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From YouTube: Committee on Post Audit & Oversight on June 29, 2020
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Docket #0390 - Hearing regarding equity in the City of Boston procurement and purchasing
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So
I
will
bang
my
glass
together
order.
Welcome
to
the
Boston
City
Council's
Committee,
on
post
audit
and
oversight.
We
are
here
for
a
hearing
on
docket
number:
zero:
three:
nine
zero
oops.
Let
me
turn
on
my
video
as
well
we're
here
for
a
hearing
on
duck
at
zero:
three:
nine
zero,
a
hearing
on
equity
in
City
of
Austin,
purchasing
and
procurement.
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
myself
as
well
as
our
Council
President
Kim
Janey.
A
A
Want
to
remind
everyone
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
being
recorded
in
broadcast
and
will
be
pre
broadcasted
on
Comcast,
8r
c
and
82
and
dries
in
1964
at
a
later
date.
It's
currently
being
streamed
on
the
city
of
Boston's
website.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
this
hearing.
If
you
are
interested
in
testifying,
please
email,
Ron,
calm,
that's
our
ONC
OPP
at
Boston
gov
for
the
link
to
testify
and
then
follow
along
on
the
live
stream.
A
From
district
4
city,
councillor
Andrea
Campbell,
dear
chairwoman
and
colleagues
on
the
committee,
a
post,
audit
and
oversight
I,
regretfully,
cannot
attend
today's
hearing
on
target
number
0
nine-30
regarding
an
order
for
a
hearing
on
equity
in
city
of
Boston
procurement
and
purchasing
I
commend
the
sponsors
of
today's
hearing
for
continuing
the
hard
work
of
ensuring
equity
of
procurement
and
purchasing.
Today
racial
wealth
disparities
in
the
city
of
Boston
are
extreme,
with
a
household
median
net
worth
of
$8
for
black
Bostonians.
A
In
two
hundred
forty
seven
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
were
white
Bostonians
for
fiscal
year.
2018
of
the
more
than
six
hundred
sixty
four
million
dollars.
The
city
of
Boston
spent
on
procurement
contract.
Less
than
one
percent
went
to
minority-owned
businesses
government
has
to
take
the
lead
in
addressing
racial
inequities,
and
the
city
of
Boston
is
in
a
position
to
demonstrate
the
equity
focused
policy.
Making
it
takes
to
address
these
racial
inequities
head-on.
A
I'll
be
able
represented
by
a
member
of
my
staff
at
today's
hearing
and
look
forward
to
reviewing
the
recording
and
committee
report
and
working
with
the
Committee
on
any
recommended
steps.
Sincerely
aundrea
campbell
austin
city,
councillor
district
4,
the
other
letter
comes
from
district
8
city
councilor,
Liz
Braden
and
it
reads
madam
chair
I
regret
I'll
be
unable
to
attend
today's
hearing
on
docket
number
zero:
three:
nine
zero
regarding
equity
in
the
city
of
Boston
procurement,
your
purchasing
and
traveling
will
not
have
a
reliable
internet
connection.
A
Please
be
assured
that
I
fully
support
increasing
equity
in
this
space
and
will
work
with
your
Committee
of
the
administration
to
ensure
that
women
and
minority-owned
businesses
have
increased
access
to
contracts
with
the
city.
Please
read
this
letter
into
the
record:
Sincerely
Yours
councilor,
Lewis,
Brandon,
district
9,
okay.
So
let's
jump
into
opening
statements
from
colleagues,
starting
with
the
co-sponsor
council,
President
Kim
Janie.
D
Can
you
hear
me:
okay,
everyone,
okay,
okay,
thank
you!
So
much
so
I
want
to
begin
and
I
really
hope
to
keep
this
brief.
I
want
to
get
right
into
the
conversation,
but
I
wanted
to
start
by
thanking
you,
councillor
Wu,
for
your
steadfast
commitment
on
this
issue
prior
to
me,
joining
the
council
for
sure
and
since
I've
joined
I'm,
really
grateful
for
your
partnership,
and
this
is
one
of
the
main
reasons
why
it
was
important
to
create
and
bring
back
this
committee
so
that
we
could
have
this
important
conversation.
D
I
also
want
to
thank
the
administration.
I
see
that
chief
barrows
is
on
the
call
when
Selina
I'm,
sure
other
members
of
the
team
are
here
wanted
to.
Thank
you
for
your
work
and
your
commitment
to
doing
better
here
and
that's
what
I
want
us
to
focus
on
you
heard
and
our
colleagues
letter
some
of
the
data
points
and
we'll
get
deeper
into
the
data
when
we
have
hear
from
the
administration
in
terms
of
their
presentation
as
well
as
our
questions.
D
This
clearly
is
deeply
rooted
in
our
black
and
brown
agenda
and
what
we
hope
to
move
forward
in
terms
of
dealing
with
a
number
of
the
racial
and
economic
gaps
in
our
city.
This
is
a
huge
one.
You
heard
the
data
664
million
spent
in
2018
with
less
than
1%
going
to
local
business
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color
or
women.
Clearly,
there's
a
lot
more
work
that
can
be
done
to
improve
those
numbers
and
we
cannot
rest
until
we
get
there
again.
D
This
is
deeply
rooted
and
the
black
and
brown
agenda
I
want
us
to
use
this
time
and
this
hearing
to
come
up
with
some
solutions,
I'm
hoping
that
we
are
going
to
move
beyond
what
we
had
heard
from
the
last
hearing,
the
last
time
we
convened
and
had
a
conversation,
but
how
we
are
really
going
to
shake
things
up,
and
rather
radically
change
how
we
do
business
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
with
that
I'm
gonna
reserve
the
rest
of
my
comment
and
questions
for
the
appropriate
time.
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
chair.
I
I
We
are
having
a
much-needed
discussion
on
racial
equity
injustice.
We
also
need
to
talk
about
how
we
can
proactively
help
black
and
brown
residents
in
women
obtain
Economic
Security
city
contracts
in
procurement
is
a
way
to
do
that
for
women
people
of
color
in
Boston
business
owners.
I
would
also
like
to
hear
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
outreach
we're
doing
on
immigrant
owned
businesses
as
well
so
I'm.
I
It
is
important
that
the
city
do
what
we
can
to
further
the
economic
opportunities
for
women
people
help
locally
owned
businesses
and
an
immigrant
owned
businesses
again
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
counsel
Jane
II
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council,
oh,
and
thank
you
to
Mayor
Walsh's
team
for
being
here
for
the
work
they've
been
doing
on
this
important
issue
as
well
and
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
the
advocates
across
the
city.
Thank
you.
C
But
it
was
like
a
very
explicit
framework
that
was
in
federal
law
that
people
were
pushing
for
and
I
really
think
the
more.
We
can
just
make
this
part
of
not
a
kind
of
nice
to
have,
but
a
must
have
and
city
contracting,
the
better
and
I'm,
obviously
new
here
and
hugely
appreciate
all
the
work
in
ordinances
and
oversight
that
consul
colleagues
have
been
doing
on
this
front
for
the
last
few
years.
So
I'm
really
interested
to
dig
in
and
to
think
about
how
we
identify.
C
You
know
our
pipeline
problems,
how
we
get
past
the
sort
of
limitations
of
federal
and
state
procurement
laws
to
the
real
solutions
of
okay.
Well,
as
long
as
that's
the
space
where
we're
playing
within
you
know,
how
do
we
create
the
right
pipeline
of
folks
so
that
we
can
really
move
the
needle
in
terms
of
the
proportion
of
funding
so
interested
to
ask
those
questions
today
and
and
really
appreciate
again,
the
makers
for
convening
this.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
J
um
Good
afternoon
you
hear
me
I
see
me
no
party,
unless
you
can
hear
me
okay,
so
good
afternoon.
I
am
grateful
to
to
be
here.
um
Thank
you
to
the
chair
council
council
president
Janie
for
continuing
to
have
this
conversation
about
equity
in
our
city
contracting,
when
I
first
heard
that
less
than
1%
of
city
contracts
were
going
to
minority
and
women-owned
businesses,
I
had
to
ask
myself
that
I
was
hearing
that
correctly
and
asked
to
hear
one
more
time
because
I
was
mission.
J
I
was
I
was
sure
that
I
misheard
something,
but
this
is
a
reality
that
we're
in
when
we
running
for
office,
our
campaign
headquarters
was
located
I'm
on
a
street
where
next
to
restaurants,
barbershops,
nail
salons,
clothing
stores
and
grocery
stores,
and
so
much
more
are
owned
by
people
of
color
and
women.
There
is
a
thriving
community
of
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color
and
women,
and
it
is
our
job
as
leaders
to
hold
ourselves
accountable
to
plugging
in
them
in
and
making
ourselves
accessible
to
them.
J
We've
gotten
to
a
point
in
time
where
people
are
feeling
like
all
of
their
advocacy,
continues
to
fall
on
deaf
ears
and
I
know
that
the
administration
has
made
many
gains
to
ensure
that
we
have
a
more
equitable
process,
but
I'm
very
concerned
about
the
the
lack
of
engagement
when
it
comes
to
those
folks
who
are
having
a
hard
time
accessing
the
information
and
so
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
being
a
partner
in
making
sure
that
we
can
right
these
wrongs.
Thank
you.
A
G
George.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
thanks
to
the
makeup
for
this
hearing
order.
And/Or
this
effort
really
this
large-scale
effort
that
has
been
underway
for
a
number
of
years
on
the
council
look
forward
to
the
sort
of
the
findings
of
today's
hearing
want
to
better
understand
not
just
to
how
we
can
work
within
the
policies
that
exists
in
the
statute
that
exists
right
now.
G
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Just
briefly
on
this
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
the
work.
That's
been
ongoing
on
really
trying
to
create
a
plan
for
procurement
and
for
contracting
that
lifts
up
our
communities
done
correctly.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
the
city
to
really
decrease
racial
wealth
gaps,
to
really
give
hands
up
to
its
resonance
and
ensure
that
we're
creating
an
economy
that
not
only
works
for
all
of
us,
but
includes
all
of
us,
and
so
I'm
excited
to
be
part
of
this
work
and
hoping
that
we
can
make
real
progress.
A
A
We
took
it
up
together
when
we
passed
an
ordinance
in
2017
following
a
year-plus
of
hearings
and
conversations
that
dovetailed
with
the
administration's
first
executive
order
in
2016,
we've
had
lots
of
conversations
ongoing
about
nexus
studies
and
what
might
come
of
that
and
and
sort
of
years
that
we've
been
in
eagerly
awaiting
for
the
results
there
and
in
the
let's
say,
December
2017,
the
ordinance
passed
so
in
the
two-plus
years
that
it
has
been
on
the
books,
hoping
didn't
get
us
to
the
point
where
we
can
have
more
regular
reporting.
The
ordinance
requires
quarterly
reporting.
A
So
in
this
whole
time,
I
think
they
perceived
two
reports
so
far
and
I
will
count
today's
data
as
a
third
one,
but
we
are
falling
short
of
the
requirements
by
city
ordinance
to
provide
that
transparency
directly
to
the
City
Council
into
residents.
So
we're
eager
for
an
update
very
grateful
to
the
administration
for
joining
us
today.
I
will
hand
it
over
to
I
know.
There's
several
people
here
on
the
team:
I
don't
know
if
we're
going
to
chief
handy
or
chief
barrows,
first
or
dr.
arias
known
there,
but.
F
L
Thank
you,
madam
chairman,
see
just
looking
forward
to
giving
testimony
for
the
administration
and
the
advocates
and
other
stakeholders
to
see
what
improvements
have
been
put
in
place
and
what
we
need
to
do
to
remove
barriers
for
for
for
people.
I
know
that
and
I
appreciate
your
sponsorship,
and
also
council,
presidents,
co-sponsorship
and
I.
Think
you
did
a
nice
job,
reminding
folks
that
this
started
back
in
December
of
2017
and
signed
into
law
by
the
mayor
on
December
14th
of
2017.
L
M
M
You
I
am
joined
here
today
by
the
chief
of
administration
of
Finance.
Emma
handy
also
joined
on
this
at
this
hearing
by
Selena
Barrios
Vilna,
director
of
equity
inclusion
for
the
Office
of
Economic
Development.
We
would
like
to
start
with
the
presentation,
so
if
you
can
allow
us
to
screen
Selena,
are
you
doing
the
presentation?
Yeah.
M
While
Samina
it
gets
ready
to
share
her
screens,
I
do
want
to
recognize,
as
was
recognized
in
the
opening
statements
by
councillors,
that
this
is
a
very
long
term.
Effort
in
partnership
with
the
council.
I
want
to
thank
the
council
for
your
leadership
on
this.
The
administration
in
the
mayor
continues
to
recognize
that
we
will
move
the
needle
on
this
together
in
partnership
and
in
collaboration.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
to
present
the
current
information.
Current
findings
on
procurement
equity
procurement
for
the
city
of
Boston.
M
M
M
You
can
see
the
dramatic
loss
in
revenue
by
our
businesses,
where,
over
800
of
the
2,000
businesses
that
that
that
responded
to
our
surveys
had
already
lost
ninety
percent
of
their
revenues.
You
can
see
in
terms
of
closure
of
businesses
that
another
again
more
than
half
of
the
business
57
percent
had
closed
their
businesses
by
April
10th,
and
so
we
had
dramatic
loss
of
business,
dramatic
closure
of
business
and,
of
course,
we
began
to
wonder
if,
if
government
didn't
step
in
and
do
something
that
we
were
going
to
have
businesses
not
be
able
to
reopen.
M
Now,
as
we
were
advocating
to
the
federal
government
to
really
come
down
with
some
relief,
we
launched
a
small
business
grant
program
next
slide.
Please,
a
small
business
grant
program
was
aimed
at
the
smallest
of
our
businesses,
and
so
in
fact,
we
went
after
the
micro
businesses
and
I'm
happy
too,
because
they're
the
most
vulnerable
businesses
and
we
knew
that
there
would
be
the
businesses
that
needed
our
help,
and
in
fact
that
was
true,
even
as
the
pandemic
played
out,
it
happens
to
be,
in
fact,
also
the
most
diverse
set
of
businesses
in
our
city.
M
M
48.3%
are
immigrant
owned
businesses.
In
fact,
you
you
see
that
we
have
a
break
doubt
there
in
terms
of
the
racial
breakdown
of
those
businesses,
and
I
want
to
just
quickly
go
over
that.
12.7%
of
those
businesses
that
were
awarded
relief
from
the
small
business
relief
fund
were
owned
by
black
african-american
owners.
In
fact,
the
city
percent
of
businesses,
owned
by
black
and
african-americans,
are
eleven
point,
seven
percent,
so
it's
slightly
higher
than
the
percentage
of
businesses
owned
by
american
black
african-americans
in
boston.
M
Nineteen
percent
of
the
businesses
that
were
awarded
owned
by
asian
that's
more
than
double
the
percent
of
businesses
that
are
owned
by
asian
and
then
fourteen
point.
Six
percent
of
the
businesses
that
received
the
assistance
owned
by
latin
x
owners
and
that's
slightly
more
than
the
thirteen
point,
seven
that
are
currently
owned
by
latin
x
owners
in
our
city.
M
We
then
opened
a
second
fund
and
the
second
fund
that
we
launched
was
really
recognizing
that
the
the
guidance
that
would
be
coming
out
from
the
state
and
the
guide
is
that
the
businesses,
small
businesses
that
would
reopen
would
need
to
follow
would
come
with
some
financial
hardship.
So
people
would
have
to
both
buy
personal
protective
equipment
for
their
employees
and
they
would
have
to
in
some
instances,
change
the
configuration
of
their
business
to
be
make
sure
that
their
employees
were
safe
and
and
the
customers
were
safe.
And
so
in
doing
that
we
said.
M
Well,
let's
try
to
figure
out
what
what
small
businesses
in
our
city
would
need
to
do
that
we
launched
a
fund
for
$2,000
per
small
business
to
allow
the
businesses
to
build
partitions
move
salon
chairs,
buy
special
equipment,
buy
gloves
to
everyone
safe,
especially
as
the
city
of
Boston,
in
all
cases,
were
mandating
protective
protective
equipment
for
four
workers,
and
so
you
see
here,
we've
gotten
over
1200
applicants,
but
we've
only
been
issuing
grants
in
the
stages
where
businesses
were
allowed
to
open.
So
for
any
business,
that's
opening
in
phase
three
or
any
business.
M
That's
opening
in
phase
four.
We
haven't
issued
those
grants.
Yet,
even
though
we've
received
some
applications
for
the
for
the
for
the
later
phases,
because
it's
not
clear
what
the
guidance
are
for
those
later
phases
or
so
we've
been
issuing
guidance,
we've
been
issuing
grants
for
the
early
phase
businesses
next
slide
during
the
kovat
emergency
period.
M
The
pandemic
we've
also
been
spending
money
on
everything
from
masks
to
gowns
to
printing,
and
here
what
you
have
is
a
representation
on
how
that
money
has
been
spent,
as
it
relates
to
participation
of
MWBE
and
other
certified
33%
of
the
money
of
the
seventeen
million
dollars
that
have
spent
to
date.
As
of
june
nineteen.
M
And
so
we
think
that
that
effort
yielded
some
some
results
that
we
we
are
happy
to
share
with
you
today
of
thirty-three
percent
I'm
gonna
stop
there
before
we
go
to
our
next
section
and
ask
Selina
if
you
had
anything
to
add
to
that
component
or
Emma.
If
you
want
to
jump
in
Before,
we
jump
into
that
next.
One.
N
Great,
thank
you
so
much
so,
as
you
know,
from
the
last
time
that
we
were
before
the
council,
we
launched
the
Economic
Development
Center
in
2019
and
the
pathways
to
city
contracting
workshops
and
technical
assistance
that
we
started,
providing
at
that
point
to
help
connect
local
women
and
minority-owned
businesses
to
directly
to
contracting
opportunities.
So
these
are
just
the
events
we've
had
since
we
were,
since
we
last
reported
to
you
in
the
fall
we
these
are
ongoing,
so
we
have
a
few
different
types
of
engagements.
N
One
is
the
info
session,
which
is
when
there
is
a
contract
opportunity.
That's
live.
We
have
an
info
session
with
the
department
buyers
and
these
are
open
to
to
the
public,
but
we
we
definitely
do
a
lot
of
outreach
to
our
certified
vendors
to
make
sure
that
they
can
participate.
So
we
had
a
lot
of
success
with
the
snow
clearance
info
sessions
that
we
did
for
last
winter,
although
unfortunately
didn't
snow
very
much,
so
that's
always
something
we
can't
control.
N
These
are
just
the
ones
that
happened
after
September,
but
we
had
done
three
I'm,
sorry
after
October,
but
we
had
done
three
prior.
The
other
type
of
outreach
that
we
do
is
the
opportunity
fair
and
so
the
last
one
we
had
was
in
February.
You
can
see
a
picture
here
to
the
left
and
that's
where
you
know
we
have
our
tabling.
N
Where
departments
can
we
speak
with
new
vendors?
This
was
a
really
successful
session,
because
departments
told
us
they
saw
vendors
that
they've
never
met
before,
and
a
lot
of
contracts
came
directly
out
of
this
session.
So
it's
good
to
see
that
we're
going
beyond
just
you
know
the
usual
folks
that
that
participate,
and
then
we
launched
a
new
series
in
March
right
before
everything
shut
down
called
contracting
clinics
and
the
idea
with
this-
and
this
really
came
out
of
our
new
executive
order.
But
it's
to
prepare
vendors
well
ahead
of
a
contract
opportunity.
N
And
so
we,
while
we
do
the
info
sessions
once
the
opportunity
is
live
that
only
you
usually
only
have
about
two
to
four
weeks
to
respond.
So
if
there's
some
major
gap
that
you
have
you're
not
going
to
be
able
to
fill
it
in
that
time
to
be
competitive
for
an
opportunity.
But
these
sessions
help
people
get
ahead
of
opportunities.
N
And
what
we
do
is
that
we
have
a
department
representative
go
through
a
typical
RFP
because
they
don't
change
dramatically
from
year
to
year,
and
so,
for
example,
in
March
we
reviewed
last
year,
snow
removal,
contract,
and
so
the
department
buyer
goes
through
the
RFP.
They
point
out
common
pitfalls
and
just
terminology
really
translate,
and
we
also
have
our
partners
from
auditing
present
about
what
procurement
laws
are
applicable
and
what
the
city
can
or
cannot
consider
when
reviewing
proposals.
So
that's
just
really
helpful
for
people
to
understand
the
technical
aspects
of
procurement.
N
We
have
so
just
this
year,
we've
had
over
and
when
I
say
this
year,
this
is
I'm.
Talking
fiscal
year
we've
had
over
20
departments
participate
directly
either
in
an
info
session,
a
contracting
clinic
or
a
direct
matchmaking
event
to
the
right.
You
see
some
of
the
some
of
the
you
know,
firsthand
testimonials
from
departments.
N
That
departments
have
when
they're
thinking
of
who
they're
gonna
do
business
with
so
that,
for
us,
a
success
is
not
just
that
we
had
the
participants
show
up,
but
that
the
departments
were
there
ready
to
provide
opportunities.
So
this
is
just
to
share.
You
know
some
of
our
largest
departments
go
to
every
single
event
that
we've
had
and
they
really
are
taking
to
this
new
increased
outreach
and
transparency
and
opportunities.
N
This
is
so
now:
we've
moved
our
contracting
clinics
virtually
so
we
had
the
first
one
in
person
in
March,
but
we're
gonna
resume
starting
tomorrow
with
the
virtual
sessions,
and
these
are
the
the
topics
that
we
have
coming
up.
So
each
of
these
clinics
is
gonna
focus
on
a
particular
type
of
procurement.
That's
done
in
a
particular
way,
based
on
Mass
General
law,
and
so
we
have
architecture
and
design.
N
Tomorrow,
then
we
have
construction
july,
16th
and
then
goods
and
professional
services,
which
is
a
completely
different
process
than
construction,
which
is
completely
different
than
design
and
architecture.
So
we
want
to
encourage
you
all
to
help
us
spread
the
word.
These
are
very
niche
opportunities
and
so
like,
if
you,
if
you
are
selling
and
repairing
printers
right,
you
would
only
go
to
one
of
these
right.
You
don't
need
so
we
want.
N
I
also
wanted
to
talk
about
a
lot
of
contract,
specific
outreach
that
we've
been
doing
so
we
have.
These
are
all
new
opportunities
that
our
fiscal
year
20.
Actually
one
of
them,
starts
next
fiscal
year,
where
we
really
focused
on
these
opportunities
in
terms
of
outreach
to
make
sure
that
people
were
aware
of
them
or
in
the
case
where
it
was
a
department
that
was
just
requesting
quotes.
N
We
made
sure
that
the
department
had
a
diverse
offender
to
request
a
quote
from,
and
so
the
main
street's
RFP
is
going
to
be
going
to
a
minority
woman
owned
business.
Enterprise
I
didn't
put
the
contract
value
because
that's
not
entirely
set,
but
it's
a
minimum
of
fifty
thousand.
It
could
be
higher.
N
We
had
a
sales
force,
written
quote
contract
for
our
department
to
help
us
with
our
B.
Our
JP
Salesforce
platform
and
other
councillors
are
really
familiar
with
that
program
as
well,
and
that's
going
to
a
minority
woman
owned
local
vendor
the
contract
values
up
to
forty
seven
thousand.
The
bowling
building
property
management
contract
is
going
to
go
to
a
minority
business
enterprise.
The
contract
values
around
three
million,
and
then
we
had
to
assist
our
public
communication
and
engagement
efforts
around
kovat
requirements
for
businesses
and
for
residents.
N
We
engaged
with
a
consultant
that
does
this
type
of
work
and
it's
a
woman
owned
business
enterprise,
and
so
these
are
just
examples.
I
know
that
there
are
more,
and
hopefully
there
will
be
many
more
to
come,
but
these
were
all
vendors
that
are
doing
business
with
the
city
for
the
first
time,
I
think
for
all
of
them
or
maybe
three
out
of
four
of
them,
and
they
were
all
area.
N
And
so
it's
really
important
that
people
not
just
go
to
these
great
sessions
that
we
have,
but
that
they
actually
bid
on
these
opportunities
and
if
they
don't
get
it,
that
they
use
it
as
a
learning
opportunity
and
for
us
it's
also
a
learning
opportunity
to
hear
from
them
what's
been
challenging
or
what
were
roadblocks
they
faced
the
new.
We
also
have
a
new
pathways
to
city
contracting
bulletin.
This
is
a
monthly
communication
where
we
both
highlight
upcoming
opportunities,
which
you
can
see
over
to
the
right,
and
we
can.
N
We
also
feature
newly
certified
businesses,
so
this
is
another
place
where
we
hit
our
to
target
audiences.
So
we
share
this
communication
with
certified
vendors
and
anyone
else
that
signs
up
for
it,
as
well
as
our
department,
buyer.
So
every
month,
they're
seeing
who's
been
newly
certified
or
who's
newly
changed
their
business
type,
and
it's
a
good
way
to
continue
that
two-way
information
flow.
So
I'm
gonna
pause
there
before
we
get
into
the
quarterly
spend
report
to
see.
If
there's
any
questions
on
the
capacity-building.
A
N
You
so
this
is
just
an
update
on
our
change,
the
view
so
I
can
see
the
whole
screen.
Our
current
certified
vendor
pool
there's
a
total
of
668
unique
businesses.
The
number
that
our
minority
owned.
You
can
read
it
for
yourself
versus
those
that
are
Boston
based.
There
are
some
that
there's
an
overlap
between
some
of
these
categories.
So
that's
why
you
can't
just
add
all
these
numbers
and
get
to
668.
So
that's
why
we
provide
the
number
separately.
N
Then
so,
for
today's
presentation
we
have
we're
going
to
be
presenting
on
quarter
one
quarter
two
and
quarter
three
of
fiscal
year
twenty
and
for
each
we're
providing
the
comparison
with
the
same
quarter
in
fiscal
year.
Nineteen,
so
you
can
see
the
I
highlighted
for
you
line
nine,
because
that
adds
together
the
minority-owned
and
women
business
owned
expenditures
as
well
as
percentages
we
had
percentage-wise.
N
N
And
then,
if
you
look
at
this
is
the
second
quarter
of
fiscal
year
20.
So
we
went
up
to
six
point
two:
two
percent
for
the
combined
number:
that's
three
point:
nine
for
minority
business
enterprises
and
two
point:
nine
four
for
women
business
enterprises
and
then
you
can
see
we're
up
from
last
year
that
same
time
from
five
percent
to
six
point
two
two
and
you
can
also
see
the
dollar
amount,
has
gone
up
significantly.
N
And
then
this
brings
us
to
the
third
quarter
of
fiscal
year,
20,
where
we
are
up
almost
twice
almost
doubling
last
year,
at
the
same
time,
for
the
combined
minority
and
women
business
enterprise,
expenditures,
sorry,
that
line
should
say
expenditures,
that's
my
mistake
and
then
again,
looking
at
the
minority
versus
women
line,
minority
business
enterprise
went
up.
This
one
is
more
than
a
tripling
of
the
dollar
amount
and
more
than
a
doubling
of
the
percentage.
N
So
in
general,
before
we
move
on
to
a
disparity
study
update,
we
do
see
we're
moving
in
the
right
direction,
where
we're
increasing
both
in
percentage
and
we're
also
spending
more.
But
we
know
that
that
there's
still
a
lot
more
work
to
do.
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
for
all
of
these
numbers,
what
we
know
is
that
these
are
the
the
businesses
that
are
certified
by
us
or
by
the
state
of
Massachusetts
as
being
women
or
minority
business
enterprises.
But
we
know
that
the
inverse
of
that
isn't
necessarily
the
opposite.
N
It
just
means
that
that
the
rest
of
the
businesses-
we
don't
know
whether
they're
women
or
minority
owns
and
I
think
we
continue
to
see
a
limitation
due
to
sort
of
the
certification
requirement
for
us
to
to
report
to
you
on
these
businesses
and
so,
for
example,
the
the
Small
Business
Relief
Fund
grants
that
went
out.
We
know
from
from
the
applications
that
were
submitted
that,
as
chief
Faris
mentioned,
fifty
one
point.
N
They
might
not
be
interested
in
doing
contracting
with
the
city
or
see
of
value
and
certification,
I
shouldn't
say
they
might
not
be
interested,
because
we
think
that
there's
opportunities
for
all
kinds
of
businesses
to
be
involved
in
city
contracting,
but
they
might
not
see
the
value
in
certification
or
it
may
be
too
big
of
a
lift
given
the
requirements
for
that.
So
we
wouldn't.
N
We
would
really
welcome
your
partnership
in
that
to
help
us
figure
out
how
we
can
get
more
people
into
the
certification
pipeline
or
help
identify
areas
where
we
can
make
it
easier
for
businesses
to
complete
that,
because
that
that's
a
limitation
not
just
for
our
reporting,
but
also
for
our
ability
to
find
these
businesses
when
we
want
to
say
hey
you're,
getting
three
quotes.
One
needs
to
be
from
a
minority-owned
business.
N
Well,
if
we
don't
have
them
in
our
system
as
minority-owned,
and
we
won't
be
able
to
find
them
and
they
won't
be
able
to
be
included
proactively
in
these
opportunities
and
so
continue.
The
certification
continues
to
be
a
challenge
in
both
understanding
who
are
doing
business
with
and
finding
those
that
would
be
a
good
fit
for
opportunities
update
on
the
disparity
study.
So
we
are
still
on
track
to
complete
in
this
calendar
year
by
the
end
of
2020.
N
Right
now
they
are.
The
consultants
are
working
on
business,
telephone
surveys,
analyzing,
workplace
conditions
and
in-depth
interviews.
The
in-depth
interviews
are
almost
complete,
and
so
now
they're
just
doing
telephone
surveys
and
one
of
the
pieces
are
doing
four.
That
is
speaking
with
people
who
have
held
contracts
with
the
city
and
in
learning
more
about
their
experience
and
and
any
challenges
that
they
have
faced.
N
O
Good
afternoon,
members
of
the
Boston
City
Council,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
I
will
be
brief
and
just
give
a
quick
overview
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
in
partnership
and
collaboration
with
OED
to
implement
the
mayor's
equitable
procurement
executive
order,
which
was
signed
in
November.
O
There
are
essentially
three
main
categories
of
work
under
the
executive
order
that
we
think
really
strengthen
our
baseline
of
understanding
of
both
what
departments
are
purchasing
sort
of
in
real
time,
as
well
as
what
their
plans
look
like
in
the
future,
so
that
we
can
start
linking
better
together.
The
work
that
we
do
is
to
really
strengthen
capacity
and
do
outreach
to
vendors
and
link
that,
with
departmental
plans
on
purchasing
and
and
I,
think
somebody
used
in
their
opening
remarks.
O
The
idea
of
what
does
that
funnel
look
like
that
is
absolutely
critical
to
the
work
that
we
see
happening
under
this
executive
order.
So
there
are
really
sort
of
three
things
that
we
are
working
to
do.
One
is
to
create
a
system,
so
that
departments
are
notifying
the
sort
of
central
approving
authorities
of
how
they
have
reached
out
to
businesses.
O
Whatever
the
sort
of
format
mate
may
be,
and
without
that
initiative,
and
without
contacting
OED
and
talking
to
them.
If
they're
unable
to
find
those
folks,
we
will
be
sort
of
working
with
departments
to
make
them
kind
of
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
make
sure
that
they've
done
a
little
bit
more
work
on
that.
So
we're
really
trying
to
add
an
additional
intentional
step
to
procurement,
to
make
sure
that
this
is
baked
into
the
fundamental
plans
and
how
departments
move
forward.
The
second
piece
is
some
forward-looking
planning.
O
So
that
OAD
has
a
good
sense
of
what's
coming
down
the
pipeline
in
the
future
and
what
types
of
businesses
might
be,
those
that
we
sort
of
don't
yet
have
identified.
And
can
we
do
some
work
in
the
upcoming
months
or
over
the
course
of
the
next
year
to
really
start
identifying
where
we
can
enhance
our
lists
around
those
industries?
So
that's
the
forward-looking
piece
and
then
the
last
part
is
around
just
really
blanketing
departments,
with
training
we're
working
on
a
partnership
with
the
state
inspector
general's
office.
O
They
do
the
city
of
the
state,
compliance
with
procurement
law,
and
so
we
will
be
doing
a
joint
training
for
all
of
our
purchasers
across
the
city
about
both
how
to
comply
with
state
state
procurement
law
and
also
dovetail
it
with
the
mayor's
executive
order,
which
really
overlays
on
top
of
state
procurement
law
and
adds
an
additional
level
of
intentionality
into
our
purchasing
I.
Think
that's
it
on
this
side,
thanks
Lena
I'll
mention
this.
This
is
I,
think
an
initiative
that
was
a
long
time
coming
in
partnership
between
Jewett
and
the
city's
procurement
office.
O
It
was
reenergized
with
the
work
of
OED
and
the
signing
of
the
mayor's
executive
order.
We
now
have
live
on
the
city's
procurement
page.
All
of
our
live
bids
and
RFPs
business
interested
in
what
services
can
be
or
goods
can
be
bid
on,
can
go
to
this
age
and
just
get
a
general
sense
for
what
types
of
things
the
city
is
purchasing
at
any
given
time
and
also
can
go
there
to
keep
an
eye
for
when
things
you
know.
O
If
there
look,
if
they're
interested
in
a
certain
type
of
opportunity,
you
know
Selina
mentions
doing
a
lot
of
work
around
snow
contracting
when
it's
that
time
of
year.
This
is
a
great
place
to
go,
look
and
see
what
are
the
current
opportunities
and
how
do
you
bed
and
it
also
will
be
updated
with
once
procurements
are
awarded,
who
was
awarded
the
the
ultimate
procurement.
N
Sure
and
then
I'll
hand
it
back
to
you
so
part
of
the
goals
of
the
executive
order
were
to
have
a
new
certified
business
directory
that
one
that
is
stable,
searchable
easy
to
find.
But
the
other
piece
is
this:
as
part
of
the
greater
analyzed
Boston
open
data
approach,
where
you
know
you
can
find
the
backend
of
all
of
the
data
here,
so
you
can
find
the
backend
of
the
directory
for
anyone
that
wants
to
pull.
You
know
spreadsheets
or
information,
so
it's
just
a
way
to
have
greater
transparency.
N
This
is
still
you
know,
we're
still
piloting
this
so
definitely
open
to
to
feedback
on
how
it
works
for
you,
and
this
is
just
for
anyone
to
help
to
help
anyone
that's
buying.
So
this
helps
internal
buyers,
find
certified
businesses
and
also
just
external
parties.
We
also
I
didn't
include
it
in
this
presentation,
but
we
also
just
launched
a
new
black
and
brown
business
directory
on
Boston
gov
and
that
one's
a
little
different
because
it
while
it
does
include
our
certified
businesses.
N
It
focuses
specifically
on
those
that
are
black
and
brown
owned,
they're
only
located
in
Boston,
because
our
directory
has
obviously
businesses
that
that
are
not
located
in
Boston
as
we
reported
earlier.
But
it
also
has
the
opportunity
for
add
themselves,
and
so
that's
a
great
way
to
for
anyone
looking
to
support
local
businesses
with
their
spending.
That's
a
great
director,
but
it
also
helps
us
identify
businesses
that
may
not
be
in
our
radar
that
we
should
talk
to
about
contracting
or
perhaps
getting
certified.
O
Thank
you.
So,
in
the
mayor's
resubmitted
budget
there
were
there
actually
in
the
underlying
budget
submitted
in
April
in
combination
with
the
mayor
submitted
budget.
There
were
a
series
of
investments
that
we
think
are
really
important
to
continuing
to
advance
this
work,
so
I
would
say
we're
very
much
still
in
the
implementation
phase
of
the
mayor's
executive
order.
O
But
while
we
are
doing
that,
the
investments
that
were
included
in
FY,
2010,
delije
I
think
further
catalyze
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
to
support
really
primarily
from
the
dollars
and
cents
perspective
capacity
building
with
our
certified
vendors
and
to
be
certified
vendors.
So
you
know
taking
things
out
of
reverse
order.
We
are
planning
probably
about
a
million
and
a
half
dollars
through
some
new
resources
for
grants
and
loans
for
capacity
building.
O
As
we
work
through
the
details
of
that
process,
we
will
be
announcing
those,
hopefully
in
short
order,
and
then
we
are
adding
some
additional
capacity
within
City
Hall
to
help
us
take
on
this
work.
So
both
some
strategic
procurement
work
which
will
assist
in
this
area
around
certified
vendors,
but
also
just
generally
around.
How
do
we
serve
streamline
procurement
and
how
do
we
continue
to
advance
that
goal
so
that
it's
easier
for
everybody
to
do
business
with
the
city
which
is
very
important
to
us?
O
And
then
we
are
essentially
doubling
the
capacity
at
OED
to
really
work
directly
with
small
businesses,
which
is
obviously
the
heart
of
the
work
that
salinas
office
is
doing
and
is
incredibly
resource
and
time
time
heavy.
And
so
we
would
like
to
put
some
additional
capacity
in
that
office
to
both
work
directly
with
departments
to
understand
what
those
resources
are
that
are
coming
up,
but
also
to
continue
to
do
that.
Outreach
and
all
of
the
wonderful
trainings
and
communication
that
selena
highlighted
earlier
today
and
continue
to
build
on
that
work.
A
Great,
thank
you
all
so
much.
We
really
appreciate
your
time
and
your
work
I'm,
going
to
find
the
timer
feature
here.
So
I
can
set
a
time
so
we'll
do
five
minutes
per
counselor
Q&A
with
the
administration
person,
then
we'll
move
to
our
community
leaders.
You
know
and
I
will
try
to
keep
mine
under
five.
Okay.
A
So
I
want
to
start
with
the
33%
figure
and
just
make
sure
we're
on
the
same
page
about
what
is
being
counted
as
what
trying
to
time
on
my
computer,
while
using
my
phone
for
the
camera
I,
we
had
access
to
this
data
ahead
of
time
because
of
the
17f
order
that
the
council
voted
on
and
counselors
media
and
I
had
submitted
so
I
went
through
and
it
just
to
verify
that
33
percent
figure
includes
the
business
grants
made
from
the
city
to
businesses
correct.
It.
M
Only
includes
16
of
them
because
we
weren't
able
to
certify.
Remember
we
didn't
ask
anybody
to
certify
in
order
to
get
a
grant,
or
else
we
would
have
not
been
able
to
get
two
grants
out
so,
but
16
of
the
16
hundred
fourteen
or
sixteen
over
1,600
businesses
that
we
did
provide
money
money
to
they
actually
already
had
been
certified.
So
that
is
correct,
16
of
them,
which
is
I,
think
only
60,000.
M
A
So
if
you
strip
away
the
grants
from
that
number,
the
seventeen
million
dollars
total
figure,
it
looks
like
it
for
COBIT
spending
goes
down
to
about
twelve
million
dollars
and
then
of
that
a
large
chunk
was
for
the
chromebooks
contract,
which
was
with
an
MDE
based
in
Medford.
Is
that
correct,
Cal,
PJ
subsystems
so
I
see
on
that
list
of
nve's?
Once
you
again,
once
you
strip
away
the
business
grants
that
really?
A
There
are
only
three
and
be
east
hopeful
that
we're
talking
about
so
that
the
chromebooks
contractor
and
based
in
Medford
a
company
called
M&M
contract
cleaning,
Jason
Brockton,
which
had
the
next
largest
chunk
of
MBE
contracting
and
then
one
Boston
based
MBE
called,
are
cheating
logistics
base
and
also
so
from
my
calculations,
again.
I'd
love
to
run
this
wire
to
make
sure
this
is
correct,
but
the
one
boston-based
MWBE
that
was
included
in
that
counts
for
1.8
percent
of
the
total
related
spend.
A
If
you
include
chrominance,
you
take
out
a
little
bit
it's
about
3
percent
so
because
the
Chromebooks
drive
so
much
of
it.
Can
you
just
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
that
company?
Is
it
a
black
owned
business?
Do
you
have
that
level
of
detail,
and
why
did
you
choose
to
use
just
one
company
for
that
very
large
contract
instead
of
multiple,
smaller.
M
The
MBE
spend
in
fact,
would
be
close,
40-plus
percent.
If
you
feed,
then
just
look
at
it.
In
fact,
what's
driving,
that
is
a
large
contract,
as
you
said,
by
one
company,
one
MBE
located
in
Medford
and
that
MBE
is
we
bought
all
of
the
Chromebooks
through
and
in
fact
that
MBE
I
believe
is
is
an
Asian
own
business,
the
and
then
you
have
other
NBS
outside
of
Boston
and
as
you,
as
you
indicated,
I
believe
I,
don't
have
in
front
of
me,
but
I
do
believe.
M
A
Know
so
it
seems
like
that
5.4
million
dollar
Chromebooks
contract
drives
the
10%
in
q3,
etc,
so
great
that
that
is
with
an
MBE.
But
but
you
know
just
curious
what
if
there
were
Boston
based
possibilities
and
black
or
brown
only
possibilities
as
well
I'll
quickly
tick
through
my
questions,
just
so
I'm
running
out
of
time
here,
I
was
okay,
so
I
was
curious
on
whether
data
on
M
bees
is
available
at
that
granular
level.
A
Black
latin
x
api,
as
you
said,
if
that's
available
kind
of
business,
my
business
was
also
wondering,
if
there's
any
strategies
to
get
the
small
and
local
business
enterprise
numbers
up
from
my
analysis.
Boston
based
businesses
accounted
for
less
than
5%
of
the
coca
related
spending.
So
curious
about
that,
and
then
I
think
my
final
question
for
this
chart
that
time
is
going
to
be
about
the
process
so
I
know
at
the
state
because
of
the
emergency
declaration.
O
The
sort
of
guiding
principle
of
that,
though,
is
that,
wherever
possible,
you
should
follow
your
law
to
the
letter
of
the
law,
and
so
it's
not
like
they
give
you
a
rule
of
thumb
in
the
in
the
sort
of
emergency
nature
that
says
you
can
cut
this
period
down
by
this
much
or
whatever
it
may
be.
Basically,
is
that
you
just
have
to
sort
of
do
your
best
with
the
emergency
conditions,
and
so
certainly
yes,
we
have
bought
things
during
the
period
of
Cova
nineteen,
where
we
have
had
to
do
emergency
procurements.
O
The
one
example
that
Selena
actually
pointed
out
earlier
that
I'm
more
familiar
with
than
others,
because
our
office
oversees
the
contract
is
the
public
health
technical
assistance
contract.
So
we
bid
that
very
much
consistent
with
30,
be
just
with
shorter
windows.
In
terms
of
how
long
we
needed
to
put
that
out
and
notice
it,
and
so
the
steps
are
the
same
because
we
you
know
had
a
little
bit
of
time
to
make
sure
that
we
could
do
that
correctly.
O
But
just
the
overall
timeline
is
slightly
abbreviated
so
that
we
were
able
to
quickly
turn
around
and
get
a
decision.
And
so
that's
certainly
true
I
think
on
Chromebooks
bps,
obviously
led
the
charge
in
terms
of
procuring
those,
and
so
we're
probably
best
to
speak
to
sort
of
what
the
abit
other
available
options
were
out
there.
But
I
do
know
from
accusations
that
were
in
place
at
the
time
that
Chromebooks
at
that
time
and
I
think
still
today,
probably
were
like
hand
sanitizer
and
bleach
wipes.
O
But
it's
certainly
worth
sort
of
asking
some
additional
questions
about
exactly
sort
of
what
was
the
landscape
at
that
time
and
were
there
other
options,
but
just
sort
of
anecdotally
from
from
what
I
had
heard
at
the
time,
I
know
that
it
was
incredibly
difficult
to
find
contracts
and
our
jurisdiction,
as
well
as
other
jurisdictions,
we're
losing
opportunities
to
to
get
laptops
and
Chromebooks
every
day
that
we
waited
to
diggin
um
John.
Do
you
want
to
add
anything
to
any
of
that?
No.
M
I
think
Emma
right
on
I
think
the
only
other
thing
I
would
I
would
accentuate,
is
bps
I,
don't
believe,
issued
a
special
RFP
for
the
Chromebooks,
and
so
they
went
with
an
existing
contractor
because
in
fact
the
time
would
have
been
prohibitive
in
terms
of
the
restrictions
on
a
supply
chain
and
so
bps
with
an
existing
contract.
Okay,.
A
Great
so
I
think
I'm
running
out
of
time.
I'll
say:
is
I'm
gonna,
be
okay;
it's
wonderful
to
see
the
numbers
trending
up
and
to
kind
of
get
a
little
bit
of
a
look
behind.
Why
that
is
I'd
like
to
see
that
1.8%
number
go
up
a
boston-based
and
bees
as
a
percentage
of
the
total
and
I
didn't
hear
mention
of
whether
the
mayor's
2016
executive
order,
the
goals
that
were
outlined
there
if
we've
hit
those
goals
every
year.
M
A
M
So
yeah
what
we
did
in
2013,
2016
after
coming
in,
was
looking
at
2003
disparity
study
and
tried
to
find.
In
fact,
in
that
study,
where
you
know,
a
great
number
of
the
questions
were
indecisive
or
inconclusive,
with
the
technical
term
use,
we
were
able
to
in
fact
highlight
some
real
specific
areas
and
where
we
could
list
some
goals
in
the
mayor
when
it
went
ahead
and
list
girls,
those
were
proven
to
be
far
too
small
an
area
in
most
of
our
contracts.
M
You
know
so
when
you,
when
you
look
when
you
list
that
the
numbers
a
size
of
the
contract
it
it
really
takes
up
most
the
contracts
issued
by
the
city,
and
it
doesn't
allow
us
to
really
sort
of
make
those
opportunities
available,
and
so
we've
listed
them
because
in
fact
we
found
them,
but
we
look
forward
to
doing
a
more
complete
disparity
study
that
will
complete
its
it
be
completed
in
December
and
list
goals
for
far
more
opportunities
that
we
think
are
realistic
than
the
ones
we
listed
before.
From
that
disparity
study.
Sorry.
A
M
A
Okay,
I
mean
some
of
these
are
not
under
certain
amounts.
The
first
one
is
15
to
20
percent
MBE
in
architectural
and
engineering
sub
contracts
anyway,
I
can
follow
up
offline,
but
I
would
love
to
just
see
that
baked
into
the
presentation,
because
we
do
have
goals
on
the
table
and
I've
never
heard
if,
if
we've
actually
hit
those
any
year
since
then
it.
D
You
so
much
just
wrecking
my
sound
in
video
yeah.
Thank
you
and
I'll.
Try
not
to
repeat,
but
I
am
trying
to
keep
things
straight
and
it's
a
little
challenging
given
that
I'm
participating
on
my
cell
phone,
so
I
want
to
be
clear.
The
time
period
that
we're
talking
about
I,
think
I
heard
two
one:
two
two
and
two
three
for
FY
2008.
When
t
19
through
March,
is
it
March
31
of
2020?
That's.
D
M
M
D
So
I
would
be
interested
in
that
number,
but
I
want
to
know
of
all
of
the
money
that
Boston
is
spending.
How
much
goes
to
black,
but
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color
I
would
like
a
breakdown
of
black.
However,
so,
if
we
looked
at
here,
are
the
businesses
owned
like
NB
E?
Is
the
category
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color?
I
am
interested
in
also.
What
is
the
black
spent
I'd
be
interested
in
looking
at
what
is
the
black
spend?
D
D
You
thank
you,
so
what
I
would
be
interested
in
and
I
didn't
quite
I
didn't
quite
see
it
in
my
excuse.
Me
I
didn't
quite
see
it
in
my
in
the
slide
presentation
but
I'm
interested
in
just
knowing
the
overall
percentages
across
the
board,
for
you
know
how
we
did
on
nbe
how
we
did
on
WBE.
It
would
be
great
to
understand
also
the
special
Kovach
grants,
because
I
am
interested
in
that
money.
That
came
how
we
did
in
getting
that
money.
M
D
M
O
G
O
It's
pending
so
the
four
quarter,
three
for
MBE
and
MWBE,
so
that
those
two
things
together
total
the
MB
as
a
total.
When
we
talk
about
it,
the
percentage
is
seven
point.
Five,
seven
percent
and
WBE
is
three
point.
Four,
seven
percent
those
you
can't
add
them
together
right
because
there's
some
duplication,
because
the
WBE
includes
both
WBE
and
MWBE
as
well.
J
D
O
Is
an
improvement
I
will
have
to
open
the
file.
Give
me
one
second,
tell
you
so
the
one
thing
I
just
want
to
mention
that
Selena
just
mentioned,
which
I
think
is
really
important,
is
that
we
grants
are
not
typically
counted
and
discretionary.
The
reason
that
we've
called
grants
out
today
is
because,
because
they
they
are,
would
not
typically
be
captured
here
and
typically
spend
you
know
the
volume
of
spending
that
we've
directed
towards
these
grants.
O
D
Great
and
that
that's
fine,
you
can
come
back
to
it,
I'm,
mindful
that
I
may
be
running
out
of
time
here
and
when
we're
talking
about
the
Kovach
spend
the
grants
that
includes
the
cares
Act
from
the
feds.
Yes
right,
yes,
okay
I
would
be
interested
in
the
overall
discretionary
spend
for
not
just
the
quarter
how
the
quarter
is
compared
to
each
other.
D
Is
that
we're
really
promoting
and
supporting
local
businesses
of
color
in
our
communities?
I
am
interested.
I
haven't
been
able
to
peel
back
the
onion
to
see
if
I
think
these
numbers
are
real
or
that
I
shouldn't
say
real,
but
um
just
to
peel
back
the
onion
I
would
ask,
though,
assuming
that
you
know
there
aren't
things
that
are
that
shouldn't
be
counted
in
these
numbers.
D
M
Browning
black
businesses
in
our
certified
business
pool
and
I'm
also
got
here
a
question
on
a
separation
between
those
who
are
local
right
and
those
who
are
not,
and
so
we'll
have
to
have
to
come
back
to
you
and
we'll
get
you
that
information.
As
ask
you
a
question
of
barriers,
there
are,
there
are
a
number
of
barriers.
One
of
the
barriers,
particularly
is
in
the
information
that
you
see
here
once
again.
We're
trying
to
improve
our
ability
to
identify.
M
One
of
the
challenges
is
the
fact
that,
because
we
don't
have
stated
goals
where
people
can
come
in
and
say,
there
is
an
added
value
to
certifying
with
the
city
of
Boston,
then
you
know
it
is.
It
is,
and
it
is
a
lot
of
work
to
certify
you've
got
to
show
us
your
your
paperwork.
In
fact,
it's
a
very
legal
process.
It's
one
that's
been
set
up
by
the
courts
that
we
follow,
and
so
people
choose
not
to
certify
with
us
because
they
don't
need
to
in
order
to
do
business
with
us.
M
M
Have
the
time
I
don't
have
the
time
and
I
don't
need
to
Northwest
to
business?
So
so
that
is
D
major
barrier
D
major
barrier
is
the
city
has
to
increase
incentives
for
people
to
certify
was
one
of
the
investments
that
were
announced
by
chief
Hanley.
In
fact,
is
the
city
is
going
to
set
up
a
fund
to
assist
businesses
that
are
going
that
that
I'm
looking
to
do
business
with
the
city
we're
gonna
provide
loans?
M
We're
gonna
provide,
perhaps
guarantees
for
surety
bonds
we're
needed,
but
we
are
going
to
provide
that
only
to
businesses
that
certify
with
us.
So
we
are
trying
to
increase
the
incentives
for
businesses
to
certify
with
us,
and
we
think
that
this
new
loan
fund
will
allow
businesses
will
provide
businesses
incentives
so
that
they
can
go
to
that
long
process.
Very
legal
process
of
showing
us
their
documents.
D
Thank
you
so
much
and
I
realize
madam
chair
that
this
is
it
for
me.
I
want
to
hear
from
the
my
colleagues
as
well
as
the
next
panel
and
I'm
glad
you
brought
up
certification.
As
you
may
be
aware,
I
had
some
interns
last
year
that
worked
on
this.
What
other
ways
can
you
also
support
folks
and
getting
certified,
and
why
is
our
local
process
so
much
more
complicated
than
the
state
process?
D
Don't
have
to
answer
that
now,
but
I
want
to
put
that
on
the
table,
because
I
agree
that
that
is
a
barrier
is
our
certification
anyway,
I'm
gonna,
mute
myself
and
if
there's
a
second
round
I'll
come
back
for
follow-up
questions.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
other
colleagues
thank.
I
Thank
you
and
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
John's
comments
that
they
were
informative
about
the
certification
process
and
relating
to
that
John.
What
type
of
outreach
I
am
doing
to
these
companies
that
you
know
you
are
encouraging
them
to
get
certified,
but
how
are
you
doing
that
type
of
outreach
is
that
they
doing
workshops
with
them?
Are
you
having
conference
calls
give
it
give
us
an
idea,
or
what
is
that?
Are
you
doing
Thank.
M
N
We
still
had
representatives
from
the
procurement
office
because
there
they
also
help
people
become
vendors
with
the
city,
which
is
the
process
we
can
get
paid
by
the
city,
and
then
we
help
them
understand
how
to
become
certified,
and
so
everything
we
do
externally
always
has
a
component
around
certification,
and
that's
also
true
for
any
of
our
communications
that
we
do
so
our
monthly
newsletter.
We
always
have
a
plug
about
becoming
certified
I.
N
Do
think
that
the
more
that
we,
the
benefits
of
certification
and
how
we
were
able
to
find
vendors
and
match
them
to
opportunities,
that's
something!
That's
a
value
proposition
that
that
will
be
very
easy
for
people
to
understand,
but
right
now
they
need
to
understand
that
the
upfront
investment
is
worth
the
effort.
Thank.
I
I
What
what
assistance
are
you
giving
them
with
with
the
rents
as
the
market
continues
to
increase?
In
terms
of
you
know,
some
of
these
businesses
are
having
a
difficult
time
even
staying
in
that
neighborhood
or
saying.
Is
that
also
out
of
your
office
for
those
two
questions
and
then
I?
That's
it
for
me
again.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
You
councillor
Flynn
I,
want
to
quickly
acknowledge
the
expenditures
with
veteran
owned
companies.
They
are
low
percentage,
but
they
are
in
the
reports
that
we
sent
in
Q
1/2
to
2/3
of
fiscal
year.
2020
I'll
go
to
last
quarter
in
the
last
quarter.
We've
spent
about
1%
of
our
discretionary
funding
with
veteran
owned
businesses
that
came
out
to
a
total
of
about
a
hundred
and
twenty-six
thousand
dollars
and
happy
to
in
fact
share
with
you
who
those
companies
are
that
are
certified
with
the
city.
So
we'll
get
you
that
information
counselor.
M
M
The
Small
Business
Relief
Fund
was
was
aimed
at
small
businesses
being
able
to
pay
down
the
kind
of
expenses
that
were
threatening
their
existence
during
the
pandemic.
Some
of
it
for
some
people
were
rent.
A
lot
of
it
was
rent
for
people,
but
there
were
other
expenses.
Some
people
chose
to
pay
some
of
their
employees,
in
fact
to
help
them
out
those
particularly
those
essential
employees
that
needed
bonuses,
etc.
So
people.
C
You,
madam
chair,
um
I,
guess
one
question:
I
have
and
it's
sort
of
a
follow-up
I
think
on
the
question
that
the
chair
was
asking,
but
um
do
we
do
we
do
an
analysis
across
the
board
of
okay?
The
city
spends
this
much
of
our
discretionary
spending
on
like
these
types
of
categories,
and
this
is
also
where
we
have
a
real
dearth
of
certified
businesses
and
it's
that
kind
of
data
and
analysis
going
to
drive
the
additional
new
investment,
so
I
think
about
like
right.
C
We
look
across
the
board
and
say
how
much
we're
spending
on
paper.
How
much
are
you
spending
on
certain
types
of
construction
contracts?
How
much
are
we
spending
on?
You
know
the
architectural
services
so
I
just
and
I'm
new.
Obviously,
in
this
role
and
I
think
it
sounds
like
there's
was
some
of
that
category
conversation
around
the
executive
order.
What
analysis
done
that
and
how
it
is
informing
kind
of
a
strategic
approach
for
us.
N
Yeah,
that's
exactly
the
work
we're
doing
with
departments
as
they're
planning,
they're
they're
spending.
As
we
know,
they've
been
awarded.
Now
we
can
meet
with
them
and
say
well.
What
are
you
gonna
be
spending
in
the
next
year
and
it's
cheap
and
II
said
next
three
years,
because
a
lot
of
these
year
they're
planning
it
out
years
ahead
of
time.
So
we
hope
to
have
a
semblance
of
a
buying
plan.
N
But
the
the
other
piece
is
that
that's
exactly
how
the
disparity
study
will
be
broken
down
and
so
they're
analyzing
contract
opportunities
versus
market
availability
by
each
area,
so
by
goods
by
services,
by
construction
by
architecture
and
design,
and
so
we'll
have
what
we'll
be
able
to
see
where
there's
really
like.
Well,
there's
lots
of
opportunity
here
and
not
a
lot
of
vendors,
so
yeah
we're
looking
at
study,
but
in
real
time
as
we're
planning
our
for
this
fiscal
year.
Okay,
thanks
right,
because
obviously
I.
C
Think
it's
really
important
that
we,
if
I,
think
about
how
economic
development
could
help
right.
It's
it's
not
just
helping
the
departments
be
better
at
soliciting
the
bids,
but
like
fundamentally,
how
do
we
create
more
of
these?
Like
local
Boston,
you
know
minority
black
owned
businesses
that
are
actually
in
those
categories
spaces.
So
um
thank
you
and
then
could
you
talk
a
little
bit?
I
guess
this
is
a
follow
up
on
the
president's
question
because
again
I'm
less
familiar
with
our
certification
process.
C
She
Ferris
you
made
a
reference
to
a
court
decision
like
what
are
the
real
constraints
on
our
certification
process
in
terms
of
its
complexity.
What
work
have
we
don't
think
about
simplifying
because
there's
obviously
two
pieces
right,
there's
giving
everybody
technical
assistance
to
get
over
the
hump
of
certifying
and
incentivizing
them
to
certify
so
that
it's
worth
your
time?
But
it
also
just
the
question
of
lowering
the
barrier
and
I'd
love
to
understand
like
what
what's
really
essential
about
that
barrier
as
it
stands
so.
M
Selena
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
our
certification
process
is
any
more
onerous
in
the
States,
but
you
can
talk
better
to
that
because
you
understand
the
state
certification
process
better.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
state
certification
process?
I
just
want
to
first
talk
about.
You
know
the
court
cases
so
so
part
of
part
of
the
work
that
we
had
our.
M
Consultant
and
the
legal
firm
we
hired
to
do,
the
disparity
study
do
is
to
look
at
our
certification
process,
because
they're
informed
by
case
law
they
came
in,
did
a
did
a
look
at
it
and
said
yep.
You
know
it
would
stand
up
in
court
and
we
and
we
pushed
them
on
the
question.
How
do
we
make
it
simpler?
How
do
we
make
it
easier
for
people
to
do
and
they
and
they
really
pushed
back
and
said
you
can't?
M
We
don't
think
you
can
actually
remove
any
of
the
steps
that
you
have
in
your
certification
process
and
so
the
recommendation
we
got
from
the
from
the
disparity
consultants
and
the
legal
firm
helping
them
is
that
our
certification
would
stand
up
in
court
and
they
don't
think
we
should
change
it.
But
Selena.
Can
you
talk
about
the
comparison
with
the
state
yeah.
N
You
know
that
it's
not
a
way
of
people,
just
you
know
like
a
white
owned
corporation,
getting
business
through
some
front
operation,
that's
basically
against,
and
so
really
it's
what
we
asked
for
documentation,
tax
returns,
articles
of
incorporation
and,
depending
on
your
business
structure,
it's
simple
if
you're
a
sole
proprietor,
if
you're
a
corporation,
it's
more
complex,
but
it
isn't.
It's
really
just
like
uploading
documents,
the
application
itself,
I
think
is
three
pages,
and
it's
literally
name
address
phone
number.
N
So
that's
why
technically
right
now,
we
could
do
whatever
we
want,
because
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
strict
goals
around
our
program
yet,
but
we
want
to
be
able
to
stand
up
our
our
program
in
court
and
we're
very
aligned
with
the
state
and
in
and
we
now
have
cross
certification
between
the
two.
So
we
don't
really
ask
for
anything
that
they
don't
and.
B
A
C
Are
out
of
it?
Okay,
wait
can
I
can
I,
say
one
thing
then,
and
yes,
but
it
won't
be
a
question.
I'll
just
be
a
suggestion.
It
seems
to
me
like
one
way
of
using
all
that
we've
learned
a
lot
I
feel
like
in
the
kovat
process
through
the
business
surveys.
You
talked
about
about
the
landscape
of
our
local
business
and
then
and,
as
you
were
saying,
we've
got
so
many
who
are
not
certified,
um
who
we
think
meet
these
categories.
C
We
would
need
to
certify
them
right,
but
I,
just
I
wonder
if
if
we
could
be
casting
our
solicitation
that
more
widely
on
this
kind
of
informal
information,
we
have
to
at
least
get
people
aware
of
the
opportunity
isn't
interested
in
coming
in
and
certifying
and
applying
so
I
just
wanted
to
flag
that
it
feels
like
we
should
use
this
additional
depth
of
data
that
we've
gathered
in
the
last
few
months,
but
I'll
stop
there.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
Thank
You
councillor
Bock
and
just
because
I've
gotten
a
couple
text
messages
from
colleagues
on
the
total
numbers
which
I
and
I
just
was
able
to
crunch
them
based
on
the
data
that
was
sent
to
us
right
before
the
hearing.
Could
someone
first
confirm
maybe
to
handy
if
the
q3,
equitable
procurement
data
just
spreadsheet,
with
all
the
company
names
and
amounts?
Is
that
just
q3
or
is
that
everything
that
is
live
as
a
q3?
Are
we
missing
it?
Does
it
include
q1
q2?
Are
they
baked
into
there
so.
O
A
Thanks
I'm
suggest
for
colleagues
reference
I
think
I've
mentioned
in
the
slide
for
q3
it
was
10
a
little
over
10%
total
MWBE
7%,
total
nge
boston-based
MBE
is
0.76%,
boston-based
WBE
is
1.2
percent
state
MBE
is
6
point
4,
4
percent
and
state
WBE,
and
sometimes
those
are
inclusive
about
the
city.
So
much
state
WB
is
2.8.
4
percent.
Okay.
Next
up
this
comes
with
Julia
Mejia.
J
J
M
So
the
true
incentives
to
help
people
certify
will
be
when
we
have
goals
for
the
city
right.
So
we
anticipate
knowing
more
after
the
disparity
study
about
where,
where
we
could
have
goals,
if
we
can't
have
goals,
and
so
at
the
end
of
the
calendar
year,
we
would
be
able
to
answer
that
question
with
you
know
more
certainty,
constant,
thank.
J
You
and
then
I
really
do
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
partner
on
making
it
easier
to
become
certified
to
apply
for
city
contracts.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
I
think
that
mentioned
this
before
there's
like
43
pages
of
guides,
for
people
just
to
read
just
to
navigate
the
supplier
portal
in
the
college
Ingrid,
it's
not
accessible
to
a
lot
of
people
and
I'd
like
to
know
what
kind
of
out
the
Office
of
Economic
Development
has
done
to
get
feedback
on,
making
the
process
easier.
M
N
So,
as
part
of
the
disparity
study,
we
had
public
engagement
meetings,
I
want
to
say
it
was
six
total
blur
right
now,
three
that
were
since
October,
and
that
was
really
to
hear
people's
experience
and
challenges
with
doing
business
with
the
city.
We
offered
those
we
had
interpreters
available
at
every
session
and
we
heard
a
lot
of
feedback
at
that
point.
We
also
anything
that
we
do
any
kind
of
event
that
we
do
so.
Those
are
an
example.
N
J
Thank
you
for
that.
What
I
think
to
be
interesting
is
that
none
of
the
conversations
that
we
have,
whether
we're
talking
about
public
safety
package
about
public
health
or
news,
is
that
so
it's
the
same
subjects,
I'm
hearing
some
feedback
and
I,
don't
know
if
it's
my
so
much
on
you
that
it's
always
the
same
usual
suspects
that
always
show
up
I'm
curious.
J
N
Yeah
we
have
so
all
the
things
that
you
mentioned
are
things
that
we
do.
We
also
have
our
supplier
diversity,
Council,
that
was
established
when
the
exact
the
executive
order
was
signed
and
each
of
those.
So
we
have
like
Betty
Francisco
from
amplify
and
we
have
sugar
and
e
tomu
from
Becca
who
each
of
them
are
sort
of
amplifiers
within
their
own
different
communities.
And
so
we
have
that
formal
body
that
has
20-some
individuals
that
we
also
push
out
information
and
bring
in
information
from,
but
then
aren't.
N
We
have
an
outreach
manager
that
works
with
community
leaders.
So
everything
that
we
do
you
know
and
for
every
leader
it's
it
could
be
a
text.
It
could
be
a
phone
call,
it
could
be
an
email
and
I
know
that
that's
how
we've
been
able
to
get
a
lot
of
people
to
guitar
events,
but
always
happy
to
find
new
sources,
radio
stations
or
whatever
it
is
that
that
can
really
help
us
reach
even
more
people,
but
so
far
we
have
used
the
channels.
J
Now
and
then
I'm
also
curious
in
regards
to
the
engagement.
You
know,
there
are
a
lot
of
activist
groups
who
are
out
here
doing
this
work.
Priscilla
is
one
of
our
panelists
and
we
have
other
folks
who
have
been
engaged
in
this
conversation
for
far
too
long
and
I'm
just
curious
in
terms
of
the
level
of
engagement.
You
know
at
some
point
we're
gonna
have
to
put
out
here's
what
we
plan
to
do:
here's,
how
we're
going
to
hold
ourselves
accountable
to
these
deliverables.
J
O
Can
take
that
one
if
you
want
to
Selena
um
so
counselor
I
would
say
on
the
executive
order,
which
I
think
we
think
is
really
an
important
foundation.
Those
those
deliverables
and
timelines
were
laid
out
in
the
executive
order,
and
you
know
in
full
transparency,
Dudek
Ovid.
We
are
a
little
bit
behind
where
we
want
to
be
in
terms
of
those
public
dates.
O
We
are
not
the
full
calendar
of
co-ed
delay
behind
and
so
I
think.
Our
measure
of
success
is
gonna,
be
catching
back
up
as
quickly
as
possible
to
hit
the
training
deadlines,
the
form
deadlines,
the
meeting
deadlines.
A
lot
of
the
work
has
been
done
already.
It's
really
just
getting
through
that
final
step
of
implementing,
so
we've
got
a
lot
of
great
things,
teed
up
in
terms
of
forms
for
departments
and
trainings
that
we
work
with
the
AG's
office
on
and
those
are
all
sort
of
imminently
ready
to
be
rolled
out.
O
But
we
just
need
to
to
get
those
across
the
finish
line
as
we've
sort
of
juggled
that
work
with
all
of
the
other
kovat
response
works
that
we've
been
doing
I'm
in
particular,
you
know
obviously,
OED
and
a
and
F
have
been
heavily
involved
in
that,
and
you
can
see
that
from
the
topic
of
the
grants
that
have
come
up
today.
So
has.
J
N
Can
I
partner
with
them
or
can
I
meet
them,
but
we're
trying
to
find
out
work
more
closely
with
departments
to
find
people
that
were
close,
but
they
something
was
off
in
their
proposal
or
their
pricing
is
way
off
and
actually
follow
up
and
we're
gonna
pilot
that,
with
this
bowling
contract
that
was
just
awarded
where
there
were
a
couple
of
minority
bender
vendors
that
were
really
close.
But
there
was
something
that
they
missed
in
the
proposal
so
that
we
can
do
that
live
feedback.
So
they
can
learn
from
that
and.
J
Then
one
last
thing
I'd
like
to
offer
is
that
um
I
think
we
were
talking
about
procurement
and
giving
people
an
opportunity
to
apply,
but
I
think
that
what
we
should
start
doing
is
giving
a
time
frame
and
allowing
those
harder
to
engage
businesses
and
giving
them
the
first
option.
And
then
we
roll
it
out.
So
then
that
way,
we're
really
being
mindful
of
those
who
might
have
additional
challenges
and
that
you
know
the
first.
J
You
know
the
first
outreach
that
we
do
engages
harder
to
reach
businesses
and
then,
after
that,
maybe
the
usual
suspects
and
then
the
ones
who
have
you
know
the
big
bucks.
So
I
think
that
if
you
start
thinking
about
it
in
a
Rolla
out
where
you're
giving
priority
and
giving
folks
who
may
encounter
barriers
a
longer
period
of
time
to
be
the
ones
to
first
apply,
then
you
might
be
able
to
level
the
playing
field
in
that
way
to
something
think
about.
A
Okay,
so
let
me
see
who's
left.
We
have
three
counselors
left
in
this
first
round.
Questions
I
think
others
have
have
gone
on
to
other
commitments,
so
they
don't
see.
Counselor
sabi
George
here
anymore,
am
I
wrong.
Okay,
so
then
we'll
move
to
hell,
sir
Arroyo
next
then
counselor
Malley,
then
counselor,
Edwards
I'm.
Sorry,
oh
thank.
K
You,
madam
chair,
so
I
guess.
My
first
question
is
about
system,
because
I'm
hearing
a
lot
about
and
it's
what
I've
heard
throughout
the
entire
budget
process,
just
kind
of
what
I
hear
about
trying
to
get
more
access
or
outreach
to
communities
of
color
to
bring
them
into
our
current
contracting
process
is
that
is
that
accurate
in
terms
of
what
the
actual
attempts
are
being
made
now
to
kind
of
diversify?
Those
numbers
is
the
idea
here
that
we
need
more
outreach.
O
Let's
say
it's
probably
to
fooled:
counselor
I
think
that's
certainly
a
piece
of
it
and
that's
the
piece
that
I
think
OD
is
primarily
responsible
for
there's
absolutely
also
the
other
side
of
this,
which
I
think
the
mayor's
executive
order
was
primarily
focused
on,
which
is
how
does
the
city
do
this
and
what
types
of
sort
of
new
interventions
or
additional
layers
of
thoughtfulness
can
we
add
to
this
to
make
sure
that
we
are
sort
of
considering
both
sides
of
the
equation,
which
is
why
it's
really
an
A
and
F.
We
deep
partnership,
yeah.
K
Because
I
think,
for
me,
my
belief
is
that
the
process
itself
is
flawed
and
that,
if
we're,
if
we're
trying
to
just
bring
more
people
of
color
to
apply
to
a
process
that
continues
to
create
a
systemic
result
that
then
we're
not
actually
changing
the
systemic
result
itself.
We're
just
we're
exposing
that
that
process
to
more
people
of
color
and
so
I
guess.
K
For
me,
the
question
is
what
things
have
you
identified
if
any
our
barriers
to
that
within
the
system
itself
baked
into
the
system
beyond
just
the
fact
that
people
of
color
don't
have
access
to
that
system?
What
barriers
have
you
identified
and
intend
to
resolve
within
the
contracting
system
itself.
N
N
Yeah
I
can
I
can
speak
to
a
few
of
them.
There's
a
lot
that
we're
looking
at
in
terms
of
RFP
wording
and
making
sure
that
that
the
criteria
is
similar.
You
you
see
this
in
the
hiring
process,
or
sometimes
you
put
you
kind
of
inflate
the
requirements
and
then
you
you
automatically
are
discriminating
against
the
candidates
that
are
people
of
color
or
women
or
come
from
disadvantaged
background.
So
we're
looking
at
that
in
our
process
to
make
sure
that
all
the
requirements
that
are
in
there
are
necessary.
N
For
example,
there
was
a
contract
that
that
I
was
looking
at
that
that
had
like
a
million
dollar
bonding
requirement
because
the
activity
was
happening
within
a
city
building,
but
the
million
dollar
bonding
is
only
required
if
you're
building
a
building,
not
if
the
activities
happening
within
a
building
right.
So
it
was
a
very
low
risk
activity
that
was
happening.
So
you
didn't
need
that
level
of
bonding,
so
we're
looking
at
and
a
lot
of
these
things
aren't
are
just
kind
of
like
boilerplate
and
they
get
used
over
and
over.
N
N
What
is
being,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
that
we're
awarding
points
for
diversity,
where
possible
right
where
you
know
there,
there's
some
room
within
existing
laws
that
we
haven't
fully
used
in
our
process,
he's
still
making
sure
that
there
are
credits
or
points
given
to
local,
experienced
vendors
that
have
what
we
need.
So
we
are
looking
at
a
lot
of
things
internally
and
we
definitely
don't
want
to
just
bring
people
into
a
process
where
they're
set
up
to
fail.
That.
K
That's
the
that's
kind
of
the
gist
of
where
I'm
trying
to
get
to
is
making
sure
that
this
process
and
I
think
we're
all
aligned
on
that,
and
so
my
question
on
that
changing
the
process
itself,
not
just
how
we
get
people
to
enroll
into
this
process.
What
barriers
are
you
finding
to
those
changes?
Are
they
changes
you
can
make
internally?
Are
there
state
laws
that
are
barriers
to
these
things?
Are
there
municipal
things
that
we
should
know
about
that?
M
Yeah,
it
comes
to
the
that's,
exactly
we're,
sharing
we're
sharing,
how
we
look
at
this.
In
fact,
the
biggest
barrier
we
do
have
right
now
is
in
our
procurement
process.
That's
guiding
rules
and
laws
that
are
guided
by
the
state
laws
that
Emma
referred
to
and
and
right
now
we
think
the
most
important
tool
we
can
bring
to
that
barrier
will
be
the
disparity
study
and
so
looking
at
the
disparity
study
as
a
way
to
address
the
way
we
do
procurement
so
that
we
can,
because
it's
disparity,
study
frankly
as
a
legal
tool
right.
M
K
N
E
You,
madam
chair
I'm,
gonna,
keep
my
remarks
brief
I'm
having
some
technical
difficulties
but,
more
importantly,
I
really
want
to
hear
from
the
next
panel
waited
patiently
and
I
know
of
been
leaders
in
this
conversation.
First
and
foremost,
thanks
to
you,
madam
chair
and
the
council
president
for
calling
this
hearing,
it's
the
great
use
of
the
post
audit
and
oversight
committee.
Obviously
what
gets
measured
gets
managed.
So
this
is
a
great
opportunity
to
check
in
and
I
know.
E
This
is
the
first
of
a
series
of
these,
as
it
relates
to
equity,
purchasing
and
so
many
other
issues,
so
I'm
grateful
to
be
with
all
of
you,
Thank
You,
Selina,
John
and
Emma
for
spending
some
time
with
us
this
afternoon.
Obviously,
there's
some
really
positive
trends
to
see
that
you've
all
highlighted,
which
is
great
I,
don't
want
that
to
get
lost,
but
I
mean
relic
raises
that
I
have
a
lot
more
work.
E
We
don't
need
to
do,
but
this
is
but
I
didn't
want
to
just
remark
on
that
on
all
of
your
great
works,
particularly
Selina
and
John.
Your
great
work
in
this
space.
That's
all
for
now.
I
do
obviously
I
got
the
side
deck
and
we'll
be
going
over
it
and
more
detail
and
may
have
some
more
offline
questions
at
which
I'll
follow
up,
but
really
wanted
to
thank
the
advocates
as
well
particular
gun
and
Senator,
Wilkinson
and
Priscilla,
and
so
many
others
who
we
will
hear
from
shortly.
So
I
look
forward
to
hearing
the
testimony.
Q
Thank
you
very
much,
so
I
just
wanted
to
echo
some
of
the
questions
from
my
my
colleagues.
Actually
just
really
one
big
question
because
it
seems
like
the
bottleneck
is
around
the
certification
and
I'm
just
trying
to
make
sure
I
understand
how
you
are
casting
the
widest
net
possible
to
line
people
up
to
get
them
to
get
certified
and
that
that
is
where
it
seems
like
it
and
I
could
am.
I
did
I
characterize
the
issue
at
hand,
it's
it's.
Q
It's
a
certification
or
enough
certified
and
aw
the
businesses,
because
I'm
curious,
have
you
father
or
have
you
partnered,
for
example,
with
the
Secretary
of
State,
so
that
any
new
LLC
that
has
formed
a
corporation
or
any
new
business
that
has
to
be
in
Boston
right.
So
have
you
looked
at
the
addresses
on
an
annual
basis
of
all
those
new
businesses
they
have
to
put
their
you
know,
registered
agents
they
put
where
they
physically
are
having
partner
with
them
to
just
do
a
massive
sweep
every
year
to
talk
about
certification.
Q
Talk
about
mbw.
All
of
those
different
things
does
that
does
that
go
out
on
a
yearly
basis?
I
know
with
the
DBAs
our
clerk's
office
does
DBAs
on
a
regular
basis,
so
for
any
business
that
files
a
DBA
in
our
clerk's
office.
Do
you
currently,
then,
on
a
monthly
or
annual
basis,
send
them
information
hi
welcome
to
the
city
of
Boston.
Where
has
so
happy
to
do
business
here
for
those
of
you
who
qualify?
This
is
what
certification
looks
like.
N
So
what
we're
looking
at,
we
we
have
the
partnership
with
a
state
certification
office
which
has
helped
us
really
understand
a
little
bit
more
about
who
we're
doing
business
with
the
other
piece
that
that
gets
out.
What
you're
saying
that
I
think
is
might
be
a
more
precise
tool.
Is
that
everyone
that
signs
up
through
the
supplier
portal?
So
that's
everyone
that
is
interested
in
doing
business
with
the
city
and
now
every
procurement
is
electronic
for
the
most
part,
except
for
construction,
and
so
they
have
to
go
through
the
supplier
portal.
N
There's
an
interface
there
where
you
can
select
if
you
are
minority-owned
or
women
on
so
now
we're
mining
that
data,
because
it
the
way
that
it's
presented.
It's
not
something
you
have
to
select
and
it's
not
very
clear
what
you're
selecting,
and
so
we
know
that
there's
some
false
positives
in
there,
but
but
that
is
actually
what
we
think
is
our
strongest
pool
is
people
that
have
gone
through
and
said,
and
then
our
second
strongest
pool
are
people
that
that
departments
know
we
do
business
with
them.
N
We
know
who
the
leader
the
ownership,
is
they're,
not
certified
and
helping
those
folks
become
certified
and
reaching
out
to
them.
So
those
are
the
two
pools
we're
looking
at,
but
we're
open
to
new
ideas
and
I
know
the
clerk's
office.
We've
we've
thought
of
as
well,
but
the
Secretary
of
State's
office
I
think
is
another
great
place
to
look
for
for
folks.
I
would.
Q
I
would
I
understand
honestly
I,
understand,
honestly
that
the
issue
is
that
the
certification
and
the
pools
might
be
one
one
aspect
of
it,
but
I
do
do
think
that
it's
worth
partnering,
because
assuming
people
know
enough
to
approach
the
city
of
Boston
feel
confident
enough
to
approach
the
city
of
office
and
saying
interested
in
your
business
is
one
thing
and
for
a
lot
of
businesses,
there's
a
lot
of
preset
notions
of
who
even
should
be
working
with
the
city.
So
I
have
you
know
folks
who
have
really
small
micro
businesses.
Q
If
you
did
it
every
month,
missus
can
be
born
every
single
day,
but
on
an
annual
basis,
sent
out
to
those
with
boxes,
addresses
an
information
packet
of
how
to
do
business
best
practices.
I
can
tell
you
honestly.
Even
small
businesses
sometimes
have
no
idea
how
to
orient
and
move
around
City
Hall,
so
I
mean
a
Welcome
Packet
that
also
included
this
I
think
would
be
a
huge
push
towards
making
the
city
of
Boston,
especially
the
way
the
city
government
operates.
A
M
G
A
Thank
you
very
much
um
so
then
I
know
okay.
So
if
any
councillors
have
a
second
round
of
questions
for
the
administration,
could
you
please
raise
your
blue
hands
on
the
participants
tabs
like
I
know,
and
we
can
then
get
a
sense
of
if
the
administration
it
needs
to
stay
for
more
time
or
not
they've
already
been
incredibly
generous
with
their
time,
but
for
now
I'm
going
to
take
the
liberty,
okay,
so
I,
see.
D
Yeah
I
don't
want
to
take
time
for
questions.
I
would
like
some
follow-up
on
the
disparity
study.
We
have
didn't
get
clear
where
we
are
in
that,
so
we
don't
have
to
do
it
now.
I'm
happy
to
go
right
to
the
panel,
but
I
want
to
raise
that
because
it
keeps
coming
up
and
and
I
didn't
get
to
do
that
in
my
first
round.
We
can
go
straight
in
madam
chair.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
A
Thank
you,
madam
president,
so
we
will
now
I
do
not
see
any
blue
hands
anyway.
So
thank
you
so
much
to
the
administration
we
ripple
and
we
will
follow
up
for
sure
so
now
we'll
go
to
your
good
Etowah
from
Becca,
Mott
and
then
sugar
and
will
be
followed
by
Senator
Dianne
Wilkerson,
miss
Priscilla
Flint
banks
and
her
isse
Hardaway
a.
R
Good
afternoon
president
Janey
and
madam
chairwoman,
councillor
Wu
other
committee
members
and
honorable
city
councilors,
who
were
joining
us
this
afternoon,
I
appreciate
your
invitation
to
participate
a
dentist
hearing
on
docket
number
zero.
Three,
nine
zero
order
for
hearing
regarding
equity
in
the.
R
R
Unfortunately,
we
weren't
able
to
see
all
of
this
data
before
today
and
so
we'll
be
spending
some
time
reviewing
what
was
shared
and
sharing
more
of
our
thoughts.
Later
you
know,
I
was
taught
to
give
credit.
Where
do
you
so
I
want
to
commend
you
for
mr.
mayor
for
increasing
the
capacity
of
Economic
Development.
One
of
the
recommendations
we
made
last
year
was
about
boosting
the
office,
particularly
of
of
Selena
equity
and
inclusion,
so
happy
to
hear
that
more
money
has
been
added
to
that
department.
R
I
mean
we'll
hope
that
that
capacity
needs
to
progress
in
this
area.
I
also
want
to
congratulate
the
city
for
getting
two
whole
numbers
when
it
comes
to
contracting
with
minority
businesses.
So
again,
it's
funny
because
you
know
what
I'm
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
all
of
you.
I
have
to
apologize
at
the
outset
was
going
to
prepare
written
remarks,
which
of
course,
I'll
do
after
this.
But
when
I
was
reviewing
the
remarks
that
I
gave
424
days
ago,
May
2nd
of
2019
for
a
hearing
on
the
equity
and
city
contracting
I
realized.
C
R
I
might
be
committing
plagiarism
because
of
myself,
because
I'd
be
delivering
some
of
the
same
remarks
that
I
gave
a
little
more
than
a
year
ago.
But
the
good
thing
is
that
it
means
that
I'm
not
going
to
have
to
reiterate
one
of
the
points
I
made
then,
which
was
about
the
availability
of
particularly
black
owned
businesses
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
throughout
the
Commonwealth.
R
C
R
Black
businesses,
these
businesses
were
not
only
in
the
food
services
or
contracting
industries,
but
they
covered
a
wide
swath,
so
we'll
look
forward
to
them
being
included
in
future
contracting
opportunities
in
an
April
hearing
for
docket
zero.
Five,
eight
for
order
for
a
here
regarding
planning
for
an
equitable
recovery
from
the
impacts
of
koban
19
I,
mentioned
that
over
60%
of
our
members
of
more
than
300
of
our
members
indicated
not
having
reserves
to
last
up
to
90
days,
which
could
result
in
their
permanent
closure.
R
I
also
mentioned
that
the
Center
for
Responsible
Lending
showed
that
95
percent
of
black
businesses
across
the
nation
did
not
gain
access
to
the
paycheck
protection
program,
and
just
last
week
there
was
a
national
report
released
that
showed
that
whether
indicated
that
41%
of
black
owned
businesses
have
closed
their
doors
as
a
result
of
Cove
in
19,
again
we'll
acknowledge
the
city's
efforts
to
provide
grant
funding
to
minority-owned
businesses.
Overall,
you
know
yes,
I
think
it
was
mentioned.
R
R
But
you
know
one
thing
that
Senator
Dianne
Wilkerson
has
said
who
I
know
is
going
to
speak
next
and
who
I'm
very
much
looking
forward
to
her
comments.
You
know
she
has
said
repeatedly,
which
is
true,
that
whatever
the
numbers
are
for
small
businesses
overall,
whether
it
be
in
the
nation
or
here
in
Massachusetts,
in
terms
of
how
many
will
close,
you
could
double
or
triple
that
number
from
black
visits.
R
This
is
not
alarmism,
but
this
is
rather
a
prognostication
and
rather
a
correct
one
that
we
see
coming
to
fruition
almost
every
day
here
in
the
city,
but
I'm
not
going
to
have
to
reiterate
all
these
things.
That
I
said
last
year
that
I've
said
at
other
hearings
that
I've
made
in
public,
because
the
body
knows
the
numbers
in
this
TRAI
sue
knows
these
numbers
too,
and
so,
while
these
figures
represent
the
scale
of
the
problem
and
that
on
the
national
level,
we
cannot
afford
to
replicate
them
on
the
local
level.
R
R
Of
reporting
I
mentioned
this
on
May
2nd
2019,
mentioned
in
a
meeting
with
the
mayor
on
recommendations
that
the
administration
should
take
mention
again
today
that
the
Office
of
Economic
Development
must
abide
by
existing
legislation,
which
was
mentioned
earlier
from
2017
report
on
their
numbers
on
a
quarterly
basis.
It
should
not
take
the
council
prodding
to
receive
this
information,
nor
should
it
take
the
public
meeting
to
file
requests
in
order
to
receive
what
is
public
information.
We
know
that
the
numbers
are
not
great,
but
this
is
not
a
reason
to
hide
them.
R
Two
weeks
ago,
the
mayor
declared
that
Boston
would
get
ly
beaten
racism.
Part
of
that
effort,
includes
the
city
naming
and
ignol,
therefore
facing
its
failures
as
a
result
of
systemic
racism,
not
burying
them
in
press
releases
or
combining
certain
categories
to
mask
the
true
numbers.
For
this
reason,
it's
important
that
the
data
be
disaggregated.
This
point
was
brought
up
by
councillor
G
Daniel
chef
for
bringing
up
this
point,
that
in
review
that
we
need
to
identify
not
just
minority
business
but
black
owned
business,
lanex
own
business,
etc.
R
In
order
for
us
particularly
organizations
like
Beck
ma,
let
the
amplify
Latin
X
to
know
what
work
we
need
to
do
for
our
members
and
for
our
community
to
ensure
that
we're
connected
in
the
sources
that
were
discussed
earlier
by
the
administration
in
reviewing
information
from
last
year's
hearing,
while
minority
spending
was
around
0.65
percent
and
again,
this
is
based
on
the
numbers
that
were
available.
Then
I
know
that
the
city
added
subcontracting
numbers
later
on,
but.
R
R
You
know
we
weren't
able
to
review
the
data
share
today.
It
was
not
available
before
this
we
weren't
able
to
analyze
and
therefore
we
can't
you
know
either
congratulate
or
push
the
administration
should
be
better
when
it
comes
particularly
to
black
owned
businesses,
because
it
must
be
noted,
minority
owned
does
not
mean
black
owned,
it
just
means
non-white,
and
so
you
know
doing
great
or
pushing
these
numbers
up
to
seven
or
eight
percent
for
minority
businesses
does
not
mean
that
black
and
brown
communities
are
getting
more
of
the
pie.
R
R
Pertinent
and
important
question
70
asked
about
that
as
an
organization,
Beckman
is
going
to
continue
to
advocate
for
the
fact
that
the
city
has
to
set
goals
with
or
without
this
disparity
study.
Last
year
we
recommended
a
goal
from
an
enforced
spending
of
10
15
and
20
percent
over
three
over
a
three-year
period
for
black
owned
businesses.
We
can
certainly
increase
those
goals
for
minority-owned,
knowing
that,
even
though
we
might
make
up
11%
of
the
of
the
businesses
and
would
love
to
see
the
data.
F
R
C
R
When
it
comes
to
contracting
so
I
think
we
can
get
these
ten
fifteen
or
twenty
percent
goals
over
three
years.
If
the
city
can't
set
goals
legally,
we
need
to
set
benchmarks
or
use
some
other
lofty
legal
language
to
help
us
achieve
not
only
whole
numbers
but
double
digits
based
on
the
population
size
of
black
folks
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but
not
only
setting
these
benchmarks,
but
we
need
to
tie
them
whether
their
goals
benchmarks.
R
Whatever
word
you
want
to
use,
we
need
to
tie
them
to
promotions
wage
increases
etc
for
employees
who
are
responsible
for
contracting,
or
else
it
will
not
matter
what
policies
we
put
in
place.
If
someone's
job
is
not
on
the
line
for
hitting
these
goals
or
benchmarks
or
other
you
know,
work
we
decide
to
use,
then
it
will
not
matter,
and
we
will
continue
to
be
here
every
single
year
talking
about
the
lack
of
equity
and
city
contract.
R
R
Barrios
and
the
Office
of
Economic
Development,
but
we
have
to
actually
use
the
council
for
the
intended
purpose.
So
currently,
how
it
operates
is
that
we
receive
information
to
share
with
our
members
and
other
folks
in
our
community,
rather
than
actually
participating
in
shaping
and
building
programs
from
the
ground
up.
So
this
is
what
you
know.
We
get
one
program
or
one
press
conference
or
one
executive
order
after
another
every
single
year
that
falls
flat
and
continues
our
lack
of
progress
in
this
area.
R
R
R
A
couple
of
our
members
have
talked
about
this
and
so
creating
that
a
loan
fund
or
some
kind
of
fun
to
help
people
get
through
the
process.
For
us,
the
biggest
incentive
to
get
folks
to
become
certified
is
to
give
business
to
the
people
who
are
already
certified.
Work.
Try
fast
and
word
is
greater
than
any
loan
or
grant
monies
to
get
people
to
be
certified.
F
R
R
If
this
mayor
is
committed
to
making
Boston
a
leader
in
defeating
racism
and
listening
to
black
people,
assuming
he
is
included
in
his
comments
on
white
people,
not
speaking
but
listening,
then
here
is
where
he
can
lead
by
addressing
the
woeful
economic
conditions
and
black
communities.
Earlier
this
year,
McKinsey
and
company
reported
that
if
we
were
to
close
the
racial
wealth
gap,
we
would
add
one
to
one
and
a
half
trillion
dollars
to
the
economy.
Part
of
this
wealth
is
added
due
to
the
growth
and
sustaining
of
black
businesses.
This.
R
F
R
Invitation
to
to
present
today
and
all
I'll
say
is
that
you
know
we
look
forward
to
understanding
what
is
behind
some
of
the
increase
in
these
percentages
so
that
we
don't
confuse
motion
with
actual
progress
and
understand.
What's
working,
so
we
know
how
to
sustain
it
or
on
a
continual
basis.
So,
thank
you
all
very
much.
P
P
I'm
actually
excited
that
I
get
to
go
after
the
gun,
because
I
knew
that
he
was
going
to
lay
out
facts
that
were
so
important,
but
here's
where
here's
where
it
is
for
me
I
think
it's
also
important
that
he
was
in
all
of
the
testimony,
the
first
one
to
mention
directly
and
discuss
the
issue
of
race
and
the
implication
that
it
has
on
this
entire
process,
probably
more
than
any
other
that
we
discussed
so
I
have
I
can
hear
something.
In
the
background.
P
Let
me
say
this
council
president
Janie
and
her
initial
remarks
said
something
I
voted
down,
so
that
I
would
not
forget.
She
talked.
She
said
that
the
city
of
Boston,
if
we
are
serious
about
delivering
any
of
what
the
mayor
said
on
three
weeks
ago,
must
radically
change
shake
things
up
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
move
in
a
different
in
a
bowl
way.
P
I
could
not
agree
with
her
more
so
I'm
going
to
use
my
time
just
to
talk
about
very
specific
experience,
because
I
think
it
says
everything
about
where
we
are
in
the
month
of
April
I.
Think
kind
of
Sargon
talked
about
that.
I
was
also
participating
in
that
City
Council
hearing
to
talk
about.
What's
what's
next
and
what's
going
to
happen
with
this
city
that
was
dealing
with
a
pandemic
that
six
months
ago,
none
of
us
could
have
anticipated.
P
We
knew
then,
that
our
the
state
of
our
the
economy
and
the
health
of
our
community
of
people
of
color,
and
when
we
talk
about
that,
we
always
want
to
be
clear
that
we're
talking
about
black
and
Latino
people.
Why?
Because
we
make
up
like
the
majority
of
this
population,
when
we
talk
about
people
of
color,
it
just
so
happens,
ironically,
that
we
also
happen
to
be
now.
We
know
63%
of
the
total
population
of
communities
of
people
impacted
by
the
Cova
19
virus.
P
Those
things
are
so
inextricably
connected,
and
if
we
are
going
to
have
a
conversation
about
the
economy,
we
have
to
acknowledge
that
piece.
So
I
want
to
start
there.
I
got
involved
in
April
with
a
Cole
group,
because
a
coalition
of
different
organizations,
nonprofits
individuals
who
were
concerned
that,
given
the
city
of
Boston's
history
unbundling
it
when
it
comes
to
dealing
with
race,
that
we
needed
to
be
clear
at
the
outset
that
there
had
to
be
an
advocacy
around.
P
P
P
We
also
have
some
level
of
expertise
being
on
the
ground
and
working
with
BG
and
who
stays
on
top
of
the
back
Boston
Employment
Commission
and
the
nonprofit
directors
Network,
who
who
the
black
directors
Network
and
specifically
working
with
the
folks
who
dealing
with
the
food
and
the
food
deserts
and
the
food
gaps
that
we
are
dealing
with.
So
all
of
that
is
that
play
and
the
fact
that
we
could
not
get
a
response
to
that
question.
P
Those
questions
says
it
all
so
I'm
gonna
go
to
the
next
point
for,
and
this
is
really
for
the
councilors
that
voted
no
vote.
It
voted.
Yes,
I
would
say
voted
yes
last
week
and
that
what
did
we
vote
yes
to
be,
as
we
are
in
a
grant
a
pandemic,
still
we're
in
a
pandemic
on
racism
very
much
still
and
and
with
all
of
the
discussion
by
many
of
you
in
fact,
about
what
we
need
to
do
as
a
city
of
Boston.
The
people
like
me
who
are
on
the
ground.
P
We
recognize
clearly
that
a
lot
of
the
hope
that
we
had
about
what
the
mayor
said
three
weeks
ago
and
what
we
know
has
to
happen
for
a
real
dismantling
of
systemic
racism
process.
Those
hopes
were
dashed
last
week
to
the
extent
that
we
were
told
would
have
been
nice
to
be
able
to
do
it,
we're
going
to
have
to
put
that
on
hold
for
right
now.
P
The
reality
is
is
that
none
of
you
can
be
satisfied
with
the
fact
that
99
average
and
95
to
98%
of
all
of
the
money
that
you
spend,
that
you
approve
that
you
sign
off
on
that
the
city
spends
goes
to
white
businesses
in
a
city.
That's
55
percent
people
of
color
and
to
me,
that's
really
what
it
boils
down
to
this
is
not
about
certification.
P
It's
not
about
technical
assistance,
of
course,
they're
businesses
that
need
help
trying
to
get
in
the
door,
but
the
reality
is
that
we
figured
out.
Is
the
city
how
to
give
99%
of
the
business
to
people
who
don't
have
to
get
certified
so
to
me,
says
that
you
could
figure
it
out
for
the
for
the
folk
of
color?
P
If
that
was
the
focus
and
attention
the
bottleneck
is
right
in
that
building,
though
the
bottleneck
is
in
those
departments,
the
bottleneck
is
even
in
Nubians
square,
because
when
I
looked
at
the
report,
the
17f
report
that
councillor
Jani
and
councillor
Wu
allowed
us
to
see
what
was
so
disheartening
is
that
that
purchasing
was
done
across
every
department.
I
saw
Public,
Works
I
saw
parks,
I
saw
the
school
department,
I
saw
the
police
department,
I,
saw
the
fire
department
and
so
no
way
in
our
city
process.
P
Is
there
somebody
sitting
in
that
room,
saying
wait
a
minute
wait
a
minute?
How
can
this
be?
How
can
it
be
that
we
have
a
city
that
looks
like
this,
but
a
purchasing
process
where
all
of
our
money
goes?
That
looks
so
different
and
you
guys,
you
know
to
me:
that's
just
that's
the
bottom
line.
The
reason
we
fight
for
black
business
is
to
get
business
from
the
city
is
because
they
hire
black
people.
P
P
So
here
we
sit,
drag
down,
Blue
Hill,
Avenue
drag
down,
Warren
Street
drag
down,
Washington
Street
and
you
begin
to
see
what
we
know
is
going
to
be
devastation,
because
a
lot
of
those
businesses
are
not
open
yet
and
they're
not
going
to
open
they're
not
going
to
open
and
there's
a
whole
host
of
reasons.
Why?
But
much
of
that
is
that
they
never
had
the
opportunity
when
they
were
open,
that
others
do
to
access.
P
I
will
tell
you
I
said
in
the
State
House
that
it
said
in
the
Parkman
house.
I've
never
been
asked,
because
that's
not
how
this
city
works.
We
work
on
petty
politics.
If
there's
a
perception-
and
they
don't
like
you,
they
don't
ask
you
questions
and
the
community
suffers
it's
at.
We
see
it
in
the
City
Council
dynamic.
We
see
it
in
the
in
the
day
to
day
night
dynamic
and
how
we
deal
with
as
citizens.
The
reality
is
is
that
the
focus
should
not
be
on
just
volume.
P
The
focus
should
be
on
the
numbers
and
if
you
look
at
the
numbers
that
were
provided
in
that
17f
report
90
days
of
coded
nineteen
spending,
which
meant
emergency
declaration
spending,
which
means
a
abbreviated
or
certainly
an
alleviated
bidding
process
right,
we
found
two
black
businesses
to
do
business
with.
That's
the
fact.
That's
not
my
numbers,
that's
what
your
report
says.
P
I
say:
I,
don't
see
it
because
it
could
very
well
be.
There
could
very
well
be
one
I,
don't
know
what
I
do
know
is
that
I
see
two
black
businesses,
two
black
businesses
in
a
process
where,
outside
of
a
bidding
process,
what
happens
is
the
city
needs
masks?
The
city
needs
masks.
The
city
needs
sanitizers.
P
The
city
needs
to
do
cleaning
those
kinds
of
things
that
we
knew
we're
going
to
be
needed
in
a
pandemic
and
in
all
around
the
world
we
were
able
to
find
two
black
businesses
and,
like
I,
said
from
what
I
can
see
no
Latino
businesses,
that's
what
you
have
to
deal
with
for
the
members
of
the
council.
Are
you
satisfied
with
that
that
somehow
95
an
average
of
95
to
99
percent
of
this
almost
600
average
650
million
dollars
that
we're
spending
on
an
average
basis?
P
What
is
the
decision-making
process
that
goes
on
in
that
building
when
it
gets
to
the
bottom
line
on
that
table
and
the
procurement
director,
or
whether
it's
for
the
city
or
bps
or
all
in
departments
that
have
to
spend
money
when
when
they
have
to
make
that
decision?
What
is
it
that
is
keeping
us
from
giving
any
opportunity
to
the
very
people
who
we
all
have
been
talking
about
being
our
essential
workers,
our
central
business,
our
central
community,
for
the
last
90
days?
That's
the
question.
P
A
disparity
study,
I'm,
going
to
start
with
this
one,
the
purpose
of
the
disparity
study
and
I,
think
Selena
said
that
is
to
document
availability.
So
it
will
tell
you
that
3%
of
the
plumbers
that
we
have
in
the
city
are
black
or
Latino
6%
of
the
architects.
That's
the
sole
and
only
purpose
of
a
disparity
study.
It's
not
magic,
it's
not
something!
You
can
put
volley
wave
at
people
this.
Hopefully
we
you
know
we're
gonna,
have
a
disparity
study,
that's
not
what
it
is
legally
designed
to
do.
P
It
has
one
purpose,
and
that
is
to
tell
you
what
is
available
now:
here's
Boston's
problem
for
at
least
the
last
seven
years.
We
know
we
have
not
been
able
to
get
past
five
percent,
four
percent,
two
percent,
one
percent,
and
one
by
one
we
saw
black
businesses
and
Latino
businesses
die.
We
have
less
contractors
today
than
we
had
10
years
ago.
We
have
less
architectural
firms
and
we
had
10
years
ago
we
have
less
plumbers,
less
less
electricians,
less
PR
firms,
all
of
it
less
media
firms.
P
So
if
you're
counting
today
and
you
use
that
number
to
freeze
what
is
available,
that
means
the
goal
will
be
1%
of
plumbers.
2
percent,
so
be
careful
about
what
you
wish
for,
because
this
disparity
study
is
not
it's
not
a
panacea.
It's
going
to
freeze
us
in
a
place
because
of
the
lack
of
activity
and
real
opportunity
that
the
city
of
Boston
has
provided
to
black
and
Latino
businesses
for
the
last
7
years.
P
In
fact,
it's
going
to
freeze
those
numbers
and
an
abysmal
rate
that
we're
gonna
have
a
hard
time
getting
past,
because
we
don't
do
well
in
hitting
goals
if
you
set
it
all
at
2%.
That's
what
you're
going
to
do.
If
you
set
a
goal
at
5,
we'll
never
get
past
that
and
will
be
90.
95
percent
of
the
business
we've
been
doing
will
still
be
with
white
businesses.
If
we
don't
do
something,
as
the
City
Council
president
said,
that's
radical
change
shake
it
up.
P
They
put
the
spending
in
the
same
report
as
money
as
grants.
They
gave
to
Community
Development
Corporation's
we're
not
stupid.
We
asked
how
much
dollars
you
spent
contracting
doing
business
with
black
and
Latino
people
not
grant
making,
not
the
fund
money,
not
the
money
you
give
away
to
nonprofits,
but
doing
business
and
contracting
with
people
who
hire
people
who
can
be
at
work
in
our
community.
P
We're
now
poised
for
80%
of
the
evictions
in
this
city
that
want
to
stop
dropping
off
at
the
end
of
July
and
into
August,
are
going
to
be
come
from
communities
of
color
we're
talking
about
a
third
pandemic
and
nothing
that
we've
done
today
is
going
to
prepare
us
for
that,
because
we're
still
trying
to
enable
nibble
around
the
edges.
We
need
to
do
something.
Bold,
you
all
should
be
ashamed
with
the
numbers.
P
The
city
should
be
ashamed
of
the
numbers,
because
you
guys
are
the
ones
who
are
statutorily
responsible
for
making
sure
it
works,
making
in
doing
the
enforcement
and
being
a
check-and-balance,
but
in
in
the
process,
in
an
environment
where
you
had
an
opportunity
to
do
something
without
the
bidding
process
to
call
up,
we
still
couldn't
get
past
five
or
six
percent,
and
if
you
really
get
down
to
black
and
Latino
businesses,
I'm
not
sure
we're
past
two
percent,
that's
the
shame
of
it.
We
can
do
better.
P
There
are
ways
to
do
this
and
it
has
to
do
with
the
decision
making
process
when
its
final
on
that
table.
So
I
appreciate.
Council
president
Janie
said
at
the
beginning,
I
hope
we're
going
to
talk
about
things
we
can
do
they're
not
just
laying
out
the
problem.
You've
got
not
a
problem.
He's
got
a
crisis
here,
because
we
have
a
whole
community
on
the
verge
of
economic
devastation
when
those
businesses
are
never
going
to
open
when
people
start
to
get
evicted
in
the
ways
that
we
see,
and
so
you
can
stop
that.
P
You
must
stop
that.
There
are
ways
to
do
it.
How
about
talking
to
people
being
one
talking
to
people
who
know
a
little
bit
more
about
this
than
you
all
might
know,
might
be
one
of
the
ways
to
do
that.
Having
Commission's
who,
whose
job
is
to
give
you
suggestions,
based
on
their
experience
versus
sitting
in
a
room
and
listening
to
what
you
tell
them,
that
you
want
to
do.
That's
not
a
commission
or
a
task
force.
That's
what
the
city
of
Boston
does
right
now
we
can
do
better
than
this
guy's
councillor.
Well,
I.
P
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
Obviously,
I,
like
I,
said
I'm
emotional
about
this,
because
I
I
see
what's
coming
here.
We
are
going
to
have
50
60
%
of
our
businesses,
black
and
Latino
businesses.
The
doors
are
going
to
close,
because
the
$2,000
grant
was
not
enough
and
it's
very
much
appreciated.
I
do
I,
appreciate
the
fund
money,
but
that's
not
how
we
keep
businesses
alive.
P
We
keep
them
alive
by
doing
business
with
them
and
in
the
city
of
Boston,
with
all
of
the
energy
when
I
think
about
all
the
study
and
the
work
that
you
all
have
done.
This
has
been
incredible
listening
to
you
today,
because
what
it
says
to
me
is:
there's
a
lot
of
energy
being
put
into
a
city
into
this
by
the
City
Council
by
the
mayor's
office
by
the
Walsh
administration
and
to
all
of
this
it
got
us
to
five
percent
or
two
percent.
What
does
that
say?
P
A
S
Everybody
Thank
You
councillor
and
councillor
Janey
for
inviting
me
to
to
testify.
As
you
all
know,
most
of
the
people
on
this
call
know
that
we
as
the
black
economic
justice
Institute
we
have
been
fighting
for
years
around
the
bottom,
is
in
job
policy
procurement.
It's
you
know,
it's
really
sad
that
what
the
numbers
are.
It
really
is
I
mean
it.
Doesn't
it
really
doesn't
make
any
sense
and
I
really
believe
that
we
need
to
work
together.
S
The
City
Council
need
to
work
with
the
the
community
activists
and
the
people
that
are
out
on
the
streets
every
day.
We
know
what's
going
on
we,
since
this
pandemic,
the
black
economic
justice
Institute,
along
with
the
black
box
encoding
19
coalition,
has
been
able
to
give
out
over
fifty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
gift
cards
and
laundromat
cards
and
masks
to
our
community.
We
are
suffering
and
we've
been
suffering.
We
were
suffering
before
the
pandemic,
we've
been
suffering
for
years
and
we
sometimes
when
we
come
and
we
talk
to
city
officials.
S
We
get
a
lot
of
talk
and
no
action
and
that's
what
we
need
now.
We
need
action.
I
heard
Selina
talk
about,
you
know
the
outreach,
you
all
outreach
is
horrible,
I'm,
sorry
and
then
you
to
mention
about
radio
stations.
I
have
came
to
you
all
and
talk
to
you
all
about
doing
work
or
advertising
or
sponsoring
our
radio
show
so
that
we
can
get
more
people
involved.
People
know
us
the
black
economic
justice
Institute.
S
They
know
that
we
are
out
here
in
the
streets
and
we
do
the
best
that
we
can
to
work
and
support
our
community.
And
now
we
are
at
a
we.
Not
only
do
we
have
a
health
crisis,
we
have
a
ratio
crisis,
we
have
economic
development
crisis.
We
are
in
a
bad
shape
here
in
Boston,
and
it's
sad
that
we
have
seven
women,
six
people
of
color
and
we
still
couldn't
get
an
on
that
budget.
S
So
I
want
to
thank
the
people
that
did
not
pass
it
because
it
is
gonna,
be
changed
and
it's
gonna
be
real
change.
Then
something
needs
to
be
done
with
that
budget
and
so
I.
First
of
all,
I
didn't
really
want
to
go
behind
something
dying,
Wilkinson,
but
that's
okay,
because
she
said
a
lot
of
things
that
I've
been
feeling
we've
been
working
together
or
with
the
Boston
black
Cola
coalition,
and
we've
been
able
to
get
some
things
done
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
fight.
S
S
We
will
be
reaching
up
to
heaven
meeting
with
John
and
Selina,
especially
around
the
bi
JP,
because
this
really
clearly
issues
with
that,
and
so
as
as
a
community
activist
as
a
black
woman
born
and
raised
in
Roxbury,
I'm,
tired,
I'm,
sick
and
tired
of
all
of
this
and
I'm
angry
I'm
frustrated,
I,
just
buried
my
mother
in
April
cause
of
Kovach
I'm
tired
of
this
foolishness.
We
need
to
come
together
and
come
up
with
a
plan.
That's
gonna
benefit
all
of
us
and
not
just
white
people,
I'm.
Sorry.
S
We
have
to
come
up
and
do
something
better
for
ourselves,
and
so
I
get
angry
and
I
get
frustrated,
but
I
am
Who.
I
am
I
love.
My
people
I
really
really
do
and
I'm
tired
of
seeing
us
suffer
because
it
doesn't
have
to
be
like
that.
The
city
has
millions,
the
state
has
billions
and
where
do
we
get
crumbs
from
the
table?
We're
tired
of
crumbs?
We
want
pies
and
cakes
and
everything
we
don't
want
pieces,
no
more
and
we
don't
want
crumbs
and
so
I'm.
S
S
They
are
hurt
and
you
want
to
make
they
make
it
mandatory
to
have
mass
but
weird
the
mass
coming
from
it.
People
don't
have
the
money
to
get
the
mass
you
all
been
around
for
a
long
time.
You
only
knew
the
Roxbury
Dorchester
Manor
paying
high
power.
Well
you're,
not
new.
To
this.
You
all
know
what's
going
on,
we
need
to
make
change
and
we
need
to
make
change
now
because
what's
gonna
happen,
when
this
Kovach
is
over,
we're
gonna
be
in
another
zoom
car.
Talking
about
the
same
old
thing,.
S
So
that's,
that's
all
I
have
to
say
right
now
and
I
really
appreciate
you
all
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you
all
do
but,
like
I
said,
I'm
not
happy
with
the
budget,
because
you
all
pin
control
them.
You
all
could
have
went
back
to
the
mayor
and
said:
no,
we
don't
want.
You
know,
let's,
let's
try.
I
ran
a
payroll
for
the
city
of
Boston
for
over
20
years
and
there's
no
way
that
people
are
gonna
lose
their
job.
If
the
budget
does
not
get
passed,
cuz
the
money
just
don't
disappear.
S
A
T
Alright,
wonderful
we'll
start
there.
I
just
want
to
thank
councillor
woo
and
Madam
President
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today
and
greetings
to
all
of
the
counselors
and
our
friends
there
in
the
Office
of
Economic
Development.
We
really
are
here
to
talk
about
the
businesses
from
newly
and
square
Roxbury.
K
T
Streets
and
their
access
to
contracts
with
the
city,
it
hasn't
been
something
that
we
can
do
all
the
time,
because
it's
about
access
and
we
don't
get
that
access.
It
seems
like
we're
speaking
a
different
language
many
times
and
we
don't
know
how
to
navigate
and
I,
do
see
the
efforts
by
the
Office
of
Economic
Development
to
do
fairs,
which
people
in
our
community
have
participated
in,
and
it's
just
starting
for
a
community
that
is
dealing
with
a
recovery.
T
Now
is
one
thing,
but
our
community
has
it
seems,
like
has
always
been
in
recovery
and
without
access
to
government
contracts.
It
puts
us
at
a
disadvantage
and
it
enabled
enables
us
to
stay
where
we
are
and
that's
not
something
that
we
want.
As
the
sister
said
just
before
me,
it's
crumbs
at
the
table.
Many
of
the
businesses
in
our
community
employ
people
that
are
from
that
community.
T
That's
what
it
sustains
a
community,
it's
a
whole,
it's
a
circle
of
life
and
business,
and
so
what
we
want
to
see
is
that
more
of
those
businesses
get
access
and
understand
how
to
navigate
the
city.
There's
no
reason
why
it
should
only
be
at
5%.
We
have
over
a
hundred
different
businesses
in
Nubians
Square
and
in
that
business
district
and,
to
my
knowledge,
there's
only
one:
a
minority
business,
a
woman
led
business
that
has
a
contract
with
the
city
to
do
plumbing,
and
that
is
to
me.
It
says
a
lot.
It's
about
the
numbers.
T
T
So
it's
really
important
that
we
understand
that
in
the
heart
of
the
city,
the
numbers
matter
and
right
now,
our
numbers
are
not
reflective
of
our
opportunity
of
our
skill
sets
of
our
ability
to
really
be
an
engine
for
this
city,
and
we
deserve
the
same
equal
treatment
as
everyone
else,
and
so
I
again
employ
the
City
Council
to
really
take
a
look
at
this
and
to
make
sure
that
businesses
of
color
black
businesses,
brown
businesses
that
they
have
access
to.
What
is
everyone
else
has
across
the
city?
So
that's
pretty
much.
T
What
I
wanted
to
say:
I
wanted
to
shed
light
on
Nubian
square
and
what
we're
going
through
and
that
this
recovery
can
be
done
together
and
it's
a
partnership.
You
can
really
use
us
to
reach
the
people
that
you
need
to.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
behind
a
veil,
as
it
has
been
done
in
the
past,
and
we
just
want
to
encourage
you
to
continue
to
do
that
outreach
and
put
those
black
businesses
on
the
mark.
Let
them
have
that
opportunity.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
H
You
for
the
city,
councilors
and
everyone
involved,
because
we
all
know
this
is
a
serious
issue
and
I
must
say,
though,
I'm
really
bothered
and
I'm
sure
you
are
a
lot
but
I'm.
Really
it's
personal
with
me
because
I
just
feel
like
doesn't
there's
not
enough
being
done?
It's
not
enough.
I,
don't
care.
If
you
tell
me
we're
doing
20%
right
now,
it's
not
enough
and
I
know.
H
We
know
nowhere
near
20%,
John
I'm
a
little
disappointed
in
you,
brother
I'm,
a
little
disappointed
because
to
me
you
haven't
responded
to
us
as
effectively
you
could
have
you
know.
I
mean
we
used
to
talk
once
in
a
blue
moon,
but
I
don't
hear
from
you
at
all
now
and
mr.
O'malley,
you
remember
when
you
were
running
and
I
was
at
your
campaign
place
in
Roslindale
West
Roxbury
line
and
I
asked
you
about
six
hundred,
sixty
four
million
dollars
and
you
hadn't,
you
didn't
know
nothing
about
it.
H
You
see,
unless
you
told
me,
you
didn't
know
nothing
about
it.
I
can't
see
anyone.
That's
in
the
city
government
right
now
that
shouldn't
know,
and
one
of
the
things
that
bothers
me
too,
is
I,
met
mayor,
Walsh,
Marty
Walsh.
One
year
ago
today,
at
the
Juneteenth
celebration,
Marty
was
taking
hands
with
people
for
photo
ops.
You
know
the
usual
politician
thing,
but
when
I
asked
him,
as
he
was
getting,
the
limousine
to
leave
about
I
was
bothered
by
1
less
than
1%
going
to
black
people.
H
He
was
he
looked
at
me.
Like
I
was
a
problem.
He
was
upset
a
brother,
no,
it's
it's!
uh
It's
not
less
than
1%
and
I
told
him.
Marty
I,
don't
care,
it
was
3%
5%,
it's
not
enough
and
he
walked
away
brief
abruptly.
Saying
oh
we're
working
on
it.
So
I
want
to
know
John
from
you,
I
want
to
know
from
Selena
I
want
to
know
in
this
year's
time.
What
has
progressed?
What
is
he
when
he
said
he's
working
on?
What
has
been
done?
H
You
know,
and
you
know
we
got
people
all
over
black
and
brown
people
all
over
this
city.
That's
really
gonna
be
taking
a
beating
and
especially
business
Diane
laid
it
out
for
you,
equitable
I
mean
and
um
it's
a
gun
laid
out
for
you.
I
don't
have
to
go
over
that
and
you
know
what
let
me
tell
you
something
when
anybody
from
the
City
Councilor
City
Council
come
to
me
and
then
start
talking
about
numbers
and
percentages.
I
know
you,
you
ain't
going
nowhere.
You
ain't
gonna
bust
the
great
ring
or
do
nothing.
H
Okay,
don't
come
to
me
talking
about
all
the
percentage
of
this
and
is,
and
you
know,
and
then
you
on
top
of
that
you
gonna,
say
stuff
like
well,
they
gotta
be
certified
and
qualified,
and
we
got
to
do
this.
You
given
up
tell
me
somebody
wave
their
hand
of
Dan
giving
out
no-bid
contracts.
Please
come
on
if,
as
Marty's
really
serious
about
this
racial
thing.
Now,
let's
see,
let's
make
it
happen,
he
had
the
power
to
shut
down
construction.
H
Did
he
say
to
people
that
okay,
you're,
not
you're
out
of
compliance
and
before
you
go
back
to
work
you
should
be
in
compliance
that
to
me
would
have
been
at
least
the
show.
Now
we
got
this
a
racial
thing
going
on
come
on
now.
This
is
Boston,
y'all,
stop
playing
stop
playing,
and
if
you
ain't
gonna
do
nothing
get
out
the
way
if
you're
not
gonna,
do
nothing
get
out
the
way.
That's,
okay,
we'll
forgive
you
for
getting
out
the
wink,
but
let's
do
some
real
stuff
here
in
Boston.
H
H
Let
me
tell
you
something:
I,
don't
need
a
disparity
study
when
you
got
six
hundred
sixty
four
million
dollars
going
to
white
males,
I,
don't
need
a
disparity
study
and,
as
Diane
said,
what
is
this
disparity
studies
tell
you
so
I'm
gonna
leave
it
at
that
I'm
gonna
go
no
further,
because
I
get
a
moment.
I
get
upset
and
thank
you
once
again,
everybody,
whether
I,
like
you
or
not,
thank
you
for
putting
your
coming
together
and
trying
to
make
an
effort
in
trying
to
make
a
difference.
Cuz.
A
D
You
so
much.
Can
you
hear
me
and
see
me?
Okay?
Yes,
thank
you
so
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues.
Certainly
thank
you
again
think
my
colleagues
think
the
administration
thank
the
community
panel.
I
do
have
a
few
questions
in
the
interest
of
time.
It's
okay,
if
people
want
to
follow
up
and
get
them
after,
but
I
would
like
to
get
them
on
the
record.
I
am
very
interested
in
the
opportunities
for
doing
more
business
with
with
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color
or
local,
etc.
D
They
have
a
new
contract
now
and
they
will
be
managed
by
a
local
company
in
my
district,
a
company
that
is
a
minority
business
enterprise.
So
that
is
good
news,
but
I'm
thinking
about
the
amount
of
business
that
bps
the
amount
of
money
that
bps
friends
so
number
one
they're
one
of
the
largest
spends
and
with
at
least
food.
Isn't
there
an
opportunity
to
say
that
for
catering
jobs
of
X
number
of
P
more,
that
X
percent
will
be
spent
in
this
local
area
like
I'm?
D
Looking
for
something
clear
and
concrete,
like
that,
that's
one
thing:
I
would
like
to
get
clear.
Who
are
the
biggest
I
know?
There
are
four
departments,
I
can't
so
I
know.
Bps
is
when
I
think
Public
Works,
not
sure
what
the
four
are,
but
there
there
are
four
departments
that
have
the
biggest
challenge
and
the
biggest
spend.
What
specifically
is
being
done
in
each
of
those
departments,
for
example,
are
the
new
FTEs
that
are
coming?
Is
that
all
living
in
Oh
Eddie?
D
How
are
we
making
sure
that
those
four
departments
that
spend
the
most
and
who
have
not
done
the
best
job
in
this
area
are
doing
a
better
job?
I
would
like
to
understand
which
contract
so
year
after
year
people
have
raised
issues
around
some
of
our
contracts
are
much
too
big
if
we
break
them
down,
if
we're
creative
around
some
sort
of
joint
venture
or
partnership
arrangement
that
we
would
see
better
success.
So
what
has
happened
in
that
front
since
our
last
hearing
have
we
broken
any
of
these
contracts
down
I?
D
Think
of
the
food
contracts
with
bps
as
as
a
barrier
for
local
business
owners
again
in
my
district,
who
would
who
would
bid
if
they
could
I
think
there
was
a
missed
opportunity
to
match
more
of
our
local
folks
or
people
of
color
in
responding
to
Kovac,
and
so,
while
Cove,
it
is
still
with
us
I
wonder
how
we
close
that
opportunity
gap.
For
example,
you
heard
in
the
community
testimony
there
are.
There
are
many
folks
who
are
making
mass
Afrocentric
mass.
Is
there
an
opportunity
for
if
we're
supplying,
masks
in
our
schools?
D
Hopefully
we'll
have
schools
open
this
fall.
If
we
are,
are
we
providing
mass?
If
so,
is
there
an
opportunity
to
get
those
mass
by
local
vendors
who
are
making
them
I
share
the
concerns
around
the
disparity
study,
I
I,
guess
I
understand
why
the
city
feels
like
it
has
to
do
one,
but
it's
been
an
awful
long
time.
D
It's
been
something
I've
been
hearing
since
I've
been
on
the
council,
and
it's
now
two
and
a
half
years,
and
for
me
you
know,
I
see
the
disparity
study
whenever
I
walk
through
my
district,
because
there
are
so
many
disparities,
and
so
I
would
like
a
clear
understanding
of
when
that
window
will
close.
When
will
have
it
what
we
can
do
in
terms
of
moving
forward,
if
someone
could
also
just
speak
to
the
role
of
the
new
office,
lots
of
us
are
excited
about
welcoming
Carolyn
Crockett
back
to
the
city.
D
What
role
will
she
play
or
her
office
play
and
ensuring
that
these
numbers
are
improving?
So
that's
my
big
dump
on
questions
again.
I
know
it's
late
in
the
hour.
So,
if
any
can
be
answered
here,
that's
great,
if
not
I,
look
forward
to
the
follow-up.
Thank
you
again,
madam
chair,
for
your
leadership
for
your
partnership
and
to
all
many
thanks
to
the
administration
in
the
community
panel.
Thank.
C
Since
we
had
the
school
building
hearing
in
the
in
the
winter
about
the
fact
that,
like
every
year,
we've
got
these
contracts
to
put
windows
into
our
schools,
put
boilers
and
button-like.
It's
just
it's
a
continuous
stream
that
is
going
to
last
forever
and
it
seems
to
me
like
seeding,
seeding
support
for
businesses,
and
some
of
those
big
spending
categories
for
us
is
something
that
we
should
be
able
to
do.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
just
want
to
thank
all
the
participants,
our
community
panelists,
our
administrators
didn't
plan
a
list,
and
my
colleagues
on
the
council.
These
are
obviously
deep
rooted,
systemic
issues
that
that
we
really
didn't
get
to
the
bottom
of
I
echo.
The
same
concerns
with
the
disparity
study
and
the
and
the
due
date
of
December.
The
fact
that
it's
been
ongoing.
K
We've
we've
reached
some
some
real
lows
and
so
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
folks
are
putting
into
this
I
look
forward
to
participating
in
the
future
and
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
their
participation
and
for
the
advocates
for
staying
on
top
of
us
to
make
sure
this
gets
done.
So,
thank
you
all
around.
A
I
I
think
that
is
all
the
way
through
our
counsel
colleagues,
so
I
I
just
want
to
really
thank
you,
everyone
for
joining
us,
our
panelists,
our
administration.
Colleagues,
we
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do.
We
are
eagerly
waiting
to
collaborate
and
cheer
the
continued
results,
I've
already
sent
over
and
information
just
a
reply
to
the
email
asking
for
the
bump
to
include
not
just
q3
but
the
entire
years
data
which
hopefully
will
be
available
even
with
q4
soon,
but
also
including
columns
for
more
specific
demographic
data
available.
I.
A
Think
several
of
my
colleagues
had
asked
for
that,
and
we
will
follow
up
with
a
list
of
the
the
items
requested,
but
thank
you
so
much
and
looking
forward
to
reconvening
and
making
sure
that
we
can
go
over
the
next
quarterly
report
as
well.
So
this
will
conclude
this
will
conclude:
docket
number
0-3,
the
hearing
on
docket
number,
zero.
Three:
nine
zero
hearing
on
equity
in
City
of
Austin
procurement
and
purchasing
this
hearing
is
a
drink.