GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD TO SEE SO MANY FOLKS IN HERE. UM, I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE
COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND
ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42, I REMIND ALL IN THE CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU, MR FOX.
WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON HERE. COUNCIL IS ALLOWED AS A PART OF COUNCIL. CULPEPER COUNCIL, DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD.
COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. WHO'S IN COUNCIL? MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCIL. WEBER. AND COUNCILOR EARLE. A QUORUM.
THANK YOU, MR CLERK. UH, I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT WE A QUORUM IS PRESENT. UH, ALLOW US TO CLERK TO OFFER SOME BRIEF REMARKS. UH, IN IN AS AN INVOCATION
BEFORE WE START OUR MEETING AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
PLEASE STAND. NOW MAY THE SPIRIT THAT LEADS US IN OUR SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE. THAT SPIRIT HAS IMPELLED MEN AND WOMEN TO DEVOTE LIFE AND
FORTUNE TO PUBLIC SERVICE BEYOND HOPE OF FAME OR PULL OF PRIDE. MAY THAT SPIRIT BE ALIVE AND RENEWED IN THEM AND IN THEM TODAY AS THEY CONTINUE THAT TO
DO THE GOOD WORK OF THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON. AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION. UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. >> WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. >> UH, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON.
COUNCIL DIVISION IS RECOGNIZING ,UH, ANY, UH, CRISPIN'S RETIREMENT COUNCIL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND HAVE YOUR GUEST WITH WITH YOU YOUR HONOREE?
THIS YEAR? OH, THAT IS GOOD, MAN.
COME ON UP.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UM, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY BITTERSWEET MOMENT, UH, BECAUSE FOR MANY OF US WHO HAVE KNOWN EDDIE FOR YEARS, UH, WE KNOW
THAT HE DOES EVERYTHING WITH FIGHT AND WITH HEART AND HE HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT HERE IN OUR CITY AND LEADING ON OUR POLICE FORCE FOR DECADES.
UM, I KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM GO. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HERE IN THIS CHAMBERS WHO DO NOT WANT TO SEE HIM GO. BUT EDDIE MUST DO WHAT'S BEST
FOR EDDIE JORDAN. UM, WELCOME. >> COME ON UP. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE CELEBRATIONS CELEBRATING EDDIE . WE SURPRISED HIM A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH THE RETIREMENT PARTY. AND. >> UH, COUNCILMAN HE WAS THERE
IN COUNCIL MORALE. UM, AND SO MANY OTHERS TO SAY THANK YOU, EDDIE, FOR ALWAYS PUTTING PEOPLE. >> THOUGHT OF. COME ON, COME ON OF YOU. ALWAYS PUTTING PEOPLE AND ALWAYS PUTTING COMMUNITY FIRST. UM.
YOU GIVE IN YOUR HEART TO THIS CITY LEADING MAN LEO. UH, MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS LEADING HALIK THE HAITIAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY HERE. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND OUT OF THIS ROOM . A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP, TO HOW MUCH YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THINKING AND ALWAYS DOING THE
WORK OF COMMUNITY POLICING AND REALLY CENTERING THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. UM, THERE ARE SO MANY MEETINGS WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH AN INTEGRAL ROLE WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEEDS IN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY, NEEDS IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY NEEDS IN OUR CITY AT LARGE. UM, AND SO WHETHER AS A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OR AS SERGEANT, YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN PALPABLE. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
ANYBODY WHO REALLY IS DOING THE WORK IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO DOESN'T KNOW YOU AND WHO CAN'T PAY TRIBUTE TO HOW MUCH OF YOUR HEART HAS BEEN ON THE LINE IN THIS WORK OF POLICING. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT
GOODBYE. WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE STILL GOING TO BE CENTERED IN THE WORK. UM, AT THE RECEPTION EARLIER SISTER VIRGINIA WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR BOARD MEMBERSHIP
OF GIRL POWER UM AND DC AND HOW YOU HAVE REALLY JUST ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE PEOPLE UH, NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OPTICS OR ANYTHING BUT JUST REALLY TRULY ABOUT THE WORK.
UH, AS YOU RAISED TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN BUT THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SHOW UP FOR YOU ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOUR SPIRIT, WHO KNOW YOUR CHARACTER, UM, AND WHO ARE LIKE ME SAD TO SEE YOU GO.
UM, YOU SEE FROM UM AND YOU'VE MADE THIS JOB FOR ME A LOT EASIER WHENEVER I HAD ISSUES OR QUESTIONS. YOU ARE WHEN THE FIRST CALLS ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS TO DO WITH POLICING AND I'M SAD THAT THAT WON'T BE THE SAME.
BUT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORK, THE SPIRIT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE CONTINUES. YOU KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. I KNOW THAT IT WASN'T EASY. UM, THE PATH IN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IT STILL
ISN'T EASY BUT YOU HAVE MADE IT A LOT EASIER FOR SO MANY PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT LEADERSHIP IS AND THAT'S WHAT COURAGE IS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY, ON BEHALF OF THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY.
UH, I YOU KNOW, I KNOW FOLKS WHO ARE HERE FOR ME AND LEO WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR BLACK OFFICERS IN THE CITY IN TERMS OF ADVANCEMENT WHAT YOU'VE DONE ,UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE JUST IN THE ROOM BUT THAT WE WERE MAKING DECISIONS IN THE
ROOM. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU. I HAVE THIS RESOLUTION, UM, THAT SAYS RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT OF EDDIE CRISPIN AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVICE
LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY. EDDIE CRISPIN IS SET TO LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES FROM HAITI AS A CHILD, HE HAS BEEN GUIDED BY A
DEEP COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE THAT HAVE DEFINED NOT ONLY HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUT THE WAY HE HAS SHOWN UP FOR FAMILY, COLLEAGUES, COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. UM. >> WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SHAPING THE FUTURE OF POLICING THROUGH YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOSTON
POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE AND YOUR APPOINTMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDRE CAMPBELL TO THE MASSACHUSETTS PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION, UH, YOU'VE HAD A STATEWIDE IMPACT ON POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ON REFORM. UH, YOUR RETIREMENT IS NOT ONLY A MOMENT TO LOOK BACK WITH GRATITUDE, BUT ALSO A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER FILLED WITH FAMILY ,JOY, REST AND PURPOSE.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO EDDIE CRISPIN ON HIS RETIREMENT HONORS HIS DECADES OF SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, MENTORSHIP,
ADVOCACY AND INTEGRITY CELEBRATES THE ENDURING LEGACY HE HAS BUILT IN BOSTON AND BEYOND AND OFFERS ITS DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND BEST WISHES TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY AS HE BEGINS THIS NEXT CHAPTER.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS. >> WHY DON'T YOU ME SOME FLOWERS? THIS FRAMED PHOTO. SORRY. THIS IS A FRAMED PHOTO. THIS LAST DAY ON THE FIRST DAY
ON THE FORCE AND HIS LAST DAY. BUT I MADE SURE THAT WE GAVE YOU. >> KNOW. HOW FAR HE'S COME. >> AND. AND THANKS TO FAROOQ. >> WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION. CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION
PRESENTED TO UH SERGEANT UH DETECTIVE EDDIE CRISPIN IN RECOGNITION OF A 27 YEAR CAREER DEDICATED TO SERVING THE PEOPLE OF. BOSTON WITH INTEGRITY, COMPASSION AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU. AND. >> AND ALONG WITH MY ELECTED OFFICIALS OVER HERE, I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE RANDOLPH TOWN COUNCILOR NATASHA PLEASURE WHO IS HERE AND WITH US.
AND LET'S TAKE. >> IT ALL YOU SEE. ABSOLUTELY. >> I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S. SHOWING UP. UH, I WANT TO THANK MY PARENTS WHO UNFORTUNATELY. >> ARE NOT HERE. UM, BUT BUT FOR THEM I COULD
NOT BE HERE TO, UH APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AGO, BOTH OF THEM PASSED WITHIN TWO DAYS OF EACH OTHER. UH, BUT FOR THEM I COULD NOT STAND HERE. UM, I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNTRY. I CAME HERE AS A SEVEN YEAR OLD
BOY FROM HAITI. UM, I SAY MY FATHER GAVE ME LIFE TWICE. GAVE ME LIFE WHEN THE. BIRTH ME WITH MY MOTHER AND THE LIFE THAT HE GAVE ME WHEN I CAME HERE TO THE UNITED STATES.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT I RECEIVED FROM THIS COUNTRY. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE SERVE IN THE WAY THAT
REALLY SPOKE TO WHO I AM AS A PERSON. I THINK POLICING ALL TOO OFTEN SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE TO FIT INTO THE ROLE OF BEING A POLICE OFFICER. FOR ME IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT
FITTING, MAKING SURE THAT I REMAIN TRUE TO WHO I WAS AND I AM AND POLICE IN THAT WAY, RIGHT? I THINK OFTENTIMES POLICING IS A JOB. IT'S NOT WHO WE ARE.
I MADE SURE THAT I NEVER LOST MYSELF IN POLICING RIGHT. I THINK IF WE ARE REALLY INVESTED IN CHANGING POLICING AS IT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THAT WE HAVE TO COME IN AND BE
WHO WE ARE NOT ALLOW POLICING TO CHANGES AND TO THESE HISTORICAL NOTIONS OF WHAT A POLICE OFFICER IS. UM, OVER THE COURSE OF MY 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE SERVICE
AS A SOCIAL WORKER, A PROBATION OFFICER NOT EVEN COUNTING THE WORK I DID WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE UM, RUNNING ADVANCED PREVENTION PROGRAM TUTORING MENTORING PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO MEET A LOT
OF PEOPLE, UM, ALL OF WHOM HAVE IMPACTED ME IN IN SOME WAY. RIGHT. AND I THINK FOR ME, ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT I TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY WAS UM THE WORK THAT WE DO IN
POLICING IS IT'S POLICING BUT THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A SOCIETY REALLY SPEAKS TO SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT PULLING PEOPLE IN. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEVER SAY IF SOMEBODY COMMITS A
CRIME, WE NEVER SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO INCARCERATE THEM. NEVER. RIGHT. BUT WE OFTENTIMES SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO INVEST IN FAMILIES. I KNOW AS A SOCIAL WORKER I WOULD WALK INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES
AND I COULD ALREADY SOMEWHAT PREDICT WHERE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE. AND UNFORTUNATELY I'VE SEEN TOO MANY OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE COME IN THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. I'VE SEEN THEM BURIED.
I'VE SEEN THEM INCARCERATED. SO I BESEECH I BEG OF YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK INVESTING IN PEOPLE UM, WHILE POLICING IS IMPORTANT BUT THE WORK OF INVESTING IN PEOPLE IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
IF WE DO THE WORK IN INVESTING IN PEOPLE THEN THEY'LL BE LESS. >> WE'LL HAVE. TO INVEST A LOT. >> LESS EMPLOYEES. I DON'T WANT. >> US STANDING ON A SOAPBOX. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO BE HERE COULDN'T
BECAUSE OF LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THOSE PEOPLE I THANK THEM TOO BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR US. THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL UH AND HELPED ME ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WHEN I WENT
THROUGH A TOUGH TIME. THIS IS NOT HOW I WANTED IT TO FINISH BUT THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY FOR ME TO FINISH. SO UM I WALK AWAY WITHOUT ANY REGRETS, WITHOUT ANY CONSTERNATION ABOUT WHO I AM,
HOW I BEHAVE AS A POLICE OFFICER. UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I LEARNED ALONG THE WAY. OF COURSE HINDSIGHT IS 2020 I THERE'S SOME THINGS I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE THINGS THAT REALLY
SPEAK TO WHO I AM OH, MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME TO BE THERE'S NOTHING I WOULD CHANGE. SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, UH, FOR HAVING THIS FOR ME. I WANT TO THANK A LOT OF THE OTHER PEOPLE CITY COUNCILORS HERE.
I WAS ABLE TO HAVE DEEP INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS AND MY ROLE AS MA'AM YOUR PRESIDENT I WANT TO THANK MAINLY BECAUSE THEY REALLY RAISED ME RIGHT. I CAME INTO POLICING WITH MY
OWN IDEAS ABOUT HOW I WAS GOING TO BE. A CHANGE AGENT. BUT HAVING INTERACTED AND TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE, IT'S REALLY CHANGE WHO I AM AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND I HOPE THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER YOUNG
PEOPLE LEADERS UM WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE UP THAT BATON AND TAKE IT A LOT FURTHER THAN I EVER COULD AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM. THANK YOU. AGAIN.
>> IF I COULD HAVE EVERYONE WHO IS HERE FOR EDDIE COME AND MY COLLEAGUES JOIN US FOR A PHOTO AND THEN AFTERWARDS WHOEVER WANTS THERE'S STILL CAKE BACK IN THE ROOM AND GOODIES. SO FEEL FREE TO HAVE THAT. BUT EVERYONE WHO IS HERE FOR
EDDIE PLEASE COME AND JOIN US FOR THIS PHOTO. JUST BECAUSE YOU.
ALL ALL. THIS WAS HARD GETTING WE GOT. HERE IN THE MIDDLE. >> OF THIS. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, UH, STRESS THAT MAKES YOU YOUNGER. YOU REALLY?
OKAY? >> YES, MR PRESIDENT, ONCE AGAIN AND. UH, STAFF.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO UP THERE. OH, NO. >> PLEASE GO AHEAD. OH, SORRY. >> OH, UH. HE SHOULD BE ON THE PHONE. RIGHT NEXT. >> TO ME.
AT THE WINDOW. YES. >> OKAY. CAN YOU GUYS TURN YOUR PHONE? YEAH. HE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THIS PLACE. OKAY, MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT BLOCKING.
WHY DON'T YOU YELL? FROM THE EDDIE? EDDIE. >> I NEED. WE GET. I.
>> YEAH. YEAH. THERE. OKAY.
THE PATIENT. UP SHE SHE IS.
OH MY GOD. THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK WE ALL LIKE I JUST KNOW
NONE OF US HAVE LIKE FIVE. SHE'S OUT.
OF THE HOUSE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YEAH. >> SO. NOW THEY.
GO SO SO.
NOW IT'S FOR.
YES YES I I. WE GO WHICH I THINK IS ONE. YOU'RE LIKE THERE'S SOMEWHERE.
UNDER THE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE. UH I WANT TO WISH UH EDDIE CRISPIN CONTINUED SUCCESS I I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MUCH MORE ABOUT HIS WORK IN THE FUTURE AND WISH HIM ALL THE
BEST IN HIS NEXT CHAPTER. OKAY, THAT'S A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES.
YES, YES. OUR FRIENDS HERE.
OKAY. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE. >> A WE GOT.
TO. OH YEAH I DON'T LIKE. BY ALL.
>> ACCOUNTS LIKE. GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. YEAH. >> HELLO COUNCIL. I DON'T THINK SO. YEAH. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCILOR UH, CHARLES YANG YANCY WHO'S JOINED US THIS AFTERNOON. WELCOME.
GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND, ALSO MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE, UM, ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT CONTRIBUTION? COME TO MEJIA AND COUNCILOR WORRELL HAVE JOINED
US. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. SO. NOW I'M ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF JULY 8TH, 2026.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 8TH MEETING ARE APPROVED.
WE'RE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR. MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 1391.1391 MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
TO ACCEPT EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $12,855,000 IN THE FORM OF A. GRANT BLOOMBERG. PHILANTHROPIES GRANT AWARDED BY BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE SKILLED TRADES INITIATIVE WHICH AIMS TO ENHANCE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, EXPAND PRE APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES
AND SUPPORT STUDENTS PARTICIPATION IN REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. THE INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON STUDENT PERSISTENCE AND COMPLETION, EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT
AND PROGRAM COORDINATION TO BUILD PATHWAYS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SKILLED TRADES. THIS WILL BE ADMINISTERED IN COLLABORATION WITH BOSTON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 1391 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET 1392 AND 1393 TOGETHER? OH, UH, COUNCIL UM CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OH, SORRY. I THINK THE CLERK NEEDS TO READ IT FIRST HAND. YEAH, YEAH.
UH. MR CLERK, UH. THE DOCKETS WERE AT 1392 AND 1393. TALKING ABOUT 1392 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT $810,000 FROM THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE PHILLIPS SQUARE PROJECT AND DOCK NUMBER 1393 MESSAGE IN
ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $251,708 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES AWARDED BY THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THE GRANT WILL FUND AN ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGE THAT WAS EXCAVATED FROM THE PARKER
HARRIS POTTERY SITE IN BOSTON'S CHARLESTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD FOR PERSONNEL AND MAINTENANCE COSTS AND COLLECTIONS CURRENTLY HOUSED AT THE ARCHEOLOGY LABORATORY AND A CONSULTANT FEE.
THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR GERKE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, DOCKET UH 1392 UM, IS
MOVEMENT OF $810,000 UH, FROM THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE PHILLIPS SQUARE PROJECT . UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAD A HEARING UH, RECENTLY THANKS TO
COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT IS IN HIS DISTRICT. UM, THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC PROCESS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND WE HAD A HEARING, UM,
WHERE RESIDENTS CAME AND TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROJECT IS. UM, SO WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A SUSPEND AND PASS OF THIS. UM, I KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY. UH, AND THANKS TO COUNCILOR FLYNN'S ADVOCACY. UM, THERE IS AN ASK FOR THIS PROJECT TO ALSO BE NAMED AFTER TWO NEW LEE. UM, SO I WANT TO GIVE A CHANCE
FOR THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR TO SPEAK TO THIS PROJECT. UM, AND I ASK FOR A SUSPEND AND PASS TODAY. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR DURKAN. FOR HER WORK ON THIS, FOR HER. WORK ON THE HEARING. AND FOR. MOVING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS A PROJECT INITIATED BY
THE CITY OF BOSTON TRANSPORTATION. DEPARTMENT WITH THE TREMENDOUS ADVOCACY. AND SUPPORT. OF THE CHINATOWN. COMMUNITY AND THE LEATHER DISTRICT COMMUNITY. >> AS WELL.
TO REDESIGN THE BARRICADED AREA OF HARRISON AVENUE KNOWN AS PHILLIPS SQUARE INTO A MORE WELCOMING AND COOLING OPEN SPACE AND A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTED BY THE HEAT ISLAND
EFFECT. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A PLAZA THAT INTERSECTS WITH OXFORD PLACE, THE CHILDHOOD HOME OF TONY LEE. TONY LEE WAS A WIDELY RESPECTED
AND WELL-LOVED COMMUNITY LEADER RAISED ON OXFORD PLACE IN BOSTON'S CHINATOWN. TONY LEE HAD A LONG AND INFLUENTIAL CAREER AS AN ARCHITECT AND URBAN PLANNER,
BOTH AS THE CHIEF OF PLANNING AND DESIGN AT THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR DEPARTMENT OF URBAN STUDIES.
TONY LEE WORKED CLOSELY WITH MANY RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN IN THE LATTER DISTRICT, SUCH AS SUZANNE LEE AND AND LYDIA LOWE AND IN OTHERS UM TO SAVE
WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FROM DESTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION AS MEMORIALIZED MEMORIALIZED IN THE BOOK PEOPLE BEFORE
HIGHWAYS. TONY LEE MENTORED MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF URBAN PLANNERS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON THIS GRANT TO HONOR TONY LEE AT
PHILLIPS SQUARE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, SO THERE'S TWO DOCKETS. WE TAKE THE FIRST DOCKET FIRST AND THEN YOU SPEAK TO THE SECOND ONE. OKAY.
COUNCILOR UH, DURKAN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1392. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED . SAY NAY.
MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON, UM, DOCKET 1392. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN.
COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. VISTO. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY.
COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR EARLE. COUNCIL. WELL, YES.
TALKING ABOUT 1392 AS WE SEE THE 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1392 HAS PASSED. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT BREEDEN. UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GRANT THAT IS GOING TO FUND AND ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGE THAT
WAS EXCAVATED FROM THE PARKER HILL AT THE PARKER HARRIS POTTERY SITE IN BOSTON'S CHARLESTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE DISTRICT COUNSELOR AND SHE IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS. UH, THIS IS FOR PERSONAL AND
MAINTENANCE COSTS ON COLLECTIONS CURRENTLY HOUSED AT THE ARCHEOLOGICAL LABORATORY AND A CONSULTANT FEE. THIS GRANT WILL FUND THE JACK AND ACTON PROJECT, A THREE YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT THAT WILL
STUDY 40,000 FRAGMENTS OF RED EARTH UH EARTHENWARE CERAMICS RECOVERED FROM 1914 TONIGHT UH SORRY 1714 TO 1775 PARKER
HARRIS POTTERY SITE IN CHARLESTOWN DURING THE ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS CONDUCTED AHEAD OF THE BIG DIG IN THE 1980S. THE PARKER WORKSHOP WAS A DOMESTIC MANUFACTURER OF CERAMICS IN THE NORTHEAST IN
EARLY MID 18TH CENTURY. THEY WERE THE CORE PRODUCER OF WHAT WAS MARKED AS CHARLESTOWN WHERE EVERY DAY BOWLS, POTS, MUGS, CHAMBER POTS AND OTHER VESSELS USED IN THE MAKING OF FOOD OR CLEANING.
CHARLESTOWN WHERE WAS A MASSIVE IMPORT INDUSTRY WITH VESSELS MADE AT THE PARKER WORKSHOP FOUND AS FAR NORTH AS FORTRESS LOUISBOURG AND NOVA SCOTIA AND
AS FAR SOUTH AS EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA. RECENT RESEARCH BY THE CITY ARCHEOLOGICAL PROGRAM TEAM UNCOVERED THAT THE STORY OF JACK AND ACTON, A BLACK MAN AND BOY ENSLAVED AT A POTTERY
SITE DURING THE HEIGHT OF ITS MANUFACTURING. TWO VESSELS MADE BY JACK AND ACTON FROM THIS SITE ARE CURRENTLY ON LOAN AND FEATURED AT THE MFA'S RECENTLY RENOVATED ART OF THE AMERICAS PROJECT.
UM AND SO UH, THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING UM, AND UH I UM BELIEVE THAT THIS IS BEING MATCHED UM, SO THESE FUNDS WILL ,UH, PRIMARILY SUPPORT A TWO
YEAR FULL TIME BENEFITED ARCHEOLOGICALLY ARCHEOLOGICAL POSITIONS, UM, DESIGNATED TO PROCESSING, CATALOGING, UH AND PHOTOGRAPHING AND ANALYZING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CERAMIC
SHARDS. THE FEDERAL FUNDS WILL BE 100% MATCHED BY THE LABOR OF THREE FULL TIME STAFF OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL ARCHEOLOGICALLY OUR COUNTRY.
I'M STRUGGLING THROUGH THIS ARCHEOLOGY PROGRAM ASSISTING UM THE PROJECT ARCHEOLOGIST AND THE OVERALL PROJECT WORK. UM THE REMAINING GRANT FUNDS WILL HIRE PROJECT CONSULTANTS,
RUN TEST STUDIES AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE AND DECIMATE THE STORIES AND WORKS OF JACK AND ACTON. THE TWO PROJECT CONSULTANTS WILL PROVIDE EXPERTISE IN NEW ENGLAND ENSLAVEMENT HISTORY AND
POTTERY PRODUCTION. THE ENSLAVEMENT HISTORIAN WILL ASSIST IN CONTEXTUALIZING AND INTERPRETING JACK AND ACTON'S ROLE AND AGENCY AS ENSLAVED WORKERS. THE POTTERY EXPERT WILL ASSIST
IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL AND THE TECHNICAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE CERAMICS OF AN ARTISTIC AND CRAFTY POINT ENSURING ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS,
ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION OF CERAMIC OBJECTS. UM SO THIS TEST STUDY UM WILL UH THE TEST STUDY WILL UH WE'LL USE THE NEWLY
CREATED IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO RE ANALYZE THE CERAMICS EXCAVATED AT THE ROYAL HOUSE AND SLAVE QUARTERS IN BEDFORD, SITE OF A 2005 ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY BY THE YOU THE ANALYSIS.
UM, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ANALYSIS. UM, AND UH, I KNOW THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FOLLOWING IT. UM, I WILL SHARE THE BUDGET SUMMARY WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S BEING MATCHED AND WOULD LOVE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MATCH THESE DOLLARS SO WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A SUSPEND AND PASS TODAY. UM, THIS IS A LITTLE OVER
$250,000 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THEIR ROLE IN THIS AS WELL. UM THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON UH, PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SIX SUSPENSION
OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 13921393 BY PARDON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THANK YOU. UH. >> DOCKET 13993 HAS PASSED. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1393. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. BREADON. YES. COUNCIL COLORS. OPPONENT. COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL CALLED FOR. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THE SHOW COUNCIL FOR SHOW. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR PHINEAS COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PUT PEN. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES.
COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. TALKING ABOUT 1393 AS WE SEE TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.
>> DOCKET 1393 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1394. DOCKET NUMBER 1394 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND SPEND THE AMOUNT OF $240,806.50 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. DMA. CITY AC GRANT.
AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A 45 40 HOUR
CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING FOR OFFICERS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1394 TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS 1395 AND 1396 TOGETHER. ANYONE AND ANYONE. THANK YOU. >> ONE SEVEN.
UM 39293 UM. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THIS. >> YET SO WE JUST DO THIS. LOOK AT THIS ONE. OH YEAH THESE ARE NUMBERED AS NUMBERED. OKAY.
>> UH, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 139513996 AND 1397. THANK YOU. >> DOCTOR NUMBER 1395 MR. DO NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY
OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $225,125.11 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT MBI DIGITAL EQUITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHO CANNOT AFFORD BROADBAND SERVICE AND OR INTERNET CONNECTED DEVICES WILL LACK THE DIGITAL LITERACY
SKILLS NEEDED TO UTILIZE THE INTERNET THAT CAN HAVE A1396 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A
GRANT. FISCAL YEAR 26 FAIR SHARE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY LIGHTING IN THE BRIGHTON NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND NUMBER 1397 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
AND EXPEND A GIFT OF 43 HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING UNITS OF VARIOUS TYPES FOR YOU TO $84,210 FROM
FWC 2026 U.S INCORPORATED. THIS GIFT IS AWARDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY
INCLUDING POLICE STATIONS, SCHOOLS AND MUNICIPAL OFFICES. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL DURKAN COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. UM, I THOUGHT THAT 1396 WOULD BE GOING TO THE PLANNING
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. SO I WANTED TO ASK FOR THIS FUND AND PASS. IT'S A SMALL UM I KNOW THAT IT'S COMING FROM THE FAIR SHARE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS COMING FROM THE
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND IS GOING TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A SUSPEND AND PASS ON 1396 AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS WE KNOW
LIGHTING AND YOU KNOW, STATE RESOURCES IT SEEMS PRETTY UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY BOILERPLATE FOR US TO SUSPEND AND PASS THAT TO MAKE SURE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GETS WHAT IT DESERVES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL START WITH, UH, DOCKET
1395. UM. UH. >> DOCKET 1395 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES. UH, AND COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR OF UH THE COMMITTEE ON
PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1396. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, UH, THANK YOU.
UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1396. COUNCILOR BREEN. YES. COUNCIL. BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. PILLOWS. OPPONENT. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN.
COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. >> FLYNN. >> YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY.
YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PENNY HAS COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. YES. TALKING ABOUT 1396 HAS RECEIVED TEN.
VOTES IN. >> THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOG AT 1396 HAS PASSED UH AND THEN THE UH DOCTOR DOCKET 1397 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES.
MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1398 THROUGH 1400. DUCK AND NUMBER 1398 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT, ACCEPT AND
EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $50,978 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 26 TITLE THREE SEA NUTRITION SERVICES PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES YES TO THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE H. SEAN COMMISSION, THE GRANT WILL
FUND NUTRITION SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TALKING ABOUT 1399 MESSAGE AND UM, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
THE AMOUNT OF $23,860 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 26 TITLE THREE AREA PLAN ADMINISTRATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PASSED THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE H. STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND COSTS FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION OF TITLE THREE PROGRAMS AND DOC NUMBER 1400 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT .
OF $18,116 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 26 TITLE THREE D DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES TO THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE H. STRONG COMMISSION, THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES THAT ASSIST OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON TO
PREVENT ILLNESS AND MANAGE CHRONIC CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. MR CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR OF UM HUMAN SERVICES. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR. UM, I RISE THESE THREE GRANTS
COMBINED OR LESS THAN $100,000. SO I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT. UM. >> WILL HELP YOU DECIDE TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF ALL THREE. WE DO NOT NEED A HEARING, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO READ A SHORT SUMMARY OF EACH.
SO WE'RE ON THE RECORD OF WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO FOR. SO I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SHEA FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME. SO DOCKET 1398 WHICH IS TIED TO
NUTRITION FOR OUR SENIORS. TITLE THREE C OF THE OLDER AMERICAN ACT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR NUTRITION PROGRAMS THAT HELP OLDER ADULTS MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE.
IT INCLUDES TWO MAIN COMPONENTS C ONE WHICH ARE CONGREGATE MEALS WHICH OFFERS MEALS IN GROUP SETTINGS LIKE SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS AND C TWO WHICH ARE THE
HOME DELIVERED MEALS WHICH PROVIDES MEAL TO HOMEBOUND OLDER ADULTS ADULTS IN ADDITION TO MEALS, THESE PROGRAMS OFFER NUTRITION EDUCATION, SCREENING,
COUNSELING SUPPORT AND AS MANY OF US KNOW WE ATTEND MANY OF THE CONGREGATE MEALS SETTINGS BUT ALSO IF YOU GO TO DELIVER THEM MANY TIMES FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS THIS MAY BE THE
ONLY TIME THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH SOMEBODY IN A LONG TIME. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEIR ISOLATION WHICH I KNOW WE ALL CARE ABOUT. THE NEXT DOCKET WHICH IS TIED TO AREA PLAN ADMINISTRATION, IS
ALSO FROM THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AGING PROGRAMS FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS.
WE ALL WANT MORE OF THAT IN OUR DISTRICTS AND CITYWIDE. AND THE LAST DOCKET IS TIED TO DISEASE PREVENTION HEALTH PROMOTION ALSO UNDER THE TITLE THREE D OLDER AMERICAN ACT
FUNDS AND IT'S EVIDENCE EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY AGING AND HELP PREVENT ILLNESS AND INJURY AMONG OUR OLDER ADULTS. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN PASSING ALL THREE OF THESE.
THANK YOU FOR READING EACH OF THEM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR OF HUMAN SERVICES SIX SUSPENSION THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1398. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
>> UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1398. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. NOT SO GREAT. DIAZ COUNCIL CALL IT AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR. MEMBER. COUNSELOR. COST UP COUNCIL. DURKAN.
COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES.
COUNCILOR. WEAPONS. COUNCILOR. PIN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. BASSAN. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. ORAL. YES. DUCKING NUMBER 1398 IS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1398 IS PASSED. UM, CONSIDER MURPHY THE CHAIR OF HUMAN SERVICES SIX SUSPENSION THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF ONE DOCKET 1399. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH. >> MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1399. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES AND YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA, COUNCILOR. CULPA. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN.
COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY.
YES. COUNCIL. POUNDS OF A PEN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. YES AND COUNCILOR L YES. COUNCIL WILL. YES. TALKING ABOUT 1.399 HAS
RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. DOCKET 1399 IS PASSED. UH, UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES SIX SUSPENSION THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1400.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MR CLERK, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE ON DOCKET 1400. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCIL. >> VERY NICE. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR.
CULPEPER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DIRK AND YES, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL.
MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PIN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. COUNCILOR. OH, YES.
DUCKY NUMBER 1400 AS WE SEEK TEN VOTES AND AFFIRM. UH. >> THANK YOU. DOCKET 1400 HAS PASSED. MR KERR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET ONE FOR 0131409? TALKING NUMBER 1409 MESSAGE YOU NOT APPROVING THE RECEIPT OF A CONSERVATION RESTRICTION ON LAND AT ZERO DALE STREET,
BOSTON, MASS. HILL 2136 THE GRANT IS TITLE OF THE LAND IS LOCATED IN SUFFOLK COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS AT BOOK NUMBER 70459
PAGE 316. THAT DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND INCLUDES ALL THE LAND IN BOSTON SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS CONTAINING THE ENTIRETY
OF 44,137FT2 1.013 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE PARCEL OF LAND WHICH PREMISES IS LOCATED AT UNNUMBERED DALE STREET IN HYDE
PARK JUST TO GIVE THE CITY OF BOSTON NUMBERED IN THE RECORDS OF THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT AS PARCEL 180 819 8000 AND FORMERLY THE
PROPERTY OF THE FALLEN BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE RAILROAD COMPANY ,FURTHER BONDED AND DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A PLAN OF SURVEY MADE BY HARRY R FELDMAN
INCORPORATED CIVIL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS JOSEPH L CALABRO JR REGISTERED LAND SURVEYING NUMBER 15998 DATED JANUARY 18TH, 1993 AND RECORDED
IN SUFFOLK COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS BOOK NUMBER 24453 PAGE 302. DOC NUMBER 1402 MESSAGE IN ORDER TO APPROVE ANY RECEIPT
OF A CONSERVATION RESTRICTION ON LAND AT 190 DASH 198 WEST EIGHTH STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 02127 THE GRANT IS TITLE OF. THE LAND IS LOCATED IN SUFFOLK COUNTY.
REGISTRY DEEDS AT BOOK NUMBER 71757 PAGE 35 THAT DESCRIPTION OF LAND INCLUDES ALL THE LAND IN BOSTON SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS CONTAINING THE
ENTIRETY OF THE PARCELS OF LAND TOTALING 4655FT2 OF LAND MORE OR LESS KNOWN AS THE SISTER MARY VERONICA PARK SHOWN AS LOT
516, SEVEN EIGHT AND LOT NINE ON A SURVEY DATED AUGUST 12TH, 2025 TITLED PLOT PLAN 190 DASH 198 WEST EIGHTH STREET SOUTH BOSTON, MASS.
AND PREPARED BY JOYCE CONSULTING GROUP, BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS NUMBER 1403 MESSAGE IN ORDER OF THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT AS SAMEERA AHMADI
AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 23RD 2029. TALKING NUMBER 1404 MESSAGE IN
ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JESSICA BEAUVAIS AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD BUT TERM EXPIRED APRIL
24TH 2029 SO I CAN HAVE A ONE, 4 OR 5 MESSAGE IN HONOR OF THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF STEVEN ELLIS AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW
BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 26TH, 2029. DOCKING NUMBER 1406 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF HIS SON FAROOQI AS A MEMBER OF THE
BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 19TH, 2029 AND NUMBER 1407
MESSENGER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF LORI FERRIS AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING JULY
13TH, 2029. NUMBER 1408 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF GAIL LATIMORE AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND
DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 24TH, 2029 AND DOC NUMBER 1409 AS A GENERAL FOR THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CAMILO ESQUIVEL ZAPATA AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING JULY
20TH, 2029. THANK YOU MR TRUCK DOCKETS 140121409 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS.
MR TYLER, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1410. DOC NUMBER 1410 MESSAGE TRANS MEANING CERTAIN INFORMATION OF THE SECTION 17 F REGARDING
ARTICLE 80 LARGE PROJECT REVIEW AND SMALL PROJECT REVIEW DENIALS AT THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS DUE TO PARKING RELIEF TAX NUMBER 1003 AS PER
THE COUNCIL ON MAY 13TH, 2026. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1410 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO UH REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1411. DUNCAN NUMBER 1411 THOSE WHO RECEIVE FROM SELENA BARRIOS MILLNER APPEAL REGARDING HER RESIGNATION AS A MEMBER OF THE
CITY'S BOARD OF APPEALS EFFECTIVE APRIL 6TH, 2026. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1411 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1301311 AND 1312 TOGETHER. DOCKET NUMBER 1311 THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY
AND JULY 8TH 2026 DOCKET NUMBER 1311 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF A
FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN ASSOCIATED WITH A PROJECT FOR THE MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED AT 75 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD, ROXBURY, MASS.
02120. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS
SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO BE
READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION. DOCKET NUMBER 1312 THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JULY 8TH,
2026 NUMBER 131 TO MESSAGING OR AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $850,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS OF A
FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN WORK ASSOCIATED WITH WINDOW, DOOR AND ROOF PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS BOSTON ADULT ACADEMY JOSEPH J. HURLEY SCHOOL ELLIS MENDEL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JOYCE KILMER EIGHT EIGHT SCHOOL IN LYON UPPER NINE THROUGH 12 SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL RELATED THERETO FOR WHICH THE CITY
OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES
DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE DOCKET OUGHT TO BE READ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A SIGN FOR FURTHER ACTION. THANK YOU. >> MR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UM
WEBER, THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU THEN. PRESIDENT UH, TALKING NUMBERS UH, 13 ONE ONE AND 13 ONE TO UH WOULD PROVIDE UH WOULD FUND THE
PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASE OF MAJOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SIX BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. UH, DOCKET NUMBER 1311 UH SPECIFICALLY UH DEALS WITH
MADISON PARK UH, HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE OTHERS. DOCKET NUMBER 1312 BEING UH, THE BOSTON ADULT ACADEMY, THE HURLEY SCHOOL, THE MENDEL, THE
KILMER AND UH LINE UPPER NINE THROUGH 12 SCHOOL UH THESE DOCKETS TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 5,850,000 AND APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE GOAL TO MODERNIZE OUR
AGING SCHOOL FACILITIES AND TO IMPROVE SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SPACES. UH, THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON THESE DOCKETS ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH AND WAS UH
WE WERE JOINED BY COUNCILORS FLYNN FITZGERALD, MURPHY LOUIJEUNE CULPEPER AND LAUREL. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING AS WELL AS SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FROM PUBLIC FACILITIES UH, BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN
. CARLTON JONES, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC FACILITIES DELL STANISLAUS CHIEF OF CAPITAL PLANNING FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND BRANT DICKENS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF
SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE CAREER AND LIFE READINESS FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. UH FOR TO THANK THEM FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE HEARING AS WELL. UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK
THOSE WHO PROVIDED PUBLIC TESTIMONY UH THE MSBA UH WHICH FUNDS AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. IT'S BECOME AN IMPORTANT PARTNER IN IMPROVING OUR BOSTON
SCHOOL FACILITIES, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE MSBA CORE PROGRAM AND ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM. WE HEARD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT BOSTON CURRENTLY HAS 57 PROJECTS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF THE MSBA
PROCESS, INCLUDING SEVEN CORE PROJECTS AND 50 ACCELERATOR REPAIR PROGRAM PROJECTS. OF THOSE, 34 ACCELERATOR REPAIR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
SEVEN OR UNDER UH OR CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN FOR 2027 CONSTRUCTION AND EIGHT ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WILL BEGIN DESIGN LATER THIS YEAR. COLLECTIVELY THESE PROJECTS REPRESENT NEARLY $696 MILLION
IN CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENTS WITH AN ESTIMATED $263 MILLION EXPECTED TO BE REIMBURSED TO THE CITY THROUGH THE MSBA. UH, SO UH SPECIFICALLY UH
DOCKET NUMBER 13 ONE ONE UH WILL ALLOW THE CITY UH TO APPROPRIATE UH, $5 MILLION TO PROCURE A PROJECT MANAGER. AN ARCHITECT COMPLETES THE REQUIRED FEASIBILITY STUDY AND
EVALUATE MULTIPLE OPTIONS INCLUDING RENOVATION, REPLACEMENT AND POTENTIAL SITE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE IDENTIFYING A PREFERRED SOLUTION, WE ALSO
HEARD THIS REPRESENTS ONLY THE FIRST PHASE IN THE MSBA PROCESS FOR MADISON PARK AND THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ONCE THE FEASIBILITY IS COMPLETE AND THE MSBA HAS APPROVED A PREFERRED
SCHEMATIC DESIGN THAT INCLUDES A PROJECT BUDGET, ANTICIPATED REIMBURSEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE UH. ADDITIONALLY, THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED THAT WHILE PREVIOUS CONSULTANT WORK ON MADISON PARK WILL PROVIDE
VALUABLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE MSB REQUIRES THE PROJECT TO PROCEED THROUGH ITS OWN PROCUREMENT DESIGN AND REVIEW PROCESS TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR STATE REIMBURSEMENT. THIS ENSURES THE PROJECT
FOLLOWS THE COMMONWEALTH'S ESTABLISHED PROCESS BEFORE ANY FINAL CONSTRUCTION DECISIONS ARE MADE. UH, REGARDING DOCKET NUMBER 1312 UH THIS WOULD BE AN
$850,000 APPROPRIATION UH, TO SUPPORT FIVE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING THE MSBA ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM INCLUDING ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE BOSTON ADULT ACADEMY AND THE HURLEY SCHOOL
AND WINDOW AND EXTERIOR DOOR PROJECTS AT THE LOSS OF THE MENDEL UH AT THE JOYCE KILMER CASE RATE SCHOOL IN THE LINE UP OR NINE THROUGH 12 ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINED THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE INTENDED TO
REPLACE AGING BUILDING COMPONENTS AND HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE IMPROVING WEATHER PROTECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND THE LONG TERM CONDITION OF OTHERWISE STRUCTURALLY SOUND SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
THESE FUNDS WILL ALLOW THE MSBA TO ASSIGN A PROJECT MANAGER AND ARCHITECTS TO DESIGN. WORK CAN BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR WITH CONSTRUCTION UH CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN 2028. THE ADMINISTRATION FURTHER
TESTIFIED THE ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM GENERALLY UH PROJECTS GENERALLY REALIZED APPROXIMATELY 60% REIMBURSEMENT FROM MSBA ON ELIGIBLE DESIGN COSTS.
UM THE UH ADMINISTRATION ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THESE SCHOOLS ARE PART OF A BROADER GROUP OF AID PROJECTS. ACCEPTANCE OF THE ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM AFTER THE SUBMITTED UH CITY SUBMITTED STATEMENTS OF INTEREST AND THE
MSBA COMPLETED THIS REVIEW PROCESS UH FOLLOWING OUR HEARING CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE TESTIMONY, THE COMMITTEE BELIEVES THAT, UH, THESE APPROPRIATIONS REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TOWARD IMPROVING BOSTON'S EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES AND MAXIMIZING AVAILABLE STATE REIMBURSEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS COMMITTEE REPORT BE ACCEPTED IN THESE DOCKETS BE READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ASSIGNED FOR
FURTHER ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. IT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND FIRST
READING VOTE ON DOCKET 1311. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1311. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNSELOR. BREADON. YES, COUNSELOR. COLLETTE AS OPPOSED COUNCILOR CULPEPPER.
COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. YES, COUNSELOR. DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNSELORS. GEL. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNSELING HERE.
COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR MURPHY AS COUNSELOR. PIPPIN. COUNSELOR. PEN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNSELOR. EARL. YES. COUNCIL. WORLD.
YES I CAN HAVE A1311 AS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1311 HAS BEEN READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE IN
WAYS MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND A FIRST READING VOTE ON DOCKET 1312. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1312. COUNSELOR. >> BRAIN. YES.
COUNCIL BRAIN. COUNSELOR COLOR AS OPPOSED TO COUNSELOR CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR OF HIS CHILD. YES, COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNSELOR.
THIN. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNSELOR. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
YES AND COUNSELOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. YES. TALKING OF A1312 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> 1312 HAS BEEN READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND AS ASSIGNED FOR
FURTHER ACTION WE'RE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1237. TALKING ABOUT 1237 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
YESTERDAY, TUESDAY, JULY 21ST AT 2 P.M. THE CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE HAD A HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 1237
IN ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION . THE DOCKET CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR WILL WELL WERE IN
ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. PANELISTS INCLUDED EQUITY CABINET DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS MIKE AT THE
MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MICHAEL MEMO, CAMBRIDGE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAROLINA AMANTE, BOSTON HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION LEONARD LEE AND MARGARET MCKENNA, DISABILITY ADVOCATE CASSANDRA XAVIER. THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED PRODUCTIVE TESTIMONY AND HELPFUL FEEDBACK FROM THE
PANELISTS AND PUBLIC TESTIFIERS ON THE HISTORY OF THE BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ONE THAT IS BECOMING INACTIVE AND HOW CAN AND SHOULD BE IMPROVED.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THE ADMINISTRATION, THE STATE AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF THE BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION. THIS MATTER WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> UM, DOCKET 131237 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. UH, WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. UM, I RECKON COUNSELOR FRIEND, YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND THANK. YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR. MAY I SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THAT? UM, CERTAINLY. IT'S INTERESTING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER FOR HOSTING YESTERDAY'S INFORMATIVE HEARING. WE MUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO LIVE IN A CITY AND COUNTRY WHERE CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
ARE PROTECTED AND RESPECTED SINCE SINCE ITS BEGINNING. THIS COMMISSION PROVIDED AN IMPORTANT. VOICE FOR THOSE THAT WERE. DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. OR EVEN A VICTIM OF HATE CRIME
,INCLUDING MANY IN THE GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY. THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. UM PERSONS OF PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES UM AS WELL I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH CITY COLLEAGUES TO. ENSURE WE REMAIN A. >> CITY THAT ALWAYS TREATS. PEOPLE WITH RESPECT. AND DIGNITY. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1984 AND A MAYOR FLYNN WITH A SYDNEY ON ORDINANCE UM. THE FIRST DIRECTOR. WAS A WOMAN NAMED IN AND SAUNDERS A WELL RESPECTED CIVIL
RIGHTS LEADER AND A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN BOSTON. SHE GOT THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION WORKS TO ENSURE FULL AND. EQUAL ACCESS TO. PUBLIC SERVICES IN
ACCOMMODATIONS. IT RECEIVES AND INVESTIGATES COMPLAINTS, RESOLVES CASES THROUGH. MEDIATION IN HEARINGS, ADVOCATES IN SUPPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. ISSUES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH.
STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AS WELL. THE COMMISSION DOES IMPORTANT WORK. FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON. ESPECIALLY PROTECTED.
CLASSES AND THERE WAS A. POSITIVE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT DISCRIMINATION DOESN'T TAKE PLACE OR RACISM
DOESN'T TAKE PLACE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. BUT IF IT DOES. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO CITY HALL TO COME TO THE BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. PEOPLE OF.
COLOR OR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES UM AS WELL. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO STRENGTHENING THE COMMISSION IN
PASSING AN UPCOMING ORDINANCE AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND COUNCIL WORRELL FOR THEIR IMPORTANT WORK ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
UH, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO MOTIONS AUDITIONING RESOLUTIONS A REMINDER THAT UNDER RULE 39 REMARKS ON NEW MATTERS NOT UP FOR VOTE TODAY SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO
MINUTES FOR CO-SPONSORS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1412. TALKING ABOUT 1412 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AMENDING BOSTON'S REGULATIONS RELATED TO
PUBLIC TRUST PUBLIC INTEREST IN POLICE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WIRRAL COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS ORDINANCE IT WAS ON THE YEARS OF WORK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INVESTED IN
COMMUNITY POLICING EVERY DAY OUR OFFICERS, SERGEANTS, CAPTAINS, LIEUTENANTS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS WORK TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND EARN THE TRUST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY SERVE TO HAVE THE BEST
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY'S COUNTRY MEANS WE CANNOT BE AFRAID TO CONSTANTLY REVIEW OUR POLICIES MATTER WHETHER THEY ARE MEETING THEIR INTENDED PURPOSES AND MAKE CHANGES WHEN THEY ARE NOT.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS PUBLIC SAFETY. TRANSPARENCY IS PUBLIC SAFETY. THESE ARE THE TOOLS THAT BUILD TRUST BETWEEN OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY HAVE SWORN TO PROTECT.
THEY HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT ROLE OFFICERS CARRY AND GIVE RESIDENTS CONFIDENCE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT THE INTEGRITY
OF THE DEPARTMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THE CHANGES THIS ORDINANCE MAKES IN OPEN STRENGTHENS THOSE
PRINCIPLES AND PUTS THEM INTO PRACTICE. IT ESTABLISHES CLEAR TIMELINES FOR RELEASING BODY WORN CAMERA AND DASHBOARD CAMERA FOOTAGE AFTER INCIDENTS OF PUBLIC
INTEREST. IT IMPROVES COORDINATION WITH POLICE AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT ALSO REQUIRES GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND CIVIL LAWSUITS AND SETTLEMENTS SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY PATTERNS,
CORRECT POLICY FAILURES AND UNDERSTAND HOW MISCONDUCT IS COSTING TAXPAYERS. THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IN BOSTON IS TRULY THE BEST IN THE
NATION, THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF PROTOCOLS AND WHEN INCIDENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST ARISE THAT WE ARE ALL RECEIVING THE FACTS. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE EXPERTS AND ADVOCATES WHO HAVE TOOK THE
TIME TO MEET WITH MY OFFICE AND WORK WITH US ON THIS ORDINANCE ATTORNEY HOWARD FRIEDMAN, JAMAL CRAWFORD, YVONNE ESPO, NOSA
MARIO AND VICTORIA MIRANDA FROM THE LAWYER FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND BODY CAMERA EXPERT CHRIS SNYDER. WE ALSO LOOKED AT BEST PRACTICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
INCLUDING CHICAGO AND THE RECENTLY PASSED LAW IN NEW YORK . THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE AIMS TO PUT US HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ON PAR WITH POLICIES AND THOSE OTHER MAJOR CITIES I
KNOW MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR CULPEPER UH, FILED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND NOTEPAD AS WELL WHICH WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT VERY SOON. AND I THINK BOTH OF THESE FILINGS AND ORDINANCES TOGETHER
WILL ADDRESS AND ADDRESS A LOT OF OUR SHARED GOALS. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TO ADVANCE THE CHANGES AND TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY HERE IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WORRELL WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL. TELEVISION COUNCILOR.
MURPHY, PATRICK PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1412 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
MR COOK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1413. >> SO I CAN HAVE A1413 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY .
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR ITS PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP
ON THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. WELL, OUR ORDINANCES APPROACH THIS ISSUE FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. THEY ARE ROOTED IN THE SAME PRINCIPLE THAT PUBLIC TRUST HAS
EARNED THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. CONSTABLE ROSE ORDINANCE TAKES AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AROUND CRITICAL INCIDENTS
INVOLVING BODY WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE. MY ORDINANCE FAILS TO FOCUS IS ON SOMETHING EQUALLY IMPORTANT STRENGTHENING THE INSTITUTION RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT
ITSELF SAID DIFFERENTLY MY FOLLOWING FOCUSES ON OPERATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER EVERY INVESTIGATION. THE QUESTION I ASKED WAS SIMPLE
IF OPEN IS THE CITY INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE DO WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO ENSURE IT CAN DO ITS JOB EFFECTIVELY? TOO OFTEN ACCOUNTABILITY
DOESN'T DOESN'T FAIL BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE GOOD INTENTION. IT FAILS BECAUSE INVESTIGATIONS TAKE TOO LONG. DEADLINES ARE UNCLEAR, INFORMATION ISN'T SHARED CASES
SIT AND RESOLVE. RESIDENTS LOSE CONFIDENCE NOT ONLY IN THE OUTCOME BUT IN THE PROCESS ITSELF MY OWN AND SEEKS TO ADDRESS THOSE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES.
IT ESTABLISHES CLEAR TIMELINES FOR INVESTIGATIONS. IT REQUIRES GREATER PUBLIC REPORTING SO RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHERE CASES STAND. IT LIMITS UNNECESSARY DELAYS
WHEN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS ARE OCCURRING WHILE STILL RESPECTING DUE PROCESS. IT STRENGTHENS COOPERATION REQUIREMENTS SO OPEN IT HAS THE INFORMATION IT NEEDS TO CONDUCT
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND IT CREATES GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND BODY WORN CAMERA EVIDENCE AND WHETHER THE CITY IS COMPLYING WITH ITS OWN OBLIGATIONS. WHEN RESIDENTS FILE A COMPLAINT
THEY DESERVE TO KNOW IT WON'T DISAPPEAR INTO A BLACK BOX WHEN OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATED, THEY DESERVE A TIMELY AND FAIR PROCESS AND WHEN THE PUBLIC ASKS WHETHER OUR CURRENT
ABILITY SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION WITH DATA, NOT ASSUMPTIONS. ULTIMATELY ACCOUNTABILITY IS ABOUT TRUST.
IT'S WHY IT SHOWS UP IN OPEN SHORTER NAME TRUST BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, TRUST BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENT AND TRUST THAT WHEN
WE ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE LIKE OPEN WE GIVE IT THE TOOLS, EXPECTATIONS AND TRANSPARENCY NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE MISSION WE ASK IT TO CARRY OUT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ABILITY IN BOSTON. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY, COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU.
DOCKET 14131 BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1414. DUCK NUMBER 1414 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR THE
FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES PROHIBITING THE SALE AND USE OF SYNTHETIC METRIC G NINE AND
SEVEN HYDRO METRIC CHANGING 70H AND OTHER DANGEROUS CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD UH, ED
FLYNN AS A CO-SPONSOR. >> AS WELL. COUNCIL FLYNN. SORRY. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FRENZEL ADDED. THANK YOU. >> UH, TODAY IS A FOLLOW UP UH, TO THE HEARING ORDER AND WORKING SESSION. UH, I FILED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE CITY
OF BOSTON CODE PROHIBITING THE SALE AND USE OF SYNTHETIC METROLOGY NEED I BELIEVE. CLARK I'M NOT SURE THAT, UH, NO, IT'S MY TRAGEDY AND 70H UH WHICH 708 KNOWN AS UH HYDROXY
ARGININE AND OTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THIS WOULD BE TO ULTIMATELY BAN THE SALE AND USE OF SYNTHETIC KRATOM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. KRATOM IS COMMONLY MARKETED AND
SOLD IN FORMS INCLUDING DRIED LEAF POWDERS, CAPSULES, TEAS, GUMMIES, ENERGY DRINKS, CONCENTRATED EXTRACTS, INHALANTS ETC. THROUGH RETAIL OUTLETS SUCH AS SMOKE SHOPS, CONVENIENCE STORES, GAS
STATIONS, SPECIALTY HERBAL SHOPS AND ONLINE VENDORS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE HAVE HEARD CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE WIDESPREAD AND UNREGULATED USE OF KRATOM. THE SALE AND USE OF SYNTHETIC
DRUGS POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON, AND MANY RESIDENTS STATED THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH THE CURRENT LACK OF REGULATIONS AND WISH THAT OUR CITY WOULD TAKE THE
LEAD ON REGULATING THESE SUBSTANCES. I BELIEVE THAT BOSTON BECOME A NATIONAL LEADER IN CREATING REGULATIONS. I LOOK SPECIFICALLY TO THE WORK THAT OUR COUNCIL DID TO END THE SALE AND MANUFACTURING
OF SYNTHETIC SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS THROUGH CBK 16 FIVE 9 IN 2015 AND GUIDING HOW THESE REGULATIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE TODAY. SYNTHETIC KRATOM IS AN OFTEN
OVERLOOKED AND UNREGULATED SUBSTANCE AND WIDELY ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITIES THAT CAN BE HARMFUL AND OFTEN FATAL. MY HOPE IS TO BRING AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND REGULATION TO THE
RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING ON THIS AND GETTING THIS PASSED. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR HAVING ME ON. WE HAD A INFORMATIVE HEARING UM ,ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THIS ABOUT THIS. ISSUE. >> I COME FROM THIS AS A FORMER
PROBATION OFFICER. UM, NOT REALLY AS A CITY COUNCILOR, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE THAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD . HAS HIGHLIGHTED, UM, IS A MAJOR
CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE CITY REALLY THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS WELL. BUT WHAT WE NEED IS REGULATION ,OVERSIGHT. LEADERSHIP ROLE FROM THE CITY
OF BOSTON AS WELL AND ENSURING THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE USE. ISSUES GET THE TREATMENT AND
SUPPORT THEY REALLY NEED AND YES, WE. NEED TO REGULATE IT. WE NEED TO. BE MORE AGGRESSIVE ON. ABOLISHING THIS TYPE OF UM THIS TYPE OF DRUG.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO. WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THOSE UM DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE USE RELATED CHALLENGES, UH, GET THE RECOVERY SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. THAT'S A THAT'S AN ISSUE I'M
GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AS A CITY COUNCILOR. IT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ACTIVE MY WHOLE LIFE, ESPECIALLY AS A PROBATION OFFICER AS WELL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR? UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR, AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNTRYMAN. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN.
COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE, UH, THE CHAIR DOCKET UH 1414 BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
UH, I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER TO, UM, TAKE THE PODIUM. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET 1415. TALKING NUMBER 1415 COUNCILORS PUT PEN AND BRAY NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE MANDATING ANNUAL REPORTING OF STREETS
PROJECTS. UH, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL. ARE YOU EASILY MY VIEW SPONSOR ? YOU GONNA BEG YOUR PARDON? GO AHEAD.
HE SAYS HE'S THE BOSS NOW. COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OH, COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES. >> AND NOW COUNCILOR. WEBER AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. NO OBJECTIONS.
COUNCILOR WEBER HAS BEEN ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. HAS BEEN. THE TALK OF MY DISTRICT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS FROM THE
REDESIGN OF WHOLE CORRIDORS TO SPEED. HUMPS FROM SIDEWALK REPAIRS TO BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND ACROSS THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR WAYS. >> TO MAKE IT EASIER. TO GET AROUND THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS. I'VE SEEN THIS APPETITE FOR SAFETY ACROSS THE CITY AND I KNOW COUNCILOR BREADON HAS SEEN IT TOO WHICH IS WHY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THE TWO OF US AND OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO ENSURE THAT BOSTONIANS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE PROVING TO IMPROVE SAFETY OUTCOMES.
THIS ANNUAL REPORTING ORDINANCE WILL REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE CLEAR REPORTS ON STREET PROJECTS, THOSE PROJECTS CONCERNING BOSTON STREETS AND HOW PEOPLE MOVE ABOUT THEM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROCESS TO COME AND WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR BREADON AND HER TEAM FOR THEIR COOPERATION THIS YEAR COUNCILOR WEBER SPONSORED A HEARING ORDER ON THE CITY'S 30
DAY REVIEW OF STREET PROJECTS, WHICH WE HEARD IN THE SPRING IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER RELATED DOCKETS WHERE WE DEMAND THAT TRANSPARENCY WITH STREET PROJECTS GOING FORWARD. THAT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN OVER. THEY OVERLAP BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME PATTERN WHICH IS THAT WE ALL WANT TO. MAKE OUR. STREETS SAFER AND WE ALL WANT UPDATES ON OUR RESIDENTS ARE
ASKING US FOR THOSE UPDATES. SO THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THIS IS TO. MAKE SURE THAT WE. CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO CONSIDER PEPPER PEPPER PEPEN FOR ADDING ME AS A SECOND.
EARLIER THIS YEAR I SPONSORED A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF STALLED AND FROZEN TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT HAD RECEIVED EXTERNAL FUNDING.
I REMAIN INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED BY BOTH THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATUS OF THESE PROJECTS. THIS ORDINANCE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS THAT THE CITY PUBLISH ONCE A YEAR A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNTING OF EVERY SIGNIFICANT STREET PROJECT THAT MOVES FORWARD,
WHAT'S BEEN DELAYED AND WHAT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED AND WHY, HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT ON EACH PROJECT AND WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM. THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL.
BOTH THIS COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS WE SERVE HAVE A RIGHT TO USABLE, DIGESTIBLE REPORTING TO GIVE THEM BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CITY IS USING ITS RESOURCES AND WHERE PROJECTS
MAY FACE DELAYS. RESIDENTS AT TEN PUBLIC MEETINGS THEY PROVIDE FEEDBACK, THEY SEE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES AND THEN ALL TOO OFTEN THEY WAIT.
THEY WAIT IN THE DARK WITH NO TIMELINES, NO UPDATES AND NO IDEA WHEN THESE DESPERATELY NEEDED TRANSPORTATION AND STREET SAFETY PROJECTS ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. AND ALLSTON, BRIGHTON, THE
WESTERN AVE TRANSIT WAY AND ROUTE 57 ARE BOTH SUCH EXAMPLES. THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING ON WESTERN AVE TRANSITWAY WAS IN 2022 AND THERE'S NOT BEEN A
SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT UPDATE SINCE THE ROUTE 57 PROJECT HAS BEEN IN DESIGN FOR OVER THREE YEARS. RESIDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET STRAIGHT ANSWERS ABOUT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THE
STATUS AND VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT. THESE PROBLEMS AREN'T EXCLUSIVE TO LARGER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS EITHER. RESIDENTS AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON HAVE BEEN ASKING ME FOR YEARS
WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE SPEED BUMPS AS PART OF THE MAYOR'S SAFETY SURGE INITIATIVE, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THEM. OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS I SPENT SENT FIVE SEPARATE EMAILS TO THE STREETS CABINET ASKING
FOR THE INSTALLATION OF BIKE LANE BUFFERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE. THIS STATUS QUO WAS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS ORDINANCE DOESN'T MANDATE THAT ANY NEW PROJECTS BE BUILT.
IT DOESN'T CALL FOR ANY ONE SIZED APPROACH TO STREET SAFETY. IT SIMPLY CREATES MORE CONSISTENT, TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE WAY TO TRACK OUR STREETS PROJECTS ENSURES THAT
RESIDENTS HAVE CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS BEING MADE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
UH, COUNCILOR WEBER. THANK YOU. >> YOU HAVE. THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN AND MADAM PRESIDENT FOR ADDING ME TO THIS. UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, YOU
KNOW, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN DISTRICT SIX THAT DESPITE, UH, HAVING THE CITY UH ALREADY SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME AND ENERGY
WORKING ON HAVE JUST, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BEEN HALTED WITH NO EXPLANATION. THESE INCLUDE, UH, THE EGGLESTON SQUARE REDESIGN, THE MCBRIDE STREET PROJECT CENTER SOUTH UH STREET AND GP UH AND
THEN OTHER PROJECTS WHERE WE HAD WE HAD HOPED TO GET SEE SOME UM PROGRESS LIKE HYDE PARK AVENUE HAVE ALSO GONE NOWHERE SO UH I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FILERS.
UH, I THINK THIS ORDINANCE IS A GOOD WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PRACTICAL AND AND SAFE DESIGN
REDESIGN OF OUR STREETS AS WELL AS BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE STATUS OF THE PROJECTS IN THEIR UH, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AH. >> SO THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCIL. FLYNN LEWIS YOUNG OF MURPHY. COUNCILOR WEBER.
AND PLEASE THAT THE CHAIR UH. WE'RE WELL HOW CAN I FORGET COUNCIL PLEASE UH COUNCIL WE'RE WELL. THANK YOU.
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. >> DOCKET 1415 WILL BEING REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER . UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET 1416. DOCKET NUMBER 1416 COUNCILORS PEPEN AND SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT OF CIVILIAN CROSSING GUARDS TO
SERVE BOSTON FAMILIES. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL. PEPEN COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND THAT COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS A
THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS STILL AT IT. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, SEND A QUICK MESSAGE TO MY CO-SPONSOR WHO I KNOW IS WATCHING ON. YOUTUBE AT THE MOMENT.
SO HOPE YOU GET BETTER SOON. UM. >> THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT CROSSING GUARD SHORTAGES IS ONE THAT WE'VE HAD HAD IN THE PAST AND ONE THAT I'M HOPING TO PICK UP AGAIN. VACANCIES PERSIST WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CROSSING GUARDS.
THAT MEANS OUR STUDENTS OUR CHILDREN FAMILIES ARE LESS SAFE HAVING PLENTY OF CROSSING GUARDS ALONG WITH MAKING BUSSES SAFER AND HAVING SAFE SCHOOL ZONES IS ALL PART OF MAKING GOT
INTO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFE AND PROTECTING OUR CITY'S CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION IN THE CHAMBER. AS YOU ALL KNOW I'M A BIG FAN OF THE CROSSING GUARDS. UM, WE'VE INVITED THEM TO THE
COUNCIL CHAMBER A FEW OF US HAVE. WHEN WE WENT TO THE LUNCHEON FOR THEM EARLIER THIS YEAR. UM, THEY JUST DESERVE SO MUCH MORE SUPPORT AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MORE OF THEM ACROSS THE CITY SO THAT
ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE SUPPORT FROM THEM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR PEPEN CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL CULPEPER COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR
ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS CROSSING GUARDS SHORTAGES ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON.
BACK IN FEBRUARY I FILED A HEARING NOTICE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE RECRUITMENT OF VOLUNTEER CROSSING GUARDS BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO HEAR
CONCERNS ABOUT VACANCIES AND THE DIFFICULTY OF ENSURING THAT EVERY SCHOOL CROSSING THE NEEDS COVERAGE HAS THE CROSSING GUARDS PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE FOR OUR
STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES WHEN POSITIONS GO UNFILLED. IT CAN ALSO REQUIRE POLICE OFFICERS TO COME ACROSS THINGS WHEN THEY COULD OTHERWISE BE RESPONDING TO CALLS AND
PERFORMING OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY. THIS HEARING GIVES US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THESE ISSUES, INCLUDING DISCUSSING WHICH CITY DEPARTMENT IS BEST
POSITIONED TO OVERSEE AND COORDINATE CROSSING GUARD PLACEMENT. HOW DO WE IMPROVE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION? WELL, THE COMPENSATION AND SCHEDULING ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
VACANCIES, HOW CROSSING LOCATIONS ARE PRIORITIZED AND WHETHER PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, SENIORS, RETIREES AND OTHER COMMUNITY
MEMBERS COULD HELP BUILD A MORE RELIABLE PIPELINE OF CROSSING GUARDS. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO
IDENTIFY PRACTICAL WAYS TO RECRUIT, RETAIN AND DEPLOY CROSSING GUARDS WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR.
DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNTRY MURPHY AND SILVER WEBER, COUNCILOR. WELL, AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 1416 WILL BE REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1417. TALKING ABOUT 1417 COUNCIL FLYNN AND FOR THE
FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS EXPANDING ACCESS TO SKILLED TRADES CAREERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCIL? WE'RE ALL AS. >> AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL? >> WELL SO AT IT. MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS WELL. ? >> SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR MURPHY'S ADDED AS A THIRD.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. SKILLED TRADE JOBS. ENCOMPASS A BROAD. RANGE OF FIELDS INCLUDING MECHANICS, ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION, PLUMBING THOSE
JOBS ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE INCLUDING HOMES, BUILDINGS. ROADS AND PARKS. TRADES ALSO. INCLUDE HEALTH CARE,
COSMETOLOGY, CULINARY, HOSPITALITY, AGRICULTURE, LAUREN PUBLIC SAFETY, MEDIA AND TRANSPORTATION. DUE TO THE RISING COSTS OF A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE, THE
GROWING UNCERTAINTY OF THE IMPACT OF AI ON MANY PROFESSIONS AND THE COMPETITIVE WAGES OFFERED BY SKILLED TRADES ,MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE CAREER
PATHS. HOWEVER MANY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FACE LONG WAITLISTS LIMITED SEATS UNDERSCORING THE NEED TO EXPAND ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACROSS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A RECENT BOSTON GLOBE REPORT. FOUND THAT. MALE STUDENTS ATTENDING.
UM CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS IN CONNECTICUT WERE FOUND TO HAVE BETTER ATTENDANCE, HIGHER TEST SCORES, HIGHER GRADUATION RATES. AND EARNING. MORE THAN THEIR PEERS WHO
MISSED THE ADMISSION CUTOFF. FEMALES WHO ATTENDED THESE SCHOOLS DID UH DID BETTER AS WELL. NEITHER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
OFFER PATHWAYS IN 27 INDUSTRY AREAS AND. IN 11 SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT INCLUDING MADISON PARK AS AS COUNCILOR CULPEPER
WAS TALKING ABOUT BOSTON'S ONLY EXCLUSIVE TRADE SCHOOL. HOWEVER, OTHER MAJOR U.S. CITIES OFFER MORE PROGRAMS IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
CHICAGO CURRENTLY OFFERS 34 PATHWAYS AT MORE THAN 80 HIGH SCHOOLS TO MORE THAN 14,000 SCHOOLS. BOSTON IS PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE. SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE NATION
,A DISTINCTION REFLECTED IN ITS COMMITMENT TO EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS AND PATHWAYS INCLUDING BP'S RYE PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES
TRANSITION SERVICE INCLUDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. EXPANDING ACCESS TO TRADES FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WILL
STRENGTHEN OUR WORKFORCE, ENSURE ALL STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENTER HIGH DEMAND. CAREERS IN TRADES. THE BUILDING TRADES ORGANIZED LABOR ALSO HAS A CRITICAL.
ROLE TO PLAY. INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN SKILLED TRADES CAN HELP REDUCE LONG STANDING BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND ADDRESS WORKFORCE SHORTAGES.
THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WU COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND FOR
YOUR ADVOCACY ON THIS. UM, I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME ADVOCATE FOR PUSHING FOR CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS IN BOTH TECHNICAL FOCUSED VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERY SCHOOL
IN OUR DISTRICT. AND I ALSO LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO AS A CITY TO BETTER PROGRAM MADISON PARK FOR OUR STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND ANY BOSTON RESIDENT THAT MIGHT BE LOOKING TO GET INTO THE TRADES.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING, UH, TO SEE SEEING HOW WE CAN INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AND GET MORE YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS AND VO TECH OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR WORRELL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW CO-SPONSORS FOR WORKING CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
ANY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SETTING OUR KIDS OUR YOUNG ADULTS UP FOR SUCCESS AND GIVING THEM THE SKILLS THEY NEED. UNFORTUNATELY, WE KNOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING
FROM DPS WITHOUT THE WORK SKILLS AND LIFE SKILLS NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THAT ATTRIBUTES TO A LOT OF OTHER SOCIAL ILLS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COMBAT HERE ON
THE COUNCIL. SO ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM MORE TRAINING AND OPEN UP THEIR EYES OR MAYBE JOBS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE SEEN AS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD SEE THEMSELVES
IN. I KNOW OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLAHERTY OFTEN WOULD SAY HOW WE ARE A CITY OF EDS AND MED BUT WE DON'T WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE
THE CUSTODIANS. NOT THAT THESE JOBS ARE BAD, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TRAINING THEM TO ALSO BE THE CEOS IN THE DOCTORS IN THESE BUILDINGS AND ALL OF THESE UM, CRANES THAT WE HOPE TO SEE MORE
GO UP IN THE CITY. BUT OUR WE HAVE SO MANY LABOR UNIONS THAT WANT TO GIVE OUR KIDS OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE SKILLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONSTRUCTOR AND COUNSELOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR DIVISION COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR DOCKET
UM DOCKET NUMBER 1417 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . UM MR. MR. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET
1418. DOC NUMBER 1418 COUNCILORS WEBER AND PENA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HIM TO REVIEW THE STATUS OF BOSTON'S CITYWIDE BIKE NETWORK PLAN.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. >> THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD A MATTER OF SORRY . ADD MADAM PRESIDENT BREADON. AS. >> UH AS A. THIRD CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
I AM CONCERNED BRITAIN WILL BE ADDED TO THIS A THIRD. OKAY. >> UM, AND UH, LIKE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS FILED TODAY, UH, I DID FILE THIS, UH, AS A FOLLOW
UP TO THE TRAGIC, UH, DEATH OF LOUISA GAG UH, FOUGHT SO HARD FOR, UH, SAFE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITY. UH, WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF, UH, PROMOTING BIKE LANES, UH,
AND A BIKE LANE NETWORK HERE GOING BACK TO 2010. MAYOR MENINO DECLARED, QUOTE, THE CAR IS NO LONGER KING IN BOSTON UNQUOTE INVESTING IN THE CREATION OF 65 MILES OF BIKE
LANES KNOWN AS THE BOSTON BIKE NETWORK PLAN IN 2016, UH, THEN MAYOR WALSH EXPANDED ON MENINO PLAN BY COMMITTING TO THE CITY TO VISION ZERO UH, WHICH FOCUS
ON ELIMINATING THE SERIOUS, ALL SERIOUS AND FATAL CRASHES IN BOSTON BY 2030. UH LOUISE AGAG UM UH PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT. AND IN 2022, MAYOR WU ANNOUNCED
THE EXPANSION OF BOSTON'S BIKE NETWORK WITH THE GOALS ALLOWING UM FOR MORE SAFE AND CONNECTED BIKE LANES THROUGHOUT BOSTON UH ALONGSIDE THE LAUNCH OF SAFER
STREETS, A CITYWIDE DESIGN PROCESS THAT PRIORITIZED CREATING SAFER STREETS THROUGH BETTER, BETTER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ALONGSIDE MORE PROTECTED BIKE ROUTES. UM. ALSO IN APRIL 2022, MAYOR WU
RECOMMENDED CREATING A PLAN FOR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY. UH LASTLY IN THE 30 DAY UH STREET PROJECTS REVIEW MEMO BY MIKE ROLL UH ISSUED ON APRIL
2ND 2025, IT RECOMMENDED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR BIKE LANE INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH DISCUSS KEY CORRIDORS THAT WOULD BEST CONNECT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, AND UH AFTER SUCH A PLAN
THE CITY WOULD GO ON TO DESIGN UH, THE BEST BIKE NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY SERVING THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR GENERATIONS. UH I THINK UH, YOU KNOW, UM WE
WE OWE IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, AND TO LOUISA TO TO TAKE THIS UP AS AN ISSUE AGAIN AND JUST AND SEE IF IF WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THESE PLANS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UH, BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CONNECTS ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE CAN BIKE AND SAFETY FROM ONE END OF THE CITY, UH, TO ANOTHER. UH, AND SO THAT'S WHY I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER AND I'M HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY MY
COLLEAGUES. UH, COUNCILOR PREPEND AND MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER FOR INCLUDING ME AS A
CO-SPONSOR. INVESTING IN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS A GREAT WAY TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR RESIDENTS TO BUILD THAT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTO THEIR DAY. CYCLING SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION OVER LONGER DISTANCES. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE BENEFITS, SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF HESITATION FOR FOLKS CONSIDERING CYCLING.
DATA SHOWS THAT PROTECTED SEPARATED BIKE LANES MAKE THE ROADS SAFER NOT ONLY FOR THE CYCLISTS BUT ALSO FOR PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS. CREATING A ROBUST BIKE.
NETWORK MEANS BETTER CONNECTED COMMUNITIES AND A SAFE, GREEN AND HEALTHY WAY TO GET AROUND OUR CITY. THAT IS WHY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR BREADON AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THIS
VERY MUCH NEEDED CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I REALIZE I HAVE TO STEP DOWN AGAIN COUNCILOR CULPEPER IF YOU'D MIND.
THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILOR BREADON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR ADDING ME AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, BOSTON HAS BEEN INVESTING IN BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING
A SAFE AND CONNECTED NETWORK THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO TRAVEL BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE DATA FROM THE BETTER BIKE LANE INITIATIVE IS CLEAR OUR EXISTING BIKE REINTRODUCE CRASHES AND MAKE OUR STREETS
SAFER FOR ALL ROAD USERS. THE 30 DAY REVIEW MEMO ISSUED IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE LAST APRIL RECOMMENDED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR BIKE LANE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SINCE THAT TIME, NEITHER THE COUNCIL NOR THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH ANY SUBSTANTIVE UPDATE ON THIS BIKE PLAN. HAVING A CITYWIDE PLAN WILL ALSO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND
HOW PROJECTS CAN BE PRIORITIZED AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO PLAN, DESIGN AND COMPLETE THE NETWORK. THIS HEARING WILL ALLOW US TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS OF THAT PLAN AND HEAR FROM THE STREETS .
CABINET BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS, ADVOCATES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ABOUT THEIR WORK. I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING HOW WE CAN BUILD A SAFE AND CONNECTED BIKE NETWORK AND
SERVE A BETTER SERVE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO. >> ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR BLOOM COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
COUNCIL MURPHY AND COUNCILOR WARD. BACK TO NUMBER 1418 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
TRANSPORTATION. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR'S NAME.
IS THE CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER. 1419.1419 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A
HEARING REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S RESPONSE TO NOISE COMPLAINTS AND ENFORCEMENT OF NOISE CONTROL LAWS. THANK YOU MR TRUCK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A DOCKETS ONE FOR ONE NINE AND ONE FOR TWO WILL BE READ TOGETHER. UM IF SO GO AHEAD. DOC NUMBER 1420
COUNCILOR CULPEPER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION URGING IMPROVED RESPONSE TO NOISE COMPLAINTS AND ENFORCEMENT OF BOSTON'S NOISE CONTROL LAWS.
COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE. FLOOR FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1419. I REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO VOTE ON PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR BREADON AS AN
ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO BOTH DOCKETS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. TODAY I'M FOLLOWING BOTH A RESOLUTION AND A HEARING ORDER REGARDING THE CITY'S RESPONSE
TO NOISE COMPLAINTS AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF OUR EXISTING NOISE CONTROL LAWS. IF YOU SPEND ANY AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING TO RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, YOU YOU'LL HEAR
THE SAME CONCERNS OVER AND OVER LOUD PARTIES, ILLEGAL DIRT BIKES, ATVS, CARS BLASTING MUSIC AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, REPEAT NUISANCE
PROPERTIES AND PERHAPS MOST FRUSTRATING OF ALL RESIDENTS WHO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE DONE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO CALLING 311 CALLING 911
CONTACTING THE PARTY LINE ONLY TO FEEL THAT NOTHING CHANGES. THIS IS NOT JUST A DISTRICT SEVEN ISSUE. I SPOKE WITH COLLEAGUES FROM ACROSS BOSTON AND THEY'RE HEARING MANY OF THE SAME
COMPLAINTS. THIS IS A CITYWIDE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE EQUALLY CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. I'M NOT FILING THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE NEED ANOTHER LAW ON THE BOOKS.
BOSTON ALREADY ALREADY HAS STRONG NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCES. UH, CITY CODE GIVES LAW ENFORCEMENT THE AUTHORITY TO RESPOND TO EXCESSIVE NOISE NUISANCE GATHERINGS AND REPEAT
VIOLATION. THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS WHETHER THOSE LAWS ARE BEING ENFORCED CONSISTENTLY, TRANSPARENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW THAT
WHEN THEY TAKE TIME TO REPORT A PROBLEM SOMEONE RESPONDS. THEY DESERVE TO KNOW WHETHER THEIR COMPLAINT WAS DOCUMENTED, WHETHER ENFORCEMENT OCCURRED AND WHETHER REPEAT OFFENDERS
ARE ACTUALLY BEING TRACKED. THEY DESERVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE SYSTEMS WE'VE CREATED ARE WORKING THE WAY THEY WERE INTENDED. THAT'S WHAT THIS HEARING AND
RESOLUTION IS ALL ABOUT. AND UH, I JUST LIKE TO READ THIS TEXT THAT I GOT SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO THE RECORD. I. >> I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THIS
TEXT. WELL, MADAM PRESIDENT, I GUESS I CAN'T FIND THAT TEXT. THANK YOU. TOOK THAT AS A SIGN.
THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE SPEAKING TO DOCKETS? UM. 1419 14201 DOCTOR DOCKET 1419
REQUESTING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF THAT DOC. THANK YOU. >> UM, COUNCIL MURPHY I SEE YOUR LIGHTS ON COUNCILMEMBER FOR YOU BEFORE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO THE MAKER OF BOTH
OF THESE. AND I WANT TO JUST REITERATE WHAT I KNOW THE CHAIR UM, THE SPONSOR HAD SAID THAT WE DON'T NEED NEW RULES. WE JUST NEED TO ENFORCE THE RULES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE
BOOKS. THIS CAME UP IN CONVERSATIONS SEVERAL YEARS BACK WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO ADD A NEW ORDINANCE TO STOP PEOPLE FROM PROTESTING
OR USING BULLHORNS AT CERTAIN EVENTS. AND WHAT I CONTINUE TO SEE IS WE PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE THE RULES WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE BOOKS.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT CERTAIN STREETS, CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS, CERTAIN PARKS ARE LOUDER THAN OTHERS AND WE NEED TO GIVE SUPPORT TO IF IT'S
CODE ENFORCEMENT OR IF IT IS THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM OR THE BOSTON POLICE WHOEVER IS IN THE POSITIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS CAN HAVE PEACEFUL
NIGHTS SLEEP. I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD I'M HEARING LOTS MORE FIRECRACKERS AND MOTORBIKES GO BY THESE LAST FEW WEEKS AND WHEN THE DOG STARTS BARKING AND YOU DON'T GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP, I
KNOW MY NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING THE SAME CONCERNS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING WHICH WILL SPEAK DIRECTLY ON IT BUT ALSO IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THE SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION THAT HE PUT FORTH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. WE ALWAYS GET A LITTLE CONFUSED WHEN WE HAVE TWO DOCKETS TOGETHER LIKE THIS. UH SO WE HAVE UH DOCKET 1419 WHICH IS AN ORDER FOR A HEARING
REGARDING CITY BOSTON'S RESPONSE TO NOISE COMPLAINTS. UM, I WANT TO I HAVE TO ASK. WHO'S THE APPROPRIATE PERSON. >> THAT HAS TO TAKE THE CHAIR FOR A MOMENT? I HAVE SINCE I'M A CO-SPONSOR.
UM, COUNCILOR WORRELL, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING THE DIAS FROM YOU? I CAN JUST TOO. OKAY. UH, OKAY. I'M TRYING TO BE SEEN AS BEING FAIR. SO WHEN WE I'M GOING TO STAY WHERE I AM. THANK YOU.
UM. >> THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON WE RECEIVE PERSISTENT COMPLAINTS ABOUT SEVERAL FRATERNITY AND SORORITY
HOUSES NEAR THE CAMPUSES OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN OUR DISTRICT. THIS IS A TOPIC MY OFFICE HAS RESEARCHED, AND WE FIND THAT THERE'S A PATCHWORK OF LAWS TO ADDRESS EXCESSIVE NOISE AND
NUISANCE GATHERINGS, EXCESSIVE NOISE LAWS, PUBLIC NUISANCE JUST LAWS DISTURBING THE PEACE LAWS RESPONDING OFFICERS MAY CITE OFTEN CITE UH OFFENDERS
FOR BREAKING ANY ANY ONE OF THESE LAWS AND I I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW WE CAN STANDARDIZE IT TO IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT. AND WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND
HOW REPEAT COMPLAINTS ARE HANDLED, PARTICULARLY WHEN RESIDENTS CONTINUE REPORTING PROBLEMS AT THE SAME PROPERTY OR LOCATION NOT ONLY IN THE SAME YEAR BUT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.
THIS REQUIRES COORDINATION BETWEEN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR RESPONSIBLE RECEIVING, RESPONDING TO AND FOLLOWING UP ON THESE COMPLAINTS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING WHERE AND WHERE THERE MAY BE GAPS IN OUR CURRENT RESPONSE AND HOW WE CAN CREATE A MORE RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THIS ESSENTIALLY IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE FOR MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE SITUATION. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE TWO DOCKETS.
THE FIRST ONE IS DOCKET 1419. IN ORDER FOR A HEARING UM WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR INVASION. CONSTABLE MURPHY,
COUNCILOR PEPPER AND CONSTABLE WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1419 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
THE SECOND DOCKET IS DOCKET 1420. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE
COUNCILOR PEPEN CONSTRUE UH WEBER AND CONSTABLE TRAIL. UH COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER AND COUNCILOR BREADON SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1420.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET. 1420 COUNCIL. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES.
COUNCIL COLETTE AS A COUNCIL CULPEPER COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR THIS SHOW? YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA.
COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. BENTON. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. ORAL. YES.
TALKING OF A1420 HAS RECEIVED NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 1420 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1421.
DOC NUMBER 1421 COUNCILOR CULPEPER UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE JOHN D O'BRIEN SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE. CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTANT
CULPEPER COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO DOCKETS 1 TO 1 421 AND ONE FOR TWO TO BE READ TOGETHER.
WITH YOU. TO REALLY GIVE TO US 17. ABSOLUTELY. UM THE OTHER TWO ARE 17 F SO WE WILL READ THIS ONE AND THEN WE'LL DO THE 17 F'S TOGETHER IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I DON'T MIND. THE JOHN D O'BRIEN IS ONE OF BOSTON'S THREE EXAMINATION SCHOOLS AND AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION IN ROXBURY SERVING
STUDENTS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS OUR CITY. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL
BUT TODAY'S STUDENTS, FAMILIES ,EDUCATORS, ALUMNI AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY STILL DO NOT HAVE A CLEAR LONG TERM ANSWER ABOUT WHAT THAT FUTURE
WILL LOOK LIKE IN 2023. THE CITY PROPOSED RELOCATING THE O'BRIAN FROM ROXBURY TO THE WEST FOR OUR THREE EDUCATION COMPLEX WHILE EXPANDING THE SCHOOL BY APPROXIMATELY 400
SEATS. FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS FROM THE SCHOOL FROM THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, THAT PROPOSAL WAS HALTED INDEFINITELY IN FEBRUARY 2024.
AT THAT TIME THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE ADMINISTRATION INDICATED THAT IT HAD EVALUATED ALTERNATIVES AND WOULD SHARE THE FINDINGS OF THE O'BRIEN O'BRIEN PROGRAMING STUDY.
BUT MORE THAN TWO YEARS LATER WE STILL NEED FLAHERTY ON THAT WORD AND HOW IT IS INFORMING THE CITY'S PLANS FOR THE O'BRIEN. THE GOAL OF THESE FIVE FILINGS
IS NOT TO RESTART THE DEBATE OVER A PROPOSAL THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN HALTED. IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT MOVE THE PLANNING COMMUNITY INPUT AND RESOURCES THAT HAVE
ALREADY GONE INTO THIS PROCESS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO ESTABLISH A TRANSPARENT PATH FORWARD. THE O'BRIEN HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A PRIORITY BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND I BELIEVE
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN CONCRETE TERMS. WE NEED A CLEAR A CLEAR PLAN, A REAL REALISTIC TIMELINE AND
MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AS WE DETERMINE THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF THE JOHN FRAME. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER .
UM. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR WEBER CONSTANT WORRELL AND PLEASE ADD THE
CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET UH 1421 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE TWO, UH, 17 F'S
TOGETHER? SEVEN DOCKET 1422 AND 1423. >> SO. I CAN HAVE A1422 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING THE
JOHN D O'BRIEN SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS AND NUMBER 1423 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER
REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY ELIGIBILITY PERIOD FOR MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >> MR.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS 17 F REQUEST FOLLOWS THE
HEARING THAT WE HELD LAST WEEK REGARDING THE FUTURE A MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE MSBA PROCESS DURING THIS ELIGIBILITY
PERIOD. DURING THE HEARING WE LEARNED THAT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED SEVERAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE MSBA AS PART OF MADISON PARKS
ELIGIBILITY PERIOD. WHILE ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS REMAIN OUTSTANDING. HOWEVER, THOSE DOCUMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS
PROJECT AND THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE REQUIRED. I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL, THE MADISON PARK COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE INFORMATION THE CITY
IS SUBMITTING AS THIS PROCESS MOVES FORWARD. IN THIS 17 F WE'RE REQUESTING DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE MSBA. OTHER MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES
PARTICIPATING IN THE MSBA PROCESS HAVE MADE THESE TYPES OF DOCUMENTS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH DEDICATED PROJECT WEBSITES AND ONLINE DOCUMENT LIBRARIES.
I BELIEVE BOSTON SHOULD PROVIDE THAT SAME LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY ,PARTICULARLY FOR A PROJECT AS CONSEQUENTIAL AS REBUILDING AND MODERNIZING THE CITY'S ONLY TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL. WE ALL WANT TO SEE MADISON PARK MOVE FORWARD SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE MSBA PROCESS. THIS REQUEST IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT AS IT DOES, THERE'S
TRANSPARENCY AT EVERY STAGE AND THAT STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, THE COUNCIL AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO
UNDERSTAND THE DECISIONS BEING MADE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER.
SO THERE'S 217 F'S. UH, ONE IS UH, DOCKET 1422. UM, SO, UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER ,UH. SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1422. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET 1422 HAS PASSED. WE'LL GO TO DOCKET 1241423.
UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 1423. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET 1423 HAS PASSED.
MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1424. SO I CAN HAVE A1424 COUNCILORS FOR PEN AND BRAID NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOMMITTING THE CITY OF BOSTON
TO VISION ZERO 23. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL CAN COUNTRY PEPEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALSO SUSPEND THE RULES AND THAT OF COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
UM, SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU. >> IN 2015 BOSTON COMMITTED TO VISION ZERO. THE AMBITIOUS GOAL TO ELIMINATE FATAL AND SEVERE CRASHES
TRAFFIC CRASHES IN BOSTON BY 2030. AND IT IS AN AMBITIOUS GOAL. BUT HOW CAN WE NOT BE AMBITIOUS WITH LIVES ON THE LINE? THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE AND MORE LIVE TO SAVE.
WITH THREE AND A HALF YEARS LEFT UNTIL 2030. IN MY DISTRICT ALONE THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHERE I'VE GONE TO VIGILS AND HAVE STOOD WITH FAMILIES WHO HAVE
LOST A LOVED ONE. ONE OF THEM THAT STANDS OUT. IT'S ACTUALLY A FOUR YEAR OLD THAT PASSED AWAY ON WOOD AVENUE A FEW YEARS AGO. UM AND NOW LUCKILY BECAUSE OF SOME PROJECTS UM WOOD AVENUE
IS GETTING REDESIGNED AND IT'S CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A VISION ZERO PROJECT. UM. >> BECAUSE OF PEOPLE SOMEONE OVER AT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, DANIEL IS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS.
WHAT WE DO REALIZE IS THAT THESE THINGS THESE ACCIDENTS, THEY IMPACT A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMITMENT TO VISION ZERO ISN'T JUST A COMMITMENT TO
SAFER STREETS, IT'S TO COMMITMENT TO SAVING LIVES, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THIS CONCERN SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT REMAINS A PART OF A FOCUS EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL TO RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO VISION ZERO BY 2030. ONE FATALITY IS TOO MANY.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. UM, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE I'LL TAKE YOU NEXT AND THEN I'LL SPEAK LAST. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR PEN FOR ADDING ME. UM. AND I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING FOR, UH, A WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS. UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST I KNOW A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN PROMPTED, UH, BY THE VERY UNFORTUNATE PASSING OF, UH,
LUIS AGAG. UM, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO HOLD. THE, UM. IN HER IN MY PRAYERS. UM, OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES UM, WHOSE LIVES AND
WORK UM, HER LIFE AND WORK WERE DEDICATED TO MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER. AND HIS TRAGIC DEATH HAS BROUGHT US BACK TO THIS CONVERSATION WITH AN UNIMAGINABLE SENSE OF LOSS. UM, JUST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO HER
DEATH, LUIS AGAG ACTUALLY HELPED, UH, MY OFFICE HELP UH, JOEY BENNETT UH, VR TIME ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFE AFTER PRISON ORGANIZED A BIKE RIDE AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY HAD BIKES 24 BIKES AND THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT LUISA REALLY LEANING IN. AND I JUST WANT TO TO CONTINUE TO HONOR HER MEMORY HERE. UM, WE KNOW WHAT STATE WHAT SAFE STREETS LOOK LIKE. THE CITY HAS BEEN DEVELOPING
THE DATA, THE TOOLS AND THE STRATEGIES FROM SAFER INTERSECTIONS, TRAFFIC CALMING TO PROTECTED INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, AND IDENTIFYING OUR HIGHEST CRASH QUARTERS. UH, WE DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH URGENCY IN ORDER TO
DELIVER WHAT THE DATA SHOWS US. UH, VISION ZERO CAN'T SIMPLY BE AN ASPIRATION. UH, THAT WE WE CAN RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO AFTER EACH TRAGEDY. UM, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY DIGGING IN TO VISION UM, ZERO TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, MEET THOSE COMMITMENTS IN A TIMELY FASHION . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE.
UH, CANCER. UH, CANCER DRUG AND COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> OH, SORRY. YOUR SPONSOR. SO YOU. >> CAN GO FIRST. MHM. OH, DO YOU WANT ME TO. YES I WAS I WAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM I'D LIKE TO THANK HUNTER PEPEN FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP AND BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION FORWARD. UH BOSTON COMMITTED TO VISION 0 IN 2015 WITH THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING FATAL AND
SERIOUS TRAFFIC CRASHES BY 2030 WITH LESS THAN FOUR YEARS REMAINING, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT WORK TO DO IN 2025. 11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES IN BOSTON, MOST
OF WHOM WERE PEDESTRIANS, AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER CRASHES REQUIRED MEDICAL AND REQUIRED MEDICAL. OTHERS IN CRASHES REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LUIS AGAG AND ALSO BRIGHTON RESIDENT, A CITY EMPLOYEE WHOSE WORK TOUCHED ALL OF US AND A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY
WHOSE DEATH UNDERSCORED JUST HOW URGENT THIS WORK IS. A BETTER CITY IS POSSIBLE. VISION ZERO IS NOT AN UNATTAINABLE GOAL. HELSINKI, A CITY COMPARABLE IN
SIZE TO BOSTON, HAS GONE OVER A YEAR WITHOUT A SINGLE FATALITY . IN 2019 THAT CITY SAW ZERO PEDESTRIAN DEATHS AS WELL. THAT WASN'T ACHIEVED BY MAGIC.
IT WAS ACHIEVED BY COMMITMENT TO PROVEN SAFETY MEASURES AND BUILDING SAFER STREETS. WE SHOULD TAKE NOTE HERE IN BOSTON WE NEED TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT
MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER AND HELP PREVENT THESE CRASHES FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, TRANSIT RIDERS, CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS
AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO CAN BE MOST VULNERABLE ON OUR STREETS. REACHING VISION ZERO WILL REQUIRE US TO ACCELERATE THIS WORK AND CONTINUING TO MAKE STREET SAFETY A PRIORITY AS WE
APPROACH 2030. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE VISION ZERO AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN TRAVEL SAFELY THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THANK YOU.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS. UM ON APRIL 22ND I CHARITY HEARING UH, IN OUR COMMITTEE
UM, THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STATUS OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TALKING ABOUT VISION ZERO. UM, AND TALKING ABOUT THE CITY'S VISION FOR OUR CITY. UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TALK IN
THE WAKE OF TRAGEDY BECAUSE WE ALL KNEW LOUISA. SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLE PERSON. WE ALL KNEW HER WORK. WE ALL WORKED CLOSELY WITH HER. UM, JUST TALKING TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF AND TALKING TO HER OFFICE.
UM, WE ALL HAD INDIVIDUAL INTERACTIONS WITH HER THAT WERE, UM, MEANINGFUL AND SHE TRULY REPRESENTED OUR OUR CITY AND, UM AND TO HAVE HER PASS
AWAY IN MY DISTRICT IS JUST INCREDIBLY HEARTBREAKING. UM, I THINK PART OF THE HEARING THAT WE HAD UM, IN DECEMBER I'M SORRY IN APRIL AND DECEMBER AND ALL OF THE HEARINGS THAT WE'VE
HAD REGARDING TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS HAS BEEN ABOUT UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE APPROACHING VISION ZERO AND UNTIL YESTERDAY, UH, ALL OF THE
DATA FOR THE FATALITIES AND INJURIES WERE NOT EVEN UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE. I'M REALLY HAPPY LIKE WE'VE ADVOCATED AND I KNOW A LOT OF ADVOCATES ARE WERE ADVOCATING THE DATA HAS NOW
BEEN UPDATED WHERE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO APPROACH DIVISION ZERO IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATA AND WE'RE NOT WORKING TOWARDS A PLAN. SO UM I'M I'M EXCITED TO HAVE
THIS HEARING. UM, BUT IT'S IT'S TRAGIC WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR STREETS AND IT'S ALSO TRAGIC, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED ON OUR STREETS WHO
AND HAVE BEEN HIT ON OUR STREETS THAT UM THAT AREN'T RECOGNIZED AND UM. LESS THAN 100FT AWAY FROM WHERE LOUISA PASSED AWAY UM, THERE IS
A CROSSWALK THAT WE'RE WAITING TO GET DONE AT THE ROXBURY CROSSING TO YOU WHICH IS RIGHT IN AT THE BORDER OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND DISTRICT EIGHT. WE HAVE AREAS AND PROJECTS THAT
WE NEED TO EXECUTE ON AND UM, AS DISTRICT EIGHT CITY COUNCILOR UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STREET, SIDEWALK AND CROSSWALK IN MY DISTRICT IS SAFE BUT THAT MEANS
SLOWING DOWN CARS AND IT'S NOT AN EASY CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ONE THAT WE NEED TO UM, WE NEED TO APPROACH WITH DELICATE CARE BUT ALSO ONE THAT WE HAVE TO
ACTUALLY HAVE THE POLITICAL URGENCY UM, TO TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO SLOW DOWN CARS IN ORDER TO APPROACH VISION ZERO. UM, AND AND A LOT OF OUR DISTRICTS UM, SOMETIMES WE LACK
THE POLITICAL COURAGE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT. AND SO UM THANK YOU, CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN.
CONJURER. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. CANCER. UM, HERE COMES FROM MURPHY COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR. MORRELL COUNCILORS PEPEN BRITTON AND LOUIJEUNE SEEKS
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1424. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MISTER KIRK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1424.
TALKING OF, UH. EXCUSE ME. ROLL CALL. UH, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR. COLETTE AS OPPONENT COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES.
COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. VISTO. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FUNNIEST COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES.
COUNCIL PUT PEN. COUNCILOR. OPINIONS. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. SORRY. >> COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR EARLE. COUNCILOR ORAL.
YES. SO I CAN HAVE A ONE FOR TWO FOUR AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET ONE 4 TO 4 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1425. TALKING ABOUT 1425 COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS CELEBRATING THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND ADA DAY ON JULY 15TH, 2026, IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD. COUNCILOR MURPHY? UH, COUNCILMAN MURPHY SAID SO ADDED. MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCIL MAY HEAR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER HE'S ADDED AS A
THIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY. OF THE PASSAGE OF THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT SIGNED INTO LAW ON JULY 26TH, 1990. THE AMERICANS. >> WITH DISABILITIES ACT. ADA IS A FEDERAL ACT THAT. PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION. AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES. AND ENSURES. >> THAT ALL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENTITLED TO THE SAME RIGHTS, OPPORTUNITIES . AND SERVICES. AS OTHER AMERICANS. THE ADA IS A POWERFUL
INSTRUMENT IN PROMOTING A SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN FULLY PARTICIPATE AND THRIVE WITHOUT FACING UNJUST BARRIERS OR PREJUDICE.
THROUGH ITS EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF REGIONAL CENTERS, THE ADA NATIONAL NETWORK WORKS TO ENSURE AWARENESS AND COMPLIANCE WITH ADA REGULATIONS IN ORDER
TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, FULL PARTICIPATION, SELF-SUFFICIENT LIVING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. ON JULY 5TH 15, 2026, THE CITY
OF BOSTON CELEBRATED AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AT COPLEY SQUARE PARK. ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT, ALMOST 9% OF BOSTON RESIDENTS
UNDER 65 LIVE WITH DISABILITIES . THIS ALSO INCLUDES DIFFICULTIES IN SELF-CARE OR HEARING OR
VISION, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND WALKING THE CITY OF BOSTON DISABILITIES COMMISSION THEIR MISSION IS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN
FULLY AND EQUALLY PARTICIPATE IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. IN 2022, THE DISABILITIES COMMISSION APPROVED CITY HALL PLAZA ADA COMPLIANCE BY ADDING
ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY FRIEND KRISTEN MCCOSH WHO'S THE. THE COMMISSIONER. FOR HER OUTSTANDING WORK.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO AT. >> THE. VETERANS DEPARTMENT FOR HIS OUTSTANDING. WORK ON DISABILITY RIGHTS. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
MAYOR WU AS WELL. THIS IN L.A. CHAMBER IS FULLY ACCESSIBLE. THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL WILL AT THE TIME AND OTHERS IN 2016
. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IN MAY WALSH CREATED THE LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH COMMUNICATION RELATED CHALLENGES IN ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS GREATLY IMPROVED AND CONTINUES TO.
WORK IN IMPROVING. ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY REQUIRING FACILITIES AND PUBLIC WAYS TO BE ADA COMPLIANT COMPLIANT. WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO. DO.
>> BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK. THAT HAS. >> BEEN DONE. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE JUST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THE SOUTH BOSTON SPECIAL KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS AND THE CHALLENGER
BASEBALL LEAGUE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHICH WAS WHICH IS SPONSORED BY SEAN O'BRIEN. UM LOCAL 25 OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION AND MY FATHER WAS
ACTUALLY A BASEBALL COACH. >> FOR THE CHALLENGER LEAGUE. UM, ASSISTANT. COACH RATHER I SHOULD SAY AT THE CHALLENGER LEAGUE IN BRAINTREE. UM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD EVERY YEAR WE ARE NOW YEAR 36.
UM, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTS PASSED TO GIVES ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE RESPECT AND THE INDEPENDENCE.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO DO. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO UM COMMISSIONER SHELTON, I KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN
MENTIONED A FEW HERE IN CITY HALL BUT ALWAYS, UM, OPEN TO NEEDS AND WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS
ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL RESIDENTS SO THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING ANYBODY OUT NOT JUST IN THE BUILDINGS BUT ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND ACROSS OUR CITY. SO JUST STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS ACT AND OF UM KRISTEN
MCCOSH IN THE WORK SHE'S DOING AND JUST KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS OUR SUPPORT ALWAYS AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE HEARINGS THAT ARE FILED THIS WEEK ARE TIED TO STREET SAFETY
AND TRANSPORTATION ALSO, WHICH IS ALWAYS A BIG CONCERN AND NEED FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES, VISION HEARING ISSUES, LOTS
OF DIFFERENT DISABILITIES THAT THEY ALSO FEEL SAFE ON OUR STREETS. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PASSING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRYMAN HERE. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
SO ONCE I THANK YOU. BRADLEY YOU JUST ADDED. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK WITH US. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR.
FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL OF PEPPER AND COUNCILOR WEBER. CONSTABLE. RAEL. AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY AND HERE SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE
RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1425. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1425.
COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. BREADON. YES. COUNCIL. COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO COUNCILOR CULPA. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. MICHAUD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN.
YES. COUNCIL. THIN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCIL. PAPIN. COUNCILOR. PIN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA.
COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. COUNCILOR. WELL, YES. TALKING NUMBER ONE 4 TO 5 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.
DOCKET ONE 4 TO 5 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1426. TALKING OF A1426 COUNCILOR EARLE FOR THE
FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF BILLS SENATE 2344 AND HOUSE 3754 AN ACT RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC REGULATION USING ROAD SAFETY CAMERAS.
THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL RAIL COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK. >> YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR WEBER IS SO AD. IT AND I JUST BEND THE RULES
AND ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION . COUNCILOR PEPEN IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. TRAFFIC SAFETY HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF MY OFFICE AND A
CONCERN FOR MANY RESIDENTS FOR TOO LONG. THERE ARE MANY STEPS WE MUST TAKE TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS, FOR CYCLISTS. AND FOR ALL OUR ROAD USERS.
THESE BILLS PROVIDE ONE OF THOSE SOLUTIONS AND IT DOES SO IN A WAY THAT WILL FREE UP OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO FOCUS RESOURCES ON OTHER PUBLIC EMERGENCIES WHILE MAKING TRAFFIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT MORE
EFFICIENT. WE'LL GIVE CITIES THE OPTION TO USE ROAD SAFETY CAMERAS TO ADDRESS SPEEDING, RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRIVING BEHAVIORS.
MULTIPLE OTHER CITIES HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF USING AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT TOOLS SUCH AS CHICAGO, WASHINGTON DC AS WELL AS NEW YORK WHICH HAS REPORTED A SIGNIFICANT.
DECREASE IN SPEEDING VIOLATIONS WHERE CAMERAS ARE LOCATED SINCE THEIR PROGRAM'S INCEPTION. SO I'M ASKING MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION AND URGING OUR
COLLEAGUES AT THE STATE HOUSE TO PASS BILL UM AS 2344 AND HOUSE BILL 3754 AN ACT RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC REGULATION USING
ROAD SAFETY CAMERAS TO GIVE MUNICIPALITIES THE OPTION TO IMPLEMENT TRANSPARENT, EQUITABLE AND DATA DRIVEN ROAD SAFETY CAMERA PROGRAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WORRELL CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK COUNCILOR. L, UH. >> SUMMED IT UP VERY WELL. JUST ADD I MEAN THIS IS. A AGAIN A VERY. PRACTICAL APPROACH TO MAKING
OUR STREETS SAFER I THINK IN NEW YORK WHERE THEY PUT THESE, UH, PUT RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN IT'S SOMETHING LIKE 1% OF ALL THE INTERSECTIONS. UH, THEY SAW A CITYWIDE
DECREASE IN PEOPLE SPEEDING THROUGH RED LIGHTS AND GETTING INTO, UH, DANGEROUS, UH, T-BONED ACCIDENTS. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO
IMPLEMENT HERE IN BOSTON. IT ALSO MEANS FOR ME I THINK THE ONLY POSSIBLE OBJECTION TO THIS WOULD BE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUNDS, BUT THE ACLU, UH, FOUGHT FOR UH,
REVISIONS TO THESE BILLS AND IS UH I BELIEVE UH IT HAS BEEN SATISFIED THAT THERE WON'T BE CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES UH, WITH THESE STATE BILLS. SO AGAIN, A THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR L FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD AND I HOPE WE CAN PASS
THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR OUT OF ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALSO SPOKEN ABOUT
PREVIOUSLY. IT'S A TOPIC THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE WORK IN OTHER PLACES. UM, I'M ALSO JUST GLAD TO KNOW THAT THE STATE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS VISION
ZERO COALITION AND HAS THEIR SUPPORT BEHIND THESE TWO BILLS AND ALSO AS COUNCILMEMBER JUST MENTIONED, THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN WITH THE FROM THE ACLU BUT I THINK THAT THEY HAVE REACHED FINALLY A PLACE WHERE
EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN PLACE WITH BOTH OF THE BILLS, BOTH AT THE SENATE AND AT THE HOUSE. SO I JUST I ENCOURAGE OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE STATE HOUSE TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND. AND MOVE IT FORWARD TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING OUR ROAD SAFER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS. UM THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
AND I KNOW, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND ADVOCATING TO HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY ON MBTA BUSSES FOR BUS LANES. UM, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T ALSO HAVE IT UM, FOR
OTHER TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH A CONSTITUENT UM, FROM THE BACK BAY YESTERDAY. UM, IT'S A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION THAT UM EVEN OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE COMING SAYING
WITHOUT EVEN ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE BILL SAYING WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS LIKE THEY DO IN OTHER STATES? SO UM, AS SOMEONE WHO IS FROM A PLACE WHERE THIS IS ROUTINE UM
,UNDERSTANDING THAT UM, IN THE WAKE OF UM OF POLICE UH, VIOLENCE AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON UM, HAVING LESS INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE UM AND RESIDENTS UM
IS IDEAL GIVEN UM GIVEN WHAT WE'RE UH GIVEN THAT ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOPS UM, YOU KNOW, OUR FROWNED UPON AT THIS POINT FOR MINOR VIOLATIONS. UM, SO I THINK THIS IS CLEAR.
IT'S SIMPLE. UM, I'M IN SUPPORT AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THIS AT THE STATE HOUSE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S MOMENTUM THIS TIME.
AND I URGE OUR STATE COLLEAGUES AS MUCH AS THEY LOVE OUR URGING. UM, I URGE MY STATE COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND TO LET IT. >> GET. INTO THE FINAL VERSION OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPPER, COUNCILOR DURKAN FITZGERALD. CANCER. FRIEND. CANCER LOUIJEUNE CANCER ME HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND PLEASE UH,
THE CHAIR CONSTABLE WEBER. NO CONSIDERS GENERAL WEBER AND PEPEN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1426. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY.
MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1426. COUNCILOR BRIE. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCIL. COLLETTE AS OPPONENT COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNSELOR. DURKAN.
COUNSELOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES, COUNSELOR. SHOW. YES, COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES, COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. MEDIA COUNSELOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNSELOR. MURPHY.
COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNSELOR. PIPPIN. COUNSELOR. PEN. YES, COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNSELOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNSELOR. WORLD. YES. COUNSELOR. OH, YES. DOCTOR NUMBER ONE 4 TO 6 HAS
RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. DOCKET 1426 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1427I IS THERE.
YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. DOCKET NUMBER 1427 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
OF HOUSE 4358 AND SENATE 2662 ON CONSUMER PROTECTIONS FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS. CHAIR RECOGNIZES MONSTER BRAIN CANCER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE LANGUAGE, PLEASE? UM.
>> SECOND, COULD WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, UH. THANK YOU. UH, DOES EVERYONE HAVE THE SUBSTITUTED LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF THEM? VERY GOOD COUNSELOR, YOU MAY CONTINUE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHO DEPEND ON WHEELCHAIRS CAN BE LEFT WITHOUT ANY MOBILITY FOR WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS WHEN
REPAIRS ARE DELAYED TO THEIR WHEELCHAIR. IN RESPONSE, THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE HAS TWO BILLS UNDER
REVIEW AGED 4358 AND S 2662 THAT WOULD ESTABLISH CLEAR TIMELINES FOR WHEELCHAIRS FOR WHEELCHAIR DEALERS, IMPROVE
PARTS AVAILABILITY AND REDUCE INSURANCE BARRIERS FOR CONSUMERS. IN JANUARY 2025, REPRESENTATIVE JIM O'DEA FILED H 1278 AN ACT
RELATIVE TO WHEELCHAIR REPAIR REQUIREMENTS. AND CONSUMER PROTECTION. THE BILL WOULD ALSO PROHIBIT MASSHEALTH AND OTHER PRIVATE
HEALTH INSURANCE FROM REQUIRING PRIVATE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR REPAIRS TO COMPLEX REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY WHEELCHAIRS UNLESS THE ORIGINAL PRESCRIPTION IS MORE THAN FIVE
YEARS OLD, THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE AUTHORIZED WHEELCHAIR DEALERS TO COMPLETE REPAIRS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT NO LATER THAN TEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE CONSUMER REQUEST THE REPAIR
. CURRENTLY H 4358, WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED FAVORABLY BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION PROFESSIONAL
LICENSURE AND REFERRED TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION . IN NOVEMBER 2025 S 2662 AN ACT
EXPANDING WHEELCHAIR WARRANTY PROTECTIONS FOR CONSUMERS WITH DISABILITIES WAS REPORTED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSES. THE BILL IS VERY SIMILAR TO H 4358 WHILE ALSO EXPANDING CURRENT WARRANTY PROTECTIONS. THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR OF THE
SENATE LEGISLATION WAS JOHN CRONIN, WHO FILED THE ORIGINAL SENATE PETITION. IN THE BEGINNING. >> OF THE 2025 2026 SESSION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS WHEELCHAIR LEMON LAW, THE
CUSTOMIZED WHEELCHAIR ARBITRATION PROGRAM PROVIDES DISPUTE RESOLUTION BETWEEN WHEELCHAIR MANUFACTURERS AND CONSUMERS WITHOUT GOING TO COURT. THE PROGRAM IS FOR CONSUMERS
WITH THE WITH THE PURCHASE OR LEASE NEW A. NEW CUSTOM WHEELCHAIR. WHO PAID FOR ALL OR PARTIAL COST OUT-OF-POCKET. IF THE CONSUMER QUALIFIES, AN
INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR CAN REPLACE THE WHEELCHAIR OR OFFER REFUNDS. ON JULY 20TH. ON JULY 14TH, 2026, THE BOSTON CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
AND THE DISABILITY POLICY CONSORTIUM HOSTED A RALLY FOR REPAIRS ADVOCATING FOR THESE BILLS. ATTENDEES EXPRESSED FEELINGS THAT THEIR INDEPENDENCE HAS BEEN LOST OVERALL HEALTH
SUFFERED, QUALITY OF LIFE DETERIORATED. I WAS PROUD TO STAND WITH PEOPLE FROM THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATING FOR THESE BILLS. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY
FRIEND TARA WHO'S AN OUTSTANDING ADVOCATE FOR PERSONS WITH. DISABILITIES. >> A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, SOMEONE I HAVE GREAT RESPECT AND ADMIRATION
FOR THESE BILLS TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT WHEELCHAIR USERS AND PREVENT IMMOBILITY FOR WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS. AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THIS IS A CIVIL
RIGHTS ISSUE IN A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE ISSUE DISABILITY RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN. AND UM, AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AS A RETIRED PHYSICAL THERAPIST
AT THIS POINT, UM I DO APPRECIATE THE CHALLENGES OF UH, HAVING OUR UH, FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE HAVE THEIR WHEELCHAIRS REPAIRED IN A
TIMELY WAY AND AND MANY OF OUR WHEELCHAIRS ARE VERY SOPHISTICATED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WITH COMPUTER, UH ,TECHNOLOGY AND ALL SORTS OF UH, UH, ADVANCES IN THE RECENT YEARS.
SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT TIMELY REPAIRS ARE DONE SO THAT, UH, FOLKS DON'T HAVE THEIR INDEPENDENCE IMPAIRED. BUT MADAM CHAIR, YES. UM, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. MAY I ADD YOU AS AN ORIGINAL
CO-SPONSOR? THANK YOU. >> I'D BE HONORED TO BE A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNSELOR CULPEPER CONSTRUCTION
COST OF FITZGERALD COUNTRY COUNCILOR. MEJIA. CONSTABLE. MURPHY. COUNCILOR UH WEBER CONTROVERSIAL AND HAVE GOT ME THANK YOU. UM ALL IN COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1427 . ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THIS DOCKET 1427.
COUNCILOR BREEN. YES, COUNCILOR. BRAIN. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCIL. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. OFFICER. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN.
YES. COUNCIL. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER.
YES. COUNCILOR WEBB'S IN. COUNCILOR. WORLD. TALKING ABOUT ONE 4 TO 7 HAS RECEIVED NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.
DOCKET 1427 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ UM, DOCKET 1428. DOCKET NUMBER 1428 COUNCIL FLYNN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
OF NURSES AT BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WAS SO ADDED. MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES, MADAM CHAIR AND ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER. AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR COOL
PEPPERS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE NURSES OF BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER COMPRISE A WORKFORCE OF MORE THAN 1500 DEDICATED
PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, LIFESAVING CARE TO PATIENTS IN BOSTON AND ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. THESE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF ONE OF THE
NATION'S LEADING HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS ENSURING SAFE PATIENT CARE, ADVANCING THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE REGION. SUPPORTING THE WELL BUILT WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES IN BOSTON, MEMBERS OF 1199 SEIU AT BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ADVOCATING FOR FAIR WAGES,
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, SAFE WORKING KITCHENS. THIS MORNING I WAS PROUD TO JOIN BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE TO ADVOCATE FOR A FAIR CONTRACT
THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A CRITICAL PART. OF THIS. >> ONGOING PROCESS. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL FITZGERALD WAS. WITH ME THIS MORNING.
ALONG WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY, I KNOW OTHER COUNCILS ARE GOING LATER TODAY. I BELIEVE COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS GOING LATER TODAY AS WELL. BUT STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN
MORAN FROM THE SOUTH END STATE SENATOR NICK COLLINS WAS THERE . AND THERE WAS ANOTHER WOMAN ANOTHER STATE STATE REPRESENTATIVE. WAS THAT WAS. >> THERE AS WELL FROM OUTSIDE OF BOSTON.
THE BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH AND ON THE BORDER OF THE SOUTH END IN ROXBURY AND THE SOUTH END AS AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW IS REPRESENTED.
THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS REPRESENTED BY CITY COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD. JUST ACROSS THE WAY UM IS COUNCILOR COLE PEPPERS DISTRICT AND JUST. DOWN THE. >> DOWN THE BLOCK IS DISTRICT
TWO WHICH I REPRESENT. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JOHN AND TO. REVEREND FOR. THEIR ADVOCACY AND COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, FAIR COMPENSATION AND
ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE BENEFITS ARE ESSENTIAL TO RETAINING EXPERIENCED NURSES, MAINTAINING SAFE STAFFING LEVELS, ENSURING THE CONTINUED DELIVERY OF HIGH
QUALITY PATIENT CARE. THE NURSES EFFORT TO SECURE A FAIR CONTRACT REFLECT THEIR COMMITMENT TO NOT ONLY THEIR PROFESSION BUT TO THE PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.
ONE NURSE SAID TO ME ADD WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS PARITY WITH THE LOWEST PAID UNION NURSES IN BOSTON AND THEY PROBABLY ARE IN THE MOST DIFFICULT HOSPITAL.
BECAUSE THEY'RE. >> IN A TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND THEY SEE A LOT OF UM, CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS FAIRNESS. THEY'RE ASKING FOR RESPECT AND
DIGNITY. THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A HUGE INCREASE BUT THEY'RE ASKING TO PAY THEIR BILLS, SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES, UM, AND.
CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY LIKE THEY HAVE. BUT IT'S UP TO THE BMC TO TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR OF FLYNN.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HAVING. >> ME. AS A CO-SPONSOR. AS WELL WITH. COUNCILOR CULPEPER ALL. >> OF US. COLLECTIVELY REPRESENTING THE SOUTH END. UH, YET WE WERE DOWN THERE 7:00
THIS MORNING STANDING WITH. SEIU AND OUR NURSES. UH, AT. >> THE BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER. UM. >> AGAIN, I'VE SAID BEFORE IN HERE BY MY MOM WAS A PART-TIME NURSE AT BMC OVER 30 YEARS AGO. UH, AND I SAID DOWN THERE THIS
MORNING THAT IT'S 2026 AND IT SHOULD NO LONGER BE TIME ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH. UM, AND SO THEY TAKE CARE OF OUR MOST IN NEED. UH, WE NEED TO TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT. UH, IF NOT, WE WILL SEE THEM
LEAVE. >> THE HOSPITALS. >> AND WE CAN'T HAVE BMC WITH THE SHORTAGE OF NURSES GIVEN WHO THEY HELP AND THE TRAUMA THAT THEY ADDRESS THROUGH THEIR JOB. AND SO I WAS PROUD TO BE DOWN THERE UH, WITH THE NURSES AND
LIKE COUNCIL FLYNN SAID ALL THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS A LITTLE PARITY. UH, THEY ARE BY FAR THE LOWEST PAID UH, COMPARED TO THE OTHER HOSPITALS AT THE MOMENT. UH, AND SO THEY'RE JUST LOOKING TO BE RESPECTED ESPECIALLY FOR
THE WORK THAT THEY DO. UH, AND I DO HAVE FAITH THAT BMC WILL COME AROUND AND TREAT THEM WITH FAIRNESS AS WELL AND IT WILL REFLECT IN THE NEXT CONTRACT. UH, AND I'M THERE TO SUPPORT THE NURSES AND HELPING THEM NEGOTIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALONG WITH COUNCILOR FISHER
AND COUNCILOR UH FLYNN SUPPORT THE NURSES 100% IN THEIR QUEST TO RECEIVE A PRIORITY WITH REGARD TO THEIR PAY. UH, WHEN BOSTON UNIVERSITY AT
THE TIME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UH MERGED WITH AT THE TIME BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL IT WAS HEARD THAT ISSUE THE ENSURING WORKERS. I WAS THE LAWYER THAT DID THE
CLOSING FOR THE MERGER OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL. SO I STAND WITH THEM 100%. I ALSO, UH, WANT TO SAY FOR THE
RECORD MY MOTHER WAS A NURSE FOR 30 YEARS THAT WORKED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT NURSES I THINK ABOUT 11 TO 7 BECAUSE I
REMEMBER MY MOTHER EVERY NIGHT HITTING THAT DOOR AT 11 TO GO TO WORK AND COMING BACK THE NEXT MORNING AT SEVEN TO GET US READY TO GO TO SCHOOL. SHE HAS A COURT UH NURSE PARITY
100%. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN ATTENDING TO THE BUTTON. SO COUNCILOR MURPHY AND THEN COUNCILOR PEPEN. OKAY. >> SORRY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS FOR THIS. I SAW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES OUT THERE EARLY THIS MORNING. I WAS OUT THERE WITH THEM AT SIX A AM AND JUST TALKING TO THEM AND HEARING WHAT THEY WERE
CHANTING, WHICH MANY OF US ALREADY KNOW BUT THEY'RE REALLY NOT ASKING FOR MUCH. THEY ARE THE LOWEST PAID NURSES IN THE CITY. THEY HAVE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS IN THE CITY.
THEY ALSO HAVE UM IN MANY CASES UNSAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT WHICH THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE OUT THERE WITH THEM ON THE PICKET LINE BUT ALSO LISTENING
CLOSELY AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH SEIU 1199 AND THE NURSES DIRECTLY TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW WE CAN SUPPORT AND BE THAT BRIDGE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND
BMC TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY DESERVE. SO JUST WANT ALL THE NURSES AND THEIR FAMILIES I KNOW AS MENTIONED I KNOW COUNCIL FITZGERALD'S MOM ALSO AND COUNCIL CALLED PEPPERS MOM
SO MANY NURSES THEY YOU KNOW GIVE UP THEIR SLEEP TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN MAKE THE WORK SCHEDULE WORK SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN. SO I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE
THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE 100% BEHIND THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN, I DO NOTICED WE HAVE A VERY CHIVALROUS, CHIVALROUS COLLEAGUE OFFERING
HIS COAT TO A COLLEAGUE THAT. GO AHEAD, CONSTABLE. UM YEAH. JUST STANDING IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION THANKING THE SPONSORS FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. I AM A HUGE FAN OF BOSTON
MEDICAL CENTER. IT IS WHERE ALL THREE OF MY KIDS WERE BORN. I WAS ACTUALLY THERE THE PAST TWO DAYS WHERE TWO SEPARATE UM APPOINTMENTS FOR THEM. UM BEFORE THE THE STRIKES HAPPENING. IT'S JUST ALWAYS SO IMPRESSIVE
TO SEE THE WORK THAT THE NURSES DO. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CONTINUOUSLY CHECK UP CHECK UP ON YOU WHEN WHEN YOU'RE STAYING THERE. UM, THE WORKED OUT THE WAY THAT THEY TREATED MY WIFE WAS JUST IT'S JUST IMPECCABLE.
AND I JUST KNOW THAT THROUGH THE STORIES THAT WE HEAR THROUGH THE RESIDENTS THAT OUR NURSES FROM BMC IN MY DISTRICT, YOU JUST CONTINUE TO REALLY REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK IS AND THAT WHAT THEY'RE AS COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED,
THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH JUST ASKING FOR FOR A LOT OF SUPPORT RESPECT FOR DIGNITY SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE UM THEIR ONE JOB IS ENOUGH.
AND FOR ME UM I HAVE THEY HAVE MY FULL COMMITMENT TO BE THERE TO TO SUPPORT PLAN BEING THERE LATER TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR MARCH IN THEIR STRIDE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COUNCILORS HAVE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR WHEREVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE, UH, COUNCILORS. UM AND THE CO-SPONSORS HAVE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO GOT UP AND SPOKE
AND I WAS ABLE TO JOIN UM, ON THEIR PICKET LINE TODAY, UM, AND TO SUPPORT OUR NURSES WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND THE ONES THAT AT BMC THEY THEY WORK
TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING QUALITY HEALTH CARE. UM, AND I'VE TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE DOWN THERE ON THE PICKET LINE AND JUST HEARING UH, THE SERVICE AND THE COMPASSION THAT
THEY HAVE UH, FOR UM PATIENTS WHO ARE COMING THROUGH THOSE DOORS. IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT WE STAND UP FOR THEM RIGHT NOW AS THEY CONTINUE TO CARE FOR SO MANY OF US THROUGH SOME OF OUR
DARKEST TIME. SO THANK YOU, UH, TO ALL THE UNIONS AND THE PARTNERS WHO HAVE ORGANIZING UM, AND JUST WANT TO LET THE NURSES KNOW THAT AT BMC WE STAND WITH YOU. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOLLOWING THIS. JUST WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. OUR NURSES, UH, DO SO MUCH OUR NURSES AT BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER
DO SO MUCH THEY CARE FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE. UH, THEY'VE CARED FOR A NUMBER OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS. UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GET UP AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY. I WILL BE JOINING THEM LATER ON. THE PICKET LINE WAS WITH OUR
NURSES LAST WEEK. UM, OVER AT OR TWO WEEKS AGO OVER AT, UH, THE BRIGHAM AND SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR WORKERS HERE. UM, AND OUR NURSES ARE DOING SO
MUCH UM, ESPECIALLY OUR NURSES, UM, AT BMC AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO RISE IN SOLIDARITY. I'M SUPPORTING OF OUR NURSES BOTH AT BRIGHAM'S AND BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER.
UM, I HAVE BEEN WATCHING UM, ON THE SIDELINES AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK, UM. JUST THE IMPACT THAT THEY'VE MADE IN MY OWN JOURNEY, UM, AND
IN MY FAMILY. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DO. UM. >> THAT ASIDE FROM SHOWING UP AT THE PICKET LINES AND FINDING RESOLUTIONS IS REALLY PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THOSE BIG FAT
CATS THAT ARE GETTING LOTS OF MONEY WHILE OUR NURSES WHO ARE DOING THE FRONTLINE WORK ARE GETTING THE SPARE CHANGE. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE WHAT THAT
VALUE IS AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR OUR FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST ALSO WANT TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR NURSES AS
SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTED THOUSANDS OF NURSES, UH, SEEKING FAIR WAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I JUST THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT, YOU KNOW, SUCH VITAL WORKERS HAVE TO HAVE TO
GO ON STRIKE, UH, SO THEY COULD AFFORD TO, UH, LIVE AND EARN A LIVING WAGE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THAT ALL OF US, UH, NEED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. UM, I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER MY MOM WAS A NURSE. HER SISTERS WERE NURSES. UM, AND, UM, SO I GREW UP IN A IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH NURSES.
I ALSO BOSTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WAS MERGING WITH, UH, CITY HOSPITAL WHEN I GOT MY FIRST JOB HERE IN BOSTON AT UM WHICH IN WHICH BECAME BOSTON
MEDICAL CENTER NOW BMC. SO, UM, I KNOW HOW HARD THEY WORK. I KNOW HOW CHALLENGING THE WORK IS AND I KNOW THE INCREDIBLE REPUTATION THAT BMC BOSTON HAS
UM, IN THE SOUTH END FOR ITS TRAUMA CENTER AND FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THEY DO SO OUR NURSES DO DESERVE UM, WAGE PARITY WITH OTHER NURSES IN THE CITY.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE FLAGSHIP HOSPITAL THAT WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PRIDE IN, BUT WE HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OUR NURSES AND HAVE THAT HAVE THE DIGNITY. THEY SHOULD HAVE DIGNITY AND BE
ABLE TO LIVE AND UH BE REWARDED BE COMPENSATED FOR THE WORK THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY DO. COUNCILORS FLYNN, FITZGERALD AND CULPEPER. OH, I BEG YOUR PARDON.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. DURKAN? COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR MEJA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. WEBER. CONSTABLE RAEL.
AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. OH, UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU WERE A THIRD CO-SPONSOR, SO YOU'RE ALREADY ON THE LIST. GOT IT. COUNCILOR FLYNN FITZGERALD AND CULPEPER SUSPENSION OF THE
RULES. ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1428. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1428. COUNCILOR BRAID.
YES. SO, BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS ABOUT. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. THAT'S OFFICIAL. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN.
YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. THE PEN. COUNCILOR HAVE BEEN. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. SO I CAN HAVE A1428 AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 1428 HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 429. TALKING ABOUT 1429 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT OF EDDIE CRISPIN.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU. UM, SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION WAS HONORED TO, UM, PRESENT UH,
EDDIE WITH THIS RESOLUTION EARLIER. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING TO CELEBRATE HIS 27 YEAR CAREER AT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THIS BITTERSWEET MOMENT OF HIS DEPARTURE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. CONSTABLE. EUROPEAN COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR MEAD. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN CONTRA WEBER. COUNCIL WILL READ AND PLEASE
OF THE CHAIR COUNCIL DIVISION SIX SUSPENSION THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1429. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL?
VOTE ON DOCKET 1429. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. YES. COUNCILOR KILL AS OPPOSED TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES.
COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN.
THAT'S PIPPIN. YES. SANTANA. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. ORAL. YES. SO I CAN HAVE A1429 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 1429 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1430. SO I CAN HAVE A1430
COUNCILOR CULPEPER OH FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNTRY CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. NOW I'D ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO VOTE ON THE PASSAGE.
THIS DOCKET. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY LED PLANNING IN ROXBURY, WE ALSO NEED TO RESPECT THE STRUCTURES
THAT WERE ESTABLISHED TO GIVE RESIDENTS A MEANINGFUL AND CONTINUING VOICE IN THE DECISIONS AFFECTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE
IN THAT PROCESS. ARTICLE 50 OF THE BOSTON ZONING CODE RECOGNIZES THE RNC AS ROXBURY RESCUE IS FORMAL PLANNING ENTITY AND THE ROXBURY
STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN ESTABLISH A BROADER FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN LAND USE AND PLANNING DECISIONS, INCLUDING A
ROLE FOR THE RNC AND THE NOMINATION PROCESS OF MEMBERS OF THE ROXBURY STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT NOW BECAUSE THE CURRENT MEMBERS
OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAVE EXCEEDED THE THREE YEAR TERMS ESTABLISHED BY THE MASTER PLAN AND AS THE CITY MOVES FORWARD WITH APPOINTMENTS, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS
FOLLOWS THE FRAMEWORK THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND THAT ROXBURY RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ROLE AND VISION FOR THEM UNDER
THE MASTER PLAN. WE CANNOT SELECTIVELY RELY ON THE ROCKS VERY STRATEGIC MAP MASTER PLAN WHEN IT IS CONVENIENT. IF WE RECOGNIZE THAT DOCUMENT
AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO RESPECT THE PROVISIONS THAT ESTABLISH A ROLE FOR THE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WILL NOT SIMPLY MEAN INFORMING RESIDENTS ABOUT DECISIONS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN MADE. IT HAS TO MEAN PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN SHAPING THOSE DECISIONS
FROM THE BEGINNING. AS ROXBURY CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOME CONTINUE TO
HAVE A REAL VOICE IN DETERMINING ROXBURY FUTURE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANCER COUNCIL MEJIA CANCER.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'M JUST GOING TO REMAIN SEATED. IS THAT OKAY? GO AHEAD. >> AND YOU? UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR ADDING ME.
THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, ALSO KNOWN AS THE RNC, PLAYS IN ARTICLE 50 OF THE BOSTON ZONING CODE TO ENSURE THAT THE ROXBURY
COMMUNITY HAS INPUT IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. ADDITIONALLY, THE ROXBURY STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN ESTABLISHES A NOMINATION PROCESS FOR ITS OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE WHICH SPECIFIES THAT THE R AND C LEADS THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS FOR THE NOMINATION POOL FROM WHICH THE MAYOR THE MAYOR APPOINTS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO US CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE INDEPENDENT ROLE THAT THE RNC HAS HAD IN THIS PROCESS.
THE FORMER CHAIR AND COUNCILOR. WHO REVIVED THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE AS THE THE FORMER CHAIR AND COUNCILOR WHO REVIVED THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY COMMITTEE.
I REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THAT WE UPHOLD THE LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES A CLEAR PROCESS.
AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, THE PROTOCOLS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE OUTCOME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO STANDING WITH COMMUNITY AND HELPING THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL CULPEPER FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING PRIOR TO THE START OF THE COUNCIL MEETING TO JOIN COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND OTHERS
IN LISTENING TO ROXBURY RESIDENTS THAT CAME TO CITY HALL THIS MORNING TO ADVOCATE. I THINK THEY CAME HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR RESPECT FOR FOR A LITTLE BIT OF JUSTICE TO BE
HEARD. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCILOR COLE PEPPERS RESOLUTION IS ALL ABOUT TODAY IS THE VOICE OF ROXBURY MUST BE HEARD. IT MUST BE RESPECTED.
IT MUST BE INCLUDED. AND I'M HERE TO STAND WITH THE RESIDENTS OF ROXBURY AND MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILMAN MURPHY. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE ROXBURY DISTRICT COUNCIL COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU TO REGGIE FOR REACHING OUT TO MY OFFICE AND
WORKING WITH ANDREW. UM, AND I SPOKE EARLIER TO THE GROUP BUT JUST AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROXBURY RESIDENTS DON'T NOT EVER FEEL
LIKE WE ARE NOT LISTENING TO THEM OR THAT THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD AND DOING GREAT WORK BUT THEN THEY DON'T SEE THE RESULTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT
DESPITE ENGAGEMENT, DESPITE ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES AND DESPITE PUSHING BACK AND GIVING REALLY GOOD THOUGHTFUL REASONS FOR WHY THEY KNOW WHAT IS BETTER FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD,
FOR THEIR STREET, FOR THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT THEIR CONTINUED TO NOT BE HEARD. SO THANK YOU FOR NEVER GIVING UP ON THAT FIGHT AND KNOW THAT MYSELF AND I BELIEVE ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS BODY BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AND BE A VOICE HOWEVER YOU NEED ME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE. LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. UH, COUNCIL FLYNN.
COUNCILOR. DIVISION COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. UM. WEBER. COUNCIL. WILL UH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR PEPEN AND PLEASE OUT
THE CHAIR COUNCILORS COLE PEPPER AND MEJIA SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1430. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE VOTE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 1430. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCIL BRAIN. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES.
YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PUT PEN. COUNCILOR. PEN.
YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. BASSAN. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. YES. TALKING 1430 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU. DOCKET 1430 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1431. TALKING ABOUT 1431 COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR THE
FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JULY AS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEJIA COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCIL FLYNN THE SO ADDED. THIS RESOLUTION IS RECOGNIZING DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH WHICH IS RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY EACH YEAR DURING THE MONTH OF JULY HIGHLIGHTING THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, STRUGGLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. WE OBSERVE DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH IN JULY TO COMMEMORATE THE SIGNING OF THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT ON JULY 26TH,
1990. DISABILITY PRIDE HAS STRONG ROOTS IN OUR CITY AS BOSTON HELD THE FIRST DISABILITY PRIDE DAY IN 1990 AS WELL. A DISABILITY COMMUNITY IN
BOSTON AND ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES CONTINUE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO VARIOUS FIELDS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARTS, LITERATURE ,SCIENCE, SPORTS, BUSINESS AND
ADVOCACY ENRICHING OUR SOCIETY WITH THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES. WITH DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH WE CELEBRATE THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY BUT ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY, RAISING AWARENESS
AND EDUCATING OTHERS ABOUT DISABILITY RIGHTS, COMBATTING STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION. FOSTERING A CULTURE OF RESPECT AND EQUITY AND ADVOCACY AND ADVOCACY FOR TRUE ACCESSIBILITY
AND EQUITY. THE COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK IS NOT LIMITED TO THE MONTH OF JULY BUT RATHER YEAR ROUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CULTURE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK COUNCILOR MCCARTHY HAS SUMMED IT UP BEST IN HER HER COMMENTS WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMAN HIS LONG TIME COMMITMENT TO DISABILITY RIGHTS
ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON TO A DISABILITY RIGHTS, UH, CIVIL RIGHTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD.
COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. MURPHY, COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, HERE. NO COUNCILOR MEJIA.
AND FLYNN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1431. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON 1431.
COUNCILOR BREAK. YES. YES. COUNCIL COLORS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. DULL PURPLE. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. MOSCOW. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR.
FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR AND YES. COUNCILOR.
SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. YES. TALKING ABOUT 1431 HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN IT FOR A MINUTE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 1431 HAS BEEN ADOPTED
. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1432. TALKING NUMBER 1432 COUNCIL IS MEJIA IN CULPEPER OH FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DECLARING
JULY 1ST, 2026 AS JAYLEN BROWN DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COUNTRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE
RULES AND ADD COUNCIL RULE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCIL WHERE IS ADDED AS A THIRD UM. I'M FOLLOWING THIS RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE JAYLEN BROWN'S
CONTRIBUTIONS ON AND OFF THE COURT. IN HIS TEN SEASONS WITH THE CELTICS, HE NOT ONLY GREW AS A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER BUT ALSO AS A BOSTONIAN.
HE IS AN NBA CHAMPION, A FIVE TIME NBA ALL-STAR, 2024 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, 2020 UH FOUR NBA FINALS
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AND MUCH MORE. AND HE ALSO HAS BEEN A KEY PLAYER WHO HAS LED THE CELTICS TO THEIR HISTORIC 18TH BANNER. BUT JAYLEN UM BROWN'S IMPACT
DOES NOT STOP THERE. THE JUICE THE SEVEN JUICE UM THE JUICE FOUNDATION EXCUSE ME AND BOSTON EXCHANGE BOTH OF HIS UH PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS HAVE UPLIFTED
UNDERREPRESENTED MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH AND ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH HIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY. JAYLEN BROWN HAS USED HIS PLATFORM TO ADVOCATE FOR
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, RESOURCE ACCESSIBILITY, EQUITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AND EVEN THOUGH JAYLEN BROWN IS MOVING ON FROM THE SOUTH SIX HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. HIS DEDICATION. >> TO THE BOSTON COMMUNITY CONTINUES.
IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THE JUICE FOUNDATION AND THE BOSTON EXCHANGE HAVE REAFFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE BOSTON COMMUNITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE. UM, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
SAY THAT ON JULY 1ST WHEN, UH, WE HEARD THE NEWS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE BOSTON CELTICS DID NOT RECOGNIZE, UH, HIS EFFORTS AND
THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HE HAS MADE TO THE CITY AS THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL, WE WANT TO AFFIRM ,UM AND UPLIFT, UH, THE GRATITUDE THAT WE HAVE FOR
JAYLEN, UM, AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO THANK YOU. UM, FOR OUR JULY 1ST WILL BE JAYLEN BROWN'S DAY. SO THE CELTICS YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT HIM
EVEN WHEN HE'S LONG GONE. THANK THANK YOU GUYS HERE. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UH CULPEPPER COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE PATTY
ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON THIS RESOLUTION. JAYLEN BROWN LEGACY AS YOU SAID EXTENDS WELL BEYOND WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED ON THE BASKETBALL
COURT OF BOSTON WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIS ROLE IN BRINGING BANNER 18 TO THE CITY. HE ALSO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED THAT PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES CAN USE THEIR PLATFORM
TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIES, EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVOCATE FOR ISSUES LARGER THAN THEMSELVES. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME IN BOSTON, JAYLEN BROWN CHAMPIONED
INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND EQUITY THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS. AS COUNCILMEMBER, HE HAS SAID
LIKE THE JUICE FOUNDATION AND THE BOSTON EXCHANGE, HE INVESTED DIRECTLY IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND ENTREPRENEURS CAREFULLY CREATE PATHWAYS FOR
SUCCESS. FOR SUCCESS, FOR SUCCESS BEYOND THE GAME OF BASKETBALL. THESE CONTRIBUTIONS WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT LONG AFTER HIS
PLAYING CAREER IN BOSTON HAS COME TO AN END. ALTHOUGH WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE HIM MOVE ON FROM BOSTON, HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE FELT ON AND OFF
THE COURT. I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT RECOGNIZING JULY 1ST AS JAYLEN BROWN DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPPER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR WIRRAL COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT MADAM. PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS ON THIS AND UM WE'VE WE'VE HEARD IT UH WE'VE
SEEN IT IN JAYLEN BROWN'S OFF COURT UH IMPACTS UH IS GOING TO BE TRULY MISSED. UH, MY REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE WENT AROUND VISITING SCHOOLS AND ONE OF THE STUDENTS CAME UP
TO ME AND SAID THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF IMPACT JAYLEN BROWN UH ,HAS BROUGHT TO BOSTON. AND UM, I HEARD THAT HE IS COMMITTED TO STILL MAKING SURE
THAT HE'S SHOWING UP AND INVESTING IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, HERE IN THE CITY. UM, I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT ON COURT ON COURT ANALYTICS BUT I KNOW OFF COURT ANALYTICS
CAN'T MEASURE HIS IMPACTS. SO UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISS JAYLEN AND UH HOPEFULLY YOU KEEP ON COMING BACK AND VISITING THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR DIVISION BENCH FROM MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN CANCER WEBER. UM, PLEASE. UH THE CHAIR COUNCILORS MEJIA,
CULPEPER AND MORRELL SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1432. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THANK YOU.
DOCKET 1432 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THE CHAIR. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 1433. TALKING OF A1433 COUNCIL, I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING
RESOLUTION DECLARING JULY 26TH, 2026 AS BARBARA TIME DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM A HERE COMES FROM MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. OKAY. >> SO YOU KNOW, I DO THINK IT'S
FUNNY COUNCILOR FLYNN IS TRYING TO KILL ME TODAY. I HAVE A LITTLE HEART SITUATION. MY LITTLE. >> HEART MONITOR. PROBABLY EXPLODED TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM. >> ALL RIGHT.
FIRST IT WAS. JUST SPEECH THE LAST TIME THAT PASSED MIANO. THIS ONE. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM FILING THIS RESOLUTION, UH, RECOGNIZING. JULY 26TH, 2026 AS. BARBARA TIME DAY IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON. BARBARA TIME WAS BORN OUT OF A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD BARBER SHOP IN BOSTON DURING THE LATE 90S. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR WORK. THAT THEY. >> HAVE. DONE ACROSS THE DECADES IN
BOSTON, UM, AND THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS. THE BARBARA TIME NETWORK. UM HAS INNOVATED AND CREATED. PLATFORMS FOR BARBERS AND STYLISTS CAPTURING. THE ENERGY OF THE COMMUNITY. DRIVEN BARBER SHOP AND SALONS
TO. BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. OR CORPORATE. AGENCIES AND THE BARBERS AND STYLISTS THEMSELVES. BARBERSHOPS AND SALONS. >> PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THEIR. COMMUNITY AS.
SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CONNECT. AND ARE COMFORTABLE HAVING HONEST AND CANDID CONVERSATIONS. OUR OFFICE. >> HAS WORKED WITH BARBERSHOPS AND SALONS TO ENGAGE THEM. AND WITH AS INFORMATION HUBS FOR COMMUNITY. AND COMMUNITY CENTERED SPACES
FOR. PROGRAMING AND EVENTS. WITH THIS RESOLUTION WE UPLIFT THE. CONTINUED ADVOCACY OF BARBER TIME AND ITS FOUNDER IAN DAVIS FOR BARBERS AND STYLISTS WHO
RECOGNIZE. THEIR SERVICE ALSO AS IN PLACE AGENTS THAT ALREADY SERVE AS CONSULTANTS, MICRO THERAPISTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, EDUCATORS
AND TRUSTED CONFIDANTS. DURING COVID. UM MY OFFICE. CREATED AN INITIATIVE TO HELP SUPPORT BARBERSHOPS AND HAIR SALON OWNERS AND WE LOOKED AT THE ISSUES OF MENTAL HEALTH.
AND WE CREATED AN INITIATIVE. LITERALLY YOU ARE GETTING YOUR HAIR DONE WHILE YOU WERE GETTING YOUR HEAD FIXED BECAUSE WE WERE CONNECTING BARBER. SHOP OWNERS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES SO THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT.
THEIR CLIENTS. AND SO THAT WAS THE WHOLE GIMMICK BACK. UM, YOU. KNOW, 5 OR 7 YEARS AGO AND. SINCE MY. WORK THEN WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT. COLLABORATION WORKING ALONGSIDE
BARBERS AND AND HAIR SALON OWNERS. THEY ARE THE. FRONTLINE WORKERS IN SO. MANY WAYS. YOU TRUST THEM TO DYE YOUR. HAIR. >> YOU TRUST THEM TO CUT YOUR. HAIR, YOU DIE THEM YOU KNOW YOU TRUST THEM TO DO A LOT OF THINGS.
AND SO ASIDE FROM THE TRUST THAT WE HAVE, WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE AMOUNT OF LOVE AND ENERGY THAT THEY POUR INTO PEOPLE. >> SO MANY. FOLKS THAT COME IN THEY'RE FEELING BROKEN AND LEAVE. THEIR FULL OF LIFE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK BARBER
TIME FOR THEIR WORK AND THEIR ADVOCACY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO. SUPPORTING AND CELEBRATING JULY 26TH AS BARBER TIME DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSTRUE UM MURPHY COUNCILOR UM WEBER
COUNCILOR MORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR UM FROM HERE SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 14330 BASED UPON COUNCIL AND PLEASE ON
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE UH COUNCILMAN HE IS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 1433. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT.
DOCKET 1433 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS? UH, DOCKETS 143421435.
PERSONNEL ORDERS STUCK. NUMBER 1434 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR WEBER AND DOC NUMBER 1435 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR WEBER. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR UH, MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF THE PERSONNEL ORDERS
. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I THE AYES HAVE IT. PERSONALITIES HAVE PASSED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET
THAT THEY HAVE MAY HAVE MISSED? IF YOU HAVE, PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHT ON AND MOVE TO AMEND THE RECORD. UM. COUNCILOR WORRELL.
I'D LIKE TO ADD A VOTE UH TO ONE 4 TO 7 UH YES VOTE.
AND COUNCILOR PEPPER. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD A YES VOTE TO 1427. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? VERY GOOD.
WE ARE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL A DEMOCRAT FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? NOPE. UH, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO LATE
FILES. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE TRUCK WE HAVE TWO ELLIOT FILE MATTERS WHICH ARE A PERSONNEL ORDER AND A LETTER OF ABSENCE. UM, ABSENT OBJECTION.
THESE, UH. SO. ABSENT OBJECTION, THESE LATE FILE MATTERS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
READ THE LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE RECORD? FIRSTLY FILE MATTER. UH, LETTER FROM COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. BRIAN, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER
I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH PERSISTENT AND UNRESOLVED HEALTH ISSUES LAST THURSDAY AND WHEN TO HAVE THOSE ISSUES EVALUATED BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO AN EXTENDED HOSPITAL
STAY. UH, I WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S BOSTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING BACK WITH YOU SOON.
SINCERELY, COUNCILOR SANTANA. AND THE SECOND FILE MATTER MATTERS A PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR MOVES TO PASSAGE OF THESE LATE FINE MATTERS.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. THE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE DIRECTOR OF NO 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 AYE. THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? FIRST OF CANCER PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO WISH MY. MY DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES GABRIEL CRUZ A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHICH IS TODAY.
I CALL HIM THE SECRET WEAPON OF THE OFFICE. HE ALONE. HAS CLOSED OVER A THOUSAND CASES SINCE JOINING MY TEAM IN MY VERY FIRST YEAR IN THE OFFICE AND HE JUST HE'S KILLING
IT AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM ON THE TEAM. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABE. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM. CHAIR I JUST WANTED TO INVITE ALL. >> MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE TO A RALLY THAT IS HAPPENING
TOMORROW HERE AT. >> CITY. HALL PLAZA AT NOON. ON SENATE BILL 4814. >> THAT'S THE BILL IN THE SENATE TO EXTEND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR. HAITI BY THREE YEARS THANKS TO THE WORK OF CONGRESSMAN PRESSLEY, THE BILL.
PASSED SUCCESSFULLY ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS. IN THE HOUSE AND NOW WE NEED IT TO PASS THE SENATE. FRIDAY IS THE DAY WHERE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS WILL END FOR HAITIANS IF THERE'S NOT
INTERVENTION HAPPENING, THAT MEANS 250,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITHOUT AN ABILITY TO WORK AND WITHOUT UM, WHAT WAS A LAWFUL STATUS HERE? SO TOMORROW I WILL HAVE UM UH A
GREAT GATHERING THERE. 56 ORGANIZATIONS ARE CO-SPONSORING UH, TOMORROW AT NOON AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW SOLIDARITY UM, I BELIEVE PRETTY FAIRLY SOON SENATOR MARKEY'S ABOUT TO TAKE
THE BILL UP, UM, ON THE SENATE FLOOR. SO I'M JUST URGING ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES INTO ALL OF, UM, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AND THOSE LISTENING TO COME UP TO COME OUT TOMORROW AT NOON AND BE UM
IN SUPPORT OF AS WE RALLY TO EXTEND TPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE COMES FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT.
UM. IT'S NOT SO MUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR REACHING OUT AND, UM, FOR MAKING. LIGHTHEARTED JOKES WHILE I WAS LAID OUT.
UM, AND, UH. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. UH, I KNOW THAT IT WAS. SCARY TO WITNESS AND I JUST. >> WANT TO THANK YOU. FOR YOUR SUPPORT. UM. >> DURING THAT PROCESS AND. I WANT TO THANK THE CLERK FOR.
YOUR LOVELY CARD. LEE ELLEN, EXCUSE ME AND. MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO, UM. >> THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR. SENDING ME FLOWERS, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO. UM. >> BROUGHT ME FLOWERS TO MY HOUSE AND TO MY WHOLE. ENTIRE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. FOR SHOWING UP. FOR ME THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO ASK FOR ANYTHING. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO. EVERYONE WHO MADE IT EASY SO I
WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. UM. >> AND YOU. KNOW, I JUST I. >> THINK. IT'S IMPORTANT NOW THAT OUR COLLEAGUE IS NOT. HERE UH, TODAY. UM. >> I ALSO JUST YOU KNOW. IT WAS SCARY AND I JUST WANT US TO LEARN HOW TO TAKE BETTER
CARE. >> OF OURSELVES. IF YOU TRY TO HUG. ME AND I PUSH BACK A. >> LITTLE BIT. BECAUSE I. >> HAVE A. LITTLE HEART MONITOR. SO THAT'S. >> JUST I KNOW I JOKED ABOUT IT EARLIER BUT DON'T GET OFFENDED EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING IF YOU TRY TO HUG ME AND I PUSH BACK IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU SMELL.
IS IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS TO GO OFF OR SOMETHING TO FALL OFF SOMETHING? BUT ANYWAYS I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. UM FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB. WE TAKE SO MANY. >> THINGS TO HEART LITERALLY AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT AT THE END OF THE. DAY, YOU KNOW. THIS IS. >> OUR JOBS AND WE LIVE TO. SERVE BUT WE CAN'T DIE IN THAT SERVICE. AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY.
TO BE A LITTLE BIT. MORE UM A LITTLE BIT MORE MINDFUL. OF HOW WE SHOW UP FOR. OURSELVES AND FOR EACH OTHER AND. FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND JUST GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE. >> BIT MORE GRACE ESPECIALLY IN
THESE TIMES WHEN. SO MUCH IS. HAPPENING ALL AROUND US. SO SO THANK YOU. I'M SORRY THAT I BROKE. PROTOCOL INSTEAD OF MAKING A NERVOUS. I JUST DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE FLOOR. UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND WELCOME BACK. COUNCIL I'M HERE AND. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING. COUNCILOR SANTANA.
I KNOW HE IS IN ALL OUR PRAYERS AND YOUR STAFF. YOUR OFFICE ALWAYS DOES AN AMAZING JOB AND I KNOW COUNCIL FLYNN AND I WERE JOINED IN A PARADE AND SAW YOUR STAFF
OUT THERE SO I THINK THERE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID THAT DAY CONNECTING HER WITH THEIR FAMILY BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE LAID UP AND IT'S SO HARD FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WORK SO HARD YOU
HAVE SINCE YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL BUT YOUR STAFF AS ALWAYS WAS OUT THERE REPRESENTING YOU IN THIS CITY IN A WONDERFUL WAY AND I ALSO WAS WAITING TO SEE IF COUNCIL FLYNN WAS GOING TO TURN ON HIS LIGHT.
I KNOW HE'S MODEST BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WISH HIS FATHER, FORMER MAYOR AND AMBASSADOR I CALL HIM MR FLYNN AND ANY TIME I'M SO HONORED TO SEE HIM AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE IN SOUTH BOSTON
AROUND THE CITY. THEY'RE SO KIND AND WONDERFUL TO ME. SO I DO WANT TO WISH MR FLYNN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY . ANYONE ELSE LIKE THAT?
UM, SO WE HAVE A LIST OF, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES. UH, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UH, WE HAVE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. UH. >> GABE CRUZ OF CONTRACT OFFICE
,MIKE FISHBEIN OF COUNCILOR WEBBER'S OFFICE, ANDREW GALVIN OF CANCER, MURPHY'S OFFICE. LILY SCHWIETERMAN OF COUNCILOR DURKIN'S OFFICE AND MATT COSTAS OF OUR OFFICE.
UH, WE WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY, UH, BIRTHDAY AND GREAT CELEBRATION. HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME AND THE WEATHER'S NICE FOR YOU. UH, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE, UM, LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME? UH, IF YOU PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON, I WILL I WILL JUST START HERE WITH COUNCILOR DURKAN AND I'LL GO ROUND THE ROOM. UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PHIL.
SURE. IT WAS A LONG TIME BEACON HILL RESIDENT WHO LOVES SITTING ON THE STOOP OF HIS HOME ON PICKNEY STREET. HE WAS KNOWN BY NEIGHBORS AS THE MAYOR OF UPPER PINCKNEY STREET. HE PASSED AWAY FROM A HEART
ATTACK ON JULY 13TH. PHIL WAS DEEPLY BELOVED THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE LOOKED AFTER SO MANY OF HIS. NEIGHBORS HOMES AND HE BRIGHTENED HIS BLOCK WITH PERSONALITY. THE COMMUNITY. IS ALREADY SEARCHING FOR WAYS
TO HONOR HIS MEMORY AND HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN BEACON HILL. UM PAUL UH MATT LINO AND UM
AARON SAW SHOT SAW CHUCK. UM MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS MOURNING THESE LOSSES. UM, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. I'D LIKE TO UPLIFT PETE DOHERTY OF DORCHESTER PASSED AWAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. PETE WAS KNOWN AS THE DUKE OF DORCHESTER AND WAS A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.
HE ATTENDED HYDE PARK HIGH SCHOOL, PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND LATER EARNED AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN BUSINESS FROM NEWBURY COLLEGE. HE LIVED A REMARKABLE AND ACCOMPLISHED LIFE, KNOWN TO
WRESTLING FANS THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND AS THE DUKE OF DORCHESTER, HE ENJOYED A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A PROFESSIONAL, A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER IN THE WWF, AS AN ACTOR AND AS A TELEVISION
COMMENTATOR. BEYOND THE SPOTLIGHT PETER WAS A SKILLED ELECTRICIAN WHO DEDICATED MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO GENERAL DYNAMICS. A PROUD INDUCTEE TO NEW ENGLAND'S PRO WRESTLING HALL OF FAME IN 2010, PETER LEFT
BEHIND A LEGACY THAT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE WRESTLING RING. PETER WAS THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE LATE JOHN DOHERTY, DEVOTED FATHER OF LISA AND HER HUSBAND DAN AND LINDA AND HER
HUSBAND MARK UH AND HE'S A TREASURED UNCLE TO MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS. I HAD THE HONOR OF BRINGING HIS FAMILY IN THIS MORNING BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING TO HONOR HIS LIFE. UH, AND THERE'S STILL GREAT PROUD DORCHESTER PEOPLE THAT STILL GET.
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND SO IT WAS GREAT TO LEARN ABOUT PETE THE DUKE OF DORCHESTER. UM, AND EVEN UH, THE UH, LIAM IN MY OFFICE. HIS DAD REMEMBER SEEING HIM,
UH, DAD WRESTLED TO A DRAW OUT AT A MATCH IN METHUEN. SO I MEAN, PEOPLE THIS WAS, UH HE WAS A PRETTY SERIOUS GUY AND FUNNY GUY, I GUESS TO SAY THE LEAST, ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY. SO I'D LIKE TO LIFT UP THE DUKE OF DORCHESTER. THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNTRY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO OFFER MY PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES TO THE GREGORIO FAMILY.
THEY LOST, UM, THEIR DAUGHTER LISA GREGORIO WHO WAS A FIRE BOSTON FIRE ALARM OPERATOR UH, FOR 25 OR 30 YEARS MAYBE.
BUT I KNEW LISA. LISA GROWING UP. SHE WAS MY AGE IN NEWARK THROUGHOUT SOUTH BOSTON. SHE HAD A SHE CAME FROM A WONDERFUL FAMILY. A GREAT.
GROUP OF FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ON THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER MY PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES TO THE GREGORIO FAMILY, A WELL-RESPECTED FAMILY IN SOUTH BOSTON.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I WANTED TO REMEMBER UM, A FEW OF, UH, FEW
WHO HAVE, UH, PASSED AWAY. UH, TODAY I WANT TO START UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH UH, LUIS AGAG MANY OF US SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER UH, CITY OF BOSTON RESIDENT
EMPLOYEE, AVID CYCLIST, COMMUNITY ADVOCATE UM HER PARENTS WHO ARE SUCH INCREDIBLE PEOPLE UH HER SISTER UH, WHO GRADUATED WITH MY SISTER FROM
HIGH SCHOOL. UM, SO THIS ONE HURTS DEEP AND I KNOW IT DOES FOR MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES. AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, JUST HOLD THE GANG FAMILY IN, UH, MY
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE MEMORY OF LOUISA. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO UPLIFT THE NAME OF YOU SAID YANNI MARTY, ALSO KNOWN AS LANI, WHO DIED UM
,UH, IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT, UH, THIS WEEK. AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE SHE WAS ONLY 18. OUR FAMILY SHOULD BE PLANNING HER FUTURE AND, UM, PLANNING HER FUNERAL. UM, SHE DIED IN MATTAPAN AND I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM. UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF OF OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THAT BEING AT THE ROOT OF SO MUCH VIOLENCE AND IF ANYONE'S IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE TO REACH OUT
TO THE OFFICE FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE AT (617) 586-1340. UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS OFTEN A SILENT KILLER AND WE NEED TO NOT LET IT BE SO SILENT. AND LASTLY, UM, I'D LIKE TO UM
AND THERE'S OFTEN SOMEONE SITTING HERE. UM, HIS NAME IS BILL WRIGHT. HE INTERVIEWED ME FOR WHEN I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FOR COLLEGE, AND HE'S JUST AN IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE.
HE LOST HIS SON, UM, HIS SON WILLIAM BILL HENRY. RIGHT. THE THIRD WHO WAS RAISED IN DORCHESTER ATTENDED THE MATHER SCHOOL. THE MURPHY THE O'BRYANT UH,
WENT TO WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, WAS A MEMBER OF ALPHA UH CHIRO FRATERNITY HAD IMPRESSIVE INTELLECT, LOVED HOLIDAYS WITH HIS FAMILY WAS A THANKSGIVING BABY UH WAS A
GREAT CONVERSATIONALIST UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 35. I KNOW THAT HIS FAMILY IS LISTENING NOW AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, UPLIFT THE MEMORY OF BILL
UM, UH, AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY I KNOW FOR FREE. IS HIS COUSIN. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR THE FAMILY . UM, HE LIVED, UM, A LIFE WHERE
HE CARED EXTENDED ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND THOSE HE LOVED AND IT WAS IT WAS INCREDIBLY SMART AND LOVED PEOPLE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INTERACTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OUR OFFICE WE ALL CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT THE WRIGHT FAMILY
AND SO OF RIGHT NOW I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COUNCILOR HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM I. WANTED TO JUST SECOND.
AND ECHO JUST MANY. UM MY THIS. UH, NAME HERE IN THE CHAMBER. UM. SO I KNOW. THAT SOME. OF MY DAUGHTER'S FRIENDS WERE FRIENDS WITH HER. SO.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS HITTING. CLOSE TO. >> SO MANY OF THE YOUNG. >> PEOPLE WHO. ARE IN. MY NETWORK. AND I. >> KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPACE AND I. >> WANT TO UPLIFT AND THANK. SHAKIRA ROBERTSON OF SHAKIRA STORY.
UM. SHE'S LEADING, UH, A VIGIL A SILENT. PRAYER VIGIL, UM, ON THURSDAY. UM. >> JULY THE 23RD AT UH, 25 MOUNT UH STREET IN.
MATTAPAN, UM. AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SHOW UP IN SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY. AND WHILE I ALSO. AM SPEAKING ON THIS, I WANTED TO. JUST UPLIFT. >> THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF NEIGHBORS IN. THAT IMMEDIATE AREA.
MAINLY WHO ARE. ELDERS WHO ARE ALSO TRAUMATIZED. BY ALL OF. >> THE ACTION THAT IS HAPPENING. IN AND AROUND THE. THE STREET. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE SUPER MINDFUL OF MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE. ALSO THINKING. ABOUT THE UH. THE RESIDUE OF TRAUMA WHEN. SOMEONE UH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS PASSED AWAY AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY. SO MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH HER FAMILY AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. AS WELL. >> AND THEN UH, ONE OTHER NAME IS ROLANDO MOLINA. I GOT A. >> CALL LAST WEEK AND EVEN
THOUGH I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RESTING, I CAN'T REST BECAUSE THAT'S JUST NOT MY NATURE. BUT ROLANDO MOLINA, UM. WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE, UM, ON THE INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON STREET AND PARK STREET IN
DORCHESTER. UM. >> AND HE DID NOT SURVIVE. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO HELP SUPPORT HIS FAMILY, UM, DURING THIS THIS TIME AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT
HIS NAME ROLANDO MOLINA UM, AND HIS FAMILY. UH. >> OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES. WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THE NAME AGAIN? ROLANDO MOLINA. . ROLANDO. ROLANDO.
ROLANDO. YEAH. >> MOLINA. MO. >> OH, I AND A I. >> AND A I HAVEN'T GOT MY HEARING AIDS IN TODAY, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. NO. IT'S OKAY.
UM, COUNCIL DIVISION, DID YOU GET YOUR NIGHTSTAND ON? YEAH, I I GUESS THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT I FORGOT. SORRY. OKAY. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT, UM, ALBERTO
VASILYEVA DEL MUNDO LOST HIS MOTHER FLORA BASIL. UH, SHE WAS A MATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY. UH, SHE RAISED THEM WITH, UH WITH TONS OF COMPASSION, UM, HER AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO ALBERTO AVISADO AS HE MOURNS THE PASSING OF HIS MATRIARCH AND HIS MOTHER THROUGH OUR BASIL. THANK YOU. >> ALBERTO. UM, IT'S ALBERTO SALAZAR, MOM.
FLOR FLOWER FLORIDA ALOE BASIL. YES. >> LAURA FLOR F F L O R FLOOR. >> SO THANK YOU. THAT'S OUR.
UM COUNTRY MURPHY. THANK YOU. UM, I WANTED TO UPLIFT THE NAME OF DUDLEY MCDONOUGH, THE HUSBAND AND FATHER GRANDFATHER
OF MANY OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND A STRONG MEMBER OF LOCAL 223I KNOW MYSELF COUNCIL, FITZGERALD AND COUNCIL FLYNN HAD GONE TO THE WEEK AND
PRESENTED A RESOLUTION BUT I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT IT HERE TODAY AND ALSO KATIE NOLAN'S GRANDMOTHER UM FRIEDA NOLAN AND JUST WANTED TO BRING HER NAME FORWARD. THANK YOU.
SUSAN IS THE LAST ONE SUSAN. FRIEDA. >> FRIEDA NOLAN. AND MCDONOUGH. >> WHO IS MCDONOUGH. DUDLEY DUDLEY. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, I WANT I'D LIKE TO ALSO UPLIFT A FEW NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY. UM, FIRST LOUISE AGAG WHO WAS A
FRIEND AND COWORKER UM, SOMEONE THAT WAS LOVED BY MANY PEOPLE. SHE'S A DAUGHTER OF ROSLINDALE AND UM HER PARENTS STEVE AND LAURA ARE JUST GREAT FRIENDS AND AMAZING PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THEM. UM, I AS WELL WANT TO UPLIFT THE NAME OF JOSH ELIANA MARTY
WHO JUST LEFT US WAY TOO EARLY UM, AND HAVE A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS THAT ARE FAMILY WITH HER. SO JUST EXTENDING MY CONDOLENCES TO TO THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
AND THEN ALSO EXTENDING MY CONDOLENCES TO MISTER ALBERTO GONZALES. YOU ON THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER OF US. ARE YOU, UM, HIS MOTHER'S WAKE IS ON FRIDAY, JULY 24TH IN
REVERE. UH, 5 P.M. AND IT'S, UM I MEAN, WE HONOR BOTH OF US. ARE YOU AND OBVIOUSLY YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE FOR OUR FOR OUR STATE. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SEND MY
CONDOLENCES. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WORRELL, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? I LIKE TO REMEMBER THE NAME, UH, COREY MURPHY, A HIGH PARK
RESIDENT. UH, COREY WAS AT HIGH PARK HIGH ,UM, ON THE BASKETBALL SCENE. GOOD FRIEND. UH, WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY ALSO HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON BOSTON'S, UM, HIP HOP SCENE. JUST WANTED TO TAKE TIME, OFFER MY CONDOLENCES. REMEMBER THE NAME COREY MURPHY ?
ALSO KNOWN AS PRIMO. KNOWN AS. SOPRANO PIANO? >> YEAH. COMES FROM HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN REGARDS TO ALBERTO I HOW YOU AND HIS FAMILY. THEY OWN EL MUNDO. I WOULD LIKE. TO SAY SOMETHING IN SPANISH JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. >> FOR.
THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING ENGLISH. SO GET TOMORROW. SAYING I LA FAMILIA THE I WAS THE LA SALLE SOCIETY QUERIDO.
UM E NONETHELESS UH AND I'M ALL ELLA GARCIA THAT BEING A THAT'S OKAY NOW PERCEIVED AS YOU KNOW THAT'S SOUP MAMA FLOR BASILIO AQUI.
AQUI CONSUELA. THANK YOU. >> ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN LISA GREGORIO ON BEHALF
OF CONSTRUCTION CANADA'S OPERATOR LIAM DE FITZ ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR DURKAN FELL SHORT . PAUL.
MATALAN, YOU AND AARON SHAW. CHUCK ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, JANET JONES, DAVID JOSEPH, GIL MARTIN AND PETE
DUKE OF DORCHESTER DAVIDE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR DIVISION WILLIAM HENRY RIGHT, THE THIRD JOAN SEBASTIAN DURAN GUERRERO,
LORENZO SALGADO ARROYO AND ROGER AND USUAL YOSELIN MARTY AND FLOR DELGADO ON BEHALF
OF COUNCIL LIZ BRITAIN CAROLYN BEACH TOLMAN, THE WIFE OF WARREN TOLMAN AND SISTER IN LAW OF UH FORMER SENATOR AND UH AUSTIN BRIGHTON ONE UM STEVEN
TOLMAN UH ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE UH ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR SANTANA, TONY FONSECA ON ON UM BEHALF
OF COUNCIL MEMBER HERE YOLANDA MOLINA BEHALF OF COUNCILOR MURPHY DUDLEY MCDONOUGH AND SUSAN FRIEDA AND ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR WORRELL COREY
MURPHY ALSO KNOWN AS PANEL AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL LUIS AGAG. THE CHAIR THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY
WE DO SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IOANNINA CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH 2026 AT 12 P.M. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL
STAFF, THE CHURCH OFFICE AND ELLEN, OUR WONDERFUL STENOGRAPHER. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY I, UH. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE.