GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD. UM, CITY COUNCILOR ED FLYNN, DISTRICT TWO CHAIR OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES. TODAY IS FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026.
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PACK@BOSTON.GOV FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 011 TO ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING PARKING ACCESS FOR
TRAVELING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY AND WILL REFER IT TO THE COMMITTEE ON
JANUARY 5TH, 2020. UH FEBRUARY 5TH 2026. TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL
COUNCIL MURPHY. CULPEPER COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. I HAVE A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM CITY COUNCIL HENRY SANTANA.
I WILL PROVIDE ALL CITY COUNCILS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE AN OPENING STATEMENT. I WILL GIVE MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FIRST AND I
WILL GO LAST. UM, SO HAVING SAID THAT COUNCIL MURPHY UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN OPENING STATEMENT THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU.
>> SORRY. >> IT'S OKAY. UM. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, JOHNNY, FOR BEING HERE.
UM, AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW IT IS OFTEN A STRUGGLE TO FIND A PARKING SPOT TO GET TO WORK BUT OBVIOUSLY IS A PRIVILEGE. I'VE WORKED AT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARKING
LOTS. I'VE WORKED AT SCHOOLS WHERE IT'S ONLY ON STREET PARKING AND LIMITED AT BEST. SO FOR ME WHEN I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER LAST YEAR AND WE
REFILED IT BECAUSE WE WAS ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS OF THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE BRING UP THIS CONCERN THAT WE HEAR FROM TEACHERS AND WE KNOW THE UNION HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THIS AND WAS HOPING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ADMINISTRATION HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE
NEED ANSWERS TO. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIRST HEARING OF THE YEAR THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT SHOWN UP . UM SO THAT'S DISCOURAGING. BUT FOR ME THIS HEARING IS
ABOUT FAIRNESS. WORKFORCE SUPPORT AND BASIC OPERATIONAL COMMON SENSE ACROSS BOSTON, MANY BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES TRAVEL BETWEEN MULTIPLE SCHOOL SITES EACH DAY.
THESE INCLUDE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS, OT PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS OTHER SPECIALISTS TO ENSURE STUDENTS RECEIVE MANDATED SERVICES.
THESE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT CHOOSING TO DRIVE FOR CONVENIENCE. THEY ARE TRAVELING BECAUSE THEIR JOB REQUIRES THEM TO SERVE STUDENTS IN MULTIPLE BUILDINGS. WE HAVE HEARD FROM STAFF WHO HAVE INCURRED PARKING FINES
WHILE PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES. WE'VE HEARD FROM EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A PARKING PASS EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE RULES REQUIRE DAILY TRAVEL. AND WE HAVE HEARD CONCERNS
ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT LACKS TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENCY. IF WE EXPECT EDUCATORS AND SPECIALISTS TO MOVE EFFICIENTLY ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS TO SERVE STUDENTS, WE MUST ENSURE THEY
ARE NOT PERSONALLY PENALIZED FOR DOING SO. THIS ISSUE IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO FACE STAFFING SHORTAGES IN CRITICAL SERVICE AREAS LIKE SPECIAL ED AND STUDENT SUPPORT.
SUPPORTING TRAVEL WITH EDUCATORS WITH EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PARKING IS NOT A LUXURY. IT IS A PART OF A BUILDING A SYSTEM THAT RESPECTS PROFESSIONALS AND REMOVES UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO SERVING
STUDENTS. TODAY WE ARE HERE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT POLICIES, HOW PARKING PASSES ARE DISTRIBUTED AND WHETHER THE SUPPLY MEETS DEMAND AND WHAT
SOLUTIONS MAY EXIST. SO BEFORE I FINISH, I DO JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT MY LAST SENTENCE IS EXACTLY WHY. UM MYSELF AS THE LEAD SPONSOR
AND COUNCILOR FLYNN IS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY CHOSE NICK GOVE WHO WAS THE ACTING INTERIM OF THE STREETS DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AND
AMELIA CAPONE WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR OF PARKING AND CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT WHO WAS IN CHARGE. I AM AWARE AS SHE'S IN CHARGE OF GIVING UP PARKING PASSES. SO I WAS REALLY HOPING TO GET A
BETTER, BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE CURRENT POLICIES AND I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST CITY EMPLOYEES WE GIVE PASSES TO NON-CITY EMPLOYEES ALSO FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS AND HOW WE'RE DISTRIBUTING
THEM. I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE BUT HOPING THAT BY THE END OF THIS MEETING ADMINISTRATION WILL JOIN US TO GIVE US SOME ANSWERS. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY UM COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL FITZGERALD COUNCILOR DURKAN. UM I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
THANK UH, JOHNNY MCGINNIS FROM THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION FOR BEING HERE. HE WILL BE INTRODUCED UH, FORMALLY AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE OPENING COMMENTS. UM, I DO WANT TO GET THROUGH MY
CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND THEN WE'LL GO TO UH JOHNNY BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JOHNNY FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR ADVOCACY REPRESENTING YOUR, UM, MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON
TEACHERS UNION. UM, EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. SO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JOHNNY, UM, LET ME GO TO CITY COUNCILOR CULPEPER IF YOU'D LIKE TO OFFER ANY.
IF I MAY. UM. >> PLEASE MOVE ON TO. UH. >> SEVERAL OTHER COUNCILORS. YOU CAN COME BACK TO ME. LET ME FINISH READING A FEW NOTES HERE AND, UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE REMARKS.
NOT A PROBLEM. COUNCIL CULPEPER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. THANK YOU. UM, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO PARKING IN WHATEVER
THAT I CAN WE CAN DO ON THE COUNCIL TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR THAT. I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE, JOHNNY. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR TEACHERS AS PART OF THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO AGAIN IN PARTNERSHIP. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL FITZGERALD. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UH, I THINK WE ARE BOTH PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS, UH, SOME
OF WHOM ARE CONSTITUENTS OF MINE THAT HAVE BROUGHT THIS ISSUE UP OF UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR UH, BASICALLY PAYING TO WORK. RIGHT. UH, AND UM, NOT SOMETHING THAT
WE ADVOCATE FOR. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTS THE BEST, UH, TALENT EITHER. AND SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, WITH THE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THESE TEACHERS, UH, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE WE CONTINUE
TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST . UH, THIS, UH, SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP AND SO HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND HOW WE CAN BEST RESOLVE IT. JOHNNY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
THANKS, JIM. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR FLYNN . UM, I REPRESENT AREAS WHERE PARKING IS VERY DIFFICULT AND, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES
COULD OFTEN STEP FORWARD. UM, AND STAND IN THE GAP. UH, FOR SOME OF THESE TEACHERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AN EASIER WAY TO GET TO WORK. SO I THINK CONVERSATIONS PARTICULARLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS NEED TO HAPPEN IN
THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND UM, I KNOW THAT UM THANK YOU JOHNNY FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW THAT BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY IS A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE WHERE THERE'S NOT. A TON OF, YOU KNOW, GREAT, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THERE
BECAUSE WE'RE IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO FENWAY PARK. THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE. BUT UM, JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR ADVOCACY, UM, TO MY OFFICE. UM, AND ALSO JUST THAT TEACHERS THAT ARE TRAVELING THROUGHOUT
THE CITY. WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS THAT WILL BE REASSIGNED GIVEN THAT THERE ARE SOME CLOSURES AND MERGERS UM, TAKING PLACE. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE
TEACHERS THAT ARE WALKING TO WORK RIGHT NOW WHO NOW WILL NEED TO DRIVE TO WORK. THERE'S LOTS OF NUANCED CONVERSATIONS THAT I THINK COULD HAPPEN ABOUT THIS ISSUE. SO WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE
CONVERSATION. THANK YOU COUNCILOR GERKE AND COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YEAH THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS. I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS IN MY DISTRICT OF THE B2 SCHOOL UM,
TEACHERS GETTING PARKING TICKETS. UH, JUST YOU KNOW, FOR BEING AT WORK AND THERE THERE BEING RESIDENT PARKING. UH, YOU KNOW, ONLY THAT'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE AROUND THE SCHOOL AND UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT
WE CAN DO AS A DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY JUST FOR TO TO GO TO WORK AND. EDUCATE OUR KIDS. SO. UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THIS FILING AND I LOOK FORWARD. >> TO. THE CONVERSATION. THANKS.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNSELOR CULPEPER. MISTER CHAIR, I THANK YOU FOR THIS HEARING. I THINK THE ISSUES THAT WE SOMETIMES IGNORE AND THINK ARE
MINOR ISSUES BECOME MAJOR ISSUES AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE TRAVELING. UH. >> EDUCATORS NOT BE PUT IN A PREDICAMENT WHERE THEY HAVE TO
PAY TO DO THE TRAVELING ON THEIR OWN. IT'S INTERESTING. THAT IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT THEY THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN CARE
AND CARED SIGNIFICANT PARKING FINES DOING THEIR JOB. AND HERE'S WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IN TERMS OF THEM INCURRING SIGNIFICANT PARKING FINES.
WHEN I WAS AT A MEETING LAST WEEK I DROVE TO THE MEETING COULDN'T FIND A PLACE TO PARK. IT WAS COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, WHO?
INFORMED ME THAT I COULD BE REIMBURSED WHEN I GET A PARKING TICKET WHILE I'M OUT DOING COUNCIL DUTIES. AND I SAY THAT THE EMPLOYEES THE BOSS AND, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TRAVELING THAT HAVE GOTTEN TICKETS THEN THEY SHOULD BE REIMBURSED TO FOR PAYING THOSE TICKETS. I THINK IT'S ONLY RIGHT. I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR.
I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MAKE PARKING FOR THE BUS. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS. UH. >> THESE PASSES HOW WE CAN MAKE
IT SO THAT THEY ALL HAVE THE PASSES TO GET THEIR WORK DONE WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY A PARKING FINE OR WITHOUT HAVING TO PARK UH, DISTANCES AWAY FROM WHERE
THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING. SO I SUPPORT 100%. UH. >> TRYING TO MAKE. OUR PARKING PASSES MORE EQUITABLE TO THE UH, BUS AND
PUBLIC TRAVELING EDUCATORS THAT ARE MOVING AROUND THE CITY TO HELP IMPROVE THE SYSTEM FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, FOR FILING THIS FOR YOUR STEADFAST ADVOCACY FOR OUR TEACHERS. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION THAT THE TRAVELING
TEACHERS PUT INTO OUR YOUTH, ESPECIALLY SPECIAL SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, MUSIC, OUR TEACHERS. I RECOGNIZE THE HARDSHIP FOR THEM TRYING TO FIND A PARKING
SPOT AT A PARTICULAR SCHOOL AS MANY OF OUR STREETS AROUND THEM ARE RESERVED FOR RESIDENTS. WE ALSO SEE IN DENSE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE CHINATOWN ON STREET PARKING IS ALREADY
SCARCE WITH RESIDENTS CIRCLING BLOCKS DAY AND NIGHT JUST TO FIND SPACE NEAR THEIR HOME FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT DRIVEWAYS OR GARAGES. THESE SPACES ARE NOT A
CONVENIENCE. THEY'RE THE NECESSARY. WHEN ADDITIONAL SPOTS ARE RESERVED FOR NONRESIDENT USE EVEN IN SMALL NUMBERS, IT CAN
HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT MAKES PARKING DIFFICULT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND THAT WANT TO WORK THERE AS WELL. OVER TIME THIS COMPOUNDS DAILY
FRUSTRATION, INCREASES TRAFFIC CONGESTION FROM CARS SEARCHING FOR SPACES IN IN ROADS OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN COMMUNITIES WHERE SPACE IS ALREADY AT A
PREMIUM. EVERY PARKING SPOT MATTERS. AT THIS TIME IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE FIND A CAREFUL BALANCE TO MAKING SURE OUR TEACHERS ARE TREATED FAIR AND SUPPORTING OUR
RESIDENTS AS WELL. I THINK I THINK THE WORK THAT WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND UM AND WHEN WE BUILD NEW SCHOOLS I ALSO THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT
WE PROVIDE PARKING TO OUR EDUCATORS AND STAFF WITHIN PLANS SO THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS DOWN THE ROAD BETWEEN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS.
I THINK THE LAST THING WE WANT IS UM, DISAGREEMENTS, ARGUMENTS BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND TEACHERS. WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT
HERE AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME COMPROMISE AT THIS TIME I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE, UH, JOHNNY MCGUINNESS WHO I ANNOUNCED
EARLIER, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE JOHNNY AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN OPENING STATEMENT AND GIVE MY COLLEAGUES, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AS
WELL AS COUNCILOR MURPHY NOTED ,NICK GOVE, WHO'S THE COMMISSIONER OF BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WAS INVITED ALONG WITH AMELIA CAPONE, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKING
AND CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT. CITY OF BOSTON WAS ALSO INVITED IF THEY ARE WATCHING OR IF SOMEONE FROM THEIR TEAM UM IS WATCHING, MAYBE SOMEONE CAN
COME DOWN UM AND PROVIDE SOME TESTIMONY. UM AND THAT WOULD HELP US A LOT TO TO HAVE AN IDEA WHERE THE CITY OF BOSTON IS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK SOMEONE FROM THE UH, CITY ADMINISTRATION TO COME DOWN AND TO TESTIFY. UM, HAVING SAID THAT, JOHNNY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO OFFER AN
OPENING STATEMENT, PLEASE? YES. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR MURPHY AND AND FLYNN FOR THIS HEARING TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR CITY COUNCILORS THAT ARE PRESENT
TODAY. UH, PARKING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR OUR EDUCATORS IN BOSTON FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS DECADES.
WE OFFERED RESOLUTIONS. WE LOOKED FOR SUPPORT TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BECAUSE AS THOSE EDUCATORS ARE INSIDE THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS TEACHING STUDENTS THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT RECEIVING A TICKET. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING TO PAY THE FEE FOR THAT TICKET, UM THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE CITY. UH, AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
GO OUT AND MOVE THEIR VEHICLE IN MANY, MANY SCHOOLS. THE EDUCATORS THAT A TEACHING STUDENTS HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR CLASSROOM, FIND SOMEONE TO COVER THEIR CLASS WHILE THEY GO AND MOVE THEIR VEHICLE BECAUSE
THE WAY THE PARKING SCENARIOS HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN BOSTON IS THAT IT'S NOT A MATTER OF GOING TO PAY YOUR METER AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY MOVE YOUR VEHICLE AFTER THAT METER
EXPIRES OR YOU RECEIVE A TICKET. UM I UNDERSTAND IT BRINGS IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY AND OUR EDUCATORS KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THEY SHOULD NOT PARK IF THEY
DON'T HAVE A HANDICAPPED PLACE THEY SHOULDN'T PARK IN THE HANDICAPPED SPACE. IF THE STREET CLEANING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PARK THERE. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT PART. UM, AND AND CURRENTLY YOU KNOW ,WITH THE THE WEATHER WE'VE
HAD WITH THE SNOW BANKS AND SO FORTH IT HAS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT AND EVERYONE IS EXPERIENCING THAT. SO THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THAT WE UNDERSTAND BUT BUT I WAS
EDUCATED AT A TEACHING STUDENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A LESSON. THE TIME HAS EXPIRED THEY NEED TO GO MOVE THEIR VEHICLE BECAUSE THE PARKING DEPARTMENT A REASON WHY THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB. THEY'RE DOING THEIR DUE
DILIGENCE TO FIND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PARKED IN THE WRONG AREA OR THEY PARKED UH, FOR TOO LONG. WHAT WE DID THIS PAST CONTRACT
NEGOTIATING SESSION, WE WERE ABLE TO TALK WITH THE CITY ABOUT AN ACCOMMODATION FOR EDUCATORS, TEACHERS THAT TRAVEL FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.
THEY'RE NOT AT SCHOOL ALL DAY BUT THEY TRAVEL FROM MULTIPLE SCHOOLS 2 OR 3 SCHOOLS IN A DAY UM, SERVICING STUDENTS BECAUSE
THEY ARE MAKING SURE THEY FOLLOW THE LAW NUMBER ONE AND ALSO ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR SPECIFIC STUDENTS. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR THEM TO BE AT ONE SCHOOL AND WORK WITH WHETHER IT BE A STUDENT OR A GROUP OF STUDENTS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. THAT'S THE WAY THE SCHEDULE WORKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THE CLASSROOM TEACHER WHO WAS THERE IT'S.
NOT AS SIMPLE AS. OKAY, I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF MY THIS PARTICULAR LESSON NOW I HAVE TO LET THE STUDENT BE RELEASED SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE
ENHANCED SERVICES. UH, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE TEACHER WHO IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CHILD GETS A QUALITY EDUCATION. SO IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC TIME THAT IS SCHEDULED DURING THE
DAY, THAT TEACHER COMES IN AND PULLS THEM OUT OR EITHER COMES INTO THE CLASSROOM TO SUPPORT GIVE THAT STUDENT EXTRA SUPPORT UH, WHETHER IT BE FOR THEIR IEP
OR WHATEVER ACCOMMODATIONS THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE. UM AND WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT THEY'RE OUTSIDE SCHOOL BUILDING HAVE HEARD OF MEMBERS THAT ARE
CIRCLING AROUND THE SCHOOL CIRCLE AROUND THE AREA TRYING TO FIND A PARKING SPOT SO THAT THEY CAN BE INSIDE THE BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR STUDENTS AT A SPECIFIC TIME.
SOMETIMES I'VE HEARD THAT THE TIME HAD LAPSED. THERE WAS NO TIME TO GO IN AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO STUDENT NEEDS, SO THEY HAD TO GO ON TO THE NEXT SCHOOL WHICH IS
UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THAT'S A COMPLIANCE ISSUE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT, BUT THERE IS NO PARKING.
AND SO IN THIS PAST NEGOTIATING SESSION WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY FOR AN ACCOMMODATION. IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE AS A
GROUP OF TEACHERS RECEIVE A CODE TO PARK AT A METER AND PARKING AT THAT METER ALLOWS THEM MAYBE 3 OR 4 HOURS, UH, TO PARK THERE BEFORE THEY GO TO THE NEXT SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT GIVEN TO EVERYONE IS ONLY GIVEN TO THOSE TEACHERS THAT ARE MOVING FOR MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL AND ONE SCHOOL DAY. UH, THEY CAN'T SHARE THAT
CODE WITH ANYONE ELSE. THE CODE IS SPECIFIC TO THEM. UM, AND THAT'S BEEN MADE CLEAR TO THEM. UM, IS HELPFUL IS HOW MANY
EDUCATORS AND WE WERE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PILOT THAT PROGRAM THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THAT
FURTHER. AND WE DEALT WITH THE PARKING ISSUE AS I MENTIONED FOR DECADES AND WE'VE TRIED DIFFERENT WE'VE GIVEN DIFFERENT
UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PARKING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE REASONS I MENTIONED ABOUT THE EDUCATORS. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE TEACHING THEIR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THE FULL DAY UNLESS THEY'RE AT
LUNCH OR THEY HAVE THEIR PAD AND THE STUDENTS ARE NOT IN FRONT OF THEM, OTHERWISE THE STUDENTS ARE IN FRONT OF THEM. THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT UM, RECEIVING A PAYMENT PENALTY
FOR PARKING THAT ACTUALLY COST THEM. UM, I'VE HEARD FROM SOME MEMBERS THAT HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE TICKET IN A MONTH AND CAN YOU IMAGINE A
PARAPROFESSIONAL UH, THAT HAS HAD THE VEHICLE TOLD OR THEY HAVE UH RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE TICKET WITHIN A MONTH? LET'S SAY THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS TO START WITH BECAUSE I'VE SAT AND LISTENED
TO TWO MEMBERS TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT AS I MENTIONED, THE TRAVELING TEACHER PROGRAM IS A PILOT AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE CITY AND WE REALLY WANT
TO EXPAND THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME SUCCESS THERE AND AND I'LL GET ONE MORE EXAMPLE UM BECAUSE AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
OF THE SALARIES THAT TEACHERS ARE PAID. CAN YOU IMAGINE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SOMEONE AN ARABIC SPEAKING SCHOOL PATHOLOGIST WHICH ISN'T
COMMON OR A HAITIAN CREOLE SPEAKING SPEECH PATHOLOGIST, UH, COMING TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS IN THAT BUILDING. AND SO THE CITY IS PAYING THEM
TO DRIVE AROUND AND NOT ACCOMMODATE THE STUDENTS. THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE A REMEDY. AND ALSO I WILL ADD THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SCHOOLS
THAT HAVE PARKING METERS. LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT AS WELL. MOST OF THE SCHOOLS DOWNTOWN HAVE PARKING METERS WHERE THIS IS AN ISSUE UH OUTSIDE THE THE
BIGGER ISSUE IS THERE'S NO PARKING METERS. THERE'S NOWHERE TO PARK. AND SO IF THERE WAS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A STICKER THAT THEY COULD POST ON THEIR
WINDSHIELD SO THAT IT IS KNOWN THAT THEY ARE THERE TEACHING STUDENTS ACCOMMODATING THEM AND THEY DO NOT RECEIVE A TICKET BECAUSE IT CAN YOU IMAGINE THE
INDIVIDUAL AS WELL? I HAVE TO GO FROM THE TEACHER PERSPECTIVE HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS. THEY'RE REALLY TRYING HARD. >> TO. DO THEIR JOB TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENT. BUT YET THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND A PARKING SPOT AND AND I'M
NOT SAYING THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND RARE OCCASIONS THEY MAY HAVE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT SCHOOL THAT THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO THAT DAY. I THINK. >> YOU. THANK YOU JOHNNY.
