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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on November 2, 2022
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Boston City Council Meeting on November 2, 2022
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D
Thank
you,
president
Flynn
good
afternoon.
Everyone
we
are
blessed
here
with
a
dynamic
duo
of
reverence
to
pray
over
this
body
and
the
work
that
we
do
every
day
and
I
am
just
so
grateful
that
both
of
them
said
yes,
mother,
daughter,
pair
of
fierce
black
women,
doing
excellent
and
incredible
work
of
shepherding
parishes
here
in
this
city,
so
Reverend
Gloria
e
white,
Hammond
MD.
D
The
mother
is
co-passor
of
Bethel
AME
church
and
is
the
Schwartz
resident
practitioner
in
Ministry
studies
at
Harvard,
Divinity,
School,
Dr,
White,
Hammond's
peace,
social
justice
and
Healing
Ministry,
spans
four
decades
and
two
continents
she
retired
from
the
South
End
Community
Health
Center
in
2008.
After
serving
27
years
as
a
dedicated
pediatrician
to
families
from
some
of
Boston's
Most
challenged
communities
from
2001
through
2003.
D
She
traveled
to
war-torn
South
Sudan
to
participate
in
an
elaborate
Underground
Railroad
to
facilitate
the
freedom
of
more
than
10
000
people
enslaved
in
Northern
Sudan
during
the
Civil
War
The
Experience
prompted
her
and
five
other
women
to
co-found
My
Sister's
Keeper,
a
humanitarian
and
human
rights
organization
that
championed
social
justice
for
women
and
girls
in
Conflict
zones.
Reverend
Gloria
white
Hammond
served
alongside
her
husband,
Reverend,
Ray,
Hammond
and
also
MD
to
Pastor
bethel's
500
member
congregation.
Her
Innovative
Ministries
include
do
the
right
thing:
w-r-I-t-e,
a
creative
writing
Ministry
for
at-risk
adolescent,
girls,
Shadow.
D
The
silence
addresses
sexual
victimization
of
women
and
men
in
predominantly
African-American
communities.
Planning
ahead,
encourages
church
members
to
begin
conversations
and
complete
their
Advanced
directives
regarding
their
wishes
for
end-of-life
care
and
sacred
conversations,
equips,
lay
and
clergy
congregational
caregivers
from
diverse
Faith
Traditions.
To
provide
more
effective
support
for
congress
living
with
serious
illness.
Dr
white
Hammond
was
appointed
as
Schwartz
resident
practitioner
in
Ministry
studies
in
2015,
where
she
develops
learning
opportunities
for
students
to
explore
the
intersection
of
the
practice
of
medicine,
spiritual
care
and
public
health.
D
Reverend
white
Hammond,
now
to
the
other
Reverend
white
Hammond,
Reverend,
mariama
white
Hammond,
was
born
and
raised
in
Boston
and
began
her
community
engagement
in
high
school,
mostly
pointedly
with
project
hip-hop,
which
stands
for
highways
into
the
past
history,
organizing
and
power,
a
Youth
Organization,
a
Youth
Organization
focused
on
teaching
the
history
of
the
civil
rights
movement
and
engaging
a
new
generation
of
young
people
in
activism.
After
college,
she
became
the
executive
director
of
project
hip-hop
where
she
served
for
13
years.
D
In
2017
she
graduated
with
her
master
of
divinity
at
the
from
Boston
University
School
of
Theology.
It
was
ordained
as
an
elder
in
the
African
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
in
2018.
She
founded
New
Roots
Amy
Church
in
Dorchester,
where
she
currently
pastors
Reverend
Marriott
Mariana
white
Hammond
was
appointed
as
chief
of
environment,
energy
and
open
space
in
April
2021
in
the
city
of
Boston,
which
is
why
you
also
may
be
familiar
with
her
from
from
that
perspective.
D
In
this
role
she
oversees
policy
and
programs
on
energy,
climate
change
and
sustainability,
historic
preservation
and
open
space
over
the
course
of
her
time
with
the
city.
She
has
supported
the
amendment
of
the
building
emissions
reduction
and
disclosure
ordinance
to
set
carbon
targets
for
existing
large
buildings
and
convened
a
city-led
green
jobs
program.
Reverend
mariama
uses
an
intersectional
lens
in
her
ecological
work,
challenging
folks
to
see
the
connections
between
immigration
and
climate
change
or
the
relationship
between
energy
energy
policy
and
economic
Justice.
D
She's
received
numerous
Awards,
including
the
bar
Fellowship,
the
Celtics
Heroes
Among
Us,
the
Roxbury
Founders
Day
award
and
the
Boston
NAACP
image
award.
She
was
selected
as
one
of
the
first
50
fixers:
oh
the
Grist
50
fixers
for
2019
and
sojourner's
11
women
shaping
good
church,
Reverend,
Meyer
white
Hammond.
We
are
lucky
to
have
you.
Thank
you
for
this
dynamic
duo
and
thank
you
for
praying
over
this
body.
D
E
F
We
also
give
homage
o
God
to
our
more
recent
Elders,
like
Gene
McGuire,
those
who
carried
the
torch
for
equity
and
Justice,
those
whose
Legacy
upon
opened
doors
for
us
to
be
female
leaders.
Speaking
on
behalf
of
you,
those
who
struggle
set
the
foundation
for
an
electoral
process
that
yielded
a
council
that
looks
like
the
city
in
which
we
live.
F
F
We
remember
that
today
we
are
writing
the
story
that
shapes
their
lives
and
informs
their
destiny
throughout
this
session.
Oh
God,
let
us
remember
to
carry
ourselves
with
honor
and
integrity
in
such
a
way
that
they
watching
this
feed
from
their
classroom
would
be
proud
to
know
that
we
are
their
leaders.
E
We
acknowledge
that
the
decisions
are
not
easy
and
the
trade-offs
are
real,
but
we
ask
that
the
work
today
be
driven
by
the
values
of
equity
and
justice,
thinking
not
about
the
next
election,
but
the
Next
Generation,
and
so,
as
the
council
deliberates
today,
make
them.
One
body
working
for
peace
and
justice
continue
to
make
us
and
mold
us
into
a
shining
example
to
every
resident
region
and
Republic
of
how
you
take
people
and
places
with
an
imperfect
past
and
transformed
them
into
a
paragon
of
possibility.
F
Oh
God,
we
raised
this
petition
on
behalf
of
every
resident
from
Jamaica
Plain
to
Seven
Hill
from
the
south
end
to
South
Boston
from
Blue
Hill
Avenue
to
Newberry
Street,
oh
God.
We
find
ourselves
declaring
like
big
mama
if
we
ever
needed
you
law
before,
we
show
do
need
you
now
and
so,
oh
God.
We
pray
that
you
who
is
able
to
do
exceedingly
and
abundantly
so
much
more
than
we
can
ask
or
imagine
turn
our
messes
into
great
miracles,
To
You,
O
God,
who
has
brought
us
this
far
by
faith.
F
B
Thank
you
Reverend
for
being
here
with
us
and
for
the
important
work
that
you're
doing
in
our
city
and
your
family
has
a
long
Legacy
of
helping
people
in
need.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us
and
thank
you
Council
Louis
Jen,
for
for
inviting
our
distinguished
clergy
here
with
us.
Mr
Clerk.
B
B
C
Three,
please
doctor
number
one
three
four
three
message
and
Order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
one
million
four
hundred
and
three
thousand
856
in
the
form
of
a
grant
from
the
state
fiscal
year,
23
Council
on
the
Aging
formula
allocation
awarded
by
the
Massachusetts
executive
office
of
Elder
Affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
age,
strong
commission.
The
grant
will
fund
services
for
116
988,
older
adults
in
the
city
of
Boston
at
twelve
dollars
per
person.
According
to
the
2020
Census
Data
from
UMass
Boston
Donahue
Institute.
B
C
Number
one
three
four
four
message
and
honor
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
for
an
appropriation
in
the
amount
of
one
million
five
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars
for
the
purpose
of
paying
cost
of
a
feasibility
study
in
schematic
design,
work
associated
with
roof
boiler
and
Window
and
Door
Replacement
projects
at
the
following
schools:
the
Jeremiah
e
Burke
High
School,
English,
High
School,
the
Dr
William
Henderson
upper
school,
the
dynasty
Dennis
C
Haley
Elementary
School
in
the
curly
K-8
school.
Thank.
B
C
Three
four:
five:
please
document
number
1345
message
and
Order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
a
grant
in
the
amount
not
to
exceed
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
Executive,
Office
of
Environmental
affairs,
division
of
conservation,
Services,
Parkland,
Acquisitions
and
Renovations
for
communities
program.
This
grant
is
awarded
by
awarded
to
the
city
of
Boston
through
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
for
renovations
to
O'day
playground
located
in
the
south
and
neighborhood.
B
C
Document
number
1346
message
and
auto
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
Public,
Works
Department
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
bpda.
Pursuant
to
the
the
267
Old
Colony
Corporation
agreement
buying
between
a
bpda
and
Public
Works
Department.
G
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
President
as
chair
on
the
committee
of
city
services
and
innovation
technology
I
wanted
to
ask
for
suspension
and
passage
of
this
docket.
It's
fifty
thousand
dollars.
G
It
comes
from
a
bpda
article,
80
agreement
and
the
contribution
will
be
used
to
fund
the
purchase
and
installation
of
decorative
street
lights,
known
as
a
Boulevard
light
on
Dorchester
Street
near
the
proposed
project,
so
I
believe
Mr
President's
in
your
district
and
as
said,
this
was
already
agreed
as
part
of
the
cooperation
agreement,
but
we
need
an
accept
and
expand
to
formally
accept
it.
So
I'd
ask
for
Council
passage
today.
Thank
you.
Mr
President,.
B
C
B
C
One
three:
four:
seven
communication
was
received
from
the
city
clerk
of
the
filing
by
the
Boston
residency
compliance
commission
regarding
their
annual
report
January
through
December
2020.
talking
number
one.
Three,
four
eight
communication
was
received
from
the
city
clerk
of
the
filing
by
the
Boston
residency
compliance
commission
regarding
their
annual
report
January
through
December
2021
docket
number
1349
notices
received
from
the
mayor
of
the
appointment
of
Rachel
scarrett.
C
A
B
G
You
Mr
President,
and
we
had
a
successful
hearing
yesterday,
thanks
so
much
to
my
co-sponsor,
councilor
Worrell,
and
also
to
counselors
at
Murphy,
Flynn
and
luigien
for
attending.
We
are
joined
by
superintendent
brawl,
talking
about
the
pilot
program
last
winter
and
kind
of
what
we
have
in
the
winter,
going
ahead
really
excited.
G
But
the
corners
are
not
are
getting
plowed
in,
and
people
can't
get
around
the
neighborhood,
and
it
has
a
big
impact,
as
we
know,
especially
on
folks
with
Mobility
challenges,
our
older
folks,
anybody
with
a
stroller
or
anybody
with
a
wheelchair,
and
it
can
be
really
dangerous,
and
we
want
our
city
streets
to
be
accessible
to
everyone,
and
that
means
they
have
to
do.
The
sidewalks
have
to
be
accessible.
G
So
last
year
they
put
out
a
call
for
all
the
contractors
who
do
plowing
for
the
city
to
also
bring
in
any
Bobcats
Etc
that
they
owned
and
ultimately
ended
up
with
thought.
It
was
going
to
be.
40.
ended
up
with
60
pieces
of
equipment
out
around
the
city,
focusing
on
key
intersections
and
pedestrian
areas.
Where
we
see
a
lot
of
folks-
and
the
good
news
is-
is
that
the
department
came
to
us
yesterday
and
said
yeah,
it's
not
a
pilot
anymore.
G
It's
part
of
our
operation
and
we're
also
expecting
for
this
winter
to
be
able
to
increase
the
number
of
pieces
of
equipment
up
from
60
to
80..
So
they
think
they'll
see
some
significant
more
capacity.
There
was
also
some
learnings.
Unfortunately,
the
folks
who
have
the
CDLs
and
can
drive
the
Bobcats
are
the
same
folks
who
are
driving
the
plows.
So
what
we
saw
was
that
on
a
quick
storm,
they
can
just
turn
right
around
and
do
this,
this
pedestrian
ramp
clearing
with
a
long
storm.
G
There
kind
of
needs
to
be
a
pause
so
that
people
can
literally
sleep
and
recharge,
so
I
think
kind
of
learning
through
implementation,
and
then
we
discussed
as
a
committee
the
fact
that
I
think
many
of
us
would
love
to
see
a
more
like
robust
and
like
and
sort
of
like
committed,
sidewalk
clearing
program.
But
it's
so
much
more
square
footage
that
we
kind
of
need
to
build
towards
that.
So
the
council
did
Fund
in
the
arpa
package,
expansion
of
sidewalks
no
clearance
into
our
kind
of
Main
Streets
districts.
G
That,
however,
is
slated
to
start,
not
this
winter,
but
the
following
winter.
So
this
winter,
it's
going
to
be
an
expansion
of
what
we
were
doing
last
winter,
with
more
equipment
and
some
learnings
and
one
of
the
things
that
superintendent
roll
said
for
all
colleagues
is
that
if
there
are
particular
areas
in
your
district
with
heavy
pedestrian
foot
traffic,
that
will
seem
after
the
first
storm
like
they're,
not
getting
this
attention.
If
you
can
flag
it
up
for
them,
because
they're
still
trying
to
figure
out
where
to
direct
and
where
we
in
the
constituents
are.
G
Are
you
know
some
of
the
folks
who
help
them
figure
that
out,
but
I
think
you
know
everyone
was
unanimous
in
really
thinking
our
hard-working
public
work
staff
and
we
talked
about
you
know
they're
trying
to
raise
the
sellers
do
more
competitive
CDLs.
Anybody
with
CDL
right
now
is
super
employable
and
so
the
city's
having
a
tough
time
competing
and
but
they
are
raising
that,
and
you
know
it's
a
great
place
to
work.
G
B
B
H
Flaherty
you
have
the
floor.
Thank
you.
Mr
President,
as
mentioned
in
in
the,
whereas
is
the
large
venues
within
the
city
of
Boston
produce
tons
of
trash
during
each
event
held
at
the
venue.
Think
TD,
Garden,
think
Fenway
Park
think
our
Convention
Center
think
about
all
of
our
College
universities.
All
the
sporting
events
concert
venues
theaters
Etc
all
across
that
City.
So
current
waste
streams
from
venues
are
simply
disposed
of
at
the
end
of
the
event,
and
that
goes
to
landfills
or
incinerators.
H
Bottom
line
is
too
much
material
that
could
be
recycled
continues
to
end
up
in
our
landfills.
Look
forward
to
an
expedited
hearing
urge
my
colleagues
to
to
sign
on
and
to
encourage
folks
into
in
companies
Etc
that
you
know
that
sort
of
do
this
type
of
stuff
to
come
forward,
and
let
us
know
what
technologies
are
out
there
so
that
we
can
make
those
introductions
to
decision
makers
here
in
our
city
to
help
us
reduce
the
waste
that
currently
gets
to
landfills
and
incinerators.
Thank
you.
Mr
President.
B
I
You,
president,
Flynn
and
I
like
to
suspend
the
rule
and
add
counselor
Anderson
as
an
original
co-sponsor.
B
I
I
I
I
That
means
short
and
long-term
Solutions
rebuilding
relationships
between
community
and
City
departments,
investing
in
Social
Services,
which
includes
short
and
long-term
Solutions.
That
means
protecting
and
supporting
families
and
friends
who
are
grieving,
the
loss
of
loved
ones
and
it
means
working
with
our
community
leaders
and
it
means
investing
in
communities
long
ignored.
I
If
we're
going
to
protect
our
communities,
we
must
focus
on
Intervention
and
prevention.
We
must
provide
immediate
relief
to
those
who
struggle
and
make
the
long-term
systemic
Investments
That
reduce
crime.
In
the
long
run.
We
must
support
our
community
members
already
doing
the
hard
work
and
we
must
do
it
now.
Thank
you.
J
Thank
you,
council
president
Flynn,
it's
with
great
honor
that
I
rise
in
co-sponsoring
this
hearing
order
with
Council
Morrell
I
think
that
it
takes
a
strong
man
to
show
his
vulnerability
in
public
to
be
able
to
speak
on
issues
that
impact
us
and
I
guess
by
way
of
interconnectivity,
we
are
all
impacted,
and
some
of
us
by
way
of
visceral
trauma
and
some
of
us
directly
experience
these
harsh
experiences
in
disenfranchised
communities,
I
think
a
lot
of
us
have
good
intentions
in
terms
of
how
we
can
invest
or
create
Capital,
Investments
or
true
Capital
investments
in
communities
of
color
and
poor
communities
that
will
actually
curve
poverty.
J
That
will
actually
eventually
increase
our
quality
of
life
or
support
social
determinants
of
Health
that,
as
we
know
it
by
way
of
best
practices,
support
us
in
dealing
with
these
issues,
we
need
to
address
gun
violence
in
our
city,
so
we
know
that
and
for
the
stereotypes
that
we
hear,
why?
Don't
they
just
pull
themselves
by
the
bootstrap?
J
Why
do
they
kill
each
other,
or
why
does
this
happen
in
particularly
in
black
and
brown
communities?
And
what
then
we
must
come
up
with
Solutions
people
say
we
must
process
this.
We
must
go
to
clergies
or
community
centers
or
to
stakeholders
in
our
communities.
We
have
to
talk
to
our
elders,
I've
even
heard
recently,
when
you
speak
to
the
powers
that
be
they
respond
with.
You
should
Mentor
us
and
do
it
so
we
can
do
it
better.
J
It's
patronizing
really
and
no,
not
everyone
can
pull
themselves
by
the
bootstraps
to
be
able
to
do
this.
We
have
to
be
honest
and
sincere
about
how
the
city
of
Boston
is
investing
in
capital,
real
projects,
real
Capital
investments
in
the
budget
to
be
able
to
turn
our
city
around
to
give
black
and
brown
working
class
and
poor
people
a
true
chance
to
increase
their
quality
of
life.
J
But
we
are
not
very
honest
about
how
we
are
investing
capital
in
communities
of
color,
how
we
are
not
putting
actual
community
centers
that
support
or
holistic
health
centers
that
actually
help
our
lives
that
we're
not
putting
after
school
programs
we're
not
creating
environmental
initiatives
that
actually
support
our
people
of
color.
We're
not
doing
that.
What
we
do
is
we
put
56
million
dollars
in
Mattapan,
and
then
we
invest
300
million
in
Fenway,
and
then
we
say:
oh
no!
No!
That's!
J
Because
majority
of
that
is
going
to
the
Arts
School,
but
if
that's
the
case,
then,
where?
How
are
we
prioritizing
schools
in
Mattapan
or
how
are
we
prioritizing
schools
in
Dorchester?
J
So
if
that's
how
we're
going
to
lead,
then
this
year
I
will
say:
can
we
actually
make
sure
that
we
disseminate
information
about
the
budget
throughout
the
city
of
Boston
violence?
Prevention
means
that
we
actually
take
the
money
from
the
city
and
that
we
invest
in
black
and
brown
and
our
most
vulnerable
people
in
Boston
in
real
ways
not
through
affordable
rentals.
J
So
we
can
say
that
we've
created
hundreds
and
thousands
of
rental,
affordable
housing
and
we've
solved
the
housing
crisis,
but
so
that
we
can
actually
create
quality
way
of
life,
meaning
affordable
home
ownership,
so
that
I
can
build
well
so
that
I
can
pass
down
to
my
family
so
that
we
can
close
the
the
wealth
Gap
so
that
I
don't
have
to
go
home
and
worry
about
what
I'm
eating.
Why
am
I
doing
homework
or
do
I
have
a
shelter
or
how
I'm
making
it
or
if
my
kid
is
safe,
going
home?
J
J
You
build
the
jungle,
so
you
get
animals
and
then
you
say:
why
do
you
act
so
build
a
forest
so
that
I
can
Fly
Like
a
Bird
I
want
to
be
able
to
go
to
the
rivers
and
I
want
to
go
to
Seaport
and
I
want
to
enjoy
those
things
too,
and
all
of
those
things
can
contribute
or
as
a
deficit
to
my
way
of
life.
So
I'm
asking
this
Council
this
body
to
work
on
this
hearing
order.
I.
J
Thank
you
counciloral
for
your
bravery
to
file
this
and
to
allow
me
to
join
you
on
this
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
with
everyone
here
in
an
open,
honest
conversation
about
how
we
actually
invest
in
black
and
brown,
not
tokenism,
not
your
little
crumbs,
not
56
million
dollars
to
Mattapan,
not
silly
little
Parks,
not
just
three
million
dollar
clean
up
this
park,
but
15
million
in
Back
Bay.
None
of
that.
No
no
I
want
real
money
to
black
and
brown
communities,
so
we
can
actually
create
real
change.
K
The
Fall
thank
you,
Mr,
chair
and
I,
stand
to
more
than
anything
support.
My
my
good
friend
in
District
Four.
This
is
a
this
is
a
this
is
a
pressing
issue.
This
is
something
that
affects
us
all,
the
kids
that
are
not
kids
but
the
people
that
are
being
affected.
There's,
there's
little
and
no
hope
out.
There
I
believe
that
I
believe
for
us
to
build
hope.
We
need
to
educate,
we
need
to
job
train,
but
we
also
need
to
when
we
have
opportunities
in
front
of
us
take
them.
K
We
passed
500
million
dollars
in
apple
money
this
year,
not
one
Community
Center,
not
one
Library,
not
one
Park.
Nothing.
I
asked
for
I
asked
for
10
million
dollars
for
a
new
community
center,
a
new
Boys
and
Girls
Club
that
would
offer
homework,
help
that
would
offer
ways
to
teach
people
how
to
eat.
That
would
offer
After
School
indoor
indoor
learning
that
would
offer
basketball
soccer
baseball.
K
It
would
offer
music
this
Council.
He
voted
it
down.
That
would
have
been
built
if
we
voted
it.
When
we,
when
we,
when
we
had
the
vote
in
front,
it
was
that
building
would
have
been
built
on
Columbia
Point
on
Columbia
Point,
Columbia,
Point,
Housing,
Development,
Mary,
Ellen,
McCormick,
Housing
Development
and
the
Anne
Lynch
homes.
So
there
were
opportunities
here
for
us
to
invest
in
black
and
brown
communities
and
we
didn't
take
it,
but
please
sign
me
on
and
and
Brian
while
Council
we're
out
wherever
you
need
me.
Please
invite
me.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
D
You
president
flynnai
rice,
my
heart
goes
out
to
Max
and
to
the
entire
celebrity
Cuts
family
and,
of
course,
to
my
counselor
colleague,
counciloral
I
know
how
much
he
meant
to
you.
I
know
how
much
he
meant
to
your
brother
and
to
your
entire
family,
and
so
these
losses
are
incredibly
personal,
and
so
my
heart
is
with
you
and
with
Max.
D
Black
men
deserve
to
grow
old
and
to
experience,
joy
and
not
face
this
trauma,
and
it
is
trauma,
and
we
have
to
do
a
lot
more
work
when
it
comes
to
addressing
the
mental
health
needs
in
our
communities
and
to
getting
the
proliferation
of
guns
off
of
our
streets.
I
also
just
want
to
give
a
big
shout
out
to
there's
so
many
folks.
D
These
these
tragic
incidents
happen,
and
it
makes
us
feel,
like
folks,
aren't
doing
the
work,
but
there's
so
much
work
being
done,
and
we
all
just
have
to
lean
in
more
to
get
the
guns
that
are
coming
from
other
states
out
of
our
streets
and
to
make
sure
that,
like
Consular,
Financial,
isn't
saying
that
folks
have
research
that
we
are
really
investing
on
the
front
end.
D
When
it
comes
to
mental
health,
when
it
comes
to
housing
like
we
did
with
a
lot
of
the
arpa
money
to
make
sure
that
people's
basic
needs
are
being
met
and
to
make
sure
that
people
can
cannot
just
survive,
but
can
Thrive
so
again
really
just
rising
and
say
my
heart
goes
out
to
you
Brian.
My
heart
goes
out
to
this
city
and
to
the
collective
work
that
we
have
to
do
to
to
help
end
gun
violence.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
L
You
Mr
President
and
thank
you
Council
Royal
and
counselor
Anderson
for
I'm,
bringing
this
to
the
council
floor
and
my
condolences
and
love
to
all
of
the
all
of
the
folks
who
are
out
on
these
streets
suffering
as
a
result
of
violence.
Here.
L
Very
similar
in
2010,
my
cousin
was
murdered
in
the
triple
homicide
in
Jamaica
Plain,
and
it
was
there
when
I
met.
That's
where
I
met
Courtney
Gray
at
his
funeral,
and
when
we
talk
about
trauma
response.
We
always
talk
about
the
immediate
and
what
happens
when
it
goes
down.
But
then
there
are
the
holidays,
there's
so
many
other
holidays,
and
so
many
other
incidences
that
pass
by
and
that
support
families
still
need.
L
So
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
really
think
about
what
those
Investments
look
like,
but
I
also
want
to
just
quickly
say
that
counselor
Anderson
is
right
when
we
talk
about
Investments
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
having
grown
up
here
and
dodging
my
own
bullets.
I
know
that
our
communities
for
decades
have
been
screaming
about
violence
in
our
streets
and
year
after
year
after
year,
budgets
get
passed
that
do
not
reflect
the
needs
to
address
the
violence
right.
L
So
Neo
I
know
you're
taking
notes
there.
I
see
you
and
I
appreciate
it,
but
just
let
let
it
be
known
that
if
we're
really
serious
about
violence
in
the
city
of
Boston,
then
we
need
to
lean
into
that.
And
yes,
I
am
a
big
supporter
of
climate
conversations.
Those
are
important,
but
when
we
talk
about
climate,
we
also
have
to
talk
about
it
with
the
intersectionality
of
the
heat
Islands,
so
that
people
can
understand
how
dangerous
it
feels
to
ride
your
bike.
L
No
violence
is,
is
all
hands
on
deck
here
and
I
think
that
that
is
where
the
opportunity
lies,
and
that
is
what
I'm
looking
for
as
we
continue
to
have.
These
conversations
is
for
us
to
all
feel
accountable
to
to
leaning
into
this
conversation,
whether
you
live
in
Dorchester,
Roxbury
or
not,
you're
still
impacted
by
guidelines
and
we're
13,
City
councilors
and
no
matter
where
you
live
or
what
constituents
you
serve.
L
We
all
have
a
responsibility
to
lean
into
this
conversation,
so
I'm
grateful
I'm
to
my
colleagues
for
bringing
you
down
to
the
floor
and
I
am
ready
to
fight
as
hard
as
we
need
to
to
finally
see
that
violence
is
going
to
make
the
top
list
of
priorities
in
the
budget.
In
the
next
cycle,
thank
you
thank.
M
I
know
that
I
have,
and
maybe
not
here
on
this
floor,
but
I'm
sure
that
all
of
my
Council
colleagues
are
tired
of
me
talking
about
this
issue
at
nauseam
and
about
my
experience
as
a
street
worker
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Doing
direct
violence,
intervention
and
prevention
work.
M
The
work
that
we
do
with
young
people
in
the
city
of
Boston,
how
the
youth
Justice
movement
here
has
carried
for
so
long.
The
weight
of
meeting
the
needs
of
the
young
people
in
the
city
to
fill
in
the
Gap
when
the
city
has
failed
to
do
so,
and
so
for
me,
I.
Think.
It's
really
important
that
we,
like
my
Council
colleagues,
mentioned
approach.
This
issue
with
a
holistic
lens,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I
learned
when
I
was
a
street
worker.
M
Is
this
idea
of
learned
hopelessness
from
our
young
people
and
that
when
we
have
conversations
around
impact
players-
and
we
have
conversations
around
the
young
people
that
are
out
in
the
city
of
Boston,
carrying
guns
trying
to
survive,
protecting
themselves
and
their
families
and
their
neighborhoods.
M
And
why
is
that?
All
important
I
think
that
that's
important
to
say,
because
I
think
that
when
we
talk
about
gun
violence-
and
we
talk
about
black
and
brown
communities,
we
like
to
think
that
it
is
an
issue
of
discipline
and
that
somehow
we're
not
being
hard
enough
on
the
young
people
of
the
city
of
Boston.
Our
young
people
are
receiving
an
incredible
amount
of
discipline.
They
are
getting
more
tough
love
than
anybody
has
ever
given
them
ever.
M
M
But
what
it
doesn't
look
like
is
harsher
punishing,
and
so
my
call
when
we
have
this
conversation-
and
this
is
a
conversation
that
we're
having
not
just
here
in
this
Chambers
but
outside-
is
that
we
start
being
honest
about
what
our
young
people
need
and
that
we
work
really
hard
to
uproot
the
narratives
that
ultimately
tell
us
that
our
children
are
worse,
behaved
more
criminal
and
need
harsher
punishment
and,
like
I
mentioned
in
Iron
Fist,
so
to
keep
them
in
line
and
to
stop
them
from
behaving
in
the
ways
that
we're
seeing
in
our
neighborhoods.
M
Like
counselor
Anderson,
said
and
councilmania
said,
this
is
not
an
issue,
that's
just
specific
to
someone's
neighborhood
as
much
as
we
would
like
to
make
it
that
the
way
that
we
solve
this
problem
is
by
making
other
people's
children
all
of
our
business,
and
that
is
the
way
that
we've
solved
it
before
and
that's
the
way
that
we're
going
to
move
forward.
So
please
add
my
name,
president
Flynn
and
I
look
forward
to
continuing
this
work
here
in
the
city.
Thank.
N
Thank
you,
Mr
chair,
I,
just
wanted
to
take
the
floor
to
send
my
condolences
to
Max
and
his
family
to
like
councilor.
Well,
no
I
appreciate
his
sharing
of
his
vulnerability
and
his
story
and
the
ways
in
which
that
moves
his
work
and
to
ensure
that
the
city
of
Boston
knows
that
every
loss
that
we
suffer
is
a
difficult
loss.
N
Whether
folks
are
coming
from
a
difficult
background,
whether
they
themselves
are
hurt
people
who
are
hurting
people
or
whether
or
not
they
are
just
innocent
bystanders,
every
life
in
this
city
matters
and
so
I
hope
that
we
as
a
unit
and
as
a
body,
do
the
work
necessary
to
create
a
safer
Boston
for
everybody
in
a
holistic
healing
way
that
creates
true,
long-term
Safety
and
Security
for
our
neighborhoods,
and
so
thank
you,
Council
wow,
for
raising
this
issue
and
thank
you,
councilor
finesse
Anderson,
for
your
words
and
for
also
being
an
original
sponsor.
H
The
full
English
president,
please
add
my
name
in
through
the
chair
to
the
makers,
happy
if
it
comes
to
my
committee
to
have
an
expedited
Hearing
in
as
many
hearings
as
my
colleagues
want
on
this
topic,
my
suggestion
as
we
go
right
out
to
the
neighborhoods,
we
go
right
to
the
hot
spots,
find
out
what's
going
on
out
there
and
find
out
how
we
as
a
council,
can
work
together
to
help
solve
the
problem,
so
condolences,
obviously
to
Brian's
family
friend
and
to
all
those
here
that
and
anyone
in
our
city,
that's
lost
a
loved
one
due
to
senseless
acts
of
violence.
B
I
I
also
wanted
to
express
my
condolences
to
Max
and
his
family
and
but
want
to
acknowledge
Brian
council
worrell's
speech
the
important
leadership
he
plays
in
this
city.
I've
been
with
Council
well
many
times
at
the
recently
established
commission,
black
men
and
boys,
and
he
plays
a
critical
role
on
that
commission.
B
Talking
about
these
issues
in
providing
positive
leadership,
so
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
my
my
colleague
and
friend
Council
Council,
we're
all
Mr
Mr
clerk,
please
add:
councilor
Arroyo
councilor,
Baker,
Council,
Bar,
Council,
Braden,
councilor,
Coletta,
Council,
Flaherty
Council,
our
Council
Louisiana,
Council,
Mejia,
Council,
Murphy
and
please
add
the
chair
docket
one
three
five:
three:
we
refer
to
the
Committee
on
Public
Safety
and
criminal
justice,
foreign.
