GOOD AFTERNOON. I CALLED TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. YOU CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON GUYS FOR ITS LAST CITY DASH 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 CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM COUNCIL A
BRAIN COUNCIL OF COLOR AS A PART OF COUNCIL DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL HERE. COUNCIL ME HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCIL BULLPEN.
COUNCIL SANTANA. COUNCIL WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT OF COURSE IS PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY
PASTOR TO SHEA FREE. MY AH JACKSON THE TRANS BIPOC PASTOR RESIDENT AT THE BRIAN AUSTIN CONGREGATION CHURCH. WHO WILL BE WRITING AAC INVOCATION INVITED BY COUNCILOR SANTANA.
AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. CASPER SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PASTOR SHAVE PRIMAIRE JACKSON, A TRANS
BIPOC PASTORAL RESIDENT FROM THE AUSTIN BRIGHT CONGRESSIONAL CHURCH TO LEAD TODAY'S INVOCATION. THE BRIAN AUSTIN CONGRESSIONAL CHURCH HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF RIGHT AND SINCE 1827 AND HAS
GROWN TO EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND INCLUSION AS AN OPEN AND AFFIRMING CHURCH. WE HAVE CREATED A WELCOMING SPACE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. FROM THEIR DOORS THEY RUN THE
AUSTIN AND FOOD PANTRY FEEDING OVER 1200 OF OUR NEIGHBORS EVERY MONTH. THEY CULTIVATE GREENSPACE AND AN ELIGIBLE GARDEN IN BRIGHTON CENTER. NOURISHING OUR COMMUNITY IN
MORE WAYS THAN ONE. THEY ARE ALSO INNOVATORS OPERATING AN AWARD WINNING THRIFT SHOP. AND COURAGEOUSLY LEADING THE NATION BY HOSTING THE ONLY TRANS BIPOC PASTORAL RESIDENCY IN THE UNITED STATES.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A WARM WELCOME TO PASTOR TO SHEA FRED MEYER JACKSON. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS
INVITATION. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS AND REPRESENTATION FROM AUSTIN BRIGHTON FOOD PANTRY AS WELL AS BRIGHTON ALLSTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WHERE I SERVE AS THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR AND I GIVE
THANKS FOR OUR SENIOR PASTOR, PASTOR NAKIA HERNANDEZ WOLF, WHO WAS UNABLE BE HERE BUT STILL GIVES THEIR LOVE AND STILL GIVES THEIR PRESENCE. AND IN THIS MOMENT I WANT TO
INVITE YOU ALL TO BREATHE IN DEEPLY WITH ME LET US BREATHE IN TOGETHER AND EXHALE LISTEN
MORE OFTEN TO THINGS THAN TO BEINGS LISTEN MORE OFTEN TO THINGS THAN TO BEINGS. TIS THE ANCESTOR'S BREATH WHEN
THE FIRE YOUR VOICES BURN. TIS THE ANCESTOR'S BREATH IN THE VOICE OF THE WATER.
LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN BELOVEDS AS WE COME TOGETHER FOR COMMUNITY CARE MAY WE BE REMINDED BY THE ANCESTORS TO LISTEN.
HOLD SPACE AND OPEN SPACE FOR CREATION WITH THE BREATH THAT FLOWS IN AND IN BETWEEN US. LET US GIVE GRATITUDE FOR EXPERIENCING A NEW DAY FILLED
WITH LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES. WE GIVE GRATITUDE FOR THE ABUNDANCE AND CREATIVITY WE ALL BRING TO THIS PLACE AND AS WE
BRING IT TO THIS PLACE MAY WE BE ABLE TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED MINORITIZED LEFT
OUT. MAY WE TAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES NOT FOR GRANTED BUT TO UPLIFT, EDIFY AND TO REVITALIZE ALL WHO HAVE MINDS TO RECEIVE IT WITH
THIS UNDERSTANDING MAY WE COME TO THIS PLACE WITH OPEN HEARTS, MINDS AND SPIRITS TO DO JUST THIS LOVE PEACE AND TO MOVE HUMBLY AND COMPASSIONATELY WITH ONE ANOTHER.
MAY THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTHS AND THE MEDITATION OF ALL OF OUR HEARTS BE ACCEPTABLE IN A PLEASING PLEASING THING TO YOU OUR CREATOR CONNECTOR AND
LIBERATOR OF US ALL ASHLEIGH AND BLESSED BE SURE YOU NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND SERVE AS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH PASTOR
FREEMASON JACKSON AND THANK YOU FOR SINGING ONE OF MY FAVORITE SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK SONGS THAT WAS INCREDIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHOIR. COULD WE PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT
THAT COUNCILOR DURKIN IS NOW PRESENT IN WITH US AND CAN WE PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCIL WEBER IS NOW PRESENT AND WITH US. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO PRESENTATIONS
. WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY ONE FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN HONORING FORMER REPRESENTATIVE JOHN SANTIAGO, OUTGOING VETERAN'S SERVICES SECRETARY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND
FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ONE FROM COUNCILOR WEBER HONORING SOLOMON NORTHUP. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. YOU WILL HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES. ADDITIONALLY, I KNOW THAT THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MARY
WILLIAMS IS HERE AND WE WILL BE HONORING HER THE YEAR HER SISTER MARTHA WILLIAMS AND COUNCILOR PEPEN. SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND HONORED TO BE HERE AND TO
WELCOME A FRIEND OF MINE FROM THE SOUTH END THAT HAS DONE AN EXTRA EXTRAORDINARY JOB WORKING ON BEHALF OF GOVERNOR HEALEY AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
DRISCOLL BUT REALLY THE THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AND COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IN SUPPORT OF VETERANS ACROSS ACROSS OUR COMMONWEALTH AND THAT IS SECRETARY JOHN SANTIAGO.
AND WE HAD A RECEPTION PRIOR TO THIS EVENT HERE IN WE HAD A LOT OF SOUTH END PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO THANK JOHN FOR HIS IMPORTANT WORK.
WE ALSO HAD SOME VETERANS THAT CAME TO THANK SECRETARY SANTIAGO AS WELL. WE WANT TO WELCOME HIS HIS WIFE ALEX AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN ARE NOT HERE BUT WE WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT ROLE MILITARY FAMILIES PLAY. BUT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF OF BOSTON, I DO
HAVE AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION AS SECRETARY SANTIAGO SOON RETIRES FROM HIS CURRENT POSITION WORKING IN THE HEALEY ADMINISTRATION.
JOHN SANTIAGO, YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS BOTH AS A STATE LEGISLATOR IN THE SOUTH END IN ROXBURY AND AS SECRETARY OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
OF VETERANS SERVICES. YOU ARE A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT A PHYSICIAN AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, A MILITARY OFFICER, A VETERANS
ADVOCATE AND A FRIEND. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES. YOUR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM SO
VETERANS ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT HAS MADE A HUGE IMPACT ACROSS THE STATE. WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR REMARKABLE WORK ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
SOUTH IN ROXBURY AND REALLY THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE NATION AS WELL. WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THE SECRETARY AND HIS LOVELY WIFE
IF THEY'D LIKE TO JOIN US AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO AFTER WITH WITH MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
BUT I THINK I CAUGHT ALEX OFF GUARD A LITTLE BIT BY THEY INVITING HER UP. BUT I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO JOHN HERE TO ALEX.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR, FOR YOUR
FRIENDSHIP FOR ME, FOR YOUR CAMARADERIE FROM MY DAYS WORKING AS A STATE REP IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND GETTING THE CONSTITUENCY WORK DONE. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND AND YOU BY
BEING A MILITARY PERSON YOURSELF AND THE SACRIFICE THAT THAT REQUIRES. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THIS AUGUST CHAMBER AND FOR THE COUNCIL IS HERE TODAY WHO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT MILITARY FAMILIES AND THE
COMMUNITY. AND WHEN I LOOK BACK AT MY SERVICE AND I'LL BE STEPPING DOWN LATER ON THIS YEAR, I THINK ABOUT HOW IT STARTED. I AM A VETERAN. I'VE BEEN DEPLOYED A COUPLE
OF TIMES. I DON'T LEAD WITH THE VETERANS HAD TYPICALLY AND SO WHEN I WAS PRESENTED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME AS A SHOCK. I ACTUALLY WAS DEPLOYED TIME IN
SYRIA OF ALL PLACES ON THE FRONT LINES IN A WAR ZONE AND GOVERNOR HEALEY HAD CALLED ME TO BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION. I WAS A STATE REP A POSITION A RELATIVELY NEW FATHER AT THE TIME AND I SAID LISTEN, SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I RECENTLY VOTED TO MAKE THIS A CABINET SECRETARY BUT THANKS BUT NO THANKS. HUNG UP THE PHONE WAS AROUND THE SOLDIERS THINKING ABOUT MY TIME IN SERVICE AND MY
COMMITMENT OVER THE YEARS IN STATE OFFICE AND AND IN THE HOSPITAL I CALL HER BACK UP AND DOWN. I'M INTERESTED. I WILL DO THIS AND I WILL WORK DAY AND NIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT VETERANS IN THE COMMONWEALTH GET THE DIGNITY AND THE SERVICE
THAT THEY NEED. AND IT WAS A CHALLENGE AS YOU CAN RECALL THE IN COVID 19 OVER 100 VETERANS TRAGICALLY DIED AT THESE VETERAN HOMES. SO IN ADDITION TO STARTING UP THIS BRAND NEW SECRETARIAT WE WERE TASKED WITH TRANSFORMING
THIS REBUILDING TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY IT ALMOST THREE YEARS BECAUSE WE LED WITH LISTENING. WE LIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES. PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE
COMMONWEALTH THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH PRETTY AMAZING THINGS FROM BUILDING TO NEW VETERAN HOMES OR ONE THAT'S ALMOST TO BE BUILT THE TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP. AND I CAN TELL YOU TODAY THAT THE OUTCOMES THERE WERE SURPASSING THE AVERAGE OUTCOMES
ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH WHEN IT COMES TO NURSING HOMES TO PASSING THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PIECE OF LEGISLATION. WHEN IT COMES TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THE HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH SO MAKING A LARGE INVESTMENT IN VETERAN HOMELESSNESS THAT WE'VE EVER
SEEN. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK WE'VE DONE. THE WORK HAS NEVER FINISHED PARTICULARLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE GIVEN THE DIVISIVENESS WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY SO WE CAN COME TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE IRRESPECTIVE OF YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR GENDER, YOUR
POLITICAL AFFILIATION. THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME PROUD. THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME INSPIRED SO JUST THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR MANY DAYS TO COME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR SECRETARY. BUT CAN I ASK MY CITY
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US
FOR A PHOTO PLEASE?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. THANK YOU, MRS. SPENCER.
YOU ALL WANT US TO ABOUT 20 MAYBE BECAUSE QUICK LOOK AT THE
OTHER FIVE. I KNOW IT WAS ACTUALLY A SENIOR BEFORE. I KNOW. I'M NOT SURE WHO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HONORING A FELLOW VETERAN OF YOURS.
FOR BOTH OF YOU. FOR BOTH THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR VETERANS. I WAS JUST JOKING WITH FORMER SECRETARY JOHN SANTIAGO. HE'S ALWAYS A MAN OF FIVE JOBS
AND FIVE HUSTLES. SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU'LL DO NEXT AS YOU CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH. THANK YOU TO ALEX MAYOR CBA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND BEING WITH US BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT TAKES A TEAM TO
MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN SO THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY COUNCILOR WEBER HONORING SOLOMON NORTHUP
COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND 5 MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. COME ON UP.
IT'S RIGHT. SO, UM, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY OF SOLOMON NORTHUP IN 1855.
HIS MEMOIR HE PUBLISHED HIS MEMOIR 12 YEARS A SLAVE. HE WROTE QUOTE WHAT DIFFERENCE IS THERE IN THE COLOR OF A SOUL?
BORN IN 1807 IN NEW YORK, SOLOMON NORTHUP WAS KIDNAPED AND SOLD INTO SLAVERY IN LOUISIANA WHERE HE SPENT 12
YEARS IN FORCED YOU KNOW, ENFORCED SLAVERY BEFORE HE WAS FREED IN 1853. BASED ON I THINK A STATUTE THAT RESCUED NEW YORK CITIZENS FROM
SLAVERY, HIS MEMOIR 12 YEARS A SLAVE SOLD 30,000 COPIES IN THREE YEARS. SOLOMON NORTHUP TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY SPEAKING ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDING A SERIES
OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS IN THE BOSTON AREA AND LOCATIONS LIKE BETHEL CHURCH AND TREMONT TEMPLE. THIS MORNING WAS THE UNVEILING
OF AN EXHIBIT CALLED HOPE OUT OF DARKNESS, WHICH HONORS SONG AND NORTHUP. ITS TEMPORARY HOME NOW IS AT THE KENNEDY GREENWAY AND THIS
IS THE SECOND STOP OF THE TRAVELING EXHIBIT. THE SCULPTURE BY WESLEY WOLFORD WILL BE ON DISPLAY HERE THROUGH DECEMBER AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AND I
BELIEVE IT'S MARKSVILLE LOUISIANA WHERE SOLOMON NORTHUP WAS FREED. THIS EXHIBITION WAS BROUGHT TO BOSTON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER
OF BOSTON AND THE GREENWAY CONSERVANCY. WE'RE JOINED HERE BY JEAN-LUC PERRET FROM FROM NIQAB WHO'S THE PRESIDENT AND HE CAME TO MY
OFFICE TASKED WITH THE COUNCIL COULD DO SOMETHING TO HONOR THE INSTALLATION STOP IN BOSTON. I OF COURSE SAID YES AND I'M HONORED TO BRING A RESOLUTION FORCE FOR A VOTE DURING TODAY'S
MEETING. TODAY'S A TIME WHERE WE MUST EMBRACE NOT ERASE THE FULL HISTORY OF SLAVERY, DISPOSSESSION AND SYSTEMATIC INJUSTICE UPON WHICH THIS
COUNTRY WAS BUILT. WE NOW, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT WHAT SOLOMON NORTHUP STOOD UP AGAINST WHILE HERE IN BOSTON WAS THE CENTER OF THE
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT. WE HAD THE BOSTON VIGILANCE COMMITTEE WHICH SOUGHT TO PROTECT BOSTON RESIDENTS FROM BEING KIDNAPED AND AND BROUGHT
TO THE SOUTH FOR SLAVERY. THESE PEOPLE WERE UNDER THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT DEPRIVED OF DUE PROCESS AND YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON UNITED TO HELP PROTECT THEM.
IF IT SOUNDS ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY. I'M ATTENDING THAT PARALLEL. SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE
DISTINGUISHED HONOR OF WELCOMING MELISSA HALL TO THE CHAMBER TODAY. MELISSA IS HERE FROM THE SOLOMON NORTHUP COMMITTEE FOR COMMEMORATIVE COMMEMORATIVE WORKS AND IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF SOLOMON NORTHUP.
SHE IS HIS GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER . I GOT THAT RIGHT. MELISSA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION IN FOSTERING AWARENESS AROUND THE LEGACY OF SOLOMON NORTHUP'S LIFE AND WORKS.
AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU UP HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR WEBER.
MADAM PRESIDENT, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS IT IS AN HONOR TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WE RECOGNIZE AS BOSTON'S.
IT IS AN HONOR TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WE RECOGNIZE BOSTON'S PROFOUND CONNECTION TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SOLOMON NORTHUP WHOSE STORY COURAGE AND RESILIENCE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE
FREEDOM MOVEMENTS ACROSS GENERATIONS. IN THE MID 1850S AFTER ENDURING 12 YEARS OF ENSLAVEMENT AND REGAINING HIS FREEDOM. SOLOMON'S JOURNEY BROUGHT HIM
INTO THE COMPANY OF THE BOSTON ABOLITIONIST CIRCLE, A NETWORK OF EXTRAORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN WHO USE THEIR VOICES, THEIR PENS AND THEIR PULPITS TO CONFRONT AMERICA'S MORAL
CRISIS. BOSTON WAS AT THAT TIME A BEACON OF COINCIDENCE OR SORRY A BEACON OF CONSCIENCE HOME TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON,
FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND CHARLES SUMNER, COUNTLESS AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO REFUSED TO REMAIN SILENT. SOLOMON'S VISITS TO BOSTON PLACED HIM WITHIN THAT LIVING
CONVERSATION ON JUSTICE HERE AND THIS VERY CITY. HIS STORY WAS SHARED IN LECTURE HALLS AND MEETING HOUSES WHERE HIS FIRSTHAND TESTIMONY AWAKENED HEARTS AND
STRENGTHENED RESOLVE AND THE GROWING MOVEMENT TO END SLAVERY . BOSTON'S NEWSPAPERS REVIEWED HIS LECTURES AND PUBLISHED NOTICES OF HIS APPEARANCES. HIS VOICE ECHOING THROUGH THIS
CITY WAS PART OF A LARGER CHORUS THAT INSISTED ON THE TRUTH THAT FREEDOM ONCE TAKEN MUST BE RECLAIMED AND THAT MEMORY ONCE AWAKENED. WHAT MUST NEVER AGAIN FALL
SILENT. BY ACKNOWLEDGING THIS CONNECTION, THE CITY OF BOSTON HONORS NOT ONLY THE MAN BUT THE MORAL COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVED IN THE POWER OF WORDS TO
TRANSFORM A NATION. TODAY THROUGH THIS ACT OF RECOGNITION BOSTON REAFFIRMS
ITS OWN LEGACY. SORRY. A CITY OF ABOLITION. A CITY OF CONSCIENCE AND A CITY OF REMEMBRANCE. AS HIS DESCENDANT I STAND
BEFORE YOU AS LIVING PROOF THAT HIS HOPE ENDURED AND HIS FIGHT CONTINUES TO BEAR FRUIT AND EVERY ACT OF JUSTICE AND
REMEMBRANCE. MAY WE CONTINUE TO LIFT UP THOSE COURAGE? LIFT UP THOSE WHOSE COURAGE SHAPED THE MORAL ARC OF OUR HISTORY AND MAY SOLOMON NORTHUP
STORY REMAIN A LIVING REMINDER THAT FREEDOM WORK IS NEVER DONE AND THAT BOSTON'S MORAL VOICE STILL MATTERS. MY ANCESTOR ONCE SPOKE HERE FOR
JUSTICE. TODAY I SPEAK HERE FROM MEMORY AND GRATITUDE.
THANK YOU. VERY BRIEFLY, MADAME PRESIDENT
. HELLO, EVERYBODY. HANNIBAL TO EMMA. TYRA LOOK AT HOW LIKE IT IS. HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JOHN LICORICE AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE TUNICA BILOXI TRIBE OF LOUISIANA.
THE STATUE THAT IS CURRENTLY ON A TRAVELING EXHIBITION WILL BE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED WITHIN MY OWN TRIBE'S TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AND AS A TRIBAL
CITIZEN IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SUPPORT THIS EXHIBITION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STEWARDING A HOME FOR ITS FINAL
RESTING PLACE BECAUSE THE THE STORY OF SOLOMON NORTHUP WAS INCLUDED WITHIN OUR PETITION FOR FEDERAL RECOGNITION SO WE WOULD NOT BE A FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBE WERE IT NOT FOR THE NARRATIVE OF SOLOMON NORTHUP IN PART. BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE VERY QUICKLY FIRST
OUR PARTNERS ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT IT TOOK TO GET US TO THIS POINT. OF COURSE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF BOSTON WE ARE A CURATORIAL PARTNER UNDER AND
UNDOCUMENTED EXCUSE ME UN MONUMENT RE MONUMENT THE MONUMENT THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. WE THANK BOSTON TO 50 FOR
INCLUDING THIS UNVEILING WITHIN THEIR CALENDAR OF EVENTS. WE ALSO THANK THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY, NEW DEMOCRACY COALITION, BOSTON PEOPLE'S
REPARATION COMMISSION AND ALSO JUST INDIVIDUALLY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE REVEREND KEVIN PETERSON, LA MERCY
FRAZIER AND WE HAVE GUESTS FROM BOTH OUT-OF-STATE AND OUT OF COUNTRY. FIRST STEPHANIE LUCAS PULLING ITS FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA, ALSO
REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF THE LAST ILLEGAL SLAVE SHIP TO HIT THE SHORES. SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
AND THEN FINALLY SOME MINUTES OR SO FROM RIO DE JANEIRO WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TODAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY. LIVE LEGAL TO I HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR FOR MELISSA AND JEAN-LUC BUT I'D LIKE TO
WELCOME ALL MY COLLEAGUES UP FOR A PHOTO IF POSSIBLE TO TAKE
UP SPACE SO GIVE SPACE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A WINDOW TO
DO JUST SO I GOT VERY YEAH. SEE EVERYONE BEING TO ALL THE
SECURITY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING YES.
OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILOR WEBER JEAN-LUC THE CARNIVAL SOCIETY AND NIGHTCLUB FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE AND DESCENDANT OF SOLOMON NORTHUP
FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS AN ABOLITIONIST THROUGH AND THROUGH AND SUFFERED SOME OF THE WORST THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS.
BUT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH SLAVERY, FREE ENSLAVED AND THEN FREE AGAIN. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALSO VISITING THE EXHIBIT WE HAVE WITH US THE FAMILY OF MARY
WILLIAMS. AND SO I'M GOING TO ALLOW COUNCILOR PEPEN TO COME AND REMEMBER HER AND I KNOW HE'S GOING TO ASK FOR MARTHA WILLIAMS TO COME DOWN AND BE
WITH US. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. SO TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR
OF JUST DOING A IN TRIBUTE RECOGNITION TO MISS MARY WILLIAMS WHO WAS A VERY POWERFUL COMMUNITY MEMBER IN THE MATTAPAN AREA OF MY DISTRICT WHERE EVERY SINGLE
WEEKEND SHE WOULD JUST GATHER THE YOUTH AT ALMA PARK AND DO BIBLE STUDY WITH THEM AND BUT ALSO JUST BUILD COMMUNITY AMONGST HER RESIDENTS. TODAY I'M HERE WITH HER SISTER
MISS MARTHA WILLIAMS WHO IS A IT'S AN EMBODIMENT OF THAT AS WELL AND THE WORK THAT HER FAMILY HAS DONE IN MY DISTRICT CONTINUES TO TO HAPPEN.
BUT I JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THE WILLIAMS FAMILY AT HOLMAN PARK TO DO THIS RECOGNITION WITH THEM AND JUST IT'S BEYOND THANKFUL BECAUSE BECAUSE OF FAMILIES
LIKE THE WILLIAMS FAMILY THEY MAKE THE CITY OF BOSTON A BETTER PLACE TO BE IN AND IT JUST IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. YOU'RE NOT TO HAVE A CERTAIN TITLE TO JUST GIVE BACK TO YOUR
COMMUNITY AND THAT IS WHAT THE WHAT THE WILLIAMS FAMILY RESEMBLES IN MATTAPAN. SO TO MS.. MARTHA WILLIAMS AND YOUR LATE SISTER MARY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE
FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I MISS MY SISTER MARY SO VERY
MUCH. MY SISTER MARY TAUGHT BIBLE STUDY IN THE ALMONT PARK CHILDREN SECTION I SAW FOR ALMA ON BLUE HILL AB ALMA STREET.
SHE DID THIS EVERY SATURDAY. EVERY SATURDAY SHE WAS THERE. SHE WENT TO THE LOCAL STORES WHO DONATED FOOD AND SNACKS BEFORE SHE TAUGHT BIBLE STUDY.
SHE WOULD SET EVERYTHING UP. I WOULD COME OVER THERE'S A FACE PAINTING FOR HER AND JUST SPEND SOME TIME WITH WHAT SHE WAS DOING. BUT SHE DID THIS EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY.
SHE WOULD TAKE HER CART AND SHE WOULD DRIVE IT TO EVERY LOCATION AND PICK UP ALL THE GROCERIES AND THE SNACKS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE CHILDREN AFTER THE BIBLE STUDY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT JUST REMINDS ME OF HOW WONDERFUL SHE DID THIS IN HER OWN TIME. SHE DIDN'T ASK ANYONE TO HELP. SHE WENT OUT WHETHER IT WAS
RAINING, SNOWING AND SHE MADE THIS HAPPEN AND SHE ALSO SERVED THE COMMUNITY THE ALMONT PARK COMMUNITY. EVERY WEEK SHE WAS DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO WOULD
THAT BEING SAID, I JUST MISS HER SO MUCH. WE'VE ALL DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND WORK ON A PLAQUE TO BE PLACED ON THE PARK BENCH IN THE
CHILDREN'S SECTION OF THAT PLAYGROUND AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I
WOULD LOVE ANYONE SUPPORT THAT'S ABLE TO SUPPORT US WITH THAT SO THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR 2026 THE
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT. WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT BENCH, THAT PLAQUE IS ON THAT BENCH AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND REMEMBER HER
EACH AND EVERY DAY AND FOR EVERY EVENT MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING . THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARTHA, FOR
KEEPING THE LEGACY OF YOUR SISTER ALIVE AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HER. I WAS YEAH.
YEAH. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT CANCER BUT THEN YEAH, I DID. YEAH. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT AS WELL.
WHEN I HEARD THE CITATION THAT WAS BECAUSE THE YOU THINK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
TIME TO IT'S BEEN ABOUT THREE THANK YOU SO MUCH TRANSCRIPTION
AND THANK YOU AGAIN MARY FOR MARTHA FOR CONTINUING TO HONOR YOUR SISTER MARY. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNSELOR COLETTA
ZAPATA IS NOW PRESIDENT WITH US AND COUNCILOR EARL IS NOW PRESIDENT WITH US. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING ON OCTOBER EIGHT,
2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER EIGHTH MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR.
I'D ALSO I KNOW WE HAD WITH US EARLIER FORMER CITY COUNCILOR TITO JACKSON. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 1831 DUNCAN
NUMBER 1831 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNDER THE LAND AND
WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT OF 1965 TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR PURPOSES OF MAKING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
TO SAVE ON PARK AND DORCHESTER. THIS ORDER ALSO CONFIRMS THAT SALEM PARK IS A PERMANENT DEDICATED PERMANENTLY DEDICATED FOR PARK AND PLAYGROUND PURPOSES AS REQUIRED BY THE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS. THE GRANT JERSEY AGENT THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS. I RISE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
FUND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. THIS $1 MILLION GRANT WILL SUPPORT MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SALEM PARK IN DORCHESTER INCLUDING A NEW PLAY AREA, A CHILDREN'S BIKE LOOP, A
SPLASH PAD, ACCESSIBLE PATHWAY, NEW TREES, RAIN GARDENS AND UPGRADED LIGHTING AND COURTS. THESE INVESTMENTS MAKE THE PARK MORE WELCOMING SAFER IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT FOR FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS WHO RELY ON THIS
GREEN SPACE EVERY DAY. PARKS LIKE SALEM ARE ESSENTIAL FOR BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING. THIS PARTICULAR PARK HELPS TO MANAGE STORMWATER. IT REDUCES URBAN HEAT AND GIVES KIDS A SAFE PLACE TO PLAY.
PASSING THIS GRANT TODAY ENSURES THAT THE PROJECT STAYS ON TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION CAN BE CAN BEGIN IN 2026. WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO COUNCILOR WORRELL WHO REPRESENTS THIS AREA TO SHARE
MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT TO HIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THIS COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, CHAIR COLETTE ZAPATA FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS A MUCH NEEDED
INVESTMENT TO UPGRADE THIS SALON PARK. I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ALREADY DOING THIS SOCCER FIELD. THIS IS JUST GETTING INTO THE PLAYGROUND. A LOT OF KIDS A LOT OF FAMILIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE
GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE UPGRADES IN THAT PARK ARE LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS TO BRING A MUCH NEEDED ASSET TO THE AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART OF THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS TOOK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1831. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALL THE SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT.
THE STOCK HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 183 TO I CAN HAVE A183 TO MESSAGE YOU ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $895,657.87 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE RESIN PROGRAM FOR FIELDS CALENDAR YEAR 25 GRANT
AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASSED TO THEM AS HIGHER DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND INDIVIDUAL
REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND INSURANCE CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING ENERGY CREATION RESOURCES AND
PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. UP THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1833 WILL BE REFERRED 183 TO WE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 18331833 MR GENNARO AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $99,476 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE
PIPELINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN
HIGH CONSEQUENCE AREAS TO PROTECT PEOPLE, PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM ACCIDENTS OF OIL AND GAS OR HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINES.
THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1833 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1834 DUCK NUMBER
1834 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ACCEPTING SPEND THE AMOUNT OF $48,900 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE 2025 MAYOR'S CHALLENGE PROJECT GRANT AWARDED
BY THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY OPERATION. THE GRANT WILL FUND A STUDY TO ADDRESS CHRONIC SCHOOL BUS DELAYS THROUGH THE AIR AND
NAVAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL PRIORITY AT KEY INTERSECTIONS AND PILOTING INNOVATIVE PICKUP AND DROP OFF SCENARIOS TO ADDRESS CONGESTION ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS CLOSE TO A SCHOOL.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN PENN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE BATTLE TO GET SCHOOL BUSSES ON TIME TO
AND FROM SCHOOL HAS BEEN A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OUR CHAMBER IN GENERAL. THIS IS A SMALL GRANT THAT WILL HELP CREATE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO HELP MITIGATE AND BRING DOWN
THE TIMES. SO I AM I AM ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASS FOR THIS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOES WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. COUNCILOR BUT THEN THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION
TECHNOLOGY TO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1834. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE AT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1835 SO I CAN
NUMBER 1835. MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $44,780 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WATER QUALITY
ASSESSMENT OF CHANDLER PARK POND GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVI YOUR MENTAL AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THE GRANT WILL FUND WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN CHANDLER POND FOR 12 MONTHS DEVELOP A WATERSHED BASED PLAN TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF POLLUTION, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD
CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE RESTORATION OF CHANDLER POND AND TO EDUCATE THE VOTERS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MINIMIZE URBAN IMPACTS TO THE POND. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE I AM REQUESTING THIS AND PASSAGE OF THIS GRANT AND THE COMMONWEALTH SECTION 604 B
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES VITAL FUNDING FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND RESTORATION EFFORTS ACROSS OUR CITY. THIS $44,780 GRANT WILL SUPPORT
THE BOSTON PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT IN PARTNERSHIP THE CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION TO CONDUCT WATER QUALITY TESTING, DEVELOP A WATERSHED BASED PLAN AND ENGAGE THE BRIGHTON COMMUNITY IN RESTORING TRAILER PARK IN
FANEUIL BROOK. PASSING THIS GRANT TODAY IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT MONITORING CAN BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR AND THAT RESIDENTS HAVE CLEAN HEALTHY WATERWAYS AND SAFE ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. NATURAL RESOURCES.
THESE EFFORTS ALSO BUILD RESILIENCE AND PROTECT AGAINST STORMWATER POLLUTION. SO THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL BRAINARD WHO REPRESENTS THE AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAYTON, THE
COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS ACCEPTING THIS GRANT. THE CHANDLER IS THE ONLY REMAINING POND IN ALLSTON
BRIBERY USED TO HAVE 19 AND IT IS IT IS DRILLED INTO THE CHARLES RIVER VIA THE FANEUIL BROOK AND IT IS AN INCREDIBLY
WELL-USED AND BEAUTIFUL PASSIVE GREENSPACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE PURPOSES IN DOING THE WATER CRAWL QUALITY MONITORING IS TO HELP ADDRESS AND PREVENT ALGAE
BLOOMS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF INVASIVE SPECIES BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER IS SAFE FOR POND USERS AND WILDLIFE. SO I ORDER MY COLLEAGUES TO
SUSPEND AND PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA CEO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1835 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1836 NUMBER 1836 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING
THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF AN EXISTING THREE YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF LADDER TRUCKS FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. TWO TRUCKS CONTEMPLATED UNDER
THE CONTRACT WERE DELIVERED IN DECEMBER 2024 BUT THE REMAINING FOUR TRUCKS ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BE DELIVERED TO TRUCKS AT A TIME ON OCTOBER 26 AND OCTOBER AND MARCH 2027.
THANK YOU MR. CLERK AS THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATION, THIS IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF A CURRENT OF A CONTRACT IN THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
THIS MATTER? OKAY THE CONTRACT LINEA THE FLOOR. YEAH. MADAM CHAIR, I'M FAMILIAR VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF CITY BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
DIVISION. MY UNCLE WAS A SUPERINTENDENT FOR MANY YEARS THERE AND HE WAS AN EXCELLENT FIREFIGHTER. HE IS A DECORATED VIETNAM
VETERAN AS WELL. I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO IT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT BECAUSE I I DO KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING ON OTHER THAN FOUR OR FIVE SENTENCES IN THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN
EXTENSION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT IT UP IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE'S THE LETTER THAT IS IN OUR PACKET THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO REREAD READ I TRANSMIT HERE WITH FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER
AUTHORIZING THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF AN EXISTING THREE YEAR CONTRACT. SO JUST EXTENDING THE TERM IT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATION AGAIN IT'S NOT AUTHORIZING ANY MONEY FOR THREE YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE
PURCHASE OF LADDER TRUCKS FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO TRUCKS CONTEMPLATED ON THE CONTRACT WERE DELIVERED BUT THEY'RE REMAINING FOR TRUCKS ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BE DELIVERED. SO IT'S JUST TO ENSURE THAT WITHIN TIMING OF THE CONTRACT
THAT THOSE TRUCKS CAN BE DELIVERED. AMENDING THIS CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS WOULD BE HIGHLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY BECAUSE THE PRICE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FOR THE CITY TO REBID ON THE CONTRACT
THE CITY WILL INCUR NO ADDITIONAL COST AND THE TIME EXTENSION IS SOLELY TO ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER AT THE TIME OF EACH DELIVERY. SO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MADAM CHAIR, I'M NOT GOING TO
OBJECT. I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT. I DO WISH WE HAD A HEARING ON IT BECAUSE I DON'T I NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO
HOLD THIS UP. IT WOULDN'T LOOK GOOD IF I HELD IT UP BUT I'M NOT DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE BY JUST BEING A RUBBER STAMP HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND JUST I THINK THAT WE HAVE A
LOT OF INFORMATION HERE SO BUT I'M HAPPY IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS SO THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN GET THEIR TRUCKS . I THINK INSPECTION AND POSITIVE
DOCKET NUMBER 1836 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCK NUMBER 1836
COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER, YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL OF HIS. JOE YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FUN YES.
COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCIL ME HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR BURTON COUNCILOR HAPPINESS COUNCIL S.A. YES.
COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES TALKING NUMBER 1836 AS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.
THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 183731846 BLOCK
NUMBER 1837I APOLOGIZE DOCKETS NUMBER 1837 THROUGH 1846 DUCK NUMBER 1837 NOTICE YOU SEE FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN FARRELL AS A TRUSTEE
OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 2ND, 2025 DOC NUMBER 1838 NO AS WE SEE FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID O'DONOHOE AS A TRUSTEE OF THE BOSTON
GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER SIX, 2029 TOKEN NUMBER 1839 NOTICE YOU SEE FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF BETHANY FENTON AS A TRUSTEE OF THE BOSTON
GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER SIX, 2029 TUCKER NUMBER 1840 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT CHUA AS A
TRUSTEE OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST FOR A TERM EXPIRING IN AUGUST SIX, 2029 TUCKER NUMBER 1841 NO SEE FROM THE MAYOR HEREBY DELEGATING THE
AUTHORITY VESTED IN HER PURSUANT TO THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW CHAPTER 87 SECTION FOUR TO BRIAN SWEAT AS CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENTAL OF INMATE
ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS DELEGATION IS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 20TH, 2025 TALKING OF 1842 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY REGARDING BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2023 2024 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPORT EIA NUMBER 3247 TALK
NUMBER 1843 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM EVANDRO CARVALHO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REGARDING THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 25 AND NUMBER 1844 NOTICES FROM THE MEDIA THE APPOINTMENT OF MATTHEW DICKEY AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON COMMEMORATION COMMISSION EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY DUNCAN NUMBER 1845 NOTICE SEE FOR THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF HESTER FARAH AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON COMMEMORATION COMMISSION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND DIRECT NUMBER 1846 NO IS
RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF CLAIRE TILNEY AS A MEMBER OF THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 15, 2025.
THANK YOU. THERE'S NORMALLY NOT DISCUSSION ON COMMUNICATIONS BUT I'LL ALLOW COMES CLAUDIA ZAPATA I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON A COMMUNICATION YES 2 MINUTES TO
DO SO COUNCIL CLAUDIA ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I USUALLY WOULD NEVER DO THIS BUT THERE'S AN IMPORTANT REPORT COMING IN FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY REGARDING LOGAN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ARE RECEIVING A REPORT LIKE THIS SINCE 2022. IT TALKS ABOUT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GENERATIONS
OF BOSTONIANS FOUGHT FOR JUST TO GET THIS SORT OF INFORMATION . SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S THE INFORMATION FROM 2023, 2024. IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPORT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING INITIATIVES ACROSS 2023. IT STATES THAT PASSENGER TRAFFIC REBOUNDED STRONGLY
SURPASSING PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS BY 2% IN 2024 WITH LOGAN HANDLING OVER 70% OF NEW ENGLAND'S OWN PASSENGERS WHICH MEANS THAT THIS IS THE SAME SORT OF AIR POLLUTION AND
TRAFFIC THAT IS COMING INTO COMING ON TO EAST BOSTON STREETS AND BOTTLENECKING INTO MY COMMUNITY. SO MORE CARBON EMISSIONS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD CEO RICH DAVIE AND I HAVE SPOKEN AND I APPRECIATE
HIS EFFORTS TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS AND I THINK HE'S TAKING A GREAT APPROACH. HE'S EXPANDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON GROUND TRANSPORTATION, MOVING PEOPLE NOT CARS AND SO AND THEY ALSO
TALK ABOUT INITIATIVES IN SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. BUT OUR TASK IS NOW TO QUESTION IS THIS GOING FAR ENOUGH? ARE THEY DOING ENOUGH?
ARE WHAT ARE THEY DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING TO ADEQUATELY MITIGATE CARBON EMISSIONS IN BOSTON? AND SO THERE'S A COMMENT PERIOD NOW THAT'S OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 9TH, 2026.
AND SO I'M CALLING ON ALL RESIDENTS MY COLLEAGUES TO REVIEW THIS REPORT, ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND IT'S DUE ON JANUARY 9TH. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. I APPRECIATE IT BUT I FELT LIKE
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THESE DOCKETS WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1277 STRIKE NUMBER 1277 THE COMMITTEE IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JUNE 25TH 2025
TALKING NUMBER 1 TO 7 SEVEN PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ENACTED RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON CERTIFIED EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THIS
MATTER OUGHT TO PASS IN ANOTHER DRAFT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE COMMITTEE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCILOR COLETTA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. WE ARE IN THE SEASON OF LONG
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS AS BEST AS I CAN BUT IT IS IN YOUR POCKET ON THE AGENDA. SO THIS MATTER IS SPONSORED BY AS WE SEE LOUIJEUNE BRIAN WELL
AND COUNCILOR AT FLYNN COUNCILOR WORRELL AND COUNCILOR FLYNN AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUNE 25TH 2025. THIS DOCKET IS A HOME RULE PETITION THAT SEEKS TO RECLASSIFY BOSTON'S 911 CALL
CENTER EMPLOYEES AS GROUP TO EMPLOYEES UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT LAW. SPECIFICALLY, THE PETITION PROPOSES TO AMEND NGL CHAPTER 32 SECTION THREE TO G BY
INSERTING LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE ALL FULL TIME DISPATCHERS DISPATCH SUPERVISORS AND COMMUNICATION CENTER DIRECTORS OR COMMUNICATION CHIEFS CERTIFY
BY THE STATE 911 DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO 560 R 5.04 WITHIN THE SCOPE OF GROUP TWO MEMBERSHIP SO BASICALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT THERE IS A
MISCLASSIFICATION OF THESE VITAL AND ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TAKING OUR CALLS DURING PEOPLE'S MOST STRESSFUL THE MOST STRESSFUL MOMENTS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.
WE ARE LABELING THEM LEGALLY AS CLERKS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHICH DOES NOT DO THEM JUSTICE TO THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE HIGH STRESS AND INTENSITY OF THE JOB. AND SO NOT ONLY IS THAT NOT
DIGNIFIED IT RESULTS IN THEM NOT ACHIEVING THE THE PENSION BRACKET OR THE SALARY FUNDING OR SALARY JUST IN GENERAL THAT THEY DESERVE. AND SO WHAT THIS SEEKS TO DO IS
CLASSIFY IN FROM GROUP ONE TO GROUP TO THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON TUESDAY JULY 29TH, 2025 TO DISCUSS DOCKET 1277 THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM
PANELISTS INCLUDING LOU MANN, DORINE SHARON DALTON WHO'S THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION TECHNOLOGY FROM THE BPD. MIKE SHACKLEFORD WHO IS A DISPATCHER WITHIN THE BPD
MELENDEZ SANTOS WHO IS ALSO A DISPATCHER, TOM MCKEEVER WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF SEIU LOCAL 888 AND NEAL O'BRIEN FROM SEIU LOCAL 888 THEY ARE HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. DURING THE PANEL TESTIMONY, THE COMMITTEE GAINED INSIGHT INTO THE DAILY CHALLENGES THAT 911 DISPATCHERS FACE INCLUDING CHRONIC STAFFING SHORTAGES AND LOW BASE PAY. AND THE CITY OF BOSTON
DISPATCHERS ROUTINELY HANDLE SOME OF THE CITY'S MOST TRAUMATIC EMERGENCIES FOR EXTENDED HOURS BEYOND THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULED SHIFTS WITH EMPLOYEES OFTEN REQUIRED TO
WORK DOUBLE AND SOMETIMES TRIPLE SHIFTS INCLUDING UP TO 18 HOURS IN A SINGLE DAY WHICH SIMULTANEOUSLY MONITORING MULTIPLE RADIO CHANNELS AND COORDINATING THE RESPONSE OF POLICE FIRE AND EMS ACROSS
THE CITY. THE PANEL'S TESTIMONY ALSO REVEALED THAT DISPATCHER PAY REMAINS AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE REGION WITH BASE SALARIES STARTING AROUND 23 PER HOUR AND WAS EXPLAINED THAT THESE
CONDITIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO EXHAUSTION AND BURNOUT WHICH IN TURN HAVE CREATED A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TO ACHIEVING THE NECESSARY RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT GOALS.
FOLLOWING THE HEARING WE WE WENT THROUGH A BUNCH OF WHAT IT WOULD MEAN LOGISTICAL AND TECHNICAL DETAILS. SO SWITCHING FROM 1 TO 2 FOR TWO, WE HAD ASKED THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD THE COMMITTEE
THROUGH THE THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WE ASKED THE RETIREMENT BOARD FOR AN ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF CLASSIFYING 911
DISPATCHERS AND BASED ON 95 DISPATCHERS WITH AN ESTIMATED PAYROLL OF 7.6 BILLION EXCUSE ME 7.6 MILLION. THE ANALYSIS PROJECTED A COST INCREASE BUT 127,000 WHICH IS
POINT 5% OF SYSTEM COSTS EXCLUDING TEACHERS AND ACTUARIAL ACCRUED LIABILITY AN INCREASE OF $1.6 MILLION AND A
FISCAL 2028 APPROPRIATION IMPACT OF $2.36 MILLION. THE BOSTON RETIREMENT BOARD NOTICED NOTED THAT WHILE COSTS MAY FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON RETIREMENT PLANS, THE PROJECTED
INCREASE ARE PROPORTIONATELY SMALL SMALL WITHIN THE OVERALL RETIREMENT SYSTEM THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE MADE THERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET I
WON'T GET INTO IT BUT IT SHOULD BE SAID THAT OUR DISPATCHERS SERVE AS ESSENTIAL FIRST RESPONDERS ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT TREAT THEM AS SUCH, WE DO NOT CLASSIFY THEM AS SUCH AND WE DO NOT PAY THEM AS SUCH.
AND SO WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO DO IS MITIGATE THAT AND TO PAY THEM WHAT THEY DESERVE AND SO ACCORDINGLY AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL
COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION. AND AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS AND JUST WANT TO AGAIN THANK THE LEAD CO-SPONSOR
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WORRELL AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON
BEING ABLE TO BRING THIS FORWARD. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION DURING OUR HEARING WE DID SOME BACK OF THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN MATH AND OUR NUMBERS ACTUALLY WEREN'T THAT FAR OFF ABOUT A FEW HUNDRED
THOUSAND FROM WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS WILL BE THE ADDITION TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET. BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DESERVE THIS.
THEY WORK UNDER DURESS. THEY WORK UNDER EXTREME STRESS. MANY OF US HAVE HAD THE FORTUNE OF VISITING THEIR OPERATIONS. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE OFTEN FORCED TO WORK OVERTIME.
THEY MISS BIRTHDAY PARTIES. THEY ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE HERE. BOSTON'S A NUMBER ONE DISPATCHERS ARE THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEY'RE THE STEADY VOICE ON THE LINE
WHENEVER SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH CRISIS OR THROUGH A CRITICAL TIME. SO THIS WORK DEMANDS COMPOSURE UNDER EXTREME STRESS, QUICK JUDGMENT AND THE ABILITY TO GUIDE BOTH CALLER AND FIRST
RESPONDER IN REAL TIME. AND FOR TOO LONG DISPATCHERS HAVEN'T BEEN RECOGNIZED AS FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY TRULY ARE JUST THAT BUT THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED UNDER THEIR FIRST UNDER THE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM. IF WE SAY WE VALUE SOMEONE, IF WE SAY WE VALUE WORKERS, WE HAVE TO REFLECT THAT AND HOW WE COMPENSATE THEM AND HOW WE PROVIDE THEM WITH BENEFITS. SO THIS RECLASSIFICATION FROM
ONE TO GROUP TWO AT A MINIMAL COST TO THE CITY IN COMPARISON TO THE WORKLOAD THAT THEY DO AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO MISS OUT ON AS A RESULT OF THEIR WORK IS APPROPRIATE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO IS HERE FROM ADT AND THE
DISPATCHERS THEMSELVES FOR THEIR STEADFAST ADVOCACY. TOM AND GEORGE WERE HERE BUT ALSO TOM NEAL AND MICHAEL MICHAEL WHO WE HEARD FROM DURING THE HEARING PROVIDE A
REALLY POIGNANT TESTIMONY AS TO THE WORK OF THE CIVILIAN FIRST RESPONDERS AND WHY THE MOVEMENT FROM GROUP ONE TO GROUP TWO IS ESSENTIAL WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GET MORE BENEFITS AND WOULD
ALLOW THEM TO RETIRE SOONER. I HAVE GREAT HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE WHEN I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. AND THERE WAS ALSO I WANT TO REMEMBER IT WAS MELINDA SANTOS WHAT'S HER NAME WHO IS HERE AND
ALSO OFFERED INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL TESTIMONY. SO I WANT TO THANK HER. THERE'S CHRONIC UNDERSTAFFING IN THIS DEPARTMENT AMONG OUR DISPATCHERS BECAUSE WE DON'T
VALUE THEIR WORK AND BECAUSE WE DON'T SHOW THAT VALUE IN THEIR PAYCHECK. THIS WILL HELP PROVIDE DIGNITY AND WE'LL ALSO MAYBE MAKE IT A MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR
PEOPLE NOT ONLY TO WANT TO WORK BUT TO RETAIN PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AS DISPATCHERS AND IT WHAT I KNOW IS TRUE FOR EVERY CITY COUNCILOR WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WORKERS HERE IN
THE CITY ARE PAID FAIRLY AND JUSTLY TO LIVE IN AN EXPENSIVE CITY. SO I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL ORAL AND COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS COULD WE
MOVE THEM TO GROUP FOUR? I KNOW THAT ONLY RIGHT NOW ONLY STATE POLICE ARE IN GROUP FOUR AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S BEEN A BATTLE EVEN FOR US TO GET TO THIS GROUP TOO. SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE US BE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING OUR
DISPATCHERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO GROUP TWO. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT BECAUSE. WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE SCHEDULES IN THE SAME WAY
THAT THE DISPATCHERS DO. THEY'RE WORKING LONG SHIFTS OVERTIME TIME AND SO THIS IS A COLLECTIVE STEP TOWARDS DIGNITY AND FAIRNESS FOR THOSE WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND ALSO THANK YOU TO CHAIR COLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS ISSUE WE KNOW HOW ESSENTIAL OUR 911
DISPATCHERS ARE. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE IN THE FIELD TO BE A FRONTLINE WORKER. WE NEED THE FIRST VOICE. SOMEONE HERE IS IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS. YOU'RE LIKE YOU ARE THAT LIFELINE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR
DISPATCHERS ARE CRITICAL OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THIS HOME RULE PETITION RIGHTLY RECOGNIZES THAT BY THAT REALITY REALITY BY RECLASSIFYING OUR DISPATCHERS SO THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING THE
BENEFITS THAT THEY HAVE EARNED AND DESERVED. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE UNION REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE HERE TODAY FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR TIE OF ADVOCACY FOR THE
UNION MOVEMENT AND THE VOICES BEHIND EVERYONE EVERY NIGHT ON ONE CALL. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR. THE OTHER FLOOR. AND THANK YOU, MR VICE PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCIL WITH ALL THEIR WORK AND ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AND I WANT IT TO BE THAT ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS
CITY FORMER CITY COUNCILOR MICHAEL FLANNERY THAT DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS LEADING US TO THIS POINT. WE KNOW THAT OUR EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS PLAY A CRITICAL
ROLE IN OUR CITY AND WE HAVE HEARD TIME AFTER TIME THAT THEY'RE WORKING 18 HOURS A DAY OR 16 HOURS A DAY, SOMETIMES 20 HOURS A DAY VERY STRESSFUL
ENVIRONMENT AND A VERY DIFFICULT JOB. CERTAINLY WE SUPPORT THEM FROM GOING FROM GROUP ONE TO GROUP TO RETIREMENT BUT IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES THEY ARE MAKING UNFAIRLY IN MY OPINION BY PUTTING SOMEONE IN AN ENVIRONMENT IN A STRESSFUL JOB
TO WORK 1618 HOURS A DAY IN VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IN SITUATIONS. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HIRE MORE DISPATCHERS FOR THIS CRITICAL JOB.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND SHOW THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE TIME OFF AND SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES DURING HOLIDAYS OR OR SPECIAL EVENTS OR WEEKENDS.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT ENJOYING THAT BECAUSE AT TIMES IT'S FORCED OVERTIME FOR THEM AND THEY'RE PROVIDING AN INCREDIBLE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WE'RE NOT BEING FAIR TO THEM IN MY OPINION. WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT GROUP TWO BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS NOT ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
OUR EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS. THEY'VE ALWAYS THERE FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY DURING DIFFICULT TIMES. THANK YOU, MR VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1277 IN NEW DRAFT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I MR CLERK COMPLETE CONDUCT
OF ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE NUMBER 1277 COUNCIL BREAK. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON? YES, COUNCILOR AS A PER COUNCILOR AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN.
YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. EXCUSE ME. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR OPINIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER.
YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. TALKING NUMBER 1277 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
ACCEPTED AND A NUMBER OF 1277 HAS PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO
LOCAL 88 AND TO OUR DISPATCHERS FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. YES IT'S GOOD THAT UM OKAY.
MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT REPORT OF COMMITTEE WHICH IS DOCKET NUMBER 120, OKAY. WE ARE DONE WITH REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
WE'RE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0473 DOCUMENT MS. 0473 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING BIANNUAL REVIEW OF THE BOSTON EMPLOYMENT
COMMISSION AND THE BOSTON RESIDENTS JOBS POLICY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE FOR HAVING YOU KNOW, SEIU 88 IS A PARTNER HERE AND STRONG ADVOCACY FOR
THEIR WORKERS AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO LEND MY SUPPORT TO THAT AND TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THEIR WORK. SO DOC, A NUMBER OF 0473 IS AN ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING
BIANNUAL REVIEW OF THE BOSTON EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION THE BOSTON RESIDENTS JOBS POLICY. THE HEARING WE HELD YESTERDAY MORNING WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF MADAM PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILWOMAN HERE I WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING YESTERDAY'S HEARING INCLUDING COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR BRAID AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED IN THE ABSENCE A LETTER FROM MADAM
PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR PIPPIN. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR PANELISTS FOR ATTENDING INCLUDING THE DEPUTY CHIEF WORKER EMPOWERMENT JODIE SUGARMAN.
BRAZEN SENIOR BOSTON RESIDENT'S JAZZ POLICY MANAGER CHRISTOPHER BROWN. THAT WAS THE FIRST PANEL ON A SECOND PANEL. WE WERE JOINED BY FIFTH YEAR
APPRENTICE AT IBEW LOCAL 103 CARNAGE REPORTS BUSINESS AGENT WITH IBEW LOCAL 103 DAN DALY AND LIZ SKIDMORE WITH THE
POLICY GROUP ON TRADES WOMEN. YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE POLICY IT
SETS OUT A GOAL OF HAVING 51% OF HOURS ON CITY AND LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO BE WORKED BY BOSTON RESIDENTS 40% OF HOURS WORKED BY PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND 12% OF HOURS WORKED BY WOMEN. YOU KNOW, I WAS HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO COUNCILOR FLYNN
BEFOREHAND AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, HE'S ALWAYS AT THESE HEARINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND THIS POLICY DOES GO BACK TO TO MAYOR FLYNN. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE GONE UP
BUT IT IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, WHO IS BEING HIRED ON THESE PROJECTS. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES WHAT WE HEARD FROM DEPUTY SUGARMAN BRABAZON
WAS THAT THERE ARE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THERE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR CERTIFIED PAYROLL RECORDS TO COME IN AND FOR THEM TO BE EVALUATED SO WE CAN HAVE THE
DATA AND WE CAN MAKE YOU KNOW, REPORT WHAT WE'RE FINDING. UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE'RE FINDING. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A MIXED BAG.
WE HAVE YOU KNOW, THERE'S 4000000 HOURS OF WORK ON PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HERE IN BOSTON AND 1000000 HOURS ON PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION.
AND OUT OF THOSE WE HAVE WE HAVE MET THE GOAL FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR 40% OF THE HOURS ARE WORK BY PEOPLE OF COLOR. YEAH, THAT NUMBER THAN PRIVATE
I THINK. BUT WE DO NOT NEED IT ON THE OTHER TWO CATEGORIES 7% OF THE HOURS WORKED BY WOMEN AND I THINK IT'S 23% WORKED BY LOCAL
BOSTON RESIDENTS. THAT HIGHLIGHTS A FEW ISSUES THAT YOU KNOW, ONE IS WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING YOU KNOW WITH THE SIGNING OF OUR
SURPLUS HOUSING ORDINANCE HOW WE CAN HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE IN BOSTON. BOSTON YOU KNOW, WORKERS IN THE TRADES SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. THEY'RE LIVING OUTSIDE OF BOSTON. WE NEED TO DO MORE TO ENCOURAGE
THAT. WE HEARD FROM NEWS REPORTS WHO IS A YOUNG MOM HERSELF, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GO INTO THE TRADES FOR WOMEN WHO ARE WE
DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPORT FOR CHILDCARE. SHE'S OUT THE DOOR BY I DON'T LIKE 6:00 IN THE MORNING TO GET TO WORK AND SHE NEEDS TO HAVE CHILDCARE AND WE CAN DO MUCH
BETTER ON THAT. WE HEARD FROM DAN DALY AT IBEW THAT EVEN WE CAN'T EVEN BE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE GOALS
NECESSARILY ON WORKERS OF COLOR WHERE WE HAVE OUT-OF-STATE WORKERS WHO MAY BE COMING IN FROM OUT-OF-STATE CONTRACTORS WHO ESSENTIALLY WILL LOAD WORKERS ONTO A VAN FROM LET'S
SAY NEW YORK, DRIVE THEM TO THE BOSTON AREA, HOUSE THEM IN A LOCAL HOTEL FOR WHATEVER NUMBER OF WEEKS IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE AND THEN BUS THEM BACK
TO TO BOSTON TO NEW YORK OR WHEREVER IT IS THAT THEY LIVE. CLEARLY THAT'S NOT YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HIRE LOCAL WORKERS AND BUILDING OUR OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND
BUILDING PATHWAYS IS IS PART OF THAT. WE HEARD FROM LIZ SKIDMORE FROM THE POLICY GROUPS ON TRADE WOMEN HOW WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER CITY ORDINANCES WHICH HAVE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY ATTACHED TO THEM
AND WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. ALSO SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE INVITED MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE HEARING. THEY DID NOT SHOW THEY DID NOT
WANT TO APPEAR SEVERAL OF THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED THAT IN THE FACE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S STANCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND DEI AND ANYTHING DESIGNED TO PROMOTE,
YOU KNOW, EQUITABLE ITY IN OUR SOCIETY THAT THEY WOULD BE TARGETED FOR PROSECUTION OR OR SOME SORT OF LIABILITY JUST BY FURTHERING OUR BOSTON RESIDENTS
JOBS POLICY. WE HEARD THAT THE CITY HAS TOLD THOSE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT THEY WOULD BE REPRESENTED BY CITY COUNCIL AS SPECIAL EMPLOYEES. I MEAN THAT'S YOU KNOW I'M SURE
THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR BUT NOBODY WANTS TO GET SUED FOR THEIR FOR THEIR WORK. SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN EMPOWER THE BOSTON EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, OR JUST WHAT STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO MAKE SURE THE BOSTON
RESIDENTS JOBS POLICY CAN BE ENFORCED. YOU KNOW, IN THE FACE OF A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH IS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO MANY OF THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD DEAR HERE IN BOSTON.
YOU KNOW WAS INFORMATIVE MEETING. I JUST I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING THERE. I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF MEG, MEGAN, ETHAN, CANDACE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THE HEARING AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
ON LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS MATTER SHOULD REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE ORGANIZERS COUNCIL OF THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHAIR WEBER FOR AN INFORMATIVE HEARING. THREE PLUS HOURS OF TESTIMONY OF Q&A.
EXCELLENT DIALOG, EXCELLENT FEEDBACK, VERY INFORMATIVE. I GET A LOT OUT OF THESE HEARINGS BY ANNUAL MEETINGS AND I LOVE LISTENING TO ESPECIALLY
THE TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC OR THE PARTICIPANTS. I LEARNED LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WOMEN IN THE TRADES ARE FACING.
THE NUMBERS, AS COUNSELOR WEBER MENTIONED OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE TRADES IS MEETING THE GOAL . BUT AS COUNSELOR WEBER ALSO
NOTED, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY THAT THERE THE UNION MEMBERS THAT HAVE THAT ARE MAKING A GOOD WAGE AND WITH GOOD BENEFITS THAT ARE WORKING
WELL LIVING IN THE CITY. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH ON THE NUMBERS AND CERTAINLY THE NUMBERS ARE VERY LOW
EMBARRASSING LOW IN MY OPINION FOR WOMEN IN THE TRADES AND COUNCILOR WEBER HIGHLIGHTED REALLY ONE OF THE CRITICAL REASONS IS THE IS AS THE CHILD CARE RELATED ISSUE AND WE HEARD
TESTIMONY FROM PARTICIPANTS THAT AS COUNSELOR WEBER MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD TO BE IN WORK AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY PREPARE ADEQUATELY FOR GETTING
YOUR CHILD TO A A PLACE WHERE THAT CHILD COULD BE COULD RECEIVE CHILDCARE, THEN FINISH A DAY AT WORK AT THREE OR FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON, PICK UP YOUR CHILD.
SO IT REALLY DOESN'T WORK FOR A SINGLE MOTHERS IN MY OPINION. BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SUPPORT WOMEN IN THE BUILDING TRADES WHETHER IT'S THROUGH
CHILDCARE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES BUT BUT NOT DOING ANYTHING REALLY AS US FOR US AS A CITY IS NOT AN OPTION AS IT RELATES TO WOMEN
IN THE BUILDING TRADES. WE NEED TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PROGRAMS FOR THEM AND I'M A STRONG SUPPORTER IN THE BOSTON JOBS FOR BOSTON RESIDENCY POLICY.
I'M ALSO A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION AS COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED ESTABLISHED UNDER MAY HAVE FLYNN BUT THEY THE BOSTON JOBS FOR BOSTON RESIDENCY POLICY IS
ONLY AS GOOD AS THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE OF IT AND WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS WHO DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB BUT WE NEED TO ALSO WORK WITH CONTRACTORS
WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE UNION OR NOT IN THE UNION BUT ENSURING THAT EVERYONE ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR, WOMEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MIDDLE
CLASS AND THAT'S TO APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN THE BUILDING TRADES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES I MEAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CHAIR WEBER FOR
HOSTING THE HEARING. I REALLY DO ENJOY ATTENDING THEM. FOR ME IT'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN BE DOING DIFFERENTLY. WE CAN'T KEEP HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.
SO I THINK YESTERDAY'S HEARING REALLY DEMONSTRATED WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE DIG IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. I KNOW COUNCILOR BREADON AND I DEBRIEFED NO OPEN MEETING LIKE
THAT BECAUSE IT'S JUST ME AND HER TALKING ABOUT WHAT A GREAT HEARING IT WAS BECAUSE WE WALKED OUT OF THERE REALLY THINKING OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING AND SOME LEGISLATIVE ACTION POTENTIALLY
THAT WE COULD BE MAKING TO STRENGTHENING THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AND GIVING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, IF YOU WILL. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT ONE THING THAT I POINTED OUT IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A WAY OF TRACKING RETENTION. ONE THING IS TO GET MORE WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR INTO THESE OPPORTUNITIES BUT IF WE DON'T
HAVE ANY REAL WAY OF DEMONSTRATING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE KEEPING THEM THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF A PROJECT, THEN IT'S JUST REALLY SCAFFOLDING. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
AROUND THE LONGEVITY OF SOMEONE'S EMPLOYMENT FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT OFTENTIMES CONTRACTORS BRING PEOPLE IN JUST SO THEY CAN DO THAT LITTLE CHECKBOX THAT WE
ALL KNOW HOW TO DO HERE AS WELL CHECKING THE BOX FOR THINGS AND SO THAT NEEDS TO GET SOME ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT BOSTON JOBS FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS.
I THINK GIVING FOLKS A $300 SANCTION REALLY ISN'T MEETING THE MOMENT I THINK THEY CAN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BOSTON IS NOT BEING A LEADER WHEN
OTHER OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE ABLE TO ENFORCE THIS. SO I THINK WE CAN LEARN FROM OTHERS AND BOSTON SHOULD BE AT THE FOREFRONT. WE ARE AFTER ALL A UNION CITY
SO WE SHOULD BE DOING A LOT MORE TO UPLIFT THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I JUST WANT TO OFFER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE FAT CATS ARE LITERALLY LIVING OFF OF THE BACKS OF, YOU KNOW, THE LOW
WAGE WORKERS AND YOU KNOW, OUR WORKING CLASS. AND I THINK THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA IN CRAZY TALK
HERE. BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY FOR EVERY PERSON THAT DOES NOT LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, YOU GET CHARGED A TAX FOR IT. AND I THINK THAT IF YOU DO THAT
THEY WILL STOP EMPLOYING PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF BOSTON. AND SO SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A SANCTION HAS TO GET IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT MEETING THE MOMENT. SO THAT'S AWESOME.
A FEW THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO OFFER AND GET THEM ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES INTERESTED IN CAUSING SOME GOOD TROUBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS DOCKET WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE DOCKET NUMBER 0473 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
I'LL REMIND YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES PER COUNCIL RULES THAT YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET IF YOU ARE THE LEAD SPONSOR YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES IF YOU ARE A CO-SPONSOR OR A COUNCILOR WORKING WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE DOCKET. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER ONE EIGHT FOR SEVEN DUCK NUMBER 1847 COUNCILOR WEBER OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN ACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM
AGE REQUIREMENT FOR RYAN BECAUSE OF THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR YOU KNOW
,TO FILE A HOME RULE ON BEHALF OF RYAN CORSO WHO SEEKS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. MR RIZZO IS 42 HIS GRADUATE EVER HIGH SCHOOL AND FISHER
COLLEGE WHERE HE EARNED A BUSINESS DEGREE WITH A FOCUS IN HEALTH CARE. HE'S LIVED IN WEST ROXBURY SINCE 2020 AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS ATTEND THE LINDEN CURRENTLY WORKS AS AN EVENING MANAGER AT STAR MARKET IN
DEDHAM. MR RIZZO RECENTLY PASSED THE POLICE EXAM AND HAS BEEN ASKED TO REPORT FOR ORIENTATION AND HE YOU KNOW, I MET WITH HIM. HE HAS A STRONG DESIRE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
I HOPE WE CAN SEEK AN WAIVER ON HIS BEHALF AND AND HELP SOMEONE SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HAS LOW STAFFING LEVELS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BRAYDEN COLETTE ZAPATA FLYNN. MARIA MURPHY FABIEN SANTANA
WORLD PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILOR WEBER OH OH OH FEATURE COUNCILOR GERALD MR. CLERK YEP. COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1847. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. MR. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
CALL VOTE ON DOCUMENTS 24 SEVEN COUNCILOR BRAID YES, COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A COUNCILOR AS A PARTY, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE DOWN SO MEJIA YES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCIL DEFENSE COUNCIL A PIN
YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. TALKING NUMBER 1847 HAS
RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE DOCKET NUMBER 1847 IS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1848 DUCK NUMBER 1848 COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR THE
FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN ACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MINIMUM MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE OFFICERS FOR JOSE REYES,
THE CHAIR AND AS HIS COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A HOMER PETITION SEEKING A WAIVER FOR JOSE REYES, A 46 YEAR OLD LIFELONG
BOSTONIAN BORN AND RAISED IN DORCHESTER WITH ROOTS IN ROSLINDALE, JOSE HAS SPENT HIS LIFE SERVING THE COMMUNITY ALSO HE MENTORS YOUTH, DOES A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK.
I MEAN WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GET MORE POLICE OFFICERS INTO THE ACADEMY. SO FOR THOSE REASONS I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR US TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS HOME RULE PETITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK COULD YOU BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL GRAYDON CARTER ZAPATA FLYNN MURPHY HERE BUT
THEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS WELL. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR OKAY. CAN WE PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE SUSPENSION AND
PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE NUMBER ONE EIGHT FOR A COUNCILOR BRIEF YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PARTNER COUNCIL.
COLETTE AS A PARTY, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL OF FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL THE REASON YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL OF A PEN OF OPINIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES.
IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WIRRAL YES. TALKING NUMBER 1848 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE FIRST THANK YOU DOCKING NUMBER 1848 HAS PASSED MR CLERK COULD YOU
PLEASE READ THAT NUMBER 1849 CLERK NUMBER 1849 COUNCIL UP OF TEN AFTER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS HOUSE 3754 AND AND AUTOMATED
ROAD SAFETY ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THANK YOU THE CHAIRMAN ADDED COUNCILOR PEPEN COMES WITH A PENNY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. CAN I ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS IN THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SUSPEND THE RULES FOR OUR
COUNCILOR BRIAN MORRELL AS A THIRD COUNCILOR WEBER SO ADDED COUNCILOR BUT APPARENTLY TO SUSPEND THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR WHERE I WAS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR ALSO ADDED COMES WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AT THIS POINT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT TRANSPORTATION SAFETY HAS BEEN MY NUMBER ONE ISSUE. THIS IS GOING TO THE COUNCIL. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP INTO ACHIEVING THAT. SO WHEN MY WIFE WHEN MY WIFE
ATTENDED COLLEGE IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, I USED TO DRIVE THERE ON THE WEEKENDS AND I THINK THERE WAS ONE DAY ONE INSTANCE WHERE I WAS DRIVING I THINK IT WAS EITHER FIVE MILES OR TEN MILES ABOVE THE SCHOOL
LIMIT AND I REMEMBER RECEIVING A WARNING TO LIKE AND AND WHY I LIKE HEY DRIVE YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL ZONE AND THAT WAS MAILED
TO ME AND I MEAN I WAS ABLE TO SEE WOW LIKE THERE'S A SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND AND IN OTHER PLACES ACROSS NEW ENGLAND IN THE COUNTRY IN BOSTON I KNOW
WE HAVE ALL OBSERVED SPEEDING CARS, ROAD RAGE AND A DISREGARD FOR MANY TRAFFIC LAWS ESSENTIAL TO THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS. I BELIEVE BOSTON CAN FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF MANY CITIES IN
DIFFERENT STATES AND UTILIZE CAMERAS BASED ENFORCEMENT TO HOLD THOSE WHO VIOLATE THE ROAD SAFETY LAWS ACCOUNTABLE. THIS HEARING ORDER WILL ALLOW US TO DISCUSS MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE BILL 3754 AND ACT RELATIVE TO TRANSPORTATION
REGULATION TRAFFIC REGULATION USING ROAD SAFETY CAMERAS WHICH WOULD ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO USE CAMERAS TO ENFORCE RED LIGHT SPEEDING AN INTERSECTION, BLOCKING VIOLATIONS AND WITH THE POLICE AND TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENTS WE'LL DISCUSS HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE CAMERAS AND ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM WOULD WORK AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE IT WORK. OUR STATE LEGISLATOR HAS RECENTLY PASSED CAMERA ENFORCEMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT I WAS WORKING ON AS WELL FOR
THE STOP SIGNS ON THE SCHOOL BUSSES AND THE MTA BUSTLING BUSTLING ENFORCEMENT THAT HAVE SLOWLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY AND ACROSS THE STATE. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS CLEARLY THE FUTURE.
WE MUST BE PREPARED WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO USE IT EFFECTIVELY. I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCIL WEBER AND COUNCILMAN RELL FOR JOINING ME AND ALSO JUST TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR DURKAN WHO EXPRESSED HER INTEREST IN
THIS AS WELL. TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IS ONE OF THE THREE BIGGEST CONCERNS IN DISTRICT FIVE AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT IT'S ALSO THE CASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. COUNCILOR WEBER HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH HIS STATE REP BRETT MONTANO WHO HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF ADVOCACY AT THE STATE HOUSE FOR THIS BILL. I INTEND TO SCHEDULE THIS HEARING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR US TO JUST DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE
THIS CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE STATE HOUSE PASSING THIS. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER HERE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCILOR EARLE FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN IN ON THIS. I THINK WE'VE ALL I'M SURE HEAR A LOT ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES PEOPLE HAVE IS LACK
OF ENFORCEMENT AND RED LIGHT CAMERAS CAN BE NOT ONLY CATCH PEOPLE IN THE ACT IT'S A DETERRENT IN NEW YORK CITY THEY'VE HAD RED LIGHT CAMERAS
FOR I THINK A FEW DECADES NOW. THEY WERE ONLY IN AT 1% OF THE INTERSECTIONS BUT DECREASED RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS IN THE CITY BY APPROXIMATELY 70% AND IT HAD A
SIMILAR EFFECT ON SORT OF T-BONE COLLISIONS AT INTERSECTIONS JUST DRIVING THROUGH TO THE CITY IN NEW YORK . YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE'S A CAMERA THERE AND
MOST LIKELY THERE ISN'T BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE AND YOU DON'T GO THROUGH THE LIGHT HERE JUST HAVING A SORT OF CREDIBLE DETERRENT LIKE THAT AT OUR INTERSECTIONS I THINK WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AN
OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE THING HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND I HAVE WORKED WITH COUNCIL STATE REP MONTANA TO PUSH THIS WHO SUPPORTS IT, YOU KNOW, IN MY COMMUNITY AND I
HOPE WE CAN GIVE A YOU KNOW, SORT OF UNIFY AND PROVIDE A UNIFIED CALL IN THE STATE HOUSE FOR THEM TO PASS THIS AND SO WE CAN HAVE RED LIGHT CAMERAS HERE IN BOSTON. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND I JUST COUNCILOR OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR COUNCIL. ARE YOU FLUX THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND ALSO TO WANT TO
SHOUT OUT THE RESIDENTS OVER AT HIGH AND HIGH PARK AND ROSLINDALE WHO HAVE ALSO HELPED ELEVATE THE CONCERNS OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE
ALWAYS HEAR WHEN MY FAMILY COMES UP FROM D.C. TO BOSTON THEY THINK THAT WE DRIVE COMPLETELY CRAZY. THEY ALWAYS SAY LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU GUYS ARE SPEEDING, TAKING LESS ON RIDES AND RIGHT TURNS
WHEN IT'S NOT RIGHT. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE GET AWAY WITH HALF OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO ON THE ROAD AND THAT IS BECAUSE THAT THEY HAVE THIS AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND I BELIEVE THAT
IT WILL WORK ALTHOUGH WE FUND FOR LARGE POLICE ACADEMIES WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FILL THEM AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION THAT IT
ONCE HAS HAD IN THE PAST. AND I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TECHNOLOGY TO FILL THAT SPACE AND EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER SAID WE DON'T NEED TO INSTALL THEM EVERYWHERE BUT THE FEAR THE FEAR
OF ACTUALLY KNOWING THAT YOU MIGHT GET A TICKET IN THE MAIL I THINK IS ENOUGH TO CHANGE DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND KEEP EVERYONE TO SAFE ON THE ROADS AND THOSE THAT ARE CROSSING THE ROADS AS WELL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
HEARING AND I ENCOURAGE MY STATE COLLEAGUES TO ACT QUICKLY ON THIS BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY HAS BEEN A
TOP ISSUE OF MINE FOR YEARS AND IT'S GETTING WORSE. FOR EIGHT YEARS I'VE ADVOCATED FOR TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE RAISE CROSSWALK SPEED HUMPS, PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, RAPID FLASH BEACONS WITH PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS AND MORE. ALTHOUGH THE CITY DISAGREES WITH ME I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE ON OUR MAIN STREETS AND
COMMERCIAL ROADS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF CARS AND FOOT TRAFFIC COME INTO CONFLICT. THE CITY OF QUINCY HAS RAISED CROSSWALKS AT QUINCY CENTER BUT WE PLACE OUR SPEED HUMPS ON
SIDE STREETS. LET'S BE CLEAR I WANT TO GO FURTHER THAN THE CITY DOES ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY JUST THIS WEEK THE CHIEF OF STREETS DENIED SPEED HUMPS THAT I IN
THE DALLAS NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTED ON APPLETON STREET AND THE SOUTH END NEXT TO AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER EVEN THOUGH THE ROAD QUALIFIES UNDER HIS VERY OWN
GUIDELINES, I HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID SPEEDING CARS ARE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THIS FOR YEARS. I CONTINUE TO SOUND THE ALARM
ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE ON CONCURRENT JURISDICTION FOR VEHICLES AND FOR PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AT THE SAME TIME
BASICALLY A CAR WOULD HAVE THE SAME THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY AS THE PEDESTRIAN. I DON'T SUPPORT THIS. WE HAD A CONVERSATION AT A CITY COUNCIL HEARING IN JAMAICA PLAN
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I CHALLENGED THE THE CHIEF OF STREETS ON THIS WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY 13 TO NOTHING. IT'S STILL HASN'T BEEN ACTED.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ALSO ABOUT SOME OF THE PILOTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT WERE BUS PILOTS AND THE PAINT WENT DOWN ON THE GROUND AND WE FOUND OUT LATER WHETHER
IT WAS ON BOYLSTON STREET OR SUMMER STREET THAT THE PILOT DIDN'T WORK AND NOW THE PAINT IS STILL THERE ALTHOUGH THE PILOT IS OVER AND THEY'RE NOT USING THE BUS LANE ANYMORE,
WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE ON THIS TYPE OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION? SO I'M CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE ON BOYLSTON STREET AND
OR SUMMER STREET SO RESIDENTS ARE NOT CONFUSED. THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE SAFEST ENVIRONMENT FOR
RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND I CONSIDER GETTING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND PARTICULARLY COUNCILOR BUT THEN FOR
SPONSORING THIS I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT I RECENTLY TESTIFIED AT AN EMPTY PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT I THINK BUS AUTOMATED BUS
ENFORCEMENT IS AND I THINK WE'RE IN A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE WE KNOW OUR POLICE FORCE CANNOT ACTIVELY PATROL OUR STREETS IN THE WAYS THAT A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS WOULD LIKE TO
SEE. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS HEARING I REALLY DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN BOTH THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ASPECT TO THIS BUT ALSO ALSO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING IN IN TANDEM. I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE RECEIVED AN AUTOMATED TICKET BEFORE RIGHT AFTER I GOT MY LICENSE
LIVING IN GEORGIA DRIVING MY STEP DAD'S CAR. WE ONLY KNEW IT WAS ME DRIVING BECAUSE THERE WAS A PONYTAIL IN THE PICTURE. SO IT'S INTERESTING I THINK
WE'RE BEHIND OTHER STATES ARE DOING THIS AND THEY'RE DOING IT SUCCESSFULLY SO EXCITED TO SEE HOW BOSTON CAN MOVE US FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON COLLETTE ZAPATA DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1849 WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE Y'ALL PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA
THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1849 WILL BE REFERRED. IT'S GOING TO BE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1850 DOCKING NUMBER 1850 COUNCIL COLOR AS A
PART OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CITY OF BOSTON'S 2030 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL CODE AS THE PARTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TO CALL ATTENTION TO
SOMETHING THAT WAS FILED BY THE CABINET NOT TOO LONG AGO BUT THIS WAS ON OUR DOCKET TO FILE AND IT IS JUST A WAY TO CALL ATTENTION TO IT AND REASSERT OUR LEADERSHIP IN CLIMATE ACTION AND AFFIRM OUR
COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A RESILIENT, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE CITY. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE 2030 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHICH IS THE LATEST ROADMAP GUIDING
OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS CARBON NEUTRALITY, RESILIENCE AND EQUITY. AS YOU KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE BEEN DEEPLY ENGAGED ON THROUGH MY WORK AS THE CHAIR AND GENERALLY AS MY TENURE AS CITY COUNCILOR IS THE FIRST THING THAT I TALKED ABOUT ON
THIS FLOOR. LAST YEAR OR THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR OUR COMMITTEE RELEASED AN 18 PAGE REPORT ENTITLED BOSTON RISING BUILDING A RESILIENT CITY ON A HILL
THROUGH LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION A REPORT THAT UNDERSCORED HOW BOSTON IS MOBILIZING TO MEET THE MOMENT EVEN AS FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS FACE CUTS IN ROLLBACKS. THAT REPORT DOCUMENTED OVERSIGHT OF MORE THAN $333 MILLION IN ENVIRONMENTAL
INVESTMENTS. THE CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE, THE INTEGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION INTO OUR SCHOOLS WHICH WE GOT DONE. THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE VP'S. AND STRATEGIES TO GROW OUR
GREEN AND BLUE ECONOMY WORKFORCE. IT ALSO PROPOSED BOLD TOOLS LIKE A MUNICIPAL CLIMATE BANK TO HELP FINANCE MAJOR COASTAL PROTECTION PROJECTS ALONG ALL 47 MILES OF OUR BOSTON
SHORELINE. I'LL TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT MY IDEA FOR THE BOSTON GREEN FINANCE AUTHORITY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE HIT ME UP. NOW THE RELEASE OF THE 2030
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UNDER MAYOR WILL CHIEF SWEATY CHRIS OSGOOD'S LEADERSHIP BOSTON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE NEXT DECISIVE STEP ALIGNING OUR GREEN NEW DEAL FRAMEWORK. AT THIS TIME WE SEE A FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT IS ROLLING BACK THEIR COMMITMENTS. THESE COMMITMENTS ARE BEING WEAKENED. CITIES LIKE BOSTON MUST DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR LOCAL LEADERSHIP. AND SO THIS HEARING IS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY,
TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AS WE IMPLEMENT THIS AMBITION, THIS AMBITIOUS PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ZAPATA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS BRAEDEN DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN . MURPHY. COBURN. SANTANA WEBER WHIRL PLEASE. OTHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET
NUMBER 1850 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ A NUMBER 1851?
NUMBER 1851 COUNCIL S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO FACILITATE THE CREATION OF SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY UNITS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA CASA SANTANA.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS CONSISTENTLY THE TOP CONCERN FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR GOOD REASON. BOSTON IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
HOUSING CRISIS AND AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. WE AS A CITY SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO EXPAND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT INCLUDES REMOVING BARRIERS THAT
MAKE IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO CREATE TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY UNITS ARE FORMS OF PERMANENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THOUSANDS OF BOSTONIANS, BUT
THEY HAVE THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL TO HOUSE MANY MORE. OVER THE YEARS THE NUMBER OF SORROWS HAS DRASTICALLY GONE DOWN DUE IN LARGE PART TO URBAN
RENEWAL POLICIES, GENTRIFICATION AND HOSTILE ZONING LAWS. THE BOSTON ZONING CODE IS AROUND 4000 PAGES LONG FIVE TIMES LONGER THAN ANY OTHER
CITY SIMILAR IN SIZE AND OVER 1000 PAGE PAGES LONGER THAN NEW YORK CITY IS A LABYRINTH FOR DEVELOPERS ONE WHICH FAVORS LARGE DEVELOPERS AND THIS THIS
INCENTIVIZES THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BECAUSE OF THAT IT MAKES IT EVEN THE SIMPLEST OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS THAT'S ALWAYS
CHALLENGING. OUR ZONING CODE SHAPES OUR CITY AND THE NUMBER SPEAKS FOR THEMSELVES. WE'VE GONE FROM HAVING OVER 10% OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN HORIZONTAL ROWS TO HAVING ONLY
3500 UNITS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS IS A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH TEN TO RELY ON SRO ESPECIALLY OUR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS IMMIGRANTS
FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, SURVIVORS OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FORMERLY UNHOUSED PEOPLE HAVING SUCH LITTLE ACCESS TO SRO ALWAYS TAKES AWAY FROM THE OPPORTUNITY OF CHOICE
FOR OUR RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY COST BURDENED SINGLE RENTERS BY HOLDING A HEARING WE'D BE ABLE TO EXPLORE POLICIES TO FACILITATE THE CREATION OF MORE SRO WAS HERE IN BOSTON AND IN
THE PROCESS WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR TOOLBOX OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UPLIFT THE POPULATIONS POPULATIONS AS WELL AS ARE UNIQUELY ABLE TO SERVE
AND GIVE OUR RESIDENTS MORE CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE THEY LIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRADING HASN'T READ ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILORS AND TOWN FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS ONE. I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY POSSIBLE TYPE OF HOUSING TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS. THERE'S NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL
AND I DO WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF AN EFFECTIVE MODEL FOR SRO IN ALLSTON BRIGHTON WE HAVE ON OF WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT WAS BEEN REHABILITATED BY ROLLS AND BRIGHTON CDC.
IT IS COLD. IT'S NAMED AFTER I'VE JUST FORGOTTEN HIS NAME THE FORMER HEAD OF BHP BILL MCGONIGAL. MCGONIGAL IS BILL MCGONIGAL
HOST ON QUINTILES AND IT'S BASICALLY ESSENTIALLY HAUGHTINESS OR ROSE WITH A ROOM OR A SPACE FOR AN APARTMENT FOR
A SUPERVISOR OR HOUSE MANAGER AND IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP SUPPORT FOLKS WHO ARE FORMERLY HOMELESS WHO ARE IN RECOVERY AS
A AS A WAY TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR AND THEIR JOURNEY. SO WE HAVE MODELS FOR THIS AND HOW IT WORKS. I THINK THIS ONE WAS GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN A FORMER ROOMING HOUSE BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO SORT OF LOOK
AT THE CODE AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND SPACES AND PLACES WHERE WITH THIS MODEL OF HOUSING CAN BE CAN BE USED EFFECTIVELY TO HELP ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS BREADON CLAUDIA ZAPATA DURKIN MIDYEAR HAVE BEEN SENT WEBER WORLD PLEASE OUT
OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1851 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET
NUMBER 1852. DUGAN NUMBER 1852 COUNCILOR AS WEBER AND FITZGERALD OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO LEARN HOW THE CITY COUNCIL CAN SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S
YOUTH SPORTS INITIATIVE TO INCREASE YOUTH SPORTS BETTISON PETITION ACROSS BOSTON THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SEEK TO SUSPEND THE
RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR MURPHY IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR WEBER SEASONS BEND THE RULES ADD COUNSELOR MURPHY THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNSELOR MURPHY SO ADDED COUNCILOR WHERE WE GET
THE FLOOR OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH IS IS ONE OF THE TOPICS I'M SURE THAT ALL OF US WOULD LIKE TO BE TO BE ON AND I APOLOGIZE YOU CAN ADD EVERYONE
BUT YOU KNOW IMPROVING YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMING AND PARTICIPATION HERE IN THE CITY IS VITAL AND ALL OF OUR
DISTRICTS AND ACROSS THE CITY. COUNSELOR FITZGERALD I AND I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL WERE ALL AT THE TIME FILED A PRIOR VERSION OF THIS HEARING ORDER LAST YEAR. WE AT THE TIME WE WERE AWAITING
THE RELEASE OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HUMAN SERVICES CABINETS REPORT ON YOUTH SPORTS . THAT REPORT CAME OUT AND IDENTIFIED WAYS THAT THE CITY
IS BOTH LAUNCHING AND DOUBLING DOWN ON EXISTING SPORTS PROGRAMS. BUT IT ALSO SPOKE TO AN ISSUE WE HAVE HERE WHICH IS THAT WE SIMPLY HAVE LOWER SPORTS PARTICIPATION RATES THAN IN
SURROUNDING TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THAT THIS DISPARITY IS EVEN SHARPER WHEN YOU LOOK AT INCOME, RACE AND GENDER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO THAT REPORT IN A CONSTRUCTIVE FASHION AND IMPROVE, YOU KNOW,
SPORTS OFFERINGS AND SPORTS PROGRAMING AROUND THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THAT YOU CAN PRESIDENT YEAH THIS IS ONE
THIRD THE OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S TRIPLE-A BOND RATING ACADEMICS ATHLETICS AND ARTS AND SO THIS THE ATHLETIC PORTION IS KEY I KNOW ONE KEY COMPONENT FOR THE DIFFICULTY IN THIS IS ON THE
PARENTS SIDE AND I CAN SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE AND JUST SAYING MY KIDS UP FOR BASKETBALL YESTERDAY THAT PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL THERE'S SKATING LESSONS AND SWIMMING LESSONS AS WELL. A LOT OF THIS COMES DOWN HOW DO WE ALSO GET PARENTS MORE
INVOLVED? I COACH ALL OF MY KIDS TEAMS AT THE SAME TIME. IT'S QUITE A COMMITMENT AND SO I THINK THE MORE PARENTS WE CAN GET INVOLVED IN YOUTH SPORTS THE MORE KIDS WILL GET INVOLVED
IN YOUTH SPORTS AND LIFT THAT PARTICIPATION UP. BUT A LOT OF IT IS SCHEDULING FOR PARENTS AND NOT UNDERSTANDING WHEN THESE SPORTS HAPPEN, WHEN PRACTICES HAPPEN, WHAT FIELDS WILL YOU BE AT AND WHAT TIMES OF THE GAMES AT SO
THAT YOU CAN RIGHTFULLY PUT TOGETHER A SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON AND KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON IT ? SO I LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF TACKLING ALL THOSE ISSUES IN THIS AS WELL AND HOW TO MAKE
SURE COST IS NOT A BARRIER AS WELL AS ANYTHING ELSE. SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCILOR WEBER AND THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES ON HOW WE CAN HELP BOTH CHILDREN AND PARENTS BECOME MORE PARTICIPATIVE IN YOUTH SPORTS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'M SURE YOU DIDN'T USE THE WORD OF CACKLING TO BE PUNNY. IT WAS FUN TACKLING. OH YEAH, YEAH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER FOR ADDING ME AS A FORMER TEACHER COACH MOM WHO HAS SPENT LOTS OF TIME ON THE FIELD HOCKEY
RINKS, BASKETBALL WITH MY KIDS IN A LIFELONG ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITY'S YOUTH, I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW SPORTS CAN CHANGE A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE. PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS BUILDS
CONFIDENCE, TEACHES TEAMWORK AND HELPS OUR KIDS GROW INTO RESILIENT HEALTHY ADULTS. BUT TOO MANY FAMILIES ACROSS BOSTON STILL FACE BARRIERS FROM THE COST OF EQUIPMENT AND
REGISTRATION FEES TO LIMITED FIELD ACCESS AND A LACK OF CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABLE PROGRAMS. WHEN MAYOR WU FIRST ANNOUNCED THE LET'S PLAY BOSTON YOUTH SPORTS INITIATIVE AT THE REGGIE
LEWIS CENTER LAST YEAR, I WAS PROUD TO STAND THERE IN SUPPORT . I SAW THE EXCITEMENT FROM COACHES, PARENTS AND STUDENTS. I SAW ALL OF THE STAFF DEDICATED STAFF AT THIS ATHON
AND I KNEW IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND I KNEW THIS THE KIND OF PARTNERSHIP BOSTON NEEDED. THAT INITIATIVE WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD AND THIS HEARING WILL BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION TO MAKE SURE EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY SCHOOL AND EVERY CHILD HAS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PLAY. BOSTON HAS MORE THAN 250 YOUTH SPORTS NONPROFITS. YET PARENTS OFTEN TELL US IT'S CONFUSING TO KNOW WHERE TO
START. OUR JOB AS CITY COUNSELORS SHOULD BE TO CONNECT THE DOTS, REDUCE THE BARRIERS AND MAKE PARTICIPATION AVAILABLE FOR ALL KIDS AND POSSIBLE FOR ALL NOT
JUST THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT OR LIVE NEAR THE RIGHT FACILITY. WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT HOW CITY DEPARTMENTS CAN COLLABORATE TO BETTER SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE JP YOUTH SOCCER WHICH HAD TO COVER THE COST
OF LIGHTING UP A GOLF FIELD ON THEIR OWN AND OTHERS TO ENSURE THAT NO TEAM COACH OR PLAYER IS LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE OF BUREAUCRACY OR BUDGET GAPS. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY
CENTERS, SCHOOLS, NONPROFITS AND OF COURSE LABOR UNIONS WHO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THESE SPACES TO STRENGTHEN THE ECOSYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS BOSTON KIDS. I'M PROUD TO WORK ALONGSIDE
COUNCILOR WEBER FITZGERALD AND OUR COLLEAGUES TO LOOK TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE INCREDIBLE COACHES. MANY WHO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SHARED OUR PARENTS TEACHERS.
WE KNOW MANY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS OUR CITY WORKERS SHOW UP AFTER WORK LONG HOURS AT THE SPORTS FIELDS TO BE THERE OUR KIDS. THEY ARE THE VOLUNTEERS WHO
MAKE YOUTH SPORTS POSSIBLE EVERY DAY. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN YOUTH SPORTS WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST CREATING ATHLETES BUT WE'RE BUILDING STRONGER, SAFER AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES.
LAST NIGHT I WAS WITH A FEW OF OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE MATTAPAN SAFETY MEETING AND MANY TIMES WHEN WE'RE AT THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE AND LACK OF OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY OF OUR
RESIDENTS ACROSS THE IT COMES TO JOBS OPPORTUNITIES, CLEAN PARKS, FIELDS AND BEFORE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMING AND SPORTS FOR OUR KIDS IS WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL ALL
RESIDENTS, ALL FAMILIES HAVE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF US TO GET THAT DONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT IS THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR. OKAY. THE NEXUS COUNCIL FUND. COUNCIL FUND.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I RISE TO OFFER MY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HOW IMPORTANT
SPORTS ARE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY. MY SON PLAYED SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR US AS WELL.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE THESE COURTS. ARE THESE PLAYGROUNDS OR THESE FIELDS.
BUT TRANSPORTATION I HELD A HEARING WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY BUT TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM AN ATHLETIC EVENT HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING OVER THE YEARS FOR
MANY OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES AS WELL. THAT SHOULD ALSO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION WISE TO THEIR PRACTICE OR TO
THEIR GAME OR TO AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. BUT SPORTS IS A WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. I WAS A COACH FOR MY SON'S YOUTH SPORTS TEAMS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND BASEBALL AND AND
BASKETBALL AND WAS WAS HONORED TO BE COACHED BY SO MANY GREAT COACHES IN SOUTH BOSTON WHETHER IT WAS KENNY OR MALCOLM MAHONEY
OR JAY TURNER OR BILLY FINN OR ALL OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN REALLY GAVE SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO THE PEOPLE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COACHES NOT JUST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY THAT VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND HELP BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND PROVIDE POSITIVE
LEADERSHIP AND ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZING COUNCIL WHERE I HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD,
COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I GREW UP PLAYING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT LOCAL SPORTS PROGRAM AND AS COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS LAID OUT AND ALSO MY OTHER
COLLEAGUES THE BENEFITS THAT NEW SPORTS BRINGS TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE YOU KNOW, TO LEARN TEAMWORK, BUILD CONFIDENCE AND JUST YOU KNOW, CORRELATION ON HOW THEY SEE SEX IN EVERY PART
OF THEIR LIFE. I ALSO WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT COREY MCCARTHY AND ALL THE WORK THAT HE DOES OVER AT BP'S PROGRAMS LIKE 617. I'M DOING INCREDIBLE WORK AFTER SCHOOL AND ALSO ON THE WEEKEND.
BUT ALSO I WANT TO POINT OUT MICHAEL, TO THIS CITY'S YOUTH SPEAK SURVEY THAT FOUND THAT ONLY SIX IN TEN BOSTON YOUTH FEEL SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE NUMBERS ARE EVEN LOWER IN AREAS LIKE DORCHESTER AND MATTAPAN AND I BELIEVE WHAT THAT TELLS US IS THAT WE NEED MORE PROGRAM PROGRAMING IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO
CREATE MORE SAFER SPACES BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY PART OF THIS HEARING I HOPE THAT WE ALSO BRING IN BP CYF. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO WORK MORE WITH OUR NONPROFITS THAT ARE
DOING AMAZING WORK AND ENGAGING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SOMETIMES RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THEIR FACILITY SO TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE NONPROFITS THAT ARE DOING AMAZING WORK.
I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT WHY YES DORCHESTER LITTLE LEAGUE SPORTSMEN'S TENNIS CENTER HOOPS COLLABORATIVE THE BASS Y ALSO ADDS SO HARD 42 UNITY SOCCER
DORCHESTER EAGLES, SOUTHEND PATRIOTS AND MATTAPAN PATRIOTS WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF YOUTH SPORTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TYRIQUE WILSON HERE IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON THAT IS DOING AMAZING WORK TO GET THIS PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOKING TO PUTTING MORE INVESTMENTS INTO YOUTH SPORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS BREDON COURT IS A PARTNER DURKIN FLYNN MCGUIRE THE BEN SANTANA WORLD PLEASE OF THE
CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 1852 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 1853? DUNCAN NUMBER 1853 COUNCIL OF FLYNN NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE WELL TO CHINATOWN
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN AS IS COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FILED THIS TEXT AMENDMENT TODAY AND I'D LIKE TO ENSURE
THAT RESIDENTS IN CHINATOWN DOWNTOWN, BOSTON, THE BAY VILLAGE ARE HEARD AND RESPECTED. THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY CHANGE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT FROM ALLOWED USE TO CONDITIONAL USE
AS WRITTEN IN ARTICLE 43 SECTION 24, APPENDIX B TO ARTICLE 43 IN THE BOSTON ZONING CODE. IT'S CRITICAL AS I MENTIONED THAT THE PEOPLE OF CHINATOWN AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THE
RESIDENTS OF DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND BAY VILLAGE SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT THAT THEY RECEIVE A THOROUGH COMMUNITY PROCESS IN A VOICE IN WHAT TAKES PLACE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. I ALSO WROTE TO CHIEF CHEN IN
THE BOSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT REQUESTING THEIR HELP IN THIS ENDEAVOR. IN THE 1960S THE TERM COMBAT ZONE WAS GIVEN TO AN AREA FOR DOWNTOWN IN CHINATOWN
WHICH INCLUDED WASHINGTON STREET, BOYLSTON STREET AND KNEELAND STREET. OUR PRESENT ONLY A FEW ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ATTAINMENT VENUES REMAIN. HOWEVER, UNDER CURRENT ZONING
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PROPONENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A FULL COMMUNITY PROCESS SEEKING VARIANCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN AND OUT OF A SUBSEQUENT HEARING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL OTHER
THAN FOR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT. THAT IS WHAT RECENTLY TOOK PLACE IN JUNE ONLY THE GROUNDWATER ISSUE WAS DISCUSSED.
NO OTHER PUBLIC MEETING NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY WITH ONLY LICENSING ISSUES TO FOLLOW. MOVING FORWARD WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE A VOICE AND A THOROUGH COMMUNITY PROCESS.
IN MY OPINION THIS TEXT AMENDMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED DECADES AGO AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CHANGES WITH THE ISSUE RELATED TO THE NEW BOUNDARY AND
PLAN DOWNTOWN AND WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON ZONING COMMISSION HEARING THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS THE ISSUE REMAINS THE SAME. RESIDENTS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
DESERVE A SAY IN WHAT TAKES PLACE THERE WITH ONGOING CONCERNS IN CHINATOWN DOWNTOWN IN THE BAY VILLAGE REGARDING PUBLIC PROCESS PUBLIC SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT IS CRITICAL THAT ALL ESTABLISHMENTS GO THROUGH A FULL ZBA COMMUNITY PROCESS MOVING FORWARD AND THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE RESPECTED AND MY CONSTITUENTS ARE DOWNTOWN
BOSTON, CHINATOWN AND THE BAY VILLAGE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RESPECTED HERE AT CITY HALL JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS CONSTITUENT AND ARE RESPECTED AT CITY HALL AND I'M GOING TO
FIGHT FOR THEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND CHAIR RECOGNIZES AND I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS FIRST BUT THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL THAT IS ABOUT TO HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR INTRODUCING THIS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS DEBATE IS VERY COMPLEX. VIEWS ON THIS VERY SIGNIFICANT BASED ON ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES AND I RESPECT EVERYONE'S PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.
I THINK AS WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. WE HAVE TO CONSIDER INDIVIDUAL AGENCY LABOR RIGHTS AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THIS WORK WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF GENDER.
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO PERPETUATE OUTDATED NARRATIVES OF MISOGYNY THAT THIS TYPE OF WORK IS NEGATIVE OR THAT IT BRINGS CRIME BECAUSE THE VERDICT IS STILL OUT ON THAT.
WE ALL SUPPORT PUBLIC PROCESS AND COMMUNITY PROCESS AND AGAIN REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HOW THE ZONING AMENDMENT MAY IMPACT THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO WEAPONIZE THE ZONING CODE TO
POLICE OR MAKE OTHERS FEEL LESS THAN FOR THEIR CHOSEN PROFESSION WHICH CAN BE VERY EMPOWERING AND PROVIDE AUTONOMY FOR FOLKS WHO NEED IT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN OF DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. AS OF THIS MORNING WHEN PLANNED PASSED THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
DISTRICT IN CHINATOWN HAS BEEN ENTIRELY REMOVED FROM CHINATOWN AND CONFINED TO THE ONE SMALL AREA IN DOWNTOWN WHERE THERE ARE EXISTING USES. I KNOW THERE ARE OFTEN LEGAL ISSUES WITH MAKING ZONING MORE
RESTRICTIVE THAN THAN THE EXISTING USE. I KNOW DEEPLY THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE YEARS TO MOVE CHINATOWN AWAY FROM ITS COMBAT ZONE 1990S REPUTATION.
UNCLE FRANK WAS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AND I THINK OF THE WORK HE DID TO BRING LIGHTING SAFETY AND AMAZING SMALL BUSINESSES TO THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY. AS SOMETHING THAT INSPIRES ME IN THIS WORK EVERY DAY.
I REMEMBER WALKING WITH HIM HOME THROUGH CHINATOWN AND HIM POINTING TO THE IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW MUCH WORK STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE AND I KNOW SINCE HE
PASSED AWAY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS I THINK ABOUT HIM OFTEN AND SO I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN WANTING TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE IS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO STAND UP FOR HIS
COMMUNITY. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I WANTED TO SPEAK SOME INFORMATION INTO THE RECORD ABOUT THE PARTICULAR THE PARTICULARITIES OF WHAT THE
PLAN DOWNTOWN CHANGES MEAN FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA. AND AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIM TO GET THE ANSWERS THAT HE NEEDS TO
DELIVER FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS. AND I THINK COUNCILOR CLAUDE IS A PART I APPRECIATE DEEPLY THE INTENT AND AND THE WAY THAT
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE. FOR ME I REALLY THINK THAT ANY ZONING OR TEXT AMENDMENTS
SPECIFICALLY IF WE'VE JUST REZONED AN ENTIRE AREA SHOULD BE DONE THOUGHTFULLY. AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR FLYNN'S WORK. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK SOME OF THIS INFORMATION INTO THE
RECORD. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I DON'T THINK I WEAPONIZE
THIS ISSUE IN ANY WAY. WHAT I DID IS I CAME HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS IN MY CONSTITUENTS FROM CHINATOWN, THE BAY VILLAGE AND IN DOWNTOWN
BOSTON. I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THE COMBAT WAS HAD 20 TO 23 PLACES OPENED. I WENT TO DON BOSCO HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW THE AREA AS WELL AS AS WELL AS ANYBODY. BUT MY RESIDENTS HAVE SAID TO ME THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT CHINATOWN DOESN'T GO BACKWARDS
. DOWNTOWN DOESN'T GO BACKWARDS BY THE BAY VILLAGE. THEY WANT A SAY IN THE PROCESS THAT THAT'S WHAT MY POINT WAS WASN'T ABOUT WEAPONIZATION ON ANY PARTICULAR ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
RESIDENTS AND ENSURING THAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE HEARD AT CITY HALL. THAT'S WHAT MY FOCUS IS IN. MY CONSTITUENTS MIGHT NOT HAVE
THE POLITICAL ACCESS OR SOPHISTICATION BUT THEY DESERVE RESPECT AND THAT'S MY JOB IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM OR FIGHT FOR THEM.
DOWNTOWN BOSTON ALSO HAS A LARGE ASIAN COMMUNITY. THE BAY VILLAGE ALSO HAS A LARGE ASIAN COMMUNITY AS WELL AS DOES AS DOES THE SOUTH END.
MANY OF THEM DON'T. MANY OF THEM DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. I'M THEIR VOICE IN TERMS OF SPEAKING FOR THEM AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM FOR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND I'M HERE TODAY ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE THEY SENT MEJIA TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM, TO FIGHT FOR THEM. AND I'M GOING TO DO JUST JUST THAT. AND I WOULD ASK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
ME NOT TO PUT ROADBLOCKS IN MY WAY BUT TO HELP ME AND TO RESPECT MY COMMUNITY LIKE I RESPECT YOU ALL COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER
? I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR VERY DELIBERATE AND THOUGHTFUL REMARKS. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD PLEASE. THAT COUNCILOR MURPHY THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1853 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.
MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 185454 KIND OF A1854 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER
SECTION 17 OF REGARDING BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY OPERATIONS AND STANDARD PRACTICES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNSELOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MADAM CHAIR, I FILED THE 17 F IN RESPONSE TO LAST WEEK'S BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF ELEVATORS AT THE
BARCLAY APARTMENTS IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT ON VHA. LET ME SAY AT THE OUTSET I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE IS BUSY.
I KNOW THE DEMANDS OF THE JOB. IT'S ELECTION SEASON BUT FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW LAST NOVEMBER AND LAST WEEK I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DISAPPOINTED IN
THE BODY DUE TO THE LACK OF ATTENDANCE BY MY COLLEAGUES FOR A HEARING ON ELEVATOR ACCESS AND HEARTBREAKING STORIES FROM SENIORS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR, PUBLIC HOUSING, TENANTS RESIDENTS TELLING ME THAT THEY HAD TO WAIT FOUR OR 5 HOURS FOR ELEVATOR TO BRING THEM UP TO THEIR APARTMENT.
RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CANCER THAT CANNOT GO TO THEIR CANCER, TO THEIR CHEMOTHERAPY APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR WASN'T WORKING A RESIDENT IN A WHEELCHAIR THAT NEEDED TO GO TO
THE BATHROOM THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN GOING TO THAT HEARING. I REPRESENT THE MOST PUBLIC
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN THE CITY. OUR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS ARE SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS.
IF WE'RE NOT IF WE'RE AFRAID TO STAND UP FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS, WE'VE LOST OUR WAY IN THE CITY. I SIMPLY I SIMPLY CAN'T THINK OF WHAT COULD BE A BETTER USE
OF OUR TIME AND EFFORTS THAN FOCUSING ON ADA ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL PEOPLE, CIVIL RIGHTS. THESE ARE MORAL ISSUES AND IN MY TO MY COLLEAGUES IT'S A
FEDERAL ISSUE. IF YOUR VIEW OF VIOLATING SOMEONE'S EQUAL ACCESS FOR A PERSON WITH DISABILITY TO GET INTO A AN APARTMENT BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR HAS BEEN DOWN FOR
WEEKS THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW. THEY MIGHT NOT BE A POWERFUL VOTING BLOC BUT THEY DESERVE SOME RESPECT. THEY DESERVE SOME DIGNITY.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND PUT THIS 17 HOURS INTO THE CONVERSATION. IT WAS A CHALLENGING IT WAS A CHALLENGING HEARING.
WE HAD AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT TESTIFIED FELT LIKE SHE WASN'T TREATED WITH RESPECT AT THIS AT HEARING SHE'S AN ADVOCATE FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES, FOR PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING. WE OWE THEM MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WE PROVIDED LAST WEEK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLINT'S EXPANSION OF THE ROLLS AND PASSAGE OF THE 17 THAT'S ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS BILL IS PASSED. QUOTE COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE
NUMBER 1855 DARKWING NUMBER 1855 COUNCIL S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 26TH 2025 AS INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY THE
CHAIR AND COUNCIL CENTENNIAL OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M PROUD TO STAND AS AN ALLY TO THE BOSTON'S INTERSEX COMMUNITY. OUR CITY HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN INTERSEX HISTORY.
IT WAS HOME TO THE FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION BY INTERSEX PEOPLE IN THE US AND WE CONTINUE TO HONOR THAT COURAGE EVERY OCTOBER 26. INTERSEX REFERS TO PEOPLE BORN
WITH NATURAL VARIATIONS IN SEX CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS ANOMALY HORMONES OR CHROMOSOMES. INTERSEX TRAITS ARE MORE COMMON THAN MANY REALIZE AFFECTING UP
TO ONE IN 20 PEOPLE. YET TOO OFTEN INTERSEX PEOPLE FACE STIGMA DISCRIMINATION AND EVIL AND EVEN NON-CONSENSUAL SURGERIES MEANT TO FORCE THEIR
BODIES TO FIT INTO THEIR GENDER BINARY. THESE HARMS ARE COMPOUNDED BY LACK OF AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING INCLUDING IN HEALTH CARE. THAT'S WHY AWARENESS MATTERS.
SAYING THE WORD INTERSEX OUTLOUD MATTERS INCLUDING THE I LGBTQ A PLUS MATTERS VISIBILITY FIGHTS VISIBILITY FIGHTS STIGMA AND SAVES LIVES BY RECOGNIZING
OCTOBER 26 AS INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE AFFIRM THAT INTERSEX BOSTONIANS ARE SEEN VALUED AND NEVER ALONE. OUR DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH AND TODAY WE LEAD WITH LOVE,
DIGNITY AND INCLUSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANY. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BRAYDEN COLETTE ZAPATA, DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN, MCGWIRE, MURPHY PEP BEN
WEBER. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR SANTANA'S SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER ONE EIGHT BY FIVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1856. NUMBER 1856 COUNCIL'S WEAPON LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION. RECOGNIZE AND HOPE OUT
OF DARKNESS ART INSTALLATION COMMEMORATE 170 YEARS SINCE SOLOMON NORTHROP'S VISIT TO BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOPE OUT OF DARKNESS WHICH WE ADDRESSED AT THE PRESENTATION BEFORE. I WOULD JUST.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS MAYOR WU WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NO KINGS AND HOW YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HERE IN BOSTON AND AND SHE I THINK CORRECTLY POINTED OUT THAT, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE A MORE RELEVANT TIME PERIOD WOULD BE THE TIME OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT OF 1850 HERE IN BOSTON WHERE YOU KNOW, THE CITY THE CITY LED
THE COUNTRY WITH ITS ADVOCACY OF ABOLITION, THE BOSTON VIGILANCE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW WHEN SLAVE CATCHERS
WERE IN BOSTON THEY PUT UP POSTERS OF THEIR DESCRIPTIONS. THEY YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT LIKE SORT OF MONITORED THEIR MOVEMENTS AND AND AT EVERY
INSTANCE TRIED TO DO WHAT THEY COULD TO HOUSE ESCAPED SLAVES AND GET THEM THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANADA . YOU KNOW, HERE WE'RE FACING,
YOU KNOW, AN EERILY SIMILAR SITUATION IN BOSTON NOW WHEN IT COMES TO ICE AND HOW YOU KNOW AT THE TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS
NO DUE PROCESS. SLAVE CATCHERS ON THEIR OWN JUST ON THEIR OWN AFFIDAVITS HAD PROBABLE CAUSE TO DETAIN PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM SENT IN TO
SLAVERY LIKE SOLOMON NORTHUP. NOW IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN OR THE ACCENT YOU SPEAK ENGLISH IF YOU HAVE AN ACCENT WHEN YOU SPEAK ENGLISH YOU CAN BE DETAINED BY ICE AND PUT IN DETENTION.
SO I JUST I, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH YOU KNOW HOW YOU KNOW, THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THINGS STAY THE SAME. AND I URGE EVERYONE TO GO TO THE ROSE KENNEDY GARDEN TO SEE THIS THIS WORK.
IT'LL BE HERE UNTIL DECEMBER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD, FOR BRINGING IN THE
FOLKS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THIS ART INSTALLATION TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE SOLOMON NORTHUP COMMITTEE SENDING THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY CONSERVANCY AND THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER IN
BOSTON. I THINK OBVIOUSLY SOLOMON NORTHUP STORY IS VERY POWERFUL IF YOU'VE EITHER READ IT OR IF YOU'VE WATCHED THE MOVIE 12 YEARS A SLAVE IT'S JUST AN
AGONIZING TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY. AND IT ALSO ALTHOUGH IT DID HAPPEN IN BOSTON HE CAME MANY TIMES TO THE CITY HERE TO GIVE
SPEECHES ON ABOLITION AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTS WHY THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL IN OUR CITY IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE STOPS IMPORTANT ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND WHEN
THEY WERE TRYING TO DISAPPEAR AND KIDNAP BLACK RESIDENTS, MANY RESIDENTS, ABOLITIONISTS ON BEACON HILL MADE THEIR HOMES AVAILABLE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THAT INTO
THE CHAMBER, FOR BRINGING THEM INTO CHAMBERS AND EXCITED TO SEE THE EXHIBIT THE INSTALLATION ITSELF. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR. CLERK, PLEASE. COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTE ZAPATA. DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN. MIA MURPHY. THE BEN SANTANA WORLD COUNCILORS WEBER AND LOUIJEUNE SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1856.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH THE POLLS THEY MAY I HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1857 SO I CAN HAVE A1857
COUNCIL ON MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR AS APOLOGIES. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY THANKING OUR TEAM AND THE
COALITION THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND WE FILED THIS HEARING EXCUSE ME THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'RE ALL UNDER ATTACK OUR TRANS AND LGBT. Q I HATE TO AS PLUS COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER ATTACK AT THIS MOMENT WHILE ATTACKS ON THIS
PARTICULAR COMMUNITY ARE NOT NEW THE WAY IN WHICH THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS WEAPONIZING FEAR TO ROLL BACK DECADES OF PROGRESS IS NEW. THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR A FOR
BOLD LEADERSHIP AND A REFUSAL FROM ALL OF US TO ACCEPT THIS BEHAVIOR AS NORMAL. AND THIS WEEKEND WE CONNECTED WITH THE CEO OF FENWAY HEALTH
WHEN WE LEARNED THAT THE LEADERS INSTITUTION TO BE GIVEN AN ULTIMATUM BY THIS ADMINISTRATION, THE CENTER ANNOUNCED THAT LAST WEEK THAT THEY WOULD STOP PROVIDING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE TO
PATIENTS UNDER THE AGE COVID 19, CITING THAT 36 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING WAS THREATENED. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE LGBTQ
EYE A TWO AS PLUS COMMUNITY AND LEFT PATIENTS AND FAMILIES CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO ACCESS THIS CARE. WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT FENWAY HEALTH IS REFERRING PATIENTS TO
OTHER PROVIDERS, THE CITY OF BOSTON NEEDS TO EXAMINE HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT AND PROTECT INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE BEING PRESSURED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION.
THERE MAY BE OTHER PROVIDERS TO FILL THE GAP BUT WITHOUT INTENTIONAL COORDINATION ACCESS TO CARE WILL REMAIN UNCERTAIN FOR MANY AND FOR MANY TRANS YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK ALONGSIDE MORE THAN 40 PLUS ADVOCATES TO ESTABLISH THE LGBTQ EYE A TWO PLUS COMMISSION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING EQUITY ACCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS OUR CITY.
THE CITY OF BOSTON UNDER OUR LEADERSHIP DECLARED ITSELF A SANCTUARY CITY FOR THE LGBTQ EYE A TWO AS PLUS COMMUNITY AND AS THE GOVERNING BODY.
WE MUST LIVE UP TO THAT COMMITMENT BY ENSURING OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A DIGNIFIED QUALITY OF LIFE WITH FULL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, SAFETY AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
OUR NONPROFITS, LEGAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT THE LG THE LGBTQ EYE A TWO PLUS
COMMUNITY DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT IT'S GOING TO SEEM TO US THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE
TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO SO IN COMMUNITY AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THOSE WHO ARE LIVING THE REALITIES THAT STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO DO
JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WANT TO THANK CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR FILING THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME IN SUPPORT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RECENT
ACTIONS TARGETING LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS ARE UNCONSCIONABLE AND THEY THREATEN HEALTH AND DIGNITY OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF NEW FEDERAL DIRECTIVES INSTITUTIONS LIKE FENWAY HEALTH AND DISTRICT
EIGHT HAVE BEEN FORCED TO STOP PROVIDING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE TO PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE COVID 19. FENWAY HEALTH HAS BEEN A KEY INSTITUTION FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY SINCE 1971. STARTING IN A BASEMENT THEY NOW
SERVE OVER 30,000 PATIENTS. AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER THEY HAD TO COMPLY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CARE FOR THE REST OF THEIR PATIENTS. I SPOKE WITH THEM AND THEY WERE
DEVASTATED TO HAVE TO MAKE AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE BETWEEN FOLLOWING THEIR MISSION AND STAYING OPEN FOR RESIDENTS WHO RELY ON THEM. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A BOSTON CITY COUNCIL STAND WITH THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY AND THE INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE LONG FILLED A HISTORIC GAP IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. WE CAN'T LET THEM BE UNDERMINED BY POLITICAL COERCION FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND WE
HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CITY WHO NEEDS IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I WAS LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME, MR CLERK TO THAT COUNSELOR'S BREADON DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER FLORAL PLEASE OF THE CHAIR.
TASMANIA'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION DOCKET NUMBER 1857 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH SUPPOSE THEY NEVER THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET IS PASSED HAS BEEN ADOPTED BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR OFFER A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO RECONSIDER A VOTE WHILE THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR WHILE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 1855. MR CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT DOCKET NUMBER 1855 JUST SO
ADDED ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES ORAL THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO. 08470848 AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO
VOTE YES ON BOTH. I'D ALSO LIKE TO OFFER A MOTION TO RECONSIDER MY VOTE ON BOTH OF THOSE. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT OUT THAT MR. CLERK HAS WHERE YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME.
DO YOU HAVE THOSE TWO DOCKETS, MR. CLERK 01847 AND 1848. THOSE THE ROLL CALL VOTE OH
OKAY. OH PERFECT. SO I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO BOTH OF THOSE. THANK YOU. SO FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1847 AND 1848 YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO BOTH DOCKETS DO THIS
DID YOU VOTE ON THOSE DOCKETS? NO. SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON THOSE DOCUMENTS SO THAT YOU CAN VOTE? OKAY. IS THAT MOTION SECONDED? SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I.
OKAY. SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON BOTH DOCKETS. COUNCILOR DURKIN? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE THAT RECORDED, MR CLERK? YES. THANK YOU. BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR OFFER A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ON A VOTE NOW?
OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO PASSIONATE PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDER DUCK NUMBER
185 PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR REASON FOR COUNCILOR SIR TIM SANTANA, THE CHAIRMAN IS FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1858. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I L OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THIS
PERSONNEL ORDER HAS PASSED. WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AROUND THEM.
SO ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? I LIKE TO PULL OUT DOCKET NUMBER 1690 FROM PAGE 30 OF THE GREEN SHEET. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DO YOU HAVE DOCKET NUMBER 1690 BEFORE YOU? YES.
FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS NUMBER 1690 MESSAGE YOU KNOW FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT
OF $2,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH A PROJECT FOR THE ROOF THAT'S AN ACADEMY FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE
JOHN W MCCORMICK SCHOOL LOCATED AT 315 MOUNT VERNON STREET DORCHESTER, MASS. 02125 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 MESSAGE'S USE 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. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS
ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 1690 IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY CAMS WHERE ALL THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THIS IS JUST THE SECOND AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1690 WHICH WE VOTED ON I
BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES SCHEMATIC DESIGN WAS GOING TO BE LED BY THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO BE READ
FOR THE SECOND TIME AND ASIDE FOR FURTHER ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR OVERALL CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE SECOND
LINE SECOND EVENT. OKAY. UM, SO WE'VE THIS IS FOR THE SECOND READING OF DOCKET NUMBER
1690 AND A VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE WOULD MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE MEMBER SO WE WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS DOCKET.
MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER 1690 SECOND READING COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR AS A PARTNER YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. TALKING NUMBER 1690 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE RECEIVING A SECOND
READING. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 1690 HAS PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO LATE FILE MATTERS.
GREAT JOB, TEAM. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL 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 THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE SHAYNE,
OUR OWN SHAYNE PACK ON TEN YEARS WITH THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. I CONGRATULATE TO ALL YOU DO FOR OUR CENTRAL STAFF. I WANT TO SAY WELCOME BACK
ELLEN AND THANK YOU FOR THE COOKIES AND CONGRATULATIONS. WHILE GOOD LUCK TO OUR CELTICS ON THEIR SEASON OPENER THIS EVENING. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE? WE ARE NOW OH SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'RE LIKE THE CHAIR AND I THOSE KINDS OF OPINIONS WERE PENDING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO MY SISTER FOUND OUT THAT WE
GIVE A BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT. OH GEE, YOU BETTER GIVE ME A SHOUT OUT. SHE'S MY YOUNGER SISTER. SHE'S MY ONLY SISTER LOVER TO THAT SHE HER BIRTHDAY IS ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 25TH.
SO I JUST WANT TO WISH LISA A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. LOVE YOU, KEVIN. CELEBRATE WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHERRY AND IT JUST COMES WITH DIRK AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MY SISTER TURNED 40 YESTERDAY
KAYLIE SO AND I HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT HER IN EL PASO, TEXAS THIS WEEKEND SO SO I IN IN THAT VEIN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KAYLIE NOW KAYLIE DURKIN
BUT NOW KAYLIE FINLEY IS HONORED FOR HER 40TH BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M DOING A BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT.
JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 27TH AT THE BRUCE BOWLING BUILDING WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING OUR SCHOOL VIBES CLOTHING BOUTIQUE. IT'S A THRIFT STORE THAT SO
MANY FOLKS HAVE DONATED GENTLY USED CLOTHES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK OUT PIECES AND THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM SO THEY'RE GENTLY USED. SOME OF THE FOLKS LIKE THAT WAS SOME REALLY NICE THINGS THE
LAST TIME SO MAKE SURE YOU COME THROUGH. IT'S GOING TO BE FROM 3 TO 7 AT THE BRUCE BOLIN BUILDING AND BECAUSE I USED TO WORK IN THE EDUCATION SPACE I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE TIME WHEN MOST PARENTS ARE DEALING WITH A LOT
OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE SURFACING UP WHETHER IT'S THEIR IEPS NOT BEING MET, JUST ISSUES WITH ACCLIMATING TO A PARTICULAR SCHOOL. SO AT THE EVENT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RESOURCES AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT FAMILIES WHO ARE NAVIGATING SOME OF THE HARDSHIPS OF BEING A STUDENT IN BOSTON THESE DAYS. SO IT'LL BE FROM 3 TO 7. WE ALSO ARE PARTNERING UP WITH
BOSTON'S GOT TALENT AND BOGLE SPLIT AND OTHER YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ARE GOING TO BE THERE TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT AND THEIR PRODUCTS AND GOODS AND SERVICES AND IT'S GOING TO
BE A YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND I WANT TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR RURAL WHO WENT TO THE INAUGURAL EVENT THAT WE HOSTED LAST YEAR WAS SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU THERE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL FOR SHOWING UP AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY TRY TO STAY ENGAGED IN THE BOSTON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YEAH. SATURDAY'S OF THE JP DOG COSTUME PARADE PUT ON BY THE
WONDERFUL FOLKS AT CENTER SOUTH MAIN STREETS IN JP STARTS AT YOU CAN REGISTER AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT NOON GREAT STARTS FIRST BAPTIST AND GOES OUT TO RYAN GREEN HOUSE WHERE
THERE WILL BE A SORT OF I DON'T KNOW FASHION SHOW IT'S NOT A CATWALK AS THEY'RE DOGS BUT THERE'S JUDGING AND PRIZES I THINK BUT SO COME FOR THE
PARADE AND STAY FOR THE THE FASHION SHOW SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING PEOPLE THERE ON SATURDAY THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE?
OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED ?
I WANT TO ADJOURN TODAY IN HONOR OF JUDGE LESLIE HARRIS WHO WAS AN ICON TO SO MANY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WHO WAS SO DOGGED AND RELENTLESS IN
HOW MUCH SHE LOVED AND CARED OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, A GRADUATE OF NORTHEASTERN FOR UNDERGRAD B.U. FOR HIS MASTER'S B.S.
WHERE HE REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE LAW AND REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE JESUIT SPIRIT BEHIND THE WORK OF SOCIAL JUSTICE HE WAS A MENTOR TO SO MANY. MY YOUNGER SISTER ROSALEEN
INTRODUCED ME TO HIM AND HE WAS A MENTOR TO HER TOO. ONE OF MY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS ERIN WALDRON HE FOUNDED THE BOSTON THE BLACK ALUMNI NETWORK AT BC LAW AND HE WAS JUST AN
INCREDIBLE ADVOCATE AND BELIEVED IN THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY YOUNG PERSON EVEN AS HE SAT AS JUDGE OF THE JUVENILE COURT IN SUFFOLK COUNTY. HE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MEMORIALS
OF THAT ARE PEOPLE ARE POSTING ABOUT HIM UNDER IT YOU WILL FIND SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE A LOT OF YOUNG BLACK MEN IN OUR CITY WHO SAID JUDGE HARRIS BELIEVED IN ME WHEN NOBODY ELSE DID. AND SO I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE
WAY IN WHICH JUDGE HARRIS SUPPORTED MY SISTER, SUPPORTED PEOPLE I LOVED AND WHEN I MET HIM THE WAY THAT HE JUST GAVE SO MUCH OF HIMSELF TO ME BOTH IN IDEAS AND SUPPORT AND HOW MUCH HE LOVED BOSTON BOSTON'S
BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD ROXBURY HE CAME OUT TO OUR EVENT AT THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH . HIS HOUSE IS ALONG THE CARNIVAL ROUTE AND EVERY YEAR HIM AND
HIS WIFE BEV SIT AND WATCH THE CARNIVAL WITH SUCH JOY AND ADMIRATION AND SOLIDARITY. HE'S SUCH A GIANT AND HIM AND HIS FAMILY BEV AND THEIR
CHILDREN ARE JUST MOURNING RIGHT NOW WITH THE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF JUDGE HARRIS. SO I JUST WANTED TO UP TO UPLIFT HIM. I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN LOSING SO MANY OF OUR ICONS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
JUDGE HARRIS WAS DEFINITELY THAT FOR ME AND FOR SO MANY OTHERS IN THE CITY. SO THAT MAY HE REST IN POWER. JUDGE HARRIS, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME CELEBRATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE US TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF PAULA ALEXANDER PAULA PASSED QUITE SUDDENLY IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO. SHE WAS A STALWART IN THE
AUSTIN CIVIC ASSOCIATION A VERY INVOLVED WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE HOLLAND LIBRARY AND VERY INVOLVED WITH ALL THINGS ALSTON
SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS SHE ALWAYS BROUGHT A SMILE AND A SENSE OF HUMOR TO HER WORK AND HER SERVICES WILL BE AT ST
ANTHONY'S ON NOVEMBER 4TH AND JUST WANT TO SHARE SENATOR CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY AND HER FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD . THANK YOU SABRINA THE CHAIR AND
I JUST CANCELMI HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO ALSO END AND IN MEMORY OF PEGGY BORDEN WHO RECENTLY WAS PASSED AND WAS
BELOVED A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO JUST HOLD DDT LARSON SORRY AND
OTHERS WHO ARE IN DEEP MOURNING TODAY THERE WILL BE A VIGIL FOR HER AND A CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE TONIGHT AT LEEDS AND
MEMORY AND ALSO IN HOPES TO FUNDRAISE AS WELL. AND THANK YOU. PEACHEY CAN YOU GIVE THE LAST
NAME AGAIN OF A VOTE AND B DOES THAT DO AS A BOY? YEAH. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADJOURN?
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE COUNCIL AROUND. YEAH. I WANT TO JUST SEND MY CONDOLENCES AND PRAISE TO THE MITCHELL FAMILY AND RICHARD MITCHELL WHO'S A REAL GOOD FRIEND OF MINE ALSO WORKS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO LOST HIS
FATHER. SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST SEND MY PRAYERS AND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE MITCHELL FAMILY. YEAH. RICHARD RICHARD RICHARD
MITCHELL OKAY. SENIOR OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE OKAY. TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE
FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR MURPHY PHILIP CASTER ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BREADON PAULA ALEXANDER ON BEHALF OF CULTURE MEDIA PEACHEY BOWDEN'S BEHALF OF COUNCIL
MORALE RICHARD MITCHELL SENIOR ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR EPIPEN. MARY WILLIAMS, LISA ON BEHALF OF MYSELF SINCLAIR HONOR
BERNARDO FATHER OF MARJORIE BERNARDO AND MANY OTHERS DAVID MEADE HOME OF TEMPLE SALEM CHURCH THE HONORABLE JUDGE LESLIE HARRIS JUMP BALL GUARD
ASIAN COMMUNITY LEADER BILLY RICHBURG, A 39 YEAR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND D'ANGELO BORN
MICHAEL EUGENE ARCHER, R&B SINGER. A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE.
THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE CAPSULE IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN AN AREA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2025 AT 12 NOON.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, TO CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE I I
THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.
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