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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on October 28, 2020
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Boston City Council Meeting on October 28, 2020
B
B
C
A
A
Thank
you,
my
privilege,
from
different
neighborhoods.
You
have
arrived
this
morning.
You
have
gathered
here
both
women
and
men,
as
13
individuals
with
13
disparate
life
paths
as
people
from
differing
homes,
from
various
corners
of
our
great
city
as
people
holding
an
array
of
guiding
life
values
to
prepare
for
the
work
that
lies
before
you
this
day.
A
May
your
hearts
and
minds
too
be
open
to
receiving
ever
more,
as
you
begin
this
day
together
as
you
ready
yourselves
for
all
the
work
that
is
etched
into
your
hearts,
into
the
lives
of
your
constituents
and
into
the
written
agenda.
That
undoubtedly
lies
before
you
in
a
shared
moment
of
silence,
and
may
we
now
invoke
for
yourself
that
you
invite
in
these
three
friends
courage,
compassion
and
commitment.
B
E
D
B
E
C
A
C
C
A
B
B
B
F
F
It
comes
from
the
federal
government
and
it
supports
training
for
technical
services
and
technical
rescue,
which
involved
the
use,
of
course,
of
specialized
tools
and
skill
involving,
for
example,
vehicle
extraction,
rope,
rescue
and
structural
collapse
rescue,
among
other
things,
and
it's
obviously
been
a
really
challenging
time
for
the
city
to
get
some
of
these
grants
from
the
federal
government
so
looking
to
suspend
the
rules
and
pass
this
docket
today.
Thank
you.
B
E
A
A
Market
1068
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
75
000
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
pre-disaster
mitigation
awarded
by
the
federal
emergency
management
agency,
passed
through
the
massachusetts
emergency
management
agency
to
be
administered
by
the
fire
department.
The
grantful
funds,
the
first
phase
of
the
development
of
a
cost
protected
resilient
and
environmentally
viable
protection
strategy
and
mitigation
plan
for
moon
island
and
its
causeway.
B
F
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president,
as
chair
of
the
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice,
I'm
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
1068.
It
also
self-explanatory
and
be
used
by
our
states-
I'm
sorry,
buyer
emergency
management
agency
to
in
the
aid
in
the
protection
and
mitigation
efforts
at
moon
island.
I
will
also
say
this
is
also
a
grant
that,
as
you
can
imagine,
we
received
before,
but
wasn't
easy
to
get
this
time
around
with
all
that's
going
on
in
the
federal
government.
B
A
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president.
Councillor
arroyo.
Yes,
councillor
arroyo.
Yes,
councilman
baker;
yes,
elsa
baker;
yes,
councilor
block;
yes,
councillor,
blockiest,
councilor
braden;
yes,
I'm
so
brave;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
I'm
so
campbell!
Yes,
council,
edwards,
councillor,
sabby
george,
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
georgia's
council
flaherty;
yes,
councillor
flaherty;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
elsa
flynn;
yes,
councillor,
jenny,
councillor,
yes,
councillor
o'malley,.
E
A
A
Excuse
me
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
extend
an
amount
of
sixty
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
community
garden
grant
awarded
by
tv
bank
to
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office.
The
grant
will
fund
the
combination
of
artistic
engagement
with
skill
and
community
building
events
during
the
community
grown
program
season,
which
will
run
during
the
summer
months
of
2021
and.
B
2022.,
thank
you.
Madam
president.
As
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
environment,
sustainability
and
parks,
I
am
going
to
move
for
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
this
docket.
It
is
a
relatively
small
dock
at
about
60
000.
We've
used
this
in
the
past.
It's
a
wonderful
partnership
between
the
office
of
new
urban
mechanics
and
other
philanthropic
endeavors,
and
really
allows
for
really
taking
some
of
our
community
parks.
B
Our
community
gardens
more
specifically,
and
putting
some
real
programming
in
place,
having
some
grants
for
artists
artist
installations
as
well
as
as
well
as
other
meeting
points,
and
it's
just
a
wonderful
grant.
So
given
the
size
and
the
fact
that
we're
anxious
to
get
that
money
out
to
support
our
parks,
particularly
amid
pandemic,
I
move
and
ask
for
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
1069.
A
Docket
number
1069
council
arroyo.
Yes,
council
arroyo.
Yes,
councillor
baker;
yes,
now
it's
a
baker!
Yes,
council
block;
yes,
that's
the
broadcast
council
braden;
yes,
elsa
braden;
yes,
council
campbell;
yes,
now,
sir
campbell,
yes
councillor,
edwards,
council,
wasabi,
george,
yes,
councillor,
wassabi
george,
yes,
council,
flaherty,
yes,
council
of
flaherty!
Yes,
councillor
flynn,.
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C
C
B
A
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president.
Docket
number
1070
communication
was
received
from
council
of
wu
regarding
a
food
justice
agenda
for
boston,
docket
number,
1071
notices
you
see
from
michael
lacanto
of
his
resignation
from
the
school
committee.
Docket
number
1072
noticed
his
received
from
the
city
clerk
in
accordance
with
chapter
6
of
the
ordinance
in
1979.
A
B
B
G
Apologies
there,
mr
chair,
the
committee
on
government
operations
held
a
hearing
yesterday
on
docket
1041,
an
ordinance
amending
the
city
of
boston
code,
ordinances,
chapter
6,
section,
6-10,
language
and
communications
access
for
city
services,
councillor
mejia,
is
the
sponsor
of
this
ordinance
and
it
was
referred
to
the
committee
back
on
october.
The
7th
2020.
G
G
The
following
individuals
from
the
administration
administration
participated
in
the
hearing,
jennifer
viva
wong
interim
director,
mayor's
office
of
language
and
community
access
on
lay
senior
policy
advisor
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
and
jessica
doonan,
chief
of
staff
mayor's
commission
for
persons
with
disabilities.
The
committee
also
heard
testimony
in
support
of
the
docket
from
various
organizations,
including
community
advocate
professor
miran
uriati
university
mass
boston's,
gaston
institute
yvonne
espinoza
madrigal
executive
director
lawyers
for
civil
rights,
carolyn
chow,
director
asian
american
resource
and
nada
campano,
horton
senior
manager
of
the
office
of
court
interpret
services.
G
E
G
From
a
number
of
folks
from
the
public,
particularly
around
our
boston,
public
schools
and
how
often
times
they
feel
more
confused
either
during
or
after
the
meeting
than
they
were
when
they
walked
into
the
meeting.
That's
a
problem.
That
is
a
solvable
problem
for
this
body,
and
hopefully
this
ordinance
will
address
that
and
working
with
bps
and
the
administration.
So
the
public
comments
reflected
support
for
the
proposal
as
well,
in
stressing
the
opportunity
and
importance
of
quality
and
accuracy
in
the
translation
of
those
services
as
well.
So.
G
H
H
One
story
I
wish
to
highlight
in
particular
was
that
of
hawa
warsanam.
She
mentioned
that
she
got
into
trouble
and
she
had
to
pay
a
fine,
because
the
document
that
she
filled
out
out
receiving
government
assistance
was
in
a
language
that
she
could
not
fully
understand.
That
is
what's
at
stake
with
our
current
language
access
laws.
We
have
so
much
work
to
do
to
strengthen
our
accommodations
to
those
who
speak
languages
other
than
english.
Finally,
I'd
like
to
thank
melissa
from
counselor
flynn's
office
for
offering
her
services
as
an
interpreter.
H
We
are
very
fortunate
to
have
a
number
of
members
of
the
public
provide
testimony
languages
other
than
english,
and
we
couldn't
have
done
that
without
our
interpreters.
Moving
forward,
we're
hoping
listen
to
a
working
session
and
continue
the
work
and
definitely
want
to
like,
say
again
how
much
we
appreciate
counselor
flynn
in
his
office.
You
guys
always
step
up.
You
are
what
the
city
needs
when
we
think
about
language
access,
you
translate
everything
into
multiple
languages,
you
utilize
your
social
media
to
keep
people
connected
and
your
staff.
H
We
really
do
appreciate
working
in
partnership
with
you
all
on
these
issues,
so
thank
you,
counselor
flynn,
for
your
sponsorship
and
support
along
the
way
and
a
big
shout
out
to
councillor
wu
for
in
2016
leading
the
charge
and
getting
us
to
this
point.
This
is
what
it
looks
like
when
people
step
in
and
lean
into
what
we
all
need
to
do
to
help
support
those
who
can't
for
themselves.
So
thank
you
to
my
colleagues.
B
B
B
D
B
B
B
I
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
vice
chair.
We
had
a
spirited
hearing
last
night
regarding
the
reopening
of
the
boston
public
schools,
we're
joined
by
superintendent,
casellis
and
many
members
of
her
administration
jessica,
tang
from
the
boston
teachers
union,
andre
francois
from
the
boston
school
bus
drivers,
union
nurses,
lauren
o'malley
singh
and
jonathan
haynes
and
camila
drummond
forrester,
from
open
circle
at
the
wellesley
centers
for
women
who
reminded
us
about
why
we
need
to
focus
on
social,
emotional
learning
and
the
wealth
and
well-being
for
both
students
and
adults
alike.
I
During
this
pandemic,
I'd
like
to
thank
councillors,
flynn,
campbell,
o'malley,
mejia
and
breden
for
joining
us
for
this
hearing
and
asking
very
thoughtful
and
conversation
provoking
questions.
This
will
certainly
not
be
the
last
time
we
hold
a
hearing
on
the
reopening.
Specifically
as
we
work
to
reopen
our
schools
during
this
year.
It
is
clear
that
we
continue
to
have
more
work
to
do
as
a
district
and
as
a
boston,
public
schools
community
to
make
our
schools
safe
for
our
highest
needs
students
and
our
educators.
Thank
you,
mr
vice
chair.
B
B
A
B
D
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president.
I
first
want
to
thank
council
baker
for
his
partnership
on
this.
We
are
filing
in
this
hearing
to
discuss
speeding
cars
and
unsafe
streets
as
a
public
health
emergency
to
raise
awareness
about
critical
issues,
as
well
as
to
talk
about
traffic
calming
infrastructure
needed
to
improve
pedestrian
safety.
I've
always
realized.
D
I
have
called
for
hearing
every
year
at
the
council
on
pedestrian
safety
and
vision,
zero,
and
I
just
recently
called
for
one
again
partnering
with
council
flaherty
as
well,
but
with
recent
events
we've
seen
in
south
boston
and
across
the
city,
I'm
going
to
stop.
I
am
not
going
to
stop
talking
about
this
issue.
I
think
it's
time
we
call
speeding
cars
in
unsafe
roads.
What
we
all
know
them
to
be
a
public
health
emergency.
D
D
We
elevate
this
issue
and
provide
the
urgency
to
make
the
infrastructure
improvements
required
to
force
cars
to
slow
down
and
address
this
public
health
and
safety
issue.
I
continue
to
believe
it
will
take
a
combination
of
infrastructure
improvements
to
our
built
out
environment,
lowering
the
speed
limit
to
20
miles
per
hour
and
enforcement
from
boston
police.
I
also
know
councillor
campbell
has
called
for
a
dead
designated
enforcement
part
from
the
boston
police
as
well.
D
I
also
want
to
thank
boston
transportation
department
in
boston
police
department
for
their
continued
partnership
on
this
work,
making
these
improvements
in
implementing
operation
crosswalks
stings,
to
enforce
the
rules
of
the
of
the
role
of
the
road.
As
you
may
recall,
it
was
councilor
baker
who
previously
called
for
a
hearing
on
20
miles
an
hour
as
well.
B
E
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
vice
president.
I
just
want
to
thank
council
friend
flynn
for
his
partnership
on
this
here,
and
I
look
forward
to
the
to
the
hearing,
and
especially
the
district
counselors
know
how
much
people
this
affects
people's
lives.
Constant
calls
for
speed
bumps
in
in
traffic
calming
measures,
I'm
just
happy
to
be
part
of
this
with
council
flynn.
Thank
you
thank.
B
J
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I'd
also
like
mine,
to
add
my
name
to
this
hearing
order
in
austin
brighton.
We
have
had
a
recent
mobility
study
in
which
they
studied
speed
on
some
of
the
residential
streets,
and
it
was
quite
shocking
to
see
that
in
some
of
our
one-way
residential
streets,
traffic
is
traveling
at
35
to
45
miles
an
hour,
and
it
really
raised
lots
of
questions
and
an
alarm
about
public
safety
and
the
ability
for
pedestrians
and
bicyclists
and
other
road
users
to
be
safe.
B
Thank
you,
councillor
braden,
madam
clerk.
Please
add
counselor
braden's
name.
Would
any
any
further
discussion
on
this
bill.
Seeing
and
hearing
none
would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
flaherty
counselor
bach
counselor,
assay
b,
george
counselor
campbell
councillor
arroyo,
counselor
wu,
please
add
the
chair's
name,
please
add
counselor
mejia's
name
and
docket
1074
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
public
health.
B
I
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
vice
chair.
I
filed
this
hearing
order
because
it
was
clear
to
me
that
we
need
to
think
about
our
curriculum,
holistically
and
district-wide.
We
need
high-quality
schools
in
every
neighborhood
that
are
well-resourced
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
complex
district.
Our
students
should
not
have
to
why
have
wildly
different
experiences,
because
our
schools
are
lacking
certain
resources.
Our
students
should
have
a
well-rounded
education
at
every
level
and
at
every
school,
so
they
have
opportunities
to
explore
who
they
are
and
what
they
can
do
in
this
world.
I
When
we
think
about
the
recent
exam
school
debate,
we
must
keep
in
mind
that
providing
high
quality
education
to
our
pre-k
and
elementary
students
will
set
them
up
for
a
lifetime
of
success,
whether
or
not
they
attend
one
of
our
exam
schools.
Those
are
the
critical
years
to
developing
the
fundamental
skills
for
lifelong
learning.
Those
skills
are
developed
not
just
through
reading
and
math
class,
but
through
art
and
music
and
non-academic
extracurricular
activities.
We
also
must
ensure
that
when
our
students
graduate
high
school,
they
have
some
degree
of
personal
financial
literacy
can
swim,
understand.
I
Health
and
wellness
needs
and
are
ready
to
be
adults
in
the
world.
There
is
so
much
more
work.
We
can
do
to
ensure
that
every
school
is
equipped
and
ready
to
provide
a
holistic
education
to
all
of
our
students.
I
look
forward
to
hear
holding
this
hearing
and
to
begin
this
work.
Thank
you,
mr
vettel.
B
B
Okay,
any
further
discussion
on
docket
1075,
seeing
and
hearing
none
would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
braden
councillor
flynn,
counselor
bach
counselor
arroyo,
councillor
wu
councillor
campbell,
please
add
the
chair's
name
and
docket
1075
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
education.
B
B
B
B
I
Thank
you
again,
mr
vice
president.
I'd
like
to
add
council
president
janie
as
an
original
co-sponsor,
I'd
like
to
also
thank
the
boston
teachers,
union,
ethnic
cities,
studies
now
committee
for
spearheading
this
work
for
the
district
through
a
peer-led
process,
our
teachers
have
developed
a
pilot,
ethnic
studies,
curriculum
and
proposed,
and
proposal
for
the
district
learning
about
ethnic
studies
is
a
process
for
the
students,
as
well
as
the
educators
and
opens
everyone
up
to
the
diverse
and
complex
world
around
us.
This
curriculum
requires
care
and
expertise
to
be
done.
I
Well,
the
ethnic
studies
now
committee
has
created
a
proposal
for
how
to
pilot
this
curriculum
in
bps.
The
superintendent
supports
the
effort
and,
as
a
result,
the
district
has
taken
some
of
their
recommendations
into
consideration.
They've
also
identified
an
individual
who
will
lead
this
effort
from
the
debt,
the
district's
perspective.
We
need
to
have
a
public
hearing
on
this
to
better
understand
what
is
needed,
to
have
a
robust
pilot
program
and
to
determine
how
we,
as
a
body,
can
support
this
effort.
I
B
J
Thank
you,
please
add
my
name
to
this
hearing
order.
I
really
welcome
this
initiative.
It
is
through
a
better
understanding
of
the
wonderful
tapestry
of
our
human
existence
that
we
get
mutual.
We
increase
mutual
understanding,
we
and
we
increase
cultural
competence
in
our
in
our
student
population
and
in
our
wider
population,
and
we
just
make
our
communities
stronger
by
having
an
understanding
of
our
ethnicity
and
countries
of
origin
and
language
and
the
wonderful
diversity
of
our
community
here
in
boston.
J
B
K
K
B
H
Taylor
andre,
who
I
remember
back
in
2016
2017
as
far
as
I
can
remember,
has
has
been
screaming
hooting
and
hollering
for
for
the
need
to
have
better
representation
in
terms
of
what
our
kids
are.
Learning
about
themselves
so
really
happy
to
support
to
see
this
happen
and
looking
forward
to
having
the
conversation
and
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
bringing
it
to
this
place.
B
F
Much
of
what
I
learned
with
respect
to
the
history
of
this
country,
around
race
and
racism
and
the
inferiority
of
blackness
came
from
college
or
even
law
school,
and
it's
quite
shameful
that
we
in
our
public
school
system
right
here
in
boston.
Of
course,
we
pride
ourselves
on
being
the
leader
with
respect
to
much
of
our
educational
system
initiatives,
but
we
are
really
missing
the
mark
with
respect
to
teaching
history
that
is
truthful.
F
That
is
honest
and
some
of
what
we
teach
is
just
straight
out
lies,
so
I'm
really
excited
for
this
hearing,
and
hopefully
it
goes
beyond
just
what
sort
of
in
the
hearing
order
itself
to
really
talk
about,
in
an
honest,
frank
way,
what
we
teach
and
what
we
don't
teach
who
decides
what
we
learn?
Who
decides
what
we
don't
learn?
I
think
this
is
a
critical
moment
in
time
in
which
we
can
have
that
deep
conversation
and
I'll
add.
F
You
know
to
counselor
bach's
point
around
making
sure
that
this
curriculum
is
available
in
every
school
is
critically
important
at
latin
school.
I
remember
when
we
got
facing
history,
I
think
at
the
time
it
was
the
only
school
that
had
facing
history
while
there
and
what
I
learned
about
the
holocaust
and
what
I
learned
about
how
jews
were
treated
and
gypsies
and
and
those
who
who
I
would
have
identified
as
lgbtq,
were
persecuted
all
the
things
I
learned
in
that
class.
F
I
learned
when
I
was,
I
think,
a
junior
or
senior,
but
that
information
was
not
available
at
every
high
school
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
so
I
think
it's
critically
important
that
as
we
make
these
changes
and
do
better
with
respect
to
the
stories
that
our
folks
in
the
city
want
us
to
be
teaching,
and
their
histories,
of
course,
want
us
to
be
teaching
that
we
make
sure
it's
available
to
everyone
and
I'll
just
add
also
to
our
teachers
and
staff
as
well.
It's
critically
important,
so
thank
you
again
to
the
makers.
B
A
B
L
L
This
comes
out
of
the
food
justice
agenda
that
was
mentioned
earlier
in
the
meeting
I
filed
the
entire
report
with
the
council,
so
everybody
could
see
a
long
list
of
recommendations,
but
one
of
the
items
that
kept
coming
up
over
and
over
again
was
that
we
need
to
streamline
the
process
for
mass
health
and
applicants
to
also
apply
at
the
same
time.
To
for
snap
snap
is
the
federal
supplemental
nutritional
assistance
program.
It
is
the
nation's
most
effective
anti-hunger
program
and
there's
a
huge
gap.
L
More
than
70
000
boston
residents
who
participate
in
masshealth
are
likely
eligible
for
snap,
but
do
not
receive
snap
benefits.
Today.
It's
one
of
the
largest
municipal
gaps,
snap
gaps
anywhere
in
the
commonwealth,
and
so
this
also
has
huge
implications
in
boston.
Because
then
we
are
individuals
are
not
receiving
the
supports
that
they
qualify
for
and
deserve,
and
that
puts
additional
pressure
on
the
city's
emergency
food
distribution
network,
which
has
already
seen
an
increase
of
64
percent.
More
people
seeking
food
assistance.
L
During
this
pandemic
in
2020,
the
state
legislature
passed
what
is
known
as
the
it
bonds
bill,
which
authorizes
the
executive
office
of
health
and
human
services
to
spend
five
million
dollars
on
capital
costs
associated
with
developing
a
system
to
allow
applicants
and
recipients
of
mass
health
and
the
medicare
savings
program
to
both
initiate
an
application
for
federal
snap
at
the
time
of
application
for
medical
assistance
and
also
authorize
the
medicaid
office
to
submit
that
to
the
department
of
transitional
assistance.
So
it
would
close
that
gap
and
we
have
the
authority.
E
L
Have
we
have
the
resources
set
aside
for
that
as
well?
This
would
expedite
bringing
substantial
additional
federal
snap
and
child
nutrition
dollars
to
boston,
alleviating
our
family's
financial
hardships.
I
just
want
to
read
a
quick
statement
that
one
of
the
core
advocacy
groups-
mass
senior
action
council
had
asked
it's
just
two
sentences.
L
We
know
that
there
are
100
000
seniors
on
mass
health
who
are
eligible
but
not
enrolled
in
snap
benefits
and
likely
another
120
000
who
are
below
200
of
the
federal
poverty
line,
but
again
not
enrolled,
which
is
why
mass
senior
action
supports,
creating
a
streamlined
application
process
to
help
close
the
snap
gap
and
connect
seniors
with
the
life-saving
resources
that
they
need.
There's
been
a
letter
that
many
of
our
state
delegation
has
signed.
L
B
K
K
Getting
this
into
the
it
bond
bill
and,
as
folks
may
or
may
not
know,
the
trouble
with
the
bond
bills
is
that
you
need
to
get
the
bond
authority
in,
but
then
you
still
need
to
prevail
upon
the
administration
to
actually
go
ahead
and
spend
it,
and
so
I
think
this
advocacy
is
really
important.
We,
we
should
be
pouring
far
more
resources
into
food
support
beyond
the
programs
that
are
already
on
the
table,
but
it
in
the
context
of
so
much
food
insecurity.
K
It's
it's
crazy
that
we
have
those
70,
000
families
the
council
alluded
to
who
could
be
covered
by
this
existing
federal
program
and
aren't
getting
their
benefits.
So
I'm
really
grateful
to
my
colleague
for
bringing
this
to
the
council's
attention
and
I
think
it's
something
that
we
should
all
be
advocating
to
the
governor
and
the
administration
to
to
really
act
on
swiftly,
especially
in
these
times.
So.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Please
add
my
name
thank.
B
D
Thank
you,
councilor
o'malley.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
counselor
wu
for
her
strong
leadership
on
this
important
important
issue
during
the
during
the
census,
encouraging
people
to
complete
the
census.
I
was
telling
people
that
the
most
important
and
effective
federal
program
is
the
snap
program.
I've
seen
it
firsthand
from
so
many
in
my
district,
the
south
boston
action
center,
the
south
boston
health
center,
among
others,
providing
food
to
families
and
elderly
in
need.
D
So
I
just
want
to
highlight
and
say
thank
you
to
council
wu
and
we
need
to
do
more
to
make
sure
that
any
family
or
any
person
that
is
hungry,
gets
nutritional
food
regardless
of
cost.
It
should
be
free
for
anyone
that
that's
in
need.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
rule
into
my
colleagues
as
well.
B
Thank
you,
council
flynn.
Madame
clark,
please
add
counselor
ed
flynn's
name,
saying
no
further
discussion.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
michael
flaherty's
name,
counselor,
nissa,
sybi,
george's
name,
council,
julia,
mahia's,
name,
counselor,
liz,
braden's,
name,
counselor,
andrea
campbell's,
name,
counselor,
ricardo,
arroyo's
name.
Please
add
my
name
and
counselor
wu
seeks
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
1077.
E
C
E
C
B
B
C
D
A
B
A
From
the
office
of
kim
janey
city
council
president
district
7.,
dear
clercini,
I
regret
to
inform
you
that
I
am,
I
will
be
absent
from
our
weekly
council
meeting
on
october
28
2020
due
to
illness,
councilor
o'malley
will
preside
over
today's
meeting.
Please
read
this
letter
into
the
public
record.
Thank
you.
Sincerely
kim
janey,
president
of
the
boston
council,.
B
A
B
B
We
are
now
moving
on
to
the
green
sheet
section
of
the
meeting.
Would
any
counselor
wish
to
remove
a
matter
from
the
green
sheets?
He
or
she
may
do
so
at
the
time.
I
see
counselor
flynn.
The
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
council
from
south
boston
councilor
flynn,
or
is
that
a
the
remnants
of
a
last
raised
blue
hand.
B
Fair
enough,
fair
enough,
no
need
to
apologize
anyone
else
wishing
to
remove
a
matter
from
the
green
sheets.
The
correct
answer
is
no
excellent.
We're
now
moving
on
to
the
consent
agenda
and
I've
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
there
were
zero
additions
to
the
consent
agenda.
Congratulations
seeing
and
hearing
no
objections
that
matters.
We
don't
have
to
say
that,
because
there
are
no
matters
to
add
to
the
consent
agenda,
so
we're
moving
now
for
the
adoption
of
the
consent
agenda.
C
C
D
A
B
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
Well
done.
Colleagues
now
we're
we
are
nearly
completed,
but
we're
now
going
to
move
on
to
the
announcement
section
of
the
meeting.
Would
any
counselor
wish
to
share
any
thoughts
with
all
of
us
and
those
watching,
and
the
chair
now
recognizes
the
district
council
from
beacon
hill
councilor
bach.
You
have
the
floor.
K
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
brief
word
about
fran
early,
who
will
be
in
our
tributes
at
the
close
of
the
meeting.
When
I,
when
I
came
back
from
graduate
school,
I
went
to
the
meeting
of
the
gbio
greater
boston,
interfaith
organization
at
my
church,
thinking
that
I'd
like
to
get
involved
in
the
in
the
church,
working
on
urban
justice
issues,
and
I
showed
up
at
the
meeting
and
there
were
like
two
of
us
and
a
week
later.
K
When
I
got
off
the
ground-
and
she
was
one
of
those
amazing
people
who
both
knows
how
to
kind
of
coach
somebody
in
leading
something
and
also
what
the
difference
between
supporting
someone
in
in
learning
those
organizing
skills
is
from
doing
it
yourself
and
she
had
done
it
herself
and
now
she
was
supporting
people
like
me
and,
as
I
kept
doing
interfaith
organizing
work
around
the
city
focusing
more
and
more
on
affordable
housing.
I
found
stories
again
and
again
of
people
for
whom
fran
early
had
been
that
person.
K
They
had
started
an
organizing
task,
especially
in
interfaith
world,
that
they
didn't
really
know
how
to
wrap
their
hands
around
and
she
had
become
a
advisor,
a
supporter,
somebody
who
was
always
brutally
honest,
but
in
the
kindest
way,
never
sugarcoated.
When
you
know
you
had
tried
to
organize
something
and
it
hadn't
gotten
off
the
ground,
but
was
amazing
at
helping
you
think
through
how
to
strategize,
and
she
was
really
a
force
and
she's
she's,
one
of
those
people
that
I
don't
think
she's
famous
in
the
city.
K
But
her
fingerprints
are
on
all
kinds
of
victories
for
justice,
including
the
statewide,
affordable,
housing
trust
fund,
which
was
really
one
of
the
first
wins
of
gbio
under
her
leadership
20
years
ago.
So
she
passed
away
very
suddenly
this
weekend
and
is
being
mourned
in
faith
communities
across
the
city
and,
as
a
friend
of
mine
said
yesterday.
If,
if
it
were
not
these
times,
we
would
fill
trinity
church
to
the
rafters
for
her.
So
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
the
passing
of
fran
early.
She
was
always
wearing
this
great
red
vest.
K
B
B
H
Thank
you.
Vice
president
o'malley,
it's
been
quite
exciting
to
see
you
in
your
chairmanship
here
today.
All
the
formalities
between
you
and
the
clerk
have
just
been
incredibly
educational,
but
that's
not
what
I'm
here
to
talk
about,
but
it's
been
great.
I
just
wanted
to
bring
into
the
space.
Last
night
I
met
with
the
south
bend
and
roxbury
partnership.
H
As
a
city-wide
issue
that
I
think
we
can
all
wrap
our
hands
around.
I
feel
like
folks
are
feeling
that
it
would
just
be
an
opportunity
for
us
as
a
city
to
figure
out.
I
know
some
of
the
things
that
are
happening
in
roslindale,
jamaica,
plain,
east
boston,
west
roxbury.
All
of
these
things
may
not
be
in
the
immediate
backyard,
but
it
it's
still
impacting
the
city-wide
quality
of
life.
H
So
I'm
hoping
that
if
there
was
an
opportunity
for
all
of
us
to
convene
in
a
public
forum
that
we
could
do
so
as
a
collective
body,
I
know
it's
controversial.
I
know
it's
crazy,
but
I
just
think
that
these
times
present
themselves
as
opportunities
for
us
to
work
more
collaboratively
around
some
of
the
things
that
people
across
the
city
are
experiencing
and
hoping
for
your
response
and
a
favorable
response
to
an
invitation
to
lean
in.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
councillor,
mejia,
any
other
counselors
wishing
to
offer
announcement
or
remarks.
Well,
I
will
take
my
prerogative
as
the
chair
then
to
simply
say
one
week
from
today.
The
next
time
that
we
meet
in
formal
session
will
be
the
day
after
the
2020
presidential
election
and
while
it'll
be
inappropriate
for
me
to
pontificate
how
I'd
like
to
see
that
election
unfold.
B
With
a
vote
by
mail
initiative
that
we
worked
very
very
hard
to
bring
to
fruition.
I
would
urge
those
who
are
watching
who
wish
to
vote
by
mail.
They,
you
may
be
better
off
submitting
it
to
an
early
vote
site
where
there
will
be
a
secure
box
or
one
of
our
secure
boxes
around
the
city.
If
you
are
unable
or
would
prefer
not
to
vote
in
person
on
tuesday,
but
certainly
we've
seen
some
really
encouraging
robust
turnout
across
the
commonwealth
and
across
the
country.
B
B
As
shakespeare
said,
everyone
can
master
a
grief,
but
he
who
has
it
our
colleague,
is
going
through
some
incredibly
difficult
times
right
now.
I
know
we
all
send
our
love
and
support
and
prayers
and
strong
wishes
to
her.
So
as
we
close
in
honor
of
those
individuals,
please
keep
special
attention
for
all
those
watching
who,
for
our
colleague
and
for
so
many
people,
who've
been
touched
by
by
some
really
difficult
times.
That's
only
compounded
by
the
fact
that
we
are
dealing
with
this
pandemic.
So
thank
you
right
now.
B
B
Here
now
moves
that
when
the
council
adjourns
today
it
did
so
in
the
aforementioned
individuals
and
we
are
scheduled
to
meet
again
on
wednesday
november,
4th
at
12
noon
for
the
safety
of
the
general
public
and
all
involved.
This
meeting
will
be
held
virtually
and
posted
online
viewers
can
watch
the
council
meeting
live
on
youtube
by
visiting
boston,
dot,
gov,
slash
city
dash,
council
dash
tv.
The
council
is
hereby
adjourned.