GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE
AT BOSTON DOT GOV. FORGE SLASH CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES TRONIC DEVICES.
ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART OF COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON.
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA.
COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR DURKAN QUORUM. THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE. THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO CHAMBERS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY BY COUNCILOR SANTANA. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER GROUP VISITING US HERE THE
INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM VIP GROUP TITLED TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT AND THE 24 VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ACCOMPANIED BY YOUR FOUR LIAISON.
AH HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ENHANCE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ETHICAL SYSTEMS, FOR UNDERSTANDING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILOR MURPHY TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S INVOCATION FROM JULIANNE DOUGHERTY. LEE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBTQ PLUS ADVANCEMENT.
SO COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SO EVERYONE MAY NOT KNOW THIS
BUT AS THE COUNCILORS GET FOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS A YEAR WE CAN CALL IN CLERGY OR SOMEONE TO OPEN UP THE MEETING AND I THOUGHT WHO BETTER TO ASK?
IN JUNE TO KICK US OFF OF PRIDE MONTH? BUT JULIANNE SO I WILL JUST INTRODUCE JULIANNE AND SHARE SOME OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT MAKE HER SO SPECIAL HERE
IN THE CITY. SO AS WE GATHER DURING PRIDE MONTH IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME A DEDICATED LEADER WHO IS TIRELESSLY WORKED TO MAKE BOSTON A MORE INCLUSIVE AND
AFFIRMING CITY FOR ALL. JULIANNE DOUGHERTY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBTQ PLUS ADVANCEMENT. A PROUD BOSTON NATIVE AND ALUM
OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. JULIANNE'S JOURNEY IN PUBLIC SERVICE BEGAN AS ONE OF THE CITY'S FIRST LGBTQ PLUS LIAISONS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
SHE LATER SERVED AS THE JAMAICA PLAIN NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATOR FOR SIX YEARS, EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY AND GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY. HER COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING MARGINAL VOICES CONTINUED AS
THE DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S AGE STRONG COMMISSION FOCUSING ON ENGAGING THE MOST ISOLATED COMMUNITIES.
NOW I'M PROUD TO SAY SHE'S BEEN LEADING FOR A WHILE NOW THE OFFICE OF LGBTQ PLUS ADVANCEMENT. JULIANNE AND HER DYNAMIC TEAM DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. HER WORK ENSURES THAT OUR CITY'S POLICIES REFLECT THE DIVERSITY AND STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.
BEYOND HER PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, JULIANNE IS A DEVOTED FAMILY PERSON WHO ENJOYS SOME PERSONAL THINGS WHILE SHE OBVIOUSLY ENJOYS HER WIFE AND HER DAUGHTER AND HER
WONDERFUL MOTHER AND FAMILY. BUT SWIMMING ON THE CAPE DISCUSSING STAR WARS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL TO HER WITH HER DAD. AND IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A
MOMENT HER. YOUR DAD HAS RECENTLY PASSED WHICH I KNOW IS HARD BUT KEEP HER FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR HER FOR THAT EXPLORER AND NEW KOREAN RESTAURANT WITH THEIR
WIFE SOUL AND SHARING JOYFUL MOMENTS WITH THEIR DAUGHTER HARPER. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING JULIANNE IN OPENING OUR MEETING TODAY.
THANK YOU. I HAVE WORKED IN CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 18 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER HAD A BIO READ BEFORE.
I'M SO, SO SORRY THAT WAS UNEXPECTED. HI EVERYONE. HAPPY PRIDE. MY NAME IS JULIANNE LEE AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE THEY.
I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF LGBT PLUS ADVANCEMENT. AND I AM JUST PART OF THE INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT I HAVE ASKED TO STAND BEHIND ME TODAY
. JUSTICE KIMBERLY VIOLA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT IS MY HONOR TO USE MY PRIVILEGE TO HAND YOU THE MIC
EVERY SINGLE DAY. I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF PRIDE MONTH A TIME TO CELEBRATE STRENGTH, BEAUTY AND RESILIENCE OF OUR LGBTQ I A
TO ASK PLUS COMMUNITIES AND FOCUS ON THE WORK LEFT AHEAD. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO PLEASE LOOK AROUND THE ROOM.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE LEGACY MAKERS CHANGEMAKERS. I WAS KEEPING A LIST OF THE NAMES TO READ OFF AND I RAN OUT
OF SPACE ON MY PAPER. I REALLY WANT TO READ SOME NAMES. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY COUNCILOR FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT. ALL OF OUR COUNCILORS ESPECIALLY FOR TODAY'S PRIDE EVENTS AND THROUGHOUT THE MONTH FOR DOING THINGS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ALL THE TIME FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR AFFIRMING BOSTON AS A CITY WHERE WE ARE ALL WELCOME, VALUED AND SEEN FOR MAKING SPACE FOR US NOT JUST THIS MONTH BUT ALL YEAR LONG.
BOSTON'S LGBTQ A 2 HOURS PLUS COMMUNITY IS NOT MONOLITHIC. AS WE CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH. WE ALSO UPLIFT IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH.
WE ARE STRONGEST AT OUR INTERSECTIONS. WE MUST CONTINUE TO CENTER OUR WORK ON ENSURING THAT BLACK AND BROWN LGBTQ PLUS TRANS NON-BINARY RESIDENTS ARE WOVEN
INTO THE VERY FABRIC OF PRIDE EVERY DAY 365 AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, JAMES BALDWIN WAS AN OPENLY LGBTQ PLUS WRITER LIVING
THROUGH CIVIL RIGHTS ERA. IN AN INTERVIEW SOMEONE ONCE ASKED BALDWIN TO DESCRIBE THE CHALLENGES HE FACED STARTING OUT AS QUOTE A BLACK
IMPOVERISHED HOMOSEXUAL. BALDWIN LAUGHED AND SAID I THOUGHT I HIT THE JACKPOT AND HE HAD EVERY REASON TO BE
AFRAID AND YET HE WASN'T. IN HONOR OF THAT SPIRIT AND THE SPIRIT THAT FILLS THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY AND ALL OF YOU WATCHING AT HOME IN
HONOR OF THE DEPTHS OF OUR INTERSECTIONAL WORK TOGETHER, I WANT TO SHARE 10 SECONDS FROM ONE OF BALDWIN'S LESSER KNOWN POEMS. BEFORE I READ I INVITE YOU COMMUNITY OUR LEADERS TO TAKE A
MOMENT WITH ME. LET'S RELAX OUR SHOULDERS FOR ME. ON CLENCHING MY JAW REMOVING MY TONGUE FROM THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH IT JUST GOES RIGHT UP
THERE EVERY SINGLE TIME. THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE HOLDING THAT TENSION. KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR. THINK ABOUT WHERE IT IS IN YOUR BODY.
LET IT GO JUST FOR A SECOND. LET'S TAKE A DEEP COLLECTIVE BREATH TOGETHER ONE TIME.
IT'S INTERESTING TO REMIND EACH OTHER THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE LOVE. LET'S LISTEN TOGETHER. SOME DAYS LEAVE, SOME DAYS
GRIEVE. SOME DAYS YOU ALMOST DON'T BELIEVE. SOME DAYS BELIEVE YOU AND SOME DAYS DON'T.
SOME DAYS BELIEVE YOU AND YOU WON'T. SOME DAYS WORRY. SOME DAYS MAD. SOME DAYS MORE THAN MAKE YOU
GLAD. SOME DAYS SOME DAYS. MORE THAN SHINE. WHICH WITNESSES?
WITNESSES COMING ON DOWN THE LINE. I AM SO LUCKY TO DO THIS WORK WITH EACH OF YOU. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
OUR LEGACY MAKERS ARE CHANGE MAKERS. LET'S CONTINUE THE WORK. LET'S TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
HAPPY PRIDE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WALKING WITH US. 365 WE WILL NOW RECITE THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION FROM CASA SANTANA CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH BECAUSE OF SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5
MINUTES. IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES. SO THIS IS 5 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO INVITE OUR OUR SPEAKERS AND THE AMAZING GROUP THAT WE HAVE HERE
AND PLEASE COME UP TO THE STAGE RIGHT HERE AND I'M GOING TO CALL OUR EXISTENCE OUR EXISTENCE, OUR EXISTENCE.
THANK YOU. AND AGAIN GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM NOT GOING TO SPEAK VERY LONG. I BELIEVE THAT THIS TIME SHOULD BE USED BY OUR OUR AMAZING
SPEAKERS. SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING IS GOING TO YIELD MY TIME. I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE TODAY AND THIS MONTH AND EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR IS A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY LGBTQ 20 PLUS COMMUNITY. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO BRIAN
WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK AND THEN BE FOLLOWED BY SAL SHAWNA, BRIELLE, JAMAAL AND SISTER BROTHER FREDDIE. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
BRIAN. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS . MY NAME IS BRIAN BLAISDELL. I'M FROM ROXBURY AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M HERE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF MY
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AS A FORMERLY HOMELESS TRANSGENDER PERSON IN BOSTON AS WELL AS SOME OF MY CONCERNS AT THE BEGINNING OF IT ALL I CAN REMEMBER MOST CLEARLY THE WAY I
HAD FELT ALONE, HOPELESS, AFRAID. I WAS AFRAID OF THINGS LIKE NOT KNOWING WHERE I'D SLEEP AT NIGHT IF INSIDE AT ALL AND ESPECIALLY AFRAID OF NOT FIGURING OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. I FELT STUCK. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACTORS
THAT MADE GETTING THROUGH THIS TIME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT SUCH AS MY CHRONIC MEDICAL ISSUES AND MOST NOTABLY MY IDENTITY AS A TRANSGENDER MAN. I'LL SAY THAT I DO HAVE DEEP CONCERNS FOR THE DISABLED AS
WELL AS THE LGBTQ POPULATION. I FEAR THAT THE SYSTEM WE HAVE IN PLACE CURRENTLY DOES NOT CONSIDER THE STORIES OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS THESE ISSUES THAT ALLOW MARGINALIZED PEOPLE TO FALL THROUGH THE
CRACKS AND TO BE LEFT BEHIND. AS A CITY WE SHOULD BE UNIFIED IN OUR SHARED GOAL TO PROTECT AND TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY STRUGGLING AND IN DESPERATE FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THESE POPULATIONS TEND TO BE
MORE AT RISK OF FACING THESE DIRE CONSEQUENCES. IN FACT, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS FOUND THAT LGBTQ YOUTH ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED
WITHIN THE HOMELESS POPULATION WITH ESTIMATES BETWEEN 11 AND 40% OF HOMELESS YOUTH IDENTIFYING AS SUCH. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOWARDS ADOPTING A SYSTEM THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ALL TYPES OF STORIES INCLUDING THOSE THAT
COULD BE CONSIDERED UNCONVENTIONAL. I EMPHASIZE THAT THE TRANSGENDER POPULATION IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE LIVING BREATHING PEOPLE WITH HOPES, PASSIONS AND NEEDS. JUST AS YOURSELVES WE SHOULD
NOT LOOK TO THE INTERESTS OF THIS CROWD AS OUTLIERS OR SEE THEM AS OF ANY LESS IMPORTANT. MY EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS FOR EXAMPLE, IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ONE AS OPPOSED TO
THE STANDARD HYPOTHETICAL STORY THAT THESE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN BUILT UPON. TO PREFACE MY BIRTH GIVEN NAME HAD STILL BEEN MY LEGAL NAME AT THE TIME SO MY ID AND ALL MY DOCUMENTS AND STILL COMMUNICATED THAT I WAS A WOMAN
TO WHOMEVER COULD READ THEM. I REMEMBER THE FIRST SHELTER THAT I HAD STARTED OUT WITH HAD BEEN THE SOUTHAMPTON STREET SHELTER AND IT WAS AN ALL MEN'S SHELTER. ASIDE FROM BEING TRANS, THE
SHELTER IN ON ITS OWN WAS IN SERIOUSLY HORRIBLE CONDITIONS THAT PEOPLE PACKED TIGHT TO THE WALLS WITH LITTLE TO NO BREATHING ROOM INCLUDING MANY SEEMINGLY INTOXICATED PEOPLE OF VARYING DEGREES AND CONDITIONS. IT WAS NAUSEATINGLY DIRTY.
PEOPLE WERE ON EDGE UNDERSTANDABLY AND IT WAS A VERY UNWELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. WHEN I WAS TUCKED IN MY SHELTER I.D. THAT THEY PRINTED FOR ME DISPLAYED MY BIRTH NAME INDICATING THAT I'M TRANS TO OTHERS. I HID THIS WHILE I WAS THERE IN
PERSONALLY FELT COMFORTABLE DENYING OTHERS INTERACTIONS WITH ME. HOWEVER I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THIS MAY HAVE GONE OVER FOR SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE SITUATION AT THE TIME. IT ALSO RAISED SOME QUESTIONS
TO ME BECAUSE MY PAST EXPERIENCES ABOUT HOW OTHER TRANS PEOPLE WOULD BE PLACED HISTORICALLY IN MASSACHUSETTS FACILITIES WERE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE HAD BEEN HOUSED LIKE PSYCHIATRIC UNITS AND GROUP HOMES. I'D BEEN AFFORDED PRIVILEGES THAT OTHER TRANS PEOPLE HAD
NOT. THIS WAS DUE TO ME BEING ABLE TO PASS AS ASSISTANT A MAN TO MOST PEOPLE. IF I HAD CHOSEN NOT TO DISCLOSE . IT WAS APPARENT THAT THIS WAS THE REASON THAT I HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO RESIDE IN MEN'S SPACES INSTEAD OF WOMEN'S. IT WAS APPARENT BECAUSE THE
OTHER TRANS PEOPLE WOULD BE FORCED INTO THE SPACES OF THEIR BIRTH SEX OR HAD BEEN GIVEN THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE IN MOST SPACES. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING THAT IN THESE SCENARIOS I HAD BEEN THE ONLY PERSON WHO WASN'T IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED TO BE TRANS.
THIS LONG RECORD OF APPARENT FAVORITISM IN THE PAST HAD MADE ME WORRY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE SITUATION OF A NON PASSING TRANS PERSON HAD BEEN IN MY PLACE. I'D IMAGINED IT COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY MORE FRIGHTENING FOR THEM.
FOR THAT FROM FROM EVEN WHAT I HAD TO EXPERIENCE I THINK THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE RAISED WHEN IT COMES TO OUR HOMELESS CRISIS WITHIN THE CITY THE MOST NECESSARY BEING HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT ALL TRANSGENDER PEOPLE REGARDLESS
OF THINGS LIKE PASS ABILITY CAN FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE? THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE WITHOUT GBTC ISSUES BECOMING EXCEEDINGLY DIVISIVE WITHIN MAINSTREAM DISCOURSE. MY EXAMPLE IS ONE OF THE MANY MANY ISSUES THAT THE HOMELESS
SYSTEM POSES FOR TRANS PEOPLE. IT CAN BE SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS TO NOT ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS PREEMPTIVELY AS IT COULD RESULT AND EVEN FATAL CONSEQUENCES. I STRONGLY AND FULLY ADVOCATE FOR WITH MY ENTIRE BEING THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS WITH EXTREME
DILIGENCE AND COMPASSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND THANK YOU BRIAN.
I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OUR NEXT . GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. BEFORE I INTRODUCE MYSELF, LET ME REMIND EVERYONE THAT PRIDE WAS A RIOT.
IT WAS A PROTEST. LET US NOT FORGET THE MANY SACRIFICES OUR GREAT ANCESTORS HAVE GIVEN LIKE MARSHA P JOHNSON, SYLVIA RIVERA AND IN BOSTON OUR OWN HAVING A
DAUGHTER HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE HERE AT THE BOSTON CITY HALL AND THOSE WATCHING FROM HOME. MY NAME IS SAL KHAN AND I USE ALL PRONOUNS.
I'M AN OPENLY MIGRANT ACTIVIST AND A FORMER JOURNALIST FROM PAKISTAN. HERE TO TELL A STORY OF SACRIFICE, RESILIENCE AND HOPE. I COME FROM A WORLD WHERE MY EXPERIENCE WHERE MY EXISTENCE
IS NOT POSSIBLE, WHERE MY LOVE IS SEEN AS A SIN PUNISHABLE AS A CRIME. FOR SOME WHO I LOVE IT WARRANTS THAT PENALTY. GROWING UP IN PAKISTAN MEANT LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR
OF VIOLENCE, EXPOSURE AND RACE. AS A YOUNG JOURNALIST I TRIED TO EXPOSE INJUSTICE BUT I COULDN'T SAFELY SPEAK MY OWN TRUTH. THE SILENCE NEARLY BROKE ME. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE.
WHEN I COME TO AMERICA I HOPE FOR A FRESH START A PLACE WHERE I COULD BE SAFE, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, BE ACCEPTED, LIVE FREELY AND BUILD A FUTURE MAYBE EVEN, YOU KNOW, FALL IN LOVE ALONG THE WAY.
INSTEAD I FOUND A DIFFERENT SET OF CHALLENGES AND STRUGGLES. FAMILIAL ABUSE. BEING UNHOUSED PHOBIA. RACISM. THE WORDS A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM STILL I MADE BOSTON
HOME. I'VE WORKED HARD AS AN ESSENTIAL WORKER IN INDUSTRIES FROM RETAIL TO HEALTH CARE TO ART SPACES AND VOLUNTEERED FROM HOMELESS SHELTERS TO FOOD
DRIVES. I'VE STUDIED PSYCHOLOGY AT BUNKER HILL AND RECENTLY GRADUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATES. MY DREAM IS TO BECOME A THERAPIST ONE DAY AND AS I WORK
TO WEBSITE GOAL I PAY TAXES, OBTAINED ASYLUM AND SERVE MY COMMUNITY. DESPITE ALL THIS I WAS SENT TO A DETENTION CENTER AT PLYMOUTH LAST YEAR AFTER A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND I EXPENSE ON AN
EMPTY BUST IN MALDEN. I ENDURED 57 DAYS OF HORRIBLE SUBHUMAN TREATMENT. I FEARED FOR MYSELF BECAUSE FOR ME AND FOR A LOT OF US DEPORTATION IS A DEATH SENTENCE.
THESE 57 DAYS WERE THE HARDEST PART OF MY LIFE SO FAR. I WAS PURPOSELY ISOLATED FROM MY LOVED ONES WHO THOUGHT I HAD DIED. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WISHED
I HAD TO AND I TRIED TO EVEN. BUT I REALIZED SOMEWHERE SOMEONE LIKE ME IS THINKING THE SAME THING. I DON'T WANT TO END MY STORY AND ENCOURAGE MANY OTHER VOICELESS SIBLINGS TO DO THE
SAME. SO I SURVIVE AND I WAS RELEASED THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT STOOD UP FOR ME WHICH RESISTED FOR A LOT OF US. INTERSECTIONALITY ISN'T A
BUZZWORD AS A DAILY REALITY. I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE BROWN IMMIGRANT NEURODIVERGENT AND WORKING POOR, UNHEARD AND UNSEEN. THAT'S WHY I FOUNDED OUT
NEWCOMERS A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR LGBT MIGRANTS. WE TRY OUR BEST TO DESPITE LIMITED RESOURCES TO CONNECT REFUGEES, LGBT MIGRANTS TO
LEGAL HELP HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. BUT MORE THAN THAT WE BUILD SOLIDARITY IN TIMES LIKE THESE. WE DON'T JUST NEED SERVICES. WE NEED EACH OTHER. THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS TAKEN SOME POWERFUL STEPS RECENTLY
LIKE BECOMING A SANCTUARY CITY FOR LGBT PEOPLE AND DEDICATING FUNDS FOR AND TRANS COMMUNITY. BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE. WHAT ACTION WE TAKE TODAY WILL IMPACT OUR LIVES IN OUR PRESENT
AND OUR FUTURE. THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MUST ENSURE LEGAL DEFENSE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS, INVEST IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND
ALSO COMMUNITY LED PROGRAMS THAT UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE TRAUMA WE CARRY. BECAUSE I HOPE AS I SAID BEFORE FOR MANY OF US DEPORTATION IS A DISPLACEMENT. IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE.
LET'S BE CLEAR THE RETURN OF A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS A DEADLY THREAT TO TRANS AND PEOPLE HERE IN OUR BELOVED CITY ,IN OUR GREAT STATE AND AROUND
THE WORLD. SO RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT I ASK YOU TO DO MORE THAN JUST LISTEN. ORGANIZE WITH US, FIGHT WITH US AND STAND WITH THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
STAND WITH LGBT PEOPLE IN ALL ITS DIVERSITY BRAVERY, BEAUTY. EVEN WITH LGBT MIGRANTS BECAUSE OUR SAFETY IS A RIGHT IT'S A HUMAN RIGHT. WE ARE NOT DISPOSABLE.
I WOULD END MY SPEECH WITH A BEAUTIFUL AND BRAVE QUOTE BY MARSHA P JOHNSON. YOU NEVER COMPLETELY HAVE YOUR RIGHTS FOR ONE PERSON UNTIL YOU ALL HAVE YOUR RIGHTS. ALL OUR STRUGGLES ARE INTERCONNECTED. LET US WORK TOGETHER TO SAVE
OUR GREAT NATION STATE AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND CITIES AND BUILD A BETTER WORLD. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR INVITING ME ESPECIALLY CITY COUNCILOR HENRY SANTANA AND
STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE PEOPLE SO I THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO. I THINK WE'RE IN MINUTE TWO OUT OF THE FIVE. THANK YOU SO I THINK IT WOULDN'T BE A PRESENTATION OR A HENRY SANTANA PRESENTATION IF
IT WASN'T IF WE DIDN'T HAVE YOU SPEAKERS. RIGHT. YOU ALL KNOW THAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT YOU, SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE SHAUNA AS OUR NEXT
SPEAKER. HELLO. HI. UM. HI.
UM, WELL, HELLO THERE. THIS ONE WAS AROUND TEN OH. MY NAME IS SHAUNA MOON.
I'M 25 YEARS OLD. I GO TO ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEING A PART OF BOSTON LESBIAN GAY URBAN FOUNDATION HAS CHANGED MY LIFE.
I COME. I CAME OUT AS AND 19 YEARS OLD. THIS WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC WHERE THINGS WERE CLOSED AND SHUT DOWN.
I FELT I. I FELT REALLY ALONE. I WASN'T IN SCHOOL AT THE TIME OR WORKING. THINGS STARTED TO REALLY
PROGRESS FOR ME OVER TIME. I WENT TO RC C O AROUND 2023 AND WENT TO MY FIRST LGB T Q
CLUB WHERE I MET MATTEO KIESHA. UM I I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN FINDING LIKE MENTORSHIP COMMUNITY.
I CONNECTED WITH TWO MENTORS. THEY WERE BLACK FEMALE JACK AND SAPPHIRE.
I APPRECIATE THE LOVE THE MENTORSHIP HAS REALLY POURED INTO ME. I GOT TO EXPERIENCE LIFE, YOU
KNOW, GOALS, TRIPS, LUNCHES, GOSSIP CONVERSATIONS UM. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A MUSE
FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO BE MYSELF, BE OUT AND PROUD AND PURSUE MY DREAMS AS AN ARTIST AND FILMMAKER. I SAY ALL THIS TO SAY IT'S LIKE
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BLACK YOUTH NEED CAMARADERIE AND LOVE BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT EXPERIENCE DOUBLE OPPRESSION BEING BLACK AND AND YEAH,
HARDSHIPS SOMETIMES WE ARE BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEINGS AND AMAZING PEOPLE INTELLIGENT, SMART.
WELL I JUST FABULOUS BLACK YEAH . THANK YOU. BLUE THANK YOU, CURTIS. THANK YOU, KIESHA. THANK YOU, MATTEO.
THANK YOU. EVERY YOU KNOW SAPPHIRE JACKIE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
THANK YOU ALL. I THINK THAT OUR EXISTENCE IS WITH THIS IS RESISTANCE, YOU KNOW?
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT I BRING UP GABRIEL NEXT IS COMING. HOW DOES THIS WORK? HOW?
HELLO? HELLO. OH LA LA. SORRY IF YOU HEARD THAT.
I'M SO SORRY. HI. MY NAME IS BRAILLE. MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY THEM? SINCE BECOMING A PART OF BLUE I HAVE EXPERIENCE SOMETHING I
DIDN'T THINK I WAS. IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR ME FOR A LONG TIME BEING ACCEPTED AS I AM FOR MOST OF MY LIFE I FELT LIKE I HAD TO PUT A FACADE TO
PERFORM A VERSION OF MYSELF JUST TO GET BY. I DIDN'T OFTEN SEE PEOPLE LIKE ME OR FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO SHOW UP. I AUTHENTICALLY.
AT HOME THINGS HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY. BEING WHO I TRULY AM ISN'T ALWAYS MEANT WITH UNDERSTANDING
AND SUPPORT. WHO MET WITH SUPPORT? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HARD TO CARRY.
BUT BLUE HAS BECOME A SPACE WHERE I CAN BREATHE. HERE I FOUND A KIND OF FREEDOM I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS MYSELF, TO LEARN AND UNLEARN.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE I FEEL LIKE I CAN BELONG EVEN WHEN I CAN'T FEEL THAT WAY AT HOME. ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PARTS
OF MY JOURNEY HAS BEEN CONNECTING WITH MY MENTOR WITH THEM. I DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK EVEN THOUGH I'M WEARING ONE RIGHT NOW OR PRETEND TO BE
SOMEONE I'M NOT. I CAN TALK OPENLY ABOUT MY IDENTITY AND MY STRUGGLES AND MY GROWTH AND I MET WITH NOTHING BUT SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING. THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP HAS
BEEN RARE FOR ME AND IT'S MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON HOW I SEE MYSELF. I'M STILL GROWING, STILL EDUCATING MYSELF AND STILL FIGURING THINGS OUT BUT I KNOW
THAT WHEN I AM VALIDATED I'M DONE. I'M DEMI SEXUAL IN I'M NON-BINARY AND I DON'T HAVE TO
HIDE THAT. OH UM SORRY AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.
AND THANKS TO BLUE I FOUND A PLACE WHERE I CAN FINALLY START BELIEVING IN THAT. YEAH.
THANK YOU. I HALFWAY THERE YOU HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS. SO NEXT UP WE HAVE JAMAN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. IT'S COME UP. HEY, GUYS. HOW ARE YOU DOING? YEAH. MY NAME IS JIM GILCHRIST. I AM A CURRENT MENTEE AT THE
BLUE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. I ATTEND AT ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND MY MAJOR THAT I'M FOCUSING ON IS VISUAL ARTS BECAUSE I LOVE TO DRAW. THE REASON I JOINED THIS
PROGRAM IS BECAUSE MY FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE MENTORS THAT HELPS THEIR MENTEES WHETHER IT'S MENTAL HEALTH, FINANCIAL ISSUES OR ANYTHING AND THAT'S HOW I GOT INTO THE PROGRAM. AND THEN ONCE HE TOLD ME THAT
IT WAS FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY I WAS THINKING HMM, WELL WHY NOT JOIN THEM JUST TO GET THEM MORE SUPPORT? THAT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH BLUE IS I ENJOY
MY OUTING FOR MY MENTOR WHICH IS LA LA. HELLO. AND WE GET TO PLAY SOME FUN GAMES AT THE ARCADE AT DAVID BUSTER'S AND WE DID THE SAME
THING AT LUCKY STRIKE WHICH WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE ALSO ENJOYED EATING SOME FOODS. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE CHRISTMAS KARAOKE WHERE WE GOT A SINGER OF HER SONGS AND WE GET TO PLAY
SOME BOARD GAMES AND GARNER CHRISTMAS GIFTS. I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT I GOT TO KNOW EVERY PERSON THAT OPENED UP ABOUT THEIR STORIES AND THEIR SEXUALITY AND I FEEL LIKE EVERY BORN EVERYONE IN
THIS ROOM WHETHER THEY'RE WHETHER WE'RE GAY, STRAIGHT, BISEXUAL OR EVEN TRANS AND ANYBODY THAT WE DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND
DIGNITY AND ON THAT NOTE HAPPY PRIDE SPEECH RETURN AND THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU. I DID. I DID NOT TELL THEM TO DO THAT . SORRY. I'M OUT OF POWER.
NEXT UP AND FINAL SPEAKER WE HAVE SISTER BROTHER FREDDIE. HELLO AGAIN. I WON'T BE FOLLOWING THOSE SPEECHES WITH A SPEECH OF MY
OWN. I AM HERE TO READ JUST SOME OF THE OVER 45 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY .
SO IN RECOGNITION YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU HELP BY AMG OH WELL NOW YOU HAVE TO CHEER FOR
EVERYONE T, Q AND C CHASTITY BOLEK CONSULTING AND TELLING THE BOSTON SISTERS OF PERPETUAL
INDULGENCE OUR NEWCOMERS PRIDE IN OUR WORKPLACE PRIDE IN PLASMA BREAK TIME OUT IN
FINANCE BOSTON LESBIAN GAY URBAN FOUNDATION MASKS NOW THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION ON LGBT T.
