TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS CAN WATCH A COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE AT BOSTON'S ARGYLE FOR ITS LARGE CITY COUNCIL THAT 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. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A POWDER. COUNCILOR DURKAN
COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YEAH. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. COUNCILOR LET ME HEAR COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER HERE AND COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL HERE. A QUORUM IS BROKEN. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT
THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY. REVEREND GEORGE ZEBROWSKI OF OUR LADY OF CHESTER HORVATH OF DORCHESTER INVITED BY
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CASSEL FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AFTER THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FATHER GEORGE DABROWSKI IS A PASTOR AT OUR LADY OF CHESTER HALL, THE PARISH IN THE POLISH TRIANGLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN
DISTRICT THREE. OUR LADY CHESTER OF CHESTER HOVA PARISH WAS DESIGNATED FOR POLISH IMMIGRANTS AND WAS FOUNDED IN 1893. BORN IN POLAND, FATHERS
OF BREWSKI GREW UP IN A LOVING FAMILY AND WAS INSPIRED BY HIS UNCLE XENOS A BREWSKI A MISSIONARY WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO CHARITABLE WORK IN JAPAN. INITIALLY PURSUING ENGINEERING FATHER ZEBROWSKI FELT CALLED TO
THE PRIESTHOOD AND JOINED THE FRANCISCANS EARNING HIS DEGREE IN POLAND AND WRITING HIS MASTER'S THESIS ON HIS UNCLE'S MISSIONARY WORK. AFTER HIS ORDINATION HE PLANNED TO SERVE IN JAPAN BUT WAS SENT
INSTEAD TO KENYA WHERE HE SPENT SEVEN YEARS BUILDING WATERLINES SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES FOR THOSE IN NEED AFTER HEALTH CHALLENGES FORCED HIM TO LEAVE AFRICA. HE CONTINUED HIS MINISTRY IN
CANADA SERVING IN MONTREAL, THUNDER BAY AND PETERBOROUGH. IN SEPTEMBER 2015 HE BECAME THE PASTOR OF OUR LADY OF CHESTER HALL THE PARISH WHERE HE HAS WORKED TO PRESERVE AND SHARE THE POLISH CULTURE AND FRANCISCAN TRADITIONS.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THE PARISH CELEBRATED ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY BACK IN 2018. EACH YEAR FATHER ZEBROWSKI AND HIS CHURCH HOSTED THE POPULAR POLISH FEST A NEIGHBORHOOD
CELEBRATION OF THE RICH CULTURE TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOSTON'S POLISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
FATHER GEORGE ZEBROWSKI FATHER . GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY DEAR FRIENDS SAY IT'S MY
GREAT PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU AND TO EXPERIENCE THIS WONDERFUL EVENT.
YOU KNOW MY HISTORY. I AM A PRIEST OF PEOPLE. I LOVE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AND I FEEL THAT THE
STORY ABOUT ME I WAS IN JAPAN AND AFRICA KENYA, CANADA AND SO ON. SO NOW I AM TRYING TO BUILD UP
OUR COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BOSTON. I AM PROUD OF MY POLISH CULTURE BUT ALSO I HAVE AMERICAN ROOTS HERE.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS COMING HERE TO THIS GREAT LAND OF OPPORTUNITY AND HE WANTED TO BRING THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
BUT MY GRANDMOTHER DIDN'T LIKE IT BECAUSE SHE WAS SO DEEPLY ROOTED IN POLAND SO SHE
COULDN'T COME BUT OTHER MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY ARE HERE AND ONE YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC STARTED I BURIED IN CALIFORNIA.
MY COUSIN WHO WAS A PILOT IN AMERICAN ARMY AND HE SURVIVED MIDAIR COLLISION 1957. SO I HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF MY
FAMILY A RELATIVE HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA, NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND FRANCE. I AM A PILOT CALL WHEN THEY
CAME FROM CANADA TO BOSTON. SO I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE THIRD AND WAY AND I CELEBRATE THE MASSES. I PRAY FOR YOU BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT YOU ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. YOU ARE TRYING TO TO PASS THE LAW WHICH WILL BE GOOD FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF I AM A MENTION THAT I CAME FROM A BIG FAMILY AND FOR ME A COUNTRY A CITY, A PARISH IT'S LIKE MY FAMILY.
SO I PUT MY HEART AND I TRY ALL THE BEST TO BRING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES, PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITH TOGETHER. SO WHENEVER YOU ARE IN SOUTH
BOSTON DROP FOR A CUP OF COFFEE AT OUR PLACE AND YOU ARE THE MOST WELCOME. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH AND YOU HAVE THE PARISHIONERS WHO CAME FROM DIFFERENT CORNERS
OF THE WORLD FROM THE PHILIPPINES, HAITI, IRELAND, ITALY, GERMANY AND SUN AND OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGER GROUP IS
POLISH THE POLISH TRIANGLE. YOU KNOW. SO I AM HERE TO SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
BLESS ALL YOU'RE DOING AND SUPPORTING THE POOR PEOPLE AND TRYING TO BRING JOY, LOVE AND COMMUNITY.
MAY SAN FRANCISCO THE PEACEMAKER WHO WANTED TO REBUILD THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY
AT HIS AGE INTERCEDE FOR ALL OF YOU ALL GIVE YOU THE JOY OF LIFE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION SITUATIONS ALL
OF THIS CHANGING BUT WERE HERE TO HELP WHILE HERE TOO TO LEAD THE PEOPLE AND YOU ARE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE GUIDANCE FROM ABOVE AND YOU NEED THE
GRACES FROM GOD. FOR MY FRIEND FRANCIS HELP YOU TO BRING JOY, PEACE, LOVE AND UNITY AND BE THIS WONDERFUL A COMMUNITY OF OUR GREAT CITY
OF BOSTON. SO ENDING I WOULD TO SAY ALONGSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL PRAYER
OF FRANCIS AND FRANCIS USED TO SAY LORD MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE. WHILE THERE IS HATRED LED TO ME SO LOVE WHILE THERE'S ANGER
A PARDON WHILE THERE IS DOUBT FAITH WHILE THERE IS DESPAIR HOPE WHILE THERE IS DARKNESS LIGHT WHILE THERE IS SADNESS JOEY FROM MY GOD BLESS YOU ALL
AND THE I MY HEART AND WE ARE SAILING THE SAME BOAT ARE WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY. MAY GOD BLESS US ALL. MAY GOD BLESS ALL YOUR FAMILIES AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND
THE ENTIRE WORLD IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND A THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR ZEBROWSKI FOR YOUR WORK IN OUR CITY FOR THE WARM INVITATION TO
YOUR CONGREGATION AND FOR YOUR POWERFUL PERSONAL STORY. WE ARE WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION OFFERED BY COUNCILOR WEBER ON
BEHALF OF MRS. AUSMAN. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR HONOREE DIANE AUSMAN TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND ALSO
INVITE HER SON ROBB TO COME DOWN AS WELL AND HER HUSBAND ALL THE ORPHANS EVERYONE NAMED AUSMAN. ANYONE ELSE?
OKAY. UH, KNOW YOU CAN COME UP HERE. DIANA IS A CONSTITUENT OF MINE AND I'M HONORED TO BE
RECOGNIZING HER TODAY WITH THIS RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING HER RETIREMENT AFTER WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES OVER THE PAST 29 YEARS.
DIANA HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY UNDER MAYOR WU, MAYOR WALSH AND MAYOR MENINO AND LIKE RED SOX GREAT BROCK HOLT. SHE WAS THE CITY'S OWN UTILITY INFIELDER.
DIANA SPENT 20 YEARS WORKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. SHE ALSO WORKED IN THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT THE MATTAPAN
EARLY EDUCATION CENTER AND WORKED IN THE AUDITING DEPARTMENT AND AT BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER. PRIOR TO WORKING FOR THE CITY AND WHILE RAISING THREE
CHILDREN, SHE WORKED AT A FAMILY OWNED RESTAURANT IN HYDE PARK AND IN EARLY EDUCATION. I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DIANA AND HER FAMILY ON HER
WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT AND NOW INVITE MY COLLEAGUE MADAM PRESIDENT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL AS HER SON ROB.
THANK YOU. I'LL BE BRIEF. MR DAWSON DANA, I'M GOING TO MISS SEEING YOU AROUND CITY HALL. YOU ARE WITH YOUR DEPARTURE OF OVER 29 YEARS HERE IN THE
CITY OF BOSTON. WE ARE GOING TO LOSE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CITY. YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THE BODIES ARE BURIED. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING HERE. AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR FOR
YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. I KNOW THAT THE ENTIRE DO IT TEAM CARRY EVERYONE IS GREAT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. I KNOW YOU KNOW I LOVE THE
ALLMANS AND I THINK YOU KNOW I KNOW JENNY KRISTEN WOULD BE HERE IF THEY COULD. GOOD TO HAVE ROB HERE. BUT YOU HAVE JUST BEEN JUST A STEADY FORCE AND A PRESENCE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT ALSO IN OUR GREATER BOSTON COMMUNITY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS. I HOPE RETIREMENT ACTUALLY MEANS RETIREMENT. SOME PEOPLE THINK OF JOBS THE HOPE THAT YOU GET TO REST AND RELAX AND GO ON NIGHTS VACATIONS BUT CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST I'LL BE BRIEF. THANK YOU. COUNCILORS WEBER AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE JUST ON BEHALF OF MY SISTER JENNIFER, MY SISTER KRISTEN AND MY MOTHER'S FOUR GRANDCHILDREN JACK, CORA, MICHAEL AND
WILLIAM. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE JUST TO HONOR MY MOTHER AS I THINK IT'S PROBABLY NOT A SURPRISE THAT HER THREE CHILDREN ALL WORK IN
PUBLIC SERVICE WHETHER FOR THE STATE AS A SCHOOLTEACHER OR RECENTLY IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. AND I THINK AT A TIME PARTICULARLY WHERE WE'RE SEEING PUBLIC SERVANTS AND EMPLOYEES MALIGNED IN CERTAIN QUARTERS IT MEANS A LOT THAT THE
COUNCIL WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR SOMEONE LIKE MY MOTHER, THE MEMBERS OF THE DO A TEAM AND EVERYONE ELSE. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE GUEST OF HONOR MY MOTHER DIANA
WORTHAM AND THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. THIS IS THIS IS A REAL HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE. I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT MY
FAMILY SUPPORT MY FRIENDS AND MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS THIS IS WONDERFUL AND I'M GOING TO MISS WORKING IN THE CITY. BUT I WILL BE AROUND AND I WILL BE STILL DOING SOMETHING IN THE
PUBLIC SECTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE FOR A PHOTO
. THANK YOU.
THANKS SO OH, THIS IS PRETTY
COOL, RIGHT? OH, WE WOULDN'T MIND YOU.
THANK YOU AGAIN. IT'S GREAT TO BE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO. YES. YEP.
OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO DIANA . TO THE ENTIRE ALLMAN FAMILY. LIKE A GOOD HUSBAND.
TAKE IT FOR A BAG, DENNIS. WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND, DIANA. OKAY. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE A MEMBER ATTENDANCE REFLECT THAT CASA CARLOTTA ZAPATA IS NOW IN
WITH US. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 12, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
I ALL OPPOSE ANY AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 12TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATION FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THAT NUMBER ZERO 5 TO 6 SO I CAN NAME A ZERO 5 TO 6
MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1,190,071.64 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
CARRIER AND WIPO AS A GO PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THROUGH THE MASAI DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
THE GRANT WILL FUND SERVICES TO HELP JOB SEEKERS ACCESS EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, SKILLS TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIP JOBS AND SUPPORT SERVICES. THANK YOU DOCTOR.
NUMBER 0526 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0527.0527 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED
IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE THESE FEES TO GRANT AWARDED BY THE PILOT HOUSE PHILANTHROPY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THE PROGRAM WILL FUND THE FUND THE LEARNING AND EVALUATION COMPONENTS OF THE BPP'S SUNDAY'S PILOT PROGRAM. THANK YOU DOCTOR NUMBER 0527 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE BACK AT NUMBER 0528 LUCKY NUMBER 0528 MESSAGE YOU KNOW AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
THE AMOUNT OF $125,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES CONNECT LEARN AND EXPLORE INITIATIVE AWARDED BY BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES. THE GRANT WILL FUND AN ANNUAL CITYWIDE ACTIVATION SUMMIT FOR YOUTH HOSTING RECURRING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS AND NETWORK CONVENING
FOR YOUTH WORKERS AND CONDUCT A YOUTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER ZERO 5 TO 8 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MS. OH THE JARGON AS COUNSELOR MURPHY COMES TO MURPHY ON THE
FLOOR. YES, THANK YOU. I KNOW MANY ATTENDED THE YOUTH SUMMIT THIS PAST WEEKEND. THIS MONEY WILL HELP FUND THAT AND OTHER SERVICES THAT GO DIRECTLY TO OUR YOUTH. SO I AM ASKING THAT MY
COLLEAGUES SUSPEND AND PASS THIS LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT TO THAT DEPARTMENT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR MURPHY'S EXPANSION
OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0528 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL CLOSE IN A GUY'S HABIT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. IT'S A QUOTE. COULD YOU PLEASE BE DOCKET NUMBER 0529052 NAME MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE
CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $95,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE WORK FORCE TRAINING FUND GRANT AWARDED BY MASAYA DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE A
MINISTER BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND PROGRAMING TO HELP ADDRESS THE BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS BY PROVIDING RESOURCES TO MASSACHUSETTS
BUSINESSES FOR TRAINING CURRENT AND NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 20529 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR QUOTE WOULD YOU PLEASE
REPORT TO NUMBER 0530.0530 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON EXCEPT EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $58,000 AND FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 19 FIRE PREVENTION AND
SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND FIRE PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR YOUR
CODE ENFORCEMENT FIRE ARSON INVESTIGATION, FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMING PREVENTION EFFORTS AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0530 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ME DOCKET NUMBER ZERO 541 ANIMAL 0531 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
THE AMOUNT OF $41,828.60 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SHELTER'S SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING GRANT AWARDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . THE GRANT WILL FUND MASS HIRE CAREER CENTERS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SHELTERS, RESIDENTS WITH TRAINING AND
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU DOCTOR. NUMBER 0531 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICES IN OTHERS.
MR. CLERK OH ALSO MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNTERFEIT ENGINEERS AND IS NOW PRESENT IN WITH US? THANK YOU. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKETS NUMBER 053220547 SO I CAN NAME A0532 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM NICHOLAS COLE REGARDING THE NEW CITY OF BOSTON TRAFFIC RULES AND
REGULATIONS STUCK IN NUMBER 0533 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION OF THE REPORT ENTITLED COMMEMORATION COMMISSION PROGRESS REPORT
JANUARY 2025 STUCK IN NUMBERS 0534 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM SCOTT FINN, CITY AUDITOR REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S FISCAL 20/24 ANNUAL
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT DOCKET NUMBER 0535 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM LAWRENCE DECARO, CHAIRMAN OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE UPDATING THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
MEETINGS HELD WITH INDEPENDENT AUDITOR KPMG LLP FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. CAN WE TALK IN THEM 0536
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGARDING PROPOSED MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO 12 OF BOSTON'S
URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AREAS DOCKET NUMBER 0537 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME LAB TOKEN
NUMBER 0538 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING AN ACTION TAKEN BY
THE MIRROR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF DECEMBER 11TH, 2024 I CAN NUMBER 0539 NOTICES FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE
WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF JANUARY 29TH 2025 TOKEN
NUMBER 0540 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE
MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL ITS MEETING OF FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025 TOKEN NUMBER 0541 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATED TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING
OF FEBRUARY 12, 2025 SO I CAN A0542 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ELIZABETH LIZZIE TORRES AS A TRUSTEE OF THE ALLSTON BRIGHTON
COMMUNITY FUND DOCKET NUMBER 0543 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AUDREY SERAFIN AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR A
TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 25, 2028 NUMBER 05449 AS WE RECEIVE FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ALISON CUMING AT Q AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CULTURAL
COUNCIL FOR A TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 25TH, 2028 TALKING NUMBERS 0545 NOTICE OF SEE FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THIRD LAND THE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CULTURAL
COUNCIL FOR A TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 25, 2028 NUMBERS 0546 NOTICE TO RECEIVE FROM ME THE APPOINTMENT OF NICOLE TOUCHE TO FUDGE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR A TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 25, 2028 AND DOG NUMBER 0547 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM ME TO THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO ON THE FLOOR
AS AND AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR A TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 25, 2028 . OKAY. THANK YOU MR CLERK KIZER I
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A MATTER BECAUSE WE WERE OUT AS IT'S A COMMUNICATION OF 2 MINUTES BUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL EARLIER ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO JUST DRIVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO DOCKET
NUMBER 0532 WHICH IS BASICALLY A COMMISSION COMMUNICATION FROM COMMISSION COMMISSIONER GO AROUND NEW CITY OF BOSTON TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS JUST WANTED TO STAY SAY THANK
YOU TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE WHOLE TEAM FOR WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE ON CREATING MORE DAYLIGHTING AROUND DRY DRIVEWAYS GIVING PEOPLE MORE EASE OF ACCESS TO GET IN AND
OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS ON TIGHTER STREETS. IT'S ALSO WHY I JUST ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO TO PUSH OUT COMMUNICATION AROUND ALL
THE NEW REGULATIONS. AS YOU KNOW, NEW TICKETS MIGHT BE POPPING UP IN SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS AROUND PARKING ENFORCEMENT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S EITHER SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN DIRECT OUTREACH
MAILERS OR POINTS IS EQUIPPED WITH ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE IN THE NEW PARKING REGULATIONS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF ANY NEW PARKING ENFORCEMENT GUIDELINES.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND JUST ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON THE NEW LAW AND THE NEW REGULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE PLACE DOCKETS NUMBER 053220547 ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR COURT WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 0396 AND 0448 DOCUMENT 0396 THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025.
DR. NUMBERS 0396 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $775,855 IN THE
FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE 2025 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PASS THROUGH THE BOSTON REGIONAL METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO BE ADMINISTERED
BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS AND DOCK NUMBER 0448 THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2025. NUMBER 044A MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
OF $14,400,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SAFE STREET AND ROADS FOR ALL AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PASS THROUGH THE
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES DEREK IN
THE CHAIR PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU. CLERK DOCKET 0396 AS STATED BY THE CLERK IS A GRANT FOR
775,000 A LITTLE OVER 70 $775,000 THAT WILL FUND THE REPLACEMENT AND ELECTRIFICATION OF BLUE BIKE STATIONS AND REPURPOSE 1600 SINGLE SPACE PARK PARKING MEETING CALLS WITH BIKE RACKS.
IT WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ON FEBRUARY 5TH. ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE DOCKET. WE WERE JOINED MY COLLEAGUES
COUNCILOR FLYNN AND PEPEN COUNCILORS BRAEDON MURPHY AND LOUIJEUNE PROVIDED ABSENTEE LETTERS. WE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM AN ADMINISTRATION PANEL REPRESENTED BY KEN FOLTZ, DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON BLUE
BIKES STREETS CABINET AND LOUIS AGAG. BIKE SHARE AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNER FROM THE STREETS CABINET. THIS GRANT WILL FUND THREE PROJECTS TO MAINTAIN MANAGED BY THE BLUE BIKES TEAM.
WE BIKE STATION REPLACEMENTS TO MAINTAIN RELIABILITY AND UPKEEP. THE CITY TRIES TO REPLACE AGING BLUE BIKE STATIONS APPROXIMATELY EVERY TEN YEARS AND THIS GRANT WILL FUND THE
REPLACEMENT OF ABOUT 12 STATIONS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM DEVELOPER MITIGATION USED TO REPLACE MORE STATIONS. POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT LOCATIONS INCLUDE KEY SITES IN EAST BOSTON, ROXBURY, BRIGHTON IN
THE SOUTH AND ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT I'LL JUST NOTE THAT THESE ARE NO NEW LOCATIONS. THESE ARE LOCATIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST AND ARE USED FREQUENTLY. THIS WILL ALSO FIND THE
ELECTRIFICATION OF BLUE BIKE STATIONS A PILOT PROGRAM ELECTRIFIED TO HIGH TRAFFIC BLUE BIKE STATIONS TO ENABLE ON SITE E-BIKE CHARGING REDUCE RELIANCE ON BATTERY SWAPPING.
THE PILOT WILL HELP US ASSESS COST AND THEN BIKE PARKING CONVERSION. THE CITY WILL CONVERT EXISTING METER POLES INTO BIKE PARKING RACKS AS PART OF A BROADER MONETIZATION OF PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH WILL EXPAND BIKE PARKING AND AVAILABLE HIGH DEMAND COMMERCIAL AREAS. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS LISTED DOCKET FROM
THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION. MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT IT OUGHT TO PASS. WOULD LIKE ME TO JUST READ THIS DOCKET AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE. YOU CAN GET ME AGAIN.
OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING. THE CHAIR AND THIS COUNCIL PLAN COMPANY ON THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M OPPOSED TO THIS GRANT. I HAVE A HEARING ORDER THAT CALLS FOR LICENSE REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE FOR ALL ROAD
USERS INCLUDING ELECTRIC BIKES AS THEY CAN GO 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION JUST ANNOUNCED REGULATIONS ON THIRD PARTY DELIVERY. BUT I FEEL WE'RE BEING
INCONSISTENT HERE. IF WE SUPPORT THIS, IT IS MY POSITION THAT ELECTRIFYING OUR BLUE BIKES COULD CAUSE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW
WITH DEVICES OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR GOING THROUGH STOP SIGNS RED LIGHTS IN THE WRONG WAY ON ONE WAY STREETS. HARDLY A DAY GOES BY WHERE A CONSTITUENT DOESN'T TELL
ME ABOUT A MOPED OR A BIKE GOING FOR A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT BUT DOWN THE WRONG WAY A ONE WAY STREET WITH ALL OF THESE DEVICES TRAVELING 20
TO 30 MILES PER HOUR ON OUR ROADS AND MANY NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE ROAD. WE HAVE ONLY INCREASING THE RISK OF SOMEONE GETTING SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED.
THE CITY WOULD NOW BE PROVIDING A DEVICE TO DO THAT. BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, DO WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS IN THE LANGUAGE TO REPURPOSE SINGLE
SPACED PARKING METER POLLS FOR 1600 WITH BICYCLE RACKS? WHAT IS THE LIABILITY FOR THE CITY WITH ELECTRIC BIKES GOING 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR?
ARE WE REQUIRING BULL BIKES ESPECIALLY ELECTRIC BULL BIKES TO WEAR A HELMET?
LASTLY IN SOUTH BOSTON CHINATOWN BAY VILLAGE PARTS OF THE SOUTH AND I HEAR CONSISTENTLY FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT WE ARE IN A PARKING CRISIS .
WE CAN'T TELL PARENTS THAT ARE SHUTTLING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL OR ACTIVITIES TO ABANDON HAVING A CAR AS OUR CITY GROWS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT FAMILIES
WITH CHILDREN OUR SENIORS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO RIDE A BIKE AS WELL CAN STILL LIVE HERE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO
SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I AM AGAINST ANY CHANGES THAT RESULT IN A NET LOSS OF PARKING SPACES. I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE OF RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTH IN
SOUTH BOSTON, CHINATOWN, BAY VILLAGE AND INCREASINGLY THE SOUTH END ARE WRITING TO MY OFFICE ABOUT HOW SCARCE PARKING IS IN BOSTON. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE MORE PARKING SPOTS IN MY DISTRICT.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE I WAS LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I STAND TO SUPPORT THIS ACCEPT
VOTE TO ACCEPT THIS GRANT. ONE OF THE AREAS IN WHICH THE BLUE BANK REPLACEMENT STATIONS WILL BE INSTALLED IS BRIGHTON. WE'VE HAD STATIONS IN PLACE FOR TEN YEARS AND THEY DO NEED
REPLACING AND UPDATING AND IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS IN THE MORE THAN MORE THAN 50% OF THE FOLKS DON'T HAVE CARS AND MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS DO RELY ON THE
BLUE BACKS, BLUE BANK, BLUE BIKE STATIONS FOR THAT LAST MILE CONNECTION TO TTY STATIONS AND TO GET TO WORK. SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES
CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF THE NEED FOR HELMETS FOR BLUE BIKE USERS AND THEY ALSO WONDER ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTUALLY LIMITING THE CAPACITY OF THE BICYCLES TO GO
FASTER GO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN I THINK FROM HEARING FOLKS WHO USE AN ELECTRIC BLUE BIKE. I THINK THEY GET A SHOCK TO REALIZE JUST HOW FAST IT TRAVELS.
SO I THINK THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS BUT IN THIS CASE I THINK WILL REPLACING EXISTING BLUE BIKE STATIONS IN BRIGHTON ARE THEY REALLY WELCOME THIS FUNDING? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0396 MR CONDUCTOR ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON
DOCKET NUMBER 0396. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FINANCE STANCE AND YES COUNCILOR YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR CAN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. TALKING NUMBER 0396 HAS WE SEE 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU.
THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0396 IS PASSED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCKET 0448 AS STATED BY THE CLERK IS AN ORDER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF 14,400,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL AWARDED BY THE US DOT NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PASS
THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. IT WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ACTION ON FEBRUARY 12, 2025.
ON THURSDAY 28 THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THIS DOCKET. WE WERE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FINN AND PEPEN COUNCILORS BRAYDEN MURPHY AND LOUIJEUNE PROVIDED ABSENTEE LETTERS.
WE HEARD THE TESTIMONY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL REPRESENTED BY AMY KWARTENG, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING OF THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND SYSTEMIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC
SIGNALS AT 50 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. UPGRADES WILL COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S UPDATED SIGNAL OPERATIONS DESIGN POLICY, WHICH PLACES A STRONGER EMPHASIS ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BY ALLOCATING
MORE TIME FOR CROSSING PEDESTRIANS AND MINIMIZING HIGH RISK TURNS. SIGNAL UPGRADES WILL AIM TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING MINIMIZE DANGEROUS CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND DRIVERS.
IMPLEMENT FOCUS IMPROVEMENTS IN AREAS OF VULNERABLE SOCIAL GROUPS INCLUDING THOSE IDENTIFIED BY AGE AND CURRENT ABILITY. ENHANCE OVERALL PEDESTRIAN COMFORT PROMOTING HEALTHIER BEHAVIORS AND IMPROVED HEALTH
OUTCOMES. SUPPORT THE CITY'S VISION ZERO COMMITMENT BY FOCUSING RESOURCES ON PROVEN STRATEGIES TO ELIMINATE FATAL AND SERIOUS TRAFFIC CRASHES. THE PROJECT WILL SPECIFICALLY
TARGET HEIGHT UPGRADES IN KEY LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY THOSE IN BOSTON'S HIGH CRASH NETWORK WHERE DATA SHOWS THE GREATEST NEED FOR INTERVENTION THERE WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH RIGOROUS DATA AND ANALYSIS
OF ALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITHIN THE CITY RATED BY SAFETY FACTORS HERE BY VULNERABLE ROAD USERS AND PROXIMITY TO IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH CARE AND CIVIC TOURISM DESTINATIONS.
SPECIFICALLY THE AREA THAT COUNCILOR CLAUDIA AND I SHARE A NORTH WASHINGTON STREET WHERE IT MEANS CAUSEWAY STREET IS INCLUDED AS JUST ONE ANECDOTE OF AN AREA THAT NEEDS FURTHER
STUDY AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE SOME INVESTMENT THERE. THE CITY HAS BEEN INVESTING IN ITS TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND HAS CREATED ROBUST TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER THAT LEVERAGES THE NEED FOR INVESTMENTS PROPOSED AND
INSURERS FOCUS ON SIGNALS AND INTERSECTIONS. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION I RECOMMEND MOVING MELISSA DOCKET FROM THE
COMMITTEE TO A FULL COUNCIL FOR A FORMAL DISCUSSION AND ACTION . GIVEN THAT THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT THE TIME IS NOW. LET'S APPROVE THIS GRANT TODAY AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS AND
THAT IT BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR CANNOT HAVE ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I WAS AT THE COMMITTEE HEARING THE ENTIRE TIME AND COUNCILOR PEPEN THERE AS WELL.
I FOCUSED A LOT ON ASKING QUESTIONS RELATING TO HOW THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WOULD IMPACT PEDESTRIANS IN MY DISTRICT AND
ACROSS THE CITY. IN JANUARY A FEW AGO LAST MONTH WE PASSED A UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION HERE IN THE BODY IN
SUPPORT OF REPLACING THE PRACTICE OF THE CURRENT PHASING TRAFFIC SIGNALS. WE ALL REMEMBER THAT. I SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED MY
ATTENTION DURING THE CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON THAT ISSUE. WE ALL AGREED DURING THAT RESOLUTION THAT THIS PRACTICE
IS WRONG, IT'S UNSAFE. I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE TAKING THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY. I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TO REPLACE
CONCURRENT PHASING TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN 2019 TO PEDESTRIANS WAS STRUCK BY A VAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MELCHOR AND SUMMER STREET IN THE FORT POINT
NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SITE OF A CONCURRENT PEDESTRIAN FACING TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ONE OF THEM PASSED AWAY DUE TO HER INJURIES .
I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER TO HAVE CARS AND PEDESTRIANS HAVE A RIGHT TURN GREEN ARROW AND A PEDESTRIAN WALK SIGN AT THE
SAME TIME. THAT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE CITY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS KNOWING THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE?
I ASKED THE CITY REPEATEDLY, REPEATEDLY IF THEY WOULD MAKE A CHANGE AND GIVE ME A COMMITMENT THAT THAT WOULD END THAT
COMMITMENT AND COME. IT'S ALSO HAPPENING NOT JUST IN MY DISTRICT BUT ACROSS THE ACROSS THE CITY COUNCIL. WHETHER YOU MENTIONED A
PARTICULAR CASE AS WELL ABOUT THIS ISSUE. LET ME BE CLEAR WHAT WHEN IT COMES TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, I TAKE A BACKSEAT TO NO ONE ON THIS ISSUE. I RECOMMENDED A 12 POINT
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PLAN IN 2018 AND HELD MANY HEARINGS ON THIS ISSUE. WHEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PASSED THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACTION LAW IN
2021, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR BOSTON TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF ANY FEDERAL FUNDS SPECIFIC TO TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE. IN FACT, I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING
THAT THE CITY DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH. FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS I WANT TO PUT RACE CROSSWALK SPEED HUMPS AND PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS WITH RAPID FLASH BEACONS AT
STRATEGIC LOCATIONS OF HIGH FOOT TRAFFIC ON MAIN STREETS, COMMERCIAL ROADS AND TRAFFIC, HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDORS.
THE CITY AND CHIEF FRANKLIN HODGE REFUSED TO DO THAT. HE WASN'T PRESENT AT THIS MEETING. WE SEE OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY DOING OTHERWISE.
AGAIN, JUST DRIVE THROUGH QUINCY CENTER AND YOU'LL SEE RAISED CROSSWALK CROSSWALKS THAT PRIORITIZED PEDESTRIANS IN A COMMERCIAL SHOPPING DISTRICT.
IT'S COMMON SENSE $14 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY. I BELIEVE IT FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND RESIDENTS AND WITH MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL. I WAS PRESENT THE ENTIRE TIME ASKING QUESTIONS. I WANTED THAT COMMITMENT THAT THIS THIS PRACTICE WOULD END. THAT COMMITMENT COMMITMENT
DIDN'T COME. I DO WISH MY COLLEAGUES WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TO SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE WE SUPPORTED THAT RESOLUTION. YOUR LEADERSHIP WOULD HAVE BEEN
CRUCIAL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CUT AS A PARTY HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM PLEASED TO STAND UP AND SUPPORT THIS VERY NECESSARY
FEDERAL GRANT ENTITLED SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL. THIS GRANT WILL FUND SYSTEMIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT 50 LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE STILL VERY DANGEROUS SQUARE OF KEENEY
SQUARE WHICH IS NORTH WASHINGTON STREET AND CAUSEWAY. MANY OF MY RESIDENTS INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT ATTEND THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL UTILIZE THIS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
THEY HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR MEANINGFUL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND THERE HAVE BEEN SHORT TERM FIXES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THERE HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT SHORT TERM FIXES BUT THIS WILL PROVIDE FOR THE LONGER TERM INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT
WILL PROTECT THESE FAMILIES. SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE VOTING YES FOR THIS BECAUSE I CAN THEN TURN AROUND AND SAY THAT I SUPPORTED IT WHEN THEY NEEDED THE SUPPORT AND THIS MONEY IS IN FRONT OF US NOW.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CUT AS A PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT COMES WITH A BAN BECAUSE OF A PENNY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS HEARING TO LEARN ABOUT THE $14.4 MILLION
IS GOING TO BE USED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT I GOT OUT OF THAT IS THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRULY STAND IN REGARDS TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT 50 DIFFERENT
INTERSECTIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY AND SAY THESE INTERSECTIONS NEED HELP. THERE'S PEDESTRIANS BETWEEN THE AGES OF ZERO TWO. GOD KNOWS HOW LONG THAT FEEL
UNSAFE AND MANY OF OUR CROSSWALKS CROSS IN THE STREET AND I WAS ABLE TO UP SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS IN MY DISTRICT. ONE THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS ALWAYS RIVER STREET AND HYDE PARK WHERE THERE'S CONSTANT TRAFFIC GOING UP AND RIGHT AND
NOT PEDESTRIANS ARE NOT GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO CROSS STREET AND I WAS ABLE TO ALSO ASK ON THE FLOOR I'M ON RECORD ASKING DOES THIS PREVENT US FROM HAVING FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT
CONCURRENT PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL AND THEY SAID NO, IT DOES NOT PREVENT US AND WE CAN HAVE WORKSHOPS IN THE FUTURE. WE CAN HAVE MORE HEARINGS IN ORDER FOR US TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO MAKE CONCURRENT SINGLE
PEDESTRIAN SIGNALING SAFER ACROSS THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHY I DO FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY AND ASKING COLLEAGUES TO ALSO STAND WITH US TO MAKE SURE THIS GETS PASSED BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. IT IS A FEDERAL GRANT AND WE
DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO US IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR DURKAN SEEKS A SEEKS
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0448. MR. CLERK PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE NUMBERS 0448. COUNCILOR BREEN.
YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPOSED COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON. COUNCILOR FERNANDES HANSON YES.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR BURR TEN COUNTS OF A PIN. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR FOUR YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YEAH.
COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN HAVE A0448 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. ADOPTED NUMBER 0448 IS PASSED. WE ARE NOW I WANT TO MATT HAVE RECENTLY HEARD MR. CLERK WOULD
YOU PLEASE READ DOCKER NUMBER 0148 DOCKING NUMBER 0148 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE. RL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS RECENTLY HOLT HELD A HOSTED A
WORKING SESSION ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 24TH TO OUTLINE KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET AT THIS SESSION WE HAD COUNCILOR PEPEN WHO IS ALSO THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. COUNCILOR MURPHY, BRAYDEN WEBER
SANTANA AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE WERE ALL PRESENT. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN . DURING THIS WORKING SESSION COUNCILORS SHARE THE TOP PRIORITIES WHICH WILL BE
COMPILED INTO A LETTER TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY. SOME OF THE PRIORITIES DISCUSSED INCLUDE MORE SUPPORTS TO STABILIZE AND HOUSE STUDENTS MORE FUNDING FOR INCLUSION DONE
RIGHT, MORE FUNDING FOR LIBRARIES AND SCHOOL POOLS AND SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE ST STEPHEN'S MENTAL AND KATIE'S CLOSET. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS WE'VE
ALSO HOSTED ADDITIONAL WORKING SESSIONS TO REFINE AND CLARIFY THESE PRIORITIES ENSURING THAT WE ARE ADVOCATING EFFECTIVELY FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES.
WE HAVE UPDATED AND SUBMITTED REVISE AND WE HAVE ADDED RFI ADDENDUM TO STRENGTHEN OUR REQUESTS ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25TH. WE HELD THE BUDGET STAFF CLINIC
AND THIS IS SOLELY FOR COUNCILORS STAFF OR TEAM MEMBERS AT THIS SESSION. COUNCIL STAFF HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW DRAFT BUDGET DOCUMENTS AND RECEIVED
DIRECT RESPONSES FROM CFO BLOOM ON HONEST ON OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE OUR APPROACH AND ENSURE THAT OUR BUDGET ADVOCACY IS BOTH INFORMED AND STRATEGIC.
LOOKING AHEAD ON THE BUDGET PROCESS CONTINUES WITH ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27TH WE WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE WILL BE HOSTING A HEARING ON CITY REVENUE AND CURRENT FY 25 SPENDING WHICH WILL PROVIDE A
CLEARER PICTURE. BOSTON FINANCIAL STANDARD ON MONDAY MARCH 3RD THE COMMITTEE WILL HOST A WORKING SESSION WITH SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER, CFO, CFO BLOOM AND OTHER BPC
OFFICIALS WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE PUSHING FOR COUNCIL PRIORITIES AHEAD AHEAD OF THE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE BUDGET RESUBMISSION ON MARCH 16TH. ON FRIDAY MARCH 7TH WE ARE HOSTING ANOTHER WORKING SESSION FOCUSED ON THE CITY'S ENTIRE
OPERATING BUDGET ENSURING THAT WE ALIGN PRIORITIES ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET AND TO THE PARENTS EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PLAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS PROCESS.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MARCH 24TH WE WILL HOLD PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THE BUDGET AND OPERATING BUDGET. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE
ENGAGEMENT FROM THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE WE BUILD A BUDGET THAT IS INFORMED BY THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AROUND DOCKET NUMBER 0148 SHALL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 023720 DOCKETS NUMBERS ARE AS YOUR DOT IS RELIED ON FOR DOCKET 0148. OKAY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL NEAR THE FLOOR.
THANK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHAIR. WE'RE ALL FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 11. I WANT TO I WANT TO FOCUS ON AND I'M GLAD COUNCILOR WERE
ALL BROUGHT IT UP IS THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL STAFF AS WELL ENSURING THAT THEY ARE AWARE AND KNOW ABOUT THE BUDGET. HOW IMPORTANT THE BUDGET IS BUT
THE THE TRAINING AND BRIEF YOU PROVIDED CITY COUNCIL STAFF WAS VERY HELPFUL AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR STAFF ARE FULLY INVOLVED. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE IMPORTANT WORK OF OUR CITY COUNCIL TEAM CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF BUT ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL. WE'RE ALL FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER SO EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT THE BUDGET PROCESS IS THAT CAN CAPTURE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES KACZMAREK AS ME AGAIN FOR MY COLLEAGUE
COUNCIL WORRELL FOR HOSTING THE WORK IN SESSION. UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND BUT I DO WANT TO JUST RISE AND SUPPORT THE ST STEPHEN'S WHO ARE HERE TODAY AS
A AS A AS A PARENT WHO GRADUATED FROM THE MENTORING PROGRAM. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN HELPING TO ENGAGE OUR FAMILIES .
A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT VIPS IS DOING THINGS TO US WITHOUT US AND THE WORK THAT ST STEPHEN'S GROUP DOES REALLY BRINGS IN PARENTS TO THIS FOLD AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FIGHTING ALONGSIDE
YOU TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THE SERVICES AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT FIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. YES. AND THAT'S COUNCIL WHERE I STATED WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ST STEPHEN'S IN THE HOUSE FOR THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE
WE'RE HERE. I BELIEVE SOME OF YOU ARE HERE RECENTLY SO WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE AND TO COLLECTIVELY THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING THEM HERE TODAY AND WE ARE JUST VERY HAPPY COLLECTIVELY TO
CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ON YOUR BEHALF IN THE BUDGET AND IN ALL WAYS. SO THANK YOU. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0237 AND 02380237 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR
APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $128,700 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
SCHOOL FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVE
BILL OVERLAND SOCIETY FORENSIC GROUP DOCTOR NUMBER 0238 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION
FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $128,700 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COSTS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON POLICE DETECTIVE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FORENSIC CREW. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE A MARKET ADJUSTMENT TO BASE WAGES IN FISCAL YEAR 25 AS WELL AS BASE
WAGE INCREASE OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN JANUARY 2026 AND 2027 AND FLAT AMOUNTS OF $900 AND $800 TO BE ADDED TO ANNUAL SALARIES
IN JANUARY 2026 AND 2027. AFTER THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY 13, 2025 THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMER OUTCOMES FOR THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS CONVENED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 TO DISCUSS DOCKETS NUMBER 02370238. REPRESENTING THE ADMINISTRATION
WERE JAMES WILLIAMSON, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT RENÉ BUCCI, DIRECTOR OF LABOR RELATIONS JOHN WALTON ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNCILOR FOR THE BPD OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS.
RICHARD DEYO, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE BPD OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS. CASSIUS MURPHY LOUIJEUNE CARTER PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR PEPEN AND WEBER WERE
PRESENT FOR THE HEARING AND WE RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN. DIRECTOR WILLIAMSON PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTRACTS IMPACT ON THE CITY'S BUDGET. THIS AGREEMENT MOVES
APPROXIMATELY $128,700 FROM THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THE FBI 25 BUDGET WAS PASSED IN JUNE 2020 FOR THE RESERVE FOR THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING STOOD AT NINE POINTS 96 $96.8 MILLION. SINCE THEN 5015 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL TOTALING $13.7 MILLION.
WITH THIS REDUCTION THE NEW BALANCE IN THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS NOW $83 MILLION. DIRECTOR BUCCI OUTLINED KEY ASPECTS OF THE CONTRACT WHICH
WILL COVER APPROXIMATELY 33 POSITIONS IN A NEW SALARY SCALES THAT TAKE EFFECT 30 DAYS AFTER FUNDING IS APPROVED. THESE SCALES REFLECT BENCHMARKING EFFORTS AND ARE INTENDED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN
HIGHLY SKILLED EMPLOYEES WITH SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUNDS ON AVERAGE. STEP REPLACEMENT INCREASES WILL AMOUNT TO $4,700 WITH ADJUSTMENTS ACROSS GRADES AND
STEPS. THESE CONTRACTS ALSO EXTEND SICK LEAVE TO PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES WHOSE PROBATIONARY PERIOD HAS LENGTHENED TO 12 MONTHS TO ALIGN TO ALIGN WITH
SPECIALIZED NATURE OF THEIR WORK. ADDITIONALLY, THE CHANGES INCLUDE UPDATES TO MANAGEMENT RIGHTS CLAUSE AND A MORE FLEXIBLE ON CALL SYSTEM. ASSISTANT CORPORATION
COUNCILOR WILL TEND EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE EMPLOYEES TO THE DEPARTMENT EXPRESSING THE ADMINISTRATION SATISFACTION SATISFACTION WITH THE AGREEMENT COUNCILS AND REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS THE
TECHNOLOGY OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT WHICH AIM TO STREAMLINE MINOR UPDATES WITHOUT REQUIRING RENEGOTIATION. THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION ON WAGE INCREASES WITH LOWER WAGE EMPLOYEES SET TO SET TO RECEIVE
A HIGHER PERCENTAGE INCREASE THAN THE HIGHER HIGHER WAGE COUNTERPARTS. REPRESENTATIVE EXPLAINED THAT ALL EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER THIS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BELONG TO THE FORENSIC UNIT
WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR SPECIALIZED GROUPS. THE PRINT DIVISION WHICH ANALYZES UNSEEN EVIDENCE SUCH AS FINGERPRINTS. THE CRIME LAB UNIT WHICH CAN
WHICH CONDUCTS TESTS AROUND DNA AND OTHER TESTS. THE FIREARMS ANALYSIS UNIT WHICH HANDLES FIREARMS AND BALLISTIC TESTING. AND THE QUALITY ASSURANCE UNIT WHICH ENSURE THAT FORENSIC
METHODOLOGIES ADHERE TO SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS. DURING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PROCESS FOR THE CRIME LAB UNIT HAS BECOME MORE RIGOROUS DUE TO INCREASED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BUT THAT THESE RAISES IN PAY WILL HELP
IMPROVE RETENTION AT THE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS ALSO CLARIFIED THAT THIS TEAM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RETRIEVING DATA FROM CELL PHONES NOR ARE THEY SWORN OFFICERS. THEY ARE CIVILIANS WHO DO NOT CARRY FIREARMS.
AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR RL WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? CATTRALL SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0237 MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN HAVE A 0 TO
3 SEVEN COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON
AND COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES.
COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA? YES. AND COUNCILOR WEBER? YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
AND COUNCILOR WU YES COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL YES TALKING NUMBERS 0237 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE BOARD HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0237 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0238. MR KIRBY PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILOR BREEN YES.
COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PER COUNCILOR COLORS PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA STAND AS COUNCILOR FINANCE STANCE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
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 PIPPIN NONSTOP OPINIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. IS COUNCIL HOWEVER. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. IN COUNCILOR WORRELL.
YEAH. COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK IN NUMBER 0238 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0238 IS PASSED I THINK YOU MENTION THIS COUNCIL ARE OUT THE VOTE
THEY BOTH SAW STEP INCREASES AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S AN INCREASE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THESE AMOUNTS ARE. SO THANK YOU TO THE ADMIN FOR WORKING ON THAT. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 0407 ECONOMY 0407 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDINANCE FOR ROAD SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DELIVERY PROVIDERS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAIR THE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCIL AS A PARTNER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONVENED ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 24TH TO DISCUSS THE
DOCKET 0407 AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING REGULATIONS FOR THIRD PARTY DELIVERY PLATFORMS OPERATING IN BOSTON SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU. COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR COUNCILORS
PRESENT INCLUDED COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PAN MYSELF COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE DURKAN WITH A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE PRIMARY CONCERNS RAISED
DURING THE HEARING INCLUDED PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION. THE RAPID GROWTH OF FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES HAS CREATED CHALLENGES RELATED TO RECKLESS DRIVING CONGESTION AND PARKING ISSUES.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND ENFORCEMENT. THE NEED FOR CLEAR GUIDELINES REGARDING DRIVER REGISTRATION, INSURANCE AND DATA SHARING AS WELL AS WORKER PROTECTIONS, ENSURING FAIR LABOR PRACTICES
AND ADEQUATE INSURANCE FOR DELIVERY DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS. COUNCILORS EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS CONGESTION, SAFETY RISKS AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DELIVERY COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IN MY OPENING STATEMENTS I EXPRESSED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE ORDINANCE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE DISCUSSIONS WITH BOTH CITY OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY
REPRESENTATIVES. I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCING REGULATION WITH INDUSTRY CONCERNS AND IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY WITHOUT IMPOSING EXCESSIVE BURDENS.
WE HEARD FROM FROM CITY OFFICIALS CHIEF FRANK AND HODGE ,CHIEF OF STREETS NICK GOVE, COMMISSIONER OF BTD AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HUMPHREYS FROM BOSTON FROM THE BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THEIR TESTIMONY INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING POINTS THEY ESTABLISH THAT THE UNREGULATED GROWTH OF DELIVERY SERVICES HAS EXACERBATED PARKING SHORTAGES, CONGESTION AND AGAIN RECKLESS
DRIVING FRUSTRATING RESIDENTS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS. THE ORDINANCE ADDRESSES OR SEEKS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BY CREATING A FRAMEWORK REQUIRING REGISTRATION
INSURANCE FOR DELIVERY VEHICLES ,DATA SHARING ON VEHICLE TYPES, ORDER VOLUME AND DELIVERY TIMES, BUSINESS REGISTRATION AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS WITH THE GOAL TO ESTABLISH CORPORATE
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT IMPOSING UNREASONABLE COSTS. A FEW KEY QUESTIONS IN RESPONSES INCLUDED THE IDEA FROM COUNCILOR DURKAN TO INTRODUCE FEE AND REVENUE
GENERATION BY PROPOSING A DELIVERY FEE TO FUND ENFORCEMENT CITING SIMILAR POLICIES IN OTHER STATES. SHE FRANKLYN HODGE CONFIRMED THAT THE CITY INCURS COSTS DUE
TO DELIVERY SERVICE OPERATIONS INCLUDING ALTERED PARKING POLICIES AND ENFORCEMENT EXPENSES. I ASKED ABOUT RELATED ENFORCEMENT EXPENSES AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
THERE WERE QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT EQUITY IN ENFORCEMENT ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACTS ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS DATA COLLECTION AND TRANSPARENCY. WE ALSO HEARD FROM
REPRESENTATIVES FROM MAJOR DELIVERY PLATFORMS INCLUDING DOORDASH, UBER EATS AND GRUBHUB WHO RAISED VARIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM GOPUFF AS WELL. DOORDASH HAD MENTIONED THAT
THEY ALREADY PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL ACCENT ACCIDENTAL INSURANCE FOR TWO AND FOUR WHEEL DRIVERS AND THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO SUPPORT DRIVER EDUCATION EFFORTS AND THEY WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT DATA SHARING PROVISIONS AND THE EXCLUSION OF GROCERY DELIVERY PLATFORMS FROM REGULATIONS. UBER EATS RAISED SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT INCREASED COSTS FOR DRIVERS AND THEY NOTED THAT
MASSACHUSETTS LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE COLLISION OR MEDICAL INSURANCE BUT THE ORDINANCE DOES AND STRESSED THE NEED FOR A BALANCED APPROACH THAT DOES NOT DISCOURAGE WHO WILL DELIVERY DISCOURAGE EXCUSE
ME TO WILL DELIVERIES. GRUBHUB HAD WARNED THAT ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS WOULD INCREASE COSTS FOR RESTAURANT AND DELIVERY WORKERS AND ARGUED THAT VAGUE INSURANCE AND DATA SHARING REQUIREMENTS CREATE
COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO STAY IN COMMITTEE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND SO TO HAVE FOR THE DISCUSSIONS INCLUDING THE FREE THE FEE STRUCTURES AND THE
SCOPE OF DATA SHARING REQUIREMENTS I WILL CONTINUE TO DELIBERATIONS AND WILL KEEP THIS IN COMMITTEE BEFORE ADVANCING TO THE COUNCIL FOR A
FULL VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS A LOT AS A PART OF THE CHAIR CAN I JUST ASK YOU PLENTY OF FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR ZAPATA AS WELL.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE AT THAT HEARING THE IMPORTANT HEARING I WAS AT A DISABLED VETERANS CONFERENCE SO I DO APOLOGIZE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR REQUEST OR ASK IS ONE MAJOR CONCERN I HAVE. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER WE'LL DISCUSS SOMEWHAT RELATED RELATED IS HOW IT
IMPACTS UBER AND LYFT AS WELL. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES I KNOW IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT IN THIS DOCUMENT BUT THE
CITY OF BOSTON AND BOSTON POLICE SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT OVERSEE REGULATE UBER AND LYFT. THAT'S DONE THROUGH THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES . THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN I HAVE. I BELIEVE UBER AND LYFT SHOULD BE REGULATED BY BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND NOT A STATE AGENCY SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR FOR MANY REASONS. I THINK BOSTON POLICE KNOW HOW
TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK ESPECIALLY THEY'VE DONE IT FOR SO MANY YEARS REGULATING THE TAXI INDUSTRY AS WELL.
BUT UBER AND LYFT SHOULD BE REGULATED AND SUPERVISED UNDER SOME TYPE OF SUPERVISION BY BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS. WE HAD A TERRIBLE ALLEGED
HORRIFIC RAPE IN SOUTH BOSTON RECENTLY FROM ONE OF THESE PLATFORM COMPANIES AND WE NEED TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE
CURRENT LAW. WE CAN'T SIT BY AND DO NOTHING. WELL, THIS INDUSTRY IS BASICALLY UNREGULATED. IT'S LIKE THE WILD WEST HERE.
THESE DRIVERS IN MY OPINION SHOULD BE FINGERPRINTED WHICH THEY ARE NOT. THEY SHOULD GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE MASSACHUSETTS
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND OUT OF STATE BACKGROUND CHECKS AS WELL. THAT SUPERVISION SHOULD BE DONE BY BOSTON POLICE. I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK IF THAT CAN BE PART OF THE
CONVERSATION. I SENT A FORMAL LETTER LAST NIGHT TO MAYOR WILL AND COMMISSIONER COX SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR THIS.
BUT I CAN'T SIT BY WHILE AN UNREGULATED INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO HURT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS CITY ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY WOMEN YOUNG WOMAN IN MY
DISTRICT ACROSS THE CITY. WE NEED TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS ON THESE TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
DOCKET NUMBER 0407 WILL REMAIN REMAINING COMMITTEE MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER OH. THE CHAIR AGAIN. IS THIS ON THE SAME DOCKET? OKAY. THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CONSIDER AGAIN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THIS? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PART OF HER A VERY IMPORTANT HEARING AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD A HEARING LAST YEAR IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND A
LOT OF THE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS AROUND THIS ORDINANCE ARE SORT OF COMING FROM THE INFANCY OF A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS LOOKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, LOOKING FOR A FRAMEWORK.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR OFFERING THIS. I DO THINK THEY'RE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORKING SESSION BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF IDEAS PERCOLATING AND I WAS INTERESTED TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO INSTALL A FEE GIVEN ALL OF THE IMPACTS OF IMPLEMENTING THIS ORDINANCE AND WHAT IT WOULD WHAT IT WOULD COST POTENTIALLY TO IMPLEMENT THIS ORDINANCE.
BUT I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND JUST WHEN I THINK ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES FOR BEING INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AND I JUST CAN'T RECALL THAT AS A PARTY ON THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO COUNCILOR FLYNN. I GUESS SO THIS THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION I DON'T KNOW IS THE CORRECT VEHICLE FOR
THAT JUST GIVEN THAT IN 2016 GOVERNOR BAKER SIGNED THE TNC LAW THAT'S IN CURRENT EFFECT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL CAN ALWAYS ENTERTAIN AN AMENDMENT THROUGH
A FORMAL PETITION TO THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WAS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR BAKER. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU CHAIR CLUB AS A PARTNER FOR HOLDING THE HEARING. LIKE COUNCILOR DURKIN SAID, I
THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. LOTS OF QUESTIONS AROUND PRIVACY AND CLAIMS OF PRIVACY AND HOW DO WE PREVENT COSTS FROM PASSING ON TO THE CONSUMER. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
CONTINUE TO WORK HERE ON THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0407 WHICH I REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBER 026820268 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE PLANS AND THE WAY TO DO FACILITIES
WORK THIS SUMMER AT SEVERAL OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT MAY IMPACT THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMEN IN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, CATHERINE MURPHY AND THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE
ADMINISTRATION WHO ATTENDED THIS INFORMAL HEARING EDDIE MCGUIRE WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR DCF. BRIAN FORD, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR BP'S ENRON MCNULTY,
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. I WAS NOT JOINED BY ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AT THIS HEARING BUT THE PAST TWO SUMMERS ALTHOUGH MUCH NEEDED FAC WORK IS NEEDED
IN OUR BUILDINGS IT DID CAUSE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS AND THE FACT WORK SHUT DOWN MANY SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW HOUSED COMMUNITY CENTERS IN MANY SCHOOLS THAT OFFER OUR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR
FOR OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS AND A LOT OF THE OTHER SUMMER PROGRAMING FOR EXTENDED LEARNING. SO IT DID CAUSE MANY DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY TO SCRAMBLE TO FIND ALTERNATIVE
SPACES DURING THIS TIME. SO IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THAT OF THE MANY SCHOOLS THAT THEY'LL BE WORKING ON THIS SUMMER AND NONE ARE ATTACHED TO ANY OF OUR CYF CENTERS SO THEY
DO NOT NEED TO PLAN FOR ANY CHANGES IN MANY OF THE PROGRAMS LIKE THE LAHEY HALL OR IN WHO HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO SUMMERS IN SOUTH BOSTON AT THE PERRY AND AT THE CURLEY IS ONE EXAMPLE WHERE THEY CAN RETURN
BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER. THE OTHER GOOD NEWS IS CAMP JOY FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT IN WEST ROXBURY AT THE ORANGE BERGER HAS SIGNED TO COME BACK
THERE THIS SUMMER BECAUSE THAT BUILDING WILL BE OPEN AND READY TO BRING THEM BACK SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. ANOTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS BECAUSE WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE POOLS IN THE OTHER
PROGRAMING THAT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS OFFER. WE ARE ON TRACK AND IN A GOOD PLACE, EDDIE SAID WITH OUR HIRING OF LIFEGUARDS WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB THESE LAST FEW SUMMERS.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY STILL POOLS THAT DISTRICT COUNSELORS I CAN UPDATE YOU ON WHICH ONES STILL NEED TO HAVE WORK DONE TO ENSURE. BUT ONE THING THAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS FOCUSING ON AND SINCE IT'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, EAMON SHELTON REPORTED ALONG WITH EDDIE MCGUIRE THAT THEY DO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE.
THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS REALLY HELPED THIS AREA BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON WHAT THEIR JOB IS WHICH IS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMING AND NOT HAVE TO DO ALL THE WORK OF THE MANAGING OF THE
BUILDINGS WHICH WE KNOW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ALREADY KNOWS HOW TO DO WELL. BUT THEY ARE TAKING A NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC APPROACH NOT A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL OR BUILDING APPROACH.
SO YOU MAY HEAR FROM DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT THEIR SCHOOL OR THEIR BUILDING IS CLOSED BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT IF A SCHOOL OR POOL HAS TO BE CLOSED
THAT AT LEAST OTHER UP OR OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE AVAILABLE. SO NO NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WE DID SEE THESE LAST FEW SUMMERS ARE LEFT WITHOUT ANY ACCESS TO
PROGRAMING OR POOLS. BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THIS MIGHT AFFECT COUNCIL OF LAND AND COUNCIL OF FINANCE ANDERSON THAT THE SOUTH END IS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED MAY NOT HAVE A POOL
OR PROGRAMING NOT ENOUGH CLOSE BY TO ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT COMMUNITY THERE. SO CONTINUING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR SUMMER CAMPS. OUR KIDS, OUR FAMILIES REALLY
RELY ON THIS PROGRAMING AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME MAKING SURE THAT THE FUNDING AND THE WORK GETS DONE OF THE MUCH NEEDED WORK ON OUR OLD SCHOOL BUILDINGS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH THEM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THIS CONTRACT WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THAT HEARING.
I WAS NOT THERE AND I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR NOT BEING THERE. I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US AS COLLEAGUES TO BE THERE FOR FOR A CHAIR TO SUPPORT A CHAIR REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ISSUE IS. SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK COUNCIL MURPHY
YOU HAVE DONE BUT I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR COLLEAGUES AGAIN I WAS NOT THERE. I WAS AT A DISABLED VETERANS CONFERENCE BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW UP TO SUPPORT A
CHAIR REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ISSUE IS IN MY OPINION. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER IN
THE SOUTH END HAS BEEN WITHOUT A SWIMMING POOL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND IT'S UNLIKELY THAT IT WILL GET FIXED
AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING BUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN IF WE WOULD TO FIX THAT? BLACKSTONE IS BASICALLY TEARING DOWN THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL AND
IT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE BUILDING A NEW SWIMMING POOL. BUT THE CITY JUST IS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE POOL WITHOUT WITHOUT DOING MAJOR RENOVATION OR A
TOTALLY NEW SCHOOL AT THE BLACKSTONE. SO WANT TO ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL AT TRYING TO FERNANDEZ ANDERSON IT'S IT'S KIND OF RIGHT ON THE BORDER IN
COUNCIL AND COUNCIL FITZGERALD AS WELL BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS FROM THE SOUTH END AND KIDS FROM ROXBURY ALSO HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SWIM AND THAT'S THAT SHOULD BE OUR
PRIORITY AND I KNOW IT'S A PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL FERNANDEZ AND FITZGERALD BUT GIVING THEM THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER KIDS INCLUDING SWIMMING LESSONS WHILE THE BLACKSTONE IS NOT
AVAILABLE. SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IMPORTANT ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY, DOCKET NUMBER 0268 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE MR. CLERK, PLEASE RECORD NUMBER 01440144
PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZES CONNECTICUT AS A PART OF THE CHAIR. THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HELD A WORKING
SESSION. YES, YES, YES. YESTERDAY YESTERDAY THE HOURS ALONG WITH THE SHORT YESTERDAY FEBRUARY 25TH IN THE PARTY ROOM I WAS JOINED BY COUNCILORS
LOUIJEUNE MURPHY, BREADON, MARIA FITZGERALD, SANTANA AND WORL AND WE RECEIVED AN ABSENCE LETTER FROM COUNCILOR WEBER THE ADMINISTRATION WAS INVITED.
THEY DID NOT COME ALTHOUGH THEY SENT A LETTER FROM ANITA TAVARES WHO'S THE ELECTION COMMISSIONER DISCUSSING THE RECENT DIRECTIVES FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
OF STATE. WE WENT LINE BY LINE IN THE LANGUAGE AND WE DISCUSSED VARIOUS LANGUAGE CHANGES INCLUDING CITATIONS AND UPDATE OF CITATION TYPE THE CITATIONS
TO REFLECT CURRENT STATUTES WE ORDERED IN IN ONE OF THE FIRST SECTIONS POTENTIALLY RESTRICTING THE LEGISLATURE FROM MAKING CHANGES TO THIS PETITION OTHER THAN
TYPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES WE WILL CONTINUE REVIEWING OTHERS COMPETITIONS PETITIONS TO SEE AND REFLECT WHAT OTHER LANGUAGE THEY USE. WE ALSO ARE SEEKING TO CHANGE
VARIOUS DEFINITIONS OR EXCUSE ME REFERENCE DEFINITIONS OF GENERAL ELECTION, PRELIMINARY ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION AS DEFINED BY STATUTE IN SECTION FOUR WE NEED
TO WORK WITH THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO POTENTIALLY ESTABLISH AN EXACT MECHANISM FOR BREAKING A TIE WITHIN THE LEGISLATION AND THEN THERE IN
SECTION FIVE WE STILL NEED TO REVIEW THE TERM REASONABLE BASED ON THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS AFTER THE
POLLS CLOSED. SO WITH ALL OF THIS WORK STILL NEEDING TO BE DONE, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE FOR AN ADDITIONAL WORKING SESSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO OUR
CLOUD AS A PARTNER FOR HOSTING YESTERDAY'S WORKING SESSION ON OUR RANKED CHOICE VOTING COMPETITION AN IMPORTANT VOICE OF VOTING RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REFORM THAT LEADS TO A FAIRER AND BETTER ELECTION OUTCOMES. WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE WORKING
SESSION SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE THERE AND WHO HAD REALLY THOUGHTFUL IDEAS ON HOW TO CLARIFY AND EDIT THE LEGISLATION. I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS
TO A LOT OF STAFF CENTRAL STAFF JESSIE MY STAFF ELLIE AND COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POTTER'S OFFICE AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ED SHOEMAKER FROM RETRACE BOSTON, GREG DENNIS FROM VOTER CHOICE MASSACHUSETTS WE HAD SOME FOLKS HERE TODAY
RALPH FROM JAMAICA PLAIN FOR SHARING THEIR EXPERTISE IN HELPING US MOVE CLOSER TO A STRONGER, MORE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION PROCESS. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT WORKING SESSION SO THAT WE CAN REALLY FINALIZE THE LANGUAGE.
AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK THE BROAD COALITION OF PEOPLE AGAIN WHO ARE SUPPORTING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BRAINTREE IS VOTING IS ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE CANDIDATE WHO IS ELECTED HAS A
MAJORITY SUPPORT OF THOSE VOTERS. SO FROM THE URBAN LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS TO THE NAACP TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL TO A MASS
VOTER TABLE TO EVERYONE WHO WAS IN SUPPORT AND TO BOSTONIANS 62% OF WHOM VOTED IN FAVOR OF CHANGE WITH VOTING IN 2020. WE SEE YOU AND WE ARE HERE TO DO WORK ON YOUR BEHALF AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NETWORKING
SESSION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK IT WAS REFERENCED BY COUNCIL A LETTER THAT LAST
NOVEMBER WE HAD A CITYWIDE BALLOT SHORTAGES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. POLL WORKERS COULD NOT REACH THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT LONG
PERIODS OF WAITING TIME FOR ADDITIONAL BALLOTS WRONG BALLOTS, ENGLISH SPEAKERS NEEDING TO VOTE USING CHINESE BALLOTS AT THE CATHEDRAL PUBLIC
AT THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH END WHERE I VISITED WITH MY WIFE CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS VOTING BY FLASHLIGHT FROM THEIR CELL PHONE BECAUSE THERE WERE
NO LIGHTS THERE. LET ME REPEAT THAT AGAIN THE LIGHTS WERE NOT ON IN THE SCHOOL IN RESIDENCE AFTER 6:00 WERE USING THEIR CELL PHONES AS
FLASHLIGHTS. JUST THIS WEEK MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF STATE BILL GALVIN ORDERED THE BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT TO OVERHAUL PRACTICES.
HE APPOINTED A STATE RECEIVER TO MAKE CHANGES AFTER SERIOUS MISTAKES WITH BALLOT SHORTAGES, POLL WORKER TRAINING, COMMUNICATION IN ELECTION AND
PLANNING, LACK OF PREPARING WITH ALL OF THESE SERIOUS ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN BOSTON ELECTION. I DON'T THINK WE'RE ABLE TO ADD RANKED CHOICE VOTING.
I THINK IT WOULD BE TOO COMPLICATED. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR ALSO TO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THIS NEW SYSTEM
THAT FOMENTING THIS NEW SYSTEM IS CONFUSING. HE'LL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO MISTAKES IN VOTING FOR OUR RESIDENTS INCLUDING OUR SENIORS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNERS AT A TIME WHEN RESIDENTS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ELECTION PROCESS. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS
RESTORE FAITH. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS TO UNDERMINE OUR ELECTION PROCESS. WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE MORE CONFUSION.
THE OPTION TO RANK CANDIDATES WOULD REPLACE OUR STRAIGHTFORWARD VOTING PROCESS IN PRACTICE THE ADDED COMPLEXITY CAN POTENTIALLY CONFUSE RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY
THOSE WHO ARE LESS INFORMED ABOUT THE ELECTION SYSTEM AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CHOICES AND HOW IT IMPACTS AN ELECTION OUTCOME. AND THE OTHER CONCERN IS THE
FINANCIAL BURDEN THAT CONVERTING OUR ELECTIONS TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING WOULD IMPOSE ON THE CITY OF BOSTON. WHILE THE CITY OF BOSTON FACES SIGNIFICANT FISCAL ISSUES IN
THE YEARS AHEAD. WE SHOULD NOT BE ASKING THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON TO INCUR ADDITIONAL COSTS OF THIS UNNECESSARY CHANGE IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS.
IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE DO ALL WE CAN TO MAINTAIN THE FAITH OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND DEMOCRACY . I BELIEVE A CHANGE TO A SYSTEM WHERE THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES MAY NOT BE
DECLARED THE WINNER. VOTING IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. IT IS CRITICAL TO MAINTAIN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS THAT ENHANCES PARTICIPATION AND UNDERSTANDING
RATHER THAN ONE THAT COMPLICATES VOTING AND SPREADS OUR RESOURCES. THE CITY OF BOSTON SHOULD BUT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING AND ADDRESSING CRITICAL COMMUNITY
NEEDS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND IN A WAY WE ARE WE ALMOST HAVE THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM HERE ON THE CITY
COUNCIL IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AT LARGE. THE PRELIMINARY IS KIND OF NARROWED DOWN AND SAME THING WITH THE DISTRICT. THE TOP TWO PEOPLE MOVE FORWARD
FROM THE PRELIMINARY INTO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. LET'S NOT ADD MORE CONFUSION TO THE PROCESS. LET'S MAKE IT SIMPLE.
THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT NEEDS OUR SUPPORT. THEY DON'T NEED US TO ADD FURTHER BURDEN AND CHALLENGES TO THEM. THE SYSTEM WE ALL KNOW THE SYSTEM LAST NOVEMBER FIELD HOW
COULD WE POSSIBLY ADD MORE DUTIES TO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME? GIVE THIS RECEIVER GIVE HIM OR HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
NECESSARY CHANGES. WE CAN HAVE A RECEIVER FOR TWO YEARS. THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A RECEIVER AND THEN MAYBE AFTER THAT MAYBE IT'S WORTH HAVING ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS. I THINK A LOT OF THEM. WE ADDRESSED YESTERDAY IN THE WORKING SESSION REGARDING IN THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT LAST
TERM WHEN WE HAD THE HEARING IN OCTOBER ABOUT HOW THE COSTS WOULD BE MINIMAL. WE'RE UP FOR THE NEED FOR NEW MACHINES PRETTY SOON THE SOFTWARE CAPABILITY IS ALREADY THERE. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COALITION AND I ALSO WANT
TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN OUR ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ALSO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TABULATION
OF VOTES, IT'S NOT AS DRASTIC CHANGE. AND ALSO JUST FOR FLAHERTY JUST TO CORRECT SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THE STATE THE SECRETARY OF STATE APPOINTED A
DESIGNEE NOWHERE DID HE CALL IT A RECEIVER. AND SO I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS THERE'S A DESIGNEE THAT IS GOING TO WORK WITH OUR OFFICE BUT IT IS NOT RECEIVERSHIP.
CASTOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THAT'S INACCURATE, MADAM CHAIR. THIS THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS IMPOSING IS ENSURING US OF STATE RECEIVER ON THE CITY
OF BOSTON. WE FAILED GOT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THEM BUT TO DOWNPLAY THE DOWNPLAY WHAT HAPPENED LAST NOVEMBER IS IS
DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WAS 1600 CALLS MADE BY POLL WORKERS INTO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT ON ELECTION
DAY THEY WENT UNANSWERED. NO ONE HE ANSWER THOSE CALLS. WE CAN'T DOWNPLAY WHAT HAPPENED BUT LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO FIX IT. THAT'S WHAT THIS STATE RECEIVER
WILL DO TO SUPPORT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
OKAY, THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS, COUNTER MEDIA, CONSUMER REPORTS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW AND BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD I BELIEVE THAT THE CHAIR IS KEEPING THE REPORT IN HER COMMITTEE AND
THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO DELIBERATE AND WE'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE. RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I AM NOT GOING TO BE REBUTTING THEM AT THIS MOMENT. I'M GOING TO UTILIZE THE WORKING SESSION FOR US TO
REALLY MAP THROUGH SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT MY COLLEAGUE HAS RAISED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SUPPORT DISENFRANCHIZED VOTERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING THAT CONVERSATION IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. I'M HERE AND I AGREE. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. THE CHAIR IS KIND OF AN ENGINEER SITTING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
I DISAGREE WITH RANK CHOICE BOSTON FOR OTHER REASONS THERE ARE ON DISTRICT LEVEL I THINK FOR DISENFRANCHIZED COMMUNITIES IT POSES CONCERN. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK IN SESSION TO DISCUSS THEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO ALSO SECOND YOUR SENTIMENT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO AT SHOEMAKER WHO HAS BEEN A REALLY STRONG LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZER
ON THIS. I DO BELIEVE THAT IT COULD WORK FOR THE AT-LARGE RACE AND FOR THE MAYORAL RACE BUT I THINK THAT IN THE SMALL DISTRICT LEVEL MAYBE I'M IGNORANT TO SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S
GOING TO ENCOURAGE ME TO SUPPORT IT. BUT FOR NOW I THINK I NEED TO PROBABLY ATTEND HIS WORK IN SESSION, LEARN MORE AND SEE IF I CAN BE CONVINCED THAT IT
COULD WORK FOR DISTRICTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR AN INGENIOUS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORKING SESSION TO FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AS WELL WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 00144 SHALL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. WE WILL BE TAKING ONE DOCKET OUT OF ORDER.
I DO WANT TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES PER RULE 39 A LEAD SPONSOR MAY HAVE THE FLOOR FOR 3 MINUTES WHEN A NEW FILE DOCKET IS INTRODUCED. CO-SPONSORS MAY HAVE THE FLOOR FOR 2 MINUTES GIVEN THE FILINGS.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STICK THAT WE STICK TO THAT. WE'RE TAKING OUT OF ORDER DOCKET NUMBER 0556 MR. CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 05560556
COUNCILOR SANTANA AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PRIORITIZING FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM OPERATED BY ST STEPHEN'S YOUTH
PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA. CASA SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT'S NICE TO SPEND ABOUT 12 AND YOURSELF AS AS AN ORIGINAL
CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR SANTANA SEATS HAS BEEN THE RULES. ADD MYSELF AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS AND SO ADDED COUNSELORS INTO ANY OTHER FLOOR. YEAH.
I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE ST STEPHEN'S PROGRAM. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. I KNOW THEY'RE GETTING ALL THESE EARLIER. THEY'RE HERE AND PRESENT. YOU KNOW THIS UH THIS PROGRAM
IS CRITICAL. IT'S A PROGRAM WHERE, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE ABLE TO COME AND WORK AND BE IN SCHOOLS AND BEING ABLE TO HELP OUR MOST
VULNERABLE OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. I AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE MY MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE BLACKSTONE EARLIER.
I'M A GRADUATE FROM THE BLACKSTONE. I ALSO WENT TO THE WINSHIP SCHOOL IN BRIGHTON AND I HAD A ONE ON ONE HEALTH PROBLEM FROM BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS BECAUSE I
WAS AN IMMIGRANT FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WHO DID NOT KNOW NEITHER ENGLISH NOR SPANISH. AND I HAD IN THOSE IN BOTH THOSE SCHOOLS I HAD LOVING ADULTS WHO BOTH KNOW BOTH MY
NATIVE LANGUAGE AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH ME, TO BE ABLE TO MENTOR ME AND TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE ME AND I'VE I'VE BENEFITED GREATLY, YOU KNOW, NOW BEING
ABLE TO SPEAK BOTH LANGUAGES FLUENTLY EVEN THOUGH I'VE LOST A LITTLE BIT OF MY SPANISH OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS PROGRAM ALSO DOES, RIGHT? I THINK IT PROVIDES FIRST FOR
PARENTS TO BE AS BE MORE INVOLVED AND TO BECOME MORE CIVICALLY ENGAGED, TO BE INVOLVED IN SCHOOLS AND ALSO GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN FOR OUR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY NOW
WITH AN INFLUX OF OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS WE LOVING ADULTS IN OUR SCHOOLS WE NEED ADULTS WHO ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED ADULTS WHO KNOW OUR KIDS AND THIS PROGRAM DOES JUST
THAT. I KNOW WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN A VERY CRITICAL TIME WHERE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND WE'RE GOING TO I THINK RIGHT. THERE'S GOING TO BE CUTS THROUGHOUT MANY DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE SHOULD BE CUTTING. THESE ARE ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE SHOULD BE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN. AND YOU KNOW, I I'M PROUDLY
STANDING IN SUPPORT OF THE TEEN STEPHEN'S PROGRAM AS A DOMINICAN IMMIGRANT, AS A STUDENT AND AS SOMEONE WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES HERE IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON. SO YOU KNOW, I'VE MET WITH SUPERINTENDENT RECENTLY. I'VE EXPRESSED MY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM. I KNOW THAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TWO DIFFERENT
CHANNELS HAVE EXPRESSED AND MET WITH ST STEPHEN'S. I KNOW THAT SUPPORT RIGHT HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M VERY PROUD AGAIN TO BE PART RIGHT HERE WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN AND CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
LOUIJEUNE BUT I KNOW THAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THIS AND I JUST WANT TO STAND WITH YOU ALL AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU GET THE FUNDING THAT YOU DESERVE. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR
FROM MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSTABLE THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THANK YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT
WORK AND ADVOCACY YOU HAVE PROVIDED ON THIS ISSUE. I ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF COUNCILOR MEJIA AS WELL AND HER A LONG TIME SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO
THE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE AT ST STEPHEN'S BUT ALSO TO THE TO THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM AS WELL. UM I'M PROUD TO HAVE ST
STEPHEN'S LOCATED KIND OF IN THE HEART OF MY DISTRICT RIGHT IN RIGHT IN VILLA VICTORIA AND
I WAS PROUD TO WELCOME THEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE MOSTLY MOSTLY MOTHERS TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY
DO ACROSS THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM SUPPORTING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN NEED BUT PROVIDING REALLY EXCEPTIONAL
LEADERSHIP, EXCEPTIONAL WORK, ACADEMIC SUPPORT SO TWO CHILDREN, TWO STUDENTS THAT THAT REALLY NEED IT AND MANY OF THEM ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNERS BUT THIS PROGRAM IS EXCEPTIONAL AND IT PUTS THESE MOSTLY MOTHERS ON A PATHWAY
REALLY TO GET A FULL TIME JOB BUT ALSO THEY'RE PROVIDING SO MUCH SUPPORT TO STUDENTS THESE THESE WORKERS, THESE DEDICATED PARENTS THEY DON'T MAKE MUCH
MONEY. THEY ONLY WORK THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HOURS A WEEK. YOU CAN WORK IN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED.
THESE THESE PARENTS ASSISTANCE ARE NOT WEALTHY. THEY'RE WORKING HARD AND DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN, TO SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT
WE REALLY WANT OUR TAX MONEY TO GO TOWARDS WHEN WE SEE A PROGRAM THAT WORKS WE SHOULD SUPPORT IT AND I'VE LISTENED CLOSELY TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN
THIS PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK BUT ALSO OF OVER THE YEARS AND I'VE AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT VERTICAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT THESE
MOTHERS ARE PROVIDING STUDENTS ACROSS US IS DESPERATELY, DESPERATELY NEEDED AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THAT FUNDING IS IN THE BUDGET WANTED TO PARTNER
WITH WITH COUNCIL OF COUNCIL SANTANA AND WITH AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR HERE AND MADAM CHAIR AS WELL THANK YOU
THANK YOU I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CONGRESSMAN DINNER FOR ADDING ME ON THIS AND I WANT TO SAY WELCOME AGAIN TO YOU CAN COME BACK NEXT WEEK TO ST
STEPHEN'S THIS IS YOUR HOME THIS IS YOUR CITY HALL AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. YOU KNOW MY STAFF WHEN THEY CAME BACK FROM VISITING THE PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM THEY WERE
JUST SO MOVED BY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING SO MANY OF YOU WHO ARE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE WHO ARE LATINO KORNEGAY, SENOR KILLA
I'VE BEEN UP NOT NOT NAVIGATED BUT I HOPE TO CONTINUE. I'VE BEEN BUSY WORKING ON NEW CAR, NEW CAR ALL NEW OF EQUITY NOT ONLY FOR THEM IMPORTER FOR NEW BIKE TO MUNICIPAL AND
LOCAL. MY FATHER CAME HERE TO THIS COUNTRY NOT SPEAKING ANY ENGLISH AND GETTING INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOLS AND BEING AN
ADVOCATE AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT PROGRAMS LIKE ST STEPHEN'S. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU ALL BE DOING YOUR BEST TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND
BUILDING COMMUNITIES. I KNOW WHEN MY STAFF WAS THERE YOU WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT KIDS AND LGBTQ ISSUES AND HOW DO YOU TO A NEW LAND AND A NEW CULTURE IN NEW WAYS AND SO
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU ALL ARE CHALLENGING YOURSELVES AND LEARNING SO MUCH . AND THIS MORNING I WAS AT THE MASS MENTORSHIP PART MASS MENTOR PARTNERSHIP AND IT'S SO
IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY MENTOR EACH OTHER BECAUSE MENTORING SOMEONE GIVES THEM HOPE AND THE BELIEF IN THEMSELVES AND SO MAY YOU ALL BELIEVE IN YOUR AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL POWER AND WE ALL
WORK TOGETHER FOR THAT COLLECTIVE POWER TO BRING ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN OUR CITY. SO I JUST I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE AND AGAIN WE ARE HERE ALL OF US TO BE YOUR ADVOCATES BUT YOU ALL ARE YOUR
OWN BEST ADVOCATES SO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. CONSISTENT AND I KNOW YOU LOOK FAMILIAR 19 YEARS I WORK THERE
AND I YEAH IN THE PROGRAM 19 YEARS AGO. SO WITH YOU ARE I DON'T KNOW WERE YOU LIKE SEVEN AND SO I THINK I THE CHAIR CARLOS
SANTANA IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU KNOW I, I JUST I WANTED TO AGAIN SECOND MY COLLEAGUES THOUGHTS HERE. IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND I
KNOW BECAUSE I WORK THERE AND 19 YEARS AGO I WAS EXPECTING MY SECOND CHILD AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO LIZ, YOUR CEO. LIZ, I LOVE YOU. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
I AM FOREVER INDEBTED TO YOU WHO TOOK ME IN JUST ABOUT FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT TO WORK IN THE PROGRAM AND ESSAYS EVEN SO AND THEN WE WOULD GO TO BLACKSTONE AND BACK AND FORTH TO YES EVEN
TO WORK FOR THE TUTORING PROGRAM AND THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND ALSO THE SUMMER PROGRAM. THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THEY ALSO ALSO APOLOGIZE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THEY HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY ACTUALLY COOK THERE. SO EVERY DAY YOU GET LIKE THIS AMAZING COOK FOOD AND EVERYONE CONTRIBUTES AND ACTUALLY CLEANS
UP THE WHOLE PLACE SO IT REALLY FEELS LIKE HOME AWAY FROM HOME IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE SUMMER PROGRAM AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT? LIKE INVESTING IN OUR PARENTS
THAT HOME SCHOOL CONNECTION E CONDOLENCES. SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. MY MOM'S LEFT LOS PADRES AND LA CASA PRESCHOOL.
I MEAN I DO THAT A LOT MINO CONSUELO CASUAL ALMOST KISSED ME STILL ALMOST CASI I'M SORRY GAP THOSE ARE FOR YOUNG COM LOSS PROGRAMS BUT I CERTAINLY SEE THAT I MEAN CONNECT BACK SAY LA CASA DE LA
QUINTA BETTER E PEDRO NO I KNOW E SAME WAS LOCATED ALMOST SIEMPRE THE ALMOST NOISE OF THE SAME THING IT'LL SEE GRANDMA SINCE INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM PUT DOWN THE INVESTMENT THE
IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOUNG IS IMPORTANT AND ALSO ABOUT MUSIC BEING SPOKESWOMAN FOR IT IS BECAUSE THE ONLY PERSON ON THOSE BOTHERS AND THOSE IS WHEN SHE'S MY GRASS IS BORING IN BUSINESS SO CORAZON E ARE MORE
E CASUALNESS OR SEAHORSE EVERMORE SELF CHARITY ANNUAL BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MAYBE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR BUT AS WITH ANY OTHER FORM THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAD THE HONOR OF GOING TO GO VISIT THE ST STEPHEN'S PROGRAM
ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I WAS ABLE TO REALLY GET A SENSE OF THE TYPE OF WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AND I WAS LEFT REALLY IMPRESSED BECAUSE WHAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE IS THAT YOU BECOME PART OF A CLASSROOM.
YOU MAKE IT FEEL SAFER FOR KIDS THAT ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE WHEN THEY GOT HERE AND YOU ALLOW THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THAT SYSTEM AND
I ACTUALLY ARE THERE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT ONE OF YOU WORKS WITH IN HER TESTIMONY THAT THEY WOULD THE TEACHER WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO
THE JOB WITHOUT THE PARENT MENTOR IN THE CLASSROOM AND I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM GOES HAND IN HAND WITH BEPS, WHICH IS WHY I URGE BPC AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE TO
FUND THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS ALSO ALLOWS NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD BUT ALSO THE PARENTS TO MOVE FORWARD. I HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH
PRESIDENT OF URBAN COLLEGE DR. SOLOMON FERNANDEZ AND SHE MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE ST STEPHEN'S PARENTS ARE AT HER RECALL EDGE AND WHAT'S COOL
ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS THAT THIS MENTOR THIS PARENT MENTORING PROGRAM IS KIND OF LIKE A PIPELINE FOR PARENTS TO BECOME FUTURE TEACHERS AND BHP'S SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
FOLKS THAT SPEAK A NATIVE ANOTHER LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH ARE LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK PROFESSIONALLY AND WHO ARE LEARNING HOW TO BECOME TEACHERS AND COULD POTENTIALLY EVEN BECOME TEACHERS IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO KIND OF THIS JUST TO STAY THIS SIMPLE ILLUSTRATION HERE ALLOWS ME TO CONNECT WELL UP FOR YOUR DAILY POLITICAL HOURS.
I CAN OBVIOUSLY PROGRAMMA AS I GO OKAY THEY WANT SAY TO US WE DON'T THEY'RE SO CAN I US OUT OKAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORT ON THIS NO MATTER HOW I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS PASSED IN THE BUDGET. SO THANK YOU THANK YOU THEY
CHEERING AND AS THIS COUNCILOR MEJIA TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS A YOUNG NICHOLAS MILLER YOU
ALREADY KNOW WHO I AM BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS TRAINED IN THIS PROGRAM WHEN I STARTED DOING MY WORK BEFORE I WAS DOING STUDENT AND PARENT ADVOCACY WORK, I STARTED MY OWN
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND WAS REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE TRAINED IN THIS PROGRAM. AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I DID AFTER I JOINED THIS
COUNCIL AND AT THE HEIGHT OF COVID WAS MY OFFICE CHAMPIONED THE FUNDING THAT WAS RECEIVED SO THAT WE COULD KEEP THIS PROGRAM MOVING IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THIS WAS WHEN BRENDA CASILLAS WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT SO I FEEL LIKE IT WAS THREE SUPERINTENDENTS AGO OR MAYBE NOT BUT NONETHELESS IT FEELS LIKE 100
YEARS AGO WE FOUGHT FOR AND CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE STANDING HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. IF YOU ALL HAD FOUGHT SPONSORS,
YOU KNOW I WOULD BE HERE BUT I'M NOT. BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ME AS LIKE THEY SAY I'M NOT JUST THE CLIENT OR THE PRESIDENT. I'M ALSO A CLIENT.
I FEEL LIKE THAT I FEEL LIKE I AM PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I'VE BEEN TO EVERY GRADUATION THAT YOU HAVE HOSTED SINCE AND I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER AND KNOW THAT I ALWAYS UTILIZE MY
MICROPHONE TO FIGHT FOR THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ARE DEEPLY IMPORTANT SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YOU ARE I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA, THE
CHAIR OF EDUCATION IS REALLY STEPPING UP IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO SIGNAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE ARE TAKING THIS REALLY SERIOUS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING HIS LEADERSHIP AS WE
CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THIS SPACE. SO I'M GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS LITTLE MEAL YOU SUPERWEAPON THE
IDEAL CHAD BUT I SAID LOOK A LOT BETTER THAN WE'RE ABOUT BUT I WOULD ADVOCATE TO HOME IN THE SUMMER TO SORT OF GET SOMEONE TO SEE MINIMIZED THAT DEMOCRACY IS SOMEONE WAS SORT OF BECAUSE
I'M REPRESENTATIVE FIL-AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BUT THERE WAS ALSO THE BENEFIT OF THE MEDAL GOING AT TV STUFF SO THEY LOOK ABLE TO DRAW A LOT OF SYMPATHY AND RICARDO UP IN
THE ECHO THINGS TO EVEN SEE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF THESE THINGS YOU WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK HE'S HAD COUNSELORS
GREAT IN CALATA DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD AND MEJIA BUT WEBER WORLD COUNSELORS, MURPHY COUNSELORS, SANTANA, FLYNN AND LOUIJEUNE
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF THIS DOCKET NUMBER 0556 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE. OH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
CALL VOTE. I CAN NUMBER 0556 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNT CIRCLE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN
COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PIPPIN YES. COUNCIL OF OPINIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR YES.
COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES COUNCILOR WU YES DUCK IN NUMBERS 0556 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE. THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU.
DOCKET NUMBER 0556 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKER NUMBER 0548 DOCKER NUMBER 0548 COUNCILOR COLORS
APPLY FOR THE FOLLOWING IN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF BOSTON CODE CHAPTER SEVEN SECTION 7-5 THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE I'D LIKE TO ADD YOU AS SECOND CO-SPONSOR I AM SO ADDED COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER YOU THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE, THIS AMENDMENT TO TO AN EXISTING ORDINANCE IS TO
ENABLE THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSIONS RESTRUCTURING THEREBY ENSURING THEIR WORK HAS A BETTER PATHWAY FOR SUCCESS. THE BOSTON COMMEMORATION COMMISSION'S CHIEF PURPOSE IS
TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY THE BEST WAYS TO MARK UPCOMING HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES 250TH IN 2026 AND THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON IN 2030. IN OTHER SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARIES IN WHICH WE ALL CAN CELEBRATE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND TELL THE FULL RANGE OF OUR CITY'S HISTORY INCLUDING THE STRUGGLES AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BOSTON'S COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TOO OFTEN LEFT OUT THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVE ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2024, THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN FAVOR
OF RESTRUCTURING ITS MEMBERSHIP AND STRUCTURE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ORDINANCE. THE COMMISSION, WHICH INCLUDES 44 MEMBERS AND SEVERAL SUBCOMMITTEES MUST ADHERE TO OPEN MEETING LAW.
OPEN MEETING LAW PROHIBITS SERIAL COMMUNICATION THROUGH INCLUDING THROUGH EMAIL. SO WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION. WE HAVE PROPOSED AMENDING THE
ORDINANCE THAT RESTRUCTURES THE COMMISSION'S MEMBERSHIP TO 37 MEMBERS. THIS REVISED COMPOSITION REFLECTS A DIVERSE AND HIGHLY ENGAGED GROUP OF CIVIC LEADERS .
THE COMMISSION HAS ALSO FACED CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING QUORUM DUE TO ITS LARGE SIZE WHICH HAS HINDERED PROGRESS ON KEY INITIATIVES INCLUDING ADOPTION OF PLANS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES
AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HISTORIC OF IMPORTANT MILESTONES. GENESIS PIMENTEL, THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSIONER, COMMISSION MANAGER AND CHIEF SWETT MET WITH THE CHAIRS
OF THE COMMISSION AND ITS SUBCOMMITTEES AS WELL AS WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT RICHARD LOUIJEUNE WHO IS A COMMISSION MEMBER. THE MEMBERS EXPRESSED OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED STRUCTURAL CHANGE
RECOGNIZING THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS. SO SOME OF THE RELEVANT CHANGES INCLUDE AND WE WILL HAVE A HEARING ON THIS TOPIC THROUGH
THE ADDITION OF KATHY AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WE ARE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CITY STAFF REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE COMMISSION AND ADDING THE
PERSON WHOSE DEPARTMENT IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE COMMISSION. THE ORDINANCE FORMALLY ADDS EMBRACED BOSTON AS A PERMANENT COMMISSION MEMBER AND ALL ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO CHANGE TO
THE ORDINANCE. CHARLES TOWN REPRESENTATIVE DAN RYAN FILL A VACANT ROLE AS A MEMBER REPRESENTING A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON. CHARLESTOWN IS A NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THERE'S ALSO SOME RESTRUCTURING OF SUBCOMMITTEES ALTHOUGH MEETINGS WILL BE STILL OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO ROBUST DISCUSSIONS WITH MY
COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER AND AS A AS YOU NOTED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON COMMEMORATION COMMISSION, I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS UPDATED ORDINANCE WHICH REFINES THE
COMMISSION STRUCTURE TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND FLEXIBLE BY STREAMLINING MEMBERSHIP AND ADDING A SEAT FOR EMBRACE BOSTON. THE ORDINANCE ENSURES THAT OUR WORK REFLECTS AND BENEFITS BOSTON'S MANY DIVERSE VOICES REPLACING FORMAL SUBCOMMITTEES
WITH MORE FLEXIBLE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS ENCOURAGES WIDER PARTICIPATION AND MORE CREATIVE COLLABORATION. THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL HELP IMPROVE OUR MISSION OF COMMEMORATING BOSTON'S RICH AND MULTIFACETED HISTORY. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS ORDINANCE AND I KNOW THAT THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WILL ALSO WELCOME THIS AS WELL. WOULD ANYONE ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS BRAYDEN FERNANDES ANDERSON
FITZGERALD FLYNN, BEN DURKIN WEBER WORLD THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 0549 SO I CAN MEMBER 0549 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW ENACT RELATIVE TO PENSION BENEFITS
FOR FIREFIGHTER LEO G. BRACKEN VEGA THE CHAIR CAN I COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BOSTON FIRE LIEUTENANT LEO BRACKEN. SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES
WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2019 IS TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY INJURED . LIEUTENANT BRACKEN BEGAN HIS
CAREER WITH THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 22ND, 1986. HE WAS MARRIED TO FIRE LIEUTENANT IN JANUARY 1993 AND
SERVED ON LADDER 26 OF MISSION HILL UNTIL THIS UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT IN EARLY RETIREMENT. LADDER 29 IN MATTAPAN, LIEUTENANT BRACKEN SERVED THE
CITY OF BOSTON THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION FOR OVER 35 YEARS. ON OCTOBER 17, 2019, LIEUTENANT
BRACKEN WAS RESPONDING AN INCIDENT AT THE FIREHOUSE AND WAS REACHING FOR THE APPARATUS FLOOR VIA THE FIRE POLE. BUT DUE TO AN EXISTING FLOODING
SITUATION WHERE HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB THE POLE AND WRAP HIS LEGS AROUND IT TO REGULATE HIS DESCENT, THE WATER PREVENTED HIM FROM BEING ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY SLOW HIS DESCENT
FROM THE POLE. LIEUTENANT BRACKEN FELL 20 PLUS FEET DOWN TO THE CONCRETE FOR BUCKLING HIS AND HIS LEGS
CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS AND HITTING HIS HEAD. AS A RESULT OF THESE SERIOUS INJURIES, LIEUTENANT BRACKEN IS PERMANENTLY DISABLED AND WAS FORCED TO CUT HIS CAREER THAT
HE LOVED SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AS A FIREFIGHTER. LIEUTENANT BRACKEN IS ALSO A VERY SKILLED AND TALENTED LICENSE MASTER ELECTRICIAN AND
HIS INJURIES UNFORTUNATELY ELIMINATED ANY CHANCE OF POTENTIAL FUTURE EARNINGS AS A LICENSED MASTER ELECTRICIAN. LIEUTENANT BRACKEN IS CURRENTLY
RETIRED RECEIVING AN ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 3232 SECTION SEVEN. HE IS SEEKING FURTHER BENEFITS FROM BEING TOTALLY AND
PERMANENTLY INJURED AND INCAPACITATED FROM ANY SERVICE AS A FIREFIGHTER. I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME SO WE CAN GIVE
DIGNITY TO THIS WONDERFUL FIRE LIEUTENANT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT CONCERNS
BRAYDEN DURKIN FOR THE ENGINEERS AND FITZGERALD MURPHY BY BEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ON THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0550 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK WHAT WERE YOU SEEKING
SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE? NO. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, COULD I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY I FAILED TO MENTION THAT AT THE BEGINNING. OKAY. COUNSELOR MURPHY'S ACT AS ADDED
AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. OKAY. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 05500550 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. OH, OKAY. SORRY.
0549 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THE NUMBER 05500550 COUNCIL OF FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
SPECIAL LAW ENACTED RELATIVE TO THE PENSION OF MICHAEL SULLIVAN . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FLYNN CATCH PLENTY ON THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MICHAEL SULLIVAN SERVED AS A
POLICE OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF WALWORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM DECEMBER 2000 TO OCTOBER 25 DURING WHICH TIME HE PAID TO THE CITY OF WOLCOTT
ISLAND RETIREMENT SYSTEM. MICHAEL SULLIVAN TRANSFERRED TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 31ST. 25 2005 AND HAS SERVED HONORABLY SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT
TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT EARNING TWO MEDALS OF HONOR IN THE PRESTIGIOUS WILLIAM J. TAYLOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD AND HAS SERVED IN THE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT
FOR EIGHT YEARS PROTECTING RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN IN OUR CITY. MICHAEL SULLIVAN IS LOOKING TO TRANSFER HIS INCREDIBLE SERVICE FROM THE CITY OF WALLACH TO THE CITY OF BOSTON RETIREMENT
SYSTEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. THAT COMES FROM BREADON DURKIN FOR ENGINEERS IN FITZGERALD
MURPHY WEBER. OH, SORRY. PIPPIN SANTANA. WEBER, PLEASE LET THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0550 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON TWO THIRDS. OH, OKAY. OKAY.
I GOT SOME. SO DID YOU GET ALL OF THE COLLEAGUES? OKAY, SO DOCKET NUMBER 20550 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 05510551 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING EXPANDING AN INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNSELOR MURPHY TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR MEJIA ACADEMY SO ADDED COUNSELOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SO THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SERVES APPROXIMATELY 5000 STUDENTS ACROSS 125 SCHOOLS WITH ABOUT 21% ENROLLED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHILE INITIATIVES LIKE SUMMER
JOBS PROGRAM AND SUCCESS LINK CONNECT MANY STUDENTS TO PAID JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED TO TAILOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS
OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES INCLUSIVE INTERNSHIPS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR EQUIPPING THESE STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS CONFIDENCE AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS NECESSARY FOR POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS.
THIS HEARING ORDER SEEKS TO ADDRESS THIS GAP BY FOSTERING COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS OVERSEEING INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS THE OFFICE
OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND OPPORTUNITY IN LOCAL EMPLOYERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT INCLUSIVE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT ACCOMMODATE
AND SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH VARYING ABILITIES. THIS INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO JORDAN, THE DEDICATED SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT CHARLESTOWN HIGH WHO REACHED OUT ADVOCATING PASSIONATELY FOR HER STUDENTS
AND HIGHLIGHTING THE PRESSING NEED FOR EXPANDED INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY IS TAILORED TO THEIR ABILITIES. SHE HAS BEEN TRYING HARD AND I KNOW MANY OTHER SPECIAL
EDUCATION TEACHERS TAKE THIS ON THEMSELVES TO TRY TO FIND GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR STUDENTS. SO THIS HEARING WILL HELP SUPPORT HER AND THE STUDENTS THAT I THINK REALLY DESERVE THE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEIR ABELS COLLEAGUES ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEMS LIKE TODAY'S DAY OF EDUCATION ALL THINGS THAT DEAL WITH OUR STUDENTS AND SO
REALLY HAPPY TO JOIN YOU ON ADVOCATING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A
QUESTION TO, UM TO THE MAKEUP? PLEASE DO THE CHAIR YOU MAY COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT, UM,
HEARING AND MY QUESTION TO TO THE MAKEUP WOULD BE THERE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM THAT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL WORKS WITH THE
WENTWORTH INSTITUTE AND JUST WANT TO RESPECTFULLY ASK IF MAYBE WE COULD ASK THE TEAM FROM OR AN ASSISTANT FROM WENTWORTH IF THEY COULD ALSO
ATTEND THE HEARING AS WELL TO THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR MURPHY IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY THINK I'M HEAR THESE OR ANYONE LISTENING
WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT WITH OTHER GREAT PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT COULD HELP SUPPORT US. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I KNOW I'VE ALREADY CONNECTED JORDAN WITH ANDREA WHO MANY OF US KNOW WHO WORK AT WORK INC
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE OFFERING. YOU KNOW THIS ADMINISTRATION WE ARE SAYING THAT WE WANT EVERY BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT TO
HAVE A PAID SUMMER JOB SO HOPING THAT BEEPS AND OTHERS SHOW UP TOO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE STUDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY DESERVE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU MAY. YEAH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MORNING I STARTED THE DAY WITH
THE WONDERFUL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT THE TYNAN TYNAN SCHOOL IN SOUTH BOSTON BUT I SAW THE REMARKABLE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS AND THERAPISTS WERE DOING WITH STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES AT THE TIME IN SCHOOL. BUT I ALSO KNOW THEY DO THAT THROUGHOUT OBVIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ONE WEEK NOW I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK
THAT COMPASSION THE WORK THE TEACHERS PLAY IN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BERATING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR FILING THIS HEARING ORDER. YOU MAY AS YOU KNOW I SPENT 16 YEARS WORKING AT PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. I REALLY GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSITION
PLANNING AND BUILDING A SKILLS PORTFOLIO FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL WHO GRADUATED LEAVES, LEAVE SCHOOL TO ENTER INTO THE WORKFORCE AND BECOME PART WORK AND COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S ALSO AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT INCLUSION IT'S A IT'S AN OBVIOUS EXTENSION OF OUR INCLUSION POLICY AND OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION THAT OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY
GET EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN IN INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS AND JOB OF SIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL JOBSITE EXPERIENCE
AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND FOR THE WORKPLACE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR REFILING THIS OUT TO NOT REFILING FOR FILING THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE HEAD COUNSELORS BRAEDEN DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON UH FITZGERALD
WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 0551 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 05520552
COUNCILOR BREADON OFF THE FILE IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS CURRENT POPULATION PROJECTIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2030 DECENNIAL CENSUS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS MAY SEEM A LITTLE PREMATURE. WE ARE AS WE ARE AT 2025 RIGHT NOW THAT THE NEXT CENSUS
NATIONAL CENSUS WILL BE FEDERAL CENSUS WILL BE IN 2035 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THE ENUMERATED RESULTS OF THE 2020 CENSUS WERE FINALIZED, THE BPA REPORTED
THAT AUSTIN POPULATION FELL BY 5.9% WITH A 40% DECLINE IN THE GROUP QUARTERS POPULATION SUGGESTING THAT THE COLLEGE DORM POPULATION OF ALSTON MAY HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTLY COUNTED
IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC EVACUATION, THE CITY SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED THE GROUP QUARTERS POPULATION TO SHOW A NET UNDERCOUNT OF 6290 RESIDENTS IN DORMS AND
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. HOWEVER, THE CENSUS BUREAU DID NOT HAVE A FORMAL AVENUE TO CHALLENGE UNDERCOUNT IN THE HOUSEHOLD POPULATION, WHICH INCLUDES OFF CAMPUS STUDENTS
AND RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY IN HARD TO COUNT CENSUS TRACTS, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE LAST CENSUS OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND
AS WE ARE FACING THE SAME SCENARIO NOW, MANY RESIDENTS OF BOSTON WHO LIVED IN MIXED STATUS FAMILIES WERE RELUCTANT TO OPEN THE DOOR AND INTERACT WITH CENSUS WORKERS.
SO WE HAD A PROBLEM BACK THEN AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE MAY HAVE A PROBLEM GOING FORWARD. THE RESEARCH DIVISION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS AN INCREDIBLE TEAM DOING TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT
DEMOGRAPHIC WORK THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE LEVERAGED IN TANDEM WITH ALL ASPECTS OF WHAT WE DO ACROSS BOSTON BOTH IN AND OUT OF CITY HALL POPULATION AND
PROJECTIONS ARE A VITAL ASPECT OF DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHY AND PLANNING PROJECTIONS INFORM HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS, PLANNING FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES, PROGRAMING FOR CITY SERVICES
LIKE LIBRARIES AND CITIES, OTHER CITY SERVICES, HEALTH CARE PROVISION, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ELECTION ADMINISTRATION AND MUCH MORE. THE NEXT FEDERAL DECENNIAL
CENSUS WILL BE IN 2030 AND PREPARATION OF THE CENSUS BUREAU IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. WE HOPE TO ENSURE A COMPLETE COUNT PROVIDING CRUCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STATE AND
LOCAL INPUT ON PLANNING AND PROGRAM DESIGN IN 2020 DEDICATED TEAMS OF IN BOSTON CITY HALL DID THE VERY MOST THAT THEY COULD WITH VERY LIMITED RESOURCES TO ENSURE A
COMPLETE COUNT BUT MORE COULD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTED TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON INVESTED
$100,000 IN OUR CENSUS COUNT. THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD INVESTED 2 MILLION TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE A GOOD A GOOD ACCOUNTING OF THEIR RESIDENT POPULATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND INVITING THE RESEARCH DIVISION AND STAKEHOLDERS FOR A BRIEFING AS WE ARE AT THE HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN THE CENSUS AND I.
THIS IS A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DEPENDENT ON OUR CENSUS COUNT AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A PRODUCTIVE HEARING ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I CAN I JUST COMES FROM HERE COMES FROM HERE. YOU AT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCIL BRITAIN FOR BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO THE CHAMBER.
I AM NO STRANGER TO THE CENSUS AND IN 2000 I WORKED AT MTV AND MY WHOLE GOAL WAS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THE CENSUS WAS THEN AND EVEN EDUCATING PEOPLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WAS A HARD LIFT AND THEN 20 YEARS LATER I'M GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ALL OF THE ADVOCACY THAT WAS DONE TO GET EVERYONE TO BE COUNTED.
I SAW HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS AND I THINK MORE SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE RESOURCES THAT COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALSO BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT AT STAKE TO GET THIS RIGHT AND I KNOW I REMEMBER COUNCIL BRITAIN AND OUR LEADERSHIP ADVOCATING FOR ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR US TO
EDUCATE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE THEM EARLIER ON SO TO HAVE THIS HEARING SO THAT WE COULD START BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE NOW SETS FOX UP FOR SUCCESS IN 2030. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS
THIS LEVEL OF INTENTIONALITY AROUND THE PREP AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS COUNTED AND I HOPE TO BE ALIVE TO SEE THAT
YOU KNOW, 2030 IS LIKE WELL NOT EVEN SO LONG AGO. BUT ANYWAYS I JUST HOPED TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT WHETHER I'M IN THIS CHAMBER OR NOT AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS COUNTED BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CRUCIAL THAT WORK IS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.
I WAS ON THE COUNCIL DURING THE LAST CENSUS AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT TWO BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE CHINATOWN RESIDENTS CHINATOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION AND THE CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR WORK IN ENSURING THAT PEOPLE IN
DISTRICT TWO WERE ALSO COUNTED THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AND IN CHINATOWN SOUTH BOSTON AREA. BUT THEY DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB
OF HAVING WORKSHOPS OF GOING DOOR TO DOOR, MEETING PEOPLE, WORKING WITH THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, WORKING WITH CITIES, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS, IMPORTANT WORK THAT MY
CONSTITUENTS PLAYED IN THE CENSUS SO I WANT TO CONTINUE DOING THAT WORK WITH THEM AND ONE ONE OTHER ASPECT BESIDES
THE ALLOCATION OF MONEY DEPENDING ON YOUR POPULATION AND IT ALSO DETERMINES THE NUMBER OF ELECTED US REPRESENTATIVES EACH STATE HAS
AND IF YOUR POPULATION DECREASES WHICH HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST PERIOD OF 3040 YEARS IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE WE ACTUALLY LOSE CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATION IN OUR STATE DELEGATION. SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY PERSON IS IMPORTANT . EVERY PERSON MATTERS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON FOR FILING THIS. IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE A SOUNDING BOARD ESPECIALLY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALLSTON.
BRIGHTON BECAUSE UNDERCOUNTS HAVE CONSEQUENCES ESPECIALLY IN DENSELY POPULATED NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. AND SO GETTING AHEAD OF THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
THERE'S A DIRECT ATTACHMENT TO CENTERS AND FUNDING AS YOU STATED AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND TO THIS WORK. BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS DURKIN FERNANDO
ANDERSON FITZGERALD, FLYNN, MARIA MURPHY WEBER WORLD PLEASE EITHER CHECK THIS DOCKET DOCTOR NUMBER 0552 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES
AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NUMBERS 0553 DUCKY NUMBER 0553 COUNCIL IS BRAIN AND WE'RE ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW CAPITAL
PLANNING, BUDGETING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON HAS A GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR THIS I'D
LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILMEMBER HERE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR BRIDENSTINE JUST BEND THE RULES. I HAD CONCILOR MEJIA HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SAYING HE HAD NO OBJECTIONS BECAUSE I'M HERE SO ADDED CUSTOM RATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS HEARING ORDER IS A REFILE WE HAD A GREAT HEARING ON THIS TOPIC LAST DECEMBER DECEMBER 5TH WE HEARD FROM KYLE WILBUR, HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE
OFFICERS ASSOCIATION WHO DISCUSSED MODEL CONCEPTS FOR CAPITAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES USED BY MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE CITY'S FIRST FIVE YEAR PLAN
FOR WAS UNVEILED 40 YEARS AGO IN FINANCIAL YEAR 1985 TO ADDRESS DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT AND A LACK OF FORESIGHT FOR REGULAR REPAIR MAINTENANCE AND PLANNING FOR
FUTURE NEEDS IN OUR CAPITAL ASSETS. 40 YEARS LATER IT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW. I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE FOLLOWING HERE AND TO THE
FOLLOWING HEARING TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS WE DIDN'T GET TO IN THE DECEMBER HEARING INCLUDING ADMINS CURRENT EFFORTS UNDERWAY, DATA INFORMED AND MAINTENANCE FOCUSED CAPITAL
BUDGET CITYWIDE FACILITIES CONDITION CONDITION CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT CITYWIDE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND INTERNAL CAPITAL PLANNING WORKING GROUP THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OUR OUTCOMES ARE AROUND THE END THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR BRAYTON AND HER TEAM FOR CONSTANTLY DRAWING
MORE ATTENTION AND ASKING AND ADVOCATING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY AND DETAIL ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET. THAT'S I ALSO WANT TO JUST THINK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR
MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUDGET WEBSITE BUT I KNOW WE'RE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING TO FURTHER INCREASE TRANSPARENCY ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND CREATED A PHYSICAL CAPITAL BUDGET BOOK THAT DETAILS
PROJECTS MORE CLEARLY. OVER THE PAST TWO BUDGET CYCLES WE'VE EXTENDED THE CONVERSATION ON THE BEEPS BUDGET. WE'RE EXTENDING THE CONVERSATION ON THE OPERATING BUDGET AND I BELIEVE THAT WE IT
ONLY MAKES SENSE TO EXTEND THE CONVERSATION ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET. SO JUST LOOKING TO EXTEND THE CONVERSATION, GET MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND THEN JUST MORE TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE CAPITAL
BUDGET. BUT JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AGAIN AND THEN COUNCILOR BRADING AND YOUR TEAM FOR CONSTANTLY PUSHING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY AND MORE INFORMATION ON AROUND THE CAPITAL BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR THE CHAIR
RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COMES TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WORRALL AND COUNCILOR BREADON FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS HEARING ORDER. I AFFIRM THAT WE MUST TAKE A
CLOSER LOOK AT HOW BOSTON PLANS FUNDS AND MANAGES ITS CAPITAL PROJECTS. OUR CITY OVERSEES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FROM ROADS AND BRIDGES TO PARKS AND SCHOOLS
AND RESIDENTS DESERVE FULL TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW THESE PROJECTS ARE EXECUTED. FOR YEARS COMMUNITIES HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HOW PROJECTS ARE SELECTED AND
PRIORITIZE WHERE THE MONEY GOES AND WHAT SAFEGUARDS EXIST TO PREVENT DELAYS MISMANAGED MINT AND COST OVERRUNS. THE CITY'S MULTI-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, LOAN ORDERS AND DEBIT
MANAGEMENT POLICIES MUST BE EXAMINED WITH A CLEAR FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN ISSUES ARISE IN PROJECTS LIKE THE WHITE STADIUM, MADISON PARK, THE BUSY
WAY OF CENTRAL ALLSTON AND BRIGHTON NOT TOO LONG AGO THE QUARRY POOL IN CHARLESTOWN WHERE COMMUNITIES HAVE FELT HAVE LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED A STRONGER FRAMEWORK FOR
OVERSIGHT MEANINGFUL STATEHOOD ,STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND REAL PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN EVERY CAPITAL PROJECT. I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR BREEDEN FOR HER
LEADERSHIP WHEN SHE HOSTED THE HEARING AROUND THE B CYF ALLSTON CENTER AND HER TEAM WHEN THEY DID THAT AMAZING VIDEO RECAPPING THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT COUNCILOR RATING
HAS BEEN ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF HER DISTRICT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET A LOT OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS GOING TO SAY LIKE I SEE
IT A LOT OF THESE SITUATION DOES HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES AND PEOPLE WHEELING AND DEALING AND WE EVERYBODY IS FIGHTING FOR THIS DISTRICT AND THAT DISTRICT AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR. I SUPPORT EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT
AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR EVERYBODY THAT THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR BECAUSE I REPRESENT EVERYBODY SO JUST EVERYBODY KNOW THAT PICKING ANY DISTRICTS JUST IN CASE PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT I'M HERE FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT ONE THING I WANT TO DO IS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN MY TIME IN THIS CHAMBER THE FIRST TIME THAT I SAW A REAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS ABOUT HOW INFORMATION IN AND OR HOW DOLLARS GET ALLOCATED WAS WHEN COUNCILOR ANDERSON WAS THE CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS AND EARLY ON IN HER TENURE SHE DOES
THAT SHE JUST DESIGNED A OR ASKED FOR SOME SORT OF AUDIT WHERE WE GOT TO SEE HOW EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR WAS SPENT AND WHAT DISTRICTS GOT MORE THAN OTHERS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HINDSIGHT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE THE INEQUITIES THAT EXIST ACROSS THE CITY. SO HOPING TO UTILIZE A RACIAL EQUITY LENS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO AGAIN UPLIFT COUNCILOR BRAYTON AND HILL AND COUNCILOR MORROW FOR HIS EFFORTS IN THE WAYS AND MEANS OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW THAT CAPITAL BUDGET WE
REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A SAY BUT WE DO WHEN WE CAN PUSH BACK ON THE PROCESS AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR AN INGENIOUS AND
HE HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR FOR COUNCIL. GREAT. AND THROUGH THE CHAIR I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND ALL OF YOUR WORK IN ADVOCATING FOR YOUR DISTRICT IN TERMS OF FOLLOWING
THE ALLOCATIONS OR INVESTMENTS IN CAPITAL OR LACK THEREOF OF INVESTMENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND I KNOW THAT MOST OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED
WITH FUTILE OR LESS THAN ADEQUATE RESPONSES IN TERMS OF THE REASONS OR JUSTIFICATIONS FOR NOT INVESTING ENOUGH IN YOUR DISTRICT. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO RISE IN
SUPPORT I HAVE FILED SOMETHING IN TERMS OF 17 F AND SOMETHING SIMILAR. I WOULD LIKE TO BE SOMEHOW COORDINATE IN YOUR HEARING IF I CAN JOIN YOU IN THE WORK SO
THAT WE CAN REVIEW THIS. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN GOING DISTRICT BY DISTRICT. I DID WANT TO ADD THAT IT IS CHALLENGING TO BALANCE OUT MONEYS ACROSS THE BOARD.
THERE'S BEEN OPINIONS I KNOW THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND MYSELF AS A CO-SPONSOR HAD FILED ON BORROWING BONDS AND HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THAT FOR MORE HOUSING OR BUILDING OUR OWN HOUSING
STOCK OR HOUSING DISTRIBUTION AND REALLY SOMETIMES IT'S LEFT FOR INTERPRETATION WHETHER OR NOT IT'S POLITICAL APPETITE, LACK OF POLITICAL APPETITE TO ACTUALLY BORROW BONDS TO INVEST
IN HOUSING OR IS IT SOMETHING MAYBE INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUDGET OR HOW WE PROJECT FIVE YEAR LONG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND THEN NOT KNOWING IF THERE IS
GOING TO BE A RECESSION, IF THERE IS IF THERE'S WAYS THAT WE WILL NEED TO COMPENSATE OR SUPPLEMENT LATER ON SO I CONSIDER THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNCIL ME HERE THANK YOU FOR
THE KIND WORDS. I DO HOPE THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITH MY DISTRICT. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SORT OF TOOLS IN TERMS OF DIGITAL
PLATFORMS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS INFORMATION BUT I THINK THE JOB OF ONE ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HOLD HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY GIVE ACCESS BUT PROVIDE OR
ADVOCATE FOR THE PLATFORM DIGITAL PLATFORMS BUT TO TRULY CONNECT FOLKS IN A WAY THAT THEY LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE THE RESOURCES. AS YOU SAID COUNCIL ME HERE
BEFORE RESOURCE RICH COORDINATION POOR AND I HOPE THAT IN US EXTENDING THE GRACE OF SAYING THAT THERE'S GOOD INTENTION BEHIND THIS BALANCING
ACT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN OUR CITY BUT ALSO THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENT CITY AND STATE, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC AND HOW WE
CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES AND SPREAD THIS OUR FINANCES ACROSS THE CITY. SO I THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND
AGAIN CALIBRATING KNOWING ALL OF US I THINK HERE MY COLLEAGUES CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THE STRONGEST ADVOCATE WHEN IT COMES TO ADVOCATING FOR YOUR DISTRICT. I MEAN $55 MILLION IN THE PAST
CONSECUTIVE TERMS THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE IT'S JUST IT'S RIDICULOUS AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT YOU IN ENSURING THAT YOU GET A BIGGER INVESTMENT FOR US IN BRIGHTON.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ANDREW ENITAN SO ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO HAVE THEIR NAME? MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS THAT AS OPPOSED TO DURKAN FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY, PATTON
SANTANA WEBER PLEASE OTHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 050553 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE
TALKING NUMBER 0554 SO I CAN NUMBER 055 FOR COUNCIL AGREEMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PUBLIC AUTHORITY ORDERED TOLLING PRACTICES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU THE CHAIR I CANNOT JUST CONCENTRATE ANY ON THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS HEARING ORDER IS A REFILED. SEVERAL YEARS AGO I PROPOSED AN ORDINANCE FOR A TOLLING BILL OF RIGHTS WITHIN
COUNCILOR LYDIA EDWARDS. AT THE TIME OUR INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS AMBITIOUS AND SOUGHT TO ADD FURTHER RESPONSIBILITIES TO CITY DEPARTMENTS TO REGULATE TOLLING PRACTICES. AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE AND TOLLING WE REALIZED HOW COMPLEX OF AN ISSUE IT IS AND NEEDED TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THE PARAMETERS OF STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ON THIS ISSUE
WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DPU WHICH REGULATES INVOLUNTARY TOLLS. OUR CONTACT AT DPU HAS
INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO TOUCH BASE WITH CITY REPRESENTATIVES ON CURRENT PRACTICES THAT COULD BE IMPROVED AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC AUTHORITY TOLLING TO IT ORDERED TRESPASS TOLLING OR
INVOLUNTARY TOLLING. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND FOCUSING ON BTU BTD CONTRACTS WHICH ARE BEING NEGOTIATED TOLLING
CONTRACTS WHICH ARE BEING NEGOTIATED AT THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON DOES ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
COUNSEL'S AS A PARTNER? VONAGE ANDERSON FITZGERALD. FLYNN MAKIYA. MURPHY PIPPEN. SANTANA WEBER WHIRL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0554 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY
SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 05550555 COUNCILOR AS MURPHY AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
CATHERINE MURPHY THIS HAS BEEN THE RULES AT COUNCIL WAS AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONCERNS DRUGS SO ADDED CUSTOMER MURPHY HAD THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF FOUR GRANDPARENTS WHO CAME HERE TO
AMERICA OVER 100 YEARS AGO, I AM PROUD TO STAND TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION AND IN A FEW DAYS BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE MARCH AND
IN MARCH WE WANT TO UPLIFT AND CELEBRATE IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH OVER THE PAST TWO CENTURIES IRISH IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON. THE IRISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS ENRICHED BOSTON'S CULTURE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMICALLY FABRIC MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED
THE CITY INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY DURING THE GREAT FAMINE OF 1840S, THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS ARRIVED IN BOSTON SEEKING REFUGE FROM HARDSHIP ONLY TO FACE PREJUDICE, POVERTY AND
DISCRIMINATION. DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES THEY WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND LABOR INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES AND IN VARIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE ROLES LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR
BOSTON'S RISE AS A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY AS THE IRISH-AMERICAN POPULATION IN BOSTON GREW, SO DID THEIR INFLUENCE IN KEY SECTORS IRISHMEN RICANS HAVE BEEN
CENTRAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY WORKFORCE, CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THEY ALSO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE CITY'S POLITICAL
LANDSCAPE WITH SEVERAL PROMINENT IRISH-AMERICAN POLITICIANS SERVING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN PUBLIC OFFICE AS YOUR FATHER, COUNCILOR FLYNN,
MAYOR FLYNN AND THEN AMBASSADOR FLYNN. BOSTON'S IRISH-AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE IN THE CITY'S RICH LABOR MOVEMENT ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS IN THE
MARGINALIZED. TODAY IRISH AMERICANS CONTINUE TO BE A DRIVING FORCE IN BOSTON'S THRIVING CULTURAL SCENE CONTRIBUTING TO ITS VIBRANT ART, MUSIC AND LITERARY
TRADITIONS. THEY ARE ALSO INFLUENTIAL IN BOSTON'S UNIVERSITIES, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH A LEGACY OF SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT THAT REFLECTS THE ENDURING SPIRIT
OF RESILIENCE AND COMMUNITY PRIDE AS WE CELEBRATE IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, WE HONOR NOT ONLY THE NATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE IRISH-AMERICAN COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THE PROFOUND IMPACT THEY
HAVE HAD SPECIFICALLY ON BOSTON'S IDENTITY FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF UNITY, PERSEVERANCE AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT DEFINES THE CHARACTER OF OUR CITY. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HEREBY
PROCLAIMS MARCH AS IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS TO THE CITY'S HISTORY AND CONTINUED PROGRESS AND IN
RECOGNITION OF IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO RAISE THE IRISH FLAG ON MARCH 12, 20
MARCH 12, 2025 IN HONOR OF THE RICH HERITAGE AND LASTING LEGACY OF THE IRISH-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN BOSTON. SO ON MARCH 12TH BEFORE OUR COUNCIL HEARING WILL BE RAISING THE FLAG AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN
US. WE HAVE LOTS OF TREATS IN STORE. WE WILL HAVE SOBEYS A NEW IRISH RESTAURANT IN ADAMS CORNER AND DISTRICT THREE CATERING AND
WE'LL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT SPECIAL DAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF CANADA'S COUNCIL OF PLENTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR
ADDING ME AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS WELL. I KNOW COUNCILOR MURPHY HIGHLIGHTED THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES IRISH IRISH-AMERICANS HAVE MADE
TO OUR CITY AND COUNTRY. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE UM AS COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED THE GREAT THE GREAT FAMINE THAT TOOK PLACE IN 18 1814 IN
IRELAND. BUT WE LEARN FROM THAT THAT WHEN THE IRISH CAME TO THE GREAT CITIES LIKE BOSTON, NEW YORK OR CHICAGO THEY NEVER
FORGOT THEIR IMMIGRANT ROOTS IN THEIR COMPASSION AND DEDICATION TO PEOPLE IN NEED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ETHNIC BACKGROUND. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN I HEAR ABOUT THE IRISH
CONTRIBUTIONS IS THEIR COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN IS IS COUNCILMAN JODY ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
MURPHY FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS THIS NOT MANY MONTHS THAT GET ME MORE EXCITED THAN MARCH WHERE WE'VE GOT ROASTS AND TOASTS AND WITH HUMOR ALL COMBINED INTO ONE
POLITICS AND HARD WORK AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT THE IRISH PEOPLE ARE ABOUT. WE'RE 13% OF US IN THE CITY ARE EITHER FROM IRELAND OR IDENTIFY AS IRISH DESCENT AND SO YOU
KNOW, I THINK COUNCILOR MURPHY GOING THROUGH THE LONG LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE IRISH COMMUNITY AND I CERTAINLY WELCOME EVERYBODY TO COME TO THE FLAG RAISING AS WELL AND
ENJOY REALLY THE TWO WEEKS THAT ST PATRICK'S DAY HAS BECOME AT LEAST ON THE POLITICAL SCHEDULE FOR A LOT OF US. RIGHT. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A FUN TWO WEEKS. I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL AROUND. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNCILOR BREADON NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS FOR FORMALLY ASKING TO COMMEMORATE IRISH AMERICAN HISTORY.
I JUST ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE GREAT WORK THAT RYAN DOES, WHICH IS FORMERLY THE IRISH INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRATION CENTER. IT WAS FORMED IN THE IN THE 1980S IN RESPONSE TO THE
INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF YOUNG IRISH PEOPLE WHO WERE LEAVING IRELAND AT THE TIME TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITE IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE WAS A GLOBAL RECESSION
AND THEY CAME TO TRY THEIR LUCK IN BOSTON AND ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE BECAME A MANAGED TO GET THEIR GREEN CARD THROUGH THE
MORRISON VISA PROGRAM AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE A LIFE FOR THEMSELVES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES WE FIND OURSELVES IN A SIMILAR MOMENT RIGHT NOW IN OUR
IN OUR HISTORY AS A COUNTRY PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES IN DIRE SITUATIONS ALL UP FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMELANDS AND TO SEEK A
BETTER LIFE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH FOLKS FROM MIRA THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE
FACING IN THIS MOMENT. NO ONE WILLINGLY PACKS UP THEIR BAGS AND LEAVES THEIR HOMELAND AND LEAVES HER FAMILY AND LOVED ONES BEHIND TO MAKE AN OFTEN PERILOUS JOURNEY TO COME HERE
TO TO TO THE UNITED STATES. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING FROM THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR IRISH
HISTORY THE PARALLELS ARE SIGNIFICANT AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE THESE FOLKS WHO COME HERE TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES DO
SO WITH GOOD FAITH AND THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE PROUD OF OUR STATUS AS A SANCTUARY CITY THAT WELCOMES THEM HERE AND SUPPORTS THEM AND HELPS THEM TRY AND GET
SETTLED AND MAKE A LIFE FOR THEMSELVES HERE THE TRAGEDY OF THE IRISH EMIGRATION A WAVE OF MIGRANTS THAT CAME IN THE 1940 1840S WAS THAT THE THE
SHIPS THAT THEY CAME IN WERE CALLED COFFIN SHIPS. MANY PEOPLE MANY OF THOSE SHIPS ACTUALLY SANK PEOPLE DIED OF CHOLERA AND TYPHUS ON BOARD THOSE SHIPS AND WHEN THEY GOT
INTO BOSTON IF THEY WERE FOUND TO BE ILL THEY WERE SENT OUT TO THE ISLAND TO A QUARANTINE STATION AND THERE'S HUNDREDS OF IRISH MIGRANTS WHO ARE BURIED OUT THERE. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION OF THE IRISH COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON. BUT THERE'S A WHOLE WAVE OF OTHER IMMIGRANTS COMING TO THESE SHORES WHO WANT TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITIES
AND OUR SOCIETY AND WE SHOULD WELCOME THEM. THE STRANGER TO BOSTON THANK YOU. THANK YOU THEM DOES ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER ? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
MY COLLEAGUES FOR FILING AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON FOR THE THREADS OF THE IMMIGRANT STORY. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THERE WERE TIMES HERE WHERE THERE WERE SIGNS THAT SAID IRISH NEED NOT APPLY AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALSO THE CHALLENGES OF SO MANY OF OUR DIFFERENT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO A JOVIAL MONTH AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO UNDERLINING THE WORK THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE RIAN THAT YOU MENTIONED. UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK BECAUSE THAT COUNCILORS BREADON AND COLLETTE ZAPATA, FERNANDO ANDERSON HERE PAT BARNES AND TANA WEBER WORLD
PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS JUST COUNCILORS MURPHY FLYNN AND FITZGERALD SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0555 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I THEY ANY THE
AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED WITH JOHNNY. YES. VERY VERY HAPPY MOMENT, JOHNNY. OKAY, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
WE THE DOCKET NUMBER 0556 MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0557 DOCKING NUMBER 20557 COUNCIL IS MEJIA AND THEN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY
27TH, 2025 AS DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT AND I JOKINGLY TALKED TO MY COLLEAGUE OVER HERE SO I CAN FEBRUARY BE DOMINICAN.
I'M JUST JOKING. WE'RE SHARING SPACE. OKAY. I KNOW, I KNOW. I'M TEASING. SO I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR SANTANA
AS AN ORIGINAL CALL SPONSOR CASM HE HAS TO SUSPEND THE RULES, ADD COUNSELOR SANTANA AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS BECAUSE OF SANTANA SO ADDED CASM. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. IT IS AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE
DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON WITH OVER 550 DOMINICAN OWNED BUSINESSES ALONE JUST IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST
THRIVING. IT IS BE HONORED THAT IT IS SHAPING BOSTON'S ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IN POWERFUL WAYS. I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO BE CO-HOSTING THE SECOND ANNUAL
DOMINICAN BREAKFAST TOMORROW ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS IN LAWRENCE THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH LAWRENCE LAWRENCE IS THE
LARGEST CITY THAT HAS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF DOMINICANS THAT OCCUPY THE CITY OF LAWRENCE AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ELECTEDS REPRESENTING IN A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. AND WHILE WE WERE THE MAIN ATTRACTION LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE THE FIRST THE FIRST ANNUAL WE FELT THAT THIS YEAR WE
REALLY WANTED TO AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR IS UPLIFT OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD OTHER CITIES SO NEXT YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT PROVIDENCE. WE MIGHT EVEN BE LEADING THE STATE BECAUSE DOMINICANS ARE
EVERYWHERE. BUT ANYWAYS BACK TO WHAT I'M HERE TO DO TODAY THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH DOMINICANS ACROSS THE STATE AND TO STRENGTHEN
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR BORDER COMMUNITIES AS WE RAISE THE DOMINICAN FLAG TOMORROW WE HONOR A HISTORY OF RESILIENCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION.
WE ALSO REAFFIRMED BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES AND ENSURING THAT DOMINICANS IN BOSTON HAVE THE RESOURCES AND RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVE.
THIS IS PART OF THE PROTOCOL AS MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH THIS FORMAL PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN RAISE THE FLAG. SO IN RECOGNITION OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDEPENDENCE DAY THE BOSTON CITY
COUNCIL ORDERS THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO RAISE THE FLAG OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025 ,WHICH IS TOMORROW.
I ALSO JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS IN SPANISH. I HAVE 24 SECONDS LEFT AND I KEEP GETTING IT ALL. THEY ALL KNOW IT. THERE'S A RESOLUTION AT THE
MOMENT CONCILIATION BRAMBILLA INDEPENDENCIA DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA SAID THAT IF HERERO CANNOT BE WHAT WE ARE THEY COMPLETELY OR COMPLETELY TERRITORIALLY OR WE WILL COME
INTO A LAND TRAVERSES DOMINICA TAMAKI WHAT THEY YOU ALMOST FEEL THEY WILL COME BACK HERE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BENN COUNCILOR PREPARED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HERE FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE AS A PROUD SON OF DOMINICAN IMMIGRANTS FOR ME THIS THIS DAY IS ALWAYS VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE WE GET TO HONOR OUR PEOPLE, OUR
CULTURE, THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE SACRIFICE ALSO THAT OUR THAT ARE PEOPLE TOOK TO IN ORDER TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY AND COME HERE TO THE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON TO START A NEW LIFE
TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A WHOLE NEW CULTURE HERE AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO GROW AS A COMMUNITY HERE AS COUNCILMAN SAID SO THRIVING BUSINESSES THERE'S NOW WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL WE ARE
FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, TEACHERS, YOU NAME IT AND EVERY SINGLE SECTOR OF THE CITY OF BOSTON THERE'S A PROUD DOMINICAN WORKING THERE AND I'M JUST VERY GLAD THAT I GET TO CELEBRATE AS ONE OF THE THREE
DOMINICAN COUNCILORS AND FOR ME I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FLAG RAISING TOMORROW AND I INVITE ALL THE ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO TO PARTICIPATE AND CELEBRATE DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA COVERS ANY OF THE FOUR. OH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HERE
AND COUNCIL PREPARED FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS. I'M VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO BE A DOMINICAN. I WAS BORN IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND CAME TO BOSTON AT A YOUNG AGE AND JUST I THINK
THESE WANT TO ECHO MY SENTIMENTS OF JUST HOW MUCH DOMINICAN COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ACROSS THE STATE AND HOW WE'RE INVOLVED IN ALL
PARTS OF THE SECTORS HERE IN THE CITY AND RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY AS YOU ALL KNOW MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS ALWAYS YOUTH, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH
SO MANY DOMINICAN YOUTH PARTICULARLY AND JUST BEING ABLE TO GET THEM THEY GOT TO GET CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND PLUGGED INTO IT AND INTO DIFFERENT AREAS TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON THE NEXT GENERATION .
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BREAKFAST TOMORROW THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERE IS IS HOSTING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GIVING OUR YOUTH AWARD AT THAT BREAKFAST AS WELL AND I'M
JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE THIS AND COMMUNITY WITH MY OWN PERSONAL FAMILY AS WELL BUT ALSO WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY BOSTON. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
CELEBRATING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST YOU KNOW, I I IF THERE
WAS A FOURTH CO-SPONSOR MAYBE BUT I JUST I WANTED TO THANK, YOU KNOW, COUNCILORS IN HERE PEPEN AND SANTANA. YOU KNOW I AM PROUD TO REPRESENT A LARGE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT SIX.
IT'S IT'S REALLY BEEN MY PLEASURE TO FIGHT THEM IN CITY HALL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING THE BREAKFAST TOMORROW AND CONTINUING TO TO ADVOCATE YOU KNOW FOR FOR A
COMMUNITY THAT IS A REAL ASSET NOT ONLY TO DISTRICT SIX BUT THE WHOLE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER AND MAYBE OH MAYBE WE WILL SEE THAT DANCING SKILLS THAT
COUNCILOR MEJIA WAS SUPPOSED TO TEACH THE BACHATA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE IT'S IT'S HAPPENED BUT HOPEFULLY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE COUNCIL THERE AGAIN BECAUSE OF AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU SO MUCH ONLY BECAUSE THESE
DOCKETS WERE SO CLOSE TOGETHER COULD WE REALIZE THAT THE DOMINICANS AND THE IRISH HAVE A QUORUM ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S SO OUR OUR PARTNERSHIP COULD
ABSOLUTELY BE DYNAMIC. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE DOMINICAN WHO REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITY WITH SUCH DISTINCTION, SUCH HONOR AND SUCH CIVIC PRIDE.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL. YOU KNOW, BEING ON BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY WERE IMMIGRANTS BUT MY GRANDFATHER WAS A SPANISH IMMIGRANT WHO NEVER PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR AND NEVER
LEARNED HOW TO READ ENGLISH. SO I JUST FEEL A LOT OF CAMARADERIE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY REPRESENTS YOUR PEOPLE AND I
THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE INTO THIS TIME EVERY IMMIGRANT, EVERY STORY MATTERS AND SO I'M EXCITED TO BE THERE TOMORROW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DIRK IN THE
CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR IF AN INDIAN IS IN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND JUST APPLAUD CONSOLE ME HIS EFFORT TO DOING THE BREAKFAST I WAS
THERE LAST YEAR AND I WAS COMPLETELY AMAZED. SPEAKING OF THE IRISH COMMUNITY I WANTED TO DO THIS COLLECTIVELY WANTED TO RISE AND SAY YOU KNOW THE IRISH ARE MY PEOPLE.
I GOT LIKE NOT IN MY DISTRICT NOT SO MUCH BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT LIKE I JUST GREW UP WITH A LOT OF LIKE FRIENDS FROM THE IRISH COMMUNITY AND I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS LIKE OH I GOT THAT ONE FRIEND WHO'S
IRISH. I AM SAYING THAT THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS AND PARTICULARLY THAT I CAN RELATE TO CASTLEBERRY AND I THOUGHT YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR STATEMENTS WERE
SO MASTERFULLY PUT TOGETHER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT BUT TO THE TO MY IRISH COMMUNITY I JUST I THINK YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING STRONG AND
HAVE REALLY BEEN EXEMPLARY IN TERMS OF COMING IN TO OUR COUNTRY AND NOW THE YOUR YOUR IRISH-AMERICAN FIRST SECOND THIRD GENERATION WHO ARE NOW
HERE MY COLLEAGUES THIS CHAMBER I THINK THERE'S FIVE OF YOU RIGHT COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILOR BREADON AND ALL IRISH AND I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
THING THEN YOU SEE THE DOMINICAN TRIO WHO ARE HERE COUNCIL ME HERE COUNCIL PREPARED COUNCILOR SANTANA WHO AND THEN HERE COMES COUNCIL ME HERE WHO IS YOU KNOW VIVACIOUS AND
STRONG AND PUTS OUT HER HEART INTO THIS WORK AND I THINK OFTEN IS SEEN AS BEING COLORFUL AND BOLD AND THE WORK SOMETIMES I THINK IS NOT AS HIGHLIGHTED
AS IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE OF ME HERE YOU ARE THROUGH THE CHAIR. YOU ARE AN EXCEPTIONAL CITY COUNCILOR. YOU SHOULD GIVE YOURSELF MORE CREDIT. YOU SHOULD PAT YOURSELF MORE ON THE BACK.
YOU ARE A QUEEN WITHIN YOUR OWN RIGHT. YOU ARE PROBABLY IF NOT THE MOST EFFECTIVE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE COUNCILORS IN THIS IN THIS BODY YOU HAVE WORKED
REALLY HARD AND YOU ARE AN AMAZING GRASSROOT ORGANIZER. YOU ARE KEEN IN ON THE ISSUES YOU CARE YOU POUR YOUR HEART OUT, YOU SHOW UP YOU ARE BRILLIANT IDEA IS HAVE PROVEN
TO BE IMPACTFUL AND EFFECTIVE AND YOU PROBABLY PASSED THE MOST LEGISLATOR LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATURE IN IN THIS BODY
PASSED PASS SORRY YEARS AND TODAY SO I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CELEBRATING A COMMUNITY WE AND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOUR
BREAKFAST TOMORROW WE REALLY NEED TO AND IT'S NOT TOMORROW THE BREAKFAST IS TOMORROW WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU LOOKED AT YOUR IRISH BROTHERS OR SISTERS
IN THE EXAMPLES AND YOU SAID THIS COULD BE IT BUT OF ME HERE YOU HAD THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE CREATIVITY IN THE HEART TO PUSH YOU FORWARD BUT YOU DID IT IN MASSIVE FULLY AND IT WAS
EXTRAORDINARY. PEOPLE CAME AND IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE. IT WAS BRILLIANT. IT WAS EXECUTED BEAUTIFULLY AND I APPLAUD YOU. I CONGRATULATE YOU AND I SUPPORT YOU EVEN MORE SOMETIMES WE AGREE.
RIGHT. 90 95% WE AGREE. BUT WHEN WE DON'T IT'S LIKE BECAUSE MEJIA LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU ARE BRILLIANT AND I
LOVE YOU FOR IT SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR GREEN ENGINE IS IN THE RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALCANTARA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND HOW DO I
FOLLOW THAT? I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU KNOW PEPEN AND SANTANA AND I AGREE COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE PUT ON FOR YOUR COMMUNITY YOU PUT ON
FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IT SHOWS AND WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE DOORS OF THAT FIRST BREAKFAST IT WAS TRULY JUST ALL YOUR HARD
WORK RIGHT THEN AND THERE AND IT JUST KIND OF SHOWED YOU HOW STRONG, HOW MUCH YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. SO IT'S AN HONOR TO NOT ONLY SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU BUT TO LEARN FROM YOU BUT ALSO TO MY
COLLEAGUES WHO ALSO ARE FROM FROM D.R. CASA SANTANA PEPEN SO HONORED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU GUYS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY AT THE BREAKFAST AND AT THE FLAG RAISING YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. WHERE ELSE IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER THAT YOU'RE RECOGNIZES CONCENTRATE ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU.
AS AN IMMIGRANT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT NOT TO FORGET WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE OUR ANCESTORS CAME FROM AND TO LEARN FROM THE HISTORY THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE SHORE.
AND I REALLY YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE BOSTON SO MUCH IS THE DIVERSITY OF BOSTON. WE'RE A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND THAT GIVES ME YOU KNOW, I'M
REALLY SORRY TO SEE THE CUBAN RESTAURANT IN HYDE SQUARE GONE ORIENTAL AND AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO EAT WAS THE MAJESTIC ON BRIGHTON
FIVE YEARS AGO IT WAS LITTLE MOM AND POP VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT. WE ARE AN INCREDIBLY RICH COMMUNITY AND WE'RE SO MUCH STRONGER BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD INCLUDING
THE DOMINICANS, THE IRISH AND THE CUBANS AND EVERYONE JAMAICANS, EVERYONE HAITIANS THE WHOLE LOT. SO EVERY TIME WE RUN THE FLAG UP IT IS A GREAT REMINDER THAT
WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN BOSTON AND WE'RE RICHER FOR IT. SO THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TIMES ARE GREAT AND AS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AS WE JUST WANT TO ECHO
COUNCILMAN HE HAD BREAKFAST LAST YEAR WAS JUST A GREAT SHOW OF COMMUNITY AND OF SUPPORT AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR WORK ON THAT AND WANT TO UNDERLINE
JUST I JUST I MEAN WITH THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. RIGHT.
AND HOW WE CAN PULL I MEAN ALL EXPERIENCE ARE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME ALL THE SAME TIME BUT THAT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW SOLIDARITY AND TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO JUST WANT TO JUST THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE FOR FOR THEIR WORDS AND AND FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING EVERY DAY TO NOT ONLY LOVE ON OURSELVES AND LOVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT TO DO THE WORK OF PROTECTING THEM AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR IS BREADON GLOVER, ZAPATA DURKAN FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN
MURPHY WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR COUNT WITH MEJIA BUT BRANDON SANTANA SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0557 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT.
THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 05582I CAN NUMBER 0558 COUNCIL OF FLYNN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF EVE GRIFFIN THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COME TO FLYNN
KIND OF WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND? ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR ME HERE AS WELL. COUNCILOR MURPHY IS ADDED AS AN
ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FLYNN SEAT HAS BEEN THE RULES ADD CUSTOM HERE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COME FROM HERE SO OUT OF CONTROL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I AM FILING THIS RESOLUTION
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF ASSISTANT EVE GRIFFIN. EVE IS A LIBRARIAN AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HAS
SERVED AS A CURATOR FINE ARTS AT THE SPECIAL COLLECTION DEPARTMENT IN THE CENTRAL BRANCH DOWNTOWN COPLEY AREA FOR
OVER 12 YEARS I MET HER ON ZOOM AND ARE WONDERFUL LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT HER SHE IS A HARD WORKING AND WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBER WONDERFUL PERSON DEDICATED TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
MISSION AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT SPECIAL COLLECTION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. IN 2019 EVE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
CANCER AND UNFORTUNATELY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HER DIAGNOSIS HAS PROGRESSED TO STAGE FOUR WHICH IS A TERMINAL
CONDITION TO RECEIVE TREATMENT . THIS HAS MEANT THAT I'VE HAD TO USE UP ALL HER SICK DAYS AND PAID LEAVE AND TO TAKE UNPAID
TIME OFF IN NOVEMBER 2020 FOR WE'VE SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION EXTENDED SICK LEAVE FUND COMMITTEE WHO ARE SICK BACK IN
ORDER TO CONTINUE TREATMENT WITHOUT OF PAY WHILE THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION GRANTED EVEN THE REQUEST REQUEST. THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
DENIED IT WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY REASON. CURRENTLY BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY EMPLOYEES DO NOT RECEIVE LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS AND A
DONATED SICK BACK HAS BEEN A USEFUL TOOL FOR THOSE WHO NEED THIS TIME I MET WITH PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION
AND HE RECENTLY AS I MENTIONED AND EVE HAS TOLD ME THAT SHE LOVES HER JOB, SHE LOVES THE STAFF THERE THAT SHE WORKS WITH SHE LOVES THE RESIDENTS
OF BOSTON THAT COME IN. SHE'S A HARD WORKING, STRONG, RESILIENT PERSON. AS LEADERS OF THIS CITY, I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW
COMPASSION AND UNDERSTAND IT ESPECIALLY TO THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY WORKERS WHO ARE BATTLING TERMINAL ILLNESSES.
YOU HAVE TO BE BOLD PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY TOUGH TO FIGHT TERMINAL ILLNESSES AND WORKERS SHOULD NOT HAVE THE ADDITIONAL
WORRY ABOUT FINANCIAL BURDEN AND THE IMPACT IT HAS THAT IT HAS ON THEM AND THEIR. EVE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE THE SICK BANK HOURS TO
ATTEND HER DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND PURSUE TREATMENT WITHOUT LOSING PAY. I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME TODAY IN SUPPORT OF EVEN TO
ASK BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SENIOR LEADERSHIP TO WORK WITH THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION TO GRANT OUR SICK TIME IN. LET HER BE PART OF THE SICK
BANK SO THAT SHE CAN CONTINUE TREATMENT WITHOUT THIS FINANCIAL IMPACT. IT'S ABOUT RESPECT. IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY FOR THIS WONDERFUL PERSON, A TREMENDOUS
CITY EMPLOYEE AND COLLEAGUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, FOR LETTING ME JOIN ON THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION ADVOCATING FOR EVE GRIFFIN WHO IS A DEDICATED LIBRARIAN AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SHE
SERVED AS A CURATOR OF FINE ARTS IN THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 12 YEARS. IN 2019, AS COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED, EVE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER WHICH HAS SINCE
PROGRESSED TO STAGE FOUR METASTATIC AND IS TERMINAL CONDITION THROUGHOUT HER BATTLE . EVE HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO HER ROLE EXEMPLIFYING THE SPIRIT AND MISSION OF THE
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. SHE HAS EXHAUSTED HER PERSONAL SICK LEAVE AND HAS RELIED ON THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATES EXTENDED LEAVE FUND A PROGRAM WHERE COLLEAGUES DONATE THEIR SICK TIME TO
SUPPORT PEERS IN NEED JUST LIKE EVE. WHILE PSA APPROVED A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SICK LEAVE, THE ADMINISTRATION DENIED IT. I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN, THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING DIRECTLY WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LIBRARY TO TRY TO GET THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING BUT I DO HOPE THAT WE PASSED A RESOLUTION AND IT WILL IT CAME
UP IN A COMMUNICATION AT THE LAST HEARING AND I HOPE THAT THE POWER OF OUR BODY SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE THAT IT'S NOT JUST YOU OUT THERE ADVOCATING THAT THEY KNOW THAT ALL OF US SUPPORT THIS STRUGGLING
COLLEAGUE OF OURS. SO THIS DECISION NOT ONLY UNDERMINES THE COMPASSIONATE INTENT OF THE SICK LEAVE FUND BUT ALSO PLACES AN UNDUE FINANCIAL AND AN EMOTIONAL
BURDEN ON AN EMPLOYEE FACING A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS. SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION IS IMPERATIVE TO UPLOAD THE UPHOLD THE VALUES OF EMPATHY AND SOLIDARITY ALREADY WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITY. IT CALLS UPON THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY LEADERSHIP TO COLLABORATE WITH THE PSA EXECUTIVE BOARD TO GRANT EAVE THE NECESSARY SICK LEAVE ALLOWING HER TO CONTINUE HER
TREATMENT WITHOUT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THIS RESOLUTION WE WILL AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND SET A PRECEDENT FOR A COMPASSIONATE WORKPLACE PRACTICES.
AND I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ELISE, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF ASK ME 1526 AND ALL OF HER OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT ASKED ME TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS AND
I KNOW THAT WE WILL ALL DO THE RIGHT THING AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS ABLE TO CONTINUE HER PAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, THE CHAIR. AND AS THIS COMES TO MEJIA COMES ME AGAIN THE FLOOR. YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. YOU KNOW, INITIALLY I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THIS ON THE NEWS ACTUALLY I GOT WIND OF THE
SITUATION AND THEN MY WE'VE GOTTEN TONS OF EMAILS IN SUPPORT OF EVE IN THIS RESOLUTION AND SO I WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS NOT APPROVED, I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED. BUT I THINK IN THE INTEREST
OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LEADING WITH COMPASSION, I THINK AT THE VERY LEAST IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND SUPPORTING ONE OF OUR PUBLIC
SERVANTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CELEBRATING TIMES ARE GREAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CASE
AND WE'VE READ ABOUT IT AND WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IN THE NEWS AND WE HAVE HAD DOZENS OF CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ASKING US TO SUPPORT EVEN A REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO USE
SOME OF THE SICK TIME FROM THE SICK BANK SICK THE BANK AT THE BPO PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION.
I HAVE AN EMAIL HERE THAT FROM ONE OF THE UNION REPRESENTATIVES THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE SHE WORKS IN BRIGHTON. SHE SAYS THAT THIS IS A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD ISSUE LIKE
MANY, MANY EMPLOYERS THE LIBRARY HAS A SICK BANK MADE UP ENTIRELY OF SICK DAYS CONTRIBUTED BY OTHER LIBRARIANS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR SICK MEMBERS. YOU MUST BE VERY SICK TO USE THIS BANK. YOU MUST HAVE ALREADY USED UP
ALL YOUR OWN SICK TIME, VACATION TIME, PERSONAL TIME ALL OF YOUR DISCRETIONARY MUST BE GONE. A SICK A SICK MEMBER THEN APPLIES TO THE UNION SICK BANK.
THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE REQUEST AS LONG AS THE DETAILS AS LONG AS THE DETAILS REGARDING TIME AND ILLNESS ARE MET THE MEMBER IS GRANTED TIME.
THE PSA SICK BANK COMMITTEE ALREADY DID THIS FOR EVE GRIFFIN. I WAS A VOTING MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE BUT THE BPO HAS STEPPED IN AND REFUSED TO RELEASE THE FUNDS EVEN THOUGH
IT MEETS EVERY REQUIREMENT. IT'S REALLY AND THEN ANOTHER UNION MEMBER WHO'S ON THE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT MANAGES THE SICK TIME BANK THE SICK TIME IS
PART OF OUR CONTRACTUAL MANDATE THIS SICK TIME AS PART OF OUR CONTRACTUALLY MANDATED COMPENSATION. IT IS VOLUNTARILY DONATED BY US UNION MEMBERS FOR THE USE OF OUR COLLEAGUE.
AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO JUST CONSIDER HOW WE WOULD FEEL IF THIS WAS OURSELVES OR A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY WHO IS SEEKING THIS SORT OF RELIEF AND I HOPE THAT WE
CAN THE THE THE SICK TIME COMMITTEE WHAT'S IT CALLED AND THE BPO CAN GET TOGETHER AND SORT THIS OUT IN A COMPASSIONATE AND SUPPORTIVE WAY.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON, IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS IS A
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVE. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT SHE'S EXPERIENCING AND I LIKE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND I DON'T
FULLY UNDERSTAND THE REASONS WHY THIS HAS BEEN DENIED. AT THE SAME TIME I DO WANT TO I DON'T WANT THIS COUNCIL TO BE ENGAGED OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON
PERSONAL PERSONAL DISPUTES THAT ARE IN THE PURVIEW OF OF OF THE ADMINISTRATION. I THINK THERE ARE WAYS FOR US TO WEIGH IN AND I'VE DONE IT AND I DO IT ALL OF THE TIME ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE AN ISSUE OR HAVE A GRIEVANCE AND
MAKE PHONE CALLS, TALK TO YOU AND MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT FORUM AND SO I'LL BE VOTING PRESENT ON THIS RESOLUTION.
BUT I DO HOPE THAT EVE IS ABLE TO GET THE SICK TIME THAT SHE NEEDS AND THAT SHE IS ABLE TO GET AS YOU AS YOU READ COUNCILOR BREADON, IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD ISSUE.
SO I PERPLEXED AS TO WHY THIS HASN'T BEEN GRANTED. BUT AS A MATTER OF PROCESS FOR THIS BODY I DO NOT WANT US WEIGHING IN ON PERSONAL DECISIONS AND SO I'M GOING TO BE A PRESENT ON THIS ONE BUT I
RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES IN THEIR ADVOCACY AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ON HER BEHALF AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK I HEAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S POSITION LOUD AND CLEAR. HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF RESOLUTION WE'VE YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF PERSONNEL ISSUES WE'VE TAKEN POSITIONS WHERE WE'VE JUST SUPPORTED THINGS TO MAKE
STATEMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, OR THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO THE STATE LIKE KEEPING A HOSPITAL OPEN OR THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ISSUES THAT WE VOTED ON THAT WE KNOW WE SHOULDN'T REALLY BE WE OR WE
HAVE LESS POWER OR THAT WE DON'T TO ENCOURAGE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS HERE IN TERMS OF DECISION MAKING AND THEY SHOULD BE UNION ISSUES.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE'VE SET THAT PRECEDENCE I THINK IT'S TOTALLY OKAY FOR ME AND I'M SPEAKING JUST FOR MYSELF. AGAIN, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR AND I THINK YOU ARE CORRECT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW HOW WE WEIGH IN ON ISSUES LIKE THIS.
HOWEVER, LIKE WE'VE SET A PRECEDENT HERE A PRECEDENT HERE WHERE WE HAVE DONE THIS YOU KNOW, WHERE WE MAKE A STATEMENT ON SOMETHING WHICH WOULD BE A RESOLUTION NOT WE'RE NOT
CHANGING LAWS. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO YOU KNOW, TELL THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT TO DO. WE ARE GOING ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING AND SAYING THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD
SHOULD TAKE PLACE. SO I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT AND TO EVEN YOUR FAMILY ARE DEEPLY SORRY THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. HI. THANK YOU. YEAH, I DO THINK MADAM PRESIDENT RAISES A GOOD POINT THAT I. I THINK WE CAN HAVE A BETTER
PROCESS ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS IF ONE PERSON IS COMING TO US AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, TO QUESTION TO THE TO THE FILER I'M ASSUMING AT THIS POINT WE
DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR WHY THEY TOOK THIS ACTION. UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHILE I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION I DO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ANSWER WHEN VOTING ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD REASON BUT I AND WHETHER YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HEARING GENERAL POLICIES LIKE THIS IN THE IN THE COMMITTEE THAT I
CHAIR YOU KNOW I WOULD SUPPORT THAT BUT YOU KNOW I I DO HOPE THAT IT'S JUST NOT YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT JUST DOING TAKING THESE ACTIONS FOR SINGULAR PEOPLE UNLIKE WITH I THINK STEWART HEALTH CARE WE WERE WE
UNDERSTOOD THE REASONS WHY THEY WERE CLOSING HOSPITAL OR SOMETHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK THE CRITICAL QUESTION HERE IS IS WHY I STILL THINK WE CAN YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, IN A
SITUATION LIKE THIS WE HAVE CERTAINLY FACTS WHERE WE COULD SUPPORT IN CALLING FOR HELP FOR FOR FOR MS. GRIFFIN YOU KNOW
AND I SUPPORT THAT. I JUST I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS COUNCIL TURN INTO LIKE AN H.R. DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, FIRST SINGLE ISSUES AND AT LEAST TO
KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHY THE THE LIBRARY HAS TAKEN THIS ACTION. I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THAT AT THIS THIS TIME. BUT I STILL SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAD THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I DO JUST WANT ARISE MY FOURTH YEAR ON THE COUNCIL AND
WE DO VOTE ON RESOLUTIONS AND IF WE WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE I THINK THAT HAS TO BE A HEARING IN THE RULES COMMITTEE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT DO THESE RESOLUTION MEAN? RIGHT? MY FIRST YEAR WE PASSED A
RESOLUTION TO BAN YOU KNOW, THE EMBARGO TO CUBA LIKE CUBA WAS NOT LISTENING TO US. THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR PRACTICES. IT WAS LIKE SENDING A STATEMENT WHERE WE FEEL AND IF WE ARE
WEIGHING IN LIKE MANY OF US VOTED MYSELF DID IN SUPPORT OF EDDIE CRISPIN KNOWING THAT COMMISSIONER CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS AND THE MAYOR AND HER DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WILL DECIDE IF IT'S
LEGAL OR NOT IF THEY'RE NOT FORCED TO DO ANYTHING WITH OUR RESOLUTIONS IT'S SENDING A STATEMENT AND SO I DON'T WANT TO WATER DOWN THE SUPPORT I
HAVE FOR HER AND SURE THAT SHE KNOWS. SO EVEN IF SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WHICH IS FINE EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO VOTE ON EVERYTHING THE WAY THEY WANT BUT IT'S HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES
ON THIS COUNCIL SO. WE DEFINITELY THEN SHOULD PROBABLY COME TOGETHER TO DECIDE WHAT RESOLUTION IS DO COME FORWARD AND HOW WE'RE VOTING ON THEM. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
FLYNN FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND YOU KNOW, I. I THINK WHAT THIS RESOLUTION
MEANS IS THAT OUR COLLEAGUE THAT WORKS WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM DESERVES RESPECT AND AND DESERVES
DIGNITY AT HER TIME OF NEED. ONE OF MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES MENTIONED COULD YOU IMAGINE IF THIS WAS YOUR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, YOUR SPOUSE OR YOUR YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR CHILD OR
YOUR SISTER, YOUR BROTHER IN THAT SITUATION WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU'D WANT ADVOCATES FIGHTING FOR YOU. THAT'S WHAT YOU'D WANT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE
COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF JUSTICE IF THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU CAN COME HERE AND PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO YOU AND PEOPLE WILL TAKE A
VOTE. MAYBE IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL VOTE, MAYBE IT'S A DIFFICULT VOTE BUT YOU CAN COME HERE AND SEEK SOME JUSTICE BECAUSE CITY
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I'VE REPRESENTED ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY WE TAKE AND VOTE ON DIFFICULT ISSUES THE NEXT THE
NEXT RESOLUTION I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CUTS TO VETERANS. THAT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE. SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CUTS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH FEDERAL SO SOMEONE'S GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION ISSUES ARE APPROPRIATE. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE YES. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE NO. IT'S ABOUT IT'S ABOUT OUR VALUES.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. DO WE STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A VOICE, THAT SOMEONE IS SICK THAT THEY CAN'T FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES? DO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO
ADVOCATE FOR THEM? AND THAT'S THE QUESTION. MAYBE MAYBE THE QUESTION IS YES. MAYBE THE QUESTION IS NO. THAT'S WHAT MY COLLEAGUES DO DECIDE. BUT THIS IS THE PLACE THIS IS
THE RIGHT PLACE FOR PEOPLE LOOKING FOR RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND IT'S OUR JOB TO PROVIDE THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD WE HEAR THAT BEN WEBER MR. CLERK
COUNCILORS GLEN MACCHIA AND MURPHY'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0558. CAN YOU PLEASE MR. CLERK, COULD
YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NUMBER 0558 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
COUNCILOR CLOSE TO THE PRESENT COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN PRESIDENT COUNCIL FINANCE AND COUNCIL FINANCES AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PRESENT COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PRESENT CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
COUNCILOR THE PEN COUNCILOR FOR PEN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA PRESIDENT COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
COUNCILOR WORRELL THE PRESENT COUNCIL WILL PRESENT EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND FIVE VOTES PRESENT. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0559 TALKING NUMBERS 0559 COUNCIL FLYNN NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DENOUNCING CUTS TO PERSONNEL
AND SERVICE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS OR VETERANS AFFAIRS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTER FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS WEEK I ATTENDED THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON DC. I DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT I WOULD BE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE
VETERANS MILITARY FAMILIES, DISABLED VETERANS AGAINST THE LAYOFFS OF 1000 PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LAST WEEK I WAS PROUD
TO JOIN CONGRESSMAN LYNCH, STATE SENATOR MICHAEL RUSH, FELLOW VETERANS, WORKING FAMILIES AT THE WEST ROXBURY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER
TO SUPPORT VETERANS AND FEDERAL WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY LAYOFFS TO THE VA SYSTEM AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AMANDA WAS ALSO THERE FIGHTING
FOR FIGHTING FOR VETERANS AND WORKING FAMILIES AS WELL OUT IN FRONT OF THE VETERANS AFFAIRS
BUILDING IN WASHINGTON DC THERE'S A SMALL LITTLE PLACARD IN BRONZE AND IT'S A QUOTE FROM PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND IT SAYS
WE MUST CARE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN OUR NATION'S MILITARY AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS AND SURVIVORS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER OF VETERANS IN
THE UNITED STATES. VETERANS MAKE UP ABOUT 30% OF THE 2 MILLION OVER 1 MILLION FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. MANY OF WHOM ARE LIKE MYSELF,
DISABLED VETERANS OUR FEDERAL WORKFORCE MAKE UP APPROX SIMPLY 6% OF THE OVERALL FEDERAL BUDGET THE CUTS TO SERVICES AND
BENEFITS FOR VETERANS WILL DO NOTHING TOWARDS BALANCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET UNCONSCIONABLE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WOULD
CUT SERVICES PROGRAMS SUPPORTING VETERANS SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE
BYPASS IMPACT ACT AND 2022 I WOULD VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO SUPPORT VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES EXPOSED TO TOXINS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OVER 1
MILLION VETERANS AND THEIR SURVIVORS HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT. IN ADDITION, OVER 5 MILLION VETERANS HAVE BEEN SCREENED FOR TOXIC EXPOSURES IN RECENT
MONTHS. THE VA REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL 6 BILLION TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH CARE SHORTFALL. THE RECKLESS CUTS THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE ARE GOING TO IMPACT OVER 9 MILLION PEOPLE THAT THE VA SERVES. THESE ARE VETERANS WHO STRUGGLE WITH A HOST OF MEDICAL ISSUES INCLUDING UNIQUE SERVICE RELATED AND MENTAL HEALTH
CHALLENGES INCLUDING THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM PTSD, PTSD THERE ARE MANY UNOCCUPIED POSITIONS IN THE VA ESPECIALLY COUNSELORS
. WOMEN VETERANS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING GROUP OF VETERANS IN THE VA SYSTEM AND IN THE MILITARY. THEY NEED GENDER SPECIFIC
SUPPORT AT THE VA MEDICAL FACILITIES. WE CAN'T WATER THAT DOWN. AS A RETIRED U.S. NAVY VETERAN,
I WON'T STOP FIGHTING FOR OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES FOR EXPANDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. AS I MENTIONED SUPPORT FOR WOMEN VETERANS, MORE RESOURCES DEDICATED TO VETERANS SUICIDE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE? WE HAVE WE LOSE 21 VETERANS A DAY FROM SUICIDE AND WE'RE CUTTING THE BUDGET. WE'RE CUTTING THE FEDERAL
BUDGET REGARDLESS OF THIS PAINFUL AND TRAUMATIC CUT THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN WASHINGTON OVER ALL WE SEE IN OTHER
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S ALMOST EASY NOW TO ENSURE VETERANS ARE NO LONGER PART OF SOCIETY WHEN YOU SYSTEM RADICALLY TRY TO CUT THEIR
BENEFITS, CUT THEIR SERVICES, WHAT IT SAYS IS YOU DON'T RESPECT THEM, YOU DON'T YOU DON'T SUPPORT THEM. YOU'RE WILLING TO SEND THEM OFF TO TO A WAR. BUT WHEN THEY COME HOME YOU
BASICALLY TELL THEM YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN AND YOU'RE TELLING THEIR SPOUSE THAT SAME MESSAGE IN THEIR FAMILIES. WHAT VETERANS WANT AND WHAT THEY NEED IS SUPPORT FROM
CITIZENS HERE IN BOSTON AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT IT IS OUR DUTY TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY FAMILIES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN MURPHY.
COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO RISE TO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BEING SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE. THE VETERANS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE STATE AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE. YOU GO TO BAT AND YOU FIGHT FOR OUR VETERANS AS HARD AS YOU DO THE RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT EVERY DAY AND AS A MOM OF A
VETERAN NOW IT HITS DIFFERENTLY AND IT FEELS DIFFERENTLY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I RISE TO THANK
COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS STRONG ADVOCACY ALWAYS FOR THE VETERANS COMMUNITY. I HAVE VETERANS IN MY FAMILY IN MY DISTRICT HAS MANY VETERANS
WHO ARE OUR STRONG AND PROUD AND SO MY MY EDUCATION LARGELY COMES FROM THEM. WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN IN D.C. RIGHT NOW IS DEPLORABLE AND SHOULD QUITE FRANKLY DISGUST
EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICAL PARTY. THESE JOB CUTS BASICALLY PUT VETERANS LAST AND JUST YESTERDAY WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE OVER 1400 NEW CUTS IN
THE SECOND ROUND AND THAT HAS BROAD RAMIFICATIONS TO NOT JUST IN D.C. BUT IN OUR COMMUNITIES AT THE VA HOSPITAL AND IN JAMAICA PLAIN.
AND SO WHILE THIS IS BEING DONE IN THE NAME OF EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS, MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY PARTY WORKED IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE FOLKS WERE SLEEPING TO RAISE TAXES ON MOST AMERICANS EXCEPT FOR THOSE AT THE TOP 5% OR THE RICHEST 5%. AND THIS IS BASED ON THE
INSTITUTE OF TAXATION AND ECONOMICS, WHICH IS NONPARTISAN . AND SO ACCORDING TO LOGIC TO THIS LOGIC, BILLIONAIRES SHOULD RECEIVE RELIEF WHILE VETERANS ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AND WE SHOULD NOT BE CONDITIONED TO
ACCEPT THIS. AND SO THIS PUBLIC DECEPTION THAT HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY SHAPED TO JUSTIFY BILLIONAIRE EXPLOITATION AND VILIFY THE
WORKING CLASS FOR THEIR STRUGGLES NOW INCLUDES VETERANS AND AGAIN THAT SHOULD DISGUST EVERYBODY. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE EVERYTHING PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE, THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. AND SO I'M PROUD TO STAND UP
AND SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE AND ALL VETERANS IN MY DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I CAN JUST CONSECRATE ANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU MR FLYNN FOR YOUR
AND AN INCREDIBLE CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR VETERANS AND AND ALSO FOR YOUR SERVICE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY WHO'S A SOCIAL WORKER AND HER SISTERS
A SOCIAL WORKER WHO WORKS FOR THE VA AND SHE SAID THAT HER SISTER HAD BEEN OFFERED THE THEY CAME TO CALL IT THE FORK IN THE ROAD WHERE YOU SAY OKAY, GIVE UP YOUR JOB TOMORROW YOU CAN YOU WILL PAY IT THROUGH
SEPTEMBER SO THAT SHE DIDN'T TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THEN THE NEXT THIS WEEK IT IS RIGHT DOWN FIVE THINGS THAT YOU ACHIEVED LAST WEEK IN YOUR JOB .
VA SOCIAL WORKERS ARE OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID AND HAVE CASELOADS WAY BEYOND THEIR CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY GET TO GIVE OPTIMAL SERVICE TO THE THE
VETERANS THAT THEY SERVE AND THIS IS NONSENSE THIS IS NONSENSE ASKING THEM TO DO THIS THE EMERGENCY HOTLINE FOR VETERANS TO TRY AND PREVENT VETERAN SUICIDES IS ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS TO TAKE IT TO BE CUT. A FEW SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. THIS IS NONSENSICAL, RECKLESS, DANGEROUS.
IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL CONGRESS AND CONGRESS ALONE HAS THE POWER TO CUT FUNDING FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND YET WE HAVE AN UNELECTED AN UNELECTED UNVETTED
,A VERY RICH MAN MAKING THESE DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPACTING PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. VETERANS LIVE IN EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STATE, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY 30% OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ARE VETERANS.
THEY WORK IN STATE PARKS. THEY WORK AND THEY WORK FOR THE POST OFFICE. THEY WORK ALL ACROSS THE NATION AND THEY ARE BEING FACED WITH AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FUTURE.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CUTTING THE BUDGET. WE ARE EXPERIENCING A COUP DESIGNED TO DISMANTLE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE RICHEST 5%
OF OF AMERICANS. AND IT'S IT'S REALLY TIME FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND SAY WE SUPPORT OUR VETERANS. WE SUPPORT A MEDICARE MEDICAID.
WE WANT OUR SOCIAL SECURITY TO BE LEFT ALONE AND WE DON'T AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE TAXED MORE SO THAT THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY GET BE GIVEN A BIG TAX BREAK.
THIS IS NOT JUST IT'S HIGHLY, HIGHLY ILLEGAL AND UNPRECEDENTED. SO IT'S TIME FOR EVERYONE TO STAND UP AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT CONSTANTLY FRIENDS
RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU THANK YOU THAT YOU ORGANIZED THIS CONFERENCE INDIANA'S IN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MY LIGHT WENT OFF. I WAS TRYING TO SAY IT WAS TIME
BUT JUST ECHOING MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCILOR FLYNN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING SUCH A STRONG NOT JUST ADVOCATE BUT FOR YOUR SERVICE AND TO OUR OWN VERY OWN MAKE SURE YOUR STAFF.
SHANE PACK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. I JUST IT DOES HIT HOME HARD. THERE ARE I HAVE TO ADMIT I MUST ADMIT THOUGH THERE ARE SOME CUTS THAT I AGREE WITH AND
THIS ONE JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE THAT I THINK ABSOLUTELY NOT AND HURTS DEEPLY NOT JUST BEING A MILITARY MOM BUT ALSO JUST UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU DEDICATE
YOURSELF TO SERVICE SOME I THINK FOLKS I HAVE THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S SO MANY PERKS AND BENEFITS TO BECOMING A VETERAN AND SORT
OF BYPASS OR DISMISS VETERANS IN THAT WAY. BUT THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE. THE CONS DEFINITELY ALWAYS DO
THE PROS AND WHEN YOU ARE A FAMILY MEMBER OF A VETERAN OR A VETERAN YOURSELF THEN YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST YOU GOING AND POSSIBLY GOING TO WAR BUT THESE TRAININGS SOMETIMES YOU
INCUR INJURY SO CONCUSSION IS PTSD ALL TYPES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESSES THAT CAN COME WITH IT. YOUR BODY DETERIORATES FROM ALL
OF THAT HARD TRAINING AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T GO TO WAR YOU GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS THEN YOU YOU KNOW IN FINDING HOUSING OR GOING THROUGH SCHOOL AND THEN BEING ABLE TO RETURN HOME
INTO SOCIETY THEY ARE TREATED LIKE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. I WANT TO SPEAK TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS IN IN OUR COUNTRY AND
SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART, FOR YOUR DEDICATION, FOR BELIEVING IN THIS COUNTRY AND FOR DEDICATING YOUR LIVES TO SERVICE. IT IS NOT AN EASY TASK AND YOU
ARE A TREMENDOUS HUMAN BEING TO BE ABLE TO THINK OF OTHERS OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF, TO BE ABLE TO SAY I GIVE MY LIFE TO PROTECTING THIS COUNTRY SO I THANK YOU AND I PRAY FOR YOUR
PROTECTION, FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT OUR VETERANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY
HAS PLENTY BEEN THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. AS I MENTIONED I MET WITH CONGRESSMAN LYNCH WITH A GROUP OF DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I
AND THANK AS WELL I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY AS WELL FOR HER WORK IN LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING VETERANS AND
MILITARY FAMILIES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S EVIDENT THAT NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE HARM OF THIS ADMINISTRATION NOT EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO KEEP US IN THIS COUNTRY OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
AND THAT'S IT'S SHAMEFUL AND IT'S DISGUSTING AND NO ONE IS SAFE AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE OFTEN IN THE CAR MYSELF AND EMILY WAS OFTEN ON THE PHONE WITH HER
FATHER AND HER GRANDFATHER THEIR COORDINATING THEIR ALL THEIR CARE FROM THE VA AND SO THIS IS REPREHENSIBLE BUT THERE IS NO BOTTOM IT HAS BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO
BOTTOM AS TO WHAT THEY WON'T DO AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE HERE TO REPRESENT ARE THOSE WHO ARE WHO ARE RICH AND
SO YEAH, THIS IS IT'S A NIGHTMARE AND I MEAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS AND ALL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SEEING CUTS TO THEIR SERVICES.
IT'S IT'S REPREHENSIBLE WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK TO THAT COUNCILORS BREADON CLAIRE ZAPATA, DURKIN FERNANDES ANDERSON FITZGERALD HERE, MURPHY, PAT AND SANTANA
WEBER WERE ALL PLEAS OF THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER OH COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION COUNCIL FLYNN WAS ANYONE ELSE ON THIS DOCKET WITH
YOU? IS IT JUST COUNCILOR FLYNN OKAY, COUNCILOR, IT WAS JUST YOU OKAY? COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0559. ALL THOSE ARE HEARSAY. I I WILL SAY NAY.
MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE AND I CAN NAME A05 NAME COUNCIL BRIEF
COUNCIL READING. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR AS A PARTY, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. 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 PIPPIN YES COUNCIL 15
YEARS COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCIL OVER YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES I CAN MEMBER 0559 HAS RECEIVED OF A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0559 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 0560 EMBER 0560 COUNCILORS DURKAN AND BRAYDON OFF OF THE FOLLOWING
RESOLUTION CONDEMNING FEDERAL CUTS TO NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FUNDING FOR BOSTON AND MASSACHUSETTS. THANK YOU FOR TERMINATING COUNCILOR DURKAN TIMES ORDER CAN YOU GIVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
PRESIDENT AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR DAWKINS'S HAS BEEN THE ROADSIDE CASUALTY CHART OF THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES WITH YOUR ALSO ADDED COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
TODAY I RISE TO OFFER A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE PROPOSED FEDERAL CUTS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. I AM HONORED TO HAVE COUNCILOR BREADON CO-SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT
HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HOSPITALS AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD. I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION'S RECKLESS DECISION TO SLASH FUNDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND I URGE
THESE CUTS ARE NOT JUST FIGURES ON A BALANCE SHEET. THEY THREATEN BOSTON'S STANDING AS A GLOBAL LEADER IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE AND THIS ENDANGERS THOUSANDS OF JOBS CRITICAL RESEARCH AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
LIVES. THIS ISSUE IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME WITH A GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO ALZHEIMER'S AND MACULAR DEGENERATION. I HAVE LONG TIME PLACED MY HOPE IN THE POWER OF MEDICAL RESEARCH.
I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT SCIENTISTS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS WOULD LEAD TO BREAKTHROUGHS THAT COULD CHANGE MY FUTURE AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE WORLD. SENATOR ED MARKEY HAS CALLED THE NIH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES
OF HOPE YET WITH THESE FUNDING CUTS THAT HOPE IS BEING UNDERMINED. THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFESAVING DISCOVERIES IS BEING PLACED AT RISK AND FOR WHAT? NIH FUELS OVER $2 BILLION IN
RESEARCH IN DISTRICT EIGHT SUPPORTING MORE THAN 3500 PROJECTS ACROSS 19 INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL, BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND THE LONGWOOD MEDICAL AREA.
MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVES MORE NIH FUNDING PER CAPITAL THAN PER CAPITA THAN ANY OTHER STATE, BRINGING IN APPROXIMATELY 3.5 BILLION ANNUALLY AND SUSTAINING NEARLY 30,000 JOBS. THAT'S EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT
WILL BE IMPACTED. THE ACADEMIC SECTOR SUPPORTS OVER 136,000 JOBS AND CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN 71 BILLION ANNUALLY TO MASSACHUSETTS.
THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. NIH FUNDING INDUCES SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN LOCAL ECONOMIES WITH EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED WE'RE RETURNING OVER TO IN BOSTON ALONE THE
ELEMENTARY MATH CANCELS OUT TO $5 BILLION. THAT'S NOT JUST AN ECONOMIC DRIVER IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE. IT'S JOBS FOR FAMILIES IN
BOSTON AND BOSTON'S VITALITY IS BUILT ON THESE INSTITUTIONS AT A TIME WHEN ALL OF THESE INSTITUTIONS WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE ARE AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE
WERE FLEEING BOSTON. THESE INSTITUTIONS CAME IN PORTLAND CREATED COLLEGES, CREATED UNIVERSITIES, CREATED MEDICAL DISCOVERIES AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WE LAMENT WHAT
SOME OF THESE INSTITUTIONS BRING TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO OUR YOU KNOW, INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS. SOMETIMES I TALK ABOUT STUDENT ISSUES. SOMETIMES I TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIVING OFF CAMPUS.
BUT TODAY I'M BRINGING THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A DEEP FINANCIAL IMPACT ON OUR CITY AND THE RISK ISN'T THEORETICAL.
THIS COULD RESULT IN THOUSANDS OF JOBS LOST ACROSS BOSTON. IT COULD RESULTS IN YOUR LOCAL RESTAURANT NO LONGER GETTING ANY INSTITUTIONAL EVENTS
SUPPORT. RECENTLY ANDREA CAMPBELL RECENTLY SECURED AN IMPORTANT VICTORY AGAINST THESE CUTS. A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST THE TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT TO
SLASH ON AGE FUNDING BLOCKING THE CUTS WHILE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS CONTINUE. AND MAYOR MICHELLE WU HAS JOINED THE FIGHT LEADING A COALITION OF OVER 40 MAYORS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IN FILING AN AMICUS BRIEF TO STOP THESE
CUTS. THE LONG TERM COSTS BOTH IN LIVES LOST AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ARE NOT JUSTIFIED BY ANY SHORT TERM SAVINGS. IF THIS STANDS, WE'LL SEE FEWER
MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS A LOSS OF CRITICAL JOBS AND A WEAKENED ABILITY TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. IT'S ALL RISK NO REWARD. IT'S BAD FOR DISTRICT EIGHT, BAD FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND BAD FOR OUR NATION.
THANK YOU RADIO FACT THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCIL DURKAN FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS.
EVERYBODY MENTIONED SOME OF THE KEY POINTS THE IMPACTS OF PLANNED AND THREATENED NIH COSTS CUTS ARE ALREADY BEING FELT ACROSS THE COUNTRY MOST CERTAINLY HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS
AND IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVES THE MOST PER CAPITA OF ANY STATE AND IS A PIVOTAL HUB TO OVER 5000 RESEARCH PROJECTS STATEWIDE AND ALMOST
30,000 JOBS. THE PROCESS IS PLAYING OUT RIGHT HERE IN FEDERAL IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN BOSTON TO CHALLENGE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACK ON THIS CRUCIAL FEDERAL RESEARCH
SPENDING WHICH INCLUDES REIMBURSEMENT AND INDIRECT COSTS SUCH AS RENT AND UTILITIES, HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS HAVE SLOWED THEIR
SPENDING HIRING HAS BEEN PAUSED FOR NON-ESSENTIAL POSITIONS OFFERS OF ADMISSION TO GRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN RESCINDED. INSTITUTIONS ARE TAKING PREEMPTIVE STEPS TO CUSHION THE
BLOW BUT THE DAMAGE AS SURELY BEING DONE AND A CHILLING EFFECT IS REVERSING REVERBERATE ACROSS THE INDUSTRY. IT IS UNCERTAIN THAT THIS COULD IT IS UNCERTAIN WHAT THIS COULD
MEAN FOR LIFE SCIENCES. IT LAB INDUSTRY THAT HAS INVESTED IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WITH MANY PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE WE ALL KNOW
THAT OUR LAB DEVELOPMENT HAS HAS STALLED FOR ECONOMIC REASONS BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER A FURTHER ASSAULT ON THE ON THE LAB INDUSTRY IN
BOSTON. BOSTON I JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN CONDEMNING PROPOSED CUTS TO NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FUNDING IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS AND EXTEND MY
DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALL ACROSS THE CITY AND OUR COMMONWEALTH WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE UNCERTAINTY OF THESE CUTS. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IRONIC AT LEAST SOME OF THE
OTHER US RESEARCH CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE THAT ARE ALSO RECIPIENTS OF CUTS ARE IN RED STATES MANY OF WHOM DO NOT
SUPPORT IT. THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS REELECTION AND IT'S IT'S REALLY DISTURBING THAT THIS RECKLESS
ATTITUDE TO JUST CUTTING EVERYTHING WITHOUT ANY ANY SORT OF RECONSIDERATION OR EVALUATION OR AUDIT IS SO ARBITRARY THIS WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT ON BOSTON. IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE INSTITUTIONS IN BOSTON REGARDING PILOT. IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON BOSTON WITH REGARD TO
EMPLOYMENT AND IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON BOSTON IN TERMS OF THE PIPELINE FOR RESEARCH RIGHT NOW AS AS I MENTIONED
RESEARCHERS AND GRADUATES ARE NOT THERE. OFFERS ARE BEING RESCINDED. THIS IS AN INTERRUPTION OF THE PIPELINE THAT PRODUCES RESEARCH AND PROGRESS ON YEAR ON YEAR GOING FORWARD.
SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE ECONOMY AND THE LIFE OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. FRIEDEN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR FOR JOB POVERTY GUARANTEE EMPLOYEE.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ED'S IN MAJOR OUR CITY'S BREAD AND BUTTER AND SO A CUT IN THIS FUNDING IS CERTAINLY A BLOW IN DISTRICT THREE WITH THE BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER AND OF COURSE
THE LOSS OF THE COUNTY HOSPITAL RECENTLY AS WELL, WE'VE SEEN THE IMPACTS OF WHAT LOSING HEALTH CARE AND FUNDING FOR HEALTH INITIATIVES CAN DO AND WE'RE DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT
OF THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, YOU ADD TO THAT ISSUES SUCH AS THE FOLKS WHO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T FIND A PCP FOR TWO YEARS ON A WAITING LIST YOU HAVE DOCTORS HAVING BURNOUT
,YOU'VE GOT HOSPITALS LAYING OFF STAFF AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY AND THE STATE IS IN A HEALTH CARE CRISIS AS IT IS AND YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW TILL YOU OR A LOVED ONE GET SICK AND FIND YOURSELF
IN THAT SITUATION OR HOW MESSED UP SOME OF THE HEALTH CARE STUFF IS. AND SO TO ADD THAT TO TO TO ADD THIS CUTS ADD THESE CUTS TO TAKE AWAY THE FUNDING FROM THE ONGOING STRUGGLES THAT OUR
UNIVERSITIES AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY FEELING AND THE EFFECT THAT THAT'S HAVING ON OUR COMMUNITY, THIS WILL ONLY FURTHER EXACERBATE THOSE AND SEEING THE FALLOUT NOW I
WORRY ABOUT WHAT MORE FALLOUT WOULD DO AS WE GO FORWARD. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL DURKAN FOR ADDING ME TO THIS AND FOR ALL THE HEADS OF MEDS IN THE HOSPITAL. PLEASE GUYS STAY STRONG AND WE'LL GET THIS BACK. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COLLETTE ZAPATA FERNANDO ANDERSON FLYNN
MEJIA MURPHY PIPPIN SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE OTHER CHAIR COUNCILORS DURKIN BREADON AND FITZGERALD FITZGERALD'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0560. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY MR COURT WILL YOU
PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE WILL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0560. COUNCILOR BREEN COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR CLOSE UP YES.
COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY AS COUNCIL HAVE OPINIONS COUNTS FOR PIN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA
COUNCILOR SANTANA IS COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN HAVE A0560 AS WE SEE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0560 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT NUMBER 0561 DUCK GANG MEMBER 0561 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING MARCHES WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL I'M HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO
SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. SO ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS BEEN THE RIVERSIDE COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO
OBJECTIONS COMES FROM AN INDIGENOUS AND SO ADDED COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW MOTHER COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING ME ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS A TIME TO HONOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS,
RESILIENCE AND LEADERSHIP OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS WOMEN HAVE MADE TO SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PROGRESS IN EVERY FIELD WOMEN
OF ALL BACKGROUNDS HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF TRANSFORMATIVE SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE EQUITY IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OFTEN WITHOUT DUE RECOGNITION. WOMEN OF BOSTON HAVE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE CITY'S HISTORY AND FUTURE FROM TRAILBLAZING LEADERS IN POLITICS, LABOR, EDUCATION,
MEDICINE AND THE ARTS TO THE COUNTLESS WOMEN WHO HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH THEIR PERSEVERANCE AND DEDICATION, WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO EQUITY INCLUDING
DISPARITIES IN WAGES, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, POLITICAL REPRESENTATION, WORKPLACE PROTECTION AND PROTECTIONS FROM GENDER BASED VIOLENCE UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR
CONTINUED ADVOCACY AND POLICY REFORMS, THE CITY OF BOSTON IS COMMITTED TO ADVANCING GENDER EQUITY, ENSURING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL
WOMEN AND GIRLS CAN THRIVE. THE CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE ONGOING WORK NECESSARY TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES, UPLIFT WOMEN'S VOICES AND CHAMPION POLICIES
THAT SUPPORT THE EMPOWERMENT OF ALL WOMEN INCLUDING TRANSGENDER WOMEN, NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS AND GENDER MINORITIES WHO CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE.
THE MONTH OF MARCH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS EDUCATE FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL IMPACT AND REAFFIRM
THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO GENDER EQUITY, REPRESENTATION AND JUSTICE. SO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL I HOPE IF WE SUSPEND AND PASS THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE RECOGNIZE MARCH AS WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO REFLECT ON THE PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN PAST AND PRESENT TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TOWARD TOWARD FULL
GENDER EQUITY AND TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARD A FUTURE WHERE ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED AND LEAD IN EVERY ASPECT OF SOCIETY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU OUR COUNCIL MURPHY FOR ADDING. I AM JUST GOING TO THINK REALLY
QUICK AND REFLECT AS A LATINA. I THINK YOU KNOW, BEING RAISED IN A VERY DIFFICULT CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT THERE'S SO MANY STEREOTYPES ABOUT WOMEN AND HOW
WE SHOULD BE AND HOW WE SHOULD SHOW UP AND. OUR JOB IS TO STAY HOME AND COOK AND CLEAN AND TAKE CARE OF THE MEN. AND SO I REJECTED ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHILE GROWING UP AND
BROKE A LOT OF BARRIERS IN MY OWN CULTURE AND I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTING THIS MONTH BUT RECOGNIZING THAT AS WOMEN WE HAVE HAD TO
DEMONSTRATE OUR LEADERSHIP IN SO MANY SPACES AND PLACES AND OFTENTIMES WE HAVE TO FIGHT JUST BE HEARD OR HAVE TO FIGHT TO JUST BE AFFIRMED AS WE ARE AND WE HAVE TO MANAGE OUR
EMOTIONS. I'M A VULNERABLE INDIVIDUAL AND I THINK THAT THERE IS STRENGTH IN OUR VULNERABILITY BUT OFTENTIMES TIMES OUR PASSION OR OUR TONE AND ALL OF THESE
THINGS ARE ALWAYS JUST KIND OF UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. AND AS WOMEN WE JUST HAVE TO ALWAYS WATCH WHAT WE SAY, HOW WE SAY IT IF WE EVEN SAY IT AT ALL. AND I THINK THAT IT'S VERY LIBERATING TO TO STAND UP AND
BE MYSELF AS DIFFICULT AS IT COULD BE AT TIMES. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOR ME AS A SINGLE MOTHER TO SHOW UP AS MYSELF SO I CAN
TEACH MY DAUGHTER WHO WHO IS BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM AND I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM THAT MOMS AND WOMEN THAT WE ARE POWERFUL AND THAT TO SAY
THAT WE DON'T NEED MEN BECAUSE WE DO I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN SAY THAT BECAUSE THEN THEY'LL GO ON TWITTER AND TALK ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT BEING EQUITABLE TOWARDS BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT AS WOMEN WE ARE HOLDING IT DOWN AT
HOME AND AT WORK AND AS MOTHERS AND SISTERS AND AS COUSINS AND AS AUNTIES AND JUST AS EVERYTHING YOU KNOW WE ARE THE
CREATORS AND WE BRING SO MUCH TO THE TABLE AND I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES THOSE THINGS GET MINIMIZED ESPECIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE NATIONALS SCALE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY SINGLE GROUP IS UNDER ATTACK AND WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, WOMEN'S ABILITY TO EVEN
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IS GOING TO BE UP FOR DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT. I MEAN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR IS RIGHT NOW UNDER
ATTACK. SO JUST WANTED TO RISE UP AND CELEBRATE OUR POWER SO TO ALL THE WOMEN OUT THERE PUT ON YOUR CAPES WITH YOUR HIGH HEELS OR
YOUR SNEAKERS, WHATEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE IN AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THESE LITTLE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKING AND WE'RE GOING TO WALK ALL OVER YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR VERNON JENISON KIND OF AN INTERVENTION HERE. THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SOMETIMES MY IS NOT ON AND I WAIT FOR YOU TO GO TO SOMEONE
ELSE BECAUSE MY WHEEL STILL NEEDS OILING. AND SO IT'S ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SO I KNOW AND I APPRECIATE THAT I'M WAITING FOR ME TO COLLECT MY THOUGHTS AND I APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR ADDING ME IN CUSTOM HERE YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORDS REALLY MOTIVATE US ALL. I'M SURE HERE IN THE COUNCIL I THINK WE SURROUNDED BY
FEMINISTS AND I APPRECIATE THE MEN WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UPLIFTED WOMEN IN MANY WAYS YESTERDAY A BIT CONTROVERSIAL AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT AGAIN, WE SUPPORT A
BIRTHING CENTER IN ROXBURY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING AT SPACES THAT COULD BE BETTER ACCOMMODATE NOT IN A HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CONSTITUENTS
ARE ENCROACHED UPON IN TERMS OF THEIR WAY, IN TERMS OF THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. BUT IN OTHER PARCELS AVAILABLE IN ROXBURY AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK COMING FROM THAT TEAM
AS WELL. I DID WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING SOCIETY PUTS US LIKE GOING BACK AND FORTH. WE THINK WE'RE EVOLVED AND LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HOW WE SPEAK
WOMEN AND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND IT FEELS IT FEELS TOKENIZING OR YOU KNOW, PROPAGATED IN WAYS LIKE OH, WOMEN WE CAN DO THIS AND WE CAN DO THAT AND WE'RE REDUCED TO OUR ANATOMY OR WE'RE
REDUCED TO BEING MOTHERS OR REDUCED TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY EVERYTHING GIVING BIRTH LIKE HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE TAMPONS IN PLACES WHERE WE HAVE A RIGHT TO YOU KNOW, HAVING BIRTH CENTERS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BROOKLYN
CENTERS. AND SO WHEN LOOK AT YOU KNOW, IN CONTEXT OF LIKE HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN TERMS OF LIKE AFRICA AND HOW WOMEN THERE WERE LEADERS FROM THE BEGINNING
OF TIME THEN YOU SAY OH WELL WHAT HAPPENED SOMEHOW IN OUR EVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY THAT WE WENT BACKWARDS AND SO YOU KNOW THEN CAME EUROPE AND WITH ALL OF LIKE THE OPPRESSIVE LIKE
IDEOLOGIES ABOUT WOMEN CAN LEAD AND THEN CAME LIKE ALL OF THAT AND THEN IN EAST AND ASIA AREAS THAT WOMEN LED AS WELL. RIGHT? SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT TODAY
EVERYBODY ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT LIKE ABORTION RIGHTS AND YOU KNOW, PREGNANCY AND WOMEN CAN DO AND WE'RE STRONG IN OUR HEELS AND BLAH BLAH IT'S LIKE LOOK IT'S ALL RELATIVE SO DON'T SPEAK FOR ME.
I THINK WOMEN MEN ARE LIKE WE TALK ABOUT MEN BEING SENSITIVE AND NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH, TALK ABOUT MEN CAN CRY. WE TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO WOMEN'S TOPICS WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT LIKE US AS LIKE MOTHERS
OR ABORTION RIGHTS STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I I'M LOOKING FOR THE PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY TO START TALKING ABOUT WOMEN IN MORE OF JUST A HUMAN BEING AND WE
NOT JUST WHAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE AS MOTHERS OR AS AGAIN REDUCE TO OUR ANATOMY. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS YES, I'M PROUD OF BEING A MOTHER BUT THERE ARE MOTHERS
THAT ARE HAVING BIRTH CHILDREN AND THERE ARE MOTHERS THAT WOMEN WHO ASPIRE TO BE MOTHERS AND THEN THERE ARE WOMEN THAT DON'T WANT TO BE MOTHERS. SO I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST RECOGNIZED FOR BEING A MOTHER.
I WANT TO JUST BE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR EQUAL PARTNER HUMAN PARTNER IN THIS THING WE CALL HUMAN EVOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR CUT AS A PARTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M JUST RISING TO TAKE MY COLLEAGUES FOR PUSHING THIS FORWARD. I AM LUCKY THAT EVEN BEFORE A
CITY COUNCILOR MY MY LIFE'S WORK AND MY PASSION IS REALLY ADVANCING WOMEN IN ALL SECTORS. I WORKED IN MASSACHUSETTS ONE POLITICAL CAUCUS TRYING TO ELECT MORE WOMEN TO LOCAL
OFFICE AND I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS LIFE THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT I CONTINUE TO DO BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR VARIOUS LIVED EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVE ONLY MAKES
DECISIONS THAT MUCH BETTER WHETHER THAT BE IN POLICY OR IN THE BOARDROOM OR OR WHEREVER AND THE NONPROFIT AND THE NONPROFIT WORLD. I DO HAVE TO SAY THANKS AS WELL
TO COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON FOR ALWAYS JUST ARTICULATING I THINK WHAT I'M THINKING AND YOU ME THINK BETTER ON MANY THINGS BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AND
JUST ECHO WHAT YOU HAD SAID IS THAT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS NOT ABOUT APPLAUDING WOMEN FOR BEING GOOD MOTHERS, SISTERS, WIVES, DAUGHTERS BEING GOOD LITTLE GIRLS AND WORKING HARD AND ALL OF THAT.
IT IS REALLY THE STRICTLY THE ADVANCEMENT OF WHO WE ARE AS HUMAN BEINGS IN SOCIETY AND THERE HAS BEEN LOT OF MISINFORMATION PUT OUT THERE BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT FEMINISM AND FEMINISM AND I'M
SO GLAD THAT YOU SAID THE WORD FEMINISM BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY HERE ON THE COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE MANY FEMINISTS HERE AND I WOULD SAY SO FOR FOR THE MEN I'M VERY LUCKY TO WORK WITH ALL
OF YOU AND I SEE YOUR WORK AND I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK ON BEHALF OF WOMEN IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. ONE OF MY HUSBAND AS WELL FOR BEING AN UNAPOLOGETIC FEMINIST BUT WE ARE REALLY HERE TO FIGHT
FOR THE THE ADVANCEMENT IN OUR SOCIAL LIVES POLITICAL THE ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF FOLKS AROUND THE WORLD AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW QUITE FRANKLY I'M
GRIEVING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT . I GRIEVE ALMOST EVERY DAY ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A WOMAN AT THE HELM OF THIS
COUNTRY AND WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN I'M GRIEVING ABOUT THE REGRESSION OF RIGHTS THAT I SEE BASIC THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN LITIGATED IN SOCIETY LIKE
BODILY AUTONOMY, OUR ABILITY TO NAVIGATE IN THE WORLD FREELY WITHOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR FEAR OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. AND SO THESE THINGS ARE ONGOING AND THIS IS WHAT THIS MONTH REALLY IS ABOUT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR THEIR SUPPORT. I KNOW OF THIS RESOLUTION BUT ALSO THE WORK THEY DO IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON AND HAS A GREAT ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, A LOT OF EXERCISES ACTUALLY. YES. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
YES, WE DO NEED TO STAND UP AND CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR NOT JUST MARCH. AND WE SHOULD ALSO RESTATE THAT
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AND IN
THE FIFTIES WHEN SHE WAS THE FIFTIES WAS THE FORTIES ACTUALLY. AND WHEN SHE GOT SHE FIRST OF ALL SHE DIDN'T GET MARRIED UNTIL SHE WAS 39 YEARS OLD, 37
YEARS OLD AND HAD HER FIRST CHILD. THAT'S WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED AT 37 YEARS OLD SHE HAD TO GIVE UP HER JOB. HER HUSBAND WAS A LABORER AND SHE WAS THE PRIMARY BREADWINNER
FOR THE FAMILY AND SHE EARNED MORE THAN HE DID. SHE HAD TO GIVE UP A JOB BECAUSE SHE WAS MARRIED LATER WOMEN HAD TO GIVE UP THEIR JOBS BECAUSE THEY WERE PREGNANT. THANKFULLY WE ARE NOT THERE
ANYMORE BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD STRUGGLE. IT TOOK US 70 YEARS TO GET THE VOTE. I'M NOT I'M SPEAKING TO THE CHOIR HERE. YOU ALL KNOW THIS STUFF. SADLY I SHARE I'M SURE WE ALL
SHARE THIS SORT OF GRIEF THAT WE HAVE AND THE SHOCK THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AT THAT THE LEVEL OF VINDICTIVENESS AND
ATTACKS ON WOMEN'S INTEGRITY THE REGIME AND I WILL CALL IT A REGIME IN D.C. IS TRYING TO PUSH US BACKWARDS AS WOMEN. LOOKING AT THE LEADERSHIP WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP THAT THEY
HAVE DISMANTLED LIKE THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL LISA FRANCHETTI, THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ON THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AS AN ADMIRAL AN ADMIRAL, CAN
YOU IMAGINE HOW HARD SHE HAD TO WORK TO BE A MODERN ADMIRAL? SHE'S GONE. THE ADMIRAL LINDA FAGAN OF THE COAST GUARD, ANOTHER ADMIRAL, A WOMAN WHO WORKED VERY HARD TO GET BECOME IN LEADERSHIP THE IN
THE IN THE SERVICES BOND AND OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL OUR BODIES A FULL SCALE ATTACK ON OUR ABILITY TO HAVE AUTONOMY
OVER OUR BODIES. WHEN WE LOOK AT WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP. THERE'S THIS INSINUATION THAT THEY GOT THERE BY THE DIVERSITY
EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING. IT'S NOT A BAD WORD. WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE. IT'S A WAY TO ABSOLUTELY CAPITALIZE ON ALL OF OUR HUMAN
POTENTIAL FROM EVERYBODY IN OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY COME FROM TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL HUMAN POTENTIAL AND BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAXIMUM WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
AND AND WOMEN HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER AS WE KNOW AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE HIGH HEELS OFF AND GET A RUNNING SHOES ON AND MAYBE THE BOXING GLOVES ON AND FIGHT LIKE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
GOING BACK. AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND ALSO HAPPENS TO BE MY MOTHER IN LAWS THE WOMAN I JUST SPOKE ABOUT WHO'S HAD TO GIVE UP HER JOB WHEN SHE GOT
MARRIED. IT'S HER BIRTHDAY. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IS ALWAYS HONORS BIRTHDAYS SO THANK YOU THANK YOU ARE BURIED IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMMANDER CAN YOU GET THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PRESIDENT I THINK ABOUT ALL THE WOMEN THAT ARE LEADING OUR CITY ALL OF US WE HAVE SEVEN FEMALE CITY COUNCILORS. WE HAVE FOUR WE SHOULD SAY WOMEN CITY COUNCILORS.
WE HAVE A MAYOR THAT'S A WOMAN. WE HAVE YOU. THAT'S LEADS THIS BODY EVERY MEETING. SO IN BOSTON I FEEL LIKE WE
HAVE THAT PROGRESS. WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DREAMING OF. BUT MY ACTUAL EXPERIENCE BEING A WOMAN IN OFFICE IS VERY
DIFFERENT THAN THE STRIDES THAT WE'VE SEEN OBVIOUSLY THE PAST THREE DAYS I HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE WHO HAVE CALLED ME FAT WHO HAVE
JUST ATTACKED ME TO MY CORE LOOKED UP WHERE I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, DID SORT OF HORRIBLE THINGS AND I JUST HAVE TO ASK MYSELF IF THOSE COMMENTS WOULD
HAPPEN IF I WAS THE MAN I TO BE YOU KNOW, I HATE TO BE, YOU KNOW, A DEBBIE DOWNER BUT THE REALITY IS BEING A WOMAN, YOU
KNOW, IN THIS ROLE AND BEING A WOMAN ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND BEING A WOMAN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM BEING A MALE ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND EVEN IF YOU CAN RISE TO THE
TOP, PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU TO FALL AND THEY'RE WAITING AND THEY'RE CRITICAL. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD MEN COME UP TO ME AT EVENTS THAT SAID YOU SHOULD REALLY WEAR BLACK MORE BECAUSE YOU YOU JUST DON'T
HAVE THE BODY TYPE TO WEAR PINK . IT'S DISGUSTING AND JUST HAVING BEEN THROUGH THIS THE PAST FEW DAYS, I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO PRETEND SOMETIMES THAT
EVERYTHING'S DANDY BECAUSE I'M A REALLY POSITIVE PERSON BUT THE REALITY IS IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFERENT BEING A WOMAN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND BUT OUR CITY NEEDS
US. THE AMOUNT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I COME ACROSS IN MY JOB WHO SAY I MOVED HERE FROM ANOTHER PLACE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ON THE
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL MEANS A LOT TO ME. SO I FEEL UPLIFTED BY SO MANY PEOPLE BUT I JUST LOOK AROUND AND EVERY SINGLE WOMAN ON THE
CITY COUNCIL HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. IF YOU'RE A FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIAL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR I MEAN WE HAVE MULTIPLE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE HAD TO FILE RESTRAINING ORDERS ON PEOPLE WHO BECOME OBSESSED WITH THEM. IT'S CRAZY AND I JUST NEED TO
BE TOTALLY REAL ABOUT THIS THAT AS WE CELEBRATE ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT COME WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY, ALL THE TRAILBLAZERS, ALL THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO LEAD OUR CITY NOW AND HAVE LED
OUR CITY IN THE PAST, WE ALSO NEED TO SHARE WHAT IT MEANS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND OF WENT INDIGENOUS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK AGAIN. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCIL DURKAN WE MAY DISAGREE AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW,
MAYBE YOU KNOW YOU'RE A PERSON IN YOUR POSITION MAY NOT YOU KNOW, HAVE TO TAKE CERTAIN DECISION MAKING STEPS OR POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO
ISSUES AROUND ME. BUT WHEN RIGHT IS RIGHT, WRONG IS WRONG. I ABSOLUTELY THINK YOU ARE A VERY ATTRACTIVE IF I SAY IF I
COULD SAY PLUMPY AND I LIKE IT I THINK YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL AND I THINK YOU ARE ATTRACTIVE AND THICK AND SO WHAT AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE CALLING YOU THOSE NAMES AND SAYING THOSE THINGS YOU ARE STUPID AND I'M JUST
GOING TO SAY OR OKAY FINALLY FOUND IT IT WAS A IT WAS A IT WAS A MOMENT OF IGNORANCE WHATEVER IT IS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT OKAY. IT'S HURTFUL AND I CAN I CAN
SEE HOW MUCH IT HURTS YOU IMAGINE YOU WERE IN THAT EVENT AND YOU ARE HAPPY GO LUCKY TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB EVEN IF YOU DON'T DO IT PERFECTLY BECAUSE YOU ARE LEARNING LIKE
WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO COME TO YOU AND YOU KNOW WEIGH IN ON YOUR PERSONAL PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. THAT'S SO SHORTSIGHTED. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
LIKE AND IT'S PROJECTING THEIR OWN INSECURITIES. IT'S PROJECTING THEIR OWN EVILS AND THAT'S NOT OKAY. I MAY DISAGREE WITH YOU BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ATTACK THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND I'VE SAID TO PEOPLE BEFORE
IF CONSIDER AND SAY CERTAIN THINGS WE ALL HAVE OUR IGNORANCE IS IGNORANCE IS NOT EVIL RIGHT. IT'S A THING THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME AND WE HAVE TO LEARN AND YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT WITH
ONE'S DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THEY GET THERE BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THOSE MOMENTS. SO I'M SORRY THAT YOU WENT THROUGH THAT AND YOU'RE NOT BEING YOU'RE NOT DAMPENING THE MOOD YOU ARE MAKING IT DYNAMIC.
THIS SHOULD BE A TOPIC WHERE WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE ISSUES AND WE CAN SAY YEAH, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BUT ALSO LET'S MAKE ROOM TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ALSO ALWAYS
CALL IT OUT WHEN IT'S WRONG. I FEEL FOR YOU IN TERMS OF THAT. YES ALL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED IT AND I ALWAYS YOU KNOW, GET UP AND BE LIKE OH, STRONG, STRONG, STRONG BLACK WOMAN NO,
NO, NO. TRUST ME. CONCLUSION IS A DARK SKINNED BLACK WOMAN I AM A LIGHT SKINNED BLACK WOMAN. BELIEVE YOU ME THAT COMES WITH
PRIVILEGES SO I KNOW THAT COMES LOUIJEUNE EXPERIENCE IS A DIFFERENT THAN MINE AND THE STUFF THAT THE THAT SHE HAS TO ENDURE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT HARDER THAN ME AND I KEEP THAT
IN MIND EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I'M FACING THE PUBLIC SO I UNDERSTAND OUR DIFFERENCES AND TRY TO BE VERY PATIENT WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENT AND I TRY TO
BE VERY NON-JUDGMENTAL AND I IT'S NOT MY PLACE. I'M SIMPLY NOT QUALIFIED TO EVER WEIGH ON PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT ANYWAY, GIRL POWER AND
HAPPY WOMEN HISTORY MONTH THANKS COUNCILOR MURPHY THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE TO RISE AND TO
SPEAK. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MODEL BEHAVIOR AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE STAND UP FOR OUR SISTERS. RIGHT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON A
LOT OF THINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR EACH OTHER AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO RISE AND APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU HAD
ENDURED ALL OF THAT THIS PAST WEEKEND. THAT'S THE FIRST THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT IT. AND AS SOMEONE WHO WENT THROUGH THAT, I KNOW IT'S REALLY
HURTFUL AND I WAS ONCE UPON A TIME POMPEY I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALLED IT BUT I, I WAS OBESE. I HAD TO HAVE SURGERY SO THAT I CAN LIVE LONGER FOR MY DAUGHTER
AND IT IS NOT EASY WHEN YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH YOUR WEIGHT AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS WOMEN AND WOMEN IN POSITIONS LIKE THIS TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND AND SPEAK OUR
TRUTH BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHO IS LISTENING AND LOOKING TO YOU TO UPLIFT THEM RIGHT. SO I DON'T EVER APOLOGIZE FOR BRINGING YOUR FULL SELF INTO
THIS. I KNOW THIS IS NOT WHERE PEOPLE THINK THIS IS THE SORT OF DELIBERATION THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING ON THE COUNCIL. I REJECT THAT. I THAT THESE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT MAKE US HUMAN
AND THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE US AS WE ARE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VULNERABILITY FOR SHOWING US YOUR VULNERABLE SIDE AND
KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR IT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST I WANT TO SAY HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. I WANT TO AFFIRM A LOT OF THE
COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. I WANT TO JUST THINK I OFTEN TALK A LOT ABOUT THOSE WHO ATTEMPTED AND I THERE'S SO MANY WOMEN WHO TRIED AND WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT AND THEY WE STAND ON
THEIR SHOULDERS. IT'S NOT EASY BEING THE FIRST STUDIES BEING THE SECOND. IT'S NOT EASY BEING THE THIRD SO EASY BEING THE FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH AND WE'RE ALL BUILDING OFF OF EACH OTHER, YOU
KNOW PEOPLE ONE OF THE BEST DR. KING EVENTS THAT I EVER WENT TO WAS BY POET NIKKI GIOVANNI WHO SPENT AND WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY WHO SPENT ALMOST THE
ENTIRE EVENT TALKING ABOUT THE BLACK WOMAN WHO MADE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT POSSIBLE WITHOUT WHOM WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE WITHOUT WHOM DR. KING WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DO THE WORK THAT HE DID. AND I THINK ABOUT DOROTHY HEIGHT WHO TALKS ABOUT AS THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN WHO HAD TO DEAL WITH SEXISM AND RACISM AT THE SAME TIME AND WHAT THAT HOW
HARD THAT IS AND WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE VERY HARD TO DESCRIBE, VERY HARD TO ARTICULATE WHAT IT MEANS TO OFTEN BE A WOMAN AND TO IF YOU COME FROM ANOTHER MARGINALIZED BACKGROUND.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I HEAR YOU AND COUNSELOR DURKAN I'M SORRY THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING. I THINK LIKE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED CAN EXPERIENCE
SOMETHING LIKE IT AND EVERY DAY AND I THERE IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW I SAID YESTERDAY THAT WE'RE RESILIENT IS BECOMING CLICHE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED TO BE RESILIENT
LIKE WOMEN WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO AND SO I JUST WANT TO JUST GIVE A BIG HUG OF LOVE TO MY FELLOW WOMEN COLLEAGUES HERE
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT EASY BUT MAY WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND LIFT EACH OTHER UP? YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR LEADERSHIP EVEN IN THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS ARE COMMUNITY
MINDED AND FAMILY MINDED AND CARING ABOUT THE OTHER AND SO THAT WHAT'S THAT RUTH BADER GINSBURG QUOTE ABOUT HOW MANY HOW MANY WOMEN ON THE SUPREME COURT WILL BE ENOUGH AND SHE
SAYS UNTIL THERE ARE NINE. AND SO I THINK THERE'S STILL SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO IN ELEVATING WOMEN. LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR FIRST WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVENT
HERE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR WOMEN IN OUR LIVES AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN IN THE MONTH OF MARCH AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT A DATE FOR US TO HONOR WOMEN WHO ARE TRAILBLAZERS IN OUR LIVES, IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO I'M HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TO OUR COLLEAGUES AND TO EVERYONE AND TO THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE WORK CONTINUES. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD
COUNCILORS BREADON COLETTE ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN BUT THEN SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR COUNCILORS MURPHY, MARIA
FERNANDA ANDERSON'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 0561 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED RIGHT NOW
MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. OH, WOULD ANYONE NOW BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS AND ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET OR MATTER WHEN THEY WERE NOT IN CHAMBERS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL PLANE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM, I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND ON 0551 I'D LIKE TO BE LISTED AS A IN SUPPORT OF THAT THINKING THAT YOU THANK YOU
MR. CLERK. DID YOU GET THAT FOR DOCKET 0551? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE OKAY, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS?
PERSONNEL ORDERS, DUNCAN NUMBERS 056 TO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
SAY NAY BEG THE PERSONNEL ORDER HAS PASSED AND DUNCAN NUMBER 0563 COUNCILOR REASON FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE THANK YOU ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE I I OPPOSED ANY THANK YOU. THE PERSONNEL ORDERS ARE
PASSED. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR WHERE OUTCOMES ARE UNIFORM. WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO PULL DOCKET NUMBER
0112 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0113 FROM PAGE 20, NUMBER 20 AND 21 ON THE GREEN SHEETS. THANK YOU.
DOCKET 0112 AND 01122. OKAY, WE'LL TAKE EACH. ARE THEY OKAY?
SO WELL OKAY. SO COUNCILOR MR. COURT COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0112 INTO THE RECORD COUNCILOR WORLD YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BOTH OF THE DOCKET THE SAME TIME PLEASE.
MR CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0112 INTO THE RECORD AND 1130112. FIRST IT LOOKED IT WAS DELAYED. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO WE'LL DO WE'LL DO JUST JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BOTH HAVE THEY WILL HAVE SUPPORT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND WAYS AND MEANS DOCKET NUMBER 0112 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN
ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY 6 MILLION $637,000,486 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. THE IMPACT OF INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRANSDEV AND ITS BUS TOUR BUS DRIVERS THANK YOU.
ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS IN THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. MR QUOTE COULD YOU PLEASE REDACT NUMBER 0113 INTO THE RECORD DOCKET NUMBER 0113
MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 APPROPRIATION BILL, THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY
$6,637,486 TO COVER THE IMPACT OF FISCAL YEAR 25 COST IT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRANSDEV AND ITS BUS DRIVERS ON THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION
CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR OF TRANSIT TO THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS JULY 1ST 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2028. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
CONTRACT INCLUDE A MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENT AND AN INCREASE FOR REGULAR WAGES AN INCREASE IN MINIMUM WEEKLY HOURS FROM 31 TO 35 THAN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY SIX, 2025.
THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE TO ADD EXCEPT IN THE DOCKET IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY CAMERA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THIS IS A HEARING THAT WE
HAD BACK IN JANUARY. WE WERE WAITING ON SOME ANSWERS . IDR I BELIEVE HAS OR IT'S JUST GENERAL STAFF HAS SUBMITTED OR PASSED OUT THOSE EMAILS AND QUESTIONS FOR ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS THAT WERE OUTSTANDING BUT JUST FOR A BRIEF SUMMARY WE HELD A HEARING BACK IN JANUARY ON DOCKETS NUMBER 0112 TO FOCUS ON THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER
CONTRACT. THIS AGREEMENT INCREASES THE BP'S BUDGET BY $6.6 MILLION WHILE REDUCING THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BY THE SAME AMOUNT
TO SUPPORT WAGE AND BENEFIT INCREASES. KEY CONTRACT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A WAY IN WAGE INCREASE FROM $29.13 TO $33 AN HOUR
RETROACTIVE TO JULY FIRST 2024 WITH INCREMENTAL INCREASES IN FOLLOWING YEARS REDUCTION IN RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY FROM 30 YEARS TO 25 YEARS OF SERVICE
INCREASE RETIREMENT SEVERANCE BY $100 PER YEAR OF SERVICE FOR EACH YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT AND THEN GUARANTEED WEEKLY HOURS INCREASING FROM 31 TO 30 1 TO
35 HOURS EFFECTIVE JULY 1 TO 35 HOURS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2025. THERE WAS SOME INITIAL CONFUSION ABOUT THE WAGE INCREASE PERCENTAGE WHICH HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS A 30% BASE
WAGE INCREASE AND THEN ONE KEY OUTSTANDING ISSUE IS THE WORK AS DIRECTED LANGUAGE WHICH SOUGHT TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR COVERING ATHLETICS FIELD TRIPS
AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION IN NEED. THAT LANGUAGE HAS UNTIL JULY 1ST TO BE NEGOTIATED AND THE UNION HAS SIGNALED IT WILL WAIT UNTIL THEN TO BEGIN NEGOTIATE
ON THAT LANGUAGE. SO LOOKING TO ACT FOR PASSAGE OF THESE TWO DOCKETS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE IS ABOUT THIS
IS ON ANOTHER BENCHES BUT RIGHT OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ORAL FOR GETTING THOSE ANSWERS EVEN THOUGH THE ANSWER ISN'T QUITE
THERE YET I DO TRUST IT. THEY STILL HAVEN'T DEFINED WHAT WORK AS DIRECTED IS AND KNOWING THAT MANY OF OUR BUS DRIVERS WILL GO FROM 31 HOURS TO 35 AND
THAT 4 HOURS THEY'LL BE GETTING PAID BUT WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING HOPING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MUCH NEEDED FIELD TRIPS OR ATHLETIC BUS RUNS.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A HEARING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT COMING TOMORROW SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ASKING THEM DIRECTLY. BUT DO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT JULY 1ST WILL BE THE BEGINNING
OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND OUR BUS DRIVERS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF CONTRACTS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BID ON SO JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE AS A BODY TO ADVOCATE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE
GETTING PAID FOR 4 HOURS THAT ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO WORK THAT WE DO ADVOCATE THAT THOSE HOURS DO GO TO THE MUCH NEEDED ATHLETICS BUS RUNS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. COUNCILOR EARL SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0112 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I.
ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? I'M NOT GOING TO BE 0112. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING
NUMBER 0112. COUNCILOR BREEN. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR CARLOS ZAPATA. YES. COUNCILOR AS A PARTY? YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN.
YES. COUNCIL FINANCE STANDS. COUNCILOR FERNANDES HAS SAID YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SAYS. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILORS AND YES
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR THE PIN COUNTS 15 YEARS COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNTS 20 AND HE IS COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
COUNCILOR WORRELL. COUNCILOR OH YES I CAN. THE 0112 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 0112 HAS PASSED MR CORRECT COULD YOU PLEASE
CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING NUMBER 0113. COUNCILOR BERRY YES. COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR CALLS UPON THE COLOR OF THE FILE. YES. CONSIDER.
COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ENERSON. COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL 15 YEARS. COUNCIL SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YEAH. COUNCILOR WU YES. TOKEN NUMBER 0113 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER GREEN SHEETS?
POLLS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLUB AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM SEEKING TO PULL DOCKET 0296 ON PAGE SIX FROM THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS 0296 MR CLERK, DO YOU HAVE IT? COULD YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS NUMBER 0296 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER
EXTENDING THE CITY'S ACCEPTANCE OF MASS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 32 B SECTION 19 TO BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH 2027 UPON MY APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A
WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS EXCEPT IN THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY.
COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS SIMPLY AN EXTENSION WITH NO MATERIAL CHANGES OF CURRENT HEALTH BENEFITS OF THE CURRENT HEALTH BENEFITS CONTRACT THAT THE CITY HAS HAD
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND HAS ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATED AND VOTED ON BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BACK IN THE FALL AND WE'D LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS VOTED ON
AHEAD OF BUDGET SEASON SO THE MONEY CAN BE ALLOCATED. I ALSO SPOKE TO THE CHAIR OF A WAYS AND MEANS AHEAD OF THIS ACTION HERE AND WE AGREED THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES ON JUNE 30TH OF 2025 AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO NEGOTIATE AGAIN NEXT YEAR WHEN THERE ARE MORE TIME TO REVISIT BENEFITS. WHAT WAS PROVIDED VIA EMAIL WAS
THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON INCLUDING THE PARTIES INCLUDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE BOSTON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE EXTENDING THE
EXISTING 2020 TO 2025 PSC AGREEMENT REGARDING HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027. SO AGAIN THIS JUST ENSURES CONTINUED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE UNDER THE CURRENT PSC
TERMS UNTIL 2027. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. COUNCILOR COLLETTE ZAPATA'S. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY.
COSMIC LETTER ZAPATA SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 020296 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. MR. CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A
ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE NUMBERS 0296 COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCIL BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPONENT YES. COUNCILOR KELLY'S OPPONENT YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANTOS AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD 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 15 COUNTS 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES.
COUNCIL WHOEVER COUNCILOR WILL BE YES IN COUNCILOR WORRELL. COUNCILOR WU YES I CAN HAVE A0296 AS WE SEE OF THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GREEN
SHEETS POS NO. OKAY. OH THERE IS OC THE CHAIR AND AS IT COMES TO CLOUD AS A BATTERY AND FLEUR YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE EVERYONE. I'M HOPING TO PULL ON PAGE FIVE
OF THE GREEN SHEETS DOCKET 0518 FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 0519
AND 0461 IT'S LISTED AS 0519 AND 0520 IN ERROR BUT BASED ON THE DOCKET THAT'S SORRY THEY'RE LISTED AS WHAT THEY'RE LISTED AS 0519 AND 0520 ALTHOUGH I
THINK THAT THEY WERE PUT ON THE AGENDA AS 0518 AND 0519. TRUE. OKAY SO DOCKET NUMBER 0518 YOU'RE PULLING 0518 AND 0519
AND WHAT THEY'RE LISTED AS 0519 AND 0520 YES OKAY AND THEN ALSO PULLING 0461 YES THANK YOU AND ADD THESE DOCKETS RELATED SO YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THEM TOGETHER. YES. MOUNT PLEASANT. OKAY.
SO WE WILL. MR CLERK IF YOU COULD I DIDN'T GET DOCKET 04610 THE ORIGINAL ONE JESSICA RIGHT? YEAH, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT HERE.
OKAY. CAN WE START ON ZERO FIVE? WE NEED TO THE RECORD. YEAH. OKAY. MR QUIET, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0518 INTO THE RECORD. WELL THERE ALL FOUR GIRLS.
OKAY. OKAY. IT'S FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS DOCKET NUMBER 0461 MESSAGE YOU KNOW
FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF JUST A COUPLE RIGHT AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE BIRD OR REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM
EXPIRING APRIL 24, 2026 DOCKET NUMBER 0518 AS GENERAL FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND THE APPOINTMENT OF REGIONAL STOVALL AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND
DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE PUERTO REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 26, 2026 AND I CAN 0519 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF LORI FERRIS AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE RURAL REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING JULY 13, 2026 THANK YOU MR CLERK.
ABSENT OBJECTION THE CHAIR MEASURES COMFORT FLYNN COULD COULD I JUST ASK A QUESTION TO COUNCILOR QUITE A HAVE WE HAD A
HEARING? I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE BOURDEAUX BOARD BUT HAVE WE HAD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE THEIR BACKGROUND TO THE CHAIR COUNTRY CLUB AS A PARTY IF
YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER YOU MAY KNOW WE HAVE NOT HAD A HEARING ALTHOUGH THERE IS A NECESSITY TO MOVE THESE QUICKLY BECAUSE THE BOARD OF REVIEW BOARD RARELY HAS QUORUM AND WE NEED TO REALLY MOVE THIS ALONG.
SO YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR EXTENSIVE RESUMES AS WELL AS LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION. THEY REQUIRE A NOMINATING ORGANIZATION WITH A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND I WAS ABOUT TO
GET INTO THAT AND EXPLAIN WHO THESE FOLKS ARE. MADAM CHAIR, I, I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND
AND HOW IT IMPACTS PUERTO. I WOULD FEEL LIKE I WOULD NEED TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE TO TALK TO THEM. COUNCILOR IS THAT AN OBJECTION
TO THE DOCKETS CONTROL PLAN IS OBJECTING TO THE GREEN SHEETS POLLS WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO HOLD THE COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS COUNCILORS COLETTE WEBER BREADON AND DURKIN FITZGERALD PEPPERED MEJIA. SO THOSE ARE COUNCILOR MR. CLARKE SINCE THERE ARE THREE DOCKETS THEY ARE THEY ARE ALL
RELATED. WE WILL DO THOSE AT THE SAME TIME. YES. OKAY. MR. MR. QUOTE COULD YOU PLEASE POLL THE COMMITTEE? A YES VOTE WILL PUT A LOT OF COMMITTEE IN A NO VOTE KEEPS IT IN COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE
ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS COUNCIL OF COLOR TO FAR YES COUNCIL THE WEATHER YES. COUNCIL BRAIN YES.
COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL ON MEJIA AND COUNCIL OF OPINION YES. THANK THANK YOU. THESE DOCKETS ARE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO
COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA TO SPEAK ON THE MATTERS AND THEN I'LL GO TO YOU CONCILOR MEJIA HERE THE CASA COLETTE AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS WAS JUST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. OF COURSE I ALWAYS WANT TO
ABIDE BY THE INFORMAL RULES. I GUESS WHEN IT COMES TO GREEN SHEETS I. I DO KNOW THAT THE BERTO BOARD HAS MANY ITEMS ON THEIR AGENDA
AND WHILE EVERYBODY HOPES TO GET THERE, I MYSELF AM ON THE BERTO BOARD AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS JUST PASSED BY THIS BODY A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO WE ARE NINE MEMBER BOARD OF VOLUNTEERS OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BERTO WHICH SEEKS TO AIM TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY BY LARGE BUILDINGS
THERE ARE THREE NOMINEES BEFORE US TODAY ONE YOU MIGHT KNOW THEIR NAME JESSICA BOLT, RIGHT? SHE USED TO BE THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. SHE WAS NOMINATED BASED ON HER EXPERTISE IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, ENERGY, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HER NOMINATING ORGANIZATION WAS JAMAICA PLAIN NDC THE SECOND INDIVIDUALS LORI FERRIS SHE WAS
CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BUILT BUILDINGS LAB WHERE HER EXPERTISE IS IN ARCHITECTURE BUILDING ENGINEERING HISTORY. SHE'S ME ENERGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. SHE WAS NOMINATED BY THE
NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST REGINALD STOVALL JR WHO'S A BOARD MEMBER OF NEW ENGLAND UNITED FOR JUSTICE. HIS EXPERTISE IS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HE WAS NOMINATED BY NEW ENGLAND UNITED FOR JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY LABOR UNITED. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALL DEDICATED AND PROVEN LEADERS IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTIONAL ADDITION TO THE OF REVIEW BOARD AND SO I AM KINDLY ASKING THAT MY COLLEAGUES MOVE FORWARD AND VOTE YES ON ALL OF THEIR
DOCKETS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNTY CLERK ZAPATA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER IS A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION A
RECOMMENDATION IF COUNCILOR FLYNN IS VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED I AM HOLDING A HEARING ON THE 13TH FOR SOME OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS IF THE CHAIR
AND THE CHAIR TO THE OTHER TWO COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO IF IT IS FORCED INTO A HEARING MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT TIME WITH YOU SO
THAT YOU CAN MOVE YOUR WORK ALONG TO IN THE EVENT THE SITUATION DOES NOT UNFOLD AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO. JUST GIVING YOU A BACKUP PLAN AND THE NEED IN CASE YOU NEED IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CASTRO FLYNN KINDS OF FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YET? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR HERE I THINK WELL, COULD I JUST ASK THE THE MAKER FOR NOT HAVING A
HEARING? COULD COULD SHE EXPLAIN THE COULD SHE TALK ABOUT THE THREE CANDIDATES, THEIR BACKGROUNDS, THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT WHY THEY MAKE A GOOD A GOOD
ADDITION TO THE BOURDEAUX BOARD AND WHAT THEIR PHILOSOPHY AS WE GET INTO SORT OF I THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THAT AS A PARTY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
JESSICA BOATRIGHT IS A LEADER IN BOSTON'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FIELD AND A DEDICATED SUPPORTER OF A BETTER BOSTON THROUGHOUT HER 17 YEARS IN BOSTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING SECTOR, JESSICA HAS REPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATED HER INTEREST IN
APPROACHING REAL ESTATE PROJECTS AS OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE COMMUNITIES. JESSICA BRINGS A UNIQUE BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND ENERGY POLICY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT ALL FUELED BY A PASSION FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE. HER CAREER AS A DEVELOPER WAS COMPLEMENTED BY HER PUBLIC SERVICE ROLES FIRST IN THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE AT THE STATE
LEVEL AND MOST RECENTLY AS DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. HER RESUME HAS BEEN GIVEN TO FOLKS FOR FOR FURTHER REVIEW.
SECOND FOR DOCKET 0518 LAURIE FERRIS AGAIN SHE WAS NOMINATED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY AND APPOINTED TO SERVE A TERM TO SET TO EXPIRE ON JULY 13TH 2026.
AND I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T SAY THIS FOR JESSICA FOR FOR JESSICA. SHE WAS NOMINATED BY THE JAMAICA PLAIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND APPOINTED TO SERVE A TERM SET TO EXPIRE ON APRIL 24TH, 2026.
BUT FOR LORI, SHE IS CURRENTLY THE CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUILT BUILDINGS LAB, A NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO ELEVATING THE CRITICAL ROLE OF BUILT BUILDINGS IN CLIMATE ACTION AND CLIMATE JUSTICE.
PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT BOSTON BASED DESIGN FIRM GOODIE CLANCY WHERE SHE FOUNDED THE REGENERATIVE RENEWAL PRACTICE THAT RE-ENVISIONED ARCHITECTURE AT THE INTERSECTION
OF DECARBONIZED FASHION AND HERITAGE. SHE NOTABLY CO-DEVELOPED A PLANNING TOOL TO MEASURE EMBODIED CARBON AND KNOWS A LOT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN ISSUES AROUND RETROFITTING
EXISTING BUILDINGS WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT HVAC SYSTEMS. AND THEN THE THIRD 0519 REGINALD STOVALL JR WAS NOMINATED ON AUGUST 27TH 2020
SPONSORED BY NEW ENGLAND UNITED FOR JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY LABOR UNITED HE IS APPOINTED TO SERVE A TERM SET TO EXPIRE ON MAY 26TH, 2026. REGINALD IS A MEMBER OF AND
SERVES ON THE BOARD OF NEW ENGLAND UNITED FOR JUSTICE WHERE HE HELPS GUIDE THEIR WORK THROUGH ORGANIZING AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL FOR HELPING NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT EFFECTIVE
AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION CHILDCARE THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF PARENTS AND PROVIDERS AND GOOD JOBS. AS A MEMBER OF THE DORCHESTER COMMUNITY, MR STOVALL HAS LIVED HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE
OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES . HE HAS WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE DISPROPORTIONATE TOLL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESSES LIKE ASTHMA IN THE COMMUNITIES OF ROXBURY, DORCHESTER AND MATTAPAN AS WELL AS THE
DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO GOOD TRANSIT, GREEN SPACE, HEALTHY AND ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSING AND MORE. SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR CLAUDIA
ZAPATA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. COUNCILOR ZAPATA, DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON THE BOARD? ARE THERE ANY UPCOMING
IMPORTANT VOTES THAT THE BOARD WILL BE MAKING THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT YOU NEED TO SHARE WITH US? I DO. THE CHAIR COUNTS BECAUSE IT IS A PARTY. IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAKE THEIR SO WE ARE NOW
REVIEWING FOLKS THAT ARE SEEKING BASICALLY AN EXEMPTION FROM BOURDEAUX SO THAT THAT'S JUST ONE BUT IT'S AN UMBRELLA AS WELL AS SEEKING TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE EQUITABLE
EMISSIONS FUND BASED ON THOSE EXEMPTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YEAH, I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY I KNOW JESSICA BOATWRIGHT FROM LIVING IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND COACHING HER DAUGHTER IN SOCCER AND SHE'S A WONDERFUL PERSON
AND HER QUALIFICATIONS STAND OUT. YOU KNOW, JUST FOR ANYONE WHO'S CURIOUS, SHE'D BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE BOARD. THANKS. THEN YOU GUYS. WEBER THEY ALL SOUND FANTASTIC.
BUT I ALSO AGREE. I KNOW JESSICA WE WORKED TOGETHER WHEN SHE WAS HERE IN THE CITY AND SHE DOES PHENOMENAL WORK AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HER BEING ON BERTO.
SO COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA, CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS COMMITTEE, SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKETS NUMBERS ONE FIVE
THANK YOU, MR. CLERK 046105180519 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE DOCKETS HAVE PASSED.
OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GREEN POLLS? OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO LEAD FILES. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK
THAT THERE ARE TWO LATE FILED MATTERS AND CONVERGENCE EVIDENCE FOR TRANSFER. OKAY WE WILL TAKE EACH LATE FILE MATTER INDIVIDUALLY.
MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR INTO THE RECORD THAT FILE COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR REGARDING TRANSFER OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLOSING ACCOUNTS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 701 SECTION THREE B OF THE ACTS OF 1986 THE CITY ORDER SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE CLERK A REPORT LISTING TRANSFERS THAT WERE MADE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF CLOSING ACCOUNTS EACH FISCAL YEAR SUBMITTED BY THE CITY ORDINANCE. SCOTT FINN THANK YOU. WE WILL NOT TAKE A VOTE TO THIS ADD THIS LIGHT BROWN MATTER TO
THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I AM OPPOSING IT. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA IT WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT FILE MATTER INTO THE AGENDA OFFERED BY COUNCILORS
AARON MURPHY AND ED FLYNN ORDER FOR A EMERGENCY HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATE RECEIVERSHIP OF BOSTON'S ELECTIONS COMMISSION. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS
LITTLE MATTER ONTO THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED INTO THE AGENDA. MR CLERK, COULD YOU FURTHER
READ IT INTO THE RECORD OR READ THE FIRST DAY? WHEREAS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025 SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM GALVIN ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER TO
OVERSEE THE CITY OF BOSTON'S ELECTION COMMISSION THROUGH 2026 FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES DURING THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION INCLUDING WIDESPREAD BALLOT
SHORTAGES AND COMMUNICATION FAILURES. WHEREAS THE URGENCY OF THIS MATTER NECESSITATES IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, MAINTAIN PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR
ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES REQUIRED WITHIN THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S DIRECTIVES. THANK YOU, THE CHAIR AGONIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, CLERK FOR SUMMARIZING BUT I'LL JUST GO INTO A LITTLE MORE SO FILING THIS HEARING ORDER ON LIKE YOU
SAID ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 24TH SECRETARY GALVIN ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER TO OVERSEE THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION THROUGH 2026 AS OF NOW FOLLOWING HIS INVESTOR
GATION INTO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES DURING THE ELECTION LAST FALL WHICH INCLUDED WIDESPREAD BALLOT SHORTAGES IN COMMUNICATION FAILURES. THE SECRETARY'S INVESTIGATION REVEALS SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS
WITHIN THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION SUCH AS INADEQUATE BALLOT DISTRIBUTION LEADING TO PRECINCTS RUNNING OUT OF BALLOTS INSUFFICIENT TRAINING OF ELECTION WORKERS AND THE FAILURE TO EFFECTIVELY
MANAGE COMMUNICATIONS RESULTING IN OVER 1200 UNANSWERED CALLS FROM POLLING LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY. THE DECISION TO PLACE THE ELECTION ELECTIONS COMMISSION
UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP IS UNPRECEDENTED IN RECENT HISTORY . THE LAST TIME WAS 2006 SO THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO AND RAISES CRITICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AUTONOMY OF THE CITY'S
ELECTORAL PROCESS, THE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY OF THE APPOINTED RECEIVER IN THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM IMPLICATE OPTIONS FOR UPCOMING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN NEXT YEAR'S STATE ELECTION INCLUDING
THE MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL RACES THAT WILL BEGIN DUE TO THE TIMING OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH OCCURRED AFTER 10 A.M. FILING DEADLINE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH FOR
THE MATTER TO BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OF THIS COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR MYSELF AND COUNCILOR OF FLYNN TO SUBMIT THIS HEARING ORDER THROUGH THE STANDARD PROCESS. SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
THE URGENCY OF THIS MATTER NECESSITATES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, MAINTAIN PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES
REQUIRED WITHIN THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S DIRECTIVE. THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD THIS EMERGENCY HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS
OF STATE RECEIVERSHIP OF BOSTON'S ELECTION COMMISSION . THIS HEARING I HOPE WILL GET OUT OF THIS HEARING CLARIFICATION OF THE RECEIVERSHIP, UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE, AUTHORITY AND DURATION
OF THE RECEIVER'S ROLE IN OVERSEEING BOSTON'S ELECTIONS COMMISSION IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES AND REQUIRED REFORMS A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE ISSUES LEADING TO THE
BALLOT SHORTAGES AND COMMUNICATION FAILURES IN THE SPECIFIC CORRECTIVE ACTIONS MANDATED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. THE DISCUSSION OF A TIMELINE,
RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIRED REFORMS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE ELECTION LAWS AND TO PREVENT FUTURE OPERATIONAL ISSUES. THE IMPACT ON ANY UPCOMING
ELECTIONS ASSESSING HOW THE RECEIVERSHIP AND THE PLANNED REFORMS WILL AFFECT THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS IN 2025 AND BEYOND INCLUDING MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE
IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY, I HOPE TO HAVE STRATEGIES FOR KEEPING THE PUBLIC INFORMED ABOUT THE CHANGES ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS, IN REBUILDING TRUST IN THE CITY'S ELECTORAL
SYSTEM. EARLIER IN THIS HEARING WHEN THE RANKED CHOICE VOTING WAS DISCUSSED, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS OVERSIGHT OR RECEIVERSHIP.
WE CAN CALL IT WHAT IT'S A DIFFERENT THING. YES, THE GALVIN IS NAMING A RECEIVER TO TO CONDUCT OVERSIGHT. HE APPOINTED A RECEIVER TO
OVERSEE THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT AND LIKE HIS QUOTE WAS IT'S A BASIC MANAGEMENT PROBLEM AND HE ORDERED BOSTON TO OVERHAUL THEIR ELECTION AND MISSION WHEN I AM AWARE THAT RECEIVERSHIP IS A LEGAL PROCESS IN WHICH A
REGULATORY BODY APPOINTS A RECEIVER TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT, THE RECEIVER HAS DECISION MAKING DECISION AUTHORITY AND CAN OVERRIDE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT AND
OVERSIGHT MONITOR AND ADD GUIDANCE TO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROPER MANAGEMENT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CLARIFY
EXACTLY WHAT THEIR ROLE WILL BE IF IT'S OVERSIGHT, IF IT'S FULL RECEIVERSHIP WHAT THAT MEANS I'VE ALREADY BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD REACHED OUT ON ELECTION DAY READING THE
STORY AND FELT LIKE YES, THANK YOU. THEY WERE GLAD THAT THEY SPOKE UP. POLL WORKERS WHO I'VE SPOKEN TO SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY THAT THEY TOOK THIS SERIOUSLY SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
HEARING AND I DO KNOW THAT MYSELF YOU AND COUNCILOR PEPEN DID REFILE THE HEARING ORDER FROM LAST YEAR THAT IS IN THE RULES COMMITTEE.
SO IF THIS THIS I DO BELIEVE IS SPECIFIC TO WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN RECEIVERSHIP THAT WAS THAT IS IS STILL STANDING ORDER THAT'S OPEN SO WE CAN IF WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT TOO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL FLYNN NEAR THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I WILL BE BRIEF. I THINK WE WANT TO LEARN WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST ELECTION
AND LEARN FROM IT. WE WILL HAVE A STATE RECEIVERSHIP RECEIVER FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS BUT IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER. IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING THE BEST CITY SERVICES WE CAN TO
RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING THE BEST POSITIVE LEADERSHIP TO THE RESIDENTS WE CAN. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SECRETARY GALVIN FOR PROVIDING THAT GUIDANCE AND THAT
LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD AS COUNCILOR MURPHY SAID WE AFTERWARDS WE FILED HEARING ORDERS ON ELECTION MISHAPS AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
CONVERSATION. THE REASON WHY I STATED IT WASN'T A RECEIVER BECAUSE IT'S NOWHERE IN THE LETTER THAT COMMISSION THAT SECRETARY OF STATE GALVIN WROTE IT DOESN'T SAY RECEIVERSHIP AND
HE'S BEEN IN THE OFFICE SINCE 1996 WHEN WE DID HAVE RECEIVERSHIP IN 26 HE WAS VERY CLEAR THAT IT WAS A RECEIVERSHIP AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US JUST TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE LANGUAGE IN THE LETTER HE TALKS ABOUT A
DESIGNEE HAVING A DESIGNEE AND THAT HAS DIFFERENT LEGAL AUTHORITY AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASED COUNCILORS
BRAYDEN ZAPATA FERNANDES, ANDERSON FITZGERALD, MAHELA TIPENE SANTANA WEBER WERE ALL PLEASE HAVE A CHAIR. THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE.
MR. CLERK WE ARE NOW ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE THREE ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA SAY I, I THINK THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENT SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND
EVENTS. WE DO HAVE AS I THINK I WAS PREVIOUSLY STATED THE DOMINICAN FLAG RAISING TOMORROW HERE AT NOON NOON. BUT IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW IS THE TIME.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RISE TO WISH MY DAUGHTER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SHE CELEBRATED HER 27TH BIRTHDAY THIS PAST WEEK. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
THANK YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DAUGHTER COUNCILOR MURPHY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCIL AND HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO RISE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MIRA COALITION, ACLU AND A HOST OF OTHER ADVOCATES. WE'RE GOING TO BE RALLYING AROUND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS NEXT
WEDNESDAY. AS YOU KNOW, OUR MAYOR IS GOING TO BE HEADING TO CONGRESS TO FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT HERE IN BOSTON AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO APPROVED AND SUPPORTED THE
RESOLUTION THAT WE FILED NOT SO LONG AGO. SO JUST WANTED TO INVITE OUR COLLEAGUES TO SHOW UP AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
OPPORTUNITIES AND IN REPRESENTING IMMIGRANTS. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING SHOW OF SOLIDARITY TO REALLY STAND UP AND AND AND
RALLY AROUND THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE RIGHT NOW LIVING IN FEAR AND THIS NOT JUST FOLKS WHO I HAVE WHO HAVE A DOCUMENTED STATUS THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE WHO ARE RESIDENT WHO HAVE RESIDENT
LEGAL STATUS BUT ARE AFRAID TO TRAVEL BECAUSE THEY ARE HEARING SO MUCH. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THIS RALLY IS REALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE ON
THE CITY COUNCIL TO DEMONSTRATE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO THOSE THAT WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR BY SHOWING UP IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT BEFORE THE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DOWNSTAIRS AT 11 A.M. AND WE ARE ASKING ALL OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE TO JUST SHOW UP IN SOLIDARITY. IT'S NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
WE HAVE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE TO SEND A POWERFUL A POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT WE ARE STRONGER WHEN WE ARE STANDING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEJIA FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I DO HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN CONTINUE ITS WORK AFTER WE UNANIMOUSLY REAFFIRMED OUR SUPPORT AS A BODY OF THE TRUST
ACT THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAND WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE. NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 11 A.M. FOR A RALLY AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IMMIGRANT SIBLINGS. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER CAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO WISH A VERY WARM HOLIDAY OR SORRY A VERY, VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I'M SORRY. IT'S A LONG MEETING TOO. KENNY RYAN FROM B.U.. I THINK HE'S PROBABLY NOT HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY BUT I KNOW HE'S PROBABLY WATCHING THE STREAM SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KENNY RYAN,
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR YOU AND THEN MY CONSTITUENT PARKER JAMES WHO IS JUST ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. HIS BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW AND THEY'RE IN GOOD COMPANY BECAUSE MY BIRTHDAY WAS MONDAY.
SO TO ALL THE PEOPLE BORN THIS WEEK CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING BORN AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU COUNSELOR DURKIN AND I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T HAVE BIRTHDAYS BUT HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER BIRTHDAYS THAT I BET I MISSED HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SEASON WE'RE IN BECAUSE WITH SEASON CAP PISCES LET PISCES SEASON HAPPY
PIPE TO ALL THE PISCES OUT THERE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE PISCES ON THE COUNCIL AND ESSENTIAL STAFF AND OUR STAFF WE WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. A STRONG COMMISSION AND SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS IN HAVE PARTNERED AND STARTING NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAYS AND
THURSDAYS FROM 9:15 A.M. TO ABOUT 1 P.M. THERE'S GOING TO BE SENIOR WELLNESS CLASSES. I URGE EVERYONE THEY CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY AND
USE THAT GREAT RESOURCE. IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A PILOT FOR 8 TO 10 WEEKS TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AT SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS ON DANFORTH ST PLEASE CHECK IT OUT. THANKS.
THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE
TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED. NOW IS THE TIME. I'D JUST LIKE TO QUICKLY UPLIFT MICHAEL JOSEPH O'BRIEN WHO'S THE BROTHER OF OFFICE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OF HOUSING STAFFER KERRY O'BRIEN WHO IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS BIG MIKE AND WHO DIED AWAY WHO DIED RECENTLY FROM FROM ALS BUT HE WAS A JOY AND
THE LIFE OF A PART OF THE PARTY AND JUST LOVED BY SO SO MANY AND JUST HAS KERRY HAS REMARKABLE MEMORIES OF HER BROTHER SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT. I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THE
MEMORY OF MICHAEL O'BRIEN AND I BELIEVE LAST WEEK AT OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION THAT COMES COUNCILOR WORRELL PUT TOGETHER. I THINK HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE
PASSING OF LEROY PEEPLES AND I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN UPLIFT THE LOSS OF SUCH A COMMUNITY GIANT WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO UPLIFTING YOUNG PEOPLE, FOSTERING UNITY AND WORKING TOWARD A SAFER CITY AS A DIRECTOR OF STORE BOSTON AND SO
MUCH MORE. SO I WANT TO GIVE MY LOVE TO HIS WIFE HIS HIS HIS DEAR FRIENDS, HIS SON DANTE PEOPLE WHO WE ALL KNOW AS PART OF THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT AND JUST WANT TO,
YOU KNOW, GIVE SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE BECAUSE OF ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A
WEIRD ONE BUT THIS PAST SATURDAY OUR LITTLE DOG WAS VICIOUSLY ATTACKED AND WAS KILLED AND YOU MIGHT THINK WHY
IS SHE ALL UPSET ABOUT A PET? BUT PETS ARE LIKE FAMILY AND ME. I WAS MY MOM'S COMPANION AND SHE WAS WITH US SHE WAS
ACTUALLY MY OTHER DOGS AND SO I WANT TO JUST SAY MY NAME AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KEEP MY MOM
IN YOUR PRAYERS BECAUSE SHE WAS INCREDIBLY DISTRAUGHT AND IT'S NOT EASY TO LOSE ANYONE.
AND I THINK THAT MY MOTHER THIS LOSS WAS HARD FOR HER. IT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET OLDER, THEY GET LONELIER
AND ME I PROVIDED MY MOTHER WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND COMFORT THAT SOME OF US DON'T
GET TOO MUCH SO I JUST WANT TO THANK ME FOR BRINGING SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY TO MY THANK YOU COME TO ME THERE'S NOTHING AT
ALL WEIRD ABOUT THAT AND SO WE WE WE WILL REMEMBER ME AND THE COMFORT THAT SHE BROUGHT TO YOUR MOM ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S BOOKSTORE IN JAMAICA PLAIN PAPER CUTS THAT IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF THEIR DOG SAMMY AND
THERE'S BEEN A GREAT OUTPOURING OF SADNESS FROM THAT COMMUNITY SO PETS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE FAMILY AND SO MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING HERE AND ALSO THE TRAGIC WAY SHE DIED JUST MAKES
IT HARDER SO SO AND TO CONTINUE MYSELF, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SPONSOR A TRIBUTE WHICH I'LL BE BRINGING
TO THE WAKE TONIGHT. BUT I WANT TO JOIN WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IN OUR COMMUNITY IN MOURNING THE PASSING OF DETECTIVE MARK G. WALSH, A DEDICATED POLICE OFFICER, A LOVING FAMILY MAN
AND A PROUD SON OF BOSTON JUST 51 YEARS OLD FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES. DETECTIVE WALSH SERVED WITH UNWAVERING COMMITMENT PROTECTING OUR CITY WITH COURAGE AND INTEGRITY FROM HIS
EARLY DAYS IN DISTRICT D FOUR AND THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE TO HIS DISTINGUISHED AS A DETECTIVE IN EACH ONE HIS WORK WAS MARKED BY A DEEP SENSE OF DUTY AND A DRIVE TO KEEP OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE. HIS BRAVERY AND QUICK ACTION AS A FIRST RESPONDER AT THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING EXEMPLIFIED HIS STEADFAST DEVOTION TO THE
PEOPLE OF BOSTON BEYOND HIS BADGE, MARK WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER, SON AND BROTHER WHOSE LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY AND IRISH HERITAGE WAS AT THE HEART OF ALL HE DID.
HE BROUGHT LAUGHTER, WARMTH AND LOYALTY TO EVERY GATHERING WHETHER CHEERING ON HIS BELOVED PATRIOTS, SHARING HIS CULINARY TALENTS OR TRAVELING TO CELEBRATE HIS ROOTS, HIS IS
DEEPLY FELT BY ALL WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM AND I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIFE CHRISTINE, HIS SONS JOHN AND CONNOR, HIS MOTHER AND AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY.
HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE AND LOVE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL. REST IN PEACE, DETECTIVE WALSH. YOUR WATCH HAS ENDED BUT YOUR IMPACT WILL ENDURE.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE AT TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR COUNCILOR BRAEDEN JOSEPHINE BIANCHE FOR COUNCILOR GABRIELLA
COLETTE ZAPATA, STEPHEN POWERS, LAUREN D'AMATO. STEPHEN SHEA FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SINGER ROBERTA FLACK. DIANA DESIR MOTHER OF ANDRE
LORD JEAN-JACQUES SHIRLEY CHAIRWOMAN MICHAEL JOSEPH O'BRIEN BROTHER OF KERRY O'BRIEN. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE
ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL LEROY PEEPLES JUNIOR ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCILORS FITZGERALD LOUIJEUNE MURPHY, FLYNN AND THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. MARK WALSH ACTIVE BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT THE CHAMBERS THAT WON THE CONSTITUTION TODAY DO SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OH AND SORRY ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR MEJIA HER FAMILY
DOG. HER MOM FAMILY DOG MIA AND ON BEHALF OF PAPERCUT US THEIR DOG SAMMY.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE. WE ARE JOINING TODAY'S MEETING IN OF THESE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 5TH, 2025 AT 12
NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF A GERMAN.
PLEASE SAY I I. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED