your
local
liquor
store
your
mom-and-pop
package
store.
It
is
simply
going
to
protect
residents
from
an
overabundance
of
litter
that
they
see
every
day
when
they
go
about
their
streets.
These
are
strolling
around
playgrounds,
they're
strewn
around
parks
and
most
concerningly
they're
thrown
across
roadways,
which
would
suggest
that
they
are
actually
consumed
while
driving,
and
so
these
are
the
kinds
of
instances
that
I
think
we
can
prevent
with
a
simple
act
here
in
the
council.
We
don't
have
the
power
in
the
council
to
do
this.
E
And
so
this
is
why
I'm
moving
forward
with
this.
It's
my
hope
that
my
colleagues
sign
on
and
show
Avid
support.
I
know
that
all
of
us,
as
counselors
heard
about
this
I
know
as
a
district
counselor
I,
knew
about
that
2015
decision,
because
I'd
had
neighborhood
associations
and
Civic
organizations
whenever
a
new
license
comes
up
in
my
district
petition,
my
office
to
ask
for
this,
this
type
of
singles
or
miniature
bottle
bands.
E
E
Substitute
the
language
simply
changing
the
word
names
for
miniature
alcohol
bottles
and
things.
A
H
You
Mr
President
I,
just
wanted
to
rise
to
say
that
in
my
district,
and
particularly
in
Back
Bay
and
the
Fenway,
this
has
become
and
actually
also
in
Beacon
Hill.
This
has
become
a
kind
of
standard
thing
that
residents
have
asked
of
new
liquor
stores,
moving
in
and
so
counselor
Arroyo
mentioned
a
number
of
the
establishments
in
my
district.
H
That
already
have
this
restriction
on
them
and
I
would
say
it
sounds
like
an
undercount
just
based
on
the
number
that
I
know
of
so
you
know
it
seems
to
me
and
and
honestly,
that's
come
out
of
long
Community
conversation
about
about
exactly
the
impacts
that
Council
Arroyo
referenced.
A
Thank
you,
Council
book.
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
clerk,
please
at
counselor
Council
Braden
Council,
Colorado,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Louisiana,
Council,
Mejia,
councilor,
Murphy
Council,
we're
all
pleased
out
the
chair,
docket
zero.
Six
three
zero
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
small
business,
professional
licensure,
Mr
Clerk,
please
red
doc
at
zero.
Six,
three
one.
A
L
Thank
you
so
much
Mr,
President
I
today
hope
well
this
evening.
We
project
that
it
may
be
the
commencement
of
Ramadan
and
tomorrow,
being
the
first
day
that
we
begin
our
fasting
Journey
for
the
month
of
Ramadan
I'd
like
to
ask
my
Council
colleagues
to
extend
best
wishes
to
Muslims
in
Boston
Massachusetts
and
the
United
States
and
worldwide
for
a
joyous,
meaningful
observance
of
Ramadan
and
a
holy
month
of
prayer,
fasting
and
charity.
L
Islam
is
one
of
the
world's
major
religions
and
part
of
our
share.
Faith
Traditions
Ramadan
is
the
holy
month
of
fasting
and
spiritual
renewal
for
Muslims
worldwide
and
the
ninth
month
of
Muslim
calendar
year.
One
of
our
purposes
for
fasting
during
the
holy
month
of
Ramadan
is
for
Muslims
to
gain
better
understanding
of
the
FL
of
the
plight
faced
by
people
living
with
poverty
and
Ramadan
is
a
time
to
reflect
spiritually,
build
community
and
Aid
those
who
are
struggling
financially
a
reason
to
celebrate
and
Express
gratitude
in
the
month.
Just
to
keep
it
simple.
L
There
is
a
lot
of
research
that
proves
that
fasting
specifically
fast
dry
fasting.
It
has
proven
over
well,
if
you
do
it
over
I
think,
45
days
to
90
days,
you,
your
cells,
begin
to
regenerate,
therefore,
repairing
illnesses
in
the
body.
So
we
feel
that
when
you
are
fasting,
so
I
will
probably
not
be
saying
breaking
the
quorums
or
saying
any
bad
words
restraining
from
food
and
water
or
any
type
of
pleasurable
activities.
L
It's
a
time
for
me
to
basically
regenerate
and
re-innovate
my
spirit,
mind
body
and
soul,
but
again
remembering
those
that
go
without
so
in
Ramadan.
The
way
we
practice
is
by
giving
to
charity-
and
there
was
a
period
of
time.
So
if
you
are
sick
or
if
you
are
pregnant
or
breastfeeding,
of
course
you
are
exempt
or
to
feel
much
older
in
age,
and
you
need
nourishment,
of
course
you
also
exempt
so
I.
L
Ask
those
of
you
to
join
me,
and
there
are
over
a
hundred
and
thirty
one
thousand
Muslims
in
Boston
at
least
that's
what
the
numbers
say,
but
in
district
7
alone
there
are
a
lot
of
opportunities
for
us
to
learn
about
Islamic
traditions
and
support
our
Muslims
brothers
and
sisters
traditionally
Muslims.
L
We
try
to
practice
not
that
we
are
claiming
or
pretentiously
saying
that
we
are
humble,
but
the
practices
to
attempt
to
build
up
humility
in
self.
So
you
will
find
that
a
lot
of
Muslims
are
just
getting
accustomed
to
advocating
or
claiming
a
position
in
Civic
government.
So
I
ask
all
my
Council
colleagues,
you
ask
for
our
Muslim
vote.
You
ask
for
our
Muslim
support.
You
knock
on
our
doors.
You
come
to
our
events.
L
No,
no
one,
okay,
well
I
thought
my
one
or
two
colleagues
with
my
join.
So
thank
you
and
a
very
Ramadan
Mubarak.
Oh
sorry,
I'm
asking
for
suspension
and
fast.
Thank
you.
A
J
You,
president
Flynn
I'm,
just
happy
to
stand
in
support
of
it.
My
best
friend
my
my
longest
best
friend
is
a
practicing
Muslim
and
for
the
last
year,
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
getting
to
know
counselor,
Fernandez,
Anderson
and
so
during
Ramadan
I,
typically
like
to
join
in
on
the
fasting
in
solidarity,
which
is
I,
think
what
my
my
colleague
was
referencing
and
so
I'm
excited
to
really
join
in
stand
in
solidarity
with
our
Muslim
siblings.
A
Thank
thank
you,
Council
Oliver.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this
matter?
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Mr
Clara?
Please
add:
council
Royal,
Council
book
Council,
Braden,
Council,
Coletta,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Luigi
and
counselor
Mejia
councilor,
Murphy
Council,
we're
all
pleased
to
have
the
chair.
A
B
B
L
L
So
we
all
know
the
data.
We
know
that
district
7
is
historically
the
most
disenfranchised
District
Roxbury,
being
the
most
disappranchised
neighborhood,
with
now
Council
of
Raul's,
District
being
the
most
disenfranchised,
yeah
and
so
I
wanted
to.
L
We
have
done
a
lot
of
work
around
this
and
by
we
I
mean
the
Civic
associations
shout
out
to
I'm
not
going
to
start
naming
one
because
then
I'll
forget
the
other,
but
shout
out
to
all
of
the
Civic
associations
and
neighborhood
groups
and
advocacy
and
non-profit
organizations,
Northeastern
University,
Boston,
University,
Harvard,
University
MIT,
of
course,
who
all
have
supported.
It's
our
UMass
Boston
and
Roxbury
Community
College,
who
have
supported
in
this
endeavor,
shout
out
to
all
the
artists,
these
district
7
artist,
Coalition.
L
Also,
the
district
7
placekeepers
co-op
We
have
basically
figured
out
a
way
to
come
together
and
work
on
an
anti-displacement
project,
Master
project
in
Roxbury.
Essentially,
we
would
like
to
work
with
the
administration,
and
we
have
been
thank
you
so
much
to
Chief,
Dylan
and,
of
course,
Arthur
Jimerson
from
for
from
bpda
who
have
been
open
and
collaborative
in
this
effort
to
creating
open
spaces
and
as
well
as
developing
or
temporarily,
developing
or
activating
or
place
making
in
empty
Parcels
in
Roxbury.
We
look
forward
to
showing
you
some
of
these
ideas.
L
We
have
gone
as
far
as
created
with
architect,
students
created
all
our
designs,
based
on
surveys.
We
surveyed
Roxbury,
we
surveyed
our
artists,
we've
talked
to
again
Advocates
and
planners
and
organizers
and
we've
come
up
with
designs
and
renderings
for
these
parcels,
and
we
can't
wait
to
meet
with
the
mayor
to
be
able
to
show
what
we're
proposing
it's
all
moving
ahead
and
it's
happening.
Hopefully,
we
will
have
more
diverse,
more
robust
district
7
and
by
activating
these
Parcels.
Of
course,
we
are
beautifying
Roxbury.
L
We
are
adding
or
building
a
quality
of
life
in
Roxbury
so
that
our
our
children
can
step
outside
and
have
a
place,
a
safe
place
to
play
more
other
than
Parks.
Yes,
I
am
an
advocate
of
dog
parks.
I
know
that's
an
issue
of
contention,
but
also
spaces
to
activate
art,
also
spaces
to
do
Outdoor,
Theater
and
so
many
more
on
wonderful
ideas.
L
So
I
look
forward
to
asking
for
suspension
and
pass
of
the
resolution
just
to
support
me
in
recording
that
we
have
done
this
work
in
order
to
again
Revitalize
our
business
districts
by
way
of
activating
parcels
and
also
to
creating
open
spaces
and
beautifying
Roxbury.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
your
vote
in
advance.
A
And
thank
you
Council
Fernandez
Anderson.
Would
anyone
like
to
speak
in
this
matter
or
would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name?
Please
raise
your
hand
Mr
Clerk.
Please
add
council
of
Royal
Council
Council
Braden
Council
Colorado,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
Mejia,
Council,
Murphy
Council.
Overall,
please
have
the
chair.
A
B
A
A
A
A
Three:
okay:
we
will
take
a
vote
to
add
these
lay
file
matters
into
the
agenda.
All
those
in
favor
of
adding
these
late
file
matters
into
the
agenda
say
aye.
Thank
you.
These
late
file
matters
have
been
added
into
the
agenda.
Mr
clerk.
Please
read
the
first
slate
file
matter
into
the
agenda,
which
is
an
absence
letter.
B
B
Letter
letter
from
Boston
City,
councilor,
Michael,
Flaherty,
Dear,
Mr,
Clark
and
Council
of
council
president
Flynn
I
write
to
inform
you
that
I,
unfortunately
unable
to
make
it
to
the
meeting
of
the
Boston
city
council
today,
March
22nd,
2023.
I,
remember.
My
staff
will
be
present
to
take
notes
now
review
the
recording
of
the
meeting
as
soon
as
possible.
I
look
forward
to
following
up
with
colleagues
and
staff
after
the
meeting
sincerely
councilor
Mike
Flaherty.
Thank.
A
F
B
A
L
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
wanted
to
take
the
time
to
think
and
that's
okay.
She'll
put
me
in
a
choke
hold
later
to
thank
our
very
own
Chantal
Barbosa,
who
brought
this
to
my
attention
to
recognize
and
uplift
all
the
crealas
in
Boston,
as
Mr
Clark
has
read.
Cape
Verde
women
day
is
celebrated
annually,
March
27
to
recognize
contributions
and
achievements
of
Cape
Verde
women
around
the
world.
L
L
It's
sort
of
like
hula
dance,
a
little
bit,
I
guess
faster,
more
hippie,
but
anyway
you
get
the
picture
in
Cape,
Verde,
knowingly
that
we
were
discovered
before
Columbus
Christopher
Columbus
time
and
that
our
country
of
an
archipelago
of
10
Islands
was
used
as
a
port,
a
transatlantic
slave
trade
port,
and
it
was
the
island
that
I
come
from
Santiago.
That
was
used
actually
for
this
sort
of
trade
and
as
my
people,
the
African
people
from
the
continent
would
get
kidnapped
and
then
stolen
and
then
a
genocide.
L
A
journey
of
genocide
would
begin
one
of
the
one
of
the
largest
I,
wouldn't
say
the
largest,
because
of
course
we
have
the
indigenous
and
the
Native
American
people
hundreds
of
millions
of
people,
but
this
would
then
turn
into
about
20
million
people
as
a
as
a
holocaust
for
the
African
Holocaust
Cape
Verde
then
suffered
famines
every
decade.
If
you
can
imagine,
there
are
different
islands
and
like
in
Jamaica
where
the
rebels
would
go
into
the
mountains
to
fight
their
colonizers
and
oppressors
that
Cape
verbs,
Cape
verdians
would
do
the
same.
