GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY MORNING. I WANT TO THANK ALL OUR WELCOME ALL OUR GUESTS TO THE CHAMBER THIS AFTERNOON. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
VIEWERS CAN 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 CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42, I REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. >> HERE. HERE. COUNCILOR. >> COLLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. DURKAN.
COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YEAH. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. HERE. COUNCIL. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER.
AND COUNCILOR EARL. YEAH. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK AT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ASK FLYNN TO COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE TODAY'S CLERGY.
PASTOR ENOCH. PASTOR ENOCH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AS WELL.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE PRIVILEGE TO INVITE PASTOR ENOCH TO PROVIDE A PRAYER TO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL INTO
THE AIR AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. I WANTED TO INVITE THE PASTOR TO BE WITH US TODAY FOR THE INCREDIBLE ROLE AND LEADERSHIP. HIS CHURCH.
PLAYS AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ,ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IN GREATER BOSTON AS WELL THE BOSTON CHINESE EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO UM ATTEND SOME OF THEIR SERVICES OVER THE YEARS, BUT I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE VOICES OF. THIS CHURCH. ARE HEARD, THE PRAYERS ARE
HEARD. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPORT OF OUR ASIAN ASIAN AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS ACROSS
MASSACHUSETTS, ACROSS THE NATION AND ALSO AS WE ADDRESS ANTI-ASIAN RACISM THAT WE'RE SEEING. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, JOIN THE PASTOR AS WE PRAY
FOR PEACE IN OUR CITY. PASTOR, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. COUNCILORS AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UM, I WAS TOLD I HAVE A 45
MINUTE TIME TO PREACH WHICH IS ABOUT HALF THE TIME I USUALLY DO ON A SUNDAY. BUT ON BEHALF OF JUST BEING A PART OF BOSTON, UH, THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY, UH, MEMBER OF THE CHINATOWN COALITION EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR SEVERAL
DECADES. UM, AND JUST A LONG TIME PART OF OUR CHURCH BOSTON CHINESE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, WHICH HAS BEEN IN BOSTON'S CHINATOWN SINCE 1961. AND UH, FOR JUST ON BEHALF OF MY SENIOR PASTOR THOMAS LEE,
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. WE DO PRAY FOR THE CITY LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT WEEKLY IN OUR SERVICES BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US TO UPHOLD YOU ALL FOR THE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, CHALLENGING AND
VITAL WORK THAT YOU DO. SO ALLOW ME TO PRAY. UH, AS GUIDED BY THE WORDS OF OUR SACRED TEXT THE BIBLE SAID INVITE US TO PRAY IF YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAND IN MY CHURCH WE STAND, WE KNEEL WHATEVER IS COMFORTABLE.
UH, WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU CAN ALSO IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER OF A FAITH WE JUST LISTEN AND SEE HOW IT AFFECTS OUR LIVES. BUT I'M GOING TO PRAY THROUGH FOUR PASSAGES OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES OF THE CHRISTIAN TEXT AS WE JUST LIFT UP OUR
VOICES FOR THESE COUNSELORS AND THEIR STAFF AND REALLY ALL THOSE IN POWER TO SERVE PEOPLE . LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO STAND HERE IN A DEMOCRACY AND
THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE. IT IS SO PRECIOUS THAT I THINK SOMETIMES UNLESS WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO REALLY TRAVEL TO SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD, WE IT
IS SO EASY FOR ME AND PERHAPS OTHERS TO TAKE FOR GRANTED THE INCREDIBLE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE HERE. HELP US TO CHERISH IT AND AS WE PRAY FOR THESE COUNCILORS AND PRAY FOR OUR CITY, I'M REMINDED OF THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE IN
LEVITICUS 1915 WHERE YOU SHALL DO NO ONE JUSTICE AND COURT YOU SHALL NOT BE PARTIAL TO THE. POOR OR DEFER TO THE GREAT. BUT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS YOU SHALL JUDGE YOUR NEIGHBOR. I PRAY THAT THERE WILL BE NO
DEFERENCE TO THE RICH AND A GREAT COMPASSION FOR THE POOR. THAT THERE WOULD BE JUSTICE AND. IMPARTIALITY IN ALL THAT THESE COUNSELORS DO AS WELL AS OUR MAYOR AND THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY. SO HELP US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FAIR AND JUST IN THE EYES OF A HOLY GOD. I ALSO PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL IN THE WORDS OF PROVERBS 327 WHERE IT SAYS DO NOT WITHHOLD GOOD
FROM THOSE TO WHOM IT IS DUE. WHEN IT IS IN YOUR. POWER TO DO IT WE. PRAY FOR THE PROPER. AND RESPECTFUL USE OF POWER. I KNOW PEOPLE THINK SOMETIMES
CITY GOVERNMENT IS SORT OF LIKE THE LOWEST RUNG AND PEOPLE THINK OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT THERE'S INCREDIBLE. POWER IN THE CITY AND WE PRAY THAT THESE THESE MEN AND WOMEN WOULD STEWARD THAT WITH GREAT
HUMILITY AND INDEED LOVE FOR THEIR FELLOW PEOPLE IN OUR GREAT CITY WHETHER THEY'RE CITIZENS, WHETHER THEY'RE SOJOURNERS. AND WE PRAY THAT WHEN THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DO GOOD. LET THEIR IMPULSE BE TO DO IT
UNLESS SOMETHING HOLDS THEM BACK BECAUSE OF FAIRNESS, JUSTICE, RESOURCES BUT LET EACH OF THESE COUNSELORS HAVE AN IMPULSE TO DO GOOD WHEN IT'S IN THEIR POWER NOT JUST THEM BUT REALLY EVERYONE IN OUR GREAT CITY. LORD I'M ALSO MINDFUL OF THE
WORDS. >> OF THAT. AMAZING WOMAN IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER. CHAPTER FOUR VERSE 14. WHERE SHE WAS CHALLENGED BY HER. COUSIN FOR IF YOU. >> KEEP SILENT AT THIS TIME RELIEF AND DELIVERANCE WILL RISE FROM ANOTHER PLACE, BUT
YOU AND YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE MAY PERISH AND WHO KNOWS WHETHER YOU HAVE NOT COME TO THIS KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS LORD IN THE IN THE THEOLOGY OF CHRISTIANITY EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE STRUGGLING AS A COUNSELOR IS.
HERE BY YOUR DIVINE APPOINTMENT. I KNOW THEY WORKED HARD TO GET ELECTED, TO GET. >> THERE, TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THE. STREET, TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE TO MAKE US TO MAKE A CASE FOR WHY THEY SHOULD BE ENTRUSTED. BUT IN OUR IN.
OUR THEOLOGY YOU'VE. APPOINTED EACH OF THEM HERE. I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD DO THE GOOD THAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO. AND I PRAY THAT NOT ONLY WOULD THEY DO THE GOOD, BUT THEY WOULD EXPERIENCE. >> THE GOOD. OF A GOD WHO KNOWS AND LOVES EACH ONE OF THEM IN A.
WAY THAT. >> REALLY NOT JUST TRANSFORMS A CITY. BUT I PRAY A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THESE COUNSELORS AND THEIR STAFF AND ALL THOSE THEY. WORK WITH. WOULD YOU. LET THIS BE? IT'S A HARD THING TO SAY IN THE CITY HALL, BUT LET. >> THIS JOB. >> BE A BLESSING TO THEM.
LET THEM FIND JOY. THEY HAVE A LOT OF. CRITICISM AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PUSHING AND PULLING ALL DIRECTIONS AND AS IT. SHOULD BE WHEN THEY HAVE SO MUCH ABILITY AND POWER. BUT LORD.
IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT MAY THEY ACTUALLY BECOME BETTER PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCE JOY FROM THE AWESOMENESS OF HAVING THE ABILITY TO. LEVERAGE THEIR VOICE. ON BEHALF OF THOSE AROUND THEM. AND FATHER, FINALLY I PRAY IN
THE WORDS. OF OUR LORD. JESUS CHRIST. WHEN HE. >> SAID IN LUKE CHAPTER 12. SAYING THIS EVERYONE TO WHOM MUCH WAS GIVEN, MUCH. WILL BE REQUIRED.
AND FROM HIM WHO HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED MUCH THEY WILL DEMAND THE MORE. I PRAY A POSITIVE. PRAYER FOR THESE COUNSELORS. HELP THEM TO NOT GET TOO. HEADY ABOUT ALL THAT POWER. AND ALL THE ATTENTION ABOUT
THEM IN CITY BEING IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND YOU KNOW WHAT GLOBALLY IMPORTANT CITY LIKE BOSTON. WE ALL HAVE OUR INSECURITIES. AND EGOS AND HOPES AND DREAMS AND THAT'S WELL AND FINE BUT AT
THE END OF THE DAY HELP THEM TO BE FAITHFUL AND RESPONSIBLE. TEACH US AS A CITY TO SUPPORT THEM, TO KEEP THEM HONEST AND CHALLENGE THEM BUT ALSO ULTIMATELY TO LOVE THEM AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM AS THEY.
DO YOUR WORK. KNOWING THAT LORD THAT SOME POINT THEY WILL RELINQUISH. THEIR POWER. TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL HOPEFULLY CARRY ON THE GREAT WORK OF YOU IN THIS CITY, THIS CITY ON A HILL BOSTON THAT WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR.
WE THANK YOU AND I PRAY FOR THIS AND FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL AND FOR EVERYONE HERE IN OUR VAST CITY MAY BE A BLESSING TO. THE WORLD. AND WE PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST MY LORD. AMEN.
THANK YOU SO. TO THE FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND YES ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THANK YOU, PASTOR PASTOR ENOCH FOR YOUR, UH, THOUGHTS OF WORDS THIS MORNING.
UM. WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING. UH, COUNCILOR WEBER IS RECOGNIZING RETIRED EDUCATORS. COUNCIL MEMBER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND THEN THAT
WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMAN DIVISION. IT'S RECOGNIZING THE CROWN OF BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. SO WE'LL START WITH, UH, CONSTABLE WEBER. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. SO THIS THIS MORNING WE HAD OUR
SECOND ANNUAL BREAKFAST HONORING. OUR. >> UH, RETIRED TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF WERE JOINED THIS MORNING BY AN AMAZING GROUP OF ESL TEACHERS.
AND ENGLISH TEACHERS AND. UH, HISTORY TEACHERS, MATH TEACHERS, UH, ADMINISTRATORS, UH, AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL NURSE. UH, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES WHO UH, ATTENDED. UH, IT IT'S IT'S JUST IT'S A IT'S A WONDERFUL OCCASION FOR US TO CELEBRATE PEOPLE WHO MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR CITY. SO I JUST I THINK I DID ALL. >> MY TALKING AND HOPEFULLY MY COLLEAGUES WERE ABLE. TO CONVEY HOW. GRATEFUL THEY. >> ARE. IN OUR IN OUR BREAKFAST.
>> IF I COULD JUST INVITE EVERY EVERYONE DOWN HERE AT MY MY COLLEAGUES UH, FOR A GROUP PHOTO ON THE COUNCIL FLOOR IF YOU'RE ATTENDED THE THE BREAKFAST IS THAT AND. >> IF WE CAN ALL SQUEEZE IN I THINK. YEAH YES.
>> WE COME DOWN SO STAND ON THE FRONT AND UP HERE ON THE DAIS. YES. >> UH YOU ALREADY. YEAH. >> IF YOU JUST COME FORWARD AND UH TAKE TAKE THE STAGE AND.
UM, YOU CAN. UH IT'S UP TO I DON'T KNOW, MAN. >> TO SERVE AS A PRESENT. THIS IS A. LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE. UM, WE COULD PROBABLY STAND OUT IN FRONT OF THE OVER THERE MIGHT BE MORE SPACE.
LET'S TRY THAT. THANK GOD. OKAY, OKAY.
OTHER. I REMEMBER YOU. WILL BE TIME.
UH.
THANK YOU FOR. COMING.
THANK YOU FOR. OH, YEAH. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
OH, YEAH. YEAH YEAH.
YEAH.
JUST JUST.
OKAY. OH, OKAY. IF YOU WANT. OKAY OKAY. OKAY.
YEAH OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE MANY RETIREE TEACHERS. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
AND ALL YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I WILL NOW INVITE UM BEFORE I PROCEED. I JUST LIKE TO AMEND THE ATTENDANCE, UH, TO RECOGNIZE
THE COUNSELOR CULPEPER. UM, COUNCILOR MEJIA AND CAN WE. GET CUSTOMER AND COUNCILMAN? HE HAVE JOINED US. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD WITH YOUR GUESTS THIS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON?
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> UH, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE CREW LOVE. TEAM FOR COMING ON DOWN. I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE WITH US TO RECOGNIZE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER CREW LOVE
WEEKEND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CREW LOVE. BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT IS NOT JUST ABOUT BASKETBALL. IT'S ABOUT SPREADING LOVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A JOY FOR ME TO ATTEND.
CREW LOVE TO SHOW UP AND TO SEE THE JOY THAT YOU BRING TO PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU KNOW THE PASTOR JUST TALKED ABOUT THE POWER THAT WE HAVE HERE AS CITY COUNCILORS. BUT YOU ALL HAVE TREMENDOUS
POWER WHEN IT COMES TO BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE GOOD AND POSITIVE ROLE MODELS TO LOOK UP TO YOU ALL OF THAT. AND SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE. I WANT TO SAY A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO MY FELLOW LEO JOE'S MADDIE TODAY'S HER BIRTHDAY TURNING 12 SO SHOUT OUT TO YOU AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS WITH UM JOEL WILLIAM VEAL AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO BE THE FOUNDATION FOR
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE DIAMOND RING TOURNAMENT WITH ALL YOU DO UH, AND CENTER AND COMMUNITY AND ALL THAT YOU DO. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM TO ROYCE,
UH, TO DREW, UH, TO ALL OF YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. I THINK THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, UH, HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS IS TO TO GIVE ONE TO EACH CITY COUNCILOR A CREW LOVE JERSEY UH
,WITH HYDE PARK ON IT. ALTHOUGH I'M ALWAYS CONFLICTED WHEN THAT HAPPENS. I THINK THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT APPEARED IN HYDE PARK AND PLAYED ALWAYS CONFLICTED UM, AS A MATTER OF YOUNGER WHO GREW UP WATCHING PEOPLE LIKE Y'ALL PLAY BASKETBALL. UM.
>> YOU ALL THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK UP TO AND THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING THIS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. SO UM I'M HONORED TO PRESENT CREW LOVE WEEKEND. UH. >> CREW LOVE I'M JUST GOING TO EAT A LITTLE BIT OF THIS IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE
SECOND WEEKEND OF AUGUST AS CREW LOVE WEEKEND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. COME ON, COME ON. CAESAR. >> ANDREW. YEAH. CREW LOVE WEEKEND, UH, BEGAN IN 2012 AS A FRIENDLY BASKETBALL RIVALRY AMONG A GROUP
OF FRIENDS AND HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF BOSTON'S MOST CELEBRATED COMMUNITY TRADITIONS, BRINGING TOGETHER RESIDENTS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY TO THE UNIFYING POWER OF SPORT ,CULTURE AND CIVIC PRIDE AND
WHAT STARTED AS A SPIRITED BASKETBALL COMPETITION BETWEEN LOCAL BRANDS AND SMALL BUSINESSES GREW TO INCLUDE CITY LOVE GAMES ADDING NEIGHBORHOOD RIVALRIES TO THE TRADITION. BEGINNING WITH ROXBURY AND
DORCHESTER, THE CITY LOVE GAMES HAVE SINCE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MATTAPAN HIGH PARK AND OTHER BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS, FOSTERING HEALTHY COMPETITION WHILE STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING LASTING CONNECTIONS ACROSS COMMUNITIES.
THIS TOURNAMENT REMAINS ENTIRELY COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND VOLUNTEER LED, WITH PARTICIPANTS COMPETING NOT FOR MONETARY PRIZES BUT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE, SPORTSMANSHIP AND A SHARED LOVE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THE EVENT IS INTENTIONALLY INCLUSIVE, FEATURING YOUTH COMPETITIONS, WOMEN'S GAMES AND FAMILY FRIENDLY PROGRAMING THAT ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION ACROSS GENERATIONS WHILE PROMOTING POSITIVE RECREATION, MENTORSHIP
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION Q LOVE HAS MAINTAINED A SAFE, WELCOMING AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT EXEMPLIFIES HOW GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES CONSTRAINT THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY AND RESILIENCE OF BOSTON'S RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS TRUE LOVE HAS ATTRACTED THE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION OF CIVIC LEADERS, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES FURTHER DEMONSTRATING ITS IMPORTANCE AS A UNIFYING EVENT THAT SHOWCASES THE VERY BEST OF BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HEREBY DESIGNATE THE
SECOND WEEKEND OF AUGUST AS CREW LOVE WEEKEND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN RECOGNITION OF THE ENDURING POSITIVE IMPACT OF THIS ANNUAL COMMUNITY TRADITION AND ITS ROLE IN BRINGING TOGETHER RESIDENTS FROM EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY
IN CELEBRATION OF UNITY, SPORTSMANSHIP AND LOVE FOR BOSTON. CONGRATULATIONS! YEAH. UM I WAS ADVISED BY MY BETTER HALF NOT TO WRITE ANYTHING DOWN
AND SPEAK FROM THE HEART. SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO DO HERE. SO BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE BIT. SHOUT OUT THERE'S BEEN A HALF. YES CANDACE IN THE BACK THERE. UM, FIRST OFF COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE THANK YOU
AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AND NOT ONLY RECOGNIZING BUT DECLARING TRUE LOVE WEEKEND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS THE SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST. THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO UH, NOT
MY TEAM, NOT MY CREW. THESE ARE MY BROTHERS. UM, MY NAME IS CAESAR. THIS IS DREW RICH. PHIL, WE HAVE KEITH BACK HERE. WE'RE MISSING PHIL. UM, GREG AND DAVE WHO'S ONE
OF OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS OF CREW LOVE. WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR 14 YEARS. 14 HARD YEARS OF SACRIFICES, UM ,SACRIFICES FROM FINANCIAL TO
TIME TO RELATIONSHIPS, EVEN FRIENDSHIPS. AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE SAT OUR TABLES AND SAID WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE, BUT THAT TURNED INTO WHAT'S THE
CITY GOING TO THINK WE'RE GOING TO LET THE CITY DOWN AND WE CAN'T HAVE THAT. EVERYONE RECOGNIZES CREW LOVE AS A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BUT IT'S BIGGER THAN NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN BASKETBALL. IT'S JUST THE FOUNDATION.
WE USE BASKETBALL TO BRING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO COMPETE ON A HIGH LEVEL AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. FOR 14 YEARS WE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES AT OUR TOURNAMENTS AND WE'VE BEEN POLICING OURSELVES THROUGH THAT WITH THE SUPPORT
OF OUR COUNSELORS. UM I KNOW JULIA YOU'VE BEEN A BIG PART OF IT. BRIAN. UM, RUTHIE YOU'VE BEEN A BIG PART OF IT AND FITZ YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH US AS WELL. UM, ME AND DORCHESTER SO WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF YOU
GUYS OUT THERE SUPPORTING US. WE GIVE MUCH THANKS TO ALL OF OUR VENDORS SUPPORTERS, UM, ALL OUR PARTICIPANTS OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS AND I JUST GOT TO GIVE ONE BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE
SUNBEAMS, WHICH IS OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS BECAUSE THEY DEAL WITH IT THE MOST. UM WE ARGUE, WE FIGHT, WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS AND I GUARANTEE YOU EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU
WILL GET AN EARFUL ALL YEAR LONG NOT JUST WHEN IT'S TOURNAMENT TIME BUT ALL YEAR LONG. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH. TO MY BROTHERS THANK YOU GUYS FOR 14 YEARS OF HARD WORK SACRIFICE AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S
ALL ABOUT. WE CAME HERE WE'RE NOT DOING THIS FOR RECOGNITION. WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE LOVE OF THE CITY. OUR MOTTO HAS ALWAYS BEEN SPREAD LOVE. SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT THAT'S TRUE LOVE AND THAT'S WHAT WE REPRESENT SPREADING LOVE
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR DECLARING THIS. THIS IS MAJOR FOR NOT ONLY US. THIS IS NOT A MOMENT FOR US. THIS IS A MOMENT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WE TRULY
APPRECIATE THAT. SO THANK YOU GUYS. MAN HOW. >> DO. YOU. TOP THAT RIGHT THAT'S THAT'S A HARD THAT'S YOU KNOW.
UM WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. UH WE ARE DEEPLY AND GREATLY HUMBLED UM BY THIS. RECOGNITION UM, AGAIN.
>> THIS IS THIS THIS IS COMING FROM A, UH A CONVERSATION A LITTLE CONVERSATION FROM A COOKOUT. RIGHT? >> A LITTLE CREATIVE IDEA, A LITTLE BANTER, UM, OVER SOME BURGERS AND YOU KNOW, FRIES, HOT DOGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT. TOOK US SOME TIME TO. >> GET TO WHERE WE ARE IN I THINK, UM, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, UH, WHEN WE STARTED WE WERE AT GARVEY PARK, UM, AND NOW WE ARE AT HARAMBEE PARK AND
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOTH PARKS. UM, ONE IS. BIGGER THAN THE OTHER. UM SO WE OUTGREW ONE UM AND AGAIN OUR MESSAGE IS. ALWAYS SPREAD LOVE. WE JUST WANT TO UNIFY THE CITY THE.
BEST WAY WE CAN. RIGHT? >> SO, UM, WITH YOUR HELP, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THE CITY'S HELP, YOU KNOW, UM, AS ONE WE WILL. CONTINUE TO SPREAD. LOVE THE RIGHT WAY. I KNOW WE ARE IN.
SOME HARD TIMES OF VIOLENCE AND THINGS. >> OF THAT. NATURE AND I THINK THAT, UM, TRUE LOVE IS A WEEKEND THAT KIND OF SHOWS THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND AND BE PEACEFUL TO ONE ANOTHER. YOU KNOW? >> SO.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL BUT I CAN'T I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE BUT I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT COME. THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY THEY MAKE
CREW LOVE WHAT IT IS EVERY YEAR. YOU KNOW. >> SO UM AGAIN. THE FROM THE PLAYERS, THE COACHES, OUR FAMILIES. YOU KNOW. >> WE TRULY THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION BE. TRULY THANK. >> YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE RUTH.
THANK YOU FOR FOR. EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. >> BUT AGAIN. WE ALL HAVE A MISSION HERE RIGHT? AND TO MAKE. BOSTON A. SAFE AND BETTER PLACE. AND I JUST KNOW THAT. WE ARE UM WE'RE TRYING TO BE A
PART OF THAT, YOU. >> KNOW, AND WE JUST WANT TO KEEP KEEP GOING, UM. >> THE BEST. WAY WE CAN. SO THESE ARE MY BROTHERS. UM, THIS IS A FAVORITE THING. WE WANT TO PASS LOVE DOWN TO THE NEXT GENERATION. UM, AGAIN. MENTORING IS.
BIG AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ON. >> SO IF YOU DON'T SEE US, YOU. >> KNOW, AS WE ALL GET OLDER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THERE'S. ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THAT'S. BRINGING CREW LOVE FORWARD. SO UM AGAIN THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU THANK YOU DREW. AND CESAR AND THE ENTIRE CREW IF I WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR NO RAIN THIS WEEKEND. UM AND IF EVEN IF THERE IS A WE'LL HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. SO IF I COULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES
TO COME UP WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL JERSEYS FOR US TO TAKE A PICTURE. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UM. WELL, PROBABLY BE MORE THAN ENOUGH SO THAT. YEAH.
OH, YEAH. >> AND THE FAMILIES WHAT. WOULD YOU. >> CALL THIS? THE SUNBEAMS. THE SUNBEAMS CAN COME ON DOWN. THAT'D BE GREAT. YES. >> YEAH. >> WELL, GOOD. FOR US.
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COUNSELING SOMETHING THAT YOU. GET PEOPLE TO DO SOME. GOOD.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANKS AGAIN TO CREW LOVE HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. >> WEEKEND SPRINKLES UM OH YEAH I'M COLD OUT THERE WE.
WE'RE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF UM JULY 22ND 2026. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF JULY 20TH, 2020 SECOND MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM AROUND THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET 1513. DOCKET NUMBER 1513 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE RISING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $130,000 IN THE
FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE HBS UH LEADERSHIP FELLOW GRANT AWARDED BY HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE HBS LEADERSHIP FELLOW POSITION,
WHICH WILL PROVIDE ONE YEAR OF SUPPORT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. >> MR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE WORRELL, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. >> THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M LOOKING FOR. I'M LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS
THIS LOW DOLLAR GRANT. THIS IS A FELLOWSHIP FUNDED BY HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL THAT PLACES SOMEONE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO HELP GAIN EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS CONNECTIONS AND HELP SHAPE THE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES FOR THE CITY.
WE'VE SEEN SOME STRONG FELLOWS THROUGH THE YEARS DATING BACK TO 2002 AND THE MAYOR MENINO. BOTH DANKO AND CHRIS OSGOOD SERVED AS FELLOWS FROM HBS. UM SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
SUSPENDING AND PASSAGE OF THIS LOW DOLLAR GRANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1513. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1513. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BRAYTON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YEAH.
>> COUNCILOR COPPER FOR YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR VISTO. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCIL. MEDIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY.
COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. YES. >> COUNCILOR WORRELL. >> YES.
TALKING ABOUT 1513 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1513 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS 1514 THROUGH 1524
? TALKING OF A1514 MESSAGE IN ORDER TO DECLARE A SURPLUS CITY OWNED PROPERTY CURRENTLY UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND TRANSFER THE CARE, CUSTODY, CONTROL AND PROPERTY AND MANAGEMENT THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMISSION. THE PROPERTY COMPRISES TWO
UNNUMBERED PARCELS LOCATED IN THE CASTLE BOULEVARD AND THE ROXBURY. DISTRICT WARD NINE PARCEL 0222 5000 AND 022 4000.
THE SURPLUS VOTE WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO LEAD A TRANSFER OF THE LAND TO THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY PURSUANT TO THE 2002 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY.
EPA AND MASSDOT. TALKING OF A1515 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF GIOVANNI VALENCIA AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD
OF APPEALS FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2027. QUESTION COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. >> THANK YOU. SORRY CALLER YOU HAD A QUESTION .
I DO SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON DOCKET 151521527 QUICKLY BEFORE WE READ THEM INTO THE RECORD. UM. >> BEFORE WE READ THEM. YES, YES.
SO BEFORE WE ACT ON DOCKETS 151521527 AND BEFORE WE VOTE LATER TODAY ON THE APPOINTMENT OF FELICIA JAQUES, I DID WANT TO REMIND THIS BODY WHY I RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS NEARLY TWO
YEARS AGO. I DO KNOW THAT ONE FIVE THROUGH TWO ONE ARE REAPPOINTMENT SO THERE'S NO QUESTION THERE BUT 1522 THROUGH TWO SEVEN ARE NEW APPOINTMENTS.
BUT ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2024 I WROTE A LETTER TO MY COLLEAGUES AFTER THE COUNCIL HAD A VOTE TO APPROVE AN APPOINTMENT WHICH WE LATER LEARNED THAT APPOINTMENT WAS REPLACING SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN FORCED OUT BEFORE THE END
OF THEIR TERM. THAT INFORMATION MAY HAVE CHANGED SOME VOTES AT A MINIMUM IT WOULD HAVE ENSURED THAT EVERY COUNCILOR HAD ALL OF THE FACTS BEFORE WE TOOK A VOTE. FOLLOWING THAT LETTER, CLAIRE
KELLEY WHO AT THE TIME WAS LEADING INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ASSURED ME AND THIS BODY THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE TOLD WHO WOULD APPOINT ME APPOINTEE WAS REPLACING AND
WHY THE SEAT HAD BECOME VACANT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WE DID RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION BUT WE ARE NOT RECEIVING IT CONSISTENTLY ANYMORE. THE ISSUE IS SIMPLE WE SHOULD
KNOW WHETHER A TERM EXPIRED, WHETHER SOMEONE STEPPED DOWN VOLUNTARILY OR WHETHER SOMEONE WAS REMOVED BEFORE A VOTE TO REPLACE THEM HAPPENS. TO ME THIS IS BASIC TRANSPARENCY.
IT PROTECTS THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS THE COUNCIL, THE NOMINEE AND THE PERSON BEING REPLACED. IF APPOINTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE SUSPENDED AND PASSED WITHOUT A HEARING THEN AT AN ABSOLUTE
MINIMUM THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED AT IF TO EVERY COUNCILOR BEFORE THAT MEETING BEFORE THE VOTE. COUNCILOR MURPHY I'M ALMOST. >> DONE BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I GET THE REST IN GOING FORWARD WHEN APPOINTMENTS DO RECEIVE HEARINGS.
THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON BEING REPLACED AND THE REASON FOR THEIR VACANCY SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED. I DO WANT TO UM THANK COUNCILOR DURKAN HELD A HEARING YESTERDAY WHICH I ATTENDED FOR
FELICIA JAQUES. I DID NOT RAISE THIS ISSUE DURING HER HEARING BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT THIS BROADER PROCESS CONCERN TO DISTRACT FROM HER QUALIFIED QUALIFICATIONS OR TAKE AWAY FROM HER APPOINTMENT.
I APPRECIATED HEARING FROM MISS JAQUES. SHE IS WELL QUALIFIED AND I BELIEVE SHE WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN
FAVOR OF HER APPOINTMENT LATER IN THIS HEARING. BUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT HER OR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE. IT'S SIMPLY ASKING THAT WE RETURN TO THE TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT WE WERE TOLD BY
THE ADMINISTRATION THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO DO FOR US. AND I KNOW THAT DOCKETS 1522 THROUGH TWO SEVEN OUR NEW APPOINTMENTS THE OTHER THE REAPPOINTMENTS WE ARE CLEAR WE
KNOW IF THEY'RE ASKING TO STAY ON TO WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE. SO I AM ASKING THAT YOU AS THE PRESIDENT HELP US GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE TAKE VOTES ON. >> IT EITHER UM IT'S NOT OUR INTENTION TO TAKE VOTES ON THESE TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE
REFERRING THESE ALL THESE THAT. IF WE COULD IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE EVEN IF WE ARE HOLDING HEARINGS WE ARE NOT GIVEN THAT INFORMATION AND I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THE LETTER THAT WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME FROM CLAIRE
THEN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU. CHAIR. COUNCILOR DURKAN UH, I'D LIKE TO THE MAYOR THE CHALK HASN'T READ THESE INTO THE RECORD YET. SO DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.
AND I'LL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF. UM, MY INTENTION AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS NOT TO SUSPEND AND PASS THESE TODAY. UM, AND, UH, ALL OF MY HEARINGS, UM, REGARDING, UM ANY
APPOINTMENTS UH, ANY COUNCILOR IS ABLE TO ASK ANY QUESTION ABOUT ANY APPOINTMENT . UM, SO PLEASE COME TO THE HEARINGS AND UM AND YOU'LL GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN. >> YES.
>> I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP BRIEFLY. >> I'LL TAKE. LESS THAN ONE MINUTE, BUT WE DID HAVE A HEARING YESTERDAY WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE HEARING. AN EXCEPTIONAL. PERSON THAT WILL SOON JOINED THE BOARD.
WHAT I'M. DISCOURAGED ABOUT. IS THIS PERSON IS HIGHLY EDUCATED, HIGHLY. TRAINED WILL BE A. TREMENDOUS ASSET. TO THE BOARD. BUT THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T
SHOW UP. >> FOR THE MEETING. THERE WAS ONLY 2 OR. >> 3 PEOPLE MAYBE. BUT UH, HOW DO WE THINK. THIS NOMINEE. FEELS THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO AN IMPORTANT POSITION IN THE
CITY COUNCIL REALLY SEEMED INDIFFERENT OR NOT INTERESTED AT ALL. WHEN WE HAVE THESE HEARINGS WE SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 8,090% ATTENDANCE.
UM, I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE NOMINEE TO BE THERE AND BE PREPARED AND ATTEND THE MEETING . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. MR COOK. UM. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD YOU
START WITH DOCKET 1514 AGAIN JUST TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON? I KNOW HOW FAR DO WE GET IT? WELL, WE JUST READ FROM. IF READ THE FIRST TWO SO PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. FOR 1524.
DOWN TO 1524. THANK YOU. DOCTOR NUMBER 1516 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF KATIE. UH, WELL WELL, AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL
FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2027. SO I CAN NUMBER 1517 MESSAGE NOT FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ALAN LANGHAM AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD
OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2028, TAKING UP A1518 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SHERRY DUNN AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING
MAY 1ST, 2029. DOCKET NUMBER 1519 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SOMAYA TURNER AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A
TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2029 DOCKET NUMBER 1520 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JEAN KENDALL AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL
FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2027, THE NUMBER 1521 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID COLLINS AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL
FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2028. TALKING OF A1522 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CARLO MONTEIRO AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER
OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST 2028. TALKING OF A1523 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PATRICK WALSH AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER
OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 1ST, 2028 AND DOCK NUMBER 1524 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF WILLIAM MASTERSON AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2029. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKETS 1514 THROUGH AT 15241
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MISTER TRUCK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS 1525 AND 1526 TOGETHER.
TALKING NUMBER 1525 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RENEWAL CONSTABLES AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF THEIR BONDS FOR THE PERIOD
COMMENCING MAY 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING APRIL 30TH 2020. NAME AND NUMBER 1526. MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF NEW INSPECTIONAL SERVICES CONSTABLES CARL C HORNER AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESS UPON THE FILING OF THIS BOND FOR A PERIOD COMMENCING
MAY 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING APRIL 30TH 2028. THANK YOU. >> MR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE CHAIR OF THE UH COMMITTEE ON UM PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS ORDER ENSURES THAT QUALIFIED CONSTABLES ARE PROPERLY APPOINTED AND AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CIVIL PROCESSES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF BOSTON SUPPORTING THE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF UM OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. CONSTABLES ARE AUTHORIZED TO SERVE LEGAL DOCUMENTS SUCH AS UM SUMMONS, SUBPOENAS, EVICTION NOTICES AND COURT ORDERS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE APPOINTMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS ORDER ARE RENEWALS FOR CONSTABLES WHO HAVE SERVED THE CITY IN THIS CAPACITY FOR MANY YEARS. THE ORDER ALSO MAINTAINS COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LAW BY CLARIFYING THAT APPOINTED
CONSTABLES MAY NOT EXERCISE ARREST POWERS UNLESS THEY OBTAIN THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATION FROM THE PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION. AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE,
I RECOMMEND THAT DOCKETS 1525 AND 1526 ARE TO PASS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1525.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1525. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR DRAYTON.
YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO COUNCIL CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL OF HIS SHOW. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. COUNCILOR. THE PEN. YES, COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES, COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES.
COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. TALKING OF A ONE 5 TO 5 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1525 HAS PASSED. COUNCILOR SANTANA SIX
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1526. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1526. COUNCILOR BREADON?
YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCIL. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN.
YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA.
YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. BASSAN. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. DUCKING NUMBER ONE 5 TO 6 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET ONE 5. >> TO 6 HAS PASSED.
WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS. OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS 1527 THROUGH 1537?
DOC NUMBER 1527 NOTICE I RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF AVA KALINDA CONCEPCION AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON LICENSING BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 7TH,
2032 SO I CAN HAVE A1528 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY
THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF JULY 8TH 2026 DOCKET NUMBER 1529. NOTICE WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES
OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING ON JULY 22ND 2026. TALKING OF A1530 NOTICE I
RECEIVED FROM THE AUDITING DEPARTMENT PROVIDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 PAYROLL ALLOTMENT SCHEDULES FOR ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TALKING NUMBER 1531
THE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM ROBERT ELLIS AND REGARDING HIS RESIGNATION AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION EFFECTIVE JULY 9TH 2026. TALKING ABOUT 1532
COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING THE SELLING OF STOLEN GOODS AND FOOD INCLUDING MEAT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TALKING ABOUT 1533
COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING INCREASES TO PHONE THEFT, FINANCIAL AND RELATED SCAMS. TALKING ABOUT 1534 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
COUNCILOR CULPEPER REGARDING THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S HOMICIDE DETERMINATION IN THE DEATH OF JACOBY KENNY AND THE ACCOMPANYING LETTER TO THE ACTING SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF
TUCKER NUMBER 1535 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY REGARDING A REQUEST FOR INDEPENDENT STATE OVERSIGHT OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TRANSPORTATION AND
TRANSIT OF DOCKET NUMBER 1536. COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY REGARDING THE REQUESTED BRIEFING ON BOSTON'S SUMMER PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN.
AND NUMBER 1537 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT REGARDING AN OPEN MEETING LAW COMPLAINT FILED IN CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 8TH, 2026.
DOCKET NUMBER 1327. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKETS 152731537 WILL BE PLACED. >> ON FILE CONCERNS WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
IS UM MADAM CHAIR UM ON THAT. OPEN MEETING LAW RELATED ISSUE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? UM JUST READ IT INTO THE RECORD JUST SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS.
UM, THE THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDER. HERE IS THAT THE ORDER ON. ON FRIDAY JULY 24TH 2026 THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF THE OPEN.
MEETING LAW. AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REGULATIONS, THE CITY COUNCIL IS. REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE OPEN MEETING LAW COMPLAINT AND RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT WITHIN 14.
BUSINESS DAYS. SEE GENERAL LAWS. CHAPTER 30. A 23 B AND 940 CMR 29.055 AND
WHEREAS TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE MEETING WITH THE OPEN MEETING LAW AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REGULATIONS ATTACHED TO THIS. ORDER IS THE COMPLETE REFERENCED THEREIN HEREIN THAT
NO THEREFORE BE AN ORDERED THAT THE LAW DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ADDRESSES THE OPEN MEETING LAW COMPLAINT. AND RESPONDS ACCORDINGLY ON BEHALF OF. >> THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND. PLEASE REFER TO THE. COMPLAINT IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. >> BUT WHAT WAS THE ALLEGED COMPLAINT? IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW AND UH WE RESPONDED LAST. >> WEEK BUT UH. WE'RE HAVING THE LAW DEPARTMENT UH RESPOND.
ON OUR BEHALF. THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANTED. >> TO KNOW WHAT WHAT THEY ARE ALLEGING IN THE COMPLAINT. I THINK IT'S IN THE DOCUMENTATION. THANK YOU.
MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1539? I HAVE TO READ 153. OH, BEG YOUR PARDON? I'M JUMPING FORWARD. 15390 SORRY. 51538 THANK.
>> YOU, MR CHAIR. TALKING OF A1538 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT LIZ BREADON TO ADDRESS AN OPEN MEETING LAW COMPLAINT AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY ON BEHALF OF THE
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT ANSWERS COUNTRY THAT WAS TO DO WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN'S QUESTION EARLIER. THANK YOU. UM DOCKET 1153 IT WILL BE REFERRED. >> TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
MR CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1539. DOCKET NUMBER 1539 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED BY THE CITY CLERK FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A CITY
COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY, 290 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON, MASS. AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER AUGUST 28TH 2026 IF NOT ACTED
UPON. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES. COUNCILOR DROP IN THE CHAIR OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT UM TODAY BEFORE US IS A LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE NEW ENGLAND
CONSERVATORY AT 298 HUNTINGTON AVE IN THE FENWAY. THIS BUILDING IS SIGNIFICANT TO THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE CITY, THE COMMONWEALTH, THE NEW ENGLAND REGION AND THE NATION AS A PERMANENT HOME FOR THE NEW
ENGLAND CONSERVATORY WHICH HAS MADE AN INTERNATIONAL IMPACT IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC EDUCATION AND AS THE OLDEST INDEPENDENT MUSIC SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES, THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY STANDS AS THE BEST
EXAMPLE OF RENAISSANCE REVIVAL IN BOSTON AND CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF THE FENWAY NEIGHBORHOOD. MANY NOTABLE HISTORICAL FIGURES HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
INCLUDING FLORENCE PRICE, CECILE TAYLOR AND CORETTA SCOTT KING. THE DESIGNATION PROCESS FOR THE SITE BEGAN IN 2011 WHEN CITIZENS PETITION TO MAKE THE CONSERVATORY A BOSTON LANDMARK.
THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION APPLIES ONLY TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND NOT THE INTERIOR, AS THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE INTRICATE TECHNICALITIES OF THE ACOUSTIC DESIGN. I IMAGINE WE WERE ALL FAMILIAR
WITH THE SITE AND I REQUEST THAT MY COLLEAGUES VOTE TO MAKE THIS A BOSTON LANDMARK AND PROTECT THIS HISTORICAL PIECE OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY IN THE FRONT ROOM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE
COUNCILOR CULPEPER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WELL SINCE THIS IS IN HIS DISTRICT. CHAIR RECOGNIZES. COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TO SUPPORT THE
DESIGNATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY AS A BOSTON LANDMARK. WELL, THIS HISTORY IS UNDENIABLE. IT IS ALSO A VITAL ENGINE FOR BOSTON'S CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL
LIFE AND A CORNERSTONE OF THE FUTURE OF THE FENWAY AND SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOODS. EVERY YEAR THIS INSTITUTION OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC FOR HUNDREDS OF CONCERTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE FREE TO OUR
RESIDENTS. BY DESIGNATING THIS SITE AS A LANDMARK, WE ARE ENSURING THAT WORLD CLASS ARTS REMAINS ACCESSIBLE. THE CONSERVATORY SERVES AS A
CLASSROOM NOT JUST FOR ITS ENROLLED STUDENTS BUT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN ITS PREPARATORY AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IT IS A PLACE FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION OF BOSTON'S CREATIVE LEADERS IS BEING FORGED RIGHT NOW. PROTECTING YOUR CONSERVATORY MEANS THAT AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARISE, THEY DO SO ALONGSIDE A
PERMANENT HOME FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE A PLACE THAT REMINDS OUR COMMUNITY. THAT WE VALUE SPACES THAT PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY GATHERING ,CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND PUBLIC
INSPIRATION BY SUSPENDING THE RULES TODAY WE ARE NOT JUST LOOKING BACK AT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, BUT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT THE ARTS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION AND PROGRESS
. WE ARE HONORING THE INSPIRATION THAT ONLY THE ARTS CAN PROVIDE. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER. WOULD ANYONE. ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. >> AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1539. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET. 1539.
>> COUNCILOR BREEN. YES, COUNCILOR BREEDEN. YES, COUNCILOR COLORED AS OPPOSED COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCIL OF HIS GENERAL COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES.
COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES, COUNCILOR.
SANTANA. YEAH. COUNCILOR SANTANA IS COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCIL. EARTH. YES. COUNCIL YES. TALKING OF A1539 AS RECEIVED 11
VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CRACK. DOCKET 1539 HAS PASSED. WE KNOW ON TWO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD MR. ALL RIGHT COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET 1223? DOCKET NUMBER 1223 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACTING THROUGH ITS
ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT TO AMEND THE DISTRICT DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE REVENUE REVOLVING FUND . 30396E THE CURRENT LANGUAGE FOR
30396E IS LIMITED AND 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 ENHANCED AND SEAMLESS FINANCIAL PROCESS FOR CURRENT CITY ENERGY ACTIVITIES. THESE AMENDMENTS WILL PROVIDE
CAPTURE WILL PROPERLY CAPTURE DEMAND RESPONSE REVENUE AND ALLOW FOR 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 WITH THE CITY'S DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. >> ON GOVERNMENT OPERATE. >> THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE COMMITTEE. ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS UM, HELD A HEARING ON THIS DOCKET. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MARY MICHELLE. WE WANT TO DEFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON JUNE 24TH, 2026. UM, THE SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION DOCKET NUMBER 1223 IS AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO CITY OF BOSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, UH, SPECIFICALLY DOCKET NUMBER 1223 .
THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE REVENUE REVOLVING. FUND STRIKES THE ORDINANCE IS EXISTING TAX AND REPLACES IT WITH PROVISIONS THAT WILL ALLOW THE FUND TO CAPTURE DEMAND RESPONSE REVENUE AND ALLOW FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE
CITY'S DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM ,INCREASING ENERGY SAVINGS AND REDUCING THE CITY'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. ALTHOUGH STRIKING IN ITS ENTIRETY, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE MAKES FOR MINOR CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCES
EXISTING TEXT AND IT INSERTS ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AS WELL. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDS CLAUSE ONE SUB QUASI BY STRIKING THE WORDS REVENUES AND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT COMBINED HEAT AND POWER UNITS
AND REPLACES THEM WITH THE WORDS PAYMENTS AND CITY DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM SYSTEMS UNDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ONE C READS AS DEMAND UH DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM PAYMENTS EARNED BY CITY DEMAND RESPONSE
PROGRAM SYSTEMS CHARGED AND RECEIVED BY THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ALSO AMENDS CLAUSE THREE SUBCLAUSE A BY STRIKING THE WORDS WHICH SHALL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTION OF THE CITY
OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY THE CITY ANNUALLY AND INSERTING THE WORDS TO COMPENSATE FOR MUNICIPAL EMISSIONS NOT OTHERWISE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE CITY'S DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. >> UM UNDER.
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE UH THREE EIGHT READS PURCHASE OFFSETS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO COMPENSATE FOR MUNICIPAL EMISSIONS NOT OTHERWISE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY'S DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND DEMAND
RESPONSE PROGRAMS. UM AND THERE ARE UH AS UH AN ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT AS WELL. THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE REVENUE REVOLVING FUND ORDINANCE WAS FIRST ADOPTED IN
2017, WHICH ALSO ALLOWS UH CITIES AND TOWNS TO PROVIDE FINANCING TO PROPERTY OWNERS FOR QUALIFYING ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTIES. UNDER THIS PROVISION OF THE LAW
,THE FUND MUST BE AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE. ACCORDINGLY, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A PROPOSED DOCKET NUMBER 1223 FOR OUR CONSIDERATION. UM AND I JUST WANTED TO UM TALK ABOUT WE HELD A HEARING
YESTERDAY ON THIS DOCKET. UM, TODAY THE HEARING WAS CONDUCTED BY MYSELF AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND ATTENDED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT GRAYDON, UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND
COUNCILOR FLYNN. DURING THIS HEARING THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM OLIVER SELLARS GARCIA, COMMISSIONER OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT, AND CHRIS KRAMER, DIRECTOR OF THE MUNICIPAL ENERGY UNIT ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WHO TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING VERY CLEAR IN THE EXPLANATIONS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TERMS ARE VERY TECHNICAL. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I THAT I THAT I HAD ESPECIALLY IS ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT INTERNAL CITY UH
BUILDINGS UM AND WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT CITY OF BOSTON BUILDINGS UM AND THAT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE ADMINISTRATIVE FIXES TO ALLOW US TO CAPTURE UH MORE SAVINGS FROM.
UH FROM. FROM EFFICIENCIES. UM THE ADMINISTRATION TESTIFIED THAT DOCKET NUMBER 1223 MAKES MINOR ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE REVENUE REVOLVING FUND
TO BETTER FUND ORDINANCE TO BETTER REFLECT THE CITY'S CURRENT MUNICIPAL ENERGY PROGRAMS WHILE PRESERVING THE FUND'S ORIGINAL PURPOSE. THE ADMINISTRATION TESTIFIED THAT THE AMENDMENTS WOULD EXPAND THE FUND TO CAPTURE REVENUES GENERATED THROUGH DEMAND RESPONSE PARTICIPATION
AT ALL CITY OWNED BUILDINGS RATHER THAN BEING LIMITED PRIMARILY TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMBINED HEAT AND POWER UNITS AND CERTAIN CITY OWNED SOLAR ARRAYS UM THE ADMINISTRATION DESCRIBED THE MUNICIPAL ENERGY UNIT'S ROLE IN
MANAGING MUNICIPAL ENERGY USE, PURSUING ENERGY SAVING INITIATIVES AND REINVESTING REVENUES INTO ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCY PROJECTS. UM AS CHAIR. AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I REMEMBER MOVING THE DOCKET FROM
THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION AS A VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE UH, TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT FOR TESTIFYING AND UH, ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR BUILDINGS MORE GREEN, MORE EFFICIENT AND SAVE THE CITY MONEY WHILE ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART HERE AS WELL
IS THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO AN APPROXIMATE $150,000 ADDITION TO, UH, THE REVOLVING FUND. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE. >> THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
UM, I ATTENDED THE MEETING YESTERDAY AND AS THE VICE CHAIR STATED, THE, UM THEY SHARED IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND I THINK EXPLAINED IT VERY WELL. BUT ONE THING I DO WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT MY ONE QUESTION WAS WILL THIS SUPPORT UM, THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE CONCERNS ALL OF US HEAR FROM TEACHERS, STAFF, STUDENTS IN THE JULY THE
JUNE MONTHS SUMMER MONTHS WHEN OUR SCHOOLS ARE BEING USED THAT YOU KNOW, SOME CLASSROOM TEMPERATURES ARE UP ABOVE 90 DEGREES AND THAT THIS DEFINITELY HE SAID IS GOING TO HELP SUPPORT CONTINUING TO TRY
TO GET TO EVERY BUILDING AS WE SHOULD TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE LEARNING IN SAFE ENVIRONMENTS. SO THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS CONSIDERATION. >> REVISION. UM DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO
THE QUESTION? NO. OKAY. I THINK. >> MY UNDERSTANDING FROM BEFORE. NO THERE WASN'T A. THERE WASN'T A QUESTION YOU. KNOW I WAS JUST ASKING THEM YEAH. THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD. >> GO TO. VERY GOOD I THINK THAT'S VERY.
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE USING THE REVOLVING FUND TO FURTHER IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO ATTENDED. >> THIS IMPORTANT MEETING.
YESTERDAY AND LISTEN CLOSELY TO. >> THE ADMINISTRATION AND WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY ARE DOING. MY COMMENTS. >> WERE. SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILOR MURPHY HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL.
I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN STUDENTS GO INTO THE BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY UM AIR. CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
IS WORKING IS OPERATIONAL. WE DO KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS MANY STUDENTS AND BUILDINGS UM
WERE IN CLASSES WHERE IT WAS OVER 90 DEGREES OVER 95 DEGREES IN THEIR CLASSROOM. WHAT MY MY GOAL IS IS TO ENSURE
THAT ANY TIME WE MAKE POLICY CHANGES AS IT RELATES TO ENVIRONMENTAL UPGRADES OR ANY TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE UM IMPACTING RESIDENTS
THAT WE ALSO FACTOR IN THE IMPACT IT HAS ON BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN IN A HEALTHY AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU. ,MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. >> ON GOVERNMENT.
OPERATIONS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1223. ALL IN. FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. UH, MR. >> CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1223.
COUNCILOR. >> BRAIN. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A COUNSELOR. CULPEPPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPPER. YES, COUNSELOR. DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES, COUNSELOR.
FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES, COUNSELOR. PIPPIN. COUNSELOR. THE PEN. YES, COUNSELOR. SANTANA.
COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNSELOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNSELOR. WORLD. COUNSELOR. WORLD. YES. TALKING OF A 1 TO 2 THREE AS WE SEE 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE .
THANK YOU, MR TRUCK. THE COMMITTEE. REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 1223 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1316.
TALKING OF A1316 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF FELICIA JUGS AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING
AUGUST 15TH, 2029. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. CONSIDER THE CHAIR OF. THE COMMITTEE UM. UM PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT. >> AND TRANSPORTATION COUNSELOR. >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, WE HAD A GREAT HEARING YESTERDAY.
WE WERE JOINED BY COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY AND WEBER AND RECEIVED LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR PEPEN. UM, I DO WANT TO JUST NOTE THAT THERE WAS A TYPO AND THE INITIAL DOCKET THAT WE WERE
GIVEN. SO, UH, WE'VE CORRECTED UH, THE CANDIDATE'S NAME AS WELL AS UM ,SOME MORE INFORMATION UM, IN
THE ORDER UH TO UH BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER UH, BRE, BPA AND EDC NOMINATIONS. UM, FELICIA IS INCREDIBLY QUALIFIED.
UM, SHE IS UH, WILL BE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE BPA BOARD. UM, AND SHE IS UH SHE ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES YESTERDAY. UH, AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO WELCOMING HER AND SPEAKING WITH HER, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL TESTIFY BEFORE THE BOARD. SO, UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS FORWARD TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DEREK. AND TRY TO RECOGNIZE
COUNCILOR FLYNN FOSTER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE FOR AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.
AND AS WE MET WITH FELICIA, WHO I KNOW IS AN OUTSTANDING WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING ADDITION WELL QUALIFIED, HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE EDUCATION
. SHE ANSWERED ALL OF THE QUESTIONS. SHE WAS DILIGENT. SHE WAS PROFESSIONAL. AND I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A WOMAN OF COLOR ON THE BPA BOARD.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. LIKE ANYONE ELSE WISH TO. AU COMES FROM LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR FELICIA'S NOMINATION. AS I STATED, I'M, UH I THINK
THAT THIS IS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE HER. SHE HAS SUCH INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE, UM, ACROSS THE CITY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FIELDS WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING AND HOUSING IN OUR CITY. AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
HER LEADERSHIP. UM, AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD, I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THE HEARING AND I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO HAVE FELICIA SERVE ON THE BOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD YOUR EXPERTISE AND HER LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE. REPORT AND. PASSAGE OF. DOCKET 1316.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH. >> ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, YOU PLEASE. >> TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE ON DOCKET. 1316. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR KHALID AS A PANEL COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR.
CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. COUNCILOR. PAN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES.
ACROSS THE WORLD. YES. TALKING ABOUT 1316 AS WE SEE 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> THE COMMITTEE. REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET. 1316 HAS PASSED. 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 FROM THE LEAD SPONSOR AND. TWO MINUTES. >> FOR THE CO-SPONSORS. MR. CLERK.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1540 . TALKING NUMBER 1540 COUNCIL WE'RE OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS STREET TAKEOVERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL.
WORLD COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK. >> YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR. CULPEPER AS. >> AN ORIGINAL. CO-SPONSOR. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER. SO I ADDED. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS A ANOTHER. ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. HEARING SEEING AND. >> HEARING NO OBJECTIONS
COUNCILOR MURPHY CITED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU. >> UH, IF YOU'RE A DISTRICT. COUNSELOR, YOU'VE HEARD ALL. >> THE CALLS. AND GOT AN EMAIL FROM CONSTITUENTS. TALKING MOTION THE CONCERNS ABOUT STREET TAKEOVERS THIS IS A NOISE ISSUE, A PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUE AND A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. THIS THIS ISN'T A PROBLEM AFFECTING JUST BOSTON. IT'S NOT A NEW PROBLEM. THESE ACTIVITIES STARTED SPRINGING UP MORE AND MORE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BUT WHAT WE HEAR FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IS THAT IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH OUR CURRENT LAWS ON THE BOOKS. THIS ORDINANCE TACKLES THE PROBLEM WITH A FOCUS LAW THAT
LEVELS STEEP CIVIL FINES ON OFFENDERS, HIGHER FINES FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS AND INCLUDES THOSE FINES FOR SPECTATORS AS WELL AS PARTICIPANTS. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE LICENSE RENEWAL
PENALTIES AS PART OF THIS LAW AS WELL, BUT THIS IS GOING TO NEED SOME OF OUR HELP FROM OUR STATE PARTNERS. THIS ORDINANCE, HOWEVER, IS A CHANCE FOR US TO SAY TO THESE OFFENDERS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, CUT IT OUT OR THERE WILL BE
CONSEQUENCES. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSING UH WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS AT THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> CULTURAL RELATIVISM RECOGNIZES. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WORRELL WAS LEADERSHIP IN FILING THIS ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS STREET TAKEOVERS. I'M PROUD TO JOIN HIM AS A
CO-SPONSOR BECAUSE AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THIS CHAMBER IN OUR LAST MEETING, OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE A CITY THAT RESPOND EFFECTIVELY WHEN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS BEING DIMINISHED BY
NOISE AND NUISANCE ISSUES. DISTRICT SEVEN WE HAVE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE FRUSTRATION RESIDENTS FEEL WHEN THEY CALL FOR HELP AND SEE NO CHANGE, WHETHER IT'S A LOUD
PARTY OR AN ILLEGAL DIRT BIKE. THE CORE ISSUE THE SAME THE NEED FOR CLEAR ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS AND CONSISTENT FOLLOW UP THIS ORDINANCE TAKES A CRITICAL STEP FORWARD BY
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE PERSISTENT NOISE AND STREET DISTURBANCE ISSUES DO NOT JUST DISRUPT SLEEP, THEY IMPEDE EMERG EMERGENCY ACCESS AND THREATEN THE PHYSICAL SAFETY
OF EVERYONE ON OUR STREETS. WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT IT ADDRESSES THE ENFORCEMENT GAP WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED. WE KNOW THAT SIGNIFICANT
CONFUSION HAS EXISTED REGARDING WHICH DEPARTMENT IS IN CHARGE AND HOW TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A PARTICIPANT AND A BYSTANDER BY CLARIFYING THESE ROLES AND
ESTABLISHING SPECIFIC PENALTIES INCLUDING VEHICLE IMPOUNDMENT AND EQUIPMENT SEIZURE, WE'RE GIVING OUR CITY AGENCIES THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN
JUST DOCUMENTING IT. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO OVERPOLICED PEACEFUL ASSEMBLIES. IN FACT, THIS ORDINANCE IS EXPLICITLY PROTECTS THAT BRAND .
WE'RE LOOKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY WHETHER IT'S A NOISE COMPLAINT IN DISTRICT SEVEN OR A STREET TAKEOVER IN ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY. EVERY BOSTON RESIDENT DESERVES
TO KNOW THAT THE SYSTEMS WE'VE CREATED ARE WORKING AS INTENDED. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL FOR AROUND THE BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THIS
ORDINANCE PROVIDES THE SAFETY, FLAHERTY AND PEACE THAT ALL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPPER CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL
FOR ADDING ME AND FOR A WELL WRITTEN ORDINANCE. I AM A VICTIM. THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY WAS A VICTIM OF A STREET TAKEOVER AND WHEN I LOOKED BACK ON MY TEXT
MESSAGE THE NEXT MORNING THAT I SENT TO ONE OF THE OFFICES FROM B3, I TEXTED LAST NIGHT WAS WILD LIKE I HAVE DRIVEN BY PARTIES THAT HAVE BLOCKED STREETS.
I HAVE BEEN IN MY CAR WHEN I'VE SEEN BIKES COME PAST ME TEN 2040 TAKING UP STREET BUT IT STARTED. AROUND TEN AND AT 435 IN THE MORNING IT WAS STILL GOING ON
AND IT WAS CONTINUOUS AND LIKE I WAS TELLING COUNCILOR EARL I'M A HEALTHY SOMEWHAT YOUNG PERSON I CAN MAKE UP MY SLEEP ANOTHER TIME. MY DOGS WEREN'T SO HAPPY ABOUT IT BUT I HAVE MANY ELDERLY
NEIGHBORS AND MANY YOUNG CHILDREN AND IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE HOW UM THE QUALITY OF LIFE IT WAS KNOWING THAT THIS HAPPENS OFTEN IN OTHER PARTS OF. >> THE CITY.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN. SO IN THE ORDINANCE STATES SOMETHING THAT I SAY OFTEN WHEN IT'S ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF ORDINANCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE ALREADY HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS. THERE ARE STATE LAWS, THERE ARE
ORDINANCES. THERE'S NOISE ORDINANCES. THERE'S THINGS WE CAN ALREADY DO BUT WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CONFUSION FROM THE POLICE. OFFICERS WHO CAN ENFORCE IT AND
ALSO RESIDENTS MAKING SURE THEY KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THIS WHEN IT'S HAPPENING. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT FOR ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO. WORKING ON IT WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PEPEN. CONSCIOUS AND TOWN OF. COUNCILOR WEBER.
AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1540 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET.
1541 TALKING ABOUT 1541 COUNCILOR SANTANA AND LOUIJEUNE OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR UNARMED SECURITY GUARDS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY SANTANA COUNTRY. >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UNARMED SECURITY GUARDS SERVE AS AN ESSENTIAL PILLAR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SUPPORT EVERY DAY THEY PROTECT PEOPLE
AND PROPERTY IN OUR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, WORKSITES AND PUBLIC SPACES. THEY OFTEN UM THE FIRST TO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE IS EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY, A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR ANOTHER URGENT SITUATION. DESPITE THESE GROWING RESPONSIBILITIES, THEY ARE CURRENTLY NO MINIMUM TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR UNARMED SECURITY GUARDS IN BOSTON.
THESE PROFESSIONALS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE QUICK DECISIONS, DE-ESCALATE CONFLICTS, UM AND RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES. YET MANY HAVE NOT RECEIVED CONSISTENT TRAINING TO PREPARE THEM FOR THESE SITUATIONS.
ESTABLISHING MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS IS ABOUT INVESTING IN BOTH WORKER SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY, PROVIDING TRAINING IN AREAS SUCH AS FIRST AID, CPR, OPIATE OVERDOSE RESPONSE
DE-ESCALATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND EMERGENCY UM PREPAREDNESS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THOSE ON THE FRONTLINES HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO RESPOND SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY
AS WE MOVE UM THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD WE MUST AS A CITY OF BOSTON AND AS A CITY COUNCIL EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS FOR UNARMED SECURITY GUARDS SO THEY ARE
PREPARED FOR THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND THE DE-ESCALATION CHALLENGES THEY MAY ENCOUNTER ON THE JOB BY INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OFTEN THE FIRST TO RESPOND. WE ARE INVESTING IN SAFER
WORKSPACES, WORKPLACES AND A SAFER BOSTON FOR EVERYONE. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO UM THIS THIRD TO B.J. AND PAOLO WHO'S ALSO JOINING US HERE TODAY UM, FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK LOOKING OUT FOR UM WORKERS HERE IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON. UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. UM. >> THAT. LIES AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. >> COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. WELCOME BACK.
GLAD YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF. UM, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ORDINANCE AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO, UH, 32 BJ FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP HERE IN
MAKING SURE THAT OUR, UM, UNARMED SECURITY GUARDS HAVE A MINIMUM LEVEL OF TRAINING. UM, FUNDAMENTALLY THIS IS ABOUT TREATING SECURITY GUARDS AND SECURITY WORK AS A REAL PROFESSION.
CLEAR TRAINING STANDARDS HELP WORKERS DO THEIR JOB SAFELY, GIVE EMPLOYERS A BETTER PREPARED WORKFORCE AND GIVE THE PUBLIC GREATER CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING BUILDINGS AND THE PEOPLE INSIDE THEM.
WHAT ALSO STANDS OUT IS UM, HOW PRACTICAL THIS PROPOSAL IS. UNARMED SECURITY GUARDS ARE ALREADY BEING ASKED TO HANDLE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS EVERY DAY THEY MAY BE RESPONDING TO A
MEDICAL EMERGENCY, TRYING TO CALM A SITUATION, HELPING SOMEONE IN CRISIS OR COORDINATING WITH POLICE FIRE EMTS. TOO OFTEN WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO CARRY OUT THESE RESPONSIBILITIES WITHOUT MAKING SURE THEY HAVE CONSISTENT
TRAINING OR CLEAR STANDARDS. IF WE ARE GOING TO ASK WORKERS TO TAKE ON THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY. WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY PREPARED AND SUPPORTED. THIS PROPOSAL HELPS CREATE THAT CONSISTENCY.
IT GIVES WORKERS A STRONGER FOUNDATION, HELPS EMPLOYERS KNOW WHAT PREPARATION SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND CREATES CLEAR EXPECTATIONS ACROSS THE INDUSTRY. I KNOW FOR A NUMBER OF FOLKS ESPECIALLY WORKING CLASS THE NEED THAT WE ARE A LOT
OF PEOPLE'S FIRST JOBS WAS AS SECURITY GUARDS UM OR THEIR SECOND OR THIRD JOBS MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED OFTENTIMES FOR LIFE OR DEATH SITUATIONS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH AND HEARING FROM SECURITY WORKERS, EMPLOYERS, LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS PROPOSAL AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL.
DIVISION WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN I'M SURE PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER
COUNCILOR MORALE AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR DOCKET ONE FIVE UH. FOUR ONE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE. ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 01541 . YES. CORRECT.
MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 1542 TALKING OF A1542 COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW SAFETY OF THE OPERATION OF HEAVY COMMERCIAL
VEHICLES AND POTENTIAL MEASURES TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON . CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT .
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AS HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED I THINK IT'S THE. THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED UH, LUIS AGAG, UH, WAS KILLED BY AN 18 WHEEL TRUCK
OPERATING ON TREME ON STREET UM AND IN A PUBLIC LETTER ISSUED BY UH THE MAYOR LAST FRIDAY, UH, SHE WROTE THAT THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE TO ADVANCE MORE. COMPREHENSIVE TRUCK SAFETY LEGISLATION.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDES WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL HERE IN BOSTON WE HAVE A TRUCK SIDE GUARD ORDINANCE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 2014. THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITS OR IT
REQUIRES CITY CONTRACTORS TO HAVE, UH, SAFETY GEAR ON THEIR TRUCKS, INCLUDING SIDE GUARDS AND CONVICTS MIRRORS, UH, TO PREVENT UH DEATHS TO
PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, UH, WE THIS UH, ONLY COVERS CITY CONTRACTORS. WE HAVE TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, HAVE THIS APPLIED MORE BROADLY. EVEN IF WE CAN'T HAVE
LEGISLATION, MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH SOME OF THE MOST, UH THE COMPANIES THAT USE UH, LARGE HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN OUR CITIES MOST OFTEN TO GET THEM TO, YOU KNOW, UH, PUT
THESE THINGS ONTO THEIR VEHICLES. UH, WE ALSO HAVE CERTAIN ROADS WHERE HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ARE NOT PERMITTED BUT WE DON'T HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING MORE RESTRICTIVE?
THERE'S A COUPLE STREETS LIKE BEACON STREET AND A FEW OTHERS. WE CAN WE WE CAN USE THIS HEARING TO LOOK AT WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A MAP FOR, UH, A ROUTE FOR TRUCKS
TO OPERATE ON RATHER THAN LEAVING THESE TRUCKS TO SORT OF WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS BEEN ON A SMALL TIGHT STREET AND SEEN AN 18 WHEEL. TRUCK AND. >> WONDERED WHAT IS WHAT'S DOING THERE?
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS HEARING WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO WORK ON THAT, UH, AND IMPROVE SAFETY. UH, THE HEARING ORDER IS INTENDED TO BRING MEMBERS OF THE STREETS CABINET ADVOCATES THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TOGETHER TO REVIEW
CURRENT AND PROPOSED PROTECTIVE MEASURES REGARDING HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS IN THE CITY. UM, UH, SO WE CAN PREVENT UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, DEATHS, UH,
YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD. UM SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND WORKING ON THIS ISSUE BOTH HERE AND UH, IN THE STATE HOUSE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? THAT'S YOUR CULPEPER COUNCILOR.
DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. SURE. UM. TREASURER MURPHY. COUNCILOR HEFFERNAN CONSCIOUS. OF CONTROL MORALE. >> AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. UH. >> THANK YOU. DOCKET 154 TO BE REFERRED.
>> TO. THE. COMMITTEE ON. >> PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 1543 DUNCAN NUMBER 1543 COUNCILOR OFF OF THE FOLLOWING
ORDER FOR A HEARING ON TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OF BLOCK BIKE LANES AND CROSSWALKS. CHAIR RECOGNIZES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. CUSTOMER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOU AS A SECOND.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND CONVERSATIONS ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FROM THE WEST END TO MISSION HILL BLOCKED BIKE LANES AND CROSSWALKS HAVE BEEN A TOP CONCERN I HEAR FROM
MY CONSTITUENTS IT IS KIND OF MORE AND MORE LATELY AND I FIND I FOUND MYSELF STRUGGLING TO ENTER CROSSWALKS MYSELF ALONG CAMBRIDGE STREET AND ALONG TREMONT STREET IN MISSION
HEALTH UNDER STATE LAW AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON CROSSWALKS AND BIKE LANES ARE PROTECTED SPACES. PEDESTRIANS HAVE ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY AT A CROSSWALK, AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW FOR A CAR TO PULL INTO
A BOX WITHOUT ENOUGH SPACE ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHEN VEHICLES UNLAWFULLY OBSTRUCT BIKE LANES AND CROSSWALKS, THEY FORCE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS INTO ACTIVE TRAFFIC AND OUT OF PROTECTED VISIBLE SPACES,
JEOPARDIZING THEIR SAFETY. A LACK OF CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS PERPETUATED A CULTURE THAT EMPOWERS DRIVERS WHO DON'T FEEL ACCOUNTABLE ENOUGH FOR ADHERING TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD.
THIS IS PUTTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE ROAD USERS AT RISK ESPECIALLY ELDERS, FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS WHO USE ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. IT DETERS RESIDENTS FROM
WALKING OR BIKING ON OUR STREETS AND UNDERMINES TRUST IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS AND COMPROMISES THE SAFETY OF BENEFITS OF PROTECTED INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR RESIDENTS SAFETY MUST BE A
TOP PRIORITY AND WE NEED TO STOP DRIVERS FROM STOPPING AND PARKING AND BIKE LANES AND CROSSWALKS. CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT IS ESSENTIAL. TAKE A LOOK ON REDDIT AND YOU'LL SEE UH YOU'LL SEE
DRIVERS DRIVING AND BIKE LANES AND UM YOU'LL SEE CROSSWALKS COMPLETELY UH COVERED RIGHT. IT HAS ACTUALLY BECOME MY MOST RELIABLE UH, PART, YOU KNOW,
PART OF THE INTERNET FOR DETERMINING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT. AND, UH, CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT IS ESSENTIAL. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LOOK ON REDDIT TO KNOW WHERE THE ISSUES ARE. SO WE NEED THIS HEARING.
UM, WE NEED TO EXAMINE WHETHER EXISTING RESOURCES ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT AND IDENTIFY BARRIERS. WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT PAINT AS WELL. UM, AND THE ROLE THAT THAT CAN PLAY IN UM STOPPING DRIVER
BEHAVIOR. WE SHOULD ALSO EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS LIKE STATE BILL UH SENATE BILL 2344 AND HOUSE BILL 3754 WHICH WE
SUPPORTED AT THE LAST MEETING. CURB MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ALSO PLAY A ROLE AND WE SHOULD THINK HOLISTICALLY ABOUT HOW PUBLIC EDUCATION CAN PROMOTE ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW TO IMPROVE RESIDENT REPORTING
MECHANISMS TO CHANGE THESE PERVASIVE AND DANGEROUS NORMS IN BOSTON I'VE HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES, UM, TO IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS REALLY IS A DOWNTOWN ISSUE
. WHEN I WORKED ON 311 UH, IT'S OUR IT'S THE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS DISTRICT. IT'S COUNCILOR CLAUDE ZAPATA'S DISTRICT. IT'S COUNCILOR FLYNN'S DISTRICT. UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH,
TO TALKING ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY BLOCKING THE BOX. UM, AND I'M REALLY, UM I'M REALLY UPSET SOMETIMES TO SEE
HOW EMBOLDENED DRIVERS CAN BE TO, UH TO HURTING AND REALLY MAKING A DANGEROUS, UM, ENVIRONMENT FOR PEDESTRIANS. I JUST YESTERDAY UM, UH, CAR
LITERALLY TRIED TO BACK INTO ME AND I HAD TO SLAP THE CAR TO GET IT TO STOP BACKING UP. AND SO, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEDESTRIANS ARE PEDESTRIANS ARE KING IN
DISTRICT EIGHT AND THEY'RE KING IN OUR CITY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE PROTECTIONS UM, GETTING DRIVERS UM FROM STOPPING AND CROSSWALKS IS THE BARE MINIMUM. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN AND . THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. >> TO THIS DOCKET. UM. I THINK PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS A HUGE. ISSUE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY IN MY TIME IN THIS OFFICE WE'VE
HAD THREE FATALITIES OF. FOLKS CROSSING. BEEN KILLED ON A CROSSWALK AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF. UH, ELDERS IN. PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY WHILE CROSSING A CROSSWALK.
THEY SURVIVED. BUT THE WINNER, UH. OF A CAR. PASSING WHEN THEY WERE STILL ON THE CROSSWALK CLIPPED THEIR SHOULDER AND BROKE HER ARM. UH. >> ANOTHER UH, ELDER WAS HIT BY A TRUCK AND AS SHE GOT AWAY
WITH A BROKEN LEG. BUT, UH, IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE. THESE INCIDENTS LIKE WE ARE ALL WE NEED SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR ROAD USERS AND THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE FORWARD AND IT'S IT'S AND I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS SPOKEN ABOUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN HIS DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS OVER
HIS TIME, UH, AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN IN THIS SITUATION ARE. OUR ELDERS. UM. >> YOUNG FAMILIES AND FOLKS WITH DISABILITY AND MOBILITY PROBLEMS. SO. >> UM, I REALLY, UH, LOOK. FORWARD TO. >> THIS CONVERSATION.
GOING FORWARD. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR FOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY, COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR.
SANTANA, COUNSELOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR. WORRELL THANK YOU. DOCKET 1543 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,
DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 1544 DUNCAN NUMBER 1544 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE
OF BOSTON'S NIGHTTIME ECONOMY. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR . UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. CONTRA CULPEPER.
SO ADDED. AND I'D LIKE TO, REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES HAD COUNCILOR MORALES THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. AND SEEING AND HEARING NO. OBJECTIONS CONSIDER WHETHER IT'S ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY HEARING
THAT I WANTED TO HAVE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND I THINK THE WORLD CUP SORT OF GAVE IT UH, US MORE REASON TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. UM, THE WORLD CUP GAVE US A REAL LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO
LOOK AT HOW BOSTON FUNCTIONS LATER INTO THE EVENING HOW OUR RESTAURANTS, VENUES. CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC SPACES RESPOND WHEN THERE IS GREATER DEMAND FOR ACTIVITY AFTER TRADITIONAL BUSINESS HOURS.
WE OFTENTIMES IN THIS CHAMBER HEARD UH, THE JOY UH, OUTSIDE WHEN FOLKS WERE ENJOYING FAN FEST WHEN FOLKS WERE ASKING FOR MORE DAYS FOR FAN FEST UM, AND THE JOY THAT WAS BROUGHT BY ALL
THE DIASPORA GROUPS FROM MOROCCO, OUR HOMEGROWN DIASPORA AS OF CAPE VERDE, UM AND HAITI ARE OUR SCOTS AND THE TARTAN ARMY THERE WAS SO MUCH JOY, SO MUCH JUBILEE AND IF YOU TALK TO
OUR BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS UM THEY'RE VERY FEW IF ANY INCIDENTS UH, RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT CELEBRATING LATE INTO THE NIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY. SO MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION
THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING UM, IT HAS BEEN ABOUT LIQUOR LICENSING AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AND I'M AND I'M GLAD TO BE A PARTNER IN THAT WORK. THIS CONVERSATION IS BIGGER THAN JUST ABOUT ALCOHOL SERVICE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR
NIGHTTIME ECONOMY. A STRONG NIGHTTIME ECONOMY INCLUDES A LIVE MUSIC COMEDY THEATER, LATE NIGHT DINING, NIGHT MARKETS, MUSEUMS, UH, CULTURAL PROGRAMING, RECREATION AND. >> IT ALSO INCLUDES LARGER.
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRANSIT, UH SANITATION, ACCESSIBILITY AND WORKER PROTECTIONS IMPORTANT CITY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE A MANDATE TO NOT ONLY OVERSEE BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING WHERE WE WANT TO DO
UM, GOOD AND FUN THINGS IN OUR CITY. WE SHOULD BE ASKING WHAT WORKED, WHAT DID NOT WHAT LESSONS WE CAN CARRY FORWARD. THAT INCLUDES WHAT THE BOSTON SHOULD CONSIDER MORE TARGETED TARGETED TOOLS LIKE SPECIAL
EVENT LATE NIGHT LICENSING FOR MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS, INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST FESTIVALS, CONVENTIONS, HOLIDAYS, CONCERTS OR CULTURAL EVENTS. IT MEANS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ME, BOSTON AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT INTENTIONALLY GOING AFTER OPPORTUNITIES LARGE SCALE OPPORTUNITIES. THE GOAL IS NOT TO EXTEND HOURS EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT A MORE VIBRANT,
SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE CITY AFTER DARK ONE THAT SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ONE THAT UPLIFTS OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT OFTENTIMES HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING INTO THESE. UH. >> LARGE MARKETS. OUR BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES
ARE VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES. UM, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING AN INCLUSIVE CONVERSATION. THERE'S MORE THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO CHAMPION, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, EQUITABLE ACCESS
TO OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE WORLD CUP PROGRAM. THIS WILL BE A UH DURING WORLD CUP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FIGURING OUT HOW BOSTON CAN BUILD A NIGHTTIME ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO CORINNE REYNOLDS, UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF NIGHTTIME ECONOMY FOR ALL THAT SHE DOES FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. COUNTRY CULPEPER COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR INCLUDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS HEARING ORDER. ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS FROM THE WORLD CUP WAS SEEING WHAT BOSTON CAN BECOME.
PEOPLE FROM EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY FROM AROUND THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER AS RESTAURANTS, BARS AND SMALL BUSINESSES EXPERIENCED RECORD BREAKING
ACTIVITY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO BEER. AND WE SHOWCASE BOSTON AS A VIBRANT, WELCOMING, WORLD CLASS CITY. BUT WE SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE BENEFITS OF EVENTS
LIKE THE WORLD CUP SHOULDN'T BE CONFINED TO JUST A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS. EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY, CAMARADERIE, CULTURAL
VACANCY, VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THAT COME FROM HOSTING WORLD CLASS EVENTS. I BELIEVE BOSTON'S NIGHTTIME ECONOMY HAS TREMENDOUS UNTAPPED
POTENTIAL. THIS HEARING GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE WHAT WORKED DURING THE WORLD CUP, IDENTIFY THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICY CHANGES THAT COULD SUSTAIN THAT MOMENTUM AND
ENSURE THAT OUR NIGHTTIME ECONOMY GROWS IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS ALL RESIDENTS, WORKERS, BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION AND I THINK
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WHEREVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
INCLUDING ME ON THIS UM, HERE IN ORDER AND UH, SO THANK YOU TO, UH, CORINNE REYNOLDS FOR HER WORK AROUND NIGHTTIME. UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MY STATE HOUSE PARTNERS FOR CREATING MORE FLEXIBILITIES AND
LEEWAY AROUND LIQUOR LICENSE LAWS, UM, AND OTHER SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVES THAT WAS ABLE TO ROLL OUT AND I THINK NOW IS LIKE THE GREAT TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CAN WE BOOST OUR
NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY AS WE SEE A LOT OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSING THEIR DOORS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS? UH, STELLA'S UM DOWNTOWN AND THEN THE PEARL TEMPORARILY CLOSING UM, THEIR LOCATION IN
BRIGHTON. UH, THE SOLUTION ISN'T ALWAYS GOING TO BE LATE HOURS. UH, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF TOOLS WE CAN USE TO HELP OUT THESE RESTAURANTS. AND I DO WANT TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN WHAT A SOCIAL
DISTRICT IS. I THINK THAT, UH, WHETHER IT'S PERMITS ON STREETS FOR LIVE MUSIC, UH, WHETHER IT'S UH, CREATING UH, ART DECO DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT I KNOW IT'S MAKING SURE THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON IS TREATED AS A DESTINATION. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE CAN INVEST MORE INTO OUR NIGHTLIFE NIGHT
TIME ECONOMY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WORRELL. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN CONTRASTING COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN CONSCIOUS AND TOWN OF COUNCILOR WEBER AND.
PLEASE UP THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1544 WILL BE REFERRED. >> TO THE COMMITTEE ON. ARTS CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT. TOURISM AND. SPECIAL EVENTS. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET. 1545 DOC NUMBER 1545 COUNCIL WE'RE OFF WITH THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE A PILOT PROGRAM ALLOWING THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEPLOY NOISE
CAMERAS. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES. COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR. >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT . I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. >> SO ADDED. THANK YOU. UM, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER IN
THE MEETING AROUND THE AMOUNT OF EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS MY OFFICE RECEIVES WEEKLY AROUND NOISE COMPLAINTS. UH, DURING THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR MY OFFICE HAS HELD CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS WITH
THE ACLU, POLICE CAPTAINS IN MY DISTRICT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE NORTHEAST THAT ALREADY HAVE NOISE CAMERAS. CITIES LIKE NEW YORK AND
PROVIDENCE HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, AND NEWPORT IS ON ITS SECOND GENERATION OF NOISE CAMERAS. THESE CAMERAS ARE LIMITED IN THE DATA THEY COLLECT SO THEY AREN'T PRIVACY CONCERNS, BUT IT
HAS A NOISE METER AND CAN CAPTURE THE LICENSE PLATE OF CARS THAT TRIGGER THAT ISSUE . IT IS PORTABLE SO IF YOU KNOW WHERE STREET TAKEOVER MIGHT BE OR WHERE THERE'S OFTEN CARS WITH MODIFIED ENGINES THEN YOU
CAN POSITION THE TECHNOLOGY. THEN WE TALK ABOUT USING THE TECHNOLOGY FOR ROAD SAFETY ENFORCEMENT. AND I WAS PROUD TO INTRODUCE THAT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THAT AND AT THAT LAST
MEETING THIS IS TAKING THAT SAME PRINCIPLE OF AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY YIELDING SOME BETTER RESULTS. I KNOW THE BPD OFFICERS AND CAPTAINS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
I THINK HOLDING A HEARING TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER WOULD BE PRODUCTIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. BUILDING DIRECTLY ON MY
PREVIOUS COMMENTS REGARDING STREET TAKEOVERS, I AM PROUD TO JOIN COUNCILOR BURRELL AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS HEARING IN ORDER AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, DEFINING THE PENALTIES FOR
STREET TAKEOVERS IS A VITAL STEP FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. HOWEVER, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT STREET TAKEOVERS ARE THE VISIBLE ACUTE SYMPTOM OF A MUCH BROADER CHRONIC CONDITION NOISE
POLLUTION. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO JUST DISCUSS THESE LARGE SCALE EVENTS. WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE DAILY PERSISTENT EFFORTS THAT NOISE POLLUTION HAS ON THE HEALTH
OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR CITY. MOMENTS AGO I SPOKE ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT GAP THAT LEAVES OUR RESIDENTS FEELING FRUSTRATED. WE KNOW THAT THE BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS OPERATING BELOW ITS MANDATED STAFFING LEVELS, MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A MANUAL RESPONSE FOR EVERY PASSING VEHICLE WITH A MODIFIED MUFFLER.
IF WE WANT THE SYSTEMS WE CREATED TO WORK AS INTENDED, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE OUR AGENCIES WITH 21ST CENTURY TOOLS BY EXPLORING PILOT PROGRAM FOR
AUTOMATIC NOISE CAMERAS A MODEL SUCCESSIVELY IMPLEMENTED IN CITIES LIKE NEW YORK AND PROVIDENCE. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT, EQUITABLE ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT FURTHER
STRAINING OUR MANUAL ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES. THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD ALLOW THE CITY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PERSISTENT NOISE RATHER THAN SIMPLY DOCUMENTING THE
COMPLAINTS. ACCOUNTABILITY MEANS THAT THE RULES APPLY EVEN WHEN AN OFFICER IS NOT STANDING ON THE CORNER. BY EXPLORING THIS PILOT WE'RE
TAKING A PRACTICAL, CONCRETE STEP TO ENSURE THAT THE PEACE AND SAFETY WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT BECOMES A REALITY FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR. FRIEND. UH, COUNCILORS. MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN IT'S JUST IN TIME OF COUNCIL.
WEBER AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. UM. THANK YOU. DOCKET ONE FIVE, 4 OR 5 WILL BE REFERRED. >> TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1546.
TALKING NUMBER 1546 COUNCIL FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON TO FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME AND HOMICIDE.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD. COUNCILOR CULPEPER CULPEPER AS AN ORIGINAL. CO-SPONSOR A.
COUNCILOR CULPEPER SO ADDED. MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCIL MORELLA AS WELL. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS TONS OF WATER WAS ADDED. AS A THIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MADAM CHAIR I. THIS ONE THIS. THIS HEARING ORDER. IS IMPORTANT BUT I ALSO AM
DOING IT ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILIES THAT SUFFERED. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE LOSSES, SURVIVORS OF CRIME AND THEIR
FAMILIES. DESERVE AND RESPECT. DESERVING TO BE HEARD. >> AND 87 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS BEATEN STRANGLED. HER NAME WAS MAUD HINES.
SHE WAS. SHE WAS KILLED BY. A PERSON BY THE AUSTIN DEAUVILLE.
WHO WENT TO PRISON AND THEN WAS THEN WAS OUT WAS OUT ON PAROLE. BUT WHEN WHEN HE WAS OUT AND PAROLE THE FAMILY. OF THE. >> MURDERED THE FAMILY OF UM
MISS HINES UM WAS NOT NOTIFIED PROPERLY. DELVAL HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF. FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. AND HE WAS SENTENCED TO SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT
PAROLE. FIRST-DEGREE MURDER TYPICALLY CARRIES A SENTENCE OF LIFE WITH NO PAROLE. HOWEVER, IN JANUARY 2024, IN
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT CASE COMMONWEALTH FOR. US MATTERS, THE COURT RULED THAT EMERGING. ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES COVID 19 AND 20 AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENSE CANNOT BE
SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. THIS GRANTED MORE THAN. 200 INMATES IN MASSACHUSETTS ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE. DOWELL BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR.
PAROLE FOLLOWING THE 2020 FORT COURT RULING AFTER SERVING ABOUT 25. >> YEARS IN PRISON. MRS. HINDS FAMILY WAS NOT ALERTED. AS I MENTIONED OF THIS AND WAS
NOT ASKED TO BE PRESENT TO PROVIDE A VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT. DELVAL WAS GRANTED PAROLE. WITH THE. PAROLE BOARD CLAIMING HE HAD
ACCEPTED FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS AND BENEFITED FROM PROGRAMING. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT MRS. HINDS MAUD HINDS IS FAMILY MUST HAVE
FELT FINDING OUT FROM A NEWSPAPER THAT THE PERPETRATOR OF THIS VIOLENT CRIME WAS GRANTED PAROLE AND THAT THEY
DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS TO THE PAROLE BOARD PAROLE BOARD HOW THIS TRAGIC EVENT HAS AFFECTED THEM. BUT I. >> BUT I DO KNOW HOW THEY FELT
BECAUSE I'M FRIENDS WITH ONE OF THE RELATIVES THAT'S HERE RIGHT NOW. MY FRIENDSHIP AND I'M FORWARDING THIS HEARING ORDER
ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY. BUT I BELIEVE IT IS CRITICAL THAT OFFICIALS COMMUNICATE WITH THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS PRIOR TO SCHEDULING A PAROLE HEARING IN PUBLIC RELEASE, STATE
FAMILIES OF VICTIMS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE PRESENT, TO OFFER TESTIMONY TO PURSUE JUSTICE FOR THEIR LOVED ONE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR. RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN
FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN FILING THIS HEARING ORDER TO EXAMINE THE SERVICES OF THIS THAT THE CITY PROVIDES TO THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES AND HOMICIDES.
I'M HONORED TO STAND ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A CO-SPONSOR BECAUSE AS WE ARE REMINDED BY THE TRAGIC CASE OF MAUDE HINES, OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE A CITY
THAT STANDS BY THEM NOT JUST IN AN IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF A CRIME BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE. WE KNOW THAT THE TRAUMA OF VIOLENT CRIME DOES NOT END WITH A COURT DATE.
IT IS A LIFELONG JOURNEY AND OUR CITY'S ROLE MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A BRIDGE OF SUPPORT, NOT A WALL OF SILENCE. THIS ORDER IS ABOUT MITIGATING THE ISOLATION THAT FAMILIES
FEEL DURING PAROLE AND RELEASE PROCEEDINGS. THE HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AUDIT OUR CURRENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY ARE
NO LONGER BLINDSIDED BY THE LEGAL PROCESS. WE AREN'T JUST ASKING FOR BETTER PAPERWORK. WE'RE ASKING FOR A SYSTEM THAT CENTERS HUMAN DIGNITY. EVERY RESIDENT IN BOSTON,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, DESERVES A CITY GOVERNMENT THAT IS PROACTIVE IN ITS COMPASSION. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TO ENSURE
OUR VICTIM SERVICES ARE AS ROBUST AND RELIABLE AS OUR RESIDENTS NEED THEM TO BE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE WELCOME STRAIGHT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS FOR ADDING ME AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO EXAMINE THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
SERVICES PROVIDED TO FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME AND HOMICIDES. UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING TO HEAR FROM THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND THE CHURN TEAM.
UM, AND I, UH, DOCTOR ISAAC JABLOW ON THE ON THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE CRITICAL. UM, IN THE TIME WHEN FAMILIES ARE GOING TO SOMETHING SO TRAUMATIC. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILORS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING.
THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNTRY DURKAN CULTURAL FITZGERALD COUNCIL DIVISION COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNTRY SANTANA. WEBER. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU.
>> DOCKET 1546. >> WILL. BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE. >> ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 1547 DOC NUMBER 1547 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE
FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO STUDY A WAIVER FROM THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND ALLOW FOR TRANSFERS FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.
COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER IN LIGHT OF RECENT VIOLENCE IN IOWA CITY AND THE DIFFICULTY BOSTON
POLICE FACE WITH MAINTAINING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR SWORN OFFICERS IN OUR CITY IN JULY 1980 THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL
CODE CODE MANDATE ESTABLISHED A MINIMUM OF 2500 SWORN OFFICERS . IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, BOSTON POLICE REPORTED 2100 SWORN OFFICERS.
HOWEVER, IN JULY THE BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION STATED THEY ARE DOWN ROUGHLY 600 OFFICERS. BOSTON POLICE HAVE WORK MORE THAN 16 HOURS.
A DAY. FOR YEARS DISREGARDING PHYSICAL AND AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AS WELL AS THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES. OUR STAFFING LEVEL SHORTAGE
INCREASE INCREASES AND TRANSFERS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS. VOLUNTARY RETIREMENTS RESIGNATIONS HAVE RESULTED IN THIS MANDATORY OVERTIME.
THIS RESULTS IN BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL BURNOUT IN OUR POLICE OFFICES, POTENTIALLY DIMINISHING THEIR ABILITY TO MAINE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS AS WELL AS
THEMSELVES. BOSTON POLICE NEED A CONSTANT AND CONSISTENT INFLUX OF RECRUITS TO REPLACE RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS TO HELP PREVENT
SHORTAGES. WAIVING THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT COULD POTENTIALLY AID THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS. CURRENT POLICIES REQUIRE BOSTON RESIDENTS FOR A BOSTON
RESIDENCY FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM . IT IS CRITICAL TO EXAMINE WHETHER THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT IS NOW IMPACTING THE ABILITY OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT
OUR CITY. OVER THE WEEKEND NINE PEOPLE WERE SHOT. TWO DECEASED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, ONE PERSON WAS SHOT IN
THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT FRIDAY NIGHT IN DORCHESTER TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT. NON-FATAL INJURIES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, BOSTON POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A
PERSON SHOT IN EAST BOSTON. THE VICTIM DIED. MONDAY MORNING. GUNFIGHT GUNFIRE BROKE OUT IN
HYDE PARK. SEVERAL SHOOTINGS, STABBINGS AND ASSAULTS IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON CHINATOWN BOSTON COMMON. RESIDENTS DON'T FEEL RELIEVED
WHEN THEY HEAR THAT THESE ARE ISOLATED INCIDENTS. NOW WITH ALL THE VIOLENCE AND SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE SINCE
HAPPENED, WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE CRITICAL LEADERSHIP NEEDED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO NOT ONLY
TAKE THE EXAM TO SUPPORT THEM. FACTOR IN RESIDENCY BUT I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF POLICE OFFICERS
WE HAVE IN THE CITY. DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE POLICE OFFICERS ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM.
WHEN A POLICE OFFICER IS WORKING 15 STRAIGHT HOURS A 16 HOURS HE OR SHE IS NOT ON TOP OF THEIR GAME AND WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
THEY WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED AT CITY HALL BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE SUPPORT AT CITY HALL FOR POLICE OFFICERS. IT'S ALSO ABOUT RESPECTING POLICE OFFICERS IN THEIR FAMILY
. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HUDSON
MURPHY. DOCKET. UH. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1547 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET? UH, 1548. DOCKET NUMBER 1548 COUNCIL OF PLANNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ALLOWING RETIRED POLICE
OFFICERS THE. OPPORTUNITY TO WORK PAY DETAILS . CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. FRIEND. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE HEARING ORDER I JUST DISCUSSED BUT THIS
THIS RESOLUTION. MADAM CHAIR, UM IS IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. IT WOULD ALLOW RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK PAY PAY DETAILS. I HIGHLIGHTED THE LONGSTANDING ISSUES OF STAFFING OVERSTRETCHED RESOURCE RESOURCES, MANDATORY OVERTIME RETIREMENTS.
IN 2015, THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE LEGISLATURE ENACTED CHAPTER 124 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS AS SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON. THIS ACT AUTHORIZES THE POLICE COMMISSIONER TO APPOINT RETIRED BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS AS SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE
SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF POLICE DETAILS AND DUTIES ARISING FROM POLICE DETAIL WORK. THIS ACT GRANTS THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SOLE DISCRETION TO
APPOINT QUALIFIED RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS FOR ONE YEAR TERMS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL RENEWAL AUTHORIZES THE POLICE COMMISSIONER TO ESTABLISH
QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, MEDICAL STANDARDS DEPARTMENT POLICIES GOVERNING SUCH APPOINTMENTS UTILIZING THE COMMISSIONER'S ABILITY TO
APPOINT RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS AS SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS COULD RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE ALREADY STRAINED BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UTILIZING THE AUTHORITY GRANTED UNDER CHAPTER 124 MAKES USE OF EXPERIENCED POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
TRAFFIC PATTERNS DEPART DEPARTMENT PROCEDURES INCREASING THE AVAILABLE POOL OF OFFICERS FOR DETAILED WORK HELPS ENSURE THAT ASSIGNMENTS
ARE FILLED AND DO NOT AFFECT PATROL OPERATIONS. MADAM. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS A COMMON SENSE PROPOSAL RESOLUTION. I'M ASKING MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR RECOGNIZES MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR PUTTING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION. I DO JUST WANT TO ADD
COUNCIL FLYNN REFERENCED THE STATE RULES THAT IT ALREADY ALLOWS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN BUT IN THE LAST CONTRACT IT WAS COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN. SO THE POWER IS ALREADY THERE
AN AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE POLICE UNION AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER. IT'S ON HIS DESK. SO I AM HOPING THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL HELP URGE HIM TO START IMPLEMENTING THE POWER
WE ALREADY HAVE TO LET OUR RETIRED WELL TRAINED LIKE WE ALWAYS SAY WE JUST CAME OFF OF TWO NIGHTS OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WHICH WAS A. WONDERFUL TIME. I ALWAYS ENJOY THIS TIME WHEN
WE ARE THANKING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR SHOWING UP IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THEY'RE STRETCHED THIN AND WORKING HARD SO IF THIS CAN RELIEVE THAT IN ANY WAY I AM IN
SUPPORT OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER CARTER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS RESOLUTION. FIRST IT'S IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO CREATE A NEW AUTHORITY. THAT AUTHORITY ALREADY EXISTS UNDER STATE LAW. SINCE 2015, THE BOSTON POLICE
COMMISSIONER HAS HAD THE DISCRETION TO APPOINT RETIRED BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS AS SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS TO PERFORM PAY DETAIL. THIS RESOLUTION SIMPLY URGES
THE COMMISSIONER TO MAKE GREATER USE OF THAT AUTHORITY. I THINK THERE'S A COMPELLING CASE FOR DOING SO. RETIRED BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
THEY KNOW OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR STREETS AND THE EXPECTATIONS THAT COME WITH POLICING IN BOSTON. ALLOWING INEXPERIENCE, ALLOWING EXPERIENCED OFFICERS TO WORK
PAY DETAILS CAN HELP RELIEVE PRESSURE ON OUR ACTIVE OFFICERS WHILE ENSURING THOSE ASSIGNMENTS ARE STAFFED BY PEOPLE AND OFFICERS WHO ALREADY KNOW THIS CITY.
THAT SAID, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. RETIREMENT CAN MEAN SOMEONE LEFT THE DEPARTMENT ONE YEAR ONE YEAR AGO OR 15 YEARS AGO.
POLICING INVOLVES POLICING CHANGES, TECHNOLOGY CHANGES. TRAINING EVOLVES BEFORE SOMEONE RETURNS IN ANY CAPACITY. I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ASK
WHAT LEVEL OF RECERTIFICATION REFRESHER TRAINING, MEDICAL EVALUATION OR ONBOARDING SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ENSURE EVERY RETIRED OFFICER IS REQUIRED TO MEET TODAY'S STANDARDS.
FORTUNATELY, AS COUNCILOR MURPHY SAID, STATE LAW ALREADY GIVES A POLICE OFFICER, THE COMMISSIONER THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS, MEDICAL STANDARDS AND DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES FOR THESE APPOINTMENTS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT IT ALREADY BE EXERCISED THOUGHTFULLY SO WE MAINTAIN THE HIGH STANDARDS.
OUR RESIDENT EXPERT. FOR THESE REASONS I WILL BE VOTING YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM. >> I'M RISING BECAUSE WE WERE
ON THIS BODY. I WAS ON THIS BODY WHEN WE TALKED IN GREAT DETAIL ABOUT DEVELOPING A CIVILIAN FLAGGER PROGRAM SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY UPHELD ESPECIALLY BY COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY
ADVOCATES AND BY COMMUNITY LEADERS TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THESE DETAILS MANY OF THEM WERE GOING UNFULFILLED. UH, COULD ALSO BE CIVILIAN EYES AND WE'VE SEEN IN THE PROCESS THAT THE WHOLE UH CIVILIAN
FLAGGER PROGRAM HAS HAD A REALLY UH, LATE DELAYED START AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT TAKE OFF IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD WANT THAT I PERSON WOULD WANT IT TO THAT THIS COUNCIL VOTED AND SUPPORTED.
SO I WOULD NEED TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT WHAT COMMUNITY ADVOCATES CAME IN THIS CHAMBERS AND REALLY MADE CLEAR IS A DESIRE TO DEVELOP THE CIVILIAN FLAGGER PROGRAM.
AND SO UM I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. I KNOW THAT WE STARTED HAVING IT BUT CONTINUING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UM, SO THAT WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO THE DETRIMENT OF WHAT COMMUNITY CAME HERE AND ASKED US FOR IN
MANY OF THE WE HAD HEARINGS IN ROXBURY, READ HEARINGS ALL ACROSS THE CITY ON THIS VERY TOPIC AND SO I WANT MORE INFORMATION I NOT PREPARED TO VOTE YES OR NO. IT IS A RESOLUTION THAT OFTEN
BINDS YOU. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. SO I'LL BE VOTING PRESENT ON THIS RESOLUTION. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY IS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TIERED SYSTEM WHERE IT
STARTS WITH WITH STOPS WITH POLICE OFFICERS, THEN OTHER LOCAL POLICE AND THEN TO CIVILIANS AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT ACTUALLY EVEN DEVELOP OUT. I WANT MORE INFORMATION AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE OWE IT TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FLYNN. UM ANYONE ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHAT? LET ME JUST SPEAK ON THIS, OKAY ? COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> MADAM CHAIR, UM, I FEEL TO MENTION I DID WANT TO ASK UM,
ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNTRY MURPHY SO ADDED UM. BUT MADAM CHAIR, THIS THIS RESOLUTION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE CIVILIAN FLAG OR THIS
RESOLUTION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE CIVILIAN FLAG ISSUE. IT'S TOTAL IT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE. THIS RESOLUTION WOULD SUPPORT ALLOWING RETIRED POLICE
OFFICERS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT TO COME BACK TO THE CITY TO PROVIDE THE CRITICAL UM SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT AROUND DETAILS. YES. WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT CIVILIAN UM FLAGGERS BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION . THIS IS SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. UM SO I WANT US TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON BRINGING BACK POLICE
OFFICERS THAT RETIRED FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP THAT'S NECESSARY.
AND I DO WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE UH, RESPECTFULLY TO VOTE YES AND NOT TO VOTE PRESENT BECAUSE THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
ISSUE IN TERMS OF UM, CIVILIAN FLAG BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET IT CONFUSED AND MIXED UP ON PEOPLE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, AND ALSO TO UH, COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE POINT UH, THREE YEARS AGO OUR CITY MADE A HISTORIC AGREEMENT AND IN THAT
IN THAT DEAL, UH, THE CITY WILL BEGAN A DETAILED SYSTEM WITH DIFFERENT TIERS OF WORK WORKERS STAFFING THOSE DETAILS. IT CREATED A SECOND TIER OF RETIRED OFFICERS AND
UNIVERSITY POLICE OFF THE UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS A THIRD TIER OF CIVILIAN FLAGGERS WHO HAVE BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED AND CERTIFIED. UH, WE HAVE ARE NEARLY THREE
YEARS LATER UM AND THIS DETAIL SYSTEM IS STILL NOT UP AND RUNNING. UM HOWEVER I DO BELIEVE BECAUSE OF UM THAT CITY POLICY IN THE STATE LAW TO ME THIS IS AN EASY RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT BECAUSE
IT'S ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THE CITY'S POLICY AND WE HAVE SEEN NO RESULTS ON ONE OF THE MAJOR AGREEMENTS OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT WAS PASSED YEARS AGO.
UH, I LIKE TO ADD THAT THE CITY GETS A CUT OF ALL THESE DETAILS SO WE ARE LEAVING EXTRA REVENUE ON THE TABLE. UH, SO I THINK AGAIN COUNCIL THANK FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WORRELL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DRUNKEN COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. UM, I. I DISAGREE THAT THIS IS A DIFFERENT.
CONVERSATION THAN THE, UH, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT WAS PASSED. UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS, UM, RESOLUTION, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT, UM,
IS DEFINITELY TIED UM, TOGETHER AND I ACTUALLY THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST VOTES ON THE CITY COUNCIL WAS THAT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT CREATED A TYPE ONE AND A TYPE TWO DETAIL. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOT
OF EVENTS IN MY DISTRICT OVER 5000 PEOPLE UM, I THINK THAT THAT WAS UH AN IMPORTANT STEP UM, SEPARATING OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT DETAILS UM, FROM FROM TYPE TWO DETAILS UM, AND
CREATING UH MECHANISM. UM UM BUT WE HAVE NOT MOVED ON CREATING THAT MECHANISM FOR TYPE TWO DETAILS AND FOR UH CIVILIAN PARTICIPATION.
UM AND SO BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF RETIRED OFFICERS UM FILLING DETAILS AND SO WITH US AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THE RESOLUTION IS. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT BUT I I THINK THESE ARE
DEFINITELY INTERTWINED AND DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. AND I WOULD LIKE MY VOICE IN THIS TO BE THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS REALIZED.
SO I'M VOTING YES WITH THAT ASTERIX THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO LOOK AT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT UM SO THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING US BACK TO THAT MOMENT. UM SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. UM, COUNCIL MURPHY YOU WERE ADDED AS A SECOND. DID YOU HAVE. COUNCILORS FLYNN AND MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1548. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE AND DOCKET 1548. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES.
COUNCIL. BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER . COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. >> DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. VISTO. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. THIN.
YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PRESENT COUNCILOR. MEJIA. PRESENT. COUNCILOR. MEJIA PRESENT. COUNCILOR. MURPHY.
COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES, COUNCILOR. PEN. COUNCILOR. THE PEN. YES, COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCILOR WITH THE PRESENT COUNCILOR. WORLD.
YES, COUNSELOR. OH, YES. NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE PRESENT. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1548 HAS BEEN ADOPTED .
MR. CLERK, COULD YOU BRIEFLY DOCKET 1549. DUCKY NUMBER 1549 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF WAIVING THE RESIDENCY
REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW FOR TRANSFERS FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO THE BOSTON POLICE. DEPARTMENT CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF WAIVING THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND ALLOWING FOR TRANSFER TRANSFER FROM OTHER CITIES OR TOWNS TO THE BOSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT. I HIGHLIGHTED HOW UNDERSTAFFED WE ARE AT BOSTON POLICE AGAIN I'LL MENTION THIS AGAIN SINCE 1980 THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL
CODE MANDATE ESTABLISHED A MINIMUM OF 2500 SWORN OFFICERS . WE HAVE A STAFFING SHORTAGE WITH BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS
CONSISTENTLY WORK 16 HOURS A DAY SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK. BURNOUT MAY POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN
PUBLIC SAFETY. WE NEED HUNDREDS OF RECRUITS DUE TO RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS. WAIVING THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT COULD POTENTIALLY
AID THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS. BOSTON RESIDENCY IS REQUIRED FOR ONE YEAR PRIOR TO A CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.
BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE CURRENTLY SERVING AS POLICE OFFICERS IN OTHER CITIES AND
TOWNS AND GIVING. THOSE POLICE OFFICERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THEIR OWN CITY OR TOWN BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO TRY
TO COME TO BOSTON SEARCHING OF SEARCHING TO TO BUY A HOUSE OR TO RENT AND AND TO CONTINUE WORKING.
IN MY OPINION ESPECIALLY DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE IT EASIER TO RECRUIT POLICE OFFICERS IN BOSTON.
PART OF THE SOLUTION AS WELL IS RETENTION. THOSE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT I THINK I PROBABLY SPOKE TO I
DON'T KNOW, 4050 OF THEM OVER THE LAST TWO NIGHTS. DURING UM DURING UH CRIMEWATCH UM NATIONAL NIGHT OUT RELATED EVENTS. AND MANY OF THEM CONTINUE TO
TELL ME THAT THEY CONSISTENTLY WORK 16 HOURS A DAY. ONE PERSON THE OTHER DAY MISSED HIS DAUGHTER'S UM, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
HIS WIFE WAS WORKING. ANOTHER OFFICER TOLD ME HE HAD A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT THAT HE NEEDED TO GO TO, BUT HE HE WANTED TO DO THE SHIFT BECAUSE
HE WAS NEEDED. AND HE NEEDED TO BE THERE FOR HIS COLLEAGUES. IT'S IT'S PUTTING AND MAY JUST STRAIN ON MARRIAGES.
IT'S PUTTING A MAJOR STRAIN ON CHILDREN. IT'S HAVING AN IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY. WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COMPASSION AND SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY
DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES AND OUR CITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO. THANK COUNCILOR. >> FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS TO
THE CHAMBER TODAY. I, UM, WANT TO START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT RECENT DAYS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN AN UPTICK IN VIOLENCE AND ONE OF THEM IMPACTING MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY.
UM, IT'S NOT BEEN EASY. I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH OFFICERS AT 18 B3 E5 ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY. I JUST WANT TO JUST. WANT TO THANK.
THE CAPTAINS AND THE OFFICER AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS. UH, WHEN THIS WHEN I SAW THAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS FILED I
IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE UNION AND I SAID I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THIS BECAUSE ONE OF THE MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT I ENJOY ABOUT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE OFFICERS ARE FROM BOSTON IT'S IT'S
REALLY FOR ME IT'S REALLY COOL WHEN I GET TO SEE A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE WEARING THE UNIFORM HELPING OUT IN THE STREETS AND DIRECTING TRAFFIC AND REPORTING TO DUTY AND UM, I
KNOW THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE STREETS. THEY KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS. THEY LIVE IN OUR DISTRICT. UM. AND I THINK THAT'S A HUGE. ADVANTAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY POLICING.
BUT I AM GRATEFUL THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN, UM, PARTNER THIS WITH A HEARING ORDER AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A PLACE WHERE I'M GOING TO ASK A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW CAN THIS IMPACT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I DO WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT POLICE OFFICERS THE ONES I SPEAK TO AT LEAST DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT THEY WORK. BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE A VERY GOOD TOOLBOX AT THE BOSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A CADET PROGRAM. UM, I WAS JUST SPEAKING WITH A LOT OF THEM DURING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THAT THEY WERE ALL FROM BOSTON. THEY GREW UP HERE OR THEY MOVED
HERE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND THEY WERE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVE ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO TODAY I WILL BE VOTING PRESENT ON THIS RESOLUTION AND I'M GOING TO ASK MY QUESTIONS AT THE HEARING BECAUSE I THINK
THAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALL MEASURES. BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS AT THE MOMENT. SO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND. UM. >> I APPRECIATE IT MY COLLEAGUE . UH, FOR. BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION, UH,
TO THE COUNCIL. AND HAVING GROWN UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE DIVERSITY. AND HAVE REPRESENTATION.
AND I THINK, UM, WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THE INTENT BEHIND HAVING MORE OFFICERS AND REDUCING THE BARRIERS, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH A
RESOLUTION THAT, UM, PREVENTS US FROM HAVING A MORE DIVERSE WORKFORCE. WE ALREADY HAVE ISSUES AS IT IS WITHIN THAT WORKFORCE AND I
THINK THAT, UH, IF IF ANYTHING WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS WORKING ON STRENGTHENING OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. UM. >> WORKING WITH OUR BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS. >> WORKING WITH OUR NONPROFIT
PARTNERS AND WORKING WITH OTHER FOLKS WHO DEEPLY CARE ABOUT WORKFORCE. DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPING PIPELINES THAT INCREASE DIVERSITY AND THEREFORE THE WAY
OUR OFFICERS INTERACT WITH OUR COMMUNITY WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THERE BE MORE CULTURAL COMPETENCY IN THAT AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF RACE BUT. ALSO BECAUSE YOU LIVE HERE IN
THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WHEN YOU LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ,THAT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW UP AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT ABILITY TO ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WHO.
>> ARE. FROM BOSTON. SO I THINK UM, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE INTENT, THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF CONVERSATION THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE HAVING.
WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON IN THIS MOMENT IS THE. THE RESIDUE OF THE TRAUMA THAT SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE CARRYING NOW AS A RESULT OF THE
VIOLENCE AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT AND IF THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S JUST POLITICS. THANK YOU COMES FROM HERE. CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING THAT I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT EVERY DAY THEY ANSWERED THE CALL TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OFTEN UNDER INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. AND WITHOUT A DOUBT
COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS BEEN ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FIERCE HIS SUPPORTERS. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE STAFFING THIS SHORTAGE FACING THE DEPARTMENT IS REAL.
IT PLACES AN ANALOGOUS BURDEN ON THE OFFICERS WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE, RESULTING IN MANDATORY OVERTIME AND BURNOUT. THIS IS A CHALLENGE WE CANNOT
IGNORE BUT AFTER GIVING THIS RESOLUTION CAREFUL THOUGHT I CANNOT SUPPORT IT IF WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE FINEST DEPARTMENTS IN THE WORLD WITH
WORLD TRAINING, HIGH STANDARDS AND A CULTURE OF PROFESSIONALISM, THEN WE SHOULD EXPECT EVERY OFFICER WHO WEARS THIS BADGE TO MEET THOSE SAME STANDARDS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
CONSISTENCY MATTERS. WE WORK TOO HARD TO BUILD PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THIS DEPARTMENT TO LOWER OUR EXPECTATIONS DOWN. TO ME THIS RESOLUTION ADDRESSES
A SYMPTOM AND NOT THE DISEASE. THE REAL QUESTION IS HOW WE MAKE IT EASIER TO FILL VACANCIES. THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY FEWER PEOPLE ARE TRULY POLICING AS A
CAREER, WHY OFFICERS ARE LEAVING AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO RECRUIT, RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SERVANTS? THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS WE
SHOULD BE DIAGNOSING. THESE ARE THE INVESTMENTS WE SHOULD BE MAKING WHETHER THAT MEANS MODERNIZING RECRUITMENT, IMPROVING INCENTIVES, EXPANDING
COMMUNITY BASED RECRUITING RECRUITING. LET ME JUST SAY THAT AGAIN WHETHER THAT MEANS MODERNIZING RECRUITMENT, IMPROVING
INCENTIVES, EXPANDING COMMUNITY BASED RECRUITING OR CREATING STRONGER PATHWAYS INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT WE ARE IT BOTH OUR OFFICER AND OUR RESIDENTS TO
SOLVE THE UNDERLYING CHALLENGE INSTEAD OF APPLYING WHAT I BELIEVE IS A TEMPORARY BAND-AID FOR THESE REASONS, MADAM PRESIDENT, I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER, THE
CHAIR IN ORDER OF I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP COUNCILOR MURPHY ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING UP WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST
CONVERSATIONS BUT PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO HAVE. I WISH THAT WE COULD ALWAYS MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR CITY JOBS
ARE FILLED BY CITY KIDS CITY RESIDENTS. I SAY IT ALL THE TIME I'M A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE RESIDENCY LAWS. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET KIDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO WANT THIS PATH, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE STATE WE ARE IN TODAY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO.
TEN YEARS AGO THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE LIST TO TRY TO GET ON TO THE BOSTON POLICE. IT WAS VERY COMPETITIVE. IT WAS MORE COMPETITIVE THAN TRYING TO GET ON THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. BUT NOW WE'RE FUNDING CLASSES IN THE ACADEMY OVER 200 AND WE'RE LUCKY IF WE GET 120. SO WE HAVE MORE MONEY THAN
WE'RE ABLE TO FILL SPOTS TO TRY TO FILL THE GAP THAT WE'RE SEEING. AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN ISN'T JUST PUTTING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION.
I THINK A LOT OF HIS ADVOCACY THESE PAST NINE YEARS ON THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN AROUND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS NEEDED TO DO THEIR JOB.
SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ALSO BE WITH MORE OF A CONVERSATION. AND AS WE KNOW RESOLUTIONS AREN'T BINDING. BUT I DO THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO SOUND THE ALARM. WE DID IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
WHEN CLOSE TO HALF OF OUR SWIMMING POOLS WERE CLOSED IN THE SUMMER AND NOT BECAUSE OF MAINTENANCE. MANY OF THEM WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF LIFEGUARDING AND WE HAD TO CHANGE THE RULE AND NOW RESIDENCY WAS STRIPPED AND
THINGS WERE CHANGED ABOUT CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING HARD TO FILL. SO WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THIS HARD CONVERSATION. THERE'S NO EASY FIX HERE BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT
BECAUSE IT IS HURTING THE CURRENT OFFICERS THERE AND WE HAVE TO I ALSO BELIEVE THAT AS THIS BODY AND THIS CITY NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB SUPPORTING OUR OFFICERS, THE MORALE IS
REALLY LOW AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS MANY KIDS DON'T SEE THIS AS A PATH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. UM, I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED
TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT RESIDENCY AND ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TEAM THAT ARE MAKING UNDER $50,000 AND EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY.
SO NOT TO DISTRACT FROM THIS CONVERSATION BUT I THINK UM I JUST WANT TO SAY I BELIEVE THAT THE UM THAT THE SPONSOR OF THIS HEART IS ABSOLUTELY IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND I THANK HIM FOR
HIS LEADERSHIP. UM, I AM I THINK ON THIS ISSUE IN PARTICULAR I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THESE LATERAL TRANSFERS HAVE SERVED FOR OVER
TEN YEARS LIKE AND WHEN SOME OF THE DETAILS REGARDING ALLOWING LATERAL TRANSFERS I THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY A RESPONSE TO AN ACTUAL PROBLEM WHICH IS THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS
THAT ARE ABLE TO LATERALLY TRANSFER TO OTHER CITY TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS VERY EASILY AND SO WE ARE LOSING RIGHT NOW A LOT OF OFFICERS TO OTHER UM POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
SO UNDERSTANDING WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THIS PROPOSAL, BUT IT'S NOT ONE THAT I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT TODAY WITHOUT GETTING UM QUESTIONS ANSWERED. AND I DO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A
CONVERSATION. UM, IF YOU TALK TO EVERY UNION THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY OF BOSTON, YOU WILL GET A DIFFERENT ANSWER ON RESIDENCY FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE. SO WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH LABOR AT
THE TABLE AS WELL AS OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND REALIZING THAT THERE ARE EVEN LOWER PAID WORKERS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO FIND RESIDENCY WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I CAN'T VOTE YES ON THIS
RESOLUTION WITHOUT REALLY NAVIGATING THE INTRICACIES OF OF THINKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND UM, SO I'M GRATEFUL TO THE SPONSOR FOR THIS BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO
TODAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION REGARDING THIS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR AND CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M I'M THE, UH THE THE COUNCIL'S UH.
DESIGNEE ON THE RESIDENCY COMPLIANCE COMMISSION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS RAISES IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, UH, PROBLEMS THAT WE
NEED TO WORK ON. UH, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WHERE PEOPLE WE CAN'T FILL POSITIONS WITH FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE. MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, LOOK OUTSIDE THE CITY.
UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS. THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THE THE THE POSITIONS THAT I WOULD BE
LEAST LIKELY TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT. I WANT OUR BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS TO LIVE AND WANT TO LIVE AND WORK HERE AND RAISE THEIR KIDS HERE. UM. PLUS. >> YOU KNOW, WE WE HAD A
HEARING WITH BPD ON STAFFING. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND UH I ASKED UH, BPD IF THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, POOL OF OF UH POLICE OFFICERS IN OTHER TOWNS WHO
WANTED TO WORK HERE AND I REMEMBER THE ANSWER BEING NO, I THINK THE STAFFING IS AN ISSUE ACROSS YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE WHOLE COUNTRY ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. SO UM, YOU KNOW, I CONTINUE TO
BELIEVE IN THE PRINCIPLE THAT WE WANT OUR OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO TO TO LIVE HERE IN THE CITY. SO YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE REASONS I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN
COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS MY COLLEAGUES MADE AND I DON'T
I DON'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY. I PROBABLY PROVIDED 7 OR 8 RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO HIRING UH, MORE
POLICE OFFICERS RETENTION, RECRUITING I'M DOING EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE IN A CRISIS WHEN SOMEONE IS WORKING 16 HOURS A DAY
CONSISTENTLY. I NEED TO RESPOND AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE ADDRESS THAT. WE JUST CAN'T ACCEPT THE STATUS QUO ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
CITY. IF WE'RE VOTING AGAINST THIS, COME UP WITH A COUPLE PROPOSALS ON HOW WE GET MORE POLICE OFFICERS IN. >> THE. CITY OF BOSTON. JUST DON'T SHUT IT DOWN AND SAY NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
COME UP WITH YOUR OWN PROPOSALS . I CAME UP WITH 7 OR 8 PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED THAT ARE BEING FACTORED IN INTO THE DISCUSSION, BUT WHEN POLICE
OFFICERS CAN'T GO HOME AFTER THEIR SHIFT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WORK 16 HOURS AND THEN WHEN THAT POLICE OFFICER IS ON IN THEIR 15TH HOUR OF OF TOURS AND
THERE'S AN INCIDENT. WE KNOW THAT SOMEONE THAT IS WORKING 15 STRAIGHT HOURS IS NOT ON TOP OF THEIR GAME. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS
IN THE MILITARY WE WOULD WORK 24 STRAIGHT HOURS A DAY CARRYING A WEAPON. IT'S NOT HEALTHY. YOU'RE TIRED WHEN YOU'RE TIRED
YOU MAKE MISTAKES. I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS IN BOSTON. I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO STAND WITH ME AND SUPPORT THIS
PROPOSAL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, JUST TWO POINTS AFTER MY COLLEAGUES. I THINK THAT SOME GOOD POINTS
THEMSELVES. UM, MY BIGGEST FEAR WHEN IT COMES TO LENIENCY ON RESIDENCY OR LIFTING IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT OUR LOWEST PAID WORKERS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE
HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO AS A CITY TO GET THERE PAY UP. I KNOW THAT THIS BODY DOES THAT ALL THE TIME. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN MOST CONCERNED ABOUT OUR HIGHEST PAID POSITIONS ARE GOING TO START GOING TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE
OUTSIDE THE CITY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE AT THE HEAD OF THE PARKS COMMISSION OR IF YOU'RE AT THE HEAD, UH, YOU KNOW THE POLICE COMMISSIONER THAT YOU LIVE HERE ,RIGHT? THOSE POSITIONS MAKING WELL
OVER WHAT WE WOULD EVER. BE ABLE TO GET PAID HERE ON THE COUNCIL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE AND HOW THIS IS A HARD CONVERSATION ABOUT RESIDENCY,
BUT I DON'T WANT US TO JUST FOCUS ON THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO AFFORD TO BE HERE BECAUSE ONCE WE'RE GIVING OUT POLITICAL FAVORS AND JOBS TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE.
AND ANOTHER THING I WANT TO SAY AND I ENJOYED IT THESE LAST FEW NIGHTS BUT AT ANY COMMUNITY EVENT ANY TIME I SEE OUR CADETS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS MY FIRST
QUESTION IS ALWAYS WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DO YOU LIVE IN? AND WE ALWAYS SMILE. WE LAUGH. I ASK THEM WHAT HIGH SCHOOL THEY WENT TO SO I ENJOY THOSE CONVERSATIONS BUT THERE ARE WHEN YOU CAN GET INTO THE FIRE
CADET PROGRAM YOU ONLY NEED THREE YEARS RESIDENCY. SO FOR MANY OF OUR CADET UM KIDS THEY'RE NOT ALL CITY KIDS. I WOULD NOT CONSIDER YOU A CITY KID BECAUSE YOU SPENT YOUR
COLLEGE YEARS OR YOU SPENT YOUR EARLY 20S LIVING IN AN APARTMENT IN SOUTHIE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOOD CADETS AND THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE GOOD FIREFIGHTERS. BUT IF WE TRULY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERY KID THAT GETS A SPOT ON THE FIRE CADET, I WOULD ADVOCATE THAT WE MAKE THAT RESIDENCY EVEN LONGER THAN THREE YEARS, THAT IT GETS YOU BACK INTO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
YEARS TO ENSURE THAT YOU REALLY DID GROW UP ON THESE STREETS IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT I THINK WE ALL AGREED THAT WHEN YOU LIVED HERE AND YOU GREW UP HERE YOU HAVE A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY UM, COMES FROM ME. HE'S ALREADY SPOKEN TO. WANT TO GO TO FITZGERALD BECAUSE HE HASN'T SPOKEN YET. WELCOME BACK TO YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY. >> I AM A FAN OF THE RESIDENCY. AND I DO.
APPRECIATE IT AND WHAT IT BRINGS AND. HAVING PEOPLE. COMMITTED TO THE CITY THAT THEY LIVE IN. BUT I DO BELIEVE THE JOB OF GOVERNMENT IS TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH THE REALITY OF THE TIMES WE ARE IN UH RIGHT NOW POLICE
ARE LEAVING. WE DO NOT WE DO HAVE A HIRING PROBLEM. UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A FRIEND OF MINE JUST TEXTED ME THE DAY I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. POLICE OFFICER HE SAID. I I SO THEY ARE FEELING IT IT IS A REAL THING.
UM WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE AS A GOVERNMENT TO THE REALITY OF THE TIMES. UM AND THE LESS POLICE OFFICERS WE HAVE THE MORE THE CRIME WILL GO UP. SO WE REALLY HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT WE WANT AND LOOK FOR OPTIONS.
SO I THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I THINK UM, EVEN THOUGH IT REALLY WOULD PAIN ME, I THINK THERE'S WAYS WE CAN DO IT TO MAKE SURE BOSTON RESIDENTS GET PRIORITY ONTO THE POLICE FORCE AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT IN THE HEARING.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE OPEN AND FLEXIBLE TO THE TIMES AND UH, THE REALITY OF UH THAT THE POLICE FORCE IS NOT ATTRACTING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
YES. >> UM. >> SO JUST ONE LAST POINT. THANK YOU, UH. PRESIDENT, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AGAIN. I THINK. UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE. LOOK AT ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. OFFICERS USUALLY.
COME AFTER THE INCIDENT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. AND SO I'D LIKE FOR. US IF YOU. >> WANT TO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PROPOSALS, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE START LOOKING AT, UM PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION, UM, AND START INVESTING IN THINGS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE VIOLENCE, UM, IN CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I THINK THAT ANYONE WHO'S WILLING TO DO THAT WORK WHEN
IT'S TIME FOR THE BUDGET SEASON TO COME AROUND, THEN WE CAN ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE. DRAMA AND. >> TRAUMA THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE CARRYING IF WE INVEST MORE IN THE THINGS THAT PREVENT VIOLENCE FROM HAPPENING
IN. THE FIRST PLACE. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE PROPOSALS, I'M. >> MORE. THAN HAPPY TO SIT WITH YOU. HAVING WORKED IN THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION SPACE MANY DECADES AGO, I KNOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND JUST THAT. THANK YOU. >> TO ME, UM I'LL JUST SAY A FEW BRIEF WORDS I WILL BE
VOTING NO ON THIS RESOLUTION. I REALLY FEEL THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY DIG DEEP AND EXPLORE ALL THE OTHER WAYS THAT. WE CAN RECRUIT AND RETAIN, UH, NEW NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
ONE ONE THING THAT I FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT IS WE REALLY LOOK LOOK TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO LOOK AT A PUBLIC SAFETY PATHWAY LIKE A CAREER PATHWAY INTO PUBLIC SAFETY CAREERS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, AND THEN ON FROM THERE ON INTO A CADET PROGRAM AND ULTIMATELY TO RECRUITMENT. AND AS A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER ,I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG
COMMUNITY POLICING MODEL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND MUCH OF THAT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE POLICE OFFICERS WHO, UH, GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND
THEY REFLECT THE DIVERSITY, UH, AND WE NEED TO CULTIVATE AND EXPAND THAT DIVERSITY IN OUR POLICE FORCE GOING FORWARD. SO I TOTALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILOR FLYNN'S ONGOING, UH, COMMITMENT TO TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THIS THIS SITUATION. BUT, UH, I'M NOT CONVINCED. >> THAT THIS IS THE. BEST WAY TO GO. SO I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS,
UH, RESOLUTION TODAY. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
UH, SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1549. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?
VOTE ON DOCKET 1549. COUNCILOR BREEN NO COUNCILOR BREAK NO COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED COUNSELOR CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. NO COUNSELOR. DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. NO.
COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. NO. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. NO. COUNSELOR MEJIA COUNSELING MEJIA.
NO. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES, COUNSELOR. THE PEN. UH, NO. NO. COUNSELOR SANTANA. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. NO. COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNSELOR. WEBER. NO. AND COUNSELOR.
WORLD. NO. COUNSELOR. WORLD. NO. NINE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND THREE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR TRASH. DOCKET 1549 HAS NOT BEEN
ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1550. SO I CAN HAVE A1550 COUNSELOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE
SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT CRITICAL INCIDENT ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE STANDARDS IN LIGHT OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S HOMICIDE DETERMINATION IN THE DEATH
OF CHICOPEE KENNY. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER CUSTER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILMEMBER HERE AS A SECOND
ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. THIRD COUNSELOR WILL WELL, AT THE THIRD THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND IF I COULD I WOULD ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A
FOURTH CO-SPONSOR. BUT SINCE I. CAME TO SO CONSUMMATE HE'S. ADDED THIS IS SECOND. AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR WHERE I WAS ADDED THE THIRD. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D ALSO LIKE
TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET. EARLIER THIS YEAR THE COUNCIL CONSIDERED DOCKET
NUMBER 0872, WHICH CALLED FOR THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CORRECTIONAL STAFF INVOLVED IN THE DECEMBER 2025 IN-CUSTODY DEATH OF COVID KENNY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT RESOLUTION DID NOT PASS. MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION CENTERED ON CONCERNS REGARDING SECTION 17 G OF THE BOSTON CITY CHARTER.
SECTION 17 G ONLY PERTAINS TO CITY EMPLOYEES, NOT STATE EMPLOYEES. THOSE CONCERNS SHOULD NOT HAVE PRESENTED PREVENTED THE COUNCIL FROM EXPRESSING ITS POSITION ON THIS MATTER.
SINCE THEN THE FACTS HAVE MATERIALLY CHANGED. ON JULY 21ST, THE MASSACHUSETTS AFTER THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINED THAT THE MANNER OF KOBE'S DEATH WAS
HOMICIDE AND FOUND THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A RESULT OF CARDIAC ARREST DURING PHYSICAL RESTRAINT BY CORRECTION OFFICERS. WELL, THAT DETERMINATION DOES NOT ESTABLISH CRIMINAL
LIABILITY AND SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGES THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE US AND HEIGHTENS THE NEED FOR APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE SAFEGUARDS. WHILE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US TODAY TAKES A BROADER APPROACH BY CALLING UPON THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT
AMPLE AND APPLY CLEAR CRITICAL INCIDENT ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE STANDARDS WHENEVER AN IN-CUSTODY DEATH INVOLVING THE USE OF FORCE OCCURS. SUCH STANDARDS SHOULD HELP
ENSURE THAT INVESTIGATIONS PROCEED WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTEGRITY, PROTECT INCARCERATED WITNESSES AND OTHER DETAINEES, PRESERVE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND RESPECT
THE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S HOMICIDE DETERMINATION DEMANDS RENEWED CONSIDERATION. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S HOMICIDE
DETERMINATION DEMANDS RENEWED CONSIDERATION. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S HOMICIDE DETERMINATION DEMANDS RENEWED CONSIDERATION OF THE DUTY STATUS OF THE OFFICERS DIRECTLY
INVOLVED IN MR KENNY'S DEATH. I RESPECTFULLY ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND TO JOIN ME IN URGING THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO PLACE
THE OFFICERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST MR KENNY ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WHILE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL COMPLETES HIS INVESTIGATION. DOING SO WOULD NOT PREJUDGE THE
OUTCOME OF THAT INVESTIGATION. RATHER IT WOULD DEMONSTRATE OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, DUE PROCESS AND MANY PUBLIC
REMAINING AND MAINTAINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR CLAUDE PEPPER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> UH.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO. THANK COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER FOR. ADDING ME, UH, TO THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR INCARCERATED LOVED ONES,
THEY'RE UNDER OUR CARE AND CUSTODY. CARE AND CUSTODY. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UPLIFT THE CARE PIECE OF IT. UM, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY HERE TO SET THE BAR HIGHER IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR. AND I THINK THAT THIS, UM, WILL HELP SUPPORT THE NARRATIVE THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND THAT WE ARE, UM, DOING
EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT WE CAN DO. UM, IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY
FACTOR ASIDE FROM RESOLUTIONS AND UM, APPLYING. PUBLIC PRESSURE. >> AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ADVOCATES WHO UM AS OF LAST YEAR WERE SOUNDING THE ALARM LONG BEFORE ANYONE CAUGHT UP
AND SO JUST WANTED TO THANK THEIR ADVOCACY, UM, AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, BACK THEN AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS PROCESS UM AND THIS RESOLUTION. >> HERE.
WITH MY COLLEAGUES STANDING UM IS ANOTHER AFFIRMATION OF WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER IN. >> THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE WORRELL
COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER, UH, FOR ADAMS AND ALSO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL ME HERE FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AROUND THIS UH, LAST
DECEMBER, A DAY AFTER MR CARNEY DIED, I MET WITH THE SOUTH BAY OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED. I LEFT THAT MEETING KNOWING WE NEEDED TO SEE MORE. THAT'S WHY I CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF THE SECURITY FOOTAGE
THAT WAS RELEASED IN LATE DECEMBER AND SHOWS A TROUBLING SCENE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS OF IN-CUSTODY DEATH AND A SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, THE NUMBER IS EVEN
MORE TROUBLING IT'S MORE THAN 20 FATALITIES THIS DECADE THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS FOR STANDARDS AND CONSEQUENCES IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEN THESE
ALL TOO COMMON INCIDENTS OCCUR . SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESOLUTION AND HOPE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING SOME MORE STANDARDS UH, PUT IN PLACE INSIDE THIS SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WORRELL A CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. UM, I HAVE PREVIOUSLY CITED, UM, SECTION 17 OF THE BOSTON
CITY CHARTER UM, WHICH, UH, THE ACTS OF 1951 UM WHICH SAYS NEITHER THE CITY COUNCIL NOR ANY MEMBER COMMITTEE OR OFFICER EMPLOYEE SHALL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY TAKE PART IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR OR THE CONDUCT OF THE EXECUTIVE OR ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OR COUNTY, NOR THE APPOINTMENT OR REMOVAL OF ANY CITY OR COUNTY EMPLOYEE.
UM SO I WILL BE VOTING PRESENT UM I AGAIN I KNOW I'VE CITED THIS PROBABLY FIVE TIMES ON THE COUNCIL FLOOR BUT UM AFTER RECEIVING RECEIVING GUIDANCE ON A PREVIOUS MATTER FROM THE
CHIEF OF PEOPLE OF THE CITY UM AND READING MORE INTO THAT I WILL NOT BE WEIGHING IN ON THIS INCIDENT. UM, THOUGH MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY AND UM, ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED AWAY IN CUSTODY, I JUST, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT I'M DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE AND FOLLOWING WHAT I BELIEVE THE CITY CHARTER SAYS ABOUT OUR ROLE AND, UM, IN EMPLOYMENT MATTERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.
COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND COUNCILOR RALPH FOR THEIR
IMPORTANT WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE ON ISSUES RELATING TO PEOPLE SERVING A SENTENCE, WHETHER IT'S IN. SUFFOLK COUNTY. JAIL OR HOUSE OF CORRECTION OR
OR STATE PRISON THE THE WORK THAT BOTH COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED IS IMPORTANT WORK JUSTICE DOES NEED TO TAKE PLACE.
I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION UM BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE STANDARDS ESPECIALLY AFTER AN
AFFAIR. IN A. UH A HOMICIDE UM, AT A HOUSE OF CORRECTION OR WHEN SOMEONE IS DETAINED.
BUT I THINK THIS RECOMMENDATION PROVIDED BY COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR CULPEPER UM, IS ABOUT PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF JUSTICE AND A LITTLE. >> BIT OF DIGNITY.
UM, TO THE FAMILY AS WELL. SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE UM BOTH COUNCILOR IS ESPECIALLY THESE ARE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO PROVIDE THE BEST
POSITIVE LEADERSHIP THAT THEY CAN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND COUNCILOR ARROYO WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING AND SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT. BUT I KNOW WHEN YOU WROTE THIS RESOLUTION THAT IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THE CRITICAL
STANDARDS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AT ALL OF OUR PRISONS AND JAILS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS. I DO THINK BASED ON WEIGHING IN
AND I KNOW NOT JUST IN THE CHARTER BUT LAST TERM WE DID HAVE A RULES MEETING ON WEIGHING IN ON HR ISSUES BUT I WILL UM.
I DON'T WANT TO STOP THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK CALLING FOR THEM TO BE PUT ON PAID LEAVE I DO JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARY,
BUT I DO TRUST MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR INTENT MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN OUR CARE AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN TRUST THAT WE HAVE
THE HIGHEST STANDARDS. SO I AM SUPPORTING IT FOR THOSE REASONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY CHAIR RECOGNIZES UH, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE FOR THE FIRST TIME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, UH, SINCE 2009 THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
THEY'VE OPERATED AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE AGENCY. SO WE ARE WELL WITHIN OUR RIGHT TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THEY ARE NOT IN ANY WAY CITY EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR FLYNN LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA.
COUNCILOR WEBER. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILORS CULPEPER, MEJIA AND MORRELL SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THE DOCKET 1550.
OH AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILORS CULPEPER MEJIA AND WHERE ELSE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1550. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON 1550. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR. BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. COLLETTE AS A COUNSELOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR.
DURKAN. PRESENT. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY.
COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCIL. THE PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YEAH.
COUNCIL. WELL, YES. 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 1550 HAS PASSED.
MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1551I UNDERSTAND IS. A DOCUMENT. >> BE WITHDRAWN? UM, DOCKET 1551 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. MR. MR CLERK, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU
PLEASE READ DOCKET 1552. DUKKHA NUMBER 1552 COUNCIL LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE HOUSING STABILIZATION RESPONSE SYSTEM
FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS WHO INVOLUNTARY LOSE WORK AUTHORIZATION TO THE FEDERAL CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION POLICY. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, COULD I PLEASE ADD YOURSELF AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? SO ADDED. THANK YOU. UM, THIS AND I'D LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE
RULES, UH, TO PASS THIS, UH, RESOLUTION. UM, THIS IS NOT UM THIS IS WORK THAT IS ALREADY ONGOING. UM, WE NEED TO PICK UP THE PACE.
UM, TODAY DURING THIS MEETING, UM, THE THE JUDGE UM THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DOWN IN D.C. MADE THE OFFICIAL FINAL DETERMINATION, UM. ABOUT ENACTING THE SUPREME
COURT'S DECISION TO END TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THE PAST MONTH NOW, BUT TODAY IS SORT OF THE WHEN THE JUDGE HAS MADE HER FINAL UM. HAS HAD HAVING TO FOLLOW THE
SUPREME COURT STATED UH. >> PUT OUT. UM IN ORDER ON THE END OF TPS WHICH MEANS PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE CITY UM AND EVERYWHERE AROUND THE COUNTRY FRANKLY. BUT OUR CONCERN IS THE CITY HERE UH, WILL LOSE THEIR
ABILITY TO WORK. UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE COME TO ME IN OUR OFFICE FRANTICALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WORKING AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR, UH, HAITIAN
COMMUNITY WE HAVE IT'S ABOUT TO END FOR EL SALVADOR IN A FEW WEEKS IT'S GOING TO END FOR HONDURAS. IT ENDED FOR VENEZUELA AND ENDED FOR SOMALIA. UH, AND SYRIA, SYRIA AND HAITI COMBINED TOGETHER. SO PEOPLE ARE REALLY FRANTIC
AND WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING GOING TO HAPPEN UM, IN THEIR WORKPLACES. UM AND WE HAVE CAUSE FOR CONCERN. WE ALSO NEED TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH AHEAD OF UH OF A HOUSING
CRISIS, UM, AS POSSIBLE AND THAT INCLUDES HAVING UH, HAVING TO BE STABILIZATION RESPONSE PLAN, UH, TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO UM, IN THE CURRENT MOMENT PAY FOR THEIR
RENT OR THEIR MORTGAGES BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER HAVE WORK AUTHORIZATION, WHICH WAS ALWAYS UM YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAID IT THAT IF THE MORAL OR HUMANITARIAN ARGUMENT DOES NOT STICK WITH YOU, THERE'S A BIG
ECONOMIC ARGUMENT HERE TOO. THERE'S ONE ABOUT A POTENTIAL CRISIS IN THE FORECLOSURE AND FORECLOSURE MARKET BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE PEOPLE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGES. SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DANIEL JOHNSON AND ANGIE
DILLON. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT HOW WE GET AHEAD OF THIS, UH, WITH THE CITY OBVIOUSLY, UM CANNOT RESTORE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION PROTECTIONS BUT WE CAN WE CAN PREVENT THE LOSS. UH.
>> WE CAN, UH, PREVENT THIS FROM BECOMING A HOUSING CRISIS. BOSTON ALREADY HAS MANY OF THE TOOLS WE NEED THE OFFICE OF HOUSING STABILITY SCREENING, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, EVICTION PREVENTION, UH, PREVENTION
SERVICES, LANDLORD MEDIATION, LEGAL REFERRALS AND TRUSTED COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE COORDINATED. THERE'S A BUNCH OF WORK HAPPENING ON THIS. UM, SO MANY MEETINGS TOMORROW, UH, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
OF HOUSING, UM, UNITED WAY SO MANY PEOPLE DOING IMPORTANT WORK TO TRY TO, UH, FILL THE GAPS IN THE HOLES THAT ARE THAT ARE HERE AND THAT ARE COMING. WE ARE HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT PEOPLE, UM, OF SOUTH.
EVICTIONS ONLY A JUDGE CAN EVICT SOMEONE IN MATTHEW IN MASSACHUSETTS. AND I NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND REMEMBER THAT UH, AND WHETHER THEY ARE SOMEONE WHO IS AN IMMIGRANT UH, OR WHETHER THEY THEY ARE UH, FIVE
GENERATIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO THIS RESOLUTION IS IS ABOUT PUTTING URGENCY BEHIND THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE HOUSING STABILIZATION PLAN FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOSING WORK
AUTHORIZATION. A LOT OF OUR INDUSTRIES ARE GOING. >> TO. HURT A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE HURT. A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE TORN APART. UM, JUST YESTERDAY SOMEONE STOPPED ME SAYING LIKE WHAT SHOULD WE DO? UM AND I FRANKLY TO BE HONEST I
DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BUT UM IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK IN COORDINATION IN COLLABORATION TO FIND SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR UH, BRINGING THIS UH, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME AND BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION FORWARD. UM. >> AND. INCLUDING ME AS A SECOND. UH, BOSTON HAS LONG BEEN A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY ALL OF THEM TO ACTUALLY OUR WORKFORCE AND OUR
LOCAL ECONOMY EVERY DAY WHEN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY CHANGES UNEXPECTEDLY THE IMPACTS ARE FELT FIRST. BY FAMILIES HERE IN BOSTON, A SUDDEN LOSS OF WORK AUTHORIZATION CAN QUICKLY
BECOME A HOUSING CRISIS WHEN SOMEONE LOSES THEIR ABILITY TO WORK THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, IT BECOMES VERY MUCH, UH, MORE DIFFICULT TO PAY THE RENT. AS THIS RESOLUTION NOTES, THE
CITY HAS PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE. RENTAL ASSISTANCE, EVICTION PREVENTION SERVICES. LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND LANDLORD MEDIATION. THE CHALLENGE IS ENSURING THESE RESOURCES ARE COORDINATED. >> AND EASY TO ACCESS WHEN
FAMILIES FACE. AN IMMEDIATE. CRISIS. >> CREATING A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR. RESIDENTS AND. >> COORDINATING SERVICES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS WOULD HELP PEOPLE. ACCESS ASSISTANCE MORE. QUICKLY WHEN REDUCING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS DURING AN
. ALREADY STRESSFUL TIME. PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT IS ALWAYS MORE EFFECTIVE. >> THAN TRYING TO STABILIZE FAMILIES AFTER. >> THEY'VE ENTERED. >> THE SHELTER SYSTEM. THIS RESOLUTION FOCUSES. ON IMPROVING COORDINATION AMONG. EXISTING CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND ENSURING RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS AVAILABLE. RESOURCES BEFORE A TEMPORARY LOSS OF INCOME BECOMES A LONG TERM HOUSING CRISIS. I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE
COUNCIL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING. THIS CONVERSATION. >> ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT. BOSTON RESIDENTS. EXPERIENCING HIGHER INSTABILITY AS A RESULT OF DISRUPTIVE CHANGES IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY.
AND I KNOW MANY OF THOSE FOLKS EVEN. UH. >> RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ELDERS OR FOLKS WHO UM, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE IN NURSING HOMES. ETC. MANY. MANY PEOPLE. >> ARE. WORRIED ABOUT THIS NOT. UH, NOT LEAST ESPECIALLY THE
IMPACT THE. IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. >> ARE. BEING IMPACTED MOST. BUT AS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE JUST MENTIONED. >> THIS IS AN. ECONOMIC ISSUE AND SO. MANY OF OUR INDUSTRIES ARE GOING TO BE. NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS.
POLICY GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR INCLUDING ME. I CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, MADAM CHAIR, MAY I.
ASK A. QUESTION, UM, TO YOU ABOUT DO WE HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT, UM WILL CITY RESOURCES BE USED WHEN
SOMEONE WHO'S POTENTIALLY THEIR JOB OR WILL CITY RESOURCES BE USED TO PAY PEOPLE'S APARTMENTS OR OR MORTGAGES OR SHORT TERM
SHORT TERM HOUSING OPTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD WORK AND WHAT HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD THE CITY OF BOSTON BE PUTTING ASIDE TO INVEST IN
THIS? UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I DO HAVE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IF THEY'RE BETTER ANSWERED IN A HEARING OR NOT, BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS. A COUNTER LOUIJEUNE OF YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER? UH, I'M HAPPY TO COUNCILOR FLYNN'S QUERY. SURE. THANK YOU. THIS IS A RESOLUTION ABOUT.
UH I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM AND RESPONDED TO THAT PROBLEM BY HAVING A COORDINATED RESPONSE PLAN. THERE IS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE THAT COMES FROM AFTER YOU CREATE THE PLAN. >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SO SO THERE WOULD BE NO. CITY RESOURCES I GUESS THAT WOULD BE USED AS PART OF THIS UM, POT AS PART OF THIS PLAN. IS THAT ACCURATE? I THINK TO
COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONS POINT WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW I THINK THERE'S A IT'S GOING TO BE A BROAD BASED. SUPPORT CALL TO REALLY SUPPORT. THESE FOLKS GOING FORWARD. UM I THINK AS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SAID
THERE'S NO DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO IT AT THIS MOMENT. AS IN ANY CRISIS WHEN FOLKS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE. >> A MADAM CHAIR. DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A HEARING SO WE
COULD ASK SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS UM OR OR DO WE JUST VOTE ON IT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE? THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT? YEP. THIS IS A RESOLUTION. >> AND I HAVE ASKED FOR
SUSPENSION OF THE VOTE AND I WOULD LIKE A VOTE ON THIS MATTER JUST LIKE THESE ARE BOSTON RESIDENTS. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THESE ARE BOSTON RESIDENTS WHO ARE OFTEN WHO ARE FACING A HOUSING CRISIS. OUR RESOURCES GO AND HELP
BOSTON RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE IMMIGRANTS OR NOT. THIS IS ABOUT A COORDINATED PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE A CRISIS OF THE MOMENT FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF HOUSING SUPPORT. I'M PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD SO WE HAVE A
COORDINATED PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HIT IT. I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT, BUT I'M GOING TO GO FOR IT. UH, I'M GOING TO BE SMILING.
SO I BEG YOUR PARDON? I I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. MADAM CHAIR, UNDER THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED BACK THAT THERE ARE NO CITY RESOURCES GOING TO BE USED. I'M COUNCILOR FLYNN. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION.
I THINK IT'S REALLY ALL RIGHT. >> AND THEN THAT OBJECT WILL HAVE A HEARING ON IT, MADAM CHAIR. COUNCILMAN DIVISION, YOU HAVE A FLOOR. OH, IT'S AN OBJECTION. SO I WOULD GO. UM, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.
WE'RE IN A CRISIS. THOUSANDS OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE FACING VERY, VERY UNCERTAIN FUTURE. UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEARING, I WOULD URGE US TO EXPEDITE A HEARING AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. UH, A CRISIS DEMANDS THAT WE RESPOND WITH SOME URGENCY. SO, UH, GIVEN COUNCILOR FLYNN'S OBJECTION. UM, I THIS WILL GO TO COMMITTEE
AND, UH, TO SEE WHICH COMMITTEE ? UH, COMMITTEE TO HOUSING. UH, THIS WILL GO TO THIS WILL GO TO HOUSING COMMITTEE AND WE WILL UM. STATEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL. WORK TOGETHER TO UH, EXPEDITE A
HEARING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. UH, ONTO THE NEXT, UH, DOCKET. SO DOCKET UH, WHAT ARE WE? DOCKET 1552. UH, WILL BE SENT TO THE HOUSING
COMMITTEE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1553, DOC? ANOTHER 1553 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE
IMPORTANCE OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HOPE NOBODY OBJECTS TODAY.
UM. >> GOOD LORD. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OUR OFFICE IS FOLLOWING THIS RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AS A SURVIVOR AND AS A PARENT OF A TEENAGER MYSELF.
THIS ISSUE IS CLOSE TO MY HEART. UM, TEEN DATING VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH. PROBLEM AND INCLUDES MANY FORMS OF ABUSE, HARASSMENT AND OR STALKING OF A TEENAGER.
IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT OR PAST ROMANTIC OR CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIPS. UNFORTUNATELY IT. IS PREVALENT AS UM IN ONE IN EVERY 12 TEENAGERS WILL EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL DATING
VIOLENCE AND 1 IN 10 TEENAGERS WILL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL DATING VIOLENCE. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE IMPACTS YOUTH REGARDLESS OF GENDER, RACE, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, CLASS, UM SEXUAL ORIENTATION
AND MORE. BUT FEMALES AND YOUTH WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ I.E. TWO PLUS EXPERIENCED HIGHER RATES OF UM TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.
TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AS CRUCIAL AS DISCUSSING THE ISSUE HELPS US COMBAT IT BY BRINGING THIS CONVERSATION TO THE FOREFRONT, SURVIVORS AND THOSE EXPERIENCING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE ARE AFFIRMED THAT THEY
ARE NOT ALONE AND HOPEFULLY ARE MORE LIKELY TO REACH OUT FOR HELP. RESOURCES ARE BETTER KNOWN AND SUPPORTED AND THEREFORE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND SUPPORT NETWORKS OF SURVIVORS AND THOSE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE ARE BETTER INFORMED ON HOW TO DISCUSS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE. CONNECT WITH INDIVIDUALS TO RESOURCES. ADVOCATE AND BE PRESENT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL. WITH THIS RESOLUTION, THE
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO SPREADING AWARENESS AND ADVANCING EQUITABLE ACCESS, ACCESSIBLE AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEEN DATING VIOLENCE. UM RESOURCES AND I WANT TO
THANK UM AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SHAKIRA UM ROBINSON FROM SHAKIRA STORY FOR HER LEADERSHIP. UM, IN THE MOST RECENT UM, SCENARIO THAT WE FACED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HAVING A UNANIMOUS UM, OVERWHELMING RESPONSE. UH, I'LL SAY YAY TO THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPPER, COUNCILOR DURKAN CONTRA FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FRIEND COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CONTRA MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA WEBER AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR
COUNCILOR MEJIA SUSPENSION THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1553. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1553.
COUNCILOR BROOM. YES, COUNCILOR. BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPONENT COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR THIS. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN.
YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MEJA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. THE PEN COUNCIL HAVE BEEN. YES.
COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR. HOWEVER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. DUCKY NUMBER 1553 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 1553 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1554? DOCKET NUMBER 1554 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS SUPPORTING STATE AND FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF TRANSIT OF SAFETY RECORDS AND CALLING FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TRANSPORTATION. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN. PLEASE CONSIDER FLYNN ALSO
ADDED. AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN. AND UM SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR PEPEN IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU.
A FEW WEEKS AGO I WROTE A LETTER TO. BESSIE THE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SECONDARY EDUCATION. AND IT WAS. CONTINUED MY ONGOING ADVOCACY
FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO. DELIVER THE BEST SERVICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SPENDING CLOSE TO $200 MILLION A YEAR. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BEST
SERVICE, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE CARE ABOUT. I WOULD ALWAYS RATHER KIDS GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY THEN ON TIME, BUT THE BOSTON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS TRANSPORTS APPROXIMATELY 19,000 STUDENTS EACH SCHOOL DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS A FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD IS
TRANSPORTED SAFELY, RELIABLY AND WITH FULL PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY. TRANSDEV SERVES AS THE CONTRACTED OPERATOR OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSSES AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING,
TRAINING. >> AND MANAGING. >> THE DRIVERS WHO TRANSPORT BOSTON STUDENTS. THE JUNE 2026 INVESTIGATION BY WBUR AND PROPUBLICA IDENTIFIED AT LEAST.
60 FATAL. CRASHES INVOLVING TRANSDEV OPERATED BUSSES NATIONWIDE BETWEEN. >> 2016. AND 2025. YET ONLY 18.
APPEARED UNDER TRANSDEV NAME IN THE FEDERAL SAFETY DATABASE AND THE FATAL APRIL 28TH, 2025 CRASH HERE IN BOSTON. OF A KINDERGARTNER.
WAS NOT ATTRIBUTED TO TRANSDEV LIST OF ACCIDENTS THAT THEY. SHOULD BE REPORTING. THE INVESTIGATION ALSO IDENTIFIED AT LEAST 71 SERIOUS CRASHES INVOLVING TRANSDEV
OPERATED BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSSES DURING THAT PERIOD, WITH NONE APPEARING UNDER TRANSIT DEV'S NAME IN THE COMPANY'S FEDERAL SAFETY RECORDS, THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION RELIES ON CRASH AND INSPECTION DATA TO IDENTIFY TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. THAT MAY NEED MORE. ENFORCEMENT OR OVERSIGHT. BY STATE. EDUCATION OFFICIALS IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON, I BELIEVE SHOULD NOT RELY ON A FEDERAL SAFETY RECORD THAT DOES NOT ACCURATELY CONNECT TO THE SERIOUS CONCERNS WE HAVE. SINCE I WROTE THAT LETTER, I DO
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SENATOR MARKEY AND OTHERS WHO ARE WORKING UNDER HIS. COMMITTEE HAVE REQUESTED. ANSWERS IN TRANSDEV SPECIFIC CRASH AND INSPECTION RECORDS
FROM THE SAME TIME THAT I'M ASKING FOR THEM IN MY LETTER TO BSE. SO I FILED THIS RESOLUTION. UM, I WAS I KNOW THAT I FILED A LETTER DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD
OF EDUCATION, BUT THE REASON I FILED THIS RESOLUTION NOW IS I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL ALSO THAT UM, SENATOR MARKEY IS ALSO ADVOCATING TO MAKE SURE THAT
TRANSDEV WHICH I KNOW WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AND IT FEELS LIKE OUR HANDS ARE TIED THAT IT'S THE ONLY COMPANY THAT CAN TRANSPORT OUR STUDENTS. BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE CAN IN GOOD FAITH GO INTO
ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UM THANK YOU. FOREIGN CUSTOMER FOR YOUR SECOND WAS COUNCILOR FLYNN.
UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING THE LAST FALL THE ADMINISTRATION IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS RELEASED THE TIDWELL REPORT A COMPLETE AND
INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF SAFETY POLICIES AND PERFORMANCE UNDER CONTRACTS WITH TRANSDEV TRANSDEV. AT THAT TIME, I RECOMMENDED AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO
CERTIFICATION COMPLIANCE. THE CITY STATED THAT THEY WOULD ADOPT ALL RECOMMENDATION REPORTS STATED THAT BOTH TRANSDEV AND ADMINISTRATE ADMINISTRATORS DID NOT
IMPLEMENT ANY MEANINGFUL AND SUSTAINED AUDITING AND OVERSIGHT MEASURES AND THAT THERE WERE WARNING WARNINGS ON DATA COLLECTION IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE IN 2019.
AN INTERNAL 2020 SAFETY AUDIT AND A 2020 THROUGH 2023 REPORT BY THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE. MOREOVER, A NEWS REPORT STATED THAT THERE WERE 15 PERSONAL
INJURY CLAIMS INVOLVING TRANSDEV SINCE 2013 PROVIDES DAILY TRANSPORTATION TO APPROXIMATELY 22,000 STUDENTS. FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY
ENTRUST US WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S SAFETY. IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT ONLY QUALIFIED, PROPERLY CERTIFIED AND CLOSELY MONITORED DRIVERS ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE
SCHOOL BUSSES. I DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE AT ALL IN TRANSDEV. I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD CONTRACT THAT THE CITY ENGAGED IN AND I DO THINK THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS AN OBLIGATION TO HOLD TRANSDEV ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE PARENTS ARE ASKING QUESTIONS AND THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM
BEING OPERATED BY TRANSDEV, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO PROVIDE CRITICAL OVERSIGHT OF TRANSDEV OR IF WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT THE STATE SHOULD PROVIDE THAT OVERSIGHT.
I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT TRANSPORTATION SHOULD BE UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. MR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I, UM. WANT TO SPEAK ON. THIS RESOLUTION. BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON MY DISTRICT ON APRIL 28TH, 2025.
AND IT'S A DAY THAT YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED AND TO THIS DAY WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUS SYSTEMS AND HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT
KIDS ARE SAFE. I AM NOT IN AGREEMENT. WITH MY COLLEAGUE ABOUT. TRANSPORTATION GOING ON UNDER DC RECEIVERSHIP.
UM I BELIEVE THAT DAN ROSENGARD. JACKIE, EVERYONE AT. TRANSPORTATION IS WORKING. TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE SCHOOL WITH THEIR SCHOOL BUSSES. IT IS.
NOT AN EASY JOB. I HAVE SAT WITH THEM PROBABLY MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF. TIMES EVERY MONTH TO GO. OVER WHAT ARE THEY DOING? HOW IS IT GOING TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM? HOWEVER, I DO. >> KNOW.
THAT IN REGARDS TO TRANSDEV THERE HAS BEEN CONCERNS NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHICH IS WHY SENATOR MARKEY HAS TAKEN THIS UP OVER AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. UM AND I DO THANK HIM FOR DOING
THAT. I KNOW THAT HIS OFFICE IS WORKING CLOSELY ON THIS ON THIS AND MAKING SURE. >> THAT MOVING FORWARD OUR KIDS ARE GETTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BE ADDED ON THIS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAD IN MY DISTRICT.
I HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENTS IN TERMS OF WORDING WITH SOME. OF MY COLLEAGUES BUT. UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GETTING TO AND FROM. >> HOME SAFELY WHEN THEY'RE ON A SCHOOL BUS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR PEPEN CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER HERE
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, FOR YEARS WE HAVE SEEN THE INCREASE IN THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET AND THE DECREASE IN SERVICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THESE ISSUES WERE ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THE HEARING, UM ,THAT WAS HOSTED IN THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR ON DOCKET 0374. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT
TRANSDEV NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MISSED BUSSES TARDINESS AND AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE CRASHES AND TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. I RECOGNIZE THE REAL ISSUES
WITH TRANSPORTATION BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL OF THE STATE AND OR FEDERAL OVERSIGHT LANGUAGE. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSIGHT
LIES WITH THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE WHICH THEY HAVE NOT DONE THEIR JOB. INSTEAD OF HAVING THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTERVENE AND TAKE OVER AN ENTIRE
DEPARTMENT WITHIN DPS, WE NEED TO HOLD. >> THE. OVERSEERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFE AND IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE HAS THE POWER TO ASK THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AROUND TRANSDEV OPERATIONS AND ENSURE THEY ARE UPHOLDING EVERY PART OF THEIR CONTRACT. OUR CONSTITUENTS SHOULD NOT BE PAYING.
$200 MILLION FOR A DYSFUNCTIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT, UM, DO OUR STUDENTS FAMILIES AND OR EDUCATORS JUSTICE? I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE BOSTON
PUBLIC UH SCHOOL COMMITTEE TO DO. >> THEIR JOB. UH, HOLDING THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSDEV ACCOUNTABLE, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING STUDENTS
WELL-BEING ABOVE ALL IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE ISSUES WITH TRANSPORTATION BUT NOT TO SUPPORT A STATE OR A FEDERAL TAKEOVER. UM AND I AM BECAUSE OF THIS
TODAY I WILL BE OBJECTING TO UH ,THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AND I'M GOING TO ASK THAT IT BE PLACED IN MY COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING IN THE STATE
RECEIVERSHIP. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. DOCKET 1554 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. WHEREAS HERE.
COUNCILOR CULPEPER HAS NO DISCUSSION AFTER A DOCKET HAS BEEN OBJECTED TO. SO THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1553? NO.
SO I BEG YOUR PARDON? I'M GOING BACKWARDS IN THIS BOOK HERE DOCKET 1555. TALKING ABOUT 1555 COUNCILOR BREADON OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET WEEKEND. UM. >> MR DEAN, IF YOU TAKE THE
CHAIR FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU. >> HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I AM PROUD TO OFFER THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET WEEK AND AN IMPORTANT ON THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT OUR FARMERS MARKETS PLAY
AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS BOSTON FARMERS MARKETS SUPPORT LOCAL AND REGIONAL FARMERS BY GIVING THEM A PLACE TO SELL DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH GREATER ACCESS TO FRESH,
LOCALLY GROWN FOOD. WE ALSO THEY ALSO SERVE AS IMPORTANT THIRD SPACES OUR FARMERS MARKETS BRING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER AND CREATE WELCOMING PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AND CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
ACCESS TO FRESH AND HEALTHY FOOD REMAINS A CHALLENGE FOR MANY FAMILIES IN BOSTON. FARMERS MARKETS ACROSS THE CITY HELP ADDRESS THIS BY ACCEPTING SNAP AND HEALTHY AND INCENTIVE
PROGRAM AND OTHER NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS THAT MAKE FRESH PRODUCE MORE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE BRIGHTON FARMERS MARKET WHICH WILL BE
CELEBRATING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY, ITS TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND UH AS THIS AT THE END OF THIS UH, MEETING TODAY I WILL BE HEADING OVER THERE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR TEN
YEARS OF INCREDIBLE WORK FARMERS MARKETS ACROSS BOSTON INCLUDING ROXBURY, DORCHESTER, EAST BOSTON, MATTAPAN, SOUTH BOSTON AND MANY MORE LOCATIONS PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH ACCESS
TO FRESH FOOD WHILE SUPPORTING THE FARMERS AND VENDORS WHO WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD TO BRING THEIR PRODUCTS TO OUR COMMUNITIES. THESE MARKETS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT FARMERS,
PRODUCERS, MARKET MANAGERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO PUT IN THE WORK EACH WEEK TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME IN RECOGNIZING NATIONAL FARMERS
MARKET WEEK. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNTY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. FOR UM SUBMITTING THIS RESOLUTION. I AM VERY LUCKY. BECAUSE I HAVE. TWO GREAT FARMERS MARKETS IN MY DISTRICT AND ONE OF THEM UM, I ATTEND EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND.
IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. IT'S A ROSLINDALE FARMER'S MARKET. I PUT THAT AGAINST ANY FARMER'S MARKET AGAINST THE COUNTRY. IT IS BY FAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO HANG OUT. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF JUST
WHAT. DO THEY SELL THERE AND THE FACT THAT IT'S LOCAL PRODUCE AND IT'S PEOPLE BRINGING IN THEIR. OWN UM, SUPPLIES AND. THINGS THEY WANT TO SELL. MY FAVORITE. BAGELS ARE SOLD.
THEY'RE MY FAVORITE EMPANADAS. >> ARE. SOLD THERE. IT'S ALSO THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT IT BUILDS. UM, I WAS ABLE TO READ A BOOK TO SOME KIDS TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE FARMER'S MARKET. YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO RUN
INTO A NEIGHBOR AT THE FARMER'S MARKET. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE. >> MONEY THAN YOU WISH YOU DID. YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE TIME THAN YOU. >> WISH. TO BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SO IT'S SUCH A MAGNET. FOR COMMUNITY. UM, AND I.
I JUST I'M SO THANKFUL TO HAVE FARMER'S MARKETS IN MY DISTRICT AND I'M. SO GLAD. >> THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS RESOLUTION. I SHOULD GO CHECK OUT. >> THE BRIAN ONE AND ALL THE OTHER ONES. ACROSS THE CITY. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM GOING TO FULLY SUPPORT THIS YESTERDAY. THANK YOU.
>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE. THANK YOU SO. MUCH CHAIR COLE PEPPER. UM SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CUT THE RIBBON OR I SHOULD SAY
TULIP RIBBON AT THE OLDEST FARMERS MARKET IN BOSTON, THE COPLEY SQUARE FARMERS MARKET THIS YEAR. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A MISSION HELP UH, FARMERS MARKET AND I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO VENTURE TO
ROSLINDALE FOR THE ROSLINDALE FARMERS MARKET IS INCREDIBLE. GREAT SELECTION, AMAZING FLOWERS. UM, I TRULY LOVE FARMER'S MARKETS. IT'S EVERY CITY AND PLACE THAT I'VE LIVED IN.
FARMER'S MARKETS HAVE BEEN PART OF MY LIFE. SO UM I JUST WANT TO THANK UH, THE, UH, OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, FARMERS MARKETS ARE MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.
THEY ARE CONNECTING FARMS WITH ,UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S FARM TO TABLE. IT'S IT'S SUSTAINABLE. UM, IT'S IT BUILDS COMMUNITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK
WE'VE ALL FACED UM, WHAT IT'S MEANT UH, TO HAVE SNAP UH UNDER FIRE. AND SO FARMERS MARKETS ARE OFTEN A PLACE WHERE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE CAN RECEIVE AMAZING
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, UM, WITH THEIR SNAP AND EBT CARDS. UM, SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE TWO THAT EXIST IN MY DISTRICT. I'M GRATEFUL TO THE ONES THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND
CONNECTING FARMERS UM, WITH UH WITH THE PEOPLE AND SO UH, EXCITED UH, TO CELEBRATE I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEK, BUT THE COPLEY SQUARE FARMERS MARKET IS OPEN ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 11
A.M. TO 6 P.M. SO PLEASE STOP BY AND AND MAYBE I'LL BE IN ROTHESAY THIS WEEKEND. I DON'T KNOW, YOU REMINDED ME I NEED TO STOP BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE HAUNTS SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. . >> AND THANK YOU. MR CHAIR. >> AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL FARMERS
MARKET IN MY DISTRICT WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON ON WEST BROADWAY RIGHT AT THE MINIMUM MUNICIPAL A LOT AND. HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
THERE ONCE IN A ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY PROVIDE INCREDIBLE SERVICES FOOD ACCESS SUPPORT TO FAMILIES IN NEED. BUT ALSO THERE'S A A SENSE
OF COMMUNITY THERE AS WELL. MANY PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE COME TO THIS AREA IN SOUTH BOSTON AS AS COUNCILOR PEPEN MENTIONED AND
IT'S A PLACE TO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO COME
TOGETHER AS A NEIGHBORHOOD. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UM FARMERS MARKET UM AT COPLEY SQUARE AS WELL. A LOT OF MY BACK BAY CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS
ACROSS THE CITY REALLY GO THERE . UM, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE PLACE AND ALSO BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? OH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. WANTED TO ADD ON. I. >> UM I ALWAYS LOVE A GOOD FARMER'S MARKET.
WE DO HAVE SO MANY ACROSS ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR MAIN STREET TO IN SOME RUN THEM DIRECTLY BUT ALL OF THE MAIN STREETS IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOES HAVE ONE
WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR FARMERS MARKETS THAT PROVIDE LIKE NOT JUST THE GREAT BAGELS WHICH I KNOW THE LINES THERE EARLY IN ROSLINDALE YOU HAVE TO GET THERE EARLIER THEY SELL OUT SOON BUT THE UM FOR MANY IT'S
THE COUPONS THAT OUR FOOD JUSTICE OFFICE SUPPLIES ALSO THE CODMAN SQUARE KICKOFF I WAS AT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FOR THEIR FARMERS MARKET. THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN
LINE REALLY NEEDING THE FOOD AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES IN THE COUPONS WE'RE GIVING OUT SO I KNOW IT CONTINUES TO BE ON US TO SUPPORT THESE FARMER'S MARKETS AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR
RESIDENTS HAVE HEALTHY FOOD TO EAT. SO THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN IT'S TRUE
GLENN LEWIS JOHN MURPHY, PEPEN SANTANA WEBER AND PLEASE THAT THE CHAIR COUNCIL BREADON SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1555. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I'M OPPOSED. COUNSELOR BRAIN. YES. COUNCIL. BRAIN. YES.
COUNCIL CARLOS ABOVE. . COUNSELOR CULPEPPER. YES. >> COUNSELOR. >> CULPEPPER. YES. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNSELOR.
LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. MEDIA COUNSELOR. MURPHY YES I MURPHY. COUNSELOR TEN. YES. COUNSELOR. PEN. YES. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES. >> COUNSELOR. SANTANA. >> YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNSELOR. WEBER.
YES AND COUNSELOR WORMSER OKAY . NUMBER 155. UH, AS WE SEE TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU. >> SAID HI, PARKER. ROSS. UM, DO YOU KNOW. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
UH, DOCKET 1551555 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1556. TALKING NUMBER 1556 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL HEALTH CENTER WEEK AND HONORING BOSTON'S COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM MURPHY COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR CUSTOM YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD'S PLEASE. COUNSELOR FITZGERALD TO SO ADDED. AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN.
UH, HEARING SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ADDED AS A THIRD. AND IF I COULD I WOULD ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN. WE UM HE HAD ASKED AND I DO JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT AT THE
BEGINNING SO I DON'T FORGET TO SAY IT. I KNOW THAT HE'S BEEN ADVOCATING STRONGLY THAT HYDE PARK GETS A COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE HE DOES UNDERSTAND THE VALUE THAT THEY GIVE TO A
COMMUNITY NOT JUST OFFERING THE HEALTH, UM, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL SUPPORTS TO A COMMUNITY BUT THEY JUST KEEP IT ALIVE AND VIBRANT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. SO I'M WRITING THIS RESOLUTION
IT'S NATIONAL HEALTH. CARE WEEK I WAS HOPING TO BRING IN UM MICHAEL CURRY AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS HEALTH CENTERS TODAY.
BUT I KNOW WE ALREADY HAD A FEW UM, PRESENTATIONS ALREADY BUT I DO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE WORK THEY DO. WE UM, HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WE REMEMBER THAT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN BOSTON PROVIDE TRUSTED, ACCESSIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED CARE AND WE KNOW THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR INSURANCE
STATUS, YOUR INCOME, YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS OR LANGUAGE BACKGROUND, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME AT A HEALTH CENTER AND THEY GIVE THE BEST SUPPORT TO ALL OF THEIR PATIENTS THAT COME THROUGH THEIR DOORS.
THEY PROVIDE LANGUAGE ACCESS, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE IN A STAFF WHO UNDERSTANDS THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ARE
RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES, SO THEY DO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THE NEED IS. THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT GOOD HEALTH IS CONNECTED TO ACCESS TO FOOD, STABLE HOUSING,
TRANSPORTATION, LANGUAGE SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND SUPPORTS THAT ALLOW INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO THRIVE. SO WE KNOW THAT THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH MANY OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MICHAEL CURRY, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LEAGUE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND THE LEAGUE FOR THEIR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND
ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF OUR HEALTH CENTERS. SO I DO HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES JOIN AND HONORING AND CELEBRATING OUR HEALTH CENTERS. I'M ASKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR MURPHY CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH. >> I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. >> THEM AS WELL. AND THANK YOU TO, UH TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR HAVING ME. >> AS A CO-SPONSOR HERE. ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF, UH,
DORCHESTER LOSING ITS LOCAL HOSPITAL. >> AND THE COUNTY HOSPITAL, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS REALLY STEPPED UP FOR THOSE IN THE AREA. UH, AND THAT INCLUDES DEPARTMENTS AT HEALTH CENTER DOT HEALTH, CODMAN SQUARE HEALTH CENTER AND EVEN THE
FIRST EVER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES, THE GEIGER GIBSON DOWN IN COLUMBIA POINT. UM, AND SO UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY RIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THEM THE WORK THEY CONTINUE. TO DO IN THE ABSENCE OF A.
LOCAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND UH AND FOR THOSE THAT THEY HELP EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MURPHY ,UH, FOR ADDING ME. I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE MANY HEALTH CENTERS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN MY DISTRICT.
THIS WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THEM INCLUDING THE UH, SOUTH BOSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. IT SERVES A DIVERSE GROUP OF PATIENTS WHERE NEARLY 60%.
UM OF PATIENTS RELY ON ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. UM THIS HEALTH CENTER PROVIDES CRITICAL HEALTH CARE TO NOT JUST RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH
BOSTON BUT THROUGHOUT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. BUT THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL OTHER HEALTH CENTERS IN MY DISTRICT OR JUST OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT. UM, THAT I DO I DO WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT INCLUDING THE SOUTH COVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER IN CHINATOWN EXCEPTIONAL WORK THE THE SOUTH END COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER MERGED WITH THE EAST BOSTON UM COMMUNITY HEALTH
CENTER. IT'S UNDER THE EAST BOSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER NAMED NOW BUT THEY DO EXCEPTIONAL WORK IN SOUTH AND THE SOUTH END BUT ALSO IN THE IN THE ROXBURY
AREA AS WELL. FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER IS OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT BUT AT ONE TIME THEY DID PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE INSIDE THE DISTRICT BUT THEY DO
EXCEPTIONAL WORK AND SUPPORT OF MANY FROM THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER AS WELL.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ISSUE I DO BELIEVE THAT FINANCIALLY MANY OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ARE STRUGGLING. I DO THINK THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US EVENTUALLY TO HAVE A HEARING AT THE CITY COUNCIL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SITUATIONS MANY OF THESE COMMUNITY HEALTH
CENTERS HEALTH CENTERS ARE IN AND TO SEE WHAT ROLE THE CITY OF BOSTON CAN PLAY OR THE STATE AS WELL TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS BECAUSE I THINK SOONER OR LATER
WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR PEPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL HEALTH CENTER. WE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND LIKE THE WHITTIER STREET HEALTH CENTER IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE
APPROACHABLE, ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HELP KEEP OUR FAMILIES HEALTHY. NO CORNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH SHOULD EVER BECOME A HEALTH CARE DESERT AND LEADERS LIKE MICHAEL CURRY ALONG WITH THE
DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS EVERY DAY MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. I HOPE WE USE NATIONAL HEALTH CENTER WEEK NOT ONLY TO
CELEBRATE THESE INSTITUTIONS BUT ALSO TO RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, SUPPORTING THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK IN THEM AND ADVOCATING
FOR THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO CONTINUE SERVING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. FOR THESE REASONS, I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. UH, OFFERED BY COUNCILOR MURPHY . THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR. INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION AND FOR THE WORDS AT THE BEGINNING. I, UM AND REALLY STRONGLY BEEN .
ADVOCATING FOR. THE HYDE PARK HEALTH CENTER. TO BE ABLE TO. MAKE THAT A REALITY. BUT THAT. >> WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT. THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
HYDE PARK COALITION THAT PEOPLE LIKE MARSHALL KIM JACKSON ARE LEADING. >> IN THE COMMUNITY. UM. >> IT'S A BIG BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW. WE LIVE IN THE ONE OF THE FURTHEST. PARTS OF THE CITY.
RIGHT AT THE TAIL END OF THE CITY. UH AND IT. TAKES THEM. >> A. LONG TIME. >> TO GET THERE AND THEY KNOW THE VALUE OF A HEALTH CENTER. THAT IT REFLECTS. >> THE. COMMUNITY WHICH. >> IS WHY THEY'RE. FIGHTING FOR IT. THEY'VE BEEN MAKING. PROGRESS THOUGH BECAUSE. >> NOW THEY'RE TEAMING UP WITH
THE FAMILY VAN. AND THEY'RE TEAMING UP WITH. WHITTIER HEALTH. CENTER FROM. ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD UM WITH WITH PRESIDENT. FREDERICA WILLIAMS. AND SEEING HOW WE CAN BRING MORE. RESOURCES IN THE.
MEANTIME UNTIL WE GET TO THAT CONVERSATION WORKING WITH PEOPLE LIKE MICHAEL CURRY TO BRING IN A HEALTH CENTER TO HYDE PARK, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO. ROSLINDALE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE AMAZING.
THEY ARE THE HEALTH CENTER WHERE MY FAMILY GOES TO AGAIN RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE WE LIVE AND. THAT THEY. >> JUST IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE FAMILY WHEN. YOU WALK IN THAT CARE IS PERSONAL. ANOTHER HEALTH CENTER IN MY.
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT IS A GEM IS THE MATTAPAN. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB OF TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE CARNEY HOSPITAL.
UM, BUT ALSO IN. RECENT TRAGIC INCIDENTS. THEY'VE ALSO. >> HELD. SPACE FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT ,UM. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THEY HAVE OPENED THEIR DOORS IN A WAY THAT WE THANK THEM FOR IT. AND I WAS THERE WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES, UM, TO BE ABLE TO. HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN AN. OPEN SETTING. I WANT. >> TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT ALSO TO MISS DAVINA MUSCLE. UM. >> WHO IS.
>> A HIGH. PARK RESIDENT BUT. SHE HELPED. ESTABLISH THE SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY. HEALTH CENTER. AND WE ARE USING HER KNOWLEDGE TO. REALLY HELP FORMULATE HOW. >> DO WE GET TO. THAT POINT IN OTHER PLACES ACROSS THE CITY. SO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING VOTING YES ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR PEPEN CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DRINK AND COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR SPONSORING THIS HEALTH CARE
CENTERS AND UM AND OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS REALLY HELPED BREAK DOWN UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IN BOSTON WE HAVE VERY UNEQUAL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE ACCESS TO THE BEST HEALTH CARE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE FLYING IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO RECEIVE CARE FROM OUR WORLD CLASS HOSPITALS. AND THERE ARE FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE BASIC NEEDS TREATED LIKE
DIABETES AND UM INSULIN RESISTANCE AND OTHER UM OTHER UM DIABETES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT UM THAT ARE SO BASIC AND SO UM I, I BELIEVE AND I KNOW
THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ARE BREAKING DOWN, UH. THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HELPING PEOPLE GET ACCESS TO THE HEALTH CARE THAT THEY NEED IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT HELPS CREATE STABLE
RELATIONSHIPS, UH, TO TO PEOPLE AND AND THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND, UH, THEY'RE DEEPLY NEEDED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO AS MUCH AS THIS WE CAN BRING AWARENESS AND ACCESS TO THESE
UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, I THINK THE BETTER FOR IT. UM, AND I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED UM, FENWAY HEALTH WHICH IS UH CURRENTLY LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT BUT HAS HAD MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OVER THEIR
HISTORY. UM, THAT'S IT'S A DEEP UH, DEEPLY IMPORTANT UM, UH, ACCESS POINT FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR THEIR
SUPPORT OF HEALTH CARE HOW UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, UM, BECAUSE WE DEEPLY NEED THAT ACCESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, AND I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UH, ISSUES AT THE
STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS THAT WE CAN PUSH FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE REALLY GETTING, UH, FAIR, UM, REIMBURSEMENT. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE CAN WORK ON AS A COUNCIL, UM, TO TALK THROUGH
THOSE ISSUES. SO I WANT TO THANK MICHAEL CURRY AS WELL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS, UM, TO EXPAND ACCESS TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, THE CHARLES RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER WHICH CELEBRATED 50 YEARS LAST YEAR. IT STARTED OFF, UH, DUE TO THE
VISIONARY LEADERSHIP OF A GUY CALLED JOE SMITH JOSEPH SMITH WHO WAS A ALLSTON RESIDENT. UH, AND THE ORIGINAL ITERATION OF WAS THE JOSEPH SMITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, WHICH
WAS HOUSED IN TWO APARTMENTS IN THE ORIGINAL CHARLES U HOUSING COMPLEX ON WESTERN AVE. AND OVER THE YEARS, UH, THEY OUTGREW THAT AND THEY MOVED INTO A BUILDING THAT WAS RENTED
FROM HARVARD AND THEN IN RECENT YEARS UNDER THE UH WITH THE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF UH MAJORITY LEADER MORAN, UH, THE CHARLES RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER GOT A BRAND NEW UM,
BUILDING. UH, AND UH, SO THERE'S DENTAL, MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PHARMACY IT'S JUST UH, A REALLY VIBRANT AND ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
INFRASTRUCTURE. MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS ONE OF THEIR FIRST PATIENTS AND, UH ,MARY AND I ARE STILL PATIENTS OVER THERE AT THE CHARLES RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS MEET
THERE'S A CRISIS IN PRIMARY CARE RIGHT NOW AND OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ARE THE PRIDE OF BOSTON BECAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE NETWORK OF THEM ACROSS THE CITY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCILOR PEPEN TO DO
ANYTHING I CAN TO HELP SUPPORT YOUR, UH, QUEST TO HAVE A, UH A NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER IN, UH IN HYDE PARK BECAUSE IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, UM, ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UM COUNCILOR FRENCH LOUIJEUNE FRENCH FOR MEJIA COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR.
WEBER CONSTABLE RAIL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. COUNCILORS MURPHY, FITZ FITZGERALD AND FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1556. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED.
SAY NAY. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1556. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPOSED COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR.
CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. >> MURPHY. >> YES, COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. >> YES. COUNCILOR. >> PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD COUNCIL.
WELL, YES. SO I CAN NUMBER 1556 AS WE SEE 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1556 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1557.
TALKING NUMBER 1557 COUNCILOR WORRELL OFF WITH THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 6TH AS JAMAICA INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR.
WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO WISH JAMAICA AND JAMAICANS EVERYWHERE A HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY THIS YEAR FEELS A. >> LITTLE DIFFERENT. LAST OCTOBER, HURRICANE MELISSA
STRUCK JAMAICA WITH WINDS. OF 185MPH, TAKING 95 LIVES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN INCLUDING 45 IN JAMAICA AND DEVASTATING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE ISLAND.
BUT IT STAYED WITH ME IS HOW JAMAICAN PEOPLE RESPONDED WITH STRENGTH, GRIT AND UNMATCHED RESILIENCE. THAT IS WHY THIS YEAR'S THEME UNITING AND CELEBRATING RESILIENCE IS SO FITTING.
RESILIENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF JAMAICA. STORY FROM EMANCIPATION IN 1838 TO AUGUST 6TH, 1962 WHEN THE BLACK, GREEN AND GOLD FLAG WAS RAISED OVER AN INDEPENDENT
JAMAICA AND JAMAICA'S IMPACT CAN BE FELT RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON. WE SEE IT IN LEADERS LIKE LEILA DE FREDERICK, WHO CAME FROM JAMAICA AND DEVOTED HER LIFE TO FIGHTING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS ROXBURY AND
DORCHESTER. AND WE SAW IT AGAIN AFTER THE HURRICANE WHEN THE CITY OF BOSTON STEPPED UP, MY OFFICE WORKED WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST SUPPLY DRIVES TO HELP REBUILD AND GET SUPPLIES TO
JAMAICA. BUT WE KNOW THE WORK ISN'T DONE AND I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT BIANCA ROSE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO HELPED ALSO ORGANIZE A LOT OF THOSE SUPPLY DRIVES. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP
AND TO ALL MY JAMAICANS AND TO THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING TOMORROW FROM NOON TO 430 RIGHT HERE ON CITY HALL PLAZA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> CONSTABLE EARLE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER
COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AUGUST
6TH AS JAMAICA INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS WE MARK THE 64TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAMAICA'S INDEPENDENCE, WE ARE NOT JUST COMMEMORATING A DATE ON THE CALENDAR.
WE ARE CELEBRATING THE VIBRANT AND DEEP INFLUENTIAL JAMAICAN COMMUNITY THAT CALLS BOSTON HOME. THERE'S BEEN A REAL DEBATE
ABOUT WHO MAKES THE BEST COCKTAILS, AND I HAVE BEEN IN A DEEP BATTLE WITH COUNCIL WELLS BROTHER REPRESENTATIVE BREWER WELL WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD A
COOK OFF YET BUT FOR THE RECORD NO THAN BIG TALES ARE FAR BETTER THAN JAMAICAN OXTAILS.
THE JAMAICAN COMMUNITY HAS A LONGSTANDING PRESENCE IN BOSTON AND THE INFLUENCE IS FELT FROM OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM TO ART AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP.
RECOGNIZING THIS DAY IS A WAY TO HONOR THE HERITAGE OF OUR RESIDENTS OF JAMAICAN DESCENT AND TO UPHOLD THE DIVERSITY THAT MAKES BOSTON A DYNAMIC PLACE TO LIVE.
THIS RESOLUTION SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE GLOBAL CONNECTIONS THAT EXIST RIGHT HERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE OF JAMAICA, WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING OUR NEIGHBORS,
OUR COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS WHO HELP DRIVE BOSTON FORWARD EVERY DAY. I AM HONORED TO STAND AND CELEBRATE JAMAICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY AND FOR THESE REASONS I
WILL BE VOTING YES. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER I THINK YOU TWO GUYS BETTER STOP TALKING ABOUT WHO'S BETTER AND ACTUALLY SHOW US THE PROOF
OF THE OXTAILS HERE. THAT'S GOING SO GOOD. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILMAN MURPHY, COUNCILOR PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILOR REALISTIC SUSPENSION
OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1557. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1557. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES.
COUNCIL. BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLADAS OPPONENT. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN.
COUNCIL. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES, COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA.
YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. >> YES. COUNCIL. >> WORLD. YES. TALKING ABOUT 1557 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1557 HAS BEEN ADOPTED
. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1558. TALKING NUMBER 1558 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING AUGUST 16TH, 2026 AS DOMINICAN CULTURAL DAY. AND CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM A HERE COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD MY DOMINICAN BROTHERS, UM, COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR FOR BEING AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR.
COUNCILOR SANTANA IS ADDED AS A SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONTRA AND IS ADDED AS A THIRD. OKAY, I'M PROUD TO FILE THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING DOMINICAN CULTURAL DAY AND
HIGHLIGHTING THE SEMANA CULTURAL AND FESTIVAL DOMINICAN UM THE BOSTON ORGANIZATION UM WHICH CONTINUES TO UPLIFT THE DOMINICAN CULTURE VALUES ARE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR CITY.
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 163RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESTORATION OF OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND AS YOU ALL KNOW I'M A PROUD DOMINICAN IMMIGRANT. THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY IS THE
SECOND LARGEST LATINO AND THE SECOND LARGEST IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND OUR ENTREPRENEURS, ACTIVISTS, LEADERS, ATHLETES, POLITICIANS, EDUCATORS AND MORE
MAKING OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE UM ALONGSIDE ALL OF OUR CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND DOMINICAN CULTURAL DAY, WE CELEBRATE THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY WHILE ALSO COMMITTING TO FURTHER ADVOCACY ON BEHALF
OF THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CLIMATE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE DOMINICAN AND ALL THE LATINO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE BEING TARGETED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPHOLD OUR VALUES
AS A SANCTUARY CITY THAT UPLIFTS AND PROTECTS ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PROMOTING HATRED AND WANTS US TO BE AFRAID. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY AND
JOYFUL RESISTANCE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO UM, THAT IS HAVING A DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA IS UM BY SUPPLEMENT THAT WE ALSO E UM
INSPIRED OKAY AT THE UM IT HAS SIMILAR CULTURAL THAT MAKE IT ALL A I ALWAYS MAKE THOSE E LA CASA DE LA BUDA UM ROSANNA DE
LA PERSONA OKAY THANK THOSE WHO ENFORCED PARA SEGUROS. OKAY IF YOU GO TO ANY YOU KNOW THAT I CELEBRATE UM SO I JUST ADDED SOMETHING THAT I FORGOT I DIDN'T SAY IN ENGLISH.
I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT UM THE CASA, THE CULTURA. UM, IT'S THE ORGANIZATION THAT HAS LED BY LOUIS SMART THOSE UM AND A SERIES OTHER DOMINICANS WHO ARE LEADING THE CHARGE AND
MAKING SURE THAT THE DOMINICAN FESTIVAL AND OUR CULTURE IS REPRESENTED AND CELEBRATED HERE UM IN AUGUST. SO JUST WANT TO SAY CAN YOU SEE THAT IS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MCKEE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WELCOME BACK. WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSOR. COUNCILOR MEJIA. FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS RESOLUTION AND FOR INCLUDING
ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN IN THE REPUBLIC, UM, AND RAISED HERE IN MISSION HILL, IT IS AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE DOMINICAN CULTURAL DAY AND CELEBRATE THE RICH HERITAGE AND LASTING
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON THIS YEAR. UM AS COUNCILOR MIRIAM MENTIONED IN HER REMARKS WE CALL UM WE RECOGNIZE THE 163RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESTORATION
OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF SOME AND I COULDN'T DO THAT IF I SAY IF I LOOK ANY KIND OF THE MOST OF THEM WHOSE DEDICATION HAS HELP PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE DOMINICAN CULTURE
AND TRADITIONS FOR GENERATIONS BOSTON'S HAVE BEEN MAKING COMMUNITY THE CITY'S SECOND LARGEST LATINO AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS IN BUSINESS, EDUCATION, PUBLIC
SERVICE, THE ARTS AND CIVIC LIFE. I AM ACTUALLY PROUD TO SERVE ALONGSIDE MY FELLOW DOMINICAN COUNCILOR MEJIA UM AND COUNCILOR BETHANN. UM AND YOU KNOW, JUST MADE A SHOUT OUT FOR COUNCILMEMBER
HERE BEING THE FIRST LATINA BUT FIRST DOMINICAN UM, TO SERVE HERE IN THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL UM, CREATING A PATHWAY FOR MANY OTHERS UM, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE UM UM YOU KNOW, I ALSO
WANT TO INVITE ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC, UM, TO JOIN US ON AUGUST 16TH FOR THE DOMINICAN PARADE AND FESTIVAL. IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, EXPERIENCE THAT MUSIC,
FOOD, ART AND TRADITIONS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SO VIBRANT. I HOPE TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU THERE. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE. THANK YOU. ,THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO MY DOMINICAN BROTHERS AND SISTER FOR ADDING ME ON THIS RESOLUTION. UM I'M ALWAYS SO PROUD WHEN THIS TIME OF THE YEAR COMES AROUND. IT'S FILLED WITH SO MUCH JOY.
AND CELEBRATION BECAUSE WE. GET TO TRULY HONOR. WHAT IT MEANS TO BE DOMINICAN, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE. PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE, OF THE CONTRIBUTION THAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE MADE TO THE CITY, ALL THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY MADE.
>> WHEN THEY LEFT THAT BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. I DON'T. >> KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT WITH SUCH GREAT WEATHER. ,BUT LIKE. TO COME HERE AND TO CONTINUE TO INSTILL THAT TRADITION IN US. I'M A.
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A DOMINICAN AMERICAN THAT WAS BORN HERE, BUT. MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME HOW TO SPEAK SPANISH FIRST I LEARNED HOW TO. EAT ARABIC WELL I GOT IN. EVERY SINGLE DAY AND TO THIS DAY THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT WE
CARRY THAT MUCH PRIDE WITH US BECAUSE. OF WHAT WE DO. OF HOW OUR FAMILIES AND OUR NEIGHBORS. >> AND. OUR FRIENDS REACH OUT TO US MAKING SURE THAT THEY FEEL REPRESENTED.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A. DAY OR WEEK, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT. OUR PEOPLE. FEEL REPRESENTED AND THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE FIGHTING. >> FOR THEM. EVERY SINGLE DAY INSIDE THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT'S. >> WHY I'M SO PROUD. TO WAVE THAT FLAG SO PROUDLY
AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT. UNDERSTAND THEM. IN THEIR CULTURE, IN THEIR. LANGUAGE AND IN THEIR UPBRINGING IN. CLARAMENTE LA VERDAD COMMISSIONER GOOD. SO THEY SAID DOMINIC CANO LA
CASA DE LA CULTURA AS. TREMENDO TRABAJO THE. INSIGNIA SIGNIFICA. >> SIR DOMINIC CON LA PARRA LA AND FESTIVAL AND THE IDEA. TODO LOS. >> ANGELES AND WITH US YOU THAT MATTER. I MEAN PAPA.
UH I LOVE. TODO ORGANIZED AS A FARM PARA LA DOMINICANA THAT SO. WE I WANT. >> TO SEE. BUT UH SEGURA.
COMO DOMINICANA I GOT. MY REPRESENTATION AND THANK YOU . COUNCILOR PEPEN. UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY'S
LEGACY EXTENDS WELL BEYOND THE VIBRANT FESTIVALS AND PARADES THAT WILL FILL OUR STREETS AND HAVE FILLED OUR STREETS AND WILL FILL OUR STREETS EACH SUMMER. WELL, BOSTON WILL ALWAYS
CHERISH THE CULTURAL RICHNESS AND ENERGY BROUGHT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS COMMUNITY HAS ALSO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED HOW HERITAGE AND TRADITION CAN BE
USED AS A PLATFORM TO INVEST IN OUR CITY, EXPAND OPPORTUNITY AND ADVOCATE FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE FUTURE. THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY, DOMINICAN LEADERS,
ENTREPRENEURS AND FAMILIES HAVE CHAMPIONED COUNTLESS INITIATIVES FROM EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE TO SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH THROUGH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND A STEADFAST
COMMITMENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT. THEY HAVE DIRECTLY INVESTED IN THE NEXT GENERATION. THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE A LASTING IMPACT THAT RESONATES ACROSS EVERY DISTRICT AND IN
THE HEARTS OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, THE INFLUENCE OF DOMINICAN CULTURE CONTINUES TO BE FELT IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR ECONOMY AND OUR SHARED CIVIC
LIFE. THIS IS WHY I WILL BE VOTING YES ON RECOGNIZING AUGUST 16TH 2026 AS DOMINICAN CULTURAL DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE PARTIES COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCILMEMBER HERE ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON COUNCILOR YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> I WANT TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP REALLY QUICK. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. OUR UH, DOMINICAN LOCAL COUNCILOR UH, WHOEVER UM WHO ALSO IS DOMINICAN.
UM BUT I DID STAND UP TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT DOMINICANS ALSO MAKE GOOD. OXTAILS AND SO DO HAITIANS. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT JAMAICANS HANDS DOWN EVEN
THOUGH I'M DOMINICAN I HAVE TO SAY JAMAICANS MAKE THE BEST OXTAILS. SO OF UH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. MADAM PRESIDENT, I MUST SAY
THAT WHEN COUNCILMEMBER HERE TAKES MY OXTAILS SHE WILL RESCIND THE STATEMENT THAT SHE JUST MADE THIS MORNING AND IT'S COMING UP SOON. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, UH,
BAKER OF COOKOFF OR WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER? UH UH, COUNCILOR UM FLYNN,
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR UH. MURPHY. OKAY. >> HEY, UM. EVEN IF YOU'RE DINOSAUR AS AN AS A SPONSOR. HOLD ON. CONTRA CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY CONSCIOUS AND COUNCILOR WEBER AND CONSTABLE ROWLAND PLEASE UM THE CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL.
UM. COUNCILOR MEJIAS COUNCILORS MAHELA SANTANA AND PEPEN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1558. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
UH UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 1558 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. I'M GETTING DISTRACTED BY THE THOUGHT OF THESE OXTAILS. I THINK THIS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET THEY MAY HAVE MISSED? AND I. I'LL GO RIGHT THERE. I'LL START WITH COUNCILOR WORRELL THERE. COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES. >> UM I LIKE THAT. AND MY NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER
1553 AND UH VOTE YES AND ALSO DOCKET NUMBER 1555 AT MY NAME AND THEN ALSO A YES VOTE. THANK YOU. >> UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU
UH. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AND ALSO REQUIRED UH, A YES VOTE FOR DOCKET 15511552 AND 1553.
THANK YOU. >>. >> EVERYONE ELSE ALL SET? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL, UH, ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ?
COUNCILOR? UH, WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH. THIS IS A, UM, A SECOND READING ON FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MSBA PROJECTS HERE IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON. SO I'D LIKE TO PULL, UH, DOCKET NUMBER 1311 AND 1312. WHICH ARE THE LAST TWO PAGES IN THE GREEN SHEETS AND. UM, WITH THE NUMBERS.
UH, ABSENT OBJECTION. THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND DOCKET DOCKETS ONE THREE. CAN YOU. SEE IT'S ONE THE 1311 AND
13121311. >> AND 1312 ARE PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNT. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THOSE TWO DOCKETS. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS DOCKET NUMBER 1311 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY OF BOSTON APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT FOR THE
MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED AT 75 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD, ROXBURY, MASS. 02120. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT
OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TALKING ABOUT 1312 MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT
OF $850,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN WORK ASSOCIATED WITH WINDOW, DOOR AND ROOF PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING. SCHOOLS BOSTON ADULT ACADEMY
JOSEPH J. HURLEY SCHOOL ELLIS MENDEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JOYCE KILMER K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL AND LION UPPER NINE THROUGH 12 SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT
OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL RELATED THERE TO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON. >> PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED AND DOCKETS 1311 AND
DOCKET 1312 ARE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNSELOR WEBER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE VOTED UH IN SUPPORT OF OF BOTH OF THESE AT OUR LAST
MEETING AND THEY REQUIRE TO UH ,TWO VOTES TO APPROVE UH, JUST AS A REMINDER UH, 1311 THE APPROPRIATE $5 MILLION FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL. UH, IT WOULD THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO PROCURE A PROJECT MANAGER AND ARCHITECT TO COMPLETE A FEASIBILITY STUDY. UH, BY THE SUMMER OF 2027.
UH, THIS AND THEN, UM, THIS IS ONLY THE THE UH THE FIRST PHASE UH UH, IF WE SATISFY THE MSBA REQUIREMENTS WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE CITY
COUNCIL WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROJECT AFTER THE RESULTS OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE MSBA. UM, AND SO, UH, I'M GOING TO
RECOMMEND THAT BE READ FOR A SECOND TIME AND APPROVED. FOR FOR UH DOCKET NUMBER. 1312 THAT'S $850,000 UH, FOR THE DESIGN AND PLANNING UH,
COSTS RELATED TO TO SORT OF A ROOF WINDOW AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THE BOSTON ADULT ACADEMY THE HURLEY, THE MENDEL KILMER AND LYON. AND AGAIN I'M GOING TO
RECOMMEND THAT. WOULD THAT BE READ FOR THE SECOND TIME AND APPROVED BY THIS BODY? SO UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR WEBER MOVES FOR PASSAGE UH, OF DOCKET 1311
WHICH IS HAD A SECOND READING. UH, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1311. COUNCILOR BREEN. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPONENT COUNCILOR. CULPEPER.
COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES, COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. STONE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. ILLUSION. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR.
MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. LEPPARD. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR.
WORLD. YES. NUMBER 1311 AS WE SEE UH 11 UH 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND HAS RECEIVED A SECOND READING.
THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET UH, 1311 HAS PASSED. UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, UH, MOVED PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1312 WHICH
HAS HAD A SECOND READING. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1312. COUNCILOR BREEN. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DIRK. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. SHELL. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCIL. BOOKEND. YES, COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL. OBVIOUS AND COUNCILOR. WORLD.
YES, COUNCILOR. OH, YES. TALKING OF A1312 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE RECEIVED RECEIVING ITS SECOND READING. THANK YOU. MR.
DOCKET 1312 HAS RECEIVED A SECOND READING AND HAS PASSED. ANY OTHER APPEALS FROM GREEN SHEETS? OKAY. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO LIT
FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT WE HAVE TWO LATE FILES. ONE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION AND ONE PERSONNEL ORDER.
UM, MR TRUCK, UM, I'M INFORMED THAT WE HAVE TWO CLEARED FILES. UH, ONE IS A PERSONNEL ORDER AND THE OTHER IS A LITTLE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION. UH, ABSENT OBJECTION, THESE LEAD FILE MATTERS WILL BE
ADDED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU READ PLEASE READ THE FIRST READ THE PERSONNEL. UM, ORDER. CONTRAFLOW. UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I DIDN'T I DIDN'T GET A COPY OF THE LATE FILE, COULD I. COULD I KINDLY GET A COPY. >> OF IT, PLEASE? UM. >> I'M NOT OBJECTING TO IT. I JUST I JUST WANTED TO GET A COPY. >> OF IT. I WOULD UM YES. I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU NOT HAVING
IT. OKAY, EVERYONE, AS EVERYONE ELSE GOT A COPY OF THE NEW TIME. I WOULD START. I DON'T BELIEVE IN OBJECTING TO LATE FILES, BUT I. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO GET A CALL.
UH, WE'LL START WITH THE PERSONNEL ORDER, MR TRUCK. UM, WE'LL DO THE THE. PLATO FILE MATTER PERSONAL ORDER COUNSELOR BRAIN FOR COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIRMAN OF PASSAGE
OF UM THIS PERSONNEL ORDER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY, UH ALL ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. THE PERSONNEL ORDER HAS PASSED WHEN I WANT TO THE LATE, UH,
THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION, UH, ABSENT OBJECTION THIS THIS EMERGENCY ORDERS BEEN ADDED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE LATE FILE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION.
OFFERED BY COUNCILORS, UH, PIPPIN AND LOUIJEUNE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO OPPOSE THE LEASING OF PARKING SPACES TO ICE IN BOSTON.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. NO. COUNCILOR PEPEN BEG YOUR PARDON. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU'RE THE LEAD SPONSOR AND COUNCILOR REGENT. YOUR SECOND. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
UM. >> LAST NIGHT IT WAS REPORTED THAT ICE AGENCY IS SEEKING TO SECURE. UP TO 250. PARKING SPACES IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS. I STRONGLY.
OPPOSE THIS REQUEST AND ANY OPERATION THAT THREATENS THE SENSE OF SAFETY AND BELONGING THAT OUR IMMIGRANTS DESERVE BOTH IN THE CITY FOR ALL THE CITY WHERE EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL PROTECTED DESPITE THE
IMMIGRATION STATUS. TODAY I AM URGING MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO STAND BESIDE ME AND REJECT THIS REQUEST AND INSTEAD PRIORITIZE POLICIES IN PARTNERSHIP TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW, UM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO NOT FEEL SAFE. ICE AGENTS DO NOT MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES FEEL SAFER. WE OBVIOUSLY SEE WHAT HAS
HAPPENED WITH OUR OUR ASIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH TPS AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SCARED RIGHT NOW AND I THINK BOSTON HAS TO STAND STRONG TO PROTECT THAT.
THAT WAS JUST SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER POSSIBLE THAT CONTINUES TO MAKE THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WELCOMING IN SELF PLACE AND SAFE SPACE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING MY
COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION, UM ,TO SHOW WHERE WE STAND IN THIS TRYING TIMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR PEP AND CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE . YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR BY PAN
FOR ADDING ME. AS ICE CONTINUES TO TERRORIZE OUR CITIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE VERY CLEAR AND TAKE A STANCE ON PUSHING BACK AGAINST UM, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO AID
AND ABET THEIR UH, TERRORIZING OF OUR COMMUNITIES. UH, WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR, UH, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AS A CITY IN FEBRUARY THAT, UM, NO CITY OWNED PROPERTIES WILL BE
ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR ICE FOR ANY STAGING OR ANY ICE ACTIVITY . UM, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR AS DID GREG VASSELL YESTERDAY FROM THE GREATER BOSTON, UH, REAL ESTATE BOARD THAT FOR ANYONE IN THE
CITY OF BOSTON FINDING PARKING IS IS A DIFFICULT THING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SETTING ASIDE 250 AND UH FOR ICE AND WE HOPE THAT THE SIGNAL FROM THE GOVERNOR WHO TODAY SIGNED THE
PROTECT ACT WHICH KEEPS ICE OUT OF OUR COURTHOUSES, OUR SCHOOLS, UM AND HOSPITALS THAT IT'S A SIGNAL TO EVERYONE AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY WHERE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS STANDS WHERE THE CITY OF BOSTON
STANDS. UM, AS FOR MY PRIOR RESOLUTION, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE IN A CRISIS MODE AT THIS MOMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. UH, THEY'RE IN CITY AFTER CITY WHETHER IT'S MINNEAPOLIS OR
HOUSTON WHERE ICE IN ENCOUNTERS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAS LED TO DEATH. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP IT OUT OF OUR CITY. AND THIS RESOLUTION IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR DIVISION TO
RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GOING TO BE VOTING IN SUPPORT. >> OF THIS RESOLUTION. I ALSO WANT TO. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO OUR COUNCIL?
KEVIN, PLEASE. A COUNSELOR ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION TO ME. OKAY. I REPRESENT A LARGE AREA OF DOWNTOWN BOSTON. I WAS UNFAMILIAR. >> WITH THIS ISSUE. UM, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN A
LITTLE BIT. ABOUT WHY WERE THEY. TRYING TO. >> WHY WERE THEY TRYING TO RUN SO MANY SPOTS IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON? WERE THEY TRYING TO DO IT PRIVATELY IN PRIVATE LOTS OR
WERE THEY TRYING TO GET PUBLIC SPACE IN TERMS OF PARKING? I WAS I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I GET IT I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE PARKING IS. CERTAINLY A MAJOR ISSUE.
BUT UM, I JUST. WANTED TO GET SOME MORE OF THE LOGISTICS. HIS ANSWER HAS. >> NOTHING TO DO ON WHETHER OR NOT I'M SUPPORTING THIS. I'M SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THIS. UM BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET A RESPONSE.
UM, CONTRA PEPEN, UH, COULD YOU ANSWER COUNCILOR FLYNN'S QUERY? YES. >> UH, IN REGARD TO THE DETAILS, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AS OF YESTERDAY. UM, THE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON TO WHERE EXACTLY THE PARKING
SPACES WERE ARE BEING REQUESTED FROM IS UNCLEAR. UM, IN REGARDS TO THE REASONING BEHIND IT, UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY CLEAR IN REGARDS TO THE SCARE TACTICS AND THE TERRIBLE
HARM THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS CAUSING ON OUR PEOPLE AND OBVIOUSLY BOSTON THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PEOPLE. SO WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIFIC DETAILS I THINK WE ARE AWAITING WHERE EXACTLY BUT I THAT'S WHY
I'M CALLING FOR THIS EMERGENCY RESOLUTION WHERE WE'RE JUST SAYING IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP THEM OUT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPPER. YOU HAVE THE. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES I'VE GOT
TWO LIGHTS ON HERE. I WILL START COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR WEBER COMING TO YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR UH, PAT AND COUNCILOR REGINA FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS UM, ON THIS RESOLUTION HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. UM, I THINK BOTH OF MY COLLEAGUES MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED THE
HARM, UM, THAT THIS AGENCY HAS CREATED, UH, AMONGST OUR NEIGHBORS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ACROSS, UM, THE UNITED STATES AND I YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED UH, THE
THE UH THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THIS THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE NOT ALLOWING UM FOR THEM TO BE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, BUT I REALLY WANT TO URGE UM, OUR OUR PROPERTY OWNERS AND OUR SMALL
IN OUR BUSINESSES, UM, WHO MAY BE ENGAGING IN SOME OF THESE UM, SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS UM, TO NOT LEAVE TO AN AGENCY WHO'S DOING HARM TO OUR NEIGHBORS. UM, AND UH, YOU KNOW SO I THINK
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT HERE UM, YOU KNOW, AS AS A AS AN IMMIGRANT UM, THIS IS EXTREMELY PERSONAL TO ME. UM, I MEAN COMMUNITIES ARE RIGHT NOW, UM, EXPERIENCING SO MUCH FEAR. UM, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER
WAY ANOTHER STORYLINE RIGHT NOW OF CREATING MORE FEAR AMONGST OUR NEIGHBORS. SO I REALLY DO WANT TO URGE UM ,OUR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, AND ACROSS THE CITY
UM TO NOW ENGAGE UM IN THESE CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. YOU KNOW I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION I OPPOSE UH I, UH,
TRYING TO INFILTRATE OUR CITY, UH, IN THIS WAY FOR ALL THE REASONS UH, MY COLLEAGUE SAID BUT JUST TO I THINK THIS IS A VERY FAST DEVELOPING ISSUE. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF UH, JUST TO
ANSWER MAYBE SOME OF COUNCILOR FLYNN'S UH, QUESTIONS. I THINK ICE'S MAIN OFFICE IN THE AREA IS IN BURLINGTON, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THEN UH, THE BOSTON GLOBE HAS REPORTING
TODAY UH, THEY ASKED UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN UH BOSTON ALLIANCE, MICHAEL NICHOLS SAID WE DON'T WANT YOU KNOW, OF OF THIS, YOU KNOW, SEARCH FOR PARKING SPACES. HE SAID QUOTE, WE DON'T WANT
IT. WE DON'T NEED IT AND WE HOPE IT GOES ELSEWHERE. UH, OUR PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS HAVE WORKED HARD TO CREATE A WELCOMING AND ECONOMICALLY SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO A SINGLE ONE OF THEM
WHO VIEWS THIS AS SUPPORTIVE. >> OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING. IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. HOPEFULLY THAT'S UH, HELPS. INFORM YOUR UH. ULTIMATE DECISION HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M JUST UH JUST IN TERMS OF,
UH, FOLKS FROM DOWNTOWN SPEAKING, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? I THINK THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION I AM TOTALLY IN
SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION, THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION THAT ICE IS LITERALLY HUNTING DOWN OUR LAW ABIDING NEIGHBORS. UM, AND WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS IN OTHER CITIES AND I APPLAUD
THE SPONSORS OF THIS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION. UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
COUNCILORS CULPEPER, DURKAN. FITZGERALD. FLYNN. UH LOUIJEUNE. UH MEJIA. MURPHY. SANTANA. WEBER. RAIL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. COUNCILORS PEPEN AND LOUIJEUNE
MOVED FOR PASSAGE OF THIS LATE FILE MATTER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE, UH, ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THIS LATE FILE MATTER. COUNCILOR BRAID? YES, COUNCILOR.
BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR. CARLOS. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. SHOW. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES.
COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. YES, COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YES, COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES, COUNCILOR. SANTANA.
YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. YES. THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU ALL. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I BEEN INFORMED BY THE CHURCH THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO
THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES IN APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN
ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHT ON IF YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM ANYONE ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I KNOW YOU SAID OF SPECIFIC FIRE EVENTS. UM, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TIME OF THE MEETING. I DIDN'T HAVE A TIME TO SPEAK,
BUT I JUST WANTED TO RISE TODAY AT FIRST AND FOREMOST. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYONE IS AWARE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. UM. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UM, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES, YOU
ALL, UM, REACHED OUT AND I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SO MANY WHO REACHED OUT UM, ACADEMY IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. UM, I AM DOING A LOT BETTER. UH, I'M GLAD TO BE BACK AT
WORK. UM, I'M I'M THANKFUL FOR GOD. UM, TO BE ABLE TO PUT ME IN THIS POSITION TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DOING THIS WORK. UM, I WANT TO THANK, UM MY FAMILY. UM, I THINK MY MOM I WAS
SPEAKING TO COUNCILOR MURPHY EARLIER. I THINK SHE WAS THE PERSON WHO GAVE ME THE MOST STRENGTH AS, UM YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN BATTLING CANCER FOR LAST THREE YEARS AND THERE WAS UM THERE WAS NOT EVEN A SINGLE MORNING
OR AFTERNOON OR EVENING TIME THAT SHE WAS IN, UM, CHECKING IN ON ME, VISITING ME, CALLING ME AND UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST HER STRENGTH, UM, DEALING WITH HER OWN PERSONAL, UM,
BATTLE, UM, BUT STILL BEING A MOTHER. UM, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL RELATE TO. YES. UM, THE AMAZING MOTHERS, UM, THAT WE ALL HAVE. UM. AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR MINE. I ALSO JUST WANT TO UM, FINALLY
THANK ALSO JUST MY AMAZING TEAM HERE, UM, AT CITY HALL. UM, UH, FROM JUST A TOP DOWN. UM, THEY WERE JUST, UH SO UM THERE WAS SO RESPECT OF OF UH
OF MY PRIVACY BUT ALSO JUST UM ,SO COMMITTED TO THE WORK, UM, THAT WE'RE BUILDING AND DOING IN OUR OFFICE. UM, THEY DIDN'T SKIP A BEAT. UM, AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM. UM, JUST FOR FOR THEIR
FRIENDSHIP BUT OBVIOUSLY THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. UM, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, UM, AND THE RESIDENTS WHO REACHED OUT. IT TRULY MEANT THE WORLD TO ME, UM, TO KNOW THAT I HAVE SO MANY
PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY, UM, WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR ME AND AGAIN PRAYING FOR ME. SO I'M JUST GLAD TO BE BACK AT WORK. UM, AND I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO SEE YOU BACK. ANYONE ELSE? WE ALSO, UH, WISHING UM, FOLKS ,UH, VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITH
WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMANDA KEARNEY FROM COUNSELOR FITZGERALD'S OFFICE. MARY CASKEY OF COUNCILOR MURPHY'S OFFICE. COUNCILOR FLYNN, I THINK I SENT YOU BIRTHDAY GREETINGS LAST
MONTH, BUT HERE YOU GO. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COUNCILOR FLYNN . UM, ALI SANCHEZ OF COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTIZAN OFFICE.
AND CINDY, DOS USE UH YACOB OF COUNCILOR REGIONS OFFICE. I NEED SOME COACHING, COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. I'M I'M IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS ,BUT WE WISH CINDY A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
UH, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. UM, I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK UP AS LOUDLY IF YOU'RE OFFERING SOMEBODY NEW TO THE LIST, BUT, UM. AND I'LL START TO GO ROUND IF
YOU HAVE SOMEONE YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, HONOR, PLEASE. UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCILOR DURKAN TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. UH, MY DEAR FRIEND AND MANY OF OUR DEAR FRIEND PASSED AWAY
YESTERDAY HELEN COX AT THE AGE OF 94. UH, SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLE LEADER IN THE FENWAY, UM, FOUNDED THE FENWAY NEWS. UH, WAS, UH, BOARD MEMBER OF FENWAY CDC, FENWAY FORWARD.
UM, I FIRST MET HER. SHE'S MY FIRST FRIEND IN THE FENWAY. THE, UM WHEN I JOINED THE WARD FIVE COMMITTEE, SHE WAS A 20 YEAR MEMBER. UM, SHE OFTEN, UM, APPROACHED,
YOU KNOW, ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH DISDAIN WHEN THEY DIDN'T DO EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTED THEM TO DO. AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE GRIT THAT I HAVE, UM,
REALLY GOTTEN IS REALLY FROM HER AND BEING ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. UM, DURING MY CAMPAIGN SHE WAS LIKE THE PERSON IN THE FENWAY THAT PEOPLE CALLED AND SHE SAID, WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT THIS RACE?
AND UM, I JUST REALLY I'M GOING TO MISS HELEN AND UM, I KNOW UH, FORMER COUNCILOR KENZIE BOK AND I WE'RE PLANNING A TRIP TO GO SEE HER AND SHE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY MORNING, SO WE'RE
MOURNING HER IN THE FENWAY AND I KNOW THERE'LL BE, UM, SOME CHANCES TO, UH, TO MOURN HER, BUT, UH, SHE WAS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING . UM, AND, UH, HER WORK WITH THE
FENWAY NEWS. UM, AND SHE WAS, UH, KNOWN AS THE MAYOR OF THE WEST FENWAY, UH, REPRESENTED, UM, REALLY WORKING CLASS PEOPLE IN THE FENWAY AND ARTISTS AND PEOPLE
THAT WERE TRYING TO HANG ON. UM, SO I'D LOVE FOR, UM, US TO ADJOURN IN HER MEMORY TODAY HELEN COX, UM, INFORMALLY KNOWN AS THE MAYOR OF THE WEST FENWAY . THANK YOU.
UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP THE FAMILY OF REVEREND DOCTOR WILLIAM MAYNES. UH, GREAT MINISTER ONE WHO LED
THE NATIONAL CHAPLAINS. AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP THIS FAMILY. PAMELA MEANS IN PRAYER A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION . REVEREND DOCTOR.
WILLIAM MEANS GREEN AND OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILOR, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I I WANT TO MENTION A FEW. TO TO WOMAN. IT'S FROM SOUTH BOSTON. UH, MRS. MARY KIND OF, UM, WAS. >> THE. I WAS MARRIED TO JOHN KIND OF.
BUT SHE HAD A WONDERFUL FAMILY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE RESIDENTS OF OF SOUTH BOSTON AND WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH HER
HUSBAND AND YOUTH SPORTS AS WELL, SO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF MRS. MARY KIND OF AND HER HER CHILDREN. HER HUSBAND JOHN HAS PASSED AWAY.
YEARS AGO BUT HER. CHILDREN ARE JOHN AND. UH DAVID. AND UM AND PATRICE. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAMILY ANOTHER AND ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN WAS THAT PASSED AWAY. DENISE TOLD ME UM, SHE WAS A
FRIEND OF MINE FROM SOUTH BOSTON AND THE SAME AGE AND GREW UP GREW UP TOGETHER IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN OLDER GENTLEMAN THAT PASSED
AWAY ORIGINALLY FROM SAVIN HILL MOVED TO THE SOUTH SHORE BUT BILLY O'SHAY HE WAS THE IS A DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE COLONEL DANIEL MY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE UM THE PASSING OF BILLY O'SHAY I WENT TO THE
WAKE WITH MY PARENTS LAST NIGHT AND WE WENT TO THE WAKE FOR UH, MRS. CONNIFF AS WELL AND SAID OUR PRAYERS. BUT ONE OF WHAT I REMEMBER ALL ALL. THREE PEOPLE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM LOUIJEUNE. THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE SOME NAMES THAT I'VE OFFERED. UM. UH, MADAM. PRESIDENT, BUT I'D LIKE TO JUST UPLIFT THE MEMORY OF, UH, NILA
NELSON CHRISTOPHER, UH, MY IN-LAWS MOTHER, UM, WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS OLD AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY SOMBER. UM, AND I KNOW THAT HER SHE, UH MY MOM WAS STILL PUSHING
THROUGH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO KAMI, HER BROTHERS CHRIS WALLACE AND HER KIDS. UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S A VERY, VERY TOUGH LOSS FOR THEM. AND I ALSO WANTED TO UPLIFT THE
MEMORY OF, UM, EDWIDGE GILLUM, THE BROTHER OF SMITH GAIL GILLUM, WHO WORKS AT 1199 AND IS REALLY MOURNING THE PASSING OF HIS SISTER. SO I JUST WANTED TO REJOIN THE
MEMORY OF THOSE AND THE OTHER NAMES THAT I'VE SHARED WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. AND I BEG YOUR PARDON THE OTHER ONE COUNCILMEMBER HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I, UM. WANT TO, UM, OFFER MY
CONDOLENCES TO MY OWN FAMILY. UM, MY UNCLE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY. MANUEL PENA. HE WAS MY MY MOTHER'S BROTHER. UM, AND SO HE WAS THE LIFE
OF THE PARTY, UM, ALWAYS HAD A JOKE ABOUT EVERYTHING AND ABOUT EVERYONE AND EVERYONE GOT A LITTLE NICKNAME UM, ALL OF HIS SIBLINGS AND MY MOM HE NAMED
HER AFFECTIONATELY LIKE ESCOVEDO. UM, WHICH IS THE LITTLE BROOM. UM, I WILL NEVER KNOW WHY WHY WHY HE CALLED HER THAT BUT UM, I GUESS SHE USED TO SWEEP THE
FLOOR EVERYWHERE THAT SHE WENT. SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO HONOR MY UNCLE MANUEL PENA. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. UM. AND MAY YOUR CHILDREN KNOW THAT
YOU LIVED A GOOD LIFE AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. COUNCILOR MEJIA, WOULD YOU MIND? UM. MANUEL MANUEL. PENA? >> HELP ME WITH THAT ONE PAY. YEAH. BAYER PENNY.
NO NO. >> NO NO NO PENA YOU CAN SAY PINA. HOW ABOUT THAT? GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THAT ONE. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE I'D LIKE TO UPLIFT THE MEMORY OF BILL MASHIANE. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU, UM, I'M FAMILIAR. HE'S A FOUNDER. UH, HE'S A HISTORIAN. HE GREW UP IN ALLSTON, BRIGHTON
IN THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY. UH, HE UH IS UH, GRADUATE OF BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL AND A B BOSTON UNIVERSITY. HE'S HE WAS A HISTORIAN AND FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE BRIGHTON
ALLSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE BRIGHTON HERITAGE MUSEUM. UH HE AND HIS WIFE UH, LEFT UH BRIGHTON ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO TO LIVE DOWN IN ATLANTA. UH, BUT UH THEY ARE FONDLY
MISSED UH, BY THE COMMUNITY IN ALLSTON, BRIGHTON AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SOME SORT OF UH, MEMORIAL AND RECOGNITION OF HIS GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY
OF ALLSTON BRIGHTON FROM THE REVOLUTION AND BEFORE AND FORWARD TO UM, MORE RECENT HISTORY. SO BILL WILL BE GREATLY MISSED AND UH, WE REALLY UM, GIVE
THANKS FOR HIS DILIGENCE AND UM, HIS UH, ACADEMIC ATTENTION TO THE HISTORY OF ALLSTON BRIGHTON OVER THE YEARS.
UH, ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. UH, ELLEN T DORIS O'ROURKE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
NELLA NELSON, CHRISTOPHER CHAPLIN, ROBIN DE HOLLY AND EDWIDGE. GILLAM ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR
HELEN COUNCIL DURKAN HELEN COX ON BEHALF OF CANCER WIRRAL JANET JONES AND MARK RICH AND JUNIOR ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR
CULPEPER THE REVEREND DOCTOR WILLIAM RENZ ON BEHALF OF CANCER FLYNN, MRS. MARY CONNOR, DENISE TOOMEY AND BILLY
O'SHAY AND ON BEHALF OF COUNTRY MEDIA. UH MANUEL MEJIA.
BAYER. THANK YEAH FOR AND ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BRITAIN UH BILL MARSHFIELD.
THE CHAIR MOVES THE WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS A MOMENT OF SILENCE
PLEASE. COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26TH 2020 26
AT 12 P.M. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK, THE TAX OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY I THANK YOU.
THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.