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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on September 23, 2020
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Boston City Council Meeting on September 23, 2020
B
Councillor
baker's
having
some
difficulty,
he
texted
me,
so
he
will
try
to
rejoin
the
meeting
and
once
we
have
them,
we
will
amend
the
attendance
record
to
reflect
his
presence
so
he's
trying
again
to
log
on.
B
You
so
much.
I
have
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
a
quorum
is
present
and
we
will
begin
our
meeting
with
our
clergy.
I
want
to
invite
our
good
friend,
pastor
gordon
up,
but
before
we
do
we're
going
to
invite
councilor
wu,
who
has
invited
pastor,
gordon,
to
say
a
few
words
counselor.
Will
you
have
the
floor?
B
C
You,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
pastor
for
joining
us.
I
think
everyone
is
familiar
as
pastor
gordon
is
a
regular
here
and
a
regular
out
in
the
community.
I
really
enjoyed
getting
to
read
through
his
full
bio
to
be
able
to
book
it
pull
out
some
pieces
of
it.
Of
course,
we
all
know
that
he's
been
active
in
in
the
community
and
as
a
growing
up
served
as
a
junior
deacon,
junior
usher
was
licensed
to
preach
and
and
taught
his
local
sunday
school
class
attended.
C
The
bu
school
of
theology
received
a
prestigious
fellowship
for
the
study
of
professional
ethics
and
served
on
the
ministerial
team
under
reverend
arthur
t
gerald
at
the
historical
baptist
church
before
stepping
into
his
role
as
pastor
at
saint
john,
who
shared
baptist
church
in
roxbury.
I
love
learning
that
he
was
also
a
quiz
bowl
team
member
back
in
the
day
that
he
sang
in
the
youth
choir
and
has
been
active
on
so
many
different
social
justice
causes
along
the
way.
C
He
has
is
specifically
also
a
voice
in
terms
of
health
care
serving
on
the
emerging
leaders
board
of
the
boston
healthcare
for
the
homeless
program,
and
we
thank
him
and
his
family
and
he
of
course
notes
in
his
bio
that
he
is
married
to
miss
portia
franklin,
gordon
as
well,
and
that
he
is
who
is
a
college
success
coach
at
the
westin
house,
boys
and
girls
club
in
austin.
So
thank
you,
pastor!
Welcome
and
we
are.
We
are
so
honored
to
have
you
with
us
today.
D
Thank
you
well
good
afternoon.
Everyone.
It
is
a
beautiful
day.
Thank
you,
counselor
wu,
for
thinking
enough
of
me
to
invite
me
to
just
help
open
up
this
meeting
to
my
own
city,
councilor,
kim
janey.
It
is
good
to
see
you
I
I
do.
D
I
would
like
to
start
off
with
what
a
year
it
has
been
and
what
a
season
it
has
been,
but
what
better
time
to
be
a
public
servant
than
today
and
in
this
year,
and
that's
why
this
city
is
blessed
to
have
every
single
one
of
you
who
is
a
champion.
Who
is
a
voice?
Who
was
an
advocate
for
so
many
different
communities
in
this
city?
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
commend
you
all
for
the
hard
work
you've
done,
not
only
since
you've
been
elected,
but
especially
this
year.
D
I'm
sure
you
all
have
sacrificed
so
much
and
and
have
not
had
a
lot
of
time
to
do
your
own
personal
things.
But
this
is
the
season
that
we're
in,
and
I
want
to
continue
just
to
encourage
you
all.
I
would
also
say
that
my
prayers
are
continually
with
you
all
in
this
season.
So
I
just
simply
like
to
open
us
up
in
a
word
of
prayer
as
we
prepare
for
this
meeting
as
I
always.
Lastly,
as
I
always
say,
you
all
are
so
important
because
so
goes.
D
The
city
of
boston
so
goes
the
rest
of
the
united
states
of
america
and
we
are
a
leader
in
almighty
one.
We
give
thanks
for
this
gift
of
a
new
day.
We
give
thanks
for
this
gift
of
friends,
family
and
community,
and
although
our
world
is
in
a
lot
of
chaos,
a
lot
of
bad
situations
due
to
this
pandemic,
we
haven't
seen
in
a
century.
We
still
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
serve
our
communities
to
serve
our
streets
and
to
serve
our
people
as
we
meet
on
today.
D
B
Amen,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
wonderful
message,
pastor,
gordon,
and
for
your
continued
prayers
we
certainly
needed
our
city
needs
it.
You
are
welcome
to
stay
with
us
for
as
long
as
you
like.
Obviously
you
can
leave
whenever
you
like.
We
will
now
move
on
to
pledge
allegiance
to
our
flag,
and
then
we
will
go
right
into
our
agenda.
A
F
B
Thank
you
so
much
before
we
move
on
madam
clerk.
If
you
could,
please
amend
the
attendance
record
to
reflect
that
counselor
baker
is
in
fact
with
us.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
B
Great
great
great
great.
We
will
now
move
on
to
the
first
order
of
business
on
the
agenda,
and
that
is
the
approval
of
the
in
the
minutes.
B
So
if
there
is
no
discussion
on
the
minutes,
I'd
like
to
ask
for
us
to
approve
the
minutes
to
a
roll
call
vote.
Seeing
and
hearing
no
discussion.
Madam
clerk,
please
call
the
rule.
A
G
G
H
A
B
A
Thank
you,
dock
at
0998
message
and
order
authorized
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
9
million.
Seven
hundred
ninety
one
thousand
three
hundred
ninety
three
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
from
the
cdbg
fy20
cares:
supplemental
awarded
by
the
united
states,
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
to
be
administered
by
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
brands
would
fund
programs
to
help
alleviate
housing
and
economic
crisis
conditions
caused
by
covert
19.
B
A
Docket,
zero,
nine,
nine
nine
message
and
auto
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
extended
amount
of
two
million
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy
2020.
Securing
the
cities
program
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
homeland
security
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
the
development
of
the
metro,
boston
security.
A
Target
1000
message
and
order
authorize
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
extended
amount
of
280
thousand.
Seventy
seventy
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
municipal
vulnerability
preparedness,
known
as
mvp
program
action
grant,
awarded
by
the
executive
office
of
energy
and
environmental
affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
environment
department.
The
grant
will
fund
a
two-year
heat
resilience
plan
planning,
study
for
the
city
of
boston.
B
A
I
Thank
you,
madam
president.
This
grant
for
220
000
will
be
administered
by
the
office
of
women
of
advancement
and
will
go
towards
assisting
struggling
home-based
child
care
businesses
across
boston.
I
Now,
more
than
ever,
we
need
to
have
a
robust
child
care
infrastructure,
and
I
think
it's
really
important
for
us
to
really
make
note
that
normally
this
will
be
a
grant
that
would
have
a
public
hearing
and
that
we
would
have
an
opportunity
to
be
really
thoughtful
and
and
mindful
of
how
we're
utilizing
these
dollars.
Who
are
the
businesses
that
are
I'm
going
to
have
access
to
these
funds?
I
And
I
think
it's
important
that,
while
we
are
approving
this
grant
under
these
conditions
that
we
happen
to
find
ourselves
in
that
in
the
future,
this
is
not
a
norm
and
a
stage
that
we
should
set,
and
I
look
forward
to
in
the
event
if
we
need
to
to
call
upon
a
hearing
in
the
post
audit
to
ensure
that
this
thought
these
dollars
were
allocated
in
ways
that
were
reflective
and
responsive
to
the
needs
of
our
most
vulnerable
businesses,
including
minority
business
and
immigrant
owned.
I
B
A
G
A
G
A
I
A
A
1002
message
and
order
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
amount
of
176
thousand
one
hundred
ninety
four
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy20
board
security
grant
program
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
homeland
security
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
installation
administered
by
the
I'm
sorry
grant
will
fund
installation
and
thermal
optical
equipment
for
those
vessels
and
new
equipment
for
have
a
patrol
unit.
Dive
team.
B
J
Thank
you,
madam
president,
as
chair
of
the
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
1002,
which
is
a
grant
for
a
hundred
and
seventy
six
thousand
one
hundred
and
ninety
four
dollars,
it's
a
grant.
We've
received
continuously
in
the
past.
J
It's
for
our
port
security
security
grant
program
and
to
fund
installation
and
of
the
police
department's
harbor
patrol
unit
vessels,
and
that's
a
total
of
three
vessels
and
their
thermal
optics
for
equipment
which
the
vessels
use
to
patrol
activity,
particularly
at
night
bpd,
actually
provides
a
25
match
on
the
grant.
J
The
funding
will
cover
the
cost
of
engines
for
three
safe
boats
that
provide
security,
escorts
also
for
incoming
liquefied
natural
gas
tankers
that
transit
within
the
transit,
the
boston,
harbor,
the
us
con,
the
uss
constitution
on
its
seven
turnaround
cruises
every
year.
It
also
will
support
dive
operations
and
swat
team
delivery
in
port
security
operations.
J
Given
the
the
amount
of
the
grant
and
the
fact,
it's
quite
detailed
and
we've
received
it
in
the
past,
I'm
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
one
zero,
zero.
Two.
Thank
you.
Madam
president,.
B
A
You
docket
number
1002
counselor
arroyo.
Yes,
council
arroyo;
yes,
councillor
baker;
yes,
councillor
baker;
yes
counselor
book;
yes,
councilor,
blockias,
council
braden;
yes,
council
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor,
edwards;
yes,
councillor
edwards,
yes,
councillor,
sabi,
george.
K
A
G
A
B
A
B
Thank
you
so
much.
Madam
clerk,
the
chair
recognizes
the
chair
of
that
committee.
Councillor
o'malley,
you
have
the.
F
Floor.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
On
september
3rd,
the
committee
on
environment,
sustainability
and
parks
had
a
hearing
regarding
a
400
000
dollar
sustainability
grant
from
math
center
for
excellence
corporation,
it's
joined
by
colleagues,
counselor,
liz
braden,
ed
flynn
and
counselor
niece
asabi
george.
We
also
heard
testimony
from
joseph
larusso
the
energy
efficiency.
F
Mr
russo
state
this
grant
will
assist
in
the
funding
of
installation
of
solar
and
energy
storage
systems,
some
pv
panels
and
batteries
at
the
fire
department's
training
facility
at
moon,
island.
The
solar
and
energy
storage
system
will
include
commercial
and
residential
size
unit
system
that
we
use
for
training
by
bfd
and
other
surrounding
fire
departments
to
better
respond
to
emergency
situations
involving
different
solar
systems,
which
will,
and
it's
going
to
not
only
provide
some
storage
energy
storage.
F
But
it's
also
going
to
make
sure
that
we
can
deal
with
those
should
a
fire
emerges.
We
talk
about
building
new
environmental,
renewable
energy
sources,
so
margo,
and
I
respectfully
ask
that
this
doc
could
pass
and
we
get
to
work
on
this
and
then
one
thing
we
had
asked.
Mr
larusso
is
for
a
council
tour
of
moon
island
when
things
return
to
some
normalcy
so
that
we
can
see
this
in
action.
But
this
is
a
great
thing
for
the
city.
F
B
A
H
G
A
G
A
A
B
Vote,
thank
you
so
much
doc
at
zero.
Four
five
one
has
passed.
We
will
now
move
on
to
matters
recently
heard
for
possible
action
and,
let's
start
with
docket
zero.
Nine.
Three
five.
B
L
Thank
you
and
thank
you.
Madam
president,
the
committee
on
city
and
neighborhood
services
held
a
hearing
yesterday
on
pest
control
and
illegal
dumping.
The
hearing
was
sponsored
by
myself
in
council
braden,
the
pianist
included
commissioner,
irish
and
assistant
commissioner
leo
balcha
from
isd,
as
well
as
steve
tankl
from
code
enforcement
from
the
community.
We
had
mary
chen
from
aaca,
as
well
as
anthony
de
zadora
of
the
alston
civic
association
in
the
hearing.
L
Now
we
also
heard
from
representatives
from
aaca,
which
is
the
asian
american
civic
association
in
the
austin
civic
association,
and
they
noted
that
rodents
in
illegal
dumping
have
long
been
issues
for
their
neighborhood
and
suggested
higher
penalty
fees
for
violating
violators,
more
public
education.
L
L
Pest
control
and
prevention
of
illegal
dumping
have
always
been
important
quality
of
life
issues
for
our
for
our
residents
and
with
the
pandemic,
it's
even
more
important
that
we
keep
our
neighborhoods
clean
and
healthy.
This
is
a
public
health
emergency
and
it's
also
a
safety
emergency
as
well.
I
look
forward
to
continuing
working
on
this
issue
with
my
colleagues
and
I
want
to
give
an
opportunity
to
city
council
braden
if
she'd
like
to
weigh
in
as
well.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
thorough
committee
report.
I
don't
see
a
blue
hand
from
councillor
braden,
so
we'll
move
on
council
braden.
Are
you
good
with
that
thorough
report.
B
M
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair
or,
madam
president.
Excuse
me
the
committee
on
housing
and
community
development
held
a
hearing
on
tuesday
on
the
order
to
regarding
the
current
state
of
cooperatives
in
boston.
The
following
individuals
from
the
administration
participated:
sheila,
dillon,
chief
of
housing,
tim
davis,
deputy
director
of
policy
development
for
dnd.
We
also
heard-
and
we
also
heard
from
theresa
and
maureen,
also
who
work
in
dnd
in
different
areas.
M
The
committee
also
her
testimony
from
john
steward
president
of
the
massachusetts
association
of
cooperatives,
matt
thall,
vice
president
of
the
same
association
bill
brower,
director
of
housing
and
preservation
and
policy
at
cdap,
maggie
cohen,
the
loan
and
outreach
officer
at
the
cooperative
fund
of
new
england
jared
tunnell
senior.
Vice
president
at
the
national
department
of
cooperative
bank
casey
fannin,
president
of
the
national
cooperative
bank,
and
grant
young
trustee
of
the
symphony
area
renaissance.
The
committee
discussed
the
history
and
current
status
of
co-op
housing.