L
So
the
Africans
would
go
into
the
mountains
and
organize
to
fight
the
colonizers,
and
so
we
began
this
culture
of
just
making
way
making
do
of
everything.
So
these
strong,
diverse
group
of
people
different
countries
would
come
to
Cape.
Verde
such
as
in,
as
you
know,
all
of
the
continents,
so
the
English,
the
Spaniards,
the
even
the
Italians
at
some
point,
the
Portuguese,
the
Germans,
the
Dutch.
L
They
would
all
come
to
Cape
Verde
to
land
their
ships,
and
then
they
would
begin
piracy
later
in
the
later
1800s
because
who
controlled,
whoever
controlled
the
Port
Clinton
slave
trade
would
control
the
world
slave
trade.
So
we
as
rebels
in
the
mountains
and
begin
to
survive,
but
also
suffering
famines
because
it
was
there
wasn't
much
to
do.
Cape
Verde
is
a
very
dry
land,
sometimes
very
tropical,
and
sometimes
very
dry
months,
Without
Rain,
even
So.
L
L
M
M
A
J
J
My
youngest
brother
Manuel
is
half
K
Verdi
and
his
dad
is
K
Verdian
and
he
is
the
only
boy
in
the
family,
so
I
inherited
six
Cape,
Verdean,
half
sisters
and
a
grandmother,
Miss
Natalia,
who
unfortunately
taught
my
mother,
how
to
say,
kalabaka
and
that's
all,
and
that
is
how
my
mom
used
to
yell
at
my
little
brother
in
the
house,
all
of
the
time
and
and
I
say
that
to
say
that
I
have
in
my
life,
been
blessed
to
really
have
that
warm
heart
and
then
that
care
and
that
love
from
Cape
Verdean
women
through
through
my
family
and
my
little
brother
and
so
I'm
happy
to
celebrate
and
I.
A
K
You
Mr
President
I.
You
know
every
time
I
hear
counselor
Anderson
speak.
It
always
makes
me
also
get
choked
up
because
I
see
how
much
you
have
just
how
much
love
you
have
for
the
people
that
you
serve
and
the
people
that
you
represent
and
I
think
that
sometimes
we
leave
so
much
of
ourselves
at
the
door
so
that
we
could
be
in
this
chamber.
K
So
I
just
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
vulnerability
and
for
your
humility,
because
I
know
it's
not
easy
to
be
you
or
us
in
any
of
these
spaces.
K
You
girl,
yes
and
I,
always
used
to
say
that
I
was
from
Fogo
I
haven't
not
knowing
where
the
photo
was.
K
It
was
my
immigrant
two
year
old
sisters
that
taught
me
that
we
are
all
one
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
leadership,
counselor
Anderson,
and
for
how
hard
you
work
to
making
sure
that
all
people
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
are
seeing
heard
and
felt
and
so
happy
creolia
day.
Please
add
my
name
and
keep
bringing
all
of
that
spicy
sauce
into
this
chamber.
A
L
You
Mr
President
I,
just
wanted
to
rise
to
also
acknowledge
that
Senator
Liz
Miranda
was
is
on
her
way.
Unfortunately,
this
was
a
short
notice
for
her,
but
she,
of
course,
is
accommodating
our
schedule.
I
wanted
to
also
ask
everyone
to
join
us
in
the
Piemonte
room
for
some
good,
delicious,
Cape,
Verdean
food.
After
this
and
again,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everyone
and
I
also
wanted
to
uplift
Senator
Miranda
for
being
the
first
Cape
Verdean
State
Rep
in
the
first
Cape
Verdean
state
senator.
Thank
you.
A
G
You
just
Rising
as
well
to
just
say,
happy
Crayola,
International
Day,
to
Cape
writing.
Women
Cape
verdians
are
an
integral
part
of
our
city.
It's
always
weird
to
go
to
other
places
and
people
not
know
what
it
means
to
be
Cape,
Verdian
or
like
where
it
came
from
like
cape
verdeans
are
so
integral
to
Boston.
I
lived
in
Senegal
with
a
family
that
was
Cape,
Verdean
and
so
I.
G
Don't
remember
the
name
of
the
dance
but
I
know
that,
like
it
was
part
of
the
ritual
when
families
were
getting
married,
when
my
host
sister
was
getting
married,
so
just
I'm
just
grateful
it's
a
cape
reading,
Community
patient
person,
there's
been
so
much
in
common,
culturally
and
I
just
and
grateful
for
what
I
learned
from
you
from
the
culture
that
you
bring
to
the
city
for
the
for
the
food
for
the
pastelas.
So
thank
you
obrigada
and
happy
Crayola,
International
Day.
Thank
you.
A
A
Council
Colorado
Council
Lara,
Council,
Louisiana,
Council,
Mejia,
Council,
Murphy
Council,
please
add
the
chair,
Council
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council,
Fernandez
Anderson
seek
suspension
in
the
rules
and
Adoption
of
this
slate
file.
Nada,
all
those
in
favor,
say
aye
I'll,
post
in
Avis
have
at
the
docket
has
been
adopted.
A
The
yeah
we'll
do
one
after
the
after
the
the
sessions
over
we're
on
to
green
sheets,
we're
on
to
the
consent
agenda.
A
A
If
anyone
would
like
to
speak
about
a
a
a
loved
one
or
a
constituent
or
a
family
member
that
has
passed
away,
please
raise
your
hand
or,
if
you
would
like
to
make
a
brief
announcement
as
well.
Please
raise
your
hand
I'll
go
around
the
around
the
room,
starting
with
Council
Arroyo.
The
chair
recognizes
Council
Royal.
E
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
just
want
to
shine
some
light
on
Cruz
Miguel
Ortiz
cuadra,
who
I
have
submitted
as
a
name
to
close
the
memory
of
he's
a
food
historian,
who's
known
as
a
one
of
Puerto
Rico's,
leading
astronomy
experts,
and
he
sought
to
define
the
Island's,
Cuisine
and
educate
the
world
about
it.
He
died
this
month
in
Puerto
Rico.
His
books
and
research
have
been
used
to
find
solutions
to
Puerto
Rico's
generally
acknowledge
food
insecurity
problems
which
stem
from
the
Island's
Reliance
on
imported
products.
E
He
worked
on
a
project
to
help
identify
native
and
naturalized
ingredients
in
order
to
preserve
and
propagate
them.
Chefs
use
his
work
on
Puerto
Rican
ingredients
today
to
curate
their
menus
and
to
have
their
staffs
explain
the
dishes
that
are
sort
of
Puerto
Rico's
national
dishes.
He
not
only
taught
as
a
Puerto
Rican
culinary
history
certification
program.
H
You
so
much
Mr,
President
and
I
I
actually
rise
on
a
cheerful
occasion.
Today
it
is
my
younger
sister
Abby's
32nd
birthday,
so
I
wanted
to
wish
her
happy
birthday.
H
She
is
one
year
nine
months
younger
than
me,
so
this
is
we're
in
the
three
month
period
where
it
looks
like
we're
only
a
year
apart,
even
though
I've
always
been
older
and
wiser
she's,
but
just
like
someone
who's
unbelievably
close
to
me,
really
an
amazing
person
I'm
very
proud
of
her
she's
about
to
graduate
with
her
MBA
in
a
month
living
down
in
Philadelphia
these
days,
but
she
still
keeps
up
with
everything
going
on
in
Boston
and
yeah.
H
Just
you
know
the
I
love
her
a
lot
and
I
wanted
to
wish
her
a
happy
birthday.
So
thank
you.
A
C
You
Mr
President
last
year,
I
had
the
pleasure
of
celebrating
Karine
Gilbert's
100th
birthday.
We
recognized
her
in
city
council
last
year
and
she
was
surrounded
by
family
and
friends
and
was
elegant
and
engaged
as
always,
100
years
old,
she
lived
independently
and
took
care
of
herself
as
an
incredible
Baker
and
and
and
cook
in
the
inner
home
with
in
in
Brighton,
and
then
her
health
decline
quite
rapidly
in
in
May
of
last
year,
and
she
passed
away
last
week,
100
years,
an
incredible
presence
in
our
community.
C
She
was
a
very
special
woman,
musically
talented,
active
in
her
local
synagogue
and
at
the
local
PTA
when
she
had
children.