B
Having
said
that,
I
think
we're
on
to
we
can
do
we
can
do
personal
orders,
Mr
Clerk,
Mr
Kirk,
please
redock
it
one
three,
five,
five,
please.
B
B
B
The
additional
late
file
matters
include
in
order
from
Council
Fernandez
Anderson,
and
a
report
from
the
mayor
on
civilian
surveillance,
privacy
and
data
working
group
delay
file
matters
should
be
on
everyone's
desk.
We'll
take
a
vote
to
add
these
late
file
matters
into
the
agenda.
All
those
in
favor
of
adding
the
late
file
matters
into
the
agenda
say
aye.
B
C
Firstly,
five
minute
office
by
councilor
Fernandez
Anderson
order
relative
to
the
adoption
of
classification
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
fiscal
year
2023,
whereas
the
residents
of
Boston
LED.
This
successful
effort
to
amend
our
state
constitution
to
allow
classification
for
the
purpose
of
Taxation
ordered
their
pursuant
to
general
laws.
Chapter
59,
section
5c,
as
amended
by
as
amended
a
residential
exemption
in
the
amount
value
equal
to
35
percent
of
the
average
assessed
value
of
all
class
1
residential
Parcels
in
the
city
of
Boston,
be
in
hereby
is
approved
for
fiscal
year.
2023.
B
J
Thank
you,
Mr
President.
The
assessing
department
has
assigned
each
parcel
of
property
in
the
city
to
a
particular
class.
These
categories
are
residential,
commercial,
industrial
and
open
space.
Personal
property
is
treated
separately
and
is
excluded
from
this
classification.
State
law
requires
that
all
property
be
acute
assessed
at
its
full
market.
Value.
Boston
must
determine
annual
the
percentages
of
the
tax
levy
to
be
listed
under
each
property
category.
J
For
the
next
fiscal
year,
taxpayers
can
save
considerable
sums
of
money
due
to
classification
in
in
2017,
a
change
in
state
law
allowed
for
an
increase
in
the
residential
exemption
to
35
percent.
We
currently
utilize
the
maximum
exemption
Allowed
by
law
and
have
done
so
since
19
1983
and
then
21
2021.
This
exemption
saved
qualifying
homeowners,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
seventy
nine
dollars
and
seventy
nine
cents
off
their
tax
bills.
J
B
C
Their
council
is
in
accordance
with
or
the
ordinance
on,
surveillance
oversight
and
information
sharing.
I
am
pleased
to
share
the
final
recommendations
from
the
surveillance
data
and
privacy
working
group.
I
am
grateful
to
the
members
of
the
working
group
for
their
efforts
to
increase
transparency,
accountability
and
engagement
around
the
public
use
of
technology
and
data
in
the
city
of
Boston.
B
C
Page
three
of
the
green
sheets:
it
was
a
sign
for
further
action
action
message
in
order
for
an
appropriation
order
in
the
amount
of
30
million
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
cover
the
cost
of
Designing
constructing
equipment
and
Furnishing,
a
new
building
for
the
Josiah
Quincy
upper
school.
Talking
number
one:
two
one:
zero
thank.
B
You
Mr
Corbin
Mr
Cora.
Can
you
please
pull
the
committee
members
to
see
if
they
would
the
doctor
to
come
before
the
body.
B
J
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
I,
actually,
I
think
this
is
the
second
time
that
we're
pulling
it
before
the
body
and
just
asking
for
suspension
and
passing
of
this
docket.
Thank
you.
Yeah.
B
C
B
B
B
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
C
A
K
Thank
you,
Mr
President
this.
This
is
just
Tyson
house
on
tyleston
street
I'm,
not
sure
if
it's
on
Towson
street,
but
basically
it's
in
oddly
enough,
the
Neponset
section
of
Dorchester
in
Saint,
Anne's
Parish,
that's
how
we
do
it
it's
Neponset
and
then
what
parish
you're
from
anybody
in
Dorchester
knows
that.
So
this
is
just
for
a
historical
designation
for
the
Towson
house.
K
C
B
A
B
C
Order
of
council
president
Ed
Flynn,
whereas
the
city
council
received
a
complaint
alleging
violations
of
the
open
meeting
law
and
whereas,
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
the
open
meeting
law
and
the
Attorney
General's
regulations,
the
city
council
is
required
to
review
the
open
meeting
law
complaint
prior
to
sending
a
response
or
authorizing
legal
counsel
or
another
representative
to
send
a
response.
Whereas
to
comply
with
the
open
meeting
on
the
Attorney
General's
regulations
attached
to
disorder
is
the
complaint
reference
herein
and
therefore
be.
C
B
B
A
B
H
Clarity
of
the
Fall.
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
just
a
point
of
that
at
scribner's
era,
under
District,
2
of
the
last
sentence
should
read:
quote
precincts
numbered
one
in
six
and
what
age
should
be
replaced
with
wood,
six
and
again
scribner's
era.
Point
of
edit
under
District
2
last
sentence
should
read
precincts
numbered
one
in
six
and
Ward
six,
which
would
be
actually
one
one
and
one
through
nine
and
one
six.
H
I
listened
as
president
to
Residents
Civic
leaders
across
the
city,
as
well
as
legal
counsel
assigned
to
the
redistricting
process.
The
map
today
brings
communities
together.
The
neighborhood
Unity
map
seeks
to
do
something.
No
other
map
has
done
so
far,
which
we're
legally
required
to
do,
which
is
included
in
our
city
Charter,
which
is
to
respect
their
historic
neighborhood
boundaries.
We
need
to
unite
communities
through
this
process,
not
divide
them.
It
unites,
Mission
Hill,
it
unites
Mattapan,
it
unites
Roslindale,
Square,
it
United,
South,
Boston,
to
name
a
few.
H
B
B
N
You
Mr
chair,
we've
already
passed
under
chair
Braden,
the
principals.
My
question
really
is
this
to
me:
reads
like
a
rule
15
same
or
substantially
the
same
of
that,
and
so
I
would
just
ask
the
clerk
for
for
clarification
as
whether
or
not
this
is
in
fact
a
rule.
15
violation.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Council
Royal,
having
read
the
order
and
discussed
it
with
the
clerk
and
with
Central
staff.
The
conclusion
is
that
this
docket
is
different
from
the
redistricting
principles
that
were
passed.
So
this
docket
is
allowed
on
the
floor.
Is
anyone
else
looking
to
speak
on
the
matter?
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their.
O
The
memorandum
was
prepared
by
Professor
Jerry
Jeffrey
Weiss
Adjunct,
professor
at
New
York
law
school,
who
was
a
specialist
in
redistricting
and
identified
as
a
resource
on
the
redistricting
process
and
is
contracted
by
Corporation
Council.
Here
in
the
city,
Professor
Weiss
confirmed
in
his
statement.
There
is
currently
no
risk
of
voting
right
act,
violation
under
the
current
Council
map,
which
was
enacted
in
2012.
O
historic
context,
led
the
Boston
City
council's
committee
on
census
in
redistricting
to
facilitate
2011-2012
redistricting
processes
by
intentionally
prioritizing
meaningful
engagement
of
residents
from
marginalized
communities
in
neighborhoods,
historically
split
across
district
lines,
with
ample
time
to
scrutinize
proposals
at
dozens
of
public
hearings
and
committee
meetings
spanning
more
than
one
year.
The
council
should
offer
public
hearings
in
communities
across
the
across
the
city,
especially
in
those
communities
that
will
be
most
disrupted
by
Precinct
changes,
making
sure
to
have
a
clear,
transparent
process
with
notices
put
out
in
Native
languages
sufficiently
advertise
the
public
hearings.
O
So
residents
are
aware
of
the
public
hearings
and
content
and
can
attend
to
have
their
voices
heard.
The
translation
must
be
provided
for
Equitable
access.
The
committee
chair
must
appropriate
funds,
so
the
process
of
redistricting
can
ensure
language
access,
legal
support,
facilitators,
mediators
experts
in
a
budget
to
advertise
the
process
to
the
residents.
So
there
is
proper
Community
engagement.
O
So
I
know
that
we
have
gone
back
and
forth
on
this
floor
about
principles,
criteria,
protocols,
some
say
it's
semantics.
I
do
believe,
though,
that
protocol
is
a
very
different
principles
and
criteria
are
the
same,
but
Protocols
are
an
official
procedure
of
rules
governing
Affairs
of
state
or
diplomatic
occasions,
and
when
asked
why,
why
would
I
want
to
put
this
forward
because
I
believe
these
protocols
ensure
that
we
inject
some
objectivity
into
a
process
that
is
far
too
subjective
without
any
rails?
And
we
already
have
a
cloud
of
Doubt
cast
over
this
process.
O
Numerous
violations
have
been
filed
against
the
redistricting
committee
and
the
council
as
a
whole
by
different
Community
groups.
There
is
a
reason
they
are
standard.
They
keep
legislative
bodies
who
vote
on
their
own
districts
within
legal
parameters.
So
we
don't
end
up
in
court.
We
have
to
protect
ourselves
as
a
body.
We
are
not
unique.
We
are
not
more
capable
of
resisting
the
renovations
to
gerrymandering,
it
is
self-interest,
so
that
is
why
their
protocols
need
to
be
in
place.
O
Otherwise,
the
decision
should
be
made
by
a
commission
or
will
likely
be
decided
in
the
court
in
our
case,
so
I
do
want
to
say,
I
know,
I
receive
them
and
I
believe
I
saw
all
of
our
Council
names
on
emails,
but
I
do
just
want
to
highlight
some
of
the
community
members
who
have
reached
out
siropta
women
and
children.
Empowerment
Center
sent
the
council
an
email.
O
I
am
writing
to
request
that
the
redistricting
committee
hold
hearings
in
the
Haitian
Creole
language
before
voting
on
redistricting
legislation,
seropta
women
and
children.
Empowerment
Center
is
serving
more
than
200
families,
providing
housing
assistance,
mental
and
Behavioral
Health
and
civic
education
and
education
and
engagement
services.
O
Another
one
we
received
was
from
Vinnie
tan.
The
president
of
the
cdvn
Mass
I
write
to
request
that
the
city
of
Boston
Council
refrained
from
voting
on
the
matter
of
redistricting.
Until
you
have
a
hearing
in
the
Vietnamese
language.
As
you
know,
the
Vietnamese
community
in
Dorchester
stands
to
be
impacted,
like
all
immigrant
communities
by
the
redistricting
legislation
and
the
Chinese
Consolidated
benevolent
Association
of
New
England,
also
emailed
us
yesterday
saying
we
are
writing
this
letter
to
respectfully
request
a
formal,
Boston
city
council
redistricting
meeting
in
Cantonese.
O
It
is
important
that
residents
who
do
not
speak
English
are
part
of
this
redistricting
process
and
from
Paulo
de
Barros.
The
president
of
the
Cape
Verdean
Association
of
Boston,
said
providing
the
appropriate
language.
Access
is
critical
to
empowering
Community
communities.
Typically
left
out
of
this
discussion.
O
The
Cape
Verdean
community
in
Boston
will
be
impacted,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
there's
a
hearing,
a
public
meeting
in
our
language
and
lastly,
we
also
received
an
email,
a
letter
from
the
South
Boston
and
Axion
at
the
last
several
meetings
that
I
have
participated
in
in
person
and
on
Zoom
language
access
has
not
been
a
priority
when
attempts
were
made
to
translate
for
residents.
The
interpretations
were
disrupted,
I
want
to
request
a
redistricting
Hearing
in
Spanish.
O
Formally,
we
must
ensure
that
everyone
has
the
opportunity
to
learn
about
the
impacts
of
redistricting,
so
I
did
want
to
highlight
those
emails
and
I
know.
Many
of
us
have
received
countless
calls
and
when
we're
out
in
the
neighborhoods
hearing
from
people
concerned
that
they're
not
being
heard
or
this
process
is
being
rushed
and
I
do
hope
that
the
Boston
city
council
adopt
the
following
protocols
in
redrawing
city
council
districts,
so
it
does
include
language
access
in
more
Community
meetings.
O
B
Thank
you,
Council
Murphy.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
on
this
matter?
The
Chia
recognizes
councilor
Arroyo
and
before
I
recognize
Council.
Royal
I
just
want
to
say
to
my
colleagues
in
the
public
to
be
respectful
of
each
other,
not
to
yell
out
anything
from
the
public.
When
a
colleague
on
the
council
is
speaking,
we
had
debates
here,
and
this
is
not
the
time
for
the
public
to
engage
in
the
discussion
and
again
I
asked
my
colleagues
to
be
respectful
to
each
other
during
this
during
this
tense
situation.
B
N
You
Mr
chair,
so
I
just
want
to
speak
really
quickly
on
on
these,
because
it
strikes
me
that
these
we
were
calling
them.
Protocols
are
essentially
part
and
parcel
what
was
written
to
us
by
attorney
Weiss
on
October
9th,
but
missing
from
these
we
have
minority
voting
rights
here,
which
is
almost
exactly
from
here.
We
have
compactness,
which
is
also
here.
We
have
continuity,
which
is
also
here,
preservation
neighborhoods,
which
is
also
here,
communities
of
Interest,
which
is
also
here
banned
on
partisanship,
which
is
also
here.
N
Maintaining
existing
District
boundaries,
which
is
also
here
but
missing,
is
population
equality,
which
is
what
this
entire
process
has
really
come
down
to.
I
think
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
whether
or
not
Mr,
Weiss
or
attorney
Weiss
was
asked.
If
we
were
within
population
equality,
the
answer
would
have
been
no
and
the
largest
issue
with
that
is
District
2,
which
is
about
13
5
or
12
000
people
over,
and
so,
if
we
were
to
do
these
protocols,
I
would
think
that
population
equality
should
be
front
and
center.
N
The
other
issue
that
is
different
is
that,
under
that
letter,
attorney
Weiss
put
required
criteria
if
any
put
not
required
criteria.
This
would
attempt
to
not
make
that
distinction.
This
would
essentially
say
that
all
of
these
are
somehow
required
criteria
well,
or
rather,
the
lack
of
it.
I
would
say
if
we
are
going
to
do
this,
it
would
I
should
be
with
an
amendment
that
adds
population
equality,
but
also
makes
clear
that
some
of
this
is
actually
required
criteria,
and
some
of
this
is
actually
according
to
attorney
wise,
not
required
criteria.
N
We
should
distinguish
the
difference
between
that
and
then
finally,
on
the
charter
in
neighborhoods,
with
the
charter
specifically
says,
is
that
redistricting
should
be
done
with
a
view
towards
preservation
of
existing
neighborhoods,
which
I
agree
with
I.
Think
we
should
do
this
with
a
view
towards
preservation
of
existing
neighborhoods,
but
it
does
not
create
a
requirement
which
I
think
is
important,
that
we
somehow
do
so.
N
It
says
to
consider
it
and
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
what
we
can
to
honor
that,
but
it
does
not
require
it
and
I
think
there's
a
difference
between
required
criteria
and
non-required
criteria,
and
if
we're
going
to
create
protocols,
we
should
make
those
distinctions
and
finally
I'm
assuming
it
was
just
a
a
quick
lapse
in
in
what
was
being
taken.
What
wasn't,
but
the
population
equality
is
incredibly
important,
considering
that
is
the
driving
force
of
this
entire
process.
So
that
is
it
for
me.
Mr.
B
L
Okay,
I'm
going
to
be
who
I
am
I'm,
going
to
speak
in
the
way
I
have
navigated
this
world,
and
that
is
just
always
honest
and
Fearless
president
Flynn,
and
it
really
bothers
me
that
whenever
we're
having
conversations
that
are
uncomfortable,
we
always
go
to
decorum
and
how
people
in
this
room
should
act
and
while
I
appreciate
that
I
know
that
my
people
who
are
in
this
space
right
now
know
how
to
be
in
public
and
I.
Know
you.
L
It
just
is
frustrating
that
there
is
the
sense
of
of
keeping
people
in
line
and
I'm,
just
not
that
made
for
that.
So
every
time
I
hear
that
we
have
to
act
differently.
I
am
going
to
fight
that
because
I
didn't
come
here
to
do
that,
but
anyways.
Why
do
I
Rise?
It
is
very
interesting
to
me,
as
an
immigrant.
L
Who
had
to
learn
how
to
speak
English
to
translate
for
my
entire
Community
I
understand
how
important
it
is
to
ensure
that
the
public
has
access
in
their
native
language.
In
fact,
I
passed
an
ordinance
here
on
the
council
around
language,
Justice
information
Justice,
so
I
understand
the
importance
of
that.
L
But
I
also
know-
and
you
know
folks
talk
about
how
diverse
their
staff
is
and
how
many
different
languages
people
speak
in
their
offices.
But
the
fact
of
the
matter
is,
is
that
we've
been
at
this
and
if
we
wanted
to
each
and
every
one
of
us
could
have
done
our
part
for
the
communities
and
the
Immigrant
communities
that
we
serve
right.
So,
while
I
do
appreciate
the
letters,
I
will
say
that
in
the
spaces
that
I've
been
in
when
I've
tried
to
translate
on
behalf
of
people,
I
was
shut
down.
L
L
And
as
far
as
I
know,
the
work
that
we
have
done
here
on
this
Council
has
always
been
inclusive
in
getting
the
information
out
to
folks
and
organizing
groups,
and
people
who
are
in
this
space
have
been
activating
their
base.
So
to
say
that
we
have
not
done
our
due
diligence
in
engaging
people
is,
is
up
for
question,
but
I
am
going
to
stand
against
this
whole
idea
of
adopting
a
whole
new.
L
L
What
is
the
I
need
to
know
because
there's
so
much
more
to
what
is
happening
here
and
we're
not
being
honest
with
that?
Don't
talk
to
y'all
because
y'all
gonna
get
kicked
out
so
I,
don't
know,
there's
just
a
lot
of
stuff
happening
here
and
if
I'm
going
to
participate
in
this
process,
I
need
everyone
in
this
chamber
to
be
honest
with
what
their
intentions
are
and
how
they're
moving
in
this
space,
because
right
now,
none
of
it
feels
to
me
like
we're
moving
in
the
best
interest
of
the
city
as
a
whole.
L
G
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
just
wanted
to
rise
to
say
that
on
Monday
October,
17th
I
came
to
a
hearing
of
the
redistricting
committee
held
by
the
chair
and
I
sat
over
there
and
I.
Remember
very
clearly
that
the
chair
wanted
to
have
a
council
discussion
in
the
hearing
about
the
redistricting
principles
and
that
that
DACA
was
in
front
of
us
that
the
letter
firm
attorney
Weiss
was
in
front
of
us
and
that
that
was
the
subject
matter.
That
morning.
G
The
map
proposed
by
the
chair
and
councilor
Braden
had
come
out
and
a
huge
proportion
of
counselors
who
were
at
the
hearing,
including
a
number
of
counselors
who
have
now
introduced.
Both
this
docket
and
the
prior
docket
like
this
last
week,
said.
Why
would
we
talk
about
the
principles
today?
We
should
be
talking
about
Maps,
I
I
feel
a
little
bit
like
I'm,
going
crazy,
because
I
remember
sitting
in
that
corner
and
the
fact
that
nobody
wanted
to
engage
with
this
docket,
which
then
the
chair
passed
with
unanimous
support
at
the
following
meetings.
B
Excuse
me
I
know
I
apologize,
Council
block.
Please
do
not
interrupt
any
speaker
for
my
colleagues.
The
chair
recognizes
Council
Buck.
Thank.
G
You
my
mistake
so
with
overwhelming
support
the
docket
pass,
so
I
just
want
to
say
that
we
have
a
forum
in
which
we,
edit
each
other's
or
like
ordinances.
It's
the
hearing.
We
literally
had
one
focused
on
this
data,
but
actually
a
number
beforehand
where
this
docket
kept
being
reintroduced,
and
it
wasn't
something
that
counselors
were
interested
in
engaging
with,
and
so
I
just
think
that
this
effort
to
continually
introduce
very
similar
dockets
with
slight
adjustments
feels
again
to
me
in
line
with
a
counselor.
G
B
O
Thank
you,
councilman
Flynn,
and
thank
you
Council
Arroyo,
for
pointing
out
what
I
just
want
to
be
clear.
That
population
I,
think
is.
The
only
thing
we
all
agree
on
is
something
that
needs
to
so
I
am
not
trying
to
replace
what
we
passed.
O
So
yes,
I
I,
just
want
to
be
clear
that
I'm
not
trying
to
replace
the
criteria,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
adding
protocols
that,
when
we're
looking
back
because
we
know
that
we're
in
where
we
have
just
violations
in
judges
and
others
are
looking
at
this
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
safe,
saying
that
we
care
about
language
access
and
we
care
about
Community
input
and
that's
the
two
things
I
focused
on
so
to
be
clear
to
council.
Roy
I
wasn't
trying
to
leave
out
the
others.
O
D
I
just
want
to
rise
to
say,
like
I've,
never
heard
something
called
reducing
protocols.
I
think
they've
consistently
called
redisting
principles,
but
I
also
want
to
say
that
it's
a
bit
of
a
moot
point
like
this
fight
that
we're
having
over
the
document
actually
doesn't
matter
right.
What
a
court
will
look
at
is
we'll
see
like
what
have
you
actually
done
things
like
equal
population,
that's
required,
and
so
whether
we
have
it
memorialized
or
not,
that's
you
know.
D
A
court
can
use
that
when
we're
talking
about
language
access,
we're
talking
about
voters
of
color,
that's
something:
that's
memorialized
in
law
in
the
Voting
Rights
Act,
when
we're
talking
about
language
access.
D
So
if
there's
a
violation
there-
and
there
are
things
in
place
to
deal
with
what
you've
mentioned,
and
even
if
we
memorialize
it
in
in
this
hearing
order
on
the
registering
protocols,
it
wouldn't
matter,
because
it's
moot
the
it's
criteria
that
oftentimes
come
in
conflict
with
one
another,
and
so
we
as
a
body
have
to
decide
what
is
what
gets
prioritized
other
than
what
is
required,
such
as
equal
population
and
so
I,
hear
the
arguments
that
are
being
made
and
none
of
it
matters.
D
D
It
doesn't
even
matter
because
we,
the
what
the
court
will
look
at,
will,
will
look
at
exactly
how
the
lines
were
drawn
and
not
about
what
we
agreed
to
or
didn't
agree
to
in
redistring
criteria
when
some
of
it
is
required
by
law.
And
some
of
it
isn't
so
just
want
to
say
that
I
think
this
debate
is
number
one
pointless
because
of
rule
15
and
number
two
moot,
because
a
court
doesn't
need
a
document
to
decide
whether
something
is
lawful.
They
have
the
tools
of
the
disposal
to
do
that.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
J
Thank
you,
I
council,
president
constellation
has
a
point
and
I
was
gonna.
I
was
going
to
say
something
similar,
but
I
would
disagree
that
some
of
this
does
matter
so
hashing
it
out
being
patient
with
each
other.
J
Whether
Council
abach
gets
up
and
says
the
same
thing
she
said
last
week
or
whether
Julia
Council
Mejia
makes
the
same
point
about
making
sure
that
we're
inclusive
in
language
access
and
then
reiterates
the
point
that
council
president,
that
we
are
saying
to
you
again
and
again
and
again
his
rule
15
violation
like
can
you
not?
Can
you
not
be
accommodating
only
to
certain
people,
certain
counselors
and
then
sometimes
not
to
us
and
then
also
in
terms
of
the
community
meetings?
J
I
mean
how
many
counselors
here,
especially
District
or
at
large,
actually
provided
the
community
meetings,
and,
if
you
did,
did
you
say?
Oh
did
you
do
that?
Did
you
say?
Oh
I
didn't
hear
none
of
that.
J
No
that
didn't
happen
either
so
the
one
person,
the
person
that
can
speak,
can
that
can
go
through
that
I
was
I
held
a
meeting
in
my
district
I
offered
translation.
There
was
no
one
that
needed
translational
interpretation
in
my
in
the
meeting
and
also
who
here
held
meetings
and
actually
offered
language
interpretation.
You
had
that
opportunity.
Why
didn't
you
do
it?
Why
didn't
you
provide
it?
I,
don't
understand,
what's
going
on
here
and
so,
yes,
you're,
absolutely
right,
councilor
Lujan!
This
is
mood,
but
in
a
sense,
but
in
a
sense
it's
not.
J
This
is
what's
going
on.
The
public
deserves
to
understand
exactly
how
the
politics
works
and
how
we
go
back
and
forth.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
is
that
we
have
a
council
president
to
his
discretion.
He
can
sometimes
rule
one
way
and
sometimes
figure
out.
What's
the
best
for
the
council
with
all
due
respect.
Sometimes
it
does
seem
a
little
lopsided,
especially
when
it
comes
to
people
filing
things
that
are
redundant
and
to
council
Box
Point,
hey
Council
Braden
did
the
chair
did
present
it
to
us,
and
a
lot
of
us
were
like.
J
No,
we
read
it
we're
good
good
to
go.
It's
not
that
we
said
we
don't
want
to
discuss
it.
She
did
say:
do
you
guys
want
to
revisit?
Do
you
want
to
read
us?
You
want
to
review
this.
A
lot
of
us
said:
we've
read
it
we're
good
to
go
so
here
we
are.
If
you
want
to
amend
and
honestly
some
of
this
stuff
when
I
start
hearing
people
talk,
it's
like.
J
Oh,
so
that's
where
that
complaint
came
from
I
I
was
not
in
no
counselor
a
Royals
office
with
all
these
people
in
the
room
having
private
meetings.
What
the
heck!
This
is
hot
garbage,
it's
ridiculous!
It's
silly!
It's
immature
and
honestly
the
people
of
Boston
are
waiting
for
us
and
relying
on
our
leadership
for
us
to
set
precedence
on
what
true
relate
leadership
looks
like.
So
what
are
we
doing
here?
So
thank
you.
B
B
One
minute
and
and
the
reason
councilman
here
is-
you
already
spoke:
okay.
L
I
I
want
to
reiterate
that
I
did
attempt
to
provide
translation
and
interpretation
at
the
meeting
that
you
I,
believe
was
a
part
of
President,
Flynn
and
I
was
shut
down
and
I
also
do
know
that
and
I
also
do
agree,
that
the
allegation
of
the
spaces
and
places
that
I
was
in
in
this
violation
is
Nolan
void,
because
this
is
not
true
and
I'm,
hoping
that
there
are
cameras.
B
L
All
right
so
now
that
we've
had
our
little
time
out,
I
I
just
want
to
be
clear
as,
like.
My
whole
thing
is
in
regards
to
all
of
the
that
is
happening
here.
It
just
feels
like
we
just
keep
trying
to
delay
whatever
and,
however
that
looks
and
I
just
want
us
to
be
honest
about
what
this
process
is
all
about,
and
that's
all
you'll
get
from
me.
N
I
just
want
to
address
because
it
got
brought
up
now
twice.
Oh.
B
N
The
chair
recognizes
Council
Royal.
Thank
you
and
I
understand.
My
colleagues
is
anger
at
a
complaint
that
falsifies
or
invents
meetings.
N
The
reality
is
the
issue
with
this
one
is
that
that
day,
I
was
actually
at
Lena
Park
talking
to
community
with
other
members
of
this
Council
separately
and
apart,
and
this
idea
of
a
rolling
meeting
in
our
office
is
frankly
laughable
and
so
the
anger
and
feeling
of
being
targeted
or
that
folks
are
inventing
or
creating
crisises
to
hold
this
map
up
or
to
hold
this
body
down
and
are
trying
to
use
other
counselors
when
they're
clearly
documented
in
places
that
people
have
been
is
I.
N
Think,
what's
leading
to
some
of
that
folks
being
upset
and
I
just
want
the
public
to
understand
what
this
is
even
is
because
people
were
making
mention
to
something
that
the
public
has
not
been
made.
Aware
of,
we
didn't
speak
about
what
the
complaint
is,
but
I
wanted
people
to
be
clear
that
the
complaint
speaks
directly
to
some
meeting
or
rolling
meeting
and
I
believe
my
office
when
I
was
at
Lena,
Park
and
other
counselors,
where
I
Lena
Park,
and
so
this
whole.
N
This
whole
complaint,
frankly,
is
laughable,
but
I
want
the
public
to
understand
what
people
are
referring
to.
So
thank
you,
Mr
chair,
thank
you.
Council.
B
B
A
B
A
C
B
P
B
P
Thank
you,
Mr
President
again
as
chair
of
the
redistricting
committee,
I
recommend
passage
of
Dr
Dockett
1275
Ordnance
amending
city
council
electoral
districts
in
a
new
draft,
I
sponsored
the
docket
with
counselor
Arroyo,
and
it
was
referred
to
the
committee
on
October
19th.
This
substitution
reflects
the
draft
I
intended
to
submit
at
last
week's
meeting.
P
The
new
draft
makes
five
changes
for
the
language
initially
filed
in
large
part
due
to
feedback
proceed
from
community
members,
neighborhood
residents
and
organizations
and
the
respective
City
District
councilors.
Six
three
remains
in
District
Two.
Three
fifteen
moves
from
District
2
to
District
3.
619
remains
in
District
3.
17,
2
and
17
3
remain
in
District,
4.
P
I
took
on
this
process
eight
weeks
ago
on
August
31st,
when
committee
assignments
were
temporarily
readjusted
from
the
start.
All
colleagues
are
aware
of
the
intended
timeline
and
I
urged
each
and
every
counselor's
assistance
with
disseminating
information
on
the
process
to
maximize
public
awareness
and
I
thank
counselors
and
Central
staff
for
their
support.
As
we
navigate
this
navigated
this
process,
the
2020
Census
Data
reported
by
the
bpda,
demonstrated
that
Boston's
population
grew
by
9.4
percent
from
2010
to
2020..
P
The
Hispanic
population
grew
by
16.9
percent
18.7
of
Boston's
total
total
growth.
Asian
population
grew
37.8
percent,
11.2
percent
of
Boston's
total.
The
non-hispanic
white
population
grew
by
3.8
falling
to
44.6
of
Boston.
The
non-hispanic
black
and
African-American
population
fell
by
6.4
with
a
population
share
decreased
to
19.1,
but
we
must
keep
in
mind
that
the
census
had
a
national
undercount
of
3.3
percent
for
the
black
population
and
a
4.99
for
the
Hispanic
population.
Nationally,
the
committee
used
the
esri
redistricting
web-based
software
following
guidance
from
the
Department
of
Justice
for
aggregation
of
multiple
race
data.
P
The
method
used
by
federal
agencies
differs
from
the
methodology
commonly
commonly
used
by
demographers,
including
including
those
of
the
bpda.
We
also
use
districtor
a
free,
advisor-based,
interactive
mapping,
tool
for
convenient
sharing
of
maps.
However,
this
their
methodology
for
aggregating
multiple
race
data
for
the
same
2020
Census
Data,
offers
also
different
from
that
of
the
Department
of
Justice
for
civil
rights
monitoring
and
enforcement,
such
as
redistricting
official
analysis
of
demographic
demographic
data
relies
on
the
esri
products.
P
The
timeliness
of
the
redistricting
process
was
impacted
by
the
availability
of
census,
data
on
the
boundaries
of
the
current
city,
council
districts
and
new
precincts
when
I
took
the
chair
in
September,
data
on
new
precincts
on
current
districts
was
were
not
yet
available,
not
yet
publicly
available.
We
see
we
received
data
by
District
in
March
of
2022.
P
in
September
14th.
The
council
adopted
a
17
or
17f
order,
requesting
information
from
the
bpda
2010
and
2020
census.
Population
totals
total
change,
the
percent
of
change
for
new
precincts
and
current
districts.
The
bpda
responded
on
September
23rd,
providing
the
requested
data,
which
was
made
available
to
all
councilors
on
September
26th.
P
My
office
repeatedly
urged
the
council
to
promptly
publish
the
data
sets
on
our
open
data
hub
Precinct
level.
Data
was
published
on
October
20th,
the
election
Commissioners
adjusted
Precinct
boundaries,
increasing
the
total
number
of
precincts
in
the
city
from
255
to
275.,
as
precincts
are
building
blocks
for
council
districts
and
redistricting
is
inextricably
linked
to
representing
which
concluded
in
April
of
2022.
We
did
not
receive
redistricting
data
on
the
new
Precinct
boundaries
until
July
of
2022.
P
Boston's
exemption
from
mandatory
redistricting
long,
exacerbated
tensions
in
state
and
local
redistricting.
An
issue
referenced
in
the
redistricting
reports
of
chairfini
in
2020
2002
20
years
ago
and
chair
lenihan
in
2012
10
years
ago,
both
stated
an
intentioned
to
revisit
revisit
reprecenting
ahead
of
future
redistricting.
P
P
Those
are
way
of
many
home
rule.
Petitions
representing
resulted
in
16
split
precincts
crossing
boundaries
of
multiple
current
districts.
The
committee's
first
step
was
was
to
tentatively
assign
each
Precinct
to
an
adjacent
District,
based
on
General
consensus,
to
establish
a
baseline
map,
a
low
in
the
22
2002
and
2012
redistricting
Cycles,
the
committee
expanded
funds.
We
stressed
at
the
outset
that
there
was
no
budget
allocated
for
this
redispering
process
beyond
the
license
license
of
the
license
from
mapping
software.
P
Addition
of
the
MDG
redistricting
Lab
at
Tufts,
University
Tisch,
College
attorney
attorney
wise
appeared
virtually
at
the
working
session
on
October
11th.
To
present
the
content
of
a
memorandum
he'd
produced
covering
five
required
required
criteria,
population
equality,
voting
rights,
compactness
contiguity
consideration
toward
preservation
of
neighborhoods.
P
It
is
important
to
note,
as
cooperation
Council
respond
response
indicated,
that
the
sole
reason
for
the
present
statutory
deadline
of
August
1st
2026
is
because
the
relevant
City
Charter
provision
has
net
was
never
brought
into
Conformity
following
the
Constitutional
Amendment.
Abolishing
the
state
census
have
the
city's
enabling
statute
be
properly
amended,
like
the
general
laws,
otherwise
applying
to
all
municipalities,
then
the
deadline
was
most
likely
would
have
been
August
1st
2022..
P
In
reality,
even
the
November
7th
Target
date
one
year
prior
to
the
next
election
is
insufficient,
as
it
would
be
unlikely
for
any
potential
candidate
to
establish
residency
in
a
new
District
in
such
a
short
time.
Any
thought
of
further
prolonging
the
present
process
risks
being
characterized
characterized
as
incumbent
protection.
P
In
reviewing
the
dockets
referred
to
the
committee,
several
Precinct
changes
were
common
across
most,
if
not
all,
of
the
proposals.
It
is
clear
that,
pursuant
to
the
city,
Charter
counselors
keep
kept
in
mind
drawing
districts
with
a
view
towards
preserving
the
Integrity
of
existing
neighborhoods
each
and
every
proposal
took
a
different
approach
to
how
to
configure
the
districts
in
the
southwest
section
of
the
city,
particularly
in
and
around
Roslindale.
P
We
must
repeal
the
city's
exemption
from
daisanio
representing
and
have
an
action
plan
well
in
advance
of
the
2030
census.
We
engage
redistricting
experts
too
late
and
future
Cycles
should
involve
City
demographers
and
cartographers.
Early
on
proper
funds
should
be
secured
for
redistricting
console
and
racially
polarized
voting
analysis
data
analysis.
P
Finally,
I
support
what
the
community
and
the
Voting
Rights
activists
have
been
calling
for
for
decades,
the
establishment
of
an
independent
advisory
commission
to
advise
the
council
as
it
redraws
districts
again.
I.
Thank
my
colleagues
and
members
of
the
public
for
their
partnership
and
engagement
through
this
process.
Thus
far
as
chair
of
the
committee
on
redistricting
I
submit
this
report,
I
think
it
runs
to
20
28
pages.
P
B
L
I
want
to
be
nice
to
me.
Okay,
so
I
appreciate
the
break,
but
I
don't
understand,
I
mean
we
have
been
going
at
this
for
a
long
time.
So
I
just
need
some
understanding
of
like
when
you
talk
about
a
break.
L
N
You
Mr
chair
I,
just
want
to
speak
as
a
co-sponsor
on
that
map.
An
original
Coast
monster
on
that
map
as
to
the
map
in
the
process
really
quickly
before
we
take
that
recess.
I
just
want
to
First
commend
chair
Braden
for
the
work
that
she
has
done.
This
has
been
difficult.
I
think
folks
can
see
just
by
the
number
of
recesses
how
how
brain
busting
this
process
of
moving
precincts
from
one
neighborhood
to
another
neighborhood
can
be
it's
a
little
bit.
N
I've
used
the
verbi
eyes,
it's
a
little
bit
like
Jenga.
You
pull
one
piece
out
the
rest
of
it
falls
down.
You
have
to
figure
out
where
it
goes,
and
so
it
has
been
a
process.
There
have
been
a
lot
of
community
meetings.
N
We
have
heard
a
lot
of
voices
and
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
take
this
moment
to
acknowledge
that
this
map,
which
I
believe
is
the
strongest
map
that
has
been
presented
before
this
body,
and
that
is
from
someone
who
has
also
presented
another
map
has
been,
and
is
these
strong
longest
map
because
of
that
Community
voice,
because
those
Community
Advocates
have
stood
up
and
have
said
this
is
what
we
believe
is
better.
N
This
is
what
we
believe
makes
sense,
and
so
I'm
grateful
to
those
Community
Advocates,
who
the
vast
majority
are
unpaid
and
are
taking
this
time
to
advocate
for
their
communities,
because
these
decisions
play
out
over
the
next
10
years,
and
so
I
want
to
commend
this
map
process.
But
I
also
want
to
commend
this
map.
N
This
map
goes
out
of
its
way
to
make
sure
that
we
are
creating
and
strengthening
opportunity
districts,
but
that
we
are
also
dealing
with
the
major
issue
that
we
have
at
hand,
which
is
a
population
inequality
in
how
our
maps
are
put
together.
That
would
be
with
District
three
having
the
lowest
percentage
of
population
and
in
this
map.
In
terms
of
needing
to
add
about
six
thousand
five
hundred
or
six
thousand
people
and
District
Two
having
about
12
000
to
13
000
people,
and
what
that
has
meant
is
that
we
have
had
to
compromise.
N
This
has
been
called
the
unity
map,
because
it
is
a
compromise
map.
It
is
a
map
that
addresses
the
various
needs
of
various
communities
in
a
very
specific
way,
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is
that
we
have
all
of
these
communities
of
Interest
throughout
the
city.
We
have
the
Vietnamese
community
in
Dorchester
that,
through
the
last
redistecting
process,
it
has
been
clear
had
some
of
their
their
ability
to
make
effective,
Choice
splintered
through
the
lack
of
cohesion
in
Fields
Corner.
N
But
we
have
also
had
a
number
of
different
voices
speak
towards
how
specifically
District
2
should
shed
those
precincts.
It
has
been
a
difficult
process
for
the
chair
who
has
had
to
give
precincts
without
receiving
new
ones
frankly,
and
I
and
I
want
to
also
commend
him
for
going
through
a
process
that
is
incredibly
difficult
in
the
sense
that
it's
not
just
a
reshifting
but
a
loss.
He
is
losing
constituencies.
N
And
so,
if
we
were
to
take
them
out
of
District
2,
they
would
feel
removed.
And
so
the
response
was
to
go
up
through
District
Two
up
through
South
Boston,
specifically
to
unify
the
McCormick
homes
with
the
Anne
Lynch
homes,
which
we
had
heard
quite
a
bit
about.
In
my
original
map.
I
had
unified
them
by
putting
them
McCormick
homes,
which
is
seven
seven,
with
seven
six
and
seven
five,
which
are
within
District
Two
on
this
map.
N
They
are
unified,
though
not
entirely
about
90
to
95
percent
of
the
Ann
Lynch
homes
are
unified
by
going
through
seven
six,
seven,
five
with
seven
seven
in
the
McCormick
homes,
and
so
that
is
to
say
that
there
have
been
gives
in
there
have
been
takes.
N
We
heard
from
community
that
D2
specifically
really
six
three
and
six
two,
which
is
the
D
Street
projects,
were
split
between
two
precincts,
and
so
they
have
been
unified
again
and
sent
back
to
District
Two,
because
that's
what
made
the
most
sense
for
a
number
of
different
population
and
and
calls
on
communities
of
interest.
This
map,
as
is
presented
today,
unifies
more
Roslindale
than
currently
exists.
Roslindale
has
more
population
combined
now
more
cohesion
through
18
7
to
1912
than
they
had
previously.
N
I
believe
two
weeks
ago,
the
change
to
give
17-2
in
Codman
Square
at
17-6
back
to
District
Four
and
returning
16-9
to
District
3,
made
sure
that
we
weren't
diluting
the
ability
for
district
four
to
make
an
effective
choice
and
I
think
that
these
are
all
the
gives
and
takes
of
a
process
that
are
successful.
I.
N
N
As
chair
Braden
and
myself
have
presented
it
today
with
the
Amendments
that
chair
Braden
has
asked
for
today,
specifically
the
changing
of
62163
to
District,
2
and
315,
which
is
the
ink
block
to
District
three
and
I'm
asking
for
that
in
in
knowledge
and
full.
Knowing
that
we
are
going
to
speak
about
amendments
and
I
think
we
will
probably
speak
on
all
those
amendments
as
they
come
up
and
when
they
come
up.
N
But
I
do
believe
that
this
map,
as
constructed,
does
the
very
best
job
of
meeting
the
moment
of
meeting
the
needs
and
of
withstanding
legal
challenge,
which
I
think
at
this
point
to
anybody
paying
attention.
It
is
clear
that
there
are
forces
in
this
city
that
are
going
to
seek
to
pose
a
legal
challenge
to
this
map
and
I.
Think
it's
incredibly
important
for
this
body
to
keep
that
in
mind,
as
they
put
this
map
forward.
N
That
one
that
legal
challenge
is
put
forward
is
incredibly
important,
that
this
map
meet
that
moment
and
meet
the
legal
requirements
and
I
think
this
map.
Does
that
I
firmly
believe
that
this
map
can
withstand
legal
challenge
as
it's
created
now,
because
the
process
in
making
it
the
actual
decisions
made
to
make
it
where
and
what
was
put
where
it
was,
makes
a
lot
of
legal
sense
and
so
I
I'll
leave
the
rest
of
the
commentary
to
to
the
body
after
the
after
the
recess
that
you
are
calling
for
Mr
chair.
Thank
you.
B
Will
have
an
opportunity
to
join
the
amendment
process
to
to
speak
as
well.
K
I'm
not
clear
What's
Happening
Here.
We
should
have
a
map
that
we're
holding
on
and
not
something
that
we're
going
to
come
in
inside
have
a
working
session
right
now
right
here,
the
so
we're
ready
to
vote
on
this.
There's
all
kinds
of
changes
coming
up
and
we're
going
to
vote
on
this
here
now:
I'm,
just
not
comfortable
with
it.
Mr
chair,
no
I.
B
The
well
let
me
let
me
allow
councilor
Braden
Council
Braden.
Would
you
respond
to
council
Baker's
kind
of
question
about
how
the
amendment
process
will
work?
B
P
You
Mr,
chair,
I,
presented
the
report.
It's
thorough,
it's
backed
up
by
the
advice
of
our
legal
counsel.
I
am
confident
that
this
is
a
solid
defendable
map
and
I
move.
Ask
my
colleagues
to
pass.
B
B
K
Okay,
thank
you
Mr,
chair
for
for
acknowledging
me
here
today.
I
got
a
call
from
a
long
time.
Friend
this
morning
happens
to
be
a
Catholic
priest.
He
told
me
to
keep
saying
my
prayers.
God
grant
me
the
serenity
and
on
a
side
note,
he
said
that
the
the
clergy
in
Boston
they're
all
talking
about
this
process
right
here
and
and
they're
viewing
this
exercise
as
an
all-out
assault
on
Catholic
life
in
Boston,
and
it's
not
lost
on
them
that
the
person
that's
leading
the
charge
is
a
Protestant
from
famana
as.
K
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
K
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
that
was
unlike
me,
I
apologize
first
to
the
Chia
and
to
the
body.
Also
a
good
Catholic
boy
like
myself,
shouldn't
shouldn't.
Do
that
or
be
like
that
I
I
am
Alex
I'd
like
to
have
it
stricken
from
the
record.
If
possible,
I
know
it
will
stay
on
the
if
possible,
but
I
shouldn't
use
language
like
that.
I'm
I'm,
heated,
I'm
heated,
because
I
think
that
Neighborhood
Center
in
District
3
that
happened
to
be
Catholic
or
under
attack
so
can
I.
B
Do
I
do
I'm,
gonna,
I'm
gonna,
get
back
to
council
Braden
Council
Baker
I
do
want
to
I.
Do
want
to
ask
if
Council
Braden
did
want
to
did
want
to
make
a
statement.
I
thought
it
was
appropriate
to
recognize
Council
Braden
Council
Braden.
You
have
the
full
thank.
P
P
P
Discrimination
and
housing
I
grew
up
with
this
a
kid.
The
trouble
started
in
1969
I
was
10
years
old
violence
in
the
streets,
people
getting
bombed
out
of
their
homes
because
there
were
Catholics
people
get
burned
out
of
their
homes
because
there
were
Protestants
enter
communal,
Strife
all
about
religion.
P
P
P
It
is
an
insult
to
me
to
have
a
colleague
in
this
city
council
insinuate
that
I
am
discriminating
against
Catholics,
that
is
not
What's
Happening
Here
I'm
standing
up
for
the
rights
of
our
minority
communities,
Hispanic,
Asian
and
black,
to
have
equal
access
to
voting
voting
and
to
have
an
equal
opportunity
to
elect
the
candidate
of
their
choice,
and
if
that
means
annoying
and
upsetting
Catholics
I'm,
very,
very
sorry
and
I.
Don't
think
that
is
reflective
of
Catholic
values,
although
I'm,
not
a
Catholic
I
leave
some
of
my
Catholic
friends
to
speak
to
that.
P
We
have
work
to
do
as
counselors.
We
are
under
the
Voting
Rights
Act.
We
have
to
try
and
create
situations
where
minority
communities
are
able
to
elect
a
candidate
of
their
choice,
and
this
has
been
a
really
difficult
process
and
as
people
throwing
her
blockades,
blockages
and
obstructions
the
whole
way
down
the
line.
Either
people
not
participating
in
the
process
or
people
throwing
roadblocks
up
all
over
the
place.
P
I
I
I'm
just
trying
to
do
my
job
I'm,
the
district
councilor
for
Alston,
Brighton
and
people,
said
Well
why'd.
She
get
the
job
like
nothing's,
going
to
change.
Well,
not
nothing's,
going
to
change
in
Allison
Brighton,
because
we're
out
on
this
little
island
out
there
that,
if
you
had
the
change,
you
had
to
move
us
anywhere,
we'd
be
in
Brookline,
Newton
or
Watertown
like
it's.
We've
got
this
my
my
great
colleague
here,
Kenzie
Bach
and
I
shared
bits
of
21..
P
The
next
time
we
redistrict
District
dates
coming
into
District
9.,
there's
a
lot
of
change
in
this
city,
and
hopefully
some
of
it's
for
the
good.
We
have
a.
We
have
a
a
growth
mayor,
Walsh
said:
had
a
target
of
65
000
new
units
of
housing
in
the
city
of
Boston,
like
it's
something's,
got
to
give
you
count
down
65
000
units
of
new
housing
and
not
expected
you're,
going
to
move
some
boundaries
and
create
some
new
districts
and
move
things
around
a
little.
P
P
Attack
any
would
anyone
would
doubt
my
sincerity
and
commitment
to
this
process.
I
am
doing
this
because
I
believe
in
civil
rights,
I,
believe
in
in
voting
rights
and
I,
actually
urge
my
my
colleagues
to
stand
with
me
and
vote
this
vote
for
this
map.
It's
a
defendable
map,
it's
addressing
some
long-term
long-standing
disparities
in
our
in
our
city
and
I,
really
feel
that
you
know
the
moment
is
not
so.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
K
B
G
G
Think
anybody
who
listened
to
the
Chariot
committee
report
that
was
offered
earlier
should
know
that
it's
been
really
thoroughly
thought
through
and
also
that
you
know
we've
had,
in
spite
of
it
being
only
60
days,
actually
a
very
large
number
of
working
sessions
and
hearings
and
and
a
lot
of
process,
and
one
in
which
I
feel
like
I've
been
able
to
consistently
show
up
and
say
here
are
the
things
that
I
think
make
sense.
