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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on May 4, 2022
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Boston City Council Meeting on May 4, 2022
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Good
morning
or
afternoon
rather
father
odysseus,
drossos
was
born
and
raised
in
montreal
quebec,
canada.
He
attended
the
annunciation
of
the
virgin
mary
church
serving
in
the
altar
and
involved
in
the
youth
ministry
programs.
He
earned
a
bachelor
of
liberal
arts
degree
in
pre-theology
from
hellenic
college
in
brooklyn
brookline
mass
in
1990,
and
he
earned
a
master
of
divinity
from
holy
cross.
Greek
orthodox
school
of
theology
and
brookline
mass
in
1993.
C
father
odysseus
served
as
the
pastoral
assistant
at
saint
nicholas
greek,
orthodox
church
in
oakland
illinois.
Well
in
the
chicago
area,
he
met
his
wife,
maria
calves,
and
they
were
married
on
february
5th
1995
at
holy
apostles,
greek
orthodox
church
in
westchester
illinois.
He
was
ordained
to
the
deaconant
on
july
17
1995
at
the
annunciation
church
in
montreal
quebec
in
canada
and
ordained
to
the
priesthood
on
july
18
1995
at
saint
pentelamon,
greek
orthodox
church
in
markham,
ontario
canada,
where
he
served
as
a
parish
priest
until
august
31
2019.
C
He
has
also
served
as
the
director
of
social
services
and
one
of
the
founding
directors
of
the
summer
camp
metaphor.
Metamorphosis,
which
is
a
youth
camp,
he's
also
served
as
a
professor
and
instructor
of
byzantine
music
in
both
the
patriarchal
toronto
orthodox
theological
academy
and
the
byzantine
school
of
music,
as
well
as
the
chaplain
of
the
metamorphosis
greek
orthodox
day
school
in
toronto,
ontario
canada,
father
odysseus,
then
served
at
st
george
greek
orthodox
cathedral
in
vancouver
british
columbia
from
september
1st,
2019
until
november
26
2020
and
then
with
the
blessings.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
Everyone
I
wanted
to
begin
before
I
begin
with
our
prayer.
I
wanted
to
simply
express
my
deepest
gratitude
and
appreciation
to
councillor
arroyo
and
all
the
respected
members
of
council
being
a
clergyman
who
served
for
27
years
so
far.
I
understand
the
pressures
and
the
demands,
as
well
as
the
commitment
that
is
called
upon
when
we
are
in
these
leadership
roles,
and
it
is
such
a
blessing
and
a
privilege
to
have
these
roles
at
this
time.
I
invite
you
to
please
rise
as
we
pray.
D
We
pray
to
you
and
entreat
you
who
are
the
source
of
wisdom
and
thank
you
for
all
our
people
who
serve
in
leadership
roles,
our
mayor
of
boston,
michelle,
our
city,
council
members,
their
staff
and
all
their
families
enlighten
and
guide
our
leaders
with
reminders
each
day
of
why
they
decided
to
dedicate
their
lives
to
public
service
and
use
that
commitment
to
encourage
them
direct,
oh
lord,
their
thoughts
to
the
way
of
truth
so
that
they
may
enact
order
and
enforce
whatsoever.
Things
are
true
whatsoever.
Things
are
pure
whatsoever.
D
Things
are
just
tending
toward
all
excellence
and
virtue.
We
pray
o
lord
for
the
staff
of
our
leaders.
Grant
also
unto
them
love,
grace
strength
and
encouragement
bless
them
with
the
knowledge
needed
to
approach
each
situation
in
the
best
way
possible,
for
you
are
the
help
and
salvation
of
all
of
those
who
place
their
hope
in
you
and
to
you.
We
offer
praise
honor
and
glory
now
and
forever
and
unto
the
ages
of
ages,
amen,
amen.
A
Thank
you,
father
and
thank
you.
Thank
you,
council
arroyo.
At
this
time
we
have
a
special
presentation
from
council
block,
as
she
has
invited
the
long
time
community
activist,
jackie
royce,
to
the
council
meeting
today.
Jackie
is
turning
89,
so
I
want
to
ask
councillor
bach:
to
introduce
jackie
forest.
E
E
E
We
might
have
lost
her
and
she
had
a
long
and
arduous
recovery
in
the
hospital
and
then
came
back
and
then
somehow
redoubled
her
efforts,
which,
if
you
had
known
her
before
just
all
the
work
she
does
with
the
gas
leak
allies,
be,
can
nab
the
green
committee,
the
ward
4
democrats,
some
of
whom
are
here
you.
If
you
had
known
jackie
before
you
would
not
have
thought
it
was
possible
to
redouble
your
efforts
and
yet
somehow
it
was,
and
and
even
at
now
the
age
of
89
she's.
E
Also,
the
co-founder
of
the
boston,
clean
energy
coalition
and
the
muddy
water
initiative,
and-
and
it's
just
was
just
one
of
the
most
inspiring
community
activists
I
know
in
the
city,
and
so
we
really
wanted
and
thank
you
for
the
partnership.
With
of
the
award
for
democrats,
we
wanted
to
present
this
res
this
resolution
today
recognizing
jackie
royce
on
her
89th
birthday
and
a
lifetime
of
climate
advocacy
in
which
she
really
continues
to
inspire
us
all.
E
So
I
I
wanted
to
invite
the
council
and
also
her
family
she's,
joined
here
by
her
son
ethan,
but
also
her
daughters,
sarah
and
francine,
and
carol
on
behalf
of
ward
4.
I
think
you
should
come
up
too
and
I
I
wanted
to
ask
counselors
indulgence
in
joining
us
for
a
celebratory
photo
with
jackie
and
her
family.
Thank
you.
A
Seeing
and
hearing
no
discussion
on
the
matter,
the
chief
moves
to
approve
the
minutes
from
the
last
meeting
as
presented
all
those
in
favor
of
approving
the
minutes
from
the
last
meeting
say
aye
I'll
oppose,
nay
the
the
eyes
have
it.
Thank
you.
The
minutes
of
the
last
meeting
stand
is
approved.
Communication
from
her
honor,
the
mayor,
mr
clerk.
Please
read
dark
at
0-5-7-7-0-5-7-8
together.
A
B
Six
doctor
number
zero.
Five.
Seven
nine
notice
was
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
appointment
of
renee
bushy
as
the
director
of
the
office
of
labor
relations
effective
april
twenty
third,
twenty
twenty
two
talking
number
zero.
Five
eight
zero
notice
was
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
appointment
of
inez
foster
as
a
member
of
the
make
boston
shine,
trust
fund
doctor
number
zero.
Five.
Eight
one
notice
was
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
appointment
of
briana
miller
as
a
member
of
the
make
boston
shine.
B
Trust
fund
talking
number
zero,
five,
eight
two
notice,
as
we
see
from
the
mayor
of
the
appointment
of
john
romano
as
a
member
of
the
may
boston
shine
trust
fund
talking
number
zero.
Five.
Eight
three
notice
was
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
appointment
of
henry
santana.
As
a
member
of
the
make
boston
shine,
trust
fund
doctor
number
zero.
Five,
eight
four
notice
was
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
appointment
of
kevin
tran
as
the
member
of
the
make
boston,
shine,
trust
fund
and
docket
number
zero.
B
A
Thank
you,
docket,
zero,
five,
seven,
nine,
three
zero
five
eight
six
will
be
placed
on
file
matters
recently
heard
for
possible
action.
Mr
clerk,
please
read
doc
at
zero.
Four.
Eight
zero,
two
zero
four,
eight
two
doc
at
zero.
Four,
eight
three
in
docket,
zero,
four,
eight,
four,
two:
zero:
four,
eight
six
together,
please.
B
Orders
for
the
fiscal
year
23
operating
budget
and
crew,
including
annual
appropriations
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
the
post-employment
benefits,
op-ed
docket
number
zero;
four,
eight:
three
order
for
a
capital
fund,
transfer
appropriations
and
dockets
zero.
Four:
eight:
four
through
zero,
four
eight
six
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements.
B
A
F
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
the
committee
on
ways
and
means
began
holding
hearings
to
review
the
fy
23
budget.
This
past
monday
or
april
25th
2022.
We
have
held
a
public
hearings
in
total.
So
far
this
week
we
have
held
a
total
of
two
public
hearings
on
for
listening
sessions
for
public
testimonies
and
also
a
budget
work
workshop
for
district
seven
and
one
coming
up
for
all
of
the
districts
on
monday
may
2nd.
We
have.
F
Dps
enrichment
will
also
be
sending
in
their
written
responses
to
the
questions
that
on
equity
that
were
submitted
prior
to
the
hearing,
as
well
as
possible,
extending
the
hearing
to
get
the
answers
to
questions
that
were
not
received
tomorrow,
thursday
may
5th.
We
will
again
hear
from
bps
this
time
on
topic
of
operations
in
the
morning
and
in
the
afternoon
we'll
hear
from
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services
and
office
of
language
and
communications
access
over
the
next
five
weeks.
We
will
be.
F
We
will
continue
to
review
the
fy
23
budget
with
departmental
hearings
and
counselor
working
sessions
to
discuss
potential
amendments.
If
you
should
need
or
the
counselors
need
any
information
on
schedule
or
concessions,
a
form
will
go
out.
I
have
received
support
from
counselor
bach
on
form
to
ask
the
counselors
for
their
priorities
on
the
budget
and
moving
forward
to
to
work
in
sessions
with
those.
So
looking
forward
to
that
and
again
thank
you
for
to
all
the
counselors
who's
been
attending,
we've
been
having
a
very
robust
attendance
and
participation
and
look
forward
to
more.
A
Thank
you,
council
fernandez
anderson
dark
at
zero;
four,
eight
zero,
two
zero
four:
eight:
two
docket
zero:
four,
eight:
three
docket
zero:
four,
eight
four,
two
zero
four
eight
six
will
remain
in
committee.
Mr
clerk.
Please
read:
docket
zero,
five,
zero;
three:
two:
zero:
five:
zero:
four
and
zero
four
three
six
together.
Please.
B
Document,
zero,
five,
zero
three
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
349
million
500
000
in
the
form
of
a
grant
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
treasury
to
be
administered
by
the
city
of
boston's
chief
financial
officer
collector
treasurer.
This
grant
payment
is
made
from
the
coronavirus
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
from
fund
slf
rf
in
the
treasury
of
the
united
states,
established
by
section
9901
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act
of
2021
arpa
pursuant
to
the
requirements
of
the
arpa.
B
The
grant
payment
would
fund,
covert,
19
response
and
recovery
efforts
and
accelerate
a
green
new
deal
for
boston
through
once
in
a
generation
transformative.
Investments
that
address
the
systemic
health
and
economic
challenges
in
the
areas
of
affordable
housing,
economic
opportunity
and
inclusion,
behavioral
health,
climate
and
mobility,
arts
and
culture
and
early
childhood
doctor
number
zero.
B
Five,
zero
four
message
in
our
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
40
million
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
the
treasury
to
be
administered
by
the
city
of
boston's.
Chief
financial
officer
collector
treasurer
the
grant
payment
is
made
from
the
coronavirus
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
fund
clfrf
in
the
treasury
of
the
united
states,
established
by
section
9901
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act
of
2021,
our
arpa
pursuant
to
the
requirements
of
the
arpa.
B
The
grant
payment
would
fund
provisions
of
government
services
to
the
extent
of
the
reduction
in
revenue
of
such
state
territory
or
tribal
government
due
to
the
covert
19
public
health
emergency
relative
to
revenues
collected
in
the
most
recent
full
fiscal
year
of
the
state
territory
or
tribal
government
prior
to
the
emergency
and
daca
number
zero.
Four:
three:
six
order
for
a
hearing
on
the
state
of
boston's
non-governmental
nonprofit
social
sector
and
chart
charting
a
post
pandemic
recovery.
B
A
E
You
so
much,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
to
all
the
counselors
who
came
to
our
hearing
yesterday
afternoon,
including
councillor
flynn,
rayden
baker,
murphy,
flaherty,
fernandez,
anderson,
warrell,
mejia
and
luigen.
It
was
a
a
good
first
introduction
to
the
administration's
proposal
on
the
american
rescue
plan
funds,
350
million
so
casey
brock,
wilson,
jim
williamson
of
the
budget
office
and
chief
mary
angelisolo
sivera
all
joined
us
from
the
administration.
E
As
we
discussed
at
that
hearing,
it
was
really
just
a
kind
of
first
overview
of
what
they're
proposing
and
then,
as
I've
mentioned
a
few
times.
My
intention
is
to
have
a
series
of
more
kind
of
topic,
focused
ones
where
we
both
talk
about
the
details
of
their
proposals
in
different
categories
like
housing,
public
health
et
cetera,
but
also
put
next
to
it.
The
things
that
counselors
have
been
filing
and
talk
about
the
details
of
those
and
kind
of
hash
out.
E
What
makes
sense
from
this
body's
perspective,
since
this
really
is
this
transformational
one-time
funding
that
we're
getting,
and
it's
got
to
be,
an
agreement
between
the
council
and
the
mayor
as
to
what
the
most
impactful
way
to
spend
it
is.
So
that
was
the
first
hearing
in
a
process.
We
also
noticed
it
as
the
clerk
mentioned
on
the
40
million
dollar
revenue
replacement,
docket.
E
Recognizing
that
the
city
doesn't
have
money
to
bail
out
the
nonprofit
sector
here.
But
are
there
ways
that,
in
our
contracting
with
the
nonprofit
sector,
in
terms
of
like
making
things
intentionally
available
to
smaller
nonprofits
and
then
really
like
thinking
about
how
the
quality
of
the
jobs
that
we
have
that
we're
supporting
with
these
contracts
and
agreements
look
like?
Could
we
help
transform
that
sector
to
one
that's
more
sustainable
for
the
people
who
work
in
it
and
the
people
that
it
serves?
So
I
think
it
was
a
really
robust
good
conversation.
E
It
was-
and
I
want
to
thank
in
particular
counselor
braden,
since
she
was
the
sponsor
of
that
third
docket,
but
it
was
very
much
the
beginning
of
the
conversation
my
my
office
will
have
out
today
or
tomorrow
morning.
Our
draft
information
requests
from
questions
that
counselors
asked,
but
if
counselors
have
any
questions
that
you'd
like
to
add
on
to
that,
you
can
write
back
to
our
office
with
that.
E
So
we're
going
to
try
to
wrangle
that
all
by
the
end
of
the
day
friday,
so
that
we
can
send
it
over
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
we've
got
the
right
information
in
hand
in
advance.
The
next
hearing
with
the
administration
we're
also
in
the
midst
of
nailing
down
and
we'll,
hopefully
have
nailed
down
by
friday
the
exact
schedule
of
those
upcoming
hearings,
so
that
people
can
know.
But
what
I
would
encourage
in
the
meantime
is
that
colleagues
continue
to
do
what
what
folks
have
been
doing.
E
I
think,
including
in
the
agenda
today,
which
is,
if
there's
something
that
you
want
put
alongside
the
proposal
and
to
talk
about
as
a
use
of
arpa
funds
file
it
in
the
council
docket
with
that
mention
of
arpa
funds
in
the
title,
so
that
we
know
that
that's
the
conversation
we're
trying
to
participate
in
and
and
we'll
definitely
be
figuring
out
how
to
make
sure
that
the
time
in
those
subsequent
hearings
is
not
just
about
the
administration's
proposals.
It
really
is
about
what
counselors
are
proposing
and
I'm
excited
to
keep
passing
that
out
together.
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
I
would
like
to
thank
the
chair
of
the
of
the
of
the
committee
for
holding
this
and
and
to
listen
to
us
in
our
concerns.
I
made
mine
quite
clear
yesterday.
I
don't
really
see
anything
in
here
that
speaks
to
mental
health
other
than
what's
happening
down
on
mass
and
cass,
and
I
believe
we
do
need
investments
down
there,
but
I
don't
think
we
need
to
invest
in
buying
things
like
the
roundhouse
hotel
and
things
like
that.
G
I
think
we
should
be
investing
in
our
young
kids
that
are
going
to
bear
the
brunt
of
this.
Of
this.
What's
happened
to
us
the
last
two
years.
Everything
that's
happened
there.
It's
young
kids,
just
look
at
what's
going
on
in
our
schools,
the
violence
and
the
misbehaviors
that
are
happening
in
our
schools.
It's
all
mental
health
driven,
and
I
don't
see
one
thing
in
this
350
million
dollars
that
speaks
to
that
to
speaks
to
youth
development.
A
H
You,
mr
president,
I
also
want
to
thank
the
councillor
bach
for
her
leadership
and
sharing
the
committee
hearing
yesterday
and
allowing
us
to
add
our
docket
to
the
hearing
to
look
at
boston's,
non-governmental,
non-profit
social
sector
and
how
they
and
hear
from
representatives
of
that
sector
and
how
they're
fared
during
the
pandemic.
It's
really.
It
was
a
timely
reminder
that
our
non-profit
sector
are
essential
partners
for
the
city
in
delivering
essential
services
in
the
sphere
of
housing
and
mental
health
and
health
and
human
services.
H
All
across
the
board.
We
have
two
hundred
thousand
residents
of
boston,
are
actually
employed
in
this
sector
and
very
many
of
our
smaller
non-profits,
dug
into
their
financial
reserves
and
in
the
in
the
early
days
of
covert
to
meet
the
her
meet
the
need
thinking.
It
would
be
a
short-term
challenge.
It
wasn't
a
sprint.
It
turned
out
to
be
a
marathon,
actually
probably
a
super
marathon
longer
than
the
26
miles.
H
So
you
know,
I
think
it
was
a
timely
conversation,
and
I
do
hope
that
we
will
continue
to
consider
how
we
might
support
the
non-profit
sector,
as
we
consider
how
we
might
expand
our
arbor
funds
going
forward
targeted
and
mindful
expenditure
in
certain
things
will
will
actually
give
us
a
lot
more
benefit
going
forward.
Thank
you.
A
I
I
just
would
like
to
go
on
the
record
and
echo
the
importance
of
making
sure
that
we
as
counselors
understand
and
recognize
the
important
role
that
we
play
in
determining
how
these
dollars
are
going
to
get
allocated
and
used.
I
always
say
that
nothing
about
us
without
us
is
for
us
and
when
we
get
presented
things
that
we
need
to
react
to,
it
always
feels
like
an
afterthought
and
in
the
spirit
of
a
new
administration
and
in
the
spirit
of
collaboration.
I
I
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
change
the
way
we
do
business
and
making
sure
that
we're
listening
directly,
not
to
not
only
to
our
our
council
colleagues,
but
also
to
those
who
put
us
in
this
position.
So
I
look
forward
to
the
continued
conversation
and
being
a
loud
voice
in
this
process.
Thank
you.
A
F
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
holding
the
hearing
and
to
my
colleagues
for
their
express
concerns,
and
I
think
that
you
know
we.
We
have
a
long
way
to
go
in
terms
of
like
procurement
and
city
contracts
and
managing
brjp
and
ensuring
that
these
processes
or
how
we're
contracting
or
employing
people
in
the
city
of
boston
is
or
not
equitable.
F
So
I
did
hear
that
there
was
a
plan
for
specific
allocation
to
ensure
to
fulfill
some
assessments,
thereafter,
some
sort
of
metrics
in
monitoring
how
we're
going
to
be
equitable
or
how
the
implementation
of
these
programs
would
be
equitable.