She
recorded
her
storycorps
interview
with
her
grandson
Jonah
that
is
preserved
in
the
Library
of
Congress,
and
it's
a
really
interesting
conversation
that
they
had
and
it's
a
treasure
to
have
that
memory
preserved
and
she
was
a
bright
light
in
the
Brighton
Community
and
will
be
dearly
missed
by
all
who
knew
her
and
I
want
to
remember.
Today.
Thank.
J
Thank
you,
president
Flynn
I
have
two
things.
One
just
wanted
to
send
my
condolences
to
Santa
Teresa's
in
West
Roxbury.
Just
last
week
we
lost
Reverend
Peter
Nolan
and
we
will
be
sending
him
home
this
week.
Father
Nolan
was
incredibly
dedicated
to
the
community.
Many
many
decades
of
work,
not
just
here
in
Boston
and
West
Roxbury,
but
all
across
the
world
really
with
his
missionary
work.
So
I
just
wanted
to
extend
my
condolences
to
Saint
Teresa's
and
his
friends
and
family
and
I.
Also
just
wanted
to
welcome.
A
G
You
Mr
President
just
wanted
to
remind
my
Council
colleagues
about
the
lunch
and
learn
in
the
curly
room
by
Boston
Community
Land,
Trust
mini
McMahon,
Lydia
Lowe
and
a
few
others
will
be
here
following
up
on
the
aop
conversation
that
we
had
during
here
in
a
few
weeks
ago.
So
hope
everyone
can
join
there'll
be
Haitian
food,
so
you
can
jump
from
the
curly
room
to
get
Haitian
food
and
then
from
Monty
room
to
get
caperating
food.
So
all
right.
A
K
You
thank
you,
I
just
wanted
to
give
my
daughter
annalize
a
shout
out.
She
made
the
JV
softball
team
and
she
also
made
the
JV
last
session,
the
basketball
team,
and
so
you
know,
I
really
do
appreciate
Council
Murphy
and
her
steadfast
advocacy
around
Athletics.
You
know
I
really
think
it's
such
a
great
source
of
providing
young
people
with
the
mental
health
and
wellness
that
they
need
to
so
I
just
wanted
to
uplift
annalize.
K
Since
you
know,
I
worked
13
14
hours
a
day
and
this
child
in
many
ways
feels
neglected
by
me,
but
I'm
glad
she's
at
least
thriving
in
school.
Despite
it
all
so,
I
just
want
to
give
her
a
shout
out
and
uplift.
Her
and
she's
also
made
the
Honor
Roll
every
semester,
so
I
just
wanted
to
sing
her
Praises,
while
I
have
the
privilege
to
do
so.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
Sunday
here
and
I'm,
just
going
to
run
through
some
of
the
names
that
are
mentioned
for
Council
of
royal,
as
he
mentioned:
Cruz
Miguel,
Ortiz
councilor,
Braden,
Kareem,
Guild,
consolidating
Karine
Gilbert
Council,
Credit,
Colorado,
Jamie,
Lee,
agrasa
Boucher
for
Council
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Carol,
Ian
Hairston.
A
The
council
is
Flynn
Flaherty
Baker
Kevin
ostergai
for
Council
Flynn
and
Flaherty
Monsignor
Albert
cantance
from
the
Saint
Peter's
Lithuanian
Church
in
South
Boston
for
Council
Lara
and
for
myself.
I
also
knew
Father,
Peter
Nolan
very
well
for
Council
Louisiana,
Vlad
germano,
Adonis,
Rollin,
Maynard
Freeman.
A
A
He
was
a
Boston
city
council,
Boston,
City
Hall
beat
reporter
for
The
Herald,
covering
mayor's
Heinz,
Collins
and
white.
Before
moving
to
the
now
state
house
to
cover
Statewide
politics,
Robert
was
the
research
director
for
the
city,
council
and
retired.
In
that
role
he
was
active
in
his
neighborhood
as
as
Council
Arroyo
mentioned
in
Hyde
Park,
and
has
contributed
so
much
to
the
community.
A
A
The
chair
moves
that
when
we
adjourn
today,
we
do
so
in
the
memory
of
those
individuals
we
mentioned
here
today.
We
are
scheduled
to
meet
again
in
the
ionella
chamber
on
Wednesday
March
29th
at
12
noon.
Before
we
adjourn
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
clerk
in
the
clerks
team.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
and
their
staff.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
city,
council,
Central
staff
and
say
thank
you
to
the
court
stenographer
as
well.