Q PLUS YOUTH THE FEMMES SWEENEY'S THE HISTORY PROJECT THE TRANS GENDER EMERGENCY FUND
BOSTON GLASS DOCS CABARET THE BOSTON'S LESBIAN NEWSLETTER Q T
C BOSTON PRIDE SPORTS BOSTON THE THEATER OFFENSIVE LGBTQ PLUS SENIOR HOUSING AND THE
POWER M R T H ORGANIZING IN CANNABIS TO CALENDAR CLASS ZONE
LAVENDER EDUCATION TRAINING WITH THE SCORPIO BAGLEY THE G T
LIBRARY LGBTQ PLUS ELDERS OF COLOR GREATER BOSTON P FLAG
BISEXUAL RESOURCE CENTER BOSTON GAMERS UFOS STONEWALL SPORTS
BOSTON BOSTON PRIME TIME HOURS THE BOSTON THEATER COMPANY AND MEP FOR HEALTH FENWAY HEALTH TO
AND S T THE NETWORK LITTLE RED WALL BOSTON'S MAYOR OFFICE OF LGBTQ HERITAGE INVESTMENT
NEW ENGLAND TRANS SANCTUARY PARADE NEW ENGLAND ACES A LAW THE NEW ACTIVISTS COLLECTIVE
THE SCOUTS THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE LGBTQ PLUS A COMMISSION THEY DON'T EVEN GO
HERE YES THE BOSTON FOUNDATION MASS EQUALITY DANNY'S BAR
PLEASURE PINE MERMAID FOR PLEASURE AND BOSTON PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE ALSO I THINK I STILL
HAVE 3 MINUTES. YEAH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR FOR ALLOWING US TO GO A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME. I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE MY
COLLEAGUES UP FOR A PICTURE AND ANYONE WHO'S NOT ON THE CROWDS PLEASE COME UP PLEASE IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE PICTURE AS WELL. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
HAPPY PRIDE RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THAT OUTFIT.
SHOW ME ANOTHER ONE.
I'M IT'S A CAPACITY THAT WE'RE
ASKING THE NATION IS FOR DIFFERENT. ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE TAKING THE
PICTURE AND EVERYBODY GOT TO
SIT DOWN HAPPY HOUR DAY ALL
RIGHT ALL RIGHT I HERE I
ACTUALLY WAS PROUD TO GET IT
THANK YOU YOU KNOW THAT I GOT TO SAY THAT VERY IS WE GOT ONE
THING I THINK THESE ARE I THINK THESE ARE MOMENTS FLAGS.
YEAH, RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW I DO FOR STAFF I THANK YOU
EVERYONE. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TODAY. HAPPY PRIDE COUNSELOR SANTANA I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU DO THAT IN 5 MINUTES BUT THAT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE FOR 5 MINUTES WE ARE
NOW GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR COUNCIL MEETING. WE ARE NOW GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILORS REED AND COUNCILOR ZAPATA AND COUNCILOR WEBB WEBER ARE NOW
WITH THEY ARE NOW WITH US AND COUNCILOR OH AND COUNCILOR I DON'T THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT HERE. SO TODAY OKAY THANK YOU
MR. CLERK AND THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON ALSO FOR ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP ON ALL THINGS PRIDE HERE IN THE CITY.
OC WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF MAY 21ST 2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I SUPPOSE
SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 21ST MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR MR. CLERK, WHEN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1132 DUNCAN
NUMBER 1132 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION IN THE FORM OF GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 25 NUTRITION SERVICES
INCENTIVE PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF AFFAIRS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION .
THE GRANT WILL FUND THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION NUTRITION PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS MEALS TO HOMES OF OLDER ADULTS AND CONGREGATE SITES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNSELOR FERNANDO ANDERSON IS NOW PRESENT AND WITH US. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR MURPHY. COUNSELOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I'M THANK YOU FOR READING THAT. I AM ASKING THAT MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT ME IN AND PASSING THIS. IT'S $1,000,000 GRANT BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS PASSED QUICKLY.
I ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A $2 MILLION GRANT IN SUPPORT OF SENIOR NUTRITION NOT AGREE UPON AN AMENDMENT DURING THE AMENDMENT PROCESS. SO I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SENIORS AND OUR STRONG COMMISSION HAS THE THE
MONEY THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SENIORS. SO I'M ASKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR MURPHY SEEKS PASSAGE OF THIS MILLION DOLLAR GRANT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENT OR
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. AND COUNSELOR MURPHY'S SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET DOCKET
NUMBER 1132 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSING NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR. CLERK. I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT I'M NOT MISSING ANYONE FROM THE ATTENDANCE RECORD JUST SO WE'RE ALL IN.
YEAH, YEAH. WHEN THEY WHEN THEY RETURN. OKAY, GREAT. MR CROWE, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1133I CAN NUMBER 1133 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $550,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT AWARDED BY THE CUMMINGS FOUNDATION. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CITY OF BOSTON'S VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK INCLUDING ACTIVATIONS
EVENTS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH BLOCK PARTIES AND THE YOUTH OPTIONS UNLIMITED PROGRAM AND OTHER EFFORTS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S SUMMER SAFETY PLAN
AND PLAN TO END VIOLENCE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1133 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 113, FOUR AND
1135. OKAY NUMBER 1134 MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING TOWING CONTRACTS FOR DISTRICT 1000 FILED AND PASSED
BY THE COUNCIL ON APRIL 9TH, 2025. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 1134 AND 1135 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
OH OKAY CAN YOU READ SORRY CAN YOU READ DOCKET NUMBER 1135 DUCK NUMBER 1135 MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 EV REGARDING CERTAIN INFORMATION
PERTAINING TO WHITE STADIUM WELL ON MAY 5TH 2025 THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 1134 AND 1135 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE.
WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS MR CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1136 DOCKET NUMBER 1136 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION
FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE IN CUNNINGHAM HOUSE TO 77 TO 283 WASHINGTON STREET
AND THREE DASH 11 SCHOOL STREETS BOSTON, MASS. AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER JUNE 30TH, 2025 IF NOT ACTED UPON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR DURKIN, THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, I'M IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION'S
UNANIMOUS DECISION TO DESIGNATE THE OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE AND CUNNINGHAM HOUSE WHICH IS DUE SEVEN THROUGH TO 83 WASHINGTON STREET AND 3 TO 211 SCHOOL
STREET AS AN OFFICIAL BOSTON LANDMARK BUILT IN 1718 THE OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE IS THE BOSTON'S OLDEST COMMERCIAL BUILDING. IT HOUSES ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLISHING HOUSES IN
THE 19TH CENTURY TICKNER AND FIELDS FROM THIS VERY CORNER ICONIC WORKS LIKE THE SCARLET LETTER WALDEN UNCLE TOM'S CABIN WERE INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD EMERSON THOREAU, DICKENS,
ALCOTT AND STOWE ALL PASSED THROUGH ITS DOORS. IT WASN'T JUST A BOOKSTORE IT WAS THE BEATING HEART OF AMERICAN LITERATURE AND JUST X STORE THE CUNNINGHAM HOUSE BUILT AROUND 1728 REPRESENTS A
RARE SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF GEORGIAN BRICK ARCHITECTURE IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. TOGETHER THESE TWO BUILDINGS EMBODY NEARLY THREE CENTURIES OF BOSTON'S EVOLVING IDENTITY
FROM PURITAN OUTPOST TO PUBLISHING POWERHOUSE TO THE RESILIENT CULTURALLY RICH CITY WE ARE TODAY IN 1960 THESE VOLUMES BUILDINGS WERE SLATED FOR DEMOLITION TO MAKE WAY FOR A PARKING GARAGE.
IT WAS THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON WHO STEPPED IN TO SAVE THEM. IT WAS ONE OF THE CITY'S FIRST ACTS OF PRESERVATION. IT WAS ALSO AN AFFIRMATION THAT HISTORY HAS VALUE THAT IT DESERVES NOT ONLY TO BE
REMEMBERED BUT TO BE LIVED IN AND AROUND. THESE BUILDINGS ARE STILL ACTIVE COMMERCIAL THEY WERE THEY HOUSED RESTAURANTS AND OFFICES. THEY ARE PART OF THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE ALONG THE FREEDOM TRAIL.
THEY ARE NOT MUSEUMS BEHIND GLASS. THEY ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR DOWNTOWN FABRIC. THE PROPOSED LANDMARK DESIGNATION IS NOT ABOUT FREEZING THESE BUILDINGS IN AMBER IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT HISTORIC FEATURES BREAKFAST
SIDES GRAND BOWL ROOFS, GEORGIAN WINDOWS ARE PRESERVED WITH CARE AND INTENTIONALITY. IT'S ABOUT SETTING CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE WORK SO THESE BUILDINGS REMAIN BOTH USEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IF WE WANT A DOWNTOWN THAT'S VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE AND ROOTED IN SOMETHING REAL, WE MUST PROTECT THESE TWO AMAZING LANDMARKS
THEY GROUND US. THEY REMIND US OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHO WE ARE. AS ALWAYS, IT'S ONE OF THE DEEPEST HONORS AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO SHEPHERD LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS THROUGH
THIS BODY AND I APPLAUD THE LANDMARK COMMISSIONS FOR THEIR WORK AND THE MAYOR FOR APPROVING THIS DESIGNATION WITH THE RESPECT TO THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR COUNCILOR CLAUDE ZAPATA. I URGE COLLEAGUES IN THIS BODY
TO DO OUR PART IN AFFIRMING THESE DESIGNATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN SEEKS TO PASS
DOCKET NUMBER 1136 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1137 DOC NUMBER
1137 ALSO RECEIVED FROM NICHOLAS MARINELLO, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF HARDWOOD WOLFSON AS AN ASSISTANT ASSESSOR EFFECTIVE MAY 19, 2025.
THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 1137 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE RE DOCKET NUMBER 1138 DOG NUMBER 1138 THE CONSTABLE BONDS
OF GABRIEL AS A BOOK JAMES BURKE CHARLES CLEMENS ONE GIOVANNI COLOGNE WILLIAM DONIGER GERALD FAN AND KEITH
CHRISTIANSEN MICHAEL JANICE FRANK KAMINSKY MARK SAVITSKY JACQUELINE MACHADO WILLIAM MCKEAN SENIOR ROSA LINDA DANCE
GEORGE REESE HAVEN'T BEEN DULY APPROVED BY THE COLLECTOR TREASURER THANK YOU. THESE WERE RECEIVED AND APPROVED AND THE USUAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS WE ARE NOW ON TO
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0968 DUCK NUMBER 0968 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS
REFERRED ON APRIL 30TH 2025 DUCK NUMBERS 0968 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF LGBTQ WAY TWO PLUS ADVANCEMENT SUBMITS A REPORT
RECOMMENDING THIS MATTER OR TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNSELOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED ORIGINALLY BY COUNCILORS HENRY SANTANA WAS BROUGHT IN JULIAN MEJIA AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL 30TH, 2025. I ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE
RECOGNITION AND SPACE FOR OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT SEVEN WHO HAD PRODUCED THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS DOCKET 0968 IS AN ORDINANCE FORMALLY ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE
OF LGBTQ I A TO ASK PLUS ADVANCEMENT. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE PLACES THE OFFICE UNDER THE CHARGE OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND HAVE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF A DEPARTMENT HEAD WITH
RESPECT TO THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE OFFICE. THE OFFICE SHALL BE CHARGED WITH MAINTAINING A PROACTIVE ROLE IN MONITORING LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS AT ALL LEVELS
OF GOVERNMENT ADVISING CITY LEADERSHIP ON ISSUES IMPACTING THE LGBTQ. I A TO GSP+ PLUS COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOPING RESPONSIVE AND INCLUSIVE POLICIES IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 15 DASH 14.2 THE PURPOSE OF THE OFFICE IS TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTS SAFETY
AND WELL-BEING OF THE LGBTQIA TO US PLUS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BY ENSURING THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE REFLECTED IN ALL CITY POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES IN 2022 MAYOR
MICHELLE WU ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF THIS OFFICE SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE OFFICE HAS LED CITYWIDE EFFORTS TO EMBED EQUITY ACCESS AND INCLUSION INTO BOSTON'S POLICIES PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES. PREVIOUSLY THIS WORK WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE LGBTQ PLUS LIAISONS WITHIN OWENS WHO CONNECTED RESIDENTS TO RESOURCES AND AMPLIFIED COMMUNITY VOICES. HAVING A DEDICATED OFFICE
FOCUSING ON REMOVING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL IN ENSURING MEANINGFUL AND SUSTAINED PROGRESS FOR BOSTONIANS, FORMALLY CODIFYING
THIS OFFICE WILL PROTECT ITS MISSION, STRENGTHEN ITS IMPACT AND ENSURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY REMAINS VISIBLE, SUPPORTED AND CENTERED IN CITY GOVERNMENT. THE LAST THING I SAY BEFORE I
FORMALLY MAKE MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS MAY SEEM LIKE IT IS A SMALL ACTION BUT IT HAS REAL MEANINGFUL IMPACT. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE EXISTING DIRECTOR HERE FOR YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE SIGNALS SOLIDARITY AND ENSURES THAT REGARDLESS OF WHO IS MAYOR WHO IS IN ELECTED OFFICE INCLUDING THE OVAL OFFICE THAT THERE WILL BE A
DEDICATED OFFICE THAT WILL UPLIFT, SUPPORT AND ADVANCE OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ATTACKS OR FAILS TO PROTECT THE LGBTQ TO US PLUS
COMMUNITY IT BECOMES EVEN MORE CRITICAL FOR STATE FOR CITIES TO STEP UP NOT JUST OUT OF PRINCIPLE BUT OUT OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CIVIC DUTY. AND SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNCILOR SANTANA COSTANTINI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU JACK THAT A FATHER
FOR BRINGING THIS UP. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR BREADON AND COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR FILING THIS WITH ME. I KNOW I WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO IT.
I THINK THE CHAIR COVERED WHAT THIS WILL DO. I THINK I'LL JUST REPEAT THAT. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW LGBTQ I HATE TO ASK PLUS COMMUNITY IS
BEING ATTACKED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DAY IN AND OUT AND AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED WHAT THIS HORRIFIED THIS OFFICE BUT WHAT THIS WILL DO IS THAT NO MATTER WHO'S IN OFFICE MATTER
WHO'S MAYOR HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, THIS OFFICE IS PROTECTED AND WE'LL BE READY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. SO I WAS VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS AGAIN ALONGSIDE
WITH MY CO-SPONSORS. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DISTRICT SEVEN CITY COUNCILOR FERNANDO AND COUNCILOR FRANCIS ANDERSON WHO WAS THE ORIGINATOR FROM THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND YOUR OFFICE'S WORK TO GET US TO THIS POINT AS WELL SO I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN SUPPORT THIS TODAY AND I HOPE AS TO UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ACROSS
ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR LARGEST. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND AGAIN THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS
MATTER? I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR SANTANA AND ALL THE FILERS AND CONCERNED FERNANDA ANDERSON AND EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EMBED IN
OUR CITY EXACTLY WHO WE ARE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OFF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RISE TO SUPPORT THIS BUT I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES FOR THEIR WORK ON SUPPORTING LGBTQ BUS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL
SPECIFICALLY COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO FOR ENSURING VETERANS FROM THE COMMUNITY ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND
RECEIVED THE SERVICES IN PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE EARNED. COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO LUGO DURING AND DURING THE LAST SIX YEARS OF SEVEN YEARS WORKED
WORKED WITH ME TO ADDRESS A MAJOR PROBLEM HAD THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WHERE GAY AND LESBIAN SERVICE MEMBERS WERE
DISCHARGED WITH A OTHER THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE WHICH MEANT THAT THEY COULD NOT RECEIVE THE THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS EVERY
VETERAN HONORABLY DISCHARGED RECEIVED. BUT IT WAS TRUE COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO'S WORK REALLY SANTIAGO'S WORK REALLY AND I REFERENCED THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE
MENTIONED THE JOB OF THIS DEPARTMENT IS ALSO TO REVIEW CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
BUT WHAT CITY WHAT COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO DID WAS WORKED WITH VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE THAT IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO REALLY BRING
THOSE DISCHARGED PAPERS FROM OTHER THAN HONORABLE TO HONORABLE SO THAT THOSE DISCHARGED BECAUSE BASICALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE GAY AND GAY AND LESBIAN COULD RECEIVE THE
ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO AND EARNED. SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT ROLE COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO PLAYED OVER THE LAST
SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND MADAM PRESIDENT. SORRY.
I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE'VE LANDED AT THIS PLACE SO THAT WE WILL FORMALLY ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF LGBTQ AID TO US PLUS ADVANCEMENT OF WE ARE IN A
PERILOUS MOMENT WITH REGARD TO CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE BUT PARTICULARLY FOR FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR TRANS
COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES . I ALSO FEEL THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT INTERSECTIONALITY EARLIER WHEN WE HAD THE PRESENTATION AND I FEEL THAT,
YOU KNOW, OUR MIGRANT FOLKS WHO ARE LGBTQ TO AS PLUS ARE IN
PARTICULAR FOCUS WITH REGARD TO THEIR STATUS AND MANY FOLKS WHO ARE CITIZENS MAYBE MARRIED TO A NONCITIZEN ARE CHOOSING TO SELL THEMSELVES.
SELF-DEPORT AND GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM OFTEN TO VERY DANGEROUS AND INHOSPITABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR FOLKS WHO IDENTIFY AS WE DO
SO I AM DELIGHTED THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND ESTABLISHING BOSTON AS A AS
A COMMUNITY AND A CITY THAT REALLY STANDS BY ITS LGBTQ WHO IA2 YEAR PLUS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN CASTRO DURKAN
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR. HAPPY PRIDE IT'S THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING TO BE FINISHING RIGHT NOW AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND I WANT TO MOSTLY THANK THE OFFICE OF LGBTQ ADVANCEMENT THAT IS DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB IN A
VERY TOUGH TIME MAKING PEOPLE FEEL MORE SAFE, MORE CONNECTED AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT MONTH. BUT EVERY MONTH IN BOSTON SHOULD BE A GREAT MONTH FOR GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
LIVE FREELY. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL STRIVING FOR IS TO TO REALLY MAKE THIS CITY MORE AFFORDABLE, TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, TO MAKE
IT MORE ATTAINABLE FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE IF BOSTON'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, THAT'S ALSO A PROBLEM. AND I THINK THAT'S WHEN I THINK
ABOUT WHAT IS SANCTUARY SANCTUARY AS A AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE WHERE YOU CAN YOU CAN LIVE AMONG PEOPLE WHO YOUR IDENTITY IS REALIZE AND YOUR IDENTITY IS REAL AND
APPRECIATED AND LOVED AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR EVERY DAY IN BOSTON. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS BEING CODIFIED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCILOR DURKAN, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? NO. OKAY. OKAY. IT'S A COMMITTEE REPORT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK. COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA SUSPENSION SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0968 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE?
ACTUALLY, MR CLERK, ROLL CALL VOTE ON DUCK AND NUMBER 0968. COUNCILOR BREEN. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A TO COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PER YES.
COUNCILOR DURKAN YET. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNTS OF HIS SHOW YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL ON MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT 0968 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0968 HAS PASSED.
WE ARE NOW ONTO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR A POSSIBLE ACTION. I DO NOT SEE THE CHAIR SO WE ARE GOING TO HOLD ON THAT AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1139 BEFORE THAT? JUST A REMINDER FOR LEAD SPONSORS YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET AND
CO-SPONSORS OR ANY OTHER COUNCILOR YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO BECOME A DOCKET. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO NUMBER 1139? I CAN NUMBER 1139. COUNCILOR WEBER OFFER THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SCOTIA LAW REGARDING AN ACT DIRECTING
THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR CONSTANTINOS PAPADOPOULOS OF WEST ROXBURY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER.
COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS AN AID WAIVER REQUEST FOR MY CONSTITUENT KONSTANTINOS CHARLIE PAPADOPOULOS, WHO'S A
LONG TIME RESIDENT OF WEST ROXBURY. CHARLIE USED TO WORK IN FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR MERRILL LYNCH AND THEN JOINED HIS FATHER IN RUNNING THE IDEAL
CAFE ON CENTER STREET IN JAMAICA PLAIN THAT CLOSED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. CHARLIE HAS BEEN WORKING AS A LETTER CARRIER. HE WANTS TO SERVE HIS COMMUNITY ON THE BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT. HE'S 42 AND HE'S AN AGE WAIVER TO TO TO TRY TO MAKE THE GRADE AS A POLICE OFFICER. HE SPEAKS ENGLISH, GREEK AND
SPANISH AND HE CAME TO MY OFFICE RECENTLY. YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND ASK FOR PASSAGE AND FOR A SUSPENSION AND
PASSAGE OF THIS HOME RULE PETITION SO UH, SO CHARLIE CAN TRY TO BECOME A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE. COUNCILORS BREADON BRAYDEN ZAPATA. DURKIN. FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD. FLYNN. MURPHY PITT. BEN WORLD PLEASE AVID CHAIR
COUNCIL WHERE SUSPENSION OF PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1139. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY THE AYES HAVE IT AND THIS DOCKET HAS
PASSED. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET? WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE IT SINCE OF UNFINISHED MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS AND WE'LL GO BACK TO MATTIE IN THE THIRD FOR
POSSIBLE ACTION. OKAY, MR CLERK? YEP, YEP. CAN WE PLEASE CAN YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE ONE FOR ONE WHERE WE'LL SKIP OVER 1140 SO I CANNOT BUT 1141 COUNCIL IS DURKAN AND FLYNN OFF OF THE
FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EVALUATE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATIONS IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR I'M EXCITED AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO HAVE THIS HEARING. I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD THAT COMPANIES LIKE WAYMO RIGHT NOW
ARE MAPPING OUR STREETS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY AND TO BRING IT TO BOSTON BUT THIS HAS TO BE APPROACHED WITH CARE. I MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM WAYMO LAST YEAR TO DISCUSS
THEIR INTEREST IN MAPPING OUR STREETS AND I APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND ENGAGE. BUT BOSTON IS A UNIQUELY COMPLEX CITY TO NAVIGATE AND ANY NEW MOBILITY CHALLENGES MUST BE RESPONSIVE TO OUR
WORKFORCE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR CLIMATE . I EXPECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE THIS UP BEFORE THE END OF THE SUMMER AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A CONTINUED THOUGHTFUL PUBLIC CONVERSATION.
IT'S ALSO COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A STATE LEGISLATION IN THIS REGARD FOR THIS TO BE POSSIBLE AND WHILE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HAVE COMPLETED OVER 50 MILLION MILES
WITH NO DRIVER, MOST OF THOSE MILES HAVE NOT BEEN IN BOSTON. AND WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT SIGNIFICANT THERE NEEDS TO BE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN ACCIDENTS.
I KNOW THAT BOSTON IS UNIQUE AND IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS IN PHENIX, SF, L.A. AND AUSTIN. WHILE EARLY DATA HAS BEEN PROMISING WE MUST ENSURE THAT AVS ARE SUBSTITUTE TO RATHER
THAN ADDITIVE TO MORE AUTOMOTIVE BASED TRANSPORTATION VOLUME. WE DO NOT HAVE MORE ROOM ON OUR STREETS AND WE'RE THEREFORE FOURTH WORST IN CONGESTION IN
THE ENTIRE NATION AND WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH ON OUR STREETS. WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PENETRATION DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE USAGE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WHICH
IS NECESSARY FOR THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR CITY AND REGION. WHILE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES SHOW BENEFITS AROUND SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY AS A WHOLE, IT CAN EASILY COME CRASHING DOWN ON
ONE OF OUR HISTORIC STREETS WHEN OUR STREETS ARE MADE FOR HORSE AND BUGGY SO WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE ABSOLUTELY NEED IT NOW WHILE THEY'RE MAPPING THE STREETS WHILE THE
STATE HOUSE IS DISCUSSING LEGISLATION. SO I'M HOPING THIS HEARING WILL HAPPEN IN JULY. BOTH THE CITY AND STATE HAVE PUT OUT A TESTING GUIDANCE FRAMEWORK FROM A FEW YEARS AGO
BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE WORK TO DO. THERE'S ALSO A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ABOUT PUBLIC BENEFITS AND POTENTIAL PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT COULD COME OUT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
OPERATING ON OUR STREETS. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT TWO, COUNCILOR FLYNN. IT LOOKS LIKE WE FILED SIMILAR LEGISLATION AND SIMILAR LEGISLATION FOR THIS MEETING. SO WE'RE PARTNERING TOGETHER ON
THIS AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE ANOTHER CHAMPION IN THIS WORK. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR LETTING ME CO-SPONSOR THIS WITH YOU. THIS IS A TOPIC THAT REQUIRES OUR ATTENTION AS THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL IMPACT BOSTON'S
STREETS AND PEDESTRIANS SAFETY SOONER OR LATER. OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS THERE WERE REPORTS OF THESE VEHICLES BEING TESTED AND DRIVEN AROUND BOSTON CALLING NEIGHBORHOODS
OF SOUTH BOSTON EAST BOSTON OUTSIDE OF BOSTON INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE. SOMERVILLE AS WELL AS ON THE MASS PIKE. THESE VEHICLES AS COUNCIL DIRECTOR MENTIONED, ARE DEVELOPED BY WAYMO, A GOOGLE
OWNED COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN SELF-DRIVING TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL WHICH IS CONSIDERING NOW THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION IN BOSTON. WAYMO CURRENTLY OPERATES IN SAN
FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, PHENIX, AUSTIN CITIES THAT OPERATE IN A GRID AND HAVE MILD WEATHER CLIMATES COMPARED TO BOSTON.
AS SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES GAIN POPULARITY IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE US, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHETHER THIS TECHNOLOGY IS APPROPRIATE AND POSSIBLE IMPACTS TO OUR EXISTING
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CRISIS. A POLL CONDUCTED BY A FOUND THAT 30% OF RESPONDENTS TRUST SHARING THE ROADS WITH A SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE WHILE 61%
SAY THAT THEY ARE AFRAID OF SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION REPORTED THAT WAYMO VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN 202 CRASHES, 31
OF WHICH RESULTED IN INJURIES. WE ALL KNOW THAT BOSTON IS ONE OF THE OLDEST MAJOR CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH NARROW ONE WAY STREETS, ALLEYS AND THE LACK OF A GRID SYSTEM
ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WE HAVE TO CONSIDER OUR ALREADY COMPLEX STREET NETWORK IN NARROW OR DENSE ONE WAY STREETS AS WELL ONGOING TRAFFIC
CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE EXISTING ISSUES WITH DOUBLE PARKED CARS RIDESHARES DELIVERY VEHICLES WITH THE WARMER WEATHER MY DISTRICT HAS NONSTOP ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS AND
AT TIMES STREET CLOSURES AS DO OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL. WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN HAVE HEAVY NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HAVE MOPED SPIKES MULTI
MODULAR DEVICES THAT HAVE WITNESSED THAT WE HAVE WITNESSED DISOBEYING THE RULES OF THE ROAD. IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT THESE SELF-DRIVING CARS WILL HAVE ON
THE DYNAMIC IN BOSTON. BOSTON'S WENT TO WHETHER IS ANOTHER MAJOR FACTOR THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT SELF-DRIVING CARS HAVE
HISTORICALLY HAD MORE PROBLEMS IN AREAS WITH SNOW. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE NEED SAFER ROADS WITH TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE RAISED CROSSWALK SPEED HUMPS PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH FLAT RAPID FLASH BEACONS. EVERYONE HERE IS AWARE THAT ALTHOUGH THIS CITY DISAGREES WITH ME I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PHRASE TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE PLACED
WITH THE MAJORITY OF CARS IN PARIS PEDESTRIANS ARE ON ALL THE MAIN STREETS COMMERCIAL ROADS AND HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDORS. WE NEED PREDICTABLE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND WE AS A CITY
HAVE TO DISCUSS WHETHER THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL CREATE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. MR GRECH. COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCIL WHERE I WAS NOT
PRESENT AND WITH US? THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER TO THIS FILING.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN THIS HAS BEEN THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR COLORED IS ABOUT AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS KIND OF COLORS THE PATTERN SO ADDED CONSTABLE THAT AS A PARTNER YOU HAD THE FLOOR. THANKS MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR
FOR ADDING ME ON AS A CO-SPONSOR. I DO BELIEVE THAT BOSTON SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN REVIEWING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATIONS TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ENSURE EQUITY AND PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE. OUR CITY STREETS ARE DENSE,
HISTORIC AND NOT NECESSARILY BUILT FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY AND THAT INCLUDES THE NORTH END AND PLACES LIKE EAST BOSTON WHERE LOGAN AIRPORT TRAFFIC OR LOGAN AIRPORT CONSTANTLY BRINGS
TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN AND PUBLIC TRANSIT CHALLENGES WITHOUT CLEAR OVERSIGHT AVS COULD WORSEN CONGESTION, CONGESTION AND COULD POTENTIALLY THREATEN PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT IF IT'S DONE RIGHT AVS
COULD HELP US REDUCE EMISSIONS, IMPROVE TRANSIT CONNECTIONS AND CREATE JOBS. AND SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING POTENTIALLY MASSPORT INTO THE INTO THE CONVERSATION OUR FOLKS, OUR
COLLEAGUES AT THE STATE BECAUSE WE DO NEED STATE REGULATIONS FOR THIS BUT I DO EXPECT THAT IT WILL BE A THOUGHTFUL, ROBUST DISCUSSION AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON AND ZAPATA. FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD. I'M HERE, MURPHY BUT BEN
SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE ADD A CHAIR DOCKET NUMBER 1141 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
READ DOCKET NUMBER 1142 2130, MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR MEJIA IS NOW PRESENT IN WITH US TALK NUMBER ONE ONE FOR TWO
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF RELATIVE TO CONDUCT AND SAFETY PROCEDURES AND POLICIES FOR BOSTON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT THREE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN GERALD CONYERS GERARDI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. DURING THE 17 EFFORTS TO GET REPORTS IT'S REALLY TO EDUCATE MYSELF ON THE PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES AROUND SAFETY AND CONDUCT IN THE SCHOOLS OF DISTRICT THREE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF CALLS
RECENTLY AND MORE SO SO I CAN GET IT AND EDUCATE THE PARENTS OF WHAT TO EXPECT AS WELL. BUT THE CPS HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE IN THIS MATTER AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE THE 17 IN FACT. SO WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ACCOUNTS OF THE JAIL SEEKS SUSPENSION OF RULES AND PARTIAL DOCKING NUMBER 1142 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
DOCKET NUMBER 1140 DOCKET NUMBER 1140. COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL OFF WITH THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE
MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE OFFICERS FOR RODNEY NELSON LAW THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COMES HERE JUST COMES
FROM HERE. THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AROUND OF ME WE NEED TO JUST FROM WHERE I WAS SPEAKING YEAH THAT'S RIGHT YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS HOME RULE PETITION SEEKS IN A WAIVER FOR RODNEY ALCINDOR, A 46 YEAR OLD LIFELONG BOSTONIAN WHO CURRENTLY RESIDES IN DISTRICT FOUR.
RODNEY HAS DEDICATED DECADES TO OUR CITY AS A BUSINESS OWNER, MENTOR AND COMMUNITY LEADER. HE'S LED YOUTH TO SPORTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKSHOP AND
COMMUNITY EVENTS. HE'S EARNED THE RESPECT AND TRUST OF RESIDENTS ACROSS BOSTON. RODNEY UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGES THAT EXIST BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY THEY SERVE. HE WANTS TO BRIDGE THAT GAP NOT
BY JUST WEARING THE UNIFORM. I BRING IN EMPATHY, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE TO THE JOB. HE RECENTLY PASSED THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM AND IS READY TO TAKE A STEP INTO STEP INTO A
NEW CHAPTER OF SERVICE. FOR THOSE REASONS I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL SUSPEND AND PASS THIS HOME RULE PETITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN MURPHY ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I JUST WANT TO RISE TO SPEAK ON DOCKET OH 926 LAST YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 11TH THIS
BODY PASSED THAT HOME RULE PETITION THAT WE WORKED WITH THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA TO INCREASE THE OVERALL AGE AND I KNOW THE MAYOR DID SIGN IT ON
SEPTEMBER 19TH SO I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE SENT THIS UP TO THE STATE HOUSE SO I WILL BE WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES HOPEFULLY TO SEE WHERE THAT IS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THESE
ONE OFFS BECAUSE I KNOW THE INTENT ON THAT WAS IF WE INCREASE THE AGE OVERALL WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THESE INDIVIDUAL ONES. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I AGREE. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE GET THAT PAST CASUAL CLOSE ABOUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS UP. IT'S BEEN SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN MONROE AND SO IT'S CURRENTLY GOING
THROUGH THAT REVIEW PROCESS AND SO I'M HOPING FOR HEARING FORTHCOMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK WHOSE ACCOUNT WAS GREAT IN CLAUDIA ZAPATA DURKAN
FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN MEJIA MURPHY BUT BEN SANTANA WEBER PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNSELOR OR ELSE EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND
POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 11041140 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING BACK TO MATTERS
RECENTLY HEARD FOR A POSSIBLE ACTION I AND I BELIEVE I HAVE THE ORDER CORRECT BUT OKAY
WE'RE NOW AUTOMATICALLY CERTAINLY HEARD MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD THE REVOLVING FUNDS INCLUDING PARCHMAN AND PEG
FUNDS DOCKETS NUMBER 8083130845 I I CAN NUMBER 0831 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF BP'S FACILITIES INCLUDING CUSTODIAL AND UTILITY COSTS FOR EXTENDED BUILDING TANK FLOOR REFINISHING
LANDSCAPING AND BUILDING REPAIRS RECEIPTS FROM LEASE PERMIT FOR USE AND PARKING FEES FOR BP'S FACILITIES WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE FUND.
BP'S FACILITIES WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL NOT EXCEED $2 MILLION. DOUG ANIMAL 0832 MESSAGE YOU'RE
NOT AUTHORIZING THE ELEMENT OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSFER STATION COSTS
INCLUDING BUS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COSTS. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE CREDITED WITH REVENUE RECEIVED FROM BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FOR THE PROVISION
OF TRANSPORTATION TO GROUPS AND ENTITIES FOR FIELD TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL RECEIPTS AND RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUNCTION
NOT EXCEED $150,000. DOCKET NUMBER 0833 MESSAGE NO AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO REPAIR AND PURCHASE BOSTON
PUBLIC SCHOOL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING COMPUTERS MOBILE DEVICES AND INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE THOSE REVOLVING FUND WELL SHALL BE CREDITED WITH ANY AND ALL
RECEIPTS FROM EQUIPMENT SALES AND REPAIR FEES FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY RECEIPTS AND RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED $2 MILLION.
LUCKY NUMBERS 083 FOR A MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR TOURISM REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT
EVENTS AND PROGRAMING ON AND AROUND CITY HALL PLAZA TO ADVANCE TOURISM AND PROMOTE PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS, CIVIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE
FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM PAYMENTS FOR THE USE OF CITY HALL PLAZA PURSUANT TO CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCE CHAPTER 11 7.14 THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE OF TOURISM WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPAND EXPAND FROM THIS FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT
$150,000 TOKEN NUMBERS 0835 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING A LIMIT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SECURING OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS INCLUDING ENGINEERS WETLANDS SCIENCE, WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST AND OTHER EXPERTS IN ORDER TO AID IN THE REVIEW OF PROPOSED
PROJECTS TO THE COMMISSION GRID THE CITY'S ORDINANCE PROTECTING LOCAL WETLAND AND PROMOTING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION. THE REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM FEES
IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH
EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT $50,000 DUCK NUMBERS 0836 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO
FACILITATE THE PURCHASE OF OFFSETS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WHICH SHALL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTION OF THE ELECTRICITY CONSUMED BY THE CITY ANNUALLY AND TO
OPERATE, MAINTAIN, MONITOR AND EXPAND THE CITY'S EXISTING SOLAR ARRAYS FROM BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMBINED HEAT AND POWER FACILITIES THIS REVOLVING FUND WILL BE CREDITED WITH ENDING
ALL RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE OF RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY CERTIFICATES AND DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM REVENUES PRODUCED BY THE COMBINED HEAT AND POWER UNITS LOCATED IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SITES AND
SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE PRODUCED BY THE CITIES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS ,RECEIPTS AND RESULTING RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED
$150,000. LUCKY NUMBER 083 SO MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO
PAY SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF EMPLOYEES AND TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE CITY HALL CHILDCARE THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE CREDITED WITH ANY
AND ALL RECEIPTS FROM TUITION PAID BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS FOR CHILDREN ENROLLED AT THE CENTER RECEIPTS AND RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUNDS
ARE NOT EXCEED $900,000 IN THE 0838 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE LAW DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES FOR REPAIRS
TO CITY PROPERTY. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED WITH RECEIPTS BY RECEIPTS FROM RECOVERIES FOR DAMAGED CITY PROPERTY CAUSED BY THIRD PARTIES. THE LAW DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE
ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND IN SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT $300,000. DUCK NUMBER 0839 MESSAGE YOU'RE
ORDER AUTHORIZING LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 TO PAY SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF EMPLOYEES TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FITNESS CENTER REVENUE FROM THIS FUND IS DERIVED FROM MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP FEES, RECEIPTS AND RESULTING EXPENDITURES FROM THIS FUND
SHALL NOT EXCEED $125,000. DUCK NUMBERS 0840 AS SAID YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO SUPPORT THE
CANINE UNITS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OFFICERS AND POLICE DOGS FROM NON CITY OF BOSTON LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THE SPECIAL OPERATING DIVISION WILL CHARGE TUITION AND OTHER FEES
TO OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR THE CANINE UNIT THAT TUITION AND OTHER FEES BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE TRAINING EQUIPMENT
,CERTIFY INSTRUCTORS, UPDATE FACILITIES AND PROVIDE FUNDS FOR OTHER TRAINING NEEDS NOT OTHERWISE BUDGET THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND
FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT $125,000. DUCK NUMBERS 0841 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED LIMIT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE REVOLVING FUND FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ART TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC REALM THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM THE
EASEMENTS WITHIN THE PUBLIC WAY GRANTED BY THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES
SHALL BE CAPPED AT $800,000. LUCKY NUMBER 0842 MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING A LIMIT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE REVOLVING FUND FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THE STRAND THEATER. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM RENTAL FEES FOR THE USE OF THE STRAND THEATER.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT $300,000
DOCKING OF A0843 MESSAGE IN NOT AUTHORIZING AND LIMIT FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT
THE OPERATION OF THE STRAND THEATER. THIS REVOLVING FUND SHALL BE FUNDED BY RECEIPTS FROM RENTAL FEES FOR THE USE OF THE STRAND THEATER. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE WILL BE THE ONLY UNIT
AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FROM THE FUND AND SUCH EXPENDITURES SHALL BE CAPPED AT $300,000. DUCKIE NUMBER 084 FOR MESSAGING
OR APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,600,000 FROM THE 21ST CENTURY FUND ALSO KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL AND OR GOVERNMENTAL PIGGY ACCESS AND
CABLE RELATED FUND PURSUANT TO SECTION 53 FOUR AND THREE QUARTERS OF CHAPTER 44 OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS THESE THE FUNDS MAY BE USED TO
SUPPORT PAC ACCESS SERVICES TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND FOR PREPARATION OF RENEWAL OF A FRANCHISE LICENSE IN DOCKET
NUMBER 0845 MESSAGE YOU NOT AUTHORIZE ANY APPROPRIATION OF $1,300,000 FROM THE INCOME OF THE GEORGE FRANCIS PARKMAN FUND. THE FUNDS ARE TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF BOSTON COMMON IN PARKS AND EXISTENCE SINCE JANUARY 12, 1887. THANK YOU MR. CLERK AND THANK
YOU FOR ALL OF THAT READING THE CHARITY NATURE OF THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS CANCER ORAL CANCER WELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M GOING TO SAVE MY OPERATE IN MY REMARKS TO MY OPERATING
SECTION. WE HAVE THREE VOTES UNTIL WE GET THERE. THE FIRST IS THE REVOLVING FUNDS DOC DECEMBER 083130845 AND INCLUDES APARTMENT FUND AND
THE PEG FUND. THESE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL NINE, 2025. SOME DOCKETS WERE HEARD AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TOPICS INCLUDED BOSTON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, OFFICE OF TOURISM, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT PARTIES BOSTON CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES, BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF US ARTS AND
CULTURE ON APRIL 15, 2025 APRIL 29, 2025 MAY 1ST 2025 MAY 6TH 2025 MAY 15TH 2025 AND MAY 20TH
2025 DOCKET NUMBER 083120843 AUTHORIZATIONS OF REVOLVING FUND LENDERS FOR FY 26 ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION FOR THE DOLLAR LIMIT FOR EACH OF THESE REVOLVING FUNDS IS REQUIRED BY
THEIR ENABLING LEGISLATION SECTION 53 IN 153 ONE HALF. CHAPTER 44 MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS REVOLVING FUNDS ARE IMPORTANT BUDGETARY TOOL
FOR DEPARTMENTS AS A LOT FOR BETTER FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF UNPREDICTABLE AND SELF-SUSTAINING SELF-SUSTAINING ACTIVITIES. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
HAD FORMALIZED AND STANDARDIZED THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR THESE FUNDS BY RUNNING REVIEWS CONCURRENT WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS AND DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET HEARINGS WITH THE INTENT TO MAINTAIN
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND AUTHORIZATION OF THESE FUNDS. DORCAS NUMBER 084430845. AUTHORIZATIONS OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR SPECIAL
FUNDS THE 21ST CENTURY PG ACCESS FUND WAS ESTABLISHED BY BOSTON'S ASSEMBLIES OF A LOCAL OPTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 50 3F3 FORTH OF CHAPTER 44 OF THE
GENERAL LAWS IN 2016. THE FUND REVENUE WAS MADE UP OF CABLE FRANCHISE FEES PAID BY SUBSCRIBERS FROM COMCAST, RCN AND VERIZON. THE APPROPRIATION IS USED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION OR
GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES. THE CITY USES THE FUND TO SUPPORT BNN, WHICH PROVIDES COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATIONAL ACCESS TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAM TRAINING AND
PRODUCTION SERVICES AND TECH GOES HOME A DIGITAL EQUITY INITIATIVE PROVIDES LOW INCOME AND UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS IN THE CITY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TOOLS, EDUCATION AND ACCESS
REQUIRED FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT. THE FINE ALSO SUPPORTS THE CITY'S DARK FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER CABLE RELATED ADVOCACY AUDITING AND
REGULATORY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FUND AS A TRUST FUND DESIGNATED FOR MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP FOR CITY PARKS INCLUDING THE BOSTON COMMON PUBLIC GARDEN OLMSTED
PARK HIGHLAND PARK HORATIO HARRIS PARK AND MALCOLM X PARK. THE PHONE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 19 OH WAIT FROM A BEQUEST FROM JOYCE FRANCIS PARKMAN AND THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION IS USED TO FUND OPERATIONS GENERAL CARE
AND MAINTENANCE SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS AS NEEDED. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT
THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU MR CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN HOLDING THESE HEARINGS. I REMEMBER THE ONE ON STRAND THEATER, THE ONE THAT INCLUDED THE STRAND THEATER AND I WAS
ABLE TO ASK THE INTERIM DIRECTOR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY ABOUT THE MONEY AND THE ALLOCATION AND HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THE WORK THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THESE HEARINGS. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO
SPEAK ON THESE MATTERS? IF NOT, WE ARE TAKING EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE WHICH IS WHAT MAKES SURE THEY START OKAY. WE ARE STARTING WITH DOCKET NUMBER 0831. SORRY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS THE EXCEPTION OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0831. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THEY DO. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. DOCKET NUMBER 0831 IS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0832.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0832 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS OF EXEMPTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE
REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0833 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THINKING THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0833 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0834 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THEY ARGUE THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0834 IT'S PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS
AND MEANS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0835 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0835
IS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0836 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY.
THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0836 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS EXEMPTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0837 ALL IN FAVOR
SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0837 AS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0838 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
SAY I I ALL OF US IN A DEBUT THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED A A NUMBER OF 0838 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0839 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL US IN A THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0839 IS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SIX ACCEPTANCE
OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND POSITIVE DOCKET NUMBER 0840 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0840 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0841 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED A DOCKET NUMBER 0841
IT'S PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0842 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I WILL OPPOSE NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0842
IS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0843 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING A THANK
YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0843 HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS THE ENDS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0844 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I WILL
SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0844 IS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 0845 ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH THE POLICY NAY THANK YOU THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0845 IS PASSED. THANK YOU.
MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0824 DUNCAN NUMBER 0824 MESSAGE YOU ORDER APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION OF $40 MILLION TO THE OTHER
POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OPEB LIABILITY TRUST FUND AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER 32 B SECTION 20 IS ADDED BY CHAPTER 479 OF THE ACTS OF 2008 THE LATEST
AVAILABLE TUTORIAL VALUATION AS OF JUNE 30TH 2023 ESTIMATED THE CITY'S UNFUNDED LIABILITY AT $2.68 BILLION FILED WITH THE
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025. THANK YOU THE CHAIR OF THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS CASTRO WELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
THIS FUNDING THIS IS FUNDING OUR PENSIONS LIABILITIES DR. 090824 REPRESENTS THE OPERATING BUDGET ALLOCATION TO FUND THE CITY'S LIABILITY FOR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHILE
THE CITY IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO MAKE AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS REDUCING ITS UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY SIMILAR TO PENSIONS, EMPLOYEES EARNED THESE OPEB OVER THEIR YEARS
OF SERVICE BUT DID NOT ACTUALLY RECEIVE THEM UNTIL RETIREMENT. THE INDEPENDENT VALUATION AS OF JUNE 30TH 2020 23 VALUE THE
CITY'S BY BOSTON'S UNFUNDED LIABILITY FOR THESE BENEFITS AT $2.68 BILLION AND Y AND FISCAL YEAR 2008 THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW NEW GOVERNMENTAL
STANDARDS BOARD REQUIREMENTS TO IDENTIFY AND DISCLOSE THIS ESTIMATED LIABILITY. AT THE SAME TIME THE CITY ALSO VOLUNTARILY BEGAN TO ENERGY ALLOCATE FUNDS TO REDUCE THE OPEB LIABILITY.
ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS ARE RETAINED IN A VARIABLE TRUST FUND AUTHORIZED FOR THE CITIES EXCEPT IT'S A MASSACHUSETTS GENERALIZED CHAPTER 32 B SECTION 20 AS ADDED BY CHAPTER
FOUR FOR 79 OF ACTS OF 2008. AFTER JUNE 30TH 2024 THE FUND HAD A BALANCE OF $1.17 BILLION AND THE CITY HAD BEEN CONTRIBUTING 40 MILLION TO THIS FUND EACH YEAR SINCE FISCAL
YEAR 2013. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR ORGANIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
YEAH, MADAM CHAIR, I DID HAVE MY LIGHT ON ON DOCKET 0837. I DID WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT BRIEFLY SO I'M SORRY I MAY HAVE
MISSED YOUR FLIGHT. WE ARE ON DOCKET NUMBERS ARE 8 TO 4. ONCE WE'RE WITH THAT DOCKET IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THAT DOCKET BECAUSE I MISSED YOUR FLIGHT, YOU MAY DO SO.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0824. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY.
THE CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, THE SECTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0824 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 0824
HAS PASSED COUNCIL OF FLYNN WE'VE PASSED DOCKET NUMBER 0837 IS AT THE DOCKET. WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOUR OFFSET. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.
MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 082520827 DOCK NUMBER 0825 MESSAGE ON APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION
OF $5 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S CAPITAL GRANT FUND TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SERVICES ON MUNICIPAL ROADS, BRIDGES, THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC FOR THAT PURPOSE SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SERVICES IN THE CITY. SUCH FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED AND CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL GRANT FUND FROM REVENUE
RECEIVED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENHANCEMENT TRUST FUND BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025.
SO I CAN HAVE A0826 MESSAGE YOU NOT APPROVING INAPPROPRIATE OR IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,500,000 FROM SURPLUS PROPERTY DISPOSITION FUND CREATED TO TO
THE CAPITAL FUND FOR PLANNING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR DORCHESTER FIELDHOUSE GENERAL PARKS IMPROVEMENTS RESTROOM FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS OF THE BOSTON COMMON AND THE MUNICIPAL
ANIMAL ANIMAL SHELTER FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025 TOKEN EMBER 0827 MESSAGE IN ORDER APPROVING
AN APPROPRIATION OR IN THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION FROM THE PARKING FACILITY FUND CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL FUND FOR PLANNING DESIGN MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION FOR PARKING
FACILITIES FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025. THANK YOU THE CHAIRMAN AS IS COUNCILOR OTHER CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS YOU THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT. DOCKING NUMBER 025 IS AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S CAPITAL GRANT FUND TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION
NETWORKS SERVICES IN THE CIVIL ROADS, BRIDGES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE OUGHT TO BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSE SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANIES IN THE CITY UNDER CHAPTER 187 OF THE ACTS OF 2016 SAN TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES MUST SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES THE NUMBER OF RIDES FROM THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR.
THEY ORIGINATED WITHIN EACH CITY OR TOWN IN A PER RIDE ASSESSMENT OF $0.20 WHICH ARE CREDITED TO THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.
HALF OF THAT FEE IS DISTRIBUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES PROPORTIONATELY TO EACH CITY AND TOWN BASED ON THE NUMBER OF RIDES THAT ORIGINATED IN THAT CITY OR TOWN THE FUNDS
ARE COLLECTED AND DEPOSITED TO THE CITY AND SPECIAL REVENUE AND MUST BE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATED TO BE SPENT. THESE FUNDS ARE EARMARKED FOR TNC RELATED PURPOSES INCLUDING INVESTMENTS INTO WAYS
OF MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF TNC AND ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. THIS FEE WILL BE DISCONTINUED AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2027 THE FY
26 TO 30 CAPITAL PLAN INCLUDES 19.5 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM THIS SOURCE DOCKET ZERO TRACKING NUMBER 0826 IS AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 5 MILLION FROM THE SURPLUS
PROPERTY. THIS DISPOSITION FUND CREDITED TO THE CAPITAL FUND FOR PLANNING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR PROJECTS INCLUDING THE DORCHESTER FIELDHOUSE GENERAL PARKS IMPROVEMENT RESTROOM FACILITIES
IMPROVEMENT AT THE BOSTON COMMON AND THE MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SHELTER DOCKING NUMBERS 027 IS AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION FROM THE POCKET FACILITY FUND ESTABLISHED
CHAPTER 44 OF THE ACT OF 1946 AND CREDITED WITH PROCEEDS FROM ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE CITY OWNED OFF STREET PARKING FACILITIES ACQUIRED UNDER THE AFOREMENTIONED LEGISLATION. THE FUND SHALL BE CREDITED TO
THE CAPITAL FUND FOR THE PLANNING DESIGN, MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF POCKET FACILITIES. THE CITY'S TWO CURRENT REVENUE GENERATING LIGHTS ARE LAFAYETTE AND SULLIVAN SQUARE AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO PAST THANK YOU MR CHAIR. OKAY WE WILL TAKE EACH DOCKET ONE BY ONE BUT WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE DOCKETS?
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FLYNN COMFORTABLE NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON DOCKET 0825 AND 0826. YOU MAY SPEAK THEM.
YEP. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. LET ME START WITH 0826I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY RECENTLY TO JOIN CITY COUNCILORS ON A VISIT AND
TOUR OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ANIMAL ANIMAL SHELTER AS WELL. BUT I KNOW THIS FUND THESE FUNDS ARE CRITICAL. I KNOW THE DORCHESTER FIELD
HOUSE IS CRITICAL ASSET THE CRITICAL ASSET IMPROVEMENTS AT THE BOSTON COMMON AS WELL. THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO A LONG WAY. INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRITICAL ON
DOCKET 0825I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WITH THOSE SIDEWALKS IN OUR STREETS AND WE HAVE TO INVEST
THE PROPER RESOURCES IN THEM TO ENSURE THAT OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE SAFE FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S TRUE AND SAFETY IS A CRITICAL JOB FOR ALL OF US.
THANK YOU MEMBERSHIP THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M THROUGH YOU TO THE CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OUR WAY
TO SIX IF IT'S FOR THREE MILL $3.5 MILLION AND MY QUESTION I FULLY SUPPORT ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS BUT IF WE HAVE A BREAK DOWN HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW COUNCIL WHERE ALL OF THE 3.5 MILLION WILL BE GOING TO THE
FIELDHOUSE? HOW MUCH IS GOING TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN THE BATHROOM IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COMMON COUNCIL? WELL IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY. I AM HAPPY TO.
I DON'T HAVE THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN IN FRONT OF ME BUT I'M HAPPY TO SIT AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRAYTON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND JUST A POINT MAYBE A CORRECTION ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE THE COMMITTEE REPORT DOCKET 0826 IS 3,500,000 AND
THEN ON THE ACTUAL ON THE OTHER SIDE IT SAYS 5 MILLION. IS THAT CORRECT OR IS THAT A TYPO?
I HAVE 3,500,000 MR CHIP WE TAKE A CHECK OUT THE TABLE. OKAY. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES AND
WE'LL BE BACK
WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE CORRECTED COPY IN FRONT OF THEM.
YEAH I KNOW. UM, RON, CAN YOU GIVE ONE TO
MR. CLERK PLEASE KEEP CHANGING TO KEEP TRACK OF.
OH, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO DOES EVERYONE NOW HAVE THE CORRECTED DOCKET IN FRONT OF THEM? OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I DID JUST WANT TO RISE AGAIN ON DOCKET 0826 TO UPLIFT THE ADVOCACY AND HARD WORK OF OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR BAKER WHO WORKED
REALLY HARD DURING OUR OPERA MONEY DEBATES TO GET FUNDING FOR THE DORCHESTER FEEL TOWER. SO GLAD THAT THERE IS SOME MONEY GOING THERE THROUGH DIFFERENT AVENUES BUT EXCITED
WAS AT THE GROUNDBREAKING ALONG WITH HIM AND OTHER COLLEAGUES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILOR MURPHY SAID A LONG TIME ADVOCATE AND SUPPORTER OF THE DORCHESTER FIELD HOUSE. AS I MENTIONED. CRITICAL CRITICAL ROLE IT WILL
PLAY IN DORCHESTER HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE. BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS COUNCILOR MURPHY DID, THE ROLE OF FORMER CITY COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER. HE NEVER GAVE UP ON THE
DORCHESTER FIELDS HOUSE NEVER NEVER STOPPED ADVOCATING FOR THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRADING COUNCILOR BRAYTON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO STAND UP AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR THE MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SHELTER. WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS A FACILITY THAT DOESN'T GREATLY NEED OF REPAIR IDEALLY REPLACEMENT WITH A MODERN STATE
OF THE ART FACILITY THAT WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR ANIMAL MUNICIPAL ALL OF THE DOGS AND ANIMALS IN THE CITY. SO IT'S IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO
VISIT THERE AND I THINK IT'S LONG PAST TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY MOVE THIS FORWARD. SO THIS IS WONDERFUL. THERE'S GOING TO BE MONEY FOR PLANNING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SO I AM PLEASED TO SEE THIS INCLUDED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMES RATE AND I WANT TO ECHO THAT I WANT TO ECHO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO BE INVESTING IN THE ANIMAL SHELTER BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING SO MUCH ON SO LITTLE INCLUDING ALL OF THE STAFF THAT BY THE
AMAZING DIRECTOR DIRECTOR ALEXIS BRZEZINSKI AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT OUR COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY HAS BEEN ABLE TO HELP MOVE THE NEEDLE ON GETTING AN ANIMAL SHELTER AND GETTING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND ONE DAY GETTING A
NEW LOCATION. FOR ONE, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AS COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YET. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I SPOKE BRIEFLY ON THIS PREVIOUSLY BUT I DID ALSO WANT TO MENTION WHAT I TOOK THE TOUR
RECENTLY. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WAS WITH ME AND I LIKE COUNCILOR BRAID AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TREMENDOUS ADVOCACY AND STAFF
AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB AND REALLY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO BE HELPFUL TO SO MANY ANIMAL LOVERS ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
INDEED THEY DO. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES THAT ATTENDED THE TOUR OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER BECAUSE ANIMAL SHELTER IS
REALLY A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY BUT I'M LUCKY TO HAVE IT IN A DISTRICT FIVE AND BEING ABLE TO TOUR IT MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY IN MY TENURE JUST SEEING THE
WORK THAT THEY DO WHERE THEY NOT ONLY HOUSE CATS, DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE AN AMAZING VETERINARIAN THAT IS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON THEIR TRUCKS GO OUT TO THE
ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON. BUT WHAT I ALSO NOTICE IS THAT THEY'RE ALSO STRAINED OF RESOURCES. THEY NEED THIS FUNDING. THEY NEED SUPPORT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE ENTIRE CITY. AND I'M JUST SO LUCKY AGAIN
THAT THEY ARE RIGHT OFF OF WASHINGTON STREET AND ROSLINDALE AND I'M JUST A BIG FAN AND IT'S A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK THERE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THE COLLEAGUES THAT TOOK TIME TO WANT TO GO OUT OF MY DISTRICT AND SEE THAT ANIMAL SHELTER. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE EACH DOCKET AND TURN THE CHAIR THE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0825 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I . I ALSO SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND DOCKET NUMBER 0825
IT'S PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0826 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE
OPPOSED NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0827 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT.
THIS DOCKET IS PASSED. OKAY. OKAY. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0822.0822 MESSAGE
HONOR FOR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND TAX ORDER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025 THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OUR OUTCOMES ARE ON THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, EVERY MEETING SINCE APRIL I'VE STOOD UP AND GIVEN UPDATES. WE ALL KNOW BUDGET MEETINGS IN
HERE AND CAN FEEL LIKE AN ETERNITY BUT WE'RE ONLY UP TO 123 HOURS 53 MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS ACROSS 51 HEARINGS AND
PUBLIC LISTENING SESSIONS AND WORKING SESSIONS FOR THIS WEEK. I'M WANTING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK WE'VE DONE TO SHAPE THIS PROPOSAL.
A BUDGET PROCESS ISN'T ONLY ABOUT THE DATA IT'S NOT ABOUT MINUTES LOGGED. IT'S ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS AND HOW GOVERNMENT CAN BEST SERVE THEM. SO MY TRIED TO DO MY BEST TO
KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET. COLLEAGUES EVERY BUDGET CYCLE GIVES US A CHANCE TO COME TOGETHER TO BRING OUR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES.
OUR ADVOCACY AND OUR PERSONALITIES TO THE TABLE TO BUILD A PACKAGE OF INVESTMENTS THAT OUR RESIDENTS NOT ONLY NEED BUT DESERVE. AND WE DO ALL THAT WORK
TOGETHER. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS WAS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL WITH A REAL THREAT OF FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS HANGING OVER US. WE WERE TASKED WITH WALKING A
TIGHT TIGHTROPE TO PROTECT VITAL CITY SERVICES WHILE ALSO RESPOND PREPARING TO RESPOND SWIFTLY TO ANY FINANCIAL SHOCKS .
THAT'S NOT AN EASY BALANCE BUT WE DID IT DESPITE THE UNCERTAINTY. WE DELIVERED A BUDGET THAT DIDN'T JUST MAINTAIN THE STATUS
QUO IT PUSHES US FORWARD WHEN THERE IS MORE MONEY FOR YOUTH JOBS. IT'S A WIN WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDS FOR HOUSING
VOUCHERS. IT'S A WIN WHEN WE ARE PROVIDING MORE FUNDS FOR NEWCOMER ERS TO LEARN ENGLISH IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S A WIN WHEN WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AS A BODY. IT IS A WIN. THIS PROCESS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
SHIFTING DOLLARS OR LINE ITEMS ON A PAPER. WE ARE SHAPE RESHAPING SYSTEMS AND LAUNCHING NEW INITIATIVES THAT REFLECT OUR VALUES.
THESE SYSTEMS WEREN'T BUILT OVERNIGHT AND THEY WON'T BE TRANSFORMED OVERNIGHT EITHER. THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE
COUNCIL'S SHARED COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATING WITH ADVOCATES ON EQUITY ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE MEANINGFUL
COUNCIL AMENDMENTS THAT HELP SHAPED NOT ONLY THE NUMBERS ON THIS PAGE BUT THE POLICIES AND VALUES BEHIND THEM. WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER
RESIDENTS, ADVOCATES, COUNCILORS, THE ADMINISTRATION IT'S NOT ABOUT WINNERS OR LOSERS. IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE PROGRESS WE MADE IN THIS MOMENT
AND RECOMMITTING TO THE WORK AHEAD. FOR EXAMPLE, I RECOGNIZE THAT THE HOUSING INVESTMENTS IN THIS BUDGET ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH TO
MEET THE FULL SCALE OF THE HOUSING CRISIS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN OUR WORK STOPS. THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY PUSHED FORWARD NEW STRATEGIES FROM CREATING THE HOUSING
ACCELERATION FUND TO ADVANCING STRONGER AFFORDABLE THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE PRIORITIZE LISTEN. WE HAVE PUBLIC LISTENING
SESSIONS. BROUGHT A HEARING TO GROVE HALL AND STAYED HERE AND I AND I KNOW THE CHAMBER UNTIL 10 P.M. TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS.
WE HOSTED EVENING ADHERENCE TO MAKE SURE MORE VOICES COULD BE HEARD. BECAUSE THIS BUDGET IS STRONGER WHEN IT REFLECTS THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
TO EVERY RESIDENT WHO SHOWED UP SPOKE UP OR SHARED THIS STORY. THANK YOU. YOUR VOICE TRULY HELPED SHAPE THIS PACKAGE.
REAL LASTING CHANGE TAKES TIME. IT TAKES INTENTION AND IT TAKES ALL OF US. THIS MOMENT IS PART OF A LARGER JOURNEY AND WE'RE WALKING THAT
PATH TOGETHER ONE MEANINGFUL STEP AT A TIME. BECAUSE REAL LASTING CHANGE IS BUILT ONE STEP AT A TIME AND WE'RE TAKING THOSE STEPS
TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. ALL MY COLLEAGUES, ALL THEIR STAFF, EVERYONE WHO CAME UP TO TESTIFY IDR. CENTRAL STAFF ESPECIALLY MY
TEAM FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS BUDGET. AND AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU ALL TO PASS AND THEN
AMEND THE DRAFT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN HOLDING. I WASN'T GAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS IN TERMS OF MINUTES AND TIMES
AND HOURS AND HEARINGS. BUT ON THAT YOU SPENT SHEPHERDING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS HAVING HEARINGS WHERE WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS AND GET INFORMATION BACK.
WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN GETTING THIS DONE. I THINK THE INVESTMENTS AS YOU STATED, YOU KNOW, IN SENDING
INITIALLY THE MAYOR A LETTER TO UPLIFT THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES INCLUDING WHAT WE KNOW IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHICH IS ONE OF HOUSING INCLUDING DEEP, DEEP
INVESTMENTS AND YOUTH JOBS WHICH SO MANY ON THIS BODY HAVE BEEN ADVOCATES FOR INCLUDING ISSUES OF EVERYDAY QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO PEST CONTROL AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE WOULD COME IN AND OUT, COME ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN LEAVE AND YOU AS A CHAIR YOU YOU SAT THERE THROUGHOUT ALL THE HEARINGS AND I JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE NOT ONLY LAST YEAR THIS YEAR I COULD BE PROUDER OF THE CHAIR THAT WE HAVE IN YOU AS A CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHEPHERDING US THROUGH THIS
PROCESS AND I AM EXCITED FOR THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE COLLECTIVELY THROUGH THESE AMENDMENTS. AND I THINK YOU KNOW LIKE LIKE YOU STATED, I WOULD ALWAYS WANT MORE MONEY FOR A LOT OF THE
ISSUES INCLUDING OUR HOUSING VOUCHERS OR CITY VOUCHERS AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO MORE DEEP INVESTMENTS IN THE COMING YEAR IN THE CITY VOUCHERS. BUT I THINK WE WE WORK COLLECTIVELY HERE NOT ONLY ON
VOUCHERS BUT YOU CAN'T PLACE THOSE VOUCHERS IF YOU'RE NOT IF YOU'RE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, WHICH IS WHY IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALSO INVESTING IN HOUSING TESTERS IN FAIR HOUSING
TESTERS. THERE'S NO FAIR HOUSING TESTING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF BOSTON GIVEN THE ACTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SO IT IS INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO MUCH OF THIS IS LINKED NOT
IN THIS NOT IN ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY DEEPLY CARE ABOUT WHICH IS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. AND SO I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT WE CAN GET A COMMITTED IN LINE NUMBER THAT PERHAPS IN THE NEXT BUDGET
CYCLE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND IN PUTTING THIS PACKAGE FORWARD AND AND REALLY LISTENING TO ALL OF YOUR COLLEAGUES AND TRYING TO HAVE US COMPROMISE WITH EACH OTHER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR CHAIR OKAY.
I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE HORSESHOE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA CASAS AND ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK CHAIR WEINRAUB. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHEPHERDING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT'S BEEN YOU KNOW, IT'S MY FIRST TIME AND I REALLY ENJOYED
THAT. YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS AND HAS BEEN VERY ACCESSIBLE TO ME AND MY OFFICE AND GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT. YOU KNOW, I THINK LIKE YOU BOTH
SAID, I THINK THIS I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDED BUDGET PROPOSAL. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS OUR IS OUR YOUTH.
AND AFTER SEEING THAT THERE WAS SOME CUTS MADE TO YOUTH JOBS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THAT THAT WAS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY GOING INTO IT JUST REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT YOUTH JOBS IS
INCREASED AND WE'RE PROTECTED UNDER THIS BUDGET AND JUST ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, HOUSING ENGLISH ENGLISH CLASSES FOR PEOPLE WHO SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
INVESTMENTS IN MOLA MOYA. YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE LGBTQ A-PLUS OFFICERS WHO ARE DOING SO MUCH WITH VERY LITTLE RESOURCES RIGHT NOW. AND YOU KNOW, SO THIS BUDGET
REFLECTS THAT LITTLE THESE AMENDMENTS REFLECT THAT. AGAIN, JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH US AND THIS IS A YOU KNOW, I THINK NO
BUDGET IS EVER PERFECT BUT I FEEL THAT THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. AND I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED THE
LAST WEEK JUST BEING ABLE TO LISTEN AND COLLABORATE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND BEING ABLE TO COMPROMISE RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. I'VE LEARNED A LOT DURING THIS
PROCESS. BUT BOSTON RESIDENTS ARE HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE AND I THINK THAT THIS BUDGET DOES JUST THAT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BENN COMES WITH A PENNY TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, AS THE VICE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS BEING ABLE TO REALLY SEE THE WORK THAT OUR
CHAIR HAS BEEN PUTTING INTO THIS SINCE DAY ONE, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT HE HAS PUT INTO IN ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT AS WELL THAT IT HAS TAKEN TO SHEPHERD THIS PROCESS WHICH IS
NOT AN EASY ONE. YOU KNOW THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BOSTON IS ONE THAT TRIES TO SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN ALL AREAS OF OUR CITY THAT MAY BE IMPACTING THEM IN TERMS OF CITY SERVICES,
WHETHER WE'RE PAVING OUR STREETS OR TAKING CARE OF OUR OR OF OUR TRASH TO INVESTING IN HOUSING, INVESTING IN EDUCATION ,INVESTING IN TRANSPORTATION WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT
INTO CONSIDERATION. AND WHAT MADE ME EVEN PROUDER BEING PART OF THIS PROCESS THIS YEAR IS THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE
AT A BUDGET LISTENING SESSION WITH THE GREATER MATTAPAN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. THE COMPANIES HAD BEEN ABLE TO OPEN AT THE MATTAPAN BRANCH LIBRARY WHERE I WAS ABLE TO PARTNER UP WITH OUR CHAIR BRIAN MORRELL BUT ALSO MADAM
PRESIDENT WAS PRESIDENT AS WELL THAT SATURDAY MORNING AND HERE DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY WANT US TO SEE PUT INTO OUR BUDGET. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AMENDMENT, AMENDED
BUDGET THAT OUR CHAIR IS PUTTING FORWARD, IT'S SPEAKS TO THAT. IT SPEAKS TO THE EMAILS, TO THE PHONE CALLS TO THE HEARINGS, TO THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH RESIDENTS AND THAT'S WHY I
JUST I'M JUST SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE CHAIR HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO TO DO BUT ALSO TO RALLY THE 13 OF US WHICH IS NOT AN EASY THING TO FIND A PLACE
OF A MEETING GROUND AND HAVE A WORK IN SESSION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PICK AND PICK AND CHOOSE AND SAY OH THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD INVEST AND THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD INVEST IN AND SOMEHOW FIND THE SOLUTION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, MR CHAIR, THAT I THINK THAT THIS WAS DONE VERY WELL DONE AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT BUDGET THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILOR WORL DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME COUNCIL WERE ALL HIGHLIGHTED THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY FORUMS AND PUBLIC
TESTIMONY AND WE LISTENED TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATED HERE AND WITH CITY COUNCILORS
AND I SAW HIS THE NEW YORK TIMES WEBSITE A APOLOGIZE NO NO THERE'S NO TALKING ON ANY CELL PHONE OR ANYTHING WHILE IN CHAMBERS. THANK YOU.
APOLOGIES. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I GUESS MY POINT WAS I SAW UPFRONT THESE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL ROLE ON EVERY HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING THAT
HE HAD BECAUSE I ATTENDED EVERY SINGLE ONE AND LISTENED TO THE RESIDENTS LAST WEEK I THINK WHAT WE HEAR UNTIL 10:00 AT NIGHT JUST A PUBLIC TESTIMONY
SESSION TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT WE WERE IN GROVE HALL LISTENING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT THE AID STRONG BUDGET, ABOUT THE VETERANS BUDGET BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO
COME TOGETHER TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM. IT'S NOT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS CITY COUNCILS. IT'S WHAT IMPACT IT HAS ON RESIDENTS. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
WORK COUNCIL ROBIN HIS TEAM HAVE DONE IN ENSURING RESIDENTS HAVE WERE HEARD DURING THIS PROCESS. I ASKED COUNCILOR WORRELL IF HE WOULD HOLD A LISTENING SESSION
AND TO EXPLAIN THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH ME IN THE SOUTH END AT THE RUTH BARCLAY VHA DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS THE OLD CATHEDRAL IN THE SOUTH AND I
PROUDLY REPRESENT THE THE OLD CATHEDRAL PUBLIC HOUSING RUTH BARCLAY AND IN THE RESIDENCE DOWN THE ROAD AT VILLA VICTORIA YOU CAN'T GET A MORE DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE BUT WE
HAD A WONDERFUL LISTENING SESSION WITH SOUTH END RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT PARTICULAR ISSUES THAT THEY WERE ADVOCATING FOR AND YOU'RE RIGHT HOUSING WAS A TOP TOPIC
OF PEST CONTROL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. WHAT I ALSO ADVOCATED BESIDES THOSE ISSUES WAS AS MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES KNOWN AS PROBABLY
THE PUBLIC KNOWS SUPPORTING VETERANS THAT'S THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND WE KNOW THE
INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE MADE. AND DURING THIS PROCESS WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR A UNIQUE
SYSTEM. WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ABOUT $50,000 TO KIND OF OPEN UP A FUNDING THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE VETERANS BUDGET BUT USING THE
CURRENT FUNDING THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO USE TO HELP MORE VETERANS AND I BELIEVE THAT FUND IS SEVERAL SEVERAL HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS $500,000 I BELIEVE. BUT ON FRIDAY I'M GOING DOWN TO D.C. BECAUSE THERE'S A VETERANS
RALLY DOWN THERE AND WE KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CUTTING VETERANS SERVICES AND VETERANS PROGRAMS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IN THIS CITY
CONTINUE TO BE A STRONG SUPPORTER FOR VETERANS AND FOR MILITARY FAMILIES. SO WHEN I GO DOWN THERE I'LL BE FIGHTING FOR ALL VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIKE I HAVE
AND THESE SESSIONS BECAUSE I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. THE SECOND THE SECOND ISSUE I REALLY FOUGHT HARD FOR IS
ENSURING THAT FIREFIGHTERS, MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE RESPECT THEM, WE RESPECT THEIR HEALTH, WE ENSURE THAT THERE'S FUNDING
AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS CANCER AND HEART DISEASE DUE TO THE DANGEROUS AND HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS THEY SERVE.
AND PROBABLY THE PERSON I WAS CLOSE I WAS CLOSEST TO BESIDES BESIDES MY WIFE IS MY MY UNCLE DENNIS WHO WAS A DECORATED BOSTON FIREFIGHTER AND A
DISTINGUISHED DECORATED VIETNAM VETERAN IN THE US ARMY. HE DIED HE DIED AT A YOUNG AGE HEART DISEASE THERE'S A THERE'S
A SMALL MEMORIAL FOR HIM THAT MEDAL OF HONOR PARK IN SOUTH BOSTON EVERY TIME I GO BY THERE I THINK OF I THINK OF HIM I THINK OF THE FIREFIGHTERS ALSO
BUT I THINK OF THE VETERANS BUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A MUCH LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN THAN THE POPULATION WHEN THEY RETIRE
AT THE MANDATORY AGE. I THINK THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS THEY LIVE UNFORTUNATELY IS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AFTER THEY RETIRE AND
THAT'S TRUE THEY ARE LONG TIME CONDITIONS THAT THEY WORKED IN PUTTING THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON, VISITORS OF BOSTON AND THEIR
FAMILIES AS WELL SACRIFICED. I THINK THIS FUNDING WILL GO TOWARDS ENSURING THAT WE RESPECT OUR FIREFIGHTERS. IT'S TO EDUCATE, RAISE
AWARENESS FOR SET UP, FACILITATE EARLY DETECTION, IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION UPON DIAGNOSE THIS TO SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THAT BUDGET BUT AGAIN THIS IS THIS IS ABOUT COMPROMISING AND I THINK I'VE DONE MY FAIR SHARE OF COMPROMISING OVER OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS MORE MORE THAN I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO END BY SAYING THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WELL FOR
BEING PROFESSIONAL THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND BEING RESPECTFUL TO HIS COLLEAGUES AS WELL AND TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR THE CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS. COUNCILOR ALL I'VE JUST SEEN YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I'M SO IMPRESSED BY IT REALLY JUST SEEING THE HEART AND SOUL AND COMMUNICATION I'M REALLY GETTING EMOTIONAL THAT YOU'VE PUT IN TO THIS BUDGET BUT ALSO
EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU. I'M RISING IN STRONG SUPPORT. I WANT TO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE THAT I'D LOVE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR WITH MY CONSTITUENTS. I'M DEEPLY SUPPORTIVE
OF FUNDING A DOWNTOWN PARKS ADMINISTRATOR. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THIS FROM ME BEFORE THAT IS NOT TECHNICALLY A BUDGET AMENDMENT BUT WE ARE HOPING IT'S A POLICY RECOMMENDATION.
WE ARE HOPING WILL BE FUNDED IN JANUARY. WE KNOW THAT FRANKLIN PARK NEEDS TO GET THERE ADMINISTRATOR FIRST BUT WE WILL BE WAITING IN LINE TO SEE HOW THAT GOES AND HOPING THAT A
DOWNTOWN PARKS ADMINISTRATOR IS ON THE HORIZON. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THE BOSTON PARK RANGERS MOUNTED UNIT.
THEY HAD SOME VERY, VERY SMALL ASSETS THAT WOULD MAKE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE TO THEIR OPERATIONS AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE PUSHED TO ADVOCATE FOR AN ALLOCATION OF THEIR FULL ASK
AND THEIR MAY 9TH LETTER TO THE COUNCIL. THE PARK RANGERS ARE AN INDISPENSABLE PRESENCE IN OUR PARKS SERVING AS GUIDES, EDUCATORS AND PROTECTORS AND I'M PROUD TO BE THEIR CHAMPION.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITY I PUSH FOR MY MERCHANDISE LICENSING PILOT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD FROM ME ABOUT THIS BUT THIS IS NOT A TRADITIONAL BUDGET LINE ITEM
BUT IT'S FORWARD THINKING. IT'S REVENUE GENERATING AND IT NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED. MY OFFICE PARTNERED WITH THE VIEW INITIATIVE ON CITIES AND THE CLASSROOM SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS AT NO COST TO THE CITY TO LOOK INTO A STUDY AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB LOOKING INTO WHAT IT WOULD REQUIRE FOR
THE CITY TO PUT FORWARD A PROGRAM. BUT THAT'S WHY ALLOCATING 100 K IN SEED FUNDING TO MOVE THIS CONCEPT INTO IMPLEMENTATION ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHEN WE'RE
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH IS IMPORTANT AND THIS WILL BE OVERSEEN BY DO IT AND WILL REQUIRE ACROSS DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERSHIP CREATIVITY AND VISION. IT WILL OPEN DOORS FOR LOCAL ARTISTS, ENTREPRENEURS AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY IT WILL MAKE MONEY FOR THE CITY. WHILE NO BUDGET IS PERFECT, NO BUDGET IS EVER PERFECT. THIS FACT REFLECTS REAL COMPROMISE THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP.
I WANT TO THANK MAYOR WU FOR OUR STARTING POINT AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR COMING TOGETHER. THIS BUDGET PROCESS FELT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE TRULY WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE CITY
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND I THINK YOU ALL MAY HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AN EVOLUTION IN MY LEADERSHIP. I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE
CITY GIVEN ALL THE FEDERAL CHALLENGES, GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE, WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE LEADERS TOGETHER AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP.
WELL, EVERY SINGLE CUT I DIDN'T AGREE WITH EVERY SINGLE ADDITION. I DIDN'T AGREE WITH WHAT I REALIZE IS THAT IF WE ARE TO VALUE EACH OTHER'S LEADERSHIP AND VALUE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
PUT US HERE, WE REALLY HAVE TO VALUE ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL AND ALL OF THEIR IDEAS. AND I JUST I SAW THAT YESTERDAY DURING THE WORKING SESSION AND I'VE SEEN THAT THROUGH THE PAST FEW WEEKS. SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FIRST WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHAIR WORRALL MATTHEW.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN YOUR WHOLE TEAM. ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT KARISHMA AND EVERYONE ON CENTRAL STAFF FOR BEING HERE FOR US NOT JUST FOR THE CHAIR BUT ALL OF US IN OUR OFFICES WHO HAVE BEEN VERY
SUPPORTIVE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND HER ADMINISTRATION. I FEEL LIKE SHE DID SEND US A GOOD BUDGET AND A GOOD STARTING
POINT FOR US TO JUMP OFF OF AND DID ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS FELT DIFFERENT WHICH I'M HAPPY TO STAND IN SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT BUDGET WHICH I SEE REFLECTS THE
VALUES THAT I'VE CHAMPIONED THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CARE PREPAREDNESS AND EQUITY. MY PERSONAL AMENDMENTS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES, IMPROVING OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUTH JOBS, INCREASE IN RENTAL VOUCHERS AND ALSO FUNDING FOR OUR STRONG OUR SENIORS IN PROGRAMING AND IN
NUTRITION AND ALSO MORE MEANINGFUL MENTORSHIPS FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR STUDENTS IN ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR
KEEPING THOSE AMENDMENTS IN THIS AMENDED BUDGET AND ALSO WORKING WITH ME AND ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE HARDEST PART OF THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS IS
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM? WE ALL BRING SUCH GREAT IDEAS BUT WE HAVE TO BALANCE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS OF WORK TO ENSURE OUR BUDGET JUST ISN'T BALANCED BUT IT'S
COMPASSIONATE AND FORWARD THINKING AND I BELIEVE THAT THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO BUILDING A HEALTHIER, MORE RESILIENT BOSTON EVERY DAY REFLECT SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING
YES ON THIS AMENDING BUDGET. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ADVOCATING FOR OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT I ALSO SUPPORT STRONGLY EVERYONE I
THINK PUT IN A HOUSING IN SOME FORM A TYPE OF HOUSING AMENDMENT, PEST CONTROL ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR OUR PARENTS AND FOR OUR STUDENTS PARKS DEPARTMENT
VETERANS AND FIRE CAMP OUR FIRE CANCER SCREENINGS WHICH WE DID HERE RECENTLY AT A HEARING WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF OUR
BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS AFTER THEY RETIRE IS ONLY FIVE YEARS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND FUND WAY WE CAN THE HEALTH OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALSO MAKING SURE LIKE I DID PUT
FORTH AN AMENDMENT SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR CITY WORKERS. SO THANK YOU CHAIR THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM, THANK YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO ECHO THE THE GRATITUDE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR VENERABLE CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL. WELL, YOU HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE FORCE THROUGHOUT
THIS ENTIRE PROCESS AND JUST KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND ALL OF CENTRAL STAFF, KARISHMA INCLUDED FOR THE PROCESS AND THE WAY IT WAS IT WAS RUN THIS YEAR THERE ARE HISTORIC
INVESTMENTS AS FOLKS HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED AND I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE COUNCIL THAT HOW WE WORKED TOGETHER IS I HOPE A MODEL
MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THAT WE ALL DEMONSTRATED OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IN TRYING TO INVEST IN OUR OWN PRIORITIES AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID BUT
THE DIFFICULTY OF OF EXERCISING THAT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TRYING TO PULL FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND DO IMPORTANT WORK THAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART ABOUT IT.
BUT WE WERE DATA INFORMED AND WE LET THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY HOUSING VOUCHER INVESTMENTS HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, YOUTH JOBS AND PROGRAMING SENIOR PROGRAMING
VETERAN SUPPORTS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ACCESS TO COUNCILOR THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER FOR YOUR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ON THIS
INVESTMENT IN THE NUTS AND BOLTS AND I WANT TO SHADOW COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR HIS HIS ADVOCACY FOR CITY WORKERS AND VETERAN SUPPORT AND I'VE DONE MYSELF A DISSERVICE BECAUSE I STARTED SHOUTING OUT MY COLLEAGUES EVEN THOUGH I REALLY
SHOULD BE SHOUTING OUT EVERYBODY AND I APOLOGIZE EVERYBODY HAS AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND HAS ADVOCATED BASED ON THEIR PRIORITIES AND SUCH AN EFFECTIVE WAY WHICH I THINK IS
IMPORTANT. A FEW SHOUT OUTS FOR SOME OF THE PRIORITIES IN MY DISTRICT LINGO PAPAGO PARK IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY THE FRIENDS
OF THE THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE ITSELF. IT DESPERATELY NEEDS LONG TERM MAINTENANCE NOT JUST FOR THE BACKSTOP AND HOME PLATE BUT ALL OF THE FIELD. IT IS CONTINUOUSLY BROWN AND SO
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WORKED WITH THEM ON AND GRATEFUL TO SEE INCLUDED IN HERE WE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM FOLKS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN CHANGED BY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLASSES PARENTS, FAMILIES WHO HAVE GONE TO LEARN ENGLISH TO ACCESS DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WHETHER IN THEIR IN THEIR WORK OR IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES.
AND IT MADE ME EMOTIONAL LISTENING TO THEM THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF IT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORGANIZATIONS
AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS THEY WORK SO HARD TO PROVIDE FOR FOLKS. AND SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE FUNDED AT $500,000 LAST YEAR.
WE LEVEL FUNDED IT THIS YEAR AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT ENGLISH FOR NEW BOSTONIANS WHO REALLY IN ALL ORGANIZATIONS WHO ADVOCATED FOR THIS TO BE LEVEL FUNDED THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALSO SEEING A NEW
INVESTMENT WHICH IS LEGAL SUPPORTS FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN TORN APART BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS PROUD TO PUT FORTH AND SPONSOR THROUGH THE MOYA
CONTRACTUAL AND I BELIEVE IT WAS ALREADY PUT FORTH BY A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE A FULL LIST FOR THAT BUT CERTAINLY WANTED TO COSIGN MY NAME ON ONTO IT BECAUSE WE HAD SEEN
THAT PARENTS HAVE BEEN COMING INTO SCHOOLS AND I GET A CALL FROM THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER WAS ASKING WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE BEST SUPPORT THIS PARENT WHOSE HUSBAND HAS BEEN
TAKEN AWAY AND NOW THEY DON'T HAVE RENT THE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE HE WAS THE SOLE BREADWINNER? SHE HERSELF ONLY WORKS ONE JOB PART TIME? HOW CAN SHE AFFORD AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AND WE LUCKILY WERE ABLE TO FIND A
COUPLE PRO-BONO LAWYERS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY CONSULTATION COSTS MONEY AND THEIR CASES DO REQUIRE QUITE A BIT OF RESOURCES AND SO PUTTING THIS INTO MORE CONTRACTUAL IS
BUILDING ON AN EXISTING PROGRAM AND FRAMEWORK AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M REALLY PROUD OF. I WILL BE VOTING YES AND JUST WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR WORK, THEIR COLLABORATION BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TO THE CHAIR WAYS
AND MEANS FOR HIS FOR HIS DEDICATION IN HIS TIME WHICH IS SO ELOQUENTLY QUANTIFIED DURING THIS PROCESS. SO THANKS EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN IS CANCER FOR AN INJURY. ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ACTUALLY WAS UP VERY, VERY LATE DOING SOME WORK. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND HOW JUST YOU MAY. THANK YOU. SO I'LL START WITH YOU KNOW I
WANTED TO JUST ADDRESS MY CONSTITUENTS IN TERMS OF THE ADVOCACY THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CHAIR TO BE
ABLE TO DELINEATE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR OR ADVOCATING FOR AND WHAT WAS POSSIBLE. AND THEN THE COMPROMISE AND I
APPRECIATE CHAIR WORRELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK IN THE HALLWAY I SAID YOU HAVE BEEN A BETTER CHAIR THAN I WAS AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT I'M STILL SMARTER THAN YOU BUT IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE SO GREAT CHAIR SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE, FOR YOUR GRACE AND FOR YOUR
HUMILITY AND SO YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S TOUGH TO BE IN IN IN YOUR SEAT AND YOU DO IT WITH A SMILE AND I APPRECIATE IT EVEN WHEN I
GIVE YOU A HARD TIME. AND SO THE WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT, YOU KNOW, BLOCK BY BLOCK NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE BASICALLY DID THESE TOWN HALLS STATE OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE DISTRICT.
WE TOOK ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT STATISTICS ON ALL DOMAINS HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SO FORTH AND THEN WE WENT TO WORK WITH BEYOU
AND DID SOME DATA SCIENCE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS NUMBERS. WE LOOKED AT 311 RESPONSES FOR CITY SERVICES AND THEN WE LOOKED AT WE FILED 17 FS TO
ACTUALLY GET REPORTS OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND HOW WE WERE TRACKING THEM AND THEN WE WENT AHEAD AND BUILT A DASHBOARD FOR DISTRICT SEVEN WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN A DISTRICT SEVEN WEBSITE AND THEN WE HELD
LISTENING SESSIONS AND BUDGET WORKSHOPS TO EDUCATE TO FURTHER EDUCATE CONSTITUENTS WHO WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AND BUT NOT JUST LEARN RATHER UNDERSTANDING RESOURCES SO THAT THEY
UNDERSTOOD SO THAT THEY LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE RESOURCES. AND THEN WE CAME UP WITH A LIST OF ALL THE THINGS TO ADVOCATE FOR. I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD THAT I ADVOCATED FOR PRIVATE
ALLY REPAIR WHICH I THINK YOU KNOW, COUNCILOR PEPEN WAS ALSO ADVOCATING FOR AND WE CAME TO SOME SMALL RECOMMENDATION ON ON
YOUR REPORT AS A CHAIR SO SCV CHARGERS SORRY AC SOUTHEND CHARGERS ROXBURY V CHARGERS SOUTHEND FRIDGE PROGRAM SOUTHEND LIBRARY OF COURSE
WHICH WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WAS IN THE CAPITAL INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL AND WAS NOT REDUCED. I THINK YOU. MADAM MAYOR CONCOURS SQUARE HISTORIC COBBLESTONE REPAIR
SIDEWALK REPAIR IS OF COURSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED OR OR ADVOCATED FOR WERE MORE CAPITAL TYPES OF ASSETS AND SO WE DIDN'T WE
DID NOT EXCLUDE THEM OFF THAT LIST BUT RATHER LEFT IT. SO FOR ME TO EXPLAIN TO THE DISTRICT SEVEN DISTRICT SEVEN COMMUNITY OR A CONSTITUENT ON
HOW TO TRACK THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE BUDGET IN FOLKS ADVOCATED HIGHLY IN SOUTHEND AND FENWAY FOR PEST CONTROL WARRANTS SHOULD BE REPLACEMENT TRASH BINS ON
GREENVILLE SOLAR POWER CHARGING BENCHES DOG PARK IS AS WELL AS STREET PAVEMENT. AGAIN SOME OF THESE ARE CAPITAL I UNDERSTAND RESIDENTIAL PARKING AND A FULL TRANSPORTATION STUDY IMPACTS
OF TRANSPORTATION IN PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND COMPARING THAT OBVIOUSLY TO THE WHOLE CITY SIDEWALK REPAIRS
AGAIN PLAYGROUND ON MOUNT PLEASANT AV SPENDING SPEEDING SO A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CALMING AND SAFETY AND
MORE ON PARKING, MORE ON REINFORCING PARKING AND THEN OF COURSE WAYFINDING AND RESPITE FOR PEDESTRIANS IN THE FENWAY.
WE HEARD A LOT FROM CONSTITUENTS TALK ABOUT THE PORCH FEST WHICH MY COLLEAGUE WOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT I WAS ALSO ADVOCATING FOR PARKS
AND OPEN SPACE FUNDING TO MAINTAIN MY RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT REPAIRS TO ELDERLY ROAD PLAYGROUNDS FENWICK CIVIC ASSOCIATION FUNDING FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM SUPPORT FUNDING FOR FOLLOWING GRANTS
AND I HAVE THEM LISTED IN WRITING WHICH I SUBMITTED TO THE CHAIR FOR YOUR REPORT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY
OF COURSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO REACH ALL OF THOSE AMENDMENTS OR BE ABLE TO DELIVER ALL OF THOSE AMENDMENTS AND I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I
NOTICED WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS IN TERMS OF BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AMENDMENT PROCESS AND THE CITY'S ACTUAL BUDGET PROCESS. SO WE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THEY WERE
TRANSFERRING FUNDS AND I NOTED YOU KNOW, WE ALL NOTED THAT THIS HAD BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE YEARS AND I'M QUITE SURE FOR DECADES NOW WHERE SOME SOME DEPARTMENTS HAD A PATTERN
OF UNDERSPENDING BUT THEN EVENTUALLY WOULD TRANSFER FUNDS THAT THEY DID NOT USE AND SO WHETHER DEPARTMENTS WERE IN SEEMED INFLATED OR NOT WE TOOK
A LOOK A HARD LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE OR INCREASE CAPACITY IN A CERTAIN TIME. SO IF YOU HAVE $2 MILLION OVER BUT YOU'VE BEEN UNDERSPENDING OR YOU HAVE A PATTERN
OF UNDERSPENDING 2 TO $3 MILLION OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, THEN IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO LEAVE THOSE FUNDS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS PEOPLE AT HOME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE
WE'RE NOT IN THE POSITION OF CUTTING PEOPLE'S JOBS. NEVER HAVE BEEN NOT WHEN I WAS CHAIR, NOT NOW. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT MONEY THAT IS BASICALLY THERE
IN EXCESS AND WE TRY TO MOVE SOME OF IT LEAVING SOME CUSHION TO INCREASE CAPACITY WITHOUT HARMING THAT DEPARTMENT, WITHOUT DEFINITELY RISKING LAYING OFF ANYONE IN TERMS
OF ACCOUNTABILITY THERE ARE SO THE PROCEDURES DON'T ALIGN SO BASICALLY DEPARTMENTS IN THE WAYS THAT THEY ARE CREATING THEIR LINE ITEMS AND SPENDING. THERE'S ALSO AN ORDINANCE THAT
SPECIFICALLY PRECLUDES OR PREVENTS US FROM TELLING DEPARTMENT HEADS HOW TO EXECUTE THEIR JOB. SO YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY MAKE AMENDMENTS TO SAY THAT YOU WANT
THEM TO SPEND IT AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION OR IN A SPECIFIC WAY. SO YOU'LL SEE THE MAYOR WILL TAKE THE AMENDMENT AND SAY WE THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION OR THIS IS AN INTRA DEPARTMENTAL
KIND OF THING OR YOU CAN'T TELL ME OR YOU CAN'T TELL MY DEPARTMENT HEADS HOW TO DO IT OR WHERE TO PUT IT SO I'M GOING TO EXCLUDE THIS ALSO LAST YEAR ABOUT $8 MILLION IN AMENDMENTS
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECORDS ONLY ABOUT CLOSE TO $3 MILLION WAS ACTUALLY ALLOCATED AND SPENT AND THAT IS NOT FROM US. WE WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH DEPARTMENTS, LOOK AT SPEAK WITH
DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ASK THEM HOW CAN WE PUT THESE OUT IN OUR PFIZER CONTRACTS AND WHY HAVEN'T THEY BEEN SPENT? DEPARTMENTS SOMETIMES DO NOT GET THOSE ARE FILES TYPED OR
CREATED IN TIME SO IF DESERVE P OR FIVE OR EITHER RFP THEN THERE'S NOTHING TO APPLY TO SO THE MONEY JUST SITS THERE LIKE IT'S FAKE MONEY SO THAT DOESN'T WORK EITHER.
SO HOW DO WE HOLD ACCOUNTABLE OURSELVES DEPARTMENTS? THE MAYOR WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK DO SOME INTROSPECTIVE WORK IN LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS AND IT MEANS WHETHER WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IF WE HAVE METRICS AND IF WE'RE WILLING TO GO TO 112 THAT CONVERSATION WAS HAD AS WELL. FOLKS TALKED ABOUT IF WE GO TO 112 WHAT DOES THAT HAPPEN? I WAS SHOCKED THAT ACTUALLY
JUST ABOUT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE WILLING TO GO TO 112. HOWEVER, DO WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED FRAMEWORK OR INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT PROPERLY?
WERE WE BEING GENUINE AUTHENTIC IN SAYING THAT WE WERE READY TO GO TO 112? WE ARE NOT WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL BUDGET TEAM. WE HAVE ONE BUDGET ANALYSIS AND
SHE IS AMAZING BUT ONE PERSON YOU CAN IMAGINE $9 BILLION LOOKING THROUGH THAT EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE BUDGETARY POWERS ON THE CAPITOL YOU'D STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMB THROUGH AND SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE. RIGHT?
CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT DOES IS LIKE INTRICATELY CONNECTED WITH OPERATING. SO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT BOTH. WE DON'T HAVE THE TEAM TO DO THAT TO DO THAT PROPER ANALYSIS
TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING, THIS IS THE IMPACT AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE DESIGNED. WE MONITOR THESE ARE THE METRICS AND NOW WE KNOW HOW TO TRACK IT SO WE CAN SEE IF WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND SO THE CONVERSATIONS THEN WENT TO FINE. WHAT THIS METRICS LOOK LIKE ARE IS THE COUNCIL READY TO HAVE HEARINGS HOPEFULLY ASKING REPORTS FROM CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS.
WE DID CONGRATULATE AND HAPPY TO SAY ANNOUNCE THAT THE BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FEW I THINK MAYORS OFFICE OF HOUSING'S PRETTY GOOD WITH THIS AS WELL TO ACTUALLY REPORT ON THEIR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR THEIR PROGRESS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHETHER WE IMPLEMENT MORE METRICS. SO WE WE THEN CREATED THIS
FUNDING OR RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE THIS DASHBOARD OR TO TO TO UPLIFT OR EVOLVE THE DASHBOARD. IT ALREADY EXISTS FOR CAPITAL BUT WE NEED TO DO THAT ACROSS THE BOARD AND EVEN WITH
ANALYSIS THE BOTTOM ANALYSIS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THINGS ARE DELAYED SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THEN FINALLY I WOULD SAY THAT IN TERMS OF ACTION
OF CREATING METRICS YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ARE WE DOING THE WORK, THE POLICY THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR BUDGETARY
INVESTMENTS AND NOT NECESSARILY WHILE WE ARE COMPLYING WITH CONTRACTS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT
NECESSARILY MONITORING HOW POLICE REFORM IS TAKING PLACE SO FAR AND I'M NOT INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE BLAME IS BUT RATHER TO REALLY PRACTICALLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN
MAKE CHANGES AND IT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, A NEW ADMINISTRATION FOR YEARS IS THAT ENOUGH FOR FOR POLICE REFORM PROBABLY NEEDS MORE TIME. BUT I WOULD SAY TO THE COUNCIL AND TO MY CONSTITUENTS
THAT TO TO LOOK AT THAT FIRST AND LOOK AT REAL PREVENTATIVE MEASURES MEANS, YOU KNOW, USED MORE INVESTMENT IN YOUTH JOBS, MORE INVESTMENT IN INVESTING IN
BLACK ECONOMY DRIVERS OR RACIAL ECONOMY DRIVERS SO THAT WE CAN CURVE THE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSIVE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WHICH LEADS TO VIOLENCE AND SO FORTH AND THEN A POLICE REFORM OF COURSE
WE HAVE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES ON HOW TO DO THAT. FINALLY, I THANK YOU. INDULGE ME IN TALKING ABOUT THAT. FINALLY I WILL BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO DELIVERING IN THE NEXT MEETING OR SO MAYBE THE FOLLOWING MY THE WORKBOOK THAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER OVER 410 PAGES FOR DISTRICT SEVEN WHICH ACTUALLY OFFERS WORKSHEETS TO
TRACK THE BUDGET AND IT GOES BEYOND OBVIOUSLY PROJECT POLICY AND BUDGET BUT ALSO REALLY OFFERS A DOCUMENTATION OF THE
CURRENT STATE OF THINGS TO WORK AS WELL AS HOPEFULLY SERVING AS A BATON TO THE NEXT COUNSELOR TO BE ABLE TO BUILD CONTINUITY IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I WISH YOU I, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS APPRECIATE IT. THIS BUDGET PROCESS IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING HAPPY OR NOT HAPPY WITH IT. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE FUNDS ARE PRETTY RESTRICTIVE RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S NOT A LOT TO PLAY WITH. SO UNDERSTANDABLY SO. OF COURSE I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT AND I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU ACTUALLY THANK YOU GUYS REALLY INTERESTING IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES GERALD YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU CHAIR FOR RUNNING THE PROCESS. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE MY
AMENDMENT IN THERE FOCUSED ON ACTIVATION AND PROGRAMING FOR THE YOUTH ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT FREQUENT SOUTH BAY TO HAVE THEM HAVE SUMMER PROGRAMING ON THE WEEKEND NIGHTS. OTHERWISE WE DID OUR JOB. IT'S A GOOD BUDGET AND WE'LL
ALWAYS STRIVE TO IMPROVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, I JUST I, I REALLY WANT TO REITERATE I THINK WHAT
MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT TO THANK CHAIR WORRELL FOR RUNNING THIS PROCESS. I THINK WE WERE TALKING THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO MANUAL FOR THIS.
THIS IS MY YOU KNOW, KIND OF SECOND GO AROUND WITH THIS AND I'M JUST I'VE BEEN THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED BY YOU KNOW, YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO RUNNING THIS PROCESS AND YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND I
THINK YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE BENEFITED FROM YOUR HARD WORK. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO COUNCILOR, SOMETHING THAT I PUSH FOR.
YOU KNOW, I, I YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING IT BUT I JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW,
SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND CHIEF SHEILA DILLON TESTIFIED BEFORE US EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T IN THE BUDGET THEY SAID IT SHOULD BE AND SO I THANK THEM FOR THEIR TESTIMONY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION FOR SENDING A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM AND JUST YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SHARON DURKIN WHO WHO HAS SPOKEN UP
ABOUT IT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THANK HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THAT ISSUE AS WELL AS ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING A PROGRAM THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I DO SUPPORT THIS PACKAGE AND I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT COMPROMISE THAT WE'VE WORKED OUT THAT'S GOING TO HELP PEOPLE IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES BREADON COMES RIGHT NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. I THINK THIS IS A A VERY A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE AMONG EACH OTHER AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIES AND THE VISION WE
HAVE. AND IN THIS MOMENT WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES SO ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T OFFER TOO MANY AMENDMENTS ON OWN, I DO
SUPPORT MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES OFFERED. MY PARTICULAR INTEREST HAS BEEN RIGHT SINCE I CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL WAS AS WELL FOR PARENTS YES ALL CLASSES FOR PARENTS IN
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE A TOTE BAG ON THEIR ON THEIR DESK OR UNDERNEATH FROM THE THE THE GARDNER PILOT ACADEMY. I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT FOR THE
SUMMER CELEBRATION OF THEIR CLASS THE END OF YOUR CLASS. IT WAS A REALLY JOYOUS OCCASION. WE HAD ABOUT 150 PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN THERE CELEBRATING THEIR ADVANCEMENT
AND BETTER PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH AND IT'S REALLY LIFE CHANGING FOR IMMIGRANTS TO BE ABLE TO USE HAVE BETTER ENGLISH SKILLS. IT CAN THEY CAN GET BETTER
JOBS, THEY GET MORE PAY AND THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL OCCASION. SO YOU'VE ALL GOT A LITTLE A LITTLE BAGGIE ON YOUR DESKS FROM THE GARDNER PILOT ACADEMY
,AN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM. I ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TO COUNCILOR FOR FAMILIES WHO COME TO THE CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNTRY WEBER FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP IN THAT SPACE. WE DID FIND IT WAS A LITTLE THE MONEY THAT WE APPROPRIATE HAD LAST YEAR FOR THIS DIDN'T GET OUT THE DOOR UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT HAVING ACCESS TO COUNCILOR IF YOU'RE IN THE THREAT OF EVICTION FOR FAMILIES IN IN BOSTON WE'VE MANAGED TO PREVENT I THINK 73 FAMILIES
FROM BEING EVICTED AND STABILIZING THEIR HOME SITUATION SO THAT THEIR KIDS CAN FOCUS ON THEIR EDUCATION AND NOT BE DISPLACED. IT ALSO SAVES BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS MONEY BECAUSE WE SPEND
$17 MILLION A YEAR TRANSPORTING CHILDREN FROM OUT OF STUDENTS FROM WHO HAVE BEEN IN SHELTERS OUTSIDE CITY BACK TO THEIR SCHOOLS IN THE CITY. SO I WANT TO ALSO THANK ALL THE
CENTRAL STAFF AND KARISHMA WHO'S BEEN A STAR IN THIS IN THIS PROCESS AND. I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE LANDED ON A COMPROMISE THAT'S
GOT GENERAL CONSENSUS ACROSS THE WHOLE BODY AND THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD TO SEND IT TO THE MAYOR FOR HER FOR ADAPTATION AND INCLUSION IN THE FINAL DRAFT THE CITY BUDGET.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ECHO THE PRAISE TO KARISHMA AND TO YOUR ENTIRE STAFF COUNCIL ALL AROUND. WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AGAIN FOR WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT WE COULD GET HERE AND ON BEHALF OF ALL
OF THE RESIDENTS AND CASUAL IT IS ABOUT TO MENTIONED LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR IMMIGRANTS AND I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE THAT SO MANY OF US CARE ABOUT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR
BECAUSE IT WAS EITHER LAST WEEK I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK SHE INVESTED $700,000 IN LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND WE ALSO
MAY ADDED AN INVESTMENT ON TOP OF THAT AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT HER INVESTMENT ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO MONEY ELSEWHERE AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT EVERYONE IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HERE FEEL VERY SAFE AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR NO QUESTIONS, WE'D
LIKE TO SPEAK THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0822 IN AN AMENDED DRAFT MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DUNCAN NUMBER 0822 COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PER COUNCILOR CLOSE THE PARTY YES.
COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FINANCE SANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON 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 PIPPIN COUNCIL A YES . COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WU YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
TALKING NUMBERS 0822 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0822 HAS PASSED IN AN AMENDED DRAFT.
CONGRATULATIONS, MR FOR GETTING US HERE AND FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE THERE'S WE HAVE FOOD IN MY COLLEAGUES AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
WE ARE IN A RECESS
WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. BACK IN SESSION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE CAPITAL LOAN ORDERS DOCKET NUMBER 082820830.
DUGAN NUMBER 0828 MESSAGE YOU ARE NOT APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $266,100,000 FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PURPOSES FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES, BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ,BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT FIRE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE PARKS AND RECREATION POLICE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION PUBLIC
WORKS AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. DARK NUMBER 0829. MESSAGE YOU ARE NOT APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $196,900,000 FOR THE
VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND NUMBER 0830 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ENTER INTO ONE OR
MORE LEASES LEASE PURCHASE OR INSTALLMENT SALES AGREEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 IN THE AMOUNT NO NOT TO EXCEED $40 MILLION. THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED BY
VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS. THE LIST OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDES CAM COMPUTER EQUIPMENT,
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAILERS, AMBULANCES, FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, TELECOM UNIFICATIONS EQUIPMENT, PHOTOCOPYING EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL AND
EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL BUSSES, PARKING METERS STREET LIGHTING INSTALLATION TRAFFIC SIGNALING EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONALLY RELATED TO AND COMPONENTS OF THE FOREGOING. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. BRIAN MORRELL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. WHEN WE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THESE LOAN ORDERS WE ARE AUTHORIZING
THE CITY TAKE OUT BONDS TO FINANCE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. THIS INCLUDES THE HALF DOZEN LIBRARIES WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH AND INCLUDES THE GROVE HALL COMMUNITY CENTER AND INCLUDES SIDEWALKS AND REPAVE ROADS AND INCLUDES SCHOOLS.
MAJOR RENOVATIONS INSIDE OF SCHOOLS AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS TO OUR BUILDINGS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMMITTEE REPORT YOU CAN SEE JUST PART OF THE WORK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING. I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS
OF CONCENTRATING. WHEN I WHEN I FIRST BECAME COUNSELOR DISTRICT FOUR HAD ONLY GOTTEN AN AVERAGE OF 4% OF INVESTMENT IN THE CAPITAL
PLAN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. DISTRICT FOUR HAS IMPROVED BUT STILL I STILL SYMPATHIZE AND UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH COUNCILOR BRAYTON HER CONSTITUENTS. WE NEED BETTER INFORMATION IN THE BUDGET BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
CAPITAL PLANNING AND BUDGET AND BUDGETING ON THE LOAN, ORTIZ AND ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET WEBSITE WE NEED TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT WEBSITE AND THAT'S WHY IN THIS YEAR'S
OPERATING BUDGET WE PUT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR FUNDING TO BE ALLOCATED TO THAT WEBSITE. BUT AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO BE
READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION TO SUPPORT THE CAPITAL SPENDING PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
THE CHAIR CAN I JUST CONCENTRATE AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS FOR HIS INCREDIBLE WORK AS LEADING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
LAST YEAR I STOOD UP TO VOTE NO ON CAPITAL BUDGET AND IT IS MY INTENTION TO VOTE NO ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE NEW CAPITAL REQUESTS WERE RECOMMENDED ARE NEW CAPITAL
REQUESTS THAT ARE RECOMMEND IT FOR FUNDING ARE PLACED INTO A MULTI-YEAR SPENDING PLAN. THIS IS FROM THE BUDGET BOOK A MULTI-YEAR SPENDING PLAN SPENDING PLAN ALONG WITH
PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED PROJECTS. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN FUNDING NEED IS THEN EVALUATED ACROSS ALL PROJECTS AND THE OFFICE OF OBM
DETERMINES WHICH PROJECTS REQUIRE NEW LOAN OR ORDER AUTHORIZATIONS WHICH IS THEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON DAY. THESE ORDERS PROVIDE THE
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY TO SPEND AND BORROW FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT NEW LAW LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS. MANY PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN WILL STILL PROCEED BUT
WITHOUT NEW FUNDING MANY PROJECTS WOULD BE FORCED TO PAUSE. SO THIS 20 TO 20 6 TO 2030 CAPITAL PLAN INCLUDES 390 NEW
OR CONTINUING PROJECTS AND PROPOSES 463 MILLION NEW BOND AUTHORIZATIONS THAT WOULD FUND 94 PROJECTS. AND THAT'S ALL FROM THE BUDGET
BOOK. MY MY PROBLEM WITH WITH THIS REALLY IS A HISTORICAL ISSUE THAT GOES BACK DECADES OFTEN RIGHT AND HAS BEEN HAS BEEN
CONSISTENTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY FOR DECADES. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE ALL OF THIS IS NEW CAPITAL
AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FY 16 TO FY 25 AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON IS IN RED. IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE THIS BUT IN 2016 NEW CAPITAL AUTHORIZATIONS WE WERE WE WERE
NINTH WE WERE LAST IN 20 IN 2017 WE WERE LAST IN 2019 2018 THERE WAS NOTHING NOT ONE PENNY ON NEW CAPITAL AUTHORIZATIONS
AND IN 2019 WE HAD WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK BUT AGAIN I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE FINAL LIBRARY PROJECT IN AND IN 2020 THAT'S PROBABLY THE
NEW LIBRARY PROJECT AGAIN AND THEN IN IN 2021 THAT'S SORT OF SMITHFIELD AND AND FANEUIL LIBRARY PROJECT I CAN ACTUALLY
NAME THE TWO PROJECTS AND THEN IN 2022 WE'RE BACK TO THE LAST AGAIN 2023 BACK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP AGAIN 2024, 2025
AND I THINK THIS YEAR IN 2026 WE'RE BACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP AGAIN AND THEN WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS YOU SEE SOME OF THESE THIS IS DISTRICT TO
DISTRICT TO THIS OF OF DISTRICT TWO IS TOP OF THE HEAP NOW LIKE 8 TO 10 AND THIS IS A GROSS INEQUITY. ALLSTON BRIGHTON HAS A POPULATION OF 80,000 PEOPLE WE
HAVE THE SAME AREA AND POPULATION AS THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE AND WE DO NOT HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER. WE HAVE ONE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT IS IT IS SCHEDULED FOR
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE REPLACED BY A NEW BUILDING. YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S A NEW PROJECT MANAGER ASSIGNED TO THIS BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO SPEND ANY
MONEY NOT GOING TO SPEND ANY MONEY ON AN EVENT AND DOING ANYTHING THIS YEAR THAT WAS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TO BE SCHEDULED. SO THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY.
BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM THAT IS PREDATES THIS IS GOING BACK THREE OR FOUR MAYORAL ADMINISTRATIONS ALLSTON
BRIGHTON PEOPLE COME TO AND SAY WHAT WE ALWAYS FORGET WHY WHY ARE WE NOT GETTING A BETTER DEAL OUT OF THIS? ACTUALLY IN THE 1970S RATE I HAVE TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH THIS BUT THERE WAS A MOVE TO
HAVE A BALLOT MEASURE TO SECEDE FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE ALLSTON BRIGHTON DIDN'T FEEL THEY WERE GETTING THEIR FAIR SHARE AND THIS EXPLAINS WHY AND THIS IS STILL HAPPENING IN 20
2020 FINANCIAL YEAR 2026 SO YOU KNOW I REALIZE IT WHERE I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE EQUITY IN THIS SITUATION AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT'S GETTING
UNDERINVESTED IN BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE WILL DO TODAY IS ENCUMBER DEBT. WE WILL GIVE THE CITY AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND MAY OR MAY
NOT WE HAVE WE HAVE AUTHORIZED A DEBT IS PROBABLY DEBT THAT'S BEEN AUTHORIZED GOING BACK TEN, 15, 20 YEARS THAT HAS NEVER
BEEN ACTUALLY ISSUED AND THIS IS THE THIS IS THE UNISSUED UNISSUED DEBT. SO WE AUTHORIZE DEBT ALL THE TIME. YOU DO THAT, YOU SPEND IT AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS IS CRYING
FOR SOME INVESTMENT AND WE'RE BEATING THE BUSHES AND RAISING MONEY FROM INSTITUTIONS AND FROM DEVELOPERS TO TRY AND GET MONEY TO FIX OUR PARKS AND DO THAT BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE
SHOULD BE GOING FORWARD. I THIS IS NOT THERE'S SORT OF A CUSTOM AND PRACTICE THAT THIS IS THE WAY WE'VE DONE THIS AND THIS IS JUST KEEP DOING WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
WE JUST END UP PERPETUATING A PROBLEM BUT AS I SAID AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR FOR ALTON BRIGHTON I'D SAY THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL AS A BODY NEED TO ADDRESS AND SEE IF WE CAN
WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND OBM TO SEE IF WE CAN GET DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS THIS THIS DEFINITELY NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. I'M DELIGHTED FOR THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GETTING NEW COMMUNITY CENTERS AND NEW SCHOOLS AND NEW PARKS AND ALL OF THE OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN. BUT ALSO BRIGHTON IS CERTAINLY NOT CLOSE TO GETTING WHAT THEY
NEED. WE HAVE ONE COMMUNITY CENTER. I TALK ABOUT IT JACKSON MAN IT'S REALLY IN A BUILDING THAT AS HAS BEEN SAID THAT NEEDS TO BE KNOCKED DOWN. WE HAVE ONE COMMUNITY CENTER
WE'RE THE SIZE OF SOMERVILLE THE DISTRICT DISTRICT ONE MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT ONE HAS HAS A HAS I THINK IT 88 COMMUNITY CENTERS INCLUDING TWO
POOLS AND I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO BUILD ANOTHER COMMUNITY CENTER FOR 88 MILLION AND WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY WE HAVE BASICALLY BUY THE BUILDING THIS HAS TO BE CLOSED
SO THERE'S THIS NOTION THAT WE CAN STRUGGLE ALONG AND THAT THE BUILDING WILL DO WE WILL MAKE DO WITH THE BUILDING BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME URGENCY ABOUT MOVING THE JACKSON MAN
COMMUNITY CENTER FORWARD AND WE CAN'T JUST GO THIS SORT OF INCREMENTAL PROGRESS YEAR ON YEAR ON YEAR. YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
TO SEE IF WE CAN SPEED THIS UP AND MAKE SOME PROGRESS. BUT OUR DISTRICT IS REALLY DESPERATE TO GET THIS GET SOME MORE CAPITAL INVESTMENT FROM
THE CITY AND I THINK THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS GRAPHIC DEMONSTRATES WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR BRAYTON FOR YOUR RELENTLESS ADVOCACY.
I THINK MANY OF US ESPECIALLY AT LARGE COUNCILORS WERE PRESENT AND ALSO IN BRIGHTON WHEN YOU BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TO JUST SHOW HOW UNDERINVESTED IN HOW SIDELINED
THERE A B COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND YOU RAISE AN EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT POINT. I WAS MY FIRST HEARING ORDER ABOUT US AS A CITY NOT TAPPING
INTO OUR FULL DEBT CAPACITY AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR ABILITY TO DO AND INVEST IN PUBLIC PROJECTS. SO I JUST WANT TO JOIN YOU AND OBVIOUSLY I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS CAPITAL BUDGET BECAUSE
I THINK IT'S REALLY THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS ESPECIALLY IN OUR LIBRARIES AROUND THE AROUND THE CITY AND A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN HOUSING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR
LIBRARIES INVESTMENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND I DO THINK THAT THIS CAPITAL BUDGET IS TRYING TO PUSH THE NEEDLE ON ON ISSUES OF EQUITY, ESPECIALLY RACIAL EQUITY.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I JOIN YOU IN YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY THAT WE LEAN IN TO OUR ABILITY TO USE OUR DEBT CAPACITY AND OUR FISCAL STRENGTH TO DO THE WORK OF INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS,
INVESTING IN OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INVESTING IN WHAT MATTERS MOST TO RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLEGG AS A PARTNER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO FACT CHECK IN REAL TIME BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE NISRA CENTER ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH END IS GOING TO BE A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER BUT IT IS REPLACING A VERY OLD AND RUNDOWN LOCATION.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES RELENTLESS ADVOCACY AND ADMIRING AND YOUR DISTRICT IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND YOUR ADVOCACY THERE AS IT RELATES TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET I
AM I AM PLEASED TO SEE A LOT OF THE NEW INVESTMENTS THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS AS IT RELATES TO CAPITAL BUDGET IN MY DISTRICT AND I'M VERY LUCKY THERE ARE LEGACY PROJECTS THAT I INHERITED THAT MY
PREDECESSORS WERE ABLE TO GET INTO ALREADY. PARK CITY ARTS NOISE RYAN PLAYGROUND EAST BROKE GROUND PARRISH STREET GYM AND POOL THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THIS COUNCIL IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUGHT FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE ONCE IN A GENERATION INVESTMENT AT THE CLAUDY POOL AND THE BATH HOUSE AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING I THINK SOMETIME IN LATE JUNE. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT A DATE ON
IT IN THE EVENT THAT I'M WRONG BUT THAT WAS A HUGE WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. A COUPLE OF OTHER THAT WE SAW IN THIS CAPITAL BUDGET CITYWIDE TRASH OVERHAUL AND REFORM THIS
IS A NEW TRASH COLLECTION CONTRACT STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING EVERY SINGLE TIME I'M OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOLKS ARE ASKING FOR OUR STREETS TO BE REPAVED, OUR
SIDEWALKS TO BE MAINTENANCE AND THIS IS ANOTHER HUGE INVESTMENT THAT I'M SEEING HERE SIDEWALK AND RAMP RECONSTRUCTION FOR 525 AND 27 INCLUDES ALL THE
RESPONSES TO 311 REQUESTS WHICH MY OFFICE PUTS IN DAILY. I THINK TO MY STAFF 311 MODERNIZATION UPGRADING FRONT AND BACK ENDS OF BOSTON 311 SYSTEM TO MODERNIZE ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED
USABILITY AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE HAS PUT FORWARD AND I'M STILL GOING TO FIGHT FOR AN OMBUDSPERSON POSITION SO THAT THEY CAN TRACK ALL OF THE THE
CASES AS THEY COME IN AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE HAPPY AT THE END OF THE DAY COASTAL RESILIENCE RESERVE A FUNDING RESERVE THAT WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS AS NEEDED FOR STATE, FEDERAL AND
OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT BUDGET INCREASES OF CULTURAL RESILIENCE PROJECTS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR SYSTEM SO UPGRADES TO TECH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT OF 21ST CENTURY
LEARNING IS BOSTON SAFE MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS WHICH IS IMPROVE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY ALONG KEY NORTH AND SOUTH TRANSIT CORRIDORS. SO THIS IS MERIDIAN STREET, BENNINGTON AND SARATOGA STREET
THROUGH QUICK BUILD PILOT INTERVENTIONS UTILIZING AWARDED FEDERAL FUNDS RETAINING WALL REPAIRS AT TOPSAIL TERRACE, OTHER CLIMATE RESILIENT SOLUTIONS AT LONG WHARF MARY
ELLEN WALSH GREENWAY AND THE EAST EAGLE STREET SHORELINE SULLIVAN SQUARE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES TO PROVIDE CORRIDOR WIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, COURT RENOVATIONS
TO REHABILITATE TENNIS, BASKETBALL AND STREET HOCKEY COURTS CITYWIDE AND SHOUT OUT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WHO WENT OUT THERE IS BOSTON MEMORIAL PARK UNION PARK AND I THINK FOR ZERO PARK TO DO SOME
QUICK FIXES FOR THE CRACKS IN THAT PAVEMENT LOST VILLAGE STREETS MCCLANE PLAYGROUND IS A HUGE WIN FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE
FUNDING GAP ON MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS AT THAT LOCATION THE NORTH END COMMUNITY CENTER AND DOHERTY PARK ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THESE ARE ALL INCREDIBLE INVESTMENTS AND I DO JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR PRIORITIZING THESE PROJECT AFTER LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND TAKING HEED THE ADVICE THAT I HAD AND THINGS TO PRIORITIZE AS WELL.
THERE ARE SOME OUTSTANDING PROJECTS RIGHT? THERE'S THE AMBULANCE BAY IN CHARLESTOWN WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE NORTH END LIBRARY HAS BEEN UNDER STUDY FOR 11 YEARS NOW SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO
MOVE THAT FORWARD AND THEN PUT YOUR PARK IS A KEY LAST PIECE IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN THE JEFFRIES POINT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S NOT A FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE LIST BUT DUE TO THE INCREDIBLE INVESTMENTS THAT
I'M SEEING HERE, I'M GOING TO END UP VOTING YES ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CUT AS A PART OF THE CHAIR I CAN I JUST COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR FIERCE ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. HOW DO THEY SEE I WANT TO RISE
AND THANK COUNCILOR BREADON FOR HER FIERCE ADVOCACY. I RISE TO SAY THAT I AM ALSO DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE
LACK OF INVESTMENTS IN DISTRICT NINE AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR ANDERSON WHO ONE OF HER FIRST MANDATES WHEN SHE WAS THE CHAIR OF WAS TO
REALLY LOOK AT EQUITY ACROSS OUR ENTIRE PROCESSES AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET AND ONE OF THOSE INITIATIVES WAS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE CAPITAL
BUDGET AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT MANIFEST IN OUR WORK HERE. AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT FOR
ME I AM NOT GOING TO BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET. I'M GOING TO TAKE LOTS OF CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE FIGHT FOR HERE INCLUDING THE
FLAHERTY FOR WE WERE BIG ADVOCATES BACK IN THE DAY PUSHING THE ADMINISTRATION ON THAT AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THOSE INVESTMENTS.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE THE SYSTEM AND THE PROCESS IS FLAWED AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPAIR THE HARM. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I. I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CAPITAL BUDGET BUT I KNOW
ALONGSIDE BRAYTON WE ARE THE TWO LOWEST OF OF THE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DISTRICT JAKE AT 6% OF THE TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE MAJORITY
OF THOSE ARE FOR THE BOSTON COMMON AND PUBLIC GARDEN WHICH ARE USED BY EVERYONE IN THE CITY. BUT I DO THINK REPRESENTING A DISTRICT THAT DOES HAVE A LOT OF ARTICLE 80 PROJECTS
REPRESENTING A DISTRICT THAT DOES HAVE A LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTERMENT. I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING
SURE THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON GET WHERE THEY NEED TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE. AS CITY COUNCILOR FOR A LOT OF DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT HAD BEEN THE PUSH OF MANY OF MANY COUNCILORS BEFORE ME AND NOW WE'RE IN A VERY DIFFERENT ECONOMIC MOMENT
WHERE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO OPEN NEW SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. SO IN A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE AND REALIZING THERE AREN'T A LOT OF PUBLIC THAT DISTRICT RESIDENTS GET OUR PARKS ARE THOSE AMENITIES AND THE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CALLED FOR WITHIN THIS CAPITAL BUDGET FOR OUR DOWNTOWN PARKS ARE INCREDIBLE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAPPEN. SO I DID SEND A LETTER TO THE
ADMINISTRATION ASKING FOR UPDATES ON ON ALL OF THE DISTRICT D CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING INCLUDING THE PARK AND THE REALIZATION OF THE
BOSTON COMMON MASTER PLAN. I DID GET A RESPONSE AND I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO START AS EARLY AS THIS SUMMER BUT THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THE
GETTING A C AND THE TOBIN HAVE BEEN SPED UP DUE TO MY ADVOCACY AND I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR LISTENING THAT IS THE TOBIN COMMUNITY CENTER IS A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S USED BY EVERYONE IN THE AREA INCLUDING DISTRICT SEVEN
RESIDENTS. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR FOR THAT AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE SOME EXPEDITED MOVEMENT THERE. I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT I THINK
FOR NEXT YEAR I'M GOING TO START NOW. THERE IS SOME ADVOCACY I WANT TO MAKE AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR OPEN EARS BECAUSE I DO THINK EVERY
SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THINGS THAT WE COULD IMPROVE UPON AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT I THINK COUNCILOR BRADEN'S ADVOCACY PARTICULARLY ON HOW WE CAN DO CAPITAL BUDGETS IN THE
FUTURE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO REALLY HAVE TIMING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WE'VE HEARD FROM EXPERTS AND THEY'RE DEMANDING MORE SO I THINK FOR NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD
ABSOLUTELY BE ASKING FOR THOSE CHANGES. SO GRATEFUL TO THE CHAIR. I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO VOTE IN SUPPORT
OF THIS AND THEN I WILL BE A DOGGED ADVOCATE TO GET ALL OF THIS STUFF DONE. THE 6% OF WHAT IS ALLOCATED FOR DISTRICT D SHOULD GET DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR DURKIN.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO AGAIN, COUNCILOR.
OVERALL, MR CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ALTHOUGH CAPITAL IS NOT A BUDGET THAT WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF AUTONOMY OR POWERS OVER
. STILL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU THAT WE HAD ABOUT WHERE THINGS WERE GOING AND IN THE INCREASES. IN DIFFERENT AREAS DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU SAW THAT WE ALL ADVOCATED FOR. CERTAINLY WERE NOTICEABLE IN THIS IN THIS BUDGET. I DO SYMPATHIZE AS AND HAVE
LONG OFFERED MY SUPPORT TO MY COLLEAGUE AND ALSO BRIGHTON COUNCILOR BRAYTON WHO HAS BEEN REALLY STRONG ADVOCATE A FIERCE
ADVOCATE IN HER DISTRICT WITHIN HER OWN RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN WE'VE HEARD DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION NOT REALLY INVESTING FINANCIALLY IN THE
CAPITAL BUDGET WITHIN ALLSTON BRIGHTON AND STILL I, I DISAGREE BUT I'M NOT YOU KNOW AGAIN LIKE MY WORD IS NOT THE END ALL BE ALL.
I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME INCREMENTAL INVESTMENTS IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST FLIP IT OVERNIGHT FOR EXAMPLE.
IT TOOK DECADES BEFORE ADMINISTRATIONS BEGAN TO PAY ATTENTION FROM MARTY WALSH TO NOW MICHELLE WU, SOME OF IT PROPELLING FROM MARTY WALSH ADMINISTRATION TO NOW.
YOU COULD SEE HOW OVER THE YEARS INCREMENTALLY OR GRADUALLY BUDGETS BEGAN TO INCREASE IN ROXBURY, SOUTHEND AND GROVE ALL AREA IN THE REST
OF DORCHESTER IN 87. SO THE SAME FOR AWESOME BRIGHTON I WOULD SAY YOU KNOW BEYOND JUST CREATING THOSE METRICS MEETING WITH DEPARTMENTS WHICH I KNOW YOU DO TALKING ABOUT METRICS TO
MEASURE AND TRACK PROJECT FOR MEASURED PROGRESS OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE ALLOCATIONS BEYOND CONVERSATIONS OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND ADVOCATING FOR THE NEEDS IN YOUR DISTRICT
YOU HAVE ACTUALLY GONE TO COMMUNITY AND INVITED US YOU BROUGHT US THERE AND SAID LOOK AT THESE CONDITIONS IN PERSON. YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, YOU'VE HAD MEETINGS YOU'VE ADVOCATED AND YOU'VE ALSO HAD
NUMEROUS OF MEETINGS WITH ADMINISTRATION AND WE KNOW BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HEARING YOU IN TERMS OF ADVOCATING IN THOSE MEETINGS. AND SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN ANOTHER YEAR.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOU. I'M NOT IN FAVOR AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SHOULD WITHIN YOUR OWN RIGHT AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR VOTE NO. I WOULD PROBABLY DO THE SAME
BUT FOR FOR MYSELF FRANKLY WOULDN'T VOTE IF I KNEW IT WASN'T IMPACTFUL I WOULD MAKE A STATEMENT IN MY OWN WAY BUT I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT YOUR
STATEMENT TODAY AND SUPPORT YOU FROM AFAR ALTHOUGH I'M GOING TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF IT TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE OR RATHER ADVOCATE HERE TODAY FOR THOSE
PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED AND EXECUTE IT IN DISTRICT SEVEN. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR WORK. YOU DO AN AMAZING JOB FOR THEM IN YOUR DISTRICT. IT'S LUCKY TO HAVE YOU FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.
MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN WE HAVE EXCITING PROJECTS UNDERWAY. A LOT OF PARKS CAN WAIT FOR TOWN COMMON, THE WATER PARK AND
MANY OTHERS A LOT OF ROAD PAVEMENTS THE RISE ROXBURY RESILIENCY CORRIDORS THE ARC CORRIDORS ALREADY STARTED THAT WAS FROM ARPA FUNDS BUT NOW
CONTINUING YOU HAVE THE CHARTER SCHOOL, THE SORRY THE CAR SCHOOL AND THEN AS WELL AS MELANIA HAS INCLUDED IN THE
RESILIENCY CORRIDORS WARREN AND MALCOLM X BOULEVARD. THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE MLK PROJECT UNDERWAY. WE SAW FUNDS FOR MADISON PARK SO THAT WE CAN GO INTO GETTING
SOME MORE FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND YOU SAW A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN FRANKLIN PARK AS WELL. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT IF PROPERLY MONITORED
AND HOPEFULLY FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH YOU WILL SEE THAT SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS I HOPE THAT WITH SCHOOL FACILITIES WILL DIRECTLY ALIGN AND SUPPORT
HOLISTIC EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS IN DISTRICT SEVEN IN BOSTON IN GENERAL BECAUSE KIDS WHO COME FROM ALL OVER BOSTON TO SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT SEVEN YOU WILL SEE THAT ENVIRONMENT IS BEING
COVERED AS WELL TRANSPORTATION ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT I CONTINUE TO SAY IS THAT WE NEED A FULL COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE ONE FOR THE WHITE
STADIUM IS DEFINITELY LACKING IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNITY SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATION IS ABOUT THIS IMPACT STUDY ON TRANSPORTATION. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IT HASN'T
BEEN COMPLETED DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE AND I WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE OR YOU HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO GO
AHEAD AND INVEST MORE IN OPEN SPACES AND LOOKING AT HOW TO LOOK AT LIGHT BUILDINGS, HOW TO IMPLEMENT MORE TOURISM, CONNECTING ONE OF THE HIGHEST REVENUE DRIVERS TO ROXBURY AND
GROVE HALL, CONNECTING OR REVITALIZING OUR BUSINESS CORRIDORS, ADDING FOOT TRAFFIC AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE DRIVING OUR ECONOMY TO UPWARD MOBILITY.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GETTING TO BE MY LONG SPEECHES BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO ON RECORD TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE STAND AND AGAIN PLEASE LOOK FORWARD
TO THE DISTRICT SEVEN WORKBOOK 2025 EDITION FOR ALL OF THIS IN THERE AND WORKSHEETS TO WHICH YOU CAN USE TO TRACK AND MONITOR PROGRESS IN THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BRADING FOR YOUR
ADVOCACY. I I'M SORRY TO SAY I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE CAPITAL BUDGET IN IN DISTRICT SIX OVER 70% OF THE DOLLARS IN CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET ARE
GOING TO ONE LOCATION THE MILDRED HAILEY APARTMENTS WHERE YOU KNOW THOSE UNITS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR WAY TOO LONG AND THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO
PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, REAL LIVABLE CONDITIONS FOR FOR FOLKS WHO NEED IT. SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THAT I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET. I, I MY APOLOGIES TO
COUNCILOR BRAIDED BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THESE DOCKETS ONE BY ONE NO ONE ELSE. OKAY. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS RECOMMENDS A FIRST READING VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER
0828. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 08280828 COUNCIL THE BREADON NO COUNCILOR BREADON NO
COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER ,YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FINANCE HANDS AND YES COUNCIL A FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR SO YES.
COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NO. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR PER PAN
COUNCIL OF OPINIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND COUNCILOR GIRL YES. COUNCILOR WU YES.
DUNCANNON 0828 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR ITS FIRST READING DEBUT DOCKET NUMBER 0828 HAS BEEN READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IS ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
WAYS AND MEANS RECOMMENDS A FIRST READING VOTE ON A NUMBER OF ZERO 8 TO 9. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0829. COUNCILOR BREEN NO. COUNCILOR BRAID NO. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY
COUNCILOR IT CALLS UP YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ SANDERSON COUNCILOR I'VE BEEN IN THE STANDS AND YES COUNCIL. AH. FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN.
COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. NO. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR RIPON YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER.
YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WU YES. COUNCILOR OH YES. DUCK NUMBER 0829 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE RECEIVING ITS FIRST READING.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NUMBER 0829 HAS BEEN READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IS ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS RECOMMENDS A FIRST READING VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0830.
MR. CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL? KABUL UNDOCKING NUMBER 20830. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER,
YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUISIANIANS CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY.
COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCIL FLIPPIN. COUNCILOR PIN YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES. COUNCILOR WILL YES.
DUCK AND MEMBER 0830 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE RECEIVING ITS FIRST READING. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0830 HAS BEEN READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IS ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION.
MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0823 TO ACTION EMMA 0823 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR AN ANNUAL
APPROPRIATION FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 FIVE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL SEVEN, 2025 THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR BRIAN WARD COUNCILOR THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE BEGAN THE BHP'S BUDGET PROCESS IN NOVEMBER
OF 2024 AND IN TOTAL HELD FIVE PUBLIC PARENT AND THREE WORKING SESSIONS REGARDING THE FY 26 BHP'S BUDGET. THIS IS A NEW LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BHP'S
ADMINISTRATION AND WE WORK IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER. THE SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE CHAIR ROBINSON. THE COMMITTEE SUBMITTED A LETTER WITH THE LIST OF THE COUNCIL'S BHP'S PRIORITIES
PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE PASSING THE BUDGET WHICH WE HAVE SEEN THOSE PRICE PRIORITIES REFLECTED IN THE FINAL BHP'S BUDGET.
THAT FY 26 BUDGET INCLUDES A 45.5 MILLION INCREASE IN FUNDING OVER THE APPROPRIATED F Y 25 BUDGET TO TOTAL A SIX YEAR
300 MILLION COMMITMENT MADE TO BOSTON SCHOOLS SINCE 2020. INVESTMENTS IN THE FY 26 BHP'S OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDE $10 MILLION FOR YEAR TWO OF THE
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PLAN INVESTMENT STARTING THIS YEAR IN GRADES FIRST GRADE SECOND, EIGHTH AND 10TH GRADE. BUILDING ON LAST YEAR'S GRACE
OF K0 K1K TO SEVENTH GRADE IN THE NINTH GRADE. $4 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING SPANISH AND ENGLISH. $5 MILLION TO PROGRAM A SCHOOL EXPANSION.
$6 MILLION IN NEW CLASSROOMS. $6 MILLION TO ADD ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN SCHOOLS SUCH AS SOCIAL WORKERS AND TRANSFORMATION COACHES. $5 MILLION FOR IN-SCHOOL POOL
MAINTENANCE AND STAFFING AND SCHOOL POOL PROGRAMING. $1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL CURRICULUM MATERIALS. $1 MILLION IN WELCOME SERVICES AND THE BPP HELPLINE.
AND $5 MILLION TO RESERVE FOR FUTURE SCHOOL NEEDS. THERE'S BEEN SO MANY STARTS AND STOPS WITH DPS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES. I TAKE THE COLLABORATE, PASSION
AND OPENNESS TO RESPOND TO COUNCILORS WITH OUR PARENTS AND WORK SESSIONS AS ONE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE HAVE STARTED TO BUILD A BETTER FOUNDATION THAT BHP'S AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A
FOCUS ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE ACTUAL CLASSROOM AND HOW OUR STUDENTS IMPROVE AND PROGRESS IN THEIR LEARNING. AND AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I RECOMMEND THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THINK I SEE SARCASM. EVERYTHING IS SARCASM. SANTANA CASM HERE IN COUNCIL CUT IS ABOUT IT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
TODAY I WILL BE VOTING ON FIRST I DO WANT TO THANK OUR DEDICATED TEACHERS STAFF ADMINISTRATORS, OUR PARENTS MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR STUDENTS WHO SHOW UP TO OUR SCHOOLS
EVERY DAY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I WAS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR OVER 20 YEARS KID MYSELF FOR MANY YEARS MY OWN CHILDREN IN AND
OUT OF SCHOOLS LIKE MANY PARENTS HAVE TO DO FIND THE BEST CHOICES AND MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR KIDS WHICH OFTEN LAND US FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP EVERY DAY FOR OUR KIDS THAT'S IMPORTANT BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO AGAIN MY FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW ON THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET.
THIS DECISION STEMMED FROM MULTIPLE PERSISTENT CONCERNS THAT I'VE CONSISTENTLY RAISED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THIS YEAR OUR FOCUS MORE ON THE ONGOING ISSUES WITH STUDENT
TRANSPORTATION THAT I BELIEVE CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED DESPITE REPEATED REQUESTS TRANSDEV THE COMPANY CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE SCHOOL BUS SERVICE FOR BHP'S
HAS FAILED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS CRITICAL CONCERNS AFFECTING STUDENTS SAFETY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS UNEXPECTED
ACCEPTABLE ESPECIALLY WHEN STUDENT SAFETY IS AT STAKE. MOREOVER ALSO THE REASON WHY OUR KIDS SHOW UP TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY THE ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE WITHIN BHP'S REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. THE MOST RECENT DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT CLOSE TO 80% OF OUR FOURTH GRADERS AND EVEN
HIGHER AT SOME GRADE LEVELS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY ARE NOT READING ON GRADE LEVEL AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE EVEN MORE SERIOUS AND CRITICAL FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN
OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY HAVE A PROFICIENCY RATE OF ONLY 11% AND OUR STUDENTS ARE A-LEVEL STUDENTS ONLY 13.
THESE STATISTICS HIGHLIGHT SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE QUALITY EDUCATION THEY DESERVE. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS THERE DEFINITELY
HAVE AND WHEN I GO ON SCHOOL VISITS I DO SEE WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING BUT SUCH AS AN INCREASE IN THE SYSTEMS FIVE YEAR GRADUATION RATE AND OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I BELIEVE THESE INCREMENTAL CHANGES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT. MANY STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS ARE STILL NOT RECEIVING THE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT THEY NEED. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE HOLD
THE BP ACCOUNTABLE AND THEIR $1.58 BILLION BUDGET AND PUSH FOR COMPREHENSIVE REFORMS THAT ADDRESS BOTH OPERATIONAL AND ACADEMIC SHORTCOMINGS. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR
STUDENTS CAN'T KEEP WAITING YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR WHEN THE STATE SUBMITTED THEIR REPORT. WE SAW THAT FOR 18 YEARS OUR
SPECIAL ED STUDENTS WERE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVED. THAT MEANT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS SPENT THEIR ENTIRE TIME IN OUR SYSTEM NOT GETTING THE SERVICES THEY NEEDED.
THEREFORE, UNTIL THESE CRITICAL ISSUES ARE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SUPPORT THE BP'S BUDGET. OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES DESERVE BETTER.
I HAVE FILED A COMMUNICATION TO BE TO GET ON RECORD WHICH IS A LITTLE LATE FILED TODAY BUT IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE PERSISTENT
AND ALARMING ISSUES WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER AROUND TRANS DEBT. SO I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN I REFERENCE THAT THEY HAVE NOT COME BEFORE THIS BODY WHEN ASKED. THE COMPANY IS CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE THE SCHOOL BUS SERVICES
FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE KNOW 22,000 STUDENTS ARE BUSSED EACH DAY AROUND THE CITY DESPITE MANY FORMAL INVITATIONS. TRANSDEV HAS FAILED TO APPEAR IN THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THESE
CRITICAL CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENT SAFETY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN 2024. I FILED TWO SEPARATE HEARING ORDERS DOCKET 0700705 FOCUSED
ON TRANSPORTING AND FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES IN DOCKETS 1349. ADDRESSING TRANSPORTATION DELAYS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. IN BOTH CASES TRANSDEV WAS
INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARINGS. THEY DECLINED TO ATTEND OR RESPOND BY LEAVING THE COUNCIL IN THE PUBLIC WITHOUT THE ANSWERS WE NEED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.
THIS PATTERN OF NON-ENGLISH JUDGMENT IS UNACCEPTABLE ESPECIALLY IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT TRAGEDIES. IN DECEMBER 2024 AN EIGHT YEAR OLD STUDENT WITH AUTISM WAS
STRUCK AND SERIOUSLY INJURED BY A SCHOOL BUS OUTSIDE THE CURLY KID EIGHT SCHOOL IN JAMAICA PLAIN. MANY OF US HAVE SEEN THE RECENT DASHBOARD FOOTAGE THAT REVEALED THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE
BUS MONITOR WERE ASLEEP AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH BEFORE THE CRASH. THE CHILD SUFFERED A FRACTURED FEMUR AND UNDERWENT UNDERWENT MULTIPLE SURGERIES. THEN AS WE ALL KNOW, THE
HEARTBREAKING TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED IN APRIL OF OUR FIVE FIVE YEAR OLD LENS AUTHOR JOSEPH WHO WAS FATALLY STRUCK BY A SCHOOL BUS. THE DRIVER WAS LATER FOUND TO
HAVE BEEN OPERATING WITH AN EXPIRED LICENSE AND ALSO HITTING CARS A FEW BUS STOPS BEFORE THESE DEVASTATING INCIDENTS POINT TO A SYSTEMIC FAILURES IN OVERSIGHT DRIVER TRAINING AND CONTRACT
ENFORCEMENT. LAST WEEK AND IN RESPONSE I DID FILE DOCKET 1101 CO-SPONSORED WITH COUNCIL OF FLYNN TO EXAMINE THE HIRING, TRAINING
AND CERTIFICATION PRACTICES OF BP AS TRANSPORTATION VENDORS AND DURING THE BUDGET HEARINGS WE DID AND WE HAD A HEARING WITH TRANSPORTATION TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW BUS CONTRACT THAT
OUR BUS DRIVERS HAVE BEEN AWARDED AND THERE ARE STILL OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AROUND THAT. DESPITE THE URGENCY AND REPEATED SAFETY CONCERNS, TRANSDEV HAS CONTINUED TO AVOID
PUBLIC COMFORTABILITY AND UNTIL THE COMPANY APPEARS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TO ANSWER ANSWER FOR ITS FAILURES I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR THE BOSTON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1.58 BILLION BUDGET WHICH INCLUDES OVER 189 MILLION FOR OUR STUDENTS TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS. THE CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS A SHORT CONCERN IS THAT ANY
DEPARTMENT COULD BE CALLED BACK FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONING. I FORMALLY REQUESTED THAT BP'S RETURN SO I COULD ASK THESE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSDEV AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION QUESTIONS.
YET I WAS INFORMED YESTERDAY THE DAY BEFORE A VOTE THAT IT DID NOT WORK FOR BP'S SCHEDULE. THEY WEREN'T AVAILABLE. TO ME THAT RESPONSE IS UNACCEPTABLE GIVEN WHAT'S AT STAKE.
OUR CHILDREN DESERVE SAFE, ACCOUNTABLE TRANSPORTATION. AND THIS COUNCIL I BELIEVE DESERVES REAL ANSWERS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. OKAY. I THINK THE ORDER WAS
COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THEN CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND THEN KIND OF CLOSE UP AND THEN COUNCILOR FLYNN. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS AND ANY OTHER FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND AGAIN THANK YOU, CHAIR WILL FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT. TODAY I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUDGET AS EDUCATION OR AS THE CHAIR
OF EDUCATION ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID I MEET VERY REGULARLY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TO REALLY JUST TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHEN
I'M VISITING SCHOOLS, WHEN I'M VISITING OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY I SEE ISSUES. I SEE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AND I ALWAYS BRING IT BACK TO HER AND HER AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE TO TO MY OFFICE. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ONE TO BUDGET FOR FIRST ANNOUNCED. I GOT TO SEE THAT THERE WAS CUTS TO THE ST STEPHEN'S
MENTORING PROGRAM. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I REALLY, REALLY CARE ABOUT. I KNOW ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T PERSONALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM I BENEFITED
FROM THE IDEA FROM PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. I WENT TO THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL AND HAD ADULTS IN THE IN THE SCHOOL THAT SPOKE BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT WERE THAT WERE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I ALSO HAD A SAME EXPERIENCES AT THE TOBIN WHERE I WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND I THINK THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. I THINK ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO HAD TO LEARN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT THE SAME TIME I'M
GROWING UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HAVING A VOICE TO SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU THAT ARE FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO OUR STUDENTS. RIGHT NOW I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT
THE THINGS SHE WAS MENTIONING PROGRAM WILL BE FULLY FUNDED AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT. I LOVE THE UM THE INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING ON INCLUSION.
I LOVE THE I KNOW THAT OUR FACILITIES IN GENERAL ARE ARE SO OLD. I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT MARY SKIPPER AND IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENTS
THAT THEY'RE MAKING FOR OUR FUTURE SO YOU KNOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR STUDENTS HERE AND I THINK THAT THIS BUDGET ALTHOUGH NOT PERFECT
LIKE NO BUDGET HAS EVER BEEN PERFECT. I DO THINK THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEEDS RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S WHY I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF IT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.
IN SANTA ANA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR HIS WORK IN THE SPACE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO FIRST
START OFF BY JUST LAYING DOWN THE GROUND WORK HERE FOR FOR YOU ALL FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND TO REALLY UTILIZE OUR POLITICAL
CAPITAL TO FIGHT FOR THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW COMMUNITY WANTS ESPECIALLY IN THE EDUCATION SPACE AS A GRADUATE, AS A MOM
AND AS A PEACE AGITATOR. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT VP'S IS REALLY MEETING THE MOMENT AT THIS TIME IS REQUIRING SO TO PUT A BUDGET UP FOR APPROVAL
WHEN WE COULD STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEVERAGE TO FIGHT FOR. IN OTHER ASPECTS I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I'M A STRATEGIC STANDPOINT PUTTING IT UP FOR A VOTE TODAY MAKES SENSE BUT
THAT'S ALL ABOUT STRATEGY WHICH WE ALSO HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP. BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHEN I FIRST CAME ON TO THE
SCENE, COUNCILOR THEN AND HE SAYS I'LL BE GEORGE WAS THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION AND UNDER HER LEADERSHIP WHILE OUR POLITICS NEVER REALLY ALIGNED,
SHE AT LEAST HOSTED 26 HEARINGS IN HER COMMITTEE IN EDUCATION AND IN REGARDS TO BIPS. SO WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO
REALLY DIVE DEEP INTO THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT EDUCATION AND THAT WAS AS THE EDUCATION CHAIR NOT THE WAYS AND MEANS.
AND SO WHAT I HAVE SEEN HERE OVER THE LAST 5 TO 6 YEARS ON THIS ITERATION OF THE BODY IS THEN COUNCILOR WU NOW MAYOR WHO
NEVER APPROVED ANY OF THE BUDGETS THAT CAME THROUGH THIS BODY. BUT HERE WE ARE LINING UP.
YES, MA'AM. LET'S GO WITH IT. AND DELIVERING WHAT I THINK IS A DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT FOR.
BUT IT'S POLITICS AND WHAT CAN WE SAY? I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE INVESTMENTS IN ST STEPHEN'S, THE PARENTING MENTORING PROGRAM . IN FACT, I WAS THE
COUNCILOR THAT FOUGHT FOR THAT AMENDMENT IN MY TENURE WHEN I FIRST CAME ON TO THE SCENE HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND I FOUGHT FOR IT FIERCELY BECAUSE NOT ONLY
WAS I A PARENT ADVOCATE, I WAS A PARENT WHO WENT THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AND SAW MY ORGANIZING CAPABILITIES INCREASE BY PARTICIPATING IN THAT
INITIATIVE AND FOUGHT FOR THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO STAND HERE AND CONGRATULATE US FOR SEEING THAT REFLECTED HERE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUES OF WHITE STADIUM AND THE INVESTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO MADISON PARK,
WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRESS AND PROCESSES FOR EDUCATORS AND FOLKS TO FEEL
HEARD IN A FIRM, WE HAVE NOT MADE ENOUGH INVESTMENTS TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO REAL PROCESSES THAT MAKE PARENTS
FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE MATTERS WHEN WE ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS LEFT AND RIGHT. AND I KNOW THOSE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT THE MAYOR IS MAKING DURING AN ELECTION YEAR.
SO I'M SURE THAT IN TERMS OF NARRATIVE IT'S GOING TO SUIT SOMEBODY BUT IT'S NOT SUPPORTING ANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT ARE FIGHTING AGAINST IT. SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR
ME TO STAND HERE AND WHILE I DIDN'T SAY MUCH ON THE OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE I'M PICKING AND CHOOSING HOW I UTILIZE MY POLITICAL CAPITAL, I WILL SAY THAT WE AS A BODY
REALLY NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE SHOWING UP IN THESE TIMES WHEN IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE COURAGEOUS AND TO PUSH THE ADMINISTRATION
AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COSIGNING ON A BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN THIS JUNCTURE
CONSIDERING THAT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF TWO LEADS AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGETING PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ROUND ONE. WE STILL HAVE THREE MORE WEEKS TO GO UNTIL WE GET TO THE
FINISH LINE. SO BUT JUST THAT VOTE THAT WE TOOK TODAY DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN ANYTHING COME THE END OF THE MONTH WE'LL SEE WHERE
THINGS LANDS RIGHT. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC ABOUT OUR POLITICAL CAPITAL HERE AND RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THINK THAT BEEPS GIVEN ALL OF THE DISCREPANCIES THAT WE'VE HEARD BECAUSE WE DO LISTEN TO PEOPLE THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE TO PASS THIS BUDGET TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY AT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I FIRST WANT TO GIVE AGAIN A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR RODWELL WHO I THINK TO MY KNOWLEDGE WAS THE FIRST CHAIR OF WAYS AND
MEANS TO HAVE EPS COME IN BEFORE THE BUDGET. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT YOU IN THAT REGARD AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I GOT A CHANCE TO WE GOT A CHANCE TO
START TRYING TO GET OUR PRIORITIES INTO THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET. SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS EXCELLENT FORESIGHT ON YOUR BEHALF. SO I WANT TO SHOUT OUT COUNCILOR WHILE AGAIN I WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR
TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS. I'VE MET WITH ALL OF MY DISTRICT PRINCIPALS THIS PAST SPRING AND IT WAS AWESOME TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES, THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND GET THEIR
INSIGHTS ON THEIR OWN SCHOOL COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE OVERSEERS OF BIPS IN THE ROOM. I GOT A LOT OF TRANSPARENT CONVERSATIONS AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT INCLUSION AND WHILE THERE WERE SOME GREAT STEPS WITHIN
THE B2 CONTRACT THERE'S STILL SOME SOME THERE'S SOME WORK TO BE DONE AS IT RELATES TO THAT. BUT OVERALL I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS BUDGET. IT'S THANKS TO THE HARD WORK
OF OUR TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND I DID LOOK UP THE DATA ON THIS DISTRICT ONE REGION HAS THE HIGHEST PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE CITY AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
WE HAVE A STUDENT AND FAMILY POPULATION THAT IS CULTURALLY, LINGUISTICALLY AND SOCIOECONOMICALLY DIVERSE WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS PERCENTAGE IN THE CITY AND SO CHALLENGES LIKE
I SAID STILL REMAIN AND THIS INCLUDES OPPORTUNITY GAPS THAT IS GOING TO TAKE MANY YEARS TO TO RECTIFY. THERE ARE LONG TERM FACILITY NEEDS BUT I AM PLEASED TO SEE
SOME OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL INITIATIVES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. BUT I'M PROUD OF MY MY REGION AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AS WELL AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT TOMMY WELSH WHO
I CALL WAY TOO MUCH BUT HE'S SO ACCESSIBLE AND SO RESPONSIVE AND HE'S GOTTEN A LOT OF THINGS DONE FOR MY DISTRICT THE GOAL IS NOT TO BE SATISFIED BY THIS. WE'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN OUR SCHOOLS WHICH IS WHY I WILL BE VOTING YES FOR THIS
BUDGET. BUT WE STILL INTEND TO KEEP PUSHING AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY I VOTED YES ON THIS BUDGET. I GOT A COFFEE WITH SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER WHEN SHE FIRST GOT IN 2024. I BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF KEY
INITIATIVES THAT I PUSHED NEEDED TO BE MET WITH URGENCY AND WITHIN THREE YEARS SHE'S DELIVERED ON ALMOST ALL OF THEM. NUMBER ONE, THE CITY WAS IN DESPERATE NEED OF A RELIEF
VALVE FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AT RESPONSIVE HIGH SCHOOL AND AT CHARLESTOWN HIGH BOSTON ADULT TECHNICAL ACADEMY BARTA AND BINKER IS JUST WAY TOO FAR AWAY FOR SOME OF THE
KIDS ESPECIALLY IN EAST BOSTON AND THERE WAS LIMITED SEATS AND SO WE NEEDED A WAY TO PROVIDE MORE SPACE FOR FOR THESE KIDS WHO JUST WANTED TO LEARN ENGLISH AND GAIN PROFESSIONAL
AND TECHNICAL SKILLS WITHIN THREE YEARS THE BORDER IS OPEN AND SERVING HUNDREDS OF YOUNG ADULTS LEARNING ENGLISH AND OTHER GENERAL EDUCATION SUBJECTS AS WELL AS THOSE SKILLS TO ADVANCE THEMSELVES IN
AND CONTRIBUTE PRODUCTIVELY TO SOCIETY. NUMBER TWO AND 2022 SPONSORED A HEARING ORDER EXPLORING WAYS TO INTEGRATE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM INTO ALL K THROUGH
12 SCHOOLS. IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE ARE EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS ABOUT THE LOCAL IMPACTS OF A CLIMATE CRISIS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS. AND SO THERE WERE MANY
CONVERSATIONS WE HAD A COUPLE OF HEARINGS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BP'S AND THE IDENTIFIED THE LAST STEP WAS BRINGING IN TEACHERS AND PERSPECTIVES AND EMBEDDING IT INTO THE BTU CONTRACT AND THAT'S CURRENTLY
SOMETHING THAT'S BEING SET UP. THERE'S A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THIS AND IT WILL BE HAPPENING AND THE LAST OF THE LAST REASON IT'S NOT THE LAST THERE'S MANY REASONS BUT THIS IS PROBABLY
THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TRUST AND HIGH. I MET WITH DOZENS OF PARENTS AT THE HARVARD KENT WARREN PRESCOTT, THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL, THE ALGORE AND MANY OTHER SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT PARENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT GENERAL
EDUCATION OPTIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL THERE ARE INCREDIBLE INITIATIVES TAKING PLACE AT CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO PRINCIPAL TRIVEDI FOR HIS LEADERSHIP WITH
ADDITIONAL SEATS FREED UP DUE TO THE INCLUSION MODEL AND THE OPENING OF THE EAST, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALIZE ON SOME OF THE OPEN SPACES IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION PORTION AT CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND
REIMAGINING WHAT THAT GI ED PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE WHILE PLANNING FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE KIDS THAT ARE THERE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE ROBUST SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND MEETING WITH
SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND TOMMY WALSH, I CAN SAY THAT GREAT THINGS ARE ON THE HORIZON FOR FOR THE DISTRICT BUT ESPECIALLY CHARLESTOWN HIGH BACK IN 2014 EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL WAS A TIER THREE SCHOOL
AND THANKS TO A PUSH OF AN INFLUX OF RESOURCES, INVESTMENTS AND DIRECTIONS UNDER PRINCIPAL BURDEN OF 40, THE SCHOOL IS NOW ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE
DISTRICT AND IT'S A SCHOOL ON THE MOVE THAT IS BASICALLY WHERE CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IS RIGHT NOW. AND SO A SIMILAR INITIATIVE IS WHAT'S NEXT FOR CHARLESTOWN HIGH? THERE WILL BE AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT FORTHCOMING ABOUT A THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE WITH A GOAL OF CREATION CREATING A COHESIVE PATHWAY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY PROVIDE POSITIVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
THIS. THIS IS WHAT HUNDREDS OF PARENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR HIGH SCHOOL TO BEST REFLECT WHAT THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR
DESIRES ARE FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL. COMMUNITY ISSUES REMAIN THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT FOR THOSE REASONS AND THE BROAD SUPPORT THAT MY DISTRICT IS GETTING I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMFORTABLY NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE
DEBATED ABOUT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHETHER I WOULD SUPPORT THE BUDGET OR WHETHER I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE BUDGET. I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE
BUDGET IN FACT BUT THIS YEAR I HAD A DIFFERENT REASON TO CONSIDER ALL THE OPTIONS.
BUT THE ONE ISSUE THAT REALLY IS THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR ME IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET IS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
I HAVE DISAGREED WITH HER ON AT TIMES I HAVE CHALLENGED BPC ON MANY ISSUES BUT I STILL THINK AND STILL BELIEVE THAT SHE'S A
GOOD SUPERINTENDENT WORKING AT A VERY CHALLENGING AND DIFFICULT URBAN ENVIRONMENT. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO OR I
SHOULD GIVE MY SUPPORT TO THIS STRUGGLING SCHOOL SYSTEM. I NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT WITHIN THE SYSTEM TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS IN MY
DISTRICT AND OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT. I WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND IN MAY WALSH AND MAY WILL ONE THE COURT
OF SCHOOL I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I KNOW IT PROVIDES TREMENDOUS SUPPORT TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. I'M ALSO THE PARENT OF A CHILD
THAT WENT TO DPS HIS HIS ENTIRE LIFE. IT WAS A QUINCY AND AT BOSTON LATIN. YES I DISAGREE WITH THE BPC
TEAM ON THEIR TRANSPORTATION PLAN. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP IN PLACE NECESSARY THAT THE TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT HAD CPS AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A MAJOR STRUCTURAL CHANGE OF ADVOCATED FOR A RECEIVERSHIP FOR DPS
TRANSPORTATION. I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE CURRENT CONDITION RIGHT NOW OF BP'S TRANSPORTATION. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
CHALLENGE BP'S ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. BUT AS THE DISTRICT
COUNCIL FROM DISTRICT TO OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTING THE LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ESPECIALLY FROM PUBLIC HOUSING, I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITHIN THE
SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE WHETHER IT'S ACADEMIC SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S SOCIAL SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S SUPPORT FOR OUR IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES AS WELL. SO AGAIN THAT MY MAIN REASON IN VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET IS STRICTLY BASED ON THE
COMPETENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED WORKING WITH THE BP SUPERINTENDENT KNOWING THAT WE STILL HAVE MAJOR SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGES AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WAS PROUD
TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT TWO BECAUSE THAT WAS HER. THAT'S EXACTLY MY SENTIMENT. I, I REALLY APPRECIATE SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER'S LEADERSHIP.
I APPRECIATE HER CONNECTION AND CARE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SHE SPENDS HER TIME WONDER ING AND
COMMUNICATING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICTS AND GETTING TO REPRESENT FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL THE SNOWDEN BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY, BOSTON JMC FOR HEALTH
CAREERS SO SO MANY OF THE SCHOOLS THAT THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE CITY GO TO FOR SPECIALIZED AND IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WHEN I FIRST CAME ONTO THE CITY COUNCIL I GOT FEEDBACK FROM FORMER COUNCILORS AND OTHERS DON'T FOCUS ON THE SCHOOLS YOU REPRESENT DISTRICT D YOU DON'T HAVE VERY MANY OF THEM.
BUT GETTING TO I KNOW I WAS AT THE VICTORIA ANN LUNCHEON AT FENWAY PARK GETTING TO SEE OUR KIDS AND THE PROMISE AND OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY
REPRESENT. IT WAS JUST AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE GETTING TO SEE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO ENDED UP IN BOSTON.
IT WAS LIKE A THIRD OF THE VALEDICTORIANS HAD GROWN UP IN ANOTHER PLACE AND HAD MOVED TO BOSTON. WE ARE BPC KIDS ARE IMMIGRANTS THERE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE CITY, THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S WE HAVE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY IN BOSTON TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO SHINE BEYOND THEIR
EDUCATION AND I NEED TO BE A PART OF THAT AS A CITY COUNCILOR AS ONE OF THE 13 CITY COUNCILORS REPRESENTING BOSTON. SO THE LAST YEAR I'VE REALLY DUG IN AND TRIED TO MEET THE
HEADS OF SCHOOL AND MET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ATTENDED A LOT OF EVENTS THAT IN MY FIRST YEAR I DID IN AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW MY COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO BE A PARTNER WITH
EPS ON SPORTS, ON EVERYTHING THAT I CARE ABOUT IN MY DISTRICT AND CONNECTING SCHOOLS WITH OPPORTUNITY AND WITH INSTITUTIONS AND I'M PROUD OF THIS BUDGET.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME POWERS ON THIS BUDGET AS WE DO ON OTHERS. BUT I BELIEVE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT, BELIEVE IN OUR MAYOR, I BELIEVE IN OUR SCHOOL
SYSTEM AND I BELIEVE WE DO NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND THOSE CHANGES ARE REALLY A REALLY IMPORTANT FACTOR IN ACTUALLY LIFTING UP THE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY. AND I THINK OUR MAYOR HAS SHOWN
HER WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT AND I WILL BE A PARTNER IN THOSE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO JERRICK AND I JUST . COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK I THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENT ISSUES HERE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT ISSUES HERE THAT NEEDS TO EVENTUALLY BE SORTED
OUT OR FIGURED OUT AND I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS EQUITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS FOR EXAMPLE THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE NAMED, SHE
REPRESENTS YOU KNOW, BEACON HILL, BACK BAY THOSE AREAS AND YOU HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE WELL PERFORMING. I MEAN I TEND TO SNOWED IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR SO VERY FAMILIAR AND BUT THEN WHEN YOU COMPARE
IT TO SCHOOLS IN ROXBURY FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S NOT THAT YOU KNOW THE BLACK KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO ROXBURY UNDERPERFORMING OR LESS SMART RIGHT? YOU HAVE POOR FACILITIES AND
POOR CONDITIONS WITH LESS FUNDING AND LESS INVESTMENTS BUT AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THAT MORE ARE AFFLUENT WHITE COUNTERPARTS LIVE IN BEACON HILL AND BACK BAY DOWNTOWN
THOSE AREAS THEN THEY CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED AND THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES AND POOR COMMUNITIES ARE HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHIZED CONTINUE TO BE DISENFRANCHIZED. SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, YOU
HAVE EXAMPLES LIKE MADISON PARK FOR EXAMPLE WHERE THE FRIENDS OF MADISON HAVE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO ADVOCATE FOR MADISON PARK AND THEN THERE WERE LIKE
ARGUMENTS OF AS TO OR POINTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATION AS TO WHY WAS POSTPONE DID NOT PRIORITIZE FOR INVESTMENT AND SO INVESTMENTS AND THEN THEY THEY TOOK IT BACK
THEY SAID NO WE DON'T WE CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST PUT $900 MILLION INTO THE SCHOOL THIS REDEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NEW FACILITY. BUT WE WE ARE GOING TO POSTPONE IT.
WE ARE WHICH WON'T MAKE SENSE OBVIOUSLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THE CAPITAL AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ELSE TO PUT IT BUT WE WERE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY TENURE, YOU
KNOW, 2022 WE WERE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT HOW INEQUITABLE THIS BUDGET WAS IN HOW THE CAPITAL FUNDS COULD HAVE BEEN USED. I REMEMBER A COUNCIL PRESIDENT FILED SOMETHING TO YOU KNOW, TO
LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF USING CAPITAL BONDS, BOND FUNDS IN HOUSING FOR EXAMPLE. AND SO THEN I CREATED THIS IDEA. I MET WITH COUNCILOR AND I'M
GOING TO CONNECTED WITH HOUSING CZAR. SOMETIMES I GO TO FAST. I MET WITH SHEILA DILLON, THE CHIEF OF HOUSING AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, BEYOND THE PROGRAMS THAT I'VE ALREADY CREATED AND I
SEE A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES DOING AND TRYING BEING CREATIVE ON PROGRAMMATIC RESULTS FOR INEQUITIES IN THEIR DISTRICT OR WITH THEIR OFFICES. WE'VE ALL HIRED OR COLLABORATED
WITH SUCCESSFUL AND HIRED FOLKS. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I YOU KNOW, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION ON THAT. I FILED ON SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLEGES AND DOING HOMEWORK PAID PROGRAM WAS
SUCCESSFUL AND THEN I WENT ON TO DOING CIVIC AMBASSADORS AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER PROGRAMS BUT THEN I COLLABORATED WITH RCC AND SHEILA DILLON SAID YOU KNOW,
CHIEF DOLAN SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST THAT I'VE EVER HEARD OF THIS IDEA. THEN I HEARD THE MAYOR AT THE STATE OF THE CITY SAY THAT SHE WAS GOING TO CREATE VERY PROGRAM THAT I CREATED MONTHS AGO. SO I MEAN IT'S POLITICS YOU
KNOW, WHY DID THE MAYOR REJECT THE BUDGET? SAME REASON WHY YOU'RE REJECTING A BUDGET TODAY LIKE YOU IT'S POLITICAL. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE MAYOR THEN YOU TAKE A STAND AND YOU SAY NO TO TO THE BUDGET.
BUT DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE IS IT AN EFFECTIVE MOVE? SURE. POLITICALLY YOU COULD TAKE A STANCE, YOU COULD LEVERAGE IT IF COULD ACTUALLY LEVERAGE IT IF YOU FIND ENOUGH VOTES THERE
ARE ENOUGH VOTES HERE TO LEVERAGE IT TO BE ABLE TO SAY LIKE THIS IS THIS NEEDS TO STOP SO THAT WE CAN LIKE SORT OF MAYBE GET US ELECTED SCHOOL
COMMITTEE YOU KNOW, AFTER THE 78% ON THE REFERENDUM THE NON-BINDING REFERENDUM TO GET ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE OR MAYBE IT'S LEVERAGING SOMETHING ELSE LIKE MORE FACILITIES IN BLACK COMMUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORT AGAIN THE SUCCESS ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF OUR
CHILDREN. WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT BEPS AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT MARY SKIPPER IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I BELIEVE THAT I BELIEVE THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I'VE MET WITH HER I'VE GONE THROUGH THE CONTROL WEBSITE, I'VE DONE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, MET WITH HER, GONE THROUGH THE CURRICULUM AND I UNDERSTAND THE STUFF BECAUSE YOU KNOW I'M CANCER CERTIFIED
AND I USED TO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, IEPS AND SO UNDERSTAND WHOLEHEARTEDLY FULL INCLUSION AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND ALSO HAVE REFERENCE IN TERMS OF MY CHILDREN NOW THEY
DON'T ATTEND THE SCHOOL I CAN SAY THIS THEY ATTENDED WESTERN HIGH WESTERN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SO THAT COMPARISON BETWEEN FACILITY IN BOSTON AND LIKE A
WESTERN SCHOOLS IS LIKE HUGE AND SO I WOULD I WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND I WOULD LOOK AT PERFORMANCE AND I WOULD LOOK AT YOU KNOW HOW KIDS HERE WORKING WITH FOSTER CHILDREN AND MY OWN CLIENTS IN MENTAL SERVICES AND
COMPARING HOW THEIR PERFORMANCE IT WAS REALLY NOT ABOUT THIS BUDGET REALLY IT'S NOT ABOUT LIKE OH IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OR SAFETY OR WE HAVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS YEAH WE HAVE ALL
THESE ISSUES THAT THE MAYOR IS TRYING TO WORK ON LIKE NO MAYOR NOBODY DOES WANTS UNSAFE TRANSPORTATION OR KIDS TO BE UNSAFE. THIS MAYOR WANTS KIDS TO
ACHIEVE. IS SHE GOING ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY? I THINK THAT WE ARE IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY I THINK IT'S GOING TO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WITH MARY SKIPPER AND I THINK
EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE AND IT'S GOING TO GET BIGGER BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S INEQUITABLE BUT I THINK THAT IT TAKES YEARS OF THIS, YOU KNOW,
HOPEFULLY STEADY PROGRESS TO GET THERE. SO THAT'S WHY LIKE EVEN IF I DISAGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND I LOOK AT THE MAP AND I SAY THIS IS INEQUITABLE AND SHE'S NOT
PRIORITIZING A CERTAIN THING AND SOME OF THESE DECISIONS ARE VERY POLITICAL FOR HER. SURE. HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S INTENTION HERE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND I DON'T
THINK ANYONE HERE WANTS OUR CHILDREN TO BE UNSAFE. SO I WILL BE FORWARD WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT AND TO MY CONSTITUENTS THAT AGAIN THE
ONLY REASON WHY I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THIS BUDGET IS TO SAY LOOK IT THROUGH THIS ADVOCACY. I THINK IT'S TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE SO THAT MADISON
PARK SCHOOL IS NOT FORGOTTEN SO THAT YOU KNOW, TALIA AND LUMEN DRINI IS ACTUALLY WORKING WITH MADISON PARK PRINCIPAL. WE HAVE AN AMAZING PRINCIPAL THERE THAT CONTINUES TO WORK
AND ADVOCATE FOR THE STUDENTS THERE WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE MONEY IT DOESN'T MEAN FORGET THE KIDS THERE. SO WHAT ARE THE KIDS THERE LIKE? YOU KNOW, CHOPPED LIVER LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING TO WAIT WE'RE
JUST GOING TO NOT ADDRESS A FACILITY WHEN WE COULDN'T MOVE . MATT O'BRIEN THEN THE MAYOR SAID TO THE COMMUNITY, OH WELL ,I'M JUST NOT GOING TO FIX THE FACILITY. YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT FIVE YEARS BEFORE WE DO
THAT. LIKE THAT'S NOT HOW WE RESPOND TO THINGS. THERE IS A BETTER APPROACH. THERE IS ANOTHER WAY OF ADDRESSING CONSTITUENTS, OF SAYING OF INVOLVING THEM AND ENGAGING THEM IN TRANSPARENT
WAY IN A MORE INTENTIONAL WAY OF LISTENING AND ENGAGING CONSTITUENTS AND SAYING LOOK, MAYBE WE CAN DO THIS GRADUALLY. IT'S NOT REALISTIC TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE BUT WE DON'T JUST
IGNORE KIDS IN SCHOOL FACILITIES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE THIS BIG FACILITY WHERE WE PLEASE THE UNIONS AND THE ELECTORATE AND WHATEVER UNIONS ARE GOING TO COLLABORATE AND BENEFIT FROM
THIS FACILITY. WHAT WHAT IS IT ABOUT IS IT ABOUT KIDS? IS IT ABOUT UNIONS? IS ABOUT POLITICS? ALL OF THAT IS INVOLVED AND THE MEDIA CAN TAKE IT AWAY AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH IT.
THE POINT HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STATE OF THE BUDGET AND HOW WE PRIORITIZE OUR SCHOOLS AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN AND
WORKING CLASS WHITE CHILDREN TO THE POOR ONES IN ROXBURY, DORCHESTMATTAPAN ALSO ARE NOT BEING PRIORITIZED WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL INVESTMENTS BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON. WE HAVE A GOOD PRINCIPAL GOOD
PROGRAM. LET'S KEEP TRYING. LET'S KEEP MOVING FORWARD. I WILL VOTE IN SUPPORT AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR YOU GUYS WILL HAVE BETTER SUCCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMES FROM AN INDIGENOUS IN THE
CHAIR. CAN I JUST CONCENTRATE ON YOU ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS THIS SCHOOL BUDGET I THINK AS MANY
HAVE MENTIONED THAT THIS YOU KNOW WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. PROGRESS IS SLOW BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ALSO AND BRIGHTON HAS A WONDERFUL SCHOOL
COMMUNITY. THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE ALL THE SCHOOL LEADERS, THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES COLLABORATE AND TALK TO EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. I AM VERY ENVIOUS OF THE MODEL
THAT THEY HAVE IN EAST BOSTON AND WE'RE HOPING TO REPLICATE IN DISTRICT NINE BECAUSE WE'RE SORT OF THE BOOKENDS OF BOSTON . SHE'S A IS ABOUT AS IN EAST
BOSTON WE ARE OPEN AND BRIGHT AND SO I AM HOPEFUL AND EXCITED WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED. THERE'S THIS NOTION THAT ALLSTON BRIGHTON DOESN'T HAVE KIDS BUT ANYONE WHO GOES TO THE
EASTER EGG HUNT OR ANY OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT HAVE CHILDREN WE HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN AND WE WANT THOSE KIDS TO STAY IN THE CITY PATTERN OVER THE LAST SINCE
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED ALLSTON BRIGHTON IN THE LAST 30 YEARS IS THAT KIDS GET TO BE A CERTAIN HEIGHT AND THEN EVERYBODY LEAVES AND THEN YOU HAVE YOU KNOW AND IT'S VERY SAD AND WE WANT TO SEE THOSE FAMILIES STAY. WE NEED TO WORK ON HOUSING
THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES. WE NEED TO WORK ON INVESTING IN OUR PARKS AND PLAY SPACES. WE ALSO NEED TO WORK IN
IMPROVING OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I AND WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AS I SAY, I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NOTION THAT WE CAN BUILD STRONG COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL CONNECTIONS AND
COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT BEING GEOGRAPHICALLY REMOVED FROM THE REST OF THE CITY. WE HAVE TO SORT OF RELY ON OUR
CONNECTIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND AND WORK ON DEVELOPING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. IT BUILDS RESILIENCE, IT BUILDS STRONG PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY PAYING DIVIDENDS THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THERE'S A LOCAL GROUP ORGANIZING AROUND SPORTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT SINCE COVID HAS BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING WE ARE LITTLE LEAGUE HAD SORT
OF FALLEN APART COMPLETELY THERE FOR A FEW YEARS BUT IT'S SO WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THAT UP AGAIN. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH AGAIN THE COMMUNITY CENTERS A
CRITICAL PIECE OF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALLSTON BRIGHTON SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN ECOSYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GROW AND DEVELOP TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND BOSTON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT AND SO I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS BUDGET. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOL LEADERS AND ALSO BRIGHTON. THEY WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE AND ALL THE
DEDICATED TEACHING STAFF AND SUPPORT AND SUPPORT STAFF WHO GIVE GIVE THEIR ALL TO OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY IN IN MY DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE CITY.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THE JACK AND AS IS COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILMEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO RISE AGAIN TO STATE THAT I PUSHED BACK BECAUSE I CARE AND ALSO BECAUSE
I'M NOT OKAY WITH ONLY 20% OF OUR BLACK AND LATINO THIRD GRADERS READING PROFICIENTLY AND THAT NUMBER ONLY GOES UP TO 22% IN FOURTH GRADE IN OUR 31
HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE VALEDICTORIANS THE NUMBER ONE IN THEIR CLASS ONLY 25% OF 25% OF OUR VALEDICTORIAN DO NOT SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATE FROM
COLLEGE. WE'RE NOT PREPARING THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT AND WHAT BOTHERS ME OUR
STUDENTS, OUR CHILDREN, THE NEXT GENERATION OF CITY LEADERS DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER. I'LL CONTINUE EVERY DAY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS WHILE I ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND
ADVOCATE OUR SCHOOL LEADERS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES. BUT IT'S NOT OKAY WHEN 80% OF OUR BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING THE
EDUCATION THEY NEED AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO BE PUSHED ALONG IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I ECHO A LOT OF THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I'LL BE VOTING YES IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUDGET IN THAT I THINK THAT THE WORK OF URBAN EDUCATION IS EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT AND NO ONE SHOULD ALLUDE THEMSELVES THAT IT'S OTHERWISE A LOT OF OUR KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY WITH ISSUES THAT KIDS IN OTHER
DISTRICTS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN OTHER DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THEY HAVE THE LUXURY OF A TEACHING STUDENTS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT POOR AND
WHO DON'T HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE NOT NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT BOSTON COMPARED TO OTHER
LARGE CITIES NOT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES BECAUSE WE ABSOLUTELY DO BUT WE ARE OUTPERFORMING OTHER OTHER
CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR POPULATIONS. AND SO I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS CONSCIOUS IN DANIEL MENTIONED THIS FROM DAY ONE I'VE THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THE PIECE IS WEAKEST POINT IS THAT
THEY DON'T DO A GOOD JOB OF ADVOCATING THEIR SUCCESSES AND THEY NEED MORE MORE OF THOSE SUCCESSES. WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE WORK ON BUILDING SCHOOL BUILDINGS BECAUSE THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
OF OUR SCHOOLS IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR POLICY DECISIONS AND A REFLECTIVE OF HOW WE VALUE OUR KIDS. WHAT COUNSELOR BRAEDEN WAS SAYING ON YOU KNOW OUR DEBT CAPACITY IS ALSO TRUE FOR THE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE CAN BE DOING MORE OF THE WORK OF BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS, UPDATING OUR FACILITIES OF MAKING SURE THAT THE BATHROOMS THAT OUR STAFF AND OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TO USE OUR
DECENT BATHROOMS BY LEANING MORE INTO OUR FISCAL STRENGTH AS A CITY. AND SO I'M ENCOURAGING US TO CONTINUE DOING THAT WORK. I THINK YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAD
UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF ABSORBING NUOVI WBLS INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TRYING TO DO THAT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. THERE HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS INVESTMENTS IN THE SLIDE
PROGRAM STUDENTS LIMITED OF ALL INTO ART WITH LIMITED OR INTERRUPTED FORMAL EDUCATION. THERE HAS BEEN INVESTMENTS I DO THINK IT'S A IT'S A REALLY BIG
DEAL THE INVESTMENTS IN THE PARTNERSHIP BLESS YOU BETWEEN MADISON PARK AND THE UNIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO GET SLOTS IN THE TRADES AND THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE DOING THE WORK OF BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS. AND YOU KNOW, NOT TO SAY THAT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT I DO THINK THAT THE STAFF AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT DO
RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES AND THERE ARE MANY BUT AS A STUDENT MYSELF, AS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE CONSIDERED GREAT SCHOOLS AND SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERED UNDERPERFORMING
SCHOOLS SCHOOLS THAT MY FAMILY MEMBERS STILL GO TO, I THINK THE ISSUE AGAIN IS COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX. I DO REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH THIS BODY HAS REALLY UPLIFTED
AND SUPPORTED INVESTMENTS IN SOCIAL WORKERS AND FAMILY LIAISONS IN SCHOOL COUNSELORS SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT OUR STUDENTS PREDOMINATELY BLACK
AND BROWN ARE PREDOMINANTLY LOW INCOME A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF WHOM ARE NOT NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS CAN GET THEIR OTHER NEEDS ATTENDED TO WHICH IS WHY THINGS LIKE THE ACCESS TO COUNCILOR PROGRAM CASA WEBER HAS BEEN CHAMPIONING IS SO
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HOUSING INSTABILITY IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT OUR KIDS ARE FACING . SO I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES AND I RECOGNIZE A DEEP, DEEP EQUITY ISSUES THAT WE STILL NEED TO DEAL WITH IN OUR SCHOOLS.
BUT I DO THINK THAT VERY SLOWLY WE ARE HOPEFULLY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OH OKAY.
THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS OR IS ANYBODY ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK SORRY. NO. OKAY.
UM, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCILOR BRIAN SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0823 MR CLERK, COULD
YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DARK AND AMBER 0823 COUNCILOR BREADON YES, COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PARTY COUNCILOR CLOSER PARTY YES.
COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES YES. COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SENSE AND YES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN IS
COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NO. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO.
COUNCILOR PER PEN YES COUNCILOR TEN YEARS COUNCILOR ST HANNAH YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR ZERO YES. COUNCILOR OH YES.
TALKING MEMBER 0823 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 0823 HAS PASSED. OKAY, SO WE DID MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN
SHEETS, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET OR A VOTE OR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER A VOTE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS NOW?
OKAY, AWESOME. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? TRY AGAIN. I'VE JUST COME FROM A PEN CAUSE DEPENDING ON THE FLOOR.
YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS JUST MADE AWARE OF THIS ONE. IT'S DOCKET NUMBER 0846. I WAS NOT GIVEN THE PAGE NUMBER. OKAY.
THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. JUST GIVE IT IN THE CITY SERVICES. YEAH. IS IT IN CITY SERVICES COMMUNITY GREEN PRESERVATION. OKAY, IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE AND
THE DOCKET AGAIN IS THERE 846 MR. CLERK SO LET'S JUST GIVE THEM SOME TIME TO FIND THE DOCKET. PAGE THREE YES.
MR. CLERK YOU PLEASE READ IT INTO THE DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT NUMBER 0846 MESSAGING ON APPROVING AN
APPROPRIATION OF $1,554,228 FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 ANY FURTHER
APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,235,992 FROM THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND ESTIMATED ANNUAL REVENUES FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO BE APPROPRIATED AND RESERVED FOR FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS ACTION.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ABSENT OBJECTION TO THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS AND THE DOCKET IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. MR.
MR. YOU CAN STOP IT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. EVERYBODY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO VOTE ON THIS APPROPRIATION ACT FUNDS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE CITY
OF BOSTON. THE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE COMING YEAR'S BUDGET IS RESERVED FOR RECOMMENDATION BY THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE. THESE APPROPRIATIONS ARE FUNDED PURSUANT TO THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT.
THE COMMITTEE APPROPRIATION IS FOR 1 MILLION $5,054,222 AND THE RESERVE APPROPRIATION FOR PROJECTS IS 35,000,235 AND A $92 ONCE A COMMUNITY
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE DECIDES ON PROJECTS TO FUND THIS PART OF THE APPROPRIATION WILL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A HEARING AND WE PROMOTE AND ADVOCATE FOR GRANT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS IT IS TRULY A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR LARGE FUNDS TO IMPACTFUL PROJECTS. DIRECTOR 13 BROWN AND HER TEAM ARE INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE AND HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS COMPLY AND LEARN MORE AS WE CONTINUE SUPPORTING
THEM IN THE FUTURE PROJECTS TO COME. SO WE HAD THE HEARING ALREADY FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION GRANTS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR
FY 25. THIS IS NOW TO ALLOW THE STAFF TO CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED BUT ALSO FOR THE RESERVES OF NEXT YEAR'S PROJECTS. SO AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WILL HAVE THE HEARING FOR TO LISTEN WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE AND
ALLOW THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT TO GO THROUGH THOSE THOSE APPLICANTS . SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PENN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PLENTY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AS WELL TO COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND THANK THAT BROWN I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WHAT
I SEE IN HER AND HER TEAM IS PROFESSIONALISM, HARDWORKING STAFF THAT REALLY BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AND WHAT THEY DID AND
THE TEAM ALSO DOES IS THEY LISTEN AND THEY WORK WITH PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS THEY'LL
HELP YOU GET THE ANSWERS AND THEY'LL GET BACK TO YOU IF YOU'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL WITH THE CPA AWARD. THEY DID THEY DID. AND HER TEAM WILL SIT DOWN WITH
THE APPLICANTS THAT WEREN'T WINNERS AND GO OVER THE APPLICATION AND PROVIDE THEM GOOD HONEST FEEDBACK. BUT I DO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
INCREDIBLE AND PROFESSIONAL ROLE OF CITY EMPLOYEES EVERY TIME I GET THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY I DO WANT TO TAKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE,
SAID BROWN FOR HER PROFESSIONAL WORK THAT SHE HAS PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON FOR SO MANY YEARS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. I THINK I SAW THE ORDER HERE.
I THINK IT WAS COUNCILOR BREADON AND THEN I'M NOT SURE IF RESPONSIBLE HAS THE POWER TO ORDER ACCOUNTS FROM OUR FAVORITE CANCER BRAIDER NEAR THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE'RE VOTING ON THIS TO
GET THE MONEY OUT THE DOOR TO THE AWARDEES THIS YEAR AND SETTING UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE PROCESS NEXT YEAR. I WANT TO ECHO COUNCILOR FRIENDS
CONGRATULATIONS AND GRATITUDE TO SAID IN BROWN I THINK THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT TEAM DO A GREAT JOB AND IT'S VERY EFFICIENT.
THEY ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT SMALL ORGANIZATIONS GUIDING A PROJECT THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING. AGAIN, ANOTHER OVER 35 MILLION
GOING TOWARDS PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GREEN SPACE AND WE HAVE BENEFITED FROM THESE GRANTS IN THE PAST AND ALSO IN
BRIGHTON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING FURTHER APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR IN THE COMING YEAR YEAR ROUND. ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID TO GET THIS PASSED IS WELL WORTH IT
AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY SEEING THAT THE THE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY PRESERVATION PROCESS HERE IN BOSTON THIS BEING VERY
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTED AND ENGAGED HAS ENGAGED A LOT OF COMMUNITY ACROSS THE CITY SO EXCITED TO DO THIS AND HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE SOME MORE GREAT PROJECTS COMING
FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE KINDS OF DIRT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS OFFICE AND THIS WORK IS SO MEANINGFUL TO ME. I ACTUALLY MET FORMER
COUNCIL COUNCILOR KENZIE BOK WHO MET WITH ME ABOUT TRYING TO GET CPA ON THE BALLOT AND NOW IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THINGS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOES AND THIS YEAR'S
GRANT FUNDING WAS NO DIFFERENT FROM RUGGLES BAPTIST CHURCH AND AUBURN CIRCLE TO HILL HOUSE AND BEACON HILL AND ALL OF THE PIECES OF DISTRICT DATA IN BETWEEN. THERE ARE JUST SOME AMAZING
PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED THIS YEAR AND THERE WAS A TYPO WHEN I FIRST CAME ONTO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT I WAS GOING TO BE THE CHAIR OF CPA AND I WONDER HOW MY TIME ON THE BOSTON CITY
COUNCIL WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF I HAD HAD THAT CHAIRMANSHIP. BUT I APPRECIATE I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO SEND THOSE LETTERS AND I APPRECIATE
SO MUCH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND OPEN SPACE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THOSE ARE THREE PRIORITIES THAT DYSART DATE AND I SHARE AND
VALUES THAT I SHARE WITH THE WHOLE CITY OF BOSTON. SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR. I'M EXCITED TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, COUNCILOR DURKIN, I WAS SURPRISED WHEN COUNCILOR PEPEN STOOD UP BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE CHAIR OF THAT SO BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
IT'S BEEN SAID BUT HER PERSONALLY AND HER STAFF DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND SHE WORKS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS BUT ALSO INDIVIDUALS MAKING SURE THAT
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IF THEY NEED EXTRA SUPPORT TO GO BACK AND TO NEVER GIVE UP. COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I WILL WITH BEEN RECENTLY AT THE RIBBON
CUTTING OF A NEW BASEBALL FIELD IN SOUTH BOSTON AND SHE SHOWS UP TO ALL THESE WONDERFUL PROJECTS THAT WE FUND AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE HER AND HER
TEAM BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE HARD WORK THEY DO. BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE FORMER COUNCILMAN MICHAEL FLAHERTY WHO ONE OF THE FIRST PIECES OF ADVICE HE GAVE ME WHEN I CAME ON THE COUNCIL TO WORK ALONGSIDE HIM
WAS TO MAKE SURE I SHOWED UP TO THE CPA HEARINGS BECAUSE IN DECEMBER OF MY FIRST FEW WEEKS HERE WE WERE HAVING ZOOM HEARINGS STILL BACK THEN DURING COVID BUT WE WERE LISTENING TO
COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ADVOCATING FOR THESE GREAT PROJECTS. SO IT'S A GREAT WAY ESPECIALLY FOR AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR TO REALLY GET INTO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
ADVOCATING FOR. SO THANK YOU TO OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNCIL OF FLORIDA FOR ALWAYS ADVOCATING AND UPLIFTING THIS DEPARTMENT AND FOR AIDING IN HER TEAM FOR DOING GREAT WORK AND CONGRATULATIONS EVERY YEAR TO
ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PROJECTS THAT GET FUNDED. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST WANT TO ECHO MONICA.
OCP IS GREAT OPEN SPACE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION THAT IRAN IS INCREDIBLE. THE WORK THAT WE GET TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
KNOW ABOUT ACCESS TO THESE GRANTS IS AWESOME. SO COUNCILOR BRETT PENN SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 0846
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY GUYS HAVE IT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO LATE FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE POPE THAT
THERE ARE 21 LATE FILE MATTERS . 16 PERSONNEL ORDERS THREE THREE FROM THE MAYOR.
THE EMERGENCY O AND SO SO THREE FROM THE MAYOR AND ONE FOR ONE MOVE OUR COMMUNICATION SHOULD A PETITION BE FILED COMMUNICATION
TO FILE COMMUNICATIONS. OKAY. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THE 16 PERSONNEL ORDERS TO THE RECORD ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I
I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED INTO THE RECORD. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FILE PERSONAL MATTERS INTO RECORD SO 16 PERSONNEL ORDERS COUNCIL ALLUSION FOR
COUNCILOR AGREEMENT COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF DURKIN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF FLYNN COUNCILOR ALLUSION COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR BREADON
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF DURKIN
COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR BUREAU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF DEFENSE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
COUNCILOR OF MURPHY COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR HOWEVER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF MURPHY AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR OF WEAPON THOSE ARE
THE 16 LATE FILED MATTERS FOR PERSONNEL WISE THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE TWO PASSES THEY FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I I THE POLICY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
THESE PERSONAL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TO THE THREE LATE FILE MATTERS FROM THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CAN
YOU READ THEM? YOU CAN READ THEM TOGETHER THREE LATE 5 MINUTES FROM THE MAYOR. FIRST ONE IS A HEREBY TRANSMITTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED MONETARY DONATION OF $5,000 DONATED BY THE BOSTON FUND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S CIVIC
SUMMIT WHICH WILL OCCUR ON JUNE 7TH, 2025. SECONDLY, PHONE NOW FROM THE MAYOR I TRANSMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
AND EXPEND A MONETARY DONATION OF $15,000 DONATED BY CITIES FORWARD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S CIVIC SUMMIT WHICH WILL OCCUR ON JUNE
7TH, 2025. AND THIRDLY, FILE FROM THE MAYOR I TRANSMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AN
EXPENDED IN-KIND DONATION OF FOOD AND EVENT SPACE VALUED AT $38,000 DONATED BY BOSTON UNIVERSITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATIONS TO SUPPORT MAYOR'S CIVIC SUMMIT
WHICH WILL OCCUR JUNE SEVEN, 2025 THANK YOU WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE VIRAL MATTERS ONTO THE RECORD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I ALL OF A THE AYES HAVE IT THIS
THESE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON TO THE RECORD WHICH I RECOGNIZE, RECOGNIZES CONCERNED BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS THE CHAIR OF THE CITY SERVICES TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMMITTEE I LOOKING AT THESE
GRANTS AND WHAT THEY WILL DO FOR THIS WEEKEND'S MAYORS CIVIC SUMMIT, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND CIVIC LEADERS TO COME TOGETHER UNDER ONE ROOF
TO GO OVER SHARED PRACTICES OF ORGANIZING AND HOW THEY CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE AMONGST THEMSELVES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I BELIEVE THAT CIVIC LEADERS FROM ACROSS ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS AND ACROSS OUR CITY
WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AND I THINK THAT I RECOMMEND THAT THESE THAT THESE DONATIONS PASS TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PENN, IS
ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AT ATTENTION AT PENN THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THESE THREE LATE FILE DOCKETS ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OF US IN THE EYES HAVE IT THESE DOCKETS HAVE PASSED MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST LATE FILE COMMUNICATION MATTER INTO THE RECORD LATE FILE
COMMUNICATION EMERGENCY THEY FILE A COMMUNIQUE OFFERED BY COUNCILOR AARON MURPHY REGARDING TRANSDEV WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS FILE COMMUNICATION ONTO THE RECORD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I'LL OPPOSE IN THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED ON TO THE RECORD. MR CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE MATTER AND INTO THE RECORD I'D JUST GIVE IT TO THE
FIRST OH, I'LL GET BACK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE A COUNCILOR. MR CLERK HAD READ IT INTO THE RECORD SO NO THANK YOU. I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK ON IT. I REFERENCED IT WHEN I WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE BEEPS BUDGET BUT I JUST WANTED IT ON RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION MATTER?
OH, THE EMERGENCY LETTER. THAT EMERGENCY LETTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR QUIET COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT LATE FILE COMMUNICATION ONTO THE RECORD? COMMUNICATE FROM THE ELECTIONS
DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER 53 SECTION 18 A TRANSMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL A CITIZEN'S PETITION AND TITLE IN THE INTEREST OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCESSIBILITY SHOULD THE CITY OF BOSTON ESTABLISH A MUNICIPAL INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THIS WAS FILED BY THE COMMISSIONER NEEDED TO
VARIOUS BOARD OF ELECTIONS THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THIS VITAL COMMUNICATION ONTO THE RECORD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADDED ON TO THE RECORD. THE CLERK RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR HERE AS THIS IS A COMMUNICATION LIMITED TO 2 MINUTES.
COUNT ME AT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR FOR THE RECORD WE'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE ON THIS MATTER TODAY, COLLEAGUES, SO DO NOT WORRY. WE'RE JUST ALLOWING DEMOCRACY
TO PLAY OUT. JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE THE FULL COMMUNICATION HERE IS PURSUANT
TO GLC 53 SOME SCRIBBLED ALL 18 A I TRANSMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL A CITIZENS POSITION ENTITLED TITLE IN THE INTERESTS OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY IT SHOULD THE
BOSTON SORRY YES BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS IS. IT IS A OPINION ADVISORY QUESTION IN ADVOCATING FOR IT TO GO ON THE NEXT MUNICIPAL
ELECTION WHICH WILL OCCUR ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE
INTRODUCING HERE. COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANTED TO JUST BECAUSE I HEARD THE SONOGRAPHER WHEN YOU SAID SCRIBBLED YOU MEAN THAT SECTION SIGN IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SAY WHAT THAT YEAH BUT IT'S A
SECTION SEVEN SO THAT YOU KNOW I MEAN IT'S THE SECTION THAT I HEARD SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE SECTIONS. YEAH IT'S A SCRIBBLE THAT TO ME I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT IN AMERICA BUT IT LOOKS AT SECTIONS I YEAH OKAY THE
PETITION INCLUDES SIGNATURES FROM ABOUT 30 FOLKS WE ONLY NEED IT TEN AND I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THIS IS JUST AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPLORE MANY PATHWAYS TOWARDS THE WORK THAT COUNSELOR CHOLERA AND MYSELF ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR AND
COUNSELOR ANDERSON ARE DOING TO STRENGTHEN PENCOM SO JUST DO NOT BE ALARMED. DO NOT BE ALARMED.
DO NOT BE ALARMED THAT THIS IS A COMMUNICATION BUT YEAH WELL WE'RE JUST WE'RE GOING TO REFER IT TO YOUR COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS MATTER WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I THANK YOU.
THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY BIRTHDAYS ON
HERE BUT IF ANYONE HAS A BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. YES THE SUPERBOWL IS OUTSIDE. LOVE THE SUPER BOWL AND I ALSO
WANTED TO SAY THAT SINCE NOBODY IS IN MY OFFICE AND FORMALLY COUNCILMAN HIS OFFICE WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO DOING BE DOING WORK ON SUPPLIER
DIVERSITY. SO I JUST WANT TO WISH THIS NOBODY IS IN MY OFFICE CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A JOY AND A GREAT PART OF OUR TEAM.
WE WILL BE HAVING CAKE AFTERWARDS IF ANYONE IS AROUND IS EDGE CREAM CAKE THAT HAS SINCE MELTED BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CAKE TO CELEBRATE JUST NOW WITH US
PLEASE JOIN US THE RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALBO AROUND THE HORSESHOE COSMO CLUB AS A OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ABOUT SAYS NOW CONGRATULATIONS SHE WAS A STAFFER WHEN I WAS A STAFFER
AND I LOVE SEEING CITY COUNCIL STAFF JUST CONTINUE TO SHINE SHINE BRIGHT AND SO CONGRATULATIONS. MY MAIN ANNOUNCEMENT IS ABOUT CHARLESTOWN PRIDE WEEK.
IT IS THE BEST WEEK OF THE YEAR IN OH TWO 1 TO 9. THERE ARE EVENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND ALL OF MY LARGE COLLEAGUES JOINING US FOR ALL OF THE FESTIVITIES. IT IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BUNKER HILL BATTLE WHICH IS THE BUNKER THE BATTLE OF BREED'S HILL ACTUALLY. AND THERE'S THERE'S A TON OF HISTORICAL EVENTS KIDS ARE EVENTS FOR KIDS. SORRY IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING
AND I NEED WATER BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND TO PLEASE GO ONLINE AND FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS THE BUNKER HILL ASSOCIATE THE CHARLESTOWN
PRESERVATION SOCIETY, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ALL OF THAT AND HOPE TO SEE YOU IN OUR LOVELY GREEN SQUARE MILE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANTED TO INVITE ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR STARTERS TO GO SEE THE KELAHER ROSE GARDEN WHICH WILL BE IN BLOOM NEXT WEEK IF IT'S NOT ALREADY. I'M SURE IT IS. BUT NEXT WEDNESDAY 6 TO 8 IS
THE FENWAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION ROSE GARDEN PICNIC. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COME TO THIS SO IT SHOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE FENWAY COUNCILORS
AND THEN ANY AT-LARGE COUNCILORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT THAT EVENT WHICH FENWAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION PUTS ON WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND CARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
COUNCILOR PEPEN BECAUSE WE WE'RE PENDING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THERE'S SOME THERE ARE THREE AMAZING EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND AND DISTRICT FIVE FIRST IS THE MATTER OF HUNT WHAT'S SPRING CLEANUP HAPPENING ON COLORADO STREET THAT STARTS AT
TEN IN THE MORNING. THEN WE HAVE THE DADDY AND ME EVENT AT THE MARTINELLI SHOW IN HYDE PARK. THAT'S THE FOURTH ITERATION OF THAT EVENT AND THEN A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT IN MY DISTRICT
IS THE OPENING DAY FOR THE ROSCOE FARMERS MARKET. THAT IS ONE OF THE I'M BIASED IT'S ONE OF THE BEST FARMER'S MARKET IN THE ENTIRE CITY. I ENCOURAGE YEAH, I WON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO NUMBER ONE I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO STOP BY FOR THAT OPENING DAY AS IT IS TRULY A VERY BEAUTIFUL DIVERSE EVENT THAT EVERYONE LOVES AND RISING UP. SO I'LL SEE YOU ALL THERE. THANK YOU.
DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE RECOGNIZE LIANNA TRAN OF EMS. THE EMS COMMUNITY IS MOURNING HER PASSING AND SO I JUST WANT US TO REMEMBER LIANNA TRAN AND
HER LIFE AND TO HER DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT THE MEMORY OF LOUISE BONNER.
LOUISE PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY, BUT WE'RE HAVING HER MEMORIAL CENTER IN BRIGHTON ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SHE SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR, A
JOURNALIST AND HAS AN AMAZING LONG AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE. SHE WAS INVOLVED. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FAMILIES. SHE WAS PARTICIPATED IN FURTHER
EDUCATION AND EARNED A MASTER'S FROM THE URBAN TEACHING A DEGREE URBAN DEGREE IN URBAN TEACHING FROM SIMMONS UNIVERSITY IN 1969 WITH A DESIGN INTEREST WHICH WAS
DESIGNED WITH THE SUPPORT OF BOSTON ACTIVIST MEL KING. LOUISE TAUGHT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ROXBURY AND SERVED A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK STUDENT POPULATION IN THE 1970S.
SHE AND OTHER PARENTS ARE NOT IN BRIGHTON WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN FORMING A MODEL DEMONSTRATION SUB SYSTEM, A PIONEER MAGNET SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT PROMOTED VOLUNTARY
DESEGREGATION AND INCLUSION ACROSS AT BOSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY SERVING ALLSTON BRIGHTON MISSION HILL AND FENWAY. HER WORK IN THIS INITIATIVE IS PRESERVED IN THE NORTHEASTERN
UNIVERSITY AND THE BURNS LIBRARY AT BOSTON COLLEGE. WHEN I CAME TO THE DISTRICT FIRST SHE HAD ME OVER TO HER HOUSE WITH ANOTHER FRIEND
OF HERS WHO WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND THEY SAT ME DOWN AT OUR DINING ROOM TABLE AND SAYS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE BOROUGH? I HAD JUST ARRIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT THE VRA WAS BUT THEY WERE GIVING ME A ONE ON ONE ON THE VRA AND SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN LOTS OF OUR COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE FINAL BRANCH
LIBRARY WHICH SHE WORKED TO PRESERVE AND KEEP OPEN. AND THE OTHER THING I YEAH, I THINK SHE'S JUST AN AMAZING PERSON. WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE
SHE USED TO LIKE SHE'S IN HER IN HER LATE EIGHTIES. SHE WOULD COME OVER WITH NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OUT OF THE NEWSPAPER AND SAYS OH YOUR OPPONENT IS SAYING THIS OR SO-AND-SO'S DOING THAT AND JUST
KEPT ME UP TO DATE WITH ALL THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE POLITICAL WORLD IN BOSTON AND IT'S JUST SHE IS GREATLY MISSED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'LL
BE ALL JOINING TOGETHER TO HONOR HER MEMORY ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHEROKEE NATION'S COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES COUNCILMAN. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO I WANT TO RISE AND EXTEND MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE
PAULA FAMILY. WE LOST A GIANT THIS WEEK CARMEN PAULA WHO WAS A FIERCE ADVOCATE IN MISSION HILL AND ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON
PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK. THE PAULA FAMILY RELOCATED TO BOSTON AFTER COMING HERE FROM PUERTO RICO AND LIVING IN CALIFORNIA FOR A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME. I CAME HERE IN 1972 SETTLING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MISSION HILL. PAULA QUICKLY BECAME INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ACTIVISM HELPING
TO ORGANIZE TENANTS IN MISSION HILL AND COORDINATING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. PEREZ VERSUS THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY TO FORCE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO COMPILE COMPLY
WITH EXISTING SANCTUARY CODES. SHE WAS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS ALSO IN A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY THE PARENTS COMMITTEE FOR DEFENSE TO DEFEND BILINGUAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE DE LA
PADRE. BUT THE DEFENDERS DEFENDANTS HERE THAT ADVOCACY ON BILINGUAL MORGAN VERSUS KERRIGAN IN RESPONSE TO DESEGREGATION POLICIES THAT THREATENED THE VIABILITY OF BILINGUAL
EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN 1975 SHE WAS THE COORDINATOR OF THE FESTIVAL OF THE PUERTO RICAN FESTIVAL WHICH IS HELD
HERE ANNUALLY IN BOSTON SINCE 1967. PAULA WAS THE COORDINATOR ALSO OF THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL PART OF THE
CITYWIDE PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH OPERATED FROM 1974 TO 2004. AND THOSE WERE THE YEARS THAT I
WAS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH WITH A MOM WHO DID NOT KNOW HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR ME AND
BECAUSE OF THIS PAULA INTERFERENCE ADVOCACY I AM HERE TODAY.
SO I WANTED TO JUST UPLIFT HER. SHE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE BILINGUAL MASTER'S PARENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH OVERSAW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
VOLUNTARY LOW COMPLIANCE PLAN IN 1979 WHICH WAS AN AGREEMENT OUTLINED THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PROVIDING EDUCATION BILINGUAL EDUCATION TO STUDENTS.
NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT CARMEN DID NOT TAKE ANY SHORTS IF YOU WILL, HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SHE WAS THE FIRST
LATINA TO EVER RUN FOR OFFICE STATEWIDE HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS A TRAILBLAZER AND BECAUSE OF HER MANY OF US CAN
SAY ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO STRUGGLED WITH ENGLISH BEING THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE. HERE WE SEE YOU. WE THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR FIERCE
ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF SO MANY FAMILIES WHO MIGRATED HERE DURING THAT ERA. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. WE LOVE YOU.
AND MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY. THANK YOU. CANCER HERE. SHE WAS INDEED A LEGEND AND A GENUINE FIGURE AND I WANT TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO HER
FAMILY AS WELL. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WHEREVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. A FEW WEEKS AGO WEST ROXBURY
LOST KATHLEEN K RYAN WHO WAS 87. KAY WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF WARD 20 OF THE WAR 20
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AND WAS A AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE IN WEST ROXBURY FOR DECADES. SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE
PRESIDENT OF THE WEST ROXBURY ROSLINDALE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL LEAGUE AND ALSO THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF PARKWAY BABE RUTH BASEBALL LEAGUE. IN ADDITION TO EVERY OTHER
COMMISSION COMMITTEE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP IN WEST ROXBURY. AND MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH KAY'S FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER. THERE ARE TWO NAMES THAT I MEANT TO READ AS WELL. CAROLE TIMBERLAKE WHO MANY KNOW FROM THE WAY FROM WAVERLY STREET OVER THE YEARS CAROL HAS
BEEN WAS A LOVELY NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT WHO GREW UP RIGHT THERE ON WAVERLY STREET. SHE WAS A LOVER OF FASHION AND VOICE FOR AND CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS ALSO A STRONG DEFENDER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDING UP
TO PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SELL DRUGS ON WAVERLY STREET. SO WE JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HER FOR HER WORK IN NEIGHBORHOOD ROXBURY. WE'LL MISS HER PRESENCE VERY MUCH SO.
AND THEN A FEW WEEKS AGO, WILLIAM BAXTER, A BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICER PASSED AWAY AND GREW UP IN ROXBURY IN THE ORCHARD GARDENS DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT WAS KNOWN AS ORCHARD PARK.
HE MET HIS WIFE GAIL GROWING UP THERE WILLIAM OR BILLIE AS MANY PEOPLE CALLED HIM MADE A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LATER ON THE BOSTON POLICE FORCE. FOR MANY YEARS HE WORKED AT
ROXBURY PRECINCT B TWO. HE WAS OFTEN ASSIGNED TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. HE TAUGHT COOKING LESSONS AS WELL AS LIFE LESSONS TO NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH AND HE DID A NUMBER OF YOUTH PROGRAMS AT THE HAILEY HOUSE OR AT THE BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUB IN ROXBURY. AND IN LATER YEARS HE BECAME AN ORDAINED MINISTER. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE REMEMBER THOSE TWO COMMUNITY LEADERS TODAY. TODAY WE WILL JOIN OUR MEETING
IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BREADON THOMAS F MCNALLY, LOUISE BERNARD ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNCILMAN ME HERE IN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CARMEN PAULA ON BEHALF
OF MYSELF KATHY LOUIJEUNE CAREY OSBORNE JEFFERSON. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL BOSTON EMS LEONA TRAN ON BEHALF OF MYSELF CAROL
TIMBERLAKE AND OF MYSELF AN ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL BOSTON POLICE OFFICER WILLIAM BAXTER ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL WEBER KATHLEEN KATE
RYAN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TODAY IT DOES SO IN THE MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON
WEDNESDAY JUNE 11, 2025 AT 12 NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TO CENTRAL STAFF THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN THE CAPITOL SYNAGOGUE FOR ALL IN FAVOR OF A
GERMAN PLEA SAY I. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED