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Bernie.

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Joel Faller: wish everyone a happy holiday season.

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Joel Faller: Just on the hope i'm sorry worry.

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Joel Faller: Man, you know rory we'll start with the with the meaning protocol.

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Rory Harrington: Sure, so this meeting will be conducted according to parliamentary parliamentary rules, the President will have the final word on the conduct of the meeting, it will cast a vote only in the event the rest of the Council reaches a tie.

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Rory Harrington: The President will recognize the speaker to make their presentation or statement.

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Rory Harrington: And then he'll permit the Council to ask questions you will then open the floor to questions from the audience and each audience members should introduce themselves by name and street address.

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Rory Harrington: No person will speak until they have been recognized by the President, all speakers will be confined to the time limits vote voting will be done by voice ballot, the results of all boats will be announced at the end of the meeting.

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Joel Faller: Thank you very and I.

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Joel Faller: Do will do the roll call.

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Joel Faller: i'm Joel voller a brewery harrington.

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Rory Harrington: here.

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Joel Faller: Ashley Leo.

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ashley leo: here.

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Joel Faller: tanya green.

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Joel Faller: Recent Bali.

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Joel Faller: Common guarino.

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Joel Faller: Kevin Fleming.

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Joel Faller: And I did not see Kevin group and Kevin if you Kevin drew if you are here say I.

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Joel Faller: Know okay so Kevin Kevin drew's absent today.

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Joel Faller: So again, happy holidays everybody.

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Joel Faller: wanted to.

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Joel Faller: sure everyone is aware that name Pack is announcing its first Community sing event Thursday December 16 from six to seven at the Paul revere mall.

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Joel Faller: it's going to be.

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Joel Faller: More orchestra one city choir singing classic carols in the hallelujah chorus it's good to have a return to some level of.

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Joel Faller: Normal seeds terms of a concert coming out of men Pack.

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Joel Faller: do want to as a prelude to our first.

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Joel Faller: agenda item beyond the preliminaries.

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Joel Faller: Do you want to make sure that everyone is fully aware.

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Joel Faller: Again, I think this is the third third their meeting in a row that i'm an out and make giving me get out the vote announcement, but yet again another election tomorrow the.

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Joel Faller: Election it's the democratic primary, which will in all likelihood, determine who our next state Senator is representing the north end, as well as the rest of the first Suffolk in middlesex senate district.

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Joel Faller: We since i've been here that seed is only turned over and special elections, which is a little frustrating, those are low turnout affairs, so I would encourage everybody.

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Joel Faller: To to get your get your vote counted.

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Joel Faller: That the the the seat does not turn over the often.

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Joel Faller: been.

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Joel Faller: Since the pandemic we've had we've actually had some improvements to our voter access issues and we had.

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Joel Faller: too late for this announcement all last week was early voting at City Hall.

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Joel Faller: And there are great vote by mail options, but at this point, I think your only option, unless you have a vote by mail ballot drop off at City Hall is go to the polling place tomorrow, open all day till eight o'clock pm, and we will hear from the Senate candidates in just 10 minutes.

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Joel Faller: move on to report from the offices of low the opposite of local elected officials, I think I saw yep there are john Romano.

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Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services - John Romano: ain't showing so hey everyone john Romano from the mayor's office enabled services, I just want to go through a couple of quick updates for us for this.

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Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services - John Romano: For December so one thing I do want to say thank you to for everyone is coming out to any as Christmas prayed as well as the trolley tour that went through this past.

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Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services - John Romano: This past weekend and then the weekend before I do want to say for everyone a reminder that residents are eligible.

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Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services - John Romano: For Cobra 19 booster if they meet the following requirements if you're 18 years or older have a fully vaccinated status in have had been at least six months from your last covert vaccine or two months from Johnson and Johnson.

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Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services - John Romano: i'm going to post in here in the chat a link to a website from city of boston's website where you can find a vaccination clinic near you, I also want to just talk quickly about some.

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Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services - John Romano: My problem here are some senior senior programs so senior senior programs help low income seniors over the age of 60 replace old heating systems in their home.

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Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services - John Romano: Time yes we're about to head into the winter months here if you're an older resident living on a fixed income, and you can afford important improvements to your home there's new energy.

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Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services - John Romano: efficient systems that help heating emergencies during the cold winter months, and they can also help reduce your energy bill, we want to encourage any senior to take advantage of this program before the cold weather keeps.

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Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services - John Romano: consistently hitting us here and i'll put that link in the chat as well as well as you can always reach out to me at you know john J O H and period Romano are oh ma and@boston.gov and happy to answer any questions comments or concerns you all have, thank you.

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Joel Faller: Thank you john.

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Joel Faller: And this will be a lot of people will be happy to hear this.

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Joel Faller: john has.

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Joel Faller: hooked hooked me up with the special service I think it's in special services and on on Wednesday, I will be walking the north end.

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Joel Faller: With the rat team which hopefully we're going to be able to.

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Joel Faller: deal with deal with that issue in some regard.

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Joel Faller: You know it's tough.

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Joel Faller: So uh to we have.

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Joel Faller: Michael bennati I know we're going to hear from.

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Joel Faller: Michael.

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Joel Faller: up, we will be hearing from lydia edwards as a candidate, later on, I don't know if Michael has an update himself, but I don't see Michael here.

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Joel Faller: A Patrick lions.

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Patrick Lyons: I hey joey how are you how's everyone nothing new to report from aaron's office just excited to listen.

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Patrick Lyons: Again, is thanks for putting together this agenda and i'll leave my cell phone email in the chat if anyone has any questions, please call me shoot me a text or shoot me an email i'm happy to happy to help out thanks.

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Joel Faller: Thank you, Patrick.

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Joel Faller: and move on to committee reports Kevin drew is not here, hopefully we'll get a public safety report next month.

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Joel Faller: Carmen on the greenway.

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Carmine Guarino: I just a couple of.

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Carmine Guarino: announcements and I know Rachel is on as well as the.

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Carmine Guarino: bridge i'm next board meeting.

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Carmine Guarino: Is can you hear me, yes, I am sorry okay I next board meeting is tomorrow evening and just a couple of upcoming events this Saturday from 12 to one line dances at the chinatown gauge and then also the Saturday one to 139 pack will be doing.

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Carmine Guarino: caroling at the carousel right by faneuil hall and there's also a winter clothing drive, but if you want to hear more about all of the great things that are going on, go to roll scary clean.

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Carmine Guarino: wait.org Rachel anything else.

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Rachel Lake | she/her | Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy: No, I was gonna say usual that was an excellent Roundup, we were really, really thrilled to be working with them pack again as part of our rediscover the greenway campaign so.

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Rachel Lake | she/her | Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy: I know they do a lot of great work in the Community and we're really happy to have them not Caroline this year, so we encourage folks to bundle up and get out on the greenway.

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Joel Faller: Thank you for an original.

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Joel Faller: Kevin Fleming with the harbor harbor front neighbor the lions committee.

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Kevin Fleming: yeah so last week last couple of weeks cheryl the Greco and I told the President of nura we have taken upon ourselves to inspect the.

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Kevin Fleming: Chapter 91 facilities of public accommodation long the North and waterfront as some of you might know depth and 91 is the master of public waterways to put messages public waterfront act.

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Kevin Fleming: That ensures that the public has access to the waterfront and in part of waterfront development each week wittingly.

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Kevin Fleming: Certain linkages Republic benefit that must be done in part of these facilities for public accommodation, such as benches staff public bathrooms whatnot and cheryl dough DECO and I went around the North end and investigated and.

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Kevin Fleming: we're creating a report.

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Kevin Fleming: That will be part of a large report for the harbor friend neighborhood alliance, but you know it's something to be aware of that, you know you might notice is a bunch of bathrooms there's a bathroom map.

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Kevin Fleming: To Atlanta gab uh you know the puppet is a public bathroom with borrows work that's very hidden in it to get them to unlock it for me and tell them, it was public.

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Kevin Fleming: And they try not to make it public so.

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Kevin Fleming: That that that's all I have to report is that something to keep in mind it's constant issue with the harbor for neighborhood alliances keeping the public access to the waterfront is always a push and pull back yeah.

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Joel Faller: Thank Thank you Kevin that's that's great and important work we all should be reminded that the waterfront does belong to us does belong to the public in the Commonwealth and.

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Joel Faller: We should definitely keep that in mind and that's.

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Joel Faller: that's good work thanks Kevin i'm.

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Joel Faller: The resident.

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Joel Faller: parking traffic.

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Joel Faller: We that was Brett we still have not reassigned that but I would report that the.

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Joel Faller: charlestown bridge.

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Joel Faller: Is the work being done this month is installing moving and maintaining silt curtains and barges in the water, installing piles and lovejoy world or and installing utilities and warehouse work, including peer and column repairs, but most of that work will be done.

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Joel Faller: Most of that work will be done during the daytime and evening hours 6am to 9pm.

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Joel Faller: travelers are foreign with the winter weather that.

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Joel Faller: The trial sound bridges, is a time is going to be tough to navigate with the with the narrow lanes.

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Joel Faller: Then the public health committee rory anything to report, other than I know john Romano it given a update on the boosters.

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Rory Harrington: yeah new health is offering anyone who's 18 plus that's eligible for the booster shot, they are offering those.

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Rory Harrington: it's appointment only Monday through Friday 1pm to 3:45pm they're also still offering testing but it's only on Tuesday mornings from 830 to 11:45am that's appointment only as well, and then finally.

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Rory Harrington: They opened a their food and security program open the Community fridge at our charlestown location it's open 24 seven.

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Rory Harrington: And they're always accepting donations and also could use volunteers to maintain the fridge when the health Center is closed, but anyone's interested in receiving the new health Community newsletter they can subscribe, using the link that i'll drop in the chat.

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Joel Faller: Thanks rory and Ashley I think as an exciting event to announce for rough.

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ashley leo: Yes, thank you and we have a official invitation to share on the screen, but while are pulling that up i'll tell you what it is.

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ashley leo: rough is hosting a mini version of holiday stroll partnering with some small shops in the north end that have been.

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ashley leo: Thank you, that have been great partners have rough and really supported rough.

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ashley leo: Throughout the years, so you know way to say thank you to these small businesses and show our support and show rough support of them, we invite everybody to a holiday stroll on December 17 from five to seven.

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ashley leo: You can see all the locations there I won't list them off, but you can see there's quite a few shops that will be offering specials treats and discounts, so please try to attend and support local and that's it.

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Joel Faller: Thanks thanks a lot Ashley and I see we we have our first candidate has arrived Anthony d'ambrosio.

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Joel Faller: And i've promised to give you the 715 to 730 slot here so i'm just gonna go right to it go ahead.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Thank you so much for having me here today um it is election Eve so kind of an interesting time to be doing this, but I do appreciate.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: All of your time on this, a chilly and then warm December day, my name is Anthony d'ambrosio i'm a candidate for the state senate seat and hopefully.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: The elect Senator after tomorrow, and this means the world to me, I am the proud son of immigrants to this district almost my entire family is comprised of first or second generation Americans who came and settled in this area.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: In revere in Winthrop in the north end and East Boston and parts of Cambridge all of the areas that comprise our first cell think in middlesex district.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: My family my parents my grandparents my aunts and uncles work tirelessly to support our family.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: For me, growing up they're still putting in 15 to 18 hour days out there, my grandfather in his mid 70s, who came to this country in 1972 from.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: A farming family in southern Italy is still pushing a lawn mower out there 1516 hours a day rain or shine throughout the district.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: My family raised me to understand the importance of sacrifice and hard work, and it was their drive the brought from this to this country and my drive.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: That has propelled us forward the same drive here today in this campaign.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: With the mentorship and support of my Community my home city of revere was able to focus on my studies and attend Yale university for undergrad where I graduated at the top of my class and then go and pursue a master's degree at Cambridge in England.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: At Yale I was the leader of Whitehall, which was the largest nonprofit organization in the city of new haven and dealt with a wide variety of issues ranging from development to homelessness to early childhood education.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: In 2019 I ran for the school committee in the city of revere, which is a citywide seat in a rapidly changing rapidly developing.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: In rapidly expanding city, the city of revere I was blessed to come in first place of nine candidates and, while, on the school committee.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: i've led the city through one of the most tumultuous educational times errors in general, but certainly educational times.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Of the last generation through the covert 19 pandemic i've had a few significant policy victories on the school committee.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: I lead and advocated for and then implemented the state's first district wide equity Advisory Board.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Which consults on a wide variety of issues ranging from Labor disputes to other equity oriented issues in our school district.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: I fought for and drastically increased access to mental health resources for our children and for our students, which is.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: proving to be incredibly important coming out of the covert 19 pandemic were so many of our children and students are suffering from social and emotional issues that.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: We have never seen present themselves at this larger societal scale and third I stood with the revere teachers association.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: To add electorial detriment many times against the abuses of an anti Labor school administration and i'm proud to carry that endorsement.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: of that Union here with me today, I also have extensive private sector experience i've given advice to some of the top technology CEOs in the entire world on growth and innovation.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: i've been a part of multi billion dollar deals and advise on those deals as well it's this experience of public and private sector that puts me in an incredibly advantageous position to lead.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: And it's the fact that I am on beholden to others to political interests in the state to lobbyists and developers that puts me in.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: A differentiated position in this race, we have rejected donations from all lobbyists over the course of this campaign.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: And that's a hard thing to do when you're trying to raise a lot of money to run a district wide race like this, but we've been steadfast in our commitment to that we have not taken 10s of thousands of dollars in.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Money from the very developers that are ravishing my home city of revere and certainly your home neighborhood of the north end.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: And we are holding steadfast to that and i'd also like to address a final point my opponent has been all over the Boston Globe over the course of the past few days, laying into and criticizing my family.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: In personal attributes that I would never dream of criticizing.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: My criticisms are focused on policy they're focused on the record and they're focused on holding our elected officials who have absolutely failed us over the course of this pandemic and leaving this pandemic.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: accountable, that is what you get with me, that is what you have gotten over the duration of my tenure in public life.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: While serving as an elected official in the city of revere, and that is what you will get as a senator I will only be beholden to the folks in this district, the folks to which.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: I have strong ties that I will never ever forget I just sped through that for you all I know we don't have a ton of time, but i'm happy to answer any questions from from the audience, and again I do appreciate you all, having me here today on on this Monday night.

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Joel Faller: Sure, and i'll start I think again, thank you for coming out.

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Joel Faller: And the first question is that you know again appreciate you coming in coming into the North end.

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Joel Faller: or virtually at least.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: I was there, this morning.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: So I hope that.

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Joel Faller: accounts okay we've got glad to hear it.

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Joel Faller: But you know just it's hard to follow this race without kind of seeing a divide between.

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Joel Faller: revere and Boston.

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Joel Faller: and obviously you're the you're the you're the candidate from revere.

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Joel Faller: I want to give you the opportunity right now and make your pitch why you know why for us in the north end in Boston.

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Joel Faller: What in your background and experience.

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Joel Faller: is going to is going to help you represent those of us in this neighborhood and in Boston in general.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Thank you it's a great question and I divide my answer into two similar segments, the first is the fact that.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: I have strong roots to the north end, specifically, but all over Boston when my dad immigrated to this country in 72 he came to East Boston.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: that's what that was the sort of expansion point for my family, so I grew up visiting.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: The North end and East Boston almost every single weekend as a child, because my family was there, my connections were rooted there and i've been an active member of all of these communities.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: For many, many years, so there is that personal connection that allows me to understand and see what is coming what is on the horizon, but also gives me a sense of.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Strong accountability that I could never ever shake and the second point is of course the media makes this a Boston vs revere race, but you know know.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Boston and revere are not too different, they are especially the north end and revered, by the way they are areas that are undergoing rapid and unsustainable development that is forcing residents out at rates, never before seen.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Their areas that are falling victim to the corporatism of our post pandemic world outdoor dining I know has ravaged parts of the north end street ways has.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Increased congestion, we see similar issues in the city of revere and the educational situation in Boston is very similar to the city of revere they are both underserved educational districts that are particularly acutely impacted by.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: The resource void the cove it has caused my experience in leading the city reveres educational programs forward through this pandemic and after this pandemic.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: segues nicely into any experience in advocating for educational policy that will impact the city of Boston my experience in fighting against the abuses of big developers that have displaced so many of us that have.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: drastically altered and impacted our quality of lives in the city of revere segues nicely to my ability to do the same thing in the north end which.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: is obviously prone to developer interference and on the point of climate change and resilience state like the north and the city of revere is a coastal community, it is a city that is acutely impacted by adverse weather events.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: by sea level rise by all of these sorts of things which are drastically impacting our infrastructure and our ability to make that infrastructure, sustainable and useful going forward.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: The City of revere and Boston, particularly the parts of Boston that are represented by this district are not all two different in fact there are far more similarities than differences and I have a record of fighting for the city of revere that I will bring to Boston.

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Joel Faller: And I think you touched on it in your opening comments but I, you know I and probably many of us here did receive your your your Mailer.

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Joel Faller: Regarding, I guess, I would say, accusing your opponent of being beholden to developers and you know interesting to me because we're we're a board that you know deals with development of deals with the permitting for develop you know for.

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Joel Faller: development within the north end.

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Joel Faller: It just was wanted to know if you had a particular development mind I mean certainly the north end or.

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Joel Faller: Is there is there a developer, there are there, specific developments that you feel your opponent is supported in Boston that that she shouldn't have and was.

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Joel Faller: Based on donations that she received.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Sure, the the example I point to most readily it impacts my community and and it impacts East Boston particularly acutely is the Suffolk Downs development I don't know if you all have heard of it but it's a massive multi billion dollar project.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: That is going to change life, as we know it for everybody on the Ruby or Boston line my opponent has claimed to have fought for concessions from a.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Which is the lead developer on that project but simultaneously had campaigns bankrolled by those same developers ah, why am in this example that leads to a situation of undeniable.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: lack of accountability or accountability to developers, you cannot be taking money from the folks that you are claiming to fight against H y m is the biggest example and it's the example that.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: is most ugly in my mind, because of the abuses brought upon our own communities by H y am but you know all of the developers listed in that male or our developers, with significant interest in Boston including ah, why am, by the way, going forward, and again I don't take.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: This process of criticizing elected officials likely I criticize on the record, all that information is publicly available and oC PF.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: In it's fair game, it is, it is the record of the elected officials which we have with which we have been trusted our lives in our futures, you are never going to see me taking money from H y am or any of the major developers that are.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Again fundamentally altering the state of our communities and with regard to my specific development plan I focused on two things, all the way through.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: almost doubling the percent requirements.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: That different towns and cities have with Chapter 14 be of workforce, housing and particularly senior housing right now we are seeing a senior poverty crisis like never before in this country.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: It started to creep up after the financial crisis and oh 708, but it has been accelerated massively by the pandemic seniors who live on a fixed income cannot afford obviously the incredibly quickly rising rents of the area.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: They cannot afford quality of life with inflation that's at five 6% per year and doesn't look to be drastically reducing anytime soon, and if we are living in a world of extreme development, which is an inevitability right now, by the way, we need to be.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Receiving far greater concessions, then we have right now for our seniors of affordable housing, then, then, has been secured by our elected officials.

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Joel Faller: Okay i'm going to open up to the Council, we have just a couple minutes here anyone else on the Council have questions or Mr d'ambrosio.

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Joel Faller: Seeing none, I will risk allowing one I see one hand.

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Joel Faller: Ellen you.

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ELLEN and John: My.

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Joel Faller: Great great question and quickly answer, because I do see a counselor edwards online and yes.

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ELLEN and John: I wanted to say that I also got those mailers I live on tiles and street.

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ELLEN and John: And was really shocked, because we know lydia edwards you know she has served as our city council we've worked with her closely on a number of things.

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ELLEN and John: And we're not we don't know you and I just wanted to ask if you have any regrets about introducing yourselves to our Community through such a negative campaign because you have a lot of promise and you're probably.

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ELLEN and John: funded by other people perhaps your family So if you don't take money from developers, who is financing your campaign.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: publicly available again we have a wide array of donors, ranging from small business owners to folks in the Community, the vast majority of our money has come from those sources.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: And part from my own savings but, again, the vast majority of our funding has come from.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: You know, small business owners has come from local families throughout the district, and the accusations of my opponent of family funding which came out in the globe are.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Beyond scandalous what she's effectively accusing me of is a crime which is incredibly irresponsible considering her own.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: relationship with skirting the law as again it has been outlined in all of our mailings and i'm very proud to have a wonderful base in the north end who's been incredibly supportive been there, each of the last three days in particular and.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: excited for tomorrow i'll be back at some point so tomorrow, so if any of you all, are at the polls, I look forward to seeing you.

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Joel Faller: Okay, thank you, thank you for coming out and I, we did agree to have a strict timeline here and i'll let you I know you have a busy busy night probably had of you.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Thank you well stay warm.

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Anthony D’Ambrosio: Thank you.

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Joel Faller: Okay, thank you, thank you and I do see counselor edwards.

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Joel Faller: Starting you about a minute late, so you take take us, but you know take take the time that you need.

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Joel Faller: Go ahead.

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Lydia Edwards: Thank you, so I understand we have about 15 minutes right.

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Lydia Edwards: I know i'll speak a little bit.

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Lydia Edwards: i'm kind of do my closing arguments, if you will, and then i'll open up for questions and I came in on the tail end, and you know what I.

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Lydia Edwards: I don't see the point in responding to.

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Lydia Edwards: someone's description of who I am or my character anymore I don't see the point in that I, I have my record I have what I have done i've have what I who i've advocated for and.

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Lydia Edwards: My journey to be here to be asking for your vote to be or state Senator is one that i'm very proud of.

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Lydia Edwards: I come from a single mother who worked two jobs after retiring from the United States military I worked a job with my sister, we have to pay bills.

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Lydia Edwards: People drove us to scholarship meetings I know what it's like to be in a food line my mother and I, we would volunteer with share programs.

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Lydia Edwards: In order to get two bags of groceries you did to two hours of volunteer work, I know what it's like to struggle to be on different forms of free lunch in order to make it.

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Lydia Edwards: And here I am the first homeowner and my family, the first attorney in my family and I chose most of my legal career to be a legal services attorney.

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Lydia Edwards: And to fight for people to stay in their homes to fight against domestic violence, human trafficking, to change the law and to try and make this world a better place, and maybe a little less harder for other people who are growing up with single mothers God is, who I am.

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Lydia Edwards: And I have fought for this particular neighborhood of the north on on many different ways the policies i've pushed forward to slow down and curve our CPA which is out of hand is a homework petition at the statehouse.

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Lydia Edwards: I fought to give people a second chance, who have faced evictions, that is, at the statehouse.

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Lydia Edwards: I pass a law or domestic workers at the statehouse what I hope you're seeing is that the regional issues that we're dealing with whether it's our municipal harbor plan.

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Lydia Edwards: Whether it's our environmental injustices, the ability to have an inner harbor ferry the ability to plan our city is beyond now the City Council it's at the statehouse.

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Lydia Edwards: The fight for our neighborhood and what we need in our future and our children and our education, I want to take it to the statehouse.

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Lydia Edwards: And I think you've seen the fight that I brought I have done my best, in many cases, and I can tell you every single person likely on this zoom I have disagreed with and i've certainly agreed with.

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Lydia Edwards: been transparent about where I stood and why and, if anything, I think that speaks to our relationship for some of you it's almost familial sometimes we drive each other, nuts and sometimes we absolutely are 100 lockstep and defensive each other.

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Lydia Edwards: that's a good thing, because we're not i'm not anyone's bobblehead i'm not anyone's absolutist what I am trying to earn and have constantly trying to demonstrate is that our take decisions seriously.

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Lydia Edwards: I tried to earn your trust in each decision I make, and I am a human being and may make mistakes, but I will own up to them.

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Lydia Edwards: So I have been trained, I feel I have the skill set the life experience and the real lived experience as an advocate and legislator at 41 years old, to go to the statehouse and fight the most for our neighborhood.

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Lydia Edwards: So i'm going to leave it at that, in terms of like my closing argument and who, I am and i'm happy to answer any questions.

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Lydia Edwards: specifically about any laws or pending things as well, but thank you very much for giving this this opportunity to speak.

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Lydia Edwards: Of course, I asked for your vote on December 14.

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Joel Faller: Thank you counsel edwards um.

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Joel Faller: I think you you definitely touched on it a bit, but I did want to ask you you've been you've been with us for almost four years here is our counselor.

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Joel Faller: Why.

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Joel Faller: Why can you serve us better in the Senate, as opposed to continuing as our city councilor.

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Lydia Edwards: So that the issues that are facing our neighborhoods are beyond anyone's cities, complete and total control at this point the opioid crisis we're seeing it can increasingly in the north end i've heard it people told me about it.

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Lydia Edwards: The lack of an inner harbor ferry water transportation or municipal harbor plan or lack thereof.

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Lydia Edwards: All of these things require statehouse action and they require a regional approach.

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Lydia Edwards: And so I feel my advocacy has gotten to a level where I need to I need to meet these home rules that i'm writing about our own zoning unique the city of Boston is so unique that our zoning is controlled more by the State house and local folks.

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Lydia Edwards: And I want to be able to be there and to give back the autonomy and respect to our neighborhoods that we deserve as a as a state Senator and I feel of.

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Lydia Edwards: In this race i'm the person who knows that the most i've written the most legislation, I understand that the whole home will procedures in a way it intimately that I can come in there from from day one, fighting for us.

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Joel Faller: And yeah I don't know how much you could you caught about the quiz from the questioning with Mr d'ambrosio but I had asked him about the mailers.

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Joel Faller: You know we're not used to all that much negative negative campaigning here in North end, and you know asked him to sort of explain any specific complaints that he had regarding developers he pointed to Suffolk downs.

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Joel Faller: You know okay well, let me just.

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Lydia Edwards: Speak to Suffolk downs.

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Joel Faller: So I wanted to give you an opportunity in general to to to respond as you as you want to to the Mailer and his comments.

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Lydia Edwards: Well, I won't respond to his comments, I will speak to any concerns that you might have about the factual inaccuracies in them.

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Lydia Edwards: Both candidates have taken donations from developers majority of my developer developer donations came from one event, it was the affordable housing developer event I hosted.

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Lydia Edwards: That was hosted for me by people who've been fighting for affordable housing, I have the most affordable housing units in my district, and many of those developers are part of public private partnerships.

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Lydia Edwards: With regards to Suffolk downs, you will note that the donations, that I received from Tom o'brien came after.

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Lydia Edwards: The entire deal was negotiated and that was on purpose, I never saw his support until I was running for this seat, and by that I mean.

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Lydia Edwards: A seat, where I would not be in control of the zoning and day to day of Suffolk downs, and I wanted that to be very clear.

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Lydia Edwards: What I will be part of which i'm very excited with Suffolk Downs in this particular state is helping with the transportation infrastructure.

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Lydia Edwards: and helping with some of the arpa funds and infrastructure dollars to come and help build what I hope to be the newest most equitable affordable beautiful neighborhood that we will build together with revere.

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Lydia Edwards: I can speak honestly to that whole entire process, because I was actually there.

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Lydia Edwards: He was not.

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Lydia Edwards: I don't know you know it's much easy it's so easy to attack somebody record when you don't have one and that's all i'll say about that.

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Joel Faller: yeah i'm going to open up to the rest of the Council, any any other questions from the Council.

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iPhone 13 Pro: lydia tanya green real quickly just Happy Birthday i'm sure it's been a long.

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iPhone 13 Pro: Day, but Happy Birthday to you.

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Joel Faller: Happy birthday.

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Lydia Edwards: Thank you.

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Lydia Edwards: very much.

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Joel Faller: Okay, any anyone else from the Council.

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Joel Faller: Okay i'm going to turn it over to the public in the first hand that I see is a familiar one.

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Joel Faller: For counselor and words.

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Joel Faller: So go with Stephen past and tilly.

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stephen passacantilli: I am I would I don't have a question counselor I just, I just wanted to.

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stephen passacantilli: make a few comments, I know how how difficult campaigns can be and.

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stephen passacantilli: I just wanted folks to know that.

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stephen passacantilli: You know, we concert rapids and myself, we had a very long seven month campaign in 2017 and you know, things were done i'm very amicably and I am.

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stephen passacantilli: Someone who i'm a supervisor order i'm very engaged you guys all know me most of you know me and the reason I want to speak to Nice because you know.

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stephen passacantilli: I think it's important to understand how difficult it is to be an elected official on these times and.

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stephen passacantilli: i'm you know i'm not a resident who is you know hell bent on one issue, you know I know there are a lot of things that are happening in the city, but I can tell you the last four years we've had.

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stephen passacantilli: A very, very, very good ally and lydia and you know growing up in this neighborhood and in in.

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stephen passacantilli: In kind of measuring people you know I want someone that I know and pardon my language, but when the shit hits the fan I want someone who's just going to stand behind me and I don't have to worry about looking behind me and making sure that they are she is.

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stephen passacantilli: always there, she is not afraid, believe me when I tell you, she is very, very, very she just gets at she just gets at it and I appreciate her style.

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stephen passacantilli: I appreciate all her hard work, I appreciate all the issues she's you know passionate about I know she's a portable housing advocate I know she's worked.

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stephen passacantilli: In the past, for mayor Walsh and housing stabilization on division and she's done a lot of really good work, and she does things for the right reasons not suggesting that her opponent.

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stephen passacantilli: doesn't do things for the right reasons i'm just telling you that my experience working in City Hall and 15 years.

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stephen passacantilli: she's she's pretty that's it she's pretty rare it's very rare to find an elected official who is who's willing to stick their neck out and really put on the line, so I just want to just put that out there and I wish you the best tomorrow happy birthday and good luck.

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Joel Faller: Okay.

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Joel Faller: Any other any other public questions, a.

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Joel Faller: I will go to Alan Hume, if there is no one else because I didn't want to she's she's she's got a second but I don't see anyone else, right now, so we'll go to Alan.

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Joel Faller: But you're muted, though.

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ELLEN and John: yeah i'm sorry I didn't I didn't mean to raise my hand I was meaning to put the clapping.

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ELLEN and John: icon up to say that I think Stephen made some very eloquent comments and I was just surprised that that young man chose to introduce himself to that negative campaign, because as Stephen points out, it doesn't have to be that way, so thank you and Happy Birthday lydia.

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Joel Faller: Thank you any any other questions for the counselor.

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Joel Faller: give you a you got well you got to yet three three minutes if you if you have any any any additional closing are I know you amanda closing argument but you've gotta gotta gotta.

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Lydia Edwards: Well i'll just say this, there is, I just want folks not to be confused or turned away if you have a mail in ballot and haven't turned it in, please do not mail it Okay, at this point.

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Lydia Edwards: don't walk it into the into the polls either they will take it from you, and they there might be some confusion as to whether you voted or not, if you have a mail in ballot put into dropbox at City Hall if that's how you choose to vote.

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Lydia Edwards: or don't take it with you and just vote personally.

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Lydia Edwards: that's where we're encouraging folks I know some people have mail in ballots for their friends for their seniors for people in the neighborhood put them in the ballot do not take them to the polls, and you can put them in the dropbox until eight o'clock tomorrow.

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Joel Faller: That I see actually Murray.

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Joel Faller: From the Council has has her hand up Marie.

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Marie S.: I just want to wish video a happy.

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Marie S.: birthday until let her know she knows, she has my fault, I wish you luck tomorrow.

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Lydia Edwards: Thank you.

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Joel Faller: Thank you and I.

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Joel Faller: just repeat what I said at the beginning that.

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Joel Faller: The seat does not turn over often this is important election, there is a lot going on right now it's a lot of stake.

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Joel Faller: No matter who you support, it is very important that everybody cast a vote these these things are you know it's it's not okay that that.

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Joel Faller: We return these seats over with a 15% 15% voter participation rates just not, I think i'm probably speaking to the wrong people, because I think the you know the folks that are engaged enough.

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Joel Faller: To come in at seven o'clock on a Monday and middle the holiday season, to listen to this are, I think you guys are are hopefully hopefully have already voted.

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Joel Faller: But if not we'll definitely make it out there tomorrow, but you know, everybody here everybody here who's who's on and listening.

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Joel Faller: You know even even if you've already voted, even if you're, you are absolutely certain you're voting tomorrow.

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Joel Faller: You know, talk to your friends talk to your neighbors you know, we really do the north end proud let's have a let's have let's have a big big turnout tomorrow.

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Joel Faller: And that I thank you counselor which were coming in and wish you luck tomorrow and.

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Joel Faller: Again, and happy birthday.

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Lydia Edwards: Thanks take care good night.

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Joel Faller: So.

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Joel Faller: next item is the update on the old North church I is it, I see Catherine Matthews is Nikki or is it just just Catherine.

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Joel Faller: you're muted, though Okay, thank you.

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catherinematthews: I don't see Nikki yet so if you don't mind i'll get the.

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Joel Faller: Good.

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catherinematthews: Thank you, everybody it's really a pleasure to be here to represent old North I wanted to let you know that we, as you probably do know we reopen site in April, after a 13 month closure.

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catherinematthews: And while visitors have returned we we did hit about 40% of our 2019 ticket sales and we're happy with that.

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catherinematthews: We feel that it's it's indicative of better things to come and we are very optimistic the will get us closer to pre pandemic operational numbers.

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catherinematthews: And I wanted to share that while we were closed We took that opportunity to develop a new strategic plan for our Foundation, which includes a vision that I am so.

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catherinematthews: overjoyed with that I have to share with you our vision is a future in which everyone will see their stories struggles and hopes.

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catherinematthews: reflected in places of prominence and our shared American history and in which everyone will have the wisdom tools access and passion necessary to build inclusive and equitable community.

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catherinematthews: So to that end, we are developing curricula and enrichment materials that are available to teachers across the country.

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catherinematthews: at no cost so if any of you are teachers, no teachers might know teachers, please reach out to them and let them know that we are a resource for them.

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catherinematthews: We are developing curricula that look at the colonial chocolate trade as a way of understanding slavery trade cross cultural influences in colonial Boston.

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catherinematthews: let's see we're going to reopen we're going to let see the end of this month we're going to close for a little bit.

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catherinematthews: it's very quiet period for us we'll take some time to dig deep and do some more work, and then we will be open for school vacation week and then open again for the season on march 12.

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catherinematthews: And Nikki would have my head if I didn't recommend that every single one of you visit old nurse gift shop and do your last minute Christmas shopping there, so thank you so much for your time and i'm happy if you have any questions to answer them.

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Joel Faller: Thanks a lot thanks a lot for coming in any questions from the Council.

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Joel Faller: Any any questions from the public.

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Joel Faller: appreciate everything you do, and thank you, thank you for coming in.

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Joel Faller: And then we're.

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Joel Faller: Moving on to the last agenda item, part two, going bananas petition to change the legal occupancy of the building to take out and for retail liquor license.

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Joel Faller: We That was a little typo on the agenda item, it was.

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Joel Faller: presented in table at the November meeting.

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Joel Faller: And i'll pick it up with Stephen peskin tilly.

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Joel Faller: For well i'll let you, you have any any updates anything to add from your your last presentation.

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stephen passacantilli: So i'm The good thing tonight is that I have.

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stephen passacantilli: frank sure re on.

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stephen passacantilli: The zoom as well, and he is the owner and operator of going bananas and, as Mr fallon has noted we're here we're here last month in the.

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stephen passacantilli: vote was tabled until the owners of both wild caught salmon street the liquor store and Mr sure a met in which they did they met.

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stephen passacantilli: A couple weeks back and i'm going to have maybe Mr sure re give the details, but just to reiterate what what we're looking for here is a.

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stephen passacantilli: Good looking to change change legal occupancy of the building to take out, which is called a 36 and then.

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stephen passacantilli: They will apply for a retail beer and wine retail beer and wine is a package license it's not a pouring license but i'm not gonna bore you guys again with frank's history i'm just gonna let him speak and give you a little update on what uh what.

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stephen passacantilli: What kind of conversation you had with the folks at the wild duck and.

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stephen passacantilli: In a little bit.

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stephen passacantilli: Of a history on his restaurant on his store and why he wants to beer, wine retail So if you can give them frank, the floor, that would be great.

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Joel Faller: sure.

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Joel Faller: Alright, Tim OK.

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frank scire: I can hear me.

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Joel Faller: I can hear you yeah I can't see are you.

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Joel Faller: You are you out of camera I can hear, are you did just mute or no i'm sorry i've looked at the looking at the wrong box.

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frank scire: can't seem to get it to cure harrington right now.

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frank scire: I do something wrong.

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Joel Faller: Sorry.

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frank scire: All right, what if I did speak is that OK, with everyone.

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Joel Faller: Go ahead go ahead.

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frank scire: All right, i'll just speak my name is frank charade I own going bananas marketplace at 64 sales street.

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frank scire: been there for 35 years started out as a small food store back in 1986 when there was a lot of shots in the north, then that would just strictly one item and that's how people used to shop years ago.

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frank scire: meet mark and a fish market proves markets, health and beauty stores, we all remember to catch so you know it was great I love the neighborhood.

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frank scire: started working when I was 13 and you can make it 11 to sell one item and then 12 years ago I had the opportunity to move across the street to a newer facility that I was.

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frank scire: A God get a little bit more a lot more space actually that I had and it definitely save that so it was it made by business, be able to survive.

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frank scire: because everyone knows things change and there's no way that I would still be around today if I still have a little fruit store.

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frank scire: So over the years i've just had to add more items and just you know be relative and it worked out great you know we did well enabled and they would always supported us and still does, to this day.

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frank scire: And then, a few years back, we had Roche brothers we've been to my left and as everyone knows, they have a large selection which nowadays, people are strapped for time.

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frank scire: You know they don't have time to go look at different items in different places, and you know time is valuable and things have changed people's needs have changed and we've been able to adapt.

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frank scire: And you know with entrepreneurs coming in that take some business away, and then a couple years ago star market and move to my right and we all know what stock market has everything.

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frank scire: And so you know, I have to adapt again and I have to give them what they want, things have changed, you know, on deliveries drizzle and dozens of other delivery services that offer all the products so that's why I want to introduce paranoid to my customers.

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frank scire: it's the number one item that people have asked for over the years by far and i'm not looking to put a huge selection I don't want to be a liquor store and I want to sell them that.

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frank scire: I just want to give them an option to grab a six pack or a bottle of wine to join with them meal after dinner, because if they come to my store most likely that's what they're doing they're going to say on that night.

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frank scire: And i'm just fighting to survive and, like every other small business that went before me in the north, that.

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frank scire: As many of you know you know when I first started in 1986 God probably every 80% of the businesses that were there then i'm not there today on my street alone.

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frank scire: there's only two places that are still open, since I opened and that's me and Paul carries so things change every day, you know I don't want to make more work for me and my employees, but I feel it's a necessity to survive.

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frank scire: And to answer the question of.

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frank scire: The meeting I had with Marty, and he owns a wild duck liquor store up the street i've known Mike for many years he's a gentleman.

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frank scire: I was happy to meet with him, he told me his concerns you know, obviously taking business away from him I assured him that.

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frank scire: i'm certainly not doing the application to hurt anyone not at all, just like you know restaurants operate all over the north end, and you know they thrive and they help each other.

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frank scire: You know, we need to also live, so I you know i'm doing this to survive, not to hurt my do anybody else i'm the only store in the neighborhood that I know of.

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frank scire: That does not have bear in mind and including the supermarkets, including you know some other people at the waterfront.

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frank scire: Many Convenience Stores almost all the Convenience Stores sell better life, so you know and now with home delivery, you know people can get 24 hours a day.

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frank scire: So I just informed that I have, I told him I have one store it's my livelihood, I am not I don't know you know multiple locations.

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frank scire: You know I know Marty for many years ago guy he understands revenue.

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frank scire: And he asked me not to go forward, because he feels that would hurt his business and I told them, you know i'm sorry, but this is my livelihood like you know it's what feeds my family it's what feeds my employees families.

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frank scire: Many of them have been there many, many years, you know as many of you know, the code in the shop, you see the same people all the time that special you know that's the reason why we're able to survive because people appreciate that nowadays didn't have a.

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frank scire: Local market that they recognize the same people every day, you know you don't get that that many other places, so um so you know I told I told me already that you know i'm going to go forward and I hope he understands, and so I asked for your support tonight.

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Joel Faller: Thanks for coming in.

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Joel Faller: When.

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Joel Faller: When you were here last month.

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Joel Faller: There was, I was told we had there was a large amount of support letters I asked for them, I did not.

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Joel Faller: did not get and I did not get them just is that something that that you have and what the Council to consider is that.

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Joel Faller: Are we just going what we have.

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stephen passacantilli: Well, I have, can you hear me God.

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Joel Faller: Yes, I go.

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stephen passacantilli: Okay, so we have letters um but they're predated so I don't want to send ones that with data from prior so what we're gonna do is we're just going to try to accumulate those again and bring those before the liquor license on.

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stephen passacantilli: The licensing board in the bba I just I mean I can forward, I can scan them to you, but they're they're from his prior application so I just felt more comfortable getting more updated ones I when I looked at them, they were dated.

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Joel Faller: So we are in, are we are we looking at multiple.

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Joel Faller: People signing pretty much the same identical letter that's been circulated or.

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stephen passacantilli: Yes, it was basically a letter supporting.

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stephen passacantilli: But if the generic letter yeah.

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Joel Faller: Correct understood.

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Joel Faller: Okay, actually so we'll uh.

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stephen passacantilli: But God, can I just interject.

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Joel Faller: If you're still going you're still going on, I thought were.

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stephen passacantilli: to just say one more thing I have spoken with my local.

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stephen passacantilli: Elected I spoke to counsel redwoods typically waits for the enabler process to to be finalized before she takes a position so we're going to wait on on on her decision.

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stephen passacantilli: We have a letter from new row in support, and we also have supportive of representative Michael wits so I just wanted to put that out there.

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Joel Faller: Right, thank you.

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Joel Faller: Any other any questions from the Council.

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Kevin Fleming: I do have a question I can't remember if I asked this last time it was unclear what are the hours you're going to be selling beer and wine again.

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stephen passacantilli: frank, can you hear me if you can can you answer that I, you can give more detailed operator.

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frank scire: I i'm not sure I believe but i'd like to do 10am till 9pm.

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Kevin Fleming: Okay, and one of the wild ducks hours we blow.

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Gregory Demakis: Money one of the wild ducks hours.

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Gregory Demakis: smitty can anybody hear.

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Smitty Patel: me yeah it's 10 to 11.

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Gregory Demakis: Okay, thank you.

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Kevin Fleming: Okay, thanks.

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Joel Faller: Okay Murray, has her hand up.

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Joel Faller: Oh.

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Joel Faller: Okay, I think you just connected in or you're now muted Marie.

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Joel Faller: And yeah.

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Joel Faller: unmute yourself.

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Joel Faller: emery.

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Marie S.: Okay, I bought you couldn't sell liquor before noon Chang.

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stephen passacantilli: You may be right Murray, but um and I think I think that is the case of, for I think frank just gave is is pretty much as hours of operation.

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stephen passacantilli: I mean obviously we're going to abide by the policies and the regulations of the city of boston's licensing board so if we can can't sell until noon, then we don't sell till noon.

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Marie S.: Okay, thanks, thank you.

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frank scire: Maria.

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frank scire: i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry you're probably right and, as I had said at the very beginning i'm not sure what the city's rules were and that's what I always find when I said I wasn't sure what the city rules were.

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frank scire: Yahoo does operation for us is that, but we obviously will not sell a bottle until you know there's a there's a little interest in fact to this with retail.

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frank scire: You know, with with liquor is that you set your computer's your POs systems to the hours of operation to the city, so we couldn't scan a sale until that so like on Sundays it's a little different than a week, but of course we will reply by all the last day.

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Marie S.: Okay.

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Joel Faller: Any other questions from the Council.

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Joel Faller: rory.

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Rory Harrington: yeah good question in regards to the public need you know I understand franken can certainly.

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Rory Harrington: be compassionate that you know, there are.

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Rory Harrington: You have competitors that are able to offer the same products that you have without they have the liquor license but can you maybe speak to what you think public public need is.

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Rory Harrington: And whether you've heard personally from residents that are looking to purchase alcohol from your store and are unable to do so.

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stephen passacantilli: Nancy now frank.

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frank scire: You know what both of us can i'll give my two cents real quick Stephen I appreciate that concern.

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frank scire: But you know as far as the public need goes is the public need is for grocery store and then i'm the only grocery store really in the north end.

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frank scire: And if you don't need a grocery store in the north bend to survive, you know my neighborhood should be supporting 100% I mean it's me to do what I love to do in a neighborhood that i've been in my whole life that I love.

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Sean Brennan: up the only.

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frank scire: Alternative is if I can't you know there's only so many apples and.

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frank scire: But peanut butters you can sell your, this is an item that yes, my customers keep asking for.

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frank scire: Yes, i'd like to offer and that's the need, because my customers have the need, and if the North and lights have a grocery store, then I need you to support me because things change every day in business, every day, and if you don't change.

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frank scire: You know you move on, so that's it Stephen if you have anything else to add.

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stephen passacantilli: I would just say a few things.

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stephen passacantilli: In prior to.

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stephen passacantilli: From 2006 to 2020 I worked at City Hall, I worked for district city councilor prior sell them and Tina and I work from a Walsh and i've been involved.

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stephen passacantilli: Not just in the north end but throughout the city with issues like this, whether it's owning or whether it's the licensing board, and you know the public neat thing.

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stephen passacantilli: You know, as a noun as a citizen and not a bureaucrat I have you know I can basically say how I really feel about the the whole public need process, I understand that that's the threshold, you know, but when I look around the North end, you know I can you know i'm not going to.

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stephen passacantilli: there's a couple of restaurants and have just opened, and they have been issued beer and wines in one of them has been issued a all alcohol license in the threshold is still the same for for the pouring licenses as well it's public need I mean.

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stephen passacantilli: Is there really a public need for another beer and wine pouring and pouring and then in the neighborhood and the answer is probably no but those establishments have received that because it helps them.

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stephen passacantilli: It helps them significantly financially and it's it's you know, sometimes people aren't going to go eat unless they can be offered beer and wine off a deal elk so.

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stephen passacantilli: I understand people's concerns and I understand what the public need threshold is and we get that but um you know when you look around.

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stephen passacantilli: You know there's a lot of inconsistencies in the city with how we do zoning and how we do the licensing stuff so I guess i'll leave that up to the licensing board and up to you guys when you when you take your votes.

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Joel Faller: hey.

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Joel Faller: Any other questions from the Council.

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Joel Faller: see a hand up from wills phone if you could identify yourself and your address, and unmute yourself first.

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Will's iPhone: hey can y'all hear me.

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Will's iPhone: Yes, hey to answer so i'm i'm uh i'm living i'm living over endicott street, but my my questions.

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Will's iPhone: Even were.

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Joel Faller: i'm sorry what's your name.

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Will's iPhone: Will down.

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Will's iPhone: But my question is to frank and Stephen I guess would be if the public need for a liquor license would allow you all to bring beer and wine into the store.

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01:04:45.990 --> 01:04:54.180
Will's iPhone: Where would we go to get groceries in the north and if you're going to take an already such a small store like you just mentioned frank and add in shelving for beer and wine.

479
01:04:54.690 --> 01:05:05.220
Will's iPhone: Where are we going to get stuff like groceries or fruit, vegetables, etc, if you're going to take such a small store and compress your inventory down and add in new stuff.

480
01:05:08.550 --> 01:05:15.690
Will's iPhone: I don't know I guess my are you going to be if there's only one grocery store in the north end, how are you going to try and fit more stuff into it without adding additional floorspace.

481
01:05:17.640 --> 01:05:24.510
frank scire: Sure, well, I thank you for your question i've given it a lot of thought you know before I started this process, you know.

482
01:05:25.170 --> 01:05:39.060
frank scire: A matter of holding on when you're don't have a lot of spaces to try and utilize it is that anybody, that is, that this meeting knows the chopped in my store we're pretty good at getting a lot of product and a small amount of space and become a master at.

483
01:05:40.530 --> 01:05:45.450
frank scire: Really, and so i've gotten out very well and i'm not taking out.

484
01:05:46.290 --> 01:05:55.890
frank scire: Hardly any product at all i'm just moving stuff around I had some wouldn't shelving made that i'm using right now for other things, but it hopefully I go for i'll have them ready.

485
01:05:56.790 --> 01:06:05.100
frank scire: But I assure you that almost every item that you see my store right now will still be there, it just might be moved around a little bit I don't know how much higher I can go are already said.

486
01:06:07.110 --> 01:06:11.700
frank scire: It you know and we're not putting a huge selection like I said I don't want to be a liquor store I don't you know.

487
01:06:12.180 --> 01:06:24.780
frank scire: I have enough items that I have to take care of it's going to be a little selection of beer crap crap years and years, and some wines and that's it, you know so hopefully everyone will enjoy it Thank you.

488
01:06:25.770 --> 01:06:34.590
Will's iPhone: yeah, with all due respect, Sir, I understand what you're saying, but you've already got three liquor stores in the north end between the golden goose the duck and the guy over on hand over street.

489
01:06:35.700 --> 01:06:38.130
Will's iPhone: What do we really need that been a licensed in the neighborhood.

490
01:06:39.420 --> 01:06:39.600
frank scire: They.

491
01:06:39.870 --> 01:06:40.950
Will's iPhone: don't mean any disrespect.

492
01:06:41.460 --> 01:06:49.920
frank scire: No, no, no, no, no well well respectfully um you know their liquor stores I you know if they wanted to sell bananas, I certainly wouldn't say anything and.

493
01:06:50.820 --> 01:07:05.430
frank scire: You know if that if that these just had any marriage, I mean I guess there's only be flops arrest restaurants in the north and still I mean you know, whatever I guess we all stopped each other from doing business, if you want to, but you know i'm just telling you where i'm at.

494
01:07:06.960 --> 01:07:10.080
frank scire: i've always given this neighborhood everything i've had.

495
01:07:11.520 --> 01:07:20.850
frank scire: And i'd like to continue to do so, I feel that it's a it's a good service for the neighbors and we get a lot of positive feedback and we love what we're doing.

496
01:07:22.110 --> 01:07:24.810
frank scire: And we just want to continue to do it, thank you.

497
01:07:30.420 --> 01:07:33.840
Joel Faller: Okay, and we got a hand up for Sean brennan.

498
01:07:38.760 --> 01:07:39.720
Sean Brennan: hello, how are you.

499
01:07:40.200 --> 01:07:40.530
I.

500
01:07:41.610 --> 01:07:56.430
Sean Brennan: I haven't attended one of these in a while, but i'm the former President treasurer of the friends that are in library been here for 17 years and did have a couple of questions with regard to the neighborhood just because.

501
01:07:57.900 --> 01:08:02.430
Sean Brennan: i've always set aside the sales and the promises for a moment.

502
01:08:03.450 --> 01:08:09.090
Sean Brennan: largest margin is always going to be tobacco and alcohol, tobacco you can't do all you can.

503
01:08:11.070 --> 01:08:18.480
Sean Brennan: go in, but, as is gone pretty well without it you're not out of business you're in business, as you said, you've done it for decades.

504
01:08:20.220 --> 01:08:25.290
Sean Brennan: Why would we need another liquor store within another block of a liquor store and also.

505
01:08:26.730 --> 01:08:35.790
Sean Brennan: There cannot be a motivation beyond financial for this if that's the case I don't mind that being stated outright but.

506
01:08:36.960 --> 01:08:39.180
Sean Brennan: I think brass tacks of the best way to go about things.

507
01:08:43.470 --> 01:08:45.570
Sean Brennan: Questions right directed to frank frankly.

508
01:08:48.420 --> 01:08:59.250
frank scire: hi Sean yes, thank you for the question I will go on record as what this is being recorded that I will never sell tobacco in that establishment.

509
01:09:01.260 --> 01:09:02.010
Sean Brennan: same process probably.

510
01:09:02.670 --> 01:09:11.100
frank scire: Like you know you pose that question, so you said, why do we need a lot of liquor store i'm not asking to be i'm not asking for a liquor license.

511
01:09:11.730 --> 01:09:23.460
frank scire: that's not what I wanted to I, as I said, and you said you know promises but yeah my goal is to just do that I don't want to own a liquor store, you know respectfully I don't want.

512
01:09:24.480 --> 01:09:40.290
frank scire: If you know you know you don't know me Sean people who know me know that i'm passionate about what I do i'm not doing this because I want to do something else, I want to continue to grow so that's what I am that's what i've always wanted to be as far as financial gain it's more survival.

513
01:09:41.370 --> 01:09:51.090
frank scire: You know, totally hear what is inflation well, let me tell you it's real inflation is real it's rapid and the cost of doing business has skyrocketed over the last couple years.

514
01:09:51.420 --> 01:09:56.190
frank scire: So this is a survival survival thing not a millionaire and trust me i'm not being billionaire so.

515
01:09:57.930 --> 01:09:59.100
frank scire: But thank you.

516
01:10:00.630 --> 01:10:00.930
Okay.

517
01:10:02.070 --> 01:10:05.790
Sean Brennan: i'm sorry continue just for a moment.

518
01:10:06.300 --> 01:10:07.200
frank scire: Oh sure i'm sorry.

519
01:10:07.470 --> 01:10:08.730
Joel Faller: brief brief briefly.

520
01:10:09.360 --> 01:10:16.830
Sean Brennan: yeah no I mean my question, I guess, ultimately, was going to be really wasn't do I think you're going to become a liquor store I know you're not.

521
01:10:18.660 --> 01:10:27.330
Sean Brennan: you're one of the two primary growth goals in the north and golden goose does have a liquor license they keep it to what they have in the front there.

522
01:10:28.770 --> 01:10:47.640
Sean Brennan: They do their dwells sort of population that shows up you'd get a significant larger portion of that being closer to canal street in that part of the neighborhood and things along those lines and, to be honest, all due respect to the duck they're not exactly the classes clientele either.

523
01:10:49.350 --> 01:11:00.720
Sean Brennan: When you also be inviting in an element you wouldn't want to your store that is already respected and Nice and has a great staff and inconsistent staff and.

524
01:11:01.170 --> 01:11:07.920
Sean Brennan: People in paper and frankly you're going to be inviting and then you say no NIPs but there's no.

525
01:11:08.820 --> 01:11:26.880
Sean Brennan: Language in a license that says you're not going to eventually they are profitable and they are kind of a inevitable place where you'll end up tall boys, etc, and today it's all gone so it makes things worse increases violence, it makes the neighborhood worse and we've already got.

526
01:11:28.230 --> 01:11:35.790
Sean Brennan: Plenty of that, so to speak, I don't see how it will improve and anything but your bottom line.

527
01:11:36.810 --> 01:11:41.040
Sean Brennan: Other than the neighborhood being then deemed a little bit more.

528
01:11:45.240 --> 01:11:47.040
frank scire: So Sean to respond to that.

529
01:11:48.180 --> 01:11:48.480
Joel Faller: I.

530
01:11:48.510 --> 01:11:53.010
frank scire: don't really know anything about other establishments.

531
01:11:54.270 --> 01:12:00.930
frank scire: I don't think that anyone is going to be drinking more than city of Boston whether I have this license or not so i'm not worried that.

532
01:12:03.900 --> 01:12:09.570
frank scire: i'm there, I mean you know how many of these establishments you talking that do get granted these licenses.

533
01:12:10.590 --> 01:12:15.990
frank scire: almost always almost always to survive again like Stephen said, you know we're not doing this.

534
01:12:16.410 --> 01:12:26.040
frank scire: You know these restaurants right supporting the restaurants, because they need it, that you know they need know because what's what's what our local businesses and everybody in the city knows it.

535
01:12:27.480 --> 01:12:27.960
frank scire: So.

536
01:12:28.590 --> 01:12:29.460
frank scire: All right, all right.

537
01:12:29.760 --> 01:12:32.640
Joel Faller: we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna move on a.

538
01:12:34.290 --> 01:12:34.590
frank scire: little bit.

539
01:12:34.650 --> 01:12:35.730
frank scire: But i'm there.

540
01:12:35.790 --> 01:12:41.310
frank scire: And all that other places I don't know if the owners are there, but i'm there every day so that's the big difference.

541
01:12:41.700 --> 01:12:42.870
Sean Brennan: it's a class element.

542
01:12:43.290 --> 01:12:43.710
Okay.

543
01:12:45.120 --> 01:12:49.980
Joel Faller: i'm gonna move on move on to Gregory to Marcus Thank you.

544
01:12:50.730 --> 01:12:51.060
Sean Brennan: Thank you.

545
01:12:51.120 --> 01:12:54.600
Joel Faller: Right you're here as an attorney for the wild duck.

546
01:12:55.680 --> 01:13:12.330
Gregory Demakis: Yes, my client Gemini patel's on the line, together with a husband Marty patel mustache patel and, yes, I spoke last at the last meeting and i'm not I won't I won't repeat i'll be very brief.

547
01:13:13.410 --> 01:13:25.770
Gregory Demakis: But it's not one or two or three stores this this this already seven stores within a radius of two miles of got going bananas would sell liquor a beer and wine to 10s of 10s of the month.

548
01:13:26.820 --> 01:13:27.840
Gregory Demakis: And in.

549
01:13:29.460 --> 01:13:34.620
Gregory Demakis: frank, I understand what he's saying and the ABC has said.

550
01:13:36.720 --> 01:13:41.100
Gregory Demakis: A ground for objection is not competition, but on the other hand, a ground for.

551
01:13:42.390 --> 01:13:51.480
Gregory Demakis: The proposition for a license is also not competition he's saying he's fighting to survive well my client just bought the store.

552
01:13:52.890 --> 01:14:01.590
Gregory Demakis: A few months ago, and she has an enormous monthly month, not on a note and she's fighting to survive everybody's fighting to survive.

553
01:14:02.880 --> 01:14:12.030
Gregory Demakis: But, but when she invested in it, she figured that the you know the neighborhood was saturated it and it would be stable as far as liquor licenses go.

554
01:14:13.860 --> 01:14:25.380
Gregory Demakis: This this this several licenses that now, one of the interesting the wording in the Statute goes doesn't just say serve the public need.

555
01:14:25.860 --> 01:14:36.810
Gregory Demakis: But it also the purpose of the chapter 138 is to provide, in the opinion of the licensing authorities inadequate number of places at which the public may obtain.

556
01:14:37.170 --> 01:14:46.410
Gregory Demakis: The different sorts of beverages for sale well as an APP is more than inadequate number of places and for the convenience of his customers, there are only 249.

557
01:14:46.680 --> 01:14:56.310
Gregory Demakis: feet away from the wild duck it's not like anybody's asked him to get in a car on you know take take a subway to go to the next nearest place it's it's a.

558
01:14:57.480 --> 01:14:58.590
Gregory Demakis: hop skip and a jump.

559
01:15:00.660 --> 01:15:10.200
Gregory Demakis: Finally, the petitioners, as I said that, I mean frankie said that and and Steve is pointed out that they have several letters and.

560
01:15:11.820 --> 01:15:25.050
Gregory Demakis: People in favor and likewise we've collected a petition with several hundred signatures of people live in the north end who are who are in opposition, and we can email those do tomorrow.

561
01:15:27.450 --> 01:15:29.340
Gregory Demakis: We can get those to you if you want, but.

562
01:15:30.450 --> 01:15:36.510
Gregory Demakis: I think the issue remains the same it's not a petition issue was the most people it's not.

563
01:15:36.840 --> 01:15:50.760
Gregory Demakis: A competition issue it's a public need issue and that's what the Statute says, and is there an adequate number of stores and I don't think anybody can argue that it's not and we appreciate him taking the time to meet with my client and they've.

564
01:15:51.870 --> 01:15:55.380
Gregory Demakis: been you know friends with each other they're.

565
01:15:56.670 --> 01:15:59.220
Gregory Demakis: gone along with each other for many years, but it's just.

566
01:16:01.290 --> 01:16:05.220
Gregory Demakis: Something that we remain strongly in opposition to.

567
01:16:05.640 --> 01:16:09.480
Joel Faller: Okay, I, I have a couple questions that maybe both of you can.

568
01:16:10.860 --> 01:16:12.540
Joel Faller: Help illuminate for me.

569
01:16:14.490 --> 01:16:20.460
Joel Faller: Is there currently a scarcity of these licenses not not the poor licenses but.

570
01:16:22.530 --> 01:16:30.120
Joel Faller: You know I know there's a limit I know there's a limited amount, are we, is there a scarcity of licenses being given out right now.

571
01:16:31.170 --> 01:16:34.050
Joel Faller: For in store sales of wine and beer.

572
01:16:35.160 --> 01:16:43.500
Joel Faller: If you either missed either attorney to Marcus or Stephen or or frank if you're aware.

573
01:16:45.390 --> 01:16:52.110
stephen passacantilli: I mean we're applying with known I mean we're not applying because we know that there's a license up there he's just putting an application forward and.

574
01:16:53.250 --> 01:17:01.740
stephen passacantilli: If they happen to be a license up there and they give us a date then we'll be we'll we'll have a you know we'll have obviously are hearing in front of the licensing board.

575
01:17:02.370 --> 01:17:02.640
Joel Faller: yeah.

576
01:17:02.850 --> 01:17:17.610
Joel Faller: But I mean I, from my perspective, it's I mean one of the issues is it's is this license going to go to you or or someone else, or is it relatively easy if you've if you've met the the neighborhood requirements.

577
01:17:19.710 --> 01:17:25.500
stephen passacantilli: I don't know I don't know if they escaped if they're scarce or not I mean and I don't know how many applications are in.

578
01:17:26.550 --> 01:17:28.530
stephen passacantilli: licensing for barrel mine retail.

579
01:17:31.110 --> 01:17:36.060
stephen passacantilli: me my past experiences i'm not so sure, these are the most popular licenses to acquire.

580
01:17:37.290 --> 01:17:40.380
stephen passacantilli: I know that the beer and wine Paul licenses in the all alcohol.

581
01:17:40.410 --> 01:17:42.150
stephen passacantilli: For licenses or is it more.

582
01:17:42.180 --> 01:17:42.780
Much more.

583
01:17:43.860 --> 01:17:47.040
stephen passacantilli: Much more sought after so I can't answer that question.

584
01:17:47.100 --> 01:17:49.860
Joel Faller: Good attorney to Marcus do you have any.

585
01:17:50.130 --> 01:18:02.520
Gregory Demakis: I know, on the city of Boston in general, you know restaurant licenses are more readily available and package store licenses and I checked, a few months ago, you know, several months ago about four or five months ago.

586
01:18:03.600 --> 01:18:20.310
Gregory Demakis: With regard to a client in a different neighborhood and there are none available at that time and but, but he was he was seeking a package store full liquor license but, but I think they're scarce and I i've just been under the assumption that that uh.

587
01:18:23.040 --> 01:18:36.150
Gregory Demakis: That frank was either check with one is one available he had a purchase and sale agreement, a license agreement that was contingent upon getting a license so I don't know but, but if he calls city all tomorrow, you might.

588
01:18:36.750 --> 01:18:39.420
Gregory Demakis: find out that there's none available.

589
01:18:39.990 --> 01:18:49.950
Gregory Demakis: But you know, at the end of this year I don't know how many didn't renew their licenses because of coven there might be some people turning in the licenses so they might become some available in January one.

590
01:18:50.370 --> 01:18:54.780
Gregory Demakis: which sometimes happens, but I don't know on that specific question I don't know.

591
01:18:56.880 --> 01:18:57.090
Joel Faller: and

592
01:18:59.340 --> 01:19:06.870
Joel Faller: i'm guessing that probably the most of the research and the opposition is might have fallen on you attorney democracy.

593
01:19:08.370 --> 01:19:21.840
Joel Faller: Are you aware of any code violations or any any reasons in terms of suitability of this particular store that would dictate against the license.

594
01:19:22.350 --> 01:19:24.390
Gregory Demakis: i'm not aware of any code violation so.

595
01:19:28.230 --> 01:19:28.710
Joel Faller: and

596
01:19:30.780 --> 01:19:35.910
Joel Faller: i'll ask Stephen and frank, are there any issues out there you have any.

597
01:19:37.200 --> 01:19:42.690
Joel Faller: We do do any research we have any code violations last couple years or anything out there.

598
01:19:44.520 --> 01:19:49.020
frank scire: No, I have a great standard with the city of Boston absolutely nothing.

599
01:19:49.560 --> 01:19:49.830
Okay.

600
01:19:52.110 --> 01:20:04.440
Joel Faller: we're okay so i'll quickly if we can, if we can all be quick now we're getting getting late into the night I do see George job war.

601
01:20:05.700 --> 01:20:13.380
Joel Faller: And if we can avoid any repetition if the comments and made already I think we can we've all settled in on it.

602
01:20:14.400 --> 01:20:16.410
george jabour: Thank you, Mr President.

603
01:20:17.460 --> 01:20:21.930
george jabour: My name is josh to boy i'm going to turn you have an office or 213 year old street.

604
01:20:23.040 --> 01:20:32.130
george jabour: And i've been there since 1978 know the neighborhood very well and that those are normally like Steve past until he knows that i'm always.

605
01:20:33.060 --> 01:20:43.980
george jabour: in favor of represent the underdog, especially not then hold time not and residents who need a voice and some of these so called improvements in the night, then.

606
01:20:44.850 --> 01:20:52.980
george jabour: I guess the question that you put in Mr President, I think they have, by the way, I know I don't know Mrs frank scary by heard he's a.

607
01:20:53.550 --> 01:21:04.230
george jabour: man to be respected he's a good man good businessman so forth, but I think the question of whether they're buying an existing license from another.

608
01:21:04.740 --> 01:21:15.300
george jabour: seller or there's an existing available license that the city of Boston has is an easy question that these gentlemen should be able to answer, I mean are they buying it.

609
01:21:15.870 --> 01:21:23.160
george jabour: From another person and transferring this location, I think that's something that could tell us right away, which sort of goes to the.

610
01:21:23.160 --> 01:21:23.820
george jabour: issue of me.

611
01:21:24.060 --> 01:21:30.450
Joel Faller: will pose that to him is that is this do you have a license you're purchasing, I think I think he answered it but.

612
01:21:31.710 --> 01:21:37.020
Joel Faller: There isn't a license you're planning on purchasing if this if the liquor license is a word.

613
01:21:40.290 --> 01:21:40.800
stephen passacantilli: frank.

614
01:21:41.790 --> 01:21:43.080
frank scire: Oh, you want me to answer Stephen.

615
01:21:43.110 --> 01:21:45.360
stephen passacantilli: yeah we don't have a purchase and sale that no.

616
01:21:45.840 --> 01:22:00.210
frank scire: No, no, no, we just apply it, and this is the process, you know, we were told Steve and I were told that the processes that we go in front of both boards and then grant to City Hall, and at that point, the only show licenses available that's all we've been told.

617
01:22:00.660 --> 01:22:03.090
george jabour: you're in a variable license that's a question.

618
01:22:04.290 --> 01:22:05.250
stephen passacantilli: We don't know.

619
01:22:05.400 --> 01:22:07.680
george jabour: We have to be applying if there isn't one.

620
01:22:08.340 --> 01:22:10.080
frank scire: booking a process to apply.

621
01:22:10.500 --> 01:22:11.880
frank scire: that's the process, you have to apply.

622
01:22:13.980 --> 01:22:15.870
george jabour: cap on how many licenses are available.

623
01:22:16.260 --> 01:22:17.340
frank scire: Stephen I don't know anyone.

624
01:22:18.690 --> 01:22:20.730
frank scire: That has said anything to you I don't know if.

625
01:22:21.420 --> 01:22:28.260
stephen passacantilli: They told us to apply for beer and wine retail license they didn't tell us if there were any available.

626
01:22:28.650 --> 01:22:30.660
stephen passacantilli: But as Mr Marcus had mentioned.

627
01:22:31.440 --> 01:22:42.180
stephen passacantilli: Sometimes, after the first of the year, people you know give up their license or they lose their license or they don't or they renew and sometimes some become available, so this actually is a pretty good time to do it.

628
01:22:43.320 --> 01:22:48.840
stephen passacantilli: But, as most of you know if you purchase one, it is much more expensive than acquiring one from the city of Boston.

629
01:22:50.040 --> 01:22:59.520
stephen passacantilli: So, to answer your question, there we don't have a purchase and sale agreement under agreement and we are just applying as the Boston licensing board told us to.

630
01:23:01.080 --> 01:23:06.510
george jabour: suppress my safe to assume is speculating that one may be available there was one of the wall.

631
01:23:06.960 --> 01:23:13.590
stephen passacantilli: There, maybe I have, I have no idea, but this is this is, you know, the first of the year is a pretty good time to kind of be gone.

632
01:23:13.950 --> 01:23:21.840
stephen passacantilli: By the way, we're not even they don't have a date at the cva yet and we don't have a date the licensing board yet we're going to go through the neighborhood process, and then we will apply for those dates.

633
01:23:22.230 --> 01:23:25.650
george jabour: So you want to spoil it to vote on something I may never come to pass.

634
01:23:27.690 --> 01:23:29.190
stephen passacantilli: When you may never come to pass.

635
01:23:29.400 --> 01:23:30.960
george jabour: It may not be a license available.

636
01:23:31.380 --> 01:23:35.550
stephen passacantilli: They may they may not be, but this is the process as long as I can remember.

637
01:23:36.450 --> 01:23:45.480
george jabour: I go here, so I guess My next question is, does it take out for on sales shoot, which is a very narrow strip and you can either walk.

638
01:23:46.860 --> 01:23:51.180
george jabour: down in the summertime during the title of tourists and what's the take out for.

639
01:23:52.230 --> 01:24:04.680
stephen passacantilli: You need to read, we need to change the use of that address for takeout, which is one of those old antiquated zoning codes in order to sell the lice, an order to acquire the license and sell the liquor.

640
01:24:05.280 --> 01:24:06.180
george jabour: Not for food.

641
01:24:06.810 --> 01:24:15.570
stephen passacantilli: Correct he already he just has a he has a basic grocery store so he already i'm not quite sure if it's under.

642
01:24:16.800 --> 01:24:25.440
stephen passacantilli: If 136 acres under a CV or 136 a is under the retail license All I know is that's what they told us when we filed.

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01:24:25.860 --> 01:24:27.270
stephen passacantilli: They told us the process.

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01:24:27.300 --> 01:24:30.660
Joel Faller: we're going to move we're going to move on we're going to move on.

645
01:24:34.380 --> 01:24:39.990
Joel Faller: And Actually, I would ask if a licenses granted and if you're.

646
01:24:42.570 --> 01:24:48.810
Joel Faller: Taking your permit from the cva is there any legal requirement holding you to.

647
01:24:49.860 --> 01:24:57.030
Joel Faller: The the sort of limited inventory and shelf space that you're you're proposing to us.

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01:24:58.650 --> 01:24:59.220
stephen passacantilli: say that again.

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01:25:00.420 --> 01:25:00.630
frank scire: yeah.

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01:25:00.990 --> 01:25:07.680
Joel Faller: So I mean I think you've described that you really just going to have one shelf of just a very small quantity of beers and.

651
01:25:08.250 --> 01:25:18.600
Joel Faller: wines that you're going to sell and there's certainly been some concern expressed amongst the Community that Oh, you know that it might be might end up being more than that.

652
01:25:19.620 --> 01:25:22.440
Joel Faller: Is there any any manner of limiting.

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01:25:23.460 --> 01:25:29.580
Joel Faller: I mean I can't imagine there is for your license but for the zb a permit is there any way of limiting it so that.

654
01:25:30.690 --> 01:25:37.620
Joel Faller: You know if you're standing here and telling Community we're only gonna have a shelf or two that that's that's the way it's going to stay.

655
01:25:39.750 --> 01:25:51.300
stephen passacantilli: but never in my experience as have I seen a retail license or an all alcohol license other than some all alcohol license retailers don't sell NIPs.

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01:25:51.810 --> 01:26:04.410
stephen passacantilli: So they may be a way for them to put a pro visa when the license but i've never seen that done before only with the all alcohol retail licenses not selling them the NIPs.

657
01:26:04.830 --> 01:26:12.150
Joel Faller: Okay, I see one more hand it's Nelson iPhone 12 and I think we're gonna wrap it up.

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01:26:16.530 --> 01:26:17.340
Nelson iphone 12: hi how are you.

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Nelson iphone 12: My name is Nelson kind of follow in i've been working at the wild ducks for the last four years, I worked for cell and now i'm being what are the new owners and.

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01:26:32.250 --> 01:26:43.140
Nelson iphone 12: I think, having another liquor store, I mean beer and wine store by their like shows like couple minutes walk from the sort of bring shows more problems.

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01:26:45.030 --> 01:26:54.900
Nelson iphone 12: Over these years, I see a lot of problems like people drunk coming in a lot of homeless camps that we have to take our every time in.

662
01:26:56.130 --> 01:26:57.810
Nelson iphone 12: If we if this.

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01:26:59.340 --> 01:27:04.080
Nelson iphone 12: If the going bananas, has the the license to sell beer.

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01:27:05.280 --> 01:27:07.320
Nelson iphone 12: do bring more problems because.

665
01:27:07.530 --> 01:27:09.630
Marie S.: For the people can buy clothes.

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01:27:10.560 --> 01:27:15.930
Nelson iphone 12: Or, I mean if they have in those same people trying to buy alcohol or something.

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01:27:18.630 --> 01:27:19.380
Nelson iphone 12: yeah and that's what.

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01:27:20.040 --> 01:27:23.190
Joel Faller: You said he worked at the wild goose.

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01:27:24.390 --> 01:27:25.170
Nelson iphone 12: know a while back.

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01:27:25.620 --> 01:27:27.150
Nelson iphone 12: i'm sorry I worked at the one.

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01:27:27.510 --> 01:27:29.310
Joel Faller: Where you work the gut well done.

672
01:27:30.060 --> 01:27:30.450
yeah.

673
01:27:32.280 --> 01:27:35.940
Joel Faller: In your your your your your comment is that.

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01:27:36.990 --> 01:27:39.150
Joel Faller: The sale of alcohol is bad for the neighborhood.

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01:27:40.800 --> 01:27:45.420
Joel Faller: Yes, okay all right, I guess, we can move on, thank you.

676
01:27:46.650 --> 01:27:52.440
Joel Faller: um okay i'll reopen it for the Council there's any other questions.

677
01:27:56.430 --> 01:27:56.760
Okay.

678
01:27:58.050 --> 01:28:04.980
Joel Faller: So all right we'll move on any other comments from Stephen or frank.

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01:28:06.930 --> 01:28:11.130
stephen passacantilli: Anything frank, I really want to thank everyone for their time.

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01:28:12.390 --> 01:28:13.680
stephen passacantilli: Tonight I appreciate your.

681
01:28:14.160 --> 01:28:17.460
Joel Faller: Alright, so we'll go move to vote.

682
01:28:19.200 --> 01:28:20.520
Joel Faller: Kevin Fleming.

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01:28:21.660 --> 01:28:24.210
Kevin Fleming: I support going minutes.

684
01:28:24.960 --> 01:28:25.530
Okay.

685
01:28:26.730 --> 01:28:27.840
Joel Faller: rory harrington.

686
01:28:28.440 --> 01:28:29.160
Rory Harrington: I support.

687
01:28:30.960 --> 01:28:31.890
Joel Faller: Okay.

688
01:28:34.560 --> 01:28:35.700
Joel Faller: Marie symbolically.

689
01:28:38.250 --> 01:28:39.180
Marie S.: i'm going to.

690
01:28:40.740 --> 01:28:46.530
Marie S.: i'm going to abstain, I just can't vote on this I I have too many questions.

691
01:28:48.870 --> 01:28:52.170
Marie S.: I don't know if that's the right answer for Joel but.

692
01:28:52.530 --> 01:28:53.130
yeah.

693
01:28:54.420 --> 01:28:56.310
Marie S.: i'm torn between the naval but.

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01:28:56.490 --> 01:29:06.690
Joel Faller: I will, I will pause on you from Murray, I don't I don't believe we really have the ability to abstain in the bylaws but I will move on to Carmen.

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01:29:07.530 --> 01:29:08.310
Carmine Guarino: I support.

696
01:29:09.240 --> 01:29:09.810
Okay.

697
01:29:12.030 --> 01:29:14.460
Joel Faller: And Ashley.

698
01:29:15.900 --> 01:29:16.650
ashley leo: I support.

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01:29:17.460 --> 01:29:18.060
Marie S.: Oh boy.

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01:29:26.970 --> 01:29:27.510
Joel Faller: and

701
01:29:30.330 --> 01:29:31.170
Joel Faller: tanya green.

702
01:29:33.510 --> 01:29:36.030
iPhone 13 Pro: I reluctantly support.

703
01:29:37.890 --> 01:29:38.490
Okay.

704
01:29:42.480 --> 01:29:43.500
Joel Faller: Maria.

705
01:29:45.600 --> 01:29:51.840
Joel Faller: I were, I guess, we have one, two, we have five five support and.

706
01:29:53.400 --> 01:29:58.650
Joel Faller: Maria do not feel comfortable you either way you not feel comfortable voting right now.

707
01:30:00.120 --> 01:30:01.200
Marie S.: I really don't.

708
01:30:03.300 --> 01:30:04.170
Marie S.: I really don't.

709
01:30:05.940 --> 01:30:07.110
Marie S.: know what you know what.

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01:30:07.410 --> 01:30:12.330
Marie S.: You know what I i'm going to i'm going to eat that i'm fooling to support.

711
01:30:12.900 --> 01:30:13.170
Joel Faller: All right.

712
01:30:13.200 --> 01:30:28.080
Marie S.: i'm going to support I just don't understand how someone that works for the wild duck should say that there is a problem with liquor So this has been to change my mind, so I support, I support.

713
01:30:30.840 --> 01:30:31.260
Okay.

714
01:30:32.310 --> 01:30:33.270
Joel Faller: Well right.

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01:30:36.180 --> 01:30:36.540
Marie S.: yep.

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01:30:36.600 --> 01:30:40.830
Joel Faller: Okay, Stephen and frank, you know, congratulate you, this one.

717
01:30:40.830 --> 01:30:47.700
Joel Faller: was probably a tougher fought battle than you thought you'd have but you got it you got the council's unanimous support.

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01:30:48.990 --> 01:30:49.410
stephen passacantilli: Thank you.

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01:30:50.070 --> 01:30:51.870
Joel Faller: And with that we will.

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Joel Faller: Close the meeting wish everybody a wonderful holiday season season Happy New Year and the.

721
01:31:03.870 --> 01:31:08.010
Joel Faller: The next Council meeting will be.

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01:31:09.030 --> 01:31:14.370
Joel Faller: put myself on the spot here January I think it's the 10th.

723
01:31:15.270 --> 01:31:15.600
yeah.

724
01:31:16.620 --> 01:31:16.950
Joel Faller: Okay.

725
01:31:18.210 --> 01:31:31.890
Joel Faller: So we will we will see you all back here, then, and again, as I, you know hammered on you go out you haven't voted yet go out book tomorrow and make sure everyone that you know does as well.

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01:31:32.400 --> 01:31:33.840
Carmine Guarino: Merry Christmas everybody, thank you.

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01:31:33.900 --> 01:31:34.380
Kevin Fleming: yeah merry.

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01:31:35.130 --> 01:31:36.750
Marie S.: Christmas Happy New Year.