CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS CAN WATCH A COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON DOT GOV FORD'S CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THE 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? COUNCILOR BREADON. COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA.
COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL ALLUSION HERE. COUNCIL ME HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA PARISH COUNCIL. WEBER AND COUNCILOR. WE'RE OUT HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY. REVEREND MARIAMA WHITE HAMMOND OF NEW ROODS AMY CHURCH INVITED BY CELEBRATED COUNCILOR BRITTON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE .
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME THE REVEREND MARIAMA WHYTE HAMMOND TO DELIVER THE INVOCATION OF OUR MEETING TODAY. SHE'S THE FOUNDER PASTOR OF NEW ROOTS AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DORCHESTER AND SHE'S A SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR TO MANY OF US BECAUSE SHE WAS THE CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENT AND UH AND UP UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.
SO IT'S VERY NICE TO WELCOME HER BACK TO THE CITY HALL AND TO OUR TO OUR MEETING TODAY. SHE WAS PARTICULARLY SHAPED BY HER INVOLVEMENT IN PROJECT HIP HOP HIGHWAYS INTO INTO THE PAST
HISTORY ORGANIZING AND POWER, A YOUTH ORGANIZING ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON TEACHING CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT HISTORY AND ENGAGING A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACTIVISM.
AFTER COLLEGE SHE SERVED AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROJECT HIP HOP HIP HOP FOR 13 YEARS AND AFTER EARNING HER MASTER OF DIVINITY AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, SHE WAS ORDAINED AN ELDER IN
THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND FOUNDED NEW ROOTS AME CHURCH IN DORCHESTER. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO WELCOME YOU
BACK AND COME ON UP INVITES YOU TO ENTER INTO PASTOR OF PRAYER WHATEVER THAT IS FOR YOU.
OH GREAT CREATOR WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME TO GATHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WEEK IN WHICH SO MANY THINGS ARE UNFOLDING.
WE THANK YOU THAT WE BEGAN THIS WEEK CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SAINT PATRICK. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR HIS WITNESS AS ONE WHO WAS CAPTURED
INTO SLAVERY AND THEN EVEN AFTER HE ESCAPED ESCAPED RETURNED BACK TO IRELAND AS A
MISSIONARY TO THOSE WHO HAD TAKEN HIM CAPTIVE AND SPREADING A MESSAGE OF LIBERATION. AND SO WE THANK YOU THAT
HOWEVER WE CELEBRATED IT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT IS IN THE NAME OF A MAN WHO SHOWED LOVE EVEN TO THOSE WHO DID NOT SHOW LOVE
TO HIM. WE THANK YOU ALSO IN THIS WEEK AND IN A COUPLE OF DAYS WE WILL MARK EXACTLY A YEAR SINCE WE LOST SARAH AND SHOT A WOMAN
WHOSE LIFE AND LEGACY SHOWN THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. AND SO WE REMEMBER HER AND GOD.
WE REMEMBER THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DEAN AND JOHN AND INGRID AND BELLA HILLARY AND COMMANDING OFFICER AND CREW OF THE USS
HUDNER. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE WORK OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAL ASSOCIATION AND KELLY AND KRISTIN, DANNY AND JAMES, THE
FOLKS WITH TIM DOC COOK SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. WE RECOGNIZE BANGLADESH INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THE WORK
OF BRIAN AND THE LEGACY OF HAZEL AND THE WORK OF THE YOUTH OF YOUTH GUIDANCE BOSTON THAT WE THANK YOU THAT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY EVEN THOSE
WHO HAVE PASSED ON WE ARE REMEMBERING THEM AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO DO IMPORTANT WORK. WE ARE HONORING THEM EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THESE TIMES WHICH
FEEL ROCKY AND UNCERTAIN WHICH WE ARE REMINDED THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE DOING GOOD THINGS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO REMEMBER ALL THOSE WHO
ARE FASTING IN THE SEASON FOR A LENTEN RAMADAN WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING THEM GREAT SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT IN THIS SEASON THAT YOU WOULD BRING THEM DEEPER INTO THEIR
PRACTICES WHILE WRITING HOPE OF LOVE AND OF JUSTICE AND FINALLY GOD WE PRAY FOR THIS OUR CITY COUNCIL WE THANK YOU
FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT SERVES IT IS NOT EASY TIMES THERE IS STRIFE IN OUR CAPITAL AND STRIFE SOMETIMES EVEN IN
OUR STREETS AND OUR HOMES. SO GOD WE ASK YOU TO LEAD THEM, TO GUIDE THEM THAT IN THIS
SPACE THEY MIGHT DELIBERATE WITH A SPIRIT OF LOVE, OF JUSTICE AND OF WISDOM. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP
THEM TO HEAR EACH OTHER AND SEE EACH OTHER AND THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM TO HEAR AND SEE ALL OF US WHO THEY REPRESENT AND
HELP US TO SEE THE WAYS IN WHICH GOVERNMENT CAN AND SHOULD BE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE. SO WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD AND
EVERY BIG AND SMALL THING FROM THE REPAIRS OF SOME OF OUR STREETS TO THOSE WHO WILL TAKE LEADERSHIP IN OUR AUDIT THAT YOU WILL HELP THEM TO SEE EACH
OF THESE DECISIONS AS IMPORTANT AND SACRED. WE PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM
BECAUSE GOD, WE NEED MORE THAN EVER TO LOVE EACH OTHER EVEN WHEN WE DON'T AGREE TO FIND WAYS TO WALK A PATH THAT DOES
NOT PIT ONE PERSON AGAINST ANOTHER, ONE COMMUNITY AGAINST ANOTHER, ONE PRIORITY AGAINST ANOTHER BUT FINDS WAYS TO LOVE
ALL YOUR CHILDREN TO PUT OUR MONEY MOST TO THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE AND WE AND TO
FIND WAYS TO DO IT WITH DEEP JOY AND LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. SO I PRAY THAT WOULD BE THE SPIRIT HERE NOT JUST IN THIS
MEETING BUT BEYOND AND THAT SPIRIT WOULD ALSO BE ALIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR HOUSES OF FAITH.
WE NEED THAT. WE ASK ALL THIS IN WHATEVER NAME BY WHICH YOU KNOW WE KNOW YOU. FOR ME THAT IS JESUS THE CHRIST AMEN.
WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND YOU PROBABLY WANT TO STAND AS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR BREEDEN. AND THANK YOU, REVEREND MARIAMA WHITE HAMMOND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR CITY
AND FOR ALWAYS REMINDING US OF THE CALL TODAY WE WILL HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS ONE IN
RECOGNITION OF THE TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY AND ONE RECOGNIZING AND THAT WILL BE BY COUNCILORS DURKAN AND SANTANA AND ONE RECOGNIZING YOUTH GUIDANCE AND THAT WILL BE BY MYSELF.
I WOULD ASK IF SHAUN BROWN AND THOMAS COULD PLEASE COME FROM YOUTH GUIDANCE AND WE'LL LET
EVERYONE ELSE GET SITUATED AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME SO SO IF YOU'VE BEEN ANYWHERE IN THE
CITY, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE MATTAPAN, DORCHESTER, ROXBURY YOU'VE SEEN SHAUN BROWN AND YOU'VE SEEN HIM AROUND WITH HIS BAND HAT ON AND BAM SWEATSHIRT AND HE IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF YOUTH GUIDANCE BOSTON BRINGING MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AS A FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL EXPANSION
OF YOUTH GUIDANCE, SHAUN HAS SPEARHEADED THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF TWO EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS BECOMING A MAN BAND AND WORKING ON WOMANHOOD. WOW. THESE SCHOOL BASED INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY PROVIDING GROUP COUNSELING, MENTORSHIP AND TRAUMA INFORMED SERVICES THAT FOSTER SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGH BAM YOUNG MAN BUILD INTEGRITY, SELF
DETERMINATION AND POSITIVE ANGER EXPRESSION WHILE WOW EQUIPS YOUNG WOMEN WITH STRATEGIES FOR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND VISIONARY GOAL SETTING A NATIONAL LEADER
ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND YOUTH ADVOCACY, BROWN BEGINS HIS PLATFORM TO CHAMPION CULTURALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS IN DOING SO, HE EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS GREATER BOSTON AND BEYOND TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES, REALIZE
THEIR POTENTIAL AND THRIVE. THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN ONE SITUATION WHERE I'VE HAD A CONSTITUENT REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THEIR SON OR ABOUT A LOVED ONE WHO NEEDED GUIDANCE AND WHO NEEDED OR WHO NEEDED HELP. AND I HAVE IMMEDIATELY CALLED
SHAUN TO HELP ON THE ISSUE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS YOUNG PERSON REALLY GROUNDED AND CENTERED. THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOLS AT BIPS IS REALLY PHENOMENAL AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE
INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, SHAUN BROWN READY TO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
NAME IS SHAUN BROWN AGAIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF YOUTH GUIDANCE BOSTON OVERSEE BOTH OUR TWO EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS AND BECOMING A MAN AND WORKING ON WOMANHOOD. BOTH BAM AND WILD ARE STRATEGICALLY DESIGNED TO
CREATE SAFE AND STUDENT CENTERS SUPPORTS THAT PROMOTE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG MEN WHO WE REFER TO AS SCHOLARS AND YOUNG KINGS AND QUEENS. FOR US, LANGUAGE MATTERS.
TODAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING ONE OF OUR BAM ALUMNI WHO IS A GRADUATE OF ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW A JUNIOR IN COLLEGE TO BE HERE TODAY AND SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE WITH YOUTH GUIDANCE. BUT BEFORE I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE WITH BAM. I WANT TO SHARE SOME DATA AROUND OUR IMPACT RIGHT HERE A COUPLE OF DATA POINTS. OUR SCHOOL YEAR 24 PRELIMINARY BP'S DATA FOR ATTENDANCE GRADES AND GRADUATION ARE AS FOLLOWS.
ATTENDANCE OVER 68% OF BAMA WHILE SCHOLARS EITHER MAINTAINED A HIGH ATTENDANCE RATE WHICH WHEN WE SAY HIGH ATTENDANCE IS 90% HIGHER FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND 95 FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOLARS OR IMPROVE
THEIR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATE COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE TARGET GOAL WAS 60%. AVERAGE ATTENDANCE RATE FOR OUR SCHOLARS WAS 88%, GRADES 91%
OF BAMA WHILE SCHOLARS FAILED NO MORE THAN ONE SEMESTER COURSE AND OF COURSE SUBJECT AREAS SUCH AS MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES OR LANGUAGE ARTS. THAT INDICATES THAT BAMA WHILE SCHOLARS ARE STAYING ON TRACK TOWARD GRADUATION AND OUR GOAL
OF 75%. LASTLY GRADUATION RATES. 84% OF BAMA WHILE 12TH GRADERS GRADUATE AT THE END OF THE AT THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.
THE GRADUATION RATE FOR THE BP IS 80% REPORTED BY DC. ONE THING THAT MAKES MY HEART HURT RIGHT IS WHEN I HAVE A PARENT ASK HOW DO I GET MY YOUNG PERSON PARENT CAREGIVER COMMUNITY FOLKS? HOW DO I GET MY YOUNG PERSON
INVOLVED IN BAMA? WELL AND THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE TO ASK THEM IS WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO AND IF THEY'RE NOT IN ONE OF OUR 12 SCHOOLS THEN THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES. SO FOR ME A DREAM IS THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO PROVIDE BAMA WHILE FOR ANY YOUNG PERSON IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT NEEDS IT. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO ALLOW THOMAS THERMIDOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN SPEAK ABOUT THIS ONE BLUE IN THE FACE BUT IT'S NOTHING
LIKE HEARING FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE TRUE EXPERTS OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. THOMAS WELL HELLO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU SEAN FOR GIVING
ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WHILE I WAS A BAM STUDENT FIRST WHEN I THINK ABOUT THEM I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN I WHEN I CAME TO AMERICA FROM HAITI I DIDN'T
HAVE MY FATHER WITH ME UNFORTUNATELY. AND FINDING A MENTOR WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AND LIKE SEAN MENTIONED LIKE THE IMPORTANCE OF LIKE THE WORK OF LIKE JUST LIKE HAVING A MENTOR FIGURE
WHERE LIKE IN EACH AND EVERY SINGLE LIKE SCHOOL LIKE FOR MYSELF LIKE MY MENTOR WAS JOSE AND JUST GIVING ME LIKE THE GUIDANCE WAS JUST LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS SO CRUCIAL TO MY LIKE SORT OF LIKE
DEVELOPMENT AND HONESTLY NONE OF THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE AND ABOVE ALL THERE WAS LIKE A COMMUNITY I THINK THAT BAM OFFERS WHERE LIKE I WENT TO ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL BUT
LIKE I COULD TALK TO LIKE KIDS FROM LIKE O'BRIEN AND YOU'RE STILL CONNECTED TO LIKE FIELD TRIPS OR LIKE ACTIVITIES THAT THE PROGRAMS DID FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THAT, I'M REALLY FEEL
GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS AND JUST LIKE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO JUST GROW AND LEARN AS A MAN WHEN I I ALSO
LIKE THINK THAT I'M REALLY LIKE FORTUNATE BECAUSE NOT MANY LIKE PEOPLE LIKE SEAN SAID LIKE FAM IS NOT AT EVERY SCHOOL SO I FEEL REALLY FORTUNATE AND TODAY LIKE I GO TO A REALLY GOOD
COLLEGE LIKE BABSON I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH STUFF THAT I STUFF THAT I DO TO LIKE LEARN ABOUT BUSINESS WHERE I THINK LIKE A LOT OF THE TIME IN MY COMMUNITY LIKE IN DORCHESTER WHERE NOT
MANY PEOPLE DO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND I KNOW LIKE THE POLITICAL CLIMATE HAS LIKE CHANGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT I WANT LIKE YOU ALL THE MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO
LIKE THINK ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF WHO WAS ABLE TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW AND HAVE A MENTOR BECAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE DO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
SO IF YOU GUYS JUST LIKE THINK ABOUT SOMETHING JUST THINK ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF IN MY POSITION AND JUST BEING ABLE TO GET THE MENTORSHIP AND GUIDANCE BECAUSE MANY OF MY FRIENDS
UNFORTUNATELY DON'T GET THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THOMAS WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND I JUST WANT TO READ A BIT OF THIS RESOLUTION,
SEAN, ABOUT YOUTH GUIDANCE. BOSTON IS COMMITTED TO CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING A SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER YOU TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES FOCUS ON THEIR EDUCATION AND ULTIMATELY SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND LIFE.
WE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HEREBY BY RECOGNIZE AND APPLAUD YOUTH GUIDANCE BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING YOUTH OUTCOMES, ENDORSING THE SUCCESS OF BECOMING A MAN AND WORKING ON WOMANHOOD PROGRAMS AND ENCOURAGING AND WE
ENCOURAGE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND THESE TRANSFORMATIVE EFFORTS THAT UPLIFT THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. SO THANK YOU, SEAN, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WE ARE IN THIS WITH YOU. THANK YOU.
IF MY COLLEAGUES COULD PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PHOTO I KNOW YOU
WANT KNOW I'M MEAN MAYBE IS PEACE AND BLESSINGS CAME? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO THANK YOU.
A SESSION I GOT YOU HERE.
APPRECIATE THANK YOU AGAIN SEAN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO LORI FROM YOUR OFFICE FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
AND AGAIN THOMAS, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND KEEP ON KEEPING ON AND MAKING US BPP'S GRADS PROUD. THE NEXT PRESENTATION WILL HAVE IS FROM COUNSELORS DURKIN AND
SANTANA IN RECOGNITION OF TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY COUNSELOR SANTANA AND COUNSELOR DURKIN, YOU HAD THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES
. THANKS. I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR TRANS AND NON-BINARY FRIENDS TO COME JOIN US BEHIND US WHO ARE IN FRONT OF US.
SO I'M HONORED. I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE
COUNSELOR BREADON UP WITH US SO TODAY WE GATHER AND SUPPORT AND
OFFER ALLYSHIP TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNITIES THAT MAKES BOSTON THE CITY THAT IT IS. I'M HONORED TO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION HIGHLIGHTING TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD EVER DONE THAT IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THE COURAGE, THE STRENGTH AND THE VIBRANCY OF OUR TRANSGENDER NEIGHBORS NOT JUST HERE IN BOSTON BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TRANS PEOPLE DESERVE TO LIVE
WITH DIGNITY, SAFETY AND FREEDOM. TODAY AND EVERY DAY WE RECOGNIZE THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMITMENT TO STANDING ALONGSIDE THEM IN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
THIS YEAR'S OBSERVANCE COMES AT A PAINFUL MOMENT IN 2025 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS CONTINUED A SHAMEFUL CAMPAIGN OF DISCRIMINATION AND CRUELTY. BUT TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY IS
NOT ABOUT THAT. IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATING OUR TRANS COMMUNITY, THE VIBRANCY OF OUR TRANS NEIGHBORS. AND IT'S ABOUT CREATING A DAY THAT IS ABOUT CELEBRATING THEM
AS PEOPLE BUT CELEBRATING THEM AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CELEBRATING THEM AS FOLKS WHO WORK, PLAY AND DO EVERYTHING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND AS I
LOOK AROUND I SEE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO TITO THE THEATER OFFENSIVE. I KNOW FENWAY HEALTH IS HERE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBTQ ADVANCEMENT.
WITHOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP WE WOULDN'T HAVE SOMEONE LEADING THE WAY HERE. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILORS SANTANA AND BRAYTON WHO HAVE BEEN TRUE
STEADFAST LEADERS. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR AT-LARGE COUNCILOR MARIA FOR HER LEADERSHIP FOR THE TRANS COMMUNITY AT LAST MEETING.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT STOP TALKING FIGHTING BEING VISIBLE, BEING BOLD, BEING COURAGEOUS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE STANDING HERE NEXT TO US BEHIND US IN FRONT OF US THESE FOLKS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO FIGHT BACK. THESE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
GOING TO BE BOLD, STAND UP. AND AS I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THIS IS OUR ARMY. THIS IS OUR ARMY.
AND SO I'M GRATEFUL I AM. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WORK OF COUNCILORS AND TOWN AND STAFF MEMBER MATTHEW BRODIE WHO HAS TRULY BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LEADER AND HAS HELPED PUSH THIS
COUNCIL'S AGENDA ON LGBTQ ISSUES SO. AND I AM NOW GOING TO PASS IT TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR SANTANA.
THANK YOU COUNCIL DURKIN. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING ME IN RECOGNIZING MARCH 31ST OR MARCH AS THE
PRESIDENT TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS TRANS PEOPLE EXIST. TRANS PEOPLE ARE REAL. TRANS PEOPLE ARE HUMAN.
AND YES, THAT INCLUDES ALL GENDER AND NON NON-BINARY FOLKS TOO. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE SAY THIS HERE IN BOSTON LOUDLY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY.
BECAUSE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TRANS PEOPLE ARE UNDER ATTACK. LAST YEAR ALONE OVER 500 500
ANTI LGBTQ A TWO PLUS BILLS WERE INTRODUCED AND STATE LEGISLATIONS WITH WITH A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER TARGETING TRANS RIGHTS FROM BANNING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE
TO RESTRICTING ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES. AND NOW WITH TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES OPENLY VOWING TO STRIP AWAY LGBTQ IA2 PLUS RIGHTS AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE CANNOT IGNORE THE REALITY THAT THESE ATTACKS ARE ONLY THAT THESE ATTACKS ARE ONLY ESCALATING. WE KNOW THESE POLICIES ARE NOT JUST POLITICAL THEATRICS.
THEY ARE DEVASTATING REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES. NEARLY 40% OF TRANS AND NON-BINARY NARI YOUTH HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS OR HOUSING INSTABILITY.
LAST YEAR THERE WAS A 28% INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS AMONGST TRANS YOUTH. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. BOSTON MUST BE A SAFE HAVEN FOR OUR TRANS COMMUNITY.
BOSTON MUST BE A PLACE FOR TRANS JOY. BOSTON MUST BE A PLACE WHERE WE DO MORE THAN JUST SAY THAT WE ARE ALLIES. WE MUST ACT LIKE IT.
THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD THAT JUST LAST WEEK THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL PASSED RESOLUTION MAKING BOSTON A SANCTUARY CITY. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
COUNCILOR AT LARGE JULIA MEJIA AND MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT NINE STANDING NEXT TO ME, COUNCILOR BREADON FOR LEADING ON THIS. BUT WE KNOW OUR RESOLUTION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE ARE NOW WORKING ON AN ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THAT WE PUT REAL PROTECTIONS IN PLACE SO THAT BOSTON IS TRULY A SANCTUARY CITY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS INCLUDING OUR TRANS
GENDERQUEER AND NON-BINARY COMMUNITY. THE TRANS COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE FIGHT FOR THE LGBT ACQUIRE TWO PLUS RIGHTS FROM STONEWALL
TODAY. TRANS ACTIVISTS HAVE LED THE CHARGE AFTER PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE NOW.
THAT KIND OF ALLYSHIP INSPIRES ME TO BE A BETTER ALLY MYSELF BEING BETTER ALLIES MEANING MEANS COMMITTING TO SEEING LISTENING, UPLIFTING OUR TRANS
COMMUNITY, PROTECTING ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, ENDING TRANS YOUTH HOMELESSNESS AND SHARING SAFE,
ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL BECAUSE IF OUR TRANS COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN BOSTON THEN WE ARE PUSHING THEM INTO DANGER ELSEWHERE TO OUR TRANS GENDERED
GENDERQUEER NON-BINARY COMMUNITY IN BOSTON. STAND PROUDLY STAND VISIBLY STAND KNOWING THAT STARED KNOWING THAT I AND THIS CITY
HAVE YOUR BACK. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO NOW INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT NINE, COUNCILOR BREADON TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN I'LL INTRODUCE TWO MORE INDIVIDUALS AFTER THAT.
THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN I THINK TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. WE DO THE TRANS DAY
OF REMEMBRANCE IN THE FALL BUT THIS DAY IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE TRANS LIFE AND TRANS LIFESTYLES AND TO TRY AND CELEBRATE ALL
OUR TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I REALLY REALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING OUT AND PROUD AS TRANS PEOPLE AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE IN STEPPING
OUT AND LETTING US SEE YOU BUT ALSO GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN BUILD A COALITION, A STRONG COALITION OF ALLIES TO
SUPPORT YOU TO MAKE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE IN SAFETY AND DIGNITY WITHOUT FEAR. AND AS TWO COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED ALL THE WAYS THAT YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN IMPACTED AND INCREASINGLY
IMPACTED BY A GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT IS TARGETED AT THE TRANS COMMUNITY IN ACROSS UNITED STATES AT THIS TIME. SO PLEASE CUT ME AS AN ALLY AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE HERE IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON SO
NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE THE GREAT HONOR OF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYONE'S SPEAK HERE NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS SPEAK WHO I GUESS GREAT LEADERS. FIRST I'M FOR AND FOREMOST
JAMES O BIRD, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE THEATER OFFENSIVE.
PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY TO A
HIRA DE ALTO BALENCIAGA, 42 YEARS OLD. RITA HESTER, 34 YEARS OLD TO
HILARY BROOME, 29 YEARS OLD. SAM NORDQUIST 24 YEARS OLD. CHANEL PICKETT 23 YEARS OLD.
RIVER GODDARD 17 YEARS OLD. POLLY LICHENS 14 YEARS OLD EACH OF THEM IS NOW A TRANS ANCESTOR
OR A TRANSISTOR AND THEY ARE JUST ONE OF FEW OF OUR TRANS SIBLINGS THAT SHOULD BE THIS EARTHLY REALM WHO WERE STRIPPED OF LIFE.
NOTICE THAT TWO WERE TEENAGERS AND FAIR ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH OF A WORD. HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE VISIBILITY IN A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN
DEEMED INVISIBLE IN A WORLD WHERE LIBERATION AND BODILY AUTONOMY IS PERCEIVED AS A THREAT THAT MUST BE MITIGATED? I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU IN THIS
CHAMBER TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD ANSWER WHEN THE WORK OF OUR ANCESTORS AND TRANS RESISTANCE IS ACTIVELY BEING THE RACE FROM THE NARRATIVE
KNOWING GOOD AND WELL THAT WITHOUT THEM WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE MADE IT TO THIS MOMENT. WHAT DO WE DO?
WE RECLAIM IT AND WE FIGHT BACK . WE WIN WHILE WE ARE VISIBLE. LET OUR EXISTENCE BE THE RESISTANCE THAT WE ARE SEARCHING FOR.
MY NAME IS CHARLES ALBERT AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE THEATER OFFENSIVE AKA TITO WHERE OUR MISSION IS TO PRESENT LIBERATING ART BY FOR
AND ABOUT AND TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT TRANSCENDS ARTISTIC BOUNDARIES, CELEBRATES CULTURAL ABUNDANCE AND DISMANTLES OPPRESSION. IT IS A BLESSING TO BE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH ALL OF MY
FAMILY HERE TODAY. BLESSINGS ARE RARE THESE DAYS AND WE ARE THANKFUL TO BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL RESOLUTION. SO MANY THINGS TO PRESIDENT
VISION COUNCILORS DURKAN, MEJIA AND SANTANA AND ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE HEARD US AND WORKED ALONGSIDE US TO PROTECT OUR TRANS NONBINARY AND GENDER
EXPANSIVE SIBLINGS AND THIS NOW SANCTUARY CITY. I AM THE FIRST BLACK TRANS WOMAN TO LEAD A REGIONAL THEATER IN THIS COUNTRY AND THERE MUST BE AND WILL BE MANY
WHO COME AFTER ME. IT IS PART OF MY VISIBILITY THE POWER AND PRIVILEGE THAT COMES WITH IT THAT I HOLD TO DO SO,
TO WORK WITH MY FAMILY AT SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE HIGHER AND TO CONTINUE TO CREATE PORTALS OF POSSIBILITY TO.
FOR 36 YEARS THE THEATER OFFENSIVE HAS USED ART AS A FORM OF RESISTANCE TO OPPRESSION AND AS A TOOL FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION. IN 2025 AND BEYOND WILL BE NO EXCEPTION.
WE ALONG WITH THREE SIBLING ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS DUE TO THEIR HARMFUL VIOLATIONS OF THE FIRST AND FIFTH AMENDMENT, THE
AMERICAN PROCEDURE ACT AND OVERALL CENSORSHIP OF TRANS NONBINARY AND GENDER EXPANSIVE NARRATIVES. THEY TRIED IT Y'ALL. WE SAID NO. TO BE VISIBLE IN THIS MOMENT
NOW MEANS TO LIVE IN WHAT WE AT TEATRO SO CALLED THE UNREALITY. WE SAY WHAT IS REAL ABOUT OUR OWN LIVES WE MOLD THE CLAY
OF WHAT IS AND TO WHAT WE NEED AND THE GLORY AT ITS BEAUTY. ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WE ARE SEEING A FAMINE OF BEAUTY. THE BEAUTY OF CELEBRATING THE
DIFFERENCES IN OUR HUMANITY, THE BEAUTY OF JUSTICE, THE BEAUTY OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, THE BEAUTY OF IMMIGRATION, THE BEAUTY OF LGBTQ TWO OF US PLUS
LIFE IN PARTICULAR THE SACRED NATURE OF TRANS NON-BINARY AND GENDER EXPANSIVE LIFE. I AM ONLY NAMING A FEW. WE ARE BEING STRIPPED OF WHAT
MAKES US A COUNTRY AND NONE OF US AND I REPEAT NONE OF US ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS HARM. WHETHER YOU RECOGNIZE IT OR NOT
IT IS HAPPENING AND THE UGLY NATURE OF WHITE SUPREMACY IS CONTINUING TO PERMEATE ACROSS THESE INDIGENOUS LANDS. BUT HERE IN BOSTON WE CAN USE
OUR REVOLUTIONARY STATUS TO COURSE CORRECT AND WE MUST DO SO AND SO MAY THIS DAY OF RESOLUTION SERVE AS THE CONTINUATION AND FOR SOME THE
BEGINNINGS OF YOUR PATH TO CREATE THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THAT THIS COUNTRY TRIES TO PRIDE ITSELF ON. YOU HAVE POWER AND PRIVILEGE.
RECOGNIZE THAT? HOW ARE YOU USING IT? MAKE SURE IT'S FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH YOURSELF FOR THE POWERFUL WORDS. NEXT UP WE HAVE JACK AND
BERGAMOT, CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF T Q AND C
. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JACK AND BERGAMOT. MY PRONOUNS ARE HE HIM. I AM PROUDLY JOINED TODAY ALONG
WITH MY TRANS SIBLINGS BEHIND ME WITH MY DAUGHTER AND FIERCEST ALLY RUBY AS COUNSELOR
SANTANA MENTIONED. I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF TCU AND C THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. WE ARE A COLLECTIVE THAT FOSTERS JOY ADVOCACY AND ARTS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS NOT BEEN TO AN EVENT, PLEASE JOIN US. THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME WE ARE YOUR COMMUNITY. COME AND FIND US. WE WERE WELCOMED WITH OPEN
ARMS. I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR TRANS SIBLINGS
THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU ALL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED FOR TODAY AND I'M VERY NERVOUS. I DON'T WANT TO BE UP HERE.
I I WANT TO BE OUT TODAY. I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE. BUT HERE WE ARE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE
HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSGENDER GENDER NONCONFORMING INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE CENTERING THOSE THAT ARE MOST MARGINALIZED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY BLACK
AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR SPECIFICALLY BLACK TRANS WOMEN, YOUTH INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSTABILITY AND IMMIGRANTS.
WE NEED TO BE LISTENING TO THEM . WE NEED TO BE BELIEVING THEM. WE NEED TO BE UPLIFTING THEM AND WE NEED TO BE PROTECTING
THEM. I AM A TRANS MAN. I AM ALSO A PROUD JEW. MY ANCESTORS ARE JEWS SO
RESISTING FASCISM AND FIGHTING NAZIS LITERAL NAZIS IS IN MY BLOOD AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT. AND I URGE ALL OF YOU TO DO THE SAME.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF THE CITY COUNCILORS. I CAME OUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO WHEN I TOOK A JOB WITH COUNCILOR GABRIELLA COLETTE, A
SUPPORTER. I CAME OUT PUBLICLY. IT WAS NOT FUN BUT ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS WAS STEPPING INTO THIS BUILDING AND BEING WELCOMED BY OPEN ARMS BY
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR TURK AND COUNCILOR BRAYDEN GIGI MY LOVE, MY ALLY. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME AND
UPLIFTING ME. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEIR.
L. COUNCILOR PEPEN. ALL OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS? ALL OF THE CENTRAL STAFF. THANK YOU. ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US. THANK YOU. LAST WEEK FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT STOOD UP LISTENED TO OUR EMAILS, LISTENED TO OUR VOICES AND COMMITTED TO DOING THE WORK,
COMMITTED TO BACKING THIS COMMUNITY AND OFFERING US REAL PROTECTIONS. AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU ALL ACCOUNTABLE.
OKAY. FOR ANY YOUNG TRANS AND GENDER NONCONFORMING FOLKS THAT ARE HOME WATCHING THIS.
I LOVE YOU. I SEE. NO ONE CAN TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE . YOU DECIDE THAT YOURSELF.
WE HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED AND WE WILL ALWAYS EXIST. THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE MY
COLLEAGUES TO TAKE A PHOTO THAT
WAS SHOWING US ON THE GROUND. ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY HAVE A WINDOW. CAN BE SEEN. EVERYONE HERE.
OKAY.
YEAH, WE ARE WITH THIS.
ALL RIGHT.
KNOW NOBODY
HERE? YES.
YOU GUYS ARE OUR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILORS DURKAN AND COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA, I KNOW YOU MADE A JOKE ABOUT EVERYONE
SPEAKING, BUT IF IF EVERYONE WAS LIKE GISELLE AND JACK WHO I COULD LISTEN TO ALL DAY THAT WAS REALLY AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR BEING VISIBLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE YOU SAID JACK, WHO
NEED TO SEE THAT. AND THANK YOU TO GISELLE. I THINK THAT THAT WAS A WHOLE SERMON FOR ALL OF US HERE ON THE COUNCIL. AND SO SEND THAT TO US SO THAT WE CAN SO THAT WE HAVE IT AND THAT WE REMEMBER.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, GISELLE. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY AND ALSO TO MY COLLEAGUES EVERYONE IN THERE'S A YOUTH GUIDANCE PAMPHLET EITHER ON YOUR DESK OR
IN YOUR MAILBOXES. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THAT AND I ALSO CASSAR I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE UPLIFTED THE BMC SOCIAL WORKERS
SO I SEE CARLA MONTEIRO HERE AND SOCIAL WORKERS FROM BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR WEBER IS
NOW PRESENT AND WITH US AND COUNCILOR PATTON IS NOW PRESENT AND WITH US. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
THE MEETING OF MARCH 12, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 12TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HERE ON TO THE MAYOR.
MR. CLERK. OKAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REPLIED THAT COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON IS NOW PRESIDENT WITH US.
WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 06870687 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
OF $350,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE RED SOX ARTS AND PROGRAMS ARTS AND PARKS PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE BOSTON RED SOX TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THE GRANT WILL FUND ARTS PROGRAMING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PARKS OPERATIONS ACROSS BOSTON. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0687 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE,
ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AS THE CHAIR OF THE ART COMMITTEE ON ARTS AND CULTURE. I'D LIKE TO ASK TO MOVE THIS TO A VOTE AND ASK INVITE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT TO
SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. KINDS OF CANADIAN IS IN THE CHAIR. CAN I JUST CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ANNUAL GIFT FROM THE RED SOX TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS MONEY IS USUALLY SPENT ON
PARKS AND ARTS AND CULTURE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE FENWAY. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THIS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BUT I'M
GRATEFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THIS IS THESE ARE IMPORTANT GRANT DOLLARS THAT SUPPORT THINGS
LIKE FENWAY PORCH FEST AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THEM WHICH WHICH I KNOW IS SHARED IN BOTH ME AND COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERS IS DISTRICT IN THE EAST FENWAY SO SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU BEING
WILLING TO PULL IT TODAY AND I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUT IF WE COULD GET A BREAKDOWN FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE OF DIFFERENT EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE IT DOES SAY THAT IT'S CITYWIDE AND THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTE TODAY. SO I'M NOT BLOCKING IT AT ALL BUT THAT WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU MAY DO SO.
THE CHAIR I CAN I JUST HAVE DIFFERENT ENERGY UNDERSTAND YOU ON THE FLOOR OR A COUNCILOR AND I DON'T KNOW WHO COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO TRADITIONALLY A THIRD OF THIS IS SPENT ON PARKS IS PARTICULARLY THE BACK BAY FANS .
A THIRD OF IT IS SPENT ON ARTS AND CULTURE, A THIRD OF IT SPENT ON OTHER COMMUNITY GRANT MONEY AND I CAN GET YOU WHAT IT WAS SPENT LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR CAN I JUST COME TO
FINANCE JANICE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR POINTING THAT OUT. I ACTUALLY AM IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THAT. I THINK THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY
PUT A HOLD AND ASK FOR A VOTE THE FOLLOWING MEETING JUST BECAUSE THE BREAK DOWN IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND IT SPEAKS TO THE EQUITY THAT WE ALL SEE HERE THAT WE REPRESENT.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGONIZES COUNCILOR HERE COMES FROM HERE . YOU GET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND I ALSO WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUE AT LARGE MURPHY FOR ASKING THOSE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. I THOUGHT IT WAS CITYWIDE AND THEN IT WENT LOCAL WHICH I HAVE
NO PROBLEM WITH SUPPORTING LOCAL DISTRICTS. BUT AS A CITYWIDE COUNCILOR IT'D BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN AND ENSURING EQUITY IS AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO HAPPY TO WAIT TO A VOTE UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE PERSON THAT DENIES PEOPLE FROM THE FUNDING THAT THEY NEED. BUT IF IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY
AND WE CAN WAIT THEN I WOULD DO THAT AND IT'S AN EMERGENCY THEN I WILL DEFER TO THE LEADERSHIP . THANK YOU. IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME HE HAD A FURTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO FENWAY PARK FEST IS FUNDED EVERY YEAR WITH THIS MONEY AND IF IT'S NOT PASSED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT TWO WEEKS I'M I AM
WORRIED ABOUT THEM BEING ABLE TO GET THE MONEY IN TIME FOR THE EVENT BUT I HONESTLY IT'S NOT MY COMMITTEE SO I DEFER TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY.
YES I WOULD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THERE'S ALSO DORCHESTER FEST. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT FARE SO I JUST I AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED LITTLE MORE SO THAN EVER.
SO IF THERE IS A DEADLINE FOR FED WAY SINCE THEY DO THEIR SQUARES, I'M GOING TO ASSUME TO MY COLLEAGUE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU ONLY MENTIONED FENWAY.
BUT IF THERE IS A NEED THAT'S I DEFER TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL. COUNCILMEMBER DURKAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MEAN THAT
I'M ONE OF COUNCILOR MURPHY SHE CAN HEAR THE FLOOR SO THE RED SOX GIVE THIS MONEY FOR THE FENWAY BECAUSE FENWAY IS IMPACTED BY THE CONCERTS AND
THE BALLGAMES ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT FENWAY PARK. SO I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW HAVING QUESTIONS BUT JUST WANT TO JUST SHARE THAT THAT SORT WHY THIS
MONEY IT REALLY IS ABOUT EQUITY IN THE SENSE THAT FENWAY HAS SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AT FENWAY PARK AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MONEY IS.
IT'S NOT TIED TO THAT. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THEIR INTENT FOR GIVING US MONEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE JARGON IS THIS COMES FROM MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
UNDERSTANDING OF IT. BUT IT DOES READ THE GRANT WILL FUND ART PROGRAMING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PARK OPERATIONS ACROSS BOSTON AND I KNOW DORTCH FEST WHICH WILL BE IN ITS
FOURTH YEAR NOW HAS TO SWITCH FROM ASHMONT ADAMS TO THE GREATER ASHMONT FOR SUPPORT AND FUNDING. SURE THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT GREAT CULTURAL EVENT THAT WE
HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IN DORCHESTER BUT I DO THINK EITHER WE REFILE WITH A BETTER DESCRIPTION I'M NOT SURE THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE CHAIR COUNCIL FERNANDEZ SANDERSON
EVEN MAYBE IF THE WORDING WAS CLEARER THAT THIS WAS COMMUNITY MITIGATION WHICH I KNOW FENWAY AND THE RED SOX FOUNDATION DOES DO A LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORS IN FENWAY WHICH I
ALONG WITH MY OTHER THREE AT-LARGE COUNCILORS REPRESENT SO NOT TRYING TO STOP FUNDING TO THE FENWAY IN ANY WAY BUT THIS WRITTEN AND SAYS THAT IT'S CITYWIDE SO I DO THINK EITHER THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS TO
CHANGE THE WORDING OF IT AND REFILE IT OR WE NEED TO DISCUSS WHAT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS GREAT DONATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND
IS THAT FOLKS WOULD LIKE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE GRANT IS FOR THAT NOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A REQUEST I THINK FOLKS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE
VOTE BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROVIDE AT SOME POINT THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THAT SPENT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO AT SOME POINT PROVIDING A BREAKDOWN? AN INDEPENDENT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AGREE WE NEED A BREAK DOWN EVEN IF IT COMES DOWN BEFORE THE END OF THIS MEETING I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES I DO AGREE WITH
COUNCILOR DURKIN THAT IT SHOULD PASS TODAY WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A BIG EVENT WE ALL KNOW HOW IT IS. THERE'S EXPENDITURES THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ADVANCE AND THE PORCH PASSES THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY FOR FENWAY AND IT IS
FAIR THAT HISTORICALLY WE HAVE VOTED WHERE IT'S BEEN SPENT ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD AND IT IS FAIR THAT THEY GET THE SHARE OF ONE THIRD BECAUSE IT DOES YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE IN FENWAY YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE
IMPACTED AND THERE'S NO PARKING LIVING THERE. IT'S ENCROACHING UP ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE RESIDENTS THERE. SO WE VOTED ON THIS BEFORE IT'S BEEN SPENT. WE DO HAVE EXAMPLES OF THIS
HAPPY TO ASK ADMINISTRATION TO SEND DOWN SOMETHING IF WE CAN RETURN TO THIS PLACE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN AS IS COUNCILOR MURPHY WELL KNOWN. SO IT'S FINE BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DO AGREE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE FENWAY GETS $120,000 FOR THEIR WATCH FEST WHICH I'VE ATTENDED AND IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING. SO IF WE COULD HOLD OFF ON THE
VOTE THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO KNOW I'M VOTING IN THE RIGHT WAY. OKAY. THANK YOU AND SO COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON YOU HAD MOVED TO FOR A VOTE FOR
PASSAGE FOR THIS DOCKET FOR DOCKET NUMBER 06870 WE ARE WE AND SO YEAH OKAY SO WE'LL WE'LL MOVE ON AND ADR I KNOW IS HERE
IF THERE'S A BREAK DOWN BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO VOTE THEY JUST WOULD LIKE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE MONEY IS FOR. OKAY WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT DOCKET RIGHT NOW WE WILL
RETURN TO DOCKET NUMBER 0687. MR CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0688906890688 MESSAGE
TRANSCRIPT TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 UP WE'RE REGARDING SIDEWALK REPAIR DEPOSIT AND REFUND DISAGGREGATED FILE BIKE
UNDOCKING NUMBERS 0340 PRESENTED AT THE JANUARY 29TH 2025 MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND DOCKING NUMBER 0689 MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN
INFORMATION ON THE 17TH REGARDING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN DISTRICT SEVEN FROM 2020 TO DATE FILED ON DOCKET NUMBER 0342 PRESENTED AT
THE JANUARY 29TH 2025 MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 0680689 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICES AND OTHERS.
MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0690 DOCKING NUMBER 0690 COMMUNICATION WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS
COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF 318 METROPOLITAN AVENUE ROSLINDALE MASS. AS A LANDMARK THANK YOU DOCKET
NUMBER 0690 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 01060107 AND
04620106 THE CANADIAN POST STARTED GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2020
FOR STOCKING NUMBER 0106. MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SAMANTHA REIMER, A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 9TH,
2029, SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF TO BE CONFIRMED DOCTOR NUMBER 0107 THE COMMITTEE AND POST GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY
TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON NOVEMBER 2020 FOR TALKING NUMBERS 0107 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JANET PAJERO AS
A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 27, 2029 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE APPOINTMENT OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED AND NUMBER 0462 THE
COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2025 DOUG AND EMMA
0462 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF LAWRENCE DECARO AS A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 9TH, 2026 SUBMITS A
REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE APPOINTMENT OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON SORRY THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON POST
AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COMES FROM MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I DIDN'T THE POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY
COMMITTEE HELD A VIRTUAL HEARING ON THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025 TO DISCUSS DOCKETS 01060107 AND 0462 WE WERE
JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR AT FLYNN COUNCILOR GABRIELLE AKALITUS ABOUT THE COUNCILOR LIZ BREADON AND COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIS RITCHIE LOUIJEUNE AND
COUNCIL AT LARGE ERIN MURPHY WE ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL AROUND THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM JENNIFER GATTO, LAWRENCE TAKARA AND SAMANTHA REIMER.
THE APPOINTEES RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS FROM THE MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING THEIR CREDENTIALS QUALIFICATIONS, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE THEY ALSO ADDRESSED HOW THEY WOULD
EXERCISE INDEPENDENCE THE RATIONALE BEHIND THEIR DECISIONS AND THE CRITERIA THEY WOULD USE IN THEIR ROLES. JENNIFER GATTO IS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME SERVICE INC, A THRIVING
MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS WITH OVER 300 EMPLOYEES ACROSS FIVE STATES. SHE'S ALSO A GOLDMAN SACHS 10,000 SMALL BUSINESS ALUMNA AND AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER . LARRY DECATUR IS A FORMER
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE. SAMANTHA REIMER IS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AT UP TOGETHER
WITH EXPERIENCE AND CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP AND A NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT ALL THREE APPOINTEES DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE, DEDICATION AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES AS THE CHAIR OF COMMITTEE ON POST
AUDIT, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCUMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND
FORMAL ACTION AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT THESE APPOINTMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNT IS
IT ON THIS? IT'S NOT ON THE DOCKET. OKAY. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR ME HERE. THERE WAS AN INFORMATIVE HEARING AND GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT
FROM FROM THESE FOLKS ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY
TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0106 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL HOSSEINI THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0106 IS PASSED.
THIS APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY SINCE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0107
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALSO SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0107 HAS PASSED THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCESSIBILITY ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0462 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0462 IS PASSED. THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT NUMBER 054890548 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
IT WAS REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 26, 2025 DOCKET NUMBER 0548 IN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF BOSTON CODE CHAPTER SEVEN SECTION SEVEN DASH 15 BOSTON
COMMEMORATION COMMISSION SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT DOCKET ALL TO PASS THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CUT AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS REVIEW DOCKET 0548A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON COMMEMORATION COMMISSION . THE AMENDMENT RESTRUCTURES THE COMMISSION MODIFIES ITS LEADERSHIP AND MEETING STRUCTURE AND SHIFTS ITS ROLE FROM IMPLEMENTATION TO ADVISORY
. THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION WILL MARK UPCOMING HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARIES INCLUDING THE US TO 50TH IN 2024 AND THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY OF BOSTON IN 2030
AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARIES FOR ALL OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO TELL THE FULL RANGE OF OUR HISTORY INCLUDING THE STRUGGLES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BOSTON'S COMMUNITIES WHO ARE TOO OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THE OFFICIAL
NARRATIVE. THERE WAS A REPORT AUTHORED BY THE COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE COMMITTEE STAFF THAT OUTLINED SOME INTERNAL ISSUES THAT CREATED THIS ORDINANCE. THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THIS COUNCIL DURING OUR
FEBRUARY 26TH MEETING AND IT STATES THE FOLLOWING THE CHALLENGES INCLUDING THE MANIFESTED CHALLENGES OF THIS COMMISSION INCLUDE BEING UNABLE TO REACH QUORUM DUE TO THE SIZE
OF THE COMMISSION AND THE INABILITY TO CREATE A FLESHED OUT RECOMMENDATION FOR COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE. AND I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE NOW
ADMINISTRATOR KENZIE BOK THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY THOROUGH PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED ULTIMATELY I THINK IN DECEMBER 2021 THE WAY IN WHICH THAT THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION IS
NOW IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO MEET QUORUM AND IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO TAKE ON SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AS AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY STAFF HAVE WORK TO
UPDATE THE ORDINANCE FOUNDING THE CON COMM WHICH SUCH THAT THE CORM FOR THE COMMISSION MEETINGS WILL BE REDUCED FROM 23 TO 19. THE ORDINANCE ALSO HAS BEEN UPDATED TO CHANGE THE
SUBCOMMITTEES INTO ADVISORY COMMITTEES SO THAT THESE THREE SUBCOMMITTEES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY PUBLIC BODIES MIGHT MIGHT ACT AS ADVISORY BODIES TO THE COMMISSION INSTEAD THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A DEDICATED
GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WORK ON PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING COMMEMORATIONS THAT THE COMMISSION CAN APPROVE AND RECOMMEND TO RELEVANT CITY TO PARTIES, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THE KEY CHANGES IN THIS
PROPOSED ORDINANCE INCLUDE RESTRUCTURING A MEMBERSHIP AND REDUCING IT. SO AGAIN REDUCING THE COMMISSION SIZE WHICH IS NOW 44 I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST THAT WE HAVE TO 39 MEMBERS BY
RE BY REMOVING CERTAIN EX-OFFICIO POSITIONS IT ADDS NEW REPRESENTATION INCLUDING EMBRACE BOSTON THE DIRECTOR OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION THE BOSTON FOUNDATION THE
MASSACHUSETTS COMPETITIVE PARTNERSHIP A HOSPITALITY WORKER AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CHARLESTOWN. IT EXPANDS REPRESENTATION IN BOSTON'S DIVERSE HISTORY INCLUDING API INDIGENOUS,
BLACK, LATIN, LGBTQ I PLUS AND WOMEN'S HISTORY. IT ALSO MAKES LEADERSHIP AND MEETING ADJUSTMENTS SO IT ELECTS A CHAIR OR CO-CHAIRS EVERY TWO YEARS INSTEAD OF ANNUALLY. IT REPLACES FORMAL
SUBCOMMITTEES WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS REQUIRES THE CITY TO ASSIGN TWO FULL TIME STAFF TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION AND HAS A MEETING OPEN TO REVOLUTION TO
50 AND STATE LEVEL COMMISSIONS. IT ALSO SHIFTS THE ROLE TO ADVISORY AS I MENTIONED AND MANDATES A MANDATE TO BUY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT EXTENDS THE COMMISSION BEYOND 2031. SO IT ALLOWS THE COMMISSION TO CONTINUE BEYOND JUNE 30TH, 2031 PROVIDED IT KEEPS SUBMITTING REPORTS.
AND JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE URGENCY, WE DID NOT HOLD A HEARING ON THIS BUT I HAVE REVIEWED THE AMENDMENTS AND I MADE SURE THAT IT WAS INCLUDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT FOR THE AGENDA SO MY COLLEAGUES COULD REVIEW IF THEY WANTED TO.
IF WE DIDN'T PASS THIS TODAY THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE QUORUM ISSUES FOR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND FOR THE NEXT MEETING ON THE 24TH WITH ANOTHER WORKING GROUP MEETING ON APRIL THE THIRD. FOR THE BIGGER CONTEXT THERE'S
A LOT THAT THE COMMISSION IS UNDERTAKING TO KICK OFF THE 250TH CELEBRATIONS ONE OF WHICH BEING THE RIDE OF PAUL REVERE FROM THE NORTH THEN TO CHARLESTOWN AND MY DISTRICT WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO THAT AND SO THIS WILL PROVIDE A MORE EFFECTIVE BODY THAT WILL ENABLE MORE EVENT PLANNING AND COLLABORATION. AND SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS I'M RECOMMENDING THAT THIS DOCKET BE ADVANCED TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ORDINANCE OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
WORK ON THIS AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION WE ARE OFTEN FOLLOWING INTO THE QUALM PITFALLS AND SO I APPRECIATE THE STEADY WORK ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THOSE QUORUM
ISSUES AND THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO AND FOR EMBRACE BOSTON TO BE PART OF THIS WORK. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. THE CHAIR CAN I JUST COMFORTABLE UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK
YOU MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT UP A QUESTION TO THE CHAIR?
YOU MAY IS IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A VETERAN OR A DISABLED VETERAN IS ADDED TO THE COMMITTEE? DO THE CHAIR COUNCIL CUT AS A PART OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND? YOU MAY. I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE SHOULD APPROVE THIS WITH A DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC
PRESERVATION TO ADD A VETERAN AND I'M PRETTY SURE THERE IS A VETERAN REPRESENTATION. YEAH, I THINK THERE'S ALREADY A VETERAN REPRESENTATION. I'M SORRY THAT I DON'T HAVE THE FORCE IN FRONT OF ME BUT I COULD CONFIRM AND GET BACK TO
SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY TO THE CHAIR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUSHING THIS.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I CARE A LOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AT THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION AND I THINK THIS WILL MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND HELP THERE GET MORE DONE AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
250TH SO THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. THEY'RE GOING TO DRAG AND AS THIS COMES FROM HERE COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR BOK. I KNOW SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS WORK. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT BUT SHE WAS LIKE REALLY KICKED OUT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE LEADING THIS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON NOW THAT
FOUR YEARS LATER I GET IT AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE IT AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR DURKIN FOR HOSTING A LANDMARK COMMISSION LUNCH AND LEARN NOT SO LONG AGO WHERE I GOT TO MEET SOME OF THE STAFF
AND SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE LEADING THE WORK SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE WORK IS BEING LED BY AND WITH THE SUPER INTENTIONALITY AROUND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS NEVER
FORGETTING OUR HISTORY AND ENSURING THAT BLACK AND BROWN AND INDIGENOUS FOLKS ARE UPLIFTED AS WE COLLABORATE OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY. WE'VE BEEN HERE AND SO REALLY
LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT AS THE WORK CONTINUES THAT OUR EXPERIENCES AND OUR CELEBRATIONS ARE TRULY REFLECTIVE OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
THANK YOU FROM HERE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR COLETTA THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0548 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0548 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. ARE WE RETURNING TO DOCKET NUMBER THAT THE CHAIR
RECOGNIZES COUNCIL DURKAN YES. I WANTED TO MOTION TO REVISIT 0690 IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VIA THE THE CHAIR OF FOUR THAT I AM THE CHAIR OH I'M SORRY WHICH
DOCKET 069000690 OKAY THANK YOU. SO THAT DOCKET 0690 WAS PLACED IN THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE YOU'D
LIKE TO RE I WANTED TO DO A MOTION TO REVISIT OKAY. MOTION TO RECONSIDER PLACEMENT 069 SECONDED ALL THOSE ARE HEARSAY I I THAT DOCKET IS BEFORE THE BODY.
THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I PUT MY LIGHT ON A LITTLE TOO LATE. AS CHAIR OF THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE I CONCUR WITH THE UNANIMOUS DECISION OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND
PROUDLY SUPPORT THE DESIGNATION OF 318 METROPOLITAN AVENUE IN ROSENDALE AS A LANDMARK. THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, COUNCILOR RIPON ALSO SUPPORTS THIS DESIGNATION. THIS HOUSE IS A BEAUTIFUL BLEND
OF QUEEN AND AND CALL IT COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLES AND ITS WRAPAROUND PORCH DETAILED WINDOWS AND DORIC COLUMN PORTICO. BUT WHAT REALLY MAKES IT SPECIAL IS ITS HISTORY. IN 1943 THE HOUSE WAS LITERALLY
CUT INTO AND PART OF THE HOUSE WAS MOVED AROUND THE CORNER TO 44 MAYNARD STREET. SOMETHING YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT EVERY DAY. EVEN AFTER THAT THE HOME'S INTERIOR REMAINS IMPRESSIVELY INTACT, GIVING US A RARE LOOK
INTO THE PAST. SO I WANTED TO GIVE THIS TO THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR TO SHARE MORE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PIPPIN. I THINK I SAW THIS FUNNY TV. YEAH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH. THIS HOUSE IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS HOUSE IN ROSLINDALE. YOU PROBABLY SAW IT ON CBC A FEW DAYS AGO WHERE THEY WERE HIGHLIGHTING THE HISTORY OF IT. IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1870S AND
IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ACTUALLY THE FIRST HOUSE BUILT IN ROSLINDALE AND IT WAS PART OF THE RAILWAY THAT WOULD TAKE YOU FROM CITY BOSTON UP TO ME TO NEW YORK AND THAT WOULD BE ONE STOP STOPPING LOCATIONS TO ON BOARD BORDER RESIDENTS
FROM ROSLINDALE AS WELL. SO THIS HOUSE HAS A LOT OF HISTORY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CURRENT OWNERS CURRENTLY LIVE THERE AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER BUYS IT NEXT KEEPS IT LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT JUST HAS SO MUCH HISTORY.
THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY SUPPORTS IT. SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE SUPPORT IN FAVOR OF THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT BECOMES A LANDMARK. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY WHO HAD LIVED HERE IN CASE YOU GUYS ARE WONDERING FOX AND CARROLL FAMILIES. TWO WELL-KNOWN LOCAL FAMILIES LIVED HERE. ALBERT FOX PLAYED A ROLE IN THE NEWSPAPER, IN NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AND HIS DAUGHTER
BLANCHE HAMILTON FOX WAS AN OPERA STAR WHOSE PERFORMANCES WERE COVERED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FRANCIS CARROLL, WHO LATER OWNED THE HOUSE, WAS A CLOSE ALLY OF MARRIAGE ON FITZGERALD AND SERVED IN KEY CITY ROLES.
THIS HOUSE REFLECTS BOSTON'S ARCHITECTURAL, CULTURAL AND CIVIC LEGACY. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO PUSH FOR US TO SPEND YESTERDAY ON THIS BOSTON LANDMARK HOPEFULLY A BOSTON LANDMARK WITH YOUR HELP. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. COUNCILOR DURKIN MOVES FOR STRENGTHEN AND POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0690. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
I SUPPOSE THEY MAY EYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKING NUMBERS OF 3050305 ORDINANCE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT CODE IN REGARDS TO MEASURING RACIAL EQUITY IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN NUMBERS 0305 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR COURT COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0325 LUCKY NUMBER
0325 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON'S FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ORAL YOU HAD THE FLOOR . THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESIDENT THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HOSTED A WORKING SESSION ON MONDAY AT 2 P.M. VIRTUALLY TO
GO OVER THE CITY COUNCIL'S FY 26 BUDGET PRIORITIES. THIS WAS OUR THIRD WORKING SESSION ON THE OPERATING BUDGET WHERE WE FOCUSED ON FINALIZING THE LETTER BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT I INTEND TO SEND TO THE
MAYOR AND THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT. IN ATTENDANCE WE HAD COUNSELORS BRAYDON FITZGERALD WEBER AND HERE FLYNN PEPEN AND DURKIN TO START THIS DISCUSSION COVERED A RANGE OF PRIORITIES FROM
COUNSELORS, FROM YOUTH PROGRAMING, YOUTH PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO CITY SERVICES AND CAPITAL PROJECTS. SOME SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS THAT COUNSELORS PRESENTED AT THE
WORK SESSION WERE FAIR HOUSING TESTERS, EXPANDED COMMUNITY INTERACTION TEAMS TO PATROL THE CITY PARKS AND WORKING WITH BP'S BPA SOCIAL WORKERS TO BE
MORE VISIBLE. ABC AND BP BUILDINGS. THE LETTER CENTERS ON EIGHT KEY AREAS OF ADVOCACY FROM THE COUNCIL MORE SUPPORT FOR HOUSING AND FOOD INSECURITY PROTECTING BOSTON'S DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION, INCREASED INVESTMENTS IN QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, EXPANDED PROGRAMS FOR OUR YOUTH COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMITMENTS, EXPANDING SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, GOVERNMENT PRODUCTIVITY AND CAPITAL
PROJECTS. THERE WAS ALSO ADVOCACY FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY AROUND CAPITAL BUDGET ASKING FOR A CLEAR AND EXPEDITED TIMELINE FOR THE JACKSON MAN B.S. WAY OUT OF CENTER TOWN FIELD IN
SOUTH BOSTON LIBRARY AS WE CONTINUE THIS BUDGET PROCESS. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON MONDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 6 P.M. AT THE LILLIAN G.
FREDERICK PILOT SCHOOL ON COLUMBIA ROAD. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO WEIGH IN AND TO SHARE THEIR PRIORITIES. AND ADDITIONALLY THE COMMITTEE
WILL HOLD ANOTHER WORKING SESSION ON MARCH 26 AT 2 P.M. WITH SUCH A STAFF WILL PRESENT A REVIEW A PRIOR SPENDING TRANSFERS AND REVENUE FORECASTS
TO HELP INFORM OUR WORK BEFORE THE MAYOR FILES THE BUDGET ON APRIL NINE. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR RL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK SO FAR
ON THE BUDGET. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0325 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS,
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT FOR LEAD SPONSORS YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE 2 MINUTES TO BECOME A DOCKET.
MR COURT CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0691.0691 COUNCILOR DURKIN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 31ST AS TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR DURKIN COMRADE DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OH, SORRY. CAN YOU GET THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO SWAP THE VERSION
THAT WHICH IS NOW ON EVERYONE'S DESK OF THIS DOCKET MOTION. MOTION. SO THESE ARE TWO MOTION TWO SUBSTITUTION IS THAT IS A SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY VICE
HABIT SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND WITH THE SUBSTITUTION AND I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT COUNSELOR SANTANA IS THE SECOND AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR BREADON AS A
THIRD ON THIS DOCKET. COUNSELOR SANTANA IS ON HERE AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. COUNSELOR DURKIN USES BEND THE RULES THAT COUNSELOR BREADON AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES A READING SO ADDED COUNSELOR DARKENING OF THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK OUR PRESENTATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE TRANS COMMUNITY IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING TO PROTECT THEM, TO UPLIFT THEM
AND TO HONOR THEM AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THREATS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR SANTANA AND COUNSELOR BREADON AND ALL
OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A SUSPENDED PASS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR DURKIN, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY.
WELL, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN, COUNSELOR FOR ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION AS WELL. I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY DURING MY 24 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE U.S. NAVY, I
SERVED ALONGSIDE MANY FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE READY TO SACRIFICE AND RISK THEIR LIVES FOR THE LOVE OF THEIR COUNTRY. IT WAS WRONG THAT THOUSANDS
OF LGBT Q PLUS SERVICE MEMBERS WERE DENIED BENEFITS AND ACTUALLY WERE DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE SIMPLY FOR THE PERSON THEY LOVED SINCE WORLD WAR TWO
AND MOST RECENTLY UNDER THE DON'T ASK DON'T TELL POLICY FROM 1994 TO 2000. I GATHER AS THE ONLY VETERAN ON THE COUNCIL I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE
LGBTQ PLUS VETERANS. BOSTON VETERANS COMMISSIONER ROB SANTILLO SANTIAGO AND I PREVIOUSLY ADVOCATED FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE HAD AN OTHER THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE STATUS BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION WHICH MADE THEM INELIGIBLE FOR MANY VETERANS AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY DISCHARGED AND RECEIVED A LESS
THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. UNABLE TO ACCESS SUCH AS THE GI BILL OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF BENEFITS MYSELF AND ROB SANTIAGO ACTUALLY STARTED THE
CONVERSATION IN THIS COUNTRY TO LOBBY CONGRESS THAT THOSE DISCHARGES DISCHARGE PAPERS SHOULD BE UPGRADED TO AN
HONORABLE, HONORABLE DISCHARGE WHICH I HAVE. IT WAS ALSO WRONG THAT THIS JANUARY PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BAN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM JOINING
THE JOINING IN SERVING OPENLY IN THE MILITARY AND AS WE KNOW MANY ARE BEING DISCHARGED RIGHT NOW UNDER UNDER SIMILAR
POLICIES. ACCORDING TO A RESEARCH INSTITUTE THAT FOCUSED ON STUDYING AND ADVOCATING FOR LGBTQ PLUS INCLUSION WITHIN THE
US MILITARY, THE PERCENT OF TRANSGENDER SERVING IN THE US MILITARY IS 1% WHICH IS ABOUT 15,000 15,000 PEOPLE.
AGAIN, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THE COUNTRY. THAT ALONE SHOULD SPEAK VOLUMES AND WHY ANYTHING ELSE SHOULD
NOT BE ACCEPTED ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE UNWILLING TO ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE UNWILLING TO RISK THEIR LIVES. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE SUPPORT THOSE THAT HAVE THAT HAVE
JOINED THE MILITARY AND ARE WILLING TO DO THAT AND IT SHOULD NOT MATTER ON THEIR STATUS. WE SHOULD NEVER DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST THOSE WHO WANT TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY BASED ON THEIR GENDER SEXUAL ORIENTATION. THEY SHOULD ALWAYS BE A PLACE FOR THOSE WHO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY WITH PRIDE. LIKE ALL TROOPS, THEY DESERVE
TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. I REALIZE THIS IS MORE OF A FEDERAL ISSUE BUT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
AND I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY'VE MADE TO THIS COUNTRY. IN SEPTEMBER I'LL JUST BE ANOTHER MINUTE MADAM CHAIR
OF US IN SEPTEMBER 2022 WHEN FAR RIGHT GROUPS MADE BOMB THREATS AND TARGETED BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. I MET WITH THE HOSPITAL TEAM
AND OUR ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL INSTEAD WITH THE STAFF, YOUTH AND PARENTS WHO WERE ATTACKED. I ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE IMPORTANT WORK OF FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER WHICH PLAYS A IMPORTANT ROLE IN MY
DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH END BUT ALSO THE SOUTH END HEALTH CENTER WHICH IS NOW EAST BOSTON HEALTH CENTER. BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL HEALTH CARE, HEALTH
EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. AS A CITY COUNCILOR REPRESENTING A LARGE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTH
END IN SOUTH BOSTON IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON, I WAS PROUD TO OPPOSE THE CANNABIS DISPENSARY PROPOSAL AT 1220 WASHINGTON STREET, WHICH IS A CATHEDRAL
STATION. MANY OF YOU KNOW IN JUNE OF 2023 SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING LGBTQ PLUS GATHERINGS SPACES IN
THE CITY WE KEPT IT OPEN. I AM PROUD TO BE A FRIEND AND STRONG ADVOCATE FOR MY NEIGHBORS IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT BOSTON IN MASSACHUSETTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR HOSTING THAT RECEPTION AND I WANT TO I THINK AGAIN UPLIFT THE WORDS OF HAZEL OF OF GISELLE AND JACK FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP AS WELL. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME, MR CLERK? BECAUSE THAT COUNCIL IS CUT AS A PARTY FOR AN EDGE. ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN THAT
BEEN WEBER WORLD. MARIA MURPHY PLEASE AVID CHAIR COUNCILORS DURKIN SANTANA AND BRAYDEN SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER
0691 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I AM OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 069290692 COUNCILOR DURKIN OFFER THE FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING
TO EXPLORE THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN IMPROVING CITY SERVICES AND GOVERNANCE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO LONGER SOME FUTURISTIC IDEA. IT'S HERE SHAPING HOW WE WORK,
COMMUNICATE AND GOVERN FROM HEALTH CARE DIAGNOSTICS TO CITY PLANNING. A.I. HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE PUBLIC SERVICES FASTER, SMARTER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE.
BUT LIKE ANY POWERFUL TOOL A.I. HAS TO BE THOUGHT OF THOUGHTFULLY. THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS HOW I CAN IMPROVE CITY SERVICES WHILE MAKING SURE WE ARE KEEPING THINGS FAIR, ETHICAL AND
TRANSPARENT. CITIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALREADY USING AI IN BIG WAYS. PITTSBURGH'S SMART TRAFFIC SIGNALS HAVE CUT DOWN ON CONGESTION AND REDUCE IDLING TIME BY 40%.
HONG ZOO CHINA HAS BUILT A CITYWIDE A.I. SYSTEM THAT HAS HELPED CUT CUT AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIMES IN HALF. CHICAGO IS USING AI TO SPOT FOODBORNE ILLNESS AND OUTBREAKS
BY SCANNING TWITTER LETTING HEALTH INSPECTORS STEP IN A WEEK SOONER TO STOP SPREAD. THESE CITIES SHOW US WHAT'S POSSIBLE WITH AI IS DONE RIGHT. BUT A.I. IS NOT A MAGIC FIX.
NEW YORK'S AI CRIME DETECTION TOOL HAS HELPED SOLVE CRISES YET OTHERS ATTEMPT TO A.I. DRIVEN POLICING IN LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO BACKFIRED DUE TO BIAS. SOME CITIES ARE EMBRACING A.I.
POWERED SURVEILLANCE BUT PLACES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO AND BOSTON HAVE BANNED FACIAL RECOGNITION BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER RACIAL PROFILING AND POLICY VIOLATIONS. BOSTON IS A CITY STARTING TO
EXPLORE AI'S ROLE IN CITY GOVERNMENT. LAST WEEK THE CITY'S INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY CABINET LAUNCHED A SURVEY FOR MUNICIPAL BOYS TO LEARN HOW A.I. IS ALREADY BEING
USED AND WHERE IT CAN BE USED EVERY DAY TO SHAPE DECISIONS BEING MADE IN CITY HALL. I HAD A CALL THIS MONDAY WITH CHIEF CRISIS DIRECTOR LAWRENCE EVANS AND CITY COUNCIL KERRY JORDAN.
IT'S CLEAR WE'RE LEADING THE WAY AS A U.S. CITY. WE HAVE GUIDANCE THAT OTHER CITIES ARE LOOKING TO. WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE BEST BEST AI RESEARCHERS IN BOSTON NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY'S
INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENTIAL A.I. AND BOSTON'S UNIVERSITY'S HARIRI INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTING ARE LEADING THE WAY IN STUDYING AI'S IMPACT ON EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY'S TASK FORCE REMINDS US A KEY LESSON A.I. SHOULD NOT REPLACE HUMAN DECISION MAKING BUT INSTEAD INSTEAD HELP PEOPLE MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. BOSTON IS ALREADY TAKING AN
IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD RESPONSIBLE A I USE IN 2023 THE CITY OF BOSTON INTRODUCED ITS INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR USING GENERATIVE AI LED BY CHIEF GARCES. THESE GUIDELINES FOCUS ON
TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY, MAKING SURE AI IS NOT JUST A TOOL IS JUST A TOOL AND NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR USE FOR HUMAN JUDGMENT. AND YOU SEE ME SOMEWHAT STUMBLING OVER THIS SPEECH
TODAY IT'S BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN BY A.I. AND PRIVACY AND SECURITY NEED TO BE FRONT AND CENTER. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CONCERNS
OF OUR AI EFFECTS WORKERS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WORRY THAT I WILL TAKE JOBS OR DEVALUE WORK THAT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES DO. AND THAT'S WHY CITY UNIONS HAVE TO BE CORE TO THIS CONVERSATION.
THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE. IT'S ABOUT EFFICIENCY. SURE. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING IT IS ABOUT RUNNING A CITY WELL, AND THE PEOPLE DOING THAT WORK ARE THE ONES THAT WE NEED TO CENTER IN THIS CONVERSATION.
THEY KNOW WHAT WORKS, THEY KNOW WHAT DOESN'T AND THEY KNOW THAT ANY AI ADOPTION HAS TO REFLECT THEIR EXPORT EXPERIENCE NOT SIDELINE IT. SOME WILL SAY BOSTON NEEDS TO
MOVE FASTER ON AI ADOPTION WHILE OTHERS WILL WORRY THAT AI WILL REPLACE YOU AND WORKERS. THAT'S WHAT THIS CONVERSATION IS ALL ABOUT. AND TO PROVE MY POINT I HELPED WRITE THIS IT WAS USED TO
ORGANIZE THE RESEARCH BUT OBVIOUSLY I HAD TO REVIEW IT. I HAD TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED IT TO SAY. I HAD TO THINK ABOUT THE MESSAGE I WANTED TO CONVEY. AND BY THE WAY, GENERAL AI IS
DIFFERENT THAN ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS WE CAN UNLOCK WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS PUBLIC HEALTH. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HAVE THIS BROAD CONVERSATION THAT'S
NOT JUST ABOUT YOU TALKING TO JAGDEEP OR YOU TALKING TO A THING THAT'S HAVING A DELUSION. NOT ALL AI IS GOOD NOT ALL AI IS HELPFUL. JUST THIS MORNING I HAD A
COFFEE WITH CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY AND HER WORRIES ABOUT PEOPLE BEING THE IMAGES OF PEOPLE BEING AND VIDEOS OF PEOPLE BEING CREATED.
AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF WORRIES THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS. BUT THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO BE HAVING AT THE CITY COUNCIL NOW. SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE APPROPRIATE CHAIR ON THIS
PARTICULAR FILING AND TALKING AND BRINGING REALLY ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD?
COUNCILOR WORRELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR INTRODUCING THIS. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO SHOUT OUT ANDRE BROWN WHO CAME TO ONE OF THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY LISTENING SESSIONS
FOR BUDGET AND HE SPOKE ABOUT WANTING TO AND STARTING NEW WORK AROUND CENTER IN OUR COMMUNITY AROUND. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND I THINK HAVING EVERYONE AT THE TABLE CITY
EMPLOYEES UNIONS TO CITY THERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERY VOICE IS HEARD WHEN WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT. ANDRE BROWN I KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK TO THE COUNCIL'S GREAT IN CUT AS A PARTNER FOR NATIVE UNISON FITZGERALD FLYNN,
MARIA MURPHY, BEN SANTANA, WEBER WORLD PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR DOCKING NUMBER 069 TO WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY.
MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE REDACT A NUMBER OF 0693.0693 COUNCILOR WEBER OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE HOW THE CITY OF BOSTON CAN HIRE LAID OFF FEDERAL WORKERS.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, IT APPEARS THAT, UH,
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ENGAGING IN MASS LAYOFFS WITH THE GOAL OF REACHING A NUMBER WITHOUT DOING ANY OR GIVING ANY THOUGHT TO WHAT IMPACT THESE LAYOFFS WILL HAVE ON NECESSARY
SERVICES. THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES YOU KNOW, OR ON WHAT IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON THE DEDICATED CIVIL SERVANTS WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT FOR FOR IN SOME CASES DECADES. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. YOU KNOW LABOR WORKFORCE IN TERMS DEVELOPMENT. I'M CONCERNED ANY TIME I HEAR
ABOUT MASS LAYOFFS OF WORKERS WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND CERTAINLY READING ABOUT THIS EVOLVING STORY AND SEEING ITS
IMPACT ON NOT JUST YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE GOVERNMENT BUT YOU KNOW, ON THE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT NECESSARY
SERVICES TO TO OUR VETERANS AND IN MANY OTHER AREAS. I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP, YOU KNOW, OTHER OTHER GOVERNMENTS, OTHER
LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEGUN REACHING OUT TO FEDERAL WORKERS. GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL FROM NEW YORK STARTED A YOU'RE HIRED CAMPAIGN WHICH IS AN INITIATIVE
TO RECRUIT WORKERS WITH A WEB PORTAL THAT OFFERS RESOURCES AND SUPPORT LAID OFF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN AN EFFORT TO HELP AGENCIES FILL POSITIONS BY STREAMLINING THE HIRING
PROCESS. REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN OF VIRGINIA STARTED A VIRGINIA HAS JOBS PROGRAM WHICH OFFERS A PACKAGE OF RESOURCES TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO
FEDERAL WORKERS AFFECTED BY THOSE CUTS. AND AND THIS MONTH OUR GOVERNOR GOVERNOR HEALEY LAUNCHED A WEBSITE THAT'S MASTO GOV SLASH
FEDERAL UP WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HELP FORMER PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES SEARCH FOR JOBS IN STATE AGENCIES INCLUDING RESOURCES FOR IMPACTED VETERAN
FEDERAL WORKERS WHO RECENTLY LAID OFF BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW IN THIS BODY WE HAVE HAD HEARINGS ON LONG TERM JOB VACANCIES AND HOW THAT IMPACTS
OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT DIFFICULTIES FINDING TRAINED ENGINEERS WHO ARE DIFFICULTIES FINDING PLANS
EXAMINERS AND IT SEEMS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO WEAR A BOSTON RESIDENT IS BEING LAID OFF YOU KNOW WITH YOU KNOW
FOR FOR SOLELY POLITICAL REASONS WHERE WE CAN STEP UP HELP THAT WORKER AND YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE VITAL SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE, 30,000
FEDERAL WORKERS LIVE IN THE GREATER AREA. IT APPEARS THROUGH THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COURTS HAVE ORDERED BE REVERSED AND WHATSAPP BUT
100,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS JUST IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND JUST EVEN MORE RECENTLY 25 EMPLOYEES IN BOSTON WERE LAID OFF BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION. THIS HEARING IS DESIGNED SO WE CAN START THE PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO TO YOU
KNOW, TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR OUR RESIDENTS BY, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO THESE WORKERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING IN PUBLIC SERVICE
AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THE HARMFUL IMPACTS OF THE MASS FEDERAL LAYOFFS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES YOU'LL COMES PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE FORWARD. IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. COUNCIL 11 COUNCIL MEMBER CORRECTLY MENTIONED THAT THE
FEDERAL WORKFORCE IS MADE UP HEAVILY OF VETERANS AND DISABLED VETERANS ABOUT 30% OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE IS
VETERANS. SO IN MY MY OPINION MY OPINION ONLY IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE TO LAY OFF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE VETERANS AFTER THEY'VE SERVED SO MANY YEARS THE MILITARY AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR NATION. HERE WE ARE GIVING THEM A PINK
SLIP AND DISRUPTING THEIR LIFE, DISRUPTING THEIR ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IF THEY HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF A PARTICULAR CITY OR STATE. BUT THIS PROPOSAL THAT
COUNCIL WEBER IS DISCUSSING WOULD GIVE VETERANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE MAYBE HERE IN BOSTON, MAYBE AT THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT MANY OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE VETERANS AND DISABLED VETERANS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WEBER FOR FILING. WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD IN MY OFFICE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BY THEIR. THEIR JOB HAS BEEN ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK OR THEY'RE
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR JOB BEING ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK LOOKING INTO ROLES AND POSSIBLE OPENINGS HERE AT THE CITY. AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME LONG TERM VACANCIES AS YOU SAID COUNSELOR WEBER AND I KNOW THAT
THERE WAS A RECENT HEARING ON THAT SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS FILING. AND YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I WANT TO SEE THE EXODUS FROM THE ATTEMPTED EXODUS OR PUSH OUT,
STOP IT FROM HAPPENING, LOOK HOW WE CAN SORT OF BE A HELP TO OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CORRECTLY SAID COUNCILORS BREADON CLAUDIA ZAPATA DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON, FLYNN MEJIA
MURPHY BUT THEN WE'RE ALL PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0693 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RECAP NUMBER 0694.0694 COUNCILOR LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE CREATION OF A BOSTON
SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY FOR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR ORAL.
I'D LIKE TO ADD YOU AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR WORRELL SO ADDED AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES KASAMA HE ADDS A THIRD
ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEN HERE NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR ME HE IS ADDED AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT SO MANY OF US CARE ABOUT
OUR SCHOOLS AND HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB A QUICKER JOB OF GETTING NEW SCHOOLS INTO OUR AS PART OF OUR INVENTORY FOR OUR KIDS. POLY'S INFRASTRUCTURE IS POLICY
AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE ATTENDING WORLD CLASS FACILITIES IS VERY IMPORTANT. AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES, MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS AND WHILE WE DO
THAT DIFFICULT AND NECESSARY WORK TO BUILD BETTER EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS. AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN BE DOING A LOT BETTER OF A JOB AT HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET NEW BUILDINGS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS YOU KNOW I REMEMBER ONCE I WAS AT BANCA NEWCOMERS ACADEMY IN DORCHESTER AND A STUDENT CAME UP TO ME AND SAID I DON'T KNOW. I WAS JUST WONDERING I'M NOT SURE BUT CAN LIKE IS AN
ELEVATOR A THING THAT A SCHOOL COULD HAVE? WE HAVE A NUMBER OF KIDS IN OUR SCHOOL WHO ARE DISABLED OR DIFFERENTLY ABLED AND WHO CAN'T TAKE THE STAIRS AND THE WAY THAT MY HEART DROPPED WHEN THE
STUDENT CAME TO ME WITH THIS QUESTION THINK THAT AN ELEVATOR WAS A PRIVILEGE. WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT NEED ACTUAL LIBRARIES OR THE LIBRARIAN OR
SO MANY OF OUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO PLAY BASKETBALL OR TO ENJOY SPORTS. WE HAVE OUR FACILITIES REPORT THAT HAS SHOWN THAT LESS THAN I
IT'S 27 OF OUR SCHOOLS SCORE MORE THAN A 50 ON AN OVERALL ON THE OVERALL FACILITIES REPORT CARD AND THAT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH FOR DECADES WE'VE TRIED TO MOVE
THE NEEDLE ON TEST SCORES, GRADUATION RATES AND CURRICULUM INNOVATION AND YET THE CRITICAL FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT OF EDUCATION ITSELF THE BUILDINGS WHERE OUR KIDS SPEND THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS ARE TOO
OFTEN CRUMBLING. I GO BACK TO MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THE TAILOR AND MY NOSTALGIA LOVES IT BECAUSE IT LOOKS THE SAME BUT THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO BE MEETING THIS MOMENT
OF EDUCATING OUR KIDS ON ISSUES OF STEM AND STEAM OF ARTS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATHEMATICS AND THEY CAN'T DO THAT IN BUILDINGS THAT WERE
BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900S. SO THIS IDEA IS ONE THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT NOODLING YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING OUR COCOA HOURS. WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO WORK IN EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO HAVE A
DEDICATED DEPARTMENT IN IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT JUST FOCUSED ON OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND THAT CAN ALSO DO THE WORK OF OF HAVING DEDICATED REVENUE STREAMS TO BUILD SCHOOLS THAT
ARE WORTHY OF THE DIGNITY OF ALL OF OUR KIDS. AND SO THERE'S BEEN WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN RETHINKING PLANNING, MANAGING AND MAINTAINING AND BUILDING OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES BUT WITHOUT A COHERENT PLAN TO DO SO.
AND SO THIS IS WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN MY OFFICE IN CONVERSATION WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE'VE SEEN CLOSURES LIKE THE WEST ROXBURY EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX AND THE JACKSON MAN BOTH DRIVEN BY DECADES OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
AND AS THEY DISPLACE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND LEFT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED WORK HERE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW CAN WE AS
MUCH AS WE CAN DE-POLITICIZE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS, OF ENSURING THAT OUR KIDS REGARDLESS OF NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOL BUILDINGS. AND SO HAVING THIS DEDICATED
AND I WANT TO SHUT OUT OUR CAPITAL PLANNING DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO SHUT OUT OF FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY DO GREAT WORK THIS IS THAT IDEA ABOUT CONSOLIDATION, ABOUT USING OUR FISCAL STRENGTH HERE, OUR
TRIPLE A BOND RATING TO REALLY BE DOING THE WORK OF INVESTING IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR SCHOOLS. I KNOW I'M I'VE I'VE SPOKEN LONGER THAN I SHOULD AND I'M GOING TO KEEP MYSELF TO WHAT I KEEP EVERYONE ELSE TO.
I HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY BUT WE'LL BE DOING MORE OF THAT DISCUSSION IN THE HEARING. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. COUNSELOR THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA, COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO THIS ORDER TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY WHICH I LOVE IT BECAUSE DECADES OF NEGLECT IN
OUR FACILITIES HAVE LEFT US BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND OFTENTIMES DREAMS AND THAT AT A TIME RIGHT NOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING US DO IS TO ACT.
WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY FOCUSED ON ACCESSING PLANNING AND OVERSEEING SCHOOL FACILITIES WITH A CLEAR LONG TERM VISION. WE'RE SEEING THE CONSEQUENCES OF INACTION SIMPLY OUTRIGHT AT
MADISON PARK FOR DECADES, PARENTS, STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN TOLD WAIT THAT FUNDING WILL COME, THAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY. BUT THEN WE'VE BEEN ASKED AGAIN
TO WAIT FOR FAR TOO LONG AND THE NEEDS REMAIN UNMET. I'M ALSO GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BLACKSTONE THAT IT'S BEEN SINCE 2018 WHEN I WAS DOING PARENT ORGANIZING I WAS GOING
TO THE VP'S SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY. UNTIL THIS DAY THEY'RE STILL FIGHTING AND HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THEY HAVE WALLS IN THEIR
FACILITY. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. I OFTENTIMES SAY THAT SCHOOL CLOSURES AND DISPLACEMENT ARE I
FEEL LIKE GENTRIFICATION AND WE ARE CAUSING HARM AND TRAUMA TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY UNSTABLE. IT IS REALLY TRAUMATIC WHEN YOU GET UPROOTED FROM A COMMUNITY
THAT YOU HAVE GROWN TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SAFE IN AND THEN YOU ARE ASKED TO CLOSE BUILDING DOWN IT IS REALLY TRAUMATIC AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CENTER THAT.
JUST YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE FAMILIES FROM THE DENVER AND THE LYONS WAS HOSTING. IT BEEPS TO FIGHT, KEEP THEIR
DOORS OPEN AND YOU COULD SEE THE TRAUMA AND IMPACT OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE'RE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE WE DESERVE. OUR OFFICE HAS CALLED HEARINGS ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
WE'VE HEARD BOLD PROMISES. WE'VE HEARD THE DEEP FRUSTRATION FROM FAMILIES WHO ARE TIRED OF DELAYS AND SHIFTING PRIORITIES THE NEED FOR REAL TRANSPARENT AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN MASTER
FACILITY PLAN IS URGENT. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO LEAVE OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES IN LIMBO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS HEARING TO HELP PUSH FOR REAL ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY
AND A LONG TERM PLAN THAT CENTERS THE VOICES OF FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I KNOW I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR ATCHISON WHO I
BELIEVE IT WAS A YEAR OR TWO AGO WE BOLDLY HAD THE AUDACITY TO THINK THAT WE AS CITY COUNCILORS CAN STOP DISPLACING THE O'BRIEN AND MOVING IT FROM
THE O'BRIEN TO WEST ROXBURY. IT GOES TO SHOW THAT WHEN THERE IS POLITICAL WILL WE RISE UP. BUT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT AND HERE WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND
LET'S GO. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR INTRODUCING US HERE IN ORDER FOR ADAMY AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OUR SCHOOLS ARE OLD
. WE HEAR ABOUT THE CITY FACILITY ISSUES CONSTANTLY THE H-BACK THE HEATING NO SPACE FOR PROGRAMING LIBRARIES, THE NEED FOR MORE SPACE FOR PROGRAMING,
ROBOTICS, WOODWORK CLASSES WE NEED NEW AND RENOVATED SCHOOLS AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS OUTLINED IN THE HERE IN ORDER A BARRIER TO A MODERN SCHOOL FACILITIES IS FUNDED AND I'VE
SEEN ESTIMATES THAT SUGGEST THAT ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES COULD REQUIRE WELL OVER $3 BILLION AND I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THAT WE SPENT $230
MILLION ON JOSIAH UPPER QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL AND WE'RE LOOKING AT $750 MILLION TO MADISON PARK THERE. WE WILL NEED MORE THAN $3 BILLION TO REALLY REPLACE AND
RENOVATE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. ALTHOUGH THE MSP MBA PROCESS IS SLOW I BELIEVE WE CAN'T LEAVE THE MONEY ON THE TABLE THERE.
20% OF OUR SALES TAX GOES TO THAT AND WE'RE SIMPLY NOT GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE OF IT. I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY HAS REFINED ITS APPLICATION AND WE HAVE TWO NEW SCHOOLS ADDED TO THAT PIPELINE IN THE PAST TWO
YEARS BUT WE CAN'T JUST DO ONE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND IF WE ONLY DO ONE SCHOOL YEAR, GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS WOULD NOT BENEFIT OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING IN OUR SCHOOLS. OUR CITY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO
BUILD AND RENOVATE SCHOOLS A LOT QUICKER THAN THAT. SO THANK YOU THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN IN THIS CONVERSATION I HOPE TO CREATE AN AUTHORITY THAT CAN WORK IN LINE WITH THE EXISTING STREAMS
BY MEMBER AND EXPLORE NEW REVENUE STREAMS DEDICATED RIGHT A PORTION OF THAT REVENUE TO BE DEDICATED TO BUILDING OUR SCHOOLS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FINANCE ANDERSON COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
I WAS AN EXPERT. I APPRECIATE IT. I, I THINK FROM I, I APPRECIATE THIS FILING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. I THINK STREAMLINING SCHOOL
CONSTRUCTION OR BETTER LONG TERM PLANNING, IMPROVING COST MANAGEMENT IS GREAT BUT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS AGAIN NOT FOR HERE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU KNOW, HAVING MY QUESTIONS READY
PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE ADDED BUREAUCRACY. I COULD APPRECIATE THAT FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE IT DOES OFFER MORE CONSTRUCTION CONTROL FROM THE CITY BUT WE ALREADY WE
CURRENTLY HAVE A MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SO I GUESS YOU KNOW, IT'S QUESTIONS OF POP UP IN MY MIND AND I WANT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS ABOUT
PARTICULARLY THE CONFLICTS THERE AND IF IT WOULD BE ANY TYPE OF CONTROL ISSUES SINCE MASS ALREADY HAS ONE AND WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND THEN ADDED AGAIN IN TERMS OF ADDED BUREAUCRACIES AND ADDED BUDGETS ,POLITICAL CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND
APPROVAL YOU KNOW THAT CAN GO IN INITIAL SET UP COSTS. THIS WOULD BE AN ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION STAFF AND OPERATIONAL COSTS TO GO WITH IT.
SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA IN THE LONG TERM BUT WITH ALL OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T GET UP YOU KNOW A BRAND NEW BUILDING TO CREATE THE
FACILITIES THAT THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DESERVE IN TERMS OF HOLISTIC, YOU KNOW, STEAM AND ALL OF THAT INCLUSIVE SCHOOL THEN WE'RE BUILDING
ANOTHER ENTITY SO THAT WE CAN DO THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR NEW FACILITIES THAT WE CAN THAT WE'RE SAYING WE DON'T WE CAN'T AFFORD RIGHT NOW. SO JUST IN TERMS OF TIMING, I
HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO TALK ABOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS SO LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE HEARING BUT I DO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT BACK ON THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING OF THIS YEAR YOU CO-SPONSORED WITH ME COUNCIL WERE THE CLOSURE AND LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN.
SO I AM ENCOURAGING THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION THAT WAS BACK ON JANUARY 8TH TO GET THAT HEARING. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS TRANSPARENT AND SO WE'RE ALMOST A THREE MONTHS SINCE THAT WAS
FILED AND I KNOW MY OFFICE CONTINUES TO REACH OUT TO TRY TO GET THAT ON THE BOOKS AND MAKE SURE THE ADMINISTRATION COMES IN AND TALKS TO US ABOUT THE PLANS THEY ALREADY HAVE. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S YOU
KNOW, PLANS THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING VERY SHARE SHARING WITH. AND THEN MY COUNCILOR MEJIA SAID WE'RE TALKING WITH PARENTS ,STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT JUST FEEL LIKE
THEY'VE BEEN BETRAYED IN ALONGSIDE WITH COUNCIL HERE AND THEN UNDERSTAND UNDERSTANDING AND PROBABLY SEVERAL OTHER OF US DID BACK ON THE O'BRIEN SO YOU KNOW THERE'S TIMES WHEN
WE WANT THE COMMUNITY VOICE TO BE HEARD BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT STOPPING FUNDING. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHERE WE'RE DELAYING MADISON PARK IS NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THE ROUTE OF, YOU KNOW, THE MASS BUILDING
AUTHORITY SO WE NEVER WANT TO TURN AWAY MONEY ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO TIMES WHEN WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. BUT YOU KNOW, I SPENT 24 YEARS WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS WHEN IT
SCHOOLS MY KIDS ATTENDED THESE SCHOOLS AND ANYONE WHO'S IN MOST OF OUR BUILDINGS NEED A LOT OF HELP AND WE NEED TO JUST REALLY GET TO THE WORK BUT WANT TO HAVE THIS HEARING AND REALLY DECIDE IT IS ANOTHER OFFICE
GOING TO GET US WHAT WE WANT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE WHAT WE WANT IN THE END IS THAT OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE THE BUILDINGS THEY DESERVE. SO THANK YOU AND I HOPE WE GET THAT HEARING SOON BECAUSE I DO
THINK IT'S TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS ONE TO REALLY KNOW WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION ALREADY HAS PLANNED AND NOT JUST SHARE IT OUT IN PIECEMEAL AND THAT'S WHEN I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY START TO FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE BEING TRICKED AND THEN ONCE YOU LOSE THEIR TRUST IT'S HARDER FOR US TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED. THANK YOU, CHAIR THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON.
COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND I THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK IT'S FOR PAST TIME TO
LOOK AT ALL OF THIS. YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT IT. IT'S BEEN DECADES. WE'VE HAD A FEW NEW BUILDINGS, NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS BUILT IN THE LAST DECADE PROBABLY. BUT BEFORE THAT THERE WAS A
LONG, LONG TIME PROBABLY BACK TO THE 1970S WHEN WE HADN'T BUILT ANY MANY SCHOOLS AT ALL. AND YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED AT A TIME WHEN CHILDREN WERE
STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO WALK TO SCHOOL, THEY WEREN'T TRAVELING ACROSS THE CITY, ETC. AND SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES IN EDUCATION NOW. SO AS WE COMPARE OUR SCHOOL
FACILITIES WITH THOSE OF MAYBE MORE SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE HAVE A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD GOOD DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND WE NEED TO
HAVE SOME BETTER WAYS TO PROJECT ENROLLMENT GOING FORWARD AS THE CITY OF BOSTON SORT OF SPLIT OFF THE SCHOOL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND
BUILDING PLAN FROM PUBLIC FACILITIES WAY BACK IN THE 1960S AND I THINK WE ENDED UP I THINK ONE I THINK I I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE BUT I REALLY FEEL THAT THAT'S THAT WAS ONE OF THE
CAUSES OF WHY WE'RE IN THIS THIS INCREDIBLE BACKLOG OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE'S BATHROOMS FOR EXAMPLE BECAUSE
WE HAVEN'T INVESTED APPROPRIATELY IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS OVER MANY, MANY DECADES. MY I ALSO FEEL STRONGLY THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST BILLIONS OF PUBLIC DOLLARS INTO BUILDINGS SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT
THEY OUGHT TO BE OPEN FOR MORE EXTENDED AND THAT THEY ARE THAT THEY BECOME TRULY COMMUNITY AMENITIES, COMMUNITY ASSETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR ADULT
EDUCATION, RECREATION, ETC. SO YOU KNOW, IT IS A BIG BILL VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD SCHOOLS BUT THE SCHOOLS THAT WE BUILD SHOULD BE COMMUNITY ASSETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE 24, SEVEN, 12
MONTHS A YEAR, NOT 24 SEVEN THAT'S A BIT LONG BUT MAYBE 18 HOURS A DAY FOR 4 TO 12 MONTHS A YEAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. WE'RE ALL I STARTED THE DAY THIS MORNING, JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOT THE NOT THE NEW SCHOOL THAT
WAS BUILT AND DID A COMPLETE TOUR OF THE OF THE BUILDING AND OBVIOUSLY ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS NEED INCREDIBLE SUPPORT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT. I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND NOTE THE NOW SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BUT ALSO STATE TREASURER DEB GOLDBERG WHO ULTIMATELY OVERSEES AND THANK HER AND HER TEAM FOR HER PARTNERSHIP THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPORTING THE
CITY OF BOSTON WITH WITH MANY PROJECTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS JOSIAH QUINCY WAS MENTIONED THE OTHER SCHOOL AND ALSO THE CARTER SCHOOL AS WELL
THANK THE COUNCILOR WORRELL THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT CANCER COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH AND I PROMISE TO BE BRIEF. I JUST I WAS A CASUAL INCIDENT OF THE NUMBERS.
I THINK THE MASKS THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY IS GREAT AND THEY DO REALLY GREAT WORK AND THIS BY NO MEANS WOULD MEAN US FOREGOING THAT MONEY THAT THOSE ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE PUT INTO THE MSB THAT THEN COME
BACK TO THE CITY. SO THIS WOULD DEFINITELY BE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORK THAT I MEMBERS DOING BUT SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADD ON TO THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHEN THEY
WOULDN'T LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA COUNCILOR DURKIN CASA FINANCE ANDERSON COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN
COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL PEPEN COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0694 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU BE CAN YOU PLEASE READ DUNCAN NUMBER 0695
DUNCAN NUMBER 0695 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE FREMONT STREET DESIGN PROJECT IN THE SOUTH END. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FLYNN KINDS OF FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M FILING THIS HEARING ORDER TODAY TO REVIEW THE CHANGES MADE TO TREMONT STREET IN MY DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH END IN
2018 THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT STARTED THE THREE MONTHS STREET DESIGN PROJECT WITH A STATED GOAL TO IMPROVE IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS, SLOW TRAFFIC AND CREATE SAFER
BIKE LANES. THE DESIGN OF OUR STREETS HAS A BIG IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SAFETY RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES.
WHILE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WERE HELD, THE FAILING FROM NEIGHBORS WAS THAT THE CHANGES WERE IMPLEMENTED WITH MINIMAL COLLABORATION IN RESIDENTS VOICES WERE NOT HEARD DURING
THE LAST FEW YEARS CONSTRUCTION ON BOTH SIDES OF TREMONT STREET RESULTED IN A ROAD DIET AND A REDUCTION OF ROAD SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE DEDICATED BIKE
LANES WITH WITH BARRIERS OVER THE LAST YEAR I HAVE STARTED TO HEAR AND MET WITH RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WITH EXPRESSED THAT THE ROAD DIET WHICH HAS RESULTED IN ONE TRAVEL LANE IN
EITHER DIRECTION DIED FROM ON STREET THAT THE REMOVAL OF ROAD SPACE AND VISIT A PARKING SPACE THAT HIT THAT IT HAS HAD AND MADE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY VEHICLES WHAT PATRONS LOOKING TO PARK VISITORS LOOKING TO GO TO THE LIBRARY MONTHS AGO I SPECIFICALLY MET WITH SMALL BUSINESS HOLDERS ALONG TREMONT
STREET. ONE WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS THAT HAD BEEN IN BOSTON SINCE THE 1970S WHO SAID THAT THEY ARE LOSING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EACH MONTH DUE TO
THE TREMONT STREET DESIGN REDESIGN. OTHERS ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN REDUCED FOOT TRAFFIC DECREASING REVENUE AS PATRONS WHO WANT TO VISIT AND SPEND THEIR MONEY IN
THE SOUTH END CANNOT FIND PARKING. RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES HAVE ASKED ME TO PITCH IT FROM OUR STREET AT RUSH HOUR WITH A ROAD DIET THAT REMOVES A TRAFFIC
LANE CONCRETE BARRIER FOR BIKE LANES AND WITH VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET INCLUDING DELIVERY TRUCKS, BUSSES, RIDESHARES AND REGULAR
TRAFFIC. THEY ASKED ME TO THINK ABOUT BAD WEATHER OR A SNOWSTORM HOW DIFFICULT IT WILL BE FOR OUR DEDICATED FIRST RESPONDERS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE BOSTON
FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOSTON TO NAVIGATE THROUGH ALL OF THAT AREA THE LIMITED ROAD SPACE IN AN EMERGENCY. WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR
FIRE IN THE SOUTH END IN ROXBURY NEAR MASSIVE CHAOS ON SUNDAY. WE THANK THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND COURAGE IN THEIR RESPONSE.
THERE WAS A PHOTO THAT ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNER SENT TO ME THAT I SHARED IN THE PAST TRAVELING THE SAME WAY DOWN THE STREET. THE PHOTO SHOWED A COMMERCIAL DELIVERY TRUCK, PARKED A
GARBAGE TRUCK THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET PARKED OVER THE MEDIAN DOUBLE YELLOW LINES AND THEN AN MBTA BUS GOING AROUND THEM TRAVELING DOWN THE WRONG WAY OF THE
STREET. THE POINT IS NOT TO SUGGEST THAT THIS IS OKAY. NO SERIOUS PERSON CONDONES THAT BUT THE PHOTO DOES ILLUSTRATE THAT OUR DECISIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
ANY TIME WE MAKE A DECISION WE NEED TO CONSIDER LONG TERM IMPACTS AND WORST CASE SCENARIOS SCENARIOS AND THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE HAVE TO HAVE
A TERM ON STREET THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR ECONOMY. THEY NEED TO MAKE DELIVERIES INCLUDING ALONG MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS. RESIDENTS WANT TO GET
COFFEE FOR GOODS OR TO PARK ALONG COMMERCIAL STREETS AT A TIME OF FALLING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES AND WORK FROM HOME. WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND IMPROVE THE
ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR CITY AFTER YEARS OF THE TREMONT STREET DESIGN REDESIGN, IT IS WORTHWHILE TO GET AN UPDATE FROM BTD IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE
CITY OF BOSTON TO LISTEN TO THE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AS KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES IN RESIDENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THESE DECISIONS EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TIME'S UP FOR AN ENTRY. ANDERSON, YOU HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, CASTLE FLYNN FOR FILING THIS. I OF COURSE ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT
AND THE CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT WHICH SHARES FREMONT HAS EXPRESSED APPARENTLY THAT THEY ARE IN OPPOSITION OPPOSITION TO THIS.
I DO HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY CYCLING'S A GOOD THING. SAFE STREETS IS A GOOD THING AND BUT HERE IN THIS AREA CONSTITUENTS HAVE SHOWN THAT IT
WOULD ENCROACH ON THE SMALL BUSINESSES DISPLACING SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN EDISON SQUARE AND LIKE THE CONCERN THE CONCERN ON BLUE HILL AVENUE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
HEARING AND THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE PROPOSED AS A TRANSPORTATION. WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY NEXT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE A CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSPORTATION
STUDY TO UNDERSTAND IMPACTS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS TO NEIGHBORHOODS BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY TO ALTERNATIVES TO MIDDLE LANE OR BIKE LANES AND
IT WAS IT WAS THE CONVERSATIONS WERE POSITIVE BUT IT'S YET TO COME TO FRUITION. SO I THINK I'M INTERESTED IN FILING SOME SORT OF ORDER FOR A STUDY WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY
LOOK AT THE IMPACTS WE CAN UNDERSTAND ACROSS THE CITY HOW ONE DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IS IMPACTING ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN AS AS COUNCILOR DURKAN HAS A DARKENING OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION CITY WIDE ABOUT
WHAT BUS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT CURB SIDE REGULATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
WITH EVERY BIKE LANE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT IN THE CITY WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE SAVED LIVES WITH EVERY BIKE LANE THAT HASN'T BEEN BUILT WITH EVERY PROTECTION THAT DOES NOT EXIST WITH EVERY BARRIER THAT DOES
NOT EXIST. WE HAVE HAD INJURIES IN DISTRICT EIGHT. WE HAVE HAD TWO DEATHS ONE ON SCOOTER AND ONE ON A PEDESTRIAN
ROAD SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE AND I THINK FOR ME PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF THE MOST VULNERABLE ROAD USERS ARE PEOPLE THAT WE DO NEED TO PRIORITIZE IN ADDITION TO
BUSINESSES IN ADDITION TO OTHER VOICES AND RESIDENTS. AND IT'S ALL VERY COMPLICATED EVERY SINGLE STREET IS DIFFERENT BUT I JUST I AM
AFRAID THAT THE CONVERSATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS REALLY GOTTEN SORT OF THAT WE'VE BECOME A LITTLE BIT
DESENSITIZED TO THE CONVERSATION AROUND SAFETY AND I CAN TELL YOU I HAD A RECENT EXPERIENCE ON A BIKE THAT HAS PUT ME OFF OF A BIKE FOR TWO
WEEKS. FOR TWO MONTHS I WAS HECKLED. SOMEONE BEHIND ME SAID YOU BETTER MOVE YOU FAT B-WORD BEHIND ME WHILE I WAS BIKING IN
AN AREA THAT DID NOT HAVE A PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND I DO NEED TO SHARE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAUMA THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE RIDING ON TWO WHEELS FEEL IN THE CITY AND AS WE'RE
REACHING SUMMER MONTHS BLUE BIKES OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE RIDING ON THEIR OWN TWO WHEELED DEVICES, THEY DO GET HECKLED.
THEY ARE IMPACTED BY THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND I DO THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALIZE THAT IN THE CULTURE WAR THAT IS HAPPENING AROUND BIKES
AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE WE DO NEED TO CENTER THOSE THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE PEDESTRIANS BIKE USERS, PEOPLE ON TWO WHEELS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE STOOD BEHIND.
I RAN ON BEING SOMEONE WHO IS FOR SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE STREETS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND IF THIS IS PLACED IN MY COMMITTEE I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A NUANCED CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO IS
VULNERABLE ON THE ROADS AND HOW WE CAN PROTECT THEM. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS.
I THINK WE HEAR AND I HEAR AS AN OUT LARGE COUNCILOR FROM ALL OF THE CHANGES ACROSS THE CITY AND ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS SO GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT SPEED HUMPS, BIKE LANES, BUS LANES,
ALL OF IT IN SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. BUT JUST LIKE THE HEARING ORDER ON THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY, I'M GOING TO PLUG THAT THE HEARING I FILED BACK ON FEBRUARY 5TH THAT I'VE BEEN
TRYING TO SCHEDULE AND I HOPE THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS NOT PUSHING BACK ON COMING IN TO TALK TO US. BUT I DID FILE A HEARING TO REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPEED HUMPS WHICH I THINK TIES INTO THIS CONVERSATION AND
STILL MY OFFICE IS WORKING I THINK TO HARD TRYING TO GET THIS SCHEDULED SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THAT ONE SCHEDULED SOON ALSO. SO WE CAN I CAN AS AN OUT LARGE
COUNCIL UPLIFT THE VOICES THAT I HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS. THE VISITOR IS DRIVING THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND MY FEELINGS ON IT TOO. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO BOTH THESE HEARINGS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO THINK MY CALL TO FILING I THINK COUNCILOR DURKIN POINTED TO IT WHEN SHE SAID LIKE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR STREETS ARE SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
OUR STREETS ARE MEANT TO BE MULTI-MODAL AND SHARED BY EVERYONE AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO FEEL SAFE WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO PREVENT A DEATH THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO WE NEED TO BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION IN CONGESTION.
WE NEED TO BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT OUR PEOPLE NATURAL PATHS ON BIKES AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE LISTENING TO COMMUNITY AT THE SAME TIME. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO CENTER THE IMPORTANCE OF STREET SAFETY IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR WHAT
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. OH, I SEE THE TRAFFIC AND IT'S KIND OF FUNNY ON THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON
PEDESTRIANS SAFETY AGAIN. I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYBODY. I WANT TO BE DISAGREEABLE. BUT THIS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUE IS AN ISSUE I HAVE WORKED
ON FOR SEVEN YEARS CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND IN REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT HERE IN BOSTON AS WELL. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT SHOULD BE REDUCED EVEN FURTHER IN MY
OPINION ONLY. BUT ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IT HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY OF MINE. I'VE WORKED IN LED ON MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES THAT IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
ACROSS THE CITY. AGAIN, I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY HERE BUT I ALSO HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME LEADER ON THIS ISSUE ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR. CLERK SAID COUNCILORS BREADON CLAUDIA ZAPATA, DURKIN, FERNANDO ANDERSON, GERALD MURPHY. BEN SANTANA WEBER. WARREN PLEASE OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET NUMBER 0695 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND REPUTATION.
MR KARP WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBERS ARE 696 SO I CAN NAME A0696 COUNCILORS BREADON AND LOUIJEUNE OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DESIGNATING MARCH 16 THROUGH
THE 22ND 2025 AS SUNSHINE WEEK IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SUPPORTING HYBRID MEETING ACCESS UNDER THE OPEN MEETING LAW. THANK YOU THE CHAIR ORGANIZES COUNCIL OPERATING TIMES A RATING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND THAT COMES FROM ME AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR CALIBRATE AND SUSPEND THE RULES. I'D COME TO ME AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO
OBJECTIONS COMES FROM HE IS SO IT COMES WITH WEIGHT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SUNSHINE WEEK, A NONPARTISAN COLLABORATION THAT SHINES A LIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESSIBLE OPEN GOVERNMENT.
PUBLIC ACCESS TO MEETINGS AND RECORDS IS ESSENTIAL FOR RESIDENTS TO STAY INFORMED OF GOVERNMENT ACTIONS AND HOLD THEIR OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE.
I WOULD ALSO SAY IN THIS MOMENT IN OUR COUNTRY THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY SINCE THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE REALIZED THAT REMOTE AND
HYBRID MEETINGS ACCESS HAS INCREASED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SHOWING THAT ALL RESIDENTS CAN ENGAGE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGARDLESS OF ABILITY LOCATION, WORK, HEALTH CARE,
TRANSPORTATION OR HEALTH UNDER CURRENT TEMPORARY PROVISIONS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 31ST, THE STATE'S OPEN MEETING LAW PERMITS REMOTE AND HYBRID PARTICIPATION AND MEETINGS
OF PUBLIC BODIES BUT THE LAW ITSELF HAS NOT BEEN MADE THESE REQUIREMENTS PERMANENT TO ENSURE CONTINUED HYBRID ACCESS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
THIS LEAVES FUTURE ACCESSIBILITY AT THE DISCRETION OF LOCAL BODIES. THIS WEEK THE HOUSE AND SENATE PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD EXTEND
THE TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS RATHER THAN AMEND THE OPEN MEETING LAW ITSELF TO CODIFY THESE PROVISIONS. THIS RESOLUTION EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR MAKING THESE PRACTICES PERMANENT AND THEY
URGE COUNTRIES TO JOIN ME AND EXPRESSING TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE LEGISLATURE A THEY'VE ALREADY PASSED AND EXTENDED THE THE BILL FOR TWO YEARS BUT I
WOULD URGE THEM TO CONSIDER THE LEGISLATURE THAT IS TIME TO MAKE THESE REQUIREMENTS A PERMANENT STATEWIDE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR BREADON AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ENSURING CONTINUED ACCESS TO OPEN MEETINGS IS A FUNDAMENTAL PILLAR OF A TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT. WE'VE SEEN HERE ON THIS BODY THE ABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO
OBSERVE, PARTICIPATE IN AND ENGAGE WITH DECISION MAKING PROCESSES STRENGTHENS TRUST IN OUR INSTITUTIONS AND ENSURES THAT OUR GOVERNMENT REMAINS RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES. HYBRID AND REMOTE ACCESS HAS PROVEN INVALUABLE IN BREAKING
DOWN BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION ALLOWING WORKING FAMILIES OR OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO STAY ENGAGED. AS WE CONSIDER A FUTURE OF OPENING LAWS, WE MUST COMMIT TO POLICIES THAT PRIORITIZE ACCESSIBILITY, EQUITY AND CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT ENSURING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT REMAINS OPEN TO ALL . IT REALLY IS ABOUT YOU KNOW, ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO ARE JUGGLING MULTIPLE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. WE SEE THAT ALL THE TIME IN ZOOM. I DO THINK THAT SOMETIMES YOU
DO LOSE SOMETHING WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE MEETINGS IN PUBLIC. I THINK THAT THERE'S IMPORTANT ORGANIZING WORK THAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO APPEAR IN PORTLAND IN PUBLIC. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GIVE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE OPTION SO THAT
PEOPLE CAN ENGAGE COME TO OUR BUDGET TOWN HALLS VIRTUALLY AND PARTICIPATE AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK. SO I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUE'S STATEMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THE WORK
OF THE LEGISLATURE AND SO MANY ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOW GOVERNMENT TO BE MORE OPEN AND THAT WE ALLOW FOR MORE HYBRID OPTIONS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM
HERE BECAUSE WE HEAR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR BREADON FOR ADDING ME TO JOIN YOU ALL AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
I WAS REFLECTING BACK WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE I ALWAYS SAID THAT MY FIRST HEARING WAS GOING TO BE A HEARING ON PUBLIC HEARINGS AND I ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW,
THE CITY NEEDED TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS WHO WERE JUGGLING 2 TO 3 JOBS AND MANY OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE WERE MAKING IMPACTED FOLKS AND WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REAL
ENGAGEMENT. AND SO CORBETT CAME AND CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT TOO MUCH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BECAUSE THE WORLD JUST SHUT DOWN AND WE WERE ALL ABLE
TO TRANSITION TO A REMOTE AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COUNCILOR EDWARDS THEN AND MYSELF ALONGSIDE WITH COUNCILOR BREADON I BELIEVE JOINED US AS A THIRD
CO-SPONSOR. WE FILED A HEARING ORDER AND IT WAS DOCKET ZERO 4 TO 5 IN ORDER TO A HEARING ON PUBLIC HEARINGS AS THEY RELATE TO GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY. AND I THINK THAT THIS CONVERSATION CONSIDERING THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THE EXTENSION, I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE
IT LAW AND PERMANENT. I THINK THAT AS A PARENT MYSELF IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO VIRTUAL OPTIONS AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE'S A HYBRID, RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME FOLKS WHO LIKE TO MEET IN PERSON AND SOME FOLKS WHO ARE VIRTUAL. WHAT I SEE THOUGH IS THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN WE'RE DOING
VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT THERE IS A POWER PLAY HAPPENING AND FOLKS ARE BEING MUTED AND UNABLE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE. SO I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WHETHER IT'S IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL. THE EMERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES US WITH A CHOICE TO LEVERAGE THE INTENTIONAL FOR
INCREASING ACCESS AND TO ALLOW WHITE DIVIDES BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAVE AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT CHOOSING TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE ACCESS MEANS REMOVING BARRIERS THAT
HISTORICALLY PREVENT INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS THOSE WHO WORK MULTIPLE JOBS HAVE DISABILITIES OR CHRONIC ILLNESSES OR HAVE CHILDREN TO CARE FOR PEOPLE FULLY ENGAGING IN THE DEMOCRAT PROCESS.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT CLASS AND PRIVILEGE. I KNOW THAT FOR MANY OF THE HEARINGS THAT I'VE CALLED PUBLIC TESTIMONY HAS ONLY BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE VIRTUAL ACCESS.
SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF TAKING TIME OFF OF WORK TO ATTEND COUNCIL MEETINGS IN PERSON AND MANY OF OUR PANELISTS PARTICIPATE ALSO NEED THE FLEXIBLE OPTIONS SO THAT THEY
CAN PARTICIPATE DURING WORK HOURS AND TAKE SOME TIME TO JOIN US EVEN IF IT'S JUST FOR 7 MINUTES ESPECIALLY IN THESE MOMENTS WHEN FOLKS ARE SCARED
TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSE OR ARE FORCED TO INCREASE THEIR HOURS AT WORK CONTINUING TO ALLOW THEIR VOICES TO BE AMPLIFIED THROUGH DIGITAL TOOLS IS ESSENTIAL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE HEARING AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY MAYBE EVEN FILING AN ORDINANCE SO THAT WE CAN NOT KEEP HAVING TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO GIVE OURSELVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE VIRTUAL
. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA THE CHAIR AND I JUST CAME TO MURPHY TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS OF THIS. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. I DO JUST WANT TO STAND AND THANK COUNCIL ME HERE FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN MY FOUR YEARS HERE ON THE COUNCIL WITH YOU YOU USUALLY START YOUR HEARING SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY BUT IT REMINDS ME THAT THERE'S THIS BELIEF AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE THAT
BECAUSE THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE WE SHOULD KEEP DOING IT IN THAT WAY. SO THANK YOU FOR SCHEDULING HEARINGS AT TIMES WHERE THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO BE HEARD CAN SHOW UP. SCHEDULING THE TIME WHEN THE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY COMES FIRST THE PANELISTS SOMETIMES ARE THE NON ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T JUST PUT ON A SLIDE SHOW AND THEN LEAVE AND NOT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT OUR
JOB IS TO UPLIFT THEIR VOICES. AND I KNOW YOU TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY AND YOU SET A GOOD EXAMPLE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE CAN EXPAND THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZES CULTURAL FUND TIME TRAVELING NEAR THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR ME HERE AS WELL AND THE REASON I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER AND HOPEFULLY
IT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL AND THAT'S WHERE COUNCILOR TO MEJIA YOU
HAVE LED ON THIS BODY ON LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS BUT MY MY REQUEST IS THAT LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION BE A TOP PRIORITY WHEN WE HAVE
THIS HEARING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN, I JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS A RESOLUTION AND COUNCILOR BREADON IS SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. I'D COUNCILORS CLETA ZAPATA DURKIN, FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD MCGUIRE.
MURPHY FLYNN TO BEN SANTANA WEBER WORRELL COUNCILORS BREADON LOUIJEUNE AND HERE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0696
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL GO SAY HEY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO GO BACK
AND ADD THEIR NAME TO A MATTER OR A DOCKET OR BRING UP SOMETHING A VOTE ON A PREVIOUS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS OF FERNANDA ANDERSON KINDS
OF VONAGE ANDERSON YOU HAD THE YOU HAD THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A MOTION TO REVISIT DOCKET 0687.
OKAY. OKAY. WAS THAT SECONDED? ORSON OLIVEIRA SAY I I. OKAY, WE'RE REVISITING DOCKET NUMBER 0687.
COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT AND I JUST I APOLOGIZE. I DO HAVE TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT SOME NOTES HERE.
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE FUNDING IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AT LEAST LAST YEAR THE GRANT FUNDED FENWAY AREA INITIATIVES LIKE FENWAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND CARES MUDDY WATER INITIATIVE MASS AH OFFICE
OF ARTS AND CULTURE FUNDS FENWAY ARTS AREA ARTS PROGRAMING PARKS FUNDED CLEANUPS FOR BACK BAY FANS AND
THEY ALSO HELPED FUND THE CITYWIDE LOVE YOUR BLOCK CLEAN CLEANUPS WHERE OUR HOSTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY CITYWIDE SO IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IN THE
PREVIOUS YEAR AT LEAST THAT THE THIS FUND HAS BEEN USED PREDOMINANTLY MAJORITY IN THE FENWAY POSSIBLY MORE THAN TWO
THIRDS. SO THE CORRECTION HERE IS NOT A THIRD HERE, A THIRD SOMEWHERE ELSE IN ARTS AND CULTURE AND A THIRD CITYWIDE RATHER THE MAJORITY WAS SPENT IN FENWAY.
THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT LOOK, WE VOTED FOR IT, RIGHT? SO WE DID THAT OVERSIGHT OR NOT OR AT THE TIME WAS NEEDED
RELATIVE TO WHATEVER WAS GOING ON IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE VOTED TO OUR BEST JUDGMENT. IT'S NOW BEFORE THE FLOOR, BEFORE THE BODY AND BUT IF IT'S
A GRANT, SO IS IT NOT THE PRACTICE FOR A GRANT TO GO INTO RFP AND THEN ALLOW CITYWIDE PROSPECTS TO APPLY?
AND SO I AM LEAVING IT TO MY COLLEAGUES TO OBJECT OR SUGGEST THAT IT GOES IN COMMITTEE I THINK BECAUSE IT'S WE HAVE THE PORCH FEST AND WE HAVE
PRECEDENTS THAT YES, WE KNOW THAT IT'S MORE FAIR. IT'S FAIR TO I WOULD SAY AT LEAST A THIRD OF THIS FUND TO BE APPROPRIATED TO THE FENWAY. BUT IS THAT IS THAT THE PROPER PRACTICE? IS THAT HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
DO IT? AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT IN THIS WAY WE LEAVE IT TO ADMINISTRATION TO THEN SPEND THE MOST OF IT TO SUPPORT THE REST OF THESE EFFORTS THAT I
JUST MENTIONED. BUT I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO OPINE AND I'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO COUNCILOR FOR AN ENTRY ANDERSON BEFORE YOU HAD MOVED FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE,
YOU'RE STILL MOVING FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AS I UNDERSTAND IT. BUT YOU'RE ALLOWING IF A COLLEAGUE HAS AN ISSUE TO BRING UP, THEY MAY. IS THAT WAS THAT A PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR POSITION?
CORRECT, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THEY TRY RECOGNIZE THIS COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I WILL LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUE WHO CAN HELP ME TRANSLATE SO SO
THAT I'M CLEAR I ALSO HEARD AND MAYBE I MISS INTERPRET IT YOUR IF WE WANT TO HAVE A HEARING OR TO AT LEAST LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT THAT WE COULD
ALSO DO THE CHAIR TO MY COLLEAGUE JUST SO THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I WANT TO DEFER TO YOUR LEADERSHIP. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU SAID SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT
ABOUT HOW WE SET PRECEDENTS HERE IN THE COUNCIL AND I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE EXERCISES COUNCIL FOR AN ENGINE IS AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND
TO THE CHAMBER THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR ASKING FOR CLARIFICATIONS. WHAT I'M WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS I AM ASKING YOU, MY COLLEAGUES
WITH THE TRANSPARENCY THAT I'VE LAID ON THE FLOOR THAT YES, WE SPENT THESE FUNDS IN THIS WAY AND YOU DESERVE TO KNOW AND NOW IT IS UP TO YOU TO SAY BECAUSE
OF THE URGENCY OF THIS EVENT THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED IT IN THE PAST AND THE FACT THAT THE FENWAY DOES INCUR THE MAJORITY
OF I MEAN THE WHOLE BOSTON TAKES ON ENCROACHMENT BASED ON GAMES AND THINGS THAT HAPPENS IN THE FENWAY HOWEVER ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT I'M
THE BUTLER AND I DO HAVE PARTS OF FENWAY I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE FENWAY BUT IT STILL LEAVES A QUESTION HAVE WE DONE THIS CORRECTLY IN THE PAST AND WE CAN'T SAY THE
ADMINISTRATION DID THIS. WE CAN SAY THAT WE VOTED ON IT KNOWING THAT WE LEFT IT OPEN FOR FOR DISCRETION AND THE
ADMINISTRATION THEN TO THEIR DISCRETION DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DIVVY IT UP IN THE WAY THAT THEY DID. BUT WE DID THAT WE VOTED ON THAT. SO HERE WE ARE.
WE DID IT BEFORE BUT NOW WE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY THERE'S AN EVENT ABOUT TO HAPPEN. DO WE DO WHAT THE PRESIDENT AS WE DID THE PRESIDENTS THAT HAS BEEN SET BEFORE OR DO WE TAKE A
LOOK AT IT IF WE SLOW IT DOWN, DOES THAT LEAVE THE QUESTION AGAIN THAT A GRANT NEEDS TO BE PUT OUT AND HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE THE FENWAY PORCHFEST WOULD
NOT HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO SPEND IN THEIR EVENT. SO LEAVING IT TO YOU TO SAY YEAH FENWAY WE LOVE YOU BUT OR YOU KNOW WHAT THIS DESERVES
MORE CONSIDERATION. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. SO I'M WAITING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS DIFFERENT THAN IT DOESN'T LIKE THEY WERE READY TO TAKE A VOTE,
WE COULD POTENTIALLY IF WE WANT TO TAKE A VOTE WE COULD IF WE WANT TO DELIBERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE WE COULD. YES. YEAH, YEAH, YOU MAY THROUGH THE
DAY YOU MAY YOU MAY DO THE TRIVIA OR NO, WE DON'T NEED TO DELIBERATE RATHER TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. OKAY IF YOU THINK LOOK WE SPENT THIS MONEY OVER HERE WE SPENT
THE MAJORITY OVER THERE. YES. THINK THEY TAKE ON THE BURDEN THE MOST OF THE BURDEN SO THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S OKAY THINK HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT BEEN PART OF THE PROCESS WHERE WE'VE
ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS OR PERCENTAGES AND HOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMMUNITY MITIGATION IT SHOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATED DIRECTLY I BELIEVE IN MY TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THAT IT
SHOULD BE GRANTS PUT OUT AND THEN BUT THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF IT WENT TO THE FENWAY WITHOUT THE COUNCIL DECIDING HOW TO DIVIDE THAT.
YEAH THANK YOU FOR THAT FLAHERTY SHARED I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK FOR ME I'M ALWAYS GOING TO RISE ON THE SIDE OF MAKING SURE BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN HAS
DORIC THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS PARTICULAR ITERATION OF THIS BODY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR COLLEAGUES THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT THEME ABOUT HOW WE DO
BUSINESS AND I WANT TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES IN DOING THE WORK BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING LOTS OF MONEY THAT WE ARE APPROPRIATING AND PASSING
THROUGH AND YOU KNOW IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE THERE'S A FIRE HOSE ON US. HURRY UP, HURRY UP, WE GOTTA HURRY UP AND ALL IF WE LOSE THIS MONEY THE WHOLE WORLD IS GOING TO CRUMBLE. I REJECT THAT NOTION I JUST
DON'T THINK IS A GOOD PRACTICE . I THINK THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO US. THE RFP PROCESS HAS BEEN A BIT MESSY LATELY HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD SOME RUMBLINGS AROUND SOME OF THE DISCREPANCIES THE WHITE STADIUM I'VE ALSO HEARD SOME DISCREPANCIES AROUND THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE RECENT CIVILIAN
REVIEW THE CIVILIAN FLAGGERS POSITION WHERE THE RFP WENT DIRECTLY TO SOMEONE ELSE. I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S LOTS OF LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE COUNTING ON
CITY DOLLARS AND THEY ALWAYS FEEL LEFT OUT OF CONVERSATIONS AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER DECISIONS WE MAKE ARE BEING FAIR AND THOUGHTFUL AND THAT THERE IS A PROCESS IN PLACE.
AND SO I'M ALWAYS GOING TO SAY THAT AS A CITY WHITE COUNCILOR IT IS NOT ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ME IT'S ABOUT HOW WE DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT I SUPPORT OR NOT. IT IS THE PROCESS THAT MATTERS AND I THINK THE PROCESS CONTINUES TO BE FLAWED IN THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS. BUT HERE WE ARE AND I WOULD
SUPPORT WHATEVER THE CHAIR I, I AM TIRED OF BEING THE TROUBLEMAKER. THANK YOU GUYS. I'M HERE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING IS I THINK THAT THIS BODY HAS
DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF LIKE WHAT IS A SMALL AMOUNT FOR A GRANT. I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY AND I WOULD SAY THAT 20 TO $50000 WHILE NOT INSIGNIFICANT FOR A LOT IS LIKE NOT THE
BIGGEST OF GRANTS AND THAT THERE IS EVENTS COMING UP I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT PERCENTAGE OF A GRANT THAT IS GIVEN OUT BY FENWAY PARK WHAT WAS THE RIGHT PERCENTAGE OF IT
TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND AND TO THE GREATER CITY I THINK IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE OUT MAYBE OUTSIDE OF THIS HEARING WHERE I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ALSO LIKE CAN WE GET AN
ITEMIZED LISTING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF WHERE EXACTLY THIS MONEY IS GOING TO GO? WHAT WILL THE PROCESS BE? WILL IT BE RFP? I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO THOSE
QUESTIONS BEFORE APPROVING THIS GRANT BECAUSE AGAIN WE'VE APPROVED IT IN THE PAST ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE CUSTOMARY HERE. SO YOUR POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, RFP
PROCESSES FOR LARGER GRANTS THAT THIS BODY SOMETIMES SEES COME BEFORE IT. FOR ME THIS IS NOT AN AMOUNT THAT TRIGGERS THAT AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THE
PROCESS COUNT DIFFERENT ENGINES AND DID MOVE FOR US TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS GRANT AND IN ORDER FOR THAT NOT TO HAPPEN I GUESS SOMEONE WOULD SHE'S SAYING IF SOMEONE WOULD SUGGEST THAT TO HER SHE WOULD TAKE THAT
UNDER CONSIDERATION OR SOMEONE WOULD OBJECT TO THE SUSPENSION AND PASS IT AND THEN IT WOULD BE SENT TO COMMITTEE THE CHAIR AND AS COUNCILMEMBER FOR YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT
DURING A COUNCIL MEETING TO NEED QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND THEN TRIED TO GIVE IT BACK TO US SO I APPRECIATE THAT I LOOKED ON THE CALENDAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE PORCH FEST FOR
FENWAY IS NOT UNTIL JUNE 21ST. SO I DO THINK IF WE HAD A HEARING TO UNDERSTAND THIS GRANT BUT ALSO AGREE I MEAN I PERSONALLY THINK IF 100% WENT
TO FENWAY THAT WOULD BE OKAY. BUT ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS COULD THE MESSAGE IN ORDER BE REWRITTEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE LAST SENTENCE TO SAY THE GRANT WILL FUND ARTS
PROGRAMING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PARK OPERATIONS AND IT NOT SAY ACROSS BOSTON BECAUSE I DO THINK WHEN PEOPLE GO BACK AND READ AND LOOK AT THE MONEY WE APPROVE THAT WOULD MAKE
ME THINK THAT YOU KNOW, CHARLESTOWN HAS A BIG PARADE COMING UP TO COMMEMORATE YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE WORTHY OF MONEY BUT IT WOULD BE ALSO
INFORMATIVE FOR ME TO KNOW DOES THIS THE RED THROUGH THE CHAIR COULD I ASK A QUESTION TO COUNCILOR DURKIN PLEASE DO THE
CHAIR YOU MAY WHICH ONE IS THERE INFORMATION YOU HAVE BECAUSE I DO KNOW YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME. COULD YOU IF THERE IS INFORMATION THAT YOU THINK BUT
I WILL FINISH SAYING THAT I'M NOT AGAINST THE GRANT GOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I DO KNOW AND I WOULD ASSUME AND MAYBE I'M WRONG BUT THAT THE RED SOX FOUNDATION IF THAT'S WHERE IT'S COMING FROM
DOES BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A WAY FOR THEM TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY HEAR DIRECTLY FROM ALL THE TIME. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORDING THESE GRANTS TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING IS ONE THING I
THINK IS IMPORTANT. THE SECOND IS JUNE 21ST IS FAR AWAY AND MANY TIMES WE DO PASS THINGS THINKING THAT THE MONEY HAS TO GET THERE BEFORE AN EVENT CAN HAPPEN AND I DO KNOW THE CITY IS MORE THAN CAPABLE
OF MAKING SURE THAT PORCHFEST IN FENWAY WOULD NEVER BE AFFECTED OR HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR PROGRAMING THAT I KNOW THEY'VE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF WORK ON TO GET THAT UP AND
RUNNING FOR JUNE 21ST. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK FOR A LOT OF US YOU
KNOW ME COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND ALL THE AT-LARGE COUNCILORS I THINK WE ALL ARE AWARE THAT IF YOU HAVE YOU KNOW 30,000 PEOPLE
COME IN TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THREE MONTHS THAT IMPACT IS FELT THAT IMPACT SO PARTIALLY I THINK THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT THE
REASON THAT SAYS ARTS AND PARKS IS ACTUALLY COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WHEN THEY SAW THE THE GAMES AND THE
PARKS IMPACTS THOSE WERE THE TOP CONCERN OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS OUT OF WOOD THE IMPACTS THAT THEY FEEL EVERY DAY HAVING 30,000 PEOPLE GO IN
AND OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU KNOW, FOR MONTHS. AND SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TODAY IS FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE FENWAY IN PASSING THIS EXPEDITIOUSLY.
I THINK WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION HERE ON THE FLOOR ABOUT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. I THINK THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN IS IS IS A LEGAL REASON THIS IS A GIFT TO THE CITY.
SO IT NEEDS TO REMAIN UNRESTRICTED. SO THAT IS WHY IT'S WRITTEN THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN AND I DO JUST WANT I THINK THE ADVOCACY OF MANY BY THE ADVOCACY OF THE
FENWAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION, THE ADVOCACY OF COUNCILOR BOK, FORMER COUNCILOR BOK THAT IS WHY WE'RE IN THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN TODAY. I DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN COMMUNITIES HAVE CERTAIN
IMPACTS THOSE SHOULD BE MITIGATED AND I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE OF FAIRNESS AND I HAVE ALWAYS WHEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE CITY ADVOCATED FOR THAT
THEY'LL LOVE YOUR BLOCK. FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR WAS A RESULT OF THERE BEING MONEY LEFT OVER AND I THINK THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE MONEY LEFT OVER FOR EVERYONE AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION ABOUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ARTS GROUPS THAT WERE DOING THINGS IN THE FENWAY THAT WERE FUNDED. SO IT'S NOT JUST THIS THIS BENEFITS THE WHOLE CITY AND I
JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO LIKE THE THINKING AROUND WHY THIS MONEY IS GIVEN IS REALLY BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WITH BALL
GAMES AND BIG CONCERTS IS OFTEN WE'RE SUPPORTING BIG ACTS AND BIG ARTS AND WHAT THIS THE GOAL OF THIS IS FENWAY IT'S TRADITIONALLY I'M ACTUALLY ON
THE BOARD OF THE FENWAY STUDIO AND THE FENWAY WAS AN ARTS COMMUNITY TO START THAT WAS IT WAS KNOWN AS LIKE SORT OF TWO PLACES THE FIRST ARTS CO-OP IN
THE WHOLE NATION IS IN THE FENWAY. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF REASONING FOR THIS GRANT AND I WOULD JUST LIKE MY AT-LARGE COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME IN PUSHING FOR MONEY
FOR THE FENWAY GIVEN THE IMPACTS THAT THEY FEEL ALL THE TIME. I ACTUALLY LEAD THE DNC WHICH IS THE FENWAY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT COMMITTEE AND THERE'S A
REALLY COMMITTED GROUP OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE A PART OF THAT AND WE WORK ON THIS STUFF EVERY DAY SO THAT'S REALLY THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS
TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU MAY. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JUST REITERATING THAT THIS MONEY IS AND I BELIEVE
RIGHTFULLY SO GOING RIGHT BACK INTO FENWAY. LIKE I SAID, I JUST DON'T LIKE THE WAY THAT THE GRANT IS WORDED TO SAY ACROSS BOSTON. SO AS SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTS ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE
CITY AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK MORE TO THE ADMINISTRATION. COUNCIL CAN IN ITS INNOCENT ABOUT THE GRANTS AND HOW THEY
ARE WORDED TO MAKE SURE IF IT IS LEGAL OR NOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND NOT LEAVING ANY ANY NEIGHBORHOODS OR EVENTS OUT THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM GRANTS GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR MY FLAHERTY SAKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A GRANT AWAY AND PREDOMINANTLY IT'S GOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THERE ARE LIKE I LOVE YOUR BAROQUE BLOCK WHICH IS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT THERE
ARE SOME GRANTS, THAT THERE ARE SOME CITYWIDE EFFORTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED VIA THIS GRANT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILWOMAN HERE COMES TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT AND
COUNCILOR MURPHY ARE SAYING THAT NO, NO. I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILOR DURKAN WHO STATED OR COUNTERPOINT IN UNISON THAT STATED THAT LOVE YOUR BLOCK WHICH IS CITY WIDE WAS A
RECIPIENT. I THINK IT'S AMONG THE THINGS THAT SHE IS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S PREDOMINANT BUT IT IS PART OF IT. SO LIKE IF THAT IS TRUE THEN ACROSS THE BOARD THE CITY OF BOSTON IS HIS CORRECT WORD. OKAY. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE
FLAHERTY. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF LIKE WHY WHEN WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS ON WEDNESDAY DURING
THE WEDNESDAY MEETINGS WHY THINGS GET A LITTLE CUCKOO BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT I'M REALLY HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND THIS
MOMENT AND WHEN WE HAVE WHITE STADIUM THAT Y'ALL ARE FIGHTING FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO OKAY JUST CAUSE I SEE HOW Y'ALL BE ROLLING UP HERE SO I JUST WANT
TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT DORCHESTER ROXBURY, MATTAPAN AND YOU KNOW, I THINK BEACON HILL YOU KNOW YOUR DISTRICT IS RICH IN RESOURCES AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE RESOURCE RICH IN COORDINATION
FOR AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DISCREPANCIES AROUND EQUITY . AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO CENTER OURSELVES IN RACIAL EQUITY AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK
ABOUT FUNDING AND HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COME TO ME AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO WHITE STADIUM AND THERE'S BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT WAS SUPPLIER DIVERSITY MAKING SURE THAT BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES IN THE ROXBURY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROCURE SOME OF THOSE AH FEES FOR BIG AMOUNTS AGAIN I THINK THE
50,000 AND WHETHER YOU THINK THAT'S A BIG AMOUNT OR NOT I'M NOT ONE TO BELIEVE THAT THE UNDER 50,000 GRANT IS YOU KNOW IS IS IS HUGE IS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A HUGE DELIBERATION ON IT BUT I THINK WITH BIGGER GRANTS
ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO COMMIT TO MAKING SURE MORE OF THE CITY CITY DOLLARS ARE GOING TO FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED THAT'S DEFINITELY AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN LEADING ON AND THAT COUNCIL AROUND MANY OTHERS
YOU'RE ON THIS BODY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FOR AN INDEPENDENT AND THEN COUNCILOR DURKAN THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. SO AT THIS POINT I'VE HEARD FROM YOU I WAS TRYING TO BE
PATIENT WITH YOUR FEEDBACK AND GETTING BACK TO YOU AS I SAID I WOULD BUT I DO THINK NOW AT THIS POINT WE SHOULD KEEP IT IN COMMITTEE REASONS BEING AND I'M
GOING TO BE VERY CLEAR I HOPE THIS ISN'T UPSET YOU I DO SHARE SOME OF THE FENWAY I'VE HEARD FROM FENWAY CONSTITUENTS WHEN
ON A NORTHEASTERN COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE THEY THEY COME IN AND THEY SAY WELL WE HAVE SOME DORMS AND WE'RE IMPACTED BECAUSE WE ARE ABUTTING ROXBURY AND THE MAJORITY OF THE
BENEFITS GO TO KIND OF WAY SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROXBURY TREE LIGHTING AND YOU SEE THIS LOPSIDED TREE LITERALLY
LOPSIDED TREE VERY DRY, VERY SORRY BUT UGLY NOT FULLY BLOOMED, YOU SEE IT LOPSIDED AND YOU SEE BARELY LIGHTS AND JUST LIGHT SORT OF DANGLING
VERTICALLY JUST WHITE LIGHTS UGLY. BUT THEN WHEN YOU GO TO FENWAY AND WHEN YOU GO TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL LIKE WALKABLE STREETS AND ALL THESE LIGHTS EVERYWHERE
350,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY WHEN YOU LOOK AT A TREE LIKE THAT, A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT TREE THE TREE LINE IN NUBIAN SQUARE GETS ? NOT EVEN LIKE A PERCENT
OF THAT. SO LET'S REMAINING COMMITTEE THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0687 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE WOULD ANYONE ELSE
LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET OR TO A MATTER A VOTE WHEN THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS ? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I BE ADDED 20691. MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ARE YOU ABLE TO ADD COUNCILOR FOR AN ENTRANCE INTO DOCKET 0691?
OKAY. YOU ARE ALREADY ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. POINT OF ORDER, COUNCILMAN. INDIVIDUALLY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
JUST A QUESTION RULES. I DON'T REMEMBER YOU OUT OF ME LIKE OFFICIALLY ON THE ATTENDANCE IS THAT DOES? NO, WE GOT YOU. WE DID? YEAH, HE I DID.
I DIDN'T SEE YOU COME IN, MR. CLERK. SO IT WAS HAPPENING WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN CHAMBERS. BUT I GOT YOU BECAUSE MR. CLERK POINTED IT OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.
WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDER? PERSONNEL ORDERS DUNCAN OF A0697 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE THE
CHAIRMAN A PASSENGER DOCKET 0697 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I WILL SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT THIS. THANK YOU. THIS PERSONNEL ORDER HAS PASSED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS.
IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'D LIKE TO PULL 0650 FROM THE
GREEN SHEETS. DOCKET NUMBER 0650. DO YOU HAVE THAT PAGE NUMBER NOW? OKAY. GIVE THE CLERK A MOMENT TO GET THAT DOCUMENT BEFORE
PARLIAMENT. YES, I THINK IT'S PAGE 13 AGAIN. SORRY.
0650. I'M SORRY I MIGHT BE MONUMENT SQUARE. OH. UH OH. SORRY.
IT'S ON PAGE FOUR. SORRY, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE IN PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DOCKET NUMBERS
0650 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KRISTIN HOFFMAN AS A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU.
ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNT WITH DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I KNOW COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CLEARED A LOT OF THESE DOCKETS.
THERE WAS A TYPO IN THEM. SO THIS IS THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE AS CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE
NOMINATION OF KRISTEN HOFFMAN. KRISTEN HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION SINCE 2007 AS ONE OF THE MOST DEDICATED COMMISSIONERS SHE SERVES ON THE MISSION HEALTH TRIANGLE
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DISTRICT COMMISSION AND THE ABERDEEN ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION. I THINK AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THESE STUDY REPORT COMMITTEES NEED TO INCLUDE A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ALREADY SERVE ON LANDMARKS COMMISSION. SO SHE IS ONE OF THOSE FOLKS AND SHE RECENTLY ASSISTED WITH DESIGNATION OF THE DESIRABLE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE NORTH
END AS A BOSTON LANDMARK AND HAS VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON THE MONUMENT SQUARE LANDMARK DISTRICT STUDY COMMITTEE. KRISTEN'S BACKGROUND IN ARCHEOLOGY AND REAL ESTATE LAW AND HER INTEREST IN THE CITY OF BOSTON'S HISTORY AND
ARCHITECTURE WILL BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMISSION. AND SO I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO PASS HER NOMINATION TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
CASA DURKIN SEATS PASSIVE DOCKET NUMBER 065 PASSIVE AN ADOPTION AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0650 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I L OPPOSE. THEY KNOW THAT AYES HAVE IT.
DOCKET NUMBER 0650 HAS PASSED AND THIS APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD
FILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE FOUR LEAD FILE MATTERS THREE PERSONNEL ORDERS AND ONE LETTER FROM THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE LEAD FILE MATTERS INTO THE RECORD.
FIRSTLY, FIND ME A LETTER FROM MICHELLE WHO PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME SECTION 1217 OF CHAPTER 12 OF THE CITY BOSTON MUNICIPAL CODE I
REAPPOINT CHRISTINA MILLER AS A MEMBER OF THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT PANEL EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE. DID YOU READ THE THREE PERSONNEL ORDERS? NO. OKAY. COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE THREE
PERSONNEL ORDERS INTO THE RECORD? THREE PERSONNEL ORDERS FOR A PERSONNEL ORDER FILED BY COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF FLYNN. SECOND PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT AND THIRD PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS FILE MATTERS ON TO THE RECORD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I
OPPOSING. THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE LETHAL MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED. THE THREE PERSONNEL ORDERS ARE APPROVED AND THE ONE LETTER FROM THE MAYOR WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
OKAY, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I THINK THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. WE A BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TO CHIARA DEL CARMEN MONTES DE
ORCA MARCH 22ND ENCOUNTER IN HIS OFFICE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. WE HAVE A BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY I BELIEVE WE SAID YOUR BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK BUT ON MONDAY OUR VERY OWN STENOGRAPHER ELLEN CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY
ELLEN. I MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT AS PART OF THE RECORD. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO BUT AS WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ON SATURDAY AT THE BEACH AT THE BIJOU AT MATTERHORN THERE'LL BE A MATTER OF PEN BUDGET SESSION FROM 9 TO 12:30 P.M.. AS WITH THE GREAT AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND THE
COMMONS ASSOCIATION AND COUNCIL WHERE L AND I WILL BOTH BE THERE ON SATURDAY AS WELL FROM 9 TO 2 P.M. AT THE PRIDE IS THE HYDE PARK HEALTH EQUITY SYMPOSIUM. SO YOURS TRULY IS GOING TO TRY TO PLAY THE ROLE BE IN TWO
PLACES AT ONCE SO IT'S POSSIBLE EVEN SERIOUSLY SO IF ANY AT-LARGE COUNCILORS WANT TO STOP BY DISTRICT FIVE YOU'RE MORE THAN INVITED TO SATURDAY ALSO AND ROZ NO FROM 11 TO 2 IS
ADAMS PARK HOLLY MELA WHICH IS THE INDIAN CELEBRATION OF THEIR OF THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS IT'S IT'S BIZARRE IT'S HOLY IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION THAT'S HAPPENING NOW FOR THE SECOND
TIME IN ROSLINDALE AND THEN ON SUNDAY AT THE SUBSTATION IS EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER SO IT'S A LOT GOING ON DISTRICT FIVE YEAR OLD INVITED AND ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TO BOTH OF MY KIDS THAT ARE
BOTH MARCH BABIES I'M ENRIQUE JUNIORS THE 25TH AND PENELOPE'S THE 31ST SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEM. THANK YOU. AND A REMINDER FOR ME ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO. MY SISTER.
IT IS HER BIRTHDAY THE OLDEST AND FIERCEST OF THE LOUIJEUNE GIRLS. IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALMA AND WE LOVE YOU ALSO THE STATE OF THE CITY IS THIS EVENING AND I
BELIEVE YOU SAW COUNCILMAN MURPHY'S EMAIL REMINDING MY COLLEAGUES THAT ON MONDAY WE'LL BE CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN THE CROWLEY ROOM. SO I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AND A WOMAN THAT YOU WILL BE
UPLIFTING AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL COUNSELOR FOR ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THURSDAY SO TOMORROW COMMUNITY IFTAR AT THE BOSTON INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS ACADEMY WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING
BECAUSE THEY AS YOU KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY THIS ALL LOUD BUT ANYWAY IT'S EXCITING IF YOU
GUYS I THINK YOU ARE ALL WELCOMED AND PROBABLY HAVE BEEN INVITED ALREADY. ALSO ANNUAL WOMEN VETERANS ROUNDTABLE TOMORROW FROM 630 TO
8:00 AT ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FOR ENGINEERS AND WHAT TIME IS THE IFTAR? OH NO. SO WHENEVER THERE'S AN IFTAAR
JUST ASK GOOGLE WHEN A SUNDOWN WHENEVER WHEREVER YOU ARE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS CHANGES AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 654 BY THEN IT PROBABLY MIGHT BE 2 MINUTES LATE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FOR NAJI ANDERSON. WE ARE NOW ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT THE NAME OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED?
I'D LIKE TO JUST REMEMBER VIOLA MCCULLOUGH WHO IS MY PARENT'S NEIGHBOR IN HIGH PARK WHO SADLY PASSED AWAY.
SHE WAS A STAPLE IN OUR FAMILY, CAME TO ALL OF OUR FAMILY FUNCTIONS. HER AND HER SON SEBASTIAN, WHO IS A REFEREE AND COACH FOR HIGH PARK YOUTH BASKETBALL. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
KEEP VIOLA IN OUR MEMORIES. IT'S A BIG BLOW FOR OUR FAMILY TO SEBASTIAN INTO VIOLA'S FAMILY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU BELA FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR FAMILY.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR CLAUDIA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU ALL WERE HERE. WE'VE LOST YET AGAIN IN EAST BOSTON JUST A NUMBER OF FOLKS.
WE ARE LOSING ELDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF WHICH I'M GOING TO UPLIFT ALBERT BUDDY MANGINI. HE WAS A MAN WHO SERVED ON MANY
BOARDS OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE FOUNDATIONS KIWANIS, THE YMCA, THE COLLEGIANS. HE WAS THE GRAND MARSHAL AND ORGANIZER OF THE EAST BOSTON DAY PARADE.
HE WAS KIND, HE WAS GENEROUS AND HE EXEMPLIFIED THE BEST OF US IN EAST BOSTON AND REALLY SET A LOT OF YOUNG LEADERS ON ON THEIR PATHS BY DEMONSTRATING
JUST WHAT IT MEANT TO BE AN INCLUSIVE LEADER, MYSELF INCLUDED. HE WAS ON THE KIWANIS BOARD WITH MY PARENTS AND I CREDIT MY PARENTS EVERY SINGLE WEEK. IT SEEMS LIKE FOR SURROUNDING
ME WITH FOLKS LIKE THIS WHO JUST EMBODIED INCREDIBLE MORALITY AND PRINCIPLES AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT BUDDY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR IN EAST BOSTON AND MY
THOUGHTS GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. RACLETTE IS ABOUT TO ANYONE ELSE. OKAY SO TODAY WE WILL SORRY.
OKAY TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR CLUB OF ZAPATA NICHOLAS J.
COVELLO RALPH BUDDY I AND I AND JR ROBERT ROBBY CARILLO, ANNA AND BELMONTE BETH AND SKIPPY CEO ALBERT BUDDY J MEN MANGINI
SUNI OR SENIOR ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN AND MILLSAP I'M BACK WITH MYSELF VIOLA MCCULLOUGH, HENRY ROBINSON FATHER OF SHAKIRA ROBINSON,
ANGELA MAXWELL DUBOSE THE COUSIN OF MOTHER OF A COUSIN OF MINE. OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE THE CHAIR
MOVES THAT WHEN THE CASTLE ADJOURNED TODAY. SO IN THE MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS WE WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR 14TH COUNCILOR NICE HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US, MICHAEL. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO
MEET AGAIN NOT NEXT WEEK BUT THE WEEK AFTER SO NO MEETING NEXT WEEK AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2025 AT NOON. THERE ARE TWO HEARING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TO
CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT SAY I THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. SEE YOU ALL.
SEE YOU TONIGHT. YOU THERE