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resident permit parking there.

It was just a meter I thought

and I mean I lived in this town my whole life.
I didn�t even know anybody lived down there.

I haven�t been down there
in a long time, so

for me to park in that part of town

and think, wait a minute,
this might be resident permit,

like it was the Hill or
like it was the Back Bay

or like it was the South End.

I just didn�t see a sign

and I figured 9:00 I�m fine and I come out
and get a ticket at 10.

I can�t understand what happened.
I don�t, I just don�t know.

So what could have happened,
there are some parts of Boston

where it�s resident permit after six.

So without any evidence that
there isn�t a sign posted on the block,

more likely it was given correctly,
but I�ll dismiss it.

Just make sure every time you park the car
even if you�re at your in meter.

I have to check a little bit harder
than I did that night. Certainly.

I was even on a date the other night
and I�m like:

Hold on, I made her wait,
I got to check the signs

Just keep going until you find a sign
there, there�s always going to be one.

I just didn�t think to look.
Again, because who lives down there?

Evidently a lot of people
live down there now.

Maybe it�s like a new high rise
or something, I�m not sure.

Back in the day, nobody lived down there.

So that�s a copy of the decision.
Do you have any further questions?

Thank you for hearing me because
I missed my date and everything.

- You missed your date?
- Like I said, but the guy said you can.

Except for Atlantic, nothing�s that bad.

Don�t worry. It�ll get there.

Harold Street�s not bad so far.

So far it�s not bad.
It�s going to be getting bad.

Starting to build up
in the Sumner tunnel.

8th Street is not bad tonight.

I made a little adjustments
over there earlier.

You figured they�d start diving off the
highway, cutting through the back streets.

Looks like the highway
is starting to slow down.

The expressway�s starting to slow down.

Everyone is going north skiing.

Got to stay ahead of the traffic.
Got to stay ahead of the problem.

I might make this change permanent.

- Which one?
- Upham�s corner.

I�m always doing this. I just don�t think
those left turns need that much green time.

I never see that many cars making the move.

It backs up.

Some nights it doesn�t, but...

It don�t do it all the time though.

No, but it�s 50/50.

Gotta give it time. It will clear up.

What�s that? Double parked?

Hi it�s Keith from the Tech Center.
Hey, how�s it going?

I�ve got a vehicle stopped in the bike lane
on Congress Street at Milk Street.

Great, thanks.

I am the Executive Director of the Mayor�s
Office of Women�s Advancement here in Boston

and you�re now joining a community
of almost 8,000 women

that have been trained to know their worth
and demand fair pay.

You may know that Latinas in Boston
through the data that we measure locally,

and we are the only city that measures
these pay gaps locally,

Latinas are making 49 cents
to the White man�s dollar in Boston.

And then the figure nationally

is slightly different, but almost the same
which makes today Latina Equal Pay Day.

We have to work up until November 1st

to make the same amount of money
that White men made last year.

And so if you think
that�s shocking and depressing as I do,

that�s why you�re here.

And I wanted to say thank you.
You are part of the solution.

We have a two or three prong solution

that we�re working on putting together at
the Mayor�s Office of Women�s Advancement.

The first part of it is training ourselves,
empowering ourselves

and learning how to
navigate the system as it is.

So we acknowledge that
the system is unfair and that

it�s not our individual fault that we are
experiencing this pay gap as Latinas.

But there is something that we ourselves
can do about it and that is

learning to negotiate,
learning our work, our worth,

doing our research
and then demanding fair pay.

At the same time at the Mayor�s Office of
Women�s Advancement we do understand

that�s only going to get us so far,
so on the other hand

we are working on fixing that
system and leveling it off so that

we are playing in a more equal play field.

What that entails is doing
a lot of work with employers.

So that you guys will learn how to
negotiate and demand your worth here,

they have to be ready for that
on the other end.

We work with more than 200 employers in the
greater Boston area to talk about this issue,

to get them to measure their own
wage gaps and then to come together,

and learn and propose strategies
for what they�re going to do about it.

Part of it is, how do you figure out
for this role,

how do I know
that I should be getting paid more?

Or that I should even get anything
outside of just a paycheck? What is that?

With the advent, thank goodness,
of the Internet,

that type of information
is very readily available.

So one of the things that I did learn

at an early stage thanks to the same manager,
because we had a conflict at one point.

And it was a conflict about
the size of my skirt.

It taught me one of these lessons, a good
negotiating point and why I researched.

Somebody complained
that my skirt was too short.

Now mind you compared to these days, woo.
It was like having knee length skirt.

But I asked him: would you ask or say
something, say the same thing to a man?

I mean obviously at that time,

men didn�t have the option they do or...

Non-binary wasn�t a thing then, so we
didn�t have those types of conversations.

Then he said I�m going
to teach you something.

I don�t care if you�re a woman or a man.

He said do you want people to think about
these things because you�re a woman

or do you want them to think about
the value that you bring into your role?

And so, he did teach me that,
so part of that was

every time when I go for a new role,
or I�m helping someone,

I say go look up what a man
and a woman�s making for that role.

Find out what they�re making here

and what they�re making
in other parts of the country.

Find out what that scale is,
and then use the men�s scale.

The other thing too,
when you talk about knowing your value is:

besides that number on a piece of paper,

what else should you be negotiating for?
And that�s one of the great things

about doing your research
between the Internet,

what the company�s offering
and what other people are making.

Do you have bonus potential?

Are you moving expenses?
Do you have training that�s involved, or

memberships
for professional associations?

There�s so many things
that you can actually negotiate,

they should all be on the table.

So how my strategy changed
was I learned how to research.

I learned how to do those types of things.
But the other thing I also learned how to do

and Evelyn you touched upon this.
This is so very important.

Learning how to read people.

You can have all the knowledge
in the world,

but if the person across from
you does not want to negotiate

or you don�t think they want to negotiate,
or you don�t know their negotiation style,

you may go nowhere in that conversation.

So another really important part
of that negotiation is

trying to figure out a person�s
negotiation style. It�s not that difficult

to be honest with you. One of the things
I had to learn early on in my career

because when I started negotiating
there was not that many women in my field.

So it was non�t even women of color,
it was just women.

And I had to learn to hold my own

with all these men that in a lot of times I
was leading, especially early in my career.

I was 23, 24 leading men that were,

had been in corporate careers for 20,
30, 40 years if not more.

So that was my first lesson
because I remember,

just from a cultural type of perspective,

a gentleman from Alabama
called me Sug one day.

Now I knew culturally that
he wasn�t trying to be offensive

and I also knew him personally,

but I also knew that that could impact
how other people looked at me.

And when you talk about value that�s not
a dollar sign value at that point in time.

Although it could translate into it
at a later point.

I had to go to my manager and say,
I know he doesn�t mean harm by this,

but he could be creating harm

based on the fact that I�m a woman.
And I�m a woman, a female negotiator.

So one of the things that I had to learn from
a cultural and just the value as a woman,

was my job was a negotiator.

If I could not negotiate my salary, what
was I saying to my potential employer?

So it was even more stressful
to be able to put a package together.

A couple of things that I learned,
I actually learned a lot from men.

I had a lot of male mentors.

Mostly because of the fact that
there was no one else again in that space

that were women. And they were definitely
not women of color, very seldom.

Very seldom did I ever run into
a woman of color.

So I had to lean outside of that space

to actually find women and women of color
who were doing something different

and that they could teach me
and they could give me a voice.

So mentorship was huge for me.

Without that mentorship,

I would not have learned as a woman
and as a Latina what my value was.

Then the other thing I did lean on

as far as my approach was concerned,
was I watched men.

And I watched how
they conducted themselves.

When you talk about learning your value,

a lot of times where I learned
were at bars at happy hours.

So number one,

I was taught you should not be a woman going
to a bar at happy hour with all these men.

I had to take a risk at that time in my career
to say there�s something going on there.

And so I would go and have a beer or two.

And have these conversations
because again, negotiation strategy.

People let their guard down at different
points and it was usually at the bar for men.

The other thing that I had to learn as far as
what was going on corporate America at the time?

Things were happening on the golf course.

I didn�t play golf. We played no
activities. We had no money for it.

So, I went and I took golf lessons
at the public golf course. I was horrible.

The first time I joined the company golf
league and I would tell them, I�m horrible.

The first time that I went up to hit the
ball, I missed it. And I missed it horribly.

But I told everyone.
I said I told you I was not good at golf.

At least people knew I was going to play golf,
but I was going to be on that golf course.

And I knew at the time that especially
when I was living in Pittsburg,

there really was not that many
women of color in the community,

much less in corporate America that I was
doing these things, that I was representing,

so I had to be careful of my actions.
I had to be careful of my words.

But when that did translate into salary,

I was at a stronger position

because people knew
that I was willing to do these things

to understand what my value was.

Because at that point I wasn�t
comparing myself to other women

and I definitely wasn�t comparing myself to
women of color because they weren�t there.

I was learning what to do and what
my value was compared to a guy,

compared to a White man.

And so that was huge for me as far as
my career in negotiation was concerned.

We had a shooting today
at Quincy and Ceylon Street.

It was a guy on a... a kid on a scooter.

The scooter�s been recovered,

but the suspect�s still outstanding.

Pull it up, it�s on the brick,
but I printed out

like 15 copies
so you guys can grab one if you need to.

Check your emails. It�s in there.

Otherwise, we�ll be
on the lookout for him.

And 7 p.m., the 201...
What did I say 201 was?

Hogan and Lahey. You guys do

the Gloucester versus Boston Latin game
up at Madison Park.

Go up there. A couple code 19s. Or just
drive around at 7 p.m., take a look

and let us know if anything
needs attention up there.

I remain concerned about the precedent

establishing past practice of this
committee to approve such a request as this

of allowing the increase in enrollment
for a school,

when we know that the current
physical capacity of their building

is not equal to
what we are proposing going to.

And that we�re setting ourself up
for a year or two years from now,

the school rightfully coming back to us
and saying,

'we expect a bigger facility,

'you told us we were going
to have a bigger facility'.

And this is something that

this committee has perpetually done
time after time.

This is no reflection on the school.

But I�m concerned
we�re setting up a conflict

a year or two from now

when you�re trying to expan
to your approved enrollment level

particularly when there�s a lot of demand
for your school because you�re doing

really good things there with some youth
who are very challenged.

You�re doing outstanding work.

And yet, unless I hear otherwise,

the answer I have here was about suspension,
but was not yet about facilities.

This is a long setup to then hear
from the Superintendent on

where the District stands

about what we will do for facilities

because I remain deeply concerned
about approving this amendment.

I recognize we�re in a challenge. We�re
doing this because of the State review.

And yet we�re setting up a problem
a year from now.

I believe there was testimony last time that
the school is already well in excess of its

approved enrollment and so part of what is
in front of us right now

is an opportunity to right size
the maximum enrollment of the school

that would capture
what the excess enrollment will be.

So that�s not an excuse and that�s not

a total answer for what your question is,
but I think

just to give that context, we are serving
through the current building,

or the current facility, students in excess
of what our current allotment is.

So there is a need for
an additional building

or additional space.
I don�t want to presuppose a building.

And within that context I think that might
be helpful for the District to further

elaborate on its own comments
on the facilities from the last meeting.

But Mr. Chair, correct me if I�m wrong.
We are not just approving

for the Charter, for the enrollment to go up
to what the existing enrollment is right now,

we�re going beyond that
which would allow the school to expand

particularly in the 2.0, right?
So this is a kind of a newer program.

So this will be an expansion
for the school, it�s not just...

Part of it is correcting where they are,
right?

I agree with you,
but just help me out with that.

Absolutely and I want to just make sure
that within the context of that,

the increase is not 100 students.

The increase to the approved
maximum enrollment is 100 students.

But the increase I believe
in the actual enrollment is...

Can you help me out with
what that number might be?

Next year is 430. And the enrollment
is 405 in our Charter.

- And this is a multiyear enrollment?
- Over 3 years.

The idea would be to grow 100.

- Grow 100 additional students?
- To 505.

To 505.

That�s 100 additional students,
but over your existing maximum enrollment.

- its� about 70? - 70.

70 students over your actual enrollment.

- And that will require new physical space.
- More space.

So, we�re setting ourselves up here
for a big challenge.

So we�re not proposing simply

to adjust the amendments
to the actual enrollment right now,

but we�re proposing now
to allow them to expand

for students that we know
we do not yet have space for.

We cannot identify specific space
so we can�t say a plan is part of it.

Am I correct in that?

I can tell you that we are committed

to finding space for the current students
who are offsite already.

So we will be finding
space for them regardless.

They�re currently in an offsite location
this year.

- They�re in the Dearborn?
- In the Dearborn.

And Dearborn�s going
to need that space next year?

So we already know we need
to find some space for them?

But now we�re talking about
additional space beyond that.

This is a great problem to have.

It�s because you�re an outstanding school
doing outstanding work.

There is huge demand. When we
talked to folks at the Reengagement center,

they would love to have
so many more students there.

It�s not about a bad problem.

But it�s a problem that we�ve done
over and over again here.

And that�s what concerns me.

I wonder if we can come to a compromise

of what the enrollment actually is
for the building

and come back and have this conversation.

In order to capably serve

the varied and diverse

and high needs populations
within our district, we need to be able to

walk and chew gum at the same time.
Be able to move these programs forward

while we also continue to think about
how we are best creating the facilities

and the architecture around the district
to support these programs.

I�m wondering if it may be better for us
since we�re improving policy

just to make it clear that we�re approving you
to 435 or whatever the number is immediately

and to 505 contingent upon finding a
suitable facilities solution for the school.

So the school and their leadership
and their students and their staff

know that this is a priority
for the school committee

to find that solution for the school.

And that we�re also
very supportive of the school

because we know the population
they�re serving is critical.

But also now it�s a school
committee by policy,

putting it back to the District
that it�s critical we find a solution.

Not putting it solely on the back
of the Superintendent to say,

we�re going to find something.

My recommendation at this point would be

rather than change the number which would
require a whole new process of approval,

that we table the current request

until we have completed
their satellite location identification

and we will bring this back to you

subsequently with that space solution
connected to it.

What about simply adding the sentence

to the approval that

the expansion is subject to finding
an appropriate facility solution?

Does that create a problem?

Thinking about

the issue that the Interim Superintendent
just laid out,

I suppose an approval like that

would allow the District to move forward

simply upon notification to the committee
at a later date that space has been found.

And so what that would then do would be...

It would simply be delaying the opportunity
for BDA to move forward to the State

and seek the approval
for the full 505 at a later date.

In other words, we would be taking care
of our committee business this evening

with that provision

and in the alternative,

if we were to table this
we would be voting at a later date.

Either way, it�s going to result in

an action from BDA to DESE

that follows the identification of space
for these students.

So, you know, I think it�s probably
six of one, half dozen of the other.

We do think that�s
a wise path forward. It allows

the current Charter proposal as presented
to be approved,

but the approval of moving beyond the 435

is contingent on us coming back
to you with their offsite space plan.

So if you want to propose
the amending language

that would give them the approval

and also make it clear that
before we submit it to DESE,

we will have come back
to you with the space plan.

Alison,
if that buys you the right amount of time?

We�re not waiting until fall next year.

No. We�re talking about
before the end of this school year.

To bring it back from the very

focused conversation we had
about facilities this evening.

This really isn�t about facilities.
That�s just a condition precedent to

allowing you to continue to serve
the population that you serve so well.

And expand that service to

a number of students across the district
who really need it.

We�re very excited.

Something that was lost is that you�re also
changing your enrollment policy

as part of the Charter amendments
that are going forward and so,

making it easier and more accessible
for students to find

high quality education at BDA

is the sum and substance of the Charter
amendments that you put before us tonight.

We�re very happy to approve those
and we wish you well.

And we look forward to hearing
about your new location.

So your main issue is the rodents?

I found one of them dead under
that cabinet. I moved the refrigerator...

I had to throw him away.
He was about that big with a big fat tail.

And oh, it stunk bad.

- It pulled out the refrigerator.
- You were seeing �em over here?

I threw one away. I killed one.
I had traps under there.

Trays and they were empty.
And then I smelled a bad odor. Really bad.

He was like that big. That wasn�t no mouse and
he got a big fat tail with rings around it.

So it could possibly be a rat.

Did you already clean out
the droppings under there?

Yeah, but I did take some pictures
on my phone.

I wanted to just check around here
just to make sure.

They�re possibly getting in
through right there.

He�s coming through the cellar I think.

We can take a look.

But those droppings right there
are pretty big.

It�s not a mouse. I had three tomatoes
on the top of the counter.

They we�re smashed all over the place.
I�ve never seen a mouse do that.

How often have you been seeing them?

Every day for the last month,
month and a half.

Since they�ve been working on the streets.

- I can�t even sleep at night because...
- Because that�s been going on?

I mean I saw one of them running,
he runs fast.

And then I hear him in the broiler there
where I left him some peanut butter

and then the next day it�s half gone.

I�m surprised he�s still kicking.
But there might be more than one.

This is probably the second one.
There might be three or four.

Those kick plates underneath the cabinet
can come out easy, they�re not nailed in.

If you kick it or...
Yeah I can kick it with my foot.

- There�s definitely heavy activity down there.
- I know I wasn�t imagining it.

- I�ve never seen rats before here.
- You�re getting a lot.

Before this I had raccoons
in my ceiling.

They dug two holes and I patched

that one, but with the heavy rain
he dug a big circle in the wood

and the water was coming in and the rain,
the sheetrock just came down.

Does the management usually get back
to you when you try...

My sister�s got problems
her side of the house. Water leaking in.

So it�s you on this side
and your sister on the other side?

And my two brothers own a part of this

and one of my brothers is
trying to evict me because I think

he wants to come down into my apartment
which is better than his.

Got you.

I put all those in there.
They�re pretty clean.

There�s no food on them,
but I don�t know.

- What�s going on with the flooring?
- It�s just cracking from the water.

It�s been that way for the last year or so.

It was with all the little leaks.

When you have a chance and possibly
get to it sooner than later,

start scrubbing that, getting rid of
that heavy build up, that grease.

- Because any sort of food source...
- He ate half of my...

I had a sponge with some food on it
and he chewed half of it away.

So what you really want to do

is not leave any kind
of food source out for them.

So anything like for instance
these onions right here.

If you can, get a plastic container
and just put them in there

at least until...

I�ll let the management or the landlord
know what�s going on as far as the issue.

But in the meantime, you�re going
to have to do your part.

So, that would be the stove
and putting

these onions or any kind of fruit
or vegetable in a plastic container.

What I�ll do is I�ll try to talk to them,

find out what�s going on.

And where the disconnect happened so hopefully
we can come to some sort of resolution

where you�re not living
with a pest infestation and the leaks.

Because they spread disease too.

And I try to keep it clean as I can here.
I�m a bachelor right now

and living here for 18 years
since I got divorced.

I�ve made my mistakes, but you know,
I don�t do drugs or anything.

- I�m clean.
- That�s good.

I have a glass of of wine here and there
and lately my spirit's broken.

Because they want to throw me
to the street after all.

Anybody�s spirit would be broken.

I�ve been going through mental health
through Veterans.

And I got some anxiety pills,
I�m on blood pressure pills,

baby aspirin because I got
stents in my heart.

But I�m still alive. Hopefully
move onto something better soon.

We�ll try to help you out
as much as possible.

And I�ll talk to them to see
what exactly is going on.

Anytime, and I�ll leave my card for you.

On the back of my card

I�ll leave my cell in case you have
any issues or if anything comes up.

Most of this stuff will
be on a 30 day notice.

Some things that I deem is an emergency
will be on an emergency notice.

And so, once they get an emergency notice
that�s 24 hours.

The other stuff will be 30 days
so they�ll have 30 days to fix that.

What I need from you is
when they come by

or when they�re letting you know

like within the 24/48 hours like

I�m going to come by and do the repairs.
Just let them in.

That�s no problem. Sure.

I want the repairs to be done. Believe me.

- I know.
- I don�t want to live like this.

I hear you. So, like I said I�ll touch base
with you later on today

after I talk to your siblings
and then we�ll take it from there.

Currently

we need to finalize the community
process which we�re doing right now

and then finalize the host community
agreement with the City.

And then apply to

to the Cannabis Control Commission
for the provisional licenses

and then that will allow

617 to move forward with the build out
and final inspections and hopefully,

ultimately license to operate.

How close are the cannabis shops
going to be to the school?

How many people are you hiring?
And where are you hiring them from?

I believe the closest school
is about 600 feet.

To say that we just want to offer jobs
is actually a misnomer.

We actually want to
help people with a career.

We also have

a cultivation facilities
in Southwestern Massachusetts

that�s going through licensing processes.

Anybody can get a job. That�s very easy.

But in this industry,
we want to be able to mentor somebody

and to let them have
a pathway to a career.

If you�re interested in edibles,
we can help you with that pathway.

If you�re interested in extractions, we
have a facility going up that will be able

to mentor people
to go through that particular program.

If you want to be a grower,

we do have some pretty good growers on our
team that would be able to mentor people

to get to a certain point where they can
become successful in this industry.

And not just so
they can go get a job, right?

We�re looking for pathway to a career,
a mentorship program that can

really turn some things around
for this neighborhood

in certain ways that a job
just probably couldn�t.

How many parking spaces do you guys
have dedicated to your facility?

What's it like in the surrounding area?
Have you done any traffic studies?

And then how many shoppers can you
physically handle inside your store?

What�s your plan for line management
and overflow?

I only saw a small
mantrap on that floor plan.

So I�m curious if you could address that.

Someone would come into a vestibule.

He would be identified
with the proper government I.D.

and then he would buzz
into the retail area there.

So, as soon as we want,

we�ll have someone outside
telling everybody, have your I.D. ready.

We�ll try to move that line as fast as
we can safely, professionally and securely

that allows them into the next.

And then when they make the purchase
they will exit a different door

so there won�t be
that backlog right there.

Are you going to have a line down the block?
Are you going to have a waiting area inside?

Just these are the things
you need to think about

because these situations will come up when

you�re at capacity and people
are going to be standing outside.

These are things that you got
to think about.

Given the neighborhood,
given the location,

we absolutely think
that a lot of the traffic

and customers are going to be pedestrian
based as well as public transportation.

And then certainly rideshare
which is being used all over the place.

When you talk, you�re speaking
to the host community groups,

I�m sorry, there�s some of those groups

that are being talking to
that really don�t matter.

And some of those people
that you�re talking to

are making decisions
for the rest of us in this room

that don�t consider us.

Like some of the people over in Savin Hill
that don�t like this side of Dorchester.

So, I think when we�re talking about...

When we�re making plans about host community
and talking about to the community,

I think you need to reach out
to the regular people of the community

because some of these organizations and
some of these little groups and meetings

don�t really give a crap about us.

And it�s all about their agenda that
they have set forth. That�s one thing.

Also often in our community

we do have Asian businesses
that are run,

but there�s not people that look like me
that work in those Asian businesses,

I don�t want... we�ve talked Richard
so I don�t have a problem with you

and we�ve already discussed this.

I�m just concerned that are we going to
make this a multicultural employment area?

Like I said, a lot of the times

the Asians that do come in our community,
they don�t hire me.

We have to hire locally
because that�s the easiest

community outreach we can do

and also for the operations
sense is the best way to do it.

As a business owner,

once you get in here
and I�m not going to say right away,

but maybe six months or a year
depending how your profit goes,

are you willing to personally give
something back to this community to help

educate the young African Americans,
the young Cape Verdeans, the young Asians

that live in this poor community
that�s riddled by gun violence

and other drugs that are not marijuana
that keeps everybody calm?

If everybody was on marijuana
they�d be calm someway.

Your first comment regarding the various
groups that we are supposed to meet,

and I strongly use the words
'we were supposed to meet',

because a lot of those
are dictated by the City.

Exactly! That�s my point.

So you know for us to jump outside
of that particular parameter

is not very easy for us.

As a business man, as a lifelong
resident of Boston, Massachusetts,

we would want to give back.

But because there are some things
that are beyond our control as a business,

there are only so many things we can do
per the host community agreement.

Now if you want to touch upon
a personal stuff,

that�s a personal passion of mine
to really give back

and do things for the community.

I can�t promise you anything today,
but I can pledge.

Let me finish. I can pledge

that there are times
we will outreach to the community.

People that think that we didn�t
include them in this particular

round of talks and everything like that,
because that is a personal mission for me.

That is something I hold dear and near
and it's passion for me.

First things first. I need to make sure that
I cross my T�s and dot my I�s with the City.

They are the ones that are in control
of a lot of things in our situation here.

I just want to make sure that

whatever funds that you�re going
to be giving out of your pocket

goes into a great entity in this community
that really matters

and that is actually having an effect
on our community.

As I said, I support you guys. I just want
to make sure that you have a solid plan,

and especially around security

and the overflow thing is really, we need
to address that as the young lady said

becaus we can�t have a line of people

particularly if we have people coming
from like Milton or other places.

It�s kind of like Oh look at them,
let�s go setup for robbery.

I want to make sure
that those are addressed, OK?

I guess I want to find out from you
what you�re going to do

truly to address safety concerns around
the store that you�re looking to open.

We have some phenomenal officers in our
neighborhood. They work extremely hard

to keep us all safe.

And it sounds like part of your
public safety plan is to lean on the Polie.

And I think that�s a bit unfortunate.

There�s a lot going on
in this neighborhood that isn�t good.

And we lean heavily on them
to help support the community.

So that doesn�t help when we�re layering
something additional onto the BPD.

Second question has to do with
the process for approving this.

If someone can just sort of address

whether or not the community
has an opportunity to vote up or down.

This has to go through another process.

The Board of Appeal which they have not
received a date as of yet.

You can make your voice heard
through that process as well.

This is not a done deal here today.

They have more meetings to do.
We have more applicants to

visit and do outreach to as many people
in the neighborhood as possible.

Leaning on the police for their expertise

in this neighborhood and what the police
needs for resources in this neighborhood.

I don�t think we want
to stand up here and say

oh, we�re going to do X, Y, Z
for security.

And then the police say You don�t want
to do that in this neighborhood',

or 'That�s not what we need
in this neighborhood'.

I think that conversation is ongoing.

And one of the big things
that I think 617 can do as an entity

is obviously that surveillance
and extending that circle of surveillance

really in conjunction with BPD
and what they�re looking for.

Making sure those systems
talk to each other.

But also making sure that BPD and who�s
ever running the store have a relationship.

My concern is I�m an abutter
to this whole establishment.

So, I�m right behind Walgreens.

I maintain it. There�s dumpster
diving back there with Walgreens.

They park in my driveway.
I can�t get in and out of the alley.

Half the time I got to call the police.
I got to call 311.

It�s a huge major...

If I wasn�t such a gentleman
I would say what it is.

So what I�m saying is that
having no parking,

dealing with the security issues
that I�m dealing with right now,

I�m not having it.
Just dealing with the restaurant

and dealing with the smoke shop
and dealing with Walgreens is enough.

I can�t even get in and out
my driveway as it is.

I got people dumpster diving in the middle
of the night. I have security cameras.

When the police come and they look
what stuff that goes on back there,

doesn�t do anything.

Those are my issues whatsoever.

The parking... People that park from
Boden Str. and down Blakeville Str.,

blocking the driveway just
when people are going to the restaurant.

So never mind having a dispensary there.

Where they going to park at?
Where they block

my neighbors, I got one, two, three, four,
four or five abutters here

that they block their driveways here
and we always like

up in a rage trying to figure out
whose car is blocking your driveway.

So what are your plans for that?

We�re going to have cameras out front
that indicate

that someone�s there and we�ll have
one of the security go out there

and ask them to move.

We�re going to work hand in hand
with Boston Police on this.

There may come a time
when we may have to hire some details

to help us out at the early goings on this.

We�re going to have conversations
with them. They�ll approve our plan.

They�re going to have input to our plan

and those are things
that we�ll discuss with them

that they can be on the lookout
when they send their patrols by as well.

And I can tell you that there is no way

that we�re going to let our customers
double park in front,

say I�ll be right back and run in.

They won�t be allowed entry
into the store.

We have personnel who will be onsite
inside and outside

as well as some sort of combination of
Boston Police outside,

and our store person checking people
as they get in. And we won�t let them in.

Walgreens is a staple of our community
and an intersection where people go get

family supplies, go get Pampers,
they go get their medical needs.

So within that going on,

they have to pass through
a smoke shop, a weed shop.

Then that alley that�s running there
is famous to becoming a smoke...

Destination. Before the smoke shop
got there that was a smoke destination.

The smoke shop came and it became
a bigger smoke destination.

A barber shop was there.
It became a bigger smoke destination.

The Walgreens has been raided,
I mean from...

Us doing an event for the community

and people going across the street
and raid it.

There�s been shootings and other
negative things going on in the community.

So just having an entity there constantly
is really worrisome for

our seniors, our young people
who have teen centers.

We have schools,
even though there�s a radius.

At the end of the day this is
a common intersection for everyone.

Those imaginary lines don�t exist
because we have to go to Walgreens

to get our medications,
we have to go get Pampers

and our daily stuff
that we need right away.

We need Walgreens in our community.

We don�t necessarily need a smoke shop
or a weed shop, but we do need Walgreens.

As I read this,
you guys are talking about

'fostering a mutual beneficial
healthy and safe partnership'.

Again, we had a store, never got robbed,
never got anything,

but we have seen people who have been
getting shot in corners, inside stores.

There is a lot of trauma
in this neighborhood

and in your whole beautiful presentation
I didn�t see

bullet points around

how you guys are doing all that
and bringing it back to the community.

And also about,

where you say that you�re creating a positive
economic impact beneficial to Boston,

and Dorchester neighborhood.
Bowdoin Geneva is a high needs.

We don�t have police available
in the evening hours.

So it�s my concern how you guys are saying
that you�re going to reach out

and get support from, you know,

the police department
which is all nice and dandy,

but they�re short staffed. They have
people retiring day in and day out.

And academy�s coming in

and we�re not getting the people
that we need in order to

provide the services that we need,
in order to be a safe environment.

So bringing in this flow where you guys
are going to have somebody at the door,

I didn�t hear anybody directing traffic
or telling people

where to go and how to park.
It sounds beautiful when you�re saying

we�re going to tell people
to move their cars,

but that�s not how it works around here.

We are not in downtown.
We are not in Back Bay.

We are in Dorchester where people say

I�ll leave my car there,
what you gonna do about it?

I think that it we all agree that
earing that type of feedback

is the starting point because
we don�t have all the answers right now.

You�re absolutely right. There are
certain things that we don�t know.

And we need the feedback
from the community

to be able to work together
to come up with a plan that works.

Are we going to have
all the answers on day one?

I hope so, but it�s unlikely.

We�re not going to know
what problems may arise.

There may be problems that are resolved
by our presence just as much.

We can commit to working with you
to resolve them as they come up.

I mean that�s all that we can promise
right now. Hearing that,

that�s something that�s important.

It�s noted. We want
as much feedback as we can get

on those types of issues that we may not
be able to see at the moment.

And if we can help prevent
issues like that

and there�re ideas on how to do that,
we�re all ears.

It may sound like
we haven�t addressed it,

it�s only because there are a lot
of moving parts that we have to

make sure that we coordinate
with the City.

Having community meetings like this
to meet with you

to talk about stuff that concerns you guys

and incorporate that into our business plan
and plans moving forward.

This isn't by far a done deal. This is
something that we would like to discuss

with everybody in the community as well

and hopefully
tonight�s a great start to that

and something more elaborate and
a little bit more lengthy in the future.

This community meeting is part
of the process for you to get your license?

And then does this community meeting
have a process to vote?

So does this community, after we talk
and we vent, and we cry and we laugh...

- What happens?
- Nothing.

We take what happens here
back to City Hall.

We have a conversation there
about what happened...

To City Hall meaning the Mayor or...?

We go back and reiterate
what happened here.

So you also have an opportunity yourself,

if you�d like to send in an email,
a phone call, write a letter

- And it gets taken a look at.
- It goes into a file for this applicant.

I�m new to this. I�m sorry.

So that�s how the information that...

The public puts out gets put into play.

'Mr. Mayor, this is what they said'.
And then what happens?

In a nutshell we go over what happens
and it�s deliberated,

it's decisions made and if they move
forward they move forward.

You have good intentions. I believe you.

If you have good intentions,
forget the requirements!

Communicate with us.
Go above and beyond.

Make sure that everybody knows about it.

- Too much?
- No, no you�re right.

You have good intentions.

Do more, make sure that everybody knows
about it because you know what?

I know this kind of stuff is beneficial
to Black communities if done properly

because I�ve done my research.
However,

if done in this way
and just an ill prepared manner...

I�m not saying you have been
because I don�t know enough...

Then you have detriment at your hands.

This kind of business,
if it doesn�t benefit our community

is a detriment and will disproportionally
affect brown and black people.

We have been outreaching
to the community members.

They work at the neighborhood associations
to address us and to introduce us.

We cannot go knock on every single door
in Dorchester. That�s not possible.

Those neighborhood associations
are predominantely represented by Whites.

So what happens is the people that

or we�re saying that are impacted,
the people that suffer from trauma or not,

we�re not generalizing this culture saying
everybody suffers from trauma. We�re saying

that this is a poorer neighborhood
and poverty affects us in this way.

So, the people that it impacts
are not being communicated to.

And so, it makes sense then

if you have good intentions
that you go above and say look,

we want everyone to be aware

and we want to be very transparent
so we�re going to do more.

This process is not dictated by us,
the applicant. As much as we want to be

in control as business owners, this
entire process is dictated by the City.

Let me reiterate it. This entire process
is dictated by the City.

Many things you brought up and concerns,
I personally am bothered as well.

Some of the things that you talked about
and you reiterated,

some other people have said
that same thing.

We heard it. Several, many times.

But the fact of the matter
is a lot of things that we�re hand tied.

To go above and beyond something
that was instructed us to do by the City,

we just do what the City asks us to do.

Now to say forget about crime,
just go ahead and do that.

We can�t.
We listened tonight and we shall.

We need to get organized
and get to the City then.

We need to change this process.

I represent the Bowdoin Geneva community.

It�s an amazing community, but that has
some of the worst public health outcomes.

If you look at the geography of
incarceration today in our Commonwealth,

about 60 % of the people
in the Massachusetts jails

actually come from the zip codes
that I partially represent.

And so I want to just ask
a couple questions

that constituents brought to me. First,
I�ve only been in office 7 weeks.

The State didn�t do a good job

and I�ve said this
at every cannabis meeting

because applicants
are educating residents

about things that should have been done
by State and City government.

At least that�s my opinion.

And so I offered to bring the Office
of emerging industries and the Commission

to come and talk to our community
directly because we have questions

that can�t be answered

by asking an applicant and having an
agitated conversation with the residents.

The first is this is one of the most
diverse communities in the entire City.

It is the poorest part of Dorchester.

It�s over 90 % of color.

My question is
do you have anybody on your team

that represents one of the major
ethnic groups in this community?

I know the Vietnamese community is 20 %
so that answered probably yes.

I don�t want to assume Asian identity.

Two, also mass incarceration
has deeply impacted our community

and when this law was first passed
I know a lot of people went to vote

because we wanted to right the wrongs

of also what has happened to our community
because of the war on drugs.

Do you have anybody on your team

that has been impacted by that
or have you thought about that?

Third, we know that the host agreement
goes into a general fund,

so the other question I had is
have you discussed as a team

how you will put resources together
for this community

that is highly under resourced,

also by the City and State government
to be quite honest,

but there�s an immediate needs on this...

In this corridor that are not represented
in areas like

Neponset or in Lower Mills.
That the Bowdoin Geneva specifically

been deeply impacted by bad policy
and under resources. So those were

three questions and are you open
to a second meeting or conversation?

This district is 42 % Cape Verdean

and a lot of the times at these meetings,
I might see 4 or 5 Cape Verdean Americans,

but nothing is translated in our language

and so what I find is that
they�re not even participating

in these conversations,
not because they don�t want to.

They care about this community,
but you�re not going to walk into a room

where they don�t speak your language
or try to have things translated for you.

So I just wanted to know
if you�d be open to another...

Because you�re only required to have
one meeting,

so the question is
are you open to another conversation?

So those are the points that I want to
share that mainly came from constituents

who couldn�t be here tonight,

so part of my job is to
represent their interest and share that.

Somebody brought up
a comment earlier about

when they walk into these
particular stores they don�t really see

a representation of themselves.

Well I do want to note
that we�re not open yet.

And so we will have representation
of this neighborhood.

A lot of people have asked us
to drill down hard on that number.

That�s a business question. I don�t have
that answer for you because

that has not been answered
during our business plan discussions.

But we're willing to have more conversations
and more dialogue with everybody

that should be involved.
As you stated in your first comment

before saying anything else that the
State didn�t do a very good job on this.

And I felt the applicant�s the guy that
has to elucidate and enlighten the public.

And we�ve done that.

Through our own pockets, through our own
measures and through our own grit.

We don�t want to see this industry fall.

Because yes, Dorchester has been
disproportionately affected by this.

I don�t see anybody else stepping up

to really say hey, let�s bring this
to Dorchester and really make this happen.

You see a lot of Colorado people,

you see a lot of Washington people,
you see a lot of California people.

But the barrier is so high
during the DPH era,

for you to get into this
that it was nigh impossibility

for anybody thinking of bringing a medical
marijuana establishment to Dorchester.

You�re talking high six figures
to even be heard,

so not only have you been
disproportionately affected

by having your members
of your community arrested,

and now there is an economic barrier
for you to go ahead and overcome

just so you can do business in this
industry that has affected your life

and generations down the road.

We�re not the type of people
that�s going to come in and say

I can go ahead and clean this up for you.

I�m not that type of person.
But what I can pledge to you

is that we can come down here

and have discussions and
frank conversations with everybody

to make sure we include
as many people as we can.

We can�t do everything for everyone,

but we can do a lot of things
for a lot of people.

But again, we are not open yet.
Give us the opportunity to come down

and really show you our medal
and show you what we�re really all about.

And let the State know that what they did

and what they have been doing
is not the correct process.

And with your help we can go ahead
and let them know

that we can overcome that situation
and bring this neighborhood around.

This is the poorest neighborhood
in Boston.

Do you guys not want economic development?

Do you guys not want to be
a piece of something

that has taken your lives away from you?

I�m the catalyst for that and so be it.
I can do it. I look forward to helping you

and you helping me
and we can accomplish this together.

We see everyone who�s at the table here,

and as a community we need to make sure
that we�re holding them accountable.

So we shouldn�t just be
saying this now in the moment,

but we really need to take everybody
who has a hand in this to task.

When things are not working correctly

because you all have to live here.
We have people who work here.

We have people who care about this
community who�s been here for many years,

putting in the hard work and effort
to get ourselves together.

And so the way we do that is
every time somebody says something to us,

let�s make sure
we�re going back to them.

And let�s make sure
that we�re holding them accountable.

And let this evening not be the only time
where we�re continuing to do that.

Because if we do that, you know what?
It�s just going to be another situation,

same old, same old and we get to hold
the crappy end of the stick.

And we�ve been doing that for many years

and so let�s hold folks to the fire
and let�s hold folks to task.

There�ll be business cards
on the back table. If you have comments

you can call up
or you can shoot an email.

We�ll be responsive and we�ll make sure
it�s noted and it�s on file.

We talked about this you know from a
year ago when we first met to talk about

utilizing the restore program.
Hiring an architect through our program

to work with you and your family,
to really elevate your business.

I know one of the other goals was really, I
mean this is a very successful supermarket.

I think that you have a very
loyal customer base,

but I do know

and this is true for any business
in the city,

it�s always important to
attract new customers.

So were you hoping,
is one of the goals

that by doing this project it will attract
some new customers in the city?

Yeah, absolutely 100 percent. You know
I know during the rush hour traffic

in the morning,
rush hour traffic at night there�re

thousands of cars that go along
Cummins Highway that pass the

store and probably don�t even
think twice about

ever coming in here to do their
grocery shopping. But I think

once we remodel and redesign
the front I think they might

have second thoughts about
that and maybe give us a chance

and see what we have to offer
for them and their family.

Yeah, I mean we do know like through this
program that when people complete a project

of this scale, two things happen.
Your existing

customers feel
grateful and taken care of,

and it in many ways it�s a thank you to
them for shopping here.

And I think people get
very excited when a project

like this, a store that they�re
going to constantly is transformed.

But I think also

people discover you for
the first time

and as you said, people are driving
up and down Cummins Highway

and not pulling into
your parking lot.

Because they�re not really seeing you.
And I think that�s absolutely going to

happen for you and we see this happen over
and over again for many of our projects.

Is that people walk by a storefront
and once we actually transform it

through the restore program with
a new signage and design, you know

it�s getting people through that door.
And obviously that helps you

be more successful.

Who are the
customers that come to this store?

So predominately residents of Mattapan.

We also get a fair amount of people from

Dorchester, Hyde Park, a little bit of
Milton as well.

And you know demographic wise come
from many different countries,

all the Caribbean countries,
South, America, Central America

hat�s predominately where
customers come from.

And you know I live in the neighborhood
too, so I know

America�s Food Basket�s been in
the neighborhood for so long.

I do know that based on
the constituency that

America�s Food Basket�s
been serving in your four locations,

so do you carry specific foods and
that really the community needs?

Yeah, yeah absolutely especially in the
meat department, the produce department

and grocery department as well.
Basically we want customers when

they come in they feel like they never
left their home, left their country.

Whether they�re Haitian or Dominican,
they want, we want them to be able

to come in here and get whatever it
is, whether it�s Plantains, Yucca, Ox

Tails, you know whatever seasonings
that they use in their countries

we want them to be able to use that same
recipe that their grandmother and mother

used when they were growing up
back home. Only now they�re in Boston.

So how do you develop that list of
ingredients and foods over time?

I mean the founders of
Americas Food Basket,

you know they�re Dominican so that
aspect the Caribbean aspect

of it was fairly easy.

Then as you�re in the store, as you gain
experience dealing with different types of

types of customers, they�ll ask you
what they�re looking for

and we try our best to get
whatever it is that they�re

asking. And you know I think
to a great extent

we�ve done a good job of that,
kind of serving to their needs.

Managing expectations is important
so, where we can get folks

in a room who are interested
because they�re calling me too

and they have all these great ideas
and I said well that�s not how

National NAACP conventions work.
We�re not organizing from the

ground it�s really organized from National
and there�s some local activities.

So, I�ve had to
educate folks locally on that,

but I think if we can have
a community conversation

I think Tanesha could host.

And then I manage expectations

that it�s convention of delegates,
it�s a voting convention.

So people are here to do business.

They�re here to go to luncheons,

be part of panel discussions.
There�s not a lot of free time

to leave the area that they�re
in,

and if they leave the area they�re not
there to vote

on a particular matter that�s
coming before the body.

So there�ll be some limited opportunities

to get out of the convention
area and see Boston

and we just got to be intentional
about when those opportunities come up.

We talked about that.
There might be NAACP

members that are police
chiefs and fire fighters

and nurses, and doctors

that want to like get a tour of behind the
scenes at Mass General or

go to Dimock in Roxbury

and see how the recovery community
that they have there,

one of the best in the country.
Look at these different

places and so we can
offer that up for people.

We have a criminal justice community here
so if we tap Harvard, and some of our other

higher Ed institutions say
hey, we need Skip Gates

to be at the convention and we as
the City of Boston are reaching out

to you Harvard to say make
your folks available.

I think there�s an opportunity for
us to provide value in that way.

If we can do that basic part first then
all the extras come along after that.

There�s a fuller picture of Boston�s
history good and bad that I want

West Roxbury to know
and Roxbury to know

and Dedham to know and I think we have an
opportunity to share that through different

ways so that it�s
an education for us

Bostonians and an
education for our visitors.

I think it�s great.
And I say this all the time.

I know there�s kids in
Roxbury, in West Roxbury

that have no idea,
they don�t even know busing

because they weren�t even here.
Their families were

where their families impacted by it.

And not even understanding,
I think even bussing there was a

step before that that�s
not talked about if the

school committee elected
at the time took action

Yes, would have staved
off that whole experience.

So that was a lack of, inaction by local
represented people elected by the people.

And if they�d dealt with it and
addressed it history might have been a

little different. And it would have been,
maybe a little different if you tackle

the issue at the time, in a different
manner, but it wasn�t thought of so.

And not to debate that,
but I think what�s interesting

is the values of the city
wasn�t fully reflected by that

City Council as it is today right?
We see the diversity

in the City Council today.
The diversity, the lack of

diversity at that time didn�t
take the racial imbalance

issue seriously enough that
if they had had more diversity

they would have said no,
let�s avoid court action and let�s

do something proactive to
create the kind of diversity

Wanna back up even further,
Civil Rights Movement? That same

diversity wasn�t in the City
Council today that it was back

then. And they took action.
And the abolition of slavery, a lot

of things, so it�s like that
generation had an opportunity.

Yeah, they missed it.

And you mean obviously it�s easier to
talk about it today sitting here and

not saying you should do that.
But there�s a different mindset today.

So we talked about all the talent here,
the Cornell West, the Skip Gates, the

Academic Institutions,
the healthcare industry,

dominant industries
here in this City

and in this region. We say hey, we can
offer those up as resources as you have the

conversation here. So we know the folks
from Partners are already interested.

We know the folks at TGS companies. I talked
to Bob Rivers today at Eastern Bank and

the banking community wants to be involved.
Now we just got to sort of harness all

that interest and I think they�re reaching
out to me and to you and Tanesha and it�s

exciting that this is, in my years of
being President of NAACP, there was never

this much focus on being involved in civil
rights. And contributing to it, so we

just have to harness that. How do we get
Black and Brown and White Boston to become

observers, delegates, alternates at the
convention during that week?

That would be huge and I�ve not seen it
done as well as I think Boston could do it.

That we have an additional 3,000 Bostonians

at the convention to listen
to the Presidential nominees

or Presidential candidates at
that point to partake in the conversation

around criminal justice and what�s going on
in terms of today with mass incarceration.

The folks are here and the interest is
here. We just got to get them over to

- I think it�s the marketing.
- Right

It�s how do we market it to let people
know this is open for you, so that you

live on whatever street it is you live
on, Humboldt. This is your convention. You

might not be a credential voting delegate,
but you are as engaged in this conversation

as everyone else. We need you to get that.
And I think it�s about marketing.

We�ve done all this,

but yet we�re still
not where we need to be

And why did that happen?
And how do we take the past

and celebrate it, but also
understand where the problems happen

and I think that you
know, when people talk about you

know racist Boston, racist
Boston, racist Boston, you know

like you said, a lot was done here.

So to bring equality,

but for some reason we have more
work to do.

And I think there�s an opportunity for
maybe one month�s a reflecting month.

History is the key thing.
Right. Is if people

know history they get the
good, they get the bad,

they got a context for
where we are

and then they can act. But the problem
is many of us don�t know our history.

So we think that the poverty rates in
our communities is an accident.

People just decided to be poor
or our health disparities

is an accident.
People just need to eat better

and they don�t understand
the context for access

and opportunity and inequities.
So I think there�s

a unique opportunity with
the convention coming

here and the work that
you�ve been doing around

racial justice and equity
and these conversations

is to have it be a
citywide conversation as

you said that plays out
throughout the course of

the year and it�s really
grounded in history.

Oh say can you see by the

dawn�s early light, what so

proudly we hailed at the

twilight�s last gleaming.

Whose broad stripes and bright

stars through the perilous fight

O�er the ramparts we

watched were so gallantly

streaming.
And the red rockets red glare

The bombs bursting in air.

Gave proof through

the night that our

flag was still there.
Oh say does

that star spangled

banner yet wave

O�er the land of the free

And the home of the brave

To the people of Boston,
thank you for the privilege

of serving you these past five years.
I love my job

Every day I get to go out
into the neighborhoods to talk

listen and work with the people of Boston.

Every day Bostonians walk
through the doors of City Hall

and share
their hopes and dreams with me.

They remind me of how
grateful I am to live my dream

and walk through those doors
as the son of immigrants.

I think of another
door that opens. It was

the morning after
my election in 2013.

I was in a hotel room and opened the
door for the worker to deliver breakfast.

Her name was Letty. She emigrated

from Africa to follow her
dreams here in Boston.

She came around the cart
and gave me a big hug and she was crying.

She said we did it. We won.
We are going to be Mayor.

Letty�s here somewhere.
Thank you Letty.

It hit home right at that
moment what this job means.

It means opening doors for more
Bostonians to walk through.

People of every race,
creed and class.

Changing a city.
Changing a nation.

One year ago I pledged my
second term to strengthening

and expanding Boston�s middle class.

Today more people are working than
any other time in our city�s history.

Unemployment is 2.4 percent.

The lowestever recorded.

We are ranked number two in the nation for
moving people up and into the middle class.

And we�ve been named the best city
in the entire world to find a job.

We have thrown open the
doors of opportunity

and Bostonians are surging through them

to live their dreams
and lead us forward.

And because we are drawing
on more of our people�s strength

the state of our city
is stronger than ever.

But I�m concerned
about the state of our Union.

What happens in Washington,
we feel on the streets of Boston.

But here�s what matters more. What we
do in Boston can change this country.

We�ve shown that differences
don�t have to divide us.

When we come together anything is possible.
That�s democracy in action.

That�s how we
built this administration.

We won office in a coalition that
wasn�t supposed to be possible.

Working people, Black, White,
Latino, Asian, all came together.

We created the most diverse
administration in Boston�s history from

the Cabinet to the frontlines.

We listened to the voices of every
community. We took on Boston�s toughest

long standing challenges and
we began changing our city.

We are opening doors to new
schools, new libraries,

new homes, new jobs.

We�re listeningto new voices.
It�s not always easy or comfortable,

but a more open conversation means
better solutions for our City.

The sign of a more vibrant democracy.

We put social justice
at the heart of our vision.

Because a more equal conversation
means a more resilient city.

So we�ll keep leading the
fight to defend immigrants.

We�ll continue our groundbreaking
work to achieve gender equality.

And we�ll never stop protecting the
rights and embracing the

identities of our LBGTQ community.

Five years together, we made
Boston a more compassionate, a more

dynamic, a more democratic city.

We�ve listened, we�ve learned and
we�re leading. I�m proud of what

we�ve achieved.
We should all be proud.

And we should be ready to do more.
Our city needs us, our country needs us

and we�re just getting started.

Boston 311. How may I help you?

1,367 customers affected. Estimated
time to be fixed between five and 5:30.

And is this only in Brighton
or does it extend beyond that?

And you said that it fell
onto your property, correct?

No, so that�s furniture
and furniture you can

just throw that out
with the regular trash.

If you want I can connect you
over with the Credit Union.

OK, but if you were in Watertown that
would be a responsibility of Watertown.

It wouldn�t be anything with Boston.

OK. Is it a whole tree,
a limb or a branch?

The first step is to request a
birth certificate request form.

You print it out, fill it out
and then with that form you would

send it in with a $14 money order or
check, addressed to City Hall.

So the senior shuttle you mean?

I can connect you with
their department so you

can see exactly when it�s
going to get there OK?

OK, I have down that
you reported that there

is something wrong
with the hawk�s eyes?

And that the hawk isn�t acting
normal since it is feeding on

a pigeon on the street other
than flying away with its food.

There are a lot of people
around the hawk and

the hawk doesn�t seem
able able to fly away

But it�s only picked up on
your specific trash day.

Yeah, so if it�s public housing

you want to contact the
Boston Housing Authority

Work Order Center to get
that replaced for you.

Sir, please don�t yell

I just have someone on the other line
that�s trying to locate a gravestone.

They have a name, but they just are
trying to find the burial ground