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From YouTube: City Council Meeting of 6-21-21
Description
City of Chelsea
A
A
The
city
council
is
holding
a
public
hearing
regarding
proposed
zoning
amendments,
and
we
have
the
first
public
hearing
is
on
the
r1
district,
a
change
in
a
minimum
lot
size
dwelling
to
3,
100
square
feet,
change
the
minimum
lot
size
to
6
000
square
feet
and
allow
three
family
dwellings
by
special
permit.
If
you
are
here
to
discuss
only
the
r1
district
amendments,
please
come
up
state
your
name,
your
address.
You
have
five
minutes.
D
Good
evening,
my
name
is
kathleen
clark
and
I've
resided
at
73
warren
ave
since
june
30th
1994..
Since
that
time
I've
only
needed
to
come
to
the
city
council
prior
to
tonight.
Once
previously,
and
ironically,
it
was
the
for
the
same
property
at
80
warren
ave,
I'm
not
sure
if
all
of
you
are
aware,
but
the
residents
of
warren
ave
have
appeared
before
you
in
the
fall
of
2018,
hoping
for
your
vote
to
allow
us
the
opportunity
to
move
past
the
tragedy
that
rocked
our
neighborhood
on
may
22nd
2017..
D
Fortunately,
you
were
able
to
help
us
by
allowing
funds
to
be
allocated
for
the
demolition
we
appear
before
you
now
hoping
you
can
help
us
in
this
regard.
Also,
my
family
and
I
have
suffered
personal
mental
trauma
and
anguish
over
this
property,
as
we
were,
the
family
who
safely
sheltered
the
two
females
of
that
property,
resulting
in
our
own
experience
of
the
firearm.
D
It
is
sad
to
hear
that
our
member
of
our
hometown
city
council,
who
was
elected
by
the
residents
to
protect
and
preserve
our
best
interests,
is
the
proposal
of
such
a
change.
One
that
would
take
away
our
lawfully
acquired
property
results.
Excuse
me
property
rights
by
changing
the
zoning
laws
that
have
always
applied
to
the
properties
in
our
neighborhood.
D
We,
the
residents
of
warren,
have
chose
to
stay
in
our
neighborhood
years
ago.
You
couldn't
give
away
property
in
chelsea,
but
we
remained,
and
we
were
proud
to
say
that
we
were
residents
of
chelsea
fast
forward.
Now
we
have
investors
who
are
starving
to
come
into
our
neighborhood
and
turn
it
completely
upside
down
for
one
reason
and
one
reason:
only
profit,
not
only
the
investors,
but
I
also
received
a
27
minute
harassing
phone
call
from
the
realtor
who
was
trying
to
sell
the
property
for
550
000
at
80
warren
f.
D
Not
only
did
she
not
take
my
opinion,
she
then
turned
herself
to
call
my
husband
and
harassed
him
for
18
minutes
on
the
phone
trying
to
persuade
us
and
tell
us
she
knew
what
was
in
our
best
interest
for
us
and
how
we're
gonna
make
out.
I
told
her,
she
doesn't
know
what
is
in
our
best
interest,
but
only
she
and
her
client
are
concerned
about
a
big
paycheck.
D
D
E
E
I'm
kathy's
husband,
I
live
in
73
watermelons
also,
you
know
the
realtor
that
came
to
us
the
other
day
and
told
us
that
it
was
best
for
us.
Well,
I'm
going
to
tell
you
something
I
don't
plan
on
going
anywhere.
I
live
in
a
perfect
street.
My
street
is
perfect.
My
neighbors
are
unbelievable.
The
best
you
could
ever
ask
for
it's
a
nice
quiet
street.
It
was
a
lot
more
quieter
before
this
incident
happened,
but
now
they
want
to
change
everything.
I
was
at
the
city
hall
at
one
time
and
off.
E
She
wanted
to
make
a
true
family
and
she
was
told
that
the
zone
in
laws
where
she
was
not
a
builder
two
family,
but
now,
all
of
a
sudden
we
have
this
realtor
coming
in,
wants
to
build
three
families
or
two
double
families.
Come
on
you
guys,
we
we
vote
for
you
guys
we
vote,
because
we
hope
that
you
will
do
the
right
thing
for
us.
E
E
The
guy,
the
people
that
are
investing
the
money
they
don't
care
about
us
all
they
care
about
is
how
much
money
they're
going
to
put
in
pocket.
They
don't
care
about
the
residents
of
the
city,
they
all
care
about,
how
much
money
they're
going
to
put
in
their
pocket
and
that's
it
then
they're
gone,
and
they
don't
have
to
deal
with
it
after
that
because
they
walked
away
with
all
the
money.
So
I'm
up
here
to
ask
you
all
of
you,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
stick
with
us
keep
our
city,
keep
it
nice
people!
E
We
have
wonderful
people
who
live
in
the
city
that
are
here
to
stay,
we're
not
going
anywhere,
but
if
you
keep
adding
and
the
school
system
is
going
to
be
overloaded,
the
source
system,
the
other.
All
these
things
are
going
to
be
all
overloaded
if
you're
letting
all
these
people
in
this
house
because,
like
I
said
these,
people
that
are
building
they
don't
care
about
the
residents
they
care
about.
One
thing:
only
how
much
money
they
can
put
in
their
pockets
and
that's
wrong-
I
mean
I'm
a
chelsea
resident.
E
I
was
born
in
this
city,
I'm
you
know,
and
I
want
to
stay
in
the
city
and
I
I
have
a
beautiful
home.
My
neighbors
have
beautiful.
They
invest
all
kinds
of
money
into
keeping
their
houses
perfect.
Looking
I
want
to
keep
it
that
way.
It's
zoned
for
two
family:
let's
keep
it
as
a
two
family.
We
don't
mind
a
nice
two
family,
nice
families
moving
in,
we
don't
care.
But
now
you
want
to
add
three
four,
it's
just
crazy.
E
G
Much
hello,
everyone,
my
name
is
diane
cullinane
and
I
am
a
resident
at
26
warren
ave.
We
bought
property
there
10
years,
I've
owned
two
other
properties
and
went
and
in
various
areas
in
in
chelsea,
and
I've
been
a
resident
in
chelsea
for
40
years.
I
very
much
support
the
petition
against
the
zoning
on
warren
ave.
G
G
H
H
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
you
know
short
and
sweet
that
I
think
there
needs
to
be
a
balance
between
housing
and
quality
of
life,
because
our
street
is
actually
very
busy.
There's
multi-family
homes,
there's
single-family
homes,
there's
a
whole
condo
building
and
it's
actually
very
busy,
and
I
just
think
obviously
the
residents
are
looking
like.
Yes,
it's
quality
of
life.
It
is
more
noise,
it's
more
parking.
It's
just.
H
I
I
Good
evening
my
name
is
caroline
ellenberg,
I'm
a
resident
of
chelsea.
I
live
at
107
short
live
street
number
three
and
I
came
to
speak
about
something
later,
but
saw
that
this
was
on
the
meeting
again,
and
I
just
want
to
express
my
concern
about
the
idea
of
densifying
the
land.
Our
properties
here
in
the
second
densest
city
in
the
state
are
without
having
a
community
process
about
what
the
reason
we
are
doing,
that
for
our
land
is
our
value
as
a
city
and
open
space
is
at
a
premium
here.
I
I
What
my
concern
is
is
that
housing
rates
are
going
to
go
up
because
the
developers
coming
in
are
building
higher-end
housing
than
the
surrounding
houses
and
are
replacing
housing
with
higher-end
housing,
and
I'm
not
saying
for
sure
this
happens,
but
I
think
it's
a
very
real
possibility
and
I
think,
if
we're
not
having
a
conversation
about
why
we
are
giving
our
land
away
as
a
city,
then
I
find
it
very
concerning
as
a
as
a
resident
and
community
member
and
yeah.
Please
consider
that
thank.
A
A
We
will
now
open
up
the
r2
district
changes
to
the
minimum
lot
size
or
in
the
r2
zone,
for
a
per
dwelling
unit
for
one
to
six
units
in
the
3
500
square
feet
with
the
first
1
000
square
feet
for
each
additional
unit,
but
not
less
than
5
thousand
square
feet.
Total
change
in
minimum
lot
size
per
unit
for
seven
or
more
units
to
3
500
square
feet
for
the
first
unit
and
950
square
feet
for
each
additional
unit,
but
not
less
than
10
000
square
feet.
A
J
Only
my
name
is
maria
tuxera.
I
live
at
81
library,
street
and
I'm
here
in
support
of
the
change
right
now.
Where
I
live,
my
house
sits
on
2100
square
feet.
I
own
83
and
85
lot,
which
is
6
900
square
feet
and
based
on
the
current
zoning,
I'm
only
able
to
put
one
unit
there
and
so
it
to
me
that
doesn't
make
any
sense
where
my
side
of
the
street
is
r2
and
directly
across
the
street.
J
J
A
K
K
These
are
both
areas
where
we
are
trying
to
create
mixed
use
development
opportunities,
the
area
that's
this
mixed-use
overlay
district
area
is
the
triangular
industrial
area
that
currently
exists
right
now
between
market
basket
site
and
the
stop
and
shop
site
on
the
everett
line,
and
the
goal
is
to
create
an
opportunity
for
mixed-use
development
there
in
the
hope
of
spurring
some
development
of.
I
think
what
we
would
all
agree
are
some
very
underutilized
sites
that
exist
in
the
city.
K
The
change
that
the
next
change
we
are
proposing.
The
only
other
one
we
are
asking
for
approval
tonight
is
the
change
in
the
block
in
the
commercial
block
that
currently
houses
the
abandoned,
polio,
campero
site
and
again
we
are
asking
to
rezone
that
to
be
consistent
with
the
zoning
on
the
other
side
of
that
block,
which
is
a
retail
business.
K
So
I'm
asking
the
council
to
consider
both
of
those
changes.
I
will
tell
you
that
both
of
these
changes
were
favorably
recommended
by
the
planning
board
on
two
different
occasions
and
both
of
them
that
were
last
before
you
actually
had
majority
support
on
this
council,
and
so
I
asked
for
your
continued
support
tonight.
Thank
you.
A
Seeing
no
further
speakers,
I
will
now
close
the
speaking
portion
on
the
mixed
overlay
district,
we'll
now
open
up
the
public
hearing
for
the
adding
the
definition
of
an
electric
vehicle
preparation
and
repair
and
amend
section
34-300
by
adding
electric
vehicle
preparation
and
repair
allowed
in
the
industrial
district.
If
there's
anyone
here,
who'd
like
to
speak
in
favor
or
against
this
change,
please
state
your
name
and
address.
M
John,
the
breeze
director
of
permitting
and
land
use
planning,
I'm
here
to
speak
in
favor
of
the
proposal.
It
will
provide
us
with
a
new
technology,
a
new
use
with
advancing
technology
and
will
also
provide
us
with
a
substantial
number
of
jobs
and
a
clean
environmental
for
environmentally
correct
use.
The
planning
board
did
vote
to
approve,
recommend
approval
of
this,
and
I
have
a
letter
that
I'd
like
to
provide
to
you
so
that
it's
part
of
the
record,
I'm
speaking
in
favor
of
the
proposal.
Thank
you.
A
Seeing
no
further
speakers
I'll
now
close
that
portion
of
the
public
hearing
we
now
move
on
to
our
final
public
hearing
on
zoning
amendments
that
zoning
change
is
the
designation
of
the
parcels
located
at
115
park
street
105
park
street
12,
essex
street
one
ellsworth
street
and
37
congress
ave
changing
changing
it
from
the
present
residential
two
zone
to
a
business
retail
zone.
If
there's
anyone
here
to
speak
in
favor,
please
approach
the
microphone
state,
your
name
and
address.
A
Seeing
none
will
now
close
the
public
hearing
on
the
zoning
change
of
the
parcels,
as
described
now,
move
on
to
the
next
portion
of
our
meeting.
We
have
the
public
speaking
portion.
Anyone
who
has
any
business
in
front
of
the
city
council
can
approach
the
microphone.
Please
state
your
name
and
address.
You
will
have
five
minutes.
O
I
had
made
this
available
just
in
case
that
I
run
out
of
time
so
good
evening,
mr
chair
veganeda
and
members
of
the
committee
of
the
city
council
today,
I'm
here
to
testify
on
behalf
of
reclaiming
our
both
rights.
Our
community
is
welcoming
in
a
sanctuary
city
that
embrace
all
immigrants.
Data
from
2020
suggests
that
there
is
a
population
of
39
196..
O
It
is
the
37th
largest
in
the
city
of
massachusetts
and
the
1008
largest
in
the
united
states,
with
236
immigrants
living
in
the
sample
county.
Yet
half
of
them
are
eligible
borders.
Adding
eligible
voters
with
the
significant
indicators
like
this
to
show
that
we
are
surely
representing
the
vast
majority
of
the
large
minority
of
residents
in
the
city
of
chelsea.
O
Furthermore,
in
chelsea
alone,
there
is
10
public
schools
with
the
enrollment
of
5936
students
that
we
serve
from
pre-k
to
12
grades
and
yet
probably
represent
a
mixture
of
multicultural
students,
and
I
have
put
some
information
that
that
you
can
also
check
on
your
own
and
in
addition
to
the
10
schools
in
the
public
district,
we
are
housing
in
our
backyard
grounds.
The
shore,
educational
collaborative
excel
academy
charter
school
and
the
phoenix
shutters
academy,
without
counting
the
private
school
of
saint
rose,
these
educational
parents
and
students.
O
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
all
of
these
details
because
you
can
review
on
your
own
and
you're
going
to
see
how
many
students
we
have
an
enroll
on
each
of
those
schools
that
I
have
put
in
that.
I
have
mentioned
my
opinion
as
a
school
committee
member
is
that
underrepresenting
students,
I'm
underrepresenting
parents,
and
that
they
should
have
the
right
to
vote
and
that
we
should
honor
that
because
you're,
the
only
one,
a
city
council
that
have
right
now
in
your
hands,
something
to
support
parents
and
students.
O
O
P
So
hi,
thank
you
for
having
us.
The
right
to
vote
is
something
that
is
ingrained
in
the
backbone
of
the
united
states
from
a
young
age.
We're
told
that
our
voices
matter
that
one
day
we
will
have
a
say
in
how
things
in
this
country
turn
out.
We
have
lived
our
lives
here
and
the
decisions
that
affect
our
country,
city
and
state
deeply
impact
us.
P
P
Everyone
deserves
a
chance
to
decide
how
their
lives
will
be
impacted
because
they
are
here
now
helping
to
propel
america
forward.
They
can
continue
doing
that
with
the
ability,
with
the
ability
to
vote
immigrants
have
as
much
of
a
right
to
vote
as
anyone
else
in
this
so-called
land
of
the
free.
I
think
it's
time
we
lived
up
to
that
name.
Thank
you.
Q
R
R
Immigrants
have
computed,
contributed
so
much
to
so
much
things
in
chelsea
and
yet
they're
not
allowed
to
vote
on
the
local
elections.
According
to
the
five-year
acs
in
2019,
there
are
approximately
12
457
non-citizen
residents
living
in
chelsea.
These
non-citizens
could
be
your
neighbors,
your
gardeners,
the
people,
your
kids,
go
to
school
with,
etc.
Yet
for
some
xenophobic,
idiotic
reason,
they
cannot
contribute
to
anything,
that's
political,
truly.
As
a
city
and
a
daughter
of
a
resident
who
can't
vote,
we
can
do
better.
R
We
are
better
so
take
this
into
mind,
chelsea's,
a
sanctuary
city
where
we
help
and
protect
immigrant
immigrants.
It's
a
city,
I'm
proud
to
say
I
lived
in
and
I
was
raised
in,
let
others
say
the
same
thing
when
they
vote
for
the
local
elections
and
didn't
need
to
show
their
proof
of
residency.
Thank
you.
S
Hello,
my
name
is
daniela.
I
am
here
for
the
all-resident
voting.
Immigration
should
have
the
right
to
vote
because
they
make
up
a
large
part
of
this
country.
U.S
immigrants
make
up
around
26
percent
of
the
country's
population
and
not
giving
them
the
right
to
vote
in
local
election
is
stripping.
Their
them
of
their
voices.
Study
shows
that
allowing
immigrants
to
vote
can
give
them
voice,
making
their
city,
government
and
school
communities
be
more
representative
and
responsive.
S
Also,
immigrants
are
very
hard.
Working
and
voting
should
be
a
right
for
them,
especially
since
they
help
the
u.s
economy.
Immigrants
should
also
have
the
right
to
vote
because
they
pay
up
11.6
billion
dollars
in
taxes
each
year
they
should
be
able
to.
They
should
be
able
to
have
the
right
to
vote
if
they're,
helping
the
us
economy
plus
they
have
made
this
country
very
beautiful
with
all
their
music
food,
clothing,
culture,
etc.
S
They
have
helped
this
country
more
than
anybody
else.
Immigrants
should
be
called
aliens
just
because
the
government
calls
them
that
we
should
have
respect
for
all
human
beings
in
the
united
states.
They
have
come
to
the
united
states
to
live
a
better
life
and
have
a
better
future
for
the
families
and
kids.
Thank
you
very
much.
T
Immigrants
in
the
country
are
a
marginalized
group
with
little
representation
in
government.
The
us
is
oppressing
immigrants.
The
same
way
that
the
british
oppressed
early
american
colonists
colonists
preached
no
taxation
without
representation,
and
today
the
country
has
failed
immigrants.
They
can
represent
themselves
by
voting
for
leaders
the
same
way
that
citizens
can
not
allowing
immigrants.
The
right
to
vote
is
the
signing
of
more
than
fifteen
thousand
voices.
In
this
city
alone.
Immigrants
would
vote
for
representatives
who
would
have
the
best
in
mind
for
them.
T
Without
the
immigrant
vote,
we
only
hear
the
voices
of
people
who
speak
for
them
against
them
and
the
citizens,
who
can
sleep
soundly
at
night
without
ever
having
to
think
about
them.
The
voices
of
those
americans
speaking
in
their
place,
are
nowhere
near
loud
enough
right
now,
regardless
of
citizen
stability.
T
Sorry
citizenship-
that
is,
these
people
are
in
the
country
they
pay
taxes,
they
benefit
the
country
and
they're
affected
by
legislation
made
by
everybody,
but
them
taking
back.
The
vote
should
not
be
a
controversial
debate.
It
is
a
human
right
being
ripped
out
of
immigrants.
Hands
foreign-born
folks
have
been
demonized
time
and
time
again
used
as
the
forefront
of
political
campaigns
and
had
their
culture
belittled.
They
have
been
labeled
job-stealing,
disease-ridden
rapists
who
are
ruining
the
country.
They
came
here
for
better
lives,
and
this
country
has
done
nothing
but
take
advantage
of
them.
T
U
U
O
U
O
A
V
Good
evening
my
name
is
rochelle
cromwell.
I
live
at
58
garfield
avenue
in
chelsea.
I
am
in
favor
of
giving
residents
in
chelsea
that
don't
have
documents
on
immigrants
voting
rights
in
this
country,
because
I
don't
think
we're
looking
at
the
bigger
picture
I
have
to
let
you
know.
If
you
don't
know
the
opposition,
the
opposition
is
getting
a
lot
larger
against
black
and
brown
people.
V
V
So
we
need
to
have
a
larger
voice
amongst
immigrants
amongst
brown
people
because,
like
I
said,
the
opposition
is
at
work
working
very
hard
to
take
away
what
we
fought
for
for
years,
and
I
believe
that
we
should
give
other
people
the
opportunity,
the
same
opportunity
that
we
had
as
minorities
and
let's
take
up
the
fight
for
the
opposition,
because
there
are
laws
being
made
as
I
speak,
that
are
suppressing
our
vote
and
I
am
100
wholeheartedly
for
this.
Thank.
W
Turning
now
to
the
idea
of
restricting
the
vote
to
citizens,
only.
I
just
want
to
highlight
that
at
least
22
states
or
territories
allowed
for
non-citizen
voting
during
the
19th
century
and
that
it
was
anti-immigrant
sentiment
in
the
early
20th
century
that
led
to
the
elimination
of
non-citizen
voting
little
by
little
by
1926.
W
Therefore,
the
system
where
only
citizens
vote
is
less
than
100
years
old.
We
have
residents
of
chelsea
who
are
alive
during
a
time
that
non-citizen
voting
was
allowed
in
some
states,
and
so
now
that
I've
established
that
non-citizen
voting
is
not
a
new
idea
by
any
means.
I
want
us
to
ask
ourselves
what
is
voting
to
me.
Voting
is
having
a
say
in
the
rules
that
govern
our
community
and
in
how
our
communities
taxes
are
spent,
and
to
that
I
offer
two
points.
First,
non-citizens
even
undocumented
folks
pay
taxes
like
the
rest
of
us.
W
The
congressional
budget
office
estimates
that,
between
50
to
75
percent
of
undocumented
people,
pay
federal
state
and
local
taxes
estimated
that
they
pay
about
seven
billion
dollars
into
social
security
every
year,
even
though
they're
not
eligible
for
it.
They
also
spend
money
at
stores,
paying
sales
taxes
and,
second,
I
think,
almost
everyone
here.
W
W
X
Over
a
hundred
years
ago,
my
great-grandparents
came
and
my
grandparents
came
here-
escaping
oppression,
escaping
poverty,
escaping
persecution
and
looking
for
opportunity.
They
contributed
a
lot
to
the
city.
They
were
laborers,
they
were
peddlers,
they
were
teachers,
they
were
business
owners,
they
were
veterans,
they
raised
families.
Here
they
supported
organizations
here.
Institutions
here
chelsea
was
home
and
is
home
in
very
many
ways.
X
They
did
not.
Two
of
my
grandparents
became
citizens,
but
the
other
two
could
not
read
or
write
that
none
of
them
spoke
english
when
they
came
here
and
some
of
them
never
learned
to
speak
english,
they
were
resident,
they
were
called
resident
aliens.
When
I
remember
learning
that
I
thought.
Oh,
how
strange
they're
part
of
the
community
they've
been
part
of
the
community
for
at
that
point
in
time
over
50
years,
and
they
were
still
called
resident
aliens.
X
X
Y
Y
Z
Y
Y
Z
AA
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name,
is
natalia
restrepo
and
I
live
on
16
cottage
street.
I
have
been
married
to
my
husband,
oscar
diaz
for
almost
five
years.
He
is
a
native
honduran
who
came
to
the
city
of
chelsea
at
the
age
of
11..
He
attended
the
williams
and
then
graduated
from
northeast
metropolitan
vocational
school
where
he
gained
the
skills
in
carpentry
and
uses
it
today
for
his
personal
business
and
demolition
landscaping
and
clean
outs.
Unfortunately,
oscar
only
has
a
tps
and
is
in
the
process
of
his
naturalization.
AA
I
think
it's
important
for
my
family
that
meanwhile
he
waits
to
be
a
citizen
that
he
is
allowed
to
vote
for
the
decisions
and
changes
in
the
city
we
live
in.
Chelsea
is
his
home,
where
he
works,
pays
taxes
and
where
son
will
attend
school.
So
please
everyone!
I
ask
for
you
to
please
pass
this
bill
for
the
future
of
the
residents
and
families
of
chelsea.
Thank
you.
So
much.
F
AB
AB
They
were
bought
here
not
by
on
a
ship
freely
to
come.
Looking
for
a
free
life,
they
actually
helped
build
this
country
and
knowing
the
struggle
that
they
fought
so
hard
for,
so
that
other
groups
of
people
that
came
in
could
afford
those
same
rights.
First
of
all,
black
men
got
the
right
to
vote
before
women.
AB
That
told
us
a
lot
back.
Then
women
stood
up.
They
fought
for
the
right
to
vote,
but
most
of
them
that
fought
for
the
right
to
vote
was
legal
in
this
country.
They
were
born
in
this
country.
So
I
understand
that
this
fight
is
a
hard
fight
and
I
am
not
taking
vote
voting
for
granted.
It's
one
of
the
things
that's
dear
to
my
heart.
Only
because
when
I
was
18
in
my
community
the
vote
was
suppressed.
AB
All
I'm
asking
tonight
is
to
be
considerate
and
think
about
the
hard
work
we've
done
in
this
country,
not
only
for
people
who
were
brought
over
here,
but
for
people
who
have
came
here
with
the
honest
heart
wanting
to
work
hard
wanting
to
build
their
family
and
wanting
to
be
responsible
citizens
of
the
united
states.
Thank
you.
Z
Dear
chelsea
city
councillors,
my
name
is
tamara
ruchevich
and
I'm
a
third
year
phd
student
in
population
health
sciences
at
the
harvard
t.h
chan,
school
of
public
health.
Prior
to
beginning
this
phd
program,
I
worked
in
washington
dc,
providing
outreach
services
to
individuals
experiencing
homelessness
and
as
an
epidemiologist
at
the
chicago
department
of
public
health,
analyzing
data
revealing
the
stark
health
inequities
in
fatal
and
non-fatal
opioid
overdoses.
Z
My
primary
interest
and
motivation
in
pursuing
a
career
in
public
health
has
always
been
rooted
in
social
justice,
anti-racism
and
health
equity,
while
many
are
familiar
with
the
social
determinants
of
health,
which
are
the
ways
in
which
factors,
including
education,
income,
working
conditions
and
housing
influence,
one's
health,
less
commonly
discussed
are
what
daniel
dawes
refers
to
as
the
political
determinants
of
health.
These
are
factors
including
voting
government
and
policy
that
shape
the
social
determinants
of
health.
I
will
focus
on
the
connection
between
voting
and
public
health
on
the
surface.
Z
Z
Studies
have
shown
that
voting
is
associated
with
better
self-rated
health,
specifically
individuals
living
in
states
with
lower
levels
of
inequality
in
voter
turnout
reported
better
overall
health.
This
can
be
understood
in
a
couple
of
ways.
One
voting
provides
individuals
with
a
sense
of
community
connection,
social
cohesion,
dignity
and
self-confidence.
Z
Two
voting
allows
individuals
to
influence
policies
and
laws
that
directly
influence
health
or
indirectly
influence
health,
for
example,
influence
the
social
determinants
of
health
relatedly.
Voter
suppression
limits
the
ability
of
an
individual
or
community
to
influence
laws
and
policies
that
will
affect
their
health.
Voter
suppression
has
long
been
a
vehicle
for
structural
racism
and
oppression
and
a
tool
to
use
used
to
marginalize
communities.
Z
Often
these
communities,
whose
voters
whose
votes
are
suppressed,
be
it
through
gerrymandering,
voter
id
laws,
voter
purges,
intimidation
and
other
tactics
are
also
the
communities
that
experience
discrimination
and
oppression
across
other
systems,
including
education,
housing
and
health
care.
In
the
case
of
the
city
of
chelsea,
allowing
all
residents
to
vote
regardless
of
citizenship
status,
will
allow
every
resident
a
chance
to
express
their
voice
and
advocate
for
policies
that
address
their
needs.
This
will
contribute
to
a
healthier
and
more
equitable
society.
Z
Denying
non-citizens
the
right
to
vote
will
further
marginalize
and
ignore
the
needs
of
a
vital
community
that
was
particularly
hard
hit
by
covid19
immigrants,
and
particularly
undocumented
immigrants,
experienced
disproportionate
high
rates
of
covet
19..
This
is
due
to
many
factors,
including
working
during
the
pandemic
out
of
economic
necessity,
a
higher
likelihood
of
working
in
conditions
that
are
at
high
risk
for
covid
and
living
in
crowded
homes.
Z
This,
coupled
with
the
fact
that
undocumented
immigrants
are
largely
denied
access
to
safety,
net
services
led
to
food
insecurity,
evictions
and
the
mental
health
crisis,
in
addition
to
illness
and
death,
allowing
all
residents
of
chelsea
to
vote
is
one
way
of
listening
to
the
needs
of
all
community
members,
including
those
who
were
most
affected
by
covenant,
19
and
will
hopefully
allow
for
policies
that
address
those
needs
and
reduce
inequities
to
improve
health
and
well-being.
Thank
you
for
your.
Z
I
I
For
many
years
I
taught
citizenship
classes
at
the
la
collaborativa
and
preparing
immigrants
for
their
naturalization
interview,
and
one
of
the
questions
that
is
asked
in
the
citizenship
test
is
name
one
right
only
for
united
states
citizens
and
one
of
the
answers
is
vote
in
a
federal
election,
and
so
we
would
talk
about.
You
know
what
is
federal,
and
why
can't
you
vote
in
a
federal
election,
but
we
would
really
talk
about
is
well.
We
would
also
talk
about
as
well
what
about?
Where
are
these
other
elections
that
we
can
vote
in?
I
And
here
we
have
the
opportunity
here
in
chelsea.
You
all
have
the
opportunity
to
create
this.
This
possibility
right
that
we
hear
about
when
learning,
for
the
practicing
for
the
citizenship
test
to
let
chelsea
residents
shape
the
city
where
they
live
and
work
and
where
their
children
attend.
School
chelsea
is
and
always
has
been,
a
city
of
immigrants.
It's
deep
in
our
city's
identity,
half
of
suffolk
county
immigrants
are
not
eligible.
You
know.
I
Many
chelsea
residents
who
have
lived
here
for
decades
are
not
eligible
for
citizenship
and
half
half
of
suffolk
county
immigrants
are
not
eligible
for
a
wide
range
of
reasons
could
be
asylum,
they
can
be.
Asylum
seekers
have
tpa
status,
daca
a
whole
number
of
reasons,
and
it
takes
a
while
to
become
a
citizen.
I
Meanwhile,
these
people
have
lived
here
and
are
part
of
our
community
they're
deeply
woven
in
they
are
our
neighbors.
They
own
businesses,
restaurants,
homes
here
in
chelsea,
and
are
active
leaders
in
the
community
during
the
pandemic.
So
many
of
our
most
dedicated
leaders
in
the
pandemic
response
all
throughout
the
city
at
green
roots
and
and
all
the
other
organizations
are
not
citizens.
They
stepped
up
to
connect
neighbors
to
resources,
met
with
departments
here
in
the
city
about
how
do
you
connect
programs
to
serve
people?
I
They're
pounding
the
pavement
now
as
vaccine
ambassadors,
they
are
keeping
chelsea
going
making
chelsea
what
it
is
today,
even
though
they
are
not
citizens
so
limiting
the
right
of
residents
to
vote
directly
and
adversely
impacts,
environmental
justice
and
public
health,
as
we
just
so
eloquently
heard,
chelsea
is
federally
recognized
as
an
environmental
justice.
Community
ej
communities
are
where,
where
high
percentages
of
residents
are
people
of
color
immigrants,
low-income
people
and
those
with
limited
english
proficiency
and
these
communities
are
at
especially
high
risk
of
not
having
their
voices
heard.
I
This
is
part
of
the
definition
of
environmental
injustice.
Right
is
not
having
your
voice
heard
and
yes,
there
are
many
ways
to
have
your
voices
voice
heard,
and
there
are
many
ways
to
silence
voices,
but
voting
is
fundamental
right.
It's
at
the
core
of
our
democracy,
of
what
we
are
of
who
we
are.
This
is
why
green
roots
and
other
spots
so
hard
for
the
environmental
justice
legislation
just
passed
recently
in
massachusetts.
Again,
it
was
all
about
making
sure
people
have
a
voice.
I
So
here
again
you
have
the
ability
to
take
a
stand
on
this
right
here
in
chelsea.
So
you
are
all
sitting
here,
because
people
voted
for
you
right
and-
and
I
know
that
all
of
you
strive
your
hardest
to
represent
the
people
in
your
district
or
the
city
at
large,
depending
on
the
case
and
to
the
best
of
your
ability.
So
I
urge
you
to
stand
behind
this
system
of
representational
democracy
that
you
guys
are
all
a
part
of
critically
a
part
of
and
vote
to,
enfranchise
all
residents
of
chelsea
thank.
I
AC
Y
Z
AC
AC
AC
Z
A
A
C
C
C
Non-Citizens
are
waiting
through
a
vigorous
and
laborious
immigration
process.
While
they
are
going
through
said
process,
they
are
still
paying
local
and
federal
taxes.
However,
they
do
not
get
a
say
when
it
comes
down
to
municipal
elections,
they
do
not
get
a
say
on
how
their
taxes
are
being
spent
and
they
do
not
get
a
say
in
the
schooling
process
their
children
go
to.
C
The
united
states
was
founded
in
the
mantra
of
no
taxation
without
representation,
but
yet
this
is
what
the
community
is
facing.
Residents,
regardless
of
their
immigration
status,
should
have
the
right
to
be
represented.
All
parents
should
have
a
say
in
the
school
committee
meetings
and
elections.
All
residents
of
chelsea
should
have
the
ability
to
be
represented
in
these
chambers.
C
C
A
Garcia,
typically
that
we
have
on
a
second
reading,
it
just
goes
right
without
conversation,
but
in
this
case
I'll
make
the
exception
and
give
you
a
brief
two
minutes
to
speak
on
it,
because
we
know
that
we'll
have
public
hearing
and
public
and
another
time
to
speak
on
the
agenda
item.
But
I'll
give
you
your
two
minutes.
AD
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
really
say
thank
you
to
councillor
melinda
vega
maldonado
for
bringing
this
not
for
the
first,
but
for
the
third
time
we
have
seen
this
motion
presented
to
us
many
years
ago,
but
also
during
the
charter
meeting,
and
it
is
beautiful
to
see
the
public
hear
talk
about
something
that's
important
and
someone
said
it
tonight.
This
is
not
only
about
immigrants,
this
is
about
all
of
our
residents,
and
that
is
the
reality.
Esto
no
cetrata
solos
familias
immigrantes
absolutamente
residente
de
chelsea.
AD
You
have
all
contributed
to
the
social,
cultural
and
economic
fabric
of
this
city,
and
it's
not
that
you
don't
have
a
voice
is
that
we
have
not
created
the
platforms
for
you
guys
to
show
your
authentic
voices.
I
do
hope
that
the
counselors
that
are
here,
the
counselors
who
voted
against
this
motion
during
the
charter
review
process
changed
their
minds,
and
I
ask
you-
and
I
challenge
every
single
one
of
you-
lift
up
every
single
one
of
those
signs,
so
everyone
here
can
see
them
today.
A
B
New
police
chief
contract,
their
council
is
the
five-year
contract
I
negotiated
with
police
chief
brian
cars
back
in
2017
was
scheduled
to
expire
next
june,
30th
2022
to
ensure
that
chief
cash
remained
here
in
chelsea.
I
have
executed
a
new
four-year
contract
with
chief
kais,
which
will
keep
him
here
until
june
30th
2025..
B
B
Of
a
grant
from
metro,
north
regional
employment
board,
dear
council,
as
recently
the
city
received
its
annual
grant
from
the
metro
north
regional
employment
board
for
the
summer
youth
works
initiative.
This
grant
is
in
the
amount
of
three
hundred
thirty
seven
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
for
summer
youth
employment.
Each
year,
the
city
flexes
this
money
to
la
collaborativa
for
the
use
towards
its
summer
youth
employment
initiative.
This
funding
pays
for
approximately
125
summer
jobs.
In
accordance
with
the
massachusetts
general
law,
chapter
44
and
53-8.
B
A
B
The
next
door,
the
next
communication
from
the
city
manager,
grant
from
united
way
for
chelsea
eats
food
debit
card
program.
Dear
council
of
the
united
way
of
massachusetts
bay
and
merrimack
valley
has
awarded
the
city.
Another
grant
for
support
of
the
chelsea
eats
food
debit
card
program.
This
grant
is
in
the
amount
of
48
385
dollars
will
be
used
for
funding.
For
the
final
two
distributions
in
july
and
august,
a
copy
of
the
award
letter
is
attached
in
accordance
with
the
massachusetts
general
law.
Chapter
24
and
53
am
a
question.
AD
B
The
next
communication
from
the
city
manager
acceptance
of
the
grant
from
the
metropolitan
area
planning
council.
Dear
counselors
today
the
city
received
official
notice
that
has
been
awarded
a
fifty
thousand
dollar
grant
from
the
metropolitan
area
planning
council
to
implement
to
implement
covet
safe
cooling
strategies.
B
Specifically,
this
grant
will
be
used
to
provide
air
conditioning
units
and
assistance
on
utility
bills
to
low-income
residents,
in
accordance
with
the
massachusetts
general
law,
chapter
44
and
53-a,
because
the
city
council
formally
approved
the
acceptance
of
this
grant.
A
draft
order
is
attached,
accept.
A
B
A
A
A
AE
B
AE
Part
of
that
is
in
chelsea
and
the
rest
is
in
everett
and
everett
by
right.
They
can
build
whatever
they
want
to
build
over
there
and
if
we
don't
do
an
overlay
district,
the
possibility
of
them
developing
and
us
ending
up
with
a
parking
lot.
So
in
order
to
keep
the
playing
field
a
little
bit
level.
I
support
this
amendment.
Thank
you.
B
C
B
A
A
C
F
A
AF
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
Counselor
doe
absent
counsel.
I
was
inadequate.
Yes,
councilwoman
cooper,
counselor,
garcia,
yes,
council
of
vegan
maldonado,
yes,
council
of
robinson.
Yes,
councillor
rodriguez,
yes,
councillor,
taylor,
yes,
council
lopez,
yes,
councillor,
brown,
yes
and
council
is
abbott.
Yes,
ten
of
favorite
not
opposed
motion
adopted.
Q
B
B
Okay,
council,
video
absent
counselor
abzanida,
yes,
councilwoman
cooper,
councillor
garcia,
yes,
council,
vega,
maldonado,
yes,
council
of
robinson;
yes,
councilor
rodriguez,
yes,
councillor,
taylor,
yes,
council
lopez,
yes,
councillor,
brown,
yes
and
council
is
abbott.
Yes,
ten
of
favorite
unopposed
one
after
emotion.
We.
A
Have
a
next
second
reading
on
introduced
by
council
robinson
regarding
the
approval
of
cossette
items
in
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
negotiated
with
the
new
england,
benevolent
association,
inc,
local
93
police
patrol
officers,
memorialized
in
the
memorandum
of
agreement
for
the
period
of
july
1,
2020
june
30th,
2021
and
june
2nd
2021.
At
this
time.
I'll
allow
council
vega
maldonado
to
recuse.
A
B
B
E
A
School
department,
the
chelsea,
cable
community,
chelsea,
community,
cable
television,
is
two
hundred
forty,
two
thousand
seventy
four
and
twenty
nine
cents.
The
school
department
is
ninety
thousand
dollars,
and
the
city
is
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars.
Council
robinson
astro
roll
call
on
the
adoption
item,
two
one
f,
six,
seven.
B
A
A
A
Yes,
I
will
read
the
amounts.
Okay,
we
have
the
amounts
of
three
hundred
thousand
dollar
three
hundred
dollars
for
salary
reserve
and
longevity,
one
thousand
eight
hundred
twenty
five
for
the
assessor's
overtime,
seven
thousand
four
hundred
for
the
personnel
department,
regular
salary
account
seven
thousand
dollars
for
the
mis
department.
Regular
salary
account
one
thousand
six
hundred
twenty
dollars
for
the
central
billing
department,
overtime
account
two
hundred
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
seventy
two
dollars
for
the
licensing
department.
B
B
A
A
A
C
A
Next
item
on
the
agenda
is
an
order
introduced
by
council
robinson
regarding
the
chelsea
city
council,
give
reauthorization
of
revolving
funds
for
fy
22.
Those
revolving
funds
include
elder
affairs
and
the
amount
of
one
thousand
dollars
housing
community
tax,
title
foreclosure
revolving
account
the
amount
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
public
library
revolving
account
in
the
amount
of
twenty
thousand
dollars.
Emergency
management
revolving
account
in
the
amount
of
thirty
thousand
dollars.
A
Inspectional
services
revolving
account
the
amount
of
thirty
thousand
dollars
community
schools
revolving
account
in
the
amount
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
school
department.
Non-Resident
student
tuition
revolving
account
the
amount
of
two
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
council
robinson.
What
is
the
wish.
B
AE
A
A
U
C
A
B
A
B
Council
would
be
joe
absent
counsel.
Obviously
nader,
yes,
console
recouper,
yes,
consular
garcia,
yes,
councilor,
vegan,
maldonado,
yes,
council,
robinson,
yeah,
council
rodriguez,
yes
castle,
taylor;
yes,
council
lopez;
yes,
councillor
brown,
yes,
council
of
zabic;
yes,
ten
of
favor
not
opposed
one
absolute
emotional,
cockpit.
You
have.
A
Motion
carries
right:
we
have
a
request
for
a
final
payment
on
unpaid
bills
that
were
not
paid
to
the
vendor
from
the
fy19
fy20.
The
council
authorizes
the
expenditures
to
fully
satisfy
and
paid
balances.
Those
amounts
equal.
Two
hundred
ten
thousand
two,
I'm
sorry,
two
hundred
and
ten
dollars
to
blanche
inside
from
name
plane
to
plaques
healthy
human
services,
280
dollars
the
chelsea
record
for
various
notices,
legislative
chelsea,
record
notices
again
for
eighty
dollars:
police
department,
seventy
one
dollars:
eighteen
cents,
thomas
mccain
for
textbook
reimbursement,
school
department
for
security,
svs
for
door
repairs.
A
F
B
AF
AG
AG
We
should
have
one
too,
and
I
believe
in
the
long
run,
we
will
save
money
instead
of
each
year
paying
to
landscape
every
park
and
to
go
around
doing
all
the
flowers
and
everything
a
park
department
will
take
care
of
that,
and
I
honestly
believe
that
this
city
needs
one
and
then,
in
the
long
run,
we'd
be
the
beneficiary,
because
our
city
park
will
get
cleaned
even
better
than
they
are
now
because,
right
now
we
got
to
hire
somebody
to
do
it.
Why
not
let
the
city
do
it
itself?
AG
AG
We
have
bathrooms
over
there,
but
at
certain
times
they
get
closed.
So
I
don't
know
who
goes
there
at
night
in
the
park,
but
it
seems
that
people
go
there
and
there's
a
need
for
this
type
of
thing
there
and
it
should
be
there.
It
should
be
on
a
trial
basis.
You
should
see
how
it
works.
If
it
works,
we
keep
it.
If
it
doesn't,
we
get
rid
of
it.
Isn't
it
better
to
try
than
not
to
try
at
all
somebody
wants
to
go
to
the
park.
AG
A
AD
AD
B
A
AG
Like
the
doctor,
I
like
to
abduct
under
suspension,
if
there's
no
objection,
I'd
like
to
speak
on
it,
you
have
the
floor
counselor
many
times.
I
know
how
I'm
not
exactly
sure
how
these
work,
how
these
tickets
work,
but
I
get
a
lot
of
complaints
and
I've
been
through
it
myself.
If
you
lose
your
parking
ticket,
it's
up
to
you
to
prove
that
you
paid
that
ticket.
If
you
can't
produce
the
receipt
that
you
proved
that
ticket,
how
do
you
know
you
got
to
pay
it
again?
AG
So
I
would
like
to
know
how
does
exactly
do
they
keep
records?
If
you
lose
your
receipt,
then
you
pay
cash.
If
you
pay
with
a
credit
card
or
you
pay
with
a
check,
there's
your
receipt.
What
if
you
pay
cash?
So
I
don't
know
how
it
actually
works.
They
must
have
a
record
or
they
must
keep
it,
because
I
always
hear
it
that
it's
up
to
me
to
show
my
receipt.
When
I
go
back-
and
I
say
I
gotta
pay
it-
they
say
well,
how'd
you
pay.
I
paid
him
cash.
AG
I
don't
know
how
it
works,
but
it's
happened
to
me
and
it
must
have
happened
to
many
other
people
when
they
go
in
if
they
pay
by
cash,
and
you
can't
produce
your
receipt,
doesn't
work,
you
have
to
pay
it
again,
so
I
would
like
to
know
just
for
my
own
and
the
people's
curiosity.
If
you
lose
your
receipt,
what
is
and
you
paid
it-
and
you
don't
have
your
receipt.
How
do
they
know
if
you
paid
it,
it
must
show
up
that
you
paid
it,
so
it
might.
AG
Does
it
go
with
the
number
of
your
ticket
is
cooperate.
It
must
have
a
system
where
the
city
is
accounted
for,
the
money
that
you
put.
So
how
is
it?
How
does
it
work
I've
yet
to
every
time
I've
lost
it?
It's
happened
to
me
that
I
can't
produce
my
receipt
because
I
pay
with
cash.
They
say
to
me:
what's
your
receipt,
I
don't
have
it
well,
you
got
to
pay
it
again,
so
it
must
have
a
record.
AG
It
must
show
when
you
pay
with
cash,
how
you
pay
this
and
if
you
lose
your
receipt,
it
should
still
be
there.
So
if
somebody
loses
their
receipt
and
it
goes
back
there
and
says
I
pay
you,
but
I
can't
find
my
receipt,
they
could
turn
around
and
say
yes,
you
paid,
it
shows
that
you
paid
or
show
that
it
doesn't
pay.
A
V
AD
A
A
AD
AD
AE
B
AE
AE
I
I
got
a
a
text
from
shauna
regan
from
chelsea
pride,
with
everything
that
the
city
has
gone
through
the
pandemic
chelsea
pride.
Football
has
decided
to
have
free
I'll,
say
that
again,
free
registration
this
year
they
can
be.
They
can
be
reached
on
facebook,
chelsea,
pride
football
and
chair
or
email
or
email
at
chelsea
pride
football.
AE
Q
AH
AH
AH
It's
really
loud,
so
we
gotta,
we
gotta,
think
about
people
who
gotta
work
next
day.
Some
people
work,
weekends,
people,
work,
holidays
and
there's
loud
music
around
one
two
in
the
morning,
and
we
gotta
think
about
these
people
and
also
last
couple
weekends.
I
heard
fireworks,
I
had
a
scanner
and
they
said
they
went
to
an
address.
AH
A
AG
I
would
like
to
remind
all
the
parents:
they
go
through
marginal
street
that
the
basketball
courts
are
open
over
ports
park
and
that
the
traffic
light
does
work.
So
when
you
want
your
children
to
cross
over,
you
can
push
the
button
on
that
light
and
the
cars
will
stop
for
you.
So
that
is
a
thing.
That's
important,
because
I
see
a
lot
of
mothers
and
mothers
with
their
children.
Don't
push
the
light.
They
try
to
dodge
the
cars,
don't
dodge
the
cars.
The
purpose
of
that
light
is
for
you,
so
use
it.
AF
You,
mr
president,
I
just
want
to
reiterate
what
council
lopez
said
regarding
the
fireworks.
The
police
have
sent
us
all
texts.
They
are
going
to
be
seriously
coming
out
cutting
down
on
the
fireworks.
It
is
a
300
violation,
so
please
be
careful,
be
mindful
of
your
neighbors,
be
you
know
very
respectful.
You
won't
have
to
pay
the
300.
AF
I
also
want
to
congratulate
class
of
2021..
I
know
you
had
a
difficult
time
a
tough
time,
but
you
guys
made
it.
You
all
have
went
through
the
last
15
16
months,
incredible
resilience
how
you
made
it
through,
but
you
should
be
very
proud
of
yourself
and
also
want
to
wish
the
rest
of
the
school
kids
a
safe
summer
and
tell
people
to
be
careful.
AF
As
counselor
recuperates
said,
please
be
careful
crossing
the
streets
because
there
is
still
a
lot
of
construction
going
on
in
our
city,
especially
down
on
williams
street,
coming
from
captain's
row
and
commandant's
way
so
be
careful.
They
are
improving
our
streets,
I'm
fortunate,
it's
a
little
inconvenient
and
it's
a
lot
of
detours
out
there.
Thank
you,
counselor.
Q
AD
Very
briefly,
I
think
everyone
has
covered
most
topics,
but
my
last
plug
is,
if
you
have
not
been
vaccinated,
we
still
have
vaccination
sites.
Here
we
have
some
at
the
collaborative
which
will
be
open
until
the
summer,
but
we
also
have
other
sites
in
the
city
and
also,
if
you
have
not
been
vaccinated,
then
there
are
also
coving
tested
sites.
Coveting
testing
sites
available
just
outside
of
city
hall,
so
get
tested,
get
vaccinated.