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From YouTube: Boston City Council Meeting on September 22, 2021
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Boston City Council Meeting on September 22, 2021
A
Good
afternoon
everybody
please
take
your
seats.
Welcome
to
the
christopher
ionella
chamber.
My
name
is
matt
o'malley,
I'm
the
city
council
president
pro
tempore
today
is
wednesday
september
22nd
2021,
and
welcome
to
the
boston
city
council.
Viewers
can
watch
the
council
meeting
live
on
youtube
by
visiting
boston.gov
city
dash
council
dash
tv.
Madam
clerk,
would
you
please
begin
by
calling
a
role
uh
to
ascertain
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
B
C
A
D
Good
morning,
everyone
and
thank
you
so
much
to
the
reverend
for
joining
us
and
opening
our
meeting
today,
reverend
wayne
sylvester
daley
was
born
on
the
emerald
island
of
montserrad
in
the
west
indies.
He
has
two
sisters
daphne
and
maureen,
and
he
is
the
only
son
of
the
late
dora
viola
daily
and
john
graves.
D
He
has
a.
He
has
served
for
eight
years
in
the
army
national
guard
and
is
a
gulf
war
veteran.
He
joined
the
historic
charles
street
ame
church
in
june
of
2000
was
appointed
a
senior
steward
and
then
the
pastor
steward
by
the
reverend
dr
gregory
g
gruver
senior
reverend
daley,
currently
serves
as
a
minister
to
men
and
the
senior
associate
minister.
D
He
has
also
served
as
a
re-entry
coordinator
for
the
boston
10-point
coalition
called
the
boston
re-entry
initiative
out
of
the
suffolk
county
sheriff's
department.
I
will
this
is
just
the
first
quarter
of
the
bio
that's
available
because
he
has
taken
on
so
many
different
leadership
roles
in
our
community
he's
an
ever
present
force
and
mentor
and
leader
in
our
community,
and
so
I'm
very
honored
that
he's
willing
to
be
here
with
us
today.
Reverend.
E
E
Give
us
now
your
wisdom,
so
we
may
lead
this
city
bless
us
individually
and
collectively,
as
we
do
your
work
to
empower
our
children
to
empower
our
families
to
build
our
communities
to
make
it
a
safe
place
for
everyone
to
live
and
to
survive.
We
thank
you
for
everything.
If
we
fail
to
ask
you
for
anything,
you
know
all
things
search
our
hearts
and
bless
us
now
take
over
and
rule
over.
This
with
your
wisdom,
give
us
all
your
wisdom
and
give
us
your
peace
in
jesus
name.
We
pray,
amen,
amen.
Thank
you.
A
A
Okay,
we're
now
moving
on
to
the
first
order
of
the
bus
of
business,
which
is
the
approval
of
our
minutes.
Seeing
and
hearing
no
discussion
on
the
matter,
the
chair
moves
to
approve
the
minutes
from
the
last
meeting
as
presented
all
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay
the
eyes
have
it.
The
minutes
of
the
last
meeting
stand
as
approved.
B
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Docket
zero,
nine,
nine
four
message
and
auto
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
an
amount
of
one
million
six
hundred
and
three
thousand
one
hundred
and
twelve
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Title
3b
awarded
by
the
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
elder
affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
age,
strong
commission.
B
From
for
the
periods
of
april
1st
2021
through
june
30th
2022
docket
number
zero,
nine
nine
six
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
an
amount
of
423
thousand
one
hundred
and
seventy
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Title
iii,
a
awarded
by
the
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
elder
affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
age
strong
commission.
The
grant
will
fund
administration
costs
for
planning
and
implementation
by
the
age.
B
Strong
commission,
from
april
1st
2021
to
9
14
2021.,
docket,
number,
zero,
nine,
nine
seven
message
and
order
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
an
amount
of
three
hundred.
Ninety
four
thousand
one
hundred
and
thirty
three
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
rescue
plan
act.
Title
three
awarded
by
the
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
elder
affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
age,
strong
commission.
A
B
Certainly
docket
0998
message
an
auto
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
an
amount
of
345
678
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy
22,
fair
housing
assistance
program
awarded
by
the
united
states,
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
to
be
administered
by
the
department
of
fair
housing
and
equity.
The
grant
will
fund,
processing
and
training
costs
related
to
housing
discrimination,
complaints
received
by
the
boston,
fair
housing
and
equity
commission.
B
Dock
at
zero,
nine,
nine
nine
message
and
order
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
in
the
amount
of
one
hundred
and
fifty
seven
thousand
five
hundred
and
twenty
two
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Titled
3d
awarded
by
the
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
el
dorfias
to
be
administered
by
the
aid
strong
commission.
The
grant
will
fund
the
long-term
care
arms
goodman
program
for
the
period
april,
1st
2021
through
june
30th
2022.
A
B
I'm
sorry
title
three:
expanding
access
to
covert
19
vaccines
via
aging
networks
awarded
by
the
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services,
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
elder
affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
aids
strong
commission.
The
grant
will
fund
direct
services
to
combat
vaccine
hesitancy,
support,
vaccine
equity
efforts
and
provide
transportation,
stipends
vouchers
and
other
related
services.
A
F
Mr
chair,
uh
this
grant
is
a
crucial
part
of
ending
the
pandemic
and
protecting
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
populations.
As
a
city,
we
need
to
be
able
to
overcome
vaccine
hesitancy,
encourage
folks
to
get
vaccinated
and
ensure
that
we
are
doing
so
in
an
inequitable
way.
For
those
reasons,
I
would
like
to
ask
us
to
spend
the
rules
and
vote
on
this
docket
today.
A
B
Thank
you,
docket
1001
message
and
order
authorize
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
an
expanded
amount
of
140
140
121
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Titled
3-d
awarded
by
the
u.s
department
of
human
human
health
and
services
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
elder
affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
age,
drawing
commission
the
grant
will
fund
preventative
health
services
for
older
adults
in
boston
for
the
period
of
april
1st
2021
through
june
30th
2022.
A
B
Docket
1002
message
and
auto
authorize
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
the
amount
of
84
918
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
fy21
ford
security
awarded
by
the
united
states
department
of
homeland
security
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
bpd,
hopper
patrol
unit
vessels
and
equipment.
A
G
um
Thank
you,
president
o'malley.
As
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
public
safety
and
criminal
justice,
I
am
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
in
passage
of
docket
1002..
It's
pretty
self-explanatory.
It's
in
the
amount
of
eighty
four
thousand
nine
hundred
and
eighteen
dollars.
It's
a
grant
that
we
get
consistently
and
continually.
G
A
A
B
Docket
1003
message
in
order
authorized
in
city
boston
to
accept
and
extend
an
amount
of
fifteen
thousand
seven
hundred
and
sixty
three
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
federal
fy
title
iii.
Expanding
access
to
coven,
19
vaccines
via
aging
networks
awarded
by
the
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
elder
affairs
to
be
administered
by
the
age.
Strong
commission.
The
grant
will
fund
staff
time
to
implement
expanded
vaccine
access
services
to
older
adults.
A
F
A
Thank
you,
council
ricardo
arroyo,
chair
of
the
committee
on
public
health,
seek
suspension
of
the
rules
and
passage
of
docket
1003.
All
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
has
passed
moving
right
along
to
reports
of
public
officers
and
others.
Madam
clerk,
would
you
please
read
docket
one
thousand
and
four.
A
H
I
A
moment,
but
before
we
get
to
the
substance
of
the
the
ordinance
I'd
like
to
substitute
the
committee
report,
there
was
one
passed
around
earlier
to
all
my
colleagues
all
the
changes.
All
the
amendments
are
just
technical
and
slight
grammatical
and
just
for
clarification
purposes,
so
I
moved
to
have
a
new
report
submitted.
H
I
I
This.
This
is,
after
the
result
of
a
robust
hearing
with
many
many
people
and
two
working
sessions
where
we
made
sure
that
we
had
all
of
the
feedback
and
the
concerns
addressed
in
each
one
of
them,
and
I
want
to.
I
want
to
thank
again
the
advocates
who
came
out.
I
there's
too
many
organizations
to
to
name,
but
they
were
instrumental
in
this
in
this
moment
and
in
the
conversation
which
I
thought
was
incredibly
respectful,
informative
and
inclusive.
I
H
C
A
A
Yep
good,
you
got
it.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
You
got
it.
um
You
know.
Fatherhood
offers
one
hell
of
a
perspective.
Not
only
does
it
really
make
you
uh
or
parenthood,
I
should
say
offers
one
hell
of
a
perspective
and
yes,
I
realize
I
just
said
hell
of
a
twice
on
the
council
floor
which
I'd
be
yelling
at
all
of
you
for
doing
so.
A
I
apologize
thank
you,
but
it
really
has
helped
me
sort
of
appreciate
the
important
things
in
life
um
and
also
take
stock
of
of
of
what
we
should
be
grateful
for,
and
I
am
incredibly
grateful
for
standing
in
front
of
all
of
you
and
having
this
opportunity
to
bring
this
amendment
this.
We
call
it
no
ordinance,
it's
actually
actually
technically
an
amendment
but
to
bring
it
to
a
vote
and
I'll
tell
a
little
bit
story
that
when
I
was
first
elected
2010
november
30th
2010
is
when
I
was
sworn
in.
A
um
I
actually
had
a
really
good
office
for
a
month
and
then,
a
month
later,
as
the
newest
member,
I
was
bumped
down
to
what
is
now
anisa's
office,
and
I
was
there
languishing
for
many
years.
uh
The
other
thing
in
those
days
uh
committee
assignments
were
doled
out
strictly
by
seniority.
Maureen
can
tell
you
this,
like
no
matter
how
many
years
you
had,
if
you
weren't
on
the
right
side
of
a
council
presidency
vote,
you
wouldn't
get
the
uh
it
didn't
matter.
You'd
get
the
committee
based
on
your
years
of
service.
A
I
mentioned
this
to
say
that
the
last
committee
that
anyone
wanted
in
2011
was
the
committee
on
the
environment.
So
it
went
to
me
the
most
junior
member
and
jokes
on
all
of
my
colleagues
at
the
time
that
was
the
committee
I
most
wanted
and
have
had
every
year
for
the
last
11
years,
and
we've
done
some
great
things.
We've
done
some
great
things.
A
Together
from
the
plastic
bag
ban
and
wetlands
community
choice,
energy
composting,
um
the
paperless
pay
stub
did
you
know
that
there
was
no
opportunity
at
the
beginning,
when
I
was
first
elected
to
opt
out
of
getting
my
bi-weekly
pay
stub,
our
our
salary
is
set
by
statute.
It's
not
like
it's
going
to
change
and
I
couldn't
opt
out
of
it
in
those
days,
and
I
was
actually
criticized
when
I
said:
let's:
let's
have
an
opt-out
feature
like
most
banks
in
the
21st
century,
um
and
I
say
that
to
say
of
everything.
I've
worked
on
legislatively.
A
This
is
the
most
proud
I've
ever
been,
and
I
am
the
one
who's
lucky
enough
to
introduce
this,
but
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
it
is
the
people
behind
me.
It
is
the
people
to
our
left
and
to
our
right.
It
is
the
people
who
couldn't
be
in
this
room
because
I
said
we're
going
to
limit
the
crowds
because
I'm
still
we're
going
to
be
focused
on
covet
and
being
safe.
um
This
is
all
of
us.
This
is
collectively
the
work
of
eight
years.
We
did
birdo
1.0
in
2013
tom
menino
deserves
enormous
credit.
A
This
guy
had
better
political
instincts
than
anyone.
I've
ever
met
and
never
got
the
credit
he
deserves,
um
but
he
saw
this
coming.
We
were
the
first
city
in
the
country
to
simply
say
you
have
to
manage
and
measure
your
greenhouse
get
your
utility
usage.
That's
it.
There
was
no,
there
was
a
fine
associated
with
not
um
complying,
but
in
eight
years
allison
we've
we've
assessed
how
much
and
fine
zero
dollars,
because
people
did
it
and
people
realized.
A
This
was
the
important
thing
to
do
that
ordinance
by
the
way
um
it
passed,
but
it
was
a.
It
was
a
vote
of
nine
to
four
and
it
shows
how
far
we've
come
as
a
city
it
was.
It
seems
quaint
now
that
there
was
debate
over
that,
and
I
don't
mean
to
count
my
chickens
before
they've
hatched,
but
I
feel
pretty
good
because
of
the
great
conversations
and
leadership
of
all
of
you
of
how
we're
going
to
have
this
vote
today.
A
But
my
point
is
eight
years
ago
we
started
this
and
this
is
the
culmination
and
it's
because
of
the
people
in
this
room.
The
people
who
have
put
the
blood,
sweat
and
tears
recognizing
the
fact
that
climate
change
is
an
existential
threat
and
it's
up
to
cities
and
towns
to
lead,
and
we
can
do
that.
We
have
before
us
the
most
impactful
decarbonization
law
that,
I
would
argue,
is
anywhere
in
this
country.
We're
going
to
lead
on
this.
We've
done
we're
not
the
first,
but
we
are
absolutely
the
best.
A
We
are
going
to
decarbonize
our
large
buildings
over
the
next
25
years,
full
stop
and
we're
going
to
work
to
make
sure
that
all
of
the
work
is
centered
around
equity
equality,
addressing
environmental
justice
communities
and
working
with
the
institutions
to
get
it
right.
We
had
a
question
at
that
little
presser
earlier
about
the
business
community.
It
was
a
fair
question.
Business
community's
been
largely
supportive
of
this
eight
years
ago.
If
you
were
here,
frank
was
here
at
the
time.
I
think
you
were
probably
the
only
one
here
at
the
time.
A
Eight
years
ago,
when
we
were
doing
the
first
birdo
vote,
you
had
people
actually
lobbying
counselors,
saying
you
can't
do
this.
You
can't
move
ahead
on
this.
You
probably
haven't
heard
from
a
lot
of
folks,
because
people
recognize
the
importance
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
here.
It
will
be
absolutely
ground
breaking
beginning
in
2025
and
following
every
five
years
thereafter,
through
this
ordinance,
we'll
be
setting
aggressive
but
achievable
metrics
and
that's
the
key
point.
A
We
could
have
easily
passed
an
ordinance
saying
we're
going
to
decarbonize
all
of
our
buildings
by
2030
and
it
would
probably
pass
you'll
probably
be
signed
into
law,
but
there'd
be
no
blueprint
to
get
us
there.
This
actually
does
get
us
there.
We're
gonna
have
aggressive
but
achievable
metrics
for
buildings
to
reach
a
substantial
cut
in
their
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
A
A
To
chair
lydia
edwards,
um
who
you
know,
gave
me
high
praise
indeed,
at
the
last
working
session.
She
said
this
is
the
best
working
session.
I've
done
is
government,
ops,
chair
and
it's
largely
because
of
her.
She
gets
it.
She
understands
it.
She
dives
in
the
weeds,
and
you
facilitate
an
amazing
process
special
shout
out
to
christine
o'donnell
as
well
from
central
staff
who
has
been
uh
there's
christine.
Thank
you.
A
Alison
bresius
is
our
environment.
Commissioner.
She
has
been
our
quarterback
this
entire
time
on
behalf
of
an
incredible
team:
um
brenda
pike,
cat
eschel,
hannah,
payne,
stacia,
shapooda,
mars,
lottie
ben
silverman,
kathleen
hart
all
working
and
supporting
allison
commish.
In
this
role
you
have
been
marvelous.
Thank
you
so
much
alison.
A
A
That
was
a
big
get
and
if
I
may
be
a
bit
a
modest,
I
will
I
worked
incredibly
hard
this
summer
working
to
try
to
find
that
common
ground
with
folks
without
sacrificing
what
we
said
to
do
in
this
ordinance,
and
that
wasn't
always
easy,
but
it
was
important
and
we
want
to
get
it
right
and
that's
precisely
what
we
are
doing
here,
we're
going
to
vote
on
this.
The
mayor
is
going
to
sign
it
and
we
are
going
to
cut
begin
cutting
37
million
metric
tons
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
over
the
next
30
years.
A
This
ordinance
affects
four
percent
of
our
total
building
stock.
That's
thirty
five
hundred
buildings,
yet
those
four
percent
of
buildings
account
for
nearly
sixty
percent
of
all
building
emissions,
I'll
be
asking
for
a
vote
now
on
this
transformative
climate
policy.
I
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you,
my
colleagues,
all
of
you
to
a
person.
This
is
legacy
stuff
for
all
of
us.
This
is
stuff
that
we
can
say
we
voted
on
and
we
not
last
time
and
I'm
not
going
to
do
it
again,
but
last
time
I
cited
all
of
our
children's
names.
A
H
Thank
you,
council
o'malley
job
well
done.
Is
there
anyone
else
looking
to
speak
on
this
matter,
not
seeing
any
uh
chair,
edwards
and
council
o'malley
seek
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passage
of
docket
0775
in
a
new
draft,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
doubt
the
vote.
Yes,
madam
clerk,
will
you
take
a
roll
call?
Please.
B
H
B
Councillor:
baker,
aye
council,
bach
aye,
councillor
book,
aye,
council,
braden,
aye,
councillor
brayden
and
I
council
campbell
counselor
campbell
years,
counselor
edwards
councilor,
edward
diaz,
counselor
sabi,
george
counselor
sabi,
georgia's
council,
flaherty,
council
flaherty.
Yes,
council
flynn,
council
flynn,
yes,
council
me
here
comes
the
mejia;
yes,
councillor
o'malley!
Yes,
I
was
just
wondering
about
that:
counselor,
yes,
council
of
wu.
Yes,
mr
chair
docket,
number
zero,
seven,
seven
five
just
passed
unanimously.
A
A
J
Thank
you,
mr
president,
um
and
thank
you
to
the
sponsors
of
this
hearing
order.
On
monday,
the
committee
on
small
business
and
workforce
development
held
a
hearing
on
docket
0398
order
up
for
hearing
on
the
safety
of
construction
sites.
We
were
joined
by
two
of
the
sponsors
of
this
docket
councilor
breden
and
consular
flynn,
who
also
spoke
on
behalf
of
our
third
sponsor
counselor
flaherty.
We
were
also
joined
by
council
bach
from
the
administration
we
were
joined
by
isd.
Commissioner
sean
leiden.
J
J
During
the
hearing,
commissioner
lee
leiden
spelled
out
the
current
inspection
process
to
ensure
worker
safety,
which
involves
several
stages
of
inspection
during
all
phases
of
construction
process
contracts.
Where
contractors
were
also
supposed
to
sign
a
maddox
higgins
affidavit,
which
requires
the
contractor
to
disclose
any
previous
o
s
h
a
violations.
This
hearing
was
a
great
opportunity
to
learn
about
the
current
standards,
but
even
one
death
of
a
construction
worker
is
far
too
many
and
there's
a
need
to
revisit
the
existing
expansion
process
and
make
changes.
J
A
K
K
um
I
think
councillor
mejia,
summed
it
up
best,
but
one
issue
I
did
want
to
highlight
was
the
issue
of
wage
theft
that
continues
to
happen
in
our
city.
I
know
it's
an
issue
that
counselor
edwards
has
worked
on
for
many
years.
I
know
it's
an
issue
that
the
attorney
general
maura
healey
continues
to
work
on
as
well,
but
when
we're
exploiting
workers
by
not
paying
them
a
fear
wage
that
also
includes
workers
that
don't
have
safety
in
the
workplace
as
well.
K
So
not
not
only
are
we
exploiting
workers
but
we're
putting
their
health
in
welfare
in
danger
and
their
families
as
well.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
in
this
city.
It's
unconscionable
for
a
construction
company
to
come
into
boston,
to
work
in
boston
and
to
not
pay
their
workers
a
decent
wage,
but
it's
also
unconscionable
to
not
provide
workers,
a
safe
working
conditions.
K
That's
their
number
one
critical
issue
making
sure
workers
are
safe
and
protected
and
that
don't
that
also
means
that
pedestrians
are
cyclists
that
happen
to
be
in
the
area
as
well
or
neighbors
are
also
safe
from
a
construction
site.
So
again
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleague,
councillor
mejia,
for
conducting
a
very
informative
meeting.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
A
A
I
You
very
much
we
had
a
very
good
conversation
and
that
it
was
heartfelt
if
we
understood
the
passing
of
anybody
is
a
level
of
grief
that
you
must
go
through
is
is
intense
and
the
widow
came
and
testified
about
the
passing
of
her
husband,
a
firefighter
after
the
surgery
he
had
after
he
had
rolled
his
ankle.
While
coming
down
the
fire
pole,
we
heard
from
her
and
I
wanted.
As
I
explained,
we
wanted
her
to
have
her
time
her
space
and
her
voice
along
with
the
union
of
718
to
speak.
I
There
was
a
denial
letter
of
certain
death
benefits
to
her.
That
letter
was
not
part
of
the
packet
and
we're
waiting
for
the
retirement
committee
to
explain
what
the
denial
was.
I've
committed
to
council
arroyo
that
we
will
move
this
expediently
as
possible
and
we're
waiting
for
that
letter
to
come
in
as
the
full,
complete
packet
and
assessment
is.
Why
why
he
was
denied?
I
think
it
wasn't
a
misinterpretation
of
the
law,
but
I
would
like
to
see
that
letter.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Pending
communication
from
the
retirement
board,
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
government,
ops,
council,
lydia
edwards
uh
is
asking
that
docket
zero.
Five
six
two
remain
in
the
committee
on
government
operations.
Madam
clerk,
now
please
read:
docket
zero,
nine
five
three.
B
Docket
0953
message
and
auto
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
an
amount
of
25
million
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
commonwealth
builder
program
awarded
by
the
massachusetts
housing
partnership
to
be
administered
by
the
department
of
neighborhood
development.
The
grant
will
fund
the
creation
of
workforce
home
ownership,
housing
units
and
the
long-term
availability
of
those
units
to
eligible
moderate
income.
Households.
A
I
You
very
much
we
had
a
great
hearing
about
this.
The
administration
came
through
and
explained
both
dockets,
but
the
0953
was
an
incredible
amount
of
money
to
help
build
workforce
ownership,
and
so
we
they
explained
how
many
they
expected
to
help
out
with
that
we're
talking
tens
of
people
or
tons
of
families
who
will
be
able
to
do
this
and
hopefully
purchase
their
own
home
with
this
exp
with
this
much
needed
money.
So
I'm
submitting
this
committee
report
with
the
recommendation
that
it
ought
to
pass.
A
Counselor
lydia
edwards,
chair
of
the
committee
on
housing,
community
development,
seeks
passage
of
docket
zero,
nine
five.
Three,
all
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed,
nay
the
eyes.
Have
it
docket
zero.
Nine
five
three
has
passed.
Madam
clerk,
would
you
now
please
read:
docket
zero,
nine
five,
five.
B
Docket:
zero,
nine
five
five
message
and
auto
authorized
in
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
an
amount
of
four
million
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
austin
brighton
homeowner
fund
awarded
by
the
boston
redevelopment
authority
to
be
administered
by
the
department
of
neighborhood
development.
The
grant
will
fund
programming
to
foster
affordable,
homeownership
and
homeowner
stability
in
austin,
brighton.
A
I
You
very
much
we
had
again
during
the
same
uh
hearing
on
zero,
nine
five
three.
We
also
discussed
this
docket
and
it
was
exciting
to
see
this
money
being
dedicated
private
dollars
given
to
the
city
to
help
push
for
homeownership
in
austin,
brighton
council
braden
was
there
to
discuss
the
much-needed
funds
and
how
this
would.
This
is
an
exciting
opportunity
for
her
community.
Thank
you.
A
Great
any
further
discussion
on
docket
zero,
nine
five
five
seeing
none
uh
counselor
lydia
edwards,
chair
of
the
housing
community
development
committee,
seeks
passage
of
zero
nine
five
five
in
a
new
draft.
All
of
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay
the
eyes
have
it.
Docket
095
has
passed
now.
Madame
clark,
please
read
doc.
050859.
A
I
Thank
you
very
much.
We
had
an
incredible
conversation
with
mr
flores
about
his
aptitude
about
his
history,
about
his
dedication
and
love
of
the
city,
his
work
with
young
people
and
how
he
would
like
nothing
more
than
the
opportunity
to
try
and
serve
the
city
as
a
boston
police
officer.
I
recommend
that
we
pass
this
docket,
but
I
also
wanted
to
give
the
floor
to
councillor
arroyo.
Who
is
the
lead
sponsor.
A
F
The
floor
is
yours,
uh
so
mr
flores
is
a
roslindale
resident
who
was
born
and
raised
in
jamaica
plain
has
served
on
the
boston
school
police
for
the
last
five
years,
and
before
that
worked
in
a
non-profit
dealing
with
gang-involved
youth
and
things
of
that
nature
over
the
last
couple
years.
He
believes
that
there's
a
place
for
him
in
this
work.
He
enjoys
this
work
working
directly
with
youth
and
minors.
F
Mr
flores
has
gone
through
the
process
prior
to
this
for
uh
official.
You
know
uh
to
get
into
the
cadet
program
and
to
to
get
into
the
police
academy
uh
the
furthest
he
has
gotten.
Was
this
time,
however,
he's
coming
up
on
the
age
requirement
and
he's,
I
believe
he
passed
it
by
three
months.
All
this
would
do
which
we've
done
this,
I
think
we
did.
One
of
these
just
last
year
around
the
same
time
is
give
him
an
opportunity
to
go
through
the
program.
It
doesn't
make
him,
it
doesn't
cut
him
in
line.
F
A
Thank
you
console
royal,
any
further
discussion
on
docket
0859,
seeing
none
counselor
edwards,
chair
of
the
committee
on
government
operations,
as
well
as
the
lead
sponsor
counselor
arroyo,
seek
acceptance
of
the
committee
report
and
passage
of
docket
zero.
Eight
five,
nine
all
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
has
passed,
motions,
orders
and
resolutions.
Madam
clerk,
would
you
now
please
read
docket
1005.
A
I
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
every
single
one
of
my
my
colleagues
have
heard
it
before.
There's
an
abandoned
building
the
there's
a
absentee
landlord
there's
all
of
these
things
happening,
they're,
not
taking
care
of
their
property.
It's
become
either
a
blight
or
an
annoyance,
or
things
from
that
property
is
impacting
them.
What
are
you
doing
about
it
and
isd
goes
out
there
and
gives
them
ticket
after
ticket
after
ticket
and
still
nothing
changes.
I
Currently
it's
three
hundred
dollars
and
oftentimes
again,
if
you're
a
rich
developer
and
you
have
or
you're
just
waiting
for
someone
to
purchase
your
property,
that's
cheap,
so
I'm
hoping
that
you
will
support
me
and
say
we
again.
Boston
need
to
take
control
of
this
conversation
and
we
as
boston
need
to
decide
what
is
the
appropriate
sweet
spot
to
encourage
or
force
or
demand
of
developers
or
whoever
who
refuses
to
take
care
of
their
property
to
well
take
care
of
their
property.
What's
that
sweet
spot,
so
that's
what
this
home
repetition
will
do.
I
A
L
You
so
much,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
to
councillor
edwards
for
her
leadership
and
partnership
on
this.
um
As
she
stated,
this
would
give
boston
the
authority
to
increase
municipal
fines
from
three
hundred
dollars
to
three
thousand
dollars,
and
you
know
I
think
that
that
current
low
limit
as
councilor
edwards
says
it
really
encourages
certain
actors
to
just
blow
off
the
municipal,
fine
and-
and
you
know,
and
we've
all
heard,
the
frustration
from
our
constituents.
L
Now
it
gets,
you
know,
swept
up
into
some
real
estate
trust,
it's
anonymous.
It's
hard
to
track
the
reality
is
the
bigger
those
entities
are
the
more
this
low-level.
Fine
means
that
it's
just
not
meaningful
to
them,
so
this
home
rule
petition
would
only
raise
that
ceiling.
It
wouldn't,
in
fact
raise
any
fines
in
order
for
us
to
actually
raise
any
municipal
fines.
There
would
need
to
be
deliberation
by
this
body
and
an
amendment
of
an
actual
existing
city
ordinance.
L
This
is
about
asking
the
state
to
give
us
the
permission
to
to
raise
certain
fines
to
that
level
in
order
to
better
get
the
attention
of
some
of
these
larger
um
capital
holders,
and
I
think,
for
quality
of
life
in
the
city
um
and
being
able
to
you
know
really
induce
people
to
change
behavior
when
it's
affecting
a
whole
neighborhood.
It's
an
important
tweak,
so
look
forward
to
discussing
it
with
colleagues
and
residents
in
a
hearing.
Thank
you.
A
I
A
M
Thank
you.
um
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
counters,
edwards
and
bach
for
including
me
in
this.
As
an
original
co-sponsor,
the
current
maximum
fine
of
300,
which
the
city
imposes
for
violations
of
ordinances,
bylaws
rules
and
regulations,
is
applied,
regardless
of
the
size
of
the
offender,
whether
they're,
an
individual,
a
property
or
business
owner
or
a
large
corporate
corporation.
M
The
current
scale
of
fines
may
be
significant
enough
to
deter
individuals
from
committing
repeat
offenses,
but
the
current
capital
fines
leaves
big
time
chronic
offenders,
undeterred
from
racking
up
and
accumulating
fines,
rather
than
taking
tangible
action
to
remedy
the
violations.
To
begin
with,
it's
almost
seen
as
the
cost
of
doing
business
in
boston.
We
must
level
the
playing
field
between
individual
residents,
who
may
be
one-off
offenders
and
the
largest
skill
repeat.
Offender
should
chronically
take
advantage
of
this
system.
M
This
proposal
is
crucial
in
that
it
would
not
increase
current
three
hundred
dollar
fines.
It
would.
It
would
not
increase
current
three
hundred
dollar
fines
to
three
thousand
but
allow
the
city,
through
our
body
and
public
uh
council
hearings
the
ability
to
propose
and
consider
specific
increases
in
the
future.
M
A
K
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
uh
thank
you
to
council
edwards
and
our
colleagues
for
the
for
their
lead
and
important
work
on
on
this
proposal.
I
had
a
discussion
earlier
um
with
council
edwards
in
one
issue
that
we've
been
dealing
in
south
boston
and
other
locations
around
around
the
city.
I've
been
partnering
with
the
council.
Flaherty
is
the
house
parties
that
continue
to
take
place
throughout
our
neighborhood,
and
you
know
we
want
to
see
about
increasing
the
fines,
so
residents
can
sleep
at
night
because
these
parties
continue
until
three
o'clock
in
the
morning.
K
A
Thank
you
very
much
councillor
flynn.
Is
there
any
further
discussion
on
docket
1005,
seeing
none
what
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name?
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
arroyo,
counselor
baker,
counselor
campbell,
counselor
clarity,
counselor
flynn,
counselor,
sybee,
george
counselor
mejia,
please
add
the
chair's
name
and
counselor
wu
and
dockett
1005
shall
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
government
operations.
A
F
You,
mr
chair
september,
is
suicide
awareness
and
prevention
month.
Suicide
is
currently
the
10th
leading
cause
of
death
for
adults,
and
when
you
go
to
the
ages
of
uh
10
to
34
years
old,
it
is
actually
the
second
leading
cause
of
death,
which
is
heartbreaking,
uh
as
somebody
myself
who
has
struggled
with
suicidal
ideation
and
some
members
of
this
council
have
shared
their
own
struggles.
We
know
that
part
of
the
problem
is
that
mental
health
and
concerns
around
mental
health
are
stigmatized
in
a
way
that
prevent
people
from
seeking
help
and
doing
that.
F
In
for
english,
and
it's
actually
one
eight
eight
one,
eight
eight,
eight
six,
two,
eight
nine
four
five
four
for
spanish.
uh
This
is
something
that
uh
I'd
like
to.
With
with
this
pandemic,
we're
gonna
see
sort
of
unseen
levels
of
post,
uh
traumatic,
stress,
disorder,
unseen
levels
of
trauma,
and
I
don't
think
that
we
have
adequately.
F
F
This
is
something
that
simply
does
just
have
to
be
a
focus
for
us
and
for
our
city
and
for
the
country,
and
so
I'd
also
like
to
thank
uh
my
co-sponsor
on
this
council
mejia,
who
has
bravely
shared
her
story
time
and
time
again,
and
so
I
hope,
to
see
real
assets
and
real
attention
on
this
matter.
Moving
forward,
because
mental
health
is
wildly
important
to
the
city
and
and
really
is
wildly
important
to
everything
else
that
anybody
does
on
any
given
day.
Thank
you.
A
J
um
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
to
councilor
for
co-sponsoring
this
resolution
with
us,
um
but
I'm
going
to
keep
it
together
because
I
am
going
to
keep
it
together.
um
I
would
also
like
to
put
out
a
trigger
warning
for
folks
listening
in
that
we
will
be
talking
about
a
topic
of
suicide
and
I
think
people
need
to
acknowledge
that
that
is
triggering
for
a
lot
of
folks
last
year
when
we
sponsored
this
resolution,
I
shared
my
own
story
as
a
survivor.
J
They
may
not
resemble
what
you
see
in
the
movies
or
on
tv
depression
and
suicide.
Suicidal
ideation
takes
on
many
different
shapes
and
forms
that
may
look
completely
different
from
one
person
to
another.
That
is
why
it's
so
important
to
check
in
on
the
important
people
in
your
life
to
check.
In
on
yourself,
too,
remind
the
people
in
your
life
that
no
matter
that
they
matter
to
you,
even
the
people
who
make
make
it
look
like
everything,
is
fine
in
their
lives.
J
J
Suicide
prevention
is
affordable,
housing,
it's
access
to
affordable
health
care,
destigmatizing,
mental
illness,
family
acceptance
of
the
lgbtq
relatives,
financial
security
and
so
much
more
as
an
office.
We
have
fought
to
uplift
mental
illness
throughout
covet
19
pandemic
in
all
issues
and
sectors,
and
we
know
that
what
we
have
that
what
has
been
top
of
mind
for
everyone
as
well,
has
been
mental
health
and
wellness,
especially
those
who
are
experiencing
social
isolation.
A
N
Thank
you
very
much,
uh
mr
president,
and
thank
you
to
the
makers,
the
lead
sponsors
on
this
resolution.
I
think
it's
so
important
that
we
continue
to
talk
aloud
about
um
about
suicide,
about
the
necessary
work
that
needs
to
be
done
to
to
prevent
suicide
and
to
support
those
that
have
been
directly
impacted
by
this.
Please
add
my
name
and
I
look
forward
to
this
passage
as
well.
Thank
you,
mr
president,.
A
H
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
first
had
my
name
december
7th
1992
michael
mullen
malto.
He
called
me
on
the
phone.
He
was
drinking
that
night.
He
had
been
sober
for
a
while.
He
shot
himself
over
the
phone
to
me.
I
didn't
even
realize
how
much
it
was
going
to
affect
me
till
I
was
through
what
I
did
to
to
to
numb
my
pain
for
those.
However,
many
years
I
was
numbing
my
pain,
but
thank
you
for
um
putting
this
forth.
H
When
someone
is
in
that
position
and
takes
themself
out,
we
don't
even
know
how
bad
it
is,
and
and
and
also
the
families
and
the
people
that
are
around
them
miles
affected
me
for
years.
I
still
think
of
him.
Every
day
he
was
my
best
friend
in
grammar
school
and
we
kind
of
fell
apart
a
little
bit.
He
went
heavy
on
to
one
side
and
I
was
trying
to
remain
straight
in
my
life
and
so
it's
a
way
for
me
to
honor
a
buddy
of
mine,
and
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
counselor
baker,
adam
clerk,
please
add
counselor,
frank
baker.
um
Would
any
other
counselors
wish
to
speak
on
this?
Would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name?
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
bach
councillor
braden
councillor
campbell
councillor,
edwards,
councillor,
flaherty,
councillor
flynn,
councillor
mejia,
please
add
the
chair
and
councillor
wu
councillors,
arroyo
and
mejia
and
baker
are
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
1006.
A
B
A
M
J
um
What
am
I
doing
here
today?
Okay,
uh
so
thank
you.
Mr
president,
um
on
the
first
of
september
of
this
year,
a
bill
was
sponsored
by
the
texas
state
legislator.
Titled
sb8
took
into
effect
this
bill
restricts
any
and
all
abortions
after
a
fetal
heartbeat
is
detected,
which
may
be
as
early
as
six
weeks
before
most
people
even
know
that
they
are
pregnant.
J
But
for
the
rest
of
us
people
who
are
left
without
options
and
in
the
face
of
a
newer
and
more
restrictive
abortion
access
law.
Congress
has
the
opportunity
and
the
obligation
to
protect
the
abortion
care.
That
is
why
our
congresswoman
and
colleague
ayanna
pressley,
filed
the
women's
health
protection
act,
which
would
fight
back
against
these
attacks
on
abortion,
access
and
codify
the
right
for
doctors
to
provide
abortion
care
free
from
unnecessary
bans
and
restrictions.
J
This
bill
needs
our
support,
not
only
because
we
need
to
send
a
message
to
cities
and
states
across
the
country
that
we
stand
for
a
person's
right
to
choose,
but
that
we
also
but
but
because
we,
because
also
there
are
still
deep
inequities
in
accessing
abortion
care
in
massachusetts.
That
need
to
be
addressed.
J
I
want
to
conclude
on
a
final
note.
This
bill
is
called
the
women's
health
protection
act,
but
it
is
important
to
remember
that
not
just
women
access
abortion
care,
trans
men
and
gender
non-conforming
non-binary
individuals
who
also
rely
on
access
to
this
level
of
care,
and
we
need
to
make
space
for
them
as
well.
This
is
this
is
what
all
means
all
looks
like,
and
this
is
why
we
are-
and
this
is
why
we
were
intentional
about
removing
any
gendered
language
from
this
resolution.
J
A
Thank
you,
counselor
mejia
is
anyone
else
wishing
to
speak
on
docket
zero.
One
thousand
seven
would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name.
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
arroyo,
councillor
baker,
councillor
block
councillor,
braden,
councillor
campbell,
counselor,
edwards,
counselor,
sabi,
george
councillor
flaherty
who's
at
the
chair,
counselor
flynn,
councillor
wu
and
uh
councilor.
Julia
mejia
is
seeking
suspension
of
the
rules
and
adoption
of
docket
1007.
All
those
in
favor,
please
indicate
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay
the
eyes
have
it.
The
docket
has
passed.
A
That
is
all
for
um
uh
what
is
before
us
on
today's
agenda.
uh
We
do
have
one
late
file,
so
we're
moving
on
to
the
late
files.
This
is
a
one
laid
file
matter.
It's
a
hearing
order
sponsored
by
counselor
lydia
edwards,
all
those
in
favor
of
adding
this
late
file
matter
to
the
agenda.
Please
indicate
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
nay.
Thank
you.
B
Thus,
43
students
did
not
make
the
first
bell
boston's
best
first
day
performance
in
six
years,
whereas
students
rode
a
party
bus
due
to
the
continuing
school
bus
driver
shortage.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
ordered
that
the
appropriate
committee
on
the
boston
city
council
hold
a
hearing
to
discuss
the
ongoing
issues
of
boston,
public
school
bus
transportation.
A
I
Thank
you
very
much
um
to
add
to
some
of
the
other
facts.
Yes,
we
had.
Some
students
use
a
party
bus
to
get
to
school.
On
time
I
had
50
students
miss
school
to
donald
mckay,
because
their
bus
didn't
come
on
time.
Bus
is
not
coming
on
time.
We
understand
doesn't
mean,
therefore
their
parents
just
drive
them
to
school.
I
That
that
doesn't
happen.
They
just
don't
go
what
that
often
happened,
or
what
that
also
means
is
many,
don't
get
breakfast
if
there's
a
whole
snowball
packed
on
a
family
when
that
bus
doesn't
show
up
on
time
and
we've
always
had
a
little
bit
of
an
awkward
start.
I've
always
expected
it
district
city
councils.
We
all
hear
it.
Some
people
move
into
a
new
area,
they
learn
the
rhythm
of
their
bus,
but
we're
at
the
point
now,
where
it's
nationwide,
we
understand
this,
isn't
unique
to
boston.
Some
cities
are
getting
the
national
guard.
I
This
is
this
is
this
is
unheard
of,
I
think,
in
terms
of
the
continuation
of
these
issues
as
well.
I
haven't
my
phone
hasn't
stopped
ringing
and
what
was
hardest
for
those
of
us
in
east
boston
was
the
buses
taking
the
kids
home,
where
parents
are
waiting
two
three
hours
wondering
why
their
kid
wasn't
picked
up
and
why
they're
still
at
school
and
why
they're
not
coming
to
them
and
many
couldn't
leave
work
to
go,
get
their
children.
I
So
I
want
to
have
that
conversation
that
I
I've
been
having
with
many
parents.
I
know
a
lot
of
you
have
been
having
with
many
parents
about
what
is
going
on
and
how
this
is
going
to
get
resolved.
I
don't
necessarily
like
the
idea
of
a
national
guard
being
in
here,
but
something
has
got
to
happen.
Some
sort
of
aid
has
got
to
happen
because
this
is
not
sustainable.
This
is
not
right
and
you
cannot
have
people
young
people
missing
school.
So
I
want
to
have
this
conversation
and
know
the
best
people
to
have
with.
I
A
N
N
N
We
need
to
do
something
about
it
and
look
forward
to
if
this
is
assigned
to
the
committee
on
education
moving
on
this
quickly,
so
that
we
have
a
hearing,
and
perhaps
at
that
time
we
can
also
schedule
our
hearing
that
was
postponed
due
to
some
scheduling
conflicts
through
the
district
on
uh
classroom
temperatures
that
I
know
colleagues
of
mine
have
been
looking
forward
to
having
so
mr
chair.
If
it
is
assigned
to
the
committee
on
education,
I
promise
a
swift
hearing.
Thank
you.
A
K
K
Those
calls
keep
coming
into
district
councils,
especially
so
we're
also
getting-
and
I
know
my
other
colleagues
are
probably
receiving
them
too.
um
One
aspect
that
I
just
want
to
see
if
we
could
mention
at
the
hearing
or
the
upcoming
hearing
is
many
of
my
constituents.
Their
parents
don't
speak
english.
K
They
speak
cantonese,
so
they
speak
mandarin
or
they
or
they
may
speak
spanish.
So
it
was
extra
burden
for
those
parents
to
communicate
with
the
bps
team
trying
to
identify
first,
someone
at
bps
that
speaks
cantonese
or
spanish
and
then
trying
to
communicate
with
the
appropriate
people
and
then
getting
that
information
back.
So
language
and
communication
access
also
has
to
be
a
critical
part
of
picking
up
our
children
and
dropping
off
our
children
at
school.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
edwards
for
bringing
this
important
hearing
order
forward.
A
J
J
So
this
is
not
new
um
and,
and
while
I
appreciate
we're,
gonna
lean
into
it
um
and
unpack
it,
I
really
hope
I'm
hoping
for
some
long-term
uh
conversations
about
building
the
infrastructure
for
the
bus
transportation,
because
every
year
we
get
the
same
calls
whether
it's
on
the
council
or
just
as
organizers,
and
that
at
some
point
something
has
to
give,
and
we
need
a
long-term
strategy
to
deal
with
these
discrepancies
that
happen
every
single
year.
Thank
you.
Please,.
A
Add
my
name,
madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
julie,
mejia!
Thank
you
councilman
as
a
co-sponsor.
Would
anyone
else
wish
to
speak
on
this
late
file?
Would
any
counselors
wish
to
add
their
name
as
co-sponsors
on
this
late
file?
Madam
clerk,
please
add
counselor
royal
counselor
baker,
counselor
bach,
counselor,
braden,
councillor
campbell
councillor
flaherty,
please
add
the
chair,
please
add
counselor
wu
and
the
first
and
only
late
file
matter
shall
be
referred
to
the
committee
on
education
now
moving
right
along
to
the
green
sheets.
Would
anybody
wish
to
remove
a
matter
from
the
green
sheets?
A
Seeing
and
hearing
no
takers
we're
now
going
to
move
along
to
the
consent
agenda?
I've
been
informed
by
the
clerk
that
there
are
zero
additions
to
the
consent
agenda.
So
the
chair
moves
for
adoption
of
the
consent
agenda
as
presented
all
those
in
favor.
Please
indicate
by
saying
aye
opposed,
nay
the
eyes
have
it.
The
consent
agenda
has
been
adopted.
A
O
A
Thank
you
very
much.
She
is
added
any
other
um
announcements.
Well,
I
will
make
a
brief
one
if
I
may,
from
the
deus.
um
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
it
was
july
22nd
or
so
that
we,
the
city
council,
became
the
first
government
um
body
in
the
commonwealth,
to
mandate
proof
of
vaccination
for
all
employees,
all
counselors,
all
staff,
all
interns,
and
I'm
delighted
to
report
that
we
have
a
100
compliance
rate
and
97
of
all
folks
who
work
in
the
city
council
are
fully
vaccinated.
A
A
A
The
chair
moves
that
when
the
council
adjourns
today
it
does
so
in
memory
of
the
aforementioned
individuals,
we
are
scheduled
to
meet
again
in
the
ionella
chamber
next
wednesday
september
29th
at
12
noon.
All
those
in
favor
of
adjournment,
please
indicate
by
saying
aye
opposed
nay
the
eyes
have
it.
The
council
is
hereby
adjourned.