I
did
appreciate
the
the
ideas
that
the
administration
had.
I,
I
think,
they're
I
think
that's
most
of
them
for
for
our
wonderful
ideas,
but
I
also
think
that
counselors
have
one
to
four
ideas.
F
So
I
believe
that
we
should
probably
go
into
conversations
about
how
we
are
expanding
on
the
proposal
to
include
us,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
that-
and
I
won't
belabor
this
any
further
but
to
say
that
again,
when
we
look
at
our
contracts
and
our
records,
we're
not
doing
a
good
job
so
allocating
such
a
large
amount
to
projects
and
say:
okay,
here's
five
million
to
ensure
that
it
is
equitable.
I
think
it's
concerning,
and
I
think
that
historically
you
know
the
pattern
so
thus
far.
F
Historically-
and
I
know
this
doesn't
speak
to
the
administration
currently,
but
because
there
is
a
lack
of
trust
because
their
their
relationship
has
not
built
upon
where
we
as
people
of
color
or
counselors
of
color
believe
or
feel
that
the
equity
has
truly
been
solidified
in
city
government.
Then
the
honest
and
sincere
conversation
should
roll
out
where
we
are
included
so
lead
by
example,
to
speak
to
council
muhir's
point.
So
I
look
forward
to
doing
that
and
having
those
open
conversations
without
without
insult
without
judgment.
A
J
Thank
you,
president
flynn,
and
thank
you
to
councillor
fernandez
anderson
for
co-sponsoring
this
matter
with
me.
We
all
know
that
asthma
is
a
chronic
respiratory
disease.
That's
responsible
for
about
1.8
million
annual
emergency
department
visits
in
the
u.s.
It's
also
the
leading
cause
of
childhood
morbidity.
J
As
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
housing
and
community
development,
I'm
committing
to
ensuring
that
our
constituents
not
only
have
access
to
ample
affordable
housing,
but
that
the
places
that
they
call
home
are
also
safe
and
healthy.
I'm
calling
this
hearing,
because
our
current
interventions
have
proven
to
be
plagued
by
the
same
systemic
racism
that
we
see
in
all
of
our
city
agencies,
and
I
think
that
a
policy
failure
is
going
to
require
a
policy
solution,
and
I
hope
that
we
can
get
to
one
here.
Thank
you,
president
flynn,.
A
F
F
In
short,
I
think
if
you
live
in
predominantly
black
neighborhood
because
of
the
intersection
between,
like
you
know,
systemic
racism
and
class
inequality,
that
neighborhood
is
more
likely
to
be
poor
working
class.
So
then,
obviously
predominantly
white
navy,
then
they
are
predominantly
white
neighborhood
counterpart,
and
I
think
because
of
this
to
reiterate
example
documented.
F
Here,
though,
we
could
just
as
easily
discuss
other
examples.
Obviously,
asthma
and
other
conditions
that
come
with
a
lack
of
inspections
in
in
these
communities
obviously
impact
the
communities
disproportionately
in
a
negative
way.
So
thank
you
again
and
I
look
forward
to
holding
here
with
you
thanks.
A
K
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
rise
in
support
of
this
daca,
but
also
to
say
that
one
of
the
reasons
why
it's
incredibly
important
to
have
isd
doing
these
inspections
is
because
people
are
so
afraid
already
to
withhold
rent
when
it
is
their
right
when
they're
not
being
provided
at
a
an
apartment
that
is
up
to
standards.
K
We
see
it
time
and
time
again.
People
are
paying
for
for
apartments
that
are
not
quality
right,
but
they
feel
like
if
they
don't
pay
the
rent,
even
though
they're
not
getting
heat
or
even
though
they're
you
know,
you
know,
living
in
subpar
conditions
that
they're
still
required
to
pay
rent
when
they're,
not
they
are
required,
they're
able
to
withhold
rat
and
the
more
we
get
isd
out
there
to
inspect
the
apartments.
K
The
more
people
will
feel
empowered
that
they
can
actually
withhold
that
rat
that
they
can,
and
so
I
think
it's
important
that
we
have
isd
out
there,
also
so
that
our
neighborhoods
people
in
our
neighborhoods
feel
like
they
can
take
ownership,
even
if
they're,
just
renting
of
what's
coming
out
of
their
pocket,
and
that
was
coming
out
of
their
pocket
meets
the
value
of
what
they're
getting
so
just
rise
in
support,
and
I
think
this
is
a
really
important
conversation.
Thank
you.
L
The
floor.
Thank
you,
president
flynn,
and
thank
you
to
the
makers,
council,
lara
and
anderson.
The
hearing
order
points
to
some
staggering
data
around
repairing
items
that
are
health
hazards.
I've
received
pictures
of
unhealthy
living
living
situations
from
roadings,
cockroaches
and
mode
as
a
city.
I
believe
that
we
should
be
looking
towards
a
more
proactive
enforcement.
That's
not
that
does
not
rely
on
tenant
reports,
for
example,
in
2003
the
greensboro
city
council,
enacted
their
own
certificate
occupancy
ordinance
and
requiring
mandatory
inspections
for
essentially
all
rental
housing
and
after
they
enacted
their
ordinance.
L
They
saw
that
code
violation
dropped
by
77
in
eight
years
and
that
the
city
was
able
to
bring
more
than
eight
thousand
seven
hundred
properties
up
to
a
minimum
standard
over
the
course
of
four
years.
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
with
the
the
makers
isd
to
ensure
that
their
resources
and
that
we're
able
to
enforce
and
strengthen
the
policies
on
inspection
repair.
Thank
you
thank
you
and
you
want
your
name.
H
You,
mr
president,
I
also
want
to
thank
the
makers
for
this
very
important
hearing
order
and
it
also
dovetails
very
nicely
with
some
work.
Our
office
has
been
doing
on
the
issue
of
scofflaw
landlords
who
do
not
keep
their
properties
up
to
cold
and
defer
maintenance
and
etc
without
and
use
the
the
cold
enforcement
fines
as
just
a
cost
of
doing
business.
So
we're
working
on
that.
H
H
I
So,
thank
you,
mr
president,
so
I
just
want
to
rise
and
support
and
thank
the
leadership
of
the
housing
committee
for
spearheading
this
councilor
lada
for
your
unrelentless
leadership
and
all
things
that
deal
with
housing.
I
really
do
appreciate
and
love
how
you
lead
in
this
space,
as
well
as
council
fernandez,
anderson,
really
looking
forward
to
the
work
and
not
only
just
having
the
conversation
but
really
putting
in
the
systems
that
are
going
to
help
support
your
vision.
So
please
add
my
name.
Thank
you.
A
A
The
important
role
pest
control
plays
in
healthy
living
in
in
apartments,
especially,
but
they
contribute
significantly
to
decline
in
our
public
health.
Our
our
health
for
our
children,
so
dealing
with
pest
control,
is
also
a
critical
role.
I
know
several
of
my
counselors
have
mentioned
that,
but
that's
an
important,
an
important
subject,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
all
the
counselors
for
the
important
work
they're
doing
on
this.
A
B
J
J
This
project
is
about
two
months
behind
schedule
and
we're
calling
this
hearing
to
share
an
overview
of
the
community
process,
the
decisions
that
we
made
based
on
the
feedback
we
got
from
our
community
meetings
and
to
hear
from
community
members
who
live
in
the
neighborhood
and
use
the
park
about
their
ideas
and
their
concerns.
We
hope
that
this
is
a
second
attempt
by
integrating
their
feedback
that
will
allow
us
to
get
back
on
schedule,
so
the
people
of
roxbury
can
enjoy
their
brand
new
space
as
it
was
intended.
J
The
committee
on
environmental
justice,
resiliency
and
parks
will
be
stewarding.
This
conversation
with
the
support
of
my
co-sponsor
counselor
fernandez
anderson,
where
whose
district
the
park
is
in
chief
white
hammond
and
commissioner
woods
and
we're
looking
to
hold
it
here
soon
in
the
coming
week,.
A
F
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
to
council
lara
for
again
partnering
with
me
or
inviting
me
to
in
the
lead
of
this.
We
in
in
district
7
there's
been
a
series
of
community
hearings
and
different
listening
sessions
with
the
parks,
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
you
thank
chief
mariama,
as
well
as
commissioner
woods
for
the
process.
Thus
far,
it's
come
to
a
point
where
people
feel
that
there
needs
to
be
a
further.
F
A
A
B
I
You,
mr
president,
in
november
of
2016,
the
voters
of
massachusetts
made
it
clear
that
we
needed
to
create
a
process
to
allow
the
sale
of
legalized,
recon
recreational
cannabis.
The
spirit
of
that
moment
was
rooted
in
the
urgent
need
to
undo
decades
of
racism
and
the
over
criminalization
of
black
and
brown
communities.
I
It
was
a
moment
where
we
stood
up
and
said
that,
if
you
are
a
single
parent
trying
to
sell
some
cannabis
to
make
ends
meet
you're,
not
a
crim,
a
criminal.
In
fact,
we
want
to
work
with
you
and
all
communities
that
have
been
over
police
for
using
and
selling
cannabis
to
help.
You
start
a
legal
cannabis
business.
Four
years
after
that,
in
march
of
2020
peoria
aces
and
grove
hall
became
the
first
marijuana
store
to
open
in
boston,
also
becoming
the
first
licensed
marijuana
business
opened
by
the
cannabis
control
commission's
economic
empowerment
applicants.
I
Even
to
get
to
the
point
where
we
had
one
equity
applicant
stores
in
boston's
took
years
of
work.
Countless
hours
of
advocacy
and
let's
face
it
millions
of
dollars,
because
that's
what
it
takes
to
simply
set
up
shop
here
in
boston.
I
have
yet
to
meet
a
cannabis
entrepreneur
who
has
not
spent
at
least
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
on
leases,
applications,
bureaucracy,
red
tape
and
more.
And
so
you
have
to
ask
yourself
with
such
a
high
barrier
to
entry
for
cannabis
entrepreneurs.
I
Could
a
single
parent
selling
cannabis
on
the
side
really
make
their
ends,
meet
or
even
dream
of
opening
up
their
own
store?
And
that's?
Why
we're
filing
this
hearing
order
today,
because
we
need
to
think
more
creatively
about
how
we're
creating
pathways
to
entrepreneurship
in
the
cannabis
market,
for
communities
that,
for
decades
were
over
policed
and
over
incarcerated
and
to
this
day
still
struggle
to
access
the
legal
cannabis
market.
I
I
would
like
to
see
a
future
where
a
cannabis
entrepreneur
can
in
a
safe
and
well-regulated
system,
produce,
edibles
or
other
cannabis
products
in
their
own
homes
and
make
a
living
off
that
we
already
know
that
it's
happening
all
across
boston
as
we
speak,
so
we
might
as
well
find
a
way
to
make
it
safe
and
and
for
everyone
involved.
I
know
that
the
people
who
are
listening
to
this
may
think
that
it's
crazy
or
even
undoable,
because
it's
never
been
done
before.
I
But
if
we
are
serious
about
championing
black
and
brown
cannabis
entrepreneurs,
we
need
to
think
about
all
of
the
entrepreneurs,
not
just
the
ones
who
have
access
to
capital.
I
know
that
our
cannabis
laws
are
complicated,
delicate,
and
I
also
know
that
we
still
have
some
of
some
of
the
counselors
who
were
there
when
the
law
was
was
first
crafted,
including
my
colleague,
councillor
flaherty,
who
championed
the
half-mile
buzzer
buffer
rule.
That
is
now
in
law
in
our
city.
A
G
G
Well,
I've
been
shown
facebook
posts
where
people
co-opt
a
full
menu
from
restaurants,
immigrant
owned
restaurants
too.
By
the
way
and
say
we
can
do
anything
on
this
catering
all
the
way
down
the
line,
so
it's
basically
become
a
way
for
people
to
stay
away
from
health
care,
health
inspections
to
stay
away
from
any
sort
of
taxes
to
stay
away
from
any
sort
of
regulation
that
we
have
to
keep
people
safe.
That's
one
point
and
to
talk
about
allowing
people
to
make
edibles
in
their
own
homes,
edibles
is
where
you
need
to.
G
You
need
to
really
know.
What's
in,
there
really
know
the
dosage,
because
that's
where
people
can
really
get
wacky
if
they
eat
too
many
edibles
or
if
the
edible
says
it's
five
milligrams
and
it's
actually
50
milligrams,
and
I
don't
think
home
home
cooks
home
chemists,
we
should.
We
should
give
that
sort
of
that
sort
of
like
ability
to
do
that.
You
know
I
mean.
Are
we
just
going
to
allow
everyone
to
just
sell
weed
now
to
at
what
point
do
we
have
have
and
continue
the
rules
that
we
have
in
place?
G
I
mean
there's
a
reason
why
it
costs
a
lot.
I
for
one,
don't
want
weed
on
every
on
every
corner,
because
it's
no
different
from
the
liquid
liquor
stores.
What
have
we
fought
for
years?
Liquor
stores
on
billboards,
liquor,
liquor
being
sold
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods,
my
neighborhoods,
every
every
corner,
liquor
store
and
that's
what
the
weed
industry
has
been
in
boston
here.
We've
just
licensed
dispensaries,
so
we're
just
selling
weed
to
our
kids,
no
jobs.
We
have
no.
I
think
we
have
one
one
grow
coming,
which
is
where
the
real
jobs
are.
G
A
A
F
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
mr
clerk,
when
I,
when
I
was
writing
this.
The
title
read
like
that.
Just
the
way
you
read
it
and
I
was
like
the
not
holistic
heparin
health
services
I
was
like.
I
was
really
enjoying
the
way
you
read
that
because
that's
exactly
how
it
played
my
mind,
I
was
like
dang.
This
title
is
too
long,
but
anyway
and
just
the
title,
I
listen,
I'm
gonna,
listen.
You
know
what
it's
a
dissertation,
no,
okay,
it's
four
pages
long!
Yes,
I
know
listen
right!
F
F
All
right,
all
jokes
aside,
we
hear
councilman
here
talking
about
this
all
the
time
and
I
don't
know
the.
I
don't
know
how
to
quote
you,
but
boston
is
resource,
but
coordination,
poor
and
so
imagine
an
ecosystem
that-
and
I
think
this
is
already
in
play.
This
is
not
something
that
I'm
just
pulling
out
of
a
hat,
but
imagine
because
I
do
that
a
lot,
but
imagine,
though,
an
ecosystem
that
is
actually
working
in
synergy
in
terms
of
the
health
services
or
wrap-around
services.
F
I
think
that
there
are
a
lot
of
certain
agencies
in
our
community
that
have
proven
best
practices
that
have
actually
implemented
services
in
a
very
practical
and
efficient
way,
and
I
think
it's
war.
It
warrants
a
conversation
for
us
to
talk
about.
How
are
we
looking
at
all
of
our
resources
and
creating
this
so-called
ecosystem?
And
I
do
have
to
say,
council
braden,
I
was
not.
F
I
was
not
motivated
by
your
idea,
but
then
because
I
wasn't
really
listening
when
you
were
breaking
it
down,
so
I
apologize
that
this
goes
into
specifics
of
your
idea
and
I
came
to
see
you
today
to
say,
like
hey
look,
oh
my
god
great
minds,
think
alike,
but
this
is
an
actual
more
specific
to
to
as
an
extension
to
what
you
have
brought
up
already,
and
I
would
love
to
collaborate
in
how
we
can
fuse
this
together
and
that's
pretty
much
all.
I
have
to
say
about
that.
Thanks.
A
M
The
staffing
is
another
crisis
that
so
many
of
our
non-profit
social
service
industry
are
struggling
through
they've
been
hit
the
hardest.
You
know,
they've
been
stepping
up
and
providing
these
supports.
The
much
needed
supports
to
keep
our
city
moving
forward.
When
we
shut
down,
they
were
all
out
there
on
the
front
line
and
they
needed
to
work
more
and
they
have
a
staffing
shortage,
and
we
know
that
we
don't
pay
our
social
service
workers,
the
pay
that
they
need
and
they
deserve.
M
They
also
have
been
pivoting
to
ensure
that
our
communities
get
the
necessary
services.
They
need-
and
I
know
we
hope
cove
is
over,
but
we
know
it's
not,
and
so
many
of
our
neighbors
and
residents
not
just
need
mental
health
services,
but
also
basic
services
like
food
and
heat
and
housing
still.
So
we
can't
forget
that,
so
I
believe
that
this
order
is
going
to
help
mainstream
and
ensure
that
the
much
needed
services
continue
to
get
to
the
families
in
our
city.
M
So
I
look
forward
to
the
work
ahead
and
partnering
with
you
on
this
and
also
with
councillor
braden,
because
I
I
feel
like
most
of
the
orders
that
have
been
filed
and
council
of
flaherty
and
baker.
Those
who
have
been
around
it
might
seem
like
we
keep
kind
of
filing
the
same
things.
It
seems
like
we
care
about
the
same
thing
so
moving
forward.
M
K
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
May
the
fourth
be
with
you.
Sorry,
all
right,
all
right,
all
right!
All
right!
I
wanted
to
give
a
shout
out.
They
made
sure
I
said
it
on
the
mic.
I
said
it.
I
want
to
thank
the
leadership
of
counselor
finance,
anderson
and
councillor
murphy
on
this
issue.
I'm
happy
to
be
added.
We
know
that
nonprofits
engaged
in
cova,
19
and
health
recovery
services
are
already
doing
the
work
in
the
communities
that
we
live
in
and
that
they
serve.
K
I
mean,
if
you
don't
know
that
these
nonprofits
are
doing
the
work.
You're
not
looking
hard
enough,
because
they're
there
they're
present
oftentimes
using
money
from
their
own
pockets.
I'm
helping
a
non-profit
leader
who's
been
who's,
been
pouring
herself
into
this
work
of
really
shepherding
her
non-profit
through
the
not
throughout
covid,
and
is
re
behind
on
some
on
some
of
her
housing
payments,
because
she's
poured
so
much
of
her
own
funds
into
this
work,
so
they
need
our
support.
K
As
country
fernando
anderson
said,
wraparound
services
provide
comprehensive
and
holistic
family
driven
solutions
to
health
services.
It
puts
the
individual,
youth
and
families
right
at
the
center.
Covertly,
funds
have
been
almost
completely
inaccessible
to
our
immigrant
communities,
to
our
undocumented
communities,
to
returning
citizens
and
show
the
civil
rights
committee
and
immigrant
advancement
committee.
K
A
H
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
cancer
fernandez
anderson
for
this
initiative.
You
know
just
I
think,
the
connection
and
the
building
of
networks
and
effective,
effective
coalition
building
across
different
nonprofits
that
do
different
parts
of
the
job
having
having
a
safety
net
and
a
network
that
actually
doesn't
have
big
holes
in
it,
and
when
we
see
the
holes
being
able
to
to
correct
the
deficiencies,
I'm
just
want
to
speak
to
something
that
happens
out
in
alton
brighton.
H
What
does
anybody
need
what's
going
on
on
the
ground?
How
can
we
get
that
more
resources,
and
it
was
really
that
sort
of
collaborative
approach
that
helped
us
weather
the
storm,
and
you
know
I
think
we
need
to
explore
more
models
of
that.
I
know
at
a
neighborhood
level,
every
neighborhood
organizes
and
does
this,
but
it's
maybe
formalizing
it
and
putting
some
more
resources
into
it.
These
are
these
networks,
these
and
former
neighborhood
networks,
formalizing
them
more
and
putting
some
resources
into
supporting
that
grassroots
neighborhood
level.
H
A
I
Thank
you
to
the
makers
for
bringing
this
hearing
order
to
the
space
really
super
excited
about
the
conversation
as
someone
who
always
talks
about
the
fact
that
I
started
my
career
in
the
nonprofit
sector
and
that's
all
I've
ever
known
aside
from
my
time
at
mtv
and
even
then
I
was
still
working
with
the
nonprofit
sector
in
different
capacities.
I
think
that
you
know
when
I
talk
about
our
ability
to
be
resourceful.
I
Oftentimes.
Those
who
have
the
most
access
to
information
are
the
ones
who
usually
get
the
most
dollars
and
also
are
the
ones
that
have
the
most
capacity,
but
the
ones
who
are
doing
the
work.
Oftentimes
are
overlooked
and
I
think,
creating
an
ecosystem
where
we're
all
really
recognizing
the
strength
and
we're
not
going
to
be
acting
like
you
know,
crabs
in
a
battle
always
fighting
for
whatever
little
resources
and
whatever
crumbs
we
can
get.
I
So
I
think
this
whole
idea
of
really
creating
an
ecosystem
that
creates
opportunities
for
people
to
be
in
collaboration
with
not
in
competition
with
each
other
will
really
help
us
get
at
the
core
of
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
we
have
relied
on
our
non-profit
sector.
To
lean
into
and
I'll
just
say
that
you
know.
I
know
that
this
is
specifically
for
established
non-profits.
I
I
just
like
to
add
that
our
office
has
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
with
mutual
aid
groups
who
are
looking
for
organizations
to
partner
up
with,
and
I
think
that,
when
we
think
about
building
capacity,
there
are
a
lot
of
folks
who
are
doing
the
work
right
out
of
their
homes
with
very
limited
resources.
And
so
our
hope,
through
this
conversation,
and
we
hope
to
bring
some
of
these
mutual
aid
groups
into
the
into
the
fold.
I
A
A
I
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
before
I
even
read
this,
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
council
morale
and
counselor
baker
for
bringing
the
lewis
d
brown
peace
institute
here
a
few
weeks
ago.
So
really
do
appreciate
your
support
for
tina
and
her
team.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
them
into
the
space,
and
I
also
would
like
to
thank
my
co-sponsors
councilor
lara
engago.
I
I
know
this
resolution
will
be
recognizing
awareness
month
all
the
way
in
november,
but
we
frankly
need
to
be
recognizing
survivors
of
homicide.
365
days
a
year
we
use
the
word
quote:
unquote
resilient
in
a
lot
of
political
spaces,
perhaps
sometimes
too
much,
but
it's
hard
to
think
of
another
word
to
describe
the
families
and
loved
ones
of
those
who
have
survived
homicide.
I
I
And
I
think
that
too
often
we
lose
a
loved
one
to
homicide.
That's
that's!
The
initial
wave
of
support
people
send
you
meals,
reach
out
words
of
encouragement.
Refer
you
to
trauma
services,
but
what
happens
after
that?
What
happens
during
that?
First
birthday
or
holiday
season,
without
them?
Who
is
there
for
the
families
in
that
time
of
need?
And
I
think
that's
why
we
need
a
time
like
survivors
of
homicide
awareness
month,
because
there
isn't
a
moment
in
time
when
the
grieving
stops
when
you
finally
move
on,
especially
when
you
have
lost
someone
to
homicide.
I
I
If
we're
really
serious
about
this
work
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
I
just
feel
like
everything
here
is
so
political
and
it
just
gets
tiring
and
our
people
are
tired
of
it,
and
I
think
that
you
know
we
all
are
responsible
and
we
all
have
to
be
held
accountable
to
what
we're
going
to
do
if
we're
really
serious
about
restoring
the
harm
that
so
many
are
experiencing
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
Thank
you,
mr
president,.
J
J
J
All
of
my
colleagues,
if
not
most
of
the
folks
here
have,
are
either
survivors
themselves
or
know
and
love
survivors
and
their
families
who
they
either
work
with
or
are
in
their
communities,
and
so
I
feel
like
this
resolution
is
an
ode
to
that
strength
and
that
resilience
and
the
commitment
to
keep
going
from
homicide
survivors.
And
for
me
it's
really
a
commitment
to
the
ongoing
fight
against
gun
violence.
J
There
are
things
happening
in
my
district
currently
that
you
know
the
folks
in
our
community
are
really
feeling
the
weight
of
including
this
issue
that
we've
been
seeing
at
the
cemeteries,
one
of
which
is
a
constituent
of
ours,
and
our
office
has
been
working
really
closely
to
support,
and
so
you
know
when
I
think
about
survivors
of
homicide.
I
like
to
think
about
my
mom
who
lost
her.
You
know
lost
her
first
child
and
how
she
dedicated.
J
A
C
C
The
pizza
delivery
man
who
was
murdered
in
high
park
was
the
father
at
the
time
of
my
partner,
and
so
I
was
there
for
the
direct
impact
of
that
and
for
the
years
after
that,
it's
actually
how
I
became
very
aware
of
the
services
that
the
city
offers
and
where
they're
good
and
where
they're
poor,
I
got
to
meet
courtney
gray.
At
that
time.
I
have
to
give
him
some
praise
in
this
moment.
As
somebody
who
is
excellent
at
dealing
with
trauma
and
the
reality
is
they
only
have
the
resources
at
that
point.
C
They
got
a
week
of
that
and
it
was
incumbent
upon
myself
and
people
close
to
this
family
to
basically
ask
them
as
many
questions
as
we
could
to
figure
out.
How
do
you
guide
somebody
through
unspeakable
loss
and
trauma
just
the
deepest
worst
destabilizing
thing
that
can
happen
to
someone
and
with
his
guidance
and
his
ability
to
be
somebody
I
could
check
in
with
regularly.
There
was
healing
there
and-
and
there
were
things
that
were
in
play,
but
there's
there's
still
that
loss,
there's
still
that
trauma
is
still
residual.
C
Every
holiday
is
very
different.
Every
birthday
is
very
different.
Every
moment
that
would
bring
joy
generally,
whether
it's
a
graduation
or
a
marriage
proposal
or,
however,
that
is
going
there
is
harm
and
loss
and
missing,
and
so
too
think
about
the
families
in
boston
and
in
the
state
and
in
the
country.
Experience
that
I
think
homicide
awareness
month
is
or
is,
is
the
least
of
what
we
can
do.
C
And
so
these
are
the
kinds
of
wraparound
things
that
I
think
we
really
have
to
focus
on
as
a
city
and
figure
out
how
to
address,
because
homicide
is
awful
and
terrible,
and
there
are
all
these
sort
of
butterfly
effects
and
ways
in
which
we
can
be
helpful,
and
I
can
speak
to
that
personally,
and
so
thank
you
for
lifting
this
up.
I
see
all
of
those
who
have
suffered
this
harm
and
my
thoughts
and
prayers
frankly
are
with
you
all
of
the
time,
but
especially
now.
So
thank
you,
president
flynn
and
the
council.
A
N
Floor,
thank
you,
mr
president.
Please
add
my
name
and
as
the
lead
sponsor
it
stated,
it
really
is
a
year-round,
a
year-round
thought
for
for
families
I
lost
my
cousin
back
in
1994..
28
years
has
gone
by,
we
think
about
him.
The
whole
family
thinks
about
him
all
the
time,
and
one
of
the
things
we
do
think
about
is,
if
the
boston
of
today,
the
boston
that
supports
strongly
supports
arduously
supports
our
lgbtq
community.
A
A
C
A
A
Many
many
know
that
I
represent
the
largest
aapi
community
in
boston,
mostly
in
chinatown,
but
also
in
the
south
end
and
in
south
boston
as
well.
Outside
of
my
district.
We
have
a
vibrant
vietnamese
community.
That's
in
council
of
bakers,
district
and
council
braden
also
has
a
large
korean
community
as
well,
and
council.
Bock
has
a
large
aapi
community,
as
do
other
councillors,
there's
a
large
cambodian
community
outside
of
boston
up
and
up
in
lowell.
A
There's
not
one
asian
person
in
the
photo,
even
though
they
practically
built
built
the
railroad
and
after
after
completing
the
railroad.
What
did
the
u.s
government
do?
We
enacted
the
chinese
exclusion
act,
which
excluded
chinese
from
coming
to
the
united
states?
It
was
the
first
time
that
the
united
states
intentionally
excluded
an
ethnic
and
ethnic
group
from
coming
in
here.
A
A
A
Anti-Asian,
hate
hate
crimes
that
have
happened
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
not
just
with
the
aapi
community,
but
immigrants,
the
communities
of
color
as
well
lgbtq
as
council
of
flaherty,
has
mentioned.
Also
in
these
these
hate
crimes
against
cell
immigrants
continue
to
to
this
day
I
was
at
a
a
hearing.
The
other
night,
an
elderly
asian
woman,
was
visiting
boston.
I
think
she
lived
in
somerville.
A
A
Certainly
we
we
have
to
deal
with
the
discrimination
and
the
hate
crimes,
but
also
to
celebrate
the
important
role
the
asian
community
has
played
in
the
united
states,
the
contributions
and
the
sacrifices
that
they
made
for
our
city
and
for
our
country,
so
I'm
proud
to
partner
with
council
fernandez
anderson,
but
I
I
also
want
to
say
to
my
colleagues
I
know
you.
You
have
also
supported
the
api
community,
not
just
today
or
this
month,
but
throughout
the
year.
A
So
I
want
to
recognize
my
colleagues
for
the
tremendous
work
they
do
in
this
field
and
I
also
want
to
recognize
our
first
mayor
of
the
city
of
boston,
mayor
mayor
wu,
who
we've
have
partnered
on
on
this
resolution
many
times
before,
but
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
mayor
for
her
important
work
as
well.
So
thank
you,
mr
thank
you,
council
royale,
for
giving
the
opportunity
to
speak.
Thank.
F
Thank
you,
counselor,
sorry,
president
flynn,
for
filing
this
resolution,
and
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
just
you
know,
sort
of
not
go
by
the
formalities
and
just
express
my
sentiments
around
this.
When
I
arrived
to
the
united
states
and
did
not-
and
I
was
looking
for
a
job
to
save
money
so
that
I
can
bring
my
brother
and
sister
and
I
would
save
every
little
bit
and
I
didn't
have
a
green
card.
F
So
I
would
I
found
a
way-
and
there
was
a
few
friends
in
cambridge-
that
I
met
some
bengalis
and
and
other
nepalese
friends
that
had
hooked
me
up
with
some
jobs
and
we
would
all
work
together.
Of
course,
the
joke
was
that
immigrants
that
we
work,
two
three
jobs
and
sometimes
we're
called
you
know
people
would
say.
Are
you
jamaican
if
you
work
more
than
three
jobs
right?
F
But
I
was
really
happy
that
you
mentioned
all
of
the
different
historic
contributions
to
the
united
states
and
building
this
country,
but
also
all
of
the
hardships
that
people
have
gone
through,
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
the
times
we
human
as
human
beings
we're
not
very
good
with
the
unknown.
So
we
wait
for
this
paradigm
shift
to
take
us
to
oh
wait:
it's
wrong
to
discriminate
against
lgbtqi.
F
Oh,
wait!
It's
wrong
to
be
to
discriminate
against
blacks!
Oh
wait!
It's
wrong
to
be
this
way
or
that
way.
So
I
think
that
we
should
try
to
get
into
the
culture
of
being
open
and
understanding
that
there
are
nuances
as
and
as
counselor
lara
has
mentioned,
we're
not
a
monolith,
so
that's
not
or
to
any
and
that's
to
every
group,
everybody
there's
nuances
and
culture
and
differences
and
music
and
food
and
everybody's
different,
and
I
think
what
happens
is
we.
F
I'm
so
happy
to
partner
with
you
in
this
and
thank
you
so
much
for
so
much
for
your
work,
but
not
just
because
you're,
not
just
because
you
represent
a
lot
of
asians
but
because
you're,
you
are
a
very
kind
man,
council
flynn,
and
I
really
just
appreciate
you
for
taking
the
time
and
not
it's
not
about
votes
for
you.
It's
like
this.
These
are
the
people
I
represent,
and
I'm
gonna
do
that
to
the
best
of
my
ability
with
heart
and
passion-
and
I
appreciate
you
for
that.
C
Seeing
no
one
would
anyone
else
like
to
add
their
name?
Mr
clerk?
Please
add
counselor
baker,
counselor
bach
councillor,
braden,
councillor,
flaherty,
councillor,
lara
counselor,
louis
jen,
councillor,
mejia,
councillor,
murphy,
councilworld
and
please
add
my
name.
Councillor
flynn
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
0593,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
all
opposed,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
Docket
0593
has
been
adopted.
I
I
You
in
march,
the
committee
on
government,
accountability
and
transparency
and
accessibility
held
its
maiden
hearing
on
docket
0200
in
order
for
a
hearing
on
government
accountability,
transparency
and
accountability
and
towards
surveillance
equipment.
We
learned
a
lot
regarding
the
purchasing
of
the
cell
site
stimulator
and
how
it's
used
and
what
the
process
is
in
regards
to
civil
asset
forfeiture
dollars
and
how
they're
used.
We
also
walked
away
with
a
greater
sense
of
knowledge
about
the
current
state
of
cis
civil
asset
forfeiture
across
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts.
I
According
to
the
institute
of
justice,
massachusetts
earns
an
f
for
its
civil
forfeiture
laws
with
the
lowest
bar
to
forfeiture
poor
protections
for
the
innocent
and
a
large
profit
incentives
we
have
to
do
better.
Fortunately,
there
is
legislation
at
the
state
level
that
seeks
to
make
an
impact.
An
act
relative
to
forfeiture
reform
will
require
the
attorney
general,
each
district
attorney
and
each
police
department
to
file
an
annual
report
with
the
executive
office
of
administration
and
finance,
and
the
house
and
senate
committees
on
ways
and
means
detailing
all
assets.
I
Monies
proceeds
from
the
assets
seized
pursuant
to
this
section
and
that
relative
to
live
relative
to
civil
asset
forfeiture
data
reporting
will
require
the
state
treasurer
to
establish
and
maintain
a
case
tracking
system
and
searchable
public
website.
That
includes,
among
other
things,
name
of
the
law
enforcement
agency
that
sees
the
property
date
of
the
seizure
type
of
property,
seized
estimated
value
of
the
seizure,
the
outcome
of
the
suspect's
arrest
and
more.
I
I'd
like
to
thank
alex
marathi
for
bringing
these
these
pieces
of
legislation
to
our
attention,
as
well
as
fatima
muhammad
mahat
and
kate
crawford
from
there
for
their
tireless
work
in
seeking
transparency
and
accountability.
I
move
that
we
suspend
the
rules
and
urge
my
colleagues
to
vote
in
favor
of
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
A
C
When
there's
no
charges
brought,
we
can
seize
assets
even
in
cases
that
end
up
dismissed
or
where
a
jury
ultimately
finds
them
not
guilty
and
in
the
state
that
has
occurred
in
multiple
jurisdictions.
This
doesn't
address
that
this
doesn't
change
the
bar.
This
also
doesn't
create
any
restrictions
on
where
and
how
that
money
is
used.
C
The
only
thing
that
this
does
is
create
transparency
and
the
data
of
what
assets
are
seized
when
they
are
seized
and
what
cases
are
they
seized
and
how
they
are
spent,
but
it
doesn't
in
any
way
shape
or
form
impact,
the
bar
to
seize
them
or
the
process
who
sees
them.
Nor
does
it
change
in
any
way
the
decision-making
and
the
processes
that
allow
that
money
to
be
spent
in
in
whatever
way
they
they
gain
to
spend
it.
C
Obviously,
those
are
reforms
that
I
would
support
and
and
look
forward
to
seeing
happen,
but
this
doesn't
do
that.
What
this
does
is
it
says
when
and
where
we
are
seizing
assets
when
and
how
we
are
seizing
assets
should
be
transparent
to
the
public.
We
should
be
able
to
see
those
things.
We
should
be
able
to
know
what
cases
they
come
from.
We
should
be
able
to
know
how
they
are
spent.
A
J
Thank
you,
president
flynn,
and
thank
you
to
my
co-sponsors.
I
have
very
little
to
say
for
two
reasons:
one
because
my
colleagues
have
outlined
the
importance
of
this
bill
and
this
resolution
so
very
clearly
and
two
because
I
have
been
out
since
seven
in
the
morning
and
I'm
running
out
of
steam.
I
am
incredibly
supportive
of
this
matter
when
we
held
our
hearing
on
the
purchase
of
the
cell
site
simulator
by
the
boston
police
department.
J
I
had
all
of
these
questions
and
it
became
very
obvious
that
there
was
policy
changes
that
needed
to
happen
at
the
state
level
in
terms
of
what
we
could
do
to
reform
civil
asset
forfeiture,
and
so
I'm
excited
to
support
this
resolution.
I'm
excited
to
support
this
bill
and,
like
counselor
royal
mentioned,
I
hope
that
it's
gathering
this
data
and
having
the
information
is
only
going
to
give
us
everything
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
further
reform
comes
down
the
line.
Thank
you.
N
Thank
you,
mr
president,
thank
you
to
the
sponsors
and
I
appreciate
the
clarification
from
our
colleague
council
royal.
Those
are
just
the
questions
that
I
had.
I
guess
the
question
through
the
chair
of
the
makers.
Would
they
consider
having
a
hearing
as
opposed
to
sort
of
a
suspension
and
adoption,
so
we
can
kind
of
break
that
down.
I
know
the
way
it
works
now
is
that
the
the
proceeds
are
divided.
I
believe
half
go
to
the
law
enforcement
agency
and
the
other
half
goes
to
the
suffolk
county
district
attorney's
office.
N
I
think
that's
the
way
that
it
was
always
broken
down.
I've
made
efforts
on
this
floor
to
try
to
have
those
funds,
or
at
least
have
treatment
and
recovery,
be
sort
of
the
third
leg
of
that
school,
particularly
stool,
and
particularly
in
instances
where
there
was
a
it
was
a
result
of
a
drug
forfeiture,
but
and
they
would
resist
it
vehemently.
Clearly,
boston
police
had
their
thoughts
and
ideas
as
to
where
they
wanted
to
spend
their
forfeiture
money.
N
The
district
attorney's
office
thought
that
they
had
their
ideas,
but
we
always
were
pushing
from
this
body
to
get
treatment
and
recovery
into
that
equation.
If
we're
going
to
seize
those
assets
and
as
a
result
of
a
case
involved
drugs
and
alcohol,
we
felt
that
it
should
go
to
treatment
and
recovery.
N
So
I
would
love
an
opportunity
to
bring
the
appropriate
parties
down
and
have
that
discussion
in
terms
of
clearly
how
the
forfeiture
happens
and
the
mindset
behind
it,
but
whether
or
not
it
makes
sense
to
potentially
maybe
inject
treatment
and
recovery
into
that
equation.
Once
again,
but
again
that's
just
for
the
makers.
I
do
appreciate
the
clarification
and
look
forward
to
seeing
whether
or
not
hearing
makes
appropriate
sense.
A
I
I
We
did
have
a
hearing
in
regards
to
this
conversation,
so
I
do
think
that
I
just
want
to
honor
that
that
conversation
is
still
being
held
in
my
committee,
so
there
might
be
opportunities
in
the
future
to
unpack
specifically
what
you're
talking
about,
but
I
just
want
to
be
really
clear
that
this
is
a
resolution
in
support
of
something
that
is
at
the
house
right
now.
Thank
you.
A
A
K
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
am
very
excited
to
be
rising
today
in
recognition
of
may
as
haitian
heritage
month.
Actually,
boston
is
the
first
place
where
we
started
celebrating
haitian
heritage
month
in
1998,
and
it's
because
of
the
number
of
events
that
happen
in
the
month
of
may
that
you
know
that
are
relative
to
haitian
history
that
it
became
a
whole
month,
including
the
most
you
know.
K
For
me,
the
most
important
haitian
holiday
is
our
independence
day,
which
is
on
january
1st
what
haiti
was
able
to
do
in
a
13-year
slave
revolt.
The
only
the
only
republic
born
out
of
a
slave
revolt,
that
is
the
most
important
holiday,
but
the
most
celebrated
holiday
in
haiti
is
actually
may
18th
and
it
is
a
holiday
celebrated
around
the
world
in
haitian
communities.
K
It's
our
flag
day,
where
we
honor
catherine
flon
for
creating
the
haitian
flag
by
essentially
tearing
up
the
french
flag
and
creating
something
new
from
that
which
is
symbolic
of
everything
that
haiti
has
represented
and
continues
to
represent.
You
know
so
much
of
the
hate
story
of
haiti.
As
we
know,
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
pride,
but
there's
also,
you
know
a
lot
of
people
thinking
just
about
the
seven
months
in
which
you
know
I
was
running
for
city
council.
K
You
know
the
things
that
came
up
in
the
assassination
of
our
president,
an
additional
earthquake
after
continued
trauma
from
our
the
first
earthquake
that
happened
in
2010.
You
know
dodging
hurricanes
and
really
and
with
the
political
instability
in
the
country.
A
lot
of
it
are
the
result
of
american
foreign
policy,
so
there's
just
so
much
there
and
I
think
too,
about
just
growing
up
as
a
as
a
young
haitian
woman
in
this
city.
You
know
when
I
was
in
elementary
school.
K
We
didn't
have
a
haitian
heritage
month
and
I
was
in
a
school
in
elementary
school
with
a
large
haitian
population,
but
I
was
not
in
the
english
language
learners
class,
but
I
was
noticeably
haitian
and
my
father,
who
was
at
the
school
every
day
he's
supposed
to
be
here
but
he's
running
late,
because
that's
what
we
do
we
run
late.
He
I
couldn't
hide
the
fact
that
I
was
haitian
right.
He
was
always
in
the
school.
K
And
so,
when
I
now
as
a
full
adult
and
now
as
a
boston
city
councilor
go
into
classrooms
and
go
into
elementary
school
rooms.
I
always
remember
that
little
girl
who
was
in
those
classrooms
and
who
wanted
to
see
someone
say
it
is
more
than
okay
to
be
proud
of
who
you
are
and
of
where
you
come
from,
and
so
I'm
really
happy
that
I
have
this
opportunity,
my
father,
who
just
wanted
because
he's
late
to
to
otter
haitian
heritage
month
and
to
also
you
know,
honor.
K
My
dad,
who
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
I'm
able
to
stand
here
as
a
very
proud
haitian
person.
He
made
sure
that
my
sister
and
I
were
reading
haitian
crayola,
we're
speaking
it,
which
isn't
a
lot,
a
thing
that
a
lot
of
people
can
do
if
you
weren't
born
in
haiti,
and
so
he
made
me,
even
though
it
wasn't
cool
for
your
dad
to
make
you
someone
carry
your
pride.
He
made
me
carry
the
pride
of
this
flag
everywhere
that
I
went
and
so
building
on
that
he
had
this
whole
month.
K
Where
we're
doing
a
lot
of
really
awesome
programming.
The
uss
constitution,
museum
in
charleston,
actually
has
original
letters
from
tucson,
where
he,
the
haitian
freedom
fighter,
who
is
the
cause
and
the
reason
for
our
freedom
and
really
showed
the
example
to
the
world
of
what
enslaved
peoples
can
be
and
become,
and
how
we
could
break
off
the
shackles
of
slavery.
K
We
are
having
the
haitian
flag
day
parade
on
the
on
may
15th,
we'll
also.
This
council
has
actually
had
a
breakfast
honoring,
a
haitian
flag
day
every
year,
and
for
the
first
time
since
we
have
a
haitian
american
city
councilor,
I
will
be
hosting
it.
My
announcement
for
the
week
I'm
just
putting
it
here
is
that
I
invite
all
of
you
to
that
breakfast
happening
here
next
friday
at
10
30
a.m.
K
K
It
is
here
in
the
city
of
in
the
in
city
hall
and
and
you
know,
in
our
hospitals
in
our
schools
everywhere
we
are,
and
so
I'm
just
so
grateful
that
I
now
have
this
ability
to
do
this
to
be
a
representative
for
my
people,
and
I
know
that
this
hearing
was
also
filed
last
year
by
anissa,
sabi,
george
and
andrea
campbell.
So
many
people
here
have,
you
know,
represent
communities
that
are
the
diamond
hatred
communities.
I
think
of
council
morale,
I
think,
of
council
arroyo.
K
I
know
that
we
have
many
friends
here
and
I
just
am
so
grateful
for
the
work
that
we
do
not
only
to
you
know,
go
to
haiti
communities
when
they
need.
You
know
when
it's
time
to
get
a
vote,
or
you
know
to
say
that
I'm
a
good
friend,
but
to
really
do
the
real
work
of
being
in
deep
partnership
with
communities
that
are
often
struggling
right.
We
have
folks
coming
here
from
the
border.
We
have
folks
who
are
being
displaced
by
fires.
We
have
haitian
non-profits
that
are
running
on
shoestring
budgets.
K
We
have
a
diaspora
here
that
is
in
deep,
deep
need
of
having
a
place
where
we
can
be
centered
and
anchored
in
our
culture
when
things
happen.
So
I
just
thank
you
all
for
your
commitment
to
the
haitian
community
here,
I'm
into
the
work
that
we
are
going
to
do
together.
I'm
just
going
to
say
this
a
little
bit
messy.
K
K
A
N
President,
please
add
my
name
to
this
resolution
as
the
very
first
sponsor
of
that
breakfast
that
pastor
of
working
with
ino
mondecere
back
in
the
day
passed
it
on
to
former
council
rob
gonsalvo
who
passed
it
on
to
former
council
tim
mccarthy
who
passed
it
on
to
our
colleague
ricardo
arroyo,
who
obviously
is
passing
on
to
our
first
haitian
american
here
in
root
z,
luige
and
louis
gin.
So
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
come
along
to
that
breakfast,
but
also
to
her
dad.
N
A
C
C
Haiti
upon
their
liberation
was
imposed
a
debt
from
france,
where
they
were
to
pay
for
their
own
freedom,
and
that
should
be
returned.
And
I
and
I'd
raise
my
voice
to
that,
and
I
will
say
that,
as
we
have
the
privilege
and
the
benefit
of
a
large
haitian
population
here
in
boston,
I
believe
I
have
the
district
with
the
most
members
of
the
haitian
diaspora
in
the
city
of
boston,
the
breadth
of
just
service
that
has
come
from
that
the
culture
and
in
the
ways
in
which
they
have
lifted
up.
C
I'm
grateful
to
them,
I'm
grateful
for
their
spirit
for
their
resilience
and
for
their
pride
and
where
they
come
from
both
from
a
historic
way
from
a
personal
way
from
their
homeland,
but
also
in
the
ways
in
which
they
uphold
their
culture
and
their
tradition
so
proudly
for
all
the
rest
of
us
who
are
members
of
different
diasporas
to
see,
and
so
I'm
very
grateful
to
councillor
louis
jen
for
raising
this.
I
am
in
full
throat
in
support
of
this.
C
So
please
add
my
name
and
I'm
grateful
to
our
haitian
community
here
in
boston,
for
all
that
they
do
and
for
the
country
of
haiti
for
all
they
have
done
for
other
countries
like
the
one
that
my
parents
come
from,
who
have
also
grappled
with
colonialism
and
with
imperialism,
and
in
that
specific
case,
the
the
ultimate
sin
of
of
slavery.
And
so
thank
you
for
for
that,
and
thank
you
to
all
haitians
for
uplifting
their
country
here
at
home.
So
thank
you.
Councillor
flynn,.
A
J
J
I've
said
this
before,
and
I
want
to
say
this
again,
that
black
people
all
across
the
diaspora
in
this
entire
world,
all
the
people
of
haiti,
a
great
debt
and
that
we
are
where
we
are
now
because
of
of
their
fervor
and
because
of
their
fight
for
liberation,
and
I
also
want
to
stand
because
I
think
it's
incredibly
important
to
publicly
show
support
as
a
woman
from
the
dominican
republic.
I
think
that
you
know
what
we
have
seen
happening
on
the
dominican
and
haitian
border
in
the
past.
A
F
F
But
she,
but
he
was
like
okay.
No,
it
doesn't
matter
you're
speaking
and
we
understand
let's
go
so
I
really.
I
really
love
your
dad
and
appreciate
watching
this
and
during
the
campaign
I
would
tell
the
people
the
same
thing
I'll
be
like
hey
you're,
my
cousins,
because
y'all
left
k,
bird
right,
west
africa
went
in
I.t
being
or
cuba
as
well
being
one
of
the
first
islands
to
land.
So
literally,
we
eat
your
food.
Thank
you
for
your
zook.
F
F
So
shout
out
to
tucson
liberture,
as
you
said,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here,
and
I
would
hope
that
in
the
way
that
I
treat
you
in
the
way
that
I
interact
with,
you
is
exemplary
in
how
I
respect
you
and
love
you.
So
I'm
good
to
you
for
that
reason,
because
you're
a
priority
for
me.
Thank
you.
A
I
I
am
so
incredibly
happy
to
have
our
first
and
I
hope
will
not
be
our
last
haitian
representation
here
on
the
city
council.
So
thank
you,
council,
louisiana
for
everything
that
you
do
not
only
to
just
amplify
the
voices
of
our
people,
but
to
also
continue
to
fight
as
hard
as
you
do.
Thank
you
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
the
same
sentiments
as
councilor
lada.
You
know
I
always
talk
about
being
an
afro
latina
and
really
claiming
my
black
roots
right.
I
On
this
council
floor,
but
we
need
to
work
in
collaboration
and
bring
our
communities
together
to
recognize
that
we
need
each
other
and
we
need
to
continue
to
fight
for
one
another,
and
I
do
so
in
the
spirit
alongside
you,
counselor
luigi,
for
this
day
and
every
day.
Thank
you
and
please
sign
my
name.
H
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
councillor
luigi
and
for
this
celebration
of
haitian
heritage
month.
You
know,
you've
met
my
my
nephew
jermaine
and
he's
a
very
tall
handsome
black
man
who
came
from
port-au-prince
as
a
very
little
child.
His
mom
is
from
haiti
and
she's
married
to
my
brother-in-law,
henry
mccarthy,
and
they
live
in
new
orleans
and
my
association
with
that
family
and
and
by
extension,
the
haitian
community
is
limited
in
many
many
ways.
H
You
walk
in
this
this,
the
the
you
follow
in
the
in
the
path
of
a
few
other,
very
strong
and
remarkable
haitian
women
in
politics
in
boston
and
I'm
so
honored
to
have
you
as
a
friend
and
a
colleague.
So-
and
I
wish
all
the
the
folks
in
the
haitian
diaspora
here
in
boston
a
very
happy
celebration
of
haitian
heritage
month.
Thank
you.
L
Thank
you,
president
flynn,
and
thank
you
to
council
louis
jen
for
bringing
this
to
the
floor.
I'm
in
support
of
this
resolution,
and
I
just
want
to
also
add
that
you
know
just
like
the
haitian
community.
You
know
setting
the
example
of
being
resilient
fighters
and
preserving
through
all
the
turmoil
that
they
have
gone
through.
You
know,
you
know,
council
louisiana,
brings
that
fighter
spirit
to
the
city
council
and
I'm
a
big
fan
of
the
culture.
L
Just
like
council
italian
anderson
has
said
you
know
the
pickley's,
the
copa
music
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
celebrating
the
culture
on
haitian
flag
day.
I
mean,
I
also
know
what
it's
like
to
have
very
prideful
parents
me
being
a
west
indian.
It's
one
thing
that
you
know
your
parents
are
always
happy
for
you
when
you're,
you
know
doing
doing
the
smallest
things
sometimes
or
you
know
even
to
this
hype,
you
know
recognizing
your
culture,
I
mean
jamaicans
also
have
a
slogan
that
says
out
of
many.
We
are
one.
L
K
Sorry,
I'm
not
going
to
take
all
that.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
my
colleagues
for
your
kind
words.
Sometimes
we
sit
here
and
we
pass
these
resolutions
and
we're
like
what
is
it
doing
right?
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
will.
I
tell
people
that
no
city
council
is
recognizing
haitian
heritage
month.
We
passed
a
unanimous
resolution,
god
willing
right
and
they
just
they.
K
It's
the
it's
just
the
joy
for
folks
who,
for
so
long,
have
been
excluded,
who
are
downtrodden,
who
have
been
forced
to
when
you
go
into
this
resiliency
well,
and
I
just
think
that,
like
these
small,
they
seem
small,
but
it
really
does
matter
to
a
lot
of
people.
You
know
when
I
was
when
counselor
finance
anderson
was
here
recognizing
eid
you
know
and
and
fighting
for
it
as
a
holiday
with
that,
when
I
looked
around
at
you,
know
the
muslim
folks
in
this
room
and
how
much
that
meant
to
them.
K
A
A
A
The
consent
agenda
we're
now
moving
on
to
the
consent
agenda.
I've
been
formed
by
the
clerk
that
there
is
one
addition
to
the
consent
agenda
agenda.
The
chair
moves
for
the
adoption
of
the
consent
agenda
as
presented
all
those
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye,
all
those
are
all
those
opposed
saying
the
eyes
have
it.
Thank
you.
The
consent
agenda
has
been
adopted
announcements
any
of
our
colleagues
like
to
make
a
brief
announcement.
The
chief
recognizes
council
lara
council
lara.
You
have
the
floor.
Thank.
J
G
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
just
rise
to
wish
everybody
a
happy
mother's
day.
All
the
mothers
out
there.
The
mother
is
the
most
important
person
in
the
family,
my
mother,
actually,
if
she
were
still
alive,
would
be
95
this
this
sunday.
So
I
want
to
say
happy
birthday
and
happy
mother's
day
to
my
mom
and
also
to
my
wife,
happy
mother's
day.
The
most
important
person
in
the
in
the
family
unit
is
the
mom.
So
are
you
women
out
there
who
have
children
you're
a
blessing?
Thank
you.
C
Floor.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I'd
like
to
wish
my
partner
a
happy
birthday.
Not
counselor
flaherty,
though
happy
birthday
cause
of
fire,
but
jennifer
or
jenny
today
is
her
birthday
and
folks
who
are
in
this
business
know
how
much
we
balance
personal
and
private
life,
personal
private
life
with
public
life
and
the
sacrifices
that
our
loved
ones
make,
and
she
has
made
many
in
the
years
that
we
have
been
together
and
she
has
been
a
rock
to
me
and
to
our
our
little
family
unit.
C
C
She
loves
and
there's
folks
on
this
council
who
know
her
and
recognize
her
spirit
and
what
she
is
and
probably
are
wondering
why
she's
with
me
and
it's
a
question
I
ask
myself
very
often-
and
so
the
least
I
could
do
is-
is
give
her
these
shout
outs
on
the
council
floor
because
that
it
doesn't,
it
doesn't
hurt.
So
thank
you,
counselor
president.
A
A
E
The
appointment
letters
from
the
mayor
earlier
in
our
meeting
had
a
familiar
name
on
them,
henry
santana,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
take
this
moment
to
congratulate
and
recognize
henry
who
it
was
announced
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
But
it
was
when
the
council
was
out
of
session
for
school
vacation
week
has
become
the
mayor's
director
of
civic
organizing,
as
folks
in
this
council
know,
henry
used
to
work
on
my
team
here
in
the
council
and
before
that
on
my
campaign.
E
Personally,
today,
like
we
bring
all
of
our
communities
into
the
chamber
and
into
city
hall,
but
in
this
case
kind
of
at
the
grassroots
level-
and
I
just
think
about
when,
when
even
in
our
office,
when
we
were
engaging
in
the
conversation
about
the
mission
hill
playground
and
its
renovation,
henry
was
the
first
person
to
like
go
and
say:
hey.
Let's
actually
make
sure
that
the
young
people
who
go
to
the
tobin
school
and
who
live
in
mission
maine
right
next
door.
E
Let's
make
sure
that
those
people
are
actually
like
in
this
process
and
we're
not
just
having
a
bunch
of
playground
meetings
in
which
no
young
people
participate
and
the
upshot
of
all
that
was
that
we
got
the
first
full
size,
basketball,
court
included
in
the
plans
for
that
playground.
And
it's
a
little
example.
But
it's
the
type
of
thing
where
I
just
think
that
he's
going
to
do
a
great
job,
keeping
city
hall,
honest
on
you
know
in
all
of
the
things
all
the
initiatives
that
we
work
on,
like.
E
What's
the
real
grassroots,
bottom-up,
organizing
that's
happening
and
not
just
kind
of
soliciting
people
for
their
feedback,
but
making
sure
that
we're
actually
hearing
what's
welling
up,
and
so
I'm
just
really
excited
that
the
mayor's
recognized
his
talent
and
put
him
in
this
role,
and
I
am
looking
forward
to
collaborating
and,
as
I'm
sure
many
other
counselors
will
as
well,
but
he
he
just
did
a
great
job
in
my
office,
and
I
wanted
to
take
this
moment
to
congratulate
him.
So
thank
you,
mr
chair.
Thank.
N
You,
mr
president,
just
got
where
there
was
a
collapse
of
the
edison
power
plant
that
they're
renovating
so
just
want
to
give
councillors
an
opportunity
to
offer
prayers
to
those
that
are
several
folks
trapped,
so
the
boston
fire
department's
there
trying
to
extricate
extricate,
and
hopefully
that
won't
result
in
any
casualties,
but
it's
a
serious
situation
that
is
currently
happening
in
our
city,
so
our
thoughts
and
prayers
to
those
workers,
the
families
and
our
first
responders,
who
are
there
now
doing
what
they
do
best
and
hopefully
will
get
folks
out.
Thank
mr
president.
A
I
A
A
When
the,
when
we
moved
today
to
adjourn,
we
do
so
in
those
mentioned
individuals,
we
are
now
scheduled
to
meet
again
in
the
ayanella
chamber
on
wednesday
may
11th
at
12
noon.
All
in
favor
of
adjourning,
please
say:
aye
hi.
The
council
is
adjourned.
Thank
you,
central
staff
and
thank
you
to
the
clerk's
office.