--------- RIGHT NOW THE CHAIR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. TODAY IS MAY SEVEN, 2025. IT IS 9:31 A.M. ENCODED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER TWO
OF THE ACTS OF 2025 MODIFY AND SEND REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW AND BELIEVE IN PUBLIC BODIES OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC BODIES CONDUCT ITS MEETINGS IN A PUBLIC PLACE THAT IS OPEN AND
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NUMBER 0940. MESSAGE IN ORDER PRE-APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE TO APPLY 25 APPROPRIATION WHETHER RESERVED FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY
$33,262,466 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPLY 26 IMPACT OF INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE PARTIES BOSTON BOSTON
TEACHERS UNION TALKING NUMBER 0941 MESSAGE IN ORDER A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT BY 25 IN THE
AMOUNT OF $33,262,460 TO COVER THE IMPACT OF NY 25 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION.
THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS A TEMBER FIRST 2024 TO AUGUST 30TH 2027 THE MAJOR PROVISION OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE GENERAL
WAGE INCREASES OF 2.5% 2% AND 2% IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 FOR 2025 AND 2026. THE PARAPROFESSIONALS AND ABLE AIDES WILL ALSO RECEIVE MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENTS.
THESE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELE WU COMMITTEE ON APRIL 30, 2025. TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES IN ORDER TO REVOKE OUT OF PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR SCHMIDT.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO TODAY'S PANELISTS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND FOR THE PRESENTATION WHO IS NOW YOURS? GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN. LOU MAN TRAINING FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION. GOOD MORNING TO ALL THE OTHER COUNCILORS TOO. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY. SO WE HAVE I JUST WILL GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ABOUT A
COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT FROM STANDPOINT OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN THIS CONTRACT AND LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AS WE MOVE. SO I THINK TWO THINGS THAT I'LL
HIGHLIGHT HERE THIS CONTRACT VERY MUCH BUILDS ON WORK WE STARTED DOING IN THE LAST BPU CONTRACT THAT WE REACHED IN JUNE OF 2020 TO AND THIS IS
WORK RELATIVE TO MAKING THE DISTRICT A FULLY INCLUSIVE DISTRICT WHERE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CAN GET RESOURCES
IN MANY MORE SCHOOLS. SO IF THE CONTRACT IN 2022 WAS LARGELY ABOUT REMOVING AN ANTIQUATED LANGUAGE FROM THE BPU CONTRACT, THIS CONTRACT WAS
ABOUT BUILDING THE NEW SYSTEM AND PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS AND PROVIDING THE STAFFING THAT WILL HELP US MOVE FORWARD. SO FROM THE STANDPOINT
OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WE LIKE TO LOOK DOWN THE LINE YOU AT WHAT YOU KNOW, HOW MANY CONTRACTS IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING WE WANT TO ACHIEVE AND HAVE A CONTINUUM WHERE YOU KNOW WE DO
SOME WORK AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT CONTRACT AND DO MORE WORK. SO THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER MAJOR ADVENT THAT I'LL LIFT UP FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE
ADMINISTRATION IS LIFTING UP OUR LOWEST WAGE WORKERS. AS YOU KNOW FROM THE CITY SIDE THIS HAS BEEN A KEY PREROGATIVE IN THIS ROUND OF BARGAINING TO TARGET WORKERS THAT ARE MAKING
$60,000 OR LESS. IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE WORKFORCE. SO IN THIS INSTANCE THAT WAS TOOK THE FORM OF SIGNIFICANT INCREASES FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS
,ABA SPECIALISTS, FAMILY LIAISON AND FOLKS ON THE LOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM. SO THESE FOLKS ARE SEEING VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THAT MAKE
WAGES MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE. THIS IS BOTH WITH RESPECT TO THE INCLUSION WORK THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT AND THE STAFFING ASSOCIATED WITH IT THE ABILITY TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT
PARAPROFESSIONALS AND HAVE THEM HAVE A SALARY THAT LETS THEM SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND LIVE IN THE CITY IS A KEY PREROGATIVE FOR US. SO HAVING DONE THAT NOW WITH THE LARGEST COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, YOU KNOW WE'VE MOVED FORWARD ON THE POLICY OF LIFTING UP OUR LOWEST WAGE WORKERS. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I'LL HIGHLIGHT AT THE TOP AND RESERVE OTHER TIME FOR
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND THINGS FROM THE COUNCILORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW GO TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND ORDER ARRIVAL FOR FIRST
ROUND OF QUESTIONS. BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO START OFF AND SAY HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK FOR ANY TEACHERS THAT ARE WATCHING AND IT IS FITTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS TAKING THIS UP IN
TEACHER'S APPRECIATION WITH FELLOW COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE WHO'S YOURS? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING MR CHAIR AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. HAPPY TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU LIKE THIS CHAIR SAID HAPPY
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. I WANT TO THANK LOU AND DAVID AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THEIR WORK AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK TO YOU I KNOW THIS CONTRACT WAS ONE LONGER THAN MAKING AND I KNOW IT'S ONE THAT
THE TEACHERS ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT PARA PARITY FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE STRIDES THAT THIS CONTRACT HAS MADE HERE FOR OUR PARENTS WHO ARE SOME OF OUR LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES.
AND LOU, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BIG FOCUS WITH MY OFFICE AND OF OURS ON THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN ENSURING THAT OUR LOWEST PAID WORKERS ARE ABLE TO WORK AND LIVE IN THE CITY AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED AND UNDERLINED AND ARE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK WITH
DIGNITY AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO COMPENSATE OUR EMPLOYEES. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS CONTRACT. I WANT TO THANK MR CHAIR FOR SHEPHERDING THIS THROUGH AND ALSO THE CENTRAL STAFF.
I KNOW IT'S IT'S A WEDNESDAY BEFORE A COUNCIL MEETING. WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE HEARINGS BUT I THINK IT'S JUST EXEMPLARY EXEMPLARY OF HOW AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO US THAT WE GET THIS THROUGH AND OUT AND I'M EXCITED TO BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS
AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO WORKED SO DILIGENTLY ON THIS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I'M JUST I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUSH AND MOVE THIS FORWARD.
THANK YOU, BRIAN AND AROUND OF YOU. YES. YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
AND ALSO THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. COUNCILOR PEPEN AT THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR YOU HAD THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU.
JUST HAPPY TO BE ON IN SUPPORT AND. I WANT TO THANK THE UNION FOR ADVOCATING ALL THE TEACHERS THE WORK YOU DO IN THE STAFF. AND LOU, YOU MENTIONED WHAT I
KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN THEY WERE IN FRONT OF US. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FINALLY PAYING OUR PARAS THE WAGE THEY DESERVE. SO THIS INCREASE IS LONG
OVERDUE BUT GREAT TO SEE IT COME ESPECIALLY WITH THE INCREASE OF, YOU KNOW, EXPECTATION FUNDS THEY'RE HAVING AS WE ROLL OUT FULL INCLUSION ACROSS THE DISTRICT A
LOT OF THAT PRESSURE IS BEING PUT ON TO OUR PURPOSE SESSIONAL ALSO GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'LL BE SUPPORTING THEM FINANCIALLY THIS TIME AROUND BUT ALWAYS ROOM TO DO MORE AND I THINK WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE
FOR THAT AND WATCH CLOSELY WHAT YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT BUT DRIVING. SO JUST WANTED TO HOP ON AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND GLAD
THAT WE CAN GET THIS THROUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LANE.
COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT IS HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE BOARD AT ONE TIME AS A SUBSTITUTE. I KNOW THE IMPORTANT CRITICAL ROLE HARRIS PLAYS SUBSTITUTE
TEACHERS PLACE CERTAINLY ALL OUR TEACHERS AS WELL BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE OF FOCUSED ON FOR SEVEN YEARS TO ENSURE THAT OUR POWER AS A PAID A DECENT WAGE I
THINK THIS IS IS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. AND DAVID, MAYBE A QUESTION FOR YOU WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S A GYM IN
THERE EVERY YEAR I ALWAYS SUPPORT THE THE COLUMN AND I'M SUPPORTING THIS THIS BUDGET OBVIOUSLY EVERY YEAR THIS THIS CONTRACT EVERY YEAR THE THE
RETIREES COME SEEKING A COST OF LIVING INCREASE AND I ALWAYS ACTUALLY TESTIFY IN PERSON BEFORE THE RETIREMENT BOARD ANY
LANGUAGE IN HERE AS IT RELATES TO DIGNITY AND RETIREMENT FOR WHAT BTU MEMBERS FOR ANY ANY OF THE ANY BHP'S EMPLOYEES AND
JUST SOMETHING JUST JUST A QUESTION I'M CONCERNED WITH WANT TO ASK YOU ARE WE SUPPORTING OUR BTU WORKERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE DIGNITY
IN RETIREMENT? DAVID ARE THEY GOING TO BE SORRY? I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS ON YOU YOU THEN.
SO I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE BENEFITS IN THIS CONTRACT ARE DEALING WITH ACTIVELY EMPLOYED MEMBERS.
I WILL SAY THE RATES AND DIFFERENTIALS IN THIS PROPOSAL DO APPLY TO THE TEACHERS UNION HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND PAYMENTS THAT WE MAKE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR
MEMBERS WHICH I BELIEVE INCLUDES RETIREES AS WELL. SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BENEFIT THERE BUT THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY IMPACT THE RETIREMENT
BENEFITS RETIREES. OKAY. WHAT'S THE LATEST IN TERMS OF RETIREE BENEFITS COLA FOR
OUR CITY WORKERS? JIM, MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANT TO WEIGH IN ALSO BUT IS THERE ANY LANGUAGE, ANYTHING UNIQUE ABOUT
COLA INCREASES AND ANY PARTICULAR CHALLENGES? WE WE SEE THIS IS ISSUE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. I I NOT ONLY WRITE A LETTER IN
SUPPORT OF THE COLA BUT I ACTUALLY FROM THE ONLY CITY COUNCIL THAT TESTIFIES IN PERSON ALSO SO I ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITY WORKERS BUT ANYTHING UNIQUE IN THIS CONTRACT OR
ANYTHING UNIQUE THAT YOU SEE ABOUT RETIREMENT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT HOW IT MIGHT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED IN THE CONTRACT BUT IN TERMS OF THE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM IT'S AN ANNUAL EVALUATION ON THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THE COLA ON THE COLA BASE AND IN THE IT'S
UP THE APPLIES IT WOULD APPLY TO EVERY EVERY MEMBER OF THE IT'S A MULTI EMPLOYER RETIREMENT SYSTEM THE BEST RETIREMENT SYSTEM SO IT WOULD APPLY TO EVERYBODY BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EVALUATED ON
AN ANNUAL BASIS. THERE ARE SOME STATUTORY CAPS ON IT BUT IT'S IN SOMETIMES THERE'S BEEN LEGISLATIVE RELIEF FOR CHANGES.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN OPT TIME BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW IT'S IT'S IT'S PRETTY STANDARD TO EVALUATE THE EXECUTION OF A COLA AND AND EVEN LOOK AT THE CODE OF ETHICS
AS WELL. THANK YOU JIM. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW I REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO AND I
DOWN AT THE JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL OVER THE WEEKEND CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS CONCERNED RESIDENTS, PARENTS
AND STUDENTS ASKING ME ABOUT THE GYMNASIUM AS WELL AS YOU KNOW I'VE I'VE MET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WE'VE DID A WALKTHROUGH OF THE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM. WE'VE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT IT
BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GYMNASIUM IS KIND OF LIKE A MAJOR DIVIDER AND I KNOW THIS IS UNRELATED TO THE CONTRACT I'D BE TO YOU BUT SINCE SINCE I HAVE YOU HERE ON THIS CALL I
WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. THEY THINK THEY DESERVE A A AN UPDATE TO ENSURE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ALSO INCLUDED
AND HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO A GYMNASIUM THAT'S THAT SAFE AND I AGREE WITH THEM. I THINK THE GYMNASIUM CURRENTLY IS OBSOLETE.
IT'S IT'S OLD AND I'M LOOKING FOR REALLY FOR AN UPDATE AND SUPPORT TO FIX WHAT'S BROKEN BUT ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR A NEW GYMNASIUM AT JOSEPH QUINCY
SCHOOL. I THINK THAT I THINK MY CONSTITUENTS ARE THAT THESE YOUNG STUDENTS DESERVE IT AND I'VE ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT MANY TIMES AND SHE SHE WANTS TO DO IT BUT SHE
JUST DOESN'T SHE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU CONSIDER IN DAVID OR JIM? WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT. YEAH, I KNOW WE ARE WE ARE
DEFINITELY PRIORITY HOUSING MAKING THE REPAIRS UNDERNEATH THE GYM BUT IN THE SHORT TERM RIGHT AWAY I KNOW THERE'S BEEN
A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT A POTENTIAL CAPITAL PROJECT FOR A FOR A BIGGER YEAH BUT IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH DAVID IT'S THE KIDS IN MY DISTRICT THAT WANT TO PLAY SPORTS AND STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES DON'T HAVE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT GREAT ABILITY LIKE OTHER WEALTHIER SCHOOLS DO THEY THEY DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY. SO IT'S FRUSTRATING TO ME BECAUSE I, I SEE MY
CONSTITUENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY SPORTS AT A GYMNASIUM AND OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE BEAUTIFUL GYMNASIUMS AND MY MY STUDENTS DON'T EXERCISE AT QUINCY, THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MY CONSTITUENTS. THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF FAIRNESS. THAT'S ALL THEY'RE ASKING FOR. YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU, DAVID. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I'M I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS THIS CONTRACT PROBABLY I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THIS CONTRACT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND LOU, I SAW THAT YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED AND I KNOW YOU HAD ANYTHING TO ADD.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE MORE TO THE CONFLICT QUESTION ABOUT THE COLA BASE. SO THE COLA BASE IS NOT A SUBJECT OF BARGAINING. OUR RETIREMENT SYSTEM IS
HEAVILY ENTIRELY REGULATED BY PERAK STATE AGENCY. SO NOT ONLY DOES THE COLA BASE RELATE TO ALL OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE AGENCIES BUT WE CANNOT AGREE TO THINGS THAT
A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BIND THE RETIREMENT BOARD ON ANYTHING THAT WE DO SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE COLOR ON THAT ACROSS ALL OF THE BARGAINING UNITS IN THE CITY.
IT'S NOT A BARGAINING IT'S NOT A SUBJECT OF BARGAINING. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT LOW OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THAT'S WHY I TESTIFY IN PERSON EVERY YEAR TO THE THE CITY RETIREMENT
BOARD. THAT'S WHY I SEND A LETTER EVERY YEAR TO THE TO THE RETIREMENT LAW. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AS IT
RELATES TO COLA AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY I HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE ISSUES WHETHER IT IMPACTS THE THE CONTRACT OR NOT. I TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
ADVOCATE FOR WHAT I WHAT I BELIEVE AND APPRECIATE THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO BE HELPFUL. COUNCILOR SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HAS JOINED US. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. CHAIR I JUST WANT TO SAY
OUTFITTING IT IS AS TODAY I LOOK FORWARD TO LATER ON IN THE COUNCIL MEETING PUTTING FORTH A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL TEACHER WEEK AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE TEACHERS SO IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS
CONTRACT TODAY. IT'S WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH IT. I MEAN OF COURSE I BELIEVE TEACHING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB REALLY WE HAVE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND FOR YOUTH.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE I LOVE THAT WE FOCUSED ON THE LOWER WORKERS AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START IN THE FUTURE. I'D LOVE TO SEE TEACHERS GET PAID MORE SHOULD WE ATTRACT THE BEST FOR OUR SO HAPPY WITH THE
PROGRESS BEING MADE AND HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY ON NATIONAL TEACHING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FITZGERALD I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR PEPEN AS WELL AS NOW YOU AS A GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. YEAH. ALSO JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE GET TO VOTE ON THIS THIS TODAY
WHERE WE ARE HONORING OUR TEACHERS AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PARAPROFESSIONALS AND OTHER ARE VP'S HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR
OF THIS TODAY JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY DESERVE IT. AND YEAH, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH, LOU, FOR PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION AND THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, FOR PROVIDING THE TIME BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING .
THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEP IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR YEAH.
SO IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TALKED ABOUT THE INCLUSION MODEL AND THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT STAFFING. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE CBA
THE CBA THAT WOULD ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING TO HANDLE SPECIAL NEEDS LANGUAGE LEARNING ISSUES
AND YOU KNOW, IN OUR CLASSROOMS . THANKS. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER SUPPORT FOR STUDENT DISABILITIES WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CORE
COMPONENTS OF THIS AGREEMENT AS LOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE WHERE WE DID OUR LAST CONTRACT WITH THE B2, WE SORT OF TOOK APART THE PREVIOUS FRAMEWORK
THAT WE HAD BEEN CONTRACTUALLY AGREED TO WITH INCLUSION AND SET UP A PROCESS FOR ARRIVING AT A NEW DESIGN. WHAT THIS CONTRACT DID WAS REALLY SOLIDIFY SOME RULES OF THE ROAD FOR MAKING SURE
THAT THERE A LEVELS OF STAFFING AND SUPPORT THAT TEACHERS KNOW THEY CAN RELY ON WHEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SO THERE ARE
SORT OF TWO MAIN WAYS WE DID THAT. THE FIRST WAS UNDER BUILDING AND SOME LEVELS OF STUDENT NEED THAT THAT SORT OF TRIGGER ADDITIONAL STAFFING
REQUIREMENTS AND THE SECOND WAS CREATING A NEW TYPE OF POSITION ,A SPECIALIZED PARAPROFESSIONAL POSITION THAT'S PAID MORE AND RECEIVES MORE TRAINING TO DO SOME SPECIALIZED WORK WITH STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES. AND WE THINK THE COMBINATION OF THE SORT OF RULES OF THE ROAD REGULATIONS WE BROUGHT INTO THE CONTRACT AROUND STAFFING AND THIS NEW POSITION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WHAT WILL REALLY COMBINE TO HELP US WITH SORT OF THE WORK WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND OUR TEACHERS ARE ALREADY DOING TO BUILD THE SYSTEM SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SORT OF THE
FRAMEWORK THAT WAS OUTLINED IN DISTRICT. OKAY, THANKS A LOT.
IN TERMS OF CAN CAN YOU JUST SAY I'M SORRY I MISSED THE BEGINNING BUT WHAT THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES AT THE END
SORT OF AT THE LOWER LEVELS ARE ? YES. SO EVERY MEMBER OF THE UNIT WHICH IS TEACHERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE PAID LIKE TEACHERS LIKE
SOCIAL WORKERS AND NURSES, PARAPROFESSIONALS AND SUBSTITUTES AND ABA'S EVERYONE IS GETTING TWO AND A HALF PERCENT IN THE YEAR ONE 2% IN
THE YEAR TWO AND 2% IN YEAR THREE FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS. THEN OVER THE LIFE OF THIS CONTRACT THEY'RE GETTING AN ADDITIONAL $5.50 AN HOUR
PRIMARILY IN YEAR ONE BUT SPLIT OUT OVER THREE YEARS. THIS IS A MORE THAN 25% INCREASE FOR MANY OF OUR PARENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE AT
THE LOWER END OF THE PAY SCALE OVER THE THREE YEARS AND BECAUSE A LOT OF IT WAS FRONTLOADED, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE RETRO PAY FOR THIS YEAR AND REALLY WE HAVE TO GET RAISE FOR
NEXT YEAR. SO WE THINK THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL AND IT MOVES THE MINIMUM PARA SALARY TO $40,000 AND WE ACTUALLY THINK THERE
AREN'T VERY MANY PAIRS AT THAT MINIMUM SALARY BECAUSE THAT WORK IF YOU WORK IN ANY EXTENDED DAY DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE OR DEGREES RIGHT YOU GET MORE PAY IN OUR SYSTEM SO
EVEN THAT MINIMUM WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO RAISE WE THINK MANY OF OUR PARENTS WILL WILL GET PAID SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT. OKAY. AND JUST LAST QUESTION IN TERMS OF LIKE THE BUDGET I MEAN DO WE
SO WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A PROPOSAL FOR FOR BEPS LIKE HOW DID HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THAT? YES. SO FOR FY 26 THIS REFLECTS A
55.9 JUST A HAIR UNDER PROPOSED INCREASE FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET. ONE THING I JUST WANT TO NOTE ABOUT THAT WE ARE ALSO
REQUESTING AN INCREASE TO 25 IS THAT FY 25 ALSO DID INCREASE WHICH IS IN YOUR MEMO. AND SO JUST ALSO TO NOTE THAT WHILE WE'RE ASKING FOR CLOSE TO
$56 MILLION MORE FOR NEXT YEAR, IT'S THAT ONLY REPRESENTS ABOUT 22 AND A HALF MILLION MORE THAN OF AN INCREASE FROM 25 TO 26. THE REST OF THAT IS REALLY TO
APPLY 25 INCREASE THAT WE JUST ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE WITH QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO A JUST IN TERMS OF MATH SO I THINK IT'S POINT I THOUGHT FIVE
SIX, FIVE 3 BILLION SO OR WITH THIS WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO THAT THAT 50 SHOULD BE THAT'S RIGHT FOR LAST YEAR OKAY I GOT IT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S HELPFUL THAT'S ALL THE
QUESTIONS I HAVE THEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIR THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON IN COUNCIL WHICH WOULD BE GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I LISTENED TO MY COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS. I THINK ALL MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. I AM REALLY PLEASED TO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET A MIXED BUT ESPECIALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT
OUR LOWER PAID WORKERS ARE GOING TO GET A BETTER WAGE, A BETTER SALARY. SO THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING AND I DID TALK A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY ABOUT YOU KNOW, CLEAR PATHWAY AS AND WAYS TO DEVELOP
THOSE LOWER WAGE WORKERS AND IN ADVANCING IN THE CAREER AND IN EDUCATION SO THAT ULTIMATELY THEY COULD BECOME LICENSED TEACHERS SO I'M GLAD THAT ALL OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS BEING
PUT IN PLACE SO TO TRY AND CULTIVATE THE TALENT WE HAVE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR NEW TALENT EVERY FEW YEARS. SO THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU LOU AND DAVID FOR YOUR AND JIM FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THIS
MORNING. THAT'S ALL I HAD. MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS CONTRACT.
I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH COUNSEL'S LINE OF QUESTIONING. AND SO DAVID, THIS IS FOR YOU
JUST CONFIRM IF I GRADES Q SIX THAT I'M READING CORRECTLY THAT IT IS SIMPLY NINE STUDENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE STRANDS IN ONE LEVEL. SO IF THERE ARE MORE THAN NINE
HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS WITH IEPS IN GRADE TWO IN ONE SCHOOL, THEN AN EXTRA STAFF WILL BE ADDED SO IT WON'T MATTER IF THERE'S IF THOSE NINE STUDENTS ARE ALL IN ONE CLASSROOM WITH
SPREAD OUT SPREAD OUT ACROSS FOUR CLASSROOMS. IS THAT THAT'S RIGHT. WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE GRADE LEVEL. LOOK AT THE NEED ON THAT LEVEL AND THEN WE WANT TO LET THE
EDUCATORS ON THE GROUND DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO ORGANIZE STUDENTS SO IF THEY DETERMINE THAT THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO PUT ALL THE STUDENTS IN ONE CLASS AND CO TEACH, WE DON'T ANYONE ACTUALLY WILL DO THAT BUT THEY
MIGHT THEY CAN THEY CAN DO THAT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO LIMIT THAT THE TEACHER'S ABILITY TO TO ARRANGE THE STUDENTS IN THE WAY THAT'S NOT BEST FIT SO WE JUST SAID IF YOU HAVE THE NEED IN THE GRADE LEVEL YOU GET
DEDICATED STAFF TO THAT GREAT. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE UPPER SCHOOLS 7 TO 12 THE ACTUAL INCLUSION IS ON A CLASS BY CLASS BASIS.
HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO PROJECT A HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK WE TYPICALLY KNOW A
FAIR AMOUNT BASED ON SORT OF HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING SO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE 45 STUDENTS TAKING ALGEBRA ONE THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW YOU'RE REASONABLY LIKELY TO HAVE 40
STUDENTS TAKING ALGEBRA TO NEXT YEAR. ARE THOSE FIVE GEOMETRY ALGEBRA TWO STILL WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN TEACHING MATH SO I THINK OUR SCHOOLS CAN DO REASONABLY GOOD
PROJECTIONS BUT I THINK WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO REVIEW THE PROCESS. I THINK WHAT WE OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT ESTABLISHES A MINIMUM
BAR BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T WORK TOGETHER TO EXCEED THAT BAR. SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON AS WE MOVE INTO IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE FINDING AT MANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IS WE NEEDED TO CODIFY THE WORK THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. A LOT OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING THINGS
THAT LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THIS AND SO IT WAS JUST ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS SORT OF GUARANTEED TO EVERYONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNION AND THE TEACHERS KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING THEY COULD RELY BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN IT'S
THEIR CONTRACT RIGHT THEN HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT STUDENTS AREN'T PLACED OUT OF A SCHOOL TO BYPASS HITTING THE STAFF AND BACKS BENCHMARKS IN ORDER TO AVOID HAVING AN ACTUAL TEACHER
HIRED AT A SCHOOL? MY QUESTION AROUND INCLUSION WOULD BE WHAT ARE THE ESTIMATED COST OF ENSURING INCLUDING REFORMS ARE MET AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON A REQUEST?
I THINK SO THE THE NICE THING IS SO PLACEMENT DECISIONS OF STUDENTS OF IEPS ARE NOT SOME LIKE CENTRAL OFFICE COMES IN AND DETERMINES IS INDIVIDUAL
SCHOOL BASED TEAMS THAT ARE MAKING THE DETERMINATION THAT INCLUDE TEACHERS THE CODES FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OTHERS.
SO IF A STUDENT MAY HAVE MAY BE FLAGGED AS MEETING AND EVALUATE EVEN IF THAT SCHOOL IS ALREADY AT EIGHT KIDS OR NINE KIDS WHATEVER IT IS RIGHT IF THAT IF
THAT KID IF THE TEAM THE LOCAL SCHOOL TEAM DETERMINES THAT STUDENT NEEDS AN IEP AND THAT TRIGGERS THIS LANGUAGE THEN TRIGGERS THIS LANGUAGE THAT TEAM MEETING IS THE PLACE WHERE
THE DETERMINATION IS MADE IN TERMS OF COST. I THINK WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK INSIDE
THE MAYOR'S EXISTING COMMITMENT TO FIVE YEAR $50 MILLION INVESTMENT IN INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND DPS. I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO
EVALUATE THAT YEAR BY YEAR SO WE ARE GOING TO SPEND MONEY TO HIRE 18 ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE IMPLEMENTATION WE AGREED WITH THE UNION BASICALLY BECAUSE
OF THE TIMING WE COULDN'T DO FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS LANGUAGE IN THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD ALREADY DONE A LOT OF THE PLANNING AND SO WE HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF TO WORK
IN THE REGIONS AND PUSHING TO SCHOOLS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN THE YEAR AFTER THAT IS WHEN WILL REALLY BE DOING IMPLEMENTATION. SO I THINK AS WE COME BACK TO
YOU IN THE FALL AND AND WINTER AND SPRING OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND NEEDS WISE ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND
WHAT THE FINAL COST WHAT WE THANK YOU THEN DIVING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AROUND THAT THAT IS THE COST RIGHT? THERE'S A BIG EMPHASIS ON COST
PAYING WORKLOAD IN THIS CONTRACT AND WHY IS IT COSEY SORRY YEAH IT'S CLOSE BUT DON'T DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, ALL RIGHT? OUR COSTS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CASELOAD OF 135 CASES.
YEAH. HOW MANY CALLS HAVE A CASELOAD HIGHER OF THAT RIGHT NOW? AND DOES THIS ALLOCATION ACCOUNT FOR ANY OTHER PART TIME
CLERKS BEING HIRED BECAUSE OR IF THEY WON'T BE HIRED FOR THE COAST DO THEY GET THAT HIGHER SALARY? YES. SO I'LL GO REVERSE ORDER THEIR
COSTS DO DO GET PAYMENTS IF THEY ARE MISSING THEIR CLERK TIME IF THEY'RE SO WE'RE UNABLE TO HIRE A CLERK FOR THEM OR SOMETHING THEY COSTS TO GET
ADDITIONAL PAY. WE HAVE SCHEDULE ON EVERY COAST TO MEET THEIR CASELOAD UNDER 135 FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. THAT BEING SAID, WE KNOW THERE
ARE ISSUES THAT COME UP THAT SOMETIMES MEAN WE CAN'T MEET IT. SO ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS WE SEE IS A SCHOOL MAYBE HAS 150 KIDS WITH DISABILITIES
AND WE ASSIGN THEM MORE THAN ONE COURSE BUT A SECOND THE SECOND COAST IN THE SCHOOL MAYBE GOES ON LEAVE OR THE POSITION IS VACANT AND THEN SUDDENLY THAT FIRST COAST IS IS
MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE KIDS ARE GETTING THEIR SERVICES BUT THEY END UP WITH 150 KIDS ON THEIR CASELOAD. WE DO OUR BEST TO AVOID THOSE SITUATIONS BUT WE DO, YOU KNOW, REVIEW THEM VERY CLOSELY WITH
UNION LEADERSHIP AND THOSE COSTS DO OFTEN GET A PAYMENT FOR A SORT OF SETTLEMENT PAYMENT FOR GOING OVER THEIR CASELOAD.
THAT'S IN THE MOMENT. JUST WRAP THESE THREE QUESTIONS MAXIMUM ALL AT THE SAME TIME ON PAGE FOUR ON THE STEP PLACEMENT STEP ADVANCEMENT SUBSECTION B
RECRUITMENT IS SEVEN TO WHAT WOULD THAT COMPANY ENCOMPASS? HOW WOULD A TERMINATION BE MADE IN TERMS OF WHAT IT'S RECEIVE A RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE? AND THEN ON PAGE FOUR AND FIVE
HOW IS THAT HOW HAS THE CREDIT FOR PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE SECTION CHANGE FROM PRIOR ITERATIONS OF THE CBA AND THEN ON PAGE SIX UNDER ATHLETIC SIDE
LETTER STATES THAT BP HAS TO REVIEW COACHING COMPENSATION NATIONALLY AND STATEWIDE PROVIDE AN INPUT TO BTU ON OR BEFORE MAY SECOND. HAS THAT HAPPENED? I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE TEAM COUNSELOR
APOLOGIZE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE STATUS IS OF THE COACHING REVIEW SO I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT FOR YOU. OKAY COUNSELOR, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. OH THAT'S ACTUALLY IN PROCESS
AND I WE ANTICIPATE I THINK HAVING SOME RESULTS ON THAT BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO THAT REVIEW IS IN PROCESS. IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S NOT THE KIND OF THING THAT
WE COULD FINISH BEFORE WE FINISH THE CONTRACT. SO I ANTICIPATE SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF ON THAT OR AT LEAST THAT'S OUR PLAN.
AND THEN FOR THE RECRUITING INCENTIVE, I THINK YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN ISSUES AT TIMES HIRING TEACHERS OR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, RIGHT?
SO THE EXAMPLE I'M THINKING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO ESTABLISH A NEW DUAL LANGUAGE CAPE VERDEAN CREOLE PROGRAM RIGHT AT THE FREDERICK AS PART OF THIS MERGER THAT'S COMING UP.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT'S A VERY SPECIALIZED TEACHER SKILL SET YOU NEED TO FIND AND OUR HOPE AND IDEAL IS ALWAYS THAT WE CAN FIND THAT WITH EXISTING STAFF IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK IN CASES WHERE
POSITIONS MAY BE HARD TO FIND, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER TEACHERS AN INCENTIVE TO COME TO THE DISTRICT AND SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE WITH US AND OUR STUDENTS. AND SO HAVING THIS LANGUAGE IN
THE CONTRACT AROUND THE RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE ALLOWS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN HARD TO STAFF AREAS AND THESE ARE TYPICALLY THINGS WITH LANGUAGE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
NEEDS FOR VERY SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL LEADS. YOU CAN IMAGINE EVEN SOME VOCATIONAL POSITIONS OR POSITIONS IN SORT OF SCIENCES IN OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY'RE
HARD TO STAFF THAT ALLOWS US TO TO MAKE SOME HIRING CHANGES AND I THINK THE CREDIT REPAIR WORK EXPERIENCE WILL I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT CHANGES.
YEAH, THAT SPEAKS TO I THINK COUNSELOR THAT SPEAKS TO NURSES SO ESSENTIALLY IN AN ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT SCHOOL NURSES AND RETAIN THEM THE CONTRACT PAVES THE WAY TO GIVE
CREDIT FOR PRIOR SERVICE IN OTHER EMPLOYMENT SETTINGS SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. THANK YOU THAT IS MY TIME.
WHAT I LIKE TO DO NOW BEFORE I GO BACK I THINK COUNSELOR BREADON HENRY'S I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TIME FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY . YOU CAN TESTIFY EITHER IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. YOU WOULDN'T LIVE BELOW AFTER YOU HAVE SIGNED UP YOU'LL BE PROVIDED WITH THE HEARING ZOOM LINK PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE SIGNED INTO ZOOM WITH THE FULL
NAME YOU SIGNED UP WITH THAT WAS CALLING YOU PROPERLY IF YOU LIKE TO TESTIFY IN PERSON PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE SHEET NEAR THE CHAMBER ENTRANCE WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED TO TESTIFY PLEASE STEP FORWARD, INTRODUCE
YOURSELF INTO THE MICROPHONE AND PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. I WOULD NOW CALL ON ERIK BERG IF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE WILL PROMOTE YOU TO A PANELIST AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY. THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES ERIK
BERG AND THE BTU THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS. THERE WE GO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SCHEDULING THIS HEARING ON THE MORNING OF THE MEETING ITSELF. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT OF THE BTU OF OF THE
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND REALLY OF EXPEDITING THIS PROCESS. I'M ERIC BERG, FATHER OF TWO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRADUATES 25 YEAR ELEMENTARY TEACHER, SECOND GRADE TEACHER ON LEAVE
FROM BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CURRENTLY PRESIDENT BOSTON TEACHERS UNION. AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY THIS MORNING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE AGREEMENT WE REACHED. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD
WORK OF BOTH OUR TEAM AND THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT'S TEAM. THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THROUGHOUT THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS. WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE
HAVE AGREED ON A CONTRACT EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE LAST 25 YEARS AT LEAST AND POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER THAN THAT. I THINK IT STILL TOOK TOO LONG BY OUR ESTIMATE AND WE WISH IT
WERE DONE EARLIER BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT IT WAS DONE AS EARLY AS IT WAS AND WE DO URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF FUNDING THIS CONTRACT AT YOUR MEETING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SO THIS CONTRACT AGREEMENT WILL STABILIZE STAFFING IN OUR
SCHOOLS AND WE BELIEVE IT WILL REDUCE VACANCIES. WE THINK THAT MANY OF THE ISSUES IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE OFTEN
THE FOUNDATION OF THEM IS DUE TO VACANCIES OR STAFF WHO ARE NOT PRESENT. WE THINK THAT THE WAGE INCREASE PARTICULARLY FOR OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS AND ADA SPECIALISTS WILL BOTH BETTER SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES AND ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO STAY IN THOSE ROLES FOR A LONGER TIME. WE DISAGREE WON'T END THE PRACTICE OF TEACHERS PERMANENT
TEACHERS LOSING THEIR POSITION IF THEY DON'T GET A SPECIAL ED LICENSE. IT'S REALLY NOT FAIR TO KIDS IT'S NOT FAIR TO TEACHERS AND THIS WILL PUT AN END TO THAT PRACTICE. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT TEACHERS
WILL BE LESS OVERWHELMED TRYING TO DO TWO JOBS AT ONCE ALONE WITHOUT SUPPORT AGAIN, IT'S NOT PERFECT AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCILORS ARE ASKING THIS MORNING ARE THE
SAME QUESTIONS THAT WE REMAIN ASKING BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTS IN PLACE THAT ARE GOING TO WE THINK HELP BOTH TEACHERS AND PARENTS TRY TO DO THEIR JOBS AND HELP STUDENTS
PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT DISABILITIES AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS BE MORE SUCCESSFUL. TEACHERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WILL NOW BE INFORMED OF THEIR HOURS OF WORK AND RATE OF PAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF WORK WHICH
WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTY AND DISPUTES OVER PAY THERE'S AN EXPANSION OF TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR TEACHERS. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE STAFF PARTICULARLY IN OUR INCLUSION
PROGRAMS AND MORE SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. AT THE SAME TIME WE KNOW THERE'S MUCH WORK LEFT TO BE DONE. WE IN THE BTU WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT WHERE THERE'S COMMON GROUND FROM OUR COMMUNITY HUB SCHOOLS WHICH ARE EXCITING INITIATIVE WHICH IS REALLY HELPING IN 20 OF OUR SCHOOLS TO THE EDUCATOR SUPPORT PROGRAM TO SECURING
STATE FUNDING FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO SUPPORTING OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND STAVING OFF THREATS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND AT THE SAME TIME WE WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES OUR SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO FACE INCLUDING BETTER STAFFING FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, BETTER PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES FOR A MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS INCLUDING
DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, IMPROVED SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND MORE NEW FACILITIES ON AN EXPEDITED SCHEDULE AND STAFFING LEVELS AND CLEAR PROTOCOLS THAT ALLOW EVERYONE TO BE SAFE
STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS WHEN LEARNING AND TEACHING IS DISRUPTED WITH UNSAFE INCIDENTS. AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE IMPLEMENTED PROMPTLY. SO AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY
AND PROUD OF THIS AGREEMENT AND WE THINK IT WILL IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS AND WE URGE YOU TO VOTE TO FUND IT THIS AFTERNOON. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR I
CONTINUE ADVOCACY FOR OUR TEACHERS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCILOR HELENA AS A PARTNER HAS JOINED US
COUNCILOR BREADON JUST BECAUSE COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PARTNER HASN'T HAD A FIRST ROUND YET I WILL GIVE COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF THE FLOOR. COUNCILOR CLAIRE'S VOTED FOR US NOW YOURS.
THANK YOU CHAIR, AND I APOLOGIZE MY NAME WAS NOT LISTED AND SO I RIGHTLY SO WAS NOT PROMOTED AS PANELISTS WHEN I CAME IN BUT I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS MIRRORED YOURS AND
COUNCILOR WEBBERS AND SO I DON'T WANT TO BE DUPLICATIVE BUT JUST SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS CONTRACT UP AT THE ARE HEARING
TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE B2 STAFF OF DPS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS AGREEMENT. THERE'S MANY THINGS IN HERE THAT WERE LONG OVERDUE POWER
PARITY. THERE'S ALSO THE CLIMATE JUSTICE CURRICULUM PROVISION IN HERE AS WELL. SO JUST I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO EVERYBODY IN I JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON KASSIE ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR.
AND WE HAD SOME OUTREACH FROM SOME OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES WHO WORK IN VP'S AND THE THEY ARE PAID MUCH LESS AND
BEECHER YOU NURSES SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT AS SOMETHING THAT SEEMS UNJUST AND HOPING THAT WE COULD MAYBE DO SOMETHING TO GIVE THEM PARITY
IN SALARY WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND OUR END TO HAVE WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS AND
ARE PAID MUCH LESS THAN THE PTB TO YOUR NURSES. SO I'M JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT AS AN ISSUE THAT'S COME ACROSS OUR DESK IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. SO AND I HOPE THAT I KNOW THAT
THEY'RE THEY'RE EMPLOYED BY THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION BUT YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS UNFAIR THAT THEY'RE ACTING IN THE SAME WORKPLACE AND LEARNING THIS. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAYBE FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT
ISSUE. COUNSELOR, IF I MAY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT IS YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD FOR TWO YEARS TO SETTLE THAT CONTRACT. WE HAVEN'T HAD SUCCESS YET BUT WE'RE STILL PLUGGING AWAY.
THERE'S AN OFFER IN FRONT OF THE UNION RIGHT NOW THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE ATTRACTIVE AND THAT WE HOPE THEY ACCEPT. SO WE'RE WELL ATTUNED TO THAT ISSUE AND TRYING VERY HARD TO SOLVE IT.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THAT WAS THE ONLY ISSUE I HAD BANK OF COUNCILOR LAST TWO
QUESTIONS FROM ME OUR TEACHERS ARE MOVING TO A 26 PAY CHECK CYCLE COMPANY. WE'RE STILL ON A 22 PAYCHECK CHECK CYCLE AND THERE ALSO IS
TWO MORE EARLY RELEASE DAYS ADDED THROUGH THIS CONTRACT. WE KNOW WHAT THOSE DAYS WILL BE IN ABOUT 26 I BELIEVE THE
NUMBER WAS AROUND 30 TEACHERS 30 STAFF WERE STILL ON PAID IT WAS IN THE 30 TO 50 STAFF RANGE. WE'RE STILL ON 22 PAYCHECKS THE
VAST MAJORITY OF STAFF WERE ON 26 PAYCHECKS AND THEN AS FAR AS EARLY RELEASE ONE OF THE DAYS IS THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND THE OTHER ONE I THINK IS
STILL TO BE PLANNED. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU TO THE PANELISTS, EVERYONE HERE WHO HELPED COME
TO THIS POINT FOR THE CBA. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PASSING IT. I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, II ESSENTIAL STAFF AND ALSO MY TEAM. I MEAN EVERYONE WHO CAME TO
TESTIFY TODAY AND THE HEARING ON TARGET NUMBER 094020941 IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYON Part: 2
CITY COUNCIL. YOU CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE DOT AT YOUTUBE AT BOSTON'S ARGYLE PORCH SLASH CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
THANK YOU. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL FOR AN END TO SAY INNOCENT.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IF COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL S.A.
YEAH. COUNCIL WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL GET A QUORUM. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A PERFORMANCE PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE AS MY
FIRST CLERGY TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY. REVEREND KAITLIN GIBBONS. I CAN'T RECALL WHEN I FIRST MET REVEREND JOE GIBBONS BUT I DO REMEMBER JUST BEING AWESTRUCK
BY HOW DEEPLY ROOTED SHE WAS AND COMMUNITY AND DEFINITELY I SAID TO MYSELF I'M GOING TO FIND A WAY TO WORK WITH HER SO I'M JUST SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE. I KNOW THAT YOU RECENTLY HAD A CHILD SO CONGRATULATIONS ON
YOUR NEWBORN. REVEREND CAITLIN GIBBONS HAS LIVED IN BOSTON FOR 20 YEARS AND IS AND IS A PASTOR AT IS A PASTOR AT RESURRECTION CHURCH IN EAST BOSTON. SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL
REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON'S MULTICULTURALISM AS SHE IS CHINESE-AMERICAN WHO IS BILINGUAL IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND PASTORS A DIVERSE CONGREGATION. ALSO WHILE SIGNIFICANT THAT
SHE'S HERE DURING MAY WHICH IS ASIAN-AMERICAN AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH API. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE AND ALL YOU REPRESENT. PASTOR GIBBONS SHE'S
PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF AMERICANS AND IMMIGRANTS THAT WORSHIP TOGETHER AND ENGAGE STRATEGICALLY IN NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE. ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE, SUPPORTING NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL
LEADERS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY. I AM SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION. PLEASE WELCOME PASTOR GIBBONS . AFTER SHE GIVES HER INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PASTOR GIBBONS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF BEING HERE WITH YOU.
I'M A PASTOR OF A SMALL BUT VIBRANT CHURCH IN EAST BOSTON, A COMMUNITY OF NEIGHBORS WHO CONTRIBUTE AT EVERY LEVEL OF THIS CITY'S LIFE.
ON ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, OUR CONGREGATION INCLUDES ARCHITECTS AND PAINTERS, ENGINEERS AND TEACHERS, LAWYERS
AND NANNIES AND COOKS. THEY ARE AMAZING PEOPLE. WE WORSHIP IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT PLACES AND YET WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO BE A FAMILY THAT DOES
LIFE WITH GOD TOGETHER THAT CONTRIBUTES AND BLESSES OUR CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN REAL WAYS. THAT SHARED LIFE HAS SHAPED US
DEEPLY, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF CRISIS. DURING THE PANDEMIC I WAS SO MOVED BY THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR COMMUNITY RESPONDED BILINGUAL
PEOPLE CONNECTING WITH NEIGHBORS AND HELPING THEM TO APPLY FOR RENTAL RELIEF. ENGLISH SPEAKERS FILLING OUT THESE FORMS AND ADVOCATING. THERE WAS A SMALL FOOD VOUCHER
PROGRAM THAT WE BEGAN WITH THE COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN THAT CONNECTED UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS WITH MEALS FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS. IT STARTED SMALL BUT THEN IT
STARTED GAINING MOMENTUM AND GROWING THOUSANDS OF MEALS WERE RECEIVED. IT IS HUMBLING TO WITNESS WHAT BECOMES POSSIBLE WHEN PEOPLE
COME TOGETHER WITH COURAGE AND CARE. AGAIN AND AGAIN I HAVE SEEN THAT SHARED HOPE CAN CARRY US FURTHER THAN FEAR EVER COULD.
