2026-10-05 - Regular City Council Meeting

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[ROLL CALL] BEING PRESENT, I CALL TONIGHT'S OCTOBER 5TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING IN THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS PRESENT. COUNCILLOR ELZUBI.

PRESENT. VICE MAYOR AZIM. ABSENT. VICE MAYOR AZIM. ABSENT. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. PRESENT. COUNCILOR MCGOVERN? PRESENT. COUNCILLOR NOLAN. PRESENT. PRESENT. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? ABSENT. COUNCILLOR SABRINA

WHEELER? PRESENT. PRESENT. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? PRESENT. PRESENT. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? PRESENT. PRESENT. YOU HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS RECORDED AS PRESENT AND TWO RECORDED AS ABSENT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE AND PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PER CHAPTER TWO OF THE ACTS OF 2025 ADOPTED BY MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO USE REMOTE PARTICIPATION AT MEETINGS OF THE

CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL. IN ADDITION TO HAVING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, WE'VE SET UP ZOOM TELECONFERENCE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU CAN ALSO VIEW THE MEETING VIA THE CITY'S OPEN

MEETING PORTAL OR ON THE CITY'S CABLE CHANNEL 22. WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SIGN UP UNTIL THE PUB- PUBLIC COMMENT BEGINS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AUDIO

AND VIDEO RECORDS THIS MEETING AND MAKES IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR FUTURE VIEWING. IN ADDITION, THIRD PARTIES MAY ALSO BE AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING THIS MEETING. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE BODY,

ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT COUNCILORS HAVE? COUNCILLOR ZUCI? UH, THERE WILL BE A CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S BUSINESS MONTH CELEBRATION AT 212 KITCHEN ON WESTERN AVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 5:00 TO 7:30 PM.

AND THEN ON THE 8TH, THURSDAY AT 6:30 AT TRANSITION HOUSE, UH, THEY, THEY WILL BE HOSTING THEIR RED DOOR BENEFIT. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR ZUCI. ANYONE ELSE WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE

BEFORE WE MOVE ON? WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. [PUBLIC COMMENTS] PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 30A, SECTION 20G AND CITY COUNCIL RULES 23D AND 37.

ONCE YOU FINISH SPEAKING, THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE CALLED. INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ALLOCATE THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TIME TO OTHER SPEAKERS. I ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE

RECORD AND THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ON. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 86 SPEAKERS, SO EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START CALLING THE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU, NAOMI.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANGEL PONTI, FOLLOWED BY JESSICA VAN MEER, THEN DEB ULKIN. ANGEL? IT LOOKS LIKE ANGEL HAS NOT JOINED US. WE'LL GO TO JESSICA VAN MEER. JESSICA, YOU HAVE

ONE MINUTE. WE'LL GO BACK, JESSICA. GO AHEAD. JUST PUT THE - IF YOU CAN TURN ON THE MIC. MIC ON. JUST, UH, PRESS THE BUTTON. YEAH. GREAT. THAT WORK? I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF CHARTER RIGHT TWO. THIS

POLICY WAS WRITTEN BY SEX WORKERS AND SURVIVORS FROM CAMBRIDGE. IT'S BEEN ENDORSED BY FREEDOM NETWORK, THE LARGEST ANTI-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION IN THE US, NATIONAL SURVIVOR NETWORK, ONE OF THE

LARGEST ORGANIZATIONS OF TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS IN THE COUNTRY, JANE DOE INC. MASS NOW, THE NETWORK LA RED, YD - YW BOSTON, AND FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE AS HEALING AMONG OTHERS. ALL OF US ARE HERE TODAY

BECAUSE WE WANT TO END EXPLOITATION IN THE SEX INDUSTRY. AS WITH ANY SENSITIVE ISSUE, NOT ALL AFFECTED PEOPLE AGREE, JUST AS NOT ALL WOMEN SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZING ABORTION. WHEN PEOPLE DISAGREE, IT'S

IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE. JUST LIKE ABORTION, CRIMINALIZING SEX WORK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TRANSACTION DOESN'T STOP IT FROM HAPPENING. IT JUST MAKES IT LESS SAFE. IN OTHER EXPLOITATIVE

INDUSTRIES LIKE DOMESTIC WORK, WE SAY THE SOLUTION IS GIVING PEOPLE MORE LABOR PROTECTIONS. WE DON'T SAY THE SOLUTION TO TRAFFICKING OF DOMESTIC WORKERS IS TO CRIMINALIZE HIRING A MAID. THE SAME IS

TRUE FOR SEX WORKERS. THEY WANT LABOR RIGHTS, NOT CRIMINALIZATION OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. PLEASE PASS CHARTER RIGHT TWO IN ITS ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEB OLKIN. DEB,

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. DEB, YOU'RE UNMUTED, BUT WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU. PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS DEB ULKIN. I'M AT 39 BELLIS CIRCLE. I'M SPEAKING ABOUT POLICY

ORDER NUMBER TWO. CAMBRIDGE IS UNDER COURT ORDER TO CURB THE DUMPING OF SEWAGE INTO PUBLIC WATERWAYS. BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORHOOD STILL HAS A COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM, DURING STORMS, BOTH STORM WATER AND OUR

UNTREATED RAW SEWAGE OVERFLOW IS DUMPED INTO THE ALEWIFE BROOK. WE ARE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR OF CSO SEWAGE DISCHARGE IN THE MWRA SYSTEM. THE DRAFT CSO PLAN IS NOT CLIMATE RESILIENCE. IT RELIES ON A

CSO SEWAGE STORAGE TANK RATHER THAN PURSUING SEWER SEPARATION. YOU HAVE A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO USE MWRA FUNDING TO UPDATE THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE. PLEASE MODIFY POLICY ORDER NUMBER TWO TO

CALL FOR SEWER SEPARATION RATHER THAN PRAISE A SEWAGE STORAGE TANK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ASHLEY PITTMAN, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER WADE, THEN MARY CAROL MCKINNON. ASHLEY, YOU HAVE ONE

MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. PLEASE SUPPORT... OH, MY ADDRESS IS, UH, 47 COGSWELL AVE NUMBER 19. SORRY. PLEASE SUPPORT POLICY NUMBER EIGHT. THE BIKE LANE SITUATION ON OUTER HURON AVENUE IS BEING PORTRAYED

AS A ZERO-SUM GAME WHERE BICYCLISTS ARE PITTED AGAINST STRAWBERRY HILL RESIDENTS AND OTHERS WHO WANT AND FRANKLY NEED PARKING IN THE AREA. HOWEVER, IT COULD BE TURNED INTO A WIN-WIN SCENARIO AND

POLICY ORDER EIGHT ACCOMMODATES THIS OUTCOME. WHY NOT INSTALL SPEED BUMPS OR RUMBLE STRIPS TO OUTER HURON AVE, WHICH WOULD SLOW MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC? IF WE USE THAT DESIGN, THEN WE COULD ALSO SAVE

THE 52 TO 54 PARKING SPACES ALONG THE FRESH POND RESERVATION SIDE OF THE STREET. CYCLISTS WOULD BENEFIT FROM SLOWER TRAFFIC SPEEDS WHILE PARKSIDE PLACE RESIDENTS AND OTHERS IN THE STRAWBERRY HILL AREA

WOULD BENEFIT FROM RETAINING THAT PARKING. OVER 1,500 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED A PETITION TO SAVE THAT PARKING. PLEASE SUPPORT POLICY ORDER EIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER WADE.

JENNIFER, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I LIVE ON BELLA CIRCLE ABOUT 30 FEET FROM WHERE THE CITY WANTS TO BUILD A CSO SEWAGE STORAGE TANK AT 135 SHERMAN STREET. AND MY

NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD OVER THE PAST YEAR, AS MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM KNOW, UH, ADVOCATING FOR THIS TO INSTEAD BE A STORM WATER TANK WITH SEWER SEPARATION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO

WE BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY WOULD THIS HAVE FEWER HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORS, IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER LEVEL OF CSO CONTROL IN 2050 AND BEYOND. I WAS DESPERATELY

HOPING TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE CSO POLICY ORDER, BUT I CANNOT ADVOCATE FOR IT AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN. SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL STRIKE THE CLAUSE,

SINGLING OUT THE SHERMAN STREET TANK FOR PRAISE, GIVEN THAT THE TANK CANNOT ACHIEVE THE LEVEL OF CSO CONTROL THAT THE POLICY ORDER IS CALLING FOR AND IS THEREFORE INCONGRUOUS WITH THE OVERALL INTENT

OF THE PO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO OUR FIRST SPEAKER THAT WE SKIPPED EARLIER, ASHL - UH, SORRY, ANGEL PONTI. ANGEL, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, YOU HAVE ONE

MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. ANGEL, YOU'RE UNMUTED. YOU JUST HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. YOU'RE UNMUTED ON BOTH OUR SIDE AND YOUR SIDE. ANGEL? ALL RIGHT. ANGEL, IF I CAN SUGGEST IF YOU JUST COMPLETELY

LEAVE THE ZOOM ALTOGETHER AND SIGN BACK IN, I WILL LOOK FOR YOU OR YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN YOU COME BACK. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY CAROL MCKINNON. MARY

CAROL, ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. I SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS POLICY ORDER AS A SEX WORKER OF MORE THAN TWO DECADES, AS THE CO-CHAIR OF BSWOC, AND FROM MY INTERACTIONS WITH THOUSANDS OF

SEX WORKERS AND SURVIVORS. I CANNOT OVERSTATE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT CRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK HAS HAD IN MY LIFE, EVEN WHEN MY WORK DID NOT FALL DIRECTLY UNDER PROSTITUTION LAW. THIS IS TRUE FOR

MY PEERS AND WHY WE ARE HERE. OUR CALL FOR DECRIMINALIZATION IS LONGSTANDING AND UNITED. WHEN OUR LABOR IS CRIMINALIZED IN ANY FORM, WE STRUGGLE TO ACCESS MUCH OF WHAT YOU AND OTHER NON-CRIMINALIZED

WORKERS ENJOY AS A MATTER OF DAILY LIFE. IT IS EPISTEMIC VIOLENCE TO FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SEX WORKERS MAKE DECISIONS WITH AGENCY AND EXPERTISE ABOUT OUR LIVES. WE DO KNOW WHAT OUR LABOR MEANS. WE

DO KNOW HOW TO CONDUCT IT. WE ARE ASKING FOR A BASIC HUMAN RECOGNITION THAT WE ARE WORKERS WITH AGENCY WHO MAKE DECISIONS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR US IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN OUR

LIVES. WE DESERVE TO DO SO SAFELY, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE PETITIONING YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR BASIC NEEDS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUDY HUNT, FOLLOWED BY KATHY DONNELLY,

THEN JOSEPH POIRIER. JUDY, ONE MINUTE. MY NAME IS JUDY HUNT. I LIVE AT 40 BELLAS CIRCLE IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE. I WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS POLICY ORDER NUMBER TWO, THAT

ADVOCATES FOR THE VIRTUAL ELIMINATION OF CSOS. HOWEVER, I AND MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ASK YOU TO PLEASE REMOVE THE CLAUSE SUPPORTING THE 135 SHERMAN STREET CSO. THE PROPOSED PROJECT ESSENTIALLY KICKS THE

CAN DOWN THE ROAD. INSTEAD OF COMMITTING TO SEWER SEPARATION, IT'S ONLY A PARTIAL FIX, A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION THAT DOES NOT ACHIEVE LONG-TERM MITIGATION. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT SEWER SEPARATION WITH GREEN

STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. RECENTLY, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE CURRENT DRAFT UPDATED CSO PLAN. PLEASE REMOVE THE CLAUSE SUPPORTING THE SHERMAN STREET CSO.

FINISH SEWER SEPARATION IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE, JOIN BOSTON, AND STAND UP TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY DONNELLY. KATHY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THE

FLOOR. HELLO. MY NAME IS KATHY DONNELLY, AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF POLICY NUMBER EIGHT. UH, WHILE I DO THINK BIKE SAFETY IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE CITY, I DO THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD TAKE A

LOOK AT THE CURRENT SITUATION OF BIKE LANES AND THE HAZARDS THAT THEY PROPOSE THAT, THE HAZARDS THAT THEY HAVE BEFORE ADDING NEW ONES. UM, I THINK THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS A HARD LOOK BEFORE

ADDING MORE. THE BIKERS WOULD BE JUST PUSHED OUT INTO GROVE STREET, WHICH WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE FOR DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS, AND BIKERS. SO PLEASE, LET'S PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THIS BETTER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSEPH POIRIER. JOSEPH HAS NOT JOINED. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO HEATHER PENSKOFERS, FOLLOWED BY AJ SONALKAR, THEN MOLLY LYNCH. HEATHER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. HELLO. I'M HEATHER PENSKOFER OF 42 VALENTINE. SPEAKING ON POLICY ORDER NUMBER EIGHT, I REGULARLY BIKE, UH, THE OUTER HURON ROUTE WITH MY SCHOOL-AGED CHILD, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF

OTHER FAMILIES THAT ATTEND THE NEW GERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET. SO LET'S BE ENTIRELY HONEST ABOUT WHAT A VOTE DELAY MEANS TODAY. IT'S CHOOSING TO LEAVE CYCLISTS COMPLETELY UNPROTECTED

NEXT TO TRAFFIC, MOVING AT 35 MILES AN HOUR ON FRESH POND PARKWAY. IT MEANS PRIORITIZING CAR THROUGHPUT OVER SAFETY. I'M HERE FOR THE FAMILIES BIKING TO THE YOUTH CENTER, GLACKENFIELD AND PLAYGROUND

AND TO THE NEW SCHOOL, NOT FOR THE PEOPLE WANTING STREET PARKING FOR A GOLF OUTING. PAUSING THE PROJECT UNTIL 2030 LEAVES AN ACTIVE HAZARD UNTOUCHED. 31 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS HAVE DIED IN CAMBRIDGE

STREETS SINCE 2005. PROTECT THE CHILDREN AND VOTE NO ON POLICY ORDER NUMBER EIGHT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AJ SONALKAR. AJ, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. YEAH, I'M AGAINST, UH,

CANCELING THE BIKE SAFETY PROJECT ON OLD, UH, ON HURON STREET. UH, I, I USE THE BIKE LANES, UH, CONSISTENTLY. MY SON IS 11 YEARS OLD. WE BIKE CONSISTENTLY TO DANNY PARK, UH, AND RUSSELL FIELD, AND E-

EVERY TIME THERE'S A, THERE'S A LACK OF BIKE, UH, BIKE SAFETY, IT MAKES IT MUCH HARDER TO BIKE IN THOSE AREAS. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, TUESDAYS IS MY SON'S SOCCER PRACTICE IN RUSSELL FIELD. TO DRIVE FROM

HARVARD SQUARE TO RUSSELL FIELD TAKES ME 40 MINUTES BY CAR. ON A BIKE, IT CAN TAKE ME 20 MINUTES. AND THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM IN CAMBRIDGE RIGHT NOW THAT IF I CANNOT BIKE SAFELY TO A PLACE, I HAVE TO

USE THE CAR. AND THAT'S CREATING A HUGE, UH, UH, TIME DISADVANTAGE CONSIDERING I HAVE TO TAKE MY TIME, UH, TO DRIVE MY SON. IF MY SON CAN TAKE A SCOOTER OR BIKE PLACES, ESPECIALLY AS HE GETS 12, 13,

14, WITH SAFE BIKE STREETS TOWARDS PARKS AND PLACE WHERE HE, PLACES WHERE HE HAS TO GO FOR PRACTICES, UH, THAT WILL BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MOLLY LYNCH.

MOLLY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS MOLLY LYNCH. I'M A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER SPECIALIZING IN TRAUMA VIOLENCE AND JUSTICE, AND I'M HERE IN THE, UH,

STRONG SUPPORT OF CHARTER RIGHT TWO AND THE FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF CONSENSUAL ADULT SEX WORK. I HAVE WORKED WITH UNHOUSED STREET-BASED SEX WORKERS IN THE MASS AND CASS AREA, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BEEN

DISPLACED IN RECENT MONTHS THROUGHOUT BOSTON AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE TIME OF THE... WITH THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH.

SEX WORKERS ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN SAFETY. THEY SCREEN CLIENTS, THEY NEGOTIATE BOUNDARIES, THEY SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT DANGEROUS PEOPLE, AND THEY LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. BUT WHEN THEIR CLIENTS

FEAR ARREST, INTERACTIONS BECOME MORE HURRIED AND HIDDEN, LEAVING WORKERS WITH LESS ABILITY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES. CRIMINALIZING BUYERS DOES NOT ELIMINATE DANGEROUS CLIENTS OR EXPLOITATION AND

MAKES IT HARDER FOR SEX WORKERS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THOSE DANGERS. PEOPLE WHO EXPLOIT OTHERS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, BUT WE SHOULD NOT PURSUE THOSE GOALS THROUGH POLICIES LIKE

PARTIAL CRIMINALIZATION THAT MAKE SEX WORKERS LESS SAFE. SEX WORK WILL NOT DISAPPEAR SIMPLY BECAUSE WE MAKE IT MORE DANGEROUS TO CONDUCT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSHUA GAUTHIER,

FOLLOWED BY NAHID TRAVEDI, THEN SARAH BLOCK. JOSHUA, ONE MINUTE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOSHUA GAUTHIER. I'M A 23-YEAR-OLD CYCLIST, AND I LIVE AT 34 BELMONT STREET. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE YOU TO

REJECT POLICY ORDER NUMBER EIGHT TO DELAY THE OUTER HURON SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS SEEN DISCUSSION FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, AND I REGULARLY RIDE ALONG OUTER HURON, AND I EXPERIENCE

FIRSTHAND HOW HAZARDOUS THIS CORRIDOR CURRENTLY IS. VEHICLES ROUTINELY TRAVEL AT HIGH SPEEDS, AND THE CURRENT STREET DESIGN FORCES CYCLISTS TO MERGE DIRECTLY INTO THE CENTER OF THE TRAVEL LANE TO

SHARE THE ROAD WITH FAST-MOVING TRAFFIC. WITHOUT A BIKE LANE, YOU'RE PUTTING CYCLISTS AND DRIVERS AT SERIOUS RISK OF INJURY AND DEATH. ADDITIONALLY, OUR REGION HAS SEEN DEVASTATING HIGH-PROFILE

CYCLING TRAGEDIES AS RECENTLY AS THIS SUMMER. THESE INFRASTRUCTURE CHOICES DIRECTLY IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH, AND DELAYING THIS EXPANSION LEAVES RESIDENTS WITHOUT SAFE TRANSIT CHOICES. DEDICATED BIKE

LANES AND TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES DO FAR MORE THAN PROTECT CYCLISTS. THEY CAN REDUCE SPEEDING, LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS, MAKE OUR CITY SAFER, CLEANER, AND MORE LIVABLE. PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE DELAY AND

MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OUTER HURON PROJECT AS PLANNED. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NAHID TRIVETTI, FOLLOWED BY SARAH BLOCK, THEN PATRICIA SADERSTROM. NAHIT, ONE

MINUTE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NAHEET TRIVETTI. I LIVE ON 41 LAGOON STREET. I'M HERE TO FIRST SPEAK, UM, IN SUPPORT OF FINISHING THE HURON AVENUE BIKE LANES AGAINST DELAY. UM, I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE

15 YEARS, AND, UH, WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, I BIKED EVERYWHERE, UM, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND I HAD MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS, AND ONE, MY BIKE WENT UNDER, UH, A VAN, AND I WAS ALMOST SERIOUSLY INJURED.

LUCKILY, I JUMPED OFF. UH, BUT A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS LED ME TO STOP BIKING FOR EIGHT YEARS. UM, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE CITY IS MUCH SAFER. I BIKE EVERYWHERE NOW, AS MUCH AS I CAN WITH MY

CHILDREN AS WELL, INCLUDING IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE WHERE I LIVE, AND WEST CAMBRIDGE, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I PERIODICALLY GO TO THE RUSSELL YOUTH CENTER AS WELL. AND SO, UM, I SUPPORT CONTINUED

EXPANSION OF THE LANES, AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT DELAY THE CONTINUED INSTALLATION OF THE BIKE LANES ON HURON AVE. SECONDLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO QUICKLY, UH, UH, SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER RIGHT TWO, AND AS

OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, CONTINUING THE, OR SUPPORTING THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR, FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND COMMON SENSE. THANK YOU. THANK

YOU. YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. WE WILL GO TO SARAH BLOCK, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA SADERSTROM. SARAH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, THIS IS SARAH BLOCK, 24 SHEPHERD STREET. UM,

I'M URGING YOU TO CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT SAFETY, UM, PROJECT ON UPPER HURON. CONNECTING AROUND FRESH POND WILL BE A REALLY GREAT RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY AND CONNECT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMUTING OR GOING TO

THE DESTINATIONS A- AT THAT AREA, LIKE THE YOUTH CENTER, THE GOLF COURSE, AND I THINK THERE'S A VFW. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE USE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FOR IMPORTANT

DESTINATIONS, NOT JUST MOTOR VEHICLES. UM, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND I ALSO SUPPORT THE SEX WORK, UM, CHARTER RIGHT TWO. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICIA SADDERSTROM,

FOLLOWED BY VIVEK SIKRI, THEN BENJAMIN BARTO - BATORSKI. PATRICIA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, MY NAME IS PATRICIA SADDERSTROM. I LIVE IN FRESH POND PLACE DIRECTLY

NEXT TO THE YOUTH CENTER AND RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE BIKE LANE, AND I AM STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUING THE BIKE LANE AND AGAINST POLICY EIGHT. MY FAMILY CONSISTS OF TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN, AND

WE BIKE EVERYWHERE. UM, IN PARTICULAR, I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR MY 13-YEAR-OLD SON, WHO IS A, UM, ACTIVE CHILD AND GOES BETWEEN GROVE STREET PARK AND GLACKIN PARK REGULARLY WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL FRIENDS,

AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO BIKE THAT ROUTE. THEY HAVE TO GO INTO, UH, TRAFFIC SHARPLY AND THEN GO DOWN THE STREET. UM, AND IT IS TOO FAST, UM, AND TOO UNSAFE THE WAY IT IS CURRENTLY SET UP,

AND THAT IS A VERY POPULAR ROUTE WITH YOUNG TEENS AND TEENS GOING BETWEEN THE PARKS. THANKS, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER WITH THE BIKE LANE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT

SPEAKER IS VIVEK SICKRI. VIVEK, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO, UH, CITY COUNCILORS. THIS IS VIVEK SICRI, 64 ALSTON STREET. UM, BEFORE I START, I SHOULD SAY I'M A MEMBER OF THE CAMBRIDGE

TRAFFIC BOARD, BUT, UH, CAMBRIDGE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, BUT THE VIEWS I'M EXPRESSING ARE MY OWN. UM, I AM AGAINST CANCELING THE BIKE SAFETY PROJECT AND DELAYING FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. I'VE BEEN

SPEAKING IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL ABOUT BIKE SAFETY SINCE HENRIETTA DAVIS WAS MAYOR. UM, IT'S LIKE 20 YEARS AGO, AND, UM, OR AT LEAST 10 ANYWAY. AND I HOPE WE CAN, INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO RE-LITIGATE

WHETHER WE NEED PEOPLE ON BIKES TO BE SAFE, WE CAN JUST ACCEPT THAT WE DO, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DO, CLIMATE CHANGE, CONGESTION, COST OF TRANSPORTATION, EASE OF TRANSPORTATION, THE EQUITY FACTOR. IT'S

WAY MORE EXPENSIVE TO OWN A CAR, SO WHY SHOULD PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY HAVE TO COMPROMISE THEIR SAFETY? UM, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY NEEDS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON BIKE LANES AND REALLY NOT GO BACK

AND RECONSIDER THINGS. WE NEED ALSO A SYSTEM THAT MAKES SENSE. UM, IF WE DO THINGS IN A HODGEPODGE MANNER, RECONSIDERING DECISIONS, THE SYSTEM ENDS UP CONFUSING AND DIFFICULT TO USE, SO PLEASE FULL

SPEED AHEAD ON THE BIKE LANES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BYE-BYE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BENJAMIN BETORSKI, FOLLOWED BY KEELY CISLICK, THEN PAUL PIERCE. UH, WE ARE AT SPEAKER NUMBER 18, FOR THOSE

WHO ARE WONDERING. BENJAMIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS BEN BOTORSKI. I'M AT 15 ELLSWORTH. UM, I WANNA RE- REITERATE WHAT I SAID LAST

WEEK, UH, THAT THE BIKE, UH, THE MOVING FORWARD OF THE BIKE PLAN ON BROADWAY HAS REALLY CHANGED MY COMMUTE AND HAS A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT, AND I WANNA THANK THE CITY FOR HAVING SUCH AMBITION. UM, I

WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AMBITION CONTINUED, UH, WITH OUTER HURON, UM, SO I AM AGAINST, UH, DELAYING THE BIKE SAFETY PROJECT THERE. UM, JUST AS A QUICK STORY, I HAD A PRETTY NEGATIVE INTERACTION WITH A

NEIGHBOR ABOUT BIKE LANES THIS WEEKEND. I THINK DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS ONE, UH, MAKE THOSE NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS HAPPEN MORE AND MORE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY HAVE MORE AMBITIOUS PLANS. THERE HAS

TO BE A SOLUTION TO PARKING THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE PUTTING AT RISK, UH, RE- RESIDENTS AND PUTTING AT RISK THE PLANS FOR INCLUSIVE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE, UH, BETTER SOLUTIONS

COME OUT OF THE CITY AND NOT BE CONTINUOUSLY ARGUING ABOUT, UH, DELAYING KIND OF SETTLED CITY ORDINANCE. UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO WANNA, UH, SAY MY SUPPORT FOR CHARTER RIGHT TWO AND

SUPPORTING SEX WORKERS. THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEELY CIESLICK, FOLLOWED BY PAUL PIERCE, THEN SASHA COHEN. HI THERE. MY NAME IS KEELY CIESLICK. I AM A LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

ATTORNEY AT JUSTICE AT WORK. UH, JUSTICE AT WORK IS A WORKERS' RIGHTS LAW OFFICE. UH, I WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF WORKERS' RIGHTS AND IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS. I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF CHARTER RIGHT

NUMBER TWO AND ITS ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, UM, AS SUBMITTED BY BSWOC. I REPRESENT WORKERS IN LOW-PAYING INDUSTRIES, AND I'VE SUPPORTED SURVIVORS OF LABOR TRAFFICKING, AND THIS TAKES PLACE IN A WIDE RANGE

OF INDUSTRIES. UM, AND WORKERS THEMSELVES UNDERSTAND WHEN, UM, WHEN THEY'VE EXPERIENCED THAT TRAFFICKING, AND IT'S FOR WORKERS TO DETERMINE. UM, I BELIEVE THAT ALL PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK SAFELY

AND SEEK HELP WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE OR EXPLOITATION, BUT CRIMINALIZING CONSENSUAL ADULT SEX WORK DOES NOT ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING. RE- RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PARTIAL CRIMINALIZATION CAN HARM SEX

WORKERS' HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND SHOWS THAT A POLICY LIKE CHARTER RIGHT TWO, FULL DE- DECRIMINALIZATION IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF ADULT SE- SEX WORKERS ENGAGING IN THE,

THEIR LABOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAUL PIERCE. PAUL, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? WE CAN. UH, MY NAME IS PAUL PIERCE. I'M AND I'M READING A

TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF AN ANONYMOUS SEX WORKER. I SUPPORT THE FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK AND URGE YOU TO PLEASE VOTE YES AND TRY TO WRITE TWO. I'VE BEEN A SEX WORKER FOR 11 YEARS. I WANT SEX

WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO CALL THE POLICE OR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN EMERGENCY WITHOUT WORRYING THAT THEY THEMSELVES WILL BE ARRESTED. WHEN WORKERS ARE NOT CRIMINALIZED BY CUSTOMERS AND THIRD PARTIES WHO

AID WORKERS ARE, SCREENING CLIENTS BECOMES HARDER, WHICH MAKES IT HARDER FOR WORKERS TO NEGOTIATE SAFER CONDITIONS AND SEEK HELP WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. I HAVE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AS AN

ABUSIVE ACTS UNRELATED TO MY HOMEWORK, ASSAULTED MYSELF AND MORE THAN 10 OTHER PEOPLE. FOR ME CHOOSING TO REPORT MY ABUSER MEANT WALKING INTO A POLICE STATION WONDERING IF I WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR

REPORTING THE CRIMES OF RAPE AND STRANGULATION. IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT HE FILMED HIS CRIMES, GAVE ME A BRAIN INJURY, AND MORE. I WAS STILL TERRIFIED THAT I WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR THE WORK THAT I DID. I

WAS ALSO TERRIFIED BECAUSE I KNEW THE LAW WOULD NOT NECESSARILY SEE ME AS A VICTIM. THE FEAR I FELT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK CREATES. CRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK GIVES ABUSERS

MORE POWER BY MAKING IT DANGEROUS FOR WORKERS TO SEEK HELP. UH, F- FULL DECRIMINALIZATION WOULD ALSO DISEMPOWER ABUSERS WHO ACTIVELY SEEK OUT SEX WORKERS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY WON'T REPORT

THE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THEM BECAUSE OF THE RISK REPORTING THE CRIMES PRESENTS. PLEASE VOTE YES ON CHARTER RIGHT TWO AND SUPPORT THE FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT

SPEAKER IS SASHA COHEN, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA BARGER, THEN SHEENA DOOM. SASHA'S NOT IN THE ZOOM. WE WILL GO TO PATRICIA BARGER, FOLLOWED BY SHEENA DOOM. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRPERSON, COUNCILORS. PATRICIA

BARGER, 652 HURON AVE. UH, AGENDA EIGHT IS THE TOPIC. I AND 1400 WEST CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS JOIN YOUR THREE COUNCILORS WHO HAVE ASKED COUNCIL TO POSTPONE THE ROLLOUT OF OUTER HURON BIKE LANES TO GROVE

BELMONT. WE UNDERSTAND ONLY TOO WELL THE LACK OF LIMITED STREET PARKING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AVAILABLE, WHICH THE BIKE EXTENSION WILL ROB PARK PLACE RESIDENTS OF 44 ON STREET PARKING SITES. THESE

RESIDENTS ARE UNABLE TO RENT AND PAY THE IN-HOUSE PARKING FEE OF 325. IN ADDITION, THE BELMONT CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT BE ADDRESSING THEIR BIKE EXTENSION ON GROVE ANYTIME SOON WITH A NEW LIBRARY BILLS,

SKATING RINK, AND HIGH SCHOOL CHARGES TO ADDRESS. BIKE LANES ARE NOT HIGH ON THEIR LIST OF PRIORITIES. ALSO, CYCLISTS USING EXISTING LANES SEPTEMBER TO JUNE. I SEE MAYBE THREE TO FOUR TOBIN RIDERS AND

FOUR - THANK YOU, PATRICIA. YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. YOU CAN EMAIL THE REMAINDER OF YOUR COMMENT TO [email protected] AND COPY [email protected]. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHEENA DOOM, FOLLOWED

BY MEG STONE. SHEENA? SHEENA HAS NOT JOINED US. WE WILL GO TO MEG STONE. MEG, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS MEG STONE AND I AM SUPPORTING THE FULL CRIMINALIZ - FULL DECRIMINALIZATION

OF SEX WORK, CHARTER RIGHT TWO, POLICY ORDER 10, AS BOTH A CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IMPACT AND ABUSE AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION ORGANIZATION. I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF

ADVOCATES, BUT I WANNA WANNA UPLIFT ONE OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS FULL DECRIMINALIZATION, AND THAT IS THE NETWORK LARED, A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION THAT ADDRESSES ABUSE IN LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES.

LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES ARE MOST, AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE TO TRAFFICKING. I ENS - I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PROCEED WITH CLARITY ABOUT WHAT TRAFFICKING IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T, ESPECIALLY SINCE MY COLLEAGUES AT

FREEDOM NETWORK USA AND THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION HAVE SHOWN THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF TRAFFICKING IS NOT IN SEX WORK, BUT AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURING. OUR FARMER'S MARKET WORKERS DESERVE

LABOR PROTECTIONS, BUT THEY DON'T DESERVE PARTIAL DECRIMINALIZATION BECAUSE OTHER FARM WORKERS ARE TRAFFICKED. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CATHERINE ANN, FOLLOWED BY MATT FRITZMAUER, THEN RACHEL

FREYDEN. CATHERINE, ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. I'M READING AN ANONYMOUS TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT. AS A CLIENT, SEX WORKERS HAVE HELPED ME EXPLORE MYSELF WITHOUT JUDGMENT. I WAS ABLE TO BUILD

CONFIDENCE, EXPERIENCE INTIMACY THAT WAS MISSING IN MY LIFE, FORM FRIENDSHIPS, AND LEARN HOW TO EXPLORE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. I'VE MET VERY FEW PEOPLE WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN

CONDITION THAN SEX WORKERS. THEY HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE FOR THE BETTER. MANY OF MY LOVED ONES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SEX WORK WITH GREAT SUCCESS, FINDING FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND

FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION THROUGH SEX WORK. I WANT TO SEE A WORLD WHERE THEY CAN WORK SAFELY WITHOUT NEEDING TO LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDER EVERYWHERE THEY GO. THE PATH TO THAT WORLD IS THROUGH

DECRIMINALIZATION. SAN FRANCISCO WAS THE FIRST CITY TO RECOGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. OUR STATE WAS THE FIRST TO FOLLOW. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CAMBRIDGE MASS TO LEAD THE WAY YET AGAIN TOWARDS A

COUNTRY THAT IS MORE JUST BY PROTECTING SAFE CONSENSUAL SEX WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. SEX WORK WILL HAPPEN WHETHER IT'S DECRIMINALIZED OR NOT. DECRIMINALIZATION WILL BRING THE INDUSTRY INTO THE LIGHT

AND ALLOW FOR SAFER WORKING CONDITIONS. I BELIEVE CAMBRIDGE CAN PROTECT PEOPLE FROM TRAFFICKING, VIOLENCE, AND EXPLOITATION WHILE ALSO RESPECTING THE DIGNITY, SAFETY, AND RIGHTS OF SEX WORKERS. PLEASE

SUPPORT OUR CHARTER RIGHT TOO IN ITS ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT FRITZMAUER. MATT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO. MY NAME IS DR. MATTHEW FRITZMAUER. I'M HERE

TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER RIGHT NUMBER TWO. I'M DIALING IN FROM DENVER, COLORADO. CHARTER RIGHT TWO WILL RECOGNIZE SEX WORKERS' HUMANITY, STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR

GOVERNMENT, AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ESPECIALLY AS A MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT WHO'S GRAPPLED WITH THESE ISSUES. I RUN DENVER'S WORKERS' RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, AND EACH YEAR WE

ENFORCE THE RIGHTS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS AND COLLECT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND IN PARTICULAR, I'VE MADE IT A PRIORITY FOR US TO INVESTIGATE STRIP CLUBS, WHERE SEX WORKERS OFTEN SUFFER WAGE THEFT,

RETALIATION, AND OTHER KINDS OF ABUSE. I'VE SPOKEN TO, WORKED WITH, AND LEARNED FROM DOZENS OF SEX WORKERS. AND AS A RESULT, THEY'VE SHARED THINGS WITH ME THAT THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE IF WE'D

STIGMATIZED THEM, INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT CRIMES. AND SO I SUPPORT FULL DECRIMINALIZATION. CRIMINALIZING THE WORK, THE WORKERS, AND THE CLIENTS PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM COMING FORWARD, AND IT PRECLU -

IT PRECLUDES COLLABORATING WITH THE GOVERNMENT. BUT FULL DECRIM WILL CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT AND WE'LL ALL BENEFIT FROM THAT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO AN EARLIER SKIP SPEAKER, JOSEPH

POIRIER. JOSEPH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. HI. HI, THIS IS JOE POIRIER, 87 AND A HALF SHERMAN STREET. UM, WE JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE

OUTER HURON, UM, BIKE LANE PROJECT OCCURRING. I BIKE UP THERE WITH MY KIDS FAIRLY OFTEN AND IT WOULD BE SO GREAT TO HAVE A PROTECTED OPTION TO CONNECT TO BELMONT. WE GO SHOPPING, WE SEE, UM, FAMILY IN

WATERTOWN. WE DO A LOT OF THINGS USING THAT ROAD VIA BIKE. UM, SO WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF THAT PROJECT WENT FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHEL FRADEN. RACHEL,

ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS RACHEL FRADEN AND I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE - RACHEL, IF YOU CAN PULL THE MIC DOWN. SORRY. OH, SURE. THANK YOU. IS THAT, IS THAT BETTER? YES. OKAY. MY NAME

IS RACHEL FRADEN AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK. I AM A TRANS WOMAN AND MY DAY JOB IS PRIMARILY MANAGING THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR TRANS WOMEN INFLUENCERS WHO DO VARIOUS

KINDS OF SEX WORK TO SURVIVE, ALONG WITH DOING SEX WORK ON ONLYFANS MYSELF. AS A TRANS WOMAN, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAN OTHERS DUE TO RAMPANT TRANSPHOBIA, AND MANY TIMES

WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO DO SEX WORK JUST TO EXIST. AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF MY TRANS WOMEN CLIENTS WAS AN ANIMATOR IN THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY, BUT DUE TO HOLLYWOOD BECOMING MORE CONSERVATIVE UNDER

TRUMP, UH, SHE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND STUDENT ANIMATION WORK, STU- STUDIO ANIMATION WORK, EXCUSE ME, UM, OSPENSIBLY DUE TO TRANS WOMEN BEING CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL OF A HIRE. SO SHE IS NOW FORCED

TO DO ONLYFANS AND PATREON TO SURVIVE. UH, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE DEEM SEX WORK MORALLY BAD, IT IS A MATTER OF SURVIVAL FOR MANY TRANS WOMEN LIKE MYSELF. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RAINA LEVIN,

FOLLOWED BY EVE CARR, THEN LISA GALLUCCIO. RAINA, ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, MY NAME IS RAINA LEVIN OF 111 MAGAZINE STREET. UM, I'M SPEAKING AGAINST CANCELING THE BIKE SAFETY PROJECT. UM, I

WANNA NOTE THAT I DON'T HAVE A CAR. I RELY ON BIKING, WALKING, AND THE T. I VISIT FRESH POND REGULARLY AND PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS ON MY BIKE. UM, I ACTUALLY LEARNED TO RIDE A BIKE AS AN ADULT IN BOSTON ON

THE SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR, AND IT TOOK YEARS FOR ME TO FEEL COMFORTABLE BIKING OUTSIDE OF DEDICATED BIKE PATHS. UM, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE THAT A GAP IN A NETWORK, EVEN A SMALL ONE, A

QUARTER MILE, LIKE THE OUTER HURON ONE, WILL PREVENT PEOPLE FROM USING THAT AND MAKES THE PEOPLE WHO DO USE THAT PATH, UM, IN MUCH MORE DANGER. AND A SMALL GAP LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE STOPPED ME A FEW

YEARS AGO FROM BIKING. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SAFE PATHS, UM, AND WELL-CONNECTED NETWORKS THAT CAN CONNECT CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS FOR OUR WONDERFUL PARKS. SO PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL OR POSTPONE THIS

BIKE SAFETY PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EVE CARR. EVE, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. SORRY, ONE SECOND. WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TODAY. EVE, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE

YOURSELF, PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, GOOD EVENING. UM, I, I'M A CYCLIST AND, UM, I AM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE, UH, BIKE LANES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN. UM, I ALSO GO OVER TO

FRESH POND TO PLAY GOLF AND, UM, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S NOBODY ON THE BIKE LANE. UM, SO, UM, I'M SORT OF DRIVEN TO FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, WITH THE CARS HAVE TO HAVE A VOICE AND, UM, BECAUSE

THERE'S NO TRAFFIC AND, AND BIKE TRAFFIC THERE ON, ON THE, UM, HURON AVENUE. SO I, I'VE NOTICED IT AND, UM, SO I JUST FEEL THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE ROOM FOR, UH, SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE ARE

GONNA BE, HAVE THE HARDSHIP IF, IF, UM, THIS PASSES, UM, WHEN THERE ISN'T REALLY... I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MUCH NEED FOR THE BIKE LANE. BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE ONES LIKE BROADWAY THEY WERE JUST

MENTIONING. UM, BUT I LIKE, I, I THINK THEY SHOULD RESPOND TO NEED AS WELL. UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA GALLUCCIO. LISA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE ONE

MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, THIS IS LISA GALLUCCIO, 34 HIGH STREET. I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF CHARTER RIGHT ONE. PLEASE PASS THE POLICY ORDER TO DELAY THE OUTER HURON AVE BIKE LANE. DO SO TO HELP THE

RESIDENTS AT 700 HURON AVE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PARK IN THEIR GARAGE AND THE RESIDENTS WHO DESERVE ACCESSIBLE PARKING, INCLUDING THE CAMBRIDGE VETERANS WHO BUILD COMMUNITY AT THE VFW, THE CAMBRIDGE

SENIORS USING OUR RUSSELL YOUTH CENTER, AND THE RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMBRIDGE PROGRAM. TO ADDRESS THE SPEED OF CARS IN THE LAST 0.2 MILES OF HURON AVE, PLEASE BUILD A SPEED HUMP. THIS

WILL INCREASE SAFETY FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS, DRIVERS EXITING VEHICLES, AND BIKERS. DELAY THESE BIKE LANES FOR ONE YEAR AND EXAMINE HOW TO PRESERVE MORE PARKING. I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU CAN GOVERN WITH

NUANCE AND EMPATHY AND CENTER OUR CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE, MAY NOT HAVE THE LOUDEST VOICES, BUT HAVE ENORMOUS NEED AND THE LEAST MOBILITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO AN EARLIER

SKIPPED SPEAKER, SASHA COHEN. SASHA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN. GREAT. UH, MY NAME IS SASHA COHEN, UM,

LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CAMBRIDGE PORT. I'M, UH, IN, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER RIGHT NUMBER TWO. I IMPLORE YOU TO GOVERN BASED ON THE DATA THAT RESEARCHERS AND SCHOLARS HAVE PRESENTED YOU THIS WEEK

AND LAST, ALONG WITH THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SEX WORKERS IN THIS CITY, DO NOT BE MISLED BY IDEOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED BY OUTSIDE PARTIES COMPOSED OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NO PERSONAL

STAKE IN THE OUTCOME. I LOVE LIVING IN CAMBRIDGE BECAUSE OF OUR RICH HISTORY OF WOMEN'S AND LGBTQ RIGHTS, AND I SUPPORT THE POLICY OF FULL DECRIMINALIZATION. AND SEX WORK WILL HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT,

BUT IT'S UP TO YOU TO GOVERN IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT SAFE FOR THAT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WE ARE AT SPEAKER NUMBER 31, HIJAB CHAUDHRY, CHODARI. I'M SORRY IF I'M

MISPRONOUNCING THAT. HIJAB HAS NOT JOINED. WE WILL GO TO PAULA CORTEZ, FOLLOWED BY SIOBHAN MCDONOUGH, THEN SUZANNE BLIER. PAULA, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PAULA CORTEZ. I SPEAK IN

FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THE REVISED POLICY ORDER NUMBER EIGHT, A REASONABLE COMPROMISE, REDUCING THE PAUSE TIME TO ONE YEAR. PLEASE READ THE REVISIONS. THIS IS NOT A HIGHLY CYCLED ROUTE. REMEMBER, THERE

ARE ALREADY BIKE LANES THERE, AND IF THE CITY REPAINTED THE LINES AND INSTALLED SPEED HUMPS, IT WOULD INCREASE, INCREASE VISIBILITY AND SAFETY FOR EVERYONE. YOU PROUDLY PROMOTED CELEBRITY, CELEBRATING

DISABILITY PRIDE EVENT TWO DAYS AGO, YET THIS BIKE PROJECT WOULD DES - IS DESIGNED TO MAKE IT, MAKE ACCESS TO THOSE DISABILITIES, THOSE WITH DISABILITIES USING THE YOUTH CENTER ALONG HURON AVE. WE ARE

MANY, OVER 1,600 SIGNATORIES AND OTHERS WHO WILL APPRECIATE AND REMEMBER YOUR VOTE TONIGHT. I HOPE FOR A YES FOR EQ- EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND GOOD SENSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS

CHAVONNE MCDONOUGH. SHIVAN, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS CHIVON MCDONOUGH. I LIVE ON ELERY STREET. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CHARTER RIGHT ONE AND IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER

RIGHT TWO. UM, AND I THINK THE CITY HAS PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS IN THE PAST ON BEING A SANCTUARY CITY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF US, BUT IT ISN'T A SANCTUARY IF IT

ONLY WORKS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD IT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT REALLY CONNECTS BOTH OF THESE ISSUES. IT'S NOT A SANCTUARY IF PEOPLE CAN ONLY GET AROUND IF THEY HAVE A CAR. CARS ARE EXPENSIVE, PEOPLE

NEED TO GET AROUND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEM, AND BUILDING OUT BIKE LANES MAKES OUR CITY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE FROM ALL INCOME LEVELS AND WHO ARE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ON SEX WORK. IT'S VERY

SIMILAR. I'M A UNIONIST. I SUPPORT, UH, GRADUATE WORKER UNIONS IN THE UAW. GRADUATE WORKERS ARE MANY OF WHOM ARE SEX WORKERS WHO ARE DOING THAT TO GET THROUGH COLLEGE. THESE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED

ISSUES AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT BUILDING A SANCTUARY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. PLEASE SUPPORT RESIDENTS FROM ALL PLACES, ALL WALKS OF LIFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUZANNE BLIER.

SUZANNE HAS NOT JOINED US. WE WILL MOVE TO SPEAKER 35, KATE ZAMPARELLI. KATE HAS NOT JOINED. WE ARE GONNA GO... I'M SORRY. KATE, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE CYCLING DOWN

HERE ONTO GROVE, CHANCES ARE YOU ARE EXITING CAMBRIDGE, NOT STOPPING TO SOAK IN FRESH POND. THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE WHO ENJOYS THE CITY'S GYM IS SAFETY. WHY IS THE CITY RUSHING TO REMOVE

44 PARKING SPACES WHEN FRESH POND IS A DESTINATION POINT, NOT A THROUGH POINT, ENJOYED BY THE ELDERLY, DISABLED VETERANS, THOSE WITH DOGS TO WALK, HEAVY GOLF BAGS, UM, BAGS FILLED WITH BASEBALLS,

BASKETBALLS, SOCCERS, TENNIS EQUIPMENT, LITTLE KIDS WHO WANT TO SLID IN THE SNOW, IN SHORT, THE MAJORITY OF US WHO WANT AND NEED PARKING. PLEASE NOTE THAT AUDI HURON AVENUE HAS A PROTECTED BIKE LANE

THAT LEADS INTO A PAINTED LANE DESIGNATION. THIS NOW MATCHES THE RECENT BIKE LANE INCORPORATION ON OXFORD STREET, WHICH IS MUCH MORE OF A SAFETY RISK, AS IT IS BASICALLY AN EXTENSION OF HARVARD'S

HEAVILY TRAVERSED CA- CAMPUS. AFTER LAST WEEK'S PROPERTY TAX HIKE DISCUSSION, WHY ON EARTH WOULD THE CITY IGNORE A SIGNIFICANT REVENUE PRODUCER? THE REVENUE FROM THE GOLF COURSE IS FIVE TIMES MORE

THAN YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, CONTRIBUTION TO THE WATERTOWN CAMBRIDGE GREENWAY. THANK YOU. KATE, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AUDRA DOUTY, FOLLOWED BY JAN FORTE, THEN SHARON SUE.

AUDRA, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS. SO MY NAME'S AUDRA DUTY. I'M THE CO - CEO OF SAFE EXIT INITIATIVE. WE SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE SEX

TRADE. I'M HERE TONIGHT IN FULL OPPOSITION OF POLICY, OF THE POLICY ORDER TO CRIM - TO, TO CRIMINALIZE SEX WORK. THIS ORDER WILL NOT MAKE SEX WORK SAFER. I DO BELIEVE IN THE PARTIAL DECRIMINALIZATION

MODEL, KNOWN AS THE EQUALITY MODEL OR SURVIVAL MODEL. I, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO HOLD SEX BUYERS ACCOUNTABLE. SEX BUYERS ARE OFTEN PREDATORS. THEY DON'T ASK HOW OLD YOU ARE IF YOU WANNA BE THERE.

I AM A SURVIVOR AND I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. WE ARE OBJECTS TO BE USED AND ABUSED. I HAVE TALKED TO THOUSANDS OF SURVIVORS OF THE SEX TRADE. NOT ONE OF THEM WAS THERE BY CHOICE. WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE

ENOUGH WILLING PARTICIPANTS AND THAT'S HOW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SUCKED INTO THE, AND TRAFFICKED INTO THE SEX TRADE. IN MASSACHUSETTS, WE HAVE POLICING POLICIES THAT DO NOT GO AFTER THE SELLERS OF SEX.

INSTEAD, THEY LOOK AT THE DEMAND SIDE. THIS POLICY ORDER WILL HURT PEOPLE AND GET MORE VULNERABLE FOLKS SUCKED INTO THE LIFE. WE NEED MORE RESOURCES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD

EVENING. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAN FORTE, FOLLOWED BY SHARON SUE, THEN MONIQUE FISHER. JAN? JAN. I DON'T SEE JAN. WE'LL MOVE ON TO SHARON SUE. SHARON IS NOT HERE EITHER. WE WILL GO TO MONIQUE

FISHER. MONIQUE IS NOT IN THE ZOOM. WE WILL GO TO QUINN CURRY. QUINN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. QUINN CURRY, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. HI. UM,

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS QUINN. I WAS PUSHED INTO THE SEX INDUSTRY AS A TEENAGER. IT WAS UGLY. I DIDN'T WANNA BE THERE. AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER RIGHT TWO ANYWAYS. THE FACT IS, THOSE MEN DIDN'T

HURT ME BECAUSE OF A LACK OF PUNISHMENT. IN FACT, TO BE PUNISHED, THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO HURT ME IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT'S A STEP TOO LATE. THEY WERE ABLE TO HURT ME BECAUSE I HAD A LACK OF POWER,

POLITICAL POWER TO KEEP MYSELF SAFE, AND TO DETERMINE TRAJECTORY OF MY OWN LIFE. THE FACT IS FULL DECRIMINALIZATION, NOT PARTIAL, NOT THE QUALITY MODEL, ONLY FULL DECRIMINALIZATION HAS BEEN PROVEN TO

AFFORD BOTH TRAFFICKING VICTIMS AND SEX WORKERS MORE POLITICAL POW- POWER, ACTUAL POLITICAL POWER. I SHOULD HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE. AND IT'S ONLY THROUGH THAT

POWER THAT WE CAN PREVENT IT. SO I URGE YOU TO PASS CHARTER RIGHT TWO. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIGUEL CHAVEZ, FOLLOWED BY LAURA CHAVEZ, THEN JULIE MATHESON. MIGUEL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. PLEASE

GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. OKAY. HELLO. MY NAME IS MIGUEL CHAVEZ. I SUPPORT POLICY NUMBER EIGHT TO PAUSE WORK ON THE HURON AVENUE BIKE LANE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECONSIDERING AND REPLAYING IT IN A

WAY THAT BETTER SERVES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. MY FAMILY LIVES ON CUSHING STREET AT THE EPICENTER OF THE PROPOSED PARKING REMOVAL, AND I'M THE FATHER OF A, OF AN AUTISTIC SON. SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS

FINDING A S- SAFE PLACE TO PARK CAN MAKE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE FOR US. I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE I CAN SAFELY GET MY SON OUT OF THE CAR AND REDUCE THE RISK OF HIM WANDERING INTO THE

STREET. AND THIS CONCERN GOES BEYOND MY FAMILY. PARTICIPANTS IN THE STA- START OF THE AUTISM PROGRAM IN THIS AREA WILL ALSO BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED REDUCTION IN PARKING. FOR THIS FAMILY,

CONVENIENCE AND SAFE ACCESS IS NOT SIMPLY A MATTER OF COMFORT. IT CAN BE A MATTER OF SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY. I SUPPORT BICYCLE, BICYCLE SAFETY AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL

REGULARLY USE THIS BICYCLE LANE REPRESENTS ONLY A PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE THE CONSEQUENCES OF E- ELIMINATING THIS SUCH PARKING WILL AFFECT MANY OTHERS, INCLUDED RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK

YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA CHAVEZ. LAURA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. LAURA, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE LOGGED IN ON TWO DEVICES. I AM TRYING TO UNMUTE YOU. LAURA? OKAY.

HI, I'M LAURA CHAVEZ. I LIVE IN CUSHING. MY HUSBAND JUST EXPLAINED OR PRESENTED PART OF OUR, UH, WHY WE SUPPORT TO PAUSE THIS BIKE LANE EXTENSION, NOT ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BUT ALSO

BECAUSE OUR CARS HAVE BEEN HIT TWICE IN, ON CUSHING STREET, ONCE BY A FIRETRUCK AND ONCE BY A SCHOOL BUS. THOSE STREETS ARE ALREADY SATURATED. IF YOU PUT MORE CARS, IT'S NOT GONNA BE SAFE FOR A

FIRETRUCK TO PASS BY. WE HAVE A SCHOOL ON OUR STREET. WE HAVE SCHOOL BUSES THAT GO DOWN THAT STREET. THAT IS... IT'S ALREADY A BUSY STREET. AND PLUS, WE HAVE A NEW BUILDING COMING WITH SIX UNITS AND

NO PARKING, NO OFF-STREET PARKING. SO THERE'LL BE MORE CARS PARKED ON OUR, ON OUR AREA. IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY IS COUNTING ON THESE STREETS TO SUPPORT ALL THIS ADDITIONAL PARKING AND NOT PROVIDE ANY

SOURCE OF RELIEF. WHERE ARE PEOPLE GONNA PARK THEIR CARS? THANK YOU. ME TOO. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIE MATHESON, FOLLOWED BY BRENDA FINN, THEN CLAUDIA TORRES. JULIE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU

HAVE ONE MINUTE. LOOKS LIKE JULIE HAS NOT JOINED US. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO BRENDA FINN. BRENDA, ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. BRENDA FINN, SEVEN MALCOLM ROAD, POLICY ORDER NUMBER EIGHT. I SUPPORT THE

PAUSING OF THE PROPOSED BIKE LANES. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED LOSS OF RESIDENT PARKING IN AN AREA WHICH IS DENSELY POPULATED AND WHICH SERVES RESIDENTS MAKING USE OF THE RUSSELL COMMUNITY

CENTER, THE PLAYGROUND, VFW, AND THE GOLF COURSE. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE HAD SOME PROGRAMMING INITIATED FOR SENIORS AT THE RUSSELL COMMUNITY CENTER AND USE OF A SPACE THAT HAD BEEN UNDERUTILIZED DURING

THE MORNINGS AND EARLY AFTERNOONS. FOR THE PAST YEAR, PARKING HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. WITH THE PROPOSED LOSS OF DAYTIME RESIDENT PARKING SPACES, PARKING IN THE AREA WILL BE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT AND WILL

MOST LIKELY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF HARD WON SENIOR PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS. AND FOR MANY OF US SENIORS, BIKE TRAVEL POSES A THREAT TO BOTH HEALTH AND SAFETY. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILORS

ZUZI, FLAHERTY, AND SIMMONS FOR LISTENING TO CONSTITUENTS ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLAUDIA TORRES. CLAUDIA, ONE MINUTE. MY NAME IS CLAUDIA TORRES, A STAFF ATTORNEY AT JUSTICE AT

WORK AND A CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT. I'M TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER RANK NUMBER TWO IN ITS ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. I WANT TO ADDRESS ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE CRIMINALIZING ALL ASPECTS OF CONSENSUAL ADULT SEX

WORK, NOT JUST THE SUPPLY SIDE. WE HEAR THAT PARTIAL DECRIMINALIZATION MAKES CUSTOMERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR STRUCTURE- STRUCTURES OF GENDER AND SEX INEQUALITY. THAT IS BAD POLICY. IF WE APPLY THAT

PRINCIPLE CONSISTENTLY, THERE WOULD BE NO JOBS IN THIS WORLD. WE HEAR THAT FULL DECRIMINALIZATION WOULD FACILITATE RAPE OR TRAFFICKING, BUT RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING, AND SEX INVOLVING CH -

INVOLVING CHILDREN OR WITHOUT CONSENT REMAIN CRIMES. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THESE HARMS INCREASED BECAUSE OF FULL DECRIMINALIZATION. FREEDOM NETWORK USA AND THE NATIONAL SURVIVOR

NETWORK, BOTH ANTI-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS, SUPPORT FULL DECRIMINALIZATION. WE ALSO HEAR THAT FULL DE - FULL DECRIMINALIZATION WOULD REMOVE PROTECTIONS FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE, BUT VULNERABILITY DOES

NOT MAKE MEANINGFUL CONSENT IMPOSSIBLE. WHETHER COERCION IS PRESENT IS A FACT-INTENSIVE CONTEXT SPECIFIC INQUIRY. UH, THIS POLICY DEGREES WORKERS A VOICE - THANK YOU, CLAUDIA. YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

PLEASE EMAIL US THE REMAINDER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FRANCESCA ACKERMAN, FOLLOWED BY BETH MEL- MELOCHEK, THEN KRISTEN ANDERSON. WE'RE AT SPEAKER 46. FRANCESCA? UM, HELLO. I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF

CHATTER RIGHT NUMBER TWO. UM, I'M AN AUTISTIC TRANS WOMAN. I'VE BEEN A SEX WORKER FOR THREE YEARS. I BEGAN THIS WORK AFTER 15 YEARS OF WORKING FULL-TIME JOB AFTER FULL-TIME JOB IN VARIOUS FIELDS WITH

LITTLE MORE TO SHOW FOR IT THAN POVERTY AND MENTAL ILLNESS. MY DELIBERATE CHOICE OF BECOMING A SEX WORKER HAS IMPROVED MY QUALITY OF LIFE AND MENTAL HEALTH. IT'S GIVEN ME TIME TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF,

UM, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY WHILE PURSUING WORK THAT CAN SUSTAIN ME FINANCIALLY AND IN TERMS OF ANSWERING MY TRUE CALLINGS IN LIFE. THE FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK WILL MAKE MY LIFE MUCH

SAFER. I CAN VET PEOPLE PROPERLY AND NOT SNEAK AROUND WITH MEN WHOSE FEAR OF ARREST MAKES THEM FAR MORE DANGEROUS TO ENGAGE WITH. REGARDLESS OF ANYONE'S MORAL OPINION, SEX WORK IS A JOB PEOPLE WILL

ALWAYS DO AND PROVIDING SERVICES, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A DEMAND FORM. THANK YOU, FRANCESCA. YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO A COUPLE OF EARLIER SPI - SKIP SPEAKERS. WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM

SUZANNE BLIER, FOLLOWED BY MONIQUE FISHER, THEN BETH MOFCHECK. SUZANNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE... SUZANNE WAS JUST IN A ZOOM AND NOW SHE'S NOT. UM, WE'LL GO TO MONIQUE FISHER.

MONIQUE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. MONIQUE FISCHER. UM, COGSWELL AVE. I WROTE MY, UH, I WROTE AN EMAIL TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON, UH, VOTING FOR POLICY ORDER EIGHT, AND I'M READING THIS FROM A

FRIEND. "AS I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING THIS EVENING, I'M WRITING TO SUPPORT POSTPONING THE ELIMINATION OF, OF 44 STREET PARKING SPOT - SPACES ALONG HURON AVE. I'VE BEEN PLAYING GOLF AT FRESH

POND GOLF COURSE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK SINCE 1987. TO HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, WELL-MAINTAINED PUBLIC GOLF COURSE IN THE HEART OF CAMBRIDGE IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND GRATITUDE FOR ME AND SO MANY WHOSE

CHERISHES RESOURCE. OVER THE YEARS, I'VE ENJOYED AND BENEFITED FROM IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE GOLF COURSE, GLACK & FIELD, THE TENNIS COURT, FRESH POND RESERVATION. WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD TO CO - OF THE

COMMITMENT TO RECREATION IN CAMBRIDGE. I'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS THE INCREASE IN USE AND ENJOYMENT. THANK YOU, MONIQUE. PLEASE EMAIL US THE REMAINDER OF YOUR COMMENT. OUR NEXT

SPEAKER IS BETH MOLOCHYK, FOLLOWED BY KRISTEN ANDERSON, THEN EMILY ALICE. BETH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YOU HAVE. ONE MINUTE. BETH MOLOCHEK. WE NEED SEWER SEPARATION. TAMPONS, PROPHYLACTICS, AND POO BELONG

AT DEER ISLAND, NOT IN EAST ARLINGTON BACKYARDS AND BASEMENTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION. CLIMATE BREAKDOWN IS HERE. EVENTS IN NEPAL SHOW US HOW UNFORGIVING IT IS. CSO ELIMINATION,

SEWER SEPARATION, AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S TIME. CAM 401A AND TANNERY ROW MUST BE CLOSED. OPEN SEWERS. THE ENTITLEMENT OF OPEN SEWERS ASSUMED BY MWRA AND PARTNERS MUST END. IT'S A REGIONAL

SYSTEM WITH REGIONAL CHALLENGES. WE NEED COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION. THE $45 PER HOUSEHOLD PER YEAR IS A DOABLE SOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UM, I, UH, HOPE YOU WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR LETTER AS

SUGGESTED BY SAVE AIL-WIFE BROOKE. AGAIN, WE WANT, UM, CSO ELIMINATION, SEWER SEPARATION, AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTEN ANDERSON, FOLLOWED BY EMILY ALICE.

KRISTEN, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI. UM, I BECAME SICK AFTER, UH, BEING EXPOSED TO AL-WIFE BROOKE SEWAGE FLOODWATER, UH, THAT CAME INTO MY HOUSE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE CSO POLICY ORDER

ASKING FOR VIRTUAL CSO ELIMINATION. PLEASE PASS THIS POLICY ORDER WITHOUT THE CLAUSE ABOUT SHERMAN STREET STORAGE BECAUSE THE LONG-TERM CLIMATE RESILIENCE SOLUTION IS NOT STORAGE, IT IS SEWER

SEPARATION WITH STORMWATER WETLANDS. MWRA IS USING THE PROSPECT OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MUNICIPAL COSTS TO DETER THE CITY FROM PURSUING REAL SOLUTIONS TO END CSOS. MWRA WAS CREATED BY

THE LEGISLATURE TO FUND CLEANING UP THE CSOS. IT IS LITERALLY MWRA'S RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES REGIONAL FUNDING. MWRA SHOULD USE ITS REGIONAL FUNDING MECHANISM TO PAY

FOR VIRTUAL CSO ELIMINATION PROJECTS. CAMBRIDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EMILY ALICE, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW SEYBOLD, THEN DAVID HALPERN. EMILY, ONE MINUTE. I'M

EMILY ALICE. I'VE EXPERIENCED DOING IN-PERSON ESCORTING FOR ABOUT A DECADE, AND I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF SEX WORK DECRIMINALIZATION. FIRST, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE GET MURDERED, GO TO JAIL, AND AS

I SPOKE ABOUT LAST WEEK, GET THEIR KIDS TAKEN AWAY FOR SEX WORK BECAUSE IT IS CRIMINALIZED. SECOND, I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT AT HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, WHERE I'M STUDYING CHAPLAINCY AND SPIRITUAL CARE.

ENTERING HARVARD AS A MIDDLE-AGED SINGLE MOM WITH A SEX WORKER BACKGROUND, I EXPERIENCED INTENSE IMPOSTER SYNDROME. BUT IN MOVING THROUGH MY COURSEWORK AND ENGAGING WITH MY PEERS, I DISCOVERED THAT

THE ATTUNEMENTS AND SKILLS THEY ARE IMPARTING THROUGH MY PROGRAM ARE ACTUALLY ONES I ALREADY HAVE IN SPADES. AND THAT IS BECAUSE I'VE SPENT LITERAL YEARS WALKING WITH PEOPLE THROUGH TERMINAL ILLNESS,

DIVORCE, JOB LOSS, BIRTHS, DEATHS, CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, BODY IMAGE ISSUES. I'VE HAD PARAPLEGIC CLIMATE, CLIENTS, YOU NAME IT. I PROVIDED INTIMATE CARE TO OTHER HUMANS AS THEY MOVE

THROUGH ALMOST EVERY CHALLENGING EXPERIENCE A PERSON CAN HAVE, AND THAT MAKES ME A CRIMINAL. NO SEX WORKER HAS TO SEE THEIR JOB AS SOME HIGHER CALLING TO BE SAFE AND PAID, BUT WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME

AND EFFORT OUT HERE DEMANDING PEOPLE NOT HARM US THROUGH YOUR ALL FORGOING - THANK YOU, EMILY. THAT YOUR TIME IS SO COMPELLING CONVERSATIONS. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE EMAIL US THE REMAINDER OF YOUR COMMENT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREW SEYBOLD, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALPERIN, THEN EPPA RIXLEY. ANDREW, ONE MINUTE. MY NAME IS ANDREW, AND I'M READING AN ANONYMOUS TESTIMONY SUBMITTED BY A CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT WHO IS

ALSO MY FRIEND TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITY. IT'S IN FAVOR OF POLICY ORDER CHARTER RIGHT TWO. I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR LIVING IN CAMBRIDGE WHO DOES SEX WORK TO PAY MY SKYROCKETING MEDICAL BILLS, WHICH STAND

TO INCREASE NEXT YEAR, EVEN WITH ASSISTANCE FROM STATE SUBSIDIES. I DEPEND ON MY CLIENTS TO EARN MONEY, AND IF THEY'RE ARRESTED, SURVEILLED, OR OTHERWISE DETERRED FROM SEEING ME, I INSTANTLY LOSE THE

ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF AND PAY FOR MY MEDICATIONS. PLEASE LISTEN TO ME AND MY COMMUNITY AND PRIORITIZE OUR VOICES. WE'RE THE ONES WHOSE INCOMES AND SAFETY WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS

ORDER, NOT THE WOMEN WHO NO LONGER WORK IN THE SEX INDUSTRY AND HAVE MADE CAREERS OUT OF SPEAKING OVER US. THE SPEAKERS FROM PROJECT PRICELESS, MY LIFE, MY CHOICE, AND SAFE EXIT INITIATIVE DO NOT HAVE

MY BEST INTERESTS AT HEART, AND THEIR GOAL OF TARGETING CLIENTS PUT MY... PUTS MY HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE IN JEOPARDY. VOTE YES ON THIS ORDER. FW. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HALPERN. DAVID,

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. ONE MINUTE. GOOD EVENING. DAVID HALPERN, 14 VALENTINE U - STREET, UNIT THREE. UM, I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF, UH, THE TAX ABATEMENT STRATEGY FOR, UH,

PARTIALLY FUNDING INCLUSIONARY ZONING. UM, WE HAVE... WE'RE FACING VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIME FOR, FOR BUILDING RIGHT NOW. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, DESPITE THAT, THE, UH, HOUSING SHORTAGE CONTINUES

TO, YOU KNOW, HARM OUR WHOLE CITY AND OUR REGION, AND WE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, HOW CAN WE GET THINGS BUILT, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT REALITY THAT IS OTHERWISE LARGELY OUT OF OUR

CONTROL, I THINK TAX MAINTENANCE STRATEGY, UH, UM, INVOLVES VERY, YOU KNOW, A FEW TRADE-OFFS. IF WE DON'T DO THIS AND THOSE BUILDINGS ARE DELAYED OR NOT BUILT, THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT TAX

REVENUE ANYWAY. UM, I ALSO HOPE WE CAN EXTEND THIS TO THE WHOLE CITY AND NOT JUST C1, UH, YOU KNOW, WEST CAMBRIDGE AND OTHER MORE HISTORICALLY PARTS OF THE CITY SHOULD HAVE TO DO THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR,

UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EPPA RIXE, FOLLOWED BY ANNE MCDONALD, THEN NICOLE BARNA. EPPA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. HI, MY NAME'S EPA

RIXE. I LIVE AT 126 RV STREET, AND I'M ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR SAVE THE L WHITE BROOK AND THE CAMBRIDGE CSO AND STORMWATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF POLICY ORDER NUMBER TWO

ON SEWAGE POLLUTION PLANNING. A 25-YEAR LEVEL OF CONTROL OR VIRTUAL ELIMINATION IS THE RIGHT GOAL, AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO PUSH AS HARD FOR THIS GOAL AS POSSIBLE. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS

ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH SEWER SEPARATION, GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, STORMWATER WETLANDS, AND BROOK RESTORATION RATHER THAN GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DOES LITTLE TO IMPROVE THE DEGRADED STATE OF THE

BROOK. REGIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS IS PARAMOUNT. WE NEED REGIONAL FUNDING TO SOLVE THIS REGIONAL PROBLEM. THE POLLUTION COMES FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE, AND IT

DOESN'T STAY IN THE BROOK. IT GOES ON TO THE MYSTIC AND THE HARBOR SUPPORTING REGIONAL SOLUTIONS. THIS IS A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE, NOT JUST THE POLLUTION, BUT ALSO THE POTENTIAL TO

OFFER A MUCH BETTER PARK IN THE BACKYARD OF NUMEROUS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ACCURATELY REFLECTED IN THE CURRENT PLANNING PROCESS. I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE

COUNCIL ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNE MCDONALD. SORRY, MY SCREEN IS FREEZING A LITTLE BIT. ANNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. PLEASE GO AHEAD. ONE MINUTE. UH, HI, I'M ANNE MCDONALD,

COMMENTING ON POLICY ORDER NUMBER TWO. I LIVE ON COLUMBUS AVE JUST ACROSS FROM THE ALEF BROOK AND HAVE BEEN BREATHING IN THE SEWAGE AND SEDIMENT ODORS AS I WALK ALONG THE BROOK FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. I

LIVED THROUGH THE WHITTEMORE NEIGHBORHOOD SEWER SEPARATION AS PART OF THE LAST CSO CONTROL PLAN, AND I WAS NAIVE TO BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS THE END OF SEWAGE IN THE BROOK. SO I JOINED SAVE THE ALEIFE

BROOK TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RIVER, THE CREATURES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POPULATIONS LIVING NEARBY, AND ALL OF US WHO DESERVE A HEALTHY SEWAGE-FREE ECOSYSTEM. SO I'M THANKFUL THAT THE COUNCIL IS

PUSHING FOR REGIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FOR THE VIRTUAL CSO ELIMINATION AND REQUESTING A RANGE OF CSO CONTROL OPTIONS AT THE HIGHER LEVELS OF CONTROL THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY SHOWN IN THE DRAFT PLAN. I

BELIEVE THAT SEPARATED SEWERS AND GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE CENTRAL TO THE FINAL SOLUTION, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL'S RELUCTANCE TO GET SPECIFIC IN THIS PO. SO I THEN REQUEST THAT

YOU PLEASE REMOVE THE CLAUSE ON THE SHERMAN STREET TANK AND KEEP THE HIGHER LEVEL OF CONTROL AS THE MAIN FOCUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NICOLE BARNA. NICOLE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. HI, NICOLE BARNA, 29 BELLA CIRCLE, SPEAKING ON POLICY ORDER NUMBER TWO. I URGE THE COUNCILORS TO REJECT THIS POLICY ORDER AND TO REJECT THE DRAFT CSO PLAN. THE

CURRENT PLAN CONTINUES TO SACRIFICE OUR ENVIRONMENT BY RELEASING SEWAGE INTO OUR WATERWAYS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PROPOSED SHERMAN TANK REACHES CAPACITY. PLEASE INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY ORDER THAT

ASKS FOR VIRTUAL ELIMINATION OF CSOS THROUGH SEWER SEPARATION AND GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN ADAPT TO VARYING LEVELS OF STORMWATER AND POPULATION GROWTH. PLEASE DO NOT

SUPPORT THE SHERMAN STREET SEWAGE TANK. WHY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL REPOSITORY OF SEWAGE THAT THEN, SEWAGE THAT THEN NEEDS TO BE REMEDIATED IN AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY POLLUTED AND NEGLECTED AS EVIDENCED

BY THE LWIFE GARAGE, THE COMMUTER RAIL, AND THE WINTER SNOW DUMPING GROUND IN DANAHEE PARK? WHO WILL MANAGE THIS TANK AND ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT CREATE HEALTH ISSUES THROUGH A CONCENTRATION OF HUMAN

WASTE IN A DENSE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD? PLEASE DO NOT SPREAD THE CRAP AROUND. I ASK YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR A NEW FUTURE, ONE WHERE WE CAN SWIM IN OUR WATERWAYS, WHERE GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE

REPLACES DECAYING CONCRETE, AND WHERE WE CAN CREATE A BETTER SITUATION THAN THE ONE WE HAVE INHERITED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PETER BOSHKO, FOLLOWED BY NANCY GRABOWSKI, THEN PATRICK

HERON. WE ARE AT SPEAKER NUMBER 55, PETER BOSHKO. PETER HAS NOT JOINED US. WE WILL GO TO NANCY GRABOWSKI, FOLLOWED BY PATRICK HERON. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME'S NANCY RUSSELL GRABOWSKI, AND I LIVE AT FOUR CELESTINE TERRACE OF TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE CHARTER RIGHT ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE PROPOSED BIKE LANES ON HURON AVENUE. MY SON'S A PARTICIPANT OF

THE CAMBRIDGE PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND IT'S RUN THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE CAMBRIDGE PROGRAM HAS APPROXIMATELY 80 PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES. SOME

REQUIRE WALKERS, WHEELCHAIRS, AND SOME HAVE OTHER ISSUES WHICH LIMIT THEIR MOBILITY. ELIMINATING PARKING ON HURON AVENUE BY THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTER ALONG WITH, ALONG THE GOLF COURSE, WOULD COME

AT A VERY HIGH COST TO SAFETY. THE PROPOSAL IS WRITTEN WOULD ELIMINATE THE OPTION FOR SAFE DISEMBARKMENT OF CLIENTS FROM BUSES TO ACCESS THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTER. WHEN THE CITY DECIDED TO NAME

THE YOUTH CENTER AFTER MY LATE MOTHER, MAYOR SHEILA RUSSELL, SHE ASKED IF THEY'D CALL IT A COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTER. SHE'D BE VERY DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT THE PROPOSED BIKE LANES ARE LIMITING

ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTER WITH ALL THE PATHS AND TRAILS AROUND FRESH POND - THANK YOU, NANCY. THE ELIMINATION OF THE PARKING - THAT'S YOUR TIME. PLEASE EMAIL US THE REST OF YOUR

COMMENT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICK HERON, FOLLOWED BY RABBI YONI, THEN YULAN BRESNAHAN. PATRICK, ONE MINUTE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PATRICK HENA - PAT- PATRICK

HERON. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION AND RESIDENT ON HURON, 320 HURON AVE. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND

SUPPORT ON VIRTUAL ELIMINATION OF COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS. ADDRESSING CSOS AND CLEAN WATER IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES OUR REGION FACES, BUT TAKING THIS

CRITICAL STEP FORWARD FOR THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF AIL WHITE BROOK AND OUR WIRE - WATERWAYS AND OUR COMMUNITIES IS MUCH NEEDED. WHAT I WILL STAND, SAY STANDS OUT IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS THE AMOUNT OF

TIME THE COUNCILORS TOOK IN REACHING OUT TO VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, TO CITY STAFF, TO UNDERSTAND ALL RANGES OF THE CHALLENGES HERE AND PERSPECTIVES. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST EXPRESS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE

THE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RABBI IONI. RABBI YONI HAS NOT JOINED US. WE'RE GONNA GO TO YOLAN BRESNAHAN. YOLAN, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, THANK

YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS YOLAN BRESNAHAN. UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON CHARTER RIGHT TWO. I AM A STUDENT, A MOTHER, AN ADVOCATE, AND A SEX WORKER. I SAY THAT PROUDLY BECAUSE BEING A SEX WORKER HAS

NEVER MADE ME LESS DESERVING OF SAFETY, DIGNITY, OR HUMANITY. BEHIND THE LABEL OF SEX, OF SEX WORKER IS A WHOLE PERSON. WE ARE PARENTS RAISING CHILDREN, STUDENTS BUILDING FUTURES, AND PEOPLE DOING OUR

BEST TO NAVIGATE LIFE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO UNDERSTAND EVERY CHOICE THAT WE MAKE. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT CRIMINAL - THAT CRIMINALIZATION DOES NOT MAKE US

DISAPPEAR. IT ONLY CHANGES HOW SAFELY WE ARE ABLE TO EXIST. WE CAN F- FIGHT TRAFFICKING. WE CAN PROTECT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING EXPLOITATION, AND WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT TREATING CONSENTING ADULTS LIKE

CRIMINALS. PLEASE DON'T JUST SPEAK ABOUT US. LISTEN TO US. OUR LIVES DESERVES TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, AND PLEASE VOTE YES ON CHARTER RIGHT. THANK YOU, JOHN. PLEASE EMAIL US THE REMAINDER OF

YOUR COMMENT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMY FLAX, FOLLOWED BY REBECCA LEIGHTON, THEN CAROL ALEXANDROV. AMY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE, UH, ABOUT TO, TO

URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON POLICY ORDER NUMBER EIGHT. UM, I'M ASKING NOT TO UNDERMINE THE PROGRESS AT THE LAST MINUTE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY THIS IS, WHETHER IT'S ONE DAY, ONE YEAR, OR FIVE YEARS OF A PROJECT

THAT HAS BEEN PART OF AN ORIGINAL PLAN SINCE 2015, THE BIKE NETWORK VISION, AND HAS ALREADY BEEN FULLY DESIGNED, AND IT WILL ADDRESS, YES, A SMALL BUT VERY IMPORTANT GAP IN THE NETWORK. I DON'T THINK

THAT THERE, UM, HAS BEEN... I, I THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN SUFFICIENT, UM, MEETINGS ABOUT THIS. IT'S BEEN GOING, MEETINGS GOING ON FOR A YEAR, INCLUDING PARKING MITIGATION TO DEAL WITH A PARKING AREA

WHERE PEOPLE HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY HAVE NO, UM, REGULATION AND BY REG - THANK YOU, AMY. APOLOGIES. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. PLEASE SEND US YOUR COMMENT VIA EMAIL. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO REBECCA LEIGHTON,

FOLLOWED BY CAROL ALEXANDROV, THEN SETH TAYLOR. REBECCA, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS REBECCA LEIGHTON SHEBAY. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE FULL

DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK. I'M A SURVIVOR OF SEX TRAFFICKING AS WELL AS A FORMER SEX WORKER. TONIGHT, I SPEAK TO YOU AS A SURVIVOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE NATIONAL SURVIVOR NETWORK. THE

NSN IS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS WHO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO ANTI-TRAFFICKING AND THE FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF SEX WORK. THE SURVIVOR MODEL OR

EQUITY MODEL ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL SURVIVORS, UM, OR OF WHAT ALL SURVIVORS HAVE ADVOCATED FOR. SURVIVORS ARE NOT A MONOLITH. WHILE I DO NOT SPEAK FOR ALL SURVIVORS, THE NSN AND MANY OF OUR

MEMBERS AND PARTNERS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SEX WORK DECRIMINALIZATION FOR MANY YEARS. CRIMINALIZING SEX WORK DOES NOT END TRAFFICKING OR ENSURE JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS. THE CONFLATION OF SEX WORK,

UM, JUST SEEKS TO H - TO FURTHER HARM, MARGINALIZE, AND CREATE VIOLENCE TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITIES. WHILE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, UH, RESOURCES AND POSITIONS OF POWER VERY RARELY SEE, UM, JUSTICE

AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I WILL SEND YOU THE REST OF MY TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CAROL ALEXANDROV, FOLLOWED BY SETH TAYLOR, THEN DAN TOTTEN. WE ARE AT SPEAKER NUMBER 62.

CAROL, PLEASE GO AHEAD. AFTER READING THE RECENT IZ REPORT, I ADMIRED ITS ATTEMPT AT POST-STRUCTURALIST CONTRADICTORY CONCLUSIONS, BUT IT REALLY MADE ME WONDER ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF THE 20%

INCLUSIONARY ZONING. IS 20% ACTUALLY ACHIEVING ANY RESULTS ANYWHERE? HAS THERE BEEN A SINGLE INSTANCE IN A CITY WHERE 20% IZ ACTUALLY WORKED? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MOST SERIOUS CITIES HAVE GONE

DOWN TO 5% GIVEN THEIR LACK OF RESULTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. DIDN'T OUR SISTER CITY SAN FRANCISCO GO DOWN TO 5% LIKE EVERYONE ELSE? ALSO, CDD'S CONCLUSIONS CONTRADICT THE RKG CONCLUSIONS IN

MULTIPLE PLACES. WHY? WHERE DOES CDD GET THEIR DATA AND IDEAS FROM? ONE BIG ONE IS DOING A FINANCIAL REASSESSMENT EVERY ONE TO TWO YEARS, BUT CDD SUGGESTS FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. OR WHY DIDN'T THE STUDY

LOOK AT PLACES WHERE THERE'S 0% IZ TO CREATE A BASELINE OF CAUSE AND EFFECT? GIVEN THE EFFECTS OF AI, BIOTECH, INDUSTRY DOWNTURN IN THE CURRENT US GOVERNMENT AND THE WARS GOING ON, COUPLED WITH THE

SPECTER OF RENT CONTROL ALWAYS LOOMING IN MASSACHUSETTS - THANK YOU, CAROL, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. PLEASE SEND US THE REMAINDER OF YOUR COMMENT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SETH TAYLOR, FOLLOWED BY DAN TOTTEN,

THEN ANDREW KIM. SETH, ONE MINUTE. GREAT. UM, MY NAME IS SETH TAYLOR. I'M A CAMBRIDGE PROPERTY OWNER AND CO-FOUNDER OF A LAB COMPANY IN CAMBRIDGE CALLED SMART LABS. UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, MOSTLY LAB

SPACE, PAYS TWO THIRDS OF OUR TAX LEVY AND IT'S WEAKENING. IN 2022, WE BEGAN LOSING CUSTOMERS TO LABS OUTSIDE OF CAMBRIDGE. BROKERS PROMISED CHEAPER RENT, FREE PARKING, AND EASIER COMMUTES. AND

MASSBIO FOUND THAT 50% OF, 57% OF LIFE SCIENCE WORKERS DRIVE 45 MINUTES ALONE WHILE ONLY 7% BIKE. SINCE 2022, LAB RENTS ARE DOWN MORE THAN A QUARTER FROM THE PEAK AND OUR PREMIUM OVER BOSTON HAS

NEARLY VANISHED. CAMBRIDGE IS NO LONGER SPECIAL. LOWER RENTS MEAN LOWER VALUES, SO THE CITY RAISED COMMERCIAL RENTS OR RAISED BY 22% IN 26 AND 21% IN 27, AND TENANTS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THIS PASSED ON

THROUGH THEIR TRIPLE NET. SO ALL THE TENANTS IN BIOTECH COMPANIES SEE THIS IN THEIR... ON THEIR ACTUAL RENT STATEMENT. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS WE'RE AT 165% OF THE 175% STATE CAP, SO YOU JUST

CAN'T KEEP PASSING THE BILL TO COMPANIES. SO HONESTLY, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT - THANK YOU, SETH, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. PLEASE SEND US THE REST OF YOUR COMMENT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TO BIOTECH. THANK

YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAN TOTTEN, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW KIM, THEN SUSAN DICUNA. DAN, ONE MINUTE. HI, DAN TOTTEN, 54 BISHOP ALLEN DRIVE. UM, AFTER EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY WITH THE SEX WORKERS, I DO WANNA

TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT INCLUSIONARY BECAUSE WE ARE, UM, ON AN IMPORTANT NIGHT HERE WHERE WE FINALLY, AFTER YEARS AND YEARS, HAVE A REPORT THAT TELLS US WHAT IS DEEMED TO BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE

BY THE CITY'S CAPITALIST, UH, CONSULTANT. UM, AND I JUST WANNA REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT WHEN WE PASSED THE MULTIFAMILY ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO, THAT 20% WAS PITCHED AS PART OF THE DEAL,

AND THAT, THAT WAS THE DEAL THAT I GOT BEHIND BECAUSE I WANT ONE-FIFTH OF THOSE BUILDINGS, GROSS FLOOR AREA, TO GO TO PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO GET IT. AND I'M JUST HERE TONIGHT TO SAY

THAT THE REPORT DOESN'T FORCE YOU TO LOWER THE PERCENTAGE, AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF US WHO WORK SO HARD ON THAT DEAL WILL RE- REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF 20% AS THE NUMBER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR

NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREW KIM. ANDREW, ONE MINUTE. HELLO, I'M SHARING A TESTIMONY. DEAR CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JAMES DE NOVA. I'M 46, AND I'VE WORKED IN BRIGHTON AND CAMBRIDGE AS A

PROFESSIONAL DOMINATRIX FOR FOUR YEARS. I'M WRITING IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER RIGHT TWO IN ITS ORIGINAL LA- LANGUAGE REGARDING THE SAFETY OF SEX WORKERS IN CAMBRIDGE. CHOOSING SEX WORK, I MADE A CONSCIOUS

CHOICE. I CAME FROM RUSSIA TO THE US 15 YEARS AGO AND GOT A MASTER'S IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT FROM NORTHEASTERN. IN SPITE OF GRADUATING AS ONE OF THE BEST IN MY CLASS, I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND A JOB IN

BOSTON THAT COULD COVER MY RENT AND STUDENT LOAN DESPITE STRUGGLING FOR TWO YEARS. WHEN I STARTED WORKING AS A DOMINATRIX, IT REALLY TRANSFORMED MY LIFE. I REALLY LIKE WHAT I DO, AND I SEE THE

DIFFERENCE THAT I MAKE FOR MY CLIENTS. ALSO, THE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE HAS ALLOWED ME TO BETTER BE THE SOLE CAREGIVER FOR MY MOM WHO HAS ALZHEIMER'S. I'M STRUGGLING TO AFFORD LIVING IN BOSTON BEING SINGLE

WITH NO KIDS AND A SICK PARENT. I KNOW THAT MANY WOMEN WHO DO SEX WORK TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES IS THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE ENDS MEET. THIS IS WHY I THINK THAT SEX WORK HAS TO BE

DECRIMINALIZED. PLEASE, HELP US CONTINUE SUPPORTING OURSELVES WITH SEX WORK AND NOT LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU, JANE GENZNOVA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUSAN DECUNA, FOLLOWED BY AUDREY

MORRISSEY. WE ARE AT SPEAKER 66. SUSAN, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, I'M SUSAN DECUNA. I LIVE ON ALSTON STREET. I OFTEN NEED TO SEARCH FOR PARKING NEAR GLACKENFIELD IN ORDER TO DROP MY YOUNG GRANDSON OFF AT

BA - AT BASEBALL PRACTICE. HE'S TOO YOUNG TO TAKE A BIKE AND TOO YOUNG TO JUST DROP HIM OFF. I HAVE TO BE SURE THAT HIS COACH IS THERE. IF HIS PARENTS WANT TO ATTEND THE GAME, THEY LIVE TOO FAR AWAY

TO GET THERE ANY OTHER WAY. UM, THEY LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE AND THEY NEED TO PARK TO ATTEND THE GAME. UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF DELAYING THE REMOVAL OF PARKING SPACES. ALL OF US, HOWEVER WE TRAVEL IN CAMBRIDGE,

HAVE TO ACCEPT DELAYS, DETOURS, AND INCONVENIENCES FOR THE COMMON GOOD. THE COMMON GOOD CONSIDERING EVERYONE, NOT JUST ONE GROUP. UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WHILE OTHER SOLUTIONS ARE, ARE LOOKED FOR,

THAT EVERYTHING BE DONE TO S- SLOW DOWN THE... TO KEEP THE SPEED LIMIT AT OR BELOW 20 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH IT IS. AND I WOULD ASK BIKES - BICYCLISTS TO EXTEND... ACCEPT THE DELAY OF USING THE SIDEWALK

IF THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE ON THE STREET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AUDREY MORRISSEY, FOLLOWED BY JACOB BROWN, THEN MICHAEL SIEGEL. AUDREY HAS NOT JOINED. WE WILL GO TO JACOB BROWN. UH,

HI, MY NAME'S JACOB BROWN. I'M A RESIDENT OF CAMBRIDGE. I'M READING A TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF AN ANONYMOUS SEX WORKER IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER RIGHT NUMBER TWO. UM, YEAH, I'VE... YEAH, IT SAYS, "I'VE

GROWN UP IN THE BOSTON AREA, AND CAMBRIDGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF WHY I VIEW THIS AREA AT HOME. THE VIBRANT ARTS COMMUNITY, UM, PURSUIT OF EDUCATION AND COMMITMENT TO GROWTH HAVE ALWAYS MADE ME

FEEL WELCOME. I BEGAN INDEPENDENT SEX WORK AS A YOUNG ADULT IN MY 20S, AND THE INDEPENDENCE, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE, HAS ALLOWED ME TO PURSUE MY EDUCATION. I'M DISABLED, AND AS A RESULT, I'M

UN- UNABLE TO DO SCHOOL OR WORK FULL-TIME WITHOUT SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS ON MY HEALTH. SEX WORK HAS ALLOWED ME TO SET MY OWN SCHEDULE AND WORK WITHIN MY CAPACITIES. SINCE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH

CLIENTS, I'VE BECOME ABLE TO ONCE AGAIN TAKE CLASSES AND PURSUE MY EDUCATION IN A WAY THAT IS SUSTAINABLE. WITHOUT THE FLEXIBILITY AND FINANCIAL FREEDOM THIS JOB HAS GRANTED ME, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO

CONTINUE MY ED- EDUCATION. SEX WORK BETWEEN TWO INFORMED AND CONSENTING ADULTS IS NOT A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. DECRIMINALIZATION WOULD INCREASE SAFETY FOR WORKERS AND REDUCE

FEAR FOR BOTH PARTIES. MYSELF AND MANY OTHER WORKERS ARE LIMITED BY FEAR OF ARREST OF OURSELVES AND OUR CLIENTS, AND THIS MAKES THIS WORK RISKIER AND PUTS US AT RISK OF GREATEST HARM. UH, THANK YOU

FOR YOUR TIME. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT CHARTER NUMBER TWO. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL SIEGEL. MICHAEL HAS NOT JOINED. WE ARE GOING TO JEAN DEVINE. JEAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE ONE

MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS JEAN DEVINE. I LIVE IN BELMONT, MASS, BUT I TEACH IN CAMBRIDGE. I AM THE FOUNDER OF BIODIVERSITY BUILDERS, A

SUMMER PAID LEARNING PROGRAM FOR, UM, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. FOR NEARLY A DECADE, I'VE TAUGHT CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS HOW TO IMPROVE ECOSYSTEMS AND ADVOCATE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. I'M HERE TO ARGUE FOR

THE END OF CO - CSOS AT ALEWIFE BROOK AND TO ADVOCATE FOR SEWER SEPARATION AND GREEN, NOT GRAY STORM INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS. MY STUDENTS HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE RIPARIAN EDGE GARDENS. THEY'D BE

HAPPY TO HELP DO THIS. THE, UH, ECOSYSTEMS AND ALL THE ANIMALS AND ALL THE PEOPLE WOULD BE GRATEFUL NOT TO HAVE ANY MORE POLLUTION IN THE ALEWIFE BROOK. THEY ALSO KAYAK DOWN THE CHARLES RIVER, AND

THEY HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE POLLUTION THERE AS WELL. STOP AND CLOSE THESE CSOS ONCE AND FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WILLOW AGUIAR, FOLLOWED BY MOLLY BROOKS, THEN

RUTH ALLEN. WILLOW? WILLOW HAS NOT JOINED US. WE ARE GONNA GO TO RUTH ALLEN, SORRY, MOLLY BROOKS, THEN RUTH ALLEN. MOLLY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. HI, MOLLY BROOKS, 70 MATINON ROAD.

I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF POLICY ORDER NUMBER ONE OR 185, BECAUSE FOR MOST OF US, IT'S NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS CITY. AS A RESIDENT AND A TEACHER AT CRLS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN

CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SIX YEARS, SO EVERY DAY I ENCOUNTER SO MANY VISCERAL EXAMPLES OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC DIVIDE IN THIS CITY. UM, THERE'S A NEAR NON-EXISTENT MIDDLE CLASS, AND WE NEED TO

SUPPORT OUR WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES' RIGHT TO FAIR HOUSING. I LOVE BEING A TEACHER AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN CAMBRIDGE, BUT I WORRY MYSELF THAT I CAN'T MAINTAIN THAT LONG TERM, BUT MORE

SO MY HEART BREAKS FOR MY LOWEST PAID COWORKERS, LIKE OUR PARAS AND OUR SUBS, AS WELL AS MY STUDENTS WHO GET PRICED OUT OF THE CITY EVERY YEAR. SO LET'S HELP EACH OTHER MAINTAIN A FAIR AND DIVERSE

CITY. I ALSO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF CHARTER TWO, POLICY NUMBER 10, TO DECRIMINALIZE SEX WORK. THERE'S VALUE IN ALL LABOR AND SEX WORKERS DESERVE SAFETY, JUSTICE, AND AUTONOMY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR

NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH ALLEN. RUTH, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. SORRY, RUTH, IF YOU CAN TRY TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. YEP. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. THIS IS RUTH ALLEN, 48 FANO STREET, CAMBRIDGE. I'M

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF POLICY ORDER EIGHT. THE STRETCH OF THIS BIKE LANE REALLY NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED. WE NEED TO PAUSE AND THINK AND READ THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ABILITY OF RESIDENTS TO ACCESS THE

SHEILA RUSSELL CENTER, THE BASEBALL FIELDS, THE GOLF COURSE, AND THE PLAYGROUNDS IS BEING COMPLETELY SHUT OFF FROM CERTAIN PEOPLE. THE CAMBRIDGE PROGRAMS CLIENTS AND SUPPORT STAFF REALLY NEEDS ACCESS

TO THIS AREA. PARKING IS IMPERATIVE TO THESE PEOPLE. IT'S NOT A NICETY, IT'S A NECESSITY. THE ELDERLY PROGRAMS, CHILD PROGRAMS, HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, GRAMMAR SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ACCESS IS BEING IMPACTED

ONCE WE PULL THIS, NOT TO MENTION THE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE RENT ON THE PARKING SPACES. WE HAVE SO MANY OPTIONS WHICH SHOULD BE LOOKED AT FIRST WITHOUT REMOVING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE. LET'S

SLOW DOWN, DO IT RIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS NOT A SOLUTION AND IT'S NOT A FIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL SHIVELY. MICHAEL HAS NOT JOINED US. WE ARE GONNA

MOVE ON TO SPEAKER NUMBER 75, MAGGIE ALLEN, FOLLOWED BY CHRISSY BATES, THEN MARK MCCURRY. MAGGIE IS NOT IN THE ZOOM. WE'LL GO TO CHRISSY BATES. HI, CAMBRIDGE. SO I'M CHRISSY BATES. UM, I AM A LEADER

ON YOUNG DEMS, MASSACHUSETTS. UM, CHARTER NUMBER TWO IS BASICALLY STANDING UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. UM, IT IS DISABILITY JUSTICE. AND YOU'RE... IF YOU WERE AN ORGANIZER OR LIKE A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND

YOU FELT REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT YOUR NONPROFIT OR YOUR CAUSE, WOULDN'T YOU BE HERE THIS EVENING? THIS ROOM IS FILLED WITH THE EXPERTS. THESE ARE THE EXPERTS THAT ARE WORKING BOOTS ON THE GROUND. UM, I

WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADOPT THE LANGUAGE AS IT IS. AGAIN, I'M A LEADER IN MASS YOUNG DEMS. IT'S AN ORGANIZATION AND WE SHOULD BE LISTENING TO SURVIVORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HERE. SO THANK YOU. THANK

YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK MCCURRY. MARK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARK MCCURRY, AND I AM SPEAKING, UH, TODAY AGAINST A PROPOSAL TO CANCEL

THE BIKE LANE SAFETY PROJECT ON HURON STREETS. I'M A NEW RESIDENT, UH, TO BELMONT, AND I LIVE NEXT TO FRESH POND ON COLBY STREET. I PURCHASED MY HOME LAST YEAR BECAUSE I FREQUENTLY BIKE AND DRIVE

THROUGH CAMBRIDGE. I CHOOSE WHERE I BIKE BASED UPON WHERE THERE IS SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO SO, AND BY SPEAKING TO OTHER RESIDENTS, THEY CHOOSE TO DO THE SAME. UH, WHEN SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE IS

AVAILABLE, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT MANY FAMILIES AND MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS DO USE THE AVAILABLE ROUTES IN A VOLUME THAT JUST SEEMS TO INCREASE EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. I URGE YOU TO

HELP, UH, CONSTRUCT THIS LINK WITHOUT DELAYS AND TO HELP BUILD A MORE ROBUST, UH, CYCLING NETWORK. UH, CAMBRIDGE IS SATURATED IN CAR TRAFFIC AND CYCLING OFFERS A MORE EFFICIENT MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

THAN INDIVIDUALIZED CARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBIN MILLER, FOLLOWED BY RITA ROMERO, THEN ALEXANDRIA POWELL. ROBIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. PLEASE

UNMUTE YOURSELF. ONE MINUTE. HI. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROBIN MILLER, AND I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY URGE THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO ENDORSE THE FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF THE SEX TRADE. AS A

SURVIVOR OF THE COMMERCIAL SEX TRADE AND PROSTITUTION, I WAS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON THE STREET FOR SIX YEARS, TRAFFICKED BY A THIRD-PARTY EXPLOITER. I'VE SERVED AS A CASE MANAGER AND ADVOCATE SUPPORTING

AND SERVING SURVIVORS THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE FOR OVER 14 YEARS. IN THE SIX YEARS I WAS TRAFFICKED, I WAS ASSAULTED COUNTLESS TIMES BY MEN WHO BOUGHT ME. I'VE LIVED WITH CPTSD FOR 27 YEARS. THE HARMS

DON'T GO AWAY. I WAS RAPED, BEATEN TO THE POINT OF BEING UNRECOGNIZABLE, ROBBED, KIDNAPPED, AND THREATENED WITH GUNS. THIS IS ALSO TRUE FOR THE PEOPLE I'VE SERVED. MEN PURCHASING ACCESS TO MY BODY

REPRESENTED EVERY PART OF SOCIETY, PROFESSIONALS, WORKING CLASS MEN, PEOPLE WITH MONEY, AND PEOPLE WITHOUT IT. THEIR SOCIAL STATUS DID NOT PROTECT ME. CONSENSUAL SAFE SEX WORK WILL NEVER BE POSSIBLE.

YOU CANNOT SCREEN OUT A RAPIST, YOU CANNOT SCREEN OUT A SERIAL KILLER, AND A BUYER CANNOT RELIABLY DETERMINE WHAT CON - COERCION, TRAFFICKING, ADDICTION, POVERTY, OR DESPERATION EXISTS BEHIND A PERSON

STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM. I TOLD EVERY BUYER I WAS THERE BY CHOICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RITA ROMERO, FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDRIA POWELL, THEN JAMES WILLIAMSON. RITA, ONE MINUTE. MY

NAME IS RITA ROMERO. I AM A SEX WORKER. I HAVE BEEN A SEX WORKER FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I PLAN ON BEING A SEX WORKER FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. PERSONALLY, I DON'T CHARGE FOR SEXUAL ACTS. I CHARGE FOR MY TIME

AND MY TIME ONLY. SEX IS NEVER GUARANTEED, AND WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR TIME WITH ME AFTER YOU HAVE PASSED MY SCREENING WILL DEPEND ON YOUR BEHAVIOR. I MAKE THE DECISIONS. THAT'S MY JOB, IN A NUTSHELL.

YOUR JOB IS TO SPEAK FOR, TO LISTEN TO AND SPEAK FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS. YOU HAVE HEARD AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS POLICY ORDER. YOU HAVE HEARD WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND NEEDS. YOUR

JOB IS NOT TO SIT HERE AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS. YOUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO AND SPEAK FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE, DO YOUR JOB SO WE CAN DO OURS SAFELY. I AM A SURVIVOR OF SEX

TRAFFICKING. I CHOOSE TO DO THIS WORK, AND I CHOOSE TO DO THIS WORK WITHOUT GOING TO JAIL FOR IT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEXANDRIA POWELL, FOLLOWED BY JAMES WILLIAMSON, THEN DANIEL DOTTIE.

ALEXANDRIA, ONE MINUTE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, MY NAME IS ALEX POWELL. I'M A CASE MANAGER AT SAFE EXIT INITIATIVE. UM, WE SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY

THE SEX TRADE ACROSS THE STREET. I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF CR2. UM, FROM MY SEVEN YEARS WORKING AS A CASE MANAGER IN SUPPORT OF BOTH YOUTH AND ADULTS, AND SPEAKING FROM MY OWN LOVED, UM,

EXPERIENCE, I DON'T SEE A WAY TO MAKE THESE SEX TRADES SAFE. UM, IT ANGER... AS A QUEER, NON-BINARY INDIVIDUAL, IT ANGERS ME AND SADDENS ME WHEN IT'S USED AS AN ARGUMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, MARGINALIZED

FOLKS NEED THIS AS A MEANS OF SURVIVAL. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT OTHER, LIKE, WHAT IS PUSHING PEOPLE TO THE MARGINS OF SOCIETY AND, UM, FOCUSING ON, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING ACCESS TO HOUSING AND OTHER

NEEDS INSTEAD. UM, UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE SEX TRADE IS. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES WILLIAMSON. JAMES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE

GO AHEAD. YOU CAN HEAR ME? WE CAN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. UH, UH, I LIVE IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE, UM, AND I AM, UM... I THINK IT SEEMS VERY REASONABLE THE, THE PROPOSAL TO PAUSE, NOT

CANCEL, BUT PAUSE THE, UH, EXTENSION OF THE SO-CALLED PROTECTED BIKE LANE, UH, OUT TO OUTER HURON AVE. I, I WANNA SORTA RAISE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UNDERLYING, UH, FACTS AND IDEOLOGY THAT'S,

THAT'S, UH, BEHIND SOME OF THIS. UM, WHY IS THE SAFETY, ALLEGED SAFETY OF BICYCLISTS THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMS TO MATTER IN THIS CITY? I'M GETTING RUN OVER EVERY SINGLE DAY BY BICYCLISTS IGNORING

RULES OF THE ROAD, WHICH WOULD MAKE THEM SAFER. IF SAFETY IS SO IMPORTANT, WHY ARE RULES FOR BICYCLISTS BEING ENFORCED IN THIS CITY? UM, I COULD GO ON AT GREATER LENGTH, BUT THE CLOCK IS RUNNING DOWN,

SO I THINK YOU SHOULD PAUSE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS... I BELIEVE WE ALREADY HEARD FROM KRISTEN ANDERSON. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO DANIEL DOTTIE. DANIEL HAS NOT JOINED US. WE WILL GO TO HEATHER

HOFFMAN. HEATHER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. HELLO, HEATHER HOFFMAN, 213 HURLEY STREET. I'M GONNA START OUT WITH FOR STEVE KAISER. UM, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO NOT HAVE, UH, RAW SEWAGE

RUNNING IN OUR STREETS IN PEOPLE'S HOMES INTO EAST ARLINGTON, IN OUR RIVERS, ET CETERA, A WHOLE LOT SOONER. UM, AND I HOPE THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE

THE COMMUNICATIONS RELIABLY. I LEARNED FROM THEM. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT INCLUSIONARY ZONING. UM, THIS REPORT IS, UH, SEEMS TO ME TO CONTRADICT SO MANY OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TOLD, THAT JUST

BUILDING MARKET RATE HOUSING WILL MAKE THIS A PARADISE. ALL KINDS OF THINGS. I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A MEETING WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS SAYS AND WHETHER ANY OF IT MAKES SENSE. THANK

YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAYLA KITTREDGE. KAYLA, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS KAYLA KITTREDGE, AND I AM THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF

MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE OUR COMMONWEALTH SHOULD PROTECT PEOPLE'S DIGNITY, NOT PUNISH THEM FOR TRYING TO SURVIVE. THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZATION OF CONSENSUAL SEX WORK BETWEEN ADULTS. WE CANNOT

CALL OURSELVES PROGRESSIVE WHILE CRIMINALIZING PEOPLE FOR NAVIGATING AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, LIVABLE WAGES, AND BASIC SECURITY. WE HAVE A HOUSING

CRISIS. WE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING FULL-TIME WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY WORK. WE HAVE FAMILIES CHOOSING BETWEEN RENT, FOOD, HEALTHCARE, AND KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON. AND THEN WE LOOK AT

SOMEONE WHO TURNS TO SEX WORK FOR SURVIVAL AND CALL THEM A CRIMINAL. WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE CRIMINALIZING? POVERTY, SURVIVAL, THE FAILURE OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH A LIVABLE WAGE AND

AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IF SOMEONE CANNOT AFFORD A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD, HEALTHCARE, CHILDCARE ARE BASIC NECESSITIES. I CAN PROMISE YOU, PUTTING THEM IN HANDCUFFS DOES NOT SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. IF THIS

COUNCIL TRULY WANTS TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, THEN START BY PROTECTING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE. GIVE YOUR TIME TO SURVIVE WITHOUT EXPIRED. PLEASE EMAIL US TO REVIEW YOUR TESTIMONY HERE

COMMENT. THANK YOU. FOLKS, FOLKS, WE DO NOT, AS I'VE MENTIONED LAST WEEK, PLEASE NO COUNT CLAPPING. THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH YOU, UM, WHO MAY NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. SO PLEASE,

UM, WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH THIS. NAOMI, PLEASE GO AHEAD. MADAM MAYOR, THAT WAS EVERYONE WHO WE HAD SIGNED UP AND I'VE GONE BACK AND LOOKED FOR FOLKS THAT WERE SKIPPED. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. THANK

YOU, NAOMI. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR AZIM TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALAZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY?

YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. COUNCILOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILOR ZUCI? YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE

MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. WE MOVE... THERE'S NO SUBMISSION OF THE RECORD. WE'LL GO TO THE CITY MANAGER'S [CITY MANAGER'S AGENDA] AGENDA. THERE'S FIVE ITEMS.

PLEASURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MADAM MAYOR. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER. PULL NUMBER FOUR. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER POLLS NUMBER FOUR. MADAM MAYOR. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI AND THEN COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN. I'LL

PULL NUMBER FIVE. NUMBER FIVE. COUNCILLOR... AND THAT IS WHAT COUNCILOR MCGOVERN WANTED TO PULL AS WELL. HEARING NO ONE ELSE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ON A MOTION BY COUNCILLOR ZUCI TO DO A ROLL CALL ON

ITEMS NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, AND NUMBER THREE, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR

NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THE AD - THE

BALANCE IS ADOPTED AND - APPROVED. APPROVED, AND WE'LL GO TO CITY MANAGER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTED FROM IAN WONG, CITY MANAGER, CONVEYING A RESPONSE TO AWAITING

REPORT 26-32 REGARDING FOOD VENDING AND PARKS. COUNCILOR SERINA WHEELER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANKS, MADAM MAYOR. UM, THROUGH YOU, I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS FOR THIS RESPONSE AND, UH, I'LL MAKE A

REFERRAL TO SEND IT TO COMMITTEE SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS RESPONSE AND ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM TO ALLOW FOR FOOD VENDORS IN CITY PARKS. AS THE, UH, CITY

MANAGER RESPONSE SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS THE CHANCE TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL PARK EXPERIENCE AND ALSO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. THERE IS A SLOGAN, UH, YOU KNOW,

THAT'S BEEN IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT FOR A LONG TIME THAT ORIGINATED RIGHT HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS, BREAD FOR ALL AND ROSES TOO. I THINK ALLOWING FOOD VENDORS IN CITY PARKS IS LITERALLY ABOUT THAT FIRST

PART. IT'S ABOUT MAKING IT EASIER TO GET BREAD IN CITY PARKS, BUT I THINK IT'S SYMBOLICALLY ALSO ABOUT ROSES, THAT WE DESERVE JOY AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GOOD THINGS IN THE CITY. UM, I THINK WE

ALL LEARNED A LOT FROM THE WORLD CUP EXPERIENCE THIS SUMMER, UH, BEING ABLE TO HAVE WATCH PARTIES IN DIFFERENT SQUARES, HAVING OUTDOOR CONSUMPTION ZONES AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING LAST CALL BE A LITTLE BIT

LATER AT BARS IN THE CITY AND THINGS DIDN'T, UH, GO CRAZY. THIS WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I THINK THERE'S MORE WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT OF MAKING IT EASIER TO HAVE JOY IN THE CITY. CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD

BE ABOUT HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE ABOUT HOW WE BRING A LITTLE MORE, BIT MORE JOY INTO THE WORLD AND FACILITATE COMMUNITY BUILDING AND HAVING FOOD VENDORS IN

CITY PARKS IS ONE SMALL WAY WE CAN DO THAT. UM, SO INTERESTED IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM OTHER COUNCILORS, AND THEN I WILL MAKE, UH, A MOTION TO SEND THIS TO THE

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN UP - GET UPDATES ON THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM IN MORE DETAIL, AS WELL AS ANY UPDATES TO CITY REGULATIONS THAT MAY BE NEEDED, WHICH THE

CITY MANAGER RESPONSE, UH, MENTIONS AS WELL. I YIELD BACK. DO ANY FOLKS WANNA SAY ANYTHING? COUNCILLOR ZUCI? UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AGAIN, THROUGH, THROUGH YOU, MAYOR SIDDIQUI, I THINK THIS IS A

GOOD IDEA. IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO PILOT IT. UM, I JUST DON'T WANNA ADD TO THE RAT PROBLEM. SO IT'LL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER THE VENDORS ACTUALLY REALLY DO CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES AND IT'LL

BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THERE IS A MARKET FOR THE FOOD VENDORS. SO THANK YOU. I YIELD. I'LL JUST SAY I'M GLAD WE'RE TRYING NEW THINGS AND, UH, I THANK YOU FOR THE, THE RESPONSE AS WELL. LOOKING

FORWARD TO FURTHER, UH, DISCUSSION IN GOVERNOR NOBS. SO COUNCILLOR SABRI - STEEKE? OH, SORRY. COUNCILLOR NOLAN DID NOT SEE YOUR HAND. GO AHEAD. SORRY. YEAH, I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK

THE CITY FOR THIS RESPONSE AND REMIND ALL OF US THAT, UM, WE ARE SEEKING WAYS TO ENLIVEN VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR CITY AND OUR SQUARES FROM... WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A REPORT ON THE PEDES - FOR THE

PEDESTRIANIZATION IN HARVARD SQUARE. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING ALSO AT WORKING WITH, UH, DCR OR SOME OTHER ELEMENT OF THE STATE SO THAT WE CAN BRING A BEER GARDEN TO THE RIVER AT SOME POINT. WE'VE ENLIVENED

A MAGAZINE BEACH, PARTLY THROUGH THE, THE CITY AND A PARTNERSHIP AND ALSO THE EFFORTS OF COUNCILOR ZUZI AND OTHERS. SO I, I AGREE, THIS IS A GREAT THING. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSION IN

COMMITTEE OF WAYS THAT WE CAN TRY TO ENLIVEN THIS. AND SINCE WE DO HAVE A ZERO WASTE MASTER PLAN, WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE WE IMPLEMENT IT IN A WAY THAT'S SUSTAINABLE, NOT ONLY FOR THE RAT PROBLEM, BUT

ALSO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE ADDITIONAL, UM, TRASH IN OUR PARK. SO THANKS SO MUCH. I YIELD. HEARING FROM NO ONE ELSE, COUNCILOR SABRINA WHEELER HAS MOVED THAT WE SEND CITY MANAGER AGENDA ITEM

NUMBER FOUR TO THE GOVERNMENT, UH, OPS COMMITTEE. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL ON THAT. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN?

YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE. CITY MANAGER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE GOVERNMENT OPS COMMITTEE. WE WILL GO TO CITY MANAGER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTED FROM IAN

WONG, CITY MANAGER, RELATIVE TO AN INCLUSIONARY ZONING REPORT. THIS WAS FULL, UH, PULLED BY COUNCILOR ALZUBI, AND THEN I'LL GO TO COUNCILOR MCGOVERN AND THEN VICE MAYOR AZIM. COUNCILOR AZUBI. THANK

YOU THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE LONG AWAITED REPORT. I HAVE TWO QUICK COMMENTS FOR NOW. I'M GONNA BE CONTINUING TO DIGEST THIS REPORT. I, I DEFINITELY DO THINK THAT

WE SHOULD BE HAVING MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS, SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GET REFERRED. THE STUDY I SAW FOUND THAT 34.6% WOULD NEED TO BE PRICED AFFORDABLY H - UNITS TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 80% OF AMI OR LESS

TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S CURRENT SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY LEVEL. SO PART OF WHAT I READ IN THAT IS WE'RE ESSENTIALLY BELOW WHAT OUR OWN STUDY SAYS IS NEEDED, NOT ABOVE IT. UM, WE'VE ALSO SEEN FROM THE

STUDY 2014 TO, TO 2024, ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE NEW HOMES BUILT HERE WERE AFO - AFFORDABLE, UM, AND YET THE SHARE OF THE RENTERS WHO ARE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME STILL FELL FROM 48% TO 42.9%. I FIND

THAT PRETTY INTERESTING. SECOND ON WHY PROJECTS ARE STALLED, UH, THE REPORT SEEMED CLEAR THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS LIE IN THE INTEREST RATES AND THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY HAVE

CONTROL OVER. I WILL BE FOCUSING MY TIME ON HELPING OUR CONSTITUENTS DIRECTLY THAN HELPING LARGER CORPORATE STYLE DEVELOPERS. AND IT ALSO MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, LOWERING OUR PERCENTAGE HELPS ONLY

AT THE MARGIN, IF AT ANYTHING. UM, I WOULD'VE LOVED TO SEE MORE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TENANTS, BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME QUICK THOUGHTS I'VE HAD ON THIS REPORT AS IT'S COME OUT AND HOPE WE CAN

CONTINUE THE, THE DIALOGUE, THE DIALOGUE. I'LL YIELD. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI YIELDS. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR MCGOVERN, AND THEN VICE MAYOR ZIM. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I ACTUALLY, UM, I CAN YIELD. I

WASN'T GOING TO REALLY SAY MUCH ABOUT THE REPORT AT THIS TIME, OTHER THAN I'M, I'M GLAD WE FINALLY HAVE IT IN FRONT OF US AND, UM, AND CAN BEGIN THE DISCUSSION. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE

SEND IT TO ORDINANCE SO THAT COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER AND I CAN START GETTING THINGS SCHEDULED. VICE MAYOR ZIM. UM, I ALSO WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE, UH, SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS TODAY, JUST SAYING THAT,

UM, UH, I REACHED OUT TO STAFF AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HAVING A HOUSING COMMITTEE HEARING AND THERE WAS FEEDBACK, I THINK, FROM OTHER COUNCILORS THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE EVERYONE BE PART OF

THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO I, I WOULD JUST MAKE, UH, OR LET THE COUNCILOR MCGOVERN MAKE A MOTION TO FORWARD THIS TO ORDINANCE FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

THE OTHER THING I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AS WE... I KNOW IT'S GONNA GO TO ORDINANCE. I THOUGH IT MIGHT GO TO HOUSING FOR VETTING, BUT, UH, IT DOESN'T MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL CAN

DISCUSS IT. UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, ONE THING THAT TROUBLED ME IS HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET THIS. AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME TRIGGERS THAT SAY IT WILL EXPIRE OR WILL REVISIT. I JUST HOPE THAT HAPPENS.

UH, I THINK IT DOES A REAL DISSERVICE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT CDD DOES NOT WORK HARD, PARTICULARLY YOU, MR. CARTER. UM, WHAT I AM SAYING IS WHEN WE PASS OUR OWN DEADLINES, THEN WE DON'T GET TO DO THE

WORK AS WE SHOULD AND, AND PEOPLE SUFFER FOR THAT. SO AS, AS THIS GOES ON TO, UM, THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE PUT IN THE GUARDRAILS TO

MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REVIEWING IN A PROMPT AND UNSCHEDULED TIME. I YIELD THE FLOOR. I HAVE COUNCILOR NOLAN AND THEN COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. THANK YOU, MAYOR SIDDIQUI. THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES, AND

THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. I AGREE, AS COUNCILOR SIMMONS SAYS, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S, IT'S IN SOME WAYS UNDERSTANDABLE AND YET IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE AS THE REPORT PRETTY

MUCH SUMMARIZES THAT, YES, THERE'S A CONCERN AND INTEREST OF THE CITY IN ENSURING THAT, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS CONTINUES AND WE COULD, UH, JUSTIFY THAT IS THE GOAL. THERE'S ALSO OTHER

WAYS IN WHICH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REPORT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE EVERY PROJECT FEASIBLE, BUT IF WE DO NOTHING, THEN IT'LL MAKE A DIFFICULT SITUATION WORSE. I

THINK THAT'S A QUOTE FROM THE REPORT. SO A- AS WE DECIDE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, AS MANY PEOPLE SAID, LET'S, UH, REFER THIS, BUT THEN LET'S VERY QUICKLY DISCUSS THE VARIOUS OPTIONS IN FRONT OF US IN

ORDER TO MAKE SOME DIFFERENCE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE, WE KNOW WHEN THE REPORT DOCUMENTS THAT FOR A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS, NOT A, NOT... THE HOUSING THAT WE SEEK TO HAVE IS NOT BEING BUILT AND WE HAVE A

RANGE OF OPTIONS WE MAY CONSIDER. IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHICH ONES WE DECIDE ARE ONES THAT ARE WORTH PURSUING, BUT I AM DEFINITELY WANTING THAT CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE

CAN GET IT MOVING. SO THANKS SO MUCH AND I YIELD. COUNCIL FLAHERTY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND, UH, THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR A VERY ROBUST REPORT. I JUST WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR ORDINANCE COMMITTEE

BUILDS IN TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'VE GOT A LOT OF, UH, FOLKS REACHING OUT TO ME ABOUT, UH, THE REPORT, AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE MANY THAT HAVEN'T REACHED OUT THAT WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN. SO I

JUST WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DO THAT, UH, ONCE WE REFER THIS TO ORDINANCE. I YIELD. COUNCILOR ZUCI. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR SIDDIQUI. I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YEAH, THIS, THIS REPORT WAS ONE OF THE

HARDEST DOCUMENTS WE'VE HAD TO READ, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT IN IT. UM, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN

ACTUALLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEED TO LOWER INCLUSIONARY BECAUSE I FELT AS THOUGH THAT MADE, UM, BUILDING MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE FOR DEVELOPERS. AND YET, THEN IN THE MEANTIME, THOUGH, WE GAVE THEM ALL

THESE, ALL THIS HEIGHT. THEY CAN... THERE ARE NO LONGER FAR RESTRICTIONS, PROJECTS ARE AF - AS OF RIGHT. SO I, I WISH, I WISH WE HAD JUST LOWERED INCLUSIONARY RATHER THAN GIVING ALL THAT HEIGHT AND

FAR AWAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD TO CHANGE THINGS. BUT IT, I FOUND IT, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW BOSTON AND CHELSEA AND MALDEN AND SAN FRANCISCO, HOW THEY'RE ADJUSTING TO THE

DIFFICULT, UM, MACROECONOMIC HURDLES. AND SO I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE WILL NEED TO DO SOMETHING. UM, I HOPE THAT WHATEVER WE DO, WE CAN BE INCENTIVIZING GROWTH ON THE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS,

WHICH IS WHERE GROWTH SHOULD HAPPEN. UM, AND I THINK THE IDEA OF PROVIDING SOME TEMPORARY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IS INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT COULD BE TIED TO THE TREASURY RATE INDEX, YOU KNOW, SO

THAT, UM, AS, AS, UH, INTEREST RATES FALL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WOULDN'T BE PROVIDING AS MUCH PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. UM, AND THEN I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE IDEA OF CREATING A REVOLVING HOUSING PRODUCTION

FUND IS AN EXCELLENT ONE. I KNOW IT'S ONE MORE THING, UM, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN HELP DEVELOPERS, UM, DEVELOP AND PAY LESS TO BORROW MONEY, THAT WOULD BE A, A GREAT THING. AND, AND THEN THE OTHER THING

I, I THOUGHT WAS REALLY HELPFUL IS, UM, THE DEVELOPER FEEDBACK TALKING ABOUT... I MEAN, WE REALLY... I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON REDUCING PERMITTING DELAYS, BUT THAT IT TAKES A YEAR TO PERMIT A PROJECT IS

PROBLEMATIC, AND THAT IT CAN TAKE THREE YEARS TO... I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT TERM, PROPERTY STABILIZATION, BUT I LOOKED IT UP. I, YOU KNOW, THAT IT COULD TAKE THREE YEARS FROM START TO FINISH FOR A

PROJECT. SO THAT'S EXPENSIVE FOR DEVELOPERS TOO. UM, AND THEN, AND THEN I ALSO THINK WE'VE GOT TO GET BETTER AT THE, AT THE WAIT LIST F- FRICTION FOR, UM, UH, FOR INCLUSIONARY PROJECTS. SO THAT

MEANS... IT'S ANOTHER WORD THAT I HAD TO LOOK UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PLACE, UH, PEOPLE IN INCLUSIONARY UNITS AS SOON AS THEY'RE AVAILABLE SO THAT DEVELOPERS

AREN'T LOSING MORE MONEY AS THEY'RE WAITING FOR THOSE UNITS TO FILL. SO I, AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION, AND I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF LEVERS, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO PULL, AND I, UM, I'LL BE

LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR, YOUR GUIDING US IN WHICH LEVERS TO PULL. THANK YOU, I YIELD. SO I'LL JUST BRIEFLY, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE, ALL THE WORK THAT DID GO INTO THIS, AND THANK YOU TO ACM PETERS AND

CHIEF CARTER, UH, FOR THE ACCOMPANYING, UM, I THINK THOUGHTFUL, UH, UH, MEMO, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, A LOT, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED A LOT OF NUANCE, UM, AROUND, YOU

KNOW, WHERE AND HOW VARIOUS TOOLS COULD BE APPLIED. UM, AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT CONTENT, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, DOING THIS IN, UH, ORDINANCE COMMITTEE TO

REALLY UNPACK THE, THE POLICY CHOICES AND THE VARIOUS TRADE-OFFS THAT ARE INVOLVED. SO WITH THAT, ON A MOTION THAT WAS BY COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN TO REFER THIS TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE, WE'LL DO A ROLL

CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA

WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. CITY MANAGER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS REFERRED TO THE ORDINANCE

COMMITTEE. WE NOW MOVE ON TO POLICY [POLICY ORDERS] ORDERS. THERE ARE TWO POLICY ORDERS, PLEASURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MOVE THE ADOPTION. MADAM MAYOR. SO... OH, WHO, WHO SAID SOMETHING? COUNCILOR

OZUBI? YES, COUNCILOR ZUBI? I WAS GONNA PULL NUMBER TWO. OKAY NUMBER TWO IS PULLED. PULL NUMBER ONE. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER POLLS NUMBER ONE. SO NUMBER ONE, THAT THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR TENANT

NOTIFICATION OF PROPERTY SALE BE FORWARDED TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE FOR HEARING AND REPORT. THIS WAS FILED BY COUNCILOR SABRINA WHEELER, COUNCILOR ZUBI, COUNCILOR MCGOVERNAN, MYSELF. COUNCILOR

SABRINA WHEELER. THANKS, MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE CO-SPONSORS. THIS POLICY ORDER ASKS THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND ORDINANCE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AN ORDINANCE, SIMILAR ONE THAT'S ALREADY

BEEN EN - UH, ENACTED BY OUR NEIGHBOR IN SOMERVILLE, UM, THAT WILL REQUIRE BUILDING OWNERS TO NOTIFY THEIR TENANTS WITHIN 48 HOURS OF PUTTING BUILDINGS ON THE MARKET FOR SALE. IF THIS POLICY ORDER

PASSES, WE WOULD CONVENE AN ORDINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE IN MORE DETAIL. THIS IS, UH, BUILDING ON THE LANGUAGE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR TENANT

NOTIFICATION ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES BUILDING OWNERS TO NOTIFY THEIR TENANTS OF THEIR RIGHTS. UH, I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ON THIS, UH, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE

ANY QUESTIONS. THEY, THEY NOTED, YOU KNOW, THE KEY IS ALWAYS ON ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS THE SAME THING WITH OUR, UH, BUILDING ENFORCEMENT, UH, BUT TENANT NOTIFICATION ORDINANCE. UM, BUT ALSO NOTE

THERE'S A, A S - BILL IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT, UH, TENANT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE, WHICH WOULD REALLY BE THE PIECE THAT'S HELPFUL HERE TO ALLOW TENANTS IN A BUILDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY

THEIR BUILDING WHEN IT GOES UP FOR SALE, GIVE THEM THEIR FIRST RIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT OR, OR TO DONATE THAT RIGHT TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFIT. UM, WE CAN'T ENACT AN OPPORTUNITY TO

PURCHASE OURSELVES IN, IN CAMBRIDGE UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW, BUT THIS WOULD BE A COMPLIMENT TO IT AND IN SOME WAYS, UH, HELPFUL IN GETTING THAT STARTED TO REQUIRE THE NOTIFICATION AT LEAST. UM, SO I

HOPE WE CAN, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TONIGHT. ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO... I HAVE CO- COUNCILOR MCGOVERN AND THEN I'LL GO TO COUNCILLOR NOLAN. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU. I THANK YOU

TO COUNCILOR SABRINA WHEELER, UH, FOR LEADING ON THIS. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, BUT WE HAVE HEARD A COUPLE PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED THAT, THAT, THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL, BUT

LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR. THIS IS ABOUT JUST NOTIFYING PEOPLE AND, AND, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH OF A HARDSHIP IF YOU... O- OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THOUGH, I THINK, IN PREPARATION GOES INTO SOMEONE

DECIDING TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY. UM, AND SO TAKING THE EXTRA STEP OF NOTIFYING YOUR TENANTS A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THAT YOUR, YOUR PROPERTY HITS THE MARKET SO THAT THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED OR, UM, GIVE

THEM A COUPLE DAYS NOTICE IS REALLY NOT A HEAVY BURDEN AT ALL, UM, IN MY OPINION, AND, UH, IS JUST A KIND THING TO DO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY DON'T WAKE UP ONE DAY AND FIND A FOR SALE SIGN IN FRONT OF

THEIR HOUSE. SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS NOT A HEAVY LIFT, UM, BUT VERY IMPORTANT. SO I'M HAPPY TO BE A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR NOLAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR SIDDIQUI. I'D LOVE TO BE ADDED TO THIS.

I... IT'S A GOOD ORDER AS, UH, COUNCILOR MCGOVERN AND COUNCILOR SABRINA WHEELER SAID. IT'S BUILDS ON WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS IN SOMERVILLE ARE DOING, AND IT'S A COMMON SENSE POLICY, AND IT'S JUST BASIC

RIGHTS THAT IF YOU'RE LIVING IN A PLACE, WHY NOT GIVE SOMEONE NOTICE? THERE IS A QUESTION OF THE TENANT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE, WHICH IS BEING DEBATED AND HAS OTHER, UH, REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH

IT. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. IT'S REALLY JUST GIVE REASONABLE NOTICE SO WE CAN REDUCE DISPLACEMENT, HOPEFULLY, AND ENSURE RENTERS HAVE THE TIME AND ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES. I WILL NOTE, OF COURSE, IT

MAY BE HARD TO ENFORCE PROACTIVELY, BUT WE DO NEED TO SET A STANDARD. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME OTHER THINGS RELATED TO TENANTS' INFORMATION, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT, MAKING SURE TENANTS

HAVE FULL INFORMATION TO BE PROTECTED. AND IT'S ALSO, AT SOME POINT, WILL BE IMPORTANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW. I THINK AS COUNCILOR SABRINA-WHEELER SAID, WE'VE HAD THIS IN SOME OF OUR, UH, TENANT

INFORMATION, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED THIS KIND OF THING FROM HAPPENING, SO LET'S MAKE SURE WHEREVER WE GO WITH THIS AS IT MOVES FORWARD TO LET TENANTS KNOW AND LET LANDLORDS KNOW THAT IT'S JUST

SOMETHING THEY SHOULD DO. HOPEFULLY, THEY WOULD WANNA DO IT ANYWAY, BUT, UH, WE CAN, UH, PUT IT, PUT IN THE, THE PROVERBIAL STICK IN ADDITION TO A CARROT OF JUST WANTING THAT, WANTING HOPEFULLY ALL

LANDLORDS TO BE ONE OF THE GOOD ONES. THANK YOU, I YIELD. SO COUNCILLOR NOLAN HAS MOVED TO ADD, BE ADDED TO THE POLICY ORDER. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR

AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. I'M SORRY. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA-

WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. COUNCILLOR NOLAN IS ADDED. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY. UH, JUST ONE

POINT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA OF THE NOTICE, BUT THERE ARE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS TO, UH, INCLUDING RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND, UM, FUTURE MOTIONS AND POLICY ORDERS. SO I WOULD CAUTION EVERYONE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT. AND, UM, I'M SURE THE CITY SOLICITOR WILL INSTRUCT EVERYBODY ON THE, ON THE OBLIGATIONS, RAMIFICATIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF THAT LANGUAGE. I YIELD. COUNCILOR MCGOVERN? UM, JUST TO

CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT TALK ABOUT RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. TH- THAT'S A SEPARATE THING THAT'S BEING DEBATED ON THE STATE THAT PURPOSELY WASN'T PUT IN. RIGHT, AND I GET THAT. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. OH, I'M

SORRY. FUTURE ORDERS. ANY FUTURE ORDERS. I JUST MENTIONED THAT SO EVERYONE HAS, HAS AN IDEA. IF IT DOES COME UP, THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR SABRINA-WHEELER FOR,

UH, BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'M, I'M GLAD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR, AND I THINK, UM, IT'S REALLY ABOUT COMMUNICATION AS BEING PART OF, UH, HOUSING POLICY. UM, AND AS COUNCILOR MCGOVERN SAID, YOU KNOW,

TENANTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIND OUT THROUGH A LISTING OR A SIGN OR WORD OF MOUTH. UM, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER AND CLEAR AND DIRECT NOTICE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN GO FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. SO, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD A- AND REFER THIS TO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE FOR HEARING AND REPORT ON YOUR MOTION. COUNCILLOR SABRINA-WHEELER, WE'LL DO A ROLL

CALL. AS AMENDED. AS AMENDED. COUNCILOR ALZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES.

YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. POLICY RULE NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED IS REFERRED TO

THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE FOR A HEARING AND REPORT. WE'LL GO TO POLICY RULE NUMBER TWO THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS REQUESTED TO WORK WITH THE RELEVANT CITY STAFF TO ADVOCATE FOR A STRONGER LEVEL OF CSO

CONTROL AND VIRTUAL CSO ELIMINATION BY 2050 IN THE CSO CONTROL PLAN AND TO ADVOCATE FOR BROADER FUNDING ACROSS THE STATE AND ENTIRE MWRA REGION AND FOR ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING. THIS WAS FILED BY

COUNCILLOR NOLAN, COUNCILOR SABRINA WHEELER, MYSELF, AND VICE MAYOR ZIM. COUNCILOR ALZUBI PULLED IT, BUT I WILL GO FIRST TO THE LEAD MOTION MAKER AND THEN BACK. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILLOR NOLAN FIRST.

THANK YOU, MAYOR SIDDIQUI. AND THANK YOU NOT ONLY, UH, TO THE FELLOW CO-SPONSORS, BUT ALSO TO ADVOCATES AND THE CITY STAFF ALL AROUND. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOLKS ACROSS THE CITY AND ALSO IN THE

COMMUNITY FOR... THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MONTHS. WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT IT. WE HAD A, A COMMITTEE HEARING MORE THAN A YEAR AGO ABOUT THIS. THIS IS AN ONGOING EFFORT. THERE IS A, A CONTROL PLAN. THE

REASON IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT TO REMIND US ALL IS COMMENTS ARE DUE ON THE PLAN THAT IS GOING FORWARD WITH THE MWA BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. SO FOR THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE TO TAKE A STAND, UH,

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT OBVIOUSLY, UH, THIS MONTH. UH, THE OVERALL GOALS OF THE POLICY ORDER, I WON'T GO INTO A FULL DETAIL, BUT IT REALLY IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE STRONGEST LEVEL OF CSO CONTROL

POSSIBLE, ENSURING THAT TYPICAL YEAR, TYPICALLY YOUR CALCULATIONS ARE RIGOROUS ENOUGH TO GROW AS THE CLIMATE CRISIS CONTINUES TO WORSEN. AS WE'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THESE, THESE ELEMENTS OF

WEATHER HAVE BEEN INCREASING JUST EVEN IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. AS WE KNOW FROM THE LAST WEEK, WE APPROVED A POSSIBLE APPROPRIATION OF $2.5 MILLION FOR NAA BECAUSE OF DROUGHT. AND WITH DROUGHT, SOMETIMES

IT'S THE OPPOSITE THAT WE GET FAR, FAR GREATER INUNDATIONS OF WATER THAN, THAN OUR SYSTEM CAN HANDLE WITH A SYSTEM THAT WAS BUILT FOR PROBABLY 1860, 1870 LEVEL OF WATER. IT'S ALSO TO ENSURE THAT THE

FUNDING FOR THIS E - CSO CONTROL PLAN IS WITHIN CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE AND HOPEFULLY OTHER MWI RATE PAYERS, BUT NOT JUST THAT, ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALSO

HAVE A BROAD INTEREST IN ENSURING THAT THIS TYPE OF PROJECT GOES FORWARD. AND ON THE CAMBRIDGE PACIFIC SITE, URGE THE STAFF TO DEVELOP AND PUBLISH CLEAR PLANS FOR LONG-TERM PROJECTS. WE WANNA DO ALL

OF THIS WITHOUT UNDERMINING THE WORK OF THE DPW STAFF, AND I WILL NOTICE WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE, "WELL, YOU COULD'VE BEEN MUCH, MUCH STRONGER ON THIS LANGUAGE. IT

SHOULD GO EVEN FURTHER." AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE SAYING, "OH, MAYBE IT GOES TOO FAR." SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY EXCELLENT COMPROMISE TO SAY WE REALLY DO AS A CITY STAND VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT THE

BOSTON CITY COUNCIL PASSED TO SAY WE WANT STRONGER LEVELS OF CONTROL. AND JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS PICKED VERY CAREFULLY TO SAY VIRTUAL ELIMINATION. IN FULL DISCLOSURE, THAT

DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T EXPECT THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE INUNDATION, THAT IT, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN SAYING ZERO EVER POSSIBILITY OF A 25-YEAR STORM. SO I KNOW THAT THAT MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL DIFFERENCE

TO PEOPLE, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A VERY, UM, CLEAR DIFFERENCE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE. AGAIN, UM, THERE IS, THERE IS SOME, UM, LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY ORDER THAT, UH, DCM WATKINS

HAS SAID IS OFF A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE NUMBERS OF, UH, WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF WE STICK WITH THE VARIOUS LEVEL OF CONTROL. I'M NOT SURE IF WE SHOULD PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT, BUT I DID WANNA

ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. AND AGAIN, THANK THE CITY STAFF. THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST, AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS COULD REALLY HELP THE CITY TO PUSH THE MWRA AND THE LEGISLATURE AND A- ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS TO SAY,

WHILE THE CITY STANDS BEHIND THIS, WE, THE CITY COUNCIL REALLY WANTS MORE BECAUSE AS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT, NOT TO GET TOO SIMPLISTIC OR TOO GRAPHIC, BUT IT IS LITERALLY TRUE THAT IT, THAT, YOU

KNOW, WHEN IT, WHEN THESE CSOS HAPPEN, THERE'S POOP FLOATING AROUND IN STREETS AND WE REALLY DON'T WANT THAT. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL IF NEEDED, UH, MAYOR SIDDIQUI, BUT I YIELD

FOR NOW AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MY COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN YIELDS. WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS WHO ARE LINED UP. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH,

REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCILLOR NOLAN JUST SHARED AND TO THE CO-SPONSORS FOR WORKING ON THIS. I DO HAVE A QUICK AMENDMENT TO ADD TO IT. UM, I DO KNOW THIS POLICY ORDER WILL CONTINUE THE

CONVERSATION. I DEFINITELY THINK, PERSONALLY, WORKING TOWARDS VIRTUAL ELIMINATION IS THE WAY TO GO, AND I REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE DPW TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH ENGAGING ON THAT PIECE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE

PO. UH, THE AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE ADDS ONE WHEREAS CLAUSE THAT NAMES THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS OF WHAT THESE OVERFLOWS ACTUALLY PUT INTO THE CHARLES RIVER AND THE LWIFE BROOKS, SIMILAR TO KIND, KIND

OF WHAT COUNCILOR NOLAN JUST REFERRED TO. UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF A SERIES OF POINTS THAT, UH, WERE ADVOCATED FOR BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND I HOPE AT THE VERY LEAST WE CAN INCLUDE THIS.

UH, SO I WILL YIELD SINCE I'VE PROPOSED THAT AMENDMENT. SO COUNCILOR ALZUBI HAS PRO- PROPOSED THIS AMENDMENT. WE CAN DISCUSS IT ALONG WITH THE POLICY RIGHT BEFORE US. I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

COUNCILLOR ZUCI AND THEN COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY. UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS POLICY ORDER WITH THE ADDITION OF THE AMENDMENT. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I, I, UH, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY

COUNCIL TO BE SUPPORTING THE CITY AND THE MWRA AND THEIR PLANNING. UM, THIS IS, UH, GONNA BE A LONG-TERM PROJECT. IT'S GONNA BE A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT. IT'S GONNA BE A REGIONAL PROJECT. UM, AND, UH,

SO I, I, I THINK WE'RE, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO BE ON THE RECORD IN SUPPORT FOR THIS PLAN. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU, MY COLLEAGUES KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT I COULDN'T BE TWO PLACES AT ONCE, BUT AT THE

MOORE SCHOOL, JIM WILCOX IS SPEAKING WITH CAMBRIDGEPORT RESIDENTS ABOUT MAGAZINE BEACH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE THERE'LL BE A 10 MILLION GALLON TANK PUT UNDER THE SOCCER FIELD AT MAGAZINE BEACH.

UM, AND MAGAZINE BEACH PARTNERS, WHICH I LED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTING THIS. WE HOPE IT WILL BE AS LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE AND THAT MAYBE THE HEAD HOUSE, MAYBE THEY WON'T NEED A

HEAD HOUSE OR MAYBE THE TANK CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THE COTTAGE FARM PLANT. UM, MAYBE PEOPLE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO PLAY SOCCER ON THAT SOCCER FIELD. YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE A HUGE DISRUPTIVE

PROJECT THAT WILL GO ON FOR MANY YEARS WITH LOTS OF DIRT LEAVING MAGAZINE BEACH AND GOING, I DON'T KNOW WHERE. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE WE MUST RESPOND TO, UH, CLIMATE

CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE. AND THERE AREN'T MANY OPEN SPACES WHERE YOU CAN PUT A 10 MILLION GALLON TANK. UM, SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS GONNA BE DISRUPTIVE, IT'S GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY. WE, I, I REALIZE

THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO COMMIT TO. AGAIN, IF, IF WE CAN DO MORE SEWER SEPARATION AND IF WE CAN EN- ENCOURAGE, I, I REALIZE THERE ISN'T A LOT OF ROOM FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IF WE CAN

INCLUDE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UM, I WANTED TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION OF DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CATHY WATKINS. I JUST WANTED TO HEAR YOU SPEAK. I MEAN, YOU AND, UM, AND, UM,

ENGINEER WILCOX HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS. DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THE POLICY ORDER AND THE AMENDMENT AND ITS IMPORTANCE? SURE, I CAN. UM, THREE MAYORS SIDDIQUI, UM, AS, UH, COUNCILLOR ZUCI,

UM, RECOGNIZED, UH, CITY ENGINEER WILCOX IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE BECAUSE, UM, HE IS CONTINUING THE ENGAGEMENT ON THIS CRITICAL PROJECT. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS IN TERMS

OF GETTING TO THIS POINT WHERE IT'S REALLY A VERY COMPLEX PLAN BETWEEN MWA, CAMBRIDGE, AND SUMMERVILLE THAT IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY DEP AND EPA. SO WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO CONTINUING SEWER

SEPARATION, CONTINUING TO IMPROVE OUR FACILITIES, CONTINUING TO REDUCE CSOS. UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, APPLAUD COUNCILLOR NOLAN WHO ALSO REALLY TRIED TO COLLABORATE WITH US AND, YOU KNOW, WORK ON THE

DETAILS OF THIS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PLAN THAT'S ABOUT THIS THICK. SO TO TRY TO CONVEY IT DOWN INTO, YOU KNOW, A TWO-PAGE COUNCIL ORDER IS CHALLENGING. AND SO I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE BOTH

THE, YOU KNOW, STRONG DESIRE AND DEMAND FOR INCREASED LEVEL OF CONTROL. AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BALANCE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE COST OF THOSE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS? AND SO THAT IS WHAT

THE OVERALL PROCESS IS DOING. UM, AND AS WE NOTED, THE, YOU KNOW, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD GOES THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER, UM, AND THEN THE THREE PARTIES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OVER THE NEXT YEAR,

YEAR AND A HALF ON DEVELOPING A FINAL PLAN. AND SO I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO JUST WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THE PROCESS WOULD THEN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND

A HALF TO REALLY LOOK AT ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE'VE GATHERED, UM, AND UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THE DRAFT PLAN BE IMPROVED AND DONE IN A WAY THAT REALLY IS FINANCIALLY PRUDENT AS

WELL. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE IS THAT WHEN YOU GO FROM THE DRAFT LEVEL, THE DRAFT PLAN IS ABOUT A $1.3 BILLION PLAN TO GO UP TO A 25-YEAR LEVEL OF CONTROL

INCREASES THE COST OF THAT PLAN TO $4.74 BILLION. SO IT'S AN OVER A $3 BILLION INCREASE IN THE PLAN. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS A POINT OF SORT OF ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL CONTROL, BUT

THEN ALSO WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE ARE THE BENEFITS AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE, THOSE PROJECTS THAT MAKE SENSE TO DO. SO I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE, UM, THIS SORT OF LAID

OUT IN TERMS OF DESIRE FOR INCREASED CONTROL. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THAT PROCESS TO REALLY WORK WITH THE PARTNERS, WORK WITH DEP AND EPA ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT FINAL PLAN LOOK LIKE AND WHAT

REALLY, UM, IS THE BEST WAY TO, AGAIN, TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS CSOS IN OUR SYSTEM, WHICH I THINK COUNCILLOR NOLAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR 30 YEARS AND IT IS A LONG PROCESS. UM, BUT

AGAIN, CONTINUE TO BE COMMITTED AND ENGAGED TO THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN. ACTUALLY, I HAD SAID COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY AND THEN COUNCILOR MCGOVERN. NO, THANK YOU. UM,

THROUGH YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, I, I REALLY LIKE THE AMENDMENT. I THINK IT'S VERY ARTICULATE AND SUCCINCT AND TO THE POINT, THERE MUST BE A WRITING COURSE AT HARVARD BECAUSE COUNCILOR ZUBI IS

BOTH ARTICULATE AND NEVERLY, NEVER IS SHE OVERLY LOQUACIOUS. SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT. MY QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, POLICY ORDER IS THIS. WITH THE YES VOTE ON THIS, ARE WE SAYING, UM, THAT WE

SUPPORT AN INCREASE FROM 1.3 BILLION TO 4.74 BILLION? AND, UM, IS THAT COST THEN CONTEMPLATED TO BE BORNE BY RATE PAYERS OR IS THERE A, UM, ANCILLARY FUND OR MECHANISM THAT, UH, WOULD BE SOMETHING

THAT WE COULD LOOK AT TO, TO HELP US AFFORD FOR THAT, AFFORD THIS? UM, THREE MAYORS SIDDIQUI. UH, THERE'S A COUPLE, UM, ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION. SO ONE IS, YOU KNOW, INCREASED LEVEL OF CONTROL, IT

DEPENDS ON WHAT LEVEL OF CONTROL WE GET TO IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE TOTAL COST. SO TO GO FROM WHERE WE ARE TO A 25-YEAR LEVEL OF CONTROL WOULD BE 4.74 BILLION. UM, I THINK THE WAY COUNCILLOR NOLAN HAS

WORKED, TRIED TO WRITE THIS IS THAT CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED LEVEL OF CONTROL WHILE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SAYING DO THIS $4.74 BILLION PLAN. UM, AT LEAST THAT'S

NOT HOW I'M READING THAT. I WOULD DEFER TO COUNCILLOR NOLAN, UM, IF SHE HAS A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION. BUT AS I READ IT - CORRECT. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT TO SAY LIKE, "OH, WE NEED THE 25-YEAR LEVEL OF

CONTROL AND THIS BODY'S CON - YOU KNOW, COMMITTING TO ADVOCATE FOR A $4.7 BILLION PLAN," BUT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ADDITIONAL LEVELS OF CONTROL COULD REALLY WORK. UM, IN TERMS OF

THE FUNDING, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL ABOUT THE ORDER IS TO ADVOCATE FOR STATE FUNDING. SO I KNOW WHICH THERE ARE A LOT OF BENEFITS, AND SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY ADVOCATE FOR THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA POINT OUT ABOUT MWA FUNDING IS THAT MWA, JUST LIKE AIR SEWER FUNDS, IS ALSO FROM RATE PAYERS. NOW, IT'S OVER A WIDER AREA, AND SO YOU GET MORE RATE PAYERS THAT YOU ARE

DIVIDING THE COST BY. UM, BUT THAT INCLUDES OUR OWN RATE PAYERS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SEWER RATE, THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT IS DEBT SERVICE AND NWRA. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER IT ENDS, EITHER ON

MWRA OR IN THE CITY, UM, IT COMES BACK TO RATE PAYERS. SO I THINK THAT IS WHY SORT OF PUTTING IN THIS, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE STATE FUNDS THAT WE SHOULD BE ADVOCATING FOR? UM, BUT THERE'S CURRENTLY NO

STATE FUNDS IDENTIFIED FOR THIS, AND THE COST ARE REALLY BEING APPORTIONED BETWEEN MWRA, THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, AND THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER FLAHERTY. I GOT IT. OKAY. ANYONE WHO

HASN'T SPOKEN WHO'D LIKE TO BE HEARD? YES. COUNCILMEMBER GOVERN. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU. I THINK THIS IS FOR, TO COUNCILLOR NOLAN. UM, UH, THE S - IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT, THE

SEVENTH WHEREAS, IT'LL BE THE EIGHTH WITH THE AMENDMENT. UM, WE'VE, AND THIS IS THE ONE ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE SHERMAN STREET PROJECT. UH, WE'VE HEARD SOME CONCERNS IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND SOME FOLKS

CONTACTED ME EARLIER TODAY, UM, ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR WHEREAS. AND I JUST, I DON'T SEE IT A- A - BY HAVING IT IN THERE, I DON'T SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT HURTS WHAT IT IS, UM, THE

ORDERED SECTIONS ARE TRYING TO DO. I'M NOT SURE IF TAKING IT OUT WOULD HURT WHAT THE ORDERED SECTIONS ARE TRYING TO DO. SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN FOR, FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE ASKING ABOUT THIS IN THE

PUBLIC, WHAT, WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THIS WHEREAS IN THERE? AND, AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU DID A TREMENDOUS... I REALLY WANNA APPLAUD YOU. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND

IT'S, IT'S NOT A, AN EASY THING TO, UM, AS, AS, UH, DEPUTY MANAGER, UH, CITY MANAGER WATKINS SAID TAKE IT DOWN INTO A TWO-PAGE POLICY ORDER AND, AND, AND TOUCH ALL THE POINTS. BUT THAT, THAT ONE

PARTICULAR WHEREAS HAS BROUGHT UP SOME, SOME ISSUES. AND AGAIN, I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING IT OUT, WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING IT IN, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT SORT OF HAVING

MUCH TO DO WITH WHAT THE OVERALL ORDER IS, IS PUSHING FOR. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILLOR NOLAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR SIDDIQUI. BRIEFLY, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILOR MCGOVERN. YES, WE, WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, SOME CON -

SOME CONCERNS AND SOME QUESTIONS, AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THOSE, THOSE NEIGHBORS AS WELL. I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS THAT IT'S SOMEWHAT SEPARATE, IT'S

ACTUALLY, AS I UNDERSTAND, AND, AND I WOULD LOVE TO DEFER TO, UH, DCM WATKINS AFTER THIS, BECAUSE, UH, THE, THE WAY THAT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING BOTH CSOS AND STORMWATER IS THROUGH A NUMBER OF, UM, OF

INITIATIVES, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS. THIS IS ONE, THE, THE SHERMAN STREET, THE BELLA CIRCLE IS ONE THAT WILL PRETTY MUCH IN A VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD, FAR SHORTER THAN ANY ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE BEING

CONSIDERED, WHETHER IT WAS IN THE STREETS OR MUCH LARGER, WOULD HELP REDUCE FLOODING AND WOULD HELP, UH, DEAL WITH MANY OF THE CSOS THAT WE'RE SEEING. IT'S, I THINK, IMPORTANT TO EX - PRECISELY THAT

CONTROL AND TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THE CITY AND D - AGAIN, DCM WATKINS CAN CONFIRM THIS. IF THIS IS PUT IN AND IF IT ENDS UP BEING IN THE FINAL PLAN, WHICH IS STILL A YEAR AND A HALF AWAY, UM, THAT TANK

IS GONNA BE ABLE TO BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE FROM CSO TO JUST STORMWATER IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO GET TO A, A PLACE OF, UH, SEWER SEPARATION. SO I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP

IN, AND I, I, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING SOME OF THE, THE FOLKS IN THE CITY, UM, WANT TO SEE, BUT I DO THINK HAVING TALKED WITH THE STAFF, AND AGAIN, I HOPE DCM WATKINS CAN ATTEST TO

THIS, THAT WE'RE REALLY DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN AND IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN A MUCH SHORTER TIMEFRAME. UM, THANK YOU. I YIELD NOW TO DCM WATKINS. UM, THROUGH YOU, MAYOR SIDDIQUI. UH,

I THINK IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT, AND I WANNA BE, UM, REALLY CLEAR, YOU KNOW, F - IT IS PRETTY QUICKLY ADDRESSES THE MOST ACTIVE CSO WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS 401A, AND THAT REGULATOR

STRUCTURE IS RIGHT THERE AT THAT LOT. AND SO IT IS THE IMMEDIATE LOCATION THAT MAKES THE ABSOLUTE MOST SENSE AS A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, MOST ACTIVE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW LOCATION. NOW, WHAT I

WILL ALSO SAY IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT PROCEEDING INDEPENDENT OF THE PLAN BECAUSE THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT SYSTEM HAS ACTIVATIONS AT THAT LOCATION THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS

THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE BEFORE THIS NEW PLAN. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH MWA AND PUSHING THEM TO FUND THE BULK OF THIS IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED TO MEET THE CURRENT CSO CONTROL PLAN AT

401A. AND AGAIN, I JUST EMPHASIZE THAT IT IS THE MOST ACTIVE, UM, CSO THAT WE HAVE, AND IT IS AN IMMEDIATE QUICK WAY TO RESOLVE THAT LOCATION AND REALLY DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE CSOS FROM THAT

LOCATION. COUNCILOR GOVERN. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. I YIELD. ANYONE ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK? I HAVE, UM, COUNCILLOR ZUBI BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU THROUGH, MADAM MAYOR. I

JUST WANTED TO CORRECT WHILE I APPRECIATE YOUR COMPLIMENT, THE AMENDMENT CAME IN PART FROM OUR LOQUACIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING FOR OUR CITY. AND AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE

THE POLICY ORDER TOO, BECAUSE IT, IT, IT BRINGS IN A LEVEL OF, UM, RECKONING WITH THE PLACE THAT WE'RE AT AND THE WORK THAT DPW HAS BEEN DOING ALL YIELD. SO THE MOTION FROM COUNCILLOR OZUBI WAS FOR

THIS, ADDING THIS AMENDED, AMENDMENT BEFORE US. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL ON ADOPTING THE AMENDMENT. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY. YES. YES.

COUNCILOR MCGOVERN. YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN. YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE

MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. I THINK THAT IS ALL WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SPOKEN. I WANNA ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR NOLAN AND, UM, THE WORK, UH, SHE'S DONE AROUND THIS AND TO THE CITY, AND THEN

ALSO TO, UM, MANY INDIVIDUALS, THE CIRCLE NEI- NEIGHBORS AND, UH, SAVE THE BROOK AND A LOT OF OTHERS. I MEAN, I, I THINK GENERALLY, UM, SURE THERE'S MAYBE NOT FULL AGREEMENT ON EVERYTHING, BUT I, I'M

HOPEFUL FOR, UM, WHAT'S TO COME. AND I APPRECIATE FOLKS COMING AND SHARING THEIR, UM, OPINIONS. SO WITH THAT, ON A MOTION BY COUNCILLOR ALZUBI TO ADOPT THE POLICY ORDER NUMBER TWO AS AMENDED, WE'LL DO

A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. YES. VICE MAYOR ZIMM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA

WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. POLICY NUMBER TWO IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE CALENDAR.

[CHARTER RIGHT] THE CALENDAR HAS A FEW ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS CHARTER RIGHT NUMBER ONE. THIS IS POSTPONING THE ROLLOUT OF THE OUTER HURON BI- BIKE LANES FROM THE BICYCLE SAFETY ORDINANCE UNTIL WE RE

- SOLVE THE PARKING PROBLEM. THIS, THE CHARTER RIGHT WAS EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZULEY, ZUCI, UH, AND LAST WEEK. COUNCILLOR ZUCI, I'LL GO TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, MAYOR SIDDIQUI. UM, I'M

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO MY POLICY ORDER TONIGHT THAT YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF, AND MAYBE WE CAN PUT IT ON THE SCREEN FOR OTHERS CAN SEE IT AS WELL. UM, UH, I HAVE HEARD YOU, WE HAVE HEARD YOU,

AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE. AND I JUST, I WANNA, I, I, I GUESS, AGAIN, I WANNA REITERATE, I AM A CYCLIST. I APPRECIATE THE SAFE BIKE LANES AND I APPRECIATE THE NETWORK. UM, BUT AT THIS, AT THIS

LOCATION, THERE'S A REAL CONCERN ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER COMPETING NEEDS FOR PARKING THAT OUTWEIGH THE NEED FOR THE BIKE LANE. SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE BICYCLE SAFETY COMMITTEE AND FROM THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS THAT IF WE DO SOME THINGS, LIKE IF WE PUT IN UNREGULATED PLACES ALONG THE GOLF COURSE SI - COURSE SIDE OF THE STREET DURING THE DAY, AND THEN WE HAVE PERMIT PARKING

ONLY AT NIGHT, UM, AND, UH, IF WE ENFORCE THE PARKING LOT, UH, AT THE GOLF COURSE SO THAT ONLY GOLFERS CAN PARK THERE. SO IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED TO US THAT IF WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES, THEN THERE WON'T BE A

PROBLEM. BUT SO WHAT WE'RE INTRODUCING HERE WITH THIS ORDERED IS INSTEAD OF DELAYING THE ROLLOUT OF THE LANES BY FIVE YEARS, LET'S DO IT BY ONE YEAR. AND THE REASON FOR WAITING A YEAR IS SO THAT THE

CITY CAN IMPLEMENT ITS ANTI-CAR STORAGE POLICIES, UM, THIS FALL TO DEMONSTRATE, UH, ITS SUCCESS AND GOOD FAITH WITH, AND MAKE CONCRETE AND TRANSPARENT EFFORTS TO SHOW THAT THIS STRATEGY WILL WORK AND

THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING PLACES. SO AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO DELAY BY ONE YEAR SO THAT THE CITY CAN IMPLEMENT, PUT, PUT IN SOME PERMIT PARKING ONLY SIGNS AT NIGHT ON THE GOLF COURSE

SIDE OF THE STREET. AND LET'S SEE IF THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM. IF, IF THAT AND DISALLOWING NON-GOLFERS FROM PARKING IN THE GOLF PAR- PARKING LOT WORKS, THEN LET'S ROLL OUT THOSE BIKE LANES. BUT IF IT

DOESN'T WORK, THEN LET'S RETHINK OUR STRATEGY. SO THE, THE, SO THE, THE CONCERN IS, AND AGAIN, I, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US ARE, UM, S - WE'RE, WE'RE BACKED. WE'RE ENDORSED BY THE BICYCLE SAFETY

COMMITTEE. I REALIZE IN CHALLENGING THEM WITH THIS, IT IS A RISKY THING, BUT I'M DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. UM, AGAIN, THERE ARE SO MANY RECREATIONAL AMENITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY

THESE BIKE LANES, UM, AND, AND THE VFW HALL AND ALL THOSE RESIDENTS. AGAIN, 30% OF THE 500 RESIDENTS AT PARKVIEW PLACE ARE LOW INCOME, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE PARKING ON THE STREET BECAUSE IT'S TOO

EXPENSIVE TO PARK AT PARKVIEW, I'M SORRY, PARKSIDE PLACE, PARKSIDE PLACE. SO WE'VE GOT, WE WILL BE DISABLING THE VFW HALL FROM HAVING EVENTS, THE YOUTH CENTER FROM ATTRACTING ELDERS FROM THEIR BEING

ABLE TO ENGAGE DISABLED YOUTH IN THEIR PROGRAMS. WE'LL BE MAKING IT HARD FOR THE WEST CAMBRIDGE BASEBALL PLAYERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND EVENTS. GOLF WILL, IT'LL IMPACT THE GOLF COURSE. THERE ARE

TENNIS COURTS, THERE ARE BASKETBALL COURTS, THERE'S A TOT LOT. THERE ARE JUST SO MANY IMPACTS, AND THERE IS NOT A DOCUMENTED NEED FOR THIS LANE AT THIS TIME. AND, AND THAT'S WHY I'M STICKING MY NECK

OUT AND SAYING, "LET'S BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS. AGAIN, DELAY BY ONE YEAR, MAKE THE CHANGES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS, UM, RECOMMENDING. SEE IF THEY WORK. IF THEY WORK, THAT WOULD BE

GREAT. BUT IF THEY DON'T, LET'S RETHINK OUR STRATEGY." SO THAT IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING TODAY, AND I HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT ME IN THIS. I THINK IT REALLY MAKES SENSE. AND 1,600 PEOPLE HAVE NOW SIGNED THIS

PETITION SAYING THAT ALL THESE TAXPAYER-FUNDED PUBLIC AMENITIES ARE GONNA BE DETRIMENTALLY IMPACTED BY THIS LANE THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE USE. UH, AND, AND I WILL TELL YOU, PEOPLE DO USE THE LANE THAT

GOES TO GLACKEN FIELD. THEY DO USE THE LANE THAT GOES TO THE GOLF COURSE, THOUGH. I'M ONE OF TWO PEOPLE THAT, THAT I THINK HAVE, NOT MANY PEOPLE BICYCLE TO THE GOLF COURSE. UH, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT

BIKE TO THE, TO THE YOUTH CENTER, BUT THIS LANE, AND IT'S, IT'S A COMMUNITY CENTER. IT'S FOR ELDERS TOO, BUT THIS LANE GOES BEYOND THE YOUTH CENTER, BEYOND THE VFW HALL, AND IT SEEMS UNLIKELY GROVE

STREET - THANK YOU, COUNCILOR NO - UH, COUNCILOR ZUCI. SO, YEAH, WE DO HAVE - PROCEDURAL QUESTION. YES, PROCEDURAL QUESTION. I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND SO - I THINK YOU DO. UM, WE DO, THERE WAS A

SUBSTITUTE PO FROM LAST MEETING THAT IS IN OUR PACKET. BECAUSE THIS IS AN AMENDMENT, WE HAVE TO BASICALLY GO BY ORDER OF AMENDMENTS, AND SO THE CLERK AND WE CONFERRED WAS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS

TO DISSOLVE, UH, DISPOSE OF YOUR AMENDMENT, COUNCILLOR ZUCI, AND SEE WHERE THAT LANDS, AND THEN COUNCILOR MCGOVERN, WE CAN GO TO YOUR SUBSTITUTE. COUNCILOR MCGOVERN - OH, AND THEN I HAVE A, THEN I

DON'T, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. YES. WHAT WAS CHARTER WRITTEN WAS MY, WAS OUR SUBSTITUTE. AND THE ORIGINAL. AND THE ORIGINAL. OKAY. 'CAUSE COUN - W - IT IS, IT IS A

LITTLE, LIKE, MURKY, BUT COUNCILOR ZUSI DID SAY, "I WANNA EXERCISE MY CHARTER RIGHT ON IT." OKAY. WELL, THEN I'LL SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENTS IF I MAY. SO, YES, WE COULD SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENTS BEFORE US

FROM COUNCILOR ZUCI. THEY'RE ALSO BEFORE US. WE'LL GO TO ANYONE WHO LIKES TO BE HEARD. YEAH. COUNCILOR MCGOVERN AND THEN COUNCILLOR SIMMONS. THANK YOU. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE

MOVING FROM A FIVE-YEAR DELAY TO A ONE-YEAR DELAY. UM, I WOULD WANNA POINT OUT JUST A COUPLE THINGS. UM, IN TALKING WITH, WITH COMMISSIONER MCKENNA, THE REMOVAL OF THE PARKING IS NOT GONNA TAKE PLACE

UNTIL LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR ANYWAY, WHICH A- ALLOWS THEM TIME TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILLOR ZUZI HAS BROUGHT UP, WHICH I'M INTERESTED IN AND, AND LOOKING AT. THERE'S BEEN

TALK ABOUT INSTALLING SOME METERS DURING THE DAY, BUT ALLOW O- OVERNIGHT PARKING FOR, UH, FOR RESIDENTS AT, UH, IN THE EVENING, UM, AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH, WITH THE, UH, HOPEFULLY

CONTINUING TO WORK WITH PARKSIDE PLACE AROUND SOME OF THEIR, UH, AVAILABLE PARKING, UM, THAT THERE'S TIME TO DO THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE ANY PARKING IS REMOVED. SO I DON'T

SEE A NEED F - TO DELAY BEYOND THAT. UM, AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD A LOT IN THIS CON - THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY NOT LISTENING AND, YOU KNOW, NOT

HEARING, YOU KNOW, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TALKED ABOUT. AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL PLAN, AND I SPOKE WITH MS. MCKENNA TODAY, THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS

ORIGINALLY TO REMOVE SOMEWHERE AROUND 81 SPACES. AND AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, IT, IT SAYS IN THE ORDER 44, SHE, SHE TOLD ME 37, WHATEVER, GIVE OR TAKE. UM, SO BASICALLY ALMOST CUTTING THE AMOUNT OF

REMOVED PARKING SPACES IN HALF BASED ON PUBLIC INPUT. THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC. UM, THE CITY HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF PARKING FOR DISABLED RESIDENTS, SO THEY PUT HANDICAP

SPACES, UH, INTO THE PLAN, HANDICAP SPACES THAT DON'T EXIST TODAY. SEEMS TO BE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, THEY HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE LOADING ZONE IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY

CENTER. THEY PUT THE LOADING ZONE BACK IN. SO I JUST, I JUST, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN, IN S - JUST IN CONTEXT OF ALL THIS AND THIS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAD ASKED FOR OR

WANTED, BUT I ALSO DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THE CITY DID LISTEN TO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND DID MAKE CHANGES TO THIS PLAN. AND IT MAY NOT BE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE WANTS, BUT

THOSE ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THAT THEY DID THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT DELAYING A, A YE - I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY END UP VERY MUCH IN THE

SAME SPOT, UM, BECAUSE IF WE END UP GETTING TO THE POINT OF ANY PARKING BEING REMOVED, FOLKS ARE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE HARD AND FOLKS ARE GONNA BE UPSET ABOUT THAT. UM, I'M NOT SURE

THAT'S GONNA BE ANY DIFFERENT A YEAR FROM NOW. AND THE SUBSTITUTE, MADAM MAYOR, THAT YOU AND I PUT IN DID CALL ON THE CITY TO CONTINUE WORKING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT IS

POSSIBLE, AND IN MY DISCUSSION WITH MS. MCKENNA, THAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO BY THE TIME ANY PARKING WOULD BE REMOVED. SO I THINK THE SUBSTITUTE GETS US THERE WITHOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL MONTHS OF

DELAY, WHICH I'M NOT SURE, UM, IS GONNA LEAD US TO A BETTER PLACE. SO, UM, ALTHOUGH, LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE MOVING FROM FIVE YEARS TO ONE YEAR, I STILL DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S NECESSARY. I THINK WE

CAN DO THE WORK, UH, BEFORE ANY PARKING IS REMOVED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, ANYWAY, AND I HOPE THAT, AND I ENCOURAGE THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT TO, TO DO THAT, UM, AND TO COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL

SOLUTIONS. AND I THINK SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT COUNCILLOR ZUZI AND OTHERS HAVE RAISED SOUND LIKE PERFECTLY ACHIEVABLE AND REASONABLE ONES TO ME, BUT I DON'T, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING A DELAY. THANK

YOU. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN YIELDS, WE'LL GO TO COUNCILLOR SIMMONS. UH, THANK YOU. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUE IN THE, IN THE, UH, COAST, THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR OF THE

UNDERLYING ORDER FOR THOUGHTFULNESS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE, UH, UNDER COUNCILOR ZUCI'S LEADERSHIP IS LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 1,500, I

BELIEVE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED ON THAT HAVE SAID, "WE REALLY WANT SOME RELIEF. WE WANT SOME THOUGHTFULNESS. WE WANT SOME CARE." AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS AREA OF THE STRETCH OF, OF STREET FEEDS THE

GOLF COURSE, THE VFW, AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THE VFW AND THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTER IS IT TOOK YEARS FOR US TO GET IT. IT'S A COMMUNITY AMENITY. WE JUST OPENED IT UP FOR SENIOR CENTER, SENIOR

CITIZENS IN A, IN A BETTER WAY. AND IT'S BEEN SAID ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS HOW REDU - A REDUCTION OF PARKING IS GONNA MAKE IT HARD FOR THEM TO USE THIS, THIS AMENITY. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE FIELDS,

THERE ARE SPORTS GAMES, AND, AND ALL WE ARE ASKING THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT IS TO BE, TO HAVE A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS SO THAT WE, AS I OFTEN SAY, DO, DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, BECAUSE WE OFTEN HAVE THE RIGHT

INTENTIONS, BUT WE HAD THE RIGHT, WRONG OUTCOME. SO I'M IN FULLY, FULL SUPPORT OF COUNCILOR ZUCI'S AMENDMENT. I THANK HER FOR HER THOUGHTFULNESS AND TRYING TO MEET PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE. YOU KNOW, WE,

I CALL IT THE UNHAPPY MEDIUM. EVERYBODY DOESN'T GET WHAT THEY WANT, BUT EVERYBODY GETS SOMETHING. AND SO I WILL BE FULLY SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT. I YIELD THE FLOOR. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY. THANK YOU.

DREW YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GONNA SPEAK LIKE A LAWYER AND THEN AS A PERSON WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE I DO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AS A LAWYER AND I READ THE CYCLING SAFETY ORDINANCE,

WHICH, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT, I SUPPORT SAFETY IN BIKING IN CAMBRIDGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I THINK OF THE PROBABLY THOUSAND KIDS THAT BIKE TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY. UH, PARAGRAPH D IN THE

DEFINITION SECTION, SECTION, WHICH IS THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THE CYCLING SAFETY ORDINANCE, READS CONNECTIVITY. THE DEFINITION OF CONNECTIVITY SHALL MEAN THE PROVISION OF A PERMANENT, PERMANENT

SEPARATED BICYCLE LANE SYSTEM REFLECTS DESIRED ROUTES BETWEEN ALL MAJOR ORIGINS AND DESTINATIONS IN THE CITY. CLEARLY THIS STRETCH OF LOWER HURON AVE, OR WHATEVER PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT, OUT OF HURON

AVE, DOESN'T MEET THAT CRITERIA. IT RUNS TO NOWHERE. IT RUNS TO BELMONT. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UH, AN EXTENSION OF THE BIKE LANE WHICH CONNECTS TO A CONTEMPLATED, UM, BIKE NETWORK SYSTEM THAT BELMONT

MAY OR MAY NOT DO IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE WHEN THEY REGIONALLY SUPPORT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IN BELMONT, WHICH I HOPE THEY DO, BUT IT'S UNLIKELY. SO AS A LAWYER, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S SUPPORTED BY THE

CYCLING SAFETY ORDINANCE BY ITS TERMS AND DEFINITIONS, AND THEREFORE, I DON'T THINK THE CITY HAS, UH, THE JURISDICTION TO MAKE THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF A SEPARATED BIKE LANE THERE. AS A NEIGHBOR,

SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW IT VERY WELL. MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE IS ABOUT 10 DOORS FROM THERE. THE, UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTERS SAID, "I THINK THERE'S A VFW THERE." I

WAS, YOU KNOW, PERPLEXED BY THAT. THIS IS A, UM, A HUB OF ACTIVITY IN WEST CAMBRIDGE. TENNIS COURTS, BASKETBALL COURTS, BASEBALL FIELDS, THE GOLF COURSE, THE VFW, WHICH SERVICES THE SPECIAL NEEDS, UH,

S- SERVICES ELDERS, VETERANS, COMMUNITY EVENTS. I ATTENDED A FUNERAL LAST FRIDAY FOR DUKEY PUGLISI, WHO WAS THE OWNER OF GUIDO'S, WHICH WAS AN INSTITUTION IN WEST CAMBRIDGE. AND HIS BEREAVEMENT AFTER

THE FUNERAL WAS AT THE VFW, ZERO PARKING ON FRIDAY AT 11:30, ZERO PARKING. NOBODY COULD PARK. UH, AND THEY PARKED IN THE RESIDENCES ON CUSHING AND OTHER STREETS AND WALKED UP TO GET TO THE VFW TO, TO

MOURN WITH THE FAMILY. AND IT'S J- J - SIMPLY AN IMPACT THAT I DON'T THINK IS BEING SPOKEN ABOUT HERE, UH, IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SOMEONE SAID

THERE'S 1400 OR 1600 PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SIGNED THE PETITION ASKING US FOR OUR ATTENTION. SOME OF THE SPEAKERS, THE, UH, I THINK IT WAS THE CHAVEZ FAMILY SAID THEY'RE CARS HAVE BEEN HIT

BY SCHOOL BUSES, BY OTHER, BY FIRE TRUCKS ON CUSHING. IT'S A REAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH REAL PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE THAT ARE FEELING THE IMPACT OF THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ZONING ORDINANCE AND ARE NOW

HAVING PARKING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. THE PEOPLE LIVE AT 700 HURON. WHEN I COACHED THERE IN WEST CAMBRIDGE LITTLE BASEBALL LEAGUE, I HAD A COUPLE OF PLAYERS FROM 700 HURON. THEIR GRANDPARENTS COULDN'T

COME TO THE GAMES BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PARKING. THIS IS A REAL IMPACT. THIS IS IMPACTING PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THEIR ABILITY TO, UM, TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE RECREATIONAL, UH, ACTIVITIES

THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL GEM IN OUR CITY. FRESH POND IS A GEM IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. AND ANYTHING THAT INTERFERES WITH OUR USE OF THAT, I WOULD SUGGEST, IS

COUNTERINTUITIVE TO ALL THAT WE'VE INVESTED, UH, IN FRESH POND TO MAKE THE CITY VERY LIVABLE, UH, ENJOYABLE, AND, UM, AND JUST A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. SO I SUPPORT COUNCILOR ZOOSE'S AMENDMENT. UH, I

SUPPORT BIKE LANES IN, IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, BUT I THINK THIS PORTION OF HURON AVE IS BEING USED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CYCLING SAFETY ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES 2.5 MILES OF SEPARATED

BIKE LANES EACH YEAR. IT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR A SEPARATED BIKE LANE RIGHT NOW. IF BELMONT ACTUALLY CREATES A BIKE LANE, AND I DROVE THROUGH BELMONT OVER THE WEEKEND GOING TO DUKEY'S FUNERAL,

THERE ARE SEPARATED BIKE LANES BY PAINT JUST AS THEY ARE ON, UH, LOWER HURON GOING TO GROVE. AND I THINK TO MAKE THIS STEP NOW WITHOUT A BIKE LANE SYSTEM IN BELMONT IS A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE. MAYBE WE

CAN SATISFY THIS BY COMING UP WITH MORE THOUGHTFUL APPROACHES TO IT, INCLUDING USING SOME OF THE LAND ALONG THE FRESH POND RESERVOIR THAT'S SEPARATED BY A, BY A, UH, CHAIN LINK FENCE. AND MAYBE WE

COULD HAVE BIKE LANE THERE AND NOT INTERFERE WITH THE PARKING. IT'S JUST A THOUGHT. I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I YIELD MY TIME. WE WILL GO TO COUNCILOR NOLAN AND THEN COUNCILOR

AZUBI. THANK YOU, MAYOR STEE. I HAVE A, I THINK IT'S A PROCEDURAL QUESTION BECAUSE I SPOKE, UH, LAST WEEK ABOUT WHY I WOULDN'T BE SUPPORTING THE, UM, ORIGINAL, UH, POLICY ORDER. AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE

SUBSTITUTE IN OUR PACKET, WHICH I DO, UH, INTEND TO SUPPORT. UM, BUT I HAD ASSUMED USUALLY WE VOTE SUBSTITUTES BEFORE WE VOTE AMENDMENTS EVEN TO AN UNDERLINE. SO CAN, CAN I JUST HAVE CLARIFICATION

ABOUT THE ORDER OF THIS? BECAUSE I STILL INTEND TO SUPPORT THE SUBSTITUTE. I THINK IT'S, UM, A VERY THOUGHTFUL, UH, SUBSTITUTE THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY

DELAY, WHICH IS WHAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING. HOWEVER, IF, IF I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE FIRST HAVE TO VOTE THE AMENDMENT, THEN I'D RATHER VOTE FOR A ONE YEAR THAN A FIVE YEAR, BUT THEN THAT WILL JUST BE

UPENDED AND REPLACED BY THE SUBSTITUTE IF THE SUBSTITUTE PASSES. SO I, I, I'D LOVE SOME CLARIFICATION ON ORDER OF VOTING. SO AS I MENTIONED, COUNCILLOR NOLAN, I CONFERRED WITH THE CLERK EARLIER AND,

UM, THE CLERK IS, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JUMP IN. BUT AS I SAID, WE WILL, WE PROCEDURALLY, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU EITHER DO A YES OR NO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT PERS - AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, WE WILL

DISPOSE OF THAT AMENDMENT. I- IF YOU WANNA VOTE YES, SO THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, IT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU LIKE BEFORE, BEFORE YOU, EVEN IF YOU'RE GONNA SUB - YOU KNOW, VOTE FOR THE SUBSTITUTE,

THAT'S FINE PROCEDURALLY. I THINK WE NEED TO DISPOSE OF THAT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE SUBSTITUTE AND VOTE FOR THE SUBSTITUTE. SO THAT'S WHAT I CONFERRED WITH THE CLERK ON, AND I THINK THAT'S THE ORDER

OF OPERATIONS WE SHOULD FOLLOW. IT'S BASICALLY DEALING WITH GOING BACKWARDS AND KIND OF DEALING WITH WHAT HAS COME. RIGHT. THANK, UH, SORRY, DO I HAVE THE FLOOR? YES, GO, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR THE

EXPLANATION. UM, THEN I THINK I WILL VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE IF, IF SOMETHING'S GONNA PASS OF THESE, I'D RATHER HAVE IT BE ONE YEAR THAN FIVE YEAR. HOWEVER, I AM VERY CLEAR THAT I WILL BE

VOTING FOR THE SUBSTITUTE BECAUSE I PREFER THAT OVER EVEN THE ONE YEAR DELAY. SO THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. THANK YOU THROUGH MADAM MAYOR. I WOULD DEFINITELY BE CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT

OF TRANSPORTATION ON WHAT COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN HAD BROUGHT UP IN TERMS OF WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE PARKING NEEDS. I WILL SAY IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING FOR ME BECAUSE WE HAD A

STUDY DONE A FEW YEARS BACK ON THE PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME OF THE DAY, BOTH ON THE WEEKDAYS AND THE WEEKENDS, AND ALL THOSE SPACES WERE NOT FILLED. AND SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO HEAR

FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON HOW THEY ENGAGE WITH THAT PIECE OF THE PARKING NEED WHILE AT THE SAME TIME A STUDY SHOWING THAT NOT ALL PARKING SPACES WERE FILLED IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO I GUESS I'LL DEFER TO,

UM, UH, COMMISSIONER MCKENNA AND THEN, YEAH, I'LL YIELD. COMMISSIONER? THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE OCCUPANCY STUDY THAT, UH, THE PARKSIDE

BUILDING DID? UH, I BELIEVE SO, BUT IT WAS REFERRING TO THE CURB OCCUPANCY IN GENERAL FOR THE 2021 STUDY. SO I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAINLY TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN THE OCCUPANCY IS

LOWER, AND THEN THERE ARE TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN THERE'S MORE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA WHERE THE OCCUPANCY IS PRETTY HIGH. SO I THINK IT'S VERY DEPENDENT ON WHEN, UM, THE OCCUPANCY STUDY WAS DONE. AND I

DON'T KNOW OFFHAND WHEN THE PARKSIDE DID THEIR STUDY, UM, WHERE THEY WERE LOOKING AT BOTH THEIR KIND OF INTERNAL OCCUPANCY IN THE PARKING GARAGE AND THEN THE ON-STREET OCCUPANCY AS WELL. I APPRECIATE

THAT. MY QUESTION WAS LESS IN REFERENCE TO THE STUDY AND MORE IN REFERENCE TO WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS DOING TO COUNCILOR MCGOVERN'S POINT ON THE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE PARKING

NEEDS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CREATIVELY WORK ON THOSE IN THE MEANTIME WHILE THE, THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. APOLOGIES. ABSOLUTELY. UM, SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT VARIOUS APPROACHES. ONE OF THEM IS TO

CHANGE THE WAY THAT THE, UH, THE STREETS ARE REGULATED AND THE WAY THAT THE REMAINING PARKING IS REGULATED. SO CURRENTLY THERE IS A LOT OF UNREGULATED PARKING IN THAT AREA. UM, IT LEADS TO, UM, SOME

FOLKS LEAVING VEHICLES THERE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. THERE ARE LIMITED NUMBERS OF LOCATIONS IN THE CITY WHERE SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A RESIDENT PARKING STICKER, UM, CAN LEAVE A VEHICLE FOR A

LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND THAT IS ONE OF THEM. UM, SO BY, UM, WITH THE REMAINING PARKING KIND OF IN THE SECTION OF HURON AVE, UM, OF, IN THE PROJECT AREA, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT H - CONTINUING TO HAVE

UNRESTRICTED PARKING DURING THE DAY BECAUSE THAT APPRO - THAT, UM, ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THE GOLFERS AND OTHER VISITORS TO THE RECREATIONAL CENTERS. UM, AND THEN TO HAVE RESIDENT PARKING ONLY

OVERNIGHT, UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ENSURE THAT THOSE SPACES ARE AVAILABLE FOR, FOR RESIDENTS WHEN THE DEMAND IS HIGHEST OVERNIGHT AND WE'LL ALSO ENSURE THAT VEHICLES AREN'T LEFT THERE, NON-

RESIDENT VEHICLES AREN'T LEFT THERE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS OF HELPING THE GOLF COURSE, UM, HAVE BETTER COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOLF COURSE PARKING LOT ONLY BEING USED BY

GOLFERS. UM, WE'VE RECENTLY, UM, GOT AN OPINION FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ENFORCE UNDER A PARTICULAR REGULATION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE GOLF COURSE TO

HAVE THEM GIVE THEIR GOLFERS, UM, LIKE PLACARDS TO PUT IN THEIR CAR WHEN THEY'RE, UM, IN THE PARKING LOT. AND THAT WAY, PARKING CONTROL OFFICERS COULD COME IN AND GIVE TICKETS TO ANYBODY WHO IS, IS

NOT THERE APPROPRIATELY. AND HOPEFULLY THAT, UM, SHOULD HELP REALLY OPTIMIZE THE USE OF, UM, THAT PARKING, UH, FOR THE GOLF COURSE. UM, THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME, UM, PARKING CHANGES A LITTLE

BIT FURTHER ALONG, UH, GLACK AND FIELD, JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE, UM, OF THE SAME APPROACH AS THE OTHER END WHERE WE'LL HAVE, UM, UNREGULATED DURING THE DAY AND THEN, UH, RESTRICTED TO RESIDENTS

OVERNIGHT FOR, FOR, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF THE STREET. UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TRYING TO FIND SOME OFF-STREET SPACES. WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT. UM, SO

THAT, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY, ANY SPACE TO MOVE WITH THAT. UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT IS, THAT'S NOT, UM, HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED. UM, AND

THAT'S, THAT'S - THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF THOSE. COUNCILOR ALZUBI. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF THOSE APPROACHES. IN THE 27 SECONDS I HAVE, ARE WE EXPLORING PARKSIDE PLACE AS ONE OF

THOSE PLACES IN WHICH WE CAN TRY TO EXPLORE THE, THE SHARED USAGE? THAT IS THE PRIMARY, UM, LOCATION THAT WE THOUGH COULD BE A POSSIBILITY, UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT, BUT AS OF NOW, IT'S

A NO FROM THE - OKAY. OWNERSHIP. THAT'S HELPFUL. I'LL YIELD. THANK YOU. SO COUNCILLOR ALZUBI, YIELD. I HAVE A FEW OTHER HANDS UP. HAS ANYONE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? I'LL GO TO

COUNCILLOR ZUSI AND THEN COUNCILLOR NOLAN. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN. SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MCKENNA, FOR BEING HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO HOW QUICKLY, UM, CAN THE GOLF COURSE GET THIS,

START IMPLEMENTING THESE PLACARDS SO THAT NON, UH, GOLFERS WON'T BE ABLE TO PARK THERE? AND HOW QUICKLY COULD THE CITY PUT THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING ONLY SIGNS UP? IT SEEMS LIKE IF THEY WERE PUT UP

SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, WE'D HAVE A MUCH BETTER SENSE FOR, LIKE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH PARKING AS, UM, AS, AS WE LOSE 44 PLACES. SURE. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I, UH, THERE'S NO OBSTACLES TO

US STARTING THE ENFORCEMENT IN THE, UM, GOLF COURSE PARKING LOT, EXCEPT THAT FULL DISCLOSURE, UM, WE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY DO, AND WE

HAVEN'T HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS YET WITH THE GOLF COURSE. UM, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THEY WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UM, AND IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF KIND OF GETTING IT IN PLACE AND, AND

NOTIFYING PEOPLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WE COULD ALSO PUT UP RESIDENT PARKING, UM, RESTRICTIONS FAIRLY QUICKLY. UM, MY CONCERN ABOUT, UM, THE AMENDMENT AS IT STANDS NOW IS THAT UNTIL WE ACT - I

THINK IT WILL BE VERY CHALLENGING TO, UM, TO KIND OF MEASURE SUCCESS, UH, DURING THIS PERIOD WHERE, UM, THERE IS STILL ALL OF THE PARKING AVAILABLE, THE UNRESTRICTED PARKING AVAILABLE IN THE LOCATION

THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE THE BIKE LANES. UM, AND YOU, WE WOULDN'T WANNA TAKE THAT AWAY NOW BECAUSE THAT SEEMS A LITTLE PUNITIVE TO TAKE THAT AWAY BEFORE THERE'S ACTUALLY A FACILITY THERE. SO I THINK

THAT WOULD MAKE IT VERY CHALLENGING TO KNOW WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE, UM, WITH THOSE OTHER CHANGES. UM, YEAH, SO THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN. COUNCILOR ALZUBI, UH, COUNCILOR ZOSI. YEAH, THAT'S REALLY

HELPFUL. AND I JUST WANTED TO M- MAKE SURE MY COLLEAGUES KNEW. SO THE THOUGHT IS THAT THE, THE, THE AREA, THE HUB MIGHT GET 12 PLACES BACK IF THE GOLF COURSE IS ABLE TO ENFORCE ITS PARKING LOT, WHO

PARKS THERE. SO, UM, BUT THAT, THAT WOULD STILL, SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THAT WOULD BE 12 PLACES. AND, UM, I, I TALKED WITH MY CONTACT AT PARKSIDE. IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THE PLACES AT

PARKSIDE. SO I JUST, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT, UH, TO RESOLVE THIS. IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING PROBLEM, BUT IT'S WORTH, UH, SOLVING BECAUSE THE ELIMINATION OF, LET'S SAY WE'RE DOWN TO 32 PLACES

NOW, THE ELIMINATION OF 32 PLACES IS DR- DRAMATICALLY GONNA IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AGAIN, I, I SUPPORT BIKE CLAIMS, BUT I, I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, GONNA CAUSE A... IT'S, IT'S

GONNA BE CHALLENGING. THANK YOU. I YIELD. COUNCILOR ZOSI-YIELDS, I HAVE A FEW FOLKS, UM, WHO RAISED THEIR HANDS. I HAVE COUNCILLOR NOLAN, COUNCILOR GOVERNOR, AND THEN COUNCILLOR SIMMONS. THANK YOU,

MASTER DICK. I'LL BE QUICK. I, I, THIS IS PRETTY CONFUSING TO ME ABOUT THE ORDER OF BUSINESS, SO I JUST WANNA SAY, I HAD SAID I WOULD VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT, BUT I THINK I SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR THE

AMENDMENT SO I DON'T CONFUSE PEOPLE WITH MY INTENTION. I DO INTEND TO SUPPORT THE SUBSTITUTE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR GOVERN. UH, THANK YOU, MADA MAYOR. THROUGH YOU, UH, QUICK QUESTION ON THE... SO

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT P - THESE PLACARDS TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE PARKING IN THE, IN THE GOLF COURSE PARKING LOT ARE USING THE GOLF COURSE. WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT CURRENTLY WHEN THE GOLF COURSE IS

CLOSED? CAN ANYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IN THERE? AND IF NOT, COULD THERE BE A WAY TO, SAY, TO MAYBE TO KIND OF EASE SOME OF THE, THE ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON AT THE VFW IN THE EVENING OR AT THE, UM,

COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE EVENING TO SAY THAT THOSE SPOTS COULD ALSO BE USED FOR THOSE FACILITIES AFTER THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE GOLF COURSE IS NOT IN OPERATION? COMMISSIONER? THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED INFORMALLY. UM, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND JUST FROM OBSERVATION WHEN I'VE BEEN AT EVENTS OUT THERE AS WELL. UM, I THINK OVERNIGHT CAN BE A

LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING JUST BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE GOLF DEMAND STARTS PRETTY EARLY. UM, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EXPLORE WITH THE GOLF COURSE AND SEE WHAT WOULD BE, UM, A

REASONABLE WAY TO, TO FORMALIZE THAT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. UH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YEAH. I, I MEAN, I THINK, AGAIN, CERTAINLY WORTH EXPLORING BECAUSE IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN OPEN THOSE SPACES FOR

OVERNIGHT PARKING FOR PEOPLE WHO, UM, EITHER LIVE IN, IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN THE, IN THE 700 HURON, OR EVEN JUST FOR THE, THE OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THE EVENING, UM, I WOULD HATE

TO SEE THOSE NO USE IN HAVING THOSE SPOTS EMPTY WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE GOING ON, RIGHT? SO WE SHOULD TRY TO MAXIMIZE USAGE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, TO THE

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT. UM, SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND OR THE, THE BODY UNDERSTANDS, YOU'VE TALKED TO PARKSIDE. THEY HAVE TOLD YOU IN WRITING THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE PARKING FOR FREE. COMMISSIONER?

THROUGH MADAM MAYOR. NO, I'M SORRY. I... IF, IF I WAS UNCLEAR BEFORE, WE, WE'VE TALKED TO PARKSIDE. THEY HAVE TOLD US IN WRITING, UM, NO, THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN, IN RENTING THE SPACES. THROUGH

YOU, MADAM MAYOR, TO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, THEN I AM CONFUSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY PARKSIDE AS A PART OF THE SOLUTION. SO PA- PARKSIDE IS NOT A PART OF THE SOLUTION. CORRECT. PARKSIDE

IS NOT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO SPEAK TO THE, SPEAK WITH THEM AND SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS WE COULD, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UH, MAKE IT MORE APPEALING TO THEM TO DO THIS.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE ANSWER FROM THEM IS NO. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, TO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, IF THEY WERE WILLING, WOULD THAT BE FREE? COMMISSIONER? THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, NO. I THINK

IT WOULD LIKELY BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, WHEN YOU SAY WE, WE WHO? WE, THE PUBLIC OR WE, THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, THE CITY? I WOULD

SAY WE, THE CITY, AND ISSUES OF WHETHER THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGE IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, TO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT. THE... IF, IF THIS IS A REAL THING,

BECAUSE I'M... THE, THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT FEELS LIKE THIS IS NOT REAL, THEN I WOULD... I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD SEE THAT IN WRITING. UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON SOMETHING THAT'S

NOT ACTUALLY THERE, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO WRAP ONE'S HEAD AROUND, BECAUSE IF, IF WE HEAR, WELL, WE'RE TALKING TO PARKSIDE, IT SAYS, "OH, THIS IS POSSIBILITY." THAT, THAT POSSIBILITY IS FOR A

FEE THAT TROUBLES ME. AND SO, AND I THINK IT SHOULD TROUBLE THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO US THAT IN THESE VERY DIFFICULT TIMES, WE MAY ABLE TO BEAR IN THE SHORT TERM, BUT NOT IN THE

LONG TERM. AND THEN SO WE GIVE THIS BENEFIT, WE AS, WE VOTE THIS BASED ON INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELF THESE DAYS. AND WE VOTE

ON THAT TO HAVE IT BE TAKEN AWAY. THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE NEED SOME ASSURANCES, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I THINK THE AMENDMENT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED. I THINK YOU NEED

MORE TIME TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO... YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL IS A PRO BIKING COUNCIL. WE'VE ALWAYS VOTED TO SUPPORT IT. WE JUST WANNA DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. AND I JUST FEEL UNSURE

WITH GIVEN THE, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, AND I THINK WE NEED THE TIME TO DO IT ACCURATE AND ADEQUATELY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON DOING SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT DO CORRECTLY THE

FIRST TIME. MADAM MAYOR, YIELD THE FLOOR. COUNCILMAN SIMMONS-YIELDS, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. UM, JUST THROUGH YOU, MAYOR, UM, SIDDIQUI. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, BECAUSE I THINK LAST WEEK WE MAYBE WERE MORE

OPTIMISTIC WHEN THIS HAD FIRST COME UP ABOUT FINDING ALTERNATIVE PARKING SPACES THERE. THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, REALLY CLEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT THIS MOMENT,

THERE IS NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE PARKING SPACES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UM, FROM A PARKING LEASE SPACE. AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD REACHED OUT TO, PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE

WE'VE DONE WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH THE ZONING CHANGES THAT ALLOWED, YOU KNOW, OTHER BUSINESSES ALONG OTHER CORRIDORS ALONG MASS AVE AND CAMBRIDGE STREET IN THIS INSTANCE SORT OF THE CITY OPERATIONS

OF, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS, AND I PUT THAT SORT OF IN QUOTES OF, YOU KNOW, THE GOLF COURSE AND OTHER OPERATIONS THAT - UH-HUH. UM, SIMILAR TO OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY COULD RENT SPACES. BUT, UM,

AT THIS MOMENT, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY CLEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT. SO I THINK THAT IS SORT OF THE, THE WORKING ASSUMPTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF

THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT, UM, THEIR RESPONSE WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU TO MADAM DEPUTY INTO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

THEN I WOULD PLEASE ASK THAT WE DON'T RAISE IT ANYMORE UNTIL THEY COME BACK AND SAY, "HEY, WE'RE HOG WILD AND BIG CRAZY ABOUT YOU RENTING THIS SPACE AND CHARGING YOU PREMIUM FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT

ACCURATE." IT'S NOT TRUE. S - AND IT, IT'S, IT MA - IT REALLY MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US AS A POLICYMAKING BODY TO MAKE AN ADEQUATE, ACCURATE, AND FAIR DECISION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT,

PARTICULARLY TO THE BISING, BIKING COMMUNITY. I YIELD. PASTOR SIMON YIELD. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE ZOOM. HAS ANYONE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UM, I'LL JUST SAY QUICKLY, I THINK, UM, I

APPRECIATE THAT THAT COUNCILLOR ZUSI WENT BACK AND AMENDED, UM, BASED AND CHANGED IT FROM FIVE YEAR TO, TO ONE YEAR. I THINK BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD, UM, THERE, UH, THERE IS SOME DESIRE TO DELAY, TO

LOOK AT SOLUTIONS, BUT I DO THINK, UH, A MAJORITY, UM, ALSO FEELS THAT THIS WORK CAN BE DONE, UM, TO LOOKING AT THE PARK- PARKING AND MAKING BEST EFFORTS, UM, AT THE SAME TIME AND NOT POSTPONING, UM,

AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WHILE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS PARKING. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE, UH, STRIKES A BALANCE AROUND MOVING FORWARD, BUT CONTINUING TO

WORK WITH RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ON ACCESS AND PARKING. AND I THINK COMING BACK WITH A RESPONSE TO SAY, LIKE, "THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. UM, HERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED, UH, BEFORE

THIS GOES INTO CONSTRUCTION IN SPRING/SUMMER," UH, WOULD BE REALLY, UH, IDEAL. SO RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY LET'S GO AHEAD AND DISPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT AND THEN DO THE SUBSTITUTE. WE'LL DO ROLL CALLS,

PLEASE. COUNCILOR AZUBI. COUNCILOR ZUBI? NO. NO. VICE MAYOR ZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? NO. NO. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? NO. NO. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR

SABRINA WHEELER? NO. NO. COUNCILLOR ZOUSI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? NO. NO. AND YOU HAVE FOUR MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND FIVE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE. SO THE AMENDMENT FAILS. COUNCILOR

MCGOVERN, I'LL GO TO YOU FOR THE SUBSTITUTE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. I WOULD NOT. CALL THE QUESTION. SO IF YOU CALL THE QUESTION WITH, WE, WE HAVE TO DO TWO VOTES. OKAY. THEN I'LL PASS. YOU'LL

PASS. SO IS ANYONE TALK... WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTITUTE? COUNCILLOR ZUSI. UM, I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THE SUBSTITUTE, UM, BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL. UH, THERE'S NO CHANGE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS I, I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH, WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, MCKENNA SINCE DECEMBER WITH NEIGHBORS, WITH ALL PARTIES AND WITH THE BIKE

COMMITTEE. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM SINCE DECEMBER, AND I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN SOLUTIONS, UH, WHICH IS WHY I INTRODUCED THE POLICY ORDER. SO I THINK THIS, UH, THIS POLICY ORDER, IT

DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T DO, IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THESE LANES ON SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS RECREATIONAL HUB IN NEXT TO PARKSIDE PLACE. SO I, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST IT

BECAUSE I THINK IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE. THANK YOU. I YIELD. I'LL GO TO COUNCILLOR 30. JUST QUICKLY, I'M GONNA VOTE AGAINST THE SUBSTITUTE ORDER TOO, BECAUSE IT, IT, IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS LET'S GO,

JUST GO FORWARD AND EXTEND, UH, THE SEPARATED BIKE LANES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF CONNECTIVITY OR NOT. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND SAY THAT WE DID ALL THAT WE

COULD TO REMEDY THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN MY VIEW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS BECAUSE THERE WERE REAL IMPACTS ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I CONTINUE TO SAY IT.

I, I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M GONNA REPEAT MYSELF. I WAS THERE LAST FRIDAY TRYING TO GET A PARKING SPACE TO GO TO A BEREAVEMENT, AND THIS WAS AT 11:30, 11:45 AFTER THE FUNERAL MASS, AND THERE

WAS NO PARKING. AND IT'S NOT MID-GOLF SEASON, UH, AND THERE WEREN'T ANY BASEBALL GAMES. UH, THIS HAS A REAL IMPACT, AND TO REMOVE ADDITIONAL PARKING, UH, FURTHER BURDENS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I

THINK, UH, IT CAN'T BE OVERSTATED THAT THE IMPACT OF THIS IS, IS SEVERE. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF CONNECTIVITY WERE MET, WHICH I DON'T SEE HOW IT CAN FACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT A ROUTE THAT SATISFIES, UM,

KIDS WHO ARE BIKING TO RNGE LATIN EVERY DAY, WHICH IS MY PRIMARY CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY OF BICYCLES IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. THIS IS A ROUTE THAT SERVES A SINGULAR PURPOSE, AND THAT SINGULAR PURPOSE IS

TO ALLOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BELMONT TO COMMUTE THROUGH CAMBRIDGE TO WHEREVER THEY GO. AND I APPRECIATE AND ACCEPT THAT. IF THERE WERE A SEPARATED BIKE SYSTEM, BIKE LANE SYSTEM IN BELMONT, MAYBE THERE

WOULD BE A, UH, A BENEFIT TO THAT IN CAMBRIDGE, BUT THERE ISN'T ONE. SO I THINK RIGHT NOW, THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE FAR OUTWEIGHS, UH, ANY ADVANTAGES NOW, AND LET'S SEE IF THERE'S

ANY FUTURE ADVANTAGES. BUT AT THE MOMENT, UH, I SIMPLY CAN'T SUPPORT THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT. I YIELD. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY YIELDS. ANYONE ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN WHO'D LIKE TO BE HEARD? HEARING NONE.

DID YOU WANNA WANNA BE HEARD? NO, JUST GOING WITH THE VOTE. UH, COUNCILOR MCGOVERN MOVES TO DO A ROLL CALL ON THE SUBSTITUTE ORDER. COUNCILLOR ELZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR ZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILOR

FLAHERTY? NO. NO. COUNCILOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? NO. NO. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUSI? NO. NO. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU

HAVE SIX MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE. SO THE SUBSTITUTE HAS BEEN ADOPTED. UH, CLERK, ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO NOW? MM-MM. SO WE'VE DISPOSED OF THAT. WE NOW

MOVE ON TO CHARTER RIGHT NUMBER TWO. SO THE CHARTER RIGHT NUMBER TWO, THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS REQUESTED TO CONFER WITH THE RELEVANT STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOLLOWING

THE MAY 2025 HUMAN SERVICES AND VETERANS COMMITTEE MEETING, SUCH AS STRENGTHENING ANTI-POVERTY MEASURES, ESTABLISHING A DEDICATED CARE TEAM CALL AND REFERRAL LINE, PRIORITIZING COMMERCIAL SEXUAL

EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING PREVENTION EFFORTS FOR THE LGBTQIA+ YOUTH, AND REPORTING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON PROGRESS. THE CHARTER IS EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR NOLAN LAST WEEK. COUNCILLOR NOLAN,

I'LL GO TO YOU. COUNCILLOR NOLAN. I DID THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR SIDDIQUI. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THIS AND SOME REALLY HEARTFELT CONVERSATIONS FROM, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY

INVESTED IN ENSURING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY DO ALL IT CAN TO PROTECT, UH, VERY VULNERABLE PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE SEX TRADE, AND WHICH INCLUDES MANY PEOPLE WE

HEARD TONIGHT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN CONSENSUAL, UH, SEX WORK AS THEY DEFINE IT, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED THEMSELVES. WE'VE HEARD, I THINK, A, A PRETTY UNANIMOUS, UM, AND, UH,

REQUEST FOR US TO DO WHAT WE CAN AS A CITY TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN THE SEX TRADE WHO ARE THE, THE SELLERS, UM, AND PARTICULARLY IN, IN ANY SITUATION TOO. AS THE POLICY

ORDER MAKES IT VERY CLEAR, SEX TRAFFICKING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS INTENDED TO BE ENDORSED AT ALL OR SUPPORTED, BUT PROVIDING FOR A SAFER AND HEALTHIER WAY FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO ENGAGE IN

CONSENSUAL SEX IS PART OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE HAPPENED, SUPPORTING AND NOT ARRESTING OR PROSECUTING PEOPLE WHO SELL SEX. THERE IS DEEP DIVISION WITHIN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

INVOLVED. SO I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, THIS ISN'T JUST FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE WE HEARD AND, UM, UH, I HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY MUCH IN THE ECOSYSTEM OF THIS, UM, THIS PARTICULAR LINE

OF WORK WHO ARE URGING US TO DO FULL DECRIMINALIZATION AND PEOPLE WHO JUST AS STRONGLY URGE US VERY STRONGLY NOT TO DO THAT, THAT IN FACT IT WILL INCREASE ABUSE, IT WILL NOT MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFER IF

WE FULLY SUPPORT FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF, UH, BUYERS. SO, UH, COUNCILOR SABRINA AND I ARE OFFERING A, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO TAKE OUT. THERE'S A, A ORDER CLAUSE THAT WOULD PUT THE COUNCIL ON, WITH,

WITH NO CAVEATS ON RECORD AS FULLY SUPPORTING AND ASKING THE STATE HOUSE TO MOVE TOWARDS FULL DECRIMINALIZATION. THAT NOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF MORE PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M

COMFORTABLE WITH AS A LANGUAGE. I AM COMFORTABLE WITH US DOING ALL WE CAN TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY AND HEALTH AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN ADULT CONSENSUAL SEX,

BUT NOT NECESSARILY THOSE WHO BUY IT. THAT, THAT'S STILL, FOR ME, AN OPEN QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THAT IS THE SAFEST AND BEST WAY TO SUPPORT THESE WORKERS. I KNOW MANY OF THE WORKERS THEMSELVES CAME

BEFORE US TONIGHT AND SAID, "YES, IT IS. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO US. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT." AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND WORK A LOT WITH, WITH BOTH WORKERS AND SURVIVORS WHO SAY, "NO,

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DO THAT." AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO, UH, MAKE A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS TO THE, TO THE POLICY ORDER WHICH WE DO HOPE PASSES SO THAT WE CAN LET FOLKS IN OUR

COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE DO STAND IN SUPPORT OF NOT ARRESTING OR PROSECUTING, UH, PEOPLE WHO SELL SEX AND YET NOT TAKING A STAND ON SAYING THAT WE STAND FOR FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF THE BUYER. SO I

THINK THERE'S A PATH FORWARD FOR US TO DO THAT. AND I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT THERE'S BEEN ONGOING CITY EFFORT FOR THE LAST, I THINK, TWO YEARS. WE HAD HAD A COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT THIS, AND THERE'S

BEEN ONGOING EFFORT AND A REPORT FROM, UH, THE CITY STAFF, AND THAT'S A, A SEPARATE ORDERED IN THE POLICY ORDER ASKING... THE CITY MANAGER TO FOLLOW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT

I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD COMPLETELY 100% ENDORSE. SO I HOPE THAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE ACCEPTED SO THAT, UH, WE CAN THEN SUPPORT A POLICY ORDER THAT IS, UH, MORE, MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT I BELIEVE IS

BEST FOR THE CITY. COUNCILOR NOLAN YIELDS, WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR SABRINA WHEELER. THANKS, UH, MADAM MAYOR. WHATEVER TYPE YOUR, UH, WORK YOU WERE IN CANNOT HAVE WORKER PROTECTIONS WHEN YOUR WORK IS

CRIMINALIZED AND, UH, CRIMINALIZING SEX WORKERS MAKES THEIR WORK LESS SAFE AND NOT MORE SAFE. WE'VE HEARD POWERFUL TESTIMONY ABOUT THIS TONIGHT AND LAST WEEK, AND WE'VE SEEN HOW THIS WORKS IN OTHER

INDUSTRIES. YOU KNOW, PROTECTING SEX WORKERS BY ENDING CRIMINALIZATION OF THEIR CONSENSUAL ADULT SEX- SEX WORK IS ONE KEY STEP. IT'S NOT THE END TO, TO PROTECT AND EMPOWER WORKERS, BUT IT'S A STEP

THAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. UH, TO GIVE ONE RECENT EXAMPLE FROM ANOTHER INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE CANNABIS IS NO LONGER CRIMINALIZED. THERE ARE WORKER PROTECTIONS AND THERE ARE REGULATIONS

AND THERE ARE UNIONS IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY, AND THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE WHEN CANNI - CANNABIS WAS CRIMINALIZED. UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT ON THIS. UH, I'VE WORKED, UH, WITH THE LAW

DEPARTMENT ON THIS LANGUAGE, THE POLICY ORDER. IT CANNOT CHANGE THE LAW THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT IT DOES SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR STATE AND COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS. UM, AND

THANKS TO, TO COUNCILLOR NOLAN, UH, FOR THINKING ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY PREFERRED THE, THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORIGINAL POLICY ORDER, BUT AFTER TALKING WITH ADVOCATES ABOUT THE AMENDMENT, YOU

KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO INCORPORATE THIS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PASS IT AND, AND I'M HOPEFUL IT WILL, UH, PASS UNANIMOUSLY EVEN. UH, I YIELD BACK. COUNCILOR SERENA WHEELER YIELDS, I'LL GO TO COUNCILOR GOVERN

AND THEN COUNCILLOR ZUCI. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU. UM, I TOO WILL SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT MY, MY PREVIOUS COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. I THINK THIS IS, UM, NOT

ONLY IS THIS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO DO. WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE INDUSTRY AND A LOT OF ADVOCATES ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW,

PROTECTING SEX WORKERS, UM, WHICH, UH, WE SHOULD DO. UM, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE, AND FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THIS WILLINGLY, AND I WANNA ALSO POINT OUT THAT THIS POLICY ORDER IS, YOU KNOW,

DOES TALK ABOUT THAT WE STILL STAND OBVIOUSLY AGAINST TRAFFICKING AND, AND ANYONE WHO IS BEING FORCED INTO, UH, DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, INTO THIS BUSINESS AGAINST THEIR WILL. UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA, I

REALLY WANNA THANK THE, THE, THE FOLKS WHO SPOKE TONIGHT AND, AND, UM, THE ADVOCATES WHO, WHO WERE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING US ON THE ORIGINAL ORDER FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO, UM, TO COME UP WITH SOME

COMPROMISE LANGUAGE THAT, THAT STILL ACHIEVES, I THINK, WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS, IS TO GO ON, IS TO GO ON RECORD AND TO, YOU KNOW, UH, ADVISE THE POLICE AND, AND, AND LET THE POLICE KNOW THAT WE, WE

ARE NOT LOOKING TO CRIMINALIZE SEX WORKERS. UM, IT IS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THERE, IT IS STILL A HUGE STEP FORWARD, I THINK, AND, AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN

CONTINUE TO BUILD ON AND WORK ON AS TIME GOES ON, UM, WHICH I, AND I'M SURE OTHERS ARE COMMITTED TO DOING. I KNOW COUNCILLOR ZUBI AND I CAN, AS CO-CHAIRS OF THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE CAN, YOU KNOW,

CAN CONTINUE, UM, DISCUSSIONS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THIS. I, I, I THINK THE AMENDMENTS ARE, AGAIN, IN TALKING WITH FOLKS WHO, UM, FROM BSWAC AND OTHER, AND

OTHER GROUPS THAT WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ORIGINAL POLICY ORDER, UM, THE FACT THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AND ARE WILLING TO MAKE THIS COMPROMISE IS, SAYS A LOT TO ME, UH,

ABOUT THEIR WILLINGNESS, UM, TO COMPROMISE AND PUSH THIS FORWARD. AND SO, AND I THINK THIS IS NECESSARY, QUITE HONESTLY, TO GET THE VOTES THAT WE NEED TO PASS THIS. UM, AND SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING

THEM AND OBVIOUSLY VOTING FOR THE AMENDED VERSION IN THE END. THANKS. COUNCILLOR ZU- ZUCI. YEAH, HI. UH, I'M, I'M JUST REGRETTING, I, I SHOULD HAVE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE POLICE ARE AVAILABLE OR THE

DOMESTIC AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S, NOBODY'S HOME. OKAY, I SHOULD, I SHOULD HAVE PUT IN A REQUEST BECAUSE I HAD WANTED TO ASK WHETHER THE - OH. OH, OH

GREAT. THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MIKA, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU. YEAH. YEAH. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. SO WHAT I HAD WANTED TO KNOW IS, IS THIS, UM, SO WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY, MANY

PASSIONATE, UM, SPEAKERS AND I, UM, AND I, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE TESTIMONY, BUT MY QUESTIONS ARE, SO ARE THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN ENFORCING, UH, UH, ARE, UM, ARE,

ARE THEY, ARE THEY PUTTING SEX WORKERS IN JAIL? AND THEN IS THE DOMESTIC AND GENDER, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE ALREADY ADDRESSING THIS NEED? I MEAN, THIS IS YOUR WORK. SO I, I DIDN'T

KNOW WHETHER, UM, THIS POLICY... I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS POLICY WILL DO. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA STRENGTHEN PROTECTION, SO I'D REALLY LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW THIS WOULD

STRENGTHEN THAT. THANK YOU. DETECTIVE DIRECTOR? MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO A, THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT THIS IS FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UM, AND THEIR

CURRENT RECORDS. THEY DON'T HAVE A PRACTICE OF ARRESTING SEX WORKERS. UM, THERE HAVE BEEN, AND I'M SO SORRY, ALL OF MY BATTERIES ON EVERYTHING HAVE DIED, BUT I BELIEVE ABOUT FOUR ARRESTS, UM, IN THE

PAST FIVE YEARS, FOUR PEOPLE, UM, WHO ARE CONDUCTING SEX WORK IN CAMBRIDGE. UM, AND THAT IS ASIDE FROM THE LARGER BROTHEL ARREST THAT HAPPENED IN A FEW YEARS. THAT WAS NOT CAMBRIDGE POLICE, THAT WAS A

FEDERAL UNDERTAKING. UM, SO THEY DO NOT COUNT THAT, UH, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT DRIVEN BY THEM. SO THAT IS NOT THEIR PRACTICE. UH, IN TERMS OF THE WORK OF THE DOMESTIC GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION

INITIATIVE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO LEARN FROM THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. AND I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UM, AS COUNCILLOR NOLAN AND OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, THERE ARE

VARIOUS VIEWS ON THE ISSUE OF DECRIMINALIZATION, BUT THERE IS UNANIMOUS UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS, UM, THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS TO PROTECT SEX WORKERS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND SO WE HAVE, IN, IN OUR

ROLE, IN MY ROLE, IN MY TEAM'S ROLE, WE ARE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH EVERYONE WHO HAS A STAKE IN THIS ISSUE, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR VIEWS ARE,

BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THEM ALL. UM, AND SO AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO PAY ATTENTION PARTICULARLY TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THOSE, THEY'RE THE UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT REGARDING THE NEED AND THE

IMPACT OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW THEY CAN BE HELPFUL AND BENEFICIAL TO, UM, SEX WORKERS ON THE GROUND. UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AND DOING ALL WE CAN TO PROTECT SAFETY.

COUNCILOR ZUCI. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I FEEL SO LUCKY THAT YOU'RE HERE. UM, SO DO YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU NEED, UH, A REFERRAL LINE OR THAT WE WOULD NEED A SPECIAL REFERRAL LINE JUST FOR THIS

PURPOSE? THROUGH MADAM, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, ABSOLUTELY. UM, THERE IS CONT - CONSENSUS ACROSS THE BOARD ABOUT THE INABILITY TO, OR THE LACK OF TRUST IN BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,

UM, IF SOMETHING WERE TO BE DONE TO YOU OR TO HAPPEN, UH, WHILE YOU ARE ENGAGED IN SEX WORK. UM, SO AGAIN, PEOPLE'S, PEOPLE'S NEEDS FOR A SENSE OF SAFETY, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MATTER WHAT

CAMBRIDGE POLICE'S PRACTICES ARE. IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING. UM, WE SAY CAMBRIDGE POLICE WON'T COOPERATE WITH ICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WELL, THE, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, RIGHT, THAT DOESN'T

NECESSARILY MEAN THEY BELIEVE THAT. DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE FULL TRUST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? SO IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING. IT'S LIKE YOU CAN SAY, CAMBRIDGE POLICE CAN SAY AND ACT, UM, AS THEY

ARE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THAT BUILDS TRUST OR ESTABLISHES TRUST WITH SEX WORKERS. AND SO GIVING THEM ANOTHER WAY TO REACH OUT FOR HELP, UM, OR TO SAY LIKE, "THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON," OR, UM,

AS IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ME, LIKE, "HEY, I'VE COME ACROSS THESE, UM, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE BEING TRAFFICKED IN THESE AREAS." WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A, A PIPELINE TO DO THAT. COUNCILLOR ZUCI.

YEAH, THANK YOU. THAT'S SO HELPFUL TO HEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS. UH, THANK YOU THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, TO MR. GREGORY. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU. YOU DO YEOMAN'S WORK AND I

DON'T THINK WE TELL YOU THAT OFTEN ENOUGH, SO IF I MAY, UM, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, UM, COUNCILLOR, CAN I SEE HER, PLEASE? SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DO NOT ACTIVELY OR AGGRESSIVELY

ARREST INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS INDUSTRY. IS, IS THAT CORRECT? THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. UM, THROUGH MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THAT IS CORRECT. I CANNOT SPEAK FOR

THEM. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH MS. GREGORY. THE ONLY REASON WHY I, I BRING THAT UP, I DON'T WANT US TO PAINT A DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT BE PUBLIC SAFETY OR ANOTHER ONE, AS BEING

AGGRESSIVELY MISTREATING A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT PARTICULAR, P - THAT PARTICIPATE IN A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY, UH, TO THEIR, UM, UM, UNCOMFORTABLENESS, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT A WORD, BUT I CAN'T

THINK OF ONE RIGHT NOW. UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILOR MCGOVERN IN HIS, UM, AS A PART OF, UH, COUNCILOR SABRINA WHEELER, MCGOVERN, SIDDIQUI, AND NOLAN HAVE PUT IN THERE, UM, THAT THAT'S NOT THE

CASE. I JUST WANT US TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING IT, SO I WANNA HEAR THAT FROM YOU, THAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF, OF CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SAFETY IS THAT THEY ARE PROACTIVE

AROUND PROTECTING ALL PEOPLE IN WHATEVER, UH, INDUSTRIES THAT THEY MAY OR PROCLIVITIES THEY MAY HAVE, UM, THAT WE ARE NOT PUNITIVE. AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT ASSURANCE FROM YOU THAT THAT'S YOUR

UNDERSTANDING, NOT THAT YOU KNOW... I'M NOT ASKING, I'M NOT GONNA BRING OUT THE BIBLE AND ASK YOU TO PUT YOUR HAND ON IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR IN THAT IF I UNDERSTAND FROM TALKING TO MY

COLLEAGUE, THIS IS JUST TO REINFORCE THAT, UM, PRACTICE BY PUBLIC SAFETY. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THAT IS CORRECT. UM, EV - MY EVERY CONVERSATION WITH THEM HAS BEEN THAT THIS IS, AGAIN, FOR A LONG

TIME, THIS HAS NOT BEEN THEIR PRACTICE. THEY'VE SPOKEN ABOUT, UM, HOW THE INDUSTRY, THE INDUSTRY THAT THEY'VE SEEN, IT'S NOT REALLY ON THE STREET AS MUCH ANYMORE, ALTHOUGH THAT MAY BE CHANGING GIVEN

THE RECENT DYNAMICS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE CITY. UM, BUT THEY DO NOT ARREST PEOPLE FOR SEX WORK. UM, THAT IS NOT THEIR PRACTICE. AGAIN, IT'S THE LAW, SO THEY CAN'T AVOID THE LAW, BUT IT IS NOT A

PRIORITY. I'LL SAY IT LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S HOW THEY SAID IT TO ME, ACTUALLY. IT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY LOW PRIORITY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO AFTER SEX WORKERS. UH, THROUGH MADAM MAYOR -

COUNCILOR SIMS. TO MS. GREGORY, UM, DO, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW, AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S TO SAY THAT, DO WE HAVE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES, BECAUSE

THERE'S HARVARD, THERE'S MIT, THERE'S... WELL, THEY DON'T CALL THEM THE MDC, I THINK IT'S DCR, THAT DO HAVE JURISDICTION WITHIN OUR BORDERS. WILL THEY HAVE TO, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE

SAME PRINCIPLE? THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT SOMETHING I HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF. I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND ASK AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH A

RESPONSE, BUT I DO NOT KNOW. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, TO MS. GREGORY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. IT'S ONE THING TO HOLD OUR OWN PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE, BUT IF WE HAVE OTHER

OPERATORS THAT DON'T SHARE THE SAME VALUES, THEN THIS IS, THIS IS NOT EVEN... IT'S NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS THE PAPER. MM-HMM. IT'S NO MORE THAN THE PAPER THAT IT'S PRINTED ON. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO BE

PROTECTING INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITY THAT, UH, IN - ARE INVOLVED IN AN INDUSTRY THAT MAY PUT THEM IN HARM'S WAY FROM, FROM PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS, UH, IT'S ONE THING IF WE JUST SAY THE CPD, BUT IF

MIT, HARVARD, AND THIS IS NOT TO CAST ANY ASPERSIONS ON MIT HARVARD OR THE DCR, BUT THEY DO OPERATE IN OUR LIMITS. SO THIS IS JUST A HALF A LOAF AND NOT A FULL LOAF. UH, AND THEN AROUND THE, UM, IS IT

A HOTLINE THAT YOU... IS IT, IS THAT WE'RE SAYING? OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SOME PHONE THING. WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT? I THOUGH THERE WAS A, A LIFELINE. MATTER GREGORY? MAYBE. SO THROUGH YOU, MADAM

MAYOR, UM, THIS WOULD BE A, UM, A REFERRAL LINE THAT THE CARE TEAM WOULD ESTABLISH. UH, AND AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT I'VE HAD WITH DIRECTOR MATTHEW AS WELL, AND SO SHE IS OPEN TO THAT.

UM, I DO WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT EVERY RECOMMENDATION THAT MENTIONS A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND AGREED TO BY THAT DEPARTMENT. AND THEY HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT. I CANNOT SPEAK

TO THAT, BUT THERE SHE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEED FOR A WARM LINE. THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM. I YIELD. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS YIELDS. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I'LL GO TO VICE MAYOR AZIM. UM, UH, THE

AMENDMENTS ARE BEFORE US, RIGHT? THE AMENDMENTS ARE BEFORE US, YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO CALL A QUESTION. OKAY. SO VICE MAYOR AZIM HAS CALLED A QUESTION. THERE'LL BE TWO VOTES. FIRST ON CALLING A

QUESTION, THAT'S A YES OR NO VOTE. AND THEN ON THE AMENDMENTS THEMSELVES. SO, UH, TO CALL ON C- CALLING THE QUESTION, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES.

COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI?

YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. WE GO... THE CALLING THE QUESTION IS PASSED, SO WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO VOTING ON THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE US DURING A ROLL CALL.

COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM. YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY. PRESENT. PRESENT. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA

WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI. YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE EIGHT MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE RECORDED IS PRESENT. WE HAVE AN AMENDED POLICY ORDER BEFORE US.

COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE AMENDED POLICY, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS ORDER. UM, DEFINITELY WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO

WROTE TO US ON THIS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO WROTE AGAINST IT, AND THANK YOU TO THE TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS WHO ARE BEING VULNERABLE AND SHARING THEIR STORIES. THIS IS NOT AN EASY TOPIC TO NAVIGATE,

ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING IT'S A VERY STIGMATIZED TOPIC, IN PART DUE TO THE MORAL AND SOCIAL JUDGMENTS AND THE SEVERITY OF HARM THAT CAN OCCUR. UM, I, I REALLY HOPE THAT DOESN'T CAUSE US TO CONTINUE

REFRAINING FROM HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, IT'S CONTINUED STIGMATIZATION CAN LEAD TO A LOT OF SHAME AND ISOLATION. UM, I DO BELIEVE THE CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE

ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN THIS, AND THIS PO ADDRESSES THEM. UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE COUNCILOR MCGOVERN SAYS, IT, IT TELLS US THAT WE ARE OPPOSING TRAFFICKING AND THE EXPLO- EXPLOITATION OF

MINORS. UM, THAT'LL NEVER BE OKAY, AND IT'S CALLING ON THE CITY TO WORK ON MAKING TRAFFICKING PREVENTION FOR LGBTQIA+ YOUTH A PRIORITY AS WELL AS THE FIR - REFERRAL LINE AND, UM, ANTI-POVERTY

MEASURES. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK DONE ON THIS AND I'LL YIELD. SO COUNCILLOR ALZUBI HAS MOVED TO ADD HERSELF AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THE, UH, AMENDED POLICY ORDER. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL

CALL. COUNCILOR ALZUZI. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILOR SABRINA WHEELER?

YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. AND NOW WE HAVE THIS AMENDED POLICY ORDER BEFORE US. I'LL JUST ECHO, UM, SOME OF

WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID AND, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO'S SPOKEN AND THE MANY GROUPS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WHO'VE REACHED OUT, UM, FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, AND TO OUR DIRECTOR, GREGORY, FOR, UM, YOUR

SUPPORT AND YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, UM, EXPERTISE, UM, AS WELL AS THE MANY, UH, ADVOCATES AND, UM, THOSE WHO REACHED OUT TO SPEAK. I THINK WHAT'S BECOME CLEAR IS THAT THERE'S, IS A DIVERSITY, UH, IN

EXPERIENCES OF SEX WORKERS AND I'M... I SPEAK FOR, WITH MY COLLEAGUES. I THINK BEING... WE ARE REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER FOR ALL AND ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, HOW WE

CAN PRIORITIZE THE THINGS THAT, UM, ARE IN OUR, UH, CONTROL, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME CONCRETE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, UM, HUMAN SERVICES, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING. SO, UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO'S,

UH, WORKED ON THIS. WITH THAT, I THINK - MADAM MAYOR. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS. THANK YOU VERY BRIEFLY. I AM CONCERNED. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE VOTING ON THAT DOES, UM,

TAKE ON PUBLIC SAFETY FOR A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT ARE ENGAGED IN A LEVEL OF EMPLOY- EMPLOYMENT, BUT SOME PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T, ARE NOT AS SUPPORTIVE OF AS WE ARE. AND I JUST

THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO MENTION THIS IN SOME WAY TO, UH, OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT WERE IN OUR BORDERS. I'VE MENTIONED MIT, HARVARD, AND THE DC ARE TO AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW THAT WE

HAVE SUPPORTED SO THAT THEY KNOW OUR THINKING, THAT THEY KNOW WHERE OUR, UM, SENTIMENTS LIE, AND THAT THEY WILL OBSERVE BEHAVIOR. WE CAN'T MAKE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WORK FOR US, BUT TO LET THEM

KNOW... TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS A STANCE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT THEM TO BE AWARE OF IT AND TO FOLLOW SUIT. I YIELD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SIMMONS. I, I AGREE IT IS A

IMPORTANT POINT, AND I THINK, UM, DIRECTOR, UH, GREGORY, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF, SOME PIECE OF THAT. SO HEARING FROM NO ONE ELSE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE AMENDED POLICY ORDER.

COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY? PRESENT. PRESENT. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA

WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE EIGHT MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE RECORDED AS PRESENT. SO THE POLICY ORDER AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED. I

WANTED TO GO BACK TO CHARTER RIGHT NUMBER ONE. WE - MISSED A VOTE. WE MISSED A VOTE. THE VOTE, THE AMENDMENT PASSED TO GET THE SUBSTITUTE, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO VOTE TO PASS IT. SO I ASK THAT WE DO

THAT ON A ROLL CALL. SO THAT WAS MY MISTAKE. WE JUST... WE BASICALLY HAD... WE PUT THE SUBSTITUTE BEFORE US AND THAT AMENDED THE ORIGINAL POLICY ORDER, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO VOTE THE POLICY ORDER AS

AMENDED. AS AMENDED. SO - WE VOTED THE SUBSTITUTION, BUT - I, I APOLOGIZE. IT'S MY FAULT. WE... IT'S... WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES.

COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. NO. NO. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? NO. UH, YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? NO. NO. NO. NO. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? NO. YOU'RE A NO. NO. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IS A NO.

COUNCILLOR SERENA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? NO. NO. VI - MAYOR SIDDIQUI. Y- YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE SIX MEMBERS RECORDING THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE RECORDED IN THE NEGATIVE. THE POLICY ORDER

AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED FROM CHARTER RIGHT NUMBER ONE. WE MOVE ON TO UNFINISHED [UNFINISHED BUSINESS] BUSINESS. THIS IS THE RESOLVING FUND ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A NEW REVOLVING FUND FOR THE RENEWABLE

ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TO SERVE THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL ENERGY USE. THIS WAS SA - PASSED TO A SECOND READING AND COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 14TH IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ORDAINED TODAY. SO I SAY WE GO

AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL ON ADOPTING THE RESOLVING F - REVOLVING FUND ORDINANCE. ON ORDINATION. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY. YES. YES. COUNCILOR

MCGOVERN. YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN. YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS. YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER. YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED

IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THE REVOLVING FUND ORDINANCE IS ORDAINED. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE 196 [COMMUNICATIONS] COMMUNICATIONS ON A MOTION BY COUNCILLOR ZUCI TO PLACE ALL COMMUNICATIONS ON

FILE. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? ABSENT. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? ABSENT.

COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. INTER RECORDED IS ABSENT. THERE ARE TWO THAT THE

COMMUNICATIONS ARE, UH, ARE ALL ON FILE. THERE ARE [RESOLUTIONS] TWO RESOLUTIONS. ARE THERE RESOLUTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL? HEARING NONE ON A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR AZIM, ADOPTING THE

RESOLUTIONS, MAKING THEM UNANIMOUS UPON ADOPTION. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? ABSENT. COUNCILLOR

NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? ABSENT. COUNCILLOR SABRINO-WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILOR AZUCI? YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. MAYOR SIM... UH, COUNCILLOR SIMMONS, YOU'RE VOTED AS A YES. YES. YES.

COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IS A YES. YOU HAVE NOT... EIGHT MEMBERS RECORDING THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE RECORDED IS ABSENT. THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. THERE ARE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS. THERE IS [COMMUNICATIONS

FROM OTHER CITY OFFICERS] ONE COMMUNICATION REPORT FROM OTHER CITY OFFICERS. WE'LL MOVE TO PLACE THAT ON FILE ON A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR AZEEM. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. COUNCILLOR

ALZUBI. YES. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES.

YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THAT COMMUNICATION REPORT FROM OTHER CITY OFFICERS IS PLACED ON FILE. WE MOVE [LATE

AGENDA ITEMS REQUIRING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES PER RULE 36A] ON TO LATE RESOLUTIONS. WE DO HAVE SOME LATE RESOLUTIONS, SO WE'LL SUSPEND THE RULES. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL ON SUSPENSION AND THEN GO TO THE

LATE RESOLUTIONS. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. YES. VICE MAYOR AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN. UH, YES, BUT IF THEY COULD BE SENT TO ME, THAT'D BE

GREAT. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES. MAYOR SIDDIQUI. YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDING THE AFFIRMATIVE. WE ARE... THE

SUSPENSION PASSES. WE'RE ONTO THE LATE RESOLUTIONS. THERE ARE FOUR LATE RESOLUTIONS. COUNCILLOR ZUCI, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO PULL TWO AND THREE. NUMBER TWO IS TO HONOR, UM,

STEVE KAISER, UH, WHO I THINK MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW. STEVE HAS BEEN, UM, HAS PNEUMONIA, AND HE'S BEEN AT MOUNT AUBURN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. UH, HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE MOVING TO REHAB VERY SHORTLY. BUT,

UH, ANYWAY, THIS, THIS RESOLUTION WAS INSPIRED BY VINC - MINKA VAN BUZIKOM, WHO JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD GIVE STEVE A LIFT. UH, STEVE HAS, YOU KNOW, HE'S THREE DEGREES. UM, VICE MAYOR AZIM, I KNOW YOU'VE

GOT ONE REALLY GREAT DEGREE FROM MIT, BUT STEVE HAS THREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, AND HE HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO REALLY BEING, UM, UH, A CITIZEN ENGINEER AND HISTORIAN AND EX- EXTRAORDINARY WHAT

HE'S ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE CITY. AND I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW OF HIS WORK, UM, TO RECORD THE HISTORY OF THE INNER BELT. HE NOT ONLY WROTE... IF YOU GO TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WEBSITE, THERE'S A

LOT OF STUFF THERE THAT HE DRAFTED, AND HE ALSO, UH, ORGANIZED ALL THESE INTERVIEWS, THESE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THE INNER BELT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WOULD'VE TORN UP CAMBRIDGEPORT AND,

UH, UH, IT WOULD'VE BEEN HORRIBLE FOR THE CITY. SO I'M JUST, UM, PLEASE THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS, UM, ABOUT STEVE'S HEALTH AND LET'S ALL APPRECIATE HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS. UM, I ALSO WROTE A POLICY

ORDER ABOUT BONNIE'S. WE'RE GONNA MISS BONNIE'S GARDEN CENTER. AND THEN ALSO, I'M HONORING PETER DECAMPAIGNS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HIS ARTWORK. HE WAS VERY INFLUENCED BY NOGUCHI, BUT

HIS... HE DIED A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT HE IS GOING TO BE REMEMBERED AT AN EVENT, UH, IN OCTOBER. IT'LL BE THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. BUT, UM, I VISITED HIS STUDIO JUST RECENTLY, AND IT WAS

ONE OF THE MOST MAGICAL PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN IN THE CITY. UM, ANYWAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO HIS EXTRAORDINARY WORK. HE WAS AN EARLY CAMBRIDGEPORT OPEN STUDIOS ARTIST, AND VERY, VERY

SUPPORTIVE OF OTHER ARTISTS AS WELL. SO, UM, UM, PLEASE JOIN ME IN H- HONORING HIS LEGACY AS AN ARTIST AND, UH, MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR ZUCI FOR, UH, YOUR

COMMENTS. MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES, COUNCILLOR NOLAN, AND THEN COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY. YEAH, THESE... MANY OF THESE ARE WONDERFUL, A- ALTHOUGH I DON'T... AND I JUST LOOKED THEM UP ONLINE WITH THE LATE ORDERS.

I DIDN'T HAVE THEM EARLIER, BUT UN- UN- UNLESS THERE'S A TIMELINESS, I THINK IT WOULD BE OUR RULES PRACTICE SAY THAT ANY LATE RESOLUTION SHOULD ONLY BE BROUGHT IN AS LATE RESOLUTIONS SO THAT THE

COMMUNITY CAN KNOW, UM, IF THERE'S A REASON, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S SOME KIND OF SERVICE. SO JUST IN THE FUTURE, IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW WHY WHEN THINGS ARE SUBMITTED LATE, YOU KNOW, THE

RATIONALE FOR IT, BECAUSE IT, IT, I THINK, DOES THE COMMUNITY A DISSERVICE TO NOT HAVE IT BE ON THE FULL REGULAR AGENDA. RIGHT. THE REASON - SORY, COUNCILLOR ZUCI. WE DO... DON'T HAVE A MEETING NEXT

WEEK, UM, SO... BUT, UH, I AGREE WITH YOU. UM, WE'LL, JUST TO, IN FUTURE, IN THE FUTURE WHEN FOLKS SPEAK ABOUT IT, YOU COULD SAY WHY YOU'RE BRINGING THEM IN LATE. UH, COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY. THROUGH YOU,

MADAM MAYOR, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO BE ADDED AS A, UH, CO-SPONSOR. I THINK EVERYBODY GETS ADDED ON THE RESOLUTIONS, BUT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO BARNEYS. WHAT A GREAT PLACE, TREMENDOUS

FAMILY, VERY CONNECTED WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT I FILED, THE BOGLISI FAMILY FROM THE MOUNT AUBURN NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, LEGENDS IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. AND WHEN I VISITED THEM

RECENTLY, UH, A LITTLE KNOWN FACT IS THE MOUNT AUBURN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS A BASKETBALL LEAGUE WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS, WAS PLAYED AT GLACKIN, AND I WAS GIVEN A CD OF, UM, PLAYERS THAT HAD

BEEN FILMED BACK IN THE EARLY '70S PLAYING THERE, AND THEY WERE GIVE... THEY GAVE ME THE CD TO GIVE TO MY ANCIENT AND DECREPIT FATHER BECAUSE HE PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS A FABULOUS

BASKETBALL PLAYER. AND I THINK THAT THE CD DEMONSTRATED THAT IT'S TRUE. HIS NEXT ASSIST WILL BE HIS FIRST ASSIST. HE SHOT EVERY TIME HE GOT THE BALL. THAT'S THE POINT. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY,

FOR SHARING. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT ALL OF THESE LATE RESOLUTIONS, NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, MAKING THEM UNANIMOUS UPON ADOPTION. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI. YES. VICE MAYOR

AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. YES.

MAYOR SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. ON A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR AZEEM TO ADJOURN. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCILLOR ALZUBI? YES. YES. VICE MAYOR

AZIM? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR NOLAN? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR SIMMONS? YES. COUNCILLOR SABRINA WHEELER? YES. YES. COUNCILLOR ZUCI? YES. MAYOR

SIDDIQUI? YES. YES. AND YOU HAVE NINE MEMBERS RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. WE'RE ADJOURNED. GOODNIGHT. IT'S 9:04. SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The

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