COM 395 #2021 : A communication was received from Hasson Rashid, regarding public comment is concerning and in regards to POR # 1.

1 Perez, Lori From: Hasson Rashid <[email removed]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 11:30 PM To: City Clerk Cc: Hasson Rashid Subject: Written Copy Attachments: Public Comment.docx Peace Be Unto You, Dear Mr. Anthony Wilson/ City Clerk I'm sending you a written copy of the oral public comment I made Monday 20,2021, via ZOOM. It is for the official record. The text of it will follow, and I have also added it as an attachment to this email. Thank you. Yours In Peace Hasson Rashid Written Public Comment: Public Comment/ June 20,2021 Peace Be Unto You, Hello Everybody, I’m Hasson Rashid, I reside at 820 Massachusetts Avenue. My public comment is concerning and in regards to POR # 1. In no way, shape, or fashion can Agenda Item POR # 1 be classified as unadulterated Reparations. The council’s intentions to dip into reparations are just another fool hearty scheme to divert public monies away from the real social concerns, issues and problems. The public monies they speak of diverting should be going into a Homeless Trust Fund. A disproportional and disturbing percentage of the homeless population in our region are black men, women, and children. It makes no sense for the city municipal policy makers to participate in such a venture, when the next beds many of these homeless citizens and residents will have are the city’s brick and concrete pavements. Shame on you all. Yours In Peace, Hasson Rashid Concerned Citizen Resident Participant Alliance of Cambridge Tenants (ACT) Board Member Cambridge, MA