AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS MAY WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV.
BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THE CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE MY
COLLEAGUES A HEADS UP. THE FIFA FAN FEST STARTS TODAY AT 2 P.M. AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WILL MODIFY THE VOLUME BUT IF IT GETS TOO LOUD IN THE CHAMBER WE WILL HAVE UH
WE WILL HAVE A RECESS AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. SO HOPEFULLY IT WON'T GET TOO LOUD AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROCEED THROUGH OUR LONG AGENDA IN A TIMELY WAY. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE TO
ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCIL BREADON HERE. COUNCILOR. THAT IS A FURTHER COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR.
LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER HERE. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL.
A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK OF THE QUORUM IS PRESENT. MR CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE UH UH, DO US THE HONOR
OF OFFERING AN INVOCATION THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THAT WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOOD AFTERNOON.
PLEASE STAND. BLESSED ARE THE JUST FOR THEY HAVE THEIR WE WOULD AND INDESTRUCTIBLE INTEGRITY. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO LABOR IN THE VINEYARDS OF THE PUBLIC REALM FOR THEY SHALL BE
REMEMBERED. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO LOVED THEIR NATION ENOUGH TO PRAISE ITS STRENGTHS AND CRITICIZE ITS WEAKNESSES. FOR THEY SHALL BE MADE WISE. BLESSED ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS
WHO ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THESE THE LEAST OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THEY SHALL BE DEPUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD. FOR THEIR REWARD IS IN BEING
USED. BLESSED ARE THE POWERFUL WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT POWER IS BOTH GIFT AND RESPONSIBILITY. FOR THEY KNOW THE BINDING OBLIGATIONS OF THEIR BOUNTY. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO REBUKE
NARROW SELF-INTEREST. TO SUSTAIN THE COMMON GOOD. FOR THEY ARE THE PATRIOTS THE NATION NEEDS. WE ESPECIALLY ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON THE MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON
CITY COUNCIL AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR GOOD WORK ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY ON A HILL. AMEN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. UM, WE ARE ON TO PRESENTATIONS . WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION? I AM IN THE BASEMENT FROM ANTICIPATED. AND I'D ALSO, UH, LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR MAHI,
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCILOR SANTANA. OKAY. >> UH, BUT IT'S COMING RIGHT AROUND. IS IT COMING AROUND THE LONG WAY?
RIGHT.
COUNCILOR SANTANA'S RECOGNIZING LA ALIANZA. ALIANZA HISPANIA. >> IS. >> IS YOU PLANTED BETTER PLACE . SO WELCOME YOUR GUESTS UP AND, UH, I WANT TO INVITE THEM UP TO
THE. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WHEN I STARTED THIS, UM, I WANT TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO MY COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC AND HONORED GUESTS. UM, TODAY WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF LA ALIANZA ESPINA FOR OVER 55
YEARS. ALIANZA BANNER HAS BEEN A TRUSTED STARTING POINT FOR THOUSANDS OF LATINOS SEEKING SUPPORT AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE. COME UP. EVERYONE IN THE SPACE FOR
EVERYONE THROUGH EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY, THE ORGANIZATION STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY AND HELPS INDIVIDUALS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. LA LA SPINAL PROVIDES VITAL
PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES TO LATINO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO OUR BOSTON. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, SENIOR WELLNESS INITIATIVES AND FAMILY CENTERED
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT HELP RESIDENTS BUILD STABILITY, OPPORTUNITY AND CONNECTION. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION IS DEVOTED TO SUPPORTING LATINO SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES TO SOCIAL
ENGAGEMENT AND ENRICHING ACTIVITIES WHILE ALSO PROVIDING CRITICAL SUPPORT TO IMMIGRANT MOTHERS AND FAMILIES THAT THE SPANIARDS WORK IS DEEPLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE IT UPLIFTS AND EMPOWERS
MEMBERS OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, SENIOR SERVICES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS. AS WE RECOGNIZE LA TODAY, WE
HONOR MORE THAN FIVE DECADES I REPEAT FIVE DECADES OF DEDICATED SERVICE ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP. THE COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS AND STRENGTHENING FAMILIES CONTINUES TO MAKE A
LASTING DIFFERENCE IN BOSTON AND ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE HAD ON OUR GENERATIONS AND UM, OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR ME AS
AN IMMIGRANT FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, UM, THIS IS EXTREMELY PERSONAL TO ME. UM, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS HELP ME AND MY FAMILY GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. UM, AND RIGHT NOW OUR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES AS WE ALL KNOW, UM, IS UNDER SO MUCH ATTACKS, UM, FROM ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS UM, PARTICULARLY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HAVING UM A GROUP OF WOMEN RIGHT GROUP
OF LATINAS UM WHO DO EVERY SINGLE WHO JUST DO THIS WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S PERSONAL TO THEM. UM, BUT IT'S NOT EASY. UM, AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, AND I GET
EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I START THINKING ABOUT, UM, MY FAMILY, MY COUSINS, MY FRIENDS. UM, AND THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW. UM, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I DON'T KNOW WHO WHO WANTS TO
SPEAK. UM, BUT ALL IS, UM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. GRACIAS. UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS, UM, WHO ARE, UM, ULTIMATELY SAVING
LIVES. SO THIS TIME TO CRISIS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MARISOL AMAYA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, L'AGENCE ESPANA. AND THESE ARE SOME MEMBERS
OF MY TEAM. WE HAD THEM SHOWN ON THE MAIN SITE IN THE OFFICE. SO WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE, UM, 55 YEARS AGO LA STARTED WITH A
SIMPLE MISSION A REFUSAL TO LEAVE OUR LATINO PEOPLE TO BE INVISIBLE. SO IN 1971 THE LATINO FAMILIES
THAT PARTIES CHILDREN, UNCLES CAUSING CRIME PATTERNS A RAINBOW STONE WITH NO ENGLISH WITHOUT NOTICE HOW TO NAVIGATE
THIS SYSTEM WE LACK THE POSSIBILITIES AND IT'S SAD TO KNOW THEM 55 YEARS AGO AND WE CONTINUE ON THE SAME. SO FOR THIS REASON LA ALLIANCE
WAS FOCUSED ON THE HOLISTIC FAMILY APPROACH. WE CARE AND WE HAVE PROGRAMS FOR EVERY MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY. SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 0 TO 5 THAN WE DO HOME
VISIT VISITOR PROGRAM THE HOME VISIT THE PROGRAM FOCUS AND MAKE SURE THAT CHILD IS READY FOR KINDERGARTEN BUT AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORTED OUR LATINO FAMILY.
WE HAD ALSO WE CARED ABOUT OUR OLDER LIKE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. WE HAD THE SENIOR PROGRAM AND WE HAD AN ADULT DAY CARE PROGRAM THAT IS THE FIRST ONE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR THE
LATINO COMMUNITY 5554 YEARS IS THAT ALL DAY CARE PROGRAM AND WE HAD THE WORKFORCE MAKING SURE OUR THEY HAD OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A JOB WITH COMPUTER
CLASS RÉSUMÉS AND ALSO SEARCHING FOR A JOB FOR EVERYONE. AND WE HAD INFORMATION I PREFER SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE LATINO FAMILIES COME HERE. THEY THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY
START. WE ARE FOR 55 LA THE ANSWER HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEEN THE BRIDGE FOR A BETTER FUTURE.
WE ENSURE THAT OUR OLDER ADULT AGE WITH DIGNITY WE MOVE FAMILIES GIVEN THE RIGHT TOOL FROM SURVIVAL TO THRIVING AND WE GET KNOW CARE ABOUT OUR
CHILDREN AS THE GOOD STUDENTS BUT ALSO AS OUR FUTURE LEADERS. WE DON'T LOOK AT THE METRICS JUST ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
WE LOOK AT THE MOTHER WHO CAME TO LA ALIANZA TERRIFIED BECAUSE DIDN'T HAD A PLACE TO SLEEP, WHERE TO EAT AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LIFE. NOW THE MOTHER HAS THEIR OWN
PLACE. THEY HAD LIFE AND NOW SHE'S WORKING WITH US ALSO MAKING SURE THE OTHER FAMILY HAS THE RIGHT THINGS AND THE RIGHT TOOLS TO SURVIVE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE OLDER ADULT WHO WAS IN THE APARTMENT WITH OUR OUT YES LONELY AND ISOLATING. NOW THAT PERSON IS WRITING A
BOOK. I'M PUT HER LIFE IN A PIECE OF BOOK AND SELLING THAT BOOK AND THEN MY SON DIES AND IN PART WHERE I'M MAKING THAT PERSON IS NO INVISIBLE IS
VISIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE IMMIGRANT THAT CAME WITHOUT SPEAKING ENGLISH AND NOW HE'S OUT ON THEIR OWN BUSINESS
GIVING JOB TO ORDER AND GIVE IT OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCESS FOR SO MANY. WE ARE HERE L'ALLIANCE ALIANZA WE DON'T KNOW YES DO THINGS
BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO IT. WE DO IT WITH PASSION AND WE DO IT BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY WHO WORK AT ALLIANCE IS AN IMMIGRANT SO WE KNOW WE WORK, WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT
IS BUT WE KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE. LA ALIANZA IS NOTHING WITHOUT THEIR STAFF THANKS TO THEM ALL THE STAFF WHO ARE COMING THEY ARE THE HEROES.
THEY ARE THE ONE WHO MADE SURE THAT EVERY LATINO CHILD THAN EVERY LATINO ELDER AND EVERY FAMILY HAS A FUTURE AND THEY
ARE NOT INVISIBLE IN THIS CITY A LA ALIANZA. WE DON'T PROVIDE SERVICES. WE GIVE A BETTER FUTURE AND THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION AT 55 YEARS BUT WE ARE GOING
AFTER MORE. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. WE THANK YOU. >> WE THANK YOU MIGHTY FOR THEM AND YOU CAN YOU CAN. YOU CAN FEEL THE PASSION UM AND
HOW PERSONAL IT IS AND AS MARISOL MENTIONED UM, WE'RE ALL IMMIGRANTS, RIGHT? AND SO UM, EVERYONE WORKING THERE ARE IMMIGRANTS AND IT'S EXTREMELY PERSONAL TO THEM. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
JUST TO, UM, BOTH, UM, CITY COUNCILORS JULIA MEJIA UM, THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE HAD TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I KNOW ALL MY COLLEAGUES CARE ABOUT LATINO COMMUNITY, BUT I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE BOTH HAVE DONE. UM, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING BEFORE ABOUT HOW WE REALLY NEED TO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING THE WORK AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO AND SUPPORT THE WORK. UM, AND I KNOW BOTH OF YOU AND
MY COLLEAGUES DO THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND, UM, I KNOW THIS GUY LIKES TO BE IN THE SHADOWS, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JUAN LOPEZ, UM, THAT WE ALL LOVE AND KNOW UM, JUST FOR THE
EDUCATION UM, AND THE COMMITMENT TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES BUT PARTICULARLY THE LATINO COMMUNITY. UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO PAVE. SO, UM THANK YOU. UM, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO AND BY
ALL MY COLLEAGUES UP, UM, FOR A QUICK PICTURE. EVERYONE HAS A WINDOW ON, UH, THE. UH.
>> DOING THIS BUT THESE FOLKS IN FRONT.
KNOW WHAT. >> WE DO THE. PICTURES MANGA AND. I WANT TO GO ON. OKAY.
>> WONDERFUL I. HAVE.
ALWAYS YOU AND. THAT WHAT THAT. WHEN I'LL COME BACK.
TO. THE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO LA ALIANZA. UH, HIS FORMER UM. MUCH BETTER. >> THINGS.
FOR MR TURNER. COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THE CONSTABLE WADDELL HAS JOINED US. THANK YOU. AND I THINK WE GOT HER THE LAST TIME TO KIND OF PUNCH FROM HERE. OKAY?
>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF JUNE 17TH, 2026 . ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
OPPOSED SAY NAY. UM. >> THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 17TH MEETING HAVE BEEN APPROVED. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION. YOU HAVE A POINT OF ORDER YES. I DO. >> WHICH WHICH RULE ARE YOU REFERRING TO?
UM. >> I HAVE A FEW FEW RULES BUT LET ME START WITH RULES. OH. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. RULE 13. UM. MADAM CHAIR, UM, THIS MORNING I MENTIONED TO YOU UM, I WANTED
TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON 17 APPS. I WANTED TO BE RESPECTFUL TO YOU AND THE PROCESS TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. UM. >> THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT 17 APPS, BUT TODAY'S AGENDA INCLUDES A
RESPONSE FROM THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AND DOCKET 0221, WHICH WAS A 17 FIVE FILED ON FOR ELEVATOR ACCESS AND LIFE SAFETY.
I FILED THIS ON JANUARY 28TH. THE RESPONSE JUST CAME BUT IT IGNORES MANY OF THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN MY REQUEST AND DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A VARIETY OF ISSUES
INCLUDING UNPAID INVOICES IN ONGOING LITIGATION. BUT I DIDN'T CANCEL OFFLINE. WE USUALLY DON'T KNOW. I JUST. DON'T USE WHAT I UNDERSTAND COMMENT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
OKAY, BUT I ALSO HAVE SEVERAL SEVERAL OUTSTANDING 17 APPS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RESPONDED TO UM INCLUDING ONE FROM FEBRUARY 1ST IN APRIL, SEVERAL OTHERS UM
SEVEN RULE 13 MADAM CHAIR REQUIRES THAT UNANSWERED 17 ORDERS REMAIN LISTED AS PENDING MATTERS AND GREEN. SHEETS UNDER RULE EIGHT I AM ASKING THE CHAIR TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A QUESTION
OF PRIORITY OF BUSINESS AND TO ADDRESS THESE PENDING REQUESTS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL PROCEED WITH OTHER MATTERS, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CHAIR CALL A BRIEF RECESS UNDER
RULE SIX SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE A CLEAR WRITTEN RESPONSE WHEN THE REQUESTED INFORMATION WILL BE WILL BE PRODUCED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UM THAT'S THAT'S THE RULE AND I
HOPE WE RESPECT THE RULE. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN I'VE BEEN TALKING TO ENGR ABOUT THIS ISSUE ABOUT 17 HOURS. WE DID GET THE RESPONSE TO THIS THE B 17 F UM AND AT THIS
MOMENT I, I UH DO NOT INTEND TO RECESS FOR ME TO GO AS THE CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, RESPECTFULLY, I APPEAL THE RULING OF. >> THE CHAIR. THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE. THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN RECESS
THE MEETING IS THE CHAIR AND I'M EXERCISING THAT, UH. I'M SORRY, MR CLERK. UM, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MANY OF THESE 17 F'S FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME. WE CAN TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NO. >> WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS TO JUST SETTLE. >> THIS MATTER.
WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN RECESS THE MEETING IS THE CHAIR AND WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON, SO THEREFORE WE WILL NOT HAVE A RECESS. I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY FROM THE IG THAT THEY'RE
WORKING ON THOSE OUTSTANDING, UH, 17 F'S AND THEY HOPE TO HAVE THEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING. COUNCIL OFFLINE. ROOM 1820. MOTION TO ADJOURN JUST I SUPPOSE IT IS NOT THE MEETING
IN THE LETTER AT ANY TIME. WE'RE NOT ARE YOU ARE YOU I'M MOVING OFFLINE I COUNCIL ARE YOU MOVING A MOTION TO ADJOURN. NANCY I.
BEG YOUR PARDON? I'M ONLY ASKING THAT WE TAKE A BRIEF RECESS SO WE CAN GET A WRITTEN RESPONSE. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. I HAVE SERIOUS. CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH RELATED
ISSUES AND VHA DEVELOPMENTS THAT I DO NEED. ANSWERS FOR. IN OTHER IN OTHER ISSUES. MADAM CHAIR, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO MY CONSTITUENTS MANY OF THEM UH,
PEOPLE OF COLOR. I OWE IT TO THEM TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE. UM, AS A DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR I WOULD LIKE A BRIEF RECESS TO SO I CAN GET WRITTEN CONFIRMATION WHEN THESE 17 FS
WILL BE, UM, WE. WON'T BE RESPONDED TO. I THINK THAT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST. IT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, WE APPRECIATE IT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST, BUT IT'S NOT A SIMPLE
SOLUTION. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO EGR AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT THOSE RESPONSES WILL BE FOREIGN, WILL BE AVAILABLE AT OUR NEXT MEETING. THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. SO I HAVE TO TAKE IT IN GOOD FAITH THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY
PLAN TO DO. MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T TAKE I CAN'T TAKE IT IN GOOD FAITH. I NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING BECAUSE I'VE WAITED FIVE AND SIX MONTHS WHICH MEANS MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FIVE AND SIX MONTHS TO
GET QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES ADDRESSED PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES ADDRESSED THE PEOPLE OF COLOR. I NEED TO. DO MY. >> DUE DILIGENCE AND PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. THAT'S MY JOB. I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
I TAKE IT PERSONALLY. WE WILL UH CONSISTING OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO ENGR. WE CAN ARRANGE THAT. I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK WITH
THEM. I'M JUST ASKING FOR A WRITTEN RESPONSE FROM IG. UH, WHEN I'LL GET MY 17TH I. >> IT'S A. IT'S A PRIORITY FOR ME. MADAM MAYOR, WE. >> HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT WE'VE
GOTTEN BE A RESPONSE. WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE OTHERS AND I THEY SAID THAT THE. RESPONSE, MADAM CHAIR, WAS INSIGNIFICANT. THEY MINISTER THAT
COUNCILOR FLYNN, I AM. PLEASED TO MAKE UH. COUNCILOR UH MURPHY YOU HAD UH COUNCILOR UH I'M SORRY BUT. SORRY POINT OF VIEW INFORMATION
UM, IS IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ADJOURN OR IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO RECESS THROUGH THE CHAIR? THERE'S NO MOTION TO RECESS. WE CAN'T HAVE A MOTION TO RECESS. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION. >> FROM. I HEARD.
SO FAR THAT MR PARKER, YOU HELP WITH EVERY QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW. WELL, WHAT WE WILL DO, COUNSELOR OFFLINE IS WE WILL ASK IDR TO BRING A WRITTEN
RESPONSE BEFORE THE END OF THIS MEETING. MADAM CHAIR. UM, I'M REQUESTING THAT I GET THE WRITTEN RESPONSE. >> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE TIME CONSTRAINTS HERE. INSTEAD OF INSPECTIONS. WHAT TYPE OF SITUATION.
THIS COUNTRY FLYNN. AS WELL. COUNCILOR FLYNN. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MY CONSTITUENTS THAT I GET WRITTEN ANSWERS FOR THEM THAT I'M DOING
MY DUE DILIGENCE AS A DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR. I WANT WRITTEN CONFIRMATION WHEN THESE 17 F'S WILL BE SENT TO ME. I TRUST PEOPLE BUT I WANT TO VERIFY IT.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN. WE WORK WITH I TO GET THAT RESPONSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S NOTHING. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> POINT OF INFORMATION. I HAD DONE THE SAME THING OVER A MONTH AGO AND STILL HAVEN'T
GOTTEN RESPONSES. THERE ARE 12 OUTSTANDING 17 F'S. AND I HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE WORKING WITH. THEM, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT WE'RE. GOING ON.
MONTHS NOW WITH UNANSWERED 17 F SO WHY IF YOU COULD JUST LET ME KNOW AS THE CHAIR AS THE PRESIDENT WHY YOU THINK THAT THIS TIME THAT WE WILL GET
ANSWERS IF IT'S A CONCERN THAT WE ARE MYSELF AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN BRINGING UP FOR A LONG TIME NOW. YES. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO. >> UM, ASKING THE QUESTION. THE QUESTION YES. WE'RE WORKING WITH IG TO GET THE RESPONSE. >> WHY ARE WE AS A BODY OKAY
THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING IMPORTANT ANSWERS. WE'RE WORKING ON A THANK YOU COUNCIL COUNCILOR UM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT.
UM, I WILL OFFER A. FRIENDLY, UH, CONSIDERATION TO. MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ADVOCATING I KNOW THERE IS. >> A. HEARING ORDER REGARDING. 17 FS THAT HAS BEEN FILED. I THINK.
THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THAT AS. >> AN OPPORTUNITY. TO BRING. THE ADMINISTRATION IN. TALK ABOUT PROTOCOLS, POLICIES. >> AND PROCEDURES AND MAYBE WE CAN DESIGN SOME SORT OF TIMELINE AND.
THEN THAT WE WE CAN HOLD UM. THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE. I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA. WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF AND RESPECTFULLY IF WE DON'T MIND, MAYBE WE
COULD DO A HEARING AROUND THIS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP. THE WORK MOVING. RESPECTFULLY, I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. WE'RE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM AROUND THE MAYOR. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1223?
OH MY GOD. DOCKET NUMBER 1223 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACTING THROUGH ITS ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT TO AMEND
THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE REVENUE REVOLVING FUND. 303 96 E THE CURRENT LANGUAGE FOR 303 96 IS LIMITED IN ITS
USE AND THE CHANGES PROPOSED WILL ALLOW FOR PROPER USAGE OF 303 96 E WHILE MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE. THE AMENDED LANGUAGE WILL ALLOW THE FUND TO PROPERLY CAPTURE
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, ENSURING ENHANCE AND SEAMLESS FINANCIAL PROCESS FOR CURRENT CITY ENERGY ACTIVITIES. THESE AMENDMENTS WILL PROPERLY CAPTURE DEMAND RESPONSE REVENUE
AND ALLOW FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM, INCREASING ENERGY SAVINGS AND REDUCE THE CITY'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PRODUCED BY EMISSIONS NOT ADDRESSED THROUGH
THE CITY'S DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1 TO 2 THREE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET 1224? DOCKET NUMBER 122 FOR A MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1,200,000 IN THE
FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 EMOTE FEE FOR GRANT AWARDED BY MASS OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC SAFETY
RESPONSE EMOTE ROUND TWO APPLICATION. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1224.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1224 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1225.
TALKING OF A1225 MESSAGE YOU KNOW IT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND $100,000 OR CREDITS FROM ANTHROPIC TO STRENGTHENING THE CITY'S CYBER DEFENSES.
THESE CREDITS ARE GRANTED BY ANTHROPIC THROUGH THE STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL AND TERRITORIAL CYBER DEFENSES PROGRAM. THE CREDITS WILL BE UTILIZED TO AUTOMATE THE SCANNING, TRIAGING
AND PATCHING OF A CITY'S TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE USING CLAUDE OPUS 4.8 THE LATEST MODEL OF ANTHROPIC AND GENERATIVE AI TWO THIS
INITIATIVE WILL HELP TO SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATE OUR CYBER SECURITY POSTURE AGAINST INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED AI DRIVEN THREATS. THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
I AM JUST LOOKING AT MY SCRIPT HERE AND I WANTED TO CALL ON THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. DO YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS ON THE PREVIOUS DOCKET? HUH? >> OKAY. THANK THANK YOU.
SPEAK ON THAT ONE. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM. WE JUST VOTED TO. UH. >> TO SUSPEND AND PASS THAT ONE. UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON EXACTLY UM, EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT COULD I JUST ASK THE. COULD I JUST ASK THE COMMITTEE. CHAIR TO EXPLAIN IT TO SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT WE
JUST. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY MY INTENTION. THANK YOU. UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR SKIPPING OVER THAT, UH, CHAIR YOU OF THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN
. UM, AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I HAVE HELD MULTIPLE HEARINGS ON GRANTS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW CRITICAL THEY ARE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING TO BOSTON FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP EVENTS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE PROVIDE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY.
THIS $1.2 MILLION GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SECURITY OPERATIONS THAT DESIGNATE A FEE FOR SITES INCLUDING FAM FAST TEAM HOTELS, PRACTICE FACILITIES AND UM HOME
BASE CAMPS BY FUNDING NECESSARY OVERTIME AND EQUIPMENT COSTS GIVEN THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR THESE RESOURCES. UM AS THE WORLD CUP ACTIVITIES ARE UNDERWAY AT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I
RECOMMEND THAT THIS GRANT OUGHT TO PASS AND I BELIEVE IT TO THANK YOU, BUT I HOPE THAT GAVE YOU SOME FLAHERTY ON HOW THE 1.2 IS. BEING THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCILOR CONSCIOUSLY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR SANTANA. HE ANSWERED MY QUESTION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND AS WE ALREADY TOOK A VOTE ON THIS AND THIS IS THIS UH THIS UH, DOCKET 1224 HAS PAST
APOLOGIZED FOR THE REVERSAL ON THAT ONE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1225? OH, YOU'VE READ IT ALREADY? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS AGAIN, UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, DOCTOR DOCKET 1225.
THIS IS NOT. SOMETHING THAT'S THE, UH. I1227 UH. >> OH. >> NO FURTHER. WE'RE NOT. SUSPENDING I'M. >> PASSING THIS ONE. >> YOU'RE NOT SUSPENDING AND
PASSING. OKAY, THIS IS UP FOR FURTHER UH ,THIS DOCKET UH, 1225 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THANK YOU. CONSIDERING YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON.
COME ON. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. MR CHAIR. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1226. TALKING OF A1226 MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A DONATION OF $25,000 FROM THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CITIES FORWARD INC. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S CIVIC SUMMIT SCHEDULED
TO OCCUR ON AUGUST 1ST, 2026. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. UM, I THINK. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. SO, UH, ARE YOU THE. CITY'S FORWARD?
IS THIS SPECIFIC SOMETHING YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M ASKING. >> THAT MY COLLEAGUES SUSPEND AND PASS THIS LOW DOLLAR GRANT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON,
UH, HUMAN TO HUMAN SERVICES. UH, ASKED FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1226. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL AGAINST SAY NAY.
THE AYES HAVE A DOCKET 1226 HAS PASSED. UH, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1227. TALKING OF A1227 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF RENEWAL INSPECTIONAL SERVICES CONSTABLES AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF THEIR BONDS FOR A PERIOD COMMENCING MAY 1ST, 2026 AND
ENDING APRIL 30TH 2029. THANK YOU. UM THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF UH COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, WE SUSPENDED AND PASSED THIS APPOINTMENT LAST YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THE SAME TODAY. UM, AS THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT ,UM, THIS ORDER ENSURES THAT QUALIFIED CONSTABLES ARE
PROPERLY APPOINTED AND AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BOSTON SUPPORTING THE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF UM THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THE ORDER ALSO MAINTAINS COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW BY
CLARIFYING THAT APPOINTED CONSTABLES MAY NOT EXERCISE ARREST POWERS UNLESS THEY OBTAIN THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL UM CERTIFICATION FROM THE UH PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION. SO I'M LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND
PASS ON THIS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY CRIMINAL JUSTICE JUST AS COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH THANK. >> YOU MATE. MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO THE CHAIR? CERTAINLY. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, WHAT'S YOUR
QUESTION FOR THE CHAIR? UM, HOW MANY, UM, CONSTABLES ARE WE SUPPORTING OR ARE WE VOTING ON? AND, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AS IT RELATES TO INSPECTIONAL.
SERVICES WHAT. >> SOME OF THE. SPECIFIC DUTIES. ARE IN TERMS OF. UM SERVING PEOPLE, VARIOUS SUMMONSES IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION SINCE WE'RE NOT HAVING A HEARING. COUNCIL, DO YOU WANT TO BE
SURE? ANSWER THAT QUESTION, COUNCILOR SANTANA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR I DO NOT HAVE THE UM THOSE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW BUT HAPPY TO. LOOK UM. I THINK SO, YEAH.
MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR WEBER. UM, SO WE HAVE HERE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL ARE FOR THE RENEWAL OF I THE IS THE APPLICANTS WE HAVE 1234567.
UM WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW THE NAMES OF THOSE PEOPLE? SEVEN OF THEM? YES. CORRECT. UM AND HAPPY TO ALSO, UM, GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU, UM, PUT ON THE RECORD UM. >> TO. MAKE SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES
FEEL GOOD BUT UM YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCIL LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. UM, THESE ARE ALL RENEWALS. UM, WE WE DISCUSSED THIS.
UM, SO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE LEAGUE SUSPENSION THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1227. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY.
THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE A DOCKET 1227 HAS PASSED AND THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 12280 DOCKETS 1228
AND 1229 TOGETHER. SO I CAN HAVE A122A MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING ELEVATOR ACCESS LIFE SAFETY AND DISABILITY
COMPLIANCE NUMBER 0221 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 28TH 2026. NUMBER 122 NAME MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17
OF REGARDING EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR VARIOUS COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TALKING NUMBER 1002 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 13TH, 2026.
THANK YOU. DOCKETS 1228 AND 1229 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE NOW ON TO POSITION PETITIONS ,MEMORIALS AND REMONSTRANCES. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ A DOCKET 1230. CAN HAVE A1230 PETITION OF SIR TRANSPORTATION INCORPORATED OF BOSTON FOR A LICENSE TO OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE
CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS FOR HIRE OVER CERTAIN STREETS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1230 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE ON WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS FOR REGARDING RULE 39. NO REMARKS ON COMMUNICATIONS FROM COUNCILORS WILL BE
PERMITTED. MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS 1231 THROUGH 1234 . DUGGAN NUMBER 1231 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LEWIS BRAIN
OF THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL AND RE KEEP PEN AS THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING TRUST FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 1ST
2028 OKAY NUMBER 1232 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION OF THE REPORT ENTITLED COMMEMORATION COMMISSION PROGRESS REPORT MAY
2026 TALKING OF A1233 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM PHILIP PHILIP ING, INTERIM MASSDOT SECRETARY AND MBTA GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO
REGARDING WITHDRAWAL OF MAY 15TH, 2026 NOTICE OF INTENT TO ACQUIRE TEMPORARY RIGHTS IN A PORTION OF SONOMA STREET AND NUMBER 1234 COMMUNICATION WAS
RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGARDING MATTAPAN HEIGHTS TWO CHAPTER 121 EIGHT PROJECT SECOND AMENDMENT TO REPORT AND
DECISION. THANK YOU MR TRUCK DOCKETS 123131234 WILL BE PLACED ON FILES. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 10697. DUKKHA NUMBER 0697 THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WHICH WAS REFERRED ON APRIL 1ST
2026 DUKKHA NUMBER 0697 ORDER TO ACCEPT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 59 SECTION FIVE CLAUSE 41 D AUTHORIZING ANNUAL INCREASES TO SENIOR EXEMPTION
INCOME AND ASSET LIMITS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I RISE TODAY REGARDING DOCKET NUMBER 0697 IN ORDER TO ACCEPT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 59 SECTION. FIVE, CLAUSE 41 D AUTHORIZING ANNUAL INCREASES TO SENIOR
EXEMPTION INCOME AND ASSET LIMITS A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW AN ANNUAL INCREASE TO THE INCOME AND ASSET ELIGIBILITY LIMITS FOR THE CITY'S SENIOR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX TO BE
PROVIDED TO THE CITY ANNUALLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON THIS DOCKET ON MONDAY, JUNE 15TH AND WAS JOINED BY COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY LOUIJEUNE WORRELL CULPEPER AND
FITZGERALD TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING AS WELL AS, UH, INCOMING INTERIM CHIEF OF ASSESSING HANLON WONG UH COMMISSIONER EMILY SHEA THE STRONG COMMISSION UH CAROLYN VILLERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS UH SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL AND LILY UH BRIAN MEMBER OF THE MASS SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AS WELL IN MONDAY'S HEARING AS YOU RECALL,
UH, WE HEARD HOW INCOME UH, CURRENT INCOME AND ASSET LIMITS FROM BOSTON SENIOR PROPERTY TAX UH, EXCEPTIONS IS OUTDATED AS INFLATION HAS INCREASED.
UH, THE COST OF LIVING COMMITTEE UH BELIEVES UH AND UH EXPLAINED THAT THIS DOCKET 0697 IS A PRACTICAL AND EQUITABLE APPROACH, UH, THAT HELPS
PRESERVE ACCESS TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR BOSTON SENIORS BY TYING ELIGIBILITY TO INFLATION, THE CITY UH AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX THE CITY CAN ENSURE THAT SENIORS UH WHO WOULD
OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE ARE NOT INADVERTENTLY EXCLUDED SIMPLY UH BECAUSE THEIR ASSETS HAVE RISEN ALONGSIDE BROADER. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. WE ALSO HEARD THAT IF ADOPTED,
THESE CHANGES WOULD TAKE EFFECT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. ALLOWING ELIGIBLE SENIORS TO BEGIN APPLYING ON JULY 1ST 2026 WITH THE APPLICATION PERIOD REMAINING OPEN THROUGH APRIL
1ST 2027. THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT UH TESTIFIED THAT IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND WOULD PRIMARILY INVOLVE UPDATING ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLDS AND PUBLIC FACING MATERIALS. COMMISSIONER SHEA ALSO STATED
THE HRA COMMISSION WOULD WORK TO GET THE WORD OUT TO ELIGIBLE SENIORS SHOULD THIS ORDER TAKE EFFECT. FOLLOWING OUR HEARING AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LEAD SPONSOR UH COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE UH, A COUPLE OF CHANGES WERE
MADE TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDER TO REFLECT OUR LEGISLATIVE INTENT. WE ADDED A COMMA AND THE WORDS BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS AFTER THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR UH, TO READ THE
PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE PREVIOUS YEARS AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE. LASTLY WE ADDED THAT UH AFTER
THAT UH SENDS A CLAUSE THAT REFLECTS OUR LEGISLATIVE INTENT AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, I RECOMMEND DOCKET NUMBER 0697 TO PASS IN THE NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
WAYS AND MEANS THE SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETS 0697 IN A NEW DRAFT. UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
>> MADAM CHAIR. AND I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR. I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A MEETING ,UH, A HEARING THAT WAS MOVED AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM FOR, UH, THE FLEXIBILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
THIS HEARING. WE WANT TO VOTE ON IT TODAY, UH, SO THAT IT'S IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND AS THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING OH MY GOSH, I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR AS MY CO-SPONSOR AS WELL COUNCIL AS WELL AS MY CO-SPONSOR AND WANT TO REALLY
UPLIFT THE ADVOCACY OF MASSENA ACTION COUNCIL. CAROLYN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF YOUR ACTION COUNCIL, THE PRESIDENT OF YOUR ACTION COUNCIL, THANK THEM FOR THEIR ADVOCACY AND FOR THEIR ORIGINAL RESEARCH BECAUSE IT REALLY
HELPED TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT MY UH, OFFICE WAS DOING AROUND THIS ISSUE. >> I WANT. >> TO. GIVE. A BIG SHOUT OUT TO JESSIE IN MY OFFICE. WE WERE AS WE'RE DOGGED ABOUT FINDING WAYS TO HELP OUR SENIORS, UM, IN THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT SO
MANY OF THEM ARE EXPERIENCING REALIZE THAT THIS LOCAL OPTION WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY A NUMBER OF CITIES AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH INCLUDING CONCORD ,MILTON, CAMBRIDGE SO MANY OTHERS BACK IN 2003 WHEN IT WAS FIRST ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED WE
DID NOT OPT INTO IT. UM, RIGHT NOW THE SENIOR UH EXEMPTION FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL IS AT 26 IS AROUND $26,000. HAD WE ADOPTED THIS MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO THAT EXEMPTION
LIMIT WOULD BE 40,000 UM UNDER 41 D WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CREATING ANY NEW EXEMPTION. ALL WE'RE DOING IS APPLYING THE COST OF LIVING, UH, INCREASE EVERY YEAR TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY
ALLOWABLE UNDER 41 C AND SO IT'S AGAIN IF WE HAD IT IN EFFECT FOR LAST YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 2.9% INCREASE ON TOP OF THE 41 C SENIOR UH LIMIT .
THESE ARE THE LIMITS THAT WE AS A BODY HAVE NOW TWICE ASKED THE STATE AND PETITIONED THE STATE HOUSE TO INCREASE UM AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT THIS IS A LOCAL OPTIONS UM, THAT WE CAN DO HERE ON THE CITY
COUNCIL WITHOUT REQUIRING ANY STATE HOUSE APPROVAL THAT WILL HELP KEEP, UH, THE EXEMPTION LIMITS FOR SENIORS. BUT THE INCOME LIMITS AND THE ASSET LIMITS HELP THEM KEEP A PACE WITH INFLATION AND WITH
INCREASES THAT OUR SENIORS AND OUR OUR OLDER ADULTS SEE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR SO THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS PENSIONS AND SAVINGS UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING FROM 2000 AND UH, SINCE I THINK DURING THE
PANDEMIC ONWARDS WE'VE BEEN SEEING UH A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHO ARE UH WHO ARE RECEIVING THESE BENEFITS AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WITH THIS ADJUSTMENT, UH, OF INCLUDING INFLATION VIA THE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE MORE OF OUR OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THESE EXEMPTIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE UH, THE INTERIM UH UM UH CHIEF ASSESSING ALONGSIDE
COMMISSIONER SHAY WHO ARE BOTH AT THIS HEARING TO REALLY UH MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. I WANT TO THANK OUR SENIORS WHO ARE DOING INCREDIBLE ADVOCACY, UM, AROUND THE NEEDS OF OUR OLDER ADULTS. UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, LILY
WHO BROUGHT ME THIS MESSAGE YOUR ACTION COUNCIL AMBASSADOR AND THEY WERE HERE LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE WHEN WE HAD THIS HEARING AND JUST PROVIDED INCREDIBLE TESTIMONY. THIS IS ONE THING THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OLDER ADULTS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE HAS RAISED CASH FOR UH, ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN OLDER ADULTS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO AGE IN PLACE WITH DIGNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM AND MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
. COUNCILOR. UH WORRELL CO-SPONSOR YEP. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND ALSO MASSENA ACTION
COUNCIL WHO HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF UM GETTING MORE RELIEF TO OUR SENIORS, UH, WHO ARE CASH RICH AND HOUSE POOR. UH, THIS IS PROGRESS. UM, AS A SMALL STEP FORWARD, UM
,IT'S A TOOL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NOW WILL HAVE IN OUR TWO UH, IN OUR TWO BOAT. UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST UPLIFT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT, UH, THE MATH AND THE ACTION COUNCIL HAS UPLIFTED TO OUR
OFFICE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH UM, WITH REGARDS TO PROVIDING MORE RELIEF TO OUR SENIORS. UH, WHICH ONE OF THEM IS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENT PLANS AND
ANY TWEAKS, UM, THAT COULD BE MADE TO THE CITY'S NEW BILLING SYSTEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS CAN ALSO PROVIDE RELIEF, UH, TO OUR SENIORS AND OF COURSE THE LARGEST TAX CREDIT. JUST WANT TO ALSO SHOUT OUT MY,
UH, CO-SPONSORS ON THAT ONE COUNCILOR MEDIA AND COUNCILOR MURPHY, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS PASSED THIS BODY ATTACHED TO THE TRANSFER TAX AND IT ALSO HAS PASSED THE SENATE AND ALSO UH, THE HOUSE
OF REPS. UH, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO GET REAL RELIEF UH, PASSED AT THE STATE HOUSE. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PUT SOME MORE PRESSURE AND ADVOCACY ON OUR STATE HOUSE COLLEAGUES TO GET MORE RELIEF TO OUR SENIORS .
SO THE WORK CONTINUES. THIS IS ONE STEP ANOTHER TOOL ADDED TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO OUR SENIORS. BUT, UM, LET'S KEEP ON PUSHING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WORRELL CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHAIR FOR CONDUCTING AN INFORMATIVE HEARING LAST WEEK. UH, ONE OF THEM WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CO-SPONSORS AS WELL. IMPORTANT BRINGING THIS FORWARD
IF NOT SENIOR ACTION AS WELL. UM, JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ISSUE THAT MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF UM, GOING FORWARD THAT PEOPLE
SENIORS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE AND ARE ACCEPTED INTO THIS PROGRAM ,IT'S LIKELY THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO REAPPLY ALMOST EVERY YEAR. UM I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT
DURING TESTIMONY UM LAST WEEK BUT IF THAT IS STILL THE CASE, WE HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF EDUCATING SENIORS ALMOST CONSTANTLY NOT JUST THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA BUT THROUGH
VARIOUS MAILINGS TO AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YES, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE TO UM, REAPPLY.
IT SHOULD BE ONE TIME ONLY BUT THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT THE RULE BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO EDUCATE AND STAY IN CONTACT WITH SENIORS THROUGHOUT UH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL ORAL THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. >> THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0697 IN A NEW DRAFT.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0697. CHANCELLOR BREADON. YES, COUNSELOR. BREADON. YES, COUNSELOR. COLOR IS OPPOSED. COUNSELOR.
CULPEPPER. YES. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR.
MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MEJIA. YES, COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES, COUNSELOR. YES. COUNCILOR. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNSELOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. LIBBY.
YES AND COUNSELOR. YES. COUNCIL. WORL. YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0697 AS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 0697 HAS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0792 AND 0913
THROUGH 0916 TOGETHER. TALKING TO HAVE A0792 OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON APRIL 15TH,
2026 TALKING NUMBER 0792 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACTING THROUGH ITS MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING TO APPLY FOR TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR
2025 CONTINUUM OF CARE GRANT FUNDS FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50 MILLION. THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO
SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AND HOUSING TO PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER TO PASS AND A NEW DRAFT TALKING NUMBER 0913
COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MAY 6TH, 2026 AND NUMBER 0913 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $16,834,742 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 26 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AWARDED
BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WOULD FUND HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.
THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS. SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER TO PASS DOCKET NUMBER 091 FOR THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MAY 6TH, 2026 DOCKET NUMBER 0914 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
THE AMOUNT OF $4,825,032.90 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 26 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PRODUCTION OF NEW AFFORDABLE RENTAL AND HOMEOWNERSHIP
HOUSING AND ALSO PROVIDE OPERATING SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS. SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER ARE TO PASS
DUKKHA NUMBER 0915. THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED TO MAY 6TH, 2026 NUMBER 0915 MESSAGE NOT
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $3,859,049 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 26 HOUSING FOR PERSONS
WITH AIDS GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES FOR INCOME ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS
AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AIDS. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEAR. SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER ARE TO PASS. SO I CAN HAVE A0916 THE
COMMITTEE IN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WHICH WAS REFERRED TO MAY 6TH, 2026 NUMBER 0916 MESSAGE IN ORDER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1,489,616 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THAT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 26 EMERGENCY
SOLUTIONS GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND STREET OUTREACH, EMERGENCY SHELTER,
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, RAPID REHOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SHELTER SERVICES. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS. SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER ARE TO PASS.
THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THAT WAS A LONG LIST OF DOCKETS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MET ON FRIDAY, JUNE 12TH TO DISCUSS FIVE GRANTS AWARDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. THE TOTAL SUM OF THESE GRANT IS
AROUND $79 MILLION. COUNCILOR FLYNN, LOUIJEUNE AND MURPHY WERE IN ATTENDANCE. THESE FIVE GRANTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING PROVIDING HOUSING ASSISTANCE
AND SHELTER SERVICES FOR BOSTONIANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS THE PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AIDS AND FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT DOCKET
0792091309140915 AND 0916 OUGHT TO PASS. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. UH, COUNSELOR OFFLINE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES, MADAM CHAIR, SINCE THIS IS. A VOTE I'M ABLE. >> TO SPEAK ON THIS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. >> AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT. SO YES.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU CAN ABLE TO SPEAK ON. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR THIS IMPORTANT HEARING. UM, CONSUL PEPEN, DID YOU SAY $79 MILLION?
WAS THAT CORRECT? SO WE'RE VOTING ON $79 MILLION HUD MONEY THAT'S COMING INTO INTO THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, I REPRESENT IN MY DISTRICT
PROBABLY THE MOST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING BUT A STRONG ADVOCATE OF PUBLIC HOUSING MY ENTIRE LIFE. UM, THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING THEY LIVE WITH RESPECT AND THEY LIVE WITH DIGNITY. AND WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES AT A PARTICULAR PUBLIC HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO ADDRESS THEM WHETHER IT'S BROKEN ELEVATORS, WHETHER IT'S UM FIXING UP A
COMMON AREA, WHETHER IT'S THE HVAC. RELATED ISSUES. . >> UM, BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING, NOT JUST PROVIDE THE MONEY TO
UM VHA. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE CRITICAL OVERSIGHT AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I TRY TO DO AS THE DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR REPRESENTING THE MOST RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC
HOUSING, MOST OF THEM ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. UM, I HAD ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT RUTH BARCLAY DEVELOPMENT AND A PERSON WHO WAS A DOUBLE
AMPUTEE, UM, WASN'T ABLE TO GET UP TO HIS APARTMENT ON THE FOURTH FLOOR AND DISABLED VETERAN AS WELL AND HE HAD TO STAY OUTSIDE, UH, FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME ON THE STREETS BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM WASN'T WORKING. I AM WORKING WITH COUNCILOR PEPEN TO TRY TO GET A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH VHA UM, ON ELEVATOR RELATED.
ISSUES. >> BUT I'M GOING TO VOTE ON ALL OF THESE DOCKETS BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. BUT I DO WANT TO PROVIDE CRITICAL OVERSIGHT ON VHA BECAUSE I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE
LEADERSHIP THAT'S TAKING PLACE ON AT VHA, ESPECIALLY AS IT IMPACTS PEOPLE OF COLOR AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN OUR BOSTON HOUSING UM HOUSING UNITS ACROSS THE CITY.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS THE PASS THIS BUT WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY IS SPENT APPROPRIATELY. MADAM CHAIR, THE FINAL POINT I
DO WANT TO MAKE IS THERE IS MONEY IN THERE FOR HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS AND HIV.
AND UM I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MAYOR FLYNN IN 1984 FOR THE WORK HE. DID ON SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS AND HIV, BUT
ESPECIALLY ENSURING THAT THEY HAD EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL AT THAT TIME BUT BECAUSE OF THE BECAUSE OF THOSE CIVIL RIGHTS
ADVANCEMENTS, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE PEOPLE UM WITH AIDS WITH HIV ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM.
>> COUNCILOR HAPPEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. >> POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I EMPHASIZE THAT 4079840792I WANTED TO, UH, TO PASS IN A NEW
DRAFT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT THAT WE RECEIVED WAS UH $50 MILLION BUT IT IS $52 MILLION THAT WE GETTING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
UM THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN, UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO A VOTE ON THESE DOCKETS. UH, I THINK WE'LL JUST GO STRAIGHT TO A ROLL CALL VOTE
ON, UH, EACH OF THEM IN TURN. LET'S START OFF WITH DOCKET UM, 0792. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0792 IN A NEW DRAFT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0792. . >> COUNCIL BRAIN. YES, COUNCILOR. BRAIN. YES. COUNCILOR. COLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR.
CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCIL. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. MEJIA. YES.
COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. VAN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL.
WE'RE ALL YES TALKING EMBER 0792 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 0792 HAS PASSED IN A NEW DRAFT, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0913. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0913. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON.
YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POLL COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. AUSTIN. YES.
COUNCIL. WHO'S IN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY AS COUNSELOR. PAPENFUSE. COUNCILOR. OPINIONS. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES.
COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. TALKING OF A0913 AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS
BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 0913 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0914. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET
0914. COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPONENT COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR.
SNOW. YES, COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES, COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. APPEND.
YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. EARL. COUNCILOR. ROYAL. YES. SO I CAN NUMBER 0914 AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU. >> THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 0914 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0915.
MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0915. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPONENT COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR.
DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES, COUNCILOR. FLYNN, COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES, COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY.
COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PENNIES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. EARL. YES. COUNCIL. ORAL. YES.
TALKING OF A0915 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET 0915 IT'S PASSED JUST DOWN TO THE LAST ONE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0916. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0916. COUNCILOR BRIE. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON.
YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A COLOR COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR. HIS SHOW. YES, COUNCILOR. FLYNN, COUNCILOR.
FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCIL. THE PEN. YES, COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR.
SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCILOR WITH THE US AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR EARLE YES. A NUMBER 0916 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 0916 HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW ON TO MEET MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD. UH, PURSUANT TO RULE 39 EACH
COUNCILOR WILL HAVE TEN MINUTES TO DISCUSS THE MAIN MOTION WHICH IS THE FULL DOCKET AS PRESENTED. THE ASSISTANT CLERK WILL KEEP TRACK OF UM WITH A STOPWATCH IF
COUNCILORS DO NOT USE ALL THEIR TIME IN THE FIRST DRAWING, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE ANY REMAINING TIME THEY HAVE IN A SECOND ROUND. WE WILL BE REASONABLY ENFORCING TIME LIMITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL RULES AND ENSURE THAT
EACH CONTROL IS ALLOCATED UH, AN EQUAL AND FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1222. DOCKET NUMBER 1222 MESSAGES MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR
RETURNING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND TAX ORDER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 DOCKET NUMBER 0733 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 10TH, 2026.
I AM FILING A MODIFIED ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND TAX ON. THANK YOU MR. CLERK. CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTANT WHATEVER THE CHAIR WAS MEANS YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO DOCKET NUMBER UH UH, 1
TO. >> 2 TWO IS A MODIFIED ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND TAX ORDER. THE MAYOR'S RETURN TO THE COUNCIL PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 2021 CHARTER AMENDMENT REGARDING THE
CITY OF BOSTON BUDGET PROCESS ON JUNE 10TH, 2026, THE COUNCIL PASSED AN AMENDED TAX ORDER THAT INCLUDED $10,365,000 AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL
AMENDMENTS $550,000 AND INTER-DEPARTMENTAL AMENDMENTS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ALREADY AGREED TO IMPLEMENT AND $605,000 IN OTHER RECOMMENDATION AMENDMENTS.
THESE AMENDMENTS INCLUDED INVESTMENTS TOWARD COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAMS, YOUTH JOBS, HOUSING ACCESS AND VOUCHERS AND GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS. THIS MODIFIED ANNUAL
APPROPRIATION AND TAX ORDER REFLECTS ALL THE INCREASES AND DECREASES PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AT ITS JUNE 10TH, 2026 MEETING WITH ONE MODIFICATION. THE MODIFICATION RESTORES THE
$1.4 MILLION REDUCTION IN THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S PERSONNEL LINE ITEM AND BALANCES THAT RESTORATION WITH A $1.4 MILLION
REDUCTION IN BT'S CONTRACTUAL SERVICES LINE ITEM. IN EFFECT, THE REDUCTION WAS SWITCHED FROM PERSONNEL TO BE CONTRACTUAL, BUT ALL INCREASES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERSONNEL
REDUCTION WERE KEPT IN THE RETURNED MODIFIED TAX ORDER. THE MAYOR STATED TO ABSORB THIS CUT THE DEPARTMENT WILL SEEK TO AMEND CONTRACT PAYMENT SCHEDULES, EXTEND TIMELINES AND
ADJUST SERVICE LEVELS UH PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER FOLLOWING UH A MAYOR'S RETURN A MODIFICATION OF THE COUNCIL'S AMENDED BUDGET, THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO OVERRIDE THE MODIFICATION OR NOT.
IF AN OVERRIDE DOES NOT OCCUR OR IS UNSUCCESSFUL, THE MODIFIED ANNUAL APPROPRIATION A TAX ORDER WILL GO INTO EFFECT AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, I AM NOT RECOMMENDING ANY FURTHER ACTION.
THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I JUST. >> WANT TO, UH, RISE. TO SAY. >> I DO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET IN THE WAY THAT IT IS PROPOSED TODAY. UH, BUT I DID WANT TO. >> CLEAR.
UP SOME CONFUSION AROUND THIS MODIFIED AMENDMENT. UH. WHEN WE. >> PUT IT FOR TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, AS FOLKS KNOW, WE WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO FIGURE OUT AND THIS WAS A A LINE ITEM AND A. NUMBER THAT. WAS GIVEN TO US THAT WAS SO THAT WE COULD ABSORB THIS.
UH. >> THIS CUT. SO I WAS RATHER SURPRISED LAST WEEK WHEN IT CAME BACK WITH THE MODIFICATION HAVING UH. >> THOUGHT WE'D. WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. UH, BUT I. >> WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL MISCALCULATION, UH, AND THAT THERE WAS.
UH IT WOULD. >> RESULT IN LAYOFFS. THAT WAS NEVER OUR ORIGINAL INTENT. UM, AND. >> WE. WERE TOLD WE COULD DO IT. SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE VERY, UH, HYPER AWARE OF THIS SPECIFIC LINE ITEM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM AND
HOW MUCH IT WAS. UH. >> BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND IN A $4.9 BILLION BUDGET, UH, NUMBERS CAN GET JUMBLED UP SOMETIMES. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT WAS NEVER THE
INTENT OF OUR AMENDMENT IN THIS POLL, UH, AND THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO OCCUR FROM THIS LINE. UM, I THINK WE ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TAKING IT FROM CONTRACTUAL UH, AND WE'RE TOLD THAT THIS COULD BE A
BETTER ONE TO TAKE FROM UM SO WITH THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY OUR INTENT WAS ALWAYS UH, IN THE WAY OF KEEPING AS MANY JOBS AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR CITY WORKERS. UH, I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME COLORFUL EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS
IN THE OFFICE FROM CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS, UH, IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO. UH, BUT JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, UH, THAT MISCALCULATION, UH, ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S PART, UM, TO PUT US IN THIS POSITION BUT JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M LIKELY TO SUPPORT THIS, UM,
FOR FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS. AND CERTAINLY CERTAINLY I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR JOBS IF THEY'RE DOING IF THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
THAT'S NOT MY ISSUE. MY ISSUE IS WHERE IS THE SENSE OF URGENCY. AS IT RELATES TO. >> LAID OFF SCHOOLTEACHERS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, BUS
MONITORS, WOMEN OF COLOR. I WAS AT THE JUNETEENTH. PARADE IN ROXBURY OVER THE WEEKEND AND I MUST HAVE MET. THROUGHOUT THE 3 OR 4 HOURS I WAS OVER THERE.
I MUST HAVE MET 8 OR 10 PEOPLE IN THE PARK DURING. >> THE. PARADE ROUTE AFTER PARADE ROUTE. ASKING ME. WHY ARE SO MANY TEACHERS GETTING LAID OFF? WHY IS SO MANY
PARAPROFESSIONALS GETTING LAID OFF AND WHY IS IT THE CITY? WHY ISN'T THE CITY COUNCIL DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? ONE WOMAN SAID TO ME ED THAT WAS THE JOB. >> I.
HAD SO I COULD AFFORD. MY RENT SO I. >> COULD AFFORD MY FOOD. UM I THINK SHE WAS MAKING $40,000 A YEAR AND SHE WAS IN THE CLASSROOM. SHE WAS HELPING SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.
BUT THE SENSE OF URGENCY FOR THAT WOMAN WAS NEVER THERE FROM THIS BODY. IS THAT PERSON INSIGNIFICANT? WE WENT TO BAT FOR. >> THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
TO SAVE JOBS. WHAT ABOUT THE JOBS OF WOMEN. >> OF COLOR. >> THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT THAT DOING. >> AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB? DO THEY MATTER? ONE WOMAN WAS TELLING ME SHE.
HAS A. SPECIAL NEEDS PARA AND SHE HELPS THE TEACHER. COORDINATE THE CLASSROOM SO. THEY CAN. PROVIDE EACH. STUDENT WITH WITH THE.
NECESSARY RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED SUPPORT THEY NEED, SHE TOLD ME. YET I HAVE TO TAKE THE CHILDREN TO THE BATHROOM. I HAVE TO HELP THEM CLEAN CLEAN THEMSELVES. AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.
AND I HELP THEM TRY TO READ AND SHE SAID WHY? WHY WASN'T THERE NOT A SENSE OF. URGENCY FOR MAJOR? I DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR .
BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS CITY COUNCIL BODY DID IS WE DIDN'T. PRIORITIZE WOMEN OF COLOR THAT WERE BEING IMPACTED BY THE BUDGET. WE ACTUALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW
MANY SCHOOL TEACHERS. PARAPROFESSIONALS AND UM BUS MONITORS ARE BEING LAID OFF. IN FACT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT PROBABLY UNTIL SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER WE WON'T
KNOW THE NUMBER. BUT IN THE MEANTIME I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS LATER AS WELL BECAUSE I HAVE A HEARING ORDER ON IT. BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I DO WANT TO CONTRAST WHAT IS HAPPENING
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY LAYOFFS AND BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS WE WERE GOING TO HAVE. SEVERAL HUNDRED LAYOFFS.
WHY IS THAT FAIR? WHY SHOULD THE BUDGET BE BALANCED ON THE. BACKS OF PARAPROFESSIONALS ON BUS MONITORS? THEY'RE PROBABLY THE LOWEST PAID. WORKERS IN THE. >> CITY OF BOSTON.
AND WE WANT. >> TO CUT THOSE JOBS SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THEM ALTHOUGH WE. DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER BECAUSE. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WON'T GIVE US THE NUMBER.
BUT I TALKED TO THEM I TALKED TO ONE LAST NIGHT OVER IN ROXBURY OVER IN ROXBURY AND SHE THIS WOMAN. WAS IT WAS. >> A PARAPROFESSIONAL AS WELL. AND SHE TOLD ME THIS SHE HAD THREE JOBS.
SHE'S A PARAPROFESSIONAL. SHE DID SOME. >> OTHER TYPE OF JOB ON THE WEEKENDS AND SHE BABYSAT UM KIDS. AND SHE SAID SHE HAD THIS JOB BECAUSE IT PAID FOR HER HEALTH CARE.
SHE DIDN'T REALLY MIND NOT HAVING A BIG SALARY, BUT SHE NEEDED THE HEALTH CARE. IS THAT PERSON NOW NOT GOING TO GET HEALTH CARE FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON?
WE CUT HER JOB BUT ALSO WE CUTTING HEALTH CARE FROM IT FROM HER FAMILY. WE DON'T KNOW WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. WE JUST DECIDED GO AHEAD AND VOTE. VOTE FOR THE BUDGET.
BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING PRESSURE FROM THE MAYOR'S. OFFICE TO VOTE FOR IT REGARDLESS OF THE IMPACT IT HAS. ON STUDENTS. STUDENTS WITH. >> DISABILITIES. >> TEACHERS, PARAPROFESSIONALS,
BUS MONITORS. BUS MONITORS. START THEIR DAY ON THE BUS. THEY TAKE THE BUS TO THE SCHOOL THEN. DURING THAT THEN WHEN THE THE
KIDS GET OFF THE BUS THEY GO INTO THE SCHOOL. THEY ACT AS PARAPROFESSIONALS THEY HAVE THOSE ARE TWO CRITICAL ASSIGNMENTS. >> THAT THEY. >> HAVE BUS MONITORS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS.
I COULDN'T DO THAT JOB. IT TAKES PATIENCE. IT TAKES PROFESSIONALISM. IT TAKES COMPASSION AND THESE WOMEN HAVE IT AND THEY DON'T GET THE RESPECT THAT THEY. DESERVE. >> THE DIGNITY.
THAT THEY DESERVE. AND EDUCATING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. AND YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. BECAUSE THE.
ADVOCACY IS NOT THERE OTHER THAN A HANDFUL OF CITY COUNCILORS THAT VOTED NOT TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON
TEACHERS, ON PARAPROFESSIONALS ,ON BUS MONITORS. I KNOW I HAVE FOUR MORE MINUTES. LEFT BUT I'M GOING TO USE THEM.
UM FOR FOR THE. TIME BUT. I'LL TAKE A SEAT. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS WEEK AND. LAST WEEK AND I SHOULD SAY LISTENING. >> TO AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE. AND THAT'S. >> WHAT. I LIKE. DOING WHEN I GO. >> TO EVENTS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT ME TALKING TO PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT ME LISTENING. TO THEM AND THEN WHEN I. LISTEN TO THEM I MAY BE BETTER ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT WHEN WOMEN OF COLOR ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE LOSING
HEALTH CARE, THAT THEY CAN'T BUY FOOD FOR THEIR KIDS. THAT THEY'RE UNABLE TO PAY RENT
,WE HAVE FAILED THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY AND OUR CITY. AND OUR SOCIETY. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, RACIAL JUSTICE IN THIS CITY.
I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THE PROGRESSIVE. BUT WHAT IS PROGRESSIVE ABOUT CUTTING SEVERAL HUNDRED JOBS
FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR? I DON'T WANT TO BRING THE POLITICS. INTO THIS, BUT. THIS IS A MORAL FAILURE IN MY OPINION. BY THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
WE SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP TO THE. MAYOR AND ADVOCATED FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS. >> WE SHOULD HAVE. STOOD UP AND ADVOCATED FOR. TEACHERS AND. >> FOR BUS MONITORS. WHY? >> BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. THEY DESERVE TO. >> BE.
TREATED WITH DIGNITY. THEY DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT. THEY'VE EARNED THAT. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY ON
HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT UP TO THESE FAMILIES. WE CAN'T JUST GIVE THEM A PINK SLIP. AND SAY YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT. AS I MENTIONED.
LATER LAST WELL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WE WE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED PARAPROFESSIONALS WITH A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND THEN AFTER WE GAVE THEM THE RESOLUTION WE GAVE THEM A PINK
SLIP. WE GAVE THEM A PINK SLIP AFTER WE GAVE THEM A RESOLUTION. UM ONE PERSON MENTIONED THAT TO ME AND YOU'LL BE IN SQUARE SHE SAID IT I'D RATHER NOT HAVE THE
RESOLUTION YOU GUYS GAVE ME. I'D RATHER HAVE MY JOB. I'D RATHER HAVE SOME DIGNITY. I'D RATHER PAY MY BILLS. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR ME AT. WELL, ONE THING I'M ONE THING I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR THEM. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THEM. MAYBE THIS BODY WILL GIVE UP ON THEM. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL NOT
GIVE UP ON THEM BUT WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO RECOGNIZE THE INJUSTICE THAT TOOK PLACE AND WE STILL HAVE TIME TO. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WE CAN'T GIVE UP ON PEOPLE IN NEED. YEARS AGO THE CITY COUNCIL WAS THE PLACE YOU'D COME TO IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM YOU. COULD COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ADVOCATE YOUR CASE
,DEFEND YOUR POSITION AND THOSE THOSE SCHOOLTEACHERS AND AND PARAPROFESSIONALS CAME HERE. AND ADVOCATED THEIR CASE AND
THEY MADE A COMPELLING CASE OF WHY THEY NEEDED OUR SCHOOL. I DO THINK WE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT UP TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND MAKE IT MAKE
THE NECESSARY FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF POLITICAL COURAGE TO DO IT. IT MIGHT MEAN THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO AGREE DISAGREE WITH THE MAYOR, BUT LET'S STAND UP.
AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN, FOR TEACHERS, FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS . AND SCHOOL BUS MONITORS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER
COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO.
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M PLEASED THAT THE MAYOR CHOSE TO RESUBMIT THE BUDGET WITHOUT ELIMINATING THE COUNCIL'S
AMENDMENTS. REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING THAT CONGRESSWOMAN SHIRLEY CHISHOLM SAID. WHEN SHE SAID THIS IS NOT A
PANACEA FOR ALL OF OUR HILLS. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS BUDGET. AND HOW IT REFLECTS THE REALITY
THAT THE CONCERNS RAISED BY RESIDENTS ADVOCATES, YOUTH ADVOCATES AND MEMBERS OF THIS BODY CANNOT BE IGNORED. WE MUST BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT
BROUGHT US HERE. THIS BUDGET RESTORES CUTS MAYBE NOT AT THE LEVEL I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE THEM, BUT IT DOES RESTORE CUTS THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN CUT IN THE FIRST
PLACE. THE PROGRAMS AND THE GRANTS WERE PLACED ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK WERE NOT LUXURIES OR EXTRAS.
THEY WERE INVESTMENTS SERVING SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. HAD THESE CUTS GOING FORWARD.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE CUTS . WOULD HAVE BEEN FELT BY SENIORS ,YOUNG PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO MAKE
ENDS MEET AND COMMUNITIES ALREADY FACING SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS. AND AS WE FOUGHT AND AS
ADVOCATES FOR THE YOUNG ADVOCATES, RESIDENTS FOUGHT AND TOGETHER, MADAM PRESIDENT, WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THOSE CUTS WERE UNACCEPTABLE AND AS A
RESULT THE BUDGET IS STRONGER TODAY THAN THE VERSION THAT WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO US IN APRIL. IT INCLUDES INVESTMENTS THAT ADVANCE IMPORTANT PRIORITIES
IDENTIFIED BY THIS COUNCIL AND BY THE COMMUNITIES WE REPRESENT . IT RESTORES GRANT FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT. IT SUPPORTS A COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM.
IT CREATES A MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS PROCUREMENT READINESS PILOT. IT RESTORES THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. LET ME JUST SAY THAT AGAIN THIS
AMENDMENT RESTORES THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION THAT WAS DEFUNDED. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR
THE CITY OF BOSTON WAS DEFUNDED. AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR HELPING TO RESTORE THOSE CUTS. THIS BUDGET INCLUDES MANY OTHER
INVESTMENTS THAT MOVE OUR CITY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND THOSE OUTCOMES DO NOT COME BY ACCIDENT. THEY HAPPENED BECAUSE PEOPLE
ORGANIZED, PEOPLE TESTIFIED, PEOPLE ADVOCATED, PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AND DEMANDED BETTER.
AND TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS CANNOT BE THE END OF THIS CONVERSATION. TODAY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. THE WORK OF DEVELOPING THE MOST
ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE REVENUE PROJECTIONS THAT COUNCIL WILL WILL CONTINUE CONTINUES TO CALL FOR. FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.
WE MUST LOOK NOW AT. UP TO DATE REVENUE PROJECTIONS. AND HERE'S WHAT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU LOOK AT FIFA AND YOU LOOK
AT ALL THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT LIKE MY BROTHER AND COUNCILOR FLYNN SAID WE'RE LAYING OFF TEACHERS WHEN BOYS RUN OUT OF BEER.
I MEAN IT'S NOT FUNNY. I THINK IT'S IT'S REALLY SAD THAT WE ARE CUTTING PARAPROFESSIONALS AND TEACHERS
BARS ARE RUNNING OUT OF BEER. THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE RESPONSIBLY GROW AND DIVERSIFY
CITY REVENUE IN A CHANGING FISCAL ENVIRONMENT MUST BEGIN NOW THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE PREPARE FOR THE FISCAL 28 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET
MUST BEGIN NOW AND AND LOOK AND I HEARD COUNCIL FRIENDS SAY WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NOW IF HE COMES UP WITH SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE.
I'LL STAND WITH HIM IF HE CAN FIND A WAY TO PUT THOSE TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS BACK TO WORK, I'LL STAND WITH HIM. BUT IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO. IT'S MORE THAN ABOUT RHETORIC. IT'S MORE THAN ABOUT GRANDSTANDING AND PROFILING. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING FOOD
ON THE TABLE, CHILDREN SHOES ON THEIR FEET, A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS AND SOME OF THEM WON'T HAVE THAT THIS SEPTEMBER.
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT FISCAL 28 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET MUST BEGIN NOW. AND SO WHILE I SUPPORT THIS BUDGET, MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR WORK IS FAR FROM COMPLETE. IT'S JUST BEGINNING. THE REAL TEST IS NOT WHETHER WE RESTORE THESE PROGRAMS THIS YEAR. THE REAL TEST IS WHETHER WE
LEARN FROM THIS PROCESS AND BUILD A STRONGER FOUNDATION FOR THE YEARS TO COME. AND MY COLLEAGUES AT WORK START NOW. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPPER CHAIR
RECOGNIZES CONSUMER HERE. COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND DON'T WORRY I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE FOR TEN MINUTES, BUT, UM, I JUST FIRST
WANT TO JUST THANK COUNCILOR WEBER, UH, FOR SHEPHERDING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY, BUT THIS WORK ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE EASY.
THIS WORK IS SUPPOSED TO BE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DO IS TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. AND SO, UM, AND THERE'S 13 OF US AND WE ALL HAVE MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES AND SOME OF US
HAVE MORE THAN 1 OR 2. UM, SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS FOR SURVIVING THIS ROUND AND HOPEFULLY THE LESSONS THAT YOU'VE LEARNED THIS TIME AROUND WILL SET US UP FOR SUCCESS IN THE NEXT GO ROUND.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE WE SEE YOU AND WE KNOW IT WAS NOT EASY. UM, BUT HERE WE ARE. WHEN YOU TAKE A VOTE, DON'T GET TOO EXCITED, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT, I SEE YOU
THERE SMILING AND EVERYTHING BUT I SAW YOU GET IT TODAY SO I JUST WANT TO READ SOMETHING UM ,FROM THE BETTER BUDGET ALLIANCE THEY POSTED, UM, A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS AGO. UM, AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ
THEIR POST. UM, AS WE PUT IT BY THE FLIP SIDE BY YAHOO MILLER THE CITY COUNCIL'S PROCESS FOR THE YEAR FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET HAS BEEN AMONG ONE OF THE MOST EVENTFUL
IN RECENT YEARS, STARTING WITH THE SIX UH TO SIX DEADLOCK ON WHETHER TO REJECT AND SEND IT BACK TO THE MAYOR AND INCLUDING SEVERAL DEMONSTRATIONS ONE OF WHICH RESULTED IN POLICE
REMOVING EIGHT PROTESTERS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE IRON CHAMBER. THE WU ADMINISTRATION MADE CUTS TO THE VERY AREAS THAT BOSTONIANS REPORTED WANTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING INCLUDING
IMMIGRATION SUPPORTS, HOUSING, YOUTH JOBS AND ARTS AND CULTURE . THE CITY ONLY AMENDED 0.2 OF THE OVERALL BUDGET THIS PROCESS IT ISN'T WORKING THE
WAY IT WAS DESIGNED TO WORK, SAID CARLO HOULE, AN ORGANIZER AND LIFELONG BOSTONIAN WITH THE YOUTH JUSTICE POWER UNION. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A CASE OF PEOPLE GIVING THE
COUNCIL THE TOOLS TO DO BETTER, SAID VIVECA PETITE, WHO WAS AMONG THOSE ARRESTED ON JUNE 10TH. IF THE COUNCIL AND IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT WANT TO USE THOSE TOOLS, THERE'S NOT MUCH
THAT WE CAN DO. I CAN'T SAY I WAS SURPRISED BUT IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING AND SO I WANT TO READ THAT BECAUSE THIS WHOLE JOURNEY UH THIS
PARTICULAR ITERATION OF THIS UH PROCESS HAS DEFINITELY UM BEEN ONE THAT HAS BEEN LED BY PEOPLE AND I LOVE TO SEE ALL OF THE ENTHUSIASM FROM COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS AND ADVOCATES. AND SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THEM AND THEIR UH, RELENTLESS ADVOCACY IN HOLDING US TO TASK AND OUR FEET TO THE FIRE.
AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WE PASSED IS FLAWED. UM, AS PER THE HEARING THAT I HAVE FILED SO THAT WE CAN
REVIEW UM, OUR PROCESS THE PROCESS IS BROKEN. UM, IT IS NOT WORKING THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT EXERCISING OUR.
OUR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE POWER THAT WE WERE GRANTED. THERE WAS A NARRATIVE THAT WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION AND WE WE HAD TO UM, ACT AND IF WE
DIDN'T ACT, UM, WE YOU KNOW, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CONSEQUENCE. BUT THE ACT OF REJECTING WAS NOT JUST IT WAS REJECT IT WAS JUST IT WAS AN ACT THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE
AND THE NARRATIVE GOT LOST. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE HONEST, ESPECIALLY IN THESE MOMENTS WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T TRUST US TO BEGIN WITH, UH, WE HAVE
TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. UM, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THAT WE COULD HAVE REJECTED THE BUDGET
AND STILL HAD AMENDMENT POWERS EVEN UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND WE OPTED NOT TO AND SO I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE WERE NOT HONEST WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS
AND WE LED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT WE COULDN'T DO THINGS THAT THEY KNEW WE COULD. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SOUND THE ALARM THAT FOR THE NEXT GO
AROUND WE HAVE TO START ORGANIZING TODAY IF WE WANT TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND WE NEED TO SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT WE ARE THE LEGISLATIVE
BODY OF UH, THIS BRANCH AND WE APPROVE THE BUDGET AND WE APPROVE LAWS AND IF WE'RE NOT SIGNING UP TO DO THAT WORK, THEN WE NEED TO REALLY ASK OURSELVES WHY ARE WE IN THIS CHAMBER?
AND SO THESE ARE DIFFICULT VOTES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE. AND I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE DESERVE US TO STAND ON BUSINESS AND DO JUST THAT.
AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THE NOTION, UM, WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN MOU FOR THE YOUTH JOBS UM, RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE WE HAVE 200 AND IF THE MEMBER HAS COME
THROUGH I HAVEN'T SEEN A COPY OF IT BUT WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A MOU WE DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE THAT ALL OF THESE JOBS WOULD BE FILLED. WE DON'T HAVE A PATHWAY TO SUPPORTING OUR NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND ABLE TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO UM, HAVE A JOB. AND I THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE
SORT OF THINGS THAT STILL UM, ARE UNKNOWN AND THIS IS ABOUT TRUSTING AND VERIFYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. BUT IT WAS A 20 YEAR PROGRAM
THAT WAS LITERALLY DISMANTLED. UM. >> AND $5 MILLION OF WHICH WAS NOT EVEN RESTORED. AND SO I AM DISAPPOINTED UM, IN
OUR INABILITY TO DELIVER AND I WILL ALSO SAY AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, UM, I VERY TO MANY PEOPLE UH DUE TO VIOLENCE AND
WHAT I'M SEEING OUT IN THESE STREETS OVER THE LAST A FEW MONTHS IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN VIOLENCE. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE A
MOM AND YOU'RE JUGGLING TO TRY TO MAKE YOUR ENDS MEET, IT'S NOT BECAUSE PARENTS DON'T CARE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRAPPED. THERE'S STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND YOUTH JOBS AND
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A JOB CAN HELP. CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR HOUSEHOLD. AND I THINK THAT UH, IF WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THE THE ROLE
THAT WE HAVE PLAYED IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT IN THESE STREETS TODAY, THEN WE HAVE TO REALLY COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN DENIAL. UM, AND SO MY HOPE IS IS THAT
AS WE CONTINUE TO GO ALONG TO GET ALONG AND WE START AND REFLECT ABOUT WHAT THIS MOMENT IS CALLING FOR AND THAT IS US
UM, GOING AS FAR TO THE LEFT IF WE NEED TO UM AND BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE UH, WITH BEING ABLE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK REGARDLESS. >> OF.
WHO IS IN THAT POSITION OF POWER AND I'LL BE CONSISTENT WHEN COUNCILOR BOK THEN WAS THE CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS WHEN COUNCILOR ANDERSON WAS THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS WHEN
COUNCILOR WU WAS A CHAIR A WAYS AND MEANS AND YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE TAPE. AND NOW WITH COUNCILOR WEBER AS THE CHAIR, I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH MY ADVOCACY
REGARDLESS OF WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT WORK BECAUSE THE WAY WE GO ABOUT THIS BUSINESS OF PASSING THIS BUDGET HAS ALWAYS BEEN FLAWED TO ME. AND SO I CALL IT OUT AS I SEE
IT REGARDLESS OF WHO IS SITTING IN THAT POSITION OF POWER. AND THE SAME GOES TO COUNCILOR THEN WHO UM WHEN AND
YOU KNOW, COUNCILOR AND JANEY WERE BOTH UM MAYORS RIGHT. UM AND UH MARTY WALSH SO THREE ADMINISTRATIONS AND EVERY
SINGLE ADMINISTRATION I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH MY ADVOCACY UM, I HAVE THOUGHT THEM ALL AND THAT IS THE JOB OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IS TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR YOUR
CONSTITUENTS REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS THAT YOU'RE FIGHTING AGAINST. AND I THINK WE HAVE LOST THAT FIGHT IN THIS CHAMBER AND I AM GOING TO ASK US THAT WE FIND
OUR ABILITY TO STAND UP AND SPEAK UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN HIRED TO DO. SO I WILL NOT BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUDGET BECAUSE THE BUDGET SO DID NOT RESTORE.
WE WERE ASKING FOR 20 MILLION IN RESTORATIONS AND WE GOT HALF OF THAT AND THAT IS STILL NOT MEETING THE MOMENT. SO FOR ME UM IT'S GOING TO BE NO.
THANK YOU THANK YOU COMES FROM COMES TRUE LOUIJEUNE UM YOU'RE NOT LOUIJEUNE YOUR COMES FROM HERE COMES FROM MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR CHAIR RECOGNIZES YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
SO I FOUGHT FOR AND VOTED FOR THIS AMENDED FY 27 BUDGET THAT RESTORED FUNDING FOR SENIORS, VETERANS, YOUTH JOBS AND OTHER SERVICES. BOSTON RESIDENTS DEPEND ON THE
MAYOR ACCEPTED ALL OF THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT WE SENT TO HER IN THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I RECEIVED CALLS AND EMAILS LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES PROBABLY DID FROM RESIDENTS WHO WERE
UPSET WITH OUR VOTE AND THIS NARRATIVE THAT THEY WERE BEING TOLD THAT WE WERE TRYING TO CUT JOBS AND CLAIMING THAT THE MAYOR WHEN SHE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT AND SENT BACK A
CHANGE TO OUR AMENDMENT THAT SHE WAS CLAIMING THAT SHE RESTORED 1.4 MILLION TO B TDI. BUT THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE AND IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
SHE MOVED TO THE REDUCTION FROM ONE BUDGET LINE TO ANOTHER. THE ADMINISTRATION'S OWN BUDGET TEAM DIRECTED THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE TO USE THE PERSONNEL BUDGET LINE AFTER
PROVIDING FIVE YEARS OF DATA SHOWING THAT BPD HAD UNDERSPENT THE LINE BY MORE THAN $5 MILLION EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND IF WE HAD GONE
BACK FURTHER, WE'D PROBABLY GET THE SAME DATA WE WERE PROPOSING TO USE ONLY 1.4 MILLION OF THAT RECURRING UNDERSPEND. BASED ON THE INFORMATION GIVEN
TO THE COUNCIL, THERE WAS NO REASON TO CONCLUDE THAT ANY JOB WOULD BE LOST. THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE GOT BACK LAST WEEK WAS TO TAKE THE SAME 1.4 MILLION FROM BTD
CONTRACTUAL SERVICE BUDGET LINE INSTEAD THIS WAS NOT A VETO, A RESTORATION OR A RESCUE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. IT IS JUST A CHANGE IN THE BUDGET LINE USED TO FUND THE
SAME PRIORITIES THAT WE WERE FIGHTING FOR THESE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS WITH THE VOTE TODAY THE FY 27 BUDGET SEASON WILL FINALLY BE BEHIND US.
I HOPE NEXT YEAR'S PROCESS INCLUDES FAR MORE TRANSPARENCY AND GENUINE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL 13 COUNCILORS. THE COUNCIL'S AMENDMENT PROCESS SHOULD BELONG TO THE FULL
COUNCIL. IT SHOULD NOT BE SHAPED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERY COUNCILOR WHICH WE KNOW WE REPRESENT RESIDENTS WHO DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR
PRIORITIES HEARD, DEBATED AND FAIRLY CONSIDERED THAT IS THE PROCESS I'VE PUSHED FOR EVERY YEAR AND I WILL CONTINUE TO. BUT AS I VOTED TWO WEEKS AGO IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUDGET I WILL
VOTE IN FAVOR AGAIN TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY WHEN I SWITCH TO SPEAK.
SINCE NO ONE HAS MOVED TO, UH, OVERRIDE UH, MR CLERK, UM, THE COUNCIL HAS NOT MOVED FOR AN OVERRIDE. THE COUNCIL HAS NOT MOVED FOR AN OVERRIDE.
THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET AS RETURNED ON JUNE 17TH IS IN EFFECT. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS A
REMINDER THAT UNDER RULE 39 REMARKS ON NEW MATTERS NOT UP FOR A VOTE TODAY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO MINUTES FOR CO-SPONSORS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET 1186? WHAT ABOUT THE SCHOOL BUDGET COMES FROM MEJIA. YOU HAD A QUESTION. OOPS. >> I, UH I THOUGHT THE SCHOOL BUDGET. THERE'S NO VOTE BECAUSE WE'RE
NOT VOTING TO OVERRIDE. THERE'S NOTHING TO. SCHOOL I WAS TALKING ABOUT. DON'T WE TAKE TWO VOTES ON THE SCHOOL AND THE. NO THAT'S THAT COMES OUT OF GREEN SHEETS LETTER. UH, I WAS ABOUT YEAH. WAIT A MINUTE, Y'ALL. I THINK. WE'LL HOLD UP. OKAY. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
THE CAPITAL THE CAPITAL BUDGET THE CAPITAL BUDGET WILL BE IS LITERATE. IT WILL BE PULLED FOR GREEN SHEETS. IT'S IN COMMITTEE. AND THE PROPOSAL FROM GREEN SHEET. YEAH THAT CLARIFIED THANK YOU
THANK YOU OKAY LET'S GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1186. NUMBER 1186 COUNSELOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO
CODIFY THE BOSTON HOMES LOTTERY PROGRAM BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH COUNCIL AWARE AS A SECOND
ORIGINAL COUNCIL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCIL WERE ALSO ADDED. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOSTON IS IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS WITH TOO MANY RESIDENTS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY GREW UP IN HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY OUT OF REACH. FAMILIES WHO HAVE SPENT YEARS BUILDING COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, ATTENDING
NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS AND INVESTING IN THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR CITY OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES PRICED OUT OF THE VERY PLACES THEY CALL HOME. THIS ORDINANCE SEEKS TO ADDRESS
ONE PIECE OF THAT CHALLENGE BY REFINING THE BOSTON HOMES LOTTERY PROGRAM TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE COMMUNITIES IT IS INTENDED TO SERVE. THE BOSTON HOME CENTER HAS
HELPED THOUSANDS OF FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS ACCESS AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES. THIS IS NOT ELIMINATE THE CITYWIDE MISSION.
RATHER, IT RECOGNIZES THAT WHEN AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE BUILT WITH PUBLIC LAND AND PUBLIC SUBSIDY ,RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY TO REMAIN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED ROOTS. THE ORDINANCE WOULD ORGANIZE BOSTON HOMES LOTTERY PROGRAM BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND PROVIDE DISTRICT RESIDENTS WITH
PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR HOMES LOCATED IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES TO MAXIMIZE THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE FAIR HOUSING LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
IT MAINTAINS ALL THE EXISTING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO INCOME, FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER STATUS, MORTGAGE READINESS AND FINANCIAL
QUALIFICATIONS. IT SIMPLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PREVENTING INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT AND PROMOTING NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY ARE LEGITIMATE AND WORTHY GOALS.
IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT COMBATTING DISPLACEMENT THEN WE CANNOT LIMIT OURSELVES TO DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM AFTER FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE, WE HAVE TO
EXAMINE POLICIES THAT ALLOW RESIDENTS TO PUT DOWN PERMANENT TOOLS THROUGH HOMEOWNERSHIP AND BUILD GENERATIONAL STABILITY WITHIN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS .
MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE BASED ON HOMES THAT COME INTO THE CITY'S INVENTORY LIKE THE HUD HOMES THAT COME INTO THE CITY'S INVENTORY.
THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON ALL HUD HOMES THAT COME INTO THE INVENTORY BEFORE THEY PUT ON HIS WEBSITE. SO I SAY LET THE RESIDENTS THAT
LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT BE THE ONES THAT HAVE PRIORITY OVER THE HOMES THAT LIVE RIGHT IN THEIR DISTRICT SO THAT THEY ARE NOT DISPLACE AND SO THAT THEY
CAN FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ROOTS WHERE THEY'VE LIVED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER
FOR ADDING ME AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PREFERENCE IS A TOOL THAT NOT ONLY STABILIZES COMMUNITY, BUT I BELIEVE IT WILL HAVE RESIDENTS EXCITED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT COMING INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OFTENTIMES RESIDENTS FEEL THAT WHEN HOUSING GETS BUILT THEY HAVE NO SHOT AT ACQUIRING OR RENTING IN THE NEW PROJECT. NEIGHBORHOOD PREFERENCE IS SOMETHING THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE ADVOCATED FOR FOR A LONG TIME AND IS A CONVERSATION I HAVE
HAD WITH EMMA IN THE PAST. THIS HEARING GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE LEGALITY AND SEE IF WE COULD WORK THROUGH ANY BARRIERS. UM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE SPONSOR.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL WOULD ANYONE, UH, LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FLYNN? CONCILOR MEJIA UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR PEPEN THANK YOU. UH, DOCKET ONE DOCKET 1186 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE. OH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, SORRY I MISSED YOU THERE. LAST. >> UH. >> THANK YOU.
DOCKET 1186 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CHURCH, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1187. TALKING NUMBER 1187 COUNCIL PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING.
ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS AND EVALUATE THE RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE RESIDENT PARKING PROGRAM
HAS BEEN IN SERVICE HELPING RESIDENTS MANAGE. CONGESTION IN. >> THEIR RESIDENTIAL. STREETS SINCE THE PROGRAM'S FREEZE IN THE LATE 20 TEENS, MANY BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS EXPERIENCED. GROWING CONGESTION. THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DO. NOT HAVE DUE TO PRIOR
ESTABLISHED RESIDENT PERMIT PARKING STREETS. THIS HEARING IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE EXPANSION WAS HALTED TO POSSIBLY REVIVE THE PROGRAM. TO UNDERSTAND THE REASONING, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEXT UM AND
TO ENSURE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ACCESS TO THE SAME MUNICIPAL SERVICES. I CONTINUE TO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM FROM MANY OF MY RESIDENTS. UM JOE I WAS JUST AT A COMMUNITY MEETING VIRTUALLY
MATTAPAN JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THIS TOPIC CAME UP AS WELL. SO I JUST A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE QUESTIONS. WE HAVEN'T GOT AN UPDATE YET. SO I JUST HOPE TO GET AN UPDATE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM ON THIS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL OF DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE MEJIA CONTRA MURPHY AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU.
DOCKET 1187 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES. MR TRUMP COULD YOU PLEASE READ TARGETED 118 IT OH UH WE'LL
SKIP THAT ONE. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE. UM. I UNDERSTAND THAT DOCKET 1189 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. YES.
MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1190. TALKING ABOUT 1190, COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF ROAD RACES ON BASIC CITY SERVICES
AND DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ROAD RACES IN.
BOSTON HAVE BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON'S CULTURE FOR GENERATIONS. WELL MOST NOTABLY THE. WORLD RENOWNED BOSTON MARATHON REQUIRES MONTHS YEARS OF PREPARATION FOR PERMITS.
PUBLIC SAFETY. COORDINATION, ROAD CLOSURES. THERE ARE MANY ROAD. RACES IN SUPPORT OF. WORTHWHILE CAUSES THAT TAKE PLACE. EACH AND EVERY YEAR. >> IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF. BOSTON AND. DISTRICT TWO. PARTICULAR IN.
>> OTHER DISTRICTS I SHOULD SAY. INCLUDING AREAS LIKE SOUTH. BOSTON. >> THE. SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT SOUTH AND THE BACK BAY AMONG AMONG OTHERS BEACON HILL. EFFECTIVE COORDINATION. BETWEEN CITY AND STATE
DEPARTMENTS. INCLUDING OUR. DEDICATED FIRST RESPONDERS. THE DEPARTMENT. >> OF ARTS. CULTURE. >> ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM, SPECIAL EVENTS, THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION. DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE
LICENSING BOARD AND AT THE STATE LEVEL THE MASTER OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION. RECREATION. ,MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF. TRANSPORTATION. >> STATE ELECTED. OFFICIALS IS ESSENTIAL. WHAT'S ALSO IS.
WHAT ALSO IS. CRITICAL IS. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE STILL NEED TO PROVIDE UNINTERRUPTED BASIC CITY. SERVICES. >> CROWD CONTROL. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
OVERALL EVENT. SECURITY AND THE ALL IMPORTANT ADVANCE NOTICE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ON A LACK OF ADVANCE NOTICE.
BECAUSE SOME RACES TAKE PLACE. SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED ISSUES THAT A. LACK OF SUFFICIENT. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND NOTIFICATION HAVE IMPACTED UM THEIR PREPAREDNESS FOR
STAFFING, THEIR ABILITY OF EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS. TO GET TO THE STORE BECAUSE OF ROAD CLOSURES. CHANGES THAT FURTHER STRAIN. >> AN. EXISTING PARKING CRISIS. AS WE JUST HEARD.
FROM COUNCILOR PEPEN AND JUST ONE EXAMPLE LAST YEAR UP JULY A REAL RACE WAS PLANNED IN SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT. UNFORTUNATELY NEIGHBORS, BUSINESSES. NONPROFIT PARTNERS, CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE. MUSEUM UH CHILDREN EXAMPLE WERE LEFT WITHOUT CLEAR INFORMATION REGARDING THE TIMING DURATION OPERATION, IMPACTS OF STREET. CLOSURES WHILE SERIOUS CONCERNS.
ABOUT ACCESS FOR FAMILIES. VISITORS. >> PEDESTRIANS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. >> WHEN I WENT ON UNANSWERED UNRESOLVED ISSUES REMAINED LONG AFTER THE ROOT HAD. ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. INCLUDING ADA ACCESSIBILITY.
CONCERNS. >> HARBOR WALK LIMITATIONS, TRAFFIC IMPACTS THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF CRITICAL ROADWAYS. SUCH AS CONGRESS STREET. SUMMER STREET. ,ONGOING CONCERNS RELATED TO NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION DELIVERY.
>> OF CITY SERVICES. INCLUDE TRASH PICKUP, STREET CLEANING PARKING. WITH DOZENS. OF ROAD RACES TAKING PLACE IN EVERY YEAR, IT'S. APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS LOGISTICAL PLANNING, COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT UM, IT'S IT'S CRITICAL TO EVALUATE BEST PRACTICES TO CONTINUE HOW WE DELIVER. BASIC CITY SERVICES, HOW WE COORDINATE AND I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT IT BE PLACED. >> IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. CANCER. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA.
COUNCILOR MURPHY PEPPER AND COUNSELOR WEBER. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1190 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES . UM, MR. CLERK, WE WILL GO BACK
TO DOCKET UM DOCKET 1188. DOC NUMBER 1188 COUNCILOR WEBB UH FOR THE FOLLOWING FOR FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 28
BUDGET. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. ACTUALLY. >> UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A POINT OF ORDER. COULD I FILE A MOTION TO BRING UP A GREEN SHEETS? PULL OUT OF ORDER.
WE HAVE A SECOND VOTE. AS COUNCILOR MEJIA MENTIONED ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND BECAUSE OF THE FAN FEST I'M I'M HOPING WE GET THAT TAKEN CARE. I JUST WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD PULL THAT OUT OF ORDER. UH, BUT I AGAIN MY IT'S UP TO
MY COLLEAGUES. MR. CLERK, WE, UH. CAN LOGISTICALLY THAT'S DOABLE. WE CAN DO. UM. YEAH, LET'S DO IT. THAT OKAY.
UM, MR. CLERK CANCER. UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SURE. >> UH, YOU KNOW, AS THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS, UH, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP DOCKET NUMBERS FROM
THE GREEN SHEETS 07380739 AND 0740. I'M MR. CLERK. IF YOU COULD READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
MEANS DOCKET NUMBER 0738 MESSAGE YOU NOT APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $384,705,000 FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES
FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE BUS AND CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES, BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY INNOVATION AND
TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT FIRE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING, OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, PARKS AND RECREATION PLANNING, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION, PUBLIC WORKS
AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK APRIL 6TH, 2026 TALKING NUMBERS 0739 MESSAGING ON APPROVING AN
APPROPRIATION ON IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,855,000 FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS FURTHER THAN THE OFFICE
OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL 6TH, 2026 AND NUMBER 0740 MESSAGE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ENTER INTO ONE OR MORE LEASE ,LEASE PURCHASE OR INSTALLMENT
SALES AGREEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $28,500,000. THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR
THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS. THE LIST OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, MOTOR VEHICLES
AND TRAILERS, AMBULANCES, FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, PROTOCOL COPY EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL
EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL BUSSES, PARKING METERS, STREET LIGHTING INSTALLATION TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONALLY RELATED TO AND COMPONENTS OF THE FOREGOING. THANK YOU MR CLERK.
ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND DOCKETS 07330739 AND 0740 AH UH PROPERLY BEFORE
THE BODY. OF 2307381 ARE FOR. JUST 33733. OKAY TYPO. . >> UH, OKAY. UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR
OF COUNCILOR WAYS AND MEANS YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. UH, JUST, UH, BRING THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION A LITTLE EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. UH, BECAUSE OF THE FAN FEST.
UM, UH, AS THE CLERK STATED, DOCKET NUMBERS 073807390740 ARE LOAN ORDERS, LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND CAPITAL FUND TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO 2031 FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.4 BILLION ON JUNE 3RD 2026 THERE WAS A FIRST READING OF THESE DOCKETS AND THIS BODY VOTED TO APPROVE THESE DOCKETS.
UH UH, GIVEN THAT THESE ARE LOAN ORDERS, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SECOND READING AND FINAL VOTE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHICH STARTS JULY 1ST 2026. UH, THAT BEING SAID, AS THE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, I RECOMMEND THAT THESE DOCKETS BE READ FOR A SECOND TIME AND THAT THEY ARE TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. UH, WE WILL TAKE EACH OF THESE
DOCKETS INDIVIDUALLY FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE, MR CLERK UH, COUNSELOR WEBER MOTION PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0738. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE. SECOND READING I'M NUMBER 0738 ,COUNCILOR BREEN. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREEN. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN.
YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MEJIA. NO. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR.
MURPHY. YES, COUNSELOR. PEN. COUNSELOR. THE PEN. YES, COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBB. YES, COUNSELOR. WORLD. YES, COUNSELOR. OH, YES.
SO I CAN HAVE A0738 HAS RECEIVED ITS SECOND READING AND WE HAVE 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN A NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. UH, DOCKET 0738 HAS PASSED.
MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0739. COUNSELOR BRAIN. YES, COUNSELOR. BREEN. YES, COUNSELOR. COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPPER. COUNSELOR.
CULPEPER. YES, COUNSELOR. DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNSELOR. SHOW. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. THEN YES, COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MEJIA.
NO. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES, COUNSELOR. PEN COUNCIL THE PEN. YES, COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES, COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER.
COUNCILOR OF THE COUNSELOR WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. YES. TALKING NUMBER 0739 HAS RECEIVED ITS SECOND READING. 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE.
THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 00739 HAS PASSED. UH, COUNCIL WEB MEMBERS PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0740. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE,
UH, TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE FOR 0740 BUDGET. COUNSELOR BREADON. YES, COUNSELOR. BREADON. YES, COUNSELOR. COLORS OF COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES.
COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MEJIA. NO. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES.
COUNSELOR. PIPPIN. COUNSELOR. PEN. YES, COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNSELOR. WEBB'S AND COUNSELOR. EARL. COUNSELOR. WELL, YES.
TALK A NUMBER 0740 AS RECEIVED AT SECOND READING 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. DOCKET NUMBER 70740 HAS PASSED.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. WE WILL RETURN TO, UM, YOUR PREVIOUS PRIOR DOCKET. UM, DOCKET NUMBER 1188. COUNSELOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR. LET ME READ IT BACK. OH, YES. BEG YOUR PARDON? THE CLERK NEEDS TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD, MR TUCKER. NUMBER 1188 COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, AFTER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 28 BUDGET. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER THAT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, HISTORICALLY THE CHAIR
OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HAS HELD THE HEARING OR AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE CHAIR WHERE L HAS HELD A HEARING IN NOVEMBER ON THE UPCOMING UH, BUDGET GIVEN THAT THE DISTRICT PLAN BEGINS TO RECEIVE BUDGETS FROM INDIVIDUAL
SCHOOLS IN THE FALL UH DURING THE VOTE UH ON THE BEPS BUDGET UH AT OUR JUNE 3RD MEETING, UH AND JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES, WE'RE NOT HAVING ANOTHER VOTE ON THE BUDGET. I THINK WE WE HAD OUR VOTE ON
JUNE 3RD. UM, I HEARD THE NEED FOR US, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TO COLLABORATE, UH, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON BUDGET DECISIONS UH,
AT UH BEFORE THE BUDGET IS PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. SO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE ABOUT YOU HAVE SEEN HOW OUR DISCUSSIONS UH, HAVE INFLUENCED WHERE INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ALSO WHERE
OUR DISCUSSIONS HAVE FAILED TO INFLUENCE. SO I THINK DISCUSSING OUR IDEAS AND INPUT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT HER OFFICE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WILL ALLOW US TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM EARLY
ON IN THE BUDGET AS IT'S BEING CRAFTED ESPECIALLY UH, GIVEN UH UM THE IMPACT OF EVEN THOUGH WE'VE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET THE THE INCREASE
OF ONLY $88 MILLION IS GOING TO HAVE ON POSITIONS UH UH, AS I SAID DURING THE BUDGET VOTE, UH THE POTENTIAL LOSS TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS UH, AND THEIR POSITIONS UH, ARE DEVASTATING.
AND I THINK AS WE ALSO HEARD, WE'RE WAITING UH, WE WON'T KNOW THE FINAL NUMBERS UNTIL OCTOBER WHEN UH, WHEN UH, EXISTING TEACHERS UH, BOTH WITH
CREDENTIALS AND WITHOUT OUR BEING OFFERED POSITIONS WERE BEING TOLD THAT MANY OF THOSE, UH, PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE POSITIONS WILL HAVE POSITIONS BY OCTOBER. I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT'S THE CASE. UH, BY HAVING THIS HEARING, I'M
HOPING THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A BODY AND MAKE OUR BUDGET, UH, PRIORITIES KNOWN, UH, SO THAT WHEN WE'RE PRESENTED WITH A BUDGET NEXT YEAR IT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE
BELIEVE, UH, SHOULD BE MADE IN IN ORDER TO SERVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND TEACHERS AND STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME, COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNSELOR.
DURKAN. FITZGERALD FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNSELOR. MEJIA. CONTROVERSY. COUNSELOR. PEPEN. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WORRELL AND PLEASE UP THE CHAIR. THANK YOU.
DOCKET NUMBER 118 IT WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. UH. >> I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE DOCKET 1189 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN . YES.
THANK YOU, MR BURKE. COUNSELOR FLYNN, WHAT'S YOUR. YEAH, I WAS JUST FOLLOWING THAT. WILL YOU PLACE THAT IN COMMITTEE INTO THE WAYS AND MEANS?
IT'S SPECIFICALLY ON THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. WOULDN'T IT GO INTO THE COUNTRY? FLYNN ANYTHING RELATED TO THE BUDGET AND THAT YEAH IT'S GOING TO AND MEANS. OKAY I DIDN'T I DIDN'T ASK THE
QUESTION THAT. MADAM CHAIR YEAH I I'M SORRY I PREEMPTED YOUR QUESTION. >> GO AHEAD. UM MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO?
NO SORRY 1191. OKAY. >> NUMBER 1191 COUNCIL THING OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS EXPANDING URBAN TREE CANOPY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I REFILED THIS HEARING ORDER ON DISTRICT. TWOS LOW. TREE CANOPY. COVERAGE DESPITE YEARS OF HEARINGS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
LIKE CHINATOWN AND SOUTH BOSTON HAVING FAR LOWER TREE COVERAGE THAN THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE. UNFORTUNATELY. >> NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO ASK. >> ME WHY THEY SEEK GRANTS FOR TREES. AWARDED TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES BUT NOT IN
DISTRICT CODE. COATING THE SOUTH END. HAVING A HEALTHY TREE. URBAN TREE CANOPY AS OPPOSED TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
TREES PROVIDE BEAUTIFICATION. FILTERS FROM POLLUTION. SHADE DURING HOT. SUMMERS TO ABSORB. EXCESS STORMWATER AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH.
BENEFITS AS WELL. RESIDENTS TREASURE MAPLE TREES AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY. DISTRICT TWO WHILE THE CITY AVERAGE WAS ABOUT 27%, SOUTH
BOSTON ONLY HAD 8%, CHINATOWN. 2% I'M SORRY CHINATOWN 7%. ACCORDING TO THE TREE CANOPY CHANGE ASSESSMENT RELEASED IN
MARCH 2026 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, 27% OF OUR LAND IS COVERED BY TREE CANOPY MAJORITIES IN WESTERN PART OF THE CITY. DISTRICT TWO HAS TREE COVERAGE
BETWEEN 1 AND 12%. A GRAPH INDICATED CHINATOWN AND SOUTH BOSTON HAVE AMONG THE LOWEST TREE CANOPY IN THE CITY . AS I MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAD INTENSE STORMS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT KNOCKED DOWN
MANY TREES ON CITY AND STATE LAND. WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE TYPE OF TREES WE NEED FOR SHADE WHILE BEING MINDFUL OF ROOTS LIFTING UP SIDEWALKS. WE SAW THAT IN RECENT STORMS
WHERE TREES FELL ON ELM STREET AND COLUMBIA ROAD IN SOUTH BOSTON. FOR YEARS I'VE HAD THIS HEARING BE HAVING THIS HEARING IN ORGANIZED WITH THE CHINESE
PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION, THE CHINATOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION ,THE ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION. YOUTH GROUP. I PREVIOUSLY HELD WALKS WITH MOTHERS. OUT FRONT ON GAS LEAKS AND THE
SOUTH END KILLING OUR TREES. I MET WITH FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD. ASSOCIATION. >> SAINT VINCENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE FRIENDS OF NORTH OF BROADWAY AND SOUTH BOSTON. MY OFFICE HELD TREE WALKS WITH
SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORS AND MY FRIEND AND SANDY'S BECAUSE OF THEIR LEADERSHIP WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 10 TREES IN THE AREA OF WEST FIRST STREET. WE NEED TO KEEP PUSHING TO LOOK
FOR MORE LOCATIONS ON FIRST STREET AS WELL AS SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES. IF YOU. >> EVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE TOP OF THE PRUDENTIAL AND LOOK AROUND THE CITY FROM
HIGH ABOVE, THERE IS A STARK DIFFERENCE THE LACK OF TREES LEAD TO HEAT ISLAND EFFECT HOT SUMMERS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING. NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS.
BUT IT SHOULDN'T TAKE VISITING THE PRUDENTIAL. WE NOW HAVE FIVE YEARS OF STUDY . WE ALL KNOW THAT CHINATOWN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY OF COLOR IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, THE
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS DECLARED IT CONTAINS THE WORST AIR QUALITY IN MASSACHUSETTS CHINATOWN RESIDENTS HAVE A HIGH RATE OF ASTHMA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY ISSUES.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE. CHINATOWN NEEDS TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
UH, ARE YOU CONCERNED ME I SEE YOUR LIGHT ON UM I ARE YOU YOU'RE NOT A CO-SPONSOR. YEAH. >> NO MATTER THE CLASS I. DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REACT.
WAS THAT OKAY? AND IF THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO I WANT TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR. . >> UM. HIGHLIGHTING COUNCILOR WHERE THIS. YEAH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CAN WE CAN COME BACK TO IT AT THE END OF THIS. >> I JUST WANT TO KNOW FOR THE
RECORD THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING BY REALLY FAST. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WANTED TO AFTER FLYNN MADE A POINT REGARDING WHERE YOU PUT THE EDUCATION RELATED. DOCKET BUT. I JUST.
>> WANT TO MAKE SURE THANK YOU. >> WILL COME BACK. UM. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FLYNN, THIS IS YOUR YOUR UH THIS IS YOUR ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS, UH,
EXPANDING TREE COMPANY. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILMAN DIVISION COUNCILOR. UM. KUSHNER. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. FLETCHER. SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER.
AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1191 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS.
I WILL WHICH COMES TO MEJIA. YOU HAD A QUESTION. I HAVE A REQUEST A REQUEST. THANK YOU. >> UM, SO IN REGARDS TO THE UM
THE HEARING ORDER THAT WAS RECENTLY READ INTO THE RECORD UH, REGARDING RFPS. IT'S SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FINANCIAL YEAR 2028 BUDGET.
SO THEREFORE IT IS SENT TO REQUEST. WESTMEATH I DO NOT I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I I BELIEVE. RIGHT GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU DID APPOINT ME TO BE THE EDUCATION CHAIR, THE GOAL WAS
FOR ME TO HAVE SOME SENSE OF AUTHORITY AND SOME LEADERSHIP HERE AND CONSIDERING THAT IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET HASN'T BEEN RELEASED YET.
SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT I JUST NEED MORE FLAHERTY. LIKE WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT'S THE INTENTION IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT LAST YEAR, UH,
COUNCILOR WORRELL AND WE HAD WE HAVE EARLY MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER DECEMBER ABOUT THE SCHOOL BUDGET BUT WE'RE INCREASINGLY REALIZING THAT THE SCHOOL BUDGETS ARE STARTING TO BE WORKED ON IN SEPTEMBER. WE'RE SORT OF COMING LATE TO
THE GAME. SO I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE AND I HAVE SUPPORT TO THE CHAIR IN HIS ABILITY AND HIS INTENTION OF TRYING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
SO AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO THE BUDGET. AND IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION OF BUDGET AND WE'LL GO TO IT MEANS YES. SO HERE'S WHERE THE POINT OF TENSION LIES IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, WHEN IT COMES TO HEARING PARENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS, THE SYSTEM HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN BUILT SO THAT
FOLKS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL VOICE. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING A BUDGET THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE PEOPLE, THEN THAT'S NOT A CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD
BEGIN UM, IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IT SHOULD BEGIN IN MY COMMITTEE AS A CHAIR OF EDUCATION BECAUSE GIVEN THE FACT THAT I AM A PPS GRADUATE,
A MOM AND A EDUCATOR AND BECAUSE I AM THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION AND I HAVE NO ALLEGIANCE TO ANYONE BUT THE PEOPLE THAT I SERVE, I THINK OUT OF THE INTEGRITY OF THIS PROCESS GIVEN THE FACT THAT
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN HERE AND DONE THAT, THAT IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT DOING BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO CHAIR THAT HEARING, I'M NOT GOING TO.
OVER UM IT'S HE'S THE LEAD SPONSOR. IT'S JUST ABOUT FACILITATING A CONVERSATION IN A WAY THAT HELPS SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT OUTSIDE. I THINK THERE'S SCOPE I I'M
STICKING WITH MY DECISION TO TO HAVE IT BE CHAIRED AND HELD IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AS YOU AS THE CHAIR OF THIS EDUCATION IF YOU'D LIKE TO HOLD ANOTHER MEETING TO GET
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON POLICY AND DIRECTION ON THE UH IN THE EDUCATION SPACE AS. DISCUSSED THIS. >> IS TO DISCUSS THE. ACTUAL PRIORITIES RIGHT FOR BEPS TO INFORM THE BUDGET.
SO IF WE'RE. >> TALKING ABOUT. PRIORITIES IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE BUDGET. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. I'M MOVING ON. THANK YOU KNOW. YOU WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO DISMISS PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T JUST DISMISS DIFFICULT PEOPLE. THAT'S JUST NOT HOW THIS. NO I'M NOT MEANING TO DISMISS YOU WHAT YOU ARE YOU ARE YOU ARE YOU LOOK FIRST OF ALL ARE YOU QUESTIONING THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR I.
>> AM I AM I AM MAKING A MOTION TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE OF OF THE CHAIR AND THAT IS THAT THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW OKAY.
COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THE REASON FOR ME THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT. >> IT GOES. INTO THE CORRECT COMMITTEE IT WOULDN'T MATTER SO MUCH AS
THOUGH IN THE PAST THE ADMINISTRATION AND EGR HAS PUSHED BACK ON PANELISTS AND ADMINISTRATION. WE'VE INVITED AND KIND OF PUT
IT BACK ON US AND SAID BECAUSE IF ONLY DAVID BLOOM'S COMING TO THIS MEETING, WE DON'T NEED TO TALK TO DAVID BLOOM ABOUT WHY POWERS ARE BEING LAID OFF AND HOW WE'RE MAKING. SURE INCLUSION IS STILL BEING IMPLEMENTED IN OUR SPECIAL ED
STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY NEED. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PEOPLE COME IN FRONT OF US AND OFTENTIMES BASED ON WHAT COMMITTEE IT'S PLACED IN, THEY'LL USE THAT AGAINST US
EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL US WHO WE CAN AND CANNOT INVITE TO THESE MEETINGS. SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO OVERRIDE BOTH COUNCILOR FLYNN AND MCHUGH'S REQUEST, WHICH I DO THINK IS. REASONABLE. >> THAT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE AND
I WILL RESPECT THAT. BUT I AM ASKING THEN THAT YOU MAKE SURE WHEN PANELISTS ARE INVITED. THAT THE SCHOOL. DEPARTMENT DOESN'T GET COVER FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
TO SAY WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A BUDGET MEETING BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FILE ANOTHER HEARING TO TALK ABOUT THE SAME THINGS THAT I THINK
WOULD BE INCONVENIENT AND DISRESPECTFUL OF THEIR TIME. SO MAKING SURE THAT YOU SUPPORT WHO COMES BECAUSE MANY TIMES ESPECIALLY MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FLYNN HAVE HAD TO FILE COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE
YEARS WE'VE SAT THERE READY TO CHAIR A MEETING AND NOBODY HAS SHOWN UP NOT JUST THE WRONG PEOPLE, NOBODY HAS SHOWN UP. SO I'M ASKING JUST LIKE I'VE
BEEN ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS WHOLE TERM ON LOTS OF THINGS I'M ASKING AND HOPEFULLY THIS ONE. WE CAN GET SOME. CONSISTENCY HERE THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK AND GET ANSWERS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU. >> I THINK GIVEN THE GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THE DISCUSSION AROUND SCHOOL BUDGET, WE HAVE AN INCREASING
BUDGET EVERY YEAR YEAR ON YEAR AND A FALLING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT UH EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD BE IN NORTHWEST MEANS DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE IT'S VERY VERY IMPORTANT. I DON'T THINK IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT PRIORITIES
AND WHERE WE PUT. YEAH YEAH YEAH. WHAT IS. WHAT IS. IT'S A MOTION. THERE IS A MOTION WITH THE
DECISION TO. I POINT COUNCILOR. THAT'S HOW WE GET.
WE KNOW SO. UH COUNCILOR FLYNN WE'RE NOT READY FOR A VOTE YET CONSISTENT. UH. >> MADAM CHAIR, I SUPPORT COUNCILOR MEJIA. UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD THIS DISCUSSION. >> AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
OF THE YEAR AND. THAT'S WHY I ADVOCATED. FOR IT. >> TO INITIALLY GO INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION. IT'S BASED ON COUNCILOR MCGEE IS LIFE EXPERIENCE. THAT SHE. >> BRINGS A. >> DIFFERENT AND. >> UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
AS A PARENT. TO PUBLIC EDUCATION? UM, SINGLE PARENT. TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. IN HER. LIFE EXPERIENCE IS CRITICAL. THAT'S PART OF THE THAT'S PART
OF THE DISCUSSION. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY RECENTLY LAID OFF THE TEACHERS, THE PARAPROFESSIONALS, THE BUS MONITORS SHE KNOWS THEM BETTER.
>> THAN. ANYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL. SHE KNOWS THEIR STRUGGLES IN LIFE. SHE ADVOCATES FOR THEM MORE. EFFECTIVELY THAN ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL. IT'S IT'S ABOUT RESPECTING
PEOPLE OF COLOR IN MY. OPINION AND RESPECTING PEOPLE'S LIFE EXPERIENCES AS WELL. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND WE ALSO WISH TO SPEAK.
COUNCIL MEETING I HAVE THE FLOOR. UH OKAY. SO I. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE PHRASE IN THE HEARING ORDER IS THAT.
UM THIS IS A POLICY. RELATED CONVERSATION, NOT A BUDGET RELATED CONVERSATION. AND IN THE HEARING ORDER. IT TALKS ABOUT HOW WE CAN. ADEQUATELY IMPROVE STUDENT
SUCCESS AND OUTCOMES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN. THE CITY. COUNCIL SHOULD BEGIN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL. DEPARTMENT SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN ORDER TO SHAPE THE
PRIORITIES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE REFLECTED. AND SO IF THIS IS A POLICY RELATED CONVERSATION THEN IT SHOULD BE IN THE CHAIR
OF EDUCATION. AND YOU KNOW, I PICK AND. CHOOSE MY BATTLES. AND THIS IS ONE THAT I REALLY DO BELIEVE UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT POLICY
RELATED OUTCOMES THEN THEREFORE IT SHOULD BE IN THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION'S COMMITTEE. UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT COUNCILOR WEBER CAN TAKE THE
NOTES THAT HE NEEDS TO TO THEN INFORM HIS. WORK IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS JUST TO GIVE ME A TEMPORARY TO GIVE
ME AN ILLUSION THAT I HAVE CHAIRMANSHIP OVER A COMMITTEE THAT HAS NO TEETH. SO YOU HAVE TO START REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT MESSAGE YOU'RE SENDING TO ME WHEN YOU'RE NOT EVEN ALLOWING ME TO
HOST HEARINGS THAT IMPACT THE WORK THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE IN THIS BODY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE. GOTCHA. UH, I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER. YEAH. >> IT'S TITLED ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE BOSTON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FY 28 BUDGET. THAT'S WHAT THIS HEARING ORDER IS MEANT TO DISCUSS. I THINK WE AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE REFERENCED, WE HAD THIS DEBATE ABOUT WHERE THE UH DPS BUDGET SHOULD BE PLACED
AND IT WAS PLACED IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. IT'S ONE THIRD OF THE CITY BUDGET JUST TRYING TO START A PROCESS THAT UH OTHER COUNCILORS THERE'S CHAIRS OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMISSION HAVE DONE. I'M ALSO A PARENT.
MY DAUGHTER GOES TO THE SAME SCHOOL I BELIEVE AS COUNCILMAN HE HIS DAUGHTER UH AND UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST AS A PARENT OF TWO KIDS AND ONE WHO'S UH, MATRICULATED TO
COLLEGE BUT UH. UM, I YOU. KNOW, I THINK. I'M QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION AND I THINK. JUST WE SHOULD LET THIS GO INTO THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE SO WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS
THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST AND AND START THEM EARLIER. THANK YOU. >> UM, COUNTRY MURPHY. NO, MY LIFE JUST HADN'T BEEN. TO BEG YOUR PARDON. SO. >> OKAY. UM.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. FIRST. >> OKAY, OKAY. UM. >> WHAT IS THE WHAT WHAT CARRIES THE MOTION? WHAT NUMBERS. >> CAN.
YOU LIKE? IS IT A MAJORITY IS A SUPERMAJORITY. WHAT IS THE THIRD?
MISTER UH, MESSENGER, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, CALL OUR COLLEAGUES BACK FOR A ROLL. >> CALL VOTE. AND TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.
FOR THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU EVERYONE, WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. UH, A MOTION TO OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. UH, COUNCILWOMAN, HE HAS A MOTION TO APPEAL THE DECISION
OF THE CHAIR. UH, DOCKET 118. IT. >> UM. >> SO THE QUESTION BEFORE THE BODY IS SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND AS THE JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL? A YES VOTE KEEPS THE DOCKET IN
THE COMMITTEE. THE CHAIR HAS DECIDED. A NO VOTE CHANGES THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. SO, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS MOTION.
YOU CAN. CONSIDER, UH, ORAL. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND JUST FOR MY FLAHERTY, I KNOW THIS FY 27. WELL, IF I 28 BUDGET, UM, IS
JUST IT'S NOT TIED TO THE ACTUAL BUDGET, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST THE HEARING ORDER. UM, SO WHICH IS BASICALLY ADVOCACY SO I WILL BE VOTING
FOR IT TO GO TO UH EDUCATION JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT TIED TO THE ACTUAL DOLLARS. IT'S NOT TIED TO THE BUDGET THAT I I THINK WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT THE BUDGET
LIVES IN WAYS AND MEANS UH, BUT THE ADVOCACY, THE POLICY UM THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT GOES INTO THE BUDGET UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED OVER THE RULES THAT THAT COULD LIVE
IN EDUCATION. SO I WILL BE VOTING FOR THIS CONVERSATION, UM, TO GO INTO UH, EDUCATION JUST BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE ACTUAL BUDGET. IT IS CONVERSATION ON WHAT
MAKES UP THE BUDGET WHICH WILL THEN BE SHARED WILL BE INTO UH WAYS AND MEANS. AND COUNCIL WHERE THOSE THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN HELD IN EDUCATION IN THE PAST AND UM
YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE THERE. UM IT DOESN'T. THERE'S NOBODY EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION. WHAT WE FOUND LAST YEAR WAS
BHP'S HAD A UH A NO A PROJECTION OF AN. OIL UH, OVERSPEND VERY EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR LIKE BY OCTOBER THEY KNEW BUT THAT THEY WERE ALL OVER BUDGET. SO I THINK THIS BUT THIS
DISCUSSION NEEDS TO STAY UNLESS IT MEANS SO. MR. MR. CLERK. IS IT. >> A QUESTION BEFORE THE BODY IS SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND AS A JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL? A YES VOTE KEEPS THE DOCKET IN
THE COMMITTEE UH WAYS AND MEANS UH AS DECIDED ON A NO VOTE CHANGES THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE COUNSELOR BRAIN.
NO COUNCIL VOTED NO. OH, SORRY. I SAID COUNSELOR. THANK YOU. >> PARDON? REMIND THAT YES VOTE KEEPS THE DOCKET IN THE COMMITTEE. BEG YOUR PARDON, MR. CLERK? SCRUB THEM. YES. >> YOU GOT ME CONFUSED.
. I A YES VOTE KEEPS THE DOCKET IN THE COMMITTEE. THE CHAIR HAS DECIDED SO. YES. COUNSELOR BREADON. YES, COUNSELOR COLOR AS A PUBLIC COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. NO.
COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES, COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. NO. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNSELOR. MEDIA COUNSELOR.
MEJIA. NO. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. NO. COUNSELOR. THE PEN COUNCILOR. THE PEN. YES, COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNSELOR. WEBER. YES.
AND COUNSELOR. WORLD COUNCILOR. WELL, NO. THE MOTION IS DEFEATED 6 TO 6. THANK YOU. THE MOTION NEEDED A TWO THIRDS
MAJORITY TO PASS, SO THANK YOU. UH, DOCKET. ZERO. >> DOCKET 118 TO IT, UH, REMAINS IN THE COMMITTEE
OF WAYS AND MEANS. MR CLERK, WE WILL PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF. UH, DOCKET 1193. UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD. DOC NUMBER 1193 COUNSELOR, THE
PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THIS MONTH SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR MEN TO PRIORITIZE THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. TOO MANY MEN DELAY OR AVOID SEEKING CARE. STUDIES SHOW THAT ONLY. 62% OF MEN HAVE SEEN A HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONAL WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND NEARLY HALF SKIP ANNUAL PHYSICALS AND PREVENTATIVE SCREENINGS. MEN OFTEN FACE PRESSURE TO STAY STRONG AND KEEP THEIR STRUGGLES
TO THEMSELVES, WHICH CAN AFFECT THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. MANY ALSO DEAL WITH CHALLENGES SUCH AS FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES, POVERTY, VIOLENCE AND STRESSFUL CAREERS . BECAUSE OF THESE EXPECTATIONS,
MEN MAY BE LESS LIKELY TO SEEK HELP OR MEDICAL CARE WHEN THEY NEED IT. I WANT TO ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO UM THIS BEAUTIFUL EVENT THAT HAPPENED AT ALMONT PARK UM THAT
WAS GIVEN FREE UM BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKUPS AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES TO MANY RESIDENTS BUT ESPECIALLY FOR FOR THE MEN THAT WERE THERE. UM IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO GET THAT I WAS ABLE MYSELF TO GET
MY BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED. LUCKILY IT WAS OKAY BUT IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT FOR US MEN TO TO REALLY LOOK OUT FOR OURSELVES TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HIDING BEHIND YOUR
SKIN, BELOW YOUR SKIN AND GOD KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. UM I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO, YOU KNOW, SEEK OUT TO THEIR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. TO TO. SCHEDULE THAT PHYSICAL TO GO GET THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED.
RECOGNIZING JUNE AS MEN'S MEN'S MEN'S HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH ENCOURAGES ME TO SPEAK UP, SEEK SUPPORT AND TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE MY COUNCIL SUPPORT ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME CANCER CODE PEPPERCORN TO DURKAN FITZGERALD
COUNCILOR FLYNN LOUIJEUNE TOUCH OVER HERE. COUNTRY. MURPHY. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER CULTURAL REALM
AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILOR HAPPENS SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1193. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1193. COUNCILOR BREEN. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. CLOSE OPPONENT. COUNCIL. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. YES, COUNCILOR. DURKAN.
COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES, COUNCILOR. JUST CHERYL. COUNCILOR. THE SHOW. YES, COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. THIN. YES. COUNCIL. YES. SUZANNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY.
YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PIN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. ATTENDEES. COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCIL MEMBER . YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. COUNCILOR. DULL. YES. SO I CAN HAVE A1193 AS WE
RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1193 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1194. DUKKHA NUMBER 1194
COUNCILOR PEPEN, UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A PROPOSED LOCAL OPTION FOR RENT STABILIZATION, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND TENANT STABILITY. CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IN THE CITY OF BOSTON APPROXIMATELY 60% OF THE RESIDENTS INCLUDING MYSELF RENT AND TOWARDS THE END OF OUR
LEASES A LOT OF US DREAD ANY INCREASE TO RENT. KEEPING HOUSING AFFORDABLE CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN FOR OUR CITY TENANT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES HAVE PUSHED HARD FOR A BALLOT QUESTION TO RESTORE RENT
CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS. HOWEVER, RECENTLY THAT BALLOT QUESTION WAS DEEMED. UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE SUPREME. JUDICIAL COURT DUE TO AN EXCEPTION MADE FOR HOUSING UNITS AND RELIGIOUS FACILITIES.
PAUSING THIS QUESTION MOVING FORWARD BASED ON PREVIOUS POLLING AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS, IT'S CLEAR THAT PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS WANT SOMETHING TO CONTROL THE PRICE OF RENT SO THAT FIGHT HAS
NOT. SO THAT FIGHT HASN'T ENDED. SOME DEVELOPERS HAVE JOINED WITH ADVOCATES TO DRAFT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BRING RENT STABILIZATION IN THE FORM OF A LOCAL OPTION A COMPROMISE
OPTION BRINGING MORE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE. I HOPE THAT DESPITE THE RECENT RULING, COMPROMISE EFFORTS CONTINUE AND LEGISLATION STABILIZING RENT IS PASSED AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES JOIN ME IN
SUPPORTING A COMPROMISE BETWEEN ADVOCACY AND INDUSTRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. WOULD ANYONE. ELSE. >> UH, LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
COUNCILOR. CONSERVED LOUIJEUNE COUNCILORS . UH SANTANA COUNCIL DIVISION COUNTRY. WEBER AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR . AND I SAID.
MEJIA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR UH, PEPEN SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1194. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE
TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1194. COUNCILOR BRIE. YES. COUNCILOR BRAYTON. YES. COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. PRESENT.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. NO. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. NO. COUNCILOR. PET PEN.
YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. TANNER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. YES.
TALKING ABOUT 1194 AS RECEIVED EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THREE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 1194 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET 1195. DUKKHA NUMBER 1195 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF BILL SENATE 1247 AND THAT
CRIMINALIZING SEXUAL ASSAULT ASSAULT OF A PASSENGER BY RIDESHARE OPERATOR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THIS RESOLUTION IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO ASKING MY COLLEAGUES. TO JOIN ME IN SUSPENDING AND PASSING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.
ON MONDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES HELD A HEARING ON THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES. REGULATIONS TO IMPROVE. PUBLIC SAFETY BY EXPANDING
BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR RIDESHARE DRIVERS. I ALSO SENT A. LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THESE REVISIONS WHILE ALSO EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR THE BOSTON POLICE TO HAVE OVERSIGHT
ON TANKS LIKE THE HACKNEY UNIT IN NEW YORK CITY. BOSTON POLICE OVERSEES THE HACKNEY DIVISION. HERE IN. >> BOSTON AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE. UM. >> TO ENSURE THAT SAFETY OF OUR
PASSENGERS AND TNC FOR MANY YEARS TNC SUCH AS UBER AND LYFT PROVIDE RIDESHARING SERVICES THAT ARE CONVENIENT AND USED BY MANY TO COMMUTE INTO BOSTON.
WE END UP SEEING TNC HAVE BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR OVERALL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. HOWEVER, SOME RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO EXPRESS THAT THIS EVOLVING INDUSTRY PRESENTS UNRESOLVED AND SERIOUS
CONCERNS. RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. IN FEBRUARY 2025, A WOMAN WAS ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A RIDESHARE DRIVER WHEN TRAVELING FROM AN ESTABLISHMENT
IN SOUTH BOSTON TO HER HOME. WE HEAR STORIES OF A RECENT DRIVER CHARGED WITH UM, VARIOUS UM, CRIMINAL CHARGES.
UM, REGARDING TO UM A SITUATION IN DOWNTOWN CROSSTOWN DOWNTOWN CROSSING. 2015 ANOTHER DRIVER WAS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED KIDNAPING ASSAULT.
UM, ACCORDING TO REPORTS BY WKBW, A WOMAN WAS ALLEGEDLY RAPED BY HER UBER DRIVER AFTER SHE LEFT A BAR ON THE NEXT DAY OF FRIENDS ENCOURAGED HER TO CONTACT THE BOSTON AREA RAPE
CRISIS CENTER, WHO GUIDED HER THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS AFTER OBTAINING A SEXUAL ASSAULT TEST KIT. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO MOVE THE CASE TO TRIAL. OUTRAGEOUS.
PROSECUTORS AT THE SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VIOLENCE UNIT INDICATED THAT IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A TRIAL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVE THAT THE RIDESHARE DRIVER KNEW .
THAT THE VICTIM WAS SO INTOXICATED TO GIVE CONSENT. THIS ACT SET S 14 1247 AN ACT CRIMINALIZING SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A PASSENGER BY BY A
RIDESHARE OPERATOR WOULD EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATE CONSENT AS A DEFENSE FOR A RIDESHARE DRIVER AND MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR A DRIVER TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS . WITH THE PASSENGER. THE BILL TREATS RIDESHARE
DRIVERS AS PEOPLE IN A POSITION OF TRUST, SIMILAR TO A POLICE OFFICER WITH A PERSON IN CUSTODY. AGAIN, MY COLLEAGUES PASSED THIS LAST YEAR. I HAVE WORKED ON LEGISLATION AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AS
WELL ON DRINK SPIKING. I AM AGAIN ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN SAFEGUARDS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO MAY BE IN A VULNERABLE, VULNERABLE POSITION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO OTHER NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL DIVISION COUNTRY MAHIA COUNTRY MURPHY COUNTRY HAPPENS AND COUNTRY SANTANA COUNTRIES
WEBER MORRELL AND PLEASE ARE THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1195. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY.
UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1195. COUNCILOR BROOM. YES. COUNCILOR BRITTANY AS COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR.
DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA HAS COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR.
MURPHY. YES, COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES AND COUNCIL. YES. COUNCILOR. WELL, YES.
TALKING OF A1195 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET NUMBER 1195 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1196.
DOC NUMBER 1196 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A LONG TERM AND SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN SCHOOL YEAR YOUTH JOBS. THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM MEJIA.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM AND BEFORE I STARTED JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE YOUNG PEOPLE THE ORGANIZERS, PROVIDERS AND ADVOCATES. >> WHO FOUGHT. FOR YEAR.
ROUND JOBS. HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS RESOLUTION WAS FILED ON JUNE 10TH, THE SAME DAY THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED THE AMENDED . BUDGET THAT RESTORED ONLY
$750,000 OF NEARLY 6 MILLION THAT WAS CUT FROM THE SCHOOL YEAR. UM YOUTH JOBS. I VOTED AGAINST THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. IF YOU. IF YOU JOBS ARE A. PRIORITY, OUR BUDGET MUST
REFLECT. THAT A. CITY BUDGET. IS A MORAL DOCUMENT. WE DON'T RELY ON PUBLIC. >> UM EXCUSE ME? WE DON'T RELY ON. PRIVATE PROMISES. TO FUND. ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE SCHOOLS
. OR PUBLIC HEALTH. OR PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, WE MAKE. PUBLIC INVESTMENTS YET. YOUTH JOBS SHOULD BE TREATED. JUST THE SAME. WE'VE BEEN TOLD PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP TO HELP FILL THE GAP AND I HOPE THAT THEY DO. BUT HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY. WE STICK. WE STILL LACK CLEAR. COMMITMENTS FUNDING LEVELS.
JOB TARGETS AND ACCOUNTABILITY . PUBLIC FUNDING. PROVIDES STABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. THIS RESOLUTION AFFIRMS THAT PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
SHOULD SUPPLEMENT NOT REPLACE PUBLIC FUNDING. THE CITY MUST MAINTAIN A. STRONG PUBLIC. COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL YEAR. YOUTH JOBS.
UM DEMAND FOR THE UM EXCEEDS. UH THE. FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS CAN SUPPORT. MORE THAN 5000 JOBS YET ONLY A FRACTION ARE FUNDED. THE NEED AND CAPACITY EXISTS.
WHAT IS. MISSING IS INVESTMENT. I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT CALLS FOR A LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO. TREATING YOUTH JOBS AS. ESSENTIAL. >> NOT OPTIONAL. TO THE YOUNG.
PEOPLE WHO. ORGANIZE AND ADVOCATE IT. THANK YOU. YOUR WORK MADE THIS. POSSIBLE AND THE FIGHT CONTINUES. AND I'LL JUST SAY AS SOMEONE. WHO HAD TO WORK THREE JOBS WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
JUST TO HELP SUPPORT MY FAMILY . I KNOW THE. DIFFERENCE THAT HAVING A LITTLE. BIT OF MONEY IN YOUR POCKETS CAN MAKE AND HELPING TO. ADDRESS A LOT. >> OF. THE POVERTY. ISSUES THAT. >> WE ALL TEND TO. UH, SAY THAT WE DEEPLY CARE
ABOUT. AND SO FOR ME, I THINK. GOING BACK TO IT HURT MY HEART. UM. >> THAT THE LAST TIME WE. >> WERE ABLE TO REALLY DO. UM ANYTHING IN THIS. COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO YOUTH
JOBS WAS. VERY MANY YEARS AGO. SO HERE WE ARE UM, STILL FIGHTING. AND HOPING THAT WE CAN. REPAIR THE HARM.
THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE COUNCILOR AT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I DO WANT TO THANK THE ADVOCATES. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA . UM, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A
SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR SANTANA WHO ,UH, YOUTH JOBS HAS BEEN HIS NUMBER ONE ISSUE SINCE HE STARTED ON THE COUNCIL AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING
WORKED WITH HIM AND, UM, GETTING TO TO REPRESENT MISSION ,YOU KNOW, AND UM, GETTING TO SEE UM HOW HIS UM AND HOW HE GREW UP HAS BECOME HIS ADVOCACY POINT.
I'M REALLY PROUD TO SERVE ALONGSIDE HIM AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ABLE TO MAKE AROUND YOUTH JOBS. BUT UM, IN MY DISTRICT, UH, THERE ARE FOLKS WHO YOU KNOW,
THEY MISSED PLACEMENT AND THEY'RE WORKING TO GET THEIR YOUTH JOBS AND HE ACTUALLY HIRED ONE OF MY UM, CONSTITUENTS THIS SUMMER. SO I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING,
COUNCILOR SANTANA, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUTH ARE TAKEN CARE OF. UM, AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING YES ON THIS. I DO THINK, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM THAT THE PROMISES THAT
WERE MADE COME TO FRUITION AND THAT ALL THE YOUTH JOBS FOR NEXT YEAR AND SO I COUNT THAT I'M GOING TO RAISE MY HAND, UH, TO ANYONE AND PARTNER THE PARTNERSHIPS TEAM, UM, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION I'M HAPPY TO
MAKE CALLS UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY YOUTH UM WHO IS OWED A JOB GETS ONE THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR DURKAN CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA
FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. UM, I THINK I I VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND THE, UM THE REQUEST HERE. I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE
RELYING ON PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO, UM, TO HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE YOUTH JOBS. UM, I. >> ALSO UNDERSTAND THE MOMENT THAT THE CITY IS IN. UM, I THINK IN THIS SPECIFIC MOMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK
ANY TIME WE CAN GET HELP FROM OUTSIDE PARTNERS, UM, TO FILL THE GAPS, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. UM, I WAS PROUD TO SUPPORT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. UM, BECAUSE IT MEANT, UH, MORE
OF OUR JOBS ARE GOING TO BE SECURE THIS YEAR AND BETTER QUALITY JOBS THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE SECURE. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE DO NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR YOUTH UM THROUGH OUR CITY
INVESTMENTS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND HOW WE CAN UM UM, FILL THAT GAP . UM I DO WANT TO ALSO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PARTNERS WHO HAVE COMMITTED UM, TO UH TO THE
18 TO 2000 JOBS A YEAR ROUND JOBS. UM, I THINK, UH I APPRECIATE THEM BEING ABLE TO STEP UP. UM, AND I WELCOME THE CONVERSATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING, UM, TIRELESSLY UM, NOT JUST EVEN FOR THEM BUT I THINK FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME. UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THEM. SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HALF PUTTING THIS FORWARD. THINK ABOUT IT PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I'M SUPPORTING THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. UM. >> COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR HER WORK ON THIS ISSUE FOR NOT JUST
DURING THIS. LAST YEAR BUT REALLY OVER THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS. SHE SHE'S ON THE COUNCIL. SHE'S BEEN. OKAY. >> OKAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR JOHN. I HAVE THE SAME IDEA THAT THIS WORK UH, OVER THREE DECADES OF OKAY. THANK YOU. >> PLEASE CONTINUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
COUNCIL OF, UH, MAHI HAS WORK ON THIS ISSUE. ON THE COUNCIL ADVOCATING FOR YOUTH JOB OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. SHE REALLY HAS BEEN THE LEAD
CITY COUNCILOR. IN IN FIGHTING FOR JOBS, FIGHTING FOR RESPECT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ISSUE. UM, DURING THE WEDNESDAY WHEN
WE WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS JUST THE WAY COUNCILOR MCKEE UH TREATED THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE ROOM THAT WERE OFTEN BEING MARGINALIZED OR OVERLOOKED. COUNCILOR MEJIA TREATED THEM
WHAT RESPECT ADVOCATED FOR THEM . AND AND I THINK THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE KNEW THAT THEY HAD A STRONG ADVOCATE AND COUNCILMEMBER HERE AND WE JUST
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER PROFESSIONALISM DURING THAT DAY . UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON A WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU MICHEL. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA PEPEN COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH COUNCILOR MEJIA AND COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THEIR GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO FOR OUR YOUTH. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS
A TOPIC THAT TAKES, UM, UNITY THAT I THINK WE. >> SHOULD ALL BE. ADVOCATING FOR YOUTH IF IT'S JOBS OF HIS SUPPORT, IF HIS SERVICES, IF IT'S. JUST THEM ALL IN GENERAL. I WANT TO UM JUST THANK THE BOTH OF THEM FOR THE WORK THAT
THEY DO. I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT. I'LL BE VOTING. >> THIS VOTING YES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> UM, WHAT DO WE DO? DID ANY ANYONE LIKE TO WE ADD THEIR NAMES? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CONTRA MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER CONCERT. WE'RE OUT AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HE IS SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1196. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. POSSIBLE. >> MR. CLERK, COULD YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1196. COUNCILOR BREADON? YES, COUNCILOR. GRAVES, COUNCILOR. COLLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCILOR.
CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. THAT'S FOR SHOW. YES, COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MEJA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PUT PEN. COUNCILOR. PIN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR. ROYAL. YES. TALKING OF A1196 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. UM, DOCKET 1196 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
COUNCILOR FLYNN. SORRY. UM. MADAM CHAIR, UM, I KNOW YOU HIGHLIGHTED IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, BUT, UM, AT TIMES THE MUSIC FROM OUTSIDE THE SOUND FROM OUTSIDE IS VERY
IS VERY LOUD. IT'S DISTRACTING. UM, ARE WE ABLE TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS TO ASK THEM TO TURN DOWN THE VOLUME. BECAUSE IT. IS DISTRACTING TO A LOT OF CITY COUNCILORS.
I THINK WE'VE PREEMPTIVELY ASKED THEM TO TURN DOWN THE VOLUME. I THINK THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT'S GOING TO GET. UM. I I WOULD. GUESS THAT IF WE RECESS WE
PROBABLY HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THERE'S A CERTAIN TIME WHEN THE INTENSITY OF THE SIGN GOES UP. SO I THINK WE SHOULD PERSEVERE BECAUSE I THINK IT GETS LOUDER LATER SO I APOLOGIZE BUT NOTHING MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT
IT. THANK YOU. WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT DOCKET. DOCKET NUMBER. UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1235.
TALKING ABOUT 1235 COUNCIL FOR PANEL FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING A RELATED TO PENSION BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTER RICHARD LOPEZ. THANK YOU. >> MR. CLERK CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A RE FROM 2020 FOR RICHARD LOPEZ IS A RETIRED BOSTON FIREFIGHTER WHO WAS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
ON JUNE 10TH. 2006 DUE TO. INJURIES SUSTAINED ON THAT DATE . HE WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM. >> THE DUTIES. >> OF A FIREFIGHTER AND FOLLOWING A. HOMER PETITION ON BEHALF OF MR. RICHARD LOPEZ. TO RAISE HIS PENSION FROM.
72% TO 80% OF THE ANNUAL RATE OF THE COMPENSATION. >> HE WOULD RECEIVE. HAD HE CONTINUED TO SERVE AS A FIREFIGHTER UNTIL THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR FIREFIGHTERS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPPER, COUNSELOR . DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD CONTRA FLYNN. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CONTRA MEJIA . COUNCILOR. MURPHY. CONSCIOUS. SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCIL WILL ROLL PLEASE OUT
THE CHAIR. DOCKET UH, DOCKET NUMBER 1235 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1236?
SO I CAN NUMBER 1236 COUNCIL WE'RE OFF OF THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES UNTIL 3 A.M..
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. WELL, COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNCILMAN, HE ALSO ADDED.
AND I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS FROM DIVISION IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS HOME PETITION BUILDS OFF THE PILOT WE ARE PUTTING IN
PLACE THIS SUMMER TO ALLOW LAST CALL AT 3 A.M. DURING THE WORLD CUP. THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL IMPACTS OF LATE HOURS NOT JUST IN THEORY BUT IN PRACTICE HOW WE
CAN LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, FOR NIGHTLIFE, FOR TRANSPORTATION AND FOR RESIDENTS. BOSTON IS A MAJOR CITY. WE WELCOME VISITORS YEAR ROUND AND WE CONTINUE TO COMPETE FOR
MAJOR EVENTS, CONVENTIONS, TOURISTS AND YOUNG TALENT. AND OFTEN WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE FROM OTHER PLACES WHETHER IT'S EUROPE, MIAMI, CHICAGO, NEW YORK OR OTHER MAJOR CITIES ONE THING THEY NOTICE IS THAT OUR
NIGHTLIFE SHUTS DOWN EARLIER. THIS PETITION DOES NOT FORCE EVERY RESTAURANT, BAR OR VENUE TO STAY OPEN LATER IT SIMPLY CREATES THE OPTION FOR BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO SERVE
LATER UH, TO DO SO UNDER THE RIGHT GUIDELINES AND WITH THE RIGHT PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING IN PLACE AT ITS CORE THIS IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT WHEN ATTRACTIVE MAJOR EVENTS SUPPORTING OUR HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRY, KEEPING YOUNG PEOPLE HERE AND CREATING A MORE VIBRANT CITY WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THAT MEANS BRINGING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS, THE
RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, THE MBTA RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ,EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES AND TO DETERMINE WHAT SUPPORT SYSTEMS NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE
IF BOSTON IS GOING TO CONSIDER LATER HOURS BEYOND THE PALATE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING TO HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER HERE THE SECOND CO-SPONSOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL WORRELL FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM, WE HAVE SEEN THE BENEFIT OF OUR BUSINESSES DURING THE WORLD CUP WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY OPEN UNTIL THREE
AND I JUST RECENTLY LEARNED THAT ONE BAR IN EAST BOSTON HAS MADE OVER $1 MILLION JUST ON ONE DAY. SO HIP HIP HOORAY! UM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT BUT YOU CAN GO AND GOOGLE IT.
UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS CHANGE PERMANENT PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND BOOSTING OUR NIGHT TIME ECONOMY. WHEN I LIVED IN NEW YORK I SAW HOW MANY BUSINESSES COULD
OPERATE UM LATER HOURS AND BE SUCCESSFUL. EXPANDING BUSINESS HOURS WILL CREATE. MORE PROFIT FOR. >> SMALL BUSINESSES. PROVIDE MORE HOURS. FOR WORKERS AND GENERATE MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE UM IN ECONOMICALLY. DIFFICULT TIMES. THIS PROPOSAL WILL HELP OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. RESTAURANT INDUSTRY WORKERS AND THE CITY. >> AS A WHOLE. AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE. REVENUE TO PLAY WITH. EXPANDING LATE NIGHT TRANSIT WILL ALSO. BENEFIT THIS EFFORT AS IT SUPPORTS THE LATE HOURS OF OPERATION AND ENSURES THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET.
HOME SAFELY. UH, WE CAN EXPAND. BUSINESS HOURS WHILE ALSO. MONITORING REVENUE EMPLOYMENT. DATA, PUBLIC SAFETY METRICS NOT UH 311 COMPLAINTS TRANSIT.
USE IT USAGE AND NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES AND WORKERS. >> AND. ENSURING THAT. THERE ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. I LOOK FORWARD TO. >> WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON.
THIS MATTER AND I JUST WANT TO THANK UM. COUNCIL EARL AGAIN FOR HIS. LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. FROM HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WORRELL. FOR THIS PROPOSAL.
I'M PLEASED TO PARTNER ON THIS AS A CO-SPONSOR BECAUSE AS WE MOVE THROUGH FIFA WORLD CUP, AS THE TALL SHIPS MADE 20 TO 50 AND OTHER MAJOR EVENTS, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM WORKERS ,SMALL BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS,
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT IS NOT AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILDING A NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. A 3 A.M. CLOSING TIME DOES NOT MEAN EVERY ESTABLISHMENT WILL
STAY OPEN UNTIL 3 A.M.. A BAR IS NOT THE SAME AS A RESTAURANT. A NEIGHBORHOOD PUB IS NOT THE SAME AS A NIGHTCLUB. DIFFERENT VENUES COME WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS AND REGULATIONS WITH THIS OFFERS AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM THIS PILOT IS
THAT IT'S OFFERING FLEXIBILITY THE ABILITY FOR BOSTON TO SUPPORT A WIDER RANGE OF ESTABLISHMENTS, EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES WHILE STILL MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT AFTER THIS SUMMER. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WITH
BANK LIKE OUR OUR SCOTCH, THE TARTAN ARMY BUT GENERALLY A LOT OF JUBILEE IN THE CITY AT THIS MOMENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE DATA TO SHOW HOW WHAT WORKS AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ON IT IN THE.
FUTURE WE'LL HAVE REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE TO HELP INFORM WHETHER GREATER FLEXIBILITY CAN COEXIST AND COEXIST WITH STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY PRACTICES AND RESPONSIBLE REGULATION. AND I THINK SO MANY IN THE CITY
WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS COMING REYNOLDS, THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY SO MANY WHO ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE HOW WE MAKE A CITY THAT IS ATTRACTING AND RETAINING YOUNG TALENT BUT ALSO SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
,OUR BLACK AND BROWN OWNED BUSINESSES ARE UM AND WE'VE SEEN THAT ALREADY FROM UH THE REVENUE THAT SO MANY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WHETHER IT BE WHETHER IT BE THE HAVEN OR
WHETHER IT BE UH SCOTT FROM GOING OUT TO GOURMET CROWD UH, AND TRYING FOOD THAT WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AROUND OUR CITY AS OUR CITY GROWS AND EVOLVES. WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO EXAMINE POLICIES THAT DO NOT CHOOSE
BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES. BOSTON AS A CITY WE HAVE TO GROW. WE MUST GROW AND THIS HUMBLE PARTNER SHOULD BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. IT'S DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE
ALREADY HAVING IN OUR OFFICE AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN FITZGERALD.
UM UM COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR PEPPER AND AND COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER CULTURAL WORRELL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER UH CARD.
DOCKET NUMBER 1236 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF GOLF AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 12371237. COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE
FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A SECOND
ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THE SOLE ADDED. AND REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AT COUNCIL AS WELL AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CLOSE BY. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR WADDELL IS
ADDED A THIRD. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM PLEASED THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY SECURED FUNDING FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. UH NOT ALL OF IT BUT I'M PLEASED WITH WHAT WE SECURED
THE FISCAL 27 OPERATING BUDGET . PRESERVING THAT FUNDING WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP AND REFLECTS THE RECOGNITION THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO HAVE A ROLE TO
PLAY IN PROTECTING CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADDRESSING DISCRIMINATION IN OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT FUNDING ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. THE WORK OF REBUILDING AND
REIMAGINING THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MUST BEGIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BOSTON'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC
SERVICES AND ACCOMMODATIONS, INVESTIGATE DISCRIMINATION, CONDUCT RESEARCH, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND ADVISE THE CITY ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.
OVER THE YEARS IT EXAMINED ISSUES RANGING FROM HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS TO POLICE REFORM, LGBTQ AND PROTECTIONS, HATE INCIDENTS
AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. AT THE SAME TIME. THIS HEARING IS NOT ABOUT SIMPLY RESTORING A PREVIOUS MODEL, BUT IT'S ABOUT ASKING WHAT ROLE A HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION SHOULD PLAY IN BOSTON TODAY. NEARLY FOUR DECADES HAVE PASSED SINCE THE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED. THE CIVIL RIGHTS CHALLENGES FACING OUR RESIDENTS HAVE EVOLVED.
THE LAND LEGAL LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED AND OTHER CITIES HAVE ADOPTED DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADDRESSING DISCRIMINATION.
WE SHOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ORDINANCE REMAINS ADEQUATE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BOSTON'S RESIDENTS.
THIS IS ABOUT EXAMINING HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMISSION AND ENSURE IT IS POSITIONED TO EFFECTIVELY, EFFECTIVELY SERVE BOSTON FOR YEARS TO COME SO WE
DON'T END UP IN THE SITUATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN NOW. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. WE MUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO LIVE IN A CITY AND COUNTRY WHERE CIVIL RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED RESPECTED.
THIS COMMISSION PROVIDED AN IMPORTANT VOICE FOR THOSE THAT WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST OR A VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME ESPECIALLY I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND CITY
COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE WE REMAIN A CITY THAT ALWAYS TREATS PEOPLE WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. THE BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1984 UNDER MAYOR FLYNN.
MY NEIGHBOR WAS ACTUALLY AND FRIEND WAS ACTUALLY SELECTED AS THE FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SANDERS WHO IS A WELL RESPECTED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER,
A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO LEAD THE COMMISSION. AT THAT TIME THE FOCUS WAS ON
UM, HATE CRIMES AGAINST GAY AND LESBIAN RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. NOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY EXPANDED TO LGBTQ BUT IT WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF HATE CRIMES AT THAT TIME
AGAINST GAY AND LESBIAN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. THE COMMISSION WORKS TO ENSURE FULL AND EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICE SERVICES AND ACCOMMODATIONS.
IT RECEIVES AND INVESTIGATES COMPLAINTS, RESOLVES CASES THROUGH MEDIATION HEARINGS, ADVOCATES IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES .
FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW DURING AND FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC, I WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO DISCUSS ISSUES IMPACTING, UM, THE ASIAN COMMUNITY OF GREATER BOSTON.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION HERE IN BOSTON ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS. UM, THE COMMISSION DOES IMPORTANT WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING TO THIS HEARING TO LEARN HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH REVEREND COLE PEPPER ON ENSURING THAT THERE IS MONEY IN THE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION. WE CAN'T LET THIS DIE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, TOOL TO ADDRESS CIVIL RIGHTS, TO ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS. AND I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE LEAD OF REVEREND COLE PEPPER. BUT THIS IS HAS TO BE AN IMPORTANT, UH, AN IMPORTANT VEHICLE FOR US TO USE SO THAT
WE CAN ADDRESS, UM, HATE CRIMES SO WE CAN INVESTIGATE HATE CRIMES. WE CAN INVESTIGATE DISCRIMINATION. I HAVE USED THIS MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
UM, AS I HAVE MENTIONED AND WHEN IT'S WHEN THERE IS A PRIORITY THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION UM, IS NEEDED. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, THERE WILL BE SUPPORT FOR IT, BUT WE JUST CAN'T LET IT
DIE. IT'S THAT IMPORTANT. UH, MADAM CHAIR, WE JUST CAN'T LET THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DIE BECAUSE OF POLITICS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND LGBTQ RESIDENTS ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. ORAL COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS FOR INCLUDING ME ON
THIS AND JUST LOOKING TO HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE FUTURE OF THE BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY HAD A CONSULTANT, SO JUST LOVE TO HEAR THE REPORTS. UM, BUT ALSO JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE MAKE THAT UM, GOING FORWARD THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR UH, THIS OFFICE AND THE COMMISSION TO STAY IN PLACE AND ATTACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR MURPHY, CONSUMER. HERE. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. AND PLEASE, OF THE CHAIR. UM. THANK YOU.
DOCKET. UH, DOCKET NUMBER 1237 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT AND COUNCILMAN AND PLEASE, COUNCILOR PEPEN.
SO WITH THE CALL PLEASE AND COUNCIL PEPEN. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 123 IT. TALKING ABOUT. 1238 COUNCIL WILL ROLL OFF WITH
THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF A LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE YEAR PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER OUR COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IDEA COMES FROM SOMETHING WE SEE EVERY DAY IN OUR CITY. SEVERAL OF OUR BIGGEST NEEDS ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW, DEVELOP
AND PREPARE FOR THE WORKFORCE, BUT THEY ALSO NEED MORE CHANCES TO CONNECT WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING IN SCHOOL AND WHAT THEY HOPE TO DO IN THEIR CAREERS WITH WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE WIDER WORLD
AROUND THEM. WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON BOSTON'S EXISTING SUMMER AND AFTERSCHOOL JOBS PROGRAM LIKE SUCCESS LINK AND MAKE THEM EVEN STRONGER. THAT MEANS CREATING PATHWAYS
THAT ARE NOT JUST ABOUT PLACING STUDENTS AND JOBS, BUT ABOUT ALIGNING THOSE JOBS WITH THEIR CAREER INTERESTS, THE CLASSROOM LEARNING AND THE SKILLS THEY WILL NEED FOR THE FUTURE. AT ITS BEST THIS WORK IS ABOUT
MORE THAN YOUTH. EMPLOYMENT IS ABOUT HELPING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES AS LEADERS, PROBLEM SOLVERS AND CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CITY. I SEE PUBLIC SERVICE AS HAVING A MULTI-PRONGED DEFINITION.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS ONE CAN SERVE AND BE A SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR CITY. ON THE SAME NOTE, WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY DRAFTED THE CONCEPTS AND IS HERE IN ORDER WITH SOME LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY
AND AT THIS STAGE WE ARE OPEN TO MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY WAYS THIS CAN BE DONE. WE ARE EXPLORING AND SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMING IN PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH CLASSROOM LEARNING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO PROVIDE OUR RECENT GRADUATES WITH OPPORTUNITIES THAT GIVE THEM A SOLID AND REWARDING FOUNDATION FROM WHICH TO JOIN THE WORKFORCE, AND WE'RE EXAMINING HOW WE INTEGRATE LESSONS IN
CIVICS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE GROUND. ULTIMATELY IS MEANT TO BE A COMPONENT THAT SHOULD WORK FOR EVERY STUDENT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW BEST WE CAN CRAFT IT AS SUCH. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATION AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS THAT HELPED US WITH THIS HERE IN ORDER IN THIS PLAN. THE BOSTON STUDENT ADVISORY
COUNCIL. GREAT TIME HIGHER GROUND, THE MASSACHUSETTS UH EDUCATION FOR JUSTICE ALLIANCE AND THE BOSTON CHAPTER THE POSSIBLE ZONE IN THE YOUNG MAN WITH THE PLAN WHO
HAVE LENT THEIR TIME AND INDUSTRY EXPERTISE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CONCEPT AND WITH WHOM WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND WORKING WITH MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE DISTRICT ON THE IDEA.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON. WE'RE ONLY ASKING SPONSORS AND CO-SPONSORS TO. I'D LIKE. >> TO ADD COUNCIL. UH CONCILOR MEJIA HE ALSO ADDED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
CATCH MEJIA. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT . I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL EARL. UM, HE IS DEFINITELY ON A ROLL AND I LOVE TO SEE IT. UH, YOU KNOW, I OFTEN TALK
ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. IN FACT, I REMODELED MY ENTIRE OFFICE. UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR TURN IN 2022 2023.
I STARTED NOTICING THAT ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAD DEGREES AND ACCESS TO CAP YOU KNOW, TWO NETWORKS WERE IN HERE IN CITY GOVERNMENT. SO I DECIDED TO REVAMP, UM, EVEN MY OWN OFFICE AND A LOT
OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WORK IN MY OFFICE HAVE NOW TRANSITIONED INTO UM, OTHER VIABLE CAREERS. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE GRADUATING RIGHT NOW WHO DON'T
EVEN HAVE A PATHWAY TOWARDS A MEANINGFUL CAREER. AND SO I AM REALLY EXCITED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND WORK ALONGSIDE COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN PILOTING UM THIS
WORK IN MY OFFICE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN UH, IN A GREATER SCALE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT
DOCTOR GALE FROM SLABY WHO'S WORKING, UM, WITH MADISON PARK UH, AND UH, TECH IN HOLLAND, WHICH USED TO BE THE BURKE. WE CREATED A MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM WHERE YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE LEARNING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AS A VIABLE CAREER. THEY'RE GETTING PAID WHILE THEY'RE ALSO WORKING IN THEIR SCHOOLS TO HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO ARE, UH,
EXPERIENCING TRAUMA AND CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO KIND OF TAKE THAT MODEL AND REPLICATE IT AROUND OTHER. CAREER OPTIONS. UM, AND MOST RECENTLY, UH, NYLA
WHO IS A B SAC UH STUDENT WHO'S BEEN COMING TO THE CHAMBER ADVOCATING AROUND UM AND UM THE BUDGET. UM, SHE'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US THIS SUMMER AND SHE
DOESN'T HAVE A JOB LINED UP AND I'M GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN KEEP HER AND PROVIDE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN GOVERNMENT AND ACTUALLY BUILD A CAREER FROM UM, BEING
OF SERVICE AND IN LEADERSHIP. SO I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MADISON PARK. UH, WE CREATED A PROGRAM TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND PLACING THEM IN NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS. SO REALLY EXCITED TO WORK ALONGSIDE COUNCIL AROUND TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THIS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMES FROM HERE.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE MURPHY. COUNSELOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR. SANTANA, COUNCILOR. WEBER.
AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET. UH UH DOCKET NUMBER 123 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1239? DUGGAN NUMBER 1239. COUNCILOR, WE'RE ALL UP FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE BOSTON FINANCE COMMISSION'S BUDGET SAVINGS AND
REVENUE REPORT. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALL AROUND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT FOR THE FINANCE COMMISSION RELEASED THIS REPORT RIGHT BEFORE WE VOTED ON THE BUDGET LAST MEETING. I THINK IT COMPLIMENTS AND
BUILDS OFF MANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING ON THE COUNCIL. IT CALLS FOR A PROGRAMMATIC AUDIT OF EVERY DEPARTMENT EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS, SOMETHING THAT A FEW OF US SUPPORTED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THIS IS IN ORDER TO ENSURE EVERY DEPARTMENT IS DELIVERING SERVICES IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE AND PERHAPS SEE IF ANY DEPARTMENTS OR POSITIONS WILL BE BEST
CONSOLIDATED. THE REPORT ALSO CALLED FOR A DEEPER DIVE INTO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUILDING CLOSURES AND AMID DECLINING ENROLLMENT. SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN LOOKING TO EXPLORE FURTHER
FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN TERMS OF REVENUE. IT TALKED ABOUT ENTERING INTO LAND LEASE AGREEMENTS OR SALES FOR SOME OF THE CITY'S UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES. AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE PUSH
FOR WITHIN VACANT LOTS AND FINALLY CALL FOR A DEEPER DIVE INTO OVERTIME AND UNDERSPENDING AND THIS ADMINISTRATION'S RELIANCE ON BOTH. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE PAST WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE FINANCE
COMMISSION, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UH, BRAYDEN, THIS IS A CENTURY OLD INSTITUTION AND AS WE SEE IN THIS IN THIS REPORT. THEY DO GREAT WORK. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DIVING IN DEEPER INTO THIS.
UM, IN THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE UM AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL . WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONSTABLE FITZGERALD COMES FROM FLYNN COUNTRY LOUIJEUNE COME TO MEJIA
AND SEAN MURPHY, COUNCILOR PEPPER AND COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. UM DOCKETS 1239 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT.
I UNDERSTAND, MR. CLERK. UH, DOCKET 1240 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. YES. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1241. DOC NUMBER 1241
COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE WASTE TRANSFER FACILITIES, ILLEGAL DUMPING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND FAIR HOUSING IMPACTS IN RESIDENTIAL
AND MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A DOCKET 1241 AND 124 TO BE READ AT THE SAME
TIME. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WERE HERE THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO DOCKET 1242. UM SO.
YOU WOULD LIKE WILL HAVE THE CLERK READ DOCKET 1242 AND WE WILL UH COUNCILMEMBER HE IS ADDED AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR FRESH CON SPONSOR ON YOUR
DOCKET 1242. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1421242 INTO THE RECORD. SO I CAN HAVE IT 1242 COUNCILOR CULPEPER OF THE
FOLLOWING ORDER REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE TO RESTRICT TRASH TRANSFER AND WASTE RELATED USES AND PREVENT ILLEGAL DUMPING IN RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED.
USE NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, SEVERAL OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE ILLEGAL
DUMPING, WASTE TRANSFER FACILITIES, TRUCK TRAFFIC, POLLUTION AND THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS THAT RESULT WHEN COMMUNITIES ASKED TO SHOW THEIR DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE
REGION'S WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE. WHILE COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING HAVE MADE IMPORTANT PROGRESS IN REDUCING ILLEGAL DUMPING. MANY RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO LIVE
NEAR FACILITIES THAT PROCESS LARGE VOLUMES OF WASTE, INCLUDING WASTE GENERATED OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN SOME CASES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
WE SHOULD BE ASKING WHETHER IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS TO OPERATE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HOMES, SCHOOLS, PARKS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PUBLIC HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS. WE SHOULD BE ASKING WHETHER THE CURRENT ZONING POLICIES ADEQUATELY PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF POLLUTION AND OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS. WE SHOULD BE ASKING WHETHER THOSE BURDENS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY ACROSS THE CITY. THE PURPOSE OF THESE FINDINGS
IS NOT SIMPLY TO EXAMINE AS EXISTING CONDITIONS, BUT TO BEGIN A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OUR ZONING CODE AND LAND USE POLICIES ADEQUATELY
REFLECT OUR VALUES AS A CITY. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ADVOCATES WHO HAVE FOUGHT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THESE ISSUES, INCLUDING THE DUDLEY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE AND THE ALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY AND
ENVIRONMENT. AS BOSTON CONTINUES TO GROW AND REDEVELOP, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PROTECTED FROM INCOMPATIBLE
USES AND THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS REFLECTED IN THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ABOUT WHERE CERTAIN FACILITIES ARE LOCATED . THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM A HERE COMES FROM MEJIA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK I. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> I GOT ADDED TO THE RIGHT. UH, DOCKET. IS IT DOCKET NUMBER 1242.
YOU'RE A SECOND. YOU'RE THE FIRST CO-SPONSOR ON THAT ONE. OKAY, SO ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
IT'S AN ORDER REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE TO RESTRICT TRASH TRUCK TRANSFER AND WESTERN INTRODUCES. SO I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN DOCKET 12. UH, 41.
IS A 42. BUT OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE A LONG DAY TODAY. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOOD. >> THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? AND WE'LL START OFF WITH DOCKET 1241. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR.
UM. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. UH COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. COUNTRYMAN HERE COUNCIL. MURPHY. CONSTRUE. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WORRELL.
THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1241 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. AND THEN THE SECOND DOCKET UH,
IS DOCKET 1242. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? PATRICK DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. UNSER LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. UH. MEJIA. CONTROVERSY. COUNCILOR.
PEPEN. HUNTER WEBER AND COUNCILOR. WELL. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1242 OF REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,
DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. UH, AGAIN, MR SHERK, I THINK IF YOU COULD READ THE NEXT TWO DOCKETS ONE TWO, FOUR THREE AND
1 TO 4 FOUR TOGETHER. TALKING NUMBER 1243 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A YEAR AGO IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE BOSTON REPARATIONS TASK FORCE
AND NUMBER 1244 COUNCILOR CULPEPER OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUING THE WORK AND FUNDING OF THE BOSTON REPARATIONS TASK FORCE. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO DOCKETS 1243 AND 1 TO 4 FOUR BE READ AT THE SAME TIME AND I'D
LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO BOTH DOCKETS. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SO I DID. AND REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AT COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AS A
THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO DOCKET 1243 AND I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL AS WELL AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO 1 TO 4 FOR.
UH COUNCILOR WORRELL UM IS ADDED SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR UH ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR ON DOCKET 1243 AND SEEING HEARING NO
ACTIONS CONTRARY I WAS JUST A THIRD CO-SPONSOR ON DOCKET 1244. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO VOTE
ON THE PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1244. A VOTE FOR THREE AND STAY WITH ME. 1244 OF. 1243 IS 1244. YEAH.
>> SO COUNCILOR CULPEPER, THE ORDER FOR HEARING GUARDING THE CONTINUATION OF THE BOSTON. UH HEARING OR REPARATIONS TASK FORCE UM.
AND I REQUEST THE VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1 TO 4 FOR THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUING THE WORK.
FIRST WE DO 12 FOR THREE FIRST WHICH IS AND THEN WE WILL DO THE RESOLUTION AFTER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOSTON REPARATIONS TASK FORCE
REPRESENTED AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO BOSTON. LIKE MANY AMERICAN CITIES MUST CONFRONT ITS HISTORICAL TIES TO SLAVERY AND EXAMINE HOW THE
LEGACY OF ENSLAVEMENT, DISCRIMINATION AND EXCLUSION CONTINUES TO SHAPE OUTCOMES FOR BLACK RESIDENTS TODAY. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE TASK FORCE HAS ENGAGED IN
EXTENSIVE HISTORICAL RESEARCH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION WITH RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE CITY. THE PUBLICATION OF A FINAL
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE, BUT IT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A BEGINNING NOT AND RESEARCH ALONE DOES NOT ADDRESS
DISPARITIES. REPORTS ALONE DO NOT PRODUCE CHANGE. THE TRUE MEASURE OF THIS WORK WILL ULTIMATELY BE WHETHER THE CITY IS PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROCESS, EVALUATE OUTCOMES AND REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE TO THE GOALS OF TRUTH, RECONCILIATION AND REPARATIVE
JUSTICE AND LED TO THE CREATION OF THE TASK FORCE IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY HAS A CLEAR PLAN FOR WHAT COMES NEXT AND THAT YEARS OF RESEARCH
,COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT RESULT IN MEANINGFUL ACTION RATHER THAN SIMPLY THE PUBLICATION OF A REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMER HERE AND THEN FOLLOWED BY COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNTRYMAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR.
CULPEPPER FOR. BRINGING THIS, UH, BOTH HEARING ORDER AND THE RESOLUTION, UH, TO THE COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED TO ESTABLISH THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE, YOU KNOW, MY JOB
WAS TO FACILITATE A PROCESS IN WHICH COMMUNITY COULD FACILITATE AND CONTINUE THE WORK. AND I AM SO SAD TO SEE THAT THAT WORK HAS BEEN STALLED, UM, AND NOT SUPPORTED OR FUNDED
ACCURATELY. SO I SUPPORT THESE FINDINGS BECAUSE THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT SHOULD NOT BE THE END OF THE CONVERSATION. THE BOSTON REPARATIONS TASK FORCE WAS CREATED TO STUDY THE CITY'S ROLE IN IN SLAVERY AND
LASTING IMPACTS. BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN ACTION. DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS WE SAW FUNDING REDUCTIONS TIED TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TASK FORCE PHASE OF THIS WORK.
MY CONCERN IS THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRES RESOURCES TO IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT. REPAIRING THE. >> HARM AND JUSTICE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PURSUED AND WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
WHAT FUNDING AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THAT WORK. THE HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THOSE ANSWERS AND THIS RESOLUTION REAFFIRMS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT. UM THAT SHOULD NOT END WHEN THE
FINAL REPORT IS PUBLISHED. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION AND THANK THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS WORK. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT WHEN WE WERE ORGANIZING THIS, I
REMEMBER MEETING WITH UM MAYOR WU. UH, THERE WAS A LONG MEETING AND WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH AND UH, SHE DID WARN THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO PASS SOMETHING THAT HER
ADMINISTRATION WAS UNWILLING TO OR WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT. AND I SAID TO HER I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP FOR A VOTE ANYWAYS. UM, AND WHEN IT GETS TO YOUR DESK. YOU CAN VETO IT IF YOU CHOOSE TO.
I WAS REALLY PROUD OF THE BODY . IT WAS, UH, PASSED UNANIMOUSLY HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND I THINK NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO REAFFIRM. THAT WORK WHETHER YOU WERE ON
THE COUNCIL THEN OR NOT. THERE'S STILL WORK THAT'S LEFT TO BE DONE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL. UM, HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR, UH, ADDING ME TO JOIN THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AND THERE'S SO MANY BUT THERE'S. A LOT OF.
PROGRESS ALSO. A FEW YEARS AGO THE IDEA THAT THIS CITY A CITY WITH ITS OWN UH, STRUGGLES AND UH, CHALLENGES AND WITH WITH RACIAL RECKONING WOULD UNDERTAKE A
FORMAL PROCESS TO EXAMINE ITS ROLE IN SLAVERY AND ITS LASTING IMPACTS MAY HAVE SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE TO MANY PEOPLE. UM FROM. PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ADVOCATES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE SPENT
YEARS HELPING BOSTON BETTER UNDERSTAND ITS HISTORY AND ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. UM. LATER THIS FALL WE EXPECT THE RELEASE OF THE LONG AWAITED RESEARCH REPORT ON OUR HISTORIC
TIES TO THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE LASTING IMPACTS OF SLAVERY ON BLACK BOSTONIANS. THAT IS WORTH ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT WORK IS, UH, HAPPENING. THIS PROCESS THOUGH HAS NOT BEEN PERFECT AND THERE ARE
STILL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT FUNDING, STAFFING AND IMPLEMENTATION. UM, AND ONE OF THE BEST BUT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO HONOR THIS WORK, UH, IN THIS MOMENT IS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SAME QUESTIONS AND OPENNESS THAT GOT US HERE.
UH, THIS WORK IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. UH, AND WE ARE IN A MOMENT SADLY NATIONALLY WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF REPARATIONS WORK BEING CHALLENGED IN THE COURTS.
LIKE THE FANTASTIC PROGRAM THAT CAME OUT OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'RE SEEING GROWING ATTACKS TO HONESTLY DISCUSS UM, REPARATIONS AND THE
SHARED HISTORY EQUITY PROGRAMS THAT ONCE ENJOYED BROAD SUPPORT ARE FACING LEGAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE MUST HOLD THIS HEARING TO. CONTINUE TO. >> ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND PURSUE HOW OUR HISTORY CONTINUES TO SHAPE OUR LIVES.
I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE, THE RESEARCHERS AT NORTHEASTERN AND TUFTS WHOSE WORK WILL HELP INFORM THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THIS EFFORT. AND AGAIN I THINK COUNCIL CULPEPPER FOR FILING THIS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CONCILOR MEJIA. UH LOUIJEUNE. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR. >> WE'RE ON. UM, YEAH. WE'VE GOT TWO DOCKETS IN THE IN
THE IN THE BUCKET HERE. UM. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? ARE YOU. ON THE HEELS OF 1244 AS RESPONSE? OKAY. >> UM. COUNCIL COUNCILOR.
UM. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WHAT AM I? UM, YEAH. I'VE GOT TWO DOCKETS GOING HERE, SO GOT IT. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL CO PEPPER FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION AND
ADDING ME AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, FROM ITS INCEPTION, THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE HAS BEEN TASKED WITH ANALYZING DECADES CENTURIES WORTH OF RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUITIES THAT CONTINUE
TO IMPACT THE WELL-BEING OF BOSTON'S BLACK COMMUNITY AND SEEING HOW WE CAN BEST RECTIFY THESE HARMS. THIS WORK IS TOO COMPLEX TO BE LIMITED WITHIN ANY SINGLE BUDGET CYCLE FOR THE TIMES WE
ARE IN DEMAND THAT WE SUSTAIN THE CRUCIAL WORK THEY'RE DOING. AND AT THIS YEAR'S HEARING ON THE FY 27 BUDGET FOR THE EQUITY CABINET, WE HEARD FROM THE CHIEF THAT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
TASK FORCE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SOON AND THE CABINET PLANS TO BRING THEM TO FRUITION. SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE RECOMMENDATION AND CONTINUE THE
WORK OF THE REPARATION TASK FORCE. THANK YOU. UM THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS BASICALLY JUST RISING TO ADD MY NAME.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID GET MY NAME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY NAME TO, UM TO THE RESOLUTION. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT MADAM CHAIR THAT, UM, WHEN THIS
CAME UP FOR A VOTE, I WAS I WAS ONE OF THE LEADING COUNCILORS THAT SUPPORTED THIS PROPOSAL, SUPPORTED THIS COMMISSION. AND I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE.
TERRIBLE HISTORY THAT OUR COUNTRY HAS UM, ENGAGED IN WITH WITH SLAVERY AND AND TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGES TO ADDRESS
THAT. UM, ONE THING I DO I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, MADAM CHAIR, IS THERE'S A THERE'S A UM THERE'S FEDERAL LEGISLATION IN
WASHINGTON D.C. RIGHT NOW. IN UH I'LL GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND WHEN WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS RETURNED THEY THEY RECEIVED THE GI BILL.
BUT WHEN BLACK VETERANS RETURNED AFTER SERVING IN WORLD WAR TWO, MANY OF THEM FOR DIFFERENT REASONS BUT INCLUDING RACISM BUT MANY OF THEM WEREN'T
ABLE TO GET A HOME LOAN OR OTHER TYPES OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT THAT THEY EARNED, THEY EARNED AND DESERVE. THEY WERE FIGHTING NAZIS
THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND THEN WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO THE UNITED STATES UM BLACK BLACK VETERANS DIDN'T GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER VETERANS. BUT THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
TO DEAL UH, TO ADDRESS THAT TERRIBLE INJUSTICE THAT WOULD. GIVE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN EVEN OF THOSE VETERANS THAT WERE DENIED ACCESS AND
OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF THOSE VA UM SERVICES. UH, VERY CONTROVERSIAL. BUT I DO SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE WAS A
TERRIBLE INJUSTICE THAT HAPPENED TO BLACK VETERANS, UM ,THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THEY EARNED AND DESERVE MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS, ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. BUT I SHOULD SAY I WAS OVER AT
MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY TALKING TO MANY BLACK VETERANS OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEY WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
REVEREND COLE PEPPER AND COUNCIL FOR THEIR IMPORTANT WORK ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. SO WE'VE GOT TWO DOCKETS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS UH, DOCKET UH 1243, WHICH IS AN ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE CONTINUATION OF THE BOSTON REPARATIONS TASK FORCE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO, UH. I'VE ASKED THIS.
ALREADY AND WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THE DOCKET ? 1243. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. UM, COUNCILOR MEJA. YOU'RE ALREADY A COUNTER.
MURPHY. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCIL. ROWLAND, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET UH, 1243 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND
IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. UH, WE ARE NOW ON TO THE SECOND DOCKET WHICH IS 1244, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
COUNCIL DIVISION COUNCILOR. COUNCILMAN. HE'S ALREADY ON CONSTANT. I'M SURE SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR AND UH, MURPHY AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
COUNCILORS. UH, COLE PEPPER MEJIA AND WE'RE ELSE. UH, SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1244. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY.
THANK YOU. DOCKET 1244 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD, UH COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1245? CAN I. >> GET GO AHEAD.
TALKING ABOUT 1245 COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND BREADON OFF OF THE PHONE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YESTERDAY I HAD THE HONOR TO ATTEND THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, OF BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CELEBRATING THE MERGER BETWEEN
CITY HOSPITAL UH AND BLUE UH MEDICAL CENTER. UM, IT WAS A GREAT 30 YEARS. UH, I ALSO, UH I TOLD MY MOM I WAS GOING TO THIS AND SHE TOLD ME A STORY OF HOW SHE WORKED THERE.
UH, BACK IN 1995 RIGHT BEFORE THE MERGER IS ONE OF HER THREE PART TIME JOBS THAT SHE WAS DOING AT THE TIME TO HELP PUT HER KIDS THROUGH SCHOOL. UM, AND SO EVEN JUST ATTENDING THIS THING, THEY LEARNED A LITTLE BIT OF MY OWN HISTORY.
UM, BUT THIS, UH, PROUD TO HAVE AN ANCHOR INSTITUTION SUCH AS BMC IN DISTRICT THREE. UH, THE THE SAFETY NET HOSPITAL FOR THE CITY. AND THERE'S SO MUCH HISTORY OF WHO THEY HELP AND WHO THEY PROVIDE FOR. UH, AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE
THERE. UH, AND REALLY SEE ALL THE AWARD RECIPIENTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE WORK UH, AT BMC. UH, FROM OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS UP UNTIL TODAY. UH, SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THEM AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO
ATTEND, UH, AND PRESENT THEM WITH THIS RESOLUTION. UH, YESTERDAY, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, MY CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UH, LIZ BREADON. UH, COUNCIL GREAT. COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.
TO SHARE. GOT IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR SPONSORING THIS RECOGNITION THAT CELEBRATES THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF OF BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER.
UH, MY FIRST JOB AFTER COMING TO THIS COUNTRY IN 1995 WAS A, UH, WHAT WAS THEN BOSTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. UH, AND IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MERGING WITH BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL AT THE TIME. UH.
>> AND UH, I THINK THIS RECOGNITION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER IS UH, ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL FOR ME AND ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND THE
DEDICATION AND COMPASSION THAT BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER BRINGS TO CARING FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES ACROSS OUR CITY. FOR 30 YEARS, BMC HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF HEALTH CARE IN BOSTON, PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY
CARE TO RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. IT'S BEEN AN ESSENTIAL SAFETY NET HOSPITAL AT BOSTON'S LARGEST UH AND AS SUCH AS THE LARGEST SAFETY NET HOSPITAL,
BMC SERVES SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND HELPS ENSURE THAT HEALTHCARE REMAINS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. AS A MAJOR EMPLOYER AND ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER, BMC
NOT ONLY PROVIDES OUTSTANDING HEALTH CARE UH BUT ALSO TRAINS HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE STRENGTH OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. THE HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS, NURSES
,UH, HEALTH RESEARCH AND RESEARCHER AND STAFF SUPPORT THEIR PHYSICAL THERAPIST THROUGH ORTIZ AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST AS WELL. COMMUNITY PARTNERS WORK DAY TO DAY TO DAY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF BOSTON'S RESIDENTS.
UM AND ALSO IN THE MORE RECENT CHAPTER WITH BMC IS THAT THEY UH ACQUIRED THE UH FORMER CENTER ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN BRIGHTON CENTER WHICH IS NOW BMC BRIGHTON RIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO IT MAKES ME VERY PROUD TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT MILESTONE AND CONGRATULATING BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. COUNCILOR. >> THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE. THE INCREDIBLE WORK. OF BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL THAT
PLAYED FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE THAT WAS SICK, THAT WERE IN NEED. THERE WAS A LOT OF WONDERFUL AND DEDICATED PEOPLE THAT WORKED THERE THAT PROVIDED
EXCEPTIONAL AND COMPASSIONATE CARE TO THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY. I SUPPORTED THAT MISSION. I LOVE THAT HOSPITAL. I LOVE THAT MISSION IN THE MID MID 1980S.
UM UNDER THE FLYNN ADMINISTRATION, BOSTON WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER THE UNDER REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION TO TO BUILD A BRAND. >> NEW. STATE OF THE ART UM HOSPITAL
WHICH IS NOW OBVIOUSLY B.U. MEDICAL CENTER. UH BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE THAT PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT CITY HOSPITAL, ESPECIALLY THE NURSES.
THE UH PEOPLE THAT CLEAN THE BEDS, PEOPLE THAT UH, WASHED THE FLOOR, PEOPLE THAT CLEANED THE TOILETS, PEOPLE THAT HELPED
CHUCK PEOPLE INTO, UM, THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THESE WERE REALLY UNSUNG HEROES IN OUR CITY AND I KNOW MANY OF THEM, UH, GROWING UP AND I
ALWAYS HAD A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR. THEM AND JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT RECOGNIZE THE
INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION THEY HAVE MADE TO THE BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL. AND I DON'T WANT THAT HISTORY TO BE FORGOTTEN BECAUSE
COMPASSION, RESPECT AND DIGNITY ARE STILL PART OF OUR CITY AND THAT WAS THE BASIS OF AND MOTTO OF THE CITY HOSPITAL. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, I DO RECALL TWO. DURING THIS MERGER. THAT HUD WAS INVOLVED. UH, AND THERE WERE INDIVIDUAL.
INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING, UH, PUT THIS TOGETHER AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, CHAIR, IF YOU KNEW THAT INDIVIDUALLY SO I COULD THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FIRST CHAIR I WAS THE ONE THAT DID THE CLOSING BETWEEN AT THE TIME
BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WHICH BECAME THE BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LEWIS YOUNG COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR. PEPPER AND. >> COUNCILOR SANTANA. . COUNCIL WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. COUNCILOR IN MY NAME.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND BREDON SIX OF SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1245.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, UH ALL OPPOSED. NO. >> MR. CLERK. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR.
DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL FOR YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR FERN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES.
COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCIL OF THE PEN. YES. SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR ARROYO. YES. >> TALKING OF A1245.
AS WE SEE 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET NUMBER 146 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
SO YOU. BETTER WATCH OUT. I'M GETTING USED TO IT. OH, NO. >> THAT'S FINE. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A GOOD A GOOD BACK UP. THANK YOU. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET 1247? DOC NUMBER 1247. CONCILOR MEJIA OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUILDING A LONG TERM PLAN FOR.
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR RURAL AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. A COUNTRY ALSO ADDED.
GREAT. >> THANK YOU. THIS HEARING COMES OUT OF CONCERNS THAT MANY FAMILIES ,EDUCATORS AND ADVOCATES HAVE RAISED ABOUT HOW BPA SERVES MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WE KNOW THAT FAR UM, FOR TOO MANY UH STUDENTS PARTICULARLY BLACK STUDENTS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE BEING PLACED IN SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATE CLASSROOMS AT A
DISPROPORTIONATE LARRY RATE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SCHOOLS WITH M.P.S THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED STRONG OUTCOMES THROUGH INCLUSIVE MODELS. THE GOAL OF THIS HEARING, UM,
IS NOT TO DEBATE WHETHER THE INCLUSION IS GOOD IS A GOOD THING. THE RESEARCH IS CLEAR THAT INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS CAN LEAD TO BETTER ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS.
THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT IT TAKES TO DO INCLUSION. WELL THIS MEANS HAVING ENOUGH SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, MULTILINGUAL EDUCATORS, PARAPROFESSIONALS AND SUPPORT STAFF.
IT MEANS ENSURING EDUCATORS HAVE THE TRAINING AND RESOURCES THEY NEED. IT MEANS BUILDING A PIPELINE OF TEACHERS WHO CAN PROVIDE NATIVE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. IT MEANS LISTENING TO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS. TOO OFTEN INCLUSION BECOMES A BUZZWORD WITHOUT THE INVESTMENTS NECESSARY TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE THIS
HEARING FOCUS ON WHAT EVIDENCE BASED IMPLEMENTATION ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THIS WORK EFFECTIVELY. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND EXPERTS TO CREATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS UM, TO DO JUST THAT. AND THIS WAS A RESOLUTION. I KNOW WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT HEARING THROUGHOUT UH, THE
SPEECH BUT UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND I WILL BE UH, LOOKING TO ALSO DO SOME WORK IN THE COMMITTEE AND EDUCATION, UH, SO THAT WE CAN
UNPACK THIS FURTHER. UM, CONCILOR MEJIA AS A MATTER OF FLAHERTY AS A RESOLUTION. BUT YOU ARE YOU ALSO WISHING TO SEND IT TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE? YES. >> OKAY. >> VERY GOOD. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE TOWN COUNCIL YOU HAVE
OOPS. CONSTABLE WADDELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'M NOT HERE. >> HE'S NOT HERE. THANK YOU. >> OKAY, WELL SHOULD WE SHALL WE CONTINUE? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR.
FLYNN. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCIL. WEBER, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. KIND OF CONSIDER MEJIA AND, UH ,COUNCILOR WORRELL SEEK
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1247. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH, MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1247.
COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR GREEN. YES. COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPONENT. COUNCILOR. CULPA. COUNCILOR. >> CULPEPER. >> YES. COUNCIL. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. THE SHOW. YES.
COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCIL PEN. YES. >> COUNCILOR PEN. YES.
SANTANA AND SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR EARLE. TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND I'M TALKING NUMBER 1247.
THANK YOU. >> DOCKET ONE 1247 HAS BEEN ADOPTED IN YOUR QUESTION. YEAH. >> YES. UM, JUST A POINT OF INQUIRY. I'M VERY MUCH A PART OF THIS BUT I COUNCILOR HERE THAT ISSUE
REQUESTS BE PUT INTO. COMMITTEE TO BE VOTE ON IT. I THINK WE CAN DO WE CAN SEND IT TO COMMITTEE AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW. JUST ONE ONE OR THE OTHER. PASSING THE RESOLUTION AND THEN
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE CARE OF. I SEE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR UM, CLARIFICATION UH, QUESTION.
UH, DOCKET 1247 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MISTER CHAIR, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, READ DOCKET 124 IT. TALKING ABOUT 1243 COUNCIL IS FLYNN AND CULPEPER FOR THE
FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE 4554 AN ACT TO IMPROVE SICKLE CELL CARE. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR. MAYOR.
COUNCIL. UM. WE'RE ALL AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. CONSTABLE GRANT HAS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. >> UM, SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS AN INHERITED BLOOD DISORDER IN
WHICH THE RED BLOOD CELLS ARE DEFORMED. UM, AND IT BLOCKS BLOOD FLOW BASICALLY. OVER 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE IMPACTED BY THIS DISEASE.
AND THOSE WITH THIS CONDITION SUFFER FROM CHRONIC PAIN, INFECTION, PROBLEMS WITH VISION, SWELLING OF HANDS AND FEET. LONG TERM COMPLICATIONS CAN INCLUDE RISK FOR HEART DISEASE
,STROKE OR ORGAN FAILURE. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION STATED THAT 90% OF THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM SICKLE CELL DISEASE ARE BLACK AND LATINO.
LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER THIS CONDITION IS 20 YEARS SHORTER THAN THE AVERAGE EXPECTED. THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BILL H 1347
AN ACT TO IMPROVE SICKLE CELL CARE WAS INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BUD WILLIAMS. THE BILL WAS REFERRED TO THE SENATE AND A JOINT HEARING WAS HELD. UM THERE'S A NEW DRAFT WHICH IS
. H 4554 WHICH WAS REFERRED TO THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS. UH, THIS BILL AIMS TO COMBAT SICKLE CELL. DISEASE SO FOR. DIFFERENT AREAS. INCLUDING CREATING A STEERING
COMMITTEE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH COMPOSED OF EXPERTS PROFESSIONALS IMPLEMENTING A DETECTION IN EDUCATION PROGRAM, CREATING A REGISTRY TO COLLECT DATA,
IMPROVE TREATMENT, FOLLOW UP CARE. WE REQUIRING MEDICAID MANAGED ORGANIZATIONS TO TAILOR STRATEGIES FOR SICKLE CELL PATIENTS SO THAT THEY RECEIVE
COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND ACCESS TO SPECIALISTS. THE WORK OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE. INCLUDES CREATING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL HOSPITALS, EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS. UM FINDING FUNDING FUNDING SOURCES FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE AS. WELL THE WORK. RELATING TO DETECTION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION HERE IN
MASSACHUSETTS, THE MASSACHUSETTS SICKLE CELL ASSOCIATION FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE GREATER BOSTON SICKLE CELL DISEASE ASSOCIATION, IS LEADING A NONPROFIT AS A LEADING
NONPROFIT THAT FOCUSES ON SPREADING AWARENESS ON THIS DISEASE. MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES I HAVE SEEN PARTICIPATE IN MANY OF THEIR EVENTS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING A5K WALK RUN TO
SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. THEY'VE HAD VARIOUS GALAS UM WHAT COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND AND THEIR MISSION ALSO INCLUDES EDUCATING
PATIENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGH EVENTS AND LECTURES THAT I HAVE MENTIONED PROVIDING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO PATIENTS AS WELL. UM, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EXPERIENCED HEALTH INEQUITIES
THAT OFTEN LEAD TO DISPROPORTIONATELY WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES LIFE EXPECTANCY. WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO SUPPORT EFFORTS SUCH AS THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION ENSURING
EQUITABLE HEALTH CARE AND VOICES. TO THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM THIS DISEASE AND ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, FORMER MAYOR KIM JANEY THAT DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FRIEND FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO
SICKLE CELL DISEASE THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION AND FOR YOUR FOR INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS A SERIOUS AND OFTEN OVERLOOKED
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BLACK COMMUNITIES FOR GENERATIONS FOR TOO LONG. THIS IS THIS HAS EXISTED IN THE SHADOWS OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
FAMILIES LIVING WITH THIS DISEASE OFTEN FACE CHALLENGES THAT EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE MEDICAL CONDITION ITSELF, INCLUDING DIFFICULTIES
NAVIGATING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, FINDING SPECIALIZED PROVIDERS, ACCESSING COORDINATED CARE AND OBTAINING THE SUPPORT SERVICES NECESSARY TO MANAGE A LONG
LIFELONG ILLNESS. IMPROVING OUTCOMES REQUIRES MORE THAN TREATMENT ALONE. IT REQUIRES PUBLIC AWARENESS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COORDINATION AMONG HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS, IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND A LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT PATIENTS DO NOT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS OF A FRAGMENTED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
THE BILL CURRENTLY MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE TAKES MEANINGFUL STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION BY BRINGING TOGETHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS,
RESEARCHERS, ADVOCATES, PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. IT SEEKS TO BUILD A MORE COORDINATED AND COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING A CONDITION THAT HAS TOO OFTEN BEEN OVERLOOKED IN PUBLIC POLICY DISCUSSIONS. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND ENCOURAGING
BEACON HILL TO ADVANCE THIS CURRENT BILL. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FUNG. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE MEJIA. COUNCILMAN MURPHY, COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA ,COUNCILOR WEBER. AND PLEASE, UH, THE CHAIR. UM, COUNCILORS UH, FLYNN
CULPEPER AND WORRELL SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1248. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? >> MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?
VOTE ON DOCKET 1248. COUNCIL AGREED? YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PILOT. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. PUPPY AS COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. SO. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES.
COUNCIL. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCIL. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR FOR TEN YEARS. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA.
YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. AND COUNCIL. WE'RE TALKING NUMBER 1248 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> UM, DOCKET 1248 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1249? DUCKY NUMBER 1249 COUNCIL FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AWARENESS MONTH IS OBSERVED IN
JANUARY AND IS DEDICATED TO RAISING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF PTSD, BREAKING DOWN MENTAL HEALTH STIGMAS. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD
SAYS THAT ABOUT 1 IN 20 ADULTS IN THE US, UM, HAS PTSD IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. IT CAN AFFECT ANYONE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT CAN REDUCE SYMPTOMS AND LEAD TO A HIGHER
QUALITY OF LIFE. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH SAYS PTSD CAN DEVELOP AFTER EXPOSURE TO A POTENTIALLY TRAUMATIC EVENT BEYOND A TYPICAL STRESSOR.
MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCE EXTREME FEAR DURING OR AFTER WITNESSING OR EXPERIENCING POTENTIALLY TRAUMATIC EVENTS SUCH AS WAR ACCIDENTS, NATURAL DISASTERS, SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT 70% OF PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE TRAUMATIC EVENTS OF THIS KIND IN THEIR LIFETIME. PEOPLE WITH PTSD CAN EXPERIENCE A NUMBER OF DISTRESSING
SYMPTOMS INCLUDING RE-EXPERIENCING TRAUMA THROUGH FLASHBACKS OR NIGHTMARES, EMOTIONAL NUMBNESS, SLEEP CHALLENGES, DIFFICULTIES IN RELATIONSHIPS, SUDDEN ANGER,
DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, RECKLESS AND DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR. VETERANS ARE AT A HIGH RISK OF PTSD COMPARED TO THE GENERAL. POPULATION AS WELL.
AND VETERANS PTSD IS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH COMBAT TRAUMA. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD, 25% OF VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN
. IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN SUFFER FROM PTSD. I RECENTLY ATTENDED. THE CITY OF BOSTON VETERANS
SERVICES PTSD AWARENESS GOLF TOURNAMENT IN DORCHESTER THAT FRANKLIN PARK ON SATURDAY I'LL BE GOING TO THE PTSD AWARENESS DAY OF OF WELLNESS AT THE
PERKINS SCHOOL IN SOUTH BOSTON . THERE WAS A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND ICE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT EVERY MARCH IN SOUTH BOSTON IN MEMORY OF TEN COOK. I'M GOOD FRIENDS WITH TIM'S
DAD WHO'S JOE COOK. UM, THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, IN SUPPORT OF. STUDENTS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP. I'M COMMITTED TO RAISING AWARENESS FOR PTSD AND
ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO IS STRUGGLING TO CONTACT BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES WHO HELP YOU CONNECT YOU TO SUPPORT TO SERVICES WHETHER IT'S CITY, STATE OR FEDERAL.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY FRIEND WHO'S THE VETERANS COMMISSIONER, ROB SANTIAGO FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK HE IS DOING AND HIS TEAM IS DOING AS WELL. AND HE'S ALSO A GREAT RESOURCE
IF ANY VETERAN THINKS THEY MIGHT HAVE PTSD THEY CAN CALL CONTACT ROB. THEY CAN ALSO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY AND I'LL TRY TO PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. UH, WHETHER IT'S IN THE CITY
GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT VETERANS NEED TO SUPPORT VETERANS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILORS. AND COUNCILOR VINCE GERALD. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER. HILL COUNTRY MURPHY.
COUNCILOR. PEPPER AND COUNCILOR SANTANA CONTRA WEBER AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR CULPEPER, DID YOU WISH TO ADD YOUR NAME? YES. >> OKAY. >> NO. >> YEAH.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1249. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY.
UH, MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1249. COUNCILOR BRAY. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR.
DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILMEMBER HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY.
YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCIL OFFEND. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WHETHER COUNCIL WILL BE YES AND COUNCIL WE'RE TALKING NUMBER
1249 AND RECEIVE TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1249 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1250? I CAN HAVE A1250
COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT RECENTLY LAID OFF BOSTON PUBLIC . SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND PRIORITIZE THEIR REAPPOINTMENT IT REEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR. UM, MAY I ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR HERE. SO AT THIS.
AND THEN MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY SUSPEND THE RULES AND AD COUNCIL MURPHY. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILMAN MURPHY'S ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU. >> WITH THE RECENT VOTE BY THE
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET, HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, OTHER FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO LOSE THEIR JOB POSSIBLY
SEVERAL HUNDRED. MOST OF THESE POSITIONS THAT ARE IMPACTED INCLUDE LOWER INCOME WOMEN AND NEIGHBORS FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
I WANT US AS A CITY TO SUPPORT THESE RECENTLY LAID OFF EMPLOYEES AND PRIORITIZE POTENTIAL REEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. I AM ALSO FILING A HEARING
ORDER FOR THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACTS THAT THESE PERSONNEL CUTS HAVE ON SERVICES FOR MANY OF THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WE HAVE IN BOSTON.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WE MUST CONTINUE TO BE A COMPASSIONATE CITY THAT NOT ONLY RECOGNIZES THE COMMITMENT OF EVERY EMPLOYEE IN SUPPORTING MANY OF YOU AND ALSO IN
SUPPORTING MANY OF THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS BUT ALSO THE RIPPLE EFFECT AND CONSEQUENCES THESE DECISIONS HAVE ON FAMILIES, CLASSROOMS AND COMMUNITIES. THESE DEDICATED AND
COMPASSIONATE WORKERS MOSTLY WOMEN ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY DISABILITIES. AS WE REFLECT ON THE IMPACT IT
WILL HAVE ON THESE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES, WE ALSO MUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS ARE ENTITLED TO WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BEING THE ONLY CITY DEPARTMENT FACING. POSITION ELIMINATION. WE MUST ALSO CONFRONT THE
IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE AS THESE CUTS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT A WOMAN OF COLOR WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO SERVING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR
FAMILIES. THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE CONSISTENTLY DISPLAYED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO WORK HARD AND CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS WITH
PROFESSIONALISM COMPASSION. I'M ADVOCATING FOR THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED HUMAN RESOURCES APPROACH TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT.
RECENTLY LAID OFF EMPLOYEES WITH POTENTIAL POSITIONS THAT THEY MAY BE QUALIFIED FOR, INCLUDING ELIMINATING CERTAIN CRITERIA BASED ON THE YEARS
OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH MANY OF THE MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN BOSTON. I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME. THIS IS ABOUT SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE.
THIS IS ABOUT COMPASSION. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR CULPEPER WANTED TO BE AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AS WELL, BUT I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR HIS WORK
IN SUPPORTING THESE WORKERS. BUT MADAM CHAIR, MY MY POINT OF THIS IS WE JUST CAN'T WALK AWAY KNOWING THAT WE VOTED TO
LAYOFF SEVERAL HUNDRED WORKERS. WE MUST PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF SERVICES SUPPORT WHETHER IT'S REEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ,HELPING WITH THE RESUMES, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK IN CITY GOVERNMENT. WE OWE THEM RESPECT BECAUSE THEY HAVE EARNED IT BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. WE MADE A MISTAKE VOTING TO CUT
THOSE JOBS AND WE MUST MAKE IT UP TO THEM. WE CAN'T TURN OUR BACK ON THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN SOCIETY IN THIS CITY. THAT'S NOT THE BOSTON I KNOW. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ASKING ME TO JOIN HIM ON THIS
RESOLUTION. WHILE MANY OF US HAD DIFFERENT POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS ARE NOT NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET.
THESE ARE EDUCATORS, PARAPROFESSIONALS AND FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO SERVING BOSTON STUDENTS OFTEN THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS. THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS,
MANY OF US RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT CUTS TO STUDENT FACING POSITIONS. WE SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPACT THESE REDUCTIONS WOULD HAVE NOT ONLY ON STUDENTS BUT ON THE WORKERS WHO HAVE BUILT CAREERS SUPPORTING THEM. TODAY WE'RE SEEING THAT IMPACT
BECOME REAL. MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES FACING LAYOFFS ARE WOMEN OF COLOR. MANY ARE BOSTON RESIDENTS AND MANY HAVE SPENT YEARS SERVING ON OUR SCHOOLS, SERVING OUR
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. THEY DESERVE MORE THAN OUR THANKS. THEY DESERVE OUR SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES MOVING FORWARD. AS THE COUNCIL CONTINUES HIRING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, WE SHOULD BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT CONNECTING
THESE WORKERS TO OPPORTUNITIES WITH MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. THEY'RE EXPERIENCING WORKING WITH FAMILIES, NAVIGATING COMPLEX SYSTEMS, SUPPORTING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND SERVING THE PUBLIC.
THOSE ARE VALUABLE SKILLS THAT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION AND TO THE EDUCATORS SCHOOL STAFF WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO
BOSTON STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MEJIA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN
FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION. I DO WANT TO SAY WHEN I WAS MARCHING IN THE CHARLESTOWN PARADE AT SEVERAL SPOTS ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE, THERE WERE EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES WHO HAD
POSTERS AND WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT HOW THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED, THAT THEY WERE DIRECTLY LOSING THEIR JOB AND THEIR FAMILY WERE THERE AND THEY HAD POSTERS AND ARE REALLY CONCERNED AND I'M GETTING THE
CALLS AND OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST TALKING TO TEACHERS WHO I KNOW ARE NOT GETTING CALLED BACK. SO THIS IDEA THAT THIS DISTRICT
IS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO HIRE THEM BACK I DON'T BELIEVE IS TRUE. THEY MADE THESE CUTS WHEN THEY MADE THEIR BUDGET DECISIONS AND I GET THAT WE HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
BUT TO ME THIS IS TWOFOLD. THIS RESOLUTION WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO NEVER LOSE SIGHT THAT THIS BODY VOTED AND HUNDREDS OF JOBS WERE LOST
BECAUSE OF THAT EVEN THOUGH SOME OF US VOTED AGAINST THAT IT DID PASS ON THIS BODY. BUT THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT THOSE JOBS WERE JOBS WERE
EDUCATORS WERE DIRECTLY IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS. ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. SO TO ME THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND FIGHT FOR AND REALLY MAKE
SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH ON WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITY WORKERS BECAUSE I'M STILL JUST REALLY CONFUSED THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT A LINE ITEM
THAT WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE JOBS THAT WERE NEVER FILLED AND WE FOUGHT TO KEEP A LINE ITEM FOR MONEY THAT WAS NOT DIRECTLY FIRING INDIVIDUALS.
BUT WE'RE NOT WILLING TO MAKE SURE THAT JOBS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ATTACHED TO RESIDENTS NEIGHBORS, EDUCATORS. WE JUST CUT SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE UM, NOT JUST FILING
RESOLUTIONS ALTHOUGH IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT OUR STAMP AND SAY WHERE WE FEEL ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. >> BUT I THINK WE. >> HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO UM ARE GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED
WITH THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON. YES, MADAM CHAIR, I WAS GOING TO MAKE ONE FINAL POINT A VERY
QUICK, QUICK SENTENCE. HASN'T GIVEN US THE EXACT NUMBER OF JOBS THAT WILL BE TERMINATED. IT'S LIKELY TO BE SEVERAL HUNDRED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL PROBABLY SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. BUT IMAGINE BEING A PARENT TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET NOT
KNOWING IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A JOB IN THE FALL WHILE EVERYONE ELSE HAS A JOB. THESE FAMILIES WILL BE STRUGGLING. BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
US AND CITY GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS SUCH AS COMPASSION, HARD WORK, LOYALTY ,PROFESSIONALISM?
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T APPEAR ON A UM ON A JOB DESCRIPTION BUT THAT'S THE QUALIFICATIONS THESE WORKERS HAVE BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN
IT AND WE SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CONSIDERATION AND LOOKING AT THEIR UNIQUE AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS BECAUSE THEY CERTAINLY EARNED THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
>> JUST WANTED TO ADD WHERE IN TWO DAYS ON FRIDAY IT'S THE LAST DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO THESE EDUCATORS DID NOT HAVE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A LETTER OF REINSURANCE A CONTRACT WHICH MOST OF THEM DON'T AS PARIS
THAT THEIR LAST DAY OF WORK IS FRIDAY SO THEY WILL NOT BE RECEIVING ANOTHER PAYCHECK AFTER THIS LAST PAYCHECK WHEN THE SCHOOL. YEAR ENDS. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE AWARE OF THAT. UM ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, CATHERINE LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA,
COUNSELOR WEBER AND PLEASE UP THE CHAIR. UM COUNCILOR FLYNN MEJIA AND MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1250.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON? YES, COUNCILOR. CLOSE OPPONENT. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR.
FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. SO. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR.
PEN. COUNCILOR OF A PEN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL WILL BE YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. SO I CAN HAVE A1250. AS WE RECEIVE TEN VOTES IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 1250 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. UH, MR. CLERK, HOW MANY? UM. THESE ARE.
>> OTHER ON THE AGENDA. UM, PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, UM, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS AND DOCKETS 125121258.
TALKING NUMBER 1251 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR CENTRAL STAFF DUKKHA NUMBER 1252 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR WORRELL DUKKHA NUMBER
1253 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR WORRELL TALKING NUMBER 1254 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE DUCKY NUMBER 1255 COUNCILOR READING
FOR COUNCIL FLYNN TALKING ABOUT 1256 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY TALKING NUMBER 1257 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY IN DUCKY
NUMBER 1258 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF THE PERSONNEL ORDERS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT.
PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. UH, WE'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH ONE BATCH OF GREEN SHEETS. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO PULL UM DOCKETS FROM THE GREEN SHEETS?
UM, OKAY, WE'RE NOW ON TO LATE FILES. UM, WE HAVE EIGHT PERSONNEL ORDERS. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU ALSO.
WHEN I WANT TO LET FILES, I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT WE HAVE IT IN FILES WHICH IN ITS PERSONNEL ORDERS. ABSENT OBJECTION, THESE LATE FILE MATTERS WILL BE ADDED.
MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ALL THE, UH, FILE MATTERS INTO THE RECORD? UH, FIRSTLY FROM COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THESE ARE ALL PERSONNEL ORDERS .
SECONDLY FILE MATTER COUNCILOR BREEN FOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER THIRD LAKE FILE MATTER COUNCILOR BREEN FOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER. FOR LATE FILE MATTER COUNCILOR BREADON FOR
COUNCILOR MEJIA FIFTHLY FILE MATTER COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA SIX FILE MATTER COUNCILOR BREEN FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA SEVENTH FROM AND OF COUNCILOR BREADON FOR
COUNCIL WEBER AND. EIGHT THE. LEAD FILE COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR WEBER. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIRMAN SHOULD PASSAGE OF THIS THESE FILE MATTER.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. UH, THOSE, UH, LEFT SIDE MATTERS HAVE PASSED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CHURCH THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE, UH, ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
CONTENT CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. UH UH, ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF YOU HAVE, PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHT ON.
NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, WE, UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO RISE AND SAY, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING. JUST. AND MAYBE IT WAS IN THE PAST, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY
FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FATHERS WHO CELEBRATED ON, UM, SUNDAY. UH, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. TO MY FATHER HE GETS TWO FATHERS DAY AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALSO SAME AS DOMINICAN FATHERS DAY AND FATHER'S DAY. HE GETS ANOTHER ONE THIS
SUNDAY. BUT UM, OUR DADS ARE AMAZING AND ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF OUR LIVES. I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO OTHER BROTHERS IN THE COUNCIL. UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY TODAY'S THE LAST MATCH THAT HAITI IS PLAYING IN THE WORLD
CUP AND ALTHOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NOT, UH, BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL AT WINNING A MATCH THEY STILL WON. UM, A LOT OF OUR HEARTS AND TODAY IS THEIR FINAL MATCH AND THEY'LL BE PLAYING. UM AND SO I HOPE THAT FOLKS CAN
WATCH TO SUPPORT THE TEAM. UM, AND I'M ALSO YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BE HERE AGAIN. UH, BEFORE THE JULY 4TH AND WE'RE CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF THIS COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE . AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED ON THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION
AND IS THE CHAIR OF ARTS, CULTURE, TOURISM, ENTERTAINMENT UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'VE BEEN CELEBRATING AND WE'RE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THIS COUNTRY. UM, AND PART OF IT IS TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY. UM, AND THE STORYTELLING
OF THIS COUNTRY WHEN THAT IS TRUE AND REFLECTIVE OF THIS THIS COUNTRY'S TRUE HISTORY. UM AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TO EVERYONE IN EARLY UH, HAPPY FOURTH AND UH, HAPPY REFLECTION
ON WHAT IT MEANS FOR THIS COUNTRY TO BE 20 AND 50 YEARS OLD AND US CONTINUING THIS PROJECT OF DEMOCRACY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CONSTITUTION. ANYONE ELSE BUT ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DO WANT TO LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT AS I MENTIONED DURING THE RESOLUTION I HAD THIS IS
PTSD AWARENESS MONTH BUT THE PERKINS POST THROUGH THE UH, COOK FOUNDATION IS DOING A PTSD AWARENESS EVENT ON THIS COMING
SATURDAY AT THE PERKINS POST IN SOUTH BOSTON. BUT THEY HAVE VARIOUS EVENTS UM HEALTH HEALTH AND WELLNESS EVENTS BASICALLY FROM NINE IN
THE MORNING UNTIL THREE IN THE AFTERNOON INCLUDING YOGA AND UM LECTURES AND OTHER TYPES OF UM INFORMATIVE DISCUSSIONS. BUT IF ANY VETERAN WANTS TO
ATTEND THEY CAN EMAIL ME AT CITY AND MY CITY COUNCIL EMAIL ADDRESS IF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO ATTEND WITH ME THEY'RE INVITED. UM IF THEY WANT TO JOIN ME THEY CAN THEY CAN COME WITH ME AS
WELL AND I COULD. INTRODUCE THEM TO. SOME OF THE PEOPLE. UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, WE ALSO WANT TO WISH, UH, A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BELATEDLY TO OUR COLLEAGUE
COUNCILOR WEBER WHOSE BIRTHDAY WAS ON MONDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I HOPE YOU HAVE YOU GOT TO HAVE SOME FUN TIME WATCHING SOCCER. UM, UH, WE ALSO HAVE BIRTHDAYS
FOR CASEY BARRETT, KATRINA HELFRICH. UH, KERRY RYAN. UH, TYLER TYLER, UH, ACACIA JOHN QUINCY AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY
IN THE COMING WEEKS TO CHARLES LEVAN IN JOHN JOHNSON, COREY CROWLEY AND NERD RANDY RANDY BRYCE. UH, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO
MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT, UH ,A NAME COUNCILOR UM, I'M GOING TO TAKE I'M GOING TO START GO THIS WAY. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, TODAY I LIKE TO SHINE A LIGHT ON MY BINTI JOURNEY A 32 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM SIERRA LEONE WHO WAS TRAGICALLY HIT AND KILLED IN A CRASH IN MATTAPAN SQUARE THIS PAST
SATURDAY. UM. IT'S HEARTBREAKING INCIDENT HAS LEFT OUR COMMUNITY DEVASTATED AND GRIEVING THE LOSS OF LIFE TAKEN WAY TOO SOON. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE
WITH MATTAPAN COMMUNITY, HER FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE UM CITY HONESTLY. WE RECOGNIZE THE PAIN AND TRAUMA THIS TRAGEDY HAS CAUSED. WE STAND SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THE MOURNING FOR LOSS. THANK YOU. BINDI JOHNSON.
JENNY. >> JENNY A AND E. H J AND E H GOOD. UM. NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND TODAY I WANT TO UPLIFT ,UH, ALICE MAUD PHILLIPS, THE MOTHER OF COLETTE PHILLIPS WHO PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY
PEACEFULLY IN ATLANTA. AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ UH, HERE. UH, EVEN IN HER FINAL DAYS SHE CONTINUED TO SING HYMN TIMES. UM ASKED ABOUT HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND LOVED ONES UM
AND BRINGS COMFORT AND JOYS TO THOSE. WHO WERE AROUND HER. SHE WAS A BLESSING TO ALL WHO KNEW HER. UM NO ONE UM HAD EVER WONDER WHOSE GOD SHE SERVED.
UM HER UNWAVERING FAITH WAS EVIDENT IN THE WAY THAT SHE LIVED EACH DAY WITH GRACE, KINDNESS AND HUMILITY AND DEVOTION TO GOD AND HER FAMILY. UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, JUST
WANTED TO UPLIFT COLETTE PHILLIPS AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY AS THEY MOURN, UM, THE PASSING AND TRANSITION OF THEIR MOTHER ALICE MOD PHILLIPS.
THANK YOU. NEXT. UM, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRAIDED IN ADDITION TO THE NAMES UPLIFTED BY MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCILOR THAT THEN UPLIFTED MY VINTAGE AND I WANT TO UPLIFT UH
,AHMAD AND THE TAR WALLY FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE JEANETTE FAMILY AS THEY MOURN THAT HORRIFIC LOSS. I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT, UM, COLETTE, UH, PHILLIPS MOTHER RECENT PASSING OF HER MOM. UM, AND AND MY CONDOLENCES WITH
HER FAMILY AS THEY MOURN. UM, I JUST WANT TO REMEMBER HER. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER REALLY SAD DEATH OF, UM, BEVERLY HARRIS, THE WIFE OF THE LATE JUDGE HARRIS, UH, WHO DIED JUST EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
AND NOW THEIR KIDS ARE NOT ONLY MOURNING THE LOSS OF THEIR MOTHER BUT ALSO, UH, OF THEIR FATHER BUT NOW LEARNING. UM, MOURNING THE LOSS OF THEIR MOTHER. AND IT'S JUST A LOT TO AFTER BURY BOTH OF YOUR PARENTS WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME.
SO MY LOVE TO UM THE SIBLINGS, UH, THE NIECES, NEPHEWS AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THE HARRIS FAMILY AND ARE FEELING THIS LOSS IN ROXBURY AND THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THANK YOU. UH, WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THE FIRST NAME.
BEVERLY HARRIS? >> YOU'VE GOT BEVERLY HARRIS AND THEN I WAS MAUDE PHILLIPS. AND EXCELLENT. UM. COUNSELOR. UM, CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I ALSO WANT.
TO LIFT UP THE, UH, SIBLINGS. UH UH, THERE'S HARRIS AND HIS WIFE BEVERLY HARRIS. PRAY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. IT'S A SHOCK, BUT WE DO BELIEVE
THAT THERE'S HEARTBREAK THAT DOES CALL US WISE AND ASK AND I'M SURE IT'S HARD, BRO. ALSO WANT TO LIFT UP A DOCTOR
BELL AND AND DOCTOR BILL BENNETT PASSING LAST NIGHT TO LIFT UP HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN THAT THEY MAY BE COMFORTED.
WOULD YOU MIND, UH, REPEATING. DOCTOR BILL BENNETT. ,VERNON. >> BENNETT BENNETT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO UPLIFT THE NAME OF SEAN MADDEN.
UM, HE DIED RECENTLY. UH, A NATIVE OF COUNTRY GALWAY . HE WAS AN IMMIGRANT TO US. STARTED, UH, JOHN HENRY ROOFING A SMALL BUSINESS IN BRIGHTON. HE WAS A GREAT NEIGHBOR AND A FRIEND TO MANY IN THE IN THE
NEIGHBOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND UH UH AND AS PART OF THE IRISH DIASPORA HERE IN BOSTON. UM, HE WAS A HE WAS A VERY STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF STREET TREES AND WE DID MANAGE TO GET
HIM A BEAUTIFUL STREET TREE THAT HE WAS VERY PROUD OF. SO UM MAY HE REST IN PEACE. SEAN MADDEN. I SEE UH, CATCH MEJIA. DID YOU HAVE ANYONE ELSE? SORRY. >> UM, I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT
ONE MORE NAME. ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW THIS YOUNG MAN. UM, HE. WAS KILLED A FEW STREETS FROM WHERE I LIVE AND I WANTED TO
JUST LIFT HIS NAME. UM, AND HIS NAME IS WAS EXCUSE ME. UM, HE WAS HE WAS FROM LAKEVILLE. NOT SURE.
UM, HE WENT TO MILTON ACADEMY AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR THIS TO POP UP. UM, BUT THE LAST NAME, UH, JALEN TAVARES UM, AGAIN WANTED
TO THE 19 YEAR OLD WHO WAS MURDERED IN DORCHESTER. UM. >> WANTED TO JUST UPLIFT HIS NAME JALEN TAVARES OF LAKEVILLE. UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO RECONCILE
WITH VIOLENCE, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO UTILIZE OUR MIKES TO UPLIFT UH ,THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE LOSING ,UH, TO VIOLENCE OUT ON THESE
STREETS. SO THAT'S JALEN TAVARES. YES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR WEBER
AND PAT PASIN IS AND BEHALF OF PEPEN AND COUNCILOR UM LOUIJEUNE UH BINTI UH JENNY ON
BEHALF OF COUNTRY FLYNN CAROL SULLIVAN BEHALF COUNCIL AND SEAN MADDEN ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER BEVERLY
HARRIS UH ON BEHALF OF UH COUNCILOR UH LEE OVER HERE UM COUNCILMAN DIVISION ALICE MAUD PHILLIPS. UH ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERE JALEN TAVARES AND UH AND ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER DOCTOR BILL BENNETT THE CHAIR MOVES IS WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER
ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH, UH, 2026 AT 12 NOON. UM, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF CLERK CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE, UH, COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE SAY I THIS COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. FOR.
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