M
Today,
the
committee
discussed
the
available
resources
offered
by
private
and
public
private
partnerships
and
also
ways
in
which
the
city,
through
its
already
institutional
programs
for
home
ownership,
can
enhance
access
to
cooperatives
and
make
them
part
of
the
regular
conversation,
as
demonstrated
by
many
of
the
speakers.
Cooperatives
are
probably
the
most
stable
form
of
housing.
They
provide
a
one
and
truly
an
accessible
way
of
ownership
through
shared
ownership
and
for
the
most
part,
all
of
us
were
very
excited
as
city
councillors,
to
hear
about
ways
in
which
we
could
continue
this
conversation.
M
I
apologize
in
advance
for
getting
my
colleagues,
but,
along
with
myself,
and
the
sponsor
counselor
bach.
Also
in
attendance
is
counselor
clarity.
Counselor
clinton
councillor
will
councillor
baker,
councillor
mejia
and
councillor
braden.
I
believe
I
have
all
of
the
councils
that
attended
again
I
apologize
up
counselor
janie
president
janie,
my
apologies.
I
also
attended
the,
I
think,
very
robust,
good
conversation.
M
I
ask
that
we
keep
this
in
the
committee
so
that
we
can
have
a
working
session
to
discuss
enhancing
these
programs
and
now,
if,
with
the
president's
permission,
I
would
turn
it
over
to
the
lead
sponsor.
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
thorough
report.
You
did
you
would
okay,
so
thank
you
so
much
counselor
edwards
for
that
thorough
report.
As
I
mentioned
yesterday
in
that
hearing,
it
was
also
counselor
box
maiden
speech.
So
that's
how
we
were
having
that
conversation
and
I
think
council
black
would
like
to
just
add
a
few
words
to
talk
about
this.
So
chair
recognizes
council,
black.
N
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
yes
I'll
be
brief.
I
I
thank
councillor
edwards
for
the
thorough
report
and
for
running
a
great
hearing
and
all
the
people
she
mentioned.
Who
came
and
spoke,
and
I'm
excited
about
next
steps,
and
I
think
we
have
a
real
partner
in
dnd
and
wanting
to
do
some
substantive
things
to
help
make
more
of
these
co-ops
happen
and
help
a
wider
array
of
folks
access
the
opportunity
to
live
in
cooperative
housing.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
that.
N
I
I
said
this
yesterday,
but
I
think
it
bears
repeating
when
I
gave
my
maiden
speech
on
cooperative
housing.
It
was
you
know
in
on
february
5th,
it
was
in
a
very
different
world
in
some
sense,
but
I
think,
what's
so
notable
about
cooperative
housing
is
that
it
could
be
relevant
on
february
5th
as
a
way
to
try
to
you
know:
state
have
stable
communities
anchored
in
the
city
where,
with
a
housing
market,
just
like
you
know,
that's
going
up
and
up
and
everything
is
booming.
N
And
then
you
come
to
a
situation
eight
months
later,
where,
where
we're
thinking
we're
worrying
about
foreclosure
of
large
apartment
buildings,
where
we're
not
sort
of
sure
exactly
what
the
future
holds
and
yet
again,
they're
seeing
nationwide
much
lower,
lower,
rearrange
issues
and
foreclosure
rates
in
co-op
housing,
and
it
really
like
it's
in
a
down
market
as
well.
That
co-ops
can
really
help
keep
our
communities
whole.
N
So
I
think,
and
really
that's
that's,
because
what
co-ops
do
is
they
take
housing
a
little
bit
out
of
the
capitalist
boom
and
bus
cycle,
while
also
allowing
people
to
build
ownership
and
so
to
me
just
that
that
change
in
circumstance
and
yet
the
fact
that
it
feels
more
pressing,
even
than
when
I
gave
the
speech
for
us
to
be
talking
about
co-op
housing
really
underscores
for
me
how
important
a
priority
this
is
and
and
how
much
it's
a
set
of
tools
we
need
to
have
in
our
toolbox
for
the
next
six
months
a
year
on
into
the
future.
B
Thank
you
so
much
doc
032
will
remain
in
committee,
we'll
now
move
on
to
motions,
orders
and
resolutions,
and
we
will
start
with
docket
1003..
Madam
clerk.
H
H
Daryl
was
previously
recruit
a
recruit
in
the
boston
police
academy
from
september
to
november
2017
class
5717
when
he
was
38
years
old
due
to
personal
issues
within
his
family
and
putting
his
family
first,
his
academics
slipped
and
ultimately,
he
had
to
step
down
from
the
boston
police
academy.
Daryl
took
the
last
civil
service
police
exam
in
march
2019
and
is
currently
going
through
an
extensive
process
to
enter
into
the
academy
he's
three
months
old,
the
age
limit,
which
is
why
he
would
need
an
age
waiver
to
enter
the
next
boston
police
academy.
H
Daryl's,
a
lifelong
boston
resident
and
current
currently
resides
in
the
departure
area
of
dorchester
believes
he
will
be
an
asset
to
our
law
enforcement
agency.
This
is
my
fourth
fourth
age
waiver.
I've
done,
and
only
one
police
officer,
one
person
has
gone
all
the
way
through.
This
is
basically
us
just
giving
daryl
a
shot
at
a
second
chance.
I
would.
H
I
would
like
to
defer
to
the
the
committee
chair
to
see
if
she
wants
to
have
a
hearing
or
not,
if
she's,
okay
with
that,
I
would
love
to
suspend
and
pass
because
I
think
if
we
have
daryl
in
front
of
us,
he
he's
not
going
to
necessarily
want
to
talk
about
what
was
going
on
in
the
light
in
his
life.
H
Is
that
at
that
time
I
don't
know
if
people
remember
the
gentleman
that
was
paralyzed
from
the
neck
down
over
in
in
matt's
district
in
near
the
arboretum
there,
that
was
his
brother-in-law
there
and
had
some
other
deaths
and
some
some
health
issues.
One
of
his
one
of
his
children
ended
up,
hurt
hurting
himself
when
he
was
in
the
academy
he's
not
going
to
want
to
go
through
that
stuff.
He
said
to
me
that
he
hadn't
been
in
a
classroom
setting
for
over
20
years
being
38.
H
He
was
only
a
high
school
graduate
and
said
he
wasn't
really
used
to
the
books
again.
This
would
just
be
us
giving
him
a
second
chance.
This
needs
to
go
up
the
state
house
and
be
and
be
and
go
through
that
whole
process
there
and
ultimately,
if
the
police
don't
think
that
he's
fit,
they
they
they
have
the
ultimate
say
whether
he
enters
into
the
into
the
cadet
class
it
to
the
this
next
class
or
not.
B
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
baker,
and,
given
that
this
is
legislation
and
a
really
important
issue
to
discuss,
including
whether
or
not
we've
got
the
right
age
in
place,
one
we
have
to
ask
ourselves:
do
we
have
the
right
age
limits
and
requirements
in
place
if
we
have
to
keep
doing
requesting
waivers
with
all
of
that
said
docket,
let
me
make
sure
I
get
it
right.
B
Docket
1003
will
be
assigned
to
the
committee
on
government
operations,
and
hopefully
we
will
have
that
hearing
quickly
so
that
we
can
get
this
moved
through
the
council.
Thank
you
thank
you,
so
that
is
being
assigned
to
the
committee
on
government
operations,
but
before
I
do
that,
I
apologize.
I
did
not
give
people
the
opportunity
who
wanted
to
sign
their
name
or
to
speak,
so
I
did
not
see
anyone
who
wants
to
speak
if
anyone
wants
to
add
their
name
to
this
legislation.
B
B
Counselor
bob
council,
flaherty
council
brayden,
please
also
add
the
chair.
Thank
you
and
councilman.
Please
also
also
add
council,
mejia
and
council
flynn.
Did
you
want
to
say
a
few
words.
L
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
I
just
want
to
go
on
record
in
support
of
of
this
boston
has
always
been
a
city
of
giving
people
second,
second
chances
and
in
third
chances
and
we've
always
given
people
the
benefit
of
the
benefit
of
the
doubt,
and
I
I
want
to
strongly
go
on
record
in
support
of
of
mr
monica.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
B
Thank
you
so
much
and
as
I
I
mentioned,
docket
1003,
which
is
this
docket,
is
going
to
gov
us
we'll
now
move
on
to
docket
1004.
A
E
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
introduced
this
hearing
order
because
I've
been
hearing
from
local
clubs
and
posts
in
halls
across
the
city
regarding
the
difficulty
that
they're
having
in
continuing
experience
during
covid
they've,
been
all
shut
down,
as
we
all
know,
many
of
them
throughout
all
of
my
district
colleagues
districts
and
many
of
them
play
an
important
role
here
in
our
city
and
so
they've
been
shut
down
since
march
and
have
not
been
able
to
viably
open.
E
E
We
also
know
that
it's
oftentimes
these
clubs,
posts
and
halls
that
are
hosting
fundraisers
for
for
youth
organizations
in
a
variety
of
different
causes,
events
for
our
veterans
and
seniors,
and
also
offering
inexpensive
places
for
neighbors,
to
gather
civic
associations
to
gather,
etc,
whether
it's
to
to
mourn
the
loss
of
a
loved
one
or
to
celebrate
a
happy
time
in
someone's
life
hosting.
You
know
community
meeting
or
simply
spending
time
with
one
another.
It's
more
often
than
not.
It's
the
it's.
E
The
local
halls
and
the
posts
and
the
clubs
that
provide
that
venue,
so
we
also
know
that
they
themselves
they
rely
on
event,
space,
rental
fees
as
well
as
these
fundraisers
and
the
the
money
that
comes
in
from
from
sort
of
the
buyer
and
the
food
portion
of
it,
and
they
haven't
been
able
to
generate
any
income
over
the
last
six
six
plus
months.
E
So,
despite
their
inability
to
operate,
many
of
them
are
still
incurring
expenses,
such
as
upcoming
renewal
fees
and
license
fees
as
well
as
rental
and
mortgage
payments,
property,
tax
utilities,
etc.
So
they're
going
through
some
very
very
difficult
times
at
the
moment,
and
I
wanted
to
see
whether
or
not
we
as
a
city
come
together
to
try
to
identify
additional
ways.
I
I
know
that
you
know
our
licensing
board
isd.
Small
businesses
teams
have
have
been
doing
yeoman's
work,
trying
to
help
them
out.
E
So,
while
I
know
the
state
and
in
in
here
in
boston,
where
we're
we're
revenue
strapped
because
of
covid,
I
think
we
owe
it
to
these
places
to
have
a
public
dialogue
about
whether
these
ongoing
difficulties.
You
know,
through
the
different
ongoing
difficulties
we
could
provincially,
potentially
provide
more
relief
for
them
so
that
they
can
stay
afloat
and
remain
vital
components
of
all
of
our
neighborhoods.
So
thank
you
for
the
time
vana
prez
look
forward
to
an
expedited
hearing
and
partner.
E
Obviously
with
you
know,
with
the
the
lone
veteran
on
the
council
council
flynn
as
a
co-sponsor
and
the
work
that
he's
done,
not
just
in
our
neighborhood.
Here
in
south
austin,
but
across
the
city,
with
respect
to
our
local
veterans
post
in
veteran
hall,
so
he
can
speak
probably
firsthand
to
the
difficulties
that
they're
all
having.
I
know
that
the
carter
post
was
one
that
had
reached
out
to
me.
That's
in
council,
campbell's
district
so
again
trying
to
do
the
best.
E
We
can,
for
them
they're
a
vital
component
to
our
communities,
and
we
want
to
try
to
do
the
best.
We
can
to
make
sure
that
when
we
get
through
cover
19
that
they're
still
standing
and
we're
still
able
to
access
them
and
they're
still
sort
of
be
able
to
host
the
events
that
they
normally
host
for
for
residents
in
our
city.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
look
forward
to
an
excited
hearing
and
encourage
others
to
to
join
in
as
well.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
L
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank
you,
council
flaherty
for
including
me
as
a
co-sponsor,
our
cultural,
civic
and
veterans
clubs.
Organizations
are
important,
they're,
an
important
part
of
our
neighborhood
and
community,
so
we
should
think
about
ways
to
help
them
during
this
pandemic.
This
council
flaherty
mentioned
many
of
these
clubs
and
organizations
were
shut
down
during
the
pandemic.
They
lost
a
significant
source
of
funding
because
they
can't
host
events.
L
I
know
many
people
use
these
clubs,
for
as
council
flaherty
mentioned,
for
weddings
or
for
funeral
events
after
or
birthday
parties,
but
they're
a
great
way
to
have
nice
family
related
events
at
a
decent
at
a
decent
price
and
a
lot
of
these
clubs
host
civic
organization
meetings
they
host
so
many
meetings
and
events
that
benefit
the
neighborhoods
and
benefit
the
community,
so
we
just
want
to
give
them
a
fair
chance
to
stay
open.
Thank
you,
council
flaherty,
for
asking
me
to
be
a
co-sponsor
and
thank
you.
Council,
president
cheney.
B
The
docket
1004
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
small
business
and
workforce
development.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
docket
1005.
A
N
Thank
you,
madam
president,
down
the
street
from
my
house
there's
a
a
wooden
house
that
was
built
in
1787.
It's
the
oldest
existing
house
on
beacon
hill.
N
It
predates
all
the
bricks
and
it
was
built
by
a
guy
named
george
middleton,
who
was
a
black
bostonian
built
the
house
himself
and
by
the
time
he
built
it.
N
He
had
already
served
as
a
colonel
in
a
black
militia
during
the
revolutionary
war
and
actually
received
a
flag
from
john
hancock
who
lived
around
the
corner
and
ended
up
being
a
really
major
civic
leader
throughout
the
revolutionary
period
and
afterwards,
and
was
one
of
the
first
people
to
push
for
equal
school
rights
for
black
children
in
boston
back
in
1800-
and
I
mentioned
him
because
you
know
his
house
is
a
stop
on
the
the
tour
of
the
beacon
hill
neighborhood,
that's
put
together
by
the
museum
of
african
american
history,
and
it's
just
it's
one
piece
of
a
really
rich
african-american
history
that
goes
back
to
revolutionary
times
and
before
here
in
boston.
N
And
you
know
I
was
thinking
a
lot
last
week
when
the
trump
administration
sort
of
said.
You
know
we
need
to
have
a
kind
of
jingoistic
america,
first
type
of
curriculum
for
our
students
and
also
you
know
we're
going
to
have
a
1776
commission
and
really,
like
you
know,
focus
on
a
particular
kind
of
two-dimensional,
cardboard
story
of
american
history.
N
I
was
thinking
about
the
fact
that
I
think
the
onus
is
really
on
us
in
boston
to
tell
a
much
more
inclusive
and
more
real
story
as
we
as
we
approach
the
250th
birthday
of
the
country
and-
and
I
think
it's
important
to
note
I
wasn't
around-
but
back
in
1976
when
we
had
the
bicentennial
that
was
a
major
focus
of
activity
in
boston.
It's
a
great
tourism
draw
for
us.
N
It's
a
chance
to
tell
that
story
that
we,
you
know
tell
to
our
students
on
the
freedom
trail
et
cetera,
and
I
think
that
if
we,
if
we
don't
actively
as
a
city,
grab
the
reins
and
say
how
are
we
going
to
commemorate
this?
We
could
easily
end
up
kind
of
on
autopilot
with
with
a
less
inclusive
history,
with
kind
of
going
to
some
of
those
chestnuts
and-
and
I
think
it's
just
important
for
people
to
know
that
the
bicentennial
really
created
a
moment
in
boston
for
looking
again
at
our
history.
N
It
created
a
whole
preservationist
moment
in
the
country
and
and
here
in
boston.
We
created
the
landmarks
commission
in
1975
in
the
lead-up
to
that
bicentennial
and,
as
I
think,
about
inclusive
history.
It's
not
just
about
what
events
we
plan
and
you
know,
there's
a
group
revolutionary
spaces
that
did
a
great
model
back
in
march.
N
It
was
the
250th
anniversary
of
the
boston
massacre
and
they
they
had
a
bunch
of
folks
representing
the
diverse
community
of
people
who
showed
up
that
night
and
the
people
who
got
killed
and
then
have
commissioned
to
play
by
a
boston
based
black
playwright
about
from
the
perspective
of
christmas
addicts.
So
they've,
given
us
a
great
example
and
a
commission
like
this
one
thing
it
can
do,
is
you
know,
commission
events
and
plays,
and
things
like
that.
N
I
said
we
were
early
on
that
wave,
but
now
we've
really
fallen
behind,
because
the
legislation
that
that
created
the
landmarks
commission
says
that
to
be
landmarked,
your
thing
has
to
be
of
greater
than
local
significance,
and
what
that
means
functionally
is
that
a
lot
of
the
buildings
that
have
a
real
community
local
significance
to
us,
we're
not
able
to
landmark
and
then
and
which
isn't
true
san
francisco
lets
you
do
local
landmarks.
Lots
of
other
places
have
created
that
capacity.
N
We
don't
have
it,
and
so
we're
often
stuck
just
with
demolition
delay,
and
I
think
article
85
in
our
local
zoning
code
has
really
served
mostly
to
frustrate
people
both
actually
on
the
historic
preservation
end
and
the
construction
and
development.
And
for
years
now-
and
so
to
me,
leading
up
to
this
250th
anniversary
is
a
great
moment
to
think
about.
You
know
what
changes
do
we
need
to
the
state
level
enabling
act?
N
What
changes
do
we
need
to
our
own
zoning
commission,
commission
language
and
then
how
are
we
going
to
plan
a
really
diverse
set
of
commemorations
to
mark
this,
and
really,
I
think,
boston
will
be
in
the
spotlight
in
that
moment,
and
so
I
think
we
can
help,
show
the
whole
country
what
it
means
to
celebrate
and
retrieve
a
really
richer
history.
That
includes
everybody
that
says
hey
there
were
there
were
black
bostonians,
there
were
immigrants,
there
were
people
who
were
not
like
writing
their
names.
N
You
know
on
those
documents
who
were
central
to
this
moment
and
and
historical
practice.
You
know
I
speak
partly
as
a
historian.
Historical
practice
has
really
advanced
on
that
front
and
a
lot
of
our
a
lot
of
our
architecture
for
for
historical
commemoration
in
the
city
world
is
sort
of
stuck
back
in
like
great
great
men
right
like
important
white
men,
important
kind
of
like
you
know,
here's
a
set
of
dates
and
history
as
a
practice
has
really
become
much
more
much
richer.
N
I
think,
and-
and
I
want
us
to
be
thinking
proactively
about
that-
and
you
don't
you-
aren't
going
to
lay
that
groundwork
without
without
really
pulling
a
lot
of
these
threads
together.
So
that's
the
reason
why
I'd
like
to
explore
in
this
hearing
order,
setting
up
a
commission
so
that
we're
having
that
conversation
intentionally
and
over
time
and
I
did
brewing
as
a
as
a
show-and-tell.
N
The
bicentennial
was
in
in
commemoration
and
we
actually
put
in
like
little
illustrations
of
that's
john
hancock's
house
and
stuff,
and
it's
just
it's
a
reminder
of
we're
going
to
make
a
lot
of
decisions
as
a
city
about
what,
even
in
terms
of
materials
commemoration
of
this
event
looks
like,
and
I
think
we
should
go
exactly
the
opposite
direction
of
what
the
trump
administration
is
proposing.
So
I'd
love
to
start
this
conversation,
and
thank
you
so
much.
Madam
president,.
B
Thank
you,
thank
you
so
much
and
I'm
not
seeing
any
discussion,
but
before
we
move
on
I'm
probably
one
of
the
few
people
on
this
body
that
was
around
in
1976,
not
1776,
but
1976.
I
was
a
little
kid
and
I
do
remember
how
much
excitement
there
was
over
the
bicentennial,
and
I
I
was
very
excited
to
see
this
on
the
agenda,
because
I
saw
this
as
an
opportunity
to
do
just
that.
Make
sure
that
we
are
telling
a
much
more
accurate
story
and
in
a
history
that
is
much
more
inclusive.
B
So
I
I'm
glad
that
you
have
that
here.
Would
anyone
like
to
add
their
name
to
this
hearing
order?
Thank
you
before
I
give
you
those
names,
madam
clerk,
I'm
going
to
call
upon
councillor
flynn
to
say
a
few
words
council
flynn.
You
have
the
floor.
L
Thank
you,
madam.
Madam
president,
please
please
add
my
name.
I
just
want
to
say
that
the
the
proposal
by
council
at
bach
is
is
outstanding.
It's
excellent
and
it's
a
great
way
for
especially
young
people
in
the
public
school
system,
to
learn
about
the
history
of
our
sp,
our
city,
especially
about
people
that
really
are
not
covered
or
history,
didn't
include
them
in
there.
As
councilor
block
mentioned,
I'm
working
with
city
officials
and
the
ellis
neighborhood
association
on
there's
a
street
in
the
south
end
on
columbus
avenue.
L
It's
named
for
alan
kreit
allen,
rohan
price
he's
a
african-american
artist,
one
of
the
best
artists
in
the
in
the
country
in
that
little
area
of
columbus
is
columbus.
Avenue
is
named
after
him.
We're
trying
to
fix
it
up,
putting
money
into
it,
but
he's
one
of
the
most
significant
artists
in
the
country
and
not
many
people
know
about
him.
He
lived
in
the
south
end
his
entire
life,
and
he
would
be
a
great
example,
a
great
role
model
for
other
young
people
that
want
to
be
an
artist.
L
B
J
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
wasn't
going
to
speak
and
then
I
think
councillor
you
and
councillor
flynn
really
spoke
to
the
the
inclusivity
piece
here
and
I
just
want
to
applaud
councillor
bach
for
bringing
this
forward,
but
also
starting
with
the
story
which
he
did.
You
know
there
is
tremendous
history
with
respect
to
black
bostonians
that
is
never
taught
in
the
boston,
public
schools.
J
I
was
just
recently
meeting
with
dr
kindy,
based
on
what
he's
going
to
be
doing
at
bu
in
terms
of
assisting
or
creating
an
institute
to
help
us
all
make
our
institutions
in
this
country
an
anti-racist
society
and
his
pitch
to
folks
who
don't
understand
why
his
work
is
so
important
at
bu
and
and
for
not
just
for
boston,
but
for
the
country.
J
He
was
talking
about
the
history
of
boston
and
how
we've
always
been
at
the
forefront
of
not
sort
of
gradual
progress,
but
asking
for
you
know
absolute
emancipation
and
how
blacks
and
whites
in
partnership
and
together
were
at
the
forefront
centuries
ago,
pushing
to
end
slavery,
pushing
for
everyone
to
have
equality
and
how
many
have
lost
that
sense
of
history
and
that,
if
you
are
from
the
city
of
boston,
why
we
have
such
pride.
J
One
of
the
things
is
because
of
the
leadership
of
all
these
folks
who
came
before
us
in
making
boston
the
first
in
many
respects,
and
so
this
is
an
opportunity
to
really
dive
in
deep
and
do
it
across
the
city.
It's
so
exciting,
so
kudos
to
councillor
bach
for
introducing
this,
and
please
add
my
name.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
B
Thank
you
so
much
now.
If
we
could
have
a
show
of
physical
hands
for
all
the
other
hands,
we're
going
to
add.
So
I
think
you
have
counselor
flynn
already
madame
clark,
please
also
add:
council
brayden,
councillor
baker,
councillor
edwards,
council,
flaherty,
council,
wasabi,
george
council,
o'malley,
council
arroyo,
councillor
mejia,
councillor
campbell
council
of
wu
and
please
also
add
the
chair.
Docket
1005
will
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
arts,
culture,
tourism
and
special
events.
A
I
Thank
you,
madam
president,
before
we
move
forward,
I'd
like
to
suspend
the
rules
and
add
counselor
savvy
george
as
an
original
co-sponsor.
B
Seeing
and
hearing
no
objections,
counselor
savvy
george
has
been
added.
I
Yes,
thank
you,
and
I
would
also
like
to
just
put
out
a
trigger
warning
for
those
who
are
listening
to
my
speech.
As
I
will
be
discussing
the
issue
of
suicide
writing.
The
speech
was
tough,
almost
as
hard
as
it
is
reading
it.
Nearly
everyone
in
our
office
and
myself
included,
has
lost
someone
in
their
lives
to
suicide
or
has
themselves
struggled
with
mental
health
issues.
I
I
I
I
was
gonna,
be
removed
from
the
home
that
she
didn't
take
me
to
the
hospital
or
didn't
seek
any
counseling
for
me
for
fear
that
I
would
be
removed
from
the
home
and
also
for
fear
that,
if
this
was
would
be
on
my
record,
that
I
would
never
get
a
job
in
america
and
it's
important
for
us
to
talk
about
the
stigma
that
people
carry
as
it
relates
to
suicide,
because
there's
a
lot
of
mis
myths
out
there
as
it
relates
to
it.
I
As
a
survivor,
I'm
grateful
to
be
alive
to
witness
the
strength
in
my
struggle
as
a
survivor.
I
know
there
are
also
so
many
young
people
right
now
who
are
battling
depression
and
sitting
at
home
suffering
in
silence
and
we're
calling
for
this
resolution
not
just
to
bring
light
to
the
strength
in
our
own
journey,
but
to
say
that
there
are
people
out
there
who
are
currently
struggling
and
for
those
who
are
out
there.
Listening
know
that
you
are
loved,
you
are
valued
and
you
are
needed.
I
We
encourage
everyone
to
reach
out
to
their
loved
ones,
to
check
in
on
them,
especially
during
these
times
and
I'd
like
to
suspend
the
rules
and
move
with
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
K
K
Prior
to
the
pandemic,
I
filed
a
hearing
order
to
look
at
the
city's
suicide
prevention
resources
as
the
as
the
suicide
rate
in
boston,
increased
17
between
2015
and
2019
suicide
prevention.
Work
is
critically
important
and
needs
to
be
incorporated
into
every
aspect
of
the
city's
work.
We've
talked
about
it
with
the
best
clinicians
work
and,
and
then
in
april,
council
campbell,
and
I
co-sponsored
a
resolution
urging
the
city
to
include
I'm
sorry-
include
mental
health
support
as
part
of
the
public
health
response
to
the
pandemic.
K
As
a
body
we
recognize
may
as
mental
health
awareness
month
and
in
july,
as
black
indigenous
people
of
color
mental
health
month,
it
is
clear
that
we
need
to
prioritize
mental
health,
supports
not
just
to
prevent
suicide,
but
also
to
ensure
our
residents
are
able
to
live
healthy
lives.
I
look
forward
to
having
a
robust
conversation
about
this
necessary
work
through
the
creation
of
a
mental
health
commission.
K
J
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I'll
be
brief.
J
I
just
want
to
thank
the
makers,
counselors
mejia
and
asabi
george
for
the
continued
work
on
mental
health
issues
and
eliminating
the
stigma,
but
also,
of
course,
putting
forth
ideas
and
solutions
with
respect
to
how
the
city
can
do
better,
whether
it
is
providing
more
resources
to
organizations
on
the
ground
who
are
doing
great
work,
especially
in
communities
of
color
that
are
harder
to
reach
with
respect
to
mental
health,
supports
prioritizing
it
not
as
an
afterthought,
but
making
it
a
part
of
every
single
conversation,
particularly
now
in
this
moment
when
we
are
all
experiencing
collective
trauma
because
of
covert
19
police
brutality,
racism,
just
the
topics
of
discussion,
and
certainly
last
but
not
least,
I
really
want
to
thank
council
mejia
for
being
vulnerable
in
this
moment
and
sharing
your
story
to
those
who
are
watching
and
to
so
many
others
and
people
often
ask
you
know
why
do
we
share
our
stories?
J
It's
one.
So
people
see
themselves
in
us
and
see
the
humanity
in
us
and
know
that
we
see
them,
but,
most
importantly,
hopefully
it
encourages
or
inspires
someone
to
reach
out
and
get
help
or
supports.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
being
vulnerable
in
this
space.
Vulnerability
is
power.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
again.
Counselor
sabe
george,
for
your
continued
work
on
these
issues.
Please
add
my
name,
madam
president.
J
N
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
makers
and
and
thank
councillor
mejia,
also
for
sharing
her
story.
I
have
lost
too
many
people
this
way
over
the
course
of
my
20s,
and
I
just
I
think
it's
so
important
for
us
to
talk
about,
and
I
also
think
I
think
it's
really
important
when
it
comes
to
suicide
prevention
to
just
for
everyone
to
know
that,
like
it
needs
the
opposite
of
fatalism
from
us,
because
I
think
sometimes
people
think
oh
well
like
what
can
you
do?
You
know
it's?
N
If
it's
going
to
happen,
it's
going
to
happen.
All
of
the
evidence
suggests
that
every
little
thing
that
you
do
to
you
know
whether,
like
make
a
particular
building
like
less
attractive
as
an
option,
every
like
every
like
a
little
conversation
with
somebody
at
the
right
moment,
having
a
number
that's
easy
to
call
having
it
like,
like
suicide,
is
something
that
people
the
profile
is
that
people
attempt
it
in
a
moment
and
then,
if
they're,
if
they're,
prevented
from
doing
it.
In
that
moment,
they
very
frequently
do
not
return
to
do
it.
N
So
it
really
is
something
where
the
interventions
that
we
can
put
in
on
all
sort
of
facets
of
public
health
can
really
save
lives,
and
I
just
think
it's
so
important
to
stress
that
I
and-
and
I
will
say,
there's
one
thing
that
I'm
hopeful
about
is,
I
think,
seth
moulton
from
our
our
congressional
delegation
actually
got
a
bill
through
that's
sitting
on
the
president's
desk
right
now.
N
Hopefully,
he'll
sign
it,
which
would
make
a
national
suicide
hotline
number
988,
which
would
help
counselor
mahia
gave
the
current
one,
but
I
think
a
three-digit
number,
it's
another
one
of
those
little
things
that
if
it
were
just
easy
and
everybody
knew
it,
it
helps
with
the
destigmatization
and
also
it
just
increases
the
chance
that
someone's
going
to
call
in
that
moment
of
acute
crisis.
N
So
I
just
really
want
to
appreciate
counselors,
mahia
and
asabi
george
for
bringing
this
forward
and
say
that
I
think
it's
it's
a
it's
an
issue
that
just
we
all
know
like
when
it
happens
in
your
family
or
in
your
friend
circle.
It's
just
it's
devastating
and
the
impacts
spiral
for
so
so
long,
and
so
I
think
yeah
it's
just.
We
all
need
to
do
everything
we
can
on
this.
So
thank
you.
L
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
makers
to
counselor
mejia
and
counselor
sabi
george
and
as
councillor
campbell
mentioned,
you
know,
council
mejia,
providing
relaying.
That
story
helps
so
many
people
across
our
city.
They
listen
to
the
story
and
know
that
they're
also
in
difficult
places,
but
sharing
your
story
impacts
a
lot
of
people
in
in
such
a
positive
positive
way.
L
We
also
have
22
veterans
a
day
that
commits
suicide
throughout
the
country
and
that's
something
we
can
also
think
about
and
continue
to
work
on,
and
I
know
my
colleagues
on
the
council
have
been
very
active
and
engaged
on
this
issue,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
mejia
and
to
counselor
savvy
george.
Thank
you,
madam
president,.
B
Thank
you
so
much
seeing
no
more
discussion,
please
a
show
of
physical
hands
for
those
who
would
like
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
if
you
could
please
add
counselor
flynn,
council
of
braden
councillor
o'malley
council
of
flaherty
council
arroyo,
councillor
baker,
council
of
bach
councillor,
campbell,
councillor,
edwards
and
councillor
wu.
Please
also
add
the
chair.
B
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1006
councillor
arroyo.
Yes,
councillor
arroyo.
Yes,
council
baker;
yes,
council
baker;
yes,
council
block;
yes,
council
block;
yes,
council,
great;
yes,
council
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
sir
campbell,
yes,
councilor,
edwards,
yes,
counselor
edwards,
yes,
councilor
sabby,
george.
K
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B
Thank
you
so
much
doc,
docket
1006
has
been
adopted
and
now
we
will
move
on
to
personnel
orders.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
read
doc
at
1007.
B
G
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Council
of
blockies
councillor
braden,
yes,
council
braden;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor
campbell;
yes,
councillor,
edwards,
yes,
councillor,
edwards,
yes,
counter
savvy
george,
yes,
councillor
savvy
georgia's
council
flaherty;
yes,
council
flaherty;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
councilor
janie;
yes,
councillor,
janie,
yes,
councilman!
Here;
yes,
councilman
here;
yes,
councillor,
o'malley,.
G
B
A
G
A
Sorry,
yes,
counselor
campbell,
yes,
councillor
edwards
yeah,
councillor
edwards,
he
has
counselors
abby
george,
yes
enter
savvy
georgia's
council
of
flaherty;
yes,
council
flaherty;
yes,
council
flynn;
yes,
council
flynn,
yes,
councilor,
jamie,
yes,
doctor
janie
is
counsel
me
here.
Yes,
councillor,
mejia,
yes,
councillor
o'malley,.
G
B
C
Oh
sorry,
I
think
I'm
early.
I
would
like
to
make
an
announcement
about
okay.
B
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B
You
so
much
the
consent
agenda
has
been
adopted,
and
so
now
we
will
move
on
to
announcements.
The
chair
recognizes
council
blue
council
of
wu.
You
now
have
the
floor.
C
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
just
wanted
to
report
back
on
the
zba
nominee
situation
just
to
give
everyone
an
update,
because
I
promised
one
at
the
last
meeting
so
as
it
stood
again,
we
confirmed
several
of
the
nominees
last
week
and
there
were
two
remaining
nominees
in
committee,
the
full
member
and
the
alternate
for
the
architect
vision.
C
There
was
some
conversation
during
our
hearing
or
committee
meeting
about
whether
the
proposed
alternate
nominee
should
in
fact
be
a
full
member
just
given
the
importance
of
representation
on
the
board
and
expertise
and
also
just
clearly
that
the
vast
majority
of
people
of
color,
who
would
be
represented
on
the
board,
are
all
an
alternate
slots.
Now.
So
there's
been
some
discussion
back
and
forth.
We
straightened
out
the
criteria
so
that,
in
fact,
this
alternate
proposed
alternate
nominee
would
be
eligible
for
the
open,
full
member
seat.
C
C
Hence
hansi
barbara
for
that
role,
along
with
others
who
have
expressed
interest
in
that
particular
position,
so
they
had
asked
us
to
hold
off
instead
of
taking
action
and
pulling
anything
from
the
green
sheets
this
week,
just
to
give
it
a
little
bit
more
time
as
they're
figuring
out
what
recommendation
the
mayor,
what
decision
the
mayor
would
like
to
make
in
terms
of
his
nominees
for
that
full
seat,
and
then
we
will
act
accordingly.
So
just
wanted
everyone
to
know
that
again,
it
is
not
the
council.
C
B
K
Thank
you
again,
madam
president,
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
that
today
is
recovery
day
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
Every
year
we
recognize
september
as
national
recovery
month
to
increase
awareness
and
understanding
about
mental
illness
and
substance
use
disorders.
K
Today,
I'm
wearing
a
little
bit
of
purple
in
order
in
the
official
color
of
recovery
month
to
express
my
solidarity
and
support
for
individuals
living
in
recovery,
as
well
as
those
who
are
just
starting
on
their
path.
Recovery
looks
different
for
everyone
and
you
are
not
alone
in
this
journey.
I
also
want
to
extend
my
deepest
gratitude
to
our
service
providers
here
in
boston,
providing
critical
recovery
support
services
in
honor
of
recovery
month.
I'd
like
to
encourage
those
at
home
to
consider
making
a
donation
to
the
massachusetts
organization
for
addiction.
K
K
1-800-662-Help,
thank
you
again,
madam
president,
and
and
colleagues
for
indel
joey.
Thank
you
so.
N
Thank
you,
madam
president,
this
isn't
my
announcement,
but
I
did
want
to
thank
the
clerk
for
bringing
my
district
into
the
room
with
her
today.
Just
had
a
picture
of
the
public
garden
behind
her
the
whole
meeting.
N
N
Member
of
our
community
at
amy
lowell
house
in
the
west
end
and
and
her
daughter,
louise
thomas,
is
also
a
major
community
leader
in
in
the
west
end,
and
I've
just
been
thinking
a
lot
about
how
much
how
much
it
meant
to
her
and
to
the
community
at
amy
wool,
which
is
for
folks
who
don't
know
subsidized
housing,
it's
a
mix
of
families
and
seniors
and
really
very
community
oriented
and
also
in
a
kind
of
vertical
neighborhood
that
is
the
west
end.
N
The
amy
lowell
community
room
is
really
the
living
room
for
the
entire
neighborhood.
I
mean
we
have
in
normal
times
every
public
meeting
every
gathering
there,
and
I
was
just
thinking
about
how
much
it's
meant
for
someone
someone
like
her
to
get
to
98
getting
to
continue
to
live
in
that
multi-generational
community
continue
to
live
in
the
heart
of
boston.
N
You
know
on
a
fixed
income
with
housing
that
she
can
continue
to
afford,
and
I
just
I
really
wanted
to
express
my
condolences
to
louise
and
the
whole
thomas,
family
and
and
just
honor
her
and
you
know
the
the
west
end.
It's
it's
one
of
our
littlest
and
sometimes
less
well-remembered
neighborhoods,
but
it's
a
it's
a
it's
a
community
and
then
amelia
was
part
of
part
of
the
heart
of
it.
So
thank
you,
madam
president,.
B
Thank
you
so
much.
I
have
just
a
couple
of
announcements,
one
I'm
just
really
glad
that
this
was
a
quick
short
meeting.
But
let
me
do
my
couple
of
announcements,
one.
I
want
to
give
a
big
shout
out
and
congratulations
to
lorraine
on
central
staff
on
the
birth
of
her
first
grandchild.
B
Luciana,
yes,
give
it
up.
I
think
I
am
the
only
grandmother
on
the
city
council
so
from
one
grandmother
to
the
other.
I
say:
welcome
to
the
club,
it's
the
best
club
to
be
in
so
congratulations,
lorraine,
congratulations
to
your
daughter
and
your
beautiful
granddaughter,
and
so
that
is
celebrating
the
birth.
But
we've
also
lost
a
number
of
people.
We
continue
to
lose
people
every
day
in
2020,
and
I
thought
it
was
just
really
important
that
we
mark
and
acknowledge
the
passing
of
ruth
bader
ginsburg.
B
She
has
been
an
incredible
leader.
I
don't
need
to
tell
folks
on
this
body
what
she
has
done
for
this
country
and
what
she
has
done
for
women,
but
I
I'm
you
know
really
grateful
for
her
as
someone
who
is
leading
the
most
diverse
city
council
in
boston's
history
with
a
record
number
of
women
folks,
you
know
we
we
talk
about
it
and
sometimes
people
get
upset.
Why
are
we
always
talking
about
the
women?
B
So
I
don't
know
what
we're
going
to
do
in
2022
if
we're
going
to
get
to
10,
but
that's
the
goal,
and
I
bring
that
up
because
there's
a
quote
that
ruth
bader
ginsburg
talked
about.
She
talked
about
women
and
the
importance
of
women
and
representation,
and
she
was
responding
to
a
question
about.
You
know
how
many
women
on
the
supreme
court-
and
so
she
said
so
now.
The
perception
is
yes.
Women
are
here
to
stay
and
when
I'm
sometimes
asked,
when
will
there
be
enough
women
on
the
supreme
court?
B
And
I
say
when
there
are
nine
people
are
shocked,
but
there'd
been
nine
men
and
nobody
ever
raised
a
question
about
that.
She
said
that
back
in
2012,
when
we
only
had
one
woman
on
the
city
council,
so
I'm
just
really
grateful
for,
as
I'm
sure
all
of
you
are
for
all
that
ruth
bader
ginsburg
has
done
for
women
and
for
moving
this
country
forward,
and
we
will
also
obviously
close
the
council
in
tribute
to
her
any
other
announcements,
councilor
flaherty,
council
flaherty.
You
have
a
four.
E
Yes,
just
a
brief
point
of
clarity,
I
hear
your
point
there,
but
the
madam
clerk,
when
I
she
was
a
pioneer
when
I
ran
for
the
council
in
2000,
there
were
actually
four
women
that
served
on
the
council.
Clerk
feeding
was
one
of
four
women
and
then,
when
I
joined
the
council,
there
were
three
women,
so
just
for
historical
correction,.
E
B
It
was
just
one
when
in
2009
when
ayanna
first
came,
you
were
on
the
council
with
her
and
then
you
left
and
frank
joined
us
and
then
ayanna
was
brought
herself
yes
and
I'm
looking
to
council
o'malley
our
historian
and
now
we've
got
council
zerbach
another
historian
to
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
the
record
straight.
But
thank
you
for
that.
Council
flaherty,
any
other
announcements
going
to
be
a
record.
It's
122.,
no
other
announcements,
great
so
that
we'll
just
move
on.
I.
I
Just
wanted
to
sorry
counselor,
madam
president,
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone.
I'm
always
now.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everybody
for
your
text
messages
and,
and
and
your
thank
you.
I
am
I'm
incredibly
grateful
to
be
serving
alongside
you
all.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
B
We
will
adjourn
our
meeting
and
memory
of
the
following
individuals
for
councillor
bach
amelia,
thomas
for
counselors
baker,
campbell
and
asabi
george
carol
robinson
for
councillor
edwards,
william
lam
and
supreme
judicial
court
chief
justice,
ralph
gantz
and
on
behalf
of
the
entire
city
council,
ruth
bader
ginsburg,
a
moment
of
silence.