I'M GOING TO GIVE EACH. CITY COUNCIL I BELIEVE ABOUT SIX MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO GO TO A SECOND ROUND WE CAN DO THAT.
UM. THANK THANK YOU. UM. COUNCIL MURPHY EUROPE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MISTER MCGUINNESS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
I'LL JUST START WITH THE SENTENCE I SAID IN MY OPENING STATEMENT. BUT THESE EMPLOYEES AREN'T CHOOSING RIGHT TO DRIVE FOR CONVENIENCE THAT THEY'RE TRAVELING BECAUSE THEIR JOB REQUIRES THEM AND MANY OF THEM
ARE GOING TO 2 OR 3 SCHOOLS A DAY TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED SERVICES, WHICH IS A FEDERAL MANDATED LAW LIKE THESE KIDS WHICH WE KNOW ALL THE OTHER HEARINGS I'VE FILED AND
CONCERNS OPERATED FOR YEARS NOW OUR STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE THE TEACHERS IN FRONT OF THEM. SO THIS IS A HUGE EQUITY ISSUE IN MY MIND.
UM HOW MANY BOYS ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS TRAVELING STAFF? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. MAYBE THERE'S 80 UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT THE TOP OF MY HEAD. >> YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
TALKING THOUSANDS BECAUSE. NO. YEAH, EXACTLY. UM, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, PEOPLE LISTENING IN WHEN I FILED THIS AND AS AN EDUCATOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND MY
DAUGHTER WHO DRIVES TO THE NORTH END AND LEAVES A NICE AND EARLY BECAUSE AGAIN A SCHOOL IN THREE BUILDINGS THAT DOES NOT HAVE PARKING UM WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
ADVOCATE THAT EVERY EDUCATOR YES HAS PARKING THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT THOSE WHO NEED TO TRAVEL AMONG SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE MANY TIMES SPECIAL SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW HOW
MANY OF THEM SO ABOUT 80 AND OF THEM WE KNOW THEY'RE REQUIRED AT LEAST SOMETIMES MORE THAN TWO SCHOOLS A DAY, CORRECT? YEAH. UM, YOU MENTIONED THE PILOT PROGRAM BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO
ASK IF THERE ARE ANY PASSES OR UM PROGRAMS ALREADY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON BUT LIKE YOU ALREADY SAID, MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS AREN'T NEAR METERS. SO WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN WE KIND OF GET CREATIVE?
UM, HAVE YOU. BEEN KEEPING. TRACK AT THE UNION OF HOW MANY TICKETS IS IT JUST IF A TEACHER REACHES OUT AND COMPLAINS. >> YOU HAVE BEEN. >> HERE IN KIND OF LIKE I HAVE BEEN OR IS THERE A FORMAL WAY.
THAT WE'RE ASKING TEACHERS TO, YOU KNOW, PROACTIVELY SHARE IF THEY'RE GETTING PARKING TICKETS ? WELL, WE HAVE NOT CREATE A SYSTEM FOR TRACKING TO KEEP
THAT DATA OKAY. RIGHT. >> SO I'M THINKING AND IT WOULD BE A PERFECT QUESTION FOR TRANSPORTATION LIKE IF A TICKET IS ISSUED IS THERE A WAY FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT THIS TICKET
IS A EMPLOYEE? UM AND JUST SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS MAY I MAY KNOW THE ANSWER BUT JUST WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD. DOES BP'S REIMBURSE OUR TEACHERS?
CAN THEY GO TO YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL SECRETARY OR ADMINISTRATION GIVE THEM THEIR TICKET AND THEY TAKE CARE OF IT FOR THEM? THERE'S NO REIMBURSEMENT. THERE IS NO RIGHT. UM AND. >> IF THEY WERE TO UM YOU KNOW
WHAT WE CALL FIGHT THE TICKET AND SEND IT BACK, THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE TIME OFF BECAUSE THOSE HEARINGS ARE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, CORRECT? YES. TEACHERS WOULD THEN HAVE TO TAKE A PERSONAL DAY WHICH IS A
COST FINANCIALLY NOT JUST LEAVING THEIR STUDENTS TO FIGHT THE TICKET. UM, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I DID HAVE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IN MY LAST TWO MINUTES HERE.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY ADD SOME INSIGHT BUT. HOW MANY PARKING. ACCESS PROGRAMS DOES THE CITY OF AUSTIN CURRENTLY OFFER OUR CITY EMPLOYEES?
AND I'M ALSO AWARE THAT WE DO OFFER UM PROGRAMS TO NON CITY EMPLOYEES. SO UM I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXACT ANSWER TO THAT, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS THAT
YOU AT THE UNION HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH. IF YOU CAN KIND OF TALK THROUGH THE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU KNOW WHAT ARE YOUR STRONG POINTS FOR ADVOCACY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS NOW TRYING
TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS 88 IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SMALL NUMBER OF CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN. AND YEAH, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT THE NUMBER YEAH EIGHT.
AROUND BUT YEAH YEAH. I JUST WANT TO BE ON RECORD SO. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. UM BUT THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF WHO SPECIFICALLY BUT THE IDEA CAME FROM LIKE TRAVELING
NURSES OR AND SOCIAL WORKERS THAT MOVE AROUND THE CITY AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ADVOCATED FOR THAT AS WELL. OKAY. >> AND ARE YOU AWARE. >> OF ANY OTHER CITY ENTITIES THAT RECEIVE PARKING
ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH ANY CITY POLICY OR HAVE YOU HEARD THAT OTHER CITY WORKERS DO GET THEIR TICKETS REIMBURSED? WE HAVE NOT HEARD THAT. UM. >> OKAY. AND THERE OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN
COORDINATION BETWEEN DPS OR I SHOULD SAY THE UNION UM AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. HOW DOES BP'S FIT INTO THIS THOUGH AS A CITY DEPARTMENT THEM THEY ADVOCATING AS
STRONGLY AS YOU ARE AND THE UNION FOR THIS. THROUGH THE BP'S WHAT WE HAVE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT IF
THERE'S AN ALTERNATE SPACE AROUND THIS SCHOOL AREA WHERE MEMBERS CAN PARK, THEN THEY WILL TRY TO HELP NEGOTIATE SOME TERMS TO PARK THERE.
BUT IT'S REALLY ONLY A FEW PARKING SPACES. LIKE FIVE OR LESS USUALLY. OKAY. >> I MEAN NORMALLY FOR A HEARING LIKE THIS I WOULD HAVE
RAN OUT OF TIME COUNCIL FLYNN BUT SEEING AS UM THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT HERE TO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE OUR EDUCATORS AND ASK THESE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, I GUESS I
WILL AND MY QUESTION HERE THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER IS UP NEXT. THANK YOU. HAVE THE FLOOR SIR. THANK YOU. THAT'S A CHAIR. AND I. WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR DRAFTING AND FILING THIS. UH. >> IMPORTANT HERE HERE.
IN ORDER, UH. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. UH. >> MR MCGUINNESS, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO. SEE YOU. >> UH, JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND, UH, MR CHAIR, THEN I HAVE TO RUN FOR ANOTHER MEETING. UM.
>> IN TERMS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT REALLY STARTED THE PILOT PROGRAM? HOW DID WHAT POSITIONS THAT
STARTED THE PILOT PROGRAM? UM, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IT'S THE FIRST WE'VE WE'VE DONE THIS UM, THOSE MEMBERS
THAT AS I MENTIONED ARE SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS WHO WHO HAVE TO SUPPORT ACCOMMODATIONS AND COMPLIANCE WITH STUDENTS THOSE TEACHERS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS MAYBE THEY HAVE A PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND THEY HAVE LIMITATIONS SO THEY'RE THERE TO PROVIDE EXTRA SERVICES FOR THEM UH, DURING
THE DAY SO THAT THEY CAN UH, RECEIVE THEIR EDUCATION MAINSTREAM WITHIN THE CLASSROOM AND AND WITH THEIR TEACHER THAT'S IN FRONT OF THEM.
UM, AND ALSO THOSE TEACHERS UH ,IT COULD BE UM, PROVIDING EXTRA SERVICES UH, NOT JUST SPEECH LANGUAGE, PHYSICAL
THERAPY AND UM, ONCE THEY UM AND THOSE THOSE UM NURSES IN SOME CASES A NURSE MAY HAVE TO GO TO MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE ACCOMMODATING
MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL. WHAT ABOUT COUNSELING? YES, COUNSELORS AS WELL SOCIAL WORKERS AND COUNSELORS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY. UH. >> OF THE PASSES ARE ALLOCATED
AT THIS POINT THAT. 80 TRAVELING ADMINISTRATOR OR TEACHERS OUT OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. OKAY. HOW MANY PASSES ARE ALLOCATED? TOTALLY. >> YEAH, IT'S ABOUT THAT MANY
TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS ONE YES. >> OF THE TEACHERS HAVE A PARKING PASS. YEAH THEY WOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC CODE THAT THEY USE AT THE PARKING METER. AND SO IF THERE IS NO METER AND
THEY HAVE TO PARK THERE THEY'RE JUST HAD THE WHEEL OF THE. YES WHATEVER THE GUIDELINES ARE FOR THE AREA. YES OKAY.
SO HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT OTHER THAN THE PASS THE FOR THE PARKING METER HOW THOSE TEACHERS WOULD DEAL WITH THE ISSUES WHERE THERE'S NO PARKING
METER OTHER THAN A STICKER? I HEARD YOU MENTIONED A STICKER BUT HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT PASSES THAT. THEY COULD PUT IN THE WINDOW? YES, YES THAT THAT'S WHAT WE
WERE HOPEFUL FOR SPECIFIC TO THE SCHOOL THAT IS THERE SO THAT THEY COULDN'T UM YEAH SPECIFIC TO THAT SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE AT SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT. SO THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE A NUMBER OF PASSES THAT THEY
WOULD. GIVE TO THE. PERSON COMING FOR THAT DAY. YES. >> ARE ADMINISTRATORS PART OF THE TRAVELING PROGRAM? NO. >> THEY'RE NOT JUST TEACHERS. YES. >> AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT THAT TEACHERS HAVE HAD
TO PAY, IF YOU HAD TO APPROXIMATE HOW MUCH REIMBURSEMENT THERE WOULD BE. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA. OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO REIMBURSE ALL THESE. TEACHERS THAT HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THOSE PARKING TICKETS?
IT WOULD PROBABLY COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND AS I MENTIONED IN SOME CASES THOSE TEACHERS SOME HAVE BEEN TOLD. CAN YOU. >> TRY AND GET A BETTER NUMBER? CAN YOU CAN YOU PULL YOUR
TEACHERS AT SOME POINT TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET A. MORE EXACT NUMBER? BECAUSE ONE OF. THE THINGS WE MAY NEED TO RECOMMEND IS THAT THEY BE REIMBURSED. BUT WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW HOW
MUCH IF WE PUT A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET, WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REIMBURSE. >> THOSE TEACHERS. SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF. YOU COULD AT LEAST GIVE. US AN APPROXIMATE NUMBER SO
THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AS WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND TALKING. >> WITH. OFFICIALS ABOUT THE BUDGET. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST TO . REIMBURSE THE TEACHERS.
THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD TO PAY FOR THOSE TICKETS. OKAY. >> THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS SO YOU KNOW, AT THE ROXBURY LIBRARY THERE'S. >> A. BIG PARKING LOT THERE.
THAT MUCH OF IT IS ASSIGNED TO THE FOURTH AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HOW ARE. THE PARKING PASSES OR PARKING
DETERMINED OF WHO GETS. THE PARKING. OR WHO DOESN'T? IS THERE? A WAY THAT IT'S FAIRLY
ALLOCATED? IT IS ONLY ALLOCATED FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT TEACH AT I'M SORRY NOT TEACH BUT WORK INSIDE THE BOWLING BOWLING BUILDING. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER
ANYONE ELSE HAS ACCESS TO THAT BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE IN THE BOWLING BILL. >> SO IF SOMEONE IS COMING DOWN TO THE BOWLING BUILDING. YES THEY WOULDN'T. >> BE ABLE TO AUTOMATICALLY PARK THERE WITHOUT SOME KIND OF SPECIAL PASS.
YES. >> OR LET THEM KNOW BECAUSE THERE IS A TOW COMPANY ASSIGNED THERE ALSO SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THEIR PLATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY VEHICLE IS THERE. AND YOU MENTIONED.
EARLIER AND I ONLY. HAVE 10S YOU MENTIONED EARLIER. >> THAT. SOME TEACHERS. HAVE HAD THEIR CARS TOWED. CAN YOU. >> GET AN IDEA OF THE TEACHERS. THAT HAVE HAD THEIR CARS TOWED AND WHAT THEY HAD TO PAY. AND GET.
BACK TO IT IN TERMS OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR POSSIBLE TOWING? OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER. >> AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM THANKS AGAIN, JOHNNY FOR BEING HERE TO DO IS THIS IS THE
FIRST YEAR OF THE TRAVELING OF THE OF THE OF THE OF THE PILOT? YES IT IS. AND WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE DO YOU. KNOW IT?
YES IT'S ABOUT 80 BECAUSE THEY THE CITY WAS SPECIFIC IN HOW MANY PASSES THAT UH CODES THEY WOULD GIVE OUT. . >> SO 80 EMPLOYEES AND UH 40 PASSES GIVEN OUT. NO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY HAVE
BEEN GIVEN. >> OUT OKAY. BUT I BELIEVE FOR THE FULL FULL AMOUNT OF 80 THAT THAT TRAVELED TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. AND WHAT. >> ARE THE SCHOOLS IN THE IN THE. PROGRAM WAS IT ALL IS IT ALL SCHOOLS.
ALL SCHOOLS THAT WERE PARKING METERS THE LOCATED. ALL SCHOOLS WERE PARKING METERS? >> YEAH. FOR EXAMPLE THE QUINCY SCHOOL BOSTON ACADEMY UM. WAS IT THE UM.
IT'S ON TOP OF MY. >> I SEE. SNOWED IN IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL. YEAH. UH, THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE WITHIN THE RANGE OF PARKING METERS. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. AND CAN YOU RESPOND AGAIN WITH LIKE WHAT WENT SO FAR? HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION BEEN LIKE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE? UM RIGHT NOW IT IS ACTIVE. YEAH. >> SO IT IS IN EFFECT UH BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE PILOTING THIS BUT
HOPEFULLY WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND AT SOME POINT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCIL WE JUST. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YOU'RE UP NEXT.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM, I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE PILOT AND THE METERS, BUT I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE MOST SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE METERS RIGHT OUT.
THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE USUALLY TUCKED INTO EITHER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE LIKE, UH ,WHERE THERE COULD BE RESIDENT PERMIT PARKING ONLY. OR NONRESIDENT BRING IT BACK OPEN TO ANYONE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
POTENTIAL. SOLUTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE KICKED AROUND WHEN THINKING ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT MIGHT BE MORE FAVORABLE TO THOSE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS? UH, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT A A PARKING PLACARD. UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BY ANYONE ELSE OVER THE YEARS AND DECADES THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE? UM, I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE AT EXCEL HIGH OVER IN SOUTH BOSTON
THAT IN THE EVENING THE COMMUNITY PARKS IN THAT PARKING LOT AT SCHOOL DURING THE DAY THEY REMOVE THEIR VEHICLES, UH ,THEY GO TO WORK AND EDUCATORS COME IN TO WORK IN THAT
BUILDING. THEY'RE ABLE TO PARK IN THAT LOT. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALSO WERE HOPEFUL COULD HAPPEN IN CHARLESTOWN AT CHARLESTOWN HIGH BECAUSE A SIMILAR SCENARIO UH,
THEY HAVE A VERY SMALL PARKING LOT AND I HEARD THEM SAY THAT THEY COME AT FIVE IN THE MORNING JUST SO THEY COULD GET A A SPACE IN THAT LITTLE LIGHT THAT PROBABLY YOU CAN PARK
MAYBE 30 VEHICLES IN THERE AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PUZZLE. SO IF YOU STUCK IN THERE YOU HAVE TO UH FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT. UH, SOMEONE HAS TO MOVE THAT VEHICLE. BUT, UM, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION WAS GIVEN BECAUSE, UH, EDUCATORS ARE THERE DURING THE DAY ON THE WEEKDAYS BUT IN THE EVENING THE RESIDENTS COME BACK AND THERE'S
PARKING FOR THEM AND IT IS NOT IT IS NOT UH, HINDERED THEM FROM HAVING ACCESS TO GO IN AND OUT OF HOME. NOW I DON'T KNOW THIS CITYWIDE THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. UM, BUT.
>> BUT AS EVERY DOES EVERY. SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, HAVE SOME SORT OF A PARKING LOT ON SITE? UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK MOST I KNOW BUT I TO HENDERSON ALL RIGHT SO HENDERSON LOWER
DOES NOT YEAH UH BUT DO MOST HAVE IT AND I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF HOW YOU CAN SET ASIDE MAYBE DURING CERTAIN TIMES KNOWING THAT UM, AGAIN MY WIFE IS A TEACHER IN QUINCY AS WELL AND ALL.
THERE'S A RACE FOR THE PARKING LOT SPOTS FOR SURE AND YOU DO GET BLOCKED IN IN THE WHOLE NINE. UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST TO BOSTON AND I THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE THROUGHOUT UM, BUT HOW. >> YOU COULD DESIGNATE SOME. SPOT OR TUCK AWAY SOMETHING FOR
THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING ON A UH A SHORTER TERM BASIS DURING THE DAY. RIGHT? THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRAVELING AND THAT A SPOT CAN BE HELD FOR THEM IN PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
UH, RATHER. >> THAN THINK ABOUT IT DOES GET MESSY. >> WHEN YOU START TO GO INTO A PASS FOR UH, A METER OR A RESIDENT PRIVATE PARKING. BUT THIS PERSON DOESN'T HAVE THE STICKER BUT THEY HAVE A PLACARD AND YOU KNOW, I GUESS
TO THE TO THE LAYPERSON THEY MIGHT NOT PICK UP ON THAT ALWAYS UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, JUST TRYING TO JOG THROUGH POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS IN MY MIND AND WHAT AND MAYBE FEEL THAT IT
IS WHY IT CAN IT CANNOT WORK. UM HAPPY TO FIND OUT BUT I GUESS MORE IS TO JUST SORT OF EXPAND THE OPTIONS OF SOLUTIONS AROUND THIS AND MAYBE EACH SCHOOL COULD COME UP WITH ITS OWN PLAN FOR A
TRAVELING TEACHER AND JUST SAY, COULD YOU GET ME SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WOULD WORK THAT WOULDN'T IMPACT YOUR TRADITIONAL STAFF AS MUCH? RIGHT. UM AND THEN AT LEAST THAT WAY WHEN THEY PULL UP TO A CERTAIN
SCHOOL THEY WOULD KNOW ALL RIGHT, WELL, I KNOW HERE THAT THEY HAVE THIS SPOT FOR US DURING THIS TIME AND SO I'LL TRY TO GET THERE DURING THAT TIME TO THE SCHOOL AND MAYBE CAN ARRANGE THAT SCHEDULE AROUND THAT. UM, NOT ASKING. >> YOU TO.
VERIFY THAT THAT THESE IDEAS ARE NOT BUT SOMETIMES WE USE THESE HEARINGS AS OPPORTUNITIES TO THROW OUT POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AND ALLOW YOU KNOW YOURSELF BTOB AND OTHERS TO DO THE WORK ON THE BACK END TO TRY
AND SOLVE IT. UM, SO. JUST REALLY A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS IN MIND. UM, BUT UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT ISSUE UH, WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH IT ON YOU UH WITH YOU
I MEAN AND UM UH AND. REALLY I DON'T HAVE ANY. FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS FROM MY OTHER COUNSELORS AS WELL BUT THANK YOU JOHN. YEAH AND I'LL COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE WITH THE CODE FOR THE
PARKING METERS IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONSISTENT THAT THIS PARTICULAR GROUP USES WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELING TO SCHOOLS AS FAR AS ANY OTHER PARKING PASSES
OR PLACARDS THAT ARE IN WINDOWS ON ON THEIR VEHICLES, WE WOULD LIKE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PARKING UH DEPARTMENT COULD ACCOMMODATE THAT IS CONSISTENT
SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT WHEN THEY SEE THIS PARTICULAR SYMBOL THAT IS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEE WORKING IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING. SO THAT'S IT. UH, I THINK I THINK ALL THE
TRAVELING TEACHERS WOULD CARE ABOUT THE RELIABILITY. YES. OF OF HAVING A SPACE WHEN THEY SHOW UP AND SO HOWEVER WE CAN WORK ON THAT BUT UH THANK YOU UH JOHNNY THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
COUNCIL DRAGON YOU'RE. >> UP NEXT. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR FLYNN. UM, I THINK THAT THIS HEARING AND ALL OF OUR TALK ABOUT CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT, UM, AND
PARKING REALLY DOES SORT OF ILLUMINATE THE FACT THAT WE REALLY NEED A WHOLE PLAN FOR ALL OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW I WORKED WITH, UM, FORMER COUNCILOR KENZIE BOK. I FELT LIKE WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS NO
LONGER ON THE COUNCIL WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY ON SOME CHANGES TO MAKE THERE BE MORE RESIDENTIAL PARKING. BUT RIGHT BEFORE THAT UM ENDED UP AND THIS IS IN THE BACK BAY
BUT RIGHT BEFORE THAT I ENDED UP GETTING UM ENSHRINED. I REMEMBER ASKING HAVE YOU TALKED TO THESE THREE BUSINESSES ON THIS BLOCK BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THEIR PARKING AND
THE ANSWER WAS NO. SO I ACTUALLY ENDED UP SAYING OKAY, KEEP THE METERED SPACES ON THOSE THREE BLOCKS EVEN THOUGH THIS HAD BEEN TWO YEARS TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING. AND SO WE'RE OFTEN TALKING
ABOUT THIS NEGOTIATION BETWEEN AND CONFLICT BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. I'VE OFTEN TIMES IN MY DISTRICT THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RESIDENTS. UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF HOSPITALS
IN OUR DISTRICT WHERE THERE ARE SIMILAR CONFLICTS TO TO THIS CONVERSATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH BP'S. SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED REAL CONCERTED EFFORT AT THE CITY TO
REALLY GET ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM NOT JUST ON THIS ISSUE BUT WITH YOU KNOW, I HAVE ONE STREET THAT HAS 400 LOCAL BUSINESSES ON IT NEWBURY STREET, WHERE THERE'S OFTEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ABOVE AND THE UH BUSINESSES BELOW. SO UM THIS IS REALLY MY CHARGE FOR THE NEW YEAR IS TALKING ABOUT CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT. SO I KNOW WE'LL BE HAVING SOME
CONVERSATIONS WITHIN UH, MY COMMITTEE ABOUT UH, PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ABOUT IT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW, UM, I DID BRING UP THE BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY EXAMPLE, SO JUST WANTED TO SORT OF GET ON
TO THE RECORD WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM TEACHERS AT BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY. ALL RIGHT. UM, FOR BOSTON ARTIST ACADEMY IS VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE THOSE TEACHERS THAT ARE IN THE
BUILDING THEY PAY OVER $400 A MONTH FOR A PARKING GARAGE THAT IS NEARBY. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT EVEN A PART OF THE SALARY THAT'S NOT REIMBURSED.
THEY PAY THAT OUT OF POCKET. AND SO IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT AND SNOWDEN ALSO THAT IS UH NOT FAR FROM THERE MANY OF THOSE
TEACHERS PAY FOR PARKING THEIR VEHICLE INSIDE THE GARAGE AND UM IT IS A COST AND AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO RAISE A
FAMILY BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE BUDGETED TO PARK IN THE PARKING GARAGE AND MANY OF THEM HAVE SMALL CHILDREN.
SO IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS GETTING ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, GETTING TO AND TO AND FROM WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DROP THEIR CHILD OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME AND PICK THEM UP
AT A CERTAIN TIME. SO IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE AND I WILL SAY THAT THAT MANY EDUCATORS DO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUT MANY ARE NOT ABLE TO BECAUSE THEY MUST BE
THERE FOR THEIR FAMILY. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT IN INDIVIDUAL CASES AND OBVIOUSLY BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
T FOR TO TAKE THE T BUT THAT'S NOT THE REALITY OF PEOPLE'S LIVES YOU KNOW AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT SO I'M HAPPY TO YOU KNOW HAVE THAT ON THE RECORD
THAT SOME EDUCATORS ARE PAYING $400 A MONTH. I KNOW THAT'S AN EXPENSE THAT MANY FAMILIES COULD NOT STOMACH. SO I DID WANT TO YOU BROUGHT UP SNOWDEN. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP FENWAY HIGH AND THE TOBIN
SCHOOL. UM, JUST CURIOUS ANY INSTANCES THERE WHERE UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY PARTICULAR ANECDOTES FROM TEACHERS. UM, FOR THOSE SCHOOLS.
NO, THEY'RE PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. UM, AND THEY'RE DRIVING AROUND LOOKING FOR SPACES AS WELL. AND THE SAME THING FOR THOSE TRAVELING, UH, TEACHERS THAT ARE COMING TO THE BUILDING. YEAH.
THERE'S NO I MEAN, THERE WAS A WAY TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL STICKER FOR THEM, UH, CONSISTENT STICKER WITH WHATEVER DPS OR CITY
OF BOSTON LOGO AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PARK WITHOUT RECEIVING A TICKET. AND I SHOULD MENTION BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL. UH, WHAT'S THE PARKING SITUATION LIKE THERE? WELL, THEY DO HAVE A PARKING
LOT AT BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL. UM, AND THEY I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE IS ABLE TO FIT INSIDE THE PARKING LOT BUT UM, THERE'S PROBABLY JUST A FEW THAT AREN'T ABLE TO PARK.
BUT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TEACHERS IN THAT BUILDING THEY DO HAVE A PARKING LOT. YEAH. >> WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE THESE AND I KNOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES IN OUR DISTRICTS.
UM, BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, UM, NOT OWNING A CAR I DO NEED TO ASK YOU THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T WHEN I GO VISIT THESE SCHOOLS I'M EITHER TAKING THE T ,TAKING AN UBER OR WALKING
THERE SO I, I DON'T HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE OF GETTING TO KNOW WHAT THE PARKING SITUATION IS WHEN I'M VISITING THE SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU READING THIS INTO THE RECORD AND FOR YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU CHAIR FLYNN.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU'RE UP NEXT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, YEAH, I GUESS SO. IN TERMS OF THE BTU SCHOOL
THERE'S NO METERS. UH, BUT NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING AROUND THERE. SO. >> UH, WHAT WOULD YOUR SUGGESTION BE? UH, TO HELP THE TEACHERS THERE? UM, I USED TO TEACH AT THE BTU
SCHOOL BEFORE I WAS ELECTED INTO THIS POSITION AND SO AND STARTED I'M WILLING TO FINALLY TEACHERS AT THAT SCHOOL. SO IN THE BEGINNING WE WERE ABLE TO PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NO PROBLEM.
BUT 3 OR 4 YEARS INTO THIS SCHOOL BEING THERE EXISTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAME TOGETHER. I'M NOT SURE IT WAS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE CITY AND THEY REQUIRED RESIDENTIAL
PARKING STICKERS AND SO THEREFORE WE WEREN'T ABLE WE HAD THE PARKING DESIGNATED PLACES UH BECAUSE THE AREA THERE YOU WOULD RECEIVE A TICKET IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A
RESIDENTIAL STICKER. AND SO THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED IF THERE WAS A WAY TO HAVE UH, RESIDENTIAL STICKER FOR THOSE TEACHERS THAT TEACH IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THEY WILL
GET A TICKET AND THEY MAY HAVE TO PARK MAYBE A HALF MILE AWAY BECAUSE I, I RECALL HAVING TO PARK FURTHER AWAY FROM SCHOOL. SO I HAD TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT FOR MY TIME GETTING TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND
BEING THERE FOR MY STUDENTS. UM YEAH. UM OKAY SO YOU HAVE SO HAVE UH LIKE A PARKING LIKE A DPS UH, STAFF PARKING.
STICKER UH. WOULD WOULD BE THE WAY I GUESS THE THE WORRY WOULD BE THAT THERE'S TEACHERS WHO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. >> WHO THEN. YOU KNOW WHO WOULDN'T UH, BECAUSE THEY COULD. DRIVE AND HAVE A.
PARKING SPACE. I MEAN LIKE AN INCREASE IN THAT. LIKE TRAFFIC. AND PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, HOW DO WE AT THE SAME TIME ENCOURAGE TEACHERS TO TAKE.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WHEN THEY CAN? UM, AS I MENTIONED, MANY OF THEM DO. UH, IT IS I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK
FOR THOSE EDUCATORS. I'LL SPEAK FROM FROM MY POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE IT WAS THE CONVENIENCE OF BEING ABLE TO GET TO SCHOOL AND LEAVE SCHOOL.
UM, BRILLIANT BECAUSE AS A TEACHER YOU HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT BAGS OF MATERIALS YOU NEED TO BRING AND YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO TAKE THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
UH, YOU HAVE SEVERAL BAGS, UH, MATERIALS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM AND THEN LEAVE WITH THAT. MAYBE YOU'RE WORKING ON SOME PROJECTS AND SO IT BECOMES I'M
NOT SURE I'M GIVING YOU THE BEST ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT BUT IT IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED. UH, BUT AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THOSE EDUCATORS THAT DO CHOOSE TO DRIVE. THAT'S WHY I SPEAK FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER FOR ME TO GET TO WORK AND LEAVE HOME VERSUS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IS SPENT. SO AND WHILE I HAVEN'T.
HEARD THESE COMPLAINTS, UM, I HEARD THERE'S SIMILAR ISSUES THAT LIKE THE MENDEL HERNANDEZ UH, THE YOU KNOW, THE CURLY UH DID YOU HEAR COMPLAINTS FROM
THOSE SCHOOLS ALSO? UH, NOT THE CURLY I HAVE BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE'S LIMITED PARKING IN THAT AREA AND THOSE TEACHERS HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND
LOOKING FOR SPACE SO THEY DON'T GET A TICKET AND THERE'S NO PARKING LOT AVAILABLE FOR THEM EITHER. UM. >> IS THERE SUFFICIENT PARKING AT THE ARM BURGER? I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF THERE IS YEAH. I MEAN THERE'S A BIG PART
OF THAT I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THE ALL THE STAFF CAN PARK THERE BUT YEAH SO THAT'S OKAY OKAY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH I'M SORRY I HAVE A I HAVE TO RUN BUT THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR FILING THIS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. I ALSO GIVE MYSELF UM, SIX MINUTES. YEAH, NOT COUNCILOR WEBB. I HAD ONE MORE THING TO ADD. I'M SORRY AS I THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE AT THE B2 SCHOOL THERE
WAS AN ACCOMMODATION AT THE CHURCH NEARBY TO PARKING THAT PARKING LOT BUT THAT WENT AWAY AND THE REASON IT WENT AWAY BECAUSE OF JUST WHAT WE HAD THE
SNOW EMERGENCY AND THE CHURCH WAS NOT WILLING TO PAY TO HAVE THOSE. SO THE PARKING LOT PLOWED BEFORE THE TEACHERS WENT TO SCHOOL THAT DAY AND SO WE TRIED TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THE
CITY. CAN CITY OF BOSTON PAY FOR THAT SO THE CHURCH DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THAT? BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT THAT WENT AWAY WASN'T NO NO ACCOMMODATION. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
HAD THAT PIECE. THAT THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER THANK YOU JOHNNY I'M GOING TO START MY AT THIS TIME NO UM THANK YOU JOHNNY. UM ONE OF THE COMMENT I
FREQUENTLY HEARD FROM TEACHERS IS WHY THEY NEEDED A VEHICLE TO DRIVE TO SCHOOL. MANY TEACHERS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY NEEDED TO DROP THEIR CHILD
OFF AT THEIR SCHOOL WHETHER IT WAS GRADE SCHOOLS UM KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM BUT ALSO THAT THEY NEEDED THE VEHICLE AFTER SCHOOL TO PICK THEIR CHILD UP AND YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BE.
>> IN. EAST BOSTON BUT THEY HAD TO DRIVE OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, TO WEST ROXBURY, A HIGH PARK AFTER SCHOOL AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PICK YOUR CHILD UP
GOING FROM EAST BOSTON TO HYDE PARK AT A CERTAIN TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE FREQUENT CONCERNS I HEARD FROM TEACHERS THAT THEY DIDN'T THIS WASN'T A LUXURY THEY THEY
NEEDED THAT THEY NEEDED THAT VEHICLE TO UH, GET TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAD UM THEY WANTED TO BE OBVIOUSLY ON TO SCHOOL ON TIME BUT THEY ALSO HAD OTHER FAMILY OBLIGATIONS.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU HAVE HEARD ALSO? YES THAT'S CORRECT BECAUSE EDUCATORS DO NOT. WORK SPECIFIC TO THE AREA THEY LIVE IN RIGHT? THEY MAY HAVE TO TRAVEL TO
ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY. >> OKAY OKAY. UM. SO I, I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO JOHNNY AT THE AT THE BEGINNING
AND AND WHAT I ENVISION IS AND I THINK JOHNNY AGREES BUT I'LL GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS IS YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE OVERALL PLAN ON HOW WE
GO FORWARD AND MAKE PROGRESS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE COMPLETELY SOLVE THE PROBLEM. BUT HOW DO WE MAKE PROGRESS IN GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACHERS TO PARK IN A
PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TEACH AND BE ON TIME UM UH, CARE FOR THEIR FAMILY AS WELL, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. UM, BALANCING THE BALANCING THE
NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I THINK IT'S AN OVERALL STRATEGY OF HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AND I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION, UH, TO
CONTINUE WORKING HERE AND FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK ON A LONG TERM STRATEGY, JOHNNY? YES. >> WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT IF
ABLE TO WORK ON THAT. AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ASKED A LOT OF VERY GOOD QUESTIONS AND FORMATIVE QUESTIONS. THE QUESTIONS WERE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE GEARED TOWARDS
THE CITY ITSELF AND AND ALTHOUGH THE ALL THE QUESTIONS WERE FAIR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL HAVING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HERE ANSWERING THEM BECAUSE I CAME UP WITH A
LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO HAVE THE CITY RESPOND TO BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT HERE . UM BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU,
JOHNNY AND UH, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE WORKED ON WITH YOU AND THE TEACHERS UNION AS IT RELATES TO THE JOSIAH QUINCY
SCHOOL, WHICH IS A DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD IN IN CHINATOWN, AS YOU KNOW, WITH LIMITED PARKING. UM, TEACHERS DO NEED A PLACE TO
PARK AS FOR THE REASONS I MENTIONED UM, BUT IT'S ABOUT A BALANCE OF HOW WE SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ALSO HOW WE SUPPORT THE TEACHERS BECAUSE THE TEACHERS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT
PART OF HOW A CITY CAN. I CAN'T IMAGINE A TEACHER UM, THAT IT HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE ON TIME DRIVING AROUND BECAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING AND THAT
TEACHER HAS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR A STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES . UM, MAYBE THAT STUDENT IS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND YOU KNOW THE DILEMMA THAT THAT TEACHER IS
FACING KNOWING THAT THERE'S NO PLACE FOR HER OR HIM TO PARK. AND I UNDERSTAND AND HOW DIFFICULT THAT CHOICE AND DECISION IS, BUT THAT SEEMS
LIKE I'D SAY A COMMON OCCURRENCE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A SNOWSTORM LIKE WE HAD WHERE IT EVEN FURTHER REDUCES PARKING IN PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM.
SO JOHNNY, I KNOW ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED ABOUT PARKING TICKETS SO DOES THE THE TEACHERS HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE
TICKETS OR DO THEY APPEAL THEM? THEY IN MANY CASES THEY THEY DO APPEAL THEM BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT. YOU CAN APPEAL ONE OKAY. AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
THE NEXT WHEN YOU APPEAL THAT THE CITY WILL ACCEPT. UH YEAH BECAUSE I HAVE APPEALED TICKETS BEFORE AND I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN ONE YOU KNOW THAT THEY
SAID OKAY IN THE OTHER I HAD TO PAY. I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS SYSTEM. OKAY, BUT BUT BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DOESN'T THERE'S NOT A
UNILATERAL SYSTEM WHERE IF A TEACHER GETS A PARKING TICKET THAT IT'S JUST ELIMINATED. NO IT. >> IS. NOT NO. OKAY. >> AND IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. IF THOSE TEACHERS IN THE BUILDING THEIR TICKETS COULD BE WAIVED.
BUT NO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT EVER HAPPENED. OKAY. >> I WOULD THINK UNDER SITUATIONS WHERE A TEACHER ESPECIALLY IS TRYING TO GET INTO THE BUILDING TO TO CARE
FOR A STUDENT YOU KNOW, A STUDENT WITH DISABILITY OR OR A STUDENT IN NEED ESPECIALLY UM, YOU KNOW THAT THAT IN MY OPINION THAT PARKING TICKET
SHOULD BE SHOULD BE WAIVED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW WE COME UP WITH A PLAN LIKE YOU MENTIONED. MAYBE IT'S A CODE INTO A PARTICULAR UM INTO THE MACHINE
THAT ENABLES PEOPLE TO UH TEACHERS TO TO PARK IN CERTAIN AREAS UH, WITHOUT GETTING A TICKET. UH, THAT'S MY OVERALL PLAN AND GOAL AS THE CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY OVERSEES PARKING. SO THIS. SO THIS THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO STAY RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY SERVICES UH, COMMITTEE BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE THIS ISSUE BELONGS RIGHT HERE. UM YEAH. SO I DID AT THE BEGINNING MENTIONED THAT I WANTED TO GO THROUGH TWO ROUNDS.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I DO WANT TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY IF ANYONE IS IN THIS IN OUR CHAMBER THAT WANTS TO TESTIFY OR IF ANYONE IS ON ZOOM
THAT WANTS TO TESTIFY AND OFFER THEIR OPINION. UM SHAME. WE HAVE ONE PERSON ON ZOOM. ONE PERSON IS ON ZOOM. SHANE DO YOU WANT TO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT PERSON'S NAME IS? UH, NANCY CASTRO.
AND SAY OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO LET ME THE END TO TESTIFY?
BUT YEAH. OKAY. >> HI, NANCY, THIS IS ED FLYNN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE YOU'RE ON WITH ERIN MURPHY AND AND JOHNNY FROM THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION. OKAY.
>> MY NAME IS NANCY AND, UM, I KIND OF WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A RESPONSE TO WHAT I'VE HEARD AND ADD SOME INFORMATION. I THINK THAT, UM, I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT THE EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF PEOPLE IN BOSTON BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING PRIORITY OVER, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, I THINK PUBLIC STREETS IN WAYS
HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE A TEACHER I DO I HAVE MY OWN, UH, WHAT I CALL A BUSINESS PROJECT I DO
TEACH MYSELF BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT FROM AN ETHICAL STANDPOINT. HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, DECIPHER YOU KNOW, WHO SHOULD GET PASSES AND WHO SHOULDN'T. I THINK THAT PARKING IS A REAL
PROBLEM AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IN BOSTON. I'M TALKING FROM EXPERIENCE I THINK THE SORT AND I'VE I'VE REPETITIVELY I'VE PUT IN I
DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW AT LEAST 18 YOU KNOW COMPLAINTS TO BOSTON THAT ARE NOT RESOLVED SUCH AS SIGNS THAT ARE NOT CORRECT, SIGNS THAT ARE IN CONFLICT ONE
WAY STREETS WHERE THE SIGN ISN'T THERE WHEN YOU ENTER THE STREET AND I'M STILL GETTING TOWED I'M STILL GETTING TICKETS AND I HAVE TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S UNFAIR AND WE'RE
NOT GOING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO STOP A PROBLEM. I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP UM THAT I'M GLAD UH I THINK IT WAS
UM COUNCILOR, IF I LOOK AT MY NOTES IS IT BAHKAN IS THAT CORRECT? YES, YES. OKAY. >> SHE BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING A CAR AND I THINK USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUT IT TOOK ABOUT 35 MINUTES INTO
THE CALL BEFORE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WAS BROUGHT UP. I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO INCENT AND I THINK BY THE CITY OF BOSTON AND TRANSPORTATION DO HAVE A WAY TO INCENT PEOPLE WITH LOWER INCOMES TO USE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. SO TRANSPORTATION AND USING HIGHWAYS IS A BIG PROBLEM. AND I THINK THAT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF WHAT TO
ADDRESS. SECONDLY, I LIVE NEAR A THIRDLY I LIVE NEAR A SCHOOL AND THEY WANT US OUT AT 6 A.M. NOW IF I'M STUDYING FOR 2 A.M. AND I HAVE TO GET UP AT 6 A.M. TO
MOVE MY CAR WHEN I WELL NO SORRY FOR THE USE OF WORDS STRIKE THAT THAT THAT LAW ISN'T REALLY USED TILL 7 OR 8 A.M. FOR TEACHERS OR ADMINISTRATORS.
SO I THINK THAT THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED A LITTLE BIT MORE OR IN A BETTER WAY. WE ALSO HAVE IN THIS SAME NEIGHBORHOOD A PROBLEM WITH YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL PEOPLE SAVING
SPACES WITH YOU KNOW, ORANGE CONES. THE SCHOOL LAST FRIDAY SAVED ONE OF THEIR OWN SPACES FOR A BLUE CONE. NANCY, COULD YOU FINISH UP ON THE NEXT 10S.
AND THEN UM I THINK THAT THE SNOW PROBLEM IS ALSO A ROOT OF THE PROBLEM FOR BOSTON TO ADDRESS AND I'M NOT SURE WAVING TICKETS FOR SOME PEOPLE AND NOT OTHERS IS AN EQUITABLE
SOLUTION. I HAVE ONE HAVE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, DO AN ONLINE APPEAL AND ALSO HAVE GONE IN AND THE APPEALS DEPARTMENT NEVER FOLLOWS THE SAME RULES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME NANCY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. IF YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY I CAN GIVE YOU MY EMAIL. IT'S ED.FLYNN@BOSTON.GOV AND THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE
QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT TO WRITE THEM DOWN I'LL GET A RESPONSE TO YOU. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. UM WANT TO GO TO COUNCILOR MURPHY? UM I WANT TO GIVE EVERY
COUNCILOR THAT IS HERE UH, FIVE MINUTES A REDUCTION IN ONE MINUTE FROM THE PREVIOUS ROUND. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY ARE UP. THANK YOU. >> UM. I WANT TO READ A LETTER THAT
AMELIA CAPONE SENT TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL LEADERS. AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU SAW THIS LETTER THAT WENT OUT. UM, AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE PANELISTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF PARKING AND
CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT. UM, DEAR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL LEADERS, WE AT THE OFFICE OF PARKING CLERK OPC AND THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BTD APPRECIATE THE
VERY REAL CHALLENGES THAT EDUCATORS FACE WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING. WE RECOGNIZE THAT RELIABLE ACCESS IS IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE DEMANDS PLACED ON TEACHERS AND SCHOOL
STAFF. AT THE SAME TIME, OUR OFFICE IS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS TO PARKING REGULATIONS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE PUBLIC CURBSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE IS
SHARED EQUITABLY AMONG ALL BOSTON RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND VISITORS. THESE RULES MUST BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY TO BALANCE ACCESS, SAFETY AND FAIRNESS ACROSS MANY
COMPETING NEEDS CITYWIDE FOR EXAMPLE, MAINTAINING TURNOVER IN REGULATED PUBLIC PARKING SPACES ESPECIALLY IN IN THEIR BUSINESS DISTRICTS IS VITAL TO ENSURING AVAILABILITY FOR
RESIDENTS WHO RELY ON VEHICLES FOR ACCESS TO CRITICAL SERVICES INTO PATRONAGE. OUR CITY SMALL BUSINESSES STARTING ON FEBRUARY 1ST 2026
WE WILL NO LONGER DISMISS PARKING VIOLATIONS VALIDLY ISSUED TO VEHICLES OR DPS OR SCHOOL STAFF. IN ADDITION, ANY SCHOOL
SPECIFIC PLACARD OR HISTORICAL EXEMPTIONS WILL NO LONGER BE RECOGNIZED. UM IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ON WHETHER A PLACARD YOU'VE RECEIVED IS VALID AND WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY PARKING
ENFORCEMENT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ISABELLE BURCHILL TO CONFIRM ALL DRIVERS MUST RESPECT AND PARK ACCORDINGLY TO SIGN CURBSIDE REGULATIONS WHETHER THEY ARE RESIDENT PARKING ONLY
SPACES, TIME BOUND RESTRICTIONS OR METERED PARKING. WE REMAIN OPEN TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT BROADER POLICY ALIGNED SOLUTIONS OR ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES THAT MAY HELP EDUCATORS WITHIN THE
EXISTING FRAMEWORK AND WE VALUE OUR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP. BEST REGARDS AMELIA. UM SO THAT SEEMS TO HAVE GONE OUT TO EDUCATE LEADERS I GUESS IN JANUARY IS TELLING ALL
MAKING SURE THEY TOLD THEIR STAFF THAT STARTING FEBRUARY 1ST THERE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE UM WAIVING FEES OR ACCOMMODATING ANY TEACHERS AND
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNEW THAT OR IF THAT. YEAH. SO I DON'T THINK. IT MUST BE TRUE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS BEING TOLD NOW THAT IF ANY
TEACHER IS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WAIVE THEIR TICKET OR APPEAL IT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY BE DENIED. AND UM, UNFORTUNATELY ALL OUR COLLEAGUES ON HERE RIGHT NOW TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE MANY OF THEM WERE SAYING THAT THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY HOPED. AND THAT WE COULD ENCOURAGE MAYBE MORE TEACHERS TO APPEAL THEIR TICKETS, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF THE PARK AND CLERK AND THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY MADE A VERY FIRM UM OPINION ON THIS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I READ THAT INTO. >> THE RECORD. WELL, COUNCILMEMBER, IF IT WAS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF. THAT FEBRUARY 1ST 2026 OKAY.
SO AND IT WAS SENT TO ALL SCHOOL LEADERS AT LEAST THAT TO EMAIL YOU ADDRESS THE LETTER TO SOMEONE HAD SENT THAT TO ME. SO UM COUNCIL MEMBER FABIAN IF
YOU WANT TO RESPOND BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE POLICY WAS BEFORE BEFORE THIS? UM, WHEN I WAS BEING THINKING OUT. AS WE WERE SPEAKING WITH JOHNNY THERE'S HASN'T REALLY BEEN ANY
POLICY DESPITE ADVOCACY BUT THIS NEW UM, CODE AT A SMALL NUMBER OF TRAVELING EDUCATORS WHO MAY WORK AT BUILDINGS THAT DO HAVE METERS, THEY WERE GIVEN THE CODE FOR THE METER SO THE
METER WON'T RUN OUT AND THAT IS A PILOT PROGRAM. BUT OTHER THAN THAT BUT I THINK WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT THAT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS WHO NEED TO TRAVEL
AMONG MANY BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE FEDERALLY MANDATED SPECIAL ED SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS WHO UNFORTUNATELY WHICH I'LL REMIND PEOPLE ARE MANY OF OUR STUDENTS
ARE FAILING, ESPECIALLY OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS. IT'S SINGLE DIGIT NUMBERS OF OUR SPECIAL ED AND ELL STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE SERVICES FROM THESE EDUCATORS WHO ARE SO DEDICATED.
LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S PROBABLY NOTHING WORSE THAN DRIVING AROUND THE BLOCK THREE TIMES AND REALIZING THAT YOU KNOW JOHNNY HAS JUST MISSED HIS SERVICE AND YOU'LL HAVE TO MOVE ON TO YOUR NEXT SCHOOL.
AND WHEN SUCH A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL AND RECEIVING THE FEDERALLY MANDATED SERVICES, THAT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD NOT ALIGN WITH OTHER PARKING PROGRAMS.
BUT THIS IS A REAL EMERGENCY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EDUCATORS ARE GETTING TO THEM. AND THANK. >> YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE AN EXTRA MINUTE BECAUSE I KNOW I,
UM, INTERRUPTED YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD AND I THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO BE HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG SHIFT AND MAYBE A
CHANGE IN THE COURSE THAT MAYBE THE UNION WHO ADVOCATES FOR OUR EDUCATORS. UM, SO I I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ON YOU, JOHNNY OR ERIC TO COME BACK OR OUR
COLLEAGUES TO HAVE TO RECONVENE . BUT I REALLY DO WISH SOMEONE FROM TRANSPORTATION AND THE PARKING CLERK WERE HERE AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT MEETING COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN
MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED. SO, UM, I'M AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHY THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD OPT OUT OF BEING HERE. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MURPHY I'LL
ALSO GIVE MYSELF FIVE MINUTES. UM, SO JOHNNY JUST, UH, JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON A COMMENT COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED FOR STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES FEDERALLY MANDATED SERVICES THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE. IS THAT IN HOURS OR IS THAT IN DAYS LIKE A YOU YOU ARE
REQUIRED TO RECEIVE SO MANY HOURS OF ASSISTANCE BASED ON YOUR DISABILITY OR IS IT SO MANY DAYS YOU GIVE REQUIRED. IT IS IN HOURS. AND HOURS. >> BECAUSE IT'S SPECIFIC TO
WHAT THEY NEED PER WEEK PER DAY . OKAY SO IT'S YEAH. SO OKAY SO IT'S BEEN HOURS AND SO FOR FOR THAT EXAMPLE IF THAT
CHILD MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR SAY PHYSICAL THERAPY OR SPEECH THERAPY OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE SAY THEY MISSED AN HOUR MAYBE MAYBE IT WAS TWO HOURS.
UM BUT HOW WOULD THEY HOW WOULD THAT CHILD RECEIVE THAT HOUR OR HOW WOULD WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PARENT ALSO TO LET THE PARENT KNOW BECAUSE THE PARENT WOULD REALLY WANT TO KNOW THAT AS WELL?
YES. >> UM IT'S UP TO THAT TEACHER BECAUSE AS MENTIONED THEY HAVE WHAT IS CALLED UH AN INDIVIDUAL PLAN UH INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION
PLAN FOR THOSE SPECIFIC STUDENTS AND THEY'RE MANDATED TO ACCOMMODATE WHATEVER IS PRESCRIBED IN THAT KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THAT TO THE LAW AND IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO WHEN THEY MISS TIME IT IS SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED TO MAKE THAT UP. IT'S NOT LIKE THE TEACHER CAN COME THE NEXT WEEK AND IF IT WAS TWO HOURS GIVE FOUR HOURS
OF INSTRUCTION OR THERAPY IS IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT THAT STUDENT IS ABLE TO ADJUST TO WHATEVER ACCOMMODATION THAT THEY'RE
RECEIVING. AND THAT STUDENT NEEDS THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT OR SERVICE IN A CONSISTENT BASE BASIS WHETHER IT'S UM TWICE A WEEK, WHETHER
IT'S THREE TIMES A WEEK. BUT IF YOU MISS, YOU KNOW, TWICE A WEEK, ONCE A WEEK IT PROBABLY DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH AND UM BUT THEN THE CHILD IF YOU
THINK ABOUT THAT CHILD GOES BACK TO THE PARENT OR THE GUARDIAN WITHOUT THEIR UM, PHYSICAL THERAPY A SPEECH THERAPY FOR THAT DAY. UM IT MUST BE IT MUST BE VERY
DIFFICULT FOR THE CHILD BUT ALSO FOR THE PARENT AND FOR THE TEACHER. THE TEACHER WANTS TO BE THERE WITH THE CHILD PROVIDING THAT CRITICAL LESSON PLAN AND
SERVICE BECAUSE THE TEACHER IS REALLY DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL AND COMPASSIONATE . BUT THE TEACHER PROBABLY FEELS AS AS BAD AS ANYBODY KNOWING THAT HE OR SHE WANTED TO
PROVIDE A CRITICAL SERVICE TO A CHILD AND THEY JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, THAT REALLY THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME WHEN I WHEN I HEAR
THAT TYPE OF STORY OF A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE A PARTICULAR SERVICE BASED ON A LOGISTIC ISSUE. UM, THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS
CONVERSATION THAT COUNCIL MURPHY BROUGHT FORWARD IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT IT'S ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND WHEN WE WHEN IT'S ABOUT THE STUDENTS IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE
TEACHERS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEACHERS ARE GIVEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY IN IN ASSISTANCE SO
THAT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER CRITICAL SERVICES AND TEACHING TO A PARTICULAR CHILD ,ESPECIALLY A CHILD IN NEED. YOU KNOW, THOSE TEACHERS ARE REALLY UNSUNG HEROES AS FAR AS
I'M CONCERNED THAT WORK WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. UM BUT I I KNOW YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU POSSIBLY CAN, JOHNNY AND YOU YOU VERY
DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND AND THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH THE TEACHERS AS WELL. UM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE A FINAL, UH, CLOSING STATEMENT BUT I WANT TO GIVE, UM, JOHNNY A OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A CLOSING STATEMENT AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE COUNCIL MURPHY, UM, AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A CLOSING STATEMENT AND THEN I'LL KIND OF CONCLUDE THE MEETING. SO LET ME START WITH, UM, JOHNNY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE A CLOSING STATEMENT. OKAY. >> YES. THANK THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL MURPHY
FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING TODAY. I'M, UH, ALSO AT A LOSS FOR WORDS BECAUSE I HAD HOPED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TO SPEAK AND EXPLAIN
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE AND WHY UH, WHICH LIKE I SAID, OUR MEMBERS AREN'T TRYING TO BREAK THE RULES OR BREAK THE LAW.
THEY JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING THEIR STUDENTS. UM, ANOTHER THING NOT TO TAKE US ON ANOTHER TANGENT BUT ANOTHER THING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
SOCIAL WORKERS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TRAUMA A CHILD HAS GONE THROUGH AND THEY'RE THERE TO SUPPORT THAT STUDENT AND TO FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED OR SOMETHING THEY'RE
DEALING WITH OR EVEN A BEHAVIOR, UM, THAT THEY'RE THERE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT STUDENT AS WELL. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THOSE SESSIONS ARE CONSISTENT.
UM, AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD YEAH, WE ARE OPEN TO WORKING WITH THE CITY ON FINDING SOME ACCOMMODATIONS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE
UNDERSTAND THERE'S THERE'S RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. I MEAN EVEN TEACHING THE CLASSROOM IN THE CLASSROOM, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN THINGS AND AS ADULTS WE HAVE TO COMPLY
WITH THE RULES OF THE CITY AND WITH THE PARKING ON THE STREETS WE WE AREN'T TRYING TO OVERPOWER THOSE THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE
THEY LIVE THERE AND WE DESERVE TO BE WE UNDERSTAND THEY LIVE THERE AND MANY OF OUR OUR MEMBERS LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS DO AND THEY WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, ACCEPT THAT EITHER. BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO FIND SOME
TYPE OF COMMON GROUND WHERE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THOSE EDUCATORS SO THAT THEY DON'T RECEIVE SUCH HUGE FINES FROM PARKING TICKETS BEING TOWED OR EVEN HAVE TO PAY
HUGE AMOUNTS TO PARK IN A GARAGE NEARBY TO SCHOOL. UM AND NONE OF THAT IS THEY CAN WRITE OFF ON A TEXAS THAT UH THEY KNOW WE ANY TYPE OF REIMBURSEMENT IS WHAT I'M
GETTING AT. UM AND YOU KNOW WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATING STUDENTS ,SUPPORTING STUDENTS THE EDUCATORS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THE STUDENT LOANS AND
WHEN YOU TAKE THAT TIME AWAY FROM THEM IT HURTS THE CHILD. I MEAN WE'RE PENALIZING THE ADULTS FOR PARKING BUT WE'RE ALSO HURTING CHILDREN IF THEY CAN'T RECEIVE THEIR SERVICES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOHNNY. WELL SAID. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, DO YOU HAVE A FINAL UM, CLOSING STATEMENT? >> YOU KNOW, JUST THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS FIRST HEARING OF THIS NEW SESSION IN THE
CHAMBER. UM, LIKE I'LL REITERATE, IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT SHOW UP TO THE FIRST HEARING OF THE TERM. I HOPE IT'S NOT FORESHADOWING
OF WHAT'S TO COME FOR THE REST OF THIS THESE TWO YEARS, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO ADD WHICH YOUR MEMBERS ARE WELL AWARE OF AS WE MOVE TO A MORE FULLY INCLUSIVE
SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE UM, ALMOST EVERY CLASSROOM DOES HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IEPS AND NEEDS THAT WHEN A EDUCATOR AND A SERVICE PROVIDER
IS UNABLE TO SHOW UP FOR THAT ONE STUDENT, IT COULD ALSO IN MANY CASES INTERRUPT THE LEARNING FOR THE REST OF THE CLASS. ALSO BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN TIMES WHEN THE TEACHER KNOWS IF IT'S
LIKE TUESDAY AT 1015 YOU KNOW MISS MURPHY'S COMING IN AND SHE'S PULLING THE SMALL GROUP OF KIDS FOR WHATEVER INTERVENTIONS THEY NEED AND THEY'RE PLANNING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LESSON FOR THE REST OF THE CLASS.
SO EVERY ALL OF THE STUDENTS ARE HURT BY THIS NOT JUST THOSE UM, WHO ARE GETTING THE SERVICES. SO IT'S IT'S JUST A SNOWBALL EFFECT AND WE HAVE TO DEFINITELY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND HOPEFULLY THE LETTER
THAT SEEM TO HAVE GONE OUT TO SCHOOL LEADERS, UM, IS IN A LETTER THAT WE CAN'T RE UM VISIT AND REALLY ADVOCATE I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN NINE I'M HOPING OUR COLLEAGUES ALSO WILL
CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR EDUCATORS AND LIKE JUST TO ALSO REMIND PEOPLE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS WHO TRAVEL TO MORE THAN ONE
SCHOOL DURING ONE SINGLE SCHOOL DAY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR CHAIRING. >> THIS MEETING. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM, THANK YOU TO JOHNNY AT THE
BOSTON TEACHERS UNION FOR BEING HERE. UM, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT WERE HERE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SHANE PACK FOR, UM, WORKING WITH US, UM, ORGANIZING THIS
HEARING. SO THIS HEARING ON DOCKET 0112 IS ADJOURNED.