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From YouTube: Public Improvement Commission Hearing 3-29-18
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The Boston Public Improvement Commission (PIC) is the owner and regulator of the City's rights of way. The PIC plays an integral role in the City's development and permitting process. From the restaurant that wants to add a seasonal cafe on the public sidewalk, to the developer who wants to construct an underground parking garage for a new housing development, or the homeowner who wants to add an architectural feature to a house that juts into the public space, each must seek approval from the PIC to have its private venture occupy public space, either permanently or on a licensed basis.
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Moved
moving
on
to
the
public
hearing,
the
first
item
is
on
a
petition
by
the
Yaqui
way
of
butters
for
a
street
name
change,
renaming
the
entirety
of
yaki
way,
a
public
way
in
Boston
Proper
between
Brooklyn
Ave
and
Boylston
Street,
to
be
officially
known
in
the
future
as
an
extension
of
Jersey
Street.
This
was
new
business
on
March,
15th,
28th.
G
Day
is
a
day
defined
by
promise
and
possibility,
as
a
new
season
begins
today,
we
are
here
before
you
to
reinforce
the
vision
we
have
had
and
continue
to
have
for
our
organization.
When
we
were
last
here,
we
expressed
the
difficulty
we
have
continuing
to
give
prominence
to
assign
associated
with
an
era
marked
by
racial
discrimination.
Many
have
turned
our
petition
into
a
debate
about
the
past.
We,
however,
see
it
as
a
way
to
clarify
our
vision
for
the
future
since
taking
the
reins
of
ownership.
G
17
years
ago,
we
charted
a
new
course
for
the
Boston
Red
Sox,
including
the
preservation
of
Fenway
Park.
The
renovation
we
undertook
was
not
solely
about
the
physical
improvements
to
the
ballpark.
It
also
entailed
building
a
spirit
of
diversity,
inclusion
and
openness.
While
we
believe
we
have
made
significant
strides,
we
also
know
we
have
a
long
way
to
go
to
fully
realize
that
vision.
We
remain
as
committed
as
ever
to
making
Fenway
Park
the
place
where
everyone
is
welcome
on
behalf
of
John
Henry,
Tom
Werner
and
the
entire
Red
Sox
organization.
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G
K
J
Sit,
my
name
is
still
Jack
Connors
and
I.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
this
morning.
I
want
to
thank
David
Freedman,
representing
the
Boston
Red
Sox,
the
Red
Sox
owner
John
Henry
for
raising
a
difficult,
a
very
important
issue.
We
do
have
a
race
problem
in
this
city
and
we've
had
it
for
a
very
long
time.
I
was
born
and
raised
in
Boston
and
I've
worked
here
for
the
past
53
years.
I
love
this
city
and
it's
been
the
focus
of
my
community
service
and
philanthropy
for
more
than
five
decades.
J
As
many
of
you
may
know,
I
helped
build
camp
Harbor
View
a
summer
camp
that
serves
a
thousand
at-risk
kids
from
disadvantaged
neighborhoods
in
Boston
every
year
and
I
led
the
charge
in
Dorchester
to
rebuild
for
Catholic
schools,
where
only
half
the
kids
in
the
schools
are
Catholic
by
the
way.
In
the
past
50
years,
I've
championed
the
causes
of
countless
social
service
organizations
across
the
city
by
raising
their
profiles
on
helping
them
raise
money
to
make
Boston
a
more
inclusive,
City
I
get
closer
to
this
kind
of
work
than
most
of
my
friends.
J
I
applaud
John
Henry,
who,
by
the
way,
is
a
friend
for
wanting
to
address
the
issue
of
racism,
but
I
do
not
agree.
In
fact,
I
strongly
disagree
with
the
notion
of
changing
the
name
of
the
achey
way
I'm
here,
because
I'm
concerned
that
changing
the
name
of
Yaqui
way
won't
have
the
intended
result.
I'm
concerned
that
changing
a
street
sign
a
street
sign
will
not
affect
attitudes
or
behavior
in
the
city
of
Boston.
J
I
also
believe
that
you
can
change
the
name
of
Yaqui
way
to
Jersey
Street
and
it
will
remain
Yaqui
way
on
the
hearts
and
minds
those
you're
trying
to
reach
witness.
The
TD
Garden
is
still
the
garden.
The
John
Hancock
Tower
is
now
200
Clarendon
Street
I
worked
there.
It's
the
John,
Hancock
teller
I
did
not
know
Tom
Yawkey,
although
I
will
say
that
I
worked
for
him
indirectly,
I
sold
peanuts
there,
beginning
in
1956
on
July
4th
15
cents,
a
bag
I
made
a
penny
and
a
half
a
bag
and
I.
J
So
I
can't
testify
what
his
views
were
about
race.
But
I
know
this
that,
through
his
beneficent
benevolence,
the
Yaqui
family
and
their
foundation
have
helped
generations
of
the
least
fortunate
in
this
city,
from
the
Jimmy
Fund
that
saved
generations
of
children
with
cancer
to
help
him
provide
access
to
health
care,
education
and
sports
for
the
youth
of
our
city.
J
This
decision,
before
you
may
seem
difficult,
but
I
think
we
can
all
agree
that
to
tackle
a
serious
issue
of
racism,
we
should
focus
on
substantive
efforts
to
address
the
problem,
rather
than
simply
rely
on
symbolic
gestures.
I
want
to
interrupt
my
testimony
for
just
a
moment.
Whatever
happened
to
common
sense,
we
have
important
issues
to
address
in
this
city
and
we're
talking
about
street
signs.
J
If
we're
talking
about
street
signs
and
who's
going
to
talk
about
Washington,
Street
or
Jefferson
Way
of
Madison
place,
I
want
to
work
with
the
Red
Sox,
the
mayor
and
other
organizations
who
are
interested
in
tackling
the
issue
of
racism,
as
I
think
I
have
done
over
the
past
generations.
We
need
change
in
this
city
of
boss
and
I'm
encouraged
that
we
can
make
real
progress
under
this
mayor.
Thank
you
for
the
privilege
and
opportunity
to
be
this
morning.
Thank
you.
L
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
was
born
somewhat
in
the
shadow
of
Fenway
Park
I
was
born
over
in
Jamaica
Plain
some
eight
decades
ago
and
I
went
to
grammar
school
in
high
school
there
in
Jamaica
Plain
and
then
went
over
to
Boston
College
and
after
graduation
I
went
off
and
served
in
the
military
for
four
years.
I
was
a
young
naval
officer
aboard
a
destroyer,
traveling,
the
Persian
Gulf
and
Red
Sea
and
Indian
Ocean,
and
all
those
exotic
places
where
our
boys
still
served
today.
L
L
So
as
a
Bostonian
I
want
to
talk
to
you
a
bit
about
Tom
Yawkey,
he
was
a
man.
I
was
privileged
to
know
and
he
was
a
decent
and
honorable
man,
a
man
whose
legacy
will
be
either
perpetuated
or
tarnished
by
the
decision
you
make,
and
no
one
could
be
more
surprised
than
Tom
as
to
why
we're
here
today,
not
because
he
felt
he
was
beyond
reproach,
but
rather
that
he
was
beneath
recognition.
L
One
of
the
most
powerful
Testaments
to
the
Yaqui
legacy
is
that
Jeanne
and
Tom
never
sought
recognition.
They
were
private
and
unassuming
people,
and
he
was
not
a
demanding
leader.
Is
that
great
story
about
Bernie
carbo,
the
guy
that
hit
the
home
first
home,
run
in
the
75
World
Series?
He
showed
up
in
the
clubhouse
on
his
first
day
of
being
a
Red
Sox
guy
and
he
slipped
a
guy
that
was
in
a
white
shirt
and
khaki
pants,
10
bucks
that
has
him
to
get
a
cup
of
coffee
and
a
sandwich.
L
L
So
today,
a
small
street
sign
is
the
only
honor
by
which
the
Red
Sox
commemorate
a
legacy,
whose
impact
cannot
be
measured.
That
street
sign
was
placed
there
by
this
city
in
honor
of
Tom
Yuki's
long
years
of
ownership
of
the
Red
Sox
and
commitment
to
the
community.
A
petition
by
the
city
was
forwarded,
presented
by
Chris
Iannetta,
one
of
our
legendary
city
councilors,
so
that
sign
says
Yawkey
Way
and
please
allow
me
to
tell
you
about
the
Yaqui
way
for
a
few
minutes.
L
Tom
Rocky's
Way
was
to
invest
with
purpose
in
providing
opportunity
for
the
less
fortunate,
but
schools
name
if
scholarships
and
hospitals
and
museums
in
neighborhood
facilities
does
hardly
a
civic
institution
in
Greater
Boston
that
Tom's
life
and
legacy
has
not
touched.
So
my
purpose
today
is
not
to
rehearse
the
facts
about
his
efforts
to
integrate
the
team.
L
The
evidence
from
his
lake
early
integration
of
the
minor
league
roster
to
his
1952
attempt
to
sign
Larry
Doby,
the
first
African
American
player
in
the
American
League
to
his
1954
pursuit
of
Charlie
Neal
to
the
near
miss
of
integrating
the
major
league
roster.
When
Earl
Wilson
was
drafted
into
the
Marine
Corps
in
1957.
That's
all
in
the
public
record
and
we've
submitted
that
to
you
and
so
are
the
17
years.
He
spent
fielding
some
of
the
most
diverse
teams
in
baseball.
L
Indeed,
it's
ironic
that
his
1936
team,
just
a
few
years
after
he
bought
the
Red
Sox.
His
1936
team
had
a
brown-skinned
Mexican
playing
on
that
team
and
he
played
for
four
years
and,
and
that
seems
to
get
lost
in
the
mix,
that
the
Red
Sox
were
the
first
team
in
the
major
leagues
to
have
a
brown-skinned
Mexican
playing
for
their
team.
L
Now
I
knew
this
man.
He
hired
me
45
years
ago
to
be
the
treasurer
of
the
Reds.
He
mentored
me
and
he
treated
me
the
same
way.
I
saw
him
treat
every
individual,
regardless
of
race,
a
creed.
He
encountered
people
with
with
a
total
and
unrelenting
respect,
and
he
was
warm
and
friendship
with
them
and
it
was
just
like
Bernie
carbo.
They
became
instant
friends
with
Tom
Yawkey
because
of
his
caring
nature.
L
Tom
never
saw
his
station
in
life
as
something
that
set
him
apart
from
others
or
above
others,
and
that
station
in
life
that
he
perceived
came
upon
him
when
he
was
a
youngster.
He
had
been
orphaned
twice
by
the
time
he
was
age
15,
but
that
station
in
life
bound
him
tighter
to
the
community.
He
loved
this
city.
H
L
Not
to
simply
disregard
his
legacy
but
to
permanently
dishonor
it
and
make
no
mistake.
John
Henry's
motives
are
sincere,
but
the
proposal
he
has
submitted
to
you
is
slanderous
and
it
it
will
irrevocably
taint
the
legacy
of
Tanya
key
and
it
will
profoundly
complicate
the
work
of
the
foundation
and
of
the
vast
range
of
organizations
and
institutions
that
have
chosen
to
honor
him
by
bearing
his
name
on
their
facilities.
L
Tom
has
been
gone
for
43
years
now,
and
the
day
doesn't
go
by
when
the
are
keyway
legacy
that
he
left
does
not
improve
the
lives
of
many
people.
He
never
knew.
So
this
is
an
athlete
named
body.
The
public,
Improvement,
Commission
and
so
I
have
to
ask
you
that
you
know
that
label
to
me
and
I
believe
to
you
stands
for
a
passion
for
progress
in
this
city
of
Boston
and
I'll.
L
Ask
you
know,
but
whatever
this
proposal,
whether
this
proposal
before
you
improves
the
city,
does
it
improve
the
city
and
how
many
private
citizens
have
come
before
you
or
even
come
to
this
city?
How
many
private
citizens
have
done
more
for
the
progress
of
this
community
than
this
man
that
this
action
would
disparage?
L
So
this
issue
is
already
dividing
our
city
along
the
very
fractious
lines
that
the
proposal
seeks
to
heal
and
to
do
this
based
on
reality?
Will
one
be
one
thing,
but
to
do
it
on
the
basis
of
rumor
rumor
that
has
been
repeatedly
disproved
is
another
thing
and
I
have
the
responsibility
of
stewarding,
not
merely
Tom
yorkese
name,
but
also
his
work
and
renaming
Yawkey
Way
would
unfairly
disparage
one
his
name
and
irreparably
damaged
the
other.
L
Renaming
Yawkey
Way
would
unfairly
disparage
him.
So
I
asked
that
we
support
his
ongoing
legacy
and
we
can
do
it
in
the
Aki
way
by
coming
together
as
a
community.
The
small
street
sign
bears
witness
to
an
important
part
of
the
boston
history.
It
reads
yaki
way
and
there
is
a
Yaqui
way
and
it's
the
way.
M
O
Good
morning
my
name
is
Reverend
ray
Hammond
I'm,
a
pastor
of
Bethel
AME
Church,
but
also
a
trustee
of
the
Yaqui
foundation
when
I
appear
before
this
commission.
Two
weeks
ago,
I
shared
with
you
my
deep
concern
that
what
is
usually
a
very
procedural
task,
the
changing
of
a
street
name,
had
become
something
quite
different.
O
The
petition
you're
considering
today
was
framed
as
a
way
of
restoring
the
jersey
street
name
to
reinforce
that
Fenway
Park
is
inclusive
and
welcoming
to
all
I
also
noted
that
local
and
national
coverage
eluded
almost
exclusively
to
two
things:
the
allegation
that
Tom
Yawkey
uttered
a
racial
slur
at
Jackie
Robinson
and
the
fact
that
the
Red
Sox
were
the
last
team
to
integrate
at
the
major
league
level.
Those
two
charges
were
yet
again
repeated
last
Wednesday
in
our
own
local
papers.
O
The
focus
on
whether
Tom
Yawkey
was
racist
or
not,
and
I
joined
a
number
of
writers
who
don't
believe
that
he
was
doesn't
change.
The
regrettable
and
painful
fact
that
the
Red
Sox
were
the
last
to
integrate
in
Major
League
Baseball
or
that
in
the
period
leading
up
to
and
following
integration,
there
was
a
sham
trial
of
Jackie
Robinson.
There
was
a
failure
to
scout
and
recruit
Willie
Mays.
There
was
an
ongoing
relationship
with
the
segregated
Elks
Club.
O
In
Florida
there
was
a
senior
executive
who
was
an
open
and
avowed
racist,
and
there
was
a
notable
absence
of
african-americans
in
the
front
office
and
staff
of
the
Red
Sox
that
this
was
happening
elsewhere
in
major
league
baseball.
That
baseball
was
wrestling
with
these
issues
of
integration.
Long
before
corporations,
where
the
media
got
into
the
game
or
that
Boston
has
had
a
contentious,
even
explosive
history
when
it
comes
to
race
relations.
O
O
Thankfully
members
of
the
Robinson
family
and
the
foundation
they
began
looked
beyond
a
painful
past
and
asked
how
together
we
can
make
a
better
future,
particularly
for
the
young
people
in
the
generations,
rising
as
della
Britain
by
ASA.
The
president
of
the
Jackie
Robinson
foundation,
notes
in
1988,
Red
Sox,
owner
Jean
Yawkey
sponsored
the
Boston
tour
of
a
traveling
exhibit
of
Jackie
Robinson
and
the
Jackie
Robinson
foundation.
O
She
goes
on
to
say
that
the
yaki
name
resonates
loudly
at
Junior
F,
it's
associated
with
goodwill,
generosity
and
a
desire
to
proactively
confront
the
institutionalized
discrimination
that
continues
to
our
society.
It's
played
an
integral
part
in
our
advancement
of
higher
education
within
marginalized
communities,
and
it
has
profoundly
helped
pave
the
way
for
the
completion
of
the
Jackie
Robinson
museum,
which
will
tackle
the
same
complex
racial
dynamics
that
are
swirling
around
the
Yaqui
way.
O
My
hope
and
prayer
is
that
we
can
make
your
key
way,
not
a
story
of
angry
and
dueling
narratives
about
the
past,
but
the
place
where
the
Red
Sox,
the
Boston
community
and
the
Yaqui
foundation
confront
it's
painful
racial
past
and
boldly
commit
to
the
kinds
of
initiatives
that
would
change
the
dynamics
that
produce
that
past
I
humbly
suggest
that
we
have
little
to
gain
and
much
to
lose
in
changing
the
name
of
your
keyway.
But
we
have
everything
to
gain
and
nothing
to
lose.
M
M
My
name
is
Darin
Rodman
and
I.
Very
much
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
share
with
you
my
knowledge
and
experience
they
had
with
Tommy
Jean
Yawkey
I
have
been
a
longtime
board
member
of
three
social
service
agencies
that
the
many
years
have
every
seat,
general
support
and
continuance
to
from
the
Yaqui
foundation.
M
The
first
is
the
Ron
Burton
training,
village,
the
labor
and
senior
an
African
American
professional
football
player
was
the
first-round
draft
pick
for
Newman
Patriots
in
1960.
They
were
known
then,
as
the
Boston
Patriots
Ron
had
a
vision
33
years
ago
to
build
a
camp.
The
kids
at
risk,
regardless
of
race
or
color
I,
have
served
on
the
board
for
33
years
and
a
presently
the
president
of
the
Ron
Burton
foundation,
so
I've
seen
firsthand
what
the
Archy
foundation
has
meant
to
them.
M
M
H
M
Arcus
foundation
support
to
the
years
to
Catholic
Charities
for
their
efforts
in
helping
those
less
fortunate.
It's
legendary
the
third
agency
they
have
served
on
for
the
past
42
years
as
a
board.
Member
and
former
chairman
was
the
colonel
Daniel
Mayer
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
now
known
as
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
Dorchester
this
when
I
first
met
Jean
Yawkey
was
around
1980
and
she
made
a
commitment
to
me
that
the
foundation
would
donate
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year
forever.
M
There
was
a
lot
of
money
back
down
and
the
Archie
foundation
continues
to
donate
in
a
sense
increased
that
year
was
support
to
the
years
forty
five
percent
of
the
4,000
kids.
That
would
say,
sir,
can
you
imagine
Dorchester
well
boys
and
girls
club?
Where
else
would
they
find
a
positive
environment?
I
develop
a
close
relationship.
M
She
was,
she
was
very
feisty
and
a
strong-willed
woman
who
was
extremely
passionate
about
helping
those
in
need.
Regardez,
eraser
collar
I
believe
that
all
of
you
in
this
room,
they've
had
a
long
time.
Marriage
would
agree,
but
it's
very
unlikely,
but
on
your
kid,
have
been
a
racist
while
married
to
a
woman
for
37
years
who
had
such
a
strong
passion
for
minorities.
M
M
When
someone
reads
their
estate
in
the
hands
of
a
board
of
trustees,
they
are
instructed
to
support
the
charities.
They
lament
the
most
of
your
keys.
What
they
have
already
been
supporting
them
till
he
is.
Thankfully,
the
city
of
Boston
is
blessed
to
have
so
many
caring
foundations,
corporations
and
individuals
that
are
giving
regardless
of
race
or
color
I'm.
Sure
you'd
agree
with
me
that
nobody
more.
M
Decades
they
have
transformed
the
culture
of
giving
in
our
city.
In
fact,
all
the
facts
of
our
time
and
Jean
yaquis
mission
were
known
to
the
public
I
believe
everyone
would
agree.
The
change
them
anyway
would
be
a
terrible
injustice
to
them
and
to
the
hundreds
and
thousands
of
Bostonians
of
all
races
that'll
benefit
from
their
philanthropy.
I
think
this
is
a
little
bit.
Thank
you
of
all
of
us
in
city
of
Boston
can.
Q
Good
morning,
commissioners,
my
name
is
andrea
swain
and
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
jockey
club
of
Roxbury,
pile
of
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
of
Boston
I,
stand
before
you
to
say
today
as
someone
who
never
knew
Tom
Yawkey
I
did.
However,
new
jeans,
jockey
I,
witnessed
firsthand
her
generosity
and
her
commitment
to
our
great
city
and,
as
the
debate
of
the
jockey
way
has
continued
on
I've
been
disappointed
that
the
impact
on
the
legacy
of
Jean
Yawkey
has
not
been
adequately
considered.
Q
She,
she
is
a
Yaqui
name,
and
it's
someone
who
tremendously
is
generous
to
the
people
of
this
city.
In
the
late
1980s
and
early
90s
I
work
for
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
Jean
Yawkey
would
visit
our
property
in
Mission
Hill,
regularly
meeting
with
the
staff
and
speaking
with
the
kids.
There
I
remember
her
concern
for
the
kids,
especially
in
the
summertime,
when
many
of
them
were
left
at
home
with
no
structure
to
their
days.
As
was
often
the
case
misaki.
She
quickly
turned
that
concern
into
action.
Q
She
worked
with
our
team
to
create
wiki
league
baseball
program
that
providing
and
Kate
engaging
activities
for
children
and
public
housing
during
those
long
summer
summer
days
and
the
program
didn't
just
stop
at
Mission
Hill
location.
Does
she
visited
Misaki
funded
the
league
at
all,
24
public
housing
developments
across
Boston,
providing
equipment
and
uniforms?
Q
Basically
everything
our
kids
needed.
She
was
indeed
a
true
champion
for
those
kids
and
I
witnessed
her
commitment
to
all
of
the
children
of
this
city,
regardless
of
their
race
or
which
neighborhood
they
happen
to
live
in.
In
my
Carlow,
as
the
executive
director
of
the
Yaqui
Club
I
had
the
privilege
to
continue
the
connection
to
the
Yaqui
legacy
of
could
in
generosity.
Q
It
was
through
this
generosity
that
all
of
that
change
was
a
game-changer
for
us
what's
clear
today,
as
it
was
with
miss
yaki,
we'll
walk
over
to
Mission
Hill
is
that
Jeannie
Aki's
was
a
woman
who
cared
deeply
about
the
city's
children.
The
legacy
of
generosity
continues
today
through
the
yaki
foundation,
as
Americans
as
citizens
of
Boston
I.
Think
we
do
need
to
examine
our
history,
but
that
doesn't
mean
erasing
it.
Q
It
doesn't
mean
wiping
away
a
family's
name
and
forgetting
the
positives
marks
that
they
made
in
this
community
examine
our
history,
should
help
us
understand
the
complexity
of
the
past
and
help
us
move
forward.
Miss
yaki
and
the
yaki
foundation
have
done
just
that.
They've
invested
in
our
city
and,
more
importantly,
our
young
people
to
ensure
that
we
can
continue
to
move
our
city
forward.
That's
a
legacy
worth
preserving.
Thank
you.
R
Good
morning
my
name
is
Jim
Haley
and
I'm.
The
president
and
trustee
of
the
occupations,
education,
is
one
of
the
largest
areas
of
giving
of
the
Yaqui
foundations.
We
have
made
education
a
priority
because
Tom
and
Jean
Yawkey
made
it
a
priority
through
their
own
personal,
giving
Tom
Jean
Yawkey
believed
every
child
had
a
right
to
a
good
education
and
understood
its
ability
to
change
lives.
R
Their
commitment
came
from
a
personal
place,
both
as
owner
of
the
Red
Sox
and
as
in
his
adopted
home
in
South
Carolina
Tom
Yawkey
believed
in
the
power
of
education
and
single-handedly
paid
tuition
for
people.
He
knew,
including
family
friends,
employees
in
other
people
in
the
Boston
in
Georgetown,
South,
Carolina
communities
ensuring
those
around
him
could
learn
and
thrive
was
a
closed
held
tradition
for
Tom
Yawkey
was
humble
in
its
and
is
giving
and
never
sought
recognition.
R
The
Yaquis
help
build
Tara
home
both
boys
and
girls,
Georgetown
South,
Carolina,
a
home
and
school
for
boys
with
behavioral
and
educational
needs.
Tara
Hall
has
given
a
life
of
hope
to
hundreds
of
boys,
the
majority
of
whom
are
boys
of
color
who
belong
before
going.
There
had
no
hope
at
all.
The
foundation
continues
to
actively
support
Tara
Hall.
Today
we
at
the
foundation
have
heard
stories
of
Tom
and
Jean
Yawkey
stepping
up
to
support
the
educational
needs
of
people
in
their
lives
and
in
their
communities.
R
We
heard
from
one
african-american
man
whose
parents
were
employees
of
the
Yaquis
in
South
Carolina.
He
was
having
trouble
finding
a
school
for
his
son,
who
was
both
deaf
and
could
not
speak.
When
the
Yaquis
learned
of
his
situation,
they
found
a
school
in
South
Carolina
for
children
with
disabilities
and
made
the
arrangements
for
this
young
man
to
attend
in
live
at
the
school
and
the
officer
paid
all
the
expenses.
A
long-standing
commitment
to
funding
education,
as
the
Yaquis
did
has
carried
through
to
this
day
and
the
work
done
by
the
Yaqui
fund
patience.
R
The
trustees
of
the
our
key
foundations
decide
designed
several
initiatives
inspired
by
Tom
and
Jean
Yawkey
to
support
the
financial
challenges
faced
by
both
educational
institutions
and
families.
Our
work
has
included
awarding
109
million
dollars
to
educational
institutions
and
programs,
including
64
million
to
organizations
serving
the
city
of
Boston,
awarding
more
than
50
million
to
over
30
different
capital
improvement
projects
at
educational
institutions
across
the
city
of
Boston
and
beyond,
such
as
Cathedral
High,
School,
Pope,
John
Paul,
the
second
Academy
in
Dorchester
Cristo,
Rey
high
school
in
Boston
and
st.
R
One
of
the
Foundation's
largest
initiatives
is
the
Yaqui
Scholars
Program,
which
has
made
a
significant
and
life-changing
impact
on
nearly
300
young
adults
as
they
pursue
higher
education.
The
Yaqui
name
is
synonymous
with
the
Yaqui
foundations
and
their
legacies
are
inseparable.
Not
only
is
the
Yaqui
name
on
18
institutions
throughout
Boston,
but
there
are
kids
throughout
the
community
who
are
Yaqui
scholars
to
remove
the
Yaqui
name
as
to
sully
the
Yaqui
legacy
everywhere,
including
for
the
nearly
300
students
were
proud
to
be
hockey.
R
S
I'm
here
today,
because
I
know
firsthand
how
the
Yaqui
foundation
changes
the
lives
of
young
people
across
our
city
through
the
Yaqui
Scholars
Program.
To
give
you
a
little
background
about
me,
I
spent
20
years
at
English
high
school
as
an
assistant
headmaster
for
several
of
those
and
then
the
last
20
I
spent
at
an
independent
school
in
Brooklyn.
So
I
understand
young
people
pretty
well
I'm
a
proud
Yaqui
scholar,
advisor
and
mentor.
Ten
incredible
young
students
I'd
like
to
tell
you
a
little
more
about
this
life-changing
program
and
the
students
whom
it
benefits.
S
For
the
past
13
years,
the
Yaqui
Scholars
Program
has
provided
scholarships
and
other
support
to
talented
motivated,
low-income
students.
This
scholarship
program
has
provided
more
than
eleven
million
dollars
to
nearly
three
hundred
scholars
since
25.
That's
about
25
scholars
named
each
year
who
receive
an
average
of
fourteen
thousand
dollars
annually.
S
S
This
inspiring
cohort
represents
84
cities
and
towns
across
Massachusetts,
including
more
than
90
Yaqui
scholars
in
this
city
alone,
coming
from
places
like
Austin
Dorchester,
East,
Boston,
Hyde,
Park,
JP,
Southie,
Rosendale,
Roxbury
and
Mattapan,
this
foundation
gets
it
and
why
do
I
say
that
they
realized
that
tuition
alone
could
not
guarantee
as
two
success
in
the
college.
Environment
scholars
also
receive
additional
support
from
a
new
youth,
Nooyi
unique
opportunity
grant
that
provides
financial
support
for
college
related
expenses
such
as
study
abroad,
textbooks
summer
internships
and
summer
classes.
S
One
of
my
favorite
aspects
of
the
yaki
Scholars
Program
is
the
adviser
program
to
which
I
am
one
which
matches
each
student
with
an
advisor
to
provide
the
additional
mentoring
support.
They
need
to
get
through
college
I,
get
together
with
my
students
throughout
the
year
for
career
fairs,
educational
events
and
community
service
events.
Additionally,
the
ten
students
that
I
have
in
this
area
I
visit
them
regularly
on
campus,
just
to
check
on
them
to
see
how
they're
doing
one
of
my
students
recently
had
his
father
deported
to
Columbia
in
his
freshman
year
school.
S
He
needed
more
than
just
the
support.
That's
in
in
the
school
and
the
Yaqui
foundation
was
able
to
provide
that
my
advisors
come
from
financial
backgrounds
and
family
situations
were
not
only
College
but,
more
importantly,
graduation
from
college
would
not
have
been
possible
without
the
support
of
the
Yaqui
foundation.
S
Rocky
foundations
takes
a
holistic
approach
to
helping
these
bright
young
students
pursue
their
dreams
and
wraps
them
in
a
strong
support
system
to
help
ensure
those
dreams
are
realized.
I
want
you
to
hear
this
statistic:
that's
why
they
boast
a
93
percent
graduation
rate
from
some
of
the
top
schools
in
the
country.
The
scholars
I
work
with
consistently.
She
have
their
appreciation
for
the
Yaqui
foundation
and
the
opportunities
now
open
to
them.
With
the
financial
and
personal
support
of
the
Scholars
Program,
they
proudly
wear
the
name
yaki
scholar.
T
Hi,
my
name
is
Hannah
Lopes
and
I
have
been
a
Yaqui
scholar
since
2015
as
Susan
said,
I
am
currently
a
junior
at
Springfield
College
after
graduation
I
hope
to
attend
graduate
school
and
earned
my
doctorate
degree
in
audiology
without
the
Yaqui
Foundation
and
the
Scholars
Program.
These
opportunities
of
higher
education
may
not
have
been
achieved.
I
myself
have
taken
advantage
of
the
opportunities
Fund
when
I
studied
abroad
in
France,
Italy
and
Greece.
This
is
yet
another
dream.
The
foundation
made
a
reality.
T
U
Hi,
my
name
is:
Maureen
bleed
egg
I'm,
the
executive
vice
president
and
the
trustee
of
the
foundation
under
Section
three
II
of
the
Picts
regulations
for
the
naming
and
renaming
of
public
ways.
You
are
required.
The
section
says
you
shall
take
several
factors
into
consideration
when
reviewing
a
petition
to
change
a
street
name,
including,
but
not
limited
to
historic
preservation.
Potential
impact
on
this
abutting
community
and
other
legitimate
concerns.
U
I
would
like
to
address
the
importance
of
yaki
way
as
a
historic
location
in
Boston
and
why
you
should,
as
the
regulation
requires,
take
that
history
into
consideration
as
you
deliberate
on
the
request
to
change
the
street
name
when
Tom
Yawkey
died
in
July
1976.
Much
of
the
media
coverage
focused
not
only
on
his
historic
43
year,
ownership
of
the
Red
Sox,
but
also
on
as
many
efforts
as
a
philanthropist.
U
Following
his
death,
there
was
strong
public
sentiment
to
rename
Fenway
Park
as
yaki
field,
but
Jean
Yawkey,
who
understood
the
traditions
of
baseball,
felt
that
changing
the
name
given
to
the
ballpark
by
prior
owners
was
just
inappropriate
as
an
alternative
fans
and
public
officials
pressed
to
have
the
section
of
Jersey
Street
next
to
Fenway
named
as
yaki
way.
That
name
was
approved
by
your
predecessors
on
the
public
Improvement
Commission
and
became
an
important
part
of
Red
Sox
in
Boston
history.
U
Indeed,
for
more
than
40
years,
millions
of
fans
have
flocked
to
this
famous
address
for
decades.
Yawkey
Way
has
been
an
integral
part
of
the
shared
baseball
experience
in
Boston.
It
is
no
exaggeration
to
say
that
yaki
way
is
as
famous
as
any
other
historic
place
in
the
city
and
is
recognized
as
an
iconic
spot
by
fans
here
and
across
the
country
prior
to
joining.
U
The
Foundation's
I
worked
at
Fenway
Park
I
was
there
from
1998
to
the
end
of
the
2002
seasons,
and
one
of
my
last
projects
at
Fenway
was
assisting
the
new
owners
in
their
plans
to
close
yaki
way
on
game
days
and
make
it
an
extension
of
the
baseball
concourse.
As
the
smallest
ballpark
in
baseball.
There
was
a
critical
need
for
more
on
gamedays.
U
The
ownership
had
a
creative
idea
to
use
Yawkey
Way
between
Brooklyn
and
Vaness
streets
to
in
effect,
expand
the
footprint
of
Fenway
Park
I
can
tell
you
that
the
goal
then
was
to
provide
fans
with
an
experience
that
would
make
it
feel
as
if
Yahnke
Way
was
part
of
the
historic
ballpark
itself.
There
was
a
conscious
effort
to
emphasize
and
recreate
the
nostalgic
elements
of
Fenway,
while
also
providing
needed
amenities
to
fans.
That
idea
was
a
great
success.
U
The
Henry
ownership
took
what
was
a
famous
address
and
made
it
even
more
famous
during
the
years
that
followed.
The
Red
Sox
did
an
exceptional
job
of
renovating
the
historic
elements
of
Fenway
Park,
rather
than
tear
down
the
Green
Monster
and
historic
scoreboard
constructed
during
the
Yaqui
era.
The
team
highlighted
those
elements:
new
spaces
added
to
the
ballpark
were
stitched
into
the
historic
fabric
and
feel
of
Fenway.
U
The
tomiaki
had
built
in
2012
in
anticipation
of
celebrating
the
hundredth
anniversary
of
Fenway
Park,
the
team
sought
to
place
Fenway
Park
on
the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places,
the
team's
application
to
the
National
Park
Service
is
a
75-page.
Long
is
75
pages
long
and
highlights
Tom
hockey's
long
tenors,
owner,
noting
quote
Tom
Yawkey
is
credited
with
rebuilding
the
team,
as
well
as
the
ballpark.
U
He
was
active
until
his
death
in
1976,
at
which
time
Jersey
Street,
upon
which
the
main
facade
of
the
ballpark
faces,
was
Rinat,
renamed
Yaqui
way
in
his
honor,
unquote
in
describing
the
ballparks
unique
characteristics.
The
application
highlights,
the
quote.
The
initials
of
Thomas,
a
Yaqui
and
gene
are
yaki,
are
written
in
Morse
code
along
the
side
of
the
scoreboard,
unquote.
U
Clearly,
Tom
Rocky's
achievements
during
his
long
tenors
owner
were
integral
to
mr.
Henry's
success
in
obtaining
the
historic
designation
and
a
similar
one
from
the
Massachusetts
Historical
Commission.
Those
designations
have
resulted
in
millions
of
dollars
in
state
and
federal
tax
credits
for
the
Red
Sox.
The
only
reason
the
Red
Sox
could
not
include
yaki
way
in
their
application
was
because
they
did
not
own
the
street,
it's
owned
by
the
city
of
Boston,
but
in
every
sense
for
nearly
100
days.
U
This
whole
unfortunate
effort
to
change
the
street
name
is
now
also
part
of
Boston's
history,
and
we
would
submit
the
perhaps
more
important
than
ever.
We
need
to
keep
the
name
of
yagi
way,
not
because
of
the
contributions
that
Tom
and
Jean
Yawkey
made
to
this
city,
but
also
because
this
is
now
the
street,
where
we
as
a
city
are
being
forced
to
come
to
grips
with
critical
issues
about
race.
Taking
down
a
street
sign
is
not
going
to
solve
these
complex
problems.
It's
not
going
to
change
the
history
that
needs
to
be
addressed.
U
U
Yaki
way
was
named
for
a
man
who
was
not
perfect,
but,
like
all
of
us,
he
strove
to
be
better,
and
in
later
years,
is
known
to
have
treated
all
people
of
every
race
with
decency
and
respect
yaki
way
can
serve
as
a
reminder
to
all
of
us
that
we
need
to
do
the
same.
The
pic
has
the
ability
to
deny
this
petition
on
the
basis
of
historical
considerations.
We
humbly
request
that
you
do
so.
V
V
If
you
first
is
that
if
you
accept
the
premise
that
is
being
presented
here
to
change
the
name
from
yaki
to
Jersey,
because
it's
intended
to
reinforce
at
Fenway
Park
is
inclusive
and
welcome
you
to
all
and
I
think
you
need
to
consider
what
the
history
of
Jersey
Street
is
clearly
before
1977
the
street,
as
well
as
many
others
in
Boston,
were
named
after
English
aristocrats,
many
of
whom
benefited
from
the
slave
trade.
This
particular
Street
Jersey
Street
got
its
name
150
years
ago,
when
the
Back
Bay
was
filled
in
and
streaks
were
laid
out.
V
It
was
named
after
George,
Augustus
Frederick
child
Villiers,
the
6th
Earl
of
Jersey
and,
like
many
other
members
of
the
British
royalty
and
upper-class,
the
villa's
family
fortune
was
based
on
the
lucrative
slave
trade.
So
were
the
fortunes
of
many
of
the
other
English
Lords.
So
what
I
respectfully
ask
you
to
consider
is
when
you're
changing
the
name
which
the
Red
Sox
would
suggest.
Ghost
is
bad
I
submit
to
you
that
it
goes
to
worse,
and
my
thought
here
in
terms
of
the
second
point
is
where
does
this
end?
V
And
basically,
the
suggestion
I
made
two
weeks
ago
is
to
use
your
leadership.
The
mayor's
leadership
in
holding
this
vote,
bringing
the
Red,
Sox
and
Yaqui
together
to
do
something
positive
for
black
and
Latino
kids
in
Boston,
and
that
suggestion
I
made
was
to
create
an
urban
major
league
baseball
urban
youth
academy.
V
So
the
record
I
want
to
kind
of
set
straight
is
the
characterization
that
was
made
by
the
globe
which
is
owned
by
John
Henry,
in
which
it
was
suggested
that
we
were
forcing
the
Red
Sox
to
do
something
like
this
I
submit
to
you
that
we're
not
forcing
them
to
do,
and
they
are
supposed
to
do
it.
It's
a
mandate
that
Major
League
Baseball
issued
over
a
decade
ago
to
build
urban
youth
academies
in
inner
cities,
to
promote
the
game
of
baseball,
to
promote
the
opportunity
for
blacks
and
Latinos.
V
The
components
to
major
components
are
very
important:
one
workforce
development
which
provides
kids
a
career
ladder,
and
the
second
is
education
to
keep
them
in
school,
and
this
is
the
kind
of
thing
instead
of
talking
about
a
name
change
that
we
really
need
to
bring
people
together.
To
do
something.
That's
good!
That's
gonna
really
make
a
difference
for
people,
so
I
hope
that
the
Board
considers
the
history
of
of
Jersey
and
I
hope.
We
set
the
record
straight
relative
to
the
fact
that
the
Red
Sox
need
to
be
doing
an
urban
youth
academy
in
Boston.
V
N
N
Every
team
insisted
that
the
black
players
would
stay
with
the
white
players.
The
Red
Sox
did
not.
He
was
segregated.
He
had
to
find
lodging
in
the
black
section
of
the
cities
in
which
the
Red
Sox
traveled
and
finally
the
Red
Sox
did
what
was
unthinkable.
They
had
their
player
travel,
not
with
them
when
they
went
to
Texas,
but
with
the
Chicago
Cubs,
because
the
Chicago
Cubs
had
black
players,
and
so
he
had
to
travel
with
them
and
not
not
with
the
with
the
Red
Sox.
But
we
have
heard
much
about
the
gothy
foundation.
N
This
is
not
about
the
Yuppie
foundation.
Let
us
talk
about
what
it
is
really
about.
It
is
about
Tom
Yawkey.
It
is
known
more
about
the
Yaqui
foundation
than
if
someone
was
talking
about
Henry
Ford
would
be
about
the
Ford
Foundation
Henry
Ford
was
a
notorious
anti-semite
and
a
fawning
a
fawning
fan
of
Adolf
Hitler,
but
that
has
not
affected
the
Ford
Foundation,
which
is
much
larger
than
the
Yaqui
Foundation
and
has
done
great
work.
The
Yaffe
foundation
has
done
great
work.
I
am
NOT
here
to
disparage
that
at
all
you
know
they.
N
They
are
saying
that
the
sky
will
fall
if
we
change
the
name
of
Yaqui
way.
I
am
here
to
say
that
that
is
not
true
and
to
say
that
in
the
investigation
that
I
was
in
charge
of
I
had
to
go
down
to
New
York,
to
talk
to
Jackie
Robinson
himself,
and
he
said
then
to
me,
as
he
has
said
publicly
many
times,
that
he
believed
that
Tom
Yawkey
was
the
biggest
bigot
in
professional,
baseball
and
bigot
was
the
term
we
used
the
disease
rather
than
rather
than
racist
and
we've
heard
so
much
about
well.
N
You
know
there
may
have
been
things
that
happen
during
golf
each
time,
but
he
he
improved
since
then
he
changed
well.
Let's
look
at
the
record
and
see
what
in
fact
changed.
The
hearing
of
the
Commission
that
I
was
on
was
in
1959
15
years
later,
in
1974,
a
differently
constituted
Commission
of
the
Massachusetts
Commission
Against
Discrimination
themselves
bought
a
hearing
against
the
Red
Sox,
still
owned
by
Tom
Yawkey,
still
controlled
by
Tom
Yawkey,
because
of
the
fact
that
they
had
not
carried
out
many
of
the
things
that
they
had
agreed
to
do.
N
There
were,
there
was
still
discrimination
in
in
many
other
parts
of
the
hiring
practices
and
that
brought
about
a
a
hearing
initiated
by
the
Commission,
which
was
very
unusual
because
the
Commission
used
the
only
head
hearings
on
thing
and
complaints
up
were
parts
of
them
as
an
as
in
our
case
when
the
hearing
was
bought
by
the
n-double-a-cp
and
and
and
others
and
I
can
appreciate
what
people
from
the
foundation
have
said.
I
can
appreciate
what
mr.
Harrington
has
said
about
his
good
friend
who
hired
him.
Well,
my
name
is
not.
N
Harrington
is
Carrington
and
while
he
may
have
hired
mr.
Harrington
after
our
investigation,
he
tried
to
have
Carrington
the
Commission
of
fired,
so
Tom
Yawkey
in
1971
in
1971.
At
a
time
when
there
was
still
strong
opposition
in
the
south
against
the
Supreme
Court
decision
in
1954
outlawing
discrimination
in
schools.
What
all
the
southern
states
did
was
to
set
up
these
so-called
private
schools,
which
were
only
for
whites,
so
they
can
avoid
having
to
obey
the
mandate
of
the
Supreme,
Court
and
I.
Know
about
that.
N
Quite
well,
because
when
I
was
a
student,
I
was
a
I.
Was
a
member
of
the
National
Board
of
the
n-double
a-c-p,
and
that
was
one
of
the
things
that
we
looked
at
most
closely?
Was
the
setting
up
of
these
schools
so
in
1971
the
federal
courts
finally
upset
with
what
South
Carolina
had
failed
to
do,
ordered
them
to
immediately
integrate,
and
what
did
they
do?
N
They
set
up
private
academies,
private
schools
and
one
was
set
up
in
the
town
right
near
where
Tom
Yawkey
lived
and
what
did
Tom
Yawkey
do
this
man,
who
had
who
was
no
longer
a
racist?
He
was
the
main
financial
supporter
of
that
school.
He
gave
them
money
at
the
time
he
put
them
in
his
will.
As
a
result,
over
a
million
dollars
from
Tom
Yawkey
was
spent
to
uphold
that
racist
school.
N
N
Let
me
tell
you:
I
am
I'm
not
saying
I'm
speaking
for
most
black
for
the
black
community,
but
I
would
wager
that
90%
of
blacks
in
this
area,
who
are
not
affiliated
with
in
some
way
with
the
yaki
foundation,
would
say
the
same
thing
that
I
am
saying
that
it
is
a
disgrace.
It
is
something
that
every
time
I
or
any
black
go
into.
N
Fenway
Park
is
an
insult
to
see
yaki
way,
just
as
what
I
was
working
for
the
federal
government
when
I
would
go
to
Virginia
and
have
to
go
over
robert
e
lee
highway
or
other
roads,
name
fluh
confederate
for
Confederate
soldiers
and
others
that
the
Confederate
statue
here
in
Massachusetts
is
yucky
way
and
I.
Think
it
is
time
for
you
to
do
what
you,
what
is
it?
What
is
written
in
your
power
I
have
never
seen
such
a
spin
operation
as
the
Yaffe
foundation
has
been
doing
here
today.
N
At
the
end
of
my
four
years
there
as
ambassador
in
return
I
told
people,
I
was
returning
to
my
home
village,
which
is
an
old
African
tradition.
Everybody
understood
and
I
was
proud
to
be
saying.
I
was
coming
back
to
Boston.
Please
help
me
and
others
to
continue
to
be
proud
of
Boston
by
allowing
the
new
enlightened
ownership
of
the
Red
Sox
and
those
others
who
were,
but
what
is
now
called
yaki
way
to
be
able
to
change
that
that
name
and
to
take
down
that
sign.
Thank
you
very
much.
W
This
is
my
name,
is
Byron.
Rushing
state
representative
event
represent
the
night
Suffolk
District
in
Boston,
which
includes
a
significant
part
of
the
Fenway
neighborhood
and
the
block
the
street
of
the
block
of
Jersey
Street.
That
we're
talking
about
today
is
in
my
district.
I
have
no
constituents
there,
but
if
anyone
lived
on
that
block
of
Jersey
Street,
they
could
vote
for
me.
But
so
I'm
here
I
have
to
say
this
has
been
a
strange
morning.
W
I
came
here
just
to
say
that
I
support
the
idea
of
changing
your
keyway,
the
name
yoky
way
and
restoring
and
and
not
changing
it
to
another
name
in
restoring
it
to
the
name
that
it
had
before
and
had
for
a
long
time
before
to
Jersey
Street
just
there.
Just
as
an
aside,
you
might
not
know
that
before
I
was
in
the
legislature,
I
directed
the
Museum
of
afro-american
history
on
Beacon
Hill
and
spent
12
years
doing
that
the
I
want
to
first
say
just
a
chronic
renowned,
chronological
piece.
W
That's
really
important,
I
think
in
this
discussion
that
we're
talking
about
a
street
that
was
named
your
key
way
in
1977,
and
so
who
is
the
street
that
it
existed
for
a
long
time
before
that,
as
as
as
another
block
of
Jersey
Street,
we
should
also
understand
what
Boston
was
like
in
1977.
I.
Think
that
most
black
activists
in
this
city
were
distracted
from
as
a
what
would
appear,
as
probably
might
not
have
even
noticed
that
the
street
was
name
was
being
changed.
We
were
recovering
from
one
of
the
worst
racial
situations
in
this
city.
W
W
The
idea
of
a
concern
about
the
administration,
not
a
particular
name,
but
certainly
the
administration
of
the
Red
Sox,
is
a
concern
that
has
existed
in
Boston
and
certainly
in
the
african-american
community
for
a
long
time.
A
lot
enough
that
when
you
came
to
the
city
in
the
1960s
and
said
and
and
and
were
a
baseball
fan,
it
was
black
people
who
told
you.
Oh
no,
no
yeah,
yeah,
you're,
gonna,
you're
gonna
really
stand
out.
If
you
go
to
a
Red
Sox
game
and
spend
way
pause.
Okay,.
W
W
None
of
that
has
been
mentioned
here,
but
I
want
to
raise
that
here,
because
I
don't
want
people
to
think
that
the
idea
of
changing
this
name
and
the
problem
people
had
within
the
black
community
had
with
this
name
was
something
that
just
arose
after
a
number
of
people
in
southern
cities
have
been.
Eight
have
been
raising
the
question
of
Confederate
monuments.
W
What
the
same
arguments
were
made
then
that
are
made
down
by
them,
and
then
the
next
piece
that
I
want
to
raise
is
was
on
my
original
testimony
and
that
it
has
been,
as
people
have
pointed
out,
and
that
we
in
the
legislature
have
known
for
a
while.
We
have
a
commuter
station
named
yoki
and
the
commuter
station
was
named
jothee
after
Yawkey
Way
was
named
jockey
because-
and
that
was
when
that
we
had
that
small
little
station,
that
that
we
use
just
to
bring
people
out
to
the
games.
W
So
let
me
say
this
in
closing:
we
have.
This
is
not
a
question
about
your
key
foundation.
It
is
a
question
about
the
significance
of
Tom
Yawkey
and
the
difficulty
he
had
with
race
in
his
lifetime
and
the
position
of
owning
the
Red
Sox.
That's
what
this?
That's
what
the
concern
is
here.
What
has
happened
subsequently
is
not
the
issue
before
us.
That
is
not
why
we're
changing
the
name.
This
is
not
your
key
foundation
way.
This
is
not.
This
is
not
a
question
of
his
of
of
other
people's
feelings
about
him.
W
What
is
about
is
the
history
of
Tom,
Yawkey
and
and
that
history
that
prevented
Tom
Yawkey
using
the
power
of
the
Red
Sox
in
advancing
race
relations
in
this
city
of
Boston.
That
is
the
question.
That's
here,
and
people
should
be
held
accountable
for
that
they
had
the
opportunity
they
could
have
been
simple.
Decisions
could
have
been
made.
The
Dodgers
obviously
made
those
decisions,
pumps
it
when
pump
sea-green
got
here
right,
Jackie,
Robinson
was
retired
and
no
matter
what
relationship
there
exists
between
the
Yaqui
foundation
and
the
Jackie
Robinson
Family
Foundation.
W
There
is
still
the
words
of
Jackie
Robinson
and
the
words
of
Jackie
Robinson
have
been
quoted
already,
and
at
least
and
and
no
one
challenges
that
quote,
and
that
quote
that
yogi
was
the
most
bigoted
white
man.
He
met
in
baseball.
So
that
is
why
we
want
the
name
changed.
That's
why
don't
get
distracted,
don't
get
distracted
by
a
thousand
strong
men?
W
Arguments
that
you
have
been
here
in
here,
don't
get
distracted
by
that
focus
on
the
history
of
the
Red
Sox
administration,
under
Tom,
yogi
and
finally,
on
everybody
knows
that
Tom
Yawkey
didn't
say
the
derogatory
statement
over
the
loudspeaker
system
when
Jackie
Robinson
was
on
the
field.
No
historian
has
ever
said
that
that
is
a
straw
argument
that
is
silly
and
should
stop
being
raised.
But
this
is
my
question.
W
Y
Good
morning,
commissioners,
almost
afternoon,
my
name
is
Ricky
a
kabuki
and
I'm.
Here
today,
representing
the
Urban
League
located
in
Roxbury.
Our
president
Donnell
Williams
is
traveling
out
of
state
and
is
unable
to
make
it
today,
but
he
has
sent
me
to
send
a
message
sitting
here
today
for
over
an
hour
and
a
half
and
listening
to
arguments
on
both
sides.
I
feel
like
I'm,
because
both
the
Red
Sox
foundation
and
the
Yaqui
Foundation
has
been
tremendous
supporters
of
the
Urban
League
and
have
helped
numerous
people
of
color
over
the
years.
Y
We're
coming
up
on
our
100-day
anniversary,
but
sitting
here
this
morning,
I
feel
like
a
child.
It's
written
seen
their
parents
going
through
a
nasty
divorce
and
the
message
that
we'd
like
to
send
is
we
want
to
unify
the
yaki
group
and
the
red
star
crew,
and
today
we
like
to
make
a
pledge.
I
know
recently,
the
Red
Sox,
spearheaded
the
you
know,
take
the
lead
campaign.
Well,
it's
part
of
that
campaign.
We
are
volunteering
to
take
the
lead
with
other
charities
in
the
Boston,
especially
Roxbury
area,
to
fulfill
the
urban
youth
academy
from
MLB.
Y
My
brother
spoke
earlier:
I
need
to
just
speak
a
little
bit
more
about
that
Academy.
The
Academy
was
started
over
12
years
ago.
It's
an
initiative
of
Major
League
Baseball.
Their
goal
is
to
have
one
in
every
major
league
city
in
triple-a
city
to
date.
A
third
of
the
club's
have
already
started
like
an
academy
or
the
process
of
building
one
la
is
the
perfect
example.
It's
been
around
for
12
years.
Y
They
have
literally
sent
hundreds
of
kids
young
boys,
young
girls
off
to
college
on
either
academic
or
athletic
scholarships
to
date,
I
believe
almost
a
half
a
dozen
or
more
people
that
came
out
of
that
Academy
is
alumni,
signed
major
league
baseball
contract.
You
don't
have
to
look
far
to
see
that
the
game
of
baseball
is
not
growing
at
the
rate
of
grew
when
I
was
a
kid.
In
fact,
several
of
the
high
school
baseball
and
softball
teams
here
in
Boston
have
trouble
fielding
the
team.
Y
This
urban
youth
academy
would
give
an
opportunity,
so
black
and
Latino
youth
not
only
to
learn
the
game
of
baseball
and
appreciate
the
game
of
baseball
for
future
generations.
But
to
actually
you
know
get
that
workforce
development
component
when
mr.
Harrington
only
was
in
charge
of
the
Red
Sox
or
even
mr.
Yaqui
back
when
I
was
a
kid
you
either
an
owner
or
you
were
a
concession
year
or
your
inertia.
Today
there
are
positions
in
Major,
League,
Baseball,
front
offices
that
I
just
related
to
baseball
la
accounting.
You
name
it
IT.
Y
This
urban
youth
academy
will
get
these
young
black
and
Latino
youth
focus
on
and
a
plan.
B
everybody
wants
to
be
the
next
superstar,
but
unfortunately,
as
you,
progress
up
that
chain
going
from
high
school
to
college
is
difficult
to
play
that
sport
and
then
going
from
college
into
the
pros
is
even
more
difficult
or
almost
impossible,
and
what
this
urban
youth
academy
will
do
is
give
these
youth
that
alternative,
so
we're
making
the
pledge
today
to
go
forward
and
we
hope
the
Red
Sox
in
the
Yaqui
foundation.
Y
Unfortunately,
and
on
that
note
I'm
going
to
thank
you
for
your
time
and
one
last
note
dismay:
we
have
an
intervention,
we're
actually
going
to
be
honoring,
the
Red
Sox
for
their
work
and
diversity.
So
we
see
the
good
in
both
and
we
want
to
bring
that
together
and
I.
Think
it's
more
than
just
changing
the
name
of
Street.
Thank
you.
Z
Good
morning
my
name
is
Keith
McDermott
and
I
live
in
Milton
Massachusetts.
Now
one
they
asked.
Why
would
a
black
guy
from
Milton
have
some
concerns
about
the
change
in
name
of
the
street?
I've
never
met
mr.
yaki,
so
I
can't
say
for
sure
if
he
was
racist.
Sir
now,
however,
what
I
can
say
for
sure
is
that
we
need
to
put
our
efforts
into
more
meaningful
efforts
or
meaningful
issues
that
can
help
reduce
the
wealth
gap.
Z
Z
What
we
currently
have
did
anyone
hear
folks
on
the
TV
and
folks,
here
speaking,
did
they
read
the
difference
in
the
wealth
gap
between
blacks
and
white?
I
could
say
firsthand
I
am
NOT
here
as
a
advisor
board.
Member
of
the
Yaqui
Club
of
Roxbury,
but
I
am
a
board
and
I
was
pleased
to
see
hansman
Swain
here
speak
so
eloquently
and
I
can
tell
you
before
that.
Grant
and
I
know.
This
is
not
a
case
of
yaki
versus
jockey
foundation
versus
some
who
said,
but
it
was
a
dump.
Z
The
place
was
a
dump
that
resources
have
now
gone
to
positive
impact
on
Andrews
leadership,
to
improve
the
lives
of
many
many
people
that
have
gone
on
to
be
very
successful,
they're
doing
very
well.
We
were
leadership
and
the
resources
that's
providing
now.
I
may
ask
someone.
So
you
know
the
names
been
up
there
for,
however
many
years
okay.
So
when
you
go
there
and
you
walk
on
the
Yaqui
way
to
family
park,
how
many
people
actually
think
that
impacted
the
economic
and
social
injustice
is?
Z
So
I'm
not
here
to
say
you
know
I'm
here
to
say
this:
how
is
that
gonna
change
what
we
currently
have
in
front
of
us?
How
is
that
going
to
impact
the
lives
of
people?
How
is
that
going
to
change
the
racism?
How
is
that
going
to
impact
people
that
organization
that
are
completely
lacks
diversity?
You
know,
if
how's,
that
going
to
create
opportunities
for
people
that
don't
have
opportunities
is
that
gonna
change
anything
so
we're
gonna.
Z
Let's
just
say
the
best
way
to
get
back
at
someone
who's
racist
is
to
use
their
resources
to
better
the
lives
of
people.
That's
impacted
change,
neighborhood,
Street
I've
been
to
family,
Park,
I'm.
Sure
a
lot
of
folks
here
that
spoke
that
hasn't
changed,
think
you
can
fill
in
the
blame.
Okay.
If
you
really
want
to
see
how
the
Yaqui
name
is
changing
things
go
to
your
clever
Roxbury.
Okay.
Z
Another
way
in
terms
of
action
is
for
the
Red
Sox
to
get
on
board
and
fund
the
urban
youth
academy,
because
not
just
baseball
its
workforce
development,
it's
social
programs
that
you
can
mirror
what
happens
with
the
ocular
Rockstar.
So
it's
with
that
I
say
you
take
under
consideration
and
really
there's
a
name
change
of
a
street
kind
of
change.
Z
AA
AA
One
of
the
greatest
leaders
in
our
time
was
sadly
assassinated
and
we
will
celebrate
50
years
of
him
not
being
here,
but
one
of
the
things
that
he
brought
us
to
understand
is
that
it's
about
values-
and
it's
really
interesting
to
me
that
a
for-profit
organization
like
the
Red
Sox
today,
is
actually
doing
something
that
would
be
pretty
difficult
relative
to
what
a
for-profit
organization
should
be
doing.
They
should
be
thinking
about
making
more
money.
AA
They
should
be
thinking
about
increasing
the
bottom
line,
but
I
applaud
the
Red
Sox
and
this
ownership
team
for
having
the
backbone
to
do
something
that
hadn't
happened
in
the
past
and
I
want
to
thank
ambassador
Carrington
for
his
history
lesson
and
I.
Think
what
we
are
seeing
and
hearing
today
is
revisionist
history,
and
over
400
million
dollars
cannot
revise
history.
AA
It
cannot
change
the
reality
of
what
was
and
the
work
that
we
have
to
do
in
the
city
of
Boston,
with
what
is
in
terms
of
making
the
city
of
Boston
the
whole
city
of
Boston,
a
more
accessible
place
for
all
and
I
believe
the
Yaqui
moniker
makes
it
less
success,
less
accessible
for
all
of
the
young
people,
many
of
them
who
march
down
Columbus
Avenue
to
demand
changes
this
past
weekend.
I
want
all
of
those
young
people
to
feel
safe
to
feel
comfortable
and
feel
open
to
be
able
to
come
to
Fenway
Park.
AA
Let's
also
just
separate
the
Yaqui
Foundation
has
done
admirable
work,
yeoman's
work
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
it
muddies
this
this
conversation
and
deliberation
to
bring
in
the
work
that
the
Yaffe
foundation,
which
was
constructed
after
that
the
death
and
also
continues
to
do
this
work
with
the
man
Tom
Yawkey.
We
have
an
opportunity,
you,
as
a
board,
have
an
opportunity,
but,
most
importantly,
this
city
of
Boston
has
an
opportunity
to
move
forward
from
our
past
into
a
brighter
future,
and
so
I
just
leave
you
in
the
words
of
the
good
Reverend
dr.
AA
AB
Name
is
Joe
Vignola
I'm,
a
Boston
native
I've
lived
here
for
most
of
my
life
and
I'm,
a
Red
Sox
fan
and
but
I
wanted
to
talk
about
a
little
bit.
Is
some
people
already
talked
about
doing
something
over
a
Fenway
Park
to
improve
the
situation
over
there
and
I've
come
up
with
an
idea
that
I'd,
like
everyone
to
hear
and
first
of
all,
the
only
thing
I
would
say.
AB
Is
it's
very
important
that
we're
careful
with
this
decision,
because,
like
it
or
not,
who
steal
a
key
is
the
reason
why
Fenway
Park
and
the
Red
Sox
are
still
here
and
I
got
a
view
of
this.
This
morning,
when
I
came
down
the
Mass
Pike
from
from
went
by,
he
used
Nickerson
Field
that
used
to
be
Braves
field.
When
my
father
was
there,
the
Braves
aren't
there
anymore
and
Braves
fields,
not
there
anymore.
They
moved
over,
even
though
Tom
Yawkey
faced
some
of
the
same
challenges
that
the
Braves
ownership
did.
Mr.
AB
yock,
he
kept
that
team
here.
So
then,
when
you
go
a
little
further
down
the
Mass
Pike
and
you
look
old,
but
there
it
is
the
crown
jewel
of
baseball
Fenway
Park
sitting
there,
and
it's
got
that
sign
on
it.
Fenway
Park,
home
of
the
Boston
Red
Sox,
and
it's
still
there
because
mr.
yaki
kept
it
there.
So
now
my
idea
how
to
improve
the
situation
over
there
I
noticed
this
last
August
when
I
went
to
Fenway,
Park
and
I
went
to
the
the
problems,
not
on
the
Aki
way.
AB
It's
on
Van
Ness
Street,
with
those
statues
down
there,
the
statuary
display
down
there.
There
are
no
african-american
or
Latino
ballplayers
who
have
statues
there.
That
statuary
display
is
segregated.
Still,
you
could
put
a
sign
on
it
like
before
coloreds,
only
no
coloreds
whites
only
so
the
tiger,
with
the
Red
Sox
being
the
last
team
to
integrate
they're
on
the
way
to
be
in
the
last
team
to
integrate
this
statuary
display.
AB
So
I
wrote
a
letter
to
the
Red
Sox
back
and
I
think
it
was
in
Nam
in
October
and
I
asked
them
if
they
would
consider
putting
at
least
two
new
statues
up
there.
One
for
Jim
Rice
and
one
for
Pedro,
Martinez
and
I,
told
him
to
leave
room
on
the
sidewalk
for
David
Ortiz,
so
they
wrote
me
back
a
letter
and
they
told
me
that
this
letter
right
here
and
they
told
me-
there's
two
main
obstacles
to
put
the
statues
there.
The
first
one
starts
here
at
City
Hall.
AB
They
said
the
permitting
process
is
extremely
difficult
to
get
the
statues
put
out
there.
Well,
somebody
had
needs
to
get
moving
and
start
thinking
about
putting
getting
that
process
done
to
get
them
the
permits
those
statues
up
there
all
right.
The
second
thing
they
said
was
the
statues
are
very
expensive
and
they
have
to
raise
the
money
so
I
get
started
with
that.
They
they
I,
suggested
a
fund
I
call
it
the
Dallas
with
diversity
fund
where
people
could
go
to
Fenway,
Park
and
drop
dollars
in
boxes.
There.
H
AB
AB
Pesky
and
they'll
send
they'll,
see
Don
DiMaggio
and
Ted
Williams
and
Cayuse
rimsky
and
Jim
Rice
and
Pedro
Martinez
and
someday
David
Ortiz,
and
when
they
look
at
that,
they
can
say
you
know
what
especially
little
kids
that
go
up
there.
It
doesn't
matter
what
color
my
skin
is.
It
doesn't
matter
where
my
ancestors
came
from
if
I'm
a
good
enough
ballplayer
I
can
pay
for
the
Red.
AB
Sox
and
I
can
have
a
statue
this
someday
if
I
make
the
Hall
of
Fame
that's
the
image
we
want
to
project
to
them,
and
it
also
sends
an
image
to
other
people
like
that.
Guy
that
came
down
there
and
was
issuing
racial
slurs
same
racial
slurs
about
the
player
from
the
other
team.
It
tells
people
like
that
that
if
y'all
like
that
and
you're,
not
if
you're,
not
good
hearted
towards
other
people,
respect
other
people,
you
can't
come
in
here.
We
don't
want
you
inside
Fenway
Park.
AB
That's
the
message
that
I
think
we
ought
to
send.
So
my
suggestion
to
everybody
is
to
think
about
that.
Let's
get
those
statues
put
up
there.
Let's
enhance
the
experience
for
fans
over
there
so
that
they
can
go
there
and
see
all
inclusive
statuary
display.
That
shows
everybody.
One
final
thing
I
would
like
to
say
to
this:
is
about
Jim
Rice
and
he's
hopefully
someday
very
soon.
AB
This
committee
will
be
considering
putting
those
statues
there
and
Jim
Rice
should
get
one,
because
one
of
the
things
I
always
hate
is
one
I
hear
especially
young
African
Americans
use
the
n-word
I
hate
that
and
I
tell
them
it's
just
you
shouldn't
say
that
it's
very
disrespectful
to
your
ancestors,
who
were
slaves,
who
fought
a
civil
war
like
the
54th
Massachusetts,
did
it's
very
people
that
live
through
segregation
and
the
civil
rights
when
very
disrespect.
We
shouldn't
say
that
and
I
tell
it.
AB
Even
though
I'm
not
African,
American
myself,
I
am
an
American
and
I'm
offended
by
that
word
and
I
hate
it
well.
I
was
at
Yankee
Stadium
one
day
and
a
ball
got
hit
over
to
left
field
and
I
was
sitting
on
left
field
stands
and
the
ball
went
in
there
and
Jim
Rice
went
over
to
try
to
catch
it
and
when
he
did
has
happened
into
the
stands
so
I
looking
over
there
and
I
never
forget
this
I.
AB
Remember
he
jumped
the
wall
and
started
heading
up
the
up
the
aisle
with
the
FBI,
so
the
number
14
going
up
there.
There
was
a
big
commotion.
The
whole
Red
Sox
team
went
up
there
to
back
him
up
the
next
day,
I
found
out
that
it
had
come
off
and
gone
in
there,
because
at
Donna,
Times
Square,
you
know
with
us
Mikey
were
on
the
New
York
Times.
It
said
BoSox
fielders,
chases
hat
in
the
stands,
so
I
often
wondered
why
Jim
Rice
risked
his
life
to
go
up
there
to
get
his
hat
back.
AB
Well,
it
wasn't
about
the
hat.
It
was
about
the
fact
that
the
fan
that
took
the
hat
called
Jim
the
n-word
and
he
didn't
like
it.
Okay,
so
he
was
it
offended
him
as
a
man
who
did
not
respect
him
as
a
man.
So
that's
why
he
went
up
there
to
get
his
hat
back,
and
that
tells
me
that
Jim
Rice
hates
the
n-word
just
as
much
as
I
do
so.
AB
AC
Mr.
chairman,
the
n-double-a-cp
Boston
branch
stands
in
support
of
the
petition
to
rename
Yaqui
way
the
n-double-a-cp
Boston
branch
was
established
at
the
Park
Street
Church
in
1911
by
a
coalition
of
black
and
white
Bostonians,
who
were
committed
to
racial
justice
and
inclusion.
The
movement
that
is
birthed
over
2000
branches
nationwide
began
right
here
in
Boston.
Our
founders
believe
that,
despite
the
racial
hostility
of
that
time,
that
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
black
people
and
white
people
could
work
together
to
change
the
racial
landscape
of
our
city.
AC
That
is
a
legacy
of
which
all
Bostonians
can
be
proud,
and
we
submit
this
statement
with
the
hope
that
the
Commission
will
honor
that
legacy
by
supporting
the
renaming
of
Yaqui
way.
For
years,
there
has
been
much
debate
over
the
renaming
of
Yaqui
way
and
submitting
this
renaming
petition.
The
Red
Sox
organization
has
taken
an
affirmative
step
to
put
this
debate
to
rest
and
move
our
city
forward.
AC
Why
is
the
renaming
so
important
as
the
first
branch
of
the
oldest
civil
rights
organization
in
this
nation?
The
Boston
branch
has
been
a
steadfast
monitor
of
racial
discrimination
in
the
city
of
Boston
for
over
a
hundred
and
seven
years.
During
that
time,
we
have
not
only
seen
the
progress
of
our
city
on
race
relations,
but
from
generation
to
generation.
We
have
served
as
a
prod
to
move
the
city
of
Boston
closer
to
racial
inclusion,
as
has
been
shared
with
this
commission
by
others,
including
ambassador
Carrington.
AC
Thank
you
in
the
late
1950s,
under
the
leadership
of
then
President
Herbert
Tucker
jr.,
the
n-double-a-cp
Boston
branch
was
instrumental
in
asking
the
Massachusetts
Commission
Against
Discrimination
to
investigate
alleged
racial,
discriminatory
practices
and
policies
of
the
Red
Sox
organization.
Under
the
leadership
of
Tom
Yawkey.
AC
The
initial
inquiry
was
prompted
by
the
racially
exclusionary
treatment
of
pump
sea-green,
but
eventually,
what
was
brought
to
light
were
other
practices
adversely
impacting
black
employees
to
deny
or
attempt
to
justify
that
history
is
to
deny
the
exclusion
experienced
by
black
players
and
employees
at
the
hands
of
the
Red
Sox
organization,
under
mr.
Draghi's
leadership,
protecting
the
integrity
and
the
stories
of
those
individuals
who
boldly
and
courageously
lifted
their
voices
to
say
no
more.
We
deserve
better
we're.
Human
too,
is
a
responsibility
from
which
the
n-double-a-cp
Boston
branch
can
never
be
freed.
AC
Even
when
there
are
those
among
us
who
would
much.
Rather,
we
forget,
because
their
stories
too,
need
to
be
remember
in
1979
when
yaki
way.
First
received
her
name,
we
were
a
very
different
Boston.
We
were
racially
divided
racially
polarized.
It
was
a
point
in
our
history
when
we
did
not
have
the
understanding
or
the
will.
We
have
today
as
a
city.
AC
To
be
clear,
we
applaud
the
intentional
way
with
which
the
Yaqui
foundations
has
supported
and
invested
in
black
and
brown
communities,
the
very
same
communities
that
were
disproportionately
impacted
by
the
racially
exclusionary
practices
supported
by
the
Red
Sox
organization.
There
is
little
question
of
mr.
Yaffe
support
of
those
exclusionary
practices.
However,
we
do
acknowledge
that
there
is
much
debate
about
whether
mr.
yaki
realized
the
error
of
his
ways
in
later
life.
On
that
point,
none
of
us
can
be
so
sure.
AC
What
is
well
documented
is
the
legacy
of
inclusion
of
the
Yaffe
foundation,
a
legacy
that
it
has
chosen
to
establish
in
its
work
today
that
work
must
continue
and
stand
the
model
of
how
to
operate
with
integrity
and
use
legacy
resources
for
restorative
purposes.
At
a
time
when
our
nation
is
rocked
by
virulent
racism
set
and
xenophobia
coming
from
the
highest
levels
of
our
government,
it
is
imperative
that
we
take
every
opportunity
to
to
affirm
who
we
are
and
what
we
value
today.
AC
We
hope
and
pray
that
the
Red
Sox
organization,
the
yaki
foundation,
community-based
organizations
alongside
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Boston,
will
sees
this
as
an
opportunity
to
send
a
clear
message
across
our
nation
about
how
we
can
be
reflective
of
our
past,
while
at
the
same
time
uphold
our
values
and
strengthen
our
community
with
one
voice.
The
choice
is
clearly
ours
in
this
moment.
To
finally
put
this
debate
to
rest,
the
choice
is
ours.
J
J
I'm
75
years
of
age
and
one
lesson
I've
been
taught
over
the
years
many
times
actually
is
never
get
in
a
fight
with
someone
who
buys
newsprint
by
the
trainload
in
this
case,
I'm
actually
quite
proud
to
break
that
and
get
in
a
fight,
because
I
think
that
there's
been
some
wonderful
speakers
here.
They've
had
some
very
heartfelt
and
thoughtful
things
to
say
on
both
sides,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
real
problem
and
I
think
it's
been
highlighted
very,
very
well.
J
This
morning
is
we
have
some
very
serious
work
to
do
in
race
relations
as
Ricky
Ricardo
used
to
say
to
Lucille
Ball.
We
got
some
splainin
to
do
and
I
think
the
way
to
solve
or
to
address.
The
problem
is
is
not
to
change
the
name
of
this
street
and
then
another
Street
on
the
street,
but
it's
to
bring
these
great
resources
together.
The
Boston
Red
Sox
and
the
Yaqui
foundation
and
develop
a
plan.
J
The
intentions
of
John
Henry
and
his
organization
I
think
are
quite
laudable.
The
work
that
the
Yaqui
Foundation
has
performed
for
30
years
long
before
John
Henry
came
to
town
is
also
quite
wonderful.
I
think
we
ought
to
consider
bringing
these
two
groups
together
and
saying:
let's
put
some
money
on
the
table,
some
serious
money.
If
we
change
the
name,
we
are
engaging
in
an
empty
gesture.
I.
J
AD
A
Participation
in
the
conversation
today
for
those
who
spoke
for
those
who
have
submitted
written
testimony,
as
has
been
stated,
these
are
process
of
renaming
streets
and
through
the
public
improvement.
Commission
is
fairly
clear.
It
is
something
with
its
constituent
driven.
We
get
ideas
from
the
public,
they
need
unanimous
consent
from
all
the
people
with
street
addresses
and
press,
because
it
has
that
high
bar
of
requiring
unanimous
consent.
A
We've
had
six
street
name
changes
roughly
in
the
last
six
years,
and
normally
by
the
time
they
come
to
this
meeting,
the
public
hearing
there's
actually
no
public
comment.
This
is
a
moment
where
we
actually
hear
only
from
the
petitioner
and
immediately
the
public
improvement
commission
would
take
a
vote
quite
clearly.
This
is
a
different,
different
petition.
In
a
different
conversation,
we
have
heard
a
tremendous
amount
from
each
of
you
over
the
last
two
hours
we
heard
from
a
number
of
voices
at
the
new
business
hearing.
A
What
that
means
is
that
we
won't
take
a
formal
vote
today
on
this
particular
request,
but
barring
any
changes,
we
will
take
a
formal
vote
on
this
particular
request
at
our
next
PICU
meeting,
which
again
is
April
12th,
and
it
gives
a
chance
for
anybody
who
may
not
have
felt
they
had
a
chance
to
express
their
thoughts
on
this
to
weigh
in
between
now
and
April
11th.
By
giving
comments
to
the
public
improvement
Commission
again,
I
appreciate
all
of
the
voices
and
all
the
thoughts
that
have
been
presented
so
far.
AE
A
H
H
C
AH
AG
In
two
weeks
ago,
there
was
a
request
to
ensure
that
the
maintenance
agreement
was
in
place.
We
are,
our
legal
departments
are
still
working
together
with
the
city
of
Boston.
There
was
also
a
request
for
the
TMP
package,
which
you
should
have
and
to
ensure
that
the
town
of
Winthrop
was
on
board.
With
this
work
positive
comments
from
them,
we
are
working,
they
can't
fit
us
in
on
the
April
3rd
meeting.
They've
got
a
very
busy
meeting.
M
C
AI
AG
AG
A
Next
item
is
on
a
joint
petition
by
Haymarket
parcel
9
investor
LLC
in
the
message
Department
of
Transportation,
for
the
granting
of
a
projection
license
for
the
installation
of
canopies
over
portions
of
the
sidewalk
within
the
following
public
ways
in
Boston
proper.
This
was
new
business
on
March
15
2018.
A
The
locations
include
north
street
on
its
north
westerly
side,
southwest
of
Fitzgerald
surface
Road,
Hanover
Street
on
its
southeasterly
side
between
Black
Sun,
Street
and
Fitzgerald,
surface
Road
and
Logano
Fitzgerald
surface
Road
on
its
southwesterly
side
between
North
Street
and
Halbert.
Hanover
Street
is,
as
shown
on
a
plan
entitled
city
of
Boston
Public
Works,
Department
engineering
division,
license
plan,
John,
F,
Fitzgerald,
surface
road,
north
street
Hanover,
Street
public
ways,
Boston
one
sheet
dated
March
9
2018.
AJ
We
represent
Haymarket
parcel
mine
investor
LLC,
which,
with
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Transportation,
has
filed
two
petitions
with
the
public
Improvement
Commission
related
to
the
creation
of
the
Haymarket
Hotel
on
central
artery,
parcel
nine
in
the
government
center
district
of
Boston
right
next
to
the
Greenway
to
my
left
is:
stick
Calvin,
the
principal
of
CV
properties,
the
development
partner.
That's
moving
forward
with
this
project
and
to
his
left
is
John
Smith
from
the
engineering.
The
civil
engineer
for
this
project.
AJ
AK
We're
all
aware
we
are
also
improving
Blackstone
Street,
which
will
be
subjective
later
later,
discussions
five
and
six
story
building
as
referenced
in
the
rendering.
Here
it
will
be
canopy
branded
hotel,
which
we're
excited
about
later.
This
fall,
John
can
John
Schmidt
Mitch
engineering
can
review
any
technical
issues
related
to
the
actual
canopies.
AE
A
A
In
favor
so
moved.
Our
next
item
is
on
a
joint
petition
by
hey
mark
parcel
9
investor
LLC,
the
message
Department
of
Transportation
for
the
granting
of
an
earth
retention
license
for
the
installation
of
a
temporary
support
system
within
North
Street
Boston
Proper
on
this
Northwest
Lee
side
between
Blackstone
Street
and
Fitzgerald
surface
Road.
This
was
new
business
on
March
15
2018,
and
this
has
shown
on
a
plan
entitled
city
of
Boston,
Public,
Works,
Department
engineering
division,
temporary
Earth,
pretension
plan
parcel
9,
Blackstone
Street
Boston,
once
she'd
dated
February
23rd
2018.
AE
AK
C
Really
appreciate
the
close
cooperation
coordination
you
are
having
with
the
Haymarket
pushcart,
Association
and
I,
wish
that
you
looking
for
that
continued
cooperation
and
coordination
with
their
activities
because
they
are
an
integral
part
of
a
city.
We
will
continue
that
very
close
cooperation
with
them
doing
a
construction
and
people
and
after
yeah.
AK
We
are
we've
you.
This
is
almost
two
separate
but
equally
important
projects
relative
to
this
important
site,
the
actual
reconstruction
of
Blackstone,
Street
and
I'll
call
it
enhancing
the
Haymarket
experience
in
the
development
of
the
hotel
and
since
our
last
meeting,
we've
had
great
cooperation
in
Boston,
Water
and
Sewer
and
I'm
dancing
the
water
line
project
as
well.
So
that's.
AK
C
D
Fallen
up
along
those
lines,
the
concern
is,
you
know.
Obviously
this
is
the
second
phase
first
phase
and
reconstruction
of
Blackstone
Street,
which
I
really
haven't
seen
you
the
plans
on
it.
Yet
it's
only
very
important
to
get
that
accelerated
into
so
important
this
project
with
that
project
and
connect
historic,
Boston,
excetera
good
project
to
make
sure
we
were
all
on
the
same
page.
So.
AI
The
additional
requirements
from
BW
SC,
obviously
we
are
in
intense
and
rapid
coordination
that
not
only
is
the
street
going
to
receive
two
new
water
lines,
but
we're
also
going
to
structurally
line
the
sewers.
So
it
should
be
fully
reconstructed
low
grade
when
it
gets
fully
reconstruct
above
grade.
AI
So
the
additional
requirements
will
be
when
you
excavate
the
vibration
monitoring
between
the
excavation
and
the
new
water
mains
to
ensure
that
there's
not
any
excessive
vibrations
that
should
be
submitted
weekly
to
my
office
directly
to
me
and
not
be
required
to
do
pre
inspection
of
the
sewers
because
we're
instructional
I
know
so
those
will
be
inspected
in
line.
You
will
be
required
to
do
post
inspection
of
the
sewer
and
I'm
like
pre
and
post
inspection
of
the
drain
line
that
we're
not
working
on
its
concrete
in
case.
AI
C
A
follow-up
thought
in
the
interest
of
time
the
coordination
of
the
Burke's,
so
the
bottom
so
work
that
needs
to
be
done.
All
of
this
is
going
to
impact
the
Pushcart
Association
and
who
is
your
point
of
contact
or
your
point
person
so
that
if
there
needs
to
be
issues
that
needs
to
be
clarified
or
in.
C
D
There
questions
or
comments
on
the
earth
retention
license,
just
as
we
see
it
here,
CMP
on
the
earth,
protection
system
and
the
overall
construction
man
in
mind.
For
this
case,
it's
in
the
affirmative
like
it
went
up.
Seeing
is,
however,
there
are,
as
you
know,
outstanding
issues
there
like
to
do
programming,
streets,
etc
or
bus.
Your
team
has
made
good
progress
with
engaging
us
with
that
conversation.
AI
Make
motion
to
approve
joint
petition
by
Haymarket
parcel
9
investor
LLC,
the
Massachusetts
Department
transportation
for
the
Kranthi
under
pretension
license
in
North.
Street
has
read
into
the
record
by
the
chair
and
with
the
stipulation
to
put
forth
by
these
commissioners,
as
shown
on
a
plan
entitled
city
of
Boston,
Public,
Works,
Department
engineering
division,
temporary
hearth
retention
plan
parcel
9,
Blackstone
Street
Boston.
Once
she
dated
February
23rd
2001.
AD
AL
D
AL
J
AL
So
the
project
itself,
it's
a
dual
Hotel
project,
its
Homewood
Suites
and
Hampton
Inn,
its
415
keys
between
the
two
hotels
and
then
there's
some
ground-floor
retail
and
restaurants,
mostly
fronting
along
summer
Street
and
drydock
Avenue.
The
summer
Street
is
a
public
way.
Drydock
Avenue
is
a
private
way,
so
we're
discussing
the
improvements
along
Summer
Street,
which
is
really
implementation
of
Complete
Streets
style
development.
So
there's
a
furnishing
zone
that
will
have
some
pervious
pavers
tree
pits
along
the
street
line.
We're
currently
there
out.
AL
The
back
of
sidewalk
will
have
a
greater
than
five
foot
wide
cement,
concrete
sidewalk
and
the
light
poles
are
currently
there
are
to
remain
in
place.
We
have
some
accessible
ramp
improvements
at
the
intersections,
some
installation
of
detectable
warning
panels
to
improve
existing
ramps
up
to
current
standards,
and
that
that
is
the
summary.
We
do
have
a
few
pike
bike
racks
that
we're
also
installing
in
the
furnishing
zone
as
well
as
ones
on
the
brother
property.
So
that's!
That's
the
summary
of
the
project
that
we
heard
really
two
things
at
the
last
hearing.
AL
One
is
to
have
ownership
represented,
unlike
the
Red
Sox,
we
did
hear
the
request
and
it
brought
at
O'donnell
from
the
BBVA
to
be
here
today.
If
you
have
any
questions
for
ownership
with
a
parcel
and
then
we
heard
an
issue
from
boss,
Lamar
and
Sewer
we've
since
met
with
boss,
Lamar
sewer
staff
walked
through
the
issue.
We
came
to
a
consensus
and
are
implementing
their
preferred
connection
points
and
that
will
be
formally
approved
through
their
site
plan
approval
process
so
that
that's
really
what
we
heard
at
the
initial
meeting
have
an
answer.
D
AN
Director
of
real
estate
for
the
BPD
a
we
own,
this
site
within
the
Raymond
L
Flynn
Marine
Park
we've
been
working
with
this
team
for
approximately
three
years.
The
project
has
going
forward
with
broad
public
support,
both
within
the
South
Boston
neighborhood
and
among
the
businesses
within
the
park.
At
this
point,
the
BPD
a
has
a
fully
executed
lease
with
the
team.
They
have
shown
us
satisfactory
evidence
of
financing.
We
are
working
through
the
good
graces
of
BP
BPD
to
finalize
a
construction
management
up
plan,
along
with
a
tappa
plan.
AN
We've
granted
early
access
to
this
team
in
order
to
do
site,
Foreman's
and
I'm
happy
to
say
we're
working
with
them
to
try
to
schedule
a
groundbreaking
event
sometime
in
the
second
quarter
of
this
year.
So
happy
to
add
my
my
support
to
the
project.
I'm
happy
to
be
here
and
I'll.
Try
to
answer
any
questions
at
the
members
might
have.
D
K
D
D
A
Petition
by
Brooke
charter
schools
for
the
making
of
specific
repairs
with
an
American
Legion
highway
in
West
Roxbury
within
the
center
median
at
address
number
200
north
east
of
King
bird
Road,
consisting
of
curb
realignment
and
relocated
street
trees.
This
was
new
business
on
March
15
2018,
and
this
is,
as
shown
on
a
set
of
plans
entitled
city
of
Boston,
Public,
Works,
Department
engineering
division,
specific
repairs,
plan,
American,
Legion,
highway,
intersection,
number,
zero,
zero,
zero
one
public
way,
Mattapan
two
sheets
in
April.
AO
AO
C
I
C
Then
we
are
the
two
years
who
is
going
to
pick
it
up
but
truly
appreciate,
because
the
parks
department
may
consider
that
the
trees
along
this
roadway
he's
beyond
their
level
of
attention,
because
the
priests
have
taken
rude.
We
spent
about
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
putting
all
those
Tracy.
So
we
need
you
to
be
the
backup
safety
net
in
case
if
the
parks
department
have
difficulty
allocating
resources
to
just
look
after
this
new
trees
beyond
the
two
years.
H
I
A
A
D
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
petition
by
Brook
charter
schools
to
making
the
specific
repairs
within
America
when
you
can
highway
is
right
into
the
record.
Weather
here
has
shown
us
that
a
plan
that
title
city
London
from
the
Works
Department
engineering,
division,
specific
repairs,
plan,
American,
Lincoln,
Highway,
intersection,
number
one
public
way:
Mattapan
two
sheets
dated
April,
two
thousand.
Eighty
second.
A
And
tell
me
if
an
office
I
think
there's
a
there's,
a
question
about
content
on
the
screens,
which
is
separate
from
the
actual
design
or
installation
of
the
actual
object,
and
that,
or
essentially
our
process
of
allowing
advertising
in
the
public
right-of-way
that
they
have
to
go
through
a
separate
process.
A
separates
our
color
for
German
process
through.
A
C
The
Chairman
is
say
the
conversation
about
the
advertising
content,
which
I
believe
is
integral
to
your
game
plan,
requires
a
little
bit
more
discussion
with
this
within
the
city.
So
we
have
one
of
two
choices:
give
you
a
conditional
board,
which
might
not
mean
a
whole
lot,
because
I
think
you
all
need
us
to
have
some
clarity
towards
the
advertising,
which
I
think
is
what
you
all
are
trying
to
do.
C
You
know,
while
serving
up
if
I
can
say
that,
so
we
can
postpone
this
hearing
for
two
weeks
to
give
the
city
enough
time
or
four
weeks
adequate
time,
so
that
we
can
be
in
a
better
position
to
give
you
guidance
and
be
supportive
of
this
very
wonderful
project.
We
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
it
in
a
constructive
manner.
So,
in
my
humble
opinion,
I
think
the
postponed
hearing
might
be
better
for
you
versus
having
a
clouded
Road.
K
AP
AP
A
C
A
C
AP
AD
AD
A
One
thing
which
is
I
realize
that
these
are
not
there's
no
excavation,
so
they're
fairly
purpose
all,
but
the
first
of
Christa
hazards
point
that
if
we
were
to
bond
today,
would
also
then
be
can
just
conditional
in
addition
to
the
advertising
piece
would
be
conditional
upon.
Certain
final
sign-off
might
be
to
be
on.
Is
it
front,
is
its
or
on
the
curb,
or
is
it
further
off
the
curb
to
ensure
there's
no
driving.
H
AM
A
A
K
A
Next
item
is
on
a
petition
by
changing
environment
supe
for
the
making
of
specific
repairs
within
Brighton,
Avenue
and
Brighton
on
its
southerly
side
at
address
number
140
located
at
intersection
with
Harvard
Street,
consisting
of
a
new
digital
wayfinding
community
bulletin
board.
This
was
new
business
on
March
15
2018,
and
this
is
shown
on
a
set
of
plans
entitled
city
of
Boston,
Public,
Works,
Department
engineering
division,
specific
repair
plan,
Alston,
Harvard,
Ave,
Brighton,
Ave,
three
sheets
in
January,
2014.
AD
A
D
AR
Good
afternoon,
commissioners,
my
name
is
Marc
Lucas
I
am
legal
counsel
to
the
petitioner,
90
Cottage
Street
LLC,
with
me,
as
Marc's
about
ski,
a
member
manager
of
the
LLC
represented
from
Boston's
survey,
who
prepared
our
discontinuance
plan.
This
is
a
petition
for
vertical
discontinuance
to
permit
the
construction
of
three
small
balconies
at
the
front
of
a
new
seven
unit,
condominium
building
currently
under
construction
on
Cottage
Street
in
East
Boston.
C
AS
A
A
AT
Good
afternoon,
David,
suni
and
I
represent
Braintree
Street
Realty
LLC
with
me
is
Michael
Blanc
manager
of
Braintree
Street,
Realty,
PSRs
I'll
refer
to
it
owns
the
commercial
office.
Building
at
119,
Braintree
Street,
which
is
just
to
the
east
of
the
Boston
Landing
train
station
to
the
west
of
it
is,
is
the
W
land
owned
by
wjg,
Realty,
Jack,
Slater
and
Chris
Rainier
are
in
the
audience
also
representing
wjg.
They
are
a
co
petitioner.
We
are
looking
to
discontinue
a
portion,
the
street
stub,
of
what
we
refer
to
as
old
Everett
Street.
AT
The
average
Street
Bridge
is
just
to
the
west
of
old
Everett
Street,
and
this
is
the
dead-end
portion
of
what
used
to
be
average
Street
as
it
crossed
where
the
Mass
Pike
is.
Now.
It
is
property
that,
while
technically
is
the
city
has
a
right-of-way
and
fee
ownership
interest
in
it.
It
has
been
used
for
many
years
by
119,
Braintree
Street
for
its
building,
and
so
along
with
our
competition,
our
wjg.
We
were
looking
to
discontinue
the
parcel
it's
about
4400
square
feet
and.
AT
There
are
a
couple
of
easements
related
to
here.
Wjg
is
developing
the
neighboring
parcel
and
so
they've
asked
for
a
utility
easement
in
case.
They
need
to
make
connections
on
this
area.
Boston,
water
and
our
commission
also
has
some
lines
running
through
the
parcel.
So
we
are
in
the
process
of
finalizing
a
an
easement
with
them
and
I
thought
it
might
be
helpful
if
mr.
blank
just
briefly
described
the
property
and
then.
C
AM
C
AT
AU
The
history
here
is
my
family
purchased
this
property
in
1963.
It
owned
its
own,
this
property.
All
this
all
this
time
it
would.
There
was
a
manufacturing
plant
there
at
the
time,
Arthur,
Blank
and
company.
We
had
300
employees
in
the
building
at
the
time.
So
we
have
been
utilizing
this
part
of
the
western
side
of
the
building
for
parking,
as
well
as
an
area
that
allows
trucks
to
go
into
a
freight
elevator.
There's
a
handicapped
access.
AH
AQ
C
C
D
K
K
I
AV
AV
The
Clarks
has
been
in
the
same
location,
we're
in
a
40
60
year,
I've
been
a
partner
in
Clark's
for
16
years.
The
remaining
partner
in
Clark's
family
was
one
of
the
founders
of
Clarks
and
we're
seeking
a
very
small
outdoor
patio
and
one
of
the
reasons
we're
asking
for
that
is
to
really
activate
the
street.
Besides
the
fact
that
for
the
16
years
that
I've
been
involved
with
Clark's
every
time
the
weather
turns
I'd,
say
anytime
I'm
in
there
all
I'd
hear
from
our
customers
is.
Why
can't
you
have
some
outdoor
space?
AW
AW
Is
located
adjacent
to
the
existing
merchants
road
curb
line,
and
it
includes
tables,
chairs
and
enclosure
for
8
patrons
based
on
our
current
layout.
The
existing
pedestrian
path
of
travel
on
merchants
row
remains
the
same
because
the
edge
of
the
cafe
enclosure
is
stuck
behind
the
existing
treatments
we've
sent
out
utility
notifications
to
various
city
agencies
and
companies,
and
we
have
been
coordinating
with
the
mayor's
sorry
mayor's
Commission
with
persons
with
disabilities,
and
we
continue
to
coordinate
with
them
on
the
cafe
enclosure,
detail.
H
H
C
Appreciate
your
doing
this
and
you
are
on
the
right
track.
Obviously
that's
why
you
are
there.
We
are
here,
but
just
to
let
you
know
that
the
city
has
slowly
looking
into
redoing
States
trade
between
Congress
and
the
Rose
Kennedy,
so
things
like
this
is
a
welcome
for
us,
because
we
want
to
give
it
some
life
and
character
and
personality.
D
AV
AN
D
AW
AV
A
A
AX
AN
AX
The
area
is
the
property
questions.
Currently,
a
metal
storage
facility
timox
street
has
not
seen
sidewalk
reconstruction
in
a
number
of
years.
It's
got
kind
of
like
a
hip
cobblestone.
Edging
Columbus
did
some
restoration
work
back
in
the
day
a
long
time.
This
project
itself
is
a
pretty
opportunistic
thing
for
the
community
in
the
neighborhood
in
question,
because
it
will
result
in
the
reconstruction
of
the
sidewalks
along
all
three
sides,
bringing
them
up
to
complete
Street
standards.
We've
worked
with
p
IC
staff.
Thank
it
was
always
working
through
the
various
city
agencies.
AX
We
had
hoped
to
be
here
a
few
weeks
ago,
but
we
had
address
a
few,
a
d8
compliant
requirements.
We
have
a
submission
in
with
Boston
Water
and
Sewer
we're
in
our
final
stretch
with
them.
We've
already
gotten
preliminary
review
comments
and
we're
in
for
final
approval
with
those
folks
now
EDA
required
some
work.
We
had
to
address
some
non-compliant
sidewalks
in
handicap
ramps,
which
we've
addressed,
request
approval
of
the
sidewalk
restorations,
as
well
as
the
sidewalk
easement
required
to
improve
the
width
in
the
capacity
for
the
public
to
pass
in
and
around
the
area.
AZ
Surely
young
disabilities
Commission
for
the
city
Boston?
Oh
you
work
with
the
proponents
on
this
design
and
we
also
have
a
letter
from
the
MA
be
saying
that
they're,
okay
with
the
pedestrian
ramps
and
they're
compliant
by
right
and
we've
also
worked
with
them
regarding
sidewalk
widths
and
the
location
of
detectable
warnings.
D
D
AY
AU
AY
C
C
M
D
AI
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As
a
developer
of
the
projects
and
working
through
city
agencies,
there
are
a
number
of
improvements
proposed
street
trees,
superb
feel
permeable,
pavers
and
upgrades
and
handicap
ramps
in
and
around
the
property.
So
those
are
all
demonstrated.
They
work
through
PSE
staff
as
well
as
city
agencies.
We
have
all
the
documentation
and
the
approval
for
such.
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AF
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
James
standing
from
our
Stinson
project
engineer
joined
today
by
Amy
lien
from
Northeastern
University
who's,
a
project
manager,
Northeastern
University,
is
seeking
to
increase
the
width
of
the
existing
sidewalk
on
Sam
potala
Street
between
Gainsborough
Street
and
public
alley.
At
8:23.
AF
Main
reason
for
the
increase
in
the
width
of
the
sidewalk
is
for
pedestrian
safety,
as
the
sidewalk
serves
the
Matthews
Arena.
The
existing
sidewalk
is
approximately
eight
and
a
half
feet
wide
we're
looking
to
push
that
up
to
13
feet
and
of
that
13
feet.
We
have
a
continuous
six
and
a
half
foot
stretch
of
cement
concrete
with
a
three
foot
strip
of
pavers.
A
second
three
foot
of
pavers
that
are
permeable
intertwining
between
those
two
strips
is
a
architectural
feature,
accent
strip,
we're
also
proposing
new
street
trees.
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C
C
X
Is
it's
a
visual
concern?
Okay,
so
it
the
accent
will
happen.
It's
going
to
be
granite,
pavers
and
it's
going
to.
It
won't
be
as
much
of
an
accent
that
you
would
see
in
a
handicap
curb
ramp.
It's
gonna
be
very
subtle.
It's
gonna
be
similar
to
the
grain
of
paving
that's
next
to
it
and
I'd
like
to
maybe
understand
better
what
the
extent
of.
X
AZ
Certainly
own
disabilities,
Commissioner
for
the
city
of
Boston.
We
did
meet
worth
of
proponents
and
my
colleague
Enoch
Patricia
were
okay
with
the
certain
nature
and
color
contrasts
of
those
papers
because
they
were
in
their
furnishing
zone
and
the
proponent
has
assured
us
ur,
providing
a
minimum
of
six
feet.
Standard
concrete
on
the
sidewalk.
C
From
the
University
you
are
taking
it
all
the
way
up
to
publically
a23
lightening
up
the
sidewalk,
but
that
last
little
block
all
the
weight
of
mass
air
just
that
bit
of
real
estate.
Does
it
belong
to
you
or
is
it
someone
else?
My
point
is:
why
are
you
not
continuing
the?
Why
decide,
walk
all
the
way
to
my
side.
AF
AM
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Hi
see
you
guys
unable
to
talk.