THIS COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND CARE IS ROOTED IN THE STORIES THAT SHAPE US. THERE IS A STORY IN OUR TRADITION THAT MANY ARE FAMILIAR WITH. IT IS THE STORY OF THE GREAT
RESCUE THROUGH THE RED SEA WHERE GOD DELIVERS THE PEOPLE FROM OPPRESSION WITH MOSES. BUT BEFORE THAT MIGHTY ACT THERE IS A QUIETER ONE.
THE STORY OF TWO MIDWIVES SHIFRA AND PUA. THEY LIVE IN A TIME OF INJUSTICE AND FEAR. THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A SYSTEM WHERE POWER AND
CONSCIENCE COLLIDED. AT THAT TIME A PHARAOH WAS THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE LAND AND HE USED HIS AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE DEATH OF HEBREW BABY
BOYS AND THESE TWO MIDWIVES SHIFRA AND POOR HAD EVERY REASON TO FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES . BUT THEIR HIGHEST VALUE WAS NOT
SELF-PRESERVATION. IT WAS OBEDIENCE TO GOD AND THE CALL TO PROTECT LIFE. EVEN THE MOST VULNERABLE.
AND SO THE HANDS THAT WERE TRAINED IN LIFE GIVING WORK REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN DEATH. THEY LISTENED NOT TO PHARAOH BUT TO THE NEWBORN BABY AS THEY
BENT TO WASH THEM, TO SWADDLE THEM TO CRADLE THEM TO HELP A CHILD LATCH FOR ITS FIRST NOURISHMENT.
THESE TWO WOMEN WITH ALMOST NO FORMAL POWER QUIETLY RESIST STAYED. THEY USED WHAT INFLUENCE THEY HAD TO SHIELD LIFE.
THEIR ACTIONS WERE BOLD AND SUBVERSIVE AND FAITHFUL. AND THROUGH THEIR SHREWD RESIST AND STEADY COURAGE A MEASURE OF JUST THIS WAS ONE AND THE
STORY OF DELIVERANCE COULD GO ON. THIS KIND OF COURAGE STILL INSPIRES US AND IT REMINDS US THAT JUSTICE IS RARELY SIMPLE.
IT IS CONTESTED, IT IS COMPLEX. IT DEMANDS WISDOM AND MORAL FLAHERTY AND STRATEGY AND BRAVERY. DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY OR SAFE OR
EXPECTED. YOU KNOW THIS. AND YET CARE FOR THE VULNERABLE IS TO ALIGN WITH THE VERY HEART OF GOD.
AND SO TODAY I PRAY FOR YOU GOD OF JUSTICE AND MERCY. WOULD YOU BLESS THIS COUNCILOR WITH WISDOM TO LEAD IN COMPLICATED TIMES?
WHERE THERE ARE CONFLICTING INTERESTS WOULD YOU HELP THEM TO SEEK WHAT IS RIGHT? WHERE THERE IS PRESSURE TO ACT IN HASTE OR OUT OF FEAR? WOULD YOU GIVE THEM COURAGE TO
LISTEN WELL AND TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE? WOULD YOU GRANT THEM THE HUMILITY TO REPENT WHEN NEEDED ? THE FLAHERTY TO SPEAK TRUTHFULLY AND THE STRENGTH TO
LEAD WITH COMPASSION AND INTEGRITY MADE THEIR DECISIONS HERE CREATE SPACE FOR ALL PEOPLE TO FLOURISH IN.
WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATE IN AMERICA TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR JOE GIBBONS. PASTOR CARTER FOR ALL YOU DO
NOT ONLY FOR YOUR CONGREGATION BUT FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE OF COURAGE AND CONVICTION. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS.
WE WILL HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY ONE FROM COUNSELOR MEJIA RECOGNIZING THE LATINO BASEBALL LEAGUE WELLNESS DAY AND ONE FROM COUNSELOR MURPHY RECOGNIZING THE BOSTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF ME HERE YOU HAD THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES
WHEN I TALLIS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES THIS MORNING WE UPLIFTED THE
IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS AND UPLIFTING 14 LEAGUES WHO ARE PLAYING ALL ACROSS THE CITY
OF BOSTON IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS DEPENDING ON WHAT TEAM YOU'RE ON, IT'S USUALLY A COMPETITIVE SPORT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO REALLY UPLIFT IS THE IMPORTANCE
OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GAME IS NOT JUST ABOUT THROWING THE BASEBALL IT REALLY IS ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY AND CREATING CULTURE AND CELEBRATING OUR CULTURE. SO MANY OF US COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND WE LEAVE OUR LITTLE
ISLAND BEHIND AND THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO BASEBALL WE ARE STRONG AND I KNOW I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO SHOWED UP TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE LEAGUES
BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE REPRESENT THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND THESE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS . AND SO WHEN THEY CALL I KNOW THAT YOU WILL PICK UP THE PHONE
OR PICK UP THE PHONE AND HELP US RESOLVE THEIR ISSUES BEFORE I GO INTO THE LEAGUE. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR OUR BELOVED YOU SAID BE BIASED AND
HIS FAMILY. SO I'M GOING TO ASK HIS HIS WIFE AND HIS TWO CHILDREN TO COME TO THE STAGE HERE BINGHAM
BARAKA A NOT A TAMAKI TAMAKI BUT I REPRESENT THAT IACONO SAID LOVE THAT YOU SEPPI BIAS GETS AN AFFAIR WITH THEM PRONTO
AND I KNEW POSADA ALL THAT HAD TO GET YOU SEPPI FOR YASIEL IT GET HIM ORACLE OF LOVE THAT THERE IS STILL A BRIGHT LIGHT YONDER I DO SEPPI PATERNAL
CONTRIBUTION OKAY SO LAST YEAR IT WAS TOM BUT I CAN HELP ISABELLA IF I MEET OTHER YOU SAY BE YOU KNOW SOTO TAMAKI LET'S SEE I WAS TOLD CHANELLE YOU SO FAMILIAR EMPATHY AND A FAMILIA THAT YOU SEPPI A BIAS
AGAINST THEM ACCOMMODATING YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU WANT I THOUGHT THIS
CSR THE PRESIDENT SAY HELP THEY HAD COUNCILOR LIST BUT AT OPPORTUNITY THAT DAY A NO BUT I DON'T THROW GETTY THOUGH AMIGO
EITHER WHAT STEMPLE E OF CONSIGLIERE HAMPEL THEN THE SAME THING AT TOTEM POLE WHICH
ARE CRISIS IN CUBA SO SO WHY DIDN'T WE LISTEN I'M NOT GOING TO BE AN I KEEP BEING SAID I GOT LEAGUE LEGAL CANNOT
COMPANION OR MY LA LIGA THE LATEST LA LIGA NO WHILE THERE WAS A BANG BANG BANG AND BUT I GOT WHAT THEY DO NOT FATHER LA LA LA LUCIO LA LIGA THE CANASTA
LA LIGA AND THE CAMPESINOS LA LIGA AND YOU HAVE ALL STOLE LA LIGA SO PEREZ LA LEAGUE I BEING AMERICAN CMO LA LIGA LA LA LOSS
ADEPT AT IT BATTLES LA LIGA HARRY CABAL, LA LIGA ALEJANDRO LA LIGA LOOK AT IBANEZ THAT HE GOT ON YOUR E LA LA LIGA AND YEAH BUT ALSO LA LIGA THESE ARE
YOUR DOMINICAN BASEBALL PLAYERS SOFTBALL PLAYERS YOU SEE THEM YOU SEE THEM ALL ACROSS THE CITY PLAYING BASEBALL SOFTBALL AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
WE HAVE MORE. I MIGHT PURSUE IT THAT WAY. THESE ARE YOUR PLAYERS WHO ARE ALWAYS ENTERTAINING ALL ACROSS THE CITY AND ALL THE PARKS BRINGING JOY CULTURE, SPORTS
HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO ALSO JOIN US TO TAKE THE PHOTO SO COUNCILOR DURKIN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FLYNN SPIT BANGS AND
TANNER WEBER AND WE'RE ALL AND OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE IS ALWAYS ALREADY HERE. JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP TODAY FOR OUR SOFTBALL PLAYERS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON AND TODAY WE ARE
NAMING BOSTON AS LA LIGA TO THE WELLNESS DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN HONOR OF ALL THE LEAGUE GUYS AND THE LIVELY USED TO BE BY US.
ALL RIGHT PHOTO AND I KNOW I DID THAT IN MORE THAN LESS THAN A MINUTE APPLETON ON WHICH I AS
I THOUGHT AS WELL GERMANY GOT IN LA LIGA FOR THOSE WHO ARE
PODIUM MORE I THINK THANK YOU
COUNCILOR MAY HERE FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL RECOGNITION TO LA LIGA KHALEESI THAT IS CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND TO THE FAMILY OF JUST HAPPY BAEZ TO HIS WIFE AND TO HIS KIDS MAY HIS MEMORY
LIVE ON AND MAY BE A BLESSING. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO OUR
NEXT PRESENTATION FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.
YEAH. OKAY. COULD THE 718 LEADERSHIP JOIN
US UP HERE AT THAT STAGE PLEASE? THANK YOU.
I WILL START I KNOW WE FILED THIS LAST WEEK AND WE HAD TO MOVE IT TO THIS WEEK SO THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU WENT OUT TO CHICAGO TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY
OF A FALLEN FIREFIGHTER WHO I JUST LEARNED TODAY HAD JUST PUT IN HIS PAPERWORK FOR RETIREMENT AND THEN DIED JUST WEEKS LATER. SO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING
OUR CITY OUT THERE IN CHICAGO BEING SENT. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TODAY IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY WHEREAS MAY 4TH IS RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY AS
INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY A DAY TO HONOR THE BRAVERY DEDICATION AND SACRIFICES OF FIREFIGHTERS WHO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES.
THIS OBSERVANCE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1999 FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC LOSS OF FIVE FIREFIGHTERS IN A WILDFIRE IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA SYMBOLIZING THE GLOBAL UNITY AND COMMITMENT OF FIREFIGHTERS
TO SAFEGUARD LIVES AND PROPERTY. FIREFIGHTERS HERE IN BOSTON AND ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS REPRESENTED BY OUR OWN BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 718 AND THE
PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER MAYORS OF MASSACHUSETTS DEMONSTRATE UNWAVERING COURAGE AND PROFESSIONAL WISDOM IN THE FACE OF EMERGENCIES OFTEN RISKING
THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS. THE CITY OF BOSTON ACKNOWLEDGES THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT FIREFIGHTERS PLAY NOT ONLY IN EMERGENCY RESPONSES BUT ALSO IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FIRE
PREVENTION, EDUCATION WHO I'VE BEEN SEEING AT THE MAYOR'S COFFEE HOURS. YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT TABLE REPRESENTED WITH OUR FIRE CADETS THERE WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY
INITIATIVES FIREFIGHTERS, THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 718 WHICH IS ESTABLISHED IN 1942 REPRESENTS OVER 1500 MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING UNIFORMED
FIREFIGHTERS, FIRE ALARM OPERATORS AND RETIREES. LOCAL 718 HAS BEEN STEADFAST IN ITS MISSION TO ADVANCE THE MORAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
STANDING OF ITS MEMBERS ADVOCATING FOR IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS, SAFETY STANDARDS AND BENEFITS THAT REFLECT THE DIGNITY IN THEIR HEROIC CALLING .
WHEREAS THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1678, IS THE FIRST PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION IN
FIRE SERVICES, IN EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND I'LL END WITH SAYING THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HONORS YOU AND EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS FOR THEIR SELFLESS SERVICE AND DEDICATION
TO PROTECTING OUR CITY. AND I WANT TO FURTHER RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL
718 BUT ALSO TO EDWARD EDWARD KELLY, A FORMER PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 718 WHO REPRESENTS US AS THE GENERAL PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS SO REPRESENTING
AND ACKNOWLEDGING AND APPRECIATING YOUR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU PLAY EVERY DAY AND I KNOW I'LL GIVE TIME TO COUNCILOR OF FLYNN AND FITZGERALD, BUT I DO WANT TO
SAY THAT YOU'RE ALSO GREAT NEIGHBORS. I SEE YOU AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS. I SEE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY. SO YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB BUT YOU'RE ALSO WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO SHARE SPACE WITH.
ALL MY YEARS AS A TEACHER I HAD MANY STUDENTS WHOSE DADS WERE FIREFIGHTERS AND THEY WERE ALWAYS SO PROUD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL
YOU DO AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR YOUR IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN SUPPORTING THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY WE HAD A EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY HEARING CHAIR CHAIRED BY
COUNCILOR SANTANA AND WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM BFD LEADERS ABOUT THEIR WORK, THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK ON THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS ON THEIR FAMILIES.
WE DISCUSSED GRANT FUNDING AS WELL AT THE HEARING A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT FIREFIGHTERS OFTEN EXPERIENCE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS CANCER AND OTHER
HEART RELATED DISEASES AT A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL AND HAVE A LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCY DUE TO THE DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS THEY SERVE AND WITH THE EXPOSURE TO
TOXIC MATERIALS HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. I WAS AT THE LOCAL 718 RETIREMENT BANQUET FOR THE RETIREES.
MANY OF THEM SHARED STORIES ABOUT A STAGGERING 75% OF LINE OF DUTY DEATHS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS. THEY WERE ATTRIBUTED TO OCCUPATIONAL
CANCER FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A 7% HIGHER RISK OF CANCER 40% HIGH RISK OF DEATH IN COMPARISON TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS THEY PLAY AN INCREDIBLE ROLE IN BOSTON.
THEY HAVE A 26% INCREASE OF BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, A 39% INCREASED RISK OF DEATH FROM FROM SUCH DIAGNOSIS.
IN SPITE OF KNOWING THIS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO SERVE HONORABLY BRAVELY IN REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BOSTON, SUPPORTING OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN A
BRAVE MANNER. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AN INPUT ISSUE THAT I HEARD RECENTLY NOT ONLY FROM STATE
SENATOR NICK COLLINS BUT DANNY, DANNY RYAN OF CHARLESTON. THEY ARE PROPOSING LEGISLATION AT THE AT THE STATEHOUSE. THEY'RE WORKING WITH LOCAL 718. THEY'RE WORKING WITH LEROY
HAYWOOD, THEY'RE WORKING WITH RANDY AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH SAM DILLON. BUT THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION
WHICH IS SB 1647 AND 2692 IT WILL COLLECT DATA TO ENSURE CODE VIOLATIONS AND FINES REGARDING HOT WORK WHICH IS
BASICALLY A LOT OF THE WELDING ISSUES AND TRAINING CERTIFICATION. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT. I'M GOING TO PROPOSE AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK
ON THIS BUT THIS REALLY IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOCAL 718 BEING THE HORRIFIC FIRE MARCH 2014 THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF LIEUTENANT EDDIE WALSH AND
FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL KENNEDY. THEY WERE TRAPPED IN THE BUILDING'S BASEMENT AND DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION. SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
AND ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS HEALTH AND WELLNESS ISSUES. THE LOCAL 7718 HAS BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME . I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE FIREFIGHTER FIRE COMMISSIONER
AND FIREFIGHTER JOE FINN AS WELL FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK HE'S DONE. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SAM DILLON IN THE 718 TEAM LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THANK YOU,
COUNCILOR FLYNN I'D LIKE TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES PROUD TO BE UP HERE TODAY SUPPORT OUR FIREFIGHTERS HEAVY CONCENTRATION IN DISTRICT THREE FRONT COLUMN FRIENDS NEIGHBORS LITTLE LEAGUE COACHES, PARENTS
YOU KNOW, WALK IN YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL WITH THEM AND SEEING THEM THEY'RE ALWAYS A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PRESIDENT JOE KELLY, ALSO A CONSTITUENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE WE THANK HIM FOR ALL HIS SERVICE TO SAM
LEROY RANDY HERE AT 718 AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR FLORIAN HALL BECAUSE REALLY I MEAN THE WAY IN DISTRICT THREE I MEAN ESPECIALLY GUYS FOR THE AT LARGE IS DURING REELECTION SEASON WHEN IN DOUBT JUST STOP
IT FLORIAN RIGHT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON AND START SHAKING HANDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE BUT REALLY FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO IT'S A DANGEROUS JOB AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO
PROTECT THEM FROM THE FACT WE WANT TO GET THEM THE RIGHT FIREHOUSES THAT IT'S SAFE WITH WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM A FIRE TO TO TAKE THE CLOTHES OFF AND GET THE CHEMICALS OFF THEM SO THAT JUST LIKE THE ONE IN THE MEETING HOUSE HELD THAT WE HAD OPENED RECENTLY.
SO WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET MORE OF THOSE IN THE PIPELINE AND JUST THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR US EVERY DAY BUT HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YEAH. SAM DILLON BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 718 ALWAYS HUMBLED AND HONORED TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT JOINED BY VICE PRESIDENT LEROY HEYWOOD, OUR LEGISLATIVE REP
OUR REPRESENTATIVE RANDY GREELEY ON BEHALF OF THE NEARLY 1600 ACTIVE MEMBERS THAT WE REPRESENT, THE 1200 RETIREES THAT WE REPRESENT AND EVERYONE
WHO HAS WORN THIS BADGE AND THAT UNIFORM IN SERVICE AND PROTECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THIS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THE TRUTH OF THE
SERVICE THAT OUR MEMBERS PROVIDE. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE JOB. IT IS THE GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD BECAUSE OF THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO MAKE IT WHAT IT IS AND VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THE FIRST IN THE NATION FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M A LITTLE BIASED BUT NOBODY DOES WHAT OUR MEMBERS DO AND NOBODY DOES IT NEARLY AS WELL.
AND TO SEE THAT RECOGNIZED AT CITY HALL TO SEE THAT RECOGNIZED BY THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT. I CAN NEVER SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE
REPRESENT AND TO HAVE YOU RECOGNIZE THEM THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE KEEP THIS CITY SAFE.
WE THANK YOU. THEY CAN MOVE UP FOR YOUR HONOR
JUST YEAH. YOU NEVER GOT UP TO IT AND I
GOT THE GAVEL GIVING YOU JOBS. YEAH.
SO THANK YOU. I WASN'T LIABLE FOR IT AT ALL AND I MET EVERYONE OFF THE TEAM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OF COURSE I APPRECIATE THIS.
THANK YOU TO SAM, RANDY AND LEROY AND EVERYONE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL OF THE TIME. YESTERDAY I WAS AT ENGINE 48
LADDER 28 WITH THE GUYS THERE AND THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY DO FOR US IN HIGH PARK IN THE HIGH PARK COMMUNITY. SO JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO THEM OVER AT ENGINE 48 AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE
DAY. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA IS NOW PRESENT AND WITH US
COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR WEBER IS NOW PRESENT WITH US ON THAT. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
I AM A PRO CREW ALL OPPOSING. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 30TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKING NUMBER 101 FOR DOCKING NUMBER 101 FOR ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION
UNDER 17 F PERTAINING TO DUCK AND NUMBERS 0906 FILED ON APRIL 16, 2025 REGARDING STATE RECEIVERSHIP OF BOSTON'S ELECTION COMMISSION. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET WILL BE PLACED ON
FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICES IN OTHERS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1015 DOCKING
NUMBER 01015110161015 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT OF THE REPORT INTO MAYOR'S OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT QUARTERLY REPORT
JANUARY 1ST, 2025 TO MARCH 31ST, 2025 AND DOCKING NUMBER 1016 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF BRIAN SWIFT AS INTERIM COMMISSIONER OF THE PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST, 2025 FOR A PERIOD OF 60 DAYS. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 1015 AND 1016 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW I WANT TO IMAGINE
RECENTLY HEARD MR CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 082220845 DUGAN NUMBER 082220824 ORDERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 OPERATING BUDGET
INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ALSO KNOWN AS OPEN DOCKET
NUMBERS 082520827 OR FOR THE CAPITAL FUND CREDIT APPROPRIATIONS IN DARK AND DARK IN NUMBERS 0828 THROUGH 80830 ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET
INCLUDING LOAN ORDERS AND LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS DOCKET NUMBERS 083130845 ORDERS AUTHORIZING LIMITS FOR DEPARTAMENTO REVOLVING FUNDS
INCLUDING LOTTERY TOURISM, ARTS AND CULTURE ENVIRONMENT BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES ,SCHOOLS AND POLICE AND OTHER BUDGET RELATED DOCKETS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN HAS HIS
COUNCILOR AROUND PENNSYLVANIA THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HAS HELD A ROBUST SERIES OF HEARINGS TIED TO DOCKETS NUMBER 082230830 AND DOCKET
NUMBER 083420835. DOCKET NUMBER 0837 AND DOCKET NUMBER 084130844 OFFERING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PROPOSED F Y 26 INVESTMENTS AND PRIORITIES. BEFORE I DIVE IN WE'VE BEEN
HARD AT WORK SO FAR. WE'VE HELD 29 HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS TOTALING 62 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES. THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE. THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF MY TEAM CENTER STAFF, COUNCILOR,
COLLEAGUES. IDR AND ALL THE COUNCIL STAFF IS BEHIND THE SCENES. EVERYONE'S PUTTING IN LONG HOURS TO ENSURE WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS TRANSPARENTLY AND THOUGHTFULLY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE KEEP
THE PUBLIC INFORMED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. ON THURSDAY, MAY 1ST AT 10 A.M. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING TO REVIEW THE FY 26 BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
AND THE PEG ACCESS FUND PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE WE'RE CHIEF OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY SANTIAGO GARCES CHIEF OF STAFF KERRY JORDAN
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. SHELLEY LEAGUE CHIEF OF DIGITAL DIGITAL EQUITY OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF BROADBAND AND CABLE BRIAN DONOHUE. COUNSELORS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED COUNCILOR FLYNN DURKIN WEBER BREADON AND THE VICE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR PEP PENNED A LETTER OF ABSENCE WAS SUBMITTED BY COUNCILOR SANTANA A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE HEARING WAS THE CITY'S DIGITAL EQUITY EFFORTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION
AND TECHNOLOGY SHARED FINDINGS FROM BOSTON'S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE DIGITAL EQUITY ASSESSMENT, WHICH REVEALED PERSISTENT ACCESS GAPS. 24% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED
UNAFFORDABLE HOME INTERNET. 25% CITED SLOW SPEEDS AND 47% EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO IMPROVE THEIR DIGITAL SKILLS. DISPARITIES WERE PARTICULARLY ACUTE FOR SENIORS VETERANS,
PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS AND LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. IN RESPONSE DO IT IS DEVELOPING A CITYWIDE DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN AND OUTLINES STRATEGIES INCLUDING EXPANDING WICKED FREE
WI-FI, DISTRIBUTE DISTRIBUTING REFURBISHED DEVICES, INCREASING DIGITAL LITERACY TO THE TO THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM AND STRENGTHENING PUBLIC COMPUTER LAB ACCESS. COUNTLESS ACTS ABOUT EXTENDING
PUBLIC WI-FI TO TRANSIT HUBS LIKE FOREST HILLS MERGING DEPARTMENT DATA SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE COORDINATION AND INTEGRATING TOOLS LIKE CANVA AND CRM PLATFORM FOR BETTER CONSTITUENT SERVICES FOR THE
CITY COUNCIL. THEY ALSO PRESS FOR IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN SOFTWARE AND CONTRACTED SERVICES SPENDING. NOTING A 10 MILLION OVERAGE AND THAT BY 24 DUE IT RESPONDED WITH UPDATES ON STAFFING
BENCHMARKS COST SAVING REFORMS SUCH AS A LICENSE CONSOLIDATION AND DEVICE STANDARDIZATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO HIRE TALENT AND EXPAND CYBERSECURITY TRAINING. ADDITIONAL UPDATES WERE SHARED
ON ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT, STREET SIGNAGE, DIGITIZATION, AIR USE AND PARKING REGULATION MAPPING. THE NEW 3.1 SYSTEM A STREAMLINED DIGITAL PERMANENT EXPERIENCE AND LONG TERM STRATEGIES FOR REVENUE SYSTEM
MODERNIZATION. LASTLY, DO IT EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE IN ITS CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS TO TAKE ON GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER FORMAL CODIFICATION WITH STRONG
IT DEPARTMENTS TRUST IN NEW GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORKS IN PLACE, THE DEPARTMENT EMPHASIZED THE SPREAD READINESS TO CONTINUE MODERNIZE MODERNIZE IN ASSISTANT CITY SYSTEMS WHILE CENTERING PRIVACY, ACCESSIBILITY AND EQUITY IN
EVERY UPGRADE. ON THURSDAY MAY 1ST AT 2 P.M., THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO REVIEW THE FBI 26 BUDGET FOR ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENT RELATED REVOLVING
FUNDS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE CHIEF ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE BRIAN SWEAT ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER OLIVER SILAS GARCIA DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD DIRECTOR OF FOOD JUSTICE. ELIZA WASSERMAN AND DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE TYISHA ROGERS COUNSELORS AND TENANTS INCLUDED
COUNCILOR BREADON MURPHY, CLAIRE ZAPATA FITZGERALD FLYNN HERE AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE HEARING EMPHASIZED EQUITY
AS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE CITY'S WORK ON FOOD JUSTICE AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE TO UPDATE ON GRASSROOTS PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAM EXPANSIONS INCLUDED DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS AND FARMERS MARKET
COUPONS. THE ADMINISTRATION THE CITY'S SHIFT TOWARDS VALUES BASED FOOD PURCHASING, PRIORITIZING SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY AND LOCAL SOURCING. THE CLOSURE OF DAILY TABLE IN
MATTAPAN PROMPT PROMPTED DISCUSSIONS AROUND NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL FOOD ACCESS WITH CALLS FOR GREATER COLLABORATION AND FUTURE SITING TO SET DECISIONS. A NEW COLD STORAGE HUB IN
ROXBURY WAS HIGHLIGHTED AS A KEY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT WITH THE POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT MILLIONS OF MEALS ANNUALLY THROUGH FOOD RECOVERY. GRANTS FOR REFRIGERATION UPGRADES ARE ALSO HELPING
SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS EXPAND ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD AND REDUCE WASTE. ON THE CLIMATE SIDE, FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON ENERGY SAVER PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE A FRONT DOOR FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES SEEKING TO REDUCE
ENERGY COSTS. OTHER MAJOR INVESTMENTS INCLUDE 75 MILLION FOR THE COASTAL RESILIENCE RESERVE AND SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE READY STREETS, STORMWATER UPGRADES AND GREEN ROOF FOR BUS SHELTERS THAT
PROVIDE BOTH COOLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. COUNCILORS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SITING THEIR RESIDENTIAL AREAS ESPECIALLY AS CITY AS THE CITY AWAITS STATE GUIDANCE ON BATTERY STORAGE.
THE ADMINISTRATION NOTED ONGOING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOLS TO ENSURE A JUST TO CLEAN ENERGY LOCALIZED COOLING STRATEGIES SUCH AS TREE COVER, IMPROVED
COOLING CENTERS AND WHITE ROOF PROPOSALS. WE'RE DISCUSSES WAYS TO ADDRESS THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT REMAINS A CONCERN, PARTICULARLY IN SMALL BUSINESS CORNERS VULNERABLE TO
FREQUENT FLOODING. COUNCIL STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF TARGETED ENGAGEMENT WITH BIPOC AND IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES TO SHAPE MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS. ON FRIDAY MAY 2ND AT 10 A.M.
THE COMMITTEE HELD A WORKING SESSION TO REVIEW PROPOSED COUNCIL AMENDMENTS TO THE FY 25 BUDGET AND HOW THEY ARE IN LINE WITH CURRENT REVENUE TRENDS. COUNTIES IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED CASSEL, FLYNN AND IN WEBER
FITZGERALD FINANCE ANDERSON AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCIL PEPEN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. THE CONVERSATION FOCUSED ON THE PROGRESS OF NY 25 AMENDMENT IDEAS FOR FY 26 PRIORITIES AND
UPCOMING HEARING PROJECTIONS. A KEY PORTION OF THE SESSION EXAMINED REVENUE THROUGH 75% OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WITH THE CITY HAVING ALREADY COLLECTED 87% OF FORECASTED
HOTEL TAX, 84% OF FORECAST AIRCRAFT FUEL TAX AND 86% OF MEALS TAX BY REFLECTING STRONG ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY. PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WAS ALSO
DISCUSSED AS A STABLE SOURCE MANY PROJECTIONS DUE TO THE CONSISTENT 2.5% INCREASE OF NEW GROWTH FORECASTS REGARDLESS REGARDLESS OF MARKET FLUCTUATIONS. COUNCIL ALSO REVIEWED THE
STATUS OF THE PRIORITIES FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET. THAT WAS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE MAYOR'S BUDGET WAS FILED ON MONDAY MAY FIVE AT 10 A.M. THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON THE FY 26 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUT
THE SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ,PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAD CHIEF OF OPERATIONS DIANE IRISH DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC OFFICE PUBLIC FACILITIES CARLETON
JONES, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES TAYLOR BOLSTER THE COMMISSIONER OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT EAMON SHELTON COMMISSIONER OF ESPECIALLY SERVICES TANIA
DEL RIO. COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED COUNCILORS MURPHY FLYNN HERE BRAEDON FITZGERALD WEBER COLLETTE AS A PART OF DURKIN AND A VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE ABSENCE.
LETTER WAS SUBMITTED BY COUNCILOR SANTANA. AT THE HEARING COUNCILORS EXPRESSED GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT ISD'S ABILITY TO FILL THE CITY'S HOUSING QUALITY AND SAFETY MANDATES HIGHLIGHTING
PERSISTENT CHALLENGES SUCH AS HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS, RESTAURANT PERMANENT DELAYS AND INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF INSPECTORS TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. RECURRING THEME WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIVENESS TO COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS, IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS AND TENNYSON NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE DORCHESTER, MATTAPAN AND HYDE PARK WHERE UNSAFE HOUSING CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED. WHILE ISAEV POINTED TO PROGRESS
SUCH AS 98% OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS NOW BEING FILED DIGITALLY AND FORTHCOMING HIRES TO EXPAND THE HOUSING AND RESTAURANT INSPECTION TEAMS, COUNCILORS EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR GREATER URGENCY,
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY . THEY PRESSED ISED TO DEMONSTRATE HOW LAST YEAR INCREASED BUDGET ALLOCATION WAS BEING USED TO STREAMLINE SERVICES AND IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
ADDITIONAL CONCERNS WERE RAISED ABOUT SANITATION ENFORCEMENT AND ZONING VIOLATIONS ESPECIALLY AROUND UNREGULATED AUTO BODY SHOPS AND ILLEGAL COP CAR WASH OPERATE INTO
RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND REGARDS TO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT COUNCILORS QUESTIONED THE CONDITION AND MAINTENANCE OF CITY OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY
CENTERS AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. THERE WAS A STRONG CALL FOR FAST AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CAPITAL UPGRADES AND MORE EQUITABLE PRIORITIZATION OF REPAIRS ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY IN HISTORICALLY
DISINVESTED NEIGHBORHOODS. SEVERAL COUNCILORS DEMANDED MORE DETAILED REPORTING ON TIMELINES FOR MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECTS AND THE CRITERIA BEING USED TO DETERMINE WHICH FACILITIES RECEIVE ATTENTION FIRST.
THROUGHOUT THE HEARING A CENTRAL THEME EMERGED THE CRITICAL NEED FOR BETTER ACROSS DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT A COORDINATION TO ENSURE THAT HOUSING SAFETY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC FACILITY INVESTMENTS
ARE ALL WORKING IN SYNC TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S EQUITY AND LIVABILITY GOALS. CONCERNS AROUND REVENUE COLLECTION IN ENFORCEMENT OF FINES PARTICULARLY FROM ABSENTEE LANDLORDS REMAIN A PRESSING ISSUE ACROSS THE CITY.
KANSAS CLEARLY CLOSE BY URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO STRENGTHEN FOLLOW THROUGH AND RESPONSIVENESS ESPECIALLY FOR VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WHO CONTINUE TO FACE LONG DELAYS AND UNRESOLVED COMPLAINTS. ON MONDAY, MAY 5TH AT 2 P.M.
THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING ON THE FY 26 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY . TESTIFYING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LPAC YVONNE DE
CARVALHO. COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE CASTRO FLYNN SANTANA HERE CARLITO ZAPATA WEBER AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR PEPEN. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAVALLO
PRESENTED A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF OPEC'S MISSION STRUCTURE AND PROGRESS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING OPA WAS CREATED TO SERVE AS A CIVILIAN LEAD INDEPENDENT POINT OF ENTRY FOR COMPLAINTS AGAINST BOSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAVALLO OUTLINED EFFORTS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY, BUILD STAFF CAPACITY, IMPROVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLISH COMPLAINT DATA INCLUDING
HUNDRED AND 78 TOTAL COMPLAINTS SINCE 2022 AND A RECORD HIGH 144 COMPLAINTS IN 2024. MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS INVOLVED NEGLECT OF DUTY, DISRESPECTFUL TREATMENT AND USE OF FORCE
DISPROPORTIONATELY FOLLOWED BY BLACK RESIDENTS. COUNCILORS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT OPEC'S INDEPENDENCE GIVEN THAT FINAL DISCIPLINARY DECISIONS RESTS WITH THE POLICE COMMISSIONER. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, SUBPOENA POWERS AND PUBLIC
TRUST IN THE COMPLAINT PROCESS. ON TUESDAY, MAY SIX AT 10 A.M., THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES THE OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD
AND THE B.C. REVOLVING FUND. TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION WERE BY WAY OF COMMISSIONER MARTA RIVERA, DIRECTOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CHRISTINE MCSWAIN AND THE
DIRECTOR OF OPERATION EDWARD MCGUIRE. COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED COUNCILOR SANTANA FITZGERALD, BRAYDEN WEBER MURPHY, FLYNN, DURKIN AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR PEPE AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE.
IN LETTER OF ABSENCE WAS SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL TO HEAR HAIR FOCUSED ON KEY CHALLENGES AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN BOSTON'S YOUTH SERVICES PARTICULARLY BKA AND THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNSELORS
PUSH FOR SOLUTIONS TO LONGSTANDING STAFFING SHORTAGES ,ALREADY USED PROGRAM FUNDS AND UNEQUAL ACCESS TO FACILITIES AND SERVICES WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING PROMISING INITIATIVES IN EARLY EDUCATION,
ART PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING. BCA CYF CONTINUES TO FACE SIGNIFICANT STAFFING GAPS. ESPECIALLY FOR YOUTH WORKERS WE DISCUSS THE HISTORICAL UNDERSPENDING THAT HAS GROWN IN
RECENT YEARS AT B.C., B.C. WITH 3.6 MILLION TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE CITY AT THE END OF HAVE 22 3.8 MILLION AT THE END OF Y 23 AND 4 MILLION AT THE END OF F Y 25. COUNCILORS ALSO PRESSED FOR
UPDATES ON POOL REOPENINGS AND CALLED FOR MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SWIM PROGRAMS. MAINTENANCE HAS IMPROVED UNDER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT THOUGH ISSUES PERSIST AS SITES LIKE THE CURLEY CENTER.
COUNCILORS ALSO RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REDUCED NUMBER OF ACTIVE COMMUNITY COUNCILS AND CALL FOR CLEAR ROLES AND STRONG ENGAGEMENT. BCA HAVE REPORTED THAT THANKS TO LAST YEAR'S AMENDMENT THERE
WERE MORE THAN DOUBLING TALA PROGRAM IN IMPLEMENTING 13 SITES IN TOTAL AND ONCE THEY ARE UP AND RUNNING A FULL SCHEDULE WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. ONLY FIVE OF 84 VENDOR
CONTRACTS WITH MWB PROMPTED CALLS FOR GREATER DIVERSITY IN PROCUREMENT. THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SHARED PROGRESS ON EXPANDING BOSTON PRE-K AND K ZERO AND K ONE ACCESS WITH ONGOING WORK TO
SUPPORT NOT BEEPS PROVIDERS AND IMPROVED FAMILY OUTREACH DIRECTOR MCSWAIN ALSO SPOKE ABOUT GREAT START'S WEBSITE IMPLEMENTING A UNIVERSAL APPLICATION AND EXPANDING THE
BIKE TIME MODEL. COUNCILORS ENCOURAGED MORE USE OF CITY OWNED SPACE FOR DAYCARES AND PRAISED CHILDREN'S COUNCIL'S CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION. THE HEARING ENDED WITH STRONG CALLS TO REFORM THE CITY'S
HIRING PROCESS TO FILL YOUTH FACING ROLES FASTER AND RETAIN TOWN COUNCILORS EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR PAY EQUITY STREAMLINED HIRING AND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR BOSTON'S YOUTH INFRASTRUCTURE. ON TUESDAY, MAY SIX AT 2 P.M.,
THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IN ARTS AND CULTURE REVOLVING FUND . TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BPA, BPA
PRESIDENT DAVID LEONARD BPA CFO EMILY TOKARCZUK AND BPR MANAGER OF COMMUNITY LEARNING. JESS ELIAS. COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED CONSTANCE FITZGERALD,
BRAYDEN WEBER, MURPHY FLYNN, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR PAPPIN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE. ABSENT LETTERS WERE SUBMITTED BY CASIMIR AND S.A. PEEL TESTIFIED THAT THERE WERE MORE
THAN 2.3 MILLION VISITORS IN 2024 AND THERE WERE 1.8 MILLION PHYSICAL BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION. THEY SPOKE OF INCREASED PROGRAMING FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INCLUDING EARLY LITERACY PROGRAMS AS WELL AS
WORKING WITH INCARCERATED TEENS. THEY TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS AT BRANCHES INCLUDING FIELDS CORNER EGGLESTON SOUTH, BEND, APPLE'S CORNER, WEST END AND CHINATOWN. THEIR CAPITAL PLAN ALLOCATION
IS INCREASING 31% BUT THE OPERATING BUDGET IS DECLINING. 750,000 COUNCILORS DISCUSSED BPL TRUST FUNDS. CHALLENGES WITH MEETING THE PEOPLE DEMAND LOWEST WAGE
WORKERS AT THE BPL EAST ESL WORLD CLASSES HELD AT THE LIBRARY INCREASE IN OPERATING HOURS ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS AND THE CURRENT BPL SOCIAL WORKER SYSTEM. THESE DOCKETS WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR RL AND THANK YOU FOR SHEPHERDING US THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND HOLDING THESE HEARINGS SO WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND LEARN A LOT FROM HEARING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THIS
BUDGET PROCESS. THANK YOU. THESE DOCKETS WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE DOCKETS NUMBER 082230845 ALL REMAINING COMMITTEE MITCHELL CLERK WOULD
YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 094010941 DUNCANNON NUMBER 0940 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING BY $33,262,466 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IMPACT OF INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL 28, 2025 TO 0 941
MESSAGE NOT A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,262,466 TO
COVER THE IMPACT OF FISCAL YEAR 25 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ROOM BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION. THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS A
TIMBER FIRST 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 30TH 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE GENERAL WAGE INCREASES OF 2.5% 2% AND 2% IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2024, 2025 AND 2026. THE PARAPROFESSIONALS AND THE EBAS WILL ALSO RECEIVE MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENTS.
THANK YOU THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNCILOR AND THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND HAPPY TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR BTU REPS IN THE BUILDING JOINING MCGINNIS AND LYNN NAVE
EARLIER TODAY AT 9:30 A.M. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING ON DOCKETS NUMBER 0940 AND 0941. FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE WERE JOINED BY BP'S CFO DAVID BLOOM,
OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR JIM WILLIAMSON AND SENIOR ADVISOR FOR LABOR GROUP AMANDA MEANING. FROM THE CITY COUNCIL WE WERE JOINED BY COUNSELORS FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY AND WEBER CLYDE AS
A PARTNER COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNSELOR PEPPER DICUS NUMBER 094030941. WE REDUCED THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY
33,000,200 $262,466 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FUND THE FBI 25 COURTSIDE ESCORTS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION. THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS A TEN PREFERRED VERSUS 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 30TH 2027. THE ADMINISTRATION DETAILED THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THREE YEAR
CONTRACT WHICH WILL COVER F 25 A FY 26 AND FY 27 WHEREBY 25 WILL BE REALLOCATED IN $33,262,466 FROM THE RESERVE TO
COVER THE COST OF THE CONTRACT THAT FY 26 THE TOTAL COST OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE MORE THAN 61 MILLION AND REQUIRE REALLOCATION OF 55 MILLION FROM THE RESERVE FOR FY 27.
THE CONTRACT WILL COST MORE THAN $86 MILLION. THE CONTRACT WILL COVER 6344
TEACHERS 2054 PARAPROFESSIONALS, 106 ABA SPECIALISTS AND 1338 SUBSTITUTES. I'LL BE TO YOU ALL B2 ALL B2 MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE A 2.5
INCREASE AND IN FY 25 A 2% INCREASE IN FY 26 AND A 2% INCREASE IN FY 27 TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES PLUS VLADIMIR'S $500
$1,000 AND 1250 IN FY 25 FY 26 IN FY 27 PARAPROFESSIONALS AND APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS SPECIALISTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENTS WHICH ARE DETAILED IN THE COMMITTEE
REPORT. WAGE GROWTH FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS IS SHOWN IN THE STEP CHART PROVIDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. IT SHOWS THE LOWEST PAID PAT PAID PARAPROFESSIONALS GOING
FROM A SALARY OF $40,926 IN FY 24 FIVE DOWN TO 53,625.25 AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 30% IN THREE YEARS. THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL DISCUSSED CHANGES TO
THE INCLUSION STAFFING MODEL AT THE LOWER SCHOOLS AND UPPER SCHOOLS FOR LOWER SCHOOLS. GRACE WITH NINE OR MORE HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS WHO WILL RECEIVE AN EXTRA STAFFER. WHILE FOR UPPER SCHOOLS THE EXTRA STAFFER WILL BE
DETERMINED ON A CLASS CLASS BASIS AND IT WILL BE AN EXTRA STAFFER FOR CLASSES WITH NINE OR MORE HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS. MEANWHILE, THE ADMINISTRATION DETAIL THAT ALL TEACHERS WILL
BE RECEIVING PAYCHECKS ON A 26 WEEK BASIS AS OPPOSED TO 22 WEEKS AND THERE WILL BE TWO MORE EARLY RELEASE DAYS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE PAY DISPARITY BETWEEN
NURSES AND BPH. SEE NURSES WORKING AT SCHOOLS SAYING THEY HOPE TO ADDRESS THAT IN UPCOMING BPAS CONTRACT. I CHAIR THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. I RECOMMEND THAT THESE DOCKETS
OUGHT TO PASS. THEY GO AROUND IT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR ALL AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. I KNOW WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE HEARINGS WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 930 BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SAW THIS CONTRACT THROUGH.
SO THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. THANK YOU TO THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION FOR YOUR WORK IN WORKING ALONGSIDE THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET THIS BEFORE US. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT I SAID THIS MORNING IS THAT POWER
PARITY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PAY OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS WHAT THEIR WHAT THEIR GET CLOSER TO THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND IN THE DIGNITY THAT WE BELIEVE
THAT THEY SHOULD DESERVE NO BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN IN SOMEONE'S PAYCHECK. SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD FOR THE DILIGENCE THAT JOHNNY AND SO MANY ERIC AS SO MANY WHO ARE ON THE TEAM DID
AND OUR ADMINISTRATION LOU AND ALSO COUNCILOR WHERE I MENTIONED THIS BUT NO GREATER WE NEED TO DO THIS THAN NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO THAT YOU RECOGNIZE AS COUNT FOR PLAYING CATCH UP WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO WANT TO RISE TO OFFER MY SUPPORT FOR THIS CONTRACT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
COUNSELOR WORRELL, THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS FOR AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION TODAY VERY PROFESSIONAL, INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
BOSTON TEACHERS UNION FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK AS WELL OUR TEACHERS WE RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS THIS WEEK BUT WE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZING THEM EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR FOR THE
INCREDIBLE ROLE THEY PLAY IN EDUCATING AND GUIDING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE TEACHERS UNION AND TO THE BOSTON SCHOOLS FOR A FAIR
CONTRACT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR HOLDING THAT HEARING THIS MORNING TO MAKE SURE WE COULD
VOTE ON IT TODAY AS A PROUD BTU MEMBER FOR DECADES I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE GET THESE CONTRACTS THROUGH AND THAT WE SHOW OUR IS OUR STAFF EVERYONE SHOWS UP EVERY DAY FOR
OUR STUDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT BY THEM AND THANK YOU TO THE UNION FOR ADVOCATING KNOWING THAT INCLUSION IS GOING TO EXPAND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. IT'S GOING TO EXPECT MORE FROM OUR PARIS.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE PAYING OUR PARIS MORE KNOWING THAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB BUT THEY'LL BE EXPECTED TO DO EVEN MORE NOW AS THEY'RE WORKING ALONGSIDE MORE OF OUR STUDENTS
ON IEP. SO HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY AND I KNOW THEY'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR RETRO CHECK WHICH IS WELL-DESERVED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MORRELL AND THE BTU FOR THEIR EXPEDITED PROCESS HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT FOLKS
ESPECIALLY WINDOWS ARE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. THESE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT AS A COUNCIL WE CAN DO OUR PART IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CAUSING FURTHER HARM. SO I JUST WANT RISE AND SAY
THAT I'M GOING TO BE YOUR FULL SUPPORT AND WHILE I HAVE THE MIC THIS ONE TO REALLY UPLIFT THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR
ACTUALLY THE LAST YEAR OR SO BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS WITHOUT A CONTRACT FOR A MONTH. I SHOULD BE TALKING TO THE MAYOR BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE MY BACK FOR YOU ALL BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
OF THE BTU. OVER THE LAST YEAR THEY HAVE BEEN POUNDING THE PAVEMENT ORGANIZING PARENTS, EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REALLY STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU
ALL. I MEAN THERE WERE EVEN TIMES WHEN WE WERE EVEN CONSIDERING STRIKING AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WORK ALONGSIDE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT YOU
BECAUSE I KNOW AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, AS A PARENT, AS A MOM AND AS A GRADUATE THE OF THE ORGANIZING WORK IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
BUT DOING SO IN WAYS IT DOES NOT CAUSE FURTHER HARM TO OUR WORKFORCE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THAT SPACE AND YOU ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU GOT ME FOR WHATEVER YOU NEED AND I CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA SANTANA, YOU ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND SAY THAT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT AND I
CALL MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS BE TO YOU BERG JONNY LEE, THE WHOLE TEAM I'VE DONE JUST A TREMENDOUS JOB OF JUST MOBILIZING AND ORGANIZING SO
MANY TEACHERS PARENTS SCHOOLS ARE SO IMPORTANT AS THE EDUCATION CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT MAKES OUR SCHOOL SPECIAL ARE OBVIOUSLY OUR STUDENTS BUT ALSO THE ADULTS THAT MAKE UP THAT MAKE
UP THE SCHOOL WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHERS, TO OUR CUSTODIANS, TO OUR OUR NURSES, EVERYONE THAT MAKES UP OUR SCHOOLS, OUR ARE IMPORTANT TO THE FABRIC OF THE CITY. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST RISE
AND CONGRATULATE YOU AND ALSO SAY I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR SANTANA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BECAUSE WHEN UNIONS AND THE CITY COME TO THE TABLE AND HASH OUT AN AGREEMENT, IT'S OUR IT'S REALLY OUR ROLE TO RESPECT LABOR AND UNION ORGANIZING.
SO THANK YOU TO YOU FOR COMING TO THE TABLE AND THANK YOU TO THE LABOR RELATIONS TEAM AT THE CITY FOR REALLY HASHING THIS OUT. I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN AS A CITY
MORE OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS DONE IN THE PAST YEAR. A LOT OF THEM ARE LEFT EXPIRED AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT WORK AND GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE FOR
COMING TO THE TABLE TO GET THESE DONE WORKERS WHO ARE OPERATING WITHIN A UNION DESERVE TO BE WORKING UNDER A CURRENT UNION CONTRACT. SO THIS IS GREAT NEWS. THANK YOU.
CHAIRMAN IS THIS COUNSELOR BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORK TO THE B-2 HAS DONE THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS. I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT OUR STAFF, OUR TEACHERS, OUR FAMILY
LIAISONS, OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE WELL-REPRESENTED WHERE I KNOW THAT EVERY DAY IS A FIGHT AND ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK WHERE WE ARE HONORING AND APPRECIATING ALL OUR TEACHERS. THIS IS THE RIGHT MOMENT TO DO IT.
IT'S NEVER YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD DAY TO GIVE A CONTRACT TO THE B-2 AND BE IN SUPPORT OF THEM. SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
OKAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE FIRST ON DUNCAN NUMBER 0940. ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE
A0940. COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR CARLA ZAPATA. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A FURTHER YES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON COUNCIL FITZGERALD YES.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIN YES.
COUNCIL CAPTAIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES.
LUCKY NUMBER 0940 AS WE SEE 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0940 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0941 ROLL CALL
VOTE AND DOCKING NUMBER 0941 COUNCILOR BREADON. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PART COUNCIL AS A PARTNER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL WHO'S IN YES. COUNCILOR ILLUSION YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. SORRY. GO COUNCILOR TO BRING DISTRACT
AND ME. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY? YES. COUNCILOR PEN. COUNCILOR TEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL SANTANA. YES.
COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. COUNCILOR BARRY YES. CHIEF TEACHERS CONTRACT.
YES. YES I TALKING NUMBERS 0941 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0941 HAS PASSED. COUNCILOR BREADON WE JUST TOOK
A VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0940. THE TWO PARTS OF THE TEACHERS CONTRACT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT A HAVE YOUR VOTE RECORDED FOR THAT AND INFORMATIVE AND INFORMATIVE AS WELL? YES. OKAY.
SO DOCKET NUMBER 0941 IS PASSED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0940 HAS PASSED. THANK YOU MR CHAIR I CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION AND HAPPY TEACHERS WEEK. WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS
AND RESOLUTIONS. A REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON MOTION ORDER RESOLUTION AND IF YOU ARE A CO-SPONSOR OR A SPOT OR A
COLLEAGUE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON A MATTER YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1017? DUNCAN EMBER 1017 COUNCIL PLANNING FOR THE
FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A DRONE POLICY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
LAST OCTOBER DURING A CELTICS OPENING NIGHT WATCH PARTY ON BOSTON CITY HALL PLAZA, A DRONE CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE AND FELL INTO THE CROWD INJURING TWO PEOPLE.
THE DRONE WAS CONTROLLED BY A CNN EMPLOYEE FILMING THE EVENT . THE MALE VICTIM EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS HAND WHICH WAS BLEEDING AND A FEMALE VICTIM
SUSTAINED PAIN ON HER HEAD, NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER AREA, THE REPORT SAYS. ALTHOUGH IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, THIS ACCIDENT ILLUSTRATES THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WITH DRONE
TECHNOLOGY. IT SERVES AS A REMINDER HOW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS MAY BECOME INJURED WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. MOREOVER, IN DECEMBER TWO MEN
WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR FLYING DRONES CLOSE TO BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A PROHIBITED AIRSPACE FOR DRONES DRONES ALSO KNOWN AS UNNAMED
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, A PILOTLESS FOR FLYING DEVICES. IN THE PAST TWO DECADES RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY HAVE ENABLED THE ADOPTION OF DRONES IN MANY
INDUSTRIES INCLUDING THE MILITARY WHERE I WITNESSED THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. AGRICULTURE CONSTRUCTION FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION,
LAW ENFORCEMENT, JOURNALISM AND RECREATION. AS THE USAGE OF DRONES BECOME MORE COMMON, PUBLIC SAFETY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS HAVE RISEN
RECENTLY MASSPORT INSTALLED A 200 NO DRONES ZONE SIGN AROUND THE LOGAN AIRPORT. THE MASSPORT LOCATIONS IN OVER 50 PARKS THEY WORK WITH MANY MUNICIPALITIES TO INSTALL
SIGNAGE ALONG FLIGHT PATHS AS WELL. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS SEVERAL REGULATIONS ON WHO CAN USE DRONES AND HOW RESTRICTIONS
INCLUDE FLYING BELOW 400 FEET. IN REGISTERING THE DRONE IF IT IS OVER .55 POUNDS DRONE USERS MUST REGISTER THEIR DRONES AND DEPENDING ON WHETHER THEY ARE
FLYING IT FOR COMMERCIAL OR RECREATIONAL USE THEY MUST PASS THE FAA'S AERONAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE TEST TO OBTAIN A REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATE OR THE
TRUST TEST A RECREATIONAL DRONE SAFETY TEST. IN MASSACHUSETTS, DRONES ARE ALLOWED FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RECREATION USE. HOWEVER, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
UNABLE TO ENFORCE FAA REGULAR REGULAR REGULATIONS. PERHAPS MORE RELEVANT TO US IN BOSTON IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, A CANADIAN COMPANY DRAGONFLY
SECURED A WAIVER FROM THE FAA THAT ENABLES ITS SMALL DRONE TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS OF A HUMAN BEINGS IN MOVING VEHICLES. THE PERMISSION COVERS A
PRESCRIBED FLIGHT ROUTE OVER THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE FAA WAIVER ALLOWS FLIGHTS OVER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT DIRECT OFFICE PARTICIPANTS IN A UAV OPERATION.
DRAGONFLY HAS ALREADY BEEN IN BOSTON'S AIRSPACE IN 2024, TEAMING UP WITH MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ON MEDICAL DRONE DELIVERY PILOT. I UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION
BEHIND MEDICAL DEVICES. HOWEVER THE SPEED OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE EVOLVING INDUSTRY IS CONCERNING. IT'S A DEVELOPMENT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO MAY CITE NOISE DUST DISTURBANCES AND POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF PRIVACY. THERE ARE OVER A MILLION DRONES REGISTERED WITH WITHIN THE FAA ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO MANY ILLEGAL AND UNREGISTERED DRONES. IN BOSTON, THE SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE PASSED HERE ON THE COUNCIL GOVERNS HOW THE BOSTON POLICE CAN USE DRONE
TECHNOLOGY FOR SURVEILLANCE. HOWEVER, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY REGULATIONS OR GUIDANCE ON THE INDIVIDUAL USE OF DRONES IN THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE. MY FRIEND BRUCE AYRES OF QUINCY
IS CURRENTLY LEADING THE EFFORT ON REGULATING DRONES OVER AIRPORTS AND FLIGHT PATHS AND A NO FLY ZONE OVER THE AIRSPACE OF ALL SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH. A DISCUSSION ON STRONGER
REGULATIONS IS WARRANTED TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM THIS EMERGING TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR FLYNN. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE FINE. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCILORS GRAYDON CARTER, ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD MEJIA SORRY. MURPHY PIPPEN. SANTANA WEBER WORLD PEACE AT THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKING
NUMBER 1017 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 101891018.
COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS REPAINTING SUMNER STREET BUSTLING. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I'M FINE ON THIS HEARING TODAY TO DISCUSS INFRASTRUCTURE A CHANGE IN REPAINTING SUMMER STREET THE SUMMER STREET BUSTLING PILOT IT ENDED IN SEPTEMBER 2024.
IN THE FALL OF 2023, BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MADE STREET DESIGN CHANGES FOR THE SUMMER STREET MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR PILOT TO INCLUDE A BUS AND TRUCK LANE BETWEEN SOUTH
BOSTON AND SOUTH STATION WITH SIGNS AND PAINT THAT WERE VISIBLY PLACED ON A STREET IN SEPTEMBER 2023. HOWEVER, DUE TO A LACK OF CLEAR COMMUNICATION RESIDENTS AND
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THE SOUTH BOSTON ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUSINESSES, WORKERS COMMUTING FROM GREATER BOSTON WERE ALL UNAWARE THAT THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE PILOT
SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK PLACE IN DECEMBER 2023. PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION, AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN SOUTH BOSTON THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY NONPROFIT PARTNERS CALLED
ATTENTION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE PILOT AND ITS OVERALL FIT FOR THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS INCLUDING SERIOUS CONCERNS ON THE IMPACT
TO THE BOSTON CONVENTION EXHIBITION CENTER, CONNOLLY TERMINAL AT THE FLYNN MARINE PARK AND SURROUNDING HOTELS AND BUSINESSES. WHILE MANY OF US HAVE SAID THAT WE SUPPORTED THE ONE BLOCK
STRETCH OF BUS LANE BETWEEN SOUTH STATION AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE THAT IT WAS HELPFUL TO MOVE OUR WORKFORCE TO A KNOWN BOTTLENECK OF TRAFFIC FROM
THREE LANES DOWN TO TWO. HOWEVER, EXTENDING THIS DOWN THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR WOULD CREATE THE EXACT PROBLEM THE CITY WAS TRYING TO ALLEVIATE. IN SHORT, AS I SAID REPEATEDLY
FOR YEARS IT WAS A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM. DURING THE PILOT RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT FEEDBACK REGARDING INCREASED UNPREDICTABILITY ON THE ROAD AND TRAFFIC TIMES ALONG WITH
THE CREATION OF AREAS OF CONGESTION THAT DID NOT PREVIOUSLY EXIST. THIS INCLUDED TRAFFIC BACKUP WHILE WAITING FOR TURNS AT SUMMER STREET AND D STREET IN
SEVERAL DIRECTIONS AS WELL AS WALKED INTERSECTIONS. EVEN TODAY YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE OLDER TRAFFIC LIGHTS COMING FROM THE GROUND AT THE CORNERS
OF SUMMER STREET AND D STREET FOR SUMMER STREET AND DORCHESTER AVE ARE NOW BIKE LANE LIGHTS. MANY OF US WHO TAKE THIS ROAD ON A DAILY BASIS HAVE NOTICED
THAT WHEN THE BIKE LANE LIGHTS TURN GREEN TO PROVIDE LEAD TIME FOR CYCLISTS DRIVERS WILL START TO MOVE BECAUSE THEY SEE A GREEN LIGHT WHEN IT'S ALWAYS BEEN WHERE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
RESIDENTS HAVE WITNESSED FENDER BENDERS OR COMMERCIAL DELIVERY TRUCKS DRIVE INTO THE CROSSWALK DURING A RED LIGHT DUE TO THIS CONFUSION OR DISTRACTED DRIVING
ON THEIR PHONES WHEN THE BIKE LIGHT TURNS GREEN. THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC EDUCATION OR AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AROUND THIS ISSUE TO DATE AND I AM AFRAID A MAJOR ACCIDENT WILL
HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER 2020 FOR THE CITY ANNOUNCED ABRUPTLY THAT THE SUMMER STREET BUS PILOT HAD ENDED DUE TO IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T WORKING AS INTENDED AND THAT
THE BUS LANE HAD ONLY IMPROVED PEAK BUS TRIPS BY 15 TO 30 SECONDS. BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN OVER EIGHT MONTHS SINCE THE PILOT ENDED. HOWEVER THE PAINTING ON THE STREET IN A SOLID WHITE LINE
STILL REMAIN IN MANY CONSTITUENTS REMAIN CONFUSED ABOUT THE WORDS BUS ONLY STILL PAINTED IN THE ROAD AT SUMMER STREET AND DORCHESTER AVE NEAR THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE.
RESIDENTS CALL MY OFFICE EVERY DAY AND ASK WHETHER THE BUS LANE PILOT HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED OR NOT AND IF IT IS ILLEGAL TO TURN RIGHT FROM SUMMER ONTO MELCHOR BECAUSE OF THE LINES IN
THE BUSTLING. OTHERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MISINFORMATION ON THE FUTURE OF SUMMER STREET AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ASK ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN PERSON ABOUT WHETHER THE
NEW META REGULATIONS AIMED AT BUSTLING ENFORCEMENT AND FINES UP TO $125 WILL BE APPLIED TO SUMMER STREETS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PILOT ENDED IN
SEPTEMBER DESPITE INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE CITY WHEN THE SUMMER BUS SUMMER STREET BUS PILOT ENDED. THERE HAS BEEN NO UPDATE WITH REGARD TO THE REPAINTING OF SUMMER STREET SENSE.
GIVEN THESE ISSUES WE NEED AN UPDATE TO RESTORE PREDICTABILITY ON THE ROAD AND TO WORK TO MINIMIZE ANY CONFUSION FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE REPLIED COUNCILORS CLETA ZAPATA, DERRICK BREADON FITZGERALD. MEJIA MURPHY. PIPPIN SANTANA.
WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1018 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1019 NUMBER 1019 COUNCIL SIGN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTS
CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF RELATIVE TO WHITE STADIUM CONTROL FOR ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FILED THE 17 HAVE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING HOW THE EXISTING PARKLAND AROUND THE
WHITE STADIUM WILL BE USED FOR UTILITY PURPOSES AND WHAT PURPOSES EXISTING ROADWAYS IN THE CREATION OF A NEW ROADWAY THAT SURROUND AND LEAD UP TO WHITE STADIUM WILL SERVE.
I HOPE TO GET THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WILL SHED LIGHT ON THE USE OF THE ROADS AS IT RELATES TO VEHICLE ACCESS, EGRESS RATES, UTILITY RATES AND WHETHER THIS WILL IMPACT ARTICLE 97 PROTECTED
PARK LANE AROUND WHITE STADIUM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. COUNCILOR FREEMAN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1019 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALMOST ANYTHING DO DOCKET NUMBER 1019 IS PASSED.
MR CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 10202I CAN NUMBER 1020 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING CITY
OF BOSTON EMPLOYEE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THREE THREE EXPLANATORY. I'M JUST TRYING TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE DEMOGRAPHIC. I KNOW THAT WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB AND I'M JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE RACE
DYNAMICS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. HE IS EXPANDING THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1020. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
DOCKET NUMBER 1020 HAS PASSED, MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 1021 DARKER NUMBERS 1021 COUNCIL WERE ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY AS SMALL
BUSINESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE CHAIR AGAIN AS IS COUNCILOR WORE ALCANTARA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL MEMBER SO ADDED AND I
LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND OUR COUNCILOR MEJIA IS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL WHERE I'VE SEEN TO SPEND THE RULE SIDE COUNCILMAN HE IS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS PASSED FROM HERE. SO ADDED COUNCILOR ARE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AS
CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER MYSELF I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE GRIT, CREATIVITY AND DETERMINATION IT TAKES TO BUILD SOMETHING FROM THE GROUND
UP. I'VE ALSO SEEN HOW THAT DRIVE IS TOO OFTEN MET WITH RED TAPE, LIMITED ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND STRUCTURAL BARRIERS ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK AND BROWN ENTREPRENEURS.
WE HEARD THIS LOUD AND CLEAR DURING OUR RECENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION BUDGET HEARING WHICH POINTED TO THE CITY'S DISPARITY STUDIES. THE DATA BACKED WHAT SO MANY IN
OUR COMMUNITIES ALREADY KNEW MWB IS MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. FACE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES WHEN TRYING TO ACCESS CITY CONTRACTS IN BOSTON SMALL BUSINESSES MAKE
UP OVER 44,000 ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT ONE IN EVERY FIVE JOBS. THEY'RE NOT JUST ECONOMIC ENGINES THAT CULTURAL ANCHORS ALL ACROSS OUR CITY HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF VISITING
BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT DISTRICT FOUR FROM LEGACY BUSINESSES TO FIRST TIME ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR PASSION IS UNMATCHED. BUT THE CHALLENGES ARE REAL. THAT'S WHY PROGRAMS LIKE THIS
EMPOWER THE RESILIENT RECOVERY FUND MULTILINGUAL LICENSING SUPPORT AND POP UP MARKET GRANTS MATTER. THEY REFLECT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE LISTEN, WHEN WE ACT AND WHEN WE LET DATA LIKE THE DISPARITY
STUDY AND THE BARRIERS TO BUSINESS REPORT GUIDE US TOWARD WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS. WHILE THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES SMALL BUSINESS MONTH IN MAY I SUPPORT CAN'T BE SEASONAL IT MUST BE STRUCTURAL
SUSTAINED INTENTIONAL AND PART OF HOW WE DO BUSINESS IN BOSTON EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS, COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WHOEVER YOU GET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR ARROYO FOR ADDING
ME IN JAMAICA PLAIN. 25 YEARS AGO CITY FEED OPENED AND AND YOU KNOW THEY WERE ABLE TO TO MAKE ENOUGH OF A MARK
THAT ANOTHER SPACE OPENED UP ON CENTER STREET AND THE ISSUE IS WHETHER YOU KNOW D'ANGELO SANDWICHES WOULD MOVE IN AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYONE IN JAMAICA PLAIN HAS HAS BENEFITED
BY CITY FEED MOVING INTO THAT SPACE IT'S BEEN A GATHERING SPACE FOR FOR YOU KNOW, DECADES NOW AND NOT JUST THAT WE HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS WHERE THE OWNERS LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DAVE AND CHRISTINE, THEIR SON HAS GROWN UP WITH MY SON. THEY'RE ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW THOSE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BENEFIT EVERYONE ACROSS THE CITY. YOU KNOW, I, I, I WANT TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING OUR COMMERCIAL VACANCY DATABASE AND MAYBE A TAX AT SOME POINT TO SUPPORT
YOU KNOW, PUSH LANDLORDS TO FILL THOSE EMPTY SPACES WITH SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR CITY. AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR AND I JUST COME FROM HERE COMES IN HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN THEM ON THIS RESOLUTION. I AM HONORED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR AND RECOGNIZING ME AS SMALL BUSINESS MONTH. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SMALL
BUSINESSES I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK IMMEDIATELY OF THE ENTREPRENEURS ALONGSIDE GOOGLE AND I. THESE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO FOR YEARS ARE STILL FINDING THEMSELVES WITH THE SAME
CHALLENGE THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION DISRUPTING FOOT TRAFFIC ACCESS AND DAILY OPERATIONS. THESE RESTAURANTS, CLOTHING STORES, BARBERSHOPS ALL HAVE BEEN THE PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STRUGGLING.
AND WHILE WE KNOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS IS NECESSARY, WE MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WITHOUT MEANINGFUL SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES MAY NOT SURVIVE AND SEE THE BENEFITS OF THOSE INVESTMENTS.
THAT'S WHY THIS THIS RESOLUTION REALLY MATTERS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RECOGNIZING SMALL BUSINESS MONTH BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE WHAT COMES WITH ACTION. LET'S MAKE SMALL BUSINESS MONTH A TURNING POINT ONE WE WILL
MOVE FROM APPRECIATION TO SUSTAINED INVESTMENT. WITH THAT IN MIND, I WANT TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO YOU ALL TO JOIN US ON MAY 25TH FOR OUR MULTICULTURAL, FAIR AND COMMUNITY BOUTIQUE AND SO THAT
WE CAN CIRCULATE THOSE DOLLARS RIGHT HERE LOCALLY AND SHOW UP IN SOLIDARITY. I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT AT THE AGE OF 12 I BECAME AN ENTREPRENEUR AND THERE WAS
AN INSURANCE AGENCY THAT MOVED TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SAID TO THEM I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON PUT UP A FLIER. I WANTED A PAIR NIKE'S YOU KNOW, FULL DISCLOSURE AND I SAW
A THEY PRINTED OUT A FLIER AND I PASSED IT OUT AT THE AGE OF 12 I MADE $26 AND I'VE BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR EVER SINCE. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, WE HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT THAT OFTENTIMES WE HAVE A LOT OF ALSO A LOT OF MICRO BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. MICRO BUSINESSES ARE MADE UP PRIMARILY OF IMMIGRANT BLACK
AND BROWN BUSINESS OWNERS WHO MAKE UNDER $200,000 A YEAR AND HAVE LESS THAN TEN EMPLOYEES. WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES THAT'S ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE MICRO BUSINESSES THAT
ARE ALSO NEED OUR HELP. SO HAPPY SMALL BUSINESS MONTH WILL BE SHOWCASING BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH ON OUR INSTAGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO JUST TAKE THE FILERS FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE HEART BONE ARE THAT ARE THE HEARTBEAT AND THE BACKBONE OF OUR OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND OF OUR OF OUR CITY. SO JUST TO HAPPY SMALL BUSINESS MONTH EVERYONE. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYONE
DOES TO UPLIFT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES COUNCIL LAUREL WEBER AND MAHI IS EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKING NUMBER ONES ARE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE THAT COUNCIL IS GREAT IN CLAUDIA
ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY THE PEN SANTANA. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS WORL WEBER AND MEJIA
620 OF THE RULES AND PASS AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1021. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 011022.1022 COUNCIL IS COLORED AS A TO AND WEBER OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY SIX, 2025 AS WORLD ASTHMA DAY IN THE
CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WEBER WHO WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS DOCKET. I THINK AT SOME POINT THERE WAS A SCHEDULING CONFLICT SO WE WERE WORRIED WHETHER OR NOT YOU
WERE GOING TO BE HERE BUT THRILLED TO BE ADDED TO THIS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD COUNCILOR PIPPEN AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR THAT HAS
THE POWER TO SUSPEND THE RULES, ADD COUNCIL AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES WITH PENDING. SO ADDED COUNCILOR CLAUDE AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT. YESTERDAY I WAS THRILLED TO
JOIN DOZENS OF CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS CALLING AWARENESS TO WORLD ASTHMA DAY WITH A CALL TO ACTION THIS YEAR THE THEME
BEING ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO MEDICATION TO TREAT ASTHMA. I MYSELF DO NOT HAVE ASTHMA BUT THERE ARE FRIENDS OF MINE WHO HAVE HAD INHALERS LITERALLY
PAID FOR BY MASSPORT AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME WITH THIS PARTICULAR EVENT IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE SPEAKING PROGRAM WAS DEDICATED TO HAVING
THE YOUTH SPEAK WHICH I ABSOLUTELY LOVED. I WAS SO INSPIRED BY THEM AND THEIR COMMON CALL TO ALL OF US
TO THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM WAS FOR US TO DO BETTER AND FOR US TO FIGHT HARDER FOR THEIR GOD GIVEN HUMAN RIGHT TO JUST BREATHE CLEAN AIR IN MY LIFE I
WEAR MANY HATS BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST I'M A LIFELONG EAST BOSTON RESIDENT. I'M PROUD TO HAVE GROWN UP THERE AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY
AND AT ITS CORE ESTY HAS THIS ACTIVIST HEART RELATED TO DIRECTLY RELATED TO LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION. IT STARTED WITH THE MAVERICK STREET MOTHERS AND THEN MY OWN MOTHER BRINGING ME TO PROTEST
AGAINST AIRPORT RUNWAY EXPANSION IN THE 1990S. THERE'S A PHOTO OF ME WITH MY PREDECESSOR DIANE MONICA WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS NO RUNWAY 1432
WHICH NOW UNFORTUNATELY GOES RIGHT OVER MY MY HOUSE. AND SO MY ENTIRE LIFE I HAVE BEEN BREATHING IN ULTRAFINE PARTICULATE MATTERS SO HAVE OTHER GENERATIONS OF EAST BOSTONIANS.
AGAIN I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE HAD INHALERS PAID FOR BY MASSPORT FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD COPD AND WE KNOW IN THE DATA SAYS THAT EAST BOSTON RESIDENTS HAVE HIGHER RATES
OF BOTH AND THAT MADE US IN SOME AN UNFORTUNATE TWISTED TWIST OF FATE. BUT THAT MADE US THAT MUCH MORE VULNERABLE TO THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC WHEN IT HAPPENED TO US . I DO A LOT OF LIKE BREATH WORK. I THINK BECAUSE OF THIS JOB WE ALL HAVE TO MEDITATE SOMETIMES AND I FEEL MYSELF WHENEVER I GET ANXIOUS MY BREATH IS VERY SHALLOW.
BREATH IS SUPPOSED TO BE SACRED . IT'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE US LIFE BUT IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT DEPENDING ON YOUR ZIP CODE IT COULD ALSO SLOWLY KILL YOU AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE
DEALING WITH IN EAST BOSTON AND IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY, BOSTON AND AROUND THE WORLD. AND SO WORLD ASTHMA DAY IS FOR AWARENESS. IT'S A CALL TO ACTION FOR A GREENER, CLEANER, MORE
SUSTAINABLE EARTH. IT'S ALSO ABOUT PRESERVING THE ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES WE HAVE ON THIS PLANET WITHOUT HARMING IT AND US IN THE PROCESS. AND SO I'M UTILIZING THIS TIME
I KNOW MY TIME IS UP BUT I WANT TO UTILIZE THIS TIME FOR ALL OF US JUST TO RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THIS FIGHT ESPECIALLY WITH HISTORIC FEDERAL ROLLBACKS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT WERE MEANT TO PROTECT US TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BREATHING CLEAN AIR AND HAVING CLEAN WATER AND AS LONG AS I'M COUNCILOR BUT AGAIN FIRST AND FOREMOST AS AN EAST BOSTON RESIDENT THIS WILL ALWAYS BE WORTH THAT I'M EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THANK YOU
ALL OF YOU TO YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU AS A PART OF THE CHAIR OF THIS COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA FOR JOINING ME ON THIS. AND COUNCILOR PEPEN, THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME.
I STRUGGLE WITH ASTHMA UP UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 18 I CARRIED AROUND THE INHALER. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN USING IT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE GETTING ON THE SOCCER FIELD OR JUST WALKING TO
SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND SO I KNOW THE STRUGGLE I'D LIKE TO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AIR QUALITY IS A MEAT HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON ASTHMA. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OTHER
FACTOR A RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT IN BOSTON THE PRIMARY DETERMINATION OR EXPLAINER OF RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ASTHMA
RATES WAS HOUSING QUALITY. YOU KNOW, AS COUNCILOR MCKEON AND I IN TURIN MILDRED HAYLEY, WE SPOKE TO A YOUNG MOTHER WHOSE APARTMENT WAS YOU COULD SEE BUGS IN THE WALLS AND
RODENTS IN THE HALLWAYS AND THAT FOR HER HER DAUGHTER HAD ASTHMA AND STRUGGLED WITH ASTHMA AND THOSE THINGS ARE IMPACTING OUR KIDS TOO. AND IN ADDITION TO CUTS CUTTING
CUTBACKS ON, YOU KNOW, AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS CUT HOUSING. YOU KNOW, IT'S CUT HOUSING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FEDERAL
HOUSING PROGRAMS BY 43%. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE QUALITY HOUSING IN OUR CITY AND I DO THINK THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED
TO ASTHMA AND WE DO WHAT'S ONE OF OUR BEST TOOLS FOR FIGHTING THIS. SO I HOPE ALL JOIN TOGETHER AND WE THINK ABOUT HOUSING AND AIR QUALITY IN OUR IN OUR KIDS AND ASTHMA RATES. THEY ALL COME TOGETHER AND JUST
A CALL TO ACTION. I THINK FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. WHOEVER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES A BIT BEND COMES A BIT PANNING OUT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ADAM AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR,
THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S ALSO PERSONAL TO ME AS I DEVELOPED ASTHMA AND STILL DEAL WITH IT STILL TO THIS DAY AND I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
COUNCILOR WEBER SAID THAT IT TRULY IS BECAUSE OF HOUSING MY DAUGHTERS I REMEMBER PEDIATRICS ON MY FAMILY THAT IT'S PROBABLY DUE TO MOLD THAT WAS FOUND IN THE WALLS OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
I GREW UP IN CHARLESTOWN IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT I LIVED RIGHT BEHIND A BUS YARD FOR THE SCHOOL BUSSES AS WELL AND I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY IS MOVING TO ELECTRIFY THE SCHOOL BUS FLEET
BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY IMPACTS OUR AIR QUALITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I NOW AS A CITY COUNCILOR REPRESENTING ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ACTUALLY THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE
HIGHEST RATE OF CHILDHOOD ASTHMA WHICH IS MATTAPAN AND THAT COMMUNITY IS CONTINUOUSLY RANKED NUMBER 1 TO 2 REALLY STRONG IS A COMMUNITY VERY
THANKFUL TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MATTAPAN FOOD AND FITNESS, THE EDGEWATER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THEY NOW HAVE AN EDGEWATER FOOD FORCE WHICH PROVIDES NATURAL SPACE FOR
PEOPLE TO GATHER BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSING ADVOCACY THAT WE NEED TO DO, A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY THAT WE NEED TO DO AN ASTHMA
ASTHMA IS A LIFE IMPACTING THING THAT YOU COULD DEAL WITH. I IT'S LIKE I KID AROUND ABOUT THIS BUT IT'S REALLY THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T PURSUE A CAREER IN BEING A FIREFIGHTER THAT I
REALLY WANT TO BE A FIREFIGHTER WHEN I WAS A KID BUT MY ASTHMA WAS REALLY BAD SO I JUST SAID NEVER MIND SO I'M JUST REALLY GLAD TO BE THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR HERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PIPPIN, THE CHAIR AGAIN THIS COUNTRY FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS FOR FILING THIS IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION. IT'S CRITICAL MY MY COMMUNITY IN CHINATOWN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ASTHMA RATES AND IN NEW ENGLAND FOR
FOR MANY REASONS CERTAINLY BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND 93 AND 95 BUT ALSO TO THE SOUTH STATION AREA WITH THE TRAINS AND THE
BUSSES ESPECIALLY THE BUSSES AS IS COUNCILOR PEPEN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BUSSES OF RUNNING RUNNING THEIR ENGINES SO LONG AND THAT THOSE FUMES GO RIGHT
INTO INTO CHINATOWN INTO THE SOUTH END UNTIL THE LEATHER DISTRICT AS WELL. SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION THE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ISSUES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT I THINK WAS
COUNCILOR COLETTA MENTIONED IT IS PEST CONTROL ALSO HAS A CRITICAL IMPACT ON ASTHMA RATES . THAT'S WHY I REALLY HAVE FOCUSED ON PEST CONTROL MY
ENTIRE TIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL IF IF THERE'S IF THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE EXPOSED FREQUENTLY TO MICE AND TO RATS,
WELL THEIR ASTHMA RATES GO UP. I'VE ALSO BEEN I ALSO HAVE ASTHMA AND I, I DEVELOPED IT WHILE SERVING IN THE NAVY AND I GOT IT FROM SOMETHING CALLED
BURN PITS SO IT IT'S IT'S IMPACTED MY BREATHING SINCE I SINCE I RETIRED IT. BUT ANYWAY I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT DOCUMENT FORWARD AND
IT'S ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR ALL BUT ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE A VOICE IN GOVERNMENT. IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO SPEAK
OUT AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME JOIN MEJIA COMES I'M HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR RECOGNIZING I TOO HAVE ASTHMA.
I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY'S COMING OUT OF THE ASTHMA CLOSET TODAY IN CASE I NEED A I USED TO READ ALBUTEROL IN CASE YOU ALL HAVE ANY ON HAND AND I CAN'T BREATHE JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT I USE. SO I'M JUST LETTING EVERYBODY
KNOW IN CASE YOU SEE ME WHEEZING. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT TO COUNSELOR FLYNN AND COUNSELOR
WEBER HIS POINT IN REGARDS TO RUINS AND ROACHES AND MICE I'M JUST GOING TO NAME THE THE BUGS THAT I KNOW I GREW UP WITH LITERALLY THAT WAS WHAT TRIGGERED MY ASTHMA.
AND WHEN WE DID OUR TOUR SOME OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS BOTH IN JAMAICA PLAIN IN SOUTH BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN THAT IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT THAT WE HEARD FROM ACROSS ALL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IS REALLY ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THAT THE RUINS ARE HAVING ON OUR RESIDENTS AND I THINK THOSE ARE
THE THINGS THAT ON A COUNCIL LEVEL THAT THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO REALLY SEE THE INTERSECTION OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH AND ALSO PEST CONTROL AND HOW ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
INTERCONNECTED. SO REALLY HAPPY TO BE I DON'T KNOW IF I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE CELEBRATING WORLD ASTHMA DAY BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS WEIRD BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS
SOME WORK FOR ALL OF US TO BE DOING AS IT RELATES TO ADVOCACY IN THIS SPACE SO I WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS AND LET'S KEEP DOING THE WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I TOO WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS.
I THINK THIS IS IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE THAT PEOPLE IN OUR CITY HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN AIR ESPECIALLY IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A HYPER PREDOMINANCE OF OF OF ASTHMA.
SO THANK YOU FOR FOR UPLIFTING THIS AWARENESS AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT THE CITY AND HERE ON THE HOUSE THAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS ISSUE BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS BREADON DURKIN FITZGERALD FLYNN MEJIA MURPHY SANTANA WORLD PLEASE ADD
THE CHAIR COUNCILORS COVER ZAPATA WEBER AND PIPPINS SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES SEEKS A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1022 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
OPPOSING A THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1023I NUMBER 1023 COUNCILOR LET ME HEAR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO
DECLARING MAY 7TH, 2025 LATINO BASEBALL LEAGUE WELLNESS DAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR YOU HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND JUST THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL
MY COLLEAGUES WHO SHOWED UP LITERALLY FOR OUR LATINO BASEBALL PLAYERS SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE WELLNESS I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES WE THINK OF SPORTS IS JUST SOMETHING AS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BUT IN MANY
WAYS IT'S DEEPLY ROOTED OFTENTIMES IN ALSO THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF THOSE WHO PLAY. SO TODAY I AM PROUD TO FILE A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 7TH AS LATINO BASEBALL LEAGUE
WELLNESS DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THIS MORNING WE CAME TOGETHER IN AND AND REMEMBRANCE AND PRIDE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF GIUSEPPE BIASE WHOSE MEMORY WAS CONTINUES TO INSPIRE STRENGTH AND UNITY IN OUR
COMMUNITY SURROUNDED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE 14 LATINO BASED LEAGUES, WE CELEBRATED NOT ONLY THE GAME BUT ALSO THE CULTURE AND THE RESILIENCE THAT THESE LEAF EMBODY MANY OF WHICH ALL
PLAYED ALONGSIDE YOU, SAID B WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR TOURNAMENTS TOGETHER WE UPLIFTED THE HEART OF BOSTON'S DOMINICAN COMMUNITY AND EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE CITY COUNCILORS WHO STOOD IN
SOLIDARITY WITH US TO CLOSE OUT THIS POWERFUL MOMENT MOMENTS WE INVITED EACH LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE STAGE AS A SYMBOL OF COLLECTIVE RECOGNITION AND HEALING AND HOPE AND WE ALSO UPLIFTED
GIUSEPPE'S FAMILY HERE TODAY ON THE COUNCIL I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR ALLOWING US TO HOST THE PRESENTATION AND MAKE MISS MAY THIS DAY REMIND US THAT THE
POWER OF COMMUNITY, THE IMPORTANCE OF WELLNESS AND THE LEGACY WE BUILT TOGETHER ON AND OFF THE FIELD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES. THEY WERE REALLY SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THEIR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
WELL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SUPPORTING THEM SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WAS BUSY BUT YOU ALL TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM A LITTLE BIT OF HELP MEANT A LOT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR SHOWING UP AND DOING THE PRESENTATIONS. IT MEANT THE WORLD TO THEM AND ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR HONORING THEM FOR THE BEAUTIFUL RECEPTION THAT YOU HAD FOR THEM
AND ALSO OF COURSE FOR HONORING YOU SAID BIAS, HIS MEMORY AND HIS FAMILY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK IS THE COUNCIL'S BRAYDON CLOSE ZAPATA DURKIN
FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY BUT THEN SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEAS OF THE CHAIR COUNCILMAN HE IS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1023 OF THOSE
IN FAVOR SAY I I AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1024 DUCKY NUMBER 1024 COUNCIL OF FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
OF ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAMS. THANK YOU TO CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR MAY I ADD COUNCILOR ALL AS AN ORIGINAL
CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR ALSO ADDED COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'M FILING THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAMS IN BOSTON.
ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAMS ARE COMMUNITY AND SITE BASED DAY PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE WELLNESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES IN A STRUCTURED GROUP SETTING TO
OVER 13,000 SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH DISABLED LIVES IN MASSACHUSETTS, THEY ARE A SIX HOUR DAY PROGRAM FOR SENIORS AND SERVICES INCLUDE NURSING
CARE, HEALTH AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES, RECREATION AND THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES AND DOOR TO DOOR
TRANSPORTATION. THESE SERVICES KEEP SENIORS AND WITH DISABILITIES PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY THEY CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND HELP
PREVENT SOCIAL ISOLATION. IN BOSTON THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NONPROFITS THAT OFFER ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER IN
CHINATOWN. STARTING JULY 1ST, 2025, MASS HEALTH IS PLANNING TO CUT THE ADULT DAY HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT RATE FROM THE CURRENT BASIC
LEVEL OF SERVICE RATE OF $160 A DAY TO $99 A DAY. THE CURRENT $106 A DAY REIMBURSEMENT RATE IMPLEMENTED IN JULY 2023 IS BASED ON
GOVERNOR HALEY'S RECOMMENDATION TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE CHALLENGES AND TO ENSURE ACCESS TO DAY PROGRAMS FOR ELIGIBLE MASSHEALTH MEMBERS.
THE REDUCED RATE WILL HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON ADA H PROGRAMS AND SCALE BACK SERVICES FOR SENIORS WITH DISABILITIES DURING THE
PANDEMIC. 35 OF THESE PROGRAMS CLOSED AND MORE THAN 8000 PEOPLE LOST SERVICES WITH THE NEW IN-PERSON RATES.
24 PROGRAMS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE AT SERIOUS RISK OF CLOSURE AT THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE, REPRESENTATIVE TOM STANLEY OF WALTHAM SPONSORED AN
AMENDMENT TO BILL 4000 TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT REIMBURSEMENT RATE. THE AMENDED AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED ON APRIL 28 AS PART
OF A CONSOLIDATED AMENDMENT B TO BILL H. 4000. MANY OF OUR SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES RELY ON THE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT THIS
SERVICE OFFERS. AS I MENTIONED PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING. I ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL SUPPORT BILL AGE 4000 TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT LEVEL
OF REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAMS SO THAT OUR SENIORS WITH DISABILITIES CAN'T CONTINUE TO ACCESS AND NOT LOSE VITAL SERVICES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OUTCOMES ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF OUR SENIORS FEEL FOMO TOO.
THEY WANT TO BE ENGAGED I ANGELA AND MYSELF WE VISIT ANGELA IS MY SENIOR ADVISOR AND I VISIT SENIOR CENTERS EVERY MONTH AND WE ALWAYS HEAR THE SAME THING FROM OUR SENIORS
THAT THEY WANT MORE THEY WANT MORE OUTINGS, THEY WANT MORE ART, THEY WANT MORE CONNECTION . I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE TWO TWO ADULT DAYCARE CENTERS THAT WE VISIT FREQUENTLY. MY DISTRICT IS THE HAITIAN
ADULT DAYCARE CENTER AT BELLEVUE AND THE GREATER BOSTON ADULT DAY HEALTH CENTER COUPON AND DISCOUNT. SO YOU KNOW, WE FIGHT FOR MORE
PROGRAMING AND MORE MONEY FOR OUR SENIORS SO WE KNOW THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE GOING DOWN. IF ANYTHING, WE SHOULD BE SCALING UP WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SENIORS. SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT REPS. STANLEY'S AMENDMENT TO AGE 4000
BECAUSE OUR SENIORS DESERVE MORE SERVICES AND THEY DESERVE A COMMUNITY THAT MAKES THEM FEEL SEEN VALUE AND PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR I'M HERE BECAUSE OF ME HERE YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I JUST WANT TO RISE ALSO TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR ADDING WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAVE ME BUT THAT'S OKAY.
YOU DIDN'T I DIDN'T ASK YOU IN TIME BUT I'M AN HONORARY MEMBER OF CELEBRATING THE ADULT DAY CARES ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT ONE
TO THAT WE ARE THAT AGREE WE HAVE ALL THE WE ALSO HAVE AS A C SPAN THERE'S ONE IN FRONT OF THE B THIS HYDE PARK WE ARE
THE ALEGRIA IS IN WEST ROXBURY. WE ALLOWED IN THE LEVEL THE AIR IS IN JAMAICA PLAIN ALIANZA IS IN ROXBURY AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS BUT I
JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THOSE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE OF SOME OF MY MOM. I'M HOPING THAT ONE DAY SHE WILL DECIDE TO RETIRE AND EVERY TIME I GO TO THESE ADULT HEALTH
CARE CENTERS I ALWAYS ENVISION MY MOM THERE ACTUALLY ENJOYING THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT SHE HAS LEFT ON THIS EARTH BECAUSE THE CARE AND LOVE AND ATTENTION THAT THEY PROVIDE IS INCREDIBLY
JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE AND AND I UPLIFT THIS HISPANIC THE LATINO SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT'S RUN BY PEOPLE WHO CAN
NATIVE LANGUAGE RIGHT? SO THE FOOD THAT THEY EAT, THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY SPEAK IS ALL VERY TAILORED TOWARDS THE LATINO COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THOSE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY ARE DEFINITELY MEETING THE MOMENT
IN A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE WAY . SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THOSE IN PARTICULAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE DRAGON HAS COME THROUGH MY FINGER ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR SENIORS WHEN AS THEY AGE THEY GET LONELY AND KEEPING CONNECTIONS THERE WITH THEIR PEERS ARE SO IMPORTANT. I VISIT MANY OF THEM ACROSS THE
CITY BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND THEM, EXPAND THEM ANY WAY WE CAN. THERE ARE A FEW NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY ON BOTH SIDES OF ME WHO GET PICKED UP IN THE MORNING BY VANS OR TWO SEPARATE
LOCATIONS I GO TO BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO HELPING TRANSPORT OUR SENIORS IN ANY WAY WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE HEAR THAT SENIORS KNOW THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR
THEM BUT THEY HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME PHYSICALLY GETTING TO THOSE PLACES. SO I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE FILERS AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THREE ORGANIZATIONS IN MY DISTRICT THAT COUNTS FROM HERE MISSION NUEVO DIA A GREAT RESOURCE.
WE ALSO HAVE ETHOS AND ROGERS AND COMMUNITIES WHICH YOU KNOW HELP SENIORS AND I DO WANT TO THANK MAYOR WU FOR FOR FUNDING
AN EXTRA DAY OF PROGRAMING AT THE ELKS LODGE IN WEST ROXBURY . THAT'S JUST A GREAT PLACE FOR SENIORS TO GATHER AND GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, A RESOURCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND KEEP THEM IN
THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WEBER CASM HE IS AT AN OLD LIGHT THAT IS ON OR OKAY SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY I WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE
TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR UPLIFTING ADULT DAY CENTERS BECAUSE ALL AROUND I MENTIONED SOME OF THEM BUT THERE ARE SO MANY AND SO MANY COMMUNITIES KUYPER CENTER,
BELLVILLE FOREVER YOUNG ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY TARGET IN MATTAPAN, DORCHESTER IN HYDE PARK, THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF THE ONES THAT SERVE THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN WEST ROXBURY AND IN JAMAICA
PLAIN AND SO I THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT CREATE SPACES FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS TO BE ABLE TO GATHER AND BE TOGETHER. THIS MORNING I WAS WITH THE YMCA WITH COUNCILOR BREADON IN
OAK SQUARE AND THEIR EFFORTS TO COMBAT LONELINESS AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT SO MANY OF OUR OLDER ADULTS FACE ESPECIALLY THOSE ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY THOSE AS WE WERE
COMING OUT OF AS WE EXPERIENCED AND SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC. SO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT AND ALTHOUGH NOT AN ADULT DAY CENTER YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF ADULT DAY CENTERS FOR FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK
OF FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES AND SUPPORT THEM AND SUPPORT THEM WITH DIGNITY. YOU SEE JIM CASTRO WHO'S HERE FROM WORK INC AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALSO FOR BEING HERE. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK GAZETTE COUNCIL IS GREAT IN IT AS A FOR GERALD MARIA MURPHY BUT THEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
COUNCILORS FLYNN AND WORLD EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1024 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL GO SAY NAY BY HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1025 DUNCAN NUMBER ZERO DUCKING NUMBER 1025 COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND MURPHY ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL
NURSES WEEK. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN JODY HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU AND I LOVE NURSES. MY MOM WAS A NURSE AND I LOVE HER DEARLY. THERE IS A 30 YEARS AT THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL I'M SO PROUD
TO PRESENT HERE NURSES WEEK NATIONAL NURSES WEEK. IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT OCCUPATION WHEN YOU UNTIL UNTIL YOU OR A LOVED ONE ARE IN THEIR CARE OR NEED THEIR CARE DO YOU
REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE IT IS TO HAVE A GOOD NURSE ON STAFF? IT'S ACTUALLY AN OCCUPATION THAT WE SEE A DEMAND GROWING ABOUT 6% BY 2032 BUT THAT ALSO PUTS A LOT OF DEMAND ON THE
CURRENT NURSES AS WE SEE THERE. THEY'RE TIRED, THEY'RE OVERWORKED, THEY DEAL WITH ROWDY PATIENTS, PEOPLE THAT SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, IN THE WORST MOMENTS OF THEIR LIFE AND THEY TEND TO ACT OUT AND THEY
TAKE IT ALL WITH STRIDE AND PROFESSIONALISM. AND SO IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THEM. I THINK ABOUT THE NURSES AND THE HEALTH CARE THAT WE NEED EVEN AT THE COUNTY HOSPITAL
THAT WE LOST AND THE FOLKS THAT LOST THEIR JOB. BUT IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING HEALTH CARE NONE OF US CAN DO WHAT WE TO DO IF WE ARE NOT HEALTHY TO DO IT AND HERE THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF US.
SO I LOOK OUT FOR THEM. I WANT THEM TO TO BE PAID PROPERLY. I THINK THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF EVERY HOSPITAL CARE EVEN MORE THAN THE DOCTORS AND THE HIGHER UPS IN THE OFFICES.
AND SO WE FIGHT FOR THEM FOR THEIR WAGES BUT WE FIGHT FOR THEM FOR THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS. BUT MOSTLY WE FIGHT FOR THEM BECAUSE WE WANT TO SAY THANK TO THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE OFFERED US IN OUR TIME OF NEED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. PRESIDENT IT'S AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE NURSES. I KNOW AS A TEACHER WE ALWAYS SHARED NURSES WE CAN TEACH THIS
WEEK BUT I THINK IT'S FITTING BECAUSE SOME OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES IN THE CLASSROOM IS THE TIME I SPENT WITH MY LITTLE KINDERGARTNERS IN THE NURSE'S OFFICE AND ANY PARENTS OR IF
YOU REMEMBER BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL NURSES COULD DEFINITELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CHILD'S DAY AND I KNOW THEY WORK TIRELESSLY IN OUR SCHOOLS ALSO OBVIOUSLY IN HOSPITALS AND
AS MY PARENTS ARE AGING AND GETTING SICK IN THEIR LATER DAYS REMINDED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE HAVE AMAZING HOSPITALS HERE BUT HOW MUCH OUR NURSES DO. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
ANY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO RISE AND THANK OUR NURSES WHO KEEP US HEALTHY AND KEEP NOT JUST OUR PHYSICAL BUT OUR MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING WHEN AS WE
KNOW ANY TIME YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL SETTING OR IN A SETTING WHERE YOUR HEALTH IS AT RISK OR IN NEED OF SUPPORT, IT'S ALWAYS A HARD TIME AND A SENSITIVE TIME AND THEY DO AN
AMAZING JOB. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND MRS. COME CELEBRATING BECAUSE THEY'RE GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE TO THE LAWMAKERS FOR OFFERING THIS
RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF NURSES. MY MOM WAS A NURSE AND MY TO ANSWER NURSES SO I'VE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH NURSES OVER THE YEARS AND THEN I'M WORKING IN
THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSION AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND MANY MANY GREAT COLLEAGUES WHO I WORKED ALONGSIDE NURSING COLLEAGUES AND I THINK WE
ALWAYS FORGET THAT THE NURSE IT'S IT'S A CALLING AND VERY OFTEN THE NURSES THEY ENCOUNTER
SUCH TRAUMA THEN COUNTER A LOT OF VERY, VERY SERIOUS HEALTH CARE CRISES IN THE HOSPITAL OR IN THEIR DAILY WORK AND IT DOES TAKE A TOLL ON THEM AND IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT JUST TO SAY RECOGNIZE THE THE INCREDIBLE DEDICATION THAT THEY HAVE WE SAW DURING COVID AND WE
CONTINUE TO SEE IT AS WE DEAL WITH THE CHANGING HEALTH CARE CLIMATE AT THE MOMENT WHERE WE'RE IN THREAT OF DEFUNDING
HEALTH CARE AND MOVING OF THE SYSTEMS TO BE A MUCH MORE BUSINESS MODEL RATHER THAN A BUSINESS MODEL THAT IS IS GROUNDED IN CARING AND TAKING
CARE OF OUR PATIENTS FIRST. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE NURSES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HAVE A
WONDERFUL NURSE THIS WEEK THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY JOE I WANT TO THANK THE ONE
BECAUSE NURSES ARE AS EVERYONE HAS SAID, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE HAVE NURSES IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NURSES WHO WORK FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION, NURSES EVERYWHERE IN OUR CITY
AND STATE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THEM. I HAVE A LOT OF NURSES IN MY FAMILY AND THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK AND ARE OFTENTIMES EVEN AFTER SEEING PATIENTS HAVING TO SPEND TIME DOING A LOT OF NOTES AND WE'RE REALLY LIKE MANY
OF YOU SAID, WE'RE JUST SO INTEGRAL AND CRITICAL TO US DURING COVID. SO JUST HAPPY WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NATIONAL NURSES WEEK AT WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNCIL WAS GREAT INCLUDE ZAPATA DURKIN FLYNN HE PREPARED SANTANA WEBER WE'RE ALL PLEASE I HAVE A CHAIR COUSINS WITH JORDAN MURPHY SAYING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
OF DOCKET NUMBER 1025 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS GOES PAST MR. CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1026 DUNCAN THE 1026
COUNCIL'S FITZGERALD MURPHY OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KINDS OF HISTORY OUT TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
IT'S IT'S BEEN THE RULES IN THAT COUNCIL. WHOEVER IS THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FOR CHELSEA SUSPEND THE RULES THAT COUNTS WEBER AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR WEBER SO ADDED
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY TO NURSES I TO LOVE TEACHERS I AM IN FACT IN LOVE WITH THE TEACHER MY WIFE AND I SEE THE GREAT WORK THAT
THEY DO YOU KNOW NURSES AND TEACHERS AS COUNCILOR MURPHY PUT ARE VERY SIMILAR IN THE WAY THAT LOOK IT'S OCCUPATIONS PREDOMINANT DOMINATED PREDOMINANTLY BY BY FEMALES AND
I SEE MY WIFE GO TO WORK. SHE TAKES CARE OF OUR OWN KIDS AND THEN SHE GOES TO SCHOOL AND SHE TAKES CARE OF EVERYONE ELSE'S KIDS AND THAT'S NOT AN EASY LIFT. I ONLY HAVE THREE AND THAT'S ENOUGH AND SHE GOES AND TAKES
ON 20 MORE EVERY DAY SO GOD BLESS HER. SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE UP HERE TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. I KNOW WE HAVE OVER 4600 TEACHERS HERE. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE
PASSED THE TEACHERS CONTRACT EARLIER IN THIS MEETING SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE SEEING THE FOLKS THERE AND PAVING THE PATHWAY FROM THE LOWEST PAID SO THAT THEY HAVE A PATHWAY TO BECOME THE NEXT TEACHERS, NEXT PRINCIPALS AND GO FORWARD UP
THAT LADDER. BUT THEY DO SO MUCH AND AGAIN IT'S REALLY OUR YOUTH AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE BASIC CITY PRINCIPLES OF WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER TO THE CITY I MEAN IT'S HEALTH AND IT'S
EDUCATION AND THOSE TWO THINGS COMBINED WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT AND SO JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IT ALSO REMINDS ME THAT I HAVE NOT
DONE ANYTHING FOR RICK FOR WIFE SO ADD THAT ON TO THE MOTHER'S DAY STUFF THAT I STILL HAVE TO DO AS WELL. IT'S NOT A GREAT IDEA TO DO NURSES, TEACHERS AND MOTHERS IN THE SAME WEEK. IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD BUT YOU
GUYS ALL WORK A LOT HARDER SO WE DESERVE TO BE THERE FOR YOU. I'LL GET IT DONE BECAUSE YOU GUYS GET IT DONE. BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY, CAMERON MURPHY ON THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU AND RISE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS ALSO AS AN EDUCATOR FOR OUR FIRST 25 YEARS OF MY LIFE AND I OFTEN SAY THAT
I MUST HAVE BROUGHT HOME LOTS OF WONDERFUL STORIES AND MEMORIES BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER FOLLOWED IN MY FOOTSTEPS AND IS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER IN HER FIFTH YEAR. SO ALWAYS PROUD OF HER AND SEEING THE WONDERFUL STORIES LIKE YOU SAID
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR WIFE YOU KNOW THEY GO OFF TO WORK AND THEY COME BACK AND YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS REALLY TAKE ON THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND WE KNOW THEY DO SO
MUCH MORE THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED OR WHAT THEY'RE TAUGHT IN COLLEGE MONDAY I WAS HONORED TO VISIT THE BRADLEY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND TOMMY WELCH AND THE AMAZING STAFF THERE TO KICK OFF TEACHER
APPRECIATION WEEK AND JUST SEE THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS AND ALL THE STAFF IN OUR SCHOOLS AND KNOWING THAT IT'S NOT JUST OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS BUT IT'S OUR LUNCH MONITORS, OUR BUS DRIVERS. THE SECRETARY EVERYONE WHO
STEPS IN THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND I KNOW THAT THIS BODY HAS CONTINUED AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE I KNOW FOR MORE OF THOSE RESOURCES SO THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO TEACH OUR KIDS BECAUSE
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS NEED SO MUCH MORE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS AND I WILL JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNSELOR IN SOCIETY GEORGE WHO ADVOCATED FOR A NURSE IN EVERY
SCHOOL AND WAS AN EDUCATOR HERSELF. SO I KNEW WHEN I SAW THAT SHE WORKED SO HARD ON THAT SHE KNEW FROM THE YEARS SHE SPENT SCHOOLS AND IN CLASSROOMS THAT THE NURSES DO PLAY SUCH A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE EDUCATION
OF OUR CHILDREN. SO PROUD AGAIN TO STAND FOR OUR TEACHERS STAND FOR OUR NURSES AND ALWAYS FOR OUR MOTHERS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNSELORS FOR SHELDON MURPHY FOR ADDING ME. YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE HAS HAD TEACHERS THAT MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES. YOU KNOW, I HAD A FIFTH GRADE
TEACHER, MR ALEXANDER, WHO TAUGHT US ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND ALMOST EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND DID AN EXERCISE WHERE WE DID AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTION.
I PROUDLY VOTED FOR WALTER MONDALE TO DATE MYSELF BUT I DID THAT EXERCISE WITH KIDS IN THIS ELECTION AND IT WAS GREAT BUT MY FAVORITE TEACHER I JUST
I JUST KNEW HIS MOM BECAUSE SHE WAS MY MOTHER. SHE WAS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER IN THE BRONX FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IS RETIRED NOW AND JUST WAS
GREAT RAISING US IN HER HOUSE JUST ALONG THOSE LINES MY OFFICE HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY A FEW PARENTS OF TEACHERS WHO ARE RETIRING AND I'D LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE THEM. I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD GATHER ALL THE TEACHERS IN THE CITY WHO ARE RETIRING IF LOGISTICALLY COULD WORK OUT WE COULD RECOGNIZE THEM HERE IN THE CEREMONY IF ANYONE WANTS TO
HELP OUT WITH THAT OR TELL ME WHY IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT BUT I DO. WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR
LIVES, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS AND TEACHING THEM THE LESSONS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN LIFE. YOU KNOW, HERE IN THIS SPACE
SOMETIME AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR WEBER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MEJIA COMES FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE
OF TEACHERS AND TEACHER APPRECIATION AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO THANK MY TEACHERS EVEN THOUGH I FEEL LIKE I PROBABLY DON'T EVEN REMEMBER ALL THEIR NAMES. BUT I DO. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL
THE LISTS BUT THERE IS MR CASILLI HE WAS MY ENGLISH TEACHER AT DORCHESTER HIGH AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE OF HIM I'M STILL
STANDING. I HAD A REALLY ROUGH CHILDHOOD AND I REMEMBER WRITING IN HIS CLASS AND IT WAS AN INTERVENTION AND A CALL HELP AND HE SAW WHAT I WAS WRITING
AND HE PLUGGED ME IN AND SAW SOME SUPPORT SERVICES. MR GERMAN WHO WAS MY TEACHER EVEN THOUGH I WAS LATINA AND I THOUGHT I SPOKE SPANISH, HE
OFTEN LET ME KNOW THAT I STILL HAD A LOT TO LEARN. MR DINGELL DIED. I MEAN HE WAS MY ENGLISH TEACHER TO HE HAD A REALLY FUNNY NAME. EVERYBODY MADE FUN OF HIM BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY COOL AND
MISS KATHY GUERIN I KNOW THAT SHE WAS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR BACK THEN BUT SHE WAS THE ONE PERSON THAT WHENEVER I WOULD SKIP SCHOOL AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I DROPPED OUT AND I WENT BACK.
SHE WOULD ALWAYS GO GET ME AT WORK AND BRING ME BACK TO SCHOOL WHERE I BELONG. AND NOW SHE'S A TEACHER AT BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS WHO MAKE AN IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE THAT
OFTENTIMES YOU FORGET AS TO WHY YOU EVEN STANDING AND THERE'S ONE TEACHER WHO I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO LONG AGO I WAS A
STUDENT AT THE MCCAIN IN EAST BOSTON AND THIS PARTICULAR TEACHER GOT ME OUT OF A REALLY BAD SITUATION AND I GOT TO LIVE
WITH HER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BACK THEN YOU COULD DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE BEFORE YOU KNOW DO YOU SEE OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT BUT ANYWAYS I WAS ABLE TO STAY WITH HER FOR A WHILE AND I
DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME BUT I REMEMBER WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO FOR ME AS A KID AND SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HER AND THANK HER AND LET HER KNOW THAT HER KINDNESS AND COMPASSION AS
WE STILL STANDING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FROM MEJIA. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT AND
THANK ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WHO HAD SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ON MY LIFE IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WHO DO YEOMAN'S WORK FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS HERE IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE
TO ADD THEIR NAME MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT CONCERNS BRAYDEN ZAPATA DURKIN FLYNN PEP BAND SANTANA WORLD PLEASE GOD THE CHAIR THIS COUNCILORS FITZGERALD MURPHY AND WEBER
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1026 OTHER IN FAVOR SAY I I ALSO SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1027 DUNCAN AMBER
1027 COUNCIL S.A. FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA COMES TO ANY OF THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. CAN I ADD COUNSELOR BRIGHT IN THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR BRAINARD SO ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND CAN I SUSPEND VOTE 12 AND ADD
COUNCILOR DUNCAN AS AN ORIGINAL UNDER CO-SPONSOR CASA S.A. TO SUSPEND THE RULES THAT COVER DUNCAN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEAR HIM NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR DURKAN DURKIN ALSO ADDED COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'VE ACCEPTED TO OFFER A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH AND CITY OF BOSTON AS A CITY WITH A PROUD HISTORY OF STANDING FOR
JUSTICE, BOSTON MUST CONTINUE TO SHOW UP FOR OUR LGBTQ I TO I TO US PLUS COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY NOW AT A TIME WHEN RIGHT PROTECTIONS ARE UNDER ATTACK ACROSS THE COUNTRY PRIDE MONTH
IT'S MORE THAN JUST A CELEBRATION. IT IS A CALL TO ACTION A REMINDER OF STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAS ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR DIGNITY, EQUALITY AND JOY IN THE FACE
OF DISCRIMINATION. WE HONOR THE TRAILBLAZERS BLACK AND BROWN TRANS ACTIVISTS LIKE MASTERPIECE JOHNSON AND SYLVIA RIVERA WHO SPARKED A MOVEMENT THAT CONTINUES TODAY WE
CELEBRATE THE VICTORIES FROM MARRIAGE EQUALITY TO WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS. BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS STILL MUCH WORK DO ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTING OUR TRANS NONBINARY AND BIPOC
LGBTQ. I ATE A TWO PLUS NEIGHBORS FROM HOME. THIS RESOLUTION AFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO NOT ONLY CELEBRATE PRIDE BUT TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT AND UPLIFT LGBTQ I TO
US PLUS BOSTONIANS EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN PASSING THIS RESOLUTION AND CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR TRUE EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA THE
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BRITTANY HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS RESOLUTION
. I THINK IT'S 30 YEARS AGO I ATTENDED MY FIRST PRIDE PARADE AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL THE WHOLE STORY AGAIN BUT UM, COMING FROM NORTHERN IRELAND IT WAS SO MOVING.
I FEEL IT REALLY LANDED IN SOMEWHERE VERY SPECIAL HERE IN BOSTON UH, STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WATCHING OUT
FAITH GROUPS THAT WERE AFFIRMING OF LGBT COMMUNITY AT THE TIME UM, GAY STRAIGHT, ALL THOSE THOSE TWO IN PARTICULAR FAITH GROUPS BECAUSE I FELT
ALIENATED AND EXCLUDED FROM MY CHURCH BECAUSE THEY HAD A HOMOPHOBIC STATUS STANDING AND POLICIES AND GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCES THINKING JUST HOW
WONDERFUL IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO HAVE HAD A GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE WHEN I WAS A YOUNG WOMAN GROWING UP CONFUSED AND ALONE IN MY REALIZING THAT I
WAS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER KIDS AT THE TIME. IT'S IT'S SORT OF SAD TO THINK THAT IN THIS MOMENT AFTER SO MUCH PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE THAT WE ARE. THERE ARE THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY
WHO WOULD LIKE TO ROLL THE CLOCK BACK AND PUSH US ALL BACK INTO THE CLOSET AND MAKE DISAPPEAR. BUT THE MESSAGE WE HAVE IS WE'RE NOT GOING BACK. WE'RE NOT GOING BACK AND WE
WILL WORK HARD TO AFFIRM AND SUPPORT ALL THE MEMBERS OF LGBTQ I A PLUS COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE EQUAL CITIZENS IN THIS IN THIS LAND AND WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SO THANK YOU COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR THIS AND I URGE EVERYONE TO SUPPORT IT TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNT CELEBRATE AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COMES WITH DURKAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I FIRST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HIS STEADFAST SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIME PARTNERING THIS YEAR WITH COUNCILOR SANTANA IN FILING LEGISLATION TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON'S COMMUNITY AND OUR DEDICATION TO
A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT SHOULD INVITE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO TAKE PART IN THE CITY THAT WE CALL HOME. AS A CITY COUNCILOR I WAS PROUD TO FILE THE FIRST RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY AND HAPPY TO DO
SO AGAIN THIS YEAR. I THINK OUR DEDICATION AS A COUNCIL IS IMPORTANT. MORE NOW THAN EVER IN LIGHT OF NEWS THAT JUST YESTERDAY THE SUPREME COURT UPHELD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S BAN ON
TRANSGENDER MILITARY MEMBERS. HOWEVER, THIS GROWING ENVIRONMENT OF INTOLERANCE IS NOT LIMITED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS WE'VE COME TO EXPECT. JUST THIS WEEK A GAY COUPLE THAT WAS ATTENDING AN EVENT AT
THE LIBERTY HOTEL IN MY DISTRICT WAS ACCOSTED IN THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM FOR THEIR PERCEIVED GENDER NONCONFORMITY. IN THE VICTIM'S WORDS AS A SECURITY GUARD TOLD HER TO GET OUT OF THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM
THAT SHE WAS A MAN IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM DESPITE BEING A WOMAN. SHE WAS ESCORTED OUT OF THE RESTROOM AND THEN COMMENTS WERE DIRECTED AT HER FROM THE OTHER GUARDS WAITING IN LINE.
THEY WERE ASKED FOR THEIR ID SIX. THANKFULLY THE HOTEL SWIFTLY RESPONDED AND SUSPENDED THE SECURITY GUARD INDEFINITELY. BUT STILL THIS INCIDENT PROVES THAT THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
WE CAN'T JUST REST ON OUR LAURELS AS A PROGRESSIVE CITY AND EXPECT FREEDOM BECAUSE FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT FIGHT. I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH AND YES, THERE'S SO
MUCH JOY THAT COMES WITH PRIDE. I YES. LAST YEAR DURING PRIDE THE PRIDE PARADE. THAT WAS ME ON A TRUCK RED
TRUCK BED PARTYING WITH THE THEATER OFFENSIVE AND DANCING WITH SENATOR WILL BROWN'S BURGER. THERE IS SO MUCH JOY THAT COMES WITH PRIDE AND A LOT OF THAT RUNS THROUGH DISTRICT EIGHT.
BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THIS FIGHT IS STILL VERY MUCH A FIGHT AND WE STILL VERY MUCH NEED TO AFFIRM THE IDENTITIES OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR CITY.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR FILING. THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT. IT WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
WE WERE PUSHING BACK AGAINST FOLKS WHO DID NOT WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR COMMUNITY AND ABOUT RESISTANCE. AND SO TODAY IT IS A CELEBRATION. IT IS ONE OF JOY AS WE CONTINUE
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING AN INCLUSIVE CITY WHERE EVERYONE FEELS AND EXPERIENCES BELONGING HERE IN THIS CITY. WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. AND SO I WANT TO ALWAYS THINK OF CELEBRATING FOR SHARING HER STORY BRAVELY.
AND I ALWAYS WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN UPLIFTING OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNSELORS BECAUSE THAT IS ZAPATA FLYNN, MARIA FITZGERALD MURPHY PEPEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD. PLEASE OTHER CHAIR COUNSELORS
SANTANA BREADON AND DURKIN SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1027 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED WE ARE NOW ON TO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME
OR VOTE TO A DOCKET WHEN THEY WERE NOT HERE IN CHAMBERS? NO. OKAY. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS AND AS A COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE VIEW THE PERSONNEL ORDERS TALKING ABOUT
ONE ZERO TO A COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF SANTANA. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1028. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALEPPO SAY NAY.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ATTEMPT TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? OKAY, I'M GOING TO START WITH
COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO PULL DOCKETS 0943 AND
0944 FROM THE GREEN SHEETS THERE BOTH CAN BE FOUND AT THE TOP OF PAGE 11 FOR THE LABOR WORKFORCE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
MR CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT DOCKET BEFORE YOU CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD AS TO GO COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOCKET NUMBERS 0943 MESSAGE YOU KNOW WHAT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $16,937.03 IN THE FORM OF A
GRANT FOR THE CARRION WAGNER PAYS OR ADMINISTRATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS FIRE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND INDIVIDUAL REEMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMANTS AS WELL AS PREVENT AND DETECT IMPROPER BENEFIT
PAYMENTS AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS. WE WILL FIRST TAKE A VOTE TO
ADD 0943 SO ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE OTHER DOCKET FROM THE
COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 0944 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $13,735 IN THE FORM OF A
GRANT FOR THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND GRANT AWARDED BY MASAYA DEPARTMENT OF KOREA SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
THE GRANT WILL FUND EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE, CAREER COUNSELING AND JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE FOR LEGALLY BLIND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CLIENTS. A BOSTON MAN SAY A CAREER
CENTERS THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY AND COUNCILOR COUNCIL YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR ON THESE TWO DOCKETS. OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M I'M SEEKING PASSAGE OF PASSAGE OF BOTH OF THESE DOCKETS TODAY THE TOGETHER THEY TOTAL $30,000 $30,672 AND
THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE OF LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE HAD HEARINGS ON UNRELATED GRANTS TO UM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR OUR TWO CAREER CENTERS THE JEWISH
VOCATIONAL SERVICES DOWNTOWN AND ABCD AND NUBIAN SQUARE AND THESE DOCKETS WILL AS YOU HEARD WILL GO TOWARD HELPING THE WORK THAT'S DONE AT THOSE THOSE
CENTERS AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FOR OUR WORKERS HERE IN THE CITY. SO IT'S RELATIVELY LOW AMOUNT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THESE FUNDS ALONG TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM AND AND HELP RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.
SO THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THESE DOCKETS? OKAY. COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS PASSAGE
OF DOCKET NUMBER 0943. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS ADOPTION OF SIXTH BATCH OF DOCKET NUMBER
0944. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE TWO DOCKETS I'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEETS. THE FIRST IS 0732 AND THE SECOND IS OH 7 TO 7. OKAY.
0732 AND WHAT'S THE SECOND OH 7 TO 7 OH 7 TO 7. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ A DOCKET NUMBER 0732 INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE
ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENT 0732 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF HIS SON FAROOQUI AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE
ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 19TH 2026. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION. THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND IT IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY.
MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE OTHER DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE I'M PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION NUMBER 0727 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LISA THARP AS A PRIMARY
MEMBER OF THE BACK PAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2028. ABSENT OBJECTION THAT THE CHAIR
RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CULTURE FLYNN DO YOU HAVE A YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? MADAM CHAIR, I'M NOT OBJECTING TO EITHER OF THESE BUT WAS THERE A HEARING? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M PREPARED BEFORE I GO.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THERE WERE WAS NOT A HEARING ON EITHER OF THESE. THE FIRST ONE HAS ACTUALLY COME
BEFORE MY COMMITTEE BEFORE AND THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I AM PULLING AT THE URGING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO THE BACK BAY AS THEY'D LIKE THEIR
REPRESENTATIVE TO BE SEATED ON THE BACK THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION EXPEDITIOUSLY. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS READ ON ON BOTH OF THESE JUST TO MAKE SURE OF THAT AND I DID SEND
SOMETHING BEFORE THE MEETING BUT THESE COUNCILOR ARE ARE THESE REAPPOINTMENT OR APPOINTMENTS I'M SORRY, COUNCILOR DURKIN, ARE THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE YOU ONE IS THE REAPPOINTMENT AND ONE IS AN
APPOINTMENT. OKAY. COUNCILOR FLYNN, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? MADAM CHAIR, I DO ALSO REPRESENT THE BACK BAY AND IS
IT POSSIBLE THAT I COULD AT LEAST LOOK AT THE RESUME? YES, COUNCILOR. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND ON 0727 THIS WAS
A DOCKET THAT I TRIED TO PASS EARLIER AND I THAT IS IN YOUR EMAIL I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT
WITH YOU RIGHT HERE THOUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHILE HE READS THAT CAN I REQUEST THAT
WE VOTE ON DOCKET 07320732 BOTH OF THESE. OKAY. THE ISSUE IS THAT BOTH OF THEM APPEAR TO BE REGIONAL ORDERS
AND THEY DON'T NEITHER OF THEM SAY REAPPOINTMENT BUT YOU'RE SAYING DOCKET NUMBER 0732 IS A REAPPOINTMENT. HE IS A CURRENT SEATED MEMBER ON THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION DISCLOSURE REVIEW
BOARD. OKAY. SO SHOULD I.
SHOULD I AMEND IT BEFORE I BECAUSE THE.
OKAY, LET'S TAKE A BRIEF A BRIEF 5 TO 10 MINUTE RECESS AS
WE FIGURE OUT THIS ISSUE WE ARE
IN RECESS
SESSION. JUST AS A REMINDER DID WE VOTE WE VOTED ON DOCKET NUMBER 07230732. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE ARE BEFORE US. WE HAVE DOCKET NUMBER 8072332320732.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT AS THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE I HAVE FULL DOCKET
030732 FROM THE GREEN SHEETS FOR PASSAGE DOCKET 732 IS A MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF HUSSAN FAROOQUI AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION
AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 19, 2026 THAT REQUIRED AN AMENDMENT OF THE ORIGINAL ORDER SO THAT AS BEFORE THE COUNCIL NOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
MET HASAN WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK WHERE HE LEADS OPERATIONS POLICY ADVOCACY, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. HE COORDINATES THE BOSTON GREEN
NEW DEAL COALITION AND SERVES ON THE GREEN JUSTICE COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE. THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT AND HE WILL NOT BE REPLACING ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD. MAYOR WU APPOINTED HIM TO SERVE
AS A BROAD OVERVIEW ON OUR BOARD APRIL 3RD, 2024 TO AND SO HE HAS BEEN SERVING SINCE LAST AUGUST. FURTHERMORE JACK NELSON REPRESENTING THE ENGINEERING
EXPERTISE PARTICULARLY IN COMPLEX ENERGY AND INTENSIVE BUILDINGS LIKE HOSPITALS IS LEAVING THE BROADER REVIEW BOARD MAY 23RD, 2025 AND HIS
FINAL MEETING WILL BE MAY 12, 2025. SO THIS APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET 0732 ALL TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER ON DOCKET NUMBER 0732. WOULD A NEW OC COUNCILOR DURKIN
,CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION MUSTER PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0732 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. OKAY NOW COUNCILOR DURKIN
BEFORE THE BODY IS DOCKET NUMBER 0727 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? YES, PLEASE. PASSING. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION I AM PULLING DOCKET 07274 FOR
THE GREEN SHEETS FOR PACKET PASSAGE DOCKET 0727 AS A MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LISA THARP AS A PRIMARY MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT
COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2028 AS CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRETY OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT. I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THE NOMINATION OF LISA THARP FOR
THE MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION. SHE IS NOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAYS MEMBER THAT THEY PUT FORWARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ A STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF HER
CANDIDACY. THIS IS FROM HER TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN IT'S AN HONOR TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION AS A RESIDENT OF TWO ARLINGTON AND A BUSINESS OWNER AT 45 NEWBURY
STREET HERE I AM DEEPLY COMMITTED TO PRESERVING AND ADVANCING THE CHARACTER BEAUTY PREPAREDNESS AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE BACK BAY TO ALL MY COMMISSIONER POSITION WOULD HELP ME LEARN AND BRING
EXPERIENCE FROM VARIED PHASES OF MY CAREER FROM MY YEARS ON THE NAB ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE FOR MY YEARS AS AN NAB ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE MEMBER AS A LEADING BACK BAY INTERIOR DESIGNER.
WE'RE IN A FIRM THAT PROVIDES FAMILIARITY WITH THE CHALLENGES AND CONSIDERATIONS OF RENOVATION, NEW CONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION WITHIN HISTORIC CITY BLOCKS THE APPROACH I
FREQUENTLY I FIND FREQUENTLY RELEVANT WHEN CONSIDERING ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE PROPOSALS. MY PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE FURTHER WOULD FURTHER BE SHAPED BY THE FIRM'S FOUNDATIONAL COMMITMENT
TO BUILDING FOR BUILDING PRINCIPLES THAT ENSURE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND THE PLANET. WHILE I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION I HOPE YEAH WELL I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSIONS. UH YEAH. SO THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
TIME AND SHE'S AND THIS IS HER YOU KNOW AT THIS TIME I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO WAIT ON THIS DOCKET
GIVEN GIVEN. UM, ANYWAYS, I'D LIKE TO WAIT ON THIS DOCKET. I'LL PULL IT OUT AT A LATER TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0727 WILL REMAIN
IN COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR WORK IN SORT OF CLARIFYING AND FIGURING OUT THE REAPPOINTMENT ISSUE DURING RECESS. OKAY. AND WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS?
OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES AND INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE SIX EIGHT LINKED FILE MATTERS BUT ALL MATTERS
ARE BY PERSON FIVE PERSONNEL ORDERS. OKAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FIVE LEAD FILE
PERSONNEL ORDERS INTO THE RECORD? FIRST PERSONNEL ORDER, LATE FILE COUNCILOR ALLUSIONS,
OFFICE SECOND FILE PERSONNEL OFFICE LATE FILE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR AND MURPHY. THIRD PERSONNEL LATE FILE
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR ME HERE. FOURTH LATE FILE PERSONAL TO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR ON MEJIA. AND FIFTH LATE FILE PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD
THESE LATE FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS ONTO THE RECORD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I SUPPOSE IN THE EYES HAVE IT THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE RECORD. THESE MATTERS WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE? OH, THESE MAT THESE PERSONNEL ORDERS WILL BE ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE PERSONNEL ORDERS. I I ALL OPPOSE SAYING THESE PERSONNEL ORDERS ARE PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE ABSENCE LETTER INTO
THE RECORD? ABSENCE LETTER SIGNED BY COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDES ANDERSON DEAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FINDS YOU WELL. I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND
TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY. COUNCILOR TANYA FINANCE SENDS THANK YOU THAT LAID FILE MATTER WILL ABSENCE LETTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ THE LEAD FILE EMERGENCY CITIZEN SQUARE RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD BUT OFFERED BY COUNCIL GABRIELLA COLLETTE AS A PART OF A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A CITIZEN SQUARE AT
THE INTERSECTION OF HAYWOOD AVENUE AND CRESTWOOD CRESCENT WAY ROAD IN EAST BOSTON IN RECOGNITION OF ROCCO TILLY'S
DUE TO THE URGENT NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS HEREBY NECESSARY TO EXPEDITE THE FILING AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS ORDER. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR COLETTE AS THE PARTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO PUT THIS FORWARD. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME SENSITIVITY WITH THIS.
ROCCO TILLY'S A IS THE LAST REMAINING VETERAN OF WORLD WAR TWO AT THE BEACH BEACH, MONT. VFW POST. HE IS TURNING 100 YEARS OLD SOON. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, ROCCO. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO KNOW HIM. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY
CONVERSATIONS AT HIS DOOR AND AT HIS KITCHEN TABLE ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS IN HIS BOSTON. ROCCO EXEMPLIFIES THE BEST OF US. HE'S THE PERFECT DEMONSTRATION OF THOSE FROM THE GREATEST GENERATION. HIS UNIT WAS VITAL DURING THE
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN AND CRITICAL TO THE ALLIED VICTORY IN EUROPE. HE WAS JUST 19 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS DEPLOYED ON THE FRONT LINES TO FIGHT THE NAZIS AND WHEN HE CAME HOME HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS BOSTON.
HE REMAINED ACTIVE IN VETERAN'S AFFAIRS AND EMBODIED THE VALUES OF PATRIOTISM, HUMILITY AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. ROCCO IS GETTING OLDER. AND WITH THAT COMES VARIOUS HEALTH OCCURRENCES.
I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO PASS THIS TODAY. TO BE ABLE TO START THE PROCESS IN HONORING HIM EXPEDITIOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR FLYNN CAPITAL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK COUNCILOR FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT MATTER FORWARD. I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN AS
VETERANS CHAIR TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT DOCUMENT AND WE WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW ROCCO. I KNOW HIS BACKGROUND IS HISTORY. BUT I ALSO KNOW AS COUNCILOR CARTER MENTIONED THE
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS MADE IN SUPPORTING VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES NOT JUST IN BOSTON BUT ACROSS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH REALLY. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILOR CLETA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND WANT US SAY THANK YOU TO ROCCO FOR THE INCREDIBLE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE HE HAS MADE TO OUR NATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER IS ONE TO ALSO THANK CASTRO CLAUDIA ZAPATA FOR HONORING ROCCO IN THIS WAY AND FOR PUTTING THIS CITIZEN SQUARE FORWARD. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FLYNN HERE MURPHY BRETTON SANTANA. WEBER WORLD. PLEASE LET COUNCILOR BREADON PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR BECAUSE THAT IS A PARTY'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALL OPPOSE NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT LATE FILE RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD
OFFERED BY COUNCILORS AARON MURPHY AND ED FLYNN? THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND A COUNCIL VOTE ON THE STATUS OF COUNCILOR TONY FERNANDES SANDERSON THE CHAIR
ACTING OH ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THIS VILE MATTER ONTO THE RECORD SAY I HOW BECAUSE WHEN MEJIA YOU OBJECTING TO
VILE OC THAT DEFINITELY FAST WE ARE SO THAT MATTER IS NOT ADDED TO THE DOCKET WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS ADOPTED
WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS IT'S BEEN ALLUDED TO BUT THIS SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY AND ALSO THE MOTHER'S DAY WALK FOR PEACE BY
THE LEWIS DE BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE. SO I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON SUNDAY IN SUPPORT OF OUR MOTHERS OUR MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR SONS AND THEIR DAUGHTERS AND THEIR CHILDREN AS
WE WALK FOR PEACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ALSO ON THIS SATURDAY THIS SATURDAY IS ANOTHER JOBS FAIR FOR THAT THE CITY IS HOLDING FOR OUR YOUTH THIS SATURDAY AT THE REGGIE LEWIS CENTER FROM 11 TO 3 P.M..
IF YOU KNOW ANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT THIS IS THE TIME FOR THEM TO COME AND GET A JOB 14 AND UP THIS SATURDAY AT THE REGGIE LEWIS AND THEN ALSO JUST WANT
TO GIVE MY VERY BEST WISHES TO OUR 14TH COUNCILOR MICHAEL. HE IS GOING BACK TO REHAB AND HE WON'T BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR A WHILE AND WE ARE GOING TO FEEL HIS ABSENCE SO I KNOW WE ALL
LOVE AND CARE FOR YOU MICHAEL AND JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL KEEPING YOU IN OUR THOUGHTS FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON THEN COMES FROM HERE.
COUNCILOR BRAYTON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE REASON I WAS LATE I WAS AT THE BRIGHTON MARINE IN BRIGHTON AND IT WAS A
VERY WONDERFUL OCCASION AND THERE'S A GUY THERE CALLED DEREK HASSEL AND HE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AT THE BRIGHTON RING
SINCE HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND HE SERVED HE'S BEEN THERE FOR 47 YEARS. I MISTAKENLY THOUGHT HE WAS RETIRING BUT I BROUGHT CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
RETIREMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO REWRITE IT. BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH MENTIONING THE FACT THAT DEREK STARTED WORKING THERE AS ONE
OF OUR IN ONE OF OUR YOUTH JOB PROGRAMS 4047 YEARS AGO AND HE WAS A TEENAGER. HE TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS 40. HE WAS 15 THE AGE WAS 15 AT THE TIME.
HE'S A LITTLE PINK LIE ABOUT SAYING HE WAS 14 BUT HE ONLY FESSED UP TODAY. NOBODY KNEW UNTIL TODAY THAT HE WAS 14 WHEN HE STARTED AND WE
ALL FORGIVE HIM INSTANTANEOUSLY AND HE IS THERE THE REASON FOR THE CELEBRATION WAS AND THERE WAS TWO GOVERNORS THE SECRETARY
FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS, SEVERAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, LOTS OF LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE THERE HONOR DEREK CASTLE AND TO IN
HONOR OF HIS INCREDIBLE SERVICE THEY'RE NAMING THE VETERANS. I'LL READ THIS JUST THIS IS A POSTCARD IT'S THE WONDERFUL BUILDING THAT THEY'RE NAMING IN HIS HONOR. IT SAYS HONORING DEREK CASTLE'S
LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE AND COMMITMENT TO BRIGHTON MARINE. HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS ARE CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION OF DELIVERING HEALTH CARE, HOUSING AND HOPE FOR SERVICEMEN MEMBERS, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SO IT'S VERY WELL DESERVED. HE STARTED OFF IN THE LAUNDRY AND IS NOW IN CHARGE OF MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES AND HE IS ALSO BEEN GIVING UP GIVEN ANOTHER JOB SORT OF SORT
OF HELPING TO CHART THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE ORGANIZATION IN BETTER AND BETTER OUTREACH TO VETERANS IN THE REGION. SO I DIDN'T GET THE WHOLE DETAILS OF HIS NEW JOB BUT HE'S
NOT RETIRING AND I WISH HIM CONGRATULATE AND ON THIS WONDERFUL OCCASION AND WISH HIM EVERY IN HIS NEXT CHAPTER. THANK YOU. THINK YOU GUYS ARE GREAT IN THE JARGON AS IT COMES FROM HERE
COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THE OTHER SITUATION BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND HAVE THE RECORD CLEAR SO I'M GOING TO SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY. PLEASE.
I WANT TO BE REALLY ARE YOU ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE OBJECTION THAT I DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK ON IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I DECIDED TO PULL IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING.
SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE CLEAR FOR THOSE WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION I DECIDED TO SPEAK AGAINST IT BECAUSE NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THIS CHAMBER AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO A COLLEAGUE AND OUT
OF RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT EITHER NEEDS TO GO INTO A HEARING OR WE NEED TO HAVE WHILE ALL THANK YOU GUYS FOR MEJIA THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS AN OBJECT
YOU OBJECTED TO A LATE FILE AN OBJECTION TO A LATE FILE. THERE'S NO IF YOU HAD YOU OBJECTED TOTALLY BY SO IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA SO THERE IS NOTHING DISCUSS SO WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING THIS MATTER. YOU OBJECTED TO THE DELAY FILE.
IT IS NOT ON THE RECORD. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE SOME BIRTHDAYS THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IT TO BAEZ AND MARK COHEN. ANTHONY BAEZ AND CASPAR
DURKIN'S OFFICE, MARK COHEN AND COUNCILOR WEBBER'S OFFICE HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT THE NAME OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED NOW WAS THE TIME TO DO SO.
I WANT TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING ON BEHALF OF PETER JOSEPH FORBES WHO FOR 38 YEARS WORKED FOR DO I DO I ASK AND HE
WAS THE LONGEST SERVING COMMISSION AND I JUST WANT TO HIM AND HIS MEMORY I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT THEIR FRANCISCO FAMILY THE MOTHER OF BETTY FRANCISCO LOURDES LO RECENTLY
PASSED AWAY AND SHE SEEMED LIKE A TREMENDOUS WOMAN. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE UPLIFT HER IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED, NOW'S THE TIME TO DO SO. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
MURPHY I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT DANNY RYAN. PEOPLE KNEW HIM MANY DIFFERENT NAMES. IT WAS BUGSY MR RYAN. I KNEW HIM AS GRANDPA. I WAS HIS GRANDSON ROCCO'S
TEACHER MANY YEARS AGO. BUT HE IS A LEGEND IN SAVIN HILL A LEGEND TO SO MANY IN RECOVERY AND HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND SO
MANY THAT HE UPLIFTED. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANTOR OUTCOMES WHERE ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR. CAN I TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER LUCIUS WILDER THE THIRD UNCLE
LOUIS? HE WAS ALWAYS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR YOU FULL OF JOKES AND IT WAS A NETWORKER.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN HIM BUT JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE NAME OF LUCIUS WILDER UNCLE LOUIS, THANK YOU. IS THAT EVERYONE OKAY TODAY WE
WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR DURKIN, DELIA ALVAREZ ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, JENNIFER MCARDLE DENNY BY JOE RYAN BUT ON BEHALF
OF COUNCILOR BRIAN WEAR OUT LUCIUS W WIDER WILDER ON BEHALF MYSELF PETER JOSEPH FORBES, JOAN NELSON LORD S QUARTIER LAW
MOTHER OF BETTY FRANCISCO KAREN MULDOON MOTHER OF BRIAN MULDOON A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE CHAIR
MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025 AT 12 NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TO CENTRAL STAFF, TO THE CLERK AND
THE CLERK'S OFFICE. THANK YOU TO SUSAN STILL FILLING IN FOR ALAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE ALL IN FAVOR OF A GERMAN
PLEA SAY I HI. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED