R TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. YOU CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON.COM. FORGE CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE USE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR
DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU.
DID WE LOSE QUORUM WITH OKAY. WE HAVEN'T DONE YET THE ROLL CALL SO I'M HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL WALK IN RIGHT BEFORE WE MAKE IT.
OKAY. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. HERE.
COUNCILOR BREADON HERE. COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN HERE. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HERE. COUNCILOR FLYNN.
COUNCILORS AROUND HERE. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. COUNCILOR I'M HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY HERE. COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR PEPEN HERE.
COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR UNTIL 24 SEE SOMEONE AS A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY. REVEREND FATHER ALEXANDROS PRETORIAN OF SATAN NOTORIOUS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IN ROSLINDALE WHO WILL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION
INVITED BY COUNCILOR PEPEN. MADAM CLERK AND DID YOU ALSO GET COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A MATTER. COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA IS PRESIDENT WITH US. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ALONGSIDE FATHER
PRETORIAN AND AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
COUNCILOR BEN THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I AM HONORED TO HAVE A NEWLY PRESIDING PRIEST OF ROSLYN,
THOSE BELOVED SAINT VICTORIA'S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. REVEREND FATHER ALEXANDROS PRETORIAN BORN IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA OF GREEK AND ROMANIAN DESCENT. FATHER ALEX COMES TO SANITARIOS
FROM HIS PREVIOUS POSITION AT THE HOLY TRINITY HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IN FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS. FATHER ALEX BEGAN HIS SERVICE AT THE ORTHODOX SEMINARY IN BUCHAREST WHERE HE STUDIED AND
GRADUATED WITH HONORS IN 2002. HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY IN BUCHAREST FOR HIS UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES AFTER TWO YEARS OF STRONG GRADES. HE COMPETED FOR AND SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED A
SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE GREEK MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO CONTINUE HIS STUDIES IN ATHENS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY IN THERE THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC THEOLOGY. AS HE APPROACHED THE END OF HIS
STUDIES, FATHER ALEX WAS ORDAINED TO THE DIACONATE AND PRIESTHOOD OF THE GREEK ARCHDIOCESE OF ATHENS. HE CONTINUED HIS TRAINING AT THE ARCHDIOCESE INSTITUTE OF MINISTRY FOCUSING ON YOUTH,
FAMILY AND MODERN METHODS OF PASTORAL CARE FOR HIS WORK AND DILIGENCE HE WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED RANK OF PROTOCOL PERSON VITERRA
WHICH EFFECTIVELY MEANS ARCH PRIEST BY HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS IN ALL GREECE URANIUM DU RHONE. THE SECOND FATHER ALEX CAME TO THE BOSTON AREA IN 2022 WHEN HE
ACCEPTED A SCHOLARSHIP FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDIES IN THEOLOGY AT THE HELLENIC COLLEGE OF HOLY CROSS IN BROOKLINE. FATHER HAS STUDIED ANCIENT LATIN, ANCIENT GREEK AND ANCIENT SLAVONIC.
HE AND HE OF COURSE SPEAKS ROMANIAN AND GREEK AND ALSO HAS PROFICIENT IN MANY OTHER LANGUAGES. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM IN ROSLINDALE SANITARIOS HIM IN ROSLINDALE. SANITARIOS CHURCH IN WROCLAW IS A STAPLE OF THE GREEK COMMUNITY.
I'M SAD THAT OUR CLERK IS NOT HERE TODAY WHO IS A VERY STRONG SUPPORTER OF THIS CHURCH AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT I DID IN TIME THIS THIS WAY. BUT IT'S PERFECT BECAUSE ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IS
A GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL IN ROSLYN I'VE ONTARIO'S CHURCH WHICH IS A STAPLE IN MY DISTRICT AND I INVITE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO SHOW UP. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EVENT IN HIS CHURCH SO NOW LIKE TO TURN IT
OVER TO FATHER ALEX HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND ESPECIALLY THE HONORABLE ENRIQUE PIPPIN FOR THE INVITATION AND TO OFFER THE
INDOCTRINATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING. IT IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME AS THE PRIEST OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SEEN VICTORIOUS IN ROSLINDALE AND FOR OUR FOOD FOR PROUD RESIDENTS OF THE CITY MAYOR WHO
HAS RECENTLY STATED THAT BOSTON'S LONGSTANDING BUSINESSES SERVE AS ANCHORS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES CONNECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY
EVEN BEFORE BUSINESSES EXISTED IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE FIRST COLONISTS WHO FOUNDED THE TOWN ESTABLISHED THE FIRST COMMUNITY OF FAITH BY WALKING
THE FREEDOM TRAIL ONE CAN SEE THAT BOSTON IS BUILT AROUND MANY FAITH BASED COMMUNITIES. FAITH IN GOD WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN THE HEART OF THIS CITY AS IT
IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE HEARTS OF MANY OF ITS RESIDENTS IN THE CITY WHOSE STONES STILL BEAR THE ECHO OF THE FIRST SETTLERS FOOTSTEPS. WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH THE
CRISIS AS IS OUR COUNTRY. THE CHALLENGE, HOWEVER, IS NOT LOCATED PRIMARILY PRIMARILY IN ITS VISIBLE MANIFESTATIONS IN THE ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, IN THE UNBRIDLED TECHNOLOGICAL
PROGRESS THAT PLACE IS UNDER QUESTION THE VERY CONCEPT OF HUMAN AGENCY. BUT IN SOMETHING MORE PROFOUND IN AN UNDERLYING CONDITION THAT PERMITS THESE PHENOMENA TO
MANIFEST WITH SUCH DESTRUCTIVE INTENSITY THE DIAGNOSIS, THE LACK OF PEACE AND UNITY, THE DISTORTION OF THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN COMPLETENESS PROMOTES
ISOLATION, EXPLOITATION AND ENVIRONMENT WHILE DESTRUCTION MAN SEIZES TO BE CONCEIVED AS A RELATION AND BEING FOUNDED ON A TRANSCENDENT REALITY AND IT'S
CONVERTED INTO AN AUTONOMOUS UNIT THAT CLAIMS ITS WELL-BEING AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS AND OF THE NATURAL WORLD. INTEGRATION IS THE PURSUIT OF WHOLENESS IN EVERY ENDEAVOR
WHETHER OF PEACEMAKING, JUSTICE, RESTORATION OR HEALING REINTEGRATION IS THE CORRECTIVE MEASURE NECESSITATED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR HUMANITY WHICH INEVITABLY LEADS TO THE
DEGRADATION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT OF ALL IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THOSE WHO DO NOT CARE FOR THEIR SIBLINGS WILL CERTAINLY NOT CARE FOR THEIR HOME, THEIR CITY OR THEIR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS WHY WE ARE NOW RAISING OUR HANDS IN PRAYER TO GOD AND SAY LORD JESUS CHRIST OUR GOD YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF LIFE AND PEACE IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. POUR OUT THE GRACE OF YOUR
PEACE ON THE WORLD TROUBLED BY WAR AND HATRED EXTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCES AND HOSTILITY BETWEEN HUMANS AND POOR INTO THE HEARTS OF ALL HUMILITY.
PEACE AND GOODNESS GIVE HELP TO THE SUFFERING PROTECTION TO THE REFUGEES AND THE HOMELESS, COMFORT TO THE ALIENATED AND SORROWFUL AND GIVE US ALL THE WILL AND STRENGTH TO HELP WITH
ALL OUR HEARTS ANYONE WHO SUFFERS YOU SAID BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS FOR THEY WILL BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD. TEACH US TO SEEK TO ACQUIRE PEACE OF HEART AND PEACE AMONG
PEOPLES FOR IN THE HEART IN WHICH PEACE IS FOUND THERE IS NO LONGER HOSTILITY LOVE OF DOMINION OR FEAR BUT THE CONSTELLATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE LOVE OF GOD AND
LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBORS. FOR THIS WE HUMBLY PRAY TO YOUR CHRIST OUR GOD FOR PEACE AMONG THE PEOPLE IN EVERY COUNTRY IN OUR COUNTRY AND THIS CITY FOR PEACE AMONG PEOPLES AND FOR THE
WELFARE OF THE WHOLE WORLD THAT WE MAY LIVE IN HARMONY AND WE MAY WORK WITHOUT HINDRANCE. INDEED SQUEEZING TO YOU GLORIFY THE PHILANTHROPIC LOVE OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT NOW ENDEAVOR AND THROUGH THE AGES OF AGES AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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 PATRIOTS. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. PEP BAND AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL INVOCATION,
FATHER AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON YOUR INSTALLMENT. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNSELOR'S? MARIA AND WEBER ARE NOW PRESENT
AND WITH US. OKAY AND WEBER OKAY. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS OUR
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES IN THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 17TH MEETING ARE APPROVED.
WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1690 DOCKET NUMBER 1690 ON MESSAGE AN ORDER
FOR APPROVAL AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $2,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF FEASIBILITY STUDY AND
SCHEMATIC DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT FOR THE ROUTE THAT'S AN ACADEMY FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE JOHN W MCCORMICK SCHOOL LOCATED AT 315 MOUNT VERNON STREET DORCHESTER, MASS.
OR TWO 1 TO 5. THIS INCLUDE THE PAYMENT OF ALL THE COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED DARE TO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A
GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY B SBA SAID AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC FACILITY DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1690 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 169131697
DOCKET NUMBER 191691 MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCESS, ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,998
$372.80 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FOR PHOTO WI0A YOUTH PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS HIRE DEPARTMENT OF COURSE
CAREER SERVICES ARE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND A COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM TO SERVE L.A. ILLEGIBLE YOUTH AGED 14 TO 24 WHO FACE BARRIERS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT DOCKET 1692
MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,559.60 $5.50 IN THE
FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE W II OR A ADULT ACTIVITIES AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS HIRE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND SERVICES TO HELP JOB SEEKERS ACCESS EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION, SKILL TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIPS AND
SUPPORT SERVICES. DOCKET 1693 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
OF $1,040,435 AND $0.67 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WAGNER PIZER PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS HIGHER DEPARTMENT OF CAREER
SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE INDIVIDUAL RE EMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
CLAIMANT AND AS WELL AS PREVENT AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFITS PAYMENT AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION RESOURCES AND
PROGRAMS. DOCKET 1694 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
OF $966,006 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WI0A DISLOCATED WORKERS GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MUCH
HIGHER DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SO GRANT WOULD FINALLY PROGRAM TO HELP DISLOCATED WORKERS GET BACK TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND
OVERCOME BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT . DOCKET 1695 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
OF $884,111 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE ONE STOP CAREER CENTER GRANT AWARDED BY MASS HIGHER DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND COMPREHENSIVE CAREER SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS SUCH AS REVIEWING
JOB POSTING CAREER COUNSELING AND JOB COACHING EDUCATION SKILLS TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANT DOCTOR.
1696 WAS WITHDRAWN. DOCKET 1697 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
OF $107,334 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE W II OR E DISLOCATION WORKERS ADMINISTRATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASSED THROUGH THE
MUCH HIGHER DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES. TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND INDIVIDUAL CAREER SERVICES AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR DISLOCATED WORKERS
TO REJOIN THE WORKFORCE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 169121697 WILL BE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AS MADAM COURT STATED DOCKET NUMBER 1696 WAS WITHDRAWN. MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1698 DOCKET
NUMBER 1698. MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF RELATIVE TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DOCKET NUMBER 1636 PASSED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER EIGHT, 2025. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1698 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS ON PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 169921716
DOCKET 1699 NO. THIS WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA HENLEY AS ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE
AND CULTURE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 DOCKET 1700 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF AN APPOINTMENT OF ANTONIO SALVADOR
P S Y D AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION 42 EXPIRING JULY 1ST, 2028 DOCKET 1701 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF HASSAN MUHAMMAD AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR YOUR TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST, 2028 DOCKET 1702 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED
FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ALISON CAVALLO WHO AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR THE
TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST, 2028 DOCKET 1703. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LAURENCE JUSTICE AS A MEMBER
OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING TO JULY 1ST 2028. DOCKET 170 FOR NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MALIK AZIZ AS A
MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR YOUR TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST 2028. DOCKET 1705. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF SHAREEF SMITH AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR HIS TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST 2028. DOCKET 1706. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE
MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD KELLEY CAMERON AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JULY FIRST, 2028.
DOCKET 1707. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GERALD FERGUSON AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR THE TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST, 2028.
DOCKET 1708. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MATTINGLY COVID AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING
JULY 1ST, 2028. DOCKET 17019. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. RUFUS J. FALK AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK
MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST, 2028. DOCKET 1710. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RUDY LANDER AS A MEMBER
OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR THE TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST 2028. DOCKET 1711. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE FROM THE CITY CLERK'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX
OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979. ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF APRIL NINE, 2025. DOCKET 1712.
NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED
UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING ON AUGUST 27, 2025. DR. 1713. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE
CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS
MEETING ON SEPTEMBER TEN, 2025. DOCKET 1714 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN AND OPPOSITION TO BILL S1 393 AN ACT RELATIVE
TO PREVENTING OVERDOSE DEATH AND INCREASING ACCESS TO TREATMENT. DOCKET 1715 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING COMMUNITY OPPOSITION TO PLANT
DUMPING DOCKET 1716 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILOR DURKAN REGARDING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECISION TO CANCEL THE 20 MILLION ROXBURY RESILIENT CORRIDORS GRANT THANK
YOU. THESE DOCKETS WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCILOR FLYNN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A COMMUNICATION CULTURE. FLYNN. YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON DOCKET 1715 AND THAT WAS REGARDING THE PLAN DOWNTOWN. I WANT TO KEEP MY COLLEAGUES POSTED THAT I TESTIFIED WITH MY CONSTITUENTS IN PERSON AND IN
WRITING AT THE BPD BOARD IN OPPOSITION TO PLAN DOWNTOWN. I WAS ALSO WITH SOUTH END RESIDENTS BACK BAY RESIDENTS BEACON HILL DOWNTOWN BOSTON BAY
VILLAGE, CHINATOWN RESIDENTS AS WELL. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDING COUNCILOR MURPHY,
REPRESENTATIVE AARON MARKOWITZ AND RUPTURE LIVINGSTON AS WELL CITY RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF PLANNED DOWNTOWN BOSTON
CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THEIR FRUSTRATION THAT THE LATEST AMENDMENT TO ALLOW TOWER'S 500 FEET IN HEIGHT CLOSE TO BOSTON COMMON AND PUBLIC GARDEN WAS
ANOTHER DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE PLAN. A KEY AREA MY CONSTITUENTS HIGHLIGHTED IS THAT THE PLAN FAILS TO MEET ON SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH WOULD
NOT ONLY PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE WORKFORCE MIDDLE MARKET INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS WE SO DESPERATELY NEED. IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE MUCH
NEEDED FOOT TRAFFIC TO THE CORE OF THE CITY. THERE ARE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS LACKED SINCE THE OUTSET OF THE PANDEMIC. RESIDENTS FELT THEY WERE NOT
HEARD OR RESPECTED DURING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. SEVERAL OF THE SEVERAL OF MY CITY COUNCILORS SPOKE IN FAVOR OF IT.
UM DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL IS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILORS. MANY OF THEM DIDN'T SPEAK ABOUT THEIR OPINION ON THIS ISSUE. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT RESIDENTS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
MUST BE HEARD AND RESPECTED REGARDING WHAT TAKES PLACE THERE THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE IN THIS PROCESS. IT'S ABOUT RESPECT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND TRISH, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FILLING IN TODAY AND
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THIS NUMBER 0323 AND 1618 DR. 03234 FOR A
HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF CORY ON ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES DOCKET 1618 HERE HERE IN ORDER REGARDING IMMEDIATE REFORM TO
BACKGROUND CHECKS SEX OFFENDERS SCREENING AN ONGOING STABILITY REVIEW FOR CITY OF BOSTON HIRING UNEMPLOYMENT. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HELD A HEARING ON TWO DOCKETS DOCKETS
THREE, TWO, THREE AND 1618 WHICH THE 3 TO 3 DEALT WITH EXPANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS AND 1618 DEALT
WITH GENERAL HIRING PRACTICES WHERE IT CONCERNS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS. HIRING BY THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE HEARINGS WERE SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS FLYNN, MURPHY, MEJIA, PIPPIN AND FITZGERALD
AND WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 29TH AND AUGUST 27TH. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR FLYNN COUNSELOR BRAEDEN COUNSELOR MURPHY
COUNSELOR DURKIN COUNSELOR HERE AND PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNSELOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA FOR ATTENDING. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVES AN ABSENCE LETTER FROM COUNCILOR EARL. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
ADMINISTRATION CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER ALEX LAWRENCE, CHIEF OF HUMAN SERVICES JOSE MARZO AND SENIOR LABOR ADVISER LEW MANN DORINE FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AS WELL AND TESTIMONY WE HAD A SECOND PANEL
OF ADVOCATES WHICH I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. THAT WAS MAC HUTSON FROM PRISONERS LEGAL SERVICES AARON MANNING FROM PROJECT PLACE AND
MATEO FILIPPI FROM BOSTON PROJECT REBOUND AND FULL GOSPEL BUSINESSMEN'S FELLOWSHIP OF GREATER BOSTON WHO I THOUGHT PROVIDED INVALUABLE TESTIMONY
TO THE SEC ON THE SECOND PANEL DURING THE HEARING WE WE TALKED ABOUT AND WE HEARD ABOUT THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RETURNING CITIZENS AND THOSE
WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS AND BALANCING THAT NEED WITH THE NEED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE HEARD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE PROCEDURES FOR HIRING AND THE
NEED FOR A CASE BY CASE APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO DETERMINING IF AN INDIVIDUAL'S CRIMINAL RECORD MAKES THEM UNFIT FOR A PARTICULAR JOB.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE ADVOCATES WHO TALKED ABOUT THE SECOND SENTENCE SOMEONE SERVES THAT'S YOU KNOW YOU HEAR YOUR FOUND GUILTY IN COURT, YOU GO TO PRISON, YOU SERVE YOUR
SENTENCE, YOU COME OUT AND THEN YOU START SERVING YOUR SECOND SENTENCE WHERE YOU FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND A JOB HOUSING AN END. YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN REMOVE THE
BARRIERS TO PEOPLE AFTER THEY GET OUT OF PRISON? AND WE ALSO HEARD HOW ONE OF THE SUREFIRE WAYS TO TO RAISE THE RECIDIVISM RATE IS TO
ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO LEAVE PRISON CAN'T FIND JOBS OR HOUSING. AND SO THEY ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AN APPROACH THAT GIVES PEOPLE WHO WITH A
CRIMINAL RECORD A FAIR SHAKE WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS. IT WAS GREAT GETTING THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO ATTEND AND
ASK QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MY RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS DOCKET OR THESE DOCKETS REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN AT THIS TIME TRAVELING TO THE FLOOR AND YOU KNOW TERRIBLY SORRY. SORRY. YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR WEBER FOR CHAIRING AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND THANK THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL BUT
ALSO THE TESTIMONY AND THE THE THE TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY IS A CRITICAL PART OF THIS THIS DISCUSSION. I BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A AN
IMPORTANT BALANCE OF ENSURING THAT WHEN WE DO HIRE SOMEONE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT WE DO CONDUCT A BACKGROUND CHECK ESPECIALLY IF THAT PERSON IS WORKING WITH CHILDREN OR IN THE
PUBLIC. I DO BELIEVE AND MANY PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH ME BUT I DO BELIEVE A LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER DISQUALIFIES SOMEONE FROM WORKING FOR THE CITY
OF BOSTON IN MY OPINION. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR RETURNING CITIZENS. THIS IS WHAT I DID AS A PROBATION OFFICER FOR EIGHT
YEARS I I WORKED ON THIS ISSUE AND HELPED RETURNING CITIZENS GET INTO EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING,
RECOVERY SERVICES AND THIS IS A SUBJECT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON. AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANY OF THE OTHER SPONSORS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER, FOR HOLDING A REALLY GREAT HEARING WHEN I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR WONDERFUL INSIGHT AND A GREAT GREAT ADVOCATE PANEL THAT CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE US TO DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR EVERYONE AMONG US.
THESE DOCKETS WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1411 OH, SORRY. APOLOGIES.
MADAM CLERK, COULD WE PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA IS NOW PRESENT IN WITH US? DO WE HAVE HER? DID I GET EVERYONE? YES. OKAY. AWESOME. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE?
SO DOCKET NUMBER 0323 AND 1618 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1411. DOCKET NUMBER 1411. MESSAGE ON ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO ADOPT A
LIQUOR LICENSE CONVERSION AS A LOCAL OPTION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL RECORD AS A PART OF THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT.
DOCKET 1411 IS A LOCAL OPTION PROVIDED UNDER MASS GENERAL LAW CHAPTER 138 SECTION 12 D UPON ACCEPTANCE OF WHICH MUNICIPALITIES MAY ALLOW WINE
AND MALT LICENSEES TO TRADE IN THAT LICENSE FOR NONTRANSFERABLE ALL ALCOHOL LICENSE UNDER THE CONDITION THAT THE LOCAL BOARD HOLDS A HEARING AND VOTES AND THE STATE
BOARD ALSO APPROVES THE CATEGORY CHANGE AND THE UPGRADE DOES NOT INCREASE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LICENSES ALLOTTED FOR THE CITY. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT CHAIRMAN AARON MARKOWITZ WHO IS
PROVISION THIS WAS DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS LAST YEAR OF THE HORMEL PETITION THAT WE HAD SENT UP. THIS COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND TO DISCUSS THIS DOCKET. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY
FROM PANELIST SHAGUN DOWELL, CHIEF OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION KATHLEEN JOYCE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MACAO AND DANNY GREEN, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE LICENSING
BOARD FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THE PANELISTS REVIEWED THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF LIQUOR LICENSES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SOME LICENSES ARE RESTRICTED BY ZIP CODE NEIGHBORHOOD OR MAIN
STREET DISTRICT DESIGNATION AND SOME ARE UNRESTRICTED AND TRANSFERABLE. FOLLOWING THE MOST RECENT INCREASE IN 2020 FOR THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ALLOTTED 677 TRANSFERABLE ALL ALCOHOL
LICENSES AND HAS ISSUED APPROXIMATELY 375 MALT AND WINE LICENSES. THE LOCAL OPTION PRESENTED IN THIS DOCKET WOULD BE ANOTHER TOOL IN THE ECONOMIC TOOLBOX FOR LOCAL RESTAURANT OWNERS TO
POSSIBLY EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS BY TRADING IN AN EXISTING MALT AND WINE LICENSE FOR AN ALL ALCOHOL ONE. THE PROCESS FOR LICENSE CONVERSION SHOULD THE LOCAL OPTION PASS WAS EXPLAINED AS
FOLLOWS. INTERESTED MALT AND WINE LICENSEES WOULD SUBMIT A CHANGE OF CATEGORY APPLICATION WHICH INCLUDES CERTIFICATION OF GOOD STANDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DEPARTMENT
OF UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. APPROXIMATELY $470 WORTH OF FEES. THE CITY'S LICENSING BOARD UPON APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION MAKES A FINDING A PUBLIC NEED AND SENDS THE APPLICATION TO
THE STATE'S ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL COMMISSION. FOLLOWING THE ABC APPROVAL, THE BUSINESSES TRADE IN THEIR MOLTEN WINE LICENSE OR WHATEVER KIND OR EXCUSE ME OF WHATEVER TIME AND RECEIVES A
NONTRANSFERABLE ALL ALCOHOL LICENSE PURSUANT TO THE LAW WHEN THE BUSINESS NO LONGER HAS A NEED FOR THEIR LICENSE. IT WOULD RETURN TO THE POOL FROM WHICH IT ORIGINATED FROM. THE ADMINISTRATION PLEDGED
THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXPEDITING THE CONVERSION PROCESS FOR ALL INTERESTED BUSINESSES AND TO INTRODUCE AN OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THAT BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY ARE
INFORMED ABOUT THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WAS RECEIVED IN SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL OPTIONS OPTION WITH BUSINESSES TESTIFYING TO THE POSITIVE IMPACT AND ALL ALCOHOL LICENSE
WOULD HAVE ON THEIR OPERATIONS. CONCERNS WERE RAISED ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF THE LOCAL OPTION TO NONTRANSFERABLE ALL ALCOHOL LICENSES WHILE THE LOCAL OPTION DOES NOT ALLOW THE CITY TO ALTER THOSE TERMS.
THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION POSSIBLE WAYS TO ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN FOR BUSINESSES OF TRADING IN A LICENSE HELD AS AN ASSET UNDER THESE CONDITIONS SUCH AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, THE COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION PROGRAM
AND EXPIRATION OF TAX BENEFITS AT THE STATE LEVEL. THE LOCAL OPTION PROVIDES AN IMMENSE NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO EXPAND THEIR ALCOHOLIC OFFERINGS AS PREVIOUSLY ALL ALCOHOL LICENSES
COULD ONLY BE OBTAINED THROUGH A POOL OF EXISTING LICENSES WHICH WERE RARELY AVAILABLE. THE LOCAL OPTION REASONABLY EXPANDS OPPORTUNITY TO SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY TO HELP THEM INCREASE PROFIT
MARGINS AND COMPETE IN THE INDUSTRY BUT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY EXISTING ASSETS AWAY FROM THOSE WHO WISH TO KEEP THEM. SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS LISTED
DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ACCOUNTS RECORD AS A PARTNER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ATTENDED THE THE MEETING AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
CHAIR FOR CONDUCTING IT. I DID ASK THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL FOR SOME FOLLOW UP INFORMATION SO IT COULD HELP ME MAKE A BETTER DECISION.
WHEN THE VOTE DID COME I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO COME UP THIS WEEK BUT I DID ASK FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM I BELIEVE DANNY GREEN.
I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION YET. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHAIR HAS RECEIVED IT OR NOT BUT I ALSO
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THERE WAS ONLY A HANDFUL OF CITY COUNCILORS AT THE HEARING AND IT WAS AN INFORMATIVE HEARING BUT THE CITY COUNCIL IS THAT WEREN'T HERE REALLY MISSED A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THAT
WAS PUT OUT ON THIS. WHETHER YOU SUPPORT IT OR YOU'RE AGAINST IT BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAKE AN INFORMED VOTE OR DECISION WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING HERE AND
LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION ENGAGING IN THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. JUST CUT AS A PARTY IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND THROUGH THE CHAIR.
AS A CHAIR YOU MAKE A LAW TO THE DRAWER THIS MORNING COUNTY DECLARED AS A PART OF YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR HIS GREAT QUESTIONS DURING THE HEARING. SO WE DID RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION THIS MORNING I BELIEVE THE ONE POINT
OF INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD ASKED FOR IS A BREAKDOWN BY NEIGHBORHOOD OF HOW MANY EXISTING MALT AND WINE LICENSES WE HAVE THAT ARE NON ALCOHOL AND SORRY THAT ARE NONTRANSFERABLE.
CITY WIDE IS 357 IN YOUR DISTRICT IT'S IT'S 89. YOU DID RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION THIS MORNING AND AGAIN I THINK EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON I WILL JUST SAY THAT
AS A LOCAL OPTION WE DO THIS QUITE OFTEN WHERE THE PROPOSAL IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND IT ALLOWS US TO UNLOCK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BOSTON TO SHARE IN OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH AT
LEAST FOR THIS ONE. FOR ME THIS PROPOSAL IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE HELD A HEARING AND I TRUST MY COLLEAGUES WHILE I CAN'T THE POLICE THEIR ATTENDANCE I TRUST MY COLLEAGUES TO READ THE MATERIAL AND TO GO WITH
WHATEVER DECISION THEY FEEL IS IS RIGHT. SO I'M READY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD IN MY PREROGATIVE AS CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK CHAIR
COLETTA FOR THE HEARING. I KNOW I DID HOST A HEARING LAST WEEK AND I WAS THE ONLY COUNCILOR THAT ATTENDED SO I SHARE, YOU KNOW, IN COUNCILOR FLYNN'S, YOU KNOW,
QUESTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE ATTENDING HEARINGS. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE TAKING PLACE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND BECAUSE I REPRESENT A DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAN EVERYONE ABOUT THE
AT-LARGE COUNCILORS, I KNOW THAT IT WASN'T PERSONAL. IT WAS JUST THAT YOU KNOW THAT FOLKS WEREN'T AVAILABLE. SO I'M READY TO VOTE YES. AND I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO
HEAR AT THE HEARING THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS FROM MY DISTRICT THAT ARE CONSIDERING THIS. SO AND GIVEN THAT THE LICENSING BOARD SAID THEY CAN MOVE QUICKLY, I WANT TO GIVE THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE WITH SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP THEIR LOCAL BUSINESS. SO I ACTUALLY AM A CHEERLEADER FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. IT'S A CORE PART OF WHAT I DO
SO I'LL BE VOTING YES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL PLENTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DID RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION.
MY STAFF TOLD ME AT 1152 THIS MORNING I WILL BE HONEST I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT FROM FROM 1150 TO THE START OF THE 12:00 MEETING.
I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT. I WOULD LIKE TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE. I'M NOT EXPECTING WE'RE GOING TO NOT HAVE THE VOTE TODAY BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO GIVE ME A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW DATA THROUGH THE CHAIR I TO THE
CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. JUST RESPECTFULLY I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE. THE INFORMATION THAT YOU RECEIVE SAYS THAT THERE'S 89 RESTAURANTS IN YOUR DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD CHANGE ANY DECISION MAKING BUT
I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. THANKS. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR ZAPATA FOR HOSTING THIS
HEARING. I SAID YESTERDAY THAT WAS IT YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE. I CAME IN EARLY AND ASKED MY ONE QUESTION AND HAD TO LEAVE BUT IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM
THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS WHO REALLY WANT THIS AS AN OPTION TO IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS MARGINS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY RICE WINE TO PEOPLE WHO COME TO THEIR RESTAURANTS FOR EVENTS.
AND LIKE THE CHIEF OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY STATED THIS IS REALLY A BUSINESS DECISION THAT EACH BUSINESS WILL HAVE TO MAKE. AND SO I THINK COUNCIL ZAPATA THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONE QUESTION FROM SOMEONE IN YOUR DISTRICT
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE ISSUES BUT I WANT TO SEE US HAVING MORE LOCAL OPTIONS. I WANT TO THANK THE STATE HOUSE FOR PUSHING THIS FORWARD FOR THE FOR FOR MAKING THIS
POSSIBLE AND I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I THINK IT BUILDS ON A LOT OF WORK THAT THIS BODY HAS BEEN DOING SINCE MY FIRST TERM LAST TERM TO MAKE LIQUOR LICENSES MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO OUR
SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND OUR RESTAURATEURS ALSO SEE TO THEIR EXCITEMENT. SO THANK YOU. WHAT ANYONE ELSE SO TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER COUNCILOR CLAUDIA
ZAPATA THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SEEKS SIX TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1411. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
CALL VOTE ON DR. ONE FOR ONE ONE COUNCILOR BREADON YES. CONCENTRATE ON YES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS THE BOROUGH COUNCIL THAT IS A FATHER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSENT OPEN?
YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
COUNCILOR HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COMES UP PREPARED. COUNCILOR PREPARED YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR YES. COUNCIL 0123456789 IN THE FORMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1411 HAS PASSED.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 0766 DOCKET NUMBER 0766. ORDER EXTENDING AND ENHANCING PROTECTIONS FOR TENANTS FACING
DISPLACEMENT DUE TO CONDOMINIUM OR CO-OPERATIVE COOPERATIVE CONVERGE ON IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
WE HELD AN INCREDIBLE HEARING YESTERDAY THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR BRAYTON FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD IN EVERY SINGLE CITY COUNCILOR BEFORE US, ALL OF OUR PREDECESSORS WHO WORKED
DILIGENTLY ON DATING BACK TO 1983 2019 ZIKA. 2021 LYDIA AND COUNCILOR ARROYO EVERYBODY. COUNCILOR FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS IN YEARS PAST. THIS IS ENSURING THAT THE CITY
OF BOSTON IS ALIGNING WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOMES ACT AS IT RELATES TO CONDO CONVERSION. WE HEARD FROM SHEILA DILLON, CHIEF AND DIRECTOR OF MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING KARINA OLIVER MILKMAN, DIRECTOR OF POLICY
DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND MAC A GREAT A LONG TIME ADVOCATE AND ACCESS ACCESS TO JUSTICE FELLOW AT GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES.
I WAS JOINED BY COUNCILORS BREADON FLYNN, FITZGERALD MCKEE AND MURPHY. CATHY BROWN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON TENANTS COALITION, WAS ALSO THERE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF THE EFFORT TO MAKE THIS ORDINANCE EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE.
THE LAST ORDINANCE OR THE ORDINANCE AMENDED IN 2021 CURRENTLY COVERS BUILDINGS WITH FOUR OR MORE UNITS AND REQUIRES A 12 MONTH NOTICE PERIOD FOR TENANTS AND PROVIDES TENANTS WITH THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND RELOCATION BENEFITS RANGING
FROM 10 TO 15000. THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED ALIGN WITH RECENT AMENDMENTS TO STATE LAW PASSED UNDER THE AFFORDABLE HOMES ACT AND WOULD EXPAND PROTECTIONS TO NON OCCUPIED BUILDINGS WITH TWO OR MORE
UNITS INCREASE THE GENERAL NOTICE PERIOD FROM 1 TO 2 YEARS AND EXTEND THE TIMELINE REQUIRED FOR A TENANT'S RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. AT THE HEARING MANY COUNCILMEMBERS EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR TIMELY ACTION AND
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON EXPANDING PROTECTED CLASSES AND IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING SHARED EXPANDING THE ORDINANCE TO TWO OR MORE UNIT BUILDINGS THAT ARE NON OWNER OCCUPIED IS
CRUCIAL TO ENSURING 97% OF RENTAL UNITS ARE PROTECTED TENANTS OF SMALLER BUILDINGS ARE OFTEN THE MOST IN NEED OF PROTECTIONS AS 91% OF UNITS LOST IN CONDO CONVERSIONS COME FROM LOW INCOME AREAS
OF BOSTON. COUNCILORS ASKED A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LOOKBACK PERIOD FOR DISPLACED TENANTS AND EXPANSION FOR PROTECTED CLASSES. WE TALKED ABOUT ESSENTIAL
IMPLEMENTATION AND CHALLENGE IT WITHIN THE OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS OF WAGE. WE ALSO DISCUSSED SEVERAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING
PROTECTED CLASSES AND HOW TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE STAFF CAPACITY WITHIN A WAGE. FIFTH, THERE WAS ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT FIRST TIME
HOMEBUYERS SO TRYING FIGURE THAT OUT THROUGH THE WORKING SESSION AND I THINK WITH THAT I'LL LEAVE THE REST OF THE COMMENTS FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR BREADON BUT JUST WANT
TO THANK EVERYBODY AGAIN FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND FOR SUCH A GREAT CONVERSATION. I'LL KEEP THIS IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CONCENTRATE ON YOU ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU. CONSIDER THE LETTERS OF THE CHARTER FOR FACILITATING THIS INCREDIBLE CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY. THIS ORDINANCE IS ALREADY ON OUR BOOKS.
IT'S WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF DECEMBER AND THIS IS A TO BRING US INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE THE LEGISLATION AT THE STATE HOUSE.
I FEEL THIS IS A REALLY TIMELY CONVERSATION TO HAVE. PROTECTIONS FOR LOW INCOME LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TENANTS ELDERS OLDER THAN 62 YEARS AND
FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES WERE THE PRIMARY PROTECTED CLASSES IN THE IN THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AND WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT EXPAND THAT AND I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD START TO THE
CONVERSATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING INTO THE DETAIL A LITTLE MORE IN A WORKING SESSION GOING FORWARD AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD MOVE THIS FORWARD IN A TIMELY WAY AND HAVE IT HAVE IT PASSED BY
THE END OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON. THIS DOCKET WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0322 DOCKET NUMBER 0322.
OH, SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN. WAS THAT ON COUNCILOR BREADON DOCKET. APOLOGIES, MADAM CLERK. ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT INCLUDING VETERANS AS A PROTECTED CLASS. THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS A PROTECTED CLASS AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ADDED INTO THIS CONVERSATION IF THEY ARE ADDED INTO THIS CONVERSATION IT'S LIKELY THAT I WILL WILL SUPPORT THIS. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT VETERANS ARE A PROTECTED
CLASS AND AT TIMES THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED LIKE THEY SHOULD BE UNDER THE LAW. SO I THINK I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE AS VETERANS AS WE DISCUSS THIS THIS PROPOSAL AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. AS OPPOSED TO IS THIS ON THIS? OKAY. THAT IS ABOUT TO AND THEN WE'RE MOVING ON COMFORTABLE? THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DID DISCUSS THIS AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL SUPPORT HERE AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT WAS MENTIONED MANY, MANY TIMES IN THIS HEARING THAT THE
ENABLING LEGISLATION WAS PASSED IN 1983 AND AS IT STANDS NOW, THE ONLY PROTECTED CLASSES THE ELDERLY, THE DISABLED, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME POPULATIONS. SO IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE VETERANS WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN A UNIT FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS POTENTIALLY EVEN UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS. SOME OF THEM ARE PART OF THAT BROADER UMBRELLA OF FOLKS WHO ARE LOW, LOW AND MODERATE
INCOME THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED MIGHT INCLUDE SOME SOME VETERANS AND OTHERS. BUT IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE AN ACCOMPANYING PIECE OF LEGISLATION. IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING THROUGH THIS AND DEFINITELY EXPLORING IT THROUGH THE WORK IN SESSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 150322
DOCKET NUMBER 0322 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS WASTE INITIAL OPERATION OF 911 SYSTEM AND CONTINGENCY PLANS IN CASE OF A911 SYSTEM OUTAGE.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR S.A. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET
NUMBERS 0322 ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 TO DISCUSS WAYS TO ENSURE OPERATIONS OF THE NINE ON ONE CALL SYSTEM AND CONTINGENCY PLANS IN CASE
OF A911 SYSTEM OUTAGE. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS AT FLYNN AND COUNCILOR MURPHY AND WE WERE JOINED YESTERDAY BY COUNCILOR FLYNN HOUSEWARE
MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL PREPARED AND COUNCIL APPROVED. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION
OF JAMES HOOLEY WHO WAS THE CHIEF OF THE EMS. CHRIS WAS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION COMMANDER OF THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNOLOGY WITH THE BOSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHRISTOPHER MARK MOSES, DIRECTOR OF THE OPERATIONS DIVISION OF THE EMERGENCY 911 BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHRISTOPHER BURKE DEPUTY CHIEF
OF BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. BARBARA BOTTOMS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EMS. AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM JASON JUDKINS WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE EMS UNION.
I WANT TO THANK THE PANELISTS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN YESTERDAY'S HEARING. AND AGAIN, THANKS TO COUNCILOR PLANNING COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR SPONSORING THIS HEARING. I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE A FEW WORDS. I THINK IT WAS A VERY
INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER OUR OLD SYSTEMS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND OUR NEW SYSTEMS ARE STILL UP KEEPING FOR OUR
SAFETY AND I THINK IT WAS AN EXTREMELY INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATION. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS DOCKET SHOULD REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHEROKEE NATION. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA
FOR CONDUCTING AND SHARING AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ABOUT EMERGENCY 911 OPERATIONS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AT BOSTON
EMERGENCY MEDICAL AS WELL. AT THIS HEARING WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER DURING A PROBLEM DURING A
CRISIS BUT ALSO HOW THEY ARE OVERCOME OR HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES IN THEIR WAY. ONE OF THE ISSUES I FOCUSED ON AS A DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR IS
DURING AN EMERGENCY OR WHEN TECHNOLOGY DOES BREAK DOWN HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY CANTONESE SPEAKING RESIDENTS
BECAUSE I REPRESENT THE LARGE CANTONESE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, PART OF THE PROCESS AND I HIGHLIGHTED THE
IMPORTANCE OF WHEN THERE IS A BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION THAT IS IT IS IMPORTANT TO INTERACT WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT MAY NOT SPEAK ENGLISH,
SPANISH SPEAKING CANTONESE, OTHERS VIETNAMESE. BUT I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGY LIKE
LIKE WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE MANY RESIDENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ALSO DESERVE TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS AND DISCUSSION. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR ENSURING THAT THAT IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE A VOICE ARE
ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON EMERGENCY INTERACT WITH THE POLICE, FIRE AND EMS. WE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BOSTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT CALL BOX THAT YOU SEE AT VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY AND YOU CAN'T USE YOUR PHONE OR THE PHONE SYSTEM IS DOWN, YOU ALSO
CAN PULL THE BOX AND THERE WILL BE AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM THE BOSTON FIRE. THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SEE ACCIDENTS AS WELL.
IT MAY SEEM LIKE OBSOLETE TECHNOLOGY BUT IT'S CRITICAL. IT'S IMPORTANT. IT NEEDS TO STAY. WE NEED TO SUPPORT FORT BOSTON FIREMEN AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT
ALL OUR 9114 FIRST RESPONDERS THAT TAKE THESE CALLS AT BOSTON FIRE, BOSTON POLICE, EMS IN MY OPINION THEY ARE UNSUNG HEROES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THEY DESERVE RESPECT.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR HOSTING WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE HEARING YESTERDAY.
WE FILED THIS BACK IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AFTER THE INCIDENT THAT HAD HAPPENED THE PREVIOUS SUMMER BACK IN 2024 WHEN WE REMEMBER THE SYSTEM WENT DOWN STATEWIDE.
SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SUCH A STRONG PANEL. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR SENDING KNOW THE PEOPLE WE NEEDED TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DEFINITELY GOT ANSWERS
TO FROM EMS, FIRE AND POLICE AND COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED IT. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO INCLUDE OUR FIRE ALARM TEAM AND OUR DISPATCHERS AS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SHOW UP EVERY
DAY AND ALSO A REMINDER THAT WE CAN'T CUT CORNERS WHEN WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY. THE FIRE BOXES ARE IMPORTANT ALSO LEARNED AT THIS HEARING
NOT THE DIRECT LINE THAT YOU CAN CALL RIGHT INTO IF THIS WAS TO EVER HAPPEN AGAIN IS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE AND HOW THE COMMS TEAM DID WORK TOGETHER AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
KNEW THAT DAY IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND THAT THEY MADE SURE THE POLICE AND OTHERS WERE JUST OUT IN THE STREET TRYING TO FIELD ANY EMERGENCIES IF NEEDED.
SO AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND IT'S IMPORTANT WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE CARS AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE CORRECT EQUIPMENT
THAT IT'S ALSO THE PHONE LINES THAT THAT'S WHAT CONNECTS OUR RESIDENTS TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS COMING OUT TO SAVE THEM. SO LOOKING TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT ANY FUNDING THAT MAY BE NEEDED BECAUSE WE WE HAVE
LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS HEARINGS ALSO THAT EMS ESPECIALLY NEEDS UPGRADES TO THEIR PHONE SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEMS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET WILL REMAIN IN
COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF YOU ARE THE LEAD SPONSOR ON A DOCKET YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE DOCKET AND OH DID I AM I MISSING ONE? I AM INDEED. OKAY.
WE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS GOING TO GO TO COUNT SCRIP N MADAM KIRK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1570 DOCKET NUMBER 1570
ORDER ORDER TO HOLD A MEETING TO INTERVIEW APPLICANTS THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS MORNING WE CONCLUDED OUR
INTERVIEWS FOR THE OPEN POSITION ON THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE IN TOTAL THE COMMITTEE CONDUCTED SIX INTERVIEWS FOR THE SIX HIGHLY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS BETWEEN THIS MORNING AND LAST TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH.
I DO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING. I BELIEVE WE'RE JOINED BY COUNCILOR FLYNN FITZGERALD WEBER INCLUSION WAS THERE AND WORRELL AS WELL. THE SIX INTERVIEWS FOR THE SIX
HIGHLY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WENT WELL. THE INTERVIEW PROCESS HAS NOW OFFICIALLY CONCLUDED AND ONCE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE I WILL BE FILING A COMMITTEE REPORT IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO PUT FORTH A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BODY FOR APPROVAL. IT WILL REMAIN IN COMMUNITY FOR NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
THE CHAIR AND ASSIST COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR AN INFORMATIVE HEARING THIS MORNING. WE IT WAS WONDERFUL TO LISTEN
TO THAT APPLICANT TO THAT PERSON THAT DID APPLY FOR THE POSITION AT CPA. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I HIGHLIGHTED OBSERVING THE CPA
TEAM FOR SO MANY YEARS BUT THEY HAVE EXCEPTIONAL STAFF IN A DIRECTOR AT WHAT THEY DO. BROWN WHO DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS,
WORKING WITH HER TEAM, WORKING WITH CITY OFFICIALS BUT WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN A VERY RESPECTFUL WAY. THE CPA IS ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT'S ABOUT BRINGING NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER, FOCUSING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING ,HISTORIC PRESERVATION, PARKS AND REC BUT ALSO THEIR OFFICE AS WELL IS ALSO ABOUT BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER. SO I WANT TO SIT IN A SPECIAL ESPECIALLY SAY THANK YOU TO TED BROWN FOR HER PROFESSIONALISM AND FOR HER TEAM AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS DOCKET WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTION AS A REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF YOU ARE THE LEAD SPONSOR YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET. IF YOU ARE A SPONSOR, CO-SPONSOR OR IF YOU ARE A COLLEAGUE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET, YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO
SPEAK ON THE DOCKET. MADAM, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1717 DOCKET NUMBER 1717. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD OFFERED A FOLLOWING HOMER PETITION FOR A
SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WAVE OF THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE OFFICER LUZIA FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS CONFERENCE . JOE, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. LUISA FERNANDEZ IS 44 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN LIVING IN DORCHESTER FOR OVER 20 YEARS. LUISA TOOK THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM ON MARCH 15TH 2025 AND
BEGINS ORIENTATION BEGIN ORIENTATION ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH. SHE IS FLUENT IN SPANISH, PORTUGUESE AND CAPE VERDE IN CREOLE WHICH WILL HELP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BETTER SERVE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
I AM HOPING TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS HOME RULE SO WE CAN GET IT TO THE STATE HOUSE FOR PASSAGE AND LUISA CAN JOIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BRAYDEN COLETTE ZAPATA DURKIN, FLYNN MURPHY, BEN SANTANA, WHOEVER PLEASE ADD
THE CHAIR CANTOR FITZGERALD TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND AND AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1717. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1717. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS ABOUT TO CONSTRUCT A LETTERS OF POVERTY AS COUNCILOR DUNCAN
HUNTER DUNCAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. HUNTER FITZGERALD AS COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA.
COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PREPARED. COUNCILOR PREPARED IS COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA AS
COUNCILOR WEBER ALSO WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR 0123456789 TEN CANON OF LTD INFORMATIVE THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1718. DOCKET NUMBER 1718. COUNCILOR SANTANA OFFERED THE
FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING REGARDING LEGALIZING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AID USE IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON DE JORDAN AS IS CASA SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE COUNCIL POSTPONEMENT HAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, COUNCILMAN PENA. SO ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
BOSTONIANS HAVE CONSISTENTLY RANKED HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AS ONE OF THEIR TOP POLICY CONCERNS AND FOR GOOD REASON. HOUSING COSTS ARE WELL OVER DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR A
TO USE A FORM OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ADDRESS SPECIFIC COMMUNITY NEEDS WHETHER THAT BUY RIGHT ACROSS BOSTON HOLDING A HEARING WOULD ALLOW US TO EXPLORE LEGALIZING USE BY RIGHT
ACROSS THE CITY AND IN DOING SO EXPAND OUR RESIDENTS ACCESS TO THIS HOUSING OPTION. ANY USE OUR SMALL HOMES BUILT INSIDE OR ALONGSIDE A MAIN HOME
ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS HOPING TO ASIAN PLACE ALONGSIDE THEIR FAMILY RATHER THAN IN AN EXPENSIVE RETIREMENT HOMES AS WELL AS FOR YOUNG ADULTS WHO
WANT TO FURTHER HAVE INDEPENDENCE WHILE RESIDING AT HOME. 80 USE OFFER BOTH THESE BOTH. BOTH OF THESE GROUPS PRIVACY AND SUPPORT WHILE OFFERING A
LESS COSTLY FORM OF HOUSING THAN A TRADITIONAL HOME OR APARTMENT BEYOND THE LOW COST ACCOMMODATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS, 80 USE ARE ALSO USED BY THOSE SEEKING ADDITIONAL INCOME THROUGH RENTING AND
THOSE WHO WISH TO DOWNSIZE WHILE REMAINING ON THEIR PROPERTY. NOT ONLY ARE 80 USE USEFUL IN ADDRESSING SPECIFIC COMMUNITY NEEDS BUT THEY ARE POPULAR
ACCORDING TO THE AARP. ONE IN FOUR HOMEOWNERS 50 YEARS OR OLDER WILL CONSIDER BUILDING ONE ON THEIR PROPERTY. BUT BECAUSE OF THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE CITY AND STATE
ZONING, BOSTON IS EXEMPT FROM LAST YEAR. STATEWIDE EIGHT EU LAW MAKING US THE ONLY CITY IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO BUILD IT AT EU BY A RESIDENTS ARE SUBJECT TO ZONING CODE RESTRICTIONS THAT
MAKE THEIR CONSTRUCTION COMPLICATED AND EXPENSIVE. CURRENTLY ONLY ONE BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HAS MADE ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION BY MATTAPAN DESPITE WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR
IT FOR ADOPTING PRO 82 POLICIES CITYWIDE. BY HOLDING A HEARING WE'D BE ABLE TO EXPLORE JOINING THE REST OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN ALLOWING OUR TO ACCESS TO 80 USED BY RATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PIPPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND TAKE IT TO COUNCILOR SANTANA FOUR OUT OF ME AS A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS IMPORTANT DOCKET.
HOUSING UNITS CONTINUE TO BE IN DEMAND AND TO USE OUR JUST ANOTHER TOOL IN MEETING OUR STEEP HOUSING NEEDS. LEGALIZING IT TO USE IS JUST ANOTHER WAY WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER TO INCREASE OUR HOUSING SUPPLY NOT ONLY DO ANY USE
BRING MORE UNIT TO THE HOUSING MARKET. IT GIVES A CHANCE FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS CLOSE TO THEM. I THOUGHT THE BIGGEST PUSH TO LEGALIZE OR STREAMLINE THE PROCESS IS FOR FAMILIES TO ACCOMMODATE AGING PARENTS OR
CHILDREN IN NEED OF A SAFE HOME. ALVIN I HAVE A RESIDENT IN HIGH PARK. SHE IS A SINGLE MOTHER WHO HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE ZBA PROCESS AND IT DEMANDS ON HER TIME AND WALLET HAVE BEEN
CRUCIAL. AS A SINGLE MOTHER WHO ALSO HOUSES HER PARENTS IN 80, YOU WOULD BE A HUGE HELP TO HER FAMILY ALONG WITH HER CHILDREN WHO ARE NOW YOUNG ADULTS TO STAY AT HOME IN THEIR OWN
UNITS. LEGALIZING THESE UNITS IS A GREAT IDEA AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MATTAPAN BECAUSE THIS THE ORGANIZER THERE THAT WORKED ON PLANNED MATTAPAN THE GREATER AND GREATER MATTAPAN
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL THE ADVOCATES THAT REALLY PUSH FOR THIS. WE ARE SEEING THE RESULTS IN MY OPINION AND IT'S A HUGE BENEFIT THAT I THINK THE ENTIRE CITY CAN REALLY BENEFIT FROM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I AGREE AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT PLANNED MATTAPAN FOR THAT VERY REASON ESPECIALLY FOR A PLACE THAT HAS SUCH HIGH BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE AND EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR SENIORS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO LIVE.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ELEVATING THAT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRAFLOW AND HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I'M GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS UPCOMING HEARING WHEN IT DOES TAKE PLACE.
I WOULD ASK IF WE WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SOMEONE FROM INSPECTIONAL SERVICES AS WELL. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO PASS THIS THAT IT DOES
RECEIVE THE APPROVAL OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THESE POTENTIAL NEW UNITS. MY CONCERN IS ARE WE ALWAYS
GOING TO HAVE TWO WAYS FOR SOMEONE TO GET OUT OF A PARTICULAR MAYBE A BASEMENT BASEMENT APARTMENT OR, A SAFE WAY IN TERMS OF A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE CODES? I THINK WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN'T WATER DOWN ANY CODES THAT PROTECT RESIDENTS IN THEIR SAFETY IN AN APARTMENT OR IN A
HOUSE. BUT FIRE CODES AND INSPECTIONAL CODES ARE THERE FOR A PARTICULAR REASON AND THAT'S THE SAFETY OF THOSE IN THE BUILDING AND FOR NEIGHBORS
ALIKE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE IT. IT IS NOT A NEW IDEA. IT IS AN OLD IDEA. IT'S ACTUALLY IN SOME OF THE ORIGINAL BACK BAY ZONING BUT THEY ALLOWED FOR 80 USE FOR
PEOPLE THAT WERE WORKING IN THE HOME SO ESSENTIALLY IF SOMEBODY WAS WORKING AT THAT HOME THEY ALLOWED FOR THAT AND THE ZONING CODE OBVIOUSLY IS EXTREMELY OUTDATED SO IN PARTS OF THE
BACK BAY ZONING, YOU KNOW IT ALLOWS FOR IT TO USE IN CERTAIN INSTANCES. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY VALUES. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE'S SO
MANY ASPECTS TO THIS CONVERSATION BUT ONE THING THAT HITS HOME FOR ME IS OBVIOUSLY THE COST OF HOUSING RIGHT NOW. THIS CONVERSATION REALLY ISN'T ABOUT JUST OF DATE SO THAT'S
WHY I DIDN'T ASK TO BE THE THIRD. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE THE THIRD IF THERE IS STILL ROOM. I DO THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE THIS CONVERSATION ISN'T JUST ABOUT TO START SEARCH ENGINES ABOUT THE ENTIRE CITY
AND IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE REALLY BEING ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING AND AND HAVE PEOPLE LIVE WITH THEM AND AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN
ALLOWED STATEWIDE BUT THE STATEWIDE DOESN'T OVERRIDE OUR ZONING CODE. SO THIS IS REALLY ABOUT DOING WHAT THE STATE AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND OTHERS WHO ARE PUSHING FOR HOUSING ARE CALLING FOR.
SO IN THIS WAY WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND AS A CITY AND WE NEED TO WORK TO TO GET UP TO WITH WHAT THE STATE IS DEMANDING OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS
ED KASICH, ANY OTHER FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS WE SPEND YOUR 12 AND I HAD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE RIDING FOR. OKAY. COUNCILOR SANTANA SAID SUSPEND
THE RULES, ADD DURKAN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR DURKAN AND SO ADDED WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MADAM QUIRK PLEASED COUNCILORS BREADON FITZGERALD HERE WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1718 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1719 DOCKET NUMBER 1719 COUNCILOR MEJIA OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
HEARING TO AUDIT AND REVIEW CAPITAL BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND EXPENDITURES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. AND I JUST COMES FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TODAY TO CALL FOR A
HEARING TO AUDIT AND REVIEW OUR CAPITAL BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND EXPENDITURES. EVERY YEAR BOSTON INVESTS MILLIONS INTO PROJECTS THAT AFFECT THE DAILY LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS. THESE PROJECTS NEW SCHOOL
BUILDINGS, UPGRADED INFRASTRUCTURE SPAN MULTIPLE YEARS AND THEIR COSTS AND IMPACTS CAN SHIFT SIGNIFICANTLY OVER TIME. IT COMES TO A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO ASK ARE WE SPENDING
WISELY? ARE OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FUNDING STAYING ON TRACK WITH WHAT WAS PROMISED TO OUR COMMUNITIES? ARE WE MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY DOLLAR COMING FROM OUR TAXPAYERS?
DURING OUR HEARING AUDITING THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, WE DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT THE SCOPE OF PROJECTS CAN CHANGE OVER TIME. THE CITY CAN PULL OUT OF CONTRACTS OR AMEND THEM. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE
COUNCIL REGULARLY REVIEWS THE PROGRESS AND CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECTS AND I WOULD BE REMISS TO MENTION MADISON PARK WHICH NOW HAS NO FIRM COMPLETION YEAR
EVER SINCE THE CITY ENTERED THE PROCESS WITH THE SBA FUNDING DELAYING THE PROJECT INDEFINITELY. OUR CONSTITUENTS CARE ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AND AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IT IS OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE OUR ALLOCATIONS ARE SERVING THE PUBLIC AND ARE BEING USED EFFECTIVELY, SUSTAINABLY AND WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY. BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC
SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHERE WE STAND AND HOW WE'RE DOING AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HOST THIS HEARING AS PART OF OUR
SERIES OF OUR POST AUDIT COMMITTEE AND MAKING SURE THAT ONCE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED THAT WE HAVE A VEHICLE AND A SPACE IN PLACE TO REALLY ANALYZE THE NUMBERS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK PLEASE. THAT COMES FROM BRAYDEN CLOUD ZAPATA. DURKIN FITZGERALD. FLYNN. MURPHY PIPPEN.
SANTANA WEBER SORRY FAST AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1719 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENT AND
ACCESSIBILITY. MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1720 DOCKET NUMBER 1720. COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
OPPOSITION TO SAFE INJECTION SITES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE JARGON IS CONTRA FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS
ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS? COUNCILOR MURPHY ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS TO BEND THE RULES THAT COMPANIES OUT OF THE 30 ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR SCHRODER SO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT MY RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO SAFE INJECTION SITES IN BOSTON TO JOIN NOT ONLY MYSELF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR MURPHY BUT BUT TO
JOIN BOSTON RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE MASS AND CHAOS AREA IN THE SOUTH END IN ROXBURY IN THE
ANDREW SQUARE AREA OF SOUTH BOSTON IN THE DORCHESTER AREA AROUND CLIFFORD PARK AS WELL TO JOIN IN THE OPPOSITION AND SPEAK IN ONE VOICE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE ENDURED YEARS
OF PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH ,QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES FROM THE MASS AND CHAOS CRISIS. ON SEPTEMBER 15TH THE MASSACHUSETTS JOINT COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS AN
ACT RELATIVE TO PREVENTING OVERDOSE DEATHS AND INCREASING ACCESS TO TREATMENT EFFECTIVELY EFFECTIVELY PROMOTING THE USE OF SAFE INJECTION SITES.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO ON SEPTEMBER 4TH MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE AT A HEARING CHAIRED BY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AT THE HAMPTON INN WHERE NEARLY 200
RESIDENTS SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THEY TALKED ABOUT INCREASING ALARM AND ALARMING PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. THESE HAVE NOW ESCALATED TO BREAKDOWNS.
PEOPLE SLEEPING IN RESIDENTS HOMES SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS, TRESPASSING INTO THEIR BACKYARDS TO USE AS A BATHROOM TO LEAVE NEEDLES. ASSAULTS, VIOLENCE. HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
MANY OF YOU WERE THERE AND WE SAW OUR NEIGHBOR AFTER NEIGHBOR WHO ARE PRACTICALLY PLEADING WITH US. THEY SAID THIS SITUATION HAS DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH
PUBLIC DRUG DEALING, PUBLIC DRUG USE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING NEEDLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. A LITTLE BOY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MASON GOT PRICKED
WITH A NEEDLE. HE WAS IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT MYSELF AND AARON WENT DOWN. ERIN MURPHY WENT DOWN TO SEE HIM AND HIS MOTHER HIS FATHER IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS AFTER ALL THAT PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
HOW CAN WE GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY THAT'S SAFE INJECTION SITES ARE THE RIGHT ANSWER TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS AT MASS AND CASS RESIDENTS DON'T WANT US TO ENABLE ADDITIONAL HARMFUL BEHAVIOR TO THOSE
BATTLING ADDICTION. THEY NEED RECOVERY SERVICES. THEY NEED DETOX RESIDENTS. ALL WE CONTINUE TO WRITE ME ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN
PHILADELPHIA. IT'S BEEN A DISASTER THEY THE CITY COUNCIL BANNED SUPERVISED INJECTION SITES 13 TO 1. I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS
IN AND AROUND THE MASS AND CASS AREA. LET'S GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE A SAFE AND HEALTHY LIFE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THOSE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE
AND ALCOHOLISM. LET'S GET THEM INTO DETOX. LET'S GET THEM INTO RECOVERY. RECOVERY WORKS. I'VE HELPED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AS A PROBATION OFFICER. I'M NOT GIVING UP ON THEM.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS OF MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR ADDING ME AS A LEAD SPONSOR . OUR CITY IS AT A BREAKING POINT
IN ADDRESSING THE ADDICTION CRISIS AND THE LAST THING BOSTON NEEDS IS THE LEGALIZATION OF A SAFE INJECTION SITE. ON SEPTEMBER 15, THE MASSACHUSETTS JOINT COMMITTEE
ON MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE AND RECOVERY HELD A HEARING ON BILL S1 393 WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE SAFE INJECTION SITES . THIS IS THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR BOSTON AND FOR THE COMMONWEALTH
. NEIGHBORS ACROSS OUR CITY HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THEY ARE LIVING WITH THE DAILY CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHECKED OPEN AIR DRUG USE. FAMILIES FIND NEEDLES IN THEIR
YARDS, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS. SMALL BUSINESSES FACE BREAK INS IN TRESPASSING. RESIDENTS ARE FEARFUL AND FRUSTRATED AND THEY ARE CALLING ON US FOR SOLUTIONS.
JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND AT THE POLISH FESTIVAL I DID NEED TO MAKE A CALL TO THE OUTREACH TEAM BECAUSE IN THE FIELD WHERE THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF NEIGHBORS KIDS FAMILIES PLAYING IN THE GRASS THERE WERE
SEVERAL NEEDLES IN THE PARK RIGHT THERE. EARLIER THIS MONTH AT A COUNCIL HEARING HELD ON SITE AT THE HAMPTON INN NEAR MASS CASTLE, NEARLY 200 RESIDENTS
AND STAKEHOLDERS SPOKE DIRECTLY ABOUT THESE CHALLENGES. THE OVERWHELMING MESSAGE WAS THAT BOSTON DOES NOT NEED SAFE INJECTION SITES. WE NEED REAL
RECOVERY OPPORTUNITIES. ACCOUNTABILITY IN A TREATMENT FIRST APPROACH. BOSTON ALREADY HAS SOME OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. EACH YEAR TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF SYRINGES AND EVEN CRACK IN METH PIPE KITS ARE DISTRIBUTED AS PART OF LOW THRESHOLD OUTREACH. YET DESPITE THIS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OVERWHELMED BY DISCARDED NEEDLES AND CONTINUED DRUG ACTIVITY.
EXPANDING THIS MODEL INTO SANCTIONED SITES FOR INJECTION WILL ONLY DEEPEN THE CYCLE OF ADDICTION AND FURTHER DISTURBED ALLIES OUR COMMUNITIES. THE ANSWER IS NOT TO NORMALIZE
OR INCENTIVIZE DRUG USE. THE ANSWER IS TO PRIORITIZE A RECOVERY CAMPUS, EXPAND TREATMENT ACCESS AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER HAVE A
REAL PATHWAY OUT OF ADDICTION. AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST STAND WITH THE RESIDENTS, FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE BEARING THE BURDEN OF THIS CRISIS EVERY DAY. FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS I URGE
MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN OPPOSING THE PLACEMENT OF SAFE INJECTION SITES IN BOSTON AND TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO RECOVERY. SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU.
DID YOU RECOGNIZE THIS COUNCIL MAJORITY ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IN BROACHING THIS ISSUE IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO LEAD WITH THAT. WE ARE HERE IN COMPASSION EMBASSY AND COMING UP WITH
SOLUTIONS THAT CAN HELP THOSE ADDICTED AND THOSE WHOSE QUALITY OF LIFE IS AFFECTED. AND ACHIEVING THAT BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO. WE KNOW THAT CURRENTLY BILL HAS 1393 AN ACT RELATIVE TO
PREVENTING OVERDOSE DEATHS AND INCREASE IN ACCESS TO TREATMENT IS UP AT THE STATE HOUSE AND HAD A HEARING RECENTLY. WELL I DON'T KNOW THE TIMELINE OF THAT BILL IN ITS SPECIFIC COMMITTEE AND I DO BELIEVE
THERE WILL BE SOME TIME. THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE PORTION OF IT SUCH AS ALLOWING THE USE OF SARS WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE BILL TO MOVE FORWARD BEFORE WE TAKE THAT STEP. I WOULD PREFER TO FOCUS ON
FILLING IN THE GAPS OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, FOCUS ON THE RECOVERY AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECTS OF THESE ISSUES. THERE ARE STEPS TO TAKE TO SAVE LIVES THAT CAN BE MADE WITH THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS ALONG THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE BEFORE WE ALLOW FOR SPACES TO CONSUME ILLEGAL DRUGS. I CO-CHAIR A WORKING GROUP ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MORAN, KELLY YOUNG TO SULLIVAN
OF NEWMARKET AND STEVE FOX OF THE SOUTH END FORUM THAT WILL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND RECOVERY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUDICIAL REFORM. AGAIN, THOSE THREE BUCKETS ARE RECOVERY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND
JUDICIAL REFORM THAT AGAIN SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE WITH EMPATHY AND COMPASSION. AS COUNCILOR FLYNN SAID, PHILADELPHIA ONCE SET TO BE THE
FIRST CITY IN THE U.S. TO OPEN IN SRF JUST LAST WEEK THAT AN ALL BUT TOTAL BAN. SAN FRANCISCO ITSELF IS CLAWING THESE SERVICES BACK GIVEN ITS RECENT ISSUES. SO I THINK THERE'S ALSO TIME TO
LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AROUND THIS AND SEEING THE IMPACT. BUT FINALLY IN DISCUSSING THIS THE FIRST OBVIOUS QUESTION THAT COMES TO ME ANYWAY IMMEDIATELY
BECOMES WHERE DO WE SITE THEM? AND AS MY COLLEAGUES FORMULATE THEIR THEIR POSITION ON THIS, I URGE THEM TO THINK OF THIS. WOULD YOU CHAMPION THIS CAUSE IN YOUR OWN DISTRICT?
WOULD YOU BE THERE TO LEAD AND SAY WE WILL TAKE ONE ON BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT. ALL THIS WILL DO IS AGAIN CENTRALIZE THE SERVICES THAT IS BEING OFFERED ESPECIALLY AROUND
THE AREA OF SOUTHEND AND MY CONSTITUENTS. AND AGAIN THAT IS WHAT CREATED THIS PROBLEM IS THE DEARTH OF SERVICES WHERE PEOPLE NOW FLOCK TO AND WE ARE TRYING TO DECENTRALIZE IT AND TAKE A REGIONAL APPROACH.
SO IF YOU ARE ON THE SIDE AND ONCE YOU FORMULATE YOUR OPINION ON THIS AND YOU DO THINK THEY ARE GOOD I NOT ONLY HOPE I EXPECT FOR YOU ALL TO BE THE CHAMPION IN YOUR OWN DISTRICTS AS WELL TO PROVIDE THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH BEING PRESENT. THANK YOU THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THIS COUNCIL THAT IS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. OF COURSE WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE DOCKET I IMMEDIATELY SAID I'M NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT SO I REQUESTED INFORMATION
OF THOSE THAT I DO TRUST AND UNDERSTAND HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA AND THOSE ARE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE COMMITTED THEIR LIFE'S WORK TO
RESEARCHING THIS AND DISCUSSING THIS AND HAS AN ADEQUATE TRAINING IN PUBLIC HEALTH. WHAT THEY HAVE TOLD ME IS THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT AND VERY SIMILAR TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S POINT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT
OF REFORM CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, A HOLISTIC PUBLIC HEALTH HEALTH PACKAGE THAT ALSO INCLUDES A RECOVERY CAMPUS. THE OVERDOSE DEATHS DEATHS ARE
RISING AND THEY ARE DISPROPORTION ONLY AFFECTING BLACK AND LATINX RESIDENTS. WE KNOW THAT THIS DRAINS HEALTH CARE, DRIVES COSTS AND CONTRIBUTES TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPREAD INCLUDING HIV
WHICH IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS. AFTER REVIEWING WHAT THEY HAD SAID AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE DOZENS I THINK THERE'S 75 PEER REVIEWED
ARTICLES ON THIS WHERE POTENTIALLY POTENTIALLY AND THIS IS A LONG CONVERSATION AND AT ONE POINT I'M GOING TO MAKE IS THAT THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO ON THIS BUT POTENTIALLY AUTOPSIES PREVENT OVERDOSE
DEATHS. THEY REDUCE DISEASE TRANSMISSION, THEY CONNECT PEOPLE TO TREATMENT, THEY LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS AND DO NOT INCREASE CRIME AND POTENTIALLY
BOSTON COULD SAVE AN ESTIMATED $4 MILLION ANNUALLY IN DOWNSTREAM HEALTH CARE COSTS. THERE'S ALSO DATA THAT SAYS THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON
BELIEVES IN HARM REDUCTION. 77% OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IN HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS. 70% OF MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT OBC LEGISLATION.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST BOSTON BUT THAT'S MASSACHUSETTS. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. SO EACH DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEALTH AND BPH SEE WE NEED TO ASSESS PROVIDER READINESS.
THE SITING ISSUES PLAN EVALUATIONS, ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS, PREPARE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PILOT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I THINK ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK MORE THAN EVER IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REALIZE HOW
DANGEROUS IT IS TO MAYBE POLITICIZE PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS. PREGNANT WOMEN WERE TOLD NOT TO TAKE TYLENOL JUST RECENTLY THIS WEEK WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF THERE'S
COMPLICATIONS IN UTERO. JUST THE DISSONANCE IS IS JARRING. SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THIS IS ANOTHER INSTANCE WHERE IT WOULD BEHOOVE ALL OF US TO AVOID OVERSIMPLIFYING AND
COMPLEX, NUANCED, HIGHLY STUDIED MEDICAL ISSUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CANCER CLAUDIA ZAPATA THE CHAIR AGONIZES COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER HERE ON THE
FLOOR. I THINK THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. YOU KNOW AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR HIGHLIGHTING IT. I JUST.
JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS. NUMBER ONE IS, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION BUT I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR LOW THRESHOLD HOUSING IN MY DISTRICT TO LINDA AND ENVISION HOTEL.
JUST TO NAME A COUPLE. SO THIS IS IT'S NOT A CASE OF WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE SHATTUCK A LOT IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND HOW TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING AND
HELPING PEOPLE. I'D ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T AT THE HEARING BUT I REVIEWED THE TESTIMONY AND THE TWO MOST COMMON COMPLAINTS ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVING WATCHING PEOPLE USE DRUGS IN PUBLIC AND
THE NEEDLES. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE STUDIED THIS ISSUE. THERE'S A TON OF ARTICLES AND I THINK COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA WAS REFERRING TO THERE'S A META
ANALYSIS WHERE ACADEMICS REVIEW A NUMBER OF ARTICLES WRITTEN BY OTHER ACADEMICS THAT'S BEEN PUBLISHED AND WHAT ALL THOSE ARTICLES FOUND IS THAT SAFE INJECTION SITES CAN REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF NEEDLES ON THE STREET BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE USING THE NEEDLE IN THAT PLACE AND THE REDUCE PUBLIC DRUG USE BECAUSE YOU'RE USING IT IN THIS LOCATION. YOU KNOW SO ALL THOSE OTHER
ISSUES ASIDE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO HELP REMOVE NEEDLES FROM THE STREETS AND GET PEOPLE TO STOP USING DRUGS IN PUBLIC, THIS IS ONE TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX AND I JUST
YOU KNOW, BASED ON NO HEARING, NO REAL DISCUSSION, I DON'T SEE A REASON TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THIS
RESOLUTION IS A GOOD FAITH REPRESENTATION OF GOOD PUBLIC PROCESS AND I DON'T SEE HOW BOSTON WEIGHING IN ON WHETHER PEOPLE IN CAPE COD AND WESTERN
MASS IF THEY THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM. I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW THAT. I DON'T SEE HOW US AS THE BIGGEST CITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH WEIGHING IN ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AT THIS
IMPORTANT JUNCTURE FOR THE STATE AND COMMONWEALTH IS A GOOD IDEA. I PERSONALLY I HAVEN'T FORMULATED A POSITION ON THE ISSUE EXCEPT FOR THAT I BELIEVE
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS. I HAVE A LETTER FROM AN MGB PHYSICIAN WHO'S WORKING ON THIS ISSUE WHO IS SPOUTING VERY DIFFERENT TALKING POINTS THAN THE ONES THAT WE'RE HEARING
PRESENTED TODAY. SO AND IN TERMS OF SITING ANYTHING IN BOSTON WE HAVE TIME. THIS IS LIKE NOT SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN PAST THE STATE
HOUSE. AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DECENTRALIZATION OF SERVICES IN PLACES LIKE MASS AND CASS, THIS IS PART OF THAT DECENTRALIZATION IS MOVING
THINGS OUTSIDE OF BOSTON. I HAD A DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ABOUT WHAT THE STATE COULD BE DOING ON MASS AND CASS AND WHAT
I THINK THAT WOULD THE HELP THAT WE NEED IS I I'M DOING I THINK FOR ME I'M DOING THE JOB I THINK IS THE ROLE OF A CITY COUNCILOR WHICH IS WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPINION CALL THOSE WHO
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THIS RESOLUTION IS A GOOD FAITH EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SHOULD OPERATE IN THE CITY BOTH IN TERMS OF PUBLIC PROCESS. I THINK IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WEIGHING IN AGAINST THIS
LEGISLATION YOU SHOULD GO TO THE STATE HOUSE AND TESTIFY AT THE HEARING WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL POSITION AND I READING THROUGH THIS JUST DOESN'T REPRESENT MY BELIEFS SO I WILL
BE VOTING NO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN THIS IS COUNCILOR BREADON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS THIS RESOLUTION.
I THINK THE MORE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY WHEN TALKING ABOUT SUPERVISED INJECTION SITES IS OVERDOSE PREVENTION. THESE SITES OFFER TESTING FOR SUBSTANCES THAT FOLKS ARE GOING
TO INJECT. THEY CAN SCREEN OUT FOR FENTANYL. THEY OFFER CLEAN NEEDLES WHICH AS SOMEONE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN REDUCING THE HIV
INFECTIONS AND IS ULTIMATELY THE SAFE NEEDLE DISPOSAL THAT WILL TAKE MANY MORE NEEDLES OFF THE STREETS. THE RIVER ACCESS TO RECOVERY CULTURES AND TO
CONNECT PEOPLE TO HEALTH CARE AND RECOVERY SUPPORT. SO ALL TOLD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT OF LIKE THIS SORT OF BALANCE. WE TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT IN THIS PLACE AND IN SORT OF IN
AGGREGATE I FEEL THAT THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH ANY POTENTIAL DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING AN OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITE. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING FOR
THOSE OF US WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE HAVE HAVE ADDICTIONS HAVING A SAFE. WE ALWAYS ARE DREADING THE DAY WHEN WE GET A PHONE CALL TO SAY
THAT THEY'VE HAD AN OVERDOSE, THAT THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO FENTANYL ACCIDENTALLY AND THEY END UP HAVING AN OVERDOSE THAT'S TAKEN THEIR LIFE SO I
REALLY DO I WILL BE VOTING AND I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION AND HOPE THAT YOU KNOW, THIS THIS INITIATIVE TAKEN AT THE STATE LEVEL WILL MOVE FORWARD AND ALSO TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF BOSTON
BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE COME TO BOSTON FOR SERVICES AND TO ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND ALSO THAT WE HAVE AN OPEN DRUG MARKET IN THE STREETS.
BUT IF THERE'S SO SAFE SUPPORT OF OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE, I FEEL THAT WILL TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO THANK YOU AND I WILL BE
VOTING NO ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS JODY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS KOUDELKA THAT IS ABOUT I THINK YOU SAID OVERDOSE DEATHS WERE UP.
I WOULD I WOULD I THINK WE BOTH HAVE TO GO CHECK OUR STATS BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE BUST PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION IS DOWN AND THAT'S DUE TO THE USE OF DIE CAN NOW THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE. SO I THINK OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE DOWN WHICH MEANS WHAT WE'RE
DOING TO HELP OVERDOSE DEATHS TO PREVENT OVERDOSE DEATHS IS WORKING AS THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN. HOWEVER, THERE'S STILL THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT I DO HAVE IN FACT I DO I DID FILE A
HEARING ON A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE. SO ALONG WITH FOLKS THAT ARE SAYING THAT YOU KNOW, WE DO WE SHOULD TALK TO THE STATE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND OTHERS OF OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE TAKING BEING INVOLVED. I COMPLETELY AGREE.
HOWEVER, IF AND WHEN THIS DOES COME TO PASS, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK AGAIN, I WOULD REMIND PEOPLE I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN SORT OF DECENTRALIZING THAT WAS IN THE SOUTH END AND WHILE I WOULD
PREFER IT TO BE OUTSIDE OF BOSTON, IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT IT WILL BE MANY IN BOSTON AS WELL. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU IN SPREADING THAT OUT ALL ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I. I BROUGHT THIS RESOLUTION HERE IN GOOD FAITH. WHAT ISN'T SURE WHY I'M BEING
CRITICIZED FOR BRINGING THIS HERE AND NOT IN GOOD FAITH. EVERYTHING I'VE DONE IN THIS BODY IS IN GOOD FAITH. I'VE WORKED ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE AS A CITY COUNCIL, AS A
PROBATION OFFICER AND THAT'S ALL I DID FOR EIGHT YEARS IS HELP PEOPLE GET INTO RECOVERY, HELP THEM GET INTO DETOX, HELP THEM ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND JOB TRAINING
PROGRAMS. THAT WAS MY FULL TIME JOB JUST JUST 50 YARDS FROM HERE. SO EVERYTHING I DO AS A IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE I DO IT IN
GOOD FAITH. THIS IS IN GOOD FAITH BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM MY NEIGHBORS ASKING ABOUT THEIR
LOVED ONES IN MASS AND HOUSE. MANY OF MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES PROBABLY HAVE TOLD AND WHAT THEY WANT. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY WANT IS TO IDENTIFY THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT. THEN THE SECOND THING IS CAN WE
GET THEM INTO TREATMENT? CAN WE GET THEM INTO DETOX? WE CAN GET THEM INTO TREATMENT. WHAT ABOUT SHORT TERM RECOVERY PLANS OR LONG TERM RECOVERY PLANS? ARE WE SUPPORTING THEM?
THAT'S GOOD FAITH THAT'S HELPING PEOPLE. A MOTHER WITH A CHILD THAT HAS SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGE THEY WANT THEIR CHILD INTO RECOVERY.
SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE COMMENT THAT I'M NOT HERE IN GOOD FAITH BECAUSE AS A AS A PROBATION OFFICER OF SOMEONE THAT'S WORKED IN THIS FIELD AND HELPED PEOPLE IN RECOVERY,
THAT'S ALL THIS IS ABOUT IS HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND WE CAN'T AS A CITY TURN OUR BACK ON THEM. WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM.
WE NEED TO GET THEM INTO RECOVERY AND AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL. IT'S ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES WHO SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR DECENTRALIZATION, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT THIS BILL COULD HAVE AND I JUST JOIN YOU ALL IN RECOGNIZING AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILOR BREADON FOR UPLIFTING THE LANGUAGE HERE OPTICS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS IN THEIR POSITION. I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS RESOLUTION. MADAME CLAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1720. COUNCIL BRITAIN ON SUBREGIONAL COUNCIL CLARISSA PARA WAS WITH THE COLLAPSE OF FIVE
COUNCILOR DUNCAN HUNTER DUNCAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. HUNTER FITZGERALD AS COUNCIL FLYNN YES. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE NO.
COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE NO COUNCILOR MY HERE WAS A MANHANDLE COUNCILOR MURPHY ON SOME OF THESE YES COUNCIL PREPARED ONCE A PERSONAL COUNCIL SANTANA NO
COUNCIL SANTANA NO. COUNCILOR WEBER NO AND SAID WHEREBY NO COUNCIL AROUND 12345678 VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND THREE IN A POSITIVE THAT
DID NOT PASS. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET IS NOT PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1721 AND COUNCILOR RATING CAN YOU PLEASE
TRADE SPOTS WITH ME? THANK YOU.
AND I SO THIS SORRY THIS ONE HERE SORRY ACROSS THE MADAME CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1721 ONCE DOCKET 1721
COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AS NIGERIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH MY MADAM
CLERK AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. OH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, SIR.
IS HARD ON THIS, YOU KNOW. OKAY, I'M PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION TO YET AGAIN RAISE THE NIGERIAN FLAG HERE AT BOSTON CITY HALL. WE HAVE A VERY LARGE NIGERIAN POPULATION HERE.
WE HAVE THEM WHERE I LIVE AND I PARK IN IN COUNCILOR PRETENDS DISTRICT. WE HAVE THEM ALL AROUND THE CITY OF BOSTON HERE ARE ACTUAL THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I TELL HER ABOUT IT. THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC
HEALTH COMMISSION IS OF NIGERIAN DESCENT DR. BUSOLA OJUKWU DO AND SO MANY OTHERS THEY ARE AN EXCEPTIONALLY AMAZING IMMIGRANT GROUP HERE
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GROWING UP WITH MANY OF THEM AND CELEBRATING IGBO DAY AND FRANKLIN PARK OVER THE YEARS AND RECOGNIZING SO MANY OF THE COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO WORK
REALLY HARD FOR NIGERIANS HERE WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT WHETHER IT BE BURNA BOY OR MORE OF OUR LOCAL TALENT HERE AND SO NEXT WEDNESDAY WE WILL BE RAISING
THE NIGERIAN FLAG HERE ON THE CITY AT THE AT AT CITY HALL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES ME REALLY EXCITED TO DO THAT IS TWO OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WILL HAVE SERVING FOOD WILL BE DESTINY AFRICAN MARKET AND SO
YOU JOIN AND IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE JOURNEY OF SUYA JOINT IN ROXBURY THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES THIS YEAR AS A RESULT OF ICE AND ICE INTERACTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY AND WE KNOW SO
MANY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE OWNED BY IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BUT WE HAVE MOMENTS TO CELEBRATE SOME GOOD NEWS COMING OUT FOR THE OWNERS OF SUYA JOINT AND FOR THEIR FAMILY AND I KNOW THAT
NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL BE EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL AND WILL BE A TIME OF JUBILEE FOR OUR NIGERIAN COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. SO I DO HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES JOIN US RIGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY
TO RAISE THE GREEN WHITE GREEN FLAG IN CELEBRATION OF NIGERIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY AND MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR PAN AS A
SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF PREPAREDNESS SO ADDED COUNCILOR PEPEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THEN THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT, FOR OUT OF ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. AS YOU STATED I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NIGERIAN CULTURE COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT. I ACTUALLY GREW WHEN I GROW, GROW UP AND RISE AND MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS WERE NIGERIAN
WHEN I WAS A CITY COUNCILOR I GET TO HAVE AMAZING RESIDENTS AND ALSO NEW BUSINESSES IN THE AREA ONE OF THEM BEING A NEW AFRICAN MARKET ON WASHINGTON STREET AND ROSLYN JUST OPENED UP A LOT OF THE PRODUCTS ARE
FROM NIGERIA AND THEN THERE'S A VERY ESTABLISHED RESTAURANT ON BELGRADE. IVAN ROSSDALE CALLED THE BAZAAR. IT'S A IT'S AN AMAZING RESTAURANT THAT I REALLY INVITE ALL OF YOU TO GO VISIT BUT JUST
I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN WE GET TO CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENT CULTURES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE NIGERIAN ONE IS ONE THAT WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD OF. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FLAG RAISING. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPPER AND WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COMES FROM HERE.
COUNCILOR SANTANA COMES FROM MURPHY COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SINGH SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1721 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL THOSE AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO THANK YOU.
THIS DOCKET OF 1721 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
COUNCILOR BREADON. OKAY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO ADOPTED WHEN THEY MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT OF CHAMBERS OR WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO RECONSIDER A VOTE? NO.
OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COULD I PULL DOCKET 0892 SORRY ITS LAST MINUTE BUT IT'S MONEY FROM THE EIGHT STRONG COMMITTEE AND I WAS JUST COMMUNICATING WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION. IT WOULD BE THE REST OF THE MONEY NEEDED FOR THE INITIATIVE ASSISTING RESIDENTS IN THE SMALL AMOUNT THAT I JUST WANT
TO SUSPEND IT PASS 08921 THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY JUST THAT NOW SINCE THE COLLECTING HAVE YEAH EXACTLY SO YOU COMMIT MADAM CLERK TAKE YOUR TIME TO LOOK FOR THE DOCKET IT'S 08920 YEAH
ZERO 890 FROM WHAT COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG FAMILIES INFORMATION COMMUNITIES WHILE THEY'RE
LOOKING IT UP I CAN READ THE INFORMATION JUST TO MAKE SURE MY COLLEAGUES KNOW LET'S WAIT FOR HER TO READ THE DOCKET INTO THE RECORD BECAUSE I HAVE TO ALLOW ANYONE TO OBJECTIVE THEY WOULD LIKE TO OBJECT TO THE GREEN SHEETS.
DOCKET 0892 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
OF $127,753 IN THE FORM OF A GROUND FOR THE FBI 2526 RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE CORPORATE NATION
OF NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHTH STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WOULD FUND ADMINISTRATION FOR SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS INCLUDE AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR
MEALS AND TRAVEL EXPENSES. THANK YOU ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0892 IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNSELOR THE FLOOR IS
YOURS. THANK YOU. THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE AMERICORPS SENIORS RSVP PROGRAM COMES FROM AMERICORPS. THE PROGRAM PAIRS PEOPLE 55 AND
OVER WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR IMPACT DRIVEN VOLUNTEER PLACEMENTS. VOLUNTEERS ARE PARTIALLY REIMBURSED FOR MEALS AND
TRANSPORTATION AND RECEIVE INSURANCE COVERAGE. EACH GRANT EXTENDS FROM APRIL 1ST THROUGH MARCH 31ST. THE CITY OF BOSTON PROPOSES TO
HAVE 263 AMERICORPS SENIORS RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL ASSEMBLE AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO FOOD INSECURE CLIENTS PROVIDE FOOD DELIVERY COMPANIONSHIP
TEACH ASSIST ADULTS WITH ESL, PREPARE SIMPLE TAXES, PROVIDE FINANCIAL TRAINING AND FACILITATE AID, OPIATE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION WORKSHOPS IN BOSTON. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS OF THIS
PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES. AT THE END OF THE THREE YEAR GRANT, AMERICORPS SENIOR VOLUNTEERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 843 HOMEBOUND OR OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES WHO WILL REPORT HAVING INCREASED SOCIAL TIES FOR PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT. SO I WOULD ASSUME WE ALL AGREE
THAT THIS IS WONDERFUL WISH IT WAS MORE MONEY THAT WE COULD BE PUTTING TOWARDS THIS BUT I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUSPEND AND PASS SO WE CAN GET THESE VOLUNTEERS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THIS DOCKET? COUNCILOR MURPHY SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0892.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE THEY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE QUICK THAT THERE ARE FOUR LATE FILE
MATTERS TO PERSONNEL, TWO PERSONNEL MATTERS AND ONE ABSENCE LETTER AND ONE RESOLUTION. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THE TWO PERSONNEL AND THE ABSENCE LETTER UNDER THE RECORD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE IN THE AYES HAVE IT THESE DOCKETS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE RECORD. MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE LATE FILE DOCKETS ONTO THE RECORD PERSONAL ORDER
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OPERATOR WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE ON THESE FIVE PERSONNEL MATTERS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE MATTERS HAVE PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE LATE FILE ABSENCE LETTER ABSENT DEAR COLLEAGUE
THERE OF COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES I REGRET THAT I WOULD BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS WEEK CITY COUNCIL MEETING MY STAFF IS WATCHING THE PROCEEDING AND I WOULD REVIEW THE VIDEO FOOTAGE
SINCERELY BRIAN BROWN READ BOSTON CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR THANK YOU THIS LATE FILE OF ABSENCE LETTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE MADAM CLERK
COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FILE RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD OFFERED BY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS ITALIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH?
OKAY ABSENT OBJECTION THIS LATE FILE MATTERS ADDED TO THE RECORD COUNCILOR ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE'S PATIENCE ON THIS.
WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD FILE IT NEXT WEEK FOR WEDNESDAY BECAUSE THE FLAG RAISING IS ON THURSDAY BUT EVENTS NEEDED IT TODAY SO WE'RE FILING IT WITH THE LATE FILE AND JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR
ITALIAN AMERICAN FOLKS AND POPULATIONS THINKING ABOUT MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR IS BOSTON AND THE NORTH END HAS BEEN A A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY
OF RICH THE HISTORY, THE CULTURE, THE FOOD, THE ART, THE RELIGION ALL TIED TO TO ITALY AND THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 26 MILLION IS THE MOST RECENT
COUNT THAT I HAVE 26 MILLION AMERICANS OF ITALIAN DESCENT AND HERE IN BOSTON IN EAST BOSTON NORTH END BRIGHTON, HYDE PARK IN SOUTH BOSTON THEY'VE
THEY'VE COME AND MADE A WONDERFUL LIFE HERE AND SO WE WANT TO HONOR THEM AND WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE FLAG RAISING ON OCTOBER 2ND AT 12 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUSIC HOPEFULLY THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL KIDS ARE
GOING TO BE THERE AGAIN TO SING A SONG IN ITALIAN WE'LL HAVE CANOLA IS WE'LL HAVE ESPRESSO. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LOTS OF GREAT FLAG RAISING NEXT WEEK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCIL FOR ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR COLLADO ZAPATA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I JUST WANT TO MENTION HAS COME FROM THE COUNCIL MENTIONED THAT
I ALSO HAVE A LARGE ITALIAN ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BOSTON AND GREW UP WITH THEM AND KNOW THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY AND
THEIR FAMILY HAVE MADE TO OUR CITY IN COUNTRY AND MANY OF THEM SERVED IN THE US MILITARY. MANY MANY OF THEM SERVED AS SCHOOLTEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS .
WHAT OTHER CARRIERS ARE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT ITALIAN AND ITALIAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON HAVE MADE AN EXCEPTIONAL
CONTRIBUTION AND SACRIFICES TO TO OUR NATION AND I'M PROUD TO CALL THEM FRIENDS. THANK YOU, MICHEL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO STAND IN SUPPORT
OF THIS FLAG RAISING. I KNOW THAT HIGH PARK WAS MENTIONED BUT MY DISTRICT IN GENERAL HAS A VERY PROUD ITALIAN HERITAGE AS WELL STARTING WITH ONE OF OUR OWN STATE REP RAUL CONSALVO AND HIS FAMILY.
I THINK ABOUT THE AMAZING INSTITUTIONS IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL. THINK ABOUT TONY'S MARKET AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A FRIENDLY COMPETITION WITH COUNCILOR COLLADO WHERE THE
BOSTON GLOBE RANKED THE BEST ITALIAN SUB AND IT'S NOT IN THE NORTH END IT'S ACTUALLY HIGH TO MY PART IT'S IN TWO THIRDS ITALIAN AND IN THE REAL WORLD PORTION OF HYDE PARK. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRAG ABOUT IT. SO I WILL BE PRESENT AT THE FLAG RAISING SUPPORTING SO THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR, ALL THE ALL THE ITALIANS
ENERGIES ARE GREAT CALIBRATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR ZAPATA. I ALWAYS HAVE TO STAND UP AND SAY YES ALLSTON BRIGHTON HAS A
SIGNIFICANT ITALIAN COMMUNITY THAT WAY BACK AND MANY OF THEM COME FROM A PLACE CALLED SOUND ANNATTO AND FOLKS LIKE FRED SALVATORE WHO WAS THE SECRETARY
FOR TRANSPORTATION WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BIG DIG WE HAVE A REALLY INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY FOLKS FROM THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY IN ALLSTON, BRIGHTON AND ACROSS
THE CITY SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CANNOLIS AND PIZZA EXPRESS AND PERFECT SO AND WE WILL CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR ITALIAN
AMERICAN NEIGHBORS NEXT WEEK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TIMES ARE GREAT. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MADAM CLERK PLEASE COUNCILORS
BRAEDEN DURKIN, FITZGERALD FLYNN HERE MURPHY PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
ON ADOPTION OF THIS FILE DOCKET. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I WILL SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO THE
CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK
YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. I WANT TO SAY A HAPPY BELATED
BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER. AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHASTITY BERWICK WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS 25TH TOMORROW TO CANCER BE GERALD
HIS BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND TO SAMANTHA KARACHI IN A COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART OF OFFICE WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS ON FRIDAY SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL
THE VIRGOS THE HOUSE AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW IS THE TIME IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS NO
ANNOUNCEMENTS OTHER THAN LEO'S ARE THE BEST BUT YEAH I SEE COUNCIL 410 DO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? NO COMES WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE AGAIN THAT THE GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND FROM
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT ST ANTHONY'S CHURCH. IT'S A GREAT EVENT GREAT FOOD BY EVERYONE THERE AND TECHNICALLY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS A LIBRA, NOT A VIRGO.
OH WELL ALL I SAID WAS THAT LEOS ARE BEST SO WHAT I SAID STILL STANDS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MAJORITY OF THE FLOOR POINT MADE IT OKAY ALL RIGHT
BECAUSE I SAID VIRGO OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LOVE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO COME CELEBRATE. AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON THIS
WEEKEND WE HAVE A BIG, BIG DAY ON SITE ON SUNDAY WE HAVE THE HONAN FIVE K ROAD RACE. WE HAVE A STREET FAIR, WE HAVE THE ALLSTON BRIGHTON PARADE AND THEN WE HAVE A PARTY IN THE
PARK DONE IN OAK SQUARE SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN IF YOU'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO STOP BY BUT DON'T TRY AND GET TO ANYWHERE TOO FAST. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR BRAID IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. WE HAVE A BIG BEACON HILL AND MISSION WEEKEND AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO AGAIN IF YOU GUYS ARE FREE ON SATURDAY PLEASE RACE ME AT THE MISSION
HALL ROAD RACE IT'S REALLY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S FAMILY IS VERY INVOLVED WITH THIS SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT AND DOING THE WATER TABLE AND THEN AT THE
BEACON HILL CIVIC DINNER UNDER THE STARS IS SATURDAY AND ON SUNDAY WE HAVE BEACON HILL CIVIC IS DOING THEIR FEST WHICH PLEASE COME AT THE BEGINNING THERE IS A DOG PARADE .
IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND REALLY ADORABLE. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING TO BEACON HILL THIS WEEKEND WE'D LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE ON SUNDAY FOR THE BEACON WHOLE HILL FEST.
SO AND JUST ONE UPDATE I HAVE BEEN OFF MY BIKE YOU KNOW I GAVE EVERYONE AN UPDATE THAT PEOPLE CALLED ME FAT SO I GOT OFF MY BIKE. I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE EVERYONE THAT NOW I'M OFF MY BIKE BECAUSE MY FRONT WHEEL WAS
STOLEN. SO SO THERE'S THERE'S ALL THESE UPDATES WITH MY BIKE BUT WELL I'LL BE ON MY BIKE SOON SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN. OKAY.
LOTS OF FOOD FESTIVALS THERE'S THE GREEK FESTIVAL BUT THERE'S ALSO THE DUMPLING FESTIVAL HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY. ROSLINDALE VILLAGE MAIN STREETS IS HAVING IT ON SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT AT ADAMS PARK SATURDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND THE CHESTER PARK COMMUNITY FEST AND YEAH, SO THOSE ARE SOME OTHER EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND FOR IN ADDITION TO THE ONES
THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE UPLIFTED WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED A
FORMER COLLEAGUE OF MINE ASSET WE OWE THE CHAIR A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF MINE A STAFFER OF MINE HAS ASKED THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING ON BEHALF OF DR. SHIRLEY ALEXANDRA
TOZZI MARTINEZ IS A MIGRANT FROM VENEZUELA AND DOCTOR AT SAINT ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN BRIGHTON, TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER AND BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL. SHE WAS LOVED BY HER COMMUNITY
AND PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS MONTH SO HOLDING DR. MARTINEZ'S FAMILY IN PRAYER AND ALL OF THE LIVES WHO SHE TOUCHED AND INCLUDING A FORMER STAFFER
ASSIST NOW THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A NEIGHBOR OF MINE IN SOUTH BOSTON, A YOUNG MAN, DARRELL LOGAN ALEXANDER PASSED AWAY.
MY WIFE AND I WENT TO THE WAKE LAST NIGHT BUT HE LEAVES A WIFE ERIN AND TWO TWO YOUNG CHILDREN SO HIS FAMILY ARE IN OUR
PRAYERS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. HE WAS ACTIVE IN SOUTH BOSTON YOUTH SPORTS AND HE WAS A WONDERFUL NEIGHBOR TO SO MANY AND HE WAS ALSO A WONDERFUL
HUSBAND AND FATHER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILOR FLYNN, DID YOU STATE IT WAS DARRELL LOGAN? ALEXANDER YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'D LIKE TO UPLIFT AND NAME VICTOR MARTINEZ, A MERCHANT FROM EGGLESTON SQUARE WHO RECENTLY TRANSITIONED AND WE
HELD A MOMENT OF SILENCE TODAY AT AN EVENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER AND MYSELF WERE AT AND THERE WAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE. HE HAD BEEN THE OWNER OF JUST A
TAILORING RIGHT ON ELLISON'S STREET FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THANK YOU, VICTOR. OKAY, THANK YOU. TODAY WE'LL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF
OF COUNCILOR FLYNN DARRELL LOGAN ALEXANDER ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR MEJIA VICTOR MARTINEZ ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, DR. SHIRLEY ALEXANDRA JOSE
MARTINEZ. A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THE CHAIR MOVED THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS.
THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE ANTALYA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AT 12 NOON. REMINDER THAT WE SENT OUT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY ABOUT LATIN X AND HISPANIC HERITAGE OCTOBER 15TH WHICH WILL BE
CELEBRATING TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. I THINK TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF IN GERMAN PLEASE SAY
I, I. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED