. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS AARON MURPHY, AT-LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
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HEARING IS ON DOCKET 0821 IN ORDER FOR AN EMERGENCY HEARING TO ADDRESS THE INCIDENTS AT THE FUTURE BOS YOUTH JOBS AND RESOURCE FAIR AND TO RESCHEDULE THE EVENT PROMPTLY.
THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FLYNN AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 2ND, 2025.
SO TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN. SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START WITH OPENING STATEMENTS THEN WE WILL GO TO THE PANEL.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. YOU WERE ON SITE DURING THAT JOB FAIR AND I THINK YOU
PROBABLY KNOW A LOT OF THE DETAILS ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR CALLING THIS.
I AM ALSO CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL BOSTON POLICE RESOURCE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT AT THE YOUTH JOBS AND
RESOURCE FAIR. IN MY OPINION THE CITY WAS NOT PREPARED TO HANDLE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE JOB FAIR AT
ANY MAJOR CITY SPONSORED EVENT. IT'S CRITICAL FOR BOSTON POLICE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT FOR ATTENDEES AND ORGANIZERS WHEN WE SEND OUR
YOUTH TO CITY RUN EVENTS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF VIOLENCE OR KIDS RETURNING HOME TO THEIR PARENTS WITH INJURIES AND THE
POLICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE TO HELP WITH CROWD CONTROL AND PROVIDE SUPPORT. THE POLICE ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION THEY ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.
MY RECOMMENDATION FOR MANY OF THE JOB FAIRS THAT ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED IS TO INCLUDE THE POLICE AND ESPECIALLY TO INCLUDE THE COMMAND STAFF.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A LOT OF CREDIBILITY IN THE CITY. MANY WOMEN OF COLOR AND SEEING THESE POLICE OFFICERS WALKING
AROUND AT A YOUTH JOB FAIR I THINK BRINGS THE CITY TOGETHER. IN MY OPINION IT GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK UP TO THESE ROLE MODELS THAT
THEY SEE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR CAREER AND THEIR LIFE. FOLLOWING THE ABRUPT END OF THE
YOUTH JOB FAIR AS I MENTIONED, I DO NOT BELIEVE BOSTON IS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ADMINISTER AND MANAGE THIS PROGRAM. THE BOSTON PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL HAS DEMONSTRATED
EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING THIS CRITICAL CRUCIAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. WE SHOULD CONSIDER TRANSFER AMONG ALL DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM TO THE BOSTON PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE AN OPENING STATEMENT OR DO YOU NEED TO GO?
YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. NO, JUST HAPPY TO BE AS SORRY FOR MY TARDINESS AS SOMETIMES KIDS DROP OFF BECOMES DIFFICULT BUT REALLY EXCITED TO
LEARN MORE. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'VE MADE A PRESENTATION OR ANYTHING YET SO LOOK TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND OF COURSE WHAT THE REMEDIATION IS GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T HAPPEN
AGAIN IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. SO THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU JOE AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE NOT LATE. WE JUST STARTED. BEAUTIFUL. ANYTHING. THANK YOU.
SO IN RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENTS AT THE MARCH 28 YOUTH JOB FAIR ,I TOOK DECISIVE ACTION BY FILING THIS HEARING ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE EVENTS OVERCROWDING AND SECURITY
LAPSES. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES I PRIORITIZED SCHEDULING THIS HEARING WHICH I'M HAPPY WE ARE HAVING TODAY.
INITIALLY THE ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPTED TO DOWNPLAY THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION, SUGGESTING THAT SCHOOL LEVEL OUTREACH WOULD SUFFICE WOULD SUFFICE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES ARISING FROM THE PREMATURE
PREMATURE SHUTDOWN OF THE JOB FAIR. ALTHOUGH I DO AGREE THAT TARGETING AND GOING TO SPECIFIC SCHOOLS IS A GOOD IDEA AND I THINK WE HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED SOME OF THOSE.
BUT I DO THINK HAVING US ALL TOGETHER I WAS AT THE JOB FAIR LAST YEAR. IT WAS WONDERFUL AND YOU KNOW THE THE INTENT OBVIOUSLY WAS IN GOOD FAITH FOR LAST TIME TOO.
BUT MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THIS IS RESCHEDULED THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE IT'S SUCCESSFUL FOR EVERYONE. IN RECOGNIZING THAT THIS APPROACH WAS INADEQUATE AND WOULD DEPRIVE OUR YOUTH
OF ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THOUGH MY ADVOCACY AND STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY I HAVE, YOU KNOW, URGED THE CITY TO RESCHEDULE THE JOB FAIR
WHICH IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR MAY TEN. SO I'M HAPPY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND RESCHEDULE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ALL OF OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO
WERE THERE ON THAT DAY BUT HAVE I ASSUME AND WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM ALL OF YOU HAVE COMMITTED TO COME BACK BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO WALK AROUND AND REALLY TALK TO THE DIFFERENT
EMPLOYERS THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE JOBS FOR THEM AT THIS HEARING WHERE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH ALL OF YOU, THE ORGANIZERS AND I KNOW THAT JOBLO WAS ON HIS WAY
TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS GOING FORWARD FOR THE SAFETY PART OF THE RESCHEDULED SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. HEARING FROM YOU I KNOW THAT
WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PERMIT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PULLED FOR THIS LAST JOB FAIR IT WAS SIGNED OFF BY THE POLICE BUT IT WAS ALSO SIGNED OFF ASKING FOR
NO POLICE DETAIL. SO I DO WANT TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT AND FIND OUT WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR THE NEXT ONE AND WHY WE THOUGHT THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN A SPACE
WITHOUT ANY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND ADVOCACY FROM OUR POLICE WHICH COUNCILOR FLYNN I THINK SPOKE ELOQUENTLY ON THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A VERY
DIVERSE ESPECIALLY COMMUNITY POLICE OUTREACH. SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GOING FORWARD WE HAVE A PLAN SO YOU CAN START WITH YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELORS FOR FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE EVENTS THAT DID HAPPEN AT THE FIRST CAREER FAIR AND THEN OUR PLANS TO ENSURE
THAT STUDENTS DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH NOT ONLY THE MAY 10TH EVENT THAT YOU MENTIONED BUT ALSO A NUMBER OF POP UP FAIRS THAT ARE HAPPENING AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE SCHOOLS AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS
THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES CENTERS IN IN THE CITY AND THAT WILL BE HOSTED AT THE TOBIN CENTER WHERE OUR Y.O. OFFICES ARE.
AS WE ALL KNOW THE MAYOR STANDS BEHIND HAVING EVERY STUDENT WHO WANTS A JOB TO HAVE A JOB THAT WAS MADE EVIDENT BY AN INVESTMENT OF $18.7 MILLION
LAST YEAR THAT TWO YEARS AGO APOLOGIZED THAT LED TO 9000 YOUTH LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 10,000 YOUTH. SO WE'RE JUST SEEING THIS GROWTH UPWARD TRAJECTORY OF YOUTH WANTING TO BE EMPLOYED
AND HAVING SOMETHING SOMETHING TO DO THAT WAS EVIDENT BY THE OUTCOMES OF SATURDAY TO SATURDAYS AGO. NOW EVENTBRITE LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 3000 STUDENTS RSVP.
WE SAW ABOUT A 50% GROWTH TO ALMOST TO OVER 5000 WANTING TO SAY RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY HEY I WANT TO BE THERE. WE SAW ABOUT 1600 YOUTH LAST YEAR ACTUALLY ATTEND.
WE AT BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED 2200 DID WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS, TALKED TO EMPLOYERS, GOT INFORMATION, GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH EMPLOYERS DO WITH OUR RESOURCES SUCH AS FREE
BANKING, LEARNING HOW TO BUILD A RESUME, GETTING HEADSHOTS, JUST HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY GET A JOB BUT ALSO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
THEM. YOU KNOW THE ACTIONS OF A FEW DID SPOIL FOR THE REST AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE COMMITTED AS A CITY, AS A AS A DEPARTMENT TO
HOST NOT ONLY POP UP FAIRS BUT ALSO THIS MAY TENTS THAT ALLOW FOR THE OVER 2000 STUDENTS. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO WALK THROUGH THE DOORS TO COME BACK AND MAYBE EVEN IF THEY DID GET TO WALK THROUGH THE DOORS
EARLIER TO HAVE THAT CHANCE AGAIN BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, COUNCILOR MURPHY, IT'S ALWAYS A HIGH ENERGY EVENT THAT'S ALWAYS USEFUL. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GET TO THE TABLE, THEY WANTED TO AND THIS
IS A SECOND OPPORTUNITY OR A THIRD OF THEM ARE GOING TO ATTEND ANY OF THE POP OF FAIRS TO COME IN AND TALK TO YOU KNOW, EMPLOYERS AT BOTH THE CITY NONPROFIT OR JUST EXPLORE
SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE WILL BE HAVING AT THE MAY 10TH EVENT. BUT THANKS JOSEPH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR WORK AND
THE MARCH 29 JOB FAIR COUNCILOR MURPHY KASLER FLEEING AND HAS LITTLE FITZGERALD IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS ADEOLA BECAUSE AGAIN I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND OPPORTUNITY AND I'VE ALSO BEEN SERVING AS THE INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SINCE DECEMBER AND SINCE ALISON VENTURA HAS BEEN OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BRIEFLY
SHARE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT AND BY EXTENSION ARE A GREAT TEAM HOSTS THIS ANNUAL YOUTH CAREER RESOURCE FAIR TO ENGAGE WITH AND ALSO CONNECT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO INCREDIBLE SUMMER JOB
OPPORTUNITIES WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WE FUND AND SUPPORT. AND I THINK PART OF THAT FRAMEWORK IS THE FACT THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND EVEN BEFORE OUR TEAM WAS ALSO
SUCCESSFUL, WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL FAIRS IN THE PAST WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS. HOWEVER, THAT BEING THE CASE WE'RE DEFINITELY TAKING LESSONS LEARNED FROM THEM ACTUALLY TONIGHT EVENT TO INFORM HOW WE
CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY EXECUTE THE NEXT EVENT THAT IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR MAY TENT AND SPEAKING ABOUT OUR TEAM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO USE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THEIR BEHIND THE SCENES JUST HARD WORK AND EFFORT AND DAILY DEDICATION TO CONNECT THE YOUTH TO JOBS. WITHOUT THEM WE CAN'T ACHIEVE ANY OF OUR GOALS AND OUR
OBJECTIVES MOVING FORWARD. LOOKING AHEAD TO THAT FACT THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP JUST REALLY PUSHING FOR THAT OVERALL GOAL TO CONNECT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO EMPLOYERS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO
ACTIVELY ENGAGE THEM AND PROVIDE THEM WITH COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO THE MEETING FAIR AS WELL AS THE NOW SCHEDULED POP UP FAIRS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE TIME
AND THE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO JUST HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCILORS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE HARD WORK THAT YOU BOTH DO. I KNOW AND THE BEHIND THE
SCENES AND ALL THE STAFF THAT WERE THERE THAT DAY BUT DO THAT WORK EVERY DAY I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL NOW TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS. SO COUNCIL OFFLINE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE PANEL FOR BEING HERE. LET ME ASK A COUPLE OF DIRECT QUESTIONS. WAS THERE A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT THAT DAY?
SO ADL CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL AS SHE WAS MORE ON THE GROUND AND PLANNING? BUT YES, THERE WAS WE DID FOLLOW PROTOCOLS THAT WERE SET FORTH BY US THROUGH THE REGGIE LEWIS WHO WE PARTNER WITH WHEN
IT CAME TO SECURITY MEASURES FOR THE EVENT. WE FOLLOWED THEIR PROTOCOLS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH TO US AND WE ALSO HAVE WORKED WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS OEM TO DISCUSS A SAFETY PLAN
OVERALL WHAT YES. SO WE HAD A SAFETY PROTOCOL IN PLACE THAT WAS CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THAT PROTOCOL HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT EVERY
YEAR WE UPDATES IT, WE CHECK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE PIECES IN PLACE SO THEN EXECUTE ON OUR EVENT. WE ALSO WORKED ALONGSIDE THE REGGIE LEWIS TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD APPROPRIATE
SECURITY PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND SO WE FOLLOWED THEIR OWN PROTOCOL AS WELL WHO WAS THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU WERE WORKING WITH IN COORDINATION
OF SECURITY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ITSELF? YES. WE DIDN'T WORK DIRECTLY WITH ANY SENIOR MEMBER BUT WHEN WE PUT IN OUR APPLICATION FOR THE PERMIT IT WAS SIGNED OFF BY THE
LIEUTENANT. I DON'T RECALL THE NAME RIGHT NOW I CAN JUST LOOK IT UP AND GIVE THAT TO YOU. AND THE LIEUTENANT AGREED TO PROVIDE SECURITY NOT FOR SECURITY PURPOSES PER SE BUT WE
PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY IS WHEN WE ASSEMBLE AT THE REGGIE LEWIS TO USE THE EVENT I WOULD PUT IN OUR APPLICATION. BPD ALSO HAS TO SIGN OFF ON IT WHICH THEY DID THE BPD CORRECT
SO THEY SIGNED OFF ON IT SAYING THAT THEY WOULD BE PART OF THE SECURITY PLAN NOT FOR THE SECURITY PURPOSES COUNCILOR FLYNN BUT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SPACE AND GET AN ENTERTAINMENT
LICENSE AND PERMIT FROM THE CITY. OH JUST FOR THE JUST FOR JUST FOR THE EVENT ITSELF, YES. BUT NOT FOR SECURITY AT ALL. NOT CORRECT. BUT FLYNN, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT BPD WAS THERE AS
COUNTS AS RESOURCE OFFICERS. THEY WERE THERE IN TERMS OF FOR THEIR OWN BECAUSE THEY ALSO DO HOST SUMMER ARE SO THEY WE DID HAVE OFFICERS THERE THAT WERE RECRUITING THAT WERE ALSO ON
SITE NOT FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECURITY PER SE BUT THEY WERE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH WERE GETTING JOBS. SO DUE TO THAT THE RESPONSE WAS A LOT QUICKER WHEN THE INCIDENT
OCCURRED BUT WE DID YOU KNOW, WE DO LIKE I SAID, FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS AS THE REGGIE LEWIS AND WE HAVE SAID TO US SO WE DO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS THAT WERE PUT IN FRONT OF US.
SO WHO WAS THE SENIOR PERSON ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS PRESENT AND REGGIE LEWIS THAT MORNING? WELL, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION BUT I CAN I CAN
CHECK WITH MY TEAM TO SEE IF THEY SPOKE TO ANYONE FROM THE BPD TEAM AT THAT LEVEL. BUT I DID SEE BPD PRESENCE TOO JUST AS POINT A FEW OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS FROM BPD WERE
ON GROUND AS WELL. RIGHT. BUT DO WE KNOW WHO THE SENIOR PERSON WAS THAT WAS PRESENT AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT. WE DO NOT AND THEY SHOULD FIND US. WE WILL GET THAT BACK TO YOU. YES.
OKAY. HOW MANY BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS WERE PRESENT AT THE VIGIL WAS CENTERED THAT MORNING. SO TO CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION,
CARLO FLYNN, THE BPD OFFICERS THAT WERE ON GROUND ONE WERE RESOURCE PARTNERS AND THEN WHEN EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN WE ALSO HAD BPD IN THE ROOM. SO IF YOU COULD CLARIFY FOR
ME OKAY NUMBER YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. AT THE START OF THE MEETING AT THE VIGIL WITH SANTA WHEN THE JOB FAIR STARTED HOW MANY BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS WERE
PRESENT? SO WHEN WE STARTED I DID NOT SEE ANY BPD OFFICERS BUT TOWARDS I THINK ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO INTO THE EVENT I DID TALK TO ONE OF OUR RESOURCE PARTNERS
AISHA BUT I DIDN'T TAKE A COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF BP RESOURCE OFFICERS IN THE ROOM BECAUSE I WAS WELCOMING GUESTS AT THE ENTRANCE WAS THE DIRECTOR
OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRESENT THAT DAY? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR FLYNN BUT AGAIN I WAS AT THE ENTRANCE WELCOMING GUESTS. IT'S POSSIBLE THEY WERE IN
THERE BUT NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE WAS THERE ANYONE FROM OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRESENT THAT DAY? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE THE THING THEY THEY WERE THE LEAD
AGENCY COORDINATING PUBLIC SAFETY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WORKED WITH THEM TO CREATE A SAFETY PROTOCOL ON THE CITY AND YES AND WE ALSO WORKED WITH REGGIE LEWIS TO ALIGN EVERYTHING WITH THEIR OWN
SECURITY PERSONNEL AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AS WELL. REGGIE LEWIS I BELIEVE IS A STATE RUN AFFILIATION AGENCIES ARE CORRECT, CORRECT?
THAT IS CORRECT. WAS THERE NOW STATE POLICE PRESENT? THERE WAS NOT MASS RACE POLICE PRESENT AT THE EVENT. COUNCILOR FLYNN WAS WAS THE MAYOR STATE POLICE REQUESTED BY
BOSTON POLICE TO BE THERE TO OUR KNOWLEDGE NO THEY WEREN'T. BUT AGAIN WE WERE FOLLOWING PROTOCOLS FROM THE FROM THE REGGIE LEWIS SO AND OBVIOUSLY WE FOLLOWED THAT BASED ON THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE MET AS EDDIE GOLD AND HER TEAM MET WITH THEM OVER A COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS THROUGH THE PLANNING WHICH STARTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND YOUTH PRESENT
THAT YOU KNEW ABOUT. WAS IT A MISTAKE NOT TO HAVE THE BOSTON POLICE PROVIDE SECURITY COURSE FOR FLYNN THAT IS HARD. YOU KNOW THAT IS EASY.
THAT IS HARD FOR US TO DETERMINE AT THE MOMENT. WE'D LIKE TO MENTION WE HAVE HAD THIS EVENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. WE HAD NOT HAD AN INCIDENT AND THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR SINCE HOSTING THAT WE'VE HAD AN
INCIDENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE OCCUR. SO AT THE MOMENT OF PLANNING WE DID NOT WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER WAS BACK IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER WHEN WE WERE DOING INITIAL PLANNING WE
JUST FOLLOWED THE SAME PROTOCOLS THAT WERE PUT IN FRONT OF US UPDATED BY OEM AND UPDATED AND INFLUENCED WITH THE HELP OF THE REGGIE LEWIS SECURITY TEAM.
BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE IN MY OPINION WHEN WE WHEN WE HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE AT A PARTICULAR EVENT AND ESPECIALLY AN EVENT SPONSORED
BY THE CITY OF BOSTON, I WOULD RECOMMEND HAVING BOSTON POLICE PROVIDE SECURITY THERE. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY GOING FORWARD IS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL
DO NOW? YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. OUR MAY 10TH EVENT IS A COALITION OF NOT ONLY OUR OFFICES BUT MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE COMING
TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A SAFE AREA, A SAFE SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO COME BACK BUT ALSO AN AREA WHERE THEY CAN JUST BE THEMSELVES AND LEARN ABOUT JOBS OPPORTUNITIES BUT
ALSO OTHER RESOURCES TO ENGAGE IN. WE HOPE THAT THE COUNSELORS, YOU KNOW, HELP US SPREAD THE WORD AND ALSO WILL BE PRESENT TO ENGAGE WITH THE YOUTH AS THEY WALK AROUND THE GROUNDS.
ARE BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND A YOUTH JOB A YOUTH EVENT, YOUTH SPONSORED EVENT SO THAT THEY CAN INTERACT AND TALK TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE?
YES, OUR PARTNERS, THE BPD PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE FUTURE BUS NETWORK WE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE THEM JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT THAT WE SUPPORT. WE ENCOURAGE THEM ALL TO BE
PRESENT AT THE FAIR IN UNIFORM . WELL DO YOU SEE THAT THE I WOULD EXPECT TO BE IN UNIFORM BUT IF THEY'RE NOT THEY CAN COME IN PLAIN CLOTHES BUT WE ENCOURAGE OPD OFFICERS TO COME IF THEY'RE PARTNERS TO CONNECT
YOUTH TO JOBS FOR THE UPCOMING JOB FAIR WHO WILL BE THE SENIOR BOSTON POLICE OFFICER THAT WILL BE COORDINATING SECURITY FOR FOR THESE EVENTS.
SO COMMISSIONER COX IS HIS TEAM IS INVOLVED IN TERMS OF PART OF THAT PLANNING TEAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO SINCE MAKING THE DATE OF THE 10TH. SO THERE ARE MEMBERS WE HAD A
MEETING YESTERDAY AND CHIEF OF STAFF THE YOURSELF TECHNICAL WAS ON THE CALL AS WELL TO HELP COORDINATE THAT WITH COMMAND STAFF ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL SAFETY PROTOCOLS
COVERED ON MIDDLETON WITH A CONCERN THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY POLICE PRESENT AT THE READY TO GO WITH SANTOS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO SO WELCOME YEP I KNOW YOU
JUST GOT HERE BUT COUNCILOR FLYNN IS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND WE'RE JUST TALKING SO YOU MIGHT WANT A MINUTE TO CATCH UP BUT HE'S ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SECURITY COUNCIL THING.
CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. YOU MET RECENTLY WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SENIOR
SENIOR OFFICERS. WERE THEY CONCERNED THAT BOSTON POLICE WERE NOT PART OF THE SECURITY PLAN SEVERAL WEEKS AGO
AT THE RODRYGO OR SANTA YOU SAID YOU MET WITH THEM NOW YOU AS AN US. OH, I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. YES. THERE WERE NO CONCERNS PER SAY
BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO KEEP IN MIND WAS NOT ADDING TOO HEAVY OF A POLICE PRESENCE DURING THE JOB FAIR IN THE ROOM BUT LIKE WE MENTIONED, JUST HAVE AN EYE OPENING STATEMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MORE SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY EFFECTIVELY EXECUTE ON THE MI TEN FAIR AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE CONVERSATIONS WITH BPD TO SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. CONFERENCE CHAIR THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIR THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
ISAAC THANK YOU. YOU SAID YOU FOLLOW THE REGGIE'S THE REGGIE LEWIS CENTER'S MY FIRST JOB EVER BY THE WAY. SECURITY SPECS AND WHAT THEY CALLED WHAT DID THEY CALL FOR? WHAT WAS THE SPECS YOU AGREE
THAT THEY PUT FORWARD THAT SAID YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY WHAT THEY THAT CONSIST OF? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO KEEP IN MIND WAS THE OVERALL MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF THE CENTER ITSELF AND THE
NECESSARY NUMBER OF SECURITY PERSONNEL TO MATCH THE OCCUPANCY AND TO UNDERSTAND I THINK THE OCCUPANCY AT THE TIME WAS ABOUT 3500 OF THE SPACE AND
TO MATCH THAT WE NEEDED PROBABLY ABOUT TWO SECURITY PERSONNEL PER MAYBE 1000 OR LESS OF THAT. THAT'S TO MY KNOWLEDGE HOW IT WAS FRAMED FOR US SO THAT TWO
PER 1000 IS WHAT YOU NEEDED. SO YOU PROBABLY ABOUT SIX SECURITY GUARDS IS WHAT AT THE MOMENT AT THE TIME WE HAD ABOUT FOUR YEAH AND THEN YOU KNOW WITH ABOUT 134 OTHER STAFF
MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS WE FELT REGGIE FELT THAT THAT WAS ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO AND WITH THE POLICE THAT WERE DOING THEIR OWN RESOURCE TABLE IS CORRECT AND CORRECT THAT WAS COVERED FOR WHO SO THE FOUR
THAT YOU HAD WHERE WERE THEY COME FROM THE REGULAR RED TEAM OTHER RIGHT SO YOU HAVE TO HIRE FROM THE REGGIE CORRECT IT WAS PART OF THE COST OF USING THE
CENTER GOTCHA ISAAC THE ISSUES THAT OCCURRED ARE THEY KNOWN ISSUES THE FOLKS THAT HAD HAPPENED BETWEEN IS IT ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH THIS OR IS THIS SOMETHING NEW TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE ALLEGED?
YES. SO BASED ON WHAT I WAS ABLE TO GATHER IT, IT WAS SOMETHING AT LEAST ONE OF THE ALTERCATION THINGS THAT OCCURRED WAS SOMETHING THAT STARTED ONLINE.
I PERSONALLY DID NOT SEE THE POST OR ANYTHING BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT WAS STUFF THAT STARTED ONLINE AND THEN SPEWED INTO IN-PERSON CONFLICT AND IN
ANY OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED OR ANY OF THE YOUTH INVOLVED ARE FAMILIAR ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THEM OR THIS IS A SORT OF A I GUESS I'M WONDERING IS IT MORE
OF A IS THIS MORE OF A GANG RELATED ISSUE OR IS THIS SORT OF JUST LIKE TO PEOPLE GOING AT IT ONLINE AND IT SPILLED OVER IN A PUBLIC SETTING? YEAH, NO. SO THERE WERE SOME FAMILIAR FACES IN THE ROOM BUT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WERE ACTUALLY OVER AT THE TABLE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE RECEIVING SERVICES FROM SO THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS THAT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WERE INVOLVED OR NOT AT ALL TIED
THEY MIGHT BE LOOSELY TIED BUT NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH ANY GROUP OR ASSOCIATE OF VIOLENCE ACROSS THE CITY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I GUESS GOING FORWARD AND THEN THE RESCHEDULING WHAT ARE THE STEPS BEING TAKEN TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TO MAKE SURE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE,
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WE ARE WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF OFFICERS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY TO PPD A LOT MORE CLOSELY WITH OEM BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT,
JUST A NUMBER OF OTHER CITY ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ONE ADEQUATE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THE STUDENTS NAVIGATE CHECK IN, CHECK OUT BUT ALSO MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE FROM THE START THIS IS HAVE SOMEONE LIKE ISAAC WHO KNOWS SOME OF THESE STUDENTS WHO CAN IDENTIFY THESE PARTICULAR HOTSPOTS AND HAVE THEM WALK AROUND WITH WITH
OTHER RESOURCES. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT WE'RE BEING COLLABORATIVE, RESPONSIBLE. IT IS A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND TIME FOR ABOUT A MONTH FOR US. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE PULLING IN
ANY AND ALL RESOURCES AND YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT THE COUNSELORS ALSO, YOU KNOW, CAN CAN DO TO HELP AMPLIFY THE EVENT. BUT ALSO JUST YOU KNOW, ANY SUGGESTIONS WE ARE WE ARE OPEN
TO MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO WANT A JOB TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH EMPLOYERS, MEET WITH RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM YOU KNOW, CAN BE BANKING, COULD
BE HOW TO TIE A TIE AT THE END OF THE DAY SO THAT WE THEY HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND BE THEY CAN FLOURISH AND GETTING JOB JUST LIKE YOU DID AT THE REGGIE YEAH
WE COULD USE MY OWN WORDS AGAINST ME. CAN I ALSO ADD THAT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE JUST BASED ON THE THE MAGNITUDE AND COVERAGE OF THE INCIDENT KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUALS
THAT WORK WITHIN OUR OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT WILL LIKELY BE PRESENT. MY ENTIRE TEAM, THE COMMUNITY SAFETY TEAM WILL BE PRESENT AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE PARTNERS THAT JOSEPH MENTIONED
AS INTERNAL PARTNERS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT BY THE LAST INCIDENT DID OCCUR IN REGGIE LOUIS IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT ROXBURY CROSSING OR A NEW GAINES QUESTION IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
LOOP IN AND BETTER POLICE AS WELL SO I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT SUPERINTENDENT SULLIVAN AND THE RELEVANT UNITS WITHIN MTA POLICE ARE ALSO IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WELL DONE. I THINK THAT'S IT GOING FORWARD. OH, REGISTRATION FOR THIS NEW ONE. DO WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF RESOURCE TABLES COMING BACK ON THE RESCHEDULED DATE AND DO WE KNOW HOW MANY KIDS HAVE RSVP
AT THIS POINT OR IS IT JUST SORT OF WE'RE GOING OFF OF THE PREVIOUS SO WE HAVE SENT THE SAVE THE DATE OUT THERE IS A THERE'S A FLIER THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THERE'S ALSO AN EVENTBRITE LINK THAT IS BEING
SHARED OUT TO THE YOUTH. WE ARE GETTING THE FINAL WORDING BACK OUT TO OUR EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS TO GET THAT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SAME THING WORD RESOURCES BUT WE ARE ALSO REACHING OUT TO
PARTNERS THAT MAYBE WEREN'T THERE OR DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE TO ALSO PROVIDE WORKSHOPS, HALF HOUR WORKSHOPS BUT ALSO JUST GENERAL WAYS TO KEEP THE YOUTH ENGAGED
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'VE NOTICED THAT THEY'RE WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND MAYBE THEY'VE ALREADY TALKED TO A TABLE BUT THEIR FRIENDS HAVEN'T SO THEY'RE KIND OF JUST MILLING ABOUT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
YOUTH IS ENGAGED DURING THE ENTIRE TIME SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE CONGREGATION IN THE CORNER OF A OF THE REGISTER OR OVER BY THE STAND. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MANY FOLKS
INVOLVED IN AS MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH DPS AND SEE THEM DO PINA AND HIS TEAM AND CORY OVER THERE TO ALSO SEE WHAT RESOURCES THAT WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE IN TERMS OF WORKSHOPS
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THESE YOUTH BETTER THAN THAN WE DO GREAT THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU CHAIR APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU SO THANK YOU DIABLO I'VE HEARD YOU'RE COMMITMENT
FOR NOT JUST YOU BEING THERE BUT THE WHOLE TEAM BECAUSE I DO THINK WHEN I SEE YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT THE YOUTH DO RESPECT YOU AND WHEN I WALKED
IN, YOU KNOW I DID SEE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. SO I DO WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT OFTENTIMES OUR JOB RIGHT IS TO HIGHLIGHT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE IT RIGHT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES AREN'T HERE AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THEM NOT WANTING TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO HAVE THESE HARD CONVERSATIONS SO I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD YOU SEE THIS AS
US WANTING TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU, NOT JUST HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS THAT WENT WRONG BUT WHAT I DID NOTICE WHEN I WALKED IN AND I WENT IN THE SIDE DOOR
BECAUSE THERE WAS A LONG LINE AND I THINK I MENTIONED WHEN I FILED THE HEARING ORDER ON THE COUNCIL FLOOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO YOU KNOW, I HAD TO PARK UP NEAR THE PAST THE O'BRYANT THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHICH
I THOUGHT WAS GREAT THIS IS WELL ATTENDED BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY NOT JUST SAFETY CONCERNS INSIDE. THERE WERE TRAFFIC CONCERNS OUTSIDE WITH PEOPLE DOUBLE PARKING, PARENTS DROPPING OFF.
SO JUST EVEN BEING PROACTIVE ON THE POLICE PRESENCE BECAUSE MANY TIMES THE POLICE DETAILS ARE THERE TO JUST MOVE THE TRAFFIC ALONG SAFELY. YOU KNOW WHEN I LOOKED AT THE
APPLICATIONS LAST YEAR WE WERE EXPECTING 2000 PLUS IT WAS SIGNED OFF BY THE TWO AND IT WAS CHECKED THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO DETAIL THEN AND THEN
THIS YEAR'S APPLICATION WAS EXPECTING 3000 AT LEAST IT WAS SIGNED OFF BY THE CAPTAIN AND AGAIN ASKING FOR NO POLICE DETAIL. SO AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE
WAS A SAFETY PROTOCOL IN PLACE AND I MENTIONED IT WHEN I FIRST PRESENTED THIS IS I COULD TELL IMMEDIATELY THAT THE HARD WORKING DEDICATED STAFF AT THE REGGIE LEWIS CENTER AND YOU
MENTIONED THERE WERE PROBABLY FOUR WERE VERY OVERWHELMED RIGHT BY THE JUST SHEER POPULATION OF KIDS MOVING NOT AND THEN WHEN THE CROWDS WERE GOING AND THE KIDS WERE RUNNING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHEN THE ONE OFFICER WHO WAS THERE WHO WASN'T THERE TO BE THERE FOR SECURITY BUT TO ADVOCATE FOR GIRLS IN HER YOUTH SUMMER JOB PROGRAM.
SO WHY WOULD WE PUT RIGHT ON THE APPLICATION THAT WE DON'T WANT A BOSTON POLICE DETAIL AND IS IT TRUE AND THAT WE DON'T OR
WE'RE TELLING THE BOSTON POLICE THAT IF THEY DO COME IN WE DON'T WANT THEM IN UNIFORM AND IF THEIR CARS ARE THERE THEY WANT THEM IN UNMARKED CARS AND DID THAT HAPPEN AT THE YOUTH SUMMIT THAT THEY WERE TOLD THAT
THEY DON'T WANT POLICE OFFICERS IN THESE YOUTH EVENTS IN UNIFORM SO IF THEY DO ATTEND THEY HAVE TO BE IN PLAINCLOTHES AND IF THEY COME TO THE EVENT THEY DON'T WANT THEM IN MARKED
CARS. WE DIDN'T DO THAT. AND YOU MENTIONED A YOUTH SUMMIT JUST NOW. SO THIS IS THE YOUTH. CAREY AFFAIR. MAYBE THAT'S A DIFFERENT EVENT TO DIFFERENT EVENTS BUT IT'S ONE WE BRING OUR YOUTH TOGETHER
IN THE CITY AND LIKE A LIVE THAT WAS AT THE ARTIST FOR HUMANITY AND I KNOW THAT GOES UNDER A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WERE PROBABLY INVOLVED IN THAT EVENT ALSO OR YOUR DEPARTMENT MAYBE
SO YEAH. AS THE MAYOR'S SENIOR ADVISOR TYPICALLY WHAT MY JOB IS IS WHEN REQUESTED BY OTHER COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION OR DEPARTMENT IF THERE'S A NEED FOR A DETAIL I CAN OFTENTIMES
REACH OUT TO ONE OF THE DEPUTIES OR AREA COMMANDERS OR CAPTAINS TO SECURE THE DETAIL IN THE CASE OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT, I PERSONALLY WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE
PLANNING BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS NOT PER SE A REQUEST TO NOT HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT. I BELIEVE THE REQUEST WAS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WANTING THE
BUREAU OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO BE THERE IN PLAINCLOTHES JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE THE OFFICERS THAT HAVE SOME OF THE BEST RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. OKAY.
AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SAY I MEAN WHEN THEY'RE IN THE COMMUNITY AND AS AN AT LARGE COUNSELOR I MET MANY OF THEIR EVENTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND
THEY'RE ALWAYS IN UNIFORM WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB. SO WHY WOULD WE NOT WANT THEM IN UNIFORM WHEN THEY'RE AT AN EVENT WITH OUR YOUTH? BECAUSE THEY SEE THEM AT SCHOOL EVENTS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS,
YOU KNOW THEY'LL BE AT ALL THESE OPENING DAY BASEBALL PARADES. THEY'RE AT THE CLEAN UPS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY IN THE SPRING AND I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE
YOU PERSONALLY BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN ANSWER ON WHY WE DON'T WANT OUR COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICERS TO SHOW UP IN UNIFORM AT EVENTS WITH OUR CHILDREN AS ANNUAL MENTIONED BEFORE, WE
DON'T WHEN WE WORK WITH OFFICERS WE DON'T WE DON'T POLICE NO PUN INTENDED WHAT THEY WHAT THEY WEAR, WHAT THEY DON'T WEAR IF THEY'RE ON DUTY AND THEY DO SHOW UP AS THEY DO
AS ADEOLA MENTIONED WE DO WELCOME THEM IN AND WE DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S THEIR ON DUTY AND THEY'RE STOPPING BY BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT THE YOUTH SUMMIT IN TERMS OF WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BECAUSE
IT'S LIKE YOU MENTIONED A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, A DIFFERENT TEAM THAT WENT TO THAT PLANNING. BUT FOR OUR EVENT WE DID NOT REQUEST AS AS IN MARCH BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE DID NOT HAVE
UNIFORMED OFFICERS THERE AND WE DID WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WE EXPECTED THE EXPECTATION WAS IT WOULD BE THE SAME BASED ON PAST YEARS THAT WE HAVE HOSTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
THIS WAS AN INCIDENT OCCURRED AND NOW WE WE THAT'S A LESSON LEARNED AND GOING FORWARD WE ARE AS YOU MENTIONED TAKING A MORE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH, WORKING WITH AS MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS AS POSSIBLE,
WORKING WITH AS MANY DIFFERENT ENTITIES AROUND THE CITY WHETHER IT BE FAITH BASED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER IT BE RCC ITSELF, WHETHER IT BE YOU KNOW, THE
STATE YOU KNOW, COUNCIL DID MENTION IT IS A STATE FACILITY KIND OF BRINGING IN AS MANY PARTNERS AS WE CAN AND THIS IS THE APPROACH WE WOULD LOVE TO WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE BEYOND THIS 510 EVENT RIGHT AS
ADEOLA AND HER TEAM CAN TELL YOU IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO HOST AN EVENT THIS LARGE AND RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE THE VILLAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUTH ARE
SAFE BUT ALSO THEY ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE AND HAVE WE FILED THE APPLICATION FOR THE ONE TIME ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE AGAIN FOR THE MARCH 10TH EVENT?
SO WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING THAT. WE ALREADY PUT IN OPERATIONS PLAN IN PLACE FOR THE MAY 10TH EVENT WE'VE SENT OUT SAVE THE DATE REGISTRATION LINKS ARE GOING OUT TO YOUTH AND PARTNERS
TO THE LICENSING BOARD. DID WE FILL THIS THAT THAT IS UNDERWAY THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO CHECK WHEN CAPTAIN HUSSEIN SIGNS OFF. IS HE GOING TO SAY YES TO POLICE?
WE WILL WE WILL TALK TO CAPTAIN HUSSEIN AND TALK TO THOSE THAT ARE PUTTING THE LICENSE TOGETHER TO ENSURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE CORRECT PROTOCOLS. I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN ANY ONE'S MOUTH HERE, BUT I DO
KNOW THAT I THEN WENT TO ANOTHER EVENT AFTER I LEFT THAT EVENT AND THE B TWO POLICE ACTED UNAWARE THAT THEY SHOULDN'T AND SAID WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. RIGHT. WE WEREN'T AWARE.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S COMMUNICATING AND IT'S NOT ABOUT POINTING FINGERS OBVIOUSLY IT'S ABOUT COLLABORATING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW RIGHT THAT WE CAN WE CAN HAVE A GREAT JOB FAIR AND
WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN AND ALL OF THE YOU KNOW, LIKE WE MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BACK. SO I HOPE THAT WHAT RESOURCES
WE CAN GIVE HERE ON THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE YOUTH WHO HAVE TO GO TO THE TOBIN TO AND
THERE'S ALWAYS THAT STEP WHEN YOU APPLY IS IT TRUE THAT THE BC Y F STAFF WOULD LIKE TO BE DEPUTY IZED IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HAVING IT SO THAT YOUTH
COULD GO TO THEIR COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT HAVE TO GET THEMSELVES ALWAYS TO THE. TOBIN CORRECT. RIGHT NOW EVERY YOUTH JOB EMPLOYEE HAS TO THEN SOMEHOW GET TO THE TOBIN TO SIGN OFF ON
PAPERWORK AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS TALK ABOUT RBC WAY OF STAFF WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA SO YOU GO RIGHT IN HYDE PARK IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU COULD GO TO THE CONDON YES, I CAN SPEAK ON THAT.
YES. SO WE HAVE A NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE PLANS TO PILOT FOR THE SUMMER. IT'S GOING TO KICKOFF THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY. WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT BCA SITES FOR
THEM TO PROVIDE ONBOARDING SUPPORTS TO YOUTH SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO OUR OFFICE TO DO THE ONBOARDING AND VERIFY THE I-9 BEFORE THEY CAN WORK. SO YES, THAT IS HAPPENING AND THANK YOU FOR AFFIRMING THAT.
IT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PILOT AND WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO GO TO ALSO DETERMINE HOW TO SCALE IT FOR NEXT SUMMER. SO YES, THAT'S HAPPENING AND OBVIOUSLY FOR THE YOUTH I THINK
THE EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST BUT THEY LIKE THEIR PAYCHECK AND I HAVE HEARD YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT HAVING TO GO SO WHAT IS THERE ANY CHANGES IN THE PAYCHECK PICK UP BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT CAN NO CHANGES
AT THIS TIME. THE DIFFERENCE NO, NO, NO CHANGES. THEY STILL HAVE TO PICK UP THEIR PAYCHECKS WITH THEIR EMPLOYER OR THEIR WORKSITE. SO FOR INSTANCE, COUNSELOR MURPHY, ANY YOUTH WORKING WITH
YOU WILL GET THEIR PAYCHECKS FROM YOU OR SOMEONE FROM YOUR OFFICE AS TO PICK IT UP FROM OUR OFFICE AT THE TOBIN THAT'S DO THE SAME SYSTEM GOING INTO THE SUMMER BUT THE ONBOARDING WILL BE READY TO GO.
YES, CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT AND WE ARE OFFERING IT ALSO ON SATURDAY SOME SATURDAY DATES AS WELL TO ACCOMMODATE FOR, YOU KNOW, BUSY SCHEDULES WITH SPORTS AND
DIFFERENT THINGS AFTER SCHOOL. SO THERE ARE SOME SATURDAY DATES AS KIND OF SPUN INTO THOSE ONBOARDING DAYS AT THE BUSY LIFE CENTERS WHERE BUSY LIFE STAFF HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY ADEOLA AND HER TEAM AS WELL AS
ALL WHICH ARE IN OTHER MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CORRECTLY IDENTIFYING THE I-9 DOCUMENT BUT ALSO SIGNING OFF CORRECTLY. OKAY AWESOME. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
COUNCILOR ONE THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I AM TROUBLED THAT THE MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE TO ABOUT I AM
TROUBLED THAT THE OEM TEAM WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE JOB FAIR. WHY WHY WERE THEY NOT PRESENT?
I CAN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T PARTAKE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR THIS BUT I AGREE THAT TYPICALLY WHEN THERE'S OVER I FORGOT THE NUMBER.
I JUST SPOKE TO CHIEF JORDAN ABOUT IT EARLIER THIS WEEK BUT OVER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A SPECIFIC SPACE IT'S TYPICAL THAT OEM IS PRESENT IN BASED ON
PLANNING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THERE WILL BE THE MOBILE COMMAND POST SET UP AND THEY WILL BE PRESENT AT THE NEXT THAT I WANT OEM PRESENT, I WANT
BOSTON POLICE PRESENT. I WANT THAT FORM COMPLETED WITH CHECKED OFF THAT WE WANT POLICE THERE. I DON'T WANT ANY EXCUSES AT
ALL. WE WERE LUCKY NO ONE WAS HURT DURING THIS INCIDENT TWO WEEKS AGO WE DROPPED THE BALL THAT WE
ALL AGREE THAT WE WE DROPPED THE BALL OEM WAS WAS NOT PRESENT WITH BOLT WERE BOTH OF YOU WERE PRESENT? I WAS NOT PRESENT.
I ALREADY HAD A PRIOR STATEMENT FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT I WAS COMMITTED TO. SO I YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BUT I WAS I DID LET YOU KNOW IF I NEEDED TO BE
PRESENT IN THE MORNING THAT I COULD MAKE THAT ARRANGEMENT TO DO SO. BUT GIVEN THE CONFIDENCE I HAVE IN THE TEAM IN OUR UNION AND I SAID PAST EXPERIENCE OF NOT HAVING INCIDENTS WITH THIS
EVENT I FELT THAT I COULD NOT CANCEL MY PRIOR ENGAGEMENT BUT I ALSO DID NOT FEEL THE NEED FOR MYSELF TO BE THERE GIVEN THE TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS AND SAFETY THAT HAS OCCURRED AT
PREVIOUS RESORTS AND JOB FAIRS WE PRESENT YES I WAS PRESENT THAT EVENT WHAT WERE YOU PRESENT? I WAS WITHIN THE LAST HOUR THAT I WAS PRESENT. YES. OKAY. YEAH. BY WAY OF A GOOD WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND I RESPECT YOU. YES. YOU HAVE TO BE THERE AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND AND BE THERE AND YOU KNOW THE YOUTH YOU HAVE TO BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME AND
INTERACT WITH THEM IN IT PROVIDE PROVIDE LEADERSHIP SO MEMBERS OF MY TEAM WERE PRESENT BUT I PERSONALLY WAS NOT PRESENT BECAUSE I WAS TENDING
TO FAMILY. I HAVE A BABY THE WAY SO I WAS DEALING WITH THAT BLAST AND I DROPPED WHAT I WAS DOING AND IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED DOWN THERE. THERE WAS STILL STUFF ON THERE
WAS STILL YOUTH PRESENT IN THE SPACE AND I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH ADEOLA IMMEDIATELY. AND TO YOUR POINT COUNCILOR, MOVING FORWARD I WILL BE THERE FROM THE BEGINNING BUT ALSO TO UPLIFT THAT JOSEPH SAID THERE
HAVE BEEN PRECEDENTS SET WHERE THIS EVENT HAS GONE OFF WITHOUT IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERNS AND THE PARTICULAR POPULATION THAT I WORK WITH THE PERSISTENT PROVEN RISK POPULATION
TYPICALLY DOES NOT EVENT ATTEND EVENTS LIKE THAT. IN THIS CASE THEY DID BUT AGAIN THEY WERE NOT THE ONES DIRECTLY INVOLVED. BUT ON THE 10TH OF MAY I WILL BE THERE FROM VERY START TO THE
TO THE VERY END THEN. THANK YOU. YES MY MY MY OTHER RECOMMENDATION JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HEARD IT IS
I BELIEVE THE COMMAND STAFF HAS CREDIBILITY ACROSS THE CITY. MANY OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMAND STAFF, A WOMAN OF COLOR
I THINK OUR YOUTH SEEING THEM IN UNIFORM IS A POSITIVE EXAMPLE. THE ROLE OF ROLE MODELS IN MY OPINION MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO
HAVE THEM THERE AT THAT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT UP YOUTH EMPLOYMENT EVENT AND INTERACT WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE, TALK WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
IT BUILDS A COMMUNITY, IT BUILDS COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH THE POLICE AND IF THEY WERE INVITED I BET YOU THEY WOULD GO I THINK THAT'S THE TYPE
OF PEOPLE THEY ARE. IF THEY'RE INVITED THEY WILL GO . CAN WE HEAR IS MY REQUEST CAN YOU INVITE THEM TO THE TO THESE
JOB FAIRS? I CAN I CAN PROMISE THAT DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HARRIS DEPUTY SUPERINTEND BROWN DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT GRANT
SUPERINTENDENT SHINN THEY WILL ALL BE IN ATTENDANCE SUPERINTENDENT BASSETT AND THEY WILL ALL RECEIVE A PERSONAL INVITATION FROM ME TO ATTEND THE JOB FAIR THANK YOU. AND I THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I SAW A LOT OF THEM AT THAT SAME TIME AS THE YOUTH JOB FAIR AND THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOB. THERE WAS A MEMORIAL EVENT AND
THEY WERE TALKING AND ABOUT EXPERIENCES OF POLICE OFFICERS OF COLOR MOSTLY POLICE OFFICER WOMAN POLICE OFFICERS OF COLOR IN THE AFFORDABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES THEY'VE MADE TO
OUR CITY. BUT IF IN BUT IF IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS EVENT I BET THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN TO BOTH
EVENTS HOMEMADE MAID MADE BOTH EVENTS A PRIORITY. I COULD ASK MORE QUESTIONS BUT YOU PROBABLY SENSE THAT I AM FRUSTRATED.
I AM DISAPPOINTED. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ENJOINED BY COUNCIL OVERALL. I DO JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT
COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I HAVE SPONSORED A COUPLE OF HEARINGS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT THE COORDINATION OF DEPARTMENTS FOR LARGE EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY COUNCIL OF FLYNN WAS
PROACTIVELY HAVING MONTHLY EVEN WEEKLY AS IT GOT CLOSER MEETINGS WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS LEADING UP TO THE EVACUATION DAY PARADE IN SOUTH BOSTON WHICH WE KNOW BRINGS CLOSE TO A MILLION PEOPLE.
AND THE LAST HEARING THAT WE DID HAVE TALKING TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE COORDINATION WOULD BE UNFORTUNATELY THE ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT NO ONE TO THAT HEARING SO WE DID NOT
GET ANY ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT PLANS THE ADMINISTRATION HAS AND ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND TO ME WHEN WE KNOW WE'RE
EXPECTING 3000 YOUTH, MANY OF THEM DID COME WITH A FRIEND OR A PARENT OUT. I SAW MANY STILL OUTSIDE IN THE LINE TRYING TO GET IN AS YOU KNOW, NEVER EVEN MADE IT INTO THE SPACE.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF ATTENDANCE THAT WOULD TRIGGER I MEAN I WOULD THINK 3000 PEOPLE LIKE A ROAD RACE IS BRING A LOT LESS THAN YOU ARE
REQUIRED FOR. SEVERAL POLICE DETAILS DIFFERENT EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY. WHY WOULD THIS EVENT NOT HAVE TO HAVE A POLICE DETAIL PRESENCE AND LIKE I SAID AT THE
BEGINNING EVEN IF IT WAS OUTSIDE WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WENT OUT BECAUSE I DID SEE STATE POLICE BOSTON POLICE AND OTHERS AND
THE MTA POLICE ADDRESSING THE FIGHTS THAT HAPPENED ONCE THE STUDENTS WERE, YOU KNOW, LEAVING THE BUILDING. SO DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER OF ATTENDANCE WOULD BE?
I THINK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR THE QUESTION. SO I I DON'T KNOW A SPECIFIC NUMBER BUT I DO THINK AGAIN RELYING HEAVILY ON THE PRECEDENT SET IN THE INTENTION
OF THE THAT WAS THE JUSTIFICATION MOVING FORWARD IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF JORDAN FROM EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
WHAT WE'VE DECIDED IS THAT FOR EVERY LARGE SCALE EVENT, BE IT JUVIE OR THE FEAST OR WHEN THE CELTICS WIN THEIR NEXT PARADE OR WHEN THE BRUINS PULL THEIR
STUFF TOGETHER AND WHEN THE NEXT CHAMPIONSHIP WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PLAN INDIVIDUAL EVENT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISCRIMINATE BASED ON THE STYLE
OR INTENTION OF THE EVENT JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE COULD BE CONCERNING EVEN IF IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO A SHOOTING OR A
STABBING. WE DON'T WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONGREGATE AND TO FIGHT THE WAY THAT THEY DID LAST TIME. AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT AND IT COMES UP A LOT AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE FEEL SAFE SO WE CAN KEEP PATTING OURSELVES ON THE BACK SAYING WE'RE THE SAFEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. BUT IF COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY POCKETS OF COMMUNITY AREN'T FEELING SAFE AND IF YOUTH THERE
AND I DID SEE MANY PARENTS TELLING THEIR KIDS LET'S GO, THIS IS TOO CROWDED, THIS ISN'T GOING WELL. SO IT'S ALSO JUST A FEELING OF SAFETY WHICH I THINK THEN YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THE
YOU KNOW, THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM HAD A DIFFERENT FEELING TO ME AND I COULD FEEL IT WHEN I WALKED IN AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED HAPPENED. SO I AM CONFIDENT THAT ON MAY
10TH THERE WILL BE A MUCH DIFFERENT PRESENCE AND A DIFFERENT FEELING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMITMENT. COUNSELOR WORLD. THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU
TO THE PANEL FOR FOR BEING HERE AND I JUST WANT TO FIRST START OFF BY JUST SAYING THAT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE CITY HAS ORGANIZED. YOU KNOW, YOUTH EVENTS OF THIS
SIZE. I BELIEVE THIS IS YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE YEARS IN A ROW WITH THOUSANDS OF YOUTH COME IN TO TO DO JOB FAIRS AND ALSO AT THE
MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT AND THEN ISAAC ALSO BROUGHT UP JUVIE WHICH I BELIEVE ALL THOSE EVENTS IN THE PAST HAVE HAD.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. NO, NO INCIDENTS. CORRECT. CORRECT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
IMPROVING SECURITY AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS SAFE. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DEMONIZING OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE HERE AND IN DRAWING BROAD STROKES WHEN WE HAD THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT ALL OF THESE EVENTS YEAR OVER YEAR AND MAYBE I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED
IN THE INCIDENT WAS IT MAYBE 2020 PEOPLE DIRECTLY INVOLVED? RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU 25,000 YEAR OVER YEAR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DEMONIZING OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE AND IF THERE WAS A POLICE DETAIL, WOULD THAT REQUEST HAVE COME FROM THE CITY? WHY OR THE ROGUE IT COULD IT
CAN REALLY COME IN A A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO WHAT I TYPICALLY DO UPON REQUEST IS I REACH OUT TO THE DEPUTIES DIRECTLY EITHER VIA EMAIL OR QUITE FRANKLY
SOMETIMES JUST VIA TEXT AND I'LL JUST TEXT THEM AND SAY HEY, WE NEED A FEW HONORABLE BRAVE PEOPLE WITHIN MPD TO COME TAKE UP SPACE. BUT I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE BECAUSE IT IS A STATE BUILDING THAT TECHNICALLY WOULD BE THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE POLICE THE REQUEST FOR A DETAIL IF WE WANTED STATE POLICE. BASED ON WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE
PAST AS I REACH OUT TO CHIEF TAUB AND THE REQUEST FOR THE DETAIL WILL GO UP THROUGH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. GOT IT. AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE
THE MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS HERE AS WELL. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, STILL HAVE SECURITY AND MAYBE LOOK AT OTHER YOU KNOW,
SECURITY MEASURES OTHER THAN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT? SURE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS AND IF I'M SAYING TOO MUCH PLEASE STOP ME. BUT WHILE WE'RE AT IT INFORMAL
SOCIAL CONTROL MECHANISMS WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH MINISTER RANDY AND THE FBI TO ALSO BE PRESENT IN SPACE FOR AS
AN INFORMAL SOCIAL CONTROL MEETING TO ADD ON TO TO TO ISAAC'S POINT WE ARE REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY SO BECOMING A MAN IS ALSO GOING TO BE THERE. WE'RE ALSO ASKING BP AS
COUNCIL MURPHY SAID THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT COME WITH FRIENDS. THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT DON'T COME WITH THEIR PARENTS. WE ALSO ARE ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO PARTNER UP WITH SOME OF THOSE THOSE YOUTH AND WALK THEM AROUND THE FAIR BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,
COUNSELOR BEING IN A CROWD WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER KIDS, LOTS OF NOISE CAN GET DISORIENTING AND CAN BE OVERWHELMING. SO WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH WHO MAY
BE COMING ON THEIR OWN. YOU KNOW THAT GUIDANCE FROM A AN ADULT OR SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW COULD BE JUST SOMEONE OLDER THAT CAN HELP THEM KIND OF WALK AROUND. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR NOT ONLY
OUR NORMAL ONE CROP OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH FLOW ,MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO. BUT WE ALSO ARE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHETHER IT BE FROM F A Y FROM BAM OR OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO COME
IN AND ALSO WALK WITH THE KIDS AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE FAIR AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND I THINK YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING THE CAREGIVER WHETHER IT'S A PARENT I'LL GO
ON A GRANDPARENT TO BE WITH THAT YOUNG PERSON WHILE THEY'RE APPLYING FOR A SUMMER JOB. I THINK THAT IS THAT IS IMPORTANT AND CAN HELP. RIGHT IN TERMS OF GETTING YOUNG
PEOPLE IN AND OUT AND ALSO PICKING THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY. SO I DO LOVE THAT AND THEN COVERAGE OF OF THE T STATIONS
AND THEN ALSO ARE WE THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE BECAUSE THERE'S AN AGE RANGE RIGHT. WAS WAS THE AGE RANGE AGAIN 14 TO 2414 IS THERE A CONSIDERATION OF LIKE STAGGERED TIMES CERTAIN SO SINCE THIS ONE
IS ABOUT A MONTH OUT WE AREN'T KIND OF ADEQUATELY TIMING FOR TARGET TIME BUT FOR 26 EVENTS WE ARE CHECKING ASSURANCE ADORATION. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S ALSO CONVERSATIONS THAT
I'M HAVING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE IF THEY CAN CURATE SPACES FOR YOUTH THAT ARE PROXIMAL TO THE REGGIE LEWIS JUST SO THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE EVENTS THAT WE CAN REDIRECT YOUNG
PEOPLE TO GO TO. THAT'S THAT'S AWESOME. I MEAN AGAIN WE DON'T WANT TO TO YOUR POINT DEMONIZE YOUNG PEOPLE OR OVER ADULTS ARE FINE
YOUNG PEOPLE BEING IN SPACE BUT WE ALSO TO TO THE COUNCIL TO COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FLYNN'S CREDIT WE ARE CONCERNED JUST NATURALLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE IN AND NOW THEY'RE A PART OF JOBS AND THEN IF WE CAN LIKE I SAID PROVIDE OTHER SPACES FOR THEM TO BE PRESIDENT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I DID MENTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO SUPERINTENDENT SULLIVAN AND PTA
POLICE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON STANDBY AND THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. WELL, I DID MENTION BEFORE YOU
GOT HERE THAT THE APPLICATION FOR THE PERMIT IS WHERE THE CAPTAIN HUSSEIN DID SIGN OFF. BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY CHECK IF THEY WANT A DETAIL OR NOT AND THEY HAD CHECKED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
NO, OBVIOUSLY WE DID HEAR ALREADY BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE THERE WASN'T AN EXPECTATION THAT THERE WOULD BE NEEDED BUT THERE HAS BEEN ASSURANCE THAT WHEN THEY APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT FOR THE TENT THAT WE WON'T BE CHECKING
NO FOR THE POLICE DETAIL WE'LL BE WORKING COLLABORATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT FOR OUR YOUTH TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL DAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR SHARING THE PLAN GOING FORWARD. ONE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION I HAVE FILED A HEARING ORDER ADDRESSING THE NEEDS FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND
INCLUSION MAKING SURE THAT OUR YOUTH SUMMER JOBS ESPECIALLY OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH ALL RANGES OF, YOU KNOW, MOBILITY
DISABILITIES. I'VE HEARD FROM MANY SPECIAL ED TEACHERS AND PARENTS THAT THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THEIR CHILDREN DON'T GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. I'M STILL WAITING FOR THAT HEARING SPECIFICALLY TO BE
SCHEDULED IN THE EDUCATION FIELD BUT I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THIS MEETING BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT SPECIFIC BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE JOB FAIRS AND THESE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND
THAT WE'RE WORKING ALONGSIDE NOT ONLY OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE ALSO ARE SUPPORTING THEM BECAUSE I KNOW MANY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BUT THEY MAY NEED SOME RESOURCES. I'M WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND I WILL HAVE A FORMER STUDENT WHO IS NOW SOON TO BE A GRADUATE OF ROXBURY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE COME BACK THIS SUMMER IN MY OFFICE IS BLIND SO THROUGH THEM THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE PAYMENT OF IT TOO WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT THANK YOU TO US FOR
FUNDING THE YOUTH SUMMER JOB THERE AND THE COUNCIL ALWAYS SUPPORTS AND HAS BEEN EXPANDING FOR MANY YEARS. SO I DO KNOW IT'S A COMMITMENT FOR ALL OF US FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES BUT MAKING SURE GOING FORWARD THAT WE ARE ALL
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE IT'S SUCCESSFUL SO I'LL BE THERE. I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL BE THERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS
BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THE HEARING? I JUST WANT TO ADD SO TO YOUR TO YOUR POINT COUNSELOR AND WE HAVE AS OF THE 3RD OF APRIL OUR ANNUAL SUMMER ACTIVATION MINI
GRANT THAT IS NOW LIVE AND AVAILABLE IN BOSTON DOT GOV AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE A PRIORITY HOUSING FOR THE ACTIVATIONS IN YOUTH SPECIFIC AND YOUTH FOCUSED ACTIVATIONS
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS ENSURE THAT WE ARE STRATEGIC ABOUT INCLUDING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOCAL TO COMMUNITY THAT PRIORITIZE YOUTH THAT HAVE
DISABILITIES AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE FUND THEM TO CREATE SPACE FOR THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS SOMETHING. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND AS I MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING I WAS NOT AT THE YOUTH JOB FAIR. I WAS AT A MEMORIAL EVENT DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT. COUNCILMEMBER FEE YOU WERE
PRESENT AT THE YOUTH JOB FAIR. I GUESS MY QUESTION TO COUNCILMAN MURPHY OR TO THE OR TO THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL THAT YOU WERE THERE ANY OTHER
CITY COUNCILORS THAT WERE PRESENT ON ON SITE AT THE YOUTH JOB FAIR BESIDES BESIDES COUNCIL? MURPHY NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. IT WAS JUST ON MURPHY I
INTERACTED WITH OC THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL PITCHER THANK YOU CHAIR ASIDE FROM THE CURRENT TOPIC AT
HAND, CONGRATULATIONS THAT'S AWESOME NEWS. DO WE KNOW THE DUE DATE OR I HOPE NOT MAY 10TH OR AT LEAST IT'S NOT LIKE WE DO BARELY DO.
LET ME I BIG BIG QUESTION ARE WE FINDING OUT OR NOT THE AGENDA YES BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL CONGRATS THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. I APPRECIATE IT.
FIRST YES. WELL THEN MY CONGRATULATIONS. I RESCIND IT ALL BUT THAT'S AWESOME AND THAT'S ALL I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING AS A CONGRATULATIONS TO SO YOU'LL HAVE A NEW IT'S YOUR
FIRST RIGHT? SO YOU'LL HAVE A NEW APPRECIATION FOR YOU. I KNOW YOU ALREADY DO BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT FEELING WHEN IT'S YOUR OWN. SO THEY'LL BE ATTENDING JOB FAIRS ONE DAY. SO I THINK THE FOUR OF US HERE
THESE FOUR COUNSELORS ARE PARENTS SO WE DO OBVIOUSLY CARE ABOUT ALL OF OUR YOUTH. CROSS NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ONE TO CARE BUT I DO KNOW THAT. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS? JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO
COMMUNICATING ALWAYS BEFORE THE 10TH ALSO AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP JUST JUST HOPE TO SEE ALL THE COUNSELORS HERE THAT ARE PRESENT HERE TO BE AT THE 10TH.
YOU KNOW YOUR STAFF'S AND YOUR CREW'S BEING OUT THERE AND SO WE HAVE SAVED THE DATES AND WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER SIGN UP SHEET AS WELL AS THE EVENTBRITE LINK FOR THE YOUTH. SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE
SHARE THAT WITH THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE SO THAT WITH YOU ALSO GETTING YOU CAN ALSO AMPLIFY THAT. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING AS MANY YOUTH JOBS THIS SUMMER. AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS HEARING ON DOCKET 0821 IS
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU A