2026-09-23 - City Council

01:03AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

01:05I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING

01:07OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.

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01:10COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON

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01:14BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV

01:17.

01:18AT THIS TIME I ASK MY

01:20COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE

01:21AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE

01:22THEIR CELL PHONES AND

01:23ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

01:25ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I

01:29REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT

01:31NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR

01:32DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE

01:34PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.

01:35THANK YOU.

01:36MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE

01:39CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE

01:40PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?

01:42COUNCILOR BREADON HERE.

01:44COUNCIL.

01:44BREADON HERE.

01:45COUNCIL.

01:45COLLETTA.

01:46ZAPATA.

01:47>> COUNCIL.

01:47CULPEPER.

01:49YES.

01:49>> PEPPER.

01:50YES.

01:51>> COUNCILOR.

01:51DURKAN.

01:52COUNCILOR.

01:52KENYA.

01:53COUNCIL.

01:54FITZGERALD.

01:55COUNCIL.

01:56FITZGERALD.

01:56HERE.

01:56COUNCILOR.

01:56FLYNN.

01:57YEAH.

01:58COUNCIL FLYNN.

01:58HERE.

01:59COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE HERE.

02:01COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.

02:02COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL.

02:04MEJIA.

02:04HERE.

02:05COUNCIL MURPHY.

02:06COUNCIL MURPHY.

02:07HERE.

02:07COUNCIL.

02:10COUNCILOR.

02:10SANTANA.

02:13COUNCIL SANTANA.

02:13HERE.

02:14COUNCIL.

02:14WEBER.

02:15COUNCIL.

02:15WEBER HERE AND ON SEVERAL

02:17FRONTS OVERALL.

02:18A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

02:20THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

02:22I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY MADAM

02:23CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

02:25UM, MADAM CLERK UH, I WOULD

02:28INVITE YOU TO COME AND OFFER

02:29SOME BRIEF REMARKS AS AN

02:31INVOCATION SINCE OUR TRUCK IS

02:33ABSENT TODAY AND FOLLOWING THE

02:37,UH THE CLERKS, MADAM CLERK

02:39REMARKS WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE

02:41OF ALLEGIANCE.

02:42LET'S PRAY NOW.

02:44MADE US FURTHER LEAD US IN OUR

02:47SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE.

02:49THAT SPIRIT THAT HAS AMPLE MAN

02:52AND WOMAN TO DEVOTE LIFE AND

02:54FORTUNE TO PUBLIC SERVICE

02:56BEYOND HOPE OF FAME OR PEARL

02:59OF PRIDE.

03:00MAY THAT SPIRIT BE ALIVE AND

03:02RENEWED IN THEM KNOW TODAY AS

03:03THEY CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK

03:06OF THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON.

03:06AMEN.

03:07AMEN.

03:11>> THE FLAG OF THE UNITED

03:12STATES PREPARED THE REPUBLIC

03:15FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION

03:18UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH

03:21LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

03:24THANK YOU EVERYONE.

03:25THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, BEFORE

03:27WE BEGIN OUR PRESENTATIONS I'D

03:29LIKE TO INVITE THE BOSTON

03:30MEDICAL CENTER RESIDENT

03:32PHYSICIANS GROUP, UM, TO COME

03:36UP FOR A QUICK PHOTOGRAPH WITH

03:37,UH, MY COLLEAGUES OUR

03:38COLLEAGUES.

03:39UH, WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS,

03:41UH, LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

03:42LATER ON ON THE AGENDA.

03:44BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'D

03:45COME FORWARD AND ASK MY

03:46COLLEAGUES TO COME UP FOR A

03:47PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE, UH, BOSTON

03:49MEDICAL CENTER RESIDENT

03:51PHYSICIANS GROUP WHO ARE IN THE

03:53MIDST OF.

03:54CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT

03:55NOW.

04:01JUST PUT YOU CENTER FRONT AND

04:04CENTER.

04:05>> WONDERFUL.

04:09DOCTOR.

04:12YOU CAN GET IN.

04:15>> BETWEEN A FEW PEOPLE HERE.

04:17>> ABSOLUTELY.

04:20AND.

04:28THANK YOU.

04:38ALL RIGHT.

04:39EXCELLENT.

04:39THANK YOU.

04:41>> YES.

04:41>> SO WE UNDERSTOOD THE PRIMARY

04:43RIGHT.

04:45SO WE'RE SENDING ALL THE

04:46BUILDINGS AND AGAIN.

04:47IT'S SUPPORTED BY THE CITY

04:49COUNCIL.

04:52OKAY THANK YOU.

04:55THANK YOU.

05:00UH THANK YOU.

05:00GOT TO.

05:01BRING A LITTLE SUNSHINE.

05:02>> EVERY TIME.

05:18UH, WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS

05:21TODAY.

05:21UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA IS

05:24RECOGNIZING BISEXUALITY IN

05:26THIS, UM, VISIT PLUS VISIBILITY

05:27DAY.

05:28COUNCILOR WEBER IS RECOGNIZING

05:30MARK COHEN.

05:31SO, UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA,

05:33WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD?

05:51THANK YOUR GUEST.

05:52YEAH.

05:53THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

05:56I'M UP HERE.

05:57GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

05:59LAST WEEK THE COUNCIL PASSED MY

06:02RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING

06:03SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH THREE,

06:052026 AS BI PLUS VISIBILITY DAY

06:07IN BOSTON.

06:09I'VE WRITTEN TO ACTIVISTS LIKE

06:11WENDY CURRY, MICHAEL PAGE AND

06:13GIGI RAVEN.

06:14WILBUR ESTABLISHED THIS DAY IN

06:151999.

06:16THE DEMAND HAS TO REMAIN CLEAR

06:20VISIBILITY, SAFETY AND RESPECT

06:23BOSTON MUST STAND FIRMLY

06:24AGAINST BI PLUS ERASURE.

06:26I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S

06:28FEATURED SPEAKER AYANNA PEOPLES

06:30.

06:30AYANNA IS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE

06:32BISEXUAL RESOURCE CENTER AND A

06:34LEGAL AID PARALEGAL WHOSE WORK

06:35BRIDGES COMMUNITY ADVOCACY WITH

06:38THE LEGAL SYSTEM SHAPING

06:39EVERYDAY LIVES.

06:41SHE STUDIED HUMAN RIGHTS AND

06:43SOCIOLOGY AT COLUMBIA

06:44UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE SERVED ON

06:45THE BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY'S

06:47KUTTI BIPOC STUDENT GROUP AND

06:49WAS HONORED UPON GRADUATION

06:50WITH THE LGBT LGBTQ LEGACY

06:53AWARD.

06:55THROUGH HER EXTENSIVE

06:56BACKGROUND ACROSS THE NONPROFIT

06:57SECTOR AND BRINGS A VITAL

07:00INTERSECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE TO

07:01QUESTIONS OF REPRESENTATION AND

07:03ACCESS TO SUPPORT HER

07:06LEADERSHIP.

07:07UM A BLACK PLUS PEOPLE ARE

07:09ARGUABLY INCLUDED IN THE

07:11CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS

07:11THAT AFFECTS THE BROADER LGBTQ

07:13PLUS COMMUNITY.

07:14PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING

07:17AYANNA PEOPLES.

07:25GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

07:27THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA

07:29AND HIS TEAM FOR GIVING US THIS

07:30SPACE.

07:32COUNCILORS I COME TO YOU TODAY

07:33REPRESENTING THE BISEXUAL

07:34RESOURCE CENTER HERE FOR THE

07:36SECOND YEAR IN A ROW BECAUSE WE

07:38AND THE GREATER BI PLUS

07:39COMMUNITY IN BOSTON CONTINUE TO

07:40HAVE NEEDS.

07:41THAT MUST BE MET.

07:43MASSACHUSETTS AND BOSTON IN

07:45PARTICULAR HAS A HISTORY

07:46OF CHAMPIONING THE AND TRANS

07:48COMMUNITY.

07:48MASSACHUSETTS WAS THE FIRST

07:50U.S. STATE TO LEGALIZE SAME SEX

07:51MARRIAGE IN 2004.

07:53IN 2025, BOSTON DECLARED ITSELF

07:54AS A SANCTUARY CITY FOR THE

07:56AND TRANS COMMUNITY AND

07:57RECOGNIZED SEPTEMBER 23RD AS

07:59INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATE

08:00BISEXUALITY DAY AND BI PLUS

08:02VISIBILITY DAY.

08:04HOWEVER.

08:05>> BOSTON CANNOT AFFORD TO REST

08:06ON ITS LAURELS.

08:07IT IS NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT

08:08LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE HAD ZERO

08:10RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND 2004

08:12WAS A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS AGO.

08:142025 WAS LAST YEAR AND BOSTON

08:17IS NOT COMPLETELY INSULATED

08:18FROM THE SINISTER POLITICAL

08:20MACHINE THAT IS THE CURRENT

08:21FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

08:23ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT

08:24GALLUP.

08:25POLL BY PEOPLE REPRESENT 58.2%

08:29OF THE LGBTQ PLUS POPULATION IN

08:32THE.

08:32U.S. THAT IS A MAJORITY THAT IS

08:35ABOUT 5% OF THE U.S. ADULT

08:37POPULATION.

08:39AND YET BY PLUS ORGANIZATIONS

08:41SUCH AS THE BISEXUAL RESOURCE

08:43CENTER RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 1%

08:45OF DEDICATED DOLLARS FOR THE

08:46LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY ABOUT

08:48$0.02 PER BUY PLUS ADULT IN

08:50AMERICA BY PLUS PEOPLE ARE

08:52COUNTED AS A PART OF THE

08:53COMMUNITY, BUT ORGANIZATIONS

08:54SERVING US ARE STILL EXPECTED

08:55TO DO ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF WORK

08:57WITH ALMOST NOTHING.

09:00RESOURCES FOR THE BROADER LGBTQ

09:01PLUS COMMUNITY ARE ASSUMED TO

09:02REACH US AND MEET OUR NEEDS,

09:03BUT.

09:04THAT'S OFTEN UNTRUE.

09:07EVEN WITHIN THE LGBTQ PLUS

09:09COMMUNITY, FIVE PLUS PEOPLE

09:10FACE PERNICIOUS STEREOTYPES AND

09:11EXCLUSION DURING PRIDE, FOR

09:13EXAMPLE, THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO

09:15BE DISCOURSE SURROUNDED BY PLUS

09:16PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO

09:17ATTEND EVENTS OR HOW WE'RE

09:19ALLOWED TO SHOW UP.

09:20THERE ARE ALSO SERIOUS HEALTH

09:22CONSEQUENCES.

09:23RATES OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER

09:25ARE HIGHER FOR BISEXUAL WOMEN

09:26THAN LESBIANS AND HIGHER FOR

09:27BISEXUAL MEN THAN.

09:28HETEROSEXUAL MEN.

09:30ACCORDING TO THE NIH.

09:31ABOUT 1 IN 3 HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN

09:33WILL EXPERIENCE INTIMATE

09:34PARTNER VIOLENCE, BUT 61%

09:37OF BISEXUAL WOMEN AND 78%

09:39OF NON.

09:40MONO SEXUAL.

09:40WOMEN WILL.

09:41>> AND DEVASTATINGLY ALMOST

09:44HALF OF BISEXUAL YOUNG PEOPLE

09:46SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING

09:47SUICIDE IN 2019 IN THE UNITED

09:49STATES AND 27%.

09:51DID ATTEMPT SUICIDE.

09:54THAT IS MORE THAN ANY OTHER

09:56GROUP.

09:57MOREOVER, SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT

09:58AFFECT ALL BOSTONIANS SUCH AS

10:00HOUSING COSTS, AFFORDABILITY

10:02AND ICE DISPROPORTIONATELY

10:03AFFECT BY PLUS PEOPLE.

10:05BY PLUS PEOPLE COME TO BOSTON

10:06SEEKING THAT SANCTUARY CITY FOR

10:08AND TRANS PEOPLE BUT THEN CAN'T

10:10AFFORD ANYTHING OR LIVE IN

10:11SAFETY WHEN THEY GET HERE.

10:13I STRUGGLE TO BELIEVE THAT ANY

10:14OF YOU ARE TRULY FOR THE

10:16COMMUNITY IF YOU ARE NOT

10:17PUTTING IN THE WORK DAILY TO

10:18SOLVE THESE ISSUES, IT IS AN

10:20ACT OF BIPHOBIA TO LET THESE

10:21CRISES FESTER.

10:23MOREOVER, AS A BI PLUS MIXED

10:25RACE NEURODIVERGENT WOMAN, I

10:26KNOW THAT MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY

10:27HAVE MULTIPLE MARGINALIZED

10:29IDENTITIES.

10:29FOR EXAMPLE, SURVEYS FIND THAT

10:31MORE THAN 40% OF BIPOC PEOPLE

10:33IN THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFY AS

10:35BI PLUS ANY OF THE TROUBLING

10:37FACTS THAT I STATED BEFORE ARE

10:39EXACERBATED IF THEY ARE PART

10:40OF ANOTHER MARGINALIZED GROUP.

10:42BUT THE BISEXUAL RESOURCE

10:43CENTER, THOSE SMALL AND RUN

10:45ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS HAS DONE

10:47INCREDIBLE WORK.

10:48FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR WITH THE

10:50$2,000 MOLAR GRANT A DROP IN

10:52THE BUCKET AMOUNT FOR OTHER

10:53LARGER GROUPS.

10:54WE DID SOME HIGH IMPACT

10:55OUTREACH.

10:56WE CREATED OVER 83 COMMUNITY

10:58CARE KITS AND DISTRIBUTED THEM

10:59TO BY PLUS PEOPLE WHO ARE OFTEN

11:00UNDERSERVED.

11:02WE ALSO CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED

11:03OVER 50 COPIES OF BI PLUS HELD

11:05SIGNS TO VARIOUS BOOKSTORES AND

11:06LIBRARIES ENSURING THAT FOR

11:08ONCE BI PLUS PEOPLE GOT

11:09INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THEM

11:11.

11:12WITH THIS GRANT WE WERE ABLE TO

11:14BE THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND

11:15HELP BUT TO BE HONEST WE ARE

11:18ALL VOLUNTEERS AND SO OFTEN WE

11:21DO NOT GET THE SUPPORT WE NEED.

11:23MANY OF US ARE BURNT OUT.

11:25MANY OF US HAVE TO TAKE LONG

11:27MENTAL HEALTH BREAKS OR CANNOT

11:28SHOW UP EVERYWHERE WE'RE NEEDED

11:29LIKE BEING HERE TODAY.

11:30THIS COULD CHANGE WITH.

11:31FURTHER SUPPORT.

11:33AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

11:35THE BI PLUS COMMUNITY IS NOT

11:37JUST STATISTICS OR SOMETHING TO

11:38PERFUNCTORILY INCLUDE IN THE

11:40LGBTQ PLUS LABEL.

11:42I AM HERE AS A PERSON AND

11:43LOOKING AT.

11:44ALL OF YOU AND THE CITY

11:46OF BOSTON.

11:46LAST YEAR WE MADE DEMANDS AND I

11:48CAN TELL YOU THEY WERE NOT MET

11:50THIS YEAR I'M HERE TO BOTH MAKE

11:52THOSE DEMANDS AGAIN AND TO LAY

11:53OUT THESE.

11:54>> NEW ONES.

11:55ONE WE DEMAND INVESTMENT IN

11:57SUICIDE PREVENTION AND

11:58ACCESSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH

11:59SUPPORT THAT EXPLICITLY

12:00ADDRESSES BY PLUS PEOPLE.

12:01THAT INCLUDES WORKING WITH BI

12:03PLUS ORGANIZATIONS ON OUTREACH

12:04AND HELPING PROVIDERS RECOGNIZE

12:06THE PARTICULAR FORMS OF STIGMA

12:07OUR COMMUNITY ENCOUNTERS.

12:10WE WILL NOT LET HER FELLOW BI

12:11PLUS YOUTH CONTINUE TO DIE TOO.

12:14WE DEMAND THAT THE CITY TREAT

12:15HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN THE

12:17SAFETY OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES

12:19AS ESSENTIAL TO ITS COMMITMENT

12:20TO LGBTQ PLUS RESIDENTS.

12:22WE EXPECT THAT COMMITMENT TO.

12:24INFORM FUNDING AND POLICY

12:25DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

12:28THREE WE DEMAND INCREASED

12:29FISCAL INVESTMENT FOR THE

12:31BISEXUAL RESOURCE CENTER.

12:32THIS WOULD MEAN SUSTAINED

12:33FUNDING THAT REFLECTS THE WORK

12:35BEING ASKED OF US AND GIVES US

12:36THE ABILITY TO PLAN BEYOND A

12:38SINGLE SMALL GRANT.

12:39IDEALLY WE DEMAND AT LEAST

12:41$15,000.

12:42FINALLY, BEFORE WE DEMAND A

12:44MEANINGFUL ROLE FOR

12:46INTERSECTIONAL BI PLUS VOICES

12:48IN DECISIONS ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS

12:49RESOURCES INCLUDE US WHILE

12:52PRIORITIES ARE BEING SET AND

12:53BUDGETS ARE BEING DEVELOPED.

12:57WE WANT TO RESPOND TO THESE

12:58REQUESTS INCLUDING WHO WILL

12:59WORK WITH US AND WHEN WE CAN

13:01EXPECT FOLLOW UP.

13:02WE WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL NEXT

13:03SEPTEMBER FOR ANSWERS.

13:06COUNCILORS THE BI PLUS

13:08COMMUNITY IS HERE IN THE CITY

13:09OF BOSTON AND WE WANT CHANGE.

13:11WE DEMAND REAL RECOGNITION NOT

13:14JUST LIP SERVICE OR SLIVERS

13:15OF MONEY.

13:16WE DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO DO

13:17MORE THAN STRUGGLE TO KEEP OUR

13:19COMMUNITY CARE AVAILABLE IN THE

13:22BI PLUS COMMUNITY.

13:23WE KNOW THAT OUR RIGHTS DID NOT

13:24FALL INTO OUR LAPS.

13:26THEY WERE FOUGHT FOR BY OUR

13:28COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW

13:29LIKE WE KNOW THAT OUR LIVES

13:31MATTER.

13:32WE ARE PREPARED TO CONTINUE TO

13:34DO THAT WORK AND IT IS TIME FOR

13:35YOU TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR

13:37YOUR PART IN IT.

13:38>> THANK YOU.

13:47THANK YOU I ON I REALLY

13:49APPRECIATE THOSE WORDS AND UM

13:50WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO

13:51A PICTURE IF THAT'S OKAY.

13:54UM UM SO YEAH IF I CAN UM BY

13:56ALL MY UM COUNCIL COLLEAGUES

13:58PLEASE COME UP HERE AND.

13:58>> IF YOU.

14:14UM PLEASE I WANT TO THIS ITEM

14:16COME OPEN IT UP HERE.

14:19OKAY.

14:19THANK YOU.

14:36WHAT?

15:00THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

15:01THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS THE

15:04BISEXUALITY UH, VISIBILITY

15:06GROUP.

15:06THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

15:08UM, WE'RE NOW ONTO CONSTABLE

15:10WEBER AND INVITE YOU AND MARK.

15:12UM, AND IT'S.

15:18UH.

15:22WORKING OUT.

15:23SO, UH.

15:24MARK OVER HERE.

15:28UH, YEAH.

15:31JUST, UM.

15:32OKAY.

15:33YEAH.

15:34UH.

15:36THERE'S UM.

15:37>> ALSO LIKE THIS WAY.

15:38UM, I.

15:40>> CAN LOOK THAT WAY.

15:41OKAY.

15:41UH, WELL, UM, BECAUSE AS YOU'RE

15:45WALKING UP HERE SO, UH, YOU

15:46KNOW, I I SPEAK FROM PERSONAL

15:49EXPERIENCE BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I

15:51THINK EVERY COUNCILOR COULD USE

15:53SOMEONE IN THEIR OFFICE WHO IS

15:55SMART.

15:55WE'LL GO TO THE MAT FOR YOU,

15:59UM, AND WHO IS ABLE TO

16:00OCCASIONALLY LOOK YOU IN THE

16:01EYE AND SAY WITH CONVICTION

16:05YOU'RE FULL OF .

16:07UM, MARK COHEN FOR ME IS THAT

16:10GUY UM, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS

16:13WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR NEARLY

16:1540 YEARS, MARK BROUGHT HIS

16:17SALTINESS AND SOME WISDOM

16:19SPRINKLED IN, UH, TO THIS JOB

16:21AND TO OUR OFFICE.

16:23UM, BUT HEY, I I ALWAYS WANTED

16:26TO WORK WITH A VETERAN OF THE

16:28SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, SO, UH UH

16:31UH, WHEN I FIRST MET MARK, UM,

16:35IT WAS JUST AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS

16:36CRITICAL OF MY CAMPAIGN.

16:38UH, I LATER LEARNED HE WAS JUST

16:40AS CAPABLE OF BEING CRITICAL

16:41OF MY WORK ON THE COUNCIL.

16:43UH, BUT HE HAD A SURPRISE IN

16:45STORE FOR ME.

16:47IT TURNED OUT THAT DESPITE

16:49BEING RETIRED AND HIS MONDAY

16:52MORNING QUARTERBACK TENDENCIES

16:53,MARK STILL WANTED TO HELP

16:56PEOPLE AND HE WAS REALLY GOOD

16:58AT IT.

16:58FOLKS WHO WERE SKEPTICAL ABOUT

17:00ME AND WEST ROXBURY FOUND THAT

17:02THEIR CALLS ABOUT STREET

17:04ISSUES, GARBAGE PICKUPS AND

17:05PERMITTING WERE HANDLED QUICKLY

17:06AND EFFECTIVELY BY MY OFFICE

17:09BECAUSE MARK WAS ON IT WHEN

17:11THEY WENT TO AN EVENING MEETING

17:13THEY FOUND MARK WAS THERE TO

17:15LISTEN AND OFTEN ALREADY HAD

17:16THE ANSWERS EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T

17:17LIKE THEM.

17:18UM IT TURNS OUT AT THE HEART

17:22OF THIS CRUSTY CITY HALL

17:23VETERAN IS A PERSON WHO CARES

17:26ABOUT HIS NEIGHBORS.

17:29I CAN'T EVER REPLACE MARK.

17:32UH, BUT AS HE LEAVES THE OFFICE

17:34I WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT I WILL

17:36ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE

17:37LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE MADE MY

17:39OFFICE BETTER AND I LOVED

17:41HAVING HIM AROUND.

17:42UM, SO, UH, MY STAFF WOULD LIKE

17:46TO INVITE EVERYONE AFTER THIS

17:48MEETING OUTSIDE, UH, TO WATCH

17:51MARK GO DOWN THE

17:52INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN COP SLIDE

17:54AS HE SLIDES INTO RETIREMENT.

17:57UH, I'M NOT REQUIRING THAT HE

17:59GO DOWN THAT THING, BUT UM BUT

18:01I REALLY I JUST I WANT TO THANK

18:02I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR

18:04GIVING ME THE TIME TO BE ABLE

18:05TO COME UP HERE AND SAY THANK

18:07YOU TO SOMEBODY WHO I YOU KNOW

18:09,I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH

18:10MARK THAT YOU'VE MEANT UH, TO

18:14ME PERSONALLY.

18:14UH AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW TO

18:16EVERYONE THAT YOU'VE WORKED

18:18WITH IN MY OFFICE, UH, AND YOU

18:21KNOW, I HAVE JUST BEEN ABLE TO

18:22BENEFIT FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE

18:24AND FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW AND

18:26THE WAY YOU'VE GONE ABOUT.

18:28YOUR WORK.

18:28IT'S JUST IT'S BEEN.

18:29INCREDIBLE TO BE AROUND AND I'M

18:31REALLY SORRY THAT YOU'RE

18:32LEAVING, BUT I'M GLAD I COULD

18:33HAVE A CHANCE TO THANK YOU.

18:35UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

18:37>> THANK YOU.

18:43SO, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT,

18:48COUNCIL MEMBERS.

18:49UH.

18:49>> THANK YOU.

18:50UM, THE TRUTH IS THAT, UH, I

18:55YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN THIS

18:57ROOM MANY TIMES AND WATCHED

18:58MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ARE

19:00NOW WHO ARE IN THE SAME

19:01POSITION AS ME LEAVING THE CITY

19:04AND I DIDN'T REALLY THINK IN

19:05TERMS OF THAT MY WHOLE LIFE.

19:06AND AFTER 37 YEARS HERE HERE I

19:09AM.

19:09AND THE TRUTH IS UM, INSTEAD

19:12OF THANKING ME, I'M REALLY HERE

19:14TO THANK YOU.

19:15UM, THANK YOU FOR THE

19:17OPPORTUNITY TO COME THE LAST

19:18FEW YEARS AND WORK HERE

19:19COUNCIL UM AND BEFORE THAT, UM,

19:21THANK THE MANY MAYORS THAT I

19:22WORKED WITH, UM, WHO GAVE

19:25ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH

19:26THE CITY.

19:27IT IS A TREMENDOUSLY REWARDING,

19:29UH, OCCUPATION.

19:31UM, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, AS I

19:33LOOK AROUND AND I SEE THE

19:35YOUNGER MEMBERS THAT THEY WILL

19:38,UM, SEE THIS AS AS A GREAT

19:40OPPORTUNITY TO, UH TO UM, SERVE

19:43PEOPLE AND HELP PEOPLE.

19:44SO I SAY THANK YOU TODAY TO ALL

19:46OF YOU.

19:47THAT NUMBER.

19:47ONE NUMBER TWO, YOU WON'T BE

19:49NEEDING THE TWO MINUTES BECAUSE

19:50I'M GOING TO WRAP THIS UP VERY

19:51QUICKLY.

19:52UM, I AM BLESSED WITH HAVING

19:55WORK WITH A GREAT TEAM.

19:57UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT, UH, I

20:00WAS HAPPILY RETIRED FROM THE

20:01POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A, UH,

20:05GENTLEMAN KNOCKED ON MY FRONT

20:06DOOR IN WEST ROXBURY AND TOLD

20:08ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR

20:09CITY COUNCIL.

20:10I HAD NO IDEA WHO THIS GUY WAS

20:12.

20:13UM, TALK TO HIM FOR A FEW

20:15MINUTES AND I REALLY LIKED HIM

20:16AND I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN

20:18HIS CANDIDACY.

20:19UM, AND THAT WAS BEEN I ENDED

20:21UP HELPING HIM.

20:22UM, I HONESTLY DIDN'T BELIEVE

20:24HE'D EVER BE ELECTED.

20:26UM, BUT HE WAS, UM AND, UH, I

20:30SAILED OFF INTO THE FUTURE AND

20:32THOUGHT THIS WAS GREAT.

20:33UH, A LITTLE HOBBY THAT I HAD

20:35AND HE CALLED AND HE SAID, YOU

20:37KNOW, SETTING UP THE OFFICE.

20:38THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS BUILDING

20:39OLDER THAN 27 YEARS OLD.

20:41UM, WOULD YOU COME AND AND YOU

20:44KNOW, UH, THAT WAS THREE AND A

20:46HALF YEARS AGO.

20:48UM, AND MY ADVICE TO PEOPLE IS

20:51WHEN YOU HEAR A KNOCK ON THE

20:53DOOR, GET A RING DOORBELL AND

20:55MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHO'S

20:56RINGING THE DOORBELL BEFORE YOU

20:57OPEN IT.

20:58BUT I AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY

20:59THANK YOU TO BEN.

21:01THANK YOU TO MY TEAM AND MOST

21:03IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU TO MY

21:04WIFE MEG WHO HAS UH, PUT UP

21:06WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS AND.

21:10AND WILL BE PUTTING UP WITH

21:13ME MANY YEARS TO COME.

21:14THANK YOU ALL.

21:18IF MY COLLEAGUES COULD JOIN US

21:20FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.

21:22PLEASE, PLEASE CAN WE STILL

21:26PLEASE.

21:29SOLUTION.

21:30OH THANK YOU.

21:30THIS IS MCGREGOR'S FULL

21:33STATEMENT.

21:36TO THE LEFT.

21:46RIGHT YOU.

21:53THANK.

22:06YOU.

22:10IT'S LIKE YOU'RE LITERALLY

22:11WITH.

22:11>> US FOR.

22:17I'M SORRY MR..

22:20OH NO.

22:22OH YEAH.

22:23>> I JUST I JUST.

22:25I KNOW I KNOW YOU GET IT

22:27BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO.

22:29THANK YOU GUYS.

22:30>> REALLY NICE TO.

22:45YOU GUYS ALL.

22:47HERE AT YOUR I DON'T GET THAT.

22:51THANK YOU.

22:55BECAUSE IT'S.

22:57>> SO SO OF IT'S IT'S LIKE.

23:03THANK YOU EVERYONE.

23:07MADAM CLERK IF YOU COULD PLEASE

23:09AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT

23:10THE COUNSELORS COLOR.

23:11THERE'S A POWDER AND COUNSELOR

23:12PEPPER AND HAVE JOINED US OKAY

23:13.

23:14OH THANK YOU.

23:15I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT

23:17OUT TO, UH, THE SUFFOLK

23:18STUDENTS WHO WERE, UH, VISITING

23:20WITH COUNSELOR PEPEHANDS OFFICE

23:22THIS MORNING.

23:23I SORRY I DIDN'T GET AN

23:24OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU, BUT,

23:26UH, WELCOME TO CITY HALL.

23:28>> THANK YOU.

23:32NOW WE'RE ON TO THE FIRST ORDER

23:34OF BUSINESS WHICH IS TO APPROVE

23:35THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING

23:37OF SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026.

23:39ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I ALL

23:42OPPOSED.

23:42SAY NAY.

23:43THE AYES HAVE IT.

23:44THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER

23:4616TH MEETING ARE APPROVED.

23:49WE'RE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM

23:51AROUND THE MAYOR.

23:52MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

23:53READ DOCKET 1771.

23:57DOCKET 1771 MESSAGE AN ORDER

24:01AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION

24:03ORDER TO AMEND THE FY 27

24:05COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND

24:07APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT

24:14OF $47,265,655 FROM THE FUNDS.

24:17ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUE FOR

24:19FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO BE

24:22APPROPRIATED AND RESERVED FOR

24:23FUTURE RECOMMENDATION BY THE

24:26CPC AND APPROPRIATION BY THE

24:28CITY COUNCIL CONSENT WITH THE

24:30ACT.

24:30THIS NUMBER INCLUDES BOTH THE

24:32ORIGINAL APPROVE FY 27 REVENUE

24:41OF $39,587,798, AS WELL AS

24:48$7,677,857 IN UNUSED REVENUE

24:50FOR PROJECT AND PREVIOUS FISCAL

24:52YEAR.

24:53THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK CHAIR

24:55RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN

24:56GUNTER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

24:58THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

24:59I LIKE TO SEEK SUSPENSION

25:01OF THE RULES AND PASS THIS

25:02APPROPRIATION.

25:03AS WE ALL KNOW, THE COMMUNITY

25:05PRESERVATION ACT PROVIDES VITAL

25:07FUNDING TO GET BELOVED

25:08AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OPEN SPACE

25:10AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION

25:12PROJECTS LAUNCHED THROUGHOUT

25:13THE CITY.

25:13I'M GRATEFUL FOR DIRECTOR TH18

25:15BROWN AND HER TEAM FOR

25:16PROVIDING ROBUST UPDATES ON THE

25:18STATUS OF CURRENT PROJECTS TO

25:19SEE HOW CPA FUNDS CAN BE

25:21STRETCHED EVEN FURTHER FOR MORE

25:23COMMUNITY PROJECTS WE WILL HAVE

25:25HEARINGS ON THESE UM IN THE

25:28FUTURE AS ALWAYS WHERE WE GET

25:29TO LEARN ABOUT THE NEW PROJECTS

25:30THAT ARE GOING INTO UM TO BE

25:32CONSIDERED BY THE CPC.

25:34I ASK MY COLLEAGUES, MY

25:36COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT

25:36THIS APPROPRIATION IN AN EFFORT

25:38TO HELP COMMUNITY PRESERVATION

25:39COMMITTEE TO PLAN MORE SUPPORT

25:42FOR FY 27 GRANT PROCESS.

25:44THANK YOU.

25:45>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.

25:46THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

25:47COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU

25:48HAVE THE FLOOR.

25:51THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

25:53MADAM CHAIR.

25:54APPROVED THROUGH THE CHAIR.

25:54MAY I ASK COUNCIL AND A

25:56QUESTION?

25:57CERTAINLY.

25:58>> YEP.

25:59UM, COUNCILOR PEPEN, DID WE

26:03HAVE A HEARING ON THIS AND ARE

26:08WE IS IT LIKELY WE COULD HAVE A

26:09HEARING ON THIS?

26:10IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT

26:12OF MONEY.

26:12I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT YOUR

26:13THOUGHTS ARE.

26:15.

26:15>> AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

26:18YES.

26:18>> UM THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE

26:20FROM DISTRICT TWO IN REGARDS TO

26:22THIS.

26:22THIS IS SIMPLY TRANSFERRING THE

26:25$7.6 MILLION THAT WERE UNUSED

26:27DUE TO PROJECTS ACTUALLY, UM,

26:30NOT COSTING AS MUCH AS THEY

26:31WERE THEY WERE ESTIMATED TO BE

26:34OR SOME PROJECTS UM WITHDREW

26:37FROM THEIR APPLICATION DUE TO

26:38OTHER ISSUES.

26:39SO WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT

26:40THIS MONEY GETS TRANSFERRED TO

26:41THE FY 27 BUDGET FOR FOR THE

26:45CPC AND WE WILL HAVE HEARINGS

26:46ON THESE TO GO OVER EVERY

26:48SINGLE PROJECT THAT'S BEING

26:49CONSIDERED FOR THE COMMUNITY

26:51PRESERVATION.

26:52UM GRANT FOR THIS YEAR.

26:54THANK YOU.

26:56>> UM.

26:58>> COUNCILOR MURPHY, DID YOU

26:58HAVE UM YOUR LIGHT WAS ON?

27:00YES.

27:01>> UM THANK YOU.

27:03COUNCILOR PÉPIN.

27:04FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

27:05I DO JUST WANT TO.

27:06THANK SABINE AND HER TEAM.

27:08THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY OPEN,

27:10TRANSPARENT AND SHARE

27:12INFORMATION.

27:12AND I DID READ AND PRINT OUT

27:15THE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT FROM

27:17HER BACK ON AUGUST 25TH THAT

27:18HAS AN ATTACHED SPREADSHEET.

27:20AND I ALSO SAW THE 47 MILLION

27:23AND THOUGHT WELL THAT'S A LOT

27:24TO JUST MOVE FORWARD.

27:26BUT WHEN I HAD READ MORE ABOUT

27:27WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE

27:30VOTED ON TODAY IS THAT YOU KNOW

27:31NOW THAT THE PROJECTS ARE

27:33COMPLETED SO ANY MONEY WE CAN

27:35GET BACK INTO THE POOL AND

27:36HOPEFULLY BE FUNDING MORE GREAT

27:38PROJECTS AND KNOWING THAT THAT

27:40OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE

27:41INFORMATION AND IF YOU COULD

27:43JUST ASSURE US WHICH I KNOW YOU

27:45WILL IF I CAN ASK THROUGH THE

27:47CHAIR TO THE CHAIR OF THIS

27:49COMMITTEE THAT IF ANY

27:51INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS WE HAVE

27:52AND IF YOU COULD HELP MAKE SURE

27:54THEY GET ANSWERED I WOULD

27:55APPRECIATE THAT.

27:58COUNCILOR PEPEN.

27:59YES, YES RESPONDING TO UH MY

28:01COUNCIL COLLEAGUE YEAH.

28:03SO THIS MAKING SURE THAT ALL MY

28:04COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT THIS IS

28:05NOT THE LAST VOTE THIS IS JUST

28:07ANOTHER VOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT

28:09WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS.

28:10WE WILL THEN HAVE THE HEARINGS

28:12TO GO OVER THE PROJECT WILL BE

28:13WE WE WILL BE ABLE TO ASK THE

28:15QUESTIONS.

28:16TO EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

28:17WHICH STADIUM BROWN OUR TEAM

28:18DOES AN AMAZING JOB OF BREAKING

28:20DOWN AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A

28:21VOTE TO TO EITHER YOU KNOW

28:24GRANT THESE THESE GRANTS TO THE

28:25PROJECTS.

28:26SO THAT'S.

28:26THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU

28:28HAD A UM YOUR LIGHT IS ON.

28:30YEAH THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

28:32UM, I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO

28:35HAVING A VOTE I DO THINK I DO

28:38THINK WE SHOULD WE SHOULD HAVE

28:40A A A HEARING ON IT.

28:42BUT AGAIN I'M NOT GOING TO

28:44OBJECT.

28:44I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR

28:45OF IT.

28:46,BUT I.

28:47>> I DO THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S

28:49WORTH HAVING A DISCUSSION ON.

28:53WHAT IMPACT.

28:55UM WHAT IMPACT THIS PROPOSAL IN

28:57THIS FUNDING WILL HAVE ON CPA.

28:59I HAVE LONG SUPPORTED CPA

29:02LONGER THAN YOU KNOW FOR FOR 8

29:04OR 9 YEARS HERE ON THE COUNCIL.

29:06AND I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT

29:08FOR ADDING IN HER CPA TEAM AS

29:12WELL.

29:13AGAIN, I'M VOTING IN FAVOR

29:14OF IT.

29:15I DO WISH WE COULD HAVE HAD A

29:17HEARING ON IT SO I WOULD BE

29:19THOROUGHLY INFORMED OF ALL

29:21ASPECTS OF THIS.

29:23THANK YOU.

29:24THANK YOU.

29:24UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR

29:26COUNCILOR PEPEN.

29:27ARE YOU SEEKING A VOTE ON THIS

29:29OR JUST TO SEND IT TO COMMITTEE

29:31?

29:32I SUSPEND AND PASS.

29:35I'M JUST GOOD.

29:37THANK YOU.

29:37>> UM.

29:40COME MEJIA.

29:42YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

29:46UM.

29:47>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

29:49AND JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND.

29:51>> AND.

29:51THOSE WHO ARE.

29:52TUNING IN, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

29:53THIS PARTICULAR VOTE IS JUST TO

29:56MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT

29:58WE HAVE LEFT OVER THAT WE CAN

29:59USE IN THE FUTURE AND THEREFORE

30:02THE VOTE THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO

30:03TAKE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S

30:04PAYING ATTENTION IS A

30:06RESPONSIBLE VOTE BECAUSE WHAT

30:07WE'RE DOING IS JUST

30:09REALLOCATING.

30:09>> THOSE DOLLARS.

30:10FOR FUTURE USE.

30:11I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

30:13MY.

30:13INTERPRETATION OF WHAT'S

30:14HAPPENING.

30:14HERE IS.

30:15>> THAT SIMPLE.

30:16IS THAT IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?

30:18YEAH.

30:18I'M GONNA I'M GOING TO THINK

30:19THAT WASN'T TRUE.

30:20YEAH OKAY.

30:21SO THEN THE VOTE THAT I'M

30:22TAKING IS TO JUST MAKE SURE

30:23THAT WE CAN REALLOCATE THE

30:25LEFTOVER FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN

30:26USE IN THE FUTURE.

30:27YES OKAY.

30:28GOOD.

30:29THANK YOU.

30:29THANK YOU.

30:31COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

30:32YEAH.

30:33>> AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT.

30:34IT'S AT THE REQUEST OF.

30:35THE, UH, OF THE OF FADING BROWN

30:38AND HER LEADERSHIP.

30:39IT IS THE MONEY.

30:41IT'S NOT EVEN JUST BEING

30:42REALLOCATED.

30:42IT'S BEING USED FOR THE SAME

30:44EXACT PURPOSE.

30:45SO THE HEARINGS WILL HAPPEN IN

30:47THE SAME WAY THAT THE CPC

30:48HEARINGS HAPPENED ALREADY FOR

30:49THE THREE PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE

30:51CAN USE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION

30:52ACT FUNDS OPEN SPACE,

30:54AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HISTORIC

30:56PRESERVATION IT WILL STILL BE

30:58THOSE THREE.

30:59CATEGORIES.

30:59>> THE MONEY WILL BE ALLOCATED

31:00FOR THOSE SAME PURPOSES AND

31:02IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY A NET

31:03GOOD BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE MORE

31:05MONEY TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS THOSE

31:07THREE PURPOSES FOR THE NEXT

31:08FISCAL YEAR.

31:09THANK YOU SO MUCH.

31:11THANK YOU.

31:12COUNCILOR FLYNN.

31:15THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

31:15AGAIN I DON'T OBJECT TO HAVING

31:18A VOTE.

31:19I DO WISH WE HAD A HEARING

31:21THOUGH I'M GOING TO VOTE IN

31:22FAVOR OF THIS.

31:23I JUST WANT TO DO MY DUE

31:25DILIGENCE BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE

31:27AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEING

31:31APPROPRIATED AND IT IS OUR

31:33OBLIGATION TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW

31:35EVERY CENT IS SPENT IN THE CITY

31:37OF BOSTON.

31:38THAT'S MY POINT AND THAT'S MY

31:40ONLY POINT THAT CAN.

31:42BE CONSISTENT.

31:42I THINK IT'S CLEAR FROM THE

31:44CHAIR, UH, THERE WILL BE

31:46HEARINGS ON HOW THIS MONEY IS

31:47GOING TO BE SPENT.

31:48IT'S JUST BEEN SHIFTED OVER TO

31:49THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY

31:52PRESERVATION ACT UH, UNDER THE

31:55LEADERSHIP OF CITY.

31:57SO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

31:59ON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION SEEK

32:00SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

32:01PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1771.

32:03ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY I ALL

32:06OPPOSED.

32:06SAY NAY.

32:08MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

32:09TAKE A ROLL CALL?

32:10VOTE ON 1771 CALL.

32:12VOTE ON 1771 COUNCILOR BRIGHTON

32:15YES ON SEPARATE ON YES.

32:17COUNCIL LET US APPARENT.

32:19YES LET US SEPARATE YES

32:21COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

32:23COUNCIL CULPEPER.

32:23YES CONCEPT DUNCAN HUNTER DUCK

32:25AND YES COUNCIL FITZGERALD ONTO

32:28FITZGERALD.

32:29YES.

32:30COUNCILOR FLYNN.

32:30COUNCIL.

32:31>> FLYNN.

32:31>> YES.

32:33COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

32:33YES.

32:34CONVOLUTION.

32:34YES.

32:35COUNCIL.

32:35MAYOR.

32:37COUNCIL MATERIAL.

32:37YES.

32:38COUNCIL.

32:38MURPHY WANTS A MOVIE.

32:40YES.

32:40COUNCIL.

32:41PIPPEN.

32:41YES.

32:42>> YES.

32:43>> COUNCIL SANTANA.

32:44YES.

32:44GOING TO SANTANA?

32:45YES.

32:46COUNCIL WEBER.

32:47WEBER.

32:48YES AND COUNCIL OVERALL CONSOLE

32:50YES 13 VOTE AND UNLIMITED.

32:52THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

32:54DOCKET 1771 HAS PASSED.

32:57MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET

32:591772.

33:02DOCKET 1772 MESSAGE AN ORDER

33:05AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

33:07TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT

33:13OF $1,361,182 IN THE FORM OF A

33:14GRAND METROPOLITAN AREA PLAN

33:17AND COUNCIL AWARDED BY THE

33:19UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

33:21OF TREASURY PASS THROUGH THE

33:22MASS METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING

33:25COUNCIL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

33:26THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION

33:28AND TECHNOLOGY.

33:29THE GRANT WOULD FUND EQUIPMENT

33:32AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR

33:33THE EXPANSION OF THE CITY

33:35BROADBAND NETWORK THROUGHOUT

33:37TWO BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY

33:39CAMPUSES.

33:40THANK YOU DOCKET 1772 AND BE

33:43REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

33:45CITY SERVICES.

33:47MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET

33:491773.

33:50DOCKET 1773 MESSAGE ON ORDER

33:53AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

33:55TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT

33:59OF $750,000 IN THE FORM OF A

34:00GRANT TO 526 BOSTON REGIONAL

34:04INTELLIGENCE CENTER EARMARK

34:06AWARDED BY THE MAYOR'S

34:08EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC

34:09SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE

34:11ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE

34:13DEPARTMENT.

34:13THE GRANT WOULD FUND UPGRADING,

34:16EXPANDING AND INTEGRATING

34:18TECHNOLOGY AND PROTOCOLS

34:20RELATED TO ANTI-TERRORISM,

34:23ANTI-CRIME, ANTI-GANG AND

34:26EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

34:28THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

34:29DOCKET 1773 WOULD BE REFERRED

34:31TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

34:33SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

34:36MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

34:37READ DOCKET 1774.

34:39DOCKET 177 FOR MESSAGE AND

34:42ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY

34:44OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND

34:45THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 IN THE

34:48FORM OF A GRANT MORE UM AWARDED

34:52BY ROCKEFELLER FOR TRAVEL FEE

34:55ADVISOR TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

34:56THE DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRANT

34:58ADVANCEMENT.

34:59THE GRANT WOULD FUND SUPPORT

35:01FOR CITY LED PROGRAMS THAT

35:03ADVANCE RELIEF, INCLUSION AND

35:06OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED

35:09COMMUNITIES IN BOSTON THROUGH

35:10THE GLOBAL CITIES FUND.

35:12THANK YOU.

35:13DOCKET 1774 BE REFERRED TO THE

35:15COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS,

35:16RACIAL EQUITY, EQUAL EQUITY AND

35:20IMMIGRATION ADVANCEMENT

35:21IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT.

35:22MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

35:24READ DOCKETS 1775 AND.

35:271776 TOGETHER DOCKET 1775

35:30MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING

35:31THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT

35:33AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

35:42OF $267,721.80 IN THE FORM OF A

35:43GRANT OR A YOUTH ACTIVITIES

35:47ADMIN GRANT AWARDED BY THE

35:49UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

35:50OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS

35:52HIRE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER

35:53SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

35:56THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE

35:58DEVELOPMENT.

35:58THE GRANT WOULD FUND A PROGRAM

36:00AND FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON

36:03OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH BETWEEN

36:04AGES 14 TO 24 WHO FACE BARRIERS

36:08TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND

36:10EMPLOYMENT.

36:11DOCKET 1776 MESSAGE IN ORDER

36:14AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

36:16TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

36:21OF $250,000 IN THE FORM OF A

36:22GRANT PERMANENT FUND FOR BOSTON

36:24GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON

36:26FOUNDATION TO BE ADMINISTERED

36:28BY THE ORIOLE ADMIN.

36:30THE GRANT WOULD FUND SUPPORTING

36:33THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

36:35OF PILOT INTEGRATING SCHOOL

36:37BASED CAREER PATHWAYS, PAIRED

36:39YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND

36:41POST-SECONDARY LEARNING AT

36:43THESE HIGH.

36:44SCHOOLS WHICH ESTABLISH HOW

36:46CAREER PATHWAY TO ADDRESS THE

36:49CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

36:50FACING GREATER BOSTON

36:52COMMUNITIES.

36:53THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

36:54DOCKET 1775 AND 17676 WILL BE

36:58REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

37:00LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

37:03MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

37:04READ DOCKET 1777?

37:10DOCKET 1777 MESSAGE AND ORDER

37:13AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

37:15TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

37:20OF $250,000 IN THE FORM OF A

37:21GRANT BOSTON FAMILY DAY PROGRAM

37:24SUPPORT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON

37:26FOUNDATION TO BE ADMINISTERED

37:27BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND

37:29CULTURE.

37:29THE GRANT WOULD FUND SUPPORT

37:31OF THE BOSTON FAMILY DAYS

37:33PROGRAM FROM AMAZON VIA THE

37:36BOSTON FOUNDATION.

37:37THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT OF THE

37:39GRANT TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM BY

37:44CODE AT 24026 OCCURRED WHEN THE

37:46PROGRAM WAS KNOWN AS A CULTURAL

37:48ACCESS PILOT PROGRAM OR BEEPS

37:51SUNDAYS.

37:52THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

37:53CHAIR RECOGNIZES

37:55COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE

37:56THE FLOOR.

37:57THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

37:58AND THIS IS A GRANT SIMILAR TO

38:00THE GRANTS THAT WE PASSED

38:01SUSPENDED AND PASSED LAST WEEK

38:03IN SUPPORT OF BOSTON FAMILY

38:04DAYS TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM.

38:06I ALSO MEANT TO SAY THIS LAST

38:07WEEK YOU GUYS WERE MISSED THAT

38:09ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE

38:10PROGRAM, THE MUSEUM OF FINE

38:11ARTS HAD A CELEBRATORY MOMENT.

38:12UH, THEIR BOARD ELECT IS THE

38:14FIRST BLACK WOMAN FIRST BLACK.

38:15>> PERSON.

38:16TO SHARE THEIR BOARD.

38:17SO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANK

38:18YOU TO MICHELLE AND BROWN.

38:19I WANT TO SAY A CONTINUED THANK

38:21YOU TO ALL OF THE UH, ENTITIES

38:23THAT PARTICIPATE IN BOSTON

38:24FAMILY DAYS SO THAT OUR KIDS

38:27CAN HAVE ACCESS AND THEIR

38:28FAMILIES CAN HAVE ACCESS TO OUR

38:29CULTURAL INSTITUTION.

38:30SO I AM ASKING MY COLLEAGUES

38:31THEY'LL JOIN ME IN A SUSPENSION

38:32AND PASSAGE FOR THIS DOCKET.

38:34THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

38:35THANK YOU.

38:36>> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

38:37COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE THE CHAIR

38:38OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS,

38:39CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM

38:40AND SPECIAL EVENTS

38:43COUNCILOR FLATTEN YOU YOU.

38:45A CONSTITUENT?

38:46YEAH.

38:47>> THANK YOU.

38:48I RISE TO SUPPORT SUPPORT THIS

38:50PROPOSAL UM THIS FUNDING IS

38:53COMING FROM AMAZON AND BOSTON

38:56FOUNDATION.

38:57I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE UM

39:00MYSELF AND UH COUNCILOR MURPHY

39:02WE WORK TO ENSURE, UH, WORKING

39:04WITH THE NON-PROFITS TO ENSURE

39:06THAT, UM, ALL CHILDREN

39:10OF BOSTON WOULD BE ABLE TO

39:11ATTEND THESE MUSEUMS INCLUDING

39:15CHILDREN LIVING CHILDREN

39:16ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

39:18WE DO FEEL THAT'S A THAT'S AN

39:20IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE

39:21PROGRAM.

39:22UM, THEY ARE PART OF THE CITY

39:24AND BOSTON IS A BETTER CITY

39:27BECAUSE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN ARE

39:29INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM.

39:30THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

39:31THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

39:34SO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SIX

39:35SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

39:37PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1777.

39:38ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

39:40ALL OPPOSED.

39:41SAY NAY.

39:42MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

39:43TAKE A ROLL CALL?

39:44VOTE ON DOCKET 1777.

39:46ROLL CALL.

39:47VOTE ON DOCKET 1777.

39:51COUNCILOR BRITA YES ON SOME

39:54BREADON.

39:54YES.

39:54COUNCILOR POLARIS OPERA.

39:55ON A LETTER SUPPORTER.

39:56YES.

39:57COUNCIL.

39:57CULPEPER.

39:58PRINCE OF CULPEPER.

39:59YES.

40:00>> COUNCILOR DURKAN

40:01CONSIDERING.

40:01YES.

40:02COUNCIL.

40:03FITZGERALD.

40:03YES.

40:04ONTO FITZGERALD ON YES.

40:05COUNCIL.

40:05FLYNN.

40:05YES.

40:06ONTO FLYNN.

40:07YES.

40:07COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE

40:09COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

40:10YES.

40:10COUNCIL.

40:10MAYOR.

40:10UM.

40:12COUNCIL MURPHY ON SOME.

40:14MURPHY.

40:14YES.

40:15COUNCIL PATTON CONCEPT

40:17APPRENTICE COUNCIL SANTANA.

40:19COUNCIL.

40:19SANTANA.

40:20YES.

40:20COUNCILOR.

40:21WEBER.

40:21YES.

40:22COUNCIL.

40:22WEBER.

40:23YES.

40:23GOING ON SEVERAL.

40:25YES.

40:2612 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

40:27THANK YOU MADAM.

40:28MADAM CLERK DOCKET 1777 HAS

40:32PASSED.

40:35MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

40:36READ DOCKET 1778.

40:39DOCKET 1778 MESSAGE AN ORDER

40:41AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

40:43TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

40:47OF 202,000 AND $537.80 IN THE

40:51FORM OF A GRANT OR A DOES.

40:55ACTIVITIES ADMIN GRANT AWARDED

40:56BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

40:58OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS

41:00HIRE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER

41:02SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

41:03THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE

41:05DEVELOPMENT.

41:06THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE

41:08CREATION OF SEAMLESS SYSTEM

41:10OF ADULT EDUCATION WORKFORCE

41:12PREPARATION AND TRAINING

41:13SERVICES.

41:15THANK YOU.

41:15>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

41:16CONSTABLE REALM AND CHAIR

41:17OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND

41:19ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

41:20YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

41:21UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

41:22THIS GRANT IS THE.

41:23SECOND OF THREE UM.

41:26FOR THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION.

41:27AND OPPORTUNITY THAT.

41:29THESE GRANTS COME FROM A

41:30FEDERAL FORMULA DESIGNED TO.

41:31HELP JOB SEEKERS ACCESS

41:33EDUCATION.

41:33TRAINING AND.

41:34>> SUPPORT SERVICES.

41:35UH, THIS DOCKET IS A $202,537

41:39GRANT TO SUPPORT STAFF TIME TO

41:41IMPLEMENT THE LARGEST ADULT

41:42SUPPORT SERVICES TO MASS HIRE.

41:44THOSE SERVICES INCLUDE JOB

41:46SEARCH, COACHING, CONNECTION TO

41:47TRAINING AND ACCESS TO FUNDING

41:49FOR ELIGIBLE JOBSEEKERS

41:51PURSUING FURTHER TRAINING WIOA

41:54ADULT CLIENTS ARE PRIMARY LOW

41:56INCOME ADULTS WHO ARE

41:57UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED

41:59THAT YOU HAVE THE COMMITTEE ON

42:00LABOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT I'M

42:01ASKING FOR SUSPENSION AND

42:02PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET.

42:04THANK YOU.

42:04>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL

42:07THE CHAIR OF THE

42:08COUNCILOR WORRELL, THE CHAIR

42:09OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND

42:10ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS

42:11SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

42:13PASSAGE OF ONE DOCKET NUMBER

42:161778.

42:17ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

42:18ALL OPPOSED.

42:19SAY NAY.

42:20MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

42:21TAKE A ROLL CALL?

42:22VOTE ON DOCKET 1778 TO A.

42:25VOTE ON DOCKET 1778.

42:27COUNCILOR BRENNAN.

42:28YES.

42:29EVEN AS COUNCIL COLOR OPERA ON

42:32CHOCOLATE A SUPPLIER.

42:33YES.

42:33COUNCIL CULPEPER.

42:34YEAH.

42:35CONCEPT CALLED PEPPER.

42:35YES.

42:36COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDERED

42:38TOKEN.

42:38YES.

42:39COUNCIL FITZGERALD CONCEPT

42:41FITZGERALD.

42:41YES.

42:42COUNCIL.

42:42FLYNN.

42:42YES.

42:43>> ALSO FILLING.

42:44YES.

42:45COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CON SOLUTION

42:47.

42:47YES.

42:48COUNCIL.

42:48MAYOR.

42:49COUNCIL.

42:50MURPHY.

42:51COUNCIL.

42:51MURPHY.

42:52HAS GONE BEEN PREPARING.

42:54YES.

42:54COUNCIL.

42:55SANTANA COUNCIL.

42:56SANTANA.

42:57YES.

42:57COUNCIL.

42:57WEBER.

42:59CONSOLE.

43:00>> WEBER.

43:00>> PRESENT.

43:01COUNCIL.

43:01OVERALL CONSOLE AROUND.

43:04YES.

43:05123456.

43:07>> AND 11.

43:08>> IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

43:09I WANT TO PRESENT.

43:10.

43:10>> THANK YOU.

43:11DOCKET 1778 HAS PASSED.

43:14MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

43:15READ DOCKET 1779?

43:19DOCKET 1779 MESSAGE AND ORDER

43:22AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

43:23TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

43:27OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A

43:28GRANT THE BOSTON FAMILY DAY

43:30GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON

43:32FOUNDATION TO BE ADMINISTERED

43:34BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND

43:35CULTURE.

43:36THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE BOSTON

43:38FAMILY DAY PROGRAM FROM 2026 TO

43:422027 PROVIDED BY THE JAMES UM

43:44UM AND COLLEEN D STONE

43:46FOUNDATION.

43:48CHAIR RECOGNIZES

43:49COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.

43:50YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

43:51THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

43:52I RISE AGAIN, UH, FOR

43:53SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS

43:55$150,000 GRANT TO SUPPORT THE

43:57BOSTON FAMILY DAYS PROGRAM.

43:58UH, THE CATHERINE UH, THE JAMES

44:01M AND CATHERINE DE STONE

44:02FOUNDATION HAVE BEEN EARLY

44:03SUPPORTERS OF THIS PROGRAM

44:04SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND IT'S

44:06GREAT TO SEE THEIR CONTINUED

44:07SUPPORT.

44:08SO I JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO

44:09JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS

44:11GRANT FOR THE BOSTON FAMILY

44:12DAYS PROGRAM.

44:13THANK YOU SO MUCH.

44:14THANK YOU.

44:17>> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE THE

44:18CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS,

44:19CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM

44:20AND SPECIAL EVENTS THE

44:21SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

44:22PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1779.

44:24ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED

44:27.

44:27SAY NAY.

44:29MADAME CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

44:30TAKE A ROLL CALL?

44:31VOTE ON DOCKET 1779.

44:33ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1779

44:37COUNSELOR BREEDEN YES.

44:38IT'S BREADON AS COUNCIL.

44:40COLLETTE AS A FATHER.

44:41ON SOCCER.

44:41LET US ABOUT A YES, PAPA.

44:43YES.

44:44ONCE A QUARTER AS

44:45COUNCILOR DURKAN.

44:47IT'S SAID JOKE DANIEL'S

44:48CONSERVATION.

44:48YES.

44:49>> HUNTER FITZGERALD.

44:50YES.

44:50COUNCIL.

44:51FLYNN.

44:52YES.

44:52>> IT'S OFFLINE.

44:53YES.

44:53COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES A

44:55LOUIJEUNE AS COUNCILOR MEJIA ON

44:57SOME MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY AS

45:00COUNCIL ON PEPPERONI AS

45:03COUNCIL SANTANA YES.

45:04THAT'S A SANTANA AS

45:05COUNCIL WEBER YES.

45:06IT'S A WEB BASED ON SEVERAL YES

45:09COUNCIL ALL RIGHT.

45:10YES 12 VOTES AND AFFIRMATIVE.

45:12THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

45:13DOCKET 1779 HAS PASSED.

45:17MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE

45:20READ DOCKET 1780.

45:23DOCKET 1780 MESSAGE ON ORDER

45:27AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

45:29TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

45:33OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A

45:34GRANT TO MAYOR'S OFFICE

45:35OF HUMAN SERVICES CONNECT,

45:37LEARN AND EXPLORE INITIATIVE

45:39AWARDED BY BOSTON CHILDREN'S

45:41HOSPITAL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

45:42THE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES.

45:44THE GRANT WOULD FUND AN ANNUAL

45:47CITYWIDE ACTIVATIONS SUMMIT FOR

45:50YOUTH.

45:50HOST HOST A CAREER AND

45:52PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

45:54SESSIONS AND NETWORK CONVENING

45:56FOR YOUTH WORKERS AND CONDUCTED

45:58YOUTH NEED ASSESSMENT.

46:00THANK YOU MADAM CLERK CHAIR

46:02RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY,

46:03THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

46:05HUMAN SERVICES.

46:05YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

46:06THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

46:09UM, I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND AND

46:10PASS.

46:11I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES JOIN ME.

46:12THIS IS $150,000.

46:15WHICH HELPS SUPPORT THE WORK

46:19THAT DIRECTOR PEDRO CRUZ AND

46:21HIS TEAM ARE DOING FOR OUR

46:23YOUTH.

46:23SO AS IT WAS SAID THAT WAS READ

46:26ALREADY BUT THIS WILL ALSO HOST

46:27EVENTS ON FRIDAY EVENING

46:29THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

46:30SOME OF THIS MONEY JUST NEEDS

46:32TO BE WORK THAT'S ALREADY

46:33HAPPENED.

46:34SO LOOKING FORWARD TO

46:35SUPPORTING PEDRO AND HIS TEAM

46:37AND I WANT TO THANK DENISE FOR

46:39ALWAYS SENDING ALONG THE

46:41EXPLANATIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET

46:43THESE GRANTS PASSED QUICKLY.

46:45IF ANYONE HAS.

46:45>> ANY OTHER.

46:46QUESTIONS AFTER THE VOTE, THEY

46:47CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME AND

46:48I CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH MORE

46:50INFORMATION.

46:51THANK YOU.

46:51THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.

46:54COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR

46:55OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN

46:56SERVICES SIX SUSPENSION OF THE

46:57RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET

47:001780.

47:00ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

47:02ALL OPPOSED.

47:03SAY NAY.

47:05MADAME CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

47:06TAKE A ROLL CALL?

47:07VOTE ON DOCKET 1780.

47:09CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1780

47:13COUNCILOR BRENNAN YES AND YES.

47:15COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A PARA.

47:17COLLETTE AS A FATHER.

47:18YES.

47:18COUNCIL PEPPER CONCEPT CALLED

47:20PEPPER.

47:21YES.

47:21COUNCILOR.

47:22>> DULL CAN.

47:22COUNCILOR DULL CAN.

47:23YES.

47:24COUNCIL FITZGERALD.

47:25YES.

47:26FITZGERALD.

47:26YES.

47:27COUNCILOR.

47:27FLYNN.

47:28COUNCIL FLYNN AS

47:29COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

47:30YES.

47:30AND SOLUTION IS COUNCILOR MEJIA

47:33.

47:34COUNCILOR MURPHY.

47:34AND SO MURPHY.

47:36YES.

47:36COUNCIL PREP N

47:38COUNCIL PEPPERINESS

47:39COUNCILOR SANTANA.

47:41COUNCIL SANTANA.

47:41YES.

47:42CONSUL.

47:42WEBER.

47:42YES.

47:43>> COUNCIL.

47:44WEBER.

47:44>> YES.

47:44CONSOLE.

47:45WELL COUNCILOR WORRELL YES 12

47:48VOTES AND AFFIRMATIVE.

47:49THANK YOU.

47:50DOCKET 1780 HAS PASSED.

47:55MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

47:56READ DOCKET 1781.

47:58DOCKET 1781 MESSAGE IN ORDER

48:02AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

48:04TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

48:08OF $125,000 IN THE FORM OF A

48:09GRANT TO LIBERTY MUTUAL CLIMATE

48:12RESILIENCY GRANT AWARDED BY

48:14LIBERTY MUTUAL FOUNDATION INC.

48:17PASSED THROUGH THE BOSTON LOCAL

48:18DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO BE

48:20ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE

48:22OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

48:23THE GRANT WOULD FUND MIGRATION

48:25AND ACTIVITY APPROACHES CLIMATE

48:28CHANGES BY SUPPORTING

48:30INNOVATION SOLUTIONS, SCALE AND

48:32PROVEN TRAGEDIES AND PROMOTING

48:35NATURE BASED INITIATIVE.

48:36THE FUN AND POWER, A GRASSROOTS

48:40EFFORT TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL

48:43CHALLENGES.

48:44THANK YOU.

48:45THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

48:46CANCER ORAL THE CHAIR OF.

48:48UH THE COMMITTEE ON

48:49ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

48:50RESILIENCY AND PARKS, YOU HAVE

48:52THE FLOOR.

48:52UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

48:53THIS GRANT WILL BE ADMINISTERED

48:55BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE

48:56DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL SUPPORT

48:58ACTIVITIES THAT POWER COURTS

48:59BOSTON FUNDS WILL GO TOWARD

49:00SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND LIVING

49:02STIPENDS PAID TO POWER FORCE

49:03MEMBERS DURING THE PERIOD

49:05OF SERVICE.

49:05AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT

49:06TO THE WHOLE CREW AT POWER

49:07CORP'S, UM, ESPECIALLY RICHARD

49:09AND JOE FOR THEIR WORK WITH MY

49:10OFFICE AND HELPING TO GET SOME

49:12EXTRA LOVE TO THE GREEN SPACES

49:13.

49:14UM IN MY DISTRICT WHETHER IT'S

49:15THE GARDEN BEHIND THE COMMONS

49:16SQUARE LIBRARY OR EVANS

49:17PLAYGROUND THEY STEPPED UP IN A

49:19FORCE AND A FORCE WITH MY

49:20COMMUNITY AND AS CHAIR OF THE

49:22COMMITTEE OF ENVIRONMENTAL

49:24JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS

49:26I'M ASKING SUSPENSION AND

49:27PASSAGE FOR THIS DOCKET.

49:29THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WIRRAL

49:30COUNCIL REALISTIC SUSPENSION

49:31OF RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET

49:341781.

49:34ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

49:37ALL OPPOSED?

49:38NAY.

49:40MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

49:41TAKE A ROLL CALL?

49:42VOTE ON DOCKET 1781 WILL.

49:44CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1781

49:47COUNCIL OPERATOR.

49:47YES.

49:48IT'S A BLUE DOWN.

49:49YES.

49:49GONZALES, COLOR US A POWDER.

49:50YES.

49:51LET US THE POWDER.

49:52YES.

49:53COUNCIL CULPEPER.

49:54CULPEPER.

49:55YES.

49:56COUNCIL TOKEN.

49:57COUNCIL TOKEN.

49:57YES.

49:58COUNCIL FITZGERALD.

49:59COUNCIL.

50:00FITZGERALD.

50:00YES.

50:01COUNCIL.

50:01FLYNN.

50:01YES.

50:02FLYNN.

50:02YES.

50:03COUNCIL.

50:03LOUIJEUNE.

50:04YES.

50:04ONTO LOUIJEUNE.

50:05YES.

50:06COUNCIL.

50:06MEJIA.

50:07COUNCIL.

50:08MURPHY.

50:09COUNCIL.

50:09MURPHY.

50:10YES.

50:10COUNCIL PREPARED.

50:11YES.

50:11AND AS COUNCIL.

50:13SANTANA.

50:14COUNCIL.

50:14SANTANA.

50:15YES.

50:15COUNCIL.

50:16WEBER.

50:16YES.

50:17ONCE A WEBER IS CONTROVERSIAL

50:19COUNCIL AROUND YES 12 VOTES IN

50:21THE FORMATIVE.

50:22THANK YOU COUNCIL DOCKET 1781

50:25HAS PASSED.

50:27MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

50:28READ DOCKET 1782.

50:32DOCKET 178 TO MESSAGE AN ORDER

50:35AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

50:37TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

50:40OF $110,000 IN THE FORM OF A

50:42GRANT TO FY 27 DAMAGE

50:45CORRESPOND GRANT AWARDED BY

50:47MASS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL

50:48HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

50:50THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

50:51THE GRANT WOULD FUND ONE FULL

50:54TIME RECOVERY COACH HIRE TO

50:56BEST.

50:58THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES

50:59COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR

51:00OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

51:02SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

51:03YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

51:04THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

51:05THIS GRANT AS PART OF THE

51:07MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT

51:07OF MENTAL HEALTH EFFORTS TO

51:09PLACE TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH

51:12MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

51:13WITHIN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS

51:14WILL FUND A FULL TIME

51:16RECOVERY COACH POSITION AT THE

51:17BOSTON EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAM

51:19.

51:20UM KNOWN AS BEST

51:21RECOVERY COACHES CAN CONNECT

51:22WITH INDIVIDUALS AT RISK

51:24OF OVERDOSE AND OR UM

51:26OF SURVIVORS OF NON-FATAL

51:27OVERDOSE AND THE FAMILIES WITH

51:29SUBSTANCE ABUSE AT MANY SOURCES

51:31AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS,

51:34RECOVERY COACHES ARE EMBEDDED

51:34AS PART OF THE POLICE

51:35DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

51:37,INCLUDING IN CITIES LIKE NEW

51:38BEDFORD.

51:39THIS POSITION WILL BE CRITICAL

51:40LIFESAVING ADDITION TO THE BEST

51:42TEAM AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC

51:43SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

51:44COMMITTEE, I RECOMMEND THAT

51:45THIS TALK IT ALL TO PASS.

51:47THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

51:49CHAIR RECOGNIZES

51:50COUNCILOR CANCER FLYNN, YOU

51:51HAVE THE FLOOR.

51:52THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

51:53I SUPPORT THIS UM, THIS DOCKET

51:56NUMBER.

51:58I THINK IT'LL BE CRITICAL TO

51:59SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN NEED

52:01OF MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.

52:03I ALSO WANTED TO RISE TO

52:05ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UM, STATE

52:07LEGISLATORS AND THE GOVERNOR

52:09FOR SUPPORTING THE RESIDENTS

52:11OF BOSTON.

52:11THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

52:13THANK YOU.

52:15COUNCILOR SANTANA.

52:17UH, SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE

52:18RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET

52:20NUMBER 1782.

52:22ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.

52:25SAY NAY.

52:25UM, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU

52:27PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?

52:28VOTE ON DOCKET 178 TO.

52:31ROLL CALL.

52:31>> VOTE ON DOCKET 1782.

52:33COUNCILOR BRENNAN.

52:34YES.

52:35COUNCIL.

52:35BREADON.

52:35YES.

52:36COUNCIL COLOR A PARA.

52:38YES.

52:38I TOOK A LETTER.

52:39SAFARI.

52:40YES.

52:40COUNCIL COUNTERPART ONCE IT IS

52:43CONSTITUTION.

52:43WHAT'S A DURKAN?

52:44YES.

52:45COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

52:46QUINCY.

52:47>> FITZGERALD.

52:48>> YES.

52:48COUNCIL.

52:48FLYNN.

52:49YES.

52:49>> IT'S A FLAME.

52:50YES.

52:51CONSTELLATION.

52:51YES.

52:52COUNCIL.

52:52LUCIA.

52:53COUNCIL.

52:53MEJIA.

52:55COUNCILOR.

52:55MURPHY.

52:56COUNCIL.

52:57MURPHY.

52:57YES.

52:58BEN.

52:58YEAH.

53:00CANCER PREPAREDNESS COUNSELOR.

53:01SANTANA.

53:01YES.

53:01OH, IT'S A SANTANA.

53:02YES.

53:03COUNCIL.

53:03WEBER.

53:03YES.

53:04THAT'S WE HAVE VARIOUS

53:05COUNCILOR UH COUNCIL AROUND.

53:07YES.

53:0812 VOTES AND AFFIRMATIVE.

53:10THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

53:13DOCKET 1782 HAS PASSED.

53:16MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

53:17READ DOCKET 1783.

53:19DOCKET 1783 MESSAGE IN ORDER

53:23AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

53:25TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

53:30OF $92,100.40 IN THE FORM OF A

53:31GRANT OR A DISLOCATED WORKERS

53:35ADMIN GRANT AWARDED BY THE

53:36UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

53:38OF LABOR PASSED TO THE MASS

53:40HIRE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER

53:42SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

53:43THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE

53:45DEVELOPMENT.

53:45THE GRANT WOULD FUND

53:48INDIVIDUALIZED CAREER SERVICES

53:49AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR

53:51DISLOCATED WORKERS TO REJOIN

53:53THE WORKFORCE AS EARLY AS

53:55POSSIBLE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS

53:58TO EMPLOYMENT.

53:59THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES

54:00COUNTRY WORRELL THE CHAIR

54:02OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND

54:03ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

54:04YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

54:05UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

54:07UH, THIS IS A SMALL DOLLAR

54:08GRANT UM, THAT GOES TO THE

54:10OFFICE TO PROVIDE JOB SEARCH

54:12SUPPORT, UH, THROUGH

54:13OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITIES TO

54:15RETRAIN FOR IN-DEMAND CAREERS

54:17AND AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

54:18ON LABOR, ECONOMIC AND

54:18DEVELOPMENT AND FOR SUSPENSION

54:19AND PATCH OF THE FISCAL DOCKET

54:21.

54:22THANK YOU.

54:22THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.

54:23WE WILL SEEK SUSPENSION, THE

54:24RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET

54:26NUMBER 1783.

54:27ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED.

54:30SAY NAY.

54:32MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

54:33TAKE A ROLL CALL?

54:34VOTE ON DOCKET 1783 ROLL.

54:36CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1783

54:38COUNCIL.

54:38BREADON.

54:39YES.

54:39BREADON.

54:40YES.

54:40COUNCIL FOR LEVASSEUR.

54:42CONCEPT THAT IS APPLY TO YES.

54:43COUNCIL.

54:44CULPEPER.

54:45SO.

54:46PROUD OF DURKAN ONCE A TOKEN

54:49YES.

54:50COUNCIL FITZGERALD.

54:50YES.

54:51>> COUNCIL.

54:52>> FITZGERALD.

54:52YES.

54:52COUNCIL.

54:53FLYNN.

54:53HUNTER.

54:54FLYNN.

54:55YES.

54:55CONSTELLATION.

54:56YES.

54:56COUNCIL.

54:57LOUISIANA.

54:57YES.

54:58CONSUMER HAIR COUNCIL.

55:00MURPHY.

55:00COUNCIL.

55:01MURPHY.

55:01YES.

55:02COUNCIL.

55:02PREPARED COUNCIL AS

55:05COUNCILOR SANTANA.

55:05YES ON SO SANTANA IS

55:07COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL WEBER

55:09PRESENT AND COUNCIL WILL ARRIVE

55:11.

55:11YES COUNCIL WERE EARLIER.

55:13ON.

55:14>> 25 SIX AND.

55:161011 UM IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE

55:19PRESENT.

55:20THANK YOU.

55:20UH, DOCKET 1783 HAS PASSED.

55:24MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

55:25READ DOCKET NUMBER 1784.

55:31DOCKET 178 FOR MESSAGE AND

55:34ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY

55:36OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND

55:38THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN THE

55:40FORM OF A GRANT BLOOMBERG YOUTH

55:43CLIMATE ACTION FUND AWARDED BY

55:45THE BLOOMBERG FOR THE FEES TO

55:47BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ALL

55:48WHITE ADMIN.

55:50THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE LAUNCH

55:52OF OPEN INNOVATION AND

55:54COMPETITIVE AND MOBILIZE YOUTH

55:58UM FUNDS TO LAUNCH OR MOBILIZE

56:00YOUTH PEOPLE AGED 15 TO 24 TO

56:03DESIGN, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT

56:05YOUTH DRIVEN SOLUTIONS THAT

56:07ADDRESS PRESSING LOCAL NEEDS

56:09AND ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S

56:11CLIMATE GOALS.

56:13THANK YOU.

56:14UH.

56:16DOCKET 1784 BE REFERRED TO THE

56:19COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES.

56:23MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

56:24READ DOCKET 178521787 TOGETHER

56:28?

56:30UM, COUNTER MURPHY, YOU HAVE

56:32THE FLOOR.

56:32YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

56:33UM, NO.

56:35BUT IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND IF WE

56:37COULD RECONSIDER DOCKET 1784, I

56:39DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS GOING.

56:41>> TO HAVE A SECOND.

56:41THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

56:43THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.

56:44UM.

56:44FOR THIS SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT

56:46AND, UM, I THINK IT'D BE

56:48IMPORTANT IF WE COULD JUST PASS

56:49THIS GRANT.

56:52COUNCILOR MURPHY, I BEG YOUR

56:53PARDON?

56:53AND WE DON'T DO THIS EVERY DAY.

56:55UH, I NEED TO VOTE TO

56:57RECONSIDER YOUR.

56:57NO, I.

56:58UNDERSTAND UM, MADAM CLERK,

57:00COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL

57:01CALL?

57:01VOTE ON THE MOTION TO

57:02RECONSIDER DOCKET UM, 1784.

57:08UM.

57:09>> AND COUNSELOR BREDON.

57:09YES.

57:10CONCEPT READING AS

57:11COUNCIL LETTERS ABOUT A LET US

57:14ABOUT A YES COUNCIL CULPEPER ON

57:16THE COURT CONCEPT DUCKING.

57:18ONCE A TOKEN HAS GONE TO JOHN

57:21FITZGERALD AS COUNCIL FLYNN.

57:23YES.

57:24>> THANK YOU FOR ANY AS

57:25COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

57:27I SOLUTION YES.

57:27COUNCIL MY HAIR ON SOME

57:29OF THESE YES ON SOME MURPHY YES

57:31CONCEPT.

57:33CONCEPT WEAPON YES.

57:34COUNCIL.

57:35SANTANA.

57:35YES.

57:36SANTANA.

57:36YES.

57:37COUNCIL.

57:37WEBER.

57:37YES.

57:38CONSOLE WEBB I GUESS CONTROLLER

57:39UM.

57:40COUNCIL WERE I GUESS 12 VOTES

57:42AND FORMATIVE TO RECONSIDER.

57:45THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

57:46COUNCIL MEMBER IF YOU HAVE THE

57:47FLOOR.

57:47YES.

57:48>> THANK YOU.

57:49I THINK THE GRANT IS DESCRIBED

57:51NICELY.

57:52PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S

57:53DOING BUT I AM EXCITED TO SEE

57:55THAT WE'RE FUNDING AND

57:56SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH TO COME UP

57:58WITH WAYS TO DESIGN AND FIND

57:59WAYS TO HELP THE CLIMATE ACTION

58:03FUND HERE.

58:04SO LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING

58:05WHATEVER I CAN TO PUSH THIS

58:06MONEY FORWARD.

58:07THANK YOU.

58:08THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.

58:09SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

58:11PASSAGE OF ONE.

58:12SO DOCKET NUMBER 1784 ALL IN

58:14FAVOR SAY AYE.

58:16ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

58:19MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

58:20TAKE A ROLL CALL?

58:21VOTE ON DOCKET 178 FOR ROLL

58:24CALL.

58:24VOTE ON DOCKET 178 FOR COUNCIL.

58:27BREDON.

58:28YES.

58:28ONCE A BREADON HAS

58:30CONCEPTUALIZED AS A MATTER ONCE

58:31A POLITICAL PARTY AS

58:32COUNCIL COUNTERPART.

58:33ONCE A.

58:34>> YEAR CONSIDERED IN.

58:36CONSIDER CAN YES

58:37COUNCIL FITZGERALD WANTS A

58:39FITZGERALD.

58:39YES.

58:40COUNCIL FLYNN.

58:41IS WONDERFUL ANY IS

58:42COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES ON

58:44SOLUTION IS COUNCIL MY HERE

58:46COUNCIL MURPHY COUNCIL MURPHY

58:48YES CONCEPT WEAPON.

58:50COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS

58:52COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCIL SANTANA

58:54YES.

58:54COUNCIL WEBER.

58:55COUNCIL WEBER.

58:56YES.

58:56CONTROL AROUND.

58:58COUNCIL AROUND YES.

58:59TRY VOTING NO.

59:00AFFIRMATIVE.

59:01THANK YOU.

59:02>> DOCKET 1784 HAS.

59:04PASSED.

59:05>> MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU

59:06PLEASE READ DOCKETS 178531787.

59:12DOCKET 1785 MESSAGE IN ORDER

59:16AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

59:17TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

59:20OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A

59:21GRANT THE FRIENDS OF YOUTH

59:24OPPORTUNITY BOSTON VOTE BY POST

59:26GRANT AWARDED BY THE RIBOSE

59:28GROUP TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE

59:30OFFICE OF WORKFORCE

59:32DEVELOPMENT.

59:32THE GRANT WOULD FUND

59:34OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

59:35AGES AGED AGES 14 TO 24 TO WORK

59:39AND LEARN ALONGSIDE WITH

59:41INTENSIVE STAFF SUPPORT.

59:43DOCKET 1786 MESSAGE IN ORDER

59:46AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

59:48TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

59:54OF $43,312.50 IN THE FORM OF A

59:55GRANT F Y O B B L K SCHOLAR

59:59PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE

1:00:02BOSTON FOUNDATION TO BE

1:00:03ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE

1:00:04OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

1:00:05THE GRANT WOULD FUND SUMMER

1:00:07JOBS, FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND

1:00:10PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1:00:12OPPORTUNITIES FOR.

1:00:12BOSTON YOUTH.

1:00:13>> AND DOCKET 1787 MESSAGE IN

1:00:16ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY

1:00:18OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND

1:00:19THE AMOUNT OF $40,603.54 IN THE

1:00:26FORM OF A GRANT WPP SNAP ITS

1:00:30EXPANSION GRANT AWARDED BY USDA

1:00:33FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE,

1:00:36PASS THROUGH THE MASS HIRE

1:00:37DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER SERVICES

1:00:39TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE

1:00:41OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

1:00:42.

1:00:43THE GRANT WOULD FUND ENHANCE

1:00:45JOB SEARCH SERVICE FOR TAP AND

1:00:47SNAP PARTICIPANT FUNDS

1:00:50INCLUDING CAREER COUNSELING

1:00:51WORKSHOP JOB FAIR AND FREE JOB

1:00:53SEARCH RESOURCES TO BOSTON,

1:00:55MASS HIRE CAREER CENTERS.

1:00:58THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

1:01:01DOCKETS 178531787 WILL BE

1:01:05REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

1:01:06LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

1:01:09MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:01:10READ DOCKET 1788.

1:01:14DOCKET 1788 MESSAGE AND ORDER

1:01:17AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

1:01:18TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

1:01:22OF $25,000 IN THE FORM OF A

1:01:24GRANT ELEVATE CITIES PROGRAM

1:01:26AWARDED BY OTHER CITIES TO BE

1:01:28ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S

1:01:29OFFICE.

1:01:29THE GRANT WOULD FUND SERVICES

1:01:31TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD

1:01:32BLOCK PARTIES, COMMUNITY

1:01:35ACTIVATION STIPENDS AND THE

1:01:36GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY EVENT.

1:01:39THANK YOU.

1:01:40>> DOCKET 178 IT WILL BE

1:01:42REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

1:01:43CITY SERVICES.

1:01:44MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:01:46READ DOCKET 1789.

1:01:49DOCKET 1789 MESSAGE AND ORDER

1:01:52AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

1:01:53TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND AMOUNT

1:01:57OF $15,000 IN THE FORM OF A

1:01:58GROUND B.

1:01:59TO EIGHT C.

1:02:00PROGRAM AWARDED BY DONOR GROUP

1:02:03TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE

1:02:04OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

1:02:06TO GRANT WOULD FUND FREE TAX

1:02:08PREPARATION AND FINANCE

1:02:09SERVICES TO LOW MODERATE INCOME

1:02:12BOSTON RESIDENTS.

1:02:14THANK YOU.

1:02:15>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:02:16COUNCILOR ORAL COUNSELOR YOU

1:02:16HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:02:17THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:02:18UM THIS IS A SMALL DOLLAR

1:02:20AMOUNT GRANT THAT'S GOING TO

1:02:21HELP UH WITH FREE TAX SERVICES.

1:02:23SO I'M LOOKING FOR SUSPENSION

1:02:25AND PASS.

1:02:26THANK YOU.

1:02:27>> COUNCILOR AROUND THE CHAIR

1:02:28OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND

1:02:29ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEK

1:02:30SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

1:02:31PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1789.

1:02:33ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

1:02:35ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

1:02:37YEAH I HAVE A DOCKET 1789 HAS

1:02:41PASSED.

1:02:43MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:02:44READ DOCKET 1790.

1:02:48DOCKET 1790 MESSAGE ON THE

1:02:51AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ACCEPT

1:02:52AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

1:02:55OF $10,000 IN THE FORM OF A

1:02:56GRANT AT 523 NATIONAL VIOLENT

1:03:00DEAD REPORTING SYSTEM AWARDED

1:03:02BY MASS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC

1:03:04HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

1:03:05THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

1:03:06THE GRANT WOULD FUND DATA

1:03:09COLLECTION BY THE BUREAU

1:03:10OF INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND

1:03:12THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT.

1:03:14THANK YOU.

1:03:15THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRIES

1:03:16AND TOWN OF THE CHAIR OF THE

1:03:18COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND

1:03:19CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

1:03:19CARTER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:03:21THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:03:22THIS GRANT PROVIDES FUNDING TO

1:03:24ASSIST THE BOSTON POLICE

1:03:25DEPARTMENT IN PROCESSING AND

1:03:26REPORTING LOCAL DATA TO THE

1:03:28MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT

1:03:29OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR ENTRY INTO

1:03:31THE CDC'S NATIONAL VIOLENT

1:03:32DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM AS THE

1:03:35ONLY NATIONWIDE DATABASE OF ITS

1:03:37KIND, THE SYSTEM GATHERS

1:03:39ANONYMOUS DATA ACROSS ALL 50

1:03:40STATES ON HOMICIDES, SUICIDES

1:03:42AND FIREARM RELATED DEATHS DATA

1:03:45UM COLLECTED SUCH AS MENTAL

1:03:47HEALTH CONDITIONS UM CAN

1:03:48PROVIDE VALUABLE CONTEXT AND

1:03:50HELP DECISION MAKERS AND PUBLIC

1:03:51SAFETY TO DEVELOP AND TAILOR

1:03:53VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS BY

1:03:55GATHERING KEY DETAILS LIKE

1:03:56MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY AND

1:03:58TOXICOLOGY REPORTS, WE GET MUCH

1:04:00CLEARER PICTURE OF WHY THESE

1:04:02TRAGEDIES HAPPEN.

1:04:03AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY

1:04:04AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I

1:04:05COMMEND, UM THAT THIS DOCKET

1:04:07OUGHT TO PASS.

1:04:08THANK YOU COUNCILOR CONSCIOUS

1:04:11AND TOWN OF THE CHAIR OF THE

1:04:12COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND

1:04:13CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEK

1:04:14SUSPENSION THE RULES OF PASSAGE

1:04:15OF DOCKET 1790.

1:04:17ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

1:04:19ALL OPPOSED.

1:04:20>> SAY NAY.

1:04:22MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:04:23TAKE A ROLL CALL?

1:04:25VOTE ON DOCKET 1790.

1:04:27ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1790

1:04:30COUNCIL.

1:04:31BREDON.

1:04:31YES.

1:04:32READING AS COUNCIL COLLECTOR

1:04:33ABABA.

1:04:34CONCEPT THE.

1:04:35>> LETTERS OF PROTEST

1:04:36COUNCILOR.

1:04:36CULPEPER CANCER CODE FOR

1:04:39CANCER DUNCAN HUNTER.

1:04:40DUNCAN.

1:04:40YES.

1:04:41>> COUNCIL.

1:04:41FITZGERALD.

1:04:43>> FITZGERALD.

1:04:43YES.

1:04:44COUNCIL.

1:04:44FLYNN.

1:04:45YES.

1:04:45THAT'S A FLYNN.

1:04:46YES.

1:04:47COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CONSTITUTION.

1:04:49YES.

1:04:49COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.

1:04:51COUNCIL.

1:04:51MURPHY.

1:04:52CHRISTIAN.

1:04:52MURPHY AS CONCEPT WEAPON.

1:04:54LOTS OF OPINIONS.

1:04:56COUNCIL SANTANA YES.

1:04:57IT'S A SANTANA CONSOLE.

1:04:59WEBER YES.

1:04:59CONSOLE BIRTH CONSOLE A.

1:05:02CONSOLE ABOUT.

1:05:03YES 12 VOTING NO FOR MY CHAIR.

1:05:05THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR 1790 HAS

1:05:08PASSED.

1:05:11WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS

1:05:12OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.

1:05:14MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:05:15READ DOCKETS 179131794.

1:05:22DOCKET 1791 COMMUNICATION WAS

1:05:25RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT

1:05:28BREEDEN TRANSMITTED A LETTER

1:05:30FROM BOSTON ELECTED OFFICIALS

1:05:32OPPOSITION TO PERMANENT CLOSURE

1:05:34OF THE BOSTON ALLSTON POST

1:05:35OFFICE BRANCH DOCKET 1792

1:05:39COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM

1:05:41COUNCILOR MURPHY REGARDING

1:05:42CHAPMAN STREET AND PARKER

1:05:44STREET ROADWAY MARKETING AND

1:05:46SAFETY CONCERNS.

1:05:48DOCKET 1973 COMMUNICATION WAS

1:05:51RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN

1:05:52REGARDING THE U.S. ARMY CORPS

1:05:55OF ENGINEERS IN BOSTON.

1:05:57A COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT

1:05:58STUDY AND DOCKET 1794

1:06:02COMMUNICATION WAS ISSUED FROM

1:06:03JEFFREY P MULLEN FROM THE

1:06:05MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT

1:06:07OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING

1:06:09STATE HIGHWAY ALTERNATIVE PLAN

1:06:11AND ALTERNATIVE AND CITY LAYOUT

1:06:14LOON OUT AND TRANSFER

1:06:17OF PORTIONS OF CONGRESS STREET

1:06:18AND ALL OF THE WEST SERVICE

1:06:20ROAD TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.

1:06:22THANK YOU.

1:06:23DOCKET ONE DOCKETS 179121794

1:06:27WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.

1:06:29MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:06:31READ DOCKETS ONE DOCKET 1795.

1:06:35DOCKET 1795 THE CONSTABLE BOND

1:06:38OF JOSEPH SMITH HAVING BEEN

1:06:40DULY APPROVED BY THE COLLECTION

1:06:42TREASURER I WAS RECEIVED.

1:06:43THANK YOU DOCKET 1795 AS

1:06:47APPROVED UNDER THE USUAL TERMS

1:06:48AND CONDITIONS.

1:06:51WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS

1:06:52RECENTLY HEARD.

1:06:54MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:06:55READ DOCKETS 10851395 AND 1397.

1:07:03TOGETHER DOCKET 1085 MESSAGE

1:07:07AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY

1:07:09OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND

1:07:11THE AMOUNT OF $20,930 IN THE.

1:07:15FORM OF A.

1:07:16>> GRANT TO OUTSIDE GROWTH A

1:07:18FELLOWSHIP GRANT AWARDED BY

1:07:20CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE

1:07:23OF BOSTON TO BE ADMINISTERED BY

1:07:24THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION

1:07:26AND TECHNOLOGY.

1:07:27THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE

1:07:29FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OF THE

1:07:30CENTRAL ID TRAINING PROGRAM.

1:07:32GRADUATES DOCKET 1395 MESSAGE

1:07:36IN ORDER OF THE RISE AND THE

1:07:37CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND

1:07:39EXPAND THE AMOUNT

1:07:45OF $225,125.11 IN THE.

1:07:46FORM OF A GRANT.

1:07:48TO MBI DIGITAL EQUITY

1:07:50PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AWARDED BY

1:07:52THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

1:07:54OF TREASURY.

1:07:55PASS THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS

1:07:57TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION TO BE

1:07:59ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

1:08:02OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

1:08:03THE GRANT WOULD FUND SERVICES

1:08:05AND SUPPORT FOR RESIDENTS

1:08:08OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHO CANNOT

1:08:09AFFORD BROADBAND SERVICES AND

1:08:12OR INTERNET CONNECTION DEVICES

1:08:14OR LACK OF DIGITAL LITERACY

1:08:16SELF NEEDED TO UTILIZE INTERNET

1:08:19AND DOCKET 1397 MESSAGE IN

1:08:22ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY

1:08:23OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND

1:08:25A GIFT FOR 43 HEATING,

1:08:28VENTILATION AND AIR

1:08:28CONDITIONING UNITS FOR VARIOUS

1:08:31TYPE OF VALUES AT $84,210 FOR

1:08:39FY 2026 US INC. THE GIFT WAS

1:08:41AWARDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON

1:08:43THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR

1:08:44USE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND

1:08:46VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE

1:08:48CITY INCLUDING POLICE STATIONS

1:08:50,SCHOOLS AND MUNICIPAL

1:08:52OFFICES.

1:08:53THANK YOU.

1:08:54>> MADAM CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:08:55COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:08:56YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:08:57THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:08:58MADAM CHAIR WITH THE

1:08:59COMMISSION.

1:09:00MAY I SPEAK ON ALL OF THESE

1:09:02DOCKETS AT THE SAME TIME?

1:09:03>> WE WILL YOU MAY SPEAK ON ALL

1:09:04OF THEM AND WE'LL VOTE ON THEM

1:09:06SEPARATELY.

1:09:07THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:09:10>> THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING

1:09:13ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026

1:09:17TO DISCUSS DOCKETS 1084 1395

1:09:22AND 1397.

1:09:25THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY

1:09:27FROM PANELISTS FROM THE CITY

1:09:30OF BOSTON DEPARTMENT

1:09:31OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

1:09:33CHIEF DIGITAL EQUITY OFFICER

1:09:36AND DIRECTOR OF BROADBAND AND

1:09:38CABLE BRIAN DONAHUE, BROADBAND

1:09:41AND DIGITAL EQUITY ADVOCACY

1:09:43EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE PETER

1:09:47SEVERINO AND SENIOR DIRECTOR

1:09:50OF OPERATION OPERATION SHIELD

1:09:51SHIELD AS WELL AS FROM THE

1:09:53MAYOR'S OFFICE, DEPUTY CHIEF

1:09:56OF OPERATIONS REAL ESTATE AND

1:09:57CAPITAL STRATEGIES TRISH

1:10:00CAFFREY.

1:10:05THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCILORS

1:10:07ATTENDED THE PUBLIC HEARING

1:10:10NONE.

1:10:13NO CITY COUNCIL IS ATTORNEY

1:10:16REGARDING DOCKET ZERO 1085

1:10:20PANELIST STATED THAT THIS GRANT

1:10:21WILL BE USED TO FUND ONE

1:10:23FELLOWSHIP POSITION.

1:10:25PANELISTS NOTED THAT TWO IT HAS

1:10:27HOSTED FIVE FELLOWS IN THE PAST

1:10:30AND OF THOSE FIVE TO WILL LATER

1:10:32HIRED INTO A FULL TIME ENTRY

1:10:34LEVEL POSITION.

1:10:37REGARDING DOCKET 1395,

1:10:38PANELISTS NOTED THAT THE NEXT

1:10:40ROUND OF FUNDING REPRESENTED BY

1:10:42THE PROPOSED ORDER WOULD FOCUS

1:10:45ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI

1:10:47LITERACY ESPECIALLY AVOIDING

1:10:50SCAMS.

1:10:51WE TALK SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT

1:10:54SCAMS AND HOW THEY IMPACT OUR

1:10:57SENIORS, HOW THEY IMPACT.

1:11:01OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS.

1:11:04AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW

1:11:07WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT RETURNING

1:11:10CITIZENS WITH DIGITAL ACCESS

1:11:13DIGITAL EQUITY.

1:11:14I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE

1:11:16MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THE

1:11:17IMPORTANT WORK OF HELPING

1:11:20RETURNING CITIZENS.

1:11:22IT'S AN ISSUE I'VE FOCUSED ON

1:11:24AS A AS A PROBATION OFFICER FOR

1:11:26FOR MANY YEARS.

1:11:27THEY'RE HAVING AN UPCOMING KIND

1:11:30OF A OPEN HOUSE NEXT MONDAY I

1:11:33BELIEVE WHILE THE MONDAY AFTER

1:11:35UM TO HELP RETURNING CITIZENS

1:11:37ACCESS UM OR EDUCATE THEM I

1:11:39SHOULD SAY ON COMPUTER AND UM

1:11:44HOW TO NAVIGATE THE COMPUTER

1:11:46SYSTEM SUCH AS GETTING A UM

1:11:49PROPER PAPERWORK SO THAT THEY

1:11:51CAN.

1:11:53CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY.

1:11:55UM.

1:11:58I'LL CONTINUE.

1:12:00UM, THE PANELISTS MORE BROADLY

1:12:02DISCUSS THE CITY'S DIGITAL

1:12:03EQUITY FUND DESCRIBING RECENT

1:12:06SUCCESS AS WELL AS WORKING WITH

1:12:10DEPARTMENT UH OFFICE

1:12:12OF RETURNING CITIZENS TO SERVE

1:12:13RECENTLY INCARCERATED RESIDENTS

1:12:14AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AS

1:12:16WELL REGARDING DOCKET 1397

1:12:21PANELISTS NOTED THAT THE

1:12:22ADMINISTRATION TOOK RECEIPT

1:12:25OF THE UNITS AND INVENTORIED

1:12:28THEM.

1:12:29THOSE ARE THOSE ARE HVAC

1:12:32SYSTEMS.

1:12:34BUT THEY WILL NOT DISTRIBUTE

1:12:36THEM UNTIL FACILITIES IN THE

1:12:39COUNCIL APPROVED ACCEPTING THE

1:12:40GIFTS.

1:12:41SO BASICALLY WHAT WHAT THIS

1:12:43GRANT WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS

1:12:45PROVIDE HVAC SYSTEMS UM

1:12:50SLIGHTLY SLIGHTLY USED BUT IN

1:12:52VERY GOOD ORDER TO A CITY

1:12:54MUNICIPAL BUILDING UM OR OR

1:12:57SCHOOLS.

1:13:00PANELISTS DESCRIBE THE UNITS AS

1:13:02MANY SPLITS, EACH WITH AN

1:13:05EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR COMPONENT

1:13:06COMING IN THREE VARIETIES

1:13:09DISTINGUISHED BY COOLING

1:13:10CAPACITY ONE TON, 1.5 TON AND

1:13:14TWO TON PIANOS STATED THAT

1:13:16WHILE NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN

1:13:17MADE YET, THE ADMINISTRATION

1:13:19HAS COMMUNICATED WITH

1:13:21FACILITIES DIRECTORS ACROSS

1:13:22DEPARTMENTS AND PLANS TO

1:13:24PRIORITIZE.

1:13:25AS I MENTIONED, THE BOSTON

1:13:26PUBLIC SCHOOLS SITES HVAC

1:13:29SYSTEMS ARE CRITICAL AND I OUR

1:13:33SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY FOR LEARNING

1:13:37AND TEACHING.

1:13:39AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

1:13:40CITY SERVICES I RECOMMEND

1:13:41MOVING THE REQUESTED DOCKET

1:13:43FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL

1:13:45COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND

1:13:48FORMAL ACTION.

1:13:50AT THIS TIME, MY RECOMMENDATION

1:13:51TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT

1:13:53THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS.

1:13:55THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:13:57>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:14:00COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE CHAIR

1:14:01OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY

1:14:03SERVICES.

1:14:04SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE

1:14:05COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE

1:14:07OF DOCKET 1085.

1:14:09ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

1:14:12ALL OPPOSED?

1:14:13SAY NAY.

1:14:14MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:14:16TAKE A ROLL CALL?

1:14:17VOTE ON DOCKET 1085.

1:14:20WE'LL CALL.

1:14:21VOTE ON DOCKET 1085

1:14:23COUNCILOR BRITAIN YES.

1:14:24I SAID WE'D ONLY ASK FOR.

1:14:26LETTERS OPERA.

1:14:27ONCE A GET A SEPARATE YES

1:14:29COUNCIL CULPEPER.

1:14:31COUNCIL CULPEPER.

1:14:32YES.

1:14:32>> CONCEPT.

1:14:33COUNCILOR DULL ATTORNEY.

1:14:34>> HAS GOING TO.

1:14:35FITZGERALD.

1:14:35>> YES.

1:14:36COUNCIL.

1:14:36FITZGERALD.

1:14:37YES.

1:14:37COUNCIL FLYNN.

1:14:39YES.

1:14:40COUNCIL PLANNING AS

1:14:41COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

1:14:41YES.

1:14:42COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

1:14:43YES.

1:14:43COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.

1:14:44WATSON.

1:14:45>> HERE.

1:14:45>> YES.

1:14:46CONSOLE MURPHY.

1:14:47ON SOME.

1:14:47>> MURPHY.

1:14:48YES.

1:14:48CONCEPT WEAPON.

1:14:48YES.

1:14:50YES.

1:14:50COUNCIL.

1:14:51>> SANTANA.

1:14:51YES.

1:14:52COUNCIL.

1:14:52>> SANTANA.

1:14:53YES.

1:14:53>> COUNCIL.

1:14:54WEBER.

1:14:56COUNCIL AROUND CONSOLE.

1:14:57WELL YES 12 VOTES AND

1:15:00FORMATIVE.

1:15:01THANK YOU.

1:15:02DOCKET NUMBER 1085 IS PASSED.

1:15:05THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND

1:15:07CITY SERVICES SIX ACCEPTANCE

1:15:08OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

1:15:09PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1395.

1:15:11ALL IN FAVOR SAY.

1:15:14I ALL OPPOSED.

1:15:14SAY NAY.

1:15:16THANK YOU.

1:15:17UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU

1:15:19PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?

1:15:20VOTE ON DOCKET 1395 ROLL.

1:15:22CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1395.

1:15:25COUNCILOR BRAEDEN.

1:15:26YES.

1:15:26>> WHAT ARE.

1:15:27>> YOU DOING, CHOCOLATE AS A

1:15:28PARA?

1:15:29YES.

1:15:29>> CONSEGUIR LET US ABOUT YES

1:15:31COPPER FOR.

1:15:32ITS CULPEPER.

1:15:33YES COUNCILOR.

1:15:34YEAH THAT'S A JOKING AS.

1:15:36COUNTERFEIT SHARON.

1:15:37YES IT'S FITZGERALD.

1:15:38IS COUNCIL FLYNN?

1:15:39YES IT'S FLYNN YES.

1:15:41CONCLUSION.

1:15:43>> SOLUTION COUNCIL ME HERE

1:15:44WHAT'S ON MEJIA.

1:15:45>> IS COUNCIL MURPHY.

1:15:47COUNCIL MURPHY.

1:15:48>> YES.

1:15:49YES AS.

1:15:52COUNCIL SANTANA.

1:15:52YES PUTS US ON TIME IS.

1:15:54COUNCIL WEBER CONSOLE SEVERAL.

1:15:57YES.

1:15:58>> CONSTABLE.

1:15:58>> RIGHT.

1:15:58YES.

1:15:5912 VOTES IN THE FAMILY.

1:16:00THANK YOU MADAM UH, TRUCK THE

1:16:02COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN

1:16:03ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1395 IS

1:16:05PASSED.

1:16:07MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:16:08TAKE A ROLL CALL?

1:16:09I BEG YOUR PARDON?

1:16:10THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON

1:16:12CITY SERVICES SEEKS ACCEPTANCE

1:16:13OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND

1:16:14PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1397.

1:16:17UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL

1:16:19OPPOSED.

1:16:20SAY NAY.

1:16:21MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:16:23TAKE A ROLL CALL?

1:16:23VOTE ON DOCKET 1397A.

1:16:26ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1397.

1:16:28COUNCIL BREDON.

1:16:29YES, THAT'S A BREDON.

1:16:30YES.

1:16:31>> COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A

1:16:32PARA.

1:16:32YES.

1:16:33>> I'M CHOCOLATE AS.

1:16:34>> A BODY.

1:16:35AS COUNCIL.

1:16:35CULPEPER COUNCIL.

1:16:36CULPEPPER.

1:16:37YES.

1:16:37COUNCILOR DURKAN?

1:16:38YES.

1:16:38ONCE A TOKEN.

1:16:39YES.

1:16:40GOING TO FITZGERALD ONTO

1:16:42FITZGERALD.

1:16:42YES.

1:16:43>> COUNCIL.

1:16:43FLYNN.

1:16:44>> YES.

1:16:45YES.

1:16:46COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

1:16:47YES.

1:16:47>> COUNCIL LOUISIANA.

1:16:48YES.

1:16:48COUNCIL.

1:16:49MAYOR.

1:16:49ME.

1:16:50>> YES.

1:16:51>> COUNCIL.

1:16:51MURPHY.

1:16:51THAT'S A MURPHY THAT'S.

1:16:53>> GOING TO HAPPEN.

1:16:53YES.

1:16:54YES.

1:16:55>> COUNCIL.

1:16:56>> SANTANA.

1:16:57SANTANA.

1:16:58>> YES.

1:16:58SO WEBER.

1:16:59ON SEVERAL.

1:17:00FRONTS OVERALL YES.

1:17:0212 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

1:17:04THANK YOU.

1:17:05DOCKET 1397 HAS PASSED.

1:17:09MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:17:11READ DOCKET.

1:17:1514141414 ORDINANCE AMENDING

1:17:17CHAPTER 16 OF THE CITY

1:17:18OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES

1:17:20PROHIBITING THE SALE OF USE

1:17:23SOMATIC MAJOR HYGIENE AND HIGH

1:17:27TO MAJOR HYGIENE AND OTHER

1:17:28DANGEROUS CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS.

1:17:31CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY CLUB

1:17:33AS A PARTY CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT

1:17:35OF PERU OPERATIONS YOU HAVE THE

1:17:36FLOOR.

1:17:37THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH

1:17:38CLARK I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SAY

1:17:39TO YOU SO WE'RE JUST SAYING 700

1:17:41.

1:17:41UM.

1:17:42FOR THE RECORD, UH.

1:17:43ON SEPTEMBER 21ST THE COMMITTEE

1:17:45ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.

1:17:45HELD THE THREE HOUR HEARING ON

1:17:47THIS DOCKET SPONSORED BY

1:17:48COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND FLYNN

1:17:49ADDRESSING THE SALE AND USE

1:17:51OF SYNTHETIC AND HIGHLY

1:17:52CONCENTRATED KRATOM COMPOUNDS

1:17:53INCLUDING 70H.

1:17:55WE HEARD FROM THE BFSI, THE

1:17:57NATIONAL CREATE AND POLICY AND

1:17:58REGULATORY EXPERTS AND TWO

1:18:00DOZEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

1:18:01THE TESTIMONY UNDERSCORED AN

1:18:03IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BETWEEN

1:18:04TRADITIONAL BOTANICAL KRATOM

1:18:05AND NEWER CONCENTRATED AND

1:18:08SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS WHILE

1:18:10RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC

1:18:11HEALTH, APPROPRIATE POTENCY

1:18:13THRESHOLD ENFORCEMENT, DUE

1:18:14PROCESS AND HOW BOSTON SHOULD.

1:18:16INTERACT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL

1:18:18LAW.

1:18:19MASSACHUSETTS TEMPORARILY

1:18:20PLACED ALL FORMS OF KRATOM IN

1:18:22SCHEDULE ONE AND THAT, AND THAT

1:18:24STATEWIDE ACTION IS CURRENTLY

1:18:25BEING CHALLENGED IN COURT AT

1:18:27THE FEDERAL UM EXCUSE ME.

1:18:29AND THAT ACTION IS CURRENTLY

1:18:30BEING CHALLENGED IN COURT AT

1:18:31THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE DEA HAS

1:18:33BEEN CONSIDERING A THRESHOLD

1:18:34BASED ON UM APPROACH TWO SEVEN

1:18:37AND WHILE ALREADY SCHEDULING

1:18:39THREE RELATED SYNTHETIC

1:18:40COMPOUNDS, OUR NEXT STEP IS TO

1:18:42TAKE THE SUBSTANTIVE

1:18:43SUGGESTIONS WE HEARD AND WORK

1:18:45THROUGH THEM IN WORK SESSIONS

1:18:46WITH SPONSORS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

1:18:47WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND

1:18:49FORTHCOMING FEDERAL ACTION

1:18:50WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S

1:18:51GOING TO BE PASSED DOWN BY THE

1:18:52DEA IN TWO WEEKS AND CONTINUE

1:18:55CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HEALY

1:18:56ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE

1:18:57COMMONWEALTH'S LONGER TERM

1:18:58APPROACH AND CLOSELY FOLLOW THE

1:19:00PENDING LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE

1:19:02STATE'S EMERGENCY ORDER VERY

1:19:03CAREFULLY SO THAT BOSTON ITSELF

1:19:04DOES NOT, UM, FIND ITSELF IN

1:19:07ITS OWN LEGAL CHALLENGE WHICH

1:19:08WILL COST THE TAXPAYER MONEY

1:19:09AND ALL OF THAT.

1:19:11SO UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS

1:19:12WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS

1:19:13THOUGHTFULLY AND DELIBERATELY

1:19:15IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

1:19:16COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

1:19:16UH AND I WILL PASS THE MIC TO

1:19:18HIM SINCE HE IS LEAD

1:19:19CO-SPONSOR.

1:19:19THANK YOU.

1:19:20>> THANK YOU.

1:19:21>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:19:22COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNTRY

1:19:23YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:19:24THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:19:25I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR.

1:19:26GOVERNMENT CONCERNS GLADYS

1:19:27ABOUT IT.

1:19:27SHE RAN A GREAT, UH, HEARING

1:19:28THE OTHER DAY.

1:19:29UH, AND WE HAD A LOT

1:19:30OF TESTIMONY UH, AT THE END

1:19:31OF IT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

1:19:32WE GET THE WORDING RIGHT.

1:19:33THE STATE HAS A TEMPORARY BAN

1:19:36ON, UH, THE SYNTHETIC KRATOM AS

1:19:38IT SPEAKS.

1:19:38IT IS STILL AVAILABLE OVER THE

1:19:40COUNTER IN OUR CITY AT THE

1:19:41MOMENT.

1:19:41UH, BUT THAT BAN IS TEMPORARY

1:19:43AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

1:19:45WHENEVER THAT BAN IS TAKEN

1:19:47DOWN, WHETHER IT RUNS OUT IN

1:19:48THE STATUTORY YEAR OR IT'S

1:19:50TAKEN DOWN FOR ANY OTHER

1:19:51REASON, UH, THAT OUR ORDINANCE

1:19:53WOULD GO INTO EFFECT RIGHT AWAY

1:19:55SO NOT TO HAVE A GAP IN A

1:19:56WINDOW TO ALLOW THIS STUFF TO

1:19:58COME BACK INTO OUR CITY.

1:19:59UM, SO JUST BEING VERY OVERLY

1:20:01CAUTIOUS ABOUT IT, UH, AND IT

1:20:02IS SOMETHING THAT UH IS

1:20:04BECOMING MORE PREVALENT, UH,

1:20:06WHEN FOLKS OVERDOSE KRATOM IS

1:20:08FOUND IN THEIR SYSTEM.

1:20:09UH, AND THE SYNTHETIC STUFF IS

1:20:10ACTUALLY, UH WE SHOULD STOP

1:20:12CALLING IT KRATOM BECAUSE IT IS

1:20:13NOT THE KRATOM LEAF BUT RATHER

1:20:15ONE OF 52 DIFFERENT ALKALOIDS

1:20:17TAKEN OUT OF THE LEAF AND

1:20:18COMBINED WITH MANY OTHER

1:20:20CHEMICALS UH AND AND MARKETED

1:20:22AS KRATOM.

1:20:23UM AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT

1:20:25DISTINCTION AND I JUST AGAIN

1:20:26WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT

1:20:27PARTICIPATED IN THE HEARING UH

1:20:29AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING

1:20:30THIS ORDINANCE PASSED.

1:20:30THANK YOU.

1:20:31THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

1:20:32.

1:20:33DOCKET 1414 WILL REMAIN IN

1:20:36COMMITTEE.

1:20:37MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE READ

1:20:38DOCKET 13381338.

1:20:43ORDER FOR YOU HERE AND TO

1:20:44DISCUSS REESTABLISHING A POST

1:20:46OFFICE.

1:20:47LOCATION IN ALLSTON.

1:20:49CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:20:50COUNCILOR DRUNKEN CULTURE.

1:20:51YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:20:52THANK YOU SO MUCH,

1:20:53COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

1:20:54AND I.

1:20:54DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO MAKE

1:20:55YOUR WAY DOWN.

1:20:55I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A

1:20:56CHANCE TO SPEAK, UM, YESTERDAY

1:20:58,UH, SEPTEMBER 21ST I CHARITY

1:21:00HEARING IN THE PILOT COMMITTEE

1:21:01ON A REESTABLISHING A POST

1:21:03OFFICE IN ALLSTON.

1:21:04THIS HEARING ORDER WAS

1:21:05SPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

1:21:06LIZ BREADON.

1:21:07WE WERE JOINED BY COUNCILORS

1:21:08FLYNN FITZGERALD AND COLE

1:21:09PEPPER.

1:21:09THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED

1:21:10LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM

1:21:11COUNCILORS AND LOUIJEUNE

1:21:14ALLSTON HAS NEARLY GONE SEVEN

1:21:15YEARS WITHOUT A POST OFFICE

1:21:17AFTER THE PREVIOUS BUILDING.

1:21:18>> CLOSED DUE TO STRUCTURAL

1:21:19ISSUES.

1:21:20USPS THEN HAD FULLY NEGOTIATED

1:21:22THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND FORM

1:21:23CONSTRUCTION PLANS WITH A

1:21:25LOCAL.

1:21:25DEVELOPER.

1:21:26>> EDEN PROPERTIES, BEFORE

1:21:27BACKING OUT AND SENDING NOTICE

1:21:28TO RESIDENTS THAT THEY WERE

1:21:29SUSPENDING ANY FURTHER EFFORTS

1:21:31TO REOPEN THE ALLSTON LOCATION.

1:21:33PANELISTS INCLUDED A LOCAL

1:21:35DEVELOPER.

1:21:35LABOR REPRESENTATIVES UH FROM

1:21:37THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS

1:21:39UNION AND MASSACHUSETTS POSTAL

1:21:40WORKERS UNION AND UH THE

1:21:42PRESIDENT OF THE ALLSTON CIVIC

1:21:43ASSOCIATION, TONY DESIDERIO AND

1:21:46THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

1:21:47WE HEARD FROM CONCERNED

1:21:48RESIDENTS AND WE ALSO HEARD

1:21:49FROM MARK, WHO REPRESENTED

1:21:51SENATOR MARKEY IN PUBLIC

1:21:52TESTIMONY.

1:21:53UM, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME

1:21:55THE COUNCIL HAS HOSTED A

1:21:56HEARING, UM, ON THE POST OFFICE

1:21:59AND I IMAGINE IT WON'T BE THE

1:22:00LAST.

1:22:01THE ALLSTON COMMUNITY NEEDS AND

1:22:02DESERVES A POST OFFICE.

1:22:03WE'RE GRATEFUL TO

1:22:05COUNCILOR PRESIDENT BREEDEN FOR

1:22:06HER LEADERSHIP.

1:22:07UM AND SHE HAS WORKED HARD TO

1:22:08DRAW ATTENTION AND ADVOCATE FOR

1:22:10THIS ISSUE.

1:22:10OUR MOST.

1:22:11VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND SMALL

1:22:13BUSINESSES ARE THE MOST

1:22:14DEPENDENT ON THE POSTAL

1:22:15SERVICE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE

1:22:16TO FIGHT FOR A NEW POST OFFICE

1:22:18LOCATION IN AUSTIN.

1:22:19THIS MATTER WILL REMAIN IN

1:22:20COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME, BUT I'D

1:22:22LIKE TO YIELD THE REST OF MY

1:22:23TIME TO YOU, THE

1:22:24COUNCIL PRESIDENT, TO SHARE ANY

1:22:25REMARKS ABOUT THIS ISSUE THAT

1:22:27MATTERS DEEPLY TO YOUR

1:22:28COMMUNITY.

1:22:28THANK YOU.

1:22:29UM UH, VICE VICE PRESIDENT UH,

1:22:33COLLETTE, IT'S ABOUT I WOULD

1:22:35LIKE YOU TO BRIEFLY TAKE THE

1:22:37CHAIR.

1:22:46THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:22:48COUNCILOR BURTON.

1:22:49COUNCILOR BURTON, YOU HAVE THE

1:22:50FLOOR.

1:22:50THANK YOU.

1:22:51>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:22:52AND THANK YOU TO CONSIDER

1:22:53DURKAN FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING

1:22:54.

1:22:55UM, AS A DISTRICT

1:22:56COUNCILOR REPRESENTING ALSTON,

1:22:57I SPONSORED THIS HEARING TO

1:22:59DISCUSS THE UNCERTAIN STATUS

1:23:00OF THE AUSTIN POST OFFICE

1:23:02OFFICE BRANCH, UH, IN AND TO

1:23:04CALL FOR THE UNITE THE POSTAL

1:23:06SERVICE USPS TO REESTABLISH

1:23:08THIS BRANCH.

1:23:09UM, AT YESTERDAY'S HEARING, I

1:23:11DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT

1:23:13COUNCILOR DARKNESS ALREADY

1:23:14SAID.

1:23:14UH, WE, UH WE LEARNED THAT WHAT

1:23:17WAS HAPPENING IN AUSTIN IS PART

1:23:18OF.

1:23:19>> A LARGER.

1:23:19US UH, PATTERN OF WHAT USPS IS

1:23:22DOING NOT ONLY.

1:23:23IN THE CITY.

1:23:24OF BOSTON, ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS

1:23:25AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND

1:23:27THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THEIR OWN

1:23:28REQUIRED GUIDELINES AND

1:23:30PROCESSES.

1:23:31WE HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPER

1:23:32KNOWN MASSILLON OF EATING

1:23:34PROPERTIES, WHO'S WORKED

1:23:35CLOSELY WITH USPS TO DESIGN THE

1:23:37SPACE TO FIT THEIR USPS

1:23:40SPECIFICATIONS UNTIL THE.

1:23:42USPS ABRUPTLY PULLED OUT OF THE

1:23:44CONTRACT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

1:23:46WE HEARD FROM UH, CIVIC LEADERS

1:23:48TONY DECENT AUTO, A COMMUNITY

1:23:49LEADER AND PRESIDENT OF.

1:23:50>> THE AUSTIN CIVIC.

1:23:51ASSOCIATION OF THE HISTORY

1:23:52OF THE POST OFFICE IN AUSTIN

1:23:54AND THE NEED FOR ONE AFTER IT

1:23:56ORIGINALLY CLOSED ITS DOORS AND

1:23:59UH 2019 THE STORY OF THE POST

1:24:01OFFICE IN AUSTIN IS A STORY

1:24:03OF BROKEN PROMISES BY THE USPS

1:24:05AND THE RECIPIENTS AND THE

1:24:07RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

1:24:08OF AUSTIN DESERVE TRANSPARENCY

1:24:10AND DESERVE A POST OFFICE JUST

1:24:11LIKE EVERY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD

1:24:13IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, WE

1:24:15LEARNED FROM THE PLANNING

1:24:16DEPARTMENT THAT AUSTIN HAS SEEN

1:24:18A 7.2% INCREASE IN POPULATION

1:24:21COMPARED TO A 2.3% INCREASE IN

1:24:24POPULATION.

1:24:24AND THE REST OF THE CITY.

1:24:26IN THE 2020 CENSUS.

1:24:28YET THERE CONTINUES TO BE A

1:24:29LACK OF INVESTMENT IN AUSTIN A

1:24:31POPULATION THAT IS ONE OF THE

1:24:32HIGHEST RATES OF RESIDENTS WHO

1:24:34DO NOT OWN OR HAVE ACCESS TO A

1:24:35CAR, THOSE TRAVELING TO ANOTHER

1:24:37POST OFFICE LOCATION IN

1:24:38BRIGHTON OR NEWTON OR BROOKLYN

1:24:40OR WHEREVER IS LESS UH THAT IS

1:24:42LESS UH, PLAUSIBLE IN NEWTON, A

1:24:46CITY THAT BORDERS UH AUSTIN,

1:24:47BRIGHTON HAS TEN POST OFFICES

1:24:50AND WE CAN'T EVEN GET ONE IN

1:24:52AUSTIN.

1:24:53THIS ISSUE GOES FAR BEYOND

1:24:54ALLSTON.

1:24:55THIS IS A CONCERN FOR

1:24:57COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND ALL

1:24:58OF THE CONCERNS REPRESENTING

1:25:00DORCHESTER BECAUSE A SIMILAR

1:25:01SITUATION IS EVOLVING AT FEELS

1:25:03CORNER POST OFFICE AND OUR

1:25:05FRIENDS IN WATERTOWN DUE TO THE

1:25:07PROPOSED CLOSURE OF THE

1:25:08WATERTOWN SQUARE POST OFFICE, I

1:25:10LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY

1:25:12COLLEAGUES AT THE STATE AND

1:25:13FEDERAL LEVEL AND STATE AND

1:25:15FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO KEEP UH,

1:25:17ADVOCATING TO UH FOR OUR AUSTIN

1:25:20POST OFFICE BUT ALSO TO HOLD

1:25:22USPS ACCOUNTABLE AND TRY AND

1:25:24PREVENT THIS SITUATION

1:25:25HAPPENING IN OTHER

1:25:26NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON.

1:25:27THANK YOU.

1:25:28THANK YOU.

1:25:29UH, DOCKET 1338 WILL REMAIN

1:25:33COMMITTEE.

1:25:33MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:25:34READ DOCKET 0406.

1:25:38DOCKET 0406.

1:25:40ORDER FOR HEARING ON

1:25:42TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1:25:44OF PRIVATE.

1:25:45FUNDRAISING IN.

1:25:46>> BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1:25:48THANK YOU.

1:25:49THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRARY

1:25:51HERE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

1:25:54ON EDUCATION.

1:25:57UH.

1:25:58>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:26:01ON SEPTEMBER.

1:26:01>> 22ND AT 2 P.M. THE

1:26:02COMMITTEE.

1:26:02>> ON EDUCATION HELD.

1:26:04>> A.

1:26:04HEARING ON.

1:26:04DOCKET NUMBER 0406.

1:26:06AND ORDER FOR A HEARING ON.

1:26:08TRANSPARENCY AND

1:26:09ACCOUNTABILITY.

1:26:09OF PRIVATE FUNDRAISING IN OUR

1:26:11BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1:26:12I WAS.

1:26:13>> JOINED BY MY COUNCIL.

1:26:14COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FLYNN,

1:26:16COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL,

1:26:17WEBER COUNCIL, CULPEPER AND

1:26:20COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND WITH A

1:26:22LETTER OF ABSENCE THAT WE

1:26:23RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR.

1:26:24ABANG AT THIS HEARING.

1:26:26WE HEARD FROM EXPERTS,

1:26:27ADVOCATES AND MEMBERS OF THE

1:26:29ADMINISTRATION.

1:26:30.

1:26:30>> FORMER NEW.

1:26:31YORK CITY COUNCILOR MARK.

1:26:32TRAGER SHARED HIS LEGISLATION

1:26:34THAT HE PASSED IN 2018 THAT

1:26:36MADE THE FINANCIAL REPORTING,

1:26:38UM, THAT THE NEW YORK, US NEW

1:26:40YORK CITY DEPARTMENT

1:26:42OF EDUCATION ALREADY RECEIVED

1:26:43PUBLIC UM IN ORDER TO CREATE

1:26:46TRANSPARENCY AROUND PRIVATE

1:26:47FUNDRAISING IN THE NEW YORK

1:26:49CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

1:26:50THE BOSTON BASED UH, TRAVIS

1:26:53MARSHALL, JAMES NOONAN UM KYLE

1:26:57MCCLAY SHARED ON THE RECORD THE

1:26:59DISCREPANCIES THAT WE SEE IN

1:27:01BETWEEN SCHOOLS BASED ON THEIR

1:27:04ABILITIES TO FUNDRAISE.

1:27:05THEY EMPHASIZE, UM, THE LACK

1:27:08OF INFORMATION FURTHERS

1:27:10INEQUITIES.

1:27:11THAT UH.

1:27:13UH.

1:27:13THAT A CHILD'S EDUCATION SHOULD

1:27:14NOT DEPEND ON A SCHOOL'S

1:27:16COMMUNITY ABILITY TO FUNDRAISE

1:27:17AND ACCESS TO SOCIAL AND

1:27:19FINANCIAL CAPITAL.

1:27:20THEY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED HOW CUTS

1:27:22TO THE BUDGET AND ESPECIALLY

1:27:24CUTS TO PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF

1:27:26ALONG WITH PRIVATE FUNDRAISING,

1:27:27WIDENS THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOOLS

1:27:29.

1:27:29THE ADMINISTRATION SHARED THE

1:27:31OPPORTUNITY INDEX, UM

1:27:33PARTNERSHIP FUNDS AND PRINCIPAL

1:27:34PARTNERS PARALLELING UM LESSONS

1:27:36FROM E DFE SHARED.

1:27:39HOW HURT.

1:27:40HER ORGANIZATION SERVES NOT

1:27:42ONLY AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR

1:27:43ALL SCHOOLS BUT ALSO DOES

1:27:46TRAININGS AND SEEKS TO SUPPORT

1:27:48SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.

1:27:49IMPORTANT PIECES OF THIS

1:27:51CONVERSATION INCLUDED

1:27:52DISCUSSING SOLUTIONS SUCH AS A

1:27:54DASHBOARD AND UNDERSTANDING THE

1:27:57LEGISLATION THAT COUNCILOR.

1:27:58TRAGER FROM NEW YORK CITY

1:27:59PASSED SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT

1:28:01MODEL HERE IN BOSTON.

1:28:03WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE WORK THAT

1:28:04QUEST DOES AND HOW WE CAN FUND

1:28:06PROGRAMS AND POSITIONS ACROSS

1:28:08THE DISTRICT TO ADDRESS THE

1:28:09INEQUITIES WE SEE CREATED BY

1:28:11THE PRIVATE FUNDRAISING GAP.

1:28:13THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ASKED

1:28:14ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE

1:28:16THE OPPORTUNITY INDEX, THE

1:28:18REIMAGINING SCHOOL FUNDING

1:28:19FORMULA, THE RACIAL EQUITY

1:28:21PLANNING TO AND HOW THE

1:28:22DISTRICT AND CENTRAL STAFF

1:28:23SUPPORTS PARENT COUNCILS WITH

1:28:25TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND

1:28:26BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE

1:28:28NEW YORK CITY DOES.

1:28:30WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING

1:28:30THOSE ANSWERS REGARDING HOW

1:28:32MANY SCHOOLS UM HAVE A FIVE AND

1:28:351C3 ALREADY SET UP.

1:28:37WHEN ASKED ABOUT BP'S APPETITE

1:28:40FOR A DASHBOARD AND MAKING THIS

1:28:42INFORMATION PUBLIC, THE

1:28:43ADMINISTRATION WAS OPEN TO IT

1:28:45AND WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS

1:28:46ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT

1:28:48HAPPEN.

1:28:48I ALSO SHARE THAT THIS WORK

1:28:50NEEDS TO BE IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE

1:28:52AN ADVISORY BOARD.

1:28:53UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO

1:28:55WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH

1:28:56THE ADMINISTRATION, QUEST AND

1:28:58OTHER ADVOCATES TO ENSURE THAT.

1:28:59THERE IS.

1:29:00>> TRANSPARENCY AROUND PRIVATE

1:29:01FUNDING AND AND THAT THERE ARE

1:29:05UH CO GOVERNANCE AND CREATING

1:29:06SPACES FOR PEOPLE.

1:29:08WHO ARE.

1:29:08>> LIVE IN THE REALITIES TO

1:29:09HELP INFORM WHAT TYPE

1:29:10OF REPORTING WE WANT TO SEE.

1:29:12IT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR TO US BY

1:29:14THE ADVOCATES THAT GETTING THIS

1:29:15INFORMATION IS THE FIRST BIG

1:29:17STEP SO THAT WE CAN TRULY

1:29:19UNDERSTAND THE INEQUITIES IN

1:29:20ORDER TO ADDRESS THEM.

1:29:21AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES

1:29:23FOR SHARING.

1:29:24THANK YOU.

1:29:25>> COUNCILMEMBER HERE.

1:29:26DOCKET ONE NO DOCKET 0406 WILL

1:29:30REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.

1:29:33WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS,

1:29:34ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS A

1:29:36REMINDER THAT ALL UNDER RULE 39

1:29:39REMARKS ON NEW MATTERS NOT UP

1:29:40FOR A VOTE TODAY SHOULD BE

1:29:41LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR

1:29:43THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO

1:29:44MINUTES FOR THE CO-SPONSORS.

1:29:46MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:29:48READ DOCKET 1796.

1:29:50DOCKET 1796 COUNCILOR WEBER OR

1:29:53FOR THE.

1:29:54FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AMENDING

1:29:56CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES

1:29:59CHAPTER 16 SECTION 63 ORDINANCE

1:30:03ON SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT AND

1:30:05INFORMATION SHARING.

1:30:06THANK YOU.

1:30:07>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE

1:30:07WEBER COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE

1:30:09FLOOR.

1:30:09THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM

1:30:10PRESIDENT.

1:30:11UM, UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO ADD

1:30:13COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA AS

1:30:14THE.

1:30:15ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:30:16COUNCILOR COLLECTOR IS GLAD

1:30:18IT'S ABOUT US.

1:30:19SO ADDED.

1:30:20UH, AND I'D LIKE TO ADD

1:30:22COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD,

1:30:23UH, SPONSOR.

1:30:24UM, SEEING AND HEARING NO

1:30:26OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR SANTANA'S

1:30:27ADDED JUST A THIRD.

1:30:28OKAY.

1:30:29>> AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO

1:30:30RECOGNIZE SOME OF, UH, MY OTHER

1:30:32COLLEAGUES.

1:30:33WE ONLY HAVE ROOM FOR TWO

1:30:34CO-SPONSORS.

1:30:34I KNOW COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

1:30:36UH, REACH OUT WAS JUST YOU.

1:30:37>> KNOW, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE.

1:30:39CLEAN UP HITTER.

1:30:40UH, BUT WE ONLY CAN WE ONLY

1:30:41HAVE ROOM.

1:30:42FOR THREE HERE.

1:30:43UH, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW

1:30:45COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS SPOKEN

1:30:46ABOUT, UH, SURVEILLANCE.

1:30:49UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW,

1:30:51CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

1:30:52HER, UH, COMMENTS PUBLICLY.

1:30:55>> ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

1:30:56SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS SPOTTY

1:30:58PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT

1:31:00ORDINANCE IN OCTOBER 2021?

1:31:03UH, I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO,

1:31:05UH, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT

1:31:07GIVEN YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE SEEN

1:31:09OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH,

1:31:13REGARDING HOW THAT ORDINANCE,

1:31:15UH, YOU KNOW, IS IS IS USED,

1:31:18UH, YOU KNOW, APPLIES TO UH,

1:31:21WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AND

1:31:23THE IMPACT THAT OUR OVERSIGHT

1:31:25HAS HAD.

1:31:26UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SEE IN THE

1:31:29LAST, UH, SURVEILLANCE REPORT.

1:31:31FROM THE UH, THE CITY THAT

1:31:34THERE'S A FEW ISSUES HERE.

1:31:36UH, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE TOLD THAT

1:31:37THAT LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, WHILE

1:31:40WE HAD A FLAG PILOT THAT ENDED,

1:31:42UH, THAT THE CITY HAS WHILE NOT

1:31:45USING FLOCK IS NOW USING TWO

1:31:47OTHER VENDORS WHO HAVE LICENSE

1:31:49PLATE READERS, UM, THAT THE

1:31:51CITY IS USING UH, ANECDOTALLY

1:31:53I'VE HEARD THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE

1:31:54THOSE COMPANIES DON'T EVEN HAVE

1:31:56THE SAME UH, SORT OF SAFEGUARDS

1:31:59AS FLOCK BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN

1:32:01THE NATIONAL MEDIA.

1:32:03UM, AND EVEN WITH FLOCK, YOU

1:32:05KNOW, THIS REPORT DISCLOSED

1:32:06THAT THE FLOCK PILOT THAT WE

1:32:08DID LAST YEAR UH, WAS UH

1:32:11RESULTED IN INADVERTENT SHARING

1:32:13OF INFORMATION NATIONWIDE, UH,

1:32:15IN VIOLATION OF OUR CONTRACT

1:32:16WITH FLOCK.

1:32:17UH, THE REPORT ALSO SHOWS THAT

1:32:20WE ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA

1:32:21MONITORING TOOLS THAT THIS BODY

1:32:23DID NOT APPROVE LAST YEAR AND

1:32:25IN FACT, UH, WE'VE ADDED ONE UH

1:32:28TOOL UH, TO THAT.

1:32:29SO YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WHEN WE

1:32:31LOOK AT THE SURVEILLANCE

1:32:33ORDINANCE AND THESE AMENDMENTS

1:32:34THAT I'M PROPOSING, THEY GO TO

1:32:36THE ISSUES I THINK THESE RAISE

1:32:38NUMBER ONE UM, YOU KNOW, HOW

1:32:40DOES EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES

1:32:42APPLY?

1:32:42CAN THIS CAN THE POLICE

1:32:44DEPARTMENT DECLARE EXIGENT.

1:32:46CIRCUMSTANCES JUST.

1:32:47CONTINUE ON FOREVER AND NEVER

1:32:48REALLY COME TO US FOR APPROVAL

1:32:51OR NOTICE?

1:32:52SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE

1:32:53NOTICE AND WE HAVE A CHANCE TO

1:32:54WIN WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FROM

1:32:56THE BEGINNING OF THE EXIGENT

1:32:58CIRCUMSTANCES NOT WHEN THEY MAY

1:32:59END IF THEY EVER END UM, YOU

1:33:02KNOW, WITH UH, SOCIAL MEDIA

1:33:04MONITORING TOOLS, UH AND

1:33:06ALPERS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE

1:33:08THAT WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS IN

1:33:09PLACE THAT THERE'S REPORTING I

1:33:11THINK THERE WAS AN AUDIT IN THE

1:33:12CURRENT REPORT THAT SHOW THAT

1:33:13THERE WAS 11,000 HIT UH,

1:33:15SEARCHES ON FLOCK.

1:33:16AND HALF OF THEM DID NOT HAVE

1:33:18INCIDENT NUMBERS ATTACHED TO

1:33:19THEM.

1:33:20WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE

1:33:21THOSE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO

1:33:21MAKE SURE THOSE SYSTEMS AREN'T

1:33:23BEING ABUSED.

1:33:23I JUST WANT TO THANK MY

1:33:24COLLEAGUES.

1:33:24THIS IS A CONVERSATION STARTER.

1:33:26I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH

1:33:27ALL OF YOU ON ON REVISING THE,

1:33:29UH, SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT

1:33:31ORDINANCE.

1:33:31>> THANK YOU.

1:33:32THANK YOU.

1:33:33>> COUNCILOR WEBER.

1:33:34THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:33:35COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE

1:33:35CUSTOMER.

1:33:36YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:33:37THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM

1:33:38PRESIDENT AND I RISE UH, AS A

1:33:40SECOND CO-SPONSOR OF THIS

1:33:40ORDINANCE.

1:33:40BUT I WANT TO THANK

1:33:41COUNCIL WEBER FOR HIS

1:33:42LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS WELL AS

1:33:43COUNCILOR MEJIA.

1:33:44I REMEMBER IN 2025 DURING THE

1:33:45BUDGET CYCLE WE BOTH ASKED

1:33:46QUESTIONS DURING THE BBT

1:33:48HEARING ABOUT THE USES OF FLOCK

1:33:49AND WE RECEIVED A PARTIAL

1:33:51ANSWER UM UH AND UH UM I DURING

1:33:56MY RECENT BRIEFING WITH UM SOME

1:33:58MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION

1:33:59AND BRICK UM AND IT BECAME

1:34:01APPARENT THAT THIS BODY I THINK

1:34:02IN EITHER 2022 OR 2023 HAD

1:34:04GIVEN BLANKET APPROVAL FOR UM

1:34:06FOR THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY AND

1:34:09AT THAT POINT I HAD SAID, OKAY,

1:34:10WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A

1:34:11LOOPHOLE THAT WE NEED TO TO

1:34:12CLOSE HERE.

1:34:13LET'S AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND

1:34:14THEN LO AND BEHOLD,

1:34:15COUNCILOR WEBER UM, INTRODUCED

1:34:16SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN

1:34:18FOR FOR PUSHING THIS FORWARD.

1:34:20UM, WE ESTABLISHED THIS, UH,

1:34:21OVERSIGHT FRAMEWORK TO CREATE

1:34:23TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1:34:24AROUND HOW SURVEILLANCE

1:34:25TECHNOLOGY IS ACQUIRED AND USED

1:34:27WHILE PROTECTING THE PRIVACY

1:34:28AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF OUR

1:34:29RESIDENTS.

1:34:30BUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HAVE

1:34:31SHOWN US WHERE THERE ARE GAPS

1:34:32IN THAT FRAMEWORK WHEN THE CITY

1:34:34CHANGES VENDORS, WHEN THE

1:34:36CAPABILITIES OF A TECHNOLOGY

1:34:37CHANGE OR WHEN TECHNOLOGY IS

1:34:39INITIALLY DEPLOYED BECAUSE OF.

1:34:40OF AN EMERGENCY, THE

1:34:41COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD

1:34:42HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING

1:34:43OF WHAT IS BEING USED, HOW IT

1:34:45IS BEING USED AND WHAT DATA IS

1:34:47BEING COLLECTED AND WHO HAS

1:34:48ACCESS TO THAT DATA TO THAT

1:34:50DATA.

1:34:50IT SHOULD BE STATED THAT PUBLIC

1:34:52SAFETY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES DO

1:34:53NOT HAVE TO BE IN UM UH IN

1:34:56COMPETING VALUES.

1:34:56OUR POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE

1:34:58APPROPRIATE TOOLS TO

1:34:59INVESTIGATE SERIOUS CRIMES AND

1:35:01PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

1:35:01AT THE SAME TIME, POWERFUL

1:35:03SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY SHOULD

1:35:05COME WITH POWERFUL SAFEGUARDS,

1:35:06TRANSPARENCY AND

1:35:07ACCOUNTABILITY.

1:35:08TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO CONTINUE

1:35:09EVOLVING AND OUR OVERSIGHT HAS

1:35:11TO EVOLVE WITH IT.

1:35:13SO I'M PROUD AGAIN TO JOIN

1:35:14COUNCIL WEBER IN INTRODUCING

1:35:15THIS ORDINANCE AND I CHAIR

1:35:16OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

1:35:17COMMITTEE, I LOOK FORWARD TO A

1:35:19ROBUST PROCESS WILL WHERE WE

1:35:21WILL HEAR FROM THE

1:35:22ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC SAFETY

1:35:23OFFICIALS, CIVIL LIBERTIES

1:35:25ADVOCATES, TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS,

1:35:26MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SO THAT

1:35:27WE CAN GET THIS RIGHT.

1:35:28THANK YOU.

1:35:29THANK YOU.

1:35:30>> COUNCIL CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:35:32CONSCIOUS AND TIMER COUNCIL YOU

1:35:33HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:35:34THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I'D

1:35:36LIKE TO ALSO THANK

1:35:37COUNCILOR WEBER PROUD OF ME AS

1:35:38AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND FOR

1:35:40HIS DILIGENT ATTENTION TO

1:35:41MATTERS OF DATA SURVEILLANCE.

1:35:43THIS ORDINANCE CLOSES A

1:35:45LOOPHOLE IN THE 2022 ORDINANCE

1:35:47ON SURVEILLANCE, OVERSIGHT AND

1:35:48INFORMATION SHARING THAT

1:35:49ALLOWED FOR BOTH A CHANGE

1:35:51OF VENDORS AND RENEWED

1:35:52AGREEMENTS FOR CURRENT

1:35:53TECHNOLOGIES TO BE DONE WITHOUT

1:35:55NOTIFYING THE BOSTON CITY

1:35:56COUNCIL.

1:35:57THIS LOOPHOLE VIOLATES THE

1:35:59ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE 2022

1:36:01ORDINANCE AND ITS USE AND ITS

1:36:04USE HAS LED TO RISING PUBLIC

1:36:06CONCERN ABOUT THE BOSTON POLICE

1:36:08DEPARTMENT'S USAGE OF THE

1:36:09AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS

1:36:10AND SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING

1:36:12TOOLS AND CLOSING THIS LOOPHOLE

1:36:14IN REQUIRING STRICTER REPORTING

1:36:15REQUIREMENTS.

1:36:16WE ARE MEANING THE ORIGINAL

1:36:17INTENT OF THE 2022 UM

1:36:20COUNCIL AND ENSURING THAT THE

1:36:21PUBLIC REMAINS ACCURATELY, UM,

1:36:24INFORMED ABOUT THE TOOLS AND

1:36:25TECHNOLOGIES USED BY THE BOSTON

1:36:26POLICE DEPARTMENT AT A TIME

1:36:28WHEN PEOPLE ARE VERY RIGHTFULLY

1:36:29CONCERNED ABOUT DATA

1:36:30COLLECTION, SURVEILLANCE AND

1:36:32THE POSSIBLE MISUSE

1:36:33OF GOVERNMENT TOOLS AND IT'S

1:36:34VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE

1:36:36MAINTAIN AND GROW PUBLIC TRUST.

1:36:38THIS ORDINANCE DOES JUST THAT

1:36:40AND I'M PROUD TO EXTEND MY

1:36:41SUPPORT AND I WELCOME MY FELLOW

1:36:42COLLEAGUES, UM, TO DO THE SAME.

1:36:44THANK YOU.

1:36:45THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:36:47WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:36:48NAME?

1:36:50COUNCILOR CULPEPER,

1:36:50COUNCILOR DURKAN.

1:36:52COUNCILOR FLYNN,

1:36:53COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.

1:36:54MURPHY.

1:36:55COUNCILOR.

1:36:55FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR.

1:36:57PEPEN, COUNCILOR.

1:36:59UH MORRELL AND PLEASE OUT THE

1:37:00CHAIR.

1:37:01DOCKET 1796 WILL BE REFERRED TO

1:37:04THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT

1:37:06OPERATIONS.

1:37:07MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:37:08READ DOCKET 1797.

1:37:11DOCKET 1797 COUNCILOR MURPHY OR

1:37:14FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR YOU

1:37:16HERE AND TO ADDRESS THE ON

1:37:17AUTHORIZE ROADWAY ALTERATIONS

1:37:20AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ACT SHERMAN

1:37:22STREET AND PARKER STREET.

1:37:24THANK YOU.

1:37:24CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MURPHY

1:37:26COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:37:27THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:37:29AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD

1:37:31COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND I WOULD

1:37:33LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND

1:37:35ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN, PLEASE.

1:37:37UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS ADDED

1:37:39A SECOND.

1:37:39WHO'S YOUR THIRD.

1:37:40COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:37:41I'M SEEING AND HEAR NO

1:37:43OBJECTIONS.

1:37:44COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ADDED AS A

1:37:45THIRD.

1:37:45THANK YOU.

1:37:46I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER

1:37:48BECAUSE THE INTERSECTION

1:37:49OF TREMONT STREET AND PARKER

1:37:51STREET RAISES TWO IMPORTANT

1:37:53QUESTIONS.

1:37:54HOW DO WE MAKE THIS BUSY

1:37:56INTERSECTION SAFER AND WHO HAS

1:37:58THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE OUR

1:37:59PUBLIC STREETS?

1:38:01A HORRIFIC FATAL CRASH OCCURRED

1:38:04AT THIS INTERSECTION IN JULY.

1:38:06THE SAFETY CONCERNS ARE REAL

1:38:08AND I UNDERSTAND WHY RESIDENTS

1:38:09ARE FRUSTRATED BY THE PACE

1:38:11OF THE CITY'S RESPONSE.

1:38:13THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THESE

1:38:15CHANGES LEFT A MESSAGE ON A

1:38:16NEARBY POLL SAYING IF WE WON'T

1:38:19WE WILL.

1:38:20THAT SAYS A LOT PEOPLE.

1:38:22FELT UNHEARD AND THEY WANTED

1:38:24ACTION.

1:38:25FRANKLY I UNDERSTAND THEIR

1:38:27FRUSTRATION.

1:38:28LAST WEEK I SENT CHIEF OSGOOD

1:38:30AND THE MAYOR A DETAILED LETTER

1:38:32ASKING MANY OF THE SAME

1:38:33QUESTIONS THAT THIS HEARING

1:38:35ORDER RAISES AND I HAVE NOT

1:38:37RECEIVED A RESPONSE YET THAT

1:38:39DOES NOT JUSTIFY ANYONE

1:38:41ALTERING A PUBLIC ROADWAY, BUT

1:38:43IT REINFORCES WHY RESIDENTS

1:38:45DESERVE TIMELY ANSWERS FROM

1:38:46CITY HALL.

1:38:48NO MATTER HOW FRUSTRATED

1:38:49SOMEONE IS, RESIDENTS CANNOT

1:38:51TAKE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING INTO

1:38:53THEIR OWN HANDS.

1:38:54BOSTON TRAFFIC RULES AND

1:38:56REGULATIONS ARE CLEAR.

1:38:58ARTICLE THREE SECTION ONE

1:39:00PROHIBITS UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS,

1:39:02SIGNALS, MARKINGS OR DEVICES

1:39:04THAT RESEMBLE OFFICIAL TRAFFIC

1:39:06CONTROLS OR ATTEMPT TO DIRECT

1:39:09TRAFFIC UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY

1:39:10THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION

1:39:12DEPARTMENT.

1:39:12THIS IS THERE IS A REASON FOR

1:39:15THAT.

1:39:15WE CANNOT HAVE RESIDENTS

1:39:17INSTALLING THEIR OWN OR THEIR

1:39:18OWN SPEED HUMPS, MOVING STOP

1:39:21SIGNS, CHANGING ONE WAY STREETS

1:39:23OR PAINTING NEW TRAFFIC LANES

1:39:24BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IT WOULD

1:39:26BE SAFER.

1:39:27THE CITY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT

1:39:29MARKINGS AT TREMONT STREET AND

1:39:31PARKER STREET WERE NOT

1:39:33AUTHORIZED YET THEY WERE

1:39:34ALLOWED TO REMAIN WHILE

1:39:35OFFICIALS CONTINUE STUDYING

1:39:36POSSIBLE CHANGES AT THIS

1:39:38INTERSECTION.

1:39:39I DO NOT THINK THAT IS

1:39:41ACCEPTABLE.

1:39:42MAYBE THE RESIDENTS ARE RIGHT.

1:39:43MAYBE SOME OF THE CHANGES THEY

1:39:45MADE ACTUALLY DO CREATE A SAFER

1:39:48CONFIGURATION.

1:39:49IT PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC

1:39:50ENGINEERS DETERMINE THAT THEY

1:39:51DO.

1:39:52THEN LET'S MAKE THESE CHANGES

1:39:53PERMANENT.

1:39:54LET'S DESIGN THEM CORRECTLY,

1:39:56INSTALL THEM PROPERLY AND MAKE

1:39:58THE INTERSECTION SAFER.

1:40:00BUT WE SHOULD NOT LEAVE

1:40:02UNAUTHORIZED TRAFFIC

1:40:03INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE WHILE

1:40:05WE DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE

1:40:06LIKE IT.

1:40:07BOTH THINGS CAN BE TRUE

1:40:09RESIDENTS CANNOT CHANGE PUBLIC

1:40:11TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON THEIR

1:40:12OWN AND CITY GOVERNMENT NEEDS

1:40:15TO RESPOND MORE QUICKLY WHEN

1:40:16RESIDENTS RAISE LEGITIMATE

1:40:18SAFETY CONCERNS.

1:40:20IF CHANGES AT TREMONT STREET

1:40:21AND PARKER STREET WILL MAKE IT

1:40:22SAFER, THEN LET'S MAKE THEM.

1:40:24BUT LET'S MAKE THEM

1:40:26PROFESSIONALLY THROUGH THE

1:40:27PROPER PROCESS AND LET'S MAKE

1:40:28THEM PROMPTLY AND PERMANENTLY.

1:40:30THANK YOU.

1:40:32>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER

1:40:33FUTURE RECOGNIZES

1:40:35COUNCILOR CULPEPER

1:40:35COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:40:37THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:40:40I WANT TO THANK

1:40:41COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING

1:40:42ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AND FOR

1:40:45BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS

1:40:46ISSUE FOR ME, THIS HEARING NEED

1:40:49TO FOCUS FIRST ON

1:40:51ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE BOSTON

1:40:53TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

1:40:55THE COMMUNITY HAS RAISED

1:40:56CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY ALONG

1:40:59PARKER STREET AND AT TREATMENT

1:41:00STREET FOR YEARS AND THE CITY'S

1:41:02OWN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

1:41:04PROCESS IDENTIFIED THIS

1:41:06INTERSECTION AS A CRASH CLUSTER

1:41:09BACK IN 2023.

1:41:11THE CITY ALSO IDENTIFIED PARKER

1:41:13STREET FROM TREATMENT STREET TO

1:41:15ALLEGHANY STREET AS A HIGH

1:41:17CRASH QUARTER FOR PEOPLE BIKING

1:41:20AND WAS CONSIDERING

1:41:21IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING

1:41:22PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, TRAFFIC

1:41:24CALMING, SAFER BICYCLE

1:41:27CONNECTIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY

1:41:29UPGRADES.

1:41:29SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

1:41:31HAPPENED BETWEEN THAT PLANNING

1:41:33PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY

1:41:35WHAT WAS STUDIED, WHAT

1:41:38RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED

1:41:39?

1:41:39WHICH IMPROVEMENTS MOVE FORWARD

1:41:41WHICH SHOULD NOT AND WHY DIDN'T

1:41:43THEY?

1:41:44WHEN RESIDENTS REPEATEDLY

1:41:46IDENTIFIED A DANGEROUS

1:41:47CONDITION AND THE CITY'S OWN

1:41:50ANALYSIS RECOGNIZE THE SAME

1:41:52PROBLEM, THERE NEEDS TO BE A

1:41:54CLEAR PATH FROM IDENTIFYING

1:41:56THAT PROBLEM TO ACTUALLY

1:41:58ADDRESSING IT.

1:41:59I ALSO THINK THIS RAISES A

1:42:01BROADER ISSUE ABOUT HOW WE

1:42:03BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN

1:42:05TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND THE

1:42:07NEEDS, CONCERNS AND PRIORITIES

1:42:09OF THE COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY

1:42:12AFFECTED BY THESE DECISIONS.

1:42:14TRANSPORTATION PLANNING CANNOT

1:42:16HAPPEN IN A VACUUM.

1:42:18RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND HOW THESE

1:42:19STREETS FUNCTION EVERY DAY

1:42:22WHILE TRANSPORTATION

1:42:23PROFESSIONALS BRING THE

1:42:25TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING

1:42:27EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO DESIGN

1:42:29SAFE SOLUTIONS.

1:42:31WE NEED A PROCESS THAT BRINGS

1:42:32THOSE PERSPECTIVES TOGETHER

1:42:34RATHER THAN ALLOWING THEM TO

1:42:35BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM ONE

1:42:37ANOTHER.

1:42:38I HOPE THIS HEARING GIVES US AN

1:42:40OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO

1:42:43DETERMINE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE

1:42:43NEEDED AT TREATMENT AND PARK

1:42:45HISTORIES, BUT ALSO TO EXAMINE

1:42:48HOW THE TRANSPORTATION

1:42:49DEPARTMENT RESPONDS WHEN THE

1:42:51COMMUNITY ASKS FOR SAFETY

1:42:52IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW WE CAN

1:42:54MAKE SURE THOSE REQUESTS

1:42:55ACTUALLY TRANSLATE INTO ACTION.

1:42:57THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:42:59THANK YOU.

1:43:00COUNCILOR CULPEPER CHAIR

1:43:00RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN

1:43:02COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:43:05YOU WOULD CO-SPONSOR.

1:43:08I'M A CO-SPONSOR.

1:43:09BUT I DON'T WISH TO SPEAK AT

1:43:11THIS MOMENT.

1:43:11THANK YOU.

1:43:12WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:43:13NAME?

1:43:18COUNCILOR WORRELL

1:43:19COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

1:43:21THANK YOU.

1:43:22DOCKET 1797 WILL BE REFERRED TO

1:43:25THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,

1:43:26DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

1:43:27.

1:43:30MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:43:31READ DOCKET 1798.

1:43:34>> TYPEKIT 1798.

1:43:36COUNCILOR DURKAN OFFER THE.

1:43:37FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

1:43:39ON PACKAGE DEAF IN BOSTON.

1:43:41THANK YOU.

1:43:42>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:43:44COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNTRY YOU

1:43:44HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:43:45THANK YOU.

1:43:46>> I JUST LIKE TO TAKE A POINT

1:43:47OF PRIVILEGE.

1:43:47OBVIOUSLY THE LAST FILING WAS

1:43:49ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS IN MY

1:43:51DISTRICT.

1:43:52UM, I DO THINK THE NEW

1:43:54COUNCIL RULES DOES NOT ALLOW

1:43:54FOR US TO SPEAK ON ISSUES UM,

1:43:58UNLESS THEY'RE BEING VOTED ON

1:44:00UNLESS WE'RE A LEAD SPONSOR.

1:44:02I DO THINK IT'S REALLY

1:44:03IMPORTANT, UM, AS CITY

1:44:05OFFICIALS, THE REASON WHY THE

1:44:07FOLKS THAT ARE FILING THIS HAVE

1:44:08A LOT OF QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE

1:44:10THEY DON'T DO TRANSPORTATION

1:44:11WORK IN MISSION HILL AND SO

1:44:13IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IT'S VERY

1:44:15IMPORTANT EXCUSE ME.

1:44:16IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

1:44:18IT'S ABOUT THE COVERAGE.

1:44:22HOLD ON IS CONCERNED AND UM YOU

1:44:25WOULD YOU MIND WOULD WE TAKE

1:44:26YOUR.

1:44:27WHICH MOVE ON TO YOUR DOCKET?

1:44:29THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

1:44:30COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'D LIKE TO

1:44:32SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD

1:44:33COUNCILOR FLYNN AS AN ORIGINAL

1:44:34CO-SPONSOR AND

1:44:35COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD

1:44:36ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:44:38COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ADDED AS A

1:44:39SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING

1:44:40NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA

1:44:42IS ADDED AS A THIRD.

1:44:43PACKAGE THEFT IS AN ISSUE THAT

1:44:45I KNOW MANY BOSTON RESIDENTS

1:44:46HAVE EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ARE

1:44:48IN THE ERA OF HOME DELIVERY

1:44:49WHERE MOST RESIDENTS RECEIVE

1:44:51PACKAGES AT THEIR HOMES IN A

1:44:53CITY LIKE BOSTON ESPECIALLY IN

1:44:55MY DISTRICT UH, IT'S MULTI-UNIT

1:44:57BUILDINGS WITH LIMITED SPACE

1:44:58FOR DELIVERIES.

1:44:59PACKAGES ARE OFTEN LEFT ON

1:45:00SIDEWALKS OR IN VESTIBULES.

1:45:02BUT WE KNOW PACKAGE THEFT

1:45:03HAPPENS EVERYWHERE AND AND I

1:45:05ACTUALLY, UM, WANT TO THANK UH,

1:45:07MEMBERS OF COUNCILOR

1:45:09FITZGERALD'S UH CONSTITUENCY

1:45:10WHO FILED A DORCHESTER REPORTER

1:45:12OP ED.

1:45:13YES, I READ THE DORCHESTER

1:45:14ORDER SOME OF THE BEST

1:45:15REPORTING IN BOSTON.

1:45:16UM, STEALING SOMEONE'S PROPERTY

1:45:19IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, BUT

1:45:20PACKAGE THEFT IS OFTEN

1:45:21CHALLENGING TO ENFORCE AND

1:45:23PROSECUTE.

1:45:23IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.

1:45:25AND AS RESIDENTS, UH, WE SHOULD

1:45:27BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE

1:45:28CONVENIENCE OF PACKAGE DELIVERY

1:45:29FIRST.

1:45:30I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO

1:45:31BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE

1:45:32OF THE PROBLEM IN BOSTON.

1:45:34PEOPLE SHOULD REPORT PACKAGE

1:45:35THEFT TO BTD.

1:45:36UH, BUT EITHER THE LACK

1:45:38OF AWARENESS OR THE HASSLE

1:45:39OF REPORTING DETERS THEM.

1:45:40I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT

1:45:42REPORT THESE INCIDENTS,

1:45:43INCLUDING TIMES WHERE IT'S EVEN

1:45:44HAPPENED TO.

1:45:45ME.

1:45:46UH, RECENTLY I ACTUALLY, UM,

1:45:48WAS ABLE TO CATCH A PACKAGE

1:45:49THIEF WAS ABLE TO CALL OUR

1:45:51POLICE CAPTAIN CAPTAIN DRISCOLL

1:45:53UM AND WHO WHO SENT SOMEONE TO

1:45:55GO FIND THIS PERSON AGAIN?

1:45:57WE SHOULD NOT BE RELYING ON

1:45:59VIGILANTISM TO FIX THIS

1:46:00PROBLEM.

1:46:01UH, BUT IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM

1:46:03AND IT'S ONE OFTENTIMES, UH,

1:46:05YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, DPD

1:46:07HAS LITERALLY FOUND ENTIRE

1:46:09APARTMENTS FILLED AND FILLED

1:46:10WITH PACKAGES AND SO, UH, THIS

1:46:13IS A HUGE ISSUE AND IT HAPPENS

1:46:15TO NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, AMAZON

1:46:17PACKAGES AND PACKAGES YOU'RE

1:46:18RECEIVING THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO

1:46:19BE REPLACED BUT TO CHERISHED

1:46:21GOODS AND CHERISHED PRESENTS

1:46:23THAT UH, FAMILY MEMBERS ARE

1:46:24SENDING.

1:46:24PART OF THE GOAL IN THIS

1:46:26CONVERSATION IS TO HEAR FROM

1:46:27BPD ABOUT THE DATA WE CURRENTLY

1:46:28HAVE AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE

1:46:30REPORTING AND.

1:46:31WHETHER THERE ARE.

1:46:31ADDITIONAL TOOLS OR EDUCATION

1:46:33WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING.

1:46:34FOR INSTANCE, IN THE BEACON

1:46:35HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT, UH,

1:46:37WE'VE OFTEN BEEN ENCOURAGED TO

1:46:38GET RING CAMERAS.

1:46:40UM AND I KNOW THE LANDMARKS

1:46:41COMMISSION HAS WORKED TO MAKE

1:46:42THAT EASIER.

1:46:43WHAT IS HAPPENING?

1:46:44I REALIZED BY READING THIS

1:46:45DORCHESTER REPORTER ARTICLE

1:46:46THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN EVERY

1:46:48SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK

1:46:49AS COUNCILORS WE SHOULD BAND

1:46:50TOGETHER.

1:46:51UM, THIS MIGHT BE THE ONE, UH,

1:46:54ISSUE THAT LIKE I THINK WE CAN

1:46:55SOLVE ON THIS COUNCIL SO I

1:46:56REALLY I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE

1:46:58HAVE SOME GOOD WORK TO DO AND I

1:47:00WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN

1:47:01AND COUNCILOR SANTANA, UH, THE

1:47:02CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

1:47:03UM, I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS

1:47:05CONVERSATION.

1:47:06I THINK WE CAN REALLY MAKE A

1:47:07DIFFERENCE HERE.

1:47:07THANK YOU.

1:47:08THANK YOU.

1:47:09>> COUNCILOR DURKAN CHAIR

1:47:10RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:47:11COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:47:13THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:47:14AND THANK YOU TO

1:47:15COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR ADDING ME.

1:47:17THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT

1:47:19IMPACTS DISTRICT TWO WHICH

1:47:22INCLUDES SOUTH BOSTON THE SOUTH

1:47:23AND CHINATOWN, THE BAY VILLAGE

1:47:26,PARTS OF BEACON HILL, BACK

1:47:28BAY, DOWNTOWN BOSTON, THE WHARF

1:47:31DISTRICT COUNCIL ALMOST EVERY

1:47:33NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I HIGHLIGHTED

1:47:36HAS TALKED TO ME ABOUT PACKAGE

1:47:38THEFTS AND IT'S IT'S ESPECIALLY

1:47:43SIGNIFICANT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

1:47:44IN SOUTH BOSTON BUT ALSO IN THE

1:47:46SOUTH END AS WELL.

1:47:48RESIDENTS LITERALLY HAVE SAID

1:47:49TO ME AND I HAVE SEVEN PACKAGES

1:47:52OVER THE LAST.

1:47:5430 DAYS THAT.

1:47:54HAVE BEEN.

1:47:55STOLEN AND I WOULD SAY TO THEM

1:47:57I ASSUME YOU CALLED THE POLICE.

1:47:59NO, WE WE DIDN'T CALL THE

1:48:00POLICE.

1:48:01UM, WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE

1:48:03THEIR TIME.

1:48:04WE DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

1:48:06WE DON'T WANT TO UH WE DON'T

1:48:08THINK IT'S THAT HIGH OF A

1:48:10PRIORITY BUT IT IS A HIGH

1:48:12PRIORITY.

1:48:14IT IS A HIGH PRIORITY WHEN

1:48:16PACKAGES ARE STOLEN AND IT'S

1:48:20IMPACTING PUBLIC SAFETY.

1:48:21IT'S IMPACTING QUALITY OF LIFE.

1:48:24AND IF YOU DON'T REPORT STOLEN

1:48:28PACKAGES IT ALMOST INVITES THE

1:48:32PERSON TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT

1:48:33THEY'RE DOING.

1:48:34WHAT THAT PERSON REALLY NEEDS

1:48:36IS DRUG TREATMENT.

1:48:37WHAT THAT PERSON NEEDS IS TO BE

1:48:39HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR

1:48:41CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AS WELL.

1:48:42BUT I THINK MOST PEOPLE THAT

1:48:44ARE STEALING PACKAGES ARE UM

1:48:47HAVE SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES.

1:48:49THEY NEED HELP, THEY NEED

1:48:50TREATMENT BUT WE NEED TO

1:48:53DOCUMENT THIS BY CALLING 911

1:48:55CALLING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

1:48:56THEY NEED TO BE ARRESTED

1:48:59BECAUSE IT'S HAVING A MAJOR

1:49:01IMPACT.

1:49:01IF THESE PACKAGES WERE REPORTED

1:49:03TO THE POLICE WE WOULD SEE A

1:49:05HIGH INCREASE OF CRIME IN

1:49:08BOSTON.

1:49:09BUT A LOT OF CRIME IN BOSTON

1:49:11DOESN'T GO REPORTED FOR VARIOUS

1:49:14REASONS SUCH AS THIS.

1:49:16BUT RESIDENTS HAVE A

1:49:19RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY

1:49:22TYPE OF PACKAGE THEFT TO THE

1:49:24POLICE BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT THEM

1:49:28IT MIGHT.

1:49:28BE THEIR MOTHER.

1:49:29>> IT.

1:49:30MIGHT BE THEIR SISTER, IT MIGHT

1:49:31BE THEIR.

1:49:31FATHER AND WHO KNOWS WHAT IS

1:49:34BEING STOLEN.

1:49:35IT COULD BE SOMEONE'S CRITICAL

1:49:37MEDICINE THAT THEY NEED FOR

1:49:38THEIR CHILD.

1:49:40SO LET'S COME TOGETHER AS A

1:49:43COUNCIL SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS.

1:49:44BUT WE'RE REALLY DOING A FAVOR

1:49:47FOR OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO

1:49:49DOING A FAVOR IN.

1:49:51A WAY FOR THE PERSON THAT'S

1:49:52STEALING PACKAGES.

1:49:54BECAUSE THAT.

1:49:55PERSON NEEDS TO BE HELD

1:49:56ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS.

1:49:57>> OR.

1:49:57HER ACTIONS IN THE CRIMINAL

1:49:59JUSTICE SYSTEM.

1:50:00BUT THEY ALSO NEED DRUG

1:50:03TREATMENT PROGRAM.

1:50:05THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:50:06THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

1:50:07CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:50:09COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCIL.

1:50:09YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:50:11THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:50:12I WANT TO THANK

1:50:13COUNCILOR DURKAN, UM, FOR

1:50:14LEADING OUR FOR INTRODUCING

1:50:15THIS HEARING ORDER ON THIS

1:50:17ISSUE.

1:50:18UM, WHEN A PACKAGE WAS STOLEN

1:50:19OFF A PORCH, IT WAS REALLY JUST

1:50:21A MINOR INCONVENIENCE FOR OUR

1:50:22SENIORS AND OUR NEIGHBORS

1:50:23LIVING WITH DISABILITIES.

1:50:24THAT PACKAGE OFTEN CONTAINS A

1:50:26VITAL MEDICATION, SPECIALIZED

1:50:28MEDICAL SUPPLIES OR ESSENTIAL

1:50:29TOOLS FOR DAILY LIVING.

1:50:31ALMOST EVERY ONE OF US HAS

1:50:33EXPERIENCED THIS FIRSTHAND OR

1:50:34KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS AND THE

1:50:36NUMBERS BACK THAT UP.

1:50:37LAST YEAR ALONE, NEARLY 1 IN 3

1:50:39AMERICANS OVER 41 MILLION

1:50:41PEOPLE FELL VICTIM OF UM TO

1:50:43PACKAGE DEATH RIGHT HERE IN

1:50:44MASSACHUSETTS AN ESTIMATED 3%

1:50:46OF RESIDENTS LOSS OF DELIVERY

1:50:47AND JUST A SINGLE THREE MONTH

1:50:49WINDOW.

1:50:49THIS IS HAPPENING ON OUR

1:50:51STREETS EVERY DAY AND LOCAL

1:50:52LEADERS LIKE CARA GILLIS FROM

1:50:54THE DORCHESTER NORTH NEIGHBORS

1:50:55ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN STANDING

1:50:57UP AND SPEAKING OUT ON BEHALF

1:50:59OF OTHER NEIGHBORS.

1:51:00WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR

1:51:02RESIDENTS TO FLAG THESE THEFTS.

1:51:04STARTING WITH ADDING PACKAGE

1:51:05THAT DIRECTLY TO OUR 3.1 SYSTEM

1:51:08SO CITY SERVICES CAN TRACK

1:51:09HOTSPOTS AND RESPOND

1:51:11EFFECTIVELY.

1:51:11I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING

1:51:12THIS WORK ALONGSIDE DEDICATED

1:51:14ADVOCATES LIKE HERA, BRINGING

1:51:16FORWARD CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND

1:51:18PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE

1:51:19RESIDENTS.

1:51:20UM I ALSO VERY PROUD THING BOTH

1:51:22MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED THAT

1:51:23THEY'RE HAPPENING IN THEIR

1:51:24RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND AS A

1:51:26NIGHT CITY COUNCILOR UM

1:51:28VISITING UM ACROSS ALL

1:51:29NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:51:30UM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT UM

1:51:31OFTEN RESIDENTS BRING UP.

1:51:32UM, TO ME UM, ACROSS MULTIPLE

1:51:35NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:51:35THANK YOU.

1:51:36THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:51:38WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:51:39NAME?

1:51:40COUNCILOR.

1:51:41CULPEPER.

1:51:41COUNCILOR.

1:51:43COUNCILOR.

1:51:43FITZGERALD.

1:51:44COUNCILOR.

1:51:45REVISION COUNCIL.

1:51:46MURPHY.

1:51:46COUNCILOR.

1:51:47PEPEN.

1:51:48COUNCILOR.

1:51:48WEBER.

1:51:49CONSTABLE.

1:51:49REALM, PLEASE.

1:51:50UP THE CHAIR.

1:51:53DOCKET 179 98 WILL BE REFERRED

1:51:55TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

1:51:56SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

1:51:59MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

1:52:00READ DOCKET 1799.281799.

1:52:05COUNCIL OF CULPEPER FOR THE

1:52:06FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

1:52:09TO EXAMINE OPPORTUNITIES FOR

1:52:11BOSTON UNDER THE 21ST CENTURY

1:52:13ROAD TO HOUSING ACT.

1:52:15THANK YOU.

1:52:15THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:52:17COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNTRY.

1:52:18YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:52:19MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE

1:52:21TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A

1:52:23SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

1:52:26COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED.

1:52:27THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:52:29EARLIER THIS YEAR THIS

1:52:31COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION

1:52:33SUPPORTING THE 21ST CENTURY

1:52:35ROAD TO HOUSING IN NOW THAT IS

1:52:38BECOME FEDERAL LAW.

1:52:40I BELIEVE THE NEXT QUESTION FOR

1:52:41BOSTON IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.

1:52:43HOW DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT?

1:52:46THE ACT BECAME PUBLIC LAW 119

1:52:49DASH 101 ON JULY 11TH AND

1:52:51CONTAINS A NUMBER OF HOUSING

1:52:53PROGRAMS AND POLICY CHANGES

1:52:55THAT COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS

1:52:57FOR CITIES LIKE BOSTON.

1:52:59THE LAW CREATES OPPORTUNITIES

1:53:01AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING

1:53:02PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION.

1:53:05CITY OWNED LAND, VACANT

1:53:06BUILDING CONVERSIONS,

1:53:08HOMEOWNERSHIP, REGIONAL HOUSING

1:53:10PLANNING AND POTENTIALLY NEW

1:53:12FEDERAL FUNDING.

1:53:14IT ALSO MAKES AFFORDABLE

1:53:15HOUSING CONSTRUCTION ELIGIBLE

1:53:17UNDER CDBG.

1:53:22AND IS.

1:53:24AND THE CDBG AND REFORMED THE

1:53:27HOME PROGRAM.

1:53:28BUT NOT EVERY PROVISION CAN

1:53:29NECESSARILY BE IMPLEMENTED

1:53:31IMMEDIATELY.

1:53:32SOME OPPORTUNITIES DEPEND ON

1:53:35FEDERAL GUIDANCE OR FUNDING

1:53:36WHILE OTHERS MAY REQUIRE

1:53:37COORDINATION WITH THE

1:53:39COMMONWEALTH AND OUR LOCAL

1:53:40HOUSING PARTNERS.

1:53:41I WANT THIS HEARING TO HELP US

1:53:43DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THOSE

1:53:45CATEGORIES AND TRY AND IDENTIFY

1:53:47WHAT BOSTON CAN BEGIN PURSUING

1:53:50NOW.

1:53:51WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING

1:53:52CRISIS AND WHEN NEW TOOLS

1:53:54BECOME AVAILABLE TO HELP US

1:53:56PRODUCE AND PRESERVE HOUSING,

1:53:58WE SHOULD BE PROACTIVE ABOUT

1:54:00UNDERSTANDING AND USING THEM.

1:54:02I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING OUR

1:54:03HOUSING AGENCIES AND PARTNERS

1:54:05TOGETHER WITH COUNCILOR PEPEN

1:54:09TO DETERMINE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES

1:54:11THIS NEW LAW CREATES FOR BOSTON

1:54:13AND HOW WE CAN PUT THEM INTO

1:54:15PRACTICE.

1:54:16THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:54:18THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLE.

1:54:19PURPLE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:54:21COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNTRY YOU

1:54:22HAVE THE FLOOR.

1:54:23THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

1:54:25AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK UM,

1:54:26COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR

1:54:27INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL

1:54:29CO-SPONSOR.

1:54:30THE 21ST CENTURY ROLLED INTO

1:54:31HOUSING ACT, WHICH BECAME LAW

1:54:33IN JULY OF THIS YEAR IS IN

1:54:35LARGE PART DUE TO THE

1:54:36LEADERSHIP FROM SENATOR WARREN.

1:54:37UM, IT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT

1:54:39PIECE OF FEDERAL HOUSING

1:54:40LEGISLATION TO BE PASSED IN A

1:54:42GENERATION.

1:54:42IT CONTAINS OVER 40 PROVISIONS

1:54:44FOCUSED ON AFFORDABILITY AND

1:54:46INCREASING HOUSING SUPPLY

1:54:48NATIONWIDE.

1:54:48WE CANNOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY

1:54:50PASS BY US.

1:54:52SO SECRET THAT BOSTON INTO THE

1:54:53HOUSING CRISIS AND WE NEED TO

1:54:55USE ALL OF THE TOOLS AT OUR

1:54:57TOOLBOX TO FIX IT.

1:54:58AT A HEARING FOCUSED SOLELY ON

1:54:59THIS LEGISLATION, THE

1:55:00COUNCIL CAN DIVE INTO SPECIFIC

1:55:02PROGRAMS AND REGULATORY CHANGES

1:55:04THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE

1:55:05OF AND IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE

1:55:07NEED TO WAIT FOR OUR FEDERAL

1:55:08APPROPRIATION PROCESS.

1:55:10A HEARING ON THIS TOPIC WILL

1:55:11ALSO SERVE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

1:55:13ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATE

1:55:14THEM ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES UNDER

1:55:16THIS NEW LEGISLATION, AND GIVE

1:55:18NEIGHBORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO

1:55:19WORK ON THE IMPLEMENTATION

1:55:21ALONGSIDE US.

1:55:22I ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW

1:55:23COUNCILORS TO JOIN ME IN

1:55:24SUPPORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

1:55:26THE DISCUSSION THAT WILL

1:55:26CONTINUE TO HAVE AROUND THIS

1:55:28ISSUE OF HOUSING.

1:55:29THANK YOU.

1:55:30THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

1:55:31WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

1:55:33NAME?

1:55:34LET US A POWDER

1:55:35COUNCILOR DURKAN FITZGERALD,

1:55:37COUNCILOR FLYNN LOUIJEUNE

1:55:38COUNSELOR MURPHY.

1:55:40COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE

1:55:42OF THE CHAIR.

1:55:43DOCKET 1798 WILL BE REFERRED TO

1:55:47THE COMMITTEE.

1:55:48OH, SORRY.

1:55:49WRONG NUMBER 1799 WILL BE

1:55:52REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

1:55:53HOUSING AND COMMUNITY

1:55:54DEVELOPMENT.

1:55:55MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

1:55:56READ DOCKET 1800 TARGET.

1:56:001800 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE

1:56:03FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

1:56:04TO DISCUSS THE SUPPORT OF LGBTQ

1:56:07PLUS VETERANS THAT RECEIVE AND

1:56:10OTHER THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.

1:56:12THANK YOU.

1:56:13>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES

1:56:14COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE

1:56:15FLOOR.

1:56:16THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:56:17MAY I.

1:56:18ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN

1:56:20ORIGINAL ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR

1:56:21PLEASE?

1:56:22COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED.

1:56:24>> THANK YOU.

1:56:28OTHER THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE

1:56:32ALSO KNOWN AS LESS THAN

1:56:33HONORABLE DISCHARGE.

1:56:35IS GENERALLY ISSUED WHEN A

1:56:37MEMBER OF THE MILITARY RESULTS

1:56:40IN PUNISHMENT FOR.

1:56:41VIOLATING THE.

1:56:42UCMJ, WHICH IS THE UNIFORM

1:56:44CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.

1:56:46ACCORDING TO THE VETERANS

1:56:47AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, MORE THAN 2

1:56:49MILLION SERVICEMEMBERS HAVE

1:56:50BEEN DISCHARGED WITH AND OTHER

1:56:53THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE SINCE

1:56:55WORLD WAR TWO.

1:56:57THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE

1:56:58DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

1:57:00>> IN 1949 LED.

1:57:01TO STANDARDIZE ANTI LGBTQ PLUS

1:57:05REGULATIONS ACROSS ALL BRANCHES

1:57:07OF THE MILITARY FROM ITS

1:57:09INCEPTION THROUGH.

1:57:111981.

1:57:11>> THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT

1:57:13REQUIRED PRESCREENING OF ALL

1:57:15DRAFTED.

1:57:16PERSONNEL DETERMINING IF A

1:57:18SERVICE.

1:57:19MEMBER IDENTIFIED AS GAY OR

1:57:21LESBIAN.

1:57:21IN 1981 THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT.

1:57:24ISSUED A DIRECTIVE WHICH

1:57:27OFFICIALLY DECLARED.

1:57:28HOMOSEXUALITY WAS INCOMPATIBLE

1:57:30WITH MILITARY.

1:57:31SERVICE MANDATED DISCHARGE OF.

1:57:34SERVICE MEMBERS BASICALLY.

1:57:35IF YOU WERE GAY OR LESBIAN YOU

1:57:37WERE DISCHARGED FROM THE

1:57:38MILITARY.

1:57:39.

1:57:40IN 1993 PRESIDENT CLINTON

1:57:42ENACTED DON'T ASK DON'T TELL

1:57:44WHICH ALLOWED GAY.

1:57:45LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL.

1:57:46INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE IN THE

1:57:48MILITARY AS LONG AS.

1:57:49>> THEY KEPT THEIR.

1:57:50ORIENTATION PRIVATE.

1:57:52DON'T ASK DON'T TELL WAS

1:57:54ABOLISHED, ALLOWING PERSONNEL

1:57:55TO SERVE OPENLY.

1:57:56WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCHARGE.

1:57:59IN MASSACHUSETTS, THE VETERAN'S

1:58:01EQUALITY.

1:58:02REVIEW BOARD.

1:58:02HELPS VETERANS.

1:58:03WHO RECEIVE.

1:58:04>> AND OTHER THAN HONORABLE.

1:58:05DISCHARGE DUE.

1:58:07TO DON'T ASK DON'T TELL THE

1:58:09BOARD.

1:58:09MUST REVIEW EACH APPLICATION

1:58:11WITHIN 30 DAYS OF REVIEWING

1:58:12THE.

1:58:13APPLICATION AND.

1:58:14PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE

1:58:15SECRETARY OF THE.

1:58:17VETERANS SERVICES.

1:58:20IN 2021, THE CITY

1:58:21COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION

1:58:22FILED BY COUNCIL BREADON.

1:58:25>> AND I CELEBRATING.

1:58:27ALWAYS ASK PROUD TO TELL.

1:58:29I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO

1:58:31COUNCIL BREADON FOR.

1:58:32>> HER.

1:58:32IMPORTANT WORK.

1:58:32IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE AS A CITY

1:58:35DO ALL WE.

1:58:35CAN TO HONOR AND SUPPORT THOSE

1:58:37.

1:58:37VETERANS WHO RECEIVE AND.

1:58:39OTHER THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.

1:58:43SO WHEN A VETERAN RECEIVED AND

1:58:45OTHER THAN HONORABLE.

1:58:46DISCHARGE IT.

1:58:47BASICALLY MEANS THAT YOU ARE

1:58:49NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN

1:58:50BENEFITS THAT.

1:58:52DISCHARGE HONORABLE DISCHARGE

1:58:54VETERANS RECEIVED.

1:58:56WHEN A VETERAN WAS.

1:58:57DISCHARGED FOR BEING.

1:58:59GAY OR LESBIAN.

1:59:00SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T

1:59:01NECESSARILY.

1:59:02PUT THAT.

1:59:03AS THE REASON.

1:59:04>> FOR A DISCHARGE.

1:59:04THEY ADDED SOME TYPE OF.

1:59:06MEDICAL RELATED ISSUE.

1:59:08AND AND ENSURE.

1:59:11>> THAT THAT VETERAN WOULD.

1:59:12NOT GET AN HONORABLE.

1:59:13DISCHARGE, MEANING THAT.

1:59:16VETERANS WOULD NOT RECEIVE THE

1:59:17SAME.

1:59:17LEVEL OF BENEFITS.

1:59:18THAT I WOULD RECEIVE.

1:59:21THAT'S UNFAIR.

1:59:22I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND.

1:59:24ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMISSIONER

1:59:26OF VETERANS SERVICES, ROBERT

1:59:28SANTIAGO IN.

1:59:29MY AND MYSELF.

1:59:30I GUESS WE.

1:59:31DID A LOT.

1:59:32>> OF WORK ON THIS ISSUE.

1:59:32OVER THE OVER THE YEARS UNDER.

1:59:35THE CURRENT FEDERAL

1:59:37ADMINISTRATION.

1:59:37IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.

1:59:39>> TO.

1:59:39GET ANY JUSTICE.

1:59:41FOR GAY AND.

1:59:42LESBIAN VETERANS THAT WOULD

1:59:44THAT HAVE OTHER THAN HONORABLE.

1:59:46DISCHARGE, IT MIGHT TAKE.

1:59:49>> THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION TO

1:59:50GET JUSTICE.

1:59:52HOWEVER, WE STILL.

1:59:53HAVE TO ADVOCATE.

1:59:56FOR OUR.

1:59:59LGBTQ PLUS.

2:00:00VETERANS THAT.

2:00:01>> WERE DISCHARGED.

2:00:02BECAUSE OF THIS POLICY AND THEY

2:00:07DESERVE.

2:00:07>> THE BENEFITS.

2:00:09AS ANY OTHER VETERAN.

2:00:11SO WE'RE.

2:00:11BASICALLY GOING ON RECORD AND.

2:00:14ASKING FOR A.

2:00:14HEARING ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO.

2:00:16ENSURE THAT THOSE THAT RECEIVED

2:00:18AND OTHER.

2:00:19THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE CAN

2:00:21GET AN OFFICIAL DISCHARGE.

2:00:23>> THAT SAYS HONORABLE.

2:00:24DISCHARGE SO THEY CAN GO TO THE

2:00:26VA AND HAVE AND GET THE

2:00:28SERVICES.

2:00:29>> I'M GOING TO CONTINUE

2:00:30WORKING.

2:00:30>> WITH COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO.

2:00:31I'M GOING TO CONTINUE.

2:00:32WORKING WITH THE STATE VETERANS

2:00:35SECRETARY.

2:00:35I'M GOING.

2:00:36>> TO CONTINUE.

2:00:37WORKING WITH OUR.

2:00:38FEDERAL LEADERS AS WELL.

2:00:39ESPECIALLY THE MASS DELEGATION

2:00:41THAT SUPPORTS THIS PROPOSAL.

2:00:44AND THEY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT

2:00:45THIS PROPOSAL IS TO ENSURE ALL

2:00:47VETERANS.

2:00:48,LGBTQ PLUS.

2:00:49VETERANS ARE RESPECTED AND

2:00:51TREATED.

2:00:52>> WITH.

2:00:52RESPECT AND DIGNITY.

2:00:53MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.

2:00:54THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:00:55THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING

2:00:56ADVOCACY FOR THE LGBT

2:00:58COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR

2:00:59VETERANS.

2:00:59THANK YOU.

2:01:00UM, COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE

2:01:02THE FLOOR.

2:01:03THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:01:05I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN

2:01:07FOR BOTH ADDING ME AS THE

2:01:08ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR UM, BUT

2:01:10ALSO THANKING HIM FOR HIS

2:01:11TIRELESS ADVOCACY FOR BOSTON'S

2:01:13VETERANS, PARTICULARLY THOSE

2:01:15FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

2:01:16UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK I WAS

2:01:18ACTUALLY ON A PHONE CALL WITH

2:01:19COUNCILOR FLYNN AND INFORM YOU

2:01:20ABOUT, UM, THE THE GREAT NEED

2:01:22OF WORK THAT WE STILL NEED TO

2:01:24DO UM, ON THIS TOPIC BUT THE

2:01:26UM, THE GREAT WORK THAT BOTH

2:01:27HIM AND THE COMMISSIONER

2:01:28SANTIAGO UM HAVE BEEN DOING FOR

2:01:30YEARS NOW.

2:01:31UM AND I'M EXCITED TO BE

2:01:33PARTNERING WITH HIM AND

2:01:33COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO ON THAT

2:01:34WORK.

2:01:35IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT

2:01:36WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AS

2:01:38A CITY TO PROTECT AND UPLIFT

2:01:39OUR LGBTQ TO US PLUS VETERANS

2:01:42AT THIS TIME WHILE THEIR RIGHTS

2:01:44ARE UNDER ATTACK FROM OUR

2:01:45FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR DECADES

2:01:48LGBTQ PLUS UM SERVICE MEMBERS

2:01:49HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY ONLY

2:01:51TO BE PUSHED OUT WITH THE WITH

2:01:53AND OTHER THAN HONORABLE

2:01:55DISCHARGE.

2:01:55THIS ISN'T JUST AN UNFAIR LABEL

2:01:57ON PAPER AND REALITY IT CUTS

2:02:00VETERANS OFF FROM BASIC

2:02:02BENEFITS THEY EARNED LIKE VA

2:02:03HEALTH CARE, HOUSING SUPPORT

2:02:04AND TUITION ASSISTANCE.

2:02:06RIGHT NOW OUR LGBTQ TO US PLUS

2:02:09RIGHTS UM TARGETED AT THE

2:02:12FEDERAL LEVEL AND WE CAN'T SIT

2:02:13BACK.

2:02:14WE NEED TO CONNECT OUR LOCAL

2:02:15VETERANS WITH HOPE UM WITH

2:02:17LEGAL HELP TO ENSURE THAT THEY

2:02:19ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE

2:02:20RESOURCES THEY AND THEIR

2:02:21FAMILIES DESERVE.

2:02:23IT WAS ALSO NEVER TOO LATE TO

2:02:24ADDRESS HISTORICAL INJUSTICES.

2:02:26UH, OUR LGBTQ PLUS SERVICE

2:02:28MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PART

2:02:30OF OUR ARMED FORCES AND VETERAN

2:02:31COMMUNITY.

2:02:32I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING AND

2:02:34DISCUSSING ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT

2:02:35WE CAN SUPPORT THEM.

2:02:36THANK YOU.

2:02:37THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

2:02:39WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:02:41NAME?

2:02:43COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

2:02:43COUNCILOR.

2:02:44DURKAN.

2:02:44COUNCILOR.

2:02:44FITZGERALD.

2:02:45COUNCILMAN.

2:02:46DIVISION.

2:02:46COUNTRY.

2:02:46MURPHY.

2:02:47COUNCILOR.

2:02:47WEBER.

2:02:48CONSTABLE.

2:02:49RAEL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR.

2:02:51UH THIS DOCKET.

2:02:53UH, DOCKET 1800 WILL BE

2:02:55REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

2:02:57VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES AND

2:02:59MILITARY AFFAIRS.

2:03:03MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:03:04READ DOCKET 1801.

2:03:07DOCKET 1801.

2:03:09COUNCILOR DURKAN OFFER THE

2:03:10FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING

2:03:12ON THE REVIEW OF THE MUNICIPAL

2:03:14OPT IN SPECIALIZED STRETCH

2:03:15ENERGY CODE AT THE THREE YEAR

2:03:18THRESHOLD.

2:03:19CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DULL

2:03:20CONCUSSION.

2:03:21YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:03:21THANK YOU SO MUCH,

2:03:23COUNCILOR PRESIDENT, I WANT TO

2:03:24START BY CLARIFYING WHAT THE

2:03:25SPECIALIZED STRETCH ENERGY

2:03:28CODE IS.

2:03:28IT IS A SET OF STATE LEVEL

2:03:30REGULATIONS THAT ADD HIGHER

2:03:31PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO THE

2:03:32BASE ENERGY CODE.

2:03:34I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR IT IS

2:03:35SEPARATE FROM BERTO AND IS ONE

2:03:37PIECE OF A BROADER FRAMEWORK

2:03:39OF STANDARDS THAT BOSTON HAS

2:03:40IMPLEMENTED TO DECARBONIZE OUR

2:03:41BUILDING STOCK.

2:03:43MASSACHUSETTS HAS THREE LEVELS

2:03:44OF BUILDING ENERGY CODES.

2:03:45THE BASE CODE, THE SCRATCH

2:03:47CODE AND THE SPECIALIZED CODE.

2:03:48THE SPECIALIZED CODE WAS

2:03:49CREATED IN 2021 AND IS THE MOST

2:03:51STRINGENT OF THE THREE.

2:03:52IT BUILDS ON THE STRETCH

2:03:53CODE BY ADDING ADDITIONAL

2:03:54ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND EMISSIONS

2:03:57REQUIREMENTS.

2:03:57BOSTON ADOPTED THE STRETCH

2:03:59CODE MORE THAN A DECADE AGO AND

2:04:00ADOPTED THE SPECIALIZED

2:04:01CODE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST,

2:04:032024.

2:04:04THESE ARE IMPORTANT STANDARDS

2:04:06BUT THEY ALSO COME WITH

2:04:07STRAIGHT TRADE OFFS.

2:04:08I'VE SPOKEN WITH ENGINEERS WHO

2:04:10HAVE RAISED CONCERNS THAT THESE

2:04:12REQUIREMENTS CAN SIGNIFICANTLY

2:04:13INCREASE THE COST OF NEW

2:04:14CONSTRUCTION AND THAT THEIR

2:04:15TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE

2:04:17SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE AND THIRD

2:04:19PARTY CERTIFICATION, ADDING

2:04:21SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO

2:04:22DEVELOPMENT.

2:04:22WELL OVER 200 MASSACHUSETTS

2:04:25MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ADOPTED

2:04:26THIS CODE.

2:04:26ONLY 60 HAVE ADOPTED THE

2:04:29SPECIALIZED CODE.

2:04:30UM AND I'LL JUST SAY OF THE 60

2:04:32A LOT OF THEM REALLY DON'T WANT

2:04:34DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN.

2:04:35THEY'RE UH, COMMUNITIES THAT

2:04:37ARE FIGHTING CURRENTLY THE MBTA

2:04:39COMMUNITY ACT UM AS A LOCAL

2:04:42ADOPTION LAW.

2:04:43MUNICIPALITIES HAVE SPECIALIZED

2:04:45CODE IN PLACE FOR THREE YEARS

2:04:46BEFORE THEY CAN MAKE CHANGES.

2:04:47BOSTON WILL REACH THAT POINT ON

2:04:49JANUARY 1ST OF NEXT YEAR.

2:04:51I SUPPORTED NET ZERO

2:04:52CARBON ZONING AT THE ZONING

2:04:53COMMISSION, WHICH HELPED CODIFY

2:04:54SOME OF THESE REGULATIONS IN

2:04:55BOSTON ZONING AND I PROBABLY

2:04:57WOULD HAVE VOTED TO ADOPT THE

2:04:58SPECIALIZED CODE IF I HAD BEEN

2:04:59OFFICE WHEN IT CAME BEFORE THE

2:05:00COUNCIL.

2:05:01BUT I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY

2:05:02THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE

2:05:03REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

2:05:04HEAD ON SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL

2:05:06EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL

2:05:07RESPONSIBILITIES AND OTHER

2:05:09CONSIDERATIONS IN EVERYTHING WE

2:05:10DO.

2:05:10BUT WE CANNOT ENTER AND WE

2:05:12CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE THE

2:05:13ENVIRONMENTAL AND IMPACT OF OUR

2:05:14BUILDINGS AND THE IMPORTANCE

2:05:16OF THESE REGULATIONS.

2:05:17WHILE I UNDERSTAND THIS TOPIC

2:05:19CAN CAUSE EYES TO GLAZE OVER,

2:05:21WE CANNOT UH, UNDERESTIMATE THE

2:05:23UH, IMPACT ON THE HIGH COST

2:05:25OF HOUSING AND THE PRESSURE

2:05:26HOUSING MARKET IS PLACING ON

2:05:28INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACROSS

2:05:29BOSTON.

2:05:30I WANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD

2:05:31NOW BECAUSE OVER THE PAST FEW

2:05:32YEARS WE HAVE WATCHED INTEREST

2:05:33RATES AND CONSTRUCTION RATES

2:05:35CLIMB WHILE PERMITTED PROJECTS

2:05:36SET AND RELATIVELY FEW PROJECTS

2:05:38ARE MAKING IT OFF OF THE GROUND

2:05:39.

2:05:40ONLY TWO PROJECTS OF 100 UNITS

2:05:42OR MORE HAVE STARTED

2:05:43CONSTRUCTION IN BOSTON SINCE

2:05:452025 I THINK, AND A LOT

2:05:46OF ENGINEERS THINK THAT THIS IS

2:05:48LARGELY OR AT LEAST IMPACTED BY

2:05:50THE BUT THE SPECIALIZED STRETCH

2:05:52CODE I'M SPEAKING ABOUT NOW.

2:05:54WORCESTER, THE SECOND LARGEST

2:05:55CITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH, TRIED

2:05:56TO PAUSE ENFORCEMENT OF THESE

2:05:58REGULATIONS BUT THEY HAVE NOT

2:05:59YET REACHED THE THREE YEAR

2:06:00MARK.

2:06:01I KNOW THE SPECIALIZED CODE IS

2:06:03NOT THE ONLY REASON DEVELOPMENT

2:06:05IS STRUGGLING AND WHILE HOUSING

2:06:06REMAINS ONE OF OUR CITY'S

2:06:07GREATEST CHALLENGES, WE NEED TO

2:06:09BE DILIGENT IN EXAMINING EVERY

2:06:10FACTOR THAT AFFECTS HOUSING

2:06:11PRODUCTION.

2:06:12THERE ARE RELATIVELY THESE ARE

2:06:14RELATIVELY NEW REGULATIONS AND

2:06:16BOSTON WAS THE FIRST ONE OF THE

2:06:18FIRST MUNICIPALITIES IN THE

2:06:19COMMONWEALTH TO ADOPT THEM.

2:06:20THAT'S WHY I WANT THIS HEARING

2:06:22TO ACTUALLY HEAR FROM ENGINEERS

2:06:24WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY WORKED

2:06:25WITHIN THESE REQUIREMENTS.

2:06:26THERE ARE A FEW IN MY DISTRICT

2:06:28WHO HAVE PERMITTED PROJECTS UM,

2:06:31AND I CAN SPEAK TO THE

2:06:33ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AS

2:06:35WE APPROACH THE THREE YEAR

2:06:36MARK, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

2:06:37TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE

2:06:38IMPACT OF THESE REGULATIONS AND

2:06:40UNDERSTAND HOW ARE THEY ARE

2:06:41WORKING IN PRACTICE.

2:06:42ULTIMATELY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE

2:06:43THAT WE'RE MAKING INFORMED

2:06:44DECISIONS THAT BALANCE OUR

2:06:45CLIMATE GOALS WITH THE

2:06:47REALITIES FACING OUR CITY.

2:06:48UM, ONE UH JUST ANECDOTE VERY

2:06:51QUICKLY.

2:06:51UM, WE ARE BASICALLY PART

2:06:55OF THE SPECIALIZED MUNICIPAL

2:06:56OPT IN CODE IS REQUIRING

2:06:57PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGNATION.

2:06:59PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGNATION COST

2:07:01A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'S NOT

2:07:04SOMETHING THAT UM, WE ACTUALLY,

2:07:07UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE GETTING

2:07:09THE BRAND NAME BUT AND YOU HAVE

2:07:11TO PAY FOR IT AND SO THAT'S

2:07:13PART OF GOING TO BE PART OF THE

2:07:14CONVERSATION.

2:07:14WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN A BUNCH

2:07:16OF ENGINEERS.

2:07:17I AM NOT GOING TO ASK THE ADMIN

2:07:19TO EVEN SHOW UP AT THIS

2:07:20HEARING.

2:07:20THE HEARING IS REALLY ABOUT

2:07:23HOUSING ENGINEERS THE NITTY

2:07:25GRITTY.

2:07:26THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH

2:07:27THE SPECIALIZED MUNICIPAL OPT

2:07:29IN STRETCH CODE.

2:07:31UM THERE ARE A LOT OF TRADE

2:07:32OFFS.

2:07:32WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION

2:07:33ABOUT IT.

2:07:34THANK YOU.

2:07:34THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:07:37WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:07:38NAME?

2:07:41COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.

2:07:42WHETHER COUNCIL AROUND CONSIDER

2:07:45CULPEPER.

2:07:47THANK YOU.

2:07:48DOCKET ONE IT FITS.

2:07:50YOUR.

2:07:51>> OH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,

2:07:53BEG YOUR PARDON?

2:07:55DOCKET 1811 AND ZERO ONE WILL

2:07:58BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

2:07:59ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,

2:08:01RESILIENCY AND PARKS.

2:08:02ALL RIGHT.

2:08:04>> CANCER.

2:08:05>> UH, CANCER.

2:08:06JENKIN.

2:08:06UM, THE HEARING ORDER IS

2:08:07SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN TO BRING

2:08:09IN DEVELOPERS AND ENGINEERS WHO

2:08:11WORK ON DEVELOPMENT.

2:08:12AND I TOOK A LOT OF UM, I, I

2:08:16TOOK WHEN WRITING IT.

2:08:18UM, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE

2:08:20TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

2:08:22WE WILL HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL

2:08:23PANEL BUT UM THE POINT OF THE

2:08:26HEARING IS TO TALK ABOUT THE

2:08:28DEVELOPMENT RELATED CONCERNS

2:08:28AROUND THE SPECIAL ONE.

2:08:29THAT'S WHAT.

2:08:30SO, UM, ARE YOU APPEALING THE

2:08:33DECISION OF THE CHAIR?

2:08:35I MEAN, I I'M.

2:08:36UH, POINT OF PRIVILEGE.

2:08:37I'M REQUESTING THAT THE CHAIR

2:08:39RECONSIDER GIVEN THE FOLKS THAT

2:08:41I WANT TO SHOW UP AT THE

2:08:42HEARING.

2:08:43SO ARE YOU.

2:08:44AND INVOKING RULE FIVE AND

2:08:46INVOKING AND APPEALING THE

2:08:47DECISION OF THE CHAIR.

2:08:48I IF I HAVE TO I MEAN, I I

2:08:51THINK IT COULD BE A

2:08:52CONVERSATION AND I KNOW THAT MY

2:08:54TEAM HAS REACHED OUT TO YOUR

2:08:55TEAM TO ASK SPECIFICALLY GIVEN

2:08:57WHO WE WANT TO SHOW UP AT THE

2:08:58PANEL.

2:08:59UM, I THINK I WANT TO STICK

2:09:04WITH MY DECISION TO KEEP IT AN

2:09:05ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE I THINK AND

2:09:07I, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE TO

2:09:08JUSTIFY MY DECISION.

2:09:09BUT UM, IF YOU WISH TO, UH,

2:09:13APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE

2:09:14CHAIR, UM.

2:09:15I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH

2:09:16PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TO APPEAL

2:09:17THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, YOU

2:09:18KNOW?

2:09:2123456899.

2:09:22>> THAT'S FINE.

2:09:23YEAH.

2:09:24OKAY.

2:09:24>> I'D LIKE TO APPEAL THE

2:09:26DECISION THAT THAT YOU.

2:09:27>> HAVE.

2:09:27A SECOND.

2:09:29THE PROPONENT.

2:09:31UM, CAN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES

2:09:32TO, UM, SPEAK TO YOU?

2:09:36YOU DON'T NEED THREE MINUTES.

2:09:42YEAH.

2:09:43SO THE QUESTION BEFORE THE BODY

2:09:44IS SHALL THE DECISION OF THE

2:09:45CHAIR STAND AS THE JUDGMENT

2:09:47OF THE COUNCIL?

2:09:48A YES VOTE KEEPS THE DOCKET IN

2:09:50THE COMMITTEE.

2:09:50THE CHAIR HAS DECIDED WHICH IS

2:09:52ENVIRONMENT UH, ENVIRONMENTAL

2:09:54RESISTANCE RESILIENCE AND UH, A

2:09:56NO VOTE CHANGES THE COMMITTEE

2:09:58ASSIGNMENT.

2:09:58UH, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU

2:10:00PLEASE TAKE.

2:10:00A ROLL.

2:10:00>> CALL VOTE ON, UH, RULE FIVE

2:10:03APPEALING THE DECISION OF THE

2:10:04CHAIR.

2:10:05I JUST REMIND PEOPLE YES.

2:10:08IS KEEPS THE VOTE.

2:10:09IN THE IN THE IN THE IN THE

2:10:12COMMITTEE IT WAS SENT TO A NO

2:10:13VOTE CHANGES THE.

2:10:15>> COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT.

2:10:16UM.

2:10:17COUNCILOR BREEDEN.

2:10:18YES.

2:10:19OPERATOR AND YES.

2:10:20COUNCIL COLOR IS A BOROUGH

2:10:22COUNCIL CULPEPER?

2:10:23YEAH, IT'S A CARD BUT I KNOW.

2:10:26ALSO DURKAN.

2:10:27I SAID OKAY NO

2:10:29COUNCIL FITZGERALD.

2:10:30UH, HUNTER.

2:10:32FITZGERALD NO COUNCIL FLYNN.

2:10:34YES.

2:10:34>> AND SO FLYNN.

2:10:35YES.

2:10:37>> COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE NO.

2:10:38COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

2:10:39NO COUNCIL HERE ON SOME MURPHY

2:10:42.

2:10:43IT'S A MURPHY.

2:10:44YES.

2:10:45>> COUNCIL.

2:10:45>> UH COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2:10:47NO COUNCIL.

2:10:48SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER.

2:10:51NO, IT'S A WEBER.

2:10:53NO.

2:10:54OVERALL AND SILVER AROUND NO.

2:10:591234567 NO AND THREE.

2:11:01YES.

2:11:03SO THE UH THE APPEAL TO THE

2:11:06APPEALING THE DECISION OF THE

2:11:08CHAIR HAS PASSED.

2:11:10UM NO, I.

2:11:12KNOW IT IS.

2:11:12NINE NINE VOTES OKAY.

2:11:14IT HAS NOT PASSED.

2:11:15THANK YOU.

2:11:23SO DOCKET 1801 WILL BE REFERRED

2:11:26TO THE COMMITTEE ON

2:11:26ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

2:11:27RESILIENCY AND PARKS.

2:11:29MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:11:30READ THE DOCKET 1802 DOCKET.

2:11:341802 COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE

2:11:37FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO

2:11:39DISCUSS THE FULL YEAR CIVICS

2:11:41COURSES AND GRADUATION

2:11:42REQUIREMENT FOR BOSTON PUBLIC

2:11:44SCHOOLS.

2:11:44THANK YOU.

2:11:45MADAM CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:11:47COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:11:47YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:11:50THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:11:52THE 2018.

2:11:54THE MASSACHUSETTS.

2:11:55LEGISLATURE PASSED AN ACT TO

2:11:57PROMOTE AND ENHANCE CIVIC.

2:11:59ENGAGEMENT THAT.

2:12:01RESTRUCTURED THE HISTORY AND

2:12:02SOCIAL SCIENCE FRAMEWORK TO

2:12:04COMPLY.

2:12:05CREATING A.

2:12:06>> FULL YEAR COURSE.

2:12:07WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE

2:12:09END OF THE EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL

2:12:11YEAR.

2:12:12AND PRIOR TO.

2:12:13STARTING HIGH SCHOOL THE.

2:12:14STUDENT WILL DEMONSTRATE CIVIL

2:12:16.

2:12:17KNOWLEDGE.

2:12:18>> SKILLS AND UM CIVICS.

2:12:21THIS ACT WAS TO GO INTO EFFECT

2:12:23FOR THE 2019 2020 SCHOOL YEAR.

2:12:26THE LEGISLATION AROSE FROM

2:12:28CONCERNS.

2:12:29SHARED BY MANY PARENTS,

2:12:30EDUCATORS.

2:12:31AND STUDENTS ABOUT THE

2:12:33INCONSISTENCY IN CIVICS

2:12:35EDUCATION ACROSS.

2:12:36THE STATE.

2:12:37SUPPORTERS OF THIS LEGISLATION

2:12:39,INCLUDING THE.

2:12:40BOSTON BAR.

2:12:41>> ASSOCIATION.

2:12:42>> BELIEVE THAT CIVICS.

2:12:43AND THE REQUIREMENT.

2:12:45>> OF CIVICS IS CRITICAL TO

2:12:46ENSURE THE NEXT GENERATION.

2:12:48UNDERSTAND ALL THE DIFFERENT

2:12:49ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF OUR

2:12:51GOVERNMENT.

2:12:53AT THE SAME TIME, THE.

2:12:54CLASS GRADED CIVICS.

2:12:56ASSESSMENT WAS THEN DEVELOPED

2:12:58AND PILOTED.

2:13:01UM WHAT THE 2024 2025.

2:13:04SCHOOL YEAR OFFERING THE FIRST

2:13:05OPERATIONAL YEAR.

2:13:09BASED ON THE.

2:13:09STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE IN BOSTON

2:13:11FOR THE EMPEROR.

2:13:12MARCUS GRADE EIGHT CIVICS 50%

2:13:14OF.

2:13:14STUDENTS ARE ONLY.

2:13:16PARTIALLY MEETING EXPECTATIONS

2:13:1920% ARE NOT MEETING

2:13:20EXPECTATIONS AT ALL.

2:13:22I BELIEVE CIVICS IS AN INTEGRAL

2:13:23PART.

2:13:24>> OF EDUCATION.

2:13:25IT PROVIDES.

2:13:26THE KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTAND.

2:13:27THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND

2:13:30LIMITATIONS ON LOCAL.

2:13:31>> STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

2:13:32.

2:13:33IT ALLOWS CITIZENS TO BETTER

2:13:34UNDERSTAND HOW DECISIONS.

2:13:35>> ARE MADE.

2:13:36HOW THEY CAN APPROPRIATELY

2:13:38APPROPRIATELY.

2:13:39COMMUNICATE THEIR CONCERNS TO

2:13:40APPROPRIATE.

2:13:42CITY OFFICIALS.

2:13:44INCLUDING CITY COUNCILS.

2:13:47I KNOW THAT SOME BOSTON PUBLIC

2:13:49SCHOOLS USED TO OFFER CIVICS IN

2:13:51HIGH SCHOOL.

2:13:53TO ME THAT MAKES SENSE AS HIGH

2:13:55SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ON THE

2:13:56VERGE OF BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO

2:13:57VOTE TO JOIN THE MILITARY.

2:14:01,TO SERVE IN JURIES.

2:14:02AND PARTICIPATE IN OTHER

2:14:04ASPECTS OF CIVIC LIFE WHERE

2:14:06THEY.

2:14:07>> WILL ENCOUNTER.

2:14:08POLITICAL AND PUBLIC.

2:14:09POLICY RELATED ISSUES.

2:14:10MORE FREQUENTLY, PROVIDING

2:14:13STUDENTS WITH A STRONG

2:14:14FOUNDATION IN CIVICS.

2:14:16PREPARES THEM TO.

2:14:17PARTICIPATE IN RESPONSIBLY

2:14:21PARTICIPATE IN.

2:14:22THEIR COMMUNITIES AND

2:14:23GOVERNMENT.

2:14:24I THINK.

2:14:24>> THIS IS A.

2:14:26COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO ENSURE

2:14:28THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN BOSTON

2:14:31KNOW HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS,

2:14:33ESPECIALLY.

2:14:34>> OUR CITY GOVERNMENT.

2:14:34THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:14:36THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:14:38WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:14:40NAME?

2:14:41COUNTRY THIS A POWDER COUNTRY

2:14:43CODE PAPRIKA.

2:14:44FITZGERALD.

2:14:45COMES FROM MURPHY CONSTRUCT

2:14:46PEPEN CULTURAL REALM.

2:14:47PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.

2:14:50DOCKET 1802 BE REFERRED TO THE

2:14:53COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.

2:14:56MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:14:57READ DOCKET 1803.

2:15:01DOCKET ONE EIGHT.

2:15:02THERE WERE THREE

2:15:03COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE

2:15:04FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO

2:15:06DISCUSS THE PUBLIC HEALTH

2:15:07DISPARITIES IN BOSTON

2:15:09COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

2:15:10THANK YOU.

2:15:11CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:15:12COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:15:13YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:15:14THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:15:15MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD, UM,

2:15:17COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER AS AN

2:15:18ORIGINAL, UM, ORIGINAL SPONSOR

2:15:20AND SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD

2:15:23COUNCILOR WORRELL AS WELL.

2:15:25UM, COUNCILOR PEPPERS ADDED AS

2:15:28A SECOND UM SEEING AND HEARING

2:15:29NO OBJECTIONS COUNCIL WHERE I

2:15:30WAS ADDED AS A THIRD.

2:15:33THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:15:34THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST

2:15:35HEARINGS I.

2:15:36HELD AND.

2:15:36>> I WORKED CLOSELY WITH

2:15:38COUNCILOR KIM.

2:15:39JANEY WHO AT THE TIME.

2:15:42HEALTH DISPARITIES AND

2:15:43COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAS

2:15:44UNFORTUNATELY BEEN A PERSISTENT

2:15:46PROBLEM NOT ONLY IN.

2:15:47>> OUR.

2:15:48CITY AND OUR COUNTRY IN 2021,

2:15:51THE HEALTH OF BOSTON REPORT BY

2:15:53THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH

2:15:54COMMISSION FOUND

2:15:56AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASIAN AMERICAN

2:15:58LATINO RESIDENTS HISPANIC

2:16:00RESIDENTS OF BOSTON ARE

2:16:02SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY THAN

2:16:04WHITE RESIDENTS TO SUFFER FROM

2:16:05POOR PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES IN

2:16:0926 2026.

2:16:10THE REPORT.

2:16:11ALSO HIGHLIGHTED ON CLOSING THE

2:16:14GAP.

2:16:15IN EXAMINATION.

2:16:16OF LIFE EXPECTANCY AMONG BLACK

2:16:18RESIDENTS IN BOSTON FOUND THAT

2:16:20LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP AMONG BLACK

2:16:22RESIDENTS AND OTHER GROUP

2:16:25GROUPS WIDENED FROM THREE YEARS

2:16:27IN 2013 TO.

2:16:28>> 6.

2:16:28YEARS IN 2024.

2:16:30LIFE EXPECTANCY.

2:16:32FOR BLACK WOMEN BETWEEN 2022

2:16:36AND 2024.

2:16:36WAS SIX YEARS FEWER THAN OTHER

2:16:39DEMOGRAPHIC.

2:16:40AND THAT BLACK MALE LIFE

2:16:42EXPECTANCY.

2:16:42DROPPED TO A NINE YEAR DEFICIT

2:16:45COMPARED TO OTHER MEN IN BOSTON

2:16:47COMPARED.

2:16:48WITH WHITE RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS

2:16:50AND COMMUNITIES.

2:16:51>> OF COLOR EXPERIENCE HIGH

2:16:53RATES.

2:16:55OF PRETERM BIRTHS.

2:16:56LOW BIRTH.

2:16:57WEIGHT INFANT MORTALITY, ASTHMA

2:17:02ROOM EMERGENCY VISITS.

2:17:06HEPATITIS B.

2:17:07TUBERCULOSIS, INFLUENZA.

2:17:09HIV INFECTION.

2:17:11DIABETES.

2:17:12>> HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATION AND

2:17:13DEATHS HEART DISEASE.

2:17:19IN 2019.

2:17:21A REPORT BY THE UNION OF.

2:17:22CONCERNED SCIENTISTS FOUND THAT

2:17:24ASIAN-AMERICANS,

2:17:26AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINO

2:17:27RESIDENTS IN BOSTON SUFFER FROM

2:17:28HIGH.

2:17:29EXPOSURE TO PM.

2:17:302.5 A.

2:17:32FINE PARTICULATE MATTER THAT

2:17:33SIGNIFICANTLY.

2:17:34INCREASES AN.

2:17:36INDIVIDUAL'S RISK OF LUNG

2:17:38CANCER, HEART.

2:17:38DISEASE, ASTHMA.

2:17:40THE REPORT STATED THAT.

2:17:42CHINATOWN CONTAINS THE WORST.

2:17:43AIR QUALITY IN MASSACHUSETTS.

2:17:45DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO.

2:17:47MASS PIKE AND.

2:17:50I 93.

2:17:51WHEN THEY CAME OUT.

2:17:52WITH THEIR STUDY.

2:17:53AND THEY DID IT AT.

2:17:54>> THE.

2:17:55JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL.

2:17:56BEFORE THE NEW SCHOOL WAS BUILT

2:17:58.

2:17:58BOTH MYSELF AND THEN

2:18:00COUNCIL ATTENDED ATTENDED THE

2:18:02PRESS CONFERENCE.

2:18:05COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE ALSO

2:18:08PARTICULARLY IMPACTED BY

2:18:09BOSTON'S HOUSING CRISIS.

2:18:10LONG TIME RESIDENTS WHO ARE

2:18:12FACING DISPLACEMENT.

2:18:14IN CONVICTION AND EVICTION

2:18:16EXPERIENCE STRESS.

2:18:18>> THAT CAN AFFECT PUBLIC

2:18:19HEALTH.

2:18:21MANY RESIDENTS OF COLOR,

2:18:23PARTICULARLY LATINOS AND.

2:18:25HISPANICS AND ASIAN AMERICANS.

2:18:28THEY ALSO SPEAK OFTENTIMES

2:18:31OF LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH

2:18:32AND.

2:18:33>> A SHORTAGE OF INTERPRETATION

2:18:34.

2:18:34SKILLS AND BILINGUAL PROVIDERS

2:18:36AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

2:18:37CREATES A GREAT BARRIER TO

2:18:40HEALTHCARE ACCESS.

2:18:41IN MY DISTRICT.

2:18:42PARTICULARLY AS MANY KNOW I

2:18:44HAVE A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF.

2:18:46CANTONESE SPEAKING RESIDENTS

2:18:48THAT DO HAVE CHALLENGING TIMES

2:18:51UM.

2:18:52INTERACTING WITH THE MEDICAL

2:18:53PROVIDER.

2:18:54THANKFULLY THERE ARE A LOT

2:18:55OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS THAT DO.

2:18:56SPEAK CANTONESE, BUT I THINK

2:18:59IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE

2:19:01TO PROMOTE AND HIRE.

2:19:02CANTONESE SPEAKING UM MEDICAL.

2:19:04PROFESSION PROFESSIONALS.

2:19:07UM MADAM.

2:19:07>> CHAIR, I COULD GO ON BUT UH

2:19:09,MY TIME IS UP.

2:19:10THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW

2:19:11EXTRA SECONDS.

2:19:12THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:19:13THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:19:14COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

2:19:15COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:19:16THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:19:18AND I WANT TO THANK

2:19:19COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING

2:19:20ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR

2:19:23AND FOR CONTINUING TO BRING

2:19:24ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH

2:19:26DISPARITIES THAT PERSIST ACROSS

2:19:29OUR CITIES.

2:19:30BOSTON IS HOME TO SOME OF THE

2:19:31BEST HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE

2:19:34INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD.

2:19:36BUT ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES

2:19:38AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE A

2:19:40LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE ARE STILL

2:19:42NOT EXPERIENCED EQUALLY ACROSS

2:19:44OUR COMMUNITIES.

2:19:45THE BOSTON HEALTH COMMISSION'S

2:19:482026 CLOSING THE GAP REPORT

2:19:50PROVIDES A PARTICULARLY

2:19:52CONCERNING EXAMPLE FROM 2013 TO

2:19:572024, THE LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP

2:19:59BETWEEN BLACK BOSTONIANS AND

2:20:01OTHER BOSTONIAN RESIDENTS

2:20:02DOUBLED FROM 3.3 YEARS TO 6.6

2:20:08YEARS BETWEEN 2022 AND 2024

2:20:10BLACK MEN LIVED AN AVERAGE

2:20:12OF 9.3 FEWER YEARS THAN OTHER

2:20:15MEN IN BOSTON, WHILE THE GAP

2:20:16FOR BLACK WOMEN WAS

2:20:19APPROXIMATELY 6.4 YEARS.

2:20:21THESE DISPARITIES DO NOT EXIST

2:20:24IN ISOLATION HOUSING,

2:20:26ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS,

2:20:28ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ACCESS TO

2:20:30HEALTH CARE, LANGUAGE ACCESS

2:20:32AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN WHICH

2:20:34PEOPLE LIVE ALL AFFECT HEALTH

2:20:36OUTCOMES.

2:20:37THE HEARING ORDER APPROPRIATELY

2:20:39GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK

2:20:41AT THOSE BROADER FACTORS AND

2:20:43DISCUSS WHAT RESOURCES AND

2:20:46INTERVENTIONS CAN ACTUALLY

2:20:47CLOSE THESE GAPS.

2:20:49I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING

2:20:51AND TO DISCUSSING WHAT MORE THE

2:20:53CITY CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT WHEN

2:20:55SOMEONE LIVES OR THE COLOR

2:20:57OF THEIR SKIN OR THE ZIP

2:20:59CODE DOES NOT DETERMINE HOW

2:21:01HEALTHY THEY CAN BE OR HOW LONG

2:21:03THEY CAN EXPECT TO LIVE.

2:21:05THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:21:07THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:21:08THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:21:10COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNTRY.

2:21:10YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:21:13THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:21:14THANK YOU.

2:21:14COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:21:15UM AND COUNCILOR.

2:21:16CULPEPER FOR HAVING ME ON AS AN

2:21:18ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:21:19UH, WE KNOW THE LIFE EXPECTANCY

2:21:21GAP ACROSS BOSTON IS REAL.

2:21:22WE SEE HIGHER DEATH RATES FROM

2:21:24DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE

2:21:25AMONG BLACK RESIDENTS.

2:21:26WE SEE BLACK AND LATINO

2:21:28RESIDENTS GOING TO THE

2:21:29EMERGENCY ROOM MORE OFTEN FOR

2:21:30ASTHMA.

2:21:31WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THOSE

2:21:33HEALTH DISPARITIES WITHOUT

2:21:34TALKING ABOUT THE WEALTH GAP

2:21:35AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE

2:21:36AVAILABLE CLOSE TO HOME PEOPLE

2:21:38SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY FRESH

2:21:39FOOD IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD,

2:21:41FILL IT PRESCRIPTION NEARBY AND

2:21:42GET A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT

2:21:44WITHOUT LOSING HOURS TO PAY.

2:21:45THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN WORKING

2:21:47WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH

2:21:48CENTERS IN MY DISTRICT TO

2:21:49EXPAND THE SERVICES.

2:21:50THEY KNOW OUR FAMILIES AND HEAR

2:21:52DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT

2:21:53WHAT THEY NEED.

2:21:54WE ARE SUPPORTING THEIR WORK

2:21:55AND HELPING THEM BRING MORE

2:21:56SERVICES INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS

2:21:58,AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

2:22:00DISCUSSING THIS MORE IN THIS

2:22:01HEARING.

2:22:01THANK YOU.

2:22:02THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL

2:22:03WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:22:05NAME?

2:22:07COUNCILOR UH.

2:22:07COLLETTA ZAPATA, COUNCILOR.

2:22:10FITZGERALD.

2:22:11COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.

2:22:12MEJIA COUNCIL.

2:22:12PEPEN SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER

2:22:15AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.

2:22:17DOCKET 1803 WILL BE REFERRED TO

2:22:20THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH,

2:22:21HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY.

2:22:25MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:22:26READ DOCKET 1804.

2:22:28DOCKET 1804 COUNCILORS BREADON

2:22:31AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING

2:22:33ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS

2:22:35THE STATUS OF BOSTON ROAD AND

2:22:37ACTION PLAN.

2:22:38I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUE,

2:22:40UM, VICE VICE PRESIDENT.

2:22:43UH, COLLETTE IS ABOUT TO.

2:22:46TAKE OVER THE CHAIR.

2:22:53>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:22:54COUNCILOR BREADON

2:22:55COUNCILOR BRINGING UP THE FOUR.

2:22:57UM THANK YOU.

2:22:58I'D LIKE TO THANK

2:22:59COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS

2:23:00PARTNERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

2:23:01UH, RODENT ACTIVITY CONTINUES

2:23:03TO BE ONE OF THE MOST

2:23:04PERSISTENT QUALITY OF LIFE

2:23:06CONCERNS FACING BOSTON

2:23:07RESIDENTS AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON

2:23:09IT'S AN ISSUE WE HEAR ABOUT

2:23:11DAILY IN 2024, THE CITY

2:23:14RELEASED THE BOSTON RODENT

2:23:15ACTION PLAN TO CREATE A MORE

2:23:17COORDINATED APPROACH TO RODENT

2:23:19CONTROL.

2:23:20IT CALLED FOR STRONGER

2:23:21INSPECTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT,

2:23:23BETTER WASTE MANAGEMENT

2:23:25PRACTICES, IMPROVE DATA

2:23:26COLLECTION AND COORDINATION

2:23:28ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS ALLSTON

2:23:30,BRIGHTON AND WARD THREE WHICH

2:23:32INCLUDES UH DOWNTOWN CHINATOWN

2:23:35,NORTH AND SOUTH END AND UH

2:23:38HAYMARKET WERE IDENTIFIED AS

2:23:40THE TWO HIGHEST PRIORITY ACTION

2:23:42NEIGHBORHOODS AND SLATED FOR

2:23:43TARGETED INTERVENTION TWO YEARS

2:23:46LATER WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A

2:23:47PUBLIC UPDATE ON THE ROAD AND

2:23:49ACTION PLAN ALLSTON BRIGHTON IS

2:23:51STILL WAITING FOR THE TARGETED

2:23:53INTERVENTIONS PROMISED.

2:23:54THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT

2:23:57RODENT RESISTANT TRASH CANS AND

2:23:58ALLSTON VILLAGE BUT THOSE HAVE

2:24:00YET TO BE INSTALLED.

2:24:02RESIDENTS AND THE CITY

2:24:03COUNCIL DESERVE FLAHERTY ON

2:24:04TIMELINES, METRICS,

2:24:06DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2:24:08AND WHAT INTERVENTIONS ARE

2:24:09HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS

2:24:10EXPERIENCING THE GREATEST

2:24:11RODENT ACTIVITY.

2:24:13BOSTON IS HOSTING THE NATIONAL

2:24:15URBAN RAT SUMMIT THIS WEEK,

2:24:17BRINGING TOGETHER RESEARCHERS,

2:24:19PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND

2:24:20MUNICIPAL LEADERS TO.

2:24:21DISCUSS NEW APPROACHES TO

2:24:23RODENT CONTROL.

2:24:24THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR

2:24:25THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST AN

2:24:27UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF OUR OWN

2:24:29RODENT ACTION PLAN, AND I LOOK

2:24:31FORWARD TO HEARING FROM

2:24:33INSPECTIONAL SERVICES AND OTHER

2:24:35DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE IN

2:24:37THE BAR, UH, ABOUT THE PROGRESS

2:24:39THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND CURRENT

2:24:41GAPS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO

2:24:43CURB RODENT ACTIVITY IN

2:24:44ALLSTON, BRIGHTON AND IN ACROSS

2:24:46ACROSS THE CITY IN OTHER

2:24:47NEIGHBORHOODS.

2:24:47THANK YOU.

2:24:49THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON THE

2:24:50CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:24:51COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL IF ANY

2:24:52OF THE FLOOR.

2:24:53THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND

2:24:54THANK YOU TO.

2:24:56COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR.

2:24:57ADDING ME FOR THE IMPORTANT

2:24:59WORK THAT.

2:24:59YOU HAVE DONE.

2:25:00COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'VE BEEN

2:25:02FOCUSED ON PEST.

2:25:03CONTROL ISSUES FOR.

2:25:05NINE YEARS NOW.

2:25:08WE'VE HELD HEARINGS ON PEST

2:25:09CONTROL.

2:25:10I FILED AN ORDINANCE TO

2:25:11ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF PEST

2:25:12CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

2:25:14AND HAVE MADE.

2:25:15AT LEAST A DOZEN

2:25:17RECOMMENDATIONS TO.

2:25:18>> THE.

2:25:18CITY ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE PEST

2:25:20CONTROL STRATEGIES IN BOSTON BY

2:25:24MOST OF THEM WERE IMPLEMENTED

2:25:25BY THE CITY.

2:25:26BUT MY.

2:25:27MAIN POINT.

2:25:28OF ADDING A RATS UH.

2:25:30WAS NOT IMPLEMENTED.

2:25:32I DO BELIEVE WE.

2:25:33HAVE TO.

2:25:34ELEVATE THE.

2:25:35THE FUNCTIONS OF PEST CONTROL

2:25:38IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO A

2:25:40DEPARTMENT.

2:25:40I THINK IT'S.

2:25:41THAT SERIOUS.

2:25:41OF AN ISSUE.

2:25:43IT'S THAT SERIOUS OF A PUBLIC

2:25:44HEALTH ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE.

2:25:48RATS RUNNING FROM YOUR

2:25:50APARTMENT.

2:25:51AND YOU HAVE THE LITTLE KID.

2:25:52IN A IN A CRIB, A BASSINET AND

2:25:54YOUR TWO MONTH OLD.

2:25:57CHILD IS IN THE.

2:25:58BASSINET AS A AS.

2:26:00>> A RAT RUNS THROUGH.

2:26:02TO YOUR APARTMENT.

2:26:04THAT'S A THAT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH

2:26:07EMERGENCY.

2:26:08THAT'S A PUBLIC.

2:26:08SAFETY EMERGENCY.

2:26:10WE CAN'T SAY THINGS.

2:26:11>> ARE.

2:26:12GETTING BETTER ON PEST CONTROL

2:26:14WHEN WE KNOW RATS ARE RUNNING

2:26:16THROUGH KIDS THROUGH APARTMENTS

2:26:20WITH LITTLE KIDS.

2:26:23IT'S IT'S A TERRIBLE IT'S

2:26:24TERRIBLE TO HAVE THAT TYPE

2:26:26OF CONVERSATION.

2:26:26BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IS

2:26:28HAPPENING IN.

2:26:30MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT TWO.

2:26:33IT'S A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND

2:26:35PUBLIC SAFETY.

2:26:36PROBLEM.

2:26:37>> WHEN A RAT RUNS TO YOUR

2:26:39APARTMENT AND YOU HAVE LITTLE

2:26:41CHILDREN, THE ONLY QUESTION.

2:26:42YOU ASK.

2:26:43IS WHEN ARE WE LEAVING THE.

2:26:44CITY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LIVE IN.

2:26:47>> YOUR APARTMENT WHEN RATS ARE

2:26:48RUNNING THROUGH IT.

2:26:49WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

2:26:51WE NEED TO ELEVATE THIS

2:26:52DEPARTMENT TO A CITY DEPARTMENT

2:26:54AND WE NEED.

2:26:55STRONG LEADERSHIP.

2:26:56THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:26:57THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:26:58WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK

2:26:59ON THIS MATTER?

2:27:01UM, I'LL TAKE, UH, JUST A QUICK

2:27:03LIBERTY TO SAY THAT I'M

2:27:04GRATEFUL FOR, UH,

2:27:05COUNCILOR BREADON AND

2:27:06LEADERSHIP ON THIS IN THE NORTH

2:27:07END.

2:27:08AS WE ALL KNOW, I'M, UH WE'RE

2:27:09FIGHTING A PERENNIAL WAR

2:27:10AGAINST THE RATS WITH ALL

2:27:11OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE HAVE

2:27:13AND, UH, THE LACK OF A

2:27:15RESIDENT'S ABILITY TO PLACE

2:27:17TRASH IN BARRELS.

2:27:18AND SO I AM HEARTENED TO SEE

2:27:19THAT THERE HAVE BEEN UM THERE'S

2:27:21BEEN SOME PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN

2:27:22MADE.

2:27:23LOOK FORWARD TO UNDERSTANDING

2:27:24MORE.

2:27:25FROM JOHN O'ROURKE WHO WE ALL

2:27:26KNOW IS IS A GREAT PUBLIC

2:27:27SERVANT, UM, BOTH SEPARATELY

2:27:29AND IN A MEETING WITH HIM AND

2:27:30THEN AT THE RAT SUMMIT WHAT UH

2:27:32WHAT ACTUALLY HAS OCCURRED AND

2:27:33SOME OF THE PROGRESS UM,

2:27:35ANECDOTALLY FROM RESIDENTS THE

2:27:37RAT SITUATION HAS BEEN GETTING

2:27:38BETTER IN THE NORTH END BUT WE

2:27:39KNOW THAT WE COULD ALWAYS DO

2:27:40BETTER.

2:27:40UH, AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH

2:27:41CRISIS.

2:27:42SO THANK YOU,

2:27:43COUNCILOR BRITTON.

2:27:43UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

2:27:45ADD THEIR NAME?

2:27:47MADAM CLERK.

2:27:48>> WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD

2:27:49COUNCILOR CULPEPER

2:27:50COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,

2:27:50COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

2:27:51COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR.

2:27:52MURPHY COUNCILOR PREPARED

2:27:53COUNCIL.

2:27:54SANTANA COUNCILOR.

2:27:55WEBER, COUNCILOR.

2:27:55WELL AND PLEASE AT THE CHAIR.

2:27:59THANK YOU.

2:28:00DOCKET 1805 WILL BE WILL BE

2:28:03REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON.

2:28:05SO OH SORRY 1804 WILL BE

2:28:08REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

2:28:09CITY SERVICES.

2:28:10THANK YOU MADAM.

2:28:11CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ

2:28:13DOCKET.

2:28:151805.1805 COUNCIL RESOLUTION

2:28:17AND BREAKDOWN OFFER THE

2:28:18FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT

2:28:20OF QUESTION FOUR TO ESTABLISH

2:28:22ELECTION DAY VOTERS

2:28:23REGISTRATION IN MASSACHUSETTS.

2:28:25THANK YOU.

2:28:26>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:28:27COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL.

2:28:28YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:28:28THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:28:30I RISE TO INTRODUCE THIS

2:28:32RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT UH,

2:28:33BALLOT QUESTION NUMBER FOUR

2:28:34WHICH WILL BE ON UH THE BALLOT

2:28:37IN NOVEMBER THAT WOULD

2:28:38ESTABLISH ELECTION DAY UH VOTER

2:28:41REGISTRATION WHICH WOULD ALLOW

2:28:42SOMEONE TO ALSO VOTE ON THE DAY

2:28:44OF THE ELECTION.

2:28:45I AM NOT SEEKING SUSPENSION IN

2:28:46PASSAGE AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE

2:28:48WE HAVE A HEARING SCHEDULED FOR

2:28:49NEXT FRIDAY WHERE WE WILL

2:28:50INCLUDE THIS RESOLUTION AND

2:28:51BRING ADVOCATES AND TALK ABOUT

2:28:53THIS.

2:28:53I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY

2:28:55VOTE IN THE ENTIRE COALITION

2:28:57OF FOLKS WHO ARE BEHIND AND WHO

2:28:58HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING FOR

2:28:59MEASURES TO MAKE IT MORE UH, TO

2:29:02MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO

2:29:04ACCESS THE BALLOT AND TO EXPAND

2:29:06ACCESS TO THE BALLOT.

2:29:07UM, CURRENTLY WE REQUIRE PEOPLE

2:29:09TO BE REGISTERED TO VOTE TEN

2:29:10DAYS PRIOR TO AN ELECTION IN

2:29:12ORDER FOR THEM TO VOTE IN THAT

2:29:14ELECTION.

2:29:14WE KNOW THAT VOTER INFORMATION

2:29:16AND VOTER EDUCATION, VOTER

2:29:17INTEREST IN THE ELECTION

2:29:19INCREASES IN THE TWO WEEKS

2:29:20PRIOR TO AN ELECTION ALLOWING

2:29:22SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION,

2:29:25SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION FOR

2:29:26NEW VOTERS IS A WAY OF BRINGING

2:29:29MORE PEOPLE INTO DEMOCRACY IS A

2:29:30WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE

2:29:31NOT LEAVING.

2:29:32WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYONE BEHIND

2:29:33WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING AND IT

2:29:35INCREASES VOTER PARTICIPATION

2:29:36AMONG VOTERS WHO HAVE A HARDER

2:29:38TIME ACCESSING THE BALLOT.

2:29:40THAT INCLUDES VOTERS OF COLOR

2:29:41THAT INCLUDES YOUNG VOTERS.

2:29:43IT INCLUDES THOSE WHO ARE

2:29:44TRANSIENT AND INCLUDES THOSE

2:29:45WHO ARE UM, ARE HOMELESS.

2:29:47AND SO THERE ARE A LOT

2:29:49OF ADVANTAGES TO HAVING

2:29:50ELECTION DAY VOTER REGISTRATION

2:29:52.

2:29:52UM, IT WILL ALLOW ELIGIBLE

2:29:54VOTERS TO REGISTER OR TO UPDATE

2:29:56THEIR ADDRESS AT THE

2:29:57APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACE ON

2:29:58ELECTION DAY AND THEY WILL BE

2:30:01REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROOF

2:30:02OF RESIDENCY AND SIGN AN OATH

2:30:03AFFIRMING THEIR IDENTITY AND

2:30:05ELIGIBILITY.

2:30:05SO THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS BUILT

2:30:07INTO UH THIS PROPOSAL UH,

2:30:10QUESTION NUMBER FOUR TO ENSURE

2:30:11THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERING

2:30:13ARE ABLE TO VOTE IN THE

2:30:15COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

2:30:16THIS IS NOT NEW OR IT'S NOT

2:30:17UNTESTED.

2:30:18THERE ARE ACTUALLY 24 STATES.

2:30:19AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2:30:21THAT PROVIDE SAME DAY VOTER

2:30:23REGISTRATION.

2:30:23SO WE'RE ACTUALLY BEHIND WHEN

2:30:24WE LOOK AT OUR PEER STATES

2:30:26AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THAT

2:30:29INCLUDES NEIGHBORING STATES

2:30:30LIKE MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE,

2:30:31VERMONT AND CONNECTICUT.

2:30:34UM THIS WOULDN'T BE EFFECTIVE

2:30:35UNTIL 2028.

2:30:37SO IT ALLOWS THE COMMONWEALTH

2:30:38AMPLE TIME TO UH, GET ON TO

2:30:40ON-RAMP ELECTION DAY VOTER

2:30:42REGISTRATION.

2:30:43AND SO I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE

2:30:44WORKING IN COALITION TO NOT

2:30:46ONLY PASS THIS BALLOT MEASURE

2:30:47BUT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO

2:30:48EXPAND ACCESS TO DEMOCRACY, TO

2:30:50DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO

2:30:51MAKE SURE THAT MORE VOTERS

2:30:52VOTERS OF COLOR ARE

2:30:54PARTICIPATING IN OUR DEMOCRACY

2:30:55.

2:30:55AND WE KNOW THAT WHILE

2:30:56ELECTIONS ARE ADMINISTERED

2:30:57LOCALLY SO THIS WILL ALLOW

2:30:58SUFFICIENT TIME FOR ELECTION

2:31:00OFFICIALS TO, UH, FAMILIARIZE

2:31:02THEMSELVES WITH WHAT WILL

2:31:03HAPPEN WILL NEED TO HAPPEN IN

2:31:05ORDER TO MAKE ELECTION DAY

2:31:06VOTING OR VOTER REGISTRATION

2:31:08UH, EFFECTIVE.

2:31:09WE'VE SEEN GREAT UPDATES

2:31:10ALREADY TO OUR ELECTION

2:31:12DEPARTMENT ONE WITH THE HIRING

2:31:15OF KERRY JORDAN BUT ALSO WITH

2:31:17THE USE OF ELECTRONIC POLL

2:31:19BOOKS.

2:31:19SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE

2:31:20HEARING WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT

2:31:21ELECTION PROCEDURES IN GENERAL

2:31:23AND WE ALSO UPLIFT THE NEED FOR

2:31:24US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE

2:31:25ELECTION DAY VOTING IN

2:31:26MASSACHUSETTS.

2:31:27SO I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR

2:31:28AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES

2:31:29WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, ATTEND THE

2:31:30HEARING SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE

2:31:32CAN STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY

2:31:33RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY

2:31:34OF BOSTON.

2:31:35THANK YOU.

2:31:35THANK YOU.

2:31:36>> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE UM,

2:31:37CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:31:38COUNCILOR BREDA.

2:31:39I DO.

2:31:40THANK YOU, COUNCILOR UH

2:31:42LOUIJEUNE FOR HAVING ME AS AN

2:31:43ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:31:45UM, SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION

2:31:48IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED

2:31:49VOTER PARTICIPATION,

2:31:50PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUNGER

2:31:51VOTERS, FIRST TIME VOTERS AND

2:31:53RESIDENTS OF HISTORICALLY

2:31:55UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.

2:31:57THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT

2:31:59IN ALLSTON, BRIGHTON AND BOSTON

2:32:00AS A WHOLE WITH A LARGE

2:32:01POPULATION OF RENTERS, STUDENTS

2:32:03AND RESIDENTS WHO MOVE

2:32:05FREQUENTLY THIS YEAR SERVED AS

2:32:07A STARK REMINDER OF THAT

2:32:08IMPORTANCE.

2:32:09ELECTION DAY FELL ON MOVING DAY

2:32:12ALSO REFERRED TO AS.

2:32:13ALLSTON CHRISTMAS IN MY

2:32:14DISTRICT AND THOUSANDS

2:32:15OF ELIGIBLE ELIGIBLE VOTERS WHO

2:32:18CHANGED ADDRESSES WERE UNABLE

2:32:19TO VOTE FROM THEIR NEW POLLING

2:32:21PLACE BECAUSE MASSACHUSETTS

2:32:23DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ELECTION DAY

2:32:25VOTER REGISTRATION.

2:32:27ELECTION DAY VOTER REGISTRATION

2:32:28IS NOT A RADICAL IDEA AS

2:32:30COUNCILOR UH LOUIJEUNE HAS

2:32:31ALREADY MENTIONED MORE THAN 20

2:32:33STATES AND THE DISTRICT

2:32:35OF COLUMBIA ALREADY ALLOW IT

2:32:37AND OUR NEIGHBORING STATES

2:32:38OF MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE,

2:32:39VERMONT AND CONNECTICUT ALREADY

2:32:41HAVE IT.

2:32:42MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS

2:32:43CURRENTLY REQUIRES RESIDENTS TO

2:32:46REGISTER OR UPDATE THEIR VOTER

2:32:48REGISTRATION AT LEAST TEN DAYS

2:32:49BEFORE AN ELECTION.

2:32:51QUESTION FOUR WOULD ALLOW

2:32:52ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER

2:32:54OR UPDATE THEIR ADDRESS AT THE

2:32:56POLLING LOCATION ON ELECTION

2:32:58DAY BY PROVIDING PROOF

2:32:59OF RESIDENT RESIDENCY AND

2:33:01SIGNING AN OATH CONFIRMING THAT

2:33:03THEY THEIR OF THEIR ELIGIBILITY

2:33:04TO VOTE.

2:33:05THIS WOULD ALSO HELP ADDRESS

2:33:07SOME OF THE CONCERNS RAISED BY

2:33:08OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN A

2:33:10FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT UM UH FOLKS

2:33:14THAT WERE DEEMED INACTIVE WHEN

2:33:16THEY WENT TO VOTE UH THAT THEY

2:33:19IF WE HAD SAME DAY VOTER

2:33:20REGISTRATION THAT AUTOMATICALLY

2:33:23UH REESTABLISH THEIR NAMES ON

2:33:25THE VOTER ROLL AND AND BE

2:33:26ALLOWED TO VOTE.

2:33:27SO I THINK IT'S IT'S A IT'S AN

2:33:29IDEA THAT'S TIME HAS COME AND I

2:33:31HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO

2:33:32MOVE MOVE THIS ISSUE FORWARD.

2:33:34I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL REVISIONS

2:33:36AS SHE'S JUST MENTIONED IS

2:33:38ASKING TO HAVE A HEARING NEXT

2:33:39WEEK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT

2:33:41DISCUSSION AND ENCOURAGE ALL MY

2:33:42COLLEAGUES TO.

2:33:43PARTICIPATE IN THIS VERY

2:33:44IMPORTANT ISSUE.

2:33:45THANK YOU.

2:33:46>> THANK YOU.

2:33:46>> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

2:33:47SPEAK UH.

2:33:48EXCUSE ME UM.

2:33:50UH, COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YOU UP

2:33:52BEFORE?

2:33:52>> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY

2:33:53THAT.

2:33:54I'M SORRY.

2:33:56I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I

2:33:57WILL BE SEEKING A VOTE ON THIS

2:33:59AFTER WE HAVE OUR HEARING.

2:34:00BUT I WANT US TO HAVE A

2:34:02CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY THE

2:34:03COUNCIL CAN COME ON RECORD, UM

2:34:04,IN SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE SO

2:34:07THAT NO ONE IS NOT ABLE TO.

2:34:09UH UH, VOTE ON ELECTION DAY

2:34:11SIMPLY BECAUSE OF A CLERICAL

2:34:12ERROR MOVING OR ANY OTHER

2:34:14ISSUES.

2:34:14SO THANK YOU.

2:34:15I WILL ASK FOR A VOTE BUT NOT

2:34:16TODAY.

2:34:16THANK YOU THANK YOU

2:34:17COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE UM WOULD

2:34:18ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:34:19NAME?

2:34:20THE CHAIR.

2:34:21RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER

2:34:23COUNCILOR DURKAN

2:34:23COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

2:34:24COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL HERE.

2:34:25LET'S LOOK AT THEN

2:34:27COUNCILOR MURPHY

2:34:28COUNCILOR SANTANA

2:34:30COUNCIL WHEREIN

2:34:30COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE

2:34:31ADD THE CHAIR THANK YOU.

2:34:32DOCKET 1805 WILL BE REFERRED TO

2:34:34THE COMMITTEE ON CENSUS

2:34:36REDISTRICTING AND ELECTIONS.

2:34:37MADAM CLERK, WE WILL YOU PLEASE

2:34:39READ DOCKET 1806.

2:34:42DOCKET 1806.

2:34:43COUNCILORS LOUIJEUNE AND BREDON

2:34:45OFFERED THE FOLLOWING

2:34:47RESOLUTION SUPPORTING BOSTON

2:34:48MEDICAL CENTER RESIDENT

2:34:51PHYSICIANS AS THEIR EFFORT TO

2:34:52SECURE A FAIR CONTRACT.

2:34:54THANK YOU.

2:34:55THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:34:56COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

2:34:57THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:34:58UM, CAN I PLEASE MAY I PLEASE

2:34:59SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD

2:35:01COUNCILOR MEJIA AS A THIRD

2:35:02ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:35:03SEEING AND HEARING NO

2:35:05OBJECTIONS.

2:35:05SHE IS SO ADDED.

2:35:06THANK YOU.

2:35:07MANY OF US WERE HERE THIS

2:35:08MORNING WHEN WE SAW THE DOCTORS

2:35:09ON UM, FROM BOSTON MEDICAL

2:35:11CENTER COME AND TAKE A PHOTO

2:35:12WITH US.

2:35:13UH, AS THEY FIGHT FOR A FAIR

2:35:16CONTRACT, THE COMMITTEE

2:35:17OF INTERNS AND RESIDENTS

2:35:19REPRESENTS OVER 700 UNIONIZED

2:35:20PHYSICIANS AT BMC, AND IT'S

2:35:22DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE

2:35:23LIVES AND THE LIVELIHOOD AND

2:35:25RESIDENT TRAINING AND BROUGHT

2:35:26IN, UH, AND OUR BROADER HEALTH

2:35:28CARE SYSTEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

2:35:30IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE

2:35:31STAND WITH THESE DOCTORS WHO

2:35:32ARE SERVING SOME OF OUR MOST

2:35:34VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AT BOSTON

2:35:35MEDICAL CENTER THOSE WHO ARE UH

2:35:38,LIVING WITH ADDICTION, THOSE

2:35:40WHO ARE BLACK AND BROWN I WHEN

2:35:42WE TALK I TALK ABOUT HOW MY

2:35:45GRANDFATHER WAS TREATED AND

2:35:46CARED FOR AT BOSTON MEDICAL

2:35:47CENTER AND WE KNOW THAT THEY

2:35:48SERVE UH, SO MANY WHO ARE IN

2:35:50NEED IN OUR CITY.

2:35:51IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND

2:35:52WITH OUR RESIDENTS AS THEY ARE

2:35:54ENGAGED IN THIS FIGHT.

2:35:56BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER IS THE

2:35:57LARGEST SAFETY NET HOSPITAL IN

2:35:59NEW ENGLAND, WITH MORE THAN

2:36:01HALF OF ITS PATIENT POPULATION

2:36:02COMING FROM UNDERSERVED OR LOW

2:36:03INCOME BACKGROUNDS.

2:36:04THE RESIDENT PHYSICIANS PUT ALL

2:36:06OF THEMSELVES INTO THIS WORK.

2:36:07UM, AND THEY'RE ENGAGED IN

2:36:09COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH BMC

2:36:10TO ADVOCATE FOR FAIR WAGES,

2:36:12AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, SAFE

2:36:14WORKING CONDITIONS, ADEQUATE

2:36:15TIME OFF AND THE RESPECT AND

2:36:16DIGNITY THAT THEY DESERVE.

2:36:18WE KNOW THAT, UH, HEALTH CARE

2:36:19WORKERS ARE A CRITICAL PART

2:36:20OF OUR COMMUNITY AND RESIDENT

2:36:22PHYSICIANS REQUIRE A FAIR AND

2:36:24COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION FOR

2:36:25THEM NOT ONLY TO, UH, STAY IN

2:36:27THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT FOR THEM

2:36:28TO CONTINUE SERVING OUR MOST

2:36:30VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

2:36:31UM, THERE ARE A LOT

2:36:32OF FINANCIAL PRESSURES HERE IN

2:36:33THE CITY.

2:36:33I'M NOT EVERYONE IS AWARE

2:36:35OF THAT.

2:36:36UM, AND ARE THE RESIDENTS FEEL

2:36:38IT AS WELL?

2:36:39UH.

2:36:39>> SO I'M JUST HOPING THAT BMC

2:36:41UH DOES THE RIGHT THING AND

2:36:42COMES TO A FAIR CONTRACT WITH

2:36:44THE RESIDENTS WITH THE ARE AT

2:36:46THE TABLE.

2:36:47I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE BEEN OUT

2:36:48WITH THEM SO THIS IS JUST

2:36:49PUTTING ON THE RECORD THE

2:36:50COLLECTIVE RECORD, THE

2:36:51COUNCIL'S COLLECTIVE SUPPORT.

2:36:53SO I HOPE THAT UH IN ADDITION

2:36:55TO ADDING CUSTOM HE HAS A THIRD

2:36:56ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR I AM

2:36:58SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE

2:36:59THAT WE CAN GO ON RECORD WITH

2:37:00THE DOCTORS WHO ARE WITH US

2:37:02HERE TODAY AND WHO ARE WITH OUR

2:37:03MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS HERE

2:37:04IN THE CITY OF BOSTON EACH AND

2:37:05EVERY DAY AT BOSTON MEDICAL

2:37:06CENTER.

2:37:07THANK YOU.

2:37:07THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE

2:37:08THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:37:09COUNCILOR BRITTON.

2:37:10YOU MADAM CHAIR, UM, I WANT TO

2:37:13THANK COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AGAIN

2:37:14FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS

2:37:16RESOLUTION.

2:37:17BOSTON.

2:37:17UH, THIS IS A PARTICULARLY

2:37:19CLOSE TO MY HEART.

2:37:20UH, MY FIRST JOB IN BOSTON WAS

2:37:22AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT THE

2:37:23TIME IT WAS MERGING WITH BOSTON

2:37:25CITY HOSPITAL HOSPITAL TO

2:37:27BECOME BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER.

2:37:28SO I'M A FORMER EMPLOYEE AT

2:37:30BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER WAY BACK

2:37:32WHEN.

2:37:32UH, BOSTON IS THE HOME OF ONE

2:37:35OF THE MOST WELL-RECOGNIZED

2:37:36HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS IN THE

2:37:38COUNTRY BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER

2:37:41BMC IS A NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST

2:37:43SAFETY NET HOSPITAL WITH MORE

2:37:45THAN HALF OF ITS PATIENTS

2:37:46COMING FROM UNDERSERVED OR LOW

2:37:48INCOME BACKGROUNDS AND THE MORE

2:37:50THAN 700 RESIDENT PHYSICIANS AT

2:37:53BMC PLAY AN ESSENTIAL PART IN

2:37:55PROVIDING CARE TO BOSTON

2:37:57RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES.

2:37:58THEY ARE NOT ONLY RECEIVING,

2:38:01THEY ARE NOT ONLY RECEIVING

2:38:02SPECIALIST MEDICAL TRAINING,

2:38:03BUT THEY'RE ALSO AN IMPORTANT

2:38:05PART OF OUR HEALTH CARE

2:38:06WORKFORCE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY

2:38:07EVERY DAY.

2:38:09.

2:38:09>> THESE RESIDENT.

2:38:10PHYSICIANS ARE REPRESENTED BY

2:38:11THE COMMITTEE OF INTERNS AND

2:38:12RESIDENTS.

2:38:13HERE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO

2:38:15SECURE A FAIR COLLECTIVE

2:38:17BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH BMC.

2:38:19BMC RESIDENT PHYSICIANS ARE THE

2:38:21LOWEST PAID UNIONIZED RESIDENT

2:38:24PHYSICIANS IN THE GREATER

2:38:25BOSTON AREA.

2:38:27THESE PRIORITIES INCLUDE FAIR

2:38:29WAGES.

2:38:29THEIR PRIORITIES INCLUDE FAIR

2:38:31WAGES, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE,

2:38:34SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS,

2:38:35ADEQUATE TIME OFF AND RESPECT

2:38:37WITHIN THE WORKPLACE.

2:38:39THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT

2:38:41GIVEN THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES

2:38:43THAT RESIN PHYSICIANS FACE,

2:38:45INCLUDING BOSTON'S HIGH COST

2:38:47OF LIVING AND STUDENT LOAN

2:38:48DEBT, STRONG UNIONS AND FAIR

2:38:51COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

2:38:53AGREEMENTS ALSO GIVE THESE

2:38:55PHYSICIANS A MEANINGFUL VOICE

2:38:56IN DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR

2:38:58WORKPLACE, THEIR WORKING

2:38:59CONDITIONS AND ULTIMATELY THEIR

2:39:01ABILITY TO SERVE THEIR

2:39:03PATIENTS.

2:39:03THIS RESOLUTION IS A STATEMENT

2:39:05THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON CITY

2:39:08COUNCIL BOSTON CITY

2:39:09COUNCIL STANDS WITH RESIDENT

2:39:10PHYSICIANS REPRESENTED BY THE

2:39:12COMMITTEE OF INTERNS AND

2:39:13RESIDENTS AT BMC AND THEIR

2:39:15EFFORTS TO PROMPTLY SECURE A

2:39:17UNION CONTRACT.

2:39:18THANK YOU.

2:39:20>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON

2:39:21COUNCIL MEMBER.

2:39:22HUME FOR.

2:39:25THAT.

2:39:25THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND

2:39:27I.

2:39:27>> WANT TO THANK

2:39:28COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

2:39:28AND COUNCILOR.

2:39:29BREEDEN FOR ADDING ME AS AN

2:39:31ORIGINAL.

2:39:32CO-SPONSOR.

2:39:34>> BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER IS.

2:39:35>> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

2:39:37INSTITUTIONS IN OUR CITY.

2:39:38EVERY DAY.

2:39:39IT SHOWS ME UH.

2:39:40POSITIONS CARRY THE THE.

2:39:42ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY OF.

2:39:43CARING FOR OUR CITY'S MOST.

2:39:45VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

2:39:46AND YET TO MANY OF THESE

2:39:47RESIDENT.

2:39:48PHYSICIANS ARE STRUGGLING TO

2:39:49MAKE ENDS MEET IN A CITY THAT

2:39:51THEY.

2:39:51WORK TO CARE.

2:39:52FOR EVERY DAY.

2:39:54WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO.

2:39:55>> TALK ABOUT.

2:39:55BOSTON BEING A WORLD CLASS.

2:39:57HEALTH CARE CITY.

2:39:58WHILE THE PEOPLE DELIVERING.

2:39:59THAT CARE.

2:40:00>> STRUGGLE TO.

2:40:01>> LIVE HERE.

2:40:02RESIDENTS SPENT.

2:40:03>> YEARS TRAINING TO BECOME

2:40:04DOCTORS.

2:40:04THEY WORK LONG AND DEMANDING

2:40:06HOURS, TAKE ON ENORMOUS.

2:40:08RESPONSIBILITIES AND.

2:40:10>> MAKE MAJOR SACRIFICES.

2:40:11TO CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS.

2:40:12THEY DESERVE TO.

2:40:13BE TREATED.

2:40:14FAIRLY AND TO BE.

2:40:15ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE.

2:40:16>> IN THE.

2:40:17CITY WHERE THEY WORK.

2:40:18THIS IS ESPECIALLY.

2:40:19IMPORTANT AT BOSTON MEDICAL

2:40:20CENTER.

2:40:21BMC SERVES MANY PATIENTS.

2:40:22>> WHO.

2:40:23FACE BARRIERS.

2:40:23TO GETTING HEALTH.

2:40:24CARE INCLUDING WORKING CLASS

2:40:26FAMILIES.

2:40:27IMMIGRANTS.

2:40:27>> PEOPLE EXPERIENCING

2:40:28HOMELESSNESS AND.

2:40:29OTHER UNDERSERVED.

2:40:31UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

2:40:32LIKE OTHER SURROUNDING

2:40:34HOSPITALS, BOSTON MEDICAL

2:40:36CENTER ALSO HAS AN INCREASED

2:40:38UH, PATIENT UM ROLE UH SINCE UH

2:40:432024 WITH THE CLOSING OF THE

2:40:44CARNEY HOSPITAL.

2:40:45SO THEIR CAPACITY HAS INCREASED

2:40:47.

2:40:48SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2024

2:40:49SUPPORTING A FAIR CONTRACT FOR

2:40:51BOSTON MEDICAL OUR RESIDENT

2:40:53PHYSICIANS IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING

2:40:54THE IMPORTANT.

2:40:55WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY.

2:40:56THESE DOCTORS DESERVE FAIR.

2:40:58PAY, GOOD WORKING.

2:40:59CONDITIONS AND THE.

2:41:00ABILITY TO BUILD A LIFE.

2:41:01HERE IN BOSTON.

2:41:02BMC'S MISSION IS TO.

2:41:03CARE FOR THE HEALTH.

2:41:04OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT

2:41:06SHOULD.

2:41:07INCLUDE CARING FOR THE PEOPLE.

2:41:08WHO PROVIDE THAT CARE.

2:41:09AND I'M PROUD TO.

2:41:11SUPPORT BMC'S RESIDENT.

2:41:12PHYSICIANS IN.

2:41:13>> THEIR EFFORTS TO.

2:41:14SECURE A FAIR CONTRACT, AND I

2:41:15URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO STAND.

2:41:17WITH THEM.

2:41:17>> THANK YOU.

2:41:18>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER

2:41:19HERE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

2:41:20SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?

2:41:21WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD

2:41:22THEIR NAME?

2:41:22I'LL CANCER STRICKEN YOU HAVE

2:41:24THE FLOOR.

2:41:25THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:41:26I JUST WANT TO THANK MY

2:41:27COLLEAGUES FOR STANDING WITH

2:41:28RESIDENTS.

2:41:29WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN

2:41:30DISTRICT EIGHT.

2:41:31UM, YOU KNOW, AS I REPRESENT

2:41:32ALL OVER MEDICAL AREA AND MDH

2:41:34UM AND UM THE RESIDENTS AT BMC

2:41:38UH DESERVE BETTER AND I'M

2:41:40EXCITED UH, THAT THEY ARE

2:41:42ENGAGING AND WE ARE WORKING

2:41:43WITH THEM AND WE ARE FIGHTING

2:41:45FOR THEM BECAUSE RESIDENTS

2:41:46OFTEN GET UM I SEE A LOT

2:41:49OF THEM IN MY DISTRICT AND

2:41:50THEY'RE TIRED, THEY'RE

2:41:52OVERWORKED, THEY DON'T HAVE

2:41:53ENOUGH BENEFITS.

2:41:54UM, AND THEY'RE THEY FEEL VERY

2:41:56UNPROTECTED.

2:41:56SO UM, SO I THINK THAT

2:41:58RESIDENTS AT BMC DESERVE THE

2:41:59SAME ATTENTION.

2:42:01UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING

2:42:02IT ANY OTHER HOSPITAL AND I

2:42:04JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM

2:42:06,YOU KNOW, SEER KNOWS I STAND

2:42:07WITH THEM AND, UM, AS BOSTON

2:42:10MEDICAL CENTER REPRESENTS AND,

2:42:12UH, CARES FOR A LOT OF THE MOST

2:42:13VULNERABLE PATIENTS IN BOSTON.

2:42:15UM, IT'S REALLY, REALLY

2:42:17IMPORTANT.

2:42:17THANK YOU.

2:42:18THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:42:20COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE

2:42:21FLOOR.

2:42:22THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:42:23I I.

2:42:23STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS

2:42:25RESOLUTION.

2:42:25THESE.

2:42:26>> UM, INTERNS THESE MEDICAL

2:42:28DOCTORS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN

2:42:31OUR CITY CARING FOR THE MOST

2:42:35VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY.

2:42:38UM, MANY OF THEM LIVE IN

2:42:40DISTRICT TWO.

2:42:41I SEE THEM FREQUENTLY AND TALK

2:42:43TO THEM FREQUENTLY AND THEY

2:42:45DON'T MAKE ALL THAT MUCH MONEY

2:42:47AND THEY ARE STRUGGLING AND

2:42:50THEY HAVE.

2:42:51HIGH TUITION BILLS THAT THEY'RE

2:42:53STILL PAYING.

2:42:54THEY HAVE.

2:42:54HIGH RENT OR MORTGAGE AS WELL.

2:42:57BUT WE WANT TO ENSURE.

2:42:58THAT MEDICAL DOCTORS.

2:43:00THAT ARE PROVIDING A CRITICAL

2:43:03SERVICE.

2:43:03TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY

2:43:05ARE NOT STRUGGLING.

2:43:07TO PAY THEIR BILLS.

2:43:09WE NEED THEM.

2:43:11WE NEED.

2:43:11>> TO ENSURE THAT.

2:43:12>> THEY HAVE A GOOD QUALITY

2:43:13OF LIFE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT

2:43:16WITH A GOOD, A GOOD AND.

2:43:17STEADY PAYCHECK.

2:43:19.

2:43:19>> THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE

2:43:20WORRYING ABOUT UM WHETHER OR

2:43:22NOT THEY CAN PAY.

2:43:23THE ELECTRIC BILL.

2:43:24>> THEY CAN PAY THE MORTGAGE.

2:43:26WE NEED THEM FOCUSED ON THEIR

2:43:27JOBS.

2:43:27WHICH THEY DO.

2:43:29EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

2:43:31BUT I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD FROM

2:43:33MEDICAL DOCTORS AT THIS

2:43:35FACILITY THAT HAVE TOLD ME.

2:43:36THAT BECAUSE THEY.

2:43:38ARE STRUGGLING.

2:43:39TO PAY THEIR BILLS.

2:43:40WITH HIGH TUITION BILLS.

2:43:42>> THEY HAD TO.

2:43:42GET A SECOND JOB.

2:43:46UM THAT'S THAT'S UNCONSCIONABLE

2:43:48.

2:43:48WELL.

2:43:48YOU HAVE A MEDICAL DOCTOR.

2:43:49WORKING A SECOND JOB IN SOME

2:43:51TYPE OF OTHER INDUSTRY JUST SO

2:43:54THAT THAT PERSON CAN CONTINUE

2:43:56WORKING, CONTINUE LIVING HERE.

2:43:58IT'S UP TO THE.

2:44:00HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION TO

2:44:02ENSURE AND PROVIDE A CONTRACT.

2:44:05THAT RESPECTS THEIR WORK,

2:44:07RESPECTS THEIR LEVEL

2:44:08OF EDUCATION, RESPECTS THEIR

2:44:10HARD WORK.

2:44:11AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE

2:44:12RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AS WELL.

2:44:13THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:44:15>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:44:16COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE

2:44:16THE FLOOR.

2:44:18THANK YOU.

2:44:18>> MADAM CHAIR.

2:44:19UH, BMC FOR THE MOST PART

2:44:22RESIDES IN DISTRICT THREE AND

2:44:23HAVING TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE

2:44:24STAND WITH OUR RESIDENT

2:44:25PHYSICIANS JUST AS WE DO UH,

2:44:26WITH THE BMC NURSES, UH, NOT

2:44:30ONLY TO THE TO THE GREATER CITY

2:44:31BUT TO THE THE COMMUNITY RIGHT

2:44:33AROUND THEM.

2:44:34THEY ALSO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT

2:44:35WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ISSUES

2:44:37AT AND GAS AND SO UH TO HAVE AN

2:44:39ISSUE WITH NURSES AND RESIDENT

2:44:40PHYSICIANS WE HOPE THAT WE CAN

2:44:42RESOLVE THIS BECAUSE AS THE

2:44:43SAFETY NET HOSPITAL FOR THAT

2:44:44AREA AND FOR OUR CITY, UH, IT'S

2:44:46IMPORTANT WE PROVIDE TO

2:44:47CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE

2:44:48SERVICES FOR THOSE IN NEED.

2:44:49THANK YOU.

2:44:50THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

2:44:51.

2:44:52ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:44:54NAME?

2:44:55COUNCILOR.

2:44:55CULPEPER.

2:44:56COUNCILOR.

2:44:56DURKAN.

2:44:56COUNCILOR.

2:44:57FITZGERALD.

2:44:58COUNCILOR.

2:44:58FLYNN, COUNCILOR.

2:44:59LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR.

2:45:00MURPHY, COUNCILOR.

2:45:01BUT THEN COUNCILOR SANTANA HAS

2:45:03A WEBER COUNCILOR AROUND PLEASE

2:45:04AT THE CHAIR.

2:45:07COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND BREADON

2:45:08SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES

2:45:09AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1806.

2:45:12ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

2:45:13>> SAY AYE.

2:45:13ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

2:45:15NAY, NAY.

2:45:16MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

2:45:17CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON

2:45:20DOCKET 1806.

2:45:22ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1806

2:45:25COUNCILOR BREDON YES ON SOME

2:45:28BREADON.

2:45:28YES.

2:45:28COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A BATTER.

2:45:30YES.

2:45:30>> COLOR AS A PLATTER.

2:45:31YES.

2:45:32COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

2:45:33ON THE CARPET.

2:45:34COUNCILOR DURKAN.

2:45:35WANTS TO DO IT THEN?

2:45:36YES.

2:45:37COUNCIL FITZGERALD.

2:45:37YES.

2:45:38FITZGERALD.

2:45:39YES.

2:45:39COUNCIL.

2:45:40FLYNN.

2:45:40LENNY AS COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

2:45:42YES.

2:45:43COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

2:45:43YES.

2:45:44CONSUMER HERE ONCE A MEJIA.

2:45:46YEAH.

2:45:46YES.

2:45:46COUNCILOR MURPHY.

2:45:48COUNCILOR MURPHY AS

2:45:49COUNCIL PREPARED.

2:45:50CONCEPT PENNY AS CONSUL SANTANA

2:45:52.

2:45:53CONSUL SANTANA.

2:45:54YES.

2:45:55COUNCIL.

2:45:55WEBER.

2:45:56COUNCIL.

2:45:56WEBER.

2:45:56YES.

2:45:57CONSOLE.

2:45:58COUNCIL WERE AROUND.

2:45:59YES 13 VOTES AND AFFIRMATIVE.

2:46:02THANK YOU.

2:46:03DOCKET 1806 HAS PASSED.

2:46:06IT'S BEEN ADOPTED.

2:46:18THANK YOU.

2:46:19MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

2:46:21READ DOCKET 1807.

2:46:23DOCKET 1807 COUNCIL APPROVAL OR

2:46:27FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN

2:46:29SUPPORT OF REVIVING THE CODMAN

2:46:31SQUARE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.

2:46:33CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:46:35COUNCILOR WORRELL YOU HAVE THE

2:46:36FLOOR.

2:46:36UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:46:37I'D LIKE TO ADD

2:46:38COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL

2:46:39CO-SPONSOR.

2:46:41COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED.

2:46:42UH THANK YOU.

2:46:43UH, WHEN I THINK ABOUT

2:46:44COMMENTS, I THINK ABOUT THE

2:46:45PEOPLE WHO HAVE POURED THEIR

2:46:46HEART INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD

2:46:47FOR YEARS THE BUSINESS OWNERS

2:46:49WHO HAVE UH WHO KNOW YOU WHEN

2:46:51YOU WALK THROUGH THE DOOR, THE

2:46:52NEIGHBORS WHO KEEP SHOWING UP

2:46:53AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE

2:46:55FAMILIES HAVE COUNTED ON FOR

2:46:57GENERATIONS.

2:46:57THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING IN THIS

2:46:59AREA.

2:46:59COMMONS SQUARE PARK HAS BEEN

2:47:01RECENTLY RENOVATED AND IS NOW

2:47:02OPEN.

2:47:03THE WEEKLY FARMERS MARKET

2:47:04BRINGS OUR NEIGHBORS TOGETHER.

2:47:05SECOND CHURCH SHOUT OUT TO PASS

2:47:07PRIZE FOR CPA FUNDING FOR

2:47:09RENOVATIONS.

2:47:10WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS TO

2:47:11CROSSWALKS AND INTERSECTIONS

2:47:12ALONG WASHINGTON STREET.

2:47:14OUR MERCHANTS HAVE BEEN A PART

2:47:15OF KEEPING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

2:47:17GOING THROUGH ALL OF IT.

2:47:18AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I

2:47:19KNOW HOW MUCH GOES INTO OPENING

2:47:21THOSE DOORS EVERY DAY AND DOING

2:47:23THAT THROUGH YEARS OF UTILITY

2:47:24WORK ON WASHINGTON STREET HAS

2:47:26COME WITH REAL CHALLENGES.

2:47:28WE'VE ALSO LOST A LOT OF SPACES

2:47:29THAT PEOPLE DEPENDED ON

2:47:31WALGREEN'S, JORDAN, JODY'S

2:47:33MEN'S STORE AND DAILY TABLE.

2:47:35THOSE CLOSURES WERE ALSO FELT

2:47:37BY THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE

2:47:38AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS

2:47:39WHO SHOP THERE.

2:47:40THAT'S WHY I APPRECIATE THE

2:47:41WORK THAT MICHAEL DOCKERY AND

2:47:43THE MERCHANTS COMING TOGETHER

2:47:44TO BRING BACK THE COMMON SQUARE

2:47:46MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.

2:47:47THEY HAVE IDEAS, THEY KNOW

2:47:49WHAT'S WORKING AND THEY KNOW

2:47:51WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION.

2:47:53THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BETTER

2:47:54LIGHTING BEAUTIFICATION AND

2:47:56WAYS TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES

2:47:58RENTING THEIR SPACE.

2:48:00THESE ARE BLOCK BY BLOCK

2:48:02CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE

2:48:02NEIGHBORHOOD THEY PUT IN THEIR

2:48:04OWN MONEY AND TIME INTO AND

2:48:06THEY HAVE COMMITTED NEIGHBORS

2:48:08ALONGSIDE AND UH SHOUT OUT TO

2:48:10UH, CYNTHIA LESH AND THE WHOLE

2:48:12NEIGHBORHOOD CONGRESS SQUARE

2:48:13NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL WHO'S ALSO

2:48:15PURSUING A CULTURAL DISTRICT

2:48:17DESIGNATION INSIDE THE COMMONS

2:48:18SQUARE.

2:48:19THE HEALTH CENTER CONTINUES

2:48:20CALM FOR OUR FAMILIES AND

2:48:21PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND

2:48:23COMMONS SQUARE AND DC CONTINUES

2:48:24INVESTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

2:48:26TO MICHAEL ALL THE MERCHANTS

2:48:27INVOLVED THANK YOU.

2:48:29RUNNING THE BUSINESS IS A FULL

2:48:30TIME COMMITMENT BUT MAKING TIME

2:48:32TO COME TOGETHER AND TO LOOK

2:48:33OUT FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICTS

2:48:34SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR LOVE FOR

2:48:37COMMON SQUARE.

2:48:37I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT

2:48:39OUT TO YUSEF AND MY TEAM FOR

2:48:40HELPING BRING THIS ALL TOGETHER

2:48:42,BUT I'M LOOKING FOR

2:48:43SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS

2:48:44DOCKET.

2:48:45THANK YOU.

2:48:45THANK YOU COUNCIL WILL CHAIR

2:48:47RECOGNIZES CONTRA MURPHY

2:48:48COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:48:50THANK YOU.

2:48:51UM AND THANK YOU

2:48:52COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR ADDING

2:48:54ME AS A NEIGHBOR TO CODMAN

2:48:55SQUARE AND AS AN AT LARGE CITY

2:48:58COUNCILOR.

2:48:58I THINK.

2:48:59>> WE ALL KNOW THAT

2:49:00NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARTS OF OUR

2:49:03CITY THAT HAVE THRIVING SMALL

2:49:05BUSINESSES COFFEE.

2:49:06SHOPS.

2:49:07>> RESTAURANTS, SAFE PLACES,

2:49:09CLEAN PARKS.

2:49:11ARE HEALTHIER AND.

2:49:13MUCH EASIER TO LIVE IN AND NOT.

2:49:16EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS.

2:49:17THE CITY HAS THAT LUXURY.

2:49:20SO I'M HAPPY TO ADVOCATE AND

2:49:22SUPPORT.

2:49:23SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THIS.

2:49:25WE KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME

2:49:26TOGETHER AND THEY'RE PUTTING

2:49:28THEIR MINDS TOGETHER AND

2:49:30FIGHTING FOR THE SAME THING,

2:49:32KNOWING THAT TOGETHER WE CAN

2:49:34MAKE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS

2:49:37THRIVING AS IT NEEDS AND IT'S

2:49:39ALSO A PLACE A SAFE PLACE I

2:49:41BELIEVE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO

2:49:43WORK CLOSELY WITH US AS ELECTED

2:49:46OFFICIALS, WITH CIVIC LEADERS

2:49:47AND NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THAT

2:49:49WHEN THERE'S CONCERNS, IF IT'S

2:49:51MORE WALKING BEATS WITH THE

2:49:52POLICE, IF IT'S OURS AT THE

2:49:54CODMAN SQUARE LIBRARY WE HAVE

2:49:56GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

2:49:57IT COULD BE BETTER BUT THINGS

2:49:59HAVE BEEN MOVING.

2:50:00WHEN I'M AT THE FARMER'S MARKET

2:50:01AND I'M AROUND AT SOME OF THE

2:50:03STORES IN THAT AREA, WE CAN SEE

2:50:05THAT IT'S MOVING IN THE

2:50:06DIRECTION THE NEIGHBORS WANT,

2:50:08BUT I THINK THIS WOULD HELP

2:50:09MOVE IT EVEN FURTHER.

2:50:10SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING

2:50:12ALONGSIDE THE NEIGHBORS HERE.

2:50:13THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL.

2:50:14THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.

2:50:17UM, CATHERINE COMES FROM HERE.

2:50:19YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:50:23I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

2:50:24I WANT TO RISE IN SUPPORT

2:50:25OF THIS RESOLUTION.

2:50:26AS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY LIVES

2:50:28IN CODMAN SQUARE AND WALKED

2:50:30EVERY DAY TO DORCHESTER HIGH

2:50:33FROM FOUR CORNERS TO DORCHESTER

2:50:36HIGH.

2:50:36I HAD TO WALK DOWN WASHINGTON

2:50:38STREET UM, IN THE 80S.

2:50:40AND SO FOR ME IT IS REALLY

2:50:43EXCITING TO SEE UH, THIS

2:50:45RENEWED ENERGY REGARDING MAKING

2:50:47SURE THAT THE MERCHANTS

2:50:49UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT

2:50:50THEY'VE PLAYED, UM, IN NOT ONLY

2:50:52JUST KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS

2:50:56TOGETHER BECAUSE BACK IN THE

2:50:57DAY YOU COULD GO INTO ANY

2:50:59MERCHANTS BE LIKE HEY, I OWE

2:51:00YOU LIKE OKAY, I KNOW YOU WALK

2:51:02BY HERE EVERY DAY SO I KNOW YOU

2:51:04PAY WHEN YOU COME BACK THROUGH

2:51:05THIS WAY.

2:51:06AND SO THERE'S ALSO A SENSE

2:51:07OF COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO

2:51:09OUR MERCHANTS AND SO REALLY

2:51:10EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS.

2:51:12I ACTUALLY UM IT'S REALLY

2:51:15AWESOME BECAUSE I ALSO LIVE IN

2:51:19CODMAN AND THE SPACE THAT I

2:51:20GREW UP IN AND UM, SO IT'S

2:51:23GREAT TO TO STAND UP AND

2:51:25SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND I'M

2:51:27GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUE TO

2:51:28ADD ME AS AN ORIGINAL

2:51:30CO-SPONSOR.

2:51:31THANK YOU CHAIR.

2:51:33CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:51:34COUNCILOR WORRELL.

2:51:35YEAH I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE

2:51:37RULES AND ADD CONCILOR MEJIA AS

2:51:39A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.

2:51:39I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHOUT OUT NOW

2:51:41THOUGH OVER AT THE COMMONS

2:51:43SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD UM UH

2:51:45DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR HIS

2:51:47WORK AS WELL IN THE SMALL

2:51:48BUSINESS AREA.

2:51:50THANK YOU.

2:51:51SEEING AND HEARING NO

2:51:52OBJECTIONS FROM MEJIA SO I'D

2:51:55WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

2:51:56NAME CONSTRUE COLETTE AS A PART

2:51:59OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER

2:52:01COUNCILOR DURKAN

2:52:01COUNCILOR FITZGERALD

2:52:02COUNCILOR FLYNN CULTURAL

2:52:03DIVISION COUNCILOR UH PEPEN

2:52:07COUNCILOR SANTANA

2:52:07COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE UH

2:52:08THE CHAIR COUNCILORS UH WORRELL

2:52:13MURPHY AND HERE SEEK SUSPENSION

2:52:15OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET

2:52:181807.

2:52:18ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

2:52:19ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

2:52:22THE AYES HAVE IT.

2:52:24UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU

2:52:26PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?

2:52:27VOTE ON DOCKET 1807 ROLL CALL

2:52:30VOTE.

2:52:31ON DOCKET 1807.

2:52:33COUNCILOR BRENNAN YES.

2:52:34>> ON SEPARATE AND.

2:52:35>> YES COUNCILOR COLLETTE.

2:52:36>> AS A PARA ONCE A COLOR AS A

2:52:38YES COMES UP CULPEPER CONCEPT

2:52:41CULPEPER YES CONCEPT TOKEN ON

2:52:44THE TOKEN YES.

2:52:45COUNCIL FITZGERALD.

2:52:46YES.

2:52:47FITZGERALD.

2:52:47YES.

2:52:48COUNCIL.

2:52:48FLYNN.

2:52:49YES.

2:52:49CONSOLE.

2:52:50FLYNN.

2:52:50YES.

2:52:50COUNCIL.

2:52:51LOUIJEUNE.

2:52:51YES.

2:52:53>> CONSULTATION.

2:52:53>> YES.

2:52:53COUNCIL.

2:52:54MAYOR.

2:52:54COUNCIL.

2:52:55MEJIA.

2:52:56YES.

2:52:57COUNCIL.

2:52:58MURPHY.

2:52:58COUNCIL MURPHY AS COUNCIL PIP

2:52:59ON.

2:53:01AS COUNCIL SANTANA ONCE A

2:53:03SANTANA.

2:53:04YES.

2:53:04COUNCIL.

2:53:04WEBER.

2:53:05YES.

2:53:06SO WHEREBY AS CONSOLE ROOM

2:53:08CONSOLE RIGHT.

2:53:09YES 13 VOTES IN THE

2:53:10AFFIRMATIVE.

2:53:11THANK YOU AND MADAM CLERK

2:53:13DOCKET 1807 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

2:53:18PLEASE READ DOCKET 1808.

2:53:20DOCKET 1808 COUNCILOR FLYNN OR

2:53:24FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN

2:53:26SUPPORT OF A COMMISSION TO HIRE

2:53:28AND RETAIN BOSTON POLICE

2:53:30OFFICERS.

2:53:31CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:53:32COUNCILOR FLYNN.

2:53:33COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:53:34THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:53:36THE LONG STANDING ISSUE

2:53:39OF UNDERSTAFFING, OVERSTRETCHED

2:53:40RESOURCES, MANDATORY OVERTIME,

2:53:43LOOMING RETIREMENTS AT THE

2:53:45BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REMAIN

2:53:47A PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC HEALTH

2:53:49EMERGENCY WHICH ALSO DISREGARDS

2:53:51OFFICER'S PERSONAL, PHYSICAL

2:53:53AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AS

2:53:55WELL AS THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES.

2:53:59IN JULY 1980, THE MINIMUM

2:54:00NUMBER OF PATROLMEN AT ANY

2:54:02GIVEN TIME FOR THE BOSTON

2:54:04POLICE DEPARTMENT ROSE FROM

2:54:072300 TO 2500 BY LAW IN THE CITY

2:54:10MUNICIPAL CODE TO ENSURE

2:54:13ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR POLICE

2:54:15DUTIES.

2:54:16RECENTLY THE BOSTON POLICE

2:54:17PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION SAID

2:54:19THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY

2:54:211617 HUNDRED POLICE OFFICERS

2:54:25WITH SUCH LOW STAFFING LEVELS

2:54:27IT IS ALL THE MORE CRITICAL FOR

2:54:30THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACT

2:54:31URGENTLY TO ENSURE THAT THE

2:54:33BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS

2:54:34COMFORTABLY IN EXCESS OF 2500

2:54:37OFFICERS, THE CITY MUST MAKE IT

2:54:39A TOP PRIORITY TO PREVENT A

2:54:41DYNAMIC OF OVERWORKED OFFICERS

2:54:43WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THIS

2:54:45ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS

2:54:47DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES

2:54:49WITH INCREASING VIOLENT

2:54:50INCIDENTS OVER THE SUMMER, WE

2:54:53MUST HAVE THE NECESSARY TOOLS

2:54:55TO HIRE AND RETAIN BOSTON

2:54:57POLICE OFFICERS.

2:54:59A COMMISSION DEDICATED TO

2:55:00HIRING AND RETAINING BOSTON

2:55:02POLICE OFFICERS IS A CRITICAL

2:55:04STEP TO ADDRESSING OUR

2:55:06DANGEROUSLY LOW STAFFING

2:55:08LEVELS.

2:55:08THE COMMISSION WILL WORK TO

2:55:10IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS

2:55:12OF UPCOMING BOSTON POLICE

2:55:14ACADEMY CLASSES AS CLASSES,

2:55:16PROMOTE OFFICER WELLNESS AND

2:55:18TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO

2:55:20RETAIN OFFICERS.

2:55:22WE ALSO RECENTLY CUT THE BUDGET

2:55:26FOR BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS

2:55:29OFFICES HEALTH AND WELLNESS

2:55:30PROGRAMS.

2:55:32ENHANCED LEGISLATION WILL BE

2:55:33NEEDED TO CODIFY THIS

2:55:36COMMISSION IN THE CITY CODE.

2:55:38HOWEVER, IT IS CRITICAL THAT

2:55:39THE BOSTON CITY

2:55:41COUNCIL INDICATES ITS ITS

2:55:43SUPPORT FOR TAKING CONCRETE

2:55:44STEPS TO IMPROVE OFFICER

2:55:46WELLNESS FOR THE OVERALL PUBLIC

2:55:48SAFETY OF THE CITY POLICE

2:55:50OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

2:55:53BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS NEED TO

2:55:55KNOW THAT THE BOSTON CITY

2:55:58COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS HOW

2:55:59CHALLENGING IT IS FOR THEM AND

2:56:01THEIR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY ON

2:56:03HEALTH AND WELLNESS ISSUES.

2:56:06IT'S TIME FOR THIS BODY TO

2:56:07STAND WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS

2:56:09AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ESTABLISH

2:56:12A COMMISSION WHICH WE CAN STUDY

2:56:15ON HOW WE CAN RETAIN AND

2:56:18RECRUIT NEW POLICE OFFICERS TO

2:56:20OUR CITY, THAT PART OF OUR

2:56:21NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT PART OF OUR

2:56:23CITY THEY'RE ACTIVE IN OUR

2:56:25COMMUNITY.

2:56:26WE SEE THEM EVERY DAY AT OUR UM

2:56:29COFFEE SHOPS.

2:56:30WE SEE THEM EVERY DAY AND

2:56:31LITERALLY LET'S TREAT THEM WITH

2:56:33THE RESPECT THEY DON'T THINK

2:56:36THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THEM.

2:56:37THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:56:39THANK YOU COUNCILOR UH, FLYNN

2:56:42CHAIR RECOGNIZES

2:56:43COUNCILOR CANADA SUPPORTER YOU

2:56:44HAVE THE FLOOR.

2:56:45THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

2:56:46AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL.

2:56:48>> FLYNN.

2:56:48FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

2:56:48UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS

2:56:50AND.

2:56:50>> I THINK IT SHOULD BE SAID

2:56:51THAT, UM, YOU SHOULDN'T MISTAKE

2:56:52MY QUESTIONS.

2:56:53FOR OPPOSITION BECAUSE.

2:56:54>> I DON'T.

2:56:55>> INTEND TO OBJECT.

2:56:56UM, I'M JUST.

2:56:56DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE AS A

2:56:57LEAD SPONSOR.

2:56:58UM.

2:56:59>> SO.

2:56:59FREQUENTLY SAYS AND I THINK WE.

2:57:01>> ALL WANT TO RECRUIT AND

2:57:02RETAIN.

2:57:02POLICE OFFICERS.

2:57:03I MYSELF HAVE PUT FORWARD THE,

2:57:05UM HOMBRE PETITION.

2:57:07UH, SEEKING TO WAIVE THE.

2:57:08MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT SO THAT

2:57:09WE CAN.

2:57:10RETAIN MORE FOLKS SORRY,

2:57:11RECRUIT.

2:57:12MORE FOLKS AND AT LEAST GIVE

2:57:13THEM A SHOT INTO THE POLICE

2:57:14ACADEMY.

2:57:14AND IF THEY DO WELL IN THE

2:57:16POLICE ACADEMY, GREAT.

2:57:17AND ALL THE OTHER.

2:57:18>> TESTS AWESOME.

2:57:19UM BUT.

2:57:19IF NOT.

2:57:20>> THEN THAT'S THAT'S THEIR

2:57:21SHOT AND AT LEAST WE GIVE THEM

2:57:23THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AND TO

2:57:24PROVE THEMSELVES.

2:57:25I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS TO COME

2:57:26WITH.

2:57:27>> ME.

2:57:27TO.

2:57:27THE STATEHOUSE AND TO ADVOCATE.

2:57:28FOR THAT.

2:57:29>> SO THE INVITATION.

2:57:30STANDS FOR EVERYBODY.

2:57:30INCLUDING THE LEAD SPONSOR.

2:57:32UM, MY QUESTIONS.

2:57:33INCLUDE UH WHAT EXACTLY.

2:57:35>> WHAT THIS COMMISSION DO THAT

2:57:36BPD ITS HR.

2:57:37POLICY UH POLICE.

2:57:39ACADEMY AND EXISTING POLICE

2:57:41CADET.

2:57:41PROGRAM ARE NOT ALREADY DOING

2:57:43UM HAVE YOU TALKED TO

2:57:44COMMISSIONER COX?

2:57:45>> HAVE THE POLICE ASKED FOR

2:57:46SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

2:57:47UM, IF.

2:57:48THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED BARRIERS

2:57:49TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, I

2:57:50WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

2:57:51THESE SPECIFIC BARRIERS.

2:57:53BEFORE CONSIDERING CONSIDERING

2:57:54ANOTHER.

2:57:55UM OR PRESCRIBING.

2:57:56>> A NEW GOVERNMENTAL BODY.

2:57:57SO ALTHOUGH THIS A COMMISSION

2:57:59MAY.

2:57:59BE THE RIGHT AVENUE AND.

2:58:01TOOL TO FIGURE THIS OUT, I

2:58:02DON'T NECESSARILY.

2:58:03BELIEVE THAT.

2:58:04A RESOLUTION.

2:58:05AFFIRMING OUR SUPPORT OF A

2:58:07COMMISSION UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND

2:58:08THE FULL SCOPE OF ITS

2:58:10COMMISSION WHO APPOINTS IT, UM

2:58:11,WHAT ITS AUTHORITY IS, HOW.

2:58:13>> WE'LL.

2:58:13HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

2:58:14UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL

2:58:15COMFORTABLE VOTING.

2:58:16YES ON.

2:58:17>> THIS RESOLUTION.

2:58:18UM, SO I'LL PROBABLY VOTE

2:58:19PRESIDENT ON IT BUT JUST WOULD

2:58:20LOVE TO UNDERSTAND THOSE

2:58:21DETAILS FROM COUNCIL.

2:58:22FINE BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION.

2:58:23THANK YOU.

2:58:24THANK YOU.

2:58:25UM, COUNCILOR UH,

2:58:28COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE

2:58:29TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION

2:58:30THROUGH THE CHAIR?

2:58:32YES.

2:58:33>> UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

2:58:35AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL QUITE

2:58:37AS A PART TWO IMPORTANT

2:58:38QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED

2:58:39ME WHAT WOULD THE COMMISSION

2:58:40DO?

2:58:41I THINK THEY WOULD STUDY ISSUES

2:58:44THAT ARE IMPACTING POLICE IN

2:58:46THEIR FAMILIES, MAKING IT

2:58:48DIFFICULT FOR POLICE OFFICERS

2:58:50TO REMAIN IN THE CITY TO REMAIN

2:58:53ON THE FORCE I SHOULD SAY.

2:58:55UM, AND HOW WE RECRUIT NEW

2:58:58POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL.

2:59:00I DO THINK WE HAVE TO CHANGE

2:59:01THE DYNAMIC OF OUR LANGUAGE

2:59:03WHEN WE UM ON HOW WE INTERACT

2:59:06WITH POLICE OFFICERS.

2:59:08I DON'T THINK THEY FEEL LIKE

2:59:10THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE CITY

2:59:11COUNCIL.

2:59:11THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION.

2:59:15LIKE YOU, I TALK TO THEM POLICE

2:59:17OFFICERS EVERY DAY.

2:59:18THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE

2:59:19SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS OF THE

2:59:20CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THAT

2:59:23AND FOR OTHER REASONS TOO.

2:59:25UM, OFTENTIMES BOSTON POLICE

2:59:29BUT POTENTIAL RECRUITS DON'T

2:59:30WANT TO TAKE THE EXAMINATION.

2:59:33A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS

2:59:35CURRENTLY ARE LEAVING THE THE

2:59:37DEPARTMENT EARLY BEFORE THE

2:59:39EARLY MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE

2:59:41.

2:59:42MANY ARE ACTUALLY LEAVING FOR

2:59:44THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

2:59:46MANY ARE LEAVING FOR OTHER CITY

2:59:49DEPARTMENTS.

2:59:49MANY ARE LEAVING TO SAVE THEIR

2:59:51MARRIAGE BECAUSE WHEN YOU WORK

2:59:5416 HOURS A DAY AND YOU HAVE

2:59:58OBLIGATIONS AS A AS A PARENT TO

3:00:01TAKE YOUR CHILD TO A MEDICAL

3:00:04APPOINTMENT, TAKE A CHILD TO AN

3:00:05AFTER SCHOOL.

3:00:08AND THEN YOU'RE REQUIRED TO

3:00:11WORK AN EXTRA SHIFT OR OR EVEN

3:00:13YOU VOLUNTEER TO WORK AN EXTRA

3:00:16SHIFT KNOWING THAT YOU MIGHT BE

3:00:17CALLED TO UM TO BE TOLD THAT

3:00:21YOU'RE WORKING A SHIFT UM, AT

3:00:23SOME POINT IT DOESN'T WORK FOR

3:00:25OFFICERS AND THE OFFICERS

3:00:27HEALTH AND WELLNESS ARE BEING

3:00:29IMPACTED.

3:00:30THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO DO

3:00:32EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN ON

3:00:34THIS ISSUE.

3:00:35I DO THINK IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY

3:00:36AND A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WHEN

3:00:38YOU'RE WORKING 16 HOURS A DAY

3:00:42CONSISTENTLY IT IMPACTS PUBLIC

3:00:45SAFETY.

3:00:46IT IMPACTS YOUR ABILITY TO DO

3:00:48YOUR JOB RIGHT.

3:00:49THANK YOU.

3:00:49THANK YOU COUNSELOR.

3:00:51UM OKAY.

3:00:52UM I MOVE ON TO COUNCILMEMBER

3:00:53HERE WAS NEXT COUNCIL YOU UH

3:00:54THE FLOOR.

3:00:55THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:00:57UM, I'M CURIOUS JUST FOR MY OWN

3:01:00.

3:01:00UH.

3:01:01>> EDIFICATION HERE.

3:01:02DID WE ALREADY HAVE A HEARING

3:01:05ON ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION?

3:01:06BECAUSE I MAY HAVE MISSED THAT

3:01:08ONE.

3:01:09SO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT

3:01:11MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM

3:01:11DISTRICT ONE ASKED WERE RELATED

3:01:14TO THE INNER WORKINGS OF WHAT

3:01:15THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION

3:01:17COULD BE AND ARE WE SUPPORTING

3:01:19ARE.

3:01:20WE VOTING ON SUPPORTING.

3:01:22THE RESOLUTION.

3:01:23BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE

3:01:24WORKING SESSIONS?

3:01:25I MAY HAVE MISSED THAT BECAUSE

3:01:26SO MUCH HAS BEEN GOING ON IN MY

3:01:28LIFE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

3:01:30SO JUST FOR THE.

3:01:31SAKE OF THE EXERCISE DID I MISS

3:01:33A HEARING WAS THERE SO WE

3:01:36HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT WHAT

3:01:38THIS COULD LOOK LIKE OKAY SO I

3:01:40THINK THAT JUST I'M A PROCESS

3:01:42PERSON I THINK THAT THERE'S

3:01:44SOME STEPS THAT GO INTO UM.

3:01:48WHAT?

3:01:51>> ESTABLISHING A.

3:01:51WHOLE COMMISSION I KNOW WORKING

3:01:53ON ESTABLISHING THE BLACK MEN

3:01:54AND BOYS COMMISSION THAT WAS A

3:01:56WHOLE ORDINANCE.

3:01:57IT WAS HEARINGS IT WAS WORKING

3:01:59SESSION.

3:02:00SO I THINK THAT AND I THINK

3:02:02COUNCIL PRESIDENT THIS IS

3:02:03SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY WANT TO

3:02:04CONSIDER.

3:02:05YOU KNOW, WHEN.

3:02:07WE'RE DOING RESOLUTIONS, IF

3:02:10IT'S A RESOLUTION FOR SOMETHING

3:02:12THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A

3:02:13HEARING ON OR THINGS OF THAT

3:02:15NATURE, I DON'T KNOW, WE JUST

3:02:17WE JUST NEED TO BETTER

3:02:18UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS WITH

3:02:21THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE.

3:02:22IF THERE HASN'T BEEN A HEARING

3:02:24ORDER ON THE NEED FOR THIS, IF

3:02:27THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ORDINANCE

3:02:28THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND

3:02:31WORKING SESSIONS FOR US TO

3:02:32ESTABLISH, IT IS REALLY

3:02:34CHALLENGING AS A BODY FOR US TO

3:02:37VOTE ON A RESOLUTION THAT WE

3:02:39SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T

3:02:40EVEN KNOW THE MECHANICS OF IT.

3:02:42SO I RESPECTFULLY I'M GOING TO

3:02:44OBJECT TO UH TAKING A VOTE ON

3:02:47THIS RESOLUTION HERE TODAY

3:02:49BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE

3:02:51DILIGENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT

3:02:53WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE

3:02:54SUPPORTING.

3:02:55SO ACTUALLY.

3:02:56I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE BECAUSE

3:02:57I SEE OTHER PEOPLE'S LIGHTS ON

3:02:58I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO

3:03:00I DON'T WANT TO PREVENT PEOPLE

3:03:01FROM SPEAKING SO.

3:03:03IT'S OUR JOB.

3:03:04SHE COUNCIL OF UM THE THANK YOU

3:03:07COUNCILMEMBER HERE UM.

3:03:08>> I THINK WE SHOULD YOU.

3:03:09RESPOND THERE'S BEEN THERE'S

3:03:10BEEN AN OBJECTION TO THIS

3:03:12RESOLUTION THIS THIS RESOLUTION

3:03:13WILL.

3:03:14WE GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON.

3:03:18PUBLIC SAFETY.

3:03:21A CORRECT THANK YOU.

3:03:26MADAM CLERK.

3:03:29COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET

3:03:341809..

3:03:34>> GOOD 1809 COUNSELOR PEPPER

3:03:36AND OFFER THE FOLLOWING

3:03:37RESOLUTION AND IN SUPPORT

3:03:39OF ASSESSING GREENHOUSE

3:03:41PRODUCTION WITH PROPOSED

3:03:41TARGETED TAX AMENDMENTS.

3:03:43ABATEMENTS CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:03:46COUNCILOR PEPEN.

3:03:47COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:03:48THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:03:50I LIKE TO ADD YOURSELF AS A

3:03:51SECOND CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND

3:03:54THE RULES AND NOT COUNCILOR BEN

3:03:55WEBER AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR.

3:03:59UM I WILL HEARING AND SEEING NO

3:04:01OBJECTIONS WILL I

3:04:03COUNCILOR CULPEPER TO AS THE

3:04:05THIRD CO-SPONSOR.

3:04:06NO COUNCILOR WEBER.

3:04:07OH COUNCIL WEBER BEG YOUR

3:04:09PARDON?

3:04:09SORRY.

3:04:11YOU'RE GOOD.

3:04:12I KNOW YOU'RE GOOD.

3:04:13YEAH, I WOULD PUT WEBER IN

3:04:14THERE INSTEAD.

3:04:16UM, I WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUE,

3:04:17UH, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A

3:04:19PARTNER TO TAKE THE CHAIR FOR A

3:04:20FEW MINUTES.

3:04:33SORRY, COUNCILOR.

3:04:33PERTAINING TO THE FLOOR.

3:04:34THANK YOU.

3:04:36>> AS WE KNOW, BOSTON IS IN A

3:04:38HOUSING CRISIS.

3:04:39EVERY DAY WE HEAR FROM

3:04:40RESIDENTS THAT RISING COSTS

3:04:41MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP UNATTAINABLE

3:04:43.

3:04:43WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BUILD

3:04:45MORE UNITS.

3:04:45YET EVEN WITH THE LARGE NUMBER

3:04:47OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT

3:04:48HAVE BEEN APPROVED, THERE ARE

3:04:50STILL MAJOR FINANCIAL OBSTACLES

3:04:51DELAYING THEM TO BREAK GROUND

3:04:52FROM STALLED STATE AND FEDERAL

3:04:54GRANTS.

3:04:56WE NEED TO USE EVERY TOOL

3:04:58AVAILABLE TO GET CONSTRUCTION

3:05:00STARTED AND SO AND SO I SUPPORT

3:05:02THE TEMPORARY TAX ABATEMENTS

3:05:04THE MAYOR PROPOSAL AND FOR

3:05:05APPROVED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

3:05:07THESE ABATEMENTS WOULD

3:05:08JUMPSTART THREE PROJECTS IN

3:05:09AUSTIN BRIGHTON AND ONE IN

3:05:11CHARLESTOWN TO PROVIDE OVER

3:05:131400 MUCH NEEDED HOUSING UNITS

3:05:14.

3:05:15IT WILL PECK THEY WILL PAY BACK

3:05:17THOSE TAXES IN THE FUTURE SO

3:05:19THAT THESE PROJECT WILL COME TO

3:05:21FRUITION RATHER THAN STAYING AS

3:05:23PROPOSALS AS A CHAIR

3:05:25OF HOUSING.

3:05:26UM I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUS AND

3:05:29HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS

3:05:30ABOUT IT WITH THE CHAIR

3:05:31OF HOUSING UM WITH WITH CHIEF

3:05:34DILLON WITH SO MANY OF HER

3:05:36DEPARTMENT MEMBERS.

3:05:37BUT I KNOW THAT I'VE ALSO GOT A

3:05:39LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM MY

3:05:40COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.

3:05:41SO AT THIS TIME I'M NOT GOING

3:05:42TO ASK FOR A SUSPENSION AND

3:05:43PASS OF THIS RESOLUTION.

3:05:45IF NOT, I'M GOING TO DO A

3:05:46HEARING ABOUT THIS SO THAT WE

3:05:47CAN ASK QUESTIONS.

3:05:48AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND I

3:05:49HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

3:05:51THANK YOU.

3:05:53CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:05:54COUNCILOR BURTON

3:05:55COUNCIL BRINGING UP BEFORE.

3:05:57UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:05:59UM AND THANK YOU,

3:05:59COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR HAVING

3:06:00ME AS A SECOND IN THE MIDST

3:06:02OF AN ACUTE HOUSING SHORTAGE,

3:06:04BOSTON HAS SEEN HOUSING

3:06:05CONSTRUCTION STALLED DUE TO

3:06:07SUCH FACTORS AS HIGH INTEREST

3:06:08RATES, RISING CONSTRUCTION

3:06:10COSTS, TARIFFS AND BROAD

3:06:12BROADER ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

3:06:14LAST WEEK THE MAYOR PROPOSED

3:06:15TARGETED TIME LIMITED TAX

3:06:18ABATEMENTS FOR FOUR APPROVED

3:06:20DEVELOPMENTS THREE OF WHICH ARE

3:06:21LOCATED IN ALLSTON, BRIGHTON

3:06:23AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON.

3:06:24THESE THREE PROJECTS WILL BRING

3:06:25NEARLY 1000 UNITS OF HOUSING TO

3:06:27OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ALSO

3:06:29DELIVERING INCOME RESTRICTED

3:06:30HOUSING, PUBLIC REALM

3:06:32IMPROVEMENTS AND TRANSPORTATION

3:06:33BENEFITS.

3:06:34ABATEMENTS FROM TEMPORARILY

3:06:36DEFERRED TAX INCREASES FOR

3:06:37THESE PROJECTS CONTINGENT ON

3:06:39THEM BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION.

3:06:40AND WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY NET

3:06:43LOSS OF TAX REVENUE FOR THE

3:06:44CITY.

3:06:45AGAIN, THESE ARE APPROVED

3:06:47PROJECTS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD

3:06:48SUPPORT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE

3:06:50TO BREAK GROUND OFFERING TAX

3:06:52ABATEMENTS IN ORDER TO ENABLE

3:06:54THEM TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.

3:06:56CONSTRUCTION IS A SENSIBLE AND

3:06:58PROACTIVE STRATEGY.

3:06:59THESE PROPOSALS WILL GO THROUGH

3:07:01A PUBLIC PROCESS WITH THE

3:07:03PLANNING DEPARTMENT BEFORE THEY

3:07:04MOVE FORWARD.

3:07:04THESE INCLUDE A 30 DAY PUBLIC

3:07:06COMMENT PERIOD, AN UPCOMING

3:07:08COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE

3:07:10RESIDENTS CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND

3:07:11PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND WE NEED TO

3:07:13USE THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO

3:07:15INCREASE HOUSING PRODUCTION,

3:07:16CREATE MORE INCOME RESTRICTED

3:07:18HOMES, SUPPORT GOOD JOBS AND

3:07:20GIVE STALL GET STALLED PROJECTS

3:07:23MOVING.

3:07:23THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT

3:07:25THIS RESOLUTION ON THIS UM

3:07:28HEARING ORDER AS IT HAS

3:07:29TRANSPIRED INTO IS AND UH I

3:07:32CALL ON MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE

3:07:33SAME.

3:07:33THANK YOU.

3:07:34THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON

3:07:36COUNCIL WEBER IS THERE

3:07:36CO-SPONSOR FOR.

3:07:38OKAY THANK YOU CHAIR.

3:07:39UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK

3:07:40COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR FOR ADDING

3:07:42ME UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL

3:07:44KNOW THAT WE NEED TO, UH, DO AS

3:07:46MUCH AS WE CAN TO JUMPSTART, UH

3:07:48,HOUSING PRODUCTION HERE IN

3:07:49THE CITY.

3:07:49AND THIS IS ONE WAY OF DOING

3:07:52THAT WHILE MAINTAINING, UH, YOU

3:07:56KNOW, THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE

3:07:57BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

3:07:58SO THIS IS A WAY TO TO GET

3:08:00UNITS AND EVEN IF.

3:08:01UH, PEOPLE.

3:08:02BUY OUT THEIR AFFORDABLE UNITS

3:08:04,WE'RE GETTING, UH, YOU KNOW,

3:08:06AN EXTRA UNIT OF HOUSING PLUS

3:08:08MONEY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE

3:08:09HOUSING.

3:08:10SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I APPLAUD

3:08:12COUNCILOR PIPPEN FOR FILING

3:08:13THIS.

3:08:14I LOOK FORWARD TO THE

3:08:14DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

3:08:15THANK YOU.

3:08:16THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER.

3:08:17COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:08:18>> YOU HAVE A FLOOR.

3:08:20AND THANK.

3:08:21>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:08:22MADAM CHAIR, MAY I.

3:08:23UH, TO THE CHAIR ASK, UH,

3:08:25COUNCILOR PEPEN THE.

3:08:25QUESTION MAY.

3:08:28UM COUNCILOR PEPEN IS THIS

3:08:31RESOLUTION I KNOW IT'S GOING TO

3:08:32BE A HEARING ON IT.

3:08:33BUT IS THIS SIMILAR TO THE

3:08:36PROPOSAL THE MAYOR UM,

3:08:38ANNOUNCED RECENTLY OR THE DRAFT

3:08:42?

3:08:43THE DRAFT REPORT, I SHOULD SAY.

3:08:44IS THIS SIMILAR TO THE DRAFT

3:08:46REPORT THE MAYOR PUT OUT

3:08:48RECENTLY ON SOME OF THESE

3:08:51STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE HOUSING

3:08:52TO TO BUILD HOUSING.

3:08:56SORRY, COUNCILOR.

3:08:58THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR THROUGH

3:09:00THE CHAIR UM, TO RESPOND TO MY

3:09:02COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT

3:09:03TWO, THIS IS PART OF THE

3:09:05MAYOR'S TOOLBOX AND PROPOSAL TO

3:09:08DO MORE, UM, HOUSING PRODUCTION

3:09:09ACROSS THE CITY.

3:09:10THIS IS ALSO JUST VERY DIRECTLY

3:09:13IN UM IN RESPONSE TO FOUR

3:09:16OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN

3:09:17ON HOLD FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

3:09:19UM, FOR THOSE THOSE FOUR

3:09:22PROJECTS ARE ON OVER 100 UNITS

3:09:24OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN

3:09:26ON HOLD.

3:09:27SO YEAH.

3:09:27SO THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO PART

3:09:29OF THOSE SOLUTION IN THE

3:09:30HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

3:09:31OKAY.

3:09:33>> UM MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK

3:09:34ONE MORE QUESTION?

3:09:35YOU MAY OKAY.

3:09:36>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.

3:09:38THAT'S EXACTLY UM JUST WHAT I

3:09:41WAS ASKING SO I APPRECIATE

3:09:42THAT.

3:09:44SO COUNCIL AND I KNOW THE DRAFT

3:09:46REPORT IS A DRAFT REPORT AND IT

3:09:48HASN'T BEEN RELEASED TO THE

3:09:50PUBLIC.

3:09:50ARE WE ABLE TO GET A COPY

3:09:52OF THAT SO WE CAN REVIEW WHAT

3:09:55WE CAN READ IT?

3:09:56I KNOW THE MEDIA HAS SAID BUT I

3:09:58DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY

3:10:00COUNCIL HAS IT.

3:10:01ARE WE ABLE TO READ IT SO WE

3:10:03CAN BE THOROUGHLY PREPARED

3:10:06ABOUT ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS?

3:10:08SO THAT WILL HELP US AS WE UH,

3:10:10PREPARE FOR THIS MEETING AS

3:10:11WELL?

3:10:11YEAH.

3:10:12I THINK THAT FOR AS WE PREPARE

3:10:15TO HAVE THIS HEARING IN MY

3:10:16COMMITTEE, I WILL MAKE SURE

3:10:18THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS

3:10:19AS MUCH RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE

3:10:20TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

3:10:21AND I THINK THAT'S WHY, UM,

3:10:24HAVING A HEARING BEFORE TAKING

3:10:25A VOTE ON THIS WOULD BE THE

3:10:26BEST IDEA SO THAT WE CAN HAVE

3:10:28THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU.

3:10:31THANK YOU.

3:10:33COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:10:34THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRATT.

3:10:35THEN.

3:10:35UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES.

3:10:37>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERE WHO HAD

3:10:37HER LIGHT ON.

3:10:40WHO SPEAKS UP THE COMMISSION.

3:10:43THE RESOLUTION.

3:10:46>> TO.

3:10:47CAME ON THIS QUESTION WHICH IS

3:10:48YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO.

3:10:50OKAY, UM.

3:10:51THAT COME OUT AS A RESOLUTION

3:10:53OKAY.

3:10:54>> IT'S A RESOLUTION SO PEOPLE

3:10:55DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

3:10:56TO SPEAK ON IT.

3:10:56>> I DO THINK THAT IF FOLKS

3:10:57WANT TO SPEAK ON.

3:10:58IT.

3:10:59>> UM, THAT THEY SHOULD BE

3:11:00ALLOWED TO.

3:11:02OKAY TO OUR IF WE'RE GOING TO

3:11:04VOTE.

3:11:04ON IT.

3:11:05>> YES.

3:11:05>> OKAY.

3:11:06>> SO WE MIGHT AS WELL IT'S

3:11:07BEING SENT TO THE.

3:11:07COMMITTEE SO OKAY.

3:11:10I I THINK I.

3:11:11YEAH YEAH I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD

3:11:13BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON IT.

3:11:14>> IT WAS INTRODUCED AS A

3:11:15RESOLUTION PEOPLE SHOULD.

3:11:15>> HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

3:11:16TO SPEAK ON IT BUT IT WILL BE

3:11:17GOING TO COMMITTEE.

3:11:18UM COUNCILOR HERE YOU HAVE THE

3:11:20FLOOR.

3:11:21THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:11:23AND I WANT TO THANK, UH,

3:11:24COUNCILOR BURBANK FOR SENDING

3:11:25IT, UH, TO COMMITTEE FOR A

3:11:27HEARING BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO

3:11:30,UH, ASK QUESTIONS MYSELF.

3:11:33AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE

3:11:35TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THAT

3:11:37WAY.

3:11:38UH, I THINK DECISIONS LIKE THIS

3:11:40REALLY DO, UH, GIVE US AN

3:11:42OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET INTO

3:11:43THE WEEDS OF THINGS.

3:11:44AND SO THANK YOU FOR DOING

3:11:46THAT.

3:11:47I ALSO THINK, UH, COUNCILOR UH,

3:11:50DISTRICT NINE COUNCILOR IS UH,

3:11:53REALLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE

3:11:56BENEFICIARIES IF WE CAN GET

3:11:57THIS OFF THE GROUND.

3:11:58AND I THINK THAT ALLISON AND

3:11:59BRIAN, GIVEN THE HOUSING CRISIS

3:12:02THAT WE'RE IN, I THINK WE THIS

3:12:03IS A A PRIORITY HEARING AND I

3:12:05WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN GET IT

3:12:07ON THE DOCKET AS SOON AS

3:12:08POSSIBLE AND UM AND THEN YOU

3:12:10COULD BRING IT UP FOR A

3:12:11RESOLUTION.

3:12:12I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE

3:12:13A PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO GO.

3:12:14>> THROUGH THE PROCESS.

3:12:15DO THE HEARING.

3:12:17AND THEN WE CAN STAND ON THAT

3:12:18BUSINESS AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN

3:12:20WHEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE

3:12:21THESE VOTES.

3:12:23SO I.

3:12:23>> LOOK FORWARD TO DOING JUST

3:12:24THAT.

3:12:25THANK YOU.

3:12:25THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA.

3:12:27UM, COUNCILOR DURKAN AND THEN

3:12:29COUNCILOR MURPHY.

3:12:30THANK YOU SO MUCH.

3:12:32YEAH.

3:12:32AND THANK YOU FOR THE, UM.

3:12:33>> FOR BEING.

3:12:34>> ABLE TO SPEAK.

3:12:34YEAH.

3:12:35I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK INTO THE

3:12:37RECORD OBVIOUSLY A LOT

3:12:39OF WHAT'S BEEN BEING DESCRIBED

3:12:41AS SORT OF NEW POWERS ARE UM,

3:12:44CHAPTER 121 BEADS WHICH WE'RE

3:12:46ALREADY USING FOR OFFICE TO

3:12:48RESIDENTIAL CONVERSIONS.

3:12:49WE'RE REALLY JUST NEED TO HAVE

3:12:51MORE OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT

3:12:52HOW WE UTILIZE THESE TOOLS.

3:12:54UM, AND I KNOW IN PREVIOUS

3:12:56HEARINGS I BROUGHT UP THE IDEA

3:12:59OF USING THESE TOOLS TO UM, TO

3:13:02CREATE TAX ABATEMENTS FOR

3:13:04RESIDENTIAL UM BUILDINGS OVER

3:13:05100 UNITS OF HOUSING OF WHICH

3:13:07WE HAVE VERY FEW THAT HAVE BEEN

3:13:09BUILT UM, SINCE THE STRETCH

3:13:11CODE AND THE UM SPECIALIZED

3:13:13MUNICIPAL OPT IN STRETCH

3:13:14CODE THAT I TALKED ABOUT

3:13:15EARLIER TODAY.

3:13:16UH, BUT THESE ARE BASICALLY

3:13:17URBAN RENEWAL POWERS THAT ARE,

3:13:19YOU KNOW, AS OLD AS TIME AND

3:13:21IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT USING

3:13:22THESE UM, IN A NEW WAY, UM, TO

3:13:26SPUR DEVELOPMENT.

3:13:26UH, BUT IT'S NOT LOST ON US HOW

3:13:29CONTROVERSIAL THIS COULD BE IN

3:13:31CERTAIN WAYS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY

3:13:33WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH OUR

3:13:35BUDGET PROCESS AND WE KNOW

3:13:36THAT, UM, WE NEED MORE TAX

3:13:39REVENUE FOR HOUSING.

3:13:40SO IT'S LIKE WHEN DO WE USE

3:13:42THIS AND HOW AND HOW IS THIS

3:13:44NEGOTIATED?

3:13:44IT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION TO BE

3:13:46HAVING.

3:13:47UM BUT IT'S NOT A NEW TOOL.

3:13:48IT'S THE OLDEST TOOL AND IT'S

3:13:50YOU KNOW, ONE THAT WE HAVE UM,

3:13:52BASED ON MASSACHUSETTS LAW THAT

3:13:54WE'VE HAD FOR A VERY, VERY LONG

3:13:55TIME.

3:13:56SO UH, IT'S JUST A QUESTION

3:13:57OF WHEN WE USE IT AND HOW WE

3:13:59USE IT AND I THINK IT'S THE

3:14:00PERFECT TOPIC OF A HEARING.

3:14:01SO THANK YOU TO THE LEAD

3:14:02SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS

3:14:03FORWARD.

3:14:04THANK YOU.

3:14:05UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE

3:14:06THE FLOOR.

3:14:06THANK YOU.

3:14:07UM, AND THANK YOU,

3:14:09COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR FILING THIS

3:14:10.

3:14:11AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS

3:14:12IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TALKING

3:14:14ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO

3:14:16SUPPORT ACCELERATING HOUSING

3:14:17PRODUCTION.

3:14:18>> AND I DO JUST WANT TO GO.

3:14:19>> ON THE RECORD.

3:14:19COUNCILOR FLYNN, THANK YOU FOR

3:14:20REMINDING ME WHEN THIS FIRST

3:14:22WAS REPORTED IN THE MEDIA A

3:14:23COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I DID REACH

3:14:25OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, MADE

3:14:27SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO

3:14:28DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND I WAS TOLD

3:14:31THAT THIS.

3:14:33UM THE MAYOR'S PLAN HERE THAT

3:14:36YOU'RE REFERENCING IS KIND

3:14:37OF BASED ON WHY YOU'RE FILING

3:14:38THIS HEARING ORDER WAS JUST IN

3:14:40DRAFT FORM AND IT WAS LEAKED.

3:14:43>> TO THE MEDIA.

3:14:43SO THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET A

3:14:45COPY OF EVEN THE DRAFT.

3:14:47SO I DO HOPE THROUGH YOU IF YOU

3:14:49COULD GET A COPY FOR US BEFORE

3:14:51THIS HEARING EVEN IF THE

3:14:52HEARING IS IN FOR A FEW WEEKS

3:14:54AS SOON AS WE CAN OR THROUGH

3:14:56THE PRESIDENT

3:14:58COUNCILOR BREADON, IF YOU COULD

3:14:59HELP US ON THE COUNCIL, I THINK

3:15:01WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS DESERVE

3:15:03A COPY OF THE DRAFT BEFORE THE

3:15:05GLOBE AND CHANNEL FIVE AND

3:15:06OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS GET IT AND

3:15:08IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS SO I

3:15:09THINK IT.

3:15:09WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US,

3:15:10ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO

3:15:12CHAMPION AND SUPPORT PUSHING

3:15:13THIS FORWARD.

3:15:14THANK YOU.

3:15:16THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY.

3:15:17THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:15:21UH THANK YOU CHAIR AND UH,

3:15:22THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR

3:15:23PUTTING THIS, UH, TO A HEARING

3:15:25OR TO JUST ONE REQUEST.

3:15:26I KNOW THIS IS A HOUSING ISSUE,

3:15:28BUT ALSO, UM, UH,

3:15:30COUNCILOR DURKAN BROUGHT UP THE

3:15:31REVENUE PROJECTIONS, SO LOVE TO

3:15:33HAVE THE CFO OR SOMEONE FROM

3:15:35HER TEAM HERE JUST SPEAK ABOUT,

3:15:37UH, THE REVENUE IMPLICATIONS

3:15:39AROUND THIS CONVERSATION.

3:15:40THANK YOU.

3:15:41THANK YOU.

3:15:42COUNCIL REALM.

3:15:42UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY I'LL

3:15:43SAY THAT.

3:15:44THIS IS SUPPOSED.

3:15:45TO BENEFIT.

3:15:46A PARCEL IN.

3:15:46CHARLESTOWN AT ONE MISTAKE.

3:15:47THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE HANDS

3:15:49THAT HAVE OVERSEEN THAT THAT

3:15:50PARCEL.

3:15:51UM.

3:15:51>> I DON'T NECESSARILY.

3:15:52KNOW WHY THIS ONE.

3:15:54PARTICULAR PROJECT RATHER THAN

3:15:56OTHERS IN CHARLESTOWN WHICH

3:15:57WERE CHOSEN.

3:15:58SO I DO APPRECIATE.

3:15:59>> THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A

3:16:00CONVERSATION.

3:16:00THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSOR

3:16:01FOR UM, FILING UH, DOCKET ONE

3:16:06ZERO.

3:16:07SORRY.

3:16:08>> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

3:16:08ADD THEIR NAME?

3:16:11COUNCILOR DURKAN.

3:16:12COUNCILOR.

3:16:13FITZGERALD.

3:16:13COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

3:16:15COUNCILOR.

3:16:16FLYNN.

3:16:17COUNCILOR.

3:16:18MURPHY.

3:16:18COUNCILOR.

3:16:19SANTANA, COUNCILOR.

3:16:20WEBER, COUNCILOR.

3:16:21WORRELL.

3:16:21COUNCILOR.

3:16:22LOUIJEUNE.

3:16:22COUNCILOR.

3:16:23MURPHY UM, PLEASE ADD THE

3:16:24CHAIR.

3:16:26DOCKET.

3:16:29101809 WILL BE SENT TO.

3:16:32>> UM HOUSING.

3:16:38UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE

3:16:39READ.

3:16:39DOCKET 1810.

3:16:42DOCKET 1810 COUNCILOR DURKAN ON

3:16:45FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION

3:16:47HONORING DOLLY PARTON AND

3:16:49NAMING SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2026 AS

3:16:539 TO 5 DAY IN THE CITY

3:16:54OF BOSTON.

3:16:56THANK YOU.

3:16:56>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:16:57COUNCILOR GERKE AND COUNCIL YOU

3:16:58HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:16:59>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

3:17:00UM, SO, UH, WE ARE NAMING

3:17:03FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH 9 TO 5

3:17:05DAY IN HONOR OF DOLLY PARTON'S

3:17:06INCREDIBLE LEGACY.

3:17:08UM, THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

3:17:10THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE

3:17:11WHO UH, MY FRIEND SENATORS

3:17:13JULIAN CYR AND REP SAN ANTONIO

3:17:15HAVE DONE THE SAME.

3:17:17DOLLY PARTON WAS AN ICON WHOSE

3:17:19PASSING FELT PERSONAL TO MARRY.

3:17:21HER VOICE AND SONGWRITING

3:17:23INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF WORKING

3:17:25PEOPLE, WHILE HER SERVICE TO

3:17:26OTHERS AND MESSAGE OF LOVE AND

3:17:28ACCEPTANCE OF IN COMMUNITIES

3:17:29HERE IN BOSTON AND ACROSS THE

3:17:30COUNTRY.

3:17:31FOR THAT REASON I'M INTRODUCING

3:17:33THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.

3:17:34UM, AND THERE'S A BOSTON

3:17:36CONNECTION.

3:17:37MANY DON'T KNOW THAT THE SONG 9

3:17:39TO 5 UH, BEGAN HERE IN BOSTON.

3:17:41IT WAS INSPIRED BY A GROUP

3:17:42OF FEMALE OFFICE WORKERS IN

3:17:44BOSTON WHO CAME TOGETHER IN

3:17:461973 TO FIGHT FOR MORE DIGNITY

3:17:48AND FAIRNESS IN THE WORKPLACE.

3:17:49THEY WORKED TO ORGANIZE AROUND

3:17:51FUNDAMENTAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS

3:17:52AND THEIR MOVEMENT BECAME KNOWN

3:17:54AS 9.

3:17:55>> TO 5.

3:17:55THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, DOLLY

3:17:57LIFTED UP HER SUCCESS AND USED

3:17:59IT TO LIFT UP OTHERS THROUGH

3:18:01THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION AND

3:18:02DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION

3:18:04LIBRARY, SHE HELPED MAKE

3:18:05CHILDHOOD LITERACY MORE

3:18:06ACCESSIBLE TO FAMILIES AROUND

3:18:07THE WORLD, SENDING FREE BOOKS

3:18:09TO HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS

3:18:11OF MILLIONS OF CHILDREN.

3:18:13UM, IT'S EXTREMELY PERSONAL

3:18:14DOLLY PARTON'S LEGACY TO ME AS

3:18:16A SOUTHERNER WITH PROGRESSIVE

3:18:18VALUES UM SHE ALWAYS LED UM ON

3:18:21.

3:18:21SHE WAS A LONG TIME ALLY OF THE

3:18:23LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY LONG

3:18:25BEFORE IT WAS UM IT WAS UH,

3:18:28WHAT PEOPLE IN SHOW BUSINESS

3:18:30DID.

3:18:31UM AND SHE JUST DID WHAT WAS

3:18:32RIGHT.

3:18:33UM, SHE BEGAN PERFORMING AS A

3:18:35CHILD AND ROSE FROM HUMBLE

3:18:37BEGINNINGS AND SHE GREW TO BE

3:18:39ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED FIGURES

3:18:40IN AMERICAN MUSIC AND POP

3:18:42CULTURE.

3:18:42AND SO, UM, PROUD TO JOIN MY

3:18:44FRIENDS AND STATEHOUSE

3:18:45COLLEAGUES SENATOR JULIAN CYR

3:18:47AND REP SAM MONTANO.

3:18:48UM, I'D LOVE TO ADD MY

3:18:50COLLEAGUES UM, RUTHIE LOUIJEUNE

3:18:52AND UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA AND

3:18:53I'M PUTTING THEM ON THE SPOT

3:18:55BUT I FEEL LIKE THEY LIKE DOLLY

3:18:57PARTON SO GO AHEAD.

3:19:00I THINK YOU KNOW.

3:19:01>> BECAUSE I DID PLAN ON

3:19:02SPEAKING ON DOLLY PARTON.

3:19:03>> SHE WAS UM SHE WAS SUCH AN

3:19:05INCREDIBLE FIGURE AND AN

3:19:06INCREDIBLE PERSON.

3:19:07WHO CARED DEEPLY ABOUT THE.

3:19:08RIGHTS OF OTHERS.

3:19:09IT WAS INTERESTING.

3:19:10I WATCHED AN INTERVIEW THAT

3:19:11THEY DID WITH HER SISTER AND

3:19:12HER SISTER TALKED.

3:19:13>> ABOUT HOW.

3:19:14SHE LEFT, UH, YOU KNOW.

3:19:15AND SHE LEFT HER POLITICS SORT

3:19:18OF VAGUE BUT UM, IT WAS VERY

3:19:20CLEAR WHERE SHE STOOD.

3:19:21ON THE ISSUES AND WHEN I WAS

3:19:22WORKING.

3:19:23UM.

3:19:24>> ON A ON A PRESIDENTIAL.

3:19:25CAMPAIGN PRIOR TO THIS, UH,

3:19:27SENATOR.

3:19:28WARREN'S UM.

3:19:29THIS WAS THE.

3:19:30SOUNDTRACK TO OUR WORK MAKING

3:19:32SURE THAT WE.

3:19:32>> WERE CENTERING THE NEEDS OF.

3:19:33WORKERS THINKING ABOUT, UM, HOW

3:19:36TOO OFTEN OUR WORKERS ARE

3:19:38BEING.

3:19:38EXPLOITED, TAKEN.

3:19:39ADVANTAGE OF, DON'T HAVE.

3:19:40>> SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS.

3:19:41UM, AND SO IT IS I.

3:19:43JUST WANT TO HONOR AND IT'S

3:19:45ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE

3:19:46NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND WHO SPOKE.

3:19:48UP AT DOLLAR AND WHO DIDN'T.

3:19:49>> SPEAK UP BUT WHO SPOKE UP

3:19:50AT.

3:19:51UH AT THE.

3:19:52PASSING OF DOLLY PARTON.

3:19:53>> A NUMBER OF CIVIL RIGHTS

3:19:54LEADERS WERE HERALDING HER FOR

3:19:55THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE AND

3:19:57FOR.

3:19:58WHO SHE IS AND HOW SHE STOOD UP

3:19:59EVERY DAY.

3:20:00>> FOR JUST THE.

3:20:00REGULAR PERSON AND FOR HUMAN

3:20:02DECENCY AND KINDNESS.

3:20:03SO I'D JUST LIKE TO JOIN

3:20:05COUNCILOR DURKAN.

3:20:06>> IN HONORING THE.

3:20:06MEMORY OF.

3:20:07>> DOLLY PARTON.

3:20:07THANK YOU.

3:20:08THANK YOU.

3:20:09>> UM, JUST A LITTLE FORMALITY

3:20:10HERE.

3:20:11UM, COUNTRY LOUIJEUNE IS ADDED

3:20:13AS A SECOND UM, SEEING AND

3:20:15HEARING THE ARE YOU GOING TO BE

3:20:16ADDED TO THE THIRD?

3:20:17I'M GOING TO ADD YOU AS A

3:20:18THIRD.

3:20:18THEN SEEING AND HEARING NO

3:20:20OBJECTIONS YOU'RE THE THIRD.

3:20:21UH WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IF

3:20:24SPEECHLESS OKAY.

3:20:25ALL RIGHT.

3:20:26THIS FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING

3:20:28UH, COUNCILOR WEBER AND THEN

3:20:31WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER HERE.

3:20:33COUNCILMEMBER UH COUNCILMEMBER

3:20:34YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:20:35I JUST WANT TO SAY AS A FORMER

3:20:36RESIDENT OF NASHVILLE,

3:20:37TENNESSEE THAT YOU KNOW, UH,

3:20:39DOLLY PARTON WAS A WONDERFUL

3:20:40PART OF THE COMMUNITY, UH,

3:20:42THERE AND UH, I THINK, YOU

3:20:44KNOW, ALL OF THE ACCOLADES

3:20:45SHE'S GETTING WERE

3:20:46WELL-DESERVED AND, UH, I JUST

3:20:48WANT TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES, UH,

3:20:50YOU KNOW, IN THIS RESOLUTION.

3:20:51THANK YOU.

3:20:53THANK YOU.

3:20:54COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE

3:20:55FLOOR.

3:20:56YES.

3:20:56>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:20:58IT'S WORKING.

3:21:009 TO 5.

3:21:01>> THAT'S WHICH, BY THE WAY, TO

3:21:03MAKE A LIVING.

3:21:04WE NEED A LITTLE JOY HERE.

3:21:05THAT IS UM.

3:21:09SO, UH, IT'S.

3:21:11EVERYONE ALREADY SAID ALL THE

3:21:12AMAZING THINGS ABOUT DOLLY AND

3:21:13THE ONLY THING THAT I'D LIKE TO

3:21:14JUST ADD IS THAT A LOT

3:21:17OF PEOPLE PROBABLY DID NOT TAKE

3:21:18HER SERIOUS.

3:21:19>> JUST BECAUSE.

3:21:20OFTENTIMES HER DEMEANOR AND

3:21:21JUST, YOU KNOW, WOMEN WHO TEND

3:21:25TO BE VOLUPTUOUS OR WE TEND TO

3:21:27BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ANIMATED

3:21:29OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE AND

3:21:31SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE

3:21:33SERIOUS SIDE AND I THINK UM,

3:21:36DOLLY DID A GREAT JOB AT

3:21:39RECOGNIZING OUR AND UTILIZING

3:21:41IT IN WAYS THAT HELP OTHER

3:21:43WOMEN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY

3:21:44COULD BE THEMSELVES NO MATTER

3:21:45WHERE THEY WERE.

3:21:47UM AND IN MANY WAYS SHE'S AN

3:21:50IDOL AND AND SOMEONE WHO I

3:21:53ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO BECAUSE SHE

3:21:54WALKED INTO EVERY SPACE AND WAS

3:21:56LIKE CLICK ON HER HEELS AND

3:21:58DIDN'T REALLY CARE WHAT OTHER

3:21:59PEOPLE THOUGHT AND THAT'S VERY

3:22:01LIBERATING.

3:22:02AND SO I JUST WANT TO ALSO

3:22:03ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PART OF HER

3:22:04AND UM, AND HER PRESENCE AND

3:22:07AND HOW SHE LIBERATED SO MANY

3:22:08WOMEN.

3:22:09THANK YOU.

3:22:10>> THANK YOU COMES FROM MEJIA.

3:22:12WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

3:22:13NAME, COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA

3:22:16COUNCIL CULPEPER COUNCILOR.

3:22:18UH, FITZGERALD COUNCIL.

3:22:19FLYNN CONCILOR MEJIA I MEAN

3:22:21HE'S OUT OF CONSTANT MURPHY

3:22:23COUNCILOR PEPEN CONSCIOUS.

3:22:25CITY COUNCIL SANTANA

3:22:28COUNCIL MEMBER CONSTABLE.

3:22:29WELL, PLEASE.

3:22:29I'M THE CHAIR.

3:22:34COUNCILOR.

3:22:35WE HERE.

3:22:37CONSIDER COUNCILORS DURKAN,

3:22:40COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND

3:22:41COUNCILOR SANTANA SEEK

3:22:41SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND

3:22:42PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1810.

3:22:47ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, UH, ALL

3:22:50OPPOSED.

3:22:50>> SAY NAY.

3:22:52THE AYES HAVE IT.

3:22:53DOCKET 1810 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

3:22:57MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

3:22:58READ DOCKET 1811.

3:23:01DOCKET 1811 COUNCILOR CLARESSA

3:23:04POWDER OR FOR THE FOLLOWING

3:23:06RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING

3:23:08OCTOBER AS ITALIAN AMERICAN

3:23:09HERITAGE MONTH.

3:23:11CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:23:12COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A

3:23:13PARTNER.

3:23:13YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:23:14THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:23:15I RISE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE

3:23:16OCTOBER AS ITALIAN-AMERICAN

3:23:18HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY

3:23:19OF BOSTON AS A PROUD FOURTH

3:23:20GENERATION ITALIAN-AMERICAN.

3:23:21REPRESENTING EAST BOSTON IN THE

3:23:22NORTH END.

3:23:23THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME.

3:23:25MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS

3:23:26ALESSANDRA SEVERINO.

3:23:27>> AND CARMINE.

3:23:28GUERRA UH, ARRIVED HERE.

3:23:29>> IN EAST BOSTON AND WAS.

3:23:31PROCESSED THROUGH THE

3:23:31IMMIGRATION STATION, WALKED UP

3:23:33THE GOLDEN.

3:23:34STAIRCASE UM, AS MANY

3:23:35IMMIGRANTS DID IN THAT TIME.

3:23:36>> AND.

3:23:37SETTLED ON COTTAGE STREET.

3:23:38UM GOLDEN STAIRCASE BY THE WAY

3:23:39ARE GETTING REPAIRED THIS YEAR

3:23:40BECAUSE.

3:23:41>> THIS COUNCIL WAS SUCCESSFUL

3:23:42IN ADVOCATING FOR CITYWIDE.

3:23:44UM STAIRWAY.

3:23:46UH RFP.

3:23:48SO SHOUT OUT TO UM THE FOLKS

3:23:50THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN CHARGE

3:23:51OF UH RENOVATING.

3:23:52THOSE STAIRS AS WELL AS OTHER

3:23:53SHOWS ACROSS THE CITY.

3:23:54UH, BUT MY.

3:23:56GRANDPARENTS STORY.

3:23:57MIRRORS GENERATIONS OF ITALIAN

3:23:58IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO BOSTON

3:24:00SEEKING.

3:24:01OPPORTUNITY AND WENT ON TO

3:24:02BUILD OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN.

3:24:03OUR CITY.

3:24:04I ALWAYS LIKE TO, UM, DRAW.

3:24:06PARALLELS BETWEEN ITALIAN.

3:24:07IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS

3:24:09OF TODAY.

3:24:10UM ITALIANS WERE ONCE TREATED

3:24:12AS OUTSIDERS.

3:24:13THEIR EXPERIENCE REMINDS US

3:24:14THAT WE NEED TO EXTEND.

3:24:15>> THE.

3:24:15SAME DIGNITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO

3:24:16FAMILIES ARRIVING TODAY IN

3:24:18PURSUIT.

3:24:18OF THEIR OWN.

3:24:19AMERICAN DREAM AND THIS.

3:24:20YEAR IS ESPECIALLY UM, GREAT

3:24:22BECAUSE WHILE QUINN WILL BE

3:24:23THERE, HE'S FIFTH GENERATION

3:24:24AND I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT HE

3:24:25CAN ACT AS A GOOD LUCK CHARM

3:24:27FOR ITALY TO FINALLY MAKE THE

3:24:28WORLD CUP.

3:24:29SO LET'S SEE.

3:24:29>> HOW.

3:24:30THIS GOES.

3:24:30>> BUT EVERYONE'S.

3:24:31INVITED IT'S ON OCTOBER 6TH.

3:24:32THEY'LL BE.

3:24:32CANNOLIS AND OF.

3:24:34>> COURSE THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL

3:24:35FOLKS UM AND KIDS ARE GOING TO

3:24:36BE.

3:24:36>> THERE TO SING THE.

3:24:37AMERICAN UH, ANTHEM AS WELL AS

3:24:39UH.

3:24:39ITALY'S NATIONAL ANTHEM.

3:24:41THANK YOU.

3:24:41>> THANK YOU.

3:24:44>> UM, I'D TAKE A MOMENT TO

3:24:45ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE

3:24:47ITALIAN COMMUNITY IN ALLSTON.

3:24:48BRIGHTON.

3:24:48UH, THE CHILL CHILL MOVES THE

3:24:51THE UH, SALVATORE'S THE TOUCHES

3:24:55UH THE WHOLE THE WHOLE CREW AND

3:24:57THE UH MANY OF THEM CAME FROM A

3:24:59SMALL VILLAGE IN ITALY CALLED

3:25:01SENDING OUT OF THE SAND NATO

3:25:03UH, FAMILIES ARE VERY MUCH WELL

3:25:05REPRESENTED AND AND ALSO IN

3:25:07BRIGHTON AND WE'RE VERY PROUD

3:25:08OF OUR ITALIAN HERITAGE AND

3:25:09ALLSTON BRIGHTON CHAIR

3:25:12RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN

3:25:13COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:25:14THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:25:16AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR

3:25:17FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT

3:25:19RESOLUTION FORWARD IN MY

3:25:21NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOUTH BOSTON.

3:25:22I ALSO HAVE A LARGE ITALIAN

3:25:25COMMUNITY AND THEY CONTRIBUTE

3:25:26GREATLY TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TO

3:25:28OUR CITY.

3:25:30AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO

3:25:32ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE ROLE

3:25:34ITALIAN ITALIAN AMERICANS HAVE

3:25:36MADE IN OUR IN OUR MILITARY AS

3:25:38WELL.

3:25:38THEY SERVED HONORABLY IN OUR

3:25:40ARMED FORCES.

3:25:41THEY SACRIFICED FOR OUR NATION

3:25:43.

3:25:44THEY PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE

3:25:45FOR OUR COUNTRY AND WE RESPECT

3:25:48THE ITALIAN CULTURE.

3:25:50WE RESPECT THEIR HERITAGE AS

3:25:52WELL AND WE'RE A BIT BETTER

3:25:55CITY AND WE'RE A BETTER COUNTRY

3:25:56BECAUSE OF ITALIAN AND ITALIAN

3:25:58AMERICANS.

3:25:58THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:26:00THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR

3:26:02RECOGNIZES COUNCIL DIFFERENT

3:26:04COUNTRY.

3:26:04YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:26:05THANK YOU SO MUCH.

3:26:05I JUST WANT TO THANK

3:26:06COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA FOR

3:26:07BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

3:26:08I KNOW WHEN I GOT ONTO THE

3:26:10COUNCIL ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS

3:26:11UH, ONE OF THE FIRST INVITES I

3:26:13GOT WAS COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA

3:26:15INVITING ME TO THE NORTH END

3:26:16FOR DINNER.

3:26:17UM, I HAD VERY SIMILAR, UM,

3:26:19HOSPITALITY FROM REP ERIN MICA.

3:26:21IT'S, UH, WHEN I STARTED

3:26:22RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND I JUST

3:26:25THINK THE ITALIAN-AMERICANS

3:26:26THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR

3:26:28CITY AND OUR STATE, UM, DO SUCH

3:26:30AN AMAZING JOB OF LIKE BEING

3:26:33KIND OF BEACONS OF THEIR

3:26:34COMMUNITY.

3:26:35AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU

3:26:36FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

3:26:37UM, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE WE ALL

3:26:39BENEFIT AS BOSTONIANS FROM OUR

3:26:41RICH ITALIAN-AMERICAN

3:26:43COMMUNITIES IN WAYS THAT WE CAN

3:26:44SEE AND WAYS THAT WE CAN'T SEE

3:26:46UM, PARTICULARLY THE FOOD UM,

3:26:50PARTICULARLY THE COMMUNITY AND

3:26:52PARTICULARLY UH, THE WAY THAT

3:26:53PEOPLE BAND TOGETHER TO BUILD

3:26:55COMMUNITY I THINK OF UM NEURON

3:26:57LIKE A LOT OF THE GROUPS IN THE

3:26:58NORTH END AS PEOPLE THAT UM AS

3:27:01COMMUNITIES THAT MY

3:27:02CONSTITUENTS ARE LOOKING TO

3:27:04LIKE OH, THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE

3:27:05WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN TO A PLACE

3:27:07WHERE WE OWN OUR COMMUNITY AND

3:27:09WE'RE DOING IT ALL AND UH,

3:27:11REPRESENTING THE WEST END UM UH

3:27:13,MOSTLY ITALIAN AND IRISH

3:27:14COMMUNITY THAT WAS DECIMATED.

3:27:16UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE

3:27:18REMNANTS OF THAT

3:27:19ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN

3:27:21THE WEST END OF PEOPLE WHO ARE

3:27:22DISPLACED WEST ENDERS WHO STILL

3:27:24LIVE IN THE WEST END.

3:27:25SO I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO THEM

3:27:27AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT

3:27:29ITALIAN-AMERICANS MAKE OUR

3:27:30COMMUNITIES RICH AND UM, SO,

3:27:32YOU KNOW, GETTING TO REPRESENT

3:27:34BOSTON, YOU MEET UH, A LOT

3:27:35OF ITALIAN AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO

3:27:37HAVE MADE THEIR HOME HERE AND

3:27:39HAVE MADE OUR CITY BETTER.

3:27:40THANK YOU.

3:27:41THANK YOU.

3:27:42CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:27:43COUNCILOR PEPEN.

3:27:44YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:27:45I MAY BE TAKING YOU OUT

3:27:46OF ORDER, BUT, UM, THEN

3:27:48COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND THEN

3:27:49COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.

3:27:50THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:27:51THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SUPPORT

3:27:53THAT FOR FILING THIS THIS

3:27:56RESOLUTION.

3:27:56I REPRESENT A VERY RICH ITALIAN

3:27:58UM, COMMUNITY AS WELL IN

3:28:00DISTRICT FIVE.

3:28:01THERE'S A LOT OF VERY STRONG

3:28:02ITALIAN ROOTS IN BOTH

3:28:03ROSLINDALE AND HYDE PARK AND

3:28:05THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH

3:28:07THE.

3:28:08COMMUNITY I JUST YOU KNOW,

3:28:09TAKEN OFF ON TOP OF MY HEAD

3:28:11LIKE JUST YOU THINK.

3:28:12ABOUT TONY AND ADRIANA CHELO.

3:28:15WHO HAVE BEEN IN ROZ AND

3:28:17KNOWING DOING SO MUCH FOR THE

3:28:19COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

3:28:21YOU KNOW OWNERS OF TONY'S

3:28:22MARKET AND ROSSI THE OWNERS

3:28:24OF TWO ITALIANS IN IN HYDE PARK

3:28:27I'M SORRY RANK THE BEST ITALIAN

3:28:30UM SUB IN ENTIRE CITY BY THE

3:28:32BOSTON GLOBE SO UH RIGHT IN

3:28:34GREENVILLE HIGH PARK BUT IT

3:28:36JUST IT'S UH IT'S A BEAUTIFUL

3:28:39ITALIAN COMMUNITY THAT I

3:28:40REPRESENT AND UM, THERE'S A

3:28:42THERE'S THIS GUY THE HE'S HE'S

3:28:44A STATE REP IN HYDE PARK AND

3:28:45HE'S A PROUD ITALIAN TO HIS

3:28:47NAME IS ROB CONSALVO.

3:28:48ROB, IF YOU'RE WATCHING I'LL

3:28:50SEE YOU AT THE FLAG RAISING.

3:28:51THANK YOU.

3:28:52THANK YOU.

3:28:53CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:28:55COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

3:28:55COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:28:56THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:28:58>> I JUST LIKE.

3:28:59>> TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSOR

3:28:59FOR FOR LEADING ON THIS AND

3:29:00BRINGING.

3:29:01>> IT FORWARD.

3:29:01>> AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT.

3:29:02THAT THE.

3:29:03DORCHESTER ITALIAN.

3:29:04COMMUNITY UH.

3:29:05>> HE'S A REALLY NICE GUY.

3:29:07OKAY.

3:29:08>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:29:10COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE

3:29:11FLOOR.

3:29:12THANK YOU.

3:29:12AS AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR, I TOO

3:29:14REPRESENT A VERY.

3:29:15LARGE ITALIAN COMMUNITY HERE

3:29:16AND I JUST WANT TO THANK.

3:29:17UH, COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA

3:29:18FOR.

3:29:19YOUR WORK IN MAKING SURE THAT.

3:29:20>> YOUR CULTURE IS.

3:29:21UPLIFTED AND CELEBRATED.

3:29:22AND THERE.

3:29:23>> ARE ALSO SO MANY BUSINESS

3:29:24OWNERS WHO SAID.

3:29:24WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT.

3:29:26SO JUST WANTED TO JUST UPLIFT.

3:29:28YOUR ADVOCACY.

3:29:29AND ALSO UM.

3:29:30WANTED TO JUST THANK.

3:29:31ALL OF THE.

3:29:32RESIDENTS WHO DO.

3:29:33>> WHETHER IT'S.

3:29:33TO DO ITALIANA AND UH, MY HOOD

3:29:35OF HYDE PARK.

3:29:36OR THE OTHER.

3:29:37MANY WONDERFUL.

3:29:38UH, ITALIAN.

3:29:39RESTAURANTS AROUND.

3:29:40>> THE CITY THAT WE.

3:29:41UH, UPLIFT UH, ALL OF OUR

3:29:42ENTREPRENEURS, OUR BUSINESSES

3:29:44AND UH, CELEBRATE WITH THEM.

3:29:45THANK YOU.

3:29:46>> THANK YOU.

3:29:46CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM A

3:29:48HERE COUNCILOR.

3:29:48YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:29:49THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:29:51AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR.

3:29:52ABOUT THAT, UM, FOR.

3:29:54BRINGING ALL OF HERSELF INTO

3:29:55THIS CHAMBER AND CELEBRATING

3:29:57UH, UH, YOUR HERITAGE AND AND

3:30:00AND INVITING US TO DO SO

3:30:02ALONGSIDE YOU.

3:30:04SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

3:30:04I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO.

3:30:05TO DINNER WITH YOU IN THE

3:30:06NORTH.

3:30:06AND JUST SO YOU.

3:30:07KNOW, COUNCILOR DURKAN IS UP IN

3:30:10HERE GOING.

3:30:10TO I'M GOING TO GO WITH YOU ONE

3:30:12DAY.

3:30:13UM, BUT NOT SERIOUSLY ALL JOKES

3:30:15ASIDE AND I REALLY DO

3:30:16APPRECIATE HOW, UH, YOU HAVE

3:30:19MANAGED TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE

3:30:20UNDERSTAND THE PARALLEL PROCESS

3:30:22OF IMMIGRATING TO THIS COUNTRY

3:30:24THAT EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY HAS

3:30:27TO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE OTHERS

3:30:30THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US AND

3:30:32HAVE HAD TO ENDURE THAT PAIN.

3:30:33AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU

3:30:35FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AS PART

3:30:36OF YOUR REMARKS HERE TODAY

3:30:37BECAUSE I THINK ANY MOMENTS

3:30:38THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY HELP

3:30:40BRING TO LIGHT THE ISSUES THAT

3:30:41SO MANY IMMIGRANTS ARE

3:30:42EXPERIENCING TODAY, I REALLY DO

3:30:45APPRECIATE UM, SO THANK YOU FOR

3:30:46THAT AND I.

3:30:47WILL BE HAVING A CANNOLI.

3:30:49THANK YOU.

3:30:50>> THANK YOU.

3:30:51>> OH WAIT.

3:30:52ONE MORE THING BECAUSE.

3:30:54WHAT I.

3:30:54>> ENDED WHAT I GOT UP TO SAY.

3:30:56I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY HEAD WENT

3:30:57TODAY.

3:30:57BUT UM I WENT TO THE.

3:31:00MACKAY AND TO THE YAMANA.

3:31:02SO I GREW UP UM IN THE 70S IN

3:31:04THE.

3:31:0480S UM BEING BUSED TO THE OTHER

3:31:07SIDE OF.

3:31:09UM TOWN AND GOT TO THERE WERE

3:31:11STILL.

3:31:11ITALIANS LEFT.

3:31:13THERE UH, DURING THAT TIME AND

3:31:15SO I GOT TO LEARN SOME BAD

3:31:17WORDS.

3:31:18SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

3:31:20THANK YOU.

3:31:23>> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD

3:31:25THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER

3:31:27COUNCIL.

3:31:27DURKAN.

3:31:28COUNTRY FITZGERALD.

3:31:29COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:31:29COUNTRY LOUIJEUNE CULTURE.

3:31:30MEDIA CUTS MURPHY COUNTRY PEPEN

3:31:32COUNTRY SANTANA COMES FROM

3:31:34WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND

3:31:36PLEASE UH THE CHAIR

3:31:39COUNCILOR UH COLETTA ZAPATA

3:31:40SUSPENSION OF THE RULES

3:31:41ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1811.

3:31:44ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

3:31:45ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.

3:31:48THE AYES HAVE IT.

3:31:49DOCKET 1811 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.

3:31:53WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO

3:31:55PERSONNEL ORDERS, MADAM CLERK.

3:31:57UM, HOW MANY PERSONNEL ORDERS

3:31:59DO WE HAVE.

3:32:01ON THE AGENDA?

3:32:01>> JUST, UM.

3:32:06OKAY, LET'S MOVE.

3:32:07TO PERSONNEL ORDERS.

3:32:08MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

3:32:10READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS.

3:32:12DOCKET 1812 PERSONNEL ORDER

3:32:15COUNCIL BREAKDOWN FOR

3:32:16COUNCIL MEJIA DOCKET 1813

3:32:19PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OPERATING FOR

3:32:20COMES FROM MCGEE.

3:32:22THANK YOU.

3:32:23CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF THE

3:32:25PERSONNEL ORDERS.

3:32:25ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.

3:32:28THE AYES HAVE IT.

3:32:29PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED.

3:32:31UH, WELL, NOW BEFORE WE MOVE ON

3:32:34TO GREEN SHEETS, IS THERE

3:32:35ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, UH,

3:32:36ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET THAT

3:32:38THEY MAY HAVE MISSED?

3:32:39YOU PUT YOUR LIGHT ON.

3:32:41WE'LL START WITH

3:32:42COUNCILOR WORRELL ON THE RIGHT

3:32:42HERE.

3:32:43COUNCILOR WORRELL.

3:32:44THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:32:45I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO

3:32:46DOCKET NUMBER 1799 PLEASE.

3:32:52OKAY.

3:32:54>> 1799 COUNCILMEMBER HERE I

3:32:56THINK.

3:32:58OH YOU'RE NOT READY AND

3:33:00COUNCILOR JACK AND WE'LL COME

3:33:00BACK TO COUNCIL FROM ME I'D.

3:33:01>> LIKE TO REQUEST FOR

3:33:03RECONSIDERATION OF 0801 WHICH

3:33:05WAS UM THE UH UPTURN UH,

3:33:10SORRY OVERTURNING THE DECISION

3:33:11OF THE CHAIR ON THE COMMITTEE.

3:33:13UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE ALL

3:33:14OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE NOT IN

3:33:15CHAMBERS A CHANCE TO VOTE ON.

3:33:17UH.

3:33:18>> WHETHER TO OVERTURN THE

3:33:20DECISION OF THE CHAIR ON 0801

3:33:22WHICH, UM, WE VOTED ON WHICH,

3:33:25UM, WHAT GOT SEVEN VOTES AND

3:33:27NEEDED NINE.

3:33:30OKAY.

3:33:30>> UH, DO WE HAVE A.

3:33:33UH HOLD ON TO A BRIEF RECESS

3:33:35HERE.

3:33:35JUST GET MY BEARINGS.

3:34:22THANK YOU.

3:34:25UM, SO THE THE, UM YOU'VE GOT A

3:34:30SECOND.

3:34:31UM.

3:34:34WE DO WISH TO SPEAK FURTHER ON

3:34:35THIS ISSUE.

3:34:35SURE.

3:34:36>> SO, UM, A YES VOTE, UH,

3:34:38WOULD PUT IT IN THE COMMITTEE

3:34:40THAT THE CHAIR PUT IT IN WHICH

3:34:42IS UM ENVIRONMENT UM, AND UH,

3:34:45NO VOTE WOULD PUT IT IN

3:34:46PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

3:34:47TRANSPORTATION.

3:34:47UM I DID MAKE THE CASE UM AND

3:34:50SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE

3:34:52COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION UM THIS

3:34:54DOES INVOLVE THE ZONING

3:34:54COMMISSION WHICH IS UNDERNEATH

3:34:56THE AUSPICES OF PLANNING

3:34:57DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.

3:34:58UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A FULL UH,

3:35:01COUNCIL HERE WHEN WE VOTED ON

3:35:02IT.

3:35:03UH, SO I'D LIKE TO ASK MY, UH,

3:35:05MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO, UH,

3:35:07TO PUT THIS IN THE PLANNING

3:35:08DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

3:35:09COMMITTEE AND PROBABLY EVEN

3:35:11MORE UH, ILLUMINATING IS THAT

3:35:13THE CHAIR OF OF ENVIRONMENT

3:35:15VOTED NO TO PUT IT IN PLANNING

3:35:16DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,

3:35:17WHICH I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE

3:35:19BECAUSE I REALLY DO WANT TO

3:35:20HAVE A DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

3:35:21CONVERSATION REGARDING THIS

3:35:23DOCKET AND IT WAS WRITTEN UM IT

3:35:25WAS WRITTEN TO BE IN THE

3:35:27PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND

3:35:28TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO

3:35:28TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND THE

3:35:30SPECIALIZED MISERABLE OPTION

3:35:32STRETCH CODE UM, WHICH I THINK

3:35:34MAKES SENSE.

3:35:35SO I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO

3:35:36VOTE NO.

3:35:37UM AND THIS REALLY IS NOT IN

3:35:39ORDER TO UH, GO AGAINST THE

3:35:42COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

3:35:43I REALLY WANT TO HAVE A

3:35:44CONVERSATION THAT'S FOCUSED ON

3:35:45DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK I COULD

3:35:46DO THE BEST JOB AS THE CHAIR

3:35:48OF THAT CONVERSATION.

3:35:50UM.

3:35:53>> UM.

3:35:56>> WHEN ARE WE SO, UH, WHEN WE

3:35:59JUST MOVE ON TO A UH WHEN MOVE

3:36:01ON TO A VOTE?

3:36:01IT'S A IT'S A MOTION TO

3:36:03RECONSIDER FOR A.

3:36:04MOTION TO RECONSIDER WHICH WAS

3:36:06SECONDED.

3:36:06YES.

3:36:06AND NOW WE NEED TO VOTE.

3:36:08SO ALL IN FAVOR OF A VOTE?

3:36:10YES, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU.

3:36:13ARE WE VOTING ON THE MOTION TO

3:36:14RECONSIDER?

3:36:15YES.

3:36:15OKAY.

3:36:15WE'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION TO

3:36:17RECONSIDER.

3:36:17SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

3:36:19AYE.

3:36:19ALL OPPOSED?

3:36:20>> SAY NAY.

3:36:21UM.

3:36:22>> MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU TAKE

3:36:23A ROLL CALL?

3:36:24VOTE ON THE MOTION TO

3:36:25RECONSIDER DOCKET 1801.

3:36:28COUNCIL BREDON.

3:36:31UM.

3:36:33>> NO.

3:36:34>> WORD ON NO CONTRACT.

3:36:36LET US OPERA.

3:36:37YES.

3:36:37I THINK A LOT OF YES.

3:36:39COUNCIL CULPEPER ON SECOND BACK

3:36:41ON NO CONCEPT DURKAN YES.

3:36:43COUNCILOR DULL CAN YES.

3:36:45COUNCIL FITZGERALD.

3:36:46YEAH.

3:36:46CANTOR FITZGERALD.

3:36:48YES.

3:36:49YES.

3:36:50>> COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:36:51NO.

3:36:51>> UNSETTLING.

3:36:52>> NO COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE ON THE

3:36:54LOUISIANA.

3:36:56YES.

3:36:56COUNCIL.

3:36:56MAYOR.

3:36:57YES.

3:36:57>> IT'S ON MEJIA.

3:36:58YES.

3:36:59COUNCIL.

3:36:59MURPHY.

3:37:00THANKS.

3:37:01>> I'M A FEMALE COUNCIL.

3:37:02PEPEN ONCE.

3:37:03A BIT THEN YES, COUNCIL.

3:37:05SANTANA.

3:37:05YES.

3:37:06COUNCIL.

3:37:06SANTANA YES.

3:37:07CONSUL.

3:37:08WEBER.

3:37:09COUNCIL.

3:37:09WEBER.

3:37:10YES.

3:37:10COUNCIL OVERALL ON SEVERAL.

3:37:13YES 123456789.

3:37:17YES.

3:37:18SO THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

3:37:22COUNCIL.

3:37:23COUNCIL MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE

3:37:24FLOOR?

3:37:24YES.

3:37:25>> UM HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU

3:37:28PUT.

3:37:28FORTH IN THE SAME HEARING UH,

3:37:30REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION

3:37:32BECAUSE WE ALREADY TOOK A VOTE.

3:37:34COULD YOU.

3:37:35CONTINUE TO DO.

3:37:36NO, WE'RE.

3:37:37>> NOT GOING TO CONTINUE.

3:37:38NO NO.

3:37:39>> NO, I'M ASKING HOW MANY

3:37:40TIMES.

3:37:40SO, MEGAN.

3:37:40IF YOU COULD HELP ME THIS.

3:37:42QUESTION WE'RE DOING IT NOW AND

3:37:43THAT'S IT.

3:37:43NO NO NO.

3:37:44THAT'S NOT.

3:37:44>> MY QUESTION COUNCIL.

3:37:45BRIGHTON I'M SAYING IN GENERAL

3:37:46FOR ANY RECONSIDERATION HOW

3:37:49MANY TIMES CAN YOU KEEP

3:37:50BRINGING THE SAME.

3:37:51QUESTION UP IF YOU DON'T.

3:37:52TAKE A VOTE.

3:37:52>> YOU WANTED.

3:37:53FIRST THANK YOU NEED TO TAKE.

3:37:55SOME TIME.

3:37:56IT'S RHETORICAL.

3:37:58EXCUSE ME.

3:38:22>>

3:40:21I CONCESSION.

3:40:25SO, UH, WE'VE HAD A MOTION TO

3:40:27RECONSIDER.

3:40:28THAT IS PART A PAST, UM, MOTION

3:40:31TO RECONSIDER AND THAT WAS

3:40:32SECONDED AND PASSED.

3:40:35UH, SO.

3:40:39THE QUESTION BEFORE THE BODY IS

3:40:43SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR

3:40:44STAND ON THE JUDGE AS A

3:40:46JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL A VOTE

3:40:48YES KEEPS THE DOCKET IN THE

3:40:50COMMITTEE.

3:40:51THE CHAIR HAS DECIDED ON A VOTE

3:40:53NO CHANGES THE COMMITTEE

3:40:54ASSIGNMENT.

3:40:56SO, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU

3:40:58PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?

3:40:59VOTE ON THE QUESTION.

3:41:02SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR

3:41:03STAND AS A JUDGMENT OF THE

3:41:05COUNCIL?

3:41:05I'VE GOT A YES VOTE KEEPS A

3:41:07DOCKET IN THE COMMITTEE THAT IT

3:41:09WAS SENT TO AND, UH, A NO VOTE

3:41:13CHANGES THE COMMITTEE

3:41:14ASSIGNMENTS.

3:41:14OKAY.

3:41:15>> ON DOCKET 1801

3:41:17COUNCILOR BREDON.

3:41:17YES.

3:41:19COUNCIL.

3:41:19BREDON.

3:41:19YES, COUNCIL.

3:41:20COLLETTE AS A PARA,

3:41:22COUNCIL OF COLOR AS A PARTNER.

3:41:23NO.

3:41:23COUNCIL.

3:41:24CULPEPER.

3:41:24YEAH.

3:41:25>> COUNCIL.

3:41:25>> CULPEPER.

3:41:26NO COUNCIL.

3:41:27DUNCAN.

3:41:27HUNTER.

3:41:28DUNCAN.

3:41:29NO COUNCIL.

3:41:30FITZGERALD.

3:41:31COUNCIL.

3:41:32FITZGERALD.

3:41:32NO.

3:41:32COUNCIL.

3:41:33FLAM.

3:41:33YES.

3:41:34ONCE I'VE LEARNED YES.

3:41:36COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE NO ON THE

3:41:37LOUIJEUNE.

3:41:38NO COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.

3:41:41COUNCIL MURPHY WANTS A MURPHY.

3:41:43YES.

3:41:44COUNCIL.

3:41:44VAN JOHNSON PREPARED.

3:41:50NO COUNCIL.

3:41:51SANTANA COUNCIL SANTANA.

3:41:54NO COUNSELOR WEBER.

3:41:56NO I SO WEBER NO COUNCIL WERE

3:41:58AROUND COUNCIL AROUND?

3:42:00NO.

3:42:03789 VOTES AND.

3:42:04>> A.

3:42:06NO UM UH.

3:42:07COUNCIL UM I'M HERE.

3:42:10I'M GOING.

3:42:10>> TO VOTE.

3:42:13ON GOING TO DUNCAN'S COMMITTEE

3:42:14VOTE?

3:42:16NO IT'S IT'S TO UM JUST WHETHER

3:42:18OR NOT THE DECISION OF THE

3:42:20CHAIR SHALL STAND.

3:42:21NO.

3:42:23>> OKAY, SO 123456789 TEN OF UH

3:42:29.

3:42:29YOU OKAY?

3:42:30AND 123 YEARS.

3:42:32SO IT DID PASS.

3:42:33IT WENT TO.

3:42:36TO GO BACK TO DOCKET 1800.

3:42:40IS IT.

3:42:41>> LET ME.

3:42:42>> DOUBLE.

3:42:42CHECK OKAY I'M.

3:42:44SORRY OKAY.

3:42:46SO THE APPEAL OF THE DECISION

3:42:48OF THE CHAIR UM, HAS UH HAS

3:42:50BEEN PASSED UM, DOCKET 18011 GO

3:42:56TO THE COMMITTEE ON.

3:43:00WASN'T MY SECOND CHOICE EITHER.

3:43:02WE'LL GO TO PLANNING

3:43:04DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

3:43:04.

3:43:07THANK YOU.

3:43:14>> MR.

3:43:15>> SHE'S SHE'S.

3:43:18SO WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO

3:43:20CHANGE A OH YES.

3:43:22THAT'S WHERE WE WHERE I GOT

3:43:23OF MY UM CANCER HAPPENED.

3:43:25DID YOU WISH TO CHANGE A OR NO

3:43:28TO RECORD A VOTE THAT YOU

3:43:29MISSED?

3:43:29YES.

3:43:32>> I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD MY NAME

3:43:34TO DOCKETS 1790 1798, 1799

3:43:411800.

3:43:44AND 1801.

3:43:47GOT IT.

3:43:48>> UH, MATT COUNTRYMAN HERE YOU

3:43:51DID YOU WANT YOU HAD SOMEBODY

3:43:52WANTED TO RECORD COUNCILOR.

3:43:53YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:43:54>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:43:56UM.

3:43:56>> I'D LIKE TO, UH.

3:43:58>> BE ON THE RECORD IN FAVOR

3:44:00OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT

3:44:00DOCKETS DOCKET 1778 1779 1780.

3:44:081781 1782, 1783, 1784.

3:44:13,1789.

3:44:14>> AND 1790.

3:44:17THANK YOU.

3:44:18>> UM, CHAIR RECOGNIZES

3:44:20COUNCILOR SANTANA.

3:44:20YOU'VE HAD SOME RECORD.

3:44:22SOME YES.

3:44:23THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:44:24I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM, ADD

3:44:26MY NAME TO UM, 18 ZERO 218 ZERO

3:44:29THREE AND 18 ZERO FOUR.

3:44:31THANK YOU.

3:44:32>> ANYONE ELSE?

3:44:34>> OH, GOOD.

3:44:37THANK YOU.

3:44:39NOW WE WILL NOW ON TO GREEN

3:44:41SHEETS.

3:44:42IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL

3:44:43ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS?

3:44:46COUNSELOR SANTANA, SEE YOUR

3:44:48LIGHTS ON THAT YOU'RE THE CHAIR

3:44:49OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

3:44:50SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

3:44:52YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:44:54THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:44:57I WOULD LIKE TO.

3:45:01I HAVE A FEW PRINCIPLES.

3:45:05UM.

3:45:08I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOCKET

3:45:09NUMBER 1394.

3:45:11UM, ON THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC

3:45:13SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

3:45:15UM, IT'S ON PAGE 27 OF THE

3:45:17PETITIONS.

3:45:18MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

3:45:20READ DOCKET 1394?

3:45:23I WILL.

3:45:23INVITE IF.

3:45:24>> YOU.

3:45:24HAVE MORE THAN ONE I COULD.

3:45:26I WOULD HAVE YOU OTHERS

3:45:27CONCERNS SO.

3:45:28I DO UH OKAY SO YEAH I WANT

3:45:3513941678.

3:45:39AND 1680.

3:45:43MADAM CHAIR COULD YOU PLEASE

3:45:44READ DOCKET 13941678 AND.

3:45:511680.81.139 FOR MESSAGE AND

3:45:53ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY

3:45:55OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND

3:45:56THE AMOUNT OF $240,860 AND 50

3:46:02CENT IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR

3:46:03THE Y DM EIGHT CITY TAKE GRANT

3:46:09AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS

3:46:10DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO

3:46:12BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE

3:46:13DEPARTMENT.

3:46:14THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE

3:46:17IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 40 HOUR

3:46:18CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM

3:46:21TRAINING FOR OFFICERS UNDER THE

3:46:23UMBRELLA OF THE BUREAU

3:46:24OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

3:46:25DOCKET 1678 MESSAGE AND ORDER

3:46:29AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

3:46:30TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT

3:46:35OF $288 220 $0.01 IN THE FORM

3:46:38OF A GRANT FY 25 DNA CAPACITY

3:46:43ENHANCEMENT AND BACKLOG

3:46:45REDUCTION PROGRAM AWARDED BY

3:46:47THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

3:46:49OF JUSTICE TO BE ADMINISTERED

3:46:50BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

3:46:52THE GRANT WOULD FUND TO

3:46:55CRIMINALIZE POSSESSION OVER

3:46:56TIME LAB SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT

3:46:59AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

3:47:01EXPENSES.

3:47:01DOCKET 1680 MESSAGE AN ORDER

3:47:05AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON

3:47:07TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT

3:47:13OF $64,201.50 IN THE FORM OF A

3:47:14GRANT FEDERAL F Y 25 EMERGENCY

3:47:19MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT

3:47:21AWARDED BY FEDERAL EMERGENCY

3:47:23MANAGEMENT AGENCY PASS THROUGH

3:47:25THE MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCY

3:47:27MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE

3:47:29ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE

3:47:31OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

3:47:32THE GRANTS WOULD FUND

3:47:34ENHANCEMENT OF OPERATIONAL

3:47:37CAPACITY AT THE BOSTON

3:47:38EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

3:47:40AND PROMOTE THE PROFESSIONAL

3:47:43DEVELOPMENT OF OEM STAFF.

3:47:46THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

3:47:48UM, ABSENT OBJECTION, THE

3:47:50MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR

3:47:51IS ACCEPTED AND DOCKETS

3:47:5513941678 AND 1680 ARE PROPERLY

3:47:58BEFORE THE BODY.

3:47:59COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

3:48:00THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:48:01THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

3:48:02I WILL, UM, JUST READ MY

3:48:04STATEMENTS ON ALL THREE I THINK

3:48:06THREE DIFFERENT REMARKS.

3:48:08IF YOU MAKE YOUR REMARKS AND

3:48:09VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY.

3:48:10OKAY, GREAT.

3:48:12SO FOR DOCKET UM FOR DOCKET

3:48:15NUMBER 139 FOUR, THE BOSTON

3:48:17POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL USE

3:48:18THESE FUNDS TO CONTINUE

3:48:19STAFFING AND IMPROVING ITS NEW

3:48:21CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING

3:48:22AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER

3:48:24THAT'S ANYWHERE SERVE THE

3:48:25ENTIRE CITY BY INCREASING

3:48:27MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING

3:48:28OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOT ONLY BPD

3:48:30OFFICERS BUT ALSO OTHER

3:48:32SECURITY PERSONNEL WHO WORK IN

3:48:33THE CITY.

3:48:34THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM UM

3:48:36THE CITY TEAM PROGRAM IS A

3:48:38COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP OF LAW

3:48:40ENFORCEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH

3:48:41PROFESSIONALS, INDIVIDUALS WITH

3:48:42MENTAL ILLNESS AND OTHER

3:48:43PARTNERS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY

3:48:45RESPONSES TO MENTAL HEALTH

3:48:46CRISIS IS THE GOAL OF THE CITY.

3:48:48TRAINING IS TO TEACH LAW

3:48:50ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ABOUT THE

3:48:51REALITIES OF MENTAL HEALTH AND

3:48:53HELP THEM DIVERT INDIVIDUALS

3:48:54AWAY FROM THE CRIMINAL LEGAL

3:48:55SYSTEM INTO PROPER MENTAL

3:48:57HEALTH CARE.

3:48:57OFFICERS WILL BE TAUGHT ABOUT

3:48:59RECOGNIZING MENTAL ILLNESS,

3:49:01DE-ESCALATION AND RESOURCES

3:49:02AVAILABLE TO OFFICERS IN THE

3:49:04COMMUNITY DURING THE TRAINING,

3:49:05INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY MEMBERS

3:49:07SHARE THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE

3:49:08WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS AND

3:49:10IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OFFICERS

3:49:11TO HEAR POWERFUL STORIES AND

3:49:13IT'S FREQUENTLY CITED AS MOST

3:49:15IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCE.

3:49:16WE KNOW THAT BOSTON POLICE

3:49:17OFFICERS ARE OFTEN CALLED TO

3:49:19SITUATIONS INVOLVING A MENTAL

3:49:20HEALTH CRISIS, AND THIS

3:49:22TRAINING WOULD EQUIP THEM WITH

3:49:23INVALUABLE TOOLS.

3:49:25CITY TRAINING IS A TOOL THAT

3:49:27WILL HELP MAKE SURE OUR CITY

3:49:28BELIEVES THAT WILL MAKE OUR

3:49:30CITY BOTH SAFER AND MORE

3:49:32COMPASSIONATE.

3:49:33AS THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY

3:49:34IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I

3:49:35RECOMMEND THE TALK AT 1394 UH

3:49:38TO PASS UM FOR DOCKET NUMBER

3:49:411678.

3:49:43UM, THE FUND UM FROM THIS GRANT

3:49:45WILL GO TOWARD SUPPORTING STAFF

3:49:47AND BPD CRIME LABORATORY THAT

3:49:49ARE, UM, DOING INCREDIBLE WORK

3:49:51NOT ONLY WITH THESE FUNDS

3:49:52SUPPORT DANDY OPERATIONS AND

3:49:54DNA TESTING SUPPLIES, BUT THEY

3:49:55WILL ALSO INCREASE CAPACITY AT

3:49:57THE LAB AND HELP FURTHER REDUCE

3:49:59A BACKLOG OF FORENSIC BIOLOGY

3:50:01CASES.

3:50:02THE BPD ALSO PLANS TO PROVIDE

3:50:04REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS

3:50:05ASSOCIATED WITH REGISTRATION

3:50:07AND TRAVEL TO RELEVANT TRAINING

3:50:09AND CONTINUE EDUCATION

3:50:10OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT

3:50:11STAFF AT THE LAB REMAIN FULLY

3:50:14UM ACCREDITED WITHOUT FINANCIAL

3:50:15HARDSHIPS TO EMPLOYEES.

3:50:17AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND

3:50:18CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND

3:50:20THAT DOCKET NUMBER 1678 UH TO

3:50:23PASS AND FINALLY, UM DOCKET

3:50:26NUMBER 1680.

3:50:29WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC SAFETY

3:50:30MEANS BEING PREPARED DURING

3:50:31THESE TIMES OF DISASTER.

3:50:33THIS FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE

3:50:35GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE

3:50:36TECHNOLOGY UPGRADED AND

3:50:38IMPROVEMENTS TO BOSTON'S

3:50:39EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER,

3:50:41WHICH WILL ENHANCE ITS

3:50:41OPERATIONAL CAPACITY AND

3:50:43ABILITY TO COORDINATE EMERGENCY

3:50:44RESPONSE EFFORTS.

3:50:45ADDITIONALLY, THE GRANT WILL

3:50:46SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL

3:50:48DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR

3:50:49STAFF OF THE OFFICE

3:50:50OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

3:50:51THESE INVESTMENTS WILL

3:50:52STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S EMERGENCY

3:50:54PREPAREDNESS, COORDINATION AND

3:50:56RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, ENSURING

3:50:58THAT OEM REMAINS EQUIPPED TO

3:51:00EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT BOSTON'S

3:51:01RESIDENTS DURING EMERGENCIES

3:51:02AND MAJOR INCIDENTS.

3:51:04AS A CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN

3:51:06CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND

3:51:07THAT DOCKET NUMBER 1680 OUT TO

3:51:09PASS.

3:51:09THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:51:11THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.

3:51:14UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE

3:51:15THE FLOOR.

3:51:16THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:51:18MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK THE, UH,

3:51:21CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE A FEW

3:51:22QUESTIONS?

3:51:23YOU MAY THROUGH THE CHAIR.

3:51:25OKAY.

3:51:26YOU.

3:51:27>> HAVE WE HAD HEARINGS ON

3:51:28THESE PARTICULAR DOCKETS IN.

3:51:32COUNCILOR SANTANA?

3:51:33UM, WE'VE WE'VE HAD HEARINGS

3:51:35FROM THESE DOCKET.

3:51:36SO WE DON'T HAVE AS I YOU KNOW,

3:51:38AS I'VE TAKEN OVER THE

3:51:39COMMITTEE, WE DON'T HAVE UM,

3:51:41HEARINGS ON EVERY SINGLE

3:51:42SPECIFIC DOCKET, BUT WE DO HAVE

3:51:44UH, MULTIPLE HEARINGS.

3:51:45UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE

3:51:47YEAR TO WHERE WE BRING DPD

3:51:49PERSONNEL, UM, TO TALK ABOUT

3:51:51ALL GRANTS, UM, AND JUST

3:51:52GROUNDS FOR THOSE DOCKETS.

3:51:55I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT ON ANY

3:51:57OF THESE DOCKET, SO I'M GOING

3:51:58TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ALL OF THEM

3:52:00.

3:52:00BUT I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS

3:52:01ABOUT THE, UH, BOSTON POLICE

3:52:03CRIME LAB.

3:52:04I'VE BEEN LOOKING TO HAVE A

3:52:06MEETING A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE

3:52:09FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

3:52:11UM, HASN'T BEEN SCHEDULED YET.

3:52:13UM.

3:52:16SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN TO

3:52:17ME ON ON DOCKET 1678?

3:52:20CAN YOU GIVE ME A DEEPER

3:52:23UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE'RE

3:52:24GOING TO HOW THIS IS GOING TO

3:52:26IMPROVE?

3:52:27WHY SCREENING FOR SEXUAL

3:52:29ASSAULT CASE.

3:52:32COUNTS FOR SOME TIME.

3:52:34YEAH.

3:52:34>> THANK YOU.

3:52:35UM, MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:52:36THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:52:38SO WHAT I HAVE SAID IS THAT

3:52:39THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR

3:52:41DAILY OPERATIONS AND AND DNA

3:52:42TESTING SUPPLIES.

3:52:44UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO PLAN FOR

3:52:47,UH I TALKED ABOUT THE

3:52:49REIMBURSEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH

3:52:50THE REGISTRATION.

3:52:50UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I

3:52:52THINK AS IT'S MONEY THAT YOU'VE

3:52:53ACTUALLY ADVOCATED FOR UM, IN

3:52:54THE PAST.

3:52:55I KNOW YOU HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT

3:52:58UM THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY

3:52:59DOESN'T MATCH THE MILLION

3:53:00DOLLARS BEING ALLOCATED TO THE

3:53:02OFFICE.

3:53:02UM, BUT THIS IS GOING TO HELP

3:53:04THEIR EFFORTS.

3:53:05UM, AND SOMETHING THAT YOU AND

3:53:06ADVOCATED FOR IN TERMS OF, UM,

3:53:08THE HEARING THAT YOU REQUESTED

3:53:10I DO DON'T BELIEVE THAT I HAVE

3:53:12RECEIVED, UH, A REQUEST FROM

3:53:16YOU OR YOUR OFFICE ABOUT

3:53:17SCHEDULING THAT HEARING.

3:53:18SO HAPPY TO COORDINATE WITH YOU

3:53:19AND YOUR OFFICE, UM, AFTERWARDS

3:53:21TO MAKE SURE THAT.

3:53:22>> THAT HAPPENS.

3:53:24THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:53:25YEAH.

3:53:25>> THE THE ISSUE OF THE CRIME

3:53:28LAB.

3:53:28I'M I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR

3:53:30OF IT.

3:53:30I AM TROUBLED ABOUT THE

3:53:32LEADERSHIP WE HAVE OVER THE

3:53:34LAST MANY YEARS AT THE CRIME

3:53:35LAB.

3:53:36I DON'T LIKE JUST GOING TO

3:53:39SUPPORT A DOCKET FOR FUNDING

3:53:41WHEN I KNOW THERE'S OUTSTANDING

3:53:42,OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN A

3:53:44PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.

3:53:45WE HAVE OUTSTANDING ISSUES AT

3:53:47THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

3:53:49CRIME LAB.

3:53:50WE DON'T HAVE STRONG LEADERSHIP

3:53:52THERE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M A

3:53:54STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE BOSTON

3:53:55PUBLIC OF THE BOSTON POLICE

3:53:57DEPARTMENT.

3:53:57BUT I'M GOING TO CALL THEM OUT

3:53:59WHEN I WHEN I KNOW WHEN THERE

3:54:02ARE ISSUES AT A PARTICULAR

3:54:04DEPARTMENT OR A PARTICULAR

3:54:05REASON WHY FOR THEM, UH, SUCH

3:54:09AS THE CRIME LAB, UM,

3:54:11CONSISTENT.

3:54:11UH.

3:54:11>> NO, I KNOW BUT MADAM CHAIR,

3:54:13THIS IS IMPORTANT.

3:54:14BECAUSE YOU KNOW I KNOW, I.

3:54:16>> KNOW, BUT WE WE HAVEN'T HAD

3:54:17A HEARING.

3:54:18I MAY I MIGHT YES.

3:54:19MAY I INTERJECT?

3:54:20YES.

3:54:21COUNCILOR SANTANA HAS INDICATED

3:54:23THAT HE'S HAPPY TO HAVE A

3:54:25HEARING, BUT I.

3:54:27I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU YOUR

3:54:29OFFICE CAN WORK WITH HIS OFFICE

3:54:30TO SET UP A HEARING AND

3:54:31EXPEDITE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T

3:54:32KNOW THAT THIS IS THE BEST

3:54:34FORUM FOR A CONVERSATION A LONG

3:54:36CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CRIME

3:54:37LAB.

3:54:38RESPECTFULLY, I FEEL THAT IT

3:54:41DOES DESERVE A HEARING A FULL

3:54:43HEARING RATHER THAN THIS BACK

3:54:44AND FORWARD DISCUSSION RIGHT

3:54:45NOW.

3:54:48SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, THANK YOU.

3:54:54COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE

3:54:55FLOOR.

3:54:55UM.

3:54:57NOPE.

3:55:00SO THESE DOCKETS 139416781680.

3:55:07ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION

3:55:09OF THE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED.

3:55:11WE'LL START WITH DOCKET 1398.

3:55:14UH, WE'VE ALREADY SPOKE.

3:55:16ALL THESE DOCKETS ARE ABSENT.

3:55:19OBJECTION.

3:55:19THE MOTION OF THE CHAIR IS

3:55:21ACCEPTED AND ALL OF THESE

3:55:23DOCKETS ARE PROPERLY BEFORE THE

3:55:24BODY.

3:55:25COUNCILOR SANTANA MOVES FOR

3:55:26PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1394.

3:55:29ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.

3:55:31ALL OPPOSED?

3:55:32SAY NAY.

3:55:34MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

3:55:35TAKE A ROLL CALL?

3:55:36VOTE ON DOCKET 139 FOR ROLL

3:55:40CALL.

3:55:41VOTE ON DOCKET 1394,

3:55:43COUNCILOR BREADON.

3:55:43YES.

3:55:44CONCENTRATE ON YES

3:55:45COUNCIL COLADAS.

3:55:46ABABA.

3:55:47YES.

3:55:47COUNCIL COLETTE A SEPARATE

3:55:49COUNCIL CULPEPER.

3:55:49YES.

3:55:51>> YES.

3:55:52>> COUNCILOR DURKAN.

3:55:52YES.

3:55:53ONCE I DOPED AND YES.

3:55:54COUNCIL FITZGERALD.

3:55:55ONCE FITZGERALD.

3:55:57YES.

3:55:57CONSOLE.

3:55:57FLYNN.

3:55:58YES.

3:55:58>> ONCE OF AS COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE

3:56:00.

3:56:02COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.

3:56:02YES.

3:56:02COUNCIL.

3:56:03MAYOR.

3:56:04COUNCIL ME AS COUNCIL MURPHY.

3:56:08YES.

3:56:09COUNCIL MURPHY AS COUNCIL PREP

3:56:11N CONCEPT WEAPON.

3:56:12YES.

3:56:12COUNCIL.

3:56:13SANTANA.

3:56:13YES.

3:56:14COUNCIL.

3:56:14SANTANA.

3:56:15YES.

3:56:15COUNCIL.

3:56:16WEBER.

3:56:17COUNCIL.

3:56:17WEBER.

3:56:17YES.

3:56:18COUNCIL.

3:56:18AROUND.

3:56:19YES.

3:56:19CONSOLE.

3:56:20AROUND.

3:56:20YES.

3:56:2113 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

3:56:23THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK DUNCAN

3:56:261394 HAS PASSED.

3:56:28COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE

3:56:29YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON.

3:56:30YEAH.

3:56:31>> MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANTED

3:56:32TO CORRECT THE RECORD.

3:56:34I DID SEND A E-MAIL REQUEST.

3:56:37COUNCILOR SANTANA, I

3:56:39RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR A

3:56:41HEARING TO DISCUSS RESOURCES AT

3:56:43THE BOSTON CRIME LAB.

3:56:44I ASKED FOR DATES IN AUGUST.

3:56:47UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GET ON

3:56:48THE RECORD.

3:56:49I ASKED FOR A PARTICULAR

3:56:50HEARING AND AND I'M STILL

3:56:52WAITING AND I'LL CONTINUE TO

3:56:53WAIT, BUT I AM ASKING, UM,

3:56:56COUNCIL SANTANA TO PLEASE HAVE

3:56:57A MEETING ON CRIME LAB.

3:56:59THAT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE.

3:57:01I JUST CAN'T TAKE PEOPLE'S WORD

3:57:03THAT WE ARE DOING A VERY GOOD

3:57:04JOB AT THE CRIME LAB.

3:57:05I NEED TO KNOW FOR MYSELF AND

3:57:07ASK THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.

3:57:08THANK YOU.

3:57:09>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

3:57:10THANK YOU.

3:57:15COUNCILOR SANTANA MOVES FOR

3:57:16PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1678.

3:57:18ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

3:57:20ALL OPPOSED.

3:57:21SAY NAY.

3:57:23MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE

3:57:24TAKE A ROLL CALL?

3:57:25VOTE ON DOCKET 1678.

3:57:27ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1678.

3:57:30COUNSELOR BREADON.

3:57:31YES.

3:57:31COUNCIL.

3:57:32BREEDEN.

3:57:32YES.

3:57:33COUNCIL LOCALITIES.

3:57:34OPERA CONCEPT.

3:57:35CHOLERA SUFFERER.

3:57:36YES.

3:57:36COUNCIL.

3:57:36CULPEPER.

3:57:37CONCEPT.

3:57:38YES.

3:57:39COUNCIL.

3:57:39DURKAN CONCEPT.

3:57:40DOC AND YES.

3:57:41COUNCIL FITZGERALD.

3:57:43COUNCIL.

3:57:43FITZGERALD.

3:57:44YES.

3:57:44COUNCIL.

3:57:44FLYNN.

3:57:45YES.

3:57:46CONTROL PLANE.

3:57:46YES.

3:57:47COUNCIL.

3:57:47LOUIJEUNE LOUIJEUNE.

3:57:49YES.

3:57:49COUNCIL.

3:57:50MEDIA CONSTANTLY HERE.

3:57:51YES.

3:57:52COUNCIL MURPHY.

3:57:54COUNCIL MURPHY AS COUNCIL BY

3:57:55BAND.

3:57:55CONCEPT.

3:57:56PEPPERONI AS COUNCIL.

3:57:58SANTANA.

3:57:58YES.

3:57:58CONSCIOUS.

3:57:59SANTANA.

3:57:59YES.

3:58:00COUNCIL WEBER.

3:58:01COUNCIL.

3:58:01WEBER.

3:58:02YES AND COUNCIL.

3:58:03WORLD COUNCIL WERE AROUND 13

3:58:04VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

3:58:06THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

3:58:07DOCKET 1678 HAS PASSED.

3:58:11UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, MOVE TO

3:58:14PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1680.

3:58:16ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

3:58:18ALL OPPOSED.

3:58:19SAY NAY.

3:58:21MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

3:58:22TAKE A ROLL CALL?

3:58:23VOTE ON DOCKET 1680.

3:58:25DOCKET ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET

3:58:29181680 COUNCIL READING.

3:58:30YES.

3:58:31>> COUNCIL.

3:58:31BREDON.

3:58:31>> YES.

3:58:32COUNCIL COLORS.

3:58:33OPERA.

3:58:33CONCEPT.

3:58:34COLLETTE.

3:58:34IT'S ABOUT A YES COUNCIL CALLED

3:58:36PEPPER CONCERT CALLED PEPPER.

3:58:38YES.

3:58:38COUNCIL DURKAN WANTS A DOG AND

3:58:39YES COUNCIL FITZGERALD WANTS A

3:58:42FITZGERALD.

3:58:42YES.

3:58:43COUNCIL FLYNN.

3:58:44THIS COUNCIL HAS

3:58:46COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.

3:58:47COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.

3:58:48COUNCIL MAY HEAR YOU ON SOME

3:58:50MAY HEAR YES.

3:58:51COUNCIL MURPHY COUNCIL MURPHY

3:58:53HAS BEEN PREPARED AS

3:58:56COUNCIL SANTANA YES.

3:58:57ONCE A SANTANA.

3:58:57YES.

3:58:58COUNCIL.

3:58:58WEBER.

3:58:59CONSUL WEBER YES ON SEVERAL

3:59:02COUNCILOR WORRELL YES 13 VOTES

3:59:04IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

3:59:04THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

3:59:06DOCKET 1680 HAS PASSED.

3:59:10WE ARE NOW ON TO LET FUNDS.

3:59:14UH, I AM INFORMED BY THE CHURCH

3:59:17THAT THERE ARE FOUR.

3:59:21FOUR LEAD FUNDS ONE

3:59:24COMMUNICATION FROM AROUND THE

3:59:25MAYOR ONE RESOLUTION 117 F AND

3:59:28ONE HEARING ORDER.

3:59:30UM, MISS MADAM CLERK, UH, COULD

3:59:32YOU PLEASE UM.

3:59:36UH, ABSENT OBJECTION, THESE

3:59:38LEAD FILE MATTERS WILL BE

3:59:40ADDED.

3:59:42COUNCILOR JACK.

3:59:46I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR, UM, THE

3:59:48LATE FILES TO BE READ

3:59:49SEPARATELY BECAUSE I OBJECTED

3:59:50TWO OF THEM.

3:59:53WE WILL START OFF WITH THE.

3:59:56SPECIFICALLY I OBJECT TO THE

3:59:57EMERGENCY WHEN WE.

3:59:58>> GET THERE.

3:59:59OKAY, WE WILL GET THERE.

4:00:00WE'LL START OFF, MADAM CLERK,

4:00:02WITH THE COMMUNICATION FROM HER

4:00:03HONOR THE MAYOR ABSENT

4:00:05OBJECTION.

4:00:05UH, THIS COMMUNICATION FROM

4:00:07HONOR THE MAYOR IS PROPERLY

4:00:08BEFORE THE BODY.

4:00:09COULD YOU READ THAT INTO THE

4:00:10RECORD?

4:00:10THANK YOU.

4:00:11>> NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE

4:00:12MAYOR OF HER ABSENT FROM THE

4:00:13CITY FROM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER

4:00:1622ND, 2026 AT 12 P.M. RETURNING

4:00:20THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2024, 2026

4:00:25AT 2:30 P.M..

4:00:26THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

4:00:27UH, THIS COMMUNICATION FROM AN

4:00:29HONOR THE MAYOR WILL BE PLACED

4:00:30ON FILE.

4:00:32WE NOW ON TO SECOND LATE FINE

4:00:34MATTER WHICH IS A RESOLUTION.

4:00:37UH, YOU HAVE THE LATE FINE

4:00:39MATTERS.

4:00:39EVERYONE GOT THE LATE FINE

4:00:41MATTERS IN FRONT OF THEM?

4:00:42YES.

4:00:44>> SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION FROM

4:00:47COUNCILOR CULPEPER RESOLUTION

4:00:49IN SUPPORT OF GOVERNOR HALEY'S

4:00:51PROPOSAL TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND

4:00:53THE STATE GAS TAX.

4:00:56THANK YOU.

4:00:57>> ABSENT OBJECTION, THIS, UH,

4:00:59LATE UH, FILE HERE, UM,

4:01:02RESOLUTION IS PROPERLY BEFORE

4:01:03THE BODY, BUT THE CHAIR

4:01:05RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

4:01:06COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:01:08THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

4:01:10EARLIER THIS YEAR I FILED A

4:01:12RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A

4:01:13TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF THE

4:01:15STATE GAS TAX AS MASSACHUSETTS

4:01:18RESIDENTS FACE RAPIDLY

4:01:21INCREASING FUEL COSTS.

4:01:23THAT RESOLUTION DID NOT PASS IN

4:01:26APRIL, BUT SINCE THEN THE

4:01:27SITUATION AT THE PUMP HAS ONLY

4:01:29GOTTEN WORSE.

4:01:31YESTERDAY GOVERNOR HEALEY

4:01:32ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL FILE

4:01:34LEGISLATION TO SUSPEND

4:01:36MASSACHUSETTS 24% $0.24 PER

4:01:41GALLON TAX AND I THINK I MAY

4:01:44HAVE CALLED FOR THAT EARLIER 24

4:01:46CENT PER GALLON TAX ON GASOLINE

4:01:49TO SUSPENDED FOR TWO MONTHS.

4:01:52UNDER THE PROPOSAL, RETAILERS

4:01:54WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PASS THE

4:01:55SAVINGS ON TO CONSUMERS AND THE

4:02:00APPROXIMATELY $120 MILLION IN

4:02:02FOREGONE TAX RESIDENT REVENUE

4:02:04WOULD BE PLACED WITH PROJECTED

4:02:06AND BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR.

4:02:08SO TAX REVENUE SO THAT FUNDING

4:02:10ROADS, BRIDGES AND PUBLIC

4:02:12TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE

4:02:13MAINTAINED.

4:02:14THE RESOLUTION BEFORE TODAY

4:02:16SUPPORTS OUR PROPOSAL AND URGES

4:02:18THE LEGISLATURE TO ACT ON IT.

4:02:20THE NEED FOR RELIEF HAS ONLY

4:02:22BECOME MORE URGENT.

4:02:24THIS IS AN EMERGENCY AND AS

4:02:27OF YESTERDAY THE AVERAGE PRICE

4:02:28OF GASOLINE IN MASSACHUSETTS

4:02:30WAS APPROXIMATELY 441 PER

4:02:33GALLON.

4:02:34LAST NIGHT I PAID FOR 79 PER

4:02:37GALLON UP FROM 2.90 IN FEBRUARY

4:02:39WHILE DIESEL HAD RISEN FROM

4:02:43APPROXIMATELY 420 TO $646.40

4:02:48PER GALLON.

4:02:49THESE INCREASES AFFECT MORE

4:02:51THAN WHAT PEOPLE PAY WHEN THEY

4:02:53FILL UP THEIR CARS.

4:02:54THEY AFFECT WORKERS COMMUTING

4:02:57TO AND FROM THEIR JOBS,

4:02:58FAMILIES GETTING CHILDREN WHERE

4:03:00THEY NEED TO GET PICKED UP,

4:03:02SMALL BUSINESSES, DELIVERY

4:03:05DRIVERS AND TRUCK DRIVERS AND

4:03:07ULTIMATELY THE PRICES WE ALL

4:03:08PAY FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.

4:03:11AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS

4:03:12PARTICULAR PROPOSAL IS THAT IT

4:03:14IS ONLY TEMPORARY.

4:03:15MADAM PRESIDENT AND MY

4:03:17COLLEAGUES FOR ONLY TWO MONTHS

4:03:19AND INCLUDES A PLAN TO REPLACE

4:03:21THE FOREGONE REVENUE RATHER

4:03:24THAN SIMPLY TAKING $120 MILLION

4:03:28AWAY FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION

4:03:29SYSTEM.

4:03:29THE GOVERNOR HAS NOW PUT THIS

4:03:32PROPOSAL FORWARD, BUT IT STILL

4:03:34REQUIRES LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE

4:03:36IT.

4:03:37BY PASSING THIS RESOLUTION, THE

4:03:39COUNCIL CAN FORMALLY

4:03:41COMMUNICATE ITS SUPPORT FOR THE

4:03:43PROPOSED TWO MONTH SUSPENSION

4:03:45TO THE LEGISLATURE AS IT

4:03:47CONSIDERS THIS MEASURE.

4:03:49THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND

4:03:51I HOPE THAT ALL OF MY

4:03:52COLLEAGUES AT THIS TIME JOIN

4:03:54ME ON SUPPORTING THIS

4:03:56RESOLUTION.

4:03:56THANK YOU.

4:03:57>> COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

4:03:58THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:03:59COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY.

4:04:01YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:04:04I JOAQUIN.

4:04:05I'M SURE HE HAS OPINIONS.

4:04:08I JUST LIKE TO ADD

4:04:09COUNCILOR FLYNN AS AN ORIGINAL

4:04:11CO-SPONSOR.

4:04:13COUNCILOR FLYNN IS SO ADDED.

4:04:13>> THANK YOU.

4:04:14THANK YOU MINISTER.

4:04:17COUNSELOR COMMENTS ABOUT THE

4:04:18YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:04:19THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

4:04:20UM I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR.

4:04:21CULPEPER FOR INTRODUCING THIS.

4:04:23>> THIS ONE'S AN INTERESTING

4:04:24ONE.

4:04:24IT'S A LITTLE NUANCED I THINK

4:04:25FROM THE OUTSET.

4:04:26INITIALLY I WOULD AS AN

4:04:28ENVIRONMENTALIST SAY NO BECAUSE

4:04:30I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF, UM,

4:04:33INCENTIVIZING ANYBODY TO USE

4:04:34THEIR CARS MORE THAN THEY

4:04:35SHOULD OR MORE CARBON EMISSIONS

4:04:37.

4:04:37HOWEVER, THIS PROPOSAL IS A

4:04:39LITTLE BIT MORE AS YOU

4:04:40MENTIONED IN YOUR REMARKS, IT'S

4:04:41MORE COMPREHENSIVE.

4:04:42THERE'S A FINITE DATE.

4:04:44UM, AND IN MY MIND THIS

4:04:45WOULDN'T UH PUT MORE CARS ON

4:04:47THE ROAD BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY

4:04:49IT WOULD UM, GIVE RELIEF TO

4:04:52FOLKS THAT NEED IT THE MOST.

4:04:54SOME OF OUR LOW WAGE WORKERS

4:04:56WHO HAVE TO DRIVE TO GET TO

4:04:57WORK I KNOW THERE'S A BUNCH

4:04:59THAT WORK FOR THE AIRPORT THEY

4:05:01TRAVEL FROM FROM BROCKTON.

4:05:02UM, AND UH, FOLKS THAT LIVE IN

4:05:05EAST BOSTON WHO GO TO WORK

4:05:06OTHER PLACES.

4:05:07SO UM, INITIALLY I WAS A NO FOR

4:05:09THIS BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF IT

4:05:11BECAUSE IT WILL ULTIMATELY HELP

4:05:12OUR LOW WAGE WORKERS AND UM,

4:05:14FOLKS ARE REALLY FEELING THE

4:05:16PINCH RIGHT NOW IN THEIR

4:05:17WALLETS AND SO UM, I'M HAPPY TO

4:05:19STAND INS AND SUPPORT.

4:05:20THANK YOU.

4:05:20COUNCILOR CLAIRE, AS A PART

4:05:21OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES I'M

4:05:23GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL OFFLINE

4:05:24THEN I'LL COME BACK TO

4:05:25COUNCIL DARK AND

4:05:26COUNCIL OFFERING YOU THE SECOND

4:05:27CALL.

4:05:29THANK YOU.

4:05:30THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

4:05:31AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,

4:05:33COUNCILOR CULPEPPER, FOR

4:05:34BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT

4:05:35RESOLUTION FORWARD FOR THE

4:05:37IMPORTANT RESOLUTION HE

4:05:40PREVIOUSLY, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD

4:05:41AS WELL.

4:05:42BUT THIS IS ABOUT PROVIDING

4:05:45SOME RELIEF TO WORKING CLASS

4:05:48FAMILIES, LOW INCOME FAMILIES,

4:05:50LOW INCOME WORKERS, UH,

4:05:52FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

4:05:54SOME FAMILIES NEED AN

4:05:56AUTOMOBILE TO GET TO WORK TO

4:05:58TAKE THEIR KIDS TO, UM, A

4:06:00DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS.

4:06:01THEY DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO,

4:06:03UH, HAVE SOMEONE TAKE THEM

4:06:05THERE.

4:06:06BUT THIS IS ABOUT A LITTLE BIT

4:06:08OF SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES IN OUR

4:06:11CITY, IN OUR COMMONWEALTH THAT

4:06:12ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS

4:06:14MEET.

4:06:15THEY THEY'RE HAVING CHALLENGES

4:06:17BUYING FOOD, HAVING CHALLENGES,

4:06:20PAYING THE BILLS.

4:06:21THEY'RE SENDING THEIR KIDS TO

4:06:22COLLEGE.

4:06:24CAN THEY AFFORD $5 FOR A GALLON

4:06:28OF GAS THAT WE SEE NOW THAT'S

4:06:30OUTRAGEOUS.

4:06:31I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO,

4:06:32UM, GOVERNOR HALEY FOR BRINGING

4:06:34THIS COMMON SENSE APPROACH

4:06:37FORWARD.

4:06:38IT WILL HELP WORKING CLASS

4:06:40RESIDENTS OF OF THIS CITY.

4:06:42IT WILL HELP STRUGGLING

4:06:44FAMILIES.

4:06:44IT WILL HELP LOW WAGE WORKERS.

4:06:46IT'S ABOUT JUSTICE FOR LOW WAGE

4:06:48WORKERS AS WELL.

4:06:49THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.

4:06:51THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.

4:06:53THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:06:54COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL.

4:06:55YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:06:55THANK YOU SO MUCH.

4:06:56UM, WHEN I KNOCK DOORS, UH, FOR

4:06:58THE FAIR SHARE AMENDMENT I

4:07:00REALLY BELIEVED IN, UH, THAT

4:07:03MONEY BEING SUPPLEMENTAL AND

4:07:05NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I DO

4:07:07FEEL LIKE THIS PROPOSAL IS

4:07:08EXTREMELY REACTIVE.

4:07:09IT'S HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE

4:07:11OF A CAMPAIGN CYCLE.

4:07:12UM, I DO I WAS PROBABLY THE

4:07:14LEADING OPPOSITION THE LAST

4:07:15TIME, UM, THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT

4:07:18FORWARD.

4:07:19UM, HONESTLY, UM, AS A CITY

4:07:22OFFICIAL, UM, WE ARE YOU KNOW,

4:07:25YOU KNOW, WE AREN'T TASKED WITH

4:07:27THIS JOB AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO

4:07:30DEFER TO THE LEGISLATURE AND I

4:07:32IF I HAD TO TALK TO THE I'LL

4:07:34JUST SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE

4:07:35LEGISLATORS IN MY DISTRICT.

4:07:36YOU SHOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS.

4:07:38UM, THIS IS SIMPLY PASSING THE

4:07:40BUCK.

4:07:40UM, WHAT WE WANT IS BETTER

4:07:43SCHOOLS.

4:07:44WE WANT BETTER TRANSIT.

4:07:45WE WANT MORE INVESTMENT IN THE

4:07:47T.

4:07:47THAT'S WHAT THE FAIR FAIR SHARE

4:07:48AMENDMENT WAS AND HAS BEEN

4:07:51TASKED WITH.

4:07:51UM, THERE'S BEEN OVER $4

4:07:53BILLION THAT HAVE GONE INTO

4:07:54PUBLIC TRANSIT IN SCHOOLS SINCE

4:07:56ITS INCEPTION.

4:07:57SO I FEEL VERY MUCH UM I, I

4:08:00REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THE FAIR

4:08:02SHARE AMENDMENT ABSOLUTELY

4:08:03SAVED UM, THE STATE BUDGET AND

4:08:06SO LETTING THIS BE SORT OF A

4:08:09WAY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, SAY OH,

4:08:12$120 MILLION THAT OF REVENUE

4:08:13THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE IN THESE

4:08:15TWO MONTHS WE'RE JUST GOING TO

4:08:16PULL IT FROM THE FAIR SHARE

4:08:17AMENDMENT IS REALLY NOT THE

4:08:18POINT OF THE ACTIVIST, UM, LIKE

4:08:20MYSELF WHO WERE OUT THERE

4:08:22KNOCKING ON DOORS.

4:08:23WE WANTED SUPPLEMENTAL MONEY.

4:08:25WE WANTED MORE MONEY FOR

4:08:26SCHOOLS, MORE MONEY FOR TRANSIT

4:08:28AND UM AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE

4:08:30WERE KNOCKING ON THOSE DOORS IT

4:08:31WAS CONTROVERSIAL.

4:08:32THE STATEHOUSE DIDN'T, YOU

4:08:33KNOW, WASN'T IN SUPPORT OF IT.

4:08:34THEY YOU KNOW, OFTEN AREN'T IN

4:08:36SUPPORT OF UM OF AMENDMENT.

4:08:38SO I JUST THINK I'M GONNA I YOU

4:08:40KNOW AND I OFTEN AS WE DO I'M

4:08:42GOING TO PUT MY YOU KNOW

4:08:43ACTIVIST HAT BACK ON AND SAY

4:08:45THIS ISN'T WHAT WE INTENDED AND

4:08:47I, I IT'S SCARY RIGHT TO LIKE

4:08:50YOU KNOW HAVE OPINIONS AND TO

4:08:52YOU KNOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS

4:08:53BUT I JUST I THINK WE I NEED TO

4:08:55STAND BEHIND WHAT I BELIEVE

4:08:56WHICH IS THAT WE NEED MORE

4:08:58MONEY FOR SCHOOLS AND MORE

4:08:59MONEY FOR TRANSIT AND SIMPLY

4:09:00PASSING THE BUCK HERE FOR FOR

4:09:03TWO MONTHS IS NOT GOING TO DO

4:09:04THAT.

4:09:04SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE

4:09:06NO AND HONESTLY LOOK I MEAN

4:09:07LOOK AT THE MIXED REACTIONS.

4:09:10THIS IS NOT YOU KNOW,

4:09:12PROGRESSIVES DEMOCRATS DON'T

4:09:14FEEL ONE WAY ABOUT THIS.

4:09:15UM AND I HONESTLY NEITHER DO

4:09:17REPUBLICANS.

4:09:18SO IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S

4:09:19FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

4:09:20THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.

4:09:21ANYONE ELSE FOR TO SPEAK?

4:09:26COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND FLYNN

4:09:27SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES

4:09:29AND PASSAGE OF THE SLATE FILE

4:09:31RESOLUTION ON UH OH.

4:09:34YEAH.

4:09:34I BEG YOUR PARDON?

4:09:36I FORGOT TO ASK ANYONE LIKE TO

4:09:37ADD THEIR NAMES?

4:09:38WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR

4:09:39NAMES?

4:09:41COUNCILOR COLOR COLLETTE IS A

4:09:42POWDER.

4:09:44HUNTER MURPHY.

4:09:48COUNCILOR MORRELL AND PLEASE

4:09:51HAVE THE CHAIR.

4:09:54SO COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND

4:09:57FLYNN SUSPEND TO THE RULES AND

4:09:59PASSAGE OF THIS LATE FINE

4:10:00MATTER.

4:10:00ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

4:10:04UH.

4:10:05>> ALL OPPOSED.

4:10:05SAY NAY.

4:10:06NAY.

4:10:08>> OKAY.

4:10:09>> MADAM CHAIR.

4:10:09MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE

4:10:11TAKE A ROLL CALL?

4:10:12VOTE UH, OBVIOUSLY FILE UH

4:10:14RESOLUTION.

4:10:15ROLL CALL.

4:10:16VOTE ON THE LATE FILE

4:10:18RESOLUTION, COUNCILOR BREEDEN.

4:10:19YES.

4:10:19CONCENTRATE ON THIS COUNCIL.

4:10:21LET US.

4:10:22ONCE A LETTER SUPPORTER.

4:10:23YES.

4:10:24COUNCIL.

4:10:24CULPEPER CONCEPT CALLED THE

4:10:26PREVIOUS COUNCILOR DURKAN.

4:10:28COUNCIL DOCTOR NO.

4:10:29COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONTRA

4:10:30FITZGERALD.

4:10:31YES.

4:10:32COUNCILOR FLYNN.

4:10:32YES.

4:10:33HUNTER FLYNN.

4:10:33YES.

4:10:34COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE

4:10:36COUNCILOR LUCIAN PRESENT.

4:10:37COUNCIL.

4:10:38MAYOR.

4:10:39YES.

4:10:40>> PRESENT.

4:10:42>> OKAY.

4:10:43COUNCIL MURPHY AND SAM MURPHY.

4:10:45YES.

4:10:46COUNCIL.

4:10:46BEN.

4:10:48BEN.

4:10:48YES.

4:10:49COUNCIL.

4:10:49SANTANA.

4:10:51CONSISTENT ON THE PRESENT

4:10:53COUNCIL.

4:10:53WEBER.

4:10:53YES.

4:10:55SO WEBB I GUESS COUNCIL.

4:10:56AND SO AROUND.

4:10:58YES.

4:11:03123456789 YES.

4:11:05I DID I DID I READY TO WHAT?

4:11:09YEAH ONE SECOND 123456789 TEN

4:11:16SOMEBODY SPECIAL I MISSED ONE

4:11:19SO I'LL GO BACK BUT WE ARE

4:11:21GOING TO GO BACK AND DO IT

4:11:22AGAIN JUST COUNCILOR BREADON

4:11:24YES CONCENTRATE ON YES CONCERT

4:11:27AS OPERA.

4:11:28CONCERT CALORIES ABOUT A YES

4:11:29CONCERT CULPEPER CONCERT

4:11:31CULPEPER YES CONCERT DUNCAN

4:11:33HUNTER DUNCAN FITZGERALD.

4:11:35COUNCIL.

4:11:36FITZGERALD.

4:11:37YES.

4:11:37COUNCIL.

4:11:37FLYNN.

4:11:38YES.

4:11:38ON SO.

4:11:38FLYNN.

4:11:39YES.

4:11:40COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AS I SAID

4:11:41COUNCIL MEDIA.

4:11:44PRESENT.

4:11:44COUNCIL.

4:11:45MURPHY.

4:11:46MURPHY.

4:11:47YES.

4:11:47CONCERT BEN COUNCIL HAS

4:11:50COUNCIL SANTANA PRESENT AND

4:11:52COUNCIL WEBER AND

4:11:53COUNCIL AROUND YES SO 123456789

4:12:00YES AND THREE PRESENT NINE 1011

4:12:04YEAH IT'S CORRECT.

4:12:06SO IS NINE YES THREE PRESENT

4:12:08AND ONE NO.

4:12:09THANK YOU MADAM TRUNK UM THIS

4:12:12RESOLUTION HAS PASSED.

4:12:14WE'RE ON TO THE SECOND.

4:12:16UH, WE ON TO A 17 F YES.

4:12:19YOU HAVE THE 17 F IN FRONT

4:12:21OF YOU HAVE ABSENT OBJECTION

4:12:23THESE LIT THIS LIT OKAY.

4:12:27ABSENT OBJECTION

4:12:29COUNCILOR DURKAN OBJECTS SO

4:12:32THIS LIT FILE UH 17 F WILL NOT

4:12:38BE BROUGHT FORWARD.

4:12:39AND BASED A HERE IN ORDER THAT.

4:12:41SUBJECTED TO WE HAVE ONE WE

4:12:43HAVE ONE MORE WE HAVE A HEARING

4:12:45ORDER.

4:12:47UH YOU.

4:12:48OKAY COUNCILOR UH, DURKAN

4:12:52OBJECTS TO BRINGING THIS

4:12:53HEARING ORDER FORWARD.

4:12:55THEREFORE IT WILL NOT COME

4:12:56FORWARD.

4:12:58THANK YOU.

4:13:00WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE

4:13:01CONSENT AGENDA.

4:13:03I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE

4:13:04CHURCH THAT THERE ARE NO

4:13:06THERE'S NO ADDITIONS TO THE

4:13:08CONSENT AGENDA.

4:13:09THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON

4:13:10APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS

4:13:12CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT

4:13:13AGENDA.

4:13:14ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL

4:13:17THANK YOU.

4:13:18THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN

4:13:20ADOPTED.

4:13:21WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

4:13:25UM, WOULD ANYONE PLEASE

4:13:28REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR

4:13:29UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS?

4:13:31DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY

4:13:33ANNOUNCEMENTS?

4:13:34UM, I'LL START WITH

4:13:35COUNCILOR FLYNN.

4:13:36YOU IF YOU GOT YOUR LIGHT ON,

4:13:37PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHT ON IF YOU

4:13:38HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

4:13:40THANK YOU.

4:13:41>> THANK YOU FOR THE FLOOR.

4:13:43MADAM CHAIR.

4:13:43THERE'S AN IMPORTANT CITY

4:13:45COUNCIL HEARING TOMORROW AT 10

4:13:47A.M..

4:13:47IT'S ABOUT THE BLACKSTONE

4:13:49SWIMMING POOL AND I.

4:13:51I BELIEVE IT'S AT 10:00 IN THE

4:13:53MORNING.

4:13:53I DO WANT TO ASK ALL MY CITY

4:13:55COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO BE THERE

4:13:57.

4:13:57THE BLACKSTONE HASN'T HAD A

4:13:59POOL IN THE LONGEST PERIOD

4:14:00OF TIME.

4:14:01WE'RE TRYING TO GET AN

4:14:02INDEPENDENT STUDY ENGINEERING

4:14:04STUDY SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY FIX

4:14:07THE POOL.

4:14:08BUT I REALLY NEED ALL MY CITY

4:14:10COUNCILORS PRESENT TOMORROW

4:14:12ENGAGED ASKING QUESTIONS

4:14:14SUPPORTING THE BLACKSTONE

4:14:15SCHOOL.

4:14:16THIS IS ABOUT PROVIDING

4:14:18RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH END IN

4:14:20ROXBURY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO

4:14:21HAVE A SWIMMING POOL AND MADAM

4:14:23CHAIR, I HAD A CITY

4:14:25COUNCIL HEARING THE OTHER DAY.

4:14:27NOT ONE CITY COUNCILOR ATTENDED

4:14:29MY HEARING.

4:14:30SO I AM ASKING YOU UM TO COME

4:14:33TO MY HEARING TOMORROW BECAUSE

4:14:35IT IS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

4:14:37IT'S ALSO ABOUT PROVIDING

4:14:39ACCESS TO PEOPLE OF COLOR SO

4:14:42THAT THEY CAN ENJOY A SWIMMING

4:14:43POOL AND A PREDOMINANTLY UH,

4:14:46COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AREA WHICH

4:14:48IS SURROUNDED BY THE UM RUTH

4:14:50BERKELEY APARTMENTS WHICH IS

4:14:51CATHEDRAL UH CASTLE SQUARE IS

4:14:54UP THE ROAD UH VILLA VICTORIA

4:14:57ROXBURY IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.

4:14:58THIS IS A JUSTICE ISSUE.

4:14:59I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO BE

4:15:01THERE TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:00

4:15:02AM.

4:15:02THANK YOU.

4:15:03THANK YOU.

4:15:04COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR

4:15:05RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER.

4:15:06YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:15:07>> AND MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO

4:15:09SUPPORT THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL

4:15:11GETTING A SWIMMING POOL.

4:15:13UH, TOMORROW MORNING IS THE

4:15:15FUNERAL HOME GOING FOR VICTORY

4:15:18VOLUME FOR FORMER CHAIR WARD 12

4:15:22,UH, AND FORMER FAIR HOUSING

4:15:24DIRECTOR IN THE CITY.

4:15:25I'LL BE AT THAT FUNERAL

4:15:26TOMORROW MORNING.

4:15:27BUT I DO SUPPORT

4:15:30COUNCILOR FLYNN IN HIS EFFORTS,

4:15:31UH, TO BRING THE POOL TO THE

4:15:33BLACKSTONE SCHOOL.

4:15:33THANK YOU.

4:15:34THANK YOU.

4:15:35>> COUNCILOR CULPEPPER CHAIR

4:15:36RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE PEPEN.

4:15:37YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:15:39THANK YOU.

4:15:40UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, I

4:15:42APPRECIATE THE ADVOCACY FOR THE

4:15:44BLACKSTONE.

4:15:44I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR FINISHES

4:15:46UP TO MY DISTRICT QUITE A BIT

4:15:48FOR EVENTS, SO I'LL BE THERE

4:15:49TOMORROW TO SUPPORT YOU.

4:15:50BUT, UM, AND THIS WEEKEND IN

4:15:53ROSLINDALE WE HAVE THE DUMPLING

4:15:56FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY BUT ALSO,

4:15:59UM, TO SUPPORT THE CLERK ALEX

4:16:02THE GREAT COMMUNITY FRIDAY,

4:16:03SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IS THE

4:16:04GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL UH SCENIC

4:16:07CHURCH.

4:16:07SO I'M INVITING ALL MY

4:16:08COLLEAGUES AND SOME GOOD FOOD,

4:16:10SOME GREEK FOOD AND SOME

4:16:11DUMPLINGS AND ROZZI THANK YOU.

4:16:13SOUNDS LIKE THE PLACE TO BE.

4:16:15UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:16:17COUNCILOR DURKAN AND THEN WE'LL

4:16:18GO TO COUNCILOR MURPHY.

4:16:19THANK YOU SO MUCH.

4:16:20UM, TOMORROW THE LINK FOR US IS

4:16:22DOING A RIBBON CUTTING.

4:16:23UM, I THINK SOME OF US REMEMBER

4:16:24BUT THROUGH THE ARPA FUNDS

4:16:26THERE, UH, IT PAID FOR A NEW

4:16:29BUS FOR THE MISSION HALL LINK.

4:16:30SO EXCITED FOR THAT TOMORROW.

4:16:32UM, AND THEN ON SATURDAY IS THE

4:16:33MISSION HALL ROAD RACE.

4:16:34UH, WE JUST HEARD RAIN OR SHINE

4:16:36AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S AT

4:16:38KEVIN FITZGERALD PARK, SO I

4:16:39IMAGINE ALL THE FITZGERALDS

4:16:40WILL BE HERE.

4:16:41SO, UM, HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL

4:16:43BE THERE ON SATURDAY AND IT'S A

4:16:45REQUIREMENT YOU HAVE TO BE

4:16:46THERE.

4:16:47SO UM SO WE'LL WE'LL SEE

4:16:49EVERYONE ON SATURDAY.

4:16:50UM, AND I HEARD

4:16:51COUNCILOR CEPHAS RUNNING NOW SO

4:16:53,YOU KNOW, RAIN OR SHINE.

4:16:55UH, COUNCILOR FOR FUN I HOPE

4:16:57YOU CAN RUN IN THE FIVE.

4:16:58OKAY.

4:16:58THANK YOU.

4:16:58IT'S THE HEALTHIEST ONE IN

4:17:00BOSTON.

4:17:01THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:17:03COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL.

4:17:04YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:17:05UM.

4:17:05>> THANK YOU.

4:17:06AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN

4:17:07FOR.

4:17:08UPLIFTING TOMORROW'S HEARING.

4:17:10>> AND I'M SORRY I WAS NOT AT

4:17:11YOUR HEARING LAST WEEK.

4:17:13WE ARE BUSY.

4:17:14WE HAVE LIVES.

4:17:15MY SON NEEDED ME FOR SEVERAL

4:17:17DAYS.

4:17:18MY DOG DIED.

4:17:19I DIDN'T GET TO FILE MY 17 F

4:17:21ONE TIME.

4:17:21I WISH MY COLLEAGUE SHOULD

4:17:23GRACE.

4:17:25BUT I ALSO AM UPSET THAT

4:17:28SCHEDULED SOMETHING AT THE SAME

4:17:30TIME TO SHOWCASE THAT THE

4:17:32BLACKSTONE HAS MADE SOME

4:17:34RENOVATIONS IN THEIR BUILDING

4:17:36AT THE EXACT SAME TIME THAT

4:17:37WE'RE HOLDING THIS IMPORTANT

4:17:39HEARING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

4:17:40SO I REALLY HOPE THAT THE

4:17:41ADMINISTRATION SHOWS UP AND

4:17:42DOESN'T JUST GO TO A RIBBON

4:17:44CUTTING BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY

4:17:46DESERVES MORE THAN PAINT OR A

4:17:48FEW NEW BOOKSHELVES IN THE

4:17:49SCHOOL.

4:17:50THEY DESERVE A POOL.

4:17:51I WILL BE THERE AND I APOLOGIZE

4:17:53FOR NOT BEING THERE.

4:17:54I TRY VERY HARD TO GET TO ALL

4:17:57OF THE HEARINGS BUT WHEN MY

4:17:58FAMILY NEEDS ME I NEED TO BE

4:18:00THERE.

4:18:00THANK YOU.

4:18:01THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.

4:18:02ANYONE ELSE?

4:18:06SO WHEN WISHING A VERY HAPPY

4:18:09BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK TO

4:18:10COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS IT YOUR

4:18:12BIRTHDAY?

4:18:15IT'S THIS FRIDAY.

4:18:17GOOD.

4:18:18WELL, WE WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY

4:18:19BIRTHDAY.

4:18:21UH, AND ALSO TO SAMANTHA PARISI

4:18:24OF CANCER COLLECTORS THE

4:18:25PARTIES OFFICE, UM, ANYONE AT

4:18:28ANY OTHER BIRTHDAYS TO SHOUT

4:18:30OUT?

4:18:30I ALSO WANT TO WISH, UH, MY

4:18:33SPOUSE MARY MCCARTHY.

4:18:34UM.

4:18:35WE WE CELEBRATE UH, BIRTHDAYS

4:18:38BY THE MONTH IN OUR UH IN OUR

4:18:39HOUSEHOLD.

4:18:40SO IF YOUR BIRTHDAY FALLS IN

4:18:41SEPTEMBER YOU GET A BIRTHDAY

4:18:42MONTH FOR THE WHOLE THE WHOLE

4:18:43MONTH AND IT'S A ROLLING

4:18:45CONVENTION.

4:18:45IT'S HAPPENS OVER AND OVER.

4:18:47SO, UH, MARY'S BIRTHDAY WAS ON

4:18:49SET ON SUNDAY LAST AND JUST

4:18:50WANTED TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY

4:18:52BIRTHDAY AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS

4:18:53OF THE DAY.

4:18:55WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO

4:18:57MEMORIALS.

4:18:58WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT IN

4:18:59THEM AND PLEASE UM I ENCOURAGE

4:19:01EVERYONE TO SPEAK UP AS BEST

4:19:03THEY CAN.

4:19:03UH IT WAS MY HEARING IS NOT THE

4:19:05BEST.

4:19:06WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL.

4:19:07WELL.

4:19:08UH THANK YOU.

4:19:08MADAM PRESIDENT.

4:19:09I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE

4:19:10NAME OF THEODORE UH, WEBSTER.

4:19:12UM.

4:19:13>> AND THE CARROLL FAMILY.

4:19:15UH, THEODORE WEBSTER WAS THE

4:19:16FOUNDER AND CEO OF WEBSTER

4:19:19EXCAVATION COMPANY.

4:19:20UM, A DEVOTED FATHER,

4:19:22GRANDFATHER AND ADVOCATE FOR

4:19:24MINORITY CONTRACTORS AND

4:19:26WORKERS IN BOSTON.

4:19:27SO I JUST WANT TO, UH,

4:19:28RECOGNIZE, UH, THE WEBSTER AND

4:19:29CARROLL FAMILY.

4:19:31THANK YOU.

4:19:32>> WHEN I MOVE ON TO

4:19:34COUNCILOR MEJIA, YOU HAVE THE

4:19:35FLOOR.

4:19:36UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

4:19:38UM, I.

4:19:40LIKE TO.

4:19:41READ, UH, INTO THE RECORD UM.

4:19:44IN MEMORIAL DOCTOR.

4:19:46COUSIN FERGUSON, UM.

4:19:49WHO PASSED AWAY.

4:19:51A FEW DAYS AGO.

4:19:52UM.

4:19:53>> HE WAS.

4:19:54>> A PROFESSOR A TEN YEAR

4:19:56PROFESSOR AT UMASS BOSTON

4:19:58FORWARD.

4:19:58,UH, SINCE 1979.

4:20:00>> SO DO.

4:20:00>> THE MATH.

4:20:01A LONG TIME UM, AND A LOT

4:20:04OF HIS.

4:20:05FOCUS WAS AROUND.

4:20:06THE EVOLUTION OF.

4:20:07CONSCIOUSNESS RACE.

4:20:09>> RELATIONS.

4:20:09>> HUMAN RELATIONS.

4:20:10CULTURAL AWARENESS.

4:20:12UM.

4:20:13AND I GOT TO.

4:20:14MEET HIM.

4:20:15UH, THROUGH.

4:20:16OUR REPARATIONS TASK FORCE WORK

4:20:18.

4:20:19UM.

4:20:20>> WHERE HE SAT AND.

4:20:22USHERED US.

4:20:23IN IN A GROUP OF VERY, UH.

4:20:25SPIRITED ACTIVISTS.

4:20:27AROUND PUTTING TOGETHER THE

4:20:29REPARATIONS TASK FORCE

4:20:30ORDINANCE.

4:20:31SO I WANT TO.

4:20:33EXTEND MY.

4:20:34CONDOLENCES TO HIS.

4:20:35FAMILY, UM.

4:20:36FOR THE PASSING OF THEIR LOVED

4:20:38ONES, INCLUDING.

4:20:39>> ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS.

4:20:41>> UM, HE USED.

4:20:41TO INVITE ME EVERY YEAR TO

4:20:42SPEAK TO HIS STUDENTS.

4:20:44I DON'T KNOW WHY.

4:20:45>> BUT I KEPT SHOWING UP

4:20:46ANYWAYS.

4:20:46BUT.

4:20:47>> UM, GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY

4:20:49TO BE IN COMMUNITY WITH YOUNG

4:20:50PEOPLE.

4:20:51SO I JUST WANT TO THANK UM.

4:20:53HIM FOR ALWAYS SEEING ALL OF US

4:20:55AND CREATING SPACE FOR FOLKS.

4:20:57>> AND SO MY.

4:20:58>> MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO

4:20:59HIS FAMILY.

4:21:02AND UM.

4:21:05MY FATHER SOME OF YOU KNEW.

4:21:09THAT UM.

4:21:10MY FATHER.

4:21:10WAS BATTLING CANCER.

4:21:13UM.

4:21:14>> AND HE WAS AT HOME CARE

4:21:15HOSPICE OVER THE LAST FOUR

4:21:17MONTHS.

4:21:19AND I.

4:21:20>> HAD A VERY INTERESTING

4:21:22RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

4:21:23SO IT WASN'T ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL.

4:21:24IT WAS MESSY AND COMPLICATED

4:21:26AS.

4:21:26>> WE ALL ARE.

4:21:27>> AS HUMANS.

4:21:28BUT WHEN.

4:21:29>> I HAD MY DAUGHTER.

4:21:31I REACHED OUT TO HIM UM, IN THE

4:21:34LAST 16 YEARS HE HAD BECOME THE

4:21:36FATHER THAT I ALWAYS NEEDED AND

4:21:37SO.

4:21:38I WAS.

4:21:39INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE

4:21:40TO SPEND.

4:21:41HIS FINAL DAYS, UM.

4:21:44WITH HIM.

4:21:45>> AND UM.

4:21:49YOU KNOW, YOU.

4:21:52IT'S JUST HARD.

4:21:53UM.

4:21:53>> WHEN YOU.

4:21:54>> LOSE A PARENT AND I.

4:21:55KNOW BECAUSE BREATHING YOU

4:21:57HAVE.

4:21:57LOSS AND.

4:21:59SO YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT

4:22:01IS.

4:22:02UM.

4:22:03>> BUT MY.

4:22:04>> FATHER WAS A FIGHTER.

4:22:06HE WAS A LEFTIST.

4:22:08PROGRESSIVE BEFORE.

4:22:09HIS AGE HE FOUGHT.

4:22:10AGAINST THROUGH.

4:22:10>> HE JOE THE.

4:22:11DICTATOR THAT'S AMERICAN.

4:22:12REPUBLIC UM AND CAME TO THIS

4:22:15COUNTRY TO ENSURE THAT.

4:22:17HIS CHILDREN HAD A BETTER LIFE

4:22:18AND.

4:22:19JUST WANT TO.

4:22:19THANK HIM FOR BRINGING ME TO

4:22:22AMERICA AND.

4:22:24YOU KNOW.

4:22:25>> AND GIVING ME LIFE AND MORE

4:22:27IMPORTANTLY GIVING MY DAUGHTER

4:22:29A GRANDFATHER THAT SHE DESERVED

4:22:31TO HAVE.

4:22:31AND SO.

4:22:32UM.

4:22:33>> HE LEAVES BEHIND.

4:22:35UM, RAFAEL.

4:22:36MEJIA IBM HE UH.

4:22:38EVELYN MCGEE.

4:22:39>> UH.

4:22:40AND JULIA.

4:22:41MEJIA ALONGSIDE WITH HIS FOUR

4:22:43GRANDCHILDREN.

4:22:45BRANDON, SARAH, ALEXIA.

4:22:49AND AND ELISE.

4:22:51UM AND SO SENDING MY SINCERE

4:22:53CONDOLENCES TO MY FAMILY IN NEW

4:22:55YORK.

4:22:56UM.

4:22:57>> AND WANT TO THANK MY

4:22:58COLLEAGUES FOR REACHING OUT.

4:23:00IT HAS MEANT.

4:23:01THE WORLD TO ME.

4:23:03UM.

4:23:04>> BECAUSE I THINK AND.

4:23:06>> I'M LOOKING TO COUNCILOR.

4:23:07LOUIJEUNE THAT OFTENTIMES.

4:23:10WE GET SO CAUGHT UP.

4:23:11BEING IN THIS CHAMBER THAT WE

4:23:12DON'T.

4:23:13LOOK AT THE HUMANITY.

4:23:15>> OF WHO WE ARE.

4:23:16AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK.

4:23:18YOU TO YOU PUBLICLY.

4:23:19UM, BECAUSE AFTER.

4:23:22MY FAINTING SPELL.

4:23:22AND YOU KNOW.

4:23:25>> THE LEARNING.

4:23:25>> THE LOSS OF MY FATHER, YOU

4:23:26HAVE REALLY STOOD UP FOR ME.

4:23:28AND STEPPED UP FOR ME IN WAYS

4:23:30THAT.

4:23:30I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE

4:23:32PUBLICLY.

4:23:33UM, AND SO MY MY DAD RAFAEL.

4:23:38HERE.

4:23:39>> UM.

4:23:40>> REST IN PEACE.

4:23:41I KNOW HE'S PLAYING DOMINOES

4:23:42RIGHT.

4:23:42NOW DRINKING CORONAS.

4:23:44HE LOVED.

4:23:45>> THE YANKEES.

4:23:46I WAS A RED SOX FAN SO WE

4:23:48ALWAYS HAD ISSUES THERE.

4:23:49BUT I.

4:23:50KNOW HE'S IN A BETTER PLACE AND

4:23:51HE'S AT PEACE.

4:23:52SO THANK.

4:23:53>> YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO.

4:23:54>> ON A LITTLE ONE.

4:23:55THANK YOU.

4:23:57FROM HERE, UM, WOULD YOU MIND

4:23:59REPEATING THE NAME OF DOCTOR

4:24:01KERRY CARR?

4:24:02YES.

4:24:03>> UM, HE WAS AFFECTIONATELY

4:24:05KNOWN AS CUFF.

4:24:07UM.

4:24:08BUT HIS LAST NAME WAS FERGUSON

4:24:10.

4:24:11FERGUSON.

4:24:12>> FERGUSON.

4:24:13>> OKAY.

4:24:15THANK YOU.

4:24:17UM, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU

4:24:19HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:24:19THANK YOU.

4:24:20>> AND I.

4:24:21>> KNOW THAT WE ALL.

4:24:22SHARE WITH CONDOLENCES TO YOU.

4:24:24I KNOW THAT.

4:24:24WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY WHO'VE

4:24:25LOST THEIR PARENT THAT IT FEELS

4:24:27REALLY ON ANCHORING AND SO.

4:24:28UM.

4:24:29>> JUST CONTINUED CONDOLENCES

4:24:30I'D LIKE TO.

4:24:31UPLIFT THE NAME OF MARVIN.

4:24:32ANTOINE WHO WAS A FOOTBALL

4:24:35PLAYER AT UMASS DARTMOUTH AND

4:24:36WHO WAS VERY, VERY TRAGICALLY

4:24:39KILLED IN RHODE ISLAND, UM,

4:24:40FROM FALL RIVER.

4:24:41BUT I HAVE JUST REACHED, HEARD

4:24:43AND RECEIVED OUTRAGE FROM SO

4:24:45MANY WHO WERE.

4:24:45WHO KNEW.

4:24:46>> HIM OR AFFECTED THE ENTIRE

4:24:48UMASS DARTMOUTH COMMUNITY.

4:24:49UM HE'S HE BELOVED COMES FROM A

4:24:51BELOVED HAITIAN, UH, AMERICAN

4:24:53FAMILY.

4:24:54SO JUST MY CONDOLENCES TO

4:24:56MARVIN ANTOINE AND THE ENTIRE

4:24:59UMASS DARTMOUTH COMMUNITY AS

4:25:00THEY GRIEVE HIS PASSING AND HIS

4:25:01FOOTBALL TEAM AND HIS SISTER

4:25:03AND ENTIRE FAMILY.

4:25:05THANK YOU.

4:25:06CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:25:08COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.

4:25:09YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

4:25:09THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

4:25:11I JUST WANT TO KEEP MY CHIEF

4:25:12OF STAFF AMANDA CURLEY AND I

4:25:13THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS SHE

4:25:14DEALS WITH THE LOSS OF HER

4:25:16GRANDFATHER JOHN JACK.

4:25:17CURLEY JUNIOR.

4:25:19UH, SHE'S HAVING A IT'S A TOUGH

4:25:20WEEK FOR HER.

4:25:21SHE LOST A FRIEND AS WELL.

4:25:22AND, UM, SO THAT'S THE REST

4:25:24OF THIS WEEK.

4:25:25THAT'S WHAT SHE'LL BE UH,

4:25:27SHE'LL SHE'LL BE PARTICIPATING

4:25:28IN AND, UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT

4:25:30EASY AND, UH, JUST TO THE

4:25:31CURLEY FAMILY I WANT TO SAY,

4:25:32UH.

4:25:33WE'RE KEEPING.

4:25:33>> THAT FAMILY AND OUR THOUGHTS

4:25:34AND PRAYERS.

4:25:34THANK YOU.

4:25:35THANK YOU.

4:25:36CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:25:38COUNCILOR DURKAN.

4:25:38THANK YOU SO MUCH.

4:25:39UM, A LOT OF US KNOW JOHN PAUL.

4:25:41JEANNIE.

4:25:41UM, BUT I CALLED HIM THE OTHER

4:25:43DAY.

4:25:43HE WORKS ON DEVELOPMENT IN

4:25:44BOSTON AND HE'S FROM HYDE PARK.

4:25:46UM, HIS MOM AUDREY, UH, PASSED

4:25:48AWAY, UM, IN LATE AUGUST, SO

4:25:51JUST WANTED TO SEND MY REGARDS

4:25:53TO THE WHOLE JEANNIE MCCARTHY

4:25:54FAMILY.

4:25:55UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT

4:25:57OFTENTIMES WE'RE WORKING WITH

4:25:58PEOPLE ON, YOU KNOW, THE THE

4:26:00WORK OF WHAT THEY WORK WITH.

4:26:01UM, BUT TO TO KNOW HIM, UH, HE

4:26:04HE WORKS VERY PROFESSIONALLY

4:26:05AND AS A LAWYER IN THE CITY

4:26:07AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO SEND MY

4:26:09BEST TO HIS FAMILY AND, UM AND

4:26:10TO EVERYONE WHO LOVED HIS.

4:26:11>> MOM.

4:26:12SAID AUDREY JEANNIE MCCARTHY.

4:26:15AUDREY.

4:26:21>> POLICY WILL.

4:26:22>> DO YOU PRAYER.

4:26:25THANK YOU.

4:26:26CHAIR RECOGNIZES

4:26:29COUNCILOR CULPEPER YOU HAVE.

4:26:29MADAM PRESIDENT WANTED TO LIFT

4:26:31UP THE FAMILY.

4:26:32UH, GOOD FAMILY.

4:26:34FRIEND FRED DAVIS.

4:26:36PASSED AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S IN

4:26:39CALIFORNIA.

4:26:40HIS FAMILY IS IN CALIFORNIA

4:26:42DOESN'T LESSEN THE PAIN FROM

4:26:44THE.

4:26:45LOSS OF FRED DAVIS.

4:26:47NAME AGAIN.

4:26:48FRED DAVIS.

4:26:50FOR DAVIS.

4:26:51>> THANK YOU.

4:26:52FOR.

4:26:58>> THANK YOU.

4:27:02ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR

4:27:03FITZGERALD JOHN JACK KEARNEY

4:27:08I'M GOOD BEHALF OF CONSTANT

4:27:10LOVE AND ANTHONY.

4:27:12AND THE UM AND WE ALSO HOLD UP

4:27:15THE HIS COMMUNITY OF THE UMASS

4:27:16COMMUNITY AND DARTMOUTH ON

4:27:20BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY

4:27:23COUNCIL RAFAEL MEJIA BEHALF

4:27:27OF CONSTABLE ROYAL THEODORE

4:27:30WEBSTER ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER

4:27:33HERE COUNCIL UH DOCTOR FERGUSON

4:27:37AND COUNCILOR ON BEHALF

4:27:40COUNCILOR DURKAN AUDREY

4:27:41MCCARTHY.

4:27:42JEANNIE AND ON BEHALF

4:27:45OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER FRED

4:27:48DAVIS.

4:27:52A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE.

4:28:02COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET

4:28:04AGAIN ON THE IRON AT A CHAMBER

4:28:06ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH

4:28:082026 AT 12 P.M..

4:28:10THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES,

4:28:11CENTRAL STAFF, THE CHURCH, THE

4:28:13CHURCH OFFICE AND THE

4:28:15COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER.

4:28:16ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT

4:28:17PLEASE SAY I THANK YOU.

4:28:21THIS COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.