Who
are
things
I'm
concerned
about
Etc
and
and
I
just
think.
G
It's
a
credit
to
the
chair
and
I
think
that
you
know
I
think
that
there
is
a
difference
between
not
having
had
process
and
process,
not
working
out
the
way
that
some
people
hope
it
would
and
I.
Just
I
really
want
to
stress
that
I
think
that
chair
Braden's
done
a
commendable
job
in
a
really
tight
timeline
and
to
say
again,
as
I've
said
in
several
of
our
working
sessions,
that
I
think
that
it
is
really
important
for
the
city
of
Boston.
G
That
we
settle
on
redistricting,
Maps
I
think
that
it's
simply
not
fair
to
potential
candidates
for
office
for
our
offices,
for
us
not
to
be
able
to
tell
them
what
the
districts
are
going
to
be
so
that
that's
definitely
the
principle
I'm
operating
under
that
it's
a
real
deadline
that
we
need
to
meet
for
purposes
of
transparency
and
Democratic
access
and
I.
Think
the
chair
has
just
really
ably
navigated
us
through
that
process
and
I
wanted
to
say
that
strongly
on
the
record.
G
I
have
one
amendment
that
I
want
to
propose
today,
and
you
know:
I
know
that
there
are
folks
who
wish
I
wouldn't
propose
an
amendment,
and
there
are
also
folks
who
wish
I
wouldn't
be
voting
for
this
map.
I
want
to
say
that,
like
I'm
I'm
going
to
be
supporting
the
chairs
report,
regardless
of
whether
or
not
my
Amendment
succeeds
the
reason
I'm
offering
it
is
because
I
kind
of
think
that
again,
is
what
we
should
do
in
this
process
like
if
we
disagree
with
each
other
and
then
we
think
hey,
there's
something.
G
G
Mr
President
I'd
like
to
introduce
an
amendment
I'm
seeking
a
second
and
I
wondered
Mr
President.
If
I
could
have
the
city
messenger
pass
it
up.
B
Yes,
that
would
that
would
be
helpful,
City
messenger,
please
distribute
that.
Thank
you,
sir.
G
Of
the
of
the
of
the
math
that's
been
proposed
by
the
chair
is
the
effort
to
create
to
strengthen
really
a
fourth
opportunity
District
in
District,
three
and
I
think
that
they're
residents
of
Boston
deserve
that
that,
in
a
majority
city
of
color,
the
reality
is
is
that
the
numbers
are
there
for
us
to
have
Four
Strong
opportunity
districts
and
we
have
had
in
our
previous
Maps
three
and
then
a
cusp
opportunity.
G
G
We
we're
we're
living
with
districts
where
the
original
lines
I
think
of
of
how
Dorchester
was
split
up
between
our
districts
was
a
bit
of
a
collar
line
and
has,
and
has
kept
us
from
from
having
the
full
opportunity
for
communities
of
color
to
elect
candidates
their
choice.
So
that's
one
of
the
reasons
that
I'm
supportive
of
the
changes
in
the
south
of
the
map
that
the
chair
is
proposing,
despite
the
fact
that
there
that
there
are
folks
who
live
down
there,
who
are
frustrated
with
it.
G
My
concern
and
again
I've
tried
to
say
this
in
the
working
sessions
has
been
that
the
opportunities
for
candidates
of
color
for
sorry
for
communities
of
color
to
elect
candidates
of
their
choice
in
District,
three,
that
we
are
strengthening
in
the
southern
part
of
the
city.
We
do
not,
then
weaken
in
the
northern
part
of
the
city,
and
we
have
discussed
a
bunch.
The
fact
that
the
South
Boston
public
housing
is
very
frustratingly
split
across
the
different
precincts
of
South
Boston.
G
The
fact
that
it's
split
not
only
is
a
challenge
for
keeping
our
public
housing
communities
together,
but
it
also
means
that
each
of
the
precincts
that
hold
public
housing
communities
also
contain
a
large
number
of
non-public,
Housing,
South
Boston
residents
and
because
of
the
histories
of
of
racial
housing.
Segregation
in
our
city
that
remains
a
very
white
area
and
I
know
that
that's
one
of
the
reasons
that
councilor
Flynn
has
wanted
to
keep
the
public
housing
in
South
Boston
is
to
preserve
the
diversity
that
there
is
in
his
district.
G
But
I
would
also
say
that,
because
of
that,
each
time
that
we
add
a
South
Boston
Precinct
to
District
three,
we
find
ourselves
in
a
position
where
we're
not
I
think
strengthening
the
opportunity
for
communities
of
color
to
elect
candidates,
their
choice
in
D3,
and
so
because
of
that
I've
been
advocating
for
us
to
not
go
in
that
direction.
With
District.
G
Three
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
the
chair
pulled
back
one
Precinct
6-3
in
the
report
today,
as
amended
from
the
report
as
introduced
on
Monday,
but
I
think
that
District
3
as
an
opportunity
District,
would
be
stronger
and
and
South
Boston
would
be
more
whole.
Both
things
if
seven
five
were
also
transferred
to
District
Two.
G
So
taking
that
I
am
making
the
only
the
only
suggestion
that
I
have
found
that
I
can
make
mathematically
that
allows
us
to
pull
7-5
back
into
District
Two
without
affecting
District
Seven
and
that's
to
flip
513,
the
Bay
Village
precinct,
which
is
the
only
Precinct
that
borders
my
district.
That
would
keep
my
district
still
under
the
five
percent
line,
move
that
into
District
8
and
move
seven
five
into
District
2..
G
G
That's
the
ink
block
and
Bay
Village,
and
so
that
therefore,
the
SOA
precinct,
which
is
a
roughly
equivalent
size
and
also
doesn't
have
one
of
our
one
of
our
large
Chinese
Community
elderly
communities
in
it
it
would
be
a
way
to
sort
of
make
the
numbers
work
and
make
the
map
look
more
respectful.
So
that's
the
proposal
you
have
before
you
counselors
have
in
front
of
them
a
summary
of
the
of
the
amendment.
The
text
inline
edit,
which
shows
you
exactly
how
District
Two,
Three
and
eight
are
amended
there.
G
So
not
the
not
the
formal
demographic
data
that
the
chair
has
in
her
report,
but
just
to
give
people
a
sense
of
what
it
looks
like
and
it's
a
it's
ultimately
a
small
change,
but
one
that
I
think
moves
in
the
direction
of
making
District
three
a
stronger
opportunity,
District,
which
I
think
in
light
of
all
the
other
changes
that
are
proposed,
is
in
line
with
the
goals
of
the
chairs
map.
G
So
I
am
hoping
that
my
colleagues
will
consider
this
amendment
and
I
want
to
repeat
again
that
whether
my
colleagues
support
this
amendment
or
not
I
I
will
be
voting
for
the
chairs
Report
with
or
without
it.
So
thank
you.
Mr
President.
B
N
You
thank
you
Mr,
chair
and
Mr
Quick.
If
we
can
have
the
city
messenger
pass
this
out
to
my
fellow
counselors.
N
N
So
what
what
I'm
handing
out
right
now
is
a
photo
of
Precinct,
seven,
five
precinct,
seven,
six
Precinct
7-4
and
where
the
McCormick
housing
lies,
the
McCormick
housing
lies
entirely
within
7-7,
which
is
also
pictured,
and
it
shows
what
is
sort
of
the
conundrum
that
we
have
here
with
seven
five
and
seven
six,
which
is
that
the
Ann
Lynch
homes
is
split
between
three
precincts
I've
color-coded
it
here
so
that
folks
can
see
it
closer.
N
Yellow
is
the
portions
of
the
Ann
Lynch
home
that
are
in
seven
five
there's
also
another
VHA
housing
in
seven
five
nearby
there
is
the
blue,
which
is
seven
six
and
then
that
tiny
little
green
piece
is
seven
four.
When
we
began
this
districting
process,
if
we
want
to
talk
about
numbers
and
making
it
one
percent
less
white.
N
Well
what
it
really
does
is
this:
this
amendment
changes
the
black
population,
I
think
from
17.8
to
18.4
or
16.2
to
16.4
it's
it's
marginal
changes
in
in
the
Black
and
Latino
community
that
get
added
to
the
district.
N
In
this
instance
to
move
seven
five
from
seven
six
would
do
the
very
same
thing
that
we
tried
to
avoid
doing
to
the
Victoria
to
get
to
the
McCormick
and
the
Lynch
homes.
It
would
take
these
homes
that
are
currently
under
this
variation
of
the
map
put
forward
today
by
Council
Braden
and
myself
about
90
to
95
of
that.
If
you
just
look
at
this
photo
resides
within
one
District
unified.
N
If
you
were
to
take
seven
five
out,
you
are
now
taking
the
portion
of
7-4
and
the
portion
of
seven
five
of
Ann
Lynch
homes
and
separating
it
out
from
the
portion.
That's
in
seven,
six
and
I
think
that's
actually
the
wrong
thing
to
do
to
those
homes,
and
so,
if
we
are
going
to
do
and
say
we
can't
go
into
8191
and
just
so
folks
know
what
those
numbers
look
like.
N
If
you
replaced
this
amendment,
which
takes
seven
five
and
leave
seven
six
and
takes
316-
and
you
just
said
8191
for
7675
directly,
then
what
you
would
end
up
with
is
numbers
that
are
actually
much
more
to
the
point
of
what
we're
talking
about
opportunity.
District
numbers
you'd
be
talking
about
35.6
white,
18.4
percent,
black
and
17.4
percent
Hispanic.
It
would,
it
would
jump
in
almost
by
a
percentage
point
on
all
of
those.
It
actually
would
look
better
in
that
sense,
but
this
isn't
just
about
chasing
racial
numbers.
N
And
so,
if
you
look
at
District
three
with
the
changes
that
have
been
made
on
Southern
Dorchester,
with
the
changes
that
have
made
up
north
in
in
the
South
Boston
start
of
that
the
racial
voting
analysis
is
very
different
and
what
I
would
say
right
now
and
and
why
I'm
in
opposition
to
this
amendment
is
I.
Think
that
the
same
consideration
that
we
gave
to
the
South
End
to
via
Victoria
to
the
cathedral
projects
that
they
beat
United
in
whole.
N
We
give
to
the
N
Lynch
homes
who,
in
this
process,
would
get
split
in
a
way
that
I,
actually
think
is
a
legitimate
split.
Under
the
current
map.
You're
talking
about
almost
90
percent
of
it
or
more
being
within
District.
Three
so
at
least
they're
unified
and
together
under
this
version,
you're
talking
about
maybe
a
50,
is
in
one
Precinct
in
District
and
one
is
in
the
other
and
so
to
achieve
the
goals
that
councilor
Bach
is
is
Raising.
N
You
could
do
it
without
having
to
keep
seven
six
or
seven
five
and
without
having
to
do
the
split
of
the
BHA
housing,
but
we're
not
doing
that
because
we
believe
that
keeping
BHA
housing
together
is
really
solid
and
strong,
and
so
what
I
would
ask
folks
to
do
here
is
seven
five
and
seven
six
truly
Belong
Together,
that
is
Anne
Lynch
homes.
And
so,
if
we
are
talking
about
an
amendment
to
seven
five,
where
you
leave
seven
six
split
in
this
way,
I
think
that
is
a
disservice
to
the
hoax
in
public
housing.
N
There
I
think
that
is
actually
a
problem
that
is
more
pressing
to
me
than
you
know:
a
percentage
point
of
white
population
one
way
or
the
other
I
think.
As
long
as
the
racial
voting
analysis
holds
up,
which
it
does
as
long
as
folks
in
those
homes
are
able
to
unite,
organize
and
and
talk
amongst
themselves
and
get
the
services
that
they
need
in
a
way
where
90
to
95
percent
of
them
are
acting
together.
N
I,
don't
I,
don't
I,
don't
think.
I
can
say
the
same
about
this
amendment,
but
more
pressing
to
me
is
that
division
between
seven
five
and
seven
six
and
what
it
does
to
folks
in
the
BHA.
And
so,
if
we're
going
to
say
that
the
reason
we're
doing
this
is
to
protect
BHA
housing
residents,
but
we're
actually
splitting
them
up
more.
N
That
I
think
doesn't
make
sense
to
me
and
if
we're
making
the
argument
that
it
makes
the
district
more
racially
diverse
by
a
full
percentage
point,
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
it:
it
doesn't
change
the
racial
voting
analysis
enough
to
justify
splitting
up
the
BHA
in
that
way
and
making
those
decisions,
and
so
I
am
opposed
to
this
amendment.
I
think
this
amendment
is
done
and
I
want
to
be
clear
on
this
with
the
best
of
intentions,
but
I
I
do
think
that
it
does
go
too
far.
Thank
you,
Mr
chair.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Council
Royal,
the
chair
recognizes
councilor
Bach,
councilor
Bach.
Well,
I'm.
Sorry,
let
me
go
to
council
Bank
I'm.
Sorry.
The
chair
recognizes
Council
Baker
Council
Baker.
Thank.
K
You
thank
you
Mr,
chair
again,
I
have
eight
and
five
talking
about
District
three,
that
as
an
opportunity,
District,
I'm,
currently
I,
believe
63
or
65
percent.
Not
white,
and
my
problem
with
the
process
is
the
fact
that,
to
the
left
and
to
the
right
have
and
ask
for
my
opinion,
Chia
hasn't
asked
for
my
opinion.
Therein
lies
the
problem.
K
I'm
opposed
to
all
of
these
all
of
these
amendments
hand
because
it
seems
like
a
new
map.
This
tells
me
that
we
should
be
in
the
curly
room
or
the
Piedmont
room
figuring
out
this
map,
because
we,
if
we
still
we're
looking
forcing
to
take
a
vote
on
this
NL
and
we
still
don't
have
consensus,
Among,
Us
and
and
as
far
as
a
process
can
concern
District
3
has
not
been
listened
to
at
all.
Total
total
death
is
so
with
that
being
said
again,
I
don't
think
we're
ready
for
a
vote.
K
B
K
One
call
yeah
just
and
again
so
you
have
a
few
here's
four
change,
one
two
three
four
changes.
What
else
so
we're
gonna
have
we're
gonna
change,
12
precincts
out
here
today
on
the
floor.
We
can't
have
a
working
session
where
we
actually
work
together.
We're
going
to
change
this
on
the
floor.
Just
I
would
like
to
get
a
sense
because
to
me,
if
we
get
four
changes
from
eight
I,
don't
know
what's
coming
from
five
I,
don't
know.
K
G
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
two
things
I
mean
one
I
would
just
say
that
I
think
that
amendments
on
legislation
is
a
standard
part
of
legislative
process.
The
second
thing
I
just
want
to
respond
to
councilor
Arroyo's
point
I.
Think
Council.
Arroyo
is
well
aware
that
a
number
of
the
scenarios
that
I
think
would
be
preferable
in
terms
of
both
District
three
and
the
public
housing
and
South
Boston
would
involve
also
moving
7-6.
G
And
then
the
thing
is
just
to
say
that
you
know
I,
think
from
BHA
housing
perspective
that
the
West,
9th
Street
housing,
the
senior
housing
there
in
South
Boston,
is,
is
extremely
identified
with
and
participates
in
activities
throughout
the
neighborhood
of
South
Boston
and
so,
and
that
is
also
a
very
dense
public
housing
development.
That
is
entirely
in
seven.
G
Five
I
do
want
to
agree
with
councilor
Arroyo
that
the
and
I
think
we've
all
said
this,
that
the
way
that
the
lines
are
drawn
is
very
frustrating,
and
you
know
I
think
one
thing
that
the
council
should
be
looking
at.
I
really
appreciated
the
chair's
recommendation
that
we
look
at
re,
precincting
well
in
advance
of
2030
I.
Think,
actually
that
we
could
Zone
in
on
some
areas
where,
because
of
non-conflict
with
state
or
federal
lines,
we
could
actually
do
representing
sooner
because
we
can't
do
it
where
there's
lines
that
cross.
G
But
we
could
do
it
in
areas
like
this,
and
so
I
would
actually
hope
that
the
council
might
have
some
opportunity
to
work
on
fixing
the
Old
Colony
Precinct
Line
division,
but
I
still
just
think
that
when
you
look
at
the
numbers,
the
okay,
but
like
vast
majority
of
the
voters
in
Precinct,
7-5
are
white
and
they
are
are
not
helping
the
opportunity.
District
strengthening
of
District
three,
which
again,
like
I,
said
I
think,
is
a
key,
a
key
aspect
of
the
map
that
we
have
before
us
today.
G
So
I
I
understand
my
colleague's
position.
Just
would
respectfully
ask
her
colleagues
vote
and
again
say
that
I'll
be
supporting
the
chair
and
her
report
regardless.
Thank
you.
Mr
President.
L
Thank
you
Mr
President,
so
I
I
two
things
one
is
I
want
us
to
remain
focused
we're
almost
at
the
finish
line
here
and
I'm
asking
my
colleagues
right.
I
know
the
passions
are
high,
but
I
am
going
to
work
through
it
myself
and
model
the
behavior
that
we
are
hoping
that
we
all
show
up
in
the
space.
So
I'm
going
to
ask
us
to
just
stays
focused
and
stay
centered
in
the
task.
L
I
will
also
remind
us
that
when
we
went
through
the
budget
process
that
the
amendment
process
was
public
and
those
that
were
here
in
the
chamber
were
able
to
see
the
deliberation
happening
and
I,
don't
think
that
this
is
a
moment
that
is
asking
for
us
to
go
behind
closed
doors
again
to
talk
through
these
things.
So
I'm
going
to
encourage
the
chair
to
keep
us
here
and
to
move
forward
with
what
the
exercise
is
all
about
which
is
voting
on
this
proposed
map
that
we
all
have
been
participating
in
for
the
last
eight
weeks.
O
Thank
you.
Council
president,
through
the
chair
to
or
through
the
president
to
the
chair,
I
just
have
a
clarifying
question
about
the
committee
report
that
we
have
on
our
tables
now,
because
there
was
a
map
in
a
report
emailed
to
us
on
the
council
on
Monday,
and
is
this
the
exact
same
one?
P
You
Mr
President,
just
at
the
very
opening
of
my
remarks.
This
afternoon
we
recommended
a
new
draft
with
five
changes
and
the
new
draft
was
accepted
in
large,
so
we
had
six
three
remains
in
District
Two
and
so
it,
along
with
along
with
six
six
two
District
2
315
moves
from
District
2
to
District
3..
Six
nine
remains
in
District,
3,
7,
2
and
73
remains
in
District
Four,
and
that
was
the
amended
draft
that
we
we
moved
this
this
morning.
This.
B
The
chair
recognizes
I,
don't
think
I
think
councilor
Braden
answered.
B
Thank
you,
Council
Murphy,
I'm,
gonna,
I'm
gonna
recognize
Council
Bach.
Did
she
recognizes.
G
Mr
President,
if
I,
could
just
ask
that
that
that
comments
be
limited
to
the
amendment,
because
I
I
am
prepared
to
call
the
question
on
the
amendment.
But
I
do
want
to
allow
colleagues
to
speak
on
it.
But
I
think.
If
colleagues
want
to
speak
on
the
map
as
a
whole,
we
should
we
should
vote
on
the
amendment
and
then
go
back
because
technically
we're
just
in
a
discussion
of
my
Amendment.
N
I
just
want
to
State
one
thing,
which
is
that
my
my
issue
here
is
that
there
are
ways
to
do
this.
Where
you
take
out
seven
five
and
seven
six
and
you
don't
go
into
District
Seven.
You
can
take
eight
one
nine
one
and
give
that
right
over
to
District
three.
Then
you
give
seven
five
and
seven
six
right
over
to
District
Two.
You
could
do
that.
I
mean
it
works
numerically.
It
actually
helps
from
the
argument
of
racial
numbers.
N
It
helps
the
racial
numbers
significantly,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
reason
that
that
isn't
being
proposed,
the
reason
that
we're
not
doing
that
is
because
we've
had
countless
Community
listening
sessions
in
which
we've
heard
about
splitting
up
eight
one
and
nine
one
for
folks
at
home.
Eight
one
and
nine
one
is
the
cathedral
projects
and
via
Victoria
and
we've
heard
from
the
dilution,
or
the
worry
that
it
would
separate
folks
who
are
connected
to
Chinatown
from
their
own
voting
population.
And
so
we
made
a
decision
when
this
map
was
done.
N
After
all
that
Community
input
to
not
do
that
and
we
did
it
on
what
I
thought
were
very
solid
grounds,
which
was
this
idea
of
splitting
up
the
BHA
or
splitting
up
that
power
structure
together.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
to
keep
seven
six
and
not
keep
seven
five
does
the
same
harm,
two,
seven,
six
and
seven
five
that
we
were
talking
about
with
eight
one
and
nine
one
and
I'm
asking
this
body
when
they
make
this
decision
not
to
make
this
decision
based
on
a
single
percentage.
N
N
But
I
also
think
it
stands
up
to
Legal
scrutiny
on
how
it
looks
specifically,
but
in
terms
of
seven
five
and
seven
six
specifically,
it
allows
them
to
have
ninety
percent
of
sort
of
their
their
body
there
and
the
other
thing
I
just
want
to
be
clear
on
in
terms
of
how
we
talk
about
this.
Taking
a
district
Precinct
from
South
Boston
does
not
remove
that
Precinct
from
South
Boston.
That
Precinct
remains
in
South
Boston.
N
So
if
you
are
in
South
Boston
and
all
your
services
are
in
South
Boston
and
you
talk
to
people
in
South
Boston,
you
are
no
longer
it's
not
like.
There's
invisible
walls,
we
didn't
cut
you
out.
This
has
come
up
not
just
on
South
Boston.
This
has
come
up
on
other
neighborhoods.
This
is
about
city
council
representation.
N
That
does
not
do
that,
but
if
we're
really
going
to
sit
here
and
talk
about
racial
demographics
and
what
that
does,
there
is
a
way
to
do
it
that
doesn't
touch
District.
Seven
I've
been
clear
on
that
I.
Just
don't
think
that
that
is
the
direction
that
we
want
to
go
and
I'm
saying
for
the
same
considerations:
we're
not
doing
that
that
we
not
do
that
to
seven
five
and
seven
thanks.
Thank
you.
Thank.
H
H
B
I
I
I
want
to
have
an
opportunity
to
to
weigh
in
since
it
is
my
district.
B
B
These
residents
deserve
to
be
United
and
not
divided
and
I'm.
Not
I'm,
not
here.
To
criticize
my
colleagues
Everyone's
entitled
to
their
opinion
and
I
respect
that,
but
about
the
last
thing
I
want
to
do
as
the
district
to
city
council
is
take
away.
Any
Precinct
that
has
BHA
tenants
they're
an
important
part
of
our
city.
B
I
also
know
the
services
and
programs
that
they
need
and
deserve,
and
to
me
and
I'm,
not
criticizing
anybody.
But
to
me
it's
more
it's
not
about
politics,
it's
about
providing
the
best
representation
to
public
housing
residents,
and
why
do
I
say
it's
not
about
politics,
because
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
my
constituents
don't
vote
in
public
housing
to
be
honest
with
you,
but
that
has
no
impact
on
me.
B
And
I
want
to
go
down
fighting
I,
guess
supporting
my
constituents
because
they
deserve
it.
They
deserve
a
city
council,
that's
going
to
give
it
150
percent,
advocating
for
them
that
connection
to
me
is
personal.
It's
real
I
understand
the
community.
I
understand
the
concerns
they
have
the
the
pain
and
the
and
the
dreams
they
have
I'm
asking
you
to
give
me
the
opportunity
to
continue
to
represent
my
constituents.
The
best
way
I
can
and
that's
through
hard
work.
B
That's
through
that's,
that's
through
honesty
and
showing
up
here
every
day
trying
to
talk
to
as
many
City
department
heads
as
I
can
in
support
of
my
constituents.
I
know
my
district
colleagues
do
the
same
thing
as
I
do
but
give
me
the
opportunity
to
continue
representing
my
constituents.
The
best
way
I
can
and
that's
through
hard
work.
That's
through
respect,
treat
them
with
respect
supporting
them.
Supporting
this
immigrant
community.
B
B
C
Amendment
offered
by
councilor
Bach
on
docket
number
one:
two:
seven:
five
summary
move:
ward
3,
Precinct
15
population,
2297
from
District
3
to
District;
2.,
move
ward,
3;
Precinct
16
population
2767
from
District
2
to
District;
3.,
move
Ward;
5;
Precinct
13
population,
2110
from
District
2
to
District
8
and
move
Ward;
7
Precinct
5
population
2041
from
District
3
to
District
2.
C
A
C
H
You
Mr
President
this
time,
I'd
like
to
move
substitution
dark
at
1351
for
dark
at
12.75.
Population
satisfies
the
population,
sort
of
satisfies
the
diversity
satisfies
the
balance,
keeps
neighborhoods
together
and
it
protects
folks
in
public
housing
across
the
city
and
urge
my
colleagues
requires
a
second,
of
course
encourage
my
colleagues
to
adopt
this
substitution.
There's.
B
N
C
G
B
H
C
G
G
G
A
H
H
I
believe
that's
correct
and
through
the
through
the
collection
of
the
chance,
it
would
be
obviously
my
advice
as
a
colleague
that,
particularly
for
empathic
districts,
there
District
our
district
colleagues
have
an
opportunity
to
propose
amendments
so
that
we're
as
transparent
as
possible
in
this
process.
Thank
you.
Mr
President.
B
P
I
really
appreciate
my
colleagues
efforts
to
offer
amendments
and
offer
alternative
maps
to
the
docket
that
we
have
been
discussing
for
the
last
several
weeks.
Docket
number
1275.
at
this
point,
I
move
for
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passage
of
docket
1275
in
its
new
amended
draft
and
I
would
appreciate
that
we
can
get
that
done.
Thank
you.
B
Mr
clerk,
we
still
have
to
vote
on
whether
or
not
we're
accepting
amendments
right.
B
Well,
I'm
going
to
present
some
I'm
going
to
take
the
opportunity
to
present
amendments.
To
to
my
colleagues
like.
B
N
A
A
B
Council
Royal
may
I
proceed
and
offer
the
three
amendments
together
speak
on
them.
At
the
same
time,
thank.
N
Do
you
have
a
second
seconded?
The
clerk
just
needs
a
copy
of
those
amendments,
so
they
can
read
them
into
the
record,
but
I
hear
a
second.
N
If
we
can
get
Shane,
if
we
can
get
a
copy
of
that
to
the
clerks,
so
they
can.
N
N
C
Amendment
number
one
offered
by
Council
Ed
Flynn
on
docket
number
1275.
consulate
plan
off
of
the
following
amendment
in
docket
number
1275,
striking
the
sentences
precincts
numbered
one
through
four
award;
seven
precincts
numbered
one
of
Ward
8
and
Precinct
numbers,
one
of
Ward
9
under
District
Two
and
replace
it
with
the
false
precincts
numbered
one
through
six
of
award,
seven
striking
the
sentence
precincts
number
two
and
six
award
eight
under
District
three
and
replace
it
with
the
following
precincts
number
one.
C
Through
two
and
six
of
Woody
precincts
number
one
award
nines
amendment
number
two,
amendment
of
Council
of
Flynn
on
Doctor
number,
one,
two,
seven
five
doctor
number
1275
striking
the
sentence.
Sentences
of
precincts
numbered
one
through
four
Ward,
seven
under
District
Two
and
replace
it
with
the
following
precincts
number
number,
one
through
six
of
Ward
seven
and
adding
the
following
sentence:
under
District:
three
precincts
number
16
of
Ward
3.
C
in
amendment
number,
three
by
Council
of
Flynn
on
Doctor
number,
one,
two,
seven,
five
striking
the
sentence
precincts
number
one
through
four:
six:
eleven
and
thirteen
of
ward
3
under
district
one
and
replace
it
with
the
following
precincts
numbered
one
through
four
six
and
eleven
of
ward
3
striking
the
sentence
consisting
of
precincts
number
7,
8,
12
and
14
through
16
of
Ward
three
under
District
2,
and
replace
it
with
the
following,
consisting
of
precincts
number
7
8
12-14
of
Ward.
C
Three
striking
the
sentence
precincts
numbered
one
through
three
five
and
six
of
Ward
four
under
District
2
and
replace
it
with
the
following
precincts
number
one
through
three
and
six
of
Ward,
four
striking
the
sentence
consisting
of
precincts
number.
Four,
eight
nine
and
eleven
award
for
under
District
Seven
and
replace
it
with
the
following,
consisting
of
precincts
numbered
four
through
five,
eight,
nine
and
eleven
of
Ward
four.
N
Thank
you,
Mr
clerk
for
reading
in
the
Amendments
council.
President
Planet.
If
you
wouldn't
mind
speaking
on
those
amendments.
B
B
Ward
six
should
be
United.
Ward
7
should
be
United,
we're
dividing
them.
B
B
B
B
Walking
walking
from
Andrew
station
I
go
by
both
places
every
day,
taking
my
son
to
Stephen
to
baseball
at
moakley
Park,
which
is
not
in
my
district,
which
is
which
is
in
District
three
but
mokley
park
is
a
critical
part
of
the
of
the
district
as
well.
It's
the
most
welcoming,
inclusive
pocket,
possibly
could
imagine
surrounded
by
public
housing
developments,
and
you
see
a
a
lot
of
different
people,
whether
they're
playing
sports
or
they're,
walking
or
they're
they're
attending
their
AAA
meetings
at
Mowgli
Park.
B
B
L
L
Counselor
Flynn's
love
for
those
that
he
serves,
and
I
am
going
to
assume
that
no
matter
where
you
end
up
in
terms
of
what
district
lines
fall,
that
you're
going
to
always
work
as
hard
for
whatever
constituency.
L
It
is
that
you
are
representing
and
I
hope
that
those
who
are
tuning
in
know
that
we
will
do
the
same
and
I
just
want
us
to
continue
to
remind
ourselves
of
what
this
exercise
is
about,
because
when
we
personalize
it,
then
we
compromise
the
Integrity
of
what
it
is
that
we
have
been
asked
to
do
in
this
exercise.
So
just
wanted
to
reiterate
that.
Thank
you.
N
Thank
you,
councilmania
I'm,
now
going
to
move
these
amendments
to
a
vote
so
we'll
vote
on
each
one
individually.
The
first
amendment
is
a
swap
of
Precinct
8-1
and
Precinct
91475
and
76,
so
7,
5
and
7
6
would
go
into
District.
2,
8,
1
and
9-1
would
go
into
District
three
Mr
clerk.
If
you
can
call
the
roll
it's
amendment
number
one
councilor.
C
Arroyo
now
Council
Arroyo,
no
council,
Baker,
Council
Baker,
no
council
Braden.
Excuse
me
Council
of
Bart
Council
Brock,
no
council,
Braden,
no
council,
Coletta,
Council,
Colorado,
no
council,
Fernandez,
Anderson;
no
council
Flaherty;
yes,
Council
of
clarity;
yes,
Council
Flynn;
yes,
councilor
Flynn,
yes,
Council,
Lara,
Council,
larino,
Council,
Louisiana,
Council,
Louisiana,
Council,
Mejia
Council
me
here;
no
council,
Murphy,
councilman
Murphy,
yes,
Council,
Worrell,
Council
world;
no.
N
N
N
Thank
you,
Mr
Clark
Amendment
two
has
nine
in
the
and
the
negative
four
in
the
affirmative.
Yes,
Amendment
two
has
failed.
Amendment
Three
is
a
swap
of
four
or
five
Precinct.
Four
sorry
Precinct
Five
in
Ward,
four
back
to
District,
Seven
and
313,
which
is
the
Harbor
Towers
currently
in
District,
2
back
to
District
Two,
so
I
would
keep
four
five
in
District
Seven
and
would
return
so
it
would
move
right
now.
Currently,
four
or
five
is
in
District
on
this
map
is
in
District
Two.
N
It
would
move
four
five
back
to
District
Seven.
It
would
take
313
that
was
previously
in
District
Two
and
is
currently
in
district
one
and
would
return
it
to
District
Two.
So
it
is
a
swap
of
four
or
five
to
District
Seven
for
three
thirteen
to
District
Two,
that
is
Amendment
Three.
If
you
can
call
the
vote,
Mr
clerk,
councilor.
H
C
N
Amendment
Three
has
nine
in
the
negative
four
in
the
affirmative.
Amendment
Three
has
failed.
Thank
you.
Mr
Clerk.
N
B
C
Amended
doctor
number
1275
as
amended:
councilor
Arroyo
Council
Arroyo;
yes,
councilor,
Baker,
Council
of
Baker
no
council
of
Bach
councilor
Buck;
yes,
Council
Braden;
yes,
Council
Braden;
yes,
Council,
Coletta,
councilor
Coletta,
yes,
councilor,
Fernandez,
Anderson,
Council
of
Fernando
Sanderson,
yes,
Council,
Flaherty,.
A
B
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
A
A
A
A
D
Is
it
okay
can
I
pull
something
for
the
green
sheets?
Yes,
great
and
I.
Think
I
have
a
colleague
who
may
be
giving
out
Central
staff
giving
out
updated.
C
It's
one:
two
four,
two
from
the
gov
committee
on
government
operations
message
disapproving
an
ordinance
I'm
in
the
city
of
Boston,
cold
ordinances,
chapter
5,
Section
5-5.10,
regarding
salary
categories
for
certain
offices
in
city
of
Boston
code,
ordinance,
chapter
2,
Section,
2-8.1,
salary
of
the
mayor.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr
Clark
I
think
we're
waiting
just
for
the
amended
language
to
get
printed
so
that
everyone
can
have
a
copy.
D
But
so
just
as
chair
of
the
committee
on
government
operations
was
two
into
rule.
24
I
requested
a
poll
from
the
greensheets
docket
12
42
on
page
10
of
22
and
I
am
going
to
request
a
seek
an
override
of
that
of
12
42
and
then
we'll
be
making
an
amendment
to
12
43.
D
C
D
Thank
you.
As
chair
of
the
government
operations,
I
see
an
override
of
docket
number
1242
disapproval
message
of
doctor
number0920,
an
ordinance
the
manic
city
of
Boston
code
ordinance,
according
in
section
B,
section
5-5.10
regarding
salary
categories
for
certain
offices,
as
passed
unanimously
by
the
Council
on
October
6
2022.
B
B
B
B
B
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
C
D
B
A
H
D
K
How
are
we
here
voting
on
two
of
the
exact
same
things?
It's
it's
pay
raises
for
us,
the
mayor
and
department
heads
it's
exactly
the
same
thing,
I
think
we
just
we
just
took
our
action
to
override
the
mesvito
I.
Don't
know
I'd
like
to
hear
from
from
from
the
the
clerk.
This
is
exactly
the
same.
We
was
it
rule
15
or
five
that
we
invoked
last
week,
five
seconds,
yeah
15..
So
exactly
the
same,
what.
D
You
so
we
just
overrode
the
veto
that
was
filed
as
a
separate
docket.
There
was
a
new
docket
filed
so
right
now,
currently
that
override
that
legislation
is
the
law
we
have
docket
number
1243,
which
is
also
something
I'm
pulling
from
the
green
sheets
that
we
can
also
act
on
and
we
are
going
my
proposal,
so
we
act
on
it
in
an
amended
form.
K
G
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
I
think
that
rule
five
and
Rule
15
are
generally
focused
on
counselors
filing,
repeat
dockets
and
also
are
invoked
at
the
time
of
filing.
The
mayor
obviously
filed
another
another
ordinance
on
this
matter,
because
she
was
hoping
that
we
might
consider
it
instead
of
doing
the
override,
but
it's
probably
before
the
body,
the
council,
the
chairwoman,
has,
has
pulled
it.
Much
like
we
might
at
some
point.
In
a
year
like
you.
A
G
The
to
council's
action
from
a
month
ago
has
been
confirmed,
but
now
the
council
can
take
another
action
on
this
section
of
Municipal
Code
and
say:
hey
here's
another
thing
that
the
mayor
could
consider.
So
that's
my
understanding
and
I
don't
know
if
Council
bludgeon
wants
to
speak
to
the
nature
of
the
proposal.
D
Yep
I
would
just
like
to
say
that
this
is
again
us
understanding
and
respecting
our
ability
to
override
something
that
we
unanimously
13-0
voted
for
four
weeks
ago,
and
there
are
two
dockets
and
we
filed
by
the
mayor
so
separate
from
city
council
filings
as
councilor
box
stated
and
as
a
compromise
in
understanding
that
trying
to
get
the
body
to
act
collectively,
like
we
did
four
weeks
ago,
I'm
proposing
this
amendment,
which
is
why,
as
a
chair
of
the
current
chair
of
the
committee
on
government
operations,
I'm
seeking
to
amend
and
pass
docket
number
1243
as
presented
to
all
of
you,
and
you
all
should
have
that.
D
Amendment
before
you.
So
as
chair
of
the
committee
on
government
operations,
I
am
seeking
to
amend
and
pass
docket
number
1243,
as
presented
before
you
and
Mr
President
I'd
like
to
call
for
a
vote.
O
You,
president
Flynn
just
to
be
very
clear
and
I
know
people
probably
are
still
watching
at
home.
O
What
I
understand
is
that
the
mayor
vetoed
only
a
section
of
what
we
had
voted
on
last
time
and
it
was
just
the
council
salary
section
and
when
the
mayor
brought
it
to
us
this
body,
she
combined
department
heads
along
with
our
salary.
Her
salary
is
determined
by
automatically
in
the
Charter
Double
of
whatever
the
council
is
so
that
just
happens
by
default.
But
when
we
were
I
could
only
speak
for
myself
when
I
was
Voting
the
last
time.
O
It
was
also
making
sure
that
the
police
commissioner,
commissioner
Cox,
who
was
promised
300
000,
that
his
raise
was
in
there
that
we
get
a
long
list
of
department
head
raises
included
in
our
raise.
So
we
couldn't
have
teased
out
individual
department
heads
saying
yes
to
this
department.
No
to
this
yes
to
us,
no
to
the
mayor,
and
now
it's
brought
back
to
us
by
the
mayor.
But
the
only
thing
she
vetoed
was
one
section,
and
that
was
the
council
salary.
O
D
First
I'd
like
to
correct
something:
there's
nothing
in
the
charter
that
requires
the
salary
to
be
double,
but
what
was
vetoed.
What
was
vetoed
originally
was
the
Council
salaries
and
the
mayor's
salary
under
this
ordinance,
under
with
our
override
that
has
now
passed
through
and
under
this
amendment.
This
amendment
would
allow
all
of
the
changes
that
the
department
had
salaries,
like
you
stated:
260
000,
the
bandwidth
of
260
000
to
325
000
for
the
director
of
administrative
Services,
the
police,
commissioner,
and
fire
commissioner.
D
That
would
all
go
through
together
with
our
Amendment.
So
just
so
that
folks
understand
the
original
docket
docket
number
1242
was
the
one
that
we
voted
on
unanimously,
that
included
our
salary,
including
the
mayor's
salary
included.
The
salaries
of
the
department
has
that
was
we
voted
on
unanimously.
The
mayor
vetoed
that
it
is
now
back.
It
came
back
to
before
us.
D
We
just
overrode
that
she
also
filed
a
docket
docket
number
1243,
which
we
are
amending
to
show
that
we
are
compromising
in
terms
of
how
the
salaries
for
City
councilors
will
increase
over
the
next
four
years.
So
it's
a
downward
Amendment.
Thank
you.
C
Amendment
filed
by
councilor
Lucian
city
of
Boston
code,
ordinance,
chapter
2,
section
2-7
.11
is
hereby
amended
by
striking
the
words
two
hundred
and
seven
thousand
dollars
in
inserting
a
place
thereof.
The
following
phrase:
two
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
section
two
city
of
Boston
code,
ordinances,
chapter
2,
section
2-8.1,
is
here
by
amended
by
striking
the
words
103
500
and
inserting
a
place
thereof,
the
following
phrase:
one
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars
in
the
municipal
year,
2024
120
000
in
the
year
2025
and
125
000
in
the
municipal
year
2026
in
years
thereafter,.
P
P
G
B
O
C
B
Now
we're
now
we're
voting
on
Doc
at
12
43,
but
Mr
clerk
before
we
do
that.
Does
anyone
want
to
weigh
in
and
offer
comments
before
before
we
vote.
J
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
think
that
it's
important
for
some
of
the
work
that
we
try
to
do
to
raise
staff's
salary,
including
different
departments.
Three
one,
one
Council
administrative
staff,
as
well
as
the
different
Hokies
youth
jobs.
J
We've
looked
at
the
different
departments
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
how
we
can
pay
more
accurately
according
to
what
the
market
requires
to
live
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
take
this
moment
to
shout
out
officers,
Ryan
Sergeant,
sorry,
our
Sergeant
Ryan
officer,
Paul,
an
officer
Kevin
who
yesterday
I
had
a
flat
tire
I
drive
a
f
Ford
F-150.
J
It's
a
huge
truck
I've,
never
had
a
fat
tire
on
my
truck
had
a
huge
flat
tire
and
the
wonderful
officers
were
so
they're,
always
polite
by
the
way
officer,
not
Ryan.
Sorry
Paul
actually
helped
me
wash
my
truck
in
the
in
the
garage
garage
executive
garage
before,
because
I
couldn't
see
anything.
It
was
like
muddy
and
snow,
whatever
the
weather,
but
yesterday
they
were
on
the
ground.
With
me,
under
my
truck
taking
out
the
donut,
changing
the
tire
I
really
appreciate
you.
J
Thank
you
for
your
service,
we'll
continue
to
advocate
for
you
in
whether
it
be
collective
bargaining
or
raises
to
support
our
employees
in
the
city.
Thank
you.
So
much.
B
B
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
Fernandez
Anderson
for
sharing
that
wonderful
story.
I
thought
it
was
a
wonderful
story
and
I'm
I'm
glad
you
did
and
we're
so
fortunate
and
proud
to
have
dedicated
city
employees
from
this
Municipal
Union
police
officer.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
the
men
and
women
of
the
Municipal
Police
Department
I
got
off
track
a
little
bit.
Mr
clerk.
You
know.
B
G
Thank
you,
Mr
President
I
want
to
thank
the
chair,
Council
Louis
Jen,
for
proposing
this
compromise
today
I.
You
know
this
compromise
is
going
to
put
it
the
Council
salaries
at
115
in
2024,
which
is
what
the
mayor
had
originally
proposed
and
then
increase
them
in
the
following
two
years,
such
that
by
2026,
when
the
mayoral's
new
salary
goes
into
effect,
that
at
250
that's
when
the
council
will
be
at
the
half
at
the
125.
G
I
think
it
I
think
it's
a
good
compromise
and
one
of
the
reasons
I
feel
strongly
about.
That
is
because,
in
my
chair
roles,
over
the
last
few
years,
I
I've
been
overseeing
the
contract
hearings
about
our
city
workers,
and
so
when
you
actually
take
the
kind
of
standard
civilian
increases
that
have
been
baked
into
our
Union
contracts
over
the
last
six
years.
G
What
you,
if
you
go
from
103.5
where
the
council
salary
is
today
to
2024
you
get
to
116.,
so
the
115
is
representative
of
that
and
I
think
we
can
comfortably
say
if
the
mayor
approves
this
change
that
you
know
what
we're
approving
is
a
change.
That's
in
line
with
what
our
Municipal
workers
have
seen
over
the
two
three-year
contract
periods
in
that
intervening
six
years.
At
the
same
time,
it
does
lay
out
a
path
for
a
bit
of
a
council
increase
over
the
following
couple
of
years.
G
I
think
that,
what's
honestly
to
me,
you
know
that
is
gonna.
That
is
going
to
put
pressure
on
us
to
make
sure
that
we're
supporting
that
good
salaries
for
our
Municipal
Workforce
that
are
aligned
with
that.
But,
frankly,
I
think
that
we
all
know
that
in
terms
of
competing
for
talent
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
and
compensating
people
appropriately,
we're
going
to
need
to
be
doing
that
over
the
next
couple
of
years.
G
So
I
I
feel
comfortable
that,
especially
since,
obviously,
once
that
final
number
125
went
into
effect
in
2026,
you
wouldn't
expect
the
council
to
be
immediately
acting
on
it.
So
I
think
that
you
know
this
is
a
responsible
proposal
that
allows
us
to
project
that
we're
going
to
be
in
line
with
increases
for
the
municipal
Workforce
that
we
can
also
support.
I'll
say,
like
I,
think
we
all
know
it's
really
uncomfortable
voting
on
Council
salaries
and
I.
Think
that
you
know
looking
at
a
way
to
change
this
going
forward
and
could
we
change?
G
Could
we
do
the
language
in
a
way
that's
pegged
or
something
to
inflation
so
that
it's
not
this
kind
of
political
football
would
be
great,
but
I
think
that
in
the
interim,
what
the
chair
is
proposing
here
is
a
is
a
reasonable
response
to
not
just
what
the
mayor
said,
but
also
what
counselors
have
heard
from
from.
You
know
our
constituents.
What
councils
have
expressed
on
the
floor
about
the
municipal
Workforce
and
wanting
to
look
after
them?
So
I
just
appreciate
the
chair
for
that.
Thank
you.
Mr
President.
B
D
I
mean
it
was
changed
the
limit,
but
I
I'll,
say
more
I
guess
yesterday
we
were
here
for
hearing
on
a
pilot
program
for
it
to
con
to
look
at
clearing
the
sidewalks,
and
we
talked
about
how
uncompetitive
our
salaries
are
for
folks,
particularly
folks
with
CDL
licenses
and
what
we're
doing
to
retain
Talent.
So
I
know
when
we're
talking
about
the
job
shortages
here
in
the
city.
A
lot
of
that
is
how
are
we
competitive
with
the
private
Market
how
we
competitive
to
make?
D
We
know
that
housing
is
so
expensive
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
we
do
this
with
recognition
of
the
fact
that
we
need
to
raise
all
of
our
salaries
and
it's
a
point
that
I
will
continue
making
it's
a
point
that
everyone
in
here
makes
it's
a
point.
I
am
you
know
for
35
years,
I've
been
fighting
for
my
father,
who
makes
a
very
very
low
wage
at
the
age
of
73.,
all
right
when
we,
when
we
sit
and
we
fight
alongside
Local
26
we're
fighting
for
my
family
members
who
make
not
a
living.
D
D
You
know
so
that
they're
that
they're,
working
and
I
I
just
think
that
we
know
the
issues
both
for
the
city
employees
and
for
folks
who
work
in
Industry
around
the
city,
whether
that's
our
hospitals,
whether
that's
our
that,
whether
that's
our
schools,
our
cafeterias,
like
where
my
father
Works
everyone
deserves
to
make
a
living
wage
so
that
they
can
live
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
they
can
not
only
survive.
So
they
can
Thrive.
So
doing
this,
which
it
gets
moves
along.
D
Salary
increases
for
department
has
that
the
mayor
is
eager
to
move
on
we're
doing
this,
trying
to
do
this
with
haste
and
also
will
be
as
aggressive,
if
not
more
aggressive,
when
fighting
for
salary
increases
for
all
of
our
city
workers,
so
that
we
can
attract
and
retain
talents
that
we
can
make
it
easier
for
black
and
brown
folks
to
live
here
and
to
afford
housing
here.
And
this,
of
course,
which
is
going
to
allow
us
the
opportunity
to
get
back
to
the
important
work.
C
B
C
Flaherty,
no
council
Flynn,
no
council,
Flynn,
no
council,
Lara,
Council
Lara;
yes,
Council
Louisiana,
Council
of
Louisiana,
yes,
Council,
Mejia
Council
for
me
here:
yes,
councilor,
Murphy,
councilor
Murphy,
no
council,
Worrell
counciloral,
yes,
talking
number
one.
Two
four
three,
as
amended,
has
received
nine
votes
in
the
affirmative
and
four
in
the
negative
doctor
number
one.
Twelve
four
three
is
amended
has
passed.
B
B
Before
before
we
adjourn
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
city,
council,
colleagues,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
city
clerk's
office
in
the
in
the
Crux
team.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
city
council,
Central
staff,
our
security
team.
That's
also
here
a
Municipal
Police
as
well
as
well
as
Boston
police
in
in
the
public,
all
in
favor
of
a
German,
please
say
aye.
The
council
is